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_ p £ g £ AGRICULTURAL EDITOR OF THE " LEEDS MERCURY . " ga , —It is Tally too hard that yon should bnild ^ jes in ihe air and call u pon me to blow iheW 7 ^ In jonr last &e following amount of trash ¦ % ^ esrei : — « Although Mr . O'Connor has bestowed upon onr ,-a ^ y 3 iues of animadversion on this hopeful schem e T galailB * the Cb = xfoi » and eanyiBgthe Charter , a JLfl ^ iare of tfce . fonr mortal co ? nimu which bear Ma jggtte faVbiNorthern Star oT Saturday-week , -we ? 5 fealitEni onrsilves -with little more than the state-Sjfif cne fact , 5 n reply , bat that irilLgo a jood ' way L ^ bcs ^ isp ^ ling thB pernicious delnrion Oat be ia i&mptiDg to Icenlcaie . It is this—Mi . O'Connor and
^ s 5 i > y , correspondent , Ms . LInton , the experimental taiE £ r on iliree charters of an acre of land , found their ^^ jti ons npon the supposition , that the produce of Iwjluifl , Trith more Jhan one quarter of it in pass , — £ -ano ther part -khoHy ¦ nncnlfiTated , "will mpply ^ g ^ oit food , -iriiiter and summer , throughout the year , * j few milch -cffffB ! 2 fo"w there is not a milt fanner ta fia town or neighbonrfcood of Leeds , 01 of any ffaET tcm . whoficeajjot inow perfectly trell , that so tebem Biree-qnarters of an acre prodnciag food for ^ ar esws . it reqmres more than two acres o ? theheat jpjfl , -with all the advantages of an unlimited snpply ^ if ja ^ a manures , to snpply one cow through the "year ; jjajesS oI three quarters of an acre ol land supplying jgcr co -re , nine acres are required to feed that number , jang twelve times as much land as 3 * r . OXJobbot jj ^ j to fiie animals destined to occupy tins Chartist
¦ $ & 3 Jr . O'Connor and Mr . lanton wonld haTe ns ^^ TB that flay fcsre more skin in cultivation than all j ^ practical farmers in England , in the proportion of jjgreloose . XKmbtle&s HJSJremBy be improvements jgjge , asd that by the aid of * pade husbandry , strong jjjjanJEg , drainisg , and other appliances , perhaps ga ^ He tie nsnsl prodnce may be iad in some fevour-^ js Brc ^ ons ; Vox that change is only to be effected jyafcaTyjniBay ^ f labour and of capital . As to the ^ jaja of pretending to inere&Es the permanad j , To gBcSoo cf the soil twelve-fold , no acaa fiat is not —fcsij it reived himself , or&ai does not wish to pracyis cross iletosoii upon others , ¦ wi ll ever entertain it .
j iji c ^ nsioB , of it were not loo absurd to obtein ^^ £ 1 , TonM eperate misdnevonEly on different classes jf Krieiy- If the landi ^ rdB thought that a tenant of Iter scres conld realEe a proSt of £ 301 a-year by thiB ^ jjjgly cf land , ss Mr . I 3 nton and Mr . O'Connor £ Ss , his rents Trouia go up 2 PD 0 per cent at least at " ggnstiait-G&y . Ine farmer , if he tock his faun on ggse terms , "sronld be ruined in sis months ; the jatoBEsn . if deluded by these aa& ' ej ia He air , would pie -Eg Ms retail trade to invest bis capital in farming pants , & ¦ & ironld find himself in the Gazstie before fbe era cf tbe year 5 the manufacturing operatives , its b aa Kth taken half an sere of land on the allot '
affit fjsieni , tw > h 14 £ nd that instead of fh ?« >>»> f an jceproducine him £ sfla year , besides paying him for Jaslabonr , it would not yield him a dear profit ef more Sue one-tenth of that sum ; and the labourer in bosjEdiy , sesEg the holder of fenr acres of land Jnst isssS faa a station o ? life little superior to his own , ¦ jocld grs ^ ge to scoeptthfi wajes of 20 s . a-wpek . -srhUe ialate CK > --p 3 iaoii was to receive in the way of profit J ! s . a-dsy its ce « 2 s dsy ^ s labour that he bestowed upon tsfocr seres farm . The consequEnce cf this delusion if * pxoma ^ Efeg by Sir . O'Connor , wcnld , if it obtsntd credit , be mischieVous to a great extent j bnt feextenrfiityit iurolves , aided by this exposure , wSl fpmii-Ttr * tie mischief . According to the -calculations d 3 Ir . IiBtsnrxnd Mr . OXJonnor , Lord Harewood's ietJ
^ l la . OBD icres-woaM yisJd Mb Xord&hip or his tomta , er btth , ^ 750 , 000 a-year , whereas at present fee rental ices not , probably , on Qus part of bis j gapeKy ^ produce more than j £ 20 , 000 j bo that his inisiap would prs £ t ^ £ 730 , 000 a-yesr by the < itsa > n £ 7 y . ' jssa only the farmer ' s profit ; bnt making a clear in-CBssscf £ 760 000 a-year- Wahare heard of fenbble xJsdes btqaesxly , but tte South Sea bubble itself seai-ae ^ Hx-a , to thiB GharrM Bubble , which can be janpared only to the dreams of tke alchemists in ^^» t ' Bichsfier tre phaosopber * s stone I The Corn Laws DJ surely now be abolished . The augmented revenues tffTdO . C'OO a-ye » from 1 D . D 00 seres cf land , ^ stendi ^ Eieably lo ail the Irnd in the Mngdcm , will super-Bfis the dsim fcr pnjfecfion , and Mr . O'Connor and la compeers may batten to join the Anti-Corn law
? otf , Sr , xead that figais , and read my letters to lie Irish Landlords , and yon will find that I allot Seen acres for the keep of frre cows through the jar ; bnt that is ^ ras land , wiiaont the application tf labour . Bnt let me answer you out of your own kol . Tour fanning friend informs jon , and you Touch J » his accuracy , ihat an acre will produce 92 , 925 jsiEds of potatoes . Uow multiply that number by r » , as there 13 nine limes as much in nine acres is in one , and you have 836 , 334 penuds . Drride
an by fonrteen , and you have 5 S . 7 S 8 stones , ^ two jaaids . Drride yonr fonr cows , waich nine acres rfgras are to maintain , into tb . 3 t , and yon haTe 3 yS 4 stones of potatoes for each cow for the year ; : &d then divide the 365 dsys in the yar into that , ladyoE will find fisaS it learns yearly forty stones t ( jo ; aioc 5 a day for each cow . And then the next "Sang ihat I shall trouble yon to do 13 to get me a vw 10 tat it—ihat is , 560 pounds of potatoes a day . Hair , grass milk is the prodaca of grass without likonr ; crufic : al food produces milk with labour ; » thai Tou csji'i mystify the fbing .
As to yonT connndrom about the rise in Lord Sirewoodi property , 2 > e pleased to obserre that we iape to pnrehase fair land at twecty-fire years pnrcb 9 ai : d that the risein Talne , occasioned by labonr , * ffile af Jer lease and not before , and the benefit TfcSgo to fee fanners aad not to the Lord . Yon hxt tie Charter wholly ont of th « question ; a ss lefessry ingredient for reyristing the condifea of bar £ a ij and sala . Bnt allow me 10 -give yon a fe of friendly adrice . Stick to the * Tub , Free . Incc , and the WoolMarket ; they are questions H ) easy of eompHcarion that you nay tangle them to coffrisee yoar admirers ; bnt pray aroid snbjects tf iriidi jta are issil blessedly ignorani .
I aall devote a whole chapter in my forthcoming * Ki to ihe elucidation of the Mercury ' s orer-* "n £ tu aaticipatioas from spade cultivation , fct ihe hope that yon hare raised should ^ Ece lie shopkeeper aad the tradesman to * fl c £ and betake themsetTes to yonr boundfe paradise , and lest the opsratiTe , the objesi of jRfftspeciEl care , ibonld abandon the cellar ssd laifcerring for a cottage and £ 29 Q 2 s . 4 d . worth * f pjiatoes , which you promise him as the reword = d Ins jcars iaboar . 1 am , Sir , Yonr obedient Servant , F £ kBGtJ 3 O'COJCfOB-
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4 &BBA 3 tt . —On Sunday last , the discussion on " tts Libo Question was resumed with spirit , and ^^ en score paid down their sixpences , determined to ? nj cut the object . The meeting was then ad-3 ° < 8 Bed 10 SuEday next , at two o'clock in the after-S 6 W- In dre evening , Mr . Wn . Miller delivered & ^ naErgetic lecture , which gave general satirfac-**• On Monday evening Mr . E . P-Mead delivered ^ » on theHepeal of the ^ nion to a yery atten-Mtt and respectoble audience , a goodly number of * ° » ftepeakrs being pref rat . The lecturer nrged *^ ¦~ - ~ -JJ- " -la i _ . 1 TI V ! f J ^ MWi Uvi ^*«»^ »» r— — ¦—— ¦—— ^^
weaeeesajj of a cordial union betwixt the Chartists IjSfiepealera . At the c onclnsion of the lecture «• Edward M'Cab briefly addressed the meeting J ® 5 * bat £ t 3 to be derived from a Repeal to the ^ fing ^ lasses of both countries . Mr . Mead pro-***« laree cheers for Bepeal and the Charter , acd ^* ibr the Charterand BepeaL which were it ar-^ J ^ fpouded to . A rote of ihanks was then pas . -ed T ^ electnier for the hcmciiron 3 manner ho bad Jffrertd bis address , and the meeting separated ^ Kfeaehted .
- * Sl 5 TOL- _ Xj 5 TrH ) Cbubhsts- —At a foil meet-^» f tiis locality , held at their racm , West-street , S * ffifiay , the caEe of onr incarcerated brother , ~™ toifi Goopcr , was taken into coisMieraiion , and * WJopBBB he behalf was nnaniznoasly agreed to , **« ord £ TC&to bs agned by ihe chairman , and teni ?^ S . Bimccmbe , Bs q ^ M . P ., for presentation to M 8 Hen ? ecf Conuncns . i ^ KiKPOKT . —CHisxiSM A 3 O ) Hepkai- —The ^^ cnsaiDdTTholesome ad vic e of onr Champion-^ aor aud Hill , to cnltivate » kindly feeling F ^ fn-IridifeDow slaves , is being carried into ®* = In tlas town , where , for a length of time , owing wtte nachirtatiBnsof the League and their tools , I ^ Pwties lave been at dagger ' s points ; but on 5 ?^ f Jast . tbe s «« va awnte of both parties
^^ edjheinstlvesto a ^ nniry of action and pur-^ J . aadjinflraerto satisfy 4 hs-Eepealers of the 3 ? W ' rf'ti » Charftfa . Messrs ^ T . Clark , 3 . ^«« , ajidJ . ^| lJaBon , paid ^ hrec ahHKnjjs , « nd be-S ^ *^ Aticrowdfld meetnyjin thB after-*?^ i . ifenfc . AffinBon and Cbri t » ddreffled ihe 52 ^ a _ io their own ioobi , * ad pwnted < jnl how "S 5 * ft tw » for " ' Bttgtitii and Xnah Trorkin « aen S 5 S ^ 'O « n * e . Their speeches were enthnBias |^» T ? 8 c € Ted . In the eTenin& Mr . C . Dojle , of SS ^ ^ fie ^ TBred an doqneni ifictHM on the ^ gwufiie fjnioa / 52 u » large » oin was iffowded ^^ tt lien . Mr . Boyle made a lastinjf impres-ZZJ ^ tos au dience ^ and , althongha XSiartist , he S *™* ed * U who had ihe good fortune to hear him fli * - ^ * * Saled hj a pure loye » f conntry , and r ** ahisi !) SBBi there yet beat a true Irish heart . jkj ^ eeEdBszen he received an nniniinonB Tote of
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BHSTON- —On Thursday last , a meeling was con-TCnedto hear a lecture on Justice , from a young gentleman of Wotrerharapton . The meeting , which was numerous , was adjourned to an open piece of ground at the back of the town , -whera Mr . Thomason , of Wednesftrory , adoreased it for a * hort time , after which the youthful lecturer was introduced . He commenced , rin a spirited style , with noticing the government as . ' at present constituted , and showing that : the absolute power possessed by « ui rulers 1 b imjuBt , and calculated to destroy the peace and harmony of society . After he had been speaking for about half an hour , Mr . Baldwin , a magistrate , came forward and asked him if he was a native of IBilston ? He replied that he was not . He thenaeked him bis name ? The youth said he did not
- feel himself at liberty to divnlge it T ¥ hat Is your bnsinesshere ? he inquired . To address this meeting ; I received and accepted an invitation , and finding the meeting here congregated I rose and addressed them .: 1 am not aware that I am doing anything illegal or contrary to the laws of my country by so doing . —But can't you tell me yonr name , and where yon come from ? he replied . —I come from "Wolverhampton , answered the youth ; but I cannot tell you my name . —Do you know you are upon trespass ? he inquired . —I am not aware csf it ; but if so , I will desist—Well , sir , will yon give me your name ?—Am I obliged to do so ? inquired the youth . —Tea ; 1 should like to know . —Then , sir , I do not feel at liberty to tell yon , and 1 shall not do bo . Here * Mr . Thomason inquired if the Magistrate wished to supersede the decision of Baron Rolfe , which gave
the people a right to c * nsult about a redress of their ® deyancesin a peaceable and constitutional mannor ? but he made no reply ; and the Secretary with some others , advised tile youth to retire , * and adjourn the meeting tb the room . Having arrived at the room , l » Ir . Wileox , sews agent , of Wolverhampton , was called ; to it e chair , and in a short address analyzed the conduct cf Mr . Baldwin , and showed that he was afraid of ihe growing intelligence of the people , and therefore wished to § top their meetings . The lecturer again came fcrwardand concluded a ustfnl and innirnctive lecture by calling upon them to unite and agitate , until the Charter become ibe law of the land . After a few words from Jlr . Thomason on the conduct of the Magistrate , the meeting broke up highly pleastd with the proceedings of the evening . ~
LONDON . —A Metropolitan Delegate Sleeting was held on Sunday aftemon , Mr . Wheeler j ? n the chair . 5 a . was received from the West End Shoemakers . Mi . MiliB moved *• That a public meeting be heto cm Monday . June the 12 th , at the Political and Scientific Institution , to petition Parliament relative to the treatment of Cooper in Stafford QaoL" Mr . Salmon , Jan ., seconded the motion , which was carried unanimonsly . Messrs . Wheeler , Fussell , and Mills were appointed a committee to prepare the petition , issue bills , 4 c The meeting then adjourned .
Cm op LO 5 DO 5 Political asd Scientific lysinvTioy . —Mr . Mantz lectured here on Sunday morning , and was listened to with great attention . In the evening Mx . Martin having disappointed the audience , Mr . Stallwood supplied his place and lectnred on the Hepeal of the Corn Xaws to a large sndience , and was highly applauded . Mr . Brown replied to the arguments of the lecturer , and a discussion ar-se between him and Messrs . Spur , Mee , and Cameron , which was kept up with great spirit until a late honr , when the Chairman , Mr . Chippendale , ab ) y wound up the discussion . Political ajtd Scientific Isstitctios , Tctrnagais-laxk . —The shareholdeM of tbe above institution are informed that no person will be allowed to vote in the ensuing election for Secretary , unless he has paid ud the full amount of his shares .
Os Feujat Etssbg a meeting was held at the Crown and Anchor , Farringdon-Etreet , for the purpose of 'forming a committee for supporting Messrs . G . White , Macartney , and others . Mr . Shaw was elected to the chair . After considerable ' discussion Mr . Drake moved , ? rnff ill . Spiingmore seconded the following resolution , whish was carried nnanimoTisly : — " That tbe persons present do hereby form themselves into 3 committee , with poirer to add to their Bombers , for tbe express purpose of assisting and supporting those ChartistB that are now , er may hereafter become victims in Londun . '' Twenty-three names were enrolled . Mr . BcSy K-iiley wss elected Secretary ; the election < af a treasurer was deferred untO the ensuing mettins .
At a meeting of Cbartirts , held at the Golden Lion , Chnrcb-strett , London , it was resolved : — " That after a fall and carefnl investigation of all questions relating to the interests of our body , we do now declare it as on- opinion , that the next and most important business of onr frier 03 should be the choice of an Executive , capable of investigating , arranging , and carrying oni the ol-ject for which we "have so long and ardently struggled , feeling convinced that without this be speedily accomplished , onr cause must continae to suffer , and that this being done , we shall be in the right , and most certain way to regain out strength , and create anew the full confidence of the whole of our members . "
BiRTOmSHATO . —The Chartist snoe makers met at the Britannia , Peck-Iaue , on Sunday evening last , and voted 3 s . 6 d . to Mr . George White , the Birmingham victim . ¦ On Tuesdat evening last , an important meeting was held at the Saloon of the late Mechanic ' s Institution , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament en behalf of BSchards and Cooper . Large and attractive placards were posted on ibe walls during the afternoon , calling the meeting for half-past sevien o ' clock , statisg that petitions shonld be submitted for'adoption to be presented to Parliament on behalf of Cooper and the liberties of Ireland . Before the chair was taken , the place was crammed to suffocaiioh . Mr . Eames was called to the chair . Mr . Arthur O'Heal , in a neat and clever speech , in which he referred to tbe treatment of political prisoners jb
former times , and the present refined means of tyranny to put down the rising spirit of liberty in this and other conntries , moved the adoption of the pttition , which was seconded by Mr . Follows . Mr . Mason , in a most eloquent and impres * ive speech in which hs showed no the rascality of our Ipresent rulers towards Ireland , and likewise the English , and dearly showed that there never would be any permanent prosperity , either for the Irish or English serfs , until both England and Ireland were freed from the present tyrannical laws that oppress them , supported the petition , as did also Mr . Benjamin Hill , tujd Mr . T . P . Green . The petition was unanimously agreed to , amidst thunders of cheers . JL vote of thanks was then voted to the Chairman , to which he briefly replied , and the meeting broke up .
The VhVXL mo ? tthlt Council meeling of ihe Birmingham and Midland Counties Charter Association was held at tbe Ship Inn , Steelhonse-lane , on Sunday , iir . Chance in the chair . Members of th : Council from the following places were present . r—Birmingham , John Mason , John Kewhonse , John Fallows , David Potts ; Dudley , Mr . Rankin ; Wednesbnrv , Mr . Thomasson ; Lyewaste and Stourhridge * Mr . Chance ; Redditch , Coventry , Warwick , and other places were represented by letter . The secretary read . over the minutes of the previous Council which were confirmed . Mr . Chance " on being called upon to take the chair , said he wished that some one older in the cause than himself had been cailed Upon to fulfil the office ; but when he reflected npon the canai that ho was engaged in he considered the situation an honourable one , and be
was sorry that there were so few present upon that occasion , but he considered it to be the prevailing distress state 01 the people that prevented their attendance- He then wished to know how many localities the coudciI had been elected at 1 Mr . Fallows stated : hat the whole had been elected at a pnblic meeting in Bircnissscam . Mr . IlankjD gave in a similar report for Dudley , and Mr . Chanpe for Lyewaste . The chairman then called upon the conncil present to five in a rt-poit of their respective disineis . Mr . Ma-cc , on b ^ hslr of Birmingham ^ said that owing to i ~ e auention that had had to be given ; o the new organisation very little progress commenced of
had been made . He had a system open air meeiingB on Sunday morning and afternoon which had hitherto been well attended , and promised , ere long , to be asonrceofmuchgDod , and ! it was the intention of the council to attend iko-se meetings in future to enroll members toahe Association , and he considered from the good feeling which exited in Birmingham , that there-was likely to be a tctv good Association before long ; as a proof ho had ti state that ibeir treasurer had one pound and ninepencetohandin as funds for the genernl council—ten shillings of which was voted from the Aston street localitj , and wren and sixpence from we « ££ . the other tos made up fcj pnyats
Butacnptions . Mr . BankinthengaTe anacconnt or ^ ncuey . He aid th * t on * econnt of areBmstances he was sorry to say , that they were » ° t in such a p position Sat he should wish them to be in . Taey intended to adopt means -whereby ihey think they may get on more rapidly . Mr . Thompson ga / e ia » very cheeriB | report from WedneBburj and and surrounding districts . Mr . Potts moved and Mr . Bankm Eeoonded , that an address * , * ot up by the provisional committee apd placed in ihe binds of the committee , by this day fortnight . A vote of thanks wpn ( o the toman , and the meeting adjourned tiU that davmoarb .
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XiEICESTEB—On Sunday last , delegates assembled at Mr . Cooper ' s Coffee-Rooms from Leicester , Hinckley , Wigrton , Thurmaston , and Oadley . Mr . Cooper , of Wigston , was elected chairman . The objects of the meeting were stated by Mr . Bairstow—the question of incorporating tbe Home Colony Scheme with the People ' s Charter . An animated discussion took place , in which Messrs . Baira ' . ow , Cook , Cooper , Gilbert , Kirk , Sketchley , Thomas , Boodle ^ and Ross , spoke at considerable length ; afcer which , Mr . Bairstow moved , and Mr . Thomas seconded a motion to the effect that the
delegates strongly recommend the people of the South Leicestershire District to pursue the agitation for the People ' s Charter ; but that it be left open with any locality to establish a district fund for the purchase of land , but that in all cases each member of the Nations ! Charter Association be recommended to pay ^ d . per week for the snpport of tbe county organisation , leaving it optional with any member thns contributing to pay an additional ^ d . per week to the fund for the establishment of a Home Colony . It was also agreed that Mr . Bairstow should be the county lecturer .
ON Sunday last , Mr ; Bairstow delivered two discourses in tbe afte : aoon and evening , to large and attentive audiences On the news reaching the committee the week before last , that the authorities at Staff rd were literally murdering our beloved and noble defender of the poor man ' s rights , Mr . T . Cooper , a meeting was immediately held at Mts . Cooper ' s , to take into consideration whatsteps should be taken relative in the case of that noble-minded individual , when they resolved to hold a pnblie meeting on Monday , the 2 2 nd , to petition Parliament an the subject . At the hour appointed for the meeting , half-past six o ' clock , the meeting commenced , when Mr . T . Winters was called to the chiir ; Mr . G .
Holyoake , in a neat and effective speech , detailed the horrors of prison discipline from personal experience , and showed that if Mr . Cooprr were to be permitted to remain the whole ol tbe two yeara on that diet , he certainly would be a murdered man , in the proper sense of tbe term . . He concluded by proposing the adoption of a petition to tke House of Commons , which was adopted nnaniHiously . Mr . Crow moved , " That the petition be entrusted to T . S . Dancouibe , Erq ., for presentation to tbeHonse of Commons . ''; It was sfconded , and cu-ried unanimously . The Chartist A-. ithim was than sung by the meeting , when three cheers were given for the Charter , three for Cooper , Capper , and Richards , and all political prisoners , three for O'Connor and tbe Star , and the saeetinc separated .
BAKNSI . Ey . —The Irishmen resident in this town , ~ ho at all times have been the steady friends of Democracy , have formed a Ropeal Association , determined to rally round , the green standard of their country , and resolved to cast to ihe winds all misgiving of the Liberator , and to join heart and soul in the straggle for Ibeir country ' s freedou .. They have taken a large and commodious room , in which they held their first meeting on fcho 21 st ulL . Tfapy also held a meeting on Sunday evening , Mr . Peter Hoey in the chair . The committee who were appointed on tbe previous Sunday reported progress , and a number of la ^ s for the local government were proposed and carxied . Toe mtetii . g was addressed by Messrs Daly , Cleary , O'Leary . Seagrave " , and others , svnd vbo greatest enthusiasm prevailed .
MANCHESTER . . The Chartists of this town have been honoured by a Tiisit from Commodore Mead , who delivered two discourses in the Carpenter ' s Hall , on Snnday last , in the- afternoon and evening , to crowded audiences . At the close of Mr . Mead ' s efening lecture , Mr . Dixon came forward and requested the audience to remain , as it was the intention of the Committee of Management , in order to save time , to bring forward a petition to the House of Commons for the removal of Cooper and Richards from Stafford Gaol . This announcement was received with rapturous cheers . Mr . Knight was then called to the chair , ami opened the business in a neat and appropriate speech . Mr . Dixon moved the adoption of the following petition : — To tbe Honourable the Knights , Cit ' zsns , and Bargess-sB in Parliament assembled . The Petition 0 / the inhabitants 0 / the Borough of lianchesier , in public meeting assembled .
HtMBV * Sheweth ,-That Thomas Cooper ai : d John Richards were tried and convicted at the lute assizes , held in Stafford , on a charge of conspiracy , nnd sentenced by the Court of Queen ' e Bench to be imprisoned , Richards for one year , and Cooper for two years , in Stafford County GaoL That yeor Petitioners have good reason for believing that the said Thomas Cooper and John Richards have been subjected to the most cruel treatment since their arrival at the above mentioned gaol , by being compelled to live upon the prison diet , which is composed chiefly of rotten potatoes , thin water gruel , and a very inadequate portion of coarse bread . That the said Thomas Cooper and John Richards would by the assistance of their friends , be enabled to provide their own food , but have been strictly prohibited from so doing , by parties having the management of the above prison .
That the said Thomas Cooper and John Richards have been atwcOy interdicted from writing to , or receiving any communications from ibeir friends . And , notwithstanding , their wives are in a dying state , they have not been allowed to receive any information concerning them , from any source whatever . That tbe s&id Thomas Cooper has for a long time prior to bis being confined in Stafford Gaol , occupied his leisure time in literary pursuits , and consequently the deprivation of pens , ink , and paper , to which he is at present subjected , renders his confinement peculiarly irksosie and tedious . That the aforementioned prisoners have been prohibited from petitioning yonr Honourable Hoa&e relative to the treatment they are at present receiving from tbe officers of the prison .
Your petitioners therefore pray yoar Honourable House to institute an immediate inquiry into tbe abovementioned circumstances , with a view to a mitigation of their sentence upon the said Thomas Ceoper and John Richards , or by directing the ? r removal to any other of' her Majesty ' s prisons , where the regulations are not so stringent . Aud your petitioners as in duty bound , will ever pray . Mr . Rankin said it gave him great pleasure to second the motion , more particularly so as it was an act to save one of the people's friends from tbe cruel lash of class persecution . It was a well known fact that Cooper was a sterling democrat , and that be bad been a terror to the factions , and that was the reason that be
was now enduring the unjustifiable treatment we had heard read from the Star . ( Mr . Rankin ) had very little hopes from petitioning the present House of Commons , but if they did not grani the prayer © f this petition , they mn&i petition again and again , and never rest until Cooper was again at the head of his brigade . Mr . Mead said he rose to Bupport the resolution for two reasons ; the first was , that Mr . Cooper was bis intimate and personal friend ; the second was , that he knew that Mrs . Cooper was in a very bad state of health , and this -was enough to break poor Cooper's heart , without being prohibited from writing to her , and hear from her from time to time . Mr . Dixon , in moving the resolution , bad said that Cooper was a man as far superior to his persecutors as is tbe meridian tun to
midnight darkness . He { Mr . Mead ) knew that to be trne . As for Mrs . Cooper , and poor old dame Richards , he knew that they were both in a dying state . Mts . Cooper was one of the most amiable little women he ever saw , and he believed a real Christian ; and as for old Mrs . Richards , she was very old , quiet a child again , and bt : d-f ; i 8 t ; and ; in her old age she mutt have htr partner dracsed from her and placed in a prison . The chairman then put the petition to the meeting , wLich was carried without a dissentient Mr . Nuttall ften moved , " That the petition , which bad just been adopted by this meeting , be sent to T . S . Duncombe ,
E .-q ., for presentation in the House of CommonB . " The Rev . W . V . Jacksoa , in an eloquent and feeling speech , seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Mead then moved , " That Messrs . Leader and Gisborne le requited to support tbe prayer of tho petition . " Carried ' . Mr . Dixoa meved , " That the petition be signed by the chairman , on behalf « f the meeting , and that it be sent forthwith to T . S . Duncombe , Esq . " Carried nem . con . The thanks of the meeting were then givtn to the chairman , and the people separated after being upwards of three hours in the hall , which was tlmost suffocating from the numbers present .
Lectdbe . —Mr . C . Doyle lectured on the Repeal of ths Legialativa Union , tn Tuesday evening , ia the Chartist room , Brown-street Adjournment into the open air was called for , notwithstanding tbe rain was coming down in torrents .- The numbers continuing t increase , it was thought advisable for Mr . Dixon to go and address thtie outside , and Mr . Doyle to oontinua hiB lecture Inside , Accordingly a table WM provided , and placed ob a piece of waate land behind tbe premise * , where Mr . Dixon addressed them for upwards of an hour , in the midst of a pelting rain , motil feetb the speaker and the beaters were wet to the skin . The meeting broke up about ten o ' clock , with three chef rs tor Repeal , three cheers for tbe Charter , and three forvnion . SHERIFF BILL . —Mr . William Beesley delivered s lecture at this place on Wednesday evening week .
UBTHAZu ( Fobfarshibe . )—On the evening of Monday , the 22 nd inBU , a public meeting was convened in our Town-halt , for the purpose of again raising Chartism , when Mr . Abram Duncan , from Arbroatb , lectured on the state of Ibe country .
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SHEFFIELD . —Repeal and the Charter . — The meetiug anneuncod in last Saturday ' s Star , commenced at eix on Sunday evening , in the Fig Treelane Room , which was densely crowded before saven o'clock . Mr . Clayton presided , and IVfr .-Edwin Gill read the news from Ireland , received that evening in the Nation . } The reports of the Cork and Tipperary demonstrations were hailed with enthusiasm ' , while the soal-stirring articles of the iwriters of that paper were likened to with breathless interest ^ broken only by ' load plaudits of approbation . Mr . Briggs next read the leading articla of last Saturday ' s Star , and while the " Saxons" had cheered the N'liion , the " MillosiariV' present were not less hearty ia applauding the sentiments Of the Editor of the Star . Julian Karney read the letter of "
Veritas" to the Duke of Wellington , and after speaking at some length on tho subjects read to the meeting , concluded by proposing the following resolution for adoption— " That this meeting hails with enthusiasm tho triumphant progress of the agitation hi Ireland foe the repeal of the Legislative Union ; and this meeting calls with heart and vt > 5 co on their fellow-countrymen to seiza upon the present opportunity to renew with redoubled vigour the moral , legal , and constitutional s rucKle for the obtainment of the Charter , and thereby free themselves from the curses of oligarchial oppression , and establish instead-the blessings of juit and national goyeruineat . " Mr . Evinson seconded thejregol'Jtion ii } a brief but excellent speech . The resolution was unanimously adopted . The Chartist National An thorn was then sung , and the meeting dissolved . | ' ?
The Repkalees and the " Northern Star . " — At tho clcio of the above meeting , Mr . Julian Hq , rney accompanied by a number of frieu / fa proceeded to the meeting of the Ropeal Association . They were greeted with warm applause on their entrance . Silence being obtained , Mr . Flannagan moved , " That th q thanks of the Irish Repealers were due , and were by that meeting gratefully awarded to the conductors of the Northern Star , for their sunport of the Repeal cause , and their consistent and long-continued advocacy of tho rights of oppressed Ireland "—( cheers ) . Tho-- ' resolution-was seconded and carried by acclamation . Mr . Julian Harney returned thanks for Mr . O'Connor and Mr , Hill , tho proprietor and editor of tha iVor / herh Star , and after an address of some length
concluded by tendering his shilling as a Repealer . ' I would , " said Mr . Julian Harney , " that my means permitted me to give you twenty shillings instead of one ; but , aa it- is , I give my mite . If yon think that my name as a Chartist agitator , not altogtther unknown , is lik « ly to do you any iojuvft then take my roitoi but not my name ; but if my name and personal labour *; will bo of any service to you , then , take both , and my mite , too '—( cheers ) . Air . H . -was then enrolled , and Mr . Flannagan rroved the thanks of the meeting to Mr . H . as the first Englishman aud Charti .-t who , in Sheffield , had joined their ranks . Messrs . Gill , Koyston , Evinson , Snggs , and Clayton addressed the meeting , and a vote of thanks was given them for their attendance and services . The meeting then adjourned .
Case of Cooper , and Richards . —A public meeting as announced in the Star of la ' at week , and by publio placard , was held on Monday evening last , in Paradise-square . Shortly after six o ' clock , Mr . brigKS was called to . the chair , and in a brief address opened the business . He , concluded by calling on Mr . Gill to move tho petition . Mr . Edwin Gill addressed the meeting at £ reat length in a truly excellent speech , and concluded by proposing a petition in accordance with the object for which the m . eting had assemblec . Mr . Barnty briefly seconded the petition , whi <* h was adopted unanimously . On the motion of Mr . Harney , the petition Wj . 3 ordered to bo sent to Mr . Dnncombo for presentation , after which tho meeting brokeup .
The Irish Arms Bill . —Shortly after seven oV ! > ck , the second meeting in Paradise-square , commenced by tho aopoininent of Mr . Gi . orge Eviu ? - so . i , us chairman . Tne Chairman read the placard calling the meeting , and made a few appropriate remarks . Mr . Julian Harney , who waa received with applause , silso addressed the meeting at great length , and concluded by moving the adoption of a petit i « a against the bill . Mr . Briggs seconded the motion ; and it was o-bly-supported by Mr . Edwin G'll . The Chairman put tho question when the petition was adopted unanimously , followed by threo rounds of applause . It was resolved that copies of the petition phou ' ld bo sent to Lord Cianricarrfe and ¦ Mr . buncombe for presentation to both Houses of Parlitim .-nt . A vote of thanks to the Chairman and three heart-stirring cheers for "Repeal and Ireland a nation , " and . three for * ' the Charter aud England free : " closed the proceedings .
KOTXlNGHfltt . —The Chartists here met at the Democratic Cba-pel , on Sunday morning , when it , was resolved that Ms . T . Clark , of Stockport , be requested to give an address in the Democratic Chapel , Riqe Place , ou Monday evening , June thu 12 ; h , upon the suhjot of the Repeal of the Irish L e ^ :- -lativo Union ; and also that a delegate meeting b <; held on Sunday morning , June 4 th , in the Democratic Cliapd . Tbe various localities ic Nottingham arc requested to appoint persons to attend , as butiu'jss of a very important nature will be laid before them . " ; The Chartists meeting at tho sign of the Feargus O'Connor , have voted five shillings for Mrs . Cooper , which has beeu . forwarded to her by the treasurer of that locality .
KETPEKING . — A . spirited meeting was held in this town , on Tuesday last , to petition Parliament on behalf of Mr . Taioinas Coopir .. Mr . William Whiting whs palled to the chair . Mr . Thomas Parrish moved , and Mr . Edward Jenkihson seconded , the following resolution—'" That in the opinion oi this meeting , the treatment of Mr . Thomas Cooper , in Stafford Gaol , is cruel and tyrannical , and at variance with ev ^ ry principle of justice . " Carried ULanimonsly . Mr . Juhu Wilinot moved the adoption of a petition , in a 1- n ^ Lhy speech , in which he ably defended Air . Cooper . Mr . Matthias Wallis seconded the petition . The petition was carried unanimously , and , atier a vote of thanks 10 the chairman , and a tood number signing the petition , the meeting separated .
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ADDRESS FROM THE CHARTIST COUNCILLORS OF MARYLEB 0 NE TO THE , CHARTISTS OF GREAT-BRITAIN . Brothers in the Cause , —It gives us heartfelt concern to . think of the present disorganised state of our association ; we find air our energies wasted ia fruitless labour for want of a straightforward plant of action ; we have been led to investigate the cause of our present situation , and wo consider it to conmt chiefly in the want of steady and consistent council . We , therefore , earnestly entreaHour brother Chartists to proceed at once to the election of a new
Executive , and lei it ( the Executive ) be called upon to suggest such amendments as may be necessary in ths old plan of organisation , which is all that wo think it needs , and then instead of keeping our body ia an unsettled state of constant agitation and trouble , let us proceed once more to agitate the body politic of the public . The force of publio opinion , whfch succeeded in obtaining the abolition of negro slavery , cannot , if properly directed , fail in obtaining the emancipation of British slaves . We remain , brothers ,
: Yours , in the bonds of fraternal Love and fidelity in the cause , Samuel Large , Charles Hotchings , Will ' iam Clauk , John Godwin , Wjl . * WORL £ DGE , JOHN PHILLIPS , Bfn . Woodward , George Whitchurch , James Pare ' , Vincent Pakes , sub-So-John Watkins , cretary , A lfbep Packer , Chairman
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Singular Bequest . —In a recent case for compensation on the Norwich and Yarmouth Railway , on wnich occasion Sir W . Follett was retained for the Company , and Mr , Fitzroy Kelly for the defendant lack , who claimed upwards of £ 8 , 000 for land , which , ike * Jury returned a verdict for £ 1 . 500 ., Mr . R . H . Gurney , the banker , stated , on his cross- examination by-the Solieitor-GeneraK "that ho had never travelled by rail ; that he was an enemy to it * had opposed tho . Norwich Railway ; and had loft a sum of money in bis will to oppose the extension of railways gonerally . " 1 ' ' .
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SUBSCRIPTIONS P . KCRIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . ' GENERAL DEFENCK AND VICTIM FUND . £ s . d . Previously acknowledged ... alt' 11 ilf Proceeds of raffle of portrait of M'Doual , presented by Mr . Young , Newcastieupon-Tyne ... ... 1 6 0 RoGhdalo ... ; ... ... 1 ii 6 A few Hatters , Rochdale 0 6 6 Mr . Tattoa ... ... 0 1 0 Mr . Nobbs .... ... , 0 10
^ _ — . * rim IP . BW-tf **^* . » - ~_ . Collection Carpenters' Hall , Manchester 2 7 7 A few fhstian cutters , ditto 0 5 0 A friend , ditto ; ... ... 0 1 0 Wisbeach , per Andejrton ... 0 5 0 Friends , Messrs . Fisher ' s works , Radf ord ... : ... 0 5 9 Great Bridge , | Dudky 0 . 5 0 Mr . Booth , ditto ... 0 1 10 Tipton . ... 0 4 (> Mt . Duffieid , dittp ... 0 0 6 Hooley Hill ... ^ u 10 0 Rochester and Strood ... 0 4 0 Tongrcvail Flannel Manufactory ,
Glamorganshire ... ... ... ... 0 o 6 Stockport ... ; ... ] 0 0 NagVHead , Mai ) hfi .: ld-road , Nottingham 1 u 0 Halahawmoor ... .... 0 5 ti Sael&tou aud Baythorpo ... Q 10 0 Ulvbrtou * ... ... ... 0 7 0 ' Collection at camp meeting , Hyde ... 0 7 0 Fenritl ) , per Arthur , of Carlisle ... ... 0 2 o " Wigan , ' ... 0 14 0 Lambley , Notts ; ... 0 II 0 Collection in room , Oldham ... ... 0 8 71 Ditto , ditto ... ... 0 8 (!' Subscription books , ditto 0 12 9 ^ Waterhead milU .-ditto ... 0 10 1 Messrs . Crow and TyroII , Leicester , ( sale of beverageiby Jfr . Cleave ) ... ... 14 0 * Messrs . Stubba and Barrow , KnuMord 0 1 10 Belper ... ... ... ... 0 4 0
, . 4518 1 US Two shillings ; was sent by Messrs . S , and B . bnt they very foolishly affixed an old postage stamp to their letter , and double postage was , therefor © , charged . ; - 1 FOB SIR . m ' dOUALL . Previously acknowledged ... ... ... 33 2 i \ LeedB , per Mr . W . Brook ... ... ... 1 9 0 Mr . BeU ... ' . ... 0 1 0 *" ; ' [ £ 34 12 4 J TOE MB . COOPER . Tipton , per Mr . Duffell ... 0 3-8
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF'THE BIRMINGHAM MIDLAND COUNTIES CHARTER ASSOCIATION . J Friends , —You svo all doubtless aware of the sentence awarded to one of ) pu , brother Chartists , Mr . George White , namely t-i ^ ht months imprisonment in the . Queen's Pv . sou , au-d you must be aware that , deprived of tho powoT ot' supporting himself , he becomes , ad a necessary consequence .
dependent upon the party whose principles ho advocated , seeing that his loss 6 f liberty is tha result of such advocacy . It is a ^ oncn tlio rno&t sacre d duty and the most jgquud puiiev to deprive persecution of its fj ^ i ;<—for iho bemfit derived J ' rom auoh a ' course _ is two-fold : — Fir > t , you hold out a f ^ renauin to honesty , aiid encourage men to boldly state their opmioiis az . ri unflinchingly defend theui ' , wkea you show them tnat they sbaU not suffer Sji thin * tumporal interests by 36 ucu conduct . Second , yo ; ii eestroy the i-ffect which persecutors ever have in view ^ namely , to intimidate and nuin their victim ' s . Whenever the objicts of persecution have beenfadequat ^ ly supported , tne only parties injured were thosenvi 10 sought to injuje—no surer moae of disarming \ yiiLuuj or bigotry can be adopted , than to rescue its victims from its
gauftumary grasp * Of George White ' s claims to support from the Charabts of the Birmingham pistrict , nothing need bo said , for surely his value to tho causo can be well estimated by all who take an interest in passing events . His claims to support mast be based npon his hoaesty and fidelity , and whero those are undisputed nothing more should be asked . I am directed to urgo upon all parties the immediate neoe « aiiy of contributing to the purpose i have namsd , in order to prevent Mr . White losing the priTileges and comforts to whifh his situation entitles him , but of which he may . be deprived if not adequate , y supported , i On behalf ofjfhe committee , ¦^ Pi di , | jHiLTON , Secretary . Communications to bo addressed to the Secretary $£ r . White ' d , 38 , Bromsgvoves | treet , Birmingham . ' The committee will meet on Sunday-, June 4 th at seven o ' oUxjkHii the evening at tho Aston-street Room . •* ¦ e
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tODGESOROUGHt , —On j Monday evening , a publio meeting was held in the Market-place , Mr . Payne in the chair . Two petitions were agreed to , one for the proper treatment of Messrs . Cooper , Richards , anct&Capper , the o | heT against the Irish Arms Bill , ana for the Repeal of the Uaioa . They were adopted una | timously . Mr . Skevington spoke to both of them , to the satisfaction of a numerous assembly . They were forwarded to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., for presentation , L ,. . On Tuesday Evening the ] Chartists met at the room , at the Charter Hotel , when it was agreed that in future the meeting on the Monday evenings should be held at that place ^ and each evening it should be announced on what evening in the week the meeting should bo held in the Marketplace , j
STAFFORD . —A public meeting was held on Monday evening , at tbe . TompWanco Coffee-Rooms , in this town . Mr . FishcY wak c tiled U > the chair . Messrs . Whetler , Patkes , Sheffield , and Arthur , of Carlisle , addressed the aud | erco at considerable length ; and tbe apathy in which this town has been lately plunged was in a great degree removed . Votes of thanks were unanimously given to the above gentlemen , and hkewisejto the chairman . Barnsbury Park—A meeting of this locality was held on Snnday . jgVariini ; , when , 34 . 6 d . was collected for the Victim and Defence Fund , and 1 b . 7 d . in aid of George White . A lecture will be delivered at this place on Sunday .. evening . ROYSTON ( IIebts . J—Mr J Brown came into this town last week to give a kct ( uro on Chartism ; out ofhia proceeding arose matter for -discussion , which was appointed to take place ibe . following evening .
During the progress of the second lecture , many annoyances wrre caused by un ' gentlemanly interruptions from the young men o ^ f broad cloth , which caused the dissolution of thempoting ; which interruption has caused such aa enquiry about Chartism , that should Mr . Brown or any olner able lecturer come this way , he will be received . - BOLL WELL . —Mr . Wm . iLillv . of Nottingham , delivered a lecture on Bullwjell Forest , on Sunday evening last , upon the subject of th « wrongs of Ireland ; at the conclusion of which it was resolved , that a public meeting be hold at tho same time and place , onWhit-Monday , to adopt a petition in aid of the Repeal of the Union . TODMOROBN .-Mr . Cooper , of Manchester , lectured here on on Tuesday night and gave great satisfaction . At the conclusion , a ! -collection , was made , amounting to £ 1 16 . s . 8 R for Dr . M'Donall .
PRESTON—Mr . D . Ross , of Manchester , lectured here for-four evenings in succession to delighted audiences , and at the close of ttiS-last lecture the following resolution ; was agreed&to r— " Tliat we , the inhabitants of PreBtoii bjpo assembled , ' - doj declare that we most heartily 8 ymrathiz = * With our I ^ ish fellow countrymen in tbeir struggle for Repeal ; and earnestly hope that the dayw not distant when they will epjoy the inestimable privHe&e of govefeing themselves , not like the peaple of England , in name only , but in reality . BRADFORD . —On Sunday the members of the council met in their room , Butterworth ' a-buildings , Mr . Clarke in the chair *; M ' r . Bishop paid in Si . the balance of his account asldelegate ; Goodmansend , per Ty tier , 2 s . fid ; Central Chartists , 7 s . 7 ch ; Manningham , by Wm . ldson , for tho defence . * The following resolutions were unanimously carried : — "That a public meeting be held on . Whit-Monday , at , one o ' clock at noon , to petition Parliament on
behalf of Messrs . Cooper , . Richards , and Capper . " — " That a petition against the Irish Arms Bill be proposed at the meeting on Whit-Monday . " " That we use our utmost exertions on b ' ehalf of the Repeal of the Union between England and Ireland , as we believe it but justice that the peaple of Ireland should be governed by laws made only by the King , Lords , and Commons of Ireland , in Parliament assembled in that country . " " Thatjeach locality do bring to the treasurer , by Sunday , their share of contribution up . w . . due , aajj also the amount of defence money in tHe variou ® ocalitiesj as the defence money is to be sent off immediately ^ ' | * No sum mentioned here . On Sun » ay Evening a lecture was delivered in Bu ' . terworth's-bmldings , on ^ ie fallacy of the assertions that Ireland as a natiojn exists only by the Union . The chairman announced a lecture on the land for the following Sunday , to commence at seven o ' clock .
On Monda y the members of the Repeal of the Union met at the White House , Broadstones , when a large eum waa paid in by thejwardens as the week ' s collection . Great excitement atid firmness seemed to prevail in the speeches and resolutions , passed at the meeting . j . ¦ Chadbit&n , nkau Clitiieroe . — On Sunday , Mr . Thos . Ibbotfcon , of Bradford | preached here . He gave the greatest satisfaction ' , and at the clone a collection was made for this victims of class misrule .
Manchester . —On Wednesday evening last , Mr . D . Ross delivered his last of a course of lectures on Elocution ; the proceeds to go to the funds for building a Chartist Hall in Manchester . Selston .- —A camp meeting was held on Selston Comtnon last Sunday , at two and six . For some jime it was rumjourod abouj | sthat Mr . Cook , the magistrate , wo ' iuaf'come an # bring hia force and disperse the meeting , and | ake the speakers up . At two o ' clock in the ^ fternbon , tho " lads" frcm Sutton and the neighbouring villagers camo up . Mr . Jofen Osborn first' addr ^ sed the meetiug in a short speeeli ; after which Mr . George Harrison , of Calverion , addressed the large assemblage , and during the time he was speaking , up came Mr . Cook , the magistrate , with 1 lie of the blue bottle men , ou horseback . They went through the crowd , and placed themselves , one ! to the right and the other to the left cf Mr . Harrison . Here they stood
some time , while Mr . Harrison 'was showing how they acted in the Bastile . Mr . Cook hero went to the constable , and said it was not a political subject , so they both rode off amidst iho laughter of tho people . We h ^ ld tko dice- 'ing a ^ ain at six very peaceably . Wo are doing our best hero for Cooper , by getting up a petition for him . Wo have al ? o p ent 10 s . to Cleave for tne Defence Fund . Ntw Radford , —On Tuesday , wo had a public meeting hero to pttition Parliament-for a mitiga ' . ion of tho sentence of Thomas fcooper , of Leicester , when strong resolutions and a petition were unanimously adopted . HuDDERSFiEi . i ^ r At the mating at the Association room , 0 |^ rerbead-ro \ vf ' on Monday night , it was agreed that tbo % i # ht of meeting should be changed from Monday to Tuesday . The meeting wiJl consequently be held on Tuesday next , and every succeeding Tuesday .
Bbighton . —At a public meeting held at the Cap of Liberty , Portlaii'l-strtet , Brighton ^ on Monday evening , on belwlf ot Mr . j Thomas Cooper , a petition to . the House ot C . maVjiis . was unanimously adopted . It was sent to Captain Pcchell , M . P ., for presentation . j
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THE REPEAL "WAR . " WHERE WILL IT END ? Loid Ffrc . ch has been dismissed from ihe com ' mission of tht poa '< -e—Daniel O'Connell and eij < ht others keep him company . That is the first act of coercion . What will follow , for it cannot end there ? Who will be the next martyr , for there muEt assuredly be others ? The firs' ; step has been takenwhen shall we bco tlie last 1 The first blow has been struck—^ vho shall pay when the contest shall terminate % The first outrage upon the constitution has been perpetrated—can we hope that this proceeding'will not culminate in an attempt at its destruction ? But in this , at least , we feel a
pridewo are not ; tthe perpetrators of that outrage . Wo hare not "laid hands npon the constitution" —it is our opponents who have " dared " to do it . We have not violated any lawwe-have not infringed any privilege—we have not done anything of which even our enemies complain as bordering upon illegality . It is they who have piaffed themselves in the wrong . It is they who have not hesitated to violato the constitution which protects our liberties , onr properties , and our lives . We owe this violation of our rights and liberties to our English rulers , and if , is most appropriately consummated by our English Chancellor . We co'ild not hope that he would have consideration for our
grievances—we could not hope that he would tc " 2-rato tfur efforts to redress them . Ho does not lie I y until we shall have violated tho peace , for ths . ; . ha finds we will not do . He does not withhold coer- » cion until we are guilty of illegality , for he see 9 that we know the law and will observe it . It is the old story of the lamb which destroyed the purity of tho gfream upon the woif , though the wall' drank nearer the source . We are making the stream of peace flow impurely , says Lord Sugden . That can ' t be , my lord , is our reply , for the source is above us , and it is only when that source gets filthy that its impurity can offend . We cannot , 'ndeed , admit its purity , but it is we who should complain , not you .
Your charge cannot be true . Oh , but says the lord , not noble , jpu purpose mingling impurities with ir , and -therefore to prevent you , 1 shall demolish all your liberty of action—I shall stop your powers of motion . I shall deprive you of all privilege of remedying tne condition in which you find yourselves involved—becauge the exercise , of yoar rights threaten the immunities which I claim for my countrymun . Well , my lord , you may do this , but whe-n you , have achieved it , how much nearer are you to the accomplisment of your designs 1 How much ara you advanced in the road you would force us to travel "i You have deprived many magistrate ! : ) of the commission of the peace ,
bec $ us 9 they ha ^ vo expressed their determination to set ? k for the repeal of an Act of Parliament . You hare attempted to degrade them because their aius have elevated them in the opinion of their couirtrymen . You have placed a brand upon thorn because they have dared to proclaim that next to their allegiance to their Sovereign , they love their country . You have attempted—you would not , my Lord , succeed—to degrade them . 1 ' ou have succeeded in degrading the country whose power ? you wield , andof whose disposition to coerce , y 04 have thus furmsho'd another indubitable proof . For you do not , my Lord Sugdeu , pretend that you acr , ia thU . hav&h fashion because of tho breach of any
law . Yon do not charge the Repeal meetina . 3 aa iliega . l . You do not charge that * the expression of opinion by . any magistrate in favour of Rop < al is not legitimately-his right . My Lord , yon could not —you tiaro bos do it For your legal reputation , you dare not . Yuu wilinot . proclaim tha-. a nan , when he accepts the Q-ieea ' s commission to preserve the peace , has deprived himself of all power ?' of acting for his country . You would not aasert-iiiat he must forget the obligations which heow . es ! the land of his birth , because it may plea ^ o tho whim or tho "convenience of a , minister to tic-sire it ? You admit ihat the Repeal meetings are not "illegal . " It would be strango , indeed , if an
English lawyer should proclaim the right of assembling to petition to be illegal I But you say that the admitted . U-gality of those assemblages "does not diminish their in ^ vitable tendency to outrage . " You do not condescend to tell us why , Lord Sugdeu . You are cunning , i-hrewd , astute—wo are unsophisticated , simple , plain ; our minds can , however , follows , logical conclusion . We can understand a deduction from a fact . But we cannot perceive " an inevitisble-tendenry" to a result of whieh we have the evidence 0 .. <> ur senses , aud the concurrent tpstimony of our countrymen , in contradiction . We know thac Repeal meetings have not created outrage . We know they have not provoked to
violence . We know that they have not suggested violent dissension ? . It is true that unfortunately violence in one instance followed a meeting for Repeal , but the men who committed it were only anticipating the deeds of the Irish' executive iu attempting to suppress the rights of his fellow-countrymen . Wretched and ignorant , aa well as excited and misled , a brother ' s blood stains his bands . But how much is he npt in reality less guilty than those who , with every obligation to forbear , a ' nd with the most perfect knowledge o * ' the most probaV . o consequences of their conduct , have not hesitated to interfere between the Irish people and the expression of opinion , and whs proclaim their anxiety to do their ftttile , 1 ineffective best to violate their consti'utional liberties . But did Lord Sugden , in thus d » priving-a number of gentlemen of the commission ot the peace .
ever stop to calculate its consequences % Lord Fi ' rench has presided at many meetings of his countrymen . He is trusted by them , honoured by them , —he will be now enthusiastically loved by them , flis Lordship ' s sons , in addition to tha political claims which this attack will give them , will concentre in themselves , and ' in turn will yield tho generous sympathies which generous youth excite 3 . Mr . Boylan has many claims upon the esteem of his countrymen—will this diminish them Mr . Fitzgerald is too young in life ' to have at ^ ' iced much popularity—this pitiiul effort to annoy , at once seeurr .- < s itjto him . - "And Mr . Somers—O yes , ihe men of Sligo viii surely dismiss him from their service , because Lord Sugden cannot endure Repealers ! And the O'Conni-llp , son and father !—they are completely kors dc combat !
But what will be the impression of the people from this arbitrary act ? They see that sympathy with them is enough to niace him who manifests it under ban— : hac it d > rives him not only of profit , but of honour . iJoea that increase their affection for the authorities ? They see that mca in whom they onSde will' not be permitted to dispense justice . Is that intended as an incentive to tlieir obedience to the law ? What is mesnt by this act ? Is war to be declared against in ? people ? Will the meetings be permitted to continue ? Or is it supposed that they shall be less " dangerous to tho saf .-ty of the state , ' * when they nre not attended by ir . a ^ i ' rates ? Is that your Saxon wisdom , my Lord Sudden 1 If your letter has not hat " complexion , " wnas will it " come to ? "
And what is meant by telling us that we may not pursue a legal cour «; because it has been "declared against iu Parliament ? " Are wa not to petition , because Sir Robert Peel declares he will not grant what we . demand ? Is it meant to be conveyed that the right to assemble and petition is in this country to depend ^ pon the will of a Prime Minister ? And is that the way the Lord Chancellor of Ireland iaterprets the consitutiou ? ¦ My Lord , beware of what you do . You do not know «« . You are incapable of understanding us . You believe that you can overixmer us by missives , as incorrect and inelegant in construction , as they are harsh and coercive in intention . But we know the rights the constitution gives as . My iord . rely upon it that it is unsafe to deprive as of them , either by theidictuin of & Chancellor , or by means mor » cimbTOUB , but not more taVitr&rj . —Weekiv Freeman of Saturday . * i * - * T * ft-rn ( ini 1 ^ fc : ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 3, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1215/page/1/
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