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Mt Beloved Feiesds , —I am not drank , bat I am intoxicated by a series of triumphs since I last wrote ; and now about that last srriting . I wrote yon a long letter from Nottingham , bat , as once before , I addressed U London instead of Leeds . I was dreadfully disappointed at not seeing it in the Star , when fch » Editor assigned a most excellent reason , sending me the back of my letter -which bore the Nottingham post-mark of the 22 nd , and which was posted and paid for at Nottingham by Mr . Russell To me it was all-important thai yoa should have seen » S 1 about Bvrai&gk&in , Vai , thank God , I can always Hre for a "week upon character . I shall now , as well as I can . recollect , begin where I left ofE . -
On Wednesday , after I wrote fromLoughborough , I proceeded to address the Charfcistsin a room , but behold It would not hold one twentieth part of the Bock , and there being a large yard outside , I spoke by moonlight to congregated thousands . Coopsr and Bairstow also addressed them , and all expressed themselves highly gratified -with the evenli ^ g entertainment . I promised on behalf of I / ^ sxeh , Mitonall , and myself , that whan their asso Nation numbered 350 , we would spend a day with * . hem . I left Loughborough at one in the morning to be at Knightsbridge that same night ; and . I -went and spoke at great length in my sleep , a \ id I am told I did our cause great good . "We b ^ d a crammea meeting .
On Friday , I went to Southward glorious Southwark ; and , as I was to meet . Sidney Smith at Chelsea on the same night , I prevailed upon Dr . MVDouallj after a short address , to supply my place at Southwark . I proceeded , to Chelsea with Hu 3 y Bidley and Wheeler ; ? , nd , upon mounting the platform , a scene ensued , -which baffles all description . Smith . w * a spafcCBg , with a solicitor in the chair , surrounded by a large groKp of the League , Upon my appearance , the whole meeting in front cheered and cieered again , crying out" Ah ! Sidney ,
our chap Juis caught Ihee at last . " u There's 3 ? eargus , lad . " It was now evident that neither the lecturer nor the League -wished for any more of it 5 and , after creating a disturbance , by abusing the Chartists , the gentlemen blew ont the lights , let down the drop scene , left us in complete darksess , and the proprietor cleared the stage . Some ruffians attacked Ruiy Ridley , who was outside the drop scene , when the Chartists charged , and a dreadful scuffle ensued , -which terminated in the complete routing of the physical force Whigs .
Kow 1 decidedly object to the practice of allowing the world to learn , through the Whig press , thai all the folly of Corn Law lecturers appears to go down with the people , and I deny the right of any lecturers upon political subjects to refuse discusson . The practice , if not stopped in time , would bare made us appear as converts to all the glib philosophy of such men as Adand , Smith , and Cobden . The room at Chelsea is Tery large , and it was crowded to suficcaiion . It was the first routing of the League in that quarter , and they richly deserved woat they have been long bringing upon themselves , by insolence and intolerance to the working classes .
I now come to Monday ; the day of days—the glory of Chartism . The League had put ous a bill for an open air meeting in the Workhouse-yard , Mary-Ie-bone . We vrere not idle . Savage and Macconnell were selected as go-betweenE , and we were inrited to meet the League Council ; but vre refused to meet them except before the people ^ whose Eerraniswe are .
I need not tell you , of course , of what the report will inform you . Bat I must tell you that Hume , Wakley , M . P ., Sir Charles Napier , M . P ., and Sir Benjamin Hall , M . P . were present , but were not in the leass recognised by the mulritude . We put Sanksy in the chair , having -waited for ten minutes after the hour appointed , and the meeting calling out for a chairman ; and never was better president .
Savage opened the business -with a most admirable speech , bm marred it by proposing a shocking bad resolution . A Mr . Hyde seconded it in a set speech full of Whig constitutional nothings . I , at oncej proposed the amendment—which you will see . That brave fellow , Bufiy Ridley , ably and powerfully seconded it , and told the few of the cfique , who attempted to interrupt him , that he could roar as a lion for three hours , but he would not be put down , nor was he . Parson Macconnell attempted to support the resolution , but was so prosey and absurd that the meeting would not hear him long . Spurr then supported the amendment in one of the
most telling speeches I ever heard delivered by a working man ; every sentence was a home-thrust at faction , the League , and class legislation . He was loudly cheered from all parts . Savage then replied , supporting the amendment against his own resolution . The amendment was then put and carried with about fifteen handB held up against it , amid cheers which lasted for several minutes . Lloyd Jones then proposed another resolution . I never heard Mm speak before . He made one of the most Indd , powerful , logical , and eloquent appeals I ever heard , and literally paralised the League ; his was the spsech of the day . Sir Benjamin HWU then came forward and spoke ; Wakley , Hume , and Sir Charles went away .
The whole i 3 reported , but , my friends , your hearts would have jumped with joy to have seen the glorious army of Chartists . The largest meeting ever held in great Marylebone , —allowed to be so by Sir Benjamin Hall , the M . P . for the borough , and by all the pres 3 . Our triumph was signal and complete , and filled the hearts of all with jay profound . * WeU , ai night , I was to address the tailors at the Sock ! Institution , as I did in a magnificent building with three sides galleried , aEd a spacious platform . I arrived fifteen minutes before the time , and the building was full in every part , and crowds outtide . If the day ' s meeting was a triumph , this was a victory . I never before in Lcucon , even at the
Crown and Anchor , met the same class of audience . I appeared to be the worst dressed man in the meeting ; and although the Chartist principles were quite foreign to inem , yet neTer in my life did I witness greater enthusiasm , or make a deeper impression upon my audience . This , indeed I look upon as the most important meeting 1 ever attended ia my life . Is was a splendid assemble ; one , as I told them , no money couid hats procured some months since . I have seen ona ef the committee thi 3 morning , and he informs me that my speech made a powerful impression . Why should I not be proud of this ? I am , whenever I serve the enxisa . ¦
At four o ' clock to-morrow-morning I start for Einnbgham . We have got the Town Hall there Wecntsday , Thursday , and part of Friday , I devote to Birmingham ; and on Friday evening , I address tie men of Westminster . On Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday , Manchester ; Thursday , Stockpori ; » d Friday , Hyde . Chartists , let everr m ; a now be judged by his works , I y-, 111 stand by the order of fustian to the death , corns wha ; will . I am , Your faithful friend and servant , FZAEGCS O'Co >> 0 H .
P . S . Ill Ye I now deceived you as to the position which the London Chartists h 3 ve assumed ? No New Hot- or blan-ey will stand for a single moment . V . ' lih four hours' Evtioe we can carry anything . The "Whi ^ s are utterly paralysed , and the Tories are anytiiug but comfortable , as it 13 now fully believed that the shopkeepers and trades will join in our movement ; their eyes being opened to the monopoly cf steam lords ; and their minds being convinced of the cruelly , selfishness , and deceit of the steam-producin « r aristocracy . - F . CC .
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GREAT & IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING AT MARYLEBONE . A public meeting was held in the Workhouse-yard , jlatjlebone , on Monday last , for the avowed purpose of forming a junction between the " Liberals" or the Corn Law Repealers and the Ch&itists . At twelve o ' clock , the gates were thrown open , and the yard rapidly began to fill ; by one o'clock , the time appointed for taking the chair , cot less than 8800 persons were present , and uulil two o ' clock the number was continually increasing . The arrival of Mr . O'Connor , about half-part twelve , was greeted with deafening applause , as was likewise that of JMr . Sankey . At one o ' clock , Mr . Scott moved and Mr . Nagle seconded , that Mr . Sankey take the chair . This being put to the meeting was carried unanimously .
Mr . Sakxet briefly opened the proceedings , by requesting for all a faur and impartial bearing , and advising them to stand by their rights and to make no surrender . A messenger vns then dispatched to the Committee to inform them that the chair was taken , and the meeting -waiting for the Committee . Messrs . Hume , Wakley , Six Benjamin Hall , Dr Wade , Mr . Potter , and others , speedily made their
appearance . Mr . Savage came forward to more the first resolution . He said , I shall not dispute the authority exercised by this meeting in appointing their Chairman . I have only to inform you , that the Committee had arranged for Hr . Hume to take the chair . That gentleman was here to his time , bat fee is no way offended , but desirous that you should proceed to business . I appeal to that faculty which distinguishes man from the brute . I call upon you to exercise your reasoning powers to prevent every ebullition of ill feeling . This , is too solemn an occasion for us to be split into party factions . For ten years have we been living under the tree of Reform , but have been denied its fruits . Let an experience of the past guide us for
the future . Let us endeavonr , when all are oppressed , to do away with all petty bickerings among ourselves . For years have the two great factions maintained their power by sawing discord between the middle and ¦ working classes . One party of the people are now looking to government for a repeal of the Coin Laws . Another « T » gg contend that it is idle to expect any relief from the present representative body . The late division in the House has confirmed this opinion . The object of the promoters of this meeting is to effect a junction between these two classes . They have deputed me to propose the following resolution to yem far your discussion . You can alter , pare it down , or amend it as you think proper to suit the views of this mixed community . It is as follows : —
That the distress , anguish , and suffering of mind , body , and estate of multitudes of onr fellow countrymen at thiB moment , are without all precedent , and claim the deepest sympathy ; that such distress , anguish , and suffering are not occasioned by any dire dispensation of Providence , but result mainly from want of employment , arising out of our commerce being cramped and crippled by ruinous protecting legislative regulations , niads and supported for the sordid and- selfish interest of a particular class . " That amongst these ruinous protecting regulations , the Corn and Provision Laws are first and foremost—( no , no )—yet , this meeting looks upon these laws , both in their origin , continuation , and present proposed modifications , as but one of the numerous branches from a greater , deeper , and mere deadly root of political and social evil , the mock and -wretched representation of the people in the Commons House of Parliament—( hear , hear . )
" That the present House of Commons , and th « Government arising out cf it , having in the first act of their legislative existence , proved themselves utterly undeserving of the confidence of the people , this meeting has . no confidence in them ; and that it never can , and never will , have any confidence in any House of Commons that is not returned by the wiole people according to their Charter . "That with such a House of Commons as the present , or any other similarly elected , it is folly and madness to expect that by such House any measure of publie good will be carried , except there be an irresistible pressure from without ; and that -while this meeting trill not lose sight of any of the branches from the deadly rooj of political and social evil , it will now direct its main energies to this root itself , the mockery , farce , and trasedy of representation .
"That to . this movement of . men of all political parties , we are now irresLstably drivea by our base and repulsive representation ; and that having now nothing to look for from laws made by the present House of Commons , or any other returned by the present constituency , we fall back upon the first great law of nature , self-preservation , and are determined to carry the Charter of the people , by creating for it , as fir as we posably can , z . demand that no legislature can resist . " The committee mean by this resolution the adoption j of the whole of the principles contained in that doeu- j ment , which has received tie sanction of thousands , ' yea of miliuns of our fellow subjects . I entirely agree > with every portion of the Charier . S « me are for giving up one or twe of its points —(" n # , " )—but I recommend cot to give up a single one ; if you yield to expediency j you "will go down like Ptel and his sliding scale . Mr . ] Savage here entered into an able exposition of each
separate point in the Charter . He appealed to them if it was just that Marylebone with a population of a : quarter of a million , and thirteen thousand electors , i should return no more members of Parliament than j Harwich , with only two hundred and sixty electors , i Nothing gives me mote pain than to see the expenc © i which persons ar « oblige *! to undergo in order to pro- j cure their election , and it is just they shoild be paid j for tfeeir services . We are compelled to pay an eight-1 penay police rate , and I am sure we would gladly pay an halfpenny rate for the payment of men to make j good laws , which in this parish would produce £ 17 , 0 . 0 . Our principles ha 7 e beeen greatly belied , injury has been added to insnlt by an hired press . We claim the right which God has given to every man . We will ; transmit it to our children , we shall then be able to j protect ourselves from the calamity which a mad j system of government is daily bringing upon na .
Mr . Hyde said I have great pleasure in seconding the resolution proposed by my old friend Savage . It puts me in mind of the good old times of Radicalism , -when we made a despotic Government quail before us , and with maetirgs like the present we shall quickly obtain our rights . The poets have asserted that the golden age is past , but the present House of Commons palpably conrtadicts it . 2 fever did gold maintain such an omnipotent sway a 3 at the present day . "What but gold has placed Peel upon the treasury fcench ? what but gold rsrayed the duiision of the electors ? and it is the influence of iMs sold which has brought ub here this day te give vent t j our feelings and to assist in obtaining ous rights . Y ^ ben -we appeal to out mleia for aay beneficial measure : the ? tell us rbat our glorious
Cou-, atuution is in dagger . It once was a glorious Consti' ; tution ; it iiourisbed like the evergreen laurel , tut it ?[ has bsen cut up by the evils of ignorance and bad i : ] tgis } ation ,-3 " 'i uljcs 3 the corrupt branches are mowed j off , by the EC } the cf public opinion , it will shortly bei come a decsyed and withered siirub . One speaker , in i the late debate , said that they should imitate the con-3 1 duct of the Borons of Hunnyin ? de ; but this -sraa not so . That j > trugeia was between the barons and crywu , r 1 the present is " a siuegk bttwetn the people and the I aristocracy , in wliica the crown is not identified . Anotber speaker in Ifcst Bouse told you the distress was
. , occasioned by the icllax of Irish people iiito this country . When the Union with Ireland was efiected , 3 , it was not fi-r the benefit of the Irish people , but to 3 / urnish tinecure places to our stirplnfl aristocracj-. If j we-sentl them our surp . ' ua aristocracy , can we blame 1 them for sending us thsir surplus democracy —( cheers ; I j —in exchange . The proceedings of this day will , I ! trust , give tho tone to ail the towns in the empire . j Hannibal , of old , -ffhec hec : o £ sed the Alps , had nn army composed of ail the nations en earth ; let us , like ' Hannibal , now we are croi-siEg the Alps of corruption , have an army composed of men of all political opinions ; so tha 1 we ensure success .
Feakgcs OCo ^ ob , Esq , then rose and wasi received with tremendous cheering , which lasted for , some length of time . Ha eaid , who are you ? Tke j dead Chartists ?—( great cheering . ) What a bad under- ] taker that Whig Seotchniin bus been to allow you to ; rise again i { CLters . ) I stand before you to support , ¦ Mr . Savage ' s speech and to oppose his resolution . If j theywisif our aid to efface a great purpose , they must / agree to * onr terms . For more than ten years , you have i laboured unsuccessfully to produce a cbange . We must j now get possession of political power ; we must take the imperishable evergreen and not be content with the paie annual . This is uofc only a meeting of Marylebone , but a meeting which will expr&ss the sentiments of all
England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales . _ I will expose te you the fault o : this resolution , in this solemn declaration . In the first paragraph they talk much of ths distress and its claim for sympathy ; this is the text : in the second they give you the Corn Laws . Now you are all of you Cockers ; so multiyly the first by _ the second , and see if the quotient will not give you a little blarney— [ laughter . ) If they acknowledge tliat the Com Laws can otly be effectually repealed by the Charter , let this be fully understood as it is in our amendment . W « are now placed in a position from -which we must not shrink . We are the mountain ; let Mahomet come to us . If we are worth having , -we will be sold for principle and nothing less . If a majority of 123 has done so much for us , what will a majority of 303 do
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for ns ? If they are honest lefc them withdraw their resolution and . support this amendment : — " That this meeting declares its unqualified approval of the principle of free and unfettered trade ; while , at the same time , it denies either the competency or the right of the representative body , as atpresenl constituted , to make so great a change as that sought by the advocates of a repeal of the Corn Laws , inasmuch as any advantage derived from that measure would not b 9 Tor the benefit ot the working classes ; and this meeting further protests against any change being particularly made to affect any separate c ' ass or interest , pledging
itself , in common with the people of all other parts of the United Kingdom , to look with a jealous eye to the application of the People's Charter , with a view to the settlement of those many and conflicting interests , dissensions about which now agitate the public mind . We are resolved that that measure in its workings shall legislate justly for all , instead of partially for a class ; and , nnder these circumstances , we pledge onrselve not to agitate for any other measure than the whole at those principles embodied in the document entitled the People's Chart ** , and to which we look as the only means of producing national greatness and prosperity , and of producing peace , law , and order throughout the
land . " If we go to make a bargain , we must examine and know the party -we are to deal with . Are we to unite with t $ 9 steam-made Baronet , Sic Robert Peel , -with his sliding scale , or with Buckingham's Duke , -with his Bkatingscale ; is it to be with Lord Kutsell ' a 8 s . duty , or Tilliers ' s no duty at all ? But you say we are to join with the middle class . Is it to be the Tory middle class or the Whig middle class ? No , say they ; but join us for the Charter . I ask them for what Charter ? Is ii to be Sturge ' s complete Charter , or Biggs ' a Midland Counties Charter , or what Charter is it to be for ? There is our Charter ; adopt this unfettered and untrammelled , and it will give the amplest justice to alL For seven years we have been resting on principle ,
and they have not thought it worth while even to look at us ; but now it is only to " whistle , and we'll be ¦ with you , my lads . " All change is the result of previous agitation ; the present agitation has been produced by tbe failure of the Reform Bill ; and yet the very nieB who stated that that measure was intended to gi ? c a preponderating influence to the landed interest ; now want you to throw yourselves into their arms to save them from the landed aristocracy . You know how they treated you while they were in office . You know that the camp followers of the Whigs were your deadliest enemies ; eight or ten of them pretending to be in opposition for the sake of popularity , yet , on any change being contemplated likely to benefit the people , they ever flew to their rescue , to tbe old
tune of " keep the Tories out ;' ' yet these ara the men you are now wished to join . Machinery has been brought to such perfection , that ladies may almost pick tbeir teeth by steam . Yet what have you gained by all these improvements ? Of what advantage has all the mechanical and chemical contamnces which have so greatly contributed to raise our character as a nation been to the working classes ? You have bean deprived of these advantages , because the House of Commons , -which ought to have been the heart of the people , is corrupt ; its heart is ossified and decayed ; and you are rendered civilised slaves . The cottage is foiling to ruin , while splendid mansions are rising in our streets . The gorgeous monument is being raised to commemorate the deeds of tbe warrior . The Palace
is being decorated and improved , while thosu who sustain and support its fabric are wasting in penury . The middle classes are rising from the cottage to the house , from the house to the mansion , whilst the poor man is forced from the cottage to the cellar , from the cellar to the cold bastile . We want the Charter to make tLe Palace and the mansion dependant upon the cottage . We want the vote to be in the man , and not in the cottage . The Reform Bill'having failed , they want another Reform—Commercial Reform . Did you ever hear of an Irishman who went to dig praties without having a spade ? The Whigs want to Repeal the Com Laws , but they won ' t take the proper tools . They appealed to the people , and have got 123 majority against them ; and they are 1 : 0 w discovering that
they did not go to the right people . They now come to us ; and I tell them there can be no union with us unless based on the full measure , of our rights . . We have looked to q jacks too long . There was Russell in 1 S 32 gave us a purge , consisting of two drachma of coercion , -three drachms of bastile starvation , to be washed down by the draught of a Rural Police . ~ Dr-Peel now admits tbat vre are very bad , but cu ? disorder is r ; ct chronic , and before he can administer a remedy , he must hoid a consultation witii the class al > ove you ,- and if not consonant with their feelings he can give no remedy at all . The Whigs are the same men as ever ; and any measure coming from such old offenders , can you expect it to benefit you ? ( No , no . ) The last three weeks has taken the stink off Chartism ;
it notr smells as sweet as a bed of violets . Remain firm to your principles ; :. nd , as they cannot do without us , they will rush into our anus . You , men of Marylebona aud ! st . Pancras ought to be pToud , prouder than any mui in London . Here , nine years ago , I planted the shrub which has now grown into tills beauteous tree . During the agitation of the Reform Bill tho Whigs jumped into the traces , pushed you into the shafts , and run you into the puddle . Now they must fall into the- shafts , and you must take the lead in the traces . Mr . O'Connor then read their resolution , and showed tke meeting how Corn Law repeal was placed in a prominent position , while the Charter was thrown in the back ground . He then ably entered into the question of the Repeal ,-as it affected the
retailers and the consumers . There was no hope of a beneficial repeal of the Corn or other bad laws until the Charter was gained . Let the middle men honestly unite with the Chartists , and in six weeks they could drive Peel from office . In 1832 we beat them , King , Lords , and Commons . Now we have a Queen , who perhaps is not opposed to us ; but we don't want her assistance : she is only one , and she has no vote—( laughter . ) We mnat have a new Parliament b&fore tee Charter can be carried . We mu 3 t have thirty good Chartist M . P . ' 8 to do duty in that House . These , with about twenty amateur Chartists , will be a sufficient force to break up any administration not founded on justice . If the people joined the League without this guarantee good bye to Uie Chartist agitation : it will be broken up , and -who shall rally it again ? For seven long years have t ? e utfended a principle vr&icu is a tower of
strength to the good , and a terror to evil doerg . I told you , long agOj that the Say of action would come ; and now it has arrived . Two men ought to havo been placed at those gates , crying step into the auction . Russell will bid for you , SJ , 8 , 7 , C , 5 , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 pound Household , then Uaiveroal Suffrage . Peel will say he nodded too ; and the auctioneer will not know who te knock you down to ; but , by God , you shall not bo sold one fraction under prica —( great cheering . ) Hero I fctand , before Whig and Tuiy , under the canopy of the broad blue sky , and declare tliat I never received one fraction of money from WLig , Tory or Chartist . I have done all at my own exyiace ; and , thank God , I am not yet exhausted . If th « League join us it will save them some thousands . They have already spent all their feczoar money ; but join us , and they may go to sleep . Provided tLey ; ue hocett , we will repeal tke Com Laws for them . Mr . O'Connor then went into the
question 01 mactinery , and ' showed there was no cordon sajiiiaire around London . Driven from the country by machinery tbe wurking men come up to London and compete -witu you ; thsy form a reserve for the masters to fs . ll back upon . We are not enemies to machinery ; we care not , as Butterworth said , if we est , drink , go to bed , get up , and dress by machinery , provided it does not take our bed and our bread from us . We want political power , that machinery may bo made man ' s holiday and not his curse ; not that one thousand slaves to ariificbl labour shall be wretchedly poor , that one Bluve-holder may grow enormously rich . If all the money that has been made by ma < ihinery was diffused in its proper channel no poverty would now be felt by the opLratives . I am taunted by Cobden with
rjoing about the country in a fustian instead of a black cat—( don't you think I should make a good parson ?—He did not say tins in my presence ; if he had , I £ h \ juld not quarrel with him ; such evolutions are often met with in society . Mr . Cobden lias jumped from the warehouse , from the clogs and the fustian , into the black coat I can , whan I please , go back to the black coat ; but he will never go back to the fustiau while he can avoid it I call upon you , aa Mr . Savage did , to make us of that faculty which distinguishes you from the rest of the animal creation . Be not led away by the glib philosophy of any who may address ycu ; look not to foreign trade to tbe injury of domestic ccufort , but stand firm for tbe whole Charter , and nothing less than the Cu&rter . ( Great cheering . )
Rtjfft Ridley rose to second the amendment . He said , —I presume that you have met this day to perform a < Juty not on . ' y to yourselves , and to your country , but to show to the whole world that Englishmen will administer ju&tice to themselves and to all mankind . The seconder of the resolution said he was sorry to have to throw cold water over the ptoceedinga . I am not offended with him for throwing . it over me ; but it is impossible to throw cold water over the ardour ef the Chartists ; but to come at once to the point—I look upon you as men determined to see justice done to all parties without distinction of class , sect , or colour . I believe you will proclaim to the working classes of the United Kingdom that the men of Marylebone , that tbe men of London , are determined to stand by the same principles which have received the sanction of the ¦ wc&ing classes or this Tkingdoro . Why is it that I , a wotfdng man , repudiate and find fault with this solemn declaration ? It is evident to yov , the men of London ,
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for yonr eyes have been opened , that that this is all claptrap . If these men were sincere and honest , they would say at onco that all our evils arose front class legislation ; that to remove the Corn La we and other bad jaws , we must remove this bad legislation . Read it all the gentlemen said . It shall be read . We wish not to burke the freedom of discussion ; we wish to consult the feelings-. pf all ; and we count on tb . e decision of this day to lay the foundation of an agitation that fchall be cattied on the Vfings of the wind thruijh the whole king ¦¦ . pin ' .: ( Mr . Ridley then read the declaration , and commented upon it in a strong and forcible manner . ) Lot them put the representation first and the Corn Lw ' Repeal ' - " afterward ; and t"ey would then be hitting the right nail on the head Will you be cajoled by the factory lords , by those who have amassed their wealth from the blood and tae marrow of the factory children ? Will you be knocked
down at such a price ? ( No , no . ) Remain then , like men , flruiaad manly , side by side ; present one broad phalanx of union to your tyrants , and determine upon the Charter , and no surrender . If you dp not do this , you will be sold , and sold cheaply ; -but you will , I know , act wisely and justly . Mr . Ridley then ably showed up tho motives which actuated the League in their agitatio . i , and asked 'who were the men who had branded them as destructives ? who had accused them of the worst of crimes ? who had bnniahed and impri-Boned their fellow patriots ?• who but the base and brutal WbAgBhad entrapped F / iost and his companlona ? who got up the Calthorpe-street affair ? smd now who but the . Wb . iga were preparing to entrap thsni again , to delude them to their rain ? He called-upon them , in the name of the men of England , Ireland , Scotland and Wales to perform their duty to their country— . ( great cheerinp .
Mr . MiCCONNELt—I have been requested to declare my sentiments upon this subject , which I shall do as briefly as possible . I shall be as candid as those who have previously addressed you in its favour , and tell you , I am decidedly opposed to tbe amendment— ( considerable interruption );—give me a fair and candid hearing , snd judge for yourselves . I have read tho declaration of the men of Marylebone in print ; I have read the amendment of Mr . O'Connor in writing ; and on my life and word , by all that is good that is near and dear to me , I cannot distinguish any substantial difference—slaughter , and Why are you opposed to it ?) The amendment admits in its first onset
the principle of free trade ; so does the resolution . The only difference in the two is , they have the same meaning , but arc differently expressed . We , say that the Corn Laws are but a branch ; we do not say they ara the root . I am sorry any suspicion of dishonesty should exist —( laughter)—thilt you should suppose it is a trap . ( What trap ?) We are for the Charter ; you are no' more . And I think ; no man in ihia assembly will think it worth while to take less—( hear ) . I do not believe there is any attempt to coax or deceive you . 1 know of none . I was in hopes that the enemes of the people would no longer triumph by our dlssentions , but ¦ would have been laid prostrate by our union .
Mr . Spur—As a working man I feel deeply interested in this subject , more bo perhaps than any speaker that has preceded me . I can readily enter into the feelings which actuate Mr . M'Gonnell and the other gentlemen , though I have but faint hopes that they can understand mine . I will say , as Mr . Ridley , that I want not their sympathy ; but if they give us justice we surUl bo placed in such a position as not to need their sympathy . I do not deny the honesty of the party professing to give mo a cheap loaf , but I deDy their ability . Mr . Macconnell has said , that he could not Bee the difference between the resolution and the amendment . There is none so blind as those who will not see . Is there ho difference between drawing the cart up tho hill and drawing it over the hill ?
The resolution puts , the part before tuo horse ; the amendment puts the horse in its proper position . Those men have turned me out of my employ for my principles , and yet they talk of sympathy to the working men . Mr . Maeconnell . tells you that they do not consider the Corn Lawa as a root , but only as a branch . I tell him as I told Mr . Aelarnl , better known by the same of " Slippery Jemmy , " that the best way to cut off the branch ia to cut down the ; tree . Tho branches are too high to reach . It is impossible to have a Repeal with tho present house , but they want you to unite in order that they may say to the aristocracy , " Give us the repeal of the Corn Laws , or we will thrust the Charter down your throat" — - ( Great cheering . )
Mr . Savage then again addressed the meeting . He enred not which thoy passed , the resolution or the amendment , he was only the organ of the Committee to bring it bbforo ther . ; . He hoped new in their hour of triumph ¦ they would have sympathy for tho middle clas ? . They have not had the advantage of political training ¦ which you have ; they have not their weekly meeUng , and cannot so well under stand the subject . I ask for your sympathy , not taat you should give up your rights . I care not iudividutvUy which you carry , so ttut you get the Charter . a he aincudment was then put and the waving muU titude of hands showed that tho hour of triumph had arrived—that the auction was over and the lot knocked down at the Charter price . For the resolution out of the vubt miiititutio , ( the Cpiift-yard estimated to hold 12 , 000 , being crowded , ) only eight hands were held up . This victory was celebrated with long and loud cheers ; ¦ waving of hats , &c
Mr . Lovd Jos es , in an address whica we greatly regret > 7 u have not apace to insert , moved the following resolution : — " That while this meeting condomns tho Corn and Provision Laws as unjust in principle and pernicious in practice ; and approves of all legal agitatien for the repeal of these laws ; this meeting is nevertheless of opinion that such repeal would be totally inadequate to effect a general or permammt relief uf the deep distress under which the labouring population of this country is at present Buffering : and this meeting farther expresses its opinion that a well devised and comprehensive system of 'Home Colonization , ' or the employment of the people ( upon the land of this country , in the joint pursuits of agriculture and manufactures , can alone permanently place them above the reach of poverty . " ' The resolution was seconded by Mr . G CONNOR and casrietl unanimously .
. Sir Benjamin Hall . —I attended : here this day not for tiie purpose of addressing yo « , but from a desire to be present at this manifestation pf public feeling and sentiment , that I might , if necessary , declare the tone and the manner in which it has been conducted . It wonid be . in acs of ingratitude if I did not at this the first large meeting after my election , declare to you my gratitude . I need not tell you that I was no party either to the rejolution or to the amendment ; I have seen tkatyca agreed almost unanimous for the amendment , and I am pleased to say that , it is ' pot only the largest but tbe most quiet , orderly meeting at which I was evdv present . I have seen the gentlemen who rather difibred from you treated | with the greatest
kindneas and . forbearance . I have seen iii the newspapers that the metropolitan meetings nave generally been conducted in a disgraceful wanner , I can now personally bear witness to tha contrary . With regard to tho resolution , 1 nm oppcesd to ttie measures of Ministers , but shall never offer thorn a factious opposition . I am fora total repeal of the Com Laws , and during tlie eleven . years I have been in Parliament , I have ever voted for every measure ef exteualpn of the Suffrage , and shall not now shrink from my principles—( cheers . ) Mr . BENBdW ii : an address which showed that age had neither impaired his physical or moral energies , moved the adoption of , the National Petition , durimf which he w . is loudly cheered .
Dr . Wade in an excellent speech seconded its adoption . . The petition was unanimously adopted . Mr . Rjdley moved" That in the opinion of this meeting the transportation of Frost , Williams , and Jones , after the opinion of the Judges given in their favour , was cruel and unjust on taa part of the Melbourne Whig Government , and this meeting pledges itself never ta cease-from agitation till they , are returned to their native soil . " Mr . May naud seconded the resolution , - which was cai'iiefi unanimously , with great ehecriDg . Mr . Wall moved , and Mr . Goodi-ellow seconded , a resolution requesting the Guardians to publish the resolutions of the meeting , in the Northern Star ,, TiTnes , Advertiser , inc . . \ . Mr . peat moved , and Mr . Scott seconded , a vote of thanks to the Chairman .
Mr . Potter supported tfee motion , and declard himseif a consistent CBarti 3 k A vote of thanks was given to the Guardians for the use of the Workhonse yard . Mr . Sankey addressed the meeting , thanking them for the honour they had done him . Cheers , out of number were given for the Charter , O'Connor , the Star , the victims , dec , after which the meeting dispersed . . - .. /' . ¦
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GREAT PUBLIC MEETING 01 ? THE TAILORS , CONVENED AT THE SOCIAL HALL , JOHN-STKEEI , ON SIONDAV , FEB . 27 TH , TO FUHTt iER THE OBJECTS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER . ASSOCIATION . At half-past seven o ' clock , the place was crowded to a degree never before witnessed ; and from that time until nine o ' clook , thousands must hive gone away unable to obtain admittance . Mr . Parker , moved , and Mr . Knight seconded , that Mr . Cuflay take the chair . At this period Mr . O'Connor entered ; and if the warm and enthusiastic applause of the assembled highly gratified \ audience could reward him for his almost superhuman exertion ? in the : cause pf liberty , on that evening he must have been highly rewarded—hs must , indeed , have felt himself a proud and happy man .
Mr . CUFFAY , having been unanimously elected to the chair , commenced by informing them that he should not makethe usual apoliglea of incompetency , &c . ; but as a working man , a tailor , and a Chartist ^ he would never shrink from the performance of any public duty which his fellpw-trademen and brother-slayes elected him to perform— ( cheers . ) Ho trusted they would 8 upport him in the chair ; and he would give to all who might wish ; to express their sentime . ts a fair and impartial heaiing ; and he trusted they would never be deluded from standing by the rights of their order , either by the middle men , or by the aristocracy . Abb trades unipntet , he had exerted himself t < J the utmost in behalf of his order ; but he was now convinced that the cause of their distress was higher than the tyranny
of their employers—that they must put the axe to the reotof the tree ; and , sink or swim , he would stand like a man till the last , and if he died he would die like a martyr gloriously in the cause —( great cheering . ) Whigs and Tories had too long united to oppress and humbug the people , and to screw them down to starvation or emigration . Mr . Cuffay then informed the meeting that they had enclosed a copy ef their address to the trade in a note to Captain Rous , and had received a latter in reply , which he would read to them . Mr . Cuffay then read the letter , which ascribed all their distress to over population , and that they must
emigrate . Tailors in work , the Captain said , could earn from 36 s . to 42 s . per week ; masons and otber trades were in receipt of high wages ; and to look to political power , to remedy tho distress was quite futile / Mr . Cuffay commented with great sarcasm and energy upon this letter ; he believed the spite which the aristocracy showed to the masons was because they were the first trade to come out for the Charter —( great cheering . ) Mr . Cuffay , in beautiful and manly language , urged them not tp desert their father land , but tfli stay in it , and make it worthy of them . If any must emigrate let it be the aristocracy . He concluded with the following sarcastic lines : — ¦ . ' . ''
" If bugs molest me , as in bed I lie , I'll not quit my bed for them , not I ; BwtToat tb « vetnvvri— -ewy bug destroy , New make my bed , and all its aweete enjoy . " ( Great cheering . ) The Chairman read notes apologising for non-attendance from Messrs . Duncombe and Leader M . P . ' s , and from Dr . M'Donall . Mr . Parkeb .. —Fellow tradesmen , this meeting has been called for the purpose of feeling the pulse of the trade , which has ever been a democratic one in favour 6 f the principles of the People ' s Charter . Amongst others that have been invited to attend ; is Feargus O'Connor , an individual highly respected for his energetic exertions on behalf of the people ; I shall
therefore not occupy much of your time , but at once direct your attention to the distressed condition of our trade We have taken every step likely to alleviate that distress , but in vain ; and we have therefore resolved to go at once to the root of the evil ; for this purpose we convened this meeting . I have before said that our trade is essentially democratic , and the crowded meeting which has responded to ou ? call proves that it is so . Ttiere is not a man in this : isBembiy but will admit that tho moat horrible destitution exists in our trade . It has been objected by a few of the aristocratic portion of it that-we have done barm in exposing the prices in our address , but I ask them ¦ when thousands are starving , is it a time to sit silently by ? is it not time that we 3 hould come boldly forward and join the democratic trades who have preceded us ia endeavouring to remove that load of taxation which fetters our energies ? tbat we should throw olf those shackles from our labour which protect capital at our expence .
There are many men who have been in the trade nineteen or twenty years compelled to work for three farthings an hour , or starve . Many may not believe this ; but let theni go as I have done to the purlieus of the East end of the town , and they would then more than credit it . Women are making waistcoats , aye , and well made top , for threepence each ;; and when this is the case , who shall tell me we have no right to move for fear of the masters should at the aristocratic shops reduce the wages . I appeal to the females present , is it riot shocking , is it not a disgrace to humanity that tbe daughters of tailors , I am almost ashamed to say it , should be compelled to prostitute themselves to the foremen at the slop-shops , ere they can obtain employment —( true ,. ¦ •'¦ . frue . V Mr . Parker then entered further into the prices paid by the Government contractors , &c , and then called upon them to come out as they did at the time pf the trades ' unions iii support of the Charter—( loud cheers . ) He proposed the following resolution : —
" That in the opinion of this meeting , the distress and misery which exists in . the trade of journeymen tailors , has been brought about through class legislation ; and we here recommend a union of the trade , with a view to alleviate that suffering . " He called upon all who held up their hands for the resolution to take out their card of membership . -Mr . Laiuche seconded the resolution . They had been accused of being led away by demagogues ; of being ignorant of the motives which governed their actions . If we are ignorant of our motives , vie at least ate
acquainted with the motives of the aristocracy . We are aware that our distress arises from class legislation . We see that in all ages those who have had the power of legislating , legislate for their own benefit , whilo they entirely neglect the masses . Where the aristocracy have assumed the power , tney have only two means of governing : —it is either by fraud or force . When the first fails , then they resort to their armed police , or their military force . Mr . Latuehe then appealed to ancient history in proof of his opinion , that freedom produced prosperity ; and concluded an eloquent address amidst loud cheering .
A Mr . Hearne hero caused considerable interruption , by asking triiling questions , as to by whom the rhoeting was culled ? to which the Chairman satisfactorily replied , informing him that it . was by the Chartist tailors' meeting , at four of the West End Houses pf Call . Mr . O'Connor was received with tremendons cheers . He said it is not of so much importance who called the meeting , as that the msating ia called . Is there any wan here who will refuse to adopt what is sound , and reject what is unsound , because he is not aware who culled the meeting ? We ara for impartiality to all ; we live upon prit . cipla ; our principles are good—they will bear discussion ; those only shrink from discussion whose deeds are evil and will not bear the light . Can
there be it more pleasing sight for a philantrophist than ttiis crowded meeting ? Can anything more strongly bespeak the asntiinenta of- an Englishman , than the manner in which Captain Rous hia been treated , unless he cahprpvia to you that people should go naked . You at least are interested in having a large population . I much admire the sentiment expressed in the sarcastic lines of your chah-man , Shall th 9 drones be allowedto drive the bctsfrom the hive ? Np . rather let the bees sting the : n from thehiva . ' If it ia necesaary that some must leave the couutry ; if God has sent inore inbabk tauts than the land will support , let the idle be the first to leave th « land ; -let us live i 11 our fatherland and make it worthy of us . I ycjoice to see you , the oldest body of the incorporated tradts , coming out in this
cheerajjg manner . I recollect when Sir Henry Hardinge saiU , pending a strike of your body , that he would rather go naked than the master ehauld submit to your dictation . This would be coming to the primitive state with a vengeance . I am astonished to hear Mr . Parker state that waistcoats are being made for 3 d . each . Perhaps the aristocratic portion of the trade may not work at them ; but I am Hurprised , that because men are comparatively well off , they should be content with thsir compartive condidipn . I contend that the people pugat sever to be satisfied until they have full and equal justice . If the masters have gained 15 s . in a suit of clothes by the fall of cloth , they should divide the advantage with the men . I have been to the head and to the foot , and I now come to the middle I have been to the hatters and to
the shoemakers , and I hare now ; come to the tailors What causes distress to fall sp heavily upon your trade ? not that the land is over populated , but because we have a naked , starving population : Ou ¦ wise political economists tell you that machinery cannot injure yon , because machinery does not yet do the sewing work . Bnt the dullheads forget that it injures your market ; that your customers are compelled to lay out , in provisions , that which otherwise they would lay out in clothes . If your brethren , the tailors in the manufacturing districts , cannot obtain employment , they come up to London , thinking that where bo much wealth and luxury ia found , there must be plenty ef irork , and these constitute the reserve for the masters to fall back upon . The men from the country may not obtain employment ; but , while they are in the market , you
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tfzrf /^ nr ^ grx ^ " - - ~ - - - ' - — - •* ^ iv ^ L ^ - ¥ ^ j ^ - ^ jL ^ jn& ^ t c employers can say—if you don't like the work there ara plenty otheis who will do it . Your chairman has ( . aid , that you have tried trades * unions and they have failed . We do not seek to destroy trades' unioas ; we seek to prevent them from failing . All property is protected , save labour which creates property . I look in tho country , and see the boards stuck up— " Whosoever trespasses here shall be prosecuted according to law . " Did yea ever see a man with a brass plate on his breast
inscribed— " - Whosoever trespasses on this man ' s laoour will be prosecuted" ? ( Great cheering . ) Those -who trespass upon the lights of labour are the parties who have the power of making the jaws , look at the treatmeat the Cnions hava received since the time of the Reform Bill—look a , t the assistance you gave them ia canying that measure ; and then aak yourselves , have tie governing powers treated you fakly '? ' - ¦ Why do they object to the name of Chartifim ? arose would smell 03 sweet by any other name . ^ Chartiam sounds as well aa Whiggery 01 Toryism . Whiggery has rendered Toryism triumphant . We look for political
power , not . to displace either Whigs or Tories , but to give us equal power with them . Give us the Charter to-mbrrow , and the trades would be at full work in a month . We want equal protection and equitable distribution . I have been Member of Parliament , member of the People ' s Parliament , leading jonrnalisti head agitator , and an extensive farmer . I have published a smalV work on practical farming . I ? do not even do as your Chairman said , lecom-Eicad you to go to the waste lands . I say that is the cold meat in the laider , which may serve some centuries hence for tlioso who come after us . Let ua
cultivate to tbe highest the lands now in eccapahon , and , instead of importing wheat , we shall -grow plenty for ourselves , and be enabled to import com ourselves ; yet pur sapient economista tell us that we cannot grow sufficient corn to support us . Why , these men scarce knew whether wheat is dug up out of the ground , or grows on tho top of'the straw . If you gave them 100 acres of ground , they would starve , unless , like Nebuchadnezzar , they could : live upon grasa ,. Why should you go to foreign lands fou food when your own country would produce sufficient ? Is it better for you to sit at home all day working , to make gboda which may or may not sell , while yon must rely upon them for fiat food , which you want
three times a-day ? If themauutaetuiers could gaia a Repeal , they -would speedily throw our land out of cultivation ; and , when we were at the mercy of foreigners / if a fainhie should come , they would pub a duty on the exportation of grain , remembering that when we were mistress . of the world , we imposed a similardutyon its importation . Walk round London , and whtre will ypuseethepoorman'scpmfortablecottage . Ton will see the mansion of the man who has grown rich en your energies upraised live stories in the air . If capital is rewarded ' with teni per cent , profit , let labour have its seventy-fiva per Cent . ; let not the poor man pine in want while the rich is dwelling in luxuty . We have now arrived' at a crisfs ^ hen something must be
done . The political ti-oild is now on a pivot ; and th © least thing would turn it on the one side or the other . It depends upon the mighty people which way the scale shall preponderate . If we now shrink from principle we shall perpetuate the reign of faction ; if ilrm > I defy either Whig or Tory to stand against the mighty torrent of public opinion we can bring against them . You ate told / by Httle Russell , the least man you . ever saw for nothing , that all this distress is local , and caused by tho nat'iral commercial revolutions of a great cpuntry . They cared , nothing ^ ^ about the distress until they got on the bleak side of the Treasury ; they are like the lady who , when going round the cold bleak common , pitied tho condition of a poor cottager
and ordered her footman to take her a sack of coals , bat no sooner had she got in her warm drawing-room , and her foot on the fender , than she ordered John nofr to take the . coals because the weather had got wanner You are now asked to join the Corn Law Repealers , to restore to power one of the basest factions which ever trampled on the liberties of a nation . Talk of us as destructives , as physical force men . Why It makes my blood boil when I read their inflammatory speeches , their secret endeavours to excite the people to violence ; they excita you to burn and shoot at na image of straw ; even they would excite you stiK further , and while they sat in the jury box and tried you , they would boast of their love of order and peace .
As a party they were never mere disuiited . We were never so united . I do not think that they could take one man that we trust from us ; if they did , we care not . If I were to desert you to-morrow I . could not take a man a-way with me . Thero is my strength and pride . If the shepherd break loose , the flock will not turn aside . The present agitation is the result of the peat up feelings of bygone years , and will finally destroy all opposition which can be brought against it . As well might the presumptuous Dane attempt to force back the rollicg waves of the mighty ocean , asforthehi to stop the , rushing 8 treana of public opinion . Kuowledge cannot be pent up ; it is like a smothered fire , it will again burst forth , and burn still brighter and
clearer for the obstruction . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) We aak , for all , the Same liberty and power which we demand for ourselves . They say wo are too ignorant and vicious to be entrusted with the franchise . If , aa Baptist Notl states , there are 500 , 000 living without God and Without hope in the world in this Metropolis , I affirm it is caused by bad Governmeufe . Men ' are born with certain propensities whica can be nourished into virtues or viceg . Their ^« tri « 8 are the result of theii ? nature ; their vices of misrule : HLs vices are " encouraged , because they tend to aggrandise the capitalist They say would you enfrancLiae
the drunkard ? Give me a constituency of 10 , 000 drunkards , and one teetotaller , and such ia the power of virtue , that they shall choose the teetotaller to represent them . Rome in its origin was a combination of thegreatest rogues in the world , yet they chose the wisest and the best men for their Generals . A community of rogues would choose an honest man for their representative . W « s look to the Charter to promote morality , and not immorality . Mr . O'Connor continaed for some length of time to address them on the question , of the land , trade , < &c , and concluded with a burst of eloquence we have never yet heard surpassed , and retired amidst thunders of applausa .
The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . Mr . Knight , in a brief manner , proposed the second resolution : — " That this meeting is of opinion that the only means for the trades and the working classes generally , to benefit their condition is , by adopting the principles contained in tho People ' s Charter . " / Mr . Knight explained the severai points of the Charter , and sat dewn much applauded , v Mr . M'GRath seconded the resolution in an address Which occupied nearly an hour in the delivery ^ and which ^ for argument and eloquence , we have seldom heard surpassed . In the course of his address , he paid some deservedly high compliments to Mr . O'Conor , and concluded by calling uppn his brother tradesmen to join the National Ass « ciation ; he was greatly" applauded . The resolution was then put and carried
Mr . GooDFEtLow moved , and Mr . Shepherp seconded the adp ' ptioa of the National Petition , whiclt was alflo cairied Unanimously . Capt . ACHERLY , for some length pf time , amused the meeting , which concluded by a vote of thanks to the Chairman and the usual Chartist honours . Manj signatures were received to the petition .
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Macclesfield .. —Mr . J . Vv e = t lectnred on Sunday evening to a nmuercu ? audience . Chtetespielb xsv Bramptcs . —At tbe Treeily aeeticg of the ChnTtlris of the above place , in Silk Mill Yard , on Monday evening last , the Secretary banded in 2 ; . la . from vhe Chartists of Holy Moor Side . After ether business rheicllowing resolution Jstis cairied : — " That the sue : of 10 s . be sent to Not-™ ghaa , towards defr » yiiig the cxpeu--eg of $ he dele-8 « es for tie ensuing Convention . "
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MoTrBAM . —Mr . Brophy , from Dublin , lectured here on Saturday aud Sunday last , to respectable audiences . ' ' [' : ¦ : . Ckorley . —Cheering accounts reach us from this place ; the cause sc ems to be going gloriously . Cbieff . —On Wednesday the 23 rd ult ., a iar ^ e and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of this place v / aa held in the Weavers' Ha , ll ^ when Mr . Abram Duncan delivered a lecture .
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7 QL . Y . K 0 . 225 . SATURDAY ^ MARCH 5 ,: 1842 . " ^^ S ^^^^ - "
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Sheffield . —Political Institute . —On Sunday evening last , We . William Gill lectured to a crowded audience at this place . Subject— "The preseat prospects of Chartism . " :
Ojj Monday Evening the large room was agafa filled by a respectable audience , to hear a discussion " On the reasonableness of the People ' s Charter becoming the law of thft land . " Mr . William Gill opened the discussion by explaining how the People's Charter first originated , and concluded an abla speech by explaining the six points separately , which gave general satisfaction . Several questions were asked , and answered to the great satisfaction of the meeting . Afterwards several nevf members were enrolled . '
SrocKPofRT . —The Chartists of this town procured the Town Hall last week , issued placards inaouacing a public meeting for Monday evening last , and invited Mr . . James Leachi of Manchester , to take part in tno proceediiigg ; Accordingly the Stpckpdrt tlads assenlbled very numerouElyj and passed similar resolutions in favour of the Charter to thosa carried at the great twenty ; thousand demonstration held at Manchester last week , without the lea ^ t opposition . ¦ .-: '•• . : AIanchesteb , — -A meeting of the manufacturers was held on Tuesday , near the Exchange , Mr .
Bright , of Rochdale , was elected chairman . Mr Alderruan Brooks , and several others , addressed tho meeting . A resolution , condemnatory of tho Corn Law , was carried , and a petition founded on the same ; but neither the Suffrage nor tho Ballot was mentioned , either in the speeches , resolution , or the petition . [ This ehows the sincerity of the Leaguer $ t in their sudden conversion to Chartism . Let the people mark the fact 5 and mark it well J ^ -Ed . 1 Lees . —A lecture was delivered in the Chartist Room , Lees , on Tuesday night last , by Mr . Thomas Hannam . .. ¦ :.. ' . ' ¦ . •' . '• ¦¦ .- ' \ --, ; > "¦ .-. ¦ ¦ ¦ : : .. ¦ ¦ - ¦ '
Staieybridse . —Mr . Heiiry Candy delivered an excellent lecture in the Chartist Room , on the principles of the JCharter , our present position , and the necessity of firmness to attain ohioa . tTi , VERSTON . —Mr . J . T . Lund lectured here on Thnrsdavj the : 24 ( h instant , to an overflowing audience . ' ' ¦' . " ¦ ..: \ - - ' . " ¦ ¦ - .... ;> v ^ -,. ' .. .- ¦ . YoEK . —At a meeting of the Council , on the 27 tb instant ^ ^ it was resolved , That the ABsooiatioa Room be open , fer reading and discussion * every Sunday evening ;; the public to be admitted free . " . ToDMOBDEN . —The weekly meeting of thjttflfiB ^ S v was held on Monday , when it waa rcsrflH ^ iwt ^^ ys any person wishing to visit Todmorden ' j % jKnS ^^ f ^» shall correspond and make awangemenjwHBKa » ad * f ^^ Y sub-secretary , Robert Brook , and brineJ 5 wEM ^ v . ' ' % J A of membership from the society he b ^ S £ lW ^^ i ^>!^ J » \ HARWooD .-The Rev . William ^ fSi ^ oi ^ t * S& ^ SS rota Manchester , delivered an iauMKHsn ^ MSmrm rf + JJ * iS in the Independent Chapei , to a « 5 S § h ^ Jf W * Jr about five or six hundred , on the vnm ^ & ^ WkMt M » ¦'¦ " ' ¦ ' People ' s Charter , and the means to beesiBtfrfmWMMl ^ Af ts attainment . ''¦> " . - ' - ; : , ' :- "¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ v .., - ¦ ¦ - ~^* . % jT ] % ^^ - £ tt ' ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦
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