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TO THE IMPEBIAL CHASTISTS
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My DSAl Fans ***—I think I have good news , — gr ttodnewB—great news-= fefjeB i this week . Asjou know all that 13 going on , you are aware ih&fc a vast swarm of lcensfcs , lay and clerical , haTe gathered together in this great Metropolis , calling themselves a Cora law Conference , More than o . « re thousand Joss think of that!—all congregated to devour the proceeds of the Manchester Bazaar show . "Well , ihfij spent a ¦ whole week , holding ticket meetings , dealing in the most outrageous and infl&mmatory language , and laying their plans for the campaign , which opened thi 3 day .
To-day they resolved npon an attack on the good -people of the Baronga of Southward . T « ro hundred and twentv-eight inhabitant householders presented a requisition to the excellent High BailiS ; to eon-Tene a meeting , at ihe Town Hall , Southward The two Members , and several great guns from the League , were announced as speakers ; and , having pledged my word to ihe good men of Chelsea that I would meet the League , upon the very first opportunity , I also determined to be present . Well , at one o ' clock , the hour appointed , the Tovrn Hail was crammed to suffocation ,
not one-fifth of the applicants being able to procure admission : sn adjournment was moved and carried to an immense waxehonse , whither we adjourned . The High Bailiff , in virtue of Ms office , took the chair ; and as , of course , you will see a report of the piocescing ; , I n ? ed nos enter more fully into the details than to say , lhai . it "was the first open meeting of the PJagne since they have infested the capital , and that -we beat them twenty to one , the National Paiiion being proposed as an amendment to a humbug petition against Sir Robert Peel ' s hnmbng measure . Two of the middle class men moved and seconded toeir petition ; and two working men netting daunted by the pompous array of
, conncilmen in rabes , bearing white wands , gallantly moved , and ably supported the amendment . Sainsky moved , and Parker seconded the amendment ; and Blackmore and I supported it with all our night and main , and it was carried by a majority of twenty to one , amid the greatest applause I ever heard ; and this in London , too ! where ths Rev . Mr . Spencer says the working men are not to le trmied , because they are so fond of their . Never in my He shall I forget the countenances and exultation of the "fustian jackets , " as we marched in procession from , the place of meeting . It was the first attempt of ths League in London , and they esperieiiced a most woful defeat .
Now , you shall hear of some of their prarks since ihey arrived in tovrn . They have been bellowing liberality like bulls ; but , upon the veritable delegates of the people of Lambeth , appointed at a public meeting , presenting themselves , they were told thai , according to THEIR rules , no delegate elected at a meeting where Chartist resolutions trere passed could be acknowledged as a delegate to ihe Conference . Now , the Lambeth delegates were tie only delegates who were fairly or legally chosen , and csrious to say they were the ocly ones who were rejected . Ah J their complexion didn ' t
snit the Plague . However , they twaddled away abont cheap bread far a whole week , and on Friday last , Mr . Sturge the quaker , invited some friends to meet him in the befseshsiext eoou of the Crown and Anchor , for ihe purpose of considering what he eills entire or complete sctphagk , which is a sprat to c&ich a mackerel . Messrs . Lovelt , Hetherington , and others were fhera on tgcb part , and contended for the NA 3 IE of the Charter , and had no doubt that the people ' s friends would consent to a revision of the details , if the preseni derails were objectionable . A Mr . Tauct ^ n , of Coventry , was the only man who spoke out at the conference , and insisted upon the people ' s right to the fullest measure of representation . Brougham , Siurge ,
Hume , and some of our London friends of the order of working men who never work , are attempt ing to try another " artful dodga" to gall the flats , but they will find themselves egre ^ iously mistaken . Now , mark what arranging details mean . The firtt Reform parliament mei to arrange the details of that measare , and it was the most bloody Parliament of which history make 3 mention . They arranged the detail ? , by giving Ireland coercion and England starvation I by making yon pay £ 20 , € 00 , 000 sterling for the Emancipation of tha Negroes . ' and by destroying the right of petition ! So they commenced , while they ended with a Rural Police , gaols full of Worbin / j man , political off . mloM , w » i ragi ng ail over the world , and an empty Exchequer .
What they now propose is to adopt ot to promise to adopt Universal Saffrage , and to allow the first Parliament , elected by Universal Suffrage to arrange the details , a 3 they call the other points . Now , I beg of you to bear in mind , that a Parliament so chosen to arrange the details , must consist of members for twmtips having £ 500 ; and members for towns and boroughs having . £ 300 a year property ; and give me leave to ask you if a honse of such representatives would not stiil bs the or » an of their class ? Then they are to have seven year 3 lease of it , and instead of being paid , to pay themselves ! Chartists , mark our progress .
Twelve months ago , they tried U 3 with Hoashold Sofirage . We held out against the delusion ; and now even the deluded would laugh at the mention of so mean a measure . I should look upon a House of Commons returned by Universal Suffrage , without the otter points of the Charter as a mockery—a 3 worse than nothing—as a bad edition of the worst sort of class legislation . We are approaching to dangerons times , as I predicted the week b ^ ibre list . Russell ' s speech is - » minifest feeler for a coalition with Peel , rather than the whole hog with the total repealer ? . That
ffe can stand and beat . Bat , again , the new move , with an aa ^ mentatioa of force , is in the field . Broaghaza , jj ; urge , and Hume ar 8 the strings : the old offenders are the puppets . Sturge has been to Scotland to induce the good men of GkfgoTv to -get srw lexdees j and upon this point I shall be plain—very plain . Large sum . 3 of money have been cevoied to the purpose of seduction . Sundered , Leicester , Sheffield , and Birmingham are to be tbe four grand points of attack . We citf beat ritem . And as to getting ria of the old leaders , let us perfectly understand each
oiaer . As far as regards myself and my posit-on , it you are for any less measure than all contained io the People ' s Charter , say so , and let us part friends . I shall return to my plough and my profession , and "with a clear conscience say , thai I have left the People better than I found them . I never will -oaarrel wi : h you—you shall not quarrel with me . Tbiuk God , I owe you nothing but gratitude , which joa Tnj } hsve forfeited should you swerve from the Charter . For nine years and upwards I have been taongst yon : and now I tell you on my oath , that I trill no . go one inch with yon for any measure ^ ort of the whole Charter ; and I tell you more , ftaitre can carry it , as easily as carry a repeal of ^ sCorn Laws , Yon have many a time and oft
^ e a straggle for liberty , but never such a one as 7 ^ * re now eagaged in . If the repealers are ia tnuh sincere , let them come forward and a , and I stake my existence that in six Weeks we drive the Tories from office ; and all we ¦ **^ i ( & 3 a dissolution must take place , ) is to send tferty out-and-out Chartists into the House when ihe deiailt are to be arranged . There must be a dissolution before the Charter « an be carried . A junction of the Charnsts and Repealers will at once insure " *** dissolution . Both measures would then be carried oat of doors j and it wonld depend upon * ae honesty , courage , and judgment of the Chartist leaders whether or not the impression should be lost upon ihe new House .
Let me— alihcngh I have frequently mentioned "the facts ia speeches—point out to you . a- few striking features in your present position . At no tine in the history of tM 3 country was there ever Bo much monej—so much money ' s werth in houses machinery , shipping , railways , mining companies and produce , as there is in England now . if the Americans required ten millions to speculate in railways ti anything else , English money would be found in abundance . If the infernal devil , the French tjrait , Louis , required Un Bullions to Emit up Paris , "the English iiBEiuLS-wcuM & ' « once make ihe loan . In fact , stari any ? peculation , any where , and lEonej msj be hzd fxcia Eiglssd . This , upon the ore hand . ^ bile never was there so Buch poverty on the otha
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uand . The few of the represented order havh ^ g all the money , aad the " many of the unrepresented be ' ng starving ! thus when poverty strikes under Cil ^ ss legislation it strikes the unrepresented class only . Then turn to America , there the United States treasury has failed , become bankrupt , and who are the first to suffer ! Why the representatives of the people , who we are informed are in a most wretched and miserable condition for want of their salaries , while the people are not at all affected ! Now
treasure that up . In England there never was so much money , and bo much poverty ; the unrepresented stirving , and the represented tiring invention to find an outlay for capita ) , and a means for its investment-While in America the representatives are starving , aad the people are not . Now , is it not plain that if your representatives were your servants , instead of being your masters , and if their salaries depended upon your ability to pay them , that they would look sharply after your comfort and means ?
Now suppose to-: ncrrow , that the world required one hundred times the present amount of British manufactures , what wonld be the result ? Ah augmentation of machinery to produce two hundred times the required amount , and that machinery made with a doe observanca of the self-acting principle ; the cheapness of the produce rendering it impossi ble for the speculating gambler to employ much aaaEual labour , as if he did he cr-uld not undersell the foreign slave in his own market .
Now , again , how coes it happen , that ourlibertymo"bgprs who bawl out so iou-aly for two million additional quarters of corn , amounting , say , in all , to fcur miilioiis sterling per annual;—how happens it , that these reformers n ver tell us one word about the church receiving annually ten nvlliioi s , which -would purchase five million qnarter 3 of corn ! How happens it thai they never teli us that one lady receives annually as much as would purchase
oneeighth pxri of sll the foreign corn required to reduce what England &rows to the abundanr srandard , that is as much as would purchase 250 , 000 quarters of Tvhs-at ; and of course her consumption is taken into Dr . Bowlings average of the general consumpfion . Now if the Prussian siid Eag'ish averases were fairly , struck as to censamotien per head , we should nxt-i deduct what the idle cormorants consume ; for mark , Russell , Bowring , and Co ., make the Q-ieen and her tail stand each as an " ooerative . " How
happens it tuat tire never hear of pensions , army , navy , judges , law appointments , and the funds I I will tell you ; because they merely seek a transfer of the patronage and disposal of those things from the hands of theTori-is , to the hands of the Whi « 3 . Now allowing your aanual consumption of corn to be fifteen millions of quarters , the church , t fie Qaeea , the army and navy receive among them more than would pay for all ! This is not saying a word
about the other expenses ; they are only some of the items . The fondlords receive as much as would pay for all ; and the professions , police , tax-eaters , Poor Law devils and that tribe , receive as much as would pay for all ; while in local taxation , expensive litigation , and abuses of all kinds , the people pay as much as would pay for double the amount ; and all this for want of the one liule thing called the Charter .
Now , rely upon what I tell you , and it is this . Collect the vrhcle of the agitators for r repeal of the Corn Law 3 together , to-morrow , and ofkrthem their measure upon condition that they > hou ] d grant yours , and they would rather see a duty of five ponnds imposed upon foreign corn than grant you the Charter , because it snaps tlie cord which binds labour to capital . Believe me , that machinery as now regulated is manV great enemy , and that the owners of that property will run you to revolution before they will give you any controlling power over it , if they can help ii . In this state of things it is our rinty , as ii ic oor intoroet , to join TfiiJi the League ,
if they place the Charter and repeal of the Corn Law upon their banner 3 . The Charter as the means and the Repeal a 3 one of the most immediate results . It will then depend upon the integrity of the Chartist leaders , and upon the watchfulness and courage of the pec-pie themselves , whether or no the terms of the treaty shall be infringed . If they are sincere , they cannot object to those terms , which we have long since offered them . If , upon tho other hand , they are not sincere , would we not be wor = o than madmen , to join in an agitation the most beneficial result from which would ba to make the rich richer and the poor poorer .
The struggle is bow between Toryism and Charlism , and I ask yon unaffectedly to read my every letter upon this subject , which I wrote from York Casrle ; and say , have I not predicted the exact state of things which now exists ? Again , I ask you what you have to expect from I / ord John Russell , for hurling whom from office wo were deiiaanced , while he aad his own former party are now more opposed to each other than Peel and Russell are ]
More good has been dose by the glorions meeting at Southwark than has yet been effected , and I will tell yon how . It wi 3 most pompously paraded by the Wnig press . All importance wag attached to it . It was the first attempt of the Conference at a free meeting . We had scores of reporters . The proccedings , were very long , and yet the mouth-piece of the League , the Morning Chronicle , disposes of the whole in a few lines , and every line a rank lie . Now , tbis has taught all the working
men who read of the great Corn Law demonstrations in the Chronicle ceding from the provinces , to look upon the stuff as mere fabrication . The Chronicle report Eays ths-t my stentorian voice was sometimes beard through the din—¦ while I was not once interrupted . The" Chronicle ' s report says that their reporter could neither see or hear the High Bailiff , bat understands that he declared the amendment carried ; while every man in the room heard ihe announcement , and if the reporter had eyes he must have seen that the amendment was carried
by a majority of at least twenty to one . The other partizon papers say by a bmall majority ; but if t-. ey had Buch a one it woald have been almost unanimous . The Chronicle says that three cheers were called for me , and tiias three groans were called for for me by the League , bnt that the cheers had it . Tbia is sheer fabrication , not a mouth uttered the word groan . The fact is , the League had other resolutions to propose , together with an address to the Q , ueen , to dismiss her present Ministers ; but upon the announcement of the truly honourable High Bailiff , who has ever stood the undaunted friend of the people , and always acted as an upright and honest Cnairman , the faction bundled up their traps , and scuttled off , * preceded by a lot of office-bearers and their members .
On Tuesday morning a depntalion from Sonthwark waited upon me , to say that the excitement of Monday evening was never equalled in Southwark , and that twenty of the middle class had joined ns , now convinced of our honesty and our power to carry our object . This is Wednesday , and this evening I go to Rotherhithe , about two miles from Sonthwark , but yet » part of London , to address the people of that locality . On Friday the League puts out all ita force in Birmingham , and there I go , resolved to stand by my party to the last , and to judge of public opinion fi > r myself . «¦
Oa Monday , 3 Bhall be In Nottingham ; on Tuesday , in Derby ; and on Wednesday , at Longhborough ; on Thursday , Friday , " and Saturday , I shall again be in the metropolis ; and now let me tell you that co part of England , notwithstanding the insolent aspersion of Parson Spencer , is better up to the mark than London . For many years ihe spins there was broken and kept down by a parcel ol jobbing patriots , and the people would never come out . Now their work is done lor nothiDg , and with the
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trades they are in a " high condition , " at least , I hare the most perfect confidence in them , and feel assured that the " Great National" mil be most numerously signed . . I must say all that I hav 8 to say in this letter . I have now before me some hundreds of letters , all asking mo to go to different part 3 of the country . I don ' t want to have any secrets . The fact is thiB , no property would stand the expense to which compliance with all would subject me . Since I left York I have expended
more than would have maintained rae comfortably for three years ; and as I never will take one farthing for my poor services , Iho 3 e kind friends whose invitations I cannot accept will , I am Sure , receive my excuse -as a justifiable reason for my noncompliance . I have also received more letters in a day than I could answer in a month . I also learn that heaven and earth is being moved , openly and secretly , to get kid of Feargus ; and to this I answer—give the people their Charter , and never again shall you hear of Feargus ; but , till then , I will beat down all opposition .
The Convention will shortly meet ; Dr . M'Douall and I have sneceeded in procuring a most admirable place t ) hold our meetings , and I pledge mxself that those delegates who have visited London before , will nt / t know it now , so powerful and great has become the agitation for the Charter . You must read the whole list of names of those assembled in Mr . Sturge ' s refreshment room to arrange the details of the Charier . Read ihem all , and then say aro they to be our new leaders for the Charter . Working men , ftind
by YOUR CHARTER AND YOUR ORDER . No flinching ! and the middle men must joiu you , and then it will be our duty to take care the union shall be one of principle , and not one of compromise or expediency . They say get us a repeal of the Corn Laws . and then we will talk to you about the Charter ; while I say give us the Charter , and we won ' c have many words about removing every restriction which now trammels trade . Chartists—xow or never—sow axd for ever —ONWARD AND WE CONQUER , BACKWARD AND WE fall—NO SURRENDER . See how we have brought them to us by standing fast ; budge a hairs-breadth and we are gone for ever .
Move the Charter everywhere as an amendment , and give them no assistance any where , till they place that one word , CHARTER , on their banners , and then FAREWELL TORYISM AND FOR
EVER . Ever , your faithful Friend and Servant , Feargcs O'Connor . London , Wednesday . P . S Tho ? e persons who have written to Icbow what they shall do with the subscriptions raised for Dr . M'Douall may inclose them , under cover , to me , to the care of Mr . John Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleets ; reet , London . F . O'C .
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THE EXECUTIVE AT BATH . On Tuesday afternoon the Chartists of this city were favoured with the presence of the Executive at a B&cial tea meeting , 3 , Galloway Buildings , after which a meeting was held in Salisbury ' s Room , Ki . ix ' s Mead-fquare . The Executive , on presenting themselves to the meeting , were loudly and repeatedly cheered . Mr . Alderman Crisp was unanimously called to the chair . He said that as there were many to speak he should be brief . The people had no proper representation of their interests in the present Hau ^ e o ? C * mmous , which treated them as badly as did the Parliament under the old
boroughmougering system . ( Hear , hear . ) Parties wero dominant in that house , and it mattered not to the people what party wera in power , for it was clear that neither Whigs nor Tories would strive to better tho condit ' ou of the country . If ever a salutary change vrerc effected , it would be but by the unity , by the unanimous voice of the people themselves . ( Cheers . ) They were now evincing a full determination to enjoy the fruits of their own industry , of which they had been so unjustly and foully deprived . Th « people of this couutry had endured great sufferings for a Jong series of years , until at length the cist . res 3 had awakened attention in the minds of the middle classes , who , in a great measure participated m that di-tress . Let the people become united , and they would soon obtain a repeal of all
those laws which deprived them of the reward for their de&rrving toil . The present Ministry were determined to resort to stroDg means to keep themselves in power ; but it "was only for the people to become united , and to ask freely and firmly for what they desired , and they would ultimately obtain it . The middle men woold be compelled to join the woikiug classes— ( hear , hear . ) Every town in England would soon become a rallying point for the Charter —( cheers ) We were to place ourselves iu a waiciilal position , for circumstances would arise of such a r aturo as to enable us to obtain the Charter with comparative easo—( cheers)—and by moral means . Iijustice must fall before the united voice of the people . The worthy Alderman sat down amid great applause .
Mr . J . Campbell rose to address the meeting , and was enthusiastically received . He said he had just read the Datly Sun . by which he learned that tae anti-Corn Law League , under the auspices of of Mr . S ' . iirjje , had met to consider the question of the Suffrage ; on 3 . portion of them were going for this sort of Suffrage , and another for that ; but he hoped tt . e "Cliarur was ihe only Suffrage the working clas-eV would go for—{ cheers . ) The Charter was either just or unjust . If just , why did the L-ague ficht' se shy about it ? Why did they not join the Cfiariist ranks at once 1 Because wo were too hone ^ for them—( hear , hear . ) And because we had be ^ -ii honest , and had not joined them for the purpose of obtaining that or this paltry measure of
Rutorm . they accused us of auemptinx to injure the cause of Reform . But we had defied them all—( cheers ) Ho was a plain man , and must say that he would unite with the Devil to obtain justice—( cheers , ana cries of " Well done ! " ) He knew how the middle classes lai before deceived us ; he had no confidence in them , for they were not to ba trusted—at least , such was his opinion . ( Hear , hear . ) They were coming over to ns , and he would advise the people to-be oautious how they united with such men—( loud cries of " hear , hear ")—the Chartists should put them in the political waggon and oblige them to pull , while we pushed them onwards—( cheers . ) Some time ago they would not unite with us at all . though they
always called us a very intelligent set of fellows when they required our services , but when we asked for tho Suffrage , they never failed to represent us as too ifcnaraut to be entrusted with it . The middle classes tot the Whigs to commit bad acts , and because the Whig 3 would not serve their base purpose , they ( the middle classes ) sent the Tories into office—( laughter)—to commit worse acts . The people should not delude themselves , —they should bear in mind that * ' God helps them who help themselves " —( hear ) He hoped thai every person before him was a member of the National Charter Association . It had not been in existence more than fourteen mouths , and yelrit had extended to upwards of 300 towns— ( cheer 3 . ) When working men had inquired how it was that the wealth they had producod bad been distributed , they would discover the cause of the present wretchedness ; and they would find that
millions had been wrung from their industry to pamper the idle aristocracy , who wcto wallowing in luxury , while they ( the working classes ) were starvijjg— ( hear , heir . ) Those who had political power took care of their interests , but made no laws to protect honest industry . They said we wero ignorant , and talked much about the crime and immorality of the peop 2 e . Who made the people ignorant , if tbey are igaorant ! The Tories , who rob us—( cheers . ) He contended that H was impossible for men to be moral under the present state of things —thear , hear , hear ) The Bystem mast be changed —( cheers . ) We wanted to ob > aln justice for all . The Tories had become Conservatives ; and the Whiga Reformers— ( bear)—and every Reformer considered himself the best Reformer . Tho people ' s efforts must not be diverted from the Chartist struggle ; let us stick constantly to the Chatter .
Mr . LBAcanow cameforward to addrer 3 the meeting ; he was hailed with loud cheering . He observed that the Chairman had said tha » , the middleclassea were about to join us , and tha * ., such was hi 3 own belief . He had asked one of » lnat class tvby
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they were 'going to do so ; arid the middle-class man uid-it . was because they ' . could not help it . ' —( cheers . ) They had found out that the country was anything but prosperous , that it was reduced to that state of distress and misery , that they must now feel for their own sakes , and that unless some salu ' ayy change was speedily effecfodj they would be involved is iho rum that Would generally ensue—( hear , hear , hearJ There was * subjaot which he thai night would speak on—it wasihe repealof the Corn Laws . It was said thatifw ? could pbtaia that measure , we should have a great deal better times . He really believed so liiniself , bat ho greatly questioned much whether the worlting classes , under present circumstances , would ; bo much benefited by sach a
measure . Ho would now epeak in reference to our manufacturing industry ; aad lie believed that the state in which it was placed VFBUld not be remedied but by measures of a mote sweeping nature , measures which he knew ' . ' would not be carried into effect so lon « as the working classes wsre without political power . Why had he come to such a conclusion ? Because he found that the other classes of sooiety strove to deprive labour of its just reward , and to reduce to misery tho generalitv of those who ought to be better treated ; for it was they who had reared the spioudid edifices that adorned the land—( loud cheers . ) He had in his possession a letter addressed to Sir Robert on the subject of machinery ; which letter set : forth
that one machine , bu being put into operation , winch was done every week , could cast off YS , W 50 pieces . Now , thevrepealers ; -- through the medium of their press , and at ' public Hieetings , said if they could obtain the ropeal of the Corn Laws , they should ba able to set to work those whose labour had been thus superseded . The machine that cast off these 16 , 000 pieces , only employed ten men . and ten boyp . That was a- fact thaS convinced him ; that the master manufacturers wanted to restrict labour at home , and to barter with slave labour abroad- ^ - ( hear ;) He next went on to show the cause of machines being brought into such general use , the cause was in the necessity the masters were under to keep ground in the markets . Mr ; Cobdcn was a great man , and would complete an order now ' —which once took 300 men twelve months to com * plete—with only twenty men , in three weeks . One Saturday evening ho discharged seventy mcii ; and
yet he was declaring that if the Corn Laws were repealed , he would find employmGnt for those who were wandering the streets in a state of stai'vation . He talked much about his refined sympathy for the distress of those poor creatures whom the accursed system that upheld him had reduced to this " -frightful state—( Hear , hear . ) The people of Bath did not suffjr so much as did those ot the North of England , where thero were 5 , 000 men working 5 , 000 ; spin dies eighty .. ' two years ago ; for then one man worked but one spindle ; . the saae work could now be done by . twenty hands . The inachiues did not want food , and uulesa human beings could produce goods so cheap as could iron and wood , they must starve ; and thus would it continue until the working classes were in the possession of political power—( cheeraO There were 5 , 000 laws in existence that woulo ! rob us of the benefits that some suppose would accrue from Corn Law repeal . The letter he had alluded to asked Sir Robert Peel whether the distrof-sed
weavers were to have their wants supplied . What were they to do ! Were they to have that protection extended to them which had beon given to the machines ? Here you are in England , and the question arose whether you are to beat the French out of the markets , or whether you are to starve them or they you —( hear , hear . ) Bad laws had given a wrong direction to the industry of the people . Tney were crying out in Africa , in Poland , Sweden and America for our goods ; and wo were starving at homo . Tho whole of our ex port at ions did not exceed seventy-two millions a year , and home consumption was restricted by nefarious laws . The people of Ireland were destitute oF the
necesparies of life ; some of them wandering without shoes or stockings ; yet if they had political power they would soon find better use for our goods than sending those goods out of the country—( hoar . ) Why , do not those who say that if the duty on corn was taken off , they wonld give employment to those who are now starving ^ by ii \ - creasing home consumption ? Why do they not & ive as the power of consuming I We once had ; ihe means to consume . A gentleman who had taken the chair , at an anti-Corn Law meeting actually shed tears in sympathy for the distresses of the poor , when he was one of those who had done much to cause such distresses .
Dr . M'Douall now rose to addreaa the meeting , and was hailed with the tukena of enthusiastic 1 regard , . as were the preceding speakers . The Doctor made a long and excellent speech , which our limits forbid us to give . ¦ Mr . R . K . Puilp next addressed the meeting , and was much applauded . He called upon them to join the National Charter Association . Mr . C . Clabkk proposed , " That this meeting thanks the Executive Council for their services in the cause of Chartism , aud pledges itself to support them so long as they adhere to our sacred principles . "
Mr . Roberts seconded the motion , and parsed an high and deserved eulosium on the Executive , who , he said , appealed to the judgment of their hearers , and Dot to their pagsions . The motion was put aad carried unanimously . Three cheers were given for the Executive . Dr . M'Douall returned thanks , and proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which motion was seconded by Mr . Campbell who pave tho worthy Alderman much praise for the conduct he had always evinced towards the working classes * Three hearty cheers were according l y given . He returned thanks and said he should ever be found at his post in the hour of trial and danger—( renewed cheering . ) The meeting then separated evidently much delighted .
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ROTHERGZiEN—Mr . Duncan Robertson arrived here on the afternoon of Wednesday week , and a pnblic meeting for a lecture to bo delivered by him , " On the rights and wrongs of the woiking classes , " in Fulton ' s Hall , at half-past seven o ' clock that evening , was announced by the town drummer . Mr . Robertson , in a very able and impressive manner , exposed the base doings of the factions who fatten on the produce of the working man , and lashed the humanity-mongers—the big-loaf men , according to their deserts .
BALIiOCHENY , neab AirdriE . —A public meeting , in favour of the People ' s Charter , was held here , iu a barn belonging to Mr . Hodge , farmer , on Monday evening week . Mr . Dalargy was called on to preside , who , having stated the object of the meeting , introduced Mr . Duncan Robertson , who addressed the meetiBg at considerable length , and was followed by Messrs . Brouie and Paterson , of Airdrie . A great majority of the audience , which was composed of between 200 aad 300 ironstone miners , were Irishmen . At the close , throe cheera were given for the Charter , and three for a repeal of the Union , when tho meeting dispersed .
HOLLY TOWjJi—A public meeting , called by the miners of this place , for the purpose of hearing a lecture from Mr . Duhcan Robertson , was held on Tuesday evening week , in a large room of Mr . Park ' s , spirit dealer . Mr . Robertson , in a very clear and convincing manner , traced all the miseries of the working classes to their true origin , that fool , polluting source of national misery—class legislation , and proved , to the satisfaction of his audience , that no measure short of the People ' s Charter was calculated to remove and to prevent a recurrence of those evils under which the producing classes are suffering so'severely ; ' - . ' '' , ; . ¦ . " , . '¦'¦ ' . ' "¦ . ; ' ¦ ' . ' , ' ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦' . ' - ' - '" :. / ::
BARNSLET . —The Chartists Seld their usual weekly meeting on Monday , when Mr . Frank Mirfield delivered » lecture on the subject of Sir Robert Peel ' s speech . The meeting was also addressed by Messrs . Collins , Hiley , Shaw * Noble , SeigraTei Hoey and others . \ f LIV £ RPOOXi . On Wednesday evening , the 9 th ins ? ., a public meeting was convened by placard , to adopt a memorial to her Majesty for the return of Frost , Williams , and JoneB . The large room , Preston-street , was crowded to excess . The memorial was Bpoken to by Messrs . Loyd , Ambler and M'Cartney , and adopted . Several new members having been enrolled , the meeting dispersed . ASHTON . —On Sunday , Mr . Thomas Clark , of Stockport , delivered * jKHrerfal and instructive lecture to a numerous audience .
LEEDS . —On Sunday afternoon a friendly discus-8 iob was held in the C ' larttBt Room , Fish-market , Shambles , which went off welU SuNDAT Evening .- — - ^ Qh Sunday evening Mr ; Westlake preached on excellent sermon in the above room , to a crowded auditory , subject the "democracy of Christianity / ' ¦ ^ -:, ;¦ ; ¦'¦¦ ' - ¦ . : : . : ' ' ' }; - : \ ¦; : ' - ' /' . : - . - ' MEiBTiKO . — Moudat Etbnino . —— -Tho members he . d their weekly meeting in their room , and elected a fresh council . After some : further business of an imporiai-t nature ^ ^ had beeu tiausactsd , tho ^ ^ meetipg seperated . ¦ ¦; . ' :- ' v . . ¦ . . ¦ '¦ ¦ .. - .. . . ¦ ¦ :. ¦' . ' , ¦'¦' , . : ¦ ' .:-
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MbsstEY . ^ A tea party on behalf the Executive was held here on Saturday , Nfarly three-bnndred took tea , and many went away that could not ge 't -inv .. ;¦ . . ¦• .. ;• ''¦ • . ¦ r- . ^ . ' : ' . - . . ' . ' - " -. " : 'V ¦ ' 'V . v : - V " ; U ? ferWob . tley . —Mr . Charles Connor lectured on iridayi the 11 th instant , 00 the rights of Iabour ,: in the Chaiter Associaion Room- Wortlej " moor , to a crowded audience . His discourse gave general satisfaction . ' . /¦'• HjtBB \ yooi > . -- * Pn ftlonday eveningi Mr . Lund , from LaBcister , ; lectarc < l here . Better xhaa oue hundred members enrolled their names . , LEA 5 ^ xGT 6 N .---On Monday even ! ii £ , the Charftais of thia 1 town met in their pew Aesooi&tion Roam io the esteut of fifty member * . Mr . Robiaiibn leeturedoatbo principles of the Charter . ;
StAFFOBBi— -Mr . James Duffey visited thia plac * on Monday last , and lectuied to a good uBdience . \ Hevwood . — -The friends here have sent £ 1 ; Is . to the Conyention fund . They had a capital ball on Saturday evening , at their rooms in Hartley-street . BiRjnNGiiAia—Frost ? Comwmee . —On Tuesday eyeniug , Messrs . Wm . Daniels , Wai , Hay , aud John WylUe , were added £ 0 tho comiaittee as ht > Horary membera . It was resolved to read a daily paper iu the committeo roams after business . The > proceeds of such reading to-be iadded to the funds of the
committee . Ten shilliaga vvero received from Bingley for Mesdame 3 Williams 1 and Jones , The petition now in possession of the coi ^ mittee , signed by 15 , 000 Eersons was ordered to be presented to Parliament y'the borough , meniberf . Tho Secretaries were directed to correspond with rhe Home Secretary 011 subject of the addresses to the Queeo , lately presented by a deputatfoni of this coianiittee . Messrs . Thorn , Green , etidThovpj with the two Secretaries were appointed ! to audit the balance eheet , and report on next meettDg nk'ht .
Hathebn . —A delegato meeting was held here on Monday , to arrah « o fbr > the receptioii of Mr . O'Coniipr od his visit to- Loughborpugh . The resolutions l ; ave been sent us , but they are allot" a local character .. ¦ Bqlton . —The friends here wtro addressed on Siinuay eveuiug last , by Messrs . Rigby and Par ^ kineon . . ¦ : .- ¦ ¦ .. w ' ¦ ; ' : ; . ' - ¦ ; . , : ¦ BiLSTON ^ Mr . Roome lectured here on Sunday last , and gave great satisfaction . City of ' .. London . —55 , OlD'Bailes-. —The friends hero have c . omui « ncedi a voluntary subscription for the Convention Fund . Three Crowns , Richmond street . —Mr-Stallwood lecturad hero 04 Sunday la , » t .
CuAiuisr bHDEMAKEiis , Red Lion , Portlandstreet . —Mr . btailwood lectured here on Sunday cvetung , a .-: U earolled . eight members . DoNCASTEK .---The Chartists of Doncaster had a splendid tea party and soiree , onSliroye Tuesday ^ RcchdAle . ——Mr . Bropby lectured here , on Tuesday evening , to a numerous and attentive audience . Lees . —Wehad a leeturo delivered to us on Tuesday evening last , by Mr . Cimstopher Eloylc , of Mancheslcr . Five new Members were enrolled . Blackburn . —Mr . H . H . SwinglehurBfc , of Preston , lectured here to an overflowing audience . Mr Dowhirst , from Bradford , took tho chain Both chairman and lecturer gave great satisfaction .
HECKyosDWiKE . —United Dnraa ^—Lod / fo No . 115 held its ' anuiversary at , the Royal Oak Inn , on Sbrovo Tuesday . Fifty members sat down to an ex « ciient dinVier . The following evening , ihe ^ viyes and sweethearta of the members , with their friends , partook of an excellent tea . On both occasions the eveuinu ; was Bpent in aijreesblo harmony .
SHEPFIEZ . 2 ) . ( From our own Correspondent . } Tory Mercy . —In reply to a memorial addressed to the Queen , in behalf of Samuel Hoiberry , James Marshall , Peter Fpden , and lloben Peddle , the following anawer has been received i"Whitehall , Feb . 9 th , 1842 . " ¦ ¦ : * ' Secretory Sir James Grahani i having carefully considered : your application oa behalf of Robert Peddie aDd others , I am directed to express to you his . regret that there is uo suffloient ground to justify him , consistently with his public duty , in advising her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . *' STANNiNGtoN . —Mr . Hamey visited this village on Weduesday evehipg week , atd addressed a meeting 021 the principles of Chartism .. Two hundred and sixty-seven signatures have been gotten here for the National Petition .
The London Stone Masons , —A delegate meeting of the trades of bk # ffieid was held at the London Apprentice , West Bar Green , on Thursdey evening , the 10 th inst ., ia support of the '• " strike ' of the above body . Delegates from tho following trades were present ;—Stonemasons , bricklayers , file-niakers , file grinders , sciesor grinders , britannia ^ metai BihitEs , saw laakers . tabio-knifehafters , saw grinders , file grinders , edge-toolforgere , arid iailofsi The Chairiaau fcaving read the Jasfc report of the London Committee , the delegate from the table-khife-hafters stated that the trade had resolved to offer a loan of £ 5 to the stonemasons , and had further resolved to make a
subscription through all the worfo in the town for their support—( cheer 3 . )—The delegate from the spring-kflifc-nafters stated the trada fslt anxious to render every assistance to the stonemasons , but such ; was the difficulties the ^ trade was involved 'in at the present time , that he feared they could render but little pecuniary help ; however :.: '» . oeeting would be held en Tuesday : neXtj when the case of the stouemasona would bo taken into eerious consideration - "The delegate from the white-niiBtal smiths , etatsd that the trade he represented tvould continue the uupport they had already given , and if measures , vrere proposed calling upon them for increased support , they would be
willing to render it- ( cheers;)—ho would reepmniend tho appointment of a committee from the trades geneially of Sheffield , to watch over the strike , and enlist the support of the public in ; a cause so just and holy as this was- ^ Cclieera . )—The Delegate j rom the file-trade , stated tho trade would continue their supV port , and , if possible , make a loan to the masons—The Delegate from the bticklayers , stated t '» at if a general levy was made , the bricklayera would be thfir share . . Grissell and Peto hugged themselves with the idea that wait but a little and the masons would succumb ; he thought they had but little ground for such a hope , when in the course of twenty ' weeks , but five had turned traitors out of 400
j . men . The Delegate from the saw-grindersstated that heir trade had . uhaniKously resolved to support the masons ; the ¦ working classes had bceh insulted in the laying of the first stone of the Houses of Parliament ; and unless they supported the masons , and also by unioaestaWtahed their rights as men , they heed expect nothing but insult from , that House in all time to come ^ - ( cheers . ) r-Tho delegate from the Eoissors-grinders stated tho conimittee had received the circular too late to bring tho matter properly before the trade , but tho subject would be taken into consideration on Monday next . Recommended a subscription through the trades . It was then resolved , 1 st ; " That a committee should be appointed from the delegates present to sit weekly to receive all monies gathered from the trades of Sheffield in suppori of the strike . ^ 2 nd . " That the delegates ai
their rising do adjoarn their Baeeeting to Thursday , Feb . 17 tb ; ' % -One of the delegates from the tableknife-haftcrs delivered an excellent address , showing how each class of the community above the working man wa 3 combined to protect their respective intorests . —Mr . Barker , from the bricklayers , delivered a brief but eloquent and encoufaging address . —Mr . Harncy ala © addressed the delegates . Thankehaving been voted to theChairman , the meeting adjourhed . r- ^— -Mr .. Harney also addressedi a ^^ meating of the Baw-grinders © P ^ Tuesday last , in behalf pf the London stonemasons . Mr . ¦ H . was listened to with the most courteous attention aa he dilated upon the wronK 8 of tha above body of men , and the wrongs of tha people at large , which he traced to their source , namely ^ the monster curse of cksa-legislation . . ¦ . ' ; ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦'• ¦ ¦ .- ¦ ' '¦ . " .. ¦ ¦ ¦ . :- : . :- ' -t .-. ¦ -: ¦
Lecturb ^—Mr . William Jones , of Liverpool , the talented North Riding lecturer , visited Sheffield on Monday last , and that evening addressed the friends in Fig Tree-lane . The room was densely crowded by an enthnsiastio audience Who by their replaced cheers Manifested their appreciation of the lecturir'S eloqueat discourse . Mr . Jonjes delivered a second lecture on Tuesday evening ; our limits will not permit iis to give even an outline of his very excellent and eloquent addresses which were received with repeated buists of applause . A large number of members were enrolled . The room wa » packed in every part , and so great was ihe pressure , that numbers could itet gain admission . : :: :- ¦ •• ¦ ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ , . / . : ' . ' - -. ; ' ¦' : ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' : ¦ . .. ¦ : /• ,-: ; . ¦ ¦
Ansivebsabt op the Sheffield Branch op the Norxhebk Tyj * . graphical UNioNIr—The anuiversary of the above society waB held 00 Tncsday last , at the house of Mr . P » il Ashley , Waterloo Tavern , Mr . Jamea Heiffor in the chair . The dinner was a mimptnoua one , and reflected great credit on the worthyhos * . .
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SAtPOR © . —The youths held their weekl y pj eeiiug on VPednesday week , whtH Mr . R . Ratqsd ^ n delivered a lecture on the national curses of tfefa country , to a numerous audience . An interesting discussion took place . BURT . —The Chartists held their usual weekly meeting in the Jardin-street Lecture Room » oa Monday last . Mr . Dixon delivered an excellent address . Ypp . K . —On Sunday eveniug , Mf . Jones delivered an eloqnent address , in th » association room , Fos 3-gate , on the naturo and objects of Chartism . Mr . Charles Connor also addressed the meeting .
SHEFFIELD . —POLITICAL INSTITUTE . —Mr . Bcal lectured here on Suo « tey evening . On Monday , a public jmeeting was held in the sanrs place for th " o purpose of taking into c&TS 5 < feraiion th ? propositions of her Ma ^ st y ' a Ministers after cbiisiderablo djsoussicra by Mr / Oddy and otheral , a resolution vr ^ a agreed to , pledging the people- never to ce * se agitating'till the Suffrage be cxtehded to all rcale adults . RiPPSWlJJBK ' . —The Rev . " vT . ?; Jackson . of Man-Aester , icciRred here on Wedasaday last , to a numerous and atleniire andiencA 0 AtTp 5 » . —Mr . H . Candy lecturfe ^ here ob Tfejrs day week , fstirteen merBbers were ' Mrolled . ? b » Chaitists of this place meet every M ' sodayevenhig , at ei ^ hi io ' clock , at the hosse of Lrlr .. Jatues Riahvwortb . " .: . : '¦ : ... " ¦'• ¦ ; ¦ ... ' ; ... . ' : ' '' . ¦¦ , '
marST ^ iAta ^ -The Chartists o Msttram and HoHingirorth are requested t& attend at t $ i ? ir room , on Sunday , ihe 2 C * fr in ^ nt / when the acSDnnts for the last three rcoath'Ja processings will be-read up , and a ganeral accownt given 1 of the ince ' me » nd expendituYe / Those who haver not yet sigacd the National Fetition are l-cqitesfedio do so Ttithout delay , as ihasheets caanoc possibly lie any tonjijer Sian the 57 ch instant . STOCKSGS 1 T— Mk Joha West , from Mas ^ csfiftld , lectured here 00 Sunday cveain ^ , to st nur tnerous audience . V Aifer . sn unaHTjaous votc ^ of th&nks to the lecturer j the metting dispersed .
2 EM > DEB 1 SS » ISTEB . *—r-Th » TJnifarian Suno ^ f Sohool teachers of this town hx ^ e got up a pet : tiSa to tie Housa of Commons , pra-yiisg tiieni 10 adob : t ^ prinoiple 3 of the People ' s Chactei- a 3 the law of tlw landi They hope- others vf ill go vsaA do iikewsHe . /' . ' » UOiEy . —C&viETTST -MfeiiJwa-T-The * Chartisf * of thia tp'wji aro bestiring themselwa , determined to take their placo in- the movement , A meeting was held at their hall , 3 &nd-streefc ,. pa Monday evening IaBijAvhkh . was attended by Mr ; © - White , of Birmtn ' gb&tn , and Mr / Masonj 0 hartis 4 lecturer , Mr * BrowaiiTg . was called to tho diair ; stad deliyered a
short acayess , and called on Mr .. |) tewson to move the folio wing resolution : * - " That it fa the opinion of this msetiog that the solo es . use of all the suffering of ( h&working men Ls ^ lone to be- traced to clas s legislation and that untir every vrarkiafj man haak vote in electing the im-mbe « who serre in Parliamenfc , there can be 110 hope for the ; rc-demptioh of this much suffering nation . " Tho- resohitioh was seconded by Mr Baker . Mr . Ck Whiter ° f Birniingham . and Sir . Mason delivered animated addresses ' . The National Petition yrasread by Mr . BohSer , and carried unanimously . Mi . ' ^ White ^ was eleetod to represent Dudley in the forthcomiBgiGortvention .
3 > EHSY . — -The opening of the Afisociah ' oa Rooax as a news-rppm i $ found to answer well , " jrrt- ^ t nu u > . bars of straugors attending ; , on Sunda ? mornings r read , and hear , read , the pa pei-a . Thes « w w > doubt that in . a little time it will be a general resort oa Sunday for very great iiusobers of the working classes , as at a trifLug expeiiee * . quite voluntary , they havo the opportunity of reading several iaapurtant uewspapers . ;; and as the public steps in to out support we shall extend the ; papers . The " PeaCs , Law , anb- Obdek" jWhigs— Oa Thursday week , there wag a deal of- es-r ' temen !; here at the result of Peel's plan ' . of ' ¦ remsdy-Fwy .. ihe Corn Laws , The Optrativo Ijiberal AssooiatiOD of this town , composed of peaceable moral-ioreff Whigs , to > a great extent—men who have found a great ; dt-al of
fault with Chartists making- physicali-foree displays , madean effigy of , Sir Robert Peelj and hoisting hini on the end of two poles , to resemble a gaUpws » paraded through the principal streets ; to the Market Piace ; where , after- ' one of tha anli-Corn Lavr spoakers had road his inclictmenfc charginc ; hiin with murder , robbery , and' plunder , they sec fire to him . These proceedings so fri » htene 4 oiany of the prin .-cipal inhabitants of the town that the yeomaury was called up un < leratins , and a troop- of soldiers sent for from Nottingham , to ptoteut . tho peacs of the town . Are these the Whigs who , last winter bat one , called out the soldiers to put dovro the Chartists 1 and this winier the Tories have to call oat the soldiers to put down the Whigs . It seems rather funny ! . - • • ' ¦ " '¦ - . ' . '' - ' : ¦¦;; - ' . " : ¦ ' ¦ : ¦ ¦ '¦ .. "'¦ ¦ ' / ' ' '¦ :- -. ' : '"' ,
MALTON . —Mr , Jones lectured oa Friday and Saturday last , to crowded'audiences .. BRIGHTON . - ^ A . public meeting of the Chartista of Brighton , duly convened by printea placard , was held at the Cap ' of Liberty , Portland-street , Brighton , on Wednesday evening week , for the purpose of electjhg two fit and proper persons to represent the south-western distriiot in the National Contention , to meet in , London on the 2 &h of the present month . Mri Giles wag ia tha chair , when , after considerable discussion , it was resolved nnanimoasly , oh the proposition of Mr . Jv Alien , seconded by Mr Flower , and supported by , Mr . John Page— "That this meeting , having fi . ill confidence ioMessrs . Nathaniel Morling and William Woodward , hereby elect
them as the delegates to represent this district in the Convention to meet in London on tb © 28 sh of this present ^ monihi" A resolution was also passed , appointing a Committee to correspond with tho Chartists of Southampton relative to the electioa of Mr . Barclett , which has beea declared in valid by the Executive , -no nomjnatjbn , or a / egalar course of ballot ; . having taken plaoo . " The Chartists of Brighton were' compelled to elect those whose names stood oh the nomination 1 st . The newly elected delegates ,. Messrs . Morling and Woodward , briefly returned thanks- for the honour conferred upon them , afkr which Charles Bruoker , Esq . delivered an address to the nieetingvurging upon them tobe firm and united in the good cause * : ;
SHBFFlEiiX > . r-On WednPFday evening we had a crammed , oveiltowinar , suffocating meeting , ia Fig Tree-lane reom , ail was enthusiasm and determination to hiave the Charter , whofeand entire , not a hair ' s-breadth less . Messers . Clayton ^ rVior , Gilley , Ward , Clarkedn , Parkes . and Biack ' , of Notticgham , made excellent speeches ^ . The following resolutions were passed by . acclamation : — " That this mating considers the proposifioa of Sir Robert Peel for an alteration of the Corn Laws to ba an Insait to the saffering people , who have too long bofne patientlj
the grasping tyranny of a rapacious aristocracy , and this meeting entering its solemn protest against such a mockery , reeolve to resist its adoption hy every means in its . power . 1 ' tt That this mef ting awaro that the Corn Laws and every other vile law which disgraces the' statute- book of this country , are but the natural fruitsof class-legislatieQ , hereby declare that / they v ? ill be Gonttut with nothing short of a fui ' l represetitaiion of the peoplei as proTided for in the People ' s Qhsirtep r whwh , is the oa ! y rfmedy for national wroup , wb therefore demand the above to bo adopted * whole and entire , as the law of tho Iand /' -5- ' ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦— -- . ' ^ 'V - ¦' ;; . ; - ,.,: - ,. - . .. -: ¦ : , ' ¦
HUIJfc—ThoChajtisis of Hull have appointed Mr . Roger Pinder , blacking manufacturer , to represent them at the delegate meeting of the East and . North Riding , to be held at Selfay on Sunday , th » 20 c , h instauti * C ; ; IiEXCISSTE'R , —Mr . Cooper preached in the Shskbperean room j hist Sunday night ; and . Mr . Liuneyj of Manchester followed with a shert bat very torciblo aiad effective address . On Monday night , at tho close of the business at the ShakepereaB room , a Chartist hurried into the Toom and eaid » *• Cooper , if you fco to the Towb Hall , simtmllbo able to get a hearjQg :. the ; wont hear the Corn Lair repealers . " The meeting immediately resolved to > go thither in a body . The Town Hall , however , was
so densely crammed that Air . Cooper was deaired , on arriving , there , to go round to the parlour door Ho did so , —and in tvvo , minute 3 was seized bjm furious and maljicious ciew , who laid hold , some of his legs , others of hi 3 anas ; and one fiendliko being , gathering Mr . Cooper's eloak in his grasp , pulled , with all his mipht , in snob a Banner that , ( the cl « ak being fastened by ' a brass chain xound the neck , >^ ho wearer was nearly tbrAtUed . " Knock him on th * head V' , * rp- —h hini , dofot him t" were the enamragem' ats given by swme , to this rough handding . Findinft , his tnemies were really lot eat on some thing serious ^ and feeling his strength fast f « lin |^ Mr . Cooper at lengih e&omed out • - ' . oiurd « r ! ' *—
-•* they are killing tte ! " The working men present sow understood what was going on , —rushed to tho reBoae ,- —and with great exertion brought * Mr . C upon the table , where he clung to the ohains « f th > gas-light fer support , the exssperaUd repealew meauwhiie kjing hold of his leg ? , aad others endeavouring te remove the support froai beneath his feet . To the honour of Mr . John Big ^ s , the late Mayor , be it recorded that as soon as he . could re&cht Mr . Cooper , from the chair ( which he deoupied ) , b * put out his hand , and pulled Mr . C : betside bio » into the chair , thus placing him ia sifetj . Tho weeticg was one continued ecene of elamour , until the Corn Law repc » lcre retired , w h * n Mr . CooMr addressed the still crowded Guiidfeall for a short time , and was then conducted to hia house in Chvrek
Gate , by hundreds of , working taen shouting , ia triumph , through the Btxeeta . ; The erowd wbi « b assembled round the house & « cn numbered about tvro thousand , and Mr . Cooper was eonjpoJltd t » afcend to ( he leads above W » shop-window , and address them for a , short ti » e . Three ckstrs wex « given for the Charter , three for Q'SfrtiuaJlihrce for Frost , Williams , and Jones , thimUf fiftjfaMter . aud so the crowd dispersed . WcVfelHraBnwk . that the battle is yet ended : a ^ ifl ^^ e ^^^ Sk tlio Corn Laws , is to tako placi 3 ([|^^ S ^ a | P ^ 6 e , during iho week . » ud we shaiQwS ®^§« A& . fS * L ' ^ ar . d expose ^^ their m ^ Mt ^^^^^ M ^^^^ - ^ Q ::: ' . ' ¦ " vif ^^^®^ ¦ . ' : V \ S ^^ r ^ yS r ' ¦ • ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ \\ irS <* i ^ v . ? B / - > s ^ g ^ W
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YOL . Y . KO . 323 . SATUEDAY , FEBRUARY 19 , 184 ^ . "" »""^ gfpy ^"« ' ~
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TO THE IMPEBIAL CHASTISTS
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 19, 1842, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct742/page/1/
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