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' ^ WWWW W ^ g ^^^^ S MAVOBZBTB& . ^ THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY DIS TURBANCES—ATTACK OF THE > £ W POLICE ON THE PEOPLE —TWO POLICEMEN STABBED-EXAMINATION AND
COMMITTAL OF THE LEADERS . On Monday last , a considerable number of per-« om assembled it an early hour in the morning , and sanded in procession , with fiaes , banners , < fec , fkronrh the principal streets . This circumstance TO no sooner known to the new police ( who are « eteeted in the town ) than the bead constable , Berwick , with a ftroDg force of his bladgeon men , accompanied by » formidable escort of tha military , sallied forth , and made a most wanton and funoas atturk < fB tke unoffending pecplf , taking pops ?» ion of their flags « " * banners , and beating some of them -awnrt e verery . The leader , wh » carried the iiwt tauter , a standard , on which was the cap of liberty , iaocktmost bravely , hut wai overpowered by
nnmhem , and taken into custody . The military asd 3 ke police , with their cutlasses , paraded the town tianag the greater portion of the day ; and it is ¦ a-frtl' * " to s&y that their presence xnd their conduct tended greatly to exasperate the excited populace . Daring the day several conflicts took place between the people and the paHce , at which tbs former were « BiaU * L , sad several o ! &em taken prisoners . On cob occasion the prisoner ' s ran , containing twenty * --two prisoners , was upset , and a great number of fiwmwere enabled to effect their escape . In the eady part of the morning , & number of persons wen t Torad to the mills , and turned the hands out— -this ¦ was carried on to some extent and enccens in the xt « i < rhbonihood of Gathome , and the police falling
waojdenly on the people , a conflict took piace , in ~ wHehone policeman wj » s stabbed in several parts of ii * body , sad is now lying at the Infirmary in a £ s 8 g * rons state . Q& the same morning _ a policeman' was stabbed in Xittk Lerer-street . . ^ During the day , a . report TUChfli town thai 60 , 000 m&a were on their march from Aahton , bat subsequent accounts inform n * . that they were intercepted by the military and turned back . It is said in Manchester that there sag been some rough work at Ashton , and that a deputy constable has been killed . In the course of 3 tf onday , the military withdrew , and at night a large coaooorse of people assembled in Ancoats-street , a ¦* ery densely populated part of the town , and at the ecu ! of whien i » a cotton mill , at tie pre > ent
mojneat -used as a . temporary barracks . Towards dusk , it became evident that the military were about w <* HTijr another display , and a cry wad set up to meet at tha Reservoir , about half a mile from the -town . Thither the crowd wended their way , and about 33 , 000 people were soon collected together . A . number of persons still remained in Ancoats-Brjeet . At nine o ' clock , it was currantly reported ixbat several -rnilU would be set fire to in the course « f ikto sight , and the troops were immedaaseTy Ardtf ad osA under Col . Wemyss , and detachments teexs gtadoped * t different parts of the town during " tbe sight . The examinations of ihe prisoners took place on Monday and Tuesday . Movrujr . —At the Borough Court , Beswick , the Stead constable , said that at half-past fire o ' clock , be
received information that a naraber of persons were goiog £ om mill to mil ? , and tumbg opt the hands at ¦ work ; in consequence he took , with him ' ab ^ ut sixty of the police force , and in approaching Mr . 31 assay ' * mill , he saw about 200 men , headed by tits prisoners William Barker and Frederick Davidson j he hpard the prisoners demand the doors "to be opened , or tkey wjoB break tJiaxn open . They succeeded in taking the prisoners into custedy . ^ Bar ker fought desperately and stabbed a policeman »* eral times with the dagger he produced . The policeman was lying in a dangerous state at the ' Infirmary . ( The dagger was then shown in Court . 3 tu about 16 inches long , has an iron handle and it a formidable weapon . ) Beswick—said that police-BM M'MnHeD waa struck at several rimes with & similar dwter , but the "blows were parried off .
A woman , whose name did not transpire , came ftrward to state that Mr . Shotty ' s mill , near to Mr . > lassey ' s had been visited shortly before , and the parties required that the engine should stop . The Engineer deposed that a great numbeT of ¦ people came to the mill , and demanded that the engine should stop . He asked them to stop till Mr . Shotty came , bntthey insisted that the engine should stop and the men turned out . He then stopped the « ogine , and the people clambered overthe walls iato iSr . Massey * yard . He did not see either of the prisoners among them . Mr . Higginbottom was next sworn . He said he frag manager at Mr . Marsden ' s miil . About six o ' clock in the morning he saw a great number of people coming from the Albion null . They cstne "OJ > Id him and said they wanted the engine to stop . and they would have the hands out . Soon after "then the police came up . He did not stop ib *
• agwe . Mr . Maude—Were you siabbtd at all M'Mnllen : M * MulleB—No Sir , but several blows were aimed at me with a dagger . Barker was then committed to take his trial as the Liverpool Asiizes—tha magistrates stating that As stood charged with a capital crime . f URIOUS ATTACK ON THE PEOPLE . A working man named John Ho / met was next . FOt Up . Beswick stated that about seven o ' clock in the ¦ y * nTTiTng ke was informed that a procession was ¦ walking through the streets . He went with a strong
iody of police , and accompanied by the military to Aaeoats-lane where he found 1 , 000 people marching with banners and flags , and headed by the prisoner , wroo had a flag , on wnica was inscribed— * The esrta is the right of man ; he that does not work OTght not to eat ; " and on the top of the flag was ihe cap of liberty . After a desperate struggle , they took uk flag and tie prisoner into custody , and ffiapersed the crowd . Pirtols were fired " on the occasion . The prisoner said they had only been to daFe or six mills . He was committed to Liverpool Anizes . The prisoner said that ths flag was put into Ida hands to carry , and the caw was remanded till Sh » ibllowing da . T .
STABBING A POLICEMAN . A man named Laekray was charged with staT > - 'bmg a policeman in art encounter in Little Lever-Btreet . It ippeared that policeman Tackaley and ^ n « rti « T were endeavouring to take hiTn when he stabbed the former in the belly and ribs . Inspector Xipiet came up at the time , and Tackerlej . cried oat , "Oh my God , he aa * stabbed me twice . " He -was taken to the Infirmary , and the prisoner was secured . The weapon which the prisoner nsed wag similar to a shoemaker ' s knife , and the surgeon from the Infirmary said that if the ribs had not resisted the iartmment , the wound would hate been mortal . Ha was committed to take his trial .
SEIZURE OF FIRE-ARMS . Tltoee men named Harvey , FtUtem , and Leech -were charged with haiing three fans in their posse s-• Jan . The case w& » remanded . WHIG ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE , — THE RIOTS ON MONDAY IN ANCOATSSTREET , < fcc . At the Borough Court , on Tuesday last , George Jteatft and Mary HoUaex were charged with being Coacfit&ed in the disturbances on the preceding day . There was no substantial evidence to support the charge , highly respectable witnesses were c&llad , &sl was tendered , and the partiej were liberated . John Grindy and L ' orneuut M'Kirk were-charged "with attacking tha police . M'Kirk was committed to the Sefcdons , and Grindy ordered to find « arctic * .
Edward JFri ^ ht , Jehn Tabi ^ ener ^ Peter Heibert , and John Hardy were charged by Inspector Stephen-¦ oa with attacking the police . He said he received instructions from the magistrates , at twelve o ' clock , to proceed with a body ol polica to Kennedy ' s MOl , which was being a ' ttacked by the mob . He "went with sixty men . asd on arriving near the place , ha fbaod thousands of people collected together , sad the police were obliged to fight their way through the crowd , who hissed and pelted them with * ta * ee . Hardy was one of the foremost . Another pOOOem&Q gpoka to Hebbert throwing stone * . A ttaxi BoEeemin ipoke to T&bblener knocking his hat off with a hoe , and cutting his head ; and other yoHcwaea swore to the other * . The Mayor—What have you got to say , Hardj ? Hardy— -I did not leai the mob on ; but waa going peaceably to my work .. Tabblevea -denied having struck the policeman witi a hoe . He said ho had bees ill the last twelve So&ihs , and not able to do any work .
A highly re * pectable man named Benson , a ¦ trarellar , came forward to speak for Wright . He raid he wu standing near him when he was seized , * ad bjt was doing notkiog at the time . ^ Mr . Maude—Then what caused the polios to ¦ interfere ? Wio »»—That I don ' t know . The crowd shonred aad hiMsd , and there were some stones thrown , but sot by the prisoner Wright . Mr . Smith ( a MagLstrare)—Did yoa see him all 3 B 4 time ? Witoes *—Yes , all the time I was there .
Mr . Smith— FThy there it evidence to prove that he mat ikroanng ^ stones I ! This sapient Magistrate , Smith , whe a&ams desirous of criminating at all time « , did not snece-d ifttiMinitaiice , for the Mayor cried NO ! NO ! aad afl tks othsr worthies on the bsnch responded NO . ' 2 iQ ! there it no tuch evidence 11 ' . The Mayor—Wil ] you a wear that he wai not -taUaf an active part ? WLCBCSS —I toll swear thai he was not . XS » Mayor— / F # tee no reaxon ichaiever to alter wr determination it fine Jfrighi £ 2 , tr t * be hnjrimMi " P / two mmtht i
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^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^ Hardy was ordered toffiad two sure tie * is £ 10 e » ch ; Tabblecer and the others were ordered to 4 o the same . David Roberts , JFilliam Betvick , J&hn Fan-brother , and M'lntoth , were charged with a similar offence , and the evidence was equally unoonckisive . These p riioners moved in a respectable sphere of life . WitcesseB came forward , but the Whig Magistrates either fined them , or ordered them to find sureties to keep the peace . AH the decisions gave great dissatisfaction . At the New Bailey on Tuesday , a man was charged with having a quantity of bullets , gunpowder , and ball cartridge in his possession , aad was remanded .
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|^» PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE CHARTISTS . The Chartists are gaining immense strength , not from numbers , aad certainly not from riolence , but from Ihe justice of their cause , and from the excessive absurdities aad injustice on the part of their enemies . The trials will be of great sue to the Chartist ean » e ; The member * of the body that urged violence , and the commission of all crimes , skulk out of the srins , aad leave th «_ honest men to soffer . The proceedings of the public functionaries are exceedingly disgraceful . At Manchester , for instance , five men are arreuted , and io the most offensive way possible . They are taken out of their beds at four o ' clock in the morning , torn from their families , and treated shamefully , when there is not a single plea for such proceedings . For example , with respect to the fire men to whom we allude , it is said that -various papers and one gun were found
amongst them . Is this a reason for thus violating the liberty of the Bubject ? The subsequent charges are , that these men attended large and tumultuous meetings , and used language calculated to txcite the people to disaffection . There is no offence in this : we should rather Bay it is a case of merit Every " »« " i * bound to excite as much disaffection as he possibly can against the present system of repregentatioa , and it must be a iiiJoyai subject , a bad parent , and an an worthy individual , who does not strive to create such disaffection to the very utmost in his power . Another charge is , that the parties excited people to procure arms . There is nothing illegal in this—every Englishman has a legal right to possess arms—and to arrest and confine a man far ha vine advised his neighbour to do so , is as
unlawful Bi to hp"g a man for caving told hi * neighbour to provide himself with & quartern loaf . To this scandalous maltreatment ot the Chartists we have a few addenda , at once distressing and amusing We are told that the Mayor thu * addressed the prisoners , for they were of course to be prisoners , whether that urged against them were true or false , criminal or not There was a predetermination to commit them : " Mr . Maude mddmaed tie prisoner ! at considerable length on tha follv of the conr » e whkh tiev were inciting th « people to adopt , aad which , he observed , would end in the utter ruin of tkose « ko fellowed « -itli . T . lh « iT mdviee or example . He Mrorfd them tb » t the migutntei with whem he » etea , ad be bettered the wealthier eluses of i&cietr , vers fully aware of the extent of misery and diktreu to which manv thousands of the poor were reduced , and that their sympathy
for ibem irti as extensive a * it wa « p « s « ible to be ; and if they ( the working cia * se «) co « ld point out any feasible * eheme by which tb » y could usilt them , he wu sure they would be glad to d « m > . " This ii a « weet morceau . The wealthier classes of conrse ar » fully aware of the miseries of the poor , aud their sympathies far them axe wo&derfally extensive and " prolific , and they want the Chartist * to point out feasible schemes by which they can be relieved . The Chartists have done all this ; they require that their class of society skould be admitted into the representation , in order that their wants should be daly considered in legislation . This is a feasible scheme , perfectly legal and acknowledged to be so . The bail demanded of these men waa most shamefully high ,. and one of the dirtiest a *
well as most criminal proceeding * of a magistrate , is the trick of exacting heavy bail . Mr . Jackson was held to bail to appear at the next Liverpool Asases , himself in £ 300 , aad two sureties of £ 150 each ; and Smith , Tiilmaa , Linney , and Doyle , themselves each in £ 150 , and two turetiea of £ 75 each . It is defeating th * rery object of bail when the demand is so exorbitant . In Franc * they have a National Guard , and every man is entitled and re quired to provide himself with arms , and why should there be rach a dread of trusting arms in thehandaof Englishmen ? Atso&e of these Chartist meetings the speeches are deserving of great attention . At a Manchester meeting , for instance , we have the following report : —
" The first resolution , which was moved bv a Mr . Butterworth , was to the effect that the people should o * e every means to protect their liberties , and at the same time they should sspport the authoritys . In moriug this resolution , the speaker drew the attention of the meeting to the position in whica the Cbartiau sow ttood ia the ejet ot the country . He considered that the Ch »« i * u of 1 S 39 were tbe Whigs of 1 S 32 , and ths Wkigs of 1839 were the Tori *« of 1 B 32 . The Whigs of 1 : 32 aad b « en more violent ia tBeir conduct than the CtkxttUt * son were , * In tho «« day * , ' «* id the tpeiket , ' the Whi g * called a meeting at Leeds , at which . Baiaes , the great liar cf the Norti , not enly proposed three groans for ihf Q < 2 e * n , bu : fcupzested that the Qne « n should be put in breeches , a » d the King in pettieeaU . Tbe Whi g * , also , at thess meetings ( which were to obtain the Reform liiii ) , exaiiited . woofl-cuts , one representing tb . e Crown upride down , and the otker the Qacen . » head rolling through tfce streets . Such ( centinufd the speaker ) were to be the effects if the
Reform Bill wu not passed ; and vet the Whigs were the very men was punished the Ghartisu for pursuing a course whica was by no means » o violent as that of the Whigs of 1832 . He w » uld like to know , if it was Je ^» l is 1532 to hcrl the Qeeen ' s h «» d throngb . tne streeU , if it was not equally as legal for ths people of 1 &S 9 to throw through the streets the heads of tho * : parties who would then hare dune tie tame to the head of Her Majesty . ' " It is impossible to deny the correctness and sound sense of this harangue . The Chartists of ' 39 are the Whigs of ' 32 , and there is no Charti * t meeting at which language more violent has been used than what was poared forth by the Whig » , and by their organ , the Timet , in the former year . Lord John RusjM' 11 greatly commit * himself . In his letter of July 31 , bespeaks of the crime of threatening to injnre shopkeepers if they do not support the Chartist cause . His words are as fallows : —
" Having ban informed that in some parts of tie kingdom attempts hare lately been made to obtain money from shopkeepers , hooseaolders , and others , by means of intimidation , ( as by threatening them with f *» i-soQ » l danger , or with loss of bonnes * , or threatening to mark them down , and report them aa enemies , and by < ranous other illegal means , ) aad that persons hare ben combining and eadearocring to injure shopkeepers , householders , and others , ia their lawful business , representing them as enemies to tbe people , aad pjrauading others to leave ofi trading with them , thereby to Drriodice them in their business : having been also informed
that periens , in pursuance of an illegal combination , have gone among the working cissies of the people , eieitiog and endeavouring to persuade them to desist from working , and te desert their employer *; 1 deem it to b « my duty to call upon the magistrates to w tanr utmost adeavours to reptes » and put down such mischievous practices , which are contrary to law , injurious to trade , unerersive ef gooi order , and dangerous to the peace of the country " , and to apprehend and brine tbe offenders to jastiee . I adrise the magistrates to proceei against persotu guilty ef such illegal practices , as for a misdemeanor . "
Let us ask whether there is a general election , or a borosgh election , in which these practice * do not take place ? Is not all this the very essence of our electioneering system ? In every contest for a retarn of a Member to Parliament the system of intimidation is pursued , and the Tories are Yery justly denounced as the enemies of the people . But what is there illegal in endeavouring to persuade the working classps to desist from working , and to desert their employers ? It is perfectly nght that the working classes should do so if they can thereby benefit their interests , a point upon which they alone have a . right to determine . Lord Wilton made a Curious motion upon this subject on Monday night Me stated that thousands had taken possession of the church of Bolten—that is to say , that they had entered the church for whick they paid , and behaved them / wives there with perfect propriety . But his Lordship was dreadfully alarmed at the following resolution , at which we feel no alarm whaterrer , for it is sensible and legal : —
"Resolution cxanimousiy agreed to by the Gesekal Contention , Wednesday , July 10 , 1839 . " That this Convention has read with feelings of inexpressible indignation the statements said to have been last night made in the Honse of Commons by the Secretary of State for the Home Department , relative to the necessity and propriety of employing the Metropolitan Police Force in various parts of the couatry for the suppression of public meeting * of the people peaceably cendncted ; and farther , the approbatory remarks of the same Minister Of the
bloody-jmnded and atrocious assault made upon me people of Birmingham by a portion of that unconstitutional and obnoxious force ; and this Contention ia of opinion that wherever and whenever persons assembled for just and legal purposes , and comdactiag themselves witheut not or tumult , are bo assailed by the police or others , they are justified upon every princip le of law and self-preservation in meeting force by force , even to the slayiDg of the persons gulty ot such atrocious and ierocious assaults upon their rights aai persons . M By order of the Committee , " James Taylor , Chairman .
* ' Robert Haktwell , Secretary , P . M . " What rational man can doubt these right * , or the propriety , or eFen necessity , « f urging them ? Lord Melbourne , with reference to this placard , said" With respect to the p lacard part of which the Nob )« Earl had read , ha mint say it was not new to him ; he had read it betons and be ww rare their Isordahips weald be of opinion witb kirn that it was . very artfully warded . It staiei , th * t if au-y ' unproveked' attack wu Blade on the paaple assembled in tbe exercise of their constitutional rights without riot or tumult , it was right in them to resist sucb aa attack by force .
Sew he did not euetly know what waa to be said in opposition to thatpropositioB , though be sdmittedits object was to urge resistance »» a a violatioa of tbe peaoe . He , h « wever , also begged leave to observe , that with tht legal powers which exi » t , and which belong to every individual in the country , witb the rig at of fres speech and free discsssion wbieb belonged to ev ^ ry man , in order to excite t » the ntfisoct violence it was by no means HKfBli j to break tog law—that was to say . that the internal breacb and violation of tb » law to b « dreaded wu the use , or ratheT the abuse ai * pushing to the utmost tho # » powers and privil » ge » which , in £ »« tie i » wjil » legally p ^ ei ped , The . Nobk BailargedoB
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he Government to take stronger measures than had been ai ; e » dy taken by bis N * bl « Fneni the Secretary for tae Horn * Department , but be ( Viscount Melbourne ) did not know wnat stronger meaanrea , nndsr th » prese » t orenmstanees , than those which had been adopted by the Governmeat it was possible to take . Tbo military force in that part of tbe country bad been considerably reinforced aad augmented . " We see no instanoe of artful wording , and it is absurd to say that the law allows a freedom of speech to each individual in order to excite to the utmost violence . The statement is foolish , but were the law in so scandalous a condition how criminal would be a Prime Minister that did not do his utmost to alter it . Some of the Chartists , in defending themselves , have shown great talent , and yet these men are perfectly without the naie of the
Constitution , whilst the counsel employed against them were , or had been Members of Parliament , the latter exhibiting little probity and lew of intellect . Judge Littfedale is proverbial for xnercy , but his conduct on these trials do not sustain . bis reputation , nor do they give him any claims to even common sense . The following passage reported from his speech seems incredible from it $ absurdity : — ; " The Learned Judge k » vinjr put sa his head to * black cap , said— ' You , ' Jeremiah HoweU , Francis Roberts , and Joan Jones , have been convicted of a capital felony . An Act was passed about two years ago abolishing the capital punishment i » many cases , but this , I regret , did not form one of tie exceptions . It still re « iaia * a capital effenee . I * ee no groands upon wbieb I can recommend you to mercy , and I hope tbe example 1 am about to make will produce beneficial eflecta . '"
A Judge , speaking of the old atrocities of our criminal code , and of its reforms , regrets that the offence for which these unhappy men are convicted , i » still called a capital felony , and having expressed this regret , he sees no grounds on which he can « ave the persons from a law which he acknowledges to be bad , aad from , which be h& » aa absolute and easy power to save them . What beneficial effects can arise to society from a Judge hanging men by a law which he regrets ia in existence ? This is a combir nation of absurdity and murder on the part of the Judge . Ju&tica Littledale could not have" been compos mentis . When Lovett and Collins , on receiving sentence , requested to be confined npon the debtors , instead of the felons' side of the gaol , he said , " 1 have no power in the matter . I am afraid yon must apply to tbe SecTetaiy of State for the Home Department . " This it an indecent attack on the Home Secretary . Why should the Judge have any / ear on the subject ? Is Lord John Russell
gneh a tyrant as to make even a Judge at Assize express a fear or regret that an application for justice must be addressed to him ? Let us assure Judge Littledaie that hanging scarcely ever produces a beneficial effsct ; but , on the contrary it always produces the reverse , in the strongest degree . If these three men are executed , they are murdered under the fiction of law . On the principle of terrorism , the effect of which the Judge speaks conld not be produced by a . thousand execationa . Lovett made an excellent defence , nor did he break down at tbe point at which The Morning Chronicle says that he failed . Questions of degree admit of a variety of opinions ; but all persons acknowledge that the representation ia faulty and fraudulent in the extreme , and although there may be differences as to " the point to which it OBght to be fixed , there u no 'ifferecce m to that of its being at present fixed improperly . We see no hope whatever of procuring justice for the people , but by the system of agitation pursued by the Chartists . —Weekly Dispatch .
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^^ Sj—« i MR . JACKSON'S FAREWELL SERMONS . Mr . JACKSON , according to announcement , preached his 'farewell sermons at the Carpenters ' Hall , on Sunday last . Tbe large Hall vrau well filled by a respectable and' attentive auditory . Id the morning , the Rev . Gentlernan took for his text the latter part of the 3 rd verse of the xvith chapter of Matthew . The services commenced by singing E hymn . The Rev . Gentleman , in his morning ' s discourse , took , a vievr of the present state of the nation , and referred to its future prospects , and commending the people to put tbeir trust and confidence , at this critical period of their affairs in an all wise and superintending Providence . If they placed their dependance on his strength , and obeyed his will , they might feel assured that they would be relieved
from their present difficulties , and from the yoke of tbeir oppressors . It was gratifying to observe the number of the wives and daughters of working men . In the afternoon there was a very large attenaaace , and the Rev . Gentleman took his text from the viii Psalm , the 4 th and following verses— " Lard , what i * man , Sic . " The aermon was a just , able , and amp ly merited castigttion of tbe unrighteous deal , ings of the rich oppressors with the poor oppressed , exhibited by tbe whole contour of the Arrangements and insiitutions of society . Towards the close of the discourse , he made some allusion to his own particular circumstances , and stated , that if he was not put npon his trial by next Sunday , he should again address them . The services concluded by singiBg and prayer .
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CHARTIST PROCEEDINGS . On , Saturday evening last , a meeting convened by placard , took place at Carpenter ' s Hall , Manchester . At nine o ' clock , tbe Rev . Mr . Jack * oa entered the Hall , and was loudly cheered . Some disturbance occurred in consequence of the people ' s recognising a person of the name of Jefferson , who , it was stated , was one of Mr . Berwick's clerk ? , and who had appeared as evidence against the Chartists at the Borough Court , After the excitement had in some degree subsided , Mr . Bancroft was proposed to the cbair . Mt . Lu ) TB ( from Bolton , ) said , that at this momentous period , be was not surprised at seeing a comparatively small attendance . At a time when the people were deprived of thsir leaders , it waa not a matter of surprise . Th « y owed a debt of gratitnde
to them , and ought to stand by them as long * as life remaintd . It was clear they had no class to look to but taemaelves . They c » uld not look to those who had been their leaders in 1832 . L ' uder the present state of representation , there was no security for the working clashes . Still there was no cause for despair . Justice might be banished from the land , bet their principles could never die . f Hear hear , and loud cheers . ) They ought to make principle tbeir God , and not men . ( Lond cheering . ) The speaker then made some reference to the National Holiday , and to the address of Mr . O'Connor on th&t subject . He regretted that he must dissent from Mr . O'Connor ' s opinion . No man respected Mr . O'Connor more than he did , bat he thought the people were in a itaw of readiness for the holiday .
At Bolton , where he tame from , a majority of them were prepared not to go to work . He must say that the people were a little disappointed at Mr . O'Connor . He stood in jeopardy himself . In his town , there were warraats out for eight or ten , but they dare not take them b y daylight . Thero mast be a suf&cient strength exhibited on the 12 th of August . The people must know whether they can be supported . Thw experiment must not , and as far as he was concerned , should not fail . ( Hear , hear . ) He would ask them to leave no stone untamed till they had obtained their rights . He felt confident that their freedom would be obtained shortly . ( Loud cheers . ) While they had good men , there was no feax for the cause of the people . It almost seemed that natare had made these men whe are imprisoned
to be the leaders of the people , and Providence would not allow her laws to be altered—Providence would make our enemies curoe their God , and go to the d 1 . The cause of the people it B ? cure—the people of Great Britain last year had received such a poiitical education as would eventually enable them U recover their righU ; and although the National Holiday might not realize all their expectations at that time , he felt convinced it would do so eventually . ( Cheers . ) Affairs were now drawing to a close . A revolution , more deadly than it was horrible to conceive , was progressing among the people . He wanted a revolution , bat he wanted it peaceably and bloodlessly . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheering . ) The speaker then alluded te the spies whom he believed to be prowling among them . There was
no character in society more contemptible than the spies . Perhaps there was tha Cn » e of Cain or the brand mark of thi « murderer on tbeir brow . ( Hear , hear . ) A modern spy was like the devil himself . He pitied them , particularly when he saw the smile of youth covering the heart of corroding blackness . TVhen he saw these things he was almost inclined to think that God was unjust not to send down his lightning * on them . Before he concluded , he . would warn them on Monday morning not to allow magistrates , either Whig or Tory , soldier * or policemen , to drive them from a peaceable display of their strength . He felt confident that the Russell gang had not power to frastrate the wishes of the people . The schoolmaster was abroad and he bad acquainted the people with the jost rights . ( Hear , hear . ) He bolievea that there wai a quenchless fire between Whig and Tory . He thought that the
reign of faction was nearly at an end . He felt anxious that the people sbonld act more than they had-done for themselves . The Rev . Mr . Jacksom next addressed the meeting and was received with loud cheers . He wad happythat be had an opportunity of meeting them . He was the man that would never fail to defend the rights of i he people . He had been much defamed by the Whig and Tory press . There is a paragraph in the Guardian , and he beeged leave to tell those who pnt that paragraph in that paper , they were ignorant or liars . He never was torned out of any religieos body in the course of his life . He called on the reporter present , ( not for the Gtiaraian , he hoped , ) but if g o , he called on him to do him justice . Although imprisonment be not pleasant , he could assure them that he » ever spent lour happier days than those ia Kirkdale Gaol . He must say that Mr . Beswick has acted aa a gentleman ; be wished the reporter to tell Mr , Fox , of Dea&sgate , through tae
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press , that he is a liar and a hypocrite . He ( the speaker ) never advocated the destruction of property—he never advocated toe nee . of offentive weapons , but had recommended the use ot defensive weapons . ( Hear and cheers . ) Te-morrow would be nut farewell sermon , and he would speak the truth—he would give tha right hdnd of fellowship to all who advocate the cause of the poor . ( Loud cheers . ) He might not have been , apprehended if the magistrates had not seen mis placard last Saturday , but he should state to-morrow what he then intended to say , and he hoped Mr . Beswick would come and hear him . If he were imprisoned , the day became oat he would again advocate the rights ot the poor . Lond sheers . ) Tkree cheers were then given for the National Convention , three tot Feargua O'Connor , three for the Suffering Patriots in the cause , three groans for the Manchester Guardian , three cheers for the Northern Star , and tie proceedings terminated about eleven o ' clock . •
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~—^ s ^^ -- ' — TO THE WORKING MEN OF BOLTON . Mt FBiENna , —I find by a letter from Mr . Warden , that yoa have evinced great displeasure at my Address upon the Sacred Month . To your opinion I shall ever bow . I may deserve your censure for ft moment , but I shall never merit your reproach .. I Khali now briefly state the injustice of yoar charge against me . An act was committed by the Convention , by a majority of one . Your charge against Ministers has ever been a hanging upon small majorities ; and upon so important a question , upon so small a majority as one , I moved that the whole Convention should be summoned for the 31 st , in order that a wise conclusion might be come to . Subsequently Mr . O'Brien ' s Resolutions were
passed , which left the matter wholly in your hands , the Council being appointed to make such suggestions as evidence from you might warrant- In the course of receiving such evidence ihe Council came to an unanimous vote , embodying the Spirit of JOJ Addresp , which . I wrote upon my own individual responsibility . Injustice , tbeo , whether should yoa have challenged my act as an individual , or the act of a responsible body ? Again- —The Birmingham correspondent recommended three day * , the course which I recommended—the Manchester Council did the same . The evidence from nine > tenths of the kingdom went to show that the people could not , without organization , enter npon the proposed holiday . I had the manliness to point out the danger ,
and you receive men in the A B C of politics , against one who has taught them tho alphabet . London was stated to be ready . Would to God you could be judges of that readiness . And was I to lose a week , and tamely sit by , while every Member ot the Council in language , which , for condemnation , conld not be surpassed , were daily # nd hourly regretting the position into which the people were hastily brought ? Let us now argue the question soberly . If you were prepared , would my letter have [ Stoppedyou ? If you were not prepared , should I have been honest to have withheld the truth ? What could you do in a month , that you could not equally effect in three days ? And if I were wrong , why not show your anger to all who were wrong ? I will tell you ;
because , as I have often told you before , no man has so many enemies aa I have ; and in doing my duty , Icalcnlated upon the opportunity which J afforded many of creeping out of a hole . Observe how many , who previously professed themselves opposed to the holiday , will now suddenly become enamoured of the disappointment , and gain your affections by the fortune of the moment . I am ever among you , and will remain among yon till the work in done ; but no bunting for falsu popularity shall ever make me place you in a wrong position . For seven loDg years I have been at my * post , not seeking for leadership , but doing my duty ; for every act I claim credit ; but above all , for that which , you would hastily condemn , and for whic ! a I
shall live to receive your thanks . Suppose I was wrong , in your opinion , do you think that so old a friend should not be allowed a fault ? What has been my invariable complaint agan st yon ? It has been , that while Whigs end Tones magnify the virtues , and suppress the vices , of their friends , the Radicals magnify the vices and veil the virtues of their friends . Have 1 ever shrunk from facing you ? No : and if the Council had not imposed double-duty upon me , I should , instantly have proceeded to Bolton , to justify my act , and to argue , its propriety with you . How can you expect justice , who deny it to others ) ? How can you ask for liberty , who deny me the liberty of addressing yoa ? Three men are now under sentence of death ; nnder your reproach I shall lie until I do my duty to them , bv night and
by day , to procure their release ; then I 'will appear before yoa upon the very firat opportunity , of Wfiich my accusers shall have complete notice ; and then , and before you , I will receive yoar censure or praise , according to the facts of tho case Is not my life a hell upon earth till Universal Suffrage is accomplished—and why revile if I try to remove all obstacles ? I tell rou again and again , that go help me God , I would rather go to battle than incur the moral responsibility of having recommended a Sacred Month in the present unprepared state of our party . While opinion is fluctuating , I shall remain as a rock in the midst of the ocean , steady tp my purpose , unswerving in my resolution , and tixed in my determination to die a freeaaan rather than live a slave . I will work for you in spite of all our enemies . In proportion as I am abused , in such proportion am I valuable to you . Your ever faithful and obedient friend , Feargus O'Connor . Council-Room , August 10 th , 1839 .
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GLORIOUS MEETIN& OF DELEGATES IN GLASGOW . On Wednesday , the 14 th , fifty-seven delegates appointed at public meetings , convened for the purpose in their several districts , was held this day in the Univer ? alist » ' Cbapel , Mr . John Due can , of Edinburgh , in the chair . The seats nearest to the pulpit wera allotted to tbe delegates , and the remaining space of the large building was crowded to suffocation with anxious spectators . The preliminary business commenced by Mr . Gillespie , the Secretary reading over the credentials of the several delegates .
A little after twelve o ' clock , Mr . Feargus O'Connor entered the Chapel , and was received with enthusiastic applause . The Chairman opened the proceedings in a masterly and concise manner ; when respective delegates severall y reported as to the state of their districts . The length of which precludes any possibility of giving ; more thaa a mere outline of the proceedings . The resolution to have Universal Suffrage formed part of the declaration of each delegate , while very little difference seemed to exist as to the means required for carrying it out , by our report , which will appear at length nexc week . It will be found there waa a perfect unanimity upon the following subjects : — Firatlv , That not one district out of the
fiftrseven was 'prepared to carry out the Sacred Month . Secondly , That the proceedings at Birmingham , and the subsequent persecution of the Chartists , have increased Radicalism one hundred fold . Thirdly , The nnauimons determination to snpport the Convention . Fourthly , The want of systematic organization throughout the whole of Scotland . Fifthly , The recommendation to abstain from any mention of either moral or physical force , as , if required , the physical force would come more effectively by not talking about it . Sixthly , The great share which , exclusive dealing and run upon the banks have given to Radicalism in Scotland . And lastly , The determination to hare Universal Suffrage at all hazards . Nothing conld surpass tbe decorum and order which prevailed during the whole time the delegates were engaged in
deliberation . At five o ' clock the report was completed , when an adjournment to seven was carried , with the view of deliberating upon the resolution which should be founded upon the reports . We never attended a more glorious meeting . Deputations from about twenty of the principal towns of Scotland have requested Mr . O'Connor to attend public meetings , most of which he has accepted upon condition that neither time nor money shall be spared in getting up addresses for the pardon of the three men under sentence of death in Warwick gaol , as that , he states , is his principal business in Scotland ; and in furtherance of whica a large public meeting will be held to-morrow , in the Bazaar , in Glasgow .
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¦""""""""""""""""""""MAGNIFICENT MEETING ON SAINT PETER'S HILL , LEEDS . The factions have fairly overshot their mark : and the abominable persecution and tyranny to which they have subjected every man of mark who dared to agitate for the Charter , is now promoting the good cause to an extent quite unlooked for even by its warmest friends . It is to this cause alone that we attribute by far the greatest meeting held in Leeds since tae days of the Reform Bill , which took place on Thursday evening last , on St . Peter ' s Hill , Leeds , to take into , consideration the state of Birmingham , to petition her Majesty te dismiss her present Ministers , &c . < fcc . '
A requisition , signed by sixteen inhabitant householders , had been presented to James Holdforth , Esq ., Mayor , to call the meeting in question : but that officer , who is a Catholic , declined ; thus showing , however loudly he aaay have formerly bawled for religions liberty for himself , ( and to the exertions of the working clawes in that cause he owes the privilege of acting as Chief Magistrate of Leeds , ) Le has not the most remote idea of contributing to insure the civil liberty of others . On what ground did this Magisterial bigot refute to call this meet-
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ing ? He could not pretend that he anticipated net aud disorder ; for the moral constancy of the Chart \ 8 t » haa always been displayed Rt , their meetings at Leeds ; and of late they have pattered the bludgeon-men of the Government throughout the kingdom to batter their sculls with unpuvity , rather than , even by appearing to resist the law , give their tyrants an advantage over them . Besides , at seven o'clock , at which time the chair was taken by Mr . J . Jones , not a policeman was to be seen throughout the meeting , which must have consisted of at least 10 , 000 persons . This was another proof , if any were indeed wanting , that the chief magistrate anticipated no disturbance ; and warrants
us in the assumption that the refusal of Mr . Mayor to call the meeting was a purely gratoitoas insult towards bis poorer fellow-citizws . The Chairman , in opening the business of the meeting , said , that as he had been appointed to preside over that great meeting , he would solicit their serious attention , in the first place , to whatever the several speakers should advance to them ; and secondly , that they should each and every one consider themselves an special constables sworn in to protect this special privilege of her Majesty ' s subjects . The Chairman then read the requisition calling the meeting ; and afterwards the following address : —
To the Queen ' t Most Excellent Majesty . Vie , tbe Inhabitants of the Town of Leed * wad iU Vicinity , in pablia meeting assembled , beg leave most TeapMtt ' oUy to approach your Majesty , and to express our feelings with regard to two Bills n ?* before the House of Commons , whither they have been brought by you Majesty ' s Advisers—one for a great augmentation of the Standing Army , tha other tor the establishment of an armed Police . We beg respactfnlly to assure roar Majesty that , though actuated at all limes by feelings of loyalty towards vow Majesty ' s person and ofilce , we cannot bat view these twomeabutoi as alarming , great , aad daring inroads upon the Conttitution of thesa Realms , which yota Majesty-bai sworn to preserve . - It U , aa yoor Majesty past doubt well knows , an established maxim « f tha English Constiutlen , tWat » Standing Army ia time el' t > r « faund aeace . is a thinz abhorrent to
it—subversive of the liberties of the subject , and unworthy of tbe Throne ,-which professes to be fcraaded npon the affections and not the fears , of the people . We must farther beg to express to your Majesty , ear strong feelings against the establishment of an armed Pslice—a thing unknown to our forefathers , and hitherto cherished only by Governments or Sovereigns reigning despotically , and in contempt of the feelings and affections of their people . We beg moat earnestl y , trat most dntitmlly , to assure your Majesty , that these two measure * , if penUted in so far from being calculated to add strength or security to your- Majestv ' a Throue will ondonbtedly , ia yoar memorialists' opinion , hava a directly contrary effect , viewed as they are , not only by your
memorialists , but by tho people at latge , with suspicion , > Iam , and deep indignation , as an an warrantable violation of all the leading principles of the English Constitution . Under these circumstances and impressions we pray year Majesty not to give yoar aasent to those two bills , assared that by to doing your Majesty wi | l take the most certain way to secure to your Throne and Government , tbe affections of a loyal sod dutiful people . We earnestly entreat that your Majesty will forthwith dismiss from yoar Council your present Ministers , and call thereto hon « at and respectable u » n , from whom measures of Universal Justice may be expected . We farther request yoar Majesty will be graciously pleased to direct that all personsnow im custody for political offences may be liberated .
Mr . F . Dewhiust then came forward to move the adoption of the address . It was their right , as working men , to do all in their power to relieve themselves from the deplorable situation in which they were then placed . He had been at a distance of seventeen thousand miles from the p lace where he then stood , and had always observed that where the people were peaceful they stood a better chance of obtaining their rights . He had been at many public meetings , but had never yet seen a real honest Radical break the peace of her Majesty . A real Radical scorned to break the peace—he had another end in view , the attainment of his just rights . He wanted the necessaries of life , food , clothing , ' &o . He did not look to the present moment onlylrat to a future day , and not only to a future day , but to
etermty . He was now getting an old man , and was not in the habit of speaking muck ; but one thing be would say clearly and distinctly , and that was , that at Todmorden there were thousands who had not a monel to put into their mouths . ( Shame , shame . ) He had been in the habit of visiting Burnley , Pa ^ iham , Blackburn , Chorley , Bolton , < fec . and thousands of hand-loom weavers there were obliged to do six pieces a week for 3 s . 9 i . —( shame , shame ) ; and he had been credibly informed that some of the pieces contained thirty yards . Thus they had to work from sun-rise to son-set for 7 id . Suppose they had five children in a family , and paid 13 d . a week for rent , what wonld xemaiin ? There would be scarcely sufficient left to buy water-gruel . In Lseds people pleaded poverty , bat ' many ot them could get
a good joint of me&t for their dinnern , while the people in Lancashire were starving . Mr . Dewhirst concluded by moving the adoption of the address . Mr . John- Sohde . v would merely observe that ia consequence of there being many friends present who were anxious to address the meeting , he should content himself with cordially supporting the motion . Mr . J . STANPtEto came forward to support the motion , and was received with great applause . He said he would heg their sincere attention that night , and he sincerely trusied that meeting would be a peaceable one ; and that it would hurt n » man ' s property—hurt no man ' s person . ( Cheers . ) It would appear that misery and distress had become 'the portion of the working classes . Wherever they turned their attention , they found the poor
deeply sunk in the horrible pit of destitution , and their feet fast bound in tyranny and oppression—as if distress and misery were to become the glory of the people of England . They lived in a Christian country , and as professors of Christianity * , they were in duty bound to believe in the ministerial creed . He believed in the existence of a queen , aad he believed that queen received £ 1000 per day for her pension . ( Cheers ,. and cries of "Shame . ") He believed , likewise , in all unjust , all unmerciful , and all unscriptural sinecures and pensions . H » believed , too , in the existence of an accursed Corn Law , co-existent with a still more accursed Poor Law , with all its hideous train of ills—and all its glaring scenes of wretchedness and destitution . They were likewise bound to believe that misery was their
portion , and liberty removed far from them . Allow him . to state what was the cauBe of their pressnt sufferings . It was this . There was the great landed Aristocracy keeping ap the price of provisions by their accursed Corn La « "s . Then there was the great factory-mongers pulling down the rate of wage * , while the others were keeping up the price of provisions . ( Hear , ' . hear . ) The working claases thus sank down between two burdens too intolerable to be borne . They were likewise bound to believe in the National Debt ; and let them seek the reason why it was contracted . l > To protect property " would be the answer of the great Aristocracy . Well , then , he would reply , if it was contracted in order to protect property , let men of property come forward and pay the debt . ( Great laughter
and cheering . ) He thought the proposition a perfectly just and right one . ( Hear , Lear . ) Another circumstance , which was partly the cause of tbe pre sant distress , waa the notorious nnfaithfulneda of the Ministers of tae Gospel . ( Tree , trae . ) The Ministers of the Gospel were called to be laithful , and wherever they found crime to preach against it , and strike at it * root , whether in kings or people , princes or beggars . Such a man was John , tbe forerunner of Jeans Christ . He did not hesitate to rebuke the king for living in adultery . Batinstead of the Ministers of the Gospel of the present day being faithful , they diligently searched out the brass knockera of the great —( laughter)—they delighted in the velvet cushions of Aristocratic luxury , and had a marvellous instinct in finding oit the nouses whero
the bottle most freely circulated . ( Hear , hear . ) Thus thoy made their belly tbeir god , and away went pure religion undefiled and giogle-mindeduess to the winds . ( Cheers . ) All Radicals w ; ere treated as cattle , beasts . of harden—they were called the scam and offscouring of all things , and designated as torch-light and physical-force men ; but let them tell their opponents they only put in a claim as poor subjects ot the realm , and so long as tke law made a claim on their pocket-, so long they bad a right to claim a voice in the making of that law . Nothing could be fairer than this principle—no taxation without representation . 11 was generally- stated by the Aristocracy , when they wanted to put down the claims of the working classes to representation , that the people had not wisdom enough , to exercise the
sanrage beneficially . Hut let them tell their tyrants that , poor as they were , and covered with the rags of poverty , they would find men in their ranks possessing as much sense as the Aristocracy . Did the possession of bricks and mortar bestow sense ? for that was the only qualification for an elector possessed bf manj in the present day , who were so privileged . He begg « d to call their earnest attention to the last war , and would ask every candid mind who it was that filled up the bloody gap ? Waa it the poor , despised working men , or the princes and nobles of thsland ? It was the poor and despised who suffered : and therefore he thought that u , poor as they weie , they
were cauea npon to ftll up this bloody gap , they ought to have a voice ia the makingl of the laws . ( Cneers . ) He thought this by no rfaans utjust ; Mid he therefore entirel y approved of the addres * they were abont to forward to her Majesty , beseeching hm to look especially to two measures before the House of Commons , one of which Was for the increase of the army . Iccrease the army ! For way ? Tne idea was ridiculous . The people wanted no disturbance . They were for peace . 1 tey wanted no more pensioners to keep for nothing , when they conld not keep themselves . ( Cheero and laughter . ) Then thwe was to be an augmentation of police . Why , they had already more police than they knew what to do with . ( Great laughter . ) As Laartiste taey were willing to protect the Queen ' s person , and to maintain her rights against foreign eaemieB ; but the accursed starvation laws enacted in her name they never could or would stand .
The motion for the adoption of the addreBSwas tuen put by tae Chairman , who declared it carried with three dissentients . '
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Mr . Thomas £ m : is tbea came forward to mn »« the following resolution . He said he . tonUdetain them .-with aoy remarks , as there * f . T « persona to come after him better calculated to rin it justice : — ug " That we deepltjgnBpathifle with oar much-ia . jured and oppressed brethren m Birmingham , who have so nebly and gallantly , at all tunas , advocated tbecauseof liberty » nd the rights of man ; and who have been att unwaihrantaWy tad brutall y attacked by the noconrtitutional ana hired band of ruffian London police , whereby many were most seriondv injured ; and whose proceedings emanated from the base Government of the tfabid Tories and imbecile Whigs , which has precipitated the country npon the brink , nay , into the Tirjr gnlf f of raio . ' Mi . WitLUK Roberts cam * forward to second
^ the resolntiom with mingled fediags of pain and pleasure . Pain , that Qum was a aecatri ty to pro . pose such a resolution , *» d M to : see so many thousand persona ptevat . The Whifs need only to look around that meeting to « ee that the day of retribution waa fast approaching . Nothing gave hm mote pain than the pretent condition of the working claase * He woukf rather meet hkfoe , hand tohand , oB j the < ield of battle , than witoew the rwea forms * nd destitute condition of hi » roffering fellow countrymen . The j > re * mt state of society wM rotten a * the core . On the ^ ne . hand they saw the remedy the m « dfold Wi . ^ SfcTB 55 KJ 00 811 econde 4
^ t ( ChSir 'V ^ *¦ reMii Mr . Joseph Wktwooo , of Birmia * hwru nexfc addressed i * e , ma * tH , r in tttpport ofthT ^ WS In an excellent jpwjch , for which , we rSn ©*; we cannot find room ,: he Tehemeatij- denounc ^ T tl » ' "" feJP fe . Miaii «» d his feltow ^ rporatMTrf < £ Tt n « w ) y-fl * W boron *! ,. He told them an wnSng anecdpte of this bewhiskered genflemaLtothi effect that , when he was angling after ooimWitv m that town ,. tha magist enSTnch ! ' JflRS t now polluted with his prepuce , he one day met an old banow-woman ih the street , and wheeled it np . thestreet himself givfog ^ ' old lady haS a-CTOwn ,. and telling her the day woald shortly arrive when he would cause the laws to be altered so that poor ' old souls like hewelf would have no further occasion to work .
. Mr . David fci * c * then supported the resolution in a powerfnl . and energetic speech , of which the feportercooldnottalwaota ., aHt hid now beeome tjoitf ) dark . - .-. ¦ ¦ ¦ < ± :: ¦ . •¦ -.-. ¦ . The Chairman then put the resolution , and declared it to be unanimously carried . > Mr . Hurres then moved that the address to her Majesty be forwarded to Eeargos O'Conaor , with a re < ltt « st . that he- lay it t ) oibre , th 6 Conv « sntJM , -tW that bodjrnwy decide on tftWBostiitting manner for its presentation . ; . . ' -,. . ~^ •; Mr . Tbmpie seconded the motion , which was then put , and carried ^ * ; - . Mr . David Bwck then moved that a memorial be drawn up to the Secretary of St » te , on behalf of t he ¦ unforto-aa-fc jnen now onder sentence of death in Warwjck Gaol .
Mr . Joseph Wkstwooo seconded tile motion . a ' * f . CBAlRUAtl ? in attl " K tfce question , observed that the proposed memorial must lease heeia oa the folio wing afteraoon and that it -weald lie for signatures , till then , at Mr . Hobson ' s and Airs . Mann ' s . . A vote Of thanks was then passed tottio CliwnBan wbo briefly acknowledged the compliment . i ™ wgrt / 4 e afen » nS cheers were given for White and Wilson , incarcerated for their opinions in } . vt * S §?• • Three groans were then proposed for "Aeddy . Barnes / ' imt the proposition was wiected amid cnes jof S' » P , no , he ' a not worth it "—^ Treat ; him waU * . contempt , "; Ac . * c . ; and « Neddy Bainea " was treated wltk contempt accordingly . Three ch&ers were afterwards given for Feargus O'Connor and the Convention , and the meeting dispersed .
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TO THK KDITOJ 18 OJf THB N 0 * THB * H STAB . S / bs , —As much misandergfaiBding has arisen in some of the constituencies rapecttug tbe resolu bon of the Convention , recommending the postponement of tbe National Holiday , and the reao . lutions subsequently pahlished b y the Council , and anwerthy motives having been imputed to that bedy in the step which they unanimously agreed m , I consider it to be my duty , both to the country and the Council , to state the reasons which induced the passing guch resolution . In my official capacity , I have received reports from twenty constituencies , detailing the state of tke people , and their preparedness or unprepared-tees to carry out the Holiday , and what is the result ?
Sixteen ; out of the twenty , including several of tU more violent , hare unequivocall y declared that they are not ready , and require more time , and a more perfect organization ; and of the remaining four , three of them speak dubiously on the matter . In this state of the country , could there remain a donbt as to the course it was the dutv of the Council to take ? or could the most reckless advocate of violent measures dare to assert that the people ought to have been prostrated before the wheels of the bloody car of the present political Juggernaut , and . sacrifice , perhaps fer a generation all hope of the political salvation of the conntry ? P . It . Smart , Secretary to the Couaeil . AruHdel , 12 th August , 1839 .
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STAR OFFICE , Friday Evening . T&XAX . OF 8 TBPBBN 8 . CHESTER Thbmday Evening , 9 o'Clock . We stop the press toannouace the result of the ' trial of Mr . Stephens this day , at Chester . Th * tnaT commenced at a little after nine o ' clock , and continued till nearly eight o ' clock without any interV mission , except about ten minutes . Stephens made a noble defence , which lasted live ho-ors within fiw minutes , and for which he was highly complimented by the Judge . The Attorney-. General was savage beyond measure . The juny after deliberating about half-a-miirate , returned a verdict of GUlLTy , and the Judge sentence * tbe brave and inimitable advocate of the people ' s rights , to be Imprisoned for Eighteen Months in the House of Correction at Kuutsfori » and afterwards to-find two sureties in £ 250 each , and to enter into bis own recMraizutee in £ 3 qq . for his good behaviour for FIVE YEARS' !! j A verbatim report of the . trial will be furnished next week . . '
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FRIDAY'S WAKEFIELD CORN MABKET . ( BY BXPBK 88 . ) August 16 . —Omr arrival of Wheat is good this week ; there has been a steady demand for fresh sorts , about the prices of this day ae'nnight , bat granary parcels meet with little alteration .- Barley for gr inding is mach enquired after , but there is scarcely any offering . Oats and Shelling command nearly the rates oj last week . Beans steady . Other articles withont alteration . The weather has besa very unsettled during the past week , and it still continues . Oa
Wednesday a great deal of rain fe 1 ; the crops come to maturity very Aowly , ^ and harvest cannot be general with fine weather in this district of fourteen days . Onr stocks of fine Wheat are very low , and the estimates of the entire quantity in More at thu place , are short of 50 , 000 quarters . Of other article * it i § quite insignificant . [ Richmond Cobw Market , Aug . 10 . —Wehad only a thin supply of Grain in our market to-day ; ti < prices continue mach the same . Wheat eo \ i mm 8 » . to . l 0 s . 6 d ., Oats 38 . 8 d . to 4 s . 9 d ., Barltj 5 a . 3 d . to 5 b . 6 d ., Beans 6 i . 3 d . to 6 a . 61 per bua&ef
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has gent a letter to poer White , one of the imprisoned National Rent collectors , causing him to pay 6 ^ d . for a tirade of low abase . We heartily wish the black guard was obliged to eat it The way to prevent a recurrence of this is for White ' s friends to pay all the letters they send him , and let him receive none that are onpaid .
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O'CONNOR , Esq ., of HammeiWHith , Count ; Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at fc Printing Ofl&oes , Nos . 13 and 13 , Mark * Street , Briggate and Published by the » u Jowua Homok , ( for the said Fearovi O'Conmob , ) at his DweHiaf-house , No . » Market-street , Briggate ; an internal Cmw »» mication existing between the said No . ' Market Street , and the said No * . 19 , « d ^ Market Street , Briggate thus ™ f ^ 2 ^ . whole of the said Printing and Pabutfu ^ Office one PremueB . ^ A ^^ eL IT <* All Comarenications must be address ** , i ? aid , to J . Hobsom , Northern Star O »« < S » tardajr , August 17 , 283 W
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' £ THE NORTHERN STAB . Apqpst 17 , 1839 .
_ A Dastardly Thief.—Some Blacieuard Thief
_ A Dastardly Thief . —Some blacieuard thief
Lmds;—Printed For The Proprietor, Feargvi
Lmds ;—Printed for the Proprietor , FEARGVi
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1839, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct357/page/8/
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