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10 THE EDITOR OE T3E NORTSEHN STAfi.
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10 The Editor Oe T3e Nortsehn Stafi.
10 THE EDITOR OE T _3 E NORTSEHN STAfi .
Mt Dear Sib,—I Have Not Had One Moment T...
Mt dear Sib , —I have not had one moment to writs mj third letter to ihs middle classes for this number of the Star . I thought this apology _neces-Siry . I have not even time to write anything like an account of the _meeting at Burnley and Coke . Suffice it to say , that in my Ufa I never witnessed mch brave and starving resolution . The people nave been grossly and cruelly deceived about the conduct of the leaders of North Lancashire . I never met a set of men who have baen placed in a more _trjing and awkward position ; and . from the State of Chartism throughout the district , never did . _^ deserve more credit . It ig ea 3 v to censure _ytradnrad enthusiasm ; but not so easy for the most sound to keep down the angry feelings of starvation , and at the same time to keep alive the spirit of agitation . I shall nest week give a full account of _Aorih Lancashire . We had 60 , 00 " men and women at Burnley on Monday , if we had one ; and I was at it from eight on Monday morning till half-past twelve on Wednesday morning , without stopping . On Monday , I addressed the people of Halifax , of Todmorden , and of Burnley twice . I shall be at Keighley on Wednesday next , the 6 : h day of July ; I Ehall be at Bingley at talf-past . twelve , speak ihere _, and then go on to _Keighley ; on Thnrsday , I shall be at Dewsbnry at eight in the evening ; on Friday , at York , at eight in the . evening ; on Saturday , at Hebdenbrid ge , at twelve at noon ; and at Todmorden , on the same evening , at six o clock . I forgot to say that I spoke last night at Colne . over the barracks , and was guarded in by threes sentries , with fixed bayonets . I am , dear Sir , _Youths , most affectionately , FfiiBCWS _O'CoSKofil - _^ Colne , Wednesday morning , June 29 th , 1842 . "
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Saifoiu>.—Mr. Bell, The South Lancashire...
_SaiFOIU > . —Mr . Bell , the South _Lancashire lecturer , dtlivered a most powerful and _talented address here ca Sunday night , to a respectable audience , in the conr $ e i-f which he £ a ? e an interesting account of his mission _thrcngh South _jCancashire . At the conclusion Of bis _aflflrtS 3 , the following resolution was _unanimously passed : — " That this meeting having seen , _thronsh the medium of the Northern Star , that the Chartists of Preston have given instructions to their deleza _« e , who is to attend the delegate meeting to he fce ! d at Come , on the 3 rd of July _nefct . to move a _proposition , calling on the country to elect a body of men to fit permanently , for the purpose of securing the people their constitutional _privilege of no taxation without _rcprpsenlatiDD , consider inch a proposition unwise and impolitic ; as it is the opinion of this _meetins that the Executive are the only persons that ought to be _recognised at the head of this great and glorious movement for the principles contained in the _Po-iple ' fl Charter . " At the conclusion of the business several persons enrolled themselves members of the _AsKf-ciiiticn . YOliJL— -At a special meeting , held on Thursday evening _, the 23 d insfc , it was moved , and carried _mianimousiy : — "Thatthe Sub-SecretaTy be requested to collect the various facta cennectsd with the untimely death _t-f Samuel _Holbf-rry , for the purpose of transmittim ; them to T . S . _Duncotnhe , E _« q .. in order that _through him they may be brought btfore the House of Commons , to be more fully investigated , the _Char--Bsts of York having str 6 _cs reasons for supposing that the _SEcrt'tary of State ' s orders respscting S . Holberry bare not been attended to . " BU 8 _DERSFXSL _9 . —On Thursday , the 23 d of July , Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , delivered an able lecture to a numerous audience in the Guild HalL Sir . Yeveis , senior , was unanimously called to the chair . The subject cf the lecture was class legislation , and the rights of labour . The lecturer was listened to throughout 'with the greatest attention , and all _appaaren fciihly delighted . Tha lecturer and chairman together received a unanimous vote of thanks , and the meeting separated . Ax a husierovs _heetikg held in the Association Eooui , _TfppMhead Bow , the following resolution was _passed : — That a vote of thanks is due , and hereby given , to cur brother Chartists of York , for the prompt , manly , and humane manner in which they came forwatd , and demanded an investigation into the cause of their martyred brother , Samuel Holberry ' s death , and provided for bi 3 funeral . " _KGTTINGHA 1 H . —The Chartists meeting at the Bancliffe Arms , held their usual weekly meeting on Saturday evening . Mr . G . Atkinson in the chair , when the following business was transacted : —Proposed by Mr . _Goodson , seconded by 3 dr . Carrington , ana unanimously carried , " That each member do pay one-halfpenny per mouth extra towards dtfrayicg the incidental ' expenses of _ibe town . " Proposed by il * . J- Cartington , _seconded by Mr . Goodson , and unanimously carried , * ' That a deputation be appointed to wait upm our more wealthy frieuds in this locality to solicit their supprat to the new _Executive , to assist them in carry ing out their plans . The following persons to form the deputation— Messrs . John Wall , John King , and Joshua Carrington . " The sum of two shillings was ? oted to Messrs . Duffy and Hindes , and ene shilling for tie _dtfence of Mason and others , at Stafford . A vote of _twi . ks was passed to the chairman , and the meeting separated . Ox Sukdat Morning , the United . General Council met at the Democratic Chapel , Rice-place , and went through the usual routine of business . Subscriptions were handed in , from various quarters , for the victims Hir . dts and Daffy . A subscription was also entered into for the defence of Mason and other friends , in _StaSottishira . Mr . Harrison preached two sermons , on th 6 Forest , on Sunday , and notwithstanding the boisterous state of the weather , there were a goodly number mustered on the occasion . On Monday evening , Mr . T . _> Yh . ite , from the Potteries , delivered a very ins'ructive lecture upon Priestcraft and Kingcraft . Ausoi . d , _ueab . _Kottisgham . —Mr . Daffy visited tkis _pitce on Wednesday , Judo 22 nd , and delivered a soul-stirring lecture . At the conclusion he enrolled fourteen new members . He also lectured , in Bulwell Purest , last Sunday , in the afternoon , to a good audi _, encf , and at the conclusion enrolled twenty new members . In the evening he again lectured in the chapel , at Aincld , to a large audience . X . EICESTEH . —Onr _"Shafcspereans" _increase hraveij , notwithstanding such unfavourable _circumstsnci s as bad weather for open air meetings , and Mr . _Coopirsir . dfcpcsition fromover-woTk . Oarnnmberis now more than 2 300 . On Friday se ' nnight , Mr . _Bairst « w gaTe a thrilling lecture in the open sir , to upwards of 2 000 hearers . Tho demonstrations of respect and attachment to Mr . B ., on his leaving us for a _compete ptriod of three months—the term for which _heistngaged for the West of England—were very great . Mr . Beedham _' s labours have been attended _wifn _mcrtasinj success in the surrounding _Tillage _, _tbrim-bcnt the week . Mr . Kebert Jackson , a young lecal lecturer , visited _Conntesthorpe , and addressed a considerable assembly there , on Sunday morning . Mr . Cooper was merely able to deliver a few feeble words on Sunday evening , in the Market-place . A collec tion of _tiehitm shillings was made at the close , for Mrs . HoH * rry—a trifle more has been collected dnnng the Wctk . We have also rent two pounds this week from our funds , for Mrs . Frost , Mrs . Williams , and Mrs . Jones . OK Sunday after next the real Chartists of the Scnth intend to meet their brethren » f North Leicestershire , at the mount Sorrel camp meeting . A delegate _mtetiug will also beheld theie during the day , in order to consolidate the whole county into one active Chart ist union- It is hoped that _evay real Chartist Association in the county will send a delegate to this important _meetarg . _WCLVEEEADEPTON . —A spirit of re-action hns takm place in behalf of our cause . Mr . H . Candy having returned , and procured _employment , he is new _smohg us ; axd , _sfter his day ' s labour , he _delivers _Downful and energetic lectures in btfcsif of the People ' s Charter and the rights of labour . On Sunday , he _t-mebtsin _^ open air , and by his * _Sorts many fresh members are added . A spirit of nnity _prevsiiS in « . ur camp , and we are _detemiimd to Persfcvere more than _evtT . This last three Sundays , Mr . Catidy has del _^ _ertd three excellent _diicounes ; bis audience _incrises more every time . On Sunday last , there were near * _thiee thousand present ; and three umes he _luturedin the week ; he is greatly approved of . and s « _mstogivegeneial sat isfaction , _ano is capable of doing g _leatgood . L . H . Candy is appointed con _^ _po _njng ! _««*&> for the ensuing three _mot-ths . AH letters , to be directed to him , at Mr . J . Wilcox ' s , news agent , _Woictsier-strtet _, Wolverhamp ton . _SKIPLIY .-On Friday , Mr . Doyle gave a very _mtmsLg _kctnreat this place on the _S" _- _^^ _^ _UL < i ; on Tavern , _toaverya _ltenfcve- _J-J-Jg -J _rosro not of _wemen and children , but of lnieuigbui . " _^ _nUs . Halifax .-Mobe Middie Class Stmpathy . — On _fcaturoay night last some _perton or persons put nP placard at the tnd _tf Mill-bank ChapeJi JWnenn cing that the Rev . W . V . Jackson , of Manch es _^ ter , was to preach three sermons in the Odd-fellows Hall , on Sunday next , July 3 rd , and to lecture on Monday , the 4 ih , in the Chartist room ; when a br * sW _»* B nondercript pulled it down , and in a fit ot raze'aid " It is a radical paper , we ' ll not have it h tp " Now this is the son or a shopkeeper , U and a "" ° _„^ _TSEKfttJS- ! S their food ?
Saifoiu>.—Mr. Bell, The South Lancashire...
, LONG BUCKET . The Chartists of this place and neighbourhood , and other friends of freedom , have subscribed and forwarded thirty shillings to aid Mason in his defence against the unconstitutional attack which has been made on him . SOUTH _KOjAMAN . —On Sunday Mr . J . Simmons again visited this _promising little village and received abundant proofs that his previous vista had not _bsen in vain . At the close of the lecture a resolution in favour of the Charter was carried unanimously . BRADFORD . —Masons' Arms , Clubhouses . — The question whether machinery , if properly directed , would be a _blessing or a corse to mankind , was discussed b y the members on Sunday last , and at the close , two new members were enrolled . BANBURY . —Mr . Bairstow lectured here on Saturday , and on Sunday preached two sermons to overflowing and enthusiastic audiences . _HOtlilNWOOD — On Friday last , Mr . William Dixon , of Manchester , delivered a lecture on the _village green . —Mr . William Booth , of Newton Heath , delivered an address in the open air , near Denton-lane , to an assembly amounting to about five hundred persons , and _tave great satisfaction . —Mr . Littler , of Manchester , lectured in the Ralph Green Chartist Room , in the evening , to a crowded audience . Several new members were enrolled . - ' ' _£ - _'li ' _-i _^ ir : -r— ' V- ¦ . ' ¦ ; - fJ _{ ,-, _{ % ?; . *" ; r _" i _JisU » i j i _CtrRHATOO _^ On _SWday last the _attenfion of the _Durham Chartists was called to a meeting that was to be held that evening at a small village by the name of Sherborne Hill . The person to speak was a Mr . Liddle , who is believed to bs employed by the coal proprietors ef this district to prepare the minds of the poor miners to a farther reduction of wages , to mtet the masters half way in t : e loss that must take placo in consequence of the duty of two shillings per ton being laid on coals for export . The lecture was from first to last a tissue of humbug , and at the close a few friends to the cause of liberty , asked the lecturer a question or two , when it turned ont he fecew nothing about the matter . It was atked if be could tell what the minors were getting per ton for hewing a ton of coals , while the duty of eight shillings and _fourpence per ton was paid on coals going _abroad , and what they were getting when no *! uty was paid ? also what ware the profits realised by tho proprietors during the former or latter time ? When he either cou . d or would not answer one of the questions . After receiving a good _lashiog for his ignorance , he was left to himself , not in a very comfortable state of mind . Be had a _quantity of tracts for sale , at three for a penny , but it was" no go . " Ox _Mosdat Evening , as usual , a meeting of Chartists took place on the Sands , when there was a good gathering , considering that there was no attraction by way of a lecture . The meeting was addressed by a fri £ n 4 from Sunderland , and our old friend , Mr . Richmond , of this town . _NEWCASTLE . —The usual weekly meeting was holden in t ! : e Chartist Room , Cloth Market , on Monday evening last , when a variety of matters appertaining to local business were entertained and discussed . OLDHAr ? I— At the weekly meeting of the council the following resolutions were unanimously passed : — " That a subscription be entered into , and that five shillings be sent to the _Dsfence Fund , to aid Mr . Mason , and others , on their trial at Stafford . " " That the national tribute , recommended in the Northern Star , be taken up . " " That a deputation of three persons be appointed to wait on the middle class Who are favourable to Radical Reform , and solicit their aid , for the purpose of supplying the new Executive Committee with the means which will enable them more effectually to agitate and spread the principles of Chartism in those districts where they are little known . " " That Mr . Samuel Yardley _, Mr . Thomas Smith , and Mr . Leonard Haslop , be deputed to visit and receive subscriptions for the above object . " LONCON . —Subset . —A public meeting was held on Tuesday last , at Lower Mitcbam Green , the first meeting ever held in this place for the advancement of t ' oe principles of Chartism . Mr . Dron occupied the chair . Mr . Brown proposed the first resolution — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the present unparalleled amount of distress arises not frcm the want of means , nor from the inability of the nation to support itself , but from the existence of class legislation , which protects class interests alone , to the injury of tho interests of the unrepresented millions ; therefore the condition of the industrious classes can never be permanently improved until class legislation is abolished , and universal interests represented by means of the People ' s Charter become the law of the land ; and this meeting therefore pledges itself to agitate for nothing short of the People ' s Charter . " Mr . Brown dilated at some length on the causes of the present distress in which the country is enveloped , " aud contended that the resolution pointed out the only true remedy . Mr . Rainsley seconded the resolution , in a lucid and elegant speech * shewing how those who created all the wealth were driven to satisfy the pangs of hunger to the refuse of the heg-tub or the dog-kennel , whilst those who never created a fraction of wealth rolledin luxury and splendour , and conclndedamidthe continued cheering of the meeting . Mr . Fairchild , sen ., supported the resolution in a powerful and argumentative speech , showing the flimsy arguments used by its opponents , and calling upon the meeting to stand firm by the Charter . The resolution was carried unanimously , and it being quite dark , the meeting adjourned to the long room of the tavern opposite . Mr . Keen , in an able speech , during which he was much applauded , moved the next resolution— " That it is the opinion of this meetinsr , that the true object of government is to produee the _greatest amount of happiness to the greatest number , and as a government founded upon class-legislation will always fail in securing happiness to the great mass of the people , such government ought to be reformed , or _entirely abolished . " Mr . Bedley seconded the resolution , which was ably supported by Mr . Price , and carried unanimously . The thanks of the meeting were then given to the chairman , who briefly returned the compliment . A locality was immediately formed , and about twenty persons took up their cards . Another meeting was announced to take place on the ensuing week . Hurrah for the Charter , name and all , and no surrender . The Members of the Walworth locality met at their large room , Ship and Blue Coat Boy , _Walworth-road , on Monday evening . Mr . Shaw in the chair . Minutes were read and confirmed . Mr-Brown gave in a report from the Surrey council , vhich after some discussion was received . Mr . Keen read the letter from the Star , of Feargus O'Connor , respecting Mason , when it was unanimously agreed that five shillings should be voted for his defence . The sum of tea shillings was voted as national tribute to the Executive , and several new members were enrolled . The subject for discussion on Monday evening is , " Can we obtain the Charter without the aid of the middle class !" Brompton . —The members met as usual , on Tuesday evening . Mr . Heath in the chair . The sum of four shillings and fourpence , was ordered to be sent to the political victims , being a further portion ol the proceeds ofthe festhal held for their benefit on January 3 rd . The sum of five shillings was voted to the Executive , and two and sixpence to the London delegate council . A committee , consisting of _Messre . Whitehorn . and Wheeler , Mr . and Mrs . Ford , Warrington , Budding , _Sturge , Heath , and G and W . Matthews , were appointed to get up a ttfflo for a Violin , united with a concert and ball for the benefit of the political victims . Atter the transaction of other business the meeting adjourned . Monies received by Mr . Cleave for tion : — Liverpool , per B . Davis ... Deptlord and Greenwich _Bter-lane . Bristol Bath , Galloway-buildings ... Norman _Ventuor , 2 nd sub . ... Yeovil , per Mr . Campbell £ 3 10 6 N . B . Dr . _M'Dcuall received the £ G . IGs . from the Theatre Corrmiitce , and , all expeucts being paid there will be a balance of a few pounds to the Exe cutive . _Donatioks received by Huffy Eidley on account of _Provisional Committee Fund : — s . d . Mr . Dobson of Hammersmith 1 0 _Pleace to add to the list for Mr . Mason and his friends by Ruffy Eidley :-Mr Banker 0 6 This money is paid into the hands of Mr . Cleave . Total for Mason , & o . 5 4 .- -- "' SCUTBWABK . —A meeting of Chartist silk hatters was held on Tuesday evening at the King Arms Gravel-lace . A report was given in _ffthaUhe police authorities had intimated to [ he landlord that his license was in danger if he allowed the Chartists to meet at hisi house ; in con seZnce of which , it was agreed that the meetings _Sd be held for the future at the Brown Bear _SffwSKitowwI . ou Thursday evenings where a lecture will be delivered on _ThurEoay neat the _Convenes s d 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 7 6
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COVEKTRY . —Mr . S : arkie lectured on Friday , evening in the George rooms , on the tffeots of priest craft on the moral , intellectual , and physioal condition of the working classes . _SISRTBTfi _TfcVit . —Meeting to Anor-r * HE Remonstrance and the Memorial to the Queen . —This importeni meeting which took place on Monday evening _la-st , at the Market-square , was held in pursuance of a requisition to the chief constable , signed by nearly forty of the middle classes , but who refused on the ground , that the _requisifcionists , wished to _iutarfore with the prerogative of her Majesty because it mentioned as one of its _objects , tho dismissal of her present Ministers and the substitution of men that would make the People ' s Charier the law of the land . The chair was taken by Mr . F . Argent , bootmaker ; _several resolutions were passed , and the _remonstrance to the Hous 3 of Commons , and tho memorial to tho Queen were unanimously adopted . Excellent speeches were delivered by Messrs . Thomas , Kill ' s , Gould , Evans ( who spoke in English , aud promises to be a valuable acquisition to the cause here ) , John , Williams , and Joaes , from Cardiff . There was a great number of the middle classes present , and they seemed to be very attentive , and it is hoped the meeting made a due impression upon them , and convinced many of them of ; the justice , pf _ourdemands , Before the meeting _ttfpl _0 jace there were , all sorts of rumours abroad , that the Chartists intended making a _physical-force display , and burn the town , and a Whig clique had been sitting some days previously to make arrangements , as they said , to preserve the peace of the town . Nothing can be more irritanng than the conduct of these gentry towards the working classes . Their odious espionage , and discharging men for attending Chartist meetings , and this principally in the works of the liberal Whig Baronet , Sir John Guest ; so great was the alarm in consequence of the offieiousnes y of these gentry , that thty had caused several families to leave the town . But the good sense of the working people completely disappointed them , and it was allowed by every one that nothing could be better than the conduct of the people . We are now getting so strong here that the tyrants are completely dumbfoundered . Mottram . —On Monday evening last , a public meeting of the inhabitants of this place , and the surrounding neighbourhood , was called by placard , to inquire into the distress of the working classes ; Mr . Wild was in the chair . The meeting was held in the _Metnodint Ckapel . It was agreed that no party politics should be entered into . A great , number of cases were made in public . Every one gave it as his firm opibion that class legislation was the solo cause of all the distress which now infests the land , and that things would never bo any better until class legislation was removed by equal representation .
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COLNE . PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . On Tuesday last , notwithstanding the very unfavourable stato of the weather , the good and true men of Colne and its vicinity gave ample testimony of their attachment to the principles of the ' People ' s Charter" by giving a hearty welcome to the noble and disinterested O'Connor . The procession , accompanied by bands of musio , and a great number of flags and banners , marched out of the town upwards of two miles , on the Burnley Road , amidst drenching rain , which continued without intermission for several hours . The lads endured the wind and rain with the greatest good humour , and when the carriage containing Mr . O'Connor and other gentlemen came in sight , the shouting was tremendous . The procession returned through Barrowford on its route to Colne , and when it approached near the town the spectacle was truly grand , and imposing ; the assembled thousands greeted Mr . O'Connor with repeated cheers through the town . The procession returned to _t'e Cloth Hall , where Mr . O'Connor delivered a soul-stirring and eloquent adddress to the assembled audience . The hall , which is capable of holding near 2 . 000 persons , was crammed almost to suffocation , and the heat was intolerable . After Mr . O'Connor ' s address , Mr . _Beesley , of Ackrington , made a powerful and manly declaration of his views aud principles . Mr . Tattersall , from Burnley , followed , who in an impassioned strain of eloquence laid the axe __ to the root of tho tree of corruption with an unsparing hand , bat owing to tho extreme heat of the place he was obliged to curtail his address . After the first meeting , Mr . O'Connor and a fow friends sat down to a good and substantial dinner at the Mason ' s Arms Inn . After the cloth was withdrawn , a select party of professional gentlemen entertained the company by singing several favourite glees . In tho evening , another meeting was held in the Hall , whicl was crowded as before , when Mr . Latcock , a gentleman cf the town ( and a Chartist ) , had the manliness and candour to state his views and opinions on the effects of machinery , in opposition , as he supposed , to the views and opinions of Mr . O'Connor on the same subject . Mr . O'Connor , in reply , entered into a lengthened and convincing argument , showing the evil effects of machinary on manual labour as at present conducted , and the direful effects it has had on the labouring community at large . He afterwards dwelt with pleasing effect on the capabilities of the soil to maintain four times the amount of the present population , if properly cultivated , and showed , in a _striking manner , that the blind and besotted policy of the landholders would ultimately prove their entire ruin . Mr . O'Connor sat down amidst thunders of applause . Mr . Latcock rose and seemed quite satisfied with Mr . O'Connor ' s reply , and would leave his and Mr . O'Connor ' s views and opinions te tho good and sound judgment of the assembled audience , and thus the matter amicably ended . A vote of thanks was unanimously given to Mr . O'Connor by clapping of hands and repeated cheering . Thanks having been g iven to the Chairman , the meeting broke up .
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, , , - s , , . FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., AT BURNLEY . GRAND AND IMPOSING DEMONSTRATION . On Monday last , the above gentleman made a public entry into Burnley among the hearty plaudits of at least 60 , 000 people . Never since Burnley stood was such animation manifested as was shown on this occasion . At half-past one o'clock in the afternoon , a carriage drawn by two greys left Burnley to meet the four o ' clock train from Halifax , at Tcdmorden , to convey Mr . O'Connor to Burnley . Ho arrived , accompanied by Mr . Beesley at the appointed hour , took some refreshi ! ment , and addressed hundreds , who had assembled ' , from tha window of the White Hart Inn . Mr . Beesley also addressed them . The carriage then started for Burnley , and when _wiihin two mites ot tho town was met by scores of pioneers , who on perceiving the carriage , returned by its side until it reached the procession , which had baited about a mile from the town . The scene on the arrival of the carriage , beggars all description . The masses , anxious to get a hold of his hand , literally beseiged the carriage . The cheering all along the line reverberated through the woods and made the welkin ring . The road , as fas as the eye could reach , was one solid mass cf human beings , which it is in vain to attempt to to describe . It was with tho greatest difficulty that the carriage ccu ' . d take up a suitable position . The marshals attempted to form the procession , but was compelled to give it up , so closely wedged and packed _vr aa the road ; however it began to move . The living mass proceeded slowly towards the town , and every wall or elevated position where man , woman , or child could get a foothold , was crammed to get a view . Oa entering the town , the living mass had to pass through an aqueduct , under the Leeds and Liverpool Canal , the bank being raised considerably above the road . Here was a picture—here was an imposing spectacle ; the aquaduct looked like a triumphal arch festooned with thousands of human beings . The procession reached the town about half-past five o ' clock , and the marshals had succeeded , with the utmost exertions , to place it in something like the following order : — The Demonstration Committee wearing splendid green sashes , with thesispolnts of the Charter inscribed in gold . A beautiful green and gold flag bearing the following inecriptiens on the obverse : — "Demonstration Committee . " The reverse" Peace , Law , Order . " Then followed a movinz mars , as closely packed as they possibly could be , with flags , and banners , and music mixed amongst them , for with all the efforts of the _marehalls it was impossible , in consequence of the immense numbers , to keep them in form . The Carriage , containing Mr . O'Connor , Mr . _Esesley . Mr . Chaffer , Mr . Holland and Mr . Rickard . The members of the General Council , of the National Chaiter Association , Followed by the Members of the Association with Flags , _Banntrs ; Music . & e . / ¦ _C' _& . -sis _* _% v-/ _4-f _^> : m _^ itr t \
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The Bacup Chartists with Flaes and Band . The Padiham Chartists , with Flags and Band . Processions , with Flags and Bands , from several of the places within six or eight miles of Burnley . To attempt to give the number of Flaw , _Bannera , & c . would bs impossible , but amongst the number we noticed the following inscriptions : — " Come , let us be united ; our rights and liberties to gain . " " Whig dungeons may entomb the body , but not the mind . '' "More Pigs and fewer Parsons . " !* We demand tho Charter . " ' Justice an d Equality . " "TyrantB , look and tremble . " "Bad laws make wise men mad . " " O Connor and the Charter . " "Sweep out the House of Corruption , " surmounted by a broom . " Englishmen ! injured Justice demands the release of Frost , Williams , and Jones . " " The hand-loom weavers of Burnley . " " Better to die by the sword than perish of hunger . " " Cursed is he who grindeth the poor . " " Tyrant's thains are only strong , while slaves submit to wear them . " A loaf given to the Padiham procession , by a military officer as they passed the Barracks , was stuck on a pole , and carrUd in the procession . As the processsion wended its way through the streets the cheering was vociferous , every window , balcony , & c , was crowded by persons of all classes , anxious to obtain a view of Mr . O'Connor . The enthusiasm was of the most cheering description , and the respect paid , the unbought praises bestowed on Mr . O'Connor , must have convinced him that the Charter is uppermost in this part of North Lrncashire . The procession baited about seven o ' clock on a large open space of ground , where a platform was erected . Immediately after its arrival the attention of the multitude was arrested by the ascent of a large balloon , with the words ¦ "FEARGUS O'CONNOR " inscribed in glaring characters . Mr . Southwoith , on the motion of Mr . _Baesley , was called to the chair , and tho following resolution was proposed in a _britf speech by Mr . Hollandi seconded by Mr . Beesley , ably supported at some length by Mr . O'Connor , and carried unanimously : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting , after years of painful experience that the deep distress we have from time to time _suflensrt , and which now prevails to a most alarming extett , is clearly traceable , and entirely attributable to class legislation , and that nothing but the People ' s Charter will destroy it . We therefore solemnly pledge ourselves to use every legal and constitutional means in our power to cause it to become law ; and while we thus pledge ourselves to act legally and constitutionally , it shall also be firmly and determinedly ; being fully convinced that nothing less than an entire change in the representative system of the country will destroy the evils that now exist in society . ' An address was then presented to Mr . O'Connor by Mr . Holland , on behalf of the members of the National Charter Association , resident in Burnley , of which the following is a copy ;—The Members of the National Charter Association resident in Burnley , to Feargus O'Connor , Esq . Respected Sin , — -We bail with satisfaction and with joy your visit to our town . Long have we watched your praiseworthy exertions on eur behalf ; long have we witnessed your honest , manly , and straightforward conduct , and the closer we have watched , the more convinced we have been that you are— " The Poor Man ' s Friend , and the Oppressor ' s Foe . " Though you may be opposed by the factions , sneered at by the proud , and villified by the envi' _-ns , yet , while your conduct is marked with that magnanimity and disinterestedness which you have hitherto manifested , so long as you stand firmly by us mid our principles , in our hearts your endeavours will be aided by a warm response ; and , in spite of the factious , the proud , or the envious , you shall have our warmest _gratulations , our most fervent prayers shall be that you may have health , strength , and prosperity ; that you may live to see the fruits of your exertions ripened by an indissoluble Union ; and the reward of that Union be such as will secure to you the pleaaing satisfaction of _having been instrumental in producing happiness , peace , and prosperity , through the British Isles , and ultimately through the habitable globe . Accept , respected Sir , our warmest gratulations , and believe us sincerely devoted to the Charter , aud nothing less . The Members of the National Charter Association , resident in Burnley , % Signed on their behalf , C . Webster , Sub-Secretary . Mr . O'Connor briefly replied to it , pledging himself to go on as he had hitherto done until the Charter should be won—name , title , designation , and all . [ This announcement was received with tremendous cheering , which made the welkin rine ] He also stated that he hoped tho moment they saw him deviating one bair ' _s-breadth from the principles he had advocated that they would then throw him overboard aud desert him . A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman , when the meeting separated . Mr . O'Connor walked , along with his friends , from the place of meeting to his inn . The rattle of clogs , or ¦ wooden shoes , as Mr . O'Connor called them , as he proceeded _through the street , was such that , he could scarcely hear bis own voice as he proceeded along . THE SOIREE . The Chartists of Burnley have been all along very ill put about to obtain a meeting room capable of containing any numbers , they therefore determined to build a pavilion for the occasion ; they took a plot of ground in the Market-place far the pnrpnse ; but when about to begin their building , was refused the use of it by the misrepresentation of a mean _jack-in-office who had the letting of it . No time was to be lost The committee set about to cet another plot , and after various applications and refusals , succeeded in * obtaining a piece . They set to work to get wood for the building ; but the timber-merchants , to their shame be it said , refused to lend wood , either for love or money ; but the committee was not to . be done this way ; they sent off to Padiham , tbree miles distant , and got wood , worked night and day , and the result was . that tbey succeeded in erecting a calico-bound tent , in which the soiree was held . It was past eight o ' clock _baforo the business commenced , when Mr . Holland was called upon to preside , and the following toasts were given and responded to : — " The people , the source of all legitimate power . " Air t > y the band— " Auld Iiang Syne . " Mr . _Bsesley responded in a soul-stirring and enthusiastic speech at considerable length , which told well upon the audience j the greatest enthusiasm prevailed during the delivery of the address j and he sat down among tho hearty plaudits of the assembly . Song by Mr . Lancaster— " When my old hat was new . " " The People ' s Charter , and may It become the law . " Air by the band— " Scots w . V hae wi' Wallace bled . " Mr . Tagg , ef Bacup , responded to this in a laconic and powerful speech , but very brief , as all were anxious to hear Mr . O Connor ; he , however , made some excellent hits , which had the desired effect upon the audience , and sat down amidst their cheers . Song— " When the Sons of Old England . " " Our distinguished visitor , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., the _Champiwn of Democracy and the tried Friend of the People . " This toast was received by tremendous bursts ef applause , the band playing" See the conquering hero . " After the cheering had somewhat subsided , Mr . O'Connor rose , which was the signal for _anctber burst of applause , which la 6 ted for some minutes , when the Honourable Gentleman proceeded to address the audience , which he did for an hour and three quarters , in a speech replete with sound argument , rivetiing the attention of all around ; proving to demonstration that the Charter and that only was calculated to strip the present system of its vices , and to establish on its ruins virtue and happiness , peace on earth and good-will towards men . He contrasted the new and old systems , and clearly shewed that the old system required proping , and patching , and crutcbing in order to keep it together , and that Sir Robert Peel bad put the tariff crutch on the one side , and the income tax crutch on the other ; but that the King of Prussia had been able in one moment to knock the tariff crutch down , and that the distress of the shopkeepers and others would knock down the other . He also took a rapid review of all the schemes that had been propounded by all the parties that bad figured on the political Btage , showed the futility of their plans , and placed our Charter in a _preeminent light , by clearly showing its superiority over any other _Bchtme that bar . been brought before the public . He stated his views on machinery , the corn laws , & o . in a c ear and lucid manner , and wound up one of the most argumentative addresses that was ever delivered in Burnley amid the hearty cheers of the assembly . Snng , " May O'Connor live for ever . "—Mr . Lancaster . It being now gone far towards twelve o ' clock , the Chairman dtemed it _piudent to dispense with two of _H- Cf- 'd
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the toasts he had on the list , and concluded the business with " Frost , Williams , aud Jone 3 _, and mny they soon be restored to their native land , " Which was responded to by Mr . Beesley , in a brief but energetic manner . After which a vote of thanks was given to Mr . O'Connor , for visiting Burnley . Mr . O'Connor , in returning thanks , pledged himself again to visit his North Lancashire _childre . i after ha had been in Wales and Cornwall , which he was abuut to visit shortly . The reason why he had not visited North Lancashire sooner was , that he had thought it proper to visit those of hi 3 numerous family who were infants in Chartism , as requiring from him his _earliest attention . He considered the hand-loom weavers of North Lancashire as his eldest sons , better able to do without his schooling than those in other places of a more tender age , and concluded a humourous address by moving a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which wns given . The Chairman brkfly replied , and three verses of the Chartist National Anthem was enng by the assemly , when the meeting broke up , well satisfied with the evening ' s entertainment . Mr . O'Connor made an appeal to the meeting on behalf of the New Executive , when lis . was collected for their aid . The afternoon ' s proceeding went off with the greatest eclat , not a single accident occurring ; no breach of the peace , which those who are _opposed to m seem to drea' _-I ; the mad folloivcrs of Feargus O Connor setting an example of order and decorum which will no doubt have _made a favourable _impression on those who have hitherto taunted them as _destructives and levellers , aa _firel-rands _, and mad-enthusiasts . The working glasses arc in the greatest destitution . Their patier . se bus bsen _ex-. _-mplary . It is true , discontent , a short time back , manifested itself pretty strongly ,- but there is not a doubt that tho advice given by him will have a good effect , inasmuch aa he strongly repudiated the idea of starving-men presenting their naked fronts to an armed force , clearly shewing them that it was by a firm union that our _Charter was to be gained . We counted nine hands of music in tho proceasion .
Mr. O'Connor At Manchester. Carpenters' ...
MR . O'CONNOR AT MANCHESTER . Carpenters' Hall . —On Sunday evening , the above Hall was densely filled wirh au attentive and respectable audience . A large number of ladies occupied a portion of tha gallery and platform . Mr . Thomas Whittaker , an intelligent and working miin was called to the chair , who rose and observed , that ho felt proud to see so many assembled there that evening . It must be _gratifying to the _heartsof those who h ; ul . _thepriuciple _« s of the Charter at heart , to know how they were spreading _throughout the country , and to know that the trades cf Manchester were coming out to join the National Charter Association , _Smw they Inst _mst _, a few other trades have come out . The carpenters and j joiners were the first , the fustian cutters and mechanics 1 J - — - ' - I followed . They had sent deputations to the smiths , painters , and boiler makers , who had also joined ; the j resolutions having been carried without a dissenting voice . ( Cheers . ) The plasterers had resolved to cill a meeting to consider the subject , and likewise other trades ; and he bad not tho least doubt that in a very short time , the whole of the trades of Manchester would be formed in ona union , to _agitate for the principles of the Charter . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Jakes Leach then rose and addressed the meeting . He went on to say that it was apparent to every reflecting mind that they had arrived at a period that must speedily determine their triumph over despotism , and establish their _rights—( cheara ) He had been in Yorkshire , and he bad fonnd that there had been a great depreciation in _wasjea since he was there about four months since . In some _inetaneea it amounted to as much as 6 s . per week ; and in others , amongst the _woolcombers , many who previously could earn from 20 s . to 35 s . per week , could only gat about 10 s ., and in many caaea not more than 63 . ( At this statement _expressions of sorrow and disapprobation were heard from one end of the spacicu 3 hall to tho other . ) What was the cause of such depreciation ? The cause was one which had occupied his attention for some time . He found , from statistical accounts , that in Germany the woollen weavers were working for 3 s . 9 d . per week , and they in G .-rmany worked fifteen hours per week longer than thosej ) f . Yorkshire . __ The . rents of houses were much larger ' in '" Yorkshire thah " " in Germany : in trie former place the workman would have to pay 2 s . 0 A . per week for a house ; it would take sixpence for fire , and another sixpence for candles and soap , which they would perceive was 3 s . 6 d . Now , if thoae men in Yorkshire should be brought down to those wages it would only have 3 d . to live upon . It was then impossible for the Yorkshire weavers and woolcombers to compete with those of Germany . Hence it was that they were being ruined by foreign trade . How was it that the home trade had gone ? Because of the extremely high taxation on the one hand , and the extremely low wages oa the other . Tho supremacy of commerce that we once had possession of was now faded away , as a mist before the sun . The people of Germany and many other places , _iu fact nearly all those countries were getting as good machinery as wo have . They ( the _psopl ' . ' ) would suffer ten times greater depreciation in the next ten years than they had in the last , if the system continued . Ho would tell them how the working men of Yorkshire had been brought to six shillings per week . They were now combing wool of that quality which took five , six , or eight hours to comb as much as . would bring them a shilling , to say nothing of abatements ; and though the wool was inferior they were expected to tike it in as well finished as if it was the best material in the world . He met a man with a bundle on his back , which ho said would take him from six in the morning till sis in the evening to comb , and for which ho wouM only get one shilling . He met another with a load on a truck , which ho had to dra _? fifteen miles to get it noma , and when he had combed it and taken it back fifteen miles , which would be thirty miles , he received for the whole of that labour the enormous sum of seven shillings ; beside , they were so jealous of hiai having a bit of soap , they were so niggardly about his having ns much soap as would wash his shirC , that they compelltd him to wash the wool before ha took it away which made it much heavier and made him nearly sweat himself to death to drag along . The speaker said he mentioned tbat cireumstance to a gentleman , and asked him how it was 1 Oh , said bo , it was becauso the Government would not let them have free trade , and consequently there was not trade enough . A Manchester gentleman writing on the trade and commerce of America , and by way of showing his extensive knowledge of _Gaology , two years ago , remarked that it _was __ _imposslbie for the Americans to compete with the English manufacturers , alledging as a reason that they in America had no coal , besides they had to come to England for iron . It was nonsense to think of such a thing . Now , he had got some statistics from an American writer , which stated that there were 5 , 000 acrss of coal from seven to nine fett thick , so near the surfacs _, that they could be got without the trouble and expence of sinking pits . He did _nothnow what the great Solomon of Manchester would say to that ; he wondered if he would say that it had grown within the last two years __ or not . There were also not fewer than eighty-two iron works . A gentleman now in Manchester , who had lately come from Ameriaa , had told him ( Mr . Leach ) that they were l . u _^ ding fif ty-three new _factories in the State of New York ; he found , from a pamphlet written by Mr . Curtis , from Ohio , in America , that the Southern and Northern States wero connected by railway , which _afforded fauilites for tha manufacturers to take their poods , and bring their raw cotton back , whilst tho English manufacturer bad to go to America with his goods aud bring _batk cotton . The same writer had declared that Amenca would not only _becpnio a m » _nufaciuring ! country , but one of the moat exporting countries in the world . It was now become a question of life and d _? ath , as to whether they must depend on a ricketrv system as mnnu £ tcturini ; for tho prosperity of England . Mr . Lwich then readDi . Cook ' _a letter from the British Statesman , and commented very _strongly upon some cf the s _' _aiKnieuts ; _i ' . nd in the course of his rt marks , he showed how different the same letter appeared in theiJfanc _/ _iei . ' c / ' Times . The Speaker then related a case of persons in Colne and other places , having to live on the refuse of the fruit niaTket , and added that the people would _soonw resort to that for a livelihood—they would sooner die in the street—than eo to tho bastiles , to be separated from their wives " and children ( hear , hear . ) They wanted justice , uot eharity . They wanted their rights , and not to he insulted by one lot of robbers begging for them of _another set of robbers . It was certainly come _toafinapas 8 _wheu the _industrieus millions must be insulted with parson ' s _begging letters . ( Hear , hear . ) Let us , said the speaker , examine tho cause of the wretchedness , and poverty , and hunger , in the _manufacturiog districts . He had come to this—as to whether tbey must resist the cruel and unjust aggreesious of property—or make a virtuous struggle against the wicked influence _tiven to it by tho law , which places the lives of the millions at the disposal of those that posaess au < 3 wield that power . The speaker here exhibited a long lint of abatements tbat had been taken on the evening before , ia only one half of a room in a factory at Manchester . Here then was the bloodstained budget , containing no fewer than sixty-eight abatements in one half of the room , aud there were only 12 S worked in the room . The amount taken back from the hands in that _systtm of robbery was no less than £ 17 . _Beaide tbat there wero bo many rules to _ba observed , tha list of which would reach from him to the bottom of the hall
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which they run _the-riskof besides . those _tiientioiie . i in the G 8 th . There were sixteen rales- ' for the violation of which they wero rated from threepence up _io one pound . He knew two men that were fined one pound each for getting hold of each other in a l . irk- ~( sham & / These robberies wero committed every wesk , which amounted to from i £ 30 to £ 40 per week . He had been at _Glossop Dale , _whers he had found another part of their business in this very honourable way . The two-loom weavers were raining from _stwm to eight shillings per week . They _conmu-nca at five o ' clock in the morning , and run the mills till eight _, at night . There was no such thing as a factory in . _spector to be Been there , because it wns the iron heel of capital against honest poverty : For every five minutes that the hands were * behind in coming to the mill in the morning , they were fined threepence , [ _.-u this moment Mr . O Connor entered the Hall , and was received with every mark of esteem , _accampiraad with thundering cheers . A . _U having become composed , Mr . leach was requested hy Mr . O'Connor to proceed . ] Mr . Leach said t ))« t be felt vary proud at tho unexpected interruption that had taken _plsse . Ho was _jusS teliing them of the robberies committed upon the industrious people or Glossop Dale ; he would go on with it . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Ha would give another specimen of the cruel villany _perpetrated by this monstrous aud unbearable system . ( Hear . ) The masters of _th-it district had all cf a sudden been transformed from tyrants into very thoughtful and humane beings , as they would have the people think . They had _fj iveu over _bitteing ; thsy could not think of taking money from them in that way , now their _wagts had become bo low ; but instead of tbafc they had made them tjke the piece they had woven themselves ; and in doing this , they charged them two shillings par piece mora than the _aarae pieces _c-mld bo purchased for in Manchester ! This was the very affectionate and feeling manner in which they wero then behaving towards their hands . Then , again , the pour ' people could not loose time to come to Manchester to sell their pieces at tho best price , hut werecoiupelieti to let a man . who kept a provision store , have them for two shillings less than their value , and wora compelled to take goods in return , for which they ware-charged at the rate of from fifteen to twenty per cent , " higher than they could bo purchased in Manchester —( shame , shame . ) Mr . Leach then & ave a most deplorable account of a woman with three _fitherless children—one in her arms , a second could not walk , and the third could not dress ibelf—who made application to the Guardians for relief , and in reply to which she was called an idle hussey . _though once the wife at au _indu-itrious man , and unable to leave hsr children ; he saw the children sucking at the breast , " nut could get _nu nutriment ! nature was _exhausted for the want oE _nourishment , and she ( the mother ) prayed that tho vengeance of Heaven might fill upon the system which W 33 literally starving both her ami her children to _Heath—k-xecration . ) After giving many more such appalling narrations _, he ccncluded , to make way for Mr . O'Connor—( loud cheers . ) The Chairman then rose and said , that previous to _introducing Mr . O'Connor to sp ? ak , he would read a paragraph from tho JI _/ _oMicsfcr Times , which made Mr * Hoywood say . that if Mr . O Connor had bean at the meeting of shopkeepers , ho would have voted for the resolution . He then read the resolution passed on the 2 _ls » of June , in tfct > Town Hall , for tho Charter _,, and the _taking off the restrictions oa tr . vle . Mr . _O'Connbn then _ross , a : id observed tbat ho had . not coma thither aa a speaker , but li & a _themselves to listen . However , he was g _! ad to find such s . giorious , peaceable , and attentive nit-cling cf _tlM working men < £ Manchester as he saw _btfyre him that evening . Ha would do them the justice to say that thc-y were _tiie most sober , most moral , and mo 3 t religious _congregation in Manchester : but where , ho would ash , were their Instead of being on their _bacfts _. '" iuauL ' * j _^ " ; _^ _J * unuay o . Otnes . they were on the _baolrs of the wolves who were preaching tha doctrine sf submission and passive obedience to a system which was _destroying the interests of tha industrious but tt \\\ starving people —( _heur , hear ) . In 1840 , ha slipped his cable from _Liverpool and cani 6 to that spot , when a large meeting had assembled and he told them tbat foe present day would corue . Assnonastha _shopkei-pera got their _squwzi they would join the _association but not heforo . Last April two years , there was not a Bhopteeper amongst them ; they wero asleep ; tho Chartists were _wronsf , and must be put down . Teen what had _caused such a sudden conversion ? Because they wire afraid of losing the last farthing . He had stood by one principle from the beginning , aud he would stand to the end . The man who said the Charter would do tbat thins ; or the other , was assuming the position of a prophet . He would not say what the Charter would do , but ho would sny that whatever it did would be done by the majority , and he for one would be bound to obey —( hear , hear . ) Sir Robert Peel had done mwo to manufacture Chartists by _ona single act than he ( . VIr . O'Connor ) had done by his sixteen months * _imprisonment and ten years' agitation . Sir Robert _mitht be truly called the _wholesale Chartist manufacturer—( laughter . ) ¦ Mr . O'Connor then paid several flittering compliments to the working raoa , and stated that most of tho information which ha possessed had been gathered , from time to time , from the lips of working man —( cheers . ) ;_ - _ He .. then went , in a forcible ' manner , into the conduct of tho police who shot down Mb countrymen and women at E .-. uis and Galway , reminding them at the same time of the Rathcormac affair , which produced a great impression on the audience , aa was exemplified by repeated symptoms of execration . He next spoke about " the leaders of the people , _pledging himself to do all he could to unite their . ; at the same time giving it as his opinion that a division amongst leaders would not have tho injurious tfiect now as formerly ; for whatever differences should arise , it would not be possible to take the people from their scent of the Charter —( hear , hear . ) Ho then produced a newspaper called the Sunday Times , a paper which ho _caid would not have mentioned the Chartists some tiiuo ago . He would read it for tbem , had not the Whigs half _feliruled him in York Castle . What did this m . 'in of the T imes recommtnd as a cure ; any measure of the Tories ? No . One cf the Whips ? No . Corn Law Repeal ? No . Tho six points without the name ? No , —( cheers , ) were they to " try any thing else ? No ; but they , tb . 8 people , must come out far the Mhole Charter . ( Loud cheers ) The speaker then went in powerful and cutting language into the cases of Shell , Frost , Williams , and Jones , Clayton and Holberry , and stated , that had he been on the inquest touching the death of the latter , he would have brought in a verdict of wilful murder againBt the Whigs in the first place , and have implicated the Tories as accessories after the fact . He then touched upon a variety of subjects at great length , and concluded a powerful end eloquent speech , which occupied an hour and a half ia the delivery , by _declaring most emphatically that he would not have voted for the resolution adopted at the meeting held in the Town Hall . A private collection was made for Mason and _othsra , which amounted to £ 1 . 3 s . A vote of confidence v « 3 then proposed in O'Connor , which , after being seconded , was put to the meeting aud carried _unauimously , amid the loud plaudits f . f tha vast assemblage . Tbanks were then given to the chairman , aud the meeting dispersed . Such was the enthusiasm of the people , and tbeir _devotedness and attachment to Mr . O'Connor , that he was lifted into the coach which waited for him at tha door of the Hall , and saluted by three _cheeif . The following a _» e the _subacriptiins for the defoEce of Mr . Masen and others , referred to above : — 8 . d . , Dr . HulIy 10 o Mr . Mason 0 6 Mr . Marsden 0 6 Mr . SoiUier 1 0 Ditto ... ... ... 0 6 Mr . _Soilder's wife 0 I Mr . John Rawson 0 6 Mr . John _Hardman 0 2 Mr . John Belle ... 1 0 _Shoemakers ... 2 6 Hall Council 1 3 Mr . Luc , wine merchant ... 5 0 Public Meetin g jn Sxeyensqn _' _s-Square . —On , Monday eveningthe above meeting was held pursuant to advertisement . The hour appointed was seven o ' _clcsk . ' Permission had been given by the Mayor in _consaquence cf there not being a room largo enough to hold the people , the purport of the parties convening it was to pass the Convention Memorial to the Queen , nod the _remonstranco to the House of Commons . At tho commencement of the meeting there could not be lower than 3 . 000 , and the unanimous opinion of all in the Court where tho speakers stood and many competent judges _pressnt , was , tbat at the conclusion , thero were _frosi ten to fifteen thousand people present . Tho Rev . Jurnes _SehoieGeld was called to thy chair , who opened with a fuw appropriate remarks , and then called upon Mr . John Baile y to move the memorial , which waa seconded in a bold and elcquent speech by Mr . J : _iha Campbell , secretary to the Executive , aud when put was carried _unimhuously . Mr . Wm . Dixon in a speech which occupied three quarters of an hour , moved the remonstrance to thfl House of Commons , which was seconded by Mr . _Jamls _Leacu in an eloquent , euergetiu , and argumentative spetch , which was listened to aud applauded by the multitude . The Chairman put it , and it was carried without a dissentient . A shop-lteeper _nwtt came forward , and in a neat and sensible Bpeech moved tho following ; resolution . : — " That this mseting views with abhorrence , aud condemns , in the strongest terms possiblo , the atrociously cruel conduct of the unconstitutional police _forcu at _Ennis , in the County of Clare , Ireland , for murdenmsty attacking an unarmed , starving multitude . We therefore call upon the right-thinking and patriotic men of England to join with us in protesting against , and reprobating , such diabolical proceedings on the righta and liberties of an industrious people . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . R . Littler , and supported in excellent speeches by Mr . D . Duuivan _, aud the Rev . W . V . Jackson , It was carried nem _* con _. The meeting was a large ono , the speaking good , nnct after cheera for O'Connor , Frost , Williams , and Jones , with a vote of thauksto . _& _e Chairman , the meesing peaceably dissolved .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 2, 1842, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_02071842/page/1/
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