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      ≪Rn The Fustian Jackets, The Blistered -Hands, And Tl\ Shokn Chins.

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      DAMN THE FACTORY BELL . ¦ * Qh for the swords of former time ! Ohfor the men that bore them ! ffnen , armed for right , they stood sublime , ind tyrants crouched before them . ' Toh Moobs . * Then onwariJ , ~ the green tanner rearing , G « flesh eray sword to the hilt ; On our side is virtue and Erin , On their ' s is the Saxon and guilt ' . Tom Moose . ,-r jj as much the duty of a people to rebel against a Tfjopt Douse of Commons as against a tyrannical prinee . ' ^^^ , Bolisgbeoke ( High Tory ) . Let me have a petition , signed by 500 , 009 fighting men , 3 let the prayer be , that they are determined to fight ; fllen Ireland will hate a Repeal of the Union . '—Pamel O'Cosshj- « Ut arm is yet young enough to wield the sword in deftnce ' of Irish liber ty . '—DisiEL O'Co . nsell .

      jfr Children , I have given you two quotations from 3 I 00 EE , the poet , who was pensioned by the Whigs ; from O'Connell , the Liberator , who pensioned his family and his relatives npon the country ; and from Lord Bom * gbroke , a high Tory ; and what do yon think would he my fate if , in this reformed age , and these days -of enlightenment , I was to propound such sentiments ? But , as I straggle for your order , and not for myself—and as there is one law for the rich , and another for the poor—and ¦ even one law for those who defend the rich , and another law for those who defend the poor

      —I should be transported , were I to give expression to such sentiments . My children—after a storm comes a calm , and after a calm comes a storm . The British Minister has , hitherto , hased his policy upon your satisfaction ; while his strength was hased , and is hased , npon the support and cooperation of those who live and revelinluxury npon your dependences-nay , npon . your slavery ; and this does not more ' -apply to the support of Peel and his party , npojf certain occasions—of the Protectionists upon certain other occasions—than it doesl » the support of a portion of the Free Traders , when they presume that their interests are at stake .

      If the Protectionists propose any measure which is calculated to benefit your order , the Peelites and Free Traders will join the governmentin opposing it . If the Free Traders propose any measure which is calculated to benefit your order , the Peelites and Protectionists will join with the Government in their oppoation . Thus yon will see , that yon are governed by the whim and caprice . of faction , and not by policy or State requirement . My children , I never give a vote which is repugnant to my own feelings , or opposed to tout interests ; and , therefore , as an independent member , I command no influence whatever in the House of Commons heyond the power I possess of representing your mind and feelings there , of which the House would otherwise remain in utter ignorance .

      As a good thing can never he too often repeated , let me here give you a h ' st o f the ninety-six members who voted for Mr . Hume s motion on Thursday week , and from that you will be able to form an estimate of the present system of representation . Here follow the names of the minority of ninety-six who voted for that motion , with the amount of population they represent . 5 JOIE . pij . ce . rorn . Adair , H . E . Ipswich 24 , 600 Adair , R . A . S . Cambridge 23 , 455 Aslionbv , II . A . Cockenuouth 6 , 420 Afcock , T . Surrey ( East ) 447 , 742 Anderson , A . Orkney & Shetland 61 , 065 Armstrong , H . B . Lancaster 14 , 389 BassM . t . Derby 32 , 407

      , Berkelev , Hon . H . F . Bristol 123 , 183 Berkeley , Hon . C . L . G . Cheltenham 31 , 207 Blewittj 11 . J . Monmouth District 17 . 59 G Bouveric , Hon . E . P . Kilmarnock 38 , 37-Bright , John Manchester 240 , 367 Eroiherton . J . Salford 00 , 624 Brown , J . 1 * . Enaresborough 5 , 3 S 2 CaulSeld , J . M . Armagh ( County ) 232 , 393 Clav , James Hull 65 , 670 CiaV , Sir William Tower Hamlets 419 , 730 CliSbrd , U . M . Hereford 11 , 367 Cobden , Kichard York ( West Rid . ) 1 , 154 , 924 Collins , W . "Warwick 9 , 124 Cowan , C . Edinburgh 136 , 692 Currie , R . Northampton . 20 , 637 Devereux , J . T . Wexford ( Borough ) 11 , 252 D'EvnconrtSt . Hon .

      , C . T . Lambeth 197 , 412 Dnke , Sir James London 120 , 702 Duncan , Geor « e Dundee 63 , 825 Dunconibe , T . S . Finsbury 265 . 043 Ellis , J . Leicester 50 , 365 Evans , Sir De Lacy Westminster 219 , 930 Evans , J . " Haverfordwest S , 582 Ewarr , W . Dumfries 22 , 327 Pagan , W . Cork ' 80 , 729 Fox , W . J . Oldham 60 , 109 Gibson , T . M . Manchester Grathn , H . Meath ( County ) 183 , 828 Greene J . . Eilkenny ( County ) 183 , 349 Crenfell , C . P . * Preston 50 , 332 Hall , Sir Benjamin Marylebone 287 , 463 14

      Hardcasile , 3 . A . Colchester ,-532 Harris , IL Leicester ;—7-Hastie , Alexander Glasgow 257 , 592 Hastie , Archibald Paisley 48 , 125 Headlani , T . E . Neweastle-on-Tyne 69 , 430 Henry , A . Lancashire ( South ) 850 , 548 Hevwortb , Lawrence Derby Horsman , E . Cockermouth - — - Humphrey Alderman Southwark 142 , 620 Jackson , W . 2 > ewca 3 tle-under-LynelO ? 038 Keating , R . "Waterford ( Co . ) 172 , 971 Kershaw , J . Stockport o 0 , lo 4 Jung , Hon . P . J . L . Surrey ( East ) Lushington , C . Westminster M'Cullagh , W . T . Dundalk 10 , 752

      M'Gregor , J . Glasgow Meagher , T . "Waterford ( City ) 23 , 216 Marshall , J . G . Leeds 151 , 063 llilner , W . M . E . York 30 , 152 Mofiatt , G . Dartmouth 4663 Moleswortb , SirW . Southwark Jlowatt , F . Penryn , < fcc . 12 , 100 Ifujrent , Lord Aylesbury 50 , 764 OBrien , SirT . Cashel 7 , 036 O'Connell , Maurice Tralee 9 , 562 O'Connell , M . J . Berry ( County ) 293 , 880 O'ilaherty , A . Galway ( Borough ) 17 , 275 O'Connor , F . Sottingbam 51 , 441 Osborne , R . Middlesex 1 , 576 , 616 Pechell , Sir G . B . Brighton 48 , 567

      Peto , S . M . Sorwich 60 , 932 Pilkinston , J . Blackburn 36 , 186 Power ; Dr . Cork 773 , 393 Reynolds , J . Dublin 232 , 726 Keardo , J . L . Stoke-on-Trent 67 , 798 Roebuck , J . A . Sheffield 109 , 597 Sadlier , J . Carlow 9 , 012 Salway , CoL Ludlow 5 , 171 Scholefield , W . Birmingham 181 , 016 Seullv , F . Tipperary 435 , 553 Smith , J . B . Stirling district 27 , 730 Strickland , Sir G . Preston — - Stuart , Lord Dudley llarylebone Sullivan , M . Eilkenny 19 , 071

      " albot , J . H . New Ross 7 , 543 Tancred , H . W . Banbury 7 , 199 Tenison , E . K . Leitrim 155 , 297 Tennent , II . J . Belfast 75 ,-303 Thompson , Col . Bradford 66 , 508 Thompson , George Tower Hamlets Thonielv , T . "Wolverhampton 92 , 943 Tffliers , Hon . C . ditto "Wakley , T . Finsbury Tvawn , J . T . South Shields 22 , 942 Wilcox , B . M'Ghie Southampton 27 , 490 "Williams , J . Macclesfield 33 , 523 "Wilson , M . Clitheroe 11 , 324 TVood , W . P . Oxford ( City ) 23 , 656

      TELLERS . Hnme , J . Montrose 43 , 172 Walmsley , Sir J . Bolton 50 , 163 < 11 , 475 , 195 New , when you read the above , and vhen you find that little more than a seventh of the House of Commons represent nearly half the population of the empire , and when you find & e little benefit which y ou can expect to derive , even from the votes of those representing more than three fourths of the population of tbis empire—what , I ask you , have you to expect from the present system ? 1 have asked you , over and over again , what beuefit you would derive from a reduction of ten millions a year in the taxes of the country , unless you had the control of the exchequer of the country ? I must keep facts before you , however tiresome the repetition may be ; and therefore let me remind you , that estimating the population of the empire at thirtv mil-

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      lions , and estimating each family at five , the reduction of ten millions a year , would be 6 s . 8 d . a head , or £ 113 s . 4 d . a family—that is , if you had your share of it ; and estimating the working days at 300 in the year , this reduction would amount to little more than a penny a day for one person ; while you may rely upon it , that the reduction in your wages would amount to more than twopence , threepence , or fourpencea day ; and , therefore , what I have here endeavoured to keep in view , is the fact , that your order will gain no benefit until the tax payer is the law maker .

      Now will any man tell me what benefit an operative and his family would derive from the abolition of the tax upon tobacco , tea , sugar , malt , hops , or any of those commodities which , if cheapened , would butlead to the greater dissipation of the working classes ? What benefit would the poor man derive from the abolition of the window , tax ? Not a particle ; nor from any of the taxes that I have mentioned . For rely upon it , that as long as wealth preserves the ascendancy over labour , the wealthy man will reduce the wages of the labourer in a , greater proportion than the taxes upon the labourer's luxuries , or necessarigs of life , are reduced . - ^~

      I have frequently told you , that legislation in this country was not based upon justice , . or upon domestic feeling , hut rather upon foreign consideration . Up to the present time , the . Special- Constable President of Fkance , has p layed with the French people like puppets , and the English Government relied upon his co-operation and support , as the means of preserving what they ludicrously term English satisfaction . But , alas , the weeping , the wailing , and evil foreboding of the Times , with reference to the result of the recent French

      Elections , will teach them a wholesome lesson . The representatives of the people are designated by that organ as Socialists and Revolu tionists , while pity is expressed for those termed Moderates . But , surely , if the laws and institutions of a country are to be based upon the will of a majority of that country , we have no rig ht to interfere with the exercise of that will , or to denounce or repudiate the princip les which it seeks to acquire . What

      would the English press say , if the press of France was to denounce a "Whig Government , and its policy ? Would it not designate it as insolent and impertinent ? Is not the Times aware that the French people understand their position , and are capable of preserving their interests better than the " Times ? " And , however the Government may rest upon the support of this broken reed , you may rely upon it that the result of the French Elections will

      have a greater effect upon the English Government than all the gatherings of Protectionists , Parliamentary Reformers , and Chartists . You may draw some slight conclusion from the alteration that has taken place in the Stock Exchange pulse of England , even npon the first announcement of the probability of independent Members being returned from Paris , as there the pulse of England has

      materially declined . Let me now show you the folly of a Government opposing the fair and legitimate demands of the people , and you will learn it from the following short , but pithy , and significant report of the proceedings of a Parliamentary and Financial Reform Meeting , extracted from the " Daily News" of Thursday ; and from the resolution , carried unanimously , you will see that it embodies the whole of the

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      MEETGCG AT BETHNAL-GnEEX . Last evening , the second public meeting for the present year , of the Tower Hamlets Parliamentary and Financial Keform Association was held at the Woodman , Bethnalereen . The chair was occupied on the occasion by George Offe r , Esq . . ., . The Chaibmax , in opening the proceedings , said the meeting had to consider a matter of deep importance affectin" their social welfare . Hitherto , the l an d alo n e had been represented , very few of those of the working classes , upon whom the harden of taxation was imposed , having any voice in the House of Commons . It seemed a singular , but it was nevertheless an undeniable fact , that the poor man who bought a pound of sugar , had to pay exactly the same amount of duty upon it as the rich occupier ot the « ciL The consequence was , that the poor man , who had a wife and five children , was paying seven times as much as

      the rich hachelor . The only means the working classes had of rectifying this unfortunate state of things was byextending the suffrage , and empowering every man of adult age , untainted by crime , to have a vote . He himself had seven votes , and ' he considered it most unjust that any individual should have more than one , and that persons superior to him in industry should he dispossessed altogether of the franchise . He , moreover , held it to he unjust that the Toner Hamlets , possessing a population of 4110 , 000 inhabitants , should only have two representatives , whUe much smaller localities possessed an equal number of members . He expressed a hope that the rime was speedily arriving when electoral divisions would he made , when aU parts of the country would be equally represented , and when it would be placed out of the power of parties in the House of Commons , to bamboozle the people by giving protection to land . ( Cheers . )

      . . Mr . J . B . Maskall proposed the first resolution , to the effect that the meeting was of opinion that the present system of electing members of parliament , based as it was upon the exclusion of the people , and the predominance of the few , was radically vicious ; and in order to abolish such system , a full and free representation in the Commons House of Parliament was of paramount importance , and should be < arnestly enforced . Mr . J . Bishop seconded this resolution , which was unanimously carried . . . . Upon the motion of Mr . Davis , the meeting , impressed with the necessity for carrying out the foregoing resolution , pledged itself to assist the Tower Hamlets Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association . The usual vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman , and the meeting separated .

      Now , in the above resolution you will find that the meeting advocated a full and free representation of the people , in the Commons House of Parliament . But my children , what would you have said of me , and what would you not justly have said of me , if vanity or ambition on my part had justifbd this party in denouncing Chartism and the Chartists , and in assisting the Government in persecuting us ? Our greatest folly has always been in preserving antagonism , to secure personal popularity at the risk of the national cause . I told you , that those Parliamentary * Reformers would at last take a pluuge into the gulf of Chartism , if we did not , by our folly and violence , throw any impediment or obstacle in the way , and now you find the truth of my prediction verified .

      My children , it is my intention after Easter to make a tour of England and Ireland , as I think I can render hetter service to your cause out of the House of Commons , than in the House of Commons , as at present constituted ; and while I hope thoroughly to cement the minds of both countries , I will undertake to say , that no man shall suffer legal persecution , and that no man ' s f amily shall suffer hunger , starvation , and sorrow from my f olly . I ' have , for the . last five years , devoted my time to the establishment and carrying out o f the Land Company , because it was my desire and my wish , to show to the industrious classes , what the social result of Chartism

      would be ; and however it may be reviled by ungrateful ruffians , it has sown the seed of social hope , and the technicalities and quibbles of the law , have not shaken the . people ' s confidence in the Laud , however they may have been able to arrest the progress of my plan for a time . And much as I have been abused , I shall he prepared and ready , to meet my assailants and yours upon every platform . Your Faithful Friend and Uncompromising Advocate , Feahgus O'OoNNon .

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      IRELAND AND ITS DEMOCRACY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Mr . Editor , —After a slumber of more than half-a-century , there is at length heard from the "land of the west , " the sound of the longf . A , iJ nri iT / iiitn j-k-t - # J ah > *« . A— ¦ 1 . _ J _ 1 — 1 _/•

      to the rights and dignities of manhood ; its power to save a brave and persecuted people ; its ability to provide for their physical and mental requirements ; and also its capacity , to unite with the master hand of ge nius the name of Hibernia , once more on the scroll of nations ! That it may be able to do all this , is the fervent hope of all good inen and true patriots .

      Those who view . Ireland from the outside , and who judge of its people from the rude and uncultured specimens whom ruthless despotism has driven from its famine-stricken- and persecuted shores , to find refuge in strange and distant lands , are but ill-fitted to form an estimate of them , and arrive at conclusions upon ez-parte evidence . To know Ireland as ahe really is , justice requires that she shall he viewed upon a larger scale , and in relation to " all her material and mental resources ; and if re g arded from these po ints , it will be discovered that she has qualifications which fitiher for a future , both great and brilliant . : '

      . The effort which the democracy there , is ^ at this moment making , is the surest and truest sigh that the nation is possessed not only of a soul , but also of an intellect pure and gifted , and which has neither been impaired nor- destroyed by those late occurrences of death and slaughter , for which the annals of barbarism cannot exhibit a parallel . " The proud spirit , of the people , bowed down by unequalled misfortunes , has not been broken , but has lived even against hope ; and in the times coming , it will lend animation to courageous efforts , from which shall result victory to the oppressed . .

      Had it not been for the false teachings of able , but , I fear , unprincipled leaders , that democracy , which is how but a child lisping the first . accents of democratic truth , would have long since grown to the herculean dimensions of a giant , before the thunder of whose voice foreign rule would have fallen , and domestic oppression would have vanished . The past , however , dark and gloomy as it has been , has not been

      without its value—its moral is an admonition against misplaced confidence , so glaring that all who run mist read . Self-reliance , and moral independence , are the lessons which it has taught ; and the quick perceptive faculty of Ireland , having been onse awakened to its reason , it will , ere long , reflect forth a light which shall illumine the whole land , and which shall guide the nation to greatness and independence .

      The meeting in Dublin on Tuesday last is the most novel and startling occurrence in the modern history of Ireland . For , although that country has been the scene of meetings and agitations of unprecedented magnitude for the past thirty years , the ends at which they aimed were partial and inoperative , because , with the exception of those of 1848 , they purposely excluded the rights of the masses of the peeple , and were , in the main , mere pretences , for the purposes of faction , and the aggrandisement of individuals . The meeting on Tuesday last , however was of a different character , and had for its object the two-fold pur pose of making Ireland a nation , and the people freemen . It was convened openly and avowedly as a democratic assemblage , and

      the inalienable rights of man to self-government , w % sbroadl y .. and fearlessly assei-ted ^ iT ' It was ' called together , too , not by the magnates of the land—the prestige of whose names has , heretofore , been supposed necessary to lend dignity , and even utility , to a meetingbut its originators were nearly all of them of the industrial orders , and many of them the men of "no property , " but who are the principal creators of all property . Nov was the meeting less novel and gratifying from the appearance thereof Mr . Feargus O'Connor , and his colleagues , Messrs . M'Grath and Clark ; and the cordiality of their reception was important in the highest degree , as it spoke the desire for union with maligned and persecuted English Chartism . How proudly must Mr . O'Connor have felt when his warm-hearted

      countrymen , with an united acclaim , greeted his presence amongst them with a " Cead mille fealtha , '' as an injured exile , to whom , after all , his native land was the fondly-cherished spot ,, round Avhich his affections were twined , and which banishment and ingratitude had not severed . Mothought—for I was present—that I could perceive his eye lit up with the fire of benignant forgiveness for past injuries , and his bosom heave with emotions that those only experience to whom home lias been a stranger , and gratitude a rebel . When he rose to speak , the large and compact mass presented a picture resembling the waters of the Atlantic , when agitated by the angry elements , differing , however , as it was set in motion by the boisterousneas of

      heartfelt applause ; and when it settled down , the silence that ensued was that of reverence and respect . Never did I see'the popular tribune to greater advantage , and I have witnessed some of his greatest oratorical feats . His majestic figure—the " beau-ideal of the leader of a people , of whose daring impetuosity he is a most truthful embodiment—as it towered over the more diminutive persons of those by whom he was surrounded on the rostrum , and the impassioned toneofhis bearing brought forcibly to my mind a passage from one of the Irish Poems by Emily Herbert , and entitled " The lament of O'Connor , the last King of Ireland , " on the occasion of . that monarch having been deserted by his titled followers , who went over to the English King Henry

      ;—Or I the last left of an heroic race , Thy freedom restore thee—their power efface , I know it—I feel it—its passed from my hand , The crown of my fethers , my king dom , my land . Thou isle of my dotage , bright beautiful spot , Let me bless thee , tho' lost , ere I wee » for my lot . There stood the " last left " of a race , a descendant of the last of Irish monarchs , and the representative of a family to whom persecution for Ireland ' s sake has been made a familiarity , and to whom Ireland owes a debt which she never can pay , and which she has not yet been permitted even to acknowledge . There he stood , not like his royal ancestor lamcntine the unfaithfulness of his liegemen for their

      connexion with the English , but as the representative of an illustrious and heroic lineage , and also in the capacity of the representative-elect of the English democracy , in whose name he was urging upon his countrymen to unite with the English people , as the surest method—by their aid—of ridding themselves of Saxon misrule . Surely there never was position more anomalous , and yet one so true to the spirit and philosophy of the present age . How much does it not speak for the democracy of England that they have not permitted the prejudices of aristocratic birth , country , or creed to weigh with them in the selection of a chief and representative . His speech was a masterpiece for the occasion—bold , but

      temperate—independent , but conciliatory—counselling union amongst Irishmen themselves , asthehrstand indispensable step towards the accomp lishment of the objects of the meeting . Mr . 0 Connor s own mission , as a politician , he thus briefly and pithily described : — " I have been struggling night and day from the period when I left Ireland , up to the present moment , in order to associate and weld the minds of England and Ireland , so that the power of the aristocracy and the oligarchy may be trampled in thedust . " Should Mr . O'Connor be instrushort indeed will

      mental in realising such an union , be the tenure of that power whichis ; at this hour , a severe affliction to both countries . "What force could resist the united and intelligent democracies of England , Ireland , and Scot land , marching on together against this common enemy—oligarchial andaristocratical dominion ? Let this truth once take root in Ireland , and tho "United Kingdom — . as it Is called—will find itself ripe for a change . Rulers have too long governed the world with a strong hand , solely because they have been able to

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      set race against race , and nation against nation , but in this . nineteenth century a voice : has gone forth , encircling the earth with its echo , proclaiming tho fraternity of nations , and the brotherhood of man kind ! The enthusiasm with which . Mr . O'Connor and his colleagues were received , by the Dublin meeting , is evidence strong as possible that the insane hate of Celt to Saxon is fast dying out ; and it is highly creditable to Mr . O'Connor , that , with his Strong Celtic feelings , and oppressed as he and hia family have . been by Saxon rulers , that he has man'"• ly devoted his means , time , and talent to the establishment of fraternal intercourse and democratic association between the twocountries .

      A marked feature of the meeting in Dublin , as distinguished from former political gatherings in that country , ; wasthe absence of what ,. in England , is known as , ' . ' . Squireenism " or ignorant pu ' rseproud dictation . The . man , and not the money bag , was the staple on Tuesday week . Even at this day the 0 Connell establishment— "Conciliation Hall "—is divided into distinct compartmenits ^ for the ; accommodation of tho different , classes , . each being proyi ded form proportion . to the , amount of its donation— carebeingtaken . toperpetrate the ^ distinction of classes , by separating the « i freize ? , from ' the"broad cloth ., Butjto all appearahcesj . tliat institution has wornitself

      out , and seems tobfTat present bankrupt in everything but a . stock of the most delectable native assurance , which enables it to do a trifling business in a smalt way . The oratory there , is stale , flat , and almost unprofitable , even to the " eldest son , " who . exhibits weekly , and is completoly soto those unfortunates who have to . go there for their pennvsworth ; > 3 Phe pride andpower of Conciliation Hall'is V gpnO . by , " and , like the Monster Meetings , to which it owes its existence , in the future bistory-of Ireland it will be recorded as a Monster Humbug . The reader must excuse the vulgarity of the expression , as it has been employed simply for its

      expressiveness . . ' : The meeting on . Tuesday week was the , first assemblage of people in Ireland for an avowed , an intelligible democracy , and , as such , may be taken as the commencement of a new era . True , some of thespeakers were not very practical , but they were equally earnest ; and although , at present , they appear to be at . sea , as to the mode of operations , as they proceed in their agitation , the necessity for practical meaaures will make itself manifest , and the contingency will . then ' . have to bo provided for . At the commencement , they must obviously content themselves with scattering their good seed abroad with a generous hand ; and in a genial soil like that of Ireland—prepared as it has been by tho ploughshare of cruelty and tyranny—it cannot be long in taking root ; and when it buds forth blossoms , it is to be hoped that . it will be tended with a care that will preserve the fruit for tho use , behoof , and benefit of

      the trodden-dowh children of industry . A good commencement has been made ; the metropolis has been set in motion ; let the provinces follow the example set them by the citizens of Dublin—and let the announcement be energetically made , that henceforth , the governing faction shall have to contend with the united democracies of England , Ireland , Scotland , and corruptionists will straightway commence about setting their houses in order , so as to be prepared for the revolution which must follow . Ireland ' s strongest point is the weakness of the English government with its own people—and as skilful generals invariable attack their enemies weakest positions , so , if the leaders of the Irish movement be wise , they will not fail to make the roost of English alliance , and English , disaifection , as I feel assured they may both be turned to the best account for the interest of Ireland . Mr .

      O Connor , I believe , has determined of making a tour through Ireland and England during the ensuing summer , with a view of promoting a union of the veritable people of both countries ,- and once having succeeded in doing so , should he not live to accomplish more , he will then be able , in his own favourite language , to say , " that he has left the world better than he found it . " March 11 th . . S . K ., a Milesian .

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      PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CHAETER ASCOCIATION . ^ This body met at tlioir office , . 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on Wednesday evening , March 13 fch , when the whole of the members wore present , viz .: — . Messrs . G . W . M . Reynolds , E . Stallwood , J . Arnott , G . J . Haraey , J . Grassby , T . Browa , E . Mills ,

      J . Milne , nnd W . Davies . Mr . James Grassby was called to the chair . Mr . Arnott was unanimously elected secretary , and Mr . G . "W . M . Reynolds , treasurer . Correspondence , requesting cards of membership , and remitting cash , & c , & c , were received from Aberdeen , Bradford , Belper , Cheltenham , Merthyr Tydvil , Newcastleupon-Tyne , Sheffield , South Shields , & c .

      Tho question of the best means of organising Chartism , was then taken into consideration , and it was resolved , " That the office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , should ho open every day ( Sunday excepted ) , from nine to twelve ; and on Monday evening , from seven to nine , for the convenience of Working men , who may wish to apply personally for cards , or to pay in contributions , or obtain information respecting the movement , & c , & c . ' " That the Hall of the Literary and Scientific Institution be taken for the following six consecutive Tuesday nights , for public meetings . ' '

      . " That each agent or sub-secretary , be requested to communicate immediately , to the secretarv ( John Arnott , ) at the office , 14 , Southampton-street , stating the number of cards received by them , the quantity taken up by members , and to remit cash received by them for such cards , & c . " " That the agents , or sub-secretaries for the metropolitan and suburban districts , be

      especially requested to communicate with the secretary * setting forth how many enrolled members there are in their several localities ,. as it is the desire of the Provisional Committee , so soon as there shall be a sufficiency of localities comprising twenty members each , to re-etablish the Metropolitan Delegate Council , and thus set the whole metropolis and suburbs in motion for democracy ^"

      The glorious news of the triumph of Democracy in the Paris election was reported , and hailed with expressions of enthusiastic delight . - " . ' .,: . Mr . G . "W . M . Reynolds gave notice that ho would move an address to the country next week , He also announced , that accompanied by Mr . Feargus O'Connor , he had accepted a brief democratic mission in support of the National Charter . Association , and that , they would be in Bradford , on Sunday , the 17 th ; Halifax , on Monday , the 18 th ; and Sheffield , on Tuesday , the 19 th . The committee then adjourned until Wednesday evening next .

      Sheffield.—A General Meeting Of Chartist...

      Sheffield . —A general meeting of Chartists was held in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-street , on Sunday evening last , to consider the propriety of reorganising the Charter Association . On the motion of Mr . Higginbottom , Mr . Renshaw was called toYthe chair . After briefly stating the object of the meeting , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : —" "' That this meeting do form itself into an association in conjunction with the National Charter Association , as organised by the late Conference . " After tho reonrolment of members , the following persons were elected as the general council : —James Mitchell , Aaron Iiigginbottom , John Craven , Joseph

      Caldwell , John Seward , ' Nathaniel Robinson , John "VVallis , James "VVhaloy ; Thomas Renshaw , president ; M'Ambrose : Buckley , treasurer ; Charles Clegg , financial secretary ; George Cavill , corresponding secretary ; Thomas Hague , librarian . On the motion of Mr . George Cavill , 100 cards of membership were ordered to . be sent . for . . It was also announced that the next meeting would be held on Sunday evening next , when Mr . Buckley will deliver an address on the prospects and policy ofan union of tho English mid . Irish democracy . After a vote of thanks to the , chairman , the meeting was adjourned . City Chartist HaUi anu Athen ; ecm , 20 , Goldenlane , Cripplegate . —We regret to learn that the friends of this . highly useful institution , are some '

      Sheffield.—A General Meeting Of Chartist...

      what peconiarilyjinTolved , in consequence of the expense * ¦" incurred !' . " in its construction and fitting up ;' , We / understand that a ; benefit night' will ' . tie held at the Royal Albert Saloon , City-road / c « TuMdaynext , the 19 th mst ,, witba view to relieve" those . friends from their pressing liabilities : ; l hud we trust that the democratic cause , combined with the moderate charge for admission , the atrraotiye : bilVpf : fare , and the . popularity of the place of amusement ,. will induce our numerous friends in the ; City , of , London , Finsbury , the Tower Hamlets , arid South ' London , to rally round the brave lads of CripBleifate , crowd the Albert Saloon

      on the occasion , and thus secure to the , democratic cause , that : trujy ,,. valuable building , "The City Chartist HaU ' Md ; i'thenseum . " . "' , Halifax— -A ' t a meeting ' of members , ' held on Monday evening , - ih ' tfcr Working Man ' s Hal ! , the following : persons were sleeted to serve as council , for the ensuing quarter , —John Blackburn , 'John Smith , Thoma s Mitchel , Jobu Culpan ; George -Walker , Richard Mitchel , Joseph Blaytrough , John Sherry , president ; . John , Edwards , , secretary > William . Maude ,, treasurer . ; tieorge . Webber , ' corresponding secretary . '" Air communications ' for the Halifax Chartists ¦ to be . addressed ' , ' to i George Webber , corresponding seBfotaryV Ti" Range -Bank , ' Halifax . ¦"¦ IJ " . «; ^ ^ -teh : ^^ . ••„• ,. ^ i . . , : ' .

      LivEBPoot ,. —A meeting of memberstook place in Mr . Farrell ' s ^ eiijpbrdflCB ^ Hotei ; 62 ^ 1 lichm 6 na row , on Sunday evehingj at which it . was agreed : — " That successive ; meetings should be held on Sunday evenings , at s $ TCn ' ; p ! clock , for the purpose of affording an . oppottuu ' ity ^ to / the old and sincere friends of " the . cause , to come forward with their wonted support . ; . and also to all others who maybe desii ; 6 us of assisting in the accomplishment of political reform /' Sooth London . —At a meeting held at the Ship and- Mermaid ^ Snow . ' s-fields , Bermondsey , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That : as the grievances of the Provisional Committee were settled , that we join the National Charter Association . Twenty-four new members enrolled their names , after which a council was elected for the conducting of business .... .

      Deretend and Bordsley . District , Birmingham . — On Monday last , the members held their usual weekly meeting at . the Swan , Warwick-street ) Mr . Ronsham in the chair ; when resolutions were passed , " that there should be a meeting of district delegates convened as early as possible . " Mr . Thompson delivered an address on the Rights of Labour , " which gave general satisfaction . Thanks were , given to the chairman , and the meeting separated . Macclesfield . —At a meeting on Monday night , at Mr . Thomas Jones ' , 'Mr . J . Wheston in the chair , after the usual business of the society had been transacted , the sum of 10 s . wa & handed in for the Honesty Fund . The members are exerting themselves , and hope to send a goodly ; sum next week . Chartist Reorganisation . —At a delegate meeting held at Staleybridge last Sunday , it was unanimously agreed to send the following address for insertion in the Northern Star : — . •• ADDBESS OF THE SOUTH LANCASHIRE DEiEOATES , TO THE

      RESPECTIVE LOCALITIES OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE , Bbotheu Democrats , —At a time when the forces of Chartism . are . scattered and isoluted , it requires more than ordinary energy and perseverance to bring into one concentrated focus tho slumbering embers ot democracy . It requires the firm determination of all true and veritable Chartists to sound the tocsin of action , in order that the democratic mind of the country may be brought to bear upon a government who declare that the people do not desire reform . To prove this « libel upon the people , tve call up » n you to declare by ' your , representatives in the next delegate meeting to bo held in Manchester , on Sunday , April 7 th , 1850 , that ' you do require reform , and that too of a sweeping character ; and that you will never rest

      satisfied until the People's Charter , whole and entire , is made the law of the land . You , the Chartists of Manchester , Stockport , Staleybridge , Ashtou , Dukinficld , Jlossley , Mottram , Glossop , Oldham , Water Head Mill , Droylesden , Eccles , ltoyton . Hollinwood , Bolton , Bury , Kochdale , Middleton . 'Heywood , Hyde , Failsworth , and Todmordcn , we trust will respond to this call in that spirit which was wont to animate your former exertions . Trusting that our efforts in the cause of . truth and justice , will ere long be crowned with complete success , . ' ' ¦ ¦ \ Ve remain , Brother Democrats , You rs fratern a ll y—Tho Delegates Assembled . _ Samuel Cooper , Chairman ; John Jackson , Secretary ; Thomas Storor , William Hill , James Williams , William Schohcld .

      A Crowded And Enthusiastic Meeting, Conv...

      A CROWDED AND ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING , CONVENED BY THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OP THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , Was held'at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Fitzroy-square , on Tuesday evening , March 12 th , to discuss the Proceedings in Parliament . The members of the Provisional Committe were loudly applauded as they came on the platform . Mr . Edward Miles , of South London , was unanimously called to the chair , and said : He thought litttle was to be expected from Parliament as at present constituted , and the Charter would never be obtained but through the people ,: by spreading its

      principles far and wide . He conceived it better to be engaged in disseminating social knowledge , than to be quibbling about small measures of Parliamentary reform . ( Loud cheers . ) He would now call on Mr . G . W .. M . Reynolds , to move the following resolution : —'' That this meeting views with indignation and disgust the conduct of tho House of Commons , in refusing to diminish to any really effectual extent the vast and intolerable burdens imposed in the shape of taxation upon the industry and labour of the people ; and it expresses its conviction that justice will never be done to the great masses of the population until the Charter shall have become the law of the land . " Mr . Reynolds on coming forward was loudly applauded , and said : Asa member of the Provisional Commmittee , he felt it his duty to state that he

      meditated only a peaceful and constitutional struggle . Looking at Continental aftairs , he had great hopes that the elections in Prance had terminated in favour of the glorious Socialists and Red Republicans —( tremendous cheering)—and if his hopes were well-founded—which he believed they were—nations would rise again , and France would not long be disgraced by the presidency ol Monkey Buonaparte . ( Loud cheers . ) In this event , a great change must speedily ensue at home . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey , in speaking on Mr . Hume ' s motion for Parliamentary Reform , acknowledges the ' superiority of the Charter ; this appeared courting the vox populi , ( Cheers . ) Yes , they , were watching tho progress of events in France . ( Hear ,

      hear . ) The failure of revolutions had been alluded to—but he denied that continental revolutions hiid failed—they had brought forth fruit in abundance . Universal Suffrage had never failed . After the outburst in France , at a time when the people had been deprived of public meetings , and when they wore thus suddenly ' called on to elect 900 men , they had , even under such adverse circumstances , elected men who had formed a constitution as far superior to ours as a guinea was to a farthing . ( Loud cheers . ); One of . the points in it made the very President liable to impeachment , and , consequently , responsible to Universal Suffrage . ( Hear , hear . ) How did Louis Buonaparte obtain his election ' i Why , by declaring himself a Red Republican and Socialist : and as a proof that ho was so , pointed

      to his work , written when a prisoner in tho fortress of Ham , and to his visits to Proudhon and Louis Blanc , and by his declarations in millions of placards , that , if elected , he would carry out the principles of Red Republicanism ; well , what did that prove ?—was it the failure of Universal Suffrage ? No ; but the scounarelism of Louis Buonaparte . ( Loud cheers ' . ) Well , at its third test , candidates Came forward and said , " The Republic is established , we accept it , we shall now feel it our duty to uphold Republican principles and institutions . " Under such pledges many had obtained their return ; and no sooner had they got fairly seated than they became , the greatest tyrants and despots that ever disgraced civilisation . ( Hear ; hear . ) That was no proof of the failure of Universal Suffrage ; but . the beat test of the nonfailure was , that notwithstanding their evident inclinations , neither Monarchists or Imperialists dared

      make an attempt to constitute either a King or Emperor . ( Great applause . ) That tho people had not been more successful was not to bo attributed to . their ignorance , but to their magnanimity and mercy . ( Hear . ) But , in the event of another continental revolution , he should like to see ' all those tyrants who wore crowns , mitres , or titles , sent to tho wilds of Africa , to- expiate their crimes —( loud cheers)—so that , they might no . more infect misery and oppression on mankind . ( Repeated cheers . ) This little episode he had been led into by the opening address of the chairman , for whoso honesty ant ' enthusiasm he-had the greatest respect ; And now for the affairs in tho House ' . of Commons . ; he perceived that the last relic of barbarism—the ihook monarchy of lreland ~ tho Lord L . ieuteiiantcy—was about to be abolished ; every good' man would rejoice at this ! ( Loud cheers . ); . It was nothing but a piece of idle empty gew-gaw , kept up for the purj pose o f finding place and patronage for tho lawyers , or for the pauper aristocracy of Ireland . ( Cheers ;)

      A Crowded And Enthusiastic Meeting, Conv...

      . me » was , Mr . uoouens motion tor re > ducing the expenditure to the standard of 1835 ; and , be it known to afl > that under Victoria ' s mild reign , the . hudgetiad . inereasedtby-theenormous amount of ^ ten" - " millions ' . "'''( Hear , hear . ) Now"Mr . Cobden was' a Pihfthcialflleform ^ r . ' i He . knew that at Man-Cheater be had -declared himself a- Parliamentary Reformer as . well ; - ; but then he was before an assem * bly who were mainl y . Chartists , rat .. other times he bad not troubled Kimself to push Parliamentary Reform ;_ but be this as it inay , he had done the people good service the other night . - ( Hear , bear . ) But why should such a ^ wastefui andiavish expenditure of the people ' s money be spoken of in such honied words ? Was"it that ) the ' cotton lord of to-day n ° P ed to be : th e noble lord of to-morrow ? ( Loud shouts of "Hear , hear . " ) Asregards Mr . Berkeley ^ motion for the Ballot , only 121 voted in its »«? £ Ji Wg ^ ents used against it were , that it was un-English . } but there : - £ ^ Ktta * fhin « » n .

      ShS' ^ uSS J ? ^ . ' ffl ^» tron » Re from those 2 Ln ? t £ w * ' ^ fc Hhd BOt '^ ohn Williams stated m the House of Commons ,, that 1 : 000 electors of Westminster had abstained from ' using their franchise on thn < n «» unb ! Did not this . show the necessityof the Ballot . ? , It remained for the people to takothesematter & up . andbetruetothemsfelves . and , the ,, mintster 9 . w ould ultimately ' bend to the public voice . ( Greatjcheering . ) Mr . TERNOJf , in . > ' condiug ; the motion , said he must confess he was iiot one of those who would wish to see the little' Charter carried ; he would prefer waiting until the people were prepared to demand and enforce something , more . ( Loud cheers . ) Bethought it important that the people should understand their social rights , hot as a qualification . for the franchise , but . that , they might the

      . better apply " political rights when ; they ; bad them . ( Hear , hear ;) They bad now a Provisional Comniittee ^ in- which ; he did not think"ihere ' was any danger ' of a , aplit , and in whom he thought the people might place implicit confidence , ' . ind they should rally round that committee in order . < to make its efforts successful , and the first step should be to enrol jtheir names on . the books , of the . Charter Association , and thus place the committee in a posit i ^^ O . o ' .. whMtb > y had to rely , when tho Wwg le ; comeS ~ as conic it must . ( Great cheering . Mr .- Vernon" then riiado a _ spirife ' d ' " ' appeal to the pj ^ plelo'iao'tlieirdu' ^ H depended on ^ tBem whether-they should have the"Charter in two years , or whether' they should wait twenty ; years . ^ He resumed ; hiSi 8 eat'loudly applauded . . ; . ; ¦

      ^ " -Mr . A . M ,, Wabd . dissented both from Mr . Vernon and Mr . Reynolds . * He would not refuse the little Charter ; and he could hot consent to send noblemen to , the scorching climes of Africa .: ^ Cries of " Where havo they sent Mitchel , Frost , Williams ' , and Jonc 3 ? " ) ¦ Mr . Reynolds having replied , the resolution was put and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given b y acclamation to the chairman , and the meeting dispersed , evidently delighted with the triumph of free discussion , and the great progress making in the Democratic cause .

      To The Chartists Of The Uinitep

      TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE UiNITEP

      KINGDOM . " He who allows oppression shares the crime . " , B « otiikb DEM 0 CHAT 3 , —In my former letter I endeavoured to show you the characters of some of the scamps who appeared to give evidence on the late trial , "_ O'Connor versus Bradshaw , " and the truth of which has been fully confirmed by-the men of Derby , Leicester , and Scotland . With respect to the tools . taken from Nottingham , it is only necessary for me to say that the Mr . Brown , cordwainer ,. who gave evidence , is the same individual who purchased a three-acre allotment of a person of the name of Cox , and took possession of the same at Snig ' s End , when , contrary to the rules , he obtained aid-money , and lived for several montbs , paying no

      rent . Sickness falling upon him , his eldest son wished to retain possession of the allotment ; but to this the father would not give consent , which quite unsettled the son , and caused him to enlist as a soldier : the elder Brown sold tho allotment for £ 25 and , after recovering bis health , again offered £ 30 for it back . In his evidence , he said he had been deceived , and his expectations had not been realised . From the above fact 3 , his evidence is untrue , The other evidence from Nottingham on the part of the defendant , proved nothing ; they merely stated that Mr . O'Connor , in his speeches before his election , promised to locate tho members within . a given period . But every man possessed of common sense must know , that neither Mr . O'Connor ,, or any

      other man could buy land , erect dwellings , and furnish aid-money to occupants , unless the means were forthcoming . And did they imagine , for a moment , that tlioir £ 2 12 s ., £ 3 18 s ., or £ 5 4 s :, would put them in possession of two , three , or four' acres of landj' . witlib . ut other aid ? The whole of the evidence brouglrtfforward failed to prove one single act of dishon ' esty against Mr . O'Connor ; while the great fact still remains , that the Judge would not receive the evidence of Messrs . Gray arid" Finlayson , who would have indisputably proved his honesty . Even , the Jury could see this ; but a " Verdict for the Defendant" was recorded notwithstanding . Is there an unprejudiced person who can read their

      verdict without coming to the conclusion , that tho intention of such a jury must hnve been to do their share towards " ruining him with expenses ? " It remains to be seen whether the hopes of tyrants will be realised ; but if the men of England are what I take them to be—haters of oppression , and lovers of justice—they will , as with the voice of one man , denounce such a system , and furnish the means to defend Mr . O'Connor from all his enemies , both open and covert . Shall it ever be recorded against Englishmen that they , stood tamely by , nnd suffered the only man of his class who came forward to help them , to be sacrificed ? Hoping all will do their duty , I remain , yours truly , James Sweet . Nottingham , March 12 , 1850 .

      To The Chartists Of The : United Kingdom...

      TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN . BnoTHKRs , —We , the members of the newlv organised Chartist body , meeting at the South ' London . Chartist Hall , Blackfriars-road , believing that the Provisional Committee , elected by . the Conference , which sat in London in January last , have violated the first principle and foundation of all liberty , in calling together the men who formed that Conference ( their functions having ceased with the issuing of the plan of organisation , ) and voting themselves competent to do that which no defunct

      body had a right to do , without . first appealing to the whole , of the members , enrolle ' under the ~ ne reorganisation ,, for their sanction . Secondly—They have violated that same principle in allowing that defunct body , conjointly with themselves , to elect new members to fill the vacancies in the Provisional Committee , that duty belonging only to the enrolled members of the new organisation , while the majority of tho elected , and electors , were not members of that body , they having not taken a card of membership . Thirdly—In extending the period of holding office two months beyond the tim « fixed by the Conference , called together in January lasr , by the votes of the Chartist people , at public meetinstg assembled , for that purpose . Fourthlv—In passing

      a law , violating one of the most useful laws of the new organisation , which pledged us to assist all Reforms ,- as far as they went , we s t ill going for the whole Charter . Each and all of these things have the Provisional Committee ,, with . the full sanction of the ; majority of the men who formed the self-elected Conference , done , which met in John-Street , Tottenham-court-road , on Wednesday evening , . February 27 th , 1 S 50 . We , the enrolled Chartists of Southwark and Lambeth , do hereby enter our protestagainst the whole of that evening ' s proceedings of the Provisional Committee , and all those men who sat in that mock Conference—and declare that they violated the rights of the people to

      a greater extent than did the . French Assembly in their interference with tho Roman people—they only having violated a law pledging them to noninterference with other nations , while the Committee have struck at the right of free election , etc . We further declare , that we do not recognise any of the five men placed on that Committee ; and call on Messrs . Clark , Dixon , and M'Grath- to resume their offices , until tho Committee shall have called on the enrolled members of tho body ,. throughout thocountry , to elect a new one ( the same men being , eligible for re-eleetion . ) Tho . men agreeing with the hew organisation , and praying for its support ; being the only persons eligible for that purpose .

      ' We do not believe tho wrong done was done m > tehtionally by the Provisional Cosnmittce ; but a wrong has been done , and we hope the Chartist body will claim that it be rectified ,. for wo , who complain of the injustice of goveriimejats , ' should bo just ourselves . - Signed ,, on behalf of the Chartists of Lambeth and Southwark , ¦ ' " R . Sidk » Secretary , pro , tern .

      Gawsnouovoir.—We Arc-Informed That :•, W...

      GAWsnouovoir . —We arc-informed that : , Working Man ' s Reading Room is , opened at Mr . Daniel Bees , Dickeiison's-yard , wUsnc subscriptions . arc received iii aid ftftbe ' Chartisli cause and hs ,. Victims . Mure than . ton shillings ia already , realised for the above objects , and it iaautieipatcd that the amount would be considerably increased whenthc : ; friciids at this place are nppyfeod' standard works ,, in and Barker ' s ityp / e , "li from eight till ten o ' clock Caution to tuts i , nJ the . Society . of , hereby caiUiontbe ' ot connexion . with ; oou 3 powders sold in . — British College of 1 st tfebruary ;!^ ^

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 16, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16031850/page/1/