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My Fb 1 esds , ^ M jvlast * tip ? to Leicester and ^ ott ingbto- . hMrinapired , me with , ibiail : tope of : iihe"te&dvation of ventewe Chdrtisul ' -I left London on Saturday nignt for Leicester ; to attend the irieetfog * % ?*? £ sprreUncompany wtbJyour Jig ^ W Ernbst Jones ; UpoDonramval atLeiceBter- ^ ^ ween oneandtwo o ' clock !!! ; themormng-. a dch Chartists
SE ^^ f ^^ platform ; and -accompanied us to ourhotel . On SnndaT Mr ; JbNEs andlHa «? ompawedby tff 0 of the ' Leicester Old Gaarf ^ -pm « eded to MonntsorreV a : diBtanceqf abquteight miles , tauT there we sat down to dinner at half-past twelve , with fronv forty to fifty working men . Froirf . thence" we proceeded to' the place of meeting , -where > ¦ there was assembled a most trem enfous congregation . I shall not attempt to g » ve you iny account of the proceedings , : aB there was a reporter present , and whose report you wi'I see in the Northern Stxtr , ; The speakers addressed the meeting from the -steps of a ¦ w indmill on the' Bummit of the mount . Mr .
Habmsos , of Nottingham , was in the chair , and conducted the business in a very able and satisfactory manner . Ernest Jones and myself Vere honoured ¦ with ' a reception which I think . we opthmerited , arid by which we were both gratified . ; We- were accompanied down the hUl , when &e meeting had closed , by several sterling , ' fioneit . iFellqws , who had cbine from Derbyshire and other-parts of the country , over twenty miles ; on foot . Many had also ' comeonfo ^ t ^ mNpttinghan ^ I believe a still
greater distance : —and about twenty vane , full of my consfitaeate , : tba ; fc io , the'non-electow , who also came from Nottingham . From the top of the ; isteps ; of the windmill was the most splendid scene i ; ever saw . ^ The land , rich but uncultivated—the . scenery'magnificent ^ ' but only ; Valuable !" , to f . iie '^ toonopolist .- jHoweirer , Mr .. Jokes and myself were more tiian delighted with the union and . enthusiasm manifested- ^ by ; the . vast congregation , which amounted to over twenty thousand . pepple . -
, On the same evening I started foriNdtting ham , io be prepared to : meet Biudshav and his friends ; in the . Market-place , ' on Monday .
This "DEATH'S HEAD ON A BROOMSTIQ ] % " " as his townsmen very properjy designate bim , issued a number ot placards hoi file to me , in the hope of showing his power and destroying mine . Here is the-placard , and onl y think of such a ruffian trying to make it appear that it emanated from the National Charter Association ! . Here follows the p lacard i—i . : ; •' " ¦ - ¦ ¦ ;¦ ¦ .. ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ . •• ¦¦ : _ - ¦ - - ¦• > . ..
FKABGUS O * C 0 H 50 B * 8 VISIT : TO KOITISOHAM ! Although Mr . O'Connor has received £ 112 , 000 from shareholders in " the National Land Company which money he is still rariefully taking core of , and las now two snbscriprioria open , one to wind rip the Company which has produced upwards of £ 50 , aind the other for . costs in the ^ Action for Libel against the Journal , the proceeds " of which amount to nearly £ 300 , yet he has never , been * paid , according to the sixth point of the Charter , for his valuable services as Member' of Parliament for Xotf ingham "; it has
therefore been suggested that three of the oldest Chartist Guards should carry hats round the meeting in the-Market Place on-Monday , and mate a collection for the Great Champion of Chartism ' , after be has explained the many important measures he introduced into the House of Commons daring the last Session for the benefit of the Working Classes . "' "" ' : *''' ;' - * , ''" .. - - i _ ' Chartists ; let the pay be in proportion to the work . By orderof tneiSatioDal Charter Association . August 31 , 1850 . -. - ... o : - ^ ;
- Now I will give the , reader the answer of my friends . It was also placarded , and from it he will learn , that neither my friends or 1 , am afraid to meet our enemies face to face . Here is the answer : — ¦' ¦ - ¦ : ' . TO THE ELECTOR 3 A 5 D SON-ELECTORS OF XOTIISGHAM . F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., will address his constitoeDts ,-in the Marketplace , on Monday next , September 2 , al * one o ' clock precisely . J" . ; " . /¦; Several' members of . the ; Town Council . b « ing basely Blandered the character of that gentleman ,
and made charges against turn , in his absence , are hereby invited to meet him on the platform , and prove those cbarges ,-if they are able i © do soy in bis presence . • That beautiful ; specimen : of ; humanity , lit . Job Bradshaw , who has , weekly , been in the habit of venting his soleen in the columns of liis declining Journal , is , also , - specially requested to attend ; and every- other ~~ ' slavish' tool , "' whose stock-in-trade is abuse of the same individual . Justice and fair play , for all parties , will be strictly enforced . - . . , ; . ¦
What will the . reader think of " Death's head on the broomstick , " ' . having the Impudenceto sign his placard thus ;— ;'; "JBy order ofthe NationalCharterAssociation . " And what-TriU he say when he hear 3 that every newspaper in Nottingham , the . town council , and all the middle classes , are opposed to me , and yet not one ventured to make the slightest charge against me ? My friends , I never had so large a gathering in the' market place of Nottingham at any time when I have tendered my resignation / -at the close of the session . Before I took my place upon the platform , I was told that parties had been hired to face me upon the platform , for the purpose of putting ' questions to me ; however , no mortal person presented himself for such a purpose . ;;
Mr . James Satjndere , druggist ,.- and a highly respectable man ,- was / calledi tp ^ the chair . The chairman opened the proceedings with an excellent speech , stat ing the purpose for which I had < Some to Nottingham ; inviting any man who had any questions to put to me to come upon the platform , assuring thein that they s hould have a fair and impartial hearing . He then introduced me . I shall not attempt to report my speech , but I told them that I appeared there according to my usual practice , to carry out two points of the People's Charter —annual parliaments and universal , sunrageand that I Was prepared to resign my seat , if the non-electors called upon- me to do so . 1 was never better received in my life ,
notwithstanding the violent antagonism against which I have had to contend . I will give the reader one passage from my speech , aS . it created greater laughter than I have ever heard at any meeting , and , perhaps , may' amuse him . \ ' I was illustrating the fact , that there is one law for the rich' and another for the poor—that there is' more danger to the peasant that shoots the squire ' s hare , than to-the squire who shoots the peasant ' s head— -I illustrated this fact by reminding them of the invitation given by a landlord at the meeting , presided over by the Dcke of Sichmond , wishing the farmers ! to mount their horses , and to march , as cavalry , to London , to flabbergast the government I said- — , ' . ' "Now , suppose ! waste say , - '>• " - ¦
March , march , Leicester and Xqttingam ,. .. „' .. . TOiy . my lads , don't you matchi forward in order Ifarcb , march , Derby and Lougbborougb , : AU the brave ^ Chartists are over the border . Mount and make ready then , sons of the niquntaiaglen ; " - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ; -- - - ¦ ¦> ¦ <¦" : ¦» - - - ¦ : " - ¦ ; ' Fight for your rights , arid old England's glory ! "Now , " said I , " snppose I had said that
BUT MIND , I DID tNjOT SAY IT . " This sentence was followed by roars : of laughter , vrhicb . continued . for some minutes ; the reporters themselves- being as much convulsed astheaudience . ' -- ¦ - - , ^ ¦ ' . , ¦ • • :- - Well , ini concluding my speech , I tendered my resignation / and invited any man who had anyquejitijon ' to put to me ; to do s ' o ; ; " "WTien / I had concluded , the Chairman invited any man who had : fquestiqnr to ' pnt'to me to appear npon" the ' platform . ' No one " appearea j , " and after a shoit ^ trane the following questions were sentteme ^ nwriting ^ : .: ; > v ; " ,- -- ¦
Sih , 't-A ; number of friends , and . that numljer is not few , would terglad ' tb know yonr reasons for boasting in . your , place lathe House of Commons , at atimewhen ^ fKe realffneiid 8 "' 6 f the human * race irera battling ^ on the continent for liberty ; that you had written and spoken more against Kepublicanism than any ? man living ; and' your reasons for writing againgV '! thB- Repuljiic OT'jAiuerica , * feeing - that -sjnepca ^ tlie ' asylum' of' yova 'pferse ' euted ^ andexpatm ^; b ' reWen , ^ i isb ? r : ;/ , ; . ; . . l ; .- ; .: > r , : Also your , reasons forivoting .. tbatitbe " policy , of lord Palmerrton-waB good / 'knowing ^ atntbe same time that Lord Palinerston had sent'an armed fleet to put doTOliberfc r in Portiis ^ l ; and had attempted ,
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ui ' all his' proceedings , to erect' a middle-iihss barrier againsV ' the Proletarians" in' every country in Europe ? :- " = "•; •' -. ¦^ , - : * .-aH ¦ ¦ .: \ -.. It is highly necessary that a man professing himself , to be : the friend and representative of the Proletarians ' should answer these questions . ^ : i . ; : ; -.- ¦ , . i This waa my answer- to the first : — ' ' ; i .. " I contend for no principles but for those of Chartism ; aridwhen you achieve those , you may have a republic , a monarch y , or what you please .-I don't care '; whether the pope , the devil , orthe" pretender is upon the throne ,
provided ; the power behind , the throne is greater than the throne itself ., ( Loud cheere . ) I never havej . nor , I never yill , endeavour | to ^ havetoo , many irons in jthe , fire ' at the same ' time , as I have spent my . time and money , in endeavouring to heat the onl y iron that-can eJli&viate your order . .: ( Loud- cheers . }; I am : not an advocate for allowing the President of Americai'norcdny other place ,- tobe-elected for four years by meanB which distract the mind of theconntry . ? - I-mighthaveiaddedthefollowing ifact , ' bnt I ftrgot ! to do ^ fio ; namely
—that in the free state of America , the slave trade was 8 till continued arid upheld' by the republicangovernmenfc ; : ;' . !; ' . . ' * ' ]' ; . My answer tb the " Beobrid ; que 8 feon C wa 8 ., ¦ - ¦ -.-. - ¦; . ¦ s-j . ' - . i *;;; ,,, " it" -: ' ...- > c . ^ . . f ^ . /' . 'v . * , this : — . _ - _ . - . - ' ;; : ; ^ ;* .., ;„ , „;> , ~ ¦ "' * That if ti ( e " motion had [ been one of confidence in the ministry , and not ^ in Lord Paiuer-SION , I should have voted againBt it v but ' as I looked on Lord Paluerston as the , boldest and most independent foreign minister ; that our country could have , under our present system ; and as I considered that in spite of party antagonism he had risked his character and situation to preserve the lives of Englishmen abroad , I voted for him , and would do so again . " ( Loud cheers . ) ; ;
When I had coVcluded my reply , your old friend and mine ( James Sweet ) mpved the following resolution in a most able and amusing speech ; and our friend and veteran ^ George Harrison , as ably and as amusingly seconded it . ' ' _ ' .-. _ ; . . , .., : , ; -:...,-. , y-: "That we , the electors and : non-electors of Nottingham ,- beg , most respectfully , to tender our sincere thanks to our distinguished representative ,
Fearuus O Connor , Esq ., for his unwearied and talented services as member of , parliament for this town' ^ Notwithstanding the base " slanders heaped upon him by an hireling and corrupt press , and the ingratitude of a- portion of the working class , ' we beg to assure him that our confidence m him still remains unshaken . We , therefore , most " earnestly request him to resume those duties he has so ably performed with honour to himself and satisfaction touii : " "' ' " ; ¦ ;¦" . 7 . " :.. ¦ .: ' v ; . . ; , .. ; ¦ . - ¦
- The resolution being put , every : hand ,- with the exception of four , belonging to two men was held up in its : favour , and * the exhibition was followed by ^ most enthusiastic cheering and waving of hats , I briefly replied tothe compliment—nay , the honours-paid to me by my constituents ; asking for three cheers for the Charter , and three groans for the Whigs ; both of which" were given with as great enthusiasm as the mind of man can' conceiye , ' I ' , I have frequently given the ; reader' a fair and unmistakeable definition of the virtue and integrity of the Press , and I will now give . ; him
another instance . No doubt it was anticipated by all , that I would have been met by my constituents ,, and received by them in a . verydifferent manner ; and in order to circulate-my anticipated reception" the-platform was literally crammed with - reportera .,. -: About ,. two = hours " before the _ proceedings ,-commenced ,, a ; yery . ; intelligent , respectable , and gentlemanlike looking man called upon me at my hotel : he told me that he was employed by the Times news paper to send a full report to that journal j and by the earliest despatch . He asked me if he conld have a copy of the resolutions , " or ; imy other proceedings that were to take placei ' that he might be prepared to send them ^ by " the earliest train . He also called upon Mr . Sweet ,
and made a similar application to h ? m . Heattended upon the platform ,- took notes of . every word that was spoken . When I arrived on the platform at ten minutes past four , to start for London by that train , in company with my three . friends , Mr . Satjnders the chairman ; Mr . Sweet , and Mr . Wilson , we met the reporter , who told us that he had dispatched his report ; but what will the reader say , when he understands thafc . not a line of it appeared in the Times newspaper ? Suppose that I had been unkindly received , and that my reBigna-, tion had been accepted , at what length would it then have' been reported in the' paper which is under the management of my colleague Mr . Walter ? , . .. ' . - ' ... ' ... '
Now ; would it be possible for ; me to give the working classes a fairer definition of the impurity , the infidelity , and rascality of the PreSS ? : . ; :, : - ; -.. U :- ' ~ - ¦ ' : ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ : ' . ¦* - ]• I invited . my FEIEND ; Job Bbadshav , to meet me upon the platform ; he lives in Nottingham , and is the proprietor of a newspaper uv that town , while I am a stranger , ^ and he dared not meet me . Howfeyer , my friends met him ; for as he was retiirnmg to his house after the meeting had closed , the Old Guards , in whose name he had the inaqlence to issue his placard , ; met him , hissed him , hooted him and pelted him j until he . was . obliged to teke refuge in a shop . ,. ; : i
Men of Leicestershire and Nottingham , I beg , to tender you my warmest thanks for the cordial reception you have given me , and in return to assure you , that I ; will contend against the Eervility of the Press , the tyranny of the Giovernmentj . the power of the law , the antagonism of those" who live and luxuriate upon your ' sweatiyourblobd ^ "and your dis : union , and ' against *' the" rascalit y ^ bf unfaithful yagabbnds ^ many of wn 6 m I have reBcued from the bastile , and placed them upon their own land , where they inightliave been freemen , but have becomei plunderers . , ;• ..., , , , ¦
Electors ¦ andBph-electors . ; . of Nottingham ; accept my tljanks foiv your gratitude andcon , ^ fidence . You have again accepted me as your representative , and that office' I will continue to discharge with honour . to myself . and _ faithi
fully to you , however little service asiani independent memberj 'I ; m ay be able to confer upon yotur orHer .. '• However , I do not despair . I' am dogged as a' mule ; when . I take anything in hand , ' atid Tarn defermihed , ioome weal , come woe , to remain , ¦; : * . •"• • v " ' '" V Your Faithful Frijend , !"•/' '! . : ¦ ,.: And Independent andUncomprpmising : '• ¦'; ¦ Eepresentative ^ . ; ' : \ . "" ' : v FEAhGus O'CoxNOK
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Sevebe Gaib in in B ., WEST ., IiiniEg .-The ,, ^ es |; India ' papgi'scontain . Recounts ; of a destructive , gale whiclivisUea . tli 6 nqr . therii , islaiids on 1 the night of the loth and morning of the 11 th of July .-In Antig ' de ; though the sbipping ^ road out the sjtqi ; mj cohsiderabie * damage waVdone ; on land many mills and houses being des ^ belonging ' , to " a . pnvate : geritlemdn ,,. wa 8 , . totally wrecked .-.- The barkiBenjaBiini . Greeno , of London j struck on the" . sandy beach to the east- 'of the town ; She had iust commenced loading , and had in about
hfty hogsheads of sugar and 'some . ;; puncheons oi molasses . ;„ jseveral vessels were tHrowji into most precarious ^ iituations ' ^ just , outside . Vthf t breakersi Theconsequences of the gale , however , iwere more lamentable at Dominica-than'at any « f'the other ^ kpos- .-The Osbert , which was to have sailed ¦ f 6 r SM ^^ littbViwitK ^ fiill .: cargo flf ; neavly Tpp ^ ogshead ^ qCi 8 ugar , ) went ashore stern on . The vesselv . w 8 . wrecked ,, but . the crew fortunately esf capea . ikei whole cargo , except six puncheons of ported ° " Many ° ther casua i ^ ^ ? re i
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the i £ 6 uTE o ^|^ e | rnj !; stJ : ones ; -Mr . Ei Jones . , will : attend the camp meeting at 'Nottingham , pnsSundayj the : 8 th instant , and will be at ¦ .:. ; : ;» - , , Sheflield i fon Monday ,-the 9 fchi - ' -i < 'T ; Rotherham / Tuesday , the 10 th ; - ^ ^ ' ' Doncasterj Wednesday , the llthi ' Hebden Bridge , ' . Friday , the 13 th . i Biiigley / SsCtui'day , the 14 thi and ¦ ' ^ \ Sunday , the 15 th .. t - ; ' , ' : Brajifoi ^/ 'Monday , thei ^ th . , s ; .: ,, -i ; Hoijnjrtiij ' ' Tu ^ i ! , Birstaj , ; We dnesday , th ^ . l ^ th _ r ; ,,: ;; , / ; ., ' . .. ; . "' . Leed s ^ , Tfiur ^ d ^ , ' th ^ l 9 th . ; > r ; -..,,. , ¦; . ; -. i Further // dajtesiwill be / g iven . ; next jweekj All letters for ; llr . ! Joqes to ; be-forwarded to 62 , Queen's road , Bayswater , London ; •; !
As , Mr .-Jones t ¦ declines practicehe requests that no legal business may be brought before Mnionliisiour 4 V vSw * . ¦ & ' ¦ - ¦¦ - '>'¦ ¦ ¦¦ ; - •¦¦ ' ; ' ;
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; aMilfJHARTISTiDEMONSTBAv ^ .. ;/ : . TION , ^ LEICESTERSHIRE ^ | i fiThe ^ anoientv little ; town of Mountsorrel ; which iisisituated'on the . old London and Manchester-road ; seven miles north of Leicester , four miles from Loughborough ^ and nineteen frpm Nottingh am ,- ' was on Sunday last the" scene of 4 greater activit y than at any previous ' time in' thememprfof the pld&tjnhabitant ^ ^ he number' of inhabitants '' it , contaihs , / is ; under 2 j 000 , but ' i ^ was . estim ^ d , patthatnumber was raultifllied ' by . ' ten ' on Sunday ' afternoon .
It ^ . had b ' n ^ anudunced ¦ during the previous ' wee ^ - ^ h at ,, F ; ew gu 8 ' !" 'Q QVnnpr , Esq ., M . P ., andJ . Evnest _ , ' , Jones . TEsq . r would attend-a | nd address a camp ^ jneetiqgiito beheld on Mounti sorrel . Hill , iCommencmg at two o ' clock , and the .. resullv ; wus such an influx of ^ visitors from Leicester , Lough borough , and the sur-. rouuding Jvillagesas literally filled -the ' place : The ^ main . 'fstreet ib three-qaarters of a -mile ' longhand from one end to the'other it > ja » thronged with persons ' wKo ' c ' pulcl not be' ac' commddated'Jin'Ttte' ^ puW Jihere jare ^ 'larger ^ ^ ' numbeif ; ' |^ aa in many towns containiriff" moi ' e ;' mhaBtants ' Flvs . , ima » L
plvaetonsj' ' and , ^ arious other vehicles Jined .. the sitreetB ' , " . and at ^ spme ' of the inns the stock of ^ ay ' . was : exhau 8 te ; d . ' At the ; . appointed . . timei the yasicpncouvBe of persons assembled jound a windmill , situated on a lofty eminence , about half a . mile from the town , from which spot the landscape . ; is :.. more ; ithan ordinarily beautiful . Mr . iiO . ' . Connoiy -Mr ; Jones , and some local leaders having mounted the mill * teps / which served as a'platform , ' and a ; short-hand writer , the onl y 6 nft pf ^ eij ^ Who : had been engage d by the Leicester ' Chlrtist Council to furnish a faithfulijreport ' pf 'this proceedings ,, ; haying taken a place' as cdnvenient as circumstances
permitted , ' on the ; motion ; of ]\ Ir . White , i of LfflCjaktor ^^ i .:. ^ eorgeJHa ^ nsoiV ° ^ Nottingham ^ was ippoin ted chairman . / , : .. ; : r I ' ¦'' The ' . CHAlRMAN , vwhp . has . grown grey in the cause , said be liked tosee young . blood in the field and at work , ; bufc he . would always be I at his post , and bear his share-of the burden ! ( Hear , hear *) ' They were met upon what was called agood days ' He called all days good , but in order to accommodate the feelings ; of reli g ious persons , they would say that V » 8 a
good day ; and they would so ' : far conform jto the practices of religious people ' as to open their proceediugs with' Bingiug , whichi would ssiTe him from ^ inakiiig ; Ja . lqng ^ speech / He had ihade several' long speeches , in advocacy : of , the cause , but did noti . ^ ahtto make many more He thought that there had been almost enough talking , and he , wanted tosee . < every man' and woman doing their own work . ( ' Hear , '' cheerb , ) : ^ w , ;\ Wj ^ ^ :. ¦ - •' ' ' " "¦' ' : ¦¦ ; : - ! . ¦
. . The Fourth , h ymn in the * Ghartist Hymn book , '; commencing . ' 'Britannia ' B Sons though slaves ye be , ' ? was ; th ' en sung , after which ; ; The Chairman said , that instead of conforming to '• the ' usual ; niode of ; worship ^ by offering up a prayei y Wthouight it Mipuld pe consistent for them , ' as rational , men , and women , to reason ; oil : the ; subject , , He . had found that many of his fello ^ priests had been praying , for twenty . or . thirty ^ years for , Ai r inighiy , j&pd :. tp' clothe the naked , and feed the hungry , but he saw no t : answer ;¦ to ; their prayerjB ; for , while they were praying for this ,
the LegislatorSiWere ^ acting diametrically ' ' opposite ; .. . and he , therefore , thought that the ibest prayer they could ' make use of , ' was so to use their individual exertions ^ so that they could procure for themselves , those rights which had so long been wiih ' Ke'id ' from , them . ( Hear ; hear . ) It would " 'be presumptibh ih'him to detain them longer when such nien- as , his fatheri Mr . O'Gopnor , —( cheers)—arid tneii * talented young ' . friend , ' " : fM . r . . Jonesi- —jren ' ewed ^ cheering )^ r \ yere present . He would , therefore , '' at once subin it' ' to . their n otice the firBt " resolution , which , was ... as follows . — "As
taxation " without representation „ is tyranny , and as . all who obey the Jaws should , through their , reprtisentativesi' huve a . yoicq ' inj . . inaking th ^/ . V . w e ^ . c ^ uno'i'' buit ^ ' think , ; '¦ the present representative system ^ which-is a . monopol y ]!! the handsjof a , s { n ^ llminqr ' ity ' to ihe exclusion of . ' ajxiaejeutb ^ is unsound in ; pfactide ; ^ nd ; , uiijust in principle ; ananaslour presenib ^ miseVyands . degradation is to , be ; attributed-to . class legislation , ; the land and money-lords' obing' the ' law-makers , we
, are ? of . rppinibn that until the labouring classes affe represented , justicpwill ! . not . bj ? don ^' them ;; and th ' e ' pnly , political : niea 8 urewe . know ofthat will be oi '; solid-behent . to" us is ; thpT ' eople ' s ¦ Charter !;' an ^^ ' mnestiy .-i ^ soive ^; to ! : foivit ^ -whole iandi en tire—until ' it passes into aw . " ' :-- ¦ ¦• ¦ ¦ ¦ '' - '" ¦ . This resolution ¦ was ' briefly . moved by Mr . Whitej and seconded , by / Mi ;^ H , ^ . BAkrow , b ' 6 th ' bfXfei £ e ^ upon Mr . ( KConnor to support it . I
' ¦ ' Mr . O ' UONNOR ,. who \ va 8 received with loud cheering ' and -clapping ^ of hundsi . ' Baid , '"" Mr . Chairman , ' and my friends , I derive no small pleasure from meeting the , ineiV of Leidestershire uridei !^ ^ the ^ ^ canbpy of , the broad , bluq sky to-day . ' I see before " mo there thespiro . ofia cliurch . I do not think so good a psalm was sung in that church to d < iy as you have sung here ' - —( hear )~ buf ' " ' perhaps a * better sermon was preached . there r'tiian ' that I shall . preach to your ( "Ndi . noi' ^ f l ^ e i p . this di ^ however , ' ¦ 'between ^ . ' thia . parson ^ who ,. preached thi . i | rserm 6 h andme ^ -rh is is ,, paid for : iuggling
you ' 'I ° . am . M-not . / , , (! ph ' ecrs . ) . It ; gives me no ' . ' , ' small .. pleasure tqj see . such : ; a imeeting a ' s ' thja , ; v ? h . eni . ; i carry . niy . ; mind back , to the time ' " " when' I fli'st ' . . cstabliBlied . , thesq principles , when five or six inon-ina cochloft . ¥ j » s considered a ! go 6 d 4 neef ; ih g . ' . Everyimari in Le ' icestcrsh ' ii'o npw krtow 8 what'Chartism ' is-, ' arid it oWly ' wiirits unity of your powers ' 'toiiitfain ' ybur " objoec . '"'" ' - Every 1 ' ' ovement hasTt 6 goithrou * li threo coiiditioiYs'before it is BuccesBfulT-tbe creation of riiindj the orpanisatibh 9 \ , . Wnd .. and tlio ; direction of mind . hYou ; have n . ? . w ^ P'SMpce . j" the . IIquso . ofiCqinmons , qrlout of it , until you are represented ., ( Hejir , heair . ) If a meeting a fifth the size of thishadbeen called by
, ; the black sUigs / ' -jn orde'fto . prey . upon yqur cre-« M-- ty i r lf ' *' WEtS calfedby ihti free ' traders , bi- Ite ¦ Wings , the whole of this plAtforhiwould ^ have been surroundediby reiJortera ' , ' ahd'the proccetlihgs would ocoupy eight . ' nhie . i briten columns of theii' papers ; 0 u . t ; because , iti s a ; jneeting / to ' ¦ ¦ ' try -to ' 1 ) ps ' eti their principles wo are obliged to emplov a repqrter > for ourselves . ,, ( Hear . ) , I ^ ook : at , the Jlquso , of ! Com ' r mor . s . There are . "Vyhigs , free , tradors , -Financial 1 ; e foj ; mei > s ; and God kno , ws ; wliat besides ; But , let the Charter bo left-to ' a casing vote in that'H qus ' e , and even the Financial-Iieformijrs would' givp the casting ; votoaBairistit : !( YS ' fia ' rn ^/ V 'T staWd iridenen ' -
dent msthe ; House of Commons /^ Cheers . ' ) 'It'is not ? twenty , yeurs since I first had the misfortune to have a ^? atm -th at hoiise . -andj have never ' given « i ! vote wwcu aid not accord . ; with the . principlestf profess . Renewed [ . cheewiig . ) . You hayb . nothing to hopo for r i ?! Fi v £ k ° u & . "; , yb ^' niust ' depehd upon yquVael vesj . Hear ^ . hear . ) : The' time is come ; wlieii / m cohsequence-of what ' h " a 8 ' . 1 ^ kenplacemFi # cer \ ve ' BhaH have little Lord John ttusWll asking , ^' What is that whistling on'the wind ?" and shying ; '" Explain to us ., what UidsChartei * is ,-Mr' O'Cohhdr . " 'I told
them when I fli ' st oxpourided thoOliarterait'Sf ; ock | port , that I would not givo that ( snapping his fin-j jersjfor the Charter , if ; thp ! La , nd \ yas kopt . locked upi ¦ 'WW } J oag foSi . the .. fch ' arter , because , ; . if ; I had it tormonow , iqstcad ' pf , sceitigtuia : ' beautiful . cpun ^ PJ' -tt'f ! . ^'"!? tq ^ ounHsoiTcr . , Cofiimpii , ' a' . largo portion of whiclristcoverca Vith fern , / anil furzp ] - ^ around > mo ^ barren waiii ' e , f would' see beautiful cottages in tho ^ midst 1 of fields— every' ipan living unueri his ownrvino and Hir-trei > i''Bone ( laving ; ito nwko ^ hini ; atrai , i , ; r ( Ghqers ;) i You : db not Suppose nat go long as there is competition in . the labour
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mnrket' ; there'lsMy ; hope / o > 11 unJpni VThe man earning on&'pouiid'a week looks down iii > bn the nian reaming ; but ' ten''Hhillui ^ s' ahci 'the wan earning . ;• , ten ishillings :, a' ¦ webk . i ; looks 'down ujjoh e the . pauper . . ( Hear , hear . ) If you-were unkedyou i wquld ^ alLearn' two or . three : pounds a week . " . ( tlear ^ heaV . ) -Then you . would have , a ' re Viyal of . ' th ' q'times' of . . King Alfred ,. . when ' tweh'tyifour hours of a day were « l , iyjded Jntp , three parts—eight hbprs being set apart / or labour , " eight for , ; re 9 t ; andUlb ! rerh ! iminff eight for i ? ec reation . You would have no murderers , no thipves / tiut ' eyery niiih . wnuldUiv ' e well and be ^ appy , ^ s £ he Sp ' ecial Cpnstable ^ Presideiit . of . France hus beert hiised and bellowed at in .. his tour , throu / rh' tho provinces ; and
Vive la lie ] t > ubH < iue" has been the : ory instead ; ' of . " Yivele - PrtiBent , " I will , expound . to vyou that ft is house appointing a system vvhich . the , people are not ripe for ; ' When . ' tHe 'Rejiiibjiq . was forim ; . d , anil Napoleon was appointed Presideht , he wimted ' tq be ' thought as gi'eat ' n . man' as hi s vn >« sllybe&lpteA tc be Napoleon the Secoiid . 'but he is . i perfect tiincotn P ? W . l / ,-4 . c | iange ;' will come , and it is forthat change ^• 7 r > * ° . ' P » P . '; e are . you . ; 1 ^ wish you , ^ when '; afrferuptjon betweep France and England . does tnkeplacfe- ^ as take pliice it ' wi )| , not to oe driven to ' . siniidnBsgJ I dp not want to instruct , 5051 ^ 0 ^ 8 © physicali ' fo ' r 6 ei Iwanttb give ybu ' a just ' qpinipn of . your . raoral power .-- Kb man heed | os 8 a' hair of his heaii to gain the IChartpr ; if the people will'but . be ' uni ted ; r They haye-hurfgv menTthey ! balled rebels '—thev hiive triihu- ' :
ported men they called rebels—they 'hdve"inea . w . cerated -mo and . ; your ,,.-friendy tvErnest -Jones . ( Shamo . ) They have confined me in solitary connnementfoi eighteen , mqnthsi aud ; your eloquent friend for two yjears , ai j il ' yet . I .. stanajupour : the p'latlorm here'to-day with ' rnore pride than , I should stand upon a platform with ' PWn ^ f Albert . ' ( CHeers ;) Sometime ago there' was a larire " meetingat the Crown and Anchor Tavern ; 'the Duke'bf Richmqnd in the chair ; andithe farmers talked-of turning thleir plough , horses into cavalry-horstiB ,- and ' coming ? up to London to flabbergast the ^ government . 'I . asked ; Sir , G . Grey ^ if . no : steps were going- to : be taken joy gO « Stnme « t 6 h ' the 8 u ( . jecp . . , rgir ' C . - , Greyde : c } ii ( ed to ' give < tn aris veer . ¦ if it ha ° d , been , a ^ nartist
meetingthere would have . beeha ' n ' ajVsw ' er reatly . ., I hope that when trade ' gets ' a'liitle worse ' the goad ' will be driven into you , and- ^ enlighten you . Whenever trade is good , and aTlecturer comes , amongst you , you aayjif' Letufal pn £ wo ' swo vary well off '' liut whenitgetabad /¦ youYsajv" Lead us' ^ ii to jlea ' th'or glory . ?' , . You do ? not care' who gdealt'dprison " ' or ' the hulks .. Ifeverymanofyou had" worked' > as "Ihave done for . the . last : thirtyiyears ; : the ; Charter ; weul « l now , be . ' the . law of , the land . -Do you think you hive anything to » hope ! for from the House of ; Commons asitls'now ' cbmposVd ' f ^^ iittie ^ ni ncompopp / iinrho cannot bo heard six yards from where he stands , talks for a few minutes' ^ an « is re ported in the nex t
morning's . papers at a ; length of a column , or a columnand ' a . half , " 7 get iipand givea . goodrasping speech of dhYhour and a u ' alf long , ' auif , get only afewlines / interpqlated . w ^ h ' " ' 6 h ' s , " and ' ' Ah's . ' ! ( Shame . ) ¦ -Butwhen'I-thiuk of " niy ' iiricte beingiiii the fiftieth , year * of / hi 8-bariishm ' eht , aiid " that my father ; passed , seven yeara'in - ' a''damp 'dungeon for the advocacy , of- liberal principlesjiil feel' proua that I , am ., labquring i in 1 . the , Ciiuse-of { the ^ people .-( Chejers . ) . ' And l . can say with pride , ; that Ijrieyer travelled a mile , or eat . a meal , ; at the . expenReiof the " people . ' ( Renewed cheers . J ] . ' , I " , would . rather traveltlirough ' tHe'lahd barefdpitp preach my prin . ciples , than preach' thefii for base iucre 7 ' '( . Cheer ' s . ) After-exhortingJthe meeting riot fo'be" led'uway by the professions , of men . who ' would ^ deceive thSih , ! as Attwqqd ,. fDouglasiCand := Salt didy'Mf .- O'Connor continued riUiider-. this burning-sub , arid-asIsh . ill
irnve to aopress my friends at ' . Hottinghami to-mor . f ? 5 J ! , ' ^? ' a n young , able ,, and ,, esteemed , friend has to address you , ' I shall not detain yqu longer ; I think you will say I have defined , w ^ at are " my principles , and what yours ought to'be ; arid . come , what will ; , come iwKat niay ; rather ' ' ' than'abandon my principles , si : will not ; ' aa John ' O ' Cdnneir said ; ' 1 Dip , ontho floorof theHouseof Commons ' ' ^ buf I will have my head cut off . . { LbudT'clieerB ;) u I- repeat , that I am glad tq see s ^ oh a meeting as this . My desire is , to ^ see ' the cqun ' try open to you all ; : to see youjlive upon your ' labour jand'the f qhly requital I want , the onlyirewara Twish , ia t 6 leave the world better tlmwlvfound ; it . ' -: ( Loud- 'cheering ; and clapping of hands . ) l v < <¦} . r , < i ; v vc- '< <; The j-esolution . was , then put , and . camed by ' acclamation , ' not , a , " single hand being , held up " against it .: : "V ""•" / ' • ¦ : . V' C ? \ ^ % " 1 ' : ¦
. . .... ... >' ' Tho Chairman ^ then read , the secdnd fesblution . i which was as" folloivs :-i . " Tbdt ' it " appears ' to ' iisi ithat ; the social systeriiwe at ' present Jivb ' under ( is radically , wrongs that . p ' auperi 8 nv , 'fi cririVeV aii > d : mispry . ; inore ! ise ; with wealth , and ; 'thevefoj- ' e- 'thero , canriothc ajjust , distribution \; of the wealth-produced ; ,, tl | a , t as : labour , is the source . of ; all ) wealth ' , the labqurei ^ houl ^ be . Jhefirst partaker of ; the fruits of his industry / : and t . fciscannot be dqao . while tlie ' present systenrexists , as it is siippbrted by the arilstooracy ofland hhd capitar for ' the' ^ si ko . of ; profit 8 . Ahd ! io > * 'effe ' qtthe'de 8 tr'botioh ' . ''' of' ^ b ^; p ' re 8 ept ' ru ' inouscompetitive ^ stern ; and [ e ' stHblish ' ain 6 rS ; evenly . balanced state r of society , it i is necessary- Wdistributo . the people more equally upon theland / so as
; o thin the artificial labour market , and place them in ' thenatural ' labour field . And we ; firmly ) believe the monopoly of the land , and a false . system ofcurrency , are two of the greatest , devils we have tb contend against' ; and : it isfurth ' er 6 ur opinion , that in order tha t . the people shall be able to u-e the franchise fqi ' their own benefit ,, when it is obtained it is necessary they should be instructed as to what their social rights are . " ' ¦'' . ' .. ' "" " ' Mr . John Farrow , of Lbughborbugh , briefiy proposed ; that 1 this resolution' bVaUopted : •¦ ' ! - ' , ; Mr ^ TnoiiAkYdiU ^; ; 6 f " Leicestey , ; 8 ecoped , ifi . ' He ; said , " thb ' que ' 8 tion ' of " sbcial' rigjit ' s ' ' whs ' one which had : been long neglectbd by the' people , '! aiid it was now time that they were'thinkitigof it ! It was
pfi . no use . getting political iri ghts without' their . social ri ghts . ( Cheers . ) Thepeqple must hel p theinsGlves ., A faw of them wei ' e tiiking ;; tho lead in ' agitating for their , rights , and they , must be supported : " ' ¦•¦ " ¦ ¦ " ¦• ¦ •¦ ' ¦¦ ' - " ¦ ; ..., ¦ . „;; . ¦ , . ' .. ' , ' , ! Mr . Ernest Jones , came , forward , amidst lou < i cheering , to support ' the resolution . Ho said ,, that whon he was ih prison ' they told hiin that Chartism must heat a veryilow ebb ; ahd'dbinocraey ' : was at a discount in this country , because'now there was yery , little enthusiasm , at public .. r . ' meetings . iillis reply was ,, '' so . much tho . betteri . . because ; lit . shows that , men . " are , beginnings , to ' - think , " -, CiThey « aid | ybu ' iiiaygo ' tb a public meeting , and liearnb ; cliecr 3 ' .
Ho still ' replied , ' . ' so much the . betteiv be . cause it shows they are' gofngtP act ? " Tlie / y ^ iid , I ' lJiit-j-qii will find yourself mistaken ; - if you think you can get large congregations of ' people" iiow" trade "is ' / jboUj and peoplo are well off /' : . 'Ho ' still 1 sai ( l > ' " so'iriiich ; tliebet tor ; 1 for the . , timo to act ; and to agitate r * was . when .. they were ^ strong ; rather than whenithey . were wea . k ' . ' ^ And , that meeting proved . that ; henya 8 right in jpl three , of his answers . (( Cheers . ) ' ; , The resolution 'lie . " " hold in' his' iia ' ud ' . slip we ' d "' tliatii men ., \ sreyo beginning tpihiiiit , ' and . make up ' theifmiiids 011 the question ; oh which they were'ihiriking . i ! i 4 iey were no longer goinjj to agitate fbr vngue political rijght ' s ; but triiask-how they , would bebette ' r ^ off WKen ^ they gotithese politicalrights . and ^ they foun ; d'that bread
and freedom / Avont . ^ and . inrhnnd . . ( Ileai . ) Thoj had raised ii ci-y for' political riglits , un'd were con sidering whiitthey would do ; when they had' the powcr . i , Look : at France , and them look l < at home at their own . brethien ,. their , owmfield 8 , their > x > wri hearths ,. jThey , had , had , tho . power .-. in , France , but where was it' now , ' . ? ' Drp ^ ncd . . beneath ; , a ; seafpf blood , iriiprisbn ' e'd in a . illuiigcon ! whore . 'iti Vould only break ' out . ' beneath' a 'flasa of fire : I They . ( the meotirig ) were '! go ^ ihgto agitate for ' politicalpower ; and let . ithem ' eonsider what : tliey ' w 6 uldrdb : with'it . when ; theyrgo ' t , . it ^ 'isb- ^ th ' at tKe y might (; iidfc 'b ' e ^ led astray i : by-: Lbrd ;! Waterbrains ^ o ' r the : ; Hoh ' ourable Alr ., ^ eppeifi . 8 t . ,, ( Cheers-and laughter . ) i >< . Without ijiihoioK-. the ' matter , and . without , infriueing . the
rights qf i ^ riy .. map , the . conffict an , which they , were engaged iviisa battle , ' of tUp . riph \ against , . the ' popri These principles seldom' found ' . their , ' way ' into \ the House Of ' . Cbriiiri 6 ns ; except when Droughtrfbrward thereby Mr . " 0 'Gonrior . ' AndSvhetfa'question / waa brought . on ; ini that s ' house 'ihere was ' a ' cryfof ' ? ,- divide / ' and those r-on-- one ' side > went'into one lobby . i . and ; those against ¦ : ¦ iit dnto . another / - That was the positionhe wantedito , aee taken , up iu the country . ' He . wanted to : 8 ee all hpuest ; men pn qnd side ; . arid all . l ' yiflcals . pn ; the ptheliv . He . wanted , to see the working men' united oh one side , arid all the middle class ' ' riamby-pam ' pys' separated from
jibiri . ( IMr . ) It was to the toilers' tho riipn of toilmustldok ^ nohe but ^ working riibri'would' fi g ht , tho working meri ' 8 battleJ-Tliey * mu ' 3 t''cb- 'bperate . ' Look what co-operations Kad , -done 4 n > the glorious Lund ; Plan ,:: and how far , it 1 ( had ibeen icrnshed , bo . far asS i thoy ; p 6 uld , ;; cru . 8 h -it . / Those :-who | tolU , them to co-operate and get . ri 9 U ; tqgctUcv would deceive , them , iThijjfc ^ kinp ! of ' cq-operatioii' placed thoi ' pe ' pple inasimlliVr situaiiont 6 , a ; s > yarnf , ofants , whi 6 ti ^ vorkc ; d-uiitil ! the | ri ^' a ' gb ' oid ' an ^ then liid'it knocked over by 8 oine big Doy witK ' a big stick .--That'bijj ' boy ^ ih' ] bli 6 peoplo ' s ' case ^ wtfB Lord : Johri 1 tu 88 ell , andhi 8-big ' sticks was'political ower . The people wanted something in their hands
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. riu' ^ iZntiU ' t nvir ^ yi > , to parry off the blows ,. Kofc a drop of blood need b « spilt ; , not a blow needle struck , if the people were " . "Ite d v . It was not to tho middle classes , they must look fb ' r the atjtairimeritf . pf political '' power , neither 'would ' . they getHhemby iffaybrto "heaven i' they might pray to ali otemifyr'befdre'they ^ ot ^ heir ngnta . t God helped thoge . who helped themselves . The [ noblest prayer was . ilanour for . man ' s redemp-, tipri , and : thqy , , mu 8 tpneaD . d all ; labour for ; it- As their resolution . stated ,, tlie ' rer . was , something yadi-. ^" y ir ° m w : , ^ ; P T ^ ' . " systen ? . Whent the manufactunrig operative got better off' the agticultural labp ' urer got worse off ; . and : when the agvicultural labourer got better , off ; the' 'bnerative' ffofc
worse off . '' They could not pull one - thing " right without pulling two or thrpe things wrong "; oedauBa under the , p ¥ DS 6 tti system thft pvospefity of one class was . basedvuppn . injury to : other ^ classes . ; When he saw , that phurch . and that , bastile—those itwOiblots printed ' upon that ' . beautiful . page . which . God- had opened ' befpre their . eyesr-lie said something was [ wrqng ! ' If * ihe niohey ' spent in . building that church rind thatbastilehadI been sprat in building ciditageff for-the ' people , ' there wouldhe no occasibh for such sermonsaahe heard preachedat Hastings the'tfther ( layiw . hen a clergyman said , if they did not cohtri-Uute ^ owards building more . oh ' prcbes they ; wouldbe cpmpolled to contribute towards j building , . ; more ^ nols : ^ ' Mr . . Jones touched briefly upon sev . eral ' otherpoints , ' upon wh ' ich ' he expressGdhisintention to _ dI we ' ll ' more fully on ' the fqllowinjrlev ^ ninc at lieie ' esterj arid concludedby exhorting the working ' clas 8 (' S t 0 ' s ' elf-reli ! fnni > . ^ ' ¦ ' ; - " ' ' ¦'' : "; ''
A vote'of thanks was piven to Mr . O'Goqribir ' and Mr . 'UoneSviin reply towhichv ¦ ¦ '• 1 : -rio ^ ' i ¦ <> j ' . Mr . ; O'CosNOB said , if ; you tender your thanks to . me , I begjeaye tq . tender r my ( . thank 8 to you . ; 'I am Very , sorry . that ypu should have to give up the ; only da ( vybu have to"hear these princi ples-exppllljried . I !» m in the thirtieth year , of my agitation , ; and am . determined that , come vfei jl ; come woe ' , rT ^ iii pontinue ; to " advocate" the principles ' , ' I 'yvacate now . ( Cheers . ) ¦ iiWhen'y 6 u get CnartiBrn y 6 uwiirbe abIe : to getcany : other ism' whateTer . Get the ChaVter tjhiwovvp . w , and 1 will retire from j > oHti 6 ablife , aiid ( f ^ vote" ; the , Jremainder of ^ zny ^ days to placuig ^ thfl s urpiuspopulatiqn on thejand . [ Awojnan .: i ! f . ffne tbfd 8 pareVyou and ' protect you ; I come . twenty S ^ . i ^ s ^;! , , ;;;; ,,. :, ^; ; . ; ::.:- ; . . ^ f MrVJpNEsalsothankedthem for the- ^ pte . ' jand
, , , . said , he 2 opke ) f nppn . thatday ^ g'the firstJeafo ^ the first cha ' pt ' er of a new' book ; ' as' the ! fiirat " step ' in the first march of a new campaighr , ' ne , ' cpul 3 npt , teli how long they might be marchirig , but they could decide that ; for they could time ^ he march . If'ihey marched slowly . they . 'would be a long time—if they marched . quietly they vipuld-Ue but a . short time . ( Clieers . ) , , Mr . O'Connoi : . bad been defending their principles , for . thirty ,, years , ; , and he ( Mr .. ; Jones ) hoped he might' live ' tp defend ' them thirty , years more : ( Chjeers . ) He ( Mr . ' Jones ) had , riot : defended them m 6 re !' than a sixth of that tiriie , biith ' e felt thatrhehacT thirty years work " id ' him y ^ C'dnaiifl pledged himself that it should be spent in opposition to / the land-monger and the money-monger . ( TJoud cheers . ) , i -u-. i - - r--• ¦ •;¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ v > ¦ - ¦ - ¦¦ ¦ i .- ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ..--a
„ . A , voteof thanks was given to the Chairman ; Mr . O'Connor sayinjr , that ho would rather address an " Old , Guard " like , him than the . Speaker of < tb . e House of Commons ,, and ; ; ,, ; 0 .. 0 ¦? ¦ - ? The proceedings were concluded by . three cheers for the Charter , 'tliree groans for the Whigs , three cheers for the , working classeSj and ithree cheers for Mr / O'Connor' ¦ ' , " MrV O'Connor ,., wfibse experience in attending large meetirigs is welliknown , estimated that there were fully 20-000 persona present .
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MR , EBNEST JONES AT LEIOESTEB . On Monday evening Mr . Ernest Jones ; , deiiyered a lecture in the New Hall , Leicester , on . ' . ' . Bread arid Freedom . " ' ' The orchestra and reserved seats were wetlfiUed , andtKebodyof thehnll wascrbwded , althpughacharge for admission was necessary to defrays the expense of the'hallj-Ac , < Ssc . ' '; , ; MiT . Whits .. was called to the chair , and the proceedings were opened by singing , the hymn , ' commencirig , ,, " „ . , . . ) . ; . , ,. ; ... . . . . . . .. ' "'Base oppressors , leave your slumbers , , Listeh ' tq a Nation ' s . cry . " , ' ,,, .,., ,, ¦ ' ,. ; -, „ ; . >
The Chairman expressed himself as ; honoured by presiding over so large an assembly ,. met to welcome , their persecuted friend ; amari , whq had . suffered two ^ ears of themost cruel treatmentVvrhich a malicious government could aiye him : ' " They . ' had tried to break his' heart , arid shatter'his ' ¦ ' frame , '' but thank God he was ; there' that- night—^ tremendous cheeringj- ^ to : stand ,-in the breach betwee ' t i-Jthe dpwn- ' trqdden . uneniiuicipatedpoor'of . the land ,: and the Jtyrannjpal , splfisb . iidle , and , , plundering sot of ineh'Vbp'h ^ Mr . ' " ^^^ '^^ ' ^^^ received . with another volley of cheersr'rWheri ; the ' i 1 jhce 1 rjng KaH subsided , ' lie said , hedid riot ; stand there to . find "fault with " the Old , witKbut ^ suffeestinj : the New ; be did not stand ^
before them $ 0 point out the misery manha'd ^ creafed , without pointing . tout the : g ' ood which God ' " had giyon ; , he , did not standbef' . re'them to warm'thera with the jfire , pf rhetoric , butitp . unfoid . to them a page which ' might lead tbetn to happiness .. ( Cheers . ) If' therb ^' were" any ^ pJersbhs . preseiJtwhowerp . ¦ prejudiced agninat jiimon accpurit pfhis . politicsj ,. he hoped tlioj *' would'dismiss'that prejudiceYrom ^ their minde ^ andi ' thoagh'tbey'riiight' be oppos * ed io ' his politics , that ; they' would listehito his 1 arjr . uments . : IIb , hoped they ^ would / losej sight of the , humbrb individual , who _ . was addressing them , ; arid consider that it was ., Time and History ; , which : were- ; addressing them that night . T ' liey had . doubtless long heard it whi 8 percd " abouV that , the cpuntrywHS j ' n ' a
declining state , ' that for many years it had . been going to ruin ; bnt / 'liliean old tale , thoy had hieard it ' go often that'ithey-had begun not to heed it . The question , for them toebnsider was , what should ' be done to ; save ; the . people of this couutry from utter ruin : rr That . manyof thenv had beon blind thus Jorig he , was not surprised at ; that they had . been inactive 5 , 0 long he did not blame them for—because ' the ' men who ^ occupied the pulpit and commanded the' press hail been misleading them . ( He ; ir , ; h , ear . ) 'BuVifhe cduld show them'that the cburitiy' was declining—that thepebple had been going on ' from bad to worse—then , he 'thought , they tiiusi ; adnijs that . the ;; system under which they were living was % bad one " . ' If he couldshow them that the nieans ' of
averting the calamity . which threatened them-. were easy of access , and effectual in application ; ; when oncoapp . liijd ^ then . / he thought , every man . would ndniit that ; it ; was time for the whole people to , jnterfero , ' to vindicate " thp rights of . the ^ peopler ' and tbe w ' Hl of God . ' ( Cheers . ) Ma ' cauky , , in . his ^ - cently published history , ' had been ' ' attempting" \ o prove that this ' country'had been progressing .- 'Let them listen' to the voice of history .: that ' would ' tell them how- they were progressing . ^ History ! would ahow .. them ' ^ tjjat . rents , had been , increasing ; and wages decreasing ' ; and that , although the .: popula < tion . had been , rapidly increasing , the . amonntof / ood
produced iri'tbis country had ueeii decreasingJfi'oin tlio comriielfiCGment of thei iprosehtcentuix . . Since 1811 , the population had iiicreased' 7 , 000 , 000 rand yet there were now 300 , 000 fewer' agriculturar labourers than . there . werein that year . In 1807 y " tlio wa ^ es ;; of- agricultural labourers -were- fifteen ' Bliiljings a week ; in 18 iO they were reduced to eleven . shilling ' s , ' ; , ' and , at the present time ,. thoy . had'fallen to eight shillings a week . Tho . common " : right . and pasturb geYbimerly enjoyed had been taken away from them , and cottage , rent had doubled since 1807 ; Wnd thelabourer had . often to walk thirty-six miles a : week to and from his'work . That was ho w ' tlie
labourer ihad been progressing to starvation : Then , if > they looked : at the other crutch on which old Britain washobblingalong—the manufacturing operatives—they ; would find thatj since the year 1807 , the manufactures , of this kingdom , ^ had been doubled , ; but ; , notwithstanding this , they had-net increased in value , pwing , tb the fall 'in prices ' . In consequence of an artificiailabour market haying been created , more'labour ¦ had been employed in manufacture ^ , arid four men were now srettirig the siimo ' wages which onoused tpgi't . In 1810 , the average wagcs ' oi the hand-loom weaver was nineteen shillings a week r-np ^ it ;> va 81 only five shillings . ( iThat w , asrthe , way the ; manufacturing operatives had been progressing —rtb starvation . ' . Mr . . Jones ; ; then . , prpceede / l .- , to
sliow ,, bj \ stntistic 8 , that'dfseqse ^ aridiprime ^ had . ijicreasbdiii a fearfur ; ratio ¦ ¦] as j'tue ' pepp '' le ^ ' . iad '' {^ on withdrawri ' " * from the' ^ natiital" . labour 'field iiii ' o the ; artinoial' ' ' labour' - " market- " which f h ' ad' bepn created , *' i-arid- said ,:- that- ' was " 'kow thfe 1 " working , vdn ^ sesi iwero' progressnig- —to : -tHevgai >) , and-, to ; . tho grave . , 'Uo : also showedniby , statistics and oxtraots from ; the w . orks of- travellers , that'in France , . Svv ^ zerland , Belgium , . and pthqr ; ppuiitrieB where the ' striall farm . system "; was , in , opefatipn ^ thc people " we ' re ' lii . a ' ppy and virtuous , , \ nd jRointe ^ "iu ' t that ' Sp ' arta ( . ' Athens and- Rome , ' . were strbng in p ower while ' their inhabitantsweVe cultivators orth ' e soil , " but that they decayed ' aii'dfel ] j : a 8 ' theyabaiidbneclthe natural ; system for an artificial one . ^ He quoted ! from Parliamentary returns : to show : thai thereiwas , plenty- ofJand : in . thiscountry . to '
sup-. port in comfort a mijch . lareerpop . ulatipn thau w , e have at present . " IriU 6 ire , | he ; . said , fiinjiliea were kept comfortably , by ^ tne . cultivation ' of two' aoreapeV farn'iiy , } and ^ in ' tliis ^ ^ coiintryjthefeTTcrc elevenaisres for oaph 'family . ' ¦ To do justjce ; tb' the' lecture wquId require ^ a dbzeri titties the space- wb can this'week devote to it ; arid as many of otii * readers ' will brfve 'an dpporturiity ' of hearinglit forithemsblv ' es , tnere-is not that uecessity ^ for Us to-givo , it . at t « o , iengtn whioh other . \ vi 3 emightibe . desi ? able , Bavii ) gi [ wnted itpfiiiistS ^ SSB ^ sffis sucoess was . ; weumw *; >¦ ¦ * - ; ' « ' _ ' »•• -- . : 'r , , A voto ; f tWriks was given to the looturer and-to ' the Chairman , and the meeting separated .
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TO ' THE TJNLf ^ QilLTEA ; MlBiRSr Q ^ . ;/; .. ' , Tflffi ; i . AND . Cf 3 MgA . NY . ¦ ts ¦ - j ,-3 My Piundbred FBIBNDS . —Lefcino call your attention to the following letter ; of Mr . John Gathard . one of the allottees on th Minster Lovel Estate , £ nd which letter "was published 'iu the -Manchester' Etoqminer Qnd 'iimesof ; Saturday last . : Here iS this honeBt ' gentlemanVletter' : — > i ! ^'; ' ' ' ' ~ :, \ FEARGUS' ^ 'CONNOR'ANl / THE ikllNSTER ¦
'j- LOVEL- ' OCCUPATdTS : " ,, TO THR EDITOB OF THK BXAMINKR AND TIMES . ; Bib , —We" need riot advert - '{ tt ' -the former tranaaoi ' tioiiB : of Mr . ; O'Connor rektive =-tp the Nationa LandCptnDany , ; . regarding his -miamanagt'ment of whose . affairs your ; columns- have ,, turnJBhed ; much iiiforuiation , aa . well a 8 ;; iniuiy ;; . i other ; . well-inerited Gxpraiireyi , On .. this , bbe ' asibn ,. . . howjevoi ' , wo bog . respectfully to call ' -jour reaiiers' ^ atteritiori . to his present proceedings' with ' reference' . to the p ' ocuf pants of the ^ estate ^ ' at Minster Lovelj ; in Oxford ^ dhire . ' 1 . After ' ha , virig'endured nearly' three' years ' of incessant hard labour , ¦ abaulute ' iwant of the commonest- necessaries of- subsistence , 1 and unr
limited-abuse of Feargus , 0 'Gonnor , because , they have ; been unable , on hi- * , demand , to pay an en ; ormoiis rent ; unwarranted by ttie ! rules of , tb ^ iO ^ njpany , and in "diri ^ jt bupbsitiqn ^ fo . th ^ r ^^ pnin&idationa ' ithtf respldtiona . of , ' tli 5 '; cbMefSncesr he 1 kb entered int 6 ' n , conipact with the trustees of' the mortgagee to aerVe the occupants , iii their ( the trustees' ) names , with notices of ejectment in the Court of . Queen ' s Bench . They have resisted such ejectment , gone . -tojtrial , and -have ' ireceivfid judj » - uient-against them in the said court . ; . Hence they are adVised , and have ityin . coinemplatiun , to file . a qiliiianthe-p 6 art of , GhiinceVy'i where they are told by' equity ¦ ojfi sfers' that f hey , " have an effiuient pleai' Their scanty 'means /' which have ' leen
already so much'straihed by going , to trialin the late ' suit , are ( inadequate tocarry the 'case-into chancery . As & last rssoui'cs , rathei * than be dispossessed in November , which would inevitably be the case if the law ; be allowed to ,. take its , caur ' se , they . have ; decided upon , makingj . an appeal to the sympathies of thV . public-. tp . aid theinin . filine a bill in chancery , ' wHibh . will obti ' ii'fi an injunction to stay the proce ' ediri' g ' s' in the ' Queen ' s' Bench , and give anopjiortunity of asserting' arid attaining , the equitable right of'the Company ' s property which O'Connor has surrendered to the trustees -of the mortgagee , and from such portions wInch he held was , on Friduy last ,. legally ; ejected by the sheriff's officer . .. ... „ ... ..
Thus , 3 ir , having briefly laid-our unfortunate situation : before you , we humbly solicityour ' assistanceby receivingand acknowledging Hubscriptions , or in such other , manner as you may deem expedient , and , you will infinitely oblige , on behalf of the occupants , ' ' ¦ John Gathard . ; ' ' ' MinsterLoyeI , August 26 th , 1860 . '; ' .. v Now , what , does the reader think of this announcement , ? :--J , . , ; i ; . ; , : vu--. ; ; After , having endured nearly three ' yeara of incessant hard lubour , absolute want of the commonest necessaries of subsistence , and unlimited abuse by Feargus O'Connor , becauso they . have been unable on his demand to pay an enormous rent unwarranted by the rule ' s of the Coinpany ; ' " ' ' " . " ^ . " , ' '
' . ' Nbwy what will the ' reader say to this , rapscallion' , 8 complaint . of ; Jtbe ,, euormpu 8 , rent , when he understands that ^ this juggler , has bad possession of a , magnificent cottage ,: four acres of the best land upon the estate , with £ 30 aid money , an immense quantity of the . best manure , and has never yet : PAID ONE'FRACTION : OF-RENT ? Then let me call your attention to the last paragraph of his letter . Hesays;— - - ' '¦ ¦ ''' . ' '¦ ' •'¦ ' ¦ ' ' " - ¦' " : ' : v ' - - ¦;¦*» ¦' , ¦ : ' ¦•¦ , - ); ; Thus , sir . liaving briefly' laid bur ' urifprtunate situation before . yqu , . we , humhly , solicit ^' yolir assistance by receiving and acknowledging subscriptions , or in such . other , manner as yoU ; - . may , ; deemTexpeT : dient , and ypu ^ will ' : influiteljr : oblige , pn . pehnlf ; pf the ^ occupants . * ' " "¦' . i . ¦'~ . John Gathard . ^ ¦
, , . . . . — .. 'H' -. * , : ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - . ' -. ' . ¦ ¦>! ;•• • ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' - . ^ s , ; "V 7 ill npt . the Teader [ . under 8 tand , ; from the above , paragraphrrrthe : fact of which I haye frequently reminded ; him ~ that tbet ^ MANCHESTER SCHOOL ; " the propounded of
the FREEHOLD ALLOTMENT SYSTEM whose termsjai-e- ^ - " ' - ^ ¦ v ' : : ^ That a man can live independently upon ; two acres of barren soili without house ; road , or aid money , and can pay thirteen and a' half per cent .-upon the outlay ? ; ' , - -: ^ .- ! ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦' ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . U-6 /¦ : .= ¦ « . : * v .-- 'l : '• ; I say , willhe not understand that these located ruffians 1 look to / the , " Manchester School " - ^ fi'om whose fangs I tried tpehiancipate them ^ as their trustees ; and , behefactqrs ,. when tlieir object is to plunder the ' poor and honest men , by whose means they have been released from serfdom ?' '" 0 n ] y ' think of the abomination of handing tUese ruffians over to the tender mercy , of . the ^ mortgagee , when I was paying £ 225 : a . year interest , to the mortgagee , put of my own pocket , while these rascals would not pay : a farthing- ! - ; ; i :
Tho reader , perhaps , is aware that Iibrouglit an action for libel ^ against theiManchester JSa ? - aminer , for articles published' withreference to the Land"Company ; but' perhaps he is ' not aware' that , when I % ithdrew . tHe action ; at his own ' request ^ he' meti iiie , ^ id" company with , my ' solicitor , Mr . Turner , at his office , expressed his regret for haying published the articles , ' stating . ¦;"' THAT HE , WAS THEN ,. BElDEIVED , - b ^ ut niE jiow ; , ' ^ v 7 -that , i wls the PARTY T Vn 6 HAI > '* BEEN ' ' mOSTU XINFAIRLY AS ] D , U NJUSTLY ; TREATED BY . THE ALLOTTEES . ' ? -. O ^ , :-::, V ^ ' ;; . :: i ' :. C ' " ¦ * . " , ' ¦ ' : U ' ' ol do notithink I need say . more to give the reader- a fair definition- of rthe' virtue of the
Press , and the gratitude of-some of theu order . ' " ;; - ' - ; ¦ ¦ " -r ¦ - ¦ : ; . ¦ > ; ..- ' i ¦ -, ' , r : ' : '' ' ¦' ¦ . ; . ; : i Your Faithful and Uricomproinising Friend , - - ; -Fkarg 6 s O'Connor .
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Bears mom CALiFpBNiA .- ^ Among the passengers brought ' by' the WeBt India iriail-packet Avon ^ which arrived at Southampton on Sunday , were three . vgri 8 ly bears / from '; California" . !> They were caught an'the : following m . aniieri :-r-At Lone of the epld ; diggings , the ., carcase ;< pf a-ibullpok had ; been nungupinan . open . pjace .,, Its' magnitude ; was . re- u ' ced considerably one night ,, arid , the ' owners suBpectijje that a ' human thief was m ' the ' vicinity , set a watch , . when an ; enprmpus' grisly bear was seen approaching the carcase . ; Bruiri was caught vior latinrthe'laws'of wieuniarid « Mtiij »} i : a ' nd , ' ot'cburse , was killed byitheuwatchettitHilt p ^ ved ^ to " s ' e a she bear giving isuck-. - LHerjdeniWas . tracked . -ahd three
very ; youngcuba wero . found ,,. They . werepurchased in California ; by n one of > the , passengers v . on board the Avon , who brought them . to .. England . ^ . Theyr-were very .. docile on b . oard ,. and ^ ero , ' allowed tovrun loose about the ; deck / One " of ; thenf particularly was so tanie that ' it wbuld , play and , roll ^ about the siiip with the boys on board . - They' grew amazi ingly after ; they : left ° Chagres . » The' passenger who brought them -hbrne ^ brought ? to ) iSouthampton 25 , 000 , dollars worth of gold Idusfc . in ; skins , after paying his passage ; fpr . himselfi and ; r-bear 8 , < : which cost Mm about 8 S ? ' dollars .,,,,.-,,, > - ¦¦ w ) V ^ ' , . ' A German , on being asked / How ; old , he . was wheri hegotmarriea , replied ,. " I was dirty , when I married , and oay wife was oirty-twe . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 7, 1850, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1590/page/1/
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