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jJt beab Feitkds , —After bx long hours' bard tpxk in your service this morning , you must not expect » long letter from me ; however , ons subject -j fffln nda sad shall have an observation or » wo—I W ^ a the Birmingham Conferenoe . Yon will recollect that when the subject was first preached , I attached so much , importance to it , that ^ rin ^ the sitting of the Convention , I devoted my nights to procuring funds for the purpose of aiding ma in sending delegates . I now proceed to lay before jon the state of our finances . At
Cheltenjam there was collected £ 111 ? . 83 ; at Southampton , Ml 9 s . 4 d . ; at Northampton . £ 1 13 s . 6 i ; at Derby , jg . ; at Manchester , £ i 37 s . ; which sum I received ksi ' night by post-Gfiks orders . When the Conference was abandoned , I received instructions from ^ erby to dispose of the £ 2 there collected as follows : — £ 1 towards defence fund ; £ 1 to the Executive ; which sums I paid , handing over £ 1 to Mr . Cam pbell and debiting myself with £ 1 as trea-^ gnrer to the Defence Fund . You will find that there is now in my hands £ 9 11 s , 6 d . towards
defray ing the expences of delegates , £ 4 17 s . of which , wiihont applying for , I received only last night . Jfow that small sum cannct be efficiently and satisfactorily distributed between the seyeral poor localities from whence delegates maybe sent npon the « n e hand , nor can I undertake to dispose of it upon tt > e other hand . Therefore , as it can be a 3 well applied at Birmingham as anywhere else , what I propose to do , ¦ w ith your concurrence , is to hand it « verio & Finance Committee at Birmingham when Conference meets , and they will no doubt find ample
c * e for it and » pply it to the most beneficial purposes Meantime , I cannot pass over this fitting opportunity -of saying a word or two with reference to the forthcoming Conference . It is quite clear that chances , many chances , are against Chartists sending delegates ; ard the greatest of which is poverty ; whereas no ssch impediment will stand in the way of the other parties . This , instead of disheartening us , ^ h onld make us work the harder : and -what I pro - pose it , to raise a fund , for which I shall be security * « f £ 150 , to aid in sending Chartist delegates ; of this gun London will raise £ 125 ; and thus we shali
fcave escaped all those snares that the wealthy set for the poor . I have no doubt that the fallacious iope of going snacks in the contributions raised generally for defraying the expences of delegates , ha 3 led to compromises which wonld not oiherwisehave taken plsce . There k is that the poor Chartists saw a bentfit in co-operating , as the only ehance of being at all represented . This is folly hee&BSB tkeZr ' Jritnds wonM not have made the bargam , If advantage had nci been anticipated . Now , I will insure £ 25 to London , and so in proportion -where districts are too poor . Great attempts are
being made to swamp us in those places where Compete Storage is understood to mean philosophical Cbarti ; m ; but when we assemble , the matk vrill be thrown effj and the parties will stand as Chariists and with Chartists . We , Ehould then , rely upon those places where the ' pure principles of Chartism are understood for our cajority . Sunderl&nd has made a base compromise , which is only in part relieved by tbe rtlnra of our now excellent le £ il adviser , Mr . Rebuts , and to whos , in future , all applications by ihesc who axe to be tried are to be addressed . We cannot aiLrd to have a solicitor
fcr each case . However , to the point . . I shall next week state the easy , and , I trust , satisfactory , means by-which I mean to raise a fund of £ 159 . Meaafo ne , we mast look to Lancashire and Yorkshire , and the Midland Counties for a great , a glorious response to the CLaitist calL Cooper and his brigade have been shamefully treated , S 3 have our friends in other places . The good men of the nor : h -and Midlands will , ts they ever have done , do thei toy , and we shall hsve nothing to fear .
My Friends , I haxe been elected to that Conference without my kns ^ ledge , and I t > nl ) jo there wish a £ im resolution to brirg about » union of all friendly to our principles , as defined in our Charter , and a resolve to publish every word spokes and every resolution passed and proposed , so that tie whole case shall be before the public . Bat if anj man thinks tlat I am poirg to play expediency at the expecce of principle he will be deceived . I will not do it ; and while I am determined not to be factious upen ike one hand , I as as determined nor to bo over-soft on the other hand . We muit come
back with onr work to cur masters , and be able to render an account of our stewardship . I have already this mcrning been six hours reading and writing for yon , I do toe same every day without farther reward than your thanks ; and now 1 reqnire to straighten my back , let I cannot conclude without oae word about our new and dazzling luminary . Just imagine if we had had Euch an organ when our Convention sat , what a difference it would have made ; and jast imaginabow is wonld shine if yon did your duty , by compelling every landlord whose bouse yon frequent
to take it in . Now , if you , without spending one farthing , chore to set about it , you could by Thursday wtet furnish a list of three or four , aye , of ten columns of places where the Evening Star would be "read . Just now set about it , and let the great ones know wkat a- union can effect . Yon ask for support ^ ¦ and how can yon more cheaply purchase it ? See what Louden , and Oidham , and Sheffield have done . "The -Ermine Star , when established as tbe glorious NortJum Star is , weuld be the jolly boat of Chartbm } and wonld Bavensthonsandsa year in expensive agitations . Let us now make a rally for it . Eighty
pcuncs a-week is too much for a stranger to lose , * nd ail for your indolence , apathy , and neglect . I never said one word to you about the Northern Star , and therefore you will not consider me actuated by ielf when I tell yon that your compliance will only increase my work . You cannot imagine the change thai this little Star has produced in London , and nobly are the poor fellows doing their duty . Let ittne suppose thai the success of tbe little Star can damage the big one , neither let him csjb whether it does or net , if the cause of the people is thereby served . Ever your faithful friend ,
Feasgus O'Comtob . P . S . In order to explain to yon the nnequal manner in which voluntary taxation presses upon tbe generous , I may merely add that tbe collection of ibe £ & Us . 6 d . in my hands as treasurer to the delegate fund , cost me , besides five Bights travelling and fatigue , the sum of £ 2215 s . Od . Whoever comes to Birmingham with his hoLest principles on Ms back , EhaH not have a hungry belly , and khall owe no one thanks for his support . How , my beloved friends , &et
to work in downright earnest , and repair the past by redoubled exertion in the future . As to the mode of conducting * yoar elections , and selecting your delegates , I need net add one word to ike exetllent ad- ? iee already given to yon by tbe Editor of th 9 Northern Star , to every word of which I mos ; cheerfully Eubscribe my assent , and for which I tender him my best tharks . We ll do tet , mt lads ; but damn this mo ^ ty .-ii ' s a plaguy thing to want . Tours , F . O'C . ¦ //¦ JffVV ——— - —~ - — — - m-- -
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^ y ^*"^ ^ " PROPOSED MEMOIR OF ELLIS-PROPOSED EMENDATION OF TEE PXaN OF ORGANIZATION . TO THE EDITOB OF THE JSOBTHEBX STAB . Sis , —I trespassed on your TaTuable space to ench * a txtect in my last , that I would not venture again *> soon—only I remember that March i » approaching , « od that then my opportnnjUesof redetminR my pledge to poor Ellis will be curtailed . Tbe Northern Star of Saturday last contain * the following lines , on its first Page , « Eder the head of " Steelhouse-lane , " tBinniisg .-feam . ) a member of tbe Society of Friends banded in one d&ling 1 or M » JSSas , and promised te conticne U weekly . Be dated that Mr . Coeper tktlert had caused
* imtoact in that masater . O how by beat swelled * ith ttaukfoliKM when I read that line ! "God ™** i that good QBakfirV I exclaimed , while a band <* ni 8 hakspesia& * united . I bad bat a few mlsates before , been reading the nrarderoo , lying , attack « pos BtoiaMusLeienltrMn Mercury . " Thank God V mj hart said , "there are a few green spots hi this barren T ^ afieEa all goodnems is not fled from it , —al-« Gttg h evil ana malice abound . " I pr » 7 tb » t that lood Quker may he blessed with eompf teuce sufficient to the tnd cf his days to enable hint » ffite ihai teeefc ' ji *« % U > the end of lift for the solace of the exile's *« mb and her fatherless children . "What a store will «*« good Quaker Bws lay np for himself " where nut 5 ** h"Bot cornipt , and vfacrs thieves do not break ** ° oiinadBtesl !*
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Bnt to business ; a letter csxtght my eye , In tbe Northern Star of Saturday before lust , signed by a woman —God blesa her!—breathing earnest failing for the poor exile , and recommending that a brief life of Ellis be drawn np , and put into circulation , for the benefit of his bereaved ones . I wrote off immediately to the Potteries , requesting materials for assisting me to draw up tbe proposed memoir , feeling it to be my natural duty , after my solemn pledge in the dungeon . I am happy to ! Bay that Mr . Moses Simpson has already written ma to \ promise his assistance in the collection of materials . ! I trust himself , with my venerable and beloved friend , i John R . ch \ rds , with tbe rest of the Hanley Chartists , i will bestir tbemsalves to collect me dates and facts , and send'them lome forih-witb . Testerdsy , mach to . my gratification , I received : the following brief letter from poor Mr . Ei . ia berisself : —
" 97 , LeyLrcd-street , Limbetb , December 9 th . 1842-"Deak Friend , —I have received years , forwarded from tfee Potteries , and shall feel it a great pleasure to foiwasd yoa Iha required account , in tbe course of a day or two . - _ I azn now with tbe only brother of my dear husband , and he has promised to assist me , so that you may expect your very kind offer to meet with due attention . - Accept my best wishes for yourself and Mrs . Cooper . • Yours , " Emma Eilis . " P . S . I received poor Ellis ' s last letter from the aezB , yesterday . You shall have a espy . "
I trust , therefore , soon to be put in possession of tbe requisite records for mculrtiDg a snort and popular memoir of the iijured exiles . I have promised Mrs . Eilis to lose not an bent in getting it ready , and that I will immediate ! ? ' forward it to London' be printed , the profits arising frcm the sale to be for her benefit I have not asked btfore I made this promise , but I know , without asking , ¦ Usat John Clea- » e's he 3 rt -will feel pride and pleasure in attending to the printing of this little manuscript .
But one more paragraph , and I have done . I observe that Mr . Hill has honoured me with his recommendation of the few hints I gave as an outline of an amended plan of orgnc zr / wi >; and I likewise observe , that our brethren at Salisbury have honoured me wich their approval of the same—adding a recommendation that the proposed monthly penny for the " General Fund , " be made a binding payment on the part of each member . So minute a difference-I would not contend about for one moment , if tbe majority of my brethren think with the Salisbury friendB ; but 1 assure them , most respectfully , that , in starring T ^ eicester , the remark will not apply— " however poor a person may be , he may sfifbr J one penny per ca ' end&r month . '' I never crcfs a man out of our register , even when he goes to the Bastille . No—I would lose my fingers first . And how can a man in the
Bastille pay & penny ? Besides—think of sickness lack of work for weeks , nsy months—as is the jass with hundreds of onr poor stockingers ! "And unless the monthly penny be paid by every member , it will be impossible to ascertain onr r . mnb * r of members correctly , " add the Salisbury friends . My constant plan in Leicester has been to reckon al : as members who , either in the open air , in the presence ef hundreds , or in my own boose , -when they came for the expresB purpose , gave in their names as believers in the principles of tbt Charter , as members of the National Charter Association . My only reqnest to each has been— " Buy a card as soon as yon can , and pay a penny per wetk to the district collector when he calls , if you can -, but remember you are not diifranchised as a member because you cannot pay , while you are sure to pay when yeu can , if you be a real Chartut- *"
In my judgment , the sntvsecreiary's act of enrolling the name hi the register or yearly class-book ought to be the only required test of membership . A card cannot make a GhartUt : poverty cannot unmake one . Let us show ourselves above the principles of the old , b ? ggarly , -wom-ost world . ' Let us be bold enon ; h to proclaim that we acknowledge and reckon every oce among our number who is manly enough to offer us his name—aud that while we receive it , we trust him . confidingly , with tbs proviso , " if he can affuid it . " Let ua proTe that we can cuutep tbe bad world which girds man round with jealousy and distrust , and that we can con . fide in the honour of every man , however ragged and despised , who offers his name as a . Chartist—without ztitmpting to * ie him forcibly down to give us the dirty proof of his sincerity compiified in piyir ? a copper 1
I feel as confident as I do of niy own existence that our National ard local funds would , in every place , augment incalculably if Ibis reaiiy democratic method "were taken . One thing I fnu > kly declare : no rule would compel me to leave any aa .-ociation bo soon , as a provision tDat no one who&e came was enrolled as a member , ' should vote for the tffi ?« rs of such society if he did not pay . Yet I have to endure the pam and vexation of hearing " Ghartuu" contend for such a rule , again And again ? "Fes— " ChartUts" contend that poverty ov $ ht io disfrar . chise a man from choosing Qtc government of his oirn association !—What a monstrous idea of Universal Suffrage J
Having received these epprsvais of my " outline , " I shall , forthwith , Mr . Editor , draw up on entire plan , embodying the " outline , " with ench parts ot the present plan of organizstlon as it would leave unaltered . I propose to submit this | T * itb the humility wbich becomes so unimportant a member cf the general body as myself , ) to the opinions of either the delegates soon to assemble at Birmingham , or such other deliberate council as my brethren may appoint . Let me bnt see a soimd , workable plan cf orgsn : zition , pat into operation , ere I am once more caged , and I- for one , shall return to captivity , solidly satisfied with the belie ! that Chartism will thenceforth grow into a mighty and uncontrollable machine for overthrowing tyranny and elevating tbe toiling slave to his rightful and proud position of equality . I am , Sir , Yours respectfully , Thomas Coopeb . Leicester , Monday , Dec . 12 , lSi 2 .
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APPROACHING FESTIVITIES . Christmas ia now very Dear at band . Preparations are being daily made f « r tbe reception cf the sqnire and his family at the old English mansion , where Christmas times were wont to be celebrated with good old Ckristm&s fare . The ponies , and the dogs and dolls , and the toys of the children of the upper and the middle classes are being got in readiness for the coming of their little owner ? . Play-house managers , wild beast men , shopmen , toymen , and tb « old household domestics are cne and all upon the look-out to add their share to the expected joy . We do not find fault ¦ with " this ; -we love it ; we rejoice to see the yeurg heart prapce -with ji > y at t&e tight of old friends , and the anticipation of new amusements . Nothing can be more touching than the graphic and admirable sketch f the scene by Qi- flf . ey Crayoa In short , Christmas is a time -when til should be clad and rejoice . But ,
good Heaven ! merciful Providence ! what , npon the other band , are the prcpaTaticns that the poor are mftVing for the coming festival- TJpon . every side we see gaunt misery , staring ns in the lace . We cannot stii without being met by troops of men and women , driven by hellish machicwy to seek a precarious subsistence by singing in racs throngh our streets , our lanes , and alleys , nntil , to a foreigner visiting the metropolis , or indeed any large , aye , or small town , England must bo . presented to him aa a nation of strolling naked singers . For debtors who may , or who may not , have cheated , their creditois , great sympathy is felt at this se&scn ; bnt for tbe poor man who hrs been robbed , and to whom the State owes every thing :, there is nought bnt revilir . es for his poverty , and contempt for his condition . The -working classes tear and read of our success in Ctiua and Central Asia , of the Spanish revolt
and declaration of hostility to England , of the snecesa of tbfciT pln-. iderers in the collection cf £ 50 , 000 squeiz :-d from their fecnes , cf the feistu : ^ of the landl ords , and the resolutions of the eotton a&d fund lords . They bear and read of royal paeeants , and royal fetes , and aristocratic -freaks , for -which honest men would be transported ; of the dthanchery of their natural guides and instructors . They hear of 21 / 000 , 000 of dollars and an Income Tax . They hear of " tuiuerons reductions" in the prices of lood : they bear of five ports being opened for traffic with China ; they hear of cold-blooded murders by assassinations in Irel-ind , and scarcely less coldblooded ' murders by law in England- In their poverty they see scores upon icores of men , who , some twenty years ago , belonged to their cwa order , and who received as weavers , spinnae , slubbers , or -warehouse men , good wages ; and who Mi now , not by industry ,
but by chance , enabled to subscribe hundreds for the accomplishment of a favorite object- * They see all these things , while they are literally in rags , and cold and hungry . Oae tells them that it is this man ' s fault , and another that it is that nan ' s fault One invites them to rely for ndreas « ye& this measure , another man upon tyt measure . Om faction says , yoa have brought poverty upon thea , white the other faction says yon have dona it : ud Una are the people used by their political leaders jiat as soldiers are used by military onunandsn , aa tools ' to fight their battles . We will now show , that upon tbe subject of general distress , and a desire to relieve it , the press of this country is vidou and deceitful . The power of the preBS ii great , and is acknowledged to be so . The presseverj portion of it—has actaowledgsd the existence of general distress among the working classes , while the people fcave fcten complimented upon their forbear
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ance , in the midst of poverty , by all parties . Can any man in his senses think that the press is sincere in Ha desire to remove the distress , when it is well known that the press alone could effect a remedy in a single week ; while the press and the people , unitedly , could force such change upon Government , as in their wisdom they saw fit ? It is at periods like the present , that the press becomes of paramount importance . When Parliament is not sitting , it is the national courier , communicating bstwe&n mind and actior . It is the staff of the community ; and when it sees difficulties , which of itself it cannot overcome , it can force the commanding officers to meet in consultation . It could convene Parliament in a single wetk , if it was sincere in its sympathy for the people's distress , and anxious , as it professes
to be , for redress . H « rein then we see the wiles cf faction . The press dees not represent the people , it represents those who live upon the people . The organs of those in power would use a portion of tho people to uphold that power , while the organs of those looking for power would use them to assail those in possession . The press ia the representative of the upper and middle elates ; and it iB to the disunion in those bodies , not to the disunion of the working classes ,- that we attribute the power of the ruling few to trample upon tbe rights of the misgoverned many . You may spook , Bays the Tory , provided yon speak for nie . You may speak says tbe Whig , provided yon speak tor me . But yon shall not speak , quoth they unitedly , if you Bpeak for
the people . I am worried , says the Cotton Lord ! and I am being worried , says the Landlord . Your machinery has been the cause says the Landlord . Your protecting duties are the ctusd , says the Cotton Lord . Want of the means of exchanging labour for food is tbe cause of the low price of your produce , says the Cotton Lord . Low wages and substitution of mechanical for manual labour , and the consequent poverty of the people , is the cause , says the Landlord . And cow , ¦ who is right ? for that , after all , is the question . The land we have at home ; and the landlords , without any legislative enactments , have it in their power to make it subservient to man ' s purposes , and capable of supplying the whole people ' s want * . We have that valuable admission even from prize essayists , and anti-free-trade
landlords and farmers . Thercforo have the Landlords convicted themselves out of their own mouths , as the great monopolists and primary cause of existing distress . This is their position . — They say , we knoir that the land , by proper cultivation , which can onl y be ft consequence of proper leasing , and improving arrangements , can be made to produce as much and more than the whole people could consume ; but then we have been induced to rely upon high prices for abort supplies ; always secure against ruinous competition , to running the chance of low prices c&n&tqaent upon over production . This is the pure Maithusian principle , and firie-sously will the landlords suffer for its adoption . Upon the other hand , the snpporters of free trade are now beginning to
admit tbe great capabilities of the soil if unshackled of those restrictions which the landlords impose upon their tenants . Hence , we see the free traders' conviction in tbe fact , that a junction with the people -would compel the landlords of England and Ireland to remove all those barriers standing in the way of supply ; while , instead of joining fur that purpose , they merely use the follies of the landlords , as arguments in favour of a measure , which would not accomplish their ends , as well , as sorely , as safely , or as speedily . If the real ohjsct of the Corn'Law repealers was to give the people cheap bread , pletty todo , and bigh wage ? , they -would at once op : n tha orly m&rkok , where those things could be had ( the Landj—no , but foreign connections , Itok eng 3 £ t ; tne :. ts , foolish notions of keeping possession of
all the markets of the world , by means of cheap production , have dri ? en them mad , and in grouping at the shadow they have lost tbe substance . The landlords must now many and many a time think of the ws . n-. ing cf the more than ever immortal Cobbett , when he told them , not once or twics , but in his every speech upon the subject that " this measure ( the Poor Law Amendment Act ) will be the means of confiscating your estates , and will lead to a revolution . " Much better would it faava been for England that the poorrate , under the 13 rd of Elizibttb , had been £ 20 , 000 , 000 a-jear , so long as it upheld agricultural wages , and preferred the principle of tbs pauper ' s right It was the 43 rd of E izibetb that rendered it safe to arm your militia , and your yeomanry , and your volunteer corpB , in 1793 , for the preservation of the joint property of the landlord and pauper . It is your amended Act , that renders it now insecure to trust tho
industrious classes with arms in their hands . It was your amended Act that enabled the Malthuslnn speculators so ! on £ to enter into , and to continue in , ruinous competition by low wages . It -was your amended Act that snapped tbe link that bound the people to you throngh your joint-title to the land . Had you kept the pauper parish trade open , under the 43 rd of Elizabeth , it would not now be glutted with an nnnatnral supply of a free trade surplus population . The robbery of the people by Henry the Eighth caused all but revolution , which the 43 rd of Ei zibeth suppressed . Tbe robbery of the Irish 40 s . freeholders by the Emancipators , is now producing a similar tflVct in Ireland ; and the more recent robbery of the poor by the " Poor Law Amendment Act , " is the main cause of tbe destitution , want , distrust , and discontent , which now present themselves , as well in Christmas times as through the year . —Evening Star .
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a T f -R-ya * rn-RT A , Vale of Lev&n . —A publio meeting of the inhabitants of this Locality , was held on the evening of Saturday , the 10 th inst ., when Mr . Con Murray , of Glasgow , was dolj elected their delegate to the Birmingham Conference . On the question of his instructions , there wu considerable disenssion , in which Messrs . Glenn , M'lntyre , Montgomery , Kirk , Roberts , and other gentlemen took pan , after which the following was carried by a majority , moved bj Mr . Peter Glen , seconded bv Mr . J . Moodv . That this meeting of the
inhabitants of the Vale of Leyen pledge themselves to stand by the Charter , in name , prinoiple , and details ; and instruct our delegate to support that document as the proposed bill from the Conferenoe , believing that it would go far to unite the working classes in one determined body , against the common enemies of injured labour , besides bringing about a union of Bentiment and a union of action , between there and the abopkeepiug class whose interests are one and the Baine . "
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GLASGOW . — "The League , " the" bloodTaWD bbutai . VWhiqs . —A meetiiitf called by advertisement headed ,: A meeting of clergy , bankers , merchants , aud other inhabitants to consider the corn and provision laws , " was held on Monday , the 12 th instant , in tha Trades Hall , at twelve o ' clock . This hour was fixed . on , no doubt , forthe . purpose-of preventing the working classes from attending , and the bill oallidk the meeting appeared but on Sunday morning , and that only m very few places , and in mat part ; of the town where few , if any , of the working men live , and so careful were the faction against giving any alarm , that thisbill was so worded that no on
appearance , ™ n on the V } i ( > n of Charles Gray , James Oswald , M . P .. was appointed to the chair . The first motion , condemnatory of the Corn and Provision Laws , to wmcb they attributed all the misery of the working population , was moved by Walter Buchanan , Esq / i \ 8 tn T ° *? 7 »« l' «» D ' » n * n was about to put the motion Air . J . Moir rose and said ho had ' an amendment to propose . This was the signal for uproar and abuse from the League men , and cheers from the Chartists . Wheii the noise had a little subsided , he said , in justice to a great portion of my fellow oitiz 9 ns . —< Cries of " sitdowu , " confusion " , and oaeiers . )— In justice to » great portion of my fellow citizens—( hisses , cheers , and general confusion for some time . ) Geutlemen , your beet plan is to hear me , —( howlins from the
League men * and cries of " who brought you" hero , " and confusion ) I will stand here till twelve o ' clock At night before you prevent me beinghcard—( howling from the League . )—You ara mistaken if you think you will put me down by your beastly bellowing . — ( A fellow in broad cloth , "Bit down , who brought you here . ') Mr . M ., warmly , hold yonr tongue you brute , and obey the chair . He ( Sir . M . ) in justice to a large portion of his fellowr oitizsna who agreed with him on this ;< : subject * ' considered it his duty to propose for . the adoption or ' .-rejection of the meeting a resolution very much like what was called the usual amendment , and whioh embodied what they believed to be correct , and required to be realised before the least shadow of justioe could be done or obtained for
them—( Cries of V Put him out , " cheers and confusion . )—Chairman : The amendment appeared to him to bo foreign to the object of the meeting ; therefore , he did not think it his duty to submit it to the meeting . —Mr . Moir wished to know whether he was refused a hearing , —Chairman : No . —Mr . Moir : If they were met for the purpose of considering in what way the Corn Laws could be most quickly rgpealed , he could not understand the decision ; of the chair ; but if they were met only for the purpose of talking about them , he had no objections to talk about the thing itself , if there wore to be no ' resolutions proposed or any steps taken by which to compromise the public —( hisses and cheers . )—Chairman : He would submit to the meeting whether the amond-Tnent should be put—Mr . Proudfoot seconded the amendment . —The Chairman declared ho would not
put the amendment—Proudfoot : Mr , Chairman , I think you are erring moss ; ' eKregioualy . — -Chairman : I will allow no man to ' . dictate to me . The Chairman then took a vote upon whether the amendment should be put , when a majority declared against its being put . As Mr . Moir was about to sit down , Mr . Kidd rose and said , he had an amendment to move . To this the Chairman paid no attention , but took a vote on the motion ,-which was carried . The Chairman then called on Dr . King to move the tecond resolution . Mr . Kidd all this time
continued on his legs , and insisted on his right to move his amendment . The Chairman seeing Mr . Kidd determined not to give way , called on Capt . Millar to do hig duty . Kidd was then draggedyc . « , ferociously dragged out of the meeting , and sent off to prison , at the inBtfcnce of the Whig M . P . The subject was made known to Mr . George Ross , who immediately went and bailed out Mr . Kidd . As to the meeting , Dr . Xing did not get a single sentence spoken , and the rest of the proceedings were conducted in a great part in dumb show . The best legal advice was immediatelyjBecqred in Mr . Kidd ' s case . On Tuesday mornisg , Mr . Kidd appeared in court , accompanied by Messrs . Moir , Ross , Proudfoot , Pitkethly , HendtrsoD , Con M array , &o . On the case being called , the sittipg Bailie ( Hastie ) said , that having been present at the meeting yesterday , and seen the whole concern , he did not wish to try the
case ; he would rather the case might be tried by Borne other one of the Borough Magistrates . It was fixed that the trial should take place on Wednesday morning at eleven o ' clock . We hope'the country will rally round Mr . Kidd . It is a national question . The Whig tyrant M . P ., we trust , will be made to answer to a jury of his countrymen for his conduot , as well as to the House of which he is a member . We promise the Whige they shall have a Roland for this Oliver Question , is it legal to shut the door of a public meeting , / either at the command of a chairman or the police ! At two o ' clock , the door of this meeting was shut , no doubt for a very obvious reason , to keep out the people who wished to attend in the meat hour . Having gone out , along with Kidd , to See after bail , we were , among a host of others , refused admittance ; We attach no blame to the officers at the door ; the grievance rests at the door of a higher source . ;
HAWICK . —On Monday last , a public meeting , called by requisition , was held in the large Hall of the Commercial Inn , to elect a delegate to the Conference at Birmingham ; Mr . Thos . Scott , confectioner , was called to the chair , in opposition to Mr . R . Michie , currier , vice-president of the Complete Suffrage Association . After & fieri-a of out-and-out Chartist instructions had been agreed to by the meeting , Mr . C , Hunter , president of the Chartist Association , proposed Mr . Thomas Davies . as a fit and proper person to represent the meeting in the Conference , which was seconded by Mr . R . Purdie ; and Mr . James Murray proposed , and Mr . R .
Michie seconded Mr ^ Williain Munro , Independent Minister , and president of the Complete Suffrage Association . After hearing both candidates , who eaoh of them declared hi 6 approval and acceptance of tte instructions voted by the meeting , the vote was taken , when the . Chairman declared the show of hands to be in favour of Mr . Davie ? . This decision was disputed by the Complete Suffragists , who demanded a division , and tellers were appointed ; The room was bo crowded that it was fonud absolutely necessary for the whole to go out . The reealt was , s majority of sixiy-four for Mr . Davies , who was declared duly elected amid great cheering .
BTOCKPORT . —The good cause goes on well here , notwithstanding the trickery and intimidation of the ** plague" manufacturers . On Sunday night last , Mr . C . Doyle , of Manchester , delivered an able and eloquent address on the subject of " war and taxation . " The audience were : hignly : delighted , and listened with breathless attention ; and at the conclusion recorded a unanimous vote of thanks in favour of Mr . Doyle . Thirteen shillings and sixpence was collected towards the expanses of two deeates to the Birmingham Conference .
SAWLEY , ( near CnTHEito , )—The Chartists of this village met on Sunday night last , in their room which was crowded to suffocation . An interesting discussion took place in which several friends took part , and was handled in a manner that did great credit to their abilities . At the conclusion , the following resolution was oarricd unanimously : — " That we hereby express our deep and unfeigned sympathy for our incarcerated and other friends , who have been arrested , committed , and imprisoned by a tyranical government , for their just advocacy and diffusion of our righteous principles . " " That the best thanks of this meeting are duo and are hereby given to Wm . Roberts , Esq . ^ of Bath , for his noble and praiseworthy exertions on . beharf ^ f the yictima at Stafford . " a collection . was made for ' Mr . Beesly ' s defence , ¦ ¦ . which- amounted to . Sb 3 d . Thanks being returned , the meeting separated highly delighted with the evening ' s proceedings .
NOTTINGHAM . —The Chartists met on Sunday moraiug , at the Ddinocratic Chapel , Rice-place , Mr . B . Humphries in the chair ; delegates from ! the following localities in and near Nottingham were present : — Democratic Chapel , Robin / Hood , Dove and Rainbow , Peacock , Nags Head , Union Coffee House , FeargUS O'Connor , and from New Radford . Woved by Mr . yVm . Dulling and seconded by Mr 9- Boonhftm , " That the money for defraying the expences of the delegation to Birmingham Conference be brought in from the variaua localities on Sunday morning next , by eleven o ' clock , and paid into the hands of ^ r . Joseph Greenamith ,
we treasurer . " A public meting also took place at the above ehapel , on Monday evening , Mr . B . Humphries in the chair ; when the subject re « peoting the Executive occupied a condderable time . At length it was proposed by Mr . June * Simmons and seconded by Mr . Charlea Roberts , " That the- questUn ataud adjourned till after the Blrminghtm Cooferenee has taken plaoe . " J » / opo « ed by Mr . John BkerrU and « econd « d by Mr , George Rodgers , " That it be retiouimendad from thia locality , that D » . P . M'DouaUwoeive £ 110 s . per week during his exile far bis indefatigable exertion * In tha Chartist cause . "
Thb Shakspkrean Society of amatnrei , meeting at the Randiffe Arms , have paid into the hanie of Mr . Sweet , jfil . 10 a . 64 ., tbo proceeds of a performancKl got up tot tao beneftt of the Local Defenw Fund ,
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WORTHAOTPTON . —KT . Brown : pieached two sermons here on Sunday last-the iirst in the Market Place to a numerous auaience , an > l the second in the Association Room . At the conclusion 8 s . 6 'd . was collected for Mra . Holberry . BTJRY . —A public meeting was held on Monday eTening , called by requisition , Mr . John Lommaa , a working man in tho chair . Mr . Michael Roberts moved and Mr . James Schofleld seconded a resolution , " Thit we , the people of Bury , do send two delegates to the forthcoming Conference , and that we do hereby instruct our representatives to abide by the principles laid down
in the People ' s Charter whole and entire , name and all , as the only means whereby thd evils of this country can be remedied ; likewise to uphold the amended Piixn of Organization . " ' Catrie ^ unanimously . Mr . Thomas Kay , an elector , and member of the National Charter Association , Bury , and . Mr . Edward Murleas , No . 4 , Butler ' a-buildings , Birmingham , member of the National Charter Awociation , were duly elected Without opposition . After the business of the meeting , Mr . C . Doyfe , of Manchester , gave a very interesting and instructive lecture , an « J vras listened to with breathless attention till a late hour in the evening .
OI . DHAIVI—On Sunday lest Mr . John Wright , ot Stockpoit , delivered on adrtreas in tbe Chartist room , en the principles of the F *» j > le ' a Charter ^ to a very attentive audience . Mr . Wright Is without work , and destitute of house or horne—he has a wife and four children , the eldest only eight yean of ag » ; bWi « "foiced to go from towtt to towii , Uiotdie-lia «« fr a rusatity aub * istenca in the shipo of charity , being made a victtm by elass-madelawa . '¦ ¦ : ' ..-- ; ¦ /¦ ' , ¦'¦ . ¦ ¦ :..:: -: .- ' . .. . -X r / -, \ ¦ ,-, / . PHESTOK--ANOXHEiB PErBAI OF TltB IBAGtrB —¦ This town was placarded , annout : > ci :-g a public meeting to be held In the theatre on Friday evening last , to take into consideration the beheflts that would arise from appeal of the Corn Laws , and the adoption of Free Trade . TWs being : the first meeting thai the
Anti-Corn taw party had called in Preston , the Chartista were determined thnttbey should not nave it all their own way , and accordingly they wrote for Mr . Dixpn of ManchesMr . to come over to Preston upon the occasion . The placards calling the meeting stated that R- Cabden , Esq ., M . P ., and other distinguished friends of the cause would be present and address the meeting ; and also that the public would be admitted to the gallery free , and to the pit by giving a donation--but the sequel will shew how much faith the publto can place in the honour of this party . Mr . Dixon attended acoording to the request of the Preston Chartists , and arrived by the seven o ' clock train . He called upon the friend who wrote , and ' with whom he went immediately to the place of meeting . When they presented
themselves at the door that leads to the pit , the . donation had become a direct charge of three-pence . Mr ! Dlxon ' a friend objected to this stating that the bills said It was to be a donation and offirea them apenny ^ but no , they would not take it . He still persevered , and was determined not to give mbro , as by giving that sum he was doing all that the placard required of him . But their motto ¦ was' to get money honestly if they couldr—but to Ret it any how ; and in . order the better to carry out their base plans , they had a number of the '' Blue Force '' in ambnsh , which was called upon by the doorkeepers . Three of them rushed forward in ! an instant , an 4 seized him by the collar , and dragged him out of the place like a dog . Mr Dixon followed and told the police that his friend was not to blame , for he had done
all that the public announcement required of Dim , and therefore , it was the other party that was to blame for acting contrary to the public notice . They then let him go , on condition that he would not make any more to do about the matter there , but seek redress else where . No one will be at a loss to know the reason that they made this change . It was to prevent the working classes from being present , as they had got to hear that an individual was coming from Manchester to prevent them frbm gulling the natives , and they knowing that if the working classes were present they would not have the chance of having things all ibeir own way . They also knew that the manufacturing operatives were not likely to have threepence in their pockets on the Friday night . Bnt notwithstanding
tho " fustians" were in attendance ; the meeting was a bumper of the right sort , the theatre being crowded in every part * there could not be less than three thousand persons present Shortly after eight o ' clock , the three big guns of the League made their appearance upon the Btage , namely , Cobden , Coir Thompson , and Bright , of Rochdale , followed by a . number of small fry , componed of J . Livesey , - of J * Straggle " notoriety , master manufacturers , < fco ., &c On the chair being taken the . Chairman stated that it was not their intention to bring any reaolnUons before the meeting , therefore he hoped , they would listen to what the speakers hud to say without interruption . This was an " artful dodge , " but it would not do , for the Chartists knew that they had the resolutions ready cut and dry .
and if they did not bring them forward it was because they were afraid of certain defeat ' ; and / aleo if possible to prevent the Chartists from baling the opportunity of takin < : any part fn tbs preceediiiKSi bnt in this they were deceived , 'to their great mortification and considerable loss . The Chairman : Introduced Mr . Bright first , apd Colonel Thompson followed ; bnt-our space will not admit of their speeches . The Lion , Cobden , wound up the proceedings ; but the Lion proved to be only a sheep upon this occasion . His speech was a mass of scurrilous abuse ^ contraaictory statementa , and . erroneous conclusions , with the exception of the begging department , —and Mr . Cobden certainly Is an adept at that business . When Mr . Cobden sat down , Mr . Dlxon rose , amid load cheers ,
and said—By permission of the Chairman nnd the meeting , he had a few observations to make upon certain statements made by Mr . Cobden . He , In the first place , differed with that gentleman In his opinion ef the duty of persona attending public meetings . He was at a loss to know where Mr . Cobden got his ideas concerning such meetings . If he ; . ' ( Mn- Dixon > knew anything of the nature of such raeetinga , U was that the free expression of the people might be made kwown npon the qnestion or questions that might be brought forward . And as to Mr . Gobden saying that no one had a right to take part ia the proceoJings bat those that paid the rent of the place and also for the gas , —was that Anything like freedom of opinion ? No , it was to bind down all to any party who thought proper to
take a room , and lead the public mind astray with impunity . But he was determined—notwithstanding Mr . Cobden ' s opinion to the contrary—to exercise the right , of an Englishman ; and where he thought the ptople were led astray he would give bis opinions freely and fearlessly . He was at a loss to know from whence Mr . Cobden drew his conclusions about paying for meetings when the fact was the people almost in every case paid for them themselves . When he came to the town he saw large placards announcing this meeting—admission to the gallery frea ; persons going into tbe pit would be expected to give a donation . But judge of his surprlso When they demanded threepence at the door , and because bis friend demurred he was dragged out of the place by the police . Much bad bten said about the
Chartists and their conduct , but the Chartists had never committed such dishonourable acts as were perpetrated upon the people of Preston that night Here a most disgraceful scene took plaea upon the platform , the Leagnera crying out " question , question ; order , order ; chair , chair ; " &c , as Iou 1 as their lungs would allow , which was answered by the workies in gallant style , that it was the qnatioa , and tremendous cheers , " go on , t ) ixon , lad , thou art hunting them and they don't like it" Wiiea order was restored , Mr . D ' xon answered Mr . Cobden ' s observations at great lez > gth In conclusion he said , it was then near twelve o ' clock , and the working men present would want to get to bed . But before ho Bat down he wished to tell them that the next evening he would deliver a lecture upon
the Corn Laws and the principles of Free-trade , and he challenged any of the gentlemen to meet him in discussion upon the subject . This announcement was recbived with loud cheers . Mr . Cobden then came to the front of the platform and attempted to speak , but it was no go , h « was received with the most terrifib ! yells , groans , hisses , and hootings . This-worked blm up to a etateof fretzj ; and be poured out a torrent of abuse ; and concluded by saying , "I denounce Feargus O'Connor and the whole Chartist body . Mr . Dixon has done his work well ; he has accomplished his object ; he hits prevented us from getting £ 500 , and we have not got a penny . " Thia waa more than the working classes could bear—the open acknowledgement of the defeat of the League by Cobden made tha cheering of the people commence and coutinue for several miuntea . A vote of thsnka was then moved to the Chairman , but was lost to make way for an amendment—three cheers for the People ' s
Charter , which waa followed up in glorious style with three for O'Connor , and three for Frost , Williams , and Jonts . jEhos ended a glorious triumph of principle o-rer humbug . The Bepealers are down in the moutb : they thought they could do what they liked in Preston . Oa Saturday , one of them told a friend of outs , that it wm tke worst Job that the Chartists could have done to bring that Dixon ; fox they had been oat nearly all day , bnt had met with very bad saccess . Mr . Dixon ds-Uvered a lecture in the A »» ociaUon Boom , on Saturday vening , to an intelligent audience , in which ba replied to the arguments nade use of on the previous evening and proved to all present that a repeal of the Corn laws under the present system would not benefit the peoplev The chairman . Mt . R . il&wden , asked It there waa any person that wished to wk any questions , or enter into a friendly discussion I The ; were at liberty U do so . Xo oneappeswd willine : to enter the list * the tfcank * of the me ^ tlnj } w » given to the Chairman , an * 7 the meeting Bawabedi
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BEUPEa . ~ A « coTd \ ng to preiiona annonneflment , there was a delegate meeting held here on the -11 th- iustant , when the following delegates wera present;—Messrs . Johnson and Moss , from DerW * Viekers and Boll , from Belper ; Luthbhry and Gookl from ilkesfon ; and Smith and Lebbeter , from Matlock , Mr . Vicke / s was called to the chair , and Mr . Moss appointed to be the secretary . The chaiiw man opened the meeting in a forcible , and lnoi * style . When the various reports , by the delegates , of tho healthful state of the oonstitaencf 8 was gone through , they were found very encouraging , fter its being , determinea that a number of delegates should be sent to the Birmingham Conference , it was moved by Mr . Johnson , and seconded by Mrv Lurhbury , and carried unanimously : — " That
tnMnen of Derby should nominate and send their 0 W 11 respective delegates to the BirmiDRham Conference . " " Moved by Mr . Bell , seconded by Mr . Smith— "Thai onei or more delegates be nominated and sent to th » said Conference , to watch over and assist in devisinjf for the extension and securing of the rights of tha people , as detailed in the People ' s Charter . " Moved by . Mr . Cook ,. and ; seconded . by Mr . Lebbeter—• That in consideration of the number of Chartist victims who are to be tried at the Derby March assrzds , namely , Messre . West , Higginbottom , Wildgoose , Siciebotham , &c , we feel a duly iacambent oa us , to call the . attention of the friends of Chartism t © support the Defence Fund , with their utmost liberality , that the best legal assistance may be obtained for the defence . We therefore recommend that tho Chartist females , of whom there are no t a / e « vbe
, requested to have the towns and villages divided into districts , and occasionally collect from the inhabitants for the same . " The subject of tho Executive deviation was a subject ^ of mnch lamentation ; we wish truth an ( f justice to bo vindicated and maintained , and hope that discord will soon cease , that prosperity may abound . A vote of thanks being given to the Chairman and Secretary \ the delegates returned toi their respective localities with renewed vigour resolved for the Charter and no surrender , it having been a meeting of a most social character . The Bame evening the Association resolved , " That * requisition should ba got up , and be presented by * deputation to the magistrate < to call a public meetin 8 on , Monday , the 19 th . for the election of one or more tfele £ atesforThe ^ nun ^ namWnYeKuoo . ^ -
New P £ ^ toir . —Mr . Dickenson , the Manchester packer , delivered a tery interesting address m the > New Pellon Chartist room , on Saturday evening . Oa Sunday afternoon he lectured to the scholars who are taught in the above place on theadvantages that are to be derived from sound education . In the even * ing of the same day , he preached a sermon from tho parable of % he Prodigal Son . " SHEFFIELD . —Mr . Samnel Parkes delivered an eloquent and interesting addreaa in the Figtree-Iana room , on Sunday evening last . :
HUBDERSFIELO- —District Delegate Meet-ING .--On Sunday last the delegate ' meeting ' of this district was held by adjournment , ia tbe association room , Kitkheaton , when the following delegates were present , —HoJmSrlh ,, Messrs . Thomas Haddock and William Cuttall ; Honley , Messrs . John Roberts and Charles ' Boothroyd ; Yew Green . Messrs . William Howard and Dwid Gledhili ; Huddersfield , Messrs . Ambrose Chip , pendale and Joshua Hobson ; Aliiiondbury , MessnL James Broadbent and John Lodge ; Kirkheaton , Benjamin Janiiesonand John Broadbent ; Thuratonland , Mr . John Pollard ; Dalton , Mr David Roebuck . Mr . Wm . Cuttall in th * chair . The usual bnsiness of the district relative to the lecturers and Executive fund was discharged , and the business of the Conference delegates was introduced , when the following resolutions were
agreed to . " ^ Tbat four delegates be put in nomination as candidates to the forthcoming Conference st Birmingham . " Monday , the 19 th instant , Was appointed for the public meeting to be held in the Philosophical Half , but in consequence of the hall being engaged the meet * ing will take place on Wednesday , the 2 Ht in the same place ; Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock , when it Is hoped the labouring ciasses will be at their post . It was also- resolved : — - " That it la the opinion of this meeting that owing to the peculiar circumstances unde which Dr . M'Djuall is placed , without reference to tho late differences , he ought to receive his wages . " After other business the meeting was adjourned to Sunday , the 25 th instant , to be held in tha Chartist room , Honley . Chair to be taken at one o ' clock . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman and the meeting broke up .
DTJBLXM .--1 RISH UNIVERSAL SUFPRAGE A 8 flO « ciAtiON . —On Sunday last , tha great rooms , 14 , North Anne-street , were thronged in every part , from an auxlety to hear the question discussed—can the unloa be repealed without aa extension of the Suffrage . The meeting was opened by Mr . Dy ' ott reading the minutes of the last days' proceedings , and the objects for which they assembled in that room . Mr . O'Higgins not having token his place , Mr . T > yott Bpoke at considerable lengtbi with great fluency and power to tha principles of tho Charter . He demonstrated that they never got any thing from Whig or Tory savo when those factions wished to render themselves popular for their own purposes aud to spite one another . He reverted , in order to prove the poisonous influence of faction , to
the almost incredible fact that Daniel O'Connell front his predilection for the rascally Whigs , had been led into voting that £ 50 , 000 a-year should W given tha Q-ieen ' s ¦ husband for performing light arid pleasant duties , Inch' any young Irishman in that room would willingly undertake for " the tun of the kitchen * at Windsor —( loud cheering . ) After daring any individual to impngn the political creed-which they had determined to adhere to , despite the swerving and aberrations of any man , no matter . wham , Mr . D ; ott resumed his seat amid unanimous applause . — 'The meeting was next addressed by M « v Donny , who , though a member of the Repeal Association , had joined theirs , becanae , though he wished to assist his fellow-coantrymen of » the Corn Exchange ,
he conld not help feeling that thera was an aristecratie association , in which no man could open his lips until he had first paid the fee of £ l—a snm beyond the > rfsach of many an honest , patriotic / and talented tradesman —( hear , hear . ) On that ground he rejoiced at the . banding together of the honest and hard-working democrats of Dublin in the Irish Universal Suffrage Aasociation ; and he knew well , and bo would the people generally soon kn » w , throngh the exertions of suoU men as he saw around him , that nothing short of the electoral right wonld guard their interests even ia what they so ardently desired—a domestic legislature —( hear , and cheers . ) Mr . O'Higgins resumed the question of how the Union could be repealed . He showed thafe there : was no parallelism between Emancipation and
Rapeal , as there were in existence at the tizhe of the former ' s achievement 300 , 000 honest electors , who had mainly contributed to that event , and who had been basely betrayed to the enemy as a bribe to obtain plsces and endowments for Catholics of the upper classes—( hear , hear , hear . ) As an imperfect and liberticidal mnniclpal 1 > U 1 had afterwards been taken to secure civio honours , cocked hats , gold chains , a bauble maoe , and a Brobdignagian sword , for the Catholic grocers and tailors of that city , who now sent their half-fledged and ill-mannered offaprinj , wellclothed and over fed witn the ! people ' s money , to in&Qlfe and disturb the people ' s honest and patriotio aaaembly Mr . , 0 Higgins . proceeded at great length , and with powerful effect to describe the delinquencies of tho
'' base , bloody , and brutal Whigs ; " proved them to have been the founders of the National Debt , and the greatest bloodsuckers of the people whenever the ; could f 4 ton upon office . He said that ' they , in - that room , htjd equally repudiated all connection with either of the factions—their party was the people— -their cause ' Justice—thtir means constitutional , and he feared not for thb result . Mr . O'Higgins resumed his seat amid loud cheers . A Mr . Kully , Repealer , next addressed' the assembly ; He said he felt ashamed and distressed at the cendnct pursued by fioma men calling themselves , " Kepaalers" in that room . And for hia part he would have at y man who petsiated in malicious and unmeaning inte Tuption forcibly ejected , though perhaps the way in wiich the association dealt with them was betters S \ ch creatures and such conduct muit Boon fall in ; o total contempt , while truth and reason would prevail—( hear , hear . ) For his own park he agreed with every proposition of the
Charter—( cheers ) He conld not for tb » - life of him see how any Repealer could come to any other conclusion . His only fear was one founded on the experience of history which pro 7 ed that the English had never kept faith with the Irish—he meanUhe Eaglish when Catholics as well as when Protestants . Mr . Kelly then referred to . several periods when he considered faith to have been broken , treatita infringed , &c He said that was his only objection to the design of that Aasociaiion whose general principles' he approved , and what he wished was first to see the Uaiou repeated and then the ' Suffrage extended . Mr . O'Higgins replied , he should show completely that the gentleman wne had last spoken , erred in jumbling the English aristocracy and theEagljah people together , whose sentiments and interests are so
dlssimular . The English people had petitioned in vast numbers—their petitions exceeded greatly those sent from Ireland—for Catholic emancipation , while their landlords and the clergy opposed it—( bear , heat ) So was it now—the English people desired to assist the Irish in compelling the masters and tyrants of both to yield to the latter their rights . There were 3 , 500 , 000 repealers in . England ; and were hia countrymen so mad , & pH-jadiced , and so nngeneroM , as to assert that th » people of England were , not sincere f—( hear , bear ) . Or were they so UtUe instructed by » U that happened Ml to desire to bring an inespontiWe Paiuament—a House of Ctommont retarned by f > fraetfon of the people , home to their very doon—to perpetuate « o » nptfon , pillage .
and tyranny , aad throw aw tlw charoe , the certainty which sew presented itself , of obtaiaing by a junction with the English nation , «» t power ^ whid * eoold alone make this Pullainant an honert , eflfecttve , and producUve one?—( loud « heew > After a ^ ery p « w > erful summing up or bis various argument " , upoa tb » matt ^ , which ma ^ e a deep impression on heretol «»» tin instruoted men , Mr . O'Higgins sat down smid general cheen . Four or Bye memben were adfiiiied aad aoUes given for the admission of bthem ; 0 « pTQ ) ee ef thanks was given to Mr Moran , tfce ehnirmttt ; for his impar tial and gentlemanly conduct , and th * mft&ting sepa rated , giving three < Aeer « for free dItfliialQnjWiUlthJNiij anfl oat cbew more for tbe Charter ,
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . POLITICAL VICTIM DEFENCE AND FAHILY SUPPORT FU . ND . £ . s . d . Previously acknowledged ... ... 153 4 11 Miss Grey , Berkshire ... 0 5 0 Kingswood , near Bristol ... ... 10 0 Mr . J . Dogherty , Winterburn 0 2 6 A few flax-dressers . Spring-garden mills , Aberdeen 0 5 0 A Corn Law Repealer ... M ... 0 0 7 H . Russell ... 0 0 6 Collected after sermon by Mr . R . K . Philp , at Whilton , near Daventrey ... 0 5 2 J . Newton ... 0 0 6
F . Brian 0 0 6 W . Bench ... 0 0 6 G . Walker 0 0 6 J . Marr 0 0 3 G . Whiter ... ... 0 0 6 J . Stapleton 0 0 1 R . Clayton 0 0 6 Devonpor t 0 9 6 Anenemytotyranis ... 0 2 0 E . Reynolds ... ... 0 1 0 Temperance Hotel , New Market-place , * Bolton 1 12 0
£ 157 11 6 FOB M ' DOUALL . Whitson , near Daventry 0 10 Collected alter lecture at Kittering , by Jlr . Philp 0 16 0 Note . —Tbe above is less in amount than in any previous week ' s list of subscriptions received by Mr . Cleave . This , surely , is not as it should be . The people will be guilty of grievous wrong if they relax in their exertions , as the time of " trial and tribulation" for the persecuted asserters of " the right" approaches . As ^ Caesar was forewarned Bgainst his "ides of March , " the friends of the people should be forewarned against theirs . They must be provided with tha " sinews of war" against
despotism . Our * modern Jiffries" must not be allowed to gloat his own vengeance , and that of his empoyers , on undefended victims . The wives and children of those who have bravely contended for freedom must not be left to starve , or be forced into our union b as tiles . The people will , at least , spare themselves that shame . Let them , therefore , devote themselves with increased vigour to the good work of justice and humanity ; let " each and all " contribute as his own means will best afford , and the necessity of tbe case require , to tbe " Victim Defence and Family Snpport Fund . " Let this duty and that of demanding from th « Legislature the dismissal ol the unjust judge "—Abinger . be performed without further delay . -
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YQL . VI . JNO . 266 . SATURDAY , DECEMBER 17 md& PBICB «> urp S * c hai ^ enky „ 7 _________ ' . - - ^ yT '; - ¦ ' Five Shillisga per onrrttr ,
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