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^^^^^^ MHSHHHESEHBHHBKhs ^^ HBWM paramount to evrry other cuasidcratioa . The excitement of the time , the entbnmtm th * t wat enlisted in the cause , and the conSdance placed in the man , all conspired to carr ; nc tlon ^ tha ttreara . aswe thought , to national regeneration . However relactant many of us xna to net upon that arbitrary order , we had Uo other alternative , bat to carry it into kS-ci . or be clawed smongsttbe enemies of trar country . Th « unfortunate occurrences in Wales and elsewhere famishing an argument to those who desired to raiie a barrier between us a- » d tha Chartists . Ton know that refore the name o ! Young Ireland wan known , we spurned the despotic orders of that Hall , in the case of'K-iaehe , ' and flung our warienships in rtuir faces . But , thank God , batter days are coming oudtr the sjstem of the Irish Confederatjoa * . We can Ime & > 1 men who agree in the * one thing necessary , —lie Repeal of the Union , and the means to obtain it ; ' no connection with tha Tory , or the B . B . abd B . Whigs , and no place-bunting crawlers .
I am mnch ebiiged to yen for calling my attention to this subject , we have so sectarian test ; all good men shall be welcome , and only required to conform to the rules of our club . Though Chartists , mj brothers shall be welcome , to far as I am concerned ; snd I tbink I sball not be saying too much , wliea I fay that my brother Confederates will be happy to receive them . Let us , a * individuals , be Confederates for the Be peal of the TJmon , and as citi *? cs of this kingdom , join ' together for the noble principles of the Charter . What you haw SHidcf the good Feargus O'Connor , I fully a » r « s with . Indeed , I may say , with the exception ef Smith O'Briea zicnt , there was no one ' s return that £ 3 vo us mere pi-asore , and what enhanced its value , tSEs J > eitins a Whig M ! n . « ter . O'Gorman M-ibon I am proud of also , h * is one of those spirits that we now Kant , but be must be a' bold rover no more , he mnst lire in Ireland , and work for her . ' I am also proud of Anstv , the H . P . for Yougbali . I hope that O'Gormaa
Zaabon and Ftargos O'Connir will follow his example , and join us ; I should be proud to haTe the honour of proposing that man that has raised snch a favourable opinion of his country amongst the useful classes of England , a member of ear club . I think I could promise him ' a eead mBliefaUht * , ' for he has done mote to break down that prejudice that existed in the minds of the working people of this country than any other man could possibly do . He loves them well , but he tells them plainly that be bves Ireland better . He will be one of those dis-. inguished Irishmen that we and onr posterity shall claim ai onr own . and whom Englitnmen Kill have ozcasion to revere as their benefactor and friend . He is naw like the mouse in the fable , ' the British lion is in the net of corruption , his strength is chained down , and he cannot burst the cords ; the mouse is gnawing them in several places , ( Land and Bank Company , ) the work is tedious , but it is the only means to set the lion free ; giving the people power to choose theirreprescntativ « bt means of their own property . ' Hay he and they
prosper . la coLclusion . I have only to add , that I am glad yon have made the Star the medium of your communication with me . It shall have all the support that we can give it through the club * . A « the advocate of the working classes of both countries , it well deserves to bs more extensively circulated amongst our country people . Thanking you far your favourable opinion of my exerlioas for poor Ireland , I hope after tbis explanation that we shall have those valuable services which jou can reader to our cause , as you were went to do on former occasions . We want the assistance of all good men , then , with God ' s bksiing , — " That chain snail again be riven tiat tjrannj flung round as tn « n . It will not bs in man , nor in Hearen to let tyranny bind agate . ' 1 beg to remain , vtry faithfully yours , Tut O'Mahost .
P . S . —I have referred to the case of Patrick Roache , who was politically strangled ; I ought to have mentioned Messrs Dunn and O'Jfailej , who were gibbetted for de . manding that a man should be tried before he was condemned . Also , Thomas Say , who was burked for daring to be secretary to a public meeting called to remonstrate with thosa ' lovers of liberty . ' Should we live to agitate seven years lunger , I hope the Charter and Repeal will be something more tbau terms of ridicule for tbonzhtless blackheads , that do not reckon on the mighty power of the people when rightly directed . T . O'M .
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Comas Club —The usual weekly meeting of tbe Curran Club was held at the Charier Coffee House , Strutton Ground , Westminster ; Mr M'Sweeney in the chair . Intbecanrseof the evening , a party of O ! d Irekndera , who had obtained admission , conducted themselves more like madmen than rational being ? . That they had bees engaged for the purpose wsB evident , having been well plied with Barclay and Perkins . " Messrs Rending , Reynold ? , and Eaissey , offered to meet them at any time , and at any place , to discuss the principles of Old and Young Ireland , which offer they refased ; and they went so far as t ) state that their instructions wefe not to listen to anything that was said . If the Repeal Associationists think to put down the Confederate Ginta in Londua they will find themselves mistaken ,
for tao regulations just issued by the council of the Confederates in Dublin , ' recommends that all meetings in England and Scotland be held in private reem 3 instead of public houses / If this advice be adopted , it will at once remove all annoyance that may be offered by those ignorant and deluded men , wha are led away by those who are ashamed themselves to be teen connected with such meetings . At the meeting of the Chkuea Cosfsderates on Sunday evening , held at the King ' s Arms , Chelsea , the scene was beyond all description . The Old Ireland party jumped over the tables , wielding qaart pots , fee , and the Confederates were compelled to adjourn to another place , their lives being in jeopardy . Such conduct reflects the greatest disgrace on the part of the Repeal Association .
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ThrebChildeeh BDB . MioDsA . ia . —A horrible and fatal accident occurred on Wednesday night last , at the Blacklaw Huts , on the Caledonian Railway , aboTe Beattock , by which three children were destroyed , and two women seriously isjured , oae ot whom is cot expected to recover . It appears that a man named Roberts a nd his wife had possession of two cats , in which lodgers were kept and ale sold . In these hovels , besides Roberts and his wife , there lived two ledgers , the wife of oae of them , two children of Roberts , both gi rls , ow * two 5 eara and a half , and the othtrayear old , and a young girl betwixt ten and eleven , who acted as a servant . The three children dept in a loft , and they , along with the other inmates , had all gone to eI&p on Wednesday night . excent
Roberta ' s wife , the husband having been from home , who sat np later . la eoing to bed , op at least ; into tbe bedroom , her candle had come in contact , it h supposed , with some of the bed-clothes , and before the alarm was given , and the lodgers roused , the whole of the loft was in flames . They had barely time to ecapey bearing the unfortunate woman along witu them , when tbe roof of the hut fell in , bringing down the bodies of the poor children , which were almost burst to ashes . The fire spread with great rapidity , and speedily eoniumed Roberts ' sother hut . and an adjoining one belonging te James Wright . The whole of Robsrte ' a furniture and clo ' . hing . aa well as several barrels of ale , were destroyed . Ills wife was so severely burnt , that there is very little hope
entertaj nsd of her recovery , and the other woman was 6 evereiy burnt on tb . % left arm and shoulder . They have bith been removed to the hospital at Howdeugh . Ef PiMEsr . —Last week , an elopement of a rather unusual character occurred not far f rom the Castlehi !! , Edinburgh . The wife of a respectable tradesman was missing one forenoon , and it was soon asc :-itv . ned that she had decamped to Glasgow , in company with a married man who lodged in the i . ' - ' - » , taking with her a considerable sum ef money and other property belonging to her husband . He instantate . iusly eet out for Glasgow in pursuit , traced them to a tavern , and pounced upon them whilst in ( he midst of their enjoyment . He bestowed a s-jund flagellation on the gay Lothario , and sent for a constable , to whom he gave both in charge , while he proceeded in search of a warrant to compel the restitution of his property . On his return the
Dims wcrefiiwn , aad he learned , after some inquiry , that eluding the constable on some pretence they bad gone straight to the Bronmielaw , snd embarked onbs-itda vessel bWnd for New York , which had sailed . He hurried away , procured an Admiralty wariant , hired a steamboat-and Bet off in pursuit of the fugitives- By this considerable time had elapsed , and they had so much the start of him that it was only opposite Dumbarton tint he overtook them . By vKue of the Admiralty warrant , be boarded the vessel , s ? iz- « i the fugitives , who , on the spot , Rave up , it is understood , all the money , < tc , belonging to him . Jle then wished them a happy voyage across the Atlantic , and returned home iu hi ^ li spirits and happy Temper at ' saving turned tUe tables so neatly on an ungrateful friend and a faith ' ess wife . The lady has been man led about 22 year ? , and is about double the see « if her paramour . Fortunately she hasnochild ' ea
ru-. uc Rionw asd No Soiirexdek . !—The magistrates in Quarter Sessions assembled , at the Sessions IIowc . Ckrkenweli Green , having refused their sanction to Lord Holland ' s application to deprive the public of that lovely waik in front of ilolLud Ilottse , Kensington , which has existed for CH-nturies ! ( a walk for which no equivalent (?) can in reality , be given ; because , for conveniviiee and extensive views , it has not its equal in any thoroughfare in the ceigbbourhoo i , ) but as it is
the intention of Lord Holland J » recommence proceedings with a view tf effecting his purpose , all who are fjr maintaining the Footway in question , are earsrstly entreated to attend the nub ic raeetirg of the West London Ceniial Anti-Enclosure Association , which will be held on Monday , October 18 t ! i , at scr . 'a for ci-jht o ' c'osk , at Clark ' s It ; oms , 141 , Edjri WiTC-rnad , Faddington , ( a few doors from the lianw-road , ) tHIi a view of taking such steps in the tauter as will secure to the public their just mhts ! Henry Doweix Gbiff . ui :-, sectetarv .
iheOailisS banes in Catalonia have lately kidnap-ea it iaxuy persons in order io extort . i ransom , thr-t no maa of property d * re 3 venture more than balsa ! -.-3 ^ ue from t he large towns .
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AN ADDRESS OF A COMMITTEE CHOSEN BYTHE DELLGATESTHAT METATNEWCASTLE-UPON-TINE , ON THE 26 th OF SEPTEMBER . CO THE MEN OT StJRHMI 1 SB lJOMIHJMBKtlASD . Friekdb , —A new era in the history of this country is dawning upon us , and it behoves the men of these countieB , in connection with the people of every other portion of these realmB , to awake , arise , and prepare for coming events ; to unite and assist their brethren to break in twain the oppressor ' s rod . This great and mighty task is yours to perform , and will ye shrink from it I Brother Chartists ! Arouse from your slumbers , and stand erectlike men who are determined to be
, ( nil See what ha ? been done at the late elections , and consider what may be done at the next , if we are prepared . D p not let us appeal to you in yain , but unite with us in demanding your rights . Sign , ana also get others to sign , the National ChattiBt Petition , that is to bo presented to the next House of Commons by our indefatigable chiefs , Duncerahe and O'Connor . Class legislation has ever been the bane and curse of this country , it is . indeed , the abomination that maketh desolate . Has it not reduced the industrious millions to the conditions ot serfs and slaves ? Has it not clouded the face of eur country with hugo pauper prisons , enlarged and multiplied our gaols , penitentiaries , and transport ships ? trusting , by such means , to keep the people in perpetual
bondage . Vain delusion ; as well might it be attempted to stay the tide of the mighty ocean , which , notwithstanding such puny efforts , will continue to roll on , and on , overwhelming every obstacle opposed to its progress . It is only by the adoption ef the People ' s Charter , that the toiling millions can hope to attain that proud pre-eminence which is the characteristic of the people of a free country . We shall continue to agitate for the People ' s Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing less than the Charter . On you , therefore , fellowmen , depends the issue . Come , then , and let us reason together : allow no
petty considerations to deter you from joining us ; remain no longer silent , but let your honest convictionsspeakout . ' . We , the committee , believe there are in Northumberland and Durham many ardent friends of the Charter , and we trust you will not let this opportunity pa ? 8 by . but take advantage of the present tone of public feeling , and you may swell the numbers , and add still greater strength to the people ' s cause . May our most sincere , wish , and heartfelt desire , to see our country restored to prosperity and happiness , be responded to by you . In the meantime we remain the friendsof freedom , and advocates of the People ' s Charter .
By order of the committee . Jarrow , Joseph Mitchell , Peter Nicholson ; South Shields , William Gilfillan ; Thomas Mitchell ; Newcastle-upon-Tyne , James Watwn , Stephen Baines ; North Shields , John Pratt , John Rawlings . Mabtir Jcde , district treasurer . Jamrs Nisbett , district secretary . Persons desirous of becoming members of the National Charter Association , may do bo at the following times , and places of meeting : — Nkwcasilb-bpoii-Tise . —Every Sunday evening , at six o ' clock , at the house of Martin Jude , Cock Inn . Head of the Side . Nobth Shields . —Every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , at the bouse of Mr John Pratt , Magnesiabank , Union-street . South Shields . —Every Monday evening , at halfpast seven o ' clock , at Mr Dryden ' a school-room , Mill-dam .
Jabbow . —Every Monday evening , at six o ' clock , at the house of Mr Joseph Mitchell , Drewit ' splace . Bhhopwbarmooih —Every Sunday evening at seven o ' clock , at the house of Mr Edward Irwin , Hopper-street , New Town . Sosdbbland . —Every Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock , at No . 5 , Nomber ' s-garth . The committee have also resolved upon getting 1 , 000 copies of Mr O'Connor ' s pamphlet on the capabilities of three acres of land , for sale in the district , to assiBt the expenses of the district agitation ; and persons wanting copies may apply to the several parties , at the above places of meeting .
THE CHARTIST METROPOLITAN DELEGATE COMMITTEE , TO THE MEN OF LONDON . Besthben . —The past few year * Lave revealed toman the varied and changeful state of human society , the jean 1830 to 1840 were an eventful train the page of Britiib history , and laid the foundation for that ultimatum so ardently and devotedly sought for . Phrensied declamation no longer sway i its precarious influence over the agitated feelings of lociety , since reason first dawned and widely diffaied her incalculable blessings on the minds of Britain ' s toiling industrious sous . The late general election of members to serve in the British parliament , not only spoke volumes in favour of tbe mind ' s progress , but so purified the political horizon , tbat we beheld tbe bright morning star of Hope , shining
brilliantly in all its refulgent splendour , to cheer the dieconsolate , strengthen tbe weary , direct the watchful , and awaken the dormant feelings of those whoBe political apatliy cannot henceforth be considered otherwise than criminal . Already we behold the dawn at a happier day —the precursor of the glorious Son of Freedom , who will arise in all his majestic grandeur , and dispel tbe lowering clouds of injustice and wrong ; that the nation may behold Him in all his transcendant beauties , shedding his benign influence over a pure , induBtrious , and ill-governed penplej diffusing his genial warmth on all mankind , and his souLstirring rays penetrating the innermost recesses of society . 'Man having once felt its generous flame , ' would burst tbe chains of evil and of wrong , that bound , nslaved , and degraded him . III . gotten wealth could no longer rule with terror the unfortunate law-made poor . Bqnalid poverty and
wretohedness would never more be bereft of a home in society . Neither would stunted , starving children , with tearful eyes , hunger knawing bosoms , piteous and distorted faces , supplicate ( or food , and in vain , Nor society again be shocked to its very centre in the beholding of an affectionate parent writhing in the extreme of agony from his inability by honest industry to proeure the necessaries oflife for his famishing children ; bis stomach irritated by hunger , producing feverish excitement , bis brain in . flamed , berefc of « 11 hope , nature usable any longer to endure » uch exeruciatisg sufferings ; he sinks beneath theaccummulatioaof woe , andmadnessreigns triumphant and the once industrious ill . requlted band is stained with the blood of his innocent , unoffending children . Ob , nature , forbid ! Forbid it , klsd Heaven 1 ! That such an amount of misery , duititution , and woe , Bhould ever again exist in this , the greatest , the richest , and bravest nation in tha world .
Brethren , —The source from whence flows those monster evils , which produce such an accumulation of wee , is ariegOTernment , arising from class-legisktlon . That class-legulation which makes class laws , upholds oligarchy , monopoly , and all its concomitants , tramples on the rights of man , the privileges of society , the freedom of action , and the feelings of millions of our unfortu . nate ' eouotrymen . la the House ef Lords . monarchy and its concomitants , privileged rank and its evils , landocracy and its corses , are assembled , and diligently guided by the state church and the lawn sleeve descendants of the holy apostles , those humble followers of the meek and lowly Jeius . In the House of Commons , are to befound
the representatives of commerce , landlordism , stock , jobbers , and money-ehangera . And also banking , canal , dock , embankment , bridge , railway , steamboat , turnpike , market , East India , West India , South Sean , Australian , New Zealand , HudEon Bay , Feninsnla Mail , West India Mail , and a host ef other companies . All and every description of interest finds a resting place on the floor of the British senate , save and except the industrious artisan , tbe agricultural serf , and the factor ; doomed slave . So great an anomaly cannot , and must not , longsr bs endured . Men of London , and of Britain , •—be ye just as yon aro generous , and allow the truths of Christianity to be happily realised , in peace on earth and good will towards man . ' '
' Noff ' 4 the day and now ' t the hour . ' , ' Let your hands be joined together in the bend ofinieparable friendship , anil'Veur hearts ' be cemetfted to . gather in the bond of universal brotherhood , and register in heaven your vows , never to cease in your united and indefatigable endeavours to be fr « e , until justice wields her undivided away over the untlnteB of this mighty empire . . ¦ .. > ¦ > . ¦ , ; : Wiuuh Tipp , Secretory . AsHi » s .-At a meeting of the members of the Chartist Association , held on Sunday eveninglast , it was resolved tbataineeting should be held every fortnight at six o ' clock in the evening . TIIB INTENDED VISIT OP MBBSRB O ' CONNOR AND JOMES Abbbdebn—The Charter Union of the city have not been idle in preparing for the visit of Messrs
O'Connor and JoneB in the month of November , Thfi peopla atey indeed , gratified at the prospect Of a visit from both , as they would have been very much delighted at a visit form either . Ab soon as the an-Mnncement appeared in the Star , a public meeting was held in Union Hall , for the purpose of mnkine arrangements for their reception . Mr J . M'Phersnn was elected chairman . It was moved by Mr D Wright , and ably Beconded by Mr Alex . B . llcnry'Tliat as Fenrgus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., has always , stood the firm and unftinching friend of the unrepresented ; and as Ernest Jones , Esq ., Barriater-at-law has so nobly come forth from his class , as the powerful advocate ef the people ' s cause , it is the opinion of this meeting , that a grand demonstration and public meeting be held on the afternoon of their arrival in this city , to give them that cordial reeeDtinn wWh
they ro well deserve . ' The resolution was carried unanimously . It was next moved by Mr Thomas S '" , , J , % ^ l * ! v ^ Mr Arehi . Sf , v 5 ? in rf Pf& l * meetingconsiders it the duty of all local friends of freedom to take part in the proposed demonstration , and therefore respectfully fwlTJ y ! " " the ineor P ° rated trade ? , and all fnrZ tr tkins t"f ?' to do thclr d « tf . . ^ coming omrd to support tins undertaking , and thus prove to their base calumniators , that they aro still true to their best friends , and to the noble principles which theyso ably advocate / This resolution was also earned most unanimously . After a vote of thanks to the chairman ) , the meeting broke up . apparentlv uch gratified with the proceedings . The whole of
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the incorporated trades and other bodies of working men , hare since been written to , and several of them have agreed to join the proposed procession , and to attend tbe grand festival in the evening . The other trades are preparing to follow their example . At » meeting of the Aberdeen branch of the National Land Com pany , held on Wednesday , the 6 th inst ., Mr Macintosh in the chair , the members agreed to join the procession as a distinct body , with banners and a band of rauBio—the expenses to be paid by general levy . This isdoing their duty to Mr O'Connor , and to the good cause .
The Abbrdebn Mutual Improvement Union . —The Charter Union having resolved to form a union for the purpoBeof mutual improvement , by the delivery , and discussion ef lectures , essays , Ac , and the establishment ef a monthly MS . magazine , and a prize fund , for rewarding the best lecturer , essayist , &o ., with small prizes from time to time , all wishing to become members , may give in their names to Mr Robert Findley , 147 . Gallowgate , or Mr Alex . Gray , bookseller , George-street ; A meeting of all favourable will be held m Union Hall , Blackfriara-streefc , on Tuesday evening , the 19 th inst ., at half-past eight , to elect office-bearers and committee , to sanction the rules , &o . Professor Blaikie of Marisohal College , has agreed to deliver the introductory lecture—due
notice of which will be given . Several talented gentlemen have promised their assistance—Jae . Adam , Esq ., editor of the Aberdeen Herald , and others . The committee , pro . tern ., expect that all their old friends will attend the abave meeting , and become members , as there is no restriction to any particular political opiniens , as it is only conneoted in the meantime with the Charter Union , but after the election of a separate committee , this temporary connection will be dissolved ; AH who require improvement , and all who are capable of improving others , will find it to their advantage to become members of this Mutual Improvement Union . Bhtjinamirbbn . —Mr ; Edmund Stallwood' lectured to an overflowing audience at the Whittington and Cst . Churcb-row , on Sunday evening , October 10 th . Mr Lawrance ably filled the chair ; So anxious and
determined are the people of the Hamlets in favour of the Charter and the Land , ' that the great room , and the Btaircase and passages leading thereto , was densely crowded before the commencement of the lecture . Mr Stallwood maintained the superiority of these tffo great principles aB remedies for the grievances and distresses of the people over all others : refuted the vanou * objections put forth by 'The Whistler ; and others , evidentl y to the great satisfacturn of hl 8 mtelligentand highly respectable audience , and resumed his seat amidst great applause . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer and the ebairmsn . k . £ * rf ? 'SrtV * weekly meetin 8 of the mem - bers of the Land . Company on Monday night , the following resolution was agreed to : —
That a free public meeting of-the inhabitants of this town be convened as early as possible , to take iuto consideration the motives that must actuate the base and foul-mouthed slanderers of oor friend and advocate . Feargus- O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., and to take an unbiasedvote of the people , upon the conduct of those lying ruffians . All Paid-up shareholders are . requested to pay their local and general levies , by the 25 th of this month , or they wm not be entitled to the ensuing ballot . Brighton A crowded meeting of the Chartists and Land members was held at the Artichoke Inn , ou Tuesday evening , October 12 ta , Mr G . Simmock in the chair . On the proposition of Mr John Page , seconded by Mr 6 . Giles , the sum of it . was unanimously
voted to the Executive . Mr Cootes proposed , and Mr T . II , Capell , seconded the following resolution , which wag unanimously adopted : — " Resolved , . That a committee of five persons be appointed te raiie subscriptions towards defraying the expenses of a . public town meeting , at which Mr O'Connor shall be invited to atiend , and expound the principles of tbe Land Company and Land and Labour Bank . 'Mr 6 , Giles next read the balaace sheet of the Land Company for the last quarter , to the satisfaction of tbe members present . Mr John Page , in an address , ia which he exposed the raieality of the Dispatch , proposed the following resolution , which being seconded by Mr Flower , ia a very able manner , and supported by man ) others , wag carried unanimously . < Tbat we the Cbartiets , and members of
the National Land Company retiding in Brighton and its neighbourhood , haviog read the articles in tbe Dispatch attacking the ctnduot of Feargus O'Connor Esq . M . P ., deem such remarks utterly unfounded and beneath contempt . We also express our unshakeu confidence in Mr O'ConBor , and his plan of ameliorating the eon . ¦ ition of the working classes , oad we give It as our opinion , that tbe day is not far distant when the thinking portion of the community will cease to support tbe DUpaUih and all other such venal and time serving journals . ' Mr Sewell , one of the trustees of the Land Company , addressed the meeting , and promised to do io again on Thursday evening . Mr Sewell was loudly cheered on resuming his seat . A copy of the Ditpatch was then burnt to ashes in tbe room amidst an
immense clapping of hands , and tbe landlord expressed his determination to take in that paper no more , although be had done so for a long time . Enclosed are a few of the embers in proof of the flare up . ' Cur and Fihsburt Localitt . —A crowded meeting of this locality , was held at the Good Intent Coffee-house , Hatton Garden , on Monday evening last , Mr W . Allnutt in the ehair , Mr Llisha Nobbs moved . ^ and Mr J . Coleman seconded , the following resolution : — The resolution was ably supported by Messrs W . Salmon , Gower , T . Salmon , and carried .
That we , the members of this locality , view with feeliDgs of deep regret the comduct of the WhiBtler ' and his employers , in respect to the character of Mr O'Connor , believing that such parties were actuated by no good feeling towards the working classes , but on tha contrary with a view to isjure their exertions in emancipating themselves from 8 lavery , ; Mr O'Connor ' s charac-Ur being such bb to warrant us ' in giving him ourunlimited confidence , and we further recommend the mem . kers of the Land Company in all localities , to fly to the rescue ef Mr O'Connor , and not let the expense ! of the action fall upon hiaj . ¦ It was moved by Mr W . Salmon , seconded by Mr Weghorn : — That the thinks of this meeting bo given to Mr Weerth for the very praiseworthy manner In wbioh he advocated the interests of tbe working classes at the Free Trade Congreis at Brussels . Carried .
Mr Gower moved , Mr E- Nobbs seconded : — That this meeting consider the CengreBBheld in Bros , sels under the designation of Free Trade—was an insult to the common Bense , honeity , and intelligence ot the nineteenth century , being in fact an assembling of men met rather to serve th « interest of fteir own order , than to benefit the human family , and we regard with feelings of distruU every man or body of men , whe aim not at universality of principle , for which we have as Chartists contended , and are prepared to defend to the last . Carried unanimously .
After which , Mr K . Black , of Manchester , delivered an interesting address descriptive of his viBit to Lowbanda and O ' Connorville , which gave much satisfaction . At the conclusion , a discussion took Pj « e , in which Messrs Skelton , J . Coleman , Allnutt , Nobbs , and W . Salmon , took part . Votes of thanks having been passed to the lecturer aniehaitman , the meeting adjourned to Sunday evening next . DAUPAX .-0 n Tuesday evening . October 5 th , a large meeting was held in the Odd Fellow ' s Hall , Sw- 2 r £° P er 80 B « w ere preBent , to adopt the Natwnal Petition . Mr Barraclough was called to the chair . The following . were the resolutions adopted : — .. Proposed by Jonathan Gaukrodger , seconded by MrClisset : —
That as men we naturally equal , Deing . physically governed by theuaiverial lawB of nature , the beings of one author , who has declared himself to be no respector of persons , thus eternally establishing man equality , any laws passed for the aggrandisement of any particular class , at the expense of , or to the disadvantage of , th » whole , is a manifest violation of the principles of Christianity , by which our present legislative assemblies ostensibly profeig to bo governed ; Thorn ? -- !* TomIinson ' seconded ty Mr That ns the present House of Commons is appointed by a mere fractienal portion of the people , ft Ion not SSH i " * rlT thelnt « e ' « of the great majority of the nation while so constituted Moved b y Mr Boden , seconded by Mr Sutcliffe :-• mat the physical and moral condition of the people IZZTZ , beth , ° ron 8 hly ^ proved , until the principle ,. embodied in the People ' s Charter , becomtthe law of
wartK * Rushton » seconded by Mr H « - nSi ^ ZV 2 ; r ° the * opi 0 ' 8 charter - * It was' then resolved ' : — to ? unnnrt P "" "" ' ™ ""'' «* theboroug h be requested meetln PraJ of the petition adopted by this iliiTf" ? ° . " 8 t aboufc tcn ° <> ° - A fen ? 11 ft i ! ^ . Wa 8 held in tte Workin 8 Xf ? a J 1 . " ' Bullcl ° selano . on Sunday , October 10 th . Delegates present :-John Bates , C Shacklew "' n i Wson J- , '" " . S . Widelop , G . Webber , Mr D . Lawson m the chair . The following reaoln tions were unanimously agreed to :-. i i . at ,, weform ourselves iuto a district , to be called the Halifax district . ^ That the district bo agitated b y means of local lee .
That we approve of the following pergons as local lecturer , for this district : _ BePJami n Rushton ls , ac OtaBrt . James Bo * den , Georgo Webber , David SmS XSBdi * wiis 8 n « m *« 3 : ^ assis the M ^^ in fin , ? SlV ? - gUte n ) eCUn * htld in Ae ^^~ ^^ ssas ^^^ ^ -W ^ iiWffira ; addressed m speeches of great le gth . by Messrs
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Cliaset and Webber , who ablr contended against the tyranny and despotism of our government , and exhorted . the people to rally round the banners of Chartism . . .... NoirmoHAH . —The Chartists and members of the Land Company in this locality , held their weekly meeting on Sunday evening , October 10 th , at Mr Wright ' s . Eagle Tavern , GarnerVhill . The large room was eronded to exoesi . Mr Skerritt was unanimously called to the chair .. The' Whistler ' s' letter , and Mr O'Connortanswer thereto , were read from the Star . Afterwards a vote of thanks to the citizens of Philadelphia , for their spirited address to the electors and non-electors of Nottingham , for electing Mr O'Connor as their representative in Parliament , was
proposed in a very neat and judicious speech by Mr G . Hannah , eeconded by Mr Charles Roberts , and adopted . The Chairman then informed the meeting , that a public tea party and ball would be held in the course of three or four weeks , in honour of the return of Mr O'Connor to Parliament , at which Mr O'Connor had promised to attend . . This announcement was received vith loud applause . Oldham . —On Sunday last two spirited meetings took place in the school room of the Working Man ' s Hall , to hear addresses from Mr T . Tattersall on the Land and the Charter . At the conclusion of the lecture , a number of persons enrolled themselves members of the National Charter Association . . Votes of thanks were . paaaed to the lecturer and chairman .
SiocKPouT .--At a crowded meeting in the hall ot the Lyceum , on Sunday evening ,: the following resolution was passed— ' That the thanks of this meeting are hereby given to George Weerth for his able defence of the English working classes , at the Free Trade Congress held at Brussels ; and this meetin g denounces the assertion of Dr Bowring . that he and his fellow Free Traders represented , and had received the suffrages , of the working people of England , as a gross falsehood . And this meeting further expresses its opinion that the working men of England would elect , not Dr Bowring , but George Weerth , as the representative ef their interests , and the faithful exponent of their sentiments . The Metropolitan Delegate Committee reques
t&at all persons having any claim on them will tend in the same ' . for settlement ; also all persons who hare had raffle or play tickets which have not been acc anted for , are requested to attend to the settlement of the game , as the committee will shortly close its proceedings , prior to a general committee election . A 1 communications to be addressed to the committee on Thursday evenings , at the Dispatch coffee house , Fleet-street , or to the treasurer , Mr M'Grath , 144 , Hiish Holborn , or the secretary , Mr Tapp , 37 , Skinner-street , Bishopagate , City . Wakbfield . —Mr John Shaw of Leeds , delivered a lecture here on Friday evening the 8 th inst .
Subject : 'The Charter . ' W . Idle was called to the chair . Mr Shaw spake for upwards of an hour snd a half in a dear and forcible manner . He brought forth arguments the most convincing , to prove that the only principles which are calculated to permanently benefit the great mass of the produoing clas ? , are the principles set forth by the People ' s Charter . Mr W . J . Lamb , in obedience to a call from the chairman , made a few remark " , urging upon the meeting the propriety of keeping up an agitation in favour of . the Charter . -Votes of thanks were passed to'Mr Shaw , for his able lecture , and the chairman for his services , when the meeting separated . ¦
wssthinstes . —At Dean-street , on Sunday evening last , Mr William Dixon one of the directors of tbo Natl » onal Land Company , delivered a lecture to a very crowded and highly renpictable audience upon the sub . ject : — England as it is . ' Mr . Cuffay was unanimously called upon to preside . Mr Dixon was received with the most marked respect ; he entered into a clear , lucid , and lengthy exposition of the wrongs and privations which the working classes under the preaent system of class misrule are obligated to endure . Mr Dixon proved that the condition of the working classes of England a century age was much better than their pre . sent condition , which he contended had become deterio . rated in consequence of the misapplication of machinery . He did not wish to be . misunderstood , he was no enemy to the use of machinery , he cared not if machinery wsi
invented and brought iuto ate to sapersede manual labour entirely , provided the labourers reaped the advantages accruing from its ubb ; but so long as machinery was exclusively in the power of the capitalist and di . rected exclusively for Mb benefit , to tbe detriment of the working classes * , so long would the operatives of this degraded and class ridden country Vemain in their present deplorable condition . Mr Dixon entered into a long and truly harrowing description of the fines imposed by the tyrant mlllocrats of the uorth upon their slaves , and showed that the lawa in these manufactur . ing helU are equally as despotic as the laws of Russia or Austria . He showed the audience that the millocrat constitute * judge , jury , and executioner . After the ecturer concluded a vote of thanks . was passed to both eoturer and channanand tfmnxotinj mtnarAtsH *
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Birmingham . —The Chartist are requested to meet at the People ' s Hall , on Tuesday evening next , Oct . 19 , at eight o ' oleck , when there will be a letter read from Roberts of Birmingham , who is now undergoing the punishment ) of exile for life , on the charge of aiding in the burnings in the Bull-ring , in 1839 . BBADFBBD . —The Chartists will meet in their room , Butterworth-bBildinge , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) at one o ' clock in the afternoon . Mr Daniel Donovan , ot Manchester , will lecture on Monday , October 25 , at eight o ' clock in the evening . Citt ard Finbbury Looautt . —On Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock , Mr Skelton will lecture , Subject : — ' Superstitions , Priestcraft . '
Greenwich and Depiford—The Chartists of the above locality will meet in future at seven o ' clock on every Sunday evening , at Mr J , Morgan ' s , 39 , Butcher-row . Deptford . A general meeting will be held on Sunday next , for the purpose of opening the rooms , and choosing anew council , and other b uainess connected with the association . Mr E . Mallwood and other friends have been invited , and are expected to attend ; The members of the Land Company will meet as usual , on every Tuesday evening , at Mr Paris ' s , Coldbath , Greenwioh , from seven till nine o ' olook .
Greenwich and Djiptfobd . —The Chartist weekly meetings will in future be held at the house of Mr Morgan , 39 , Butcher-row , Deptford ; on Sunday evening at Beven o ' clock . A political placard is at present circulating in the borough , from which we give the following extract : — ' A word to the men in the Dock-yard and Victualling Office , snd also to those employed in the Steam Navigation Company Can you , who have not a vote , consider yourselves otherwise than slaves ? Do you not allow others to think and act for you ? But , remember , you have to pay . Indeed , you are placed on a level with the brute . And you , who have a voteand do not
exer-, cise your own judgment , and act from principle , and not for men , are minions ! inasmuch as you have sold your minds , and have become the unprincipled tools in the hands ef tyrants and despots ; merely because they have your toil ; and from which they ( your oppressors ) accumulate immense fortune ? Surely there is nothing honourable either in being a slave or a minion ! but there is something truly noble in being free and independent men ' where the spirit exists as well as the form . ' a ^^ T ^ ° ^? rti 8 t t 8 T are requested to attend at the Ship Inn , Church Lane , on Sunday evenin * next , at six o ' clock . °
Locghborough . — The members of the Chartist Association , meet every Sunday evening , at their room , Wheatsheaf Inn , Ward ' s End , at half past 8 lX O CIOCK * « i "« frtl rr ^ M " 'S P ^ WB of the O'Conn or section of the Chartmt Society , are requested to attend at the house of Mr Smart , in the Sanvey-gate , on Monday evening next , the 18 th instant , at eight o ' clock , on particular business . AH who are desirouB to join the Society are invited to attend also LiyiRPOOL Democratic -Prbbs Gmjb .-A general meeting of the shareholders of the above club will be , i , ° -S Mondfty evening , October 18 th , at Mr Farrell s Temperance Hotel ,. 4 , Cazneau-street , on busi . neBS of great importance , Manchester . —Mr R . S . Chadwick will deliver a lecture in the People ' s Institute . Heyrod-street , Ancoats , on Sunday , Oct . 17- Chair to be taken at half-past six o ' clock in the evening .
Stoorport—Mr Shaw , of Leeds , will lecture at the Hall of Lyceum , on Sunday next , at six o ' clock . Subjcot : ' Labour ' s Wrongs and Lahour ' s Remedy . ' Sunderland—A general meeting of the members of the Chartist Association will be- held on Monday night , October 18 th , at half-past seven o ' clock , at the house of Mrs Smith , No . 5 , No « aber 6-garth , to eleot a delegate to attond a delegate meeting at South Shields , on Sunday , October 24 th . The members of the Land Company are requested to attend at the same time and place , South London . —Mr O'Brien will lecture in the South London Chartist Hall , Webber-Btri ™ BlacE ln »» md . on Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock , upon the ollowinq subject ; Rights of Properly and Representative Government . ' A ballot will take place on Monday evenin g next , for a capita clock and a coloured and mounted portrait of Patrick 0 HiggiM , for the benefit of the above hall
WAKEFiKia—Mcetings are held in the laree reom George and Crown Yard , every Friday eSnVS addresses will be delivered every alternate Fr 5 S evening by several admateaof tho people ' s cau 4
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BHA » yoRD .-A publicmeeting of the shareholder . iwiH be held in the large room , Butterworth Boil ? ngs , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) at t * o o ' clock in thV afternoon . . ..-.,. . .- - > Babxblbt . —Delegates from Worsbro' Common Dodwnrtb , Ardsley . and No ; 3 branch are requested to attend . at Mr Utley ' s , ORiSaaday night , at sit o'clock , to advise when -and bow the free raeetint will be held . All persona wishing to join the National Co-operative Benefit Society / are also desired lomeetatthesametimeand place . <
Bewer . —A public meeting of the shareholders will be held at the Dusty Miller , Field-head , Ott Monday , October 18 , at seven o ' clock . Bethwl Gb « bn , Whittingtenand Cat . —A general meeting of the members of the above branch will bs held on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock precisely , All members in arrears of general and local levies , if not paid , will be excluded from the ballot . The committee on Mr Tapps case meet at the above place nt three o ' clock on Sunday . afternoon . Bbthnal Grebm . —On Wednesday evening next , a public discussion will take place at tlie Railway Engine Coffee-houee , Brick-lane . Subject : ' Ought the people to have the Charter , unless preceded by national education V Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock .
Cambrrwem , akd Walworth . —A public meeting on behalf of the Charter and Land will be held in the spacious Assembly Rooms , £ ast-etreet ,: Walworth , en Wednesday evening , October 20 th , ateight o ' clock precisely , at which Ernest Jenes . Esq ., Bar * rister-at-Lair , will attend and address the meeting . Chelsea .-The shareholders are requested . to at tend at Mr Herbert ' s Coffee-house , Exeter-street , Now-road , Chelsea , on Tuesday eveninsnext , at eight o ' clock , to audit accounts , choose officers , &c .
City e ? London . —The members of this branch who have paid up their shares , and who have certificates , are requested to produce them , or send the names and numbers , stating the number of acres , to the secretary , T" Salmon , at their meeting house , the Good Intent Coffee-house , Back-hill , Hatton Garden , on Sunday next , or as early after as possible . And all members are required to pay up their general expenses , where due , previous to the ballot taking place on the 8 th of November next , or they will not be eligible .
Dokcarter . —Mr J . west will deliver a lecture m the New Concert Room , DoncaBter . oh Tueeday evening , the 10 th instant ; subject : 'The superiority of O'Connor ' s Land Plan over every other « cherae for the redemption of the toiling millions , ' The lecturer will also give an exposition of the present Banking System , and show the many advantages which the Land and Labour Bank offers over every other .
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CORN , 4 c . Mark-lane , Monday . —During last week tbe arrivals of all lands of grain , ' as well as flour , up to onr market coastwise were on a very limited scale ; from Ireland and Scotland tbe receipts were very small . From abroad the imports were on a comparatively trifling scale , tbey principally consisting of m , 930 a , rs . ef wheat , 19 , 190 qrs of oats , and 7 , 321 barrels of flour , chiefly from Russia and the United States . Fresh up this morning the supply of wheat of home , produce is on the iacrease , and considerably larger than on Monday last . The quality , however , owing to the prevailing damp weather , was by no means first-rate . The fhow of samples of both red and white being tolerabl ygood , and the attendance of both town and country buyers by no means good , the demand for all kinds of English
wheat was less actifo thanlon Friday : nevertheless a large portion of the supply was cleared off at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last . On the whole the trade may be considered steady . With foreign wheat we were tolerably well , but not to say heavily supplied . The best qualities of both red and white were in fair request , atfully last week' 8 currencies ; but the middling and inferior kinds commanded very littlt attention at late rates . The actual amount of business concluded in any description was by no means large . The show of malting barley was exceeding small . That article was , in most instances , held for more money , but which-was not generally paid . Grinding and distilling sorts mov * d off , at late rates . Superfine malt ready for de'ivery was in good request , at a little more money , and the value of all other kinds was supported in every instance . At the close of the mar .
keta good clearance of all samples , which were few in number , was effected . The arrivals ofoats from all quarters , especially from ourcoaEt and from Ireland , being on a very moderate scale , the oat trade may be considered stead ; for the beat parcels ; but in prices we have no improvement to notice , There was a fsirsale for beans at extreme currencies . ¦ In peas a full average amount of business was trans , acted at very full prices . Indian corn and meal were quite as dear , with a good business doing in those articles Flour was in moderate request at fully late rates . British . —Wheat : Kent , Essex , and Suffolk , old red 64 s to 88 s , new red 82 s to 56 s , old while CIS to GSs , new
white 59 s to 63 s , Norfolk and Lincoln , old red Sis to 55 s , old white —s to —s . —Rj » 34 s to 36 s . —Barley : grinding 55 s to 30 s , distilling 25 s to 80 s , mnlting S 3 s to 25 s . Chevalier 37 s to 38 s . —Malt : Brown 60 s to 6 is , pale 63 s to 65 s , Suffolk and Norfolk 63 s to 67 s , netv pale Ware 64 s to 8 Bs , old—s to—s , Chevalier 67 s to 68 s . —Beans : Tick 37 s to 46 s , pigeon 36 s to 45 s , Harrow new — s to —f , old —8 to —s . —Peas : white 49 s to 53 s , grey and mai > k 44 s to 47 s . —Oats : English feed 22 s to 24 s , Poland 23 s to 25 s , Scotch feed 2 * 8 to 24 s , —Potato 27 b to 29 s . Irish : limerick , and Ncwry 24 s to 27 s , Cork and Youghal —s to . —s , Cork white —gto —8 per qr . —Flour : Town made 44 s to 49 s , Essex and Kent 38 s to 43 s , Norfolk and Stockton 38 s to 11 s , Suffolk —s to — b per 2801 bs . '
Foreign . —Free Wheat : Dantzic and Konigsburg 52 i to 58 s , Mecklenburg 52 s to 56 s , Russian 48 s to . 51 s . Barlej : grinding 23 sto 2 Ss , malting 25 s to 3 ls . —Beani , Egyptian 27 s to 28 s , Mediterranean 30 s to 3 Gs . —Peas : White—sto—s . —Oats : Russian 20 s to 23 s , Mecklen . burg 25 s to 28 s per qr , —American flour 25 b to 29 s vet 1961 bs . Richmond ( Yorkshire ) Oct . 2 We bad a thinner supply of grain today ; and prices were in consequence a shade higher . —Wheat sold from 6 s 9 d to 8 s ; bats 2 s 9 d to 5 s : barley , * s 6 d to 5 s ; beans 4 s 9 d to 6 s 6 d perbu 6 hel . Wakeheld , Oct . 8 . —We have a good supply of wheat ; yet a great part of it being disposed of lust week , causes only a moderate show of samples , and having a fair demand , an improvement of 2 s to 3 s per quarter is effected . Barley is ready sale at Is to 2 i advance . Oats and shel . ling m slow request on rather lower terms . Beans Is per qr . dearer . No change in other articles . Manchester , Oct . 9 .-This morning holders of wheat
required ^ an advance of 2 op 8 r 76 lbs ., which , however , was not freely paid by buyers , flour was in steady , but not extensive demand , at Is per sack and barrel over the currency of tbis day se ' nnignt . Oats remained unchanged in value , but oatmeal must be noted is per load cheaper . Livebpool , Monday , Oct . II . —The supplies of grain and flour are on a very moderate sale this week , either from abroad or our own coast . There has been a good business passing in our grain market since last Tuesday . The better qualities of wheat have obtained an advance of 2 d to " 3 d per bushel , and choice fresh barrel flourthe stock of which is now in a narrow compass-fully Is per barrel . The best Western Canal flour commands
CATTLE , &c . SMITHFIELD , Oct . II . Coarse and inferior beasts 3 s to 3 s 6 d , second quality ditto 3 s 8 d to 8 s lOd , prime large oxen 4 s 1 $ Ii me Scots &" ., 4 s 4 d to 4 s 6 d , coarse and inferior heep 3 s 8 d to 4 s , second quality do 4 s 2 dto 4 s 4 d . prime come wooUed sheep 4 s 6 d to 4 s 8 d , prime south do ^ n do . 4 s lOd to 6 s 2 d , large coarse calves 3 s 6 d to 4 s 8 d , small ao 48 Id , to 4 s Cd , large hogs 4 $ to 4 s 6 d , neat small porker * 4 s 8 d to Ss pci- 81 bs to sink the offal ; suckling calves 18 s to 7 , ! o ttniJ garter old store pigs 16 s t » 19 s each . Beasts * ,-l 9 , cows— , sheep and lambs 25 , 590 , calves 140 , pigs
NEWGATE AND tEADESHALL , Oct . 11 . Inferior beef 2 a 6 d to 2 s ; 8 d . Middling ditto 2 s lOd to 3 s 2 d , prime large ditto Ss 2 d to 3 s 4 d , prime' small ditto 3 s 6 dto 8 s 8 d , inferior mutton 3 s 6 d to 3 s 8 d , middling ditto 3 s lOd to 4 s 2 d , prime ditto 4 S 4 d to 4 s 8 a , Teal Ss 6 d to Is 60 , large pork 4 s 0 d to 4 s 8 d , small pork 4 s lOd to 5 s 4 d , per 8 ffis by the carcase .
COTTON . In the earl y part-of the week the unfavourable circumstances alluded to i . t the three last circulars , acted upon this market with increased severity , and prices were very Irregular ; in many instances forced sales of American were made for immediate cash payment , at fully Jd per n > . decline ; tho trade , however , have shown more confidence , and throughout the week have bought fairly ; on Monday and Tuesday less cotton had been offered , and an improved tone is percoptible in the market ; nevertheless all descriptions ( excepting Surat , which is jd to id ) are Jd to j } d lower than the last quotations . Speculators have taken 3200 American and 300 Surat , and Exporters 950 American and 201 ) Surat . The sales of the week , wn «* amount to 22 , 370 Mies . The imports of the week flrc U . 084 ,
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street , Ilaymarket , in tho City of Westminster , nt tut Oflice , in the same Street aud Uarish , for tlw lVprwtei , FEAUGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., aud publish "' by William Hewitt , of So . 18 , Charles-street , Bra ' 1-don-stri'ct , Walwortii , in the parish of St . Wary , Xe » ngton , in tlio County of Surri-y , at tlm Ollice , Xo . !<> Great Windmill-street ,-Ilaymarket , in the Cityo : 'Wo ,-mnwer . Saturd y , October ICth , Tl
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gaggg THE PRESENT STATE OF GREAT BRITAIN CHAPTER IV . The system of corruption , itt vast expense , and the general disaffection it has created . The next object by which we can judge of tne stabHity of tbe system oj Britain , is the principle upon which the whole of her governnent turns . From the first formation of the representative body , from which we most date the commencement of her constitution , to the revolution of 1688 , the history of England presents a steady , uniform , uninterrupted progress towards the establishment ot liberty and law . By the wise employment which the representatives made of their omniootence over the
national purse , they were often oppressed , fined , and imprisoned by the arbitrary acts of despotic princes , but never corrupted : they held fast by the power of the purse , and constantly repaired the breaches made at unfavourable moments , and even strengthened the out-works when they found an occasion . It was a constant struggle between representation on the side of liberty and Law , and despotism against them ; until at length , in the reign of the last of the S'uarts , the contest was brought to a happy conclusion between the certainty of law and the uncertainty of will . By this victory the great principle was established , that no man should obey a law , or pay a tax , that was not ordained by his representative .
Read the history of England , and you will find with what admirable pertinacity the representatives guarded the national purse throughout this long and glorious struggle ; in no instance abandoning the ri ght of the people through fear or menace , did they grant the public money , but with the most rigid economy ; they felt that the supplies were the lever and main spring by which the liberties of the people and the movements of the government were to be regulated ; hence taxes were few , and debts there were none ; the crown preferred menace and force to corruption . From the revolution of 1688 all has been
reversed : violence has been abandoned towards the representatives , and influence has been substituted ; th sis the great point I would seize , for here is the source of that endless expense which has increased , is increasing , and cannot be diminished . What an Herculean work ! What an endless expense flows from the change . In order to render the crown independent of the control of the parliament , it must influence , not only the representatives , but it naturally seeks to have a majority of the electors throughout the nation ; to add to the power of the government , you must augment the burdens of the people .
In proportion as the people show a disposition to oppose the measures of the ministry , the ministry feel a necessity to load the people , when there is an overwhelming patronage and an imperfect representation . In proportion as the representatives have some remnant of freedom , in proportion will the people be loaded with an expense to corrupt them . Every excess in expense for the purpose of corruption , naturally creates the discontent and opposition of the people , while this increased discontent and opposition calls for an additional expense to allay them .
Crown against people , and people againEt crown , expense accumulates in geometrical measure , whereby the enormous augmentation of the influence of the crown by the recei pt and expenditure of fifty millions * in peace time , and near 100 millionsf in war time , are insufficient ; the immense patronage of England , Ireland , Wales , and Scotland , in church , in law , in array , in navy , in diplomacy , and in revenue , is insufficient ; the pillage and plunder of the East Indies , with five times the population of Britain , to satiate the adventurers who pass in succession , are insufficient , for this plain reason ths increase of influence leads to an increase of opposition , and the increase of opposition leads to an increasejof influence , and acting and reacting , the system is constructed to go forward in expense upon a principle of increased velocity .
In vain the parliament has declared , ' that the influence of the crown had . increased , was increasing , and ought to be diminished ; ' yet how insignificant , when this declaration was made by the British Parliament , compared with what it is now ; but effects will follow their causes , nor is it in words or declarations to change them . } In 1783 this system of influence had accumulated a heap of patronage , of debt , and of taxes , which alarmed the nation , at a time when despondency ,
which always attends the termination of war , had seized on the people of England . Before the doctrine of inexhaustibility was preached and believed , Mr Pitt declared himself th ' eapostleof parliamentary reforr , as the only remedy against the enormous and growing extravagance of the system of influence ; upon the principle , that without a controlling parliament , really emanating from the choice of the nation , no security could be relied on from the virtues or professions of ministers .
These principles recommended him to the ministry , and his conduct has been the confirmation of his own doctrine , of the little dependence to be placed in the virtue of ministers ; but although he has abandoned his princi ple , a majority of the people still think that a controlling parliament is the only security against the system of influence , here is the point at issue which divides the nation at present . The one side maintains : that a controlling parliament is the foundation , the essence of the old English constitution , the genuine principle by which it was founded , and by which alone it can be supported ; while the other contends for the system of influence , with all its accumulations , its patronage , and its endless expenses .
This is the constitution which in several reports of the committees of parliament it is asserted , there is a plot to destroy , upon such proof as leaves no doubt of « thenature , § extent , and malignity of the extravagant designs which have been formed , of the regularity of the system with'which , these designs have been pursued , of the rapid progress of the measures which have been taken to attempt to carry them speedily into execution !' The people of Scotland , if we can believe these
reports , are even Etui more discontented and disaffected to this system of influence ; and in Ireland , discontent and disaffection have become even still more general . As that country furnishes more than half the sailors , and a vast portion of the soldiers of England ; as from its position it has become one of the most interesting countries in Europe ; and as it is peculiarly connected with the stability of Great Britain , a brief sketch of the policy she has pursued in Ireland , and the effects that have followed is indispensable . * The government taxes at thirty-four and a half millions , the poor rates at six millions , the clergy and public instruction 6 ix millions , besides the taxes for the repairs of the highways , bridges , public buildings , tbe lighting , paving , and poliee of tbe towns , &c , &c , < tc , Bhaw that fifty millions is a very moderate estimate of a peace establiaLment , without taking into consideration the effect of the present war . f In 1797 the loans amounted to lixty . seven millions . j The drowsy apathy which this wide diffusion of corruption has created in a considerable part of tho nation , is the reason why we hare seen the lecrcl cabinet , and almost all the ostensible administrations , during this reign , undermine or utterly destroy all the great main pillars npon which the constitution was placed at the revolution of 1688 . let no man imagine , that in a question of stability or industry , the state of immortal liberty is not an fisssntlal consideration . To her liberty Great Britain owed the flourithing itate to which her industry has been carried , liberty and industry must destroy cerroption , or corruption will destroy them . § See the report on tha king ' s message on the 12 th of May , 1791 , page 1 . These parliamentary reports are many and voluminous . It is impossible to paint the disaffection which ministers created in the minds of the people of Great Britain and Ireland more forcibly than it has been described in those reports . In what part of history sb * U we fiad malignant disaffection the fruit oi even tolera ' ole government I
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'The Lbadbb . '—Peter Carroll , in his penny Dub . Un Regi ster , shows , that out of 2 , 282 of the secular clergy , only 403 have declared for Mr John O'Connell ; out of twenty-three suffragan bishops , only seven ; asd out of four archbishop ? , only one . He observes , that from the time of the news of the death of « . h . e late Mr O'Connell reached this country , up to the 4 th of last month , when the member for Limerick and Kilkenny declared himself duly elected ; tho polling and the election were vigorously carried on . 403 Catholic clergymen voted once , and about ten twice ; seven bishops voted twice , thrice , and one or two five timeB ; and . one archbishop gave three vote 3 , —altogether about 600 persons have voted , including men , women , and children , out of a population ef eight millions ! so tbat he is elected 1 the leader' by one out of every 13 . 333 of the Irish people .
An officer of the law sent down to effect an entrance into Sjowe , found an opportunity ot climbing into a window , and stripped off his coat that he might the more easily perform the feat . The siege was unsuccessful , and lie boldly confronted a posse of servants by whom he was called to account ; but , his warrant being called for , he could not produce it—it was in his co . it pocket . The 'Johns' and the < Marya' ejected him inBtanter .
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( From the Gazette of Tuesday , Get . 12 . ) William Bate , Bridgnorth , Sh * opsl > ive , talll « tJ l » i-JamesBurt , James Burtjun ., and William Totlie Watson , Manchester and Leeds , commission agents-Thonifts tooper , York , stockbroker-Roger Dewhurst and Evan « v < ; P . ' Blackburn , Lancashire , timber mercha-tsmlbam Hurst Ford , Burford , Oxfordshire , innkeeper-George William Jones , Castelnau , Surrey , shoe manutacturerer—Rielmrd Coleman Kingsford and Henry Lowry Barnwell , Straton , Keut , aud Catheviue-couvt , City , mUlcrs—William Henry Lewis , Ludgntf-street , City , straw bonnet maker-Thomas Lyon and Edward Lyon , Birchinlane , City , stockbrokers—Ileurj Owen , Fleet-street , City , common carrier—Whitneld Palmer , Uxbridge , Middlesex , jiweller—William Pithey , Philpot-laue , City , merchant-Edward Sanders , St-unford-terrace , Old Kent-road , builder -William Henry Stray , Lambcth-walk , hat manuiacturoi —Henry To mio , Shorcditch , linendraper—Wai . Walker , London-wal' , City , paper stainer—John Williams , Cheltenham , mercer .
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DEATHS . Died at Richmond , on the V 2 th inst ., Matthew , eldest son of Christopher Howes . Esq . Died suddenly , at New lladford , on Sunday night last ; Mr J . Simons , one of tho most active democrats here . His loss is universally regretted .
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Assembly Rooms , 83 , DEAX-siitEKT . -On Sunday evemfig , Ortobor the 17 th , at hulf-past seven o ' clock precisely , Mr William Dixeri , Vill deliver hia second pubho lecture . At seven o ' clock precisely , the same evening , the Westminster branch of the Land Com-P » ny , and locality of the Charter Association , will meet for despatch of business . Mr T . ' I'lcWsgill will also be in attendance to enrol members in thy National Co-operative Benefit Society . On Monday evening , October 18 th , the Irish Confederates meet tor discussion , reading , &c . On Tuesday evening , October 10 th , the National Registration and Centra ] Wection Committee meet at eight o ' clock precisely . The sama evening , the National Victim Committee aUo meet for the transaction of important business .
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THE NORTHERN STAR . ; r ; 6 cTOBEit 16 , I 847 >
Printed L-Y Dougal M'Gowan, Of 16, Great Windmill-
Printed l-y DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of 16 , Great Windmill-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 16, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1440/page/8/
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