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    • ~~~ ^ ~-—~-~- ADDBESS TO THE CHARTISTS OF ASHTONUNDER-LYNE. Brother Chartists,—More than two years have now elapsed since several individuals (who made the emancipation of the slave class, to wh ich you belong, their chief study and pursuit,) were arrested and committed to prison, for simply endeavouring to shew you the necessity there existed for you to demand equality, before tbe law, if ever you intended to prevent yourselves, yonr wives and children from starving, and whether their advice was right or not, a great many of you affected to follow it while they were at large, bnt aa soon as yon saw them all in gaol for advocating yonr rights—you permitted the arrangements they Lad made for the purpose of uniting your energies and diffusing political knowledge amongst you, to be frittered away, and even tbe meeting room, which had been held for more than two years, to be abandoned, and the furniture sold or destroyed.
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      HEIBT-SEKDING MISEKY AT BOLTON . Tbe following almost incredible details of human mfferin * , as endured by thousands of the unfortn-S ^ mannfaetiirers of this once flourishing country , eaaoot obtain too extensive a circulation , In order k ^ i people mayjadge from facts rather than words , ft the manner m which the industrious poor are aLrred e £ , nsder the baneful operaiioa of the acsaned law by which they are degraded to a level below that of the very beasts of the "field . It will be renjembered that on the-25 th of August last Dr , Bowring addressed the Rouse of Commons , upon the sabjeet of the deplorable state of distress under which the people of the nunufaciuring districts , and those of Bolton in particular , -were then suffering _ =============

      The subject , however , was net one likely to obtaio much consideration at such a moment , from such an assembly , and , for the time , the matter dropped . Oat of doors a ferfing was excited by the details of the Hon . Member , which has led to the publication of the evideaee of witnesses , in the eases of two individuals , named Pearce and Bristol , who died in the town ship of Bolton , literally from starvation j and , ae » climax to the tale of horror and disgust , the chilling , cantions , and evasive report of Mr . Mott , the Assistant-Commissioner , is appended . This man gets about £ 1 , 000 or £ 1 , 200 a-year forhia assistance ia carrying ont the provisions of this brutal law , and we shall see by his report , when we come to it , frith what fidelity he performs his doty to the public

      as an impartial servant . We shall now , by way of commentary on the assertion that u there is no distress in the oountry , " give the following extracts from theetidenee taken in these melancholy cases : — The first relates to a person named Bristol , a wearer , and the circum stances under which he sank are graphically delineated in the language of his surviving partner . "Ann Bristol says , I recollect when my husband was laid out dead . Mr . Naisby came to Tisit us . My husband was laid out on the ntoesttpy door , covered -with a sheet , which a neighbour had lent us . 1 was lame myself at the time , and could not -walk . My child , nearly sixteen years old , wai blind , and he had the St . Anthony ' s fire . I had another daughter ill , aged thirteen , and four

      other children , the youngest four yean old . For three w eeks before my husband ' s death we had , for the whole of us , eight persons , only 3 s . a week com * log is , and we had to lire sometimes on porridge , bnt wd had only one meal a day , which we generally m » bont four in the afternoon . When Mr . Naisby found us in this state we got more food , otherwise I beliere we should have lost mere of our children , for we had got aa far distressed as we eoold be to be alive . I lost one child from the breast , and its death was occasioned by my not being able to giro it sack , for want of nourishment nyself . I had no bed , beddine , or any thing on which to lie down . I had only a stool for myself to st upon . I had no shop where I eoold get

      provisions at , for they all mused me credit ! My hatband tc ' ishedfor a bit of bread and cheese the das before he died , but I teas unable to procure it for km . " And so , to use the words of a neighbour , poor Bristol wai ** dammed ( starred ) to de&ih . " Anotherperson who assisted in laying oat the corpse B " He died with his clothes on , in which he had laid for several weeks , having nothing besides to keep him warm . When I got his stocking-legs and inrsreer-less epen , there were large quantities of creeping filth , which had eaten quite into the flash , and his legs were one mass of putridity . He had nothing " but straw to lie npoo , which w » s spread upon the fioor . All the children were sickly and bad , and the wife was lame , and incapable of walkine or assisting her husband . " Upon this ease being

      at length brought to the notice of the Board of Guardians , after the man's death , one of the members remarked to a person named Brown , the relieving officer , " Why , that poor fellow has died from want , Brown . " Mark ice coolness of the reply . u , I believe he has . " Had one of Mr . Brown ' s puppies died in the litter , it would hare elicited mere feeling than did the death by starvation and neglect of his unfortunate fellow-creature . Such , however , is the effect of the New Poor Law npon the humanity of oar nature . Another case instanced bv the Hon . Member , was that of the death of Wil-Bam Pearce , who , not only himself was starved to death , bnt his whole fannly , consisting of a wife and two daughters , reduced to a state of fatuity or idiotcy ,

      from mer e exhaustion , produced by insufficient food . The particulars of thh frightful case are as follows : — A person named Beswick stated she had known Pearce and his family for four years previous to his death , about three weeks previous to which she saw him coming towards her house . There are three steps up to her house . He looked Very wan , and pale as death , and was so weakly that , to get on to my bouse fioor , he had to m down vpon his hands and knees and creep up . He bad been in the habit of weaving for -us some months before , and 1 had Bussed him for about a month at the time I am speaking of . When he got in he said , u Nancy , do , bless you , make a sup of warm tea , for I am dying far tcanl . " I made him tome , and some toast , and

      he devoured it greedily . He told me that for week * " back he had had nothing bnt a basin of gruel per day to subsist upon . He shortly afterwards fainted away , and I thought he was dying . When he came round I asked him why he clammed himself to that degree , and he said , as he did not belong to Bolton he could not get relief ! Myself and husband reported his case to Bridge , the Assistant to the iUHeTing-oScer , -who was very B * ucy , and Baid we had better mind our own business . He said , at last , he would visit the case ; but whether he did or not I never ascertained , and three weeks afterwards I beard that Pence was dead . I then went to the cellar he had redded in with his family , and fonnd them in a most shocking state , and the place smelled

      so bad I could not remain in it . He was laid out oh a loom , with a sheet over him . I noticed in the cellar there was a tezcer or midden channel ran through , and the fioor was covered with nauseous filth and water . All the goods in the house were , a broken three-legged table , a stool , a chair , and the bed made of sacking , without covering . I went again on the Monday , and turned . down the sheet to look at the corpse , and there wera hundreds of creeping filth upon him . I pointed them out to his wife , and she appeared to be quite vacant . The daughters laughed , aad appeared entirely out of their senses , and each of them had nothing wherewith to clothe them bnt canvass vrrappericg , without shoes , stockings , or wearing apparel of any description ! There was no

      w&rp jn the looms , but they stated that Messrs . Goodbrand had sent them some a week before , but they had sent it back for fear the bailiffs should seize it . " Another witness states— " I have seen Pearce pick potatoes off the midden ( muck heap ) which have been thrown away for being rotten , and afterwards , hijiEg gone into their cellar , I have fonnd them boiled up and being eaten for dinner . It is my firm belief that Pearce died from nothing but starvation . I consider all the family to be in a great degree insane , aad quite incompetent to give evidence . " Upon this evidence of disinterested witnesses corroborated bj numerous others , there can be bo doubt thai hsd Bristol and Pearce been otherwise circumstanced as to connexionsthat a Coroner's verdict of

      , "died by starvation , " wonld have been recorded ; as it was , they were very poor , and were suffered to dig like dogs , without notice , for although it was stated by two of the Jury , in the case of Pearce , that they had returned a verdict ** Died from want of food , " it does not appear that the Coroner so recorded it . And now a- to the conduct of Mr . Mott in the transaction . Upon its being determined , in consequence of the statement of Dr . tBowring , to iiiTestJgate the circumstances of these ' murders according to law , Mr . Mott was apprised of it , - and requested to attend the examination of the witnesses , and what did he do ?—why , a few days previous to thes announced investigation , he got hold of the idiot wife of the victim Pearceand in despite of the fact 3

      , Jfcfring him in the face , took her evidence to the eiect that her husband had been ailing , bnt-occaaonaJly worked—that he had plenty of work if he could have done it—that they had two looms at flome , and were earning 9 i . 6 d . a-week , and never wanted food— that they wen comfortable then , and she had bo ; applied for relief . This gentleman then F *^ 5— She did not make the least complaint of her nusband having becn neglected . 1 repeatedly * skea her ( that is the idiot ) as to the state they were in when her husband d ed , and she answered tfley did not want food—they were comfortable "ea . " And then , " saj 3 the Assistant-Commis-Roiier , with an air of triumph , " she indignantly flensed the story about the potatoes 1 " This

      examumion was sigced by this official on the -24 ± of September last , and in reply ' . o a request that he would attend a formal examination of witnesses on the 15 th instant , he coolly states , "In accordance with the instructions 1 received , I made inquiries into the circumstances slated to have occurred , and Having reported the result to the Poor Law Commissioners , 1 have received no directions to take any farther proceedings . " In other words , he Had got np a case for the bashawB , and whether the poor of JSolton died of starvation , or fell like rotten sheep before the joint ravages of disease and neglect , was a matter of perfect indifference , provided the fact ld

      coube kept from the eye of the public Dr . Bowing , however , first lifted the ve il from the face of mis appalling picture of destitution , and the matter * w been praiseworthily followed np by individuals who , from their position as guardians And magistrat es , are quite competent to elicit the truth , the ¦ waole truth , and nothing but the truth , whatever sophistry may be used on the part of the abettors of hub cruel law to prevent its coming before the pubv e P resn » e we are still to be told , "the system works wciL" and bo far as the appointments and y « ncs of the Commissioners and their Assistants , * c , are concerned , we have perfect faith in the assertion ; but can , or rather ought , the country to * 6 fit satisfied with snah a state of things !

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      The Railway department of the Board of Trade hi we issued two eet 3 of questions to railway compank ^ calculated to elicit information as to the pretam "was taken to insure safety on roads crossed by any L 7 * 3 * ad the safety of the engines employed on the line ; .

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      BAkwSUsT . Valuable Institution . —A number of individuals belonging to the Odd Fellows , believing that the cause of a great portion of the crime And misery existing in this country was traceable to ignorance , in which it has ever been the object of kings and priests to keen the people involved ; and , knowing that the limited oirenmitanoes of the working classes prevented their giving to iheir children a proper education , resolved , some months ago , to commend a Sunday school upon perfectly rational principles , in which should be taught ill the most important brabehesof learning . Hitherto

      -theschool has gone on admirably well , and a great number of scholars are weekly receiving valuable instruction . The teachers , desirous of being well informed in those branches of knowledge , ther respectively hare formed themselves into a mutual improvement class , for the purpose of giving and receiving reciprocal instruction ; and thereby preparing each outer for the better performance of their duties as teachers ; and thus forming , as it were , a reservoir oat of which to supply the school with good and efficient teachers . We heartily wish success to this institution .

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      More bain has fallen during the present month than in any former October for more than a quarter of a eentary . Bleak and gusty winds have swept over the land , winnowing oar forests , and scattering the fruits from the trees m our orchards ; whilst the floods have in many districts overspread the meadows , destroying the husbandman ' s hopes of a second crop of hay . In many parts of the kingdom , much of the grain is still abroad . Lord Ashley ' s App ointment as an Ecclesiastical Cohhissioner . —A strange idea has got abroad , in many quarters , that Lord Ashley has departed from his declaration , not to join any administration , which is not prepared to accept and carry out a Ten Hoars' Factory Bill . The misunderstanding has

      arisen in consequence of that nobleman ' s having been gazetted as one of her Majesty ' s Ecclesiastical Commissioner ? . The matter can be satisfactorily explained in a few words . The case is this : the situati on i s in no sense a political or ministerial one , and has no emolument whatever attached to it . Its business and objects are simply and solely Ecclesiastical , relating to Church lands and Church revenues . The appointment is a highly honourable and useful one . The Commissioners bare to distribute certain surplus revenues , as they arise from time to time , and devote them to the increase of small livings . They have also many other important duties

      to perform . To this Commission the Bishops , without a single exception , belong , as well as some of the members of the late Cabinet and other Whigs . The late ministerial changes hare occasioned no removals ; but a vacancy by death happening to arise , the offer of a seat at the Ecclesiastical Board was made to Lord Ashley by the Premier in the name of his Sovereign , and on behalf of the Chnrch ; and it would , under all the circumstances , have been a most ungracious act on the part of his Lordship to have declined the offer , in a ease where neither politics , nor emolument , bat gratuitous service alone , was eoneerned . —Oast / rr's Fleet Papers .

      Death by Startation . —A circumstance occurred at Kendal , on Saturday morning , which has caused the most heart rending sensation . An unknown person was found dead , in a state of decomposition , m a plantation near to the obelisk erected to the memory of the glorious victory of Waterloo © . It would appear from the following evidence , taken by Mr . R . Wilson , the coroner for that part of Westmoreland , that the destitute and faU ' gned person had sheltered himself from the cares of this world by reposing in the plantation above-named , where he had fallen asleep , never more to arise . The body when found was in a state the most horrifying , being , to- use a provincial expression , " completely eaten up with m&ggots . " The face , which was the only

      part that retained the traces of humanity , was black and disfigured , and on the left side the fleshy part had in a great measure departed from the bones ! After the inquest , the body was interred in the chapel yard of Burenside . The following is the testimony as given before the Coroner : —I am a labourer , and am employed in repairing the turnpike road between Kendal and Ambleside . I was this day ( Saturday ) working on the roads , and threw my coat orer the wall . When I wanted it again I found my coat was fastened to the wall . I therefore raised myself npon the wall for the purpose of loosening my coat , when I discovered tke body of a man lying in the plantation , with his face to the ground , and with hia arms underneath him , and his hat by his side . He was quite dead . I went for assistance , and obtained the assistance of Daniel "Vany . We raised him from the ground .

      don ' t know him . From the decomposed state of the body 1 should think it is an impossibility for any person to know him . I should suppose he has been aead two months . His corpse was about five feet six inches when measured . His head was bald . His hat had been made by " Matthew and White , 69 , New Bond-street , London . " He was dressed in a black surtout coat , and he had a waistcoat which buttoned up to the neck . His boots were worn out at the toes , and he bad no Bhirt on . He had no money about him . I have not the least hesitation in saying he died from starvation . He had a card in his pocket bearing the inscription of " J . Johnstone , diamond paste , razor strop , and shaving liquid manufacturer , 45 , Hanover-street , Edinburgh . " I should say at once , there is no doubt but he died from hunger and starvation . Verdict— " Found dead . "

      Flood is ths Thahbs . —The spring tides , swelled by the rains , and impelled , it is supposed , by winds blowing upon the Northern inlet of the Channel , produced on Monday a great overflow of the Thames in the Metropolis and its neighbourhoodthe highest flood for forty-one years , and eighteen inches higher tbaa the extraordinary spring-tide of the 5 th of March , 1828 . We abridge the account in the Morning Chronicle—High-water was Bet down for twenty minutes past four o ' clock , but it went on rising till five : at three o ' clock the river had already flowed above its usual level : —at four the whole

      of the High-street , Wappmg , from Wapping Old Stairs , opposite the Rectory-house , to Hew Crane , Shad well , presented the appearance of a canal ; the water , flowing along the courts and alleys , drove the inhabitants from the lower part of their tenements , while hundreds were removing their furniture to the upper rooms . Several boats commenced plying for -hire in the main street ; and Mr . Broderip , the magistrate , directed wherries to be ready to convey suitors and witnesses to and from the Thames Police-office . The wharfs were inundated : in the cellars . of the public-houses the torrent , raising the * m pty casks and puncheons , forced up the floors of the bars , tap-rooms , and parlours , and washed away aJe , beer , and spirits . The ship-biscuit-bakers and

      granary-keepers in thia quarter are also great sufferers . The excitement among the poor people in this neighbourhood was extreme ; and parents were ninning about in all directions seeking for their children who were missing , and who , they feared , had been swallowed up by the angry floods . At four o ' clock in the afternoon the trains discontinued running on the Blackwall Railway , in consequence of the railway being overflowed at the Blickwall end . The neighbourhood of Blackwall and the adjoining marshes were nnder water to a great extent , and in many places the tide rolling in washed away the embankments and inundated the low lands . On the whole of the North side of the river below Bridge , with the excepi ; on of the pier-heads of the various

      docks , the Thames overflowed the banks . Tbe Tower and Custom-house wharfs were under water , and seemed to form parts of the rirer . The riTer flowed , at a tremendous rate , into tbe inner walls of the Tower , filling the cellars of the Gold Chain and Stone Kitchen public-houses ; and tbe visitors were for some time conveyed in cabs and coaches to and from the armouries . Dark House-lane , Billingsgate , and Nicholson ' s Wharf were also overflowed . In Shad well and Limehouse , numbers of the poor inhabitants are rendered houseless . Above Bridge the effects of the flood were not less disastrous . The whole of the lower part of Westminster wa 3 inundated . Hera the ground is on & much lower level than below

      Bridge , and not fewer than three thousand houses in the neighbourhood of Westminster Hall , the Abbey , and Milb&nk , were visited by the flood , and the loss of property must be considerable . If the Parliament had been sitting , the Members could only have reached the two fionses in boats , for Palace-yard and the adjacent streets were under water , and the floor of Westminster Hall was overflowed . On the Surrey side of the river , the land is a flat for the distance of three and in some places four miles inland , and the water formed lakes in several places . The tide rushed up the sewers and sluices , and in many cases they became choked and blew np . Lambeth and tbe Bishop ' s Walk were impassible for some time on foot . Among the poor

      dredgermen and fishermen , and their families , who inherit the miserable tenements on the bankB of the river , the greatest distress has for some time existed , and their privations hare been much increased by the flood , which has completely destroyed the lower par t of their dwellings and washed away their furniture . In some places the water was fire or six feet deep , and boats were afloat in all directions conveying the terrified inhabitants to places of safety . Great apprehensions were created for the safety of the Thames Tunnel and neighbourhood : but preeaotiops were , taken by the engineer to prevent an eruption : the steam-engine was kept at

      full play , and no harm was done . On the subsiding of the waters in the evening , a deposit of mud and filth was left in the streets and houses , which waBvery offensive . The people in all directions were busily employed pumping water out of their cellars aad warehouses ; but many deferred this operation for a time , in the expectation of another inundation . On the Svrey shore myriads of rats , driven up the sewere by tie flow of the tide , were seen running about the streets to save themselves from drowning ; but they met with another fate , for they were hunted bf men and dogs , and numbers of them peri&heA ,

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      Feidat Night ' s Gazbttb notifies that Parliament has been farther prorogued bj the Qneen in Council from the 11 th of October to the 21 st of December . ' \ " Ik at the Death . " — The Memorial de Rouen contains the following seno-diverting incident , which is not only singular , but we may add , within ear experience , entirely unprecedented : — " A day or two since , at the moment when the sexton and his assistants were lowering into the grave at Tournedos the body- of an old sportinir enaracter , well

      known thronghoat tills district ^* hara inddanl / made , iti appearance in the grave-jard , t an to , and fro for some time amongst the tombstones , by which it seemed greatl y p uzzled , and at length darting through the midst of the assistants collected round the sportsman ^ last cover , cleared the grave at a spring , and disappeared 'like a flash of lightning . ' The deceased 'was well known to hare been an inveterate poacher , and it might almost be wondered that he did not rise from the grave to give the ' view halloo . ' Even the grave curb ' s eoiintenanee relaxed for an instant into a smile . "

      Man tebstjs HoBSB .--On Thursday afternoon , a match of a very arduous and novel character came off in the cricket field of this town , between Cootes , the well-known pedestrian , and a hunter called Towit , the property of Cant . Lleyd , of the lhh light dragoons . The man ana the horse were to start together , ran a distance of six miles , and daring the course to leap over a hundred bardies ; the time of performance not to exceed fifty minutes , and the first in to win . According to the size of the field . Cootes and his opponent wonld nave to travel round it twenty-fire times , " - "jumping four hardies each round . The state of tue betting at the commencement of the afternoon was about even ; bat the weather becoming wet , the odds were in farour ef

      the man , it being thought that Towit could not get through the heavy ground . The word "off " . was given , and Cootes cleared two hurdles and half one circle before the jockey of the horse urged hiB steed to foliow him . The progress of each was as follows : —First round , horse two leaps behind ; 3 d , two leaps ; 4 tb , three leaps ; 5 th , three leaps . At the conclusion of the 5 th round the horse appeared distressed , and the jockey dismounted . Cootes continued his running and leaping ; when the pedestrian had made bis 32 d lea p , the horse had completed only his 20 th ; man 36 th , horse 24 th ; man' 40 th , horse 28 th ; man 44 th , horse 32 d . At this point the horse was again distressed , and was relieved by the rider dismounting . When the horse re-commenced ,

      the man had made bis 48 th leap ; man 52 a leap ; horse 36 th ; man 60 th , horse 40 th . In this proportion both continued , till at length Towit fell over one of his hurdles , and , throwing hiB rider , rolled over him , happily inflicting no great injury , as he remounted and continued the race until the 17 th round , when he gave in . Cootes completed his 100 th hurdle in forty-two minutes , and threw a summerset immediately afterwards , being not at alt exhausted . We understand that the proceeding was more a trial of skill between the stamina of Cootes and the stamina of the horse , than a match for money ; and , regarded in this light , the powers of a well-trained

      man are Bhown to be superior to the strength and clever c&p&bUitiesof a horse . " Cootes , we are told , has performed the same feat three times , and been twice victorious , beating a celebrated trained leaper , the property of Mr . Gully , of sporting notoriety , late member for Pontefract . —Suffolk Chronicle . Distress at Paisley . —The Renfrewshire Reformer publishes a table complied by the Paisley Relief Committee , showing the state of the uuemployed people , whose numbers are fearfully on the increase . The following numbers were supplied with meat , bread , and potatoes , on a day specified : —

      " Married men , with their wires 1240 Children belonging to the above 1546 2786 Widows and deserted wives , with nnmarried females ... 509 Children belonging to these ... 747 1256 Single males , mostly young men 166 Number supplied 13 th Oct . 1841 ... 4208 New applications on the 14 th ... 78 . " The total number of homesteads in the district is 5746 : of these , 3158 are employed , and 871 are unoccupied . There are 440 empty honses , and 100 empty shops . The list of the Paisley Relief LiBt , on Saturday , numbered 4133 . The total amount of contributions , including £ 25 from the Bishop of Durham , is , £ 1730 ; the expenditure exceeds that sum by £ -25 .

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      WALTON . —On Friday , the 22 nd instant , Mr . Skevington visited this place . Application was made to the agent of Earl Fitzwilliam for the use of a public room for the occasion , but though he did not explicitly give the refusal to the applicants , nevertheless his demand of £ 4 was tantamount to a direct denial . Tbe town crier also evinced great fear at announcing the promulgation of that bane of despotism—Chartism ; vet , in defiance of the demand of the agent of the House of Wentworth , and in opposition to the tender feelings of the knight of the be ll , a goodly meeting was held , and Mr . Skevington , in his usual forcible manner , expounded the principles of the Charter , and laid bare the iniquities of faction , at the conclusion of which many signified their intention of joining heart and hand iu furtherance of the sacred cause .

      28 ACCLESFZSU > . — A public discussion took place in the Hall of Science , Stanley-street , on Monday and Tuesday , the 18 th and 19 : h inatant , between Mr . John West and Mr . John Campbell , late Socialist missionary , the question being " Whether is it better to seek the establishment of the People ' s Charter , or to carry out the principles of Socialism ?" Mr . West , on behalf of the Charter , and Mr . Campbell on behalf of Socialism . Tbe large room was crowded each evening , and vast numbers w * re unable to obtain admission . Mr . Josiah Moss presided . Both speakers were attentively listened to , and each supported his views with great talent . The discussion , our correspondent says , has done much good , but he says nothing of the result .

      LEEDS . —On Sunday evening last , Mr . Skevington preached an excellent sermon in the Association Room , Fish Market . The room was crowded to excess , and the discourse gave general satisfaction . On Monday evening Mr . Skevington attended the same place , and in a most cogent , eloquent , and convincing manner , eluoidated the principles embodied in the People ' s Charter , and showed that without the adoption of those principles , the present cannibal system would continue to cur ? e the land and perpetuate the miseries of the people . A unanimous vote of thanks was tendered to the lectuier for his able and successful services during the last month , for which time he has been engaged as lecturer for the East Riding of this county . From the success which has attended the missionary labours of Mr . Skevington , we trust that our Chartist brethren wiil secure the future services ef this uncompromising advocate of the people ' s cause .

      CHALFORD . —On Mondav evening last a Chartist meeting was held at the Bell Inn , in this place , and although it was the first that was ever held ; the room , which is a very lar ^ e one , was crowded ; the meeting was addressed by Messrs . Paul Chiswell , Workman , Newman , Cook , Hatton , and CJissoid , who ably expounded the principles of the Charter . A . few good lecturea delivered here would be the means of doing much . good .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF SAUNDERS NEWS LETTER . Sin , —It appears by a report of the proceedings of the " Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland , " published in your paper of the 12 th Instant , that a man of the name of Irwin was bronght forward by the association to charge me with having said on Sunday week , " that they ( the repealers ) might never seek to get a repeal of the Union until they had exterminated the high churchmen . " Now , this is not only a downright lie , but so utterly devoid of even the shadow of truth or probability that I am astonished how any rational man could give credit to it- The -whole of this man ' a statement is false . However , I shall not trouble either you or the public with any further refutation of it at present , as there are others who will bear testimony to what I did say , and who will give this Irwin ' s statement a flat contradiction .

      As to the charge which has been made against me , of being a deluder , and that too by tbe modern Mokanua , I hare only to say that I hare no talent in that line , and must therefore leave it entirely to him whose daily occupation it is and who derives a splendid Income from it Patrick O'Higgins . No . 14 , North Anne-street , Oct . 13 th , 1811 .

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      AN ADDRESS TO THE MEN OF DEVON AND CORNWALL . Fellow Slaves , —We hare just read the address from Redruth , In Cornwall , and are glad to hear they intend to path forward the cause of Chartism . In the first place the best means to be employed ought to occupy our attention . We have read much about books aad periodical * , debating , or mental improvement societies , dolag much good ; bmt in Devon and Cornwall , where the cause is not so rife as it is in the North of England , we think a continual agitation , by lecturin g , wonld most speedily organlxa both the counties .

      The cause in Devon has received an impetus thromgh tbe labours of Mr . Powell , who has lectured many times In Tavistock and the surrounding villages , and , being ont of employment , the societies of Taviatocfc and Devonport nave advised him to take a tour throngh Cornwall . He has lectured at Davenport , Plymouth , Ashborton , Tivertofl , and Modbury , in all of which places be has given great satisfaction . He is a work-

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      man thai needs not be ashamed ; he will take a bell , a rattte , or a tin can , and call bis own meetings , in places *] j e » U" > wnn ( i of Chartism as never been heard . He will write hia own bills , and placard the town j he haa SShaM ^ ? 2 ? W' M £ 'K MUton Abbott , Beeftalstoa , North Bnmto * , Marjr , Tary , Lar ^ -head , and Colloughton , and in some of thoae plaw » has been rnnchpenecttteA At the first meeting he held In TiTerton he was opposed by a great many , who left no means untried to b « lly blm out of the town-hall ; but After the elamonrwat © ye ? he ; diew them Into dUcus ion , and floored ttum one and alL At to « woeod meeting they tried what their old plan wonld do—nhy .

      steal tone . While h * -wwt speaWnjfcom alUght of steps , behind the Lamb Inn , { versus Wolf , ) a piece of ? 9 ? d was hurled at him , which / sent him headlong among t he people . below it was tome time before he recorere d , and as soon as he could speak , be rushed araong « ieeh » wd , whe were on lie eve of breaking into the stable * « f the house bom whence tbe log of wood was flung , and gallantly led them off a short distance , and addressed them in a strain of eloquence seldom beard of in Tiverton . Three cneers ^ ere given for the lecturer , three for O'Connor , and three for Frost , Williams , and Jonee , which made the air to ring , the Whigs to gnash their teeth , sad the Tories to tremble .

      At the conclusion of fn * meeting , a person came for ward , who is tyrant time-keeper at the factory gates , and who made himself very conspicuous at the flwt meeting , but was made a complete fool of by the lectowr . - , * o ptoYe thelectarer a liar , hebad been stating the distress of the Northern diatricte , and stated that tne wool-combers were fact coming to the condition of the hand-loom weavers , and that they did not average , at the present time , above 10 s . or 12 s . per week . This the time-keeper denied . He stated he had In bis possession a letter from bis father , a wool-comber , in Bradford , informing him he could earn 33 s . ; bat , at the same time , he could not produce the letter . Howerer , we leave thia with the Biadford woolcombers . .

      Jbait week , hearing that Lord finality Russell was at hia seat , Endsleiga Cottage , near MUton Abbott , he got the village placarded for a meeting on the Saturday evening , and sent , per post , from Tavistock , a printed bill , inclosed in a letter , aa an invitation to little Finality ; bat he was not game enough ; though some of his servants , and many of his . tenantry ; were there to bear their lord and master denounced as an enemy to the poor of Great Britain , and likewise to hear the principles of the Peopled Charter explained . Mr . Hancock , of Tavistock , opened the meeting in a very impressive

      manner , after which , Mr . Amo , of Tavistock , in a strain of impassioned eloquence , depicted the miseries and privations of the working millions ; he likewise set forth the horrors of war , with a caution to young men not to enlist in the army , and thus augment the expenditure , which is at present most enennons . Ha sat down , and was then followed by tbe lecturer , Mr . Powell , who occupied the meeting an hoar and a half , and whose flights of fancy and eloquence elicited the cheers and applause of Finality Russell ' s servants and tenantry .

      After this brief account of Mr . Powell ' s labours In Devon , and the good that is likely to arise from hia labours , if once established amongst us , it will now be the business of the varfoo * associations to come at once to a determination to see what can be done for & man that , will devote his time and talent in lecturing and agitation , in whatever part of the country be may be called upon to labour . In putting out this Address to the men of Devon and Cornwall , we would impress upon them the necessity of

      taking upon themselves tbe performance of their Work ; for , depend apon it , neither the one faction nor the other -will ever do it for them , their sole object being to keep the working population in ignoranae , knowing by sucb means that they can ride roughshod over the people , and roil in those luxuries which they have , fram time to time , robbed the industrious millions of by unjust and tyrannical laws , which never could , by any possibility , have I een carried , into effect , had the whole people had their dne share of the representation of their country , "

      Up , then , fellow men . fand show those tyrants that you are deserving of those rights of which they bave so unjustly deprived you , and knowing those rights , that you will not cea « e in yonr endeavours to see those rights established . Let the consequence be what it may , yon Will see the necessity of employing a lecturer at once ; for there is at present a petition to be signed by upwards <* f four millions of onr class , and the employment of a lecturer , at this premmt time , would be productive of a two-fold benefit . First , in lecturing in large townB , and getting signatures ; and secondly , to extend his labours to the villages , which bave not a chance of hearing those principles explained , except in their own villages , and signatures from them that we could not expect to get by any other means . Signed on behalf of the Davenport Association ,

      Andrew Cummings , Secretary . Joseph Onoss . Richard James . WiLLJAM Treublbtt , Treasurer Devenport , Oct . 17 , 1841 .

      ~~~ ^ ~-—~-~- Addbess To The Chartists Of Ashtonunder-Lyne. Brother Chartists,—More Than Two Years Have Now Elapsed Since Several Individuals (Who Made The Emancipation Of The Slave Class, To Wh Ich You Belong, Their Chief Study And Pursuit,) Were Arrested And Committed To Prison, For Simply Endeavouring To Shew You The Necessity There Existed For You To Demand Equality, Before Tbe Law, If Ever You Intended To Prevent Yourselves, Yonr Wives And Children From Starving, And Whether Their Advice Was Right Or Not, A Great Many Of You Affected To Follow It While They Were At Large, Bnt Aa Soon As Yon Saw Them All In Gaol For Advocating Yonr Rights—You Permitted The Arrangements They Lad Made For The Purpose Of Uniting Your Energies And Diffusing Political Knowledge Amongst You, To Be Frittered Away, And Even Tbe Meeting Room, Which Had Been Held For More Than Two Years, To Be Abandoned, And The Furniture Sold Or Destroyed.

      ~~~ ^ ~ - —~ - ~ - ADDBESS TO THE CHARTISTS OF ASHTONUNDER-LYNE . Brother Chartists , —More than two years have now elapsed since several individuals ( who made the emancipation of the slave class , to wh ich you belong , their chief study and pursuit , ) were arrested and committed to prison , for simply endeavouring to shew you the necessity there existed for you to demand equality , before tbe law , if ever you intended to prevent yourselves , yonr wives and children from starving , and whether their advice was right or not , a great many of you affected to follow it while they were at large , bnt aa soon as yon saw them all in gaol for advocating yonr rights—you permitted the arrangements they Lad made for the purpose of uniting your energies and diffusing political knowledge amongst you , to be frittered away , and even tbe meeting room , which had been held for more than two years , to be abandoned , and the furniture sold or destroyed .

      This , in itself , was bad enough ; bat what is still worse , although more than a year has expired since the demise of the original Charter Association , you bave never attempted to rally or assist your brethren in othar parts of the land , although tyranny has been on the increase , and yours and their wages on tbe decrease every day since that time . You know , also , that those who pretend to patronise yoa , and direct tbe trifling operations that now go forward among you , are in the interest of a party that will never grant you any thing , as they are of tbe samo pseudo liberal school as those who bave created the existing divisions in London , Birmingham , and Leeds , and who-, on every occasion—such as when the myriaidons of the " Plague" come amongst you , or anti-monopoly men , or any other impostor in the pay of the education party , take care to keep in tbe back ground , and never open their lips until they get to an alehouse fire , and then their principal work is to justify their silence .

      Cast oft this apathy , then , ye men of Asbton . Lay aside those silly fears and divisions , those woman ' s weaknesses and childish quarrels that bave paralysed your energies for so long a time . What your intentions may be for the future I cannot conjecture . It is truo you have been sadly deceived in some of your leaders ; but the fault in this case is wholly your own : yon cannot blnme any one but yourselves , as you bave been told repeatedly not to permit any one to meddle in your arrangements but those of your own class . No one else will ever , or can ever , serve you as you might serve yoursolves . Remember the pithy words of Franklin— " If you want a good servant serve yourself . "

      It may be said that few men of wealth were ever on your councils ; yet a few managed to get amongst you who did more , and wbe now live more by their wits than by toil—and these men were always go-betweensin the employ of any one who would pay them to c ^ rry a tickle point ; and even now they act in the same way , and thus are a standing barrier in the way of all real Union . I know there both was and is those residing in your town , of your own class , whose ability and integrity would add dignity to any station that Chartism , in or out of power , could elevate them to ; but because they happened to be yonr every day associates , their abilities bad become familiar—the excellence of their remarks , and the brilliancy of their conceptions , bad lost their Instre , forsooth , through every day practice , and you must bave some gentlemen foreigner , to be sure , to dictate to you and sptnd your money .

      You seemed to expect something more tban truth at their hands , because , " They wore a Mackintosh , " and affected to belong to some of the learned professionsbut you cannot deny that you have been grossly deceived , and no one can or will express any sympathy for you as long as yon place confidence in strangers , gentlemen , and speculators . Borne of tbe parties to whom yon have elung witk death-like tenacity have been heard to repudiate tbe very nan : e ol Chartist , as befog ; bo vulgar , so low . so

      disreputable , and they say they would prefer the term of Radical as of olden usage , and as being in better odour with men of intelligence , " New-move-men ;" but , Brother Chartists , this is the very reason why a sincere advocate of justice to all ought to spam the term Radical as one which signifies fashionable rascality , or in plain terms , Wbtggism . The worthless and filthy organs of the age , which pander to tbe vices and passions of the Neroes of our own day ; first dubbed us Chartists , ( Torcb-and-dagger men ) from the Liberal Whigs and Maltbusians .

      I ever revered and supported the principles contained in tbe Charter , and now I glory in the epithet lam fully convinced tbe parties to whom I allude would join tbe "New Move" or any "Move , " always provided there was either profit or popularity arising from saeh proceeding . And , la fact , many of them bave given their aid and countenence . to the " Plague , " which you know to be true , for the sake of keeping on terms with both parties . I am well aware that a number of yon have ceased to do anything more tban look on—on account of tbe conduct of these things in human form , who would be anything to any party ; so , unless you shake off this apathy and again put your shoulders to the wheel , yon will always remain as you are , slaves , and very soon it will be too late for you to move , as now is the time or never .

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      Ton know you have no Association worth the name . You know that notwithstanding the mighty pr ' za at ¦ take , there has not been a public meeting of tbe operatives of Asbton-under-lyue to forward the cause of Chartism , for nearly a year past , nor for any other purpose , except repealing the Corn , Law , unless some lecturer came , you could not well refute , as Mr . O'Brleuiidafewdayaago , You once appeared at the bead of the list of patriotic districts . Suielj the gnszling that took place at the doae

      of the neeni election , at Dokenfleld Lodge , has not destroyed every manly feeling that oa « e caused the name of your town to shine to very conspicuously in the xeeord * of % h » patriotic world . Do not try to persuade yourself that tbe self-styled Chartist Member for Asbton , would givd you what you require , even if he bad the power , which he has not His every act and speech proelsims to the ' contrary . Remember he does not belong . *? your class , and be assured he will stand by bis order , which is a most powerful reason why you ought to stand by yours . -

      I wonld recommend yoa then , to call a public meeting , ( as you have a splendid room at your service for tbe purpose , and which you might easily make your own if unity and judgment regulated y « ur conncilfl . ) and try once more to collect thoae scattered elements of honesty and intelltg « tioe , that sometime ago formed so imposing and respectable a body in your animated town . ' It la well known by all , thaiour claim to the suffrage is a just one . No man need be ashamed of any act of hia on account of his being a Chartist , unless tbe deferring hia claim , so long to political equality , constitutes a crime . . ' ¦ ; . ; . " ¦ . . • . ¦ -. . . ' ¦¦ ' ' The district around you contains from 2 « , 000 to 25 , 006 . inhabitants whom you might quickly organise by prudence and determination . So hoping this call on you , by one of yourselves , will be the means of arousing you from your present state of torpidity , and uniting you . under the sacred banner of equality , you may depend on It , no one could be more ardently desirous to render you all tbe aid in bis power tban

      A Sincere Chartist . Arouse ye , then , once more , ye bold and- fearless patriots . Appoint no one to fill your offices , unless you are sure their circumstances compel them to think as you do . As you are situated , you cannot do anything . You are divided into so many sections ; you send reports continually of meetings here and lectures there , which are not beard of in the town , until seen in the Star . Thus you are continually cheating yourselves , and taa really honest men who have made the greatest sacrifices in ' "time past , are kept from joining you by the machinations of those who make self interest their study , and who never go near you , nnless they have some special object in view , or some point to

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      At length , the long-anticipated contest between O'Connor and the prime mover in the Calton Hill conspiracy has been brought to a close . The persevering manner in which O'Connor has pursued his , and his Chartist friends' persecutors , from the passing of the memorable resolutions to which we now xefer , baa been constant , determined , and unretaitUnK-, and well would it bave been for the survivor of the treacherous gang , Patrick Brewster , had he taken warning from the fate of his London , Edinburgh , and Birmingham associates ; but no , strong in dogged ignorance and self-sufficiency , he was resolved upon championising his fellow conspirators , and never in the history of this country was such an example made of mortal man as that which it was the melancholy fate of the state parson to present on Saturday last , before a pitying Jury of his own townsmen , many of them , indeed , of hia own ftamrraira . tinn .

      Since 1839 Brewster has crowed like a real dunghill cook in O'Connor ' s absence , but most cautiously avoided all opportunities of meeting him when in Scotland . On Wednesday week , O'Connor attended two overflowing public meetings at Paisley , of which he gave Brewster due notice , and challenged him to be present ; but , as on former occasions , it was not convenient . Upon the Monday following , Brewster and his friends put out some posters , calling a publio meeting of the inhabitants for that evening , in tne Low Church , for the pnrpote of electing delegates to the Scotch Convention , about to

      be convened in Glasgow . At this meeting , every enemy to Chartism was invited to attend ; he recognised Whig shopkeepers , Tory shopkeepera . Conservative operatives , and all the tribe of anti-Chartists , and preferring Devil ism itself to Chartism : the vile crew witnessed , in the person of the Rev . Divine , a fit and proper instrument for the accomplishment of tbeir project . In this assembly Mr . Brewster repeated all his old charges of physical force and treachery against O'Connor , O ' Brien , and many more of the leading Chartists , vaunting at the same time that Feargns O'Connor dare not meet him .

      As soon as the proceedings in the church had terminated , the Chartists of Paisley met , and came to the unanimous resolution of sending a delegate to Kilmarnook to O'Connor , imploring of him to forego all previous arrangements for the salvation of his friends in Paisley , who , to their honour be it said , have bravely struggled against the pious firebrand in his own town . Upon our delegate explaining the whole affair to Mr . O'Connor , that gentleman instantly wrote to Mr . Brewster , challenging him to meet him at an open air meeting at Paisley , on Saturday last , the 23 rd instant , when he , O'Connor , would be ready to defend himself and his party against any charges which he , Brewster , might think proper to prefer .

      On Wednesday night O Connor ' s challenge was handed to the Jcnight of the pallid face , and he having accepted it , two Committees were appointed to make arrangements for the trial ; and , finally , it was decided that O'Connor , the ACCUSED , SHOULD OPEN THE PROCEEDINGS in a speech of half an hour ' s length , and that Brewster should follow for a like period , 6 tating his charge against O'Connor , and the case being thus opened , that each should have an alternate quarter of an hour , each speaker speaking four quarters , Brewster the accussr having the beply , and each having a chairman of his own appointment .

      These arrangements as to the order of speaking were severely deprecated by every lover of justice to whatsoever party he belonged , and when Mr , O'Connor was pressed not to accede to so unjust and unfavourable an arrangement , he replied , " What , are my friends also mad , and would they too balk me and the other victims of this man ' s treachery of that triumph which is now in my hands ! He insisted upon those preliminaries , unjust as they are , for the very purpose of escaping ; but no , he may speak first and lsfet , but meet me he shall . "

      The hour of one o ' clock was / appointed for the business commencing , and almost to the moment O'Connor ascended the platform accompanied by Mr ; John M'Crea , his chairman , and by his committee , and was received by the meeting , which was only then gathering , but which was very large , with ono burst of the most enthusiastic applause . In about a quarter of an hour after , the common accuser ascended the platform and appeared much more like the culprit , than he who had come at a serious inconvenience to meet the foe ; he looked about , he trembled , and his palo faoo turned still more ghastly white when he took his Beat amid a peal of derisive laughter . He was accompanied by his committee and Mr . M * Ausland , his chairman ,

      and after some discussion between the committees , the most active man of Browster ' s read over the programme , which O'Connor ' s committee unanimously deolared had never been either adopted or ever submitted to them . It was a rigmarole piece of nonsense declaring that the meeting had been convened for the purpose of considering the best method of forwarding the cause of Chartism , not a sentence about Brewater ' s charges against O'Connor , not one word abeut physical force or moral for so ; nay O Connor ' s name was never onoo mentioned , although his accuser had said one hundred times , and repeated it on the previous Monday , that O'Connor dare not meet him , as he could conviot him of many delinquencies , and prove him guilty of having incited the

      people to use physical force . This " nkw move" threatened to open a hole for the viper ' s escape , when O'Connor interposed , and said , that his committee should not make any technical or frivolous objections , that the proceedings should go on ; accordingly the Chairmen and committee set their watchea to time , and O'Connor rose and was prevented for some minutes from saying a word , so uproarious was the cheering , which was accompanied by waving of hats . When silence was restored , he pointed attention to the anomaly of the proceedings , and said that he had too much tacc to devote his first half hour to making a case for his accuser . He addressed the Chairman , and the vast assembly * which , when he commenced , amounted to

      from 10 , 000 to 15 , 000 persons , as my Lords and Gentlemen of the Jury ; be then said that he should occupy his first halt' hour in the capacity of judge , and would charge them as the jury who were to try any criminal who should be brought before them . "That they should divest their minds of all former prejudices , if any bad been cherished against the accused , and come to such a verdiot as would satisfy not only Paisley or Scotland , but England and Ireland as well . He made this sweeping allusion , because he understood that the charge was one of a political character , which iu iu result must equally affect all countries . He spoke for his , allotted time , in a strain of rapid eloquence , which was frequently

      interrupted by the most rapturous applause , and , at intervals , as he tuned fall front to his accuser , and with , oaring position , fire flashing from both eyes , and strokes of the moat burning sarcasm thundering in quiok Bucceeaion upon bis " meek and Christtaniiccuser" as he termed him , a thrill ran through the meeting like electricity , which as quickly communicated the electric spark , but not of tire , to the w white-faced pkie&t , " upon whom it was evident that the battery of eloquence had told , for as O'Connor sat down amid cheers which made the very valley ring , the real culprit uncoiled his serpent form , and slowly and tremblingly raised itself , but bent and not to its fall stature , to the

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      lane of mother goose . When the hisses had subsided , the lord of Calton-Hill looked , but looked iu vain for the ebarmof even one sweet voice ; but no . even at his own door , and in sight of the sacred sanctuary in which he preaches Christian charity , forbearance , peace , and good vrill , there was no honied tongue to sweeten the cup of malignity , dissension , disunion , and strife , which the pious apothecary had prepared for his aadien « ej cha stooped and raised * large bundle of papera ^ he trembled , arid for his whole half hoax , he waded throngh a compilation of rubbish , which , required some ingenuity to have gathered together . Ttxna evident that be had got m sickner . and was paralized , and his condition was most deplorable , as he

      was compelled to await tUe cessation of groans , or the storm of satire , such as *• very weak / " * noa * sense , " " come to the question , '"* where are your charges ! " " shame on the church , and go home , " and Buoh like interruptions . At length the minister resumed his seat amid a storm of hisses , after literally not having Baid one single word worthy of memory , or having delivered one single sentence bearing upon tbe question . When Brewster concluded , O'Connor immediately started np , and was already hailed as the victor . It was evident that he had the game in his hands , and that he saw it , and knowing tbe value of time , and declaring that as yet he bad no charges * to answer ; he turned the tables upon his adversary ,

      and coiled his net so judiciously around him , that no escape was left , while now or never < h * long-boiling wrath , must overflow and expose the real object of the monster . Fur fifteen minutes he was compelled to writhe under the lash of-insulted pride and manly indignation . Shock followed shock , and , as O'Connor again sat down , amid thunders ttt applause , the Christian pastor rose , and endeavoured to meet his opponent by the most lowlived , scurrilous , blackguard , and vituperative language , it was ever oar misfortune to hear . Now , the Iong-8 upres 8 ed feeling of the whole meeting , outraged by Euoh a clerical exhibition , bust into Dne simultaneous shout of execration . When O'Connor again rose , and was received as before , it was

      evident that the work was done , that O'Connor had accomplished bis object , namely , the conviction of Brews t er from Brews t er ' a own lips . It was obvious that O'Connor knew his man , and was resolved that the world should al «| " * know him ; his character for talent was destroyed in tbe first half hour , while-his propensities for mischief , and his determination ^ to accomplish it , was dragged out of him in fifteen minutes . Now , said he , having disrobed the minister , I am ready to shake hands with the man—( this was met with shouts of' Well done , well done "—he bas as yet made no charge against me , and henceforth it is evident that he can make none successfully against my party . I have stamped him with his proper va /' ue .

      O'Connor then went after his every remark from memory , chastising him most mercilessly ; and at length , when Brewster rose again , he expressed himself most willing to be reconciled , and hoped that the reconciliations wonld take place then , but * , smarting under what he had got , he again turned to the most low and ecurrilouB abuse , charging O'Connor with every word spoken by Mr . Sankey , and other member-r , at tbe meeting , in the Crown and Anchor , in 1839 , and also reading spoeohes of O'Brien ' . } from the Operative , and Stephens , and Dr . Taylor ' s , and Mr . Taylor ' s , of Manchester , and all the old rubbish , while the only charge which he ventured to bring against O'Connor was one sentence from some one of his speeches , which ran thns : — "I have no hesitation in saying that if unconstitutional force is brought against the people , they axe justified in repelling force by force . "

      Again did the Laird of Calton sit down m s mist , and now it being evident that reconciliation was not his object , O'Connor held him to the stake like a bear , and lashed him as the greatest enemy in disguise , which the catse could have . He Baid that he was not going to retract , to qualify , or alter one single sentence that he had ever spoken throughout life , and exposed the sophistry of Brewster , who required the people to clothe him and themselves , with a moral force resolution as a standing order of their " new move" society , while the Lord Advocate would consider it as a poor defence against one illegal act . He , Brewster , hoped , as he said , to get rid of O'Connor and Bronterre O'Brien , that he must first present to the people two honester leaders , that O'Brien had been a leeoh upon the back of cor «

      raption , which could not be shaken off until he had sucked every drop of bad blood out of the national tumour , he was then to sail in the boat wit h ' O'Brien , but not with Parson Stephens , or those who deserted the people . As before , Brewster was cat up ; and when he rose again , he declared that he did not wish to get rid of Mr . O'Connor , but of his errors ; but he did wishto obtain the Charter by union and perseverance , and » strong moral association of all that was valuable , and then the people may get the Charter ; in fact , he had no doubt that then they would get household suffhage . Here the cat was out of the bag , and the announcament was met with the most terrific groans , and ** Ah , traitor ! we know it . Aye , aye , said the white-faced priest , you physicals may

      roar ; that ' s very like physical force ; but I say that we may get universal Suffrage , and if the Irish follow Daniel O'Connell , my friend , Daniel O'Connell , the Liberator of his own country , that he will best direct them to the accomplishment of their end—( this announcement was met by such a storm of groans and laughter , and "Off , off ; gang awa' " that , Brewster said , he would require an additional three minutes for the interruption . ) You may speak t yonder long chimney tumbles into the river , now , observed Mr . O'Connor , but you have done yourself . All attempts to procure a hearing were now fruitless , even the little boys cried shame , and mocked , and said , is that the Charter ? but away wtnt Paddy Brewster , belabouring old netrepaper * of 1817 and 1839 , from which he drew his " own

      deductions , but about which no man cared . O'Connor now rose for the last time and seizing Household Suffrage , and Daniel O'ConneU , as his subject , he left poor Brewster in a melancholy plight , and Brevrdter having announced his determination to move the Calton Hill and Birmingham resolution for the adoption of the meeting . O'Connor said , just let us see what the result has been to Birmingham and Paisley from the passing of those resolutions . Birmingham is the only town in England which had been for a season divided by the traitors who pursued the very course which the Christian minister is now pursuing , while I think this day ' s exhibition fully proves that Paisley has not seen their beneficial results . I said , he shall meet tb . 090 resolutions by a direct negative . It is this : —

      Resolved , "That this meeting repudiates the assertion , that any delegate authorised by them did , directly or indirectly , give assentj to the notorious resolution universally Known by the name of the Calton Hill resolution . " That resolution , continued Mr . O'Connor , consigned five hundred good men to their living tombs , aud the object in perpetuating them is to provokeanother assault ; but no , we will now scout the traitors from our ranks , and go on cordially without them . Mr . O'Connor wound up his time as he commenced , without once losing self-command or using one single ungentlemanltke expression , and when , Brewster was to reply , he bad nothing to say , and a * ain began with his musty old papers . The thing was now terminated , when M'Crea rose and demanded a show of hands for O'Connor's

      amendment , which the wily parson said should stand as the original resolution ; whereupon a forest of blistered hands was held up , whieh was followed by cheering , and waring of hats , and clapping of hands . Brewster ' s Chairman then demanded a show of hands , when a miserable exhibition gave a verdiot against poor Brewster : all declared that O'Connor ' s resolution was carried by at least three to one ; "but no , " said Brewster , " wo mu 3 t divide . " C > me along , then , " answered O'Connor , " all who are for wiping a stain out of their country ' s escutcheon will follow me to the field , " pointing to the field Which lay to the right of the hustings , and which , being recently flooded , was ancle deep in mad and mire . He instantly jnmped off thd high hustings , however , into the mud , and was followed to a high tree at the end of the ground , by at least two-thirds of the meeting . Mr . O'Connor then

      climbed up a tall ash tree at the end of the field , like a cat , and standing in the fork , abont fifteen feet from the ground , and surrounded by his friends , they set up a glorious cheer , while they surveyed the miserable knot of Brewsterites , who clung to the wreck of the dismantled a fire ship , " whichhas thus been disarmed of all its powers for mischief * Mr . . O'Connor then headed his party , and marched in triumph past the hustings to bis hotel , while Brewatar remained on the platform , addressing the Whig aud Tory middle classes , who shnt up shop to aid anything , or anybody , even the Devil himself , in tbe glorious work' of putting down Chartism ; and thus ended a day such as Scotland has not recently seen , aud one which is pre-eminently calculated to make but one party of Chartists throughout the land . ¦ ;

      Messrs . Ancoats , Proudfoot , Cullen , Rodger , Gardner , Malcolm , Colquhoun , and other leading Chartists of Glasgow , were present throughout th « whole discussion ; and having more than oriceheard their opinion , I feel myself justified in saying that never was verdict more unanimous , one and aB declaring that O'Connor had risen 100 per cent , im public estimation , while Brewster bad sunk to rise no more . There were two other reporters presentnamely , the reporter for lh » Po&ley . Advertiser , and the reporter for the SeolHsk Patriot ; * nd J h * yi

      their authority also for stating that there was an overwhelming majority for O'Connor ' s resolution . .- ¦ ¦ . - ' . " ¦ ' " ' ' ¦ ' ¦' - V ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ;? ¦ ' . The resalt of the day has been even already ^ a vast augmentation to our forces at Paisley , stnd ^ we are now engaged in preparing the way for a belter on « derstanai rig with the people of Glasgow , by whom we consider ourselves to have been ; very unfairly neglected , - tor the purpose of bringuig Mr . Brewsters great powebs into play ; O'Connor dined with hia Chairman and Committee , aud left Paisley for Glasgow at nine o ' clock . , . . . ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1133/page/3/