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_^ " Hereditary bohdsinen , knovf^ ye not, Who vvbuld be -free himself must strike the blow V
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_^ " Hereditary Bohdsinen , Knovf^ Ye Not, Who Vvbuld Be -Free Himself Must Strike The Blow V
__^ " Hereditary bohdsinen _, knovf _^ ye not , Who _vvbuld be -free himself must strike the blow V
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Onward and we conquer ! ¦ . Backward and we fall ! _Tmj . PEOPLE _' S CHARTER AND SO SURltEXDER ! " -
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TO THE OLD GUARDS . Loved and _Honoures Comrades , _. We have fought many and many a battle together—and , although some have deserted onr standard , others are immured in the dungeon , and some prematurely consigned to tlie cold grave , yet - " Freedom ' s hattlc once begun , " Bequeailiedby bleeding sire to son , " * _ Tho' baffled oft is ever won !"
I adopt the motto of Daniel O'Connell , but do not nse it in the physical . sense , but as emblematical of the time ; because if Labour does not now strike _^^ t b . e _^ lo _* , > vmcriisto shake off its manacles and _shacTdes , the labourer * _wHl be for ever a _pulmg : beggarj looking for doles , and alms , ; and cbiHly ; while , if profitably employed at reproductive work , it would make the rich richer , tb . c " p (> 6 r ; nch , _said _^ the country aPai * adisi . . _" : ::: : ' _;> - - _;>^ . _^ _i- - . "'* .. "/'"' .. '¦ •; . : ji'
--f V % _^^^ M _^ _^ _T _al-year you have _j honigjrr _^ - _' _rme : _^^ g _^ e _^ P _^^^ diit ? - ~ . _Ilikve invariably "trarned yqa _oiapploacTiihg conflicts , and ' ra _^ ef . _"tMaii abandon _thejra _^ driven-: to desperation and madness _^? ? _I : have ! taken "" my "lull : share ofthe ; consequence . ' 'I _warried _^ _ybu' of tie result -of the _^ gitatioii of 1839 , " _* _4 _ii * a _^ _^ you- _^ _cgdEto be forewarned isi to be forearmed —of e _^ _reaultofthe present agitation .
_^ In 1841 _f onr aid was _^ sought by the J ? ree Traders ;' : and" when we could'hot be seduced _fibrili our allegiance "to * the principles ofthe PEOPLE S _OHARTElS _^ somc of our professing friends and leaders ; were employed as lecturers by the League . They preached violence and resistance , and afterwards became spies and informers . " _TvTien they failed to cajole us at the Birmingham Conference , in
1842 , and when they found that we were , resolute " and determined , they :- > then changed their tactics . They held ticket meetings and tea parties , from which you "fere excluded . The Press reported those meetings which were thinly attended , and you were paraded as the auxiliary force of Pree Trade , while not a single Chartist demonstration was reported , and thus our _weaknesswaspresnmed .
Old "Guards , the very same dodge is now behig _Tesorted to . You are sought to be en listed as mere Financial . Reform recruits , and your glorious Charter is to be once more _niergad in this question of minor consideration . But upon you will depend the result . So long as I looked npon the question of Seduction of Taxation as one that was to be immediately and continuously pressed , I hailed it as a corruption-slaying , patronage-destroying mear
sure ; but when I discovered that itwas a mere bait for the trap , and merely submitted to the consideration of the Minister , to be effected when he discovered its expedieney , Ithen abandoned all hope of its accomplishment . You are now again sought to be enlisted in this spurious agitation , and the effect , the inevitable effect , of such a course would lead to the presumption that you had abandoned thc princip les ofthe Charter for Financial Reform .
It vou are prepared to adopt that course , you have « right to communicate your intention to aie , as I have a right to understand the hearing of the mind of which I am presumed to _l-ethc -leader ; and as there should be no mistake between us , it is my duty to tell you that if you are prepared to abandon this agitation for the . Charter for Financial Reform , that 1 am prepared to surrender my commission , which J have held since September , 1835 , fourteen years next September ; but I am not prepared to surrender my princi ples though all _should'desert-me . ' :.. ' , _^'~^ :: -..
-Old Guards , have you not gathered / wisdom from past experience 1 and . haveypa _^ ot disj _covered . tliat the slightest retrogrado _^ motiori njH-.-i your part gives advantage and a victory to your opponents ? "What nation or what ehss has ever achieved a triumph except by the most pertinacious adherence td popular principles ? Once surrender a particle or atom an _?] your surrender of so much is construed biu ¦ the intended abandonment of all ; - and are sou , now that the convulsions in all other countries are about to have then * effect upon tin-policy of the rulers of this . country—are vou , 1 would ask , at such , " a time _prepared to retreat one single inch from the position you have so long manfully occupied .
Old Gu ; u _* ds , ours has now become a struggle of right against might—of justice _aaalnst injustice—of _Joicpledge Against bigotry ar . _'d intolerance ; they are strong weapons in tin- hands of a well-disciplined army , and , if im !>¦¦]( rtish * used , are capable of achieving all tin * : Its forces contend for ; bat take warning by t ' _u * past . hi 3029 , when sis guineas a-week was the rcw-. _r-l uf patriotism , the Charter was upon
cvctv banner 5 but _vvhe-n the _esdicc-aer was exhausted our most enthusiastic leaders betook _ths-mse'lvcs to'more profitable avocations ; they wero the loudest iu denunciation of the very _scL ' _-ines and projects tlint tbey Lad advocated in "the Convention ; they looked for other paynir . -i . Ts and found them amongst the wealthier class , and not amongst the _imln-vijisl . _-eu slaves whose _c-: use they advocated as v ' lvsical force _Chartists when they
rec-. _-T . _¦{ six guineas a-wcek _, but whose violences au- ' i practices thoy denounced when they had _{ sh-rusied the poor man ' s exchequer . Tills fatality created the first crop of Chartist i > - -y > oiioi"l _4 and for the first time filled ygur du _:-v' _-ns with Chartist victims , as the might oi ' ihe few ever takes advantage of the dissea-• _fissisoftJiG-iisany , and makes martyrs ofthe true .
* "Iu Guards , the next suicidal act was thc le .--i .-rs ofthe _Chaitist party becoming Free Trade lecturers , at large salaries , in 1 & L 1 and 1 H 42 , -when again their mad excitement ot the u ! it-nij » lovcd _mjllious led to the convulsion of 13 * 2 , and a second crop of Chartist victims ; and now this money game is once more to he tried , as I find that many enthusiastic Chartists arc catering for the office of Pinan-«¦• - ! T > _- ' vrn _l « _fisifrsfindinsr that we are too _1 lill ¦ - ¦
, _~ ,, . _.. _VlilJ _JtlV . _1-.-111 _ICVlUIITJC , « . " _g """ _] io « r to sustain them . Uut , thank God , _laiowied gc is now so diffused that even tliis third crop will find it impossible to win yeu from your allegiance to your own princi p les . This will be the dodge , and you must be prepared to meet it If you surrender now you "will perish like cringing , crouching slaves , virile , if you manfully resist the bait aud b & l-uv rjillv around thestandaid of Chartism ,
voar strength , your power , and your union _vrjl ] produce tbat
1-EACE , _EETBENOHMENT , A _2 _* D REFORM , which nothing bat a combination of mind can achieve . Old Guards , the Labour Question is now agitating all countries in the world ; it is-thc questionto tlie solution of which I have devoted a _Yif-Ss thought , and from thought and _espa-ience I have arrived at the conclusion , that
vliai tyrants can no longer resist the force of united public opinion they hurry the masses into revolution , well knowing that the people « v-: ll be the _o-reatest sufierers _, as thc _svwt _vi , kh vainly proclaims the popular tnuir . pn lulls the victorious peop le into apathy _^ anu « ife , of which their taskmasters :: t 2 i . _uxinia-lvis to establish their own stronger power ;
• vl * _-r < _-asflie triinnpn of the mind cannot be thus _-A-rc-ncbed- from the grasp cf the victors , as tbo voice of _JaioTvledge thoii silences the _cannwf _s _ivi-i" and '' thought becomes a _sraVbard for _i-v _.-rx " sword-- - _1-, -1 I _nvevt it—as I have told you a thousand t " . > _-i _ l . i--t ' tlic-oeople of this country are be--tvr mv = _u ' _-ii fer W _adop-fiou of p nacipbs m
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progress than any other people upon the fece of the earth ; Avhile , as regai _* ds physical force ' and aims , they differ from all other nations . In a . physical revolution in other countries many of the aristocracy , a portion of the middle classes , and a majority of the army , all coalesce with the people to _^ overthrow despotism ; while the people of this country are governed upon _•^ _^ - > ra _]^^ tin _* ee " y ' _priM every aristocrat _^ ' every middleriiah , ; every _shopr keeper _,, every fanner , every officer , every , sot dier , and every policeman , considers ] iii his daty , uecauseic is his interest td . inahitain— - _„
inasmuch asupon your industry they live , and . - ! ?™ > your industry is gathered more than _eyxa all- the Despotisms of Europe _andrdfcho _BepnWic of America extract fi'om indusby . _^ _>>; . OJd-Ouards , I am aware of the influence that , employers have over their slaves . I am _awaa-e that- at Birmingham , in Manchester , - and in the Market-place of _Nottmghim , they may , array . them in _eavage , _^ brataLvand" _sanguiu- _^ . _OTposition to me : 1 > ut _I'declaie- _^ -and
most solemnly—that I would rather perish in one of those conflicts than be a party to a delusion , the object of . which is to bind you , the industrious classes , still more closely to the dominion of capital . Yes—if I stood alone , I am determined to see the issue of this struggle , and that issue depends upon your own . union , the surrender of your own jealousies , aiid the develqpement of your consolidated and welldirocted opinion .
I have told you that there are three stages through which public opinion must pass . It must be created—it must be organised—arid it must be directed ; and in the present state of Eurqpeall that the mind of this country requires , is to be brought to bear upon its present representatives , and that can onl y be achieved through the Press , and that can only be ensured by the constant and unmistakable declaration of a majority of the people in favour of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER ; 1
Old Guards , there has been a lulb _^ but / I trust there is to be neither _comprpmise'jior _4 urrender of our principles . _;^ Oiir Wednesday night I attende _^ a _^ _eeting _^ tn : e \ east end : of _Londqna-ghere _*^^^ The spacioiisT . room was not only crammed to suffocation , but a large adjoining room , the lanes , alleys , and street were also crowded , and I Avitnesscd an amount of fervent enthusiasm and determined devotion to the OLD ANIMAL , Avhich cheered my heart and filled me with ] oy .
Old Guards , need-I weary you b y reminding you that in Ireland and England I have struggled for the princip les of Democracy for a quarter of a century and two years ; that I have had to struggle against the most fierce and tyrannical opposition , and most especially from the opposition of truculent , servile , and speculating Chartists ; and , that lam yet undaunted and unscared : and that , so help me Con , I would rather perish to-morrow . " than consent tothe abandonment of even the name ofthe Charter .
Old Guards , your cause has been to mo a deep and continuous source of slander , persecution , and loss ; but , with your confidence and : _yiii _£ c . 9 _untCT greater _gangers which ; are now shadowed forth _mlthe ; distant horizon of , other lands ; and if deprived ofthat confidence and countenance I will ' retire into private life , but will" never abandon the infant that requires but your genial breath to nurture it into a gigantic monster . Loved and honoured comrades , let me find your resolution expounded in next week's "North'rn Star , " and if you adhere" to our loved and honoured motto of ,
"Onward and we conquer ! Backward ami we fall 1 TIIE PEOPLE'S CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER !" though older than when I commenced thc agitation , he will be an active man who will outstride me iii the onward march , Next week I shall look to tho reflector of Labour's mind with some anxiety , but with flattering hope ; and p leased would I be to . see advertisements and all other matter displaced by . forty-eight
columns—ay , and a- double supplement—proclaiming the People ' s virtue and determination to preserve their p rinci p les whole , unmutilated , and entire . Perhaps the most pleasing intelligence that I can communicate is , that your friend and mine , Thomas _SlisgsijtDun-COJir-E , has resumed his place in Parliament . I remain , Old Guards , Your devoted , faithful , and _uncompi-ising Friend , Feargus O'Connor . _.-jii _^ _iaag—
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THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . One of the most crowded meetings of modern times , was lickl at tiie " Phoenix Tavern , " R . it c _' . _ifFc-ci-oss , in support of the People ' s Charter , on "\ VeiSiie . _** day _cvei-ing , _I-Iay 23 rd . Sot only was the re <> n ; crowded , bnt every spot within heariinr , while hundreds went away unable to obtain admi .- ? sic . ii . At oi !> hi o ' clock Feargus O ' Connor , Esq ., Jrd . P ., entered ihe room , and w » s received with the loudest applause . Dr . Brooks was immediately _caik-d to thc chair , and said , hc trusted that the 3-H-ctiu < r would _liwsr the several able speakers that would " address them on thc important subject wliich had called them together , and by their rc _:-- ; _-cctiiil attention show themselves worthy of that whieh they sought to obtain ( Cheers . ) _llr . Thomas ' Ci- _vuk moved the following resolutlou ; _« - That inasmuch as the impositions of
taxation without its correlative representation , is a tyranny , and ai variance with tlie constitution of the third estate in these realms : this meeting is of opinion , that it is imperatively required of all who seek to remove unjust put-lie burthens , and oppressive exactions , "to revert to the _original , " •" _uiiple and direct principles of tlie constitution of the people ' s House of Parliament . " He said : This resolution contains truths , with reference to taxation and representation , which I think will meet with-the unanimous assent of this meeting . As the resolution clearly sets forth , tiie British House of Commons is presumed to be a bonaf . de representation of the whole British people , and upon the realisation of that presumption only , can the House of _Ceir-nicr . s riffhtlv nnd constitutionally impose taxes
on the millions , who at the present tunc have no control whatever over that or any -other branchof t _! --ole < nslaturc . The Tory Blackstonc said , that " T-i _° -tion without _rejiresentation was a tyranny which ought 10 bo resisted . " I say , that _according tothe oruinarv rules of life , itis robbery , to winch none but slaves would submit . ( Hear , and cheers . ; We a-e taxed , and that to a most shameful amount , but we arc not represented at all . To us then the constitution is a dead letter . It ia , in fact , no constitution at all . ( Hear , hear . It has no cla . ms upon us for respect , and wc will obey _itjonly until _w-c shall have moral power sufficient to set it at defiance ! ,. ( . Cheers . ) Of what _ayaiL I should like to know would be such a constitution , if you , labouriiio * men , could be made to feel and tliunc like men ? ( Hearhear ) It will remain to you as a
, . whip and a scourge until you shall have acquired ni-r . di-icss to stano erect and look above it . ( Cheers . ) "We ask fo ? representation firstly , because as I \ 1 _EN we are entitled to it . Secondly—because of thc pieponderatiiur influence . of our members ; and thirdly—because of our usefulness . ( Cheers . ) If anv other uuaiific . ition could be devised to . which I would lend my assent , beyond -maturity of age , and salary , it-would be utility ; and if being of use . to the community , were once established as a qualification for the exercise of the . elective franchise , how _» .-, ' , ' ! -woiiW be the -joliueal- nower of . the - _aristot-r--v arJ ' the bi * Keh oi bishops . ( Luushtcr and _a \ _" - " s ) _"Ye-v-l-ABGUlUSG _alEri—and it ..-is . an j _.-M-or-tP _vouihat you . are labouring men—I . say -rr > v-Wld _'i nveno 0 _i- < _-a-- 'O ! i to _witeriaiu any uoubts _nbOUt ' tUe txcrdse of political _povrei-, were the qua-
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lification to which I have alluded made law * . ( Hear , hear . ) My indignation grows apace , when I reflect upon the great powers of that mi ghty- mass of intellect which is excluded b y the present electoral law . . The GREATEST class of the greatest people in the world are at this very moment nearly the only persons throughout Europe that are without , poli-. tical power . ( Cheers . ) Why is this ? , Isitbocattse : you are too degraded to make an effort to throw oftthe incubus that is wei g hing ; you-down to the earth ? I do ; hot believe it : ; y 6 u have liad . tlie capacity _tp _' m _^ e _"En glandwha _1-- _^ a _£$ _& ls _^ _-for _. clet ho man : think ' tl _* _aPthe > po ' tfoi _^ Bf ? _ihw wonderful islandis _" tKexreatibm with _CROWDS and : CORONETS ; but , _ibn" $ he cori i 5 trary _. the : mi _ghtCand-grandcur _of'JEnglahtfiis ' tlie work of ' the strong arms and ' mafestic ' intellect ' s ' of
the toiling ; aiid ; industrial _tpbi'tions ; ofthe community . ; ( Loud cheers . ) iWhy , . then , do you not stir yourselves ? ( Hear /) Europei is up ; dynasties have faded away- _^ liavc pevished f . Despotisms have been annihilated ' . thrones have beoii hurled intothe abyss of oblivion !—and , amidst all these glpriousachievements vybiij - alone , have been _quiescehtS «( Qh ' eers ;) A French" patriot spoke truly when he uttered ; the famous sentence , —'' Forahation to be free , it is sufficientthat she wills it . " _.,, _FoivEngland to befree ,. it will be ' - suffi _6 ieml _*!^' t ' 'h _^''' cliilaren . have courage to demand their freedom . I have much pleasurem moving the resolution . ( Loudcheers . ) Mr . Matthias , in seconding- the motion , said-: If the much-boasted British Constitution was a reality , the sooner they experienced its existence the better . Man should be represented , and not bricks and mortar .
Mr . "Wjclmam Dixox came forward to -. move the second resolution as follows : — " That in the opinion of this meeting , the document known as the People ' s . Charter contains the most indubitable recognition of the foregoing . principles ; while it suggests the most ' eqiiitable and efficient means for their peaceable and ' salutary operation 1 ; therefore it p ledges itself to the principles and objects contained in tho People ' s Charter . "—Mr . Dixon said his friend Mr . Clark had shown them that the House of Commons was not in accordance with the
theory of the British Constitution , and that in order to make it so , they required ah extensive measure of Parliamentary Reform . Thero were at present various opinions as to what extent Parliamentary Reform was required , but the resolution ' which , he held in his hand pointed out the only measure of reform which would meet the case , and make our representative system sueli as the constitution should be ,- namely—that- representation should lie co-equal with taxation ; this is provided for- , in the- document known as the . _^ People ' s . Charter , _thei enactment ' of winch alone can
securer to . 'thc ; . peoplc a full , ' free ,. 'and equitable measure _i of - _'i'bpi'dsent'ition . Ho was aware that the _name'of _theJCharter made some ' old women faint , but what is it after all ? A measure of Parliamentary-Reform , which gives to every male ofthe age of twenty-one , and who has a . head and a-pair of hands , and who , by the honest use of them , contributes something useful for the commuity ,.. that he should participate in all the immunities of a citizen . In fact , it goes for Universal Suffrage , and provides the necessary-details for the effectual working ofthe same , " 'by protecting the voter " from all undue influence of either laudlord or
employer . The only objection raised again st Universal Suffrage , is- .-the want of intelligence on the part .. of the . working classes , bnt intelligence is ho test of the fitness of men to vote . _Jfo man will presume to s ; iy that the present electoral body hold the Suffrage because thoy . arc wise or virtuous . No , the system is most ' absurd , and . if the electors had one spark of English independence within their systems they would not ' _holdHhS franchise by such " a tenure for another _tlay- _butyvould at once join the working men , and demand the . Suffrage , because they were men and not- because iliey were in possession of a certain species of property . Only look at the monstrosity of the system . A man lnavhbw bo in prosperity and be enabled to p . _iy tho
required rent and rates , but before next year adversity ; overtakes him , and- not ; from any immoral act of his own—not because he / has done' - anything _, beneath : the dignity of a man , but because * he is poorer than , lie was last year , he is robbed of his _ri- _'lit to vote , and tumbled back into the ranks of the slave , and slaves they are who would hold their rights upon such a flimsy tenure as that . He , Mr . Dixon , was fully aware that so soon as the people fully understood and appreciated thc Charter the document would become law . He entreated them to think well on this matter , for they might rest assured that thero would never be any amendment either in the taxation of the country or their moral , social , or political condition , until there was such a reform in parliament as the one provided for in the resolution . He then said—Working men , what is it that sweetens vour toil ? What is the uppermost wi ? h
of your heart when thc labour of thc day is over , when the prattling pledges of your hive como climbing upon your knee ? Why , this : You hope that they will be enabled to enjoy-more ofthe good things of this world than you , their unfortunate parent , have ever been allowed to possess . It ' is this that sweetens life . It is this that enables us to work iu tho mines , tho mills , at the loom , and the anvil . But let us remember that so long ns causes exist so long will effects follow , and if wc do not now unite to destroy the causes which produce our miserv , but by our apathy allow them to continue _, then wo may rest satisfied that instead oi" their condition being mended it will be worse than ours at present is . Therefore , working men , the work is yourown , and unless you do it for yourselves it will ever be undone , lie moved the resolution and resumed his seat amidst great applause .
"When Mr . _O'CosNon rose hc was received with loud and tremendous cheering and clapp _iiig of hands . He said : Mr . Chairman , and my friends , the other House has adjourned for the Derby day , and I am come here to start you for the labour plate . ( Cheers . ) ] _S o _* v , I am not como here to Hatter you or to talk nonsense , I am conic here to explain the Labour Question to labourers governed bythe rale of three , and when I make you thoroughly understand it , blame yourselves and not your rulers or mc , if you cannot solve it . I will iirst _ttikc taxation in the iiggregute , nnd then I will reduce-it to individual receipt , and you shall judge of the justice of both as
administered by the present system of representation . Firstl y , then , you pay to the amount , of tivcnty-sevcn millions a year , as interest upon what is called a national debt , expended upon thc shedding of human ' blood ' to uphold the ascendancy of faction , and to subject you to the will and dominion of that faction . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , those twenty-seven millions a year would give £ 27 a . year to every man of one million heads of families . ( Cheers . ) Next comes army , navy , and ordnance , the expense of which is about twenty-three millions a year , a sum which would g ive £ 23 a year to every one of another million of labourers . ( Cheers . ) Next comes State Church , poor ' s rates ,
regal and governmental expenses , and a thousand and one incidentals , amounting in the aggregate to about twenty-five millions a year—that amount Avould give £ 25 a year to bach of another million of labourers ; and observe , that in these aggregated sums I am _makino-no estimate of the one thousand and one casual and local expenses , such as legal , police , and the other items ; but you will find that the three departments that ! have mentioned , would allow on thc average £ 25 per annum to each of three million labourers , or , at five to a family , would support fifteen millions ofa population . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) ' Well , then , the question for them was , whether the present generation should bo liable to a taxyto pay the interest upon a
debt which was contracted toruphold-a vicious syitem - 'by- - the shedding of human blood ? ( Cheers . ) The next question was , whether army or ordnance = would-bo required , if satisfiictioii' prevailed ? And if those : ; establlsh- _' uients ' were not merely necessary to enable all parties "' with power and capital to live upon the powerless " slave ? ( Cheers . ) Next came tithes poor rates , _rog-d _' _and-gWormnoi'tal _expenses , ; and he would ask if there would be less piciv , _relig id-d , arid Chiistianity _/ ani'bn ' gst -t _ico _^ _-fortable ; ' satisfied , '' aiid peace-loving _peo-wthaii there is noVr to be found among ?! an uuVonifortiible , ¦ dissatisfied , and _liiscohtoi"t _' - -a people ? ( Cheers . ) lie had so f :. i shown them the vice iu the aggregate ,
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a-weelc || i _^ a-week to eig h || p h"dred _<^^ _^ _y ° _^^ o- # fi > ar thousan _^ _- _^ Eotidi : shouts of '• , * Sh _»| ahd _^ _V _TdoW ? _$ _M nor , _^ | p $ feis _~ _"fo _^ oe _% _"e- _^^»|^ n _| plpnffl _^ d _^ canie ujp _^ p _^^ _lrita ii _^^ _/ _vjcel _i-egal syit _^^ thji _^ _djluicts _^ t _' the - _^ _^ _^^^ n _^ f _^^^ - _pt _^^^ dowrii at would
_TQilcTi . _JJ . S . allow' _^ armp _^^ _feWj'br- _sWthousand four hundred families , which _^ , at five to a family , would amount to thirty-two thousand individuals —( shouts ; of - " Horrible" )—and this , be it observed , in a country from Avhich the inhabitants are flying , and ' where this representative of royalty can . see his mistress ' s loyal subjects dying under his very nose in thousands . ( " Shame , 'Shame . " ) , Mr . O'Connor : It is not a shame upon _him-. - ( Criesof "Itis . " ) Mr . O'Connoii : It is not , the shame is upon you . ( Cheers . ) ' But it is your own disunion—your own base and servile competition , upon which the system is based . ( Hear ,-hear . ) He would explain the
nature of that ' competition . Suppose , two rival coaches were running upon a road upon which there was not traffic to pay the propictors of both , what would be a greater pleasure to either than to see the rival coach upset and all the . passengers mangled or killed ? Would he hot advertise . it in order to puff his own vehicle , and increase his own profit ? ( Hoar , hear . ) Well , then , you are just the sariie ; if ten men or a score of men are out of employment , what will give them greater pleasure than to hear of the dismissal or death of ten or a score of their rivals , whose places they may fill _T ( Hear , hear , and "True . " ) Yes , it . was true , and they themselves were to blame
for . it , because by thoir union and co-operation the system which tolerated it would pass away as chaff before tho wind . A great struggle was now taking ' place all over the world , and he was rejoiced to think that . while that struggle was a p hysical ono in other countries , it was a moral struggle , a struggle of the mind , in this country . ( Cheers . ) And . why ? Because , denounced " as they were for ignorance , he proudl y contended . that the y were the best instructed people in the world upon the Jjabour Question , which was the question ol questions . . ( Hear , hoar . ) . 'In'Franco the labourers , uninstructed in the . Labour jQ _. _uestion and accustomed to arms , had recourse to arm ' s
to achieve their rights ; they fought bravely and . gallantly , and gained the victory ; but no sooner did tlio shout of triumph _proclami that victory than the owners of capital and speculators in labour took advantage oi' tiie people's'herpism , an , d . turned , the . arms _., o . f , ; tlio hired mercenary aginnst those who : had won _Labours-battle . ( Cheers . ) Well , then , had they not had . sufficient proof of the use that the dominant classes ever made of a popular victory , without this recent French illustration , and with such proof staring them in tho face , were they again about to surrender themselves , bound hand and foot , to the keeping of their , taskmasters ? ( _Xo , no . ) Yes , you arc ; you arc now , asked to
become an auxiliary cos-win the tax-redeeming army , and to give up the Charter for the "Quadruped . * " ( Loud shouts of " No , never . " ) lie was ghd to hear it , and ho had como there that night for tlio purpose of placing the whole animal in all its proportions before them , well Knowing , but at the same time disregarding , thc odium to which it would subiect him ; " hut , as he had struggled in that cause for nearly a quarter of rt century and two ' years , and could say what no living man could say—what none could deny—that in the midst of tho groat aud astounding changes upon which others had based their conversion _; within that convulsive _iioi-iod , he had never altered his opinions or principles . ( Loud cheers . ) It was not to be supposed that imprudence
was a thing with which the most consistent may not be charged , but with inconsistency ho defied any one to taunt him ; and he t rusted that , taking a lesson from the past , tliey would become wiser iii the future , and hc w . ould now explain tlio most important part of liis mission . Ho invited them to look at tliat p _' atform _, and there they would find hut one reporter—and that one for his own paper—( loud cheers _)—wliovons , if thevo had boon ' such a . gathering , or half such a gathering , for Financial _llefoi-m , Protection , or , the QUADRUPFD , this platform—largo as it is—would bo but too small for tho stall ' minions . ( Hoar , hear . ) 'Thoy presumed , and foolishly , that they were governed by the House of Commons , whereas the House of Commons itself , though constituted as it was of all classes but thc friends of Labour , was operated upon by-thcPress . The people evinced their power outside , and thc Press . conveyed the knowledge of that power , and
the will of the people , to tho car ofthe representatives ; that is , it conveyed the power of that class who advertised in it . and supported it , and whose exclusive interests it represented . ( Hour , hear . ) Hut it never did communicate thc will , the strength , ov the resolve ofthe _woi-lciiis-d _.-isse-i , _-e-icoj-t when tluit will , _orstre'ifftli was marshalled as thc ' au . _xiliary force of their taskmasteis . ( Loud cheers . ) What were they doing now ? Just what they had doiie in the times of Emancipation , Reform , and Free Trade agitation . They arc fishing with a hit of popular bait _foi-..-ii- < -dii- ; tioii of taxation , which is to be concoded—not to justice , but when . Lord John Russell shall consider it expedient and practicable to do so . ( Cheers and laughter . ) And when do they th nk that will he ? Why , it is enough to make John Bright kick hia mother —( roars of laughter)—to think of such a question being placed in tho koopiii . o- of thc . First . _» -mister of tiie Crown . Bnt he
would now prove—and it not satisfactorily ,. at least , incontrovertibly—the power of the Press ; how the people were duped before , and how it is intended to dupe them again .. In l $ il , thc Free Traders—knowing that thc masses looked for veritable free trade which the Charter would produce , who were looking for that Free Trade which would increase monopoly and preserve competition , did for a . time seduce the Chartists ¦ as co-operators , and the result was , that this adhesion led to a belief of the surrender of Chartist principles , aud the adoption of Free Trade as a substitute . Ho ( Mr . O'Connor ) was in his cold cull at York Castle , and saw through this suicidal not . It stung him that , while suffering for the cause which was dearest to his heart , those who nrofesscd to
support it ; should bo thus juggled . All boasted that Chartism was dead and -buried , and from his eoll he told the people what the result would be ;; He told thorn to attend thoso Free Trade meetings —to'hear if they were heard—and to strike ., if they were struck . ' " Well , what was the result ? Why , whereas as mayors , _magistrates , town ' counsellors , ahdicapititlists , its chairmen , declared their own _resohitioi-s carried ; when thoy saw a couple of dozen of hands , -with kid-skin gloves ; nourished around them in support of those resolutions , tho -short-sighted gentlemen could not sec the thousands of blistered hands that wore hold up for the Charter . : ' ( Cheers . ) Well , for a long time the . / Press ' reported those meetings as " unanimous _, thus - ' nutting the extinguisher , upon '
Chartism—untiV ' at' length ,. nettled by the injustice , tho Press was compelled to notice Chartism ; but it did so as an obstructive'ar . d rcvoiutioiiai'v policy . Rut we were noticed , and our oppositionlilled tho dungeons ; with victims , . pronounced guilty 'by Freo Tradojuries , ( licai . yhear , and ; loud cheers . } , ; * Yi eil , then , was ! . not . . that a " s . _ujiicieiit warning . to ' _-tiiqut not to be caught again ? And now tho . dodge was to make them ( the Chartists ) ' the ' atisilia ' r ' y ' . _fp'i- ce ' of Financial - and mock ' _-Rcforh ' . crs —( clic ' ers _)—and thas _, _' - once more , bury the ' - Charter _.- ' irr- _' ohliviori . _- ( Che ers :- ) - 'df ; upon the' contWiry _/ thoy'fairly oo \ _stendud fovtht'ir own priiieiplo ! _-,- _- the Press , would ho e _' _s-. _n- pell _' _-iA to report their power , their strength , and their resolution , and- " i \ knowledge of that
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| power , would \ havG its due influence \ upom _theiru'er _preventatives . .. ( Hear , hoai _\) : . If , as he had anticipated , Fiuan cial Reform was to b ' e'urgcd _aii ' d . pres ' _setl as ofimmediate necessity , he would have hailed ' it as a _L'corruj _^^^ sure _*^ bnf ; -wh 6 ri it ; was 'c' 6 mmir _^ _e"d- ; t 6 Vl ; 'h _% ' ' p _^ denee ' bf . it- Whig ' _' Minister ,- '' _'bdsdd . _Hupom-exp _^ dicnb yi ' - _^ Hc _^ ; saw _t-hrough > th ' _b- ; juggle : _^ call their .. _^ attention " : to the" fact—tliatwth ' e 'proposed- reduction .. ; of ; , ten . millions ! a-year would give six shi . l lings _/ andeightpenee . a year to eachVone of tho thirty millions of population ; or something . cunder ; afarthingiaday , ; : ;( Lqud _^ aiigliter . ) Ay >; . b . ut . that- _^ was ; prcsumin ' gtliat _tbs wprkiilgcWsscl ; _woulil- ' receiyfi ; 'tlieir ! fair share ofthe reductibn _* - * ' ! Eet _\ Kun ' : now : 8 lih * S'tfift iii ' siirhifinnnnn hf _NntifihalTlolit- _Aii'mv-f
_tfavyj'K _^ raha _^ _GoyemriientakExpences , ; - ' as cpmpared _> vith : the : " _^ S 8 _^ _ustnined ; , byj 1 jhe ; _-un'wprei 3 ented . ; M . cohsyqueht _^ prqfit _^ made b y . the capitalist .-: . 3 ? liq . _propbseiil'Ctluctibhwould "iveyou a favthing . a -lay _^ that-is , if you haa your _ftiirshare of it ; _anjlefc ' liini ask ; where was the working _^ ihWi ir that room , or in'the couiitry , ; _wlio was _iioticonijclled to submit to a graduated scale . of _^ _^^ reduction based upon Ldboiir ' coinpetitiqn . ih'th 6 '' mai 4 i : _^^ | l } . ons , \ br : a ; sixth 0 _^®^^ niillibiis v ' or . atliird-br 'thd- _^ o- _) ui § tioh _^^ the farthing a day , arc subjected by this infernal competition ton . reduction of sixpence in the day , —and I much underrate it _^ -that would amount to
_tlni'ty-nine millions a year—( cries of Shame" )—and I would be much nearer the mark if I set it down at a shilling ii day , which would be seventyeight millions , or twenty millions a year over and above the interest of the Is _' ational * Debt , Army , Navy , Ordnance . Regal and Governmental Expeiices . ( Loudcheers . ) Rut put it down at sixpence a day , or thirty-nine millions , and add the poor rate , eight millions , rendered necess _.- . ry for the _-. support of the idle competitive reserve , and you have fortyseven millions a year .. You have drunkenness profligacy , dissipation , lewdness , and criminality ; allone and alt—consequent upon unwilling idleness , for which the state is satisfied to pay eight millions a year , to paupers for the maintenance of that idle competitive reserve , upon whoso destitution
capitalists tralhc , and by * . Yhoso idleness every class in the state suffers , prodi gious loss . - ( Cheers . ) Well , think ofthat , with tho land . of their birthmore than sufficient to maintain four times the population—uncultivated , unproductive , and waste . ( Cheers . ) Thoy would understand—and they did appear to understand—that this part ofhis address referred to the siluiicc of the Press as regards Chartism ,. while they would be used as an auxiliary force to substitute the Quadruped , and Financial Reform for the whole animal . - ( Cheers , and " . Never ! " ) The Quadruped , was ' a , ; political bait placed in tho Financial , ; trap , and let , its advocates once secure a . reduction ' , of . their own taxes , and then , like Fox when he achieved power for advocating the Charter , thev will
say " 13 c quiet , what "" -do you want more ; sure we only wanted this political power to . ' _nbhicrcfinancial Reform . Now we ' ve got it without it , and what more do you want ? " ( Cheers and . laughter . ) Well , but this wouid be the case if thoy did . not agitate for tlie Charter , and propose , it as an amendment to every humbug , proposition . ( Long . and continued cheering . ) Heretofore , the . Suttvuge , as at present constituted , was only considered in a commercial view as affecting thc purse , but now hc would consider it in another and a still more important light , as affecting the liberty of the people . Were they aware ' that thc Suffrage constituted a jury , as well as a voting qualification ? . And wore
they aware that the present struggle was between the eight hundred thousand voters who had a monopoly of power , aud the six millions who legitimately contended for a participation in that power , and that the men who tried those looking for ' _JMiwcr , invariably found them guilty of riots , routs , sedition , conspiracy , felony , treason , or any charge that may be preferred ' against ' them . ( Loud cheering . ) Now that was a view oftho question that thoy had not ; taken , but bo-. would ' illustrate it for thcm : :-rSupposc that . he _. wa _^ p laced upon liis triar ' . tq-inqiTOw , " . with- the ' : ' . 'ifftqi'iioy General' as his prosecutor , ' . the learned ; gc ' utleinan would mcrclv have to say ' * Gentlemen oi ' the
jury , that is Feargus 0 Connor , the rotoriou s Chartist . " The official would then say " Gentlemen , have you agreed to your verdict ? " " Yes . " "How say you , is Feargus O'Connor Guilty or not ? '' " Guilty , upon all the counts ! " ( Loiul cheers and laughter . ) Well , that was his pride and his boast , that he advocated principles which were repugn a nt to tho feelings of bad men and a . damnable system ; a system , however , which was tottering in every country in Europe , and which the league of despots could not much longer preserve . ( Clieers . ) lie came there not to Hatter , but to speak the truth , aud ho told them that neither government , master' nor capitalist was chargeable with any act of tyranny of which they complained , because il they constituted tho government , ov were masters
or capitalists themselves , as _selMiitercst constitutes tho basis of human action , they would " go and . do likewise ; " so that what he struggled for was to destroy that systcm , by making- the _i-m .-il ! minority of dissatisfied tributary to the will ol the largo and ., then satisfied ¦ majority . ( Loud ciioers . ) _. And then you would havo true religion and piety , based upon pure philanthropy and humanity ; then you wouUf nut have a criminal in the land ; nor would you require , a camion , a nius ! - ; et , a 'bayonet , a sword , or a bludgeon , to preserve tranquillity in a happy , contented , cheerful , i . nd peaceable society . ( Loud cheers . ) Here hc would _dif-rcss to communicate a piece of intelligence , which would g ive his audience more pleasure than auvthiug thev had yet heard , it was that that
day ho was honoured with a visit from Thomas Shngsby Duncombe , who would resume his seat- in parliament to-morrow , ( Thursday ) . ( Upon thi _* announcement thc cheerir . g and waving of hats and handkerchiefs was perfectly _indosurih _.-ible . ) . Let him refer for a moment to the ' proceedings of last night in the House of Commons-: —The first question _bi-on _^ _-li ' _-.-oii \ v ; is tho - _ai'joiu-nineiit cf the House for the Derby day , at that discussion 257 members , or move than a third of the House , were present : next came Mr . _D'Eyncourt _' s motion i ' ov Triennial Parliaments , and upon , that only eighty-seven we _:.-o present at tho division : next came Mr . Shinty ' s motion to consider the means of elevating tlio condition of tiie Labourer , and before ho had concluded tlio Hnust ! was counted out , there being no more than
twentyscren _memhera present . ( Lvnd cries of " _"•• _hami-. ) Weil , he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was one of the twentyseven . ( Cheers . ) A word as to the folly of Septennial Parliaments , and he would conclude , _Wen who wore returned for seven years were your masters instead of your servants , for five years they crowded tho statute hook with tyrannical acts , and upon tho sixth , when they hoped to meet their _confititucnts again , they catered fur support , by _si-hadowiiig forth signs of _veponlaiite ami conversion , until aga n elected upon trust , _thsy relapsed into their former bigotry and tyranny . ( Cheers . ) Could he give . a more apt illustration of its truth than the ** fact that upon thc . eve of tho dissolution of 1341 , a motion was made for the liberation of ail political Oit ' endoi'S , and was only lost by tho
Speaker s casting vote being given against it . This act of clemency was urged upon the hustings as full grounds of confidence / but when those philanthrop ists were again returned , not a voice was raised , not a sound was heard on behalf of the incarcerated victims . ( Loud cheers and "True" ) He _U-pod nearly alone in that House ; ho had never bartered their principles for place , pension , or emolument , although he was offered hull ' tlie patronage of liis native county ( Cork ) , if he would support ministers upon his first introduction into the House of Commons , which he indignantly refused , and in . return for which he immediately ' snpior-ed the . motion of Mr . 'Lambert upon the qtiestitn of Tithes , which was most violently opposed by the ' government , and that was thc manner in which ho bartered popular confidence for ministerial patronage . ( Loud cheers . ) And he now told them that if he ' sto & d alone he would abide by tho decision of the Rirmingham Conference of ' _iS-li , . and that he would . rathev
abandon seat and public life than surrender one single bristle of the animal , ( Loud . cheers , and waving of hats . ) In 1 S 42 , five hundred , popular delegates assembled at Birmingham in the dead of winter , ' at enorm ous expense it ml ' gvo . 1 t . inconvenience to wive tho name ofthe Cli . irtcr , ' oin * opponents professing every one of its ' principles : ; . aiid after seven years o _' ' slander and pursocutioh _, was he now , -at tho ; . whim . of a few , _toisurrender' one particle of those principles . No , if he stood alum-,- _, he would . nurse , and nurture tho iiiiim ;; l . ia _itsjntWit-v ' - _nisil " it " entirety , not allowing a _sin- ' io . b'islnj io ° b ' o plucked from it . s . i : . i : iiie , . _lbi-h _\ t ! iey _^ _aw-endej od _evbn " tlib' name . to-day , its _uiuietisions _wiuVui _' lje . gradually minced , until it- beVaino ' _-: ! perfect' : o : v-. entitv , a . thing : in wlvich no principle could be recognised , aud used as-Fox used ir , . for .. the mcr ' o purpose of . achieving : : power for .-faction . ( Loud clieeiing _,- ; ar _.-. i waving of hats . ) -Jt _waVhis _hemst-to say , that iiehher ' hi _linglasid no : ; . Ireland _JiihI- ho _, ever e _' _-. ten a meal , or ' _travelled a mile , -it flia ' cx-| pease ot ' the * n < opio ' - the nrii ;( % !• ¦ . - of thc _Chariei
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rapturous applause . ) - _.-.. .... ' ' _^ r ' _^^ _rM _^^^ _m _>^ Mr _^ _3 _itLANTiNB ; _: m 6 ved tlie third : res < _fllrtuin _^^ M _?^ _fe _ilpjlovvs : _^ _' ? ; Tha't this _^ mjeetiiig , therefore , hi ' pyaaWi _^^ ij . ' . ¦ f _"? 9 ., 9 f _.-. ' \ _Jwi- lj-. bIe vand : _; legitimate . _^ pu ' r * iqse , _-Valso y & i < Z " 3 ; _^ hl _^ _gesJtselt ' to _^ _roteiilgtttei-and , by _evci-y penceabh _^^ : _$% ' _-- _' _M ' _^ _dlau'hV ' _ileimenns , to . e'iijpiri upon ; all the _-necessitjF _;^ '[ - ' _i ; * ; pfaddp ( ing these principles , _asths basis of a ' so ' ukd - - ' -- _'" conciliator } " public " opinion , _^ by ; _iwhieh alone all - - . ' great abuses in _astatecsn bo effectually remedied ;'' : ' ¦ : ; r _|; iMr . _M'GaATnseconded the _iresulution . ilecou- .. . _- ' . sidered that the time was eminently favourable for a _^ _eteiTnitV'd strug gle ; to secure ; the triumph of Democracy _^ in thiscountry : '" " ( Hear . ) To WhiUevei' part of . ' : - _c-intjheiital Europe ihey looked , they beheld _, tbe pep- ; ple . _humSin _^ despotismi and winniug fer _themselvo-i' •'
tae We _^ _smga _of-I _tberty .:-m _ii-ance _< _yas _7-a Republie _¦* : _# _* : _* $ _& _£ r _\ om ° e _w-asa itepubic- _^ -anu the day was not far in the _: _.- _¦ ¦ " ? . future when Germany would be a Republic . ( Ch < ers . ) But while other nations A'ere careering along in the progress of liberty and _civilisation , what wer _^ the . people of England d (» in _^! ? Ony quietly permitting '"' their . tyrants'to '' rivet those chains which , to their disgrace , they have so Jon . ' borne . ( Ilvar . ) This criminal apathy must be no longer permitted to deaden the people ' s energies . Heaven knew they hud strong inrcntives to esertimi . Their own daily ¦• increasing poverty _^ hould stimufate thein to seek <• . out i's cause , and apply a proper remedy . Let them talc any perioa-in the past and compare th ir then position with their present one , and thc decline of
their c ' _-mfortainustbt ; manifest , ( lleaiyheur . ) Our senators were most industrious in the fabrication of laws , and all , too , for the go d id" the people ; but their wretched tinkering increased , -atlier than di * minisbed , : the sufferings of the _jjeople And such "ould be the case till all . took | art in . the construction ofa House of Commons _designed ' to promote the happiness , glory , , and greatness of the people . ( Cheers . ) Mr . M'G _ath then adverted to the deplorable circumstance" of Ireland , successfully c > _mbattinsr the assertion of Lord John 'Russell _. 'that the
melioration of Ireland was not witlim the scope oflcgislation . "He alluded to the agricultural capabilities ofthat count y _] an i contended that , -ii ' -the idle hind ' s were given to _lthe'idlc hainis toeultiva e , the squalor , ihe mise'y ,. and murder of the last two years would have been prevented , lie concluded With a _tti'oi'g appeal to exert every _encr-i y in their power to secure their just rights , that through ilicm thry might exterminaic that . monstrous system tliat i ow developes its baleful influence by brutalising and canibalisiug its victims . ¦ ¦ , ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
Mr . bTAhhwoim said , 'he just wished to say a word or two iu vindication of the peop c of _I-Vnnc . _" . Yesterday atthe city meefmga Mr . i ' _iiillimore had denounced and condemned Universal SuU ' riige , because , fo ' rs ' - ' oth , they had not returned _Lasrai tine to the National Assembly . Now he v Mr . St . _ilhvood ) thought " tliey were to be com ' meaded , and thai it spoke loudly in favour of Universal Sufl ' _r-gc . "We demand thc Charter in order that _« e may effect social reforms ifcc ., —we want the Land , —the ttades . have begun to cry out " Homo Colonies . " and " Mint .-tcr of Labour . . Well , th : French have got their Ohar * t-r , and now _d-mandid their Minister ot Labour _, jjamartin had ivluted it : the iwench nation _liad iejected Lamariine . Was not thi- a jiutttica ion of the Frcirh lulion , and a ghiriiicnlioii of the . principle of'hcSi _ffr . _ige ? ( Gnat cheering . )' . Tlie redOutioti was _i-ut and ca _* Ti < d uDan'mousU * .
' lhe Cii . ' . iuma . v delivered a fair seasonable ' re- ' mar-sine ! sing . A vote of thanks was moved to : ' ¦ ' * . ¦ ' . liim , for his services in tae chair . -. : •¦ ' ¦ - - " - • •• Mr ! T . JJnowN , in _ntpportinsr it , said , a public _=-ifvV mectingl ' or a similar _purpose'voi-. _lii be- held in tlia . " - _Theitri-, : ; Milton-struet , ; . on ; _ilond ? y ey . enjng ' ,. r : _^ ape _^ ii * s . - _^; _- 4 th / ;! -The . vote of " tliauks _^ was . ado _^ _ied _^ by _^ cela _^ T _^' j ' _- _* m « tioh : ; . ' . ' - _^ , _., _'" . . ' _,- , ;¦¦ _.-. ..,. ';¦ . ' - . _. . - ¦ _- ' ' . ¦ - The _CnAiRMiV _^ 'rick'iowlet _' gedth'l compiiiriciiti / and unnoii ' iic ' c ' d ' tiiut ' d scussiou were _IJcld eveiy Siin- . day cvciiiiii . * , and that a Cha- t _> t lo ' _f-aliiy was about to be formed ( it the house llicy were then meeting in , the _liiiidhird bavin ; given the use oi ' tho room grat s '; a d that frequent public _meetings would be held ; in fact lie . hoped to ¦ so - it become the E _.-ict-London ' " Crown aud Anchor Tavern , "' ( _L-ud chsc s . ) The -mmeiise and enthusiastic Char ist gat ' . ie ing then _separated .
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_WESTMIKS . TE 1 L—Steauso a ¦ 'W . vroii . —Moira _I ' inch , a well-dressed woman of tho . _tov _.-a , was charged with stealing a gold watch , valin . _' . iwenty guineas , from the person of iii' . C . _Patilke _^ _ei-, a goiitle . _'uan residing in _V'iltoti _sti-jot _, l _) _w--i-avt ' - square . —It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor , that he was walking along Piccadilly _eiii-ly on Sunday morning-, _afior having spent tho evening at the house of a friend , and tw ! _- ; shelter from { lie rain , under a doorway , whore lie was joined hy the prisoner , with whom he foil into conversation . The rain having abated , iie proceeded towards his ivsiduuec , _accompanied by the prisoner ; but in _uon-fiL'qucJivc of _iim'ther siiowcr thev were again compelled to stand up . From the time , at which tho prosecutor had first _eoi-. versed v ; i ; n the
prisoner , a man ' continually walked up and down Uolbrc thorn , evidently with an intention of -jiving iiniibyauuc ; and _pi-os ; : ciit ( ir _lmviti-, _spojicii to a _conismblc _, the man disappeared lor a minute or two , hut shortly returned , and having repealed his offensive .-conduct was given in charge . On their leaving the station , the mat ! , who was i-ct _dctaiuosi , was- in company with th' ; constable , and the prosecutor having proceeded toward - home , parted with tho prisoner . On laying hold of his gold guard to lift thc watch out of his waistcoat pocket , to his _ij-reat astonishment he discovered that _althnn' _-ii iiic- chain wn . s perfect : « mi the Hv _.-ix-el nt its ..-ml tm oj _' . _eise : ! , his _watoh laid _ditwppearu-l . lie had luukud at it oil the his way to the . station , and it was safe at the time he v _.-.-. s thereas ei . uld he moved by thc _- _« w -
, .. „ . ....... „ ....., ... -- - J ,. inspector . Tlie man who hau been so _troubiesonie went a diitcrciit way , and had no chance of committing tho robbery , uilil thu prisoner _intii-t havo _stoltiii the watch , ns she was the only person who could possibly havo taken it . Although prosecutor had sioeu slaying late at the house ot a _U'ieii _. i , no was not at ail affected by liquor . Prisoner was taker . into custody on Alonday . evening , b ' . it the y : ite . _' i v : \\ s not found . —Tho prisoner protested her innocence , and declared that t \ v : prosecutor ought to be punished for giving her iui _^ i eu . _siutiy . Mho adiied , ¦• jftlihough I ' m _iiiiliufortuiiate girl I'lifncB a thief ; and if yo _' u _ask the gentlemen about _Ht .,. > am _:-s ' _sstrcoc they can prove it . "—Air . _IHu-rell ordered her to be rciiiaiided till Friilav .
THAMES . — _-Attemi'tku iluuuKit and fr ' i . _'tcm ::. — Daniel lloliiiden , a coal-backer , was charged with attempting to murder a young woman , named . Martha
A ' Str ' ax'si _* - _Ciiakactek . — A wretched-looking creature , - almost iu a state of nudity , named henry tod , was brought up by City policeman No . D 3 i , _rj-cd with _attempting * to force his way into the i " . oyal Mint , and assaulting William Larcoiubc _, a private -of tho 2 nd battalion of tlie Coldstream Cruaivs , who _wa-i on duty at the time . —It-appeared , from the evidence of John Brown , the porter , at the Mint , that the _pii-wicr _liiKtlu ' liirco _gucci'Bpivc attempts ' to force ' an entr ' nuee between fight and twelve o ' clock _ye-. _. _tci- ( hiy . He first claimed admittance as the King ' of these _u-alms _, with a view to supervise his own coinage , but _subseijucntly camo as tho claimant-, cf : i . huge amount , for which hc
• J ' egcd tiie . _"iiliiit , y . _tis i . _'idgbted to him . _—i-Jr . Ynvdley . ( to the pii . soner ) : Vi'i _.-atdiaveyou to say . to this . _eliarge?—Piisonci ' : 1 do not know anything about it . I was taken . up . this ' - morning , ' charged _, with hliooting the . _Quec's _, aiid tried ibr _lui-ii _trt-a-ioi :. '' . Well , when I \ vas ' disc ' _us- ' _p-dj f wetji . to tue _Miiit fo _' get , _!' . ' !) ' expenses , ' a ' mi _tficy _lot-kyiV tne up a _;; aii ! . - . Why _'( ih ' onld 1 he tried -tvrice'i ¦> Ido _mJt know -vviiaro . ' i _^ w "; vs I- jjhotvtho . _<^; : een . _—^ A politic conscaiili : _{& 11 ) : said , he had thc . p ! : isor , i ; rT ~ v 1 ; hu resided tt : _i-iOvc-r : . _street , ;| ifc .-,-G ( . , oi , _-j ; u ' t T iii-t _. he-E : ist TT ; i * _si custody--a iew ; , days , preyioutiy " ; on ihu _^ _eiiai-go « f : . j _' _itto : i ; p _:-ng , lo .. 4 ' ass ; vsp ;; fioi ; _:- 'ii ; _Ut _-e ; -cv ,-i * i . ! _iiiXU ; 0 , _pv 6 sect : v' _-: v . i : _t-rr ' e 6 _" . vH : _g-i !; :: t his _iiiiiul " _waii ' / u _^ _ii-iL ¦]] ' : dyX ::. \ _i > i _^ 'l t " : 6 , _'OlifiVfio . — "Mr . " Ti ! ' v }!! _w ' _'M' ! _Kvi ! vV _p- ii !' stii \ i ;( 1 d * i ! a * tt'i- '
. _¦ _Jori ' ei' , li ' tid _fihdkig _ffe-. t i ' iis ' _ft-r ' j _sivi'i' !* ivere wl . _' _ej'y-in _coheri'iit , _; e : it ioi- . Mf . _iiiiti . e .- _- , the i ; : _!!¦ ¦• .: •"• • _i-l : i _:.-e of _Whitechaj'el . to _wliost ; care he was commiitcd ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 26, 1849, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_26051849/page/1/
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