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      ^ THEJNATIONAL CONVENTION . TH ^ irdRKING-M £ N S ASSOCIATION

      OnThursday night week , there , was a _ numerous meeting of the members of this Association at ~ the Hali > bf Science , Commercial-place , City-road , for ¦ &e purpose of taking into ' eonsidpration the present state of the coontry , and to determine npon the most efficient means of organizing the men of London in support of the National Convention . Mr . Feabgbs O'Cokxor was unanimously called to the chair , amid the most enthusiastic cheering . The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to address ihe xneetiag to nearly the following effect : —Working men and brother Radicals , I find , aotwithstandijlg the attempts of a Whig-Radical , sham-Radical newspaper , called iheMortdng Advertizer , to intimidate jtra from-attending here this evening , that all .

      tneir attempts nave fallen to the ground harmlessly , for L > ee beforejne crowds of my brother Radicals—< chf « w ) - | -and in addition , females , who have such confidencein the peaceableness of onr condpct , that actually jnany of them have brought-their infants in their arms . ( Cheers . ) The Morning Advertiser , according to Whig-Radical parlance , has got are « Tolnfionary article in this morning * paper , but , Whig-like—O'Connell-liker-it denounces me , a » d conjures all to beware of Feargoir O'Connor and his physical ftanse men , ¦ whereas , -in its article , in the Terynextarticle , it justified physical force being lesortedia , if it was necessary . ( Great cheerinp . ) I hare only seen that paper since 1 entered ihis loom , but 1 see itAOoswhat this meeting is convened

      *> r ? . Wiy , the editor t > f that paper might have known ,- " if iie had chosen , but as he would seem to he ignorant I will tett him , and in doing so I ¦ wish him to understand , not for the purpose of the master of the . Advertker . ( Ckeere . ) The editor of the Advertiser , ignorant of the- object of these meetings I Why , he has had two reporters attending the meetings that have hitherto been held , for the purpose "©? "seeing whether I committal myself or my party , and because I did not do 10 , Decause I recommended the adoption of moral and » of physical force , not a word of either of tbe meetings baa been reported . ( Cries of Shame , shame . " ) Thesemeeting * , mr Friends , are called to disabnse the minds of the men of London , and' I declare .

      before you and my God , that we have b . een most falsely charged , and moit maliciously misrepresented j and npon those false charges and llralicioos misrepresantations we have been denounced fey the Morning Advertiser . ( Cries of ** Shame . " ) > ow , to show the editor of the Morning Advertiser that I do not shrink frem hia attacks , here 1 stand ready to defend myself , and to explain the objects of the present meeting . No donbt ike Morning Adver tiser finding out that I haTe not and do not intend to Titter treason , nor commit my own party , no ooobt that paper has not sent any reporter * her * to-Mght . ( Cnes of "Shame . " ) Except , inieed , being ^ Tightened at its own shadow , some of Its myrmidons are here in the character of sines , iGreat

      cheering . ) The Morning Chrtnide has also denounced me , but it now declares that I hare become more moderate then I was in the North , that I have « pokenin favour ol capital—thai I was for protecting capital . To be sure I am , because h isin the mews of the _ working man ; . but these asses when taey-get "behind a . goose quillsT- < great laughter )—wated in tb . eirearret 4 it is astonishing what tomfoolery the £ will indulge in—{ great laughter )—and that , too , with the utmost cwnplacency , behind the ridiculous and pompous—We . ( Laughter . ) That Smpons -word ^ dgnifying probably som e conceited ) 1 snick np in j , garret . ( Laughter . ) These men are just like Barristers—1 admit that I am ene—{ laughter)—and they are all ready , as we all k « ow

      , to xpeak according to their pay ; ( Cheer * . ) These asses think that when they write an article that pleases themselves that they havt gratified the . whole world . Now , yon ought , » y irieBds , to know ' how to estimate these fellow * . ( Cheers . ) Why , if there was a newspaper in the market to-morrow , the paltry * um of jE 5 would transfer it to a Whig , Tory , or Radical . ( Cheers . ) 1 have termed myself the Itaixmol Gazette , beeanse . 1 do not hesitate to say thatifit was not forme , the people , the real people —( cheers )—would know little or nothing , and it is because I open your minds to your just rights that attempts are ; made to intimidate me . Why don ' t they come here if they wish to do to . ( Cheers . ) . 1 challenge the whole press of London to meet me

      Here face to face , and not up the back stairs for-that purpose . ( Cheers . ) Let them come forward and show that ! am acting npon liaise foundation *—tUat -what ] am doing will luad to destruction and civil war—let them do that , " and then I will admi ^ tha t 1 « n doing TOtng . ( Cheers . ) It is my intention every night to address the working classes , and I challenge 1 he Editor pf the Morning Advertiser and all the press of London to attend , to prove , il they , the truth and justice of their Jenunciitioa * . l * t them , if they can , prove me to be the mad demagogue aad ihe fire-nrand they have denounce :: me to be . ( Cheers . ) Let them only prove that , nud the working classes will be justifiedin . abandoning me as their greatest enemy—as one whose only object

      has been to involve diem in civil war . . ( Great cheering . } It is not my wish , it never was my wish , to produce such a . state of things . ( Continued cheering . ) What has always been my language . to the Northerns . ? Why , that moral force in effect accomplished what others said they sought £ effect by physical force . ( Cheers . ) You may depend upon it , my friends , tharthe man who recommends you to rush onwith physical violence will be the first man to desert you .- ( Cheers . ) I recommend you , then , my friend * , to proceed by moral force , andbea ^ sured , if you do , your objects -will bo accomplished . ( Cheers . ) J $ y moral force however , I do not mean the moral power of the Scotch philosophers ( cheers ) of their chropings of the Excise , and of attacks on

      the tea-pot . ( Great laughter . ) The people ' s moral power is to make the men who hare the cause of the people at heart , spend their last farthing in regenerating die condition ^ of the people . ^ Gr eat cheering . ) I am happy , my Mends , to gar that there are many men of fortune among us , but " they have all travelled at the expense of the people , with the exception of myselt ( Cheers . ) I have travelled at my own expense—( great cheering)—and if 1 had bushel * of money to-morrow , I would spend it all—so- help me God!—in the accomplishmentof the great object we have in view , viz ^ Universal Suffrage . Now , what do they mean by physical force ? ~ If you give a child a slap in . the face , that is physical force ! ( Cheeri ) And if a 94-nounder was fired noonthe

      people / whatis thatbutphyacalforce ? : ( Continued ehfiwring . ) I have said to those who are rich Radi--cals , and who have advised to strike work—I have « ud to them , " Strike work first , in order to set us the example . " "Let them suspend the discounting © fbiiLs—let them cease from their money dealing * —let them give up their commercial transactions if theT-ae £ ancere—in shorty let them , as I have before said , strike fir « t , and set the workihg-xien the example . If they did ^ so , all the alarm that has been created from physical force would be rendered unnecessary . According to Qie ~ Advertiser as the mass of the people constituted the ' resisting force , they were entitled to ; be heard . Stick those word * , my mends , on your / banners , and : write underneath

      ~ " from me Mmsmg Advertiser . "— - { Great cheering . ) And if after that period you find that paper in any house not advocating such doctrines , summon the landlord , and declare to him that his ale Jid not Knack of the proper guanty , and that his brandy is fibt raffirieutly pure . ( Great cheering . ) To those 'Souses most of you go to see the paper , for you cannot well afford 5 d . a day for a paper , at leart Id . for the l » per , and Id . for the stamp . ^ Cheeral ) Talk of rapital , indeed ! There was so little capital ther ^ . Now what was the Advertiser f- W&at ^ ^ it is I can iiardly « ay , but I can tell you what it is going to . be V *—K » going to be the organ of a sham-Radical partr—the only parry that yon * my friends h » v « t »> dread . ( Loudcheers . ) - Look with abhorrence » pou

      ail we proceedings of any shatn-Radical party . Tne co-operation of the Press in such an object has been , ndalway * will be a firnitfol source of revolution lu « al conntfie * . The follies of leaders will be pantfered tb'by it ^ and the worst results may be expected . Universal Suffrage we are determined to have and-fliath y moral force ] but the Whigs wonld a « - oonhav » itby phyfflcal as b y moral force . Their object is to put the p hysical-force party and the moral-force parry against each other—not for the Wapose , my friends , of doing the people any good , trat to get their own burdens reduced . They t % » . k to Jewrt ^ claim or Univer sal Suffrag e , but the people ' dlanainnsthaveit . ( Hear , and lond cheering . ) l

      -rr » — " - "" i"J ~« juur gnara . mooting to lretiuu —how had she been heretofore put down ? Why , inral police -were introduced , and then Ireland »» eed . - threat chtering . ) Whatluve we now to expect ? What will Mr . O'Conmell say ? Why , he r ^ S *^* **^ fodA pPjyrt Ae PeopleV vharter . He would getupinthe House of Cotnmonj wd w . ^ Tm ^ Sir , ! didpledgemyself to support tte PeopVi Charter . I am stall prepared / to- qo so 1 taw ttie good of the workdng-cla ** e * ofthU cdun-^*> -hejarybot I am afraia bad doctrines ar < s beW jreadwd oy Feargua O'Connor and the Rev . Air . Stephens , and such being the caw , I consider m \* self freed from the plsdgeR I hare anade . and 1 call upon the tovermneat of this country to join with me in

      5 * * **» y wife tiie grievances of the wbrking-«» es . ( Great laughter , produced by the inimita ttemanner in which Mr . O'Connor mimicked the *** $ , }* % P ^ S ^) , Aad then the Morn-! 2 L ^ ikf ?* 2 r *^;^ J > K > ught out to forward 5 * object ! r ; : « 4 v the ~ Chronicle and the £ & ^ P" *®!? "« -tte - "« Bine way of thinHng ; and * I auow the obsemtions m are iad ^ in thow W ?^ *? P *? 1 >] r uncontradicted , your cao * e , my ^^ iaSiS rtV the p ^^ ilf l ^ & bjNb ^^ oB mypart shall be wanted to prevent . JWiUtanatershrink from tronblenordanrer . Wheiv WrtkktenilwiU meetit . ( Caee ^ f l know U * W ^ fe ^ «?*¦ ot aeo-r allude to the 11 »»

      , SK /^ nwrw w . fuif loo rar ; they yu RudRienuflires most woefully deceived . < Cuet-rii . ) Dojpo idppojethat such m > n will gi * e you UhlwteiSoffiigt without ft strong pounrayal of youi

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      moral power ? ^* you snppo « ^ t thepmH ^ couisent to repeal &s . Corn-laws ? to resign < taxes and penaonsi'poyou suppose that tbey * will consent to the repeal * of the obnoxious Poor < L $ . w Act ? ( Great cheenng . ) - Do ypp ' suppose that they will allow the working raen ^; wear Sunday ^ fcthes every day ? No ; it was their wwhto keep the working man living from hand * to mouth , because by that means you cnnld prevent themanufactureffrom paying his iuW ( Cheers . ) _ ' The whole system of oppression to which the working classes were exposed was based upon the most infamous principles . There are many able workmen who , I have . no doubt , not withstanding their abilities , would loose their Christmas dinner if they did not _ continjai to work up to the eve of that

      day . Why were the Irish better agitators than the people of England ? Why . because they never began to agitate till they had g « t their potato-hole full , and then they could set at defiance the landlords and every one else . They never began to agitate till they had got a xixmontbs ' supply of potatoes placed in a comer . The English , however , cannot mnke such a provision . Now 1 have shown you the importance of the press . . Its importance wax indisputable ; and , but for the excellent manner in which the spirited Editor of the Sun has given reports ol our meetings , they would have been rendered worse than useless . ( Hear , and great cheering . ) But lor the exertions of that paper , a man ' s character might have been taken awnjv and justice , could not have b « en done ton * , mt > Teprrtseiited as tee have been Ijere , and by Mr . O'Counell in Ireland . ( Cheers . You little " know , my friend * ,: how matters are managed in Ireland . Xfrieud called npon me , this

      day , from Cork , and he told me that Mr . O'Connell had attempted to abjise me the _ rt-, but that on his doing so , he was prit down by cries of ** Ni » , no , Mr . O'Connor is the jnan who opened the County of Cork , and we are thankful to him . " ( Great cheering . ) Now , the papers have told yon nothing of that , and is it wonderfnl , therefore , that I should be grateful to every . paper that does justice to our proceeding *? The Sun . has done so nobly . ( Great cheering . ) And I ask of you , my frieuds , to support that paper , and that alone . ( Immense cheering , and loud cries of " We will , w * will ! " ) Since the rent has been under collection-. I have been die theme of abuse by Mr . O'Cohnell . ( Heir , hear . ) I have been denounced as an associate witii Mr . Oastler , and the partisan of the Rev . Mr . Srephens . Words have been put into the lait-r gentleman ' s mouth which he never urtered , and upon those words Mr . O'Connrll wishrs to convict me . L I say , without the least hesiUtion , that a more wicked fabrication , or a mure abominable lie .

      never was perpetrated against any person as aguium Mr . Stephens . That gentleman has beenrepre-jentt-d as stating that 100 , 000 men were ready to inarch t > battlein the cause of the people . He " nt-ver said any such thing , or anything approadiing to it . ( Cheers . j Mr . O'Connell said that 1 was an associate with Mr . Stephens , and that as a man was to be judged by the company he kept , he would . leave it to tliV world to form its own opinion of . me . Nqw , my friends , it is said I am in oppcudtion to Mr . O'Counell . True , I am so ; but bear in mind that my oppontion to Mr . O'Connell u not a factious oppa . sibon . You muit recollect that I opposed him the first Ses « ou that I got into Parliament . I opposed him on the question of Repeal , because I wishrd » t and was convinced that Air . O'ConneU onlv desired to make it a sUlkiiig-horse . ( Cheer * . ) Mr * .

      O'Connell was for keeping up tithes , I was for destroying them , or giving them to the pK > ple to whom thV y belonged . Upon these questions Mr . O'Connfli and myself were daily , hourly , and . nightly , fight ing ; and when he got me out ' of the House ' of Commons he beean to attack me again , and « ' f course 1 »>* tail followed in the same wake—nvery joint . in that tail are falling , one alter another , into the sop pan of the . Whigs . ( Cheers . ) Now , I find tkat Mr Daniel Whittle Harwy , in 1835 , vo'ed ajjaiust the princi ples introduced by Mr . O'ConndV and that gentleman , in order , I i * nppn . <»' , t . ) have an English tail , as well as an Irish one , tried his power in Sbmhwark , to make Mr . Daniel Whittle "Harveyresign .. Upon his attempting to do so 1 got up a

      meeimg in Sonthwark , in which resolutions w ere pa > sed , requesting Mr . Harv « yti > hold his seat " atanyrate ; and for that O'Connell denounced me as a man that was backing Daniel Whittle Harvpy . ( Cheers . ) I have no doubt , roy friends , that when L " uiver . « al Snffrage is established , as I ft-el not the least doubt thiit it will be ere long—when Universal Suffrage is established , I Hhall receive the thanks of the whole community . ( Cheers . ) I believe that if the Whi ^ g had allow ed O'Conuell to have goue on as heatiiritset out , he would 1 m ve outlined Hpuwer beyond all contronl , and he would then have .. net at drtiance Whigs , Tories , and Rajicals . Now , with respect to the present meeting , what said tHe Muni ' i ng Advertiser f It is an old saving , " out of . tiie

      ! ashion , out of the world . " Jvow . ihe Advertiser says , that it knew nothing about—that it had never heard of such" a thing as a National Convention , — and the Editor of that paper asks when it was Uirmed , if formed af all r There u an Editor of a ae-s-i « paper for yon 1 Why , th »^ Convention had esir ted lm » g enongh—Tnrty-nine tWegateS' hai ; e been appoiuted , and yet fliu"boi- > by—this Christina * piize ox- —this licensed Sictualler— ( laughter )— had never heard of it forsooth !! There is an Editor of h newspaper for yon !!! ( Great laughter . ) No donbt , it a Sham-Ra-Jictil meeting wits to take place te-morrow , there would be plenty of reporters from the Homing Advertiser to biaz « m » brth it- * proceedings to the world . Notwithstanding all that the

      Advertiser has said against me , I : shall pursue my own straightforward course—1 know my own game —I know that , with the working clas-es , 1 shall beat the whole world before : me . I d- > n ' t care if I am denounced in every place ; it onl y teaches me that my grand point is Universal Suffrage . ( Great cheering . ) . At Edinburgh they have . denonriceJ me , and what has been the result r Why , 1 hate received a letter this morning , more like a tradesman ' s bill than a letter , asking me to . come to Eainbursh , where they say they will fill three'houses in honour of my arrival there . . ( Cheers . ) My l " rieDd « , itisniy intentiou ^ to go to Edinburgh—it is jny intention , by the blessing of God , . to' be there on the 7 th of next month , jaud then I shall > ee whethrr the men of Edinburgh are / aabamed of what ! have said . G uard yeurselve . * , my friends , again > t all nieu" who would attempt to throw dissension among you . I commence this battle with the fustian coatsunshorn

      , chins , and blistered bands —{ cheers)—and , with the blessing of God , I will fight with tk-em to the close . ( Great cheering . ) For two successive winters I have agitat- d this mptropolis , Rudduring the whole of that agitation I dety any man to say that 1 recommended iphyflcal force . What was it that accomplished the oischarge of the Dorchester labonrer *? Moral force , - -. nd by moral force , and moral force alone , I hope to succeed in the trent undertaking we have in view . Muster , ' my friends , in your thousands , and your hundreds aud tens bt thousands , when the National Petition is presented to the Hog (« e ' of Commons , and if you wish hat your representatives in Parliament should do their duty , send word that jou wait for the answer to that petition . " If 3 'on do not wish them to do . their duty , send up the petition , and leave them to deal -with it as they think best . I thfnk . now , my friends , that if ever the Editor of the Radical Advertiser hnA

      a pickiing , "Phave given him one to-night . ; I will give him an opportunity in London , iifl the l * t of January , of rebutting the btateinents that I havd made , and alter that tune" I vill give him a similar oppor tunity at Edinburgh , Paisley , Newcastle , and Carlisle . ( Gheers . ) I am determined , my friends , that I will not be goosed out of this question of Universal Suffrage—get Universal Suffrage , honestly if yon can ^ but get it at aiiy rate . ( Cheers . ) 1 shall not content myself , my friend * , by visiting the towns I have mentioned . We are r-bout to lorm a union in " Ireland , and notwithstanding' the threats / of assassination . that have been made against me , I am determined tavisit' Dublin , and ' face tlie Ho * iu his den . ( Great cheering . ) 1 shall then see whether

      the danger that is threatened is real , and whether or not the intelligent people ol' Ireland will sauction the honest principles I have always advocated . I forgive every man who has- denounced me .. 1 am notgoing to try a mau upon every excited word he may have spoken . ( Cheer * . ) 1 dare the Government , as long as I am nnder the pale of the Cousritadon , to touch me within these walJt . ( Great cheering . ) The Hon . Gentlemaa concluded a most eloquent speech by proposing the first resolution , which wan to the . rffect that the pvnpla were at present unrepresented , aud that it reqnireii the National-Convention to effect the great object they had in view . The Hon . Gentleman then sat down , amid tremendous bur » t * of applnuie .

      Mr . WHrTTLE , the Liverpool deleft * to the Convention , then came forward to ' niove a resolution , declaring that all the manifold t-viU now existing were . attributable to exclusive letnuiatiun—that it could _ only be cured by Uiuvernal Sufirage— -and Dledgingthe meeting to support the Conrention . B y the general rights of man—by the recorded rights ol the People in the great chart ofliberty , Magna Charta—the . people were entitled to Universal Suffrage—it was there stated that no man was to be amerced ; that wm , to be taxed , unless he was represented in Parliament . There wm no man , not eten a pauper , wha did not , either directly or indirectl y , contribute to the support of Government . Then aU -who do , ought to nave a voic « in the

      ejection of those who ought toeontroul the Govemmenw ( Hear , and cheers . ) They h * d iiuw tried two forms of Government , the roiteri system had been tiled—150 despots had ruled and had mined the nation by rnnning her sodw-ply in debt—then by a parnal opening of the Suffr ^ e , they had trird auother plan , but they had not added to the public Rdvautage ^ n t ^ the monopoly . -The fittt frtiii ot the Reform Bill was thatacenreed law wulch reduce J the workinjf mau to the level of tiiebrutea- 'tats first workiug or the £ lOfrHnchiw , wa » t » reduce th « sUte of the poor mau lower than it was before . They passed the accursed Poor Law Bill—by the great ext « n < ion of paper money they had raised the price of provisions to an extent that -wa * vary alarming to Uw workiug clw » ei , Th « working of the ' % 10

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      franchise had brought the nation to the very eya' ^ a ; " convnlsion . Some change was absolutely n ^ eoBssaryvrthey wouldTJOt go bapk to the rpufeu PaTliament 8 ,. hutthfiy would go back to tb «^ rigiual ' lawol the land , and give to every man who ; paid , taxes a ^ ght to ha ^ ye a voice m ^ he election of those who ma on those taxes . They were nowf called upon by the Wbigs themselves at Birmingham to support them ; , bnt the forking men were bound to take the administration of affiurs into their own hands , to preserye the wreck of the Stater-to save it from Kossian intrigue , ; and to make England respected abroad and happy at home . The base Mr ., O'Connell was himself the drawer of- the Charter , and at the firstmeetineheldih Birmirpham

      he stated that he wpyld . stand by . it so ; l » ng as he 1 j " At ^ same meetin 6 % Morning Advertiser had placards posted throughout the town , stating that they intended to devote themselves to the popular cause . That was the beginning , but it was the end , ( Hear , hear . ) TheGovernmeht had found ltMually Decenary to get both of them over to their side , and now O'Connell denounces Mr . Stephens , who is as good a man as ever lived : they employed a man who called them the base , brutal , and bloody Whigs , to denounce as humane a man a » the world ever saw . This was the man whom they selected to lecture the people of England upon moral force , and to denounce the sheddine ot blood . It merelv

      showed that he was at once hypocritev bully , and coward . He waa informed that the petition had been signed by two and a half millions of people , they would be swelled to three millions very shortly , and then including the women and chili dren dependant upon those , they would be the representatives of upwards of nine millions of the people of this country . London had yet to dp its uuty . They had a right to expect at least two hundred thousand signatures from its districts . As much was now said of the Earl of Durham , and recollecting something of him who now called himnelf a Radical , he would at once tell the meeting that he was an empty , arrogant pwrsonaee . Iu

      1819 he ( Mr . Whittle ) attended a Whig dinner soon after the suspensiou of the Habeas Corpus Act , aud that empty personage said that that suspension was not the act of the Tories , but necessarily arose out « f the violence of the Reformers . The working classes were now denounced In the same termsas th « Ileformeri of those days , and they might look for something like another Manclh st » r mussacreil the slightest excess was coniiriitled . He trusted that the peo ple of London would show their moral force m the same way as they did upon the memorable occasion of Queen Carolines funeral . Let them « how the same determined irout as they did

      apon that occasion , and the result would b * the same—they would have their enemies under their feet . The Tories at Birmingham lately staled that they were willing to give the Whigs their '" . support , but _ they must throw O'Gonnell overoo-. rd . The Whigs could not stand ; the Tories were not yet prepared to take office , as they had it lrom tlieir myutbpiece' * , old Burdett aud Lord S « iidoii . Theu ihe working classes must show thattoey are prepared to step in and save the State . ( Loud cheers . ) 1 f they did their duty aud supported a Convention , with them would rest the success of all their measures . He had much pleasure in moving the resolution . :

      Mr . Ireland seconded the . motion .-Mr . Feargus O'Connor said as he was suffering from a severe cold , he trusted that they would rtilow Mr . Whittle tvtake the chair , and let him husband his strength , so that he might be better pr pared for the great fight that was to come .. . Mr . More said before Mr . O'Counor went away , he wished to sny one or two words of a personal nature . Mr . U'Connor had lately had a iriehd in Dublin t-J defend him from the attacks of a man ot

      whom it was enough for him ( Mr . M . ) to say that he despised him . Now he had beurd Mx . O'Connor make iiitacks upon some frieuds of Ms belonging to Edinburgh . ¦ Nu w-he'kuew that Frazer and Duncaii were as conscientious , well-iueaning , honest , and detrrmined friends to the cause ni any ; person could be , and he could nut see that : heir conduct ought to bu impugned because they reprobate some language which they thought maried ' t ' tu > object they had m view . He protected against the attack upon those men made by , "Mr , O'Connor .

      Mr . Lovett . —They had been called ppon by Mr-O'Connor to put down anyone who came there to produce dissension—they might , think that he had ouie there , for that purpose , he assured them that he had not , for he was out ? who believed that the sentiments sent forth through the columns of the KorUiern Star and the C / iampion had been very prejudicial to the interests of those who were earnest in their wish for Universal Suflrage .: ( Cries of ¦¦ " No ; uo . " J He expressed merely his own opinion and wished to furce it upon no person ^ but he trusted , though he diHere-l from them , th ^ y would hear what he had to say . ^ Air . Stephens might be a very good man , and might be a very humanei man , but he had used lauguag « to the injury of their cauie « nd

      , therelore they deurecated him . Tie language of Mr . Sfephens hud kept away mauy fTO ^ foiw their ranks . ( Disorder ) He had-an expenence dl teuye .-ini in Radicalism , and he could say it Wjip because of the lauguage—the ^ violent languageused in 1830 and 1831 , that prevented the working cKsses Jrnin then obtaining a many of their object *; ( Uproar . ) He could assure theniit was true , aud he could meution names . One he would give them . Benbow , at the Rotunda , said it made his heart glad to hear of the burning of Bristol . Such expressions were extended by means of the Press , and a meeting which was to have been presided over by Mr . Wakley was obliged to be given up in

      consequence . It would not have been allowed for fear of coa- ^ equeuces , when such language was allowed to be spoken and eten applauded . Thd language of . Mr . Sti-puens has operated in the same miinner . Many who wonld have joined us have kept back , because tbe / saw language used calling trpon the people to iwe the torch and the dagger , to bite w-itli tneir teeth , atid to tear with ; their naiU . ( Uproar , applause , and hissing . ) If it was doubted , he would read the verypiwsagesfrom the Nort / iern Staraud the Champion . A * O'Connor found fault with the friends of the cause in Edinburgh ,, he . at once denounced them as enemies , and that merely because they deprecated language such as he had read . ( Hissins ; . ) He

      ( Mr . L . ) thought they were deeply injuring their cause by using or approving such language ; indeed he _ thought they-o ' ugut to deprecate , it . They Were doing uiuch . harm to the cause by condemning all classes . There was not a class in which they had not thousands of friends ; then why try to alienate them by denouncing them wholesaled ( Hissing and applause . ) It could only do harm by driving away miiuy of their friends , then only those would be left who by using violent language will hurry them into some premature outbreak , aud the moment they had done so they would leave them and becoms their bitterest enemies . ' ¦ ¦ :-. ' ( Disorder ;) " He did ; not think their cause would be promoted by abusing in coarse language the New Poor Law , or any other partial grievance . ( Hissing . ) In America , after fifty years of freedoui , the people are still slaving ior others—r the money-mongers if you please—and that merely

      because ot the want of knowledge . ( Hissing . ) He would like to seo the people ediicated-r ( hissiug)—he would liktt to see noble powers and resplendent talent engaged in cnlling ; up the moral andTnentkl energies or tne people . ( Cheers . ) Instead of spending a pound to buy a useless musket , he would like to see it spent in sending out delegates among the people ( Loud cheering- and his ? ing . ) He V » as unxious to be understood clearly . If the people wert to ^ be called upon to arm—if they were to go pii using violent exprejsiwns which mustleid . ' to mischief

      he would have uothmg to do with them —( uproar )—butif they wire disposed to go on agitating as they had done for two years , lie would do all in iiis power to forward the cau ? e . ( Laughter and cries i » i " Nu waiting /'); If they were willing to push . pnwHrd i » a reasonable endeavour to arouse the moral aiid menial energies ol the people , he would'bo one of them ; he wits one of them in heart ; but Ht there , wan to be any arming and fighting , he was not one of them . ( Cheers and hissed . ) Mr . O'Connor rose to reply , and was received withtutf most deafening plaudits . Hesaid- ^ - ;

      "Words are but-wind , Actions spe-ak the mind . " ^ ; Now , Gentlemen , I will fight this battle , and here to-night . ( Cheers . ) To prove iny love of union , let : n « u-ll you , that a resolution , condemnatory of the Ediiiburgh pnjceedings ,. was submitted : ' to me , as chainnan . mid what was myreply ? No , don't move it , it migkt create confusion : and look at the Operative of Thursday , that paper teems wiih resolutions which sufficiently test public opinion upon the subject . ( CheeH . ) Then 1 did not create dUsension . ( No , no , and cheers . ) But observe Mr . Moore ' s , charge , that 1 had attacked' his friends , while 1 never mentioned a . name . ( Cheers ' and

      , hear , hear . ) But he forgets thatr in my absence , and without notice , I was denounced ( cheers ) , and would you respect me if I shrunk from the defence of mynelf ana my friend . ( Cheers , and hear . ) What was 1 doing but Uelending my absent friend , the bold , the estimable , the Christian Stephens . ' ( Loud cheers , and clapping of hands . ) ¦ I told jou in my first speech , that while others preached . ch ' anty . they allowed their flock to give them almir ( cheer « i ); while I eiplain » d how Sjephens wag the only Christian maiistgrI knew ai Ui « preacldng and hu practice corre-xpoiided . ( Loud cheers . ) l ^ have told

      you ol his surrendering his stipend to feed bis labour excommunicated flock . ( Great cheeriug . ) I have told you that th « Suiiday papers put into his mo utU a fpe « ch relative to the buruiua of Mr . Jowett ' s milt , one single ; word Of which , at Hury , so hiji pnie God ! he n « ver ottered . CShame , shamS ; aiid greitt ****** tion . ) The circurastauce occurred on tbe same uigut , and now j Pu shall try Stephens . Jfui . t thifik of the ^ vUlany ol the pres * , aud tuegullibility .-of the people , They seek to implicate SteuBetts in thii " , and what do \ hnj nuke him do ? W tiy , go' to Bury ! and tell tUV people all about it , ( Groat laughter , und-cheers . ) ^ Mr . Lovett naii Nud ^ hat if a ' nuion oi > ou wch termi U V , be uu » a « j , iwU havenotuinf tu

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      4 o wiftiti ^ nd S 9 ks"hie ; % ; stan ^ oaj ^^ ^ Wprd , in , the Star . ¦< tHearvheirifand cheersV );^ may vttpt agree with every'lw « l ^ - ' 8 p ^ e ^ y'Mr > Step % e ^ or my loan ; butif t ^ e ' terms of iris * unionare ^ O ta the fleifertion of Stephensi f ' peo |< l ) L ; au ^ hj | o ^ 8 'firi |^' "be'foire I desert niy lnei ^^ tofTiOT ^ people . ( Loud . jind lOug ^ ^ continued applause . ) N dw ^ I . * ayv that I agree in principle with ; Stephens ,- and thit ' s enough , . j ( Cheeni . ) Buti the inoral phil 6 feo ^ phers yrouldiafcfifioeihiui ' 'itiji& % tj linan who woulu turn agitation to popular account . - ( SharheO ; Mr . Lovett asks who did most for the cause ? V » a 3 Pswered--FeargU 8 O'Connor . ^ Cheers . ) , I have trayelled more miles than , Others have half 'furlongsv ( Cheers . ) But he : did not come here to create dissension ! chance « ent them here to the restiuo of absent friends ! and how marvellooslv well hit ' is

      the time , and -how miiaculdus ^ the fact , that Mr . Lovett should turn to Mr . Moore for his ^ roofs ^ cohsisting of bundle ^ of the -Star and Champion , coritaining Mr . - . Stebh . ens ' '' . speeches ; ( Loud laughter and cheers . ) Have : J ribfe this nigW , ^ endered the hand of friendship and reconciliation to all ? ( Loud fbeers , and •'¦ " yquhiive . " , Yethave not all refused \ I ' - No , no , all , have not . ; you , the lifeVthefloutthe spirit of the cause , Vbu , fustian : jackets , have graspedit . fLoud cheers . ) Wait , says Mr . Lovett , and let us go on as we have comfortably for two years ( aye , aye ); for those who mak 6 profit i --and ' I do not aUude to Lovett , ^ tUs doctrine may do ( chee-i ») v u V t '' - ^ - * '' ? 8 ' ^ P ^ ^' - ^ . en . B ^ . ' - " 'XttMrf : hear . ) " WnyvMour eneniies had said this we should not have been surprised $ . but from our friettds ( hear , hear )! . ... : ;\\ -y ¦/ : ¦ : . / '¦¦ : : , - -XJ "' ' v . ¦ '¦••'' ' : ¦ >¦¦;•' ¦"• . ' - ... - •'

      G . i ^ e me the avow'd , the erect , the manly foe , 5 v V £ * " ;«***» perKawv may turn hi » blpw ; Butof « ll plagues , noiidHeaven , thy wrath can send , S » ve , jate , O sare mo froin thd wily frieniy ' ( Loud cheera ;) Lovett says that I was rather complimented by the men of Edinburgh ; I amthahkful ipr small favors ;; but what dp you suppose was the Scotchxomplinjent ? why just such an one as the s » amRadica [ l 8 of Westmmster ( loud cries of hear ) P ^ L ° rd Durhara ^( cheers ) --toih ake a tool of me . ( Hear ; hear )¦ . The Key . Mr . Brewster says , notwithstandingal \ tnf delinquencies , there is a compniueut . ( Loud ; laughter ») He savs'I am too honest to -be piirted with , which means t ' hit he think * ' trie weak enough to be mad « a tool . ( Cheers . ) Let as

      now cauvftss th , e eflvctof this ^ isin ( eie « ted sup port aijd casual defence of the Scotchmen whom I did not denounce . ( Heap , hear ;) Will hot this denunciation of physical force by Mn Lovett ; lead t ? the c . » ncU » ion taat we were here disenssing it to-night ? ( Loud cheers . ) 1 his is the way both Stephens rthd myselt have . beeu canvassed , iibt upon our own s |) eeches- ( cheers , ) r-but upon the cownrdly fancy ofj others . bfHins . ( Cheers . ) vAh , said Mr . O'Connor , I will leave it . to Lancashire and Yorkshire , : ind to you . ( Cheers . ) With : you I commeiictid ^ -with you I will beat down all opppsition- ^ with : yoii and K > r y . > u I Avijl finish , the ; batfle , ( Long continued cheenn ^ y Mjv Lovett calls the Poor Law a -partial tneasur . ' , I call it a damnable measure . ( Cheers and liearh

      , « ar >) Ljit notthat . apparent disputepo to the world ^ as of ^ my creation . ( " is ' o , no ? 0 Dida wi-rd I ) U 1 jfrotri me to justify it ? ' (* <¦ No , hoS' ) Your cheers upon the mention of Stephens ' s name and your response ^ to > ny defence for my abserit Iriend , moves to me that Idid not miscalculate when I said that that . defence was in the muscles of the workni g ^ men . . ( Loud . cheeri ) 1 now otterall the hand of : friendship . ( Cheers ;) I say you ; shall not ftght wrfh me ,-r ( cheers , )—and my advice to .. the peop . eis , to let those leadero who choose to figkt do so , but riot to meddle in / the scufile , but to drum from theirranks all . and each who shall attemptto distiirb qur necessary Union , and long subsisting harmony . ( Cheers . ) ,-I haye hot words to thtirrk you tor your co . rdiaV nnanimous , and enthusiastic support , and shall conclude bV askine you if inv

      presence ih London was notabsolutely necessary ? -- ( cheers , and ' •¦ it was , '' ) and to tell you that with h < ij alone wi ^ . 1 gire up this demand : for Universal Snllrage . ( When Mr . O'Connor concluded , the whole meeting rose and remained cheering : for several minutes . ) ; A gentleman in the meetine rose and said , M r . Chairman , I wish to say a few Words . Mr . O ^ onnok , Sir , if it is any further attack upon me I shall continue'in the chair ; but if not , as I am Miifienng violent agony , I trust you will-allow myfrieaci , Mr . Whittle , to take my place . The Ge . vtlkmAn then said , I am not going to attnek Mr . O'Connor . I am a Christian minister . ( Name , name . ) ;'¦ " ; . I Mr . O'Connor . —Pray , Sir , may j beg the favour of yotirname ? . . ; The Gentleman . —My name is Maberley . ( Loud and long-cpntinited-cheering . )

      ^ Mn ; 0 ' CoNNOR ,---Gentlenjen , ^ this is the Christian minister , wlioinVdespite ^ of Lord John Riissell and his ; Bishop , had tbtj . ittanliness and the kutnanity to d ^ i ^ unce the damnable ; Poor Law Ameiidmen t Act , —fdhwrs . )^ and V have to beg his pardon , when I mid that Mr . Stephens was the only parson whose prActite corresponded with ^ hiHpreachijigi ( Cheery ) -Here there was-a . general cry ofplatform , which the i te « Geutkftiuio iuiintxliately ascttided and spoke ^¦' " { ' ^ V ^ J- ^ Gentlomerii 'I \ 'haye '' ' ; td'V- . ac'trhowitedff « ' uiat Mr . Stephens has used very strong language , but was there not a cause , for it ? ( Hear and cueerv ) I have heard- ; praises . bestowed upon those Englishmen who raised their ' voicesagainst the ^ persecution of-QueenCitroline . ( Hear . ) Gentlemen , Ideleiided her from ; a balcony in the Marketrplace of Cambridge : — ( cheers : )—but I defended her because slie

      was , a woman , and not because she wasi-a , Queen ; t- ( loud cheers . ' and . : ' ? brave Maberley;)—but ; do you see such : a distinction as will makei you champions in the cause of Queeris , ; and rfave . 8 in the cause of lovely woman . ( Cheers . ) Woman is inbre lovelymore vrorth y than man ,- ^ - ( 0 heer 8;)—and yet do you allow your lovely diinghiers to be immured in the walls of a ^ bastile , and thelaws of God to be violated by separating man iiiiu wife . ( Ciiee's ) Gentlemen , I haye been known to be sin ultra-Tory , but in consequence of the frequent injustice practiced upon tlie ; poor and defenceless , I am now verging on Republicanism , ( Loud and long-continued cheering . ) Gentlemen ; my coat bespeaks my profession , which Js peace ; but lam now readV to change it for the soldier ' s , and fight the good hgbt in the cause of the people . ( Renewed and long continued cheering . ) Gentlemen , 1 am now of opinion , from the mariner in which both Whigs , Tories , and Radicals have

      abused the trust reposed in them , that I am for giving thepeople that Suffrage by which alone the poor can protect themselves against the rich . ( Loud andlong-continued applaugej Gentlemen , I thank Mr : O'Connor for the flattering mariner in which he ' has mentioned my nam ?» and you for the cordial reception you have given me , but it is uudederied . ( " No , " and cheew . ) Yes , for I have done no more than my duty as a Christian Minister , standing up m _ defence Of the poor , the rights of all , and the principles 01 '" . the ^ Gospel . ( Mo » "t ; enthusiastic clieering . ) . - ¦ ¦' . . ? ., . . :.- ¦; .. ¦" " ¦ . : ' - ¦ : > : .. ' ¦ : . - ¦; - ... - ¦'¦ . ;¦ ¦" ; ' ¦; . - ' 'Mr . O'Connor then : vacated the ; cTiair , recon > mending Mr . AVhittJe , Editor > of \ he \ ChavipiQn ^ as his 8 Ucce 8 sorV as good , as sound , and as determined a ;; Radical as lived , ( Cheers . ) One , 'said he , who will not be frightened by your strongest s »; ritiraerits . Three cheers were then given , with a voti * of thanks to Mr . O'Connor , and Mr . Whittle was appointed to tbechair . ¦ u ¦ ' - " ' . ' ¦

      It is quite impossible to convey any notion of the etlect- which Mr . O'Connor ' s defence of Mr . Steuhens arid himself had upon tke entire meeting .

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      iPltoic MEETING AT BERRY BROW . The anhouncement of a meeting at this srnall and qiiiet place : excited no ^ small degree of alarm . a nd :-8 ur ' pns . e - ,. - a " s . may- ^ ily ' ; . bje ;; cohject fact , that ; certain Whig nutnsl ( ul | s thb ^ hi it fit " to stitrd lor a ^ squadron of soldierH j lest the ^ niagb ty j * ioU y Radicals sh ould frjg h ^ > the ! neighbourhood ; We are onl y sorry that these considerate old ladies haye not got the p iper to pay for all this military dancing ¦ oF ; tttwn ( iance . ' . . ' - '; i'he ine ^ ting , as might have been : expectedypassed ; off quietly enough —the people having more sense than to jiratity tnedelicate > pj » etite of their 'friends / b y affyrdiug them any pretext for a litjle slaughter in a comfortable way . ; ' : ' . ' ' : . - ;• • . . ¦ . ¦ <¦ - ¦/ .

      : Alr . Tho ^ : Winpenhy wsaa ^ elected chairman / and in a sh -rt vintroduct 3 ry speech , reqiie ^ ted ; their attention to tht ; several upeakers . The lolipwiug resolutions were unanimbual y pasned-i 1 st ; ; . " "That this meeting concur in passing the National Petition arid the People ' s Charter . * ; 3 p d . u That we hereby ; pledge ourselves j as far as in ; our power lies , to support the Delegates of the National Convention so long as they stand by the Pebpte * " ¦ . '¦¦ . ¦¦" ' . : ' - ; -. ¦ : ' - . - ¦ '" . ';' ' ,. ' . ' ¦ ' :- ' v-- ¦ '¦ - ' :. ; ' ; : ¦ -: . •; :- - , 3 rd /'' That the Key , X R . Stephens Bhould have thought it necesBafy to withdraw hithseit ^ r a tnomenitrom public life , is highly to be regretted , But that gentleman enjoys our strongest confidence ;

      and we shall rejoice to see him again in qurTankaactively foHowing out tlie career jwhich he has so . nobly proceeded in . ' " \ : K ,: ' r- ; , ; ; ;' 4 th . . - « . That thw weetingr tjews with regret that si few ^ prpfessedfriends , at BirniinghaniandEdinburgbj should have permitted ttyrmselyes in some measure to coridemn tur brave champions , Messrs . O'Connor and . . 'S tephen ^ ' ( and ^ that ; some others should ^ ayeso far ^ betrayed our causej ias : to appfoye of the ^ ihtirpductipn into bur ranks of the aroh traitor , Daniel QlCouneU ) ; but we fifho ; jiye in the ' midst of them , *• who knbvf them the beat , do declare our increa » ed and increasing cbu ^ aentein j ^ s ^ 5 ; f'That { jthi 8 J ineetingf jc » H up (^ ' ^ th « people of Ireland ti : com « ; &i [ WA ^' ; . ttv'd ' . joiia ; - ' : the ' ' Radicals ot Erialand arid Scoilarid In dSTattainmeht ^ jf Universal

      auftrage , art : befcg : tjie ^ ly ; ni * ian « ah be eni d ^ ip fcteij ; 1 Voi |^ t ^ ir ; opjirijasiona , and < njiiy thepriyiiegjB * o || jr& ' : ijmjA ? £ .-. ¦ ¦ ¦ -&i * ~ r - ^ ThRt thin ftyetiiig ^ have tbV ^ fullest confidence In Richard OartUer , l ^ q ,, ! i ^ th * adyo 5 ^ of l * hottr and the ftiotor ^ ohiid ^ r V ' V "

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      pft T | itfci ^ erha ^ chairman ^ for his conduct in the chair . ' \ t " : p $ X \ ¦' .. " . "¦" . ' The several speakers were wost ' enthusiastically cheered during their addre ' sg ^ ; arid although the weather waRSb ; unfavourable , nothing cpqld drive them from the ] fiel ^ thiBy continued until quite dark * At ^ half-past five about sixty persons sat down to an excellent public dinner ; the Chair being occupied by Mr . Thomas Veyersl arid the vjce-chair by Mr . C . Wood , A number of patriotic toasts ^ veredrqrik with great enthusiasm , and the most cordial unanimity paraded the aHsembly . ;

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      NORTHERN UNTON D E LE GATE ; . - . ' \ :- '¦'¦¦ - '¦ ¦ - ^ MEETING . ' , . /' .. " ; : ¦ ; ¦ > \ ; ;> A meeting of Delegates frpni various Unions in the West Riding , wasj held on Tuesday last , at the house ofMrVS . JVIiddlebrook , the Black Bull inn , Liver .--edge . ThiB foilowiag Delegates > rer « , "pr « - 8 erit ' .:. ^ ¦ ¦; - ., ¦ \ : '' :, - ¦ ' " , ¦/ . - . - ¦ . ; .- ¦ . ::- - y . -: ' . :.. \ ¦¦ : ¦ . ' From Leedg , William Rider ; Halifax ^ Robtrt Siitcliffe ; Dewsbury , J . Halmshaw ; Ossettj J . Haigh ; Mirfield , B . Pearsoh Hanging-Beaton , J ; I ' -Foi ; i . epton > T . Vevera ; Gawthorpe , J : Green ;

      Liversedge , Morritt Matthews jBirstal , W . Fox j Heckmondwilcei ¦; - -ij .- ^ ; 'H . :: . ' ; i ? irthj 1 : Chictenby |; J . Bentley ; Horbury , D . Quarmby j Huddersfiild , J . Sykes ; Wakefield , ;/ C . Crosby ; Bradford , t . Smith ; Barhsley , J . y alance ; Horiley ,: by . letter ^ ; Mr . Mbrritt Matthews was appointed chairman of the meeting , when ach Delegate wag requested to state the amount of th » National Rent raised , or likely to be . ' - -. raised , in his locality ; th » stateriient Were very satisfactory , and shewed that the men of Yorkshire are alive ' . ¦ ¦ to the great eausie ,. ;

      The foirowing resolutions w « re then unanimously agreed to > . — - ^ ;; -, . ' .. i-- - . ' . : ' ' - : \ X : ' \ . '¦ . ¦ . ' .- '¦ - ' v ' -. v- l .- ^ -Moved by Mr . tlobert Wilkins » ni ; seconded by- Mr , ¦ tuke firth , ¦ ' ¦ ' That the varioua Radical Associations in the West ; Ridingj ! b » requested to solicit their frienas and neighbours , toho mayndt be connected with their associations , to contribute their aid to the National j ^ ent , '' . ; - ^; '' - ^ ; - --. / . ¦ ' ' ; : > v 2 ^_ Mpyed by Mr . Luke firth , se&Tdtd by Mr . John Haigh , : ; > ' That - ' -Mr . ; ' Morritt Bmthews , of Lutie-Tpwri , be appointed ¦ general treasurer of the National Rent for the West Riding , unttt such time as the Rational Cpnvention require it ta ^ efray theirnecessaryexpenses . " ; : - . ;; ,- .. ' . .- ' ^ ;

      3 . —Moved by Mr . Thomas Veyer ? , seconded xay Mr ; LuHe Firtb ^ "That a ^ enerai meeting of Delegates from all the Radical Associations . in tK » West Riding be held , at thehousfe bf Mr . j 5 . Middlebrbok , the Black B * il inn , Liyersedgej on sMonday the 14 th day ^ of January next ^ at teh o ' clock ^ in th » mprriing , for the purpose of arranging "with the triasurcrj ^^ wibh respectto ^ the disposal of ^ the Rent , and also to grange th ( t generalbusiness > fith regird tp the funds and the National Convention } and that the said Delegktes constitute ; . ' a ; Cominittee of Managernent , and bring with ; them ; the ; sums of money which have been collected for the . National' Rent . "

      4 ^ Moyed by Mr . - Wiikinsoai seconded b y Mrv W . Rider , That we , the Delegates from * be . various , Radical Associations in the West Riding of Tfwfksbire , - place th « rnost iinphcit confidence In MeiHru ; O'Gortnor , Stiuhensj and fielden , and that

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      wBarB-cOnTinced thatnoneWV v ^ v / ~ realfenemies , vrtU ^ b ^ S ^^? fi ^ n friends , pr or injuriouB princip le ^^^ Pf ^ bad mo ^ i pbHa nth ™ 4 ^ 4 o h ^ e sa ^^ and comfort , and devoted ihei ^ S ^ r I 1 ^^ ^ « iuse S injured humanity ^ w |^ ^ lettts tdi * I ?« utmost contempt and scorn ' ihe ( E ^ ^* * fi accji . ations cast against : Mr . OaSra , ^^ ' declare our cordial approral o ^ fV ^^^ M duct ; in r . fer . uc * tq , & ¦ Po \ , r S ^ fej <^ ^ J ^ ^ ^^ m ^ ot ^^ , and detestable act ^ thefepoor ^ a ^ ^ ^ *

      'Im ^^ sari derefore ,. thi . -ncttMg remtotfollr idSb S ' ^ P ^^ sssiisi

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      YESTERDAV'S W ^ KEWELD CORif ¦ - ,,.: ;>; -V- ? -i ; ¦ ; v ; MArk . etv ^ . ; Vv : ^'; : h'X " There is ^ arge supply of Gram here to ^ dav ^ n ^^ heat ha ^ gonp off dbwly at the rateKjf A . 7 V ^? dam P Ple 8 are wry unsaleable 0 au are fullyas . dear - The best Sonth CoS B | f « y . " f ? ken at My the prices Of last week ; hut Sateref ^ ¦ ¦ $$$% * " ** W > ale .: : ^ V ^ n ?* c ™>™ MiBKBT 8 .-In th « Coloured ^ d ^ Wbite Clofli Hall ^ on Saturday ^ ihertwSa very . extensive deinand . for « verr description of manufactured goods . Oa Monday ; there ^ ereiair average : marketecon « iaering the season of the jear . > :.- ; U ;; . ;[¦ ¦ v-v . / -,- -.., . ; ..:- ¦"¦ . ¦ .- ¦ : . ¦ : " . . ... " - .- ¦; . ' .- . ¦; , "¦ ¦ "¦;' . "' -.- ¦¦ '" T T + PW «^ HM <* C houghiTailow /^^ U I , eed 8 is 6 s .. per stone , with a hrisk deriiand . - ; Pfticm qf HiiitAja Leeds , ia fa t ? ld per ¦ tone . " - ¦ - ' : ; ' - ¦ "' x '¦ : ¦ ¦ : > :. ; :-.-. : - ¦ :- ' : -:- - "'; : " - "

      ^ WAKEFIBLD CATTtB 3 tAKKET , Dec , 26- — We ha « a short supply of Beastt at market thia morning ; which caused an adYance in the price of Beef . ^ The Sheep was ; a : ' fair ouppiyj ; and particularly good in quali ^ r . There was lire * attendance of buyers , and ; the market wag b etter . / Hie fbllnwing are the prices : —Beef , 6 V 6 d . to 7 s . j prime 7 s . 3 d . per st . ; Mutton , 6 d per lb . Beasts , 250 ; Sheep / 5 , 030 . There was-a fair show ofT Lean ^ Cattle and Calvers .

      Rochbalr £ lannei . Market , Dec . 24 th .-i Considering the period of the year , our market continues lively in resgect to demand ;; the prices are ruinously lowv Many emaU manufacturers are withholding offering their goods , and arewi anxious to sell at the , present current prices iri expectatien that New Year rimy bring a better price . About an average of business was done in low goods , but rather more of the finer qualities were disposed of than on the previous market day . Wools and Oils remain steady . - . . - ¦' ; " . " . - ¦ : . . . : ' . ' V ; : ' : ; . / .. -. ; '¦ ¦ . '¦ ' ; . -. ' . ; . X \ -. ; .

      ^ BitADEORo Woot Market , Dec . 27 th ^ - The transactions in the Wool trade during the last Week have been on a more lirnited scale ; and notwithstanding the supply is cbrhparatiyely great Staplers remain quite Hrm , under an impression that present prices will be fully realited in the new year . Hull CoRifvMABkET , Deo ; 24 ;—To-morrow is Christmas day , and the market has been held here this day ; Wheatfully aupporttdlast ^ currency , and the finest made is . over . Beans , Barley , and Oats each full Is . per qr . dearer . Peas are steady The supply of every descri p tipri of grain is limited , being quite a holiday market * Liiseed is Is . to 2 g , per qr ., andRapeseed £ 1 . to £ 2 . per last higher .

      ^ ipRK CORN Market , ; Dec . ;^ 2 ? --The reduction which ; we noted in bur last account , has been , recovered , and very extensive sales of Wheat have been made , at better prices . This has been principally occasioned by a decree , of the King of the Sicilies , by which any further exportation of Graia is prohibited ; an example whic hi it is understood , the King of the Belgians has followed * The supl ply of Wheat . continues Very ; inadequate , to the demand , and , like our nei ghbours , we are necessitated to give full 2 s . more to-day ; Of Barley , a good quantity is offierHig ; the first qualities good sale , at a . trifliBg adyipce middling descriptiona bad to ^^ qui t . O&ta ^ i . per atpne dearer j Beans the same as last week . J

      SkiPfon CattLB . ^ Markbt , Dec ; 24 . —Our ftipplyof ? at C »« Je > ri'S ifot i *^ h « t * hB » being only few buyers , it proved equal to thd demand ; prices muph the same as last fortnight : Malton Corn- Market , Dec . 22 . —Thera was aiair average ; supply of all kinds of Grrain ; at our market on Saturday last . Waviat was iully 2 s , per qr . dearer , very tine sauiplesfetehing a » liigh as 96 s per qr . ; In Oat » and Barley-tbere Was no alteration . Wheat , ( red ) Bold from 88 » .

      to 96 s . Jksr ^ r ,, of 40 stone j ^ elitto , ( white , ) 92 s * to 100 s . per ditto . ; Barley from ^ 35 s ; to ^ Qs . per 4 r > - of 32 stone ; Oats , from l ^ d . to 14 id . per st . ;; MAiTON Cattle and ' Pio Market , Dec . 2 £ There were a few Irish Beastsf shown at this iharket to-day , which oily met with a slow sale ; A small number of In-calvers , however , sold at lair prices . In the Pig : market tbenj WasraTery largieisbow ^ of all ' . ¦ . ' Hinds , which e ^ periehced / on th » whole , aa indifferent sale , prices being very ' low ; : "

      ThirskCorn Market , Dec . 24 , ^ -We had a good supply of grain offered tbjg niorning ; vrhick went ott briskly , at no alteration 'in prices . Wheat , 9 s . 3 d . ; to 9 s ; 9 d . ; MasHn , 8 s > to 8 s . 6 d . ; per bushel ; Barley 36 s . to ; 40 <;; Oati , 20 s ; to 28 s ; per-qr . ; - - ¦;¦' : ¦ .- j . X /¦ ' [' . ' :- . v" ; -- ¦; . •' :: ' . ; : ¦ . ¦" . •/ ' . . \; .- . y " .- - ¦ ¦' ; TJoncasteb Corn Maeket , Dec . 22 : w The Wheat ; market ^ was well supplied , c and an advance of :. .. ls . tid ^ per three bushel H . tpilc place in all the fcest qualities at the ^ comni * n < E « ment of th > marke ^ : The supplyi hpwever beinjf greater , than the demand , ^ it drooped towards the " closej and ; an , advance of from 9 a * . id Is ; only wa * realised . Beans are stationary . Oats are still looking up for gpod simples . Grey Peas , ^^; owing to the lairge : quantily offered , were sold at 6 d . decline . The Barley niar" ket was amply supplied ^; bub ^^ dull _ at the ' opening ^ and eventually no advance took place . ¦ . : - ;

      State qf Trade ,- ^ Yesterday , being ; ¦ Christmasj pay , the usual weekl y , market is held to-day ; and we are , therefore , precluded from stating its generalcharacter . We may ; observe j however , that the eoritinu ? d advance iaccttpn bias begua to alarm the foreign buyers of yarn , whV Dought sparingly towards ' .- the conclusion of , the ; ., shipping -season in the expectation of a decline . ' .: Tow ards ; the ; corielusion ..-: bf last ^ vreek , some ^ rather ^ ertensive purchasea Were m ^ de by two or three foreign houses , arid there is a decided tendeniey to ai advance in price * . In gppds there is no matarial chznge . ^ Mafichester Gtiardiqn , ot Wedneidayi ; ; ; : ; ; ^ V r

      Newcastle Corn Market , Deo . 22 . --Thrbughout lait vtwk the trade ruled extreaiely dull , owing to a pretty genetal : feeling amongst the buyers that j&e decline Bjfthe' duhr to Is / ner qr . oil wheat , combinfed with -more liberal gnppliea-frora tie : farmers , would produoe a temporary decline ; hplder » hpwever , did not show any inclination to jmbmit to lower prices , anid scarcely any busipewi was ; done . At ourmarket pn ; Tuesday there wa »| however , a decided change in : the feel lags of . the trade ,: and rhe depressionwhich took ^^ plac ^ e wag ^ ^ fully recovered ^ and very corisiderable sales iffected to the iriillert . DuitiBg the > veek we bad seyeyal buyers from the countryj and jat this morning ' s market good dry new wheat

      was in fair request . at an advance of 3 e . per qr . on thevprices of thisdayjie ' nnight . Two cargoes of new / Wismar Wheat , w > ighing 60 $ to 6 ilbs per buahel , spld rapidly at 80 )? . per qr . ex-ship . Fresh yarnplo * of old wheat met also a fair sale at thin quotations . Barley , peas , and rye , remain unaltered with a good demand f or each . Thfre was a good supply of Oats ^ wkich sold readily at last weekV priceg . Arrivals during this week ; Coastwise , 3 , 384 ojri ; Wheats 266 qrs . Rye ; 4 j 475 an . Barlej ,- 56 H qrs . Malt , 1 , 243 qrs . Oato ; 617

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      ¦ ¦ . '¦ " . .. ¦¦ .. ' - ^ T . ¦ ¦ ,. -- . . — , - . .. ¦ - ' - . "¦ .: ¦¦;¦ =. GEEAT RADICAL MEETING AT - ¦ V" . ; v' Bristol , ;; . ' ; : Triumph of Principle—Bristol thrisat-, ened witjj Siege—Spirit pi ^ the PEOPitE Resists and Defies t ^ e Threat . As Soon ys it was made known that the Radicals of Bristol intended to do a little business upon their own account , ¦ and that Feargus O'Connor had been invited to participate in the good work , the Tories , ( ribV masters of Corporate power ^) set their wits to work t' o frustrate the attempt . For Edany days ; the engines of terror were set ; going , iind upon this— the morningof themeedrig ^ theStopletonyepmanry Cavalry were , raarchedin , ; atid held in readiness . Notwithstanding an immense procession marched to

      the ; Talbpt Inn , : to meet ; Sir . O'Conriorj who had trayelled all night . He told the committee tpbrave all , and hold the meeting , which the committee had previously ; made up their minds to do . ; The meeting took place ; at Brando ^ 'Hill , ¦ and ^ notwithstanding that the day was cold , and the rain tell heavily ^ yet did the : gbod ; meri ¦ ¦ pf Bri 8 tol ; muster in tbonsajidsii The bands ; and . banners by which the procession Was : accompanied were well chosen arid beaui ; ifuUj > : . ;¦ / X- ' --- ¦ -. '• " 'V ' " "" : X- ' - ' ' - : ' ; ' Mr . Page , secretary to the Radical Associatipii , was unanimously called to the chair : he opened the bustriess with a suitable speech . ; ^

      . ' , ' Mr . Jacobs , a working Wan , in moving the first resolution , made an admirahhi ^ nd effep . yy . e spet-chj dealiiig : heavy blows upon trie originator !* arid abettors of the Poor Law Bill , and showing the evil tendency of exclusive ^^ legislation ; : Mr . ; Frost , a magistrate of Newport , and delegate from thilt town toI the ConyentioB , secoaded the ^^ resolution in a very able ^ speech , ; and moist powerfully exposed the present system of franchisei

      JH . e illustrated his position by most hunaprpusly- recounting an anecdote respecting the enfranchising of four persons at Newport , three of which w ; ere dislranchised ; by the ; revising barrister ; and upon trial , of the claim of { he fourth , the ' 'attorney asked Applicant , if there was riot a privy attached to his premises P Yes , was the \ reply , whereupon the additional value was about to be admitted j when the opposing solicitor begged to know if the

      privy was not in cornrnon ..-to the tour , and how many seats it contained ? It wasultimately decided , We understood the worthy j uHtice te : say , that a fourth of the privywas . a sufficient augmentatipn to each to acquire the necessary franehiss . The narration of this simple tale was received with indescribable laughter and disguflt . V '• . ' -- < Mr . O'Connor was introduced to support the resolution , and was received With cheering , arid waving of hats , \ yhich lasted fgr several minutes . Your space ; for the present week could nut admit even of an outline of hisspeech , whichwas of an hour-and-a-half length , and loudly ; cheered

      throughout . He said—that he had many reasons ; for rejoicing at being presenfci ; He wished to assure the press , and particularly the Chronicle , the Globey and Lord John Russell ' s paper , the Vfeekij / Chronicle , the most ; deadly enemy of all , that his principle object Was to establish the Great Western Union . ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) The resolution he said , was a compliment to a Whig and Tory minority , which had ; amassed power by unipn , and are proof to their cowardice as a majority , which allowed the * minority to trample upon them , He called those who wished to repeal the Corn Laws without first abolishing the law of primogenitureot

      , settlement , and entai ) , destructives , asi the ^ ^ repeal of those laws would set every stack in th 1 ! agricultural district- in a blaze , and create a bloody reVolutiori , which , however , the rnoney-inongers wpul ] -not care for . He showed that an abolitiondf the Corn Laws , without a proper accompaniment , would set the . ' ¦' } andlords and tenants at ; dead ] jr hoatility , aijd that the money-mongers would ; laugh in their aleeyesj creating a competitive powerof one portionpfthe working classes against the otherj reducing wages to thes ; leyejt of food , : which- . with imaroved rnaehiaery , would certainly set all for ^ -season at work , and when the markets were over

      stocked then the operative would be a beggar at his employer ' s door . He laid bare the fallacy of the Corporation Reform Bill , denounced the Poor Law Amendment Act ; and the application of the people ' s land to the purchase of parliamehtary support , as base , brutal , and bloody . He explained what he meant by both moral and physicalifprce ,-and said that when the four great Unions , North , South , East , and West , were established , with London as a centre | if they were desirQus to wait twelve years for Universal Suffrage : well and good , but twelve months he thought long enough ,:, arid eyerifor some remission of that time , he would sjue as ; an ardent

      lover a ? ks his lady-love to ^^ abridge the- hburs ; of his lingering celibacy . He gavesome home and dreadful thrustsi to the sham-Radicafs , and set them at detianee . The real battle of the labourer ^ he said , has to be ^ fought inthe glorious North . . He painted a ; man of the name of MuckridgCj of - Munches-: ter as a . man and chjld butcher ; who 'kidnapped agricultural people and sold them to the mpney-mongers . He : requested that all Would delay operations till after the Cpnventiori ; had met , and told the meeting to be assured that Universal Suffrage they should have though many should die . in the attempt for it . Vincent : and Collins of Birtningham v arid several others were about to address

      the riieeting , but as the first train starts early I atn compelled to limit my self to the present sketch . for this mpment . Nothing could surpass the excitement and determination of the ^ meeting . Mr . O'Coririorhas been receiyed and . responded to unanimously and enthusiastically . The GVeat Western is to be established to co-operate with the ; Great Northern , and then hurrah for ^ our side , ; and fare-Well tyranny . There ^ ^ is to be W large dinner-party in the evening . The rascally Whig Mayor refused the use of the ^ Town-Halt . Feargus O'Coririori Neesome , of the ; London Democratic Associatibd , and Bronterre were to be present . H-C ' prresponitfen ^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 29, 1838, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1038/page/8/