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tOKDON . —On Monday evening ; a meeting , *»] led by requisition , was held in the Yestry Rooms , Gordon Square , St . Pancr&s , London , to congralnr [» te Mr . O'Connor on hiB release from unjust confinement . Long before the time appointed , notwithstanding ihe rain poared in torrenta , the place of neeting was crowded to excess , and hundreds more ,-especially females , went away , usable to procure an entrance . Mr . Nicholson was called to the chair , tfto commeaeed bj stating that : Mr . Sankey had been expected , bat had unexpectedly been called into the country , i but rather than thwart the objects of the jgeetiBff * he had consented to occupy the chair ' ( Mr . O'Connor here entered the room , and was most ¦
greeted with the deafening applause , which £ &ving subsided , the Chairman resumed . ) He had great pleasure in seeing such numbers assembled ; it yrse a convincing proof of the necessity of Reform . Oaid either Whig or Tory faction , with their utmost exertions , procure a meeting like the present £ o , they could no . ; theirs was a party purpose ; 0 ms was for the good of the nation at large . We are met here to advocate , with unity and firmness , ike principles of equal justice—we are met , not to cast a slur on this party or that party , but to declare onr rights as men—to consider as fro the best jueans of obtaining a fair remuneration for our labour- Hitherto our labour , and the pries we should obtain for it , has beea at the mercy of our
Whig and Tory oppressors . Tiie Whigs promised ia abolish thu system ; and if ihey had acted as they promised , we should hare had no occasion to meet fcere this eTening : it was their vaecillatmg conduct H-flich had spurred oa the people to their present line of conduct , and had induced the cry of Tory reaction . We have been accused of givisg the country a Tory ascendancy ; whether justly , or not , he would leave the people to determine . The people had no other resource than to alter an Execntive which insulted and oppressed them— ¦ which , by their half measures , had lost the confidence of all honest men . The Wnigs accused Sir Robert Peel of doing BOthing . What , during their long Administration , bid they done , bnt attempted to crush that spirit of
liberty which , when in opposition , they had fc-stered s md their only plea for tkis conduct was the igno- " ranee of the people . Were the people more ignorant now than in former times ! Examine the records of ancieni periods , and you will find that iu Atkens the people had the power of electing their KingB . The laws of Solon had been much admired ; cne of those laws was , that any person suggesting a law prejudicial to the people , the curses of the nation ghould be fulminated against him , and he should be liable to severe punishment . Would not this be a beneficial law to enact against tbe Dake of Buckingham , and other aristocrats of the presefit day I We £ nd the same good laws existing among the Romans . ( A . voice— " Come to the pre ? eut time . ")
Be would ; but it was only by examining the past that we could act with soucd judgment in regard to the future . How did the Romans aci when they found themselTes aggrieved—when , I . ke us of the present day , ihey were burdened with aa eEormous debt , due to the wily patricians—v hen goaded by them to act on the defensive 1 Why , when they wanted to er ^ age ihem in bloody wars , they would jot fight for nothing—they weald not tight to increase ihe misery aiid distress under which they then laboured ; many of them that had their chains on their hands held them up , and asked if those were the omament 3 they were to fi ^ ht for \ He called npoB them not to expend their exertions for thai wticn was nought , but to unite—to bleed themselves
in one £ reat union , acd the time would speedily approach when we should be able to destroy the power cf those who cow tyrannise and oppress us . ( Loud cheering . )—Mr . Farre'l had ^ re-at pleasure in moving the first resolution , " That in the opinion of this meeting , the right of self government is inalienable from nan , and all attempts at legislation , not recognising tMs grand and fundamental principle , have provtJ inscficieni to protect the mass of mankind from the innate selSshness of the ruling few , and that the lamentable acd unprecedented distress which tow exists amongst the industrious portion of the people is caused by class ] egi 5 laiio 2 . " He perfectly agreed with the principles embodied in ihis reso ^ stioa . The vhole country was unanimous
thai great distress existed , save and esccp : his Grace xhe Dz ± t of Welling : on and Sir Robert * Peel . We well know that great distress exists—we are well aware of the cause of this distress ; acd yet these factions , whom Cobbett iruly denominated , when he Slid that they were like a rs . es of pigs , only satisfied when iheir coses were in the trough , when their noses were in the ** swill , " iare the impudence to tell us that there is no country in the worl-J where it is so easy for working men ro accumulate aa iE 3 ependency—where all who chose , might find the means of easy subsistence ; and ; his in ihe tee » h of hundreds—yea , thousands of his fellow-countrymen starring from want of employment . Surely , his Grace must have made a mistake—must have been
comparing his own condition , instead of that of the labouring classes ; surely , he cannot thh . k we are CDnsummate foji 3 enough to believe ihis . though we have been fools enough to allow him to pocket such enormous sams of oar hard earnings—have allowed him to saddle his mother also upon us , to increase o ^ r heavy Pension List . We may be told that many of oar mechanics are earning 30 s . per week , acd how can they be ill off ? bat even these , the best paid mechanics , do they lose no time ?—are they earning 30 s . all the year round ? See how the labour of oar wives and oxr daughters i 3 remunerated even here in London ; and then blush for the impudent assertion that we are on the high road to riches . Take a walk down the splendid line of warehouses from Kegenc-street
to Noble-street , to those warehouses for the sale of ready-made shirts . See the hundreds cf females crowding there to obtain a miserable pittance , by making shirts for sevtn farthings a-piece ; and yet at this shameful price their warehonsss are actually besieged with claimants for work , like a theatre on the night of some favourite performer taking bis benefit . Is this the remuneration for labour by which we can speedily arrive at a competency ' ? Labeurag for such a price is far worse than slavery , for the master has an interest in the phy-ical wellbeiiig of his slave ; but in yoar well-being he has bo such int-eresi ; as soon as one se ; of men are ground down , another are ready to supply their place ; and yet when obt grand petition was presented , stating that the country was overwhelmed with distress , Pesl told you that he denied its allegation , ana in proof , stated the amount of money in the Savings Banksand denied that distress " existed .
, ( A voice— " So . " ) I tay that he did ; and a 3 a proof of the unfkness of our legislators , not one otiered to ^ contradict him respecting the Savings ' -Banks , _ "ft orking men ' . is it you who put coney in tne Savings' Banks , or is it the shopkeepers , Benefit Societies , gentlemen ' s serraiits , &e . ? You in a l ^ te of prosperity I when there are upwards of 300 i-oan Societies in this metropolis lending money at froQ uurry to fort ; per ceut . interest I i A voice-, fignty per cent I'" ) Why , if there was nought eise , this aione : s sufficient to beggar you ; but it is useless to complain : tre must take onr ' iiuerestsinto ocr owe keepu ^ , and lo locker be the tools of tnose who are liberal only to themselves—who are icteat only u ^ ou their own interest , upon gratifying tneir own interests , for the sake cf adding Sir to the Eame of plain Benjamin ( Hail ) , or for the more mercenary consideration of a little glittering wealth . I nave though ; is hard to hear the middle classes
s . yiea tne _ enemies of our freedom . I hare sympaiivua . wr . n mera ; but a more accurate view of the EUDjtct has saowa me that they are the cla = s who Ranfl between yon and justice ; bn ; you have -the Power m your hands to renc \ e this obstacle , by acting on tae principle of exclusive dealing by * brm-W ??' - « tf ° a . committees , pledging the members * o Jai oaay wnasucn as will vote fcr your candica . e , jjo itus , and yon will = p ^ edilv - >]<^ r th- ^ f ? ::: r ?? . awaken thfim to a seLse of ih ,-ir own V » T ^; , resoiution having been sacotded by t-- "JL ^ - ' - ^ pu £ and ' bmid loud cheers , vuiiiimouily carried .
3 " ? f ^ Btflen - Came . ? rTrard t 0 addressee V' ^ 7 , ' r ^ "eeired with tremendous applause . f- ' ^ Q ** *^* St- Pancra * . I am hap ^ v to ^^^ f ^^ *? 'P »» « ^ ^ Cr - ; - J * ee > ^ t ^ ^ MPortan ; msetiag ; not v " o ^ . "t ^ ° dnce U ? ° : he countrv at large . Vnp * . ;^^ we imponant , because th-. j bear t - - «;; . * ' ?* i - affl j of tnith "d priHciB ! e-bcca « e ^{ «« Mmaed with alloy or W . * I di = a-ec ib ^ rifr ?™?* * - ?*¦ J « - « - ^ e ' « h T' ~ aVrfhTJ ' rv . ^ a Ponion ot 'he nex ; resolution , 7 ^ dmg ihe Repeal of the Legis l ative Utiou with t fitt-J- i € at from the memorial V n ^ J ' hlV ^ n ? " * ? roro 2 De P ^ Jaaent . We aA not do i : ci 5 measure we have no power to We re to
, ^^ ; ^ so . aassembled here assist i : i w .-king v ; n , ? Principle , that of Universal SLffra « e ! k : " Uanor * en read the memorial " pr&jh . g her W rl ? , « P «> wSiie the Parliament uu . l they S-siSt ^^ ° ?^ «> f Rraniiiig a great exw-sion of the Suffrage . ¦ I object to the words , " a S ^ afS ^ ° the Scffra « e" I * is ca ' calated to ao ^ M ^ ' deiusioD . Have I , work-n- men . spent aS 5 ' strength-have I suffered imprisonwotih ? ' ^^' ^^ io nof the Suffra-er' This an r ^ . be a me »^ re calculated to destroy forSffi ^ - ^" * - There is K 0 nec- ^ ty lOTtiw mtacnH ; but there is a necessity , an img ratne nec 6 s £ . ty _ not that we should have a great thYpf . ° ? £ e Saffr ase-bnt that we should have aVr- ^ ? * rter - ( Losd cheering . ) I perfectly Mf « with wiat feU from ? our Chapman : he with
of Sow 1 l ent hta ^ own you that the laws tent S , of R ? me were VW "f o « P ^ - & , . ^ PWTement ; but our Ckarter is the law or wi ume—for the past and for the future , — fcmU Bame 3 of its a ^ Tocatea shall bs conktitottJ ^ ' C %£ * when 0 DT P » sent oppressors are ftf lo \ V « e - ^ rerims speaker referred to the laws OW 0 B « Wi ierein a person , enacting bid laws was
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visted with curses . If in the present day that custom was in force , this might justly be denominated the cursing age ; but vre are not assembled this evening to inquire into old customs , but to consider the msans of remedying our present distress , distress brought abont and aggravated by bad laws . One speaker has told you of shirts being made for seven farthings each . Could there be greater slavery than that ! May you not hold up a bundle of these shirts , and ask who will fight for these ! Peel tells us there is no distress in the country . We are assembled here to convince him there is . He will leave us to do that which he is so well paid for not doing . ( A voice " What about machinery . ") I will satisfy ¦ you just now , if you will wait till I get to it . Peel
has told us that distress does not exist , because he does not feel it : but there is certain machinery now at work that will speedily convince him of his error . He and the class to which he belorjgs may suppose that all is going on prosperously—that there is no misery in ' tbe country , because it may not meet their eye in the precincts of Regent ' sstreet , in their drives rouud the Park , nor take up its abode" in their luxurious mansions ; but there is no line dra-rvn round even ihsir abodes , to fence off the encroaching monster . Thero ia no line drawn round St . Pancras , to ward off tb . 8 plague spot which has devastated other ports of the laud ; when poverty has depr ived the people in the country of their resources you will find them come up to you—you will not be
allowed to have all the wealth without also having a share of the poverty . The trades displaced in the country will come up to London ; for the richer , the more prosperous a place , tho more will it attract those-whom bad laws have thrown out of employment , and even if the Corn Law had the great effect which itB advocates lead you to believe , that of producing more trade , believe me the demand would not be on your thew 3 and sinews , but on some clever fellow to invent some new machinery . There is one character yoa vrorking men seem proud of giving yourselvesthat of bein ^ producers of wealth . At all yoar your meetings you reiterate this . Now , 1 seek to make you consumers of wealth . Production is cne thing , but consumption i 3 another . I aa satisfied
that machinery should bo the producer so long as you can become the consumer . Machinery requires no consumption , save a few tons of linseca oil , or a fexv hogsheads of grease . But you require beef , bread , solid nutriment- Of this , machinery deprives you ; deprives you of the power of dealing with the shopkeeper ; and yet this class of men have been opposed to you . But they now begin to think it would be better if the people hsd a little more work , and machinery a little less ; they find that machinery uiakes empty tills ; that it is but a poor substitute to pay their bills with . 2-q class of men have so great an interest ia your well-being a 3 the Ehopkeepers . Is it not core for their interest that you enjoy the fair fruits ot your labour , that you
should remain at home in comtort and prosperity , than emigrate to distant climes in search of that which- nature ordained you should enjoy at home . Oh , yes ; they are aware of all this , but why do they not vote for your Gharter ? W hy , for two reasons . 1 st . They have cot brains sufficient to see that they are destroying their own solid comforts , their own social happiness , for a little paltry , political distinction . The 2 nd reason . They are so entangled in the traps of our present gambling system , ; hat if a shopkeeper w 3 s to take the chair at one of our meetings , it would bs at the risk of oankruptcy ; involved in tie commercial trap of the bill ? y ? tem , he would go to his banker , but he would fiuu to his cost that his Liils would be pro ' -ested , and the man ruined .
Labour is no longer the source of wealth . Capital has usurped its p '; ace . Formerly , in the Highlands , if a person wanted to purchase an estate , its value was estimated not by tbe amount of stock , not by the number of acres , but by the number of men that lived on the estate . Labour wa 3 then valued : but what do we see cow 1 Why an estate advertised whh " N . B ., Clear of paupers , and their hoases knocked down . " This is what they stile throwing us upon our own resources ; giving us the choice of the Bastile , to emigrate , or to starve I Thi 3 is the policy of the enlightened nineteenth century , iu the tenth year of Reform . This is the result of machinery as a substitute for your labour , you deriving no benefit from the machinery which has displaced your energies . Is it
strange , with this as the result of the Reform Bill , that you should have a majority of ninety-one Tories , when the Referm Bill , if honestly carried out , would have annihilated Toryism for ever ? But though we have no sympathy with the beaten Whigs , neither are we willing to submit to the measures which Sir Robert may dictate . We are no : willing to give him time to perpetuate his rei ^ n over tha nation . No , we meet him manfnlly at the threshold . We have no feeling in commos tvith him . We are for real Reform . We claim the spirit of the Reform Bill , that taxation and representation should be coextensive . We believed this was to be tho result of that measure . For this we thiew up our cap 3 ; for this we carried them triumphantly into office ; but how bitterly ha v o we been deceived . During their ten years of office , they have passed more iniquitous acts than any government that ever held tne reins of power . So bad have btcn their measures , that the
Tories have been quite jealous to think they were not the father of them . But the day is gone by when you can support two factions . One must go to the wall . The mess is not large enough for both . You cannot snpport W'hig pensioners and Tory pensioners . They must alter the law of primogeniture , and throw their families , on their own resources . I am for all being thrown upon their own resources ; I am for throwing all the idie drones on their own resources ; I am for throwing tee bishops on their own resources—the parsons on their own resources ; I am not for giving the AbiDgers any pensions , but for throwing them on their own resources ; 1 am for throwing the Queen ' s horsts on their own resources ; 1 anr for throwing Prince Albert on his own resources ; or , if this class is essentially necessary lor patrons and advisers , I am for allowing them only as much as they can earn by imparting tu us good sound advice . We are no de ^ puers of talent—vrc
should be willing to give a fair remuneration to all ; but we would allow none to starve that others might revel in luxury . This can uerer be ensured till all are fully repre .-entei . " An extension of the Suffrage might , by a- Fudcen flirt of cseitsment , procure us a msjori'y of so-called Liberals ; but so long & 3 a money qualification exists , so long would tha Tories , by the means they possess , owing to their long continuance in power , undermine their influence , and again reinstate themselves in power . Tney watch every movement of the rsgisiration courts ; they multipiy faggot voter ? , and -it \ il voters ; and , it ' this is not sufficient , they resort to open bribery . It matters not whether it be a £ 10 Household Sulfrage or a Xl 10 sM the result is the same . You , the
working classes , aro still left at the mercy of the capitalist—you have no control over the demand and the supply ' of your labour . For instance , if a master employs 300 masonsysat bOs . per week , ai' . d there are 200 more out oCeavploy , he can safely reduce the wages to . 253 ., for he has ihe 200 unemployed to fall back upon . This is tbe way in which competition operates upon -you ; andVh ere there is the- best market there wilt the unemployed flock . Tfiey will be like the Irish tale of the fox reading the newspaper , when Paddy asked wha \ he was looking at the news for . ** Wh y , sure enough to see where ihe hounds meet . " They will come up to you like ' the Irishman with his pretensions to the pigs ; ar . d if you are better paid now , you will tpeediiy
feel the result of h . ( We do now . ) I am Iiappy to hear it—heartily glad of it . It warned you to feel the pinch to arou 3 e you from your apathy—from your iialf measures . In the country the stefel has gone to their very heart ? . London onl y wants \ o be pierced with the same steel to make it the hot-bed of Chartism . I have been addressing , last week , the four largest meetings ever held iu this empire , containing upwards of one million of me ; 1 ., and yet plain Juhn Campbell Siid Chartism was dead ; and was made my Lord Campbell for becoming its undertaker ! But if Chartism vras dead , it has had a most glorious resuscitation . If this is its dead corpse , 1 pray Jhat it always may remain dead : for beaten , dead Chartism is a most lively splendid subject . I
see several reporters present : I wonder what kind of meeting they wiil call this . 1 suppose it will bo a meeting of a few women and boys . Thus it is that tbe press misrepresents every thing connected with Chartism . While speaking on this subject , I will relate a circumstance which occurred to tae last Thursday as I entered Sheffield , in company with an American gent . He said he was qait « surprised to see such an immense assembly , ana to observe on our banners similar mottos to their own in America , to see that we were contending only for rights similar to those which they have obtained . The Americans had been led to believe , through the
Knglish and American press , that we were the lowest rabble—that we were torch-and-dagger men—that we were without organisation , and utterly undeserv ing of respect . ThiB American merchant Btopped with us till the meeting was over , and declared that it vra 3 a more orderly assembly than ever he attended in America ; and that on his return to America he would make a correct report of what Chartism really was . ( Loud chetrs . ) Another shrewd observation this gentleman made was , that he aw our streets crowded with soldiers and police , and he believed that , in proportion to their number , po in proportion was tbe misery and dissatisfaction ; for as a hosier would be the last man to tell that hu
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stockings were not good , so soldiers and policemen did not want peace and honesty to be in the ascendant , for then "Othello ' s occupation would be gone . " Mr . O'Connor here related to the meeting the causes which led to his imprisonment , and the scandalous treatment he had received . The greatest punish * ment the Jndge could inflict on a convict sentenced to transportation was to send him for two weekB to the condemned cell in which he was immured in York Castle . The last person who was placed ia « previous to himself was a soldier ; ho hung hiateel ? at the expiration of three days . A woman who had been in previously hung herself at the end of tea days ; but he endured sixteen months of it , and , instead of hanging himself ' why—he hung the Wnics .
( tremendous cheering . ) I think that was the ttest way ; I never like to fall out with myBelf ; I n « Ter did ; I invariably like to return all compliments ; I am now going to pay them with interest . I am not one of your puling girls ; I am not such a weakminded man as to be daunted at a paltry sixteen months' imprisonment ; for me it has no terrors . 1 am prepared to brave every danger—to sacrifice life itself to achieve the glorious victory for which we are contending . I am not going to assist iu gulling you for these " great commercial Reformera" -Eiam for driving tbe hungry hounds away from the ppKcfcpJ mess ; and when these Reformers see that they can- " not attain their measures by going down Constitution Lane , they will be willing to travel down the Charter high-road . But reinstate the Whigs in office ,
and they will then damn all " commercial reforms "will say they are willing , but the Lords wiil not allow ihem to carry it ; and bo , betwixt the two , the Lord help us ! Mr . O'Connor here entered into a detail of his reasons for establishing a weekly press , and stated his determination- shortly to establish a daily one . One advantage he had gained from the Corn Law agitation was a more extended knowledge of English geography . He had read of splendid demonstrations at places of whose existence ne had before no idea of . This was a somethiu ^ j gained ; bu t what would they gain by { his agitation ? He would tell them . Mr . O'Connor then went into the details of tho commercial question and demonstrated that before we could attain a
beneficial , a permanent free trade in commerce , we must have & tree trade iu legislation . Mr . O'Connor also grappled in a masterly manner with the question of machinery , asserting that if government by bad laws , deprived tho people of the means of bubsistence , they ought to be compelled to support the unwilling idlers in a condition equal to those whem chance permitted to perform the work . It was asserted by some , that this state of things was ordained by God ; that it was his supreme will that there always should be rich and poor . Well , if God did so ordain , he did not say that the working man should be the poor man ; he said those that will no : work , neither should they eat . ( Cheers . ) God did not say that tho Bishops and parsons should live
on the fat of the land ; that they should hav 3 ruddy cheeks and well-clothed backs , while the flocks under their care were starving . God never ordained that the shepherds should receive enormous Ealaries , while thoir flocks were living on Ies 3 than 41 . a day ; and yet the Times tells us that tho present distress is a judgment from God , aud that there will bs no happiness , no prosperity in Wales , until there is a church upon its every hill . The Times , 1 suppose , recommends fasting and praying . Heaven knows we have our share of the fasting—let us now change places ; let our parsons and bishops take to the fasting and we will manage the praying . ( Cheer ? . ) '' God helps those who help themselves , " and those who help themselves are generally the best off ; tho Whig and
Tory factions have helped themselves so long , that they do net like to leave the feast . I want ' . be Charter , to give you the power to help yourselveB . I want tbe Charter to render you happy and prosperous , and then you will be moral and virtuous . Baptist Noel tells you that there are # 00 , 001 ) persons living iu this Metropolis " without God and without hope . I want the Charter to make these persons eDJoy the goedness , to enable them to enjoy a fair share of tho fruits of the earth ; then , and not till then , can Baptist Noel hope to seo them look up with filial reverence to that God who has provided them with tho means of a comfortable
subsistence ; and yet for doing this I am denounced as a physical-force—as a torch-and-dagger man . I solemnly declare to you , that so far from being of a bloodthirsty disposition , I never willingly killed even an insect—I never killed an animal—1 never could stand by and see one killed . The Hon . Gentleman here explained the manner in which the Birmingham traitors , Attwood , Muntz , and others , had procured the character of torch-and-dagger men , to throw upon us , to screen their own guilty shoulders ; and declared that he never countcnauced or recommended physical force , until tho time should come when further tubmission would be a
crime—that he had always denounced an armed resistance , in which one-half of the working classes would be shot , and the other half mado slaves of . Tha . if any Chartist ever had an idea of physical force , our present moral power had completely put such ideas to flight—that cur moral power , like a powerful magnet , was attracting all the little needles of opposition unto our glorious banner—that we could uovv afford to laugh at all desertersthat we would even make Sir Robert a present of tho Coroner for Finsbury : and in case Sir Robert should terminate his political career by suicide , the Coroner would be ready to hold an inquest over the body . ( Loud laughter . ) Peel was asking for a fair trial ; did I get a fair trial i ('' No . ") If all had opposed him at the threshold of office , as I did , he would not now talk of proroguing
Par-| hament—he would , ere this , have made up his mind 1 on the Corn Bill and the Poor Law Bill . He is a i very merciful man : he tells you he objected to the I continuance of the Poor Law Commission for ten { years , and voted for five years , and that &ow he has only continued it for six months . Hs remind * me I of the man who was too kind to cut off the dog ' s ; tail at once , so he cut off a joint every day . Peel ; will not continue it for ten years , but will give it ! you in mouthfuls of six months apiece . O ! but the : cry is bow , " The Ballot ; we want the Ballot to beat tho Tories . " Do not be deceived ; they only want the Ballot for a cloak—for a masked battery , \ under the shield of which they may still plunder ; and oppress you . I will tell you an anecdote res-J pecting the Ballot . At a parish election in i Huddersfield they wanted an opposition , and ! two gentlemen persuaded Mr . Stocks to put ! up . Well , they camo to the ballot ; these two gents put the balls into tbe box , and said , " Well
Stocks , here goes for you . " Stocks counted greatly ; on their influence aud thought he should get man }' j votes . How many think you did Mr . Stocks got ! Why , not one ! They had made a tool of him and they 1 would fain make toois of you , for believe me , the : Whigs would rather have a house of Tories than ot i Chartists , f . nd the Tories would rather have a house I of devils . My friends , in conclusion , stand by the j Charter , the wholo Charter . If you give way for a i " great extension of the suffrage' you will again have ! to box the whole of the political compass . At Man-1 Chester , I was hard at work from nine o ' clock in the morning till three the next morning ; there nine feet uhder ground we dug the grave of the Whigs aud gave orders to inter the Tories on the top of them io prevent them rising again . And with the Tories on top ot them , aud the six points of the Charter fixed firmly on the top of the Tories , and the whole surmonnted with the solid monument of a nation ' s
thanks ; if with this over them the Whigs rise again , it will indeed be a resurrection ! No , my friends , we must no longer have three parties iu the state ; the Whigs are gone ! It in now only the Chartists auci the Tories ; and I trust that shortly we shall no longer hear of the Whigs , the Tories , aud the Chartists , but all shall be merged in the word , philanthropists , when the Charter shall be our horn-book , and all shail dwell id peace under their own vine aud fig-tree , when all shall knsiv their rights , and knowing dare maintain them . To achieve this great object , you must follow my example ; you must think no sacrifice too great , no exertions too daring . The last time I met the inhabitants of St . Pancras in this room , it was a joyou 3 and yet a melancholy occasion ; we were then met to memorialize her
Majesty on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Joues ; it was joyous to me to see the good feeling you exhibited , but it was melancholy to see a good man , like Frost , made a victim to bad laws ; it was melancholy to see a good citizen , a good husband , and a good father , made a victim because he had announced his intention of opposing Lord John Russell at Stroud ; it was melancholy to see such a man fall a victim to so great a tyrant ; let his fate , and the fate of other good and honest men , cause us to increase our exertions in favour of the Charter We should then need no standing army , no rural police ; our co « age 3 would be our sentry boxes—oiir
homes would be our castlea ; there would be no danger of an enemy ; Britons would fly to the rescue at the very thought of their homes being in danger ; we Bhould not then hear of Irishmen coming over to put down the liberties of the English people ; all would enjoy equal rights and liberties ; Ireland would no louger be a province , bat an integral part of the empire . Mr . O'Connor hew weDt into the question of the Repeal of the Union , which he handled with his usual ability , and concluded by calling upon them not to be idle , but work hard in the metropolis , while he was exerting himself in Scotland . ( Gr « at cheering , and crie 3 of " we wilL" )
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Cheering will not do alone ; youroheers will not frighten the factions ; you must unite , you must join energies together—you must join the National Charter Association , and support your National Executive ; you must force your opinions on the press ; you must attend every Corn Law and other meeting , and force them to consider you as a party ; you must act peaceably and quietly , offer no insult , but put your amendment , and insist upon a division ; bo will you force the press to notice you . [ A reporter for a newspaper , ( the Weekly Express ) stated they would always give a full report of all Chartist proceedings , which Mr . O'Connor acknowledged in a saitable manner , and concluded by saying that he had eight miles to go home , and he trusted they would , by proxy , allow him to move a vote of thanks to their Chairman . ]
Mr . O'Connor , upon his retiring was enthusiastically applauded . Mr . Goodfkllow , in an excellent and much applauded speech , proposed the following resolution : — • " That , in the opinion of this meeting , the only effectual remedy for the present distressed state of the country is to be found in the principles contained in the People ' s Charter , and therefore this ^ ceting deem it expedient to address her Majesty not to proroVue the present Parliament until those great principles have been fully discussed . " This resolution was seconded by a gentleman whose name we did not learn , aud carried unanimously . The memorial to her Majesty was likewise carried . Mr . Fussell moved the third resolution : —
" That we hail , with feelings of pleasure and delight , the reappearance amongst us of Faargus O'Connor , Esq ., the unflinching and indomitable champion of the people ' s rights , and cannot find words to express our di ? gust at the tyrannical and unjust treatment which he has so manfully borne , and this meeting pledges itself to do all in its power to recall Frost , Williams , and Jones , and to assist our oppressed brethren in Ireland in their endeavours to obtain the Repeal of the Legislative Union . "
Mr . F ., in a speech of considerable length , and great ability , addressed the meeting , eulogizing tho conduct of Feargus O'Connor , not only as a public i man , but also to him as an individual on his trial at ' Birmingham ; he also , with great ability , denounced ; the treacherous conduct of the late Birmingham ; leiders , and informed the meeting that he , for his opposition to them , was denounced as a spy at the law meetings in Birmingham , but on Monday noxc he should bo in Birmingham , not only to defend his private character , but the principles of the Charter , against any and every opposition . Mr . PELLtNQ briefly seconded the resolution , which wis carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and j tho immense assembly broke up with the usual Chartist honours . !
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NOTTINGHAM—A county delegate meeting was held last Sunday , at one o ' clock , in the Democratic Chapel , Bice-place , Mr . George Kendal chairman , who commenced the business of the meeting by calling over the names of those then present , namely : For Nottingham , Mr . W . Russell , Mr W . Parker , Mr . J . Wright ; Arnold , Mr . Wm . Emmerson and Mr . Daniel Mellon ; Mansfield , Mr . Thomas Button ; Old Bssford , Mr . John Biown ; New Lenton , Mr . Jacob Uoatock ; Hyson Green , Mr . James Wilkinson ; Lambley , Mr . John Street ; Carrington , Mr . Thomas Caunt Others afterwards arrived , but too late to take a part in the proceedings . Mr . J . Wright rose and said , that the late delegate meeting had appointed the united Councils aa the County Executive , in all affairs relative to
missionary labours , agitation , &o . but had omitted to deEne distinctly v . -hether they had power to send the lecturer to any new places in the county they thought proper , and where tbe cause of Chartism could be advaneed by lectures , a ; id founded a motion accordingly thereon , which was seconded by Mr . Emmerson , and carried unanimously . Mr . Wright next proposed , and Mr . Parker seconded that Mr . Dean Taylor be re-appointed County Lecturer for three months , from the dato ' when his former engagement shall expire . Upon this motion & very animated discussion took place , which eventually tereiinated io tho motion being carried unanimously
with tbe understanding that an exchange with Derbyshire or Birmingham lecturer be made , if possible , for a month . On the motion of Mr . Boatock , seconded by Mr . Brovrn , the receipts were received and confirmed . Mr . Russell proposed and Mr . Street seconded , " That it is of paramount importance to the movement , that a plan of local Sunday lectures be forthwith made out for one quarter and put into operation immediately , subject to the sole guidance and control of the Council , " which was also carried without opposition . Some other business of importance was adjusted , when a vote of thanks to the Chairman waa carried , who responded , and the meeting broke up .
On- Monday evening last , the Chartists held their usual weekly meeting in the Democratic Chapel . —The meeting at the large room , King George on horseback , was extremely large , there being also a Chartist free and easy , Mr . Joseph Burbage in the chair . STOCKPOHT . —¦ The " schoolmaster" was at home here , to a crowded audience , on Sunday evening . He was met at the railway station and escorted into the town , all parties vieing with each other in their endeavours to pay respect to tha immortal O'Brien . He delivered a very loag and eloquent lecture , and , during the proceedings , the following address was presented to him : —
TO JAME 3 BRONTERBE O'BRIEN . Patriotic Sir , —We , the Chartials of Stockport , in the County of Chester , take this , the first opportunity , of congratulating you upon your liberation from your unjust and cruel confinement . We do so for a two-fold reason . " Firstly , to show you , Sir , that our esteem for you and others , who have fought in our cause , is not tbe least abated , but that your honesty , sacrifices , and sufferings , have more closely bound us together in fellowship and brotherly love .
Second y , to let those imbecile and despotic masters see , though they have persecuted , prosecuted , and imprisoned , and likewise cruelly and brutally treated you even worse than felons whilst under their grasp , yet we are not to be intimidated—lack in our exertions—or deaert those who have braved the dnngers—iiave been entrapped , and come from the furnace still more purified—to convince , if possible , our tyrants of the inutility of attempting to put down our great and glorious cause by such puny and unjust means , and to give an indication , though of the swinish tribe , of our love of patriotism and hatred of oppressors and oppression .
Sir , we feel proud to again meet so brave , well tried , yet unchanged champion of our glorious cause . You , Sir , who bearded centralised tyranny , tyrants , and corruption , to their very teeth , you told the advocates and supporters of corruption truths which would have saved , if acted upon , a fast-falling nation—truths which made tbe drones and blood-suckers tremble , and shook the citadel of despotism , tyranny , and misrule , to its centre . Did they , poor ignorant foola , imagine that by imprisoning , and cruelly ill-treating our advocates and devoted leaders , $ nd adopting such an unholy coarse , they would crash and for ever annihilate our principles , as ^ Dse of the foremost in the ranks wes foolish enongh to fancy he had done ? O yes , plain John boasted that he had put down the cry for liberty
ami justice . But , thank God , it was only a temporary triumph , and we bait it only as a glorious ordeal through wbich onr principles—our agitation—bed to pass , that they might come forth more refined—shining more in their lustre and purity—and like the morning sun , clear away the dark clouds ot prejudice , ignorance , and error , and illumine the worid with Us refulgent beams . Our and your miseries , bowc 7 > . r , cannot fetter the human mind , nor can it abate the thirst for knowledge which will ultimately laugh to scorn their wicked efforts in attempting to stay our just and righteous cause in its oaward progress . Sir , while we view with unqualified indignation the despotic end tyrannical conduct of a corrupt , wicked , ignorant , and unfeeling Government who may be justly
and properly compared to Nero , who was fiddling when Home was burning , who aro now indiffotent , although this nation , like many of its predecessors , is destined , without a judicious , speedy , and an effectual check , to sink to ruin , whose fame and glory , achieved by the hardy sons of Britain , will sink into oblivion only to be remembered as the sad catastrophe of a set of selfish , greedy , ambitious , short-sighted , and designing men ;—while we thus reluctantly , ret from experience , facts , and testimony , come to this sad and lamentable conclusion , we wish to convey to you and those who nobly fought the battle of truth and justice against falsehood aud injustice that we cannot too highly express our esteem for and attachment to you , more especially when we take into consideration the
numerical force arrayed against you in the hour of danger , in the hour of trial . Though confined in a dungeon , your spirit was still abroad , encouraging , though your opportunities were limited , us to persavere in their holy struggle for freedom ; and , we feel assured , tho time is not far distant when the princ pies for which you are contending , for which you Lave suffered , will triumph—there being no other alternative for every true lover of his country , his fellow creatures , to himself and them , but to join heart and hand to prevent desolation , anarchy , famine , pestilence , and death being the lot of the fair sons and daughters of that country , which has been celebrated as the envy of surrounding nations , and the admiration of the world ! anvi then , and not till then , will a full measure
of justice bs dealt out to such noble-minded men as you , who have sacrificed your fortunes and liberties , oevoted your time , talents , and energies for tha regeneration of yi > ur country , and to bring happiness , plenty , and comfort , good food , and good clothing , and a proper remuneration for the labour of the industrious millions . Such being your objects , such being your desire , mainly to enable every pnn to have his share of tho good things of this life , his ahare in the land which the Omnipotent Ruler of the Universe has given not to a few , but to the whole human family;—we , the Chartists of Stockport , would say , go on , brave and nobly patriot , and may the living God of truth assist and protect you in your gigantic undertaking in a
struggle not of a faction or party , bscnuse you and we are willing to concede tbe same to others as we claim for our 3 otves . So far , then , are we justified on the ground of right and equity . It is a struggle to rescue our common country from worse than Egpytian bondage , and save it from impending , and , without a great organic change , inevitable ruin . It is the cause of the old and the young , the widow and the fatherless , the tradesman and the mechanic , and of the millions who groan beneath the tyrant's rod . That you may continue in your career , marked out for yourself , and thut Heaven will bless and protect you against the social machinations of your and our enemies , is the sincere wish of your fellow Chartists of Stockport Presented October , 1841 .
KiKBSTON . —Mr . Bairstow , the Chartist Missionary for this locality , preached a sermon in this place , on Sunday last , to an assembled multitude . HANX . EY . —On Wednesday , 29 th ult ., Mr . J . Campbell visited these parts , on his way from Birmingham to Manchester , when he lectured in the George and Dragon Large Room , New-street . The room was crowded to suffocation , and the best feelwas manifested by the audience who listened with breathless attention to the straightforward and manly statements of Mr . Campbell .
BIL 3 TON . —The Chartists held their weekly meeting on Sunday morning at Mr . Goorge Dudley's , Rowds-lat ; e . Mr . Dudley haa taken considerable trouble to fit up a room for that purpose . The committee were engaged in receiving the reports of the visitors , and the returns of the collectors from their various districts , ali of whom , gave the most satisfactory proof that the system is calculated to effect much good . After the reports were read , the meeting was adjourned until five o ' clock , at the Ball Court , as being more convenient for the evening meeting . Mr . John Perry was called to the chair . The Secretary having read the reports connected with the state of the association , Mr . Stiran addressed the meeting at some length recommending tho establishment of a Chartist store . Mr . Brown proposed that the plan submitted by Mr . Stiran be adopted and acted oa immediately—this was unanimously carried . A committee was then appointed to draw up a prospectus and pubmit tho same to the Association for their approtal .
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' + ^ c . S ^ h ^ A t ¦ & ? "t //^/ BARNSLET . —The Barnsley Chartists held their usual weekly meeting on Monday . The Secretary read a letter from the Executive refeningto the publication of-their i ^ te ^ i - ¦ ici ' . y i ^ , - , i , y jc ^ naL -Mt « r tne enrolment of some new meiabers ' and th& payment of contributions , a memorial , was read and adopted , to be forwarded to tha Wost-Riding Members for presentation to the Home office , for thd release of William Ashton and Joseph Crab tree . HOLHirmTH . —Mr . Charles Connor lectured here on Wednesday , to a large audience ; at the close of his address a resolution of confidence in O Connor and O'Brien was passed .
GLASGOW . —A lecture was delivered on Monday night , in StrAnn's Church , by James Moir , Esq ., the subject-was " an equitable adjustment of the National Debt . " The church was crowded in every part , and the audience listened with maked attention , to the very clear and able manner in which the worthy lecturer opened and explained his subject , while his sarcastic humour and peculiar sneer brought down- thunders of applause . He laid bare the humbug of the Corn law repealers and proved to every sensible mind present that the . people never could be benefited by a repeal of those laws so lone : as the debt remained unadjusted , or sponged out alltogether . He was followed by Messrs . Malcolm , Koy , Proudfoot . Colquhoun , Ross , &c , after which . Mr . Mwr wound up and concluded amid rapturous cheering . After some other local business had been 5 ra"s * cted « meeting dissolved , after giving cheers tor Mr . Cullea , chairman , and Mr . Moir , lecturer .
St . Ann ' s Chubch . —A largo aud suffocating meetiug was held here on Tuesday night , Mr . Jokn Colquhouu in the chair , for the purpose ( as stated m the hand bill ) of inviting Shaman Crawford and Patrick O'Higgins to tho demonstration and soiree . This proposition , after a long discussion , in which somewhere about twenty individuals took a part waa carried almost unanimously . Mr . Brown , secretary , read a letter from Mr . U'Connor , in which that gentleman stated that he would be in Glasgow on Sunday the 10 th , consequently the idea of going down to Gree . nock in a steam-boat of their own hiring , was abandoned ; it was next agreed that they should invite Mr . M'Farlane , of Condorate , who has returned after an exile of eighteen , years in "Van .
Dieman ' s Land , where he had beea banished for taking a part at the battle of Bonnymuir , at what is called the Radical outbreak in 1820 . It was next egreed that an address be presented to Mr . O'Connor on the hustings , in the Green ; this finished the business of the Demonstration Committee . The Soiree Committee then stated that they had measured the Baziar Hall , and found that in consequence of tha room which the tea apparatus would take up , they could not accommodate many hundreds of their follow Chartists with tickets , as tfeey had already issued 2 , 300 , but if the tea was dispensed with and another equivalent substituted in its piace which would not require fo much space , they cour * . ; issue several hundreds more . After a discussion the
tea was dispensed with , consequently tUe committee agreed that other five hundred tickets should be sold , which were all purchased up in a few hours , and still the demand for more tickets seems nothing abated , so eager are many who havebeen disappointed that two and thre ' e prices have been offered for a single ticket , while fresh demands are pouring in from all quarters , but it is now impossible for the committee to do more than they have already done ; never iu the annals cf political agitation did snob extraordinary oxcitement prevail .
The Demonstration Comjiittee met on Thursday night , Mr . Baird was called to the chair , when Mr . Colquhoun was appointed treasurer to the committee , aftter which he received several sums of money handed in to defray the expeBces of the demonstration ; it was then agreed to hire a coach and six horses to take Mr . O'Connor to the Green ; they also agreed to hire a band of music for themselves . Several of the districts have already engaged bands of music . Several other preparatory arrangements were entered into , when the usual vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting dissolved .
Bridqeton . —A crowded meeting of the inhabitants of Bridgeton , Mr . Mackintosh in the chair , wa 3 held in the Chartist Hall for the purpose of hearing a lecture from Mr . Shovelbottom , on the subject of a repeal of the legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland . The lecturer handled his subject with great taste aud discretion ; he showed from statistical documents the evils which flowed to Ireland from the union , at the same time giving it ^ s his opinion that the only certain way for the Irish people obtaining a repeal was by uniting with the people of England and Scotland for the Charter . He was followed by Messrs . Black , M'Kay , Ewing , M'Millan and several others , but a 3 one of the speakers remarked , they were all on one side , like the handle of a jug . The meeting dispersed well pleased , after giving a voto of thanks to tho lecturer . Several other meetings vrere held in various suburban districts , making preparations for the coming demonstration .
liOTJGHREA . —A correspondent writes that Chartism is undergoing a hot persecution here from' tbe Reman Catholic clergy , and by the Bishop of the diocese , who hava denounced it from the altars' of the several chapels . He says : — " Last Sunday week , one of the friars had the audacity to stand , up and denounce from the altar , the Chutists as a body , but more particularly those of Loughrea ; and on last Sunday , a greater than he—his Lordship , the Bishop , denounced them , the Chartists , in tbe most virulent manner , from the altar , calling upon tha people to have nothing whatever to do with them but foltow the advice or Daniel O'Connell , who never betrayed them , &c . ; and I am sorry to say it has had the effect of injuring the business of tfeoso who openly profess Chartism , but more particularly poor Bernard M'Donald , wto has subjected himself to the full measure of the wrath of the intolerant bigots from
bis unceasing endeavours to propogate the principles held and so ably advocated by the Sler . Yes , Sir , he B . M'D . is now held up as a person who ought to ba avoided on every occasion , and that no one should deal or have any transactions with him whatever . And ali forsooth , because be dares to bold and disseminate opinions at variance with those of Daniel O'ConnelL He is a poor man and has a wife and family depending on him for support , and if he persevere in the cause , unaided , he must ultimately be brought to ruin , and his wife and little ones thrown out upon the world to starve . I call upon you , Sir , to lay tne case before the Chartists of England , and if they have any funds available in the name ef suffering humanity , td let them place . Bernard comparatively independent , by sending him periodically a small sum of money ; they will thereby rescue a family from evident starvation , and give a fresh impulse to tbe glorious cause . "
DUBLIN . —Tbe cause goes bravely on here under tha management of Mr . P . O'Higgins and Mr . Brophy . On Sunday last , the Irish Universal Suffrage Association met at their great room , No . 14 , North Dean-street , Mr . T . Norton in ike chair . The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . Letters were read from the following persons and places : —From Mr . T . D : > yleand Mr . J . Robinson , of Manchester ; from Mr . J . M'Nott , of Glasgow ; from Mr . T . Turner , Kirkaldy ; from Mr . T . Clark , of Stockport , containing theaaraesof nine persons resident in that town and neighbourhood , and requesting them to be enrolled as members ; and a most cheeripg letter from Athboy , Ireland , showing the spread of Chartism in that town by means of circulating the Slar . ¦ These letters were received with much
applause , after which , tbe Secretary said he was sure that the letters he bad just read would be sufficient to give the lie to a base aud unfounded assertion made by the O'Connell party , ' -vho say that the Stan circulated by him and other members of the Association , " were sent to them by Fean , iu O Connor , to destroy Mr . O'Connell ' s popularity . " He hoped tbe persons present would be convinced that the working classes of England and Scotland could not be their enemies , when , as the letters just read state , they were willing to send other information than the Star , if we can tell them by what means they may send it Mr . Bropby said there was no press iu Ireland to speak out the wrongs of the people ; even the Dublin World had shut out their proceedings , and the Editors of that paper had stated
to him and others " that this paper was not for tho working pe&pleV ^ that they ranked among their subscribers a great portion of the gentry of Ireland . " He would not state this but that several influential leaders of the Chartists in England and Scotland bad requested him to become their agent for the World . He was unwilling to transmit any paper , or become agent fur any paper , whoaa politics he did not know . He bad tested the JForld . 'and he had no doubt but they were in the pay of both Whig snd Tory , for this was well known to the apprentice boys of Derry . Mr . O'Higgin . ; rose and read a letter from Mr . Thos . Gillett , and elevtn others , letter-founders , requesting him to propose them as members of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association . Mr . O'Higgins said that on the receipt of that letter he
visited the parties , and found them elf n .--headed , intelligent , and respectable , as tradesmen should be . He was proud of the honour they conferred on him , in requesting him to propose them , and referred to a like honour which bad been conferred upon him by the letterpress printers of Dublin , in December , 1832 , when , to the number of 105 , they requested him to propose them as members of the Trades' Political Union . Mr . O'H . concluded by moving that Thomas Oillatt and the eleven persons whose names he bad just read be admitted as members . Mr . Rafter eeconded their admission . Mr . Wood addressed the meeting in a neat speech replete with humour and good sense , and concluded by
moving that W . H . Dyatt , letter-press printer , be admitted a member . Mr . Woodward said that , aa a tradesman , be felt it to be un honour to bin to be able to second the nomination of Mr . Dyatt . Mr . Dy&kt returned thanks , and was received with loud cheers ; he said he was proud of being admitted a member of such an association as theirs , for he held their principles dear to bis heart , and bad long wished that such an oae had been established . Mr . Henry Clark handed tn ^ 7 s . 0 d . si the subscription of fifteen perso ^ tia SMgoffr j \ r ^ The Secretary declared the number « f pqHna « Wtt | ta * sJL ^\ at that meeting to be thirty . two . TJiMlBlisA ^ WA ' *^ ^ given to the Chairman , the meeting * BMNt $ p ) si&fe * A } ; ¦ ^^^ S&W "' :
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Lambeth . —Mr . Wheeler lectured here on Tuesday evening , to a ! numerous and intelligent audieuce , on the evils of class legislation . Chelsea . —A public meeting of Chartists was held at tbe United Coffee House . George-strect . on Monday , the 1 lth of Oct ., Mr . Swyford in the chair . A letter was read from Mr . Cleave , apologizing for his nonattendance to lecture , owing to indisposition . Mr . Stallwood read the letter from the Executive , when Mr . Dowling moved , and Mr . Stallwood seconded the following resolution , " That this meeting are of opinion that it is not desirablo that tho Executive bring out any Journal at present , we having as many Journals now extant as our limited means will support , and tho columns of the Star being at the
service of the Executive . " Carried . A deputation , consisting of Messrs . Stallwood . Sturge , and Dabbar , was appointed to request the attendance of Mr . F . O'Connor at a public meeting at tho Bath Gardens , on the following Wednesday . Mr . Ford moved and Mr . Stallwood seconded the following resolution , " That this meeting hail with delight the cordial feeling evinced at Manchester , ou the recent visit of Mr . O'Connor , between the Repealers of tho Union and the Chartists , and hereby renew their pledge never to relax in their exertions until full and complete justice be rendered to England and to Ireland . " Carried unanimously . —The Chartists meeting at this place will , after next Monday , hold their meetings on Sunday evuniug , at eight o'clock .
We learn , from a placard sent us by post , that the Chartists of Chelsea were to have a meeting on Wednesday evening , to receive Mr . O'Connor . We perceive that Sidney Smith was invited to attend ; but we rather calculate that the knock-off-hats gentleman will find it convenient to ksephisbig words and small arguments away . Walwobth . —The cause progresses here . A spirited meeting was held a few evenings ago , at which some excellent addresses were delivered . Several new members jeinod . Lambeth—Mr . Wheeler lectured on Tuesday evening , at tho Chartist Hall , 1 , China Walk , Lambeth , on the evils of class legislation . A vote of confidence was passed to tho Council . Several now members joined . Mr . Morton was nominated on the General Council , in the place of Mr . Sale , who had resigned .
London O'Brien- ' s Press Fund Committee . —This Committee held its first sitting on Monday evening , at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride-lane , Fleetstreet . Mr . Wm . Hogg was unanimously appointed treasurer to the committee , and Mr . Watkins secretary and reporter . Kesolved that this committee be open to the public . Resolved that the whole committee bo collectors , and that two dozen collecting book 3 with other necessary materials be purchased for the use of the committee . Resolved that an address be drawn up and forwarded for insertion in tha Northern Star and Scottish Patriot , st \ d that Messrs . Wafkins , Wm . Hogg , and Osborn , be appointed to draw up the address . Resolved that the secretary write to Mr . O'Brien , to ascertain when he will be in London . Resolved that Monday night be the night of meetiug , at eight o ' clock , and that five form a quorum . Six shillings and ei # htpence was delivered a 3 subscriptions , and the meeting adjourned .
lIOTEEOtTBE . —An Association has been formed here . Mr . Watkins has been invited to give the first lecture . SOUTHAMPTON . —The men of this place are resolved to shake of "dullsloth" and to gird up their loinu for the race . Th >* y wish much for a good lecturer among them . MILNROW . —Mr . Edward Clayton , of Huddersfleld , gave a very impressive lecture here en Sunday afternoon—subject , " The rights of labour . " The lecture waa c \( . m , argumentative , and convincing , shewing the cUtreren ' wU between the American , attinn and the English . A collection was made in the room for the unemployed operatives of Stockport .
MAN CHESTER . —On Monday evening , according to announcement by placard , a iplendid and nnmerou 3 meeting waB convened in the Carpenter ' s Hall , to lour the indomitable school master of the age , and advocato of the rights and liberties of the industrious sona of lubour , Eronterre O'Brien . The gallery and platform , long before eight o ' clock , were crammed , and the body of tl * o Hall equally bo . Before tbe gallery and before the rostrum were suspended the full length paintings and striking likenesses of Frost , Williams , and Jones , Feargiis O'Connor , and J . B . O'Brien . About the time appointed for commencement Mr . O'Brien entored the room , accompanied by Mr . Leach and a few others of the good and true , and as soon aa he was recognized by the people they simultaneously rose from their seats and greeted him with hurrahs , waving of handkerchiefs , clapping of hands , and other marks of applause . Mr .
Joseph Linney was called to the chair . There were two addresses presented to Mr . O'Brion , prior to the commencement of the lecture , one which had come mcrathan a hundred miles , namely from the honest working awn of Newcastle , and the other frem the democrats of Maccleafleld . Mr . O'Brien was then introduced , and was again received with cheers ; fce delivered a long and very excellent address ; in which he avowed his determination not to lecture for the future , atony place , where more than one penny waa charged for admission . Mr . O'Brien spoke about two hours , and was listened to with marked attention , And at the close was saluted by tbe most tremendous cheering , which lasted for several minuted . A vote of thanks was moved by Mr . Leach , seconded by Mr . Murray , and carried by acclamation . A vote of thanks was also tendered to Mr . Joseph Linney , tbe chairman , and the meeting broke up .
WOLVERHAMPTON . —Mr . Campbell , the general secretary , delivered a lecture here in the large room at the Georga Inn , Salop-street , on Tuesday , the 28 th ult , on the Corn Laws . Mr . Candy was . called to the chair , and , after a few remarks , introduced Mr . Campbell to the meeting . A considerable number of tne members of the Anti-Cora Law Association were present , and Mr . Joseph Walker , as the chairman of tbe Association , at the conclusion of the lecture , made some remarks upon it , and contended that it waa impossible effectually to improve tbe condition of the working classes without an alteration in the Cora Laws , but said that he began to . think that it would be necessary to get the Charter first . At tbe breaking up of the meeting three cheers were given , for Feargua O'Connor , and three for tbe Charter .
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