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Tffi&" EEBEOQA" MOTEMENT ' SOUTH " WALES . ( Jrsmouroxen ¦ CornspondexLJ % This has been & week of misforttmss inubtu eoncema the fbllowea of the Eege LaSy of South Wales . Asyour readersare aware , tbeLondonpolice to the number of traohundredwerelas i week scattered over the face of the country- they were stationed in eroy hamlet is the , county , along with a party of military lor timi protection ; and they have-gone to irariin downright earaest It Is said that thsyhave . not been very particular as to the neons which they have adopted to gain information , nor yet as to Vie quality of the information itself ; hut as every examination has been private , we have only imperfect reports Iroa "which to form a judgement . Committals hare , however , heen rife , as not * day has elapsed whfch has sot furnishsd its quota of prisoners for trial I gwp you * list of the names in as far as I can gather theirf , * and the ehaxges npon which the parties have been committed .- — - 9 k 11 x ^ i-, \ *¦ € T * 7 TIT * "T ^^^ f -f \~\ 53 " 1 T _ T \ TTT _ n xy ^ m vm
William Wniiams , . David Williams , John Williams , sndSvanWHiams , charged with being concerned in the destrucfioB or Pentrebach gate and toll house is the neighbourhood of Llandovery . They were committed l > y Eivid Jones Lewis and Lewis Lewis , Eiqaires , two of the magistrates for the eeunty of Carmarthen . Win . Williams is farther charged , on the oa th of Bran Powell , of Caecryn Mill , with . having delivered to tba said Evan Powell a letter threatening to bum his dwelling-bouse and property . Wm . Williams is also further charged with having delivered to the toll collector at Penterbach a letter threatening to destroy the gate , toll bouse , furniture , and eyen the gatekeeper himself Isaac Hamwariiig . DaTid llsln-vr&ring , Thomas Mainwaring , and John Powell , charged with having oa the 2 ? £ h of Sept last , burglariously tooken open the ' dwelling-house of Mary Hies , at Plasybout , in the parish of
Iilsndebre , and stealing therefrom the sum of 5 a . 64 ., also with destroying her furniture , also with a not at the same time and place , and finally with pulling down sad demolishing the dwelling house of the said Hary Boss . Am I have obtained a copy of the depositions against these witnesses yon will Had thee- somewhere in this letter . ' Philip Philip , Wimam Philip , and William Harris , charged with having committed a riot at Pound , in the parish Of Lkngunnor , by resisting the bailiffs in the execution of Ibeir duty . - John John , charged with having sent a letterto Thomas WiHiams , of the parish of Llanwrda , threatening to till aad murder him . In addition to these , there were six more brought to gaol yesterday , tfbosa names and offences I have been unable to learn . Altogether there are now for trial , in Carmarthen Gaol , about forty prisoners connected with the Rebecca outrages , besMes several which are out on ball .
Tha prisoners lor trial at the Special Commissien at Cardiff , ^ whai has been postponed to the 26 th instant , are John Hughes , David Jones , and John Hugh , who are charged with flnag with intout to Mil , &c , and with beginning to demolish a dwelling-house at Pontarddulaia . They are not to be tried now , it Beems , for demolishing the toll-gate j but if found " not guilty * ' on the foregoing charges , there is such a thing within the bounds of possibility as that they may again be brought up for trial at the A asiya , charged with the offence which is at present omitted . Lewis David and William Hughes , who it will be remembered were admitted-to bail formisdemesnour atPontarddulais ; David Lewis lor cnttinr and mniming at Tycoch ; ( this is a lame
collier lad , who was sworn to by the woman who is toll-taker at the above bar , as having assaulted her on the nlgkt the toll-bsz was "destroyed ; this , as your leaders : may recollect , took place within 200 yards of the TownHaB of Swansea , on the sight of the day that certain prisoners ware committed for trial : ) aad Henry Morgan , ^ Morgan Morgan , Esther Morgan , and Rsas Morgan , for cutting and maiming at Cromdlle . This latter ease arose out of the destruction of the Bolgoed bar . Some of the Morgans were implicated in that transaction ; and when Captain Kapler went to apprehend the accused , on a Sunday' morning , the " cutting and ¦ maiming * ' took place which has been tha cause of fow present action , r -
Oaeof the Bsbeaaites has already been tried and acquitted . . Ihis was at the Pembrokeshire Quarter Sessions , which were held on Tnesday last , at the town of Pes&nJke . Henry Leaeb , Esq ., Chairman , in his charge to the Grand Jnry , ia reference to this subject , espreased himself as follows : "He regretted the Lawless spirit of iBsabordisatian , which had been so generally manifested ; but he was glad to 2 nd that in this neighbourhood it . was unaccompanied by the violence which had . bees so fearfully developed in the adjpining counties . There was one ease in the calendar to which he would draw their attention , namely , that of the prisoner William Harris , who was charged with destroying the Plain-dealings Turnpike-gate , which was situated lathe town and parish of Karberth . The evidence
of the case dearly shaped thai Hit prisoner had committed ike qfence ; but then he was bound to say , that his conduct was not by sny means ehaiaettrasd by violence ; but was stripp&d of all these heavy charges which we bear of at the present alarming crisis . ** Ktrtwithjstanding that the court was so fully convinced of the concluMvs nature of the evidence in support of the . sbsrge , yet the Grand Jury were by no means so satisfied upon the xnVjsct ; lor after a abort consultation they ignored the Bill , and the prisoner was discharged . The finding of the Grand Jary took the Court completely by surprize and the members lazed on e&eh
other with wondering looks . The individuals of-whom ths Grand Jury was composed , state that the evidence -was of so trifling a nature , and withal so contradictory , that they could not possibly arrive at any other conclusion . And sot only so , bat that the local act of the TFhiilaad ' -s trust , expressly declares that no gate shall be erected within the limits of a town ; and the gate in Question being within the boundaries of the town ot liarberth , was decidedly an illegal gate ; and the prisoner in removing it , instead of being guilty of an unlawful action , atoply cleared away an obstruction from a public thoroughfare . This decision has given universal satisfaction .
At the Carmarthenshire Quarter Sessions held here on Thursday last , six of the Rebeccaites were brought up for trial charged with riot and demolishing a honse in Kidwelly . After a long discussion about" quashing the indictment , " demurrers , " and so forth , which Z can assure you was as so much Greek to me , { and as I do sot understand it myself , there is small chanee of my being able to make your readers comprehend it } , it Was resolved finally , that the Court had no jurisdiction in the matter , and the case was left over to the next General Assizes .
At the same Sessions , but on the following day , the question of the rural police was brought on the carpel Sir Jas . Williams wishing the London police to have a fair trial to re-establish the peace of the county , prior to the rural * being brought into play , and moved the adjournment of the police rate till the April Seasons . 3 _ ae motion was opposed by CoL ITrevof , who " stated this would be a breach of faith with the Government who had sent down the London police on the direct understanding that a rural police force wasto be appointed ; and * the principal duties of . the London
police would be to instruct the county police in their duties . " [ By the bye , it is a very pretty idea ' that of CoL Trevor ' s ; « nd down 200 men to teach forty 1 a Tery Mr proportion of teachers for this number of hopeful pupils ! but let it pass ] . Six Jas . WiOisms's motien- was lost by twenty-one to four , and the rate was voted accordingly . The expeoees of the Xondon police— the schoolmasters . '—were estimated at £ 1 , 659 , aad a rate -voted to pay them , coupled with the hope that Sir Jas . Graham would pa ; them out of the public purse . " Dont they wish theyTuay get it" !
Not withstanding all this formidable display ofjsdidal poorer , Rebecca is Tiot yet Tendered altogether hors de eombaL Her energies have certainly been crippled not a little by the sew tactics which have been adopted ; bnt she still makes her appearance where she is least expected ; and apparently as undaunted as ever carries her schemes into tffdet . On the night of Thursday last , the stackyard belonging to . Mr . Henry Thomas , of the White Xion , Llan-^ srrog { about tdght mDes from this ) , was discovered to hs on fire , and eventually was completely destroyed . The cause of this act of incendiarism was , that Mr . Thomas had given notice to quit to a poor but honest -man , who was a tenant of his , and who has for many s day been battling with Portune ' a eldest daughter , Misfortune .
On ths same night a party of between two and three hundred persons , armed as usual with swords and guns , and in various disguises , assembled in the neighbourhood * f SU Glears , and forthwith proceeded to a labourer * house , whose nan _ 9 is James Thomas , and who met with a severe Occident some time ago , which incapacitated him for work , and caused him to apply to his parish for . assistance . The cottage in which this man resided was one of the most wretched kind ; it was , Id faetj a mere hovel . The poor man ' s wife , who answered Madam Rebecca's summons at the aoer , was told not to be under the least alarm—that they came as friends , and from them she had nothing to fear ; that "Becca" considered she and her husband had suffered enough fern , poverty , and had provided them with a
better house . B-monstrance was in vain ; the " traps " were bandied out , and- packed on a cart "which had been brought for the purpose , into which Thomas and his wife were then respectfully handed . The party then set off to the Pwllytrap toll-bouse , which has been : unoccupied irinca -the recent destruction of ths toll ^ ate , where they deposited their passengers and Icnritare , and formally installed - them into their new abode . They required cf them , however , a formal promise Qat on no account would they keep up the eld system , 2 «» «» tnct toll from any passer-by .- They then left tie bewildered-tenant to settle thisgs to his liking in his new habitation , whilst they proceeded in a
body to Sie . mansion of R . P . Benym , one . of the magistrates of the county . Portai » t « 3 y for himBelf thai genOeman was from hoHiej foi they smashed MveMl of his windows and fired into bis bsdroom- They subsequently appended a notice to Ms front door , warning all whom it might concern that Rebecca had ., given poi ^ session to James " Thomas of the house adjoinir'g the iefore-mentioned gate , and if any should molest him in that habitation they might dread the vengeance of Bebeeca and her children . A t&mtl&r notice was served upon the clerk of the Bethlehem Chapel , with a letter requiring him to publish it in the usual way . Thomas and his wife are living in the toll-house , and ro one as jet has attempted to molest them *
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On Saturday night last , about eleven o ' clock , a party of Bebeecaites , consisting of ' fifty or sixty persons , assembled at Blackpool-weir , the ^ property of the-Baron de Rulssn , which with . no small difficulty they succeeded in demolishing . The masonry of the web : was of great strength , and the rioters were occupied in levelling it from eleven o ' deck at night unffl four next morning , keeping watch all the while over an old man who resided in an adjoining cottage and who was ordered not to appear . Ho cIdb has been obtained to lead to the apprehension of any of the depredators . _ n . __ . _ - ___ : . ' . — ' .- " "
Some time ago , two bailifis , belonging totbe town olNarbsrth , and one of whom is justly famed for being largely endowed with the gift of prayer , had occasion ts levy a distress upon the live stock « f a Email farmer resident in that neighbourhood . The farmer , aware doubtless , ofthe devotional propensities of his visitors , after the completion of the process , proposed to retire to the bouse ior prayer ; observing , that under existing circum-^ sneses a throne of grace was his best refuga . The offer fcacceptedjand it Is seedless to observe that the prayer ^ fffe '^ ffl-etttd man was long , strong , and dolorous ; interrbpted occasionally by the enthusiastic " Amens * of the myrmidoms of the law . Then . followed tke effusions of the bailiff in strains of most unfortunate length for him ; for at tiie conclusion of their devotions , when the pious party sallied forth in quest of their charge , it was found that either the prayers had banished them , or Rebecca had been there and driven them away . The bailifis were fairly diddled out of their prize .
Depositions takes at the Examination or the Maihwakings . —Mary Rees , on being sworn , deposed , that prior to Use 28 th day of September , she lived at Plasybont The house in which she resided , was her own , and had been erected for her about two years ago by Borne of be * neighbour * . A littie after twelve o ' clock on the Jnight of the 27 th of September , witness heard a shot fired outside the honaa which shivered the window . She was then in bed . The house was then broken into by men armed with hatchets and guns . - There were six men who ; came into the house . Two of them had white shirts over , their clothes , one had -his working clothes on , and the other three had their coats turned . The whole party had their faces disguised with chalk or whitening . They learched the honse and broke open the drawers which were locked . Thsy took five shillings and sixpence out of a teapot , which was standing on the shelf . They all asked witness if she knew them , and she said "no , " as she was
afraid that they would kill her . They made her go down upon her knees twice and kiss a gun ( 1 ) as an oath that she did not know any of the party . They took ths house quite down to the ground after they had removed the furniture belonging to the witness , and destroyed upwards of a bushel of wheat which she had unwinnowed . She was cut of the house when they began to pull it down . She knew some of the persons who broke into the house . The prisoner , Daniel Main-waring , is one of them . He is a butcher at Mynydd Mawr ; he was armed with a hatchet , and searched the house . It was him that took the 5 s . 6 d . He spoke to witness ; the others did not . Isaao Mainwaring , the other prisoner , was also there ; be is a labourer , and DanieVa younger brother . He- had a hatchet , and was busy assisting the others . They both live withKackel Main waring , their mother , and witness knows them very welL Thomas Mainwaring and Richard Powell wen also there . Powell had a gun , and was one of those who pulled the house down .
Having read the foregoing depositions , upon which the four prisoners were committed for trial , your correspondent felt anxious to ascertain what could be these men ' s motive , for thus despoiling a poor , helpless , and infirm old woman ; when he was so little astonished tc learn that she is accounted one of the most expert thieves ; in the neighbourhood . After the people bad been at the trouble of erecting a comfortable cottage , in which she might find shelter in her old age , she turned oat a common pest to the whole country . Bo at least xay informant tells me , and adds , that nothing was too hot or too heavy for her to carry away . ____________ _ _ _ -
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Greece the debt which literature , art , aad science owe tothft Greece of anSfqnity . " CoT <» d Thompson xwpwidei Mr . GEO-ftoiADi gave { in Greek)— " Prosperity and Glory to the Hellenic Nation j" and Mr . Albxandbidbs { in English)— "The British People . " ¦ Colonel Stanhope spoke to the latter toast , and alluded to his having established & free press In Athens , as to the effect of which in enlightening the Greek people he expressed himself very aangulhe . Mr . Maukogorbato then proposed "The Freedom of the Press , " in a speech which was unintelligibly Greek to us , hut which , from the . manner in which it was received , we judged to have been of a warm and eordial character , and which contained some mention of The Times of a complimentary character , and exciting considerable applause . ; — ^ _—
CololelStanhope gave " the health of the Chairman , " of whom he spoke in high terms , and Dr . Bowsing , irith great gallantry , proposed " The women—the beautiful women of Greece , " observing , that the poet would no longer have ta
exclaim'Oh , that such breasts should suckle slaves !' ( Loud cheers . ) _ The remaining toasts were both proposed in Greek" To the memory of those who fell in the struggle of Grecian independence—Greeks and Philhellenea , " by Mr . Lascabidi- and "The commerce of Greece with Great Britain and with the whole world—its extension and prosperity , ? by Mr . Xemo ? hon Baiii . The principal guests retired about eleven o ' clock , but the festivities did not . terminate till later in the evening . —Abridged , from the Times .
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DESTITUXION IN THE METROPOLIS . London is regarded by many an one city . Instead of that , 16 is a collection of towns , in many respects almost isolated from each other . From Tottenham Court Road to Bayswater—from Regent-street to Kensington—from Whitehall to Maida Hill , miles and miles of streets may be traversed without more than a passing glance at az » y thing like poverty . Thousands of families inhabit them , to whom the reality of want is rarely known except by name . To begin the day without a breakfast , to pass through it without a dinner , to miss the warmth of a garment , or tha services of a domestic , are privations with which they are practically unacquainted ; and bitter indeed would be their repiniogs if they found themselves deprived for a single week of what they consider " the common necessaries of life . ' Bnt take the district
between Shorediteh and Dog Row , Bethnal Green and Whitechapel , aid there destitution is the rule ; and any thing beyond the commonest necessaries of a mere sufficiency of the coarsest food and the meanest clothing the exception . We might point out numerous other divisions of London presenting almost equally marked differences of social condition , in . which , though not of equal exteat with the two we have mentioned , nor separated by so wide a space as they are , the ignorance of the rich as . tq the actual condition of the poor is almost as absolute as that of the inhabitants of • the west end" with , the wants of Spitalflelds . Search throughout Groayenor , Portman , St James's , Berkeley , Cavendish , Bryanstone , E 3 ton , Belgrave , and the other squares in the rich quarter of London
, the steests appending the names of those squares to their own by way of distinction , the terraces of Regent ' s Park , and the variously denominated piles of buildings bordering the other parks , and the suburban districts extending westward and northward beyond them , where shall we point to a house in which we may reasonably txpect to find a single member of the family , who , having time and money in abundance at command , has ever spent one hour in investigating personally the mUery in which thousands of his brethren in the eastern region of the metropolis are pining day after day , and night after night , or one shilling in endeavouring to , mitigate their Borrows ? Shall we be wrong in asserting that not one in a thousand of the men or women of fortune and leisure
in the rich quarter has ever exerted any greater degree of active charity in favour of those who d ( veil in the poor , than can be summed np in the statement that be or she has subscribed to a SpitalfleldB ball at the Opera House , and has made a point of attending it ? Except when the distribution of tickets by fashionable lady-patronesses excites a momentary attention , and to take one Is considered a proper piece of politeness , the very existence of widely-apread ahject poverty scarcely more than three miles off is a fact either totally unknown to those who have the means to alleviate it , and might with far less trouble than they bestow on a Chiswick fete employ them , or is disregarded as a matter in which they have no concern . The txisting misery is not forced on their notice : it does not
obtrude itself on their Bight : their walks and drives are amidst the opulent and tke gay ; and they are bo surrounded by the appearances of wealth and eDjoymenfc , thai they cannot , or will not realizs the truth that thousands within their reach are sinking under penury and starvation . Hot is it only to destitution only three miles off that they are blind or callous . There are mews , alleys , and courts , within one hundred yards of every square we have named , to which their fellow-creatures , perishing by inches from disease , starvation , or vice , may be found by those who will take the pains to inquire for them . Here and there a wretched being , trembling with sickness and ¦ want , and shrinking trom the view ot the police , may attract the casual observation of a passer-by and obtain
a trifling dole ; but which of the pampered sons or daughters of fortune ever even thinks of visiting the cellar from which the pauper has crawled , much less of placing him above the tender mercies of Poor Law guardians and the officers of the Mendicity Society ? The cost of a single dinner party or dance , the price ot a needlecs jewel or Court dress , the sacrifice of half a day's entertainment , would often be amply sufficient to raiBe a pauper and his family from their helpless and hopeless degradation , and to rescue them from their otherwise inevitable descent into crime ; but it is withheld because ( to place the most charitable construction on the matter ) the wretchedness of the poor is not forced on the notice of the rich , the abodes of squalid poverty are huddled together in narrow places out of
the immediate view from the windows and thoroughfares of wealth . We attribute much of the practical indifference of which we are complaining to the mode in which London is bnilt , driviDg the poor to herd together in masses out of sight of almost every one but themselves ; but that plea cannot avail them for not exerting themselves to relieve a single case of misery which is brought within their knowledge ; and we now tell them , that in every quarter of London there are suffering poor whose wants cry aloud to heaven against the neglect of the rich . Do you wish to know how to begin ? Do yon reqnire to be taaghfc some mode by which yon can show that your apathy has been the consequence of mere ignorance f You shall . not ask In vain . Take the houseless outcasts of the Parks under
your protection at once . You can have no hesitation in believing that they are in want Men , women , and children do not pass their nights on the bare earth at this season ef the year in England from any cause but that of irresistible necessity . Take them up . Provide them , ragged , filthy , starving , sick , and homeless , with clothes of the coarsest materials , with some of your mere cast-of garments ; with food of the plainest kind , barely more than the crumbs which fall from your own tables ; with shelter , if it be but bare wall , and with nothing \ o Me on but straw ; you will have mc . de a beginning , and year path will open itself to you rapidly . Trust not to New Poor Laws and Mendicity Societies ; but exert yourselves . These wretches are driven to the Parks in spite of both . They are beyond the reach of ordinary preservatives against famine . Their condition
tells unmist&keably how entirely distinct from charity is the present legal provision for the poor—how utterly impossible it is for anything but private beneficence to be relied upon , under existing circumstances , for protecting against the extreme of indigence these who are surrounded en all sides by on absolute superfluity of luxuries . It is for ; you , tbe rich and at leisure , to set your ewn hands to the work which your parochial institutions leave unattempted ; it is for you , Protestants , to make up to the poor their loss through the . Reformation of the old monastic ^ doles , it ia for you now to prove yourselves Christians in act as well as in profession , remembering that though almsgiving is not necessarily charity , - there is no cbarity -where there is ne almsgiving , so religion without charity , and that " He that giveth to the poor shall not lack ; but he that hidetb his eyes shall have many a curse . "—Times .
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NEWCASTtB . GRAND DE MONSTttATipN IN HONOUR OF T . S . DtrNCOMBE , figQ ., MP , FERROUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., AND W . P . ROBERTS , _» S _ 5 H l «*« w « e and Gateshead held a public aoiree In honour of Thomas S . Dancoufte , Esq ., p ff " l ^ W Sr 0 nnoif - & *• a ** - ' » ° t 8 its , ^^ gS&S ^ . » o- ^ ¦ <* Satu , tnfl'S ' ^ P *» to tf flre hnndred sat down S 2 KW f ^ * fe" »«> y elected to the Chair , » n « % fly ack £° » ledged the honour which they had sonfered upon him that evening in electing him to preside over . aue& a respectable and well conducted neeting , and called npon Mr . Kvdd as the first
_ Mr . Kyddwse and aaid fie felt highly honoured with K ? lt nt U ^ d wiU * the presentation of the address which he held in his baud ; , it contained the unsophisticated opinions of the Cbartisfe of thU district , and aa it was sufficiently expressive of itself , he would read it without making any comment " TO THOMAS 8 UNG 3 BY DtmcOMBE , ESQ ., H P . " ttESPEcTEB Si * , —We , the inhabitant * of Newcaqtle-iipon . Tyne , ^ in to bid you a sincere and hearty welcome to our town . We are extremely glad , and feel ourselves highly honoured that you have afioxded us an © pjKatuuity of personally express , ing our gratitude tot the devotion that you have shown in our cause ; and also by testifying the high e « teem which m entertained by all classes in this Metropolis of the North
towards yon . It Is impossible , within the narrow limits of an address to dilate upon your many excellent qualities , or even slightly to touch upon the patriotic exertions which yon have xaade in the cause of olvil and . religious liberty ; but we cannot aveid adverting to the more than Herculean taik that you have accomplished , by breaking through the prejudices imbibed in early life , and withdrawing yourself from the haunts and enjoyments of the aristocracy . We are keenly alive to the very many sacrffloea which you must necessarily have made la becoming the poor man ' s advocate . Your reasoning and your roiea ia the British Senate have ev . r been on the side of justice ; and of this We can assure yon that even your political foes award to you the plain but valuable title of honest Tom Duncombe—a title that
the proudest Monarch in Christendom might indeed feel proud of . : "Daar . Sir , —We again tender you our sincere thanks for thia your courteous visit , and sincerely hope that that great power who holds the destinies of men , and orations in his hand may long spare your life , and bless yon with all the enjoyments of health and happiness to advocate the cause of the poor , the needy , and the oppressed . " By the unanimous vote of the inhabitants of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , is publio meeting assembled . ¦ ¦ Wm . Cook , Chairman . Mr . K . having presented the address to Mr . Duncombe , eat down .
Mr . Buncombe then rose , and for several minutes the hall resounded with tremendous cheers and waving of hats , and handkerchiefs by the ladies ; as sooa as the applause had subsided Mr . Duncombe said—Mr . Chairman , Ladies and Gentlemen , I assure you the pleasure I feel on the present occasion far surpasses anything that I have ever experienced in my past political career —( cheers)—yet what a reflection is the honour done me by the people on the present House of Commons ! vAs one man I have done no more than my dnty—I have identified myself with the people because I know no country can prosper , so government can be secure , except its enactments are for tbe interest of tbe many ; and not the aggrandisement of a few— ' ( cheers ) . By reading some of your public prints I bad come to the conclusion that Chartism was dead in the North ; I had been taught to believe that you had given up the straggle for the Charter ; I knew if you had done so it was in despair : but this day baa proved to
me that you have not yet despaired —( load cheers ) . He had supported the People ' s Charter because he knew it was the people ' s right —( load and long cheering ); and a country would not be governed as it should be until that document was th 9 basis of the constitution—( tremendous cheers , which lasted for several minutes ) . He presented the National Petition bearing the signatures of three and a half millions of British subjects . Tbe Parliament refused your reasonable request to be heard through your agents at the bar of the Honse , in defence of any objections that might be raised against anything set forth in that petition . He ( Mr . D . ) would not present another petition praying for the same object . He would bo no patty to ttieit degradation . Mr . Dunoombe again declared bis attachment to the people and their Charter—name and all , and concluded one of the most straight-forward speeches we have ever heard , amidst cheering and waving of hats and handkerchiefs , which lasted for several minutes .
After which the baud played , ' The Conquering Hero Comes . " The Chairman announced the next sentiment to be "Tbe People's Charter , and may it speedily become tbe law ot the land , ' and called npon Mr . Kydd to respond to 1 L Mr . Kvdd rose amid great applause , and reviewed the different points of tbe Charter in aa able manner , and was loodJy cheered throughout . Mr . K . concluded an excellent speech by declaring his attachment to the people and the Charter . He said the Charter was engraven on the heart of every honest working man ; it was the keystone to our social : happiness , tbe means by which the country would be regenerated ; and the dieam of the poet would be realized when man and woman should sing in one universal chorus" Ob happy earth , reality of heaven . " Tbe band then struck up , "A man ' s a man for a ' that . "
The Chairman announced the next sentiment to be , " The health of W . P . Roberts , &q ,, and the illustrious patriots of ail nations who have suffered persecution for the cause of liberty" ; and introduced Mr . Roberta to respond to the sentiment Mr . Roberts rose , and the Hall rang again with the thunders of applause with which he was greeted . As soon as the applause had subsided , Mr . Roberts said , many of his friends might suppose that as his professional duties prevented him from mixing so often in the Chartist ranks as he desired , that he was not a zealous supporter of the cause of Chartism ; bat he would take this opportunity of declaring himself for the
Charterthe " whole hog , snout , bristles , and all "—( tremendous cheering ) . He was born a Chartist ; he was not a milkand-water Chartist , who boggled at the name : he waa a Chartist before Complete , unchristened Ci . artism was bora ; and was determined to continue one until it became the law of the land . He might be called to defend the oppressed pitmen from the tyranny of their masters ; but be never would rest satisfied until the whole of the British empire should be fully and fairly represented in the making of those laws which they were called on to obey . Mr . Roberts went on In this strain for some time , and concluded his eloquent response amid thundering peals of applause . The band then played " The Exile of Erin . "
'The Chairman announced the next sentiment to be "Feargus O'Connor , Eiq . and the democratic press" ; and introduced Mr , O'Connor , who would speak to the sentiment . ; Mr . O ' Connor then rose , and was severa l minutes before he could proceed fox the tkunderu of applause with which he was saluted . Mr . O'Connor said , he was happy at having an opportunity of addressing persona on both sides of the question , as was evinced by the call of " name , name , " when one of his friends had truly said , as sure aa a man honestly advocated tbe cause cf justice to the people , so sure would bis motives ba maligned by the enemies of that oppressed class . He ( Mr . O'C > would mention the name—the whole of the middle closest , who live upon the blood and marrow of the
labouring classes . Bat thank God , if our burden is heavy our shoulders are broad . A certain party now buoy themselves up with the false assertions , that tbe working classesi are deserting ^ Mr . O'Connor , if those squeamish gentleman bad been at the Black Fell to-day , they would have seen that the people still adhere to principle as much as ever they did . Mr . O'C said he would bet a wager that if a meeting was to be held on the town moor , that the moor could Dot hold all that adhere to principle ; whereas he would undertake to procure as many omnibuses in the town as would hold more than adhere to the pa&ty humbug . Mr . O'Connor went on in this strain fur a considerable timo , refuting all charges brought against him by the hireling press because be advocated a fair day's wages for a fair day ' s work . He said that portion of
the press of which he was proprietor , would , so long as he had anything to do with it , continue , as it has ever done to advocate tire caxlse of true democrecy and fight the battles of right against might Attempts had been made to purchase it—and to uwamp it ; but if the enemy would give him , £ 200 , 000 for one single column of it , he should not have it at that or any other price , He showed that papers with quarter the circulation , of the Star , would produce more proat to the proprietor from advertisements than the Stat brought altogether ; bnt it was not a speculation of profit that ha had in view—It waa ttw . disaeminatiou of pu * e democratic pi ' -aciples , and it would continue to battle oppression a-od mlsgovernmerit so long as it remained inthenori-^ aa . Mr . O'C . was cheered at the end of each sentence , and sat down amidst thundering cheers , and waving of hats and handkerchiefs . As soou as it had eubaiued ,
the band played up "RobReyM'Gregor . " The Chair announced the next nentiment to be--•• The immortal memory of Hutit , Cartwngnt , -Jeaumoat , Emmett , WilBon , Baud , Hardy , arid the illustrious dead of aHnatlons ;" He called upon Mr . Dickinson to respond jo it , who did se in a very able manner . ,, w , « The Band then played Scots wha hae wi' Wallace
A vote of thanks was proposed and carried , withlhre 9 times three cheers , to their patriotic gueat who had honoured them with his presence that evening , Thomas S . Duucombe , E-. q ., Fiasbury's Pride and England ' s Glory , Votes of thanks were likewise proposed , and cained with acclamation , to Feargua O'Connor , Esq ., and W .
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P . Roberts , Esq ., for ; the honour ot their presence that evening , and for their attachment to the cause of the people . : ' : -. ' ¦ - ' i ¦ ' Mr . O'Connor proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman for hia conduct in the chair , which wag carried by acclamation , and handsomely acknowledged by Mr . Cook , when the vast assemblage separated highly gratified with the entertainment of the eveni&g . . Mr . O'Connor enrolled seventy-two names after the meeting , making in all , with eighty which be enrolled on Sunday evening , 1 , 064 ia this district .
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» *~ ^™ T ¦ i . i ™ > ¦ ¦ . ' IiONDOK . —United Bopt and ShoekakSbs . — Tb \^ members of the above body mat at the Cannon QbnV' ? House ,-Old Sheet , on SnEday evenfn ^ , Oct . 22 , to revive their new eards and enrol themselves afresh . Mr . S \ nna 9 l Clark was elected Secretary in the room of Mr . Rft . ey , who resigned ; Mr . Richards , Treasure ^ and 3 Vtfc Mu'Js Chairman for the quarter . The question ,. " Are traces * ijnlons calculated to improve the ; < t > n- ; - dition of tt « e weriing classes ? " having been advertised for discussiVn . was opened by Me . M'Carthy ; who was followed by Jlesers . Greenslade , Clarke , King ; RUey , Lang with , and others , who delivered their sentiment * in a very able and creditable manner . This locality bids fair to prosper and flourish . - ' "— r- ' } . ,-- ¦_ , — , ¦ . ¦' - ¦ ,- - ¦ *» : ¦ — - ^ "" ¦ *
State of Ireeand'v— A crowded and entfensiasHc public meeting was held on' Thursday evening at the City of London Institatioa , Tiirn-again-lane , to protest asffdnst the recent Gbyeitament ixatragea ra Ireland-. Shortly after eight o'clock Hfrr fotbbone wa * called t » the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . Mr . Davoc moved , sind Mr . Cowanc aecoudeii , td excellent speeches the following resolution , " That thia meeting views with feelings of ths utmost indignation , the despotic . attempt of the Government to sibnee the expression of national grievances ia Ireland , and to crush the peaceful efforts of her people to obtain the Repeal of what they deem an unjnst Act of Parliament ; this meeting therefore expresses its cordial sympathy fer the sufferings of
their persecuted Irish brethten , and ardently hopes that they will continue ia their present career of energetic and determined agitation , until the iniquitoua Union is severed , and the Legtslatrue of Ireland restored ; " whioh was ably apokea to by Messrs . Mantz and M'Cullock , and carried unanimously amid the moat triumphant cheering . Messrs . Goodfellow and I > mune proposed and seconded the second resolution as follows : —" ThaUt is the opinion of this meeting that Ireland can entertain no hope from , the imperial Parliament as at present constituted , than a continuation of that system of tyranny and misrule which has . characterised its legislation for the last six centuries ; and furthermore , this meeting considers that the wrongs of Ireland will remain unredressed until she has a local legislature in which the whole people are fully aud faithfully
represented . " Mrssrs . MGrath , Clatk , aud Wheeler supported this rcBolution , and were greeted with entbusiastie applause , and the resolution carried by accla mation . Mr . Allan Davenport moved » nd Mr . Baker seconded tha foUowias ; resolution , which was also carried . without ft dissentient voice : " That all personalities and angry expressions that have at any time been made use of by individuals or parties in either country be for ever buried in oblivion ; aad that henceforth the English'Chartists and Irish Rapealers do march onward together , hand ia hand , in the glorious cause of justice , liberty , and humanity ; Repeal for Ireland ; and the People's Charter for the whole United Kfugdom . " A vote of thanks was moved by Mr . Dwnine , and seconded by Mr Baker , on behalf of the Repealers of London , to the Chartists , for getting np the meeting . Cheers were given for . the Charter and Repeal , and the meeting separated .
City of London Isstitutjon , Sunda y Evening ~* Mr . M'Grath lectured to a crowded assembly . The chair was occupied . by Mr . Cowan . Many members were enrolled , and a Bpirited discussion ensued . " Maeilebone Mr . Clark lectured to a large audience on Sunday evening , at the Mechanics' Institution , and was received with great applause . Sqhebs Town . —Mr . Wheeler lectured here on Sunday evening . The chair was filled with considerable ability by Mr . Hodges . Many members were enrolled , and much prejudice dissipated . BRISTOL . —Mr . C . Bolwell , of Bath , delivered a lecture on Sunday , tbe 22 nd Oct ., at the Democratic Chapel , Bear-lane , Temple-street , Bristol . His subject was , the present state of society . Mr . B . gave general satisfaction .
AtNWICK—The Anti-Com Law League convened a public meeting on the 21 st , at the Town Hall , to hear addresses from Messrs . Bright and CoMen , en the progress of Repeal . The meeting was announced for twelve o ' clocK at noon , at a time when the working classes generally were unable to attend . Messrs . Cobden and Bright delivered their usual barrangues , and were replied to by Mr . Dickenson . who ably exposed Iheir fallacies . Much good has resulted from this discussion , a large numhwr having been convinced , by Mr . D ' a . arguments , of the superiority of the Charter ovej eyery other scheme of amelioration or reform .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF NOTTINGHAM . AND SOUTH DERBY .
Brother Democrats —On Sncday , the * 15 wi inatant , I proceeded from Nottingham to Borrowash , by the nine o ' clock traia , a . m ., but found , to my great eurpiee , tho good fellows of the village knew nothing whatever of my coming , they not having received a letter or seen the Star . Censeqaently no meeting was the result . , In the evening of tha same day , I delivered a lecture to tiie Chartists of Derby . My subjeet was the present . state of my unfortunate country . I took a view of the Repeal agitation daring the last twelve months . Chartism is revivi-tg in Derby , many having lately joined tbe ranks . The Council have sent for fifty cards ta the Execative . This looks well and speaks well .
On Monday , I proceeded from Derby to IVkeston , to attend a Chartist tea party and ball , which took place in Mr . Stocks' commodious room , Bath-street . The room on ths occasion was very tastefully decorated with beautiful garlands and festoons , and the walls literally covered with splendid portraits ef Hunt , O'Connor , Duncombe , M'Douall , and many other of the leading political characters ia the ranks ot democracy . About seven o'clock your bumble servant was called to the chair ; The evening ' s business commenced with singing the "Star of Freedom , " after which several excellent toasts were proposed and ably responded to . ¦ ¦ ' .- ¦ "'
On Tuesday , I proceeded from Ilkeston to Tiitbary , a distance of twenty miles , and unfortunately found , when I arrived , there could be no meeting , in consequence ot tbe lads having no room ot their own ; and as to any other party either Whig or Tory , letting them have one , it . was out of tbe question . This is a terrible barrier to the progress of our movement ; for where there is no room to meet in , there can be no proper of efficient organization . lam sorry , heartily sorry for it , bat I cannot , for my « wn part , see how it tan be avoided ia small villages , especially such aa Tutbury is , where tho people are in such a wretched condition that they can hardly by incessant toil , get what will keep body and soul together .
-On Wednesday evening I delivered a lecture in the New Inn , Greasley , upon the alarming state of the country . Mr . Richard Auley , a sterling friend to the cause , occupied the chair . The masters , with a fewhonourable exceptions , in and around Greasley , ara aa erne ! and tyrannical a set of fellows as can be found in any other part of England . In the villBge of Wooden Box , about a mile from Greasley , the track system Is carried out to the fullest extent , in open defiance » f law . The working people are colliers and pot makers ; and
it is a positive fact , that when twenty shillings worth of work is finished , the master stops three shillings for discount out of it , and the remainder or the greatest portion ef it is swallowed up in truck . There are Men there who , I am informed , have not had twenty shillings in ready money , daring the last twelve months . The colliers in Greasley are quite willing to join t&e union , and I know of a fact that seme of them have contribated towards the fund . I feel convinced that if . a delegate waa sent by the execative committee of the Collier ' s Union , he would be well received .
Oh Thursday I proceeded from Greasley to Burton , but conld get no meeting , the Chartists of this town being similarly situated to those of Tatbary . Barton to horribly Tory ridden ; rod another thing , tbe people know ' nothteg , or next to nothing , of distress ; their bailies have not began to cry oat " cupboard , " and mme of the people think th » y nev « will ; bat if the present system continues much longer the poor fellows will ba woefally mistaken } yet there ate many Bxeb ^ rate Chaitists in the town , and if they had a room of their own , the principles bt democracy would " extend . "
On Friday night I lectured In Derby npon the Land and its capabilities , I find there are two of the friends to the cauae in this town excellent agriculturalists : one of them told me that for four years he had prodnced , on an average , forty strike of long pod and Windsor beans , from 100 square yards of Land—not the beat quality , mark you , of Land . Now 4 a strike , would be 160 peeks ; and suppose they ware sold atfoarpeuce the peci , which is about the average price , they would briag him £ 2 . 13 a . 4 d . You will bear in mind that he has done this for four years together . We'll suppose
again ( and I have a perfect right to make the supposition ) that he had an acre of this land iasteadof 100 yards , and had set it with beans ; how many pecks Would it produce at the above rate 1 . Why jast . 7 , gO 8 , and these sold at fonspeue * . the peck , would nmonut to . £ 130 2 a . 8 d ., bat we'll say threepence per peek , and : that will certainly be under the mark-, however I would rather be under than over ; even then if-would amount to £ &l 12 si Hear that , ye who say the land of Bugland is not capable of snpporting ita inhabitants , and bl » ah at year igHorance . , ; . I remain , as usual ,
Toot servant aad fellow worker ia the vineyard of Chartism , . ; Christopher D 0 TLE
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Kendal Ei , EeiioN » - * We M * e infprmeMst that . tb » Torie 3 have brojagbt ^ ^ forward ^ A& . BentackyaJfOT ? - folk landowner , aa a candidate for the Wrpajgn , ^ a » has stated hisftle ^ rmin ^ -ott ^ Thss iFlioK IN Jli ^ -ptittJr ^ n Moni ^ ay morning the soldiers 6 tatione ^ tie ^ ipir (^ a ^ arid evety thing Is n ^ xr going ..-. on . ^; M »! our usT ^ ; qa \ e | t ^ ness . Oiie of the ringleadera ^ in ifie Bosskeen xiot * mg . was , through the aotivity of Mr , TmW * ° ? captured and ! lodged in- Tain ^ ol . T { ifl man ««* an elder of thei free Chuwh i and a ringleader in we ; prison bi 6 aMing at Gromarty , Kas ^ so been apprehended , and bailed oat by his frieads . The « reat K of Se Sprits stilrieep aloof . Mr . ^ nK the sheriff , 8 tiu *? mains here to , CT ^ i nten 4 ^ measurea necessary for securing the public peace and seizes tbe rioters , many of whom ar ^ wanderins for shelter apart froia their families and friends , Ross-shire Advertiser *
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HELLENIC FESTIVAL IN CELEBRATION OB ? EB GREEK BBY 0 LVT 10 N . On Saturday evening a most interesting festival took place at the London Tavern , to celebrate the recent glorious events in Greece , when between eighty and a hundred gentlemen , natives of Greece , and friends ol their cause , sat down to a sumptuous banquet The upper end of the room displayed tbe flags of England , of France , and of Greece ; and four pillars against the walla of the room bore Inscriptions commemorativefirst , of the various , national assemblies of regenerated Greece , beginning with that of the 25 th of March , 1825 ; secondly , of the battles won by the Greeks , thirdly and fourthly , of the surviving and defunct heroes who had fought in tbe Greek cause . Mr . C . T . Ralli was in the chair , and amongst those who supported him were the Hon . Colonel Stanhope , CoL Thompson , Mr . B . Cochrane , M . P ., Dr . Bowring , M . P . After the healths of the sovereigns of Greece and Britain had been drank : —
The CH-ii-aHiuN then gave the "Hellenic Nation , " Hb delivered an address of considerable length in the Greek language , in which , amongst other matters , we understand that he strenuously recommended an oblivion of the past , and a zsaloua and friendly co-operation of all parties for the future . He was listened to with marked attention , and was warmly applauded . The following toasts then followed— " The Hellenic Council of State . ' «* The present national ministry of Greece . " Mr . Iostdxs , in giving " The friendly relations of regenerated Greece with the allied powers , " said that notions ago Greece formed but an insignificant province
in a despotic country ; their spirit was curbed by the oppression of their rnlers , but that very persecution had been the means of preserving their nationality . Few men then believed that the Greeks would ever again form a nation . They had patiently bided their time , however ; they had acted throughout with prudence and firmness , and they were now one of the Christian nations of Europe . They had now , it was trne , other enemies besides tbe Turks , but he hoped that they shoald be able to stand out against them , and that Christian Europe would co-operate with them—( cheers , the band playing " Bule Britannia , " followed by the " Manellois ") .
The CHAisiun gave " Oar Gaesta" ( the Hon . Colonel Stanhope , Dr . Bowring , M . P ., and Mr . Caehrane , MP . ) and other PhilheUenes . Letters having been read from the Earl of Arunderand Surrey and Lord Dudley Stuart , expressing their regret at being unable to attend , bnt at thB sasae time expressing their warm sympathy in tbe cause which the meeting of that evening were celebrating . . Dr . Bowbik g , in acknowledging the toast ( which was moat warmly received ) , emphatically exclaimed : — A meeting like this carries me back some twenty years ; and recalls to my recollecSon an illustrious man , who ,
when a youth at Eton , gave expression to his ardent sympathies with Greece in a beautiful poem , and who lived , Prime Minister of Great Britain , to lend his powerful aid towards accomplishing the fulfillment of those generous hopes which in his very boyhood he had cherished ! Need I name George Canning ! ( The feelings excited by the naming of tbe great statesman were most powerfully expressed . ) And recollection also reverts to another yet more illustrious genius { a cry of " Byron J" and great enthusia-an ) , who , alas 1 lias not liTea , —Tronld Ibat **• had , —to witness the suspicionestablishment of constitutional liberty in that land
which he so eloquently apostrophized as *• lively in her age of wo 1 Land of lost gods and godlike n _ 6 n I " ( loud cheers )—aad which be would have rejoiced to have been enabled to see as hB ha < 3 sung—•• . how bright When re-awakened into freedom ' s light !" { Continued cheers . ) How happy would he have been to see his anticipations realised in the second , the real resurrection of Greece , whom he had energetically advised— ' Trust not for freedom to tbe Franks 1 They have a King who buys and sells ! In native swords and native ranks , The only hope of freedom dwells . "
( Great cheering . ) Yet J it is now to be hoped that Greece is for Greeks , and that Greeks will give to her liberty—( ebeers ) . Nothing could have been happier and more auspicious than the manner in which the recent revolution was peacefully accomplished , and nothing could be mere appropriate than the generous spirit of forgiveness vrith which all recollection of the past appeared to be regarded—all resentments absorbed in glowing anticipations of the future J—( cheers ) . Yet let it noi be supposed that there will ever be permanent tranquillity or prosperity in Greece till it is fully understood that she is for Greeks alone !—icbeers ) . Let it be hoped that their present Sovereign will form the commencement of a dynasty whose history Bhall be ^ marked by the progress of general happiness—( cheers ) . I cannot help imagining that the noble spirit of ancient heroes is not entirely extinct in Greeceand that something of ita influence may have
, had its share in producing tbt > peaceful and happy « h » - racter of the recent revolution—( cheers ) . I know that there are yet to be seen the high foreheads and the fine features that speak eloquently of the past ; and I would fain hope that - " their hearts yet beat to the feerolc songs of olden times , " and that there is yet mind in Greeks to secure a noble future l- ^ cbeers ) . J trust that , as their peaceful revolution has given confidence in their character'to public op inion—whenever hereafter they raise the cry of " labertyV ' -doud ^ cheew ) - tbe sound wm not be lost on the heights of Pamassu ? , or on the plains of Marathon , or on the waves of the -Bgean ; but that thtdr attachment to freedom ^ wfll be the source of virtues that may fgrm . a national ch a , ncter—stronger , wiser , noblei than , it las ^ ever yet beea sea , arid that bo tbe . Gr «* B ol modem fames wm tqnal in glory the Greeks of "whom history so eloquently discourses—( Loudandcontinned cheering ) . .. "
. Mr . Iobdides then give , in Greek , "Ttomembera elect of the National Assembly , convened to Jneet- « t Athens , for the purpose «* framing theloog wiahed-for Hellenic Constitution . Hay they realise the hoppj and expectations to Hie Greek nation and of all tbe civilized world . " ; After a number more toasts -which were « loo , uenUy spoken to , Mr . P . T . "Bali . 1 gave , " Tbe Diffusion of EdncaOon in Greece . 3 iay civilised Europe repay to Modem
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The Eael of Harewood is about to introduce the allotment system among the poor oa his estates ac Goldsbrough and other placed . The Stbamek C 6 i . Tn . iBiA , —The last accoants from the wreck of the Columbia , en Seal Island , state that so wonderfully strong was the ship that only her rudder and _ ¦ tern bad fallen away , although she has been on the rocks more than two months , and exposed to all the vicissitudes of the weather . —Liverpool Albion .
Ki- < gcraft . —Lonis XVI . was , a fool of my own knowledge , and in despite of the answers made for him at his trial . The King of Spain was a fool ; be of Naples was the same . They spent their lives in hunting , and despatched two couriers a week a distance of one thousand miles to let each other knew what game he had killed the preceding days . The King of Sardinia was a fool . All these were Bourbons . Tne Q / ieen of Portugal , Bragaszaa , was an idiot by nature , and so was the King of Denmark . Their sons , as agents , exercised the powers of Government . The King of Prussia , « uo cessor to the great Frederick , was a mere hog as well in body as in mind . Gnstavns of Sweden , -and
Joseph of Austria , were really crazy , and George of England , you know , was in a strai g ht waif . tcoat . There remained then . none but old Cathertp . e , who had been too lately picked up to have lost b . er common sense . In this stated Bonaparte foun ^ Europe : and it was this state of its rulers that lor . t it almost without a straggle . These animals > uad become withopt mind and powerless ; and * go will every hereditary aooaroh be after a f& / r generations . Alexander , the grandson of Catherrae , is an exception . He is able to hold his own , ' fcut he is only of the third generation , and therefore , his race is not yet worn-out . And so endeth . the Book of King ' s , from all of which , the Ironi deliver us . —Thomas Jefferson .
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WEWCASTLE-TJPOjf-TYNS ,- ~ The Chartists ol this locality held their weekly meeting aa usual on Monday evening , Mr . Gibb in the chair ; Mr . Smith moved and Mr . Seed ) supported a vote of thanks to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., for his able services in the caaaa of the democracy in this district Carried unanimously . It is requested that a meeting of all the Chutist members of this locality take place on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock , at the Goat Inn , Cloth Market , for the purpose of noailaatlng office bearers , && , under the new rules .
NEWTON ( MoNTdoMEaTSHiBB ) . —On Wednesday the 18 th inat , a pablic dinner was given to Mr . Thos . Powell on hifl return from Lsndon . Several excellent speeches were made , and democratic toasts , songs , and recitations given . The ; evening wa ? spent in joyous and rational hiliarity to the satisfaction of all present .. It is intended to form a society , for mutual instruction amongst the working ( classes . We wish the project success . \ SVNDERIiAND . —Mr . O'Connor at Sunder . LAND . —Thursday , Oct . 19 th , being the day ot Hr . O'Connor ' s visit , great excitement prevailed throughout the town . Tbe hoar for openiBg the doors was announced to be seven o ' clock ; bat long before that time the stairs and staircase leading to the room waa
crowded . Shortly after seven o ' clock the room , which is capable of holding eleven hundred people , was crowded almost to suffocation , and hundreds had to go away that-could not ( gain admission . Shortly after eight o'clock Mr . O'Connor arrived , accompanied by Mr . Roberts ; as soon as they appeared on the platform tremendous shouts of applause were given from , ail parts of the room . As eoon as silence was obtained , Mr . George Chariton was called to the chair , who introduced Mr . O'Connor in a short but effective speech . Mr . O'Connor was again received with loud acclamations . He spoke for nearly two hours in his usual strain , in the course of which he was rapturously applauded . Afler Mr . O'Connor's address . Mr . Roberts delivered a .
short speech . At the conclusion he was Iou 41 y applauded . Mr . O'Connor then moved a vote of . thanks to the chairman , which ] was responded to . A vote ef thanks was then proposed to Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Roberts for their services in the Chartist cause , which was given by six hearty 'cheers , and clapping of bands ; which lasted for several minutes . After silence was obtained , Mt . O'Connor said he was now ready to enroll members ; when two hundred were enrolled . A ^ reat many more would have taken out cards , but it being the back part of the weehi their pence was short . Mr . O'Connor intends paying ns another visit on his retard from Scotland , when we hope to have some hundreds more enlisted in this glorious cause .
BAT 3—The first exchange of local lecturers , In accordance with the resolution of the late western delegate meeting , took place on Sunday last—Mr . Charles Bolwell , of Bath , lecturing in Bristol , and Mr . Rogers , of Bristol , lecturing in Bath . On account of its being the first Sunday evening ! meeting held in Bath for the last two years , and the | very unfavourable state of tbe weather , the attendance was not so numerous aa might have been . desired . Mr . ; Twite presided , ; and an interesting discourse waa delivered , at the conclusion of which a vote of thanks waa given to tbe lecturer and chairman . i
BS 7 RV—On Sunday evening a lecture was delivered in the Chartist Association Room , by Mr . W . Dixon , of Manchester . Mr . Henry Ruberts in the chair . At the close of the lecture the Bum of 13 s . 6 d . was collected tor Mrs . Ellis , and 4 s . 9 d . wns collected by a few friends , Which makes in all 18 s . 3 d . ; 5 a . 9 d . was deducted for the expenses of the lecture , and bills posting , which leaves a balance for Mib . | Ellis of 12 s . 6 d . DUBLIN . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association met at their Rooms , No . 14 , North Anne-street , on Sunday last ; Mr . Joseph Brierly in the chair ; Mr . William H . Dyott . Secretary . The rules and , objects of the Association having been read , and tho last day ' s proceeding- confirmed , Mr . Patrick Morao proposed Mr . Charles Taylor for admission . Mr . Clark seconded
the motion . Mr , Taylor ; having been admitted , Mr . Moran read a most excellent adriresa from the Chartist Painters of Manchester to the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , which was received with load cheers , and ordered to be inserted on tbe minutes . Mr . O'Higgins moved that Mr . Samuel Barnes and Mr . John Stanton , of Norwich , be admitted members . Mr . Rafter seconded tbe motion . Mr . Barnes's letter stated that sixty Stars had been sent from Norwich for the use of the Association ( cheers ) . Mr . O'Higginsinbved " ThatMr . Thomas B ^ use , of Salisbury-street , London , be admitted a member . " Me . Dyott seconded the motion . It waa thevi moved and seconded , •» That the fallowing address from the Chartiats of London , denominated ' Emmett's Brigade , ' be inserted on the minutes : "—
"TO 1 HE JB . 1 SH UNIVE ^ RSM . SUFVR . A . GE ASSOCIATION . " Brothers , —Having read your patriotic address to the Chartists of Great Britain , ' we take the earliest op * portunity of transmitting to you the assurance of our warm esteem and sympathy . We bail you as coworkers in the great causo of human regeneration , and as such we tender you the right hand of friendship and brotherhood . { " We are feelingly alive to the manifold grievances inflicted on our Irish brethern . We have not been heedless of the injustice which has rendered their homes desolate and \ driv « n them to foreign shores to seek that 1 sufficient sustenance with which their own fertile and beautiful country abounds . Your sufferings are deeply deplored by the working millions of England , whoj no matter what may be taid
to the contrary , have proved themselves the steadfast friends of keal " Justice to Ireland , " as Ur as their power or influence would permit . When speaking of England , a , line of distinction should always fee drawn between the Government and the people ; always remembering that ) the power which oppresses Ireland , also enslaves and tramples on the working men of England ; and the very same feeling which induces the IriBb people to demand self Government by a Repeal of the Infamous Act of Union , causes us to . stand forward tot the accOmpliBhment of ' THE People ' s Chakter , ' witkout which we shall remain the slaves of wealth , and be used as mere machines for the purpose of adding to the already enortnous incomes of manufacturers , landed aristocrats , and unprincipled usurers . !
•• It ia true we have stillfa vestige of liberty remaining of which you are deprived by the " Convention Act" j and as that act has been enforced by the consent of the middle classes of Ireland , it behoves you to take care that a Repeal of the Legislative Union does not confer exclusive privileges on the upper and middle classes of Ireland ; aa in such case it will , like the boasted Reform Bill , prove to be a curse iastead of a ¦ JMtoing to the working classe ? . aHfSVe hail the establishment of your patriotic asso-CKKlon in the metropolis of Ireland as a proof of the onward progress of democratic principles ; and we shall cordially co-operate with you in every measure calculated to deliver not only Ireland , but the Whole human family from despotism and its attendant miseries . With a sincere wish for the speedy establishment of the ' RIGHTS OF MAN / i and complete justice to Emmett's loved land , we remain your brethren in the cause ef freedom . !
" Signed on behalf of the Chartists of London , denominated Emmett ' a Brigade , ' " Thomas Rouse , Sub-Secretary . " The reading of this admirable address elicited several bursts of applause . Mr . P . M . Brophy , Mr . H . Clark , Mr . P . Moran , Mr . O'HiKKJnS , Mr . Manning , Mr . Bsrgin , Mr . Doyle , » nd Mr . 3 > yott having severally spoken upon the present prospects of Chartism , its progress in England , and the best mode of promoting it in Ireland , Mr- Manning was called tojthe chair , and thanks having been Riven to Mr . Brierly , ' the meeting separated .
Manchester—carpenter's Hall . —The Chartiats of Manchester hold their usual weekly meeting in the above Hall , on Sunday evening last . Mr . T . NnttaJl was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Grocotfc read the article upon the Repsal question and O'Connell'a conduct from the Star of Saturday last , which at the conclusion was loudly cheered by the immense congregation ! The Chairman then introduced Mr . James Leachi to the meeting . Mr . Leach upon rising was greeted byjtha most rapturous applause . Mr . L . ' s nvguments were of tba most convincing character . It would have bSen well if Messrs . Cobden and Bright had been present to have heard their arguments taken one after another and floored like so many nine piw ) . In fact . Mr . Leach ' s lecture proved to all who heard it that Free Trade in corn without free trade in votes , would be a positive injury to the people of this country . ]
CARLISLE . —MEETING OV TUE CODSCIL OF XSE Chartist Association—| -A meeting of the above body took placo on Sunday last , at their room , No . 6 , John , street , Caldewgate , Mr . jlhomas Cariuthers in . the chair . The minutes of the ] last meeting were read over and confirmed ; after which various sums wore paid in from the different localities . Tha Chairman then drew the attention of the meeting to Sir . O'Connor ' s letter in Saturday ' s Star , which beiijig read over and considered , a committee of seven persona v / aa then chosen , to make the neccesBftry arrangement * for Mr . O'Connor ' s reception in Carlisle . The lar&e and conynodiofla lecture room of the Atheanenm . W _ I , if possible , be engaged , which will accommodate uearly 1000 persons comfortably seated , and we have no doubt of the meeting being a bumper ' on the present occasion .
Discussion . on a Repeal of the Cobn Laws - —According to announcement the following question was dbeuesed on Sunday evening ; , in the Council iroom of the Carlisle Association , No . 6 , John-street , Oaldewgate ; j" Will a total and unconditional repea ) of the present Coin Laws realise those beneficial results , bo fondly anticipated by tha advocates of a repeal of that measure ? " Mr . J . Armstrong opened t ' ae debate , and was followed by several other gentlemen . The discussion was adjourned until Sunday eveai-jg , the 20 th instant , at six o ' clock .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 28, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct825/page/7/
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