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The following almost inerediole det * 3 s of hnxaxa goffering , * f endured by-ihimsKidsof 4 he xxafortttf ato msiaketarers of this oaee fiwuMhiaji oopntry , ^ aot obt » kt too extensor a-circsJatfon , in order Iw ^ eople may ja djge from faete-riifier 1 ** a " * o «» v r fthB rnwinet in * Hfih ffi 8 ntdnstnff (* j * w jw « Urved off , mrier thS ^ iMfaT operation of the « h eawed law ly . whiA -they are ^ J ^^ f ^ S } bfr ^ embe ^ iaTon £ h& * T * f aagusifer tlDfc . S . w « nr ad&w » d * h « Ho * & of < $ >»!*» & ««« i the
£ > itct « f the depio » ble si » t « ofdist . rea cnder which the people , 'jjf 4 hft ffiyp" ^ ^ ^ ipjt ^ Hrtrv * - ^ r and those of Bolfcoa In p&rticulak , Here tae'tt" stjffeTinjJ . The subjectrio ^^ j **» tf © V « le HMH * ffctain anicb coBBideritid * * i sach a iao * Bnt , fro * sq £ h aa mbkbUt , and , for- &e fcfefe &e , matter dropped Out ef doors a feeling was excited by the detaus of the flon ^ "Member , # hieh has led to the ptrMJeatiop gftae evWeaee-of witnesses , in the cases of twoindiridiukls , wanedPaarccand BristoL who died in the townthipofBoikiBf j'lifcAnTl ^ B ^ fidwarida ; and , M climax to the tale of horror and disgust , the ehillirjg , cautious , and evasive report of Mr . Mott , the AsflisfiKifcConuBiaBioiwr , isftpwaded . This man gets about £ 1 £ W ^^ 1 , 200 a-jeaifoi his assistance hi carrying out the . provisions of this brutal law , « ad we shaa ebTby hia report , when we come to it ,
with what fldeHty he / performs his daty to the public as an impanial 6 errint . We shall now , by way of eoSuaentary on tiie assertion that ibere is no distress * in ' the " obaatry , give the following extracts froin the evidence tawkmOjesemeiatttnoly eases : — Tbe first relates to a person naia ^ d Bristol , a weaver , and the circumstances under which be sank ' are g r ap h ic a ll y delineated in ' tb * language of his but ; -ming partner . "Ann Bristol Esyp , I reoollect when my husband was laid out dead . Mr . Niisby Came to visit us . My husband was laid oat on the necessary door , covered with a sheet , which a neighbour had lent us . i was lame myself at the time , and eoiiia * sot walk . My child , nearly sixteen years old , was blind , and he had the St . Anthony ' s fire .
I had another daughter ill , aged thirteen , and four other children , the youngest four yeare old . For $ xe $ weeks before my Irfcsband ' s death we had , for the whole of ns , eight ' persons , only 3 s . a week comiag is , and we had to _ lire . sometimes on porridge , but we bad only one meal a day , which we generally ja ^ e about fou * fe the "' afternoon . When Sir . Jfaisby' found ns in this state we got more food , otherwise I believe we should hare lost more of ocr children , for we had got as far distressed as we eonld be to be alive , I lost one child from the breast , and its deat £ was occasioned by my not being able to give it sock , for want of nourishment myself . I bad no bed , beddme , or any thing on which to lie down . I had only a stool for myself
to sit upon . I iad no shop where I eonld get provisions at , for they all refined me credit I My husband teishedfer o bit of bread and cheese the day , before he died , but I was unable to procure it for him . " And so , to use the words of a neighbour , poor Bristol was " clammed ( starved ) to dealh . " Another person who assisted in laying out the corpse aTBj » He died with his clothes on , in which he had laid for several weeks , having nothing besides to i keep him warm- When I got bis stocking-legs and trowser-Jegs » pes , there were large qnanrities of j eresping filth , -which had eaten ijrrite irrto tb * flesh , i and nis legs were one mass of pctridity . He had i nothing bnt siraw to He npon , whit * was spread
upon the hoot . All the children were sickly and bad , ami the wife was lame , and incapable of walking or assisting her husband . " Upon this case being at length brought to the notice of the Board of Goardians , after the man ' s death , one of the members remarked to a person named Brown , the reliev- j ingtScer , Why , that poor fellow has died from want , Brown . " Mark the coolness of the reply . ; tt , 1 . believe he has . " Had one of Mr . Brown ' s i puppies died in the litter , it would have elicited i more feeling than did the death by starvation and J neglect of fcia unfortunate fellow-creature . Sw ; h , i however , is the e&cci of the New Poor Law npon ] the humanity of our nature . Another case instanced ] bv the Hon . Member , was that of the death of Wil- j
film Pearce , who , not only himself was starved-to death , but bia whole family , consisting of a wife and two daughters , reduced to a siate of fatuity or id : ot < ry , from mere exhaustion , produced by insufficient food . The particalars of this frigaifal ease are as follows : — A person aimed Beswkk stated she bad known Pearce and his family for four years previous «> ° his death , about three weeks previous to which sbesaw \ )\ m coming towards her honse . There are three siens up to her house . He looked very wan , and pale as death , and was so weakly that , to set on ro my bouse £ oor , he ftod to go down upon his hands end knees end creep up . He had been in the habit of wearing for us some months before , and I had missed him for about a month at the time I am
speaking ot When he got in he said , " Nancy , do , bless you , sake a sup of warm tea , for I am dying for teafii . " I made him t > ome , and some toast , and he devoured it greedily . He told me that for weeks back be had had nothing but a basin of gruel per daj to sibsisi npon . He shortly afterwards fainted awayiand I thought he was dying . When he came round 1 asked Him why he clammed himself to that degree , acd he said , a * he did net belong to BoUan he could r * t gel relief ! Mjself and husband reported bis case to Bridge , the Assistant to the RelieTing-tiflecr , who was very saucy , and said we had better mind our own business . He s&id , at isst , he would visit the case ; but woeiher he dio or not I never ascertained , and three weeks afterwards I heard that Peaiee was dead . I then went to the eellar he had resided in with his family , and found them in a most shocking state , and the place smelled
« o bad I cosid not remain in it . He was laid oat on a loom , wiih a shtet over him . I noticed in . tbe eellar there was a sever or midden channel ran through , and the floor was covered with nauseous filih and water . AH tbe good ? in the house were , a hreken three-legged table , a stool , a chair , and the bedmsde ef sacking , without covering . I went again on the Monday , and turned down the sheet to look at tbe corpse , and there wera hundreds of creeping filth upon him . I pointed them out to his wife , aad she appeared to be qvile vacant . The daughters laughed , and appeared entirely cut of their senses , and each of them bad nothing wherewith to clothe them bu ; canvas wrappeiirg , without shoes , stocking ? , or wearing apparel of any description I There was no warp in the looms , but tley stated that Messrs . Goodbr&nd tad sent them some a week befoTe , but they had tent U back for fecr the bai / ifft thotdd seize it . " Another witness sL&tes— " I h ^ ve seen Pearce
pick potatoes o £ the middeii ( teccs heap ) which have been thrown away for being rotten , and afterwards , baring gone into their cellar , I nave found them boiled up and bsing eaten for dinner . It is my tirm belief iha ; Pearce died from nothing bat starvation . I consider ail j&e family to be in a great degree insane , _ and quite incompetent to $ ; ive evidence . " tpoc tins ericeace of disinterested witnesses corroborated by Lsaeroas others , there an be ro dunbt ths . ; had Bristol and Pcirce been otherwise
circumstanced as to connexions , that a Coroner ' s verdict of uied by ttarricwa , " woa ! d have been recorded ; as it was , they were very p . x ; r , and were suffered to -die like dogs , without notice , for although it wa ? Kattd by iwo of tee Jury , in the case of . Pearce , Mat they bad retarted a verdict "Died from want . o f food , " i : does no : appear ihat tbe Coroner so reecrdea it . And i .-ow * a ^ to the conduct of Mriiott in the transaction , Upoa its beiu £ determined , ni consequence of ihc s ^ u-mem of Dr . Bearing , to ttTesnj ? . -e ibe circa ^ isioEces of ifces- ± murders acto
ear ^ ian-, ^ Jr . lion vras apprised ic , aad requested to attend the examination of the witnesses , and wbsi ; did he do !—vrhy , a few days previous to the aniounecd investigation , be got hold of the idiot wile of ine Tistirn Pe ^ ee , and in dest-ite of tho facts ^ Kng . bim iu tbe faoe , tcok her evidence to tbe eceei tiza ; her husband hid been ailing , butoccaja wauy worked-tkat ha had plenty ot ' workif he eouidaave e-jce it— . bat they bad two looms at some , aid were earning y ^ . 6 J . a-wetk . aad never waBita tJi-a—iha : ihey urerc comfortable then , and ^ e csg n 3 ppl : foT rt ,- fcfi | Ytis rentleman then r ° r ~\ an , ° i a m : Liake ihe least complaint of her n ^ trfiad csTir ^ b ^ n iueiec - » ed 1 repeatedly
. a = icQnti ( ihar , is th 3 id : o , > a = to the state they wee in ween her husband d ed , and she ans w erea tv ! ,, .. noJ wan : f ^ od—thev were comfortable cfn " ADd ; iieE / ' ^> b iwe Assistaat-Coiamis ri-t ^' T ^ m a r of -riutaph , " hhe indignantly uaiuefl i ^ e Hjory about ; b j / otato ^ s ! " This exam-™ aon iras Ei ^ ced by ibis ofieial on the 24 th of f = ?'« a 5-cr ^ st , and in reply to a rtqutst that be thn ifi ?' ' ^ " ^ * orir ' t-sumination of witnesi-oo on S "« i * -srt , ie cjoIIy sisxts , * In accordajice wiin the instrut- . iens 1 received , I made inquiries intottie circumstances slaied to have occurred , and navmg repon&d ; he re ^ uk tmnp . P . v . r I . r ? w Citr . mi ^
liners , I have received no dirc-ctJors to take any runner Prooeedb ^ .. ' la otber words , he bad go ' t Pa case for the basnaw 8 , aod whether the poor of JJOHon died of starvation , or feH like rotten sheep I ^? f » ^ " ^ " ^ ages of disease ana neglect , was f ^ ftfV f rfeei indifference , proTldcd the fact e « id be kepi from the eye of tbe public . Dr . Bovrrmz . howfiTtf , first lifted the veil from the face ol P * PP * iiing picture « f destitution , and t h e mat t e r n * sbeen praisewortbil yfoHowed up by indiriduals wno , iroia aieir position aB guardians and magis-«»* eS , are quite eomDetent to elicit tV . o trntta . Lha wto
trutn , and nothiog bat the truth , whatever Bopaistrjr may be used on the part of the abettors of vu * & * kw K > prevent its coining before the pubw v ^ f ™ yre * fe . stOl to be told , " the sys ^ ni worts wdl , and eo far as the appointments and » iaries orthe Conunisaoners and their Assistants , *^ . « e cocceroed , we have perfect faith in the as-Krcon ; bat cos , or rather might ; the eoumry to res ; satisfied with fcuch a state ot things ?
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The IUirR-AT department of the Board of Trade nave issued two sets of questions to railway cc-mpa . - niesj tajcuisted to elicit informa . tion a 3 to the preeau ^ . cms t ^ ken to in £ ur « safciy onrcadsisros £ ed"by £ efo' »^ aSeiy Of fta engines es » 0 ojfli on
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BAHXSLXTST . ^ Vjllc 4 bi , b Instttotion . —A Bbmber of individuals belonging tb the Odi Fellows , believing that the cause of a great portion of the ~« tvm » j » d misery " ^ tf"K in - thia oountry was traceable to ' isnoHUMAT ^ a wrhjcli It tw erer been ihejabjeeLotf . kings ana . priests to keep the people involvfed '{ and , knowing that the' limited « ircam « tanc « of = tbe wcrkinR Claseea prevented their giving tb ^ h « n 6 hUdw » ¦( tropet ^^ eation ^ y Teaolved , . lome JBWtha j ^ tAJWnmsiice a Sond * j * o ) iool upon per'f eeUy rational principles , in which sbould be titigbt all tbe ' ifiokt inipdrlaat braaebeB of leittlair . Hitherto
the sBhool has ^* De on admirably wall , and * great number of scholars are weekly receiving valuable inBtrnctJon . The teachers , desirous of being well inforflied m those branches of knowledge , they respeetirely hav « formed themgelvea into a mntoal improveaent class , for tbe paipose ot giving and rec « iving reciprocal instruction ; and thereby preparing each other for the better performaice of their duties as teachers ; aed thus forming , * s it were , a reservoir out of whiek to supply the . school with good and efficient teachers . We heartily wish success tb this institution .
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Bdoss sin has fallen during the present month than la any former October for m om than a quarter of * * aKtuy ,: Bleak and gusty Winds have swept over ihe land , winnowing our forests , and scattering the fruits from the trees in our orchards ; whilst the floods have in many districts overspread the meadows , destroying the husbandman ' s hopes of a second crop of bay . In many parts- of the kingdom , much of the grain is still abroad . L « si > Ashlbt's ApronrntEur as a . ic Ecclesiastical Couhissioxsz . —A strange idea has got abroad , in many quarters , that Lord Ashley has departed from his declaration , not to join any administration , whieh is not prepared to accept and carry oat a Tea Hours' Factory Bill . The misunderstanding has
arisen in consequence of that nobleman a having been gazetted as one of her Majesty ' s Ecclesiastical Commissioner !' . The matter can- be satisfactorily explained in . a few words . The case is this : the situation is in no sense a political or ministerial one , and has no emolument whatever attached to if . Its business and objects are simply and solely Ecclesias tical , relating to Church lands and Church revenues . Ibe appointment is a highly honourable and useful one . The Commissioners have to distribute certain surplus revenues , as they arise from time to time , and devote them to the increase of small livings . They have also many other imi > ortant duties
to perform . To this Commission the Bishops , without a single exception , belong , as well as pome of the members of the late Cabinet and other Whigs . Tbe late ministerial changes have occasioned no removals ; bat a vacaacy by death happening" to arise , the offer of a seat at the Ecclesiastical' Board was made to Lord Ashley by the Premier in the name of his Sovereign , and on behalf of the Church ; and it would , under all the circumstances , hare bees a most ungracious act on the part of his Lordship to have declined the offer , in a case where neither politics , nor eoolument , but gratuitous serrice alone , was concerned . —Oasller ' t Fleet Papers .
- Death bt Starvation . —A circumstance occurred at Kendal , ou . Saturday morning , which has caused the most heartrending sensation . An unknown person was found dead , in a state of decomposition , in a plantation near to the obelisk erected to the memory of the glorious victory of Waterlooo . It would appear from tbe following evidence , taken by Mr . R . Wilson , the coroner Cor that part of Westmoreland , that the destitute and fatigued person had sheltered himself from tke cares of this world by reposing in the plantation above-named , where be had fallen asleep , never moro to arise . The body when found was in a state the most horrifying , being , to' use a provincial expression , " completely eaten up with maggots . " The face , which was the only part thai retained the traces of humanity , was black and disfigured , and on the left side the fleshy part had in a great measure departed from the boaes S After the inquest , the body was interred in
tbe chapel yard of Burenside . The following is the testimony as given before the Coroner : —I am a labourer , and am employed in repairing the turnpi . e road between Kendal and Ambleside . I was this day ( Saturday ) working on tbe roads , and threw my coat over the wall . When I wanted it again I found my coat was fastened to the wall . I therefore , raised myself upon the wall for the purpose of loosening my coat , -when I discoTered the body of a man lying in the plantation , with his face to the ground , and with his arms underneath him , and bis hat by his side . He was quite dead . I went for assistance , and obtained the assistance of Daniel Varty . We raised him from the ground . I don't know hun . From the decomposed state of the body 1 should think it is aa impossibility for any person 10 know hua . I should suppose he has beefi dead two months . His corpse was about five feet six inches when measured . His bead was bald . His
hat had been made by " Matthew and TV bite , 59 , New Bond-street , London . " He was dressed in a black surtou ; coat , and he had a waistcoat which buttoned up to tbe neck . His boots were worn out at the toes , and be had no shirt on . He had no mosey about him . I have not the least hesitation in saying he died from starvation- He had a card in his pocket bearing the inscription of " J . Johnstone , ¦ diamond paste , razor strop , aDd shaving liquid manufacturer , 45 , Han over-street , Edinburgh . " I should say at once , there is no doubt bat he died from hunger aad starvation . Verdict—* Found dead . "
Flood is the Thames . —The spring tides , swelled by the rains , and impelled , it is supposed , by winds blowing apoa the Northern inlet of tbe Channel , produced on Monday a great overflow of the Thames in the Metropolis and its neighbourhoodthe highest flood for forty-one yeara , an d eig h teen inches higher than tne extraordinary spriDg-tide of theoth of March , 1828 . We abridge the account iu the Morning Chronic / e—High-water was set down for twenty minutes past four o ' clock , but it went on rising till five : at three o ' ciockthe river had already
flowed aboTe its usual level : —at fonr the whole of the High-street , Wappicg , from Wapping Old Stairs , opposite the Rectory-house , to New Crane , Shadwell , presented the appearance of a canal ; the water , flowing along the eocrts and alleys , drove the inhabitants from the lower part of their tenements , while hundreds were removing their furniture to the upper ToomF . SevtT&l boats commenced p lyin g for hire in the main street ; aj ; d Mr . Broderip , the magistrate , directed wherries to bs ready to convey suitors and witnesses to and from the Thames
Police-office . Tbe wharfs were mandated : in the cellars of the public-houses the torrent , r aisi n g t h e empty casks and puncbeon 3 , forced up the floors of t h e ba r e , tap-rooms , and parioare , * nd washed away a ! e , bee r , and spirits . The ship-biseuit-bakers and granary-keepers in this quarter are also great sufferers . The excitement among the poor people in this Dej ^ hbourhood was extreme ; and parents were running about in all directions peeking for their children who were missing , and who , they feared , had beea swallowed ap by tee an ^ ry floods . At four o ' clock in the afternoon the trains discontinued running oq the Blackwall Railway , in consequence of the railway being overflowed at tbe Blitkwall end . The neighbourhood of Blackwall and the adjoining
marshes were under water to a great exteut , and in maDy places the tide rolling in washed away the embankments and inundated the low lands . On tbe whole of the North side of tho river below Bridge , with the exception of the pier-heads of the various docks , the Thames overflowed the banks . The Tower and Custom-house wharfs were under water , and seemed to form parts of the river . The river flawed , at a tremendous rate , into the inner 'walls of the Tower , filling the cellars of the Gold Chain and Stone Kitchen public-houses ; and tho visitors wera for some time conveyed in cabs and coaches to and from the armouries . Dark House-hne , Billingsgate , and Nicholson ' s Whan ¦ were also overflowed . In Shadwell and
Limeboose , nnmbers of the poor inhabitants are ren'dered houseless . Above Bridge the effects of the flood were not less disastrous . Tbe whole of the lo . ver part of Westminster was inundated . Here ths ground is on a much lower level than below Bridge , and not fewer than three thousand housf a in the neighbourhood of Westminster HaU , tho Abbej , and Miibank , were visited by the flood , and the loss of property must be considerable . It the Parliament had been sHtiLg , ibe Members could only have reached the two Houses in boats , for Palace-yard and the a ^ jact-nt streets were under water , and the floor of Westcairster Hall was over" So ^ red . On the Surrey side oi the river , the land is a flat for the distance of iliree and in some places
four miles inland , and the water formed lakes in several places . The tide rushed up tbe sewers and sluices , and in many cases they became choked and blew up . Lambeth and the Bishop ' s Walk were impassible for some time on foot . Among the poor dredgermen and fishermen , and thair families , who inherit the miserable tenements on the banks of the river , the greatest distress has for some time . existed , and their privations have been much increased by the flood , which has completely destroyed the lower part of their dwellings and washed away their furniture . In some places the water was five or six feet deep , and boats were afloat in all directions conveying the terrified inhabitants to places of safety . Great apprehensions were created for the
safety of the Thames Tunnel and neighbourhood : but precautions were taken by the engineer to prevent an eruption ; the steam-engine was kept at full play , and bo harm was done . On tha subsid ing of the waters in tbe evening , a deposit of mud and filth was left in the Btreets and booses , which was very offensive . The people in all directions were busily employed pumping ' water ont of their cellars and warehouses ; but many deferred this operation , for a time , in the expectation of another inundation . On the Surrey snore myriads of rats , driven up the sewers by tho flow of the tide , rfere seen ranuivg about the streets to save themselves from drowning ; bnt they met with another fate , for they were hunted by men and dogs , and numbers oi them perie&ed ,
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Fwdat Night ' s Gazette notifies that Parliament has been farther prorogued by tho Qaeen ia Council from the llth of October to the 2 Ufc of December . ' . ^ Im - at thi DEATH . " --Tho Memorial de Rouen contains the foHowinif Berio-divcrtine incident , wMfch is not « uly singular , bat we Buy add . within oat experieaoa , entirely pnp . reoedcnted ;— « A day or two siace , at tbe moment when the sexton and his assistants were lowering into the grave at ToHrnedos the body of ah old sporting Wiaraeterv well
mown thrtmghottt : this district ^ a hare suddenly made its appearance inthe # ra , ve-yar < i , ran to and fro for some time amongst tne tombstone ? , by whicfi it seemed greatly puzzled , and at length darting throngh the midst of the assistants collected round the sportsman ' s lait cover , cleared the crave at a spring , and disappeared * like a ixsh of lightning . ' The deceased was well known to have been an inveterate poacher , and iV might almost be wondered thai he did not rise from the « rave to give the ; *• view halloo . ' Even the grave core ' s countenance relaxed for an instant into a smile . " ' - -
Man yebsijs Hoi&k . —On Thursday ' afternoon , a match of a very arduous and novel ¦ fcbava&ter came off ia the crickfit field of this town ; . between Coptes , the well-known pedestrian , and a hunter o » lled Towit , the property of Capt . Lleyd , of the 11 th light dragoon ? . The man ana the horse were to Start together , run a distance of six miles , aad during tbe course to leap over a hundred hurdles ; the time of performance not to exceed fifty minutes , and the first in to win . According to the size of the field , Cootes and his opponent would have to travel round it twenty-five times , jam ping four hardies each ronnd . The state of tne betting at the commencement of the afternoon was about even ; but the Weather becoming wet , the odds were in favour ef
the man , it being thought that Towit could not get through the heavy ground . The word "off" was given , and Cootes cleared two hnrdles and half one circle before the jockey of the horse urged his eteed to follow him . Tbe progress of each was as follows : —First round , horse , two leaps behind ; 3 d , two leaps ; -41 b , three leaps ; 5 th . three leapa . At the conclusion of the 5 th round the horse appeared distressed , and the jockey dismounted . Cootes continued his running au £# eaping ; when the pedestrian had made his S 2 J leap , ' the horse had completed only his 20 th ; man 85 th , horse 24 th ; man ' 40 th , horse 23 th ; man 44 th , horse S 2 d . . At this point tbe horse was again distressed , and was relieved by the rider dismounting . When tbe horse re-oomtuencfcd ,
the man had made Kis 48 th leap ; man 521 leap ; horse 36 th ; man 60 th , horse 40 th . In this proportion both continued , till at length Towit fell over one of his hurdUe , and , throwing his rider , rolled over him , happily inflicting no great injury , as he remounted and continued the raco nntil the 17 th round , when he gave in . Cootes completed his 100 th hurdle in forty-two minutes , and threw a summerset immediately afterwards , being not at all exhausted . We understand that the proceeding was more a trial of skill between the stamina of Cootes and the stamina of the horse , than a match for money ; and , regarded in this light , the powers of a well-traihed
man are shown to be superior to the strength and clever capabilities of a horse . Cootea , we are told , has performed the same feat three times , and been twice victorious , beating a celebrated trained leaper , the property of Mr . Gully , of sporting notoriety , late member for Pontefract . —Suffolk Chronicle . Distress at Paisley . —The Renfrewshire Reformer publishes a table complied by the Paisley Relief Committee , showing the state of the unemployed pe o ple , whose numbers are fearfully on the increase . The ibl ' owing numbers were supplied with , meat , bread , and potatoes , on a day specified : —
j •* Married men , with their wives 1240 i Children belonging to the above IMG ! 2786 I Widows and deserted wiveB , I with nnmarried fema ' eg ... 509 ! Children belonging to these ... 747 i 1 255 , Single males , mostly young men 166 i Number supplied 13 h Oct . 1841 ... 42 c 3 | New applications on the 14 th ... 78 , " i The total number of homesteads in the district is 5746 : of these , 3 1 58 are e m p loyed , and 871 are unoccupied . There sre 440 empty bonses , and 100 ; empty shop ? . The list of the Paisley Relief Liat , : on Saturday , nnmbtred 41 S 3 . Tho total amount oi ; contributions , including £ 25 from the Bishop oi i Durham , ia £ 1730 ; the expenditure exceeds that ! sum by £ 25 .
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WALTON . —On Friday , the 22 nd instant , Mr . Skevington visited this place . Application was ; made to the agent of Earl Fjtzwilliam for the use 1 of a public room for the occasion , but thongh be did 1 explicitly givo tho refusal to the applicants , | nevertheless his demand of £ i was tantamount to a : direct denial . The town crier also evinced great fear at announcing the promulgation of that bane ef > despotism—Chartism ; yet , in defiance of the demand of the agent of the House of Wentworth , and in opposition to the tender feelings of the knight of the bel l , a goodly meeting was held , and Mr . Skc-rio * . ; ton , in his usual forcible manner , expounded the principles of the Charter , and laid bare the iniquities of faction , at the conclusion of which many uig-! nified their intention of joining heart and hand in i furtherance of the sacred cause .
atLACCLBSFXELD . — A public discussion took place in the Hall of Science , Stanley-street , on Monday and Tuesday , the 18 ih and 19 th instant , between Mr . John West and Mr . John Camp bell , late Socialist missionary , the question being " Whether is it better to seek the establishment of the Peop le ' s Charter , or to carry oat the principles ef Socialism ? 11 Mr . West , on behalf of the Charter , and Mr . Campbell on behalf of Socialism . The large room was crowded each evening , and vase numbers w « re unable to obtain admission . Mr . Josiah Moss presided . Both speakers were attentively listened to , and eac h supported his views with great talent . Tne discussion , our correspondent says , has done much good , bnt he says nothing of the result .
&EEDS . —On Sunday evening last , Mr . Skevington preached an excellent sermon in the Association Room , Fish Market . The room was crowded to excess , and the discourse gave general satisfaction . On Monday evening Mr . Skevington attended the same place , and in a most coge n t , eloque nt , and convincing manner , elucidated the principles embodie d i n t h e P eople ' s Charter , and showed that without the adoption of those principles , the present cannibal sj £ tem would continue to curse the land and perpetuate the miseries oi the people . A unanimous vote of thanks was tendered to tha lecturer for his abla and successful services during the last mo n th , for which time he has been engaged as lecturer for the East Ridins ; of this county . From the success which has attended the missionary labours of Mr . Skevington , we trust that our Cnarti 3 t brethren will secure the future services ef this uncompromising advocate of the people ' s cause .
CHALFORZ ) . —On Monday evening last a Chartist meeting was held a : the Bell Inu , iu this place , and although it was Me first that wa 3 ever held ; the room , which is a very largo one , was cro nrded ; the metting was addressed by Messrs . Paul ChUwcli , Workman , Ntwrnin , Cook , Uatton , and Clissold , who ablj expounded the princip . ' es of the Charter . A few Kiod lectures delivered here would be tho means of doing much good .
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TO THE EDITOR OF SAUNDEHS NEWS LETTER . Sip ., —It appears by a report of tha proceedings of the " Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland , " published in your paper of the 12 th instant , that a man of the name of Irwin was brought forward by tho association to charge me with having said on Sunday week , " that they ( the repealers ) niiqbt never seek to get a repeal of the Union until they had exterminated the high churchmen . " Xow , this is not cnJy a downright lie , but bo utterly devoid of even the fiha < low of truth or probability that 1 am aatonishel how auy rational man could give credit to it . The wbo ' o of tals man ' 3 statement is false . However , 1 shall Dot trouble either you or the public with any further refutation of it at present , as tliereare other * wh . 'i ¦ will bear testimony to wbat I did say , and mho will gjve toia Irwin ' s statement a flat contradiction .
Ab to tbe charge which has been made against me , of being a d&luder , and that too by the modern Mokanna , I have orly to say that I have no talent in that line , and must therefore leave it entirely to him whose diily occupation it is and who derives a splendid income from it . Patrick O'Higgins . No . 14 , North Anne-street , Oct . 18 th , lSil .
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man that need * not be ashamed ; he will take a bell , a rattle , ora tin can , andcall his own meetings , fa ; p ! acet here the sound of Chartism as never bwn heard . B $ will write his own bllla , and placatd the town ; he haa done so at Baekfastlelgh . Modboty . xnitoa Abbott , Be « rtarf » ton ^ Noith BPB »* orj Mary . Tary , Lan * 4 i « ul ? ? % * f ? " « 6 trt < m . 'MMi in Wmeof those places has been muc & peraecuted . At tbe first mooting he field In Tfterion be w « opposed by a gnat many , who left no mew * utftri ed . ** bolly * im < mt of the townibaU j bo * after too clamour- wa » , over he dre * th ^ m toto dtacwrion , and fl&oired them ode jmdalL At the aeeond rflwttnf they tried'what their old dan ™\ A do ^ nhv .
rial feme .. yfhti *; h * : tnmi apeaking fton ' HMgnt of ^ eiH ^ Miul tfae J ^ b ^ wood was hurled * t bim , which sent him headlong atn&ng tbe peopl < J bsloW ; It was some time before he f * eovered , and as aooa as he -could xpeak ; he nnhed among the crowd , wo * , were on the \«< re iofbwakiiig into the stable » f the house from whence the io « of wood was flung , and gallantly led them off a short dis * tance , f » nd addrewed them In a strain of « toqoence seldom I » art oC In Tiverton ; . Tone cheer * awere 8 i Y « £ tot # w ; . letfwer ,. three for Q Sonnoivand tore * ror Ffost , Williams , and Jones , which made the afi to ring ; the Wbigs to gnash their toethTand Uie iorie ¦ tofcremble . * ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ v :- " ..:-v •;¦ - * > r . . - ; - . - . h . ¦¦ ¦ " - .
. At tha eonelnaton of the meeting , a person came foK ward , who is tyrant time-keeper at the factory gate * , and W jho made himself very conspicuous at the ' flrat meeting , bat was made a complete foot oif by the lecturer ., Toprova theleetorer a liar , be bad been stating tj >* dirttew o ? the , Northern districts , and Btated that the , wool-combers were fast coming to the condition of tn < r haHd-loom weavew , and that they d ? d not average , atthe pwtent time , above 10 s . or 12 s . per weefc' Thl » the titee-keeper denied . He stated he had fa hit posseealon a letter from his father , a woot-eomber , in Bradford , informing him he eonld earn 33 a . ; * ut , at the same time , he could not produce tbe letter . However , we leave thia with the Bradford -woolcombers .
Las t w eek , hearing that Lord finality Ruswll was at his seat , Endslelgk Cottage , near MUton Abbott , he got the Village placarded for a iseeUng on the Saturday evening , and sent , pet post , from Tavistoek , a printed bill , inclosed in a letter , as , an invitation to little Finality '; bat be wss not'gameenoagh ; thou ^ r some of bia aervan t a , and manyj > f Ws tenantry ; were there ; to hear their lord and master denounced as an enemy to the poor of Great Brftain ; and likewlBe to hear the principles of tbeJ ^ opfe ' sCharter ' eiftplained . BJr . ^ ancoci ^ of Tavistock , opened the meeting in a very impresaive
manner , after which ,: Mr . Arno , of Tavistock , In " a strain of impassioned eloquence , depicted the miseries and privations of the working millions ; he likewise set forth the horrors of war , with a caution to young men not to enlist in the army , and thus augment the expenditure , which is at present most enormous . He sat down , and was then followed by the lecturer , Mr . Powell , who occupied the meeting an hour and « half , and whose nights of fancy and eloquence elicited the cheers and applause of Finality Russell ' s servants and tenantry . -
After this brief account of Mr . Powell ' s labours in Devon , and the good that ia likely to arise from his l abours , if once established amongst us , it will now be the business of the various associations to come at once to a determination to sea what can be dono for a man that will devote his time and talent in leoturing and agitation , in whatever part of the country he may be called upon to labour . . In putting out this address to the men of Devon and Cornwall , we would impress upon them the necessity of
taking upon themselves the performance ot their work ; for , depend upon it , neither the one faction nor tbe other will ever do it for them , their sole object being to keep the working population in ignorance , knowing by such means that they can ride roughshod over the people , and roll in those luxuries which they have , from time to time , robbed the industrious millions of by unjun and tyrannical laws , which never could , by any possibility , have teen carried , into effect , had the whole people had their due share of the representation of their country .
Up , then , fellow men . ' and show those tyrants that you are deserving of those rights of which they have so unjustly deprived yon ; and knowing those rights , that you will not cease in your endeavours to see those rights established . Let tbe consequence be what it may , you will see the necessity of employing a lecturer at once ; for there is at present a petition to he Bigned by upwards ef four millions of onr class , and the employment of a lecturer , at this present time , would be productive of a two fold benefit . First , in lecturing In Iarae towns , and getting signatures ; and secondly , to extend his labours to the villages , which have not a chance of hearing those principles explained ,, except in their own villages , * nd signatures from them that we couid not expect to get by any other means . Signed on behalf of the lX- ' Ven port Association , Andrew Co mm ings , Secretary . Joseph tinosE .
Kichard James . William Themblett , Treaaurejr Davenport , Oct 17 , 1841 .
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ADDRESS 1 TO THE CHAUTISTS OF ASHTONUNDEK-LYNE . Brother Chartists , —Moro than two years have now elapsed since sovtral individuals ( who made the emancipation of theslave class , to which yon belong , their chief study and pursuit , ) were flrrfistbd anrt committed to priaun , tor simply endeavouring to shew you the necessity there existed tor you to demand equality , before the law , if aver you intended to prevent yoursel v es , your wives and children from starving , and whether their advice was right or not , a great many of you affected to follow it while they were at large , but as soon as you saw them all in £ aol for advocating your rights—you permitted the arrangements they had made for the purpose of uniting your energies and diffusing political knowledge amongst you , to be frittered away , and even the meeting room , which had been held for moro than two years , to be abandoned , and the furniture Bold or destroyed .
This , in itself , was bad enough ; but what is still worse , although more than a year has expired since the demise of the original Charter Association , you have never attempted to rally or assist your brethren in other parts of the land , although tyranny haa beeu on the increase , and yours and their wages on the decrease every day since that tlui « . You know , also , that those who pretend to patronise you , and direct the trifling operations that now go forward among you , are in the interest of a patty that wiU never grant you any thing , as they are of the same pseudo liberal school as thoas who have created the existing divisions in London , Birmingham , and Laeds , ar . d who , on every occasion—such as when tho myrmidons of the " Plague" come amongst you , or anti-monopoly men , or any other impestor in the pay of the education party , take caro to keep ia the back ground , and never open their lips until tbey get to on alehouse fire , and than tntjir principal work is to justify their siluiice .
Cast off this apathy , then , ye men of Ashton . Lay aside those silly fears and divisions , thoso woman ' s weaknesses and childish quarrels that have paralysed your energies for so long a time . VVuat your intentions may be for the future I cannot conjecture . It is true you have been sadly deceived in some of your leaders ; but the fault in this case is wholly your own : yoa cannot blame any one but yourselves , as you have been told repeatedly not to permit any one to meddle in your arrangements but those of your own class . No one else will ever , or can ever , serve you as y <» i might serve yourselves . Rcniomber tUo pithy words of Franklin—* ' If you waut a good servaut serve yourself . "
It may be said that few men of wealth were ever on your councils ; yet a few managed to get amongst you who did more , and who now live more by their wits than by toil—and these men were always ga-betweeusin the employ of any one who would pay thym to carry » t ckle point ; and even now they act in the same way , ami thus are a standing barrier in the way of all real Union-I know there both was and is those residing' in your town , of your own class , whose ability and integrity would add digi ) i = y to any station that Chartism , in or out of power , could elevate them to ; bub because they happened to bo your every tfay associates , their abilities hart become familiar—the * 4 xo * llence of their remarks , ana tbe brilliancy of thtir conceptions , bad lost their lustre , forsooth , through every day practice , a nd you must nave some gentlemen foreigner , to be sure , to dictate to you and spend your moaey . . .-, .
x ou u ; ei : ie < l to t-xptct something raoro than truth at their hands , liecauso , " They wore a Mackintosh , " and affected to belong to some of the learned professioasbut you cannot deny that you h&va been grossly deceived , and no one cm or will express any sympathy for you aa lon # as you place confidence in stranger * , gentlemen , and speculators . Some of the parties to whom you have clung wit > death-like tenacity have been beard to repudiate tho very uame of Chattlst , as being so vulgar , so low , so
disreputable , and they say they would prefer the term of Radical aa ot olden usage , and as being in better odour with men . of intelligence , New-move-men ;" but . Brother , Chartists , thia is the ' very reason why a sincere advocate of justice to all ought to spurn tbe term Radical as one which signifies fashionable rascality , or in plain terms , Whiggisin . The worthless and flltby organs of the age , which pander to the vices and passions of the Neroes of our own day ; first dubbed us Chartista , iTorch-anij-dagger men ) from tha Liberal Whigs and Jdalthusians .
I ever revered and supported the principles contained in the Charter , and now I glory in the epithet 1 am fully convinced the parties to whom I allude would join the " New Move" or any ' ¦ Move , " always provided there was either profit or popularity arising from such proceeding . And , in fact , maoy of them have given their aid and count ^ nenco to the •? Piague , " which you know te be true , tor the sake of keeping on terms with both pasties . I am well aware that a number of you have ceased to do anythlogi more than look on—on account of the conduct of these things in human form , wuo would be anything to any patty ; so , unless you shake off thia apathy and again pat your shoulders to tho wheel , you will always remain as you are , Bl&ves , and very eobn it ¦ will be too late for you to move , as now is the time or never .
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Ton know yon hare no Association worth the name . Yoa know that notwithstanding the mighty przeat ¦ take , there has not been & public meeting of the operatWes ¦ of Ashton-under-lyue to forward the . cause of Cbwrtiem , . for oeuly a year past , nor for any o ^ her purpose ,. ejeeept repealing the Cora ' Law , unless some lecturer 'e » me , you could not well refuge , as Mr . OBtUa 414 * ftwd * ysago . . - . -U : ^ ' \ :. Y- - . ' ^ Yob oijee » ppe « red at the bead of the list of patrloHe dlstriota . guraly the gu » Ung that tooV place at "ieolwie . of tbe reoent flection , at l ) uk < uaeld |* o ; tg « , W not < W | tJ ^| a 4 earenr manly feelhig that oBce : caused Rename of jour iowa to shine jjb very cppspicuoDsIy in the rooordi o | ^ patriotic , world . Doiot toy to persuade yourself ^ that the . self-styled Chartist % enVber for
AshtoB , would giva yoa what you wqalre , even If he had thepower ,, which he has not Hla every act aud speech proolaims to the contrary . Remember he does not belong to your clnsa , and be assured he will stand by his order , which is a most powerful reason why you ong ^ t to sund bv yours . ¦ ' * " _ , J . would « commen ^ you then , to call a public meeting , ( M ^ U . bivpajipJendld room at your service for the purposerand wwoh you might easily make your own if unity aud judgment regulated your connci ! s , i and try oiicemore tocollect those scattered , elements of honesty and , iitelfiience , that some time a ^ o formed so imposing
and respectoble a body in youi animated town . ' . It U . well known by Alt , that bar claim to the suffrage is a j u |^ oo ' e . No man need be ashamed of any act of hi » , w account of his being a Chartist , unless the defer-4 agh ^ claim , so long to political equaUty , ' constitutes a , A » ime i ; . v ,.- - ' ; ' . ' , ' ¦ . . : ' . ; ¦"¦ . . . ' . ' The disVrlet around you contains from 20 , 000 to 26 iQ 0 ^ . Inhabitants whom you might quickly organise by . prudenoe * nd determination . So hoping this call on yoa , by one pt ypuTselvea , will be the means of arousing you from , ' your present state of torpidity , and uniting you under , the sacred banner of equality , you may depend On it , no one could be more ardently desirous to reader you all the aid in bis power than
> A Sincebe Chartist ., Arouse ye , then , once more , ye bold and fearless patriots . ' Appoint no one to fill your offices , unless jot are , sur « , thet ? cticumstances compel them to think 'as you do . As you are situated , yon cannot do any tblag . Ton . ' are divided into so many sections ; ybi send r ^ p brts 7 continually of meetings here and lecture : there , whicbV are not heard of in the town , nntil seet fntheS ( arv Thus you are continually cheating your selves , and the really honest men who have made th ' greatest sacrifices in time past , ore kept from joining you by the machinations ofthose who make self interes their study , and who never go near you , nnless tbe ] have some special object in view , or some point t < earry ; ' ' - . " ; / . . ; ' ' . " ' .
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O'CONNOR AND BREWSTER . At length the longf-anticipated contest between O'Connbr and the prime mover in the Calton Hill conspiracy had beeri brought to a clbse . The persevering manner in which O'Connor hair pursued his , and his Chartist friends' persecutors , from the passing 6 f the memorable resolutions to which we Mow refer , has been constant , determined , and Hrireaaittih ^ ; and well would it tiave beeu for the ; survivor of the treacherous gang , Patrick Brcw ^ ier , had he taken warning from thefato of his London , EdinburgH , and Birmingham associateRj but no , strong in dogged ignorance and self-sufficiency , he was resolved upon championising his fellow conspirator ? , and never in the history of this country was such an exam plo made of mortal man as that which it was the melancholy fate of the state parson to present on Saturday last , before a pitying Jury of his own townsmen , many of them , indeed , of his own congregation .
Since 1839 Brewatcr has crowed like a real dunghill cock in O'Connor ' s absence , but tnp . st cautiously avoided all opportunities of meeting him when in Scotland , On Wednesday week , O'Connor attended two overflowing public meetings at Paisley , oi which be gave Brcwster duo notice , aud challenged him to be present ; but , as on former occasions , it was not convenient . Upon the Monday following , Brewster and hi 3 friends put oift some posters , calling a public meeting of the inhabitants for that evening , in the Low Church , for the purpose of electing delegates to the Scotch Convention , about to
be convened in Glasgow . At this meeting , every enemy to Chartism was invited to attend ; h * recojjnisod Whig shopkeepers , Tory shopkeepers , Conservati ve operati v e s , and all the tribe of anti-Charoists , and preferring Devilism itself to Charri . ^ m : the vile crew witnessed , in the person of tho Rev . Divine , a fit and proper instrument for the accomplishment -jf their project . In this assembly Mr . Brewster repeated all his old charges of physical fovce aqd treachery against O'Connor , O'Brien , and . many more of tho leading Chartists , vaunting at the same time that Feargus O'Connor dare not meet him .
As soon as the proceedings in the church had terminated ^ the Chartists of Paisley met , and came to the unanimous resolution of sending a dole ^ itc to Kilmarnock to O'Connor , imploring of him to forego all previous arrangements for the salvation of his friends in Paisley , who , to their honour be it said , have bravely struggled against the pious firebrand iu his own town . Upon our delegate explaining tho whole affair to Mr , O'Connor , that gentleman instantly ; wrote to Mr . Brewster , challenging him to meet him at an opkn air meeting at Pais ' ey , on Saturday last , the 23 rd instant , when h-o , o'Cvtmor , would be ready to defend himself and hf s party against any charges which he , Brewster , might think proper to prefer .
On Wednesday night O'Connor ' s challenge wa 3 handed to the knight of the pallid face , and he having accepted it , two Committees were appointed to make arrangements for tho trial ; and , finally , it was decided that O'Connor , tho ACCUSED , SHOULD OPEN THE PIIOCHEDINGS in a Bpeeoh of half an hour ' s length , and that Brewster should follow for a like period , stating his charge against O'Connor , and tha case being thus opened , that each should have an alternate quarter of an hour , each speaker speaking four quarters , Browster tho acccseb having the keply , aud each having a chairman of his own appointment .
These arrangements as to the order of speaking were severely deprecated by every lover of justice to whatsoever party he belonged , and when Mr . O'Connor was pressed not to accede to so unjuss and unfavourable an arraugoment , he replied , " What , are my friends also mad , and wouid they too balk me and the other victims of this man ' s treachery of that triumph which is now in rny hands ! Ho insisted upon those preliminaries , unjust as they are , 'for the very purpose of escaping ; but no , he may epoak first aud last , but meet me he shall . " •¦'¦ ¦ "" ' "
The hour of one o ' clock was appointed for tho business commencing , and almost to the moment O'Connor ascended the platform accompanied by Mr . John M'Crea , his chairman , and by his committ « o , and was recaived by the meeting , which was only then gathering , but which was very large , with one burst of the most enthusiastic applause . hi about a quarter of an hour after , the common accuser ascended the platform and appealed much more like the culprit , than ho who had come at a serious inconvenience to meet tho foe ; he looked about , ho trembled , and bis pale fftco turned still more ghastly white whan ho took his seat amid a peal of derisive laughter . Ho was accompanied by his committee and Mr . M'AuBland , his chairman ,
and after somo discussion between the committees , tho most aotive man of Brcwster ' a read over the programme , which O'Connor ' s committee unanimously declared had never been either a-ioptod or ever submitted to them . It was a rigmarole piece of nonsense declaring that the meeting had been convened for tho purpose of considering the best method of forwarding the cause of Chartism , not a sente nc e about Brewatcr ' s charges against O'Connor , not one word about physical force or moral furco ; nay , O'Connor ' s name was never once mentioned , although his accuser had said cue hundred times ^ and repeated it on the previous Monday , that O'Connor dare not meet him , as he could coimes him of many delinquencies , and prove him guilty of having incited the
people to uso physical force . Tins " new move" threatened to open a holo for the viper ' s escape , when O'Connor interposed , aud said , that his committee should not make any technical or frivolous objections , that the proceedings should go on ; accordingly the Chairmen aud committeoset their watches to time , and O'Connor rose and was prevented for soma minutes from saying a word ' , so uproarious was the cheering , whioh was accompanied by waving of hats . When siience ' wa < restored , he pointed attention to the anomaly of the proceedings , and said that he had too much tact to devote his first half h&ur to making a case for his accuser . Ho addressed tho Chairman , aud the vast assembly , which when he commenced , amounted to
from 10 , 000 to 15 , 000 persons , as my Lords aud Gentlemen of the Jury ; ho then said that he should occupy his first half hoar in the capacity of judge , and would oharft © them a 3 the jury who ' wexe to . tr ; any criminal who should be brougkt before them . " That they should divest their minds oi all former prejudices , if any had been cherished against the accused , and coaio to such a verdict as would satisfy not only Paisley or Scotland , but England and Ireland as well . He made this sweeping allusion , bscause he understood that the charge was one of a political character , which in its result most equally aifect all countries . He spoke fat his allotted time , in a strain of rapid eloquence , whioh was frequently
interrupted by the mo 3 t rapturous applause , a . ua , at in tot vate . as he turned full front to his iiecuser , and with oaring position , fire flashing from both eyes , and strokes of the most burning sarcasm thundering in quick succession upon his " meet and Chrislitin accuser " as he termed him , a thrill raa ttooagh the meeting like electricity , wltich as quickly communicated the electric spark ; but not of fare , to the " whitb-faced piuest , " upon whom it was evident that the battery of eloquence had told , for as O'Connor sAcoyra amid cheers which made the very valley ring , the jrcal culprit uncoiled his serpent form , ana slowly aud trembliugly rairsd itself , but beat atd not to its full stature , to tbe
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( one of mother goose . When the hisBes had subsided , the lord of Calton-Hjll looked , but loohr . d in vain for the charm cfevon one sweet voice ; but no , even at his own d 6 oi ? , '* ttd in Bignt of the sacred sartcttifcrj in which he prj ^ w ^ . -CtaiBtiam . obaiity , forbearancei- peace * *»§ - £ ?< # ^ Ht *? f . ^ i , ? hopiei toBguo to kweet . enSiej $ t ip $ r mwfnm ' x , disivpsa . m . \^ Sj ^^ f ^ i M »^^^ ' ^ , ^ im m ^ mi ^^ P ^ ' ^ 4 & ^ Siii !! stopper and xai ^ eQ » lar ^ e , hflndle m papersr-ne tTCmbledrani fer Wa whole ^ half . Kwr ,: Ke Ifivded through h . ' cbnipnafibn r 6 F ruBbisn , wBicft , | Sautted some ingenuity to 'ha , ye gjithered Jogethef , 1 7 « Vraa evident that he hid iok i * sicklier , and wasri »
nilize | i r ahd hisconclUipn ! was inost ¦ aeptpratlejm he was compelled to await itne cessation at firoifiis ; or the storm of satirey sncH as Very , WtoJt , : " | ioneense , " come to . tiie question , " .. whaf § * T $ . tour charges I" " eaame on the canrcK tatil go $ wQ * * and such : like interruptions . At length the plaster resumed his ^ eat amid a storm of hisses ; ail « r literally not havi p ^ said oijfl iinglfi . iybrtl' jfbjtijy of memory , pr having delivered one single * , sentence bearing upon the question . \ ' ' ; s l . When 'Brewster concluded , O' (^ nn ot inunefflajtely started ud , and wa 3 already hailed as the ^ vfctor . It was evident that he had the game in his haaids , and thathelaw it , and knowine the Valoe OtHime .
and declaring that as yet he had no charge to answer / ho turned the tobies npon his adversary , and coiled his net so judjciously around him , > bat no escape , was left , while now or never the Iqpg-boiling , wrath , mijst overflovr ' and ezpose the real object of the monster . For fifteen minutes he was compelled . to writhe under tho lash of insulted pride and manly indignation . Shock foil owed shock , and , as O'Congor again sat down , amid thunders o ? applause , the Christian pastor rose , and endeavoured to meet his opponent by the most low-lived , scurrilous , blackguard , and vituperative la ng uage , it was ever our misfortune to hear . \ Now , the long-supressed feeling of the whole meetfjng » outraged by such a clerical exhibition , burst h to one simultaneous shout of execration . When O'Connor
again rose , and was received as before , it ytea evident that the work was done , that . O'Connor : had accomplished his object , namely , the conviction of Brewster from Brew 3 terB own fips . It ' w&s / objioug that O'Connor knew his man , and was resolved that the world should also know him ; his . character for talent was destroyed in the first half hour , while bia propensities for mischief , and his determination to accomplish it , was dragged out of him in fifteen ? inufes . Now . eaid he , having disrobed the minister ^ am ready to shake hands . ' with the man—( this was mefc with shouts of ** Well done , well doEo "—he has as yet made no charge against me , and henceforth it is evident that he can make none successfully against my parly ., I have stamped him . with Ms proper value . ;
O'Connor then went after . his every remark from memory , chastising him most mercilessly ; and at length , when Brewster rose again , he expressed himself ' most willing to bo reconciled , and * hoped that tlie reconciliations vpuld take place then , but , smarting under what he bad gof he again turued to the most low and BcurrUcus abuse ^ charging O / Connor with every . word spoken by Mr . SankTey , - and other members , at the meeting :, in the Crown and Anchor , in 1839 , and also reading spaeehca of O'Briijh ' a from the Operative , and Stephens , and Dr . Taylor's , and JUr . Taylor's , of Mancht'st . ir , and all the old rubbish , while the only charge which he ventured to bring against O'Connor was one seotence from some one of his speeches , which ran thus : —
"I . have no hesitation in saying that if uhcoristiiutioual force is brought againBt the people , they are justified in repelling force , by force . " Again did the Laird of Calton sit down' in a mist , and now it being evident that recQucili't > o& was not his ol-ject , O'Connor held him . to ' "tM stake like a bear , and lashed him as the greatest enemy in disguise , which the cause could ham ; H « said thu ho was not going to retract , to qualify , o ? alter one single sentence that , ho had ever spoken throughout life ,.-and exposed the sophistry of Breweter , who required the people to clothe him aud themselves , with a moral force resolution as a s'aatfing order of their * ' new- mov «" soeiety , while the Lord Advocate would consider it as a poor defence against
ono illegal act . He , Brewster , ho p ed « as . he said , to ^ et rid of O'Connor and Bronterre O'Brien , that he must first present to the people two honester leaders , that U'Btica had been a Jeech upon the back of corruption , which could not be shaken off until ho had sucked every drop of bad blood out of th ^ national tumour , he was then to sail in tho boat with O'Brien * but not .- with Parson Stephens , or those who deserted the people . As before , Brewster was cnt np ; and when be rose a gain , he declared that he did not wish to get rid of Mr . O'Connor , but of his errors ; but he did wish to obtain the Charter b y union and perseverance , and' a strong moral association of all that was valuab l e , and then the pec plo may get the Charter ; 4 a fact , he had no doubt that then they would get
household suffrage . Here the cat was out of the bag , and the announcement wae met with ihe most terrific groans , and " Ah , traitor ! we know it , " Aje t aye , said the white-laced priest , you physicals may roir ; tbat ' e very like physical force ; but I sty that we may get Universal Suffrage , and if the Irish followr Daniel O'ConneU , my friend , Daniel O'Conuell , thb Liberator of his own country , that lie will best direct them to the accomplishment iof their es . d—Uhis announcement wag met by such a storm of groans and laugh « z % un < l Off , off ; ga n g ' . ^ awsr- ** that , Brewster said , he would require an aa
went Paddy Brewster , belabouring old newspapers of 1817 and 1839 , from which he drew ' . bis own deductions , but about which no man cared . O'Connor now rose for the last time and seizing Household Suffrage , and Daniel O'Connell , as his subject , he loft poor Brewster ia a melancholy plight , and Brewster having announced his determination to move the Calton Hill aud Birmingham resolution tor the adoption of the meeting . O'Connor said , just let ns see what the result has been to Birmingham and Paisley from the passing of those resolutions , Birmingham is tho only town in England which had been for a season divided by the . traitors v ? ho pursued the very course winch the Christian minister is . now pursuing , while I think this day ' s exhibition ^ ully . provts thac Paisley has not seea their beneficial results . I said , he shall meet those resolutions by a direct negative . It is thiB : —
Resolved , " That thi 3 mating repudiates the assf ' .-don , that any delegate authorised by them did , direftl y or indirec t l y , give assaaejto the notorious resolution universally kiiowu by the name of tha Cahou Hill resolution . " * . - 4 That resolution , continued Mr . O'Connor , condgncd live hundred good mea to their living tombs , and the ohjsct iu perpetuating them is to provoke another assault ; but no , we will now scoot the traitors from our ranks , and go ou cordially without them . Mr . O'Connor wound up his time as he commenced , without once losing self-command or using one single ungentlemanlike expression , and when Brewster wh- j to reply , ho had nothing to say , * and a ^ ain began with hit ; musty old papers .
Tho thing was now terminated , when APCrea rose and demanded a show of hands for 0 'Coanor * a amendment , which the wily parson said should stand as the original resolution ; whereupon a forest of Mistered . . hiinds v . as ho ' rl no , whieh was followed by cheering , and wa / ing of hats , and clapping of hunds . Brewster ' s Chaiiraan then demaMed . a show of han d s , when a miserable exhibition gave a verdict against poor Brewstor : all declared that O'Connor's resolutiou was carried by at least three to one ; " but no , " . / said Brewster , " we must divide . " " Come '' along , then , " answered " O'Connor , " all who are for wiping astaiaoutof lheir . country ' s escutcheca will follow me to the fi < ild , " pointing to the field which lay to the right of the'husting .- > , and
which , baing recently flooded , was ane'e deep in mud and mire . He instantly jumped off thj high hustinga , however , into the mud , and was / olio wed to a high tree at the end of tbe ground , by at least two-thmis of tho meetirg . A& . O'Connor then climbed up a tall ash tree at tha end of t ' ne field , iifcu a cat , audscauding in tiie fors , about fif . een feet from the ground , aud surrounded by his friends , ihty set np a gloriou ? cheer , while they surveyed the miserable knot of Brewsterites , who clung to tho rcfeeli of the dismaniJed ** fire ship , " which has thus been disarmed of a ] l its : powers for mischiefc Mr , O'Connor then headed his party , and raarched in triumph pasttboljustinga to . his hotel , while Brewster remained on the platform , addressing the Whigat . d Tory middle classes , ' wh ' o ^ fiiiufc . np shop to aid any thin ? , or anybody , even the Devil himself , in the glorious work of . putting down . Chartism ;
and thus ended a day such as Scotland has not recently seen , and one which is preeminently calculated to . make but one party of CaartiatB throughout the land . " .. ' . ¦ ¦'¦• . Messrs .: A ncdats , Proudfopt , Cnllen , ' Hodger , Gardner , Mulcolm , Colqulioun , and other leadlnft Chartists of . Glafgovr , were present throughout tho whole discussion ; aud having more than once heard their opinion , I feel myself justified in raying that never was verdict more unanim » n » i , one and aB declaringtliat O'Connor ; had'risen : 100 ; per cent . i » public estimation , while Brew ^ wr had sunk to rij » no more , ' There were two other reportexa . preeeainamely , tne reporter tor the Pauley JLdverHsor , aad the reporter tor tne Scottish Patriot ; apd I hava their authority also for atatiug that there waa an overwhelming oiajerhy for' O'Conrior ' s re » o letion .
. The result of the day has been even already a vast augmeatiition to our forces at Pjtislwf , and we ajo % notv engaged in preparing the way fer ^ gffifttqy . Ttdcrstanding with the people of GliMJBHj | ajajB ^^ w „ consider ourselves to have been f ^ nVHHHill lec . ' ect , for fba purpose ol bj-fagiag M ^ BBHKmk . ¦^ GuSiH ^^ aaKBftajiSifc ^
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AN ADDRESS TO THE MEN OF DEVON AND COBNWALL . Fbllow Slaves , —Wo have just read the addrets from Radrnth , in Corawill , and we glad to hear they intend to pwh forward the cause of Chartism . In the first place the best means to be employed ought to occupy onr attention . We have rend ranch about books and periodical * , debating , or mental improvement societies , doing much good ; but in Devon and Cornwall , where the cause is not so rife as it is in the North of England , we think a . continual agitation , by lecturing , would most speedily organiw both the counties . The cause in Devon has received an impetus through the labonrs of Mr . Powell , who has lectured mioy times in Tavistock and the surrounding villages , and , beiDg cut of employment , the societies of Tavistock and Devocport have advised hurt to take a tour throajjli Cumwail . Ha has lectured at Djvonport . Plymouth . Afhburton , Tivertoa , and Mod bury , in all of whieh places he has given great satisfaction . He is a work-
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" THE KORXHEp STIR , 3
He Art-Rending Misery At Bolton.
HE ART-RENDING MISERY AT BOLTON .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct403/page/3/
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