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T * n * &KIBBEREEN DEMONSTRATION . ( From the Cork ' Examiner ) Sktbbekeex . Thcbsdat Night . —The th » morj ? tra-Soa made is favour « f the regeneration of Ireland , as BreUaa the reception 51701 to Hie liberator , in this secluded and far distant portion of cnr island , have dl-iogb eclipsed , In zeal , in 4 evoHon . in tee Irish BDiimsiaEm , anything of the Mnd we hare witnessed since the commencement of the present gloriouB movement . B is altogether Impossible to formany thing approaching to a correct estimate of the numbers assembled on this occasion , 01 to speak in too Mgii praise-of tbeir order , " decorum , legulsrity , and discipline . Not ouly ¦ were the mads covered for miles for as the eve eould xeachj bnt thousands occupied the heights and passed through ttie fislds , TnaVjng the -welkin . rinij -with their acdamationE , and pouring blessings on the father cf his country , who returned their greetings iriSh affectionate
• warmth , exclaiming , JI S ^ peal . "— "O 5 d Ireland *—arrd looking ss buoyant , as cheerful , and as well as he 41 d twenty years ago . Snch a procession was nerer before witnassBdinihe Cajbe » ics , pezhsps ire may say , In the South , otis any other part of Ireland . The population too of this district is far * more nnmerons than in the mart fertjlfl districts ,. » hers the sripinu avarice of the landlord dsss has thinned the ranks of the people ; and "When it is known that vasViranibera csxne a distance of thirty sod forty siQea , we believe we are 'within the limits-when-we say that between 500 , ODD and 500 , 000 people "were present , or about three-fourths of this great county . On the myriads -went , shouting , cheering , and greeting the Liberator . Having passed through the town , the procession proceeded by Marsh-road to the place of meeting , toe bill cfCurzagh , one of the beautiful ranges of high land * with which the t *< wn is encompassed , and iron which there is a -new as bold , as magnificent , and sublime as any on which , the eye of the painter conld desire to rest .
The — liberatory appearance on the platform was tailed -with tremendous cheering by the congregated myriads . On the motion of the Bev . D . D 0 BE , parish priest cf Qoleragb * seconded "by the Bsv , J . 2 QE 1 i :. aet , parish priest , Union-tall , Mr . Daniel M'Caithy , of loaghine lodge , -was called by acclamation to the chair . Hi . J . 8 . IiAiOB came forward to propose the first resolution , and-was received "with loud and long-continued cheering . He said , thank God , my Mends , fur I thank my God that 1 am a Bepealer . { Loud cheering . ) I ffam'fr my God that my native mountains ol Kerry , at
fiie foot of « ne of -which the liberator of Ms country rests—I thank my God , I say , that they do not this day look down upon me a non-Eepealer , or that which is as bad , one 'who is so in Ibis heart , but has net the manly coinage to stow it ( Vehement cheers . ) Yes , I call on that sacred name , in the first place , to thank Him that I am a Bepealer , and I call upon yon to thank Him alBO ; for lately in -the House of Commons a file tradncer , in reference to those of the religion which I profess , hesitated not to proclaim that we are a nation of atrocious perjurers . ( Cries of " Oh . '" and groans . ) A Toloe—He Iks . { Lond cheers . )
MtS . Iaxos . —ThimV God I am liere as a Bepealer before an assfctnbly of at least 400 ,-GOO Irishmen ; and to him -who had the insolence to accuse the Catholics of Ireland of pesynjv ^ sa 7 * ° him , and before you , he fin * { "Vehement f-hsexxog . ) He lies damnably—he £ es—he lies insolently—and I -wish to God I -was in thfl House of Commons to tell him to his teeth "yon lie . " { Prolonged cheering . ) I am not like O'Connor 3 > on—I am not "like the gentleman -who is satisfied that he should be c&Ubd a perjurer , provided it be done in a gentlemanly way . { Sear , hear . ) I say , then , t > efore this enormous mass—3 » y before the Protestants as -well as Catholics , for that there are many Protestants here 1 hare the honour of knowing , and they -will bear me out in -what 1 say—1 say , then , before -yon all , Sir James Graham , ** yon lie . " ( Vehement cheering ) How many hundreds of thousands do I see here ? A Yoice— -More than half a million—{ cheerine . )
IffzJS . LaXOB—Our first dnty then , in accordance -with file raelnSon -which I hold in my hand , is to express loyalty to our most gracious , our most beloved , oat most adored Sovereign—the Queen—( tremendous cheering . ) And 1 tell Six James Graham that he is -a ¦ doubla perjurer to that Queen -who seeks to affix the Bfigmaof penury on a nation thai embraces the most -moral sod the most loyal portion of her subjects—( con -Unued cheering . ) A"way then "With Sir James Graham "What is the first feeling 70 a have expressed here ?
T » n , 400 , 000 men , give the lie to Sir James Grahamand next yon express your loyalty to our-Gracious < Jneen —{ more cheering . ) One hearty cheer for the Queen—lenthnsiasUc cheering , -which continued fox some time . } I -would a * k Sir Robert Peel—I "would ask Sir James Graham , 3 would ask lord Brougham , if that be a disloyal cheer ? It comes frem the hearts of 400 , 000 men ; and you give it in the sincerity of y onr affectionate devotion , after having fiat given the lie to your tradneer—( cheers . ) "What brought yon here ? A Voice—The Bapeal—Hood applause . )
Mr . 5 . LaXO : &—Youwsnt something . What is that ? ! EhB BepeaL What induces jou to seek it ? Yen are the most miserable , the most wretched , but ths noblest people on God ' s earth , and 70 a are dissatisfied that yon . should longer remain miserable . You are the most miserable , however , and the most injured , and yon -would "be toa most debased , only year own noble nature prevented that —( Cheering . ) : 2 Jr . CopprsGEK , in seconding the resolution , said that it had been spoken to -with with so much talent , energy ,, and truth , thai lie would not detain thun by any observations , knowing their anxiety to hear the liberator—( load cheers . )
air . ISHSXSXSJ Dotfxisg came forward to propose the next resolution , and -was received -with loud cheers . He said they had been charged -with an intention to provoke a rebellion in Ireland . He was surprised to hear some Protestants say so ; -whilst he was aware that many of them , as that meeting testified , entertained no such atrocious idea . tCbeers . } Good God ! had not they as many endearments in life as those -who charged them -with this crime ? Had they not -wires and children ? tLowl cheers . ) Had they not every inducement that their opponents had to desire the blessings of peace ? { Cheering . ) What reason , "what motive , -what object could they have in l * oking for rebellion l Was it to encounter Her Majesty ' s troops ? Was it to abandon the last plank , ¦ whilst they fcad tss ife understood ) the ship of the con-¦ rtfoiiWft-w Jotfisffiiy ?
"Mt- 3 L B . Boche , MJP ^ then came forward amid lend and enthusiastic applause . He said—Men of the Carberise . ' -we are threatened by onr opponents . There iaa been , at least the papers bring an account to the effect—there has been , I say , something like a declaration of -war against the Irish people . I hope they are not mad enough to go to war against the tranquil people of Ireland . A Voice—let them if they dare . ( Lond cheere . ) Mi . Boch 2—Yesj I say if they dare attack the people , the people are prepares , ( Vehement applause . )
* We-wiH not attack them j ire -will fee " honest and true * to our cause , e e will keep within the bounds and limits of the constitn&on . Bat again I say , if they dare to invade the constitutional rights of the Irish peeple , "we -win be prepared to meet them . { Tremendons cheering . ) And let me tell their leaders—the men -who dare to accuse the representatives in Parlia ment wbo have subscribed the Catholic oaths , and I am one of them ( loud cheering ) , —let me tell those men 'when they accuse the inafleTB of fibs Irish p&ople of 3 > eing ptajurers—A Voice—Tgct lie .
2 &x . Bochb—They He so doubt . But why accuse ns ? Only that by exciting us to give the people pre-< 3 pikate . adtJca they may be able to unbridle their tyranny against the people—{ vehement cheers ) . We are not perjurers ; it is a lie to assert it—' . continued cheering > Bnt-w&are , I trust , honest * od determined IrMoieii—{ prolonged applause ) . "They say , now , that there is an end to all concessions to the Irish people And-why is this assertion made ? Because they say , that if they give concessions , which means power , the Protestant Church is liable to be attacked in this country . Ito yon know "what I say m return to that —» tk » ti blame to yon for that same—( laughter and cheers ) . When endeavouring to obtain liberties for the people , it is also their custom to torn round and say "the Church is in danger ;* and Itell them , beyond qnestion-or doubt , for their comfort and satisfacties . that in this country Jibe ^ Cbnni Establishment is in danger—Ivebement cheersi . We are too deliberate , too
¦ united , and too determined any longer to tubmit to an abuse to crying anfl so gross . And thf-y may blnBter as fhfiy like in Bi ^ lana , bat this I say , that they shall 5 i 6 i succeed in Tn ^ Trt ^ triTqg that monster in this country , I never before had the happiness of addressing so nnmerous a Tnultitmie as this—I never saw congregated snch a mass of physical force—I never beheld Each determination , -with at the Esme time a sufiiiaeni ^ of ^ oodfeeling and good humour left : bnt ' l . tdl the leaders of England to oesitste before they try the good temper bf this csuntry—doud cxies of hear , bear ) there most "be an end to this , as in this -world ihire is an end to everything— -feere is an end too to the patience -and forbearance of a long-tried , a long- « p . pressed , but a hoping people—and I tell those leaders , noiwithitanciEg the patience and good humour of the Irish people , -we cannot say how long , if they attack them , -we shall be able to restrain the people—( loud and long-coaiinEsa cheering ) .
TStB " -labejatDi " ' 1-hen came forward , and nothing could surpass the enthusiasm -with whieh he -was received—cheer followed cheer for sevex&l minutes , and tbe Iwnd struck np several spirited . Birs , and the -whole scene -was-one of affection , delight , * nd jubilee . The EoiLiand Iieamed Gentleman ebnniencsd his address to the assembled thonsands in the native Gaelic , which they seemed most happy to hear from the lips of the 2 om they ment to behold , and -whom they had sever , as "we before stated , seen till this day . Having spoken gome sentences in Irish , heproceded to ' observe that it wayimpossihie for tiie English language , or even if he possased the knowledge of his friend Pather Horgan of the Irish—the heartfelt , the heart-binding Irish—it Trasimposrible for him to express IhB exultation he felt atseeing somsBy Imndred ; of thousands of his countrymen and coostitaeDts about him . Yea ,- he was proud of thB high and . honourable distinction of being their representative ; and lie -was determined to do Ms duty
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by those "who conferred the henour upon him ; but it ¦ was said that he ought to be attending his dnty in Parliament , and not going through the country —( Load buurhter . ) Thos ? -who said so -were not their friends , nor were they his—jHear , hear . ) What pnsiness had he in Parliament ? Was it not a packed Parliament , and above all packed against Ireland ?—( Hear , bear . ) Many a time it . devolved npon him to plead the cause of the prisoner who » he knew to be innocent , and his blood curdled when ne n fleeted that a packed jury might find a verdict against an Innocent man j bnt be sever met a jury so packed against a prisoner as the present Parliament vraa packed "against his conntry—( hear , and cheers ) . In the first place , Peel assured
them that he was the farmers' friend . Peel said that their prices should be preserved . He told them at the time that-Peel -was not the friend of the farmer ; and he now asked them , since Peel came into office , did they get the same price that they obtained f » r their produce two years ago?—( lond cries of " No" ) . The landlords confided in Peel ' s promises , and they no-w found themselves the greatest sufferer * by the policy which he adopted—( hear , hear ) . That was one -way Peel succeeded . The next was by exciting hatred against the people of Ireland . Hia inewspapera called the Irish a felon nation—and their priesto they called *• snrpliced rafflans . " A Voice—Oh I the villains 1
Mr . O'COKNELL—They did , the ! villains—that was the proper name for them . YeB , they excited bigotry in England and hatred agaiuBt Ireland ; and that was another means by -which they packed the present Parliament ! The fact was , he dia not ; think the fellows worthy of iis attendance—{ lond and continued cheering)— $ nd therefore he remained at home ; he spoke to the Irish peeple , and the heart <> f Ireland was np —the soul of Ireland was roused—the sons of Ireland -were meeting in their congregated thousands , and the enemies of Ireland -were blanching from very fear . ( Vehement cheers ) . Yesj but they > srere come to new times in the contest . Hitherto Peel and Wellington threatened them -with civil war . He set their threats at defiance—( lond applause ) . He said that the people
of Ireland would violate no law—would not infringe on the peace—would not put themselves in the power cf the shoneen magistrates . He had all Ireland peace able ; but not less fixed and determined because of being peaceable—{ loud applause ) . The next thing was to break the magistrates . It was no great loss to him not to be a magistrate—Uoud cheers and laughter ) . But since that they bad adopted another course , and he came to the conclusion that there was no chance for Ireland except from Ireland herself ; In the House of Commons on Thursday * night , Sir James Graham made a speech -on the Arms Bill . He thanked Sir James Graham for that speech . He deeply thanked aim . And in the first place Sir James Graham called the Catholics perjurers ! A voice—Oh ! the villain j ;
Mr . O'CoNM ell—Ye » , that -was the name his mother ' s son ought to bear . There was no other more applicable to him . Moragh gen cleara—( icud laughter and cheers . ) He ( Sir -James Graham ) said that the Catholics took an oath not to disturb the church as settled by law established . Why the Protestant Church as settled by law , when he { Mr . O'Connell ) first took that oath , -was a different thing from what it was now . When he took that oath first , the Church established by law hi Ireland had eighteen bishops and four archbishops ; and the Protestants themselves cut them down to eight bishops and two archbishops . That -was a definition of the Church as settled by law ; and they aald that he -was hound by the first oath he took . . There could be nothing more ridiculous or absurd ( cheers . ) At that time , too , then were church-rates all over Ireland ; they were collected every Easter , and the people well remembered them —( hear , hear ) . There stood tixe man who abolished them —( vehement cheering ) . Yes I he
took away £ 72 , 000 a yeas -which -were levied off the Catholic people of Ireland for building Protestant churches , and he was now told that to the first oaths he had taken he should adhese ( cries of " Oh . " ) As he before stated , nothing could be more ridiculous or absurd . Then with respect to tithes , it should be known that there were no tithes bylaw uow ; they were converted into rent charge ; and from that one-fourth had been struck—( beat , heat . ) The ! lav ; settled their church , and settled it again , and would continue to settle it ; and what he proposed was -that every parson should be paid by the Protestant who required his ministry—( loud cheers ) . Well then ; the next thing that Sir James Graham , in his speech on Thursday night , said , was that " is 1829 ImaDcipation -was eonceded . * ' Conceded I He believed there wereno thanks due for that—{ hear and cheers ) . Who was it that obtained emancipation ? A voice—O'Connell—( tremendouB cheering ) .
Mi . O'Coxkslx—01 he was at the head ; but he could not have obtained it if the people were not after him—( cheers . ) O ! they gave it to be sure , bnt they durst not refuse it " for a reason they had "—(" hen , " and cheersi . And there were not then a tenth of the people -with him who new joined himiin the movement for Repeal —( continued cheering ) . O J all Ireland was now standing together in determination to obtain her rights—( "hear , hear , " and cheering )! Sir J . Graham having made the announcement , thai there was to be ne further concession for Ireland , 1 : ask the Whigs and others what use it is for them to be liberal unless they join us for the Repeal of the TJnion ?—( tremendous cheers ) . 1 thank him for that announcement , for he could not do my work better if he had been paid for it —( hear ) . Ah . ' Sir J . Graham , I ami much obliged to you . A -yoice—Bad lack to him !
Mr . O * Co > -5 £ I . l—I have not wished him bo although he has -done my work , but I acquit him of all intention to serve us—( hear , bear ) . You have fno hope for Ireland but from Irishmen , and you have brought me to proclaim , that unless throngh yourselves you have no means of carrying out anything of good for Ireland—Mr . M'Carthy -was then moved from the chair , and Mr . J . O'Connell called thereto , and the thanks of the meeting were passed to their late Chairman , when the meeting separated , after having given three cheers for the Queen , O'Concell , and BepeaL
THB BAUQTJET . The Temperance Hall of the town -was elegantly fitted up for the important occasion of entertaining the Liberator . About 450 sat down to dinner . The chair was occupied by Maurice Power , H . D . Mr . D . Welplt , secretary , read letters of apology , during the progress of which he was frequently interrupted by load bursts of cheering , particularly while the letters of the Most Bev . Dr . M'Hale and Right BeV . B-r . Higglns weire being-read . At the conclusion , the Crais-Uax gave " The Queen , God bless her . " ( Drunk with every demonstration of fervour and loyalty . ) ;
The Chairjlas again rose and said—That the people , and the people alone , are the true source of constitutional power , is a principle which is now universally admitted—( hear ) . There was a time when the annunciation of tills truth would have . secured for the man who should have the-boldness to assert it , a halter or a prison—( hear , hear ) . Bnt happily for us , Vfe live in times when the divine right of kings to govern is net set up even by kings themselves—( be&r , hear ) . I therefore , Gentlemen , give you , " The people , the true source of all legitimate power" —( druuk with enthusiastic cheering ) .
Mr . S . Lalou having been called on to respond to this toast , -was received with bursts of . applause . The Learned Gentleman alluded to articles which had appeared in The Times of January , which accused the landlords of Ireland of being the fruitful source of all the misery that afflicted the country , and of the agrarian outrages Trhich distracted society . Those articlts bad made Mm Bepealer . Who vras it that opposed O'Connell at the election in 1841 ? Was it a Conservative ? Was it a Liberal ? Not one ; of those . The Conservatives hated Mr . O'Connell ; the liberals complimented him -with their abuse . One man alone came forward to oppose him , and that man fwas John Shee Lalor . { Hear , hear . ) Mr . OConnell offered him £ 300 towards his election if he -would stand «> n Repeal principles . He sent for him , and said , " fie thought him an honest honourable Irishman ( great chterirg)—a man posee&sicg some capacity—one who would be useful in the House of Commons ; that he did not-v ? ant to put in
a relative ; and that he would give £ 300 towards hia election " " No , Sir , " said I , "Ism against Repeal and I cannet do it . " What was the result ? I who had my ambition , my honourable ambition before me , who-was solicited by many , but beyond all by the man to -whom 1 would be inclined to pay the niost abject submission ( cheers , ) "would not enter Parliament upon the terms of sacrificing my honestly conc ^ ived-opinions . Why did I Ttrfost ? Because I , like others , still cluag to the £ ope tfcat England wonld do justice to Ireland ( cheer ?) , and tLat -we -would yet gain from an English Legislature s perfect identification of interests ; and on thts hustings 1 opposed Mr . O'Connell . Did he ever turn tt me ? N * vs . tCbetTs . ) He has turned on many reptiles whom he knew to trade in politics ; but did he ever utter a syllable against me ? Never . ( Cheers . ) What sm I now ? — I am a decided , emphatic and determined Bepealer . ( ' * Hear , hear , " and great cheering . )
TheCHAiKMAS— I now , gentlemen , coma to the toast of the fcTining—( Loud cheers . ) It is jhat of * ' O'Connell aad the Repeal of the Union . '' This toast wis drunk ¦ with the most enthusiastic and tremendcus cheering we ever heard . The ladiesrose in ths galleryand continued to -wave their handkerchiefs for full ten minutes , -while thB gent ] pmen cheered until the very roof rung again to their shouts of applause . After some time Mr . O'Consell rose , and the scene was renewed with indiscribahle enthusiasm . When order had been restored the Xeamed Gentleman proceeded to address the cempanyaa follows . ; My esteemed and Her . Friend , Father Horgan , in that beautiful grace
which he spok& in the proper language first , ami then badly translated into EngliBh afterwards , gave an Irish line that I confess delighted me —( hear . ) It meant in the vulgax Saxon tongue , ' Ireland -will be herself again . ' —( Loud cheers . ) That is fee opinion of my life and exertions— ( hear ) . 1 want to make Ireland herself again . That is the object of all my atingiles . I confess 1 do not go as far as my excellent friend Mr . Sbea Lalor —( hear . ) 1 am not determined to die for Ireland . I "would rather live for her—icheerJng ) for one living Bepealer is worth a churchyard full of dead ones { hear , laughter , and cheera . ) But if I understand right Mr . Shea Laior , with vrarmth—• ' None can ive for Ireland but those who vrould die for her , "
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Mr . O'CoasELL—I deny the universality of the maxim—{ cheers )—but I think he is deserving to live for Ireland who « an die for her oa a necessary ocaslon—^( cheering ) . That I am sure wag the intention of my friend , though he did not exactly express himself so ; but I do not mistake him—( hearj . I know he wished to expreis himself so- ^ -to live as long as the constitution is secured to us by our enemies , and to die when they dare attempt to violate it ^ - ( great cheering ) . But these , my friends , are merely hypothetical and suppositions cases , that never will arise —( hear , hear )—andl tell you the reason—it is the physical power that we saw this day—( loud cheers)—and the readiness to
defend Ireland , although they will attack no person—( hear , and cheers ) . We are rather toe many now for them to 1 cut our throats—( laughter , and hear , hear ) . They never / will attempt it , believe me . Let me Btate that while the county of Cork , and I have been accused of repeating the thing , but I will repeat it until every starling with a split tongue in the connty shall repeat it after me—( cheers , and laughter)—take then Cork connty and Wales—( hear , hear ) . Cork has a population of 750 . , and the population of Wales is but 50 000 more , yet Wales has twenty-nine septesBnta « tives—( ; Oh , oh" )—while Cork has but twoj!—( renewed cries of " Oh , oh J" )—Every Welcbman is worth 14 i of you .
A voice— "By G—d , they ain't "—( laughter and cheers ) . Mr . O'Connell—I do not think one of them wonld beat 14 1 of you . Same voice— " O , the d—1 a bit , or half a one of us "l renewed laughter and cheering ) . Mr . O'CosNBiL—I do not think they'd try you ; but I think one of you , with a good stick would beat fourteen and a half of them , ( Hear , hear , and immense cheering . ) Sir J > Graham has told you that concession has gone to its utmost limit . iGroana . ) Yes , he , the unworthy representative of the Queen , proclaimed submission and despair to the people of Ireland , and you are to despair and submit Cries of never , never , and great cheering . ) Will you not ? Renewed cries of " no , no , " and increased cheering . ) Oh . no ; and though all Ireland submitted there would be one man fonnd that
would not do so . ( The Learned Gentleman here struck hie hands ! on bis breast with great energy—the cheering that followed was most intense and protracted . ) I beg your pardon for the kind of boast that is implied by my action —( no , no , )—but there is not a single man of you upon whose soul the brand of cowardice is so set as to Bay he would despair . All yon want is organisation —( hear , )—all that is wanted throughout Ireland is organization . ( Hear and cheers . )—But mark me , in that same speech of Sir J . Graham's , of Friday night lastmind , I am not speaking of a speeoh delivered in the House of Commons ; I am speaking of a reported speech in The Times and Morning Chronicle newspapers—( laughter )!—and in The Times I find that Sir James was not content with oDr submission and despair , bul went farther to prove-why you should despair , for be proclaimed you all perjurers .
A stentorian voice . — " He lies . " ( Hear , and moat tremendous cheering , that lasted several minutes . ) Mr . O'Connell . —I wish he was within ear-shot of you . ( Laughter aud cheering . ) It was the Minister of the Crown that did it—( groans , )—he who had the majority , in the House of Commons , where the passages cf bis speech , in which he proclaimed you p « rjurers , were received with beastly cbeerB . ) ( Loud groans and hisses . ) A Voiee , — "O , theSsxon doge I" ( Renewed groaning 1 Mr . O ' CpHNELL—Yeg , bnt are they not your lawmakers ?—( bear , and most tremendous groaning . ) I called their cheering an a former occasion " beastly and indecent bellowing "—( bear ) , —and whoever bellowed at the stain Bought to be put npon yon was a
beast—( bear , and loud groaning ) . I wish we had them hsre man toman—( hear , and cheers ) , we would teach them to screech another tune —( cheers ); ay , they would cry for meroy ; and we would be merciful to the beasts—( bear , and ' eheering ) . Is the Government fairly represented , think you , by the speeches of Sir J . Graham reported in the newspapers T—( yes , yes . ) Are they then so strong that we should despair of succeeding against them ?—( no , no . ) What is the state of the Minister's affairs ?—( hear . ) The finances are rained ; and the Minister was obliged to impose an income-tax on the English people , and good luck to them ; and by next session he will have to double that tax—and more good luck to them—( laughter and cheering ) . In every other particular the revenue has diminished , while the
debt of the nation has increased—( hear ) . Look at the manufacturing districts ; there was , to be sure , a sews * paper spurt about the prosperity of the manufacturing districts , but it is all gone—( hear ) . The iron trade is completely gone , for that which told at £ 11 per ton a short time since is now selling at £ 3—( hear ) . And , more than that , one concern in England failed the other day for £ 400 , 000 ! This is the strength of Eogland—( bear , hear ) . And mind bow her enemies watch her —( hear ) . ; At the moment that Sir James Graham was proclaiming his hostility to Ireland , that artful tyrant , Louis Philippe , wits stimulating the Spanish people to assail the Government of Esparterothe villain ¦ Espartero , the church-robbing villain ; Espaitero , the bisLop-persecuUag villain—( cheering ) .
Lotus Philippe took advantage of the insurrection ; the army was ordered out , and the officers were quick < in obeying ; but the soundest and best part of every army , Jhe sergeants —( hear , hear ) , —met , and proclaimed their determination not to assail the people—( hear , hear ); —they went to their officers , and humbly supplicated them not to assail Uie people—( bear , and loud cheers ) Louis Philippe took care to ha-ve an army to protect the Spanish people ; and could England attack them ! — ( No , no . ) They are sending vessels into the Cove of Cork , which place is beginning to look quite gay and fashionable ( Hear , hear . ) Tea could get naval lieutenants there now as cheap aa cockles —( laughter ) ;—some of the yeung ladies do not , or will not , look on any officer holding lower rank than an admiral . ( Great
laughter and cheers . ) This fleet , I suppose , was sent to Cove for the purpose of intercepting the great meeting at Skibbereea—( laughter)—bnt there is some talk of their going to Spain . ( Hear , hear . ) I would wish to know if they will take any of the army with themthese poor fellows who have nothing to do but to prod holes with their bayonets in the barrack walls ? ( Great laughter and cheering . ) But what will they do for the second arm ; whieh Ireland would give them if she were conciliated ? ( Hear , and cheers . ) O , Sir J . Graham , you are a wiseacre ; and Louis Philippe and Espartero know that 4 Hear , hear , laughter and cheers . ) But recollect , these men who threaten us dare not raise an arm against the people while they are peaceable . If tbey did , what would be the value of the 3 A pe » cents , or
of tne three per cents . ? ( Hear , hear . ) They fell from 97 to 92 ; ttib Morning Chronicle said it was owing to the slate of affairs in Spain , in connection with the Bepeal movement in Ireland . ( Lond cheers . ) If they were to assail Ireland , the right arm of England in war , —( bear , )—and 01 dire were the sufferings of this faithful country at the hands of Eagland , —( hear , ) and I hope I am not superstitious when J , say It is something like a retributive curse that is now withering England for her oppressions of this faithful and moral country . —( hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) Such is the state of Ireland , that if you were to break out in rebellion , attack the soldiery , plunder them of their ammunition —if we were to provoke her by commencing the attack on the constituted authorities—if we were guilty of
outrages un " the persons of those who differ in opinion frem us , I do not say but England would be ready at any sacrifice to deluge the country in blood , aa we would deserve if we were guilty of such folly— ( hear ); bnt keep within the bounds of the law , obey the wishes of those who have your interests deep at heart —{ hear ; , —act with , those -who htne led you to many bloodless victories—( cheeia . )—signify your adhesion by that language that John Bull knows well—( hear , and laughter ); —many of them know the Chinese language , many of them know the classics , algebra , < 5 cc , but there is one language or science universally understood by them .
that is the language of the chink of the shilling— ( hear , hear , and Jond cheers . ) JoLn Bull understands the language of the pocket well —( hear , hear . ) Last we ^ h when he read of the £ 3000 repeal rent be understood it—show him that determination—show him your adhesion in that way —( hear ) . —give me 3 OOfi . OOO of Bepealeis and leave me to do the rest —( great cheering ) . I know the position of England . She has an artful enemy in Louis Philippe , who knows that be could not cement the claim of his family to the throne of France better than by giving the French people a victory ovtr the victors of Waterloo , by making the English crouch , and crouch she must if she allows Ireland to remain
dissatisfied—( hear , hear , and cheerB ) . Let it be proclaimed to all Europe the outrages that have been committed on Ireland—( hear , hear , bear ) , — the daring insolfcice of her Mrtiisttr , -who , as though like tlie tyrant king of old . he conld siay the very tide—•• thns fur sbalt ihou go and no further ; " but even the command of that monarch was not more futile then was that of Sir J . Graham , when he thought the tide of patriotism would cease to flow at his command , and not fla 3 t triumphantly the ark of liberty into its haven of rest . The cry of liberty is abroad on the wild winds of heaven—( cheers )—the call of freedom to stand shoulder to shoulder , to respect the laws of the Almighty GoS , and those also cf eppressive man—( hear , hear )—let us be submissive to the lawa aa long as they remain the laws—ihear , and cries of " We will , we will" )—conntenanced by onr pastors , who ever
battled with you when conscious that your conduct was consonant with the rules of piety and jUBtice , otherwise they would not be with yen—( hear , and cheers ) the security that we—shall I call myself a leader , and why would I not ?—( hear , and vigorous cheering )—the security that we have is suuded by temperance and lbd on by the councils of our anointed pastors—no crime , no conspiracy , ' no breach of the law , no effence againBt God will be committed ; and , OI it is delightful to think how piety and temperance shall run in the Btream , and sanctify each other , until the bright current spreads its vivifying waters all over the land , and her children ; shall be animated by the refreshing draughts , and shall with the all vivifying waters driok in prosperity , ! happiness , and liberty . The Learnei Gentleman then resumed his seat amid the most deafening peals of . applause , which lasted several miButes .
Mr . Shea . Ljllob . rose and said , that be knew it was out of order for a person to rise for the purpose of giving an explanation , but there was one thing in his speech so misrepresented that be would take the liberty then of being an exception to the general rule—( hear , hear ) . He was distressed at heariig the interpttration put by the Liberator on part of his speech , and he could not conceive by what possibility it was that he
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was represented as saying anything whish was inconsistent' with their present movement—( loud criea of V Wo , no ") . It had . been his most anxious dewre always to inculcate order and peace , and . as he joined the movement from what be considered a duty , he would retire from it from that day forth , unless he saw some security that those who spoke calmly , although strongly , should not be misrepresented—( "No , no , " and sensation ) . There : was no policeman would maintain the laws wore strenuously than he would ; and in saying ao , he could not conceive how he had inculcated anything contrary to the spirit of the Constitution .
I Mr . OCONNKLL replied , that he was always the friend of law and justice ; but there was a single sentence which fell from bis friend Mr . Sbea Lalor of which , from the affection he bore him , he would consider himself guiUy of a dereliction of duty if be did net give an explanation—( bear , hear ) . He was certain those were the sentiments which were on Mr . La ' or ' s mind , and he merely explained it However , it might have been better explained in Mr . Lalor ' a own words —( tremendous cheers ) .. ; Mr . Lalor . —When I select a dictionary , Mr . O'Gonnell , I certainly will select you in preference to Doctor Johnson ; but I do not think I made the mis * take which you attribute to me . —( Cries of " Sit down . ") . Mr . O'Connell . —Why , the mistake waa all on my part Mr . Lalor—I rather think it was , aud lam glad the matter is s&tcled .
, Mr . OConnell—Every thing is easily settled between us . . The ChAinMAN said he then came to a toast which was only second to the toast of the evening ; it was the health of their county representative , Mr . E . B . Roche—( Great cheering . ) 1 Mr . Roche rose amidst the most rapturous bursts of applause , and , when silence was at length obtained , he said—I am as fully convinced as any roan of the power of constitutional agitation . I also feel sure that the people and their leaders will not step for one moment beyond the limit of the constitution ; we shall remain in it so long as it is left to us , and when ethers break through every right which we hold justly dear and sacred , then we shall be prepared to take our course accordingly . I Mr . 8 . Lalor— 'That is my course too .
" Mr Roche—We have a country to live for , but we have also a country to die fot—( cheers)—but we won't die for her until they won't allow ub to live for her—{ laughter and oheering ) . I don't believe they will attempt to drive us to that desperate alternative—( bear , hear ) . We have ! ample power within our own hands to guard the lives of the people , and finally to accomplish their independence—( cheers)—we will be peaceful and loyal , and not only advise , but practise entire and unqualified obedience to the laws . If they attempt to pass any coercive measures in Parliament for Ireland , I am resolved to go to my place in that
Parliament , where , by way of parenthesis , I have not as yet shown my face —( laughter , and cries of "You are doing more good- nit [ home" )—I will go there , and , following the leadership ! of my revered colleague , I am prepared to go to ( be division-lobby of the House every night of every week till Christmas—( cheers ) . We will adopt every constitutional means to prevent cur country from being enslaved ; and oar homes desolated ; and when they infringe on tights so dear and feelings so sacred , then it will be time to take our course —( cheers ) . My mind 1 b fully made up aa to that course , but now is not the time to state it- —( cheers ) .
It being now after twelve o ' clock , the " Liberator " said that it was better to dispense with the remaining toasts . The company Immediately separated , and thus ended another " great day for Ireland . "
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, CAUSE OF THE "BEBECCA" BIOTS . The Times of Monday has the following from its ewn Correspondent , in explanation of the " Rebecca" doings in Wales . It will be Been that the writer argues the conclusion that there Is some " reason" tot " Ilebeeca " acting as she has done . ; He says : — "The main cause of the mischief is the general poverty of the farmers . They have become thereby discontented at every tax and burden they have been called on to pay . If to this cause , —increasing poverty , and consequent discontent , be added an unjuat imposition ! you hate the crowning climax , however trivial it may appear in itself , which has fanned this discontent into a flame . This unjust imposition is the very gross abuse of the turnpike tolls in this county . This may
appear a ridiculous cause of discontent to most readers ; but when I have explained the facts , there will appear some reason in Rebecca's warfare . I must first state that the tolls of the highways of this county are farmed out to contractors , the highest bidder becoming the farmer of tbem , as I believe is usually the ease with the collection of turnpike tolls . The chief tillage of this county Is lime ; and a great number of limekilns are erected in different places , often with bye-roads to them ; and it is the custom of the farmers to buy their own stone , and often their own coal , and carry them to these kilns to be burned into lime , and then convey away the lime to their lands . Often the farmers of a district were enabled to get to these kilns without going
through any turnpike ; upon which tbe toll contractors complained to tbe trustees that they could not continue to pay the fail amount of their contract price of the tolls unlesB toll-bars were erected on these byeroads . . These applications have been listened to , and there j are scarcely two miles of bye-road or high road without a turnpike . The consequence is , that where heretofore the farmer paid Is . for a load of stone which he had taken to the quarry with bis team , he is now compelled to pay 1 b . in addition for turnpikes , another shilling on bis coal , and , again , has toll demanded on bringing away his lime . This , therefore , has become a very Berious tax upon the former , and bus greatly enhanced the cost of the tillage for his land . Again , it has become tbe custom if a bridge
bad to be bnilt , a road to be made less circuitous , or a bill to be cut down , to erect a turnpike to defray the cost of the improvement These new and additional turnpikes have been continued and tolls exacted long after the cost of the bridge or other improvement bos been over and over again defrayed . In other places parishes are compelled to repair the roads at their own cost , and the farmers who have contributed to this cost , contend that it is unjust that they Bbonld be called upon to pay tall as well . From these several causes , incredible as it may appear , I have been informed by several persons likely to be acquainted with the fact , that , taking the whole county of Carmarthen , on an average .. there are not three miles of
road without a toll bar . From Pontardulais-bridge , the boundary of the county , to this town , a distance of only : nineteen miles , I myself counted no less than eleven toll-bars , or rather ten and the cUan-swept foundation where one stood last week . The farmers of the county , a most peaceable , quiet , and orderly population , were roused to snch a pitch of indignation by tbis abuse , that at length , under a leader store daring than the rest , who assumed the name of ' Rebecca , ' several of these newly set up gates were pulled down . It is remarkable ,: and proves that it is their sense of justice only which ia outraged , that none of tbe old established gates originally placed on vhe road have been meddled with .
" Emboldened by success , organization and confederation commenced , and neither checked by the strong arm of the law , nor appeased by a timely remedy of the abuse , and having the silent sanction and approval of the mass of the population , these at first insignificant acts of lawless violence have ass timed an importance , a : / d have led to results which may end in serious disaffection amongst a population the most inoffensive and peaceful in her Majesty's dominions . " The beginning of strife i 8 as the letting out of waier ; ' there is no telling what mischief it may effect .
All parties , with whom I have conversed on the subject , ' unite in condemning the npatby of tbe Government in not using means at once to put an effectual stop to these disturbances . In those caaes , too , where there has been . 1 show of resistance to these outrages , and policemen and special constables have been arrajed they have not been determinedly and properly headed ; and on looking at tbe numbers they have had to cope with , 'appear to have lemsnibared the couplet , —¦ ' He who in fights will interpose ,
' Will sometimes fcbt a bloody nose ;' and esteeming ' discretion the batter part oF valour have quietly looked on , peeped round corners , and bave even , it is said , been ' compelled' to do 'RebeecaV own work . Miogl ? d with tbese causes of discontent are others , great in themselves , waich only wanted some auch commenceruint as ' R ibocca ' s' warfare to unite all iDto ' opesomewhat ula niiug tecus . The most prominent of these is disgust at the operation of tbe New Poor Law . The farmers and inhabitants of the rural districts complain that they are heavily rated to pay the expen ' seS of building a large Union Workhouse—of officers' salary—and of supporting the paupers of distant town populations , none of which , they eoDtend , they ought to be liable to ; and before the New Poor Law their rates for supporting their own paupers were much lighter .
" Then again the great tithes are generally severed from the support of the church , and go to lay improprietors whilst the small or vicarial tithes , oppressive and vexatious in their exaction , alone remain to support an ill-f » ai < l clergy . One serious consequence of this has been the great progress of dissent in Wales , which has again reacted on the general discontent in creating so opposition to the payment of all tithe whatsoever from opposition to the church . 11 At present this picturesque and beautifully situated little town is perfectly quiet ; except , ( if I can call it an exception ) that two armed dragoons are on duty in front of the I hotel from which I write , a part of the outoffices I being converted into barracks , whilst groups of wondering and curious boys ! and idle men are standing at a respectful distance , looking with aspects of awe at their carbines and accoutrements .
" To-day a company of the 73 d Regiment marched into the town . The soldiers' have been accommodated with quarters in the workhouse , a part of which has been converted into temporary barracks . " I have been informed that Colonel Love , the commander of the district , has arrived , and has been actively engaged in placing the solders in different parts of the country , so as to ba ready at a moment ' s warning to act on aa emergency . " j
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In the Times of Tuesday , the same writer retnri ) 8 to tbe subject , and enters into details of oppression undef the New Poor ( Law , which may well cause " Bebecca " to " cry outaleud , " and even to act . "Saturday , Jane 24 . * ' A local newspaper , tne Carmarthen Jottmai , of today , attributes the late outrages in this county to " a deeply-seated and widely-diffused spirit of political disaffection . " I have made numerous inquiries , and certainly ( such appears to be the opinion of several leading men of the county . On inquiring the particular grievances complained of , however , the almost invariable answer is , the oppressive tax of the toll-gates on the by-roads , and the unpopularity and dislike to the working of the New Poor Law . I have endeavoured to-day to ascertain the particular grounds of the unpopularity of this law . It appears that the union comprises a great number of rural parishes , and many
of these have no p « or whatever , others scarcely any ; and tbe farmers , who bave been accustomed to maintain only their ; own poor , naturally are indignant at being compelled to contribute to tbe maintenance ef the poor of & populous town some ten or twenty miles ofl . This , so far as it affecta the farmers of the rural districts , appears to be [ their most prominent objection to the law . In the town of Carmarthen , however , there are other grounds I of objection—namely , its actual operation on the poor themselves . The poor complain , that if they seek for relief , and are what are termed ' ablebodied , ' they ! are obliged to enter the Workhouse , themselves and their families , or they cannot get it They complain that if they do enter , they are kept there as In a prison , and treated as prisoners : that even with agedj and infirm couples , man and wife are separated within its walls ; and , lastly , ihey complain of black bread and insufficient diet . I bave
taken no main ' s * they say' for grantee ; but have been myself over the Workhouse , have examined and tasted their bread , have obtained from the matron their difet table , and bave seen numerous orders for admission into the workhouse to applicants for relief who have ] made out their case of necessity before the board , and ] who have been refused relief , unless they and their families entered tbe workhouse . I have seen a bundle of these orders , such as— ' Admit John Jones , wife , and three children , ' which have been refused , the applicants preferring to starve or live by mendicancy rather than break up their cottages—their only homes , and enter the workhouse . I inquired of the relieving officer ( the rent John Jones would have to pay for bis cottage '; he aaid , 'Perhaps Is . or Is . 6 d . aweek . ' I asked what would become of it if he and
his family sheuld accept the order , and enter the workhouse ? 'jOh , 'he answered , he would- lock it up for a few jdaya till he got work . ' * Suppose , ' said I , < ha should not obtain work for a week , would the Union pay ! his rent ? ' 'Oh , no / said he , 'the landlord must distrain on his furniture tot that . " Can it be wondered ! at , unless all hope for struggling on be gone—every spark of honest and independent feeling be extinguished—that John Jones should spurn the offer to give him bread on condition that he and his family should become outcasts , by thus consenting to the breaking [ of the strongest tie to honest industry —his own fireside ? And such has been the feeling with which these offers have been rejected , with
indignant cries ) that it ' was the last tima the workhome should be offered to them . ' These expressions , the officers of that establishment say , pointed . to a contemplated destruction of tbe building . It seems pretty certain , from all I can learn , that the farmers and followers of ' Rebecca' from the rural districts , who came mounted , though opposed to the New Poor Law as imposing unjust burdens upon them , never contemplated pulling down the workhouse of Carmarthen ; but that ' they were led on to the outrage they committed ( and ] which was bo fortunately put a atop by the arrival of the dragoons ) by the townspeople , whose enmity , ( for the causes I have named , was directed against the building itself .
"The bread , which I saw and tasted , is made entirely of barley , and is nearly black ; it has a gritty and rather sour taste . I was informed by a gentleman of the board , who accompanied me , that this kind of bread was better than the bread in common use amongst the poorer farmers , jl bave since ascertained from an intelligent farmer thai some of the poorer farmers do use this bread , and he deeoribed it to me as 'being very healthy , because it was lighter than wheaten bread ;' that ' you couJd eat a great deal more of it , ' and tjiat 'it acted aa ani aperient , and was therefore recommended in some , cases , as from its gritty nature it had a scouring effect . ' " Subjoined is the daily diet table furnished to me by the matron : — j
" 16 ounces of this barley bread per day for able-hedied men , and 14 ounces for women ; l £ pint of milk porridge , composed of three parts water and one part milk , each morning forlbreakfaat . On Sundays and Wednesdays , 3 j ounces of cooked meat , andl . £ lbof potatoes , for dinner , and l | pint of soup for supper . On Mondays , Thursdays , iind Saturdays , 1 h pint of soup , * nd li-lb of potatoes for dinner , 1 J ounce of cheese for supper . On Tuesdays \ h pint of pease-soup and l £ lb of potatoes for dinner , and 1 ^ ounce of cheese for Bupper . And on Fridays ) 'we have a fish-dinner , * said the matron . 'Oh , ' ( thought I , ' this is kindly intended as a obange and ! luxury ; they are near the sea-coast , and cod , haddock ? , and mackerel , no doubt are abundant and cheap . ' 'What fish ? ' I asked . 'Oh , a salt herring eath—and very large ones they are too , ' said tbe { matron , qualifying it , as I raised an incredulous look . To this l £ lb of potatoes are allowed , and to wind up the duy ' s fast \\ pint
of soup for supper . It struck me , that though the farmer's account of the beneficial effects of barley bread might be quite true as applied to bale , strong , and ever fed men , yet that ] taken as tbe chief food , with only 3 ^ oz . of meat on Sundays and Wednesdays , and a soup and milk gruel diet all the rest of the week , its ' scouring' properties might not be desirable for the strongest man , even though , he waa treated to ' a fish dinner on Fridays . ' I will now turn to the dietaries of tbe Borough Gaol of j Carmarthen , and also of the County Gaol , which I subjoin , each of which places I visited , and saw the rations servtd out , and leave you to compare the amount of food allowed to the criminals confined with that given in the workhouse to the poor . As to its quality [ in each of these pi isons , the bread was good wheaten brown bread ; that given in the Borough Gaol especially is excellent bread , and I have frequently seen such bread from choice eaten in respectable families in England . The sup and gruel also , some of which I saw in the county Gaol , appeared thick and strong .
" THE DIETjlBy OF THE B 0 KOUGH GAOL . "Rule 18 . —That the money allowance forfoed hitherto existing be abolished , and the following fixed diet be established instead , —namely , l ^ tb . of bread daily for each prisoner ; 3 pints of oatmeal gruel daily ; lib . of potatoes or mixed vegetables daily ; and a liberal allowance of salt for each prisoner . " THE DIETARY OF THE COUNTY GAOL . " 24 oz . of bread per day forgeach prisoner sentenced to bard labour ; 12 ozl of meat on Thursdays and Sundays , and l ^ s lb . of potatoes . On Mondays , Wednesdays , and Fridays , 2 oz . of cheese and a quart of gruel . On
Tuesdays , Thursdays , Saturdays , and Sundays , 1 j pint of soup ; with a pint land half of gruel each morning for breakfast Prisoners in the Honse of Correction are supplied with the same diet On Mondays and Fridays they have meat soup , and on Tuesdays , Wednesdays , and Saturdays vegetable soup . " Orders have been received from the Home-office for an increased diet for the prisoners , but wiiich the magistrates have not yet adopted . "Can you wonder , on a comparison of these several diet tables , that the poor should complain that they are underfed in the workhouse , and that the union workhouse should be unpopular amongst them ?''
' The Times , ia a leading article in reference to tbese revelations says : —j" If manifestations of popular violence should induce Ministers to re-consider the policy of keeping up such ! a standing grievance throughout the country aa the New Poor Law , the time may come when we shall have to thank even ' Rebecca and her daughters'I" J ^
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j __ ADDRESS OF THE : COAL . LEAD . AND IRONSTONE MIXERS OF ENGLAND AT < D WALES TO THEIR URETHRBN THE COLLIERS OF SCOTLAND . Brothers in bondage and in hope , —Long hav ? we toiltd , while idlfers bave reaped the fruits ' . Lung have we laboured in noisome pits to provi'lo comfort foiiat ! , while ourselves and families are denied every comfort ! onr wagesjgradujlly reduced ! intuuian , uu-Christian restrictions placed upon us , until we can barely obtain the commonest necessaries of life ! prevented by the present accursed system from obtaining information , and then taunted by those who enslave us , with ignorance ! Harassed , oppressed , and insulted on every eide , ( for who feels any sympathy for a colHer ?) our burdens are becoming too great for humanity much longer to bear . When we see the sons of labour in indigence and rags , and the idlers rolling in lumury . and
clothed in purple and fine linen , we are irresistibly j driven to the conclusion that something must be . ! ¦ radicall y wrong in | the present system , or such ] outrageous anomalies could not exist Is it ; nob time then , Brethren , that we should stand up in the dignity of manhood , and enquire how and by wkat cause these things exist . Brethren , the reason why this unnotnral state exists , has been long self-evident ; ik is because we [ bave not been united > 1 It is I because we allow others to have the greatest share of that which we ourselves produce > . it Is because tb . « scriptures are perverted , ami the " labourer is no longer first partaker of th ' e fruits . " Brothers , shall this state of things lost for ever ?—shall we for ever be disunited , only to be made slaves ? I The motto of tbe
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oppressor ever la '" Divide and Govern . " lA % xts noi suffer them to divide * us any longer , and trample upon us with impunity ! Lei us not any longer be willing parties to onr own degradation / Let us forge a Union cb ' ain that shall encircle our land I ! Let us cement ita links with mutual interest , and brotherly love !! Let us get rid of all mean jealousy , and have confidence in each other ! Let us feel our own value and status in society , and then aseureas cheerful morning follows dreary night—as sure as gloomy winter is succeeded by smiling spring , bo sure shall we to successful in bettering the condition of ourselves and families , and raise ourselves and families from that degraded position to which we are at present subjected .
Brethren , in order to cure the above natned state of things , we have fonned a society called " The Miners Association of Great Britain and Ireland . " Thousands have enrolled themselves under ita banner , and thousands are daily flocking to it The society bis seven lectur ers engaged , propagating their principles . Only last week we forwarded one thousand cards to the miners in the West of Scotland ! We entreat , wa conjure yon by every holy tie that binds man to man , by the love you bear to your wives aud children , by the reppect you have for your kindred and kind , to join us . Unite with as , Brothers , and we will do yon good . Those who are friendly to you we will receive as frienda , and those who are your enemies shall find us determined opponents .
To bring about tbis much-desired object , we earnestly desire you to send two men from each colliery , to attend a delegate meeting which will be holden at the house of Mr . Douglas , Gallowa-hall Toll , Dalkeith , on Saturday , 1 st July , 1843 ; chair taken at six o ' clock in the evening ; and we beg further to inform you that we have delegated and appointed Mr . William Diuiells , ( whom we recommend to your notice , ) to attend such meeting , as tbe representative of the " Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland , " who will supply each colliery with a copy of our printed laws , and give every information wished for . Hoping you will take this address into your serious consideration , think wisely , aud act accordingly ,
We are , Brethren , yoars sincerely , on behalf of tbe Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland , the the Executive Committee , John Armstrong , President Alexander Stoves , Vice-President . Martin Jude , Treasurer . Thomas Smith , Benjamin Watson . John Nixon . Andrew Fleming . Peter Lintby . James Smith , Assistant Secretary . John Hall , General Secretary . Newcaatle-upon-Tyne , June 12 , 1843 . N . B . The above-named society is a completely lawful one , and is in perfect accordance with the Act of Par liament , the 5 th and 6 th of Geo . IV .
All further information can be obtained by addressing a post-paid letter to Mr . John Hall , General Secretary of the Miners'Association , at Mr . Thomas Stephenson's , Coronation-street , Sonth Shields , County of Durham ; or to Mr . William DanieUs , St . Ann ' s , Lasswade , who will shortly attend each Colliery in Mid and East-Lothian , and in the Connty of Fife , personally . John Hall , General Secretary .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Monday , June 26 . Lord Cottenh am moved for a select committee to inquire into the operation of the Bankruptcy Act ef last session . Ho argued that tbe law operated injuriously , and aggravated the evils of the system ; tbat it gave a preference to the larger creditors , at the expense of the smaller ; and that it frequently compelled , not only creditors , but the officers of the Bankruptcy Court , to travel from seventy to a hundred miles , in order to prove debts , or to take possession of effects—thus in every way leading to loss and expence .
The Lord Chancellor admitted that in individual cases there might have been an increase in the attending expences , but contended that in the average of cases there was a great diminution . It waa not fair to attempt to take the working of the act out of the hands of the Government , who were watching it with great attention , with the view of remedying whatever defects experience might point out . Lord Brougham concurred in opinion with the Lord Chancellor . Lord Campbell , on the contrary , was surprised thai the Lord Chancellor did not at once admit the bill to be entirely wrong , and abandon it , aa the Government had done with the additional duty on Irish spirits .
Lord Cottenham , in replying , expressed himself satisfied that the evils of which be complained would not long be permitted to exist . Tbe motion was then negatived without a division . On tbe motion , of the Earl of Aberdeen the House went into committee on the Scotch Church BUL This subject occupied their Lordship ' s the remainder of the evening .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday , June 23 . The House was occupied with another of those disenssiens on the Irish Arms Bill with threaten to be interminable . The first order of the day was the question of going into committee on the bill ; bat Sir H . W . Barron moved an amendment , that tbe provisions of the measure should be extended to England . One consequence of this amendment was that it brought up Lord Palmerston , at an early period of the evening , who detailed bis opinions on the subject of " Ireland and the Irish . " Sir Robert Peel replied to Lord Palmerston , and made a " conciliatory" speech , the chief object of which was to mitigate the effect of Sir James Graham ' s unlucky expressions on the previous Friday .
In the debate which followed , a great number of members took part—as Lord John Russell , Mr . Ward , Mr . Shaw , Mr . Trelawny , Lord Ebrington , Mr * Morgan John OConnell , Mr . Sharman Crawford , Lord Dungannon , Mr . Smith O'Brien , and Lord Clements . Sir H . W . Barron withdrew his amendment : but Mr . Thomas DUNCOMBE made a brisk attack on Ministers respecting the dismissal of Irish magistrates , which elicited from Sir James Graham that a correspondence had been going on between the Supreme and the Irish ttovermnents on the subject of the agitation for the Repeal of the Union , and that , in point of fact , Lord Chancellor Sugden had been previously advised by the Home Secretary with respect to the dismissal of magistrates . . '
This provoked a fresh discussion ; Lords John Russell and Howick emphatically protesting against punishing individuals for exercising their strictly constitutional and legal right of agitating for the Repeal of an Act of Parliament The House did not get into committee on the bill until a quarter to twelve o ' clock ; and then the first clause provoked a discussion as animated as ever . It was moved that ii be postponed ; and Lord Clements threatened a division on every syllable of the clause , unless it were postponed ; but the committee divided , when there appeared 177 to 74 . The object , however , ¦ waa gained , for the' committee on the bill was adjoorned .
Monday , JUrtE 26 . The first order of tbe day was the committee on tfce Irish Arms Bill , adjourned from Friday . On the question being put . Lord Clements interposed some observations , and waa followed by Mr . Wallace ; after which the House went into committee on the fltet elause . Lord JOHN Russell said be had supported tbe . bill because he felt that an Arms Bill was required for Ireland . ^ But he considered the existing act sufficiently stringent , and nnless the present bill , which partook of the nature of a coercive measure , were materially altered in committee , ho would oppose it on the third reading . Lord Eliot charged Lord John Russell with a want of bis usual candour , in now opposing ' a bill which he had supported , and which , instead of being coercive , was much milder than the Anus Act which he had supported wbenhiHi o . eIf iu power .
Mr . Hume express ^ . ' , his satisfaction that Lord John Russell was now going to oppose the bill , and regretted that he had not done so when the late Government was in office . The House then proceeded with thQ bill , or rather attempted to proceed with it , for the first bix clauses produced lively discussion and several divisions . The third and fourth clnusfs were postponed ; the fifth clause was agreed to ; but the sixth clause was opposed , nn 1 the gallery was cleared . Daring the absence of the reporters scu ^ e exciting . circumstances must have occurred , for Mr . R . York e was f jund on his legs indignantly censuring ihe ( Jisgractful proceedings which had taken place , and moving , in consequence , that the chairman report progress . This , on a division , was opposed by 229 to 24 ; and the clause itself , on another division , was carried by 167 to 96 . The progress of the bill was hare stopped , the chairman reporting progress ; and the other orders were then disposed of . "" - ¦ - "•—^ - ^^^««^ ' ^^ - ^^^^ x ^^^^^>^^ .
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. 1 ™ 10 IHE EDITOR OF THE K 0 RTHERN STAR . Sir , —You will oblige tbe Colliers of Mid-Lothian by inserting the fallowing address in the next Star , along with the following notice . To the Collier ^ op Mid and East Lothian . — Mr . William JDjniells , will visit the following place ? during the next week . The colliers are requested to mafce arrangements at their respective places for holding meetings : —Msnday , July 3 rd , at Newcastle ; Tuesday , 4 th . at Sheriff Hall ; Wednesday , at Rosowell ; Thursday , at Edg-head ; Friday , Bartey D « au ; Saturday , atwb-hill . W . Dam ELLS . Lasswado , June 2 i' . h , 184 S .
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CaMBERWELL — , Henry Vincent lectured at the Montpellier Tavtrn , on Friday evening week ; admittance threepence each . His audienca consisted of about sixty persona . After the lecture a public meeting was held , admission free . Mr . Joseph Sturge , Dr . Ritchie , and Colonel Thompson addressed the meeting , which never consisted of more than 120 persons , the greai majority of whom were Chartists . At the conclusion of Uie proceedings , it waa moved and seconded that the ;? form a Complete Suffrage Association . About ei ifht hands were belli up in its favour . The Chairman , Mr . Richardson , tbtn called upon them to enrol their names , but the call was unheeded . The respeetables ( so calledv movod towards tbe doors ; while the Chartists collected in groups , diseussing and comtaenting upon the complete fait are cf all middle-class move * raents , unless backed out by the aid aud . countenanca of working men .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 1, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1219/page/6/
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