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FEARGUS O'CONNOR TO HIS BROTHER " CONSPIRATORS."
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PUBLIC LIFE AND SERVIGE 3 OF THOMAS SLINGSBY DU > 'COUBE , ESQ ., M . P . " Though born of the aristocracy—he be ' ongs to the psopte . " The Honourable Member for Finsbnry ia one of the lev who prefer the approval of the people to the follies of paitji Spnrning to soil his hands ¦ with the misdeeds of . the aristocracy , he has left their r-nks , in -which by birth he -was placed , and be is now the pride and the hope of democracy . He ia the eldest * en of Thomas Daneombe , Esq ., of Copgrove , a very small village in Torkshire . His father is tke ouiy brother of Xoru Peveisham , ef Dancombe Part , and bis iaotb . tr was the eldest daughter of Doctor Hinchlifft ? , iate Bishop oi Pe rrtoronsb , Ths founder of the Daacomba family
apr . eirs to have been Sir Chsxlrs D ^ ricwihe . ¦ o was lord Mayer of London in 17 C 9 . In 1747 Authony DauconiV ? -was created Lor a T ^ ctfl—in , but the title became ertitct in 17 T 3 in err . ? f < jus-r : ce cf his dying vritbeut issue . Tbe present Lord to ? created in 1 S 2 ' j Be married th ? dEUgMer of ths E ^ rl of D-irtmoath-Two of Mi . DaDcombe " 3 brothers are in holy orders , and Lsrd F ^ Tsrfham has considerable ci . urch patronage . Several of the faaily have occupied seats va Parliament . Tha Hon . Cspt . Arthur Dnnccmbe eat for East R = tford in 1 SS 0 . He was rejected afterwards ferb s opposition to Reform ; bet inlS 35 he was re-elected . Major the Hon Win . Dancombe represented North Yorkshire for some years ; and at length for his vio ' ent T- ' -ry politics he lost his seat- Snrronnded with relatives sEch as those
whom we have enumerated , educated in the fcp of luxury and fashion , gifted with great personal attractions , and with a disposition lively and social , it mizht have been expected that ether pursnits would have « ntireiy occupied Mr . Buncombe's mind , and that tee protection of the poor woald no ; have been the object of his cr . re . This , however , has happily- not been the f ? s « . Ee entered Parliament for Hertford in the year 3 SC 6 , together with Mr . Byron , and from that period be has been the unflinching advocate of eTerjthing conducive to the public Welfare . Before ths e ' . ection hi 3 opponent was Mr . X . C-lvert , the late mcmb&r for the Borough , bfit he withdrew ; r-ud on the day of no-B& . &riG 3 , the candidstes were jJesers . Byron , Dancombe , and Balwer . Th = re Were Si < 3 votes fi > r both DuseoEGbe aid Bvron , and 301 for their ODponei . t
At first the Hob . Memoer spoke but liule in Parliament , althongb . be voted very regularly . With the exception of presenttnr petitions , his debvi in the Bouse was on Jaaaary 21 , 1 S 2 S , when he defended the COEiinct of Sir Ed-ward Cxirington at Navarino , altheech he considered that engagement an ' untoward evtnt . " Oa this occasion he spoke very briefly ; but ia the following month he made a bolder rffjrr . It was concerning the mysterious change in the Ministry , "which took phce in 1 S 2 S . This speech , which pro-Tokc 4 Sir Robert Peel to attempt a rcily , at once
ktasped > Ir . Dancombe as a formidable opponent of the arii-. ocratic party . It was one of those trite , d * 2-z ! irg , is " lependent speeches which characterzr the subject of cur ske t ch . The next effort was in favour of Cattuiic Emancipation , for which he presented a petition 5 n March , ISiS , from Sheffield and the neighbourbood , signed by 32 , 000 adnlts . Upon the introduction of the Ministerial plan of Pariiame : ; t : jy Reform , in Slay , 1 S 31 , he ' g 3 V 8 it his strenuous support , ailedging that it was the commencement of the downfall of monopoly . Aboin the middle of the Session of 1 S 31 Mr . Duncvints rcse rapidly into notice and estimation .
Th = borough of Aldboroush was originally placed in Schednle A of the Reform Bill ; ia other words , it was to be disfranchised ; but ihe Tories made an effort to place « he borongh in Scbeduie B , ¦ which would leave it with the right to return a member . Mr . Buncombe , on the 27 th of July , showed up this job , and moved that whsi lie called . " the rotten stinking borough" be placed scain in Schedule A . He proved that it was a ine'e nomination borough , the only real elector being the Dnke of Newcastle . Lord Siorccmnt taid Mr . Dancoiaoe ' s own brother was one of the constituency of Aldborough , and he asked the Hon . Member for Hertford , if he meant to incln ^ e him , in the chance of corruption -which he bad made arainst the borough
generally ? Mr . Dancombe replied in sallant style ; and after a sharp debate , bis motion was of course lost In the following August , an aSkir took place in the House of Commons , -which showed the rallies and plnnderera that in Mr . Dancombe they had caught a Tartar indeed Goulbourn brought a charge ag-ainrt Lord Durham for having acted improperly in respect of a northern election . Mr . Dancombe , as iord Durham ' s friend , said lie would not ait still and hear him traduced ; and be added that "he would meet the side-wind charge as It deserved to be met , aad VTonaance it to be a base and wiffced calninny . " Amidit roars of " chair , chair , ' and other Babei-l : ke noises , the chairman told Mr . D . that " in his calmer and more sober
moments he "vronld not use Each terms . Dancombe nobly replied " that be was calm and sober c ; : 9 ngh , and that he meant what he said . " Peel , Hardinge , Jnglia , and a host of others , fell fonl upon the Bon-Jlember ; bnt he woald not bndge an inch . He declared that " nothing should induce him to retract the sentiment he had uttered , until that which produced it bad been withdrawn . He cared not what penalty he might incur . If that penalty were imposed upon him for telling the truth ., by that truth he w ? s nevetth'ltsa ready to abide . " Amidst all kmda of threats and intreatiea to " explain , " Mr . Duncomfee stuck to hia
text , even to the iaai ; and , from that day to this , does Goulbnrn stand accused , without any palliation , of having uttered " & base and -wicktd calumny . " It was & glorious triumph for the young member , and it caused the brawlers of faction ever afterwards to observe towards him a respectful silence . Such a man was not likely to find favour in the eyes of any of the aristocracy . The Maiguis of Salisbnry , who had great infiuence in Hertford , waa much ennoyed that Mr . Duncoabe Ebtu ' . d represent it ; and this ainoyance was gteatly in « etssd by Mt . D ' s . bringing the conduct g the Marquis before Parliament , for illegally interfering in election *
A strong contempt of the assutnrtion of merit when it does not exiHt , has at all times been a strong point in Sir . Dcnc-JinK- ' s character . On Lord E ^ rington's celebrated motion , just after the LvtAs had Thrown out the Brform Bill , he delivered a speech , at which the hair cf 5 ir Ciiries Wethera ] / air : y ' stood on end . Whilst risHtalin ? the peers , be 'Mr . Donccmbe / was called te order ; and therefore , he said , " as be might not talk abiat the peers of the present day , he would 83 y wba : D . - Foe said of them , a century and a half ago , Tiz , — " WeaHh , however got , in England , makes L-. rds of mechanics , gentlemen of rakes ; A ::.: qaity and birth ^ re need : e » s bera , Tis impudence and money makes the peer . "
Se / oUowed up this attack upon the peerage by espas-JDg sonie aiscrtdiLafcie trick of Lords Salisbury and TcnkciB , relative to a pretended address frtrn the county tf Hertford , to Wi'liaEi IVth , fcy which it was fcngtt to represent that county as hustile to reform . Tt > s t-xpjsure cf the practical falsehood of which the two noli ' e Lords were guilty w ? s most complete ; and their ire against Mr . Dancombe knew no bounds . He mi . ee hircself still further obnoxious to this " order" by £ ? KiDg the most searching qutsvloas relative to the inrr-gnes which was carried on May 1832—and he riihcaled the idea that any reform was to be expected from the Tories In exposing their imbecility , from the r . ival Dukes downwards , be spoke oi the iVustrious Cj . i'ib e , lxi . d and the sapieid Glou : etler—and amidst the jicrce party contentions ef the day , Mr . Du . ncumbe ever occupied a foremost part , true to his principles atd the people .
Late in 1 S 32 a Bill was brought before the House to prevent Bribery at Elections , into ivhich Mr . D . vainly evdea-vc-urcd to introduce clauses wbJcli w&nld materially fcive improved it . He 6 ou 2 bt a ' . so to pTeTent PefcTS ironi h ; r « rferiEg at elections , —and witb . thfcae labours his c ^ rt-cr 83 Member for Hertford closed . A general election took place , and it pk-astd the Jl-rquis of Salisbury that Lords Mahon and Inga-trie hL- 'Z ] a sit for the town which Mr . Dunccmbe had repie .-ert ^ d so welL Their J / jrdihips were returned acc-idizily , the nnmbers of th « votes bring , for
Lord Ingestrie 432 LordMahon 3 S 1 Mr . Duaeombe 329 Mr . Spalaing ... .- 1 ^ 6 lit . Dnncombe petitioned agaiEst this return , and the two lordlings -were declared to have been rot duly elected . The Committee also reported that bribery and treitirg had been much resorted to at the election . Tie new writ for Hertford was for some time suspended ; and a formal resolution was passed by the Htuse cf Commons condemning the corrupt practices ia tee town , ilr . Duneombe being relieved from Parliamentary flctiw , showed by hia attendance at public mbeiinga , * c , that his most ardent desire was still to serve bis cone try .
A vacancy occurring in the representation of the eni | htcned and liberal borough of FinBbury , by the departure of Mr . Grant for Bombay , in 1834 , Mr . Duncombe was most honourably elected to succeed him ; and never -was a Kpreae&t&tiYe more beloTed by bis constituents . He was do sooner in Parliament again than ¦ he c-Bmenced his former -rigorous onslaught npon cotnption . in Joly he assailed Church rates : he op-Pteed -nd defeated an attempt to cairy a Tabbing tithe Bill for Up-well in the county ef Cambridge : he also brought forward a motion against fiegg ing in the army , * cd ht spoke in favour of a searching inquiry into the corruption of the lordly t > orough of 'Warwick . In 1835 h = tpt-kb Tery ably in farour of Lord Morpeth * * tmendtttnt upon the address in reply to his Majesty's speech thfc ciject of the amendment being the extension of
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reform-, —and during ths " Sibbatb Observance Bill " he resisted a canting attempt to dose the coffee houses on Sunday . The Spanish mission of Lord Elliot was i exposed by bAtn : —he espvUB ^ d the case of Colonel Bradley , and he opposed the Lords amendments in the : Corporation Reform Bill . I :: a feeling speech on Foreign affairs , in Fcbraary 1836 , be recommended the EngJish Government to urge upon the French Ministry to grant , the prayer of Prince Polignac , fcr his liberty , upon con- i dition that he , bis wife and children expatriated them- i selves . He said that that wife and the mother of those i children was a British suVjcct , and consequently had an additional claim upon British sympathy . i
From this period 11 S 36 ) Mr . D . has fip ^ fcen so often in Parliament , thac it must BiitUce to notice some of : the more imp rtant mtaMUcs in which be has been j encased . Foremost anio :: ; : it these luust be placed bi 3 co-. tinual remonstrances against the Riaimer in which magir . rites are appointed , and also aguiiist the fani ¦ . •¦ sti- ; tricks , and odious injustices , which they perpetrate with impunity . The trickery cf -what was called " a Parliamentary Smvcj cf church lanUs , " was laid bare bytheHuc Mtmber ; and ever since May , 183 G , the XiW Poor Law has haJ iu him a resolute foe . Again and ag 3 n ha 3 he endeavoured , though in vain , to improve ths Registration Courts . Xo man laboured mure strenuously against the stauip duty on newspapers , and he has done his utmost to shield benefit socifeties from UO li J-- ^ UUUu Lk *^ 3 UaJJJl'Ow WSJ CUV ^ IU i ^^ AJCU . fc CUVriCblbd 1 LUIU
j the disastrous injuries -which pragmatical legislation has iaflicu-J upon them . Tfca exposure of jobbing in j railway shares was > subject to which b » successfully applied himself in 1837 ; and -whilst Supporting the ; Beer-Bill , he told a humourous" anecdote of a Yurk-j shire parson , who let his parsonage house for a beer- ; shop . Mr . Dnncombe began the session of 1839 , by moving an amendment to tha address , in reply to the Royal i speech . Ihe amendment was seconded by Mr . Ward . It was to ths following egret;— j "Ti"at the amen-lment of the representative sys t em , j enacted in 1 S 32 , hal disappointed the people : that it wasnet ard could net be a final measure , and that it i was the duty of the house to tike immediate steps towards its further improTemgnt . "
He supported this amendment in a most powerful ppeech , and after a long dtbite , ov . ly S 6 nsembtrs voti-d for it , whiist 426 recorded their votes against it At the commenceru < sBt of ient in the ? atue year an Obscure j sttesipl to = Dppres « theatrical repres ntationa on Wed- 1 nesdays and Fiidaya ia Lent , was made by the Lord ' Chamberlain , at the instigation of the mawworm ecole-1 siastics , who delight in curtailing the happiness ef the j people , Nothing could exceed the folly of this attempt ;' for , as" the Lord Chamberlain ' s authority c-xtends only to Westminster , all the theatres beyond that district i might be open as UinaL February 28 th , Mr . Dun- j combe made a motion in Parliament by which this foolish endeavour was upset . On behalf of the : actors he s ^ id , " he did not see why . if Mr . Rice , of
Downing-street , received hi 3 salary on Wednesdays and Fridays in Lent , Mr . Sice of the Adtlphi i Jim Crowi should be deprived of b . s . " Sj coir . plfctely did Mr . Dancombe turn this humbug into ridicule , and so thoroughly did he display its cant end hypocrisy , by ennnierating the Lenton dinners , ic ., in which the clergy and others indulged—that he carried his motion by a larj ; e majority , much to the joy of the Thespians . But her Msjesty's Ministers , did their best to prevent the resolution thus passed from being acttd upon . Undaunted by their petty intrigues , and firmly attached to the independence of Parliament , Mr . D . on the 11 th of March , moved a resolution , condemnatory of the conduct cf-Riinisters ; but he withdrew , ozi a pledge being given by Lord John Jinssell that all he wanted should . be conceded . Frequently did Mr . Dunc-mbs ur ^ y upon Parliament the necessity of further reform , and , in March , 1 S 36 , he riid so in a sp < .- ? ch which may be considered his master-piece . Only eighty-one voted with
him , whilst more than one of the pretending Reformers strongly reminded him of " the impolicy of tr . kibg such a cjurse . at the present time . " After holding up to scorn the bungling and dangerous nature of the City and Metropolitan Police Act , he rcBisttd an attempt to ? et £ l 0 . 0 i 0 for the police in Bimiin&hum , ami only fuiind two others to support him ! In St . 'C ^ dale ' s celebrated case , he Ehowed that the House stuitincd itself at every step , and that it was afraid of coming into contact with the Courts of Law . It was Mr . Daucombe who first cJleii the attention of Parliament to tie atrocious csue of J «> hn Tborogood , whose cruel imprisonment for several months for non-payment of 5 s . Cd . church rates , will be fresh in * fce memory of alL The House lamented this imprisonment , and pledged itself by a solemn resolution to amend the laws concerning Church Rates ; in the following session , Mr . Ducccrabe introduced a bill to effect this amendment , which was thrown out by a rc ?_; : > rity of 117 to 62 . He was equally unsuccessful in his opposition to the Poor Law Bill .
In March , lclO , Mr . Leader meved an address lo the Queen for a fr ? e pardon for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and Mr . Dnncombe supported it As a question of lsw , be held that the statute of the 7 th of Anne , c 12 , with regard to the delivery of the lists to persons accused of treason , was so clear that it only rtquired a reference "to Johnson ' s Dictionary , and not to the fifteen Judges , to understand it It wa 3 bo plain that tbe feeling of tbe conntry was " that if these urJiiippp men eou- 'd 7 wi be legally etendtd , they could not be tegu'ly transported . " Only seven members voted for tbe motion , viz . Messrs . Leader , Hume , Duneombe , Fieldeu , D'lsraeli , Hector , and Wakley . The protection of individuals has always been a feature in Mr . Duncorabe ' a conduct . When a poor man named Cone was sent to prison under circumstances of unprecedented cruelty by a parson jnstice , Mr . DuDcombe voted for a Committee to inquire inte the case ; and he exerted himself nobly t « rescue Lsvett and Collins from tbe hardships they
endured in Warwick gaoL In May , Mr . Dancombe presented a petition from a large meeting at Bridworth , in Yorkshire , complaining that Mr . Feargus O'Connor was treated in Tork gaol the same as burglars , felons , and reputed murderers . They stated the indignities be had to . endure ; and contrasted his treatment with that of Sir F . VBardctt , Cobbett , and otbors . The facts of this odious case are well known , and will never be forgotten , so long as a hatred of oppression lives in the bosoms of Britona , The treatment of Henry Vincent was also denounced by the Hon . Member fc- Fi ! i L bury , and the tyrants who -were its authors were made to quail before his sarcastic and powerfn ] eloquence . — When the petition of Mr . Baines , the Leicester Cburch Rile martyr , was presented , and tbe Whigs wished to refute it , Mr . Dnncombe gave it his support , and warned the House atainst persisting in making further encroachments upon the right to petition , which he said the people -would not and onebt not to Tse&r .
To Mr . Dtmcumbe Ware fcntrusU * l an immense number of petitions for the release oi persons in gaol for political i . fFeDCes , in 1 S 41 . On the 25 th of May , be called attention to tkete petitiuns . One had 1 , 300 , 000 s : gnatnres of ihe industrious classes . Taere was alsu another from Manchester , with y . yy" signatures , and othen from Eundry places with signatures to the number of 4 S . SS 4 . These prayed , first , for the liberation of the political prisoners confined iu the gaola of Grrea . » Britain ; secondly , for a free pardon to Frost . Williams , and Jones ; and thirdly , f-.-r the Ctart&r . The debate upon the £ rst of these three prayers was bo remit th-at we need only say it was io * t by the cas-. iug vi _ -tt of the Speaker . Mr . Duncombe ' s exertions far facilitating the registration of voters are well known .
Having been cgain triumphantly returned for Finsbury , he elicited from Sir Robert Peel in the first debate of the session , thai there was alarming distress ia the country . In February ha vottd atniiist there being any duty on corn , and he voted also against a twenty shillings duty . Yv ' eil aware of the dreaifui abuies of the guol Byst ^ m , he moved for a committee to enquire thereinto , but without Eucceas , —although recent disclosures mast now compel the legislature to take the Enbject up . To the Income T :: x be cavd all the opposition in bis power , —and also to the Rural Police . Of the " Gilbert Unions" he has beeu the uncompromising friend , and spared no pains to rescue them from the merciless grasp of tha Poor Law C < -mmissioriers . Of his moie recent proceedings it is
unnecessary to speak further , for they are fresh in the minds and hearts of the public . In Mason ' case ho behaved nobly—the inEuiU-rs of M'Doaall , at DeptforJ , were duly chastised by him—and when he stood in tbeHocse of Cc-mmcns , presenting tbe great Katio . njh PETlTiex , he occupied a position which be would n&t exchange for all tbe money which corruption could collect , nor for ell the tinsel honours which power could bestow . Throwing to the winds the sneers of the " ignoble great" who surrounded him , he proclaimed himself the champion of the poor . Ke forced upon their " dull ears" the heart-rending tale of public sufferinij , whilst grateful thousands of those upon whom sffliction bad fallen learned to pronounce his name with respect and affection .
The above statement of the services of Mr . Dud combe relates chiefly to those which be has performed in Parliament But in point of fact these aw only the key to the great exertions which he has unceasingly used for the public -welfare . There is no great question affecting public liberty to which he does not devote himself , by attending public meeting * , by giving audiences , and holding a very extensiue correspondence . One of the best tesb of his popularity is the amazing nnmber of petitions with ¦ which be is entrusted for presentation . Courteons and accessible to all , he is a general favourite . Even his enemies in politics give him the praise due to a kind , gentlemanly , sincere , and upright man . His personal appearance is greatly in his favour , —and whilst the aid of bis tailor and of the toilet are not disregarded by him , he is anything but a fop . As a Bpeaker he is fearless , but composed ; -and it is impossible to turn him from his
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purpose . Whenever he speaks he takes care to understand his subject . He uses facts with great adroitness , and applies sly sarcasm with immense effect The renegade Sir James Graham has had most painful proof of this . The popularity <» f Mr . Duneombe i 3 rapidly increasing . He is in the prime of life , and much may yet be expected from him . There is not in Pailiumtnt a more sincere and determined friend of the people then " HONEST TOM DUNCOMBE / ' — Finsbury ' s Pride and England ' s Glory .
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Brother Cokspiuators . —You who have " conspired" with me for now more than seven , years to I'topogate the glorious principles cf flemoctacy \> y argument and reasoning , and who met on the 17 th of Aug ., at Manchester , and there " conspired" to sa ^ vc lifd and property from destruction , a to guard the poor frem the snares ttut were set for them ; you , " tonspirators , " who were unknown te each other until you Diet upon the 17 th ; you , " conspirators , ' who were op . nly elected in July to meet on the 17 th ; you , " conspirators , " who are charged in an indictment for having originated routs , riots , and tumults which took place on the 1 st of August and previous days ; you , " conspirators , " who
sat with open doors , and admitted every person -who chose to seek admission ; you , " couspirators /' wfeo refused to Teceive a deputation from the Trades' Committee because it ¦ would be illegal ; you , " conspirators , " whose manly address tnd the mugical tfftct of turning what threatened to be physical revolution into a turiden c ; ilm ; you , '' conspirators , " who were comptlled to abandon a public place cf meeting , lest the flocking of crowds about you should lead to a breach of tbe peace ; you , " conspirators , " who are all honest men , and many of Trhom , to my own knowledge , have walked ten miles in pelting rain , and in the dead of nU ; ht , in hunger , refusing a purse of gold from the League ; you , " conspirators , " Authority ia greatly alarmed at you . '
I learn that many poorfellowB who have been served with a l ^ w process which they did not understand , went off to Liverpool under the apprehension that they weie to be tikd there ; and I write this letter to set your minds right upon the Bubject The tff ^ ct of the paper with which you fcave beeeu served is to remove your trials into the Court of Queen ' s Bench ; not that you are to be tried in Westminster Hal ] , but that you are to be tried at Liverpool in the Nisi Prius C jurt , and by special jury instead of being tried in the Crimiral Court by a petty jury .
Now , you " dirty devils , " what do you , think of yourselves and your leveling system ? Tiiure is elevation for you ! bringing you nearer your petis . This course , however , enables me r . ow to answer many applications which before I could not reply to . As a matter of course , you who have families will be anxious as to the probability of being tried at a Winter Assizes ; and as you 6 upposc I can answer everything , many look to me upon tbe subject ; and one querist actually asked me— " are you going to have another Bpecial commission to try us" ?
The efiWct of this process is , that we cannot now be tried at a special commission , as the Qjeen's Bench has not jurisdiction over such a tribunal ; we must now be tried at the Genera ! Aesiza , or at the bar of the Qacen ' s Bench , before the Judges of that court . I have complied with all that the law reqnires for those under bail , and those in th « indictment who have not yet bc ; n taken . 1 have so far saved them from being attached and imprisoned
witnout tual . M'Douall and all havo complied with all that is now required oi them ; and , aUbuucb I am very csutions about giving adyic ^ , I would strongly recommend every man , against whom true bills have been found and who is now in the country , to procure the required amount of bail ard sarrender , in order to save themselves from being out-lawed , the effect of which would be to deprive th ^ ui of all their civil rightswhat a less . '—and to place them in a much worse position if taken .
Many parties write to me to know how they are to get a copy of the indictment The way I got it was by paying T £ . \ pounds , ai . d I know of no other mem I cannot spare it for the present , but on next Saturday it shail appear in tha 2 \' ort ! iern Star , For my own part , except for the enormous expense , I should be well pleased with the dodge ; although tbe object is to make much ado about nothing . I » is evidently done with the intention of making scarecrows of us , to frighten the League upon the one hand , and to
unite the landlords and money-lords upon the other band , by showing the great importance that Her Majesty's Government attaches to the affair . For myself , I would much rather be tried by a special jury , than by a petty jury for any other political offence than that of opposing the League ; and I would much rather be tried at Westminster Hall than at Liverpool . However , you may rest assured that the best defence that tbe profession of the law will admit of shall be made for you all .
I have no more to say now , but to call on you to set to work for the Birmingham Conference . The elections have commenced well at Birmingham . I thauk my friends ; and assure them that , with my consent , they shall not be sold to the League , Let every delegate elected be a man of sound head : md honest heart , incapable of being tempted by money , or swayed by " blarney ; " men who will come Chartists , and go home
with their NAME . " THAT'S THE TICKET FOR SOUP ! " Mark , again I tell you , that in my opinion Mr . Sturge is a man who -would make any sacrifice to see his fellow men happy ; but then it is not with thu man , but the party , that we have to deal ; and they are " frt- « -traders" to the back bo : ; e in every thing but legislation . yenrfa ' tbful friend , Feai : gi ; s O'Connor .
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insidious rascal , who chooses to play the part of spy under tbe mask of monitor . No , no ; I am not going to aid villains in the support o £ tyrants . S \ mAy you must aee the plot ! at least 1 do . But observe how this poor Billy man blusters ajvay about What he knows nothing . He raves about minorities being governed by majorities , and about the propriety of men acknowledging their cwi acts , and ranta away about the cowanlice of O'Connor and the Executive repudiating the " ExTRAOBiJiiNARY Document , " and receives the evidence from the examination before the Manchester magistrates . Now , just hear this ono fact .
Tho placard ia question never was , directly or indjkecxlv , passed or adopted by the delegates ! and yet this silly fool is raving a-way . But , don't you see that he i 3 just looking for that which he shan't have ? evidence to back Mr . Griffin , correspondent and reporter for the Statesman . Now , Brook , hear another thing . So far from' repudiating the " Extraordinary Document , " the Northern and Evening Start were , I believe , with few , if any exceptions , the only papers in the Kingdom that did not even publish it ; aud I nevur , in either , mote a word , not one word , of comment Apon it !
Now ., then , I trust , I hava said enough upon the subject to set it at rest as far as I am concerned ; but I canisot allow a falsa impression removed from my owe shoulders to fall with increaied weight upon others . I never shrink from more than my share of responsibility , and I will net stand justified at Mr . M'Douall's expense . The flight of M'Douall , and the pitiful insinuations and denunciation of him by the Sicdesman , are breaking hia poor wife's heart , and arming authority for his destruction ; while tho resolution which you . transmitted to tbe Editor of the Statesman would lead to tho belief that M'Douall bad
fled the country in consequence of the" extraordinary document . " It is too hard that I should bo thus dragged into a controversy about sudo . matters . Why , the Government couU \ not have applied any portion of the secret service money to a better purpose . But still you shall know iJ . M'Douall did riot fly the country in consequence of the "extraordinary docljient . " Mr . M'Douall fled the country upon MY ADVICE . . M'Douall fled . the country , because four honest working men had given bail in the amount of £ G 00 or £ 700 for his keeping the peace ; and I knew , had he been tried before a jury of the League ,
while the public mind was mad , that he would b 9 convicted , and four honent men reduced to beggaiy ; and besides my regard fov him and them , I did not wisb . to have all futuro Ciiartiats prisoners , a portion of whose sentence may be to find sureties to fesep the peace , obliged to rot in gaol for want of such surety ; and I will undertake to say , that when the public wind is purged from that prejudice created by Lord Abinger and the Statesman , that he will come and boldly sHnd hia trial , and establish his innocence . M'Douall deserves the thanks of
every honest man for leaving wife and child , and country and home , with a broken heart himself , rather than break the' hearts of those who placed confidence in him , and -whose ruin would hive been a certain consequence of his facing the raging fury of a disappointed faction . I am sure that your own good sense and the good feeling of the delegates -whose resolution you transmitted , wiil point out the injustice , indecency and impropriety of allowing our enemies to make tools of you for the furtherance of their own base and mischievous
ends . Una thing I must assure you of , that , as I have carefully avciasrt every topic aud expression upon which controversy may bo baaed , not one single line of further comment upon the subject shall be admitted in the columns of the Star with my consent . Mr . Lovttt need not explain , as lam wholly indifferent upon the subject ; and if he should feel any desire to do so , it muat bo in his own paper , the Statesman . Mr . Cleave has dented the charge in the most positive terms , and I give him perfect credit . I have known him for nearly ten years , and I never yet knew him to be guilty of a single act of meanness .
In conclusion , I must say , that I hive heard and read of many , very many strange and curious things , but never one at aH comparable to this NEW MOVE for destroying , Yeurs , truly , Feahg us O'Connor .
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HUDDERSFIEtD . —Mr . T . B . Smith of Leeds , preached three sermons in the Asseciation room , Upperhead-row , on Sunday last They were attentively listened to by a numerous audience . A Chartist Delegate Meeting was held at Yew Green on Sunday . The greatest unanimity was exhibited . The meeting was a very animated one , and a more detei mined spirit iu favour of the Charter could not be desiied . Tun following resolutions were passed : —" That the secretary ba instructed to correspond ¦ with T . S . Duneombe , Esq ., inviting him to visit Huddersfittld the first opportunity . " ' That Mr . Janiea Leach be sent for to take a fortnight ' s tour in Hmidersflelc ) and district" "That a levy of twopence be made throughout the whole district , to cover the late expenses .
SHEFFIELV . —Lectvres . —Two crowded and eatbuBiaBtic meetings were held in Fig-Tree-Lane Room , on Sunday and- Monday evenings . On Sunday evening Mr . Samuel Parkes delivered a lecture on " Prison Discipline . " Mr . P . delivered a most interesting and eloquent address . On Monday eveninR . Mr . Evinsoh having bee i called to the chair , Mr . Edwin Gill rend tbe Editor ' s adciresa from the last Saturday ' s Northern Star , on the threatened new Special Commission ; Mr . G . afterwards delivered an impressive speech , urging his hearers to take up the case of the victims . A number of collectors were appointed to receive subscriptions for the Defenca Fund . Mr . Harney then addressed tb . 8 meeting and was followed by-Mr . Parkes .. The in « eting concluding by singing the old favourite " rally around him , " and giving three hearty cheera for the Charter . i
Chartist Ball . —The first of these entertainments caiuu off ou Tuesday evening , and was weM attent- ' ed by a highly respectable company ; dancing was kept up with great spirit until near twelve o ' clock , when the last tune of the musicians warned the light-hearted and light-heeleri votaries of this iascinating amusement , that it was time to resume sober thoughts of home ; the hint being taken the company separated highly delighted with the evening's pleasures . Another ball will be held on Tuesday next , and every Tuesday during tbe winter , in the Fig-tree-liine Room , in aid of the local defence fund . So laudible an object will , we are certain , ensure the attendance of all well-wishers of the cause .
DEFENCE FUND FOR MESSRS IIARNEV AND PAUK . ES , NOV . 15 , 1842 . ¦ £ 8 d Cash in hand , November 8 th ... ... 0 12 Ah Collected ly Samuel Dale ... ... „ . 3 14 " A Friend ... ... o 1 0 Mr . Hoole ... 0 0 6 Harmonic Meeting ... ^ ... o 4 51 Mr . Cartledge ... ... * 0 1 l | Collection in Fig Tree Lane Ruom , Nov . Mtb ... ... ... 0 7 3 Collected by Samuel Dale ... ... ... 0 14 Small sums under sixpence ... ... ... 0 1 6 i Geerge Green ... 0 0 6 A Friend ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 2 Proceeds of the Ball Nov . 15 th ... ... 0 8 6
£ 3 0 0 Samuel Clayton , Secretary . The " Plague" And the " Press Gang . " —The Independent of last Saturday contains the programme of the " Great Anti-Corn Law Demonstration" which will come off on the 23 rd instant . Mr . Richard Cebdeu , M . P ., Mr . John Bright of Rochdale , Mr . Rawson of Manchester , and Mr . - B . R . R . R . R . Moore , of the aame place , are announced as the evening ' s attractions ; nothing la said -about our " liberal" M . P ' s . " This splendiferous afoir ia to be held ia the Music Hall—the tickets for the tea to be one shilling and sixpence each .
the " dons" to be accommodated with reserved teats tor two shillings and sixpence . The mobocrary of Complete Suffragists , &c ,, are to be admitted to the gallery at sixpence a-head 1 Of coarse we , Chartists knew better 'what to do with our sixpences than to replenish the pockets of the Stephensons-squaye hordes with them . The Independent in the first place announced that on the day following , namely , the 21 th , there would be a private meeting in the monilng , of the principal merchants , Ac , to hold a aprjab with Cobden and Co ., and in the evening a . meeting of a more public character . ' Thia would jiisfc . bav » suited
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the Chartists ; bat , well says the proverb , * blessed are they that expect nothing , for they will not bo di-appointed ; ' for / ' tell it not in Gath , 'the independent of last . Saturday announces that tha intended ' public ' meeting had tjen abandoned ; the res sou assigned for which was , that ' th ; it ihe genl ' emen from Manchester could not slay in Sheffield a second nijht '' ( I ) Ha ! ha . ' -very good—very . Of courst :, "B-. oakera a-head" has had nothing to do with it . ' That discretion is the better part of valour has often been asserted ; the Sheffield Free Traders show that they understand its force and propriety by acting npon the good old adage— " "He that fights and runs away May live to fight another day . " Our Chartist friends may bo on the look out , fir , if all ' s well , wu'll find them better employment on the ) 23 ni , than Rivinij their sixpences to hear the humbugs of the Free Trade jugglers .
. The Iris of last Saturday contains ihe correspondence between the Home-office aud the authorities of York Castle , touching thu death of th « martyr Samuel Holberry , published by the Government as far back . last July , shortly alter the dtxeaso of the murdered patriot , and lately repuhlished by those Whig sympathisers , the MorningChronicla and Leeds Mercury . The Iris hr-i now joined the yelping pack of Whi « hypocrites , and , in a leader on the subject , strongly denounces the treatment of poor Holberry , / -winding up thus : — " We trust the whole affair , both as it affect ? thu surgeon , the visiting magistrates , and Sir Juiuea Giabam , will be properly sifted by Parliament , and th : it the country may be shown that tho law does not sanction the retaining of a man in prison , evun as a criminal , when a premature death , at variance with his sentence , can b 3 the only result . '—Byron saya—' ¦¦ "O for a forty-parson power To sing thy praise , hypocrisy . "
We hftve not forgotten , if tbe Iris has , that it was while Lord Normauby presided at tho Hume Office that poor Holbnrry's health was ' destroyed , in Nortballerton House of Correction ; aud ao loat ; as his Lordship was in office , prayers and petitions were all tried in vain to procure tho removal of the s ' uff > .-. Kor to : i better prison . On tho present admiinstatiim coming into power , Sir , James Graham ordered the removal of Hoibciry to York Castle , —no thanks to ' him for that , the victim of Whiggery was only removed to York Castle there to perish find expire , with none but " filthy dungeon viIt lains" to receive Jfeis last brenth and close his sightless eyes . Aye , in God ' s imme , let the -whole affair ba sifted—but let it ba tbe -whole yffiir ; let the conduct of the " liberal" Lord , as wtll as that of the renegade
Baronet , be siffjd to the bottom . A word with the Iris : How ia it that this correspondence was not published in its columns in July last ? Parliament wtm sitting then ; and if any good was likely to be effected by the publication , that was the time . Moreover , Holberry ' s death was then fresh iu the public mind , —why ilid not tho tender-hearted conductors of the Iris publish tho correspondence at such a time , when pointing it out to the attention of their readers they might h ; ive appealed to them to help the widow , and thereby sjivo from distress the unhappy partner of the unfortunata victim assassinated by Whig and Tory tyrants ? O no , that would not have served any party purpose ; and notwithstanding the mocksentinientilisni of the many-coloured " thing , ' wa
know that the parties ( or one of them at any rate ) connected with it are not in the habit of extending the hand of benevolence , even though the object ba the widow of the very man whose cold ashes are now disturbed to serve tbe purposes of his vile Whig persecutors . Is proof required ? When the publisher ( who is also , we believe , part proprietor ) of this refuge for the literary destitute was waited upon by persons authorized to collect monies to defray the charges of the funeral and for the assistance of the widow , insult , not aid , was the donation of this " Liberal , " Faugh ! the whele thing is loathsome and
revolting ; but for the sake of bringing the Tory Government into further odium , the sympathy of the Morning Chronicle , the leeefs Mercury , and the Sheffield Iris for poer Holberry would never have been heard of . The people understand this , and while they hate and detest the ; brigand faction at present in power , they , if possible , still more loathe the infamous crew whose tools " conspired" ( a fashionable word now !) against poor Holberry , plunged him into a horrible dungeon where they destroyed bis health , and then handed him over to the tender mercies of the Tories to finish the murder they ( the Whigs ) had in the first instance made sure and certain .
LONDON . —Mr . Whitehorn lectured on Sunday evening , at the Eagle , Exeter-street , Knightsbridge , to a good audience , on the benefits of co-operation Several members took shares , and the lecturer was muoh applauded . Mr . Cook lectured on Sunday evening , at the Gold Beaters' Arms , upon the influence of prejudice . The audience was crowded , several members were enrolled . Considerable discussion ensued regarding the accounts of the Executive , and several items were deemed very extravagaut . Mr . Gakdineb addressed the Chartists , meeting at the Flora Tavern , Barnsbury Park , on Sunday evening . Mr . Knight was to have lectured , but , owing to a mistake , did not attend . A subscription was entered into for the victims , and a box for that purpose purchased .
St . Pancras . —Mr . Fussell delivered a most able lecture on Monday evening , at the Chartist Kootu , Tottenham Court Road . Mr . Boxall occupied the chair . The lecturer showed tbe advantage of a firm union amongst the Chartist ranks , and the impropriety of attacking any other section of the body for a mere difference of opinion . He earnestly advised them to look well to their own organization , to keep a watchful eye on all attempts : to subvert it ; and , while they showed hy their conduct that they were anxious for a union based upon principle , and calculated to promote their qrand object—the attainment of the Charter . After the lecture , a discussion took place on the surject of union with tbe middle classes in which the lecturer , a middle class gentleman , Mr . Goodfellow , Christie Wheeler , Cohen , and several others took part . The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed , Mr . Lucas reported from the metropolitan
delegate meeting ; but , owing to the lateness of the hour , the subjects of the report were deferred . Mr . Brcckhall reported regarding the taking of shares for the erection of a local hall . Mr . Humphreys attended as a deputation from Somer ' s Town regarding the formation of a borough council . A letter was ruad from Mr . Gammage , of Northampton , stating hia intention of lecturing there on tha Friday evening ; but , on the motion of Mr . Farrar , the Secretory waa ordered to instruct him to defer it to Monday . A committee was formed to get up a weekly harmonic meeting , for the benefit of the victims . Mr . Lucas brought forward the Deptford affair , and the conduct of a member in reference to that subject , and , after on explanation from Mt . " Weeeler , the member alluded to waB ordered to attend , and explain , on the ensuing meeting night The victim-money in hand was voted—one-half to Ellis , and the other to the General Fund . The meeting then adjourned .
. The Committee for arranging regarding the approaching Conference met on Sunday morning , and agreed upon certain resolutions to be laid before the meeting on Wednesday evening ; and Messrs . Black , Wheeler , and Neesom were instructed to prepare an address to be laid before the meeting for their approval previous to issuing it to the public . . Working Meiss" Hall , Mile-End Road . —The council of this locality met on Tuesday evening , when it was resolved that wa should get up a public dinner , concert , and ball . Mr . O'Connor has consented to preside on the occasion . Messrs . Bradford , Frazer , and Shaw , were appointed a sub-committee , for the purpose of carrying the above proposition into effect . The entertainment will take place at Mr . Hemingway's Saloon , King's Arms , Mile-End Road .
Cuoydon , Surrey . —At our meeting , held at the Bald Faced Stag , on Monday evening last , Mr . Segtave in the chair ; the following resolution waa passed : — " That the forthcoming great Birmingham meeting is of paramount importance to the Chartist cause , and as this meeting ia featful the ultimate measures of the Complete Suffrage Association may not be in union with the strict principles of the Charter , it is therefore ad viseable , at this all-important juncture , the friends of universal liberty should use every exertion to maintain their prominent position in the country , by not
admiting interested parties to swamp the opinions of the working classes . " As a means to this end , it is resolved _<« That we , the Chartists of Croydon , are willing to open communications with any society , or societies , in the county ef Surrey , for the especial purpose of uniting their subscriptions to defray the expence of a delegate , or delegates , attending the aforesaid Birmingham Conference , men who will not compromise any part , parcel , or name , of the People ' s Charter . " For this purpose the treasurer is authorised to receive subscriptions .
RBADJNG . —The ChartUta ef this place have decided that the Executive who are at large , with the assistance os the Executive pro tern , ate sufficient to manage the affairs of the Association until the period of time fixed by the organization for a new election . SOWERBT . —Mr . Barker of Manchester , preached at this place on Sunday the 13 th instant , from these worda , — " Remember those that are in bonds . " The attendance was more numerous than for some time past
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SALPORD . —The Chartists of Salford are doing their work nobly ; they are determined to crush the present sjstdin of misruls and oppression by every legs ' means in their power , as they have proved by their indefatigable ixertions at the late election for tb . e Commissioners of Police . And , notwithstanding the many obstacles thrown ia their way by the factions , they finally succeeded in returning seven thorough-goirg democrats . They have also commenced a system of exclusive dealing , which is fast bringing the shopocra ' . t to their senses . The plan is % simple one , and at the same time ono that is working welJ , inasmuch Ba it ia affording the working classes tbe opportunity of purchasing flour at twopence per dozen lower than they
can get the-same article at the shoye . They bare open : i two houses for the pnrpose—one in Dawson-street , Broughton-road , and the other in Waffle-street , near Garden-lane ; where they sell flour at the first cow , with the . exception of one halfpenny per dozan as en acknowledgment to tlie woman of the bouse for cleaning ; and during the last week they weighed out nineteen sacks of flour . The consequence of which ia , that the shopkeepers in this neighbourhood have been compelled to coirie down iH their prices . The reason for giving this -publicity is , that the working classes may see what they can do if they are determined ; and we hope they will adopt this or some similar plan , to teash the factions tbat they are not the powerless things that they imagine' ) , but that on them and them alone have tbe shopkeepej' 3 to depend for their livings .
BRADFORD . —The Chartists of Manchester-road met on Sunday morning , several strangers werepraa ^' The principles of the Charter were explained , i discussion took place on the best means of obtainib .. the measure . Five new members were enrolled . . The Ciiakiists of G-oodmansend met at the house of Mr . GoUlsbo : ou-h on Monday , and enrolled three new members . Various Chartist papers are read every Monday evening . They adjourned to Monday evening , when a full attendance is requested us the subject of a delegate to the Stur ^ e Conference wiil be considered .
The Chartists resident is the central part of Btudfojril " , uitt , in the room , Butter worth ' s-buildings , oa Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , when seventeen names were entered , the principles of the Charter explained , ami a number of tracts were sold . This locality promises to flourish , as the members are all very anxious for political information . The members of the General Council held their meeting ou Jloaday evening , -when there was a very full attendance . Several Bums of money to relieve
the victims' famliies were paid in , nearly all the localities are well attended , and Chartism is again erecting its * detuocratic head in Bradford . The following resoluUou was adopted ;— " That our Secre ' iry , Mr . ^ Jroyth , be requested to correspond with T . S . Duncorfbe , Esq ., M . P ., and Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., invit-Wi them to a festival to be held in Bradford on the 20 fh of December . " This motion was received with joy by all present . All persons holding scarfs belonging to the Cnartists of Bradford are requested to'bring the same to the conncil on Monday next , at eight o ' cloch .
. Mr . KixcHiN preached in the Chartist Room , Bradfoul , on Sunday evening , and notwithstanding the Arm of rain , the room was nearly filled . Three shillings and threepence was taken at the door , after tho sermon , for the victims . An interesting discussion took place on the benefits of Chartist preaching , when it wlh adjourned to Sundiy nuxt , at tea o ' clock a . uv . Great Horton . —Mr . John Walker , of this place , has receivtid ttw sum of tan shillings from Mr . Isaac Wilson ,, of Broaipton , near Northallertodi for the family of Mr . William Brooke , of Northallerton House of Correction .
LittleTow >\—On Tuesday evening last , Mr . T . B . Smith , of Leeds , delivered an excellent lecture ia tho Chartist Association Room . He gave a very humourous account of his arrest and subsequent imprisonment , and advised those present to act the part of men and be determined never to rest satisfied until the People ' s Charter ba made the law of the land . A vote of thinks was givea to the Lecturer , when the meeting separated highly delighted with what they had heard . Mr . John Walker , of Great Horton , received from Isaac Wilson , oi Brompton , the sum of tea shillings , on behalf of Wm . Brook ' s family . SUaiiEY . —Mr . Samuel Cook has received for Mr . Mason , 5 s . from the shoemakers of Nottingham , and 4 , s . fur the Defence Fund from the Chartists of Gre \ Bridge , and 2 ( 1 . for Mrs . Mason , from a friend .
BRIGHTON . —Mr . Gammage , of Northampton , gave two lectures , at the Cap of Liberty Inn , Portland street ; on Wednesday and Thursday week , on thepr . 'iciples of the People ' s Charter . ACCRXNGTON . —A delegate meeting of this district w ; is held at Blpikburn on Sunday . Delegates were present from Accrington , Sabdin-Bridge , Padibam , ami Harwood . The following resolutions were agro / d to that William Beesley snail lecture at each locality in North Laneushire district , to conimenca bis . tour on Monday , the 21 st . That the ntxS delegate meeting be held at Accrington on Sunday , the 4 th day of December next , when each locality in the district is particularly requested to send delegates ; the meeting to commence at one o ' clock . The appointment ef a district lecturer and other business of great , importance to the district wiil be considered .
LEWAS , Sussex —On Friday last we were visited by Mr . R ; G . Gammage , of Northampton , accompanied by Mr . Allen , of Brighton . Mr . G . lectured to a delighted audience , and excited tbe admiration of all present Mr . G . concluded an able and argumentative lectura by appealing to hia auditors in a very powerful manner , to support by every means in their power , tha 'Northern and Evening Stars , and the Chartist Circular ¦ ; those enemies to abuse in every form , and noble advocates of the liberties of the people . At the conclusion * a vote o £ thanks was unanimously carried to the lecturer for his address , also te the Chairman , after which the meeting broke up .
SOUTHAMPTON . —On Monday evening last , accordiug to previous announcement , a public meeting was held at tbe Long Rooms , to hear a lecture on the present state of society , and tbe People's Charter , by Mr . R . G . Gammage , who gave every satisfaction . BILSTON . —A ball was held on Monday night , in the Chartist Koom . A very comfortable party assembled on the occasion , and a merry evening was spent . The Chartists of this locality held their usup weekly meeting in the Association Room , Staffordstreet , on Thursday evening . Mr . Froggat occupied the ckair , and in a very excellent speech explained the objects of the People ' s Charter , its merits , and the necessity of union and perseverance to " obtain it The worthy Chairman concluded by introducing Mr .
Thomason , who , in a most able and explicit addieas , which lasted an hour and a half , set forth in a lucid manner tbe numerous evils that are the consequent attendants of laws made by a class possessing privileges from which the great body of the people are excluded , and the beneficial effects that would be the result , if the people of this country were invested with the right to exercise their legitimate power in the choice of the Legislative body , that until they possessed that power which is their just and unalieDable right , there was not the least prospect of any amelioration of their present degraded condition . ! Mr . T . concluded by most impressively imploring they \» 0 Uld never cease agitating until the Six . Points of the Chattel , ¦ whoVe and entire , -were made the law of the la&d .
Sunday Evening . —The meeting was numerous and a most attentive disposition was evinced by all present . Mr . J . Cidley was called to the chair . Mr . Thomasoa delivered a very instructive discourse , wherein he depicted the evils inflicted on this country by the system of money-mongeriug , the frauds of unprincipled capitalists and gambling speculators , the grasping avarice of millocrats and their tyranny over the working clarj through the desire of accumulating wealth , the poverty and misery the working class were subjected to in the producing of that wealth , and the urjjnsfc means used to prevent them enjoying that which their severe and unmitigated toil produced . The facts Telated by Mr . T . in the course of his address excited the most lively symptoms of feeling in all who heard him . After the lecturer concluded , a collection was made for Mr Linney , which amounted to 3 g . 8 d .
WARWICK . —At tae usual weekly meeting of the Chartists here , several encouraging letters were read , one containing £ 1 123 . for Defence Fund raffle tickets from " the Chartist friends of Stratford-on-Avon , " 9 s . 6 d . was handed in to complete the engagement of 5 s . per week for White's support , leaving a balance due to Mr . French , from the Birmingham funds , of 13 s . 6 d . for that account . Arrangements were made tbat a party should attend at the Saracen ' s Head , from seven o ' clock till ten , every night during the week , to read the Evening Star London paper , after which , an interesting discussion was held on the " Sturge Conference question , " and ultimately the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — " That thin meeting deem it
the duty of the Chartists to send delegates to the Conference at Birmingham , not as ' factious oppositionists , but as firm and rational patriots , who are resolved to maintain and guard the principles of the Charter from any sectarian innovation that would weaken the confidence , destroy the hopes , or forfeit the co-operation of the working classes . That we recommend firmness of mind , with gentleness of manners , honesty of purpose , and sound experience , as qualifications essential to be sought for in the selection of delegate * . That in reflecting on the present anamoious , artificial , and distracted state of society , on tbe evil effects of prejudice , and the baneful influence of the aristocratic predictions and vanity that unhappily operates upon every class of society , not excepting the working men themselves , ia
its tortuous ramifications , we are led to think that tha formation of a society as an auxiliary to the ' National Charter Association , ' ia a subject requiring the grava consideration of oar Chartist friends , as our great political agitation , under existlog circumstances , may require more than one wheel in its machinery ; at the same time we ' hope and trust that no consideration of expediency , will ever induce the working classes to relinquish their own organization , or to agitate for any measure of reform less than < the People ' s Charter / whole and entire ; and as to the name , we hold it now * as sanctified by the blood of our martyrs , and tha continual persecution we yet endure , hence we claim it as a virtueus designation which shall yet be the pride of our children , and the glory oi future poaterity .
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"Wi : h the XoriTtern Scar of this day , ihe subscribers will receive a most excellent likeness , got op in first-rate style , of the Presenter of the KmoxAL Petition of 1842 , signed by 3 , 500 , 000 British subjects . To make that memento of the form aad figure of the Chartist M . P . as valuable as may be , we have procured from a friand the following notice of the political labours of Mr . Dancombe ; Bo { hat the reader will have his life in tcords along with ihe pietoral representation of his person .
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MB . O'CONNOR ON THE "EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENT , " AND THE LAST "NEW MOVE" TO DESTROY CHARTISM .
TO MR . WM . 13 B . 00 K , LEEDS . Dear Bkook , —You -will believe me when I assure you that bad it not been for Mr . Cleave , your letter to tbe editor of the Statesman would most probably never have reached my eye , as I neithsr read or hear anything about that paper . I shall now do merely enough to satisfy the meeting ot delegates , who , in my opinion , would have done wisely not to have meddled -with the question , and -would thereby have deprived mischievous persons from raking at it under the pretext of replying to questions or resolutions , I now learn that the editor of the Statesman asserted on the fifth of November tbat
I was tha author of the " extraordinary - ment , " and on tbe twelfth tbe same gentleman charges me with repudiating the " extraordinary document" in the Northern Slur . Had he charged me with the authorship alone , and had my attention been directed to it , I Bhonld have left it unnoticed , and had HE charged me with authorship and subsequent repudiation of the " Extraordinary documest , " I shonld have still left it or him unnoticed . But wLen it appears that Mr . Lovett , who is now I find manager of , and one of the Provisional Committee for keeping that paper together , is given as the author , I shall Bay just enough to satisfy the public , without opening a loop-hole for controversy , \? hich , after all ,
appears to me to be the object aimed at . I was charged with the authorship of the National Petition . I never saw that document till it was in print I never suggested a line in it , nor did I bear of it till I saw it in the columns of tbe Scottish Patriot . 1 am now charged with the authorship of the •« Extraordinary Document . " And now hear my reply . So help me God , I never saw it in manuscript , nor did I ever bear of its existence until it was in print ; nor do I think tbat the delegates were justified in attributing it to one who is now out of the country . The editor tays that t should have contradicted the tumour , or have acknowledged the authorship before . "Upon what grounds , pray ? What ! contradict every guess of the Statesman—every fabrication of Mr . Lovett , and every searching of every
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~^* - C _ yC ^ _ -JJ ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ 7 — AND LEEDS GENERAL ADYEBTISEE .
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~ TOL . TI . JN O . 262 . SATURDAY , ffOYEMBER 19 / 1848 .. *™\™ % S- ™ . ^*™ r ~ "
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Feargus O'Connor To His Brother " Conspirators."
FEARGUS O'CONNOR TO HIS BROTHER " CONSPIRATORS . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 19, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct457/page/1/
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