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PUBLIC MEEETING OF THE CHARTISTS . On Monday night , a Tery anmerons meeting of the Siockport Chartists tooi place in the Association Rooms , Bomber ' s Brow , Hillgate , 1 o discuss the propriety of taking effectual stejs towards ousting the Coppockites b £ the ensuing municipal ejection . Great excitement preTaile ^ , and Potter and one or twe other policemen -were in attendance to pick up sedition . They had net , Iwiwej , a Bingle bite . Mr- Frauds Higgiia ,- « gs 3 ttg called to presiele
alln ' ed to the persecutions whkh tie Whigs had carried into eflect in JrfJy and August last , against tie -workinw men , and called npon the meeting , by their esertions at the forthcoming nramrip&l election , to mark their sense of indignation . It-was necessary that some reduction in the local taxation should now place . As far as his Tote and his example and exertions " would go , he vrould try the Tories ; and he hoped every honest Radical -would dojhe same—( hear and cheers ) for it had now become their bonnden duty to try another sample in the Borough Council . ( Hear . )
ilr . "Fiaher Iinney rose to propose the following lesulufion : — " That it is the opinion of this meetin ? , that from the general abuse and partiality , and intimidation , in the minds of the present members of the Town Council , acting under an usurper , it is their bounden dnty to make an entire change-in that Council - and . as Radicals are not to belound , it is onr bonnnen but painful dntv to prefer the Tones . *" He said there remained little to be said or done on a question already so well discussed , only that of getting the men in . Although he detested both Whig and Tory , he was compelled to hate the former the most , and therefore to prefer the Tory Xor Ms present purposes . The Whigs had in par t called themselves * ' liberals , " a term that had neither end nor side ; but , in act , -were , if possible , in practice , greater oppressors Of the poor Man than either the old "Whigs or Tories . ( Hear . ) If he had his own choice , he would prefer a
Chartist ; and he would support the Chartists , because they only asked for that which God Almighty had given them as inherent rights . Any man who aaked for less "was a coward , and erery man who refused to' give them so much was a tyrant ( Hear . ) These "were his feelings , and therefore , although he hid been charged with turning his coat , and juitping Jim Crow , how far hf » Was rvrorthy of the accuvtion , his- lore of honest ^ Radicalism " would best det < a ® ihe . . He preferred ttx-Tories , because t ?» y VOEld act tlie v $ qt& farticssayJB the prs ^ Ctfo ^ - ^ ansr ^ om whick ^ fe tnijgessis at large , " an ^ t £ e -H-or ] ung ^ people generally , - would be sure to profit ; for if theToiyTras worse than -the Whig "why then the world wunld be at an- end— . hean at least as xar as the r-gats of the poor inaa ware concerned . He L = d "been asked to foia up hisanas ; but if he did , bavins the opportunity , lie should never forgive himself till the nen November , ^ euiraliry-was eriinjnal ; and every honest man , anxious fer the welfare , of his fellow man , vould do his test tt . tlie jxest election to punish the Whigs by letanan :: the Tories . - Cheers , i
Mr . Isaac Joh . nsox , in seconding the motion , said he bekeved that the burgesses "would do a servlce to the ¦ woriing men by electing those individuals to the Common Council who had been called our" enemies , the TtMjrS having beec returned as our friends . He should , therefore , support the Tories : for did rhe people ever know the Tories to persecute their best friends :- Hear and applause . " . ! Did they ever know the Tories to put their friends in a dungeon ? But those "who called themselves the working man ' s friend had doue so . ( Shame . * The TVHes , then , were but their pretended friends ; and may God deliver them from snch a " set of friends . iHear . i They knew that the Tories came boldly ouraa their enemies , the people could therefore guard asaiast them ; but the trtachirous , castin <*
hypocritical , bloodthirsty Whigs , professing the deepest friendship , are ready at the first opportunity to jump upon them and persecute them , " Shame . " Yts-. h « -B-onJd cry " shame" too . A certain Town Councillor , who bsd called to pay tim = tLe speaker sonic " chief rent that day , and having been led into conversation respecting the forthcoming elections , said if the Tories were in power we should see what they would do for us . To some ertent he agreed -with hi ™ ; bni there -sras this to be said in their favour , they came out boldly , and told ns Trial they would do , whilst the "Whigs " came along ¦ with you in the same -coach , and . pushing you Jurwani " , persecuted yon for goin ^ furthca than they did . Hear ami cheers . ; And thtse very same Whisi were -paying spies at five shillings a day out of the " poor rates :
isname<—ana doubtless' some of them sreTe in the meeting . He charged the Whigs with robbimr his house , haviny , during his arrest , stolen and carried awaynumberisssarticlcsuncontected either with sedition or the " five points . "' >' ow the Tories , -dur ing the suspension of the Ksbeas Corpus Act never proceeded as the Whigs had Jlone , v ho , -Khilst the laws vxre in full force , apprehendfcd parties in all parts of the to-trn ¦ without variants , and ¦ without any l « sal authority , pillased the houses and pDfered their property . ¦ Shame . There did not exist such friends—such a faction— -from the Land ' s End to JofcH U'Groat ' s . Pray have affection for joar enemies : If yon « onld go along « ith tbt " Whigs ia the CoxQ-law-asitation , the people were promised every thing after that ; but ther were" promised ii they would help them to obtain the £ 30 franchise , they i the tea-pounders ! would help the . peopla When ¦ were they ? Just where they -were years and years ago Would they longer consent to be humbugged . Tun
the * yrmizt out . The Kadkais «« xe ^ caHed upon i by the Wiijs to onst the Tories ; and itira * to their advantage to pat in the Tories . Under these circum- ; stances , if " the Chartists did not support the Tories , I they "were traitors to their own cause . It was monstrous to refuse to use the franchise they possessed ; when it might be applied indirectly for the public good . Hear . ^ , They were abandoning one of their greatest privileges , i 2 » ow . Feargus O'Connor acted like a . man . -wheu he - consented to give up every thing for-the sake of the -Enfirage . Hear . r The Septonian principle of progressive reform was sheer humbug ; and as he had ' on a former occasion defeated him on the question of the Bepeal of the Union , he undertook , by public discusson , to beat him on the subject of the Charter . ' Applaiise . ? It--was evident that the Chartists could not make "worse their condition by returning the Tories " : on tie contrary , by placing inthe Council an opposing power , thepeeple would "benefit by the jealousy of each party towards the other .
31 t ROBERT HoRSEFIELD recommended that tie Badkarts should fold their arms because if left to theiaselvts the Tories were the stronger party , whilst they could stand round the cock-pit and watch the battle . He knew of a Tory , ¦ vcho , during the lite apprehensions had a "brace of pistols and a bnDet mould cleaned to l » - readyiornse against the people . There was not a % to cboose ; both factions were bad , and ua-sr-ortliy the support of the Radicals . He could -wish to see a ' sort of Co-operative society established in Xockport for their mutual protection , against the aggressions of either faction , so that they could be prepared to whip them bvth . He moved as an amendme _ t"That the Radicals fold their arms , and" pledge themselves to vote for no man who will not vote for us . " " Seconded hv ilr . S- Kenyon .
Mr . TT . GRif * " !> " supported the motion . He was no : frieiidto the Tories . The only calculation in thtir favor "irasa wWer ol £ l , whicha working man had laid-with i aaftlier , fliat the Tories would get in ; and if they wen- ' Tetamed , the money was to go to the Chartist prisoners ¦ ¦ in-CLt £ t « CasUe .. 'Heai-s That was the only balance ' on the side of the Tories ; and therefore for the sake of j thi . v . i ' 1 , he pledged himself to do his duty , and , if pos- \ sible , to win it for Mitchell and Davies . ( Huir , ' TLere vrere a many reasons why the numbers should . !*; < mixr-L XMscussian from an equality "would be productive of truth , — 'hear;—and much good misht be derived from it to the public . He wished to ask one question . : TiSiiy "wtr , ; Dot the accounts , under the Improvement ) and Corf-oration Act , published according to the act , in
Scj ^ tcSiber , forihe information and satisfaction of the j rate-paytas ? He conld tell them—it was because there ¦ vcas < m £ a fri ^ litful debt accnmolated by the mal-ad- ministninon of Cockup and his party , that they ; dare not let the truth ( if then ) appear till after the 2 Cuveniber elections , hoping by these niean 3 to eull the bureesses ; but they had ateady been too much de- ' ceived , and the trick will not answer . Above all . the Radicals most send in 31 r . Poppleton for theEdgely j Ward ; because , from his talented opposition of Air . i " ¦ Coctoip - at the Poor Law Guardian " JJuard . there does not live a fitter person to expose th ; doings of this usurper . " Cocknp" cared nutwho the ' . b'drjesses put in , so that they did not refcm Mr . Winterbottom , Mr . Poppleton , or Mr . Dakm -, U ; cau »; hf
fears that these gentlemen would look after him , an-1 ifcll iim what " they tbon ^ lit . -Hear .. It tttv = tiieir duty taput in men wLo would loot after all ro ^ nes . CiieTes . and vagabonds- "* iLaaghtcr . j He a'li ; ntt » .-d that bothiactions were bad , and opposed to the -srorking classes ; preferring , through their Si-ribblin ? r . i _ . s . to use calumny and spleen rather than apply tfatiiisc-lvts to 4 l ; iv argunient acainst the leading principles c 3 i 5 nr « . M bytliuu inthe Charter . He Trell ret-oilecttil tliat in 1 ~ -.-i 2 much worse language had been used for the Rtionn Hill than had ever been used by the agitators or the presx .-nt day . ¦ - It was then stateil that if the G "< m-mmciit Tronid not grant them that measure by po . 'ictabl » - ii-j £ . ns , they would have it by force- Had eithrr L-uh t > r Pilling said anyiiinz worse ? ^ o : and yet thv bold , tce hcrolc ^ Lr . Sefton , toil ol ! i . tl poor 31 ; t < iljel ] snu I > avica " Taga '; onds . ' at the same time knowing that ti- ' -v could not see the attack . n < jr reply la is . Oh
! ifcigns 2 iimou 3 challeage : and "wlale he aniiu-t hursts vvitli jrretemied sympathy , and callins otbtis . ilxjut not Eubscpbins , it s } oes-not appear that this empty patriot tvtr gavtT 3 sinsle penny towards thtir siipport . . SL 3 Die . v If uny out was to blame for tlie part takfeu byJliichell and Davies , it was the Home Secretary himself , vyho called npo 3 the vrincipal intsabitants to fonn ^ themselves into associations , and Government woald furnish them witli arms , i-c for the protection of life and property . >* ow . the working classes are th * principal iahatnumls in the country , for -what -n-onJd soEitt 5 " or "Weal& be without them—and therefore the ; hid ntet afc-pubiic meetings , and had done that whieli Lord John BuS 2 > ell had co ; cii-anJed them to do . 1 > £ 1 x- ^ ponsibiiity be u j ^ o n the risl it shoulutrs ; and besdes , the Attornty-Gcneral ' . Sir Joun Campbellj speakiag of anniniT . said that eTery or any men Lad a riili ! to the possesiien of arms for his own defence . Mr Griffia , after dwelling at sjtae lenath upon the in-
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tolerant proceedings of the Whigs , concluded an exften ^ oti o ^ ^ CaUillS UP ° ' meeting to su PP ° Mk . Abraham Doolcer hoped the meeting -would , not adopt tha amendment ; becanse they would , thereby endanger the situations of many of the Chartists in mills , who were compelled to rote by either Whig or Tory masters . . Mr . Lean , not forgetting the originators of the Peterloo massacre , could not on principle support the Tones ; and > would » like PearHus O'Connor , be consistent , and abide by his principles . As long a 9 he lived , he never could support a Tory , nor would he ever give his hand to a Whig . He was no Henry Seftonite- ^ no bit and bit Reformer—he was a Chartist—and neither cared for Sadler nor Coppock .
> ur . 3 . Kenyon said he would give the meeting a specimen of what the Tories -were . He -worked for one at Reddish mills ; and because he had attended a Radical meetin * the other day iie had been discharged . He , however , told the manager that if theliands were not all Chartists in Reddish Mills , they were jackassea The way in -which Major Marsland , the Tory M . P . for Stoekport , had got his money was by paying ono pound less wages in tldrty shillings tuan was given by otheT calico printers . Thesaara facts about th « Tories . There vrere plenty « f spies in the room hired at five shilling a-day , to swear black was white ; ' "but- he cared not for them .
Mr . John Wright spoke in opposition to the amendment though be had no particular love for the Jories . He had been into the Totrn Clerk ' s Office for the TenipCTEnco Society ' s collecting bwk , which j ^ dbeen taieii «< jaS ££ nis house by the ii-ib ? " b ' ut iti ^* not Iwfsund , neia ^ r cwdd ^ -V . lWnelifl t * , oiijs ' ng to the " ifsaer . { ShaTne . 1 The Town Clerk said , " j -woBder when you ever wm learn sense . " " When we have a better precedent- replied ho . , Laughter . ; ' " Butyou haw never had sueh a precedent from our party" continued Coppr-ck . Has he forgolton the liurning of Bristol , the conflagration of ^" ottinuliani Castle , the younger Baines , -when he talked about kicking Kin ^ s heads about the streets ? Has he forgotten the example of Lord Milton , - who talke > l about paying no taxes ? This ¦ B-is allifor the Reform Bill , and so it was obtained for the middle classes . . ;} 1 kuv And if lie deniv . 3 that there is any precedent by force of arms he would refer bun to the Barons who by-force of arms counn : Uei \
; King John to si ^ jn the Majna Charta against his will . : : Hear , hear . i He hoped the burgesses would send men ] -who had nerve and determination enough to tell of his past faults and his duties . Put party to party in the Council in such equal nuinU-rs , that the Chartists should deckle the question between them . Had not . Feargus U"Connor over and over again argued the pro-. prit-ty of returning Tories to Parlib . im . -nt that thv nuin-; bers ln-inz so equally balanced , the Chartists should ; hold the- victory in their own hamli , lltor . > This matt 1 * the plan to . l > e adopted at tlie Muuwij . a election : and if they could not cam- all Chartists to \ ot ^ for Tories , It had been " stated that-. Mr . Wm . Partington , a real honest Chartist , was not qualified fcr the Heaton Norris Wartl : but oa enquirv it turn ? out that . he i . ras on the Portwootl list , aud thtreJore cairil . ie of beins elected . HviSuS then in the room and willing to serve if appointed .
The sliu . il- of -liands was then taken , -when tha original resolution -was carrit-d by a lurce majority . A "letter from Mitchell a : id JJ . ivies to tile females of Stosiport , -vras . read , aud rvcvivi-d with gTeat inttTesL The folioiinjj resolution , on the motion of . Mr .. ) no . Wrizht , seconded by Mr . Win . Gritfin , was then a ^ rcevl to without opposition ; ' That it is the opinion of this meeting , it is the imperative duty of every reformer to canvass his neighbour to carry into effect the foregoing resolution . " Thanks were then vot «? d to the chairman and the meeting seperatcd .
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GREAT MEETING , AT DUNMANNING , IN THE WEST RIDING OF THE COUNTY OF CORK . _ On Sunday , the 13 th instant , it was announced from the several Roman Catholic Chapels , in the ncinity . of Dunmanning , that a public meeting would oe held in that town on the following Wcilnesday . A platform was erected in the mgst convement part of the Markei-place , and at an early hour the frieze-coated electors and non-electors began to flock to the scene . ' - ¦ ¦ About one o ' clock Mr . Fea , Tg \>! i O'Comior drove up to the Brien's Hotel , in company with the . Rtivi Mr . 0 Sullivan , and was loudly cheered . Shorjfcly after the town began to present a mass of coup ^ rymen , anxious to take part in the proceedinas : T > ut
owing to some preliminary arraiigciBents , the-meet--mg did not commence till a late houryiu consequence Ar ^ y ' 0118 be ing raised to the violent polities Ol ' ill ifeargus O'Connor , and that gentleman . 5 cclar-Jug his resolution to attond the meoting at ^ 41 l ' Hjizard > v * nd under ~ % ny ciroumstances . 'i he " objectibfr was started by some of the iniddle classes , who came from a distance of soyera-1 miles ; and was not , w-einusitay ,. in ihe slightest degree participated'iiiby those of the -wealthier classes . However , the resnlt will ohuw that tlie glorious people are , after all , the best court-of appeal ,--as nothing could possibly exceed the rapturous enthusiasm with which Air . O'Connor was received . We give an outline " , of his speech , but can ^ ive no idea of the manner in ¦ which it "was cheered .
As ? ooii as Mr . O'Connor made his appearance in the street , the dense mass set up the most vociferous and enthusiastic shouts of welcome and applause we over lieaTd ; and as that gentleman proceeded to the hufr-tiiigd , the shouts of those who . crowded tho window of almost every house in the Square , Was responded to by the most deafening dicers . The moment their old member mounted the hustings lie niched to the front , aud was again loudly and enthusiastically cheered .
Mr . O'CoNNon said , Frieze-coat electors and nonelectors of ihe . greai county of Cork— "It-was ' not tlie first time that he stood alone before them without a chairman or introduction . ( Loud cheers and welci > m <\) That , was the the " , largest electioneering meeting he ever attended in the County , and might with-truth be called a triumphant west " riding meetiujy- Heat that moment had a good right to be the proudest and happiest man in " existence . tChoevs and "' more luck to you !" J Tor four years he had been assailed in his absence by a press and a faction , and yet he suw every countenance beaming with delight at Ins reappearance . ( Loud cheers . ) lie Lad commenced that which had cost others hundreds of thousands , and which even then thev conld not
effect—U-heers ') . —but single-handed and alone he opened the County . ( Cheers , and" Will again . " No , it was done . The faction went to every forge to look for the key , but they could * not lind it because they never went to the ' popular smithy . ( Cheers aiul laughter . ) 11 « went there ; and although there were more than twenty rich resident ¦ noblcmeu , with hundreds of par ., 0113 , —( hear , hear , )—and magistrates , and thousands of landowners , and the whole pro S 3 opposed to him ; he beat them all without asking a man to vote for him , to propose , or-to -second him . ( Loud cheers . ) He knew-the . powers opposed to him , but lie also knevr" the power upon which he might with security depend—the power of the labourers . ( Loud dieers . ) Tlibre was now a dirty lane before them—there we'e mud and briars
in their way ; but there was Paradise-squarcbeyond , ( Cheers . ) Every description of intimidation was Wing used ; they must meet it and'triumph over it ( Cheers , and "We will !") For four years he had been absent , and he was told that he darpd not meet his countrymen . ( Laughter . ) Hut where were the brave"in his absence ? (( ireat cheering . ) He had "been fighting for them in England ; and they were told the English were opposed to them , "it xcas faisr ; the money-mongers wore , but tho people were with thom to a main " .- ( L oad cheers . ) . Tfi | y were told that he was too violent . Did ho not oftpu tell them that when they were ready , and if oppression continued he would lead them on to death or glory ? ( Loud cheers , and " You did !") ' Did thev
then consider him too violent ; ( Cheers , and " Oh no , no ! " ) No ; he was not over-nice about overstepping unnatural limits , while h <; never would infringe the equitable limits-of the law . Ho knew no bounds to patriotism so long as a single grievance remained mired'essed . ( Cheers . ) Where was the family in Ireland , or in the world , that had suffered one-tenth part of the pains and penalties in dangerous trials , transportations , and loss of property that 'his family had sutfered ;— ( cheers , and "Not one ! ' ')—therefore , as he was an hereditary patriot , he would doubtless be an hereditary martyr;—( cheers )—but yet he cared not . Though of the aristocracy himself , he was opposed to " their rule . They knew that he had always faced the enemies of
the working classes , —( cheers)—and when offering himself as their representative , liu told the electors that he was not their mtmlwt , but tlw "member of the unrepresented ,- ( Loud cheers , and " You did !"/ He said tliat , if opposed fey tlie non-electors , he would not stand , and he addressed them thus : — " Non-electors , the electors are but trustees of your lives , your liberties , and your properties . Go to them , and say , * We are out of the temple of the Constitution ; you are inside . Open tlie door , and let us in ! ' < Loud cheers . ) Say to them , Do your duty , or -we shall make you ! ' " < Cheers , ) He saw many electors then before him , who had vote < I for him twice . ( Loud cheers , and "Aye , and will again : "i Xo ; he was then fighting for a continuance of the franchise in the bauds of those who -were about
to lose it by process of bad law . . He did finht for himself : now he was fighting for them . ( Loud cheers . ) Where was the man who could have--equal , pride with himself in kei-ping their county open ? ( Cheers . ) Although upon principle he made no difference bet * een the factions— 'cheers , 1— yet he admitted that a Tory government was worse for Ireland ; and for this only reason -. that every cur in any Protestant and Orangeman ' s employment—every herdsman ,- shepherd , cowboy , foster-brother , pimp , or si-ullion forms a component part of the executi v ..- of a Tory administration in Ireland . . Cheers . )/ There was in such times a petty tyrant ; in every village , calling himself the la v arid the" constitu . tion , and setting himself above both law and constitution . 1 Cheers .. But upon principle the only diftereuce that existed was just that which . marked the humanity of the tender-hearted , butler , who cut'the dog ' s tail joint by joint , but conldn't bear ; o do it all at once , while the Tories -would snig it oft' at once . ( Loud
cheers and laughter . ) Hut he contended that even in that there was mercy , as it was more humane to end tho suffering of the poor , than to wak © thvm drag out a .. miserable' existence for another season of uiUery . 'Cljeers . ) They were led to believe that this earth was a preparatory hell , where the poor were alone to sufFor . They -were too good Christiana to keep all the probation to themselves : so now let those who Were equally born , aiul must die equally ' with theni 3 elvts , go to he ' ll for a while . ( Koars of laughter and cheers . ) Where were the local aristocracy at that moment ? That little chim-. nc-y , ipointing to the smallest chmmcy in view . v said ' Mr . O'Connor , would hold them all : and they'd all I run into it from me . ( Oreat laughter and cheers . ) : He had never taken them by . surprise—they always ] knew his principles and his sentiments . tHe : ir . ) ! The pledges which ho voluntarily . gave- "seven yeara ago were Annual Parliaments , Vote by Uallot , and Universal Sullni"e . iTreiiiendous clieerin ^ . i Total
evtinciiou mot trausforimitniin of Ut . ivs : Repeill of the Union—Jrenewed ehecringi ; --aud a ]> pointmeat / Of the lna-istrates-by the people . ( Loud auii continued cheering . 1 So--, had he changed ? f N ' u , no , never . *") They knew he was an ultra-democrat , a determined Radical , an out-an outer . ( Gr .: ; t laughter anil cheers . y He-was not , he nt-ver had been , one of your pruning , nij . pinij , bit-and-Vit , in \ lk and water , half-way politiciuivs . \ Ciieers and "No . " . He * . i > v Tom Crone there iliaiing L :.-5 list at him . i Loud l-iujjiik-r . ) ToM . —I votel twi ' . o for yiiu . and 1 must have you a-Lin . ( Tremendous eiic .-i .-v 1 |
Mr . O"C- 1 ii ' . re were tiiov . s-Ainls -who would not forget ' the unflinching and per ? v .-ver '; ug maune-r in -wIhcu lie ¦ iia < l .-iilvut-itud his country ' s Tij- iltS . iCheCTS . ami : " never . ' il wautwl-Itsises fur ever for them , anil j then who wouhlc : ' . ! iheni uV . a ' : 1 Cheers , and "That ' s i wliat -we want . ' "'• I lie . did : i » t seethe use of tlie law ] conceding a rigLt to vote , when : tho right was blasted j by the depopuiating an-1 v . itheriug scowls of the land-; lords , who nocked like hawks i'kitcs-to the sessions and court to -wratch their proy . No : let all have the right ; iani then , all hd ? g equity guilty , all -would etjually i- escape punislnn- - nt . ' CJseers . ) If the vote was valuable ! to the fanner , it mnsfW equally so to the labourer . 1 -. Cheers . ' He wimted it for all ; and , with the blessing I of God and the help of the people , he would have it i for all . 'Loml ihejrs . 1 No mutter what he was called ' : l . y tbe fa ^ : ons—no iiriitfer -wljether a dungeon or thu j ficafibld mi !; lit l > a his lot—( hear , -hear )—if ' -they I murdered hiui , fnui every drop pf ¦ the martyr ' s blood
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• would spring ; ten thousand patriots to avengo the martyr ' s detyth . ; ( Tremendous cheering , and throwing up Of liats ;) ^ tDid they think he had gone toofiirV ( " No , m ? ' \ : Wb ; -yvhilft iho present disparity existed between mea who ought at least to be / ecmal in the eyes of the law . , he -would risk life and all in bearding oppression ; ( Cheera ) He had three descriptions of property he had iand—a profession : -which the poor of thiscounty knew , was atall times used without feefor theirdefonce- ^ iload cheers , and " Long life to you , it was ! " )—and- . labourr i ; he two former yirorc protected , by those who had similar property , ami the last was his best inheritance as it was the gift of God which no hian could tafee away ; and therefore h » was the defender and protector ; of labour . ( Loud cheers , )
Eighteeu-jears since , in that town , he told them that the poor *« h . ol » Kt haxe a fair day " s wage for aiuir day's work , and . he- was then called a rebul-( Loud cries of .- !• No , - no ! " ) Yes , yes j but ho was ; and he would inform , them how thb treason was proved . When the murdering laudlords , tho shooting pursoits . and tho lnhgistrafe . s , shot , in « ircerated ; and transported the poorrwithput tho coinruission of the slightest criiue —in the niiA ^ t of . that their rebellion , ho was the only gentleman in . the whole of Ireland who dared , in the midst of the reign of terror ^ te take part with tho poor and oppressed . ( Greatcheerimr , and " True for you ! ' •) He thuii put himself at their head ; wrote a . pamphlet in their defence ; - and accused the landlords , clergy , j > rand jurors * magistrates , and police of Ireland ot" every crime that . waaCOraiuitWd , For this lie was called rebel ; and ^ hq j » did Ae ^ JJouso . of Commons prove the reasou ? \> uy , by dcknowleilging the truth of every
. « ue oft ^ iii ^« gea . iHear , hear . ) They passed flic " Bhb'letttng- aW tqlimitthe power Of oppressive landlords : V Tlity . uaS 8 < id tUti mtho CoittihvjUtion Bill to bring- the Priitcstaiit gniss-laml tobsar . a shat-o of tithes .. They passed tho ; Ptitty ! Seteions Act to prevent the 1 uiigi . stra . t 6 s from sitting alone as representatives of their prejudices and hostilities . They p ; issed tlie Grand . lury Bill , giving the people an equal voice with the magistrates ; and they passed" the Constabulary Bill , to prevent the gentry from appointing their scultas i tUfcit . vinvps , l \\ wt t ' tsstcTYtrotliers , and suj ) t'mnnuatod coachmen and butlers , as policeniun . ( Loud anil loiii continued cheers , ) Thus they acknowledged the full justice of his coiupliiiiits , while they ciilledhim rebel i ' or coniplainint ; . ( Kenewed clH'ering . i Xsfi one of tho nieasures had beneiited thuiu ; no uieasure could , till each had his own spot of land , and hU own ' vote to defend it . ( I-OU ( l iihecM-l
V irt . rediWry boridsiiie :-i know ya hi > t , Who would be free themselves must strike tho blow V ( Cheers , i '" . ' ¦ . . . The aristocracy ami the church must be pilt down . Loud cheers . ) Oh , but he was too violent for them ; he forgot who he was speakiuj ' to . i ' No , np , " cheer . ^ and " Not a bit . ' 1 They were now like the a . ss between , the tSyo parties of robbers ; each faction Was putting an equal purty upon them , and tulliujr them to beware of tU « otiit-r roV > - > trs . 1 Jilt they -would bear no more . 1 Cheers . 1 -The faction had a church niK-ting , or an uducat \ ui \ meoUns ; , or siiiiii : hviwbug movting in tin ; church to-day . They did not . ask their shepht-rtL' the Rev . Mr . Dolunif . to attend , because he would not . jvg ' rer to the church system of keeping the flock warm l > y shoaring them twice a . ywvr . i" No , no , " and t'lieuw . '!
Noand tlierel ' iire if thrit jjood Hum L : u \ vut « roil ,. the roiif would have i !>\ va off tho Chuivli , ami the < l . vil would have tlnvvn out of tlie windows ; aud they knew the old gentleman was ii .. ' . very great God-synd to tlw parmms . 1 Loud cheers anil lauijlitvr , - , His youth had been spvut . liis inunhood was Jjc-iiii ; spent , and his old age , if spared and neci' . ssiivy . sliouM be spent , in pulling du > va tho temple « f ' corruptitin , and in its steail . eretti . nt ; the temple of fWeilom . ( Great cheers . 1 Was he ever , knuwii to ' . opprcsB the poorest man , or " any iiian ? . ' ( "No , never !'' | Was he t ! ver known to refuse , his .. uniuid-fot ,- '" . professional aid to a poor , man ? ( " No , never . ' ") . fifipid ho ever , abroad or at home , intlio course of tiis ' life , Jtccepted one fartliing ' froiu . Whig , Tory , or Uadical ? ( Cheers . 1 That was paUiotlsnv ; an < V yet the stiftXing curs of tlie
hireling press called hhn a needy adventurer and a tmf ncking politician . ( LaMghter . i They : m > hantliiiR me wine to drink , said Mr . O'Connor , as if I was blown ! ( OTeftt and continued laughtor . ) Why he couUl address , them without a pult till twelve o ' clock at night , and then howoUkl chtl with "Union and Victory ! Onward , and we conquer ; backward , arul We fall . " ( Loud cheera ) Let him caution , them n . wunst believing anything bad of tho English workiiig ciasses . They were the sanuTfl ' esh ami blood , had the same interests , and they were their best , friends . : ( Chceri . ) Oh , how easy to miUipn a br ; ive d . w \ generous people , whose onj ^ r fault was , that they ; preferred meettay opprej » ipji bravely to . bowing * before it . ( rJoud ^ cTieera ) Whftthad beuii his advice ? Nover to salute an aristocrat a second time who refused to acknowjeilgo the
poor man's first salute . ( Cheers . 1 He regretted- that the health of tuo kind Mr . polling was so delicate us not'to allow him to taku Ins wonted active part in agitation ; but his spirit lived and ¦ ¦ w as ' over them ( Loud cheers . * How ' . dare ' any mail say that the KngHsh and . Scotch were opposed to the Irish ? The Houseof Commons Was . - biit it was equally opposed t « tho rights of tU *; ir order in England . ( Cheer *) He had never been so loudly cheered ' -by the Kiiglish . as when lie told thein , that , if ho could help it , England never should have justice till Ireland had it as i \ x \\ , and at the same moment . ( Great cheering . ) . . . Let them ' --no longer go witli cap in one haud' and petition in the other—ii posture beneath the dignity of freemen- but let them' un-te , and ' i -w-hen united , let them ; scn < t " - " their . COinplimonts to the Hoinc Secretary or . Prime Minister , and say what they wanted , and let that bo . the right of self-defence , by having a vote ; and the answer would be . " Thank you , ( jentleinen ; is there anythinir njpre you wish for- "M Laughter . ) lladthcyaltered theiropinion to bo
of hiinV ( "No , no ! " ; Well , then , he oiv ^ ht the proudest mau iu existonce . He had gained ifcby principle , and lie wouhl only lose it witli his life , ( Cheers . ) 1 f they allowed the bloody Tories to triumph over theiir , they should never see his face again- and even that wouldn ' t do , "hut the next time , they should have the real thing . Let every man now prepare to arm , and to tight the foe vitli the poor weapon which the Reform Bill put in his- hand ; nnd let the non-eloctors take their post . Again he -said , that that was one of the proudest days of Ins -existence , - when ho was enabled once more to serve oiiUi Ireland and shcileragira ! ( Great laiiglrer . ) He would there leave thein , say ng , " God bless and prosper you , and all the poor ! " Although hu Was shortly to go to receive punishment for telling 'the truth , he was not to be drivon froni his course or bribed from his purpose . ( Loud and continued cheering . ) His spirit Wiis unshaken , for he saw tho pour man ' s sun about to rise , which had long set behind a dark Cloud . ( Loud cheering . )
He again said " Farewell , " and as ho descended the platform , in company witli the iJev . Mr . O ' . Sullivan , the whole meeting rushud to grgct linn , and followed him back to the Hotel , with cheers and shouts that made the town ring a ^ ain . .
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arid of knowledge over bigotry and intolerance . This meeting will , therefore , consider every man a traitor to Itis country , who refuses or neglects to use that whicli is but a trust for the many , as a \ neai \ s of o'kaining the constitut onal rights of all . ' . ' . •' Moved hy Mr . O'Connor , seconded by Mr . O . Mahony , and carried with acclamation .
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SUPPOSED CASKS OF CHILD-MURDER . ( From the Sheffield Iris . J On Tuesday , an inquiry was taken at the Coroner ' s office , in Bank-street , on view of tho body of ii . newborn chili | , which , it was supposed , had come by its death'unfairly , uiuler the following circumsitaueeri —It , appeared that , on the . ¦ ¦ preceding Tuesday a man and a Woman , with a . new-born child , went to the house of Mr . Walker , the si ^ n of tho-Bay Ilur ? e , ou Sheffield Moor , and stated that they wanted a ' wot ' nurse for the child . Tlie kellimin was / accordingly sent out to give notice that anurse was wanted ; and in the ' -afternoon , of the same day , a Airs ! Walker , vesitlint » at the Intake ( a relauvo of-tlie
, lauUlord ' s , ) came to the house and took the child to nurse , without inquiring where the parties' came from , or any other particular respecting them . In the evening they accompanied Mrs ; Walker to her house at the Intake , aud they left the child with her at the door , promising to go on . Saturday with somo clothes and other necessaries for the child . Tho next morning , however , the child was found dead . These circumstanoes coming 10 the knowledge of tho constable , ha set about ruaking inqiViriesi into tlie matter . He then fotiiid thuo tho servant- ^ vl at the Bay Horso had' ' 6 i&bflairred sonic snspicion of them , and whilst she was watching them , she saw th'Ofemale # ive the child : soinetfiing out of a bottle , which made the child sick , - ' . ''the constable made the
coroner acquainted , with these tacts , and he directed that an inquest should be . held . ' . Tlie constable also waited , ou tlio Saturday , until the parties came , according to promise , and he t . hon sunimoned them to attend ' tho inquest . It turned out that the mother of the child was a young woman rewding at Mosbro ' , in Derbyshire , and that she was delivered of the child latu on the Mpiiddv night , arid that her . sister and brothei ' -iit-la-w , early iicxt morning , came to ; 'Sheffield , in order that its birth might be kept a . secret . It did riot- ' appear tliatinything pernicious had been given to the child , what the parties were seen to give it at the public-house being only gruel . They were reprimanded by tho C ' oiouer for bringing tlie child to ShelHeld (^ o soon after its birth ' , and tho Jury tuuuda verdict « V " Natural Death . "
A . notiiuh Child 1 ' oi .-Ni > , —The same evening , another inqiio . st was taken at the IVright . side Bierlow l ' oorhouse , on view of tho body of a male infant , which was found by some boys iii Uungreave Wov > d , on Sunday afternoon , about lour o ' clock . It appeared ' - i ' t' jm thi- Lvidunuo of a boy , ii . uned CJiaries- ' . ilarritj , ! that he -was in the wood in question , with some other ; boys , on Sfiuday jit ' tei'huon , and that on going into ; i lioie . ho > aw something which ' appeared likeii ljuiie . lie tuok up a Ktick to see what it was , and founil it pi-e ^ etl agjiiust Hoinctliiug soft ; h " e " then saw . ~ . > jne toes , in i-oiiHeqiienco of whicli he g ; tve an alariii . boine men came , and on their rein < i \ iug . an im-li or two of soil , the body of the child wa : vdirrcovv-red . ¦ It was removed to-the l ' ooiliyu ^ e , and a vvmuuii of
tlie name of barah Anility , why is in- the .. Miri-if ' -e of Mr . . Marshall , of Eyve-treet , and residing in A : \ idrcw-stroet ,. in the SVicker , was apprehended by Batty , « u si . i .-piuion of . beiug the inotln iv It also appeared , from the evidtnCe of a l ' l'iuale numctl . Ni-edliam , who is ajso eniployed by ' -Sh . . Marshall , that she charged Sarah Anglity with being-pregnant , to . which she simpl y replied they . should see . Mrs . Needhani did not take aiiy 'further noiii-e of the muttcr ' at the time , and Sarah Aughty coiitiniipd at her work until Saturday fortnight , aiidslie was tiien absent'from that day niltil the Tuesday but one afterwards , when she was askod wliy she had been " away , and she then said the had fallen down the cellar steps . She did not work on thati day , but :. returned to her
work on the followiugday ; and in tukiiigoft'her shaw ) , Mrs , ' Need ham noticed ah alteration in her appear-Sho asktd her if there Was not a child soniewhere . and she said yes , but it was dead . She had also suspected- - . the woman of being pregnant both five years and two years ago , but no children then came to li g ht . Mrs . Marshall , wife of Mr . Si Marshall } of Kyrc-street , stated , that on " hcitrv- ( i ; o ' f .- - . thc-. thatt © r , she tiucstioned Sarah Anghty about , it ; and the woman stated ,- th 5 t . J ^ iui a . bout seven , -nwutha iad ^ yanbod ; -iu prefinancy , ^ sho had fallen down sonje steps , and had miscarried hi consequence ; but that the neighbours . were with her at the time of the birth of tho child . She also sajd that she gave a shilling to the sexton of the parish e 1 u 7 roh , and that the child had been interred in the church yard . She did not feel satisfied about the matter ^ and sho made some enquiries of the sexton of the parish church
, and of tlie neighbours of the woman , and the result of thoye enquiries led her to suppose that * llO . had beon clandDstiuely delivered , and that the child had not been buried in the chnrch-yard , as stated ; " she was also . Led to suppose thatthe > yoman had before been pregtiaut , a ^ d none of her neighbours had been aware of any children being born . 'The . woman was therefore discharged from Mr . aiarshall ' s service on Thursday morning . —The prisoner was brought up after the foregoing evidence had been gone through , and , in reply to questions put to her , she denied having had any children since the cholera was in Sheffield ; and she also persisted iu denying that the child ( which was shewn to her ) was hers . Sho was remanded , that Mr , Chesman might examine her , and also tho body of the child ; and tho inquest was adjourned until Tuesday evoning , at the coroner ' s ofiice .
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LANARKSHIRE . —GLASGOW . Tho monthly meeting of the Fniversa ! Suffmge Association -was held on Thursday in tho Lyceum . The . Secretary read seriutim the . minutes of the past month-, and the meeting proceeded to appoint lecturers to visit tho ¦ ollowing places , viz ; Parjihead , Gorbals , Shuttleston , liarshtivd , and Kilbrido , to -which place Mr . Moir solicited his appointment . Air . ; VJ'Fjirla . no suggested that the Fast Day , which would occur in the course of tho week ; should be approprifited for the purpose of visitations . xMr . Bell proposed that a deputation should be
anpointed to Kusyth , to lopk after the political darkness of the poor priest-ridden fools there . { Laughter . ) The Chairiuim ; in concurring , said thtvt the . clergy of Kjlsyth had made a boast of having made a convert of one Ohartist ^ -ia laugh )—and , as revivals were the order of tho day , why not have a revival in politics as vpoII as id religion . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Iu the course of a prftjiosal by Mr . Gfillespie for the institatiou of a Demo ^ eratic l . ibrary , and . 1 call to be niade upon qualified members of the Associatioii . to . furbish the institution Withorigmulessays , Mr . Pitkethly appeared , and was greeted witli loud and long-continued cheering ..
. Mr ; t'itkethly having been brietly introduced by the chairmau , said that he felt particularly proud to meet the Hadicajs of Glasgow congregated in such numbers as lie had ofCen . before seen tliem . ( Hear , hear . ) He regretted , the absence of his late colleague , who having been later than himself at head quarters , had of course a better opportunity Of bringing later news . I n the Very flattering introductipii with -which the Chairman honoured him , he had been described as having taken a most prominent part in the proceedings of tlie Gonvention . Undoubtedly he had done his best to do his duty there ; but of what avail would it be to recapitiilate then what they were all well aware of through the medium of the newspapers . -Upoii that history their opinions must depend , and he should really like to know what opinion the men of Glasgow
had formed of him ot of his conduct , either at" the beginning , or at the middle , or at the end , ( Loud cheeis . ) He had gone to the Convention at' niuch risk aud personal disadvantage . Yet ho considered that no sacrifice uou : d bo too great in the great cause which they were contending lor . tCheers . ) lie w . is iiot there as a speech maker . Perhaps thero had been enoU i h of that already to very litt . ' o purpose , and a grunt . deal of time mi ^ ht have been much Letter spent ; and he was glad to find that there was a pause in speech -agitation , Had there been less speeching in the Convention ; had they endeavoured to -make tliemselves better acquainted with each others feelings and purposes , the Gonvention wou'd have beuii of intiniteiy niory usu than . it' had bueu . But , as he had said , tttere was a pause in agitation in finglaiul , aud Wales , and
Scotlaud , and even in Ireland , Daniel O'Connell had paused in Ins course of mischief . ( Cheers . v This ( ause " . he considered as a precursor to a momentous chan e , and he thought it was but tho duty of the people'of these kingdoms to examine well their minds , and see Whether or not they wore n-epared to ab . de the- comina criBiB with niuiness and determination . That very pause would strike greater terror into the breast of Government than , any other thing that could have happened . Iu the course oJ his visits throughout England and Scotland , he- found " a calui and steady determination nianifested among the people , Which shewed that tho principles they contended for they would never abandon . ( Cheers . ) The Whigs in the plenitude of their f ower had raved and . bragged of tho schoolmaster being abroad . ( Laughter . ) So he had ; but the people had riiaiuaged to drive tho Whig school-
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master into a corner , and now he iras eUher afraid oi ashamed to face his own , scholars . . ( Laughter and chews . ) In spiteof all tlie machiriations ' of Whi ' ^ erv _ r ith pmpty professioua on their lips -and .- rottenness in their hearts , —Chear ,., and cheers ]—the Whies had tauglit the people the Value of their ; rights , and how dread the people ' s . power . ( Hear , ivea M Aye , in spit © of Sew l ' ooi Laws and Runil Police Bills , the people would baffle the treacheroua Whigs . ( Hear , hear ) What now measure of liberty were they : likely next to devise ? He would not wonder but it might be the passport system as in France . When you wish to go from one part of the kingdom to anothtrj you-mtist be measured to see whether you are short or tall , black op fair , fat or leap . ( Laughter .: ) He would not be surprised that they would attempt such a . tiling " - "; bnt the people were rather too much alive to : their ancient j |
rights to let them . The schoolmaster had ' ' ,- been abroad . ( Laughter and chcers . y Yet with ' all their boasted schooling ; and plans of education , more than double of the people ' s money could , be expended in building houses for horses than was given for educational purposes . ( Hear / hear . i The Whigs built i .-alaces for brutes , and allowed human beings to starve in hovels . ( Hear . ) This was , the system of both Whig and -Tory sovereigns ; but when once the people had acquired they : rights , they : would weir , a very different aspect . ( Cheers . ) When the people reallv began to act for themselves things , would appear-in another light . Nothing was We coniinon than to see " J !^ "L ^^ ^ : fro » l ** lowestgmdeof society the ragged class
reviling dirty from whence he spr . ine l ? ut . .,, ere that class only to think and to act for tUeiu-« .. Ives , they would teach the jackdaw in : peacockVfea th v -M that they could do without . h ' ilii . For instance were th'j people to set up for themselves , the sliopkeen ' : era- ¦ Oa ;< l soon tini . that " thirservices couli be cisiM ; nsed with . ( Cheers . ) A 1 V . 1 it was hightinie they vere doing so . The c ' roues were taking the lioney , an 1 when tho poor liar ' - - .. orking bets eoniplaine 1 of starvation ; they propose ] to senj thein forsooth to a colony—but who i 1 they send ?' . ¦ The young ani viiorous—the hale and hearty—the stout and strong , and left at home only tlie * eak and « i / ei . , ( Shame . ) They had apian proposed in yorksbire which others would £ 0 well to follow , V . Vhy , saythe men of Yorkshire to the Whigs , "If you will colonizo , you w ill <} o it on an equitable principle--ill
you w take settlers as you ballot your mal : . tia ; -vyith * this difference , there shell be no substitutes allo > et ( Cheers )— ^ ahd the richest mseal of a peer- or the veriest ;; rone of aparson . iuust just i , o as he . ist'ra . wn ,. iLauohterani cheers . ) The hi £ h anilowimist tramp tORetbea The pr-bl ' md Whigs would yet see the impolicy of senjtifig labour out Of the country , in which ithad sc » inuciy improved—a country wherein-a cotton-spinner ; tor mstauee , coulil do as iiiuch work as a hnntlk-d could do fifty yeans ^ go ... Mr . Pitketiily , after addressins jua attentive audience at great length , conclnded a wry able address , by callk / g loudly for organization , and mftkini iv most eloquent , appeal for ^ Universal Suffrage , as the sheet anchor of the puuplu ' a hopes . He shouM be glad to answer any question put to him relative to his public ; conduct . Jlr . P . sat down amid thunders of applause , ¦ .
The Chairman then put the question -whether the meeting -approved of Mr . Pitketiily » conduct in the , Convention , which was responded to with deafenW cheers- ' . . . / .. . ' ¦ . . ¦ . ; " : ' - . " .. . -. ' . -...- " . Mt . Pitkethly , in acknowleilgement , referred to a motton he had placed upon the motion book of the Convention , for the purpose of sending aoihe of their own onler to contest an election . He wished them to luiyo < i : uididates of tueir own caste , and they could manage that much easier in Scotland than iu EngJand , seeing that > Scu'tl&nd had a privilege L ' ngluiid tlid not
piiMscss , namely , the absence , of a property qualitieation for U 10 rcpresenfcttion of a Burgh—( hear lioar , aiul ioud ehwrs . ) However , in En » land they ha . l ; inan ;» gc > a ' . tu- send a working mant . > the hustings with a ilirly face , and not the best coat in the world on liis back , and they went with him and kept up the hurrah . ' ( Cheers . ) ; Thisxho * ed , at least , a good front 'flier . ' was little danger of tho « iu * e iniinghuul , for commercial matters there were in rather a ( juuir state ; iiivV if the banks went down , the people will get upif they are wise . ( Cheers , )
Mr . , (; iH < -spie rt'iiiinded -Mr . Pitkethly , ' that at last (•• Imiow Iviectimi tlu-y hadnominatetl a . iir-it-r . ite Chartist , and carried him .. ( Cheers , and cries of ¦"•' ' Keargvis ( i' ( . ' ouBfli"j i \ lr : O . then nibved for a toinniittee to vari-y the motion ,, relative to a library ,, huo effect which , Mr <; UvH scconiled , with an additional proposal of a ^ orkiuK luuu ' s exchanger and reading-room being also instituted . . : Iu answer to a question from a person in the : m 6 etiiif ; . whvthvr Mr . I'itkethly had 1 found s in the course of lustour , that any decision hart been cohie to by the peojdo as to how they should act iu the eveut of sucU a crisis arriving as he had alluded to . —
Mr . Pitkethly , in a reply , at length stated to the mettihg , amongst other things , that he was as much Opposed to anarchy or bloodshed as any ni » h , be ho Qiiaker , or any other , who made more noise about their pretensions ; but he said continually ^ avid worild continue to say , tliat unless , the people ; had something beyond moral force to strengthen them m their demand for justice , they had a very bad chance of ever obtaining it . ( Hear , hear . ) He was not aware of any decisiye step havinjj been adopted by tho people to meet such au eyent . Mr , V , then entered : into the topic of the families of the imprisoned Chartists , and , by way of V 8 timulu 8 , meationed ^ that i little town in SottiBghamaWre- ^ Stttfo ^ iaTA ^ jtielcC ' tiad BUbscHti « tm « Stothafe fund than any tp ' wn br . city in the-empire . Glasgow would surely not , bo behind in emulation .
Mr , Gairdner brought up the subject of tho banished Cotton Spinners , announcing a concert to be heVil on Halloween night , for the benefit of their fainilics , similar to those held in Anderston , Oorbals , " &c After a voto of thanks to Mr . Pitkethly and tho : Chairman , the meeting broke up .
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Hoping tliat this may » ive satigfaetion to the subscribers at least , at the same time it ia impossible to please everybody . In fact , if we try we Shall fail like the man with his ass . - iTemain , Gentlemen , - On behalf of the Committee , Wm , Gaiff-is , Hon . Secretary . Langahoat Field , Stociport
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Movement ur tiik Radicals . —P >> w > kal of tjik TKr-. vcHKRovs Wmus , a . m > )' kum-i ; ct oi' thkTu-KIEs . —On principle the lladica ' s vf this to-vvn have uniformly uaiu-d with the "NY Uigs in any trial of streng th ' to put down Toryism , and particularly in the Municipal election * , their joint efforts have succeeded in placing in power any man they visaed , and amongst ihercst Mr . Henry Coppoek , as the Kefonn Town Clerk , aud several others . Bnt how these honest Radicals have bt * n requited for their disiultre .-t . ed exertion in the cau ^ e of good local government will be the easier told , vrhen -we say tliat In less than ni ^ v months afterwards , their lisiders were prosecuietl by this very Town Clerk and Ms party , -who had led them on to the attack when there was anythiny to gain by it _ He has , however , feathered hi * nest under the standard of K «^
form , and now turns ont . a worse than Tory in power , and an aristocrat of the first ¦ water in practice . The Radicals , on the contrary , smarting under the gross injustice , of their former allUs . are uniting f . jr the purpose of shewing to the country that the power that can tiVe can also take ; and , by Way- of administering a salutary lesson to the CoppifkiU-s , have determined to oppose the introdurtion > jf auy more Whigs into the present Council , the election for which takes place on Friday next , November 1 st , in the respective Wards . Coming events cast their shadows before" them , is a truism of some standing ; and let Wliiggery take heed , for "' their offence is rank—it snitlls to Heaven . " . Meeting after meeting has been held at the Working Men ' s
Association , where the conduct of the CoppockiU-s in power , have been freely considered ; ami in the absence of men of democratic principles offering themsi-lves , tlie Tories , as the least of two evils , are to be returned by the Radicals , in order to convinc- ? , the mock friends of the people that they have j-et the energy and determination to return men who . if they never professed themselves the guardians of the working classes , at least would not deceive them , Whiggery in Stoekport , at tbe head of which is 31 r . Coppock , the Town Clerk , and the Kefonn Justices , is now at a discount : the Whigs of 1832 are not the Whigs of 1 S 3 £ » - it is all over -with the Malthusiass— " it is like a bad Shilling that nobody -will take . "
The Poy . vto . ? and WoitTH Colliers . —We are ! truly sorry to acqnaint our readers that the dispute ! between the colliers on ihe Ppynon and Wonh estate , I and the agent as it proceeds Joes not promise anything j favourable to tbe workman . Strangers , such as ¦ spadesmen , calico-printers , &C , have been induced ' 10 work some of the i ; its , attended by the mili- 1 tary and the special constables , and to be located in the towers in the Park , while other and more perma- j nen : accommodation could be provided for them , -which ; was to be obtained by ejecting the old colliere from the i
¦ cottages , and introducing the new ones as the future occupiers . Twenty-four of the turn-outs have been comniitled to Knutsford for three months , by the Maccles- i field magistrates , onagenercl charge of intimidation , j The only case sworn to was , tliat one man named Ben- ; nett , in the midst of them declared that they would \ not return to work , until souie of the managers , -6 zc-, were discharged ; and , therefore , the managers , &c .. considered their lives to be in danger . It was nevertheless disdnctly proved for the colliers , that no such langTijige had been nt ' ered , that ihe grievance was a reduc ion t » f wages , and that they had moreover been
! . \ uniformly peaceable throughout the struggle The leaders having been thus disposed of , - warrants of ejectment -were obtained and issued against several hundreds i > f he turn-outi They held a meeting and offered to relinquish sixpence of the dispute ; for ihe purpose of terminating the sufferings of themselves and tbeir 1 families , and a delegation to that effect was sent to : he ; towers ; . but ihe agent declined to treat vrith lhern as a ¦ body , and thus all prospect of a nejfocia ion ceased . I The military were withdrawn the next day . The Tinion \ supporting tAe turn-outs , representing t-nrenty- ; wo dis-, ricts , consists of about Soon colliers , bur we fear their j good intentions -will not prevail against the might which is arrayed against them . Lar ^ e bodies having been ¦ vjectt-d , have this week been obliged to quit the grounds . ' to to in search of -work in : o Lancashire ; and , therefore . ; ihe ino-sticks a-c comfiaratively speaking , unnioltsteil in ; heir avocations . The evil can only cure itself , nor ' -. "Can svrants but by ( yrants conqnered be , "
: ' ajid tiie liine is not far distant "when the agent will be ; . found in the plenitude of his avarice , even to over-: reach himself , since a netv list of prices 13 being pre- ' , ¦ pared for submission amon .-st the new liands , and ; : which contains considera'MerediK-ion from the pr ^ irurrcd \ ; ti-nns ; we may , thertlori . " , expect .- ^ on to hear of i anotuer turn-out , and ihen another batch of iresli hands must be sought ; ; TO THE EDITOI' ^ OF THE NORTHERN STAR . j < jentlkmx > , —By rsi-miina the li-. ila . net s-liM-t of the ' Ueft-n-.-e Fund of last wnk . I tave SjaiX satibiriCUon to ; , one p : trtv of our Mib .-Krri 5 n . Ts : ami I hope l-v v . ; ur in- .
- ! si * r ; ii ! g this to please the other liarty . 1 sent tlie ^ ¦ "balance bhtet just as it w .-w s . nt to me ; therefore 1 i sin not respimsilile ^ 'Jr :-T . y lui-tafccs . There are in th-j ; l > alai ! ee shet-t t ' : r « -e items -vrliich re ^ -ilre t-xplaining ; . ' upjueiy . Mr . firiiiiirs 1 ill : -which is for nitee : j days" work , ; uineicSt-A-tpor t , unu ^ i-s in vi 2 i- > ter , ii 15 s . The othef ! is £ 4 4 s . -Ji < l . paid to Leah , which is only £ 2 ; the : other is £ 3 Ik -id ..-which -was paid to Mr . "Rowson L for wages for Piliing , I .-eah . and himself , twenty-one i and a half days . The £ ' - which was paid to Mr . Leah was for nionoi- l . t > rrowed fruai the body of spinners . ' : 1 aia very sorry that any pers . on should accuse my ¦ frieudMr . l ^ rah or any nee else , for it was morally 1 ¦ iiuposs : V » le to have i-v > ry tiling correct wiien no one ;! dare Kirry a niL-monui . luui bo . ok for ftsir of sedition - ! bt-uv 5 in it . '; Th- C ' ojnaiittee eann » t chaT ^ e any one -with oce sin ? le : I halipi-miy -vrhichhas 1 > a-u misapplied ; but if any mis' - ' . take does api-car . it is l ^ ccanse tfecy vrerenot j > enintted ' . I to ieep any boots to pnt dotm mon-y rectdved .
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GltKAT MEETING AT CASTi . ETOWN , IN THE COUNTY OF CORK . \ Ve have received a report of a Spirited meeting held at Castletown , Mr , Kidney , pilper lnanufacturer , in the chair ; but -We must reserve the ; proceedings , which are top long for our present . number , ' . till next Saturday . For the present we give the resolutions ; and next week wo shall-give Mr . O'Connor ' s splendid defence of himself aud his party , arid particularly ' : of Xovett and Collins . The speech will bo read with infinite pleasure . .. -: ¦"
. CASTLETOWN RESOLUTIONS . 1 . " That , wo should bo unvrortliy of tho name of Irishmen , if wo did not , to . a man , declare ourselves favourable to aTepeal of tho Legislative Union , as we are flrnily convinced that nothing short of a domestic legislature , chosen by the whole , people and Mot hy a class , tan confer peace , prosperity , and happiness upon Ireland . " ' -.- - - Moved by Mr . O'Connor , and seconded by Mr . Donovan , and carried uniiniiuunsly .. . 2 . " That our hatred of tithe shall be aslasfm ? as
ouraetB of justbo ; and although disappointed for tlie present , we pledge ourselves ¦ never to rest satisned until tithes are « iiolly and entirftly e-xtinguislied That the payment of tithe by a Catholic people for the support of a Protestant cliurcli , is a tyranny and a gri | sva . nco . vchich can only be supported by brute force ' , asainst . the iiiost virtuous moral pmu ' . vsion of tlie error ; tod thurefore wo pledge ourselves un ceasiiigly to demand a total and unequivocal . ' . extinction of tithes , ai ^ d a . restoration of thein to their original . purposes ; viz M to the support of tli « poor , tho afflicted , the destitute , and .. unemployed . "
Mow-d by sir . O ' Connor , and seconded by the Rev . 'Mr , O ' , SHllivan . P . P . P . . " 'flint it is the bounden duty of ovory man wha . possesses the ; necessiiry qualitication for a voter to register without delay ; as the object of the faction is to close the representation of this great county , once - flic-re and lor ever , against tho frieze-coat electors and industrious classes ; and to accomplish which , every machination that inllUence ' afr ' wds—tliat ingenuity can suggest , or privilege can effect , has been resorted to for thy purpose of crippling the interest of the . independent electors and non-electors of this county . That thu glorious triiiiiiph of 1 . , when the virtuous people trampled upon corruption and abuse , should : neiver bo forgotten ; and all that is now neceS : sary to coiuplcto , the overthrow of faction , is the union and determination of those who before gained the great triumph of virtue over vice , of justice over injustice .
Scottish Intelligence.
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HEXWOOD . TO THE KDITOUS OF THE NORTHEUN STAR . GENTLBMEN ' ,-rI have long been a strict but impartial ob-erver of the political conduct of Dr . lietpher ; I have read his » peeche 8 at public meetings , previous to the * sf > embling of the Conv-ntion , and while he was a member of it } aa 4 I have also read" the speech Which he made at a Manchester tea- party , together with his letters to O'Connor and
atter weighing aHdconsideriBg their truth , justice , and reason compel me to say that Dr . Fletcher U the most inconsistent and dishonest politiciaa that ever I read of . lam sure that every incelligentj sober , and thinking maTi will eay , without any hesitation , that he . is a political apostate * Look ( i him ! What do you see ? The Manchester Radicals saw him , and heard him say that the Convention , had been a failure—bad increased deapotisni ; and that , if another Were called , that would fail . Ye « , so say J , if guch inconsistent , di ^ honewt , and mpneyrrienpering men as Dr . JFieteher were members of it > The Convention was all right when he ^ was receiying a guinea per dy from a starving people ; and if any ope said anything ; about his hypocritical base , and treacherous conduct , he designated them asspiea , . - ¦ '¦; " :
-.-Englishmen , lovers of freedom , read this ! The worfci ng eia ? sea of Ueywood loved freedom , liberty and happiness , and thani ; Grodvthey do yet . They fUdecribed their money—they gave it purely . Yes . Dr . FJeteher has : had nearly fifty pounds sterling money from Hey wood ; and what have tbe ^ people or Heywood got in return for their money ? Hear Dr ^ Fletcher ! ' More despotismil" Ghj « haiije and eternal disgrace on the name ofTletcHer , for taking their money , and extravagantly wasting it , andat last giving them for tht-ir charity arid libera-Ii ' y , " more despotisimj" or more tyr&nny— moie slavery , and more wretchedness ' and mdre mi «> nr : letc ie
° >^ ^ T says , ; that if he has conspired against the Mat ,... he is a base seoundre K He denies that he has conspired against the « Star . ' Dr . Fletcher ' s memory must he , very bad or defective , or othewise he blu 3 he 8 : not at uttering ba < e falsehoods . "I will remiad Dr . Fletcher of one circurflf ^ tance . He was at Unsworth , a smaU village in Bury distridt . previous to the meetmg of -..- the ConveatioQ , He addressed the Radicals there ; and , after the meeting , in his conversation with : a number of
indivi iuafs , he condemned O'eohnor for promising tha reatlers of the " Star ' a portrait of the Rev . J . R . Stephens -said that the . Rev . ;^ . R . Ste phens had notgiven 0 Connor authority for thus actiHr—said that thkpromiie was made in order to increase the circulation , of the « ' Star , " and that it was done in order > . o destroy the J < Champion . ^ ' He stimped > be wore , and hoped that the people would commenci tMnng the - Champion .- ft ir . Fl . tch ^ SS ^ l « ay ^ at th , s ^ n ^ rue ,: he is capable of saying thatblack is white , and bitter sweet . ¦ '¦¦ ' .. ¦
My thaais are due , and in sincerity are given , to the brave men of Manchester and Pr ^ twich , for their manf y and straightfdr . vard resolutions ^ which appeared in the "Stas" of Saturday , October 19 . They have . nobl ydonfe their du-y ; and I hope to see m the ' Star , " ere long , similar resolutions -from tyeiy Kadical asHociation throughout the length and breadth of the landi It h the bouuden duty of every lover of fj-eadom to condemny in language strong , and not to be misunderHtjqd , all such jnojnsUWut j dishonest , hypoqritibal , sycophantic , and moneyhunting scoundrels as Dr . Fletcher . Yours in the cauee of Truth , Frffedoai ,
» nd Justice , Thomas StATEk . Heywood , 22 nd October , 1839 . P . S .- You ^ will much oblige the readers of the " Star ^ Hev wood , if you will be « o kiwi R 9 ib allot a HmalL space of your valuable paper fortae insertion of this . ¦ T ^ ¦ '
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"Y " ' 688 OL . II . No . 102 . SATURDAY , OGTOBERM . 1839 . PBICE ™*«»« . ! uspw ,,,- „ ¦ > ' ^ ^ Five ShUlings per Qttarter .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 26, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1080/page/1/
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