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Mora t YEsrrrnjs it again is a state of ernption . Mr . KE 4 N is at EdinbHrgh , plavine , it is said , to crowded houses . ©»*¦— . M . TACL BELAROCHxis enpaged in executing a induing of Peter the Great for Count Demidoff . A GiSTLEMAlf , who withhold . * his name , has subscribed £ 100 towards the pnpport of the poor in the limerick House of Industry . A pbveb hospital is about to be established at Gansboroagh coonty of Kerry , to which lir . Pierce MahoBT has subscribed £ 400 . The late Hichabd Tuck , Esq ., of Strnmpshaw , Norfolk , lias left the munificent legacy of £ 1 , 000 to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital :
The sewspapebs published in tbe United States are computed at 1 , 200—from which 100 , 000 , 000 copies are annuall y issued . Is the wjkdow of a public-house , near Bilston appears the following singnlar announcement : — " A Dead Club held here . " On Mosdat -week , six wageons laden with bullion arrived at the Bank from Portsmouth escorted by a partv of Hussars .
Tbe whather has been so mild in the south of Italy and Kaples , that many people have not vetpnt on their winter ] clothing .
Pierre Uexe Choudiett , who had been a member of the Convention , died in Paris on Snndav week , in the 7 r « h year of his age . BiSHOPS .- Sinee the "Whi gs came into office they have had the appointment of eight English BishopiL a third of the whole number * Botjlogxe . —Between the ' lst and 8 th inst , nine packets -entered BonlogDe with S 3 " passen-ew , and the same number , -with 358 , sailed . The Office of Agent to superintend the embarkation ef emigrants will be annexed to the department of collector under the Poor-law . TsbHox . Admiral Exphixstoxe Fi . fmiVg will , it 3 s said , succeed Lord Amelias Beaaclerk in the command at Plymouth .
Admebal Sir Graham Moore , who i « mong - <*>• - » ? miJ » u > . n j jsora to Sir Ffiilip Durham at Portamooth , is brother-in-law to Lady Brougham . The Txtrxkh fleet has already been taken into the arsenal , and is being dismantled , apparently for the winter . The Marquis of Bute and Mr . Ames gave their annoal festival to the members of the Poor Men ' s Club , at Luton , on Friday last . The Co cxtess of DtrRHAM has resigned the situation of Lady in " Waiting to her Majesty , and the resignation has been accepted . - K att . —A number of men and boys , volunteers "for the Navy , have embarked on board the Experiment , for conveyance from Dover to the N ore .
The Emperor of Austria is said to have much improved tbe state of hu health by his late journey into Italy . - Meh ARE wow employed planting young trees in St . Jasaes ' s-park , In the room of those which had bren blown down , and others decayed by age . Tbe Odessa Journal mentions the quantity of corn bought by English merchants , in general at -43 s per quarter . A Wikdow in Brick-lane , "Whitechapel , exhibits the following , scrawled on a sheet of paper : — Old c / tue and boots and shoos hurt or taken in exchange . N . B . —Fride fish altrais redy . "
The Bailway from " Vienna to Prague , advances rapidly , having 20 , 000 labourers employed on it , and it is expected that tbe eighty miles to Brunn will be ¦ c ompleted this year . The Thttkberer , 84 , is about to be commissioned immediately . " We have not yet heard the same of the officer likely to be appointed to command her .-G&fc . . rr » ... ¦ . The Marqtjis and Marchioness of Nonnanby left Dublin on Monday / night , and are expected in London next week , after spending a few day « at MnlgraTe Castle .- —London Paper .
Large Turnip . —A turni ftwas lately gathered at Berny-les-Berey , in the Somme , which measured -3 feet 53 ^ inches rwmd , and weighed 22 } £ lbs . It was grown is tbe open field . ~ At a Hottsk in thy Hatnpsteaa-Toad a large painted board is exhibited , which states that " All persons who attempt to enter these premises after dark iritl be shot !' Thb . Quxeh Dowager has presented to the BpJUdan Gallerjat Oxford , whole lengtbportrairs ¦ of herself and ' , his late Majesty , painted by Sir DavidWilkie . ¦ :-: '¦ ¦ - ' ¦ _ . The Drapers as GosPOEjhave unanimously ¦ consented to close their shops at more reasonable hoars than heretofore , so that , the assistants may -gain some bodily and . mental reereation .
Lord Sakdon and Lord Ingestrie have ¦ accepted invitations to dine with the Conservative Association : of this town , in January next .-T-H ^ b / - ¦ cerhampton Chronicle . ' . ' .- .
Most of the shooting parties in Scotland hare ¦ separated , ; W / grOTse r SDootiBg " whlcb . was' their favourite l | pqrt r has-temmat « t . for fiije present « eason . On j&e'Jwfcple ! the sport has been excellent , T « e . Steam - Xayig atiok of - the Upper "JRhokX ) abort Lyons , is now definitely-organised , ard in operation . A boat lsaves Lyons for Aix ereTy&ur-iiajBj makiiig the passage in iorty-eight hoars ; * - ^ ^ h" * - ^ - -- " - > ' '"' : ¦ -.
A ; BAd * 3 > afronise 3 ^ y Alderman Johnson and AUejsnanThqjo ^ JjWopd j - sherife of London , will tatejlacejn . i ^ ie-i ' reemasonsL 7 -Hall in the second week , o £ Jaauary , . the- profits uf which , will be applied in jud of tfceioasoiric charities . - ~ . ~~ - ~ - j-Ah sktzrs Jej | ra 8 bjjof ^ e ^ greafc tower of the cathedral " of St . Stephen , at . Vienna ,. _ b ~ a * Jjeen at lengthdecidedon , and » 11 the > tchitectaral . science of the * aph * l is to be pat in . Teqnisition for this purpose * , ^ " V . ; " ,.- / ' , J-. - \ . -..- -. - .. ¦'¦ - ¦ SEriRAi . hatf-pay lientenanti » f the na ^ y pretested tbemselvea last week at _ ibe / A _ diniralty ¦' - *? . ^ pwpojie of being employed ; some of which ^ Qccecded , rat o&ers , for to present , were donp *
It is rtjmoured 4 al a reconcBiation if about to be effected between the Prince of Capaa , and Tiis Crof ter , the _ King of Naples , through ' tbe interferened of a / aiember of the Roy al Family of both ^ fifia . ' - ''' ¦¦ -. .- "; -. ^ O ^ TmrixAHPLE . —The loute of Bernard sail Coy of / Bourdeaux , which was nnder the necesatj of suspending its pajments in consequence of the dishonesty of an agent , has ju » t _ given a TemarkabW example of commercial probity bv paying all creditors in full , capital and interest included .
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. Chttrch Education Society . —The Dublin TSvening Mail states that a new Church Education Society ; has been set on foot , with the approbation of all the -Protestant Bishops- of Ireland , except : -the Archbishop of Dublin , and the Bishops of Derry and Killaloe . Sir Francis Burdett has accepted the invitation ' of the Chairman of the Birmingham Constitutional Association , to attend its fourth / anniver sary dinner , on the 11 th of- January , at BirmiBgham .
DlTISIOK OF THE CoiTKTT OF TlPPERARY . The Dublin Gazette contains the proclamation for the division of the : county of Ti pperary , which occupie : ' ten pages and a half . The assize town of the southern division to be Clonmel—that of the northern , Kenagh . A LETTER from Rome asserts that 90 , 000 f . have recently been transrnitted to the Papal Government fr op that part of Spain which is under the Queen ' s authority , for dispensations and other " religious objects . - The glaziers have reaped a most plentiful harvest from the-effects of the late storm . Upwards of 1200 squares were broken in Portmouth dockyard alone j and is Gosport scarcely a house in the upper part of the town escaped damage .
As i \ etidixce of the r 7 tiing passion , it is stated that at Sydney the " Newgate Calendar " and - " Johnson ' s Lives of Highwaymen" will sell for three times more than any standard book of the same intrinsic "value . CousTESFBiT Cors . —A number of counterfeit shillings of the-present Teign bave got into cirnulation within the last fortnight , principally among cabmen and omnibus drivers . They are tolerably well executed , with the exception of the " milling ' on the ediies . - - . — ¦
Anabaptists .-According to the SuabianMercur yi the sect of Anabaptists continues to increase at Stutgard , * nd total immersion of the converts are taking , place in the Neckar , notwithstanding the told < o the astonishment of the inhabitants . Railway Shakes . —London and Birmingham R-ailwav Shares fell last week from £ 3 to £ 4 ; Great Western about £ 2 ; Seuthampton declined in the same proportion ; and the lesser varieties are all from 10 s . to . £ 1 below last prices . Death of MarshalLobau . —Marshal Lobau was buried at the Hotel des Invalided , at Paris , on Monday week , with great pomp , 80 , 000 of the National _ Guards formed the procession ; the three eldest sous of Louis Philippe were also present .
The Farmers in the neighbourhood of Stowey , "Watchet , Dunster , Minehead , " and Porloct ( Somerset ) , have been agreeably surprised to find their wheat yield better than their expectations . One farmer ( Mr . Hieh ) who paid the parson in kind , which ; he reckoned would fetch £ 12 , found that his produce had sold for £ 20 15 s ., besides the value of tne straw .
Chejip Travelling . —So great is the opposition at present between the coaches on the Bath and Bristol-road , that some of them are carrvingl passengers from London to Bristol for 12 s . inside and 6 s . out . - — Axciext Pile . —One of the piles used in the foundation of the old bridge at Laacaster was taken ont a short time since , " and found to be " sound as an ararn , " although it must have been under water at least 900 years . New Cathedral . —It is stated in a provincial journal to be the intention of the Roman Catholics to erect ^ magni fi cent cathedral in London , and that one hundred wealthy Peers and Commoners expected to subsreibe £ 1 , 000 each towards it .
H 4 s Excellency 31 . Tan de "Weyer is said to be on the point of marriage with a rich English heirees . Hehas taken for his future residence the scene of Marshal Soult's splendid fetes , Lord de Manley ' s bouse , in Portland-place . The Duke of BrccLErcH , previous tn his departure for Italy , gave direction to his chamberlain , Mr . Qgilvie , to em ploy an eminent architect to superintend the building of a new church at Hawick , at his grace ' s expense . Liverpool .-The merchants of Liverpool , following the example of the merchant * of the Metropolis , have addressed a memorial to Lords Melbourne and Palmerston , praying her Majesty ' s Government to adopt measures for the pacification of the Peninsula .
Bread . —It is the duty of all persons who have snb ^ riiutoa at th ^ ir-command , id Avl ^ Iw ; tneir families , during the . approaching winter , as iar as possible , the use of bread-corn , by which means they will not only Jes . « en the consumption , but materially assist in keeping dowrn the price , Tbe Piedmont Gazette promulgates a convention cpnclnded by the King of the French and his Sardinian Majesty , for the reciprocal expulsien of malefactors taking refuge in their respective territories .
Dexse Fog . —During the afternoon of Tuesday last , the fog was more thick , particularly at the eaist end of the metropolis , that has been known for many years past . Between two and three o ' clock , the darkness was so great that all the shops were lighted up as at night ; and carriages had great difficulty in proceeding through the city . Washing and Lodging . —Three Irishmen , pretty , well primed with whi * key , were reeling home along the banks of the Liffey ' last week , when one of them , who was descanting on the virtues of bis favourite liquor , which he declared to be meat and drink to man , fell off , the quay into the river . " Och , " exclaimed one of his companions , " sure you ' re now provided for , for yon . have meat and drink , and faith now you ' ve * good washing and lodging . "
Sir James Allan Pare , Judge in the Court of Common Pleas , died on Saturday last . Various gentlemen of the bar are talked of as his successor on the bench . —Sir Robert Rolfe , Mr . "Wightman , Mr . Sergeant Talfourd , Mr . Erie , and Mr . Maule . Sir Charles ' Wetherell has , it i » said , obtained a fortune of £ 60 , 000 with his bride , daughter of the late Colonel "Warnsford . It is , we believe , the honourable and learned gentleman ' s third matr imonial alliance . His second lady was tbe daughter of Sir Alexander Croke , a retired " Colonial Judge . — Morning Post .
. New Steam Ship . —The Indian Steam Ship Company have announced their first vessel , the India , will be launched on the 3 rd of January next , and be ready to take in stores in the Thames by the middle of April .
, Lord Durham nottn Downing Street . — It is a subject of general remark that not the slightest open communication has taken place between the late Governor General of Canada , and his employers , the Ministers . " Death of a Fortune-teller .: —An inquest was held on Tuesday , in the Newrroad , on the body of Ann Butler , aged about fifty , who was found drowned . It appeared from the " evidence that deceased , who had no settled place of abode , went
about-under pretence of telling for tunes , which , however , was to her a very unprofitable trade . She had npt ^ been seen in her usual haunts lately , and on Sunday morning her body was discovered floating in the Regent ' s Canal , near St . John ' s Woodbridge . She . was quite dead , and the body appeared to have been in the water some days . JJo person came forward to own the body , and the ' depositions having been read over , the Jury returned a verdict of " Found Drowned . "
Singular Theft . — Edward Cotton , a boy about thirteen years old , was on Friday brought before Mr . White , the magistrate at the Queen Square Office , charged with having secreted himself in Buckingham Palace , and with stealing a * word and other articles belonging to the Queen . The lad , who seems to consider the affair a capital joke , said that he came from Hertford , where Mb father is a-shoemaker , in December last , and was let into the Palace by a man dressed in fustian ; that he had since concealed himself in different parts of the building by day , generally in the chimnies , and at night , alter the servant had gone to bed , went to
the kitchen , and helped himself to food . He had but one shirt , which he washed at night He had often seen the Queen at Council , and heard her talk politics . The lad also made " still more ^ extraordinary statementa , " which the Morning Post " cannot prints His story was partly confirmed by William Cox , porter at the Equerry's entrance , who said that a few minutes before five o ' clock on Thursday morning , be saw the boy ,, who looked Tike a sweep , half open "his door and look round the room . He asked him if he came to sweep ; ' but he
made no answer , andran-away . Heran after him , but could not catch him ; "but he founjl a bundle with a sword and other things in one of the passages , as if ready to be carried off . The lad was caught in . the colonnade of the grand entrance ; and on his person were found two letter * , one directed to the Queen , and the other to Mr . Charles Murray , vaod rwo books belonging to-Mr . Murray s servant . On examining Mr . Murray ' s room , the bed : was found tumbled , and dirtied by soot , and some soot had also fallen from tb& chimney . The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday *
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Chatham . —Fifteen" ( apprentices were entered in Chatham dock-yards , on Monday week , five * r > - wrights and ten caulkers ; and orders have been received for five apprentices to be entered at the death of every shipwright until the establishment of forty is complete . - ¦ ¦ -: : , A Surgeon named Frederic Nicholas Sbmers Thomas , residisg at Camberwellj and Wm . Boys , his groom , were last week convicted , at the Surrey Sessions , of robbing- ahouse , taking away all tbe furniture , bedding , &e . The doctor was sentenced to twelv * months' hard labour , and the groom to three .
• _ Militart Movements . — On Weainesday night last , an order was sent to Stockport Barracks to furnish a detachment of the 86 th for the purpose of watching the proceedings , it is supposed , of certain leaders of the Revolutionary party , who were expected to make their appearance about midnight on the Manchester road ; and for that purpose the soldiers were ordered as far as Heaton Norris toll bar , their musket * loaded with ball-cartridge , and there to wait . They did so for several hours , but with what effect our . informant cannot ascertain The detachment was : commanded by an officer , and consisted of a sergeant , corporal , and fourteen . men . —Stockport Advertiser .
• Fires . —Extensive cotton-mills , occupied by Mr . R . Hunt , at Bulwell , near Nottingham , were burnt down on Tuesday . The origin of-the fire is not mentioned . On Saturday evening , about half-past seven o ' clock , a barley-stack , the produce of fourteen acres , and alsoa large c ^ ver-stack ^ on the farm of Mr . John Ablitt , at Layegham , at some distance from any building , were discovered to be on fire , having apparently been ignited at the same time in opposite direction /?; and the whole of the ^ former ! with a great . part of the latter , was consumed . "VVe regret to add , that , while ; some of the labouring population exerted themselres most meritoriousl y ^ others not only toot no part in extinguishing the
flames , but even went so far as to express their gratification . —Suffolk Chronicler Monday evening , the residents of that part of Bucklebury situated near the Common were alarmed by the appearance of an extensive conflagration , ^^ which broke-put about eight o ' clock ; it was immediately perceived that the flames were r ising from the farm of Mr . Robert Qreen , situated about half a mile from the churcli . Every exertion was made by the labourers and neighbours to check the flames : which was n » t
accomplished until a barley-rick , tbe . produce of nine acres , a lafge . oat-riei , and a stack of wook , were destroyed : a wheat-rick was pulled to pieces in the attempt to preserve it . The shepherd , carter , and boy employed on the " farm , have been apprehended on suspicion and taken to Newbury for examination . TiVe are happy to -hear that Mr . Green was fully insured . —Reading Mercury . An . incendiary fire on the premises of Mr . James French , farmer , near Borebam , Essex , was discovered on Monday evening , in time to prevent any serious damage .
Elliot the Duellist . —Elliet the duellist , who killed Mirfin , has been pursuing the same practices at Boulogne which made it convenient for him to select that town as a place of refuge . A few days ago he was playing at billiards wnth a French gentleman , when a difference of opinion arose as to a point of the game , and not being able to convince his parti of his error , he immediately assumed the demeanour and tone of the Piccadilly Saloon , and blusteringly asked the gentleman "if he tnew who he was ? " " Yes , " replied the latter , "I am acquainted with your history—and I know you to have been theprincipal in an affair disgraceful to-moraUtj- ^ and offensive to decent manners . " Elliot became
very angry at his reply , and threatened unutterable things about annihilation and a recourse to arms ; when the other person asked him to await his return , and he would convince him of his error . In about five minutes he came bacfc with the commissary of police and four gens d ' armes , and told Elliot that if he did not conduct himself with propriety during his stay at Boulogne , and abstain from exciting brawls , the officers would be instructed to escort him to Dover , and give notice beforehand of their coming to the English police . Elliot was not aware that hia opponent was a sou of the Prefect of the department of the Pas de Calais . — Sunderland Herald .
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PUBLIC MEETING AT THE VILLAGE . OF DALSTON , NEAH CARLISLE . A very spirited miwting tov \ ptar * o » Paturdny eveningy December loth , for thepursose of adopting the principles embodied in the National Petition ona the People ' s Charter . Mr . Jonx Bell was called to the chair . He observed : — -I feel a diffidence in taking this task upou myself , knowing , as I do , niy utter incapacity for such an office ; but our cause is an important one —it i « that of the poor and distressed , against the haughty arid overbearing Aristocracy of this country ; We have looked in vain for something from the great ; and we are sinking lower and lower in the
scale of degradation and suffering ; . We had a meeting here some time since , about Dlack slavery ; and on that occasion , an extensive manufacturer and opulent banker presided . But where are they now ? They care not for white slavery , except to increase it . In 1837 , Mr . Attwood told Lord Melbourne the situat ion of the people , but the answer he received wa * , he wauld do nothing . The HoHse of Comuionsmustbe changed ; if you do nothing for the people , yon will raise amoral tempest about your heads which will not be easily allayed ! and who are the men that would dare to have recourse to physical force ? The cause in vfhich we are engaged , is spreading all over the land , and our own small
nllage of JJalston is making its way into the mighty ocean of agitation . We are told we are too ignorant for the franchise ; but I trust your orderly proceedings will give the lie to their assertions ; respect and even protect the property of the rich j but at the same time , do not allow thpm tfl * plunder you longer . Let bur enemies answer me this question-How is a poor man with a family , to exist on seven shillings per week—which is more than is earned on an average by the kand-loom weavers . For myself , I shall persevere in the good cause until we secure those rights , of which we have been so long and unjustly deprived . Ours is a just and sacred cause ! Theworkman is worthy of his hire , for everything isreised out of labour ; then why should it not be protected and r « warded ? I expect to see the day , when my degraded fellow-workmen can meet their employers on fair grounds , and not to have to look
npon them with the scowl of a . slave . Show to the wprld'by your powerful demeanour , that yon are wbrtay of " being entrusted with the franchise . Mr . John Sloane came forward to more the first resolution . He obserred , I am not given to discus ? politics ^ My reason for embarking in the preseut agitation is , that the people are oppressed . 1 con-* ider if tbe principles .. we are now seeking for were the law of the land , the people would -not be in * that wretched and miserable condition which they now are ; we would not have had that inhuman and unscriptural law , the Hew Poor Law : I consider it the duty of all good Christians to oppose it , and neyer to rest satisfied until it is repealed . What does the Scripture say ?— " Rob not the poor because he is poor ; " but the people have been robbed by cruel and unjust laws , and the robbers ar « the framers of those laws . I beg leave to move the following resolution :-
—" That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the five principles as set forth in the National Petition and People ' s Charter , are just and necessary , viz . — Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , No Property Qualification for Members of Parliament , and that tkey be paid for their attendance ; and that n , o real improvement can pos-dbly take place in the condition of the working classes of this country , until those principle become the law of the land . " ' . -. / , ;;;¦ The resolution was seconded by Mr . George Gibson . . - - ; ~ ~¦'¦' : "' ¦ ' ¦ .-,- " ¦ . ¦ ..
Mr . John Babk , of Carlisle , addressed the meeting at considerable length . He said it was agreed at Binninjgham that the people should adopt one form , of petition . It 13 not that the House of Commons are net aware of the discontent of the people , but that they should seethe people generally are determined to alter thepresentsystem . Thepebple are the proper persons to send members to Parliament—if they were sent by the people , they wpnld serve thein honestly . By the term Universal SnfFrage , we mean every man , untainted witht crime ] should have a vote . If the people do not possess
this pnwlege , they are branded with slavery : and thi * ought tobe protected-by the Ballot , for without this , men of property willexercise an undue influence , ¦« nd prevent yon from exerciaihg this . privilege as you might wish . -We will have no qualification , because it excludes plever and honest men , who best know yonr wants , and are most likely to serve yoa . What have talented men done for you ? It is tha nnlearnel we Have "to thank fornearly all improvements ; With the improTements of " science you have all sorts of bad laws . ' ^ ¦ v
Mr . William Gibsok moved , and Mr . Thomas Holland seconded , the second resolution , which was as follows : — ' ::. <¦ ^ : v ' " Thatitia th » opinion of ibis meeting , that ; tb > pepple ought not to relax in their efforts , -nntil they obtain the full and perfect enjoyment of those principles set forth in the foregoing resolntioiir" ; : Joshua Morgan—I congratulate you my friends on . the , brilliant manifestation you Kave mader ; You know your wrpngs and are * detennined to h ' ave'them redressed . I trust yon have comeheref with Hearts in the cau . ^ e , and determia&d to persevere nntil you secure the enjoyment of those principles sest forth in the 1 st Resolution . The Wmga in 1832 promised
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mucVbnt : what have they done for yoti ? They coerced Ireland , as j Into given ypn the Poor Law to coerc ^ lonv . It big bee » Jtotehed inhell—forhnman nature conldnothavefraiilA 4 so atrociousameasafe ! Uwstrength is hi our nniofl , Univeraal Sufirageis tnat ^ Bacredvtemple of liberty which we must all reach ere any real good will be done . Every thing is toxed--yon onl * receiTft one-foaitfc ^ ofyonr ^ laVbur | and if TOmethingbe not done 1 sHor % to reclaim you , your oppressors will have the house tiHing over their heads . : ¦¦ ¦ .- ¦ -. ¦ . '¦ . i-. ¦ .- ¦ ¦' . ' .- ¦ . - ¦ : ¦ ° \ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦
: John . Bcbns mpved , and R ; Moiinis seconaed the following res 6 lnbdn , wkichwaw ®| ied amidst great ; " ^ bat ^ meeting haw ^ g ^ at ^ t cpnfidence m Feargus O'Connor , ' | sa : ;^ tod ^ thf Rey . J ; R . Stephens , and trust ^^ V * c ^ t « f fteir warm - est thanks t for tbe ^ indefiiaiabjej exertions in the cause of the people i $ tod ;^ hafcthey \ iew ; with the greatest susmcipfl ; nnd distr ^ t the ^ refenfmovementsof Daniel O'ConnelUisqi" : i « , V The above repjort is very-jaxuch abridged ^ om want of time * :. ' . - ' ^?" . ; -v ; >••; - -V-v-- '' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ : '"; - - .
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P ^ CUBSO ^ XS ^ dl ^^ N . _ An adjonrned meeting of ithis body took place on Tuesday last , at the Corn Exchange , Dublin : Wm Greene , Esq ., of Kilmenegham Caith , county of Waterford , was called to the chair ; Mr . O'CoNNEtt came forward and said , I rise , Sir , now to propose that . all the rules : arid regulations of the Precursor Society be- submitted to the consideration of the standing committee , and that oh the next day . of meeting they do report a permanent constituUon for the Precursor Society * . I do so from certain objections which havebeen made to me by gentlemen with regard to the reathature of the constitution of the society . ( Hear , hear ;) I have endeavoured more than . oncefully to explain our constitution . I nave proclaimed more than orinft that
we Have nothing to doVitK repeal of the Union : but ttiy own feelingi being : iJarticnlarly strong on that subject , I have always added myown wishes and opinions . That has led to some niistakes . 1 wish to correct those mistakes which have gone abroad , and to prevent them from ever a ^ in occurring . ( Hear . ) J wish to sejparate entirely my own private opinions . from the objects which the society has in view . < 4- ^ r , hear ;) - I wish tb make those objects so , plain ^ -j not to be misunderstood , and not to leave any excuse to any one calling himself a friend of Ireland for not joining this soeiety . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) : \ The principal objection taken are two . The first in that resolution of our society relative to Universal Suflrage i which yeems to imply
that we are prepared to jom ; the English Radicals on-that . . 'siibject ; The conduct ofthe English . Radicals in the persons of their leaderg is such as to render it impossible for any libnest Irishman to cooperate with them in any ? nanner . ( Heari hear . ) I think that the doctrine of Universal Suffrage has been much injured by their atrocious conduct . ( Hear , hear . ) For myself I cannot be shaken from the opinion that every man who has attained the legal age , and who is unstained by crime , is entitled to the franchise . ( Hear , hear . ) That is my opinion ; but there are many respectable gentlemen belonging to the Precursor Society who do not go so far . Every one belonging to the body must be in favour of some extension of the suffrageotherwise they
, would not join us ; and I am now of opinion that it is better to leave the question of how far that extension shalli go to some future period . I do not think , however , that in our resolutions we should express ouKelves generally as favourable to a safe nnd practical extension , of the suffrage , instead of the greatest practical extension , as the resolution now stands . This ' will include all classes ^ as well those who are of my opinion as those who dp not go so far , I have said , and I repeat ^ thaV the conduct of-the English Radicals in their leaders is most atrocious . 'Why , the miscreats of the French Revolution were not as bad as these men . Joiirdin , who afterwards took the name of u Hookrieck , " wns nothing to Oastler , who is constantly urging on his
followers the necessity pi shedding hunjan blood . Stephehii v tiie ; rniscreant , is worse than Marat , arid Fear ^ us O'Connor is more bloody-minded and more atrocious than ever was Dan tpnwWe , as honest men and loyal citizens , cannot have anything to do with English Raaicals , s 0 long as they have sucii men at their head . vAVhyi ju « t think Putins , Stephens does not care a . pin aboiit Universal Suflfrace ^ he ; actoallv derides it . Oastler is a declared Tory : he would not give the suffrage to one-teath of those who are entitled toit : aud yet those two men , who" are of such politics , are taken up aBdcaresaed iandcherished by Keargujf O'Conupr , an Ultra Radical , and consequent adyoctue of Universal Suffrage . ( ilear , hear . ) It wno wonder their conduct is atrocions : and it is ondertuiit
no-w . . Uonest men are nemrons of keeping aloof from tlu'jn . I perceive that the " Englishnewspapers ham ia * t n up , arid are d&cussirig our atl < lr »« a to - * -K- ' ^ Mgli'J * jtndiuals . ^ I ' saw a very aniu « ing > r .,.. ., 0 the iiiLject ^ Jn ; the Morning Adrertiser . ; Thoudilri'is in there .. unmercifully criticised , but thecritic ha * left un tbe PQwor of giving him the very bust iiUKwcrtbiit could oei : given—namely , that he did not read a single word of that which h « attempted / to criticiso , (" Hear / " and laughter . ) I will just give you an example . The article is in the Morjiing- Advertiser of the 4 th inst . ( He then read a passage from the article , which blamod the Precursor Society for stating in jtheir address that the Whigs were deserring their confidence and support . Whv
the very words-ofour address 1 are , "Thatthe Whigs are not deserving of unmeasured Support and confidence . '' ( Hear , hear . ) The thing . iaquitiB clear : the man did not read a Tiyord of tiieaddress . Thatis an excellent specimen of the approved plan of criticising whatyon know nothing about . ( "Hear , " and laughter . ) The man could riot have committed such a blunder if he had read the address . It is not an Irish blunder , for there would be some wit in an Irish one . It is a genuine downright mig-statement Why I remember distinctly my frierM Mr . Walsh suggesting the word " unmeasured . '' Well , 3 p mrich for the criticism . of . the Advertiser . I see Sharman Crawford is still atTii * dirty work , and that he is not satisfied with confinirie his operations to Ireland . •• lint
must seek to create in England ; that jealousy of us which he failed to excite in the north . It is a base attempt . ( Here the . lion . and'learned gentlemHn read a short extract from .--Mr . Crawford ' s letter . ) Why , Sir , I wonld h » here as seldom as you would be m that chair , if we were trying ; to change the ascendancy , and t » have it for ourselves . (" Hear , " hear , " arid loud cheers . ) We seek to annihilate all ascendancy , aiidnotto make it change hands < Mri Sharman Crawford himself , with all his bitterness , would not fee more opposed tp Catholic ascendancy , than I , as a" Roman Catholic , ' would be . - ( Hear , hear . ) 1 know that all ascendancyj all conj ^ exjibn ; of church arid , state injures a church . The ; tehippral affairs of those who profes 3 to belonff to that church
might , . and no doubt would be benefitted ; but the religion , which h , as nought in common with JVlammon , is corrHuted , . and its interests are ruined . Thus , 'you see , I mix up . two things .: The first is the expressionof our ^ sentiments with ^ regard . to Universal Sutlrage . All-thai belong this ; society must be in favour ofsbmeextension ofthe suffrage . I would neyercbnsent to . co . aldi ce | ' ^ . ith ' v . a \^ m . an ' .. who was ppposed to all extension , I may be for going the full length , butit is not necessary that others should go . so far in order that they arid I may be united . ( Loud cries of " Hear , hear . " ) jt is . sufficient i ^ they go but part of the way ! ( Cheers . ) If I be going to Naas , and a man offer to accompany riie to JKilraainham , I surely : will r ipt reject his compariy so far because he
is not coming the rest pF the way . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , * with-regard to tithes , my object is riot to do away with them altbgeUief . I have oeen asked more than once what my object is , and I have answered as I answer now . I say that the' titheapr rent-charge should be dimiriished 40 percent , instead of 25 , and that the reriiafrjing ^ 60 ? honld be apprppriatedj not to the use of the . clerg \ yinen of any persuasion , hut to the purposes , 6 f national education , or the affecting of some / great national object . ( Cheers ;) This is our object , and Sharman Crawford may say what he likes in the ^ th or : in Eng ^ atifl . V He will be scorned in the 6 n& places , and laughed at in the other . vNoiwithstanmng all his exertions he has not injured us m the North of Ireland ; Whyi we have from
more the North belonging to this societythan we had in the Catholic Association in its palmy days . (* ' Hear , ' ¦ ' . ; . and ' eheers . ) : In mj late journey thrtiugh the Sputhj I said that I corind ^ nOy expected that I would he warmly supported in carrying out my design by three provinces . . Judge , then , of niy aurprise to see the North Qbmirig forward as it has , and , isr cpniing . Out pf 50 ^ 000 tickets issued by tis ,. more than one-fourth are fpr LHster , CJounaught is the few-est in rtumber as yet . " I trust that itmll not contmuesp . ( Hear , heari ) We Ought joyfully and at once to respond : to this feeling of the . honest irieii of the North . ( Cheers : ) Sharman Crawfoid has riot succeeded / in ^^ deceiving them , They perceive that we ^ ^ do not want ascendancy ^ pthat we seek but for equalily ; and they therefore / unite ^ with us . AV ^ e , see that in Scotland the ; people " pay the chuych , ' of jthe majority : ; and ' wish so far to be put on ifodfilig of equality with themVas . not to be pblige . d to paylfor do
tne cnurch of the minority ^ We riot want to imitate them > exactly , ^( Ue ' aTvhear )^ be ^^ obligecl [ to pay theclergy -of « a * chun ^'; to ; tiwhich we 0 Q not belbne . / We ^ are , hpweyerV content to pay onrowni 3 lergy , btit ' we waritno ; priedse ; . tohelp us . Whenlwarit whatis ^ ^ gopdin ^^ the ' EnglisliandSpdtph " ^ tems ^ de yputhink £ aho , caU /| or ^ a >; if ; fyi * ( Hear , hear , ) , All I ^ seek ; M ; # . ge |; 5 ave tithes , $ > nv those who npw ho ] d . themv ! a ^ l | g rt ^ mpr 0 e ^ & 9 m to thesuppbrtpf ^ y . sjawldg cb ^ ducatipn of , their children . 1 C is said in % - ^ cef ^ iapny , ¦ which . 11 > elieve | : Sirf j ffij li ^ ifcwffi'Affln through , thatypu take yburpstttoB ^ ojfbeti ^ lbT wq r $ er . -j Well , Sir , / thatis not 1 ^ ^^ connexion I w ^ mid hke tohaye with the > tith 1 s ^^ fealv iie «^ IMtfe take . theipr f ^^ TfbeiaBrgie . * rite ; bpia * i thenj , fcpi usef ^ lspnrpbses , iiimsL ^ yrtMiMvi ^ tipmi % K 0 worse t 0 Mr . ^ harii £ ^ iii erawlisfdj ^ r * anxno |» lelse that * ould like to ! talep themi ( Hear ^^ heari land laughter . ) / \ Vfill , tien , ; thiS pommitteeia j ^ st to tak& caw ^ to ^ , wo rd ^ ¦ rotation , - -Mfe regard ; to : Pp * u
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renal Suffrage , that no one by adopting it Will pledge himself to go farther than he would afterward * like to go . ( Hear , bear . ) Then as to the tithes i they wilt make it understood , that in " out . opinion they should be diminished 40 per cent ., and thatthe Ifefldne should be takenfrom the clergy and apprbpriated to berieiibial purposes . ( Hear , hear . ) I m * y be told here , that ! was brie of those who wa * ppp . p 5 ed . t 0 Mr . Ward ^ s motion of appropriatipn . Sp 1 q ^ d » for I thought that the time was gone by when any gopd w * s to be done by ^ rnaking declarations oj ' principle ? in the Hoasebf Commons . I was opposed to Lord Morpeth ' s plan of appropriat i on . Lord Mometh had two plans . The firat was . that no parish , without a certain number of ri > sident
Protestants , shosid be allowed : any Ministers ' •¦> v . hat »( w ' e \ \ ^ * - * n - e few Protestant ? resident in ^^ that parish should be taken care of by the neighbouring-parish , and ^ that the tithes of parishes so situate should be apphed tp purposes of education . The second plan was , to take jt 50 , GOO out of the Consolidatt'd Fund , apply- ^ that ; for the present to education , and then , according as the clergy should drop off , the tithes should be appropriated to the same purpose . That is m some ( perhaps many ) years , we should have soinesortpf a fund for the : advancement •'¦ of education , ^ hy ^ we are not fools . ( Hear . ) We would never be satisfied with any thing of that kind . I was not satisfied , and I did riot consent toit . I am , 1 s ^ ay again , for taking off 40 per cent ., as in Mr . Littieton commonl
s ( y Known pj the name of my ) Bill , and I am for appropriating the other 60 to educational purposes ; ( Cheers . ) The next topic for the consideration of the commiUee will be the light in whichthia Society is to be considered with regard tp the repeal of the Union . At the first formation of this Society we pledged ourselves to use all our exertions' to get Irpm the Imperinl Pariiament our just rights , and if we did not succeed , then to fall back upon the agitation of repeal . That was changed ,: and pur second pledge was to use all our exertions t 8 obtain justice from the Imperial Parliament ; . but- 'if we did not succeed , that we could resort to the agitation of repeal . ( Hear . ) I thought that was distinct enough , but still many fell into mistakes
. ( Hear . ) I will now tell you what occurred between Mr . Kfeogh and me at the dinner yesterday in Carlpw . Mr . Keogh stated that he could not joiii the Precursor Society , because it was a Repeal Society , and he could not conscientiously pledge himself to Repeal . I immediately got up when he had concluded , and told him how the fact was . ( Hear , heir . ) I explained to him that this conld not he a Repeal Society , for that the Society should actually cease to exist before Repeal could be agitated . Mr . Keogh then- stood up , and requested that I would propose him a member of the Society . He was followed by Mr . Haughton and Mr . ^ Blackney , and Mr . Keogh ' s son also handed me his name , in order to propose him a ' member .
( Hear . ) This was the effect of my verbal explanation , but I want all such explanations to be hereafter unnecessary . ( Hear . ) I want the rules to be , "in such form that all hon-Repealers can join us , for "if they do _ not join us our experiment will not be complete . It is , their own interest , however , to join us , in order to convince us , if they can , that the English Parliament will do us justice , and thus make the agitation of Repeal , which , under such circumstances ,-I for one would drop for ever , unnecessary . ( Hear , hear . ) The Leinster declarationists , all of them , at least , who , like the Duke of Leinster , are honest , shpuld join us . ( Hear . ) We had y « sterday a rather cavalier letter from Mr . Ponsoriby , High Sheriff of Carlow , wnich you will see in the papers , conderiinine : the |
ntae agitation and the Precursor Spcietyi For the first , it is rather extraordinary , for he is the son of ope of those ministers who told us that the last Tithe Bill was not as good as they would wish to give us . As for the second , I look upon it as a manifesto on the part of the administration . Now , I neither court the administration nor set it at defiance . ( Loud and continued cheering . ) But 1 will form the Precursor Society , so that all may join it , and so that the ministry will not be able to say that a minister might r iot join if ^ if he liked . ( Che ? rs . ) We are now in a difficult position . We will leave the question , as to whether therehtcharge is to be allow : ed to the claimant fo register , as the tithes were decided against us by such -of the . assistant barris
ters as are hostile to us . I am sure the ; constitution of the mind of Robinson of Sligb is such as to lead him to do so . We will have the Poor Law tending to diminish the franchise , by inducing the freeholders to havo themselves rated low ; The re-registry is coming . round . We have to conterid against all bur old difficulties , and . some new ones , and our only chance of success is in the determined combination of the people . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) The remaining topic is that which touches the number of pur represeritetivfts . 1 will not detain you now by discussing the questibri , for I intend when the subject conies before the cbmmittee to explain , not in a series of resolutions adopted at different times , but in one resolution , the Iprinciple on which we will act durine the duration
of the Precursor \ Society , and while we are making the experiment to obtain justice , before we look for repeal . ( Hear , hear . ) It : is said I am constantly threatening repeal , but my object is to put the jiepple of England in pbssessipn of facts , to showthern that if they grant " us equal rights now , they may do so on better terms than they iriay be able to do hereafter . ( Hear , hear . ) They might have made better terms for the Protestant church at one period , by the passing of the Emancipation Bill , than they were afterwards . able to do in 1829 . ( Hear , hear . ) / In 1805 they might have . passed a . bill for theemancipatibn of the Catholics , containing express prpvisioris or the protection of the revenues , 01 the Prbtestant church ; but they refused to accede to our demands .
( Hear . ) In 1825 they might have passedabill with the wings , as they were called ; but they refused to doso ^ and they treated us with scorn and indignity . And in reference to some observations of the cutthrpat Oastler on evidence of ' mine at that period , it shows that he is as great a miscreant when ne quotes evidence as when he advises inurder and blpodshed . ( Hear . ) In 1805 we were willing to take emancipa ^ tion as a beggar would take alms , and in 1829 we were ableto dictate the terms on which we could receive it . ( Cheers . ) The opposite party allowed us to get strength , but did not avail themselves of our weakness . ( Hear , hear . ) 1 wisu in looking for repeal ; to show all parties the necessary consequences of repeal . I will not submit , when we
have a Parliament of ourown , to be charged with a debt that is n ' ot due by us ( hear , hear . ^ They are nawyas they were in 1805 ^ in a position to make terins with hs , we are now in a position of such weakness when compared to England , that the English parliament have their own terms with regard to the union if they grant us the equalit ^ we desire . ( Hear , hear . ) On the other harid I have been reproached with being content with equality , but 1 dp riot mean to be satisfied with that ; . I wish for equality with England , / that we may then join with the real Reformers in England , and look for an amelioration of all our grievances . ( Hear , hear >) I don't say the people of Ireland will rest satisfied if they are put on an en uality , but their after exertions
will be used in concurrence arid combination with the people of England in looking not for measures that may benefit Ireland alone ^ hnt such as will prove beneficial to the people at large ; and I appeal to the RMicals of England if the act of 1829 had not passed , could they carry the Reform Bill for England antt Scotland .. ( Cheers . ) The assistance whichrthe Irish party gave to the people of England and Scotland enabled them to carry the irefonn bill . ( Cheers . ) It was a noble revolution . . ; it took : away rip property , except the plunder of the pepple ' s rights , whichis wrested from the . boroughmongers < ( Cheerg . ) That contest was unstained withjone drop of human
blood ; there never was a more -glorious alteration , or revolution as it was called , than the passing of that Reform Bill ; ( Cheers !) 'WKen we obtained civil and religious liberty we infused into the English people the leaven of honest , blamelesi , moral agitatien , and oy that means the great change : was produced , and the ^ Englisht Refprnv Bill wasvarried . ( Cheers . ) I want equality with Englaridj that we may again incite themV and ferment , the livjrig- mass in Ireland , and Britain , arid procare arsalutary amelioration in the state . ( Cheers . ) Mn O'Cbnriell cpiiclnded ^^ by bmgingfprward 5 hfa ' . nioti 6 n ^ " ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ •' . •' ::: ' Mr . Thomas Welsh secorided / tha resolution . ¦
Mr . John MvBitAY , of Liverpool , who at first declined ; tb « ivehM name * ca ^ e forward , ¦ aiid kaidv it affordaid him great pleasure in being inade . acft quainted with the nature of the ¦ Precursor Society .. He confessed huriself , the advocafe ' pf Universal Saffrage . He was well Acquainted with the feelings of the-pe' 6 pleorGreatB"riUin ;; i ; -THiait . p . oriv 6 ttj 6 f ; the . ' kingdom in / which he resided -would not transmit iriejresly forty or fifty members to the Precursor Society , but . they would transmit 1 , 000 . ( Hear , hear . ) In Liverpool there was a meetirig , lately when every Irishman became ' a memberof the ( Precursor ^ Society ; After alluding to Lord ^^ I ) urham * v whom ^ he describe d as a truly hpnest man , and a . sincere friend of the poor , : Mr ^ Murray alluded to Messrs . Oastler ,
Stephens , ; wid Feargu ? O'Cpririor , the latter ibf whbni he i ' . statedtb ' b / . Tu * most particular friend . Mr ; Oastler , he said was as mu < A connected with-the English Radicals as he ( Mr . / Mun ay ) w ^ . ; with-the < JbrpQra ^ n of Dnblins Haying s ^ ken ; at isbme length in defence of Mr . Feargus O'Connpr , :, ' ? ^ 1 Pr . Hiwry : rose , when the preceding speakeribjid concludedf and said he had to call the attention of ; tl $ f : me © fiiigtb , » HBubject pi mpr < jl importan ^ ft than a » y ] Jfiii ^^ connected ; -wxth tifc l ^ gfish Raoicals . ! He Jtad tp > propose the admissiio | i '' ' 6 f ^ twenty ino ^ YWiil apin ^ aber ^ of the PrecTrisbr ^ ^ cieiy ,. tod ; Wggl ! d to hanAin theirsubscriptaensJ ' 7- - ' , -. ¦ V- . ¦ = The persons prPnoaedby Dr ^^ Hard ^ wer ^ Bnaiiii ^ w ^^ admittea ;;^ - .: ' ; ' ; .::- ' ..- ^ - . ' - . ..,- '¦ ¦'¦ , . ¦ ¦¦ : „ , '¦/ :-- '' ^'
-- : Mr . O'GoNNEiii , then ro 3 e and add ^ esseiAeiineet ^ ine-in 'reply . t ^ the jspjeech : h made ^ b y , Mr . ^|^ urrayv ^ he le ^ rBect gentleman said—I would not peifpnm iny djr * tf tbwaVas / i&e ; : neopa 6 f Irelattav if I o ^^ &gT * et . fte yery ^ . aple , : bnt , \ -lv ^) B 8 t ; . -ia u ^ -Kgia }^ disfti . g ^ rbus speech we have just heard . ; ( He&ryh « i ^ it ¦ was ; a speech denoting great talent ' ani-ojratprical 1 . poirori ^^ bf no ordinary ibhara cte r . ( Hear , ; &aA ) : I ^ do notknoH what his occupatiott in Irelandmajr be ;
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bnt if the Radicals of England wii < hed to send san advocate here to forward their view ^ , they conla not have selected & better one . ( Hear , hear . ) lie in the first instaiace ^ conciliated : our esteem by ! comtttencirig his addressf : in praise of th 6- Precursor Society ; arid the conclusion of hisf speech was cal - culated toleave the irripfessibn he had previously created .. ( Hear , hear . ) .-There / was much tnaOras pleasingjnhis speech ; but it : is evident that hia real reason- ^ and the real hiot | ye that actuated hini in coming- ^ was to enter in | o a defence of ^ -Mr . Oastler arid bis associates . \ ¦ ' _ -- ¦ - .. . '• Mt . AIuAbat- * - ! wish to explain . - r
Mr . O'CoxxELi ^ -Don'tiriterruptme , Sir . ( Cries "f ' * Htgr , hean" ) It is quite evid / ent that his reason for comiag forward was to defend the conduct of Oastler , ; and Stephfins , and Feargus O'Connor . ( Hear , heas : ) He came forward here with " thig nsseftiori , ' that those persoris are nncbrinected with the ultra-Radicals : ^ England ; but they speak , at their meetingjy and put forth their dpctrines until their appeals ar& . heard throughput fhelarid . They have th eir ¦ nairies inscribed on their banners ; and afe a meeting lately : held iu Manchester , they declared their confidence in them , ( Hear , hear . ) At a late meeting in : Manchester , Feargus O-Cpnnor declared his corifidence in them ; and at ' ; the same time / said
he was the representativei . ' of a . great body of Radicals . ( Hear , hear . ) Stephens was elected for I don't know how many Ftadical Associations ^ to represent ^^ themj arid Feargus O'Connor waafiilso filec ted . to represent several Assqciatibns of the same description . ( Hear , hear . ) To say , therefore ^ that those persons were not joined with the English Radicals is monstrous . ( Hear , hear . ) I sayitis an enemy in sleep's clothing , that has coirie amongst us . ( Hear , hear ;) He speak * in mitigatiori of the atrocities of Oastler , who advises the , people to ha ^ e recourse to arms and insurrectiori i to obtain what they seek —( hear , hear , hear ); a man who is irffack 5 , 1 ' ory , though professing to be a Radical . ( Hear . ) bname
on the Reformers of England , who could be induced . to place the name of such a man as this upori their banners— - ( hear)—arid who sent Feargus O'Connor to advocate his . cause in Birmingham . ( 11 ear . J I don ' t ; believe such a plever man as the person who has addressed yon can be deluded . Ho makes . anapology for Stephens ^ theinan of blood--the man whb'had said that thes manufactory should be converted ; intpa sheetof flimeifthePoor Law-Bill were not repealed , arid some other measure passed to which he might take , a . faBcy . ( Hear , hear . ) : My . bipod boiled in my ^ veins at bearing ; any person in this Society attempting to vindicate siich a person . ( Hear , ; and cheer * . ) How can ypri '; - Sir ^ come amongst us , who are Christian meii , and abhor the thorights of blood , and detest violence ^; and
aboniinate forcible reydlrition , and attempt to throw out amongst us that those meri are riot connected with the English Raaicals ? ( Hear , hear , hear . ) What does this person say . . He is ; acquainted with the Radical party , and Feargus O-Connor is his private friend —( hear , hear ; hear ;)—arid I ask you did riot Feargus O'Connor take up the causf of Oastler and Stephens j an 4 hV qame from _ O'Connor here amongst us to preachthbse doctrines , and to mitigate your feelings towards those men . but I s » ay we cannot tolerate sueh ^ men . as these . ( Loud cheers , and hear ^ hear . ) We will
tell them that their missionary cannbt delude tis . Their silky works are thrown away , and their pre ^ tended assistance spurned with indignation andicontempt . ( Cheers . ) Go to them and plead for the VVesleyari Methodists ; this is a irieeting of Cafliblic andPjcotestants , and there is a Protestantiiithe chair , arid these parties seek to create a prej udice against the VVesleyari MethbdistsV because they were opponents of Emancipation : butj Sir ^ we have no religious Prejudices ; here . /( Cheers . ) It is said by him that Oastler has been persecuted ^ and that that persecution . forced him , into his present course . ! He may have been persecuted , but is that the reason h 6 should .: ¦ ¦ ' :.: : - ¦ '¦ - \ ; . / :
Gry havoCj ana let slip the flogs ofwar ? ( Cheersv ) The Radicals / had on their bannersin Biriningham the names of Oastler , Stephengj and Feargus OTIbnnor , and they set forth that there are hundreds of thousands who are anxious for a revolution ; and determined on the subject ; and I airt sure you will riot tolerate any niari who attempts to advocate the conduct of tfiese meri- (* ' We will not , " anicheers . ) If Oastler has been persecpted , let him resort to tne law fpr redress ^ but lethimnpt dare'td think that there will be prejudices created iii his favour in Ireland by any tale , however doleful . ( Hear , hear . ) What attentibn ccrald be produced by any appeal of that descriptiorij when ¦"¦ th » result would be a call fpr assassination , murder ^ arid blood ? ( Hear . ) ; And vour friend . Mr . Q'Cbrinor .
does he not talk everywhere bf' ¦ fighting ? and for this heis c ^ led by his party . the brave O'Connor . ( Laughter . ) . ; Oh , he - * is exceedingly brave where there is rip nghting . : ( Larightef- ) Wliere was he , I would ask , during the ripts of Tpdmorderi , when Ae mHitary came down on the unfortunate persons engagedin it—when the fathers , whom O'Connor , and his associates had urged into violence and insurrection , were dragged from their farriUies and put into fetters , and carried to the county gaol , thereto await the . penalty brought on them by their offences against the law ? ( Hear , hear . ) Those unfortunate men were followed to their prisons by their / heartbroken wives and ; weepine children , and their
rnourhiDg friends ; but where was ( yCpnnor at the time ¦ " ? - , Uh , / he was faraway ; -he was praising Oastler and Stephens at Birmingham j and yon say you are ^ he friend of Feargus O'Connor , . arid you come amongst this meeting * which is looking for liberty by moral means alone . We are opposed to violence and to blood ; for the dooinof thpse who preach murder , and rapine . } ; and robberyisjse ' aled , and , though they may coritirine their ; career Ho the end ; pftheirlive « , they wiflbe punished in tBeTiext world by an eternity of torment . ( Cheers . ) Tell them frbm / me that ybtt made an excellent speech . ( Laughter . ) I never heard a more artful bn | S , or one more calculated to create ite « enecte : butitis
evident that . the entire ; Intention of it , wiu to pass in this associatibii v : an eulogium on three of the greatest miscreanta that ever . were bbrn- . ( Lbud cheeri . ) If Feargus . O'Connor were purchased by the Tory parly he could nbtdb more than he has done to assist the -anti-Reformers . ( Hear . ) But whatever doctrines ^ may ' p ^ t forth ,- t ^ e foyers of liberty inr England and Ireland : < Jb no !^ wish to obtaui what they seek ^ h € > , destructipn of prbj / erty arid the sacrifice of themsel \ re # arid ; their families ( Hear , hear . ) Arid , talking ; of property , did riot Feargus talk of turning the entire country ^ into small farms of a . few acres each- ^ bf totally doing a ? ray with the manufactories , and having ; a heap of potatoes at each irian ' si door for the support of his family ? ( Laughter . * Did ? henot talk in that ^ wav
— -and . can any man : imagine he ^ particularly honest ? . ( Laughter ;) I am cbimricea he is in the pay of the Tories . ( Hear , " hear . ) Taie the advice of one whoin ^^ the people pf ^ Ireland are ih'the nabifc of confiding iri ~ - ^ t ^ U Inni frbmirie that we nevershall tolerate his name when any praise is attaohedio it , or any attempt made to mitigate . ios < jQnductinctuf meetings , ( Hear , hfiar ^ Go fi ^ fo- y ^ plpyers , and ^ tell ^ them ^^ that ^ bfar ^ from joining them , if they dare tp violate the peacej' br attack the Qneeh ^ Goyennnent ^ we ' will crush fhem ^ wmbrit the assistance of militaty iore ^ ajr pmmed ^ andrOma riiented , arid ^^ epaulettedchieftairisi ( Lbudichoers . ) 11 win not
nerpam — enterinto-any battle that the law of : Gpd ; forbids—f-wiH-not dp what it commands me jiot tcrno ; bntthis IwiU db , if those miscreants render the Throne of but belovedr- Quee ? i . on © -irio ^ merit in- dangerf I wijl soon raise -a legion of my brave , arid enthwsiastuv ^ d cHyMrbus fellowcburitrymen , and lead them ;; tp j > at # e % defence of that Throne . ( Loud bursts of applause . ) Ye » V T repeat it ^ I will lead / thein to battte . The GJ » en ? s troops : iriay ; lie , in the& barracks—the thunder of their artillery may he ; si ) ent , fbrv Ireland will send forth a volunteer ^ force that will drive the enemies of the thrpne before them , and force them to skulk for shelter in their vile dens , Where' -. Oastler . '
Stephens , arid O'Connor will he i toted from' the ripon-day light . ( Tremeriidoris cheers . ) ¦ '"' - . I ' ask pardbn for this burst , but it isi ' a brirst of honest indignation . ( Cheers . ) These ^ cut-thrdats We been praised in my presence ; that " mischievous miscreant , O ^ Connor , has been tiridsed , and i& nbl that sufficient to roriie my indignation ? 1 have compared these men to Marat , and ? PaitoriJ and Robespierre . Oh , I be ^ pardbti of the dead ! I should ; npt have cbmpar ^ them , = blood /» thirsty as gey were , to such rats-and weazela . ( Laughter . ) ««^ J dehgfctm that pBTBtiof honeflt enthp ^ asmnpw 1 love the spirit that is erer eyioced by my countrymen ; ( Cheers . )/ We are as ardent loyirs of liberty as the pepple of Inland .: We are as ardent advoqatesof the . nghts of man to liberty , andpf the mht of every humaii ' being fofreedbm of conpciericei ' < V ^ T ^^ ' ^ ' ^' nb ^' '* wi 8 V ' tnai ~ M ^^ inanV ^ wltihbufc ' - soouia i > e
•^ v ^ tj ^ S ^ uuipensanon ^ aepnyea 01 nis prbpertiy ' ¦ ¦; and we ^^ are utterly opposed to aeshedding of hmnari iblbpd , for it is against thehiw cf ^^ the Almighty , whose vengeance will sooner Or flatw fall ujpor i the liead of the murderer . ^( Cbi ^ n ^ We will not trust our cause to persons . ?* no- ^ iaa tohave reeouree to vwlencp an ^ b ^ dds ^^ nberty i » another way j we / will plaicjB itonti : her , bpwer a chaplet ; emblenoatid- bttetigibni Sad w 0 l respect men , notfor W paMcuI » 3 dMiii # they ro ^ r pro fess , but for / their mncerfty ~ aa -Cteiitiang . Withsuqh men ; as . those onlyfewi ^ ei ^ i ^ ifcrate . ( Loud 2 che ««;) m * rm * &mtm&mm ^ wellbased ^ hen itsis pttaitted wm ^ m ^ ixe ^ fiuman ' Woodi ulf ^ jfturinBi *^» i&i&m « jmv th ^ ^^^ fe ^^ SI
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' At-aslight aecomrt of themovements of the army ¦ Si state of-the eoontrv in this district may at this -fon * beiwt TOnriteresting , I send a few-short details . Six brigades have already marched from Bengal " and Madras to the seat of war , amongst which are ineludedive or sue regiments of Her Britannic Majesty's Infantry ,, together with the 13 th Light Dragoons and the 16 th Lancers ( both Queen ' s . trpops ) jthe latter commanded by-Iaeutenajit-Coloiel Persse . The Bombay Presidency is to furnish 5 , 000 troops . - The 1 st Li ght Cavalry ( native ) are daily expecting orders -co march , having received some time since instructions to hold themselves in
readiness , and have been equipped with field necessaries , tents , &c The 4 th ( Queen ' s service ) , now at Ma-¦ dras j are under orders . The 13 th Infantrv ( Queen ' s ) are already on the march . The cholera has been raging throughout both Presidencies , and I regret to eay that veterinary-surgeon Green , of the 4 th Light Dragoons ( British ) , died of it , having only been four <> r five hours ilh he received a letter from Europe in the morning , advising of his wife and two children being on their vojage out to join him , was attacked at noon , and , poor fellow , ere night closed , was consigned to tae silent tomb . This makes the second death ont of the five veterinary imrgeons on the Bombay presidency . . - -
We have had a very hard season at this place this TeaT ; not a drop of rain has fallen , consequently provisions , parrienlarly grain ( the chief food of the natives ) , are fearfull y dear ; hundreds ot the poor !> eople are dying of hunger , the whole face of the country covered with dead cattle , and tbe worst apprehensions are entertained that bad fever will result therefrom . All that can are flying to the sea-¦ coast , as both famine and disease are almost certain . The whole of the troops at this station were out this morning , the 14 th of September , in full uniform , and we fired three Boyal salutes in honour of the < 2 oeen's coronation . " We have news from England to the 14 th of July .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 22, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1037/page/3/
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