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      TAMES BRONTERRE O'BRIEN will deliver O TWO LECTURES on Monday and Tuesdat Evenings , the 18 th and 19 th inst ., in the Circn ? , Sheffield , " On the position and prospects of the people ' s cause . " Men of Sheffield , shew to the factions , that yon are determined to stand by those who sacrifice competency and pleasure for penury and labour . O'Brien is the man whom the storms of despotism could never make meanly complain . Rally roundhim then , and let the patriot see your gratitude , for the services he has rendered to your cause .

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      armv nor the navy , the police nor the constabulary , -Whigs or Tories , priests or devils , Bball preTeat or j ^^ this agitation for the Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Moir , by the way , had alluded to Mr . Oswald , their present illegal representative , and to his imbecOe eosdaot at the late election . That man , he anderstood , had dared to tamper with his character , and take his name in Tain . Now , thsy would all recollect that , at the first election , he had asked that gentleman if he oould advacoe anything to his jhaae or dishonour , or bad any objection to make to bis past character or conduct , and he had add »> V He then gave him ( Mr . O'Connor ) a high and reputable character . r But Mr . James Oswald had dared to assert , in his absence , that he , along

      vita Bronterre O'Brien , had recommended physical force , and the murder of their opponents . ( Hear , hear . ) Aye , but did the people believe himi ( Loadcheer s . ) No ! they knew his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) nast history , and every movement , and with one foiee they cried , " He lied ! " He rejoiced that in Wb absence ( bey did justice to Mb name ; and that the ealmnny of the hoary nincompoop had met with ieserrea scorn and reproach . ( Load cheers . ) Mr . rvCoDnor here alluded to the conduct of Douglas , Mnntz , and Edwards , those physical-foroe advo * cates ; their desertion of the honest part of the ¦ Deople ' 3 leaders ; after weaving a net to catch them fnaad to the bluster of these fellows as the cause why the proceedings of Chartists had ever been classed -with the mention of -violent proceedings .

      He then proceeded—he had never betrayed the people—he had not assumed one position to-day , and Heniedit to-morrow . If he had deluded the people , he would not nave been there to-day ; if he had quacked them , he would not hare attempted again to appear before them . A great deal had been said about moral force and physical force , and attempts were being made by this means to sow dissension in their ranks . Now he ( O'Connor ) would repeat what he had frequently said before on this subject , and his ¦ entiments on this point were unaltered . ( Moral force is the deliberative quality in each man ' s mind , which teaches him how he is to reason , ho w to endure , and when forbearance becomes a crime ; and when that fails , physical force , like aa electrio shock ,

      loall sound the preparation , declaring that ihe people , having borne with patience and long suffering , the yoke of the oppressors , have determined to throw off their trammels , and snap the tyrant's chain- ( Loud cheers . ) God forbid , however , ikat La would ever be the means of bringing an unarmed people in contact with an armed Boldiery , whom they themselves would require tc jnpport . They were now come to such a position that they could , if united , oppose by moral force all that might be brought against them . His object and their object , he hoped , was not to pull down those shore them to the same position in society as themselves , but to bring themselves up to the same rxwition which as men , and as free men , they were

      entitled to enjoy . ( Cheers . ) Knowing the resources of the country which God and Nature had designed for their use , he was for throwing them all npon their own resources ; but he was also for taking the aristocracy off the people ' s resources . Let the people be thrown upon their own resources , keep the non-producers off them , and he had no fear of the beneficial result . ( Cheers . ) Now that the blue devils of Toryism were placed in power , they might anticipate no Tery gentle persuasive arguments to induce them to cease their agitation ; and to quietly agree to allow aristocratic cupidity and fraud to live npon their energies as heretofore , and these men would not be backward in using all the means at their command to compel the people to give way before

      them . It was for them , however , by their powerful moral aspect , by their determined and commanding unions , to prove their firmness and decision , and overawe the attempts of tyranny and corruption . As they had treated their companions in crime , the base , bloody , and brutal Whigs , he trusted they would treat them or any government which founded its claim to their suffrage upon aggression and knavery . ( Loud cheers . ) As he had to address thirty meetings in thirty towns in Scotland , and as he intended afterwards to visit the land of paraijes , he hoped they would allow him to reserve himself for their meeting in the evening . He would content

      himself with assuring them before retiring that be was the same now as when he had met them before—unchanged in _ principles , unawed by , punishments , and unflinching lin his determination to have Universal Suffrage made the law of the land . He would boldly and fearlessly affirm , that if death and the Charter were placed in the one hand , and honours , rewards , and desertion in the other , he should prefer death to surrendering bis principles . His motto was , come weal come woe , come danger come persecution , I stand by you and those principles even to the death . " ( . Tremendous cheering which lasted for several minutes . )

      Mr . Wood , delegate from the Dublin Chartists , now came forward and addressed the meeting in a long and convincing speech , which was listened to with great attention , and was applauded throughout . Totes of thanks being tendered to the chairman , and three cheers given for O'Connor and the Charter , She immense assemblage quietly dispersed .

      THE SOIREE . The proceedings of this eventful day in the annals of Chartism were appropriately closed by a splendid ioiree in honour of O'Connor m the evening . The large and elegant New Bazaar Hall , capable of accommodating about 3000 persons , and which was fitted up for the occasion , was crowded in every part by a respectable and well dressed audience . We m » y mention , that such was the demand for tickets for thia meeting , that in two days after they were issued , the whole of them were disposed of . and such was the anxiety of the people , that thousands of oni Chartists friends had to be disappointed . We believe , as high as 53 . and even 153 . were offered

      for single tickets and indignantly refused by their fortunate owners . Shortly after six o ' clock , the hour of opening the hall doors , the place was densely crowded by a gay and delighted audience , whose appearance was certainly much improred by the rich asd variegated head-dresses of the youthful female Chartists , who had arranged for a ball after the proceedings ai the Soiree . Wien Mr . O'Connor arrived , accompanied by Messrs . Moir and Cullen , the cheering was absolutely deafening , and was again and again repeated as these gentlemen took tfcieLr seats on the platform . Mr . O'Connor gracefully acknowledged these heartfelt testimonials . On the monon of Mr . Joan Rodger , seconded by Mr . Wm , Miller ,

      Mr . ILuthsw Cttlks occupied the chair . He v * z supported right and left by Messrs . O'Connor , Moir , Macfailane , of Condorrat , the aged Bonnyauir martyr of 1819 , also by Messrs . Proudfoot , kardner , Councillor M'Gavin , Hedderwick , vVaJker , Carrie , Rodger , Jack , and others of our best known Chartists . In opening the business , Mr . Ctxljes , chairman , delivered a neat and appropriate address , in which he spoke of the feelings of his andience , of the occasion of their meetmg , the services of O'Connor , and the necessity of throwing all petty jealousies and divisions aside in toe pursuit of the great cause of human amelioration , lie concluded by calling on Mr . Walker , one of the preachers of the Christian Chartist Church , who raed a blessing . The meeting was then served with ttrts ; and a number of stirring airs were performed by an excellent instrumental band

      . The Chaibilln now gave the sentiment of "The rtople , the legitimate source of all power , " which fie prefaced by a neat address . He said , on public occasions Euch as this , it was customary to propose toe Chief Magistrate of the realm . Now , although » n « was not his intention at the present time , he pegged distinctly to state , that it was because of no Q ^ oyal or dia-espectrve feelings . In the sentiment fie h&d to propose her Majesty was included ; and jneno : proposing her individually , arose solely from Me habit which the Chartist had to universality . 1 a ? i m re 5 P « ted her Majesty , and were most wyally attached to her person . They could wish , S w 17 r ' that h 5 ^ je ^ y was placed in such cirwmstances as shs could appreciate and administer Tttht Z t SJf heT raff e ™ g&nd oppressed people . If this were the case , then they would find uTevery cabin a military tent , and in ever ? / .. it ,- « n « . anirfipr .

      ready to defend his country from invasion , and her * £ 3 « J i » m the insults and persecutions of her S Bd dhe ?™ - > He concluded by projg ^ uie toast , which was most rapturously aptJ ^ ' -I ' ^ now ^ S excellent taste , "O'Cenerived . me l ° Sco : 1 &lld > " waich w&s weU «• « T& p ° i ^ rose t 0 K spona to the sentiment of liwSLYi J and wa 3 ] oud ] y cheered . He devJ 5 ! r , * . S > stirring , and sarcastic address in his kw style , m which he S 6 rettlj h ^ ^ j cun . wng , chicanery , ruffianism , and deceit . He also om £ 3 ° f . and denounced the tactics of the two E ? - f&ctJ 0113 ^ PPJ e&ct . He wis fre-S y m ^ rrn Pted with cheering and bursts of 2 & Clted by ^ ha PPy bite . Tune— " Scots

      JS ? S P ? U * S&to " O'Connor , and the nflf *^? ?^ 01131 ^ **<> k * Te aided the cause jj ^™ People , which was received with three times At ; this stage of the proceedings , a very interesting ¦ ape occurred . Miss Moir , a good-looking young i * ay , along with Misa Millar and Miss M'Kay , «» e forward to present Mr . O'Connor with an adujrese , and a rich diamond ring , as a testimony of respect from thei Ft male Chartists of Glasgow . The SS ? . 2 ^ fress , which was read by Miss " ¦ ** I with a clear and correct enunciation : — to PBAiGcs o ' comroseso

      , ^ E ? nanred Sir ,-We hafl with feelings of joj and Et 5 ? i J 2 S T ^ eBce here thiB eTeniD « > ¦ ¦>?* and wS ^ 8 tiU clMn J » dT » cacy of the rights SfLffl ^ " . of l * bour-of honest industry-and P * tttade to him , who , alone , rules in heaven and 23 K ? l * rtl 1 - For * M unbounded mercy in ! r . tbe shackles and tearing asunder the earthly SSS ^ j */* wi"eh a wify and a worthless * c&on had dared , impiously , to bind your efforts-* sendevrours of an honest advocate of justice , fliaitk Jon { Pf 6861 " ** amongst us , now , seeing * » ne same , the very eame , opinions held aod pro-

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      mulgated by y « n before tb ^ farcical attempts of factions to erusQ your patriotism , aod to coeroe your freedom of thought , of word , and of action , are still , and we hope , ever will be , evinced bj yon , in yoor adherence to the movement of Right , and your rational and philanthropic denunciation of a system of disgrace , of rniB , and of wrong . We hail with rapturous greeting , the visit of a tried and uDOorrupted democrat to oar Hi ghland home . We hail the Yisit of Feargus O'Connor to this . our native land , where sire and son daim by meeting and by right of pure descent , those feelings and those sentiments which actuated oar Scottish patriot—our Wallace , and roused the love of liberty —living eternally in the bosom of his countrrmen . to

      assert , and to fight for the freedom of Scotland and the independence of our fatherland . We hail your visit , our beloved , to our common country , where the mountains alone , with towering majesty and snow-dad tops , claim that homage , which , mother lands , is tendered by unthinking slaves to a worthless creature , born in ignorance , and nursed by servility—wearing , ia the mockery of human wretchedness , the title of the Most High , a title which every honest heart , every true Sootsman in the fervour of his adoration , offers to the divinity , to him alone , who rides on the whirlwind and directs the storm . " We welcome you to that land , where streams and flowrets gathered together the

      " Sparks o' nature ' s fire " that burst in the ardour of heaven , sent inspiration from the rude clay of a ploughman and a weaver in the unpolished lispings of a Burns and a -Tannahill ; and , by the rays of democratic genius , shed a holy lustre—an undying fame on those spots of green crowned earth and silveriy sparkling burns that reigned in their unborrowed Terse , and lived for ever in the p atriotism of their hearts . Sincerely desirous of benefiting our fellow-creatures and in our anxiety for the immediate and total abolition of all unnatural distinctions between

      man and man , we bail your presence here this evening , and now tender you our heartfelt gratulation on seeing you again ia the midst of us , unfettered and free , and feel and now express our gratitude to Heaven , that you have yet been spared from the efforts of malignity , to nourish hope in the bosom of the poor and lowly , by jour strenuous and uncompromising advocacy of the rights of labour , and the native privileges of humanity . Acwpt these warm and sincere aspirations for your continuance of these exertions in our behalf , and accept this humble token of our admiration of your struggles , in asserting and demanding justice for each and for all .

      During the reading of this address , which was frequently interrupted with cheers , Mr . O'Connor appeared to be deeply affected . Miss Mrr . ns then presented the ring , which appeared a truly massive and valuable article . She said , the honour had been conferred upon her by the Female Chartists of Glasgow , to present him ( O'Connor ) withthi 9 small but sincere token of their admiration . With sentiments better felt than expressed she performed this duty . In the fervent hope that he would continue in his bright career , and that the Lord of

      heaven would prosper his exertion on behalf of the suffering and oppressed people . ( Loud cheers . ) Her sister Chartists joined with her in the hope that he would go on conquering and to conquer , until he had put to flight all the enemies of popular ri ^ ht , of civil and religious liberty . And while they urged , him to pursue his bright and important career , they trusted that Scotia ' s sons would stand by the cause which O'Connor so ably advocates—that Scotia ' s sons would not cease their exertions Hntil they had : obtained those rights they were struggling to obtain , ' and until their fatherland was made what she

      ought to be , great , glorious , and free . ( Loud cheers . ) Miss M'Kay next presented Mr . M'Farlane , of Condorratt , the venerable Chartist of 1819 , and for twenty years an exile for his advocacy of their principles , with a handsome ebony staff , silvermounted , and a sovereign to pay his travelling

      , expenses . j The old man , who seemed deeply affected , received ; these tokens with much agitation . When he could ¦ command his feelings , however , he shortly addressed : the meeting , and expressed his acknowledgment ' . for these proofs of their respect . He entered ; into a brief but graphic detail of the persecutions of the early Chartists—of the unprincipled bloodthirsty Government of that day . He was frequently applauded . Tuno— " Auld Langsyne /' : Mr . O'Cojtsob now rose amidst the most enthusiastic cheering , and waving of hats and handkerchiefs . When the plaudits had in some measure \ subsided , he 6 poke nearly as follows : —Sir , I have I less reason to find fault with the einEer-beer bottles

      [ than any pereon in this assembly . ( Mr . O'Connor j here referred to a little interruption which took ! place a minute or two previous , from the serving rout of ginger-beer . ) I rejoice that the excellent '¦ arrangements of your committee have afforded to I me one msment of reflection before I responded to the beautiful addresses of the ladies of Glasgow , and the fluttering present which they have done . me the honour to present to me : for , had I been j called upon instantly , and upon the spur of the m » - ; ment to reply to these addresses , I know not what | point my feelings would have carried me , or to whai , j sentiments they might have led me to utter ; I would ! perhaps have lost all control of my judgment and ! left a bad impression upon this meeting . It requires

      a man to calm himself for a moment when he receives such an impulse in the cause of liberty as this .. When the name of Wallace is made use of by female lips , and when the sons of Scotia are asked if they would not rather fight for their liberty than pine in slavery , what arguments have I to use to impress upon this large assembly the necessity of working out their political salvation ! ( Lond cheers . ) As I have not words to express my feelings , I shall pass from this point , simply returning my heartfelt thanks to those ladies who have done me the honour to present me with these tokens of regard . I would say , that if before I was engaged to the people , now I am wedded to their cause . ( Renewed cheering . ) Sir , as regards the sentiments which

      you have done me the honour so eloquently to propose from the chair , it gives me some pleasure to think that it is now nearly five years since 1 was first introduced to the men of Glasgow , and that I have st III some hold upon their esteem . Unknown comparatively—a common stranger , I entered upon your boards , and ventured to present myself as an enemy to the politicians of the day , and presented to the people , if not new principles , at least & new mode of accomplishing their realisation . Our union has gone on , and , like master like man—the one determined to do the work so long as he continues to hold the confidence of the other , and the other determined to entrust and employ the servant go long & 3 he does hi 3 duty . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . )

      Some reference has been made to my sufferings in this cause , but if I had suffered as much as the veteran who bad just preceded me , whose sufferings put mine all to flight , the illustration of my principles which I now see before me would repay me for ail . ( Hear , hear , and long-continued cheering . ) What are the sufferings of one , if by these sufferings the cause of freedom is advanced , and the oppressor humbled ! Tiie answer , in my ca ? e is , that I have gained a victory of the oppressor , because that cause ior which I was imprisoned gains more by my absence than if I had been present . ( Cheers . ) Asnow , after six years of agitation , sixteen months of that period spent ia a dungeon , we meet again to renew the covenant ; such as I left you I meet you again .

      If I was impelled , by the love of these principles , to advocate your cause heretofore , how much more determined must I be , now that I see you in earaes : in the cause . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) But it is not enough that you and 1 are in earnest , and those excellent men who have laboured along with me ; the people must be in earnest . Remember that the moment you will it , then will the power of the oppressor fade—then will you be recognised in the legislature of the country—then you may stand erect as freemen ; and then indeed you will be the source of all power . ( Loud cheers . ) Sir , it is rather a farcical thing that faction uses the name of the people ( and especially the Chartists , because I think the word people encompasses all that

      are worth having , and the Chartists are the people ) it is surprising that they say at one time that we are a mere fraction—a Bection of the community whose influence is as limited as our principles are unpopular , that we are unworthy of notice ; but when an excuse is needed to save the bankrupt reputation of a sinking party , the cry is , 0 ! the Chartists did it . ( Laughter and cheering . ) Let us take this leaf from the Whig book—the confession that we are able to beat one of the greatest factions in the State , and that it depends upon us to say what shall be done with the other . They say that we are ignorant , as well as poor in strength , and unfit to hold the suffrage . ( Hear , hear . ) Why , then , it must appear plain , as a question of rule of three , and

      evident to any one without the knowledge of a Cocker , that , if a fraction of the people , we were able to beat the 'Whigs , what are we not able to do if united ? For my part , I think that we could not only beat the Whigs , but beat the Whigs and Tories united . ( Cheers . ) It is clear to me , at ail events , that before the Whigs or Tories will yield » ur claims , they will unite to a man against us . It is necessary for us , then , to hare a union that will beat both the factions . It is gratifying to know , however , that the cause is going on in a way which tyrants dread , which patriots mnst admire . ( Loud cheers . )

      Mr . M'Farlane alluded to the means that were used in Mb day to split up and betray the cause of the people by spies and informers , I can assure you that these means are not left untried now . There is gold ready for the traitor spy , and he has only to walk in , commenci , and divide . But I rejoice you are now k > o shrewd and too united to be afraid of spies . If f on hold by the law , bad as it is , unt il you get a power strong enough to control . the law , you need ! ear no attempts of the spy or the traitor . ( Cheers . ) [ have told you before , and I say again , do not on iny account connect yourselves to secret societies , rhe man who asks you to do in the dark what be

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      would not do in the light is a traitor : avoid him : oux cause is righteous , and needs no covering . " Treason broods in darkness , And dreads the light . " Caution and vigilance are necessary at all times , bat more especially at the present , when all the power of Tory gold is ready to be loosened upon yon . Do not suppose because the Tory Tamworth Baronet has not ventured upon any stronger gagging measures that the spirit of Toryism has changed J do not anticipate that the Tories will behave better than the WhigB ; and do not suppose that every effort of that faction will not be tried to hold usurpation over you . What they have done hitherto they ate prepared to do again . Public opinion alone keeps them in

      check . ( Loud cries of hear , hear , bear . ) We are told by the historians in all ages that physical force revolution means an outbreak of people , with arms in their hands , when they upeet all that originally governed the country and take it over to themselves ; while moral force is a power brought to bear on the legislation of a country , which compels them peaceabl y to yield to the claims of the people—not having the power to refuse them . The latter is our position—this is the means by which we intend to carry our views . Now , many men of snffioient zeal and energy will say , when there is no hope of impressing the legislature with your views , by peaceable means , what use is their persevering in the movement ? To those I would answer , there is

      hope of oar views being impressed upon the legislature . For the last ten years we have had nothing in Parliament like an opposition—we have had one bad faction hounding on another to do worse than they were attempting ; but now we will have a rampant , noisy , energetic opposition . The Whigs are quiet in the meantime : but as soon as the old aristocratic papas find that they are unable to Bupport their young sons in their accustomed affluence , they will kick ap a terrible bobbery —( laughter and cheers )—and in the House of Commons we may soon expect to hear the music of their sweet voices . There never was a great organic change in the Constitution of any country originated in a House of representatives . The Whigs

      did not wish to give the great mercantile changes that were forced upon them—they only brought them forward to gain aa excuse for being kicked out of power . Every measure for the jjood of the people originates with the people , and it is left with the people themselves to carry it out , and force it upon the legislature . Now . what was our position in 1831 ! Why . we had the King against reform—a majority of the peers against reform—a majority of the Commons against reform . But the people were in favour of reform , and a majority of the people , beat a majority of the Commons , the Peers , and the King upon the throne . ( Cheers . ) When the Whigs are once more in that position , they will try us with their measures for commercial changes , and the

      Corn Law question , and if we catch at tne bait , they will pass over to the ministerial benches , and , having cheated , they will humbug us as before . But , on the other hand , if the people hold by their present principled course , depend upon it , rather than lose the chance of spending two hundred millions of money per annum , they will accede to the claims of the Chartists . ( Loud cheering . ) In the winter months , then , you shall have an Opposition as mad as if it were the heat of summer in the dog-days . ( Laughter . ) But it is for us to hold out against all their attempts to mystify and delude , and insist upon the recognition of our right to the franchise—( cheers)—and I know not what is to prevent you . What is a man but his principles and

      consistency \ or , as we say in Ireland , what is a man but his word ! and if we are honest by our principles , we must defeat the factions . The Whigs , in the end Jwill say , now that we have excited tbe people to violent and exciting demonstrations—now that we haveburned Bristol , and sacked Nottingham , and now that we find the people , after ten years' tutoring , too united to continue in crime , in wretchedness , and in suffering , let us give them tbe Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) It may be that Lord John Russell , Melbourne , Sir J . C . Hothouse , and others of that school , may endeavour to get up a constitutional Opposition , but the hungry pack of expectants won ' t stand it , Russell may go live at Wpburu , but be assured the coming Opposition will be of a

      very fierce and determined character . We will again hear of their rifle clubs , and other gentle " moral force" hints at rebellion ; aad I believe , in the end , these fellows ' will go the length of asserting that the people of Glasgow are entirely moralforce men . ( Loud laughter and cheers . ) Instead of throwing themselves upon popular sympathy for support , these men have depended , for their political supremacy ,. on the misnamed representatives of my countrymen * . Yes ; I assert that since the Reform Bill , fortj of my countrymen in that House have been the greatest enemies to the cause of justice and freedom . There is much talk of the claims of Ireland upon England or Scotland , I rather think that if there is a debt by Scotland or England to Ireland ,

      or by Ireland to England and Scotland , it is amply paid oS by these representatives . But I deny that there is anything like ill-feeling on the part of the people of England and Scotland towards the Irish people . I deny that there is any prejudice in the minds of Scotsmen against the interests of Irishmen . On the contrary , I assert , without fear of contradiction , that were it offered to-morrow to enfranchise the people of England and Scotland , at the cost of refusing liberty to the people of Ireland , that they would indignantly refuse it . ( Loud cheers . ) The greatest fault is that my countrymen have always knocked at the wrong door . Instead of the doors of the House of Commons , if they had knocked at the hearts of the people of

      Scotland and England , they should not have bo long knocked in vain . But my countrymen were fighting for one thing and we for another . They are fighting for a Parliament , while we are fighting to get quit of one . They Bay , give us a Repeal of the Union between the two countries ? We say , of what use would the Repeal be , were they to have no greater hold upon their representatives than they now have f Tkey say , ! give us a Parliament . And we say , unless you have the power to elect a Parliament to attend to your real interests , of what use is it 1 They still cry , however , give us a Parliament . ( Laughter . ) Very well , say we , if you want a Parliament , there is one cut and dry to your hands , in God ' s name , take it . ( Laughter . ) O'Connell says , let us have a

      Parliament . Why , the present Parliament is five times better than any Parliament they could have in Ireland under the same franchise . But the people of Ireland don't know what Universal Suffrage means . Thanks to the spirit of the age , however , thanki to the brave men who are formiag Associations there ; they are getting their eyes opened ; they are now beginning to see to their true interests , and are associating with their English and Scotch bmhren—( loud cheers)—and by and bye , I feel confident , my oppressed countrymen , like you , will give nothing for a Parliament that they have no power over . When I commenced this movement there were no Chartists in Ireland , there is now a great association there , and we have present with us this night , in the person of an operative , a member

      of that association . ( Loud cheers . ) It is not legal , you Enow , to send delegates to other associations , but he is here to tell the people of Glasgow the progress of our cause in Ireland . Why , if I had nothing more in this meeting than that circumstance , I ehould , indeed , feel , that with a smaller congregation this was double compensation . ( Cheers . ) I have laboured long in that country to convince the people , that in order to beat down she union of our oppressors , we must have a union of the people , and that union must go on until we are one great nation . We will then see who have been the traitors , who have been the patriots ; and theD , by the improvement of the country , who have advocated the best and most righteous principle . ( Loud cheers . )

      You of Glasgow may say that you are represented by Mi . Moir on the platform and before the publio ; but he has no power in the Legislature—he cannot command a hearing in a town's meeting amongst your shopocracy . Why is this f because you are not enfranchised . Is this right , is it proper , is it according to the necessity of the times ? ( No , no . ) Then , I ask you , can any power opposed to this great and good attribute of representation , continue much longer to hold a power over the minds of the people of this age . ( No . ) Then do you wish to hasten the accomplishment of this great principle ? ( Yes . ) Well , why do you allow any one to get up divisions and fritter away the essentials of our agitation ! We hear of this Chartism and the other Chartism .

      Is one Chartism not enough ? We do not hear of this Whiggery and the other Whifljery—of this Toryism and the other Toryism . Why , then , so many Chartisms ? I would have you to be on the watch towers , and be jealous . Observe that you do not forget the good old Chartism . ( Great cheering . ) Let us hear no more humbug , but let the man who is not a Chartist without any alloy get his walking paper and tramp . ( Laughter and cheering . ) Let us have no more bullying about moral force and physical force ; but let all go on morally contending for the one great and good Chartism . Since my confinement in York dungeon , 1 have been denounced by both Churoh and State , and maligned by individuals . ( Loud cries of hear , hear . ) In my absence , one of your members took the liberty of asserting that O'Brien and myself

      were physical-force advocates . The men of Glasgow , however , rightly denied the charge , and threw it back in the teeth of my accuser . I ask you , men of Glasgow , did any man in this great meeting ever bear me , directly or indirectly , recommend the use of physical force ? ( Here a host of voices cried " No , no . " ) Then why trump up the ghost of physical force to divide ns once more 1 Why talk about a thing that never was in existence \ ( A voice in the meeting— " It was to suit a Whig purpose , " and Mr . O'Connor proceeded , ) I am not for shooting anything . ( Cheers and Laughter . ) I believe , however , that is is done to shoot Chartists . Be assured , however , that so long as we remain true to our first love , and stand united for the cause , they will neither be able to shoot our principles nor our bodies . . ( Cheers . ) But do you not think , fellow Chartists , that it would be dishonourable and improper in me to allow a parcel of tramping horses to

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      stalk through the country to gain , from misrepresenting me , a ; share of my honours . I have never yet abused , calumniated , or misrepresented any man ; and am I to remain silent and allow slander to go forth uncontradicted . ( No , no . ) While in York Castle , I was told that Brewster would not join you unless yon threw overboard O'Brien and myself , because of our pbyaioalism . Now , he forgot te inform you that I was ready to meet him on his own ground —( hear , hear , and true)—and to prove to the satisfaction of an unprejudiced audience that he was as great a physical force man as in the country . ( Laughter and cheers . ) I am not here to abuse Brewster , although Brewster abused me ; but to disabuse jwur mindBand to caution you against

      , allowing any man to come into our ranks with another Chartism—( loud cheers)—for unquestionably the whole story just means in the end , my Chartism is better than your Chartism . If this were persevered m you , would speedily have so many Chartisms that you would not deoiedly know the real one . I am sorry that Brewster recommended practising rifle and pistol shooting , aa I have always considered our cause might be triumphant without these things . ( Laughter and -cheers . ) Douglas , Muntz , and Edwards , to whom I have already referred to-day , and all of whom were brought np by the Whigs and installed into comfortable berths —these men always talked loudest about physical force . Now , if I had got a remuneration for my

      services , for spending my own money , and my tune in your cause , instead of being sent to York Castle for sixteen months , I might have deserved such treatment ; but I come forward with spirit unbroken , and Btill determined to go on fighting against tyranny and opposition . Is it right , then , I ask , of any man who comes to win your affections to say , that his services oould only be given at the sacrifice of BronterreO'Brien and Feargus O'Connor ! I am not paid for preaching , neither will I tell you that praying will get you into heaven—( cries of " hew , hear "—but if you think so , I will have you pray a while and make your oppressors fast . ( Cheers and laughter . ) If they give you plenty to eat and drink I care not how long you pray , but until that is tbe case , 1 would have your oppressors to fast

      and pray along with you . ( Renewed laughter and cheers . ) I can see as far through a millstone as any one , and I can perceive that by and bye there will be a struggle , for the leadership . Now , I do not wish you to follow me implicitly aa your leader , I only ask that you hear my advice , and that you judge of it as may seem best to you . But my dependence is upon the blistered hands , the fustian jackets , and unshorn chins . ( Immense cheering . ) In their bands I will risk my life , and with them my principles are safe ; but my oharaoter I leave to no man : that I can and will defend against all assaults . I say , then , that you are less bound to defend the oharaoter of your absent friend , than you are to vindicate and defend his principles . But above all , when

      next you are appealed to do not stultify yourselves by declaring that | you will never attempt to carry the Charter by physical force , as if at any time you intended to do so . I would have you further to resolve , but let it come from yourselves , at your Bret meeting , that every man who mentions 1 > h ysical force in your Association shall be ooked upon as a traitor to the cause . Let what you do , however , be con amore of your own free will , and do not submit to that truckling , sneaking way of putting in the wedge to split the timber . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) I am in 1841 the same man in principle and in practice that I was in 1835 , and I will not change . If to-morrow you should box the compass , you shall find me true as the

      needle to the pole . I will not desert the road I have trod so long . From 1835 , and until the shopocrats joined us , I had established 107 Radical Associations . I have been before you in 1836 , 1837 . and 1838 , and I am before you again ; and I shall not allow my character to be a stalking-horse for any man to get into your favour . ( Hear , hear . ) I spent £ 8 , 009 of my own money in this cause , and during the whole time that I was with you not a pane of glass has suffered on my aooount , and not one man has been charged with an offence before a magistrate . ( Cheers . ) Unlike those who come amongst you to make merchandise of our canse , I hare never recommended violence . In reference to the moral and physical force bugbear , I oan lay the foundation of all I have suffered

      . it « * * A . % m V * tf t- «* to the beginning of the movement , which took its rise on the Calton Hill , and to the resolutions at the meeting held thereon , got up by Brewster . Then followed the Birmingham resolutions , the Dublin resolutions , and the resolutions of the Londoners , all pointing out certain parties as physical force Chartists , aad all appearing simultaneously . By thiB means the government were told that the people were divided , and they accordingly commenced the persecutions , by picking us off one . two , and three , until 500 oftno ' bestmen in England were dungeoned and treated like felons . ( Hear , hear , and true , true . ) Now remember that at the present moment the same parties are moving—Brewster in Scotland , O ' Connell in Dublin , and the working men in

      London . ( Hear , hear , and cheering ) We will be cautious , however , and balk their efforts . Let us declare that in this same city of Glasgow there Bhall be but one Chartism , and that shall be the universal creed of all good men . ( Cheers . ) And I would impress upon you to move at your first meeting a resolution , declaring that the first man who mentions physical force is a traitor to our cause . I recollect that some of us were nearly suffering for the Sheffield riots , by the traitorous conduct of some of those physical-force worthies . A Sheffield workman was offered £ 3 , 000 to connect me with the riots there . It happened , however , that one of the witnesses swore too much , and the indictment broke down : he swore that I was in Sheffield at & time when I

      was comfortably at home in my own county Cork . The Attorney-General said they might as Well give it up . But for that oircumstanco I would have been pulled up for high treason ; and there is no saying what the result might have been . The time is coming , my friends , when something must be done . Talk as you will , I believe the people of this country are so improved in political knowledge that they will not allow the oppressor to press upon their comforts with impunity , nor will they much longer be trifled with . Even my Lord John Russell is willing to accede something . He has declared his belief that there would be no barm ia giving the Suffrage to the people of Scotland , because

      of their superior intelligence ; but he will not give it to England and Ireland . Now , if Lord John is sincere , why not give it to Scotland ! because he knows if he did so , there would be fifty-three Universal Suffrage members in the House who would speedily leaven tbe whole lump . ( Cheers . ) I have attended at six of the largest meetings in England lately , but I never saw a mure lively scene than this , nor so many lovely women , ( Cheers . ) It is a noble feature ia the movement , the presence of bo many of the women , and a sure proof that the men are along with them . If tiie women come out the men must follow them , or they will find sheir situations made very uncomfortable at home . ( Laughter and cheers . ) The shopkeepers are also

      beginning to acknowledge the influence of the women . They are beginning to discover tbat a fine window filled with showy furnishings , is of little avail if there is nothing in the till on Saturday evening , and I can assure you an empty till on Saturday makes an ugly Sunday morning . ( Loud laughter and cheers . ) When bankers' bills are not paid , and when people find that they cannot spend the Sunday as they used to do , the women will begin to inquire the cause . When they do so , the husband will be compelled to say , because the people have no one to speak for them in the Parliament House , my dear . And haven ' t you a vote for the mau who goes there and does your business ! "Yes , " Bays the husband , " and doesn ' t he keep the army , the

      navy , the stirrup-holder , the cheese taster , and the other hangers on of the system ? " " Not at all , " says tbe dear man , " I do that , my dear ; we , the people , do that . " That is the answer of the better half—why , then , let us have a Chartist member , and do away these useless things that I may have my Sunday recreation , and my bills paid as before . ( Laughter and cheering . ) By this means the middle classes are made not only sensible politicians , but feel the effect of their own wretched management , and by this means will the principles of the Charter win their way to the hearts of the people . Coming up the Clyde to-day , we saw some fine ships to carry you to foreign shores , now that the aristocracy are tired of you , and you are likely to become troublesome . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Now , I am not an enemy to emigration . I am for emigration . I would hare a large cargo of parsons , with

      acrew ofbishops , and with Bishop Philpots at the helm , to emigrate immediately , and continue until the country was rid of them . ( Laughter and cheers . ) These , and not the producing olasses , are the proper parties to emigrate . One bishop out of every diocese , and one parson out of every parish , would materially help to live upon their own resources . ( Renewed cheering . ) Mr . O'Connor proceeded in this strain with his accustomed eloquence , to expose the fallacies of the Corn Law Repealers , the mal-administration of the people ' s affairs b y the Whigs , and a number of the most prominent evils of the present system of class legislation . He concluded a long and brilliant speech , which was listened to throughout with breathless interest , by declaring that he should never rest satisfied until he had brought comfort to the cottage , and until every man rejoiced in equal political privileges . He sat down amid loud and continued cheering . Tune— " The Exile of Erin . "

      Mr . Thomas Gillespib , being introduced by the Chairman , rose to respond to the sentiment— " The exiled and incarcerated Chartists , " and was received with cheers . After stating the sentiment to which he was about to speak , he said there had been three grand epochs in the history of Great Britain : the first of these was the time when the nobles of the land demanded and obtained Magna Charta from King John ; the second was When the Whigs banished the House of Stuart from the throne of this country , and proclaimed the Bill of Rights ; and the third was in 1832 , when the Whigs were again victorious , and were carried into power by tha t

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      Reform Bill which the people had wrung from the swindling aristocracy . ( Hear , and cheers . ) But it bad been found that that Bill only created additional votes for the aristocracy and the commercial interests . And another , a fourth great epoch , took place in the history of Britain ; the people raised the ery . for . their rights , and assembled under the banner of . Universal Suffira « e . ( Loud cheers . ) The people asserted broadly their claim to that position in society which their God destined them to enjoy , They were banded together by the holy bonds of patriotic philanthropy and selfpreservation ; and they have sworn upon the pure altar of liberty , to obtain that Charter for which they were struggling . ( Loud cheering . ) And it was

      gratifying tohim to see the : people now instilling those principles into the minds of the rising generation , and which would be taught their children ' s children , and revered and prised , and never forgotten . Pride swelled his bosom at seeing his working brethren so earnestly engaged in the sacred work of political redemption . Why , he thought some-one ejaculated , are some of their best friends expatriated and in prison for their devotion to the same good work ! Yes , it was a melanoholy fact . The rolling ocean intervened between the patriots and their loved native land . The grim walls of the dungeon separated them from their friends , and it was a duty , and an imperative one too , for every man to stretch out his arm to save and protect : it was the duty

      of every man to crush in the bud the vile spirit ot disunion , which wrought destruction wherever it appeared , and thwarted the noblest efforts of a people or of individuals . The name of Frost Could never be tainted with ignominy ; but although posterity might do their memories justice ; still , what nobler tribute of a nation ' s gratitude would it be to thrill their souls with the glad shout of national emancipation , and bear them ba « k in triumph to their country , their homes , and their friends . ( Loud cheers . ) He would not deny the indiscretions that had been committed ; but the motives they had in view , the necessities that prompted them on , and the unmerited sufferings whioh had been heaped on their devoted heads , and the

      courage and patience which they had displayed under affliction , all plead forcibly in their behalf , and he rejoiced to see such a meeting as that telling the world their opinion of those men , and hailing with delight the prospeot of yet welcoming the banished Chartists to their native land . ( Cheers . ) Hampden was the precursor of the death of Charles I ., and the persecutions against the Chartists was the sure precursor of the death of the Whigs . ( Hear , and continued cheering . ) These were facts , and with a people so anxious for the release of these men , it might be dangerous for any government to tamper longer with and lacerate the popular feelings by continued cruelty to the incarcerated . Rome had its Brutus , and the imperious Caesar fell before the patriot ' s steel . Britain has its O'Connor , and the

      treacherous Whigs have been struck down powerless for their perfidy and oppression . ( Loud cheers . ) The loud shouts of triumph whioh , in honour ot O'Connor , floated over the broad bosom of Clyde that morning , would spread north and south , east and west , and reverberate through the inmost closet of the tyrant ' s palace , and he trusted that similar shouts would yet swell on the wave which brought back the banished Chartists who were now suffering , that the people might be free —[ cheers]—be made happy—[ cheers ]—that justice and freedom would be felt by all was his sinoere hope . The day of retribution was drawing nigher , when the watch-word would would be death to tyrants , and freedom and liberty to mankind . [ Loud cheers . ] The meeting responded to the ' sentiment with universal acclamation .

      . The Chairman then introduced Mr . Thomas Wood , from Dublin , who had come over in the name of the Chartists of Dublin , to express their admiration of O'Connor , and their attachment to the Charter . Mr . Wood was received with loud cheers . In speaking to the sentiment "Sharman Crawford , and the other Chartists members of the House of Commons , " and after apologising for his want of ability , Mr . Wood said he was but a young scholar , and one of their own instructing . He was . however , one of those individuals who had long perceived the thraldom under whioh Ireland had groaned for centuries . Had he sufficient talent to describe in their proper light the accumulated load of misery which has been laid on the necks of the people of Ireland , could he describe their extreme misery , and the horrible sufferings endured by thousands , it would raise tbe fire of indignation on every honest brow , and make them curse in their hearts the

      oppressors of hia unhappy country . ( Loud cheers . )—The daughters of Caledonia might weepforthe sufferings of their country : but the enslaved sons and daughter of Erin might weep tears of blood for the grinding load which bowed them to the earth and steeped them to the lips in woe . Mr . Wood went on to state a detail of the great physical sufferings of the working people of Ireland , their extreme poverty , and the delusions which had been practised upon them . He congratulated them upon the 6 pirit whioh was however awakening ia Ireland , fostered of the intelligence which the Chartists of England , Scotland , and Ireland , by sending the Northern Star and the Scottish Patriot . He could assure them that the working men in Dublin , Sligo , Belfast , Loohrae , and Newry , were fast imbibing the principles of the Charter , and emerging from the delusion of the Whigs . Mr . Wood was cheered throughout .

      Mr . M'Crae , from Kilbarchan , then spoke to th sentiment" Union , " in his usual eloquent and forcible manner . Mr . Jack next spoke to the sentiment ** The Democratic Press . " The numerous assemblage then broke up in good humour , the instrumental band playing the while . ¦ ¦ ¦ i i- ri r n n r r r n n r r n ^^^^^^^ rrr * r * r- niV r ^ r i-i—r ~ rani * rf * i

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      BRISTOL . —On Monday evening , the 11 th inst , a numerous assembly took place in the National Charter Association Room , Castle-street , for the purpose of hearing Mr . R . K . Philp , member of the Executive Council , state the p lan agreed on by the Executive for the future agitation of the Chartist cause . Mr . Simeon was called to the chair , aud after making known the object of the meeting , introduced Mr . Philp , who was enthusiastically received . Mr . Philp commenced hiB address by stating he was not about to enter on an explanation of Chartist principles , for he judged they were fully understood by the persons present ; but his purpose waB to make known the course resolved upon by the elected head of the National Charter Association . Mr . P . then

      briefly entered on the history of the formation of the National Charter Association , and explained the position of the Exeoutive and General Council , &c . He th 6 n reported what had been done in Manchester and Birmingham , and gave a most pleasing statement of the extent to which Chartism prevailed in those great and important towns . He described the entry of O'Connor into Birmingham , and reported what took place at the meetings which were held . Mr . P . then entered upon a view of the position of political parties . The Whigs , said he , have so long deluded the people , and made so many unjust attempts to suppress the rising love of liberty , that they are lost for ever as a party , sunk never to rise again . The Tories had succeeded to office , and

      there would soon be but two parties in tbe state , the ariBtocraoy and the democracy ; and who , contemplating the mighty power of the people , could for a moment aver , that the many , becoming enlightened and united , would be held in bondage by a corrupt and tyrannical few . Mr . P . then adverted to the attempted agitation for a repeal of the Corn Laws , and showed that Chartism had maintained a noble stand against persecution , misrepresentation , and the attempt of monied and manufacturing classes to divert the people from this great objeot into a factious movement . He alluded to the admissions of the publio press , that the Chartists were correct in their view of the impossibility to repeal any monopoly under the preseat mis-representation of the masses .

      He called the attention of his audience to the fact , that the Spectator and Nonconformistt most talented papers , and circulated only amongst the privileged classes , had recently advocated Chartism ; and this he took to be a sure indication that there was a re-action in the public mind in favour of ChaitiBt prinsiples . He spoke of a union with the middle classes being desirable ; but it must be for the Charter , and nothing less . He believed the working people in themselves were powerful enough , if united , to achieve a victory . But if a union with the good and honest portion of the middle classes could be effeoted , the victory would be realised more speedily . This consummation was coming about ; shopkeepers and tradesmen were depressed in

      circumstances , and they , like working men , were beginning to look to the cause of their suffering ; and in comparing Chartism with the nostrums of political traffickers , they could not but be convinced of the superiority , justice , and practicability of Chartist designs . Mr . P . then proceeded to read the National Petition for 1842 , remarking on its passages as he proceeded . The reading was frequently interrupted with marks of approbation . Having read the whole document , Mr . Philp continued : —Who , with a head to think , and a heart to feel could withhold his or her name from a petition so clear , so just , so discreet , yet determined ! It was the duty of lathers , mothers , sons , and daughters , to sign » petition , so calculated to establish the people's rights . The General Councillors of the National Charter Association , and also

      the membera , wouid be expected to use their utmost exertionB to get this petition numerously signed . He believed it would not receive less than four millions of signatures ; and where was the Government that could or would resist the will of a people so loudly expressed ! Mr . P . then spoke of the Convention , as being necessary to give a determined tone to the people's movement . After enforcing at length the duties of individuals upon the attention of those present , Mr . P . concluded by a declaration of hia attachment to Chartism , and the happiness he experienced by taking part in its advocacy . At the conclusion he was loudly cheered . Mr . F . W . Simeon was then elected delegate to the meeting to be held in Bath on Monday , Oct . 18 . Several females present resolved to enrol in the National Charter Association . The meeting then broke hp .

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      WILTSHIRE . —On Sunday , October the 3 rd , the County Council held their monthly meeting at Mr . Tucker ' s , Weatbary . Delegates were-present from Trowbridge , Messrs . Haswell * nd Stevens ; Bradford , Messrs . Gordon and Holbrook ; . Melksham , Mr . Douse ; Westbury , Mr . Tuoker ; Wanninster , Mr . George ; Monckton Deveralls , Messrs . Tud tfei and Garrett j Frome , Mr . White . Mr . Gordon wa § appointed Chairman , Mr . HasweH « Secretary . Letters were wad from the following ptaces ^ Shaftes * bury , Mere , and from the Executive . The Chairman commenced tbe business of the meeting , by calling on the different Delegates to give in their statements respecting the progress of Chartism in their localities . Mr . Stevens said , with regard to the cause in

      Trowbridge , great excitement had been caused in tnff town of late , owing to tbe opposition that had been shown towards Mr . Cluer , by the Tory Teetotallers , bat he was happy to say , tbat thef were making great progress sinoe the New Move Party had left them . Mr . Holbrook said , with respect to Bradford , he was sorry to say they had been very dead in the cause of late ; but he could Bay now that a new spirit had sprung up amongst them since the lectures of Messrs . Vincent and Cluer , and they were determined never to &ive ap agitating fox their rights until the Charter was conceded to them . Mr . Tucker ' s statement , from Westbury , was to the same purport . Mr . Cluer , had been the means of many being added to their number at Melksham . Mr . Douse said , the cause goes on well . An Association has been formed and they have taken a large room to meet in . Forty cards have been ordered . Mr . George said , that a lecturer was much needed at Warminster , but the

      middle classes were strongly opposed to them . Mr . Tudgey and Mr . Garrett said , that their localities were anxious to hear Mr . Cluea , and if he did not come amongst them soon , tbey should be obliged to come after him . Mr . White said , that the statement that Mr . Tudgey had made was similar to what he was instructed to make . The people of Frome had heard Mr . Cluer once , and they long to hear him again . The Secretary was then instructed to write to > North Bradley and Holt , requesting them to send Delegates to the next County Council Meeting , whioh will be held at the Association Rooms ., in Frome , the first Sunday in November . 9 s . lid . waa paid in from the different places , and sent off to the Executive by the County Treasurer . A vote of thanks was given to Mr . O'Connor for his noble exertions in the cause of the people , likewise to th * Executive . All letters for the County Council to be addressed , James Haswell , No . 2 , Mortimer-street Trowbridge .

      RTDRUTH . Cobnwah ,. —On Sunday last , a meeting of the Chartists of tbis place , took p lace at the house of Mr . Hancock , to consider the best means for spreading the principles of the People ' s Charter . After the question had been properly discussed , it was resolved that a letter be written to the Executive Council in Manchester , praying them to use their influence in Bending Dr . M'Douall , or some other iufluential gentlemen to arouse the men of this district to a sense of their duty . A spirited letter was read from Bradford , Wiltshire , which gave th « men of this district great encouragement to press forward in the glorious cause , and remember thai the old Cornish motto is , One and all , " and if we

      adopt it we are sure of success . Another letter was read front Helston , which stated tbat through the Star which had been sent by the Bradford men to the Secretary at Redruth Association , the seeds of Chartism had been sown , and that thirty good and determined men were about to form an association . If any association or friend could send a Star ot Stars , the-Redruth Association would see them put to a profitable use . They have applications everj week , from neighbouring towns , for information , whioh they , cannot supply . Direct to the caro of Henry Peters , beershop , for Mr . Hancock , Redruth , Cornwall . After a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting separated , highly satisfied with the afternoon ' s proceedings .

      STONE ( Staffordshire ) . —Messrs . J . Richards , James Oldham . and several other friends from Hanley , will visit Stone on the 13 th instant , in order to form a Charter Association .

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      SHORT WErGHTS AND MEASUBEJ 9 L At the Westminster Sessions House , tbe names of the following tradespeople were published as having defrauded the public by means of short weights and measures : — Benjamin Bed well , 44 , Hinde-street , YauxhaH-road , grocer , a pair of scales six drachma deficient . Fined 2 s . 6 d . James Coeper , 14 , Rochester-row , a quarter of pound weight , a quarter of an ounce deficient-Fined 53 . John Williams , 11 , Rocbester-row , chandler , a pair of scales three drachms deficient Fined 20 s . Second conviction . Charles Furber , landlord of the Ball Inn , Little Chapel-street , a pint measure a quarter of a gill deficient . Fined 5 s .

      Henry Cooke , No . 4 , Orchard-street , chandlei ' g-sbopkeeper , & quarter pound weight six drachms deficient . Fined 2 s . ed . John Knight , 16 , New Pye-street , chandler , a pair of scales three-quarters of an ounce deficient Fined 2 s . 6 d . W . Cockerall , chandler ' s-shop-keeper , 12 , New Pyestreet , a pair of scales deficient a quarter of a pound . Fined 20 s : Catherine Tumbril , 12 , Great Peter-street , huxter , a pair of scales two ounces deficient Fined 10 s . JameJ Ball , 53 , Great Peter-street , a pair of scales three drachms deficient Fined 10 * . — F / an < Jia , 5 , Little Peter-street , chandler , a pair of scales three drachms deficient Fined 2 s . 6 d . James Childs , publican , Bedfordbury , a pint measure a quarter of a gill snort measure . Fined 5 s . C . Pratt , cheesemonger , Hungerford-nuurket , a scale six drachms deficient . Fined 5 s .

      F . Fendall , cheesemonger , Woodstock-street , a scale six drachms deficient , caused by a piece of lead attached to tbe scale . Fined 20 s . Second conviction . D . Tombs ; South Molton-straet , a pint measure deficient a quarter of a gill , and nine weights all deficient . Fined 10 s . Robert Hujhas , 42 , Gilbert-street , a scale three-quar ters of an ounce deficient Fined 53 . T . Gardner , publican , Oxford-street , fined 20 s . fox not having the-Westminster stamp upon several of hia measures , after being cautioned .

      The majority of tbe foregoing tradesmen , living in the poorest and most wretched of neighbourhoods , serve what they do vend generally in very trivial quantities ; therefore , though the deficiency in some cases may appear timing to . the large consumers , tbe cheat , trifling aa it is , is most painfully serious t » tbe poor purchaser of a quarter of an ounce of tea or an ounce of sugar .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 16, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct401/page/5/