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TAMES BRONTERRE O'BRIEN will deliver J TWO . LECTURES ou Monday and Tuesday Evemngs , tho 18 ch and 19 th inst ., ia the Circu ? , Sheffield ; "On the position and prospects of the people ' s cause . " Men of Sheffield , shew to the factions , that you aro determined to stand by those who sacrifice competency and pleasure for penury and labour . O'Brien is the man v / hora tho storms of despotism could nevern . akemeanly complain . Rally roundhinr then , and let the patriot see your gratitude , for the services he has rendered to your cause .
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SHORTLY WILL BE PUBLISHED , IN Wee kly Numbers , Throe H ^ lTpenoe each , and Monthly Part 3 , with a Wrapper for Advertisements , S ' xptnce wch , A HISTORY OF CHARTISM , from its Commencement down to the Trial of Frost , by Ji . hn Watkins , Author of " Wafc Tyler , " &c , The above Work ¦ will be compiled from Notes taken during the Progress of tho Movement , and may be relied upon as authentic . Orders received at No . 9 , Bill Yard , Temple Bar , and bv all Booksellers .
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trmj nor the navy , the poliee dot tie constabulary , Whigs or Tories , priests or devils , shall prevent or in-rare this syptatioa for the Charter . ( Load cheers . ) St . Moir , by the way , had alluded to Mr . Oswald , their present illegal representative , sad io his imtedle conduct at the late election . That man , he understood , had dared to tamper with Ms character , » nd take his name in rain . Now , thsy would all recollect that , at the first election , he had asked that gentleman if he could advance anything Jo his shame or dishenour , or had any objection to make to his past character or conduct , and he had said ¦ N o . " He then gave him ( Jlr . O'Connor ) a high and reputable character . But Mr . James Oswald J » 4 died to assert , in Ms absence , taa \ lie , along _
yrf& Bronterre O'Brien , had recommended physical force , and the murder of their opponents . ( Hear , hear . ) Aje , but did the people believe him ( Lond cheers . ) No ! they knew his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) p&st history , and every movement , and with one roiee they cried , " He lied 1 " He rejoiced that in his absence they did justice to his name ; and that the calumny of the hoary nincompoop had met with deserved scorn and reproach ^ ( Loud cheers , ) Mr . O'Connor here alluded to the conduct of Douglas , Mnntz , and Edwards , those physical-force advocates ; Oieir desertion of the honest part of the people ' 3 leaders ; after weaving a net to catch them in , and to the blaster of these fellows as the cause why the proceedings of Chartists had ever been
elassed with the mention of violent proceeding ? . He then proceeded—he had never betrayed the peoples-he had not assumed one position to-day , and deniedit to-morrow . If he had deluded thepeople , he would not have been there to-day ; if he had quac&ed them , he would not have attempted again to appear before them . A great deai had been said about moral force and physical force , and attempts were being made by this means to sow dissension in their rante . Now ' he ( O'Connor ) would repeat what he had freqnentiy said before en this subject , and his Bentiment 3 on thi 3 point were unaltered . Moral force 13 the deliberative qaality in each man ' s mind , which teaches him how he 13 to reason , how to endure , * nd whenforbearance becomes a crime ; and when
that fails , physical fores , lise an electric shock , ; Ehall sound the preparation , declaring that ; the people , having borne with patience and - long suffering , tno yoke of the oppressors , have determined to throw off their trammels , aad snap ¦ , the tvrant ' s chain . ( Loud cheer ? . ) God forbid , j however , that ha would ever be the means of bring- ing an unarmed people in contact with an armed ' soldiery , whom they themselves would require tc ; support . Tsty were now come to such a position > that they could , if united , oppose by moral force all that might be brought against them . II . 3 object and their object , he hoped , was not to pull down those j above them to the same position in society as them- selves , bat to bring themselves up to ; he same
position which as men , and as free men , they were entitled to esjoy . ( Cheers . ) Knowing the resources of the country which God asd Nature had designed for their use , he was for throwing them all upon their own resources ; but he was also for taking the aristocracy off the people's resources . Let the people be thrown upon their own resources , keep the non-producers off them , and he had no fear of the beneficial result . ( Cheers . ) Nowthat the blue devils of Toryism were placed in power , they might anticipate do very gentle persuasive arguments : o induce them to cease their agitation ; and to quietly agree to allow aristocratic cupidity and fraud to live upon their energies as heretofore , and these men would not be backward in using all the means at their
command to compel the people to give way before them . It was for them , however , by their powerful Boial aspect , by their determined and commanding nnions , to prove their firmness and decision , and overawe the attempts of tyranny and corruption . As they hsd treated their companions in crime , the base , bloody , and brutal "Whigs , he trusted they would treat them or any government which founded its ehim to their suffrage upon aggression and knavery . ( Loud cheers . ) As he had to address thirty meetings in thirty towns in Scotland , and" as he intended afterwards to visit the land of parities , he hoped they wonid allow him to reserve himself for their meeting in the evening . He wonid content himself with assuring them before retiring that he was the same now as whea he had met them
before—unchanged m . principles , unawed by punishments , s . nd unflinching : in his determination to have Universal Suffrage made the law of the land . He would boldly and fearlessly aSrm , that if death and the Charter were placed in the one hand , an d honaurs , rewards , and desertion in the other , he should prefer death to surrendering his principles . His motto was , " come weal come woe , come danger corns persecution , I stand by you and ihose principles even to the death . " CTremendoas cheering which lasted for several minutes . ) Mr . Wood , delegate from the Dublin Chartists , bow came forward and addressed the meeting in a long aad convincing speech , which was listeced to with great attention , and was applauded throughout . Totes of thanks being tendered to the chsirmaD , aad three cheers given for O'Connor aud the Charter , the immense assemblage qaieilv dispersed .
THE SOIREE . The proceedings of this eventful day in the annals cf Chartism were appropriately closed by a splendid soiree in honour o ! O'Connor in the evening . The large and elegant New Bazaar Hall , capable of accommodating about 3 o 00 persons , and wiiich was fined up for the occasion , was crowded in every part by a respectable and well dressed audience . We may mention , that such was the demand for tickets for this meeting , that in two dajs after they were issued , the whole of them were disposed or and such was the anxiety of the people , that thousands of our Chartists fnendshsd to be disappointed . We believe , as high as 5 s . and even 15 s . were offered for single tickets and indignantly refused by their
fortunate owners . Shortly after sis o ' clock , the hour of opening the hail doors , the place was densely crowded by a gay and delighted audience , whose appearance was certainly much improved by the rich iBd variegated head-cresses of the youthful female Charo&s , who had arranged for a bali after the proceedings at the Soiree . When ilr . O'Connor arrived , aecompaaied by Messrs . Moir aud Cuilen , the ehetrbgwas absolutely deafening , and was again aad again repeated as these gentlemen took their seate on the platform , ilr . O'Connor gracefully acknowledged these heartfelt testimonials . On the moaoa of Mr . John Rodger , seconded by Mr . Wm . Milier , Mr . Matthew Cclles occupied the chair . He w » 3 supported right and left by Messrs . O'Connor , iloi
r , Macfarlane , of Condorrat , ihe aged Bocnymuir martyr of 1319 , also by Messrs . Praudfoot , Gardner , Councillor M ' Gavin , Hedderwick , \ V ' a ; ker , Currie , Rodger , Jack , and others of our cess known Cb&rUfcts . li opening the business , Mr . Cells ? , chairman , delivered a neat and appropriate address , in which he spoke of the feelpigs of his audience , of the occasion of their meetingi the services of O'Connor , and the necessity of throwing all pet ; y jealousies aad divisions aside in we pursuit of the great eause of human amelioration , ¦ ne concluded fay calling on Mr . Walker , one of the prefers of the Christian Chartist Choree , who asked a blessing . The meeting was then served with taris ; and a number of stirring airs were performed by an excellent instrumental band .
Tne CauEius now gave the sentiment of " The rj ople , the iegitiinare source of all power , " which « e prefaced by a neat address . He Baid , on public occasions fuch as this , it was customary to propose the Chief Magistrate of the realm . Now , although f ™ ^ n - k * i ^ niion at the present time , he Begged distinctly to state , that it was because of no aisloyy or disrespective feeling . In the sentiment Be tad to propose her Majesty was included ; snd !? " * P «> P « an s ber individually , arose solely from An aabit which the Chartist had to universality ) 77 ? 7 m "spw ^ d her Majesty , and were most jojaUy attached to her person . ' They could wish , L ? t ' J heT 3 toj * aj was placed in such cir-« mstances as she cotud appreciate and administer Jo tie ranis of her suffering and oppressed people . if , ^ we « the case , then they would find in every e » a a military tent , and in ever ? citizen a soldier .
* j MJ to cefead his country from invasion , and her . Tujesty from the insults and persecutions of her dieiaies ( Xoud cheers . ) He concluded by pro-Pft . « Eg the toast , which was most rapturously ap-PiMj oeo . «^'* -lAIcs noir ? nnS in excellent taste , " O'Connor's Welcome to Scotland . " which was well received . b U ** K ^ S rose t 0 respond to the sentiment of Xbe People , " and wa 3 loudly cheered . He de-Pjf w a long , siirrisg , and sarcastic address in his ° ?» fitjie , u \ which he severely lashed Whig cun-^ g ) chicanei 7 , ruffianism , and deceit . He also *» ly exposed a . id denounced the tactics of the two opposing factions with happy effect . He was frequently interrupt ^ with cheering a ^ d bursts of ^ gaver , elicited by his happy hits . Tune— " Scots whs hie /'
The Chaibju * eow gsve " O'ConDor , and the wher patriotic Chartists wito have aide 4 the cause w we people , " which was received with three times Huee . At this stage of the proceediiigs , a very interesting ccae occurred . Miss Moir , a good-looking young adj , along with Miss Millar ' and Miss M'Kay , **» e forward to present Mr . O'Cc nnor with an ad-^ eSj and a rich diamond ring , as a testimony of re-5 *» frofiiihe Ffmale Chartists of Glasgow . The » ltowmg is the address , which was xead by Miss * & » J with a dear and correct enunciation : —
TO FEAiGCS O ' COSSOB , EO ,. S HoaoTired Sir , —We hail with feeKngs o ? joy and Krtude , your presence here thiB evening ; joy , b we can stffl elann your advocacy of the rights "f P ^ eges of labour—of honest industry—and ^^ rude to him , who , alone , rales in hearen and f ^ ands on earth . For this unbounded mercy in fading the shackles and tearing asunder the earthly F&jaaiels , with which a wily and a worthless «« &ra had dared , impiously , to bind your efforts—• ne endeaTours of an honest advocate of justice , f t ^ fj , yoar P re 5 ence amongst us , now , seeing « w tae same , the very same , opinions held and pro-
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mulgated bj yen before the farcical afcJempis of factions to crush ' your patriotism , aad to coerce your freedom of thought , of word , and of action , are still , and we hope , ever will be , evinced by you , in your adherence to the movement of Right , and your ratioEftl and philanthropic denunciation of a system of disgrace , of ruin , and of wrong . We hail with rapturous greeting , the visit of a tried and uneorrupted democrat to our Highland home . We hail the visit of Feargus O'Connor to this our native land , whtre sire and son claim by meeting and by right of pure descent , those feelings and those sentiment which actnated our Scottish patriot—our Wallace , and roused the love of liberty —living eternally in the bosom of his countrymen , to assert , aad to fight for the freedom of Sootland and the independence ^ our fatherland .
We hail your visit , our beloved , to oar common eonntry , where the mountains alone , with towering majesty and snow-clad tops , claim that homage , which , in other lands , is tendered by unthinking slaves to a worthless creature , bnrn in ignorance and nursed by servility—wearing , in the mockery of human wretchedness , the title of the Most High , a title which every honest heart , every true Scotsman in the fervour of his adoration , offers to the divinity , to him alone , " who rides on the whirlwind and directs the storm . " We welcome you to that land , where streams and flowrets gathered together the
* Spirk 3 o' nature ' s fire " that burst in the ardour of heaven , sent inspiration from the rude clay of a ploughman and a weaver in the unpolished lispings of a Burns aud a Tannahill ; and , by the rays of democratic genius , shed a holy lustre—an . undying famo on those spots of green crowned earth aad silverly sparkling burns that reigned in their unborrowed verse , and lived for ever in tha patriotism of their hearts . Sincerely desirous of benefitting our
fellow-creatures , and in our anxiety for the immediate and total abolition of all unnaiural distinctions between man and man , we hail your presence here this evening and now tender you our heartfelt gratulation on seeing you again ia tha midst of as , unfettered and free , aadfeel aad now express our gratitude to Heaven , that you have yet been spared from the efforts of malignity , to nourish hope in the bosom of the poor aud lowly , by your sirenucus and uncompromising advocacy of the rights of labour , and the native privileges of humanitv . ¦
Acj * pt these warm and sincere aspirations for your continuance of these exertions in our behalf , and accept this humble token of our admiration of your struggles , ia asserting and demanding justice for each and for all . During the reading of this address , which was frequently interrupted with cheers , Mr . O'Connor appeared to be deeply affected . jliss Millar then presented the ring , which appeared a truly massive and valuable article . She Ea-. d , the honour bad been conferred upon her by the Female Charti ~ ts of Glasgow , to present him ( O'Connor ) with this small but sincere token of their admiration . With sentiments better felt than expressed sho performed this duty . In the fervent hope that he would
connnua in his bright career , and that the Lord of heaven would prosper his exertion on behalf of ths suffering and oppressed people . ( Loud cheers . ) Her sis : er Chartists joined with her in the hope that he would go on conquering and to conquer , until he had put to flight all the enemies of popular ri ^ ht , of civil and religious liberty . And while they urged him to pursue his bright and important career , they trusted that Scotia's &ons would stand by the cause which O'Connor so ably advocates—that Scotia ' s sons would not cease their exertions Hntil they had obtained those rights they were struggling to obtain , and until their fatherland was made what she ou ^ ht to be , great , glorious , and frte . ( Loud cheers . )
Miss M'Xay next presented Mr . M'Farlane , of Condorrati , the venerable Chartist of 1819 , and for twenty years an tills for his advocacy of their principles , with a handsome ebony staff , ? ilvermoan : ed , and a sovereign to pay his travelling expanses . The old man , who seemed deeply affected , received these tokens win ) much agitation . When be could command his feelings , however , he shortly addressed the meeting , and expressed his acknowledgment for these proofs of their respect . He entered into a brief but graphic deto . il of tho persecutions of ths early Cbar . bti—of the unprincipled bloodthirsty Government of that day . He vras frequency applauded . Tune— " Auld LangEyne . "
; » ur . 0 Con . nob now rose amidst the most enthu .= i-&Et ! c _ cheering , and waving of hats and handkerchiefs . Whea the plaudits had in some measure subsided , he speke r . eariy as follows : —Sir , I have ' less reason to find fault with the gicger-beer bottles than any person in this assembly . ( Mr . O'Connor here referred to a little interruption which took -place a minute or two preTions , from the serving out of gmger-beer . ) I rejoice that the excellent arrangtmcuts of your committee have afforded to me one mament of reflection before I responded to tl . e beautiful eddresses of the ' adies of Glasgow , and the fUru-rlag present which they have done me the honour to pre .= ent to me : for , had I boen called upon instantly , aud upon the spur of the
m&ment to reply to these addresses , I know cot what point my feelings would have carried m :-, or to what sentiments they mi ^ ht haveled me to utter ; I woul d perhaps have lost all control of my judgment and left a bad impression upon this meeting . It requires a man to cairn him eli" for a moment when he receives such an impnise in the cause of liberty as this . When the name of Wallace is made use of by female lips , &ud when the sons of Scotia are asked if they would not rather fight for their liberty than pine iu slavery , what arguments have I to u ? e to impress upon this large assembly the necessity of workingout their political salvation ? ( Loud cheers . ) As I have not words to express my feelings , I shall pass from this point , simply returning my hearrelt thanks to those ladies who have done me the honour
to present me with these tokens of regard . would eay , that ii' before I was engaged to the people , cow I am wedded to thair cause . ( Renewed cheering . ) Sir , as regards the sentiments which jca hare done me the aucourso eloquently Jo propose from the chair , it £ ive 3 ce some pleasure to thick tkat it is now nearly five years since I was first introduced to the men of Glasgow , and that I have Etlli some hold upon their esteem . Unknown comparatively—a common striEger , I entered upon your boards , aud vedured to present myself as an enemy to the politicians of the day , and presented to the people , if not new principles , at least anew mode of accomplishing their realisation . Our union has gone on , a ^ id , like mazier like man—the one
determined to do the vrork so long as he continues to hold the confidence of the other , and the other determined to entrust and employ the servant so long as he does bis duty . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Ssiae reference has been m ^ de to my sufferirgs iu this cause , but if I had suffered as much as the veteran who had just preceded me , whose sufferings put mine all to night , the liiustraiion of my princ . ? le 3 which I now ses bifore me wojld rspay me ft-r all . ( Hear , hear , and lon ^ -comicued che-rirg ) Wisai are the sufferings of one , if by these sufferings the cause of freedom is advanced , aud the oppre-sor humbled ? The answer , in my ca ^ e is , that I have gaiued a victory of the oppressor , because that cause for which I was imprisoned gaius mere by my
absence than if I had been present . ( Cneers . ) As now , after = ix years of agitation , sixteen months of that period spent in a dungeon , we meet again to renew the covenant ; such as I left you I meet you again . If I was impelled , by the love of these principles , to advocate your cause heretofore , how much more determined must I be , now that I see you in earnest in the canse . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) But it is not enough that you and I are in earnest , and those excellent men who have laboured along with me ; the people must be in earnest . Remember that the moment you will it , then will the power of the oppressor fade—then will you be recognised in the legislature of the country—then you any stand erect as freemen ; and then indeed
you will be the source of all power . ( Loud cheers . ) Sir , it is rather a farcical thing that fa-clior . uses the name of the people ( and especially the Chartists , because I think the word people encompasses all that are worth having , and the ChartisJs 2 re the people ) it is surprising that they say at one time that we are a mere fraction—a section of tke community whose influence is as limited as our principles are unpopular , that we are unworthy of notice ; but when en excuse is needed to save the bankrupt reputation of a sinking party , the cry is , 0 1 the Chartists did it . ( Laughter and cheeriDg . ) Let u 3 take this leaf from the Whig book—the confession that we are able to beat one of the greatest factions in the State , and that it depends upon us to say what
sha . ll be dose with the other . They say that we are ignorant , as well as poor in strength , and unfit to hold the suffrage . ( Hear , hear . ) Why , then , it must appear plain , as a question of rule of three , and evident to any one without the knowledge of a Cocker , that , if a fraction of the people , we were able to beat the Whigs , what are we not able to do if united . ? For my part , I think that we could not only beat the Whigs , but beat the Whigs and Tories united . ( Cheers . ) It is clear to me , at all events , that before the Whigs or Tories will yield » ur claims , they will unite to a man against us . It is necessary for us , then , to have a union that will beat both the
factions . It is gratifying to know , however , that the cause Is going on in a way which tyrants dread , which patriots nrist admire . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . M'Firlane alluded to the means that were used in his day to split up and betray the cause of the people by Bpies and informers , I can assure you that these means are not left untried cow . There is gold ready for the traitor spy , and he has only to walk in , commence , and divide . But I rejoice you are now too shrewd and too united to be a / raid of spies . If yon hold by the law , bad as it is , until you get a power strong enongh to control the law , you need fear no attempts of the spy or the traitor . ( Cheers . ) I have told you before , and I say again , do not on any -account connect yourselves to secret societies . The mau who asks you to do in the dark what be
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would not do m the light is s traitor : avoid nun : our cause is righteous , and needs no covering . " Treason broods in darkness , And dreads the light . " Caution and vigilance are necessary at all times , but more especially at the present , when all the power of Tory gold is ready to be loosened upon you . Do not suppose because the Tory Tamworth Baronet has not ventured upon any stronger gagging measures that the spirit of Toryism has changed ; do not anticipate that the Tories will behave better than the Whigs ; and do not suppose that every effort of that faction will not be tried to KoW usurpation over you . What they have done hitherte they are prepared to do again . Poblio opinion alone keeps them : in check . ( Loud cries of hearhearnear . ) We
, , are told by the historians in all ages that physical force revolution means an outbreak of people , witlj anas in their hands , when they upset all that originally governed the country and take it over to themselves ; while moral force is a power brought to bear on the legislation of a country , which compels them peaceably to yield to the claims of the people—not having the power to refuse them . The latter is our position—this is the means by which we intend to carry our viewp . Now , many mea of sufficient zeal and energy will say , when there is no hope of impressing tae legislature with your views , by peaceable means , what use is their persevering in the movement ? To those I would answer , there is hope of our views being impressed upon the legislature
. For the last ten yearB we have had nothing in Parliament like an opposition—we have had one bad faction hounding on another to do worse than they were attempting ; but now we will have a rampant , noisy , energetic opposition . The Whigs are quiet in the meantime : but as soon as the old aristocratic papas find that they are unable to support their young sons in their accustomed affluence , they will kick up a terrible bobbery —( laughter and cheers)—and in the House of Commons we may soon expect to hear the music of their sweet voices . There never was a great organic change ia the Constitution of any country originated in a House of representatives . The Whigs did not wish to give the great mercantile changes
i that were forced upon them—they only brought them ; forward to gain an excuse for being kicked out of 1 power . Every measure for the good of the people ! originates with the people , and it is left with the I people themselves to carry it out , and force it upon the legislature . Now , what was our position in ( 1831 ? Why , we had the King against reform—a ! majority of the peers against reform—a majority of j ihe Commons against reform . But the people were j iu favour of reform , and a majority of the people , I beat a majority of the Commons , the Peers , and the i King upon the throne . ( Cheers . ) When the Whigs are once more in that position , they will try us with ! their measures for commercial changes , and the I Corn Law question , and it' we catch at tne bait , they
i will pass over to the ministerial benches , and , hav-¦ ing cheated , they will humbug us as before . But , : on the other hand , if the people hold by their prei sent principled course , depend upon it , rather than I lose the chance of spending two hundred \ millions of money per annum , they will accede 1 to the claims of the Chartists . ( Loud cheering . ) I In the winter months , then , you shall have anOppo-: sition as mad as if it were the heat of summer in the i dog-days . ( Laughter . ) But it is for us to hold out > agamst all their attempts to mystify and delude , aud insist upon the recognition of our right to the franchise—( cheers)—and I know not what is to pre-, vent you . What is a man but his priuoiples aud ; consistency \ or , as wo say in Ireland , what is a man
but his word ? and if we are honest by our principles , we must defeat the factions . The Whigs , in the end , \ will say , now that we have excited the people to violent and exciting demonstrations—now that we haveburned Bristol , and sacked Nottingham , and now that we find the people , after ten years' tutoring , too united to continue in crime , in wretchedness , and in suffering , let us give them tho Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) It may be that Lord John . Russell , Melbourne , Sir J . C . Hobhouse , and others of chat school , mny endeavour to get up a constitutional Opposition , but the hungry pack of expectants won ' t ttaud it . Russell may go live at Woburn , but be assured the coming Opposition will be of a very fierce and determined character . We will
again hear of their rifle clubs , and other gentle " moral force" hints at rebellion ; aHd I beliave , ia the end , these fellows . will go the length of asserting that the people of Glasgow are entirely moralforce men . iLoud laughter and cheer ? . ) Instead of throwing themselves upon popular sympathy for support , these men hava depended , for their political supremacy , on the misnamed representatives of my countrymen . Yes ; 1 assert that sinco the Reform Bill , forty of my countrymen iu that House have been the greatest enemies to the cause of justice and freedom . There is much talk of the claims of Ireland upon England or Scotland , I rather think that if there is a debt by Scotland or England to Ireland , or by Ireland to England and Scotland , it is amply
paid off by these representatives . But I deny that there is anything like ill-feeling on the part of the people of England and Scotland towards the Irish people . I deny that there is any prejudice in the minds of Scotsmen against the interests of Irishmen . On the contrary , I assert , without fear of contradiction , that were it offered to-morrow to enfranchise the people of England and Scotland , st the cost of refusing liberly to the people of Ireland , that they weald indignantly refuse if . ( Loud cheers ) Tho greatest fault is that my countrymen have always knocked at the wrong door . Instead of the doors of the Housa of Commons , if they had knocked at the hearts of the people of Scotland and England , they should not have so long
knocked iu vain . But my countrymen were fighting for one thing and we for another . They are fighting for a Parliament , while we arc fighting to get quit of one . They Bay , give us a Reptal of the Uuion between the two countries ? We say , of what use would tLe Repeal be , were they to have no greater hold upon their representatives than they now have ? Tkey say , ' give us a Parliament . And we say , unless you have the power to elect a Parliament to attend to your real interests , of what use is it ? They still cry , however , give us a Parliament . ( Laughter . ) Very well , say we , if you want a Parliament , there is one cut and dry to your hands , in God ' s name , take it . ( Laughter . ) O'Connell says , let us have a Parliament . Why , tho present Parliament is five
times better than any Parliament they could have iu Ireland under the same franchise . But the people of Ireland don't know what Universal Suffrage meanB . Thanks to the spirit of the age , however , thanks to the brave men who are forming Associations there ; they are getting their eyes opened ; tkey are now beginning to see to their true interests , and are associating with their English and Scotch brethren—( loud cheers)—and by and bye , I feel confident , my oppressed countrymen , like you , will give nothing for a Parliament that . they have no power over . When I commenced this movement there were no Chartists in Ireland , thsre is now a great association there , and we have present with us this night , in the person of an operative , a member of that association . ( Loud cheers . ) It is not le ^ al ,
you Know , to Bend delegates to other associations , but he is bero . toteli the people of Glasgow the progress of onr cause in Ireland . Why , if I had nothing more in this meeting than that circumstance , I should , indeed , feel , that with a smaller congregation this was double compensation . ( Cheers . ) I have laboured long in that country to convince the people , that in order to beat down the union of our oppressors , we must have a union of the people , and that union must go on until we are one great nation . We will then see who have been the traitors , who have been the patriots ; and then , by the improvement of the country , who have advocated the best and most righteous principle . ( Loud cheers . ) You of Glasgow may say that you are represented
by Mr . Moir on the platform and before the public ; but he has no power in the Legislature—he caDnot command a hearing in a town ' s meeting amongst your Bhopocraoy . Why ia this ? because you are not enfranchised . Is this right , is it proper , is it according to the necessity of the times ? ( No , no . ) Then , I ask you , can any power opposed to this great and good attribute of representation , continue much longer to hold a power over the minds of the people of this age . ( No . ) Then do you wish to hasten the accomplishment of this great principle ? ( Yes . ) Wei ] , why do you allow any one to get up divisions and fritter away the essentials of our agitation ? We hear of this Chartism and the other Chartism . Is one Chartism not enough ? We do not hear of
this Whiggery and the other Whiggery—of hub Toryism and the other Toryism . Why , then , so many Chartisms 1 I would have you to be on the watch towers , and be jealous . Observe that you do not forget the good old Chartism . ( Great cheering . ) Let us hear no more humbug , but let the man who is not a Chartist without any alloy get his walking paper and tramp . ( Laughter and cheering . ) Let us have no more bullying about moral force and physical force ; but let all go on morally contending for the one great and good Chartism . Sinco my confinement in York dungeon , I have been denounced by both Church and State , and maligned by individuals . ( Loud cries of hear , hear . ) In my absence , one of your members took the liberty of asserting that O'Brien and myself were physical-force advocates . The men of
Glasgow , however , rightly denied the charge , and threw it back in the teeth of my accuser . I ask you , men of Glasgow , did any man in this great meeting ever hear me , directly or indirectly , recommend the use of physical force ? ( Here a host of roices cried " No , no . " ) Then why trump up the ghost of physical force to divide us once more ! Why talk about a thing that never was in existence 1 ( A voice in the meeting— " It was to suit a Whig purpose , " and Mr . O'Connor proceeded , ) I am not for shooting anything . ( Cheers and Laughter . ) I believe , however , that is is done to shoot Chartists . Be assured , however , tfiat so long as we remain true to our first love , and stand united for the cause , they will neither be able to shoot our principles nor our bodies . ( Cheers . ) But do you not think , fellow Chartists , that it would be dishonourable and improper in me to allow a parcel of tramping horses to
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stalk through the country to gain , from misrepresenting me , a share of my honours . I have never yet abused , calumniated , or misrepresented any man ; and am I to remain silent and allow slander to go forth uncontradicted . ( No , no . ) While in York Castle , I was told that Brewater would not join you unless you threw overboard O'Brien and myself , because of onr physioalism . Now , he forgot to inform you that I was ready to meet him on his own ground —( hear , hear , and true )—and to prove to the satisfaction of an unprejudiced audience that he was as great a physical force man as in the country ( Laughter and cheers . ) I am not here to abuse Brewsier , although Brewster abused me ; but to disabuse your mindsand to caution you against
, allowing any man to come into our ranks with another Chartism —( loud cheers)—forimquestionably the whole story just means in the end , my Chartism is better than your Chartism . If this wore persevered in , you would speedily have so many Chartisms that you would not decicdly know the real one . I am sorry that Brewster recommended practising rifle and pistol shooting , as I have always considered our cause might be triumphant without these things . ( Laughter and cheers . ) Douglas , Muntz , and Edwards , to whom I have already referred to-day , and all of whom were brought up by the Whigs and installed into comfortable berths —these men always talked loudest about physical force . Now , if I had got a remuneration for my
services , for spending my own money , and my time in your cause , instead of being seat to York Castle for sixteen months , I might have deserved Buch treatment ; but I come forward with spirit unbroken , and still determined to go on fighting against tyranny and opposition . Is it right , then , I ask , of any man who comes to win your affections to say , that his services could only be given at the sacrifice of Bronterre O'Brien and Feargus O'Connor 1 I am not paid for preaching , neither will I tell you that praying will get you into heaven—( cries of ** hear , hear "—but if you think so , I will have you pray a while and make your oppressors fast . ( CheerB and laughter . ) If they give you plenty to eat and drink I care not how long you pray , but until
that is tho case , I would have your oppressors to fast and pray along with you . ( Jioneired laughter and cheers . ) I can see as far through a millstone as any one , and I can perceive that by and bye there will be & struggle for the leadership . Now , I do not wish you to follow me implioitly as your leader , I only ask that you hear my advice , and that you judge of it as may seem best to you . But ray dependence is upon the blistered bands , the fustian jackets , and unshorn chins . ( Immense cheering . ) In their hands I will risk my life , aud with them my principles are safe ; but ray character I leave to no man that I can and will defend against all assaults . I say , then , that you are less bound to defend the character of your absent friend , than you are to
vindicate and de f end his principles . But above all , when next you are appealed to , do not Btultify yourselves by declaring thattyou will never attempt to carry the Charter by physical force , as if at any time you intended to do ? o . I would have you further to resolve , but let it come from yourselves , at your first meeting , that every man who mentions p hysical force in your Association shall be looked upon as a traitor to the cause . Let what you do , however , be con emore of your own free will , and do not submit to that truckling , sneaking way of putting in tho wedge to split the timber . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) I am in 1841 tho same man in principle and in practice that I was in 1 U 35 , and I will not change . If to-morrow you should
box the compass , you shall find me true as the needle to the pole . I will not desert the road I have trod so long . From 1036 , and until the shopocrats joined us , I had established 107 Radical Associations . I have been before you in 1836 , 1837 , aud 1838 , and I am before you again ; and I shall not allow my character to be a stalking-horse for any man to get into your favour . ( Hoar , hear . ) I spent £ 8 , 009 of my own money in this cause , and during the whole time that I was with you not a pane of glass has suffered on my account , and not one man has been charged with an offence before a magistrate . ( Cheers . ) Unlike those who come amongst you to make merchandise of our canse , I have never recommended violence . In reference to the moral and physical force
bugbear , I can lay the foundation of all I have suffered to the beginning of the movement , which took its rise ob the Calton Hill , and to the resolutions at the meeting held thereon , got up by Brewster . Then followed the Birmingham resolutions , the Dublin resolutions , and the resolutions of the Londoners , all pointing out certain parties as physical force ChartistB , and all appearing simultaneously . By this means the government were told that tho people were divided , and they accordingly commenced the persecutions , by picking us off one . two , and three , until 500 ot ' tho best men in England were dungeoned and treated like felons . ( Hear , hear , and true , true . ) Now remember that at the present moment the same parties are moving—Brewster in Sootland ,
O'Connell in Dublin , and the working men in London . ( Hear , hear , and oheering ) We will be cautious , however , and balk their efforts . Lot us declare that in this same city of Glasgow there shall be but one Chartism , and that shall be the universal creed of allgood men . ( Cheere . ) And I would impress upon you to move at your first meeting a resolution , declaring that the first man who mentions physical force is a traitor to our cause . I recollect that some of us were nearly suffering for the Sheffield riots , by the traitorous conduct of some of those phy 6 ical-force worthies . A Sheffield workman was offered £ 3 , 000 to oonnect rue with the riots there . It happened , however , that one of tho witnesses swore too much , and the indictment broke down :
he swore that I was iu Sheffield at a time when I was comfortably at home in my own county Cork . The Attorney-General said they might as well give it up . Bud for that circumstance I would have beeu pulled up for high treason ; and there is no saying what the result m ^ rit have been . The time is coming , my friends , when something must bo done . Talk as you will , I believe the people of this country are so improved in political knowledge that they will not allow the oppressor to pross upon their comforts with impunity , nor will they much longer be trifled with . Even my Lord John Russell is willing to accede something . He has declared his belief that there would be no harm in giving the Suffrage to the people of Scotland , because
of their superior intelligence ; but he will not give it to England and Iroland . Now , if Lord John is sincere , why not give it to Scotland ? because he knows if be did BO , there would be Shy-three Universal Suffrage members in the House who would speedily leaven the whole lump . ( Cheers-. ) I have attended at six of the largest meetings in England lately , but I never . saw a more lively ecene than this , nor bo many lovely women , ( Oiieers . ) It is a noble feature in the movement , the presence of eo many of the women , and a sure proof that the men are along with them . If the women come out the men must follow them , or they will find sheir situations made very uncomfortable at home . ( Laughter and cheers . ) The shopkeepers are also
bcizinniug to acknowledge the influence of the women . They are beginning to discover that a fine window filled with showy furnishings , is of little avail if there is nothing in the till on Saturday evening , and I can assure you an empty till on Saturday makes an ugly Sunday morning . ( Loud lanfthter and cheers . ) When bankers' bills are not paid , and when people find that they cannot spend the Sunday as they used to do , the women will begin to inquire the cause . When they do so , tho husband will bo compelled to say , because the peoplo have uo oue to speak for thorn in the Parliament House , my dear . And haven't you a vote for tho man who goes there and does your business ? " Yes , " eays the husband , " and doesn ' t he keep the array , tho
navy , the stirrup-holder , ihe cheese taster , and the other hangers on of the system V " Not at all , " gays the dear man , " I do that , my dear ; we , the people , do that . " That is the answer of the better half—why , then , let us have a Chartist member , and do away these useless things that I may have my Sunday recreation , and my bills paid as before . ( Laughter and cheering . ) By this means the middle classes are made not only sensible politicians , but feel the effect of their own wretched management , and by this means will the principles of the Charter win their way to the hearts of the people . Coming up the Clyde to-day , we saw some fine ships to carry you to foreign shores , now that tho aristocracy are tired of you , and you are likely to become troublesome . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Now , I am not an enemy to emigration . I am for emigration . I would have a largo cargo of parsons , with ¦
a crew of bishops , and with Bishop Pliilpots at the helm , to emigrate immediately , and continue until the country was rid of them . ( Laughter and cheers . ) These , and not the producing classes , are the proper parties to emigrate . One bishop out of every diocese , and one parson out of every parish , would materially help to live upon their own re-Bourcee . ( Renewed cheering . ) Mr . O'Connor prodeeded in this strain with his accustomed eloquence , to expose the fallacies of the Corn Law Repealers , the mal-administration of the people ' s affairs by the Whigs , and a number of the most prominent evils of the present systenrof class legislation . He concluded a long and brilliant speech , which was listened to throughout with breathless interest , by declaring that he should never rest satisfied until he bad brought comfort to the cottage , and until every man rejoiced in equal political privileges . He eat down amid loud and continued cheering . Tune— "The Exile of Erin "
Mr . Thomas Gillkspie , being introduced by the Chairman , rose to respond to the sentiment— " The exiled and incarcerated Chartists , " and was received with cheers . After stating the sentiment to which be was about to speak , he said there had been three grand epochs iu the history of Great . Britain : the first of these was the time when the nobles of the land demanded and obtained Magna . Charta from King John ; the second was when the Whigs banished the House of Stuart from the throne of this country , and proclaimed the Bill of Rights ; and the third was in 1032 , when the Whigs were again victorious , and were carried into power by tha *
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Roform Bill which the people bad wrung from the swindling aristocracy . ( Hear , and cheers . ) But it had been found that that Bill only created additional votes for the aristocracy and the commercial interests . And another , a fourth great epoch , took place in the history of Britain ; the people raised the cry for their rights , and assembled under the banner of Universal Suffrage . ( Loud cheers . ) The people asserted broadly their claim to that position in society which their God destined them to enjoy . They were banded together by the holy bonds of patriotic philanthropy and selfpreservation ; and they have sworn , upon the pure altar of liberty , to obtain that Charter for which they were struggling . ( Loud oheering . ) And it was
gratifying to him to see the people now instilling those principles into the minds of the rising generation , and which would be taught their children ' s children , and revered and prized , and never forgotten . Pride Bwelled his bosom at seeing his working brethren so earnestly engaged ia the sacred work of political redemption . Why , he thought some one ejaculated , are some of their beet friends expatriated and in prison for their devotion to the same good work Yes , it was a melancholy fact . The rolling ocean intervened between the patriots and their loved native land . The grim walls of the dungeon separated them from their friends , aud it was a duty , and an imperative one too , for every man to stretch out his arm to save and protect ; it was the duty
of every man to crush in the bud the vile spirit of disunion , which wrought destruction wherever it appeared , and thwarted the noblest efforts of a people or of individuals . The name of Frost could never be tainted with ignominy ; but although posterity might do their memories justice ; still , what nobler tribute of a nation ' s gratitude would it be to thrill their souls with the glad shout of national emancipation , and bear them baok in triumph to their country , their homes , and their friends . ( Loud cheers . ) He would not deny the indiscretions that bad been committed ; but the motives they had in view , the necessities that prompted them on , and the unmerited sufferings which bad been heaped on their devoted heads , and the courage and patienoe which they had displayed
under affliction , all plead forcibly in their behalf , aud he rejoiced to see such a meeting as that telling the world their opinion of those men , and bailing with delight the prospect of yet welcoming the banished Chartists to their native land . ( Cheers . ) Hampden was the precursor of the death of Charles 1 ., and the persecutions against the Chartists was the sure precursor of the death of the Whigs . ( Hear , and continued cheering . ) These were facts , and with a people so anxious for the release of these men , it might be dangerous for any goverhment to tamper longer with and lacerate the popular feelings by continued cruelty to the incarcerated . Rome had its Brutus , and the imperious Caesar fell before the patriot ' s steel . Britain has its O'Connor , and the
treacherous Whigs have been struck down powerless for their perfidy and oppression . ( Loud cheers . ) The loud Bhouts of triumph which , in honour of O'Connor , floated over the broad bosom of Clyde that morning , would spread north and south , east and west , and reverberato through the inmost closet of the tyrant ' s palaco , and he trusted that similar shouts would yet swell on the wave which brought back the banished Chartists who were now suffering , that the peoplo might be free—[ cheers]—be made happy—[ cheers]—that justice and freedom would be felo by all was his sincere hope . The day of retribution was drawing nigher , when the watch-word would would be death to tyrants , and freedom and liberty to mankind . [ Loud cheers . ]
The meeting responded to the ' sentiment with universal acclamation . The Chairman then introduced Mr . Thomas Wood , from Dublin , who had como over in the name of the Chartists of Dublin , to express their admiration of O'Connor , and their attachment to the Charter . Mr . Wood was received with loud cheers . In speaking to tho sentiment " Sharcnan Crawford , and the otlior Chartists members of the House of Commons , " and after apologising for his want of ability , Mr . Woov mid ho was but a young scholar , and one of their own instructing . Ho was , however , ono of those individuals who had long perceived the thraldom under which Irelasd had groaned for centuries . Had he sufficient talent to describe in their
proper light the accumulated load of misery which has been laid on the necks of th& people of Ireland , could he describe their extreme misery , and the horrible sufferings endured by thousands , it would raiso tho fire of indignation on every honest brow , and make them curse in their hearts the oppressors of his unhappy country . ( Loud cheers . )—The daughters of Caledon might weep for the sufferings of their country ; but the enslaved sobs and daughters of Erin might weep tears of blood for tho grinding load which bowed them to the earth and steeped them to the lips in woe . Mr . Wood went
on to state a detail of the groat physical sufferings of the working people of Ireland , their extremo poverty , and the delusions which had been practised upon them . He congratulated them upon the spirit which was however awakening in Ireland , fostered of the intelligence which the Chartists of England , Scotland , and Ireland , by sending tho Northern Star and the Scottish Patriot . He could assure them that the working men in Dublin , Sligo , Belfast , Lochrae , and Newry , were fast imbibing the prinoiples of the Charter , and emerging from tho delusion of tho Whigs . Mr . Wood was cheered throughout .
Mr . M'Crae , from Kilbarchan , then spoke to the sentiment " Uuion , " in his usual eloquent and forcible manner . Mr . Jack next spoke to the sentiment " The Democratic Press . " The numerous assemblage then broke up in good humour , the instrumental band playing the while .
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BRISTOL . —On Monday evening , the 11 th inst ., a numerous assembly took place in tho National Charter Association Room , Castle-street , for tho purpose of hearing Mr . R . K . Philp , member of tho Exticutivo Council , state tho plan agreed on by the Executive fer the future agitation of the Chartist cause . Mr . Simeon was called to the chair , aad after making known the object of the meeting , introduced Mr . Philp , who was enthusiastically received . Mr . Philp commenced his address by stating he was not about to enter on an explanation of Chartist principles , for he judged they were fully understood by the persons present ; buthi 3 purpose was to make known the course resolved upon by tho elected head of the National Charter Association . Mr . P . then
briefly entered on the history of the formation oi tho National Charter Association , and explained the position of the Executive and General Council , &c . He then reported what had been done in Manchester aud Birmingham , andgave a most pleasing statement of the extent to which Chartism prevailed in those groat and important towns . He described tha entry of O'Connor into Birmisgham , and reported what took place at the meetings which were held . Mr . P . then entered upon a riew of the position of political parties . The Whigs , said he , have solon ^ deluded the peoplo , and made bo many unjust attempts to suppress the rising love of liberty , that thoy are lost for ever as a party ; sunk never to rise again . The Tories had succeeded to office , am !
there would soon be but two parties in the state , the aristocracy and the democracy ; and who , couteraplating the mighty power of the people , could for a moment aver , that the many , becoming enlightened and united , would be held in bondage by a corrupt and tyrannical few . Mr . P . then adverted to th- > attempted agitation for a repeal of the Corn Laws , and showed that Chartism had maintained a noble stand against persecution , misrepresentation , and the attempt of inonied and manufacturing classes to divert the people from this great object into a factious movement . Ho alluded to the admissions of the public press , that tho Chartists were correct in thoir view of the impossibility to repeal any monopoly under tha presest mis-representation of tho masses .
He called the attention of hn audience to the fact , that the Spectator and A o'icon / o > mist , most talented papers , and circulated only amongac the privileged classes , had recently advocated Chartism ; and this he took to be a sure indication that there was a re-action in the publio mind in favour of Chartist principles . He spoke of a onion with tho middle classes being desirable ; but it must be for the Charter , and nothing less . He believed tho working peoplo in ihefflselves were powerful enough , if united , to achieve a victory . But if a union with the good and honest portion of the middle classes could be effected , the victory would be realised more speedily . This consummation was coming about ; shopkeepers and tradesmen were depressed in
circumstances , and they , like working men , were beginning to look to the cause of their suffering ; and in comparing Chartism with the nostrums of political traffickers , they could not but be convinced of the superiority , justice , and practicability of Chartist dosi / jns . Mr , P . then proceeded to read the National Petition for 1042 , remarking on its passages as he proceeded . The reading was frequently interrupted with ma * -ks of approbation . Having read the whole document , Mr . Philp continued : —Who , with a head to think , and a heart to feel could withhold his or her name from a petition bo clear , so just , so discreet , yet determined ! It was the duty of lathers , mothers , sons , and daughters , to sign a petition , so calculated to establish the people ' s ryjhte . The General Councillors of the National Charter Association , and also
the members , would be expected to use their utmost exertions to get this petition numerously signed . He believed it would not receive less than tour millions of signatures ; and where was the Government that could or would resist the will of a peoplo so loudly expressed I . Mr . P . then Bpoke of the Convention , as being necessary to give a determined tone to the people ' s movement . After enforcing at length the duties-of individuals upon the attention of those present , Mr . Pv concluded by a declaration of his attachment to Chartism , aad the happiness he experienced by taking part in its advocacy . At the conclusion he was loudly cheered . Mr . F . W . Simeon was then elected delegate to the meeting to be held in Bath on Monday , Oct . 18 . Several females present resolved to enrol in the National Charter Association . The meeting then broke up .
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WILTSHIRE . —On Sunday , October the 3 rd , the County Council held their monthly meeting at-Mr Tucker ' e , Westbury . Delegates were present from Trowbridge , Messrs . Haswell add Stevens ; Bradford , Messra . Gordon and Holbrook ; Melksham , Mr . Douse " ; Webtbnry , Mr . Tucker ; Warmin ^ ter , Mr . George ; Monekton Deveralls , Messrs . Tud ^ ey and Garrett ; Frome , Mr . White . Mr . Gordon was appointed Chairman , Mr . Haswelli Secretary . Letters were read from the following places , Shaftesbury , Mere , and from the Executive . The Chairman . commenced the business of the meeting , by calling oa the different Delegates to give in-their statements respecting the progress of Chartism jn their localities . Mr . Stevens said , with regard to the caus ^ in
Trowbridge , groat excitement had been caused in the town of late , owing to the opposition that had been shown towards Mr . Claer , by the Tory Teetotallers , bat he was happy to say * that they were making great progress since the New Move Party had left them . Mr . HoVbrook said , with respect to Bradford , he was sorry to say they had been very dead in tho cause of late ; but he could say now that a new spirit had eprung up amongst them since the lectures of Messrs . Vincent and Cluer , and they were determined never to ftive np agitating for their rights until tho Charter was conceded to them . Mr . Tucker ' s statement , from Westbury , was to the same purport . Mr . Cluer ,. had been the means of many being added to their number at Melksham . Mr . Dause said , tho cause goes on well . An Association has been formed and they have taken a large room to meet in . F ^ rty cards have been ordered . Mr . George said , that a lecturer was much needed at Warminster , but the
middle classes were strongly opposed to them . Mr . Tudgey and Mr . Garrett said , that their localities were anxious to hear Mr . Cluea , and if be did not oome amongst them soon , they should be obliged to come after him . Mr . White said , that the statement that Mr . Tudgey bad made was similar to what he was instructed to make . The people of Frome had heard Mr . Cluer once , and they long to hear him again . The Secretary was then instructed to write to North Bradley and Holt , requesting them to send Delegates to the next County Council Meeting , which will be held at the Association Rooms ., in Frome , the first Sunday in November . 9 i . lid . was paid in from the different places , and sent off to the Executive by the County Treasurer . A . vota of thanks was given to Mr . O'Connor for his noble exertions in tke causo of the people , likewise to the Executive . All letters for the County Council to be addressed , James Haswell , No . 2 , Mortimer-street , Trowbridge ,
REDKUTH , Coknwali .. —On Sunday las * , a meeting of the Chartists of tbia place , took place at the house of Mr . Hancock , to consider the best means for spreading the principles of the People ' s Charter . After the question had been properly discussed , it was resolred that a letter be written to the Executive Couucil in Manchester , praying them to U 3 e their influence in sending Dr . M'Douall , or some other influential gentlemen to arouse the men of this district to a sense of their duty . A spirited letter was read from Bradford , Wiltshire , which gave the men of . this district great encouragement to pres 3 forward in , the glorious cause , and remember that the old Cornish motto is . " One and all . " and if we
adopt it wo are sure of success . Another letter wa 3 read from Helston , which stated that through the Star which , had beea sent by the Bradford men to the Secretary at Rediuth Association , the seeds of Chartism had been sown , and that thirty good and determined men were about to form an association . If any association or friend could send a Star or Stars , the Redruth Association would see them put ; to a profitable use . They have applications overy week , from neighboring towns , for infonnkSion , which they caanot supply . Direct to the cars ol Henry Peters , beersfcop , for Air . Hancock , Redruth , Cornwall . After a vote of thanks to tho chairman , the meeting separated , highly satisfied with tha afteruoon ' b proceedings .
STONE ( Staffokdshiee ) . —Messrs . J . Richards , James Oldham , aad several other friends from Hanley , will visit Stone on the lSah instant , ia order to form a Charter Association .
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At the Westminster Sessions House , the . names of the following tradespeople were published as having defrauded the public by means of suort weights and measures : — BeDjainin Bedwell . , Hiude-streat , Vauxha ! I-roa < J , grocer , a pair of stales six dr . acb . m 3 uefic . ent . Fiusd 2 s . 6 d . . James-Coeper , 14 , Rochest 3 r-row , a qaaiter of a pound weight , a quarter of an ounce deficient . — Fined 5 sl John Williams , 11 , Rochester-row , chandler , a pair of scales three diachms deficient . Fined 20 s . Stisond conviction . Charle 3 Fnrber , Inndlord of the Bull Inn , Little Chnpel-street , a pint measure a ( jumter of a gill deficient . Fined 5 s .
Henry Cooke , No . 4 , Orchard-street , chandler ' s-snopkeeper , a quarter pound weight six drachiuH defideut . Fined 2 s . 60 . John Knight , 16 , New Pye-street , chandler , a pair of scales three-quarters of an ounce deficient . Fin ^ d 2 s . 6 d . W . Cockerall , chandler ' s-ahop-keeper , 12 , New Pyestreet , a pair of scales deficient a quarter of a pound . Fined 20 s . Catherine Tumbril , 12 , Great Peter-street , huxter , a pair of scales two ounces deficient . Fined 10 s . Jame 3 Ball , 53 , Great Peter-street , a pair of scaks three drachms deficient . Fined 10 ? . — Fmncis , 5 , Little Pater-street / clmndtar , a pair of scales three drachms dtficient . Fined 2 * . Gd . James Childs , publicnn , BedfordbRry , a pint measure a quarter of a gill short measure . Fined 5 s . C . Pratt | cheesemonger , Hungerford-markeS , a scale six drachms deficient . Fined 5 s .
F . Fendall , cheesemonger , Woodstock-street , a scale six drachma deficient , caused by a piece of lead attached to the scdle . Fined 20 j . Second conviction . D . ToroJbs , South Molton-street , a pint measure deficient a quarter of a gill , and nine weights all deficient . Fined 10 s . Robert Huglios , 42 , Gilbert-street , a scale three-quarters of an ounce deficient . Fined 5 s . T . Ghirdnor , publiean , Oxford-street , fined 20 s . for not having the Westminster stamp upon several of bia measures , after being cautioned .
The majority of the foregoing tradesmen , living in the poorest and most wretched of neighbourhoods , serve what they do vend ger . erzV . y In vsrp trivial quantities ; therefore , though the dt tici < ncy in some cases may appear triflingto the large consumers , ihe cheat , trifling as it is , is . uiost painfully seriou 3 to the poor purchaser of a quarter of an ounce of tea or an ounca of sugar .
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