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charged with highly improper coaduct towards some very young girls uu <* . cr the aorth portico of St . Paul ' s . — Alderman Moon gold , that when a * respee table " man liketheprissuy . rso grossly misconducted himself , and attempted to debase the minds of such tender children , it was necessary that apreportionatepunlsbmentshould be inflicted . He was , therefore , sentenced to three months' imprisonment , with hard labsur . —Theprisoier , who appear ed thuaderstruck at the decision , was then removed . When searched , thei e was a large amount of uumrf found oa bis person , consisting of bank notes , gold , silver , acceptances , diamonds , pearls , gold rings , brooches , and other articles of jewellery .
WOOLWICH . —A Data Cokmwkhb . —Rosa Makaney , was ebarged with robbing Mr L . Warren , of her Majesty ' s steam-vessel Dee , of his gold watch , gold chain and teals . Mr Warren said , I : do not wish to press the charge against the young lady . I was in a passion when I gave her into custody , and she took tho property out of alirk I was at her bouse the night previous , about 12 o'clock , aud she took it off ray neck . Not liking such tiDerty . I demanded it back ; she refused to give it , and I gave her in charge . ' Mr Traill said , gentlemen were not togive women in custody on charges of felony , lock them up all night , compromise the affair , and then turn it into * lark : courts of law were not to be turned into
such ridicule , and he should now not only discharge her , bat order the watch and chain to be restored to her , and if she did right she would keep them , as they may not be bis property , on acooaut of his not having sworn to it , and fromhaving withdrawn the charge .
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GRAND RADICALDEMONSTRATION IN THE 10 WER HAMLETS , TO CELEBRATE THE RETURN TO PARLIAMENT OF MR GEORGE THOMPSON .
A Public Stwee . consistinc of tea and public meeting , was held at the New Globe Tavern , Mile-Endroad , on Monday evening , August the 30 th . At five o ' clock , the large room , a small room , and the public gardens were put ia requisition ; so great were the numbers astembled . The chair was taken by Dr . Oxwt . who was supported on his right by the honourable member for the Towsr Hamlets . ( Mr G . Thompson ) , and on his left by the honourable member for Nottingham , ( Mr Feargus O'Connor ) , in addition to whom , on the platform , we noticed a splendid phalanx of talent , and patriotism , including'William Howitt , Mary Howitt , Mrs G . Thompson , Ernest Jones , Henry
Vinunt . Rungo Bapegee . the Rev . Hugh Seaborne , Dr . Epps , B . O'Brien , W . Geesiu . Thomas Cooper , Mr Barry , and John Sewell , Eiqrs . _ The speeches were delivered on a temporary hustings erected in the spacious grounds attached to the tavern . The Craisuux briefly stated the object of the meeting , and passed a high eulogium upon Mr Thompson , whose public services had not been eon * fined to his own countrymen , but had been given to the oppressed of all countries . His election had been a source of gratulation , not only at home , but throughout the civilised world—and it reflected the highest credit on the constituency of the Tower Hamlets , that they had returned in so triumphant a manner a man so distinguished by his attachment
to the great principles of freedom , tor his own part he only wished that they could hare another election within a year , and they would send another as good as Mr . Thompson to Saint Stephen ' s ( Cheers . ) Dr Epps said , he was highly gratified in meeting such a numerous and highly intelligent assemblage to celebrate the return of their friend George Thompson . Some said in returning him , they had sent an untried man to Parliament , bat it could not be denied in so doiug , that they had established a glorious principle . ( Hear hear . ) In the Borough of Finsbary , they had set the example in a double sense a long time ago , as they bad returned two friends of the people—( loud cheers)—and it was now
impossible to cram episcopacy down the threats of the men of that Borough . ( Hear hear . ) The sentiment he had to propose was , ' The people , the true seource of political power , ' that toast had been a standing one with , the Whigs , when they wished to use and twist the people to their onn purpose , but happily the people had begun to find out the right application of the sentiment . There was this advantage in having a man in the Commons' House , —even should he 03 half a fool , and only utter some dosen words of oommon sense , those clever fellows the reporters licked it into shape , and it . got circuited through the press from one end of Europe to ^ tnsr . ( Cheers . ) In prenosing this toast , he **> ed it to mean full political power for the -pie , —( hear hear }—aud sure he was that / people obtained the right , they would soon _ ... —e right use ofit . ( Hear hear . ) Let them " not think in returning George Thompson they had
dose all there , was to do , this was only the commeneementof the fight . ( Laughter and cheers . ] Only let Britons proceed in a peaceable , legal , quiet sort ef a war , aud tbey must become tbe greatest Eople on the face of the earth . ( Applause . ) He d known publicly their hanosrable member for a number of years . He was independent in the best sense of-that term . He hoped they would have such an union between reformers of all opinions that , by the next election , they would be able to send such a number of genuine reformers to the Parliament , that public meetings would be annecessaryio cause Members to take ihe right course , but that it would he sufficient for the people to give their representatives direct instructions as to their wishes and feelings . ( Hear hear . ) If Sir W . Clay did not come out broadly on the principles of religious liberty next session , he trusted they would put some better clay in his place . ( Hear and laughter . )
Mr Hxkbt Vikcisi came forward to propose ' The « , 268 Toters whose suffrages placed Mr Thompson at the head of the poll . ' In proposing this toast he was bound to review the progress of public opinion . When he was aa apprentice boy in the town of HuU , he heard of that great movement that accomplished therevolution in France . A publicmeeting was held in that town in favour ofthe Reform Bill , and , although but a boy , he had theaudacityto stand op . ' and move an amendment in favour of Universal Suffrage , and his amendment was adopted , which laid the foundation of one , of about six petitions preseated in favour of that principle by the late Henry Hans . ( Loud cheers . ) Enthusiast as he was , he did not then dream of the progress he had since
witnessed . ( Hear , hear . ) The great Chartist agitation was a glorious movement , and depend on it the Suffrage agitation wouldnerer die out , so long as there was a man left to demand the Suffrage . ( Loud chcare . ) Some said Universal Suffrage was opposed to tha gospel . He denied it Did not the Gospel say— 'Honour all men , '' Do unto others as ye would they should do onto * you ? ' ( Loud cheers . ) Their opponents did not like acjtation ; like that great com dian , the lata John Reeve , they thought 'there should be nothing stirring but stagnation . But the people had ^ discovered that agitation wasagood thing , that it had made a host of { thinkers , ay ! and of talkers too . ( Hear , hear . ) On every stump in the -village , mightnow beseen stuck up , * Muster Hodges will guv a lector ; ' and the Muster Hodees did euv
lectors too , such lectures as their audiences could undarstand and appreciate . ( Cheers . ) And he would sow put to his audience whether the operatives in blue smock frocks had not become more than a match formembers of Parliament f ( Loud cheers . ) They too had created able and talented writers from their own order . ( Loud cheers . ) He held it to"be the interest ofthe middle classes to support the working classes —( hear , hear , ) for a thriving working class population , meant , also thriving shopkeepers . ( Hear , hear . ) He had travelled for the test five years inculcating this sentiment , and tbat too at his own risk , unaided by clubs of any sort . —( hear . hear . ) -and hadsricceeded in attracting large meetings , the persons attending having paid a good price for admittance ; and thus had large masses of the middle claasea been informed of the
principles of democracy . ( Loud cheers . ) The late election for the Tower Hamlets represented two principles—Universal Suffrage and the Separation of Church and State—and the only way to carry out those principles was , by putting in such men as George Thompson . ( Cheers . ) As to the Whigs , he knew not who they represented . Mr Vincent here gave an admirable imitation of an aristocrat Whin on the hustings . His mimicry was true to nature , and irresistibly droll ; it created bursts ot merriment He impressed on them the necessity of putting Radicals only in nomination , they not only represented the extreme party , but must of necessity represent the " more moderate party also . ( Loud cheers , ) Mr Vincent here paid a well-merited compliment to Mr Thompson , as an able Anti-Slavery advocate , and friend to commercial , civil , and religious freedom ; and implored the men of the Tower
Hamlets' to go on , and never dare to become ? recreants to those glorious principles they have vindicated in the return of George Thompson . Mr V . sat down loudlyapplauded . . .. . .. Mr Fbasir said they , the working men , had often met in their fifties , their hundreds , aad their thousands , to swear fealty to their principles , but they have now mat to congratulate themselves on the receipt of the first instalment of their rights since ihe passingof the Reform Bill . The nonelectors were grateful to the electors—not servilely so , but in the tsirit of manhood , thanked them . ( Loud cheers . ) He woald tell thera how , the election had beon won , it had been won by Chartist and Non-Conformist < rorking men , and middle-men cordially uniting . Mr Farther * gave 'The Non-eleetbrs , and may they swabeinoc ^ assunof the franchise . ' ( Cheers-Be had tain asked the question why there were any
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nonelectors , but he found it impossible to' answer . They eonstituted ; the . basis bf : > oeiety ^ : They " were the , producing [ class , whose , labxiura : were ia 4 i 8 pehsable tothe existence of Moiety , and Sough it ' Had been said , and he ,, as i ' member of the arotwrjicy of themiddleclass . DeheTed . it ,: that ihey ^ Mdeo' ed * cation tofit them for the exercised ol ^ enfranchise , !? Wta ! i » ophvihoed by the thrilling elotuenr ° J "r Vuiecnt , that , ia common withmany ; bihers of the . ehuB to which he belonged , he wajfr-w fully convinced of the justice of the euim / that ' he was unite prepared to go with them , and to aid , "to' the [ jwwtextent in making them , ft > rthe' first-time in their lives , politically free . ( Great cheering . )"; In conclusion , he would only advise themin : the prose
, cution of their just and " inalienable claims , to ask for themas a right , not as ¦ bom' ( Cheers . At the same time he would say ; that while he deeply rejoiced at the union between the middle classes and the working classes which this election had exhibited , he would caution them against forcing on-that union too rapidly . There were feelings and habits to be gradually got rid of , and it was only » . proportion as each class gradually and spontaneously acquired a full and correct knowledge of . each other , that a real and lasting union would be cemented between them . ( Hear , hear . ) .,,... :. ¦ On the conclusion of Mr Fry ' s / speech the . tables having been cleared from the large room , the company adjourned to itand it was densely crowded
, in tbe course of a few minutes by a large assembly composed of both sexes . It was calculated that not less than 1 , 000 persons were present , and a large number , who could not gain admission , promenaded the grounds to music of an . excellent band . On the resumption of the proceedings . -, > .... Mr WruiAits briefly addressed the meeting explanatory of the spirit in which theeleetion had been conducted , and especially as to the Icordtality which had existed between the eleeton and non-electors . Mr Whot said , his friend ; the chairman , Dr Oxley , had to do with diseases of the head , he would therefore propose ; thatsueh crack-brained fellowsas Protectionist , Peers , and Anti-Suffragists , should be handed over to Dr Oxley . ( Loud laughter . )
And he would like is addition to the M . P ., to have the affix of M . D ., attaohed te the name of Mr George Thompson , so that he might be the medical doctor to the House of-Commons , and he dared to say he would administer some strange doses . ; First , there would he the Anti-State Church dose , second the Peace dose . The next Bill , would be called , Ratepaying Clauses Repeal . Next would come the Suffrage pill , he supposed he must call that a bolus . ( Laughter aud applause . ) With that and the ballot he thought the / might obtain everything else . ( Loud cheers . ) Sir William Clay , must now go on , or go off . He concluded by introducing , Mr G . Thompson , M . P ., to the meeting , who was received with great applause . When order was
restored , Mr Thompson , after acknowledging the kind reception , expressed the gratification he had experienced in listening to the speeches which had been delivered that night , in which , with the exception of those which related to himself , and on which he was not called on to give an opinion , he most cordially concurred . Mr Vincent had had great experience in the popular movement , ' and had : drawn a cheering picture of its progress , which proved that it was not merely local and sectional , but universal—the spirit of liberty was abroad , even on the Continent its influence was visible ; everywhere freemen were calling to freemen . ( Hear , hear . ) When he spoke this , he did not refer to any pariioulari set of opinions , or of any man ' s particular crotchet , but of the
progress of liberal opinion on all subjects . There was room enough for all tolahourin this vineyard , and as the principle ofthe division of labour was as applicable in this as in other cases , he , was content to let each work in his own way , certain that iu tbe end all inch labours must teid to the establishment of the broad principle of universal justice . ( Cheers . ) With respect to what had been anticipated of his course in tbe House of Commons , it was , he thought , imprudent to moke any statement as to what any single member might do in that House . It was not by argument , figures , or oratory , that the Augean stable was to be cleansed . ( Hear . ) No , it was only by turning the mighty stream of public opinion , of public power , through it , that it was to be
purified . For himself he was the -mere representative of the principle , and claimed nothing on account of his own merits . Neither was he there to bring a railing accusation against the hon . and gallant general , whom he had supplanted . The place he occupied on the poll on the day when the numbers were declared , was a sufficient punishment fer his misdeeds , or sins of omisssion , and he hoped that 'in private and domestic life he Wenld enjoy every happiness ; but , at all events , until he had purged himself , he would say , don't send him to Parliament again . ( Hear , and cheers . ) He did hot expect to have an opportunity of addressing them again for seme months , though he would remind them that , at least asferastheywerecoHcernodannual elections would
, be the practice , inasmuch as he would submit his conduct to them once a-year . ( Hear , hear . ) But he would take that opportunity ol urging upon them the duty of inciting every one to get the franchise for themselves , and thus by increasing the number of votsrs , prevent any sinister influence being brought to bear upon subsequent elections . ( Hear , hear . ) While , however . -congratulating each other upon their own triumph , ' - let themnot forget what had been achieved elsewhere . In Halifax , lpswich , Norwich , and other places , there had been defeats , as they were called ; but ; on'the contrary , he thought if these contests were properly looked at ,
tney would be found in reality te be victories , and especially gratifying / in as far as they showed that prowing onion between the middle and working elasses which had been so often and so properly referred to that evening .- Mr Thompson then eloquently referred to the Chartist party aad their principles , which he said he had never in the whole course of his public career either derided er depreciated , but , on the contrary , had done all in his power to explain to his middle-class friends in such a way as to induce them to look at [ these principles in the right light , aad toreverence humanity everywhere— --: ; .. ^ . •¦ ; * .
Is there for hoaest poverty , Wha hangs his head an ' a ' that ; Gfo fools their silks , and knaves their wine , A man ' s a man for a'that , : ( Cheers . J He would hot recapitulate his views on the franchise , they all knew them ;> ut , instead of his own opinion , he would like them to know the opinions of Lord Brougham , who had addressed a letter to the Queen , in which the leading idea was , that the stability of the Queen ' s throne , and the security of the country at large was jeopardised by ttie disfranchisement ofthe people . ^ ' He was Mr Brougham then . ' ) No , he was Lord Brougham ^ x-Chancellor Brougham . : ( Hear , hear ;) . He found these opinions in a traotwhich he had bound nn with
others some years ago , and they contained so forcible an exposition of the ground for the enfranchisement of the people , and to show the manner in which the Reform Bill itself had never teen carried out , that he could not do better than read them ; [ Mr Thompson here read the extracts referred to , in which Lord Brougham especially insisted on the intelligence , integrity , and' principle of the working elasses , and their fitness to exercise the franchise , which he thought was far superior to those of the shopkeeping class . ] ( Hear , hear . ) It ' was . bythe influence of mind that the victory was ultimately to be wen , Intelligence and moral power were the only weapons required to insure the notdistaht triumph . ' In conclusion , Mr T . thanked all who had , either by rote , or- effort , or wish , assisted to place him in the position of a Member of Parliament ; He had no intention to betray them . If he spoke humbly of himself ,
and his intentions , it wm because he might stand the more firmly , and be the more able to discharge the heavy duties which devolved upon himJ It was his intention , as soon as he was upon sufficiently intimate terms with his' honourable colleague , to let him know that he ; must' go the whole animal . ' ( Hear , and laughter . )' , He could not , and did not despise Chartist lecturers . ' ; . Peers might look down from their seats in their ermined' robes' with contempt , but progress they would , despite of all . ( Cheers . ) If Major-Gerieral Fox' had been told a few years . ago , that . he would have lost his seat in 1847 , he would have treated his informant with contempt and scorn , but he would remind " them of thai portion of Scripture history relating to the walls of Jericho , and entreat them' to go on , sounding their horns and blowing the Wast of liberty , and never ceasing until the Jericho of corruption had crumbled into dust . ( Tremendous cheering . )
Mr R . Smith proposed 'The Radical Members of the House of Commons . ' ( Applause . ) ; ,,. . Mr O'Coraon , on rising , was ' received ' wifli long and loud continued , cheers , foUowed by waving of hats and handkerchiefs . He said—Sir , I look upon this night as the jubilee of democracy , arid ; if the reason of my being here is sought for , it t will be found in the declaration of the honourable Member for the Tower Hamlets , that he had never" uttered a word inimical to Chartism . ( Cheers . ) te this declaration was to be attributed his preseaee te join with them in their triumph . ( Cheers . ) If the
honourable gentleman had abused and repudiated Chartist principles ; he ( Mr O'Connor ) would have declined the proposed honour of making e « of his guests . ( Cheers . ) This is a great night , the celebration of this night is a great event , not for the Tewer Hamlsts , not for London , not for England , or Britain , or for Europe , but for the universal world , because it stamps with aiiverul approval the nan who has struggled to take the brand off ( he front of lunivereaf slavery . XTre » eudqus applaate ^ ¦ , He ( Mr O'Connor ) had often told his foflewas that humanity vras the highest qaalif cation teaiegis * later , and i » the countenance , in the wiee , € & n
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^• wwy ^ en ? <*« " & ^& a , huihiuity was ' impressed . and , (^ a ;^^^ ^^; ^ needi » ot ^ ad £ ^ waathad ^ tM $ iii nigiit as propfjof tie progms o / Jdemocraoyi bit he might be pardoned if he attributed itto . other « an « es . He would endeavour to analyiethe several speechw ofthe several gp ' eakers , and froa each ind ' all he would be able . te show that Chsitism . ^ was the only living ' iim '—the ' only resting place for freedem ' . ( Loud cheers . ) . Now what did their member tell them ? He told them that riq poss ^ eisvent could have , been more improbable , every short time since ' .
than his return for the Tower Hamlets . Well , what had rendered apparent impossibilities eirery-dayocr currenoes except ^ the , ' increasing povfer , achieved through the increasing knowledge of the working classes ;? ( Tremendous cheering . ) : ; He agreed in the assertion , that ^ Mr Thpmpsbh ' was the representative of the united will of Noneonformists , Complete Suffragists , and'Chartists ; but he eontended , that it was the , Chartist discipline of conflicting and adverse opinions , that produced order out of chaos . ( Great cheering . ) Some men asked for a defined illustration of the growth of Chartist
principles , but their honourable member had unco nsciously described it in his figurative illustration !' : bf the sounding of rims' horns , and the falling of the walls of Jericho .: Why , when he ventured upon the figure , he was hot aware that he' ( Mr O'Connor ) received nine of his eighteen months' imprisonment in York Castle , for merely , publishing the identical figure of Jericho and rams' horns ; u ( bunded by Mr Dean Taylor .. ( Loud and long continued cheering . ) What , then . ! no distinctive mark of progress , whan
we have legalised your honourable member ' s sedition , and shrouded him with a royal clemency of Chartism ? ( Uproarious applause , and ; waving : ; of hats . ) Andyet , the several speakers ^ weuwWm the triumph as the triumph of middle ^ lastisrnand one gentleman has condescendingly admitted the union , or rather the approximation to . Union but has asked us not to press the union—not to huny the union—not . to anticipate the tdohaity dissolution of middle-class prejudices . What , sir ! forgiveness , forgetfulness of prejudices ?
" Forgiveness to the injured doth belong . " ( Loud , cheers . ) What have they to . forgive ? . What have we not to forgive ? Who maligned us ? Who hounded us ? Who hunted us ? Who persecuted iii ? Who constituted our jurors ? Who violated theireaths to take vengeance upon their victims ? Andyet , we , the injured , are to bide the time of middle-class forgiveness . It is always—wait ; it was always to . Nearly a century ago , when ignorance was pleaded as a justification for withholding rights , down to the last fifteen ; years , the middle classes considered the working claues honoured by
the acceptance of their power . Ignorance is still the barrier . Ignorance is still the cuckoo cry—although I have asked them to prescribe the course of qualification education , but none will dare te set us the task , lest we should toe . speedily learn it ( Loud enters . ) Well , as it was with education ; so it is with prejudice nowv The worthy doctor says , 'Don't press us . to a premature or too hasty a union—but will he name the bridal day ? . and if he does , the gentle giant will gently clasp the trembling hand of the tremulous » pale , and palpitating bride , and I'll be bridesmaid . '
( Roars of laughter , and indwcr ' ibable applause . ) Then there ' s the proffer of unioa , but it shall not be one-sided . ( Cheers . ) Another of the speakers has told you the terms of the union . He baa told you that we . are to have a separation of Church and State , and the Suffrage for all . These are . the two important questions upbhwhich Mr Vincent ably and . eloquently placad the ternuof our union . Well , that may be new . middle-classism , but it is very old Chartism ! You are reading pur book , and learning our lessons ,. and taunting : ui , with our ignorance . ( Loud cheers . ) God knows , lam for the
separation of Church and State ! Yes , I am , for the destruction of that , hydra-headed , monster , which has destroyed religion and led to bloodshed in my own country—( loud cheers)—and tain for the establishment of the only description of franchise which can , not only purify religion , but present / labour with justice to all , and effect a unioa serviceable to all . ( Loud cheers . ) What do you fear from labour ? Labour ' s servility is all that liberty , has '' to fear . Labour has borne oppression too long , and too tamely has borne famine and decimation , slander and defamation , weeping , wailing , and gnashing of teeth . The fond father has seen his offspring
famishing in the midst of produce and capital ere * ated by his own industry , and the hoard of the capitalist has stood in no danger from his vengeance . He hat seen his friends and relations dragged to prison , his champions expatriated , dungeoned , or entombed , but I defy you to point to one . drop ot blood that stains his banners , or dishonours his cause . "I defy you to show the wreck , the ashes , or the embers of his destroyed property . - . .,, ( Cheers and waving of hats , that lasted several minutes . ) Well , the honourable gentleman-has run over ths defeats at the recent elections , which be justly considers as triumphs ; but he has forgotten Sheffield , where the teetotal weaver-boy polled nearly 400
plumpers—Goud cheers)—that . Sheffield where , 12 short years ago , both I and my principles were der rided , mocked , and hooted . ( Renewed cheers . ) He has . ^ forgotten Derby ,, . where . ihe ' amiable M'Grath , a working man , polled nearly 300 plumpers , and if affrighted Whiggery had not taken the nation by surprise ,. our triumphs in point of result would have been countless . ( Great applause , ) This has been but bur skirmish , the next will be our battle ; and if the present ministry rests its length and its hope upon its tabular column of strength , Hi ^ d ays are , numbered . If 'Lib' stands for Russell , and if the Press presumes that I am to he a feather in the
wing of Whiggery ; ' the animal mu « t fall . ( TremendbuV cheering !)! I count pur triumph as nothing ^ The middle classes were ignorant of our position , else we should have had a differently constituted House . Mr Thompson has told you that that which , appears local , is net only national , but ^ aniyenal in i ts results ; and there are men , not in the Home of Commons , ' whose pens , . who « e ' thoughts , and whoie miiidi , confined in the first ; instance to the mere study , have produced bloodless revolutions in foreign lands . ( Loud cheers . ) We have not made the rnbit of our strength . Where ' s Douglas : Jerrold —( tremendbus applame)—or what ' s the value of our union , or our strength , if it hashot luccieded in ^ placing , Jerrold in his legitimate place iu the Hougebf Commons ?
Jerroldj whose pen has mainly contributed to give a cqnititutibnte . PrussiaV , . ( Load ' cheersi ) Why i « not Dickens in . the House ? And why ' is a Miller of Lincoln preferred to Lytton Bulwer ? Simply because the middle elasses are ignorant ( Cheering . ) When he n ( Mr ; 0 'Connor ) was in Prussia , he met with some reforming spirits of the age ,, some of whum were old and valued friends , and when conversin g with them upon the anticipated constitution , to be graciously granted by one to mUliong . hit friends assured him that they owed their progrew to Jerrold , Dickens , and Bulwer , whose works were tnnsbfed intoi German , and to . the glorious petition signed by 3 , 372 , 000 British ChartutsV whhsrvbici thai' thundered at , the door of the Senate Hbuie
could not be . iuppressed by ttieIib ' ertr-slayink Preas . ( UproarioM applause . ) Ay , sir , and if those gentlemen who app ear so eoy aboat Chartism , will cait an eye to France , and the obscenities of its ariitei 2 * W ) ' tp . Auitria , and the tyranny of its rulers ; to Spam , and ; the abduction and prostitution of its Monarch ; . to' Switzerland , - and its ihfe ' rnalcon-Ciuion ; , toj Itdy ,. and ; ita growing ' Liberaliam--( tremenploi « , ; applause ) -to Russia , and ita » elfcorroding > power ; to America , ; and its ferocious and unganerem war against Mexiso . ; to Greece , and other petty-States—aad to Englaud ;; and her manifold abuses ; then the revilers -oC ^ 'Chartism will diaeover that , to the ' souad principle ! of English Demotncjr alone , the world sbaU ewe its peace , and iia-
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tiohi ^ their trtkquHKty ^ ^ ft ^ ai' ^^^^??^ oSha « toW thei # . a ^ ht uf ^ e ^ rey ^^ muit re ^« hthe , cp ffers , of all ? ,, ( Cheew . ) ; , What , S 4 teUgipnVcapital , dignity , ^ ntegntyfpr ^ rue nobiliry . to ^ fearlftpm the . ; enfranchisement ; of , Labour ? or what guarantee- hat the coronet , or the throne , against thetfury -of- 'an iU-requited , milgoverned labour clast , f ; ( Loud cheers . ) - Sii ? we have beenlavish in bur praise of men ^ tp-night ^ but we rhaTC ttr # ten : ; thb 8 e ' j ; m ^ ; s ^«^ less " obtrusive ; have been . more yaluablft Why h » no pnV » io » OT ^^^ i * y r ' -W'' ^ 8 ' W ^ - " ^ eervices ' of . aiady . nbw ' sittingupb the ., platfprm ,
whehasdonemorcthan scores of ministers in the cauiept . Democracyr-I mean Mrs Howitt . ! ( Tremennous and ¦ long : ; contiauadi cheering . ) Ay ; -1 wiih ' we : had afew such men asher'in the'Honie ' of Commons . ( Cheers andlaiighter ;); Yes . v I regret to say , that ~ h 6 ne"but ^ wbman pan feel for woman . Who should not ' sympathise with " the lonely wife and mother , who is consigned to solitude , and compelled to hear , the casualties and caprices of her husband ? He may take . himself to the house of dialipation , and participate in the revelries . ; of life , but she , poor soul , is condemned to one monotonous solitude , to hear her starving babes crying for food , and submit to her thoughtless husband ' s improvidence . ( Cheeri . ) Sir , there was one obseHatibnypY rather one ' anticipatibhi of Mr Thompson's , in virhich I cannot allow myself to indulge ; He says , that he
expects to see the day > hen popular improvement will make Sir ^ William Clay , his colleague ,.. an , honest man ! I' 11-. teH you an anecdote in point , air— One Leary , an Irish victim , escaped the vengeance ofthe bloody Norbury , his judge . The jury acquitted Leary * Norbury ^ cautioned him , saying , ' 'Leary , I ; ll make an honest' man of you yet . '' « Be JaiusVI defy you , my lord , ' responded ., Leary .. ( Tremehdotti cheer * and laughter . )^^ So \ I say | ai regards the hon , gentleman's ' .. colleague . I defy you to , ; make an honest man of . an - old ! Whig hack . ( Chetrs . ) No ; the Tower Hamlets must look for the spotless and not for the penitent , You have run the old Fox to earth ( tremendous cheers and laughter ) and Clay must moulder . into ' ¦ dust : ( Renewed laughter . ) Wellhut / sirj ar ^ ral ^ to our level ia the House of Ctrambhs—so the Press
lays . The Press that assures youthat I called Hobhoiiie a political Bcoundrel ,- and Gisbome a political vagabond , at Nottingham rand that I called Bright ' Jackey Bright , ' and Cobden , ' Dickey Cobden , ' at Newton ; where , I assure you , as a gentleman , that I never u » ed one of [ the expressions . But' the Preii it in the . habit of ascribing every ' good ; thing that ' s said to me . fGreat cheers and laughter . ) But as to meeting our level , what will he the horror of the . old affrighted lords andf'the Press-instructed squires , when one day they awakejto the first knowledge oftthe strength of Chartism ? Who , then , will they juitly revile for tbair house being assailed in the'd ark ^ -for their citadel being entered while they slept—but the
musaled watch-dogjthat failed to bark at the enemies ' approach—but the faithless sentinel . that abandoned his postahd sacrificed the confiding to his treachery ? Who ,, then , will be the levellers , if society . tumbles and falls ? who , but the base , the servile , prostitute Press , that sells itself to an advertinag commvmity and hires itself as the abettor of faction . " ( Loud and long continued cheering . ) '' I look upon bur triumph oyer the incompetence of mmisterB , over the law ' s perlecution , the dungeon ' s terror , and ! middle-class ignorance , as iniigniicant compared ; with our triumph oyer the , intolerance , the . venality , < the prostitution
ofthe Press * . ( Lond cheers . ) Yes , sir , I stand hare in the name of enlightened millions , to hurl-defiance at its power , and to tell it that , in spite of itsjmachinatiom , ' We will , we will be free . ' , ( Loiid and tre .-niendout cheering . ) In conclusion , he . would only add , that every sentence he had heard uttered by every speaker that night , was the most perfect'defence ot . Chartist princtples , 'the itrongest avowal of Chartilt progreis , aud therefore ; like their 'honourable member , he had made up hisjmind still to ' go for the whole animal— -bristles , horns and all . ( The honourable gentleman ; resumed his seat , amid a perfect hurricaneorapplause ^; ' ! , !! , i .., ! - !! ., ! - "; , ' - ' . ., !!
The Rev . Hush Skaborne , who delared himself a Free Trader and a Chartist , said : he was a Chartist , because he could see nothing in the Charter that any body eould reasonably disagree with . ( Hear , hear . ) He was also a Nohbahforraut , and ! he should , acting upon the scriptural maxim— 'That he who will not work ; neither shall he eat , ' , like to , see this a nation of working men . ( Loud cheers . ) There was no chance for bigotry or intolerance , if the people were but united .. ( Hear , hear . ) . Although no Catholic , perhaps he might be allowed to congratulate Pope Pius on being , like their honourable member , a good Refsrmer ; and , sure he was that meeting would sympathise with him ( thePope ) in his . resistance to
Austrian despotism at . . . the .. gates , of . Ferrara . ( Much applause ;) 'The Press had . been alluded to , but they should remember , that they , created the Press ... ( Hear , hear . ) They ! had supported a corrupt Press . ' Let them henceforth resolve , to support an honest Press—support those papers which advocate the causeef the people , and then they would have an honest Press . ( LbudoheerB . )! Mr Box announced that , the expenses attending tbe election of Mr George Thompson were not . yet half paid , and as it would , be wrong to allow , their honourable member to dip his hand into his pocket , he trusted . their friends would bestir themselves , and he believed , the money would soon beraiatd .
( Cheers . ) 7 . , ...-. , Mr Chablbs Resd proposed , ' Mrs Geo . Thompson , MrsMaryHowitt , and the Lady Reformers . of the . Tower Hamlets . ' He said Mrs Thompson , like the lady of the hero of Aliwal , had been by the side of her husband during the battle , spurring him on in the fight . ( Cheers . ) As , to Mary Howitt , her literary abilities and labours in behalf of the people were so well known as to require no aid from him . As regarded the Lady Reformers ofthe Hamlets , , he had ; during the election ; to wait on ah elector at the East-India Hoase , the elector said , he did not think
he could walk so far as the poll booth ; ' Oh' said his wife , ' you like ' the man ' s principles , and you ought not to mind walking ten times as far in support of them . ' ( Loud cheers . ) :, Now that was only , a fair average , Bpecimeii of the spirit with which the Lady Reformers of the Tower . Hamlets were imbued . He had much pleasure in giving the sentiment . ( Much applause . ) Mr and'Mrs . Howitt hayiag , been compelled" to leave the meeting before the sentiment was submitted , Mr George Thompson , on behalf of Mrs Thompson and the Lady Reformers , acknowledged the complimentv :, ' ,. ' ~ ' !" ' . '" . ' '" . ¦ ' .. ' Z" ¦'" . ' - ' ¦ ' ' . ¦" . " .- '" .
Mr En »« r Jones , in rising to more a vote of thanks tb the . chairman , said : the chairman would not only have ! the pleasure of receiving their thanksfor his impartial conduct in the , chair , hut he must feel gratified as well in having identified . himself with the great principles in furtherance of which that meeting had assembled . He would not detain them at that period of the night —( cries of ' | Go en , go on ! ' ) —he ; should have other opportunities of meeting them . ! ( Renewed cries of ' , Gb on !') . M have ah , hided , ' resumed the speaker ,. ' to the noble principles this meeting is intended . to advance , the principles of . civil and religious liberty . ' . ; They have been pro-, pounded long , hut ' as separate principles , and ,
therefore , made their way but slowly . The Chartist and the Nonconformist looked shyly at . each other—the former , called the latter a bigot—the latter retaliated , by designating the Chartist—infidel . But they have , how learned their error .. The Dissenter had learned thatt . ue religion . and liberty , are one—the Chartist sees in Christiaiity the doctrine of the free —the foundation of demooratit institutions . ( Cheers . ) Thus they ' . ' march ; united , to one field , " and cry one cry : * Give us a church founded not upon Acts of Parliament / but upon Acts ofthe Apoatles-r-and a government , not of the caprice of the few , ' . but of the Benae ' of the million 1 ' ( Cheers . ) . And what is . the result of this union ? That our enemies fear
listhat our friends hope for us ' . That we have achieved much , and anticipate ' more ., ! That deceivers see their game is at ah end—since the popular mind has grasped ; its true , interest—its real strength—and they dare . no longer come among us ' as . the vague propounded of theories they do not understand , or reforms tbey will , hot realise . . It will do no longer for them to stand oh your hustings , and isy : ' They are for popular rights , for thorough reform , they must tell us what they mean , and pledge themselves tothe special point . ( Hear hear . ) . I am glad to hear your honourable member , now present , does not indulge in vague assertions , but points to specific remedies , and therefore he deserves your favours .
You hayo achieved much in what you have dene at this election ; the pressure from without has pushed some men through thatftarrbw . dbor of St Stephens ; our . Duncbmbe , singlehanded , so long has' kept ajar . ( Cheeri . ) ' Though much ,, it is little to what you ' Bare to do . Keep on that pressure from without ' that those you have returned may have breathine ' room withm . -keep it on , till you ; . haVe ' «» ' tea a whole House , and then keep Hon tekeep that House m order . ^ ( Laughter and cheers . ) , I would hot give anythingior institutions , however good , unless the i lv l *™ i vf weir
\^ y \ » « ypw » wneuoTer work ne And , indeed , your repreBenUtives ; have heavy tasks before them . They will have' many great ouesSk to : agitote , > th at home and ab 5 ; Tgrffa S af ^ ST & ' ^ " ^ ^ »« WEdS 18 . aiwady laid for our success . " While eo-Sr mnbA ^ S ^^^ rtresS "'^ fr ^ iS . v ' ' We - ? > »>«» 'forming , nobler fortresses along our island-while they have been pointing cannon along our shores ; we have been raising cottages ln our counties , ( loud h « ers ) -while they hare been recruiting the army , we have been KOfwtingth 0 peasantrj ' --- » hj ] e they have tried to
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instil loyalty by the 1 Mb ; and diwiplinejjr the ^ pn-¦ oh , we give the true goarantoe for'peaoe , , a happy hbmeithe ^ trne ^ ^^ Btimulant fro «» w ^ d ^ ^ thing ^ wbrth defehuing . ;^^^ ThecorafieM is the surest phalanx ; the cottage the , atrpflgeit Mrets ; ahd ^ the peasants' the' hpblM ^ conquerorI ( Gwatapplause : ) 5 And we tell them ;' when they tatt of ediis » tion ; ' that * bare knowledge i * " ^ ^ ^ but , even as they say ; education is the foundation tor the fraachise , so plenty is the foundation for . education ; X Hearv ) ^ Educate the stomach , then' yoh will find it % asier to edncate the mind . -It is bad preaohr ing to a starving man ; ' -Thou ihalt not ste » l /« 'It ; i 8 bad preaching to a strickenilave ,: ' Do ' unto another as vou would that he ihoald do to you ; ' iiThednind
and body are bound together-together you must edu . catothem : ' ^ And , ind « ed , thiieducationm proceeding bravely . ; So ignorant are the people that . they are obliged to teach theirgovernment wisdom—their lawyers justiw ; » nd their army , mercy . U , Such destruotivesarethey i that they are creating property where before was waste . ( Cheers ;) ; Ahl . airl . whp wiU how say the people . have not a . stake . in . the country ¥ > Every mamhas it who investo hia labour in its lands or loomi . No stake , in the : ceuntry ! Every man who has a . wife and . childMnjhas ; the holiest , purest ,-bestr- «» nctified by the affeotionsof his heart at the altar of his hearth . Mr Joaes , after a glowing peroration , concluded by rawing the resolution , and sat down amid continued cheering .., Mr O'Connor seconded the motion , which wai
carried by acclamation , . v : r : < .:-: > -H ; - . . -. DrOxtar acknowledged the compliment , obserring that he had only , done his duty . He had been a reformer-all his life , always holding the principles they , had > heard enunciated , and was - but too happy to have theopportunityot aiding , in f the , least , degree , thegood ; cause . , ? ., < , { ,- /»^; j . ,., :.-. - ^ -, > - ^ i ¦ The matting , which had continued full to the last , was then declared dissolved ; and separated , giving three cheers for the membera for ! the Tpwer . Hamletsand Nottingham . ! . ;!;» : * > ' ! -.- : , « : v ; ; '"
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THE TOWBR HA MLETS ' QATHE KING , ;; Avtbs Niw . GtoBB Oasbbns , AceuiT-30 th , 1 M 7 . ¦ Tfhat a night ! have you seen it t when Liberty ' s shrine Was lit up with a splendour almost half divine ; All was grand , all sublime 1 to describe It were vain , Snch a night we shall never , I fesr , see again . -- 'Twas anwetlngof bravei a triumphant display , Of Chartists , now turning the night , into day .- <• - y Wheir Isaw , I thought Ebglaid ha ' d come up to ; town , to a banquet of Freedom , ' whera ' all might sit down : ' Such a iinioa of hearts never grae'dthe Mile-End , ,- "
for each host was a brother ; each' gUMt . ' was a ' ^ friend : ' -: ' ... 'Mf / ' / '"' ... ' ' , ' . "''¦ ¦"¦'' , l-.. :. '¦'¦" : ' ... " , Aad that all might complete this sweet feast of the loul , libvelywoman was there . to e ^ to begin , ' EiciilapluB was placed in the chair , There vias fire in his eye , but his head hid no hair ; How I lelt . whlle'be spoke ' ! Oh , ! my soul was on fire , ;; indmyfingers hadstray'd , as I thought ,. o'er . my , ^ .. ' - ^ lyre ,: " . ' ..: :, ' ... . ,, ;¦ ,.,- . . -.: . . ¦ '¦ . ¦ ¦ , ' .:: . ¦ ¦¦ .-. : ¦ . Fsrthepower of language on minstrels is such , ... That their hearts answer words just as chords dp tha '' , : . ' i . ' tou ' eh . - ' - ' . j ... " ,. ' . .-: , . ¦ ¦ •¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ \\ ¦ ¦ , ¦ . ¦ : i - - ' .
Aftsr thunA ' ring like mad , he sat down midst ap' . < ' ! ! ' -- '; -i , plaUlt , ' - -. ' ' 'i- ' i'i' " ¦ - ¦ i : When another came on and took up tbe same cine ; Then another—till Tincent , with rare elequenoe , , Triumphantly provM a fat iChurch washoniCBs *; Though he rush'd as a torrent ,, both rapid and strong , Still his voice on the ear stoleas softly at soag . - Many ^^ others succeeded , ' biit all ; that tbey said ,, Has « b rapidly passed through my faaciful head , That'i cannot repiat—nor indeed will I try , . ' To recall wingad words , that as eaglet still fly . Thev have pais'd—but who heard them stiaU often ; . ' . ' . regret , - ¦ . ¦ .. ' ¦ . . ; . - ¦¦ The dear feast in the Gardens he cannot forget !
Then , 0 . Thompson stepped forth , he was king of the , V ...,:: ; . feait , ' .- ' .: ~ . . ¦ " .., < : - j-,. . Ani althsugh near the last , he was far from the least ; Heproclaim'd . os the , trumpet of Freedom he blew , ! That as Jericho fell , to should tyranny too . ' V There was . something so bright and so sweet in his ';¦ ^! ,: tOne ,. ' ;! - £ . . . ; . - , : ¦ ' ,-..- ,. 'i / .,,,.,, ;; . . , !' ,, " ,. -,. that he shone midst the crowds , as a meteor alone . But when the great leader ofOhsrtlitssppear'd , ¦ All hail'd him the ehieftaiaby virtac endear'd ,. - .. He stood at the sun , when ths clouds all surrender , Shiaingon , shining on , through a world of splendour . But , ' oh ! how bis glory had kindled to wonder ,
At : he fearlessly tore our fetters asunder . ; No , we need not ambitibn " the ' heroes of leme , ' Tor we have In O'Connor ourJTully at home , let the great of tbe past with Demosthenes rest ; All their splendour ' s iclipied by the star of the West I gae'd en with wonder , aud I heard htm with pride , But I wept when he cill'd his lost country his bride ! . Thsaghthetun of her Freedom in sorrow hat sit , , 'Alibis hopes , his affections are centre'd there jet—Every laurel that crowns him with joy he'd reifga , Could he break ; hapless Erin , eke fetter of thine . For , eh 1 he ambitions , neither hoaours , nor fame ; Bat the glory of giving his country a name .
I have don * with the others , all bright ia their sphere , Fortbej . flow'd on ss streamlets ,, though limpid and , clear , , „ ' .. " . ' .. ; ' \ ' ^; " , ' " , .- _ ¦ . _ . . . "_ . But the torrsntt had paiied , and the murmuring rill Died away in long enhoi ' i , though murmuring still : Until Jon « s bya splendid , abrilliasttdisplay , . Clos'd the scene—and all hurried in wonder away . Hb ° )» t Gsi ' ccBos , Gentleman . , London , September Snd , 1847 . . :
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Brad?Obd.—On Monday Evening The Chartist...
Brad ? obd . —On Monday evening the Chartist females of Maaohester-road , held a public soiree , in honour ., of Feargus . - . 0 'Connor ,., Esq ., and Colonel Thompson , and to celebrate the return of those gentlementbparliamehtfor the boroughs ef Nottingham and Bradford .. The wom of the ,. Iorkshire Divan was , taBtefully decorated . Mrs Leek was called to the chair , amidst the , plaudits of the meeting , and said : Sisters and Friends , —We , have met this evening to hear each other oh , and to enter into a resolution to lend our every aid and . encouragement to our hus-. hands , hrothers , sons , fathers , and all good men-in tneir . patriotic exertions to restore their long lost political righw ,, and thus bring cbmfert tothecoti contentment to the wife , and : plenty to all . V . Let us one
*? ? ll unite in urging phbur partners to set their tacesagamstoppression , to continue the good work so gloriously begun , in the return of . the brave chief fwNpttingham . andCoIbnel . Thbmpsbhfor-Bradford . tG"at ° . heer ! PeI- ) , ! SiBters , ! you who have ' thought politics belonged to men only , say to your husbands ; ^ Is there no way wherebythis brand of slavery can be removed ? " What is thecause that in the midst of Elenty there is starvation * - If the law is to blame , eupand aid in the removal of such law . Obiaia the franchise . hy joining the patriotic band . " Work with . them , and I implore you as a christian , as a man , husband , father , never to cease until you and fB . ' ^;^ V ^ tJ ^^ f ^^ --- ' < Oheeh . ) If it is true that bad laws are the ¦ cause of our calamity
, then are the British operatives degenerated indeed , to allow such laws to exist . ;! Will British women longer be the mothers of a race of slaves , or will they remain passive spectators , while governments fritter away the rights and privileges their forefathers bled for I ( Applause . ) ., ' Are . we to be impoverished , by yicious systems , and then , handed over to the tender mercies of a poor law ' skilly commission ? ., ( Cheers . ) We have a Queen , 'but little does she knbw . of the privations of the poor . I . Let us , sisters , do what we canto aid ourkindredin the good cause of destroying class legislation . ; Let the Charter , the Land ,, and the Cottage , be our rallying cry . Mrs Leek concluded amidst loud and long continued marks of applause . and
Songs sentiments ! were sung and spoken to , and the evening ' s entertainments concluded by the younger portion enjoying themselves . A . vote of thanks w » tendered to Mrs Baker , the good hostess , for the plentiful and tasteful manner in which she had administered to the comfort and pleasure of the company .., ' ' . " . . , . '; : CovaMiBT .-The Chartists of Coventry < wli upon every Chartist in the district to come , for ward and giveWir aid in promoting an oflSoial . agitation for the Charter . Persons holding petition sheets are requested to exert themselves to get theih signed , and thoseholding books for the . collection of funds for the late , election , are called upon to make every effort towards carrying out the principle of payment of members **
. -, " - V *! 0 » sHiBB ; 7-T p the , members ' of * the ChMtiBt ; Associationi ; and National Land Company in the County of Devon ^ . T «* : ««; W « . P «» entatenjof the , Natibnal'PPtition ^ 'l ^^ or our determined ahd hearS ' sSport ItT b & S « , P r ° « f carrying' ont the above . objects so worthy f our attention : London , ift £ S ! Wte » " ^ L the Midlands have heir dele gate meetings , and why not we ? ' The great number lebtSwf Sd e ^ d T'y ont the above . RecolthpLt ^ 3 ^ ^^ enf 0 ? tfie Chartisfm ' ovement SuSS t \ T ^ tf ° ^ * ° ™> ent , so itl V . . Tt « r , and clearly , it is our dutv aa rnHom . nj «„ . eD 0 f
S ^' ^?» 5 ? the ' West , 'ind let us be & - * nni . * * -W - ^ ^• Charter . ' 'To your S & ° - hj , rt ^ L « V ^ e be no delay . ; Barnstaple « prepared to set up tothe above sugiestion , ^^ . «» Uwill join with u 8 , ahd proveto our . nemies that we are ^ determined to struggle for thoughts of all men . ^ On behalf of the Barnstaple Branch of the L > nd Company , ' ^ : v ;; ., " .: ^! , V ; l . ' ;'!'' T ^? Tno i 4 A » : Ftoo » , Secre ' tary . ' ! "' Holland-itreet ; Barnstaple , August 24 , 184 K . , ' < iii ! - ' ' ^ 8 nott ^ thank' * e secretaries to correspond , with mepn this subject , . ^ ' ^ f J "> .. ' ,, ?' ' '¦? - . ' } . •!' ,. ¦ "EiiANb ; hiaVHaupax . —Oh FridayeveningVyoung TomliBson attended this place , and gave a description ofthe Lowbands Estate . He spoke for one hour and twenty minutes in a strain of eloQUeoco
Brad?Obd.—On Monday Evening The Chartist...
HATJfix . —Young Tomlinsbh , of Burnlev -Tv " vered a second address to the Chartists of gsv ? ^ ! theirtmm ,. BuIlolc ^ lah : eVand gate the ffr « l »^ 'H itiafaetibn . ; : ' ^ :: ' : \ rfz l ^ ';;; \ T ^ % ;; GiiAi ; . Pwub , > faBriHfl ; i-On 'Monday «»«„ , •« : public meeting ef the people of HalifaxVas u ?' , » theCadhey .-eroft / for > he ; purposeof oar ^^ clusivtfd ^ tb ; t ^; ottr ,: fe tookX ^ rtb ^ Halifax and wferwd to their preient pWUdS " > bbmparfflgiH to ; tor weak »^ inceVA ' great ^ rt of their presenty £ » be attributed . toJfrE . Jones , and their 1 ^ tureri . Mr James Bowden next ' addresged thZS "
ihftari d ably handled tt » aubject ; of exolusi Te i $ * . He read from tho , flah / o * ( hariiam a letter S Kv V » n « kWe : Chartiat ; named Thomas Cliffe ' ? now ' termsfirnMlf ^^ ^ MrO'Connbr . ^ nf- M eMW ^ Bowdbn , after criticising the letter efT . Clifife , £ defending the oharacteraof ^ llessrs O'Connor , J , Z and Miafl , challenged Mr C 1 . & to a publio ' dhjj sibn oh the subject ^ whichi being accepted by Z Clifte / we anticipate . a treat . Mr TomliDsonir of Manchester , next a ddressed the meeting 7 ' > speech of thrilling eloquence , andtookipthe saC advanced by the precedmg ^ peaker . He . defen , g the character of Mr O'Connor in a matterl y mann 7
and inflicted a severe caaiigauon on mrwiffe . ^ a vote of thanks to Mr Tomhnson and the chairmaT the i «& assemblyjauietly dispersed .. NBWoi sTix * if-TTin ! . Aintnet delegate mettiB » of memberabf the Nation ^ Charter Association wal heldi h'the ^ houie . of Mr / Wm . Gilroy / CmKe , ? West'Holtornr So ^^^^^^ 39 th . MrMitchellin ^ the . chair . ' . The folWiB j ^ Bolntiens were then UBammouilypassed :-. . Th-atag « ntral « alon » f all localities of the National Ohartsr AuociaUoh ; in the M « atls « » t Horthnoberla j aa * Durham , bs formed , ' for the purptse ef grtHag on afiUtlen to dliiemiaateand extend the principles of the Mattsaai Charter Awociatlon . .
: ^ That , in drier to carry oat the above abiMt , « t ^ Dlekeniei ; ef Suaderlaad , has kindly consented to fa two lectures sa the People ' s Charter , to each looalit , j , the two touitls ' i ; frM of expshse , ths localities \ ntin hiscsashfare . ' :- " - ' ' ¦* '¦ ' " ¦¦ > " ^ •' - ¦ ¦ :-That Mr JamesKisbett , oflTo . 6 , « bion . itr « t ^ Xr » caitle- » pbh-Tyn »; be the distriot leeretary , - to whom in coosmmnioatieis are re ^ ueited t « be addrMsol , '' That Br Martin Ja * e , ofthe Cock Inn , Healsf th , Side , Newsutlt , be the dUtriot treasurtr . »¦ - ThaVtheieeretory bs instructed-to write to the v « i . us localities and secretaries of branthes ofthe Hatlenii Land Cb « p » uy , reo > esttag them so get up n « tingi iB their leveral branches , to hear Mr Dlckenioa expoani the priaciples of the National Charter iiioclation ,
That all the msmben ol the Kutioial Charter ajso . ciattenwhb wtshtoeupobrt the district agltatto * , ^ rV ^ aiis tea to pay a' sum ' of one pennj per month , t » bear ths , expenses of the district agitation , aud such snmi to bb ' ss ' nt . to M . Ju « e , ths aistrict treasurer , raoatnlj . - '¦•'• ¦ '' ¦ i ' - ' ' '¦ ' ¦ ' NiMOlfAI , RXOISTBiWOR ' AHD CasrBAl EUCIW * CoMUiriBBB . —This body : met at tho Aesembly Rcohis , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Tuesday evening , August 31 at . Mr William . Cuffay in the chair , when a farther application ; for aid was made from Netting . ham , and immediately complied with . A letter was likewise read from Sheffield , and a . farther turn ef £ 10 voted towards liquidating the expenses incarmd ia the contest for that borough . A . letter was alio read from ' Blackburn ; and the secretary was in . siructed to write for , further information . NAnbKAiViciru CbMiuiiaB . —A meeting took
place at the Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Tuesday evening , - August 31 st , Mr John Simpson in the chair , when the sums of £ 1 lQi each were voted to Messrs John Richards , and T . R . Smart , and £ 1 each to Mr Thomas Preston , and Mesdames Duffey and Booker . ' The case of Mrs William Jones , the law-made widow of the Welsh martyr , was takes into consideration , and two pounds were awarded to relieve her immediate necessities . A gift of 5 s wag also made to . Mra Bain , the widow of Mr Bain , late of the Tower ! 'Hamlets . ' Mr'Thomaa Clark having tenderedhisresignationofsecretary , two auditors were appointed to examine the accounts , and Mr Large was appointed secretary pro . Urn , The aeeting then adjourned . ' Fbofobss Chartist Demonstration . —It was proposed and carried unanimously : — That o public dinner bs held on Monday , the 4 th day of October next , aV the Crown and Anchor Taveni , Strand rif that place ' can be secured ); and that all tbe
members returned , who . are advocates of the principles contained in the People ' s Charter , and alwho wen candidates holding suchprinoipln , at the late sltctios , bs invited to attend . The secretary placed on the table tha Synopsis of the Reform ' and Registration Acts , and the caution to Overseers , and Instruction to Local Officers , upon which it waa resolved :: '— ' That our secretory be instructed to supply thim gratis to the several boroughs , and other constituencies , upon application , from their iscretariei , or othiroB . * c « rs '; sqoh applications to be addrttsed to Mr James Grossbyj ¦ aseretary ;' 8 , Neoh ' s Ark-oourt , Btauagsti , Lambeth : ; ' ' . - ' ' .- '; , ' i" ' -
The committee also expressed a wish that the several constituencies would place themselves in such a position as should secure victory wheaevir the next election takes place . The committee then adjoutwd until Tuesday evening next , September 7 th . RiouTBiiioK an » EiicrroN Coi «« rKE . —Willism Hansard , Is . ; G . ' R ., ior li ' ottiajham Election , It , ; lobs and Friends , per'E ^ S ;;' 8 s . 2 d . ' ; MrTrib'ucaci , Marylebone ; 7 i ; r " **" -. "f '* *' " "" 3 " : " \ "? JS ' " Towbr HAMMW . ^ At a ' meeting held at the Globe and . Friends , it was resolved : —
That we the Chaftist ' Agitatibii and Election Com . mittee of the Tower Hamlets ; hereby earuestly recommend to the' ceiintry ~ at large , ito commence an active agitation , for ! , the ^ purpose of arousing the slumbertas eHergles ef the Chartist bbdy , and we trust that our brethren will at once esert themtelvss to obtain signatpeVtothegrwtKaUoharretiileB , which will beprejented to the House' of Commons , by our leader T , S . pnncombejBsq ., M . P ., ' supported by ^^ the inaomitaWe advocate of the"Peoples * Causej P , O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . We are also of opinion , that in order to give niw life and vigour Jtp our movement , the executive should arrange for the assembling of Chartist delegates at ai early a period : as may . be convenient ^^ to themselves and the country ^ /; ' ¦ ' ' ' ' ['[' ¦¦ ' ke
^ Propoaedby Mr Shepherd , seconded by Mr Dra , and carried unanimously . Towsr Hamlets . —A special meeting of the Tower Hamlets' Agitation Committee will be held at the Globe : and Friends , Morgan-street , Commercialrbad , ' on . Wednesday evening , September 8 th ateigit ' . o ' clock ;"" ; , '; . 'Ageneral meeting ofthe National Land members and the Chartist members of the Tower Hamlets will beheld atthe Crown ' and Anchor , Cheshire-street , Wa ' terloo Town ; on Sunday , September 5 th , to investigate , the cause of Mr T . M . Wheeler resigning his bfficeof seoretacy to theNatibnal Land Company , and the Chartist Executive Committee . Chair to be taken at ' eight o ' clock . ' : v
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . CwPHAuRoAD . ^ A ! public meeting will be held on Monday eveningjathalf-past 8 o ' clock , at the Jolly Sailor , Dorset-street . ' V -- . : > „ . Mr M'Grath will lecture at ' the Green Gate , H ™? n ? y-road , on Sunday eyeninsr , at 8 o ' clock . _ . Manchb 8 ibb . —Dr ^ M'Douall' will lecture in the feopl ^ sIhstituteV'Heyrod street . ' on Sunday , Sep . 5 th vChair ' tO be taken at half-past six o ' clock in the evening . A meeting of members ofthe Charter Asaociation will be held in the above hall at two . o ' clocs in the afternoon .
, Nkwcastiji bH-TrNB . /^ Mr Thomas Dickenson will deliver a lecture at Yarrow , in Mr Wlulow ' a room , Slip . lnn , Yarrow ; on Sunday evening , September 5 , at ' halt-past six , o ' clock— 'Civil and Religious Li * berty . ,: ¦ - . ¦¦¦ ' ¦>¦??¦ -- ¦ ' ¦¦ - ¦• - ^ v . * ' South Londok Chartist Hau .. —Delegates too the metropolitan districts will , meet at the above hall , at six o ' clock on Sunday evening . ¦""" ¦ " ; Ths Natiowai RsoisraATioN and Cbrtrat . Emtion Commiiibk ; will- meet " at 83 , Deaa-street , oa ruesday evening , at 8 o ' clock ; ~' Th « WxsTRiDiKa Delegate Meeting will he held to-morrow , Junday , Sep . 5 th , at tho house of Mr Wm .. Robshow , Good ' Samaritan Inn , Dew sbury . Busmesalp commenceat half-past twelve at noon ;
" THX „ MkTR 0 P 0 UTAN DaLSQATS COUUITKS will meet on' Wednesday nBxt ; c ' at half-past eight , when every member / of the ' committee is requested to attend . ' " ; ' '' . ¦ : i - ' V" - : ' - " ' "
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' SffSfJf 1 thtt » a » eatreet and Porlsa . "forthe . rwF "'"' 'VSkK 6 VS ^ C 0 iimR i'Ssqi , M . P ., Si » a ' P'Xb ^ by WimAM Hewitt , of , No .-is ; Chorlewtreet , Bran " ¦ ••• B ^ treet , ' Walw » rth , ia the parish of St . Mary , »• ; agtoa , ia the bounty of Surrey , at the Office , « o . » i Great Wi ' numlllitreetv Hoymorket , iu the Citr >» * mlMter . Saturdiiy , September 4 tb , 13 * 7 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 4, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04091847/page/8/
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