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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR.
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My deab Sib , —I have not had one moment to write my third letter to ths middle classes for this number of the Star . I thought this apology necessity . I have not eTen time to write anything like an acconnt of the meetings at Burnley and Colae . Suffice it to say , that in my life I never witnessed such brave and starving resolution . The people have been grossly and craelly deceived about the conduct of the leaders of North Lancashire . I never met a set of men who have been placed in » more trying and awkward position ; and , from the
state of Chartism throughout the district , never did men deserve more credit . It i 3 easy to censure youth and enthusiasm , but not so easy for the most sound to keep down the angry feelings of starvation , and at the same time to keep alive the spirit of agitation . I shall next wee > give a full account of Korth Lancashire . We had 60 , 00 ft men and women at Burnley on Monday , if we had one , and I was at it from eight on Monday morning till half-past twelve on Wednesday morning , without stopping . On Monday , I addressed the people of Halifax , of Todmorden , and of Burnley twice .
In conclusion , I shall be at Keighley on Wednesday next , the 6 th of July ; I shall be at Bingley at half-pa 3 t twelve , speak there , and then go on to Keighley i on Thursday , I shallbe at Dewsbury at eight in the evening ; on Friday , at York , at eight in the evening ; on Saturday , at Hebdenbridge , at twelve at noon ; and at Todmorden , on the same evening , at six o'clock . I forgot io say that I spoke last night at Colne over the barracks , and was guarded in by three sentries , with fixed bayonets . I am , dear Sir , Tour's , most affectionately , Feaegcs O'Coxsor . Cdhxe , Wednesday morning , July 29 th , 1842 .
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SALFOHD . —Mr . Bell , the South Lancashire lecturer , delivered a most powerful and talented address here on Sunday night , to a respectable audience , in the course ef Trhich he gave an interesting' account of his mission through South Lancashire . At the conclusion of his address , the following resolution was unanimously passed : — " That this meeting having seen , through tiie medium of the Xorihcrn Star , that the Chartist 3 cf Presten have given instructions to ihair delegate , "who is to attend the delegate meeting to be held at Coins , on the 3 rd of July next , to move a
proposition , calling on the country to elect a body of men to sit permanently , for the purpose of securing the people their constitutional privilege of do taxation without representation ; consider such » proposition unwise and impolitic , as it is the opinion of this meeting that the Executive are the only persons that ought to be recognised at the head of this great and glorious movement for the principles contained in the People ' s Charter . " At the conclusion of the business several persona enrolled themselves members of the Association .
YORK . —At a special meeting , held on Thursday evening , the 23 d inst , it was moved , and carried nnanimondy : — "Thatthe Sub-Secretary be requested to collect the various facts connectad with the untimely death cf Samuel Holberry , for the purpose of transmitting them to T . S . Doncombe , Esq ., in order that through him they may be brought before the House cf Commons , to be more fully investigated , the Chartists cf York having streng reasons for supposing that the Secretary of State's orders respecting S . Holberry have not been attended to . "
BTJDDERB FIELD . —On Thursday , thfi 23 d of July , Hi . James Leach , of Manchester , delivered an able lecture to a nnmerous audience in the Guild HalL Mr . Vevers , senior , was unanimously called to the chair , the subject of the lecture being class legislation , and the rights of labour . The lectnrer was listened to throughout "with the greatest attention , and all appeared highly delighted . The lecturer and chairman together received a unanimous vote of thanks , and the meeting separated . At a : fr 3 TEEOCS HE £ XI > G held in the Association Euc'm , Tpperfcead Bow , the following resolution "vras p :-ss&d : — " Ti ^ t a vote of thanks is due , £ ud hereby giTts , to our brother Chartists of Tort , for the prompt , manly , end humane manner in "which they casie forward , and demanded an investigation into the cause cf their martyred brother , Samuel Holberry ' s death , and rrovided . for Ms funeral . "
MGTTXNGHAM . —The Chartists meeting at the Rancliffe Arms , held theii usual -weekly meeting on Saturday evening , Mr . G . Atkinson in the chair , when the following Easiness was transacted : —Proposed by Mr . ( xoodson , seconded by Mr . Carrington , and unanimously carried , " That each member do pay one-half penny pei mouth extra towards defraying the incidental expenses of the town . " Proposed by Mr . J . Carrington , seconded by Mr . Goodson , and unanimously carried , That a deputation be appointed to wait npon our more wealthy friends in this locality to solicit their Eupport to the new Executive , to assist them in carrying out their plans . The following persons to form the deputation—Messrs . John Wall , John King , and Joshua Carrington . " The sum of two shillings was voted to Messrs . Duffy and Hindes , and ene shilling for the defence of Mason and others , at Stafford . A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman , and the meeting separated .
Ox SvxvatJiIojixixg , the Fnited General Council met at the Democratic Chapel , Bice-place , and went through the usual rontine of business . Subscriptions ¦ were handed in , from various quarters , for the victims Mindes and Dufiy . A subscription was also entered into for the defence of Mason and other friends , in Sta ^ crdshire . Mr . Harrison preached two sermons , on the Forest , on Sunday , and notwithstanding the boisterous state of the weithet , there were a goodly number mustered en the occasion . On Monday evening , Mr . T . White , from the Potteries , delivered a very instructiva lecture npou Priest-craft and . Kingcraft
Abnold , sear Nottingham . —Mx . Duffy visited tMs place on Wednesday , June 22 nd , and delivered a soul-stirring lecture . At the conclusion he enrolled fourteen now members . He also lectured , in Bulwell Forest , l&st Sunday , in the afternoon , to a good audience , and at the conclusion enrolled twenty Dew members . In the evening he again lectured in the chapel , at Arnold , to a large audience . Zi £ IC £ ST £ K . —Our " Shakspereans ** increase bravely , notwithstanding such unfavourable circumstances as bad weather for epen air meetings , and Mr . Cooper ' s indisposition from over-work . Our number is now more than 2 , 300 . On Friday sen ' night , Mr . Bair-Htsw gave a thrilling lecture in the open air , to upwards of 2 , 000 hearers . The demonstrations of respect
and attachment to Mr . B ., on his leaving us for a complete period of three months—th * term for which he is engaged for the West of England—were very great Mr . Beedham " s labours have been attended With increasinj success in the surrounding villages , throughout the week . Mr . Bebert Jackson , a young local lecturer , visited Conntesthorpe , and addressed a considerable assembly there , on Sunday morning . Mr . Cooper was merely able to deliver a few feeble words en Sunday evening , in the Market-placa . A collection cf eighteen EhilliEgs was made at the close , for Mrs . Holberry—a trifle more has been collected during the week . Tv ' e have also sent two pounds this week from our funds , for Mrs . Frost , Kis . Williams , and Mrs . Jones .
Ox SoDaT after next the real Chartists of the South intend to meet their brethren cf North Leicestershire , at the Mount Sorrel camp meeting . A delegate E 5 . ee . ting "will also beheld theie during the day , in order to consolidate the whole county into one active Chartist union . It is hoped that every real Chartist Association in the county will send a delegate to this important meeting . WOlVEBHAIffPTON . —A spirit of Te-3 etion h ^ s taken place in behalf cf our cause . Mr . H . Candy having returned , and procured employment , heisnnw among ns ; aid , after his day ' s labour , he delivers powerfnl and energetic lectures in beh ; -lf of the
People ' s Charter and the rights cf labour . On Sunday , he preaches in the open air , and by his efforts many fresh members are added . A spirit of unity prevails in our camp , and we are determined to persevere more thin ever . This last three Sundays , Mr . Candy huB de-Lvered three excellent discourses ; his audience increases more every time . On Sunday lest , there were neatly three thousand present ; and three times be lectured in the week ; he is greatly approved of , and Kans to give general satisfaction , and is capable of doing great good . Mr . S . Candy is appointed corresponding EfcCTctaiy for the ensuing three months . All letters to be directed to him , at Mr . J . Wilcox ' s , news agent , Worcester-street , Wolverhanspton .
GLASGOW . — ( Bbidgstos . )—A public meeting « f tie Chartists of t >»» district was held in the Chaitist Hall , Dale-street , on Thursday evening , to consider fciatters connected with the movement . Mr . J . Rogers said tie object of the meeting was to consider the propriety of immediately adopting steps to raise their proportion of the debt due to Mr . George Ross , as trea surer of the late Central Committee . It was moved by Mr . R . and unanimously agreed to , that they enter into subaeriptionB fer the above purpose . A committee was then appointed , and Mi . D . Sheridan was appointed treasurer . Three-fourths of the stipulated proportion was subscribed on the spot After some ether trifling business , the meeting separated .
EHIPliET . —On Friday , Mr . Doyle gave a very in-Uresting lecture at this plaice on the ground acjoining the London Tavern , to a very attentive audience , composed not of women and children ., but of intelligent sdnlts .
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LONG BUCSBY . The Chartists of this place and neighbourhood , and other friends of freedom , have subscribed and forwarded thirty shillings to aid Mason in his defence againBt the unconstitutional attack which has been made on him . SOUTH NOtiaiAN . —On Sunday Mr . J . Simmons again visited this promising little village and received abundant proofs that his previous vista had not been in vain . At the close of the lecture a resolution in favour of the Charier was carried unanimously . BRADFORD . —Masoks' Arms , CLUBliorSES . — The question whether machinery , if properly directed , would" be -a blessing or a curse to mankind , was discussed by the members on Sunday last , and at the dose , two new members were enrolled .
BANBURY . —Mr . Bairstow lestured here on Saturday , and on Sunday preached two sermons to over-Sowing and enthusiastic audiences . HOLLINWOOD . —On Friday last , Mr . William Dixon , o f Manchester , delivered a lecture on the village green . —Mr . William Booth , of Newton Heath , delivered an address in the open air , near Denton-lane , to an assembly amounting to about 2 ve hundred persons , and { . ave great satisfaction . —3 Ir . littler , of Manchester , lectured in the Ralph Green Chartist Room , in the evening , to a crowded audience . Several new members were enrolled . DURHAM . —On Friday last the attention of the Durham Chartists was cilled to a meeting that was to be b « ld that evening at a small visage by the name" of Sherbome Hill . The person to sppak was a Mr . Liddle , who is "believed to be employed by . the coal proprietors ef this district to prepare the nneds of the poor miners to 3 farther reduction of wages , to mtet the masters half way in ti . e loss tbat must take place in cons * quence of the duty of two shillings per ton being laid on coals for export The lecture was from first to last a tissue of humbug , and at the close a . few friends to the cause of liberty , asked
the lecturer a question or two , when it turned out he knew nothing about the matter . It was asked if he could tell what the ¦ miners were gettiDg per ton for hewing s ton of coals , while the duty of eight shillings and fonrpence per ton was paid on coals going abroad , and wLat they were getting when no » luty was paid ? also what were the profits realised by the proprietors during the former or latter time ? When he either con : d or would not answer one of top questions . After receiving a good lashing for his ignorance , he was left to himself , not in a very comfortable state of mind . He had a quantity of tracts for Bale , at three for a penny" but it was " no go . "
Ox M 05 DAT Evening , as usual , a meeting of Chartists took place oa the Sands , when there was a good gathering , considering that there was no attraction by way of a lecture . The meeting was addressed by a friend from Sunderland , and our old friend , Mr . Richmond , of this town . NEWCASTLE . —The usual weekly meeting was bolden in the Chartist Room , Cloth Market , on Monday evening last , when a variety ot matters appertaining to local business were entertained and disenssed .
OLD HAM . —At the weekly meeting of the council the following resolutions were unanimously passed : — " That a subscription be entered into , and that five shillings be sent to the Defence Fund , to aid Mr . Mason , and others , on their trial at Stafford . " That the national tribute , recommended in the Northern Star , be taken up . " " Tbat a deputation of three persons be appointed to wait on the middle class who are favourable to Radical Reform , and solicit their aidj for the purpose of supplying the new Executive Committee with the means which will enable them
more effectually to agitate and spread the principles of Chartism - in those districts where they are little known . " " That Mr . Ssmuel Yardley , Mr . Thomas Saiith , and Mr . Leonard Haslop , be deputed to visit and receive subscriptions for the above object . " LONDON . —Suhbet . —A . public meeting was held on Tuesday last , at Lower ilitcham Green , the firs ; me ; ting ever held in this place for the advancement of tie principles of Chartism . Mr . Dron occupied the chair . Mr . Brown proposed tLe first resolution — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the present unparalleled amount of distress arises not from the want of means , nor from the inability of the nation to support itself , but from the
existence of class legislation , which protects clas 3 interests alone , to the injury of the interests of the unrepresented millions ; therefore the condition of the industrious classes can never be permanently improved until cla = s legislation is abolished , and universal interests represented by means of the People ' s Charter become the law of the land ; and tbi 3 meeting therefore pledges itself to agitate for nothing short of the People ' s Charter . " Mr . Brown dilated at some length on the causes cf the present distress in which the country is enveloped , and contended that the resolution pointed out the only true remedy . Mr . Rainsley seconded the resolution , ia a lucid and elegant speech , shewing how those who
created all the wealth were driven to satisfy the pang 3 of hunger to the refuse of the hog-tub or the dog-kennel , whilst those who never created a fraction of wealth rolleiin luxury and splendour , and concluded amid the continued cheering of the meeting . Mr . Fairchild , fen ., supported the resolution in a powerful and argumentative speech , Ehow ' mg the flimsy arguments used by its opponents , and calling upon the meeting to stand firm by the Charter . The resolution was carried nnanimonsly , and it beingquite dark , the meeting adjourned w the long room of the tavern opposite . Mr . Keen , in an able speech , daring which he was much applauded , moved the next resolution— " That h is the opinion of this of
meeting , that the true object , government is to produce the greatest amount of happiness to the greatest number , and as a government founded upon class-legislation will always fail in securing happiness to the great mass of the people , suck government ought to be reformed , or entirely abolished . " Mr . Bedley seconded the resolution , which was ably supported by Mr . Price , and carried unanimously The thanks of the meeting were then given to the chairman , who briefly renamed the compliment . A locality was- immediately formed , and about twenty persons took up their cards . Another meeting was announced to take place on the ensuing week . Hurrah for the Charter , name and all , and no surrender .
The MriiBEB 3 of the Wai worth locality met at their large room , Ship aDd Blue Coat Boy , Walworth-road , on Monday evening . Mr . Shaw iti the chair . Minutes were read and confirmed . Mr . Brown gave in a report from the Surrey council , whieh after some discussion was received . Mr . Keen read the letter from the Slar , of Feargus O'Connor , respecting Mason , when it was unanimously agreed that five shillings should be voted for his defence . The sum of : en shillings was voted as national tribute to the Executive , and several new members were enrolled . Tke subject for discussion on Monday evening is , " Can we obtain the Charter ¦ wi thout the aid of ihe middle class I "
Brompton . —The members met as usual , on Tuesday evening . Mr . Heath in the chair . The sum of four shillings and four pence , was ordered to be sent to the political victims , being a further portion of the proceeds of the festnal held for tbeir benefit on January 3 rd . The sum of five shillings was voted to the Executive , and two and sixpence to the London delegate council . A committee , consisting of Messrs . Whitehorn , and Wheeler , Mr . and Mr ? . Ford , Warrington , Budding , Sturge , Heath , and G , and W . Matthews , were appointed to get up a raffle for a violin , united with a concert &nd ball , for the benefit of the political victims . After the transaction of other business the meeting adjourned . Moxixs received by Mr . Cleave for the Convention : — £ s d Liverpool , per E . Davis ... 2 0 0 Deptford and Greenwich ... 0 5 0 Beerface , Bristol 0 10 0 Bath , Galloway-buildings ... 0 5 0 Korman TeEtnor , 2 nd sub . ... 0 3 0 Yeovil , per Mr . Campbell ... 0 7 6
£ 3 10 6 N . B . Dr . M'Douall received the £ 6 . 16 s . from the Theatre Committee , and , all expends being paid , there will be a balance of a few pounds to the Executive . Dosatioss received by Kuffj Ridley on account of Provisional Committee Fund : — s . d . Mr . Dobson of Hammersmith 1 0 Please to add to the list for Jlr . Mason and his friends by Huffy Ridley : — Mr Banker ... 0 6 This money is paid into the hands of Mr . Cleave . Total for Mason , &o o 4
J 5 OUTHWARK . —A meetiDg of Chartist silk hatters was held on Tuesday evening at the King ' s Anns , Gravel-laEe . A report was given in te the effect that life police authorities had intimated to the landlord that his license was in danger if he allowed the Chartists to meet at his house ; in consequence of which , it waB agreed that the meetings should be held for the future at the Brown Bear bouthwark-bridge-road , on Tharsday evenings , where a lecture will be delivered on Thursd » j next
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COVENTRY . —Mr . Starkie lectured on Friday , evening in the George rooms , on the effects of priest craft cm the moral , intellectual , and physical condition of the working classes . MERTHYR TYDVIIi . —MeETIaN'G TO ADOPT THE Remcostrance and the Mehorul to ihe Queen . —This importeiu meeting which took place ou Monday eveuing la-t , at the Market-square , was held in pursuance of a requisition to the chief constable , signed by nearly forty of the middle classes , but who refused on the ground that the requisitionists , wished to interfere with the prerogative of her Majesty because it mentioned as one of iis objects , the dismissal of her present Ministers and the
substitution of men that would make the People ' s Charter the law of tho land . The chair was taken by Mr . F . Argent , bootmaker ; several resolutions were passed , and the remonrtrar . ee to tho Houso of Commons , and the memorial to the Queen were unanimously adopted . Excellent speeches were delivered by Messrs . Thomas , Ellis , Gould , Evans ( who spoke in English , and promises to be a valuable acquisition to the cause here ) , John , Williams , and Jones , from Cardiff . Tnere was a great number of the middle classes present , and they seemed to be very attentive , and it is hoped the meeting made a due impression upon them , aud convinced many of them of the justice of our demands . Before the meeting took place there were all sorts of rumours abroad , that the Chartists intended making a physical-force display ,
and burn the town , and a Whig clique had been sitting some days previously to make arrangements , as they said , to preserve the peaoe of the town . Nothing can be more irritating than the conduct of these gentry towards the working classes . Their odious espionage , and discharging men for attending Chartist meetings , aud this principally in the works of the liberal Whig Baronet , Sir John Guest ; so great was the alarm iu consequence of the officiousness of these gentry , that they had caused several families to leave the town . But the good sense of the working people completely disappoieted them , and it was allowed by every one thai nothing could be better than the conduct of the people . We are now getting so strong here that the tyrants are completely dumbfoundered .
Mottsam . —On Monday evening last , a pubho meeting of the inhabitants of this plaoe , and the surrounding neighbourhood , was called by placard , to inquire into the distress of the working classes ; Mr . Wiid was in the chair . The meeting was held in the Metaodist Ckapel . It waa agreed that no party politics should be entered into . A greai number of cases were made in public . Every « ne gave it as his firm opiuioa that olass legislation was tho sole cause of all tho distress ¦ which now infests the land , and that things would never be any better until class legislation was removed by equal representation .
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The Bacup Chartists with Flags and Band . The Padiham Chartists , with FlagB and Band , Processions , with Flags and Bands , from several of the places within six or eight miles of Bnrnley . To attempt to give the number of Flags , Banners , Ac . would ba impossible , but amongst the number we noticed the following -inscriptions : — " Come , let us be united ; our rights and liberties to - ¦¦ :. ; ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' gain . '¦ ¦ . : ¦ ¦ ¦ ., - . / ¦ . ¦ ¦ ..: "Whig dungeons may entomb the body , but not the mind . " "More Pigs add fewer Parsons . " '• 'We demand the Charter . " ' Justice and Equality . " " Tyrants , look and tremble . " ¦¦ " Bad laws make wise men mad . " " O'Connor and the Charter . "
"Sweep out the House of Corruption , " surmounted by a broorh . " Englishmen , injured Justice demands the release of Frost , Williams , and Jonesi " " The hand-loom weavers of Burnley . " " Better to die by the sword than perish of hunger . " " Cursed is he who grindefch the poor . " " Tyrant ' s chains are only strong , while slaves submit to wear them . " A loaf given to the Padiham procession , by a military officer as they passed the Barracks , was stuck on a pole , and carried in the procession . ; :
As the pjocesssion wended itsway through the streets the-cheering was vociferous , every window , balcony , &o ., was crowded by persons of all classes , anxious to obtain a view of Mi . O'Connor . The enthusiasm was of the most cheering description , and the respect paid , the unbought praises bestowed on Mr . O'Connor , must have convinced him that the Charter is uppermost in this part of North Lmcashire . . The precession halted : about seven o ' clock on a large open space of groundj where a platform was erected . Immediately after its arrival the attention of the multitude was arrested by the ascent of a large balloon , with the words
" FEARGUS O'CONNOR " inscribed in glaring characters . Mr . Southworth , on the motion of M r . Beesley , was called to the chair , and tho following resolution was : proposed in a brief speech by Mr ; Holland , seconded hy Mr . Beesley , ably supported at some length by Mr . O'Connor , and carried unanimously : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting , after years of painful experience that the deep distress we have from time to time suffered , and which now prevails to
a most alarming extent , is clearly traceable , and entirely attributable to class legislation , and that nothing but the People ' s Charter will destroy it We therefore solemnly pledge ourselves to use every legal and constitutional means in our power to cause it to become law ; and while we thus pledge ourselves to act legally and constitutionally , it shall also be firmly and determinedly ; being fully convinced that nothing less than an entire change in the representative system of the country will destroy the evils that now exist in society .. '
An address was then presented to Mr . O'Connor by Mr . Holland , on behalf of the members of the National Charter Association , resident in Burnley , of which the following jb a copy : — The Members of the National Charter Association resident in Burnley , to Feargus O'Connor , Esq . Rhspjected SiR ,-rWe hail with satisfaction and with joy your visit to our town . Long have we watched your praiseworthy extrtions on eur behalf ; long have we witnessed your honest , manly , and straightforward conduct , and the closer we have watch « d the more convinced we have been that you are— " The Poor Man ' s Friend , and the Oppressor'a Foe , " though yon may be opposed by the factions , sneered at by the
proud , and villifled by the envious , yet , while your conduct is marked with that magnanimity and disinterestedness which you have hitherto manifested , so long as you stand firmly by us and our principles , in our hearts your endeavours will be aided by a warm response ; ami , in spite of the factions , the proud , or the envious , you shall have out watmest gratulations , our most fervent prayers shall be that you may have health , strength ,. ' and * prosperity , that you may live to see the fruits of your exertions ripened by an indissoluble "Union , ami the reward of that Union be such as will secure to you the pleasing satisfaction of having been instrumental in producing happiness , peace , and prosperity , through the British Isles , and ultimately through the habitable globe .
Accept , respected Sir , our warmest gratulstions , and believe us sincerely devoted to the Charter , and nothing less . ' ¦ - - ' - ' ¦ '¦ " ¦ ¦¦ ¦ " : The Members of the National Charter Association , resident in Burnley , Signed on their behalf , C . Webster , Sub-Secretary . Mr . O'Connor briefly replied to it , pledging himself to go on as he had hitherto done until the Charter should be won—name , title , designation , and all . [ This announcement was received with tremendous cheering , which made , the welkin ring J He also stated that he hoped the moment they saw him deviating one hair's-breadth from the principles he had advocated that they would then throw him overboard aud desert him . A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman , when the meeting separated .
Mr . O'Connor walked , along with his friends , from the place of meeting to his inn . The rattle of clogs , or wooden shoes , b& Mr * O'Connor called them , as he proceeded through the street , was suuh that he could scarcely hear is own voice as ho proceeded along .
THE SOIREE . The Chartists of Burnley have been all along very ill put about to obtain a meeting room capable of containing any numbers , they therefore determined to build a pavilion foretho bceasioii j they took a plot of ground in the Market-place for the purpose , and When about to begin , their building , was refused the use of it by the . misrepresentation of a mean jack-in-offlce , who had the letting of it . No time was to be lost . The committee set about to get another plot , and after various applications and refusals , succeeded in obtaining a piece . They , set to work to get wood for the building , and the timber-merchants , to their shame be it said , refused to lend wood , either for love or money ; but the committee was not to be done this way ; they sent off to Padiham , three miles distant , and got wood , worked night and day , and the result was , that they succeeded in erecting a calico-bound tent , iii which the BOiree was held .
It was past eight o ' cl&ck before the business commenced , when Mr . Holland was called upon to preside , and the following toasts were given and responded to : — . " The people , the source ' of all legitimate power . " Air by the band— "Aiild Lang Syne . " Mr . Beesley responded in a soul-stirring and enthusiastic speech at considerable length , which told well upon the audience ; the greatest enthusiasm prevailed during the delivery of the address ; and he sat down among the hearty plaudits of the assembly . . Song by Mr . Lancaster— " When my old hat was new . " " The People ' s Charter , and may it become the law . " Alt by tke band—" Scots wa ' hae wi" Wallace bled . "
Mr . Tagg , ef Bacup , responded to this in a laconic and powerfulspeech , but very brief , as all . were anxiocs to hear Mr . O'Connor ; he , however , made some excellent hits , which had the desired effect upon the audience , and sat down amidst their cheers . S ong— " When the Sons of Old England . " ' Our distinguished visitor , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., the Champion of Democracy and the tried Friend of the People . " This toast was received by tremendous bursts of applause , the bund
playing" See the conquering hero . " After the cheering bad somewhat subsided , Mr . O'Connor rose , which was the signal for aucther burst of applause , which lasted for some minutes , when the Honourable Gentlenian proceeded to address the audience , which he did for tin hour and three quarters , in a apeech replete with sound argument , rivetting the attention of all around , proving to demonstration that the Charter aud that only was calculated to strip the present system of its vices , and to establish on its ruins virtue and happiness ,, peace on earth and good-will towards men . Ho contrasted the new and old systems , and clearly shewed that the old system required propping , and patching , and crutching in order to keep it
together , and that Sir Robert Peel bad put the tariff crutch on the one side , and the income-tax crutch on the other , but that the King of Prussia had bc * n able in one moment to knock / the tariff crutch down , and that the distress of the shopkeepers and others would knock down the other . He also took a rapid review of all the schemes that had been propounded by all the parties that had figured on the political stage , showed the futility of tbeir plans , and placed our Charter in a pre-eminent light , by clearly showing its superiority over any other scheme that ha < i been brought before the public . He stated his views oh machinery , the corn laws , &c . in a cear and lucid manner , &ud wound up one of the most argumentative addresses that was ever delivered in Burnley amid the hearty cheers of the
assembly . : Song , ¦ " May O'Connor live for ever . *'—Mr . Lancaster It being now gone far towards twelve o ' clock , the Chairman deemed it prudent to dispense with two of
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the toasts he had on the list , and to conclude the business with : ' ' Frost , Williams , and Jones , and may they soon be restored to their native land , " Which was responded to by Mr . Beesley , in a brief but energetic manner . After which a vote of thanks was given to Mr . O'Connor , for visiting Burnley , Mr . OCoNNoa , in returning thanks , pledged himself , again to visit his North Lancashire children after he had been in Wales and Cornwall , which be was about to visit shortly . The teason why he had not visited North Lancashire sooner was , that he had thought it proper to visit those of his numerous family who were infanta in Chartism , as requiring from him his earliest attention . He considered the hand-loom weavers of Nottb Lancashire as his eldest sons , better able to do without his schooling than those in other places of a more tender age , and concluded a humourous address by moving a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which was civen .
The Chairman briefly replied , and three verses of the Chartiat National Anthem was sung by the assembly , when the meeting broke up , well satisfied with the evening ' s entertainment . Mr . O'Connor made an appeal to the meeting on behalf of tho New Executive , when lis . was collected for their aid . Tho afternoon ' s proceeding went off with the greatest eclat , not a single accident occurring ;; . no breach of the peace , which those who iite opposed to us seem to dread , the mad followers o / Feai-ffus O'Connor setting an example of order and decomm which will no doubt
have made a favourable impression on those who have hitherto taunted them as destructives and levellers , as flreferivnda , and mad-enthusiasts . The working classes aie in the greatest destitution . Their patience has been exemplary . It i « true , discontent , a short time back , manifested itself pretty strongly , but thero is not a doubt that the advice given by him will have a good ' - . effect ; , inasmuch as he strongly repudiated the idea of starving-men presenting their paked fronts to an aimed force , clearly shewing them that it was by a firm union that our Charter was to be gained . We counted nine bands of music in the procession .
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: ¦ s ?/? U > ^ W ^ # There were seventeen ^ eighteen other abatement which they run the risk of besides those mentioned in the 68 th . There were sixteen rules for the violation of which they were rated from threepence up to one ponnd . He knew two men that were fined one pound each for getting hold of each other in a lark—( shame . ) These robberies were committed every week which amounted to from £ 30 to £ 40 per week . * He had
been at GIossop Dale , where he had found another part of their business in this very honou ablet way The two-loom weavers were tarning from savrfn to eight shillings per week . They eommtnee at five o ' clock in the morning , and run the mills till eii ? ht at night There was no such thing as a factory inspector to be seen there , because it was the iron heel of capital against honest poverty . For every five minutes that the hands were behind in eoraing ' to the mill in the morning , they were fined threepence . [ At this moment Mr ; O Connor entered the Hall , and was
received with- every inarlc ' . *> * esteam , accompanied with thundering cheers . All having become composed , Mir . Leach was requested by Mr . O'Connor to proceed . Mr . Leach said that he fdt very proud at the unexpected interruption that had taken place . He wasjwst telling them of the robberies committed upon the industrious people of GIossop Dale ; he would go ba with it . ( Hear , hear , hearo He would give another specimen of the cruel villany perpetrated bp this Bionitrous and unbearable Bysteffi . ( Hear . ) The masters , of that district had all of a sudden been transformed from tyrants into very thoughtfui and humane beings , as they would have the people think . They had given over baiting , they could not
think of taking money from them in that way , nowheir wages had become so low ; but instead ot that they had mada them take the piece they had wove themselves . And in doing this , they charged them two shillings per piece more than the same pieces could be purchased for in Manchester : this was the very affectionate and feeling manner in which they were then behaving towards their haude . Then , again , the poor people could not loose time to cwue to Manchester to sail their ; pieces at the best price , were compelled to let a man , who kept a provision store , have them for two shillings . less than their value , and were compelled to take goods in return , for wh ich they were charged at the rate of from fifteen to twenty per cent higherthan they could bo purchased in Manchester—( shame .
shame . ) Mr . Leach then j ; ave a most deplorable account of a Woman with , three fatherless children—one in her arms , a seeond could not walk ; and the third could not dress itself- — who made application to' the Guardians for relief , and in reply to which she was called an idle hussey , though once the wife of an industrious man , and unable to leave her children ; he saw the children sucking afc the breast , but could get no nutriment , nature was exhausted for the want of nourishmenti and she ( the mother ) praying that the vengeance of Heaven might fall upon the system which was literally starving both her and her children to death— ( execration , ) After giving many more such appalling narrations , he cpncluded , to make way fer Mr . O'Connor—( loud cheers . ) .:. ' ,. ¦
The Chairman then rose and said , that previous to introducing Air . O'Connor to speak , he would read a paragraph from the Manchester . Times , which made Mr . Heywood say , that if Mr . O Connor had been there , hef would have voted for the resolution . He then read the resolution passed at the meeting of shopkeepers ; on . the gist of ^ June , in the Town Hall , for the Charter , and the taking offtherestrictions on trade . Mr . O'Connor-then rose , and observed that he bad not eome thither as a speaker , but like themselves to listen . However , he was glad to find such a glorious , peaceable , and attentive meeting' cf the working men of Manchester as he saw before him that evening . He would do them the justice to say that they were the
most sober , . most moral , and most religious congregation . in Manchester ; but where , he would ask , Were their Sunday clothes , ? Instead of being on their backs , they were on the backs of the , wolves who were preaching the doctrine ef submission and passive obedience to a system which was destroying the interests of the industriomr but still starving people —( hear , hear ) . In 1840 , he slipped his cable from Liverpool and came to that spot , when a large meeting had assembled and be told them that the present day would come . As soon as the shopkeepers got their squeczs they would join the association but not before . Last April two years , there was not a shopkeeper amongst them ; they were asleep ; the Chartists were wrong ,
and must be put down . Then what had caused such , a sudden conversion ? Because they were afraid of losing the last farthing . He had stood by one principle from the beginning , and he would stand to the er . d . The man who said the the Chatter would do that thirig or the other , was assuming the position of a pro ^ phet . He would not say what the Charter would do , but he would" saythat whatever it did would be done by the majority , and he for one would be bound to obey —( hear , hoar . ) S . r Kobert Peel had done '" more to manufacture Chartists by one ; single act than he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had done by his sixteen months' imprisonment and ten years' agitation , Sir Iiobart ; might be truly called . the wholesale Chartist
manufacturerdaughter . ) Mr . O'Connor then paid several flattering complimenta to the working men , ami stated that most of the information which he possessed had been gathered , from time to time , from the lips of working men— - ( cheers . ) He then went , in a forcible manner , into the couduct of tbo police who shot down hia countrymen and women at Ennis and Gal way , reminding them at the same time of the Ruthcormac affair , which produced a great impresBiou ou the audience , & 8 exemplified by repeated sjmptoms of execration . He next spoke about the leaders of the people , pledging himself to do all he could to unite them ; at the same time giving it as his opinion that a division amongst leaders would not Have the injurious effect now as formerly , for whatever differences should arise , it would not be possible to take the people from their scent of
the Charter —( hear , hear . ) He then produced a newspaper called the Sunday'Times , a paper which he said would not have mentioned the Chartists some tim « ago / He would read it for them , had uot the Whigs half blinded him in York Castle . What did this man of the T imes recommend as a cure ; any measure of the Tories ? No . Oue of the Whigs ? No . Coin Law Repeal ? No . The : six points without the name ? No , —( cheers , ) were they to try any thing else ? No , but they ; the > people , must come out for the -hhole Charter . ( Loud cheers ) The speaker then went in powerfuland cutting language into the cases of Shell , Frost , Williams , and Jones , Clayton and Holberry , and stated , that had he been on theicquest tenchingthe death of the latter , he would have brought in a verdict of wilful murder against the Whigs in the first place , and have implicated the Tories as accessories after the fact . He then
touohed upon a variety of subjects at great length , and concluded a powerful and eloquent speech ,: which occupied an hour and a half ii the delivery , by declaring moat emphatically that he would not have voted for the resolution adopted at the meeting held in the Town Hall . . ; : ' . . . . ¦ ' ;¦ ¦; ¦ . '' ; ¦ ' . ; ' ¦ ¦ ' '¦ ¦ ' .. ' .. - -. - . ' - . - ¦ A private collection was made for Mason and others , Which amounted to £ l . 3 s . A vote of confidence was then propesed in O'Connor , which , after being seconded , was put to the meeting and carried unanimously , amid the loud plaudits cf the vast assemblage . Thanks were then given to thechairaan , and the meeting dispersed . Such was the enthusiasm of the people , and their dtvotedness and attachment tq Mr ; O'Connor , that he was lifted into , the coach which waited for him at the door of the Hall , and saluted by three cheers . The following ate the subsciipti >; as for the defence of Mr . Mason and others , referred to above : — s . d . Dr . Hully ... ... ... ... 10 -0 Mr . Mason ... ... ... 0 6 Mr . Matsden ... ... ... 0 6 Mr . Soilder ... ... ... 10 Ditto . ... ... ... ... 0 6 Mr . Soilder ' s wife ... ... 0 1 Mr . John Rawson ,.. ... 0 6 Mr . John Hardman ... ... 0 2 Mr . John Belle ... ... ... 1 0 Shoemakers ... ... ... 2 6 Hall Council ... ... ... 1 3 Mr . Lee , wine merchant ... 5 0
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COLNE . PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . On Tuesday last , notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather , the good and true men of Colne and its vicinity gave ample testimony of their attachment to the principles of the " People's Charter" by giving a hearty welcome to the noble and disinterested O'Connor . The procession , accompanied by bands of music , and a great number of flags and banners , marched out of the town upwards of two milcs , on the Burnley Hoad , amidst drenching rain , which continued without intermission for several hours . The lads endured the wind aud rain with the greatest good humour ,
and when the carriage containing Mr . O'Connor and other gentlemen came in sight , the shouting was tremendous . The procession returned through Barrowford on its route to Colne , and when it approi&hed near the town the spectacle was truly grand , and imposing ; the asstmbled thousands greeted Mr . O'Connor with repeated cheers through the town . The procession returned to tLe Cloth Hall , where Mr . O'Connor delivered a soul-stirring and eloquent adddress to the assembled audience . The hall , which ia capable of holding near 2 , 000 persons , was crammed almoit to suffocation , and the heat wa 3 intolerable . After Mr . O'Connor ' s address , Mr . Bee ? ley , of Ackrington , made a powerful and manly declaration of his viewB aud principles .
Mr . Tattersall , from Burnley , followed , who in an impas ^ oned strain of eloquence laid the axe to the root of the trte of corruption with an unsparing hand , but owing to the extreme heat of the place he was obliged to curtail his address . After the first . meeting , Air . O'Connor and a few friends sat down to a good and substantial dinner at the Mason's Arms Inn . After the cloth was withdrawn , a select party of professional gentlemen entertained the company by siuging several favourite glees . In the evening , another meeting was held in the Hall , whici was crowded as before , when Mr . Laycock , a gentleman of the town ( and a Chartist ) , had the manliness and candour to state bis views and opinions on the effects of machinery in opposition , as he supposed , to the views and opinions of Mr . O'Connor on the same subject .
Mr . O'Connor , in reply , entered into a lengthened and convincing argument , showing the eyii effects of machinary on manual labour as at present conducted , and the direful effects it has had on the labouring community at large . He afterwards dwelt with pleasing effect on the capabilities of the soil to maintain four times the amount of the present population , if properly cultivated , and showed , in a striking manner , that the blind and besotted policy of the landholders would ultimately prove their entire ruin . Mr . O'Connor sat down amidst thunders of applause . Mr . Latcock rose and seemed quite satisfied with Mr . O'Connor ' s reply , and would leave his and Mr . O ' Connor's views and opinions to the good and sound judgment of the assembled audieacu , and thus the matter amicably ended .
A vote of thanks was unanimously given to Mr . O'Connor by clapping of hands and repeated cheering . Thauks having been given to the Chairman , the meeting broke up .
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FEARGUS O ' CONNOR , ESQ ., AT BURNLEY . GRAND AND IMPOSING DEMONSTRATION . On Monday last , the above gentleman made a public entry into Burnley among the hearty plaudits of at least 60 , 000 people . Never since Burnley stood was such animation manifested as was shown on this
occa-. At half-past one o ' clock in the afternoon , a carriage drawn by two greys left Burnley to meet the four o ' clock train from Halifax , at Todmorden , to convey Mr . O'Connor to Burnley . He arrived , accompanied by Mr . Beesley at the appointed hour , took some refreshment , and addressed hundreds , who had assembled , frcm the window of the White Hart Inn . Mr . Beesley also addressed them . The carriage then started tor Burnley , and when within two miles of the town was met by scores of pioneers , who on perceiving tba carriage , returned by its side until it reached the procession , which had halted about a mile from the town . The scene on the arrival of the carriage , beggars all description . The masses , anxious to get a hold ol his hand , literally beseiged the carriage . The cheering all along the line rtverberated through the wool ' s and made the welkin ring .
The road , as far as the eye could reach , was one solid mass of human beiDgs , which it is in vain to attempt describe . It was with the greatest difficulty that the Ciiriage could tafee up a suitable position . The mar . fcbals attempted to form the procession , but was compi-litd to give it up , so closely wedged and packed was tbe road ; however it began to move . The living mass " proceeded slowly towards the town , and every wall or elevated position where man , woman , or child could t'eta foothold , was crammed to get a view .
Oa entering the town , the living mass had to pass through an acquaduct , under the Leeds and Liverpool Canal , the bank being raised considerably above the road . Here was a picture—here was an imposing spectacle ; the aquaduct looked like a triumphal arch festooned -with thousands of human beings . The procession reached the town about half-past five o ' clock , and the marshals had succeeded , with the utmost exerions , to place it in something like the following order : —
The Demonatrativn Committee wearing splendid green sasbes . fwitb the six points of the Charter inscribed in gold . A beautiful green and gold flag bearing the following inEcriptiena on the obverse : — " Demonstration Committee . " The reverse" Peace , Law , Order . " Then followed a moving mass , as doBely packed as they possibly could be , with flags , and banners , and music mixed amongst them , for with all the efforts of the marshalls it was impossible , in consequence of the immense numbers , to keep them in form . The Carriage , containing Mr , O'Connor , Mr . Bftesley , Mr . Chaffer , Mr . Holland , and Mr . Kickard . The members of the General Council , ef the National
Charter Association , Followed by the Members of the Association with Flags , Banners , Music . &e .
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MR . O'CONNOR AT MANCHESTER . Carpenters' HALZ ,. — -On Sunday evening , the above Hall was densely filled with an attentive and respectable audience . A large number of ladies occupied a portion of the gallery and platform . Mr . Thomas Wlttker , an intelligent and working man was called to the chair , Who rose and observed , that he felt proud ' tq see so many assembled there that evening . It mijstbe gratifying to the hsartsof those who had thepiinciples of the Charter at heart , to know how they were spreading throughout the country , and to know that the trades $ . f ¦ Manchester were coming out to join the
National Charter Association . Since they last met , a few other trades have come out . The carpenters and joiners were the first , the fustian cuttera and mechanics followed . They had sent deputations to the smiths , painters , and boiler makers , who bad also joined .: The resolutions having been , cartied without a dissenting voice . ( Cheers . ) The plasterers had resolved to call a meeting to consider the subject , and likewise other trades , and be bad not the least doubt that in a very short time , the whole of the trades of Manchester would be formed in one union , to agitate for the principles of the Charter . ( Cheers . )
Mr . James Leach then rose and addressed the meeting . He went on to say that it was apparent to every reflecting mind that they had arrived at a period that mmst speedily determine their triumph over despotism , and establish their rights—( cheers . ) He had been in Yorkshire , and he had found that there had been a great depreciation in wages Binco he was there about four monthsi since . In some instances it amounted to as much as 6 s . per week ; and in others , amongst the woolcombers , many who previously could earn from 30 g . to 35 s . per week , could only get about Ids ., and in many cases not more than 63 . ( At this statement expressions of sorrow and disapprobation were heard from end of the spacious hall to . the other . ) What was the cause of euch depreciation ? The cause was one
which had occupied his attention for some time . He found , from statistical accounts , that in Germany the woollen weavers were working for 33 . 9 d . per week , and they in Germany worked nfteen hours per week longer than those of Yorkshire . The rents of houses were much larger in Yorkshire than in Germany : in the former place the workman would have to pay 2 a . 6 ; 4 per week for a house ; it would take sixpence for fire , and another sixpence for candles and soap , which they would perceive was 3 s . 6 d . Now , if those men in Yorkshire Bhould be brought down to those wages it would only leave 3 d . to live upon . It was then impossible for the Yorkshire weavers and woolcombers to compete with those of Germany . Hence it was that they were being ruined by foreign trade . How was it that the home trade bad gone ? Because ' of the
extremely high taxation on the one hand , and the extremoly low wages on the other . The supremacy of commerce that we once bad possession of was now faded away , as a mist before the sun . The people of Germany and many other places , in fact nearly all those countries were getting as good machinery a 3 we have . They ( the people ) would suflev ten times greater depreciation in the next ten years than they had in the last , if . the system , . continued .: He would tell theni how the working men of Yorkshire had been brought to six shillings per week . They were now combing wool of that quality which took flve , six , or eight hours to comb as much as would bring them a shilling , to say nothing of abatements , and though the wool was inferior they , were expected to take . it in as well finished as if it was the beat material in the world . He met a
man with a bundle on his back , which he said would take him from six in the morning till six in the evening to comb , and for which he would only get one shilling . He met another with a load on a tiuck , which he had to drag fifteen miles to get it home , and when he had combed it and taken it back fifteen miles , which would be thirty miles , he received for the whole of that labour the enormous sum of seven shillings ; beside , they were so jealous of him having a bit of soap , they were so niggerdly about his having as much soap as would wash his shirt , that they compelled him to wash the wool before he took it away which made it much heavier and made him nearly sweat himself to death to drag along . The speaker said he mentioned that circumstance to a gentleman , and asked him how
it was ? Oh , said he , it was becauso the Government would not let them have free trade , and consequently there was pot trade enough . A Manchester gentleman writing on the trade and commerce of America , and by way of showing his extensive knowledge of Geology , two years ego , remarked that it was impossible for the Americana to compete with the English manufacturers , alledging as a reason that they in America had no coal , besides they had to come to England for iron . It was nonsense to think of such a thing . Now , he had got some statistics from an American writer , which stated that there were 5 , 000 acres of coal from seven to nine feet thick , so near the aurfacs , that they could be got without the trouble and expence of sinking pits . He did not know what the great Solomon of Manchester would say to that ; he wondered if he would say that it had grown within the last two years or not . There were also not fewer than eighty-two iron works . A gentleman now in Manchester , who had lately come
from America , had told him ( Mr . Leach ) that they were building fifty-three new factories in the State of New York ; he ifound , from a pamphlet written by Mr . Curtis , from Ohio , in America , that the Southern and Northern States were connected by railway , which afforded faciiites for the manufacturers to take their goods , and bring their raw cotton back , whilst the Englich manufacturer had to go to America with his goods and bring back cotton . The same writer had declared tbat America would not only become a manufacturing country , but one of the most exporting countries in the world . It was now become a question of life and death , as to whether they must depend on a ricketty system as manufacturing for the prosperity of England . Mr . Leach then read Dr . Cook's letter from the British Skdesinan , and commented very strongly upon some of the statements , -and in the course of his rtmatks , he showed how different the same letter appeared in the Manchester Times ,
The Speaker then related a case of persons in Come and other places , having to live on the refuse" of the fruit market , and added that the people would sooner resort to that for a livelihood—they would sooner die in the street—than go to the bastiles , to be separated from their wives and children ( hear , hear . ) They wanted justice not charity—they wanted their rights , and not to be insulted by one lot of robbera begging of them of ansther set of robbers . It was certainly come to a fine pass when the industrious millions mutt be insulted with parson ' s begging letters . ( Hear , hear . ) Let us , said the speaker , examine the cause of the wretchednesSj and poverty , and hunger , in ttie manufacturing districts . He had come to this—as to
whetherthey inuflt resist the cruel and unjust aggiessions of property— -or make a vixtuous struggle against the wicked influence given to it by the law , which places tba lives of the miUiona at the disposal of those that possess and wield that power . The speaker here exhibited a long list of abatements that had been taken on the evening before , in only oUe half of "a room in a factory at Manchester . Here then was the bloodstained budget , containing no fewer than sixty-eight abatements in one half of the room , and there were only 125 worked in the room . The amount taken back from the bands in that system of robbery was no less than £ 17 . Beside that there were so many riilen to be ^ observed , the list of which woiald reaoJb . fioin him . to the bottom , of the hall
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Public Meeting in Stevenson ' s-Square . —On Monday eyenipg the above meeting was held pursuant to advertisement . ' The hour appointed was seven o ' clock . Permission had been given by the Mayor in consequence of there not boing a room large enough to hold the people , the purport of tha parties convening it was to pass the Convention Memorial to' the Queen , and the remonstrance to the House of Commons . At the commencement of the meeting there could not be fewer than 3 , 000 , and the unaiiinious opinion of all in theGourt where the sp « akera stood and many competent judges present , was , that at the conclusion , there were hoixi ten to * fifteen thousand people present . The Rev . James Scholefield was called to ths chair , who opened with a tew appropriate remarks , and then called upon : .: .
Mr . John Bailey to move the memorial , which was seconded in a bold and . eloquent speech by Mr . John Campbell ; secretary to the Exiecutive , and when put was carried nnaniHidu 8 ! y . Mr . Wm . Dixon in a speech which occupied three quarters of an-hour , moved :. the rempnstrance to the House of Commons , which was seconded by Mr . James Leach in an eloquent , energetic , and argumentative speech ^ which was Ustcned to and applauded by the multitude .:: . ' ^ , The C 11 AIR 51 AN put it , and it was carried without a dissentient ' . '¦ . ' . ¦ ' ... . ¦ ¦¦" : ¦ ¦ //¦ . '¦ ¦¦ -.- ¦ :.... . A shop-keeper next came forward , and in a neat and sensible speech moved the following resolution . : —
'•'• That this meeting views with abhorrence , and condemns , in the strongest terms possible , the atrociously cruel conduct of the unconstitutional police force at Ennia , in the County of Clare , Ireland , for murderously attacking an unarmed , starving niu ' . titude . We therefore call upon ' . the light-thinking and patriotic men of England to join with us in protesting : against , and reprobating , such diabolical proceedings on the rights and liberties of an industrious people . " ; The fesolution was seconded by Mr . Rv Littler , and supported in excellent speeches by Mr . D . Dunivan , and the Rev . W . V . Jackson . It : was carried nem con . ¦' , ' - ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' .. ¦ ' - . ' .- ¦¦ .. ¦¦ : ¦ " : '¦¦¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦"¦' ¦ ¦ ¦'' - . ¦ ¦
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YOL . Y . ISO . 242 . SATURDAY , JULY 2 , 1842 . ™ * £ y £ M £%£% ' * ° V
To The Editor Of The Northern Star.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 2, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct437/page/1/
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