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^ gffDH w ^ tra ¦ ofcfc »^ TO yE > g > ftT ^ ^ 1 . i . ¦ : - wifm&mg&t&SSi £ u ££ G « gg *! ni g * part aawabtol ip Owsftrtmr Hafl , «* Manday £ ^ Bg Urt , £ « tie ira $ u « < rf hearing addmaw from Cereal Ch * r $ fate idw . hwfyg , their ttab at ; | j « podl dariaf the pt ? a «* Aatki ^ aavl . * gaisfaa 7 j ^ ^ a » iia * tiTin'w » g <) aKTBi ^ byMB < MMafe Zgch " stated that twopence -rouW be ehargea Ig i ^ nyBrinTi- the large room < was completely filled » t g » how appointed for meeting . Mr . Feargas O'Connor gtd Mr . James Bronterxe O'Brien irere "announced as feeing-expected to attend the meeting , bat it appeared afterward * that other basiness prevented the latter jentiejnaa from being presetxt
Xt eight o ' clock , Mr . PhQip Knigfct-was unaniadualy jQIbA to the chair ; about vbieh time itr . O'Connor m taed the Hall , and was hailed with the moat enti » - gjpi . fo rfiagr iagMd othirmriu ef appjaa *^ whWft "»» ant reoasnibBr ^ b i » ve witnessed . Sbe CHAiBHAT . ta opeotagifce proceedings of the meeting , stated , that be was sot at all aware when he Altered that Hall that he woold be called appn to fiD $ e responsible sttoatkA U which it w& » tJ » wish of $ » meeting he should be elected ; bat theix unanimoas imkn having bees so warmly expressed , h « could not 4 e otherwise tfean accede to it—jnsfobserving that he ^ tsild a * rer wWh . to be backward when hia country ' s Interest ! were at stake . He was quite aware that we 0 EK living in dificoHjUpes ; and oor difficulties were pining ground » rapidly that he waa perfectly con-Tineed of the necessity that existed for state change , god in his opinion the looser that change was brought Aboat the better . He thoaght it behoved every man
Vbo had his country ' s interests at heart to adopt one « osne , snd that was , to act jastly , uprightly , bat defeosisedrr . ( Hear , hearT ) These were the meansthexmly means by wUeh they nut gam their object , 0 d without them it never would be gained at alL An was one £ aatt to which he was sorry to say * ar were all liable , and that was , a disposition to Hatne others when , perhaps , they ought to blame _ taaselTEB . There wsso&e&ct which b » would notice ja ^ kdag a matter of consolation , and that was , thst jfcaay of tboae whe had hitherto been opposed to tbe atiftili * ff nf the Charter , were beginning to see their « catip&io 3 kin the Barttafl . TanVB ; while many others , ¦ ~ « fat > i | M proftwwwT an attachment to tfae cause , were r ~ itfctiHng tomzafni that sttar . himent mare ci&oerely Yff giving ova flTfrnTring , a&d attending more eerkraaly ja determinedly to the accomplishment of the object MkfefcJteF fead ia view . As tfcace were xsaoy frtends to-addrws them on that oceaakm , he would not detain
ttem longer , bni wonld first introduce to tnem Mr . Feargns O'Connor . ( Very loud cheering , which was renewed several times . ) . Mr . 0 " € 05 KOB then rose , and was preTented from proceeding for a considerable time , in consequence of the iwewed bursts of applause with -which he -was received . "Witsa . the noise of approbation had subsided , he adiMvr <\ the Chairman and the meeting as " Brother ¦ * ¦ Radicals of Manchester . " He said he had come among them on that occasion , not as one who had joined them is . the eleventh , hour , but he had come among them to shew them that lie was determined to die game . ( Cheers . ) Their Chairman had told them that he acgured good things from their hating giTen oTer driniiag ; now he iMr . O'Connor ) augured ba < l thines . in
eensequence of the determination of their enemies that tfeej should give up eating . ( Laughter . ) So he thought when they tbemselTes resolved to give up drinking , a&d their enemies resolTed to mate them gire up eatisg , they would be Tery Hie tee Frenchman ' s horse , which was just brought to live upon nosJuag , -when he fed . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He was told that this wai a "take leave party "—that they were to say "goodbye" totheir Mends , in the expectation that tfcey were -not to meet them again for a considerable taifdi of time . >* ow , he had no such anticipation ; he lad no such foreboding—he had no such misgiving - feeeaasehe believed the men of Manchester hada better <* se than the men upon any other circuit or part of the country . ( Cheers . ) The men of iJ anchester -would
bf prosecuted first , he admitted , by a number of men calling themaelTea reporters , some of whom were not ¦ competent , to report at all , and upon whose « tidenee twelve honest men -would not hang a dog . Added to these , there wonld be the reports < £ policemen who were placed in a situatipa in which pethaps some were now placed in Qje centre ef the den . se multitude , sot taVin ^ a s in a * te , where indeed it would be next to impossible , but ¦ CQBffiitting all to their frail memories . Well , he had os ] y appeared aa yet to defend himself against libels where he had not had an opportunity of examining a -single witness , but when he came t © cross-examine ttae reporters aqd . thoa 9 policemen , he would take care to » end them home to their mathers , so *>>« t they
¦ ajeuld not know them—Ooud eheers )—and at all event * he pledged himself Jo Bend two gentlemen home to their wimi , ao Oat they would not wish to know &es again . ( Renewed cheering . ) Now they bad pro-• aafed hia three times . First , the A . tfcHBey-Geaeral fWanExchsquerpirocess against Mm , which , bow-« wLhrasm ^ oa ^* r | o-krJai . _ J ^ u ^ aaj n ^ be trvd Km for a libel , eoasisting of f-iff Moi "fiitliUilM til &e Sor&crx Star , about some little boy having eaten fcabackbose , which nobody believed ' to be true . In -ttii case he get aradict , and the Attorney-General awsptoouguthiB * up Jor Judgment . Then , again , he .. _ ^ t « jS « fcet ^ aa [ Bct Ij&j f&jkr day at York , and he ( Mr . flfee'AttariK . y 4 nueral )—and' Ifls Go-rerament perhaps k
» eTer . sijoatt theers . ) He recollected an old gentleaea who was once a friend of his , who never had a ¦ cook at home . Like Lord Melbourne , he always dined * ith hij neighbours , and this gentleman took a cottage iMhe middle of a populous neighbourhood , for which he paid , by way of rent , five times its value ; and when some oae ' asked her whether he had not given too much for tbe cottage , " No , " says heJ " I don t value the land » os the neighbourhood . " There is Lord Longv 01 fe"s , a inendof mine , trith -srhom I dine , is worth £ 30 a-year . 5 ifire ' sMr . So-and-so , with whom 1 rap and take vine , and that ' s worth £ 50 a-year ; acd then there ' s tfy Lord is worth £ 100 a-year , for I set Champagas there three times a-week , and , therefore , says « , though 1 pay a heavy rent for the cottage , I hare siore than
three times its va ' . ue in living . Such was Predsely Ks Mr . O'Connor ' s ) case . He had given asm the worth of one month ' s imprisonment last July . He had given them the worth of five months last Tuesday ; he would give them the worth of six months vhai they tried Mm in Liverpool , and six months nrore when they brought him up for judgment So that a they gaTe him eighteen months , he thought they ""Jala bilance the accounts tolerably well , * M he would then be enabled to say that « s are pretty nearly even . " But , apart from this , hovr did they stand ? The fact was , that there were any who had joined them in this agitation whe «* a «* ed of physical courage , while they had not moral corogf sufficient to go through with it—men who ± T _ 5 » — O- — -w ** aa "Afcii it iUCU nnu about
* ^ jsa torches and daggers , and six inches of cold *» ai , and two ounces of cold lead ; and , -when they £ & re ^ brought before the Kilbig Wigs , forgot ererrtiiing wt their o- ? rn safety . Sneh , however , had not been * j ? ff - He was delighted ; and the only boon he ? oow ask would be , that tbe incarceration of all those Poor labourers who had been thrown into prison should os Uid upon Ms shoulders . What mattered it to him «^ lr ^ v l 0 ng Or how offcen t 11 ^ incarcerated him . ' tte told them that the only value of the Sorihern Star iwl ? 1311011 ' because every word that was said itout the Government was true . When he spoke ? L ^ emment he made a distinction befpre * n taem and the constitution . He did not object to the ^^™ . mi ^ be good , for anything he knew : toibemade wide
_ a difference between the laws and tie administrators of the law . The laws might be good , ^ the constitution might be excellent ; but the adttffiistration of tbe law was bad , and manv of the adttasBtatois of it were base . Xow , that " was his posi-»^ v DeTer a PP eared amongst them to scold them * M whenerer this subject bad been mentioned he had " mase allowances for them by saying that if be -were Paced in their situation he might perhaps act more , ^ 1 UWT- F ° r that reason be ntver chided them and | « a Attorney-General had blamed him for not haTine ««> Med them more . Why , if he had scolded them to M eternity , then enemies had gone on oppressing them to sueh a degree that their oppressions would have Tereome all his scolding . There was no use in hi-Wling a man that was badly fed that he was w * -ll f *\
» ere was no use in telling men that wcre naked , or * aj to naked , that they were well clad . There wu no u » e m telling men ast werebonseless and home- ' f * ™ t they had . comfortable abodes in which to ajelL There was no use in telling men , that were re-SKmng fr 0 m a £ 20 house to a £ l 5 house _ from a £ u wa « to a £ 10 house—from a £ 10 house to a -P 5 ^ Wae—and from thA to a New Poor Law Bastile— '¦ ^ was no use in telling them to be comfortable and ' » t » « afasfied with the law , because if he had done so ' ** 7 would have laughed at him . But he had told the ' : ^ ai ! * a because he had told the people the truth ,: > ° « Government songht to punish him . Well , the ! jjjeet of punishment was to prevent the recurrence of ' *« nie rather than exhibit a vindictiTeness of feeling ««» , hear . ; Now then he had told them on his trial ^ 'h "were put in gaol for the principles he advo-
* ed , the very day he got out he wou : d follow the ' Re course . iCLeers . ) He explained the fact to a jury ^ Terkshire gentltmen , and to the judge , and in the i wtttnee of a very crowded court , that the people who 2 * e of physical force were not to be blamed , but the wen who profeised to le&d them morally , md by a T * ®! exhibition of moral force to obtain their rights . ** eplain £ d to the jury that those men who hadaban-?< jfced thtir opinions , and left the people nothing to ^» ck upon but tLeir physical resistance—that those ^ e tiie men to be blamed . ( Hear , htar , hear ., Now ~ W he not told them a hundred time * from that very Wt , that if every man had manifested the same degrte ^ * Jj * sl force that there would never have been any **» " or physical force ? Had he not told them that ^^ power was the deliberative quality of each man * r ?? 0 ! Wh ich tanrflt him "how to reason ? mri how to when
^^* r—and forbearance became a crime , and temtTT 31 ^ ceajed t 0 k" 8 **• ^ ert '' P 011 * Govera-^ rj w » coontry , that physical force would eome ¦ ^ « S 4 fike an elecvic tiack-tbai be who
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. _ manshalled physical force destroyed it , and that he who ^ mmended It would be ft / first to turn toJS ¦ J ^ * 2 Z ^ ^ men wh 0 « P ° * o boSnSy of toeir determination to be at the head of ^ S tahona ? Where were they when the Bves ^ f sS SlVflLtwf ^ ^ ** ^ P ^ y ? Where ™ g ^ Tr ^ r ^^ fo ^^^ 2215 W ? * V **™ ' ^ this other « JK £ paring him to the face ' F Tn&nihsiic / I t , v »!« i * j . _ i' T 7
, , the casTof FrTst , ^ K ? and Jones , interested hba more than his own ! iS the other cases put ^^ ^ eou ] d J ^ ttemto a dungeon , and it was something eonsolatory EFSt ^ f" -- ^ HgSSSSSSiSffi
SSM . Saratf-jrAgSg onewhach he would at no UmTcourt , tot » itS ^^ Asnff&syaSS * g , Hat many oT gteiookei iipoa a gaoTwiSL For ttfe reason fteilaigBomort iU j ^^^ ^^^ law all its power ; and , let them give Mm lartito tS ] them , that the seotence , at Y « k ^ U Te ^» iSS that ever were known to have been pWd ^ roSul offences in the annals or thiT ^ JJaj : | Hear . ) Men who had been found guflty . tefrtot aad got < me year more imprisonment than those whe at Monmouth hid pleaded guilty of high treason . ( Shame
shame . ) Holberry and others had received four yearJ imprisonment . ( Renewed cries of shame . \ Hoey Crab tree , . and Ashtoc , -without taking any part in any disturbance whatever , received—what do you think ? Three months ? six months ? twelve months ? > o , but two years imprisonment . iRenewed cries of shame . ! Now , then , he asked them , when they read in the same paper that contained that intelligence that a gentleman who blew his friend ' s brains eut while they were standing together over the fire was fined £ 100 . He asked them , if it had been a Chartist that had done this , whether he -would not have been tried and convicted of high treason ? [ Hear hear and yes ... But because he was not a Chartist he was fined £ 100 , while Chartists , for having committed
very little offence Bgainst the law , and men who would not have committed any violation of the law , unless they had been driven to it by the hard hand of oppression , were sentenced to two , three , and four years imprisonment ( Renewed cries of shame , shame . ) Well , every great cause , and every important change had its , martyrs . Catholic Emancipation was not purchased without its martyrs—the Reform . Bill was not passed with&rt its martyrs—and they knew perfectly well that the Charter tfeat they were seeking for , and which they would only give up with their lives ( hear , hear , and cheers ;—they knew perfectly well , and tbe very poorest boy in the kingdom knew th » t the Charter meant only the fulfilment of Cathelic Emancipation , and the carrying out of the principles
of the Reform BilL They knew perfectly well that Emancipation and Reform were the main principles , and that the Charter contained the details , the mea ^ * ures which were to carry out those principles . Well , the Judge told him at Tort that it was a pity Ms talents -were not devoted to a better cause . He did not think that in that five hours in -which he defended them , and very litUe of -which was devoted to his own defence—he did not think that in those five hours he appeared to be ashamed of his associates . ' . Cheers . ) He was not like the man who , haYmg got one leg into the mnd , turned round and put the other in to the ancle , while the first one was in up to the calf . On the contrary , if he were to sleep for forty years , and were to drop upon them .- again , without a
single moment ' s hesitation , and in full view of all the persecution which they had hitherto experienced , he should adopt precisely the same course -which he had hitherto adopted . ( Cheers . ) He had told them , at a time when there was great danger in telling them , that they would find a time would come when their friends would be sacrificed ; he had told them at a taaa > wbea they might aoppote that he was wishing to contrast his own character with that of others . —he had told them that many of those would be wanting when the struggle cam«—( hear , hear )—and that their moral courage wonld fail them ; he had told them he had maturely adopted thi * cause , and by this cause he was determined t « - stead or to UAL iCheers . ) Now , then , t tr ~^ ° ? ' * ST «« *» «** to let him toot fee * or
, to promise anything which was either in the power oi the Crown or the Ministry to bestow , so help me God , ( said he } I would not accept it , upon the condition of giving np my principles . ( Very loud cheers , which were several times renewed . ) They ( the meeting ) could see the difference between their cause now , and any other cause that bad ever been framed . Where was the man in that immense congregation that had not an interest in the Charter ? Where was the man—except tbe four or five whom he Lad named on his trial , and - who Jio-w stood forward to gain this object—excepting , too , the working men of this country— -where were the men in the kigher ranks of life who bad come forward
to render them assistance in this undertaking ? They were no--where . They might rely upon it , that a perseverance in this cause would bring to them others who ¦ were more wealthy , more talented , and more poweiful , but certainly not more zealous than himself ; whereas if to-morrow they were to join for any of the . Whig crotchets or half measures , they would carry just so many of those measures as suited their own pocket , and fill their own purse , and having obtained their share , would let the people go fishing for theirs . For seven long years he had been keeping them out of the lion ' s mouth—for seven long years he had been telling them that there was no question worth looking for but Tniversal Snffrage ; and now , at the end of
those seven years , he told them that he would not give three straws for the repeal of every bad law which was upon the statute book , unless the repeal of those lairs ¦ w ere based upon the principle of Universal Suffrage , and unless with this principle they were enabled to put good laws upon the statute boot ( Loud eheera ) Although they had incarcerated those men at York for four , three , and two years , God forbid that he should attach much importance to that judgment ; because he should think he should die of a broken heart if he thought the present system -were to last one half of that time , iCheers . ) In fact , he saw the way before them , and although be might be the victim of unconstitutional and unjust power for a season , he was convinced they " would be able to put down bad laws and shortly t €
establish their rights . But the moment they listened to the cry of the Corn Law repeal on the one hand , or the question of Household Suffrage on the other—the moment they listened to a single crotchet-monger , and forgot their duty to themselves—that moment there ¦ was no protection for him , and there was no salvation for the people . ' Loud cheers . ) Now he would just observe , that-with the frequency of any exhibition was destroyed the taste of man for looking upon it . If they saw the Queen passing down Market-street in her royal robes every day , they would look -with astonishment upon her the first day , with respect the second day , with carelessness the third day , with indifference the fourth , and , perhaps , by the end of the week , they would jostle against her in the street with the same
degree of indifference that they would against any poor pale-faced factory girl whom they might meet ( Loud cheers , i If once they departed from that mystery and pomp which attached to such situations , they departed at once from the very principle which was the source of admiration . Now , as it was in vision , so it was in politics ; and if the first man who was tried in this cause had stood out bravely , they would never have been able to have prosecuted thsm , as they had already done . . Hear , hear . ) However , it was not too late to stem the torrent ; and he thanked God that they -were yet of sufficient power , and numbers , and authority , that when they did rally , in support of their constitutional rights , they could pnt down all before them . ( Very loud cheers . ) What would the soldiers do when they were partitioned out among the several powers that would presently go to war with u » , but whom we could not go to war with ? What would
they do when , as Hobhouse said , they had a policeman beMnd every man ' s back , and a rope round every man ' s neck ? Would not the middle classes then say that they would rather take the side of the men , and join the people for the accomplishment of the Charter than endure this state of things ? Would they not say , ¦ when their-tills wore empty , and their trade was gone , that they had paid too dear for their whistle ? ( Hear , hear . ) He hoped that some of those blue bottles were there ; he hoped that some of those fellows that were to appear against the Chartists at Liverpool were in that meeting . Now , they knew that the nurse who had got a naughty child , which would not give over crying , would perhaps threaten to give him something to cry for if he did not stop . ( LaughterJ So would it be ¦ with them at Liverpool H they had nothing to say now , he would give them something to say , if there were any of them at that meeting to-night What was it that made a good charge against a poor man who
presumed so far against the laws as to dare to advocate the poor man ' s righ t * ! Have him in the dock—pack a Jury of mid < 2 e-claa » -m « n—swear he is a Chartist , and they need raoi g « a . &i * g > atep futhor . They bad bat
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to look at a owe in Wales , in which it was Buffidentty proTed that to be a Chartist was to be a pajnrer In Scotland , in Ireland , -and in England , they wen m Chartists . Let them go to Ireland . Now Paddy was a very volatile and easygoing fellow ; he wonld bear * great deal , bat he was Hka the . Wood hone , th « rmomea he was spurred too hard , : * erJ » WrH » wtte he wild throw the rider . ( Cheera . ) Now the Minister had been riding Paddy too hard , and are these the loyal subjects , the men to adore the Whig Government , because they blessed the land in which they are to lay their bones . And yet this is the thing we are to be grateful for . They have given them emancipation , which means the promotion of tha &entlemon who
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belong to the same religion , without 1 ^ 6 aHglrtest advantage to the population of the Wttajry . These are all the great bounties that the Iriafcyhave to thank the Whigs for ; and wiile they tuaned to the Chartist trials , he ( Mr . O' ^ fcior ) would turn to the Whiteboy trials , and there h ^ ound thai they walked in parties of great strength In . the middle of the night , there demanding tbeir rlfht to the soil . If the people of this country haw th&t grievances , the people of Ireland have theirs ; and notwithstanding tbe colouring which the preat may give of tbe Irisn suppa ^ to the Ministers , it needed Uttle discrimination to perceive that they were pa from , being satisfied with the present Govern-»* & •' -. Thejrtet * a * wry chaste people , and that was « 6- * Mtttt y % ^ ey should be satisfied with Lord Melboonae . They # ere a terry moral people , T > ut that was no ream y / j ^ f they , should be satisfied with lord Ja ^ . - | kpaelL Gboo 4 tfegri } Thar Wind Msut&lng to «* ,: « &d «•* wm *> WMcS wfa tfce WMi aovwtnmant abonld thirflc < rf ' 9 afliP ^ ' ^( fcj r « fc , S
W » DeTil KlDgi M Somerset Hou * o . ( Viiry Ion 4 cheers . ) : How then , they said what do you waafc . r « & 3 the Attorney-General told him . «!?•«« « -aaf ^ . tfa * under the most benign Go ^ esuaank a treat disparity must exist between man and man . He admfttetttt f brt BfthatLjaaJjatlatntya that in any G * v 6 m $ i « i 1 b disparity beVlteen man and tnnn iTunlii lm in glair > it is now . He had never learned thai It aould bftWMi power of the masters so to improve their astmSSf as to displace man front his natural position ^ ( Hear , hear , bear . ) He had never yet learned that it was so ordained by the Creator of the universe that machinery should step in to the entire displacing of mankind from their privilege to labour . \ Hear , hear . ) Now , they were only in the beginning of their misfortunes .
Could they keep a starving people ? Impossible . How was the property of tbeir employers increasing ? They expecWd a promising spring ; they had had none . They would expect a favourable summer ; they would have none . They had no markets for their geods ; they had sent their manufactures to America , and Jonathan had got into their debt Bnt suppose to-morrow there was a promising spring ; suppose to-morrow they had a favourable summer , and a fruitful autumn , and a good winter trade ; and suppose the demand for labour increased ten-fold , what would be the resultB ? Why , machinery would increase twenty-fold ; and tomorrow , if there was the greatest demand they d&ald desire for their labour , there wonld be a corresponding increase in machinery . Did they not know-- »\ ery well ,
that according to the present prices of the manufactured article , the manfacturer could not pay himself by manual labour ? And did they not know that they could improve machinery by which they could d » T * . '*\ M > ut manual labour , so that they could dispense tritl ' v teen out of every eighteen labourers . Now , tbe u . r » owner , whose mill had new machinery put into ii , \ . years age , was not able to compete with the mill- < r * L . » whose mill had new machinery put into it last yta ? , in consequence of the great improvements that were daily taking place in machinery . Bid not this shew them that without any great increase in the demand for labour , there was a superabundant increase" in the supply of manufactures . Then what were they to do ? Harry Brougham told them they were to save in their
youth what they might live upon in old age . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) But they were aware tbat men did not always measure other people ' s corn by their own busbeL Harry did not do this ; for since he Ead become old he had received £ 5 , 000 a-year ac retired Chancellor , and that was not sufficient . WelL then , they said again , Can't you Join us for the repeal of the Corn Laws ? " What did Sir Henry Parnell say on this question ? He says—that rn consequence of the restriction upon foreign corn , it coats £ 12 , 500 , 000 more than if there were no restrictions . Now , allowing that it was only half that , it weald be six millions , two hundred and fifty thousand ; whereas , if they reduced wages to the extent which wemjd be requisite to enable them to compete with the foreigner , they would
gam six millions , two hundred and Jfty thousand ia the removal of tbe restrictions , and lose one hundred and fifty millions in the price of wages . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Now , what was the great fault ?—where did the error lie ? He would show them . A Tirtueus and good people wosld fwos ft ^ torfeniMB * to be < vtx » toousVfctfKe vices of BieEng ^ p eopl ff' # few th > i ^ sv eequvni ** nf miamle ; and . t&wfcftoe , ttw ] P « Q « MjB » t be virtuous , because tha Government live ? ttpttft '~ ttstf immorality—upon tbeir gin shops—upon the bawdy houses , and everything vicious . How did their masters live ? Suppose that in a communite of 300 , 000 Qtere were sufficient work for 200 , 000 , 4 H none fof the remainder , the 300 , 000 could not possibly be of the same mind , and the masters would be able to foroe the 200 , 000 to work &this own prices . He would say , if
they refused , " I have 100 , 000 men ready to take your places—I have 100 , 000 men in poverty and starvation ; and if you will not take the wages which I offer you , they will . " Now suppose that he , Mr . O'Connor , was a working man , having a family of six children ; and suppose that he were asked to join the Political Union ; if he saw that all were joining the Political Union , all well and good , he would join ; but he would not look upon the man as his brother who would refuse to join . He might get twenty-five shillings a week , by which he would , perhaps , be able to maintain his family ; but if he lost one pound a week out of that his wife would starve . He could not , therefore , blame the men so much , but he blamed the system which produced such a state of things . ( Loud cheers . )
Now they understood the labour-market better than he did , and he asked them was not this precisely the case ? He asked them if every man who was beneficially employed in Manchester , was to-morrow ousted by his master , were there not a sufficient number to replace them every one ? iCheers , and cries of " Yes ' . ' **) And what -would be the consequence next year- ? Why , that their wages would ba reduced 50 or a 100 per cent . In France they had got machinery to such a pitch as to be able to make almost anything . They would make ducks tbat would clap their wings and wag their tails and waddle about , and , in fact , that would do every thing but digest , and by and bye tbe masters would begin to manufacture automatons to regulate their machinery ; and the moment they got men that did not
eat , the landlord , finding no market for the produce of the soil , would begin to complain that they were lessening his part of the booty . Now every man had bis own political nostrums , and they would find that many of those men who were called political economists , were the greatest fools that ever God put breath in . Now , what did they make political economy ? Some men made it to consist in financial comforts—free trade and retrenchment—but if they did not understand the the question in relation to the land , and the application of all the labour tbat could be bestowed upon it , they knew nothing of political economy . It was very well to talk about free trade , but that was only one branch of political economy . Now , he was a farmer—a practical farmer , and he contended for the principle of John of Greenfield , that all the stuff of the world was made for all the folks of the world . Tbat was his
creed , and he undertook t « prove , without the fear of contradiction , tbat there was sufficient means of providing for a hundred millions of people in Great Britain instead of 26 , 000 , 000 , and means for exporting a great quantity of provision beside . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Now what did he contend for ? It was for tbe pouring forth of all the inhabitants from tbe loathsome towns to the valleys and hill tops of our country , and instead of seeing them , as we now see them , emaciated , helpless , starving creatures , becoming tho hearty sons of the soil- They looked to foreign countries for supply , while they passed by the fields they saw uncultivated , and they did not know the reason of it ; and yet those men who clamoured for the repeal of the Com Law * with their great , gaping , frog-mouthed humbug , opening mouths as wide aa if they would swallow all the people of the earth , were continually
crying" Cheap food , cheap food , cheap food ! " ( Laughter . ) Now , that was all their cry ; but there ought to be another to the duet : there should be some one behind them to cry— " Cheap labour , cheap labour , cheap labour ! " They would find that the moment food became cheap labour would become cheap ; and cheap and dear being relative terms , the man who would be able to purchase a large loaf for a penny , if he had not that penny with which to purchase it , would be in greater difficulty than the man who could now only purchase part of a loaf for sixpence . There was a sayisg in Ireland thst a bargain was-aever good for both
parties , and they might rely upon it tbat tbe bargain would be good for the Whigs ; and , therefore , by the Irish mode of logic , the bargain would be bad for the people . ( Cheers . ) If they repealed the Com Laws to-morrow , they would see £ 10 , 000 , 000 employed in . buying up corn and placing it in storehouses . T , h'ire ' was Dr . Epps , wh » he believed was a very good man , but who laboured under a great mistake on that qaeetion— Dr . Bo-wring , the greatest fool that ever Sod put breath into—Joseph Hume , who never got up to make a speech without resembling an elephant dancing a . minuet x fttt of w . h « n told the people of the advantaga * that casital vovtt derive from the repeal of th& Cum LkMw hat . all ef visas , at the same time , « qt » tt £ fee-
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got to point oat the disadvantages which , from their he mt ^ bd tb *^ pfcpn of society could go well « J » lpwiring podJ « Ba | Bd not ge with it ( Hear , CPSW ^ W * * ¦ jQx&f * ° * . -art ; ., < ef € tov * rnmentm to *™™ & - *** jm **» of « wr > iidministraUon . meat , heat . } : M « : ; OJBonhor ^ wn entered Into a Tery « w ° * ate dU * e * atUer on the question of capital and ttbou * . a * iJfectef . | y " machinery . After alluding to a tarietj of # tber taps , on which it would be impassible to enter Ain fletaE , Mr . O'Connor proceeded to say" My Meads , J » -leave you . and if there « a > n « / . « tn _ ' ^ S ^— . ' * ' ¦
muaicaB&s bftwaen me and you to take place , and if J * ! » i | t » Incarcerate me for seven years , I should « ej ? flrfi « K « tovinced tbat at the end of that severi « P ^ " i ^ KKS ^ received with the same demonstrafJ ^ ALWsJlSfl affection -with which I have been flBaMlNBlKdHGpt . I am convlnoed that you have ^ IMpd fateae facts—that I have given up all my » wp | MPe connections—that I have deprived myself J . WMKluxuries , and many of the comforts of life—« P * t Iflfcv * always been found' among you at your call , * £ * ttft I never care for a | iy , taunt , though I may be fW ^ K bv a Judge in a eMret of justice that I might ¦ V \ ^ IlitotfMfl be ^ iBfl ^ cco ^ nt . I am certain that U these ffcSga hate * » o ^ fscapea yoi * , and I am also certain that irery publtoJnan is estimated by his
devo-. » pon to the ptblic cause . JTpon this I rest mj claims to ^ ottr regarl , and ! amUrell convinced that if we go <> p , not / plo < kttnglyj » ot slowly , but energetically , * atous } # ; and&eterinifiedly-a say I am well convinced [ i DMjwBfty of « s we ^ B in prison to-morrow , fif ty more [ » iJ !? T 8 prtn S P f <* rpWBO « to do on * woik- ( Checks . ) I ^ Sfff * ' W « ete |" inlnd us / let as fish for ourselves , K ^ '&l ?? ' ^ 13 3 If ™ * ; Now , tti ? n , 'my Darting Wdm ^ ttt ioa io jt * Spo ^ weplleot ^ ^ that being in eonflne-I ^ entS one thpL « fd that to endure penal punishment Ns aooEhexj xffcof WMat as I started witn saying that tgiiMjpne a aajdpinay " enjoy comparative happiness , IVMwiBg tha * W ftiends and his family breathe the W air and U « la the same land as he does , while at fhe same tipf you will bear in mind tbat the pod * captive mho is sent to the penal colony that that jam is taken from his familythat - they httal no hone for his rastnr&tinn pt .
cept through ^ ofr exertions . I ask you , therefore , to leave the Chay ^ tts with me , and to turn the whole of your energy -attt attention to the cause of Frost and his associates , / Now , that is the fault that I have with you , and » . is the only one , that . you fly from one novelty to the other . Recollect , that from the 5 th of November , "I Kave devoted the whole of my time to this question , even disregarding my own trial , and I would , with the most perfect satisfaction , have submitted to seven years imprisonment if I was certain that would ensure , tho restoration of these unfortunate men . Do not , therefor * , suffer yourselves to care about what you cannot do , but exert yourselves manfully and boldly in this cause—in the cause of those
men who were illegally convicted , and by consequence illegally expatriated from their native land . I have now done , and if it were the last word that I ever addressed to a . society . of freemen , it would be this : that no matter what the terror may be , I will persevere in every course , and if yo » deserted me tomorrow I would raise up , for the principles of Universal Suffrage , another host , and nurse it until I make it a monster that wonld destroy every evil which would date to come within its grasp . I thank you for the attentka with which yon have heard me , and the approbation artd-iindaess with which you have always received A ; there are others still to address you , and I trust thst you have not come here for the purpose of
heann ^ this ,. that , or the other , but that prompted , by the loviof liberty , you will listen with patience to all ; and at all events , by your cheers , render them the only consolation which it is in your power to bestow upon them . ( Cheers . ) I leave you now , saying , as I have always said , that if I have to die in this cause , though I may be stretched on the rack , I will even there smile terror out of countenance , and die as I have lived —« -. pure lover of liberty . ( Renewed and deafening cheep . ) Mr . O'Connor then left the meeting anudatmMno 8 t enthusiastic cheering , waving of hats , c l&paW 32 £ handB , » nd other marks of approbation ; hundiimro-the audience crowding around him , and stopptwHai to shake hands as he passed .
BgfcsjV . lhe business of the meeting was resumed , three " < aSeers were given for Universal Suffrage—three groanJtfor the Whigs—three groans f « r the Attorney-Genepfl—three for we Manchester Quardian—and three forg ^ ffBori don spies , , "TIJEfeWE- jfest . . observe that these propositions all ^ ajajg ^^ romi persons is the centre of the meeting , amT that « flww w « e made by those on the platform to prevent the ' groanipg , but wJaiant effect Mx . V ^ nyButtorw ^ rth , Mr . Tilmak , Mr . Llnney , the 4 ev . W . Y . JaflSstfn , Ma Smith , and othert ^ ^ severally ' addrefc yd thftjmfotlag to able , energetic , and affecting » JBPMi HHMfr-flrfr afaoBld-haTe ^ reported at length ,
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JiBteSSTER CHARTIST MEETING . . On Moriifay evening last , the Chartists of this place held a meeting at their large room , in All Saints' Open , to take into consideration the position in which they are placei ^ , and tbjf -conduct of some of their leaders on recent ooesSfons , especially the proceedings attha late York Assizes , in the prosecution of Mr . O'Connor . , Mr . Mansfield was called to the chair . The Chairman , jn opening the proceedings , briefly
adverted to the vindictive Bpirit evinced by the Whig Government against all who had advocated the just righto of the operatives ; and their unceasing endeavours to crush every expression of the public opinion in favour of those principles which they themselves had advocated , aa a stepping-stone to power , and from which the ; had themselves since so basely apostatized . He then brought to notice the late trial at York , and alluded to the probable consequences of those proceedings on Chartism in general . He then called upon
Mr . Smart , late Delegate to the Convention , who commenced his address with a short history of the rise and progress of Chartism ; the steps taken to organize the people ; the election of the Convention , the proceedings of that body , and the advantages and disadvantages resulting from their deliberations . He then detailed , at considerable length , the part which Mr . O'Connor bad taken ; pointing out the obstacles he had to encounter in the prosecution of his labours from open and avowed enemies , and still worse , from insidious pretended friends—from spies
• snd traitors in and out of our own body—from a hfeeling and envenomed press , and the whole weight of a corrupt and malevolent administration ; his zeal in the people ' s cause—his untiring perseverance —his utter disregard of personal danger—his devoted sacrifice of time , health , and property , in the sacred cause , during the whole time of his political career to the period of his trial at York ; recapitulating the heads of his defence on that occasion , which he characterized as unparalleled in the history of this or any other country , and concluded by moving the following resolution : —
" That this meeting is of opinion that its best thanks , and those of all real Radical Reformers , are due to FearguB O'Connor , Esq ., for the manly , eloquent , and truly constitutional defence of the rights and privileges of the people , delivered by him in bis defenoe at York , in opposition to the hireling tools of an imbecile , corrupt , and profligate administration . " Mr . Wray , with a few brief remarks , seconded the resolution , whioh was put by the Chairman , and unanimously and most enthusiastically carried .
Mr . Seal next addressed the meeting . He briefly detailed the conduct of Mr . O'Connor upon many trying occasions , when opposed to those embarked in the . same cause with hinself , and when assailed openly and covertly in the very camp , and contended that his political conduct ( even if at times he might have been mistaken ) was wholly and entirely intended for the Jbenefit of the working millions , and as such deserving of all praise and support , and concluded by proposing the following resolution : —
" That tb ' m meeting place the utmost confidence in the talent , zeal , and integrity of Mr . O'Connor , as the true friend of the people , and shall continue to hold the same in spite of open enemies and false friends , so long as he pursues the same course of rectitude in the people ' s cause , which he has hitherto done through the whole course of his political career . " .- ¦* Mr . Hudson briefly Becqnded the same , whioh was then put , and carried unanimously with acclamation . -
Mr . Hatnes moved" That these resolutions be Bent to the Northern Star , Southern Star , and Leicester Mercury newspapers for insertion , which was seconded by iir . Hudson , and unanimously agreed to .
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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Wednesday Evening , March 25 th , Half-past Sue . vjSKS ! *^ ^« hQ ( ^ we have been visited with almost incessant storms of snow and hail ; and the col 4 has been also very severe . The influenza , w very prevalent , and-n the present state of the weather is likely to ( spread this disagreeable , if not dangerous endemic .
, me working classes , in various parts of the Metropolis , are now engaged in forming trading companies , consisting of a few members of miscellaneous trades , among whom to confine their dealings , as far as possible , and to procure whatever provi-S mfty be required iadividually , by funds which shall belong to the body collectivel y ; thus receiving the retailers' profits among themselves . On Monday last , one of these societies opened at 79 , Great Titchfield-street , Marylebone , and already the prescribed number of members is completed . -
The late Bethnal Green Meeting . —The reexammation of Mr . G . E . Boggis , ( whose apprehension on a charge of having used seditious and inflammatory language was communicated in my last Thursday ' s letter , ) took place on Monday at Bow-Btreet . The office was much crowded , and it is . ftuite evident that the Government , through their centralising Commissioners , will spare no expenditure of the public money , in order to prosecute all whe have dared to denounce the Whigs and tbeir deeda . The language attributed to Mr . Boggis , is not , we have been assured on the best authority , anything like that which was teally uttered by him : yet these police witnessed , of whom there are , at least , thirtv in ' oach vase , » r « permitted to select parts of a speaker ' s sentences , and dovetail them together , so aito Jit . Notwithstanding unexceptionable bail was offered , the magistrate , at the desire of the solicitor for the police , refused it ; and again remanded Mr . Boggis for another week .
In order to allay the distress of the working classes in the destitute districts of Bethnal-Green , it was sometime since resolved to erect several new churches ; the funds now running low , ( £ 28 , 000 more being called for ) the Duke of Cambridge has been invited to preside at a meeting for that object . The poor weavers look upon this as a heartless mockery ; and inquire whether it would not have been much better to expend the vast sums which have been collected , in procuring some new channel of employment for the starving population of the district , whose physical wants far outweigh their spiritual necessities .
Whether the determined prosecutions which the Whigs are carrying on against the leaders of the people , for attending and speaking at meetings , < fec . have so far damped public spirit , that the working classes are afraid to meet , is , perhaps , a matter ol doubt ; but of two preliminary meetings called for this week , "to take into consideration the best course to be pursued for obtaining the liberation of all persons suffering punishment for political offences , " not more than seventy persons were in attendance at either . It may be , that , prohibited by fear of prosecution , from meeting in large bodies , the working men are beginning to discuss their grievances in sections ; and , if so , every real friend of freedom may wish the Whigs joy of their " triumph , " in substituting numbers of good working committees for more numerously attended , but not more useful , debating assemblies .
The Islington Murder—The result of the coroner ' s application to the Marquis of Normanby , relative to the refusal of the Hatton Garden magistrates to allow the prisoners charged with the murder of Mr . Templeman , to be present at the inquest , is , this afternoon , rumoured to be an order from the Home Secretary for their being conducted thither in safe custody to-morrow . Thurtday Evening , Afareh 12 / A , Half-past Six , p . m . City and Commercial News— There have been complaints among the mercantile interests this week of a scarcity of money in the City , but we have not heard that the rate of interest has been increased beyond five per cent , on the first cla ™ of
commercial paper . Among the less wealthy holders ot China produce , especially Tea , the demand for capital has been most severely felt , especially since the market valued for that article has receded while at the same time many holders have been compelled to obtain the means of making the prompts whioh have fallen due , while to effect sales , a heavy loBS muBt have been strbmittod to . The export trade ia still reported languid ; whilst the foreikn ' axiwalg have aojLbefiftrf jinv magnitude . The , West India produce markets are firm , but the transactions have not been extensive . For East India and Baltic produce the demand is steady , with a tendency in prices to advance .
In the English Stbok Market to-day , soMsely anything of interest was passing , and prfefe maintained nearly the same firmness which has distinguished them for some days * past . Consols brought 90 § to 902 for immediate transfer , and 91 for time ; the slight depression in the terms upon which speculative bargains wcre effected , being attributable to the somewhat increased demand for money for temporary purposes , of which we have already spoken . Exchequer Bills felt the influence
of this latter cause , and receded from 17 s . to 19 ? . to 16 , 18 premium . Until an advanced hour of the day , Foreign Securities wero a most quiescent state ; but about one they became more animated , from the attempt made by some of the jobbers to press a few sales . There was not quite so much business done in the Share Market as for some days past , but prices were firmer . There seems to be more disposition to make temporary investments in Railway Shares , but there is a decided demand for them on the part of the public .
A very destructive fire broke out this morning , on the premises of Messrs . Howe and Pearson , printing ink and varnish makers , Orange-street , Gravellane . The workmen , ( who are numerous , ) with the firemen , who were in speedy attendance tried to extinguish the names ; but in less than an hour the whole interior was destroyed . The fire originated by a quantity of oil and resin boiling over ; the damage is estimated at about £ 5 , 000 , and is believed to be totally uninsured .
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Mr . Leader has been obliged , through indisposition , to leave town for a few weeks . St . Patrick ' s Day . —A Rpw . —The Hibernians could not celebrate the birth-day of their patron saint , Patrick , in this town , on Tuesday , without an exhibition of their hostility to their own countrymen . It appeared , on this occasion , there was a division in politics ; and a party of them came over from Manchester with hostile intentions . One of the processions was composed of what is termed " cottons , " that is , those favourable to the union and to the English interests , being withal a Friendly Society ; whilst the other was made up of regular whiteboys , the "linens , " those who insist upon the repaie and the absolute dominion of Daniel O'Connell . The
"linens" from Manchester joined the Stockport "whitefeet" at the Dogj public-house , Chestergate , whither they marched in procession , headed l > y a band of music . The " cottons" had also a procession and music , of Maocle&field and Stock-Krt boys , who assembled at their club-house , Mr . amer 8 , the Hen and Chickens , Hillgate , a body tolerated by their priests , and to whom a sermon was delivered at the Catholio chapel , Edgeley ; whilst the other party are considered bo vile as even to be threatened with excommunication from papal supremacy , and excluded from rights of Christian burial . In the afternoon , the " cottons , " on passing along the Chestergate , were assaulted by the other Dartv ursine their wives and female friends to pro
voke them to a " shine-up , " which they endeavoured to do by tearing the sashes off some of them . Without retaliating they hastened to the Hen and Chickens ; and in » short time afterwards the " linens" made their appearance opposite the public house ; and began shouting and hurrahing . This they repeated about three o ' clock , laden with paving stones , the band playing , " See the , conquering hero comes . " Some of the ^ cotyons" threw some bread and cheese out of the window amongst them , at which one of the leaders of tha whitefeet threw up his hat as a signal , and a general battery with paving stones commenced , breakfog nearly all the windows in the house , betwe en seventy and eighty , together with others in r ne same building . The
stones being returned , the . others , running up the steps , made an effort to enter the house inabodj . The " cottons , " however , met them , at the sight of whom the " linens" def . troyed their own flags and poles for the purpose of converting them into weapons , and a regu ) ar skirmish took place for half an hour , during which several were seriously ¦ wounded . Indeed * it is hard to say what would have been the result if the police bad not made their appearance , and produced a general flight . Mr . Hamer has sasU 4 iued a deal of damage ; and vre understand warn . nts have been applied for against upward * of twenty of the "linens , " who , as a finale . had * fight ' amongst themselves on their return to | Man « haBte ' f . —Stotkport Advertiser .
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Th » ATTOBaWT-GEJIHBia AWD BIS GoTBW—* &- # ? ' The Attorney-General has not gainedmuch eM * " £ j * jwceedings at York . Never man w * m * mangled , so astonished and dissected as he haaftSr gwssjBfijsariiasaa ^ i-
^ j&' ^? sft 3 vsttssa : hant and effective eloquence , ; and had he fee * present , h& coald not have failed to shrink fromtte gentlemanly ^ and polished sarcasm with wfcUfo W was attacked . Mr . Wilkins dealt tha finShin * stroke ore rotunda , arid completed the ' tfprkv Wdl tor Mr . Attorney that lie waa absent—wt& Joi-loa * that he had taken flight , not daring-to wait for tfc » " pelting of the pitiless storm " whiclrhe knew wS in store for him . Discretion is the better bar * of ' valour , and . F ^ -. ' ¦ "He wboftghta and mot away May KVe to fight another day . " But we mspect that he will not fight anj more battles . He and his colleagues have drained the cup of office to the very dregs . —the Duhlio Datiebeaia ¦ >
exhausted , —and from one end of the kingdom to tte other there is but one cry respecting them , and that is— let these wretched , wicked , mischievous , ministers be dismissed with disgrace and abhorreocaabred > - ^ ^ i they have so shamefolly -
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In reply to . Iota's letter , which appeared in the Star of last week , and wbich I have but just seen , I rtrug- ' gled hard for . the appointment ; of tbe same solicitor for all the prisoners , and Mr . Oeoch being assigned to M& . Frost , and being in communication with him , I vu anxious for hia appointment , but before I reached Monmouth , tho wolves had been among the flock and fleeced them . One man took m much as £ 99
from , one prisoner , and then aaked for money to tea counsel , and . did nothing , that I am aware * < & , for his client . Upon re&eBing Monmouth my first message to the prisoners was not to pay one far thin to any solicitor , as I had cpme to defend all ; and not on * farthing was subsequently paid . ¦ The wUcitors « fai » had access to the gaol , and they never informed tfie p «« prisoners of the Defence' Fund . Many vnnj ^ gt ^ houses and land , and sold their all for the attomfai
Mr . Geach never took one penny from them , and bar . waa the only solicitor whom I ¦ recognised . I patd ' fees for three counsel , to a clerk « , f a firm , who had paid another gentleman , who left before the trials took place . Something over £ 1 , 000 has been collected , out of which I paid Mr . Geach £ 900 , and about £ 70 or £ 80 to witnesses-, counsel , and other solicitors , leaving a small balance ^* hand , while Mr . Geach ' s account amounts to £ 1 , 809 : '; If each person upon such occasions employs hia owa solicitor , no money would defend the Chartists . Lei the Blackwood Chartists , by all means , have the attorney ' s bill taxed ; it is not recoverable till it is taxed . I never saw such fleecing in my life as was practised at Monmouth . £ 10 , 000 would not have defended all the York and Liverpool Chartists , if each man had engaged his own solicitor .
FEARGUS O'CONNOR . P . S—As soon as the Chartist trials are over I shall publish all the accounts .
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THE NEWPORT CHARTISTS . TO THB EDITOR OF THE MORTHERN STAB . Sib , —My attention has been just called to a letter under the signature of " Iota , " which appeared in your paper of Saturday last , and which purports to refer to the hardships inflicted on " a victim family of Blackwood . " Your Correspondent , who I doubt not is a very well meaning person , would appear , however , t » be rather unnecessarily mysterious - in this matter , and by a letter which I have this morning received from Newport , it seems , that that mysWiousne&t has been productive of some injustice , the removal of which is the , object of my present communication . My Newport Correspondent writes thus : — " I bee to call your attention tp a letter signed ' Iota' whica appears in the Northern Star of the 21 st containin
g anything but respectful insinuations against the professional Gentlemen concorned for my pootfwii Frost and others , and which &o ., dtc ., Stc- ^ t would at the same time call your attention U > M paragraph contained in the Notice to Correspondent * m the Star of the Uth , to which your name is appended , &c ., &c , and from which many of the readers of the Star , have inferred , with regret , thai some misunderstanding has arisen between yourself and Mr . O'Connor . " . ' ¦ . - - . Now , were not my Newport Correspondent » veajp . old and esteemed . . friend , I certainly should haw * declined acting , upon hia suggestion , and should have allowed " lota ' g ^ letter to pass unnoticed . I have the gratification of knowing and feeling tbat
rnsre corawwnlbusly 4 pm mj dntjjby tbsae who « e lives and liberties we-fli ii& ^ fiif ^ jwBy ^ fl ^ fly ^ - and disinterestedly , With '' t ^ Tnn ^ indpiS y jmttperseverance , and to the beat Of myhomble ability . With reference to " Iota ' s" letter , therefore , all I have to say is this , that / have never received either dtreeUy .. jir individually , from ant 6 » b of tbe prisoners , m whose defence 1 ' fi qvS 6 < sen enaaatcL one singie shilling I haveneveTsent ~ i 3 ct ? ldl ( i ? costs to any one of them ; nor have fin tin manutr made ant demand of ant kind upon ant onetf them . So much therefore for the applicability to me , of anything contained in " Iota ' s" leltcr I avail myself of this opportunity of oorreetine another erroneous impression , which has Dm *
created unintentionally , or designedly , by tana publicly stating that no money , either arising from subscriptions or otherwise , has been transmitted i » me from any place , or by any person , excepting 000 sum of £ 15 from the town of Newport . With respect to the notice to correspondent * in the Northern Star of the 14 th instant , and to the inference said to have been adduced therefrom . 1 can only say that up to tha time at which I write no misunderstanding of any kind haa arisen between Mr . O'Connor and myself . The notice in question . arose from my having addressed a letter to the Editor of the Star ezpreasiv * of some surprise , that the petition to the Queen from the several members of Mr . Frost ' s family , together
with my letter to the public , had not appaared in the Star . The Editor ' s notice of my letter , not couched in terms which Mr . O'Connor would hava adopted , informed me that had I read th » Star I must have seen that these documents did appear . I can only repeat that these documents did not appear in the copy of the Star which I purchased . Probably they appeared in some other edition . But I will not further trespass upon you on this point . All these documents , and , indeed , every fae * and matter connected with the above trials will be embodied in , a pamphlet which I am preparing far publication . I shall feel it my duty to make those
arrangements whereby every Chartist in England and Scotland will be afforded an opportunity ef obtaining a copy of that pamphlet ; and I trust Ha perusal may have the effect of setting in the true and proper light those matters , in respect of whioh the public have been much misled , and are still mudt deceived . If your paper goes through more than one editfa *^ perhaps you will have the goodness to allow tbis . tfr ' appear in each- — lam , Sir , Your obedient servant , W . F . Gbach . London , March 24 , 1840 .
[ We give insertion to this letter ; but cannot do to without appending to it an observation or tw 0 * For the anything but respectful insinuations against the professional gentlemen concerned for poor FrostJ which Mr . Geach ' s correspondent m discovered in the letter of Iota , we have looked earvful / y , but in vain . The only reference to thota gentlemen in that letter is the following : — " They , unfortunately for them , and probablt * av consequence , of bad advice , had no confidence iu tb * solicitors who acted with Mr . O'Connor on the eventful occasion ; they were , therefore , left to the tender mercy of another set of men—and ti * ey have reason to say " The tender mercies of tl * wioked are cruel . "
Mr . Geach and his Newport correspondent way tie much quicker of apprehension than toe are . They may see something very disrespectful fa the gentlemen concerned for Mr . Frosty in thi $ paragraph ; we cannot ; nor can tee see anything tn the letter of Iota to call for Mr . Reach ' s . jusHficatum of himself on money matters . The letter contain * no charge against him . It is not ioid that h 9 ttmt any bill in or that he has received money . QQftke contrary , tt is distinct ly intimated that the « 4 Uer regards it as matter of regret that he teas nottm * - ployed at all in the matter . We feel quite sure that if Mr . Geach and his friend will again read logOl letter , they will see that it is they who have dim "injustice to him . There was nothing m the notice complained of t * justify the " inference said to have been founded « a it . " The " termt m which it woe touched " awrc such at we imagine eould not well surprise MSr . Geach .
Ifw $ were half as ready to appropriate every hint * ourselves as Mr . Geach seems to be , we might ask him " Do you bile yottr thumb at us , " when von . talk of the pubUe beituj " nitlcd" and "deeewed f We do nol believe that thai thuintinuaii ** it intended for us , and shall not therefore agent « fete tt .-X » . N . S ,
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' IxcuuHAXtiSM . —On Wednesday last , some malicioua person or persons set fire to the plantations of his Grace the Duke of Beaufort , situate near the New Mills ^ in the parish of Trellick , in this count ; 5 1 he fire was dkeovered about ten o ' clock utSa morniag , ani continued burning in the moat to&Ii manner till tbiee ia the " afternoon , consuming soar two husdned acres ef wood plantation , the wb « of wM < &fc « etiina . te 4 »* £ 1 , 600 . —Hen / orrf Time * ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 28, 1840, page unpage, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2677/page/1/
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