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• CAUSE" ! DEMONSTRATION AT SEWCASTLEUPON ^ rirNE . As nsnal , the men * of the North , ever first ia lie cause , have sounded die tocsin of liberty ^ aud its " echo willrevcjfuemte tLrou ^< uV England , carrying wimitlife . ' . md hope to the oppressed millions . On Motdp ^ ' l ^ t , all * as life and bustle in the town ; wuJ ' maixhalling ra = k ? , with , bands and banners , > 3 rocl * imed thai mere than common excitement cre-JwHed . Every awnne to the city was crowded by / - *¦ Tsrlons b ^ die 3 Lurtyisg to Hie pkee of meating -wkBe steamer after steamer , to the number of seven - erekfct , which had been engaged by the men of Shields , leaded its Marshalled forces . The authorities had osed every tffort *> stop the meeting
Predeiaaiions were issued , asd tnreats feeld ont ytt , Botwithstandiae all th»—Dotwitistanding that TOmy fens were feeing held hi the neighbourhoodnotwithstanding that the races were bei ^* held both ia Shields and Winlaton ^ it seon beosine evident i&at sen ' s minds were span other matter * than amusement , zad that & tremendous demonstration « f power was about boing made by the men of ^ sewcastle , 1 ? roni Winlaten alone upwards of one r ^ O 32 £ suid n 2 ea camr ia , ? . nd other bands came a ¦ tSktacce of five and twenty miles . At one o ' clsclc = the processcn began to move qS , and walks £ six •^ eep in rnoit compfete . order ; the head of it had -alrtsaiy readied the hustings ca the Town Moor before tbs lasi of it had left the starting placed and : the-riew of it from the hustings as it wound its flow
^ length along , under a brillisiit sun—me ninnerou * " bands playing ; . * p irit-stirring air *—the gay banners 'Hcueiwg in the breeze , axid their gildei mottos rianri- 'g in the sanbeams , was truly magnificent ' The numbers u the banners preclude ibe possibility of giving any account of them ; we coHHted above One hundred rouud where we stood ,. and swny were A « athe ether side of the nu ^ ings vrhere we conld not possbly see thorn—their niottos were varied -snd apuropriate . One remarkable one had the cmiaoas words , " Patience Exhausted ; " another , '—Onrcanse is the cacse of God ; " — The friends ^ re're ^ ri ^ d are on out si-5 e , and the foe we hate v ^ efce us ;"—* The -greatest happiness ; of the -greatest numbers ; " —* MYh 9 would be free them-- selves mast strike the blow ;"— ' -May . the brave soldiers never be made the "tools of oppression ;"one man carrying on a pole two bad potatoes , and a -aisle red aerring , with the motto above it— "ThLsds whra . tia landowners have brought us to ;"—TSie
ecucJi-maJwrs' apprentices' society , walking tUrep and three , smar tly -dressed , and in all die pride ol jonth , wuh . two eannTS , one bearing for motto—~** Y « ung , but deU-nnined ;"—and another , "As the old cock crews , the young one learns ; " —A magnificent blue- flae , of the finest silk , with splendid golden Inscripaok of the unit-d joiners and cabinot-• staters ; - ^ V ariosw colliery "flags , and many ethers -too aumerons to mention . On the huntings we - observed a number of well-known faces from a . distance , among whom was Mr . Artbur , of Carlisle ; 3 epHi 2 t £ oss thaa Bedlington , Sliieldi-, stni -various others . ETWvtlung went oh most admirably . _ The * « ppearanceof the men was peaceful but determined ; Se general iocs of the speeches was moderate but Una . It was a ssnl-stirring sight to see one hundred and forty thousaEd men congregated under snch circumstances , and we are sure the effect of Urisnvral audpeactfulclisplayof physicalpower will -oatbeioBt .
On the notion of Dr . Hume , seconded by Mr . EicaiBD Atk , Mr . Thomas Htpnunx , chairman of the pitmen delegate . * , was called to the chair , and took Ms place amidst tie ino ? t deafening cheers . I invwuoi , ha said , wln-ther it may be called preiunipticn in me to preside at such a meeting as tlat—certainly the m < st important meeting which lias ever taken place in Newcastle , whether we consider the time , the cumber , or the object of it . { Cheers . ) Sore-1 am too , that it will not be conadered despicable , even by the _ reporter ? , if they speak conscientiously . . Much is in the power of the press , and £ o them perhaps is owing onr triumph of to-day , because if they had on . tanner occasions told the truth , as to our numbers and behaviour . Government , no longer left in . the dark , would hnve Bali attention to our wislrfiS alii agreed to our ju * t
demands . ( Loud cheers ) Ttey acted otherwise , Jiowever , and onr petitions were -received in scorn aad coulfciEpt , carelessly thrown upon the table , and do longer thought of until they eccumulatfd to Ench , a dks as to canse the distraction by fire ¦ of the house itself . ( Loud and continued cheers . ) We heve sent them now a petition , however , which -Tr ifl . rather . puzzle thtm to li t on the tub ' e , unless t&ey tale to it a blcck and tackle . ( Cheere . ) . Every effort has been made by masters and magistrates to prerent this meeting altogether , or make it a failure , but all has been in vain ; and their very opposition ias-only edded to our determination . They threaten in vain ; and , j . alcss they come Yorkshire over us , tliey inav be ss .-nrei ! they will never stop u . s by anj other means . ( Cheers . ) Order is the watcuword o !'
ihisjday , and I am sure it vdll be preserved , and , although some old wmen in mea's cloihes pretend to TrafrigliEeiied , that you -srill prore tiey had no canss to be to . -Radicals are not the blood-thirsty beiegs they axe rcpretected : as much coolness and courage is under their skull-cap ? , as under ths laced cap cf ths Aristocrat ; and as rnsch kind-heart «? dness p uiifr tbeirfustian-jackets as onder the ermined robe of tie noble . ( CLecr& ) All Hint Radical * wish is their natural right , aud wLea that is obtained , thtdr peaceful conduct v . ill shame their opprrssor > . Tha * opprrss _ ors would wish for nothing so much as a riot at this meeting ; but I am sure you will disappoint them . ( Cries of" we will , we will . " ) I
lave a favour to b ? g of yon , that you will kf ep the . peace the whole dav , and give no handle to your enemies . . ( " We will , never fear us . " ) And I nope file speakers will kec-p within tie lav in their remarks ; and * then our enemies , deprived of evon a . shadow of au excuse , cannot and dare not interfere \ rith us . ( Cheers . ) I am su : e that my office will cow be a very easy one , and I trust the reporters -will do their duty impartially , for , if Government Inew onr numbers , they would no long « r oppose jos . ( Cheers . ) I wonld " advise f ! se middle classes , too , to beware , or they may find out , whtn too late , ihal the working men were better friends to them than the aristocracy had it in their power to be . { Cheers . ) ...
Mr . Jjjies Ayr then came forward , to move thefirst resolution , as follows : — "That this meeting being well coLvjnc ^ d , and fully beli-ving , that aU the jaaaifold evils and grievances under which we labour are caused by tLe < kuwl of a full , fav , and fee representation of tile people in Parliament ^ we ifiieby pledge ourselves never to cease agitating nata the People's Charter becomes the law of the land , and in order that this may be carried into effect , this meeting pledges itself to obey all legal and constitutional requests of the Convention . " ( Cheers . ) Twelve months , continued Mr . Ayr , have Tolled into eternity since we met on this common , sod izsvisfT drawn the sword of freedom , swore never to aheath . it until victory was ours . ( Cheers . ) Agitation wa $ our sreapon —( hear)—and we have agiteted in every village and every town . We elected & Parliament of our own , and we pledged ourselves
to stand , by them —(" and we will , " )—and nlthoagh webjrreBot yet gained our rights , I hone soon to see every man coming up to the poll , with his -wife -under his arm , end there givicg his vote for the man of ids choice . As an individual , 'I shall continue my asitation ; but I confess I am a ' mont tired of it , and I fear we must yet resort to some stronger kind ofagitstion than passing resolutions or signing petitions . ( Cheers . ) The time is now come when tfce . cr . ads of wen will be tried . I have gained nothing by reform , for 1 go to work every morning so better than a bankrupt , and so do most of jrcoand ; I am determined that this shall not continue . ( Cheers . ) I care little for forms of government , 1 W 2 ot justice , peace , and comfort brought home to any fireside , fcr the benefit of my wife and family , > Tifl I am determined never to stop till I get it . ( Lond cheers . )
Mr . Ebvsrb Cbarltox ( nsason ) rose to second the resolution , and was received with cheer ? . I Lthankyon , hesa £ d , for your numbers here today , for it bad been stnted by your ecenries of the Whig and Tory pres .-s , that th " e Radicals might call and . call in vain for a jneeting of fifty thousand . What ¦ will thry s » y now ? Wa called for numbers , and yoa have answered with a vengeance , when more than a hundred thcraand thus congregate . ( Loud x&fiersRij . ) Tke Parliament dees not represent me , and I vdll not obey its liiws ; but . 1 second this resolutica to support jny own Parliament , as the most likely means of securing justice to my family . TCheersJ '" The other Parliament taxes my tea , and
. ffvery thing els ? , to support , not our own Queen . ^ Gol bless iier ) but Que ? n Dowagers , end Kings vithont end , while our own Parliament , having no . pimp * or parasites to provide for , will see justice jdone to all . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) If J 3 wr sgitation ij only carried on three month * Jocgerthe vietorsr will be won , thepeople are already jemaaripiitiBjr tiimselves from the thraldom of their fn--it ? rt , they will sf on do it torn lfce thraldom of ¦ fhe g « cmiceu t . Tiat fia £ ( pols ting to one carried iy tie colliers ) jee-tifies me in this assertion , for ibeir rorr-tcrs iLi < 6 s ? ordered ^ em not to leave -wort , bti hera thej ^ sre ia spite of hira . ( Laud < £ « 3 i =. ) ...
The rc-B ' ointicai was tfcm put and carried unani--snoa- ' y . Mr . € ooiu jof FelKng , ZGte to movo the second « if >] n ! if : 3 . which was as fGlluws .: — " That should theConrciiiion of J )? kgates eventually recommend ihfreepleTt . ^ jtbdraw their deposits iro ns ihe Saving * 13-iiikn . snd ftjtsnithc sums so withdrawn into jold or si-. ver ; this mefcthig pledess itself to act in xecoTdsacr . with that advic ? . " - ' i \ e « aid some men ¦ were bora to greatness , some kr . biwwl greatness , « sd scice lad greatBess ., dflust rpep . them ; H » laliw is my cure to-day , or difii-jent as I . am , i reallv would . not h ? . va VtHiDred ^ bns to put myself forward before 100 , < H ) 0 men .
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( Cheers . ) After we have again and again stated our ' vrongs , we still find onr rulers blind to onr miseries md deaf to our complaints , and we ; mnrt adopt stronger msasnres to-secure their attention , ( Heari ) I shall . sotnse violent language—I'shall not be like mr worthy Mayor , wbo declared , when agitating ' ¦ grttre Reform Bill , that if his rights were withheld , he would siy , " To y our tents 0 Israel . " . ( Cheers . ) Or another worthy magistrate who , when speaking of our young Qireen , Hoped for her the fate of Marie Antoinette , if she -did not do justice . ( Shame to him . ) The plan recommended by " the resolution he proprsed was strictly-lepl ; for my part I have a few pounds in the savings' bank , and , so help me Godj I'll give notice to-withdraw it on Saturday next . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . CocKBURS ( wha is blind ) was brought forward
amid great cheering to second the resolution . He said the / beneficial effects , of gush a resolution will be evident feom the fact , that government requires all its resource . ' ? , and has hitherto beeh supported to a considerable extent , 1 jy the money of the poor in eaviegs' bank ? , while it made the poor pay interest at the same time ifc fee shape of taxes . ( Cheers- ) As there is only aboat five millions of bullion to par twenty millions with , the sooner you look out the tetter , for it must be evident that only the quarter af you who go first will have any chance of getting psrid until some of tie government property be sold .. ( Cheers . ) . Mr .-Duncan , . in supporting the resolution , said that such a meeting as this in connection with similar ones in England , would carry a voice to the foot of the throne , " and teake the ocenpant of th * throne'to quailand the abandoned characters and
, scoundrels around the fhrche , prepare to render aa account to the nationfor all their atrocity ; Grey , Darltem , Melbourne , all are alike bad , all are aUk « ^ our enemies 4— ( loud cries of hear , hear)—out they are determined to play out the play , and as thr y began in infamy , they will end in crime . ( Cieers . ) We mast be prepared to meet thtm under acy shape ; we have swom to obtain our rights or die , and come weal come woe , we mast go on till victory is achehed . ( Cheers . ) I hope the hired fiioral assassins , the scoundrel minions of a tyrant , government , those vile police spies who have been ; ¦> ent down from London , and who are now ameng ' 76 U , will have brains enough to report correctly , and tell Lord John what I would tellhim to his teeth , that he shall no longer trifle with a natioa ' s-rights . ;
—( loud cheers)—and tell him too that it was not the mere voice of a working man which spoke , buf that the cheei * of tens of thousand * responded to the sentiment . ( Cheers . ) Tens of thousands of men in our land are now in such misery , tiat even afield of battle and a death of paia present no terrors to them . It is of little u ? e preuheeying in these changing times ; but I -may be allowed to predict that the next time you meet in such number * here , it will be to pass very different resolutions— ( cheers)—andthat your conduct will be that of a people united in one solemn determination either to see their country free , or perish in oae common conflagration . ( Great cbefnng . ) The resolution was then put from the ohair , and carr ied unanimously . „ ,,,,,
Mr , Ruecastie , in a few but wett-cliosen words , came forward to move the next resolution" Tkar , should the Convention deem it necessary , in the event of a General Election , to hare Chartist candidates put up in every county and borough in the'O ' nited Kingdom , this meeting pledges itself to carry out , as far as possible , this recommendation of the Convention . " ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Jobs Bla key , in seconding the resolution , said , —Men of the . North , men of the South—of the East , and of the West , —I thank you for your appearance to-day ; and the more for your peaceable and orderly behaviour , because I remember , when those very Whigi who now pretend to be alarmed at your viobnee taug ht you another lesson ; and when I have seen yon , at their bidding , rattling your five hundred oak saplings peeled end ready for work . ( Cfeeers . ) It was not us , but the Whigs who fired . Bristol ; net n ? , but the Whigs who refa ^ ed to p ^ y taxes . ( Great cheering . ) Immortal Beaumont gave us a lesson at the last election , and we are determined to follow it up . ( Loud
cheers . ) Mr . G . J . Har . i ey , in r apport of the resolution , > = aiJ—Brave men of Northumberland aud Durham , the hearty cheer with which jou have greeted me , assures me thafthough I hive but mel you once before , aud though since then I have had to contend with many a storm , you love ms still . ( Cheers . ) My noble friends , your veritable representatives , tbs National Convention , have called upon you once more to assemble in the proud _ majesty of your strength , your power , and your might , and weli have , you responded to their call . The trumps t of liberty has sounded , and this is your response"Lo , we answer ! ace , ire come ! Quick al Freedom ' s holy call ; We come , we come , we come , wa come , To do the g lorious work of all . And hark ! we raise , from sta to sea , The sacred watchword—Liberty 1 " ( Applause . )
The resolution that has been read to you and so well commented on , calls upon you in the event of a eeiieral election , to elect your own Parliament ; thatis to choose your own law-makers . ( Applanse . j There is to be no humbug about the matter ; your represeittatives are not to be £ ea _ t to Lendon in the character of a Convention , to petition the honourable rascals to make just laws , but to make the laws themselves . ( Cheers . ) You have been told by preceding speakers how you are to elect your representatives , that is by show of hands ; you have been told that the expense will be little or nothing , and that no doubt can exist but that the people ' s
candidates will be everywhere returned ; mind returned by show of hands—itis true that the middle-ckssthat the scoundrel . xhopocracymay , as they probably will do , demand a poll on behalf of th-ir candidates ; so be ic ; but unless they will poll every head , uulesthev will allow each man to vote , do you have nothing to do with their policy ; be you satisfied with the show of hands—and see that your representatives lake their seatsin the Hou * e of Commons . Itis all very well to elect men at the meetings , but unless yoK enable those men to take their seats , tbeir electioe will be a mere farce . Mr . Harney continued to address the meeting at great length , but our space precludes oar reporting it further .
Mr . Mason , shoemaker , moved , the fourth resolution , "That should the Convention recommend ms absolutely necessary , a system of exclusive dealing , ( his meeting pledges itself to carry into eflect , as far as possible , that recommendation . " Do you think , continued the speaker , that the shopkeepers were not trembling at your display , as you passed along ? I can tell you they were , bscause they suspected - that this resolution might be come to . ( Cheers . ) Do you think that a revolution is only now about to commence ? Go look to the North , Socth , East , and West , and yon . will 8 Pe that the revolution begun by the aristocracy , and carried on by the shopocracy , has done its work on you . ( Great cheering . ) It is your turn now ; but you mean ' not to purchase bread with a pound of powder—clothes with steel , or houses with lead—no , you mean constitutionally to starve yonr enemies Into submission . ( Cheers . ) '
Mr . John Curry , joiner , seconded the resolution . He said he had been insulted in almost every shop where he had gone to ask for rent ; but as the jingle of the money in the till was music in the ears of the shopocrats , if you silence that by never dealing but with friends , you will soon bring them to your side again . Mr . Knox , of Sunderlaud , supported the resolution , Mr . Dettr moved the 5 th resolution , " That the meeting recognises , with , the Convention , the right by prescription and statute to have and use arms ia self preservation and defence ; and that this meeting farther pledges itself , in case of any violent attempt to put down by force the right of meeting and petitioning for redress of grievances , or any other of tho rights and liberties as guaranteed to them by the constitution aad handed down to them by their ancestors , to repel force by force . "
Mr . Lowert , of Newcastle , seconded the resolution . He said , —Fellow-workmen , great and mighty had been the march of events since last we met , and although some might think that we had moved too slow , it ought to be remembered that those who were quickest at the start , did not always win the race . A cool head , firm hand , aad steady eye , made the best marksman . ( Cheers . ) When men were engaged in a mighty cause , they ought to arrange their means well before they engaged , and not risk its failnre by premature attempts . A mas who engaged to do work , prepared the means first . This the Convention had done . ( Cheers . ) Since it mei , many counties had joined the movement that were apathetic before . He himself had stood oa the skore in Cornwall in sight of the Lands End of England , and addressed thousands who , in defiance of oppressiveemployers , tyrant magistrates , and surpliced ruffiam , adopted aad signed the A ational Petition , and pledged their faith to tho Convention . ( Loud cheer * . / The resolution to had of the
the honour of secunding , affirmed the right people to have arm ? , and use them in nelf-defence Who could doubt it ? It wag a natural right , and a feeling also implanted for wise and good purposes , it was le ? al and scriptural . ( Cheers . ) The best law authorities all admitted or maintained the right , and no did the Bible . When the Egyptian wanted to iii-use Alcsep , be knocked his brains ost ; aitd Moses was considered a good man ; and the children of Israel were commanded to . ^ follow him . When the city of Jerusalem was in in danger , Nehemiaa ccmiaaaded the people to get arms , and fight , for their wives and their cufldren—there was both law . and gospel then , m support of : lie right ( Cheers . ) Strange things baa happened when a Government calling itself popular was afraid of the people . They ought to tf 11 the Queen tbat if her throne was in danger , millions were ready to rapport it . - Brave and loyal , if ahe protected them , they would protect her ; they were nil inostWactjable infifi , and wished for nothing but justicf ; Sat if they were to b » oppressed by a ( Jo-
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vernmeht , with an armed national guafd of . the middle cla ? svs to keep them dd * n » oacked by a Bourbon police ,-then the people ought to exercise the right of resistance . The delegates were out on a commission , of inquiry to know the . feeling and will of the people , and then to go aack } to driiDrrate and decide what , steps should be taken . The run on the banks had been laid before thera ; if they had not much nwney individually , t ' ueir societies , benefit aiid'trades had ; lefmotioss be made to take it out of the banks for fear they * ere too late . ( Cheers , ) -But there was one question he deemed his duty to liy boforethem for their cool consideration , whether * they were . prepared ta separate ¦ from the goats , to lea \ e proprKy by itself , touch it ; not , harm it not , but lot eur enemies Sl-o of what use it
is without us ? In three month ? , the earth would beclothedwithherabiadantcrops , theirlabpurwould be wanted , they will ask you to hire and reap them , will you st « ke work and refuse to doso ? ('' We will . " ) Tell them-unless they will give you your political rights yen will work no more , for that you are robbed of two-thirds of yonr wages by . unjust taxation . ( Cheers . ) In these days , a man did not know what was lawful or legal . Truth was deemed libel 5 a complaint of wrong was colled sedition ; and tbe people's demand for redress of grievances was termed rebellion . In conclusion , ho was for "Peace , 'Law , and Order ; " but be would have no peace with oppression and injustice ; he would battle with that system that robbed the poor of their tr-ages , and left their homes desoiate . ( Cheers . ) He would not admit that to be law that was for the rich , and against the poor . ( Cbeers . ) Nor would he call that-order which gave oae man £ 10 , , as pay , for doing : nothinir . while the hard-working roan
could only get 10 s . a-week—that was diserderond . robbery . Their enemies said they had nothing to lose . Why , they had produced everything , and 11 they hud got nothing , some one . must have robbed us most infamously . ( Cheers . ) . Or . John Taylou , who was received with longcontinued cheering , made , an , admirable , sueech , whi-ch . we regret the late hour of the day at which he spoke did not allow bs to b ' ave'in time for publication . He assured the people that if thejr did not allow themselves to'be goaded into acts of violence by paid spies , that the game- was winning itself for them , lor the factions were already at each other ' s throats ' . He gave an admirable account . of the conduct of the men of Birminghani , whom he had only left on Saturday morning , at three okjlock . Pie assured the meeting that the factions were at each other ' s throats , and that they would soon hear of other changes , all which only proved their strength . He concluded an admirable speech by proposing a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which was seconded by Mr . Xiowery , and carried by acclamation . The meeting then quietly dispersed . '
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determined to have their justrighta by all lawful ami constitutional means . ( Cheer * . ) ' . A Mr . M'ENTEEtthere rushed forward to address the assemblage , stating , that he ha * l an amendment , to move . After causing considerable delay and interruption in the proceeding ) 1 , he named his amendment ,. wYiK > A was not seconded , and lAmforewtput to t / w meeting by the Chairman . He was received with a terrific volley of hisses aud groans , mingled with some cheers , in which Mr . Rowland , of Wiganele ction-notoriety , and a Mr . Timothy Parkiuson lostily joined . Mr . John Murray , bookseller , then said—Mr . Chairman . and Gentlemen , —It it' evideut that our enemies have their base emissaries amongst us , _ to excite riot and disorder ; and that nil the professing frmiiriiihin of thn last sneaker is merely a Dretext to
sow disseusion amongst us . ( Cheers . ) I call upon you , my friends , to disappoint this wolf in sheep s clothing , by adhering closely to the great object of the meeting—im object worthy o \ every mans support' —namely , that every man of legal agp , untainted witk crime , should be eligible to vote lor Membeis of the House of Commons . ( Cheers , and cries of " Bravo . " ) If any man in this vast and intelligent assemblage can conscientiously say he is unworthy of bsing a voter , let him hold up his htr ad . [ No hands appeared . ] Well , now , my fr iends , let every man who demands to be p laced ¦ on the register of voters , hold up his hand . [ Here ( he immense multitude held up th ' . ir hands , and loudly cheered . ! We have often beun taunted with
the violence of our leaders ; but if those who will findfaultwith them will take up our cause , and work with us to obtain our just rights ' , we shall then have evidences of the sincerity of their friendship-It' wedemand anything unjust , why do they not come forward and demonstrate its injustice ; but no : they know in their consciences that we demand nothing wrong or unjust . ( Cheers . ) Our cause is morally and politically a good , a holy , and a righteous one ; and if we be only true to ourselve « , we mast triumph over all absurd or tyrannical opposition . ( Lood cheers . ) 1 hold in my hand a resolution to address her Majesty the Queen , ' prayiug her' Majesty so to use her royal prerogative , by a chaneeofher ministers , or otherwise to cinsa tho right- " of . voting at eleotions to be extended to all
men-of age , who have sctiled residences ; and who are untainted with legal crime . ( Cheers . ) I shall now conclude , my friendp , by proposing that resolution for your adoption . ( Cheers . ) . Mr . Joseph Dickson , an operative , briefly seconded the resolution , which was then unanimously adopted . > t The third resolution—moving the adoption of an address to her Majesty—was next moved by Mr . Nulty , and seconded by Mr . Rawson , from Bury , ia an abk and eloquent address , which want of ppace obliges us to omit . Mr . Rawson was loudly and enthusiastically applauded throughout . Thanks were then voted to the delegates of the working classes , for the zsal , ability , and courage they have displayed in the National Convention , in nootinc toohtain for the onnrensed ueonle of these iv iur luo jjcuic vi uicnc
seeKulg uuuuu uypicewzu p kingdoms a restoration of their rights , and relief from their sufferings and privations . Dr . Fletcher , delegate to the National Convention , now came forward amidst tremendous cheers , and addressed the meeting at great length , in a forcible and energetic manner , dilating on the manifold grievances of the operative classes . Whilst he whs alluding to the various propositions put forth in" The Manifesto" of the Convention , for the approval of the people , a fight between two drunken ruffians , evidently hired for the purpose , took place behind the hustings , which caused great confusion , nnd nearly overturned the chuir on which Dr . F . stood . He leaped down into the wa ? gon , and with . » oine difliculty avoided being pushed over into the
dense crowd . After the tumult had in some degree subsided , Dr . F . resumed his address , but was again obliged to cease from the confusion around tie hustings , caused by the band of ruflians alluded to . The Committee , with Dr . F ., then retired to their rooms , aud the people gradually dispersed in the most peaceable and orderly manner . We are authorised to state that M'ENTcnn , who interrupted and disturbed the meeting in the commencement , stated to the Chairman and those immediately around him , that "he had come therewith a faction , who were prepared and ready to tear down the Auxliiias and the Committee , if he was not allowed to move his amendment ! " But for this person's ungentlemanly and unjustifiable conduct , no confusion would have taken plac at the meeting .
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GREAT PUBLIC MEETING IN CARLISLE . As announced this meeting took place on Tuesday , the 21 st , on the Sands . Every precaution had been taken previous to the meeting to secure peace and good ordtr . The Mayor was waited on by p deputation from the Council of the Radical Association , who showed him the placard they intended to publish calling the meeting , which ho could find 3 fault with , but observed that he would mac ' .: rather they did not hold the meeting ; but if they were peaceable they should not be interfered with ; and this has been fully carried out , for the magistrates have acted with ereat forbearance and even
kindness , for thwhurse soldiers were ordered into tt-e Castle , and the police were not allowed their sticks . The meeting was one of the largest ever held in Carlisle ; though there wore several circumstances operat-.-d . against its being so . There was to be a 2 > reat meeting at Aspatria , in ihe West of Cumberland , so that f . w , if any , came from that quarter . The muster cotton spinners and others would not allow their works to stop , which kept many hundreds ftvm the meeting . The numbm were estimated at from eight to ten thousand . It has been allowed by all , that a more peaceable meeting was never held in Carlisle .
Dr . John Iaylob and Mr . Haiiney addressed the females and others , in the Theatre at night , which was crowded to suu " uc < ition , and great tium bers could not gain admittance . The Doctur ' j speech was one continued strain of the most impassioned eloquence we ever heard , which evidently had a most powerful efl ' ect upon his fair friends . Mr . Henry Bowman . —Before I propose to your notice a person to preside over this very numerous mueling , allow me to say tkat I trust you will conduct yourselves in tke most peaceable j-naBner . Do not , " by yonr language , nor demeanour give an handle to your enemies . Let the proceedings of tin ? day be marked by peace and good behaviour—do not follow the example of those men calling themselves Reformer * , while agitating for that mockery in legislation , the Reform Act . Cast from vonr
minds the recommendation of the late High Sheriff lor the County , John Dixon , Esu .., when he told you , on a former occasion , to button up your breeches pockets , and pay 110 more taxes . Forget the insolence aud violence of those men towards their opponents , the Tories . Observe yourmotto , "Peace , Law , and Order . " Tell the middle and higher classes , while you are anxious to preserve the property and lives of those above you , you are at the same time determined never to rest satisfied until you obtain the full enjoyment ef the principles contained in your Charter . I see near me gentlemen connected with what my Lord Brougham designated the best public instructor—the press j but what might morepropoily be called the best public deceiver . I implere those gentlemen , as these are eventful times , to give a correct report of our procsedings ; and not assist Lord John Russell ana the Magistracy to pro . secute our friends . I shall not detain you longer , but beg leave 10
piopuse mat Alexander mird , calico pnuter , preside on the present occasion . The motion being seconded , was put and carried . The Chaikjun called upon the meeting to be peaceable , aad ' show to their enemies that tii-y were the bust preservers of the peace . If any one had brought arms to the meeting , let him immediately retire . Do not commit the slightest breach of the law , as that was What their enemies wanted . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Do not allow yourselves to be irritated , for your enemies may attempt to goad you into a breach of the peace . Be peaceable and payattention to those who are about to nddwss you , claim , as Britons , to have equal laws and equal justice . If any one attempts to create disturbance , apply to me , and I will appoint a policeman to take him into custody , or uct up to your motto , and all will be well . I beg leave to call upon Mr . Joseph Brown Hanson to propose to you the first resolution .
Mr . J . B . Hanson said— The duty of moving the first resolution has devolved upon me , and most cheerfully will I discharge it , being aware that a crisis has arrived m the affairs of this country , that deinands at the hands of every Englishman to act in a fearless , honest , and justifiable manner . The resolution calls upon you in the first place to proserve the peacs . Now , the Radicals were always preservers of the peace , but it is the interest of our enemies to endeavour to throw confusion in our rank ? , and thusfetard the progress of liberty . But I am satisfied you will not give an handle to your enemies , _ but keep that vantage ground that ' you are now in possession of . Let the factions , Whig uud Tory , die from the witheriug influence of the present movement . But while we preserve the power , if they attempt to ptit us down by force , by
sending amongst us spies , infonners , and rural uolicc- ^ -then we will repol assa .-siuation by justifiable ! homicidnf and wliow them we will no longer bo trampled upon . Let us march boldly forward—let us maintain the ground we have already taken nn . and no power that the two factions can bring against us can prevent us obtaining our just rights . Look at their conduct during tlw inct three weeks—see them resign office ; and mark ! Sir R . Peel was not afraid of the ladies behind the curtain . No . it wns the . ticklish state of the fhmncos—it was the debt that frightened him . The Whigs and Tories must make room for better inen-they can no longer crush the rising liberties of this country . We will not submit to Lord J , Ru . < so ]] nod the three Devil Kings of homer-wt House . ( Hear , hear , bear , uad cheers . ) The difference between Whig , ami Tory w ,
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that while the Tory would put his hand in your pocket openly , the tVhigs would Binile in year lace , and talk of liberty ; but when you left ' . their company , you were sure to find yourselves minus your watch and money . If we go on as we have done , ere another twelve months be liast , we will hiive to meet -not to petition , bot to celebrate the gaining of the People ' s Charter . 1 begleave to move the following resolution , which was . ¦ ' - Seconded by William Ham ., a special . constable . ' " That Peace , Law , and Order shall continue to bii the motto of this meeting , so long as our oppressors shall act in the spirit ol peace , law , and order towards the people ; but should our enemies substitute war for peace , or attempt to suppress onr lawful and orderly agitation by violence , we shall deem it to be the sacred duty of the people to meet force with force ; aud repel assassination by justifiable homicide . " . ¦ : rstrrit-d unanimously .
Dr John Taylor then came forward , and was received with loud chews . He said—Men and Women of Carlisle , —You who three mouths ngo honoured me with your choice as your representative : I now , according to ray pledge , present myself to you at the close of the first session to submit inv conduct to you . 1 wish y ou couldindnco Members of Parliament to do tlie same ; but they wi not take a good example , no more than they will eive us good laws . We must turn the tables upon them We will show them a g » od example , by making Kood laws for ourselves , and them too . For the lastthree months we have been engaged in considering what steps we should take to atiaiu thisjend . You will not be surprised thatwe have done so little , but tbat vie have don ,- so much . . ( . Criesof hear
ueai . ) We were composed of a body of men , entire strangers to each other ; and returned by constituencies , having local interests contrary to each other . It must necessarily be supposed that difficulties would spring up-that angry feelings must find place , aisd the chances were tbat we would soon lull to , ieces . Chosen from a body of men with no title to the middle classes , and nothing but your confidence to carry them on in open hostility to the Government of England , they found themselves surrounded by the military ani police hpies _ they found themselves sneered at , by those who could not exist without them . Yet there had been n » disunion ; the reason is , thanks : td the Whigs and Tories , thf y had brought misery to every man's door . A common band ol' union had bound us together , determined to break our fetters or die
in the attempt . From the North and South—from the East and West , one universal comp laint of u ;> justkws , and of class L .-gielation , was heard . We nad a meeting at Newcastle yesterday of 100 , 000 men , and had the press correctly reported our numbers , the Govcrnmtnt would , not have dared to keep your rig hts from yon . But they . kept the Government i . i the dark , until , by the meeting of the Convention , the mist was dispellei ; and they ( the Government ) found themselves in the unccm ; ortable position of having the Tories on the one hand , anc ou the other , tlin Convention . They calculated il we wrre let alone , wb should fall to pieces ; but our funds , instead of Jecreasing as wns prophesied , had increased . The Government hailed tho retirement of < : <> hheft aa the breakinsr up of onr body . t- Well ,
they said , " we will give them auother week , nnd th .-y will die . " But they got stronger every day ; ana when the timid retired , they fouud the Convention stronger than ever . Then they thought they would look like conspirators , if , al ' ler letting thi-m exist a fortnight without putting them down . They then hoped to goad you into some uct oi violence . ( Cries ot " Oh , but we are well up . " ) Ye .-, you are will go , and thsy " have reckoned without their host . " The Convention bad a different part to play , than had a stern Government been-determined to put it down at all hazards ; had it been so we would havrt acted a different part ; and saiJ , let the consequences be what they will , the Government have drawn the sword , let us not sheath it . But when it was iound that they were willing but afraid to strike , it was my opinion that if the Convention could only exist , though , ic did nothisig , it was sittinjl
in London , and I trust , not uselessly , but as au organ through which to speak your united voices , and what wan more , by a body of men elected by your own Suffrages . Conspiracies are at work to goad the people into a broach of the peace . At Manchester it is known that one exists among the magistrates to create disturbance on ( von-ml Aloor . ThisMnformation came to me by a high commanding officer of that district , who said the soldiers were not opposed to the people if they were orderly ; and he would see thu magistrates d d Defore they would act . Bgaiust the people . They try to frightofi us with the soldiers ; 500 , 000 in- ? n ut tvirsal Aiuor , where were the soldiers to put them down ? In Scotland there will bo meetings of thousands ; and how could they put ths people down there , wiien they had not 1 , 500 s-oldit-rs in all Scotland ? Thn magistrates of difF ; rent towns have applied for protection . Protection ! from what ? From a set of
peacesible , unarmed men , m ? t to deliberate how they shall best address the Queen to repeal those unjust laws , which enable tne great to live by the sweat of their brows . They want to prot e ct their pockets , bot they caunot have that protection long . One thing I am sur 3 of , from the spirit I have seen , chat if tue man were content to toil on as stoves the women would not let tliera . If I thought you belonged to such a set of cowards ) I wonM throw back the trust you have reposed in me , and blut out Carlisle from the map of E : iglaud . ( Hear , heir . ) Now . I am called a violent man—a
revolutionist—with the heart of a Kobesjjiene , nud the sward of a Murat ; I must say there never were two better spirits in any country or at ai . y time . Well , then , this bold revolutionist asks you for pence , law , and order ; my object in askiDgfor it is , to get in the shortest lime those rights of which you have been so long deprived . If I were speaking a * an individual I might speak differently , but as the representative of thousands , 1 felt that 1 ought to weigh whII every word—to look at the point of my pen before the ink floxed from it . We have had two ministries lately which have lasted a very short time—and if myinfornwtion be correct , wesliail soon have another . J t was not the women that frightened Peel—there is plenty of them to buck him of the worst kind : it was becau 3 ssome of his crew would
not let him give some popular measure , for he was intending to bid for popularity , butsouie one stepped in and upset the coach bi-tore Le got it properl y balanced . Now Mulbourne is in again for a little while . Turn them out one after ' the other—never let them get warm in their seats . Normanby aud Durham intend next to try their hands with Household Suffrage , Triennial Parliaments , &c , and by calling : for popular support , exi ted ; to get a good majority in thu House of Commons . What is thia Household Suffrage ? If it means every house a . n , d includes lodgers , we will take it as an instalment ; but if it is to be disfigured with-rnw-payisg clauses , tell them to take it to some other market , for you will not purchase it . . 1 heard tbat Melbourne and the Queen had a quarrel—the Queen told him she
was tired of tais agitation , and that if they would not give the people something , she would get others who would . Whether they give it or not , damn me , but we will take it . It is not through any kindness to you—they are giving it as the cheese gives out liquor , by the pressure from without . Since thedosa administered seems to have done so much good already—we will double it . With regard to thatptrt of the resolution ,, which alludes to physical force , I do not think ic will bfi necessary . I do not think they will risk physical force , because they are aware they will come second best jut of it . The question of . arming had caused a good dsal of discussion , and jou have Lord Joha Russell ' s authority , that it is the undoubted right of Englishmen to possess arms ; and ho thinks he
will not bring in any p ' sntil measure at present , to deprive the people of their arms . I can tell him ho had bettf r lint . ( Cheers . ) I would tell hira , as ray friend , Peter Buasey , told me one day , that a policeman euquired of him , " What is that gun for youhuve there ? " For shooting rebbers wheu they come . "And what is that pistol far ? Oh ! he repHed I will give that to him that takes the other . Siting it ii < your privilege to be armed , and there being an express law ordering the Sheriff to examine the iirms of the peuple to sea if they were in good order ; and you have the highest legal authority in the land , I would not be such au ass to think you ignorant of your rights . At present I urge you to be quiet . In Birmingham an attempt was made to cause a revolt , but with the exception of two women who were stripped by two policemen very tentlv . all
has been qmet . We have lost a few delegates , but I am glad of it ; it is so much rubbish thrown nway ; for these men w « re nothing bnt drags to the couch wheel . In the course of ten days there will have been simultaneous meetiDgsin England and Wales ' and in ten days more in nearly the , whole of Scotland ; millions of men will have assembled—and sent back us others—and where are the men that dare long resist our wishes ? When armed with such a power we return to London—the Convention will then be a very different body to what it has beon . We will carry out the Charter at any risk , comu weal come woe . . Dr . Taylor then concluded by sup . porting the resolution . Mr . John Ar . mhtiiono proposed , aud Mr . Josuni RicmiiDBON seconded the following resolution wmch was carried by acclamation : —
TiiKt in case our oppressors in the middle and upper ranks , should instigate tlw authorities to assail the people with , armed force , in contravention ot the existing laws of the realm ; tha said oppressors m the upper and middle ranks , shall bo held responsible in poreou ami property , Tor nny detriment that way result to tho people ^ from such utrowous instigation . " ' ¦ Mr . . Ucncan , and Mr . Knox , spoke to tlii * resolution ; but we havo not time towuorttheir speeches this week ; ' . ^ Movedb y Mr . Wilmam 1 > eat , seconded by Mr iJExuv JJowsiam , a . nd carried uuaiiiinwu- 'lv . — . " 1 hat thin meeting having , the fullest confidence inthtf Convmihoe , judges itself to carrvoutali ana every reeowmuidation , whicii the majority
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may agree upon , _ in accordance with the news promulgated in the late manifesto . " , Moved by Mr . Jamks Am-ho ti , and seconded by Mr . John iAkmstrono Sloa . ne , * and carried unsu nimoui « ly : — .. .-. ¦ ¦ ' . ;• ¦ "i -: i . » . . " That this meeting returns its beat toanks to Dr John Taylor , for his able aud assiduous srerrices in the Convention ; and his great exertion * in ihfe cause at BirminghaniManeig hotturhood ; aDdthak it has the greatest confidence in his honesty and integrity , and trusts Ee will continue to serve thepeople of Carlisle in thB Contention ;; ' and thw meeting now re-elects him a » " their wjuweataiiw , and empowers him to carry their wishes into effect '' iMo ' vedbyMr . John Bem ., and seconded by Mr . Thomas Pollock : — , ¦ V . 1 t " That this meeting , returns Jts best , thantai Xc Messrs . Harney , Knox , and Duncan ,. !©!; then attendance on this occasion , " and their exertions 10 . the Convention and elsewhere in ttte caose of the
people . " : . . . ; | . - , Mr ; Hahn ' ey addressed the Weting nt great length in a strain of hamour , which caused much laughter ; making light of the ' . pro secutions now going on ; and putting to the meeting several questions contained in the manifesto ; which were all warmly responded to . We are-iorry- 'tinie .-will not permit us to give Mr . Hamey's speech .- A ¦ ¦ , - ' - - ^ v :-.:. i : ¦'»¦¦ : ¦ .. -
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CHARTIST GATHERING FOB THE NOR . THERN DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF DURHAM , / v - ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ; , According to hand bill , thismeeting % an fixed for Monday last , at six o ' clock in the evenmg , on the Sunderland Town Moor . From the time of an . riouncing the meeting every means , however despicable and dishonest , were resorted to by onr opponents ) to alarm the people , by the posting of proclamations nnd the idle rumour of military interference . There was , in addition to these means of intimidations , upwards . of two hundre ^ l-special constables sworn in to , keep the peace . ; The Coast Guard were drawn np at Henaon , armed with carbines aad fabres , ready likp blood hounds to do the work ^ q i' destruction at the bidding ol" theif ' maStera : But ' ! . . . [ . a . j .. ¦ . 1 . 1 •• . '• : ' , " Vain every effqrt— as well seek to bind ' The surges of ocean ; or limit the wind . "
They have boen defeated ,. by thousand * of honwti men , who fait no . coward fear , but marched inj majesty and power to the meeting , sworn to peace , law , and order . Every effort was taken by th * . Chartists to preserve the peace on that day , aad we will answer for it that the authorities Will neTer , boll the power possessed by the council of the / Charter Association for commanding the people how to act , and When tabe peaceable . On Sunday pre-j vious to the meeting , Messrs . Batchelor , Binn . vj Reaves , and O'Neil were ont iu the neighbouring ) villages , a&d preachirg sermon . i and preparing the * brave colliers of this county to attend the meeting ; ii"Xt day . Mr . Batchelor marched upwards of fifteen hundred men from Thornley , a distance 0 ! fifteen mile * , who were joined by as many more of the colliers , led on by Mr . Binns , who had brought
the whole population of Coxhoe and the villager througk which they passed to attend the meeting . A bout twelveo ' clock in the day the combined columns met at Houghton-le-Sprinfr , about six miles from Sunderland , when the procession would consist of five thousand people . Half an hour was given to the people to disperse , and get a little refreshment , as many of them kad come sixteen and eighteen miles . After the furlough was expired , the lines were again formed four a-breast , aud proceeded ta the town , which they reached about two o ' clock . A most splendid tea party was held before the meeting , at the Victoria Gardens , where the procession funnel and proceeded through the town to the mour—one dense mass of human beings , all helping to exhibit the strictest order , but all determined to be free . There never was such a concourse of people ia
Sunderland before , and when-we arrived at the platform , the meeting was the most imposing one to ever beheld ; there could not have been less than fifty thousand people . Mr . James Williams , of Sunderland , was called to the chair , and opened . the proceedings in an excellent address . Various reso . Iutions were passed by the assembled thousand . - , and Messrs . Kuox and DuncRn , the onl y two delegates at the moor , were rapturously received by tlif people . The meeting was addressed fe y Mr . G liinu * , Mr . WatsoE , Mr . J . Haswell , Mr . Gamsby Mr . B-Uchelor , and Mr . Lawson , of Coxhoe ; aCtei which the vast asuemblage quietly dispersed , aftei giving three cheers for the Convention , three for the people , and three for the chairman . The people
seemed to take the liveliest interest in the proceedings , and we did not witness the least interruption from any drunken or disorderly person ; Several ol the societies pledged themselves before leaving theii localities , not to touch intoxicating drinks whilst tlu-y were away , and we look upon this demonstration of the good people of North Durham as ; i prool ol their attachment to the principles of liberty , anc a living record of the people ' s will . Twelve months ago , five thousand men and women could onl y be culled together to aid the Chartist cause , now liftj or sixty thousand are in attendance , to keep tht laws in peace if the Convention should say so—01 destroy thm by a rerolutioa , if liberty is uiuutain < able without it .
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GEE AT CHARTIST MEETING IN LIVERPOOL . ( From our own Corrcspmdent . ) On last Monday evening , an extremely numerous public meeting took place in the Queen ' s Square , Liverpool , pursuant to notice by placard , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of addressing her Majesty the Qqeen , or . further petitioning either Houses of Parliament , praying them t » restore to the working men of these kingdoms , who have settled habitations ' , and witlwut any other qualification , save those of full age , asd _ . of being untainted with legal crime , the right of voting in the election ef members of Parliament ; of restoring , likewise , to the countrj the exercise of frequent er Annual Elections ; and , in short , of yielding to the people at large , as the only means of restoring permanent prosperity and security to thenation , and peace and content to its people , those rights to
which they are justly entitled according as they are now set forth in the two documeuts entitled , the National Petition and the People ' s Charter . Long before hx o'clock , the appointed huur , there was a large concourse of people in the square ; and , soon after that time the numbers increased by some thousands . Indeed , the square was densely crowded in every part , and there could not have been less than from twelve to fifteen thonsand persons present . The balconies of thu principal houses were also full of spectators . A platform , consisting of three or four wag-gop . ranged together , was placed in the west side oi the sq'ir . re for the chairman , speakers , < fec . About halfpast six o ' clock the members of the committee ascended the platform , when Dr . Fletcher , delegate to the National Convention , presented himself to the immense multitude , and was greeted with loud and long-continued bursts of applause .
It was then moved , seconded , aad . carried unanimously , that Mr . George Goodfellow should take the chair . The Chairman then came forward , amidst deifening cheers , and said he felt hijd j ly honoured by being placed in the chair . at sjj «! ^ ' '"license assemblage of hi » fellow-countr ' -H asserakled to address her M ( cheers)—praying her to grant their just and inalienable rigL . ¦ — namely , the right of voting in . on of Members of Parliament , the pro # > . of t e Ballot , and short Parliaments . iHfi ^ liear , and cher-rs . ) H ? trusted , ami , indeed , he felt satisfied that peace , order , and quietness would prevail throughout , and characterise , thsir proceedings .
( Cheers . ) The people—the long oppressed working people—would thus prove to their eiif inies that they were full y wsrthy of i-njoying the greatest of all British privileges—Hie right of voting in the election of Members of Parliament . ( Hear . ) If auy person attempted to create a division or disturbance at that iD ? etu ! £ , such person would prove himself to be a traitor w > the cause of liberty a :-. d the people . ( Cheers and cries of "Bravo . " ) The working elates had been called ignorant , and , therefore , declared unfit to eDJoy constitutional rights and privileges ; but , if they looked to the History of England , they would find that much more ignorant people had , in former times , effected great and
glorious changes m the laws and constitution . ( Hear . ) He alluded to the procuring of Magnet C / tarta , which the Barons of old forced from that tyrannical despot , King John ; and yet it was a fact that only three of those Barons could w rite their names oa that memorable occasion . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Surely no ose would be hardy enough to say that the people had degenerated in point of intelligence or information , since that time . ( Hear . ) After some further reisarks the chairman concluded by again exhorting the people to act in a peaceablu and orderly manner—as they would thus give the best refutation to the calumnies and slanders of their base and unprincipled enemies .
Mr . John Robinson , a working man , now presented himself to the meeting , amidst loud and repeated cheers . Ho said , fellow-men , —I have com ? to lay before you a resolution which , I hope and believe , will meet your universal approbation . ( Hear and cheers ., ) It is one , my friends , which gce 3 to the root of the evil . It declares that this empire can never again enjoy durable prosperity or internal peace , until such time as every man who is liable to bear his share of the public taxes , or to be called on to take up arms in defence of the country or the Government , shall have and possess aa equitable share in the election of the members of the House of Commons . ( Cheersand cries ol " bravo ! " ) Surely intelligentmechenics and operatives are as competent to exercise the elective
franchise , creditably nnd usefully , as any other portion of the community . ( Hear and cheers . ) The working classes constituted the bone and sinew of the state , and they should therefore have a fair participation in the national privileges and institutions . ( Applause . ) They wanted nothing now ; and , th&y would deserve to be branded as slaves if they were contented with anything less . ( Applaose . ) The grievances of the people would never be remedied by coercive measures ; such measures would onl y tend to further exasperate a long-oppressed and long-suffering people . ( Cheers . ) The working classes would , however , disappoint the hostility of their bitter and malignant enemies , by acting peaceably , legally , and constitutionally . ( Ckeera . ) The * would thus give the best reply to thoso persons who termed industrious men , looking for thoir jnst
rights , " traitors and revolutionists . " ( Applause . ) If the people had the great and invaluable radical reform of Universal Suffrage , thsy could soon have a parliament which would act manfully and honestly , by passing those other measures which the welfare and happiness of the nation required . ( Hear . ) He trusted , then , that all classes of people—English , Irish , and Scotch—would demand , by all legal and lawful means , the desideratum of UniwrsalSuffrage . ( Cheers , and cries of " we shall ! " ) Surely , the men he saw around him would not remain contented and wilW tlavey . ( Cries of " no—never J" ) The working ciBsgeii should stand to their order , and be united and energetx . He would not further detain themeetinr , but conclude by reading the first resolution fer their adoption . ( Loud cheers . ) The epeaker than read the following resolution , which he moved : —
a That in the opinion of this meeting , this country can never again enjoy durable prosperity or internal peace until tuch time as overy man who is liable to bear his share of taxes , whether direct or indirect ; until every man who is required to obey the laws , and liable to be called upon to take up arms in defence- of ! bo countrj- or the Govt'rnment ; until every such man shall have an . ' equitable share in the tlec " rion of member * of the Houimof Common ? . And to this conclusion we havecome , not from any desire to accomplish a theoretic change , but because , we have all of us witnessed , aud most . of us felt ,. not only under the late , but likewisb the existing system of election , the . growiug difiisBlties cf the . ' Govern-, racnt , the critical nnd dangerous state of the nation ' s ^ affairs , both abroad and at / home , ' togetbet . with increasing poverty and well-grounded discontent ameDgthe labouring people . " ¦¦ - . MY . John Mas ' 0 W , another operative , briefly seconded the motion , observii .. g , tnakthe peoplp .-wert :
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DREADFUL FIRE IN BfJCKLERSBURY FOUR LIVES LOST . A moat dreadful fire broke out « n Monday momjnjf , at ibon two o ' clock in Bucklersbury , near the Maiision-housB / and wi regret to add that it mas attended with the Ions of four lives t originated in the premises No . 30 , in the . occupation nl Mr . Richard Univin , wholesale stationer , ujpoeiie the . Maiy lobone Savings Bank , and from the inforniniiun eplivcted V the spot it appeared to have biicn uiacuvercd by one of Ihi city pelicu , ol tho name ol' Cjombea , who ntau . -a Out tin iUme . i , by thu time he sai » them , had , from appearance * been burning wmft hours , for the back pan of ths buudini was on firu from the bottom to the roof , flu sprang iifc ' ratilt and instantly repaired to the engine station of tbu Kite lip gado , situate iu Watling-streut , whichja . within 150 \ ai-dsi chu spot , and gave the alarm . Two engine * . Verc imm ' sdiafcl turned oul , aud very lev / minutes had elapsed before th « v wcr
in Iront ol the prtimses in question reaijyvto operate ; but . cm sidorable delay , wa understand , occurred taioii |; h want 01 mipply of water . Just as the fitemuu reached tbo spot female in her niglitOreaJ jumped out of the second lloor wii doiv and fell on Tier back on the foot vavtrmunt wish jf rent vii ' ¦ nee ; shawm picked up and taken ituooneoftkcadjoim ! . bouses , and it lius been sinco ascertained that she is nine injured ; from her the firemen learned that she was the oni one who had escaped , and that there were eight persons iu tl house . At this critical moment Mr . and Mrs Unwin wure so . at the windows of tho third floor supplicating aasiatancp . Tl aoaetubiuiJ porsona urged thiuu to jump out , but lUuy sucim to bu unconscious or what was said . Sir . Braidwo . od , tl superintendent of the bri gade , who arrived with ihu esigim <> l the WatHng-8 tn : et '« tati » n , perceiving their perilous situ ; tion , gave instructions to h ; s men to llx the scaling laddei tuat are carried with the engines , to aet at the unVortuna
creatures , which was effected upeedily , and they wers broiik ) down salely to thrt ground . A swne of a moat piti ' . ul dis cription enimed : Mr . and Mrs . Uuwin ' s children , who we in bed in the back-room on the Hour that they ( Mr . aad Mi Unwin } escaped from , H-ere furgot in the frigat , and the f « ings ef tho parents on the discovery were , : i « may easily ' imagined , agonising in the extreme . One of the brig ' ad of tho narao of Dtvignt , rushed up the ladder to save them , possible , bxt the pour fellow was nearly killed by the atU-in in falling from the ladder . Kvery efl ' ort was made to «• caver whether all had escaped , ' but 110 tidings c 6 uld he Unifr owing- to the consternation Jhot prevailed , for by thin tin ( two o ' clock ) tho entire building was on lire in every part . ai raging moat terrifically . Within half an hour after f outbreak there weni no less than eight of tho lire-briga en « iHM playing on the flames , as were also the enaiiirs vt i !
Went ol htigland . The Lord Mayor was on tho spot by t \ o ' clock , and offerod every assistance to the UHfbminittt ! 51 f ; rer « , and _ likewise observed that the conduct of the firrm and inhabitants was beyond till praise that could be be . ntowr Inn tiro burnt with increased fury till live o'clock , am ! « k it was entirely extinguished . Since then thrve bodi have been discovered in the ruins ; one is that of tha s » rva maid , a young female of twonty-six veaw of age : aiid t others 1 are the reipaias of the children , ' one of the aj-s of lc and the othiT nine . A yonng man , an apprentice t « U Unwin , there w not the least doubt has perished , aad the ill men are actively engaged in searchirg for his body . Tl cause of this disastrous event cannot be ascertained it h occiwion-d a dt'cp feeling of regret in tho city , aud durii tho morning immonBa numbats of yenon * assembled mm the premises . 1
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Thefavonrahle change of wind has brought forwai the vessels from the Seuth , which gives in a tolerabj supply of English Wheat . The navigation beui closed , wo have few buyers , and prices may be coi sidered nominal ; holder ? , however , do not she * ax disposition to give way materially from the rates » last week . Barley is Is . per qr . ; lower . Oat Shelling , and Beau * as before stated ; Pkicb of Soap &nd Oil . —London mottle 57 * ., pale yellow , 53 s . per cwt . Bape Oil per tu £ 35 . to £ 8 ( 5 . " ;
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Leeds : —Printed for the , Proprietor , Fearg O'Connor , Esq ., of Hansmemnith , Com Middlesex , by Joshua Hoehon , at ! Printing Offices , Nos . 12 and 13 , Maft Street , Briggate ; and Published by i Baid Joshua Hobbon , ( for tie aaid Fimiu ( O'Connor , ) at hia Dwelling-house , No ; JvIarket-3 lrei't , Briggate ; an internalCcnW cation exiting between-the said No . I Ma \ ket Street , and tho said Nos . 12 , and * Market Street , Briggate ; tlitiB constituting whole of tho Baid Printing nd Publish Office one Promises . ' All . Communications mast be . addrssseel . ( Po paid , ) to J . Hobson , . Northern Ster Off Leeds . ' Saturday , Moy 20 rh , 1833 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 25, 1839, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1058/page/8/
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