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    Boltox . —Tie election of the Eorongh Members vas decl j ied on Thursday evening week , after a fortnight " : ; most intense excitement , in the choioe of the miiiii ' . eraliits , the numbsrs being for Aiasworth ( a nondescript Whig Conservative weavnexcock ) gg ^ Dr . Bowriag ( pledged to the Charter , Repeal &C ........... „ £ QRc ' . nweil iU > &servatiYe ) 534 Boiling ( Ditto ) ""\ ^

    The Tories lave been beat en by weapons they so often employed with success on former occasions—bribery intimidation , drns-kenness , and trickery . The cotton lords m ihe mm ^ t-erial interest were most active , Eercral of them closing their work 3 on Monday evening ; from Tuesday evening all business was sus ^ peuded by both parties . Free drink was to be had in a ^ uDdaaco in all quarters of the town , and the dn-skeimcss and fighting which followed hzs no parallel in me election annals of Bolton . The Chartists understanding how the game was to be played , carae w > a resolution on Sunday evening to take no pan in tee election proceedings , but to stand aloof iron both Whips ind Tories , they being alike enemies 10 universal jusiice . This resolution

    was placarded on Monday aitErnc-on , a few hours preyiou ? to an attack which was made on the colours ef the Toru-s a * , the Swan Ism , the Chronicle office , And several other place ? , by a nutnier of drunken ruifh . Es b-.-loaging to the Ainsworth party , acd ieu-i have had much effect in preventing more exteusvye r . st , as very lew of ibe macy tboEs-inds oj wc-rkin ^ nien who fiUed ihe streets took any part in tbe di-gracefal proceedings . On Tuesday evening a plscaid , announcing the " liDeration o ' f TeaTgas O'CoDror , " wns posted on the walls , and stating thai he would b ^ in ** Manchester on Monday Tretk ; " Calling on the " Chartists to do their duty " ! look to their friends , " ar ^ d not " to be deluded by the Tories . " This placard certainly created a great sensation , and was the oaiy one which elicited a cheer 02 : if ? appearance . On the same evening , a 2 Deetin £ of the friends cf Dr . Bovrrins vras held in

    the Temperance Hall , at which he was present , &vA the i-ews or O'Connor' : ? liberation afforded matter for eoagratnkrfeTi , three cieers being given by the broad clo ' M for " the liberation of ihe Chartist prisoners ! " \ Hyp 5 crjt ? c 3 tlhuz 2 b ;! g 3 ! After this it was no doubt hoped 1 hit ail the working men would take part in the bosiErss of the nomination , but the great bulk of . the people appeared there only as Fpectators , and allowed the Wnig and Tory colour bearers to Szht for pree-ciicnee before the hustings , without taking ; any active part on either side ; and the consequence ¦ was that the Tory party had the triumph , the " Whigs , afr-. r the loss of many flags , retiring first from the field . Tbe business of proposing the candidates was then gone on with ; the show of hands was for Ainsrror : h about onefcurik ; and for Dr . Bowring about three-fourths of the multitude present .

    Brighton . —The nomination for members to represent this place m the H-use of Commons , took plica ou Wednesday Ltsr , June 3 vsh , on the hustings erecttd near the Towu Hall , and was ai tended by a larger cumber oi" persons that , ever were presea : since Brighton ha £ been made & borough , and great excitement was evinced by the appearance cf ft Cbarusc candidate on the hustings . The proeesg ion 3 were of ihe usual character , such as are ordinarily sc-n at elections ; bauds tf music , flag-, drunken mtu , & . c , wcre the order of the day , w : ; h the exception 01 the Chcjrist procession ; this wa ^> indeed a solemn prce ~ - ~ ion ; all wa 3 calm and quiet ; they well knew the importance of the business for -which they had met together , and their precession

    needed no music to ur ^ e them on ; their banners ¦ were of white , with one exception , that was . & Hplendid blue flag , trimmed with white , the ootto ' -i On which wcie written ic gold , ** Union is Strengih , " on the reverse , " The Sovereignty of lhe People . ' Another splendid white ftsg bore in laT ;; e silver letters the motto of '" The People's Charier . ' ' On Others were inscribed " Universal Sdirj ^ e , " — « Brocker aud the Charter , " — " Brooker and the Repeal c-f ike Sew Poor La-w , — " Broker and Vac Separation of Church aiid State . " Another Ha . ' bad the mv . to oi Frost , Williams , and Jones ; one had 03 its flag staff the cap of lib-rsy and the trieoloxtred cockaoe ; with these flags in iheir procession , the Chart : s : 3 made their wav through th <

    town 10 the place of meeting , and on their arrival they found it completely blocked up by their opponents ; but they Were received with li > nd shouts of applause ; ihe people made a lane , aui the Chartisis inarched through and took up iLeir place in front of the hnstings , which they kevt till the meeting was over , being flmked on one side by the Tories , and on the other by the Whis ;* ' , 2 nd though tbe rain poured , at limes , in torrents , lhe gallant band with-Et-ODd the pelting of the pitiless storm , nnassailed by either party , though the VaijB had a go in at the Tones an 5 beat them , destroying ihrce cf ihcir craneefiae ? . a ^ d more m 5 ? th ; el would have ensued , h = a 1 ; no : been for the inurferenc' of the police , for to-n pan . es had a set of hired drunken bullies

    to CT . ey every one who bc-iocged rot to tneir party ; thei-c-rriiaJion having takeE place , the Chartist ca 7 jdidnte , C . Brooker , Esq ., being proposed by Mr . " Wc-olward , and tecjaded by Mr . Flowers , a show of hands was lakec , and declared to be in favour of the two Whig rciciidajes , th&jgh , nest to C 3 p * a n Pecheil , every one most uuhesi . atingly agreed that iir . Brooker was the next mau " ; not so with the Re " . urr .: Eg Officer , he cacaot countenance a ChartHt , ana so he gave it in against him , but Mr . Wincey declared lirusclf that he knew not which held a majority . Mr . Brock = r or him . As for the Tory , sir A . Djirymple , he is so detested , so spurned by ail par :. 'e ~ k : Brighton , except his oirn , th&t out 01 eichi or -.-. n uiou .-aud people , no more than ore Lnrc ' red Land- were held up for him . llis Cocduct on Mr . Di : "cocjbe's motion ha ; so ci : gu ? ted every hom ^ t minded man in Brighton , that no one is he 3 rd to giv- ^ an expression of kird feeling ; or his he in

    weJare . When i-: is kr . o ^ n that was the Hoase ths tvhols of the time Mr . Duricoinbe ' s j notion fur tLe release of : ne pri = O 2 . e . rs was under diicasacs , snd though ivnt into Pajiiiment by the Ibdicals oi' Bngh ' . cr . re had not the honesty , lie EanJines ? , or c-juri ^ c , to give them oca vote in repirn , the centcqaeLce was . iLe Chartists of Brit ( hton leli him &z . i his par ; y 10 the fare they deserve from men 0 : ? vj . nd printip ';? , and he is no longer Member : or BiigV . oii . two Whigs bring retnreed by overwheiniii : jr aiaiorines . This election has not been withcut i-. j tfet-t . Capuin Peehell his promisea , before the asicab- ' ed icople , to vote for the immediate repeal oi me Poor Law Amendment Bill . Mr . Wieney has promised to vote for the immediate release oi i ' rost , V / iiliams , and Jones ; and we do tras : thai ihs forthcoming Parliament will be inundated wi-. h P'etiiionc from every town , village , and iamJet , lor the recall of those uiijasilj exiled pv . Kois . i : is wor : hv of notice thai the

    Chartist can : Lu ; : e ana his proposer and seconder Were ths cn " y parlies heard , -with siierc-e , and ihe intmtn .-e aauuivaie , h . Trd mtn and all , raptcro » = ] r chc- - rT < i every sentiment they uttered . The Eocira ^ va 01 ihe candidates W 2 . 3 as complete a Canis : meetirg as exer we si ' . v . Mr . Bro ; ka \ a : the ck ~ e of the poll , said his orj : ct had been achieved , viz : the vindication of the prmc : p : es contained in the People ' s Charter ; aud wlien thgf . ir . e jg * iiucame , they won ! J find hira pursuing lhe same cvur £ » of £ ction : * believing of he did that the prosperity and happiness of the evuerry would be perma 2 et : ] y ^ obtained , through ths eslabl-ihineut of the prii : cip ! es he advocated . Ko expence whatever was i ?? . Brooker put : o , in telling poll clerks to anesd the differ- nt booths ; tho .-e were suppiitd frca tbe ranks of the Crartist ? , who voluniarJy gave their serrices on this occasion .

    iJr 3 r 5 T . i" 5 _ Eut . ghs . —The Radical Ew ^ rt , late M . P . for W : jrui , a . i . d wLo vo : ed for the relei . se of the pol ;; icai pri > oi ; ers . has -uecee-ded aga ^ n ^ t the Whig Sir Alei ; r . der Johi : s : on , by a majority cf 39 . Tht Torv jDhvs ' DE ^ ili ogcia he rerara ed for the coacty -K-iib ^ t . opposiiion . The shire of Kirkcu-jbri ^ ht -niii hs contested by the Tory Maxwell aird the Wijg Murray , tho late Member . ^ ESTsvar . —Tbe des ' Tguhg knaves of faction succeeded . sere , crj-ins the election , in provoking the people to physical re ?!*! 2 inee in self defence . A large body o * police hi-ibeen imported doubtless forthe purpofe cf exciting the Li feelings of the people by this ipsoleBt implied distrust of their peacefuiness . In this hewf ver ilicY were disappointed , the people though displeased faw through the trick and refused to grarify ihezj . The police however seemed loth to quit the town whh-jut baring in someway Kigc ^ Jized themseives . After the return and the usual

    ct-remoc : es copsfquent theicup- ^ n , the electors dispersed to the dilfereu . innt . ; o p <» Ksie of some refreshment . One of the electors called on a brother of his and invited him to come in to him . The poor man was proceeding along the Market-place , to accept the invitation of his brother , when one of the police rufiars struck hiza & tremendons bJow ojer the right eye waiea felled Mm to the ground . This was the osfetof a desperate row . On seeiog tais the people were exasperated ; and went to work Jigh . sndieh wiih their walking sticks ard fists .

    -Uey floored several of the police and Eplit some of their heads . The blood flowed pretty freely from 00 in parties , but the people came off victorious ; they f nade tbe police rcnin all direcrions taking shelter in the Town Hall and different places . The greater P * n of the men went our into the fields and armed themselves Trith large sticks end then came into the town sgain , flourishing them over their heads and swearing ver seance agninsi the police . Th ? y then proceeded to Cfc . 3 head inn and beat all the policemen Otitthaj w ^ re ti sre . They th « n went to the other publ : c h 0 U = SS and h&al cnt some tliat iia-d taken

    shel-** tntte . Amongst them was the Inspector ^ of T ? owbrid ^ e , to whe-m they gave a good thrashing * admsde him walk out ; when the females outside givft him another drabbing . At length he made his * etreai to a druggist ' s shop ; where they followed «« n acd gare him a few more blows . Tee police

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    tnen made their way to the Hall again through tho back way and locked theni-elvesap in the magistrates ' private room , while the mob separated , going , many of them to the public houses tojenjoy a glass of aie . In the lapse of about an honr the police againmade their appearance in front of the Hall . The news flew Jike wild fire , and th < peopie Eoon assembled with their weapons and drove them back to their room again ; and while they were proceeding up the stairs of the Hall gave fijem a volley of stones . Daring this , one of the police was dispatched to Heywood to Mr . Ludlow , the magistrate , praying him to send for the Trowbridge troop of lancers . In a few miiutes Messrs . Phipps and Lndiow came into the Marketplace when some of the respectable inhabitant's told them how the row originated with tho police . While the magistrates were in the Market-piaco with the people , some of the polica were endeavouring to make their eEcape the back way out of the town and ihA _ _ .. . J . it . ' t . * W * -. _ . _ _ .

    were seen ronniDgas if after a ihief . The people saw them and ran down the rosd and met them ; when a tremendous scuSd ensued . Several of the police were dreadfnL'y wounded and several of the inhabitants had their heads broken . Ono man was picked np fur dead but recovered in a very short lime . The police then took to their heels and made the besr . of their way home , over hedges and ditches ; the people following them , throwing stones , mud , sticks , ¦^ nd anything that esis e 5 n their way . When rhey came Laok , ihey found three or fcur walking about iu plain clothes , wh < m they instantly coilared and made them deliver up their truncheons which they "d : d , begging ihe mob not to hare them , telbLg them they obeyed tho orders of tluir Inspectors ; oje of theai erieulike a child aiid said he had not eaten or crunk since he came into town a : nine o'clock , and this was six in the evening . The ruffi-u " p < ace pr-.-serv * rs ' havis ;; been thus fiuaiiy beaten out of the iorra—the peupie went home aa ' d ths town was

    quiet . LncESTEB .. —Mes ? T 3 . Easthope and Elli 3 , having been severaiiy proposed and seconded , by four members of the Whig Coporation . ilr . John Markhum , advanced to nomii . ate Mr . Coeper ; acd Mr . Johu l > ear , a f .-e- mun of the borough , seconded the nomination . The Cvuservsrive candidates ( Lord Forrester a :: d the lion . Sprncer Hor ^ y de Hor ? cj ) having ceen duly proposed and seconded , and Messrs . Easthupe aad Eiiis , having ea-h briefly addre ^ sed the meeting . —Mr . Cooper presented himself to the multitude , and said , "Men of Leicester , I eland here , to-day , as the chan : piou ot' working men , as the aOvocate of the rights ot my own order , and 1 ? ra : ; d here , likewise , as the d » . ; erin : !) ed opponent oi '

    Wiiiggcry . CYeiUtrom the hirelings of the Corporation , answered by tremendous cheers from Churtlr-ts and Con ervatives . ) The reasons for Chartist opposition to tbo base , deceitful Wh : g Govciniaeiii are manifold , That opposition is noi groundoci , morely , upon tho ruthless persecution which me people ' s advocates have experienced from the men who are called their " natural friends . " it is founded ou broad political charges ; on ; he faithlessness of the Wj . igs to their promises ; on their bitter disappointment of the people ' s hopes , ai ; d tlieir vile betrayal of the people's liberties . ( Cneera . ) The YTnigs were JuBciiy recognistd as the sincere a-dvoeaveo of pooular rigbts , and were borne into

    office by the lull tide of the popular will . Tne people believed their professions , aud joined tl . em in the cry for " the Bill—tho whole Bill—a :. d nothing but the Bill , "—und the prayer of that ommous cry has been but toi > fuily reaiised . After " the Bill' '—Coercion for Ireland fulijwed—the BastilelaiTgncceeiied—warowerecommcaced—and as tL = » r years increased , this traitorous Government only grew more complete in their delinquency . The 1 . vo millions leu them in ihe treasury , by their predecessors were squandered in shameless profusionregardless of tie people ' s toil and sufferiug , —and they are now about to be driven from ofSce with a deficiency of six siiliions on the annual income o 1 the nation , as the record that their evil shadow has

    ones darseued the council chamber of the Sovereign . Iu .-trad of retrenchments , thty have exhibited an utter recklessness of economy , and have far outstripped the Tories in their officious disposition to grt ' . ify the expensive tastes of royalty . They tcn ; k tines under the most rokmn pleJgtS to preserve universal peace , and they are quitting it after pluu ^ cing the nauon into four expensive wars—one of vr . v . cri is yet unfinished . And for what oljct ? , u _ : ; . Jer what pretences , were these wars entered upon ? Tho vrar in Spain had no other object than the support of the accursed funding schemes : the furtherance of ihe plans of money-lords , ihe great biou-isuckers of the nation . ( Cheers . ) The war in Ca ; s ja vras commenced to put down the

    people ' s struggle for liberty . ( Hear , hear . ) : > pprei- ^ ion was borne , : i : i it could be endured uo longer : aud when resistir . ee was made , the libertyloving Wnigs over-ran ihe country wih fire and stvord , and ihus once more still . d ihe patriotic Canadians by the aiministr ^ tion of terror . L gitimjcy rotten legitimacy ! __ was the object of support ia euteruig u >> u : i ihfc Sjriaa war 1 The successor of il&L-omet , forsosih . ' must be supported , in preference to a man , wao . ^ whatever may be Lis faults , has cisplayed more of European mind aud of spirit of civiiizition aud of commercial enterprise than any Eastern monarch for several generations . Las : ly , came the war with China : that mesi iniquitous war which had no other profess . d object than a

    determination to slaughter people with the sword who were" unwiiiin ^ to be poisoned with op ;« m ( Cneer 3 0 Would you , as Englishmen , regard any attempt by a foreign navion to force a contraband trade in one of your ports , as Ies 3 than an impudent affront ? If a foreign power resolved ou introducing 3 poison into your country , in spite of legislative enactments prohibiting the attempt , would you not regard yMir Government as a caward crew of trait--rs , if they neglected to seize the poisonous article and throw it into the sea ? The CbiHese government were not guilty of such criminal neglect ; but ihe Wh ; g Government have stamped themselves with lasting infamy by commencing a wicked aggression upon a nation because i : s Government

    became -ne faithful guaruians of its morals . The Whig GoverameDt Lave fcniered on a course o * uational exterminuticn of the Chinese , because they rc-fnse to be poisoned ; and as lhe war 13 still un-¦ £ rii ? hed , their Eucccssors must scamper out of the d , faculty as well as they can ! So much for the be ssings of Whiggery bequeathed to Conservatism ( Cncers . ) Blessings ! aye , the Whigs had ever boen the industrious forgers of machinery for oppression , and invariably left the Tories to make use of the iron machifiery . I am opposed to Toryism . I hate it with a bitter haired , lint there is no hypocrisy about the Tories . They are open tyrants . They never puj their old cry of "King and Constuacioa " in abeyance . It is a rotten cry—( cheers from the

    nhigs )— and its death-no ! e is approa-ching ; but while it is kept up , every one knows what it mean ? . But the Whig note is a deceptive one . T : ; ey will blow hot ana cold with the same breath . The Tory will not compromise his principU-s ( Cheers from the Tories . ) We have been charged with a dishonest compromise , as Charti .-t 3 , during the preparation for this election . I hurl back the falfe charge with disdain- I here raoss unequivocally de-Ciire tha * in my interviews with Mr . Phillips , — aud he is lhe oniy one of the party with whom 1 have conferred—so far from compromise bcing understood or agreed to—that gentleman , in 10 jt several conversations , of his own accord uttered sentences to the following effect : —Mr . Cooper

    yon and I differ as widely as lifcht aud darkness from earn other in politics—and we make no compromise 01 our principles—you will not give up your Charlie principles , nor shall I give up my Conservative ones —we merely agree to oppose the Whigs as a common enemy . " I srate this , before the thousands here congregated , by way ol public testimony to the gent ' emaniy character of a Conservative who has bceu maligned in tho vilest mannner , by tbe Whig principals in Leicester , and their tools . ( Cheers ) JSo , no ; there is no hypocrisy about the Toriestyrants though they be ^—11 is the Writes who are avd have bf e ; i the deceivers ; it is the Whigs who are the cran ^ elirgs—the squeezable gentlemen ! I say vote iiT the CoEscrTarives &i this election . 1 say it

    bo : iiiy aid fearlessly , although an unflinching Ciiartui . Whether in or out , you cannot mak > 3 a patnot of a Tory : but we shall convert lhe Whigs cues more into flaming patriots in the course of six months alter a Toiy government is established . ( Tremendous cheering by the Chartists . ) O yes , they will go with us for what we want when they fina Sir Robert throwing out his sop = in the way of reforms . ( Loud cheering and laughter . ) Let Mr . Easthope tell me honestly if he does not believe this . ; I'e knows it will be so . But return the Whigs to : efih-enow , and you must endure another scvl-h years of mock—another septennial period of preparation for still heavier tyrannies . Septennial ! aye , ' reiuember that thereby hangs another proof of Wiiig

    delinquency ! Sir Robert Walpolo , me great miuster of George L , procured the passing of the Septennial bill—the enactment by which tho whole essence of ths old constitution was sapped—the grandest effort for corruption snd abuse that ever was made by a British statesman . ( Cheers by the Conservatives and Chartists . ) What the vile Whigs ihen began , they Lave lately been stri-ring to consummate—the utur deftrEcticn of old English liberty . Yon have been told that the Tories joined the Whigs in enacting tbe Bastile law . But who are responsible for it t ( Shouts of '' the Whigsthe Whig ? !") Aye , ihe Wii : gs—and the Whigs onlv ! Who brought tbe bill into the Hoase of

    Lords J— Lord Brougham , the great gun of the Whigs ! Who brought it ir . 10 the Commons !—Lord Althcrp , the Whig leader of that Honse . _ I need not inflame your minds with reference to its brutal provisions : I need cot remiad yon how the husband ie torn from the wife aad the child from the mother at tLe door cf the accursed bastile—you know it all ! ( Groar-s for tbe Whigs . ) I need not recount the it-ems of ihe dietary table in your hearing now . 1 occup i ed the time of some thousands of tpb , in the market-place , last Sunday night , with t ; e revolting details . But horrible as thi 3 law is , whar would it have been if the recreant Russell had had his " will ? He sought to introduce a demonlike clause into its provisions whereby he could transport

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    any pauper ' s child beyond the seas , under the guiee of apprenticing the child , and making the Englishman's child a slave for the cultivation of sugar or cotton during the remainder of its life . ( " No , no ! ' from Mr . Easthope . ) No , no ! does Mr . Easthope say ! then I will place the very sections of Lord John ' s cursed " amendment" before his eyes . ( Mr . Cooper her © produced an authorised copy of Lord John Russell ' s abortive " Amendment to the New Poor Law " and pointed out the sections , giving the pamphlet into Mr Easthope ' s hand . ) DoeB Mr . Easthope see I 0 yes , but he can return no answer . And Mr . Easthope , too , strove to get the three devil kings at Somerset House re-appointed for three years . ' —bnt thank God ! the Tory majority of one ,

    and that oae effected by the No ; tingnam election , frustrated the devlish attempt to prolong the existence of the power of the Commissioners , and circumvented the additional treason devised by Lord John . ( Tremendous cheering by the Chartists and Conservatives , and great irritation aud uproar among the Whigs . ) I fearlessly avow that no Conservative government ever invented so cruel an infringement of tlia rights of humanity , so brutal aud ba . se a violation of the spirit of British'liberty , as tho destable Whig Poor Law . ( Renewed " cheering by the Conservatives . ) Again , I say , vote for _ Conservatives at this election ! vote against the responsible framers of the devlish New Poor Law ! ( Shouts and cheering . )

    And now I have told the Whig candidates and their supporters of some of their faults I shall claim the privilege of stating my own principles . ( Loud vociferations from ihe exasperated Whigs . ) No , no , I defy your throats . I shall tell my tale to the end , and I shall uot give over till my strength is exhausted . ( Tremendous cheering . ) I stand hero to demand Universal Suffrage . 1 demand it in the name of the unrepresented millions . I am 8 ix-andthirty of age , and have never possessed a l ?« al vote for a Member of Parliament in my life . I challenge Mr . Eashope to deny my right 10 the Suffrage . 1 demand Universal Suffrage as man ' s birthright ; I

    demand it because every man is taxed ; I demand it because every male inhabitant of England is liable to be bailotied for on the militia . I challenge Mr . Easthope to show why any man should be governed withom ais will ; taxed without his consent ; or drawn out to expose his body to fire and sword , without having any share in creating war-makers . 1 demand Amiual Parliaments , as the onl y means of destroying tho fangs of the canker which the Whig Septennial bill has planted and quickened in the constitution , as the- only means of destroying the evils which "Parliaments for six years trinuiug and one year ' s repentance ' have created in England ; I demand Parliaments so short that there could bp . no

    sinnirjg without being forthwith nipped in the bud . 1 demand ihe Ballot . Not because I desire the shield oi secrecy myself , not btcause all desire it ; but because there are many who would need it , even with Universal Suffrage . Bat I unhesitatingly proclaim a stea Jfast opposU-. on to the Ballot without Universal Suffrage . Since I hold it unjust , and I hope Mr . Easihope does , that M-. mbers of Parliament should be allowed to vote secretly , so I regard it as equally unjust that a few thousand electors , who , i ? ir : » a ) . < y ho } u the fruHcfrise as a trust for the millions , should be allowed to act under the veil of secrecy . ( Cheers from the Chartists . ) 1 also demand the abolition of the Property Qualification for Members of Parliament . I challenge any man to shew me any atom of reason why a man who

    possesses so many acres of land , should , despite his idiocy or dishonesty , be adjudged more fit to become a member of a legislative body than a man wno is upright and intelligent , though pennykss . 1 demand , also , Payment for Members of Parliament ; because , thereby , every man might be rendered hidependent and become proof to corruption : might be fairly sent aboui his business when he had received hia wages ; and because tha work of a legislator demands not less capacity than the duties of a judge , and tbe workman has , therefore , an equal righl to live by the labour of bis brains . I also plead for a new division of the Kingdom into electoral districts , in lieu of the present custom of returning members for boroughs and counties . 1 do this because it is

    unfair that some constituencies Of a few hundred electors shouid return two men while several thousands can do no more , in some other constituencies . And now having very hastily address ' - ti myself to the Six Points ot the pLOple ' s Charier , 1 come in the last place . [ An uproarious hubbub was here raised by the Whig tivrelinss , who had contrived during the various fckirmishe 3 which occurred throughout the day , —in one of which all their green flags , save one , had been torn to ribbons , and tho slaves sh . vered in pieces , —to secure a position immediately in front of the hustings . "Aye , aye , your / aii Coop ^ r , yL'ur last ! " exclaimed some of the paltry crew , " you uud \ rs ; and that ! " Mr . Cooper continued My last , do you say . —you poor tosls

    of the manufacturing tyrants ] Know , then , that am proud to stand here and proclaim that , 1 was a shoemaker till three-and-tweuty years of ago , and tell your tyrants , —and let your tyrants know ( turning towards tho Alayor and the member * of th « VVnig Corporation who hud secured part of ihe hustings , and had railed it , elf in a gentkmanly way , from the rest —) that I say it tfeey had onco been shoemakers they would have been shoemakers still . ( Shouts and cheering . ) Tell your tyrants that if they had once been on tbe stall they would not , as I did , have taught themselves Jivo

    languages while bending over the last , nor acquired , as 1 did . a knowledge of the elements of general science , while using the awl . ( Prolonged cheering , and chop-fallen looks among the Whigd . ; I proclaim againthut I stand here as the candidate selected by working men;—that I shall esteem itilze high honour of my hie to represent my own order , in tho People ' s omi house . I proclaim here that 1 intend to be returned to Parliament yet , oefore I die , aud that I expect ana believe I shall one cay , represent this , my riiii . ve town , in the British sei ; a . ie . ( Uproar amjng : be Whigs , aud a stone thrown ai Mr . Cooper . ) Lee the dastard who threw that stoiie know that ; 1 am not

    to be intimidated . ( Mr . Cooper then held the stone up in his baud , and taking off his ca . p , laid open his bosom , and advanced it over the front of thehusting 3 . J Let any working man who believes me to be his enemy strike here !—shosver your stones if you choo ? e , —for unlesB you slaughter me , I bliall speak on till I have done . ' ( A lvndiug shout burst from the ranks of the Chartists and Conscrvitive * , and tho Whigs looked more abashed and woe-be ^ one than , ever . ) I tell you that your tyrants with all their prate about cheap

    bread only seek to keep you iu letters . I tell you , —and I will compel you to hear it , —that tho cry of your manufacturing masters about a repeal of the Corn Laws , is all humbug . ( Uproar and cheers . ) I tell you , tb . it although 1 am a foe to all monopolies , ana I hale the accursed Corn Law . « , as well as all other wicked laws , yet their repeal , without other great preparatory measures , would oniy involve you in deeper ruin . If the Corn Laws were repealed to day , to-morrow , and the following days , hundreds and thousands ui acres of land woulii bo ihrown

    out of cultivation in this coarnry , — as utterly profic ! o 53 . The peasantry vroillrl ihcn sivarai into your towns , —machinery would siill be increased , so as to employ lhe extra numbers , —but , when the floodgates of competition weie o ' . eo oyeu , the glut must soon come in the lurt-igii muikets , and then your tyrants would reduce your wa ^ es to the continental level . ( Prolonged chter ; ug . ) These arc arguments as common as dust among you , and you know they cannot be gain = ayed ; but yet , unfortunately , a part of you are still so bliud as to yield yourselves the slaves of those who only Feck to grind you more compleu-iy to tho dust . ( Renewed uproar and cheering . ) Well ; n < y strength is nearly gone tor the present . J had uueir . ed to tell your tyrants ,

    tonieihiiig about their renegad : ? m . But as personality is but a poor game , aud I should only be imi ' . it ' . ing the bad example set and followed by others , I shall say but littl = by way of reminding your j tyrants of their pa ^ t professions . Mr . Paget ' s promisss of " pkiinb-pudu ; rg , " after the passiug ot the j Reform Biii , are vulgar things ; every one is ac- 1 quainted wiih them . Your Mayor ana your Town ; Clerk , aiid others on the central platform , have ; been Heard to advocate , some Universal and somo j Ikustholj Suffrage ; but now , they are Eileut on 1 th-se matters , and all join in the one deceitful < du : y about the repeal of tue Corn Laws—the ditty j which suits their own ends and their own purposes ,. bi't would not , under the great existing monopoly } If

    of class legislation , benefit ihe working n ; au . ; Mr . Easthope can secure U 3 four hundred Members ) ol the House of Commons , or , at least , a fair ; majority , to vote for Household Suffrage , I , for oce , j h ^ ld myself free to declare that I would willingly ; receive the boon—nay , I should think mys-if ; fully justified in agitating for it ; although I should , . till a ? sert our right to Universal Suffrage . Butj a . T iong as any cry is deceptive , we , as Chartists , ' & " i . a ; l sing but one song " Universal Suffrage and no 1 surrender . " ( Tremendous cheering . ) Aye , and if ! the Mayor and Mr . Easthope , and Mr . Eiiis be Radical ? , if , as they say , they are not Whigs , why then they are , at heart , glad to know that the working-classes are treading on the heels of the middle-classes , and of the Government , and impelling

    them to real reforms . Before I conclude , I again say , Vote for Conservatives at this election . Only fee ; the recreant Whigs out , and they will become patriots again . 0 yes , they know how to revolutionise the country ! they know how to raise the flames for the buiniug of Nottingham castle , and of the city of Bristol ! they are the men to stand on the steps of the Green Hall , and say " Working men of Leicester , hold yourselves in readiness , for , to-morrow morning , you may be called upon to march to Birmingham ! " Some of them , such as —Mr , Alderman Hudson , can talk of introducing stocking-weaving iuto the gaol to starve you , now ; bnt ih ^ y will all have vastly patriotio hearts , once more , when the Tories have got upon the Treasury benches . What I say as ray last word is , vote for Conservatives at this election , as the great 6 tep

    towards getting your rights . ( Loud and long-continued cheering . )—Lord Forester , on the Conservative side , followed ; and the Hon . Horsey De Horsey not haying arrived , one of his friends made a speech

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    ' k s * * - —whenithe candidates were pot to the sttewof hands , a considerable majority appeared for u 1 ^ haTtlst candidate and for Lord Forester ; but t&e Mayor , of course , decided that the shew of hands , was in favour Messrs . Easthope and Ellis . —A poll was demanded for the two Conservative candidates ; but only as a form . It was determined before the nomination closed , not to proceed to a contest . —The Chartist body afterwards paraded the town , with a band and flags , and Mr . Cooper , having addressed the crowd again , from his window , in Church-Gate , was tollowed by Messrs . Markham and Swain , when the multitude dispersed .

    Edinburgh . —( Abridged from the Edinburgh 05-server . j—Thursday , the election for the city was proceeded with , ia presence of a large concourse of spectators , who manifested throughout the most perfect good humour . Pithy remarks and commentaries , on particular observations , were occasionally made , but not a single expression which could be designated offensive reached our ears ; and though the speakers were more than once interrupted , there was less ground of complaint on thi 3 account than on almost any previous similar occasion . At twelve © clock , Mr . Macauley , Mr . Gibson Craig , and their tnends , among whom , besides the members of the » Kg ™ sat © committee , wo observed the Lord Provost .

    ttaiueibom , of Loith , Bailie M'Donald , ofMussclburgh , Mr . Veitch . Woodside . andothers , appeared on the hustings . Air . Lowery , the Chartist , accompanied by Dr . Glover , of St . Patrick Square , Mr . Macintosh , and others , also appeared on the hust'"« s—tickets of admission having been given them by the Sheriff—Tiio Sheriff having read the writ and acts against bribery , Bailie Gneve stopped forward to propose the Ki ^ ht Hon . Thomas Babington Macauley , as a fit and proper person to represent this city in Parliament . ( Cheers and hissiug . ) -Mr . Gifford , master of the Merchant Company , seconded the nomination . —Mr . Adam Black proposed Mr . Gibson Craig . —Dr . Maclagan seconded tho nomination of Mr . Cia'g .-Dr . Glover , St . Patrick Square , was received wiih loud cheers by hia friends . Ho rose to propose , as fit and proper persons to represent the city in PariiabitiU . CoJonrf Peronet Thompand

    son James Lowery , Ksq . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Robert Lowery is the name . At the Waterloo Rooms , on Saturday , he did not think it necessary to state any serious objections to the gentlemen proposed on the other sido ; but he had good aud decided objections aeainst both of them . ( Cheers ) In the flisc place , Mr . Macauley had a difficulty in giving a plain answer to a plain question . He was not encugh of a John Bull for him : his answers were more like those of the sophists of ancient Greece . Then he had in several instances opposed the voice of tho people in Parliament ; and as one instance , he might notice his defence of Lord Cardigan , who had thought proper to flog a soldier on the Sabbath . And who apologised for that in Parliament but the honourable gentleman who now stood before them ? ( Hear and clamour . ) He called it a great piece of indecorum ; but if hid back had been bared , he fancied the Hon . Gentleman would have

    thought it something moro than indecorum . Then Mr . Macauley voted against addressing the Crown for the p&rdon of the political prisoners confined in England , and the numbers were equal on a division ; so that if Mr . Macauley had vor . ed tho oiher way , the address to tha Crown would have been carried . The Hon . Gentleman had a great aversion to pledges ; but he recollected at his first meeting in the Assembly Rooms , that he came forward as a supporter of the Whigs , and declared that while a shred of their banner remained , ho would fight under it . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Macauley then had pledged himself to fight for the Whigs as their slave , and not as a freeman . With respect to the other gentleman , he objected to him thut he was tho nominee of a person who had

    put forward members for Edinburgh ; and not members only , —but who hau attempted to give them a Lord Proves ; and his intended Lord Provost had returned the compliment by coming forward to proposo his son . ( Laughter . ) He did not think that the Ke'brm Bill had improved the character of the imembers of Edinburgh . The former members had j got peerages ; and , he had no doabt , that , in Course i of time , Mr . M ^ eauley would be raised to the House i of Lord . i as Lord Edinburgh , or Lord Madrid , or I Lord Calcutta , or some nich titls ; as to the other gmtlenian , hu , of course , would be Baron Riccarton . ( Great eheeriwgand laughter . ) The great object of the electors should bo not to send men to Parliament

    10 get situations tor individua . s , and gratuities for themseivis ; but to send men who would benefit ; them . ( Laughter . ) They came before the electors j now with the argument of cheap bread ; but what j was the measure proposed ? They laid a duty of < is . per qr . on wheaf , while thu half of all tha corn im-, ported since 1828 had only paid a duty of 2 s . 8 d . and I Is . per quarter . So it was with sugar ; all the differ-I ence , iu fine , would be from a farthing to balV a ! farthing per ib . But hit . grand objection to these gentlemen was , that thc > refused to ihe people thrir juHfc and inalienable right of representation . Mr . i Macau ley said at a former election , that if we had ' Universal suffrage , we should all become as Che-I rokees . ( Cries of " No , no . " ) Well , if it was not ¦

    that , it \< as something like it ; and he said that he i would leave the coiimry and go where 1 Why , to New York—the very place where there was already I Universal Suffrage . ( Cheers . ) He had better go to New South Wales . ( Cheers and Laughter . ) Dr . I Glover then proceeded , umidst manifest symptoms of j impatience , from his own fri « nds , to give various i statistical details , on thi authority of Mr . Sheriff Alison , to show that crime hud increased ; also fever and destitution ; all of which ho contended would be cured by Universal Suffrage . He next adverted to tho ) xns of primogeniture and entai . ' , and contended that were the hind more subdivided , wages would be butter , and tho people more comfortable . ( A voice in the crowd , — " What say you to France . ")

    Thf French wero not sufficiently civilised . We had the Bible ; and it ' with ihat and our advanced civilisation we had Universal Suffrage too , this country would then be happy . He concluded by proposing Colonel Thompson aud Mr . Lowery , amidst {< reat cheeri / ig . ) Mr . Macintosh seconded the iiOQlttiatiou . Mr . Macauley and Mr . Craig then addressed tho meeting . Mr . Lowery was received with cheers . He commenced by disclaiming any wish to give noisy interruption to the proceedings ; but if any class of his fellow-subjects conidered that they wore unjustly exe ' uded from their portion of legislative power , they had a right to come forward and protest against a mock representation , which did not represent them . He then adverted to Mr . Macauley's

    observations , that tbe non-electors were bound to show , by their calmness and propriety of conduct , that they were fit for the franchise . Bnt Mr . Macauley must bo aiware , that there W £ ro feelings in their nature which might be driven to desperation ; that there was suc-h a thing as tampering with their better feelings , till these were overturned ; and he was afraid thac this had taken placo , first , by the oppression of the Tories ; and then by the hypocrisy and truckling of the Whigs ; and , lastly , by having one law for the rich , and another for the poor . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Macauley said he would never interpose h'is voice to protect malefactors who had come under the condemnation of the law . He would not wish him to do so ; but he vfould wish to

    see the samo law applied to the rich that was applied to the poor . If the Dorchester labourers had been rightly sent abroad by the Whigs , why was the Duke of Cumberland and his friends allowed to escape when when they broke the same Act ? The Hon . Gentleman , in speaking of the measures proposed b y Government , said , it' the reduction was but a farthing in the pound , it was something . He admitted that . But what man of common sense would accept a farthing from the hands of a man who had robbed him of 2 f d . The question was not whether a farthing could be taken eff , bat whether there might not be a reduction of 3 d . —not whether there should bo an 8 s . duty on wheat , but whether there should not be a total repeal ? How cculd tke .

    \ Vh ; g 8 claim their eunrages ? All they could say for themselves was , that they wero not quite such viiiaius a 3 the profligate Tories . But it' they had been torn by the tigor , was that a reason why they should love the jackall or the wolf ? ( L * uil cheers ) The Hon . Gentleman had also said , ho wished the people could get food cheaper ; and asked what votes of his had a tendency to make them dearer ? Had not the increase of the civil list to Queen Victoria , as compared with that of William , a tendency to make food dearer ? Had not the pension to Lord Keane , and tho extravagant pensions and sinecures which year by year they voted , a tendency to make food dearer ? " ( Cheers ) Let the

    Hon . Gentleman give them an earnest of the desire to promote free trade , by giving to the people a share in the legislation . If he did that , the people would readily join in procuring free trade . Who opposed these measures but the Tories ? He would ask his friends , did they think the industrious men would ally themselves with th 9 Tories ormonopolists ? What had they to do wiih Couservatism 1 Many oi them were without slio's , without homes , without beds . They Conservatives !—they had nothing to conserve . Had not the people assisted the Whigs to carry out the Reform Bill ? And the reason the people left them wa ? , they truckled to the Toriesthey fell back upon tho dootrine of finality , and Lord John Russell declared that the Reform Bill

    wa 3 passed to give a preponderance to the landed interest . Let them , then , retrace their eteps—if tho suffrage was good for the middling classes , it was good for the working classes . It bad been eaid that they were leagued with the Tories . He scarcely thought it worth while to repel the calumny . He knew that if the Tories or Whigs supported them , by proclaiming the rights of the people to elect their representatives , they would ceaso to be either Whigs or Tories ; aud he would take tho assistance of any man who would help his class to regain their political rights . He had moved largely among the people , from tho foot of the Grampn « s to the Land ' s End , and seized the present opportunity of speaking to men moving ia a different sphere , who could not be expected to know their feelings , or to sympathise with ihem , to show them that their interests and welfare were k » it and interwoven with the people . The time had gone by when the people would take food , or sugar , or education , or anything else as a

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    boon . They claimed them as rights . If the people had been represented , these laws would have been repealed long ago . It W 33 twelve years since the people petitioned against the Corn Laws ; when the manufacturers would not join them . It was their sagacity that first discovered the necessity of a change ; and his opinion was , that God had given to every nation a predominance of virtue and intelligence , which would lead the people to discern the proper course . Ho knew there were vicious poor men ; but were there no viciou 3 rich men I If there were cheats and thievea among the poor , were there not fraudulent bankrupts' among the rich ? Give him the generosity of heart—the untainted feelings which nature had given to her children , ar . d

    preserve him from that avaricious class , whose ledgers were their Bibles , whose counters were their altars , and whoaa money was their God . ( Loud cheers . ) He would ask the ten-pounders if , on the hour or the day when they entered on their ten pound houses , they found themselves wiser or more virtuous men than they were the day before ? Assuredly not . They could not measure men ' s brains by the length of their purses ; and why should tho houses be more esteemed than the men that reared them ? ( Loud cheers . ) With regard to intelligence , he must remind them that , if they surveyed the history of literary men , they would find that a baser sst of apostates had never existed . Was not that a proof that intellect did not alwavs

    mean virtue ? ( Cheers . ) Why should the masses bo forbidden to exercise the political franchise , because a section of the people set themselves up as lords over them , and said we are wiser than you arc . When he entered a church , he found tho parson preach that all men were corrupt : he hoped , then , that neither the priest nor the peer would exempt himself . If ho , why should they choose a small portion of this corrupt nature to lord it over the other and tho larger portion ? ( Cheers . ) It was well to talk of timo and of patience as a remedy for all this ? but he told them that men were starving , and they had no time to talk of patience . There were thousauds of them without the necessaries , and thousands more without tho comforts , of life . He be . eged those

    who enjoyed the franchise to look at their own wives and children , and ask themselves how they would like to see them in rags and wretchedness 1 He knew they would not—he knew they had kind hearts , and wished to do justice to the people , if their perverted intellect would but allow them to believe that the rest of their fellow creatnres could be as honest as they were . That was the difficulty standing in their way ; and to remove it the people must stand forward and protest against these proceedings . When onco they brought a system into oontempt , its days were numbered . Two or three years ago , when they started the system of protesting against the mockery of representation , they were sneered and laughed at ; but they had

    kept their ground in defiance of tho prosecutions of the Government . Was not that much to boast of 1 Formerly it was deemed wrong for a poor man to enter on a platform at a public meeting . But these days were passed ; and it was found that working men were capable of stating their sentiments justly . They had passed the platform , they had entered the pulpit , and had tinned its corrupt artillery against himself . ( Cheers . ) It was not fair of the Whigs to attack them for infringements of the law . Ho begun his political life at the time of the Reform Act ; and he remembered reading in the Morning Chronicle , the Whig organ , the letters of Colonel Maceroni , teaching the people how to handle tho piko and to barricade tho streets . ( Cheers . )

    Yes , and he had gat in a . committee of the Political Union , with Sir John Fife , who had received a title since , in which they were told how they could easily thrash the Tories , and stiza the barracks , too , if need were . Having been so tutored , he asked the Whigs in charity to allow something for their ignorance , considering that they had been taught political warfare by such a class as themselves . ( Loud cheering . ) The working men tilled the fields and plied the loom—they had borne the standard of Britain round the ocean , and chastised every tyraut but tlieir own—( c ' xeers )—they had carried tho iiigot" England from the shores of the Mediterranean to the gates of Paris , and wero they now to be told that they were to be slaves in their

    fatherland ? that they weronot to be admitted within the pale of the constitution which they had toiled to rear and bled to defend ? . ' ( Cheers . ) In conclusion , lie asked them whether they were prepared to submit to slavery ? ( No , no . ) What did slavery mean if they were not slaves ? Did it not mean that one class could seize the persons of another class , and seize upon their toil \ And if they were taxed without their own consent , was not that a seizing upon the fruits of their toil \ Then with regard to their persons . Were they noc liable to be called to the militia and impressed for the na-vy \ If this was not slavery , ho did not know what was . But , thank Heaven , the eyes of the people were now opened ; and tho Government had hesitated to train the

    militia of late , because they knew the people had been wronged , and cov . ld not bo trusted with arms . ( Laughter . ) After alluding to the state ot affairs between this country and Rus .-ia , Persia , and Turkey , to show that foreign affairs had not beeu properly conducted , he concluded by advising tho people to keep both factions weak . The Whigs in opposition made excellent members ; and if merely the dread of losing office made Lord J . Russell a fixed duty man , he had no doubt thai hia exclusion from office would make him a total repealer . He thanked them for their patient hearing , and advised them to protest a >> uinfai the election of every man for whom they were not allowed to vote . Ho then retired aniid&i l-.-. ud cheering . The

    Sheriff then called for a show of hands fer tho fout caudidateft successively , when a decided majority oi those present appeared for Colonel Thompson and Mr . Lowery . Tho Sheriff then declared the show oi hands to be in favour of Colonel Thompson and Mr . Lowery ; and a poll being . !< inauded , he appointed the same to take place on Monday . Dr . Giover for Coionel Thompson , and Mr . Lowery for himself , declined a , poll , amid-1 the laughter of the friends of the other candidates ; who . rtupou the Sheriff intimated that the two candidates had withdrawn a ; id there being now only Mr . Macauley and Mr . Gibson

    Craig in nomination , no declared the gentlemen to be duly elected . Mr . Macauley presented himself , but was received with hcotings and yells , which entirely prevented him from being heard ; and Mr . Gibson Craig mot a siniilav reception . After several ineffectual attempts to obtain a , hearing , they bowed and retired . o proceeding from the hustings to the Merchants' Ball , tho members were surrounded with a crowd pressing roughly forward , but no actual violence was shown . As they entered the lobby leading to the Hall , a rush was made , at them by some young men , b ; it through the firmness of the police , they wtre checked and kept back .

    Norwich . —The sama Correspondent from whom we received our last week ' s intelligence , writes us as under : —In my last , I inibroand jvu of the proceedings of the nomination day , allow me now to describe t . ie following day . Although Norwich has long been noted for its electioneering tricks , no precedent can be found for the excuement which this day prevailed . Early in the morning , the streets and Market-place quite equalled in bustle the morning of any former contested election . Dissatisfaction ai ; d a determination to be revenged on the parties connected with the nomination , seemed to bo very general ; but during the day no opportunity offered , therefore peace was maintained . In tho evening , a public meeting was held in the Mark-. t-place , which .

    in point of numbers , stands unrivalled in the list of Norwich meetings . Mr . Goat being called to the chair , he impressed his audience with the . necessity of keeping order , preserving the peace , and convincing the magistrates ( before whom he had that day appeared ) that they were mon ; and however much they might feel themselves betrayed aiid insulted , they had sufficient sense to know thtre was a boltertaode of notion than meeting afauso with abuse . After treating upon the subject which called them together , he introduced to their notice the firat speaker , and withdrew . The business immediately before tho meeting was an exposure of the

    various characters connected wiih the compromise and treacherous withdrawal ot the nomination of Mr . Ea , gle , after which an extensive view of the Charter aud its effects upon society , was taken by several speakers . Tho Chairman then rose and requested te know if any present wished to address the meeting , assuring them tha * , whatever opinions they might wish to express ( if within the pale of the law and common decency ) taeio was no fear on his mind as to gaining for each an attentive hearing ; bnt none coming forward , three cheers were given for Mr . Eagle , and three for the Charter , and a vote of thanks to the Chairman . The Chairman rose and

    thanked them for the flattering mark of respect just shown to himself ; but more particularly did he thank them for that , great self-command which they had that night evinced , notwithstanding the allurements thrown on one side by a mock-chairing to attract their attention , and discordant noises given by persona drinking at the upper windows of the inns on the other , whoso interest or ignorance induced them to keep aloof . He again thanked them for their decorum , and trusted they would depart in peace , retire to their homes , or elsewhere ; but leavo the Market-place with thai prudence which they had hitherto manifested , and he and his immediate friends would continue there until the Market-place was somewhat cleared ; then , wishing them a good

    night , bowed , and retired . The assembled thousands were dispersing , each taking his own road , when a person arrived , and stated tha , t John Dover was at home , at the King ' s Head ; that he was seen speaking from the window to a man in the street . The report ran quickly through the multitude , and , seeing the danger , several of the Chartists ran to the spot , reacted the house before any mischief was done , and endeavoured to prevail on the people not to break the peace ; but their efforts were useless . Revenge wais their determination ; one good fellow who resisted their endeavours to force an entry , was knocked down , and tram . pl > d on , in their eagerness to get at Pover . At length , they found him in an upper zoom , whero he defended himBelf with a sNTord . Stvtral were wounded , but he waa soon

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    disarmed , driven to the street , stript of his clothing , with tho exception of his trousers , beat in the most unmerciful manner ; his hair torn from his head ; stabbed in several parts with knives ; struck with paving st 07 . es ; and driven , barefooted , towards the Market-place , where they intended to hang him ; but , on crossing Blackfriar ' 3 Bridge , the cry was , " Throw him into tho river , " and , had not his sou clung to him , deteraiined to share his fate with him , he Would unquestionably have been thrown over the bridsre : but leaving it . thev proceeded till they wer »

    met by a iaTge body of police , who enabled Dover to take shelter in a house for a time . The military arrived , and , by the assistance of thesd two formidable bodies ! , he was taken tothe city gaol , where he stillremainsforprotection . AfterDoverwasrescued , » slight demand was made for Whiting , ( the seconder , ) but it aid not take effect . Some few wero captured ; the others were dispersed by the military , and ultimately tranquillity was restored . Mr . Whiting , not wishing to meet the same fate , has left Norwich , ( much the most prudent plan . ) All is now quiet .

    w estminstee . —Amongst the several candidates who have soiicited the suffrage of the electors of this great city j' to represent their interests in Parliament , were John Temple Leader , Geueral De Lacy Evans , ( Whigs , ) and Captain Rous , ( Conservative . ) Leader offered himself as the advocate of cheap bread , and that more substantial measure—the Suffrage ! and the Ballot to protect it . General Evans would not go a step beyond " free trade . " (?) whilst Captain Rou . j , who , to use his own words , " offered himself at the eleventh hour . " and had not one

    single meeting ! tcok his stand against the infernal XSew Pooc Law , and the Window Duties . On the day of the poll , Wednesday last , the Gallant Capt . was at tho head of the list . Leader second , and Evans in a most woeful minority ; consequently Leader and Rous were declared duly elected , and "free trade . 'U ) Evans sen ; to the " right about . " A portion of the Whig press is quite in a quandary about Captain Rous's election , and protest that it is & 11 owing to the wicked alliance tho Chartists have entered into with the Tories .

    HuDDERSFIELD . —THE WHIGS AlSDTHEiaDoiKGS . Much has been said of the tyrannical conduct of the Tories , in sending uptheir tenantry like serfsof thesoil , to do their masters'bidding at nominationsand elections . Such conduct ha 3 been condemned , and most justly , by the Whigs ; they hovo been the most loud in their denunciations of such disgraceful proceedings . Let us look on the other side of the picture . Monday morning last was a busy one ia HuddersfieUi : soon after four o'clock the Chartists were parading tho town with mu .-ic and tanners , to rouse the skepers for Wakefiuld . They started for Wakefield a little before six o ' clock . Shortly after tho V . 'Jiiga began to muster , with bands and banner . * , ai < d waggons , carte , and every description of conveyance , loaded with their workpeople . The sight wfc imposing ; but , then , tho moat tyrannical measures ha . d boen resorted to by their employers , through their lickspittles and Jacks in office , who

    are always ready to go the dirty bidding of tlieir masters . ' Iu many of the barracks ( for so they are now designated ) tho workmen weve called together , and-informed . that they would be expected to he ready to go to Wakefield on Monday morning , and that conveyances would be ready to convey them to the place of destination—that " all of them" would be expected to wear a yellow card in front of his hat , and lest some should not hold up their hands , or slip away , a man was appointed to every section of the men , to call over their names , and sec that they were at their post , and to note how they acted ; and if not loiind at their post in the yellow ranks , their day ' s wsge ' wa « to bestopped , and they must take what would follow . Such were the measures taken by Whig factory lords ' , who allow freedom of conEcience ^—Heaven sare tho mark 2 Many , many—very many were they of the good and true thus compelled to wear the damning badge of Whiggery , whilst their hearts and wiphes wero with their comrades in th «

    ranks of the Chartists . So jealous were the factorylords of their workmen , that hundreds were conveyed by the railway , money bein ^ no object ; so that HO excuse whatever could be mac ! o by the men for not being at their oall . So bent were they upon their object , that rather than be beaten , one of the lorda , and a leader of the Wesleyau body in this town , stated that they would spend a quarter of a million of money . Facts like these speak for themselves-Is not this intimidation and tyranny of the worst description ? "O Whiggery , where is thy blush V

    Ipswich . —A requisition ha . ving bsen presented to Mr . Barmby , requesting him to offer himself as a candidate in the Chartist interest , he answered it by an address which was placarded about Ipswich and diffused in every possible way ; in which he declined standing at present on account of ill health which precluded the possibility oi' his sustaining tha harrassment of an election contest , but avowed b . 13 determination to " wear the white toga as their can--didate tor the future . " At ' tyr the publication of this address , and-on account of Mr . Barmbj ' s illness and absence , together with tho fastiou-i riot and

    debauching corruption reigning throughout tho town the honest Chartists of Ipswich determined hot to support by word or deed either of the Whig or Tory factions , but to withdraw themselves from the scenes of political villany , that they should not identify themselves with " ihat felon-system which . diFgrapes the very aamo of representation . " This they signified by a p ' acai'd signed Win . Garrard , secretary of Mr . Birmby ' s election committee and strictly adhered to . T » vo Whigs , Wasonand Renme , were returned , hni next election success to Barmby and . the People's Charter !

    Hyde . —This town was visited on Thursday by Stanl « y , the Whi ^ candidate for Cheshire . The meeting was bolrten in the Working Mpn ' s Institution . In answer to questions , he declined promising to vote for any extension of the franchise , or any alteration in the Poor Law . He would vote for a reduction of the duties on corn , sugar , and timber . > Ir . Bradley addressed the electors and non-electors in an excellent Chartist speech . Nottingham . —For the last six weeks , society has been r ne continued scene of drunkenness , riot-, and disorder ; happily , however , this disgusting Btate of things has again subsided since the recent and unexpected resignation 0 /' tho two Conservative candidates , who did not contiaue the poll a full half hour . Party spirit is settling down , business

    resuming its wonted vigour , the people begin once moro to mix in the domestic circle , no longer subjected to the fears of the horrid system of lawless intinimidation , which has been the order of the day for some time . The Chartist body have been surrouuded by the fiercest hostility imaginable ; so that it must not be supposed that justice will be shown by the " press-gang" to any effort of theirs ia carrying out the glorious principles of democracy . Some few , who have long been regarded as eound aiid sterling democrats , have not been able to sustain that character , but have fallen before the golden bait which was lb . roWtt out from the treasury ; but the great majority of men advocating Chartist principles , havj manifested a firmness of character

    and stedfast ' virtue almost without a parallel , more especially , as numbers are out of employment and in deep distress . Hobhouse aud Larpent exhibited themselves through the principal streets on Tuesday afternoon , June 29 th , in gaudy triumph ; but what sort of a triumph has it been in reality \ Why , a positivo triumph of gold and bludgeon-law over moral public opinion and principle . The moralforce Whigs exultingly chuckle and cry , that they have achieved a glorious victory over the combined powers of Toryism and Chartism ; we , however , can laugh them to scorn , while we reflect upon the base , bloody , and brutal means which they have put in practice throughout tbe election . The Whigs are also constrained to confess that ihe skilful exercise

    of Chartist influence , in wielding the balance of political power by the return of Mr . Walter to Parliament , was tho means of placing the present Ministry in their degraded position , namely , beneath tho confidence of tho sovereign people , who , if , bat true to themselves , will keep the pledge-violators in jeopardy till they have given them a proper good Tory squeezing . Nothing short of this will make them good boys ; and then , ere many months , they will be placed as front rauk men in tho Chartist army , ready and willing to go the " whole-hog and no mistake . " . Of late our streets have been crowded by a kind of army , called lambs , but it would , perhaps , have been a more proper appellation to have called them wolves , or bloodhounds , their business

    being to break people ' s heads , to » : etstroy property , intimidate , aud the like . A bludgeon manufactory Las been recently established , not a hundred miles from Barker-gate , for the purpose of supplying these gentle creatures with implements , and very active and industrious , have they made themselves ; fora few days the glazier business has flourished to an extent " hitherto unknown . Many of the signs and tokens of their handy-work are to be seen as you walk through the streets . Almost every third person has a mark to show , and which 19 the distinguishing mark of a lamb ' s favour or Whig impartiality . On Tuesday morning , at half-past eight , the long visages of tho intelligent electors of the borough of Nottingham became remarkable , though a few days previous , body-snatchin # was carried on here extensively . The demand for burgesses and ten-poundera ceased immediately it , was announced that Walter and

    Ciiarltou had given up ; though but a few hours prior to this untoward event ( on Sunday ) a certain sham-republican aud his French valet were seen strolling about the ManBfield Road , offering from fifteen to twenty sovereigns each for an unprincipled burgess , and from twenty-five to thirtyfive sovereigns each for a rascally ten-ponnder . SacU ave the present representatives of the people of England , and BUCh the constituency . LetthenonelettorB of each city , boroBjjh , and village , throughout , Er gland , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , immediately form election committees , in order to put down this damnable system of traffic ; the people have the power to discontinue all auoh disgracofal proceedings , and the sooner they begin to show their authority , the better for each and all of her Majesty's good and loyal subjects ; ar . d until the Charter becomes the law of tho land , there can neither be peace 111 the cottage nor security ia tbe palace ,

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 10, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1117/page/7/