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BTTBUK . — -The 3 ii 3 h TJnirersal Snffraga Assoela-« pn met as usual in the Great Hoona , 2 ? o . U , ISorth . j-jje ^ cet , on-Sundsy last , at ax o'clock in the f raSn g , Itfr . William Woodward infhechair . Mr -jfta- fi « 3 > yott » seCTetary . In accordance -with the asn&l practice of ihe meeting ifee secretary xead the joJeBand objects of the Association , land a great ^ nmljer of letters from the tjomurj , some of -which rfjjed thai the waters-were Yerjaiirions to learn j ^ ie tberiie O ' Connelltr 2 > nte 3 ronld-be coBected at flie Chapel doors fhis year , and whether the Catholic < 3 ergy -BEre josfifiedl in Allowing ihe Catholic QajchEsand Gb&pels ^ o "be used for the purpose of jdlecUDg monejto support a set of greedy idlers ng their hungry progeny—the O'Briens , the
C-Keefes , the ^ Thompsons , 4 he t 3 onrtneys , and several ^ ieis ; sudalso to he informed al ibis year , 1843 , jrere to he jeaJly the ** 3 Jepeal year , " or whether the ag itation Trill not eventuate in the arming snd calling oat ihe Orange Yeomanry j and was it possible -gjsi Ireland should spend another fire years in ji ^ aish dfbris to conciliate a poor , beggarly , cowjrflj gang of * f assassins , known as the Orangemen jfihsSiffJi ? Another-writer wished to be inform-^ 3-of Trhat vra&done -with all the monev recently jeered as KepealBent ? Was it to be laid ont , as riftfed , in Government debentures : or was it
jnieuded io hribe the Tories as a means nf inducing them to concede the Repeal 1 Another writer irgnested the president ( Mr . G'fiijj-Hiis ) u ^ snswer the following questions . The letter jjia : "We afliereinow ^ Dan tobe a slippery knave jjsiiiaTB hitherto regarded this Repeal affair as a * S ¥ hJg-blown bnbble to annoy the Tories ; and that ffConntB wonld ¦ whistle away hk foHowers to some © flier onesiion Tvheneverihe Hi peal became serious . 3 $ ntihe Catholic bishops and clergy hare shown a sslioc earnest to allow a momemV donbi as to jkeir anceriiy . I therefore Tely npon you for a few
2— "Are the Catholic clergy determined to get jjg > eal ; or will they , if the Government make other ^ toscesions tsneh as the poor law ; fishy of tenure ; abaEtfrai of the tithe-rsnt charge , See . &c-j drop J $ ns * rv ? 2— "Has O'ConBell the power to stop the agitargon and betray ihe people withont their knowing it , . ss he has thrice done before I 3— "if ihe English Government attack the meetings for Bepeal by the bayonet and the ballet , will fl » € aflioac clergy actively restrain iheir flocks fiom jeas&nee ! l— " £ re the people prepared to Sght 1 and if Peel aJtackslheni , will they in despite of the abandonment of CConneH , the Q not-one-drop-of-hnman-blood ) leader , go on and repel force with fores !
5— " Is it in the nature * f tilings probable that the matter will come to a crisis 2 when the Chartists of England wiihentdanger of stultifying themselves by haoming the dupes of O'Connefij may materially sire the interests of freedom by holding immense demonstraaons in favour of the Repeal of the Union . " B put the qnesfion more pithily , * Is it likely flat Patrick O'Biggins can , with propriety , join iheBspeal ranksT " " air- O'Biggins aid that he had given these ^ neaions his most -seriOH 3 consideration : for , in iddinon to their vast importance , they were written lj a icort respectable gentleman , who , though net xb enrolled Chartist , was as sincere an advocate
sodas Snnly attached to ihe great principles of the People ' s Charter as any man living . The letter was written , and these questions pnt by a scholar anda gentleman , one of nature ' s nobility , whezn all tomwrred—( bear , near )* . He ( Mr . O'Higgins ) had written his answers to these questions , which , with ibeleave of the meeting , he should read . Let it be understood that his ( Mr . O'Higgins ) answers were joerelj his own individual opinions—iha * no man ins answerable for them but himself ; and that if le differed in opinion from those who blindly followed G'Connell , it should , and lie hoped wonld , be only looked npon as a difference of opinion—( hear , hear . ) He sineerely declared that lie wonld snpport © YJnnnell to-morrow , and forgive all past injuries ,
proTidfcd he gave a pledge 3 n writing , that he wonld sipjartno Adminisvratipn bnJ one that wonld give bs official advocacy to ihe Peopled Charter—( hear , hear ) . < An OTonnellite— He said he wonld vote Her the aea * nre in Parliament "—( great cheering ) . Hi . CBiggins—SayingliewonldvoteforihePeopie ' s Giarter is the next thing to a negative pledge The snpport or no -Snpport of a Ministry is 4 he test . The Infamous Castlereagh snpported Catholic emancipation . ( O'ConneHite—Surely jou arenot ^ oing to compare O'Connell to the cnt-ihroat Castlersafth ]) Mr . G'Higgins—2 so ; bnt those who deem the mere seppon ol a question or measure in Parliament a sofieient test of a Member ' s sincerity won the question itself , are making a comparison
between XJastkreagh and CConndl , becanse , as far as that gees , they are identical . There i 3 so mode of testing the honesty of a member of Parliament , except by pledging him to withhold fi 3 « npportfrom any Ministry bat one that wonld make the People ' s Charter the law of die land . Had Ht . CConnefl done this , the Wiiigg wonld hare jessed that measnre long ago , and wcnld have held -oSce with tbe goodwill of a gratefulj a nappy and a prog > eTt » s peopler-fliear , hear . ) JBnt noj their jneaEDres-were ^ fciaL ' Under them Jbere was no lope of any , the least extension of pnblie liberty . £ eep the Tories ont nil we , the Whig snpperters , get aB-the "Whig places . Let ns vote for every base -Sieasnre and profligate job , and delude our followers
ly the cry , " Seep the "Tories ont . Was not this file system pmsned dnring ihe -srbolereign of Whiggery ! Aye ; and this will . ever be the system nntD Eccitime as the people have the sense to pledge « very Member of Parliament withont exception , to sipport no Adminstration bnt one that will ^ ake the People ' s Charter a cabinet measure . Every candidate coming forward at an ekc&on , pledges "himself , in general terms , to igassEnthis constituents ; that ia to say to lay iheir vraDts , wishes , and grievances before Parliament , with a view to remedy these grievances ; but when he 33 relumed , he then pledges his ioiionr in the Brntmrable Honse , that he is a free and indepea-< Jeni M . P _ that lie lepresents no views bnt his own ,
mo one bnt himself . ! Now , begging the pardon of these Honourable 3 UVs , is not this honourable Ijmgl bnt who dare say so ! To say it is a breach of pmS ^ e . It -was this test ; thisclearly deEned posifire pl&d ^ e that tended , in a great degree , to carry CatboSe Emancipation . Why not pledge candidates 2 u > wl Txost , Williams , and Jones would have beea recalled long since had Mr . O'Connell acted hones % —dear , hear ) . A motion for an address to the Queen loreckl them , was diseased in the Home of Commons . "Mr O'Connell spoke in fayonr of it ; bnt -Beangxhat the motion , "wotdd be carried if be voted fcrit , he , 5 ke lord Castiereagh , on the Catholic ^ nesnon , left the House before She division i Shere bang , when he » TnMria family had all left the Honse
and thus cheated his constituents , for the motion 53 , against it 58—the speaker having given the casi-| zg vote against ihe morion , it was lost by a majority of one . Had Hi . O'Connell and those of his Sunny , who pretended to be in favour oTthe motion , 7 « ed forii , there would have been a majority of six mfevonrof ix ! I Sowitis bard to trust a man who iad once acted in ibis base , treacherous , and deceitful * 8 Ener . BnttheIrishpeoplearekeptinigporance of fie vfllanons conduct of their representatives . The IrM newspapers would not publish the divisions in fisa fionseof Commons , lest then- publication should * akB lyConntll unpopular . He < Mr . O'HigginS ) « d often taken the votes and proceedings of the Boose of Commons to get the divisions published ; wi the
liberal papers refnsed to pnblish them . « r . Siacnton , the proprietor of the Morning Jtepisfer , asked Mm , ( Mr . O- "IL ) upon one occaaon , wiaj good wonld it do to make O'Gannell unpo-JaJsr ? " admitnng by the qnesnon itself that the JnbhcaUon of the truth wonld make O'CoEnell fiopopnlar . Hi 3 @Jr . O'Higgins ) answer was , what good does it do to make ihB devil unpopular ** eept jhat of expoang treachery and faisehood , led holding them "up in contrast with truth and Sghteonaj eEsi" He ( Mr . O'fliggiBs ) felt it to be & fin * y io the Association , to himselfj and to the *^ sirers and followers of Mr . O'Connell to make •^ ss preJiniijiary observations befere he shculd ^^ bis answers to the questions of his respected tend . ^
in answer to first question , my opinion is that *? 2 OHghthe Catholie clergy are at present deter-* sssA to sti Bepeal , yet , for the sake of trangniiijy , W would try the effect of what is called " Jnstice ® Ireland f that is to say , the concession of the e $ B Propoatiwis which iir . O'Connell said he * KU ( I accept ^ an equivalent for KepeaL —aiy opinion is , that O'Connell has the Puerto sop the agitation , as he did thrice before , ^ wffl stop it , provided the Tories give him a por-^ ofihe Irish patronage . *—« ie CathoBc-clergy , being Ministers of pease , plovers of it too , will nseall their inflaence to 2 «* iniheir Socks , in the event of the English rj ^ naaent attacking the Bepeal meetings by the ^ oaes and the bnllet .
" 4—The people are not prepared to fighi ; thai is *^ rtbey ar « not prepared with the munitions of ? " ^ snas and amunition : but that they arewilling ^^ tlh avejiot theilightest donbt ; and I iiave . ^•^ toinowjaalin somBparta of the conntryj |® Jeqple wonld JaQch isther get tiie Bepeal by , ^^ for it , ihan get it qniefly ; andj there-? * £ * jacked , they Assuredly will lepeliorce by ^ y ^ hey are delj ^ itedlo hear of the qnanfifies ¦« « as and amnnifion . which lave lately airiTed . ^ r % - CConnelt wlli aot briyf matfers to a S ^ j JI iB can aToid it . BJb object is to keep np r ^ gnation for Ae Bepeal merely as » meanBof ^ l ^ ng ihe Tories , whichlie conld not now do bo 5 J £ * 3 a % by iflieagitation of any oiher measare ^ wiartsstecaa affiBtliw Bepeal movement very ?***? % , withoat either staMfying themselves , oi ^*™> gthe dnpes of CConneU Bnt they cannot ^ lae jJepes ! ranks -wifliont becoming the dupes
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of O'ConneTl , and stultifying and degrading themselreB into the bargain . ^ " ^^ e ^ anse the National Chartist Association recognizis the Bepeal of the Union , and so does the Charter itself . 2 . —Becanse the leaders of the Repeal of the Union movement do not recognize the Charter : on the con ^ trary erery principle of the Charter is excluded from the Bepeal agitation . 3 . —Because Mr . O'Connell does not desire the Bepeal of the Union ; for if he did desire it , ie would not lefnse the assistance and co-operation of three aniilOJfS FJT 2 HTJXDBED THOCSAlvD BBlTlSB SCBJ £ crs , and court the aid and co-operation of a miserable cowardly gang of drunken , debauched , assassins and traitors , in the north of Ireland , under the name > of the Orange yeomanry .
4 . —Becanse joining the Bepeal ranks wonld ba formally abadonmg a great principle for a lesser one — -would , in fact , be admitting that a part was greater than the whole . The Charter includes the whole—the Repeal is bnt a small part of it . The Chartists can petition fer Bepeal , hold meetings for Kepeal , but they cannot join the Bepeal ranks without an abandonment of principle . 5 . —Becanse Mr . O'Connell is not sincere , nor was he ever the sincere or honest advocate of any cause or measure , not even the Catholic question , which his letters to the late Counsellor Brio will prove , without bis evidence before the Lords' Committee on the 11 th of March , 1825 . He made an effort to sell the . Badicalsof England to the Whigs in 1837 ; and becanse they would not agree to the bargain , he
denounced them as Tory Radicals , rascally Badicals , and subsequently as torch and dagger-men ^ midnight !; assassins , feargusites , blockheads , thick-skullB , and H within the last week , has basely and wilfully calum--niated the whole Chartist body by stating that whichi he knew to be false , that is to say , ^ That ther Chartists of England would not allow any otherbody of men to meet for the purpose of discussing any other proposition , but at every £ Hch meeting , the Charter was crammed down the throats of themeeting , so that the progress of every good measure ; was retarded by these physical-force Chartists ; the-Bf peal of ihe Corn Laivs for instance , as well as every other measure calculated to ameliorate the ! condition of the people . " Well , he knew that this :
was false when he siated it , but the dupes who fol- lowed him and the knaves and swindlers who compose his staff did not know it or care a farthing j whether it were trne or false . Well , he knew that when the anti-Corn Law League attempted to give the air of public opinion to their proceedings ; : any inhabitant had a right to move at that public ^ meetiBg any amendment they thought proper ; and the Chartists being the great majority of the British people had , and have a clearly legal constitutional right to carry their own favourite propoiit ons at any publie meeting , no matter for what purpose convened , provided always that it purported being a pnblie meeting of the inhabitants of the place where the meeting was convened . This
is the law of public meetings , and well Mr . O'Connell knew that when he was calumniating three million fivelundred thousand British subjects . Bui did the Chartists ever move an amendment or otherwise interfere with a meeting of the Cora Law League or an other league , when no attempt was made to give the meeting the air of a public meeting expressing pnblic opinion ? Ho never ! Tnesse are my answers to the queries ; and I haveonly to repeat what I have said before , that the Chartists cannot join the ranks of the Bepeaiers without utter degradation . All Chartists stand upon a perfect equality The vote of the poorest man is as good as that of the the richest , l ^ ot so with the Bepeaiers ; none can vote but a member ; that is , he who pays one pound
annually or collects it ; so that to become a member , nineteen payers of one shilling each are literally disfranchised . Tfeey may listen to be sure , but they have no right to speak or vote . Will the Chartists sanction this wholesale disfranchisement of their brethren ? Will they pay three shillings each , merely to receive the degrading badge of the willing slave , an associates' card , with the privilege of hearing , but liable to be turned out in the event of speaking or voting ? Will any Chartist in England agree to these terms ! S&oald he do so he is a slave Mr . Pyolt said that as . Mr . O'Connell was contrary to the usage accounted a prophet in his own country , no matter what he was accounted in others , be , for one , always wishtd to watch his movements
and weigh Mb words , in order , if possible , to solve the apparent eccentricities of the one and contradictions of the other . Accordingly , when Dan , who professes to be the very Goliath of Bepeal , repudiated the assistance of the English Chartists , and even declared that the admission of one Fergnsite into a London wardmote wonld peril the safety of the entire body , which shonld be pnt under interdict until the offending Jonah should be cast oat ; when he ( Mr . D . ) paw this , he looked sharp to discover wherein the Chartists had committed the sin against Mr . O'Connell not to be forgiven ; and what did they think he discovered it to be ? Why , they had petitioned for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , to their native
land—( hear , "hear ) , —and Mr . O'Connell said he never conld have anything to do with them till they had thrown overboard the canae of the men who had wrecked their happiness asd periled their peace in the cause of liberty . ' till Englishmen were base , nngeneronB , and recreant enough to forget their expatriated brethren , Mr . O'Connell could never recognise them as coadjutors—( hear , hear ) till -Englishmen became treacherous , ungrateful , disloyal , time-serving slaves , they were unfit companions for Mr . Daniel O'Connell—( cheers ) air . O'Connell was a good Catholic ; he prayed for the souls in suffering . How Frost , Jones , and Williams were in & kind of political purgatory— ( hear . ) Was he , the orthodox Mt . O'ConnelL not bound by
every principle of charity , aye and religion too , to add his own prayers to those of tie English Chartists to effect the translation of those sufferers to the heaven of their native land—theelysinm of the boFom of their families , from whence their too ardent zeal for the cause of universal political redemption had for a season—and be , < Mr . D . ) trusted bnt for a season—shnt them ont ]—( loud cheers ) . Why he , ( Mr . D . ) whom Mr . O'Connell had called an * unbelieving miscreant / was ready to offer his warmest aspirations for those martyrs to justice and the poor man ' s right —( cheers . ) Mr . O'Coanell had told them in one of his recent speeches , that in the event of the Union being repealed , they would most likely get honsehold suffrage ! Yes ; he had given up even manhood
suffrage—hi 3 own peculiar invention—( hear . ) He iMr . D . ) wondered would women who owned houses be allowed to vote— ( heaT , and laughter . ) Was the mud cabin and the miserable shealing of the Irish peasant to be accounted houses 1 It was sometimes difficult to defiae the term—the lasi election of Dublin had been lost en tikis difficulty . But Household Suffrage was now the phrase . Why did not Mr . O'Connell know— -many of bis gaping dupes did not , that Honsehold Suffrage would reduce the present con 5 tiinencies * and into whose hands would electoral power be thrown ? into the hands of the masterclass—the landlords \—( hear , hear ) . Here was an Irish political Proteus for yen—ie has twisted from Universal Suffrage to Manhood Suffrage , and now he come 3 < lown to Honsehold Suffrage . Oh , what a Radical Bsformer!—( bear and cheers ) . But they had not been deceived ; O'Connell was never tLe friend of the lower classes ; he pandered to their
prejudices and preyed on their pockets to be sure , while a . * heart be was a proud aristocrat ; and more shame for him , for his origin was lowly and his elevation was effected by tbe voices and pecuniary contributions of a generous , duped , betrayed people —( hear ) . T ; me would open their eyes . Tnat association had been instrumental in forcing O'Connell into tne position he now holds with regard to Bepeal . They would keep him there , and see that he was faithful to the ranse he had been so long feed for , and had so often betrayed—( hear ) . They would battle for Repeal in which as Irishmen they were deeply interested ; bnt they had no desire to fight in the O'Connell brigade , for they had no faith in its leader . Mr . Dyott resumed his seat amid load cheers . Mr . Keegan was called to the chair , and the usual thanks being returned to Mr . Woodward , the meeting broke up , giving three cheers for Bepeal and nine for the Charter .
[ GREEHCCK—Mr . Bobert Peddie lectured here I on the evenings of Thursday , Friday , and Saturday last , to very large and respectable audiences . « His two first lectures consisted of an account of the wicked ' and diabolical means which were used to enrrap andinveighlehim into the snare set for him by th " e hired minions of a corrupt and profligate Government . Mr . Peddie ' s lectures are calculated to make a deep and lasting impression npon its in this quarter , and ought only further to incite us to relieve those who
do all ire can to assist and are now Buffering in prisons , for steady and unflinching advocacy of labour ' s liglte . Mb last leoture was men ihe state of the country and the dirties of too people . At the close of this lecture , Mr . Burrell brought forward a resolution , which was enthusiastically passed by ihe meeting , to the effect that we petition Parliament to enquire into the conduct of the late Government , in employing spies * and that they grant Mr . Peddie a hearing at the baxof the House of Commons .
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liEICESTEB .. —Last Sunday , M > . Bairstow delivered two discourses is t * ? Pasture and Market Place , to large and atB * yTe audiences . _ In the afternoon , a delegate meetm ^ ' was held in Mr . Cooper's Coffee Booms , ; wbss a resolution was nnanimously agreed to , that prc * px ^ an ^ arrangements shonld be made and entered i nt 0 { 0 T lne P ' chase of a suitable plot of ground , « a which to erect a hall for rb . e meetings of the working brasses . Mr . Bairstow gave in a report of bis tow ir or the past fortnight , which was highly encouraging , and he was unanimously re-engaged .
Thomas Cooper . —The committee in Leicester have much pleasure in stating to the Chartists and the public generally , that Mr . Cooper ' s treatment has been somewhat alleviated since the laBt public announcement in the Start . The surgeon has kindly allowed him ( fora month , by way of trial ) a quarter of a pound of beef ( which : Cooper says is excellent ) per day , half a pound of coffee , half a pound of sugar , and five loaves , weighing a pound and a half each , per week . Mr . Cooper complains that his general
health iB very bad ; he labours under much weakness and lassitude . He has also been allowed his theological books and the scriptures in nine different languages , with his lexicons and dictionaries . The committee beg to acknowledge the receipt of one shilling from Andrew Weeks , and one shilling from John Matthews , from St . Germains , Cornwall ; for which they return those gentlemen their thanks on behalf of Mr . Cooper . Poor Mrs . Cooper still remains extremely ill , with little or no hope of recovery .
CABXISIiE , —A meeting of the members of the council of the Ciartiafc Association took place on Sunday evening last , Mr . Josiah Stowell in the chair . Several sums were paid in from the various localities ; after which , a motion was made to the effijet that Mr . O'Connor be invited to pay Carlisle a visit at his earliest opportunity . Mr . J . B . Hanson then called the attention of the council to the necessity of the Chartist body expressing their utter detestation of the Irish Arms Bill , a measure brought forward by the present Government for the suppression of public liberty . At the request of Mr . Hanson , the council room was granted for a public meeting in tbe evening on the same subject . In the evening , a considerable number of persons assembled , when Mr . Hanson addressed them at considerable length on the above subject , and called upon them to get up a public meeting to petition against this cruel , unconstitutional and oppressive measure towards the people of unhappy and misgoverned Ireland .
OLBHAIH . —On Sunday last , the discussion oh the land , took place in the Chartist room , Greavesstreet . The attendance was small , in consequence of the holiday ; there were a few rules submitted to the meeting and discussed . The meeting then adjourned to Sunday next , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when t is expected that as many will attend as can mzke it convenient to do so , with a determination to enrol tor tbe carrying out of the object . In the evening , Mr , Doyle delivered a lecture on the repeal to a numerous and respectable audience , which gave great satisfaction . Os Moxday evening , Mr » M'Cabe delivered his first lecture on Repeal and the history of Ireland . Tbe meeting was well attended with Irish and English Bepeaiers . At the conclusion , a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the lecturer , who gave general satisfaction .
NEWPORT ( Monmouthshire . )—From a cornspondeni . —Is Chartism dead ! The men of Newport , undaunted by the frown of faction and uuawed by the menaces of iron-hearted taskmasters , have again nobly responded to the question by mnstering in their might to express their sympathy for suffering humanity , in the person of Cooper and Richards , the imprisoned patriots , for their manly defence of the People's Charter . The bills annoancing the meeting were only issued on Monday morning last ; but at tbe appointed hour the Assembly room of the Queen Adelaide tavern , kindly granted by Mr . Horner for the occasion , was filled to overflowing , although the notice was short , the meetiag being held the same evening . Mr . John Williams was
nnanimously called to the chair , which was placed below the splendid banner of the Association on on which is painted , by a master hand , correct likenesses of the patriots of Wales , Frost , Williams and Jones . The Chairman who introduced the business in an appropriate address called on the first speaker , Mr . Jones , who said , it is' sow a long time since I last had the pleasure of addressing n > y brother Chartists , and gre&t changes have been effected in the political world since then . The Anti-Corn Law agitation , never a giant , has now dwindled down to its proper dimensions . They promised us , great things when bread should be cheap : but the loaf has enlarged very much of late ; and though increased in size and diminished in price , your condition is
as bad as it was before . Even it' after years of struggling the repeal of these laws was obtained , the people would find they had only got a dwarf after all : and it was for opposing an agitation like this that Cooper 'and the others had raised such a prejudice in the minds of the jury class against them , whilst their only crime was advocating the cause of the people—their only guilt was in defending the rights of their fellow-man . He concluded by moving a resolution expressing the sympathy of tbe meeting in favour of the vicf-ms , and their reaolve to petition Parliament for their liberation . Mr . Thos . Williams seconded the resolution , which was agreed to . Mr . Johnson wa 3 then called on , who spoke for upwards of an hour , and throughout was enthusiastically applauded . We are sorry we cannot give more than a mere ontline of his address . He depicted the hollow-heartedness of the Wales , and
the tyranny of the Tories in their proper colours . He pointed ont , in forcible eloquence , the wrongs under which England and Ireland groan . He alluded to the extravagant propensities of the great ; be proved from Scripture , ' from reason , and from every claim of justice , the right of the people to controul the legislature ; he . showed how offices had been multiplied without end in order to cram the hungry maw of the scions of tbe aristocracy , and showed that it was for laying bare the iniquities of a system like this that our best and bravest were torn from their families , and subjected to all the privations which the tyranny of our oppressors could invent , in the vain and futile hope that sho spirit of liberty would thereby be subdued , and tbe wish for freedom buried . He concluded by a stirring appeal to the men of Newport to resume their wonted place amid the friends of freedom , and moved the aoopuon of the petition .
" To the Honourable , &c . " Humbly sheweth , —That your petitioners have heard with feelings of honest indignation , the cruel and unnatural treatment to which Thomas Cooper , John Richards , ana Joseph Capper , are subjected in Stafford Gaol , by order of the visiting magistrates of that county , in being refused the necessaries of life , and subjected to privations which threaten the life or reason of these prisoners . *• Yonr petitioners , being ardent lovers of peace and liberty , as is well known to your Hon . House , pray your Hon . House to take such steps as to you may seem most proper , to obtain for these prisoners a remission of their punishment , or at least such a mitigation of it as to allow their friends to supply them with the necessaries of life , and thus remove one just cause of complaint from tbe minds of an impoverished and oppressed people ,
" And your Petition , &c . " Signed on behalf of the meeting , " John Williasis , Chairman . " Mr . Jonah Williams seconded the adoption of the above , which was then unanimously agreed to . Mr . Abbott was next introductd , who began by saying he would not occupy their time by a lengthened address , which , in tact , was rendered unnecessary by the very eloquent speech which they had just heard ; but the magnitude of the resolution which he had to propose imust be bis apology for troubling them witn a few words . Government had introduced a measure to receive the sanction of the legislature , on which he wished to take the sense of this meeting . He alluded to the Irish Arms '
Bill—a measure framed for the purpose of giving to the Executive a better knowledge of what arms were in the band 3 of the Irish , people . He protes ' . ed warmly against the measure . Government had no right to this knowledge ! : They had robbed Ireland of her independence by Englisffiufluence and English gold : and now , when her sens were in earnest for their freedom j when Ireland was bent on re-obtaining her longboat rights , he considered it the bounden duty of English Chartists to aid her in the struggle , and therefore called on the meeting t © pretest with him against-a measure whioh would crush the
increase the power of the executive to demand for freedom in Ireland . He moved-- ' That j in the opinion of this meeting , the Irish Arms Bill now before Parliament is an infringement on the rights of the Irish people That this meeting tfeems it their dnty to express their abhomnce ^ ef the proceedings adopted by Government in exerowing its power to put a stop to the spirit of liberty in the sister country . "—Seconded by W . Thomas , and unanimously agreed to . The thanks of the meeting were then given to the Chairm&n , and the meeting broke up , determined to be more vigorous than ever in th « ir exertionifor a nation ' s welfare .
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j SHEppxei . d .-t-Chartisxs Read !— " A Step in theRighi Direction . "—At the usual meeting on Wednesday evening , June 7 th , in the Figtree-lane room , Mr . John Tankard in the chaiir , Mr . Julian ! Harnay , after an appropriate address , proposed for adoption the following declaration : —Resolved—That it is the bounden duty of professing democrats , to make every possible effort , and use all means consistent with justice and honour , for the obtain-| ment of the rights of citizenship and the restoration of their country ' s freedom ; That the . ' consumption , of intoxicating drinks affords to an usurping ajnd tyrannical government a source of immense revenue , and thereby the means of keeping the people m a state of slavery ; That to' support that
Government in any way , where support can be arwded ie treason to the cause of liberty ; That the O 3 e of intoxicating drinks by members of the Charti 35 body is inconsistent with their duty and prejudicial to their means of supporting the movement vmh that pecuniary aid so iBdispensible for success in their contest for justice ; That the » se of such drinks has been osw of the priacipal means of keeping the people in a state of degraded ignorance , unfitting them for thar exercise of sheir reason and rendering them the wilBag of apathetic slaves of despotism ; That the gleriouB exatnpJ * set by the people of Ireland in proving their fifoess for freedom by shaking off the degrading' yoke of dissipation , is one that Englishmen are
bound to imitate ; if they would enlist on iheir side the sympathies of mankind , and ' prove ttheir worthiness of the Rights for which * they are straggling ; That , in the present auspicious crisis , it is the duty of every Jpatriot to devote every energy , physica ' , mental , moral , and pecuniary , he may possess to the acceleration of the triumph of liberty , and the annihilation of slavery and misery : Therefore resolved , tha ^ as it is the duty of consistent men to be ever ready to take the initiative in all movements and measures recommended by them to others—and , as example is better than precept—we , whose names are hereunto subscribed , being associated and other supporters of the principles of the People ' s Charter , do pledge ourselves to abstain for the future from the use of all intoxicating drinks , ( except for medicinal purposes ) , and do pledge
ourselves , by all reasonable means , to discourage their use by others ; feeling convinced that if ; the mass of our countrymen can be induced to pursue the same course , morality will be promoted , the march of mind advanced , patriotism fostered ; and , finally , a nation ' s liberties be conquered aad lastingly established on tbe indestructible basis of virtue and reason . " Mr . William Dyson seconded the adoption of the Declarationi , which , after a good-humoured discussion , was carried by a large majority . The following members' of the General Counoil immediately appended their signatures : —Mr . John Taukard , Chairman of the meeting ; Mr . William Dyson , sub-Treasurer of the National Charter Association ; Mr . George Julian Harney ; Mr . Peter France ; and Mr . George Hunt . A considerable number of members of the National Charter Associotion followed their example on the spot .
Stabs to Ireland . —At the council meeting on Sunday evening , Messrs Green , Prance , and Hunt , were appointed a committee to receive and forward to Ireland copies of the Northern Star , given for that purpose b all inclined to assist in the good work of spreading our principles through Erin ' s Isle . It is hoped that at the present most important crisis , when it is so necessary that the ; real principles of Chartism , and sentiments and conduct of its professors should be known to the Irish people , that all true Chartists will ^ strengthen the hands of the committee by their donations of ( papers as soon as read . The committee will be in attendance for the performance of their duties every members [ meeting night in the Fig Tree-lane room .
The Chartists and Repealers . —The Fig Treelane room was crowded as usual on Sunday evening . At six o ' clock Mr . Royston was called to the chair , Mr . O'Connor ' s letter and the reports of . the Bepeal meetings in England aud Scotland , were read from the Star , after which the leading articles of the Nation and the report of the Drogheda Bepeal Demonstration were ; read . Finally , Ray's letter to the London Repealers , and O'Connell ' s abuse of the English Chartists at ; the Corn Exchange , was read to the meeting , after which Mt . Julian Harney moved that that the council be directed to draw , up a reply to Mr . O'Connell ' s' speech , to bo submitted to the meeting the following evening . Carried . Mr . Edwin Gill then moved the following resolution" That this meeting has heard with inexpressible horror the sentiments of a letter attributed to Mr . Ray , secretary of the National Repeal Association
of Ireland , < addressed to the London Bepeaiers enjoining them to ; refuse the aid < and assistance of the English Gharti 3 ts , on account of the foul calumnies cast upon the Chartist body —falsehood which this meeting will not stoop to answer , aud because the said letter shews too plainly that there are persons associated with the Repeal movement who would sacrifice to prejudice or selfishness tbe righteous cause of whioh they are the pretented advocates . But this meeting begs to assure Mr . Bay that no insult or calumny shall deter the English Chartists from the performance of their outy , or induce them to withold their sympathy and assistance from their Irish brethren in their glorious struggle for justice and nationality . " Mr . George Evinson seconded , . and Mr . G&mmage , of Northampton , supported the resolution , which was put and unanimously adopted . The meeting then adjourned .
9 f _ ^ . ^~ - mm . a « Abb * - » . ^ Public Meeting . —The weekly public meeting of the Chartist body was held on Monday evening in the above room , Mr . George Evinson in the chair . Air . Julian Harney proposed for adoption , an aildress to the enslaved classes of England . " Mr . Edwin Gill seconded , and Mr . Royston supported the motion . Carried unanimously . Mr « Julian Harney then read and proposed for adoption , a letter to the Editor of the Nation , in reply to O'Connell ' s speech denouncing the Chartists . The letter was received with applause . Mr . Hall seconded , and Mr . Edwin Gill supported the motion , which was agreed to unanimously . The meeting then adjourned .
Lecture on Repeal . —A lecture on £ he Repeal of the Legislative Union was delivered , on Tuesday ovening , in the Town Hall , Sheffield , which was well filled by an enthusiastic audience . At eight o ' clock * Mr . Otley was called to the chair . Mr . M'Gowan ( theflecturer ) then commenced his lecture , which occupied an hour and three quarters in the delivery , arid was indeed an eloquent expose of the wrongs of the Grean Isle , and an able defence of the Repeal question . We regret that want of space will : not permit us to give a roport . We must add that { Mr . M'Gowan was repeatedly and enthusiasticall y cheered . Mr . Julian Harney moved the adoption of the following resolution : — " That this meeting ; deeply sympathising with the
long-oppressed people of Ireland , remembering with with shame and grief the centuries of wrong to which the people of that country have been subjected by the successive Governments of Englandconsider that the time has arrived when it is the duty of every Englishmen to endeavour to efface the foul blot of Ireland ' s misrule from England ' s annals by aiding the people of Ireland in their demand for justice ; and this meeting , believing that Ireland can never be justly governed except by a domestic legislature responsible to the whole people , pledges itself to cooperate with their Itish brethren iu their agitation for the repeal of the Legislative Union- ^ -an Union
planned in fraud and infamy and executed through blood and corruption—an Union as inimical to the true interests of England as it has beea destructive of the liberty and prosperity of Ireland . And this meeting appeals to the people of England to come to the help of their Irish brethren , and despite the threats and coercion- of a Tory government , to give every legal help and constitutional assistance to the Irish people in their glorious struggle for nationality and civil and religious liberty . " Mr . Edwin Gill seconded , and Mr . Davies , Chartist lecturer , sopported the resolution , which was carried by acclamation . A vote of thanks to the chairman , and three cheers for the Lecturer , three for Repeal , and three for the Charter , closed the proceedings .
Repeal of the TJnion . —A very numerous meeting of Repealers was held at the Stag , Pea-Croft , on Sunday evening lastj when O'Connell ' s speech gave rise to a lengthy and warm discussion , bat one feeling of sympathy for the Chartists and condemnation of O'Connell ' s { speech pervaded the breasts of all present . Mr . J ulian Harney addressed the meeting at great length , imploring tb at nothing should be done , which would pause disunion or create division ; offering to retire from the Repeal ranks rather than be the pause of offence to even one of the body , at the same time declaring that if be withdrew from their ; ranks he would still continue to agitate for Repeal . ; Mr . H . was most enthusiastically applauded- The discussion was adjourned aatil Wednesday eyening .
HALIFAX . —At I the monthly meeting of this District , held at Ovenden , on Sunday last , it was unanimously resolved , ' that District Camp Meetings should be held fortnightly , to commence with the first on Skircoat Moor , on Sunday , June 25 , at two o'clock in the afternoon . Commodore Mead , frcm Stockport , and several other friends will address the meeting .
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NEWCASTLE — Cam p Meeti . ng ax BOLDEH Fell . —A Chartist camp meeting j was held at the above place on Sunday afternoon . Noj sooner had tbe hour of twelve arrived than tbe roads from the east and the vest , tbe south and tbe nortb , leading to Bolden Fell , were thickly clad with the biavrney eons of toil wending their way to the Chartist camp meeting , and continued to arrive in bands until after two o'clock . Soon after that hour a waggon , jdrawn by two horses , which tbe Chartists of Sunderland bad brought with them for the twofold purpose of carrying thoir wives , sweethearts , and daughters to tbe ¦ place of meeting , and of forming a pfot&rni when there ; drew up in the most appropriate place of the Fell for tne meeting to be held . The ladies having descended , anh the horses b ? fng set
at liberty ( for liberty— -true Christiao liberty—was the order of tbe day ) , the gentlemen \ who were appointed to address the attentive multitude ascendbd . Mr . Beesley moved and M * . Charlton seconded , tba' Mr . Sinclair , of Newcastle , preside , which Was agreed to unanimously . Mr . S . kri < 8 / opened tbs proceedizigby stating tbe object for wh . ch the camp- meeting was held , read a letter from foe R « v . J W . Hil > , expressing bis regret at being unable So attend that day ,- and promising to pay a visit to the- raen | of Northumberland and Durham , as soon as his other jdutiea would permit , ct which be would give timel 7 notice in the . S&w . Mr . 8 . then coneJaded by introducing ikr . Charlton , of Sundeiland . Mr . C rose amid the general applause of the meeting , and after some introductory remarks , took
1 Peter , 3 rd ehapter , » part of 10 th and 11 th veraes , as his test Mr . C . beautifully illuotrated what was in his opinion purs Christianity—thA Chrlatianity which was taught by Christ and bis apostles , and showed bow different was the doctrine which ; the hirelings ( and sot shepherds ) of tbe present day substituted in its « t «» 4 He proved that tbe major part of the professors of tSla day did not consider ( at least their line of conduct fl ' itly contradicted H , if they did ) that all men are equal in the sight of God , and should be so in the sight of man—that ft 'was a duty ) imperative on every Christian indeed " to do unto others as they would that others should do unto thera . J' thct " thou shait love thy neighbour as thyself . " ( Mr . G . considered these tbe leading doctrines of pare , practical ,
Ciiriatianity , and it was with great regret that be bad to ndifuce that the majority did not j act up to it . Mr . C . then enumerated the principles of tbe People ' s Charter , and contended that of ail sects with which he was acquainted , none acted sol consonant with the doctrines of Christ and bis true followers , as do tbe Chartists He went on at great ! length and proved to the satisfaction of all present ( for although an opportunity wa » given to any one who might be disposed to differ from him in opinion , none embraced it ) that pure , practical Christianity and Chartism are synonimoua . Tbe Chairman next introduced Mr . Beealey , who was also received with great symptoms of applause . Mr . Beesley drew soW inferences from the state of the Church in Scotland and of the Repeal
agitation in Ireland , sad hoped that every true Englisbman would see the propriety of joining in one phalanx for the procuiance of those tights of which they , as men and Christians , had a perfect right to claim . He clearly showed things as they now are , and as they weuld be if pure practical Christianity were established in these realms . He contended that such was not tbe case new ; that that which bore that name in England uow savoured more of infidelity than of tbe principles taught by the Saviour and such of hia followers as declared and acted up to the whole council of God . Mr . B . advanced many able argumentsin defence of the position which be bad taken , and concluded amidst tbe plaudits of ihe whole auditory . Mr . Kydd , of South Shields , was dext introduced . He
was likewise gTeatly applauded . ] He commenced by noticing the state of the Church in Scotland i , the " turnout" in which be considered to be nothing more than a schema fer Church extension ) shewing that it could not be much relied on for the furtherance of tbe canse of juBtice . But if the leaders of the people in Ireland were sincere , he contended that it ! would be . of vital importance to our cause . Mr . Kj then reviewed the line of policy pursued by the leaders of the movement in Ireland for the last ten years , comparing it with the course pursued by tbe most prominent leaders of tbe English movement for the same period ; and having drawn a true picture of tbe two , he would leave tbe decision with tbe meeting which of them best deserved
tbe confidence of tbe working classes . He did not wish to give cSanee to any class of men ; but truth , from which nothing could induce him toj swerve , compelled him to say that be had his suspicions ; and recent events strengthened these suspicions ; and in bis opinion it was biB duty to tell tbe [ starving millions of England and Ireland to be aware of false prophets . Their rights , their just rights , are attainable ; and nothing bat indiscretion on tbe part of tbe people and treachery on the part of their leaders can ] prevent success . — A . vote of thanks was agreed to be tendered to Messrs . Charlton , Beesley , Kydd , and Cockburn , for their able advocacy of tbe cause of true democracy , and to the Chairman , for bis conduct in the ebaii , and tbe meeting
was dissolved . j A Genebal Meeting of the Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead was held according to announcment in the Chartist Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth Market , on Monday evening , for the purpose of nominating the members of the General Council . Mr . Wm . Fleming in the chair . The minutes of the previous business meeting having been read and confirmed , the sub-Treasurer submitted a balance sheet of the income and expenditure for the { last three months , which was considered and passed . Mr . Moffat moved and Mr . Young seconded , " That the present members of the General Council of the National Charter Association residing in Newcastle and Gateshead , dp respectfully tender | their resignation
as such , " which being accepted , Mr-. Johnstone moved and Mr . Watson seconded , " That ] thirteen members of General Council , including snb-Trea < = urer and sub-Secretary , be now nominated . " The sub-Secretary , who had taken down the number of votes for each , * declared the following persons duly nominated—viz ., Messrs . Joseph M'Farlane , labourer , Church-walk , Gateshead , George [ Marshall , blacksmith , Foot of Dean-street , Newcastle , James Frazer , shoemaker , M'Ford ' s Entry , Northumberland-street , do ., John Cain , roller Stephenson's Place , Wm . Fleming , tailor , Sunderland-street , Matthew Moffatt , joiner , Hall ' s-court , Newgatestreet . Jobn Young , smith , 7 , jVilla-place , John Ramsayi shomaker . LowFriar ' s-street , Isaac
Robinson , miner , Buckingham-street , Thomas Robson , Bhoemafter , Low Bridge , John Higgins , striker , Barn Close , Gateshead , Christopher Embleton Gardner , High-street , Gateshead , sub-Treasurer , and Henry Johnstone , iron-moulder , Head-of-Side , Newcastle , sub-Secretary . The following gentlemen were then appointed to make the preliminary arrangements for the public meetings inithe Forth , on the 13 th and 19 th inst . —v ' z ., Messrs . Johnstone , Robinson , Frazar , and Sinclair . Mr . Young moved and Mr . Seed seconded . " That any member of the General Counsel { introducing personal ] quarrels , in business hours , be immediately expelled from his seat in that General Council / ' Carried . Some local business having been disposed of , the meeting adjourned .
A Public sieeting of the inhabitants of Newcastle and Gateshead was held in the Forth , on Tuesday eyening , to take into consideration ] the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the release of Mr . Thos . Cooper and others , now undergoing the most cruel treatment in Stafford gaol . Abput half-hast six o ' clock Mr . Sinclair was appointed to preside . He opened the proceedings by stating the object for which they had met , and concluded by introducing Mr . Beesley , who was loudly cheered , and in an able address of upwards of an hour ' s length , moved the following resolution , which was britfly seconded by Mr . Embleton and parried unanimously : That this meeting do most solemnly protest against the unconstitutional cruelty exercsed towards Mr . Thomas Cooper , and his suffering companions now entombed and subjected to most unparalleled
deprivation in Stafford gaol ; andjdo hereby pledge themselves never to rest satisfied until something in the shape of justice is done to Mf . Cooper and his compatriots . " Mr . Fraser moved the adoption of a petition , founded on the resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Johnatone . | Mr . Franklaud moved , and Mr . Higgins seconded , " That the petition now adopted be signed by the Chairman on behalf of this meeting , and be by / him forwarded to Thomas Duneombe , Esq ., for presentation to the House of Commons" Carried unanimously . The Chairman then announced that alpublic meeting of the inhabitants of Newcastle and [ Gateshead would beheld in the Forth , on Monday ; eyening , to { take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament for a Repeal of the Legislative Union with Ireland , and dissolved the meeting :
A list of monies received by ] the Fawdonmen from the following collieries , June 10 th , 184 S : — Kenton , 53 7 ^ d ; two friends , 2 s 6 d ; Gairsfield , 33 4 d ; Peela , 5 s 10 a ; Backworth , 4 s ; Hartley , Ss 3 Jd ; Fexnacers , 12 a lOd ; Seatdn Burn , 13 s lOd . ; South Moor , 8 s 4 d ; Willington , 153 3 | d ; Blaydon Maine , lOaj Long-row , 12 s 8 d ; WJeBt Moor , 153 8 £ d ; Framwellgate Moor , 9 a 2 . } d . Felling , 4 s 6 d . ; North Elawick , 10 b lid ; Cattle tiden , 4 s ; West Holywell , Is ; East Holywell , 15 s 4 d ; Benwell , 10 s lOd ; Spitaltongues 93 ; Monkwearmouth , 123 Si ; Washington , 8 s ; Breckenbeds , 5 s 7 W ; Trimdon ; 44 s 2 Jd ; WiDgate , 15 s . , 4 d ; Gosforth , 12 s ; Wallsend , 20 s ; South Elswick , 10 s ; Walker , 2 ^; J West CramblinRion , 13 s ; Sheriff Hill , 11 s ; Friar ' s Goose , 5 s ; Sprincwell , 21 s ; South . Ketton , 12 s ; total , £ 18 10 s . lOd . I
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/ fa * ^ ntS' * < ^ w 4 ^> Mr . Brophy lectured in the Chartists Halt , on Sunday eyening , on the state of Ireland , with good effect . GIASGOW .-The monthly meeting efille Giaa- * gow Repealers was held in tha Lyceum Rooffls , on Friday " morning ; Mr . Peter M'Caba in the chair . At the hour of meeting , ( eight o'clock ) , the Hall was crowded to suffocation * and many had to go away who could not gain admittance . The seats in the front of the platform were occupied with
females , who appeared to take a lively interest in the proceedings . The Secretary announced the receipts for the last month to be £ 129 16 s . 6 d . Several resolutions , condemnatory of the act of Union , the Arms' Bill , repudiating the threats lately used by Peel , Wellington , && , were moved and carried by acclamation . After the usual complements to tha Chairman , the meeting quietly broke up . The friendly tone towards the people of England and Scotland displayed by somo of the speakers , particularly that of Messrs . Davine and Walsh , was gratifying in the extreme .
SOUTH SHIELDS . —A public meeting of the inhabitants -of this place was held on the Bents on Monday afternoon , for the purpose of adopting a petition teihe Commons House of Parliament for tho Rapea ) of the . Union . Mr . Gilpillan being called tp the chair briefly opened the meeting by calling on M ?^ W m . Beesley to propose the first resolution , which was seconded by Mr . S . Kidd , and carried . It was , " That this meeting sympathise with the Irish people in their present agitation for a Repeal o ? the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland , and will support them by every legal means in our power , believing that union to have been efieoted by the grossest bribery
and corruption , and contrary to Jhe will of the major ity of the Irish people ; and t&at we look on the threats of her Majesty ' s ? Minsters with- feelings of regret and contempt , and should they attempt to put down the Irish people by force while peaaefully agitating for a Repeal of the Unioa , we shall feel it our doty to assert our n ^ fots as Englishmen , and claim for tho Irish people the right cf public meeting and peaceful agitation . ^ Mr . Cory proposed the petition , which was seconded by Mr , Mitchell , of Jarraw , and ordered to be entftisted to the care of Mr . Thcs > Duacombe for presentation . The thanks of the meeting being voted to the Chairman , the meeting separated .
L 3 VERPOO 1 . —Mr . C . Doyle , of Manchester , delivered a spirited lecture oil . Tue ^ daj w _ eek-,, on the jftepealof tbellirfpia ^ lf'drow 39 df andienfle ln tbjj Welsoi * Assembly Booms . We received a long report of his lecture on Saturday morning last , too late , of course ,- for last week ' s paper , in wfaidv only it ought to have appeared . At . ' tha usual Chartist meeting hers , on Sunday week . The sum of 103 . was voted to Mrs , M'Cartney . STOCKPORT . —A public meeting has been held here , to petition the Commons for a repeal of the Legislative Union , and against the Irish ArmB * Sill . The weather proving very unfavourable , the meeting adjourned from Waterloo Ground , to the Chartist Room . Bomber's Brow . Mr . Thomas
Welby was eleoted Chairman . He stated the business of the meeting in a brief but effective speech , and introduced Mr . J . Carter , to move the first resolution . Messrs . M'Wade , Alliason , Horafield , and Clarke , in excellent and energetic-speeches , subsequently addressed the meeting ; and Mr . E . P . Mead wound up-the business of the meeting in a pathetic detail of the miseries that an alien Government had perpetrated'in the unhappy sister country . The petition is to be presented by Mr . John O'Connell , and its pjayer supported by Messrs Cobd » n and Marsland , the two Members fer St
ockport ; that is , if these gentlemen are in & humour to do that , which we very much doubt . The meeting , which was throughout a very spirited 'one , ended by the Commodfue giving out" The gathering of tho Unions . " On Sunday evening , the Commo dore delivered a very excellent address to a numerous and respectable audience . He feelingly recommended the Cha > rti 3 ts to bury in oblivion 1 all past animosities , and £ 0 unite a 3 0110 man to show the Repealers , thas although they were debarred from joining the Repeal Association , that they are determined , by all peaceable means , to forward the Repeal agitation .
LONG BUCKET . —Two excellent lectures on the principles of democracy , by Mr . Samuel Parkes , of Sheffield , have been delivered in this place , the , first on Saturday the 31 , and the second on Wednesday the 7 th inst ., in the Market-place . A Working Man ' s Hall is being erected in this place , the first stone of which was laid by our worthy secretary , Mr . D . E . Lever , on Wednesday , the 31 st May ; it is raised by shares of five shillings each , and will be let for any legal and moral purpose . B 1 LSTON . —On Monday evening a meeting was an » nouaced to take place at Bilaton to petition against the Irish Arms Bill ; also in behalf of Cooper , Richards , and Capper . Messrs . O'Neil , Wilcox , Fairburn , Thomason and others were to address tho meeting . The
authorities willing to shew their power , brought the police force of Wediiesbury , W olverhampton , and Great Bridge , into Bilaton , all armed with cutlasses . Some of tbe beepers of tbe peace were not very sober . At aix o ' clock , the time at which the meeting was announced * hundreds were wending their way to the Piper ' s Meadow , tbe place appointed for meeting , and at the commencement of the business not less than twelve or fourteen thousand were present . On the motion of Mr . John Wnite , seconded by another Bilston Chartiat , Air . WedneBbury , was called to the chair . H © opened the business of the meeting by glancing at the History of Ifeiaud , from the time that their Milesian ancestors took possession of the Emerald Isle , one thousand years prior to tbe time of Christ , till
Christianity was introduced into Ireland by St . Patrick , five hundred years after its conquest by Henry 2 nd . The miseries the country suffered under the' dominion of ambitious monarchs on tbe one band , and intriguing wicked ministers on tbe other . He then proceeded to direct the attention of the immense assembly to the case of Cooper and his co-patriots . At this point . Colonel Hogg made his appearance on horseback , and rode through tbe meeting , and a person called Obadiah Batty , demanded the names of the speakers They were instantly given , and notices were served on the speakers to answer to a charge of trespass . The following is a espy of the notice : — " I , Henry Pool , of Bilston , in the county of Stafford , agent to Mrs . Dean , the widow of William Dean , late of Bilstoa
aforesaid , gentleman , deceased , do hereby give you notice not to trespass or meet upon certain land of tho said Mrs . Dean , in Piper ' s Meadow , at Bilston aforesaid ; and if you do , I shall take legal proceedings against you , and cause you to be rejected therefrom . Dated this 12 th June , 1831 . To Mesna . Arthur O'Neil , William Fairburn , John White and others . Henry Pool . " It happened that the ground on wbick the speakers stood belonged to the gentleman of whom the Chartists rented their room , and whehad given them leave to assemble . Another notice , addressed to Mr . O Neil and tbe Chairman , was loin to pieces before the officials , and thrown into tbe air , Mr . Q Neil stating that as the charge of trespass bad been falsified , he would throw the notice to the winds . The petition was then
read by the Chairman , its adoption was moved by Mr . Wilcox , seconded by Mr . John White , and supported by Arthur O'Niel , in a powerful speech in which he referred to tbe state of tbe country , tbe difficulties of Government from the opposition of Chartists , Corn Law Kspealers , Complete Suffrage , the malcontents of the Scotch church , and last , though not least , from Ireland . After atating his firm vesolve to meet the people at some future time in the open air , be withdrew amid the applause of the immense assembly . The Chairman then put the petition , which was unanimously carried , with one exception . Mr . W- Fairburn then addressed tbe people and remarked that an attack being made upon the liberties of Ireland , would soon be followed by a crusade against the rights of Englishmen if not
promptly opposed by the advocates of human , freedom in both countries . He shewed that the right of publie meeting , of . Habeas Corpus , and trial by jury would all be made complete nullities . He concluded by moving the following resolution . " That this meeting rue ol opinion that the intention of her Majesty ' s Ministers to cany into effect an Act of Parliament to disarm the people of Ireland , is calculated to excite alarm and suspicion in the minds of tbe people of this country as being only a prelud . 8 to the further enslaving and oppressing British subjects ; therefore this meeting declares such measnre both UDjust and unconstitutional . " This resolution was unanimously earned . Mr . Cadley then addressed the meeting and gave a very vivid description of the atrocities committed by Orangemen in different
parts of Ireland , the destruction of property , private robberies , all connived at by the present Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . He concluded by moving the following resolution : — " That this meeting approves of tha present struggle- of the Irish people to obtain a repeal of the Legislative Union of Great Britaia and Ireland , and this meeting pledges itself to use all the constitutional means in its power to further tae accomplishment of tbat just and desirable object" Mr . Wilcoz seconded the resolution . Mr . O'Neil again addressed the meeting , ar . d leferred to the Bufferings of his own faraiiy in the County of Tyrone , Ireland . One bad been beheaded , another had been , mown down by dragoons , another bad perished at the Peterloo Maasacree in 1819 , who was a namseake and relative and he was resolved to use the means inhls power to exush the influence of iriesnonsibie despotism . He agaja reretired amid applause . A vote of thanfcs to the . Chair
man was moved by Mr . Faiibnm , seconded , by Mr . John White—carried ananimoasly . The me $ t £ Bg waa adjourned untii Thursday night , when Mr . Hhomason announced hi »> intention to lactuie on tha , B » peal of the Union . The Qveiwhelming assemMg separated with the greatest otd « i tbe only diatuibanoe created waa by GoX Hog& ^ s feorajt , "who prancei about at tha sight of ft , sumexoaa Chartist mecting , - « Jt being something onnaual to . a Colonel ' s hoes * : ; indeed , & ? a officer "was stormed at hia attwtioB , aa appear from , tbe following expression nuvde cae by bjii :. — "Qcod God , men , do not take any advantage of we I I an only one man . " He need not nave bean alarmed ; all was peaceable and proper , and * n impression was made upon the meeting , composed as it ms of aU . classes , not easily erased . One middle class man . from WillernbaU , gave three shillings towards pajiflg for tbe biUs announcing the meeting
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