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THE "^REBECCA" MOVEMENT SOUTH WALES, (Irom cwr ' otra Comspon&exLJ _========^^ THE NORTHERN STAR- J
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The "^Rebecca" Movement South Wales, (Irom Cwr ' Otra Comspon&Exlj _========^^ The Northern Star- J
THE "^ REBECCA" MOVEMENT SOUTH WALES , ( Irom cwr ' otra Comspon&exLJ _ ======== ^^ THE NORTHERN STAR- J
This tas been ft 'week of misfcnrbniea in as far as toucans thefollowers of the liege Lady of South Wales . Ax jour reader * are mw&re , the London police to the number of two hundred were lart week scattered over , the face of the country ; they were stationed in every hamlet is the eoon ^ r , * long -with a psrty of jnllitsry for their protection : ; and they have gone to work
¦ in downright earnest . It ia said that they have cot been -very parScular as to the mums -which they hsve adopted to gain information , nor yet as to Oe § ruaUty of the Information " itself ; but as every examination iis been private , we have only imperfect reports irom -which-to form a judgement . Committals hare , however ,-been rife , asaotaday has elapsed which has not fumiahBd iU quota of prisoners for trial . I gap you a list of the names in as far a * I can gather them , sad the charges upon -which the parties haTe been
committed-—William Wmiams , Datid WflHama ^ John Williams , and EraaWmams / diarged "With being concerned in the destruction or Pentrebach gate and toll house in the neighbourhood of TJ&ndovery . They ~ were committed by Divld Jones Lewis and Lewis Lewis , Esquires , two of the magistrates for the eeunty of Carmarthen . Wm . Williams is further charged ,- ^ the oath of Evan Powelt of Caecryn Mill , with having delivered to the said £ nn Powell a letter threatening to burn his dwelling-house and property . Wm . Williams is also further charged * £ h having delivered to the toll collector at Penterbach a letter threatening to destroy the gate , toll bouse , furniture , and even the gate-keeper himself Isaac M ^ nwaring , DiTid Mainwariiig , Thomas Main-Waring , and John Powell , charged with having on the 27 & . of Sept last , burglariously broken open the dwelling-house of Mary "Bess , at Pluybout , in the parish of
IJandebie , and stealing therefrom the sum cf 5 s . 64 , also -with destroying her fumitnre , also witt a riot at ibe same ^ me and place , and finally with pulling down and demolishing the dwelling house of the said Mary Ross . As I -have obtained a copy of the depositions against these witnesses you will find thee wmewhere in this letter . Philip Phffip , William Philip , and William Sarris , charged with having committed a riot at Pound , in the parish ofilangunnor , by resisting the bailiffs in the execution of their duty . John John , charged with having sent a letter to Thomas WiHi 3 ms , of the parish of Uanwrda , ibrmtmring to kill and murder him . In addition to these , there were six more brought to gaol yesterday , Whose names and offences I have been unable to learn . Altogether there are now for trial , in Carmarthen Gaol , about forty prisoners connected with the Bebeeca outrages , besides several which are but on biiL
The prisoners fox trial at the Special Commissien at Cardiff , which has been postponed to the 26 th instant , are John Hughes , David Jones , and John Hugh ,-who are charged with firing with intent to kill , &c , and with beginning to demolish a dwelling-house at Pontarddulaia . They are not to be tried now , it seems , for demolishing the toll-gate ; but if found " not guilty" on the ioregoing charges , there is such a thing-within the bounds of possibility aa that they may again be brought cp for Mai at the Assios , charg&d with the offence which is at present omitted . Lewis David and William Hughes , -who it Trill bs remembered -were admitted to tail forjnisdemeanonr atPontarddulais ; David Lewis for « utiing and Tn » imW at Tyeoch ; ( this is a lame
collier lad , who -was sworn to by the woman who is toll-taker at the above bar , as having assaulted her on She aigttt the toll-bar -was destroyed ; this , a » your readers may recollect , took place within 200 yards of the Town Hall of Swansea , on the night of the day that certain prisoners were committed for trial : ) and Henry Morgan , Morgan Morgan , Esther Morgan , and Hess Morgan , for cutting and maiming at Gromdlle . This latter ease arose out of the destruction of the Bolgoed bar . Some of the Morgans -were implicated in that transact ion ; and -when Captain Napier went to apprehend the accused , on a Sunday morning , the " cutting and maiming" took place which has been the cause of the present action .
One of the Rebeccaites has already been tried and acquitted . This was at the Pembrokeshire Quarter -Sessions , which were held on Tuesday last , at the town of Pembroke . Henry Leach , Esq ., Chairman , in his charge to the Grand Jury , in reference to this subject , Expressed himself as follows : "He regretted the lawless spirit of insubordinatisn , -which had been so generally manifested ; but he was glad to find that in this neighbourhood it was unaccompanied by the Tioleaca Which had been bo fearfully developed in tie adjoining counties . There was one case in the calendar to which bfl would draw their attention , namely , that of the prisoner William Harris , -who-was charged with destroying the Plain-dealings Turnpike-gate , -which -was situabed in the town and pariah of Narberth . The evidence
efUie case dearly shewed ihat Ike prisoner had committed ihe qfencci ; but then he was bound to say , that his- conduct was not by any means characterized . by violence ; but was stripped of aQ thess heavy charges which we bear of at the present alarming crisis . " 2 ? oiwithstanding that the court was bo fully convinced of the conclusive nature of the evidence in support of the charge , yet the Grand Jury -were by no means so satisfied upon the subject ; for after a short consultation they ignored fite Sill , and the prisoner was discharged . "The finding of the Grand Jury took the Court completely by xrrprizs and the members gazed on each
other with wondering looks . The individuals of whom the Grand jury was composed , state that the evidence was of so trifling a nature , and withal so contradictory , Ihat they could not possibly arrive at any other eon--clusion . And sot only so , but that the local act of the Whitlaad ' s trust , expressly declares that no gate shall be erected within tbe limits of a town ; and tEe gate in -question being' -within the boundaries of the town of Ifarberth , was decidedly an illegal gate ; and the prisoner in removing it , instead of being guilty of an unlawful action , simply cleared away an obstruction from a public thoroughfare . This decision has given uui-Tersal satisfaction .
At the Carmarthenshire Quarter Sessions held here on Thursday last , six of the Bebeeeaites were brought cp for trial charged with riot and demolishing a house in SdweUy . After a long discussion about " quashing the indictment , " demurrers , * ' and so forth , which I f ? m assure you was as so much Greek to me , ( and as I do sot understand it myself , there is small chance of my feeing able to make your readers comprehend it ) , it was tssol ( ed finally , that the Court had no jurisdiction is the matter , and the case was left over to the next General Assizss .
At the same Sessions , but on the following day , the question of the rural police was brought on the carpet Sir Jas . Williams -wishing tbs » London police to feave a fair trial to re-establish the peace of the county , yrio ? to the rurals being brought into play , and moved the adjournment o ! the police rate till the April Sessions . The motion was opposed by CoL Trevor , -who - " stated this would be a breach of faith -with the G-OYemment who had sent down the Xondon police on the direct understanding that a rural ppliee force ¦ was to be appointed ; and the principal duties of the London
police would be to instruct the county police in their duties . " [ By the bye , it is a very pretty idea that of Col . Trevor ' s ; Bend down 200 men to teach forty ! a very fair proportion of teachers for this number of hopeful pupils I bat let it pass ] . SirJas . Williams ' * motion -was lost by twenty-one to four , and the rate was voted accordingly . The expences cf " the London police—the schoolmasters!—were estimated at j £ l , 659 , and a rate voted to pay them , coupled with the hope that Sir Jas . Graham would pay them out of the public purae . *• Don't they wish they may get it" !
Not withstanding all this formidable display of judicial po-wer , Bebecca is not yet Tendered altogether hort de combat . Her energies have certainly been crippled not a little by the new tactics -which have been adopted ; but she still makes her appearance where she is least expected ; and apparently as nndaunted as ever carries ier schemes into effect . On the night of Thursday last , the stackyard belonging to Mr . Henry Thomas , of the While IAoa , Llas-< laxrog iabout eight miles from thii ) , -was discovered to be on fire , and eventually was completely destroyed . The cause of * h" act of incendiarism -was , that Mr . Thomas had given notice to quit to a poor but honest man , who was a tenant of his , and who has for many a flay been battling with Fortune ' s eldest daughter , Misfortune .
On the same uigbt a party of between two and three hundred persons , armed as usual with swords and guns , and in various disguises , assembled in the neighbourhood --ef St . Clears , and forthwith proceeded to a labourer * house , whose name is James Thomas , and who met with a severe accident some time ago , which incapacitated him for work , and caused him to apply to bis parish for assistance . The cottage in which this man resided was one of the most -wretched kind ; it was , in fact , a mere hovel . The poor man ' s -wife , who answered Madam Rebecca ' s EummtmB at tbe doer , was told not to be under the least alarm—that they came as friends , and from them-she had nothing to fear ; that " Becca" considered she an § her husband had suffered enough from poverty , and had provided them with a
better housa . B-monstrance was in vain ? tbe " traps - were bundled out , and packed on a cart which had been brought for the purpose , into which Thomas and his wife were then respectfully handed . The party then set off to the PwDytrap toll-bouse , which has been unoccupied since the recent destruction of the toll gate , where they deposited their passengers and furniture , and formally installed them into their sew abode . They required of them , however , a formal promise that on no account would they keep up the old system , nor exact toHfrom any jasser-hy . They a » en ltft the bewildered tenant to settle things to his liking in Ms sew habitation , whilst : they proceeded in a
body to the mansion of B . P / Benyoiii one of the magistrates of the county . Fortunately for himself that gentleman was from hose ; for they smashed several of his windows and fired into his bedroom . They subsequently appended a notice to his front door , warning all whom it might concern that Bebecca had given possession to James . Thomas of the house adjoining the before-mentioned gate , and if any should molest him in that habitation they might dread the vengeance of Bebecca and hex children . A similar notice was served upon the cleik of the Bethlehem Cbapel , with a letter requiring him to publish it in the usual way . Thomas and his wife are living in the toll-house , and so one aa yet has attempted to molest them .
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On Saturday night last , about eleven o ' clock , a party of Bebeotaites , consisting of fifty or sixty persons , assembled at Blackpool-weir , the property of the Baron de Rutzan , wfcieh with no small difficulty they succeeded in demolishing . The masonry of the weir was of great strength , and the rioters were occupied in levelling it from eleven o'clock at night until four next morning , keeping-watch all the while over an old man who resided in an adjoining cottage and who was ordered not to appear . No cine baa been obtained to lead to the apprehension of any of the depredators .
some time ago , two bailiffs , belonging to the town of Narbsrth , and one of whom is justly famed for being largely endowed with the gift of prayer , had occasion ts lerrj s distress upon the live stock « f a small farmer resident in that neighbourhood . The farmer , aware doubtless , of the devotional propensities of his visitors , after the completion of the process ; proposed to retire to the boose for prayer ; observing , that under existing circumstances a threne of grace was bis best refuge .. Tbe offer w \ Baeeepted , and it is needless to observe that the prayer -of Qte afflicted man was long , strong , and dolorous ; interrupted occasionally by tbe enthusiastic "Amens " of the myrmidoms of the law . Then followed tbe effusions of the bailiff in strains of most unfortunate leDgth for him ; for at the conclusion of their devotions , when the pious party sallied forth in quest of their charge , it was found that either the prayers had banished them , or Bebecca had been there and driven them away . The bailiffs were fairly diddled out of their priza .
Depositions takes at the Examination or THE MatmWaRIKGS . —Mary Bees , on being sworn , deposed , that , prior to the 28 th day of September , she lived at Plasybont The house in which she resided , was her own , and had been erected for her about two years ago by some of her neighbours . A little after twelve o ' clock on the { night of the 27 th of September , witness beard a shot fixed outside the bouse which shivered the window . She was then in bed . The house was then broken into by men armed with hatchets and guns . There were six men who came into the house . Two of them had white shirts over their clothes , one had his working clothes on , and the other three had their coats turned . The whole party had their faces disguised with chalk or whitening . They tearched the house and broke open the drawers which were locked . They took five shillings and sixpence out of a teapot , which was standing on the shelf . They all asked witness if she knew them , and she said " no , " as she was
afraid that they would kill her . They made her go down upon her knees twice and kiss a gun (!) as an oath that she did not know any of the party . They took the house quite down to the ground after they had removed the furniture belonging to the witness , and destroyed upwards of a bushel of wheat which she had unwinnowed . She was out of the house when they began to pull it down . She knew » ema of the persons who broke into the house . The prisoner , Daniel Mainwaring , is one of them . He is a butcher at Mynydd Mawr ; he was armed with a hatchet , and searched the house . It was him that took the 53 . 6 d . He spoke to witness ; the others did not Isaac Mainwaring , the other prisoner , was also there ; he is a labourer , and Daniel ' s younger brother . He had a hatchet , and was busy assisting tbe others . They both live with Bacael Mainwaring , their mother , and witness knows them very welL Thomas Mainwaring and Bichard Powell were also there . Powell had a gon , and was one of those who pulled the house down .
Having read the foregoing depositions , upon which the four prisoners were committed for trial , your cor respondentielt anxious to ascertain what could be these men's motive , for thus despoiling a poor , helpless , and infirm old woman ; when he was no little astonished to learn that she is accounted one of the' most expert thieves ( in the neighbourhood . After the people had been at the trouble of erecting a comfortable cottage , in which she might find shelter in her old age , she turned out a common pest to the whole country . So at least my informant tells me , and adds , that nothing was too hot or too heavy for her to cany away .
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, , ^ , _^ p » .. - --,,- „ ,- ¦ „ ¦ .. „ ¦ . - „ ¦ . HELLENIC FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATION OF THE GBBEK BBVOLT 7 TION . On Saturday evening a most interesting festival took place at the London Tavern , to celebrate the recent glorious events in Greece , when between eighty and a hundred gentlemen , natives of Greece , and friends of their cause , sat down to a sumptuous bacqnet The upper end of the room displayed the flags of England , of France , and of Greece ; and four pillars against the walls of ike room bore inscriptions commemorativefirst , of the various national assemblies of regenerated Greece , beginning with that of the 25 th of March , 1825 ; secondly , of the battles won by the Greeks . ; thirdly and fourthly , ot tbe surviving and defunct heroes who had fought in tbe Greek cause . Mr . C T . Ball ! was in the chair , and amongst those who supported him were the Hon . Colonel Stanhope , Col . Thompson , Mr . B . Cochrane , M . P ., Dr . Bowring , MJP . After the healths ot the sovereigns of Greece and Britain had been drank : —
The Chairman then gave the "Hellenic Nation . " He delivered an address of considerable length in the Greek language , in which , amongst other matters , we understand that he strenuously recommended an oblivion of the past , and a zealous and friendly co-operation of all parties for the future . He was listened to with marked attention , and was warmly applauded . Tbe following toasts then followed—" The Hellenic Council of State . " " The present national ministry of Greece . " Mr . Ionides , in giving " The friendly relations of regenerated Greece with the allied powers , " said that not long ago Greece formed bnt an insignificant province
in a despotic country ; their spirit was curbed by the oppression of their rulers , but that very persecution had been tbe means of preserving their nationality . Few men then believed that the Greeks would ever again form a nation . They had patiently bided their time , however ; they had acted throughout with prudence and firmness , and they were now one of the Christian nations of Europe . They had now , it was true , other enemies besides the Turks , but he hoped that the ; should be able to stand out against them , and that Christian Europe would co-operate with them—{ cheers , tbe band playing " Bule Britannia , " followed by the " MarseUois" ) .
The Chaikmam gave " Our Gnests" ( the Hon . Colonel Stanhope , Hi . Bowring , M . P ., and Mr . < 3 achrane , MP . ] and other Philbellenea . Letters havitg been read from the Earl of Arundel and Surrey and Lord Dudley Stuart , expressing their regret at being unable to attend , but at the same time expressing their warm sympathy in the cause which tbe meeting of that evening were celebrating . Dr . B 0-WB . 1 KG , in acknowledging the toast ( which was most warmly received ) , emphatically exclaimed : — A meeting like this carries me back Borne twenty years ; and recalls to my recollection an illustrious man , who ,
when a youth at JEion , gave expression to his ardent sympathies with Greece in a beautiful poem , and who lived , Pxime Minister of Great Britain / to lend his powerful aid towards accomplishing the folfillment of those generous hopes which in his very boyhood he had cherished ! Need I name George Canning I ( The feelings excited by tbe naming of the great statesman were most powerfully expressed . ) And recollection also reverls to another yet more illustrious genius { a cry of " Byron ! " and great enthusiasm ) , who , alas 1 has not liTed , —would that be had , —to witneBs the auspicious establishment of constitutional liberty in that land which he so eloquently apostrophised as
" L » vely in her age of wo I Land of lost gods and godlike men !'' ( loud cheers )—and which he wonldhave rejoiced to have been enabled to see as he had sung" -how" bright When re-awakened into freedom's light !" ( Continued cheers . ) How happy would he have been to see his anticipations realised in the second , the real resurrection of Greece , whom he had energetically advised— " Trust not for freedom to the Franks ! They have a Sing who buys and sells ! In native swords and native ranks , ¦ The only hops of freedom dwells . "
( Great cheering . } Yet ! it is now to be hoped that Greece is for Greeks , and that Greeks will give to her liberty—( cheers ) . Nothingeonld have been happierand more auspicious ft "" the manner in which the recent revolution was peacefully accomplished , and nothing oonld be more appropriate than the generous spirit of forgiveness with which all recollection of the past appeared to be regarded—all resentments absorbed in glowing anticipations of the future . ' —( cheers ) . Yet let it not be supposed that there will everube permanent tranquillity or prosperity in Greece till it is fully understood that she is for Greeks alone !—\ cheers ) . Let it be hoped thai their present Sovereign will form the commencement of a dynasty whose history shall be marked by the progress of general happiness—( cheers ) . I cannot help imagining that the noble spirit of ancient heroes is not entirely extinct in Greece , and that something of its influence may have
had its share in producing the peaceful and happy « haracter ol the recent revolution—( cheers ) . I know-that there are yet to be seen the high foreheads and the fine features-that speak eloquently of the past ; and I would fain hope that ? their hearts yet beat to the keroic songs of olden times , ** and that there is yet mind in Greeks to secure a noble future!—( cheers ) . I trust that , ai their peaceful revolution has given confidence in their character to pnbiic opinion—wheneverhereafter they raise the cry of " Liberty . '"—( loud cheers )—the sound will not be lost on the heights of Parnassus , or on tbe -phase ot Marathon , or on the wave * of the JBgeanj but that their aftachtoent to freedom xrW be the source of virtues that iray form a national character—stronger , wiser , noblor than it has ever yet been seen , and that bo the Greeks of modem times will « qualin glory the Greeks of whom history so eloquently discourses-—( Loud and continued cheering ) .
Mr . IO 5 DiDESthengJ- ? e , in Greek , " Themembers elect of the National Assembly , convened to meet at Athens , for the purpose » f framing the long wiabed-Jor Hellenic Constitution . May they realise the hopes and expectations to the Greek nation and of all the dviltt&a world . " After a number more toasta which were eloquently spoken to , Mr . P . T . Ralli gave , " Tbe Diffusion of Education in Greece . May civilized Europe repay to Modem
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Greece the debt which literature , att , and science owe to the Greece of antiquity . " Colonel Thompson responded . Mr . Geougiadi gave . ( in Greek )— " Prosperity and { jHory to the Hellenic Nation ; " and Mr . Alexandbtdks ( in English )— " The British People . " Colonel Stanhopb spoke to the latter toast , and alluded to his having established a free press In Athens , as to the effect of which in enlightening the Greek people he expressed himself very sanguine . Mr . Maubogohdato then proposed " The Freedom of the Press , " in a speech which was unintelligibly Greek to us , bat which , from the manner in which it was received , we jndged to have been of a warm and Bordial character , and which contained some mention of The Times of a complimentary character , and exciting considerable applause .
CololelStanhope gave "the health of the Chairman , " of whom he spoke in high terms , and Dr . Bowrixg , with great gallantry , proposed " The women— -the- beautiful women of Greece , " observing , that tbe poet would no longer have ta
exclaim' Oh , that such breasts should suckle slaves 1 ' ( Load cheers . ) The remaining toasts were both proposed in Greek"To the memory of those who fell in the struggle of Grecian independence—Greeks and Philbellenes , " by Mr . Lascaridi ; and ' The commerce of Greece with Great Britain and with the whole world—its extension and prosperity , " by Mr . Xenophon Balli . The principal guests retired about eleven o ' clock , but the festivities did not . terminate till later in the evening . —Abridged from the Times .
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NEWCASTLE . GRAND D EMONSTRATION IN HONOUR OF T . S . DUNCOMBE , ESQ ., MP ., FEARGFS O'CONNOR , ESQ , AND W . P . ROBERTS , ESQ . JkS * Gp *** * Newcastle and Gateshead held a public soiree in honour of Thomas S . Duncombe , Esq ., v ? i * itglf 0 > C ° nnor , ; Esq ., and W . P . Roberts , Es q . * In the New Music Hall , Nelson-street , on Saturday evening , the 21 st . f « t ^ ^ ° ' 2 ' PW *< toof five hnndred sat down to tea , after which Mr , Wm . Cook , of the Bine Bell inn , Gateshead , was unanimously elected to the Chair , who briefly acknowledged the honour which they bad confered upon him that evening in electing him to preside over such s respectable and well conducted meeting , and called npoa Mr . Kydd as the first speaker .
^ Mr . Eydd rose and said he felt highly honoured with 8 « ottuat 6 d -with the presentation of the address which he held in Us band ; it contained the unsophistlcated opinions of the Chartists of this district , and as it was sufficiently expressive of itself , be would read it without making any comment "TO THOMAS SIINGSBY DDNCOMBE , ESQ ., HP , "Respected Sra , —We , the inhabitants of Newcastle . upon . Tyne , desire to bid you a sincere and hearty welcome to our town . We are extremely glad ,, and feel ourselves highly honoured that you have afforded us an opportunity of personally expressing our gratimde for the devotion that you have shown in our cause ; and also by testifying the high esteem which is entertained by all classes in this Metropolis
of the North towards ; you . It is impossible , within the narrow limits of an address to dilate upon your many excellent qualities , or even slightly to touch upon the patriotic exertions which you have made in the cause of civil and religious liberty ; but we cannot aveid adverting to the more than Herculean task that you have accomplished , by breaking through tbe prejudices imbibed in early life , and withdrawing yourself from the haunts and enjoyments of the aiistocraoy . We are keenly alive to the very many sacrifices which you must necessarily have made in becoming the poor man ' s advocate . Your reasoning and your votes in the British Senate have ever been on the side of justice ; and of this we can assure you that even your politioal fotes award to you the plain but valuable title of honest Tom Duncombe—a title that
tbe proudest Monarch in Christendom might indeed feel proud of . "Dear Sir , —We again tender you our sincere thanks for this your courteous visit , and sincerely hope that that great power who holds the destinies of men , and of nations in his band may long spare your life , and bless you with all the enjoyments of health and happiness to advocate the cause of the poor , the needy , and the oppressed . " By the unanimous vote of the inhabitants of Newcas £ le-upon-Tyne , in public meeting assembled . Wm , COOK , Chairman . Mr . K . having presented the address to Mr . Duncombe . Bat down .
&Ir . Duncombe then rose , and for several minutes the hall resounded with tremendous cheers and waving of hats , and handkerchiefs , by tbe ladies ; as soon aa the applause had subsided Mr . Dancombe said—Mr . Chairman , Ladies and Gentlemen , I assure yon the pleasure I feel on the present occasion far surpasses anything that I have ever experienced in my past political career—( cheers )—yet what a reflection is the honour done me by the people on the present Honse of Commons ! As one man I have done no more than my duty—I have identified myself with the people because I know no country can prosper , no government can be secure , except its enactments are for tbe interest of the many ; and not the aggrandisement of a few —( cheers ) . By reading some of your public prints I bad come to the conclusion that Chartism was dead in the North ; I had been taught to believe that you bad given up the struggle for tbe Charter , I knew if you bad done bo it was in despair ; but this day has proved to
me that you have not yet despaired —( lond cheers ) . He had supported the People ' s Charter because be knew it was the people's right—( loud and long cheering ); and a country would not be governed as it should be until that document was the basis of tbe constitution—( tremendous cheers , which lasted for several minutes ) . He presented the National Petition bearing the signatures of three and a half millions of British subjects . The Parliament refused your reasonable request to be heard through your agents , at the bar of tbe House , in defence of any objections that might be raised ngniuBt anything set forth in that petition . He ( Mr . D . ) would not present another petition praying for the same object . He would be no party to their degradation . Mr . Duncombe again declared his attachment to the people and their Charter—name and all . and concluded one of the most straight-forward speeches we have ever beard , amidst cheering and waving of hats and handkerchiefs , ¦ which lasted for several minutes .
After which the band played , " The Conquering Hero Comes . " The Chairman announced tbe next sentiment to be " The People ' s Charter , and may it speedily become the law of the land , " and called upon Mr . Kydd to respond to it Mr , Kydd rose amid great applause , and reviewed the different points of the Charter in an able manner , and was londly cheered throughout . Mr . K . concluded an excellent speech by declaring bis attachment to the people and the Charter . He said tbe Charter was engraven on the heart of every honest working man ; it was tbe keystone to our social happiness , tbe means by which the country would be regenerated ; and the dream of the poet would be realized when man and woman should sing in one universal chorua"Oh happy earth , reality of heaven . " The band then struck up , "A man ' s a man for a ' that "
The Chairman announced the next sentiment to be , " The health of W . P , Roberts , Esq ., and the illustrious patriots of all nations who have suffered persecution for the cause of liberty "; and introduced Mr . Roberts to respond to the sentiment . Mr . Roberts rose , and the Hall rang again with tbe thunders of applause with which be was greeted . As soon aa the applause had subsided , Mr . Roberts said , many of his friends might suppose that as his professional duties prevented him from mixing bo often in the Chartist ranks as he desired , that he was not a zealous supporter of the cause of Chartism ; but he would take this opportunity of declaring himself for the
Charterthe " whole hog , snout , bristles , add all" —( tremendous cheering ) . He was born ft Chartist ; be was not a milkand-water Chartist , who boggled at tbe flame : he was a Chartist before Complete , unchristened Chartism waa born ; and was determined to continue one until it became the law of the land . He might be called to defend the oppressed pitmen from the tyranny of their masterB ; but be never would rest satisfied until the whole of the British empire should be fully and fairly represented in the making of those laws which they were called on to obey . Mr . Roberts went on in this strain for some time , and concluded his eloquent response amid thundering peals of applause . The band then played " The Exile of Erin . "
The Chairman announced the next sentiment to be " Feargus O Connor , & * q . and the democratic press" ; and introduced Mr . O'Connor , who would speak to the sentiment Mr . O'CONNOR then rose , and was several minutes before he could proceed for the thunders of applause with which be was saluted . Mr . O'Connor said , he was happy at having an opportunity of addressing persons on both sides of the question , as Was evinced by the call of " name , name , '" when one of his friends had truly said , oa sure as a man honestly advocated the cause at justice to the people , so sure would his motives bs maligned by the enemies of that oppressed class . He ( Mr , O'C . ) wonld mention the name—the whole of the middle clasess , who live upon tbe blood and marrow of the
labouring classes . But thank God , if our burden is heavy out shoulders are bioad . A certain patty now buoy themselves up with the false assertions , that tho working classes are deserting : Mr . O'Connor . If those squeamish gentlemen had been at the Black Fell to-day , tbey would have seen that the people still adhere to principle as much as ever they did . Mr . O'C said he would bet a wager thatif a meeting was to be held on the town moor , that the moor could not hold all that adhere to principle ; whereas be would undertake to procure as many omnibuses in tbe town as would hold more than adhere to tbe party humbug . Mr . O'Connor went on in this strain for a considerabl * timo , refuting all charges brought against him by the hireling press because he advocated a fair day's wagesjfpr a fair day's work . He said that portion of
the press of which he was proprietor , would , so long as he had anything to do with it , continue , as it has ever done to advocate the cause of true democracy and fight the battles of right against might . Attempts had been made to purchase it—and to swamp it ; but if the enemy would give him £ 200 , 600 for one single column of it , he should not have it at that or any other price . He showed that papers with , quarter tbe circulation of the Slat , would produce mote profit to the proprietor from advertisements than tbe Star brought altogether ; but it was not a speculation of profit that he had in view—it was the disseminatiou of pure democratic principles , and it would continue to battle oppression and misgovernment so long a ? it remained in the horiaon . Mr . O'C . was cheered at tbe end of each sentence , ana sat down amidst thundering cheers , and waving of hate and handkerchiefs . As soon as it had subsided ,
tho band played up " Rob Ray WQtegor . " The Chair announced the next sentiment to he- * - "Theimmortal memory of Hunt , Cartwright , Beaumont , Emmett , Wilson , Baird , Hardy , and the illustrious dead of all nations . " He called upon Mr , Dickinson to respond to it , who did sa in a very able manner . The Band then played •« Scots whft hae wi' Wallace bled !" A vote of thanks waa proposed and carried , with three times three cheers , to their patriotic guest who had honoured them with hia presence that evening , Thomas S . Duncombe , E-. q , Finabury ' a Pride and England ' s Glory . Totes of thanks were likewise proposed , and earned with acclamation , to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and W .
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P * Roberta , Esq ., for the honour of their presenct . * tn *' evening , and for their attachment to the cause ot tne people . j Mr . O'Connor proposed a vote of thanks to the Chai . ' - man for his conduct ia the chair , which was carried bj acclamation , and handsomely acknowledged by Mr . Cooft , when the vast assemblage separated highly gratified with the entertainment of the evening . Mr . O'Connor enrolled seventy-two names after tbe meeting , making ihiall , with eighty which he enrolled on Sunday evening , 1 , 064 ia this district .
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«» TO THE CHARTISTS OF NOTTINGHAM AND SOUTH DERBY . Brother Democrats —On Sunday , the 151 b , instant , I proceeded from Nottingham to Borrowa&h * by the nine o'clock train , b . hl , but found , to my great aurpise , the good fellows of the village knew nothing whatever of my coming , they not having received a letter or seen the Star . Consequently no meeting was the result In the evening of tbe same day , I delivered a lecture to tbe Chartists of Darby . My subjeet was the present state of my unfortunate country . I took a view of the Repeal agitation during the last twelve months . Chartism is reviving to Derby , many having lately joined the ranks . The Council have Bent for fifty cards to the Executive . This looks well and speaks well .
On Monday , I proceeded from Derby to Ilkeston , to attend a Chartist tea party and ball , which took place in Mr . Stocks' commodious room , Bath-street . The room on the occasion was very tastefully decorated with beautiful garlands and festoons , and the wails literally covered with splendid portraits ef Hunt , O'Connor , Duneombe , M'DanaJl , sad many other of tbe leading political characters in the ranks of democracy . Abont seven o ' clock your humble servant waa called to the chair . The evening's business commenced with singing the " ' Star of Freedom , " after which several excellent toasts were proposed and ably resconced to .
On Tuesday , I proceeded from Ilkeston to Tutbury , a distance of twenty miles , and unfortunately found , when I arrived , there could be no meeting , in consequence of the lads having no room of their own ; and as to any other party either Whig or Tory , letting them , have one , it was out of the question . This iB a terrible barrier to the progress of bur movement ; for where there is so room to meet in , there can be no proper or efficient organization . lam sorry , heartily sorry for it , but I cannot , for my own part , see how It can be avoided in small villages , especially such as Tatbury is , where the people are in such a wretched condition that they can hardly by incessant toil , get what will keep body and soul together .
On Wednesday evening I delivered a lecture in the New Inn , Greasley , upon the alarming state of the country . Mr . Richard Auley , a sterling friend to the cause , occupied the chair . The mastere , with a few honourable exceptions , in and around Greasloy , are as cruel and tyrannical a set of fellows as can be found in any other part of England , In the village of Wooden Box , about a mile from Crreasley , the truck system is carried out to the fullest extent , in open defiance ef few . The working people are colliers and pot makers ; and
it is a positive fact , that when twenty shillings worth of work is finished , tbe master stops three shillings for discount out of it , and the remainder or the greatest portion el it is swallowed up in truck . There are men there who , I am informed , have not had twenty shillings in ready money , during the last twelve months . The colliers in Greasley are quite willing to join the union , and I know of a fact that seme of tfeera have contributed towards the fund . I feel convinced that if a delegate was sent by the executive committee of the Collier ' s Union , he wonld be well received . ¦
On Thursday I proceeded from Qreasley to Barton , but could get no meeting , the Chartists of this town being similarly situated to those of Tutbury . Burton is horribly Tory ridden ; and another thing , the people know nothing , or next to nothing , of distress ; their bellies have not begun to cry out " cupboard , " and florae of the people think they never will ; but if the > present system continues much longer the poor fellows will be woefully mistaken ; yet there are many firstrate Chartists in tbe town , and if they had a room of their own , the principles of democracy would " extend . " ¦ *
On Friday night I lectured in Derby upon tbe Land and its capabilities . I find there are two of the friends to the causa in this town excellent agriculturalists : one of them told me that for four years he had produced , on an average , forty strike of long pod and Windsor beans , from 100 square yards cf Land—not the best quality , mark you , of Land . Now 40 strike would be 160 pecks ; and suppose they were sold at fourpence the peck , which 1 b abont the average price , they would bring him £ 2 13 s . 4 d . You will beat in mind that he has done this for lour years together . We'll suppose
again ( and I have a perfect right to make the supposition ) that he had an acre of thin land instead of 10 O yards , and had set it with beans ; how .. many pecks would it produce at the above rate * Why jjut 7 , 808 , and these sold at fourpence the peck , would amount to £ 130 2 a . 8 d ., but we'll say threepence per peek , and . that will certainly be under the mark ; however 1 would rather be under than over : even then it would amount to £ 97 12 s . Hear , that , ye who say the land of England is not capable of supporting k& inhabitants , and blush at yeur ignorance . I remain , as usual , Your servant and fellow worker in the vineyard of ChaitiBia , Christopher Doyle .
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DESTITUTION IN THE METROPOLIS . London is regarded by many as one city . Instead of that , it is a collection of towns , in many respects almost isolated from each other . From Tottenham Court Road to Bayswater—from Regent-street to Kensington—from Whitehall to Jfalda Hill , miles and miles of streets may be traversed without more than a passing glance at any thing like peverty . Thousands of f amlliea inhabit them , to whom the reality of want is rarely known except by name . To begin the day without a breakfast , to pass through it without a dinner , to miss the warmth of a garment , or the services of » domestic , are privations with which they are practically unacquainted ; and bitter indeed would be their repinings if they found themselves deprived for a single week of what they consider
" tbe common necessaries of life . " Bnt take the district between Shoredlteh and Dog Row , Bstbnal Green and Wbitechapel , and there destitution is the rule ; and any thing beyond the commonest necessaries of a mere sufficiency of the coar 8 e « t food and the meanest clothing the exception . ; We might point out numerous other divisions of London presenting almost equally marked differences of social condition , in which , though not of equal extent with the two we have mentioned , nor separated by so wide a space as they are , tbe ignorance of the rich aa to the actual condition of the poor is almost as absolute as that of the inhabitants of " the west end" with the wants of Spitalfields . Search throughout Qrosvenor , Portman , St James ' s , Berkeley , Cavendish , Bryanstone , EatonBelgraveand
, , the other squares in the rich quarter of London , the streets appending the names of those squares to their own byway of distinction , the terraces of Regent ' s Park , and the variously denominated piles of buildings bordering the other parks , and the suburban districts extending westward and northward beyond them , where shall we point to a house in . which we may reasonably expect to find a single member of the family , who , haying time and money in abundance ai command , has ever spent one hour in investigating personally the misery in which thousands of bis brethren in the eastern region of the metropolis are pining day after day , and night after night , or one shilling in endeavouring to mitigate their sorrows ? Shall we be wrong in asserting that not one to a
thousand of tbe men or women of fortune and leisure in the rich quarter has ever-exerted any greater degree of active charity in favour of those who d well in the poor , than can be summed up to the statement that he ot she has subscribed to a Spitalflelds ball at the Opera Honse , ; and has made a point of attending it ? Except when the distribution of tickets by fashionable lady . patronesaes excites a momentary attention , and to take one Is considered a proper piece of politeness , the very existence of widely-spread abject poverty scarcely more than three miles off is a fact either totally unknown to those who have the means to alleviate it , and might with far less trouble than they bestow on a Chiswick fete employ them , or is disregarded as a matter in which they have no concern . The existing
misery is not forced on their notice ; it does not obtrude itBelf on their sight : their walks and drives are amidst the opulent and tke gay ; and they are so surrounded by the appearances of wealth and enjoyment , that they cannot , or will not realtes the truth that thousands within their reach are sinking under penury and starvation . Nor is it only to destitution only three miles off that tbey are blind or callous . There are mews , alleys , and courts , within one hundred yards of every iquare we have named , to which their fellow-creatures , perishing by inches from disease , starvation , or vice , may be found by those who will take the pains to inquire for them . Here and there a wretched being , trembling with sickness and want , and shrinking from the view of tbe policemay
, attract the casual observation of a passer-by and obtain » trifling dole ; bat which of the pampered sons or daughters of fortune ever even thinks of visiting the cellar from which the pauper has crawled , much less of placing him above the tender mercies of Poor Law guardians and the officers of the Mendicity Society ? The cost of a single dinner party or dance , the price of a needier * jewel or Court dress , the sacrifice of half a day's entertainment , wonld often be amply sufficient to raise a pauper , and his family from their helpless and hopeless degradation , and to rescue them from their otherwise inevitable descent into crime ; but it is withheld because ( to place the most charitable constiuction on the matter ; the wretchedness of tbe poor is not forced on tbe notice of the rich , tbe abodes of squalid
poverty are huddled together in narrow places out of tbe immediate view from the windows and thoroughfares of wealth . We attribute much of the practical Indifference of which we are complaining to tbe mode in which London is built , driving the poor to herd together in masses out of sight of almost every one but themselves ; but that plea cannot avail them for not exerting themselves to relieve a single case of misery which iB brought within their knowledge ; and we now tell them , that to every quarter of London there are suffering poor whose wants cry aloud to heaven against the neglect of the rich . Do you wish to know how to begin ?; Do you require to be taught some mode by which you can show that your apathy has been tbe consequence of mere ignorance ? You shall not ask in
vain . Take the henseleas outcasts of tbe Parks under your protection at once . You can have no hesitation in believing that they are in want Men , women , and children do not pass their nights on the bare earth at this season ef the year in England from any cause but that of irresistible necessity . Take them up . Provide them , ragged , filthy , starving , sick , and homeless , with clothes of the coarsest materials , with some of your mere cast-of garments ; with food of tbe plainest kind , barely more than the crumbs which fall from your own tables ; with shelter , if it be but bare wall , and with nothing to lie on but straw ; you will have made a beginning , and yoar path will open itself to you rapidly . Trust not to New Poor Laws and Mendicity Societies ; but exert yourselves . These wretches are driven to the Porks in spite of both . They are beyond the reach of ordinary preservatives against famine . Their condition
tells unmistakeably how entirely distinct from charity is the present legal provision for the poor—how utterly impossible it is for anything bnt private beneficence to be relied upon , under existing circumstances , for protecting against the extreme of indigence these who are surrounded en all sides by an absolute superfluity of luxuries . It is Tor you , tbe rich and at leisure , to set yonr ewn hands to tbe work which your parochial institutions leave unattempted ; it is for you , Protestants , to make up to the poor their loss through the Reformation of the old monastic doles ; it is for you now to prove yourselves Christiana to act as well as to professien , remembering that though almsgiving is not necessarily charity , there is no charity where there is ne almsgiving , no religion without charity , and that " He that giveth to the poor shall not lack ; but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse . "—Times ,
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NEWCASTI . E-TJPON-TTNE . —The Chartists of this locality held their weekly meeting aa usual pa Monday evening , Mr . Gibb to the chair ; Mr . Smith moved and Mr . Seed supported a vote of thanks to Feargus O'Connor , JEsq ., for his able services in the cause of the democracy in this district . Carried unanimously . It is requested that s meeting of all the Chartist members of this locality take place on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock , at the Goat Inn , Cloth Market , for jtbe purpose of nominating office bearers , fee ., under the new rules .
NEWTON ( Montgoh ERT sh j se ) . —Oa Wednesday the 18 th tost , a public , dinner was given to Mr . Thos . Powell on his return from London . Several excellent speeches were madei and democratic toasts , songs , and recitations given . The evening wa ? spent in joyous and rational hiliarity to the aatiafaction of all present It is intended to form a society for mutual instruction amongst the working classes . We wish the project success . i BUNDERXAND . —MB . O'CONNOR AT SUNDEKland . —Thursday , Oct 19 th , being the day of Mr . O'Connor ' s visit , great excitement prevailed throughout the town . The hour for opening the doors was announced to be seven o ' clock ; but long before that time the stairs and staircase leading to the room was
crowded . Shortly after seven o ' clock the room , which is capable of holding eleven hundred people , was crowded almost to suffocation , and hundreds had to go away that could not gain admission . Shortly after eight o'clock Mr . O'Connor arrived , accompanied by Mr . Roberta ; as soon as they appeared on the platform tremendous shouts of applause were given from all parta of the room . As soon aa silence was obtained , Mr . George Charlton was called to the chair , who introduced Mr . O'Connor ia a j short but effective speech . Mr . O'Conner was again 1 received with loud acclamations . He apoke for nearly two hours in his usual strain , in the course of which he was rapturously applauded . After Mr . O'Connor ' s address , Mr . Roberts delivered a
short speech . At J the conclusion he was lonely applauded . Mr . O'Connor then moved a vote of thanks to the chairman , which was responded to . A vote of thanks waB then proposed to Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Roberts for their services in tbe Chartist cause , which was gives by six hearty cheers , and clapping of hands , which lasted for several minutes . After silence was obtained , Mr . O'Connor said he was now ready to enroll members , when two ; hundred were enrolled . A great roaDy more would have taken out cards , but it being the back part of the week , their pence was short . Mr . O'Connor intends paying us another visit on his return from Scotland , when ] we hope to have some hundreds more enlisted to this glorious cause .
BATEt—The first exchange of local lecturers , in accordance with the resolution of tbe late western delegate meeting , took place on Sunday last—Mr . Charles Bolwell , of Bath , lecturing in Bristol ) and Mr . Rogers , of Bristol , lecturing in Bath . On sccount of its being the first Sunday evening meeting held in Bath for tbe last two years , and the very unfavourable state of the weather , the attendance was not so numerous as might have been desired . Mr . Twite presided , j and an interesting discourse was' delivered , at the conclusion of which a vote of thanks waa given to the lecturer and chairman . i
BtJRV—On Sunday evening a U ctute was delivered in tbe Chartist Association Room , by Mr . W . Dixon , of Manchester . Mr . Henry Roberts in the chair . At the close of the lecture the auui of 13 a . 6 d . was collected for Mrs . Ellis , and 4 s . 9 d . was collected by a few friends , whleh makes in all 18 a . 3 d . ; 5 s . 9 d . was deducted for the expenses of the 'lecture , and bills posting , which leaves a balance fer Mrs . Ellis of 12 s . 6 d . DUBLIN . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association met at their Rooms , ] No . 14 , North Anne-street , on Sunday last ; Mr . Joseph Brlerly in tbe chair ; Mr . William H . Dyott , Secretary . The rules and objects of the Association having been read , and the last day ' s proceedings confirmed , Mr . Patrick Moran proposed Mr . Charles Taylor for admission . Mr . Clark seconded
the motion . Mr . Taylor having been admitted , Mr . Moran read a most excellent address from the Chartist Painters of Manchester to the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , which was received with loud cheers , and ordered to be inserted on the minutes . Mr . O'Higgins , moved that Mr . Samuel Barnes and Mr . John Stan ton , of Norwich , be admitted members . Mr . Rafter seconded the motiou . Mr . Barnes's letter stated that sixty Stars had been sent from Norwich tot the use of the Association ( cheers ) . Mr . O'Higgins moved ' That Mr . Thomas Rouse , of Salisbury-street , London , be admitted a member . " Mr . Dyjtt seconded the motion . It was then moved and seconded , " That the following address from the Chartists of London , denominated ' Emmett's Brigade , ' be inserted on the minutes : "—
"TO 1 HE I& 1 SH UN 1 VEBSAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION . " Brothers , —Having read your patriotic address "• to the Chartists of Great Britain , ' we take the earliest opportunity of transmitting to you the assurance of our warm esteem and sympathy . We hail you as coworkers in the great cause of human regeneration , and as such we tender you the right hand of friendship and brotherhood . ( " We are feelingly ; alive to the manifold grievances inflicted on our Irish brethern . Wa have not been heedless of tbe injustice which haa rendered their homes desolate and driven them to foreign shores to seek that sufficient sustenance with which their own fertile and beautiful country abounds . Your sufferings are jdeeply deplored by the working millions of England , who , no matter what may be taid
to the contrary , have proved themselves the steadfast friends of real " Jtjstice to Ireland , " aa far aa their power or influence would permit When speaking of England , a , line of distinction should always be drawn between the ; Government and the people ; always remembering that the power which oppresses Ireland , also enslaves and tramples on the working men of England ; and the very same feelin * which induced the Irish people to demand self Government by a Repeal of the Infamous Act of Union , causes us to stand forward for the accomplishment of 'The Peoples Chahteb :, ' without which we shall remain the slaves of wealth , and be used &s mere machines for the purpose of adding to the already enormous incomes of manufacturers , landed aristocrats , and unprincipled usurers , i
"It is true we have . still a vestige of liberty remaining of which you ore deprived by the " Convention Act "; and as that act bos been enforced by the consent ot the middle classes of Ireland , it behoves you to take care that a Repeal of the Legislative Union does not confer exclusive privileges on the upper and middle classes of Ireland ; as in such case it will , like the boasted Reform Bill , j prove to bo a curse instead of a blessing to the working classes . " We bail the establishment of your patriotic association in the metropolis of Ireland as a proof of the onward progress of democratic principles ; and we shall cordially co-operate with you in every measure calculated to deliver not only Ireland , but the whole human family from despotism and its attendant miseries . With a sincere wish foi the speedy establishment of
the 'rights of man , * and complete justice to Emmett's loved land ,- we remain your brethren in the cause ef freedom . j " Signed on behalfjof the Chartists of London , denominated ' Emmett ' s Brigade . ' Tuomas Rouse , Sub-Secretary . " The reading of this admirable address elicited several bursts of applause . iMr . P . M . Bropby , Mr . H . Clark , Mr . P . Moran , Mr . O '; Hi «! in 8 , Mr . Manning . Mr . Bergia , Mr . Doyle , and Mr . Dyott having severally spoken upon the present prospects of Chartism , its progress , in England , and the best ; mode of promoting it in Ireland , Mr . Manning was called to the chair , and thanks having been given to Mr . Briierly , the meeting separated .
IVXANCHESTEH . —Carpenter ' s HAlu- —The Chartists of Manchester held their usual weekly meeting in the above Hall , on Sunday evening last Mr . T . Nuttall was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Gfocott re 3 d thej articie upon the Repeal question and O'Connell ' s conduct from the Star of Saturday last , which at the conclusion was louJly cheered by the immense congregation . The Chairman then introduced Mr . James lieach to the meeting . Mr . Leach upon rising was greeted by the most rapturous applause . Mr . L . ' s arguments were of the most convincini ? character . It would have been well if Messrs . Cobden and Bright had been present to have heard their arguments taken one after another and floored like so many nine pins . In fact , Mr . Leach ' s lecture proved to -oil who heard it that Free Trade in com without free trade in votes , would be a positive injury to the people of this country . ;
CARUSt . E . —Meeting of the . Council ov the Chartist Association . —A meeting of tbeabove body took place on Sunday last , at their room , No . 6 , Johnatreet , Caldewgate , Mr . Thomas Carmtbers in the chair . The minutes of the last meeting were read over and confirmed ; after jwhicb varionB roms were paid in from the different localities . The Chairman then drew the attention of the meeting to Mr . O'Connor's lettar to Saturday ' s Star , which beiag read ovee ctnd considered , a committee of seven persona was then chosen , to make toe necceasary arrangements for Mr . O'Connor's reception in Carlisle . The large and commodious' lecture room of the Atheanesm will , if possible , be engaged , which wiUaccommpdate nearly 2000 persons comfortably seated , and we hav » no doubt of the meeting being a bumper ' on the present occasion . :
Discussion on ix Repeal of thk Corn Laws . According jto announcement the' following question was discussed on Sunday evening , in the Council room of the Carlisle Association , No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate ; "Will a total and unconditional repeal , ot the present Corn Laws realise those beneficial results , so fondly anticipated by tb > advocates of a repeal of that measure ? " Mr . J . Armstrong opened the debate , and waa followed by several other gentlemen . The discussion was adjourned until Sunday evening , tbe 20 th iuatant , at sis o ' clock .
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LONDON . —United Boot and Shoemakeks — The members of the above body met at the Cannon Coffee House . Old S > eet , on Sunday evening , Oct 22 , to receive their new cards and enrol themselves afresh . Mr . Samuel Clark was elected Secretary in the room of Mr . RUey , who resigned ; Mr . Richards , Treasurer , and Me . Mills Chairman for the quarter . Tke question ; ' - Are trades ? unions calculated to improve * the eon-, jlv ion of the wetking classes ? " bavins ; been advertised for discussion , was Opened by Mr . M'Carthy , who was folio we ' * ov Messrs . Greenslade , Clarke . Kin ? , Riley , Lang \ yitD , and others , who delivered their sentiments in a v . ^ able anfl creiHtable manner . This locality bids fab ' t ° prosper and flourish .
State of Ireland . —A crowded and enthusiastic public me etin S was held on Thursday evening at the City of Lou < lon Institution , Turn-acain-lane , to protest against the recent Government outrages in Ireland . Shortly after eight o ' clock Mr . Rathbone was called to the chair , aa < i briefly opened the proceedings . Mr . Davoc moved , and Mr . Cowan seconded , in . excellent speeches the foL 'owingresolution , "That this meeting views with feehngs of the utmost indignation , the despotic attempt of the Government to silsnee the expression of nation *! grievances to Ireland , and to crush tbe peaceful efforts of her people to obtain the Repeal &f what they deem an unjust Act of Parliament ? this meeting therefore expresses its cordial sympathy for the enfF « rinza of
their persecuted IriBh brethren , and ardently tropes that tbey will continue to their present career of energetic and determined agitation , until the iniquitous Union is severed , and tie Legislative of Ireland restored ¦;• ' wBfoh was ably spokes to by Msssra Mantz and 92 'CuHock , and carried unanimously amid the most triumphant cheering . Messrs . Goodfellow and Dwsme- proposed and seconded the second resolution as follows ; — ' * That it is tbe opinian of this meeting that Ireland can entertain no hope from the Imperial Parliament as at present constituted , than a continuation of that system of tyranny and misrule which has characterised its legislation for the last six centuries ; and furthermore , this meeting considers that the wrongs of Ireland will remain unredressed until she has a local legislature in which the whole people are fully and faithfully
represented . " Mrasra . M Grath , Clark , and Wheeler supported this resolution , and were greeted with enthusiastic applause , and the resolution carried by acclamation . Mr . Allan Davenport moved and Mr . Baker seconded the following resolution , whieh was also carried . without a dissentient voice : " That all personalities and angry expressions that have atony time been made use of by individuals or parties in either country be for ever buried in oblivion ; and that henceforth the English Chartists and Irish Repealers da march onward together , hand to baud , in the glorious cause of justice , liberty , and humanity ; Bspeal for Ireland ; and the People ' s Charter for the whole United Kingdom . " A vote of thanks was moved * by Mr . D wains , and seconded by Mr . Baker , on behalf of the Repealers of London , to the Chartists , fsr getting up the meeting . Cheers were given for the Charter and Repeal , and the meeting separated .
, City of London Institution , Sunday Evening . —Mr . M'Grath lectured to a crowded assembly . The chair was occupied by Mr . Cowan . Many members were enrolled , and a spirited discussion ensued . Mahtlebone . —Mr . Clark lectured to a large audience on Sunday evening , at the Mechanics' Institution , and was received with great applause . Somers Town . —Mr . Wheeler lectured here on Sunday evening . The chair was filled with considerable ability by Mr . Hodges . Many members were enrolled , and much prejudice dissipated . BRISTOL . —Mr . C . Bolwell . of Bath , delivered a lecture on Sunday , the 22 nd Oct ., at the Democratic Chapel , BeSplane , Temple-street , Bristol . His subject was , tbe present state of society . Mr . B . gave general ¦ satisfaction .
ALNWICK—Tbe Anti-Corn Law League convened a public meeting on the 21 st , at the Town Hall , to hear addresses from Messrs . Bright and Cobden , en the progress of Repeal . The meeting was announced fox twelve o'clock at noon , at a time when the working classes generally were unable- to attend . Messrs . Cobden and Bright delivered their usual hanangues , and were replied to by Mr . DIckenson , who ably exposed their fallacies . Much good has resnlted from this discussion , a large number having been convinced , by Mr . D's . arguments , of the superiority of the Charter over every other scheme of amelioration or reform .
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The Eabl of Habewood is about to introduce the allotment system among the poor on his estates ai Goldsbrougn and other places . The Steamer Columbia . —The laft accounts from the wreck of tne Columbia , on Seal Island , state that so wonderfull y Btrong -was the ship that only her rudder and ttern had fallen away , although she has been on the rocks more than two months , and exposed to all the vicissitudes of the weather . —Liver ' pool Albion . ,
KiJfGCBAFT . —Louis XVI . was , a fool of my own knowledge , and in despite of the answers made for him at his trial . The King of Spain was a fool ; he of Naples was the same . They spent their lives ia bunting , and despatched two couriers a week a distance of one thousand mileB to let each other knew what game he had killed the preceding days . The King of Sardinia was a fool . All these were Bourbons . Toe Queen of Portugal , Bragapzaa , was an idiot by nattn-e , and so was the Etog of Denmark . Their sons , as agents , exercised the powers of Government . The King of Prussia , successor to tho great Frederick * was a mere hog as well in . body as in mind . Gustavns of Sweden , and
Joseph of Austria , were really crazy , arid George of England , yon know , was in a straight waistcoat . There remained then none bat old Catherine , who had been too lately picked up to . have lost her ootomoa sense . In this staled Bonaparte found Europe : and it was this state of its rulers that lost it almost withoat a struggle . These animals had become without mind and powerless ; ' and . so will every hereditary monarch be after a Few generations . Alexander , the grandson of Catherine , is an exception . He is able to hold his own , but he is only of the third generation , and therefore , his race is not yet worn-out . And so endeth the Book of King's , from all of whioh , the Lord deliver us , —Thomas Jefferson ,
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Kendal Election . —We are informed that the Tories have brought forward a Mr . Bentinck , a Norfolk landowner , as a casdidate for the borough , who has stated his determination , to- eoutest the election . Thb Riots in R 6 ss > 8 HiRB . ~ 0 a Mdhday ; mornlng the soldiers etationfti here proceeded to 3 ? ort George and everything is aow going oh in our usnal quiets neB s > One of the ringleaders ^ in the ^ RosBkeeh rioting ivas , thro * agh the activity of ? Mr ; Finlayson * captured and lodged in Tain gaoK The ; man Holm , an elder of tite Free Church * and a xingleader in tne prison breaking atCromarty ^ haa also be ^ . appre > - hended , and bailed . out . by . big . Wenj ^^ W ^ jB fSBfe ' -. bulk oi the culprits etai ; teep alpofi ^ tt ^^ tf ^ . ' the Sheriff , still remains here $° J * jfiS 2 ? v * S 3 x ^' measures necessary for eeeariasjmG ^^^ M ^^ y and seizing the rioters , many ^^ tS ^ " ^ S ^^^ y ! ~ ing for shelter apart from their ^ m < W * W f $$% ^ £ ^? Ross-ihireAdvertiser . m \ hw / £ Vv tg ^ 'i * mm ^ i << l 2 i
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 28, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1236/page/7/
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