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COMMEMORATION OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . The famous 22 nd of September , 1792 , the day from which the establishment of the French Republic dated , was celebrated on Monday last , September 22 nd , by a public supper , holden in the City Chartist Hall , Turn--again-lane , where tome of the leading Democrats ef most cf the European nations commingled together in fraternal union . Two hundred and twenty-four persons ¦ at down to topper , hut this number was greatly increased in the course of the erpning . during the greater part of "which the Hall was crowded . Thero « . he no doubt that , had proper and timely preparation been made , at least a thousand personB would have assembled . nn ... rr ... nn i mrAV / vr _. _Tinj
j £ r . Thomas Cooper , the Poet of Chartism , who had -been unanimously and enthusiastically called to the chair , proceeded , after the removal of the cloth , to _introduce the first toast . It was _, he remarked , the only proper _irst toast for all really Democratic _assembles , and oa"hteTer tobe placed in contrast to the introductory Jn » al toast of monarch-worshippers . Time was , even _within the recoRection of many in that company , that a 3 ) _okc of Norfolk lost his Lord Lieutenancy for proposing . _jins to 3 st at a . dinner of the aristocracy and gentry ; Ijut Dukes of Norfolk it seemed , had now ceased to sin in that alarming and horrifying manner . - He would sav no more than that he was proud and glad of the honour done him , in being selected president of the feast , proud and g lad to see so many talented and brave patriots of other lands _aronndhim , and , above aR , proud and glad to be supported by so many of the true-hearted and _unswerving among his brethren , who had with him borne -le burthen and the heat of the day , in the great and _« a £ erins struggle for Chartism .
The Chaibman then gave , —" The People , the onl y Kfiirce of Power . " Mb . Skelton , who was warmly received , said , I do not ifcink _, sir , that any hero will be likely to dissent from the toast yon have caRed on me to respond to . We are aR ai the people , the long cheated and oppressed people : stoves indeed , slaves iu soul would we be -were wo to hesitate to acknowledge this toast . ( Cheers . ) I am delighted to see so many persons of various nations assembled to commemorate that " Great Fact , ** the Trench Republic of 1792 . Onr chairman , fhe author of
•• hat splendid poem , " The Purgatory of Suicides , " is a living proof of the greatness of mind to he found in the ranks of the people . ( Loud cheers . ) Our talented guest , Mr . Witling , a German refugee , celebrated -throughout Germany and Switzerland for his chivalrous advocacy of communism , is another proof of the master uinds belonging to labour ' s class . ( Great cheering . ) I trust that lhe day is coming when the people , having the power to make the laws , and form the institutions , wiR become reaRy sovereign ; and Democracy prepare the -way for that social equality and general happiness which I have a fervent faith wiU yetprevafl . ( Cheers ) .
The Chairman then spontaneously sang the Chartist version of "Rule Britannia , " the whole company most enthusiastically joining in the chorus" Spread the Charter through the land I Let brethren brave and true join heart and hand I " The Chairman , in introducing the second toast , obstrved that it was emphatically the toast of the evening—that which was the peculiar exponent of the cause for which they were met , and while he would be bold to say there was , he believed , but one individual present itiio was a more ultra and thorough-going admirer of the celebrated men to be named in connection with that toast than himself , he had now the high pleasure of saying that that individual , admired and valued as he knew him to be for his unswerving course , would speak to that toast—the sentiment was : —
" The solemn memory of the honest and virtuous Trench Kcpublicans of 1792 : may that equality which ibey desired , and for which thej lived , laboured , and died , have a speedy resurrection in France , and extend its reign throughout Europe . " Mr . 6 . Jeu as Habkey , who was received -with cheers , again and again renewed , said , —There was a time , Mr . Chairman , when the holding of such a celebration as this would have subjected the parties assembled not only : o the scorn , fhe sneer * , the abuse , and the persecution of the privileged orders , hut also to the violence of the ignorant and misguided people , who were lad by their ralcrs and priests to regard the French Revolution as something terrible and hellish , to be looked _batk upon _nim norror , and spoken of with execration . ( Hear , hear . )
Most present will remember that not long ago , whenever A _demand was made in this country for _th _« repeal of any bad law , or the enactment of any good one , forthwith tfce howl of "Jacobinism ! " was raised by the opponents cf aU progress . Whether it was proposed to reform the Parliament , reduce taxation , educate the people , or do scything elsethatataU savoured of progress , the "French _devolution , "Keign of Terror , " and aR the rest of the _Tsw-head and bloody-bones phantasmagoria were sure to be brought out and duly exhibited to frighten the big babies in breeches , who as yeUhad not learned to think fgr themselves , ( Laughter _^ and cheers . ) That time is p 2 st ; still , I question whether we have yet learned to read aright tht history of that great revolution . It would he Tery _« asy for me in responding to this toast to mouth
• a few clap-trap sentiments about liberty , equality , the rights of man , the coalition of the European kings , and She doings of Pitt and Brunswick . I might dilate on aR these topics , and possibly might win applause for what ivonld probably pass muster as an exceedingly liberal speech . I might do aR this , and yet very conveniently for myself shirk the grand question . The grand question , h appears to me , the solution of which the French _Revolution had for iu mission , wa 3 the destruction of inequality , and theestablishmentof institutions whichshould guarantee to the French people that happiness which the masses are , and ever have been strangers to . ( Cheers . ) Sow , tried by this test , we have comparatively Utile dimiulry in arriving at a fair estimate of the men who figured « n the stage of the revolution . Take Lafeyette , for
innance , as a specimen of the Constitutionalists ; and he , perhaps , is th * most favourable specimen of that party 1 _coald name . Few men have enjoyed more popularity than Lafayette . In his youth we find him leaving his country , and generously embarking in tho American _s-xuggie 3 _gainst English tyranny- The great work of American lib-nation being accomplished , he returned to _Jjanee , and shortly afterwards we find him one of the foremost men in the revolution which now commenced in his own country . Again , in his old age , we see him the most popular man in France , called , after the three days , Jo the veritable dictatorship , and , like onr Warwick of old , unmaking and nwking kings with liis word . lafeyette _enjojed , throughout Europe and America , a greater popularity than perhaps any other man of his
time ; and that popularity he would have deserved , if his conduct had been consistent with his first acts in the revolution . But Lafayette was never the friend of equality . ( Hear , hear . ) True , attht outset , he gave np his feudal privileges , and renounced his title—and thus far he did well . Placed at the head of the popular force , the idol ofthe middle class , and commanding the affection of even the working class , he was for a time regarded as the champion of the revolution . But he halted when he _should have advanced . The working man soon found out that aR that the destruction of th * bastile and the abolition of feudal privileges had accomplished , was the curbing ofthe power of the long and the aristocracy , and increasing the power of the middle class . Eut the people were not content with this—thev demanded _Uberty and
lights for themselves ( cheers)—they wanted what we want—a veritable equality . ( Loud cheers . ) When Lafayette saw this , he turned Conservative , and was a revolutionist no longer . It was he who proposed fhe adoption of martial law , to authorise the shooting and sabreing of the people , in the event of any tumult , at a time , too , when the peoplewexestifferingunderabsolatefamine ; andunder ibis martial law , Lafayette himself superintended the butchery of the people when _assembled in the Champ de Mars , on the 17 th of July , 1791 , to petition the assembly against the reinvestiture of the king vrith supreme power , _afterliisshamefiflflighttoYarennes . Subsequently Lafayette dared to menace Paris with / his sword , andproposel to * hut up the public clubs by armed violence . After the _JOih of August he strove to excite the soldiers under his
comniandtomarch agavnstraxis , bnt they , better patriots flian he was , refused , and he then fled , and renounced the revolution . Yet Lafayette -was perhaps the best man of aR the constitutionalists , but neither he aor his parry come within the compass of our toast , for _ihey were not even republicans in name . They professed to recognise the sovereignty of the people , at the same time that they divided the citizens into active and inactive , confining to the payers of direet taxes , whom they failed active citizens , the right of the suffrage . In short , Lafayette and the constitutionalists were mere "Whigs , bnt little , if anything , better than the men who humbugged us with the Reform BIR . ( Cheers . ) Xext come tiie Girondists ; and this is the parry generally upheld as the "honest and virtuous republicans , " but I
must differ with those who hold that opinion . It is impossible to refuse them the tribute of our admiration for their talents ; the eloquence which distinguished the leaders of this party , accompanied in some instances by stern integrity , as in the case of Roland ; by heroic devotion , as in the case of Madame Roland ; and by fiery enthusiasm , as in the case of Earbaroux ; these quaUties extort our admiration . And we cannot , atleast I speak for myself—I cannot read of the shocking and untimely end of a Madame Roland , or the philosopher Condorcet _, "Without intense emotion . StiR the Girondists were not the men to whom the people could look to rescue them from social slavery . That there were good men amongst the Girondists , cannot be donbted—that they were honest to their own convictions , may be admitted . That many of them were ignorant rather than gnilty , may be charitably idiered , though to believe this we must believe it only of those who perished ; for were we to judge of the party by
tnose who survived what is commonly called the " reign of terror , '' we should be forced to the conclusion that a baser gang never existed . These survivors of that party aided in destroying the constitution of S 3 , established the aristocratical constitution of ' 95 , conspired with the oilier aristocratic factions to exterminate the real Republicans , and finaRy helped to place France under the tyranny of the nnlitary usurper _Xapoleou . ( Hear , hear . ) The eloquence of the " Girondists has been highly lauded ; but we stern and uncompromising Democrats cannot consent to admire them simply because they were eloflaect . Indeed , if we were to do so , we should award ¦ *& e highest honours to the corrupt and aristocratical _ilirabeau . When the people , rising for Hberty , bursting _t = e shackles of fourteen hundred years' slavery , abandoned their homes to combat against the domestic conspirator , and the foreign invader , they required something more than the elogcent speeches and fine woven intones of the Girondists to sustain them . " Bread ,
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Steel , and equality , " was the demand of the people . ( Cheers . ) Bread for their famishing families , steel with Which to beat back the cohorts of the surrounding despots , and « quality as the end of their labours and the reward of their sacrifices . ( Great cheering . ) The Girondists , however , regarded the people , to quote the words of Thomas Carlyle , as mere " explosive masses to blow up bastiles with "—to be used as tools and treated as slaves . They hesitated , between Royalism and Democracy , vainly hoping to cheat eternal justice by a compromise . Fatal mistake for them . They fell , and their fall was merited . The men of energy trampled them down—the people swept them away . Of the several sections of the party l _^ Mountain , I shaR only say that I find none of them out iioDespi . — „_ ,. _< _u _„„^ _„„_« , „ <• , S f C _»»« . _«_ J _ _... .. - - - ..
„ dation . ( _Grat cne \ riL fr _^ 7 / _"r h ° _^^ _Mountains were brigands , who _. o _' n _^ utT _^ l _* for themselves the spoils ofthe Revolution , cared notuing for the people by whose toil , suffering , and courage the revolution had heen achieved . These desperadoes , using the language of thefriendsof equality , and for a time siding with them againsttheConstitutionaRstsandtheGirondists , so soon as they had acquired power , exhibited themselves iu their true characters , and henceforth stood the avowed and deadly enemies of equality . By this faction _Roheipierre was overthrown and assassinated , and St . Just , Couthon , and aR the leading friends of that incorruptible legislator , were doomed te death . Not content with destroying the friends of equality , the assassins loaded their names with the most infamous calumnies , hesitating not to charge upon their victims the very crimes which they themselves had committed . I know itis unfashionable
as yet to regard Robespierre in any other light than as a monster ( hear , hear ) : but I believe the day is coming when a very different view will be taken of the character of that extraordinary man . ( Great cheering . ) I would not deify Robespierre ; I do not hold him np as having been aR-perfect ; hut to me he appears to have been one ofthe very few ofthe leading characters of the revolution , who saw what were the means necessary to adopt to extirpate political and social wrong . I bave not time to comment on the characters of the indomitable Marat , and that magnificent embodiment of republican chivalry , St . Just . _Xor hare I time to speak of the excellent legislative measures that characterised the energetic rule of Robespierre . I have said that the day will come when justice wiR be done to his name . ( Cheers . ) There are indications that that day is fast coming . Take , for
instance , the work of the member for Canterbury , the "Historic Fancies , " in which , though absolute justice is not done to Robespierre , still there is an approximation thereto . I direct your attention particularly to the celebrated poem , " The Jacobin of Paris , " winch , it appears tome , paints to the life fhe feeling entertained by the working , veritable Democrats towards Robespierre . [ Mr . Harney here repeated aportiou ofthe poem , which elicited enthusiastic applause . ] Who that has read the history of the revolution can forget the memorably mournful words uttered by Robespierre , when overwhelmed by the conspirators in the Convention — " The republic is lost . ' The brigands triumph . '" Few are the last words that history records of fallen men so pathetically grand as these . In as few words as _Cassar employed to relate his victory , is expressed the
history of the heaviest misfortune that ever hath befallen the human race . But , to me , the best proof of the real character of Itobespierre , is to be found in the universal regret felt for his loss by the honest democrats who survived him—hy thosetooamongstthem , who , mistaking his intentions , had been _seducid into favouring his destruction , hut who , when too iate , bitterly rued * their foUy . Babeuf was one of these , ths originator of the famous conspiracy known hy his name . That conspiracy had for its object the establishment Of a veritable republic , in which the selfishness of individualism should be known no more —( cheers ); in which , private properly and money , the foundation and root of all wrong and evil , should cease to be —( cheers ) ; and in which the happiness of aR should be based upon the common labour and equal enjoyments of all . ( Great
cheering . ) These glorious men pursued their glorious object to the death . Babeuf and Dartbe sealed tlieir belief with their blood , and Buonarotti , through years of imprisonment , penury , and old age , persevered to thc last in his advocacy of the great principles which we this night dare to vindicate . Nor should I omit mention ofthoseheroicdeputiesRomme , Soubrany _, Duroy , l ) uquesnoy and their compatriots , who , condemned to death by the traitor aristocrats of the Convention , heroically slew themselves in front of , and in contempt of their assassins , performing . this self-tragedy with a single blade which they passed from hand to hand . So much for the first part of thc sentiment . The second part demands but a few words from me , as it will be best spoken to by the French patriots who are present . That the principles of equality will have a glorious resurrection , I cannot doubt ; indeed , that resurrection they have already had , not merely in the shape of Republicanism , but Communism , for Communist societies , I believe , cover France at the present
day ; but that I leave to my friend Dr . Fontanie and his fellow-countrymen to speak of . I rejoice much that those worthy patriots are here . They will witness to-night proofs ofthe absurdity of the tirades uttered against the English people by the war-press of France . Werepndiate these national antipathies . ( Cheers . ) We loathe and scorn those Jbarbarous clap-traps , " natural enemies , " and " national glory . " ( Loud cheers . ) We denounce all wars , except those into which nations may be forced against domestic oppressors or hostile invaders . ( Applause . ) More than that , we repudiate the word "foreigner "—it shall exist not in our Democratic vocabulary . ( Great cheering . ) We may belong to the English , or French , or Italian , or German section ofthe European family , hut Young Europe is our common _designation , and under its banner we march against tyranny and inequality . ( Prolonged and enthusiastic ch . ) And now I conclude , calling on you in the words < t one of Germany ' s noblest poets , Ferdinand Freiligrath , to do homage to the men oi the past : —
" Charge your _glassss , brimful , to the hearts that _wers true , boys , To the cause tbat they lov'd , when the storm fiercest blew , boys ; Who had wrong for tlieir portion , but won right for you , boys . Drink to them and the right , and to freedom through right . " ( Enthusiastic applause . ) Mr . Moll , one of the patriotic band of " Young Germany , " sang , iii an energetic manner , the celebrated Marseillaise Hymn , in French : the fine bass voice of the vocalist gave great cfl ' cct to the piece . The CflAlBMAN then gave the next toast as follows : — " ' Young Europe . ' Repudiating the jealousies and national antipathies of the past ; may the Democrats of aR nations unite in a fraternal phalanx for the destruction of tyranny , and the universal triumph of equality . "
The Chairman said he had much pleasure in calling upon their German friend , who , exiled from both Germany and Switzerland for his principles , had sought and found refuge in this country . He called on _Wilheim Weitling to address them . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Weitling , owing to his inability to speak English very fluently , read the following address , which it wiR be seen was enthusiasticaUy applauded : —Friends ! This meeting is a testimony of that common feeling which warms every man ' s breast , the feeling of universal brotherhood . Yes ! though we are educated to differ one from the other in the use of sounds as the natural means to express and communicate this inner feeling to each other , though the exchange of this feeling is hindered by the differences of language , though thousands of prejudices are united and directed by our common adversaries
rather to oppose than to promote a better understanding , an universal brotherhood ; yet , notwithstanding aR these obstacles , that strong , charitable , and salutary feeling cannot be extinguished . ( Cheers . ) That feeRng that attracts the sufferer to his _feUow-iuffersr , the straggler for a bitter state of things to his _feRow-struggler . ( Cheers . ) Those also were _eur fellow-struggler » whose revolution we this night commemorate ; they also were animated by the same sympathies which bring W together , and wliich possibly may lead us to a similar , and let me hope , a more successful struggle . ( Loud cheers . ) In times of movement , when the privileges of our native adversaries run great risk , they cunningly try to lead our prejudices over the frontiers of our national fatherland , representing to us that the people there are opposed to
our common interest . What a trick ! Wliat a fraud But , _reflecting coolly on the matter , we know very well that our nearest enemies are amongst ourselves in the midst of us . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) It is not the exterior enemy we have to fear ; that poor enemy is dealt with like us ; like us he is compelled to work for thousands of good-for-nothing fallows ; like us , he takes up arms against any human society because he is forced to do so by hunger , by law , or excited by his passions nourished by ignorance , hy tlie mock fighting ofhis cunning master . National rulers represent our brethren as cruel and rapacious ; but who are more rapacious than they who govern us to be instructed in tha art of war , who for their own privileges excite and Conduct ns to war ? ( Cheers . ) Is it reaRy our common interest that necessitates war ? Is it the interest of
sheep to be led by wolves to fight against sheep likewise led by wolves ? ( Lond cheers . ) They are themselves our most rapacious enemies ; they have taken from us aR that is ours , to dissipate it in pleasures and debauchery . ( Applause . ) They take from us what 16 ours , since aR they use is produced by us and ought to pertain to those who produce it , and to their -wives and chUdren , their aged and their sick . ( Loud cheers . ) But seehowbyjtheir cunning manoeuvres all is stolen from us , and accumulatcdfor a crew of idle consumers . ( Cheers . ) Is it possible then to be more robbed by a foreign enemy than by our own home-enemies ? Is it possible then that the people can be more murdered by them than by our cruel money-men , who rob us by their stock-jobbing money deaRng , and speculating ; by their currency and bankruptcy , bv their monopolies , church and land rents ,
whobyalfthese means rob us ot the necessaries of life , and cause the death of millions of our working fellow brethren , to whom they leave not even potatoes enough to Rve upon . ( Great cheering . ) Is it not , therefore , clear enough that those who are all by money and nothing without it , are really the enemies of the working people in all countries , and that there are amongst men no otlier enemies of the human race than the enemies of tlie labouring and working people . ( Cheers . ) Is it possible then that we could be more stolen from , and murdered in a time of political war , than we are now , in a so-caRed state of peace ? Kational prejudices , bloodshed , and robberies are then encouraged by us only for the sake of miUtary glory - What has our interest to gain from such stupid glory _? ( Cheers . ) What , in fact , have we to do with it , when our interest and our better feelings are opposed to it ( Cheers . ) Must we not at aU times
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pay the costs * ( Applause . ) Must we not work and bleed for it ? ( Renewed applause . ) What interest can we have in all such bloodshed and land robberieB , except profiting by such occasions for turning round against the robbery and _murder-breeding aristocracy in aU nations ? ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) It is only this aristocracyalways this aristocracy—that systematically robs and murders . The poor people , led by them , are but their forced and ignorant instruments chosen from amongst every nation—those the most filled with national _prejudices , those wishing to see aR nations overpowered by their own nation . But bring them here into this meeting , and they will understand each other , and shake hands with each other . Even in battle such scenes happen frequently . Thus it has been told by eye witnesses of _dispersen corps of Russians and French , and of Austrians and French , in the battle of Austerlitz , who mixed dis-. .
behaved ' as goo 5 treain of the fli _& nt witn eaeh oth 6 r - and drinking _togetiierTtill fflK _^& . _Plrata'tag ' , eating , called them on either side to do the work of " ueau ? 8 _-. . _? destruction . If before a battle the advocates of Hberty and love were permitted to address the ranks of their brethren , tlnre would be no slaughter * on the contrary , there would be a friendly meeting like ours . 0 ! could we but have in a battle-field such a meeting , we should have soon done with aR these blood and marrow sucking interests who now oppress and plunder us ! ( Great cheering . ) Such , friends , are the sentiments of that universal feeling whose warmth , concentrated in the focus of universal brotherhood , kindles a lire of enthusiasm which will soon entirely melt away the hindering ice . mountains of prejudices which have too long kept brethren asunder . [ Mr . Weitling resumed his seat amid longcontinued cheering . ]
Dr _, _Bebjhfr Fontaike , of Paris , who was received with rapturous applause , said—Citizens ! My speech must be necessarily brief , as I cannot speak very good English . It gives me pleasure I cannot express to find the English Democrats meeting to commemorate the French Republic . I respond most heartily to the noble sentiments of Mr . Julian Harney . I assure you that the French people do not look upon the English people as their enemies . If some of the French journalists write against tlie English Government , they do not write against the English people . The government of England is hateful throughout Europe , because it is the government of the English aristocracy , and not the English people . ( Cheers . ) The French Democrats , so far from being the enemies of the Eiaglish
people , reaUy desire to fraternise with them . ( Loud cheers . ) The Republicans of France did not fight for France only , but for all mankind ; they wished to establish equality , and extend its blessings throughout the world . ( Great applause . ) They regarded all mankind as brethren , and warred only against the aristocracies of other nations . ( Cheers . ) I can assure you , citizens , that the principles of equality have sprung into renewed life . Communismis advancing with giant strides throughout France , Communist associations are extending all over that country , and I hope that we shaR soon see a grand confederation of thc Citizen Democrats of all _natious , tomakeRepublieanCommunismtriumphantthrough the whole length and breadth of Europe . [ Dr . Fontaine resumed his seat amidst long-protracted cheers ]
The Chaibman then called for " three cheers for 'Young Europe , "' which was responded to by three " roof and rafter-ringing" shouts , with " one cheer more . " The next toast given by the chairman was" The immortal memory of Thomas Paine , tho great teacher of freedom to the American and French Republicans . " [ This toast was received with enthusiastic and repeatid cheers . ] Mr . _Rufit RmLEr responded , and said Thomas Paine perfectly understood that so long as kings and priests ruled , there could be nothing like well regulated liberty . ( Cheers . ) He weR knew that the prieEts held the victims
while bloated kings gorged on the spoil . ( Loud cheers . ) Ha ( Mr . Ridley ) gloried in commemorating the fame of such a man , Well did Paine know that so long as the peopl * were taught by the jachall priest , that despotism would be triumphant , and that the people could be nothing better than u herd of slaves . ( Hear , hear . ) As a disciple of Thomas Paine , h _« felt that until the people possessed the courage to shake off the trammels of priests and kings , they never could he free . ( Cheers . ) The Americans , although they had a President to rule over them , were not free ; could any nation be freo that sold human flesh and blood for gold ? ( Loud cheers . ) He had much pleasure in responding to the toast _.
[ The toast was honoured by the company rising uncovered . ] The Chairman next gave" The memory of Washington and Franklin ; of WilUam Tell , llofer _, and Kosciusko , and all departed but immortal patriots of othor lands . " Mr . Washington Wilkes ( said to be a grandson of the great John Wilkes ) responded in an energetic speech , wliich was loudly applauded . The Chairman then gave" The memory of Wat Tyler , Hampden , and Algernon Sidney ; Pym and Elliott ; Milton , Byron , and Shelley ; Cartwright , Cobbett , and Hunt ; Shell , the hero of Newport , and all other virtuous Englishmen who have fought , written , or spoken for _libarty , and left us their glorious example !—may we aspire to follow it . " Mr . C . Bolwell responded in an able and eloquent speech , which was received with much applause . The Chaieman next
gave" The memory of Wallace , Muir , Palmer , Margarot , Skirving , Gerald , and aR other patriotic Scotchmen now with the dead !" Mr . Cooper , _Socialist leeturer , responded by a _briet speech , eulogising the memories of the Scottish patriots , particularly the men who might be considered as the founders of present political movements in this country , Muir and his compatriots . Those men were enlightened , virtuous , incorruptible , and brave . ( Cheers . ) They showed in their private lives their faith in the principles they avowed . Great had been the advance of knowledge
and mental freedom since the time of Muir and his friends , and it only required that they should exhibit charitable feelings towards all the good intentioned , to make the principles of Muir and his brethren universally popular , and successful over all opposition . He was glad to see the London liadical Reformers holding this meeting . So long as they were exclusively Chartists , he had but _llttK hope of them , but now that they came out as Democrats , now that they began to talk about the land and universal brotherhood , he was with them . ( Loud cheers . ) Thc next toast given from the chair
was" The memory of Robert Emmett , Lord Edward Fitzgerald , Theobald Wolfe Tone , and Grattan , and of all other patriotic Irishmen departed . " Mr . T . M . Wheeler , who was received with loud cheers , said he had always from childhood cherished the warmest feelings of esteem for those great men to whom the toast alluded . These men had lit the spark of liberty in that unfortunate country Ireland , and , despite the efforts of interested agitation , the embers would yet be fanned into an unquenchable flame . ( Applause . ) Yet these great and good menhad been declared rebels and traitors ; yes , they were rebels against despotism . This meeting sympathised with such rebels , and hoped the day was not far distant when such traitors and rebels as Emmett and Fitzgerald , would be found in every town , village , and hamlet in Ireland , ( Great cheering . ) The next
gentiment was"Health and the speedy return of our beloved but suffering exiles Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , and all political exiles . " Mr . wm . rioer _, who was warmly received ) said it is with minglod feelings I rise to respond to the sentiment proposed—feelings of pleasure to know that our age and country can boast of having produced a band of nature's nobles , whose love of Rberty has been proved to be stronger than their love of life . ( Cheers . ) Men , whose names and deeds of _patriotism will live in the remembrance of their countrymen , and stand prominent on the page of history , when those of tlieir adversaries will be forgotten , or only remembered to be execrated , and held up as examples to future generations of that state of declension and depravity to which human nature may be
reduced , when vitiated by ambition , or invested with ar . bitrary and irresponsible power . ( Loud cheers , ) But while fading proud of _havingliad such men in our ranks , there arise feelings of unutterable pain at tlie thought of their present condition . These patriots have fallen the victims of tyranny—the fell monster has driven the iron into their souls , and sits smiling at the torture under which his victims writhe . Those patriots ara no longer with us , encouraging ns hy their example , and directing us by their council . Their eyes no Iouger behold the scenes of their childhood—their homes ave desolate—the oppressor has rent asunder the closest ties of naturetheir wives are bereaved , and their children fatherless ( hear , hear ) - , and to aggravate the poignancy Of their grief , thc widows and the fatherless knew that those who once were their partners , their protectors , their
comforters , and their supporters live , but live not to themthey are suffering deaths many in a felon ' s land , far beyond the mountain and the wave . ( Cries of sham * . ) To describe the agony which must tear the minds of thc exiles , and those they have left behind , is a task I will not attempt to perform—I ask , why were those patriots expatriated from their fatherland ? What crime bad they committed ! None , They had _soufrht to establish peace on earth and good-will among men .- ( Cheers . ) I should Uke to hear the lawn-sleeved gentry say if thats blasphemy—if it ' s a dejecration ofthe professed religion of the country . If it is , then the sooner we turn infidels the better , in my opinion . ( Loud cheers . ) The exiles told the rulers of the land to undo the heavy burden , and let the oppressed go free . WiR tlie ermined judge say that is a violation of the law of the land . If so , thc sooner our courts of justice are converted into slaug hter _, houses the better , if it has become unjust to speak against injustice . ( Cheers . ) Talk of their crimes , indeed !
why , their failings have ever leaned on virtue s side . The head and front of their offending was their unceasing and determined opposition to the iniquity unblushing '}* perpetrated by those who sit in high places , and their unwearied exertions to free the land from tbat worst of all curses—the curse of despotism—which is the most noble and most sacred work in which man can engage , seeing that liberty far transcends all other mundane blessings , its intrinsic worth being such that one _dayj yea , one hour of its enjoyment is worth a whole eternity of bondage . ( Great cheering . ) Itis well that we should remember the captives on all occasions , and it is well we should desire their return to the land of their fathers , to thebosom of their families , and the lociety of _theirfriends , But we have a duty to perform towards them of greater moment than merely wishing their welfare and their return to their native soil . That duty is to use every available mean to obtain their deliverance and their restoration to their ) n i _«_?<© weary the powers
Commemoration Of The French Republic. Th...
_^ t _^ _T _^^ _TT _^ _^^ _^ _andweshillbP c _» 8 ' *! n thl 8 we mv , 8 t De ullite « . harden the ! L _? nf ; and _sl- ° _* 'ld the Pharaohs _Stil ? _LourapSse h r * them b _^ are of theRedSea The CHaIBHaN then gave- * _Jrvnlfht A ° 'Qoanot «* Duncombe , and all other incorruptible advocates of the People ' s Charter , and may it soon become the law of the land , ' so that our father land may once more become « Merry England . ' » _fJn \ _iT _' ; nded 8 peaker havin _& ken _ohligeilto depart from the latene « of the hour , the meeting , at the suggestion of the chairman , gave three thundering cheers in honour of the toast . The next toast was" Health to John Richards , J . R _. Smart , Thomas Preston , Allen Davenport , an d all our living veteran patriots •' may we not only tread in their steps , but gratefully discharge our duty to them . "
_^ Mr . Stallwooo responded , paying them a marked com . vocacy of tiie _Inconsistent conduct aud unflinching ad-The next toast was— ~" " _- ' * cv , "The mothers of England ! may they liveio ... _children inherit the blessings of the People ' s Charter . The maids of England ! may they soon find it impossible to get husbands who are not Chartists . Our wives ! may they be the happy m others of children that shall maintain the Charter when it is won !" This was drank with all the honours and responded to by Mr . J . Shaw m a humorous and appropriate speech . Mr Julian _HAMEr then proposed , " Thehealth aud long life of the chairman ; may he live to witness the consummation of our hopes , and preside at il Similar festival to this in e _. lebration ofthe triumph of ' Young Europe , ' The sentiment was honoured with three tremendous cheers .
The Chairman returned thanks , and proposed three cheers for the People's paper and Democratic organ , the Northern Star . Three echoing shouts testified the unanimity of the assembly . The greater part of the assembly then retired , but singing was kept up by those who remained , for some timelonger . "Young Europe" was not unfairly represented at this festival , there being present English , Scotch , Irish , French , German , Swiss , Spanish , Polish , and Italian Democrats . Besides these , we know at least of two others being present , the one a native of Hungary , the othor of Turkey . The last of these , Mr . Simmonee ( the Turkish Democrat ) sang several patriotic songs in different languages . A number of Italian patriots also sung in concert their national hymn ( answering to the Marseillaise ) , and altogether the fraternal harmony of the meeting was admirabl y sustained throughout the evening .
Mr . Ma MINI , the Italian patriot , would have attended , had he not been prevented by unavoidable absence from London .
Important Strike At Derwent Iron Works, ...
IMPORTANT STRIKE AT DERWENT IRON WORKS , DURHAM . The gross and unblushing avarice of the proprietors of the Derwent Iron Works has induced them to reduce the wages of the iron stone miners in their employment , from time to time , until they have at length brought them down to within a few points of actual starvation . About a fortnight ago , whilst the men were contemplating an advance of wages , one of the owners was scheming a further reduction , by disallowing the men any payment whatever for the most laborious part of their labour—the getting ef muggies _t or balls of iron-stone of an inferior quality . The strike thus created between capital and labourbetween those who drink wine and those who drink
water—between those who are idle and live sumptuously every day , and those who toil almost incessantly , and barely exist on the meanest and scantiest fare—has produced its natural consequences , a cessation from that labour , the fruits of which are insufficient to keep up the strength of the toiler on one day to resume his dreary task on thc succeeding one . The indolent occupier of the mansion has placed himself in array against those who are the support of him and of it , and has done this in such a reckless and painful manner , that , to use his own language , we think ¦ " is not creditable to his judgment . " He ought , if he had judged rightly , to have known from experience that labour is the source of all wealth ; and that the labourer is worthy of his hire . If this
pampered son of fortune has failed to learn these simple maxims , the " positive" step he has how taken may in its results produce a " creditable" reformation in his "judgment . " Frequent meetings of the men have been held during the strike—sometimes three public meetings in one day—for the purpose of considering their position , and determining upon the best mode of united operation for tlieir mutual advantage . On Wednesday last the men assembled in great numbers , consequent upon the excitement raised by the owner , Mr . _Cavgill , in his _ovm proper person , accompanied by Mr . Whitfield , his viewer , and assisted by a powerful body of the Durham rural police , having commenced turning the iron stone miners , their families
and effects , out of view houses . A meeting was immediately held at the stone quarry , Black Hill , at which Mr . Jones presided . Addresses were delivered by Messrs . Hardy , Swallow , and Kelk , each of which was responded to by the unanimous and hearty cheers both of the housed and houseless sons of toil . Cheers indeed they were , and alike imparted confidence and determination to the multitude assembled ; and consternation and at ? e to the civilized tribe of ejectors —master ,. viewer , police , « tc . & c . —who paused for some time , and inquired in amazement of each other , "What hext ? " Various resolutions were also passed unanimousl y , all of which were calculated to put down tyranny , exalt the working man to his proper rank in society , and to sustain the miners in their
present struggle . In order that there should be no misunderstanding about the "consequences of the illegal acts of Mr . _Cargill , his unauthorised and summary ejectment of the people , and stoppage of their wages , notice of action for trespass in each case , was sent and delivered into Mr . Cargill ' s hands . That some effect was thus produced , is evident . The process of ejecting _wai suspended about two hours ; a partial recommencement ensued ; and , after a short interval , it was discontinued altogether . The workmen are in high spirits , and are nobly supported by other operatives . The masons , carpenters , smiths , potters , colliers , and others , have come forward voluntarily to the support of the iron stone miners . They have become convinced that it is not one trade only , but all who live
by their labour , who must unite in one firm and truly irresistible bond , ' ere labour can receive its due reward , or those who labour the just consideration due to their utility . Two men have been charged and committed to Durham Gaol , for—some say—Rioting , but were subsequently bailed . The charge , however , cannot be sustained , About sixty others have been summoned to answer various charges . We have no doubt but the magistrates of Lancaster will maintain the high character they deservedly obtained during the colliers ' strike of last year , for _stbict impartiality , and will see the intense provocations to a breach of the peace , practiced by Mr . Cargill and his forces , upon those who , but for the excessive exactions on their industry , would have been contented and happy _. The men continue their meetings daily . The masters wish them to believe they are softening down . They have given the men to understand that they are not bound to the strict terms of Mr . Cargill ' s
letter of the 12 th inst . They have proposed to the men that they shall go to the pits , and resume their work for a fortnight ; at the end of which , they say , they will give satisfaction to each and every man , or he shall be at liberty to leave their employ : but the men sec plainly through this flin'sy covering to their interested design , and say to each other , " it is only a scheme for the purposes of keeping the furnaces in action until they procure otlier men to supplant ns : they know the immense loss that will ensue if the furnaces " go out ; " and it is this certain , great , and positive loss , they are scheming to avert . " We understand that W . P . Roberts , Esq ., is retained . tq protect and defend the right . In better hands the men could not commit that most important trust . His " manly and praiseworthy exertions on behalf of the industrious millions are without a parallel in the legal profession . Long may he live to persevere in his patriotic course , with that eminent success which has ever attended him .
Our latest accounts state that another immense meeting was held on Wednesday , at which the men displayed the same cool and determined vigour which has hitherto characterized this struggle for the means ot hvmg by the due remuneration i ' or their labour
The South Staffordshire Miners' Delegate...
The South Staffordshire Miners' _Delegate Meeting was held at Mr . Henry Mason ' s , Swan Inn , Wednesfield-heath , on Monday hist , September 22 nd ; delegates _^ _ere in attendance from different parts ot the district , from whose reports we learn that a goodly number of members have been added withm the past iortnight , and things in general put on abetter appearance than they have for s ome time previous . A good substantial dinner was provided at the Swan for the members ofthe lodge , with a few other
friends , who , after the district business was concluded , walked in procession with a band ofmusic at their head to _Wednesfield and back . By this time dinner was ready , when eighty-nine stout and hearty _Sfhlni _^ _" i " ' and did am P J « stice to t- good things " smoking hot , " After which Messrs . Brown and Ramsay addressed a crowded room full , on thc necessity and _advantages of general organisal _? - _/ V _^ fcnct } on 3 - Mr * _Robwt Johnson inthe cnair . i his has been one of the most enthusiastic meetings we have had for a long while , and , we trust , vuL . be productive of much good .
_^ _iw _^ _frf _r MlNER s _** -The next general delegate _? _£ S _« _^ ncashire Miners will take place on ft WM 0 ctoberat tlie ll 0 « se ot" M » - Jamcs SL _k _^ ' , S' h Lane * near Hazel-grove , ™ : _^ _hair to be tak en at eleven o ' clock in the _!?^ o „ _? " i Pu _° lic meeting will also be held on the same day , which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , _hsq ., and other gentlemen . The levy for the _fortnight , including general contributions , » Is . Cd . per member .
Italy. The Bloody Papal I)£Spotism. -.Mo...
ITALY . The Bloody Papal _I ) £ spotism . -. More _Assassina tions of Patriots . —London , Satuiiday . Morning , _fif-f _«; ~ h ° _^ u ? _win ? aPF _» in the Chronicle of tins morning : — " At the University of Boloena several arrests have taken place of late , for instance oi M . Masim , brother of the professor of that name . _lhe order for Ins apprehension arrived from Rome 111 the night , and he was instantly conveved thither by a strong military force . Tho exasperation in tlie Itomagna is the greater , as it has come to light that one ot the persons executed in Ravenna was entirely innocent of the offence for which he was put to death ! Iho two Bolognese , Barrinterr Ressan Galetti and Massioh have been sentenced to the galleys , the former for hfo , the latter for twent y years . Even the clerk ot M . Galetti is to be confined for three years .
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Xjaccidext At The Railway Terminus, Lond...
_xjAccidext at the Railway Terminus , London o ' clock , a man naihvu _"inlit . between ten and eleven two years , was brought to Guy ' s iiospivapp . d fortyskull fractured , and in a state of insensibility , arising from injuries he had received under tho following singular circumstances * . —It appears that _Oilrvey is employed at the railway terminus at London-bridge , as an engine-table turner . Atthe corner of Bermondsey-street , Borough , closely adjoining to the railway , is a public-house , called the Hat and Feathers , and between which there is a space of about three feet in width . In order to accommodate the men atwork on the line , the landlord of the house has hitherto allowed them to enter it by one of the attic . windows , the men slipping from the railway on to the sill of the window , and thus avoiding the trouble of going down
to tlic street and entering in the usual manner . Notwithstanding the height of the windows is upwards ol forty feet from the ground , and . the width of the intermediate space , they had the temerity constantly to avail themselves of this novel mode of entrance , and hitherto fortunately without accident . On Sunday night , shortly after ten o ' clock , one of the servants of the public-house having occasion to go into the back yard , was surprised to hear the groans of some one apparently in great pain . A light was procured , and Garvey was found lying on the flag stones quite insensible , and covered with blood ; assistance was procured and he . was conveyed to the hospital . Not the slightest hope is given of liis recovery . No one / _: new how the unfortunate man came in that situation , but it is supposed that he was attemptiug to get into the house by the window , and had fallen upon the pavemont beneath .
The late Suicideat Sea , fbom a Hull Steamer . —The Elizabeth schooner , which arrived on Tuesday in the river , off ilorsleydown , from Harwich , reports that the body of a gentleman was washed ashore , on Friday last , near YValton-on-tlie-Naze , on tlie Essex coast , which , from a card found in the clothes , is supposed to be the person who threw him & elf overboard from the William Darley Hull steamer , while on a recent passage to London , the whole particulars concerning which were made known by the captain to the Lord Mayor , and whicli were reported in this journal . His name is believed to be Mr . N . Cole , of Norwich . A watch and a purse , containing between £ 5 and £ G , were found in the pockets . An inquest has been held on the body , and adjourned for the attendance of the relatives .
Desperate Attempts at Suicide . —On Tuesday evening , about half-past six o ' clock , a waterman , named David William Miller , was standing on the upper side of the pier head at the entrance of the St . Katherine ' s dock , when a tall portly gentleman passed him in a hurried manner , walked to the edge of the jetty , and after striking himself violently on the breast , plunged into the river . Miller immediately raised an alarm , and the gentleman , who twice sunk , was hooked by his clothes and kept afloat until Miller reached him in a ship ' s boat , into which he was dragged , when there fell out of his side a dagger , with which he had stabbed himself before he precipitated himself into the water . He had no sooner recovered himself than he attempted to seize the dagger , but the waterman defeated his
intentions by placing his foot on the weapon . He was properly secured , landed , and conveyed to the Duke of Marlborough public-house . No time was lost in calling in medical assistance , and after his wound had been dressed , lie was conveyed to the Thames police station , lie then snatched the dagger out of Mr . Evans ' s pocket , and was about to plunge it into his body , when , one of the police constables knocked it out of his hand , and heldhim fast . He was in sucli an excited state that it required three men to hold him , and he was afterwards conveyed to the London Hospital , and he still remains in a very precarious condition . The name of the gentleman is Francois Gavoisier , sixty-two years of age , and a colonel in the French army . He served with distinction during the wars of Napoleon . He has only been three weeks in England .
The Murder at Rock-ferry , Liverpool . —Chester , Wednesday . —This morning , at eleven o ' clock , the three men , Lynch , Nowlan , and Tallent , and the informer Burns , who had been , as has been before detailed , taken into custody at the instigation of ths Jatter , on suspicion of the murder of Mr . Peacop , some months liack , were brought up to the Courthouse , in order that the charge might undergo a further investigation . Upwards of a dozen witnesses were examined , but not a particle of evidence was elicited which could , in any way serve as a corroboration necessary to prove the truth of the story of Burns . Several witnesses were likewise called for the defence , to prove an alibi in the case of Lynch , and that the two weapons found in his possession were such as are used in the situation he held as watchman at the Birkenhead Gas and Water-works . The inquiry was again adjourned .
Destructive Fire in the Wands worth-Road . — On Friday morning , between the hours of four and five o ' clock , a fire of an alarming character broke out upon the premises occupied by Mr . Wm . Tyler , boot and shoemaker , situate at No , 2 , Kilight'splace _, Wandsworth . An alarm being given , the inmates were aroused ; and although the fire was mounting * most fearfully , they succeeded in effecting a safe retreat from the burning building . The stock in trade , furniture , and the liouse belonging to Mr . Tyler were destroyed . The shop front of Mr , Haydeastle , corn-merchant , No . 1 , is likewise severely injured , and the premises of Mr . R . Simpson , No . 3 , in the same place , ave also damaged .
Suicide by a Respectable Married Woman . — On Friday morning , between three and four o ' clock , Mrs . Day , wife of Mr . J . Day , 22 , Princes-street , Westminster , baker and pastry-cook , expired at her residence in consequence of having swallowed a portion of " Sheele ' s" preparation of Prussic acid , used in the business in flavouring pastry . The sad act is ascribed to some unhappy differences with her husband . The deceased was about fifty years of age , and has left two grown-up daughters , who were residing with her .
_I-earful Accident . — On Thursday afternoon a phaeton , drawn by _£ a fine spirited horse , stopped at the Green Man , * Blackheath . Two gentlemen alighted , and entered the hotel , leaving two ladies in the carriage , and the horse in charge of a boy who assists the ostler of the establishment . The boy removed the bridle from the horse ' s head , for the purpose of more readily giving him hay and water , when the animal instantly started down the road at a fearful speed , which was yet more accelerated by the steep descent . The ladies were thrown out , and were taken up frightfully lacerated and bruised , but , we are happy to say , without any bones broken or joints dislocated , although the extent of the injuries cannot yet be ascertained . The horse is ruined by the injuries he received , and the carriage is broken to pieces .
Rotal Adilaide Galleuy.—The New Zealand ...
Rotal Adilaide Galleuy . —The New Zealand Chief I continues to delight ' the frequenters of this Gallery with his varied descriptions of the manners and customs of the _New Zealanflers- and he is prepared with so much original information concerning this extraordinary and barbarous ! people , that it is quite miraculous how he could have been allowed to escape to give so much excellent information ; as we must bear in mind the horrible state of cannahalism in which they were living when he was thrown among them . The three Islands forming the group inhabited by these tribes have now become an object of great _iuterest to this country in a trading point of view , and many enterprising speculators have established colonies on them , as it is not only the soil that is so beneficial , but the coast abounds in whales , from which the finest description of oil is obtained ; and it has been calculated by scientific persons that a flax farm , one hundred acres in extent , would y ield a net annual income of £ 3000 ,
There are no w so many projects for adapting the atmospheric principle to railways , that we strongly recommend an inspection of the Model laid down here , which is Pilbrow ' _s patent , that being the plan , as we are _givsn to understand , intended to be applied to many of them , The Morning Lectures on Chemistry , ( fee , are still given , and exemplified by many highly interesting
experiments . The Phaser ' s Musical and _Iiterabt Eveni . nos . — This talented family are delighting thousands in the metropolis by their moral , instructive , and liberty-inspiring songs . Their performances are given on alternate nigbts , at the City Lecture Theatre , Milton-street ; the Temperance Hall , Waterloo-road ; the Westminster Literary and Scientific Institute , Great _Smith-stroct ; and the National Hall , Hich Holborn . We lately enjoyed an evening with them at the Temperance Hall . The Misses Frazer sung several Scotch and Irish melodies , In a very _pl f _™ _$ natural , and feeling manner . The Scottish song of * A Hat s a' the Steer Kimmer , " met with a unanimous encore . Mr . Prazer delivered a short lecture on morals , poetry , and music , the delivery of which was greeted with much applause . *
... . . Colosseum . —The following _distingmshedpersons visited the Colosseum during the past week - .-The Earl of Den-Meli and family , the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury , Princess Czartichoffand family , Lord Lincoln and famil y , Bishop of Jamaica and family , Lady Elizabeth Lowther and family , Lord and Lady Montague , Lords Beaumont , Itoheby , Wilton , Dudley , Stuart , Fielding , Lady Kenmare , the Russian , Brazilian , and Sicilian Ministers , _fcc _.
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Chartist Co-Operative Land Society Meeti...
CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND _SOCIETY Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members am transacting other business connected therewith ar held every week on the following days and places : — SUNDAY EVENING . South London Chartist Mall , 116 , Blackfriars-road at half-past six o ' clock . —City Chartist Hall , I , Turn again-lane , at six o ' clock . —Westminster : at the Par thenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-Iane , at half past seven . —Somers Town : at Mr . Duddrege ' s _, Brick layers' Arms _, Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-past 8 even-3 _bwcr Hamlets .- atthe Whittington and Cat . _Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely —Lmmett s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , _Lissongrove at eight o ' clock precisely-Marvlebone : at tha Loach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at half-past seven . M 0 XDAY EVEMXG . Camberwell : at the Montpelier _Tarera , Valirortb _, at eight o ' clock precisely . TUESDAY EVENING , Tower Hamlets : at the Whittington and Cat , Church Row , Bethnal-green , at eight o ' clock . — _Qrt / niwieh : atthe George and Dragon , Blackheath * ' t _,-Ji . . jJ / _cmileoonc . - at the Painters _««_ / at eight precisely . ' -. * City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain Lane . —Mr . Cooper ' s eighth lecture to commence at seven precisely , nest Sunday night , Sept . 28 th ; subject—the English Commonwealth : characters of Hampden , Pynn , Elliott , Cromwell , Vane , Hutchinson , Ireton , Fleetwood . & c ., & c . ; trial and execution of Charles the First—the Protectorate : George Fox , the
Quaker * . Milton and Marvell : Lambert , General Monk : restoration of tho Stuarts * . trial and execution of Lord William Russoll and Algernon Sydney : abdication of James the Second . Tho lecturer , once more , respectfully entreats early attendance . Greenwich and _IIeptpord Locality . — Wat _Tyleu !—Mr . Cooper , author of " The Purgatory of Suicides , " will deliver a lecture to the Chartists of the abovenamed locality in the large room of the George and Dragon Inn , Blackheath-hill , on Tuesday evening next , September 30 . Chair to be taken at half-past seven precisely . Subject of the lecture" The true character of the insurrection under Wat Tyler , the blacksmith of Dcptford , in the reign of Richard the Second . One of the lecturer ' s * ' People Songs" will be sung at the opening and conclusion of the lecture .
Makylebone . —The members of the Marylebone locality arc requested to attend a meeting of members on Sunday next , at eight o ' clock , at the Painters ' Anns , Circus-street , New-road . City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane . —The public discussion will bc resumed on Sunday morning next , September 2 Sth , at half-past ten precisely . At three o'clock in tho nl ' ternoon the Metropolitan District Council will meet for the despatch of business . On Monday evening , Scptcmper 29 th , an aggregate meeting of the Chartists of London will be held . Chair to be taken at eigh t o ' clock precisely . Hammersmith . —A meeting will be held at the Dun Cow , Brook Green-lane , on Tuesday evening next , at eight o'clock-.
Westminster . —A genera ] meeting will be held at the Partheniimi , St . iMar tinV-lane , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock . Somers Tows . —Thc members ofthe Somers Town locality are requested to attend on Sundav evening , Sept . 28 th , at Mr . Duddridge ' s , 18 , Tonbridgestreet , at eight o'clock . _Nottisoium , —The next meeting of the Land Society will be held at Mr . Sweet ' s , on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock . A Camp Meeting will be held on Sunday next , on Littletown-green ( not Ileekmondwike ) , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , at which several members of the Executive are expected to attend , and several other popular friends to the good cause . Oldham . —On Saturday ( today ) an entertainment
will take place in the "Working Man ' s Hall , Horsedgestreet , consisting of dancing , singing , & c , to commence at seven o ' clock . The proceeds , after defray _, ing expenses , to be for the benefit of Mr . . William Dixon . On Sunday , September 28 th , Mr . Thomas _Tatterfall , of Burnley , will lecture in the above hall —subject , " The necessity of the Trades uniting to _allocate their surplus hands upon the Land . " Chain to . be taken nt six o ' clock in the evening . Rochdale . —The shareholders of the Working Man's Hall are requested to meet in the Chartist Room on Sunday morning next , at half-past ten . — Mr . David Ross , of Leeds , will deliver two lectures on elocution , in tho Assembly Room , Toad-lane , on Monday and Tuesday , 29 th and 30 th ; and on Wednesday , October 1 st , he will lecture in the same room on Sanatory Reform .
Max Chester . —Mr . D . Ross will lecture on Sunday evening , at half-past six , in the Carpenters ' Hall . —On the Sunday evening following Mr . W . Jones , of Liverpool , will lecture . The South Lancashire Delegate Meeting will beheld on Sunday , at ten o ' clock , ia the'Working Man ' s Hall , Oldham . Mr . Doyle ' s Route for the Essuiko Week . — Sunday , September 28 th , Leeds ; Monday , 29 th ,- a village " about three miles from Leeds . Mr . Doyle does not remember the name of the place , but it is the village Mr . Clark promised to visit on Sunday last , when in Leeds . . Tuesday , 30 th , Rotherham :
Wednesday , October 1 st , Ba- nsley ; and Thursday , 2 nd , Sheffield . " Oldham . —Tlie operative cotton spinners , rowers , and self-acting minders of Oldham , intend holding a . tea party and ball in the Town Hall , on Monday next , Sept . 29 th , in honour of those employers wh © have acceded to the operatives' request for an advance of wages , Several ma . ter cotton spinners and manufacturers are invited and expected to be present . Bath . —Tlie committee of the Bath branch of the-Chartist Co-operative Land Society will meet at No . 8 , Chelze-buildings , every Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock , and at Mr . Simpkins ' s , Hoopers ' ArmsSnow-hillon Mondaysat the same hour .
, , , Lbeds . —A camp meeting will be held this afternoon ( Saturday ) , September 27 th , on Woodhouse Moor , at two o'clock . Messrs . Clark and Doyle will address thc meeting . A public meeting will be held in the Bazaar , Briggate , in the evening . Messrs . Doyle and dark will attend .
London. City Locality.—The Attendance At...
LONDON . City Locality . —The attendance at Mr . Cooper ' s seventh lecture on Sunday evening last was more than usually numerous , and there is little doubt that had the weather been fine—it was the very reverse of that—the hall would have been inconveniently crowded . These lectures are growing in favour , and each succeeding Sunday evening witnesses an increase in the numbers present . Shortly after seven o ' clock Mr . Julian Harney was _called to the chair , and the proceedings commenced by the singing ot one of Mr . Cooper ' s "People ' s Hymns . " The Chairman then inacic a few remarks on the subject of the lecture—* ' _Shftkspeai ' e and his Works . " The Chairman concluded by introducing thc lecturer . Mr . Cooper prefaced Ms discourse on Shakspeave by some very
interesting remarks on the nature of dramatic composition and the history of the drama , from the earliest ages to the time of Shakspeare . He showed in masterly argument the foolishness of the objections urged against the drama by its puritan opponents . He next briefly sketched the early life of Shakspeare ; and then came to his writings . The female characters of the great dramatist afforded Mr . Cooper a subject for much eloquent and truly beautiful comment . His illustrations of the poet were , however , mostly confined to Hamlet , the entire first act of which Mr . Cooper recited . Considering the total absence of those essential helps , dress , scenery , stage , and the other aids , real and illusive , which are to be found only in the
theatreconsidering the total absence of all these , and further ,, that the lecturer had himself to personate the whole of thc characters who figure in the first act—the Ghost included—it must be confessed that the lecturer had an arduous task to perform . How , then , did he acquit himself ? Most ably . Wc will not attempt to crifcicisi Mr . Cs . Hamlet , it is enough that we record the unanimous enthusiasm of all who were present . By the time Mr . Cooper had gone through the first act of Hamlet , the hour showed the necessity of concluding the lecture . Mr . Cooper , however , promised that he would at a future time give a course of lectures on Shakspeare , an announcement which was hailed with app lause . The singing of one ot the " People's Hymns" concluded the proceedings . We advise all who would pass a delightful evening to attend Mr . Cooper ' s lectures .
Bankrupts. \ From * '•« Gotelu Of Friday...
BANKRUPTS . \ _From * _'•« _GotelU of Friday , September 36 . } Edward Jones , sen ., of Budge-row , City , pasteboardmanufacturer— Thomas Cots worth , late of Reading , Berkshire , but now of Salisbury , builder—George _Coupes oi West Boldon and South Shields , Durham , cinder burner —Benjamin Hornby , of Hoylake , Cheshire , innkeeper—Sophia Burton and John Burton , of Kingston-upon-Hull , chemists — William Charity , of Alford , Lincolnshire , builder .
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ROYAL _MARYLEBONE THEATRE . _.-Lessee , Mr . John Douglass , P OTIlt Piecus in One Night , —Third week of MBS . CAUDLE . —Engagement of Mr . andMrs . II . Tlonner . On Monday , Thursday , Friday , and Saturday , to com mence with the ITALIAN WIFE . Characters by Messrs . R . Honncr , " Tjrrell , _Rayner , Lewis , Lickfold _, Marchant , Doughty , & c . ; Mcsdames R . Hornier , Robberds , Pearce Laporte _, & c _, ; to he followed hy Mrs , Caudle ' s Lectures . Mr . Caudle , Mr . W . Phillips ; Mrs . Caudle , Mr . T . lee _. After which tlie WHISTLER . Characters by Messrs . R . _Honner , Neville , Doughty , Lewis , Smithers , T . Lee ,, Lickfold ; _Mesdumes R . Honner , Robberds , Peurce / . La porfe _, Doughty , Lickfold , & c . To . conclude with the DEVIL'S IN THE ROOM , Bamaby , Mr . T . Lee ; Mrs . Dearlove , Mrs . Neville ; Stage Manager , Mr . Neville .. On Wednesday , tlie entertainments for the benefit of Mr . J . H . Dallimar . On Tuesday , the last night of the Sea Captain , with Mrs . Caudle ' s Lectures , Irish Tutor , and thc Devil ' s in thc Room ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 27, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27091845/page/5/
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