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Removal Of Jewish Disabilities . F Wo We...
a at % at the reUgi . B »? Oia BiWeceutd boatonctton for Bast & ist , ptrDament had , in the religion , of the Jew , the it saat saaetien in the world for thtir good eondoat , save ; tof It of hl » own Christianity . It was aid , however , ; tihetihe admission of tha Jew inte- parliament would thr-sMir . stianias the nation , and would enable persons oi ; r < lijr * ligl » n , P « gsn . or Mahometan , te come amongitn * . ir , tew , this question of the Jew ought not to be mixed up lb * thb * that of other religion * . The Jew should be sa tteittei from his netrafiaitj to the Christian . Was that irtda-td ! Thea he would ask , where was your Chrisaity nity except iu his Judaism ! He should be admitted , i * . e » . beansa yen area Christian community and a rrisdirisdan assembly . If yoa had been a Draidiealasiem-• j joy yoa Bight have rejected him on the grouad that bis of bis
i-e w ,-e were few ia namsw and yon knew nothing luriolurion . Bnt a Christian assembly eould not urge such pleapfeaandweTepIaced inregard toa Jewin » very dif . fentrent posttisn from that In which It stood either to the wrauKtan the Hindoo , or the Mussulman .. Besidei , the twfcw had no interest in opposing tho Christian Church . eco ^ conctuded wK & an eloquent panegyric on the high naiiuaiificationi of the Jews in aU ages , and Insisted that le hie house ought to perform this great act of national istiastice , and to discard the dark superstitionf ofthe arkewkestaga , wMch were iHfluencing themselves and stir < tir constitHi nts to oppose it . Th The debate was resumed on Friday nijrit , bnt no pars-al tolar novelty « u added . The division was—For the motion , ... ... * ... 333 Againstit ... ... ... IS *
Majority ... ... ... 67 H 05 DAY , DECEHiia 28 th . HI BOUSE OP LORDS . —The Royal assent was give IT cy commission te the Crime aad Outrage ( Ireland ) Fill / ill , the Poblio Works ( Ireland ) Bill , aad the Railways h % M , Ia Lord Bsouobax then observed that the circumstances ttestteud-: ag the late general election had more than ever Dntonvineed Mm of the absolute necessity for the enactaenaent of some stringent provisions with regard to bribery it eit elections . If the government , after the recess , did tot tot inlroaaca a oBl tor its effectual repression , bo himielf ielf would deem it Ms duty to do to ; aud ba threw oat , is as a hint , the propriety of embodying » aay measure rhirhich might be presented to Parliament for this purpose i pi provision compelling every member of the Lower ! ie 3 eusetamakea declaration , before taking Ms seat , natat neither by himself , nor by bit agent or tciends . had ne he purchased electoral rapport , either by reward or the wciroaise of reward .
' The Marquis ofLissnowire then moved the adjourn mement of the house un-il the 3 rd of Peb . ' . The Earl of EMHreaxouaB thougfce that . ' ia ihe arejirestnt state of Ireland , it waa monstrous to propose so tottong an adjournment . They had passed a Measurewith iheaa results of which they wew as yet naacqnaiated , aad it ft was mjudieiou * to propose * o leng a recess , fa the Eac & ce of the probability that ttiUmore striogeataeasure * eaieaigit be required far thapadfieation of Ireland . There ¦ were bnt two measures of the government daring tbe rerery short session wMch deserved the appellation ef KBtringent—one of ttem being a measure for the admisdaion of a few millionaires into Parliament , and the atttter one tha only result of which would be to throw a arSrebiand amongst the clergy . Tbei-lordships then adjourned .
H 0 H 3 E OF COMMONS . —Thb Jewish Disabilito * Bfitu was read a first time . On the motion tbat the sesecond reading of thebBI be made an order of ths day fafor Monday , the 7 th of February , Colonel Sibthojph , to whom opperbmity had been Menied on a foraer occasion , very briefly enumerated bis WeUbeiate opinion , as a Christian , on the biU . H i * great tMfficulty wa * as to how tbe Jews were to be managed if ttthey were get into ] Parliament , being at a loss to acomprehend what was to be doue with them on Friday und Saturday , the House sitting on Friday night * , and ccommittees frequently sitting on Saturday . The
dimrealty lay in the Jewish sabbath , which commencing on tthe evening of Friday , would necessarily keep honour , aable and right honourable Jew * , should any of them sever become such , from attending to their legislative c 'dnties . The honeurable aad gallant gentleman being iperplend with this problem , appealed to Lord John IBtuseU to solve it , and thereby to relieve him of the jaaxiery which it occasioned . ' Christians would be fined j if they were derelict of their parliamentary duties on IFiidsy or Saturday , and why . be sheuld like to know , lekould Christiani be * o roughly visited for what Jew * , tea tbe mere score of continence , ought do with imps-. edtyg
Lord Joss- Russscr , relieved the honourable and gallant gentleman by reminding him , that should there be a call of the House on a Friday or Saturday , or any ether day , any member not then present would be liable lo be taken into custody , from which h * would only be discharged on the payment of tbe customary fees , and he be'icved that in any such case the members of the Jewish ptHuasion would be very well contented to pay the penalty . The noble lord then moved tbat tbe House , en rising , do adjourn till Thursday , Sri of February . Mr Spooxek thereupon delivered an abstract of the speech which he would have delivered , bat for the infinenza , on the currency debate , thinking that , in tbe present state of the country , with so many in the rnanufactaring districts in a state of extreme destitution , with no prospect of an immediate antelioratlen in their condition , it was unwise to propose so long an adjournment . He therefore moved , as an amendment , that toe I 5 th of January he substituted for the Srd of February .
Mr Hewsesak seconded the amendment , which was spoken to , although not altogether supported , by MrMoKSXU , wbo drew th * attention of the government to the condition of the destitute asd unemployed able-bodied population of Ireland . Mr P . Scsopz could not let the motion pus without expressing his regret that the government bad not in . frodaced and pasted , daring the short session , a measure to facilitate tbe working ef the Irish Poor Law . He hoped that government wonld , immediately after the reeets , adopt seme measure for giving occupation to the Ttnemployed labour upon the unemployed land ef Ireland .
The Sari of Inrcour was amies * that the home should be put in possession of the fullest information in the power of the gorernmeat to afford It with regard to colonisation , and wished to know whether the Colonial-Office had received any reports in reference to this ( abject from the colonial governor * , which th * government last session expressed iu determination to apply for , and whether such reports would be laid at an early period after the recess , upon the table of the house . Mr Hutdlki dipped into a variety of topics , from rail
way legislation to the potato rot , with a view to imprest ¦ apon the house the propriety of adopting a resolution which he had upon the paper , and wlieh be intended , at late period « f tbe evening , to propsse , to tbe following ¦ effect : — 'That it be an instruction to the committee on the Bank Charter , * c „ te inquire specially into th * reason * which induced the Director * ofthe Bankof England Co reduce their minimum rata of discount oa tbe 37 th day of August , ISIS , to three per cent ., and to soatinue it at that rats « H tbe 14 th day of January , 1817 , and to report their opinion thereon . '
Mr ( xUBSran observed that , titer the deliberations oi the lite committee , ths present was a time well adapted for a comprehensive review of tbe whole subject of tbe navigation laws , and that it was highly desirable that the definitive decision of parliament should be made known upon it during the present session . He hoped , therefore , that Lord John Botsflll could assure them that he con -templated within each a period a * wonld ejive ample opportunity to both homes to give tbe most deliberate at * tenfa ' an to the whole subject , the introduction of some resolution which would bring the navigation law * flirettiy snder their consideration . At this moment ths whole shipping interestof the country was in a state of anxious suspense , which , whatever might be the intention * ofthe government , it was desirable not to protract . Two questions having already been asked , which were enr-tomered ,
Colonel SiBTHoir proposed three ethers , to this effect —why they had been called together at all at so early a period ? what tbey had dene line * they had met ! and why they werenow to aej > urn t - Sir Lucres O'Bimr then thanked the house for its liberality toward Ireland during the calamity with which it had recently been visited , and draw iu attention very briefly to the difficult circunutanees ia which the Irish gentry wer * at present placed , expressing a hope that every exertion accessary would be made by parliament far the relief of distress in Ireland . Mr HaxstE * hoped that Mr Spaoner would not press hi * amendment . He certainly -regretted that so little attention had been givta to tbe embarrassments of tbe taanulacturing interests , and tbe condition ofth * opera--cm * . It was his intention to bring forward a motion ia x ^ ereucs to this subject , at as early a day a * possible after tbe xecesr .
Lord Joan Busszu , in reply ing to tie dhrerant question * which had been put to him , in the first place informed Sir Lucius O'Brien aad the house that no further parnamintary aid would be gives to Ireland until aU the mean * provided by the Poor Law aad otherwise , tor the relief of the poor in tbat country , had been exhausted . As to Mr Gladstone ' s -auestiaa iu reference to the Navigation Law * , h » was not at present prepared to say when any measure , if any , affecting then wonld be introduced ; nor eould he ; until the condition of the revenue for the aurrent year was better known , say what measure sntehtbe brought forward in reference to the Bobject .
Bat boald any bul founded on the report of the committee be introduced , It wonld be in sufficient thn * to enable allparties to give to the subject the fulleit attention . In reply to Lord Lincoln , the noble lord observed ihat inch ' information as had been received in reference toml grattonwouldbelalo , assoosi a * possiMe . nponthe table of the house . He was strry to * ay that in Canada a great prejudice had arisen against emfgratiom from this country , Baviagits origin ia the destitute eondition of taeemfgrants of this year . AU the loJormatlon eo th * subject , of which the . government would be fat possession , would be presented to the hon ** imnudi-« tdy after the xeceu .
8 irB . Hau . reminded such M » h members as Hved in expectation of farther aid from the imperial treasury of the destitute condition of the poor ia tai * country , a * le ** than one out of every seventeen in one of the parishes which be represented being at present in receipt of ptnehisl relief ; ' - ^ ' •"•"" ¦ After soma further desultory eswemtloi , Mr flpooner withdraw Ids twesdmeat , | and the xcotisa tot the . adjomasfitwucsriltu . _
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tori Momn tbia gave notlee that he wb ' nM on Thnrsaty , the lith ef Pebrosry , more for leave tobeing laa bUl for improving the public he *!* . ' The committee on privilege * was then nominated . The Hew 55 . aland Bill was then read a > , second time , to bs committed oa Friday , ths 4 th * t February . - The report oh the notion for suppl y was then brought ap , and theothw business on the papers having been disposed ot ; tbe home adjourned
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TO THE REV . THADDEUS O'MAILET . _ Georgei Hill . AST . AKD DBAS SlE . — Tour ^ admirable letter , on a justeygtem of Poor Laws , is a rich return for my little present of game . Poor Lewis ' sophistry has been awfully exposed . A meddling , empty , flippant official of . his sort , deserved the castigatiou which you hate giten bim . Yoa have good reason to feel confidence in the plan of relief which yen have propounded ; but Lord John Russell wilt not act upon it . He is a Whig—and , therefore , in strict accordance with the uniform practice of his party , he will give your admirable plan the * go by , ' merely because its adoption would do good .
I do not think that yon have any just grounds of complaint against the thing called the press—especially that portion of it which assumes the character of being « mbebal , ' enlightened , and independent You can very easily win the complete advocacy , not only of the press , but of the patriots who snppprt it . The mode of affecting this desirable end " is | iain ,, palpable , simple , and pleasant , iy ^^ usi ^ t yourself dressed in a suit of superfine blacfc-elpththe skirts ofthe coat tobejustalittleloDgerthan the general cut . Let all fit as evenly and as smoothly as an eel ' s waistcoat ; powder your hair : measure
your steps , or rather adjust them to an exact apostolical gait j stand before a mirror every morning , and pucker up your mouth , and regulate your ^ features altogether to something appreaching . orthodox dimensions ; smile not , jest not , laugh not , except up-rawell considered occasions . . Write a book-, and get it printed ia long primer , with' very wide lines , and one-Yourth of thepsgei margin , so as to extend it to two vortrjjES . Let it be a foolish farrago of fantastic frippery , professing to exhibit a contrast between tke merits of Paganism and Popery , of so ambiguous a character that the majority of readers will not know which side to take .
In order to show to the whole world your load of classic and literary lumber , head each chapter , alternately , with quotations in Latin , Greek , Italian , French , German , Low Dutch , and Spanish , and not forgetting Irish , if you have it , and call the book' Rome dosing Paganism , axd Under the Popes . ' This done , take an opportunity of preaching a popular political remonstrance from a pulpit in a church dedicated to the worship of the Almighty ; divert the attention of the congregation from the worship of the Author of their being , to that of a popular leader of dupes and slaves ; and declare that , that leader , especiall y if he happen to be Lord Mayor of Dublin . at the time , is * a God amongst men « n earth . ' Should this not win for yon the advocacy and honest support of the independeat
press , then go as a minister of peace , on a mission of peace , for the avowed purpose of effecting a reconciliation between this ' God of a man / and a mere man : complain publicly of a want of etiquette on the part of the man whom you have undertaken to conciliate : deny afterwards that you had so complained . Do all that in your power lies to entrap your host into an admission of some sort or other , favourable to the Great Bashaw who employed yoa ; make a note of conversation deemed strictly private , and publish it afterwards ; prove yourself to bs in the estimation of every man of sense an unscrupulous partisan , instead of aa upright mediator . Dei these things , and I shall suffer to be made a Dutchman , instead of tae'descendant of an Irish chieftain , as I am , if the liberal , enlightened , and independent press will not sustain you through thick and thin ever after .
lam , Very respectfully and yery faithfully , yours , Patrick O'Higgins . Dublin , 7 th February , 1847 .
To Mr Daniel M'Carthy. Sir—By A Report O...
TO MR DANIEL M'CARTHY . Sir—By a report of the proceedings of tbe ' Irish Democratic Association , ' published in the Northern Star of tha 18 th instant , ! perceive tbat you have made use of the following language : — « Mr Daniel M'Carthy addressed tbe meeting at great length , denouncing some portion of Mr O'Higgins ' s letters as a lie , and others as a foul attack upon the Catholic clergy of Ireland . ' Now , sir , I demand of yon , without quibbling , guessing , er shuffling of any kind , to state clearly and distinctly , so as no one can mistake it , what portion of my letter is' a lib , ' and what other portion of it is a foul attack upou the' Catholic clergy of Ireland ?' I deny both your charges . . They are both false . They are empty , flippant , untrue , and ignorant .
It appears to me that you did not know what you were saying , and , therefore , there is an excuse for yon . Surely , you do no * mean to say that the 493 Catholic clergy who aided and abetted tbe Conciliation Hall delusion , out of upwards of 3 , 000 , constitute the Catholic clergy of Ireland ! It was only that small minority of the Catholic clergy of Ireland who joined the Conciliation Hall movement that I charged / and now do again charge , with having propagated a delusion .
With regard to the other portion of my letter , whatever it may be , which yon have denounced as a lie , it is notoriously true , so generally recorded ia the journals ofthe day—so often spoken of with pride and exultation by tbe ruffians who were guilty , aud with whom you appear to sympathise , that ! shall leave that portion of my letter to Mr Clancy , and others who were present on the occasion , and who suffered from the attack ot those patriotic , p lace-seeking Repealer . I am , Sir , i Your obedient servant , I Dublin , Patrick D'Higgins . 19 th Dec ., 1847 .
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Staltbridob . —On ; Sunday last , Mr iaouthcalt delivered . tbe first of his course of lectures on the practicability of the Laid Plan . Several questions were asked , and satisfactorily answered . The second lecture will be delivered on Sunday next , at six o ' clock in the evening . St Hbiesb . —This branch hold tbeir meetings every Sunday evening , at seven o'clock , at the bouse of Mr James Woods , publican , Parr-street , St Helen ' s ; and as the directors have decided that all branches are to be closed on the 31 st , the members of the said branch have authorised tbe secretary to
attend at the above mentioned house , every evening , from tbe boors of seven till nine , to enrol members , and to give every information required on tho subfeet . Bftrro . v . —At the usual weekly meeting of the Land Company , and the members of the National Charter Association , after the reading of Mr O'Conoir ! ' Address to the Old Guards ;' our old friend , Daddy'Richarda , deliveredan address on the necessitj of again uniting for the obtainment of the People's Charter . Mr Mantle of Birmingham , is expected to deliver a lecture on Sunday evening , January 2 nd , 1848 .
Dkbbt—Txa Parti and Ball a Honour op Mr M'Geath . — The public are most respectfully in formed that a tea-party and ball will be held in the Mechanics' Hall , Wardwick , Derby , on Tuesday , December 28 th instant , when Messrs Philin M'Grath and Ernest Jones , ( banistor-at-law , ) will be present . W . P . Roberts , Ef-q ., of Manchester , and other friends of vrogression have been invited , and are expected to attend . Tea at five o'clock . —Ball to commence at nine o ' clock . Tickets may be obtained of Mr Biggs , Victoria-street ; Mr Crabtree , Rottenrow ; Mr Steane , Sadler-gate ; Mr Richardson , Sadler-gate-bridge ; Mr Thorp . Sitwellstreet ; Mr Asoough , Temperance Hotel , SiddaUa-lane ; Mr Smith , Agard-street ; Mr Pattisoo , Park-street ; Mr Henry Gorse , Asbbourn-road ; Air Charles Swaine , No . 25 , Mundy-street ; Mrs Parry , Cheapside ; Mr Pendall , Traffic-street ; Mr Chandler , Upper Brooks ; reet ; and Mr Be'field , Green-street .
Salvobd . —On Sunday next , December 26 th , Mr James Leach will lecture in tbe National Charter Association-room , in Great Gorge-street , Bankstreet . Dokkmsxd . —A general meeting of the members of the Land Company , will be held on Sunday next , in their room , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Gloucester . —A meeting of this branch is held at Mr G . Gray's , 4 S , Mitre-street , every Monday ; at seven o ' clock in tbe evening . , ; IsLtKuroN—A meeting was held at the Wheatsheaf Chapel-street , Islington , for the purpose ot forming a Chartist locality in this district , when Mr Holme waseleoted treasurer ; Mr Wright , secretary ;; and MessraStephenson , HoUawell . Brown , Coventon , Rostand Staples , theCoancil , with power to add to tbeir number . The meetings will be field on Sunday nights , at eight o ' clock . It was resolved : , That this locality be called the ' Duncombe Brigade ;* and that a public lecture , be given on Sunday next , at eifht o ' clock .
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PUBLIC MBBTim-• ' The third public meettng , ' convened by the Metropq * Htan Delegate Council , in furtherance ofthe agitation for the Charter , wa * held at tbe Sooth London Cbartlst Hall , Blsckfriars road , on Mob day evening , December Mb . " ¦ ¦ ' ; * ' ;" Mr Joan Sewem . was unanimously called to the chair , and said one of the ob ] e * t * of this meeting was to adopt tha National Petition and to obtain signatures to the tam * . For more than two years past h * had been opposed to petitioning , ia fact be thought the people ought to be in a position to demand a redress *! of grievances—( hear , bear)—however , b * now fell In with what he believed to be the general sentiment , and ; was willing to adopt that mode of making their wrongs known ; and
inch was tbe awful state of affair * now In society , tbat be thought it the duty of all to put their ihoulder * to thewheel . ( Hear , hear . ) , it was trul y alarming to find two thirds ofthe people oat if employ , willing to labour but finding none to * mploy them . ( Hear , hear . ) It was self-evident tbat any representative system that al . lowed such a state of things to continue mutt bs a most nefarious one —( loud cheers)—and one that never would bo effictuaUy remedied , ' save and except , through the mesas of'The People ' s Charter . ' ( Great applause . ) True there were seme classes in existence who might say , —but th * adopti on of . thoie principles wonld upset our glorious constitution . ( Laughter . ) Truly glorious it might be , and , ao doubt , was to those who eould live in
clover aud revel on velvet—( hear , bear , )—tut most in . glorious to those who strive to gain an honest iivelibeod , and ) et are perishing for want of food . ( Much applause . ) The principles of tbe People ' * Cbarter are principles of wisdom , and should be universally adopted —( renewed cheering )—aud ha was pleased te find they were . making way , not only in Great * Britain , but In Prance , Italy , Germany . Switzerland , and other ' contlnental nations —( loud cheers)—and , sure he ' was that this would stimulate them to action , and that they would resolve never to cease their agitation until the People ' s Charter was enacted as a law of the land . ' . ' ( Great ch ' oeriDg . ) : MrJoan PcasEtt moved the'first ' reVolution as folfox *!— : ' . ' ' -:: ^ S ' : ' ' ¦¦' . '•' " . ¦¦ "
• That this meeting views with feeling * of painful regret the sufferings ef a very large pertlon , of the worklng classes , aad bellere the only panacea for thoie evils lit the political enfranchisement of alt classes iii the British Isles / ¦• ¦¦ - '•' ¦ - ' ¦ - ' - ' ' - ^^ fi ; . ' . ; - ; " " Mr Pussell said he thought tbe circnmaUbcer by which tbey were surrounded imperatively demanded a reform In the legislature . ' ( Hear , hear . ) . . ' Look to the north ; and behold the fearful amount of unemployed cotton spinners ! ( Hear hear . ) Behold'the railway works au 8 pendcd , and the thousands of mechanics and labourers seeking in vain for employ . ' The " much boasted free trade appeared to bin to have thrown the trade lata the hand * of the mercantile claties of other nations . ' - 'The
table of export * and imports fully showed that our labourers were not able to compete even with tbe c 6 thps > rative infantile state of America . ( Hear , hear . ) And many of tbe continental state * poisoned great , advantage , in consequence of their cheaper system of government . Aa a proof of this he instanced the watches and jewellery imported , which had a material effect on the trade in which he was engaged . Hence he demanded tbe Charter a * a mean * ef cheap and good government . ( Cheers . ) Under the Charter they would have a just system of distribution , which wonld enable the producers to become much larger consumers , instead of having , at at present , their resources swallowed up by a useless aristocracy ( Loud cheers . )
JniuM Haknst , who was received with load cheers , seconded tbe resolution , and sail—That a large portion of the working classes are suffering all the evils of unmerited poverty , will , I presume , be unquestioned by all persons here . Traverse the street * of tbla modern Babylen—this vast emporium of wealth—this seat of the mightiest power of modem times—and behold , on every footpatb , evidence * of ths wrongs ot the poor , and the erimea of the rich . ( Hear , hear . ) Tell me not that many of thete outcast * are idler * and impostors—this may be the case of a few ; but the gluts in trade , and tbs bankruptcies of commercial houies , sufficiently proclaim the incontestible fact tbat thousands must be unemployed , and of these thousand * hundreds must by this time Ue so utterly destitute as to render their appearance
in the streets as mendicants , a painful and unavoidable necessity . Even the impostors and idlers of tbe populace are not the only nor the worst of their tribe . ( Hear , hear . ) There are impostors fa ( hovel hats , and idlers in broad cloth . . ( Cheers . ) What Is our entire political and social system but a-gigantic fraud , erected and maintained for tbe benefit of idlers and impostors r ( Cheer * . ) Behold theChurcb ashy law established . Its leviathan lords , tbe bishops and archbishops , appropriate to themselves thousands of pounds annually , while they leave the-hard-working clergy to grow fat onahundred pounds a . jear . Millions of pounds , in the shape of tithes , are taken annually from the people , of which originally one . third only was devoted to the support of the clergy ; another third was
applied to the building of churches and keeping them in repair ; and the other third was devoted to tbe support ef ths poor . Instead of which , we now see the whole ' tacked * by the Church , and Church Bates and Poor Bates imposed upon the people . I ask , is not such a Church an organised imposture I ( Cheers . ) Behold our House of Commons , representing not the common people , but ths aristocracy aad tbe middle class , and dooming slx-stvenths of tbe adult males of thl * country to political slavery . Is not that house a legalised imposture t ( Load cheers . ) Beheld those venerable gentlew « men in pantaloon * , the peers , who , whilst tbe wail of distress is heard through the land , can sit , evening after evening , doing nothing but knocking their heels , waiting for the bill to coerce Ireland coming up from the Commons . Will any one be gtod enough to show me the utility of tbe Hospital of Incurables—willany one at . Urapt to defend this hereditary imposture ! ( Loud
applause . ) Of course , the respect I entertain for that blessed specimen of the ' wisdom of oar ancestors '—the monarchy—ferbldt me to speak In any other than the most loyal terms , of so interesting a sovereign as Queen Tic * torla , who regularly , once a year , la delivered of a royal speech and a royal baby . ( Liaghter . ) We have just bad the speech , and I see an announcement that in March next we are to have tbe baby . ( Renewed laughter . ) Her most gracious Majesty expresses great concern for her people ' s sufferings , admires their pstlence , and promises tbem another baby—and in the way of babies , she has neveryet promised in vain . What more would tbe people have t ( Cheers and laughter . ) Then , there is Prince Albert , a celebrated batmsker—the Southwark hatters may consider him a bit of a botch , but that ' s a matter of taste—bis royal highness is also a capital breeder of pigs , and a distinguished Field-Maishal . It is true , he charges the nation rather hlriifoi his services ,
bat' Who feeds f * t poikeri , should himself be fat ;' and , considering the lean land be came from , £ 30 , 000 yearly may not be too much to keep his highness in good condition . God forbid that I should say the monarchy la an imposture , ( Ironical cheers . ) Bnt in all ranks above the working class there are idlers and Impostors . In the lordly hall and ia the milloerat ' s counting house , on the bench and at tbe bar , in tbe senate and the pulpit . Idlers who live on the people ' s labour , aad impostors who traffick in the credulity , and impose upon the patience of the millions . ( Loud
applause ) _ But the misery of tbe many is not confined to the multitude of mendicaats swarming th * streets , nor to the unhappy poor lodged In workhouses , or crowding the floors of casual wards , er . ' still worse , denied even such shelter , and compelled to sleep on the bare pavement . It is » ot to such that the privations of poverty are confined . There are those r-ho may starve but are too proud to beg . ( Hear , bear . ) There are those who will rather die than encounter the harshness and insolence of a relieving officer , ( Hear , hear . ) There are thousands such in this metropolis , who perish and make
no sign . ' Who die so slowly none dsre call it murder ;' and it Is principally for these men , their wives and children , that I lift up my yelce against the . present system , and appeal to you , the men ef the million , to putfarthyonrSampioh-Uke energies , and drag it to the dust . ( Loud cheers . ) London in its misery , as well as in its power snd magnificence , but represents the country . Throughout the manufacturing districts low wages and no wares , reductions and abatements , have reduced the toilers to a ragged , starving , comfortless , nerveless condition . Audio the agricultural districts large farms , robbery of the common lands , the poor law , and the game laws , have tff . cted the social destruction of the tillers of ths soli . Absolute destitution
reigns in a great part of Scotland , and famine and pestilence are again treading a conqueror ' s march over prostrate Ireland . AU this misery exists while aban . dant means also exist to prevent it . It is unquestionable that labour , laud and capital will enable any man , or body of men to live . ( Hear , hear . ) It is impossible for a man to starve who 1 * wllliag to work , who has the raw material to work upon , and tbe means to work with . ( Cheers . ) The unemployed masses of England and Ireland attest that the labour is ready , and we know tbat the labourers are willing . , Both in England and Ireland millions of acres of crown lands , waste lands , and lands formerly the common property of -the people , offer a field for Industrious enterprise . Aad as regards capital , abundant means exist without imposing additional taxation upon thecountry , or what would be only justice , levying a forced contribution upon the rich . The tithes and poor rate * would supply the necessary capital . Let tbe tithes rebbed from
the poor , be given back to the poor , and appropriated to quilding homes for the people oa farms allotted tbem from the public lands , ( Loud cheers , ) Why should the poor rates be wasted as they are t Why should enormous bastiles be built and maintained In which to imprison tbe indigent and afflicted ? There might be aad ought to be asylums for certain classes—tbe sick and the aged , but healthy manhood should never be caged la a woikbouse gaol . Tbe millions now spent in pay . in ? useless and heartless officials , aad in punishing tbe poor , might aad ought to be employed in a reproductive manner . At present the six or seven millions oi poor rates might as well be thrown into tbe sea for all tbe good done . At the end of a year the massof pauperism tenot ona whit diminished , the panpers are not one whit better off than they were twelve months before , and the poor rates usually exhibit a tendency to advanee rather than decrease . Yet this system goes on y * a » after year , when pauperism might he extinguished , the paupers changed into happy freemen , and tbe poor .
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rate * gradually reduced , SBd nltlm » t « ly : » totJil . ed by a wise employment ef those funds .. ( Loud applause . ) Yet the Lords can find nothing to dp , and the Common * can'find nothing better to da th ' an to pas * a' Coercion Bill for thtfurther oppression 6 f IreUnd . ( Har , b »» r . ) Against that act of the legislature , I call upon yon to solemnly protest . . Beholdunhappy IrelandIfor seven hundred years ' ; the prey of 6 ppre »* lon and misgovernment .. . Was- the invasion of Poland « wrong , the lavasloa of Ireland wa * not the less * wrong . ( Sear , ' hear . ) Was the confiscation of Poland ' s soil a crime , the confls *
SBtlbtfof Ireland's soil by English spoliation was not the less a crime . ( Hear , htar . ) i We denounce . ths vlllany of the Tsar in waging a war of extermination against the ; religion , language , laws , sod customs of Poland , and shall we not deplore and condemn tbo past policy of the oppressors of Ireland who wer * guilty of the like vlllany ! ( Hear , hear . ) W * honour Kosciusko aed Koaarski , and shall wo net homage Fiisgersld and Emmett ! { Cheers ) - We glory intho Spartan valour of the Poles , and dwell with wondering enthusiasm on tha bravery of the scythe . armed heroes of Sarmatia , and shall we nothanour the patriots of ' 98 , and applaud the prowess of tho pike-men of Ireland-r 'Who fought for theJand their soul * adored . For happy homes and altars free , - Their only talisman . ( he sword ,
Their only spell . word 'Liberty . " ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) We denounce , and very property too , the . ukases of Kichola * , but shall we not also denounce the Coercion Bills of the British govwumsnt ? ( Applause . ) . More than thirty Coercion Bills have been passed or mewed since the year 18 « 0 ! what a proof of the Incapacity ofthe Imperial Parlirmeat to govern Ire . land I ' But we are told that the bill lately passed is necessary for the prevention of crime and the protection ofllfe i but I answer that if crime Is prevalent , aud . Jfe Insecure , the fault Is to a groat silent ,. with therollng powers . Such a state of things shows shat there Js something rotten In the state . * Helvetia * . bur well said that the vices or the virtues of a state are the > ff # cts of its legislation ; and if there Is crime in Ireland ,
depend upon it that the government is the great criminal . ( Loud applause . ) Ton hear much aboitthe shooting of lantllordB , andwlth unquestionable ttste , to say no ; thing of truth and justics'the bloody old Tikm , '; as flobbett denominated tbat infamous paper , has called the Irish population Thugs , and all the hireling press , down to that demented , superannuated , slavering this-r , Punch has joined in the ' hulabullo' against the * murdering Irish . ' But take my word for it , friends , there never yet was a goed landlord shot . ( Cheers . ) ( hod landlords are too scarce In Ireland , for the people ; to think of shooting them . ( Loud cheers . ) Assassination Is no doubt a very dreadful thing , and systematic assassination proclaims the existence of a state of society ofthe most alarming oharaoter , but gentlemen ,
even assasslaatlon mayodmlt of defence , ( A voice 'No , jfoi' ^ j-iut'I say yes ,. yes . ( Cheers , ) Nations have / 'before how raised statufS to those who devoted their " daggers to the destruction of tyrants . ( Load cheers . ) When landlords cease to plunder and exterminate the tillers ef the soil , when the Legislature does equal justice to-the castle and tbe cottage ; then , but not till then , will landlords bo safe , and until then there ought to be no safety for them . ( Renewed cheering . ) A bill to coerce tbe landlords is a state necessity , but a bill to coerce the people is both a blunder and a crime . It repeats the folly of past legislation , ond by adding another wrong to the long list of Irish grievances , ensures the continued disaffection , hatred , and hostility of Ireland ' s sons . The government , acting on the principle that to him who has much shall be given , and from him who has little shall be taken away that which he bath , has determined to emancipate the Jews and enslave Christians . I would have no exclusion of the Jews from
political power on the ground of their religious belief , nevertheless , I held that there can be no rights without corresponding duties ; and the Jews being a nation of plunderers and schemers , I am disposed to question their right to political franchises . The Jews possess all social power ; they command senates , and rule over autocrats and kings ; the Rothschilds have more power than Russell , Cuizot , and Metternieh , Nicholas and Louis . Pnllippe , The power they have is to fae increased . But tbe poor Irish , who have scarcely an ) thing left but rags and misery , are to have taken from them the last right which distinguishes the freeman from the slave—the right of bearing arms . I call upon you to repudiate the iniquitous conduct of tbe British government towards Ireland , ( Cheers . ) I call upon you to struggle for your Charter that you may obtain justice for yourselves and justice for your Irish brethren . ( Applause . ) Throughout Europe the nations are looking to the working classes of England to take tbe lead in liberating mankind from the tyranny of their rulers . Yes ,
'England ' s tbe anchor and hope of tbe world . ' , ( Applause . ) News has arrived tbat tbe Prussian king has commuted tho sentence of death passed upon Micro , slanskl and his brave compatriots to imprisonment for life . Some ofthe Polish patriots bad previously been sentenced to twenty and twenty . five years imprisonment , I presume , therefore , that the Prussian despetjoalouUtei tbat Mieroslawskl will live thirty years , but l iiti ' '' you 1 " shall the accursed fortresses of tyranny continue to stand thirty years longer ? ( 'No t' ) No i -gtaftiijg iwt- stand if you do your duty . Lift up the banner ^ MTfearter orce more . Shout once again' The Charter , and no surrender !' ( Loud cheers . ) Shout till you rbus ^ the nations to the death-struggle for freedoin „* nd not ^ thlriy , not twenty , not ten , not five years , will the , f < ir ( tR » ses of despotism stand , down they will crumble , add down J ^ wlll fall the blood . cemented thrones : on which , at present , are seated the crnel and oon-piringenemies of mankind , ( Prolonged cheering . ) .. - .
Cabl Schappeb , who was received , with ^ riit entbu * slasm , in supporting the resolution , ; said , some one might say to bim , you not having been bora ia England , what do you do here ? He replied , liberty was not confined to a village , city , or any country , but was for the universal world . ( Loud cheers , ) Besides , he was a father , and bis children having been born in England , were English , and liberty was a better heritage than the few pounds he might be enabled to scrap ? together , ( Cheers . ) Thrre was a time when the Chartists were looked on { as levellers , blood-suckers , &> o ,, and a portion of the . German press had represented them as fat-looklog , sour , foreigntr-hat . ing John Bulls , —( loud laughter ); - but he wss happy to say that tbat prejudice was dispelled , —( loud cheers )—and continental states and -nations did not hesitate tn
send delegates over to their meetings , regarding the Chartists as the veritable pioneers of universal liberty . ( Great cheering . ) He must say , he rejeiced at the prospect of Jewish emancipation , —( cheers)—as his religion was no respecter of persons , and be wished to see all men free , but he maintained that , although the working classes hare no Bothschilds amongst them , they should be immediately admitted to equal rights and privileges , —( loud cheers)—and they had a man amongst them more powerful than even Botosohild— Feargm O'Connor ( Great applause . ) And , if they supported him , and stuck to their principles , they must succeed . Then , let their motto be * Onwards and we conquer , —backward and we full ! ' ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was carried unanimously .
Mr John Sseiton rose to move the adoption of the National Petition , and said , he believed the petition was adopted as a means of creating a public feeling in favour of the Charter ; ia this spirit he had great pleasnre in supporting it . He thought the creation of wealth by and for tbe masses , must , as a matter of course , create power . ( Hear , bear . ) Mr Rothschild had been mentioned , of what did his power consist ! Why , of a concentration of nominal wealth . ( Hear , hear . ) As regarded the Charter , he believed tbe people could and would obtain It whenever they willed it . Bussia was
represented , in tbe person of one man—the autocrat , and was consequently a despotism , England wsa said to have a representative form of government , bnt only on * out of seven of her population were represented . All the rest were slaves , to all intents and purposes , —slaves , ( Cheers , ) To work a reform was an Herculean task , but they must accomplish it . Wealth was power . Lit tbem obtain that , and freedom would be theirs . ( Cheers . ) Mr Chasms Keen briefly seconded tbe motion , and after a briet but forcible and eloquent address from Mr A . Clark , the petition was unanimously adopted .
A vote of thanks was given , by acclamation , to tbe Chairman , who acknowledged the compliment , and tbe meeting was dissolved .
Wowkruaupton. —On Sunday Next, 26th Inst...
Wowkruaupton . —On Sunday next , 26 th inst ., Mr W . Carver ,, will deliver a lecture on the ' Kights of Man , ' in Mr R . Dallon ' s large room , Black Boy Inn , Horse-fair , at six o ' clock in the evening . Dbiwood .-A tea' party and ball will be held on Christmas Day , December 25 th , in the Chartist room , Harlem-street . Tea on the table at four o ' clock . A lecture , will be delivered in the above room , on Monday evening , Dec . ' 27 th , byMrJamea Leach , of Manchester , at seven o'clock . AasuMBxr Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho .-Tbe Westminster branch of the Land Company and Charter locality will meet on Sunday evening next , December 26 th , at seven o'clock precisely . Mr Pickersgill will also be in attendance to enrol
members m the National Co-operative Benefit Society . The National Registration and Central Election Committee , wiU meet in the same room , on Tuesday evening next , December 28 th , at eight o ' clock precisely . SojtBRsTowR .-MrJohn Fussell trill deliver a lecture on Sunday evening next , at the Bricklayers ' Arms , Tonbridge-steeet , New Road , to commence at eight o clock . The counsilare requested to meet at seven o ' clock precisely . Lowan WAuust . —Mr Shackletou will lecture at his place on Sunday , December 26 th , at six o ' clock , in the evening . Eu , AND .:-Mr G . Webber will lecture at this place on Sunday , December 26 th , at six o ' clock in the evening . Subject : ' The Separation of Church and Mate .
i . ??\ WB 8 r R , DI '' ' 0 Diuwam MKsnsa will be held at Butterworth ' s Buildings , Bradford , on Sunday , Jannary 2 nd , 1848 , Chartists of the West Riding ,-Be up and doing . Let no place be without its delegate . Remember ! the resolution and address passed by your delegates at their last meetinir . Aaain rally , rally round the Executive ! ' E 8 » Sown . Lobdoij Chambi Hiu ^ Mr O'Brien will lecture rathe above hall on Sunday evening ««* December 26 th , at eight o ' clock Lbjec " ' The History and Mystery of the National Debt . ' A social meeting will take place , for the benefit of the ball ouWednwday . December 29 , 1 ) , / v- , ¦ ^ 4 ji dffl- '
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A public meetiaz was held in St Andrew ' s Hall , at twelve o'clock on Monday laat , to take into consideration the present distress ,, and - its remedy . Considerable opposition was expected from various observations made by enemies to the Charter . By . the hour appointed ; ajarge audience had assembled in tbismasBiBcentHall , avoid which , some of those hostile to the cause . ' were observed . : . '• Mr R . A . Cwbkb , schoolmaster , having been called t » preside , said : The object of their meeting together was to take the distress of the country into consideration , and petition the legislature to adopt measures for its removal . That distress did exist , they need not look far for proof , From the capers
they could see tbat distress was prevalent in Inland to an awful extent . ( A voice—' and Norwich too . ' ) They need not look to Ireland , as a friend ^ ad observed . In Norwich the same distress existed . A casual observer might notice as one effect of the prevailing distress , that many . committed a misdemeanor to be sent to prison . He need not tell them that someof thedaugbtersbf once respectable persons were walking Norwich streets , and there never was a time when there was ' so much prostitution ferwant of bread as at tbe present time , Tho present woWjhuuse was ton small ; they might expect tbe erection of a new workhouse . Both Whig and Tory were united in the town oouneil to obtain a National Rate , that MeiV shoulders might be relieved ; they said
n > thing about feeding tbe poor . What measures had tbey adopted to benefit . the people ? None .. True , a District Visiting Society existed , but it was cbii fly supported ; by ministers , hot by those holding official situations in the corporation . There was a good old adage , that' God helps those who help themselves . ' He could not help smiling while reading the Royal Speech , te see tbat the Queen sympathised with the poor , and admired their patience , ( Laughter . ) If that would feed their bellies , he should have no objection to it ; 'but he knew that ' . the greatest , sympathy a / onerowUbputi Oxertion . and other means , would neither Clbtlie their backs , nor feed tbeir bellies . ( Cheers-j He bad read a speech delivered in London the-other day . containing this sentiment— ' There
are two animals noted for their patience , the one is a donkey , and the other is an Englishman . ' ( Laughter . ) Mr ..-Jabbz- Habmman rose to move the following resolution : — ' That this meeting views with feelings ofdeepebnimistratioh and alarm , the wretchedness to which masses of the operative and labouring classes of Great Britain have been reduced , and also tbe depression of the interests of those other elapses who are engaged in the distribution of wealth , and in conducting the commerce of the country ; and this meeting , believing that the misery and-ruin whioh they have thus to deplore , has been caused by a monopoly of those manifold resources which , if properly conducted and tally developed , would have rendered
such a state of things impossible , and made com * merce certain ; thit meeting is of opinion , thatsteps ought to be taken by the present government to unshackle the industry ofthe country , and open up these sources of national wealth and individual independence which are known to exist in such profusion in these islands ; —and this meeting hereby pledges itself to adopt suob means' as will induce this , or some future government , to adopt measures to open an unrestricted field for the profitable and honour * able employment of all who wish to live by their own labour . Mr Hardiman observed , tbe distress was so great the country could not contain it . Tens of thousands were transporting themselves to distant lands , because there was not food and clothing for
them at home , although every place of reserve was full of both food aad clothing . Of the thousands who were emigrating to America , one fourth died on tbe voyage , and a fourth , or half of those who landed , died of want . Chambers , of Edinburgh had , in his ' Hints to Working . Men , ' told them tbat the right way ito recover from their distress , was to save out of tbeir little earnings , till they bad deposited £ 10 in the Savings' Bank ; with which they could transport themselves over . to America , and there they wonld be in a fine state , that the gentry of England would envy them their situation . What did they think of such trash as that ? ( Cheers . ) How could tbey save £ 10 , and would such a sum take tbem over to America ? When they arrived
there , the £ 10 would be gone ; but what cared Chambers , or suob trash-writera as they ? In another part of tbe same work , be stated , —a contra diction to the foregoing statement—that if the able mechanics would stop at borne , they would get better wages than anywhere abroad . M » Abbauam Baosbaw , on rising , said he had great pleasure in seconding the resolution , and in doing so , he would read over a few cases of distress . He bad several cases , both of those in , and others out of employ . The first ease was tbat of a man , his-wife , and six children , who received from tbe parish eight shillings relief , which was one penny balfpe ny a-bead each per day , and Is . 10 § d . for firing , soap , house-rent , and all extras . Another
ease was that of a roan in employ , who earned for himself , a wife , and seven children , 7 s . 6 d . per week . He would take them to hundreds of similar cases ; for he ( Mr Bagshaw ) was one of the twelve city missionaries , appointed by the Temperance Society to visit the poor . Another ease was that of a man , his wife , and five children , all under ten years ot age . They had neither relief nor work . How could the poor creatures live ? By charity ? No ! he would not call it charity , because he considered it the duty of every man who ( bad plenty of feed for himself to relieve his needy brethren . ( Loud cheers . ) Other
equally distressing cases having been mentioned , Mr Bagshaw referred with some feeling to the late reduction in the price of work made by Mr Wrig & t . Another casein the Temperance Society . —A man , his wife , and six children , receive four shillings per week relief—three farthings per bead per day , for each individual to exist upon , be could not call it living . Another man and his wife received two shillings a week from the Court , which was one penny per day for each to exist upon ; that man said , be bad nine-pence a vteek to pay out of that for rent ; but he left it with tbe meeting to say , if he could pay tbe rent . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr Richard Baieson moved the adoption of tbe petition , which was then read . The petition was the same as that recently adopted at tbe National Hall , praying for a division of the waste lands among the poor at a fair rental . Mr Babbbs ' seconded its adoption , in an address ef considerable length , in which he detailed the plans and operations of the National Land Company , and spoke of the happy condition of the men who were located upon Mr O'Connor's farm . The next resolution was moved by Mr J . Hurbeu ,, in an able and argumentative speech . The resolution ran thus : — ' That whilst this meeting
approves of every attempt to bring under the notice of parliament the immense social and political wrongs to which tbe people are subjected , and sympathise with every effort made to remedy them , they are nevertheless of opinion that any reform abort of that proposed by the People ' s Charter , will not secure full and ample justice to all classes , and therefore , we pledge ourselves to ceaselcps effsrts to obtain . the enactment of that document as tbe law of ihe land . ' Mr W . Stewabd briefly seconded the resolution , when the Chairman called on
Ernest Jones , who was received with immense applause , and in a masterly manner traced the causes of the distress home to class-legislation , and pointed to the only untried remedy , political power for the people . He next examined whether the people were fitted for the exercise of power , and asserted they were in advance of their rulers in every great question of modern , times . To bear out this assertion , the speaker adverted to each , and proved his position amid the enthusiastic cheers ofthe audience . What then , since they were' deserving ofthe exercise of power—what , he would ask , would be the best means to ensure it . This introduced the subject of the Charter , every point of which the speaker minutely analysed , and
the advantage accruing from which , to the shopkeeping as well as working-class , were fully shown . Think not , continued Mr Jones , when I invite the co-operation of the shopkeeping class , as having interests identical with our own , tbat wo fawn upon them ; no , on the contrary , the working classes teel tbeir own strength and are determined to carry their own movement . I don't know how matters stand in Norwich , but the feelings in other parts ofthe country are these : the working classes originated the movement for the s x points of the Charter , and now people come forward under a different name , advocating these same points and telling you to abandon the ( name Charter . Now when does a man change his name ? When he has com .
mitteda crime and run away , and is ashamed to own it . ( Cheers . ) Let them prove that the Chartists have committed such a crime and then tbey will listen to their advice . But while the name Charter is unstained with crime , while it is innocent of any ofthe misery that has fa leu upon this country , we will have the Charter , name and all . Mr Jones then strongly urged upon his hearers - . he necessity of union , —of not dividing their strength in a number of separate agitations .. See tbe great river rising from its source in a copious stream , suppose that then it divides into a little channel here , and another there , and another there ; when it has to pass through the deserts ef monopoly , where will be
tnediyidedstreamlets then ? Why each little trickling runnel will be dried up bj the burning sun , and absorbed by the sands ot the desert . But let them keen together , let tbem flow on to one point witVaa- ' nudivided union and energy , that magnificent river will then be able to carry the fleets of progression on its back till it reaches in one grand and still increasing flow , to the great ocean of Prosperity , and the cause will be gained which 1 have imaged under this metaphor . ( Loud applause . ) There is another danger which we have to meet , and that is mock concession on tbe part of the enemy . Opposition we defy . They have not been able to put us down yet , we , without tbe bayonets , without the bludgeons , without tbe money , the land / or anything exctpU good cowience , a good cause , and % 4 « ter <
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rained Villr we have not yet been ptttdovm by thirfl , with all their appliances-ft-booty-iand now , that we are rising , rallying , aad organising , from one end of England to the other ; where is the coward who shrinks before a foe ? I will not treat of opposition , my friend . , but I will treat of the danger of false conees cession . Take example by what has happened on the Continent during . the last few months . Why there , kings hare been making promises of constitutions and reforms . But have they given them ? Leok at Charles Albert of Sardinia ; look at the King of Sicily ; look at the Grand Duke of Tuseauy ; Io & £ at the Duke of Modena ; IoOk at the King of Prussia ; look at Louis Philippe of . France ; look at D # nna Maria of Portugal ; look at Isabella of Spain ; they
. have all promised largely , and the people put faith in tbem . though Holy Writ says , ' put not your trust in princes . ' Be not deceived again , but the more weak you Snathe government , don't tbink it is time to leave off strengthening yourselves . The more weakytu find the government , tho more strong is it necessary for you to become , since tbey will make up by deception what they want in power . No , friends , both fyrants at borne , and tyrant * abroad , only think by concession to save their coronets and tbeir moneybags , freighted with your plundered wealth from the vast shipwreck of monopolies in the storms of liberty , now surging over the world . ( Great applause . ) Take courage from the past . The tree of liberty grows high upon the mountain top , in the region of storms .
every cloud tries to scathe it with its fire , or blight it with its frosts ; but still it stands ; still it flourishes ; still it puts forth its flowers , and its fruits , and its seeds ; and the hurricane tbat cornea to uproot it , while it waves and blows in its magnificent branches , only serves to waft those seeds , which otherwise would bare fallen upon the narrow sod beneath , upon ita mighty wings to distant parts , dropping one here and another there , in places and corners where we least expected it ; and thus we see the yonog plants of liberty appearing in tbe most unlocked for places , as in the agricultural Bounties of England , under the very walls of the state church ; ay . in the very Senate House , we find these young seed shooting into elorious vesetation . You have beard me explain , to
the best of my humble ability , the principles of tho Charter ; I ask is the re any man in this assembly who thinks that the Charter would be injurious to tbe people of this country , or that its principles are not based upon justice , morality , and religion , or that the working classes are not fitted to exercise the power it would give ? Is there such a man ? I wait for answer . ( Tbe speaker paused a long time for an answer—the silence * was followed by enthusiastic cheering . ) ' Not one out of this large assembly ? I brand my opponent as a coward if he does not speak , and he dare never after this day come forward aud say a word in Norwich against the Charter , or its principles . ( Loud cheering . ) Not one ! I say again—not a lawyer—or a parson—or an overseeror a money-monger ? ( Immense cheering . ) Thep , brother Chartists , I am delighted to stand among
you , I am proud of the citizens of Norwich ! ( Continued cheering . ) Tou are Chartists then , every one of you , since , if you approve of these principles , if you have nothing to say against their justice ; as reasonable beings , as honest , men , you must be in favour of that which you think is right ? Then my friends , I say , follow the course which your brethren are taking throughout England and Scotland , and which they are beginning to take in Ireland : it ia an onward course . It is : ' Onward aad we conquer —backward and we fail ! ' ' thb charter anb ho surkkkdek ! ' ( Mr Jones resumed his seat amidst thunders of applause . ) Mr Collins then moved that the petition be signed on behalf of tbe meeting by the Chairman , and that it be presented by that true friend of the people , F . O'Connor , Esq ., and that M . Peto , Esq ., one of the city member ?* be requested to support the
same . Mr Cohrai > SpaumnaiA seconded the motion . A vote of thanks was passed amid enthusiastic plaudits to Mr Ernest Jones , and the meeting separated n it h three cheers for Mr O'Connor , the Charter , and onr exiled patriots . In the evening , Mr Ernest Jones addressed a meeting of the members of the Land Company , at tbeir room , when a resolution was passed , recom . mandatory of the Chartists and the Land members conjointly having a lecturer down periodically to advocate their principles .
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O COJTNORVIIXE . — CoEItCIOJf FOR iRBtAlfD . — Oa the 16 th instant , a public meeting was held in tbe school-room . Mr Barber having been called to the chair , briefly explained the « bjeot of the meeting , and introduced Mr T , M . Wheeler , who read the following petition :-r- * To the Honourable the Commoas of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled . The petition of the inhabitant * of O'Connorvill * , Hertfordsblre , in public meeting assembled , Sbetreth tbat jour petitioners have seen with mingled feelings of regret and indignation , tbe intention of your honourable house to supersede the common law la Ire . land , by means of an Arms' Bill , and a discretionary butdopoti * power invested in the hands of the Lord , lieutenant .
Tour petitioners , though strongly deprecating the dieorders now prevalent in seme portions of tbat country , an i entertaining feelings of abhorrence against the crime of assassination , are still of opinion tbat a vigorous exercise ofthe function of the ordinary law , and a disposition shown by yonr honourable house te pass mea . sores calculated to relieTe the present heart-rending distress prevailing In that ceuitry—and an alteration in the law relating to landlord and tenant , giving the Irish peasantry a permanent interest in the land tbey cultivatethus preventing the periodical recurrence of famihe , would have restored peaceand content , jond given renewed hopes to the Irish nation , whereas tbe present measure will only serve to increase the irritation and discontent tbat now exists .
Your petitioners , several ef whom are Irishmen , wonld further entreat your honourable house to appoint a committee to ezamln * into the practicability of Introducing a similar plan into Ireland , as that under whioh your petitioners are located , namely , in two , three , and four acre holdings on leases of S 89 years at a yearly rental of five per cent , | on the estimated value ofthe property , reserving to the tenant the right of purchasing the fee simple at pleasure . This , your petitioners feel confident wonld bs a measure that would relieve England of the evils of too great aa influx of the Irish population , restore commercial prosperity to both countries , and establish such relations ot harmony and peace between landlord and tenant , governors and governed , as would , for ever , prevent the necessity otcoercire measures f < r the Irish nation .
Tour petitioners , therefore , pray your hon . bouse to abandon the present measure of Coercion for Ireland , aud adopt sach measure * founded upon the above premises as a means of improving the condition of that nation . And your petitioners , dro . The speaker thes gave a succinct account ofthe present state of that unfortunate country , and showed that a better law of landlord and tenant with fixity of tenure , or the adoption of a plan similar to that on which they were located , were the only remedies for Ireland's grievances , MrG . W . Wheeler , in seconding the petition , expressed his regret and indignation at the introduction of such a measure . The petition having been adopted , Iitr Williams , in a short but pithy speech , moved—That the petition be eent to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M P ., for presentation , and that Messrs Duncombe and Wakley be requested to support it ,
Seconded by Mr Griffiths , and carried . The pet £ tion alter wards received the signatures of all the residents on tha estate . BtAsnroRD . —I have to thank you on behalf of the members ofthe Land Company here , for the insertion of the report of the meeting recently held in this town . Since the meeting the females 'have got up an address and invitation to Feargus O'Connor , Esq . M . P ., to attend a so »' re « , with a request that Mr Clark will attend with him . Our quarterly night was held last evening , Monday , DecemberSOth , when tbe committee and other officers were elected for the next three months . At the quarterly meeting the report in tbe Star was read , which gave great delight to the members . At the close , three cheers
for O'Connor and the Land were given in right good style . Mr Saunders , jun . will deliver a ) leclure at the meeting room , on Monday evening , December 27 th , at eight o ' clock . Subject : ' The Land and its Capabilities , in connexion with the great question of Home Colonisation . ' Merthyr Ttdvil . —At the usual weekly meeting of No . 1 branch of the National Land Company , the members unanimously agreed to form a money club te aid the branch , and that lots be drawn and on each member gaining a prize , that the same be immediately sent to the bank , and placed to hia credit . It was arrranged that the public meeting for the adoption of the National Petition take place on Monday , January 10 th , 1848 . Metropolitan Delegate Meetiso , Deo . 23 rd . — Mr Allnutt in the chair . Mr Clark reported from
victims' Committee and handed from that Com . mittee the sum of one peund . Mr M'Grath reported from Hall committee . The public meeting subcommittee reported tbe intended aggregate publie meeting for Tuesday , 4 th Jan ., 1818 , in the Cowperstreet school-room . Notice of motion by MrTapp : — Three open air meetings , tbe first to be held on Stepney Green , in the first week after tbe assembling of parliament ; the second to be held on Islington Green ; and third in Old Palace Yard . . JIanded in from Victims' Committee , £ 1 . Proceeds of South London Hall , 4 s . 4 d . Hun . —Mr A . Tomlinson delivered a lecture in the White Hart room , on Sunday evening last , Dee . 19 th , on the Land and Charter in connexion with the commercial state of the country , which gave general satisfaction .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 25, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25121847/page/8/
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