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TO THE CHARTIST 3 0 ~ £ THE EAST AND NOKTB HIDINGS OF YORKSHIRE . Brother Chartists , —We have been place ; bj you , through your delegates , in an honourable situation , and \ re now call upon yoa to enable us to di * charge our duty alike honourably . An East and North Riding lecturer hai been engaged , and to na be frill look , for that remuneration for bis services to which he is entitled . We hare authorised Mr- Skevington to receive from , the Various localities their weekly quota towards hit salary ; and , in addition to that , ire call
• opoa the Tirieus localities to also forward something more towards defraying his coach-f » re from Loughborough and back , as that is not calculated on in the amount already charged . We hope this will be proper ' . y understood and acted on immediately ; and that _ car " ' , Mai ton , Peckiington , and Beverley will do their duty ; and , should there be any overplus , it will be accounted for to the delegates at the next meeting . "We remain , Tour ' s , in the bonds of TJnion ,
EDWiBD Bublet , Secretary William Croft , Treasurer . Committee Room , Ebor Tavern , Fossgate , York , October 12 th , 1841 .
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ACCRXWGTON . 0 THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION RESIDENT IN THE NORTHERN DIVISION OF
LANCASHIRE . Brother Chartists , —I have received cheering accounts from different towns visited by our talented lecturer , that the cause of Chartism is rapidly progressing ; that the numbers of the Association are greatly increasing , and taat towns in which there were bo joined members of the Association , are now forming themselves , and enrolling their names as -members of our great National Charter Association .
^ This , my friends , is what I expected would take place from agitation and the diffusion of political knowledge amongst the people ; hut in order to keep up the fire ¦ which has now begun to burn , it is indispensably necessary that some talented lecturer should be kept continually lecturing amongst us , for assisting the formation of a union of good men and true , that will stand against the betrayal of false friends , ani the persecution of our enemies . You are , my friends , aware that the period for ¦ which we engaged our worthy lecturer draws near a close , and in order to give you an opportunity of re electing him , or choosing some other before his time expires , it is my duty to call a delegate
meeting , to take place at Blackburn , on the 24 :-h day of October , the delegates to meet at one o ' clock precise l y , at Mr . Aspden ' s , at the Temperance Hotel , Darwen-street ; and having read in last week ' s paper , with feelings of the greatest pleasure , the wise and important plans laid down by the Executive , for our fururs guidance , in getting up an agitation unparalleled in the annal 3 of our country , " in favour of the glorious Charter of our rights , I coe Eider it to be the duty of every man who has one spark of liberty in his bo 3 om , to come forward at this most important crisis , and assist the Executive in their noble exertions they are now making , to drive from the hive those drones which hare so long lived upon the industry of the bees .
My friends , tbey have a right to expect it from ns ; for it was ourselves that elected them to fili the honourable , but important aud dangerous Eitaation that they now ho : d ; and being n ^ n possessed of the greatest courage , honesty , and perseverance , they are entitled to the united and ztklous support of the members of the Association ; and I feel confident that the men of North Lancashire will come forward and nobly do their duty , and show to the "world that the seeds of liberty sown by the immortal patriot , Henry Hunt , were sown in gosd ground , and have produced an abundance of good spirits- |; hat are now ready to take an active pars in making our country" Great , glorious , and free , First fienrer of the earth , first gem of the sea . "
I trust to call your attention to that part of the plan published by the Executive , tkat s ; 3 te 3 their determination of summoning a Convention to . meet early the next year in London ; so that you may be able to instruct your delegates to come to the next delegate meeting that will be held on the 24 th of this month in Blaekbnrn , whether you are able and ¦ stilling to elect a member to the Convention for the northern division of the county , for J perceive that they have agreed that two members shall be sent for the county . I adopt this course , my friends , to save expence , and I have no doubt yoa will be able to decide the question without any more meetings upon the subject . I remain , your obedient servant
wm . Beestet , District Secretary . P . S . Those place ? which have not joined the district may do so by sending either a letter or a delegate to Blickburn , if they request it ; there are several places wanted to makeup the number . I . ' Bacup , Bamowlswick , Darwen , Haslingden , or Sabden would send a delegate , they would be able to make arrangements to have the lecturer regular at their respective places . If ths Secretary for the district in which Mr . Bairstow lectures , will have the kindness to give his address to Mr . Beesley , Abbeystr eet , Accrington , he wiil much oblige him .
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? ADDRESS TO THE MEN OF CORNWALL . Friends ajtc > Brethren , —It becomes our duty to invite you , according to the country motto , " one and all , " to come forward and join in the great national struggle which now is made by men a * d women in all parts of England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , in order that we may gain for ourselvts a fair share of political power , that our wants and our trades may be fairly protected , and that each man of sound mind , unconvicted of crime , as the age of twenty-one , may have the power of voting for members of Parliament ; for , my friends , it is not either fair or just that bricks and mortar should be allowed to vote , and that the productive classes be passive slaves , subservient to lawa which they tnemteb-es have no controul over . Remember , you " . are compelled by law , made to serve the interests of your oppressors , to work hard from noon to n > ght for a mere crust , to supply a set of idle drones with money which they extort from you in the shape of taxes , which ia caused by class-legislation .
0 , my friends , were you fairly represented in the Commons' House of Parliament , by your otto representatives , with power to act for the interest of the country at large ; do you suppose that , as your servants , they would act as at present , if they knew you had power over them to discharge them if they uegk-ct-ed to legislate for the general welfare ? No , my friends , the country would not be satisfied without they did their duty as men ; therefore , we call on yon , in the name of humanity , to come forward and help us to get rid of such a set of devouring drones that keep you in subjection only by guns and bayonet 3 and other physical-force instruments , and a Frenchified police , to carry out their black designs , to swear away your lives and liberiy ' if it suits their purposes .
You well remember when that most detested faction , the Whigs , called on you to coma forward in the majesty of your strength , and , by your countless numbers , return them to power , and then they would obtain for you your rights , aad redress your grievances . Now , are you satisfied with th ^ m ? Ye-3 , my friends , wa think we hear your answer—11 They have had nine years' power to opprefig the country , by enacting some of the most base , bloody , and brutal Iaw 3 that ever disgraced a nation . " -But the country has manfully done its duty by sending thcsa about their busine » 3 ; for it eVer a set of noodles merited it , the Whig faction did . Instead of redressing your grievances , aad giving to every man liberty , they gave you a most abominable Poor
Law Amendment Act , winch punishes poverty as a crime , separates husband from wife , and tears the weeping mother from her offspring . They have passed a most abominable Coercion Bill , established police spies , and made England a model for separate system prison ? , and provided yon with ma ^ lis . They have added eisht millions of additional debt , an 1 imprisoned 450 of your best men for instructing the people how to redress their grievances . Now , my friends , the Whigs have died a most abominable death , and the bell has done lolling . A bolder 3 et of public plunderers have seized the reins
of Government , and think to reign over you , whic will and must add to your burdens , by creating ne taxe 3 , new emoluments , and fresh pensions , 1 reward your late oppressors , wio have spoken ev against you . Now , -we ask yon , as men , are yc trilling to submit to such a state of things , and i be gorerned by such a- set of desperadoes ? If yoi answer is " No , never , " then we entreat you to con forward and lend a hand , and join the gre : National Charter Association ; for bear in mind tbi unity is strength , and strength is power , " and unt we get that power we must be in the most wretche state .
We ask yon , as men , are you comfortable « ycur present situation in Cornwall ! Are your table well supplied , your children well clad , your wive comfortable ! Is your labour protected ? If not so are yon willing to stand by , and see your son obliged to leave the land of their birth , to scavengi through Cuba , Tan Dieman's Land , and variou ether foreign countries , to obtain a living whicl they ought to demand from the lasd of their birth a their inalienable rigkt , every day bringing fresl n ws that such & one is no more ! If your answe is that you wish to alter your present degradec position , then come forward with the Eame . unitei petition as you did when you petitioned for tb < release of your countryman , Trelawney , whioa peti foon was gn&ted by the King ,
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We want your co-operation in forwarding a National Petition , with 60 , 000 Cornish boys to sign it , to make up the number of four millions of signatares , and two men from every county to carry it to the House of corruptibles ; and then our request will be granted , and the Cornishmen will nobly hare done their duty , and will reap the benefit of an upright Government which will make equal laws and equal rights . ( Signed ) " One and all , " In behalf of the Redruth Charter Association . Oct . 11 th , 1841 .
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Makylebonb . —Mr . W . Garried will lecture at the Working Men ' s Hall , Circns-street , New-road , on Sunday , at half-pasl seven o ' clock in the evening . Subject , " The history , nature , and power of public opinion . " Mr . Morgan's Route . —Mr . Morgan lectures at Usworth , on Tuesday next ; at Fatfield , on Wednesday ; at Hcbbron , on Thursday " , at Carville , on Friday , each evening at six o ' clock ; and on Snnday , the " 24-, i inst ., in the Chartist ' s Hall , Goat lun , Cloth Market , at half-past six . Basford . —The Chartists of thi 3 place have determined on a tea party , on Tuesday next , at tbe house of M . Sminton , Hare and Hounds Inn . Tickets for which may be had of the following persons : — John Hickliug , Dobb Park , Edward Toulson , John Brown , William Brown , Parsons Fiat .
Sheffifld . —Mr . Otley will lecture in the room , Fig Tree-lane , on Sunday evening next , at seven o ' clock . Subject , " The wisdom of our ancestors . " Brombrrb O'Bbien . —This gentleman will lecture in Sheffield , on the evenings of Monday and Tuesday next . At the time of sending this to the Star OiHce , the Council bad notsneceedtd in getting a sufficiently large place of meeting—but , before this appears in print , a place will have been secured , and full particulars be announced by public placard . A select party of friends will honour Mr . O'Brien with a dinner on the evening of Tuesday preceeding the lecture , ( particulars as to hour and place will be << iven in the bills . ) Tickets , Is . 6 a . each may be had at the room , Fig Tree-lane , on Sunday sTening .
Mr . Marsden ' s Route . —Mr . Marsden will lecture in the following places : —Monday , at Preston ; Tuesday and Wednesday , at Clitheroe ; Thursday , a ; Barnoldswick ; Friday , at Colne ; Saturday , at Accrington ; Monday 2 oib , at Blackburn ; Tuesday 26 rh , at Sabden ; Wednesday 27 th , at Burnley ; Thursday 28 : h , at Bacup ; Friday 29 th , at Daiwen ; and Saturday 30 th , at Chorley . Mr . D . Tatior ' s Routk . —On Sunday , at Hucknall Torkard ; Monday , Bullwell Forest ; Tuesday , Old Basford ; Wednesday , Carrington ; Thursday , Carlton . The- friends at the above places will announce their own time of meeting , and make it as public as possible . London . —Mr . Ridley will lecture on the 21 st inst ., at nine o ' clock , at the Red Lion , King-street , Golden-square .
Haslet . —It has been resolved that a ball shall take place at the large room , George and Dragon Ian , New-street , Hanley , on Monday evening , Oct . 25 ; h , tbe proceeds to be appropriated to Chartist purposes . Tickets , 6 d . each , may be had of the , following persons " . —Joseph Heath ' s Slack-lane , Hauley ; Jeremiah Yates , Miles Bank , and Mosee ' Simpson , Pall Mall , Shelton . ! Lectcre . —Mr . G . B . Mart , will finish his lecture i on the subject of the " Sins of Church and State , " i on Monday eyening , in the National Charter Asso-I ciation Room , Hanley . i Mr . Duffy ' s proposed Route . —Mr . Duffy in-I tends going to Lancaster , to visit his father , one of I the exiled patriots of Ireland of 17 S 8 , aged upwards
of ninety years , and has been advised to go by short ; stages and visit his Chartist brethren in the follow-• ing places , during the next week , in his route , under 1 the consideration that his health , although much ; improved , would not yet justify excessive fatigue . [ Mr . D ., in accordance with this advice , will visit : Ripponden on Monday next , and will be most happy j io racet all the Chartists ( as well as Whigs and ; Tories ) of that district and explain his principles , : and support them in discussion in or out of doors , as ' may be most convenient , at any hour after four '; o ' clock : he will call on Mr . Philip Piatt . On Tuesday , Mr . D . will be at the service of the meu of 5 Hebden Bridge , in the same way . At Todmorden ie will attend on Wednesday . At Haslingden , on ¦ "hnrsday . At Colne , on Friday . At Burnley , on , Sa-urday . And at Blackburn , on Sunday . —Mr . D .
would be glad to hear from any friends wishing him to visis them in the neighbourhood of Lancaster , while he remains there , or on his return from that p ' ace to Leeds . Letters to be addressed to him at Mr . Jame 3 Duffy's , Sugar-house Alley , Greenaire , Lancaster . Newton Heath . —Mr . Wm . Booth will lecture in the Association Room , here , on Monday , October 25 tb , at eight o'clock in the evening . Rochdale . —The Demonstration Committee is requested to meet in the room , School-lane , on Sunday morning next , at ten o ' clock . Mr . Cartledge will lecture there in the afternoon , at half-past two .
North aud East Ridings . —Mr . Skeyington , the North and East Riding lecturer , will visit the following places during the next weak : —Beverley , Monday the 18 th ; Hull , Tuesday the 19 th ; Scarborough , Wednesday and Thursday , the 20 th and 21 si ; and Malton , Friday the 22 nd . He will be at Leeds , on Sunday and Monday , the 24 th * nd 25 th . The secokb East tad North Riding delegate meeting will be held in the Association Room , Ebor Tavern , Sfcraker's Passage , Fossgate , York , on Sanday , the 3 lBt October , at ten o ' clock in the morning , when it is hoped that every town in the above Ridings will send delegates , as business of importance wiil be brought forward . Those localities who cannot send delegates must send their views by letter . Any person willing to become lecturer for the East and North Riding district of Yorkshire must forward their address to the Secretary , Edward Burley , 19 , Bilton-etreet , Layerthorp , York .
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Derbyshire . —Mr . Bairstow , the missionary , will lecture at Bonsall on Monday , and on Tuesday atMatlock . ^ ;) \ ' ¦ ' ^ : / : /•; Bradford . —A sermon will be preached in the National Charter Association room , White Abbey , on Sunday next , by Mr . J . Alderson , lit the afternoon , at half-past two o ' clock ; and in the evening , at six o ' clock , by Mr . J . Arran , when a collection will be made for books after each sermon .
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The Armstrong Liter Pills are recommended a 3 an Anti-bilious medicine , to every sufferer from bilious oomplaintB and indigestion , or from an inactive liver , and are procurable at all Druggists , and at the Northern Star office . It is only necessary to see that the stamp has "Dr . John Armstrong ' s Liver PHIb" engraved on it in white letters , and to lefc no one put you off with any other pills . N . B . —The Pills in the boxes enclosed , in marbled paper , and marked B ., are a very mild aperient , and are particularly and universally praised . They are admirably adapted for sportsmen , agriculturists , men of business , naval and military men ; as they contain no mercury or calomel , and require neither confinement to the house , nor restraint in diet .
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PU 3 LIC MEETING AT THE ROYAL BATH GARDENS , NEW ROAD , CHELSEA . On Wednesday evening , a publie meeting was held in the spiendid theatre of the above place . The meeting was got up in a few hours' notice . The weather was unfavourable , yet at the hoar appointed , ( seven o ' clock , ) the Theatre and every avenue to it was crowded to excess . These rooms are the head quarters of the anti-Corn Association , who , with all their expense and exertions , can never half filLthem ; yet a single boar dm an and fifty placards , net posted till the middle of the day , was sufficient to- attract not only a host of working men , many of whoa were Irishmen , but also a very considerable number of middle class gentlemen .
Mr . Ridley was unanimously called to the cbair He said—Brothers and Sisters , we are met here this evening for the purpose of considering the best means of obtaining justice to England and to Ireland . We are noc met hero to seek for ourselves what we would deny to others . We are for liberty for all , without distinetion of creed , class , or colour . We take our stand on the broad principles of truth and justice . You will also remember that this 13 no inhabitant , no rate-payers' meeting . Any person willing to come forward either to speak for or against the resolutions which may be proposed shall have a fair , just , aud manly hearing ; for it is my opinion that those principles which wiil not bear discussion are rotten at tho core . We court , we invite disouesion . We believe that our principles are just-we will place them cordially before y <> u , and leave you to decide . Two gentlemen have been
invited to attend this meeting—the one is Mr . O'Connor , the Champion of Equal Rights and Laws ; tho other is Mr . Sidney Smith , the Champion of the Cheap Bread Question . ( Mr . O'Connor h « re arrived , and was greeted with great enthusiasm . ) Mr . Feargus O'Connor is here to address you , and I have no doubt , from the love that Mr . Smith always professes to bear to the inhabitants of Chelsea , that he will be here also , to prove to yon , by calm reasoning and fair argument , that his principles , and the means by which he advocates them , are superior to ours ; and that you will calmly and patiently decide , according to your judgment , which plan will be most likely to ensure benefit to your order ef society ; you have placed me at your head to command silence , and I know that you will give to all a fair hearing , that you will be guided by reason and justice , and determine according to the dictates of your conscience .
A gentleman in the meeting here stated that he had seen Mr . Smith at two o'clock ; and until informed by himself , Mr . Smith was not aware of the meeting , and therefore could not attend : he had not then received the letter . Mr . Dallibab moved the following resolution : — " That this meeting hail with delight and gratitude their noble champion Feargus O'Connor , and hereby reiterate their determination never to relax in their exertions until the People ' s Charter shall become the law , and Frost , Williams , and Jones are returned to their native land . They are also of opinion that justice will never be done to oppressed and insulted Ireland , until the Act of Union between the two countries be repealed , and classlegislation for ever be banished our shores . "
The first part of this resolution had been entirely verified by the enthusiastic reception they had given to their noble champion , Feargus O'Connor . For what had he been taken from them i for what had he been incarcerated 1—why for advocating the rights of the peeple . The Attorney-General and the Whig Government , finding they could not bring a charge of sedition against him ; finding tbey coulJ not accuse him of treason , either against the Sovereign , or the Sovereign People , set their invention to tbe rack , and accused him of the undefined crime of libel , and convicted him on an act which is a disgrace to our statute book . He trusted they would never relax in their exertions until the Charter became the law of the land . He trusted they would act upon the advice of the Wbigs in 1831 , that taxation without representation was tyranny , and ought to be resisted . ( Loud cheering .
Mr . Dowling—I rise for the purpose of seconding the resolution , with which I most cordially agree . Never did the sun rise upon a man more deserving of y our admiration than O' Connor . We have mueh to thank him for—we have to thank O'Connor for the restoration of the Dorchester labourers—we have to thank him for the liberation of the Glasgow Cotton Spinners—we have to thank O'Connor for tho upright , straightforward , and consistent manner in which he has acted during our present agitation ; an agitation carried on in the most orderly and peaceful manner ; and yet we are accused of being violent men—accused too by the Whigs ! Where is their bluBh of shame when they think of Bristol in flames —of Nottingham in ruins ! But then they tell us of
Newport . My friends , John Frost fell a victim to a most foul conspiracy—he was convinted and banished our shores contrary even to law , in the face of the decision of nine of her Majesty ' s Judges . Thisis what they call justice . Why , if he had been an aristocrat , be would have been tried by his peers , and a verdict returned of " Not guilty 'pon my honour . " How was it possible he could have a fair trial , when the very jurors who oonvioted , were returningfpublic thanks to God for delivering them from his foul treason ! O'Connor had procured the return of the Dorchester Labourers—of the Glasgow Cotton Spinners , and trusted that he would soon be able to procure the return of these patriots also . In that part of the resolution , advocating the Repeal of the Union , he also agreed . Would they , the parishioners of Chelsea like the parishioners of another parish to transact their local business ? Let him refer them to America . There every State of the Union had
its local legislature , though all acknowledged ono general head . This is all we claim for Ireland ; and she will never obtain substantial justice until the Union is repealed and the Charter becomes the law of both countries . O ! but some Bay we go too far—it is too much to ask for a voice in the making of those Iaw 3 which we are compelled to support and obey . Working men , do you not adopt this plan in your benefit , in your trade and other societies ? why not then in the national society ? But they are afraid of our making a bad use of the power ; we are not educated enough . I say give us the power , we well know how to exercise it ; and if we do not , we will soon learn . You set the apprentice to work to learn his trade ; set us to work and we will speedily learn . You will excuse any deficiency of language in me , as I am but a bard-working man . Mr . D . sat down amid loud cheering . The resolution was then put and carried unanimously .
Mr . O'Connor rose to address them amid ? t the acclamations of the whole assembly . —Mr . Chairman and Chartists of Chelsea , it is with feelings of no slight pleasure and gratitude that I hare witnessed your enthusiastic reception of me on this my firat visit to Chelsea ; it convinces me that you are actuated by the same feelings as myself—a determination to struggle for equal rights . Although Chelsea is an isolated spot , almost out of tho metropolis , yet in common with other localities , I have had my eye upon you ; and as many fractions make up a whele , so I have been proud to see that , daring my absence while in England , Scotland , and Ireland , have been rousing their myriads into action , you in Chelsea have not been asleep . You have been active
in disseminating your principles : proceed in this manly course ; proceed as your Chairman has told you , by fair argument and open discussion to meet yonr opponents , and you may rely upon it that though yoa have been maligned , and slandered , and villified , when your principles come to be known the tongue of the slanderer will be silenced , and those who have maligsed and villified you be put to rout . Yon have invited Sydney Smith to attend here , not as an opponent , but for the purpose of discovering truth ; wo would receive him not as an enemy , but as the staple commodity of disoussion ; and you would have passed your « pinion as to whether his principles or my principles were most in
accordance with truth and justice . Mr . Smith complains of the short notice , and of not being properly invited , * he received nearly at early invitation as myself ; if the letter of invitation has not reached him , still the gentleman who waited upon him informs yes that he was not ignorant of the meeting . Inhabitants of Chelsea , Mr . Smith would have appeared before yon with advantages superior to myself ; he is well known to most of you ; his principles he has laid many times before you ; while you are now listening to rue for the first time . True , thanks to tbe exertions of the working men , my principles are not utterly unknown to you . The stonemason who has addressed yon stated that you were resolved to Mt en the advice of the premier
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and take yonr affairs into your own hands . You only needed my assistance to collect this assembly together , and J felt ; . it ; a duty aad a pleasure to attend ana address yon . Throwing over the first part of the resolution , relative to myself , I will come to the next part , your determination to attain the Charter . Men of Chelsea , you have tried all forms of government ; you have been ruled first b y one party and then by the other party ; and what has been the result ! why poverty has increased , distress , ruin , and national bankruptcy are staring us in the face . What conclusion can we come to but that these systems of government are based on wrong principles , and that we must return to the old plan when taxation and representation were co-extensive—when
England was happy and flourishing . Do we ask too much f We ask not for what belongs to others , we ask only for our own ; we only ask them to give us what they have found so beneficial for themselves . We find that those who have not got the vote are involved in distress , while those who have got the vote are generally strangers to distress . Bat they say they are afraid to trust you ; that yon would build up your principles in the destruction of others ; that you would produce anarchy and confusion . How was their Reform Bill based but on human bloodbuilt on the rains of cities , cemented by discord and confusion 1 Whilst , with one solitary exception , during the whole of our agitation no blood has been shed , no lives have been sacrificed ; no law has been
violated , except it be a violation of the law for the blistered hands who have suffered from being ruled wrongfully in their endeavour to obtain the power to rule themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) I appear before you , not as an inhabitant of Chelsea , but as a citizen of the world . For three years I represented in Parliament the largest constituency in the empire ; and the result of my experience was , that nothing but Universal Suffrage would ensure peace , justice , and prosperity to all classes of society . Yes , middlo class , it is your interest to obtain Universal Suffrage ; yet you would ratner cling to the present system which is fast bringing you to ruin—which involved the wreck of your own so « ial rights—which causes Saturday
night io come \ nth an empty till ; still you would rather cling to this , and allow the oligarchy of the country to drive you to ruin , than join the people in their legal and peaceful agitation for equal rights for yourselves and for them , which would produce prosperity and plenty—which would ensure your social and political rights , and renove the evil of an empty till—which would remove the pressure of the manufacturer from your shoulders , for the manufacturing interest is fast swamping that of tho shopkeepers , like the great pike in the fishpond , and they will speedily swallow up all the smaller fry . Its is to obviate this fatal result that we are endeavouring to obtain the People ' s Charter . We havo been accused of turning out the Whigs .
I am a barrister , acknowledged to be in good praotice ; but I have to learn one good law that the Whigs havo passed : I look throngh their ten years of Reformed Government , and , first , I see coercion for Ireland ; in the middle I see starvation for England ; and at the end I see them funding Exchequer Bills to aggravate the debt in which they have involved us . The only remedy for this is the Charter . I hare 6 pent £ 10 , 000 of my own money in forwarding the cause . I am no peddling politician ; I have never travelled a single mile at the expenco of the people ; I have never had a single meal at their expence . I do not travel with a bundle of polities on my back , ready to pull out any sample of principle which may best suit mv
customers . ( A printed bill was here received from Sidney Smith , shewing that he was en-gaged to lecture that evening . ) Cheap bread and high wages —" alarge loaf and plenty ta do . " Mr . Smith promises you . We have no objection to the laTge loaf , but can dispense with the " plenty to do , " as we already have too much to- do ; we work too much , for others to enjoy the profit . Men of Chelsea , did you ever hear talk of a dear ox and cheap beef—of the fabrics which you produce being almost given away , and yet you to get high wages ! ( Hear , hear . ) Sureli f , Mr . Smith aud the Cora Law Repealers must have discovered the philosopher ' s stone ; but they let out the secret too early ; they informed you they wanted cheap bread t » enable them to compete with the
foreign manufacturer ; they want you to work for nothing , to be their slaves , that they may be able to undersell and starve the slaves on the continent . Our Chairman truly said that we were cosmopolites ; we do not want to ruin the foreign artizauvwodo not want you to be slaves for the whole world that a class of aristocrats may live m idleness . But how has this cry of choap bread originated ? Did they care about y « u < paying dear for your bread trll the shoe pinched them ! No ! Then , let them- fight like the two Kilkenny catB , until there is only the tail of one of them left . _ Yes , the landed and the manufacturing interest is fast ; swallowing up all other interest's , and yet the middle classes * assist them . Is this not extraordinary ? What is the
House of Commons but the representatives of the shopocracy ? and when they aaked for a Poor Eaw to grind the working classes to starvation point , what said the shopkeepers 1 Oh yes ! and we wHl give you a rural police too , to keep them down if they murmur ; but a change is coming . When I was in Sheffield a few days ago at oar demonstration in the Theatre Royal , pit , stage , and boxes were crowded with middle-classmen and manufacturers ; in the box I sat in , I had a manufacturer on each side of me . I have been so used to the company of the blistered hands and the unshorn chins , I thought there must bi some mistake , that I must be in the wrong box ; but ; it was all right . I askod my neighbours if they were Chartists ! " Oh yes ! "" I inquired how lone ?
" O ! since our trade has left us . I told them that as prevention was better than cure , ib was a pity they had not been Chartists before , and then they mi ^ ht have retained their trade . This they acknowledged , but said it was better late than never , and they must make up for it by being better Chartists ; by working double tides ; and , my Chelsea friends , this you will find will be the case . ( Loud cheers . ) I never yet knew a man , I care not to what ekes he belongs , that when our principles were plaoed before him , in fair language , and properly explained , that did not become a Chartist to the backbone . Why was I incarcerated ! why were nearly 590 of my fellow Chartists incarcerated , but because the Whigs
dreaded the power of our principles—because they feared tbe effects of free discussion . Ihey have attempted to raise a prejudice against us by saying we were physical-force men . Why , if we had ever been so inclined , we never had the means . Our opponents had the bombs , the muskets , the swords , the army , tho police , and all the instruments of warfare . We had to oppose to this the cannons ' roar of a nation ' s voice , demanding Universal Suffrage . And when they found our weapons so ill matched—when they found that they could not shoot a principle , nor stab a proposition , then said they we must silence these men—we must put them where their voice will not be heard—where the people may sigh in vain for the advice of their leaders . They
acted on this dastardly principle ; and how havo they succeeded ! Why , of 450 . who have endured imprisonment varying from six months to two years , not one has proved a traitor : all have come out of the furnace like pure gold , without alloy or dross ; and we are continually adding to our ranks by dribblinga from the middle classes . But we have now got the quack doctor Peel to remedy all bar diseases ; but we are on tho alert—we are not to be deceived . I have intently watched all parties : ; I am well acquainted with public affairs ; I have attended more public meetings than any man of the age ; I hava deeply studied the subject ; and X positively declare , that if I was worth ten millions of money , whether it was in land , in funded property
or in hard gold , I would rather rely for its safety on a Commons' House of Parliament elected by the blistered hands , than on one elected by the professions , and the Church , and the State . The Parliament elected by these classes has been tried , and found wanting : it has eaten up every right of the working man ; like the large pike in the fish-pond , all is swallowed down its ponderous jaws . They have passed statutes and acts of limitation on every possible plea ; but they have no power to foreclose the rights of man with us ; there are no statutesof limitation , our rights are for all time . Whenever we have the power we can go into court with clean hands , and demand the restoration of our own ; we will defy them to demur at our claims . The Whigs have said to the landlords , we will give
you 25 per cent , of the parson ' s property ; to the parsons , we will quarter your sons upon tho Pension List ; and to the pensioners wo will give you pickings out of the taxes : and they have all agreed to club together , to live on the people ; but we must let them understand that they are unin vited guests , and that we are not inclined to play the hospitable host . Our ancestors , more wise than we , when the property of the Catholic hierarchy was divided , when the monasteries and the abbeys were dissolved , ' played their cards well ; they only allowed the aristocracy the use of this property , on the condition of their giving farm house and rights of hospitality to all eomera . We hare a right to go to the Duke of Bedford ' s , at Woburn , for this ; as much right as the landlord has to come to us for
his rent ; for statutes were not made to lose all their force , when applied to the rich , and to be binding only on the poor ; your predecessors had no power to surrender your rights ; you were no parties to the bargain . It would have been equally consistent tot a parliament sitting fifty years ago to have forbid you make use of gas , or of the invention of steam , as for them at that d * y to legislate away the rights of the present day . ( Mr . O'Connor here , in a nervous and effective manner , entered into the subject of Baptist Noel ' s pamphlet , showing that vice , idleness , and immorality would speedily vanish before the virtuous determination of a anited and represented people . ) He also appeared before them as the advocate of a repeal of the legislative union with Ireland . If it lay in his power to
prevent it , England should never have her rights a day , an hour , before Ireland had her rights . What must he , as an Irishman , feel to im . his country ' s
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Erosperity blasted—to see the children of the land e adored wanderers from the country of their birth , begging in a strange land for the alms of the benevolent 1 Was it not enough to make the soul shrink and the blood recoil to think that men dearly attached to their native soil , should be compelled to desert their birthnght , from inability to proaure even the barest pittance imaginable ? There is no man loves his home and his country more than an Irishman . Let bis cares be ever so great , his privations ever so numerous , still he clings to his cabin , still is he content to labour for a bare subsistence , till hunger stares him in the face , and compels him to leave his much loved Emerald Isle . What is it that draws the Irishman to foreign climes ? Why , class
legislation . What would you say if , as our speaker , the stonemason , asked you , the inhabitants of Kensington and Hammersmith were to transact your parish business 1 But you may tell me that Ireland has a Parliament of her own , though it sits here in England . True , she has ; but their voices are controlled by the majority of the English Members ; and if they were even to sit in Ireland , the evil would be but little remedied . Ireland wants a Parliament of her own election on the broad basis of the People ' s Charter ; and than , and not till then , will Ireland get rid of her numerous grievances ; of a State Church at' variance with the "feelings of most of her inhabitants . ( Hear , hear . ) ( Mr . O'Connor here entered into an affecting detail
of the Rathoormac massacre , aad that he had seen the widowed and childless Mrs . Collins sucking the blood from out of the bosoms of her sons , two fine young men , one twenty-three , the other twenty-five years old , who had left home that morning in health and spirits , but who laid lifeless with Christian bullets in their bosoms . Yet the Whig Parliament gave a million of money to this Irish shooting Church . They never attempted to remove this mighty grievance . I would rather see my country a desert than see her energies thus prostrated . Why would not the Whigs attack this monster Church ? Why , because this Church gave pap to their younger sons , and they thought that the example might be cont&gioaa , and that you
Protestants might think you paid too much for your own Reformed Law Church , which is drawing ten millions annually from your hard earnings . Yes , men of Chelsea , your State Church pats you three millions more than even your standicg army ; and yet you are heavily burdened with that—yes , a standing army , to keep you m vassalage , and enable them to shoot the innecent Chinese . ( Hear , hear . ) But , my frfends , you are told , if you do not like this , you can emigrate . That is much like telling a blind man to see . I too am for emigration , but I voiild select a proper cargo . I would select one of the largest steam vessels in the king&oK , and I would freight it with a cargo of bishops , parsons , and pensioners , and
I would charter it for Australia or Van Dieaian ' s Land , or any where from whence they could never return again , and I would give them a good sprinkling of barristers and lawyers to fill up the complement ; and with such a car # 03 entout of the country I have no fear that you wosld find population press upon the means of subsistence . ( Tremendous cheering . > Bnt no , they lovo the fot of the land too well to emigrate ; they hava got machinery as a substitute for onr labour ; they ha < ve got machinery io make pocket-handkerchiefs , to meke their lace veils-, to make everything they stand in need of , and what they cannot get at home they want free trade to get from abroad . Do not mistake me , I am for free trade ; bat ere I embark my ship , I want the
Charter pilot on board . I would net even embark Philpotts and his ' crew without having the humanity co give them' a good pilot on board ; . then , with the Chartist pilot on board , and the fair wind of the Suffrage , we would soon steer our free-trade bark into the haven of prosperity ; but no < : they want the free trade in corn , and they want a monopoly of legislation . Look at your local legislation ; why , you blistered hanct » have to pay for gaa that lights the lamp before fch « nobleman ' s door , while your home is involved in darkness . You can grope your way in darkness , but the aristocrat , poor creature , he wants a lamp to light his steps j but , then , the rate-oolleotor comes round as sure as death or quarter-day , to you for yeur quota of the expence .
—The policeman too , he wants a * light to enable him to distinguish tho difference between fustian and broad cloth ; and if he meets a broad clofcH , whe , by some fatality , has mistaken the lamp-post for his bed-post , why he takes-him up as tenderly as a basket of eggs . " Poor gentleman ; " see to his money , Tom , and take him safe-home ; call next day for-your reward : but if it should happen to be a fustian , knock him down , take him to the station-house , and fine him 5 s . for being drank . ( Mr . O'Connor here west at great length-into the question of machinery as-it affected emplsysnent . and its effect upon- the Corn Laws . ) The cant ory of the day was , throw the poor upon their own resources ; he was for this measure ; : he wanted no Poor laws .
In a country like this there ought to be no poor ; there ought to be a provision for the sick ,, and for those who wore unable to work ; but all the rest he would throw on their own resources . But there should none bo allowed to quarter themselves on the poor roan ' s resources ; he would have all the lice removed from off the back of the beetle ; he would throw the bishop ? , the parsons , the pensioners , the placemen , upon their resources , or if they liked it better , they might emigrate ; ho was a friend to emigration ; but he would Save the men of London , of Rfanchester . of Glasgow , of Dublin , emigrate to Berkshire , to Yorkshire , or any othea place where they could get land . He would compel none to go , but those who preferred Mr . Nod ' s artificial to his natural
state . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) : was acknowledged to be a good practical faamer , as good a one as ever took a plough in hand , and he had made calculations , which none could disprove , that give a man ten acres of land at a fair rent-, say £ 1 an acre , and a man and his wife and five children should have plenty of mutton , pork ,, bread , vegetables , eggs poultry , for his family , without their earning a farthing ,, and £ 45 clear tespend in the manufacturing market . All are not partial to agricultural labour ; bat let ten emigrate to some of our race courses ,, parks , &o ; let some of our large farms be divided ; and then the manufacturing market would be relieved ; masters would no longer have a reserve to fall back on . Others would < see the agricultural
success , woald see that they lived like princes , that thry were prosperous and happy , and would be induced ) to follow theh > example . ( Hear , hear . ) Sydney Smith might then go to Poland or America if he liked for his breakfast ; but we could grow-good breakfasts at h « me . We should give to the landlords a good retail market for their land , instead of an unprofitable wholesale one , and they would then be interested in eur welfare . The Times told them that more churches was the remedy for all our evils ; that we must Tast and pray . We had fasted too long : we wanted the land , aad then we could be able to feast j but because he was opposed to this humbug religion , he was called an Infidel ; ) u& he would leave his actions to speak whether he- did not act more on tho true principles of
religion than the ? o professors . He was a true and sincere Christian . No man more mixed up > the practice of pure religion with the actions of their everyday life than he did ; he longed for the establishment of the Charter to make the present wretched eountry a heaven upon earth . Mr . O'Connor then went into the conduct of the Whig& to John Frost , eulogising his conduct as a mayor , a citizen , a husband , and a father , asd asking if such a man , with such a public and private character , could be the character he was represented to be ; and stating that a day of reckon - ing would yet come , when all should have to appear and be judged by their actions ; then would Frost stand in high pre-eminence over his accus rs . Mr .
O'Connor then , at some length , defended himself from the charge of being a physical force and torch and dagger man , showing that it was Attwoodand Muutz , with their rifle clubs and muskets , sold halfprice , had brought that stigma on the Chartist cause . Mr . O'Connor then referred to an article in last week ' s Dispatch , headed " Political Bloodhounds , " showing that they attaoked us in a similar manner in 1838 ; that they applauded the people in their agitation , till it got too far for their party purposes ; then they turned roundandabusedthorn . He also ridiculed the idea of 'Publicola' being a Republican , and opposed to Universal Suffrage , snowed that when he asked for the Ballot , he was asking for the ladle without the soup ; blamed the working man for allowing those to live upon their resources , who maligned and abused them ; asked them when they went for a Dispatch , next Sunday , to ask for sixpenny worth of political bloodhounds to buy
sixpenny worth of abuse of their own order . He next gave them a glorious account of the demonstrations in the country—how they had buried Whiggism and left room for Toryism by its Bide ^ -ridiculed the idea of some of tho writers for newspapers dogmatising about the Corn Laws , when they scarce knew a grain of corn when they saw it ; advised the people to attend every description of meeting , and in a , calm and manly manner move their amendments , and their opponents must speedily bow before the rushing stream of public opinion ; that like the haughty Dane , the enemy might speak but speak in v&inagainst the will of a nation ; that as soon m ght they stop the sun in his course , as stop our agitation for the Charter ; that the Charter was the mighty magnet that would attract every other shade-of public opinion to its conquering self , and that disdaining the frown of th « rich man , the censure of the interested , the scorning of the fool , he would , until death , atasd firm and conaUtent to our glorious principle * .
Mr . O'Connor waa tremendously cheered throughout th « whole of his address ; both by English , Irith , and Corn-Law Repealers , and sat down amidst thunders of applause , having apoken nearly two hours . Mr . Ridley addressed the meeting at some length ; and , in the nave of Mr . O'Connor , challenged Sidney Smith , or any other Corn-law lecturer . Mr . WHEELERhavingbeencalledfor . brieflyaddressed the meeting . A vote of thanks was given to tbe Chairman and cheers for the Star , victims , & « ., after vbieb , tb » meeting separated .
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NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . SBLBT . ... Thomas Watson , tailor , New-atreet Richard Jakes Birch , flax-dresser , New-lane . Wm . Richardson , watchmaker , Market-place . Wm . Batter , tailor , Hill-gate . Jothern Daultry , engineer , X ew-lane . John Willies , shoemaker , Jf ill-gate . James Bnwster , ditto ; ditto . H . Rockett , grocer , Market Place , sub-Treasurer . Wm . Sutherby , shoemaker , Gowthorp , flub-Secre
STeURBBIDGE . Charles Corry , Brittls-Iane . Frederick Goodfellow , New-street . Samuel Welsh , Lye Waste . Richard Taylor , ditto . John Chance , Old S winford . James Chance , ditto . Francis Forbes , Amblecoate-lane . Wm . Stcele , Brittle-lane . Joseph Freeman , Hay Green . Francis Carey , Brittle-lane , sub-Treasurer Wm . Bowker , Brittle-lane , sub-Secretary .
THOHNTOW . Mr . Henry Htggins , weaver , Clayton . Mr . Thomas Rhodes , weaver , Clayton . Mr . Daniel Wartrarton , weaver , Clayton . Mr . Joseph Rouse , senior , stonemason , Thornton . Mr . James Leach , weaver , Thornton , sub-Treasurer Mr . Joseph Rouse , jun ., stonemason , Thornton , sub Secretary . ' WEST BURY , ( WILTS . ) . James Vincent , teasle-seiter , Church-street . John Biswood , shoemaker . Brook-street
Jacob Applegate , weaver , Beurs Well . , Joan Cockell , J an ., porter , Cautea-street . Henry Wingrove , shoemaker . Church-street , Westbury Leigh . Charles Flay , -wool-sorter , Worminster Road . Henry "Vincent , weaver , Brook-street Benjamin Deacon , patten-maker , Gosling . John Champion , weaver , Monnt Pleasant William Tucker , shoemaker , Mount Pleasant , mfy > Treasurer . Thomas Brice , brusfamaker , Alfred-street , sub-Secre tary .
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Fatai Railway Accident . —On Wednesday night a fatal accident occurred to thekeeper of a gate near Broagh , named Heesom . It appears that as the last train reached the gate kept by deceased , about halfpast nine o ' clock , it being then quite dark , tbe engineer , a very steady man , and oneof the most valuable of the company ' s servants , found that the keeper had not © pened it , and on arriving at Hull he reported tbe neglect of the keeper , and it was intended that he should be very severely reprimanded the next day . Early in the morning , however ^ his body was found lying on the line , with his hand and the back of his head crushed . It is supposed that the deceased had fallen asleep in bis box at the time that the tram wag coming up , aud being startled by the whistle of the engine , had run to the gate , but had been too late to open it , and had been knocked down and run over by the train . From the wounds of the body it ; s supposed that deceased must have * died instantaneously .
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Leeds Com Market , October 12 thi—The arrirah of Wheat is again large to this day's market , other kinds of Grain moderate . Old Wheat has been in fair demand , and is to 23 . per quarter higher , bat no improvement in New , that is in good con ' dition ; the damp qualities very bad to quit . There h » 3- not been much doing in Barley , prices much thw saao . Oats have made rather more money . Beans without alteration .
THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEK ENBINGr OOTi 12 TH , 1841 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peat Qxs . Qrs . Qra . Qjrs . Qrs . Qrg . 2762 ' 331 68 B — 17 fr 75 £ s ; d . £ b . d . £ s . d . £ Tb . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . 3 5 lQi 1 13 li 1 3 9 £ 0 » 0 0 2 0 10 | I 17 6 f Leeds Cloth Markets ^—There has been again more business done during the week than for some time back ; the markets , on both Saturday and Tuesday ( particularly the former , ) wer « brisk , and more of the large buyers attended . The warehouse still eontinue fully occupied .
YOB « CORN MaJHCKP , SATURB 4 Y-, OCT . 9 . —A good supply of Wheat at to-day ' s market is met by aa equally good demand , and prices are generally improving ; the same may be said ofOa . ts t the advancein which are fully id , per stone . Barley in request , and farmers unwilling to take less than last weeks prices . Flour has advanced 3 s . per sack , our millers > eing unable to grind the new Wheats without a large mixture of old , the value of Which is relatively much higher . The weather has Been very wet , and the condition of all : descriptions- of grain afieoted by it . Eichmond Corn Market , 0 < jt . 9 th . —We had a tolerable supply of Grain in our market to-day ; the samples of New Wheat were very good . Wheat sold from 63 6 d to-9 s 6 d ; Oats , 2 s lOd to 3 s BM ; Barley , 4 s 3 d to 4 s 6 d ; Beans , 5 s to 6 s per bnshel .
Hull Corn Mabkbt , Tuesday , Ogt . 12 . —There has been a fair steady demand for old foreign Wheat during the past week , and to-day , having several buyers down , a moderate extent of business has been transacted , at an advance of fully Is per quarter on the best qualities of English and old foreign ^ selected parcel * of the latter have rather exceeded this advance ; secondary qualities , and those wanting condition , remain without alteration . Barley is held at full prices , but not much doing in it . Old Oats support prices ; new ones are difficult to quit . Beans and Peas without alteration , and but a trifling business passing . Linseed and Rapeseed support former prices . Cakes , both rape and in seed , unaltered . Bones ? are taken as they arrive .
Netacasile Cobn Market-, Oct . 9 . —We had & very large supply , of New Wheat at market from the neighbouring counties this morning , the bulk of which was in very indifferent condition , and such sold only slow , while the better conditioned sampleswere readily bought up at last week ' s rates . Old Wheat ia a free sale at an advance of la to 2 s per quarter on the prices of this day se ' nnight . Rye is in good demand , and fine qualities Is per quarter
dearca ? . Barley is in great request for Malting , and Stettin and Rostock is selling from 84 s to 38 s per quarter . The little Norfolk offering in . the market is of inferior quality , and slow sale . Beans and Peas are a slow sale , and w& can note no alteration in their value . Fine Mali is a free sale , but other qualities hang on hand . We had a large supply of Gate- from the country to-day , which were taken off at a decline of 6 J to Is per quarter , Flour ia Is per sack dearer , and a free sale .
London Smithfield . Market , Monday , Oct . H . — -Oar market to-day was again Well supplied with Beasts , of which were of very good quality , the attendance of dealers were numerous , yet the Beef trade was heavy , and last week's quotations were lardly supported , and a clearance was not effected , The receipts from Scotland were limited in extent . There was a fair average number of Sheep on sale , which moved off steadily , on quite a . a good terms as noted on Monday last . In Calves little was doing , with a fair number on sale . The Pork trade was dull , at unvaried currencies .
London Corn Exchange- Monday . Oct . 11 th . — There was a fair supply of Wheat and Barley from Essex , Kent , and Suffolk for' this day ' s market , but a moderate quantity of beans and peas from these counties , whilst the fresh arrival of oats was rather large , consisting mostly of Irish , having about thirty vessels in since Friday with the latter description . There have been moderate imports of foreign grain since this day se ' nnight . Much rain has fall « i during the past week , and last night it was again very heavy , which will check the completion of harvest in the latest districts . The driest English Wheat 3 met a free sale to our millere at an advance of Is to 23 per qr , and secondary samples were about Is per qr dearer . There was a moderately good
demand for all Foreign Wheat at an improvement of full 2 s per qr on last Monday ' s currency . Goo * marks of Ship Flour were in fair request , and thebest of such , as well as fine French , realised fall 1 » per sack higher rates , but town-made was unaltered in value . The best Malting Barley met a fair sale at last week ' s prices . Other sorts of English wew dull , and rather lower , whilst dry old foreign commanded fully the rates of this day se ' nnight . Mai * was without alteration in value , prime qualities meeting a moderate sale . Good Beans were taken at quite as much , and there was no variation in the rate * paying for any description of peas . Owing » the , large supply of Irish Oats , tfiia article met » dull sale at last week ' s currency .
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O'CONNOR , Esq ., * f Hammersmith , Coast ? Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at his Printing Offices , Nes . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Brffr ¦ gate ; and Published by ths said Josh va . HobsOS , ( for tbe said Fkascxts CConhob . ) at bis Dw * ling-house . Ho . 6 , llarket-strett , Briggftte ; internal CommuaicatioB « "Mfog between tb » mM No . 5 , Market-street , and the said Nos . 13 and ' 13 , Market-street , Briggat * . thus constituting ti * whole * f the said Printing an * Publishing Of * ne Premises . All Communications must t » addressed , ( Post-paWJ *• ' J . HOBSON , flforttern Star Office , Leeds . Saturday , Oetohw 10 , 1841 .
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DUBLIN . —The cause of the unrepresented goes on bravely here , and from the letters daily received by Mr . Brophy , we are assured that the principles cf the People ' s Charter , are rapidly spreading in most of the large towns in Ireland , and that Dan ' s " shining" popularity is fast fading before the light of the Northern Star . The Irish Universal Suffrage Association met on Sunday last , Mr . P . Rafter in the chair ; the minutes of the last meeting were confirmed , after which the Secretary read from the Northern Star , the report of the spread of Chartist principles in Drogheda , and remarked that similar attacks like
that which had been made on Mr . Crossby had been made on some of the members who are now present . He also stated the reasons which prompted the aristocracy to attempt to stifle the voice of the people . Mr . Atkinson rose and said , though not a member , he hoped he would not be violating any rule by the few cursory remarks he was about to make ; he said it was not often that working men in Dublin bad the opportunity of hearing such truths spoken by one of their order ; he agreed with all that Mr . Brophy had said of tbe evils of the Government debt , and that "worst of all evils , tbe state churah , and regretted that all the valuable information which such an A 3 socation as that was capable of giving to the public should be lost for want of the press .
The people of Ireland ( said he ) only want to be enlightened in the principles of the Charter , and they would join it in greater numbers than ever they j > ined the great Father Mathew . Mr . Atkinson concluded by stating that he should consider it to be his duty to give the Iriah Universal Suffrage Association all the assistance he could . ( Great chceeing . ) Mr . P . Duff said that &s an Irishman he felt it to be his duty to advocate the principles of the Charter , in order to create a union of sentiment between ths people of this country and England . He concluded a very sensible speech by proposvng Mr . John Finn . Mr . Henry Clark read a letter , containing tbe names of nine persons resident in Sligo , and requesting him to propose them
as members . Mr . O'Higgins said it must be gratifying to the friends of universal liberty in England , to learn that the cause in which so many thousands ar 9 engaged , in and for which so many hundreds had suffered , was at length spreading in this once benighted but now partially enlightened countryenlighteaed by the circulation of the Northern Star . Mr . O'Higgin 3 also said that , feeling the justness of the principles of the Charter , he waited upon the editors of the Freeman and Register , and siated to them the advantage they would gain by taking up the principle Thty declined , and he had no doubt but these gentlemen would yet be sorry that they had
not taken it up . He' would conclude by stating to tbem a fact . When Mr . O'Connell made the attack on the Chartist body and on the Rev . Mr . Ryan , our numbers did not exceed eighty , and he now held in his hand ths card of Mr . Finn , the number of which was 502 . ( Tremendous cheering . ) The meeting was further addressed by Messrs . O'Toole , Dyot , Deinpsey , and Clarke , on the importance of establishing a free press in Dublin . Mr . Clarke wi 3 called to the chair , and thanks were tfiven to the Chairman , when tho meeting separated , many , as they went out , declaring— " Now we are convinced that Brophy is no Orangeman . "
NEWTON HEATH . — The friends here complain of being very frequently disappointed by the non-attendance of the planned lecturers ; this has been the case three times within the last three months . " On Monday last , October 11 th , Mr . Linuey ought to have been there , but instead of this , he went into the Potteries , and though a substitute was promised , aad the people had got together a large meeting to hear him , no one came , and the assembly after waiting nearly two hours , retired greatly disappointed . These things ought not to be
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