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¦ sras J : <> t j > om tLe feeling of ths pfple that thiy saw no mora there that evening . It was because of their poverty . A few years ago , in that town , twopence ¦ would have been nothing to the working man . A penny , s wTriT 1 "' g ) or a pound , would have been nothing then- Yes , ft ponsd conld hare been better spared then than two-pence could now—( bear ) . The accursed system under which they lived bad gronrd down the poor to such a state that men could " not corns , ] for thiir chil dren -werejcrylDg at home for the two pennyworth of bread—( bear , hear ) . They bad come therefor the purpose of considering that tinder which England -was now groaning—distress ? and be was rare that « very bonsBt ,
tTsiy isasanable , every just man that "WiBlieB well towards bis fellow men , could rot orjectto diseoss the best means of removing it from the shores of their landtcbeers ) . He believed that all the evils under which the working classes were bow groaning originated in class legislation—( cheers ) . We look ffor prosperity alone from the enactment of that document bo much depissd by the neb , but approved of by the poor—the People ' s Charter—febeers } . He -would I read to them the resolution be bad to propose , embodying these sentiments , and which waa as follows : — «* That it is the opinion of this meeting that the unprecedented distress of the labouring classes is owing to class legislation ; and the only remedy to recover " happiness and prosperity is the enactment of the People ' s Charter : and
this meeting pledges itself not to relax its ir fluence and power until that document becomes the law of the fend * —( cheers ) . Now , he would ask fhem , was there ever a time in the history of Great Britain , when distress -sras so general as at the present time ? There was not till the present time a period in per history , bat that the hoBesi and industrious man could live by the fruits of bis labour . The mttn at the plough used to go to the field witb pleasure , and whistle whilst at work witb a secret joy . And wby did ! be do so ? It wns because 'when he rose in the morning , and 'whilst employed in bis daily labour , be could look to the evening , and knowthat after bis toil for the day was finished be conld return to a good borne to enjoy th 6 comfortable meal witb bis wife and little ones . But now when the
'man rises in the morning , be proceeds to bis labour with a gloom on bis countenance and a heavy heart without a bqpe to cheer the day or raise bis drooping spirit . He knows tfcst ween Ms labour shall be completed , b * las to return to a borel that scarcely shelters him and bis family . Such is the change that has taken place . Instead of happiness and cheerfulness prevailing , all is gicom and heaviness ; instead of warm and comfortable clothing be sees bis wile and family iu rags . There is no food in that pantry that used to be foil ; the pig-sty teo that need to contain a good pig . is now witbont one and has been so fur seme tiiaa as is shewn in its mined condition—broken , almost demolished ; the » antry that used to contain a
good flitch of bacon and barrel of beer , now contains no baeon , and the barrel without the beer , and often the barrel ib gone too . The present distress made it high time far England to awake , to arise , to inquire the cause that pressed her down—( cheers ) . This is called a Christian land ; thtre-is mere Christianity professed in this country than all the world besiO . es ; but the beloved spirit of charity of Jesus bad 'sunk deep into the spirit of forgetfulness amongst them , and this hod made more infidels than all other causes besides . It was the duty of Christiana to awake ; it was the duty of ministers to stir op their bearers to action lest the flood-gates of infidelity ba opened and overflow the land . ClasB legislates vras iire evil that oppressed the working man and brought him into bis present distressed condition .
Mr . Bolwell , of £ a £ b , is seconding the resolution , said , it W £ S a long time since be id ; t item upon aa occasion like the present , but thongh he had not lately bad an opportunity of attending their meetings , be bad not forgot the many times be bad enjoyed democratic fellowship with them . When he entered their town he bad no intention of taking any part in the proceedings of that evening . But since t / . e : i chairman bad called upon him to second the resolution -which they had heard , ' proposed , be should feel mncb pleasure in according with bis request ; for as long as life animstecthis frame , and Ibe b ? eod flowed in bis veins , whilst he bad a duty to perform in the eanse of liberty , be w-uld be found at bis post to fulfil it ( Cheers . ) Yon have beard the
oijsct of the present meeting . from your Chairman , and also the resolution moved by our friend Mr . Rawlings , which shows the only means of removing the present distress of the country . Onrfrieod has regretted that mxny gentlemen whom he thinks ' - sbonld be bere are not with ns ; that many professing Christianity are found wanting in real sympathy for the wants of the poor . Well , they were absent , and where were they ? They were at borne in their parlours , or on . their sufas . < Hear , bear . } They know , yon know , I know , that the Chartist form of government would bring hsppiness and prosperity to all classes of society ; and so selfish are it . ey that they -would sot , for one moment , the working d&SSBS Were placed on the same footing -mtu th « H-* £ lves . He bad read of their having a large meeting in
Trowhrifige to oppose the Factory Bill , and those gentlemen who were now absent were not sparing in their condemnations of Sir James < 3 riham and tyranny . ( Htar , bear . ) It then touched thercfelves ; but now a meeting ¦ was called to consider that which more particularly tfftCted the working classes , they were not to te found . The resolution they had beard proposed , after speaking of the universality of the present disir < j > s , stated tfce cause of it to be class legiE ^ tion , and the only remedy to recover happiness a ^ d j . Tosperity was the enactment of the People ' s Charter . This was bis opinion . Now , witb regard to the prevalence tf the distress . They fait it—as a manufacturing people , they Mi it more than others ; but they were rot sJone . Many of them might tiunk that distress was unknown to the people of Bath
—that it was a thing not to be found-in that aristocratic city . He would give them three instances to shew that poverty did exist eveai in ; Bath . A few months ago a boy and a girl fell down in the streets from exhauEUon , in coEseqnence of "Want of food . ( Shame . ) Another case was that of a poor woman , who bad died suddenly . A Coroner ^ Inquest was held upon the body , and be -was one of tbe Jury , From what be beard in evidence , and from the appearance of tbe body be was induced to think the woman bad died of want . He consequently expressed his opinion to bis brother jurors , and they requested that a poat mortem examination sbonld take place , and what did they think was the result ? In England , in Bath , the Queen of cities , and seat of the aristocracy—tbe Queen
of cities in a country boasting of being tbe glory of surrounding nations and the admiration of the world , tbe surgeons discovered nothing in the stomach of this woman , bnt a small portion of padding ; and what think ye , daughters of England , was tbe covering of this peor woman ?—it was nothing bat tbe ragged remains of an old shawl—( shame ) . Tea , there lay our sister in Bath , tbe Queen of cities , clothed in these rags , and dead lot tbe want of the necessaries of life—{ shame ) . He did not wish to excite their passions . Be mentioned these instances only for tbe purpose of showing them that distress was sot confined to Trowbridge , but was to be found iu Bath . \ Distress was "not to be found alone in the agricultural or tbe manufacturing districts , but everywhere . He would ask
theai as men after this if there was no : need of a remedy ? Whether ot not , something ought to be done before we were annibilited ? What then , the question would be , is to be done ? Several remedies bad been proposed by -nmons parties . Some were ^ fcr tbe Bspeal of the Corn L * wa , others for building churches , and a jmiaber of rciutdifc 3 besides bad been proposed . He believed that the only remedy to bring about permanent prosperity , and itstore England to that state she formerly was in -was the enactment of tbe People ' s CbBTt » -r as tbe law of tbe land . But perhaps there ¦ wens sonid iheie who did not understand what the Charter was . Its first principle was Universal Suffrage . What dees this mean ? It means the power oi electing those men by "whom they were to be governed .
S ~ . sa -was cried against by the micrae class , aud it vas prtt uded the working classes were not sum-GejstJy edncated to poBstss a vote ; and that they -sronln elect a House of Commons which would bring rein upon tbe conntry ; bnt be would ask them who bad got tbe power of voting at present ? It was impossiMa they conld have a House of Commons less qualified than this present one , let them elect them bow ibty ¦ Bonld—( hear , bear ; . There wiw very little danger in bis opinion , in giving tbe Suffrage to tbe people . Bid they mean to say tbe people would not k :. ow who were tbe men best fitted to serve them ? Let tbtin lock to their trade societies , tfeetr benefit societies , and all the otber societies with which they were connected , and tee if they did not know hovi to elect .
las best men to fill the varioBa offices in them —{ hear , Lt-sr ) . Did they not know when they ? were hungry , when they weie thirsty , when they werensked ? When they were taunted with being ignorant helwould say give them the Franchise asd it will make them tfaiuk—it will make them wise . For instance , suppose John to be a "rery ignorant Hian , fcut then recollect' &od has given him a mind . God has § iven evtry mszi a mind . It is an insult to , it is treason r . gainst . Deity to say a man lias not got a mid . And that mind is capable of thinking arid of ii-qniring . Well , yea give John a vote . He < iireetiy inquires what be snail do witb it ? Be feels , he knows Us has got something given him which be is required to use again . Well , he has got a neighbour who knows something about politics—he
goes to him and ssys—Tom , I have got Bomething bere , what is it ? Tom looks at the paper and says , it ' s a vote Jack . A vote , says John , v ? hat * s the meaning of tbat ? Wby , Jack , it is a vole for a Member of Parliament—you hers the power to give jota voice for or ¦ gainst the electioB of any man to the House of Comnora . Well , fiers is the man led to inquiry , and the more the man inquires , tbe greater importance will be attach to that which be has bad g « eff him . ( Hear , bear . ) Slaves are always ignorant , and willing slaves the most i & norant . But place man in a state of freedom , and ysu wffl mak * him -srise . ^ Cheers . ) He bad mucb pleasure in seconding the resolution .
Mr . 0 Coksob then rose and "was loudly and enthnassticaUy cheered . He Eaid , Mr . Chairman and working men of Trcsrbiidge , 1 draw a donble inference from what I have seen "to-right . The aenionstrat . 'fin outside proves ts me that the people rfT * tu n ^ oP ^ oo J whilst the numbers inside snews H ** * J « P ^ Ple Me lop pool to carry Out their * %£ ?• & ** * , ieaT ) - Btfon «» niBg to their towna & ., had be ^ d caeering accounts of the spirii ofAepeople of Trowbridge , and from Iwhat he had S , ™ ^ T 611111 ^ be ^ as m > i indoced at all to diminish .. he feelings and the opinion be badt formed from iaose acwuais-tcheeis ) . It was » stiSg fact
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which had been Stated by the gentlemen movies the resolution , hi animadverting on tho distress ot' the country , of the people ' s ability twenty years ago when compared with tbe present time . Twenty years ago we wen told £ 1 vrasnot so much to the working man as two-pence was at present . Now how do I turn this fact against yourselves I I will tell you . Because when you were in , a better «> ndition you vrould cot spend the pound in securing your political rights ; but allowed yourselves to be cheated with impunity , and the chain rivetted while asleep , until tbe screw became too tight , and tben you began to awake and find you have not two-pence to assist in procurinir them- ( hear , hear ) . So it was with all classes ; -they would not stir until they began to Buflvr themselves—( hear , hear ) . Now if it was
necessary that the pound should become two pence in order for democratic principle to gain the ascendancy fover aristocratic principle , he rejoiced that it bad become bo . If it was necessary that the levelling system should take place before the mind could be roused to a sense of man ' s degradation ^ he for one would say the sooner that system came into operation the better . ( Cheers . ) They had poverty amongst them in Trowbridfte . When be Baw the thousands outside who had expressed thai * approval of the democratic principle , and when he saw but the hundreds who were able to afford to come and take an exposition of those principles from a person in whom they had confidence , ho could not bus think that even that would have a good effect . Those who were without would
be led io inquire into the cause which had kept fbem ont , whilst the favoured and fortunate , and likely the most iniquitous class , were able , by superior ciicnmBtances , to gratify their inclination . If justice had been done to all , there would have been ho necessity of any one attending there that night , and his " occupation would be gone . " But , no ; justice had not been done , and therefore it was they nad recourse'to his preaohin , ; to know the nature of the Iaw 8 under which they were governed . It was Saturday night . They were paid their wages , and left their labour at an earlier hour than on any other evening . And why were they paid earlier ? Because they were to be allowed a little time to rest after their week ' s work—because they wanted a
short time to spend their earnings to the oest advantage—because they Bhould enjoy the domestic comfort , and make the preparation for their families ior the ceming day . Tnen why were they called there 1 Wby had any man a right to bring them from those necessary ungagements ? It was because they had felt thoscrew of the times , which made it necessary tor them to come to listen to ono whilst he compared the errors of the system under which they were groaning , and the advantages of tho system desired to advance in its stead . ( Cheers . ) He would draw a Icbsou from their comparative situation in that ; room . In the body of the room they had paid 2 d , for admAtKtnce ; in the reserved . ' eats they had paid 6 d ., and wero in consequence
more comfortably 6 ituated . Ltrt tbun learn wisdom from this comparison . Let them take care lesi any little neglect of duty should consign them in a short time to the body of the hall , and those in tko body of the hall outside the door —( cheers ) . The existence of the . distress was generally acknowledged ; but few could be found to tell how to get rid of it . He believed in tho Peopie ' s Charter , as the only meats of bringing about an effectual change—( cheers ) . When he said the People ' s Charter he did not mean a part of the Charter , but tho whole Charter and nothing but the Charter— ( oheers ) . Their Charter waa like a pretty woman ; if you destroy her eye or cat tff her nose , you may make her very ugly—( cheers and laughter ) . But you will
ask how will the Charter remedy it ! He would £ sk how had the old system made them what they were 3 He could tbll them well enough . There were many masters employing one hundred hands in that town . But those masters Were not to be found at that meeting . They wore not disposed to extend the Charier , because it would too much expose their iniquity . Lv . t them take the masters in the aggregate . The trade of Trowbridge had been of some importance . Suppose the profits of the masters to ba . £ 1 , ODO , OQD . Many had retired from business , and were now living in luxury and ease from the capital amassed by the labour of the people . And thia capital' was called legitimate property . This was one of the many causes of the present
distress . This was whai had helped to impoverish them . The masters had robbed them by peculation , and then given them a poor law instead of their just aud equitable rights . Tho present laws prevented men from reaping sho benefits of their labours . What would have beeu the case if the 10 , 000 inhabitants who contributed to the wealth of tbe masters bad possessed their own profits themselve whj-they would have had £ 100 a piece—( hear , hear ) . Mr . * Bolweil had very justly referred to the perverted and prejudiced opposition to the Education Bill . They ( tho opposara of the bill ) mustered all the prejudice and not the intelligence of Trowbridge . Tney sought your cooperation when their own interes-ta wero touched ; but now your grievances
are io be discussed they are not here to assist you . Now I w&m you to karn that if you have ( strength to oppose Jho ministers , if you are strong to resist power wheu they require it , you are strong in your aggressive power when you require it for yourself . We clout want them with us . Our principles are iiot tif a class vr sectarian character . A oneness of mind anil aingtanefS oi purpose for the good of the whole pervaded the principle of their Charter . No power waa now able io lead them one road or the other , but they continued in the strait path and there they were determined to abide . These decoivera fead been unmasked . The working classes had become awaketotheir machinations , and where was the power that would again close their
eyescheers ) . We do not want them , he again repeated . They would prevent and dissroy the principles , of the People ' s-Charter , as they did the Reform Bill—( bear , hear ) . But how could men destroy a principle perhaps th ^ y tvould ask ! He would tell them By the introduction of details they could mako the Charter as -nf eless as the Reform Bill—( cheors ) . The People's Charter would extend to them what they were looking for . He attached all importance io that measure , and would not it should be altered —( hear , hear ) . They had been told that education and information was necessary for the possession of the Franchise ; but they bad never pointed what the test was to be . He thought by a fair judgment tho working classes would stand as good a
chance as the highar classes in this Tespect ; but if the men who taunted them with being educated wpre to be the judge * , why they would be educated sufficient for a vote somewhere about Tib ' s eve , andjthat came sometime neither before nor after Christmas ( laugh ) . Men won ' t be informed whilst they remain ignorant of the education necessary fortho enjoyment of their rights . Butjas Mr . Bolweil had shown them , give the man a rightrand he would learn the way to use ii . There was-a power in tbe idea of a man ' s being a freeman that would make him determined not to be behind his fellow-men ^ cheers ) . T > oso big wigs who live in stone houses , call me a destroyer , —with having a desire to take the money from those who have it . I wish no such thing . I honour the man
who makes his fortune by his industry , f-o loug as he makea that fortune in good gaiae , ana not by oppressing his fellow-men ( cheers ) . But as thx ! present system leads : to poverty , I am not a conservator of the present system . Why are iho masters not here now . Where are the shopkeepers , those middle links between the producers aud consumers , who thrive ou the well-being of the working classes . Some are here ; all ought to be here . They were beginning to learn that an empty till on Saturday night made an ugiy wife on Sunday morning . There was no excuse for them . But if there came an election to-morrow , tu < --y would hope to pas > s over the present difficulties , and vote . for tbe Win-. - , or the progressive Whig , rather than for the supporter of tho People ' s cause .
If there be fifty persons in this town , owing * 5 l ) , u 00 each , the Cuarier would hoi take one fariniag from one of them . But the Charier would prevent them from making more than they ought by the people ' s labour . The People ' s Charter would prevent taxation from being made a substitute for the land , or the Poor Laws for food . Mr . O'C . then spoke of the appropriation of the land which ought to be sec apart for the support of the Crovrn . He spoke of the income Tax , of Sir Robert Peel who had acted as recruiting sergeant to their cause by the pa ^ sicg oi this measure . Tbe middle classes werejealoud of i heir own pockets . They cared not for the fifteen shillings in tho pound you were paying as long as you Were in the cruabJe ; but when the law
took three per cent , from them they came forth and said we won ' i stind it any longer —( cheers aud laughter ) . W « will uos lei i . oursBiVeB to any party in England , Ssotland , or Wales for any sectarian purpose . We with justice to all . The present system has lavishly expended the resources and driedup the pores of the country . They have been expended for tho benefit of the few io the injury of the many . Is tbera any hero will tell u > the land is equally distributed , that machinery is made as extensively befifcfiung as it ought , that we have need of our large standing army in time of peace , or the navy costiug . £ 7 , 400 , 000 per annum , or that it is essential we pay £ 7 ^ 00 , 000 for a church establishment . These axe abWes you never bear ihe middle classes complain of 5 because they wer « seeking to participate in these abases . I will explain what we seek to destroy . We who have no intelligence- ^ we would destroy all
in our laws that is old and not for the good ot the community . ; We would not desire to destroy the whole ; for as the tyrant may be sometimes philanthropic , so there may be some good laws amoDg our legislative epaetmeBts which we would preserve That was allSffefleBired—the destruction of bad laws and the establishment of just ones in their stead . They ssy they don't ^ like to trust the working classes . And why noti Why , because they know , and I know , that If there be one hundred classes , and ninety-nine be represented , and tbe working class not , then it is the interest of the ninety-nine to grind down that one . But if you enfranchise the working classes , they cannot do justice to themselves witbont benefitting tho other ninety-nine . In justice , labour should be allowed to produce all it can , with a fair protection of it to the labourer . It is upon the l&boui field all must depend . They hare
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paralysed labour , and now they are in a state of bankruptcy , and eating one another like so many Kilkenny cats . Yes , those fellows who are living from the profits of infant sweat , and old men ' a blood , and f the toil of women ; to support men's wants , would rather yon were to the devil than that you should look to the land for relief . These are the men ; who proclaim cheap bread , high wages , and plenty to dp . There was a time when men had no reason to quail before the master , when there was no need for subserviency ; but circumstances had rendered men wholly dependent upon their taskmasters , and he would confess he should look twice before h « left a master , was ho a working man , at the present time , to attend a Chartist meeting . But
he desired to prevent the masters from possessing this power to tyrannise over the working people . Mr . | O'C . then , exposed the conduct of the leaders of the [ League , and the £ 50 000 , the great part of whiph had been expended in travelling expences , &c , for the leaders who boasted of their philanthropy and patriotism . He never received anything except as a guest at their festive board , which he would rather attend than the banquots of their tyrants—( cheers ) . The Hebeccaites in Wales , tho Church in Scotland , and the agriculturists and manufactures in England were all striving for their secular interests . But nothing would be gained for the people , until the People ' s Charter became law . He might be considered a vain mau > but he
thought he had done much , and the Chartist agitation ; had done a great deal ; yet they had done nothing to what would be done in the next three months . They had been thought dead . Bat they would find the killed Chartists rising from the grave , and with a hop , step , and jump , start from where they were stopped , in 1842 . They had been stopped by the late prosecutions ; bat thankB to hia friend by his side , the ? Chartist Attorney-General Mr . lRoberts , they wore : now able to go on in their good cause . Mr . O'Connor passed a high eulogium on Mr . Roberts , andipmeetmg gave three hearty cheers for that gent laming which having ; subsided , Mr . | O'C . said , the carrying out of his purposes depended on themselves . They must unite for their
own ' cause and nothing else . JNo Beotarian quarrels would do . They had no interest in any of them . They must unite for that which would alone ensure their rights—the full establishment of tho People ' s Charter . The change that had already taken place jin the character of the people gave him confidence and ltd him to rely on them for future victory . He rejoiced that in ( be present state of tbe people , reduced to the lowest possible point , they were more difficult to be bought , more strong in their principles than in their more prosperous days . He rejoiced that ! the next change would not be brought about by physical force ; but would be by the people ' s taking advantage * of any opportunity for which they would be prepared . The Reform Bill failed because the
people knew not what they had to expect—they knew not for what they were contending . But ; now tho people fenew they were contending for the Six Points , and that the very first Parliament so electea would properly develop the resources of the Country , and that if , in 1844 , tho Parliament did not follow out their wishes in 1845 , they could appoint another . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then warned the people against any physical outbreak , and showed the evil effects of them by facts from history . Ho then showed that all the great invention ' s and improvements had been made to benefit a fewkinsiead of being used for the general good , and said it wanted reform to give the proper effect , to all theaeigood improvement !* , and whilst
cla-s-legislaticn existed , it would bo impossible to do justice . The bishops and parsons told as it was necessary we should suffer trials and temptations here for the good of our souls hereafter . Now , if such was necessary , why did they not take their part . ( Hoar . ) What so dear to a man as his eternal welfare , and the salvation of his -soul ; why not , therofore , allow the Bishops to take part in the tribulation , the weeping , wailing , and gnashing of teeth so requisite here' ; why should not they be allowed to put on tho sackcloth and ashes , aud doff the ermine aDd fine liuen . ( Heur , hear , and cheers . ) It was high time that the working classes should change their position ; Ho wished to reorgamzo the public mind , to bring their feelings into uuity , to destroy the
oppres-8 'veiiess of class legislation ^ and mako labour free . They must club together the intellect of the country , and theu , with a good Executive , bring it to bear against all the citadels of ; corruption . Mr . O'Connor then , iu reference to the accident at Frome , said tbav whilst the Factory Bill was being opposed , every chapel in Frome would have been opened for the purpose of meetings , and all would be on the tip-toe to raise the standard of liberty and charity around them . But when the poor wanted to diacuaa their grievances , they were driven to a rotten room , where ho and many others were likely to have been killed . And if he had been killed , what acclamations and rejoicings would have been heard ftom those gentlemen who were tho professors of so much charity . Bat he had one consolation left ; he should have tho gratification of knowing , that hadfhe been killed , ho should have left the world
in a bettor state than ho had found it—( load cheers ) . But ; he was determined to combat aud beat oppressioiv—( ehecrs )~ -and the next thing was to make the victory of their enemies as short as possible , aud for that purpose ho ha , d fixed on Mou . 1 ay next as iho time when he would ayain vi ^ it Frome , and though contrary to' hia expressed dttermination , be wouid on this occasion address tho people on terrafirmas \ u tho open air—( cheers ) . Princplo waajnot a cock-shot , to be Bhot through with a bullet or cut down with tho sword . What so powerful as the decree of justice ? What so omnipotent as right ] And they had both justice and right on their side . We had abuse and oppression arranged against us in various forms , but as long a ? it was oppression , thoyi looked upon all with equal dis-gust . And they lookrd to God , the Charter , aud thoir principles , as the only salvation from their common enemy .
Mr . O'Connor sat down amidst tremendous cheering , land the resolution having been read by the Chairman was carried unanimously . An address was then presented to Mr . Feargus O'Connor , by Mr . Alfred Marchant , which having been adopted by aoolamation , three cheers were given for Mr . O'Connor and tho Charter . After a vote of thanks to the Chairman , the meeting quietly separated .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday . I . ord J . Russell rose to bring before the House the general state of the country . A fter defending the course he took aa perfectly constitutional , be stated hia reason for not limbing a formal motion of want of confidence in the Government . to bo , that the Hou 3 e had already expressed that confidence by the yoteit cjme to on tbe motion of Sir . S . O'Brien , in reference to the sVaW , ot Ireland . Ho then referred to tae legislative failures of the session , anti abked wlnt had bsen tae result of the gruat majority possessed by the Ministry ? Had all the measures they hail abandoned been given up on account of the vSok-ncd of thy opposition in that House ? H *> contended " . that th . y bad failed
without any factious opposition He might well ask what ; baa beeu the 2-esulD of that happy state of thinga which the Right Hon . Gentleman eppoaite announced when be went to his election as a Minister of the Crown and fold his constituents that the majority in the House of Lords being invr agreed , the constitutional instrument would bo in hariHony . Ono might well ask , now this instrument is iu su < . h harmony , what is the music which it plays?—( Laughter ) What are the tunes with which , our ears . have been delighted in this happy efcato of musical concord?—( Continued laughter . ) It has aot been , 1 think , Rule Britannia '—( Loud cheers and laughter ) . The agricultural gentlemen wouid hardly say that it has been 'The Roast Beef of Old England . ' The Irish Members are not
agreeli in saying that it is ' St . Patrick ' s Day in the mornin /? . ' 1 am not sure ( as we understood ) that it has alvt-aya boen ' God save the Queen . ' The only tune which occurs to me is one which we sometimes hear from the glea singers at public dinners , We're a * nodUirr . ' Such ! appears to me to be tbe result of this admirable barn ^ ony , which the Right Hon , Gentleman gave ouc as such'ia great advantage to the country . Witb respect to the foreign relations of the country , the Noble Lord alluded only to one question—the war carried on against'the Ameers of Scinde ; he described the conduct of the Ministry , in withholding the papers referring to tbe origin of the dispute . with them , as most extraordinary . He then reverted to domestic aff-iivs , and went into a minute examination of tho state of our
manufactures and exports , reading a number of tab ' . «> a to sb ^ wt-hat , in several important branches of trade there had beta an alarming decrease . He pointtd out tbo error of the Government in introducing so uncalled-for a nuastire as the Cana ' -a Com Bill , which hud alarmed the farmers without benefitting the community at large , and strongly denounced the policy that excludes nracufacture ^ of this country from the markets of tbe United States , by our refusal to take their agricultural produce . He stated the general financial scheme of the late Government , and caw pared it with that of the present one , contending that the endeavour ought to have been to increase the trade and cjsnsnwption of tho people , rather than raise a revenue from direct additional burdens upon ' tbo country . . He mentioned another means of supplying the deficiency—retrenchment of expenses , a ceurse rendered possible by the cessation of hostilities
with China ; bnt he recommended them to canty out their own principlesof trade . " It is said , " continued the Noble Lord / " ifagnum vectigal pxrsimonia '— ( laughter )—but I might say now , « Jf ( vnum vecligal sapientia '—( cheera and laughter ) . If you had only recourse to thoee principles of trade so ably expounded by the Right Hon Gentleman tbe President of the Board of Trade—( bear)—you might have done something to make up tbe deficiency ; -bat , notwithstanding your own incomparable skill—( laragbter)—and though you taxed us with i being miserable financiers—( hear , hear )—you haveinot been able to overcome the difficulties witb which you are surrounded "—( cheera ) . They had let tbe time for retrenchment go by . They might have redueed their expenditure considerably , at the clcse of the Chinese war ; conld they do so now ? Was it now a state of quietness and peace t Expensive es-
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tablishments were rendered still necessary , because they had not adopted that line of policy wbieh tended to preserve peacej ortier , and content . He alluded to Wales , and at much greater length to Ireland , and exposed the poverty ! of tbe answer he had beard given to statements of the more satisfied condition of tbe people of that country under the late Government , in which the Ministry , quoting from a speech of Mr . OConnell , repeated hia preference of the present ruler of Ireland over either Lord Normanby or Lord Fortescue . " 1 B&y , g «« "i « g Mr . O'Co-nell credit for patriotic objects ( I am not j giving him credit for any extraordinary degree of virtue or indifference to power ) , I cannot ; wonder he should prefer the present Government—( cheers from the Opposition )—when he finds his rent
has risea from a few hundreds to £ 15 , 000 the quarter , and be has a far [ better budget te produce than ths Chancellor of tbe Exchequer . ( Cheers and laughter . ) When be finds bis power over the people of the country almost unbeunded in comparison with the Lord Lieutenant , } I cannot wonder that exulting iu power , and seeing ] the means at bis disposal , be should rejoice he has to deal with such a Government . " He dwelt on the present state of Ireland at some length , and , referring to the Repeal meetings , said he could not believe they were legal . And were they to go on unchecked ? Would the Government wait till OConnell summoned a Convention in Dublin , and took ths actual Government ; of tbe country out of their bands , while the Lord Lieutenant sat idle ia Dublin Castle ?
He recommended conciliation and the redress of grievances , rather than coercion—such a policy as should enable them to reduce ; their military strength in Ireland , and better enable them to meet their enemies in other parts of the world ! Tho Noble Lord concluded ia the following words : —j- " If I am well founded in the observations which ij have made , we are now entering upon a maBt critical period of our history . If you pursue a large , a liberal , and a comprehensive system of policy you will increase tho means ; you will acid to the material wealth of thejeountry ; you will augment its commeree , and you will enable this country still to maintain its position as ] the most powerful and free commercial country in the world . It is in your power , I believe , to wean the people of Ireland from their attachment to
tbe eause ot Repeal , by inducing in them a belief that this House is willing to do full justice to auy cause of complaint , and to ' remedy the grievances under which they labour—( cheers ) . If you take this course , I believe that your ! power in this country , instead of being diminished , I will be immeasurably strengthened for the purpose of carrying out any system of foreign or pt home policy which you may have in contemplation —( cheers ) . But if you resolve to adopt the Other course—if you represent , as I think you do , two distinct opinions , the one that of standing still and . resisting all change , jand tbe other that of going on with measures of improvement and conciliation —( cbeerp )—if , representing these two opinions , you make it jour caro to take no measures in support either of tbe one
view or of the ethp , depend upon it that the country will long lament jthfit in the hands of such mea the destinies of so great and powerful a country have been placed . " j SirR . Peel admitted tbe right of the Noble Lord to attack the Government on a questiou of supply , without a specific motion of condemnation . But if that Government were ' as culpable as the Noble Lord had represented it , he might well have concluded with a more practical censure . And if be bad really thought tbe prospects of the nation to be bo gloomy as bo had painted them , he would hardly have indulged in the levity with which be began his speech . The Government has endeavoured to improve the administration of the law , to extend tbe benefi ' s of education , and to carry otber measures of general benefit ; and wby had
they not succeeded in these endeavours ? It was-said that thtiy were supported by a large majority ; . but what could a majority tfleet against the opposition of a few , resolutely bent upon adjourning debates from night to sight , and so preventing ibt > progress of public business ? On three questions , fifteen nights had bsen employed : on the Indian question , three nights ; and so on , upon minor matters . There bad been seventeen nights of discussions and divisions upon the Arms ' Bill . Parliament had a Btrict right , no doubt , to occupy all this time in this way ; but after doing so , let them not taunt the Government jwith not having employed tb&se nights in otber ways . The Noble Lord bad twitted them with abandoning the education measure . They bad long clung to the hope of accomplishing a system of combined educaiion , and at first the House seemed
aim eat unanimous in its favour . But it soon appeared that there ' was not that generally favouiable disposition towards it which was indispensible to its useful working . To have forced it on , without the cordial concurrence of tbej Dissenters , would but have aggravated religious animosity . Tbe Noble Lord bad passed very lightly over the subject of foreign policy . He might , when be alluded to Scinde , have recollected in wbat situation other regions , not very i emote from it , had been left by J the late Administration . Tbe time would probably arrive when tho policy of tlie Government respecting Sciudo would be fully statsd to the Houee ; but in tbe existing position of that subject , the Government would not be justified in making Iarg 9 communications . He much ic-yrefeUvi the present elate of our commercial intercourse with the United States :
bat this commerce haJ always been subject to grc « t fluctuations . He should not think it prudent ( in this occasion to express an opinion upon a commercial treaty with any power , though ccitainley the p ^ st experiments had not been very encouraging . Tnu late reductionB of Import duty on American produce had not been so wet by corresponding reductions on the port of the United States as to justify any very sanguine hope in that particular quarter ; on the contrary , they had been followed 'by that high American tariff , which bad been the main cause of the decrease of English exports . He had the satisfaction to think that In the bat six months there
had been indications of improvement in some important branches of manufacturing industry , particularly cotton , linen , and woollen ; aud this improvement appeared progressive , being kro ; ite&fc ifl tbe ' month . Could it , then , be justly Bald that the measures of the Government respecting the Corn Lw and the Tariff bad been thus far unproductive of benefit to tba country ? The Noble Lord had talked of the Canada Corn Bill as if it had been some new , matter , originated in this year ; but in truth it had been a mero performance of an engagement made with Canada in the year preceding . Tnen , as to finance ,- the cause of tbe imputed deficiency was , that when the account was made up , a large proportion of the proceeds of the incume-tax had not come . in . There had not vet been time to ascertaiu the full
results of the Tariff ; but , as far as they were knowo , they were highly satisfactory . Even the reduction of timber duty , large as was tbe present sacrifice-, would , he believed , be eventually beneficial . On the suijsct of tbe Welsh inaurrectiocj he must sty that the causes of it were not chargeable upon the Government The Noble Lord might recollect whit hid happened at Newport in his own time , and the cordial aid by which he was then enabled to strengthen the hands of Government with 5 , 000 additional troops . The present Ministers , however , hart omitted | i . o precaution ; and he hoped the same aid which they had given when in opposition would ba returned | to them by tuose who had then hold office . Now , as tui Ireland , the course of tbe Government had very lat e ly been explained in full . Ttiey had declared their resolve to leave no means
unemployed for preserving the union , but to reserve to themselves the chjoice at the same time when they migbt deem it necessary to apply to Parliament . Meanwhile , thrir forbearance had mst , he balieveci , with very general approjb-ition ; though the removal of tho maeislratL'S had not been equally well received . He bnt 11 / defended thJt removal , but declined to enter iato the details of Irivli questions . Ho admitted that tbe Government had failed t « conciliate one party , and hai lost the confluence cf anotber ; but they basi thought it their duty to eovenl impartially , and without reference to party feeiinjfs ; aW he trusted tbat they w < mid be rewarded by the final tranquillity of Ireland . Ttie Hoiue would not I have forgotten the difficulties ia which ho and his colleagues bad found the country . In foreign affairs , in ' iiuance , in commerce , the Government had made every tffuTt , and their efforts were beginning to produceja good result . He hoped they had not forfeited the cenfidenco of their friends ; and witb
that hope they would persevere in their ondeivoura to secure to tbia country the proud position to which she was entitled . 1 Lord HowicK . jafter adverting to the alarming condition of our great mining interests , and expressing * bis fears that the indications of improvemennt in the cotton and woollen Manufactures were of a fallacious nature , declared his decided opinion that it was not because nothing had been done , that therefore nothing could be done . A [ laborious and unproductive Besaionwas drawing to a close ; aud the Government , halting between two opinions , leasing neither to monopoly nor free trade , seemed incapable of dealing with the difficulties with which we were surrounded . He hoped that before another session they wouid make up their-minds to a bolder and mote decided course of policy . j Mr . Hume expatiated on the importance of a freer trade p iHcy . j
Sir Bewjami 5 Hall , Mr . milner Gibson , Mr . Vernon Smith , Mr . E . B . Rociis , and Mr . Williams having severally addressed the House , Lord Palmersion , alluding to Sir Robert Peel's reference to bis opinion about the probable restoration ef Ministers , in the event of thfeir resigning , reminded the House that he had 'j ' recanted" that declaration , and had advised them not to try the experiment Sir Robt . Peel had , in fact , admitted that it was tbe strength of argument , and superiority in debate , which the Opposition evinced , by which public business had been impeded . A sinular complaint ] had been made that eventag to the Houae of Lords j but it was s tyrannical objection , and reminded him of ttie complaint of the man who , being
eminently ridiculous biimelf , was annoyed because people laughed at him . The measures of the Government were bo badlj ? prepared , that they gave occasion to protracted debate ; and besides , there bad been numerous occasions during tbe session , in which there had either been "no House , " or the House was adjourned at an etuly hour . The Government were incapable of framing measures capable of satisfying the country ; as iu the cases of the Factories and Ecclesiastical Courts Bills , which had been stopped , from opposition not within but without the House . His Lordship , after some additional remarks on various points of domestic policy , turned to our foreign relations . Formerly the intentions of England were to
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bo learned at London , but now the inquirer would discover them by application at Paris or St . Petersburg Their policy abroad , was precisely that which they ought to adopt at borne— 'that of concession ; and en the affiiira of Scinde , they carefully refused to give any information which would commit the Government to approval or disapproval of Lord Ellenborbugh ' s policy But Parliament should not be allowed to separate without a distinct explanation on this important subject Turning to other parts of the world , to Turkej and to Spain , whose independence it was peculiarly our business to watch over , he expressed hia regret at the revolution which had occurred , and which all the
world believed to have been brought about by money and instigations from France . Were they to sit by e . ntented , and seo a French prince sitting on the throne ot Spain ? He did not doubt tbe good intentions of the government , but ha doubted their capacity . The Conservative party still gave Ministers their tupport , but bad the ; their personal regard and coufldence ? Parliament was about to separate for a long recess , in a precarious and dangerous stats of the country ; but if Government would resolve on a decided line of policy , they could at least calculate on receiving a disinterested support from the opposition . '
Lord Stanley doubted whether even the discussion of that evening were a very useful employment of that time , about the waste of which so much had been said . The Noble Lord had assumed for his own side a vast superiority in debate . If he meant in point of length , perhaps it was so ; but tbe frequent failnres in making or keeping a house , chiefly on evenings not devoted to Government business , did look a little as if the House in general failed to appreciate the oratorical powers o ! that patty . Ths Ecclesiastical Courts' Bill bad indeed been postponed ; bat the same thing had repeatedly happened to tbe last Goverment . Aa to the County Courts'Bill , there bad never been even an opportunity of bringing it to a second reading . The fate of the Factory BUI he deeply lamented ; had it not been for
the feeling out of doors , he believed that this bill would have been temperately discussed in the Legislature , and passed . Lord Palmerston had regretted the Whig deficiency ; bat all that the Whigs ever did was to regret it They did nothing to repair it , whereas tbia Government had boldly , and at all risk of unpopularity , imposed an income-tax , the produce of which was only half collected at the psint of time at which thedeficiency wasalledged by Lord Palmerston to exist , the uncollected half being more than sufficient to cover tbat deficiency . He controverted Lord Palmerston ' s statements respecting the Affghan and Chi nose ivata , showing the insufficiency of the arrangeaients and provisions made by the Whig Ministry . It bad been objected that the free trade principle had not been followed out in fulL No ; and any Government which should attempt any such thing in the complicated state of oar commercial affairs , would bring the country into inextricable difficulties , but bo far from making prohibition their war cry , tho
present Ministers had brought in tbe largest measure of relaxation ever passed . He explained , with reference to an allusion of Lord Palmerston , the reason why the Scotch Church Bill had not been earlier introduced ; and excused himself from going into the question of Ireland and her church . No doubt it was true , that when the Whigs were in office , people asked , on every movement abroad , what England was going to do ; because no stir ever happened in any corner of the world , but Lord Palmerston must needs interfere in it ; raora especially be was always haunted with a fear of French interference : France was absolutely hia bete noire . Lord Stanley then maintained that all possible support bad been given to the Spanish Regent , with whom he expressed hia strong sympathy . And lastly , referring to Lord Palmeraton's anticipation of political changes , he assured him that if it was founded , as it seemed to be , on some notion of division in the Cabinet , the hope bad nothing to sustain it
Mr . LaBOUCUERE corrected what he considered to be a gross tnis-stutemunfe of Lord Stanley , respecting th « preparations of the late Government for concluding the war in China , and indignantly censured the Noble Lord for his recklessness in assertion . Though not indifferent to party considerations , he had listened with comparative indifference to the mere patty portion of tbe debate ; the country waB in a situation of extreme difficulty , and there prevailed a strong feeling of disappointment that the Government had not followed up their own principles , by removing prohibitions from the important articles of corn and sugar . A storm waa arising , ^ oth in England and Ireland , and it behoved them to be prepared . Lord Stanley said a few words in explanation , and offered to aid Mr . Labouchera if he would move for the production of papetB respecting the despatch of troops to China .
Mr . M UNTZ thought that tbe people of England valued these party debates as little as bo did . In hia characteristic way he called upon the Government to provide for the present alarming condition of the country , promising them general support if they did . LordCLEMEKTS aDd Mr . Mobbis wound op the debate ; and then the Committee of Supply was postponed till Monday . The other business was then disposed of . aa
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Death from Exposure to Wet and Cold ok Dartmoor . —LateJy , a poor boy , 11 years of age , who was employed by a farmer , near Prince ' s Town , to look after some cattle , lost his way , and was not found for three days , when he was found dead . Sbriotjs Accident . — -On Thursday morning , as Samuel Bisdee , a farmer , was treating for the purchase of & cow a , nd calf , belonging to a farmer of Gloucestershire , named Parfitt , in the Cattle-market , Bristol , the cow suddenly turned on him , and goring him in the abdomen , inflicted severe injuries . The wounded man was immediately removed to the Hope and Anchor Inn , Redcliff-hill , where medical assistance was promptly procured , and we are happy to state that he is proceeding favourable . The cow is said to h ive been a quiet animal , bat whilst passing through Temple street , on her way to tie market i her calf was attacked by » ferocioua dog , aad from that time she was much enraged .
The Liege Journals give an account of a duel which took place a few days back in that town , and the result of which has caused great sensation * in consequence of the severity of the laws in Belgium against duelling . An officer named Kant , in garrison there , was coining out of his quarters with a comrade , when a M . DutilJeux met him , and inquired "why he looked at him so insolentlyT' M . Kant replied , that " so far from lookiug at him insolently , he had not even observed him . " The other , raising his voice , and seeming determined to insult him , more words ensued , which ended in a challenge . M . Kant , as tho insulted party , having claimed the choice of weapons , the sword was decided on . They met near the town , and after a few passes , M . Kant having stretched out his arm , and bis adversary , in rushing in , came right * on it , and waa transfixed through the right lung . He died on the 9 th inst . A criminal prosecution has been instituted against M . Kant .
Dreapfdx Precaution , and awfui , consequences . —During tho late thunder Btorm which passed over Iukbarrcw , Worcestershire , a poor wi » m * n , named Frances Hopkins , who was greatly terrified at thunder aud lightening , west with three of her children to the houae of her mother , who resided near , for coaipany , being afraid to stay at home . She sat down in the chimney corner , in a state of great alarm , and buried her head in her hands and lap , and sat trembling and rocking herself backwards and forwards . While in this position the lightning struck the chimney , and the poor creature , who had run to this spot for shelter and protection from the fear which haunted her at home , was instantly killed . There was a scorched line down the spine , about a foot long , and anoiber on the right side of iho spine about the same len « th , which were no donbi the effect of lightning , and the cause of death .
' Choice op Death . —A Court buffjon having offended bis Sovereign , the Monarch ordered him to be brought before him , and witb a stern countenance reproaching him , " Wretch ! you shall receive the punishment you merit ; prepare yourself for death . " The culprit in great terror fell upon his knees , and cijed for mercy . " I will extend no other mercy to you , " 6 aid the Prince , " except permitting you to choase what kind of t ' eath you wiJl die . Decide immediately , for I v ? ill be obeyed . " — " I adore your clemency , ' said the crafty jester , " / choose to die of oldaqe !"
Statistics of Lucifer Matches . —One of the witnesses before the Children's Employment Commission stated , that he is a maker of ' the boxes for containing lucifer matches , and is in the habit of paying tb « large sum of one thousand pounds a-year for American pine wood for their manufactoro . According to his belief , from twelve to fifteen thousand gross of such boxes aa he manufactures were made every week in London , during the year 1841 . Each box contains fifty matches . Upon these data the sub-commissioner calculates that the weekly consumption of lacifer matches amounts to 97 , 200 , 000 or 5 , 055 , 000 , 000 yearly .
Lowell . —They make nearly a million and a quarter yards of cotton cloth at Lowell per week ; empley about 9000 operatives ( 6375 females ) , and use 434 , 000108 . of raw cotton per week . The annual amount of raw cotton used ia 22 563 000 lbs ., enough to load 50 ships of 350 tons each , and of cotton manufactured 70 , 275 910 yards ; 100 lbs . of cotton will produce 89 yards of cloth —New York Express . Rebecca is sure to be " put down . " See THE STEPS ADOPTED . —The Carmarthen magistrates have adopted a resolution authorising the appointment of one chief constable at £ 300 & jear , with an allowance of £ 150 a year for two horses and a residence ; of sis mounted enperintendauts at £ 154 a year , including their horses ,- of 10 sergeants at 22 s . a week ; 29 first * ctaBB policemen at 203 . a week ; and 20 more at 183 . 8 week .
a few dats ago , as some workmen were employed in cutting up a log of cedar , at the High Mill , in Thornthwaite-, they discovered , nearly in the heart of the log , two pieces of beautiful china . There were several inches of solid wood on all sides of the china , and no defect whatever to be seen in the log in which the two pieces wexe so closely embedded . Tbe only way to account for this very singular phenomenon ia to suppose that the china had b « en grown up in the tree from s very early date . ' —Cumberland Packet .
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T . O ^ OKKOB , ESO , Hi TROWBRIDGE . BiHb laving been disiribnted in this town and T 3 dnity , > ainonncin 5 s public meeting io deliberate on She present distressed stale of the country , and t * £ at V . OGnunor , Esq . T ? oald be present , at the limB appointed for tbe snrral of that dii&igoished patriot on Saturday eTening , crowds cf the working elaa » es were to "be seen . proceeding towards Bath from -whence Mr . OtJonuorvwas expected , and -waiting Ma arrival on Tronl Common { between Trowbridge aad Bradford ) , ¦ wherein exceUentband was in attendance . The congregating crowds soon became asaHma ftmrnan- aeeeseaons of numbers cantTmally arriving from lbs anrronnd £ ng Tillages , ait O'Connor at length arrived and was met with the most enthnssistac greeting of tbe assembled jsnUaisaB . After the cheering bad somewhat
subsided , the carriage , preceded by the band proceeded towards tbe town , the numbers increasing aa they approached , till on entering Trowbridge , the streets leading to the Inn at •» hldi 3 Ir . O'Connor -was expected toput ug . were erammsd , and the windows of nsariy every bointe-crotrded vr £ k anxious spectators to " see the great tJsmpion of Qib jsase of tbe psopla The nmnbers * cn \ d not have fallen short of Ifi . eoo . Mr . O 0 onbdt bsviisg alighted "from the carnage , after Tcmalnin " a short lame for refreshment proceeded te tie place of meeting , { Hope < 3 apel , which from the idea cf many ( as-we beard expressed afterwards ) that it -would be useless for them to coma to attempt an admission , or from the distress cf others , ths admission being twope ce , aad reserved seas sixpence , was not so fnil aa might hsve been ^
Eaien-2 Hr- jamss "" HAB . CEA 3 TT Jjaving oeen ¦ nuatumously elected to SI tbe chair , sdd—l / idies and Gentlemen , 1 feel prond thst yen have seen -piopa to « kst a ¦ working m ^ n to U » charr ibis evening . I will proceed at once to read the fciil cJIing this meeting "which is aa fallows ;—" TR 01 TSS . lDGZ .- ~ The Charter , tbe League , and Bepeai J— 'FtBrgsa O'Connor , T&q—On Saturday , J 51 I 5 £ 9 , a public ineeiinij to deliberate upon tbe pre-Beirt ^ ngtresstd stste of the country , will be held at Hope GhapaJ , -when thai indefatigable friend cf tbe people . Peaigus O'Connor , ' Bsq-, will address the meeting- The inhabitants cf . tbe town generally , snd its Tiirnity , " are rerpeet&Hy invited to attend , with open , candid , sad imprejadiced misds . —The chair will bs taken a . v Esrta Select TOectoely . The patriot , beiEa nnaHe tojgKsk infi > scj > 3 i sir , there will be no prycession , save a band cf muse , to ¦ ffelcoine him into tbe town . —Admittance 2 i each ; rte-rvtd stats 6 d ., tt . iJstray the erptases .-
T £ a ChajnBsa procseSed—My Mads , we sre met Iiere to de-hberate en a abject tna « . £ inro six to « r * . rv ^ tSfftf ~ * i ? - ^^ "ssd state of tLe coufry . As k Cfeart ^ booy they ^ e » mtt to ^^ ^ of -fcat ^ is'KSi ^ nd anqBiM wbat - *« &B ba * T . . a ^ j for tae evD effects oi those k ^ . , ^ b < -r Shey bad rot called ttat meeting „ K ^ gJ&tL as some parties *^ 3 done in town ; but » 3 " public maetangj-abere « 7 « r » , oi aDyooe . would havs a »* fat Jo szptesa bis cpiision , and tbe object of -wjc , * -was " to ffiscoEStbe great question cf wbat ttbs the best roeJ » of wmoTffig U 19 present distress which exists in this * oa-try . ? Hear , bfiar . i JTh ^ , » onia I 8 mad : ^ mbs-bitanis ^ rpre mvitea to attend -nth open , candid and anprgadiced mines . He fcspefl they ^^ ^ an fan secordsnea with this xeontst . thosgb be -was tbat snc& list
sorry toKiy invustion bad been -publiaasd , enemies of the psopla were nos -saminx who laa sndeavonrea to create Ibe sos * tEEfah jsrejudice ia as ^ deds of tbe people against the genfltmen wSbm 1 DB 7 woaldiaTS ibe pleasure of ieaixn * that evening . Bntbs waBbappy to ay tbey bad not Eaceesded as vu ^ ff ™!? ** EnJnl > a 8 ^ ° *** bloomed the ja ^ notOCoaDor to tiieir u-sn that eveniML-jche ™ ,, Hsramla « 31 on Mr . JR ^ fcEg * to movalfcTraotation ; 3 dz . SATOlses said , iie was proad to sea ths Bumtecs sssembled to Estai vo As sailjsiasa who had eome tbsre to ^ dresa thtsn , bat h- ^ , koi , «*»© -rereBoirmora -S 213 T ^ y were tbera not more ? It ^ as ^ ctbeeanse ^ hfe beasts t £ the people -sere not -with thai geni&ansn . If they bad any dcabu on that point let them loot to iSeprucessisn pk = ? Ioe 3 to that meeting xn 3 Jiiase doubts -7 « ald be dispeHciL- There they could Inni JWtoibetboassBds -Bits ga ^ cg eyes and -with warm buu& * i _ io-welsx > sa 6 tbe patriot to ibeir town . Kt > n
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GEEaT CfiJiBTiST > iESTlKG * T BRISTOL , IS ' EFAHS BOYAL C 1 BCTJ 3 . i Oa T 7 eQHEEday last , &e largest hi-door meeting that ' has -tskpirpHiee in Bristol ler many yesrs , waa beld in J tb ^ r a&OTe iaar = a spaaccs inSdiia ; . for tbe purpose of [ ¦ faearsiy ; Sr . Peaigas OGonn-r . Tbe bniMiCg is eapa- ' Ke -of honing Esmsvhers aboct six thousand , snd was crsuiuitdin e ?~ ry t&sj * , j 33 * . C ? Coimor and Sr . Eaberts c ? rivwl precisely st , ec ^ a o ' clcck , aid were ltrcelved iri » b lie mast hearty j gretts ^ ss . f Mr . " 2 * e = Tnsn xraa appoialed to take ibe chair , and j aft = r a te 5 pf saa appitspnat ^ arSdrrcs , iatrDdnced Mr ' PeogEsO' ^ fcinior , who , upsB prwentirg fcimrelf , was ' xeresred Tnth lona ssd Ifn ? contisiwd applaEse . . Be- >
Kfits a goodly number cf ¦*!» middlfl classes , tasre were not a few of tbe city aristocracy present , and Mi . OtJacncr , having mtasnred tbe staff r-f which bis ^»» nwrHv » -srsa-composed . ^ diTided Msan ^ resainto several iiads , each tniliDg the position , Gib iisteiest , sud ibe prmripl 2 s of lhose secdens to whom they were directed ; and in bis sammaiy , he proved to tbe middle and tbe lumber classes , that from tie enactment cf the People ' s Courier , MKHhaialone , could they txpect-any redress of tbe ^ grievanesa Trhich iffl-cted tbsir order , and to remove trhieb they was novr Btrnggling in vain . H « explained tovr tbe ssreral represtcted rtasg-- > g had bathetto betai enabled to insure a redress of their own gn-Tsajjces by using in&amed public -opinion as a means oi txlrcc'dns lecress from the fears of thetJnVMnment ;
biitmst now , pnolic opinion tkb too sonnd , too bigbly cani ^ sted , too-virtnonsasd CEirtd-to i-e turned into a akn 3 E * is"ting force to hattls for tho iuterest of otbers . Be explained tbs Land qncsnou from the beginurng to file raid , shoving hov tbe political power that it created ' induced its o-sners to misuse it , -c-bQe ths very mtasest possession tf a portion , of i * . enabled the oppressed Irish peoplB to stand ont more fearlessly for lbs-ir rights than tbe Kngti ^ fa marking men , -who , being "Wholly-deprived of it , BIB comptileii to live from baad to svontb , and thereby rendered dependent npon tbe -wm » - ? their ixsi-jnasSeTRj Mi . O'Connor also enrered upon tba qnestion of a Rg > eal of tbe Union , showing its TOtSasacy imless accompanied ty tbe CSbarrcr , and TEprotadug tie fcBy « f attaching all-importance to tbe
mat tiastenee of an Irish "Parliament . Asfar , saidlie , as a me ? 3 > £ 3 ^ isinent goes , surely Ireland has so reason to complain , astbe has ibe "United Palisment all to herself 1 2 fo > bsE 5 but Irslaad , Irisb lanSlords and Irish parsons , Irish majnasrates , Irisb policemen . Irish meetings , and Iiisb Anns * Bill , being discussed in the senate bonse ; so tbat in i&ct , Ireland iias s great big Parliament at * ti ^ ia "Lcndoa , and "England "h ** no Parliament at sii r aod __ Jf Irfein- ^ d bad a "Parli £ ioeat * itt 3 ng in College Gnssn , and returned hy ths wme standard oi ftanchfss that tbe Inih Parlisneiit sitting in London is returned lay -aby in tbat case aH tbe dSereace-wonld be , tbat d ^ iEEsxic lyiuSts t ^ ohIj maBufatSure 'domestic -chains for fiiaislaves ; -while -with a general exchequer , all fee esuect , oppression money , corruption money , and for
" brsfet-xy aos ^ required gorging Irisb m £ mr « n , Wonld ba estr&tted from lbs industry of the EoglUh znic-dle acd -corMng cUssea . Tbs yerj same objections bclci ^ sod gainst a federal allian ce ; snd therefo re , said 3 &Z . O'Connoi , I am for a distinct , independent , native ParlcuBent returned npon every principle contained In the People ' s Cbarter ; siid bence , I am a Bepealcr sjad a Chasfist—Jlhis reasoning -was followed by loud and lontr-coBtiEne 3 cieeriug , the Irishmen , of ¦ ffbom a large nnniber were prtseat , joining Instily in tbe cborns } . 3 dr . O'Connor then entered at considerable length upon the present stale aud prospects cf the Chartist ho-Sy ,, trpiaining the baneiits ibst "he anticipated ftom the reorganiaition of the parfy , aad reiteiating bis determination to nse iia every enersy to Tecosole = d isiBtin ? diSkreitccs ; to nzdte the party into one great phalanx , and then to rely npon tbe diKTriion , the conragv , and tbe judgment from sneb -oiiceatKitioDj fcr tbe success of the democratic prin
ople . "WliBe be strongly denounced the enlistm £ 3 it of tbe Chartist body ¦ under any sectional banner , be ss strotgiy , a = d spon tbe same pnnciple , repudiated any foreign cocnecSacn whatever , observing is tbs teorda « f fi » pott—list if Bngland -was nol strong enough to feepUiftdog from her own door , let bu be -s-orrjed and bitten . One of bis greatest difficnlties bad been that o ! arrsBglsg and elassifjing opinion at borne ; and lie beped that ha -wonld never live to sea tbe day when ¦ Bngiisomcn , iriaUmen , ScotcbmeDj or T y elabmen , ¦ would be znsd encmsb to bsxxrd their cansd , by an appeal to ~ foreiga arbitrators , irbo , having anjosted the qnarrd fbeir oirn ~ sray iroold then er < .-cz tbe standard of foreign middle-class tyranny , to ¦ which be mncb preferred lbs tyrsnny of *• the rogues they knew . " At the cosctoEion of Mb address , the speaker aat down ,, andd the ; most Taptnrous and enthusiastic applause ,: followed by waving cf bats aad locd ^ ercMsfs , -srideb \ lasted for ssT ^ Blminntes . ,
A cffdM Tote of tfeants inn then accorded to Mr . ; Otknuuxr / in xaptj to Taiiieh , i 8 stated , thai tbe ztecei- ' Ety impoied uponbim , oi standing so long Bpon ~ b % s \ "Ponsded leg , bad given Mm considenible pain , and pat ] It to tfce meeting "Whether tiiey ircnid not txense bis , attendance npon the following uigbt , in conseqneEce of tbe iroory , and upon a promise that in six vreefcs be j ¦ K-crnlj agnn address them THi apology ttejs received ! ¦ widushosts of *¦ don't cams to-mozresr , aad "Well be glad to ass yon again . " The speaker tben asked them : if tbey isA received any insbnetion from bis address , -v ?" n : ch trsi responded to vitb one osaBimccs thoctof " Aye . irelavB Qb L" Mr . ^ "Concor then proposed , aao St .- Simeon seconded , a -rote of iLanks to tbe ChaVrm&B , after T » bicb tbe asseic'bled thansands retired macb gratiSed , and , as Mr . O ' Connor and Mr . Jloberts flrovs from the Circus , they Trere greeted with lond and enthusiasfio- «>""«; the bisve . Hiberaiaoa * tre ? gliag tsrdforasiiafe tit tbeir esaatryman ' s band .
It -s ^ onia impoBBXble descriDe tbe altered tone of ifce several parties Binee Mr . Q Cbnnox * fi visit ; all classes joining in the avowal , that b » is resolved upon doing-sr " !* . ! lies in bis povrec for tbe amelioration of the working classes ; -while ttey ate -rtady to . admit , that they have been mif titan iniieir * Dinion df bim . The T ""^ " *** * " in psiticclaT express their t > i * TiVfniT » Ma at never biting jointd in any abuse or d £ Bnnciatio- 0 } Tnn-., -BilOKl tbsj call iha "SIGHT SOHT oiF A 2 f IBISHMAI ? . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1224/page/6/
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