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TO THE ENGLISH AND IRISH CHARTISTS.
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Fkiends asd Fellow Countrymen , Before y...
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RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL luAND COIVIPANV...
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EXECUTIVE NOTICE. Letters have been rece...
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S.,i'in Lo.vdos Chartist Hall.—Mr Thomps...
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TO HENRY DRtlMMOND, M.P., AND JOSEPH HUM...
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Wkst Bromwich. — Mr L'nncy, of Bilaton, ...
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . (Concluded from th...
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To The English And Irish Chartists.
TO THE ENGLISH AND IRISH CHARTISTS .
Fkiends Asd Fellow Countrymen , Before Y...
Fkiends asd Fellow Countrymen , Before you read this letter you will have learned that the remnant of the " British _Constitution has been suspended in Ireland , " and that the meaning of the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus is , that the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland may give orders for the arrest of whomsoever he pleases , and that the persons so arrested cannot appeal to the Judges of the Zand to secure their release upon bail .
They need not be charged with any crime , but they must linger in their duns-eon at the will of the Autocrat . This ri g ht of Habeas Corpus , and the ri g ht of being armed , are considered the great bulwarks of the British Constitution , but both rights have been abrogated in Ireland ; and perhaps your English blood , and your Irish blood , may thrill with horror , when you iearn that out of 656 constitutional representatives ofthe people , only eight Irish Catholics and two Irish Protestants contended
against , and voted against , the measure . I heir names should be chronicled ; they are—Callaghan , Fox , Devereux , Scullv , Greene , Reynolds , Sullivan , Fagan—Catholics ; Crawford and O'Connor , Protestants . And I believe that had it not been for my resistance to the measure in the first instance , that it would have passed amid the plaudits of the House . And you will scarcely be surprised at the abrogation of the constitution in Ireland , when I tell you that as far as an independent Member of Parliament is concerned , it is also suspended in England ,
M y speech was called rebellious and treason _, able , " and I believe few men would have stood the hurricane of disapprobation with wbich it was received . But that is legitimate , because although I have never interrupted any man in tbat House , yet I concede the same ri ght to Members of Parliament that is contended for at public meetings , namely—tbe right of expressing approval or dissent . But what I complain of is , that on Monday I received the following letter : — Sis , —Far God ' s sake do not publish vow speech in the _Nobthebx Star , as it was delivered in tbe House of Commons , for « f you do you ara to be prosecuted as a Felon , under tbe new Act . ( Signed , ) A _Dbtbctivs .
Xow * all will remember the discussion winch took p lace in the House of Lords , relative to the publication of speeches made in the House of Commons , when Lords Brougham and Campbell both gave it as their opinion that if words spoken in the House of Commons of a felonious nature were published , with the view of making an impression upon the public mind , that sueh publication would come within the meaning of the Act . For these reasons you will not read my Speech as delivered in the House of Commons , because , apart from the warning of the '" Detective / ' I have received anequivocal assurance that the desire and tlie wish of the Government is , to strike a blow at Chartism b y tha conviction of the Chartist leader .
This , 1 trust , will be an answer to some of my enthusiastic friends , who aTe anxious that I should be amongst them just now ; and I beg of them to keep the case of poor Vepnon in ¦ view , who was convicted for attending at what was called an illegal meeting , at which he did not speak , and then they will see the facility with which the minions of Government may turn a perfectl y _leaal into an illegal meeting , and vet some of mv enthusiastic
friendsurged on by the taunts of Government employes —would consider that I best discharged my duty b y thus hazarding my liberty , and jeopardising their cause . However , as my family and myself have been scattered over the face of the earth—some prematurel y consigned to the cold grave ; others having spent more than half a century in banishment , others in VanDiemen ' s Land and Colombia ; aDd as I am the last and remainder of that stock in this country , and as here I have borne my fair share of persecution , it is not to be expected that I will jeopardise my liberty , and hazard a cause which is dearer to me than life itself , by being made the victim or the tool of the _susceptiblility and credulity of others .
Ss rank has tyranny become , that I even fear to ask a question as to the treatment that the "Whig victims are now receiving , least my interference may increase the rigour to which -they are subjected . But of this you may rest assured , that I am not an inattentive observer of passing events , nor shall I fail to turn , them to the best account . Mv enthusiastic friends , who imagine that
anough never can be done for them , would have had a taste of the delig hts of office held under them , had they witnessed the treatment that I have more than ouce received in the House of Commons , in defence of their cause . And I now tell them , as I have told them before , tbat I would rather be found slain amongst the ranks of those contending for freedom , -than living , promoted and honoured , in the ranks ofthe oppressor .
M y own countrymen , especially those in M anchester , cannot have forgotten the years of trouble , of persecution , and of danger , that it has cost me to bring about a union of the Irish and English working classes , while now some of them , who were then opposed to that union , and resisted it , are holding back , fearful of even expressing a mild opinion . Even Irish Members in the House of Commons draw the
distinction between the treatment of Lnglish and Irish prisoners , one Member having actually taunted the Government with not having transported some of the Chartist prisoners , -while those prisoners are now suffering punishment worse than death or transportation . They are upon prison fare , on the silent system , and in the felon's dress , and , until I was aware of the fact , they were compelled to p ick oakum like felons . 1 to be
Good God , is this a state of things en dured , and are one set of men to be treated like thieves , whilst those who consign them to degradation secured pre-eminence by violence and the preaching of revolutionary doclnnes ? My friends , the Government has made a dreadful onslaught upon the Press of Ireland , and I believe vou can well imag ine the delight it would afford them to victimise the only paper in Eng land that dares to avow the pure democratic princi p le . Perhaps you are not aware that Lord Arundel and Surrey ,
Mr Driimmond , and Sir _Benjamin Hall , frequentl y honour me with reading extracts from the Northern _$ tar in the Hmise of Commons ; an . _l tbat Mr Hume , as far as unconnected words will admit of abuse , attempted to heap mud upon me f _«* r _proclaiming the rights' of lahinir . B it although I have long borne the > e _indent taunts I am consoled by the hope of the realisation of n former _pri'iliclion . when , in _> peakin _^ of Ireland , I s :. id , "Thoujih a dark cloud lias biooded over my country , yet in thc Al , t _., „ t horizon 1 see the dim shadow of liberty
and my heart gladdens . " In mv ¦ _xtacy 1 excla ' _-med . can it be , Aud - 1 voice responds , L ' mou an _« l Liberty . " And may that union be now so perfect as to insure the freedom of mv country , is the fondest hope of my heart , and I have only to imp lore of the enthusiastic and brave , whilst I do not ask them to abate their ardour , not foolishl y to trv t- precip itate me into useless and unnecessary _danger . Thev may rest assured that of
all ' the felons , that felon who has resisted tbem so long would be their dearest prize , while my countrymen and the Eng lish Chart _' _^ _ts know , tbat not onl y t ' rtmi the day 1 entered ParJi ., H ! eiit , b « ljfr * . Hi ihe ihtv 1 was born , I have neither said a word , nor _written a word , g iven a vote , nor done a _sinjjleai-t which has been hostile to the _interest of Ireland or to the _working claws ot _Kniiland . And if prudence would _j't'iiiiit iht * ili-cioMir . _' , I could submit to thein sunn * iacts which 1 have u-ed fori . be safety »"
Oli ; t _* i _' s anil wilh which , one day , I _mIiuII i ' . _rruigt ' tae \\ hi ; : Government . . \" i .-. _* . _* . mv friends , ail tliese _things whicli you force fr .-m me . hut > ii .. ke _mejjuiore oii ) OU _> 10 lilt _Gownuiitnt _, aud while you talk of the f acility
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of packing juries in Ireland , you have never cast a thought that there is no necessity for packing juries in England , as the whole list contains a long catalogue of oppressors , - whose interests are supposed to be hazarded , and jeopardised by the growing spirit of Democracy . Now I will suppose a case .. Suppose I was arrested to-morrow , and arraigned before Chief Justice Wilde and a mfddle-class jury , and charged by Tom Snooks , a policeman or detective , with having heen present when Jack
Styles made a seditious speech ; do . you think that any more evidence would be necessary , or do you think that if _ahundred / _witnessesofthe most unimpeachable charactef ' came forward to prove that I was at the Land ' s End when that speech was delivered in London that it would be an answer to the evidence of Snooks ? Xot a bit o it . The Chief Justice would tell the Jury tnat if I wasnot there , I ought to have been there , that he trap was laid for me and I ought to have gone into it .
1 have said as much as the Gagging Bill will allow me , and in conclusion I have only to repeat my former pledge ; that I commenced this movement with the people and for the people , and with them and for them I will remain in it to the close , but the persecution that every member of my famil y has endured , although it has not relaxed my ardour has increased my eaution . I remain Your faithful friend and countryman , Feahgus O'Connor .
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Vol- Xl No 56£. London, Saturday, July 2...
VOL- XL No 56 £ . LONDON , SATURDAY , JULY 2 d , 1848 . , __ _*»™ 'r _^ . - . _ _. _. _^^ rive » iiillm 8 « and Sixpence per Quarter
Receipts Of The National Luand Coivipanv...
RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL luAND _COIVIPANV , FOB THE WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , JDLY , 27 , 1818 . PES MR O'CONNOR . SBABES . £ B . ( 1 . Pershore M 10 6 Bolton M 5 6 0 Croydon _„ 4 9 6 Preston , Brown 5 o o Westminster _„ l 15 6 Newport , Salop 0 4 i Foleshiil „ 3 17 0 Teknmoutfe ,. 5 o 0 Bridport .. 0 2 2 ITaniev .. 1 15 fi Markinch m olio Henry Smith .. 1 2 _t > _Seanam „ 0 18 0 Hemy _Gulden .. 0 7 6 Malton „ I 17 9 George Martin o ? _r Nottingham , Thomas Tiller .. 0 7 8 Sweet ., 0 2 0 Alfred Wood .. 0 2 t South Shields .. t 16 0 Thos Thornberry 0 5 o £ 38 19 7 8 XPEN 8 S FUND . Foleshiil .. o 2 0 South _Shislds .. 0 4 0 Uridport „ 0 16 Hanley - 0 2 0 Malton .. 0 3 6 Mrs Melvill .. 0 2 6 Nottingham , Henry Golden .. 0 2 0 Sweet m OSS Wm Isherwood 020 Manchester M 8 16 0 £ 1 18 6 Land Fund S 3 19 7 _Sxpense Fund ... ... ... 1 16 6 _Rulei 0 2 8 41 ol Sank ... 114 13 6 £ 155 U 3 Wjf . Dixos . _CHilSTOrBEi DOILB _, Thos . _Clius , ( Cortes . Seo . ) Philip M _* GBA . TH , ( Fln . Sm . ) RECEIVED AT BANS . Bacup * .. .. „ m 5 0 0 NOTICE TO DEPOSITORS . Hereafter , all _Post-office orders ghonld be made _payable to Thomas Price , at the Bloomsbury Money OrderofKce , _instead of St _MartfnVle-grand General Postoffice . All who have not sent in written vouchers to be exchanged for printed certificates , are-requested to do so _without _^ elay . The half-yearly Interest due ob the 3 lst day of December , and 30 th June , is added to the principal in the several accounts , in accordance with the Bank Rules , and bears Interest as fresh deposits , _T . Fsics , Manager . RECEIPTS OF LIBERTY FUND . Romford , ' Cam _Wellingboroueh 0 10 0 KidC 3 ' .. 0 19 0 Oldham , per T . Greenwich .. 0 10 2 Trestram .. 0 2 6 Limehouse , Re- Newcastle , per publican .. OH 0 M . Jude •• 0 13 1 Ox bridge , per Ashton , per Dr MrRedrope .. 8 5 6 M'Donall .. 2 0 0 Merthyr , per J . _Manchester , psr Morgan .. 10 0 T . Ormisher .. 5 0 0 Holrn _h | per TodmordeD , per H . Marsden - 0 7 o R . Close .. 1 0 e Xonriih , per E . Barnsley , per E , Springall .. 10 8 Dalby .. 0 U 1 Northampton ] Swindon , per W , per W . Mun- Burton .. I 0 0 daj ( So . 1 ) « 0 10 0 * Uarkincb , A . _Northampton Mitchell .. 0 10 ( No . 2 ) .. 6 13 0 Chippenham , S . Dalston , per A . Robbeck - 0 0 G Leach .. 0 5 0 ; £ 16 8 4 Johh _M'Cbaz , Secretary . fob ius _lovss . BKCEIVED BT W . EIDER . Washington Bri- Kilmarnock , per gade , per "Mr M . Gilmour .. 0 2 4 Daniels .. 0 15 o Noi thampton , Hr Telman , per W . Mundy .. 0 6 6 ditto .. 0 10 Paid Mr J . Simpson n £ 1 i 10 11 _« i
Executive Notice. Letters Have Been Rece...
EXECUTIVE NOTICE . Letters have been receired from many of the most important distriots of England and Wales , giving faTourable accounts of the progress of the movement generally . The great question fer tbe present is efficient organisation , and from reports that reach ub every day , we have reasons to _heliera that the elements of a _gigantic movement party for the Charter exist in this ccuntry . Oae thing is plain—the Russell Ministry are treathing their Iaet , and the present liouse of Cemmon 3 is imbecile for good , and powerf ol only for evil . Such a parliament cannot govern . The _bre'kin _^ up ol _narties is inevitable : and , therefore , the collecting and husbanding of our strength is wisdom .
During these pa 3 t ten days , important meetings have bBen continuously held in London and districts and our colleigae , Mr M'Crae , haa gone to Scotland , to cement the bonds of union on both aides of the Tweed river . We deem it advisable to issue no address . Next week we shall address our friends at length . . . , . We have received numerous applications for missionaries , but the state of our finances prevent us complying with the requests of our friends . \ a \) no IVy . ; servile or Tory journalist rejoice at this an nounceraent . We cannot put our hands into a fund
for _secret service , by which to make an impression on the ' Times , ' and astonish the ' SPECTATOR *'—surprise the * _LxiUiSBns' of the' Chroniclks '—and have our office filled with official ' Dispatches ; ' butwecando _greater thinps : we can move England and Scot _' and from Laud ' s End to Land ' s End " , and * will awaken the dozing minister , oae of these mornings , to such a cry lor the Charter as will make him wonder at the _mpicinj of the of _t-misquoted phrase— ' VoxpopiCi , VOr _iH . '—The voice of the people is the voice of God !' Signed on bshalf of the Executive . Samuel Ktdd .
S.,I'In Lo.Vdos Chartist Hall.—Mr Thomps...
S ., i'in Lo . vdos Chartist Hall . —Mr Thompson will lecture on Sunday evening next , at eight _c _' _u ' ock . Subject : 'Man , his social and political rights . ' Tower Hamlets Victim Committee —All persons _nt-tlding books or monies on behalf of the above , muat briaf them in on Thursday _evenins , at eight o ' clock , it 1 ' , _r-y _' s _Ctliic-feouse , Shoreditch . A meeting lor spec iii _business will be held . J . II . _SutniERU will deliver an address on the pre-• cnt aspect of tha times , at the Koyal United Friends . 'i ' abf mack-walk , Hoxton , on Monday _evening at eight o ' clock .
A _Mketino of the Chartist secretaries of London and district , will lake place iu the Assembly-rooms _Dr-tn-street , on Sunday morning , at ttn o ' c . _'oc-k _Tni : CiiAiiTEii 10 R England and Rei _* _ial for ii ; -lam )—A public meeting will be neld at the ! he-Mr . * , Mil _i-n-i-Areet , ou Wednesday _tvenin-: _nexi , _i ; t _fcieiu o ' clock . . ' Fi . _riiURY—The localities cot having sent _ecle-.: } . [ . -i ! o tbe di-. _tnot coffiinit !< e are requested to nafet l \ lbUUihy ' s ( Jut . < £ hou c , _Llolbtrn-till , on Wednesday , at eight o clock .
To Henry Drtlmmond, M.P., And Joseph Hum...
TO HENRY DRtlMMOND _, M . P _., AND JOSEPH HUME , M . P . Sirs _>—I perceive by the reports in the daily journals , that on the occasion ot the Parliamentary sacrifice of' the Constitution' on Saturday last , both of yon vented your spire and spleen against the honourable member for Nottingham , by falsely and _foullf assailing the Northern Star . You , Henry Drummond , M . P ., malieiously and untrul charged Mr O'Connor with publishing iri this journal , ' a long column of advertisements of blasphemous and obscene books , ' and recommending them lo the readers of this paper .
To this accusation , I answer that Mr O'Connor , who is the proprietor of the Northern Star , is totally ignorant of the character ot the advertise _, ments inserted until the publication ofthe paper ; and is certainly guiltless of ever having reviewed or recommended any hook—good , bad , or indifferent The ' long column' must be either Mr Cousins _' s or Mr Watson ' s advertisement—or , perhaps , both . I have looked down both advertisements , and I here deny your slanderous assertion , that a single obscene book is to be found in the list of either publisher _, in Mr Watson ' s list I find political , theologicM , physiological and educational works . In Mr Cou . sins ' s list I find political , theological , and medieal works , with the addition of certain novels and
romances . But , l repeat , neither list includes any work on which could be founded your disgraceful libel of ' ob cenity . ' Messrs Watson and Cousins are incapable of publishing obscene works , and , therefore , have no occasion to advertise such publications . As to your talk about ' blasphemous books , ' all sensible men will value that talk at its true worth , as the ravings of a bigot or a hypocrite . You doubtless consider yourself an orthodox Christian , and . like the Pharisee , thank God you are not as other men are , but you should remember Byron ' s definition of orthodoxy and heterodoxy . ' The first , ' says the poet , ' is my doxy , the second is another
man ' s doxy . Your' doxy' is , p robabl y , _belerodovy to Messrs Watson and Cousins . You would hardly venture to denounce Lord Brougham as a blasphemer , yet that personage could not hesitate to avow he has read the writings of Hume , Paine , Godwin , Volney , Diderot , Mirabaud _, Rousseau and Voltaire ; and if Harry Brougham may read the writings of these authors , why not Harry Smith or John Jonis . who have equally as good a right as his liberal lordship to ' prove all things ard hold fast that wliich is good . ' Some of the above-named authors have extorted the lavish praise of the ex-Chancellor . If Lord Brougham may eulogise Voltaire as worthy of ' a lasting debt of _patitude _, ' *
surely the Northern Star may _adverti-e the great Frenchman ' s works . Do you . a member of Parliament , stand in need of being taught that ' blasphemy' is an undefined offenee , which the professors of every religion think themselves at liberty to charge upon the professors of every other religion ? Are you so ignorant as not to know that the founder of Christianity wa 3 crucified and Stephen stoned , as * blasphemers ? ' That Luther and Calvin were blasphemers to the followers of Rome ? That Dr Kalley , a _Protestsnt minister , was recently pro secuted and persecuted by the Portuguese authorities ol Madeira as a 'blasphemer ? ' And , lastly , can you be blissfully unconscious of the fact that
you , Henry Drumrnond , M . P ., area 'blasphemer ' in the eyes of Jews , Turks , and Hindoos ; and even all Christian sects but the one you associate with ? I am afraid , however , that I cannot credit you with mere ignorance . It is often said of certain persons , that they are not such fools as they look , and my impression is , that you are not nearly so demented as judging by your speeches some people might imagine . You know that in the enli ghtened assembly , of which you are a member , your fellow-legislators (!)—all 'honourable' men—are ever ready to bait a Chartist ; and that to set them barking and
biting the ' cry of blasphemy 15 just as goodasany other . Were you merely a bigot , you would intro _duce a law to suppress the blasphemous' books , and punish the authors or publishers by fine , imprisonment , torture or death — the good old way of vindicating ' tbe glory of _Gcd . ' But that you will not do ; you are wise enough to see that the good old times cannot be restored , so you vent your spleen , by meanly assailing a gentleman whom you hate for his _popularity-r-that popularity being gall and wormwood to you , and such as you , who are detested by the great mass of the people .
Excepting , perhaps , Mr Sillett ' s book , on farming , I am not aware tbat Mr O'Connor has ever recommended any book to the readers of the Star . 1 alone am responsible for the censure or applause bestowed upon any book reviewed in the Star . For anythin ; I know Mr O'Connor may never look at the review columns , and certainly he knows nothing of tha reviews until the publication of the Star . I do not spare censure when I think censure called for , but on the other hand I do not , and never will , hesitate to applaud and recommend a really good and clever work , even though it should not be shaped according to the fashionable orthodoxy ofthe day . I am content to ' _Selza on Truth wherever found , On _CUriitisnoron Heathen grouDd _, ' Believing with the poet ,
that—The flower's divine wherever _Itgrowi . ' You , Henry Drumrnond , M . P ., proceeded in your speech to assert , that ' the hon . member for Nottingham had in his journal advocated the principles of M . _Proudhon , wbich went to deny the ri ght of any property . ' I shall simpl y reply to this , that you have asserted what you knew to " be an outrage on truth . You went on to say , " He ( Mr O'Connor ) had in the course of certain articles published in thi 3 journal , said , addressing the people , ' The
land is yours , and one day or other you will each of you have your share of it , when you shall have acquired sufficient knowled ge and strength to assert the principle that the land is the people ' s inheritance , and that kings , and , priests and nobles have stolen it from the people , and only _holi it through their ignorance . " I cannot at this moment call to mind where you have found this extract , or whether there is any foundation for your imputing it to Mr O'Connor . Any way I will say that Mr O'Connor need not be ashamed
o \ it . for my part , I should be only too happy , could I acknowledge myself its author . But can you not see , O wise M . P ., that in charging Mr O'Connor with the sentiments just extracted , you have contradicted a preceding charge ? In one breath you charge Mr O'Connor with advocating principles which go to ' deny the right to any property , ' aud in the next breath ; ou charge him with teaching the peop le tkat the ri g ht to possess the land is naturally theirs , and that they will recover their property in the land as soon as they have acquired sufficient knowledge atul strength to _assert tb ? ir rig ht . For my part I declare my belief that this is most wholesome doctrine , and that whoever preaches i t does more for the advancement o ! mankind than such statesmen ( Das you will effect though vou should legislate ( : ) for a thousand
vears to come . ' Yes , I declare—I echo ihe ass ertion of a great _pnnciple , a principle founded in eternal rig ht , that THE L \ ND IS THE PEOPLE'S INHERITANCE , AND THAT KINGS , AND PRIESTS . AND NOULES HAVE STOLEN IT FROM THE PEOPLE , AND ONLY HOLD IT THROUGH POPULAR
IGNORANCE ! 1 do not court persecution , but under any circumstances this princip le I will maintain , it is not against property I war , but against the fraudulent appropriation of ' national property , by the plunderers and oppressors of the people . To wards the conclusion of your speech , you , , _t n „ , ™ i m iv . said : — 'The hon . mem-DrumrnondMP taid :- 'i « enon
mem-Henry , .., ber for Nottingham in these articles , attacked the verv tenure of property , and soug ht to destroy societ ' v as it now exist * d . In one of those articles the hon " . member for Nottingham said , " For myself , I freelv avow that I have no respect for society as it i _, at ' present _donstiiuiBd . ' Civilisation means illrequited labour and a bastile for tlie miliums . Civilisation' is a luuc lie—an organised hypocrisy . _BiinUh ' civilisation . ' ( Hear , hear . ) I bus you * L : ve = of Men of I . _L-itew an I Se _^ no . - bo ll . urished in the -. ir ..., o ; Go . III . Hy lUnry L j d Sr _. u _-htta . . _Loe-ion ; _iCuight aud Co .
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are reported in the Morning Herald . If the report is correct , I shall show yon to have been guilty of a wilful perversion of facts . In the first place you knew that Mr O'Connor had nothing whatever to do With the Address in which the passage you professed to quote occurs . I can truly assert and prove that Mr O'Connor could not have seen that Address until the Star of July 8 th was published , and very likel y even then did not notice or put himself to the trouble of reading that doenment . You could be under no mistake as to
the parties responsible for that Address , it being headed as an ' Address from the Fraternal Democrats to the Workin g Men of Great Britain and Ireland' and signed ' G . Julian Harney , Secretary . ' I leave the public to pronounce judgment on your conduct in asserting that ' the hon . member for Nottingham , said , & c , & c . ' The hon . _mianiber did not say , & c ., and is not answerable for the sentiments you have ascribed to him . Those sentiments are mine , and the words are mine , arid I glory in avowing them .
Hero is a correct copy of the passage you have misquoted : — 'We ( the Fraternal _Demoorats ) frankly avow that we have no respect for society aa at present con stituted . ' Civilisation' means ill-requited labour starvation , gaols and _bastiles for the masses . To the millions _civilisation is & Luge lie , nn organised hypocrisy . Perish such civilisation . ' The word such is in italics in the ori g inal . I must now trouble you Henry Drumrnond , M . P ., to turn to the report of your speech on Hume ' s Reform Motion , as published in the Morn ing Chronicle of June 21 st , in which you describe ' society as at present constituted , ' and the ' civilisation' of the present day in the following words : —
In the first place , they must consider who were the persona making these demands . Ue was sure that the greatest portion throughout the country at the present moment were persons who , from various causes , were Buffering great distress , and lis believed that there was no distress which a man was capable of suffering equal in pain , both to body and mind , to that of seeing his family around him starving to death ( hear , hear ) , whilst be felt ; that be had the ability to support them bad be but the means ( Hear , hear . ) Many gentlemen _mu 9 t remember
that passage in the first of our modern poets , who when he would _deicribe the acme of human suffering , takes the case of Count _Ujjolino , and there de-9 _cribes much such a scene as that to which he had adverted . Many gentlemen had also read no doubt , the very painful accounts which were published not very long ago , detailing sufferings of such a nature that they had nearly destroyed aU the finest fee'ings of humanity—that had gone even the length of leading mothers to contemplate and provide for the death of some of her children that she might have somewhat more to give the others . '
This is your picture of ' civilisation , and if you had the heart of a man within vou , you would cry with rae , ' PERISH such CIVILISATION !' But there is this difference between you and me . I belong to the working classes , and have known in my own person the sufferings of the working classes ; you belong to that privileged minority who thrive by the sufferings of the people . Is it true that you are related to the Duke of Athol , the too celebrated lord ol Glen Tilt ? Is it true that you are brother-in-law to the K * l of Kinnoul and the Bishop of Rochester ? These are , for aught I know to the contrary , all'honourable men ; ' but not the less deeply interested in society as at present constituted , and that ' civilisation , ' which according to your own showing , dooms the masses to horrors rivalling the miseries of Count Ugolino .
As to you , Joseph Hume , M . P ., a few words will suffice . You followed the member for West Sumy , and declared that' the paper from which the hon . gentleman had quoted was no credit to any one . ( A laugh . ) * * Any paper which pandered ( o the passions of the multitude by propagating such doctrines fully deserved the term profligate that had been applied to it . * * And the men who propounded such doctrines , and held out such dangerous principles to the igmrant and unthinking should be shunned by all persons , and scouted from society . ' Thank you for nothing , Joseph . It is no fault of yours that the mean 9 at present employed to crush the independent Irish press have not before this time been put into
requisition to destroy the only public journal in England , which such shot / hoys and political charlatans as you stand in awe of . Are you not a wretched counterfeit of a ' Reformer , ' when , acknowledging as you do , that English misgnvernraent and _W hig treachery are the prime causes of Irish disaffection , you nevertheless , with a hypocritical whine , declare yourself placed in the painful position of snpport _. ing her Majesty ' s government , ' in strangling ' the constitution , ' and handing over Ireland to the rule of the sword ? Both tho hon . member for Nottingham and this journal have earned your hatred , by exposing the humbug of your Reform dodge , and , therefore , you join chorus with thc West Surrey sage in raising a howl against ' the dangerous doctrines' of the Northern Star .,
On so notorious a ' brown-bread , sham-Radical as you , Joseph Hume , M . P ., I do not think it necessary to waste further remarks . I beg to remind you , Henry Drumrnond , M . P ., that on the occasion of your election at Guildford , on the Gth of August last , you said : — ' I was born 3 Tory—and I stuck to Toryism till it became as dead as a door nail . ' You went on to say : — ' Whi giam is as dead as Toiy . ism , ' and you added ;— ' It has been determined that class-legislation shall come to an end—in that
determination I join . ( Loud cheers . ) * * * There must be perfect equality for all . No one class shall domineer over another , or be domineered over by another . ( Loud cheers . ) ' This speech gave me some hopes of you , even though ' born a Tory . But ray hopes have suffered shipwreck , and I am afraid you have sadly disappointed your constituents and that the cheers will not be so ' loud' the next time you address a Guildford audience . Oh ;—as Burns says when addressing the Deil : —
' O wad yo tak a thought an' men . ' You read the Northfrn Star . Good . That is the one hopeful feature of your otherwise deplorable case . Read it attentively , reflect ou this letter , learn to speak the truth , eschew the shocking habit of bearing false witness against your neighbour , and you may yet redeem your character . If , however , these words of warning are too late , if you are resolved to persevere in the road to ruin , the best fortune I can then wish you , will be—that the next election for West Surrey , may leave you politicall y , like Toryism , ' as dead as a rloor nail- ' G . Julian Haiixey . Northern Star Office , July 27 th , 1818 .
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Wkst Bromwich . — Mr L _' nncy , of Bilaton _, attended a public m _*? e ; ing and formed a branch at this place , «> n Sunday evening last . Countv OF Durham _Oiwanisation , —On Saturday , July 22 nd . Mr Byrne lectured at Trindon Grangi * ; Sunday , July 2 ; jrd , at the camp meeting , Uoxhoe ; Monday , July 24 h , Little Chilton Colliery ; Tuesday , July 25 : h , _Ke-lloe . _GiiKBHwicii _DibTRicr —A special general meeting of the above district will b . _r held on Tuesday evenin ? , August bt , at the Druid ' s Arms , Straight's Mouth , for the forffardiDg the _orgaiiisitiuii of the _r _fint r _^ fc .
The Chartist Localities ani Land Branche _* , who havo i _>* _-ued chares tor the ' _D- _* i _' y Paper , ' are _rcqueated to tend _dclegatca tothe Dispatch Ale and _Ciffdfl H » use , B . _ide-laii- _* , Fleet _Htruer , on Sunday , _August 13 h , at three o ' c _' ock . t > bring the paper out aa soon au _pourib _' c . —The Paper Committee tor the _Whit'iHpt-m . mid Cat , aiorrquoited to meet on _Wednesday _evening next , at eight for _nineoV-loik . — The members ot the Land Company aro _rtqufsted to attend a general mootii _** , ' _, mi Tuesday , August lit . and to _brinu their card " and _bnoks . A General _Mketijvo ofthe _Nationa * hind L mpany will be held in . Ii « _tVilberforca _Ilcomu _, on ruesdavevening , Aw _^ _nst . l _* t . .. _Li-ndon— A { re . ; e-iil meeting wid be held on _Su-iday _t veninj < , July 30 * h , in the Temperance ii il ! , 1 } _atilv't-rnw .
M ah vi . us nk — V _In _.- 'nre will bo delivered on _Sucd-yoveoi _::- ' . 1 a ' . * . -JOth . at tha Oach Tan , tern Arm ,. _0-cti _3-acro- * t , New road , _at ei _.-. _-ht _o ' clnr _. c . Mi _* _S . _lu-DO will deliver bis _i-coond lecture in tlie Hail of the Litetim and _Jcmi'Ii * Insti ' u _' ion , ( _ii-catCidisle-atra-:., I _' ortniau Market , oa \\ tdnttila ; at it , _Auauat'Jud .
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . ( Concluded from the Eighth page . J Mr Kktnolds thought it of little importance whether thia unconstitutional measure extended to Sept ? mbtr or to March . His opinion was so strong againstthe principle ofthe bill , that if it _iras proposed to pass it for seven yean he should n _*» t be inclined to divide the house upon it . ( _Glreat laughter . ) They might laugh , but he could assure them that the proceedings of that evening wonld be received in a very different spirit in Ireland . When It reached Ireland that on n Saturday they assembled , and in a few hours suspended the constitution of that country , and that when he , as one of the representatives cf Ireland , made an observation tending to convey his strong opposition to the measure , instead of receiving
any sympathy he was laughed at , what were the feelings of the people of Ireland likely to be ? Ho would adviie those gentlemeH wbo were in the minority not to tronble hon . members by voting again on tho question . ( Cheers . Though ha entertained great respect for tbe hon . member for Middlesex ( Mr Osborne ) , he must Bay he was not prepared to go with him at present in any attempt either to modify the provisions ofthe bill or its political _oxistenca . ( Hear , hear . ) _Hio belief was , that in lieu of being called a Bill for tho _Supensiou ofthe Haoaag Corpus Act , it would hereafter be called a Bill to Facilitate the fiepeal of the Union . He had promised to give no factious opposition to the measure ; that promise he was prepared lo keep ; andhe called upon other hon . members not to insist upon another vote . ( Cheers )
. MrO Conmob said if he had agreed with the hon . member for _Pubhn ( Mr Reynolds ) , that the _paising of this measure would accelerate the Repoal of ihe Union , he would havo voted for it . After some further discussion Mr Osbobne withdrew his amendment . The Bill then went through committee , after which the house resume ! , nnd the Chairman reported . The Report waa then _brought up and receired . The bill was then read a third time and passed , _iuime . diately after which the house adjourned at a quarter to seven o ' clock . HOUSE OF LORDS-MON DAY , JuLr 24 . SUSPENSION OP HABEAS CORPUS ACT (
IRKLAND ) BILL , Mr Bernal and other members of the House of Common 9 brought up this bill . The Marquis of Unbdowne said , before the house proeeeded iurth « r in its ordinary business , he would call attention to an act just sent up from the other housebeing an act to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act in certain eases in Ireland until the 1 st of March , 1849 , and he begged leave to move that the bill bo read a first timo . The bill having been read a first time , The Marquis of Lansdowne , in ¦ movin'j the suspen . sion of the standing orders , that the bill might pass through all its stages in one sitting , called attention to tho fact , that three days had not elapsed since the
subjectof the rebellious movement in Ireland was incidentally discussed on the motion of Lord Glengall , without bringing overwhelming proof as to the character nnd ex . tent of that emergency under the pressure of which their lordships were called on to legislate , in Meaih , Cork , Waterford , Tipperary , and _Kilkenny , the club shad taken practical _possession of the country . Since the Lord-Lieutenant had proclaimed Dublin , Cork , and Waterford , the acknowledged leaders of the conspiracy had gone from town to town , and county to county , for the purpose of reviewing their forces and ascertaining the extent of th « power on which they might immediately rely . He moved that the standing orders be dispensed witk , that this measure might pais at once . lie _vantured to promise that without delay it would receive Her _Majestj ' _s ssent
a . After a _discusiion in which Lord _BaouGnAM , thc Earl of Wicklow , and the Hart of ELiENBOBouan took part , Tne standing orders were then _suspended , and the bill was re id a second time , passed though committee , was reported , read a third time , and finally passed in about two minutes . The Haalth of Towns Bill passed through committee , and their lordships rose at a quarter to seven , no doubt congratulating themselves on having got through a fair piece of work for an hour and three quarters silting :. M 0 . _SDAV , _Julv 24 th . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Alarm in Liverpool . —Mr Cabdweh presented a petition Irom Liverpool , signed by all tho authorities and respectable inhabitants of tkat town , praying for the extension of tbe _measure for suspending the Habeas Cornus Act to that town . The adjourned debate on Mr Keooh ' s motion rplative to tho striking of the juries in the rocent triali in Ireland for sedition , was resumed , and after a discussion negatived without a division . The house then went into a committee of Bupply on the army estimates , and several sums were voted .
The Incumbered Estates ( Ireland . ) Bill was then read a third time , passed . TUESDAY , Jolt 25 th . HOUSE Of LORDS . —The house met at twelveo _' _closk , when the Royal assent was given by commission to the Habeas _Cerjjus Susptnsion _^ Ireland ) Bill . The Marriage ( Scotland ) Bill was read a third time , unci DS 83 Cd _> HOUSE QP COMMONS . — Tut _CoL-iNtES—Sit' Wm . _Moleswokth brought forward the following motion ' Thatit is the opinion of this house that the colonial ex penditurc ofthe British empire demands inquiry , with a view to its reduction ; and , that to accomplish this object and to Becure greater contentment and prosperity to the colonists , they ou _^ ht to be invested with large powers for the administration of their local affairs . ' Mr _Hott seconded the motion . Mr Hawes replied , and the debute was _adjourned . WEDNESDAY , JuLT 26 th .
IIOUSE OF COMMONS . —Mr R . M- Fox withdrew his motion on the Parliament of Ireland . The Waste _LantfJ ( Ireland ) Bill was withdrawn . The Sale of Beer Bill went through committee , and the house adjourned .
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DR . _M'DOUALL . TO THB _EDITjtt OP THE NOBTHEaH STAB . Db 4 r Sir , —I thank you for your notice and remarks on my ams _> and tbe condition of the prisoners and their families . I hope tbe country at _lar _^ e will respond . There are one or two things regarding m _> case which I shall mention . I would not have been arrested at all had it not been for Robert Newton , countable of Ashton , who was uncommonly annoyed at some ofthe Ashton lads refusing him ad mission to the meeting . He then importuned the magistrates , but only two Whigs , Buckley and Lord , couid be induoed to sign the warrant , and so fearful wera they onthe _oross-eximination of the ' cateettine
out of tho bag' that they impartially allowed Mr Roberts to question Newton as to what oceurred bjtween tbem , but , at the name time , cautioned him not ta answer . I was csnSned in an underground necessary , commonly called & cell , without any ventilation , from four o ' clock on Sunday morning until ten o'clock ou the Monday morning following . The window was tho _eize of a sheet of Bath post paper , and admitted three rays of the sun , which , illuminating the particles of dust , _see-. ned like taree loDg thin webs of g ossamer . They did not represent the trinity of King , Lords , and Commons , but tbat of natureman and liberty—upon which I spun many cheering thoughts and arguments .
U « ed as I have been all my life to the open air , I need not say that I felt horribly oppressed , especially when the water was heated in the pipes which run through the oell for the purpose of warming tha vagrant prisoners in winter . I remonstrated—greater heat waa applied until the _pipta became too hot for tne touch of any band , save tbat of an iron or copper smelter . I stripped , coat , waistcoat , and , finally , trowBer 3 . I fo ' . t _suffjoated but I saw tbat any further complaint would be a triumph to the _enemy , therefore I patiently submitted to an _extreme bot bath , removing tothe furthest corner , n _.-ar the door , the little trap in which was carefully bolted . that not . a breath of air _should come in . Thia lit tie
trapdoor , I knew , waa open to tbe thievea in the cells ranging beyond mine , for 1 'heardr them coticaot ing and arranging their plans , _witoesse- ' , and evidence with each other . But for one of the little pan _« o ( glass , the half _siz- * of one ' s hand , being broken in the small window , it would have been death to a per-8 » n bo muoh accustomed to thef _.-eo _breizi of heaven as I have beeu . _Ab it wa- * , the enemy succeeded , for I muit _osrtainly admit true although the mind lost little of its elasticity thc body was moat woefully debilitated . Had the trap door b ? en opened a stream of air would have flowed from _thtnee to the small broken _Bquare , or vice versa , or had the fire been _quished and tho trap shut 1 _mii ' ai havo done better .
The specials on Sunday _nii _* ht broke the monotony of my _stlitude by trying to break in . 1 had a lota chat at the trap door with them , which they o ; o ; ied , They ordered the heat to belotrere _. ! . It was increased . 1 ordered them home , as all was , and would bo quiet , and on being sumrao _:-e I up , and express ing the tame , whilst in the presence ol my _iriend Aitken , before a -iiiagistrate , they _wai allowed to return totheir wives and famine ;* . But mark thi . * , a guard of two policimen was toiled over their mm , whil .-tthev rema i ned , lest they should ome _aaain to my cell / and cay ' all was d—d tyranny . '
Tho trial you have _reported , but you have not been _informed that my witnesses b-nke down , contutrd , and demolished tbe police evidence . Tte same two magistrates who _siqskd tbe warrant , commuted me . Not another magistrate would have anytlmr . to do wilh it . Thero wa 3 a bloated blockhead , a ba't idioiic being on tke _benck , who wore a red coat , and who violated all tbe rul s aud regulations ot the _^ _rvice , as we 11 as th ** . _m-inners and conduct of a gentleman . Who he ia , I _should _be- _^ lal to know , especially the root from whet ci be _sniang . ...
I will defend evc > y inch of ground at Live-pool a _« _iz . s , pr 'Vidul those localities wbuh havo mo pr - _urnec u , d _^ ' m . l , will su _* ipl . v Mr Ro ' . ) . 'i : s ami iiiysc'i with'herao .. iH . _Aaht . _'ti will do i _! s duty , _lhutriiil will be v . r . expc _si-. o-t ' . r so -ei ' _i r . c :. uu . _-J , n * . _- wriie ? 8 t * 3 _mu't , all lu _|>** <¦¦ ' _•' ' _« _Q _' _-U'Vi-i _m-., i < , will t :: c people - r _* vfnt n- i- _h-ini * _MKrh-. _- _id ? Intj have it , in their p . _i-. voi- to say ac ami il r _.-L-: ei . t ¦ < .: > with them to _deci-. ' o wl _. o _' . hor 1 am _t-at-.-r m _..-r o . 1 of _ptiauu . There is no ti _^ e to l- 'ae _. luj _^ _-A-i
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_qrjfation _hingtB on sic . —Can I tak e d < . wn my _wJL _nes _* es or not ? -Can I mm m & * iu _* is * l or not « — Can I pay my solicitor or nct ? -On the solution tf these questions hangs the Sate of Sir , Yours most _sinctrely and respectfully m _ P . M . M'lWu . P . S . —All aid and assistance to bo _forwarded te William Aitken , schoolmaster , _Ashten-under-L yr « , _Lancaahire . _—The _mil-n begin on the 17 o . < ff August , at Liverpool . qw « _tionhiD ( f « On _lui-Csn I _take d _. wn my _wft . a w
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METROPOLITAN MEETINGS . AND GO . VERNMENT PREPARATIONS . THE IRISH _HEPEALBB 3 . A great meeting was held on Tuesday tv . _ning last , at the Milton-street Theatre , City , in 6 iipp « r $ of the Irish Leseue . At the commencement ererjr part of the house was crammed , and _ssvem hundred persons wbo wero unable to gala _auhaisMo-a _, continued to congregate in front ef tbe the » trf . 1 ba _Tikksstates that' this gave _some-alirrm to the _atiki . bours and for fear any attempt to disturb the _p-ablta peace should ba made , the whole of thi day and _«• serve police belonging to the city force we » _a of aered to muster at the contiguous station in Moot * , ane _« The G division were also ordered in _reaerf _? , GO . ¦ _ning PI _« Wfc everjr : vem _sMoa , _iba tiki- « Ww i _* i * eo » floe * .
, and Mr Su perintendent Lewis was in _eonstai-. t com * _UilouMti qa with Mr Daniel _WnitUe-ttawey , _theCUrf Commissioner , in ease the services of his men should be required . The M division werealso in _reserr _** and ho was the L division , ' fh _' B raen bail * armed with cutlasses , and were _uader _tbt command of Superintendents Evans aad Rot * . i \ u officOTS of toe F division in _plata elotheB were also stationed in various parts of ths theatre , with instructions that , in the event of . _inys thing in the shape of an ontbraak being _recora T u ' irs " ant communication was to fce conveyed to Mr Superintendent Pearce , who would _forwsH-i ! tb » intelligence to the Commissioners at WhifphaB . * r _* cran * cujr _bould erj tbj bains _*• Rot * . Plata f tta _anys H _30 m-¦ _eyeg _•¦ _itba • hatt .
place . In fact , the precautions taken by the govern ment were of such a _. charaoter that if the least attempt had been made to walk in procenion through tint streets , or to oreata a riot , both mnst inevitably _hava failed . ' Mr Bond _Ilughea , the government report * li was present . The chair waB occupied by E . K _eneatyft Esq , barrister , the counsel for the patriot L ' . _oiaey , Resolutions calling on Irishmen to unite fur tha attainment of their national rights , and in _Ppyrnvdl of the club _ovatem-tor the effecting an on _* am » attoa of the working _elaasea , were unanimously adopted The meeting was addressed by _MessTs KenDV . Ryan , A . M . O'Connell , Barry , Maher , Shaw , ;; td ' O'C ava _* nagh . Cheers were given for the Charter , _Kt peaL _, and groans for Lerd John Russell : wben tbis enthu' vern * n » t * tt the ban wr U _^ jeaVj
siastic meeting quietly dispersed . The police re * ma iced on duty in the neigbourhood nntil a latfi hour , but their services were not required .
THE IRISH LEAGUE . _Enthusiastio meetings have been held by tint John Mitchel , the Davis . Red Hugh O'D _. nnell , Robert Emmett and the Brian Boru C ' ub _* , and a great number of members enrolled . Preliminary _meetings were aleo held to establish new clubs .
IHE CH ARTIST PRISONEHS _. A publio meeting of the Chartists was held in tha City Theatre , _Milton-strfet , Cripplegate , _Nr the purpose , of bringing before the legislature and tha public tbe _deBootic and inhuman treatment of tha Chartist victims . Eight o _' uhok was the hour named for the chair to be taken , birthing before thst _tima Bev _» ril hundred persona had assembled in lront of tha theatre awaiting the opening of thedoirs . Shortly after the theatre was opened every part of ths building was crowded , and _information cf tha intended meeting having been forwarded to the City Polico Commissioner , Mr D . W . Harvey ordered » _strong bi > dy of wen to bo in reserve at _Aioor-lanft _Cripplegate _, Garlic-bill . _Bishopsgato-street , and West
Smithh ' eld . A great number of _OQtlusses were for * warded during the early part of the _evenin" t _> the first-named station tor the use of tne men in casa their services Bhould ba required . The men wera placed under the direction of Mr Inspector Darby . During the afternoon tho Lord Mayor , several alder men and members of the Common Council , with Mr Harvey , the _Commissioner of the City Police , in * spected upwards uf 500 constables in the Ait _llety * ground , City road : and the men were S 9 perfect in tbeir exercise that his lordship expressed himself highly delighted with their military _raovamentB . In oaae any attempt at disturbing tha publio peace should be made , either beb . re the meeting _beizan or at its close , the _Commiia- _'iner *
of the Metropolitan Police had strong reserves of men armed with cutlasses at their several depots , ar . d tha mounted men were also in readiness to act at a mo * ment ' a notice if their services should be n quired . Tho latter body was under the command ot . vir Superintendent Williamson , ofthe T , or _Hammet smith division . The whole of the fire brigade were aleo oa duty , and communication waa kept up between Mr Eogo , the chief _offieer of the N _district , and the citf police authorities , in cade circumstances should arise to call ferth the interference of that body . A considerable number of the city _uni metropolitan polica were also stationed in various parts of the theatre , in plain _clotim to take _cogr-isance of tbe pr' -cf-edingg and ( report the same to tho _novernmeiit . Mr _Danifl
Dwaine was called to . the chair , who read letter from Messrs Jone 3 , Williams , and Sharp complainhu { of their 'felon' treatment in prison , which _caujoi great sensation . A resolution , expressive of sympathy with the prisoners , and of _bringing their treatment under the notioe of the government , and also s petition founded on the spirit of the resolution were unanimously adopted . Tbe meeting was addressed by Messrs _Bcezer , Merriman , Shaw , and Simmunds . We aro gratifUd to learn that after defraying expense ! there remains £ G for the wives and famiiiea of the victims . The police , both city and _metropolitan , remained on duty until an early hour the _ntxt morning , but no riot or distutbance of tke peace was attempted _.
IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT . A public meeting to consider tbe _procetdinua of government towards this unhappy country iras held on Thussdny evening , in the _Jihn-streot Institution . The meeting , and the fear of the government willb * best explained by the following account from tha Times ;— ' Eight o ' clock waa the hour named lor tha chair to bo taken , but long before seven o ' clock a dense mass of _persons had congregated in front , of ths building , and in the . 'p ace of a few minutes after the doors were thrown open the institution _beoa-ne uTed i literally apeakinz , to sufT . cation . The pushing and _squeizog to obtain a Beat , or even standing room , for aorae time before the chair was excessive . Tha moit effective measures were resorted to to suppress
any attempt at riotin ? or _disturbing tbe public peace The polico of the E , D , F , and G divisions were ia reserve at their _foreral _station-beuses . A considerable reinforcement were oi duty in plain clothes in the immediate _neighbourhood of Tottenham courtroad . The new cutlasses , with saws at the _t-aok , wera sent in large numbers to the force , . and wera worn by the men who were in res rvo at tha _respective station houses . This ue * _weapon will be of immense advantage to tho force if anything approaching a publio _disturbance should ba attempted—for whilst they servo all the _purp-ntra of a sword they are so constructed tbat if they once enter a barrier or plank , no matter h > w thick , scarcely a minute would be required to _aevor it . A sort of telegraphic communication was adopted list _nisjht by
the Police Commissioners forobtamrg infdrmatioi if extra assistance should be required . Men in private _olothen wore so distributed aoout that it rt quired but one word to ba given to the next man , and tho intelligence could have been _conveyi d simultaneously " over the metropolitan district to the various _auaerintendente _, who had each strong bodies of men waiting in reserve . The same precaution *! were _bIsj adopted even in the more distant district ? , ic having be . n rumoured that a procession would b > _attempted in the outskirts . The City police arrangements were also mest admirably carried out . Without sending an _additional force to patrol the streets , the men were placed on reserve duty in the _s _' . _atiomhoujcg _, and _enly required tha word of cotmumd to march out and protect tho cit'Z'iis .
'The crowd outside the plaee of meeting wis so great , tbat Superintendent Grimwocd , ot the K division , found it absolutely noi * e _« ary to briny out a p werful body of men to clear tha streets , 1 hia was a work uf no little difficulty , but it wss neconj ! _lijhed with the greatest forbearance ou thi * part i ; f t e fujieriiitetident aud his men . At ten u ' _elr . _ok Mr Grim * wood sent a special _nnvsenger to tho Ci : inHi ; _tsiiiner 3 at WhitebaH-place , stating that ; ho had _sL-cc .: t-Jed in c _' _oaring the _stress , and that tiotiii . n _^ in t ha _bhipe of an outbreak need be apprehended . ' After Mr W . D . son had been _niove-1 _totlwchair , the meeting was _addresse-d bv _Messrs Walton , M'Grath , Kydd , Davis . _Tbompr-o . " , snd Kavanagb _, and resolutions in favour of Kepru _' _, _nutl ci'iiilemningthe acts of g . vernment towards _ln-land , were unanimously adopted . After a vote ot thanks to the chairman , _thcea cheats waie given for Ireland , and the meeting dispersed . The police were in attendance until ono o ' clock On Friday morning .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 29, 1848, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_29071848/page/1/
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