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To The Working Classes.
TO THE WORKING CLASSES .
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I _^ yellea ' toManchester , spoke in an OVEN lor nearly four hours , and was not in bed till _ieeX-l " four o * _tfo _^ . On Wednesday , I travelled ? n Nottingham , and spoke for two and a half hours in a WARM BATH , and was not in bed till nearly two _o'ddck . ; This day I have travelled to London , and on my arrival had to X _njnjsJi an account of the various sums I received for the lank and Land Fund to the : _jan- _^ ers and directors .
Thus , you will see that I have not been idle ; but " I _cannot-refraih from saying a word . I tell you , then , that _Tsliallnextweek pat yoa j _a possesaoi of an amount of villainy practised against you and me , such as none but the -nost hellish : mind conld imagine , and you will gay that I must have a charmed life to have _scaped the shares qf __ the conspirators . I had a _meeUnj-aiid _atfumph at Manchester such as no man ; ever had before ; and I reall y assure you that not one Of the- audience- was more thunderstmck than I was at the revelations mA 4 by Mr & de > , my clerk , relatiye _, toy . the dBposal of ; i-ny monies in connection Svith _' the Northern _= Slar _* . As _iTimldns says , o : _£ YEA ;
VERILY , ; -I WAS _FXABBEBGASTM ); i ; slid yotr shall have ' it alLr' At Notti _flg-: ham the crowd was , if pei-fdhle , greater . I had . to " _^^ make . >*; second : ' attempt before " 1 _obuld' reach _theYpibtfonn , and every avenue to the Exchange-was crammed . At Manchester , ' our good friend Grocott was in the chair ; and at Nottingham , our little General Sweet ; and at both places my children appeared . to be more . than' satisfied—not one of my enemies appeared , or any one on their _liehaltand WELL FOR THEM , as the RUFFIANS really , deserved no mercy On my arrival at the Star office , I understood that it would be impossible to give the whole affairs of Manchester and Nottingham , with
the correspondence- consequent npon the charges made against me , this week , and all interested thought that it would be injudicious to mince it , and that it would be much better to give all , which , will extend fiom fifteen to twenty columns , in a consecutive form , next week . The whole will form a perfect narrative , and which ,-I trust , every reader will keep , as a curiosity . The correspondence and resolutions alone , will extend over five or tax columns , and will Veil repay perusal . Tou will be glad to hear that I have not left one single charge , or the shadow of a charge _, unanswered ; while I have not only charged my _accusers of high crimes , but have convicted them npon the clearest testimony .
My friends , you must not attach a simple money importance to this question . No , I implore you to take the larger view , the damnable attempt of a ' portion of the press to destroy my character , in order that my influence may perish ; but I will destroy every journal that has entered into the conspiracy . The Dispatch and the Nottingham Mercury axe both quaking , and their friends are sharing their fears . You must come to tiie conclusion , that never was -there such a blood-thirsty and ferocious onslaught made on mortal man , and by a set of hired
slaves and hypocrites . ' In next week ' s Star you will have your doubts ( if you had any ) cleared up , npon every single p oint that has been mooted by the enemy * and something more . While the Nottingham fool gave me more rope to hang him , in his Saturday ' s rubbish , than in all his other attempts at figures . There are one or two subjects of not less importance than the Land Plan , npon which 1 wiU have to address you next . week—I mean the Pope ' s injunction to the Irish Catholic Bishops , relative to the Irish Colleges ,- and into which is lugged , very _^^ . _cmminglfeMeSues ui uiicriereiiuc _niiu ±
uuu uuu- _- - _puiiijiaJ- _;;^** _^ _porty _^ « j _* _-es _" aoi » ~ * - _;^^ what the object of an English " alliance with his Holiness was to end in . Now , my friends , believe me , that this question , if not met vigorously by the friends of discussion and progress , will be the greatest blow that democracy has ever felt , and for tbis very simple reason , that , with Ireland passsive , quiescent , and submissive , any Ministry would be enabled to turn their whole strength to the overthrow of democracy in this country . You _mastnotlose"nghtofapproadnngdanger , inyour new born love for a liberal Pope . In this wemnst
resist the Pope , the Devil , or the Pretender , as English Democracy must not be sacrificed to Italian resistance to Austrian Despotism . - Tiie other subject to which I mean to draw your attention is , the reply of Lord Clarendon , the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , to a deputation of Irish Catholic Bishops , and which the Time extols to the skies ' as apiece of composition which its own encomiums , it says , could not make more forcible . No w , I undertake to prove that Lis Lordship ' s reply is rank nonsense , and inconsistent with itself * and that his strained reasoning is a fallacy from beginning to end ;
while the address ofthe Deputation is at once a compliance with his Holiness _' s orders of noninterference , and a direct contradiction , or rather a surrender , of all the previously expressed opinions ofthe Irish Catholic Prelates , especially Archbishop _M'Hale . Now , I will make these two questions as plain to you as the son at noon-day . These are the means , my friends , by which I hope finally to destroy the bastard influence of the press , whose words we hare been in the habit of receiving as 'Holy Writ . ' Don't , pray don ' t , allow your minds to
be distracted from those great and important questions . You will see the best answer to the press-gang , in the amount of Land Money for this week . I would willingly pay them for such results . NEXT WEEK'S 'STAR ' MUST BE HEAD AND KEPT . I will throw my whole soul into it Hobson is the greatest villain of the ruffians , if distinction without a difference does exist ___ . Ever your affectionate Friend and Representative , Feargus O'Connor .
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Friday morning . We have just received the Nottingham - "kcitic of this week , containing an elaborate and admirable report of Mr O'Connor ' s speech on Wednesday night , extending over eight columns , and promising still more , the time not being sufficient to publish all in the country edition . Now , we strongly recommend our friends in the Midland Counties to purchase and _" KEEP the Review , in order in future to enable them to repl y to the vagaries of poor Bailey , of the Ifercury , without impo ~ dng upon your Member the trouble of again _visiting Nottingham , to defend himself and ttetn . Our next number will contain a verbatim report of the whole proceedings , as well as all the correspondence alluded to .
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SiLF . _ED _^ _A lecture will J . _VtetnA _; on Sundsy evening next , October JUt , m JfeCh :, rtist Asiomtion _R- _^ om _, Bank-street , Great _"sorgc _^ treet . Salford- Chair to be taken at half-past _?« o ' e _w-k . Subject '— 1 st , Tiie curse of usury . 2 nd , peft ! , - and delusive security ol the banking _eyakk < f this country . 3 rd , Tke _superiority of the ** _-3 ? _sr « i Labour _B-inkoverotbcr banks in England Par ticularly to the working classes . ' Bemjwdset . —A public meeting will be held at _^ _e P _ai ? . ga Chapel . Webb street , * Bermondsey _*" "" - _rosd , on Monday evening , November 1 st , in _« _Wnrof ibe Chartist Land Company . _Idr 31 'Grath _«« - Mr Disoa , with-other friends of the working " _^ _a via attend . ' ' _" _*'
be delivered by J . _NornxGHAM . —Thenia-tmeetingoftheLandmemb- rs will be held at the Horse and Jockey , Warser _fere . 03 Sandaj _erenfng next , at 7 _" ' cl !* _* - _., _LnciiTEB . —The shareholders in No 1 branch will ttee * n thc Land Paviii-n , _P- _' ough Inn , next Monday er « , it . g _, at 7 o'clock . . -... . _HiSE-The shareholders will , meet atthe house _* fMr _iliocjas Wond . Albion Inn , Market-place , on _Scndiij test at 5 0 ' cIock in the cT _^ ning .
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MANCHESTER . ( Front--. a Correspondent . ) TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOETHEBN STAB _ Wednesday . SlR »—I need make no apology to your readers for sending you a brief notice of a subject in which not only the people of Manchester , but" every working man in England has a deep _interest-r-I mean the subject of Mr O ' Connor ' s visit to Manchester last night . I write as I feel , under the / influence of great exdtemerit ; an excitement which is participated in b y e y ery _. working man within : thirt
y miles bf _^ this town *! The -deep tones of _= the roaring lion , jmd the loud cheers of his devoted children , _~ are still ringing in my ears . - ¦ y _~ y _^§ fr , _^ Kw _^ our es _^ _med'friehd'ifMr ?! Barrow *)» _'tto whom we still owe a debt , which _^ honour calls upon us to r ay , _ttat the ' p _^ plecof _^ he _kE _^ cain _^ f _^& ee hady . bem ; in _negoa _^ _"M"meTJ _^' " : a _^ " _^ hate " 'dto- ' honti _^ ed _^ fatter ; this _'infelligenceS ; cflrrbb _^ rafcea hy -a'res | jei _^ aWelad _i flew ; _Me aid _^ tEaresult ' w _^^ streamsof "fustian jackets , blistered h _^ as , ' and unshorn chins , " flowing in all directions , from within thirty miles of
this town . As early as five o ' clock the Hall of Science was crowded to suffocation ; before six harf-a-crown was given , in many instances , to those inside to drag a traveller through the window ; and a pound was offered for a seat in one of the private boxes ; while not a fifth of those who came to be present could secure standing room inthe Hall . Had these murderous assassins even attempted . to put their threat into execution , there would not ibe one stone standing upon another by this time in Manchester , as . the greatest excitement in 1839 or ' 42 wastamenessitself tothe feeling exhibited : ' " ¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ' "" - ''
At . half-past seven o ' clock Mr O'Connor arrived , accompanied by Mr Roberts , and neither pen nor tongue could describe his reception when he presented himself upon the platform . It was not enthusiasm- —it was madness —a phrenzy that cannot be described ; and , when he arose to address the . meeting , the storm was renewed with redoubled force . He did not stand before bis tribunal as a cringing culprit supplicating for their mercy , but as the proud defender ofhis honour and our cause ; not a single subject , or a single . point
upon which he had been assailed , did he leave unhandled or unexplained . . The Land Flan , and all its machinery ,, from its commence ment to the present time , he made clearer and more ! simple to his audience than ' - it ever was before . - The Banking question he simplified so that all could understand it ; and , after he had treated on those subjects ' and the Balance Sheet , he went into the question of the Northern Star and its establishment , and its management nnder-Ardill and Hobson ; lie went into Cleave ' s case , and produced the books ofthe Northern Star from its commence
ment to the present aay . exhibiting them to the reporters , and to the practised accountants on the platform , admitting , as 'the Whistler _^ ftsserted , that they were falsified in every page , —but not by Mr-O'Connor—the reporters , in my hearing , declaring that it was rank robbery—not of Mr Cleave , but . of . Mr O'Connor—and practised by his clerk . He discussed the question of the shares of the Northern Star—the charge of having defrauded his uncle ,-Arthur O'Connor , and his female relatives—the . question of qualification for . ; the county : of Cork—the balance sheet of
fi _^ _y C _^ d _^ -n <> rjie % i ; _Mdj--his : iseyeral . . accounts _wfbjtht _^ orkmg _cta-ses—and when he had defende _^ Siis own character , both public and private , he then 'turned -upon his assailants , one after the other , and with a vigour and a force never surpassed by language , he crushed and demolished , not only their every charge , but annihilated their every title to belief . Hobson , Ardill , and 'the Whistler / should have been there to hear the verdict , while the vote
of censure passed npon their victim amounted to the heavy penalty . of ONE THOUSAND SOVEREIGNS paid to him upon the platform . Before Mr O'Connor concluded he said he had brought money to refund to every member of the Land Company , with interest up to that night , who had been juggled or seduced by him to join it , and , like the government , he would look tchis brother directors for indemnity . He read several letters about the character of his assailants amidst a
storm of hisses , and concluded a speech of three hours and forty minutes , amidst an expression of feeling which bespoke the verdict of his audience . When Mr O'Connor had concluded , William Rider , the present clerk at the Northern S / ar Office , and who had brought every book connected with that paper , presented himself amid loud cheers . He asked his audience if they desired to put him upon his oath , and the response being 'No , ' he proceeded , in a strain of simple but forcible eloquence , to narrate the connection and conduct of Mr Ardill and Mr Hobson , from the
commencement of the Northern Star , and proved , to the satisfaction of every man who heard him , a system of continuous fraud and treachery , which brought down the deep and heavy execrations of his audience . In fact , sir . it would be quite impossible for one who did not take ' . notes to report the amount of villainy divulged"by Mr Rider . He read some accounts of Mr Ardill ' s , which he declared Mr O'Connor had never before heard of , and he was about to read a letter from one of Mr Hobson ' s ; apprentices , which , however , Mr O'Connor took out of his hand , and would not allow him to read .
I should have mentioned that Mr O'Connor read a letter from a Mr Townley , of London , charging the "Whistler" with embezzlement , as well as a quantity of correspondence , which . I presume , will appear in the Northern Star . I sliould have mentioned ukewise , that , while the hall was crowded inside , Dr M'Douall and Mr West were addressing from , ten to fifteen thousand people outside ; while the cheers of those within were echoed by those without with a right hearty good will . The proceedings were concluded by a spirited resolution of confidence in Mr O'Connor , which was carried by acclamation without a single dissentient ;
and another resolution , pledging the peop le of Lancashire who were fairly represented at the meeting , to supply the funds necessary to defend Mr O'Connor against his assailants , and would be assassins . The proceedings did not terminate till nearly twelve o ' clock ; after which , Mr O'Connor remained upon the p latform for more than an hour and a half receiving-tlie _parings spared from Labour ' s board to fight Labour ' s battle . And thus ended such a night , and such a triumph , as was never witnessed in Manchester or in England before . A MANCHESTER Man .
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Mottham . —The monthly meeting of shareholder ? will be held inthe lecture room , Mottram , on Sundav , Oct . 31 st , at one o'clock . All shareholders arc desired to deliver to the secretary their address , occupation , & e „ in writing . All paid-up shareholders whether on single or family tickets , must produce iheir certificates , and' pay ap arrears to the _general and tbe local fund , on or before Nov . 1 st , to be eligible _f-:-r nest ballot . Mr Robert Wild will deliver a lecture to the shareholders and friends inthe above roam , s-. me date , at 3 o ' clock . t \ . _QooHsnos . —On Taesday _, Nov . 2 nd , Mr J- Skevingtonwilllectnre at Quorndon , at the Royal Oak Rom , on tiie Land _Coapaay _, at 7 . o ' olock .
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GRAND _DEMONSTRATION IN CELEBRA-, TION OF . THE _PEOPLE'S TRIUMPHS AT THE RECENT _GJiNERAL . ELECTION . . A public dinner took place at the far-famed Crown aiid' Anchor Tavern , Strand , on Monday evening , October 28 . _incelebration of the rec ent Radical triumphs . Abont two hundred , persons sat down to an excellent dinner , served up in that . style so characferistioofthehostoftlieCrowB and Anchor . Ample justice ' . having been done to the , viands , the tables were cleared } and many of them removed , when a tremendous ; noise , like the roaring ' . of , * J | 8 jtsuttt thunder waa heard , occasioned by the terrific _rusjj-ot the after dinner viators : 'The ereat hall was :. very
soon inconveniently cr _^ vacant on which a human _being'ciul _^ _reat ' _hia ' foot . "Oh" the ' motion of 'Mr _jStj _^ _wwd , " Mr William Dixon was unanimously , and ' amidst' loud " cheers , * i _^ i-Bi ~ i _^ _» --ti _^ oiu _^ . ~ c ' - ' - - ; --: . -. r _\ , _^ _t _*^^* -v _^ V 9 _* _7 _* _irw ' ¦ - _^ The _^ _seisr _^ _iyj 'Mr'Xure _^ _Ioeising :-fb ' r _^ ' noh-a members of ? j _^ _liamenit _* and . " othei _& jr- _$$ ' _Ifehert msrehoti R _^ B _? _OsKornlfr G _^ Tfih _^ _fe : _amel _* _TbBiii _£ n ; _WBBwrm _^ 'Hume _. ' _^ Sfuree , C . - _SeeleylWT S : $ _M * _romw Scholefield _. G .-K _MuhrirT _? Wakle > . _^ -J ; Fo GarrleherV O'Gorman'M a _^ _Sn . * CI'Pearion , ! T . 'S . Doncombe . Ji Walter , J . H . Parry , E . Miall , ; J ; M . Cobbett , ' H . Vincent , _JfFielden , Charles Cochrane , and Wm . Williams . ; ' ; : _: - _^ . TheChairman then ' said—The ' high . hone # : * of presiding over that immense assembly had Been
conferred npon him , and he hid no doubt the labour and responsibility of theoffice would be rendered light , by thegeod order that would be maintained ; ( Cbeers . ) They'had met to celebrate a great event , ' for"it ' was a great event , * to find that . at _^^ the late general election , seventeen persons returned pledged to the ' prinqiples contained in the People ' s Charter . ' ( Great applause ;) But those _ae ' vehteen gentlemen , be they ever so _Jwell inclined , could do nothing without the aid of the people ; yet , Trom the correspondence that had been read , he feared that many of those gentlemen wonld forget the pledges they had given .. _Fortnhately , however , they had one on that ; platform , _Feargus _O'Conner —{ tremendouscheeringl—wtb would by his actions remind them of their _pledges ' , akd spur them on' ( Lond cheers . ) He thanked them for the honour they had conferred on hira _, a working coal miner , by placing him in so distinguished a situation . ' He had ranch pleasure in giving the first sentiment as follows :--- ' ¦' ¦ "'
Tbe People—tte only power whole will can be morally binding as law . May their sovereignty be speedily _estabiiahed , and _unire ' _naliy recognised , as the legitimate basis of equitable government . Dr _Efps' rose to respond , loudly' applauded ,, and congratulated them on having some of the fair sex present , and hoped to see the principle of the sentiment carried out to a greater extent , as it must be productive " of- great - good . . Although their forefathers frequently toasted the . sentiment , they , had yet failed to possess the reality' and the mode to obtain it was bj getting the national will represented in the _Heuse of Commons . The last election had done more tban had been accomplished ' since the stern days of Cromwell . The candidates and their
friends had done much to loose the bonds of prejudice ; and taught the people to care nothing for Whigs , Tories , or any other faction . Whatheun _* _derstood by liberty was , that eaph person should be socially , politically , and religiously free —( loud cheers)—and every man shonld have the opportunity afforded him' of stating' his opinions . fully and freely —( cheers)—and tbe advocates of those and his principles , should be free from the taint of immorality . ( Hear ; hear . ) He did not think ' the sovereignty of the people ' was to be obtained by fighting . The French had fought three days , bnt were cheated out of their right . ( Hear , hear . ) He conld , as aman -ef Finsbury , boast of having two representatives—Duneombe and Wakley . ( Loud cheers . ) He thought
those who talked least , did most . He did not like noisy people . It was not bullying that would carry great measures , and if he bad six good dishes put before him , he did not care what they were called , whether they were 'called Complete Suffrage or Charter . 7 ( Murmurs , and loud shouts of 'Name and all . ' ) He did not care for a Dame . He loved the Charter ; but _becanse he was strong , was that any reason he should kick the * man who was weak ? Working men had ' been-taught to think ill of the middle classes . - __ Why' that was the class'through whom the _working "! classes- _rhnst-get-thei * " rights ; ( Loud cries of * No , no / and confusion . ) He
contended they mast apply to those- _whtriad the votesthe middle classes . ( Hisses ! j ' . _' » Wby _; whtre was the man that wonld not becomeamiddle class man if he conld ? He admitted that if the working men would give up their pots and their pipes , and contribute those sums they now wasted to political purposes , they could do much by those means towards attaining their freedom . ( Cheers . ) He said , let the working and middle classes unite , not as Whigs and Tories , but as the people for one common object . He _Ehonld like to live to see the day when the beautiful sentiment he bad responded to , would be universally recognised , and firmly established . ( Loud cbeers . )
Mr W . P . Roberts rose , enthusiastica ly cheered , to respond to the second sentiment ' : — The People ' s Charter!—and may an enlightened community , appreciating the wisdom and value ef it , devote untiringly their energies to ita support , antil it is numbered among the statutes of this great realm . Mr Roberts said he believed that the sentiment just given was known to the whole civilised community . Apologies in abundance had been rend from Members of Parliament , and other gentlemen , p _' eading other engagements . He , too , had engagements—ay , engagements that would occupy his time morning , noon , and night ; bat he was here . ( Loud cheera . ) He thought those gentlemen were not sincere in the expression of their regret . Whea he became a
Member of Parliament , as he meant to be—( tremendous cheering , )—he should also feel it hb duty to mix _amsngst the people . ( Loud _cheeis . ) He repeated , those gentlemen did n » t act honestly in so slighting those by whom they had climbed to power . ( Hear , hear . ) He would tell Dr Epps , that the People ' s Charter was the symbol of popular liberty . ( Loud cheers . ) He wonld tell bim that no name would do so well as that by whieh it was baptised . He would remind his audience of the Birmingham gathering , where some said . ' We like your principles , but don't like yonr name ; ' but the late Rev . Dr Wade made then this famous memorable declaration— ' 'Tis not the name but yonr principles they dislike . ' ( Loud cheers . ) And he , like that rev . gentlemen , called
oh them to distrust any man who said he did not like their namo . He was happy to see the press represented here ; the press had done him some service , and he would not speak against it . True its representatives did not seem to be particularly _busyjust now , ( laughter . )—but if they did not find these sentments reported to-morrow they would this time ten years . ( Loud laughter , and great applause . ) At any rate the _eentlemen ofthe press could not look atthis magnificent meeting and say there were only tw <» hundred aiid fifty present . ( Great applause . ) But a cry was said to be wanting ; the Law of Primogeniture , and the Game Laws , had been named : but the only thing the people had to do was , to tell them that the only cry they wonld raise w $ s the People ' s Charter . ( Great applause . )
Mr P . M'Grath , who was much applauded , said , many gentlemen who had been returned with democratic characters , had been invited , but where were they ? ne believed they find absented themselves because this meeting was too Democratic for them . ( Uear , hear . ) Had this meeting been called for any paltry purpose , they would have been present , and the press would also have had more ofits representatives present , bat he supposed tbe reporters would say there were only from two hundred to two hundred and fifty persons _preient . ( Hear , hear . ) The Weekly Dispatch ( groaning ) had most mendaciously asserted that a large meeting , at which he attended in thc town of Chelmsford , and at which there could not have been less tban from eight hundred to one
thousand persons present , tbat' there were not more than forty . ( Awful groaning , and cries of' Burn it . ') The writer in that paper of those dastardly attacks on our glorious Land Company was now present . ( Great sensation , and cries of' Point him out , '' Turn him out . This dastardly character had recently been taken before the magistrates , for being drunk and disorderly , asd had been fined three pounds . ( Hear , hear . ) As he was here , and heard what he ( Mr M'Grath ) said , let him deny it if he could . The sentiment he had to respond to was— ' The People ' s Charter . ' W . J . Fox , would never have been returned for Oldham , or George Thompson , for the Tower Hamlets , had it not been for their
profession ot Chartism . ( Uear , hear . ) Air M'Grath here entered into a detail of thc princinles of Universal Suffragt and Annual Parliaments . _Uad the people been in possession of the latter , did the meeting think thev would have had the ' apologies ' they had to night ? They had plenty of nostrums and nnstrnm-moneers , but they might depend on it that nothing ever would benefit tke people politically , bnt the People ' s Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) He appealed to tbem to go forward forthe principle , with the name , for he gloried in it . ( Lond cheers . ) It must be by their own exertions they must obtain the Charter . It was neither Thompson nor O'Connor that conld get it for thera . ( Hear , hear . ) Dr Epps had foun with them / because they did net like
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i n ¦ ¦ — - _^—tnMmddle classes . He really could-not recommend thWto beg their rights of the % iddle ; _elasses ; but ' * _TOto"iff } _conragiously , and , strenuously , to cdhtest fi _^^ _pemselves . , ( _Loudeheers . ) . Let them join _theband of patriots—persevere and struggle onraanV / a % and- they ¦ would' _sacced ;¦ and when their last momenta came , eaoh reclining ori his pillow would be ableto say , 'I haye . done _my _: _d _^ _'tyl _^; _(( _Iftmen _8 _e _: _ap > -fpian 8 _£ )"; * . ; . ; ' _;;; . " : ¦ . ; : '• ' .,: " . ; . ; _- _'V _^ _C _:--- ' _; . _- . ; Mr . JfiRNBsT'Jo ' iESywho ! was loudly cheered , 'came ; forff & fd to respond to the next sentiment ; ' t ¦ _- . ' , ; ' Th * non-electors and non-elected—m _& y ; * th > one soon : hav / power , and ( be other privileges . " s ; "i & s - ' _s- ' _- ' ¦ ' ' ¦ - ' - _. _'Wp _! _J _01 _«« _W _« _Hif _^ _^ _1 _^»«'" _- _~'•• _, _-- _, — --I : " *' -- - - ' - ¦ _ffvi ¦ - ¦ ir
: _' ' .. _- ' .-: r * " _---v' _-w _^ . _o'uuuAurjine non _* _BieQwrs _t _E _^^ _jM _^ ht ?; _, _*?* _throuiihl _^ _fcmeans'of ,, a _Uttt » _ersaT | Suffrage , and not By leaning on tbes ' _twpgtb of the ' _middle-elass . or any other class , but on . their oi _^ V rDr _Eppshadtold them ' _toldokitoithe ' mTddie cliuiesfor re , dr _& s ,. beMu \ e _\^ tif ~ irjetMVtbe , fo _^^ _thjey _$ _aiih" ' 'J [ " _'S _^ pawed : which i had _^ plunged , _the-peoplo- intojmiaery ' . li & m hear . ) U Why / did they « ppre « _-ii | _usJthen , iffwe _liire _^ rtst _themjn _^ _ela 1 is _' e _^^ th _^^ 6 _p ! e | ain : in | i _^ ¦ w tb : help _* them'to _. upsetthe _^ nrpocrapy _. _w baviiiiarserved their _^^ _tnrnVithiivtwilf _diahiriiiiiB _a » _thnv
• hay * _iefteti ; dohe beforett _^^^ CheFrs _?)^< Nbw _'> _Ififoftme , hat « , to hear class _distinotibhssjioltenof . ' We want to dw ' . away with _classe _^ wh ' c _^ ll ydu _tb trus t , i _^ _tnii . _!? cl ass , ' or ifaf ! " _Joth ' er . _)^ si' * Ml _^ . wish '» _"keep ; up ; the bj _^ _tieii Tne- speake _^ government : system of centralisation , 'going through the leading , measures' of modern policy :, then analysed the system of _^ competition' Jas tending fo ruin and / enslave the working _claiseV ; and concluded _byjllustratihg how . the ; _Cjiarter ;• _WB ; careulated _^ to ins ' iiretfie rightsand prosperity . of the pebplei _' . - ; . ' _:, The chairman then gave the fourth 8 entiment , _'' as follows :--- * - ' ¦;'
_ The Democratic Gentlemenwho have been returned ! May _theirsuceese accelerate the triumph of Liberty aad Justice throughout the world ; _MbFeabGus , _^ Connor rose amidst the most hearty cheering , waving of hats , handkerchiefs , & c , which was kept up for a long time . These demonstrations of popular applause having at length subsided , Mr O'Connor said he felt he was placed in an awkward position . He was out of place , and his sentiment was put of character .: The toast put into his hands should have been _^ Our absent friends ' —( laughter)— -however , this meeting must teach the conciliatory amongst the working classes a lesson .. : Itwas another proof of the kindness of the
Chartists , and the unfaithfulness of the respectables . ( Cheers . ) _) He regretted that Dr Epps had left the meeting . Had he remained he would have asked him whose votes were those that saddled thecountry with ah enormous debt but the middle classes ? \ Vho had deprived the woiking man of his rights but the middle classes ? The Doctor , too , had said something ' about interrupting . public , meetingswho did interrupt them but the middle- classes ? ( Loud cheers . ) He did not court the press . He cared not for it . Why should a man of conscious rectitude , honour , and integrity care for it ? He had challenged his enemies to meet him , but they declined meeting him in public ; However , with
the aid of [ the people he would put down the asperity , rancour , and . hatred of a venal , time-serving press . ( Great cheering . ) He pointed the finger of scorn at its representatives , and said to them , 'Let my words pass yon by . until , such . time as the people shall have stamped such a value as shall make them irresistible . '; ( Loud cheers . ) He asked , where were those who had votes and power in . Julywere they not now bankrupts in both fame and fortune ? ( Hear , hear . ) He wished the government to give the people political power , and then throw them on their own resources . ( Hear ; hear . ) In allusion to the monetary pressure , Mr O'Connor said money could-only be produced by labour , and
rendered valuable by reproductive labour . "He passed through the lanes and alleys of their towns , arid was _^ distressed _atj . _witnessing _. _so : many pallid faces ; but _^ he .. went _JtAJthe -co _^ try _^ and ' : _^ itnje 3 S _|^ ro ' sy _^*^ eeks > ' ; an ' d- r- st ' alwar - t _^ _^ ' arrns _^' arid he was de- ' lighted . ( Great applause : ) He' ; had great cause of complaint against Mr M'Grath . What , would he ; destroythei Dispatch ? destroy : that . thatgave him so ' much ; amusement ? ( Loud laughter . ) If they found poor Mr Boyer drunk in the streets again , let them send-to him ... He would pay the three pounds with pleasure , as he could not think of having his only source of amusement destroyed . ( Laughter . ) Mr O'Connor here paid a tribute of respect to the
memory of the late William Cobbett , who had faithfully predicted the present state of affairs . If France had looked to practical details of liberty , if she had had her Charter , she would not now have to regret her glorious three days . ( Great cheering , ) What had our Charter done ? Why , what thc Queen herself could net do—made Su John Cam Hobhouse a peer , when disqualified for the Commons . It would appear that at this point the qualification commenced for the Upper Hou . < e . ( Hear , hear . ) When no longer fit for the people , quite fit for the peerage . ( Cheers . ) A few weeks ago lie was sailing up the Rhine , and had a gentle
man , a native of Hungary , for a travelling companion , and his companion gave him the difference between Austrian despotism and English freedom . In England , said he , if you do catch a hare , you are taken up and sent to prison . In Austria , if we catch a hare , we cook it and have it for our dinner . ( Laughter and cheers . ) In England you pay tne press to tell lies—here we have no press to tell lies . He had seen that where the people possessed land , they were more comfortable under a despotism , than Englishmen were under what was called constitutional freedom . The Economist , a respectable newspaper in its way , had said it was ridiculous of Mr O'Connor to introduce the Small Farm System in
England , when it had destroyed his own country . Why , there was no such a thing as the Small Farm System in Ireland , nor had not been since the destruction of the forty shilling freeholders . The Irish had a great love of their little holdings . One of them , on being asked why he wonld give £ 20 for land he previously sold for ten—if it was because his forefathers held it—replied not only my fourfathers , but my Jive and six fathers before me had it . ' ( Laughter and applause . ) But the Economist and other papers knew no more about the subject of the Land , thau an Irish pig knew of geometry . ( Laughter . ) He had nine papers on his back now . Oh ! how it weighed him down . ( Laughter . ) But ,
it was not enough ; let them triple the number , and be would be more than a match for them . ( Loud cheers' ) The press had made a set at him ; they wished to put him down before he went to Parliament , but they would fail ; backed by the people , he should triumph over all their base machinations . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Capital could not repre * sent labour ; 'As well might ihe lamb . with thc tiger lay down , or the dove with the kite unite . ' There was not one man whose absence he regretted but their Parliamentary champion , Thomas Slingsby Duneombe . ( Great applause . ) He should be at all times delighted to follow him , and sure he was , he would neither mislead nor deceive us . ( Loud
cheers . ) If the middleclasses wished to join the people , they must not expect to lead , they must go into the shafts together ;—( cheers)—but the moment they got to Whig Cross , they flashed the dark lantern in your face , and said 'Good-night , Mr Chartist , ' leaving you to grope your way along as well as you could . He would start for Manchester to-morrow , and on Wednesday he would be at Nottingham , where a great triumph awaited him . ( Tremendous cheering . ) He had been set at by John Bright , and tbat little bit of knobstick spirituality , little Miall ; but if he met him , he would puff him away with a sing le breath of contempt . He liked to see the writhings and contortions of the press . It pleased
him , it gave hira renewed vigour—and furnished him with some amusement . ( Cheers and laughter . ) He had honoured himself by . coming there ; he was gratified to know , that not only was he the representalive of Nottingham , but also of the workingmen of the united kingdom . ( Loud cheers . ) He had recently parchased , for his children , a magnificent estate , of six hundred and eleven acres—( great applause)—in the county of Oxford ; on it was a magnificent mansion . He did not intend to pull tbe mansion down but on the contrary , put a few acres of land with it , and put it up for auction , and buy it in for himself ; and at his death , he would will it as aheir-loom for the patriot who should gain the affection of the people as his suc-
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cessor . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor resumed his seat amidst ttiunders of applause . . ' The last sentiment given by the Chairman' was as follows :--- ' r : ' ' " ¦ ' ; - ' Our Democratic Brethren _thrBngiout the world ! May their preient struggle for Liberty and Equality bs crowned with _suceeBS . ' " .. " ¦ ' : ' . ' . " ' . ' , ; 'Mr ' JuUiN _^ _IlARNETViWho ' was loudly cheered on coming forward to respond to the scntfment , commenced his _speeoh with _^ some remarks on Lord _Palmeratonnnd the late election at Tnerton , and added that , if once' the ; . Charter was the law Of the landj Ehglarid > would not be misrepresented _bymsn of the _Palmerstbri- ' stam ' p . 'Ih allusion tothe fra ' deCo ' _ngrfs _^ _speakei ; said , ? .. I tell ; Dr _^ Bo _^ ngthat _^' _neXeter . had ; jthe :, siiffragesof the English _^ _orKingmeh _^ and that _. Mr Weerth did
re-: pre ! ent the interestsvand ; express'the sentiments ; 6 f _ithesEn ' Blish _4 working ? _'classea . 'i' ( 'Applause ;)'?' : ' 'All _tnettar ' _e'bretfirGW ; a | tjing _pf _^ _p _^ ? " 8 _fleen tarise _^ _. d ' _^ England _?^( Hear / hear ) ' i This _is _' _as it should ' . be . ; _t ; _W _$ l' _^ un _*™^ ' _^ _W 8 § PJ _™!^ _ifiiplK' _^^^ cause , and Bhould , as far as possible , aid eaoh ; Other yn the . struggle _^ _forjitherreooyeryrofr their common rights . " -The _. Reform movement' in-France : " must lend to chance , 'which change . 'I _trustful be lor tie _'betontof'itfe- ' masses'iffli'l ask ' yihj , -doihotithe i French insist _iupbnsoraedefiiiite scheme of reform ;! ! _jljfo have ihad > Reform _^ r-a reform which we were . assured was to give us ' full ; free , and fair representation , ' but ; alas ; we found Whig promises
- 'Xlko Dead-Sea fruits tbat tempt the eye , ... Andturntp ashes * o ¥ the lips ¦' . . _-, _andgowiirthaFreneh find the ( windy _prpn-ises of their Liberals , if they ; _trost merely . ' , in . the parrot-cry ' of ' Jteform . ' ' There can be no real reform short of vest- ' ing the national sovereignty in the hands of the entire peopfe . ' The prinoiple of the . constitution of' 93 _mus t be a realised fact . In Germany , Democracy is steadily advarieing .. * Forward—always forward , ' is themotto of the German Democrats . In vain may Frederick William try to stay the waves of p rogress by his wretohed substitute for a constitution . In vain may
he cry to the roaring waters— ' Peace , be still . ' The ocean of the world has , ere now ,, taught kings their Iittlenes 8—asthe Persian despot and the Danish royal pirate learned—and the democratic torrent will not the less prove the impotence of royalty . Behold how gloriously the spirit of fraternity is winging her way over the nations , dropping in her flight the seeds of union and love—witness the sympathy of Prussians for their proscribed brethren of Posen . Will the Prussian king dare to murder the condemned Poles ? Let him beware of the effects of such a tragedy . He may have learned from history
that-* The patriot ' s blood ' s the seed of freedom ' s treat ' For one Pole put to death on the scaffold , a thousand Prussians will rise to take his place , and propagate Polish principles . When the nations ef the continent read of Nicholas and his sons being Welcomed to these shores , ' and feasted in Victoria ' s halls , let them not confound Englandi's contemptible government with the people of England . News has been lately received from Warsaw of tho deaths of several eminent patriots confined in the citadel of that capital , and the madness of others-rendered insano by the tortures to which they had been subjected . The Reforme recently described a new atrocity . It appears by a letter from St _Peterc-burgh , that until lately the exiles condemned to Siberia , _^ were sent to
that frozenhellia ordinary carriages , bat now they are transported in vehicles each containing a dozen cells , ranged in two rows , with a passage between them , in which are three soldiers with loaded guns . These carfiagea travel day and night . The journey occupies three months , and the prisoners are allowed to breath the fresh air only once , for ten minutes , in twenty-four hours . The result has been that two out of every ten have expired on the road ! Would that we had power , and could only , catch bis Northern bearship , heahould try how he would like a three month ' s journey in one ofhis own cellular carriages . Or what , perhaps , would be Btill better , we might put him into a moveable cage , and exhibit him as ' the ¦ most ' . extraordinary enriotityi ' . all' the way from Russia—the last of , the _AutocratB . ' ( Loud cheers . ) It has been a cheering sight tn witness the failure of
• one < of ? _lhe-fi 8 sa 88 ination _/ : _Of-Poland--foiled-byivthe energy of the Italian people . Here let rue remark in I allusion to what has fallen from Df Epps , that the doctor ' s much vaunted moral force would , have availed ithe Pope ; but little , if . he had ; , not had _physical ! force _^ _$ hje _\ baefcvo £ _^ wouTd Kavelaughed to scorn ' the Pope ' s protests ; but that backing up those protests was the armed civic guard . ( Cheers ;) Mr Ilarney then at some length repudiated and condemned the views expressed by Dr Epps , relative to the middle classes , the name ofthe Charter , & e „ and concluded with an earnest appeal to the men of London to make that night ' s _meetinrthe recommencement ofthe _agiation , which should never be abandoned , until the Charter—name and all -was made the law ofthe land . Mr Stallwood then gave : —
Health and happiuess to William Dixon , and long mny he lire to preside ov _» r meetings congratulatory of the people ' " triumph . Mr Robsrts , in supporting tho sentiment , said he had known Mr Dixon for many years , as a worker in the good cause . The sentiment was adopted amidst loud acclamations . Mr Dixon responded , and declared the meeting dissolved .
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National Victim Committee , —At a meeting of this committee on Tuesday evening , Oct . 19 th , the secretary read several communications he had received , after which , Mr Grassby , on behalf of Mr Almond handed over £ 16 lfo ., being the balance of the Bilston tea tray ballot , making , with the sum of £ 11 6 s . 3 d ., previously received , a total of £ 28 2 s . 3 d ., derived from the samo siurce . Greenwich asd Deptford . —The . democrats of the above borough having resolved to commence their winter campaign , and Mr Joseph Morgan of 39 , Butcher-row , Deptford , having volunteered the use of his spacious and elegant rooms , Mr Ednitmd Stallwood , on Sunday evening , delivered the inaugural a'ldress . Mr Frier in the chair . Mr j Stallwood was much applauded . A locality ofthe
NationalCharter Association was formed and tho _neccessary oflicers elected , lt was also resolved to form an Agricultural and Political Library . The meetings will take place in the above room every Sunday evening at seven o ' olock . Mertutr Tydvil . —A large number of the Chartist and Land members recently had a supper at the Thtee Horse Shoes , in honour of the glorious victory at Nottingham . After the cloth was removed Mr Williams was voted to thc chair . Amongst the toasts were the following : — 'The people , the source of all power , '' Liberty to all nations under heaven , ' ' The noble electors and non-electors of Nottingham , ' ' Long life , health , and prosperity to F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . '' The speedy return of Frost ,. Williams , and Jones , ' ' Long life , health , and prosperity to T . S . Duneombe , Esq ., M . P . '
Birmingham . —A supper was recently holden at the Ship Inn , in celebration ofthe election of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for Nottingham . Mr . A . Fussell presided , and several excellent speeches were delivered in support of the usual democratic sentiments . South Shields .- Presentation of a Testimonial to Mb Dickinson , the People ' s M . P . —On Wednesday evening , Oct . 6 th the friends of Mr T . Dickinson sat down toa substantial dinner , at tbe house of Mr Gilroy , Cross Keys , West Holborn , South Shields , where tho above gentleman was presented with a splendid silver lever watch and appendages , as a taken of respect for his noble and able conduct in advocating the cause of the people at the late
general election . Tho watch bore the following inscription : — ' Presented by the friends of Mr Dickinson , of South Shields . ' The room was beautifully decorated . Mr Robert Brawn , the proposer of Mr Dickinson , » as unanimously called upon te preside , who , in a short but pithy speech , presented the testimonial . Mr Dickinson replied at some length and thanked his friends for the liOHOur ihey conferred upon him . Thechairman then gave , — ' The People , the Source of all Political power . ' Drank with three times three . Mr Watson , of Newcastle , ably responded in a lengthy speech . * The ( Jhampions of Freedom of every _aga , and of every nation . ' Mr
Dickmsou responded . The Chairman then gave the health of'J . T . Wawn , Esq , M . P . for South Shields , and bis glorious majority , ' drank with the usual honours , _andjthree cheers more for the' wife and bairns . ' _Responded to bv Mr Mitchell , a nonelector . The Chairman then _' gave , — ' The Strangers who have visited us . ' Responoed to by Mr Watson . The Chairman gave , ' The health of Feargus O'Connor , Esq , M . P . * Responded to by Mr Gdplun . The Chairman gave , _« The health of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and a speedy return to their native Ianc \ . Responded to by Mr , Mitchell . , The chairman gave , ' The Honest Press . ' Responded to by Mr J . urowa _.
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Several other songs , toasts , and _sentimcnliTVo given and tho company separated _aVa late iionr , highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainment . [ This -report ought to : have ' , been r published two weeks ago , but by a mistake . in _, the _uireotionj-the letter . _wasreturnedtothewritenlX' ; _^'' "'* ;? ' _« . ' Crotdo ! -, —On Monday , _$ ot . 251 *; _MrfFrpflt ' delivered an address on the Principles of Equality , its beauty and practicability , and the reasons why it has never beeh- 'attained . ' After'quoting _ErnestfJories , _Micheleti . Ga ' betyaiid ; the _^ Christin ' n'FAth eri ; _rib _« hW that uembl _^^ _eJiriBfiaM _^ ' _syhoi ) yi _^ _fegg _^»| _gj _# _ly
quoted Soiiibey _^ _nttis point ;; and _* hen p- _^ ede * te consider thefright _of'mahkirid to _tne'Btai } and ; co » K mented oh the various systems of _ngiemahftemnl _^ showing that no equal 'divigion _' cohld ; beperaanenw maintained , and that _* eji ' u ' ali | y ; oould . ' only'be _attainedl by "the establishment _^ . of ; a coromoriK ri 6 ht ' . - Ho . qeduced the jightof . common property from man 8 common wants ,: ' and " maintained . that his common powers ; and _capaoitiea " required ; theMristiintiqn _; of coramoh _Mabour' _^ atid ' educati . on _^ fo"r ;; th ' eir'd ' evelbDement . ' Mr F . " tnen briefly expressed" ; _hw .. _^! . ' ?*; - _^ mnohino-y _,-iioiuminea , tner natural equality , ofttne
sexes , and asserted-that political justice _; W 0 _uldnftt be-complete until - ' thettuffrage was ' given towomen . ' In vain ] ' said he , ' Bhairwe / _dest _^ of class oyer ; clai _& if _^^ _tirife ; tbe _^ _dijji _j'iatiwi _, _$ f .. _seXj _Oyer _^ x _^;^ great attention _'laldtheprevaiM _^ be . a _derirefc-beai- _jra _^^ > _JpswioH , - a _# _^ Safe ) Haifbddrj ; the ' _uiscus _^ io'h _^ ofretaining _M'Same _^ Gh' _^ _sumed by _/ _ltfr _Soslin that as the People ' s Charter contained the . Only _^ p r _^ per elements of _^ right _/ govern ' merit ,
_yandjbeing"detormined _toasBist inmnHi ' ng"the _^ Uharter'thelaw of tie land ; -we _^ coufd ' no _^ . _namer''He ; cbnbluded : a ' speech , ' remarkable' ; for its candour _arid'firmhes _^ . solution : 'That as this _AssociationhasifoRiUobjebt -the establishment ofthe People ' s Charter , " as the law of _theVealmf the'bpinidn of this meeting' _is , \ that th ' e most' effeetuarmearis to further such object ; would he to unite ourselves to the National Charter Association ? We , . therefore , further resolve that the secretary of this Association write to the secretary of tbat body for the cards and rules as soon as possible , in _order'tb constitute' us' the Ipswich branoh of th ' e National Charter Association . ' " - Mr M'Pherson , in his usual warm and energetic manner , seconded the resolution . Those present who had objected to the name declared their readiness to withdraw their objections now that it was in contemplation to unite with the _Natisnar Association . Mr B . Chapman
then ; in language of which the highest and best educated collegian might well be proud , supported the resolution . The resolution was carried unanimously . - ¦ ¦ ' Sheffiblb . —A meeting of delegates from the various wards was held in the Deraocratio Temperance Reading-rooms , _^ , Queen-street , on Sunday evening , October 24 th , to forward the election of good men and true . to the town council . Mr Willey was called to the _ehair . After the financial transactions had been disposed of , the delegates gave cheering accounts of . their ward meetings . We assure the Tiverton friends that we won't be satisfied with a mere additional two this election , but beg to inform them tbat twelve candidates have been 8 taarted with every prospect of the majority of them being elected . Thanks having been voted to the chairman , the meeting adjourned to next Sunday evening , at the above place .
On Monday evening , October 25 th , at the usual weekly meeting , Mr Jackson ih the chair , ' a deputation from Stockport was received , in the person of James _M'Cormick , who gave a very lengthy account ofhis mission . After he had concluded , the following motion was moved by Mr Jones , seconded by Mr Goddard , and carried : —• ; - That in consequence of cur o-rn embarrassments , we cannot at present assist oiir Stocliport _frienda _, but at the same Mine wo pledge _ourselvei to support them as far ab we are able , when ths election does tak » place . _< Moved by Mr Goddard , seconded by Mr Brook , and carried : •— . _..-... _; . That wo recommend Joseph Sturge to be placed in nomination for thei borough of Stocliport . ¦• . ' . _
- On the motion of Mr _Ca-ill , a vote of thanks was given to Mr M'Cormick . Those members who have not paid their levies , are requested to do so before the 1 st of November , or they will be excluded from theballot . National Victim Committee . —Tuebdat _, October 26 tb . —Thefollowing sums have been received : from Mr J . Arnott , Somers-town _, 3 s . 3 d . ; Mr William Dear , 6 d . . Westminster . —At the meeting of this body on Sunday evening last , October 24 th , at their rooms , in-- Dean street _. _vSoho , one pouud was unanimously
voted to . the fund for _prosecuting the ' . Whistler , _* and other dastardly defamersof the People ' s Friend and Representative , _Feareu 3 0 'Gonn . or , EaqtJA subsenption for » 'the same purpose was alsd opened amongst the membera of tbe Westminster branch of tbe Land Company , Mr John Skelton delivered the firstofajerie _^ ||> n _^ r _&| 2 _? to ; _M ! S' _^ p % _ared r mte _^ _epdelfght e _^ lecturer . The second ' _will'beTuelivered' _^ seven o ' clock precisely , on Sunday evening next , October 31 st .
_Somkrs-town—On Sunday evening , October 24 th . Mr John Fussell lectured to a very crowded audience at the Chartist rooms , Bricklayers'Arms , Ton bridge-Street , New-road , on the ' Evils of a State Church , ' The lecture was highly instructive , and the lecturer was warmly applauded . At the _clos 6 of the lecture , Mr John Arnott reported that the late harmonic meeting for tho benefit of the Widow Dodson , would , at least , realise £ 1 Is . ; and that thecouncihad resolved to hold a second harmonic meeting at the Bee-hivo , on the 9 th day of November next , the proceeds to go towards defraying the expenses of prosecuting the ' Whistler , ' and other calumniatorg of Feargus O'ConnorEsq ., M . P .
_^ Walworth . — Mr Philip M'Grath leotured te a very numerous audience in the Assembly Rooms , East-lane , Walworth , on Wednesday _evening . Subject : 'Registration , the Charter and the Land . '
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Tower Hamlets . —Mr M'Grath will leoture on Sunday evening next , October 31 st , at the Sir Wal tor Scott , opposite Northampton-street , Cambridgeroad . To commence at half-past seven o ' clock . Stockport . —Mr R . Sheldon Chadwick will lecture at the hall of the Lyceum , on Sunday next , at six o ' clock . Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , —On Sunday evening next , October 31 st , Mr John Skelton will deliver the second of his course of lectures on "' Priestcraft , Superstition , 'Ac . ; to commenceafc half-past seven o ' clock precisely . Tub Westminster Chartist Locality wili meet at seven o'clook precisoly , the same evening , as will also the Westminster branch ot the Land Company , for the transaction of business . Mr T . _Pickersgill , tho agent fertile National Co-operative Benefit Society , will also be in attendance .
• The Irish Confederates continue thehr meetings every Monday evening . On Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock _nrecisely , the National Registration and General " Election Committee will meet , when all penjohs holding tickets or cash connected witb the recent dinner at tho Crown and Anchor Tavern , Strand , are requested to bring or f orward the same . The National Victim Committee will also meet , at tbe same hour , in the same room . Thc attendance of every member is earnestly requested . Somers' Tows . —Mr John Fussell will lecture in tho Chartist rooms , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridgestreet , New-road , on Sunday evening next , October 31 _st Subject : 'Mr O ' Connor ' s Land Pian .
_BESMONnsEY . —A publio meeting will be heldat the _Paragen Chapol , Webb-street , Bermondsey , Newroad , on Monday evening , November 1 st , to explain tho six points in the People ' s Charter , and the Land and Labour Bank . Mr Wm . Tapp , of the Metropolitan Committee , will take the chair . Mr William Dixon of Manchester , and Mr Philip M'Grath , directors of the National Land Company , will attend and address tbe meeting . Sooth London—Mi' O'Brien will leoture in the South London Chartist Hall . Subject : ' Currenoy and Exchange . '
Towkr Hamlets . —A general meeting of the Globe and _friends' branch of tho National Charter Assooiation , to elect two delegates for the Metropolitan Delegate meeting , will be held at the Globe and Friends , Morgan-street , Commercial-road East , on Sunday evening , Ootober 81 st . Mr M'Grath will leoture at the abovo house , on Sunday , October SI . Chair to be taken at half past seven o ' olock . _Wbsiminster . —Members to be eligible for the next ballot , must pay all local levies , due on or before Sunday , Novomber 7 th . , „ , x _BEHMosDBxr .-Mr J . G . Clarke , of Manchester , leotured here on Oct . 10 th and 26 th , and gave great
_satisfa-ttien . Thb Fraternal Dj-uoorais will assemble at their place of meeting , White Llart , Drury-lane , en Moadav evening next , November 1 st , at 8 o ' clook . _. IlSx-On Sunday , the usual weekly meeting will be held inthe large room . _Bull-elose-lane . when Mr Tomlinson is expeoted to leoture at _halfpait six o ' olock in the ovening . Bath .-A public meeting will be held at Mr Tuokor ' s large room , Theatre Tavern , Monmouth * street , on Tuesday evening next , for tho purpose of re-organising the Association . The cbairto betaken at s ' even o'clock . # m , Crayford . —At a meeting ofthis branoh on Wedi _nesday evening a vote of confidence in , and thanks to , Mr O'Connor was _unanimouffly adopted , _^^ _aiiji
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_30101847/page/1/
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