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THE &EXBBEREEN DEMONSTRATION . j ( From the Cork Examiner ) \ 13 kibbeb £ EX , Thc £ 5 Da"S NighT . — -Tfae £ pmora ± raion made 1 b favour « f tlie regeneration of Ireland , as rail as the reception given to the liberator , in this teemilBd and far distant portion of oui island , have rell-Jngh eclipsed , In zeal , in 4 evotion . in toe Irish mftinwMnn , anything of the Mnfl "we hare "witnessed ones the commencement of the present glorious movepeat , i It Is altogether impossible to forxnanyihing approaching to a correct estimate of the numbers assembled on Ebis occasion , or to speak in too high praise -of their Drier , " decorum , regularity , and discipline . Not 0 . I 5 were tbe roads covered for miles for as the eye could teach , bat thousinds occupied the heights and passed through the fitlds , -maViTig the -welkin limr "with their acclamations , and pouring hissings op the father of his country , T * ho returned their greetings w 3 £ h affectionate -warmth , exclaiming , JI Repeal . "— "Old Ireland " —acd looking as buoyant , as cheerful , and as "well as he did twenty yeans ago . Such s procession was nerer before Ttitnsssedin the Carberi < = s , perhaps we may say , in the SobUj , or in any other part of Ireland . The population too of this district Is far * more numerous than in the most totUs districts , . where the sripiuK ararice of the landlord class has thiiffiedtliBranto of the people ; and "When it is known that fast numbers came a distance of thirty and forty mBea , ire believe we are within the limits wlien we say that between 500 . ODD and £ 00 . people were present , or abont three-fourths of this great county . On the myriads-went , shouting , cheer-Ing , and greeting the Libarator . HaTJng passed through She town , the procession proceeded by Marsh-road to the place of meeting , the hai tf CSnrragh , one of the beautiful xsnge 3 of high land "with which the t * wn is encompassed , and from ¦ which there is a "new as bold , ss magnificent , and sublime as any on "Which the eye of thB painter could desire to rest . The *• labersfcory appearance on the platform was bailed with tremendons cheering by the congregated myriads . On the motion of the Rev . D . DOfiE , parish priest t& Cplersgh , seconded l > y the Rev , J ., Hxjlcaht , parish priest , Union-hall , Hr . Daniel M'Carthy , of longhine Lodge , "was called by acclamation to the ^ ftlllTTadi- J . S . IlJXOB came forward to propose the first resolution , and-was receiyed -with loud and long-continued * cheering . He said , thank God , my friends , fur I thank my God that I am a Repealer , ( Load cheering . I thank mv God that my native mountains ol Kerry , at
the foot of « ne of "which the Liberator of his country rests—I thank my God , I say , that they do not this day look down upon me a son-Repealer , or that which is as bad , one'who i > bo iniis heart , but has net the manly courage to avow it . ( Vehement cheers . ) Yes , I call on that sacred name , in the first place , to thank Him that I am a Repealer , and 2 call upon you to thank Him also ; for lately in tie House of Commons a vile tradncex , is reference to those of the religion which I profess , hesitated not to proclaim that we are a nation of atrocious perjurers . ( Cries of * ' Oh ! " and groans . ) A-roiee—He lies . iLond cheers . )
Mr . S . liiiOB . —Th-mfc God I am here as a Bepealer 3 ? efore an assembly of at least 400 ,-ODO Irishmen ; and to Mm -who had t&e insolence to accuse the Catholics of IzelaxES of penury , 1 say to Mm , and before 700 , he lisa . FVehemenl j-heenng . ) He lies damnably—he Bea—he lies insolently- —and X wish to God I was in the House of Commons to tell aim to his teeth "you lie . " ( Prolonged cheering . ) I am not like O'Connor Don—I am not like the gentleman who is satisfied that he should be c&llbd a perjurer , provided it be done in a gentlemanly way . ifiear , hear . ) I say , then , l > efore this enormous mass—I say before Hie Protestants as well as Catholics , for that there are many Protestants here 1 have the honour of knowing , and Hiey wBl iear me eui in what I « y—I « ay , then , before "you all , Sir James Graham , " yon lie . " ( Vehement cheering ) How many hundreds of thousands do I see here ? A "Voice—More than half & million—{ cheering . )
3 Ir . fi- Ljllob—Our first duty than , in accordance -with the resolution -which I hold in my hand , is to express loyalty to our most gracious , onx most beloved , oar most adored Sovereign—the Queen—( tremendous cheering . ) A-nft 1 tell Sir James Graham feat he is a ¦ donbk 1 perjurer to that Queen -who seeks to affix the stigma of perjury on a nation that embraces the most moral and lie most : loyal portion of her subjects —( con--finmjd sheering . ) Away then "with Sir James Graham ! What -is tiie first feeling 70 a have expressed here ?
Tan , 400 , 000 men , give the lie to Sir James Grahamand next 7011 express your loyalty to oar- Gracious Qaeen—( more cheering ) One hearty cheer for the < iueen—{ enthnsiastio cheering , which continued for some time . } I -would a ? k Sir Robert Peel—I would ssk Six James Graham , I would ask lord Brongham , if tbat . be a disloyal cheer ? It comes frem the hearts of 400 , 000 men ; and you give it in the sincerity of your affectionate devotion , after having first given the lie to yourtradneer—( cheers . ) What brought you here ? A Toice—The Bspesl—Iloud applause . )
Mr . J 5 . Laxo : r—You-want something . What is that ? IChe Repeal . What induces yon to seek it ? Yen are the most missxsble , the most wretched , but the noblest people on God's earth , and you are dissatisfied that you jshonld longer remain miserable . Yon are the most miserable , however , and the most injured , and 71 m ¦ would be the most debased , only yen ; own noble nstere pr ^ TEBtea Sat —{ cheering . ) : 2 dr .-Coppn i ; GE& , jn seconding the resolution , said that it had been spoken to "with with so much talent , energy , and truth , that he would not detain thtm by si ; observations , knowing their anxiety to hear the liberator—( loud cheers . )
JSr . 1 SrCiXXBJ Dowxekg came forward to propose the next resolution , and was received -with loud cheers . He said they had been charged Trith an Intention to provoke a xebeUion in Ireland . He was surprised to hear some Protestants say so ; whilst he was aware that many of them , as that meeting testified , entertained no such atrocious idea . tCheers . ) Good God 3 had not they as many endearments in life as those-who charged them with this crime ? Had they not wives and children ? iLoud cheers . ) Had they not every indneement that their opponents had to desire the blemrngx of peace ? ( Cheering . ) What Tsason , -what motive , "what object could they have In looking for rebellion ? Was it to encounter Her Majesty ' s troops ? Was is to abandon the last plank , whilst they had ( as we understood ) the ship of the con-TrtifcnWfwi for safety ?
Ms . 3 L 33 . Roche , 5 LP-, then came forward amid lend and enthusiastic applause . He said—Men of the CafherJes 2 we are threatened by car opponents . There has been , at least the papers bring an account to the effect—there has been , 1 say , something like a declaration of war against the Irish people , 2 hope they are not mad enough to go to war against the tranquil people of Ireland . A Toice—let them If they dare . ( Load cheers . ) Mr . SOCH 2—Yes > I say if they flare attack the people , the people are prepare * . ( Vehement applause . )
WeTnH not attack them : "we -will be " honest and true" to our cause , t e will keep within the bounds and limits of the constitution . Bat again I say , if they dare to invade the constitutional rights of the Irish peeple , vb win be prepared to meet them . ( Tremendons cheering . ) And let me tell their leaders—the men who dare to accuse the representatives in Parliament who have subscribed the Catholic oaths , and I am one * -of them ; lond cheering ) , —let me tell those men when they accuse the leaders of the Irish people of 5 ) eiing peijnrers—A Toice—They He .
Mr . Koche—They lis no doubt But why accuse us ? Only that by exciting ua to give the people precipitate advica they may be able to unbridle their tyranny against the people—( vthEineot cheers ) . We are not perjurers ; it is ^ lie to assert it—icontinned cheering > But -we are , I trust , honest and determined Irishmen—{ prolonged applause ) . "They « ay , now , that there is an end to all concessions to the Irish people . And why is this assertion made ? Because they say , that if they give concessions , which means power , the Protestant Church is liable to be attacked in this country . Do yon know what I say in return totbzt —snsall blame to yon for th 3 t same—tlaughter and cheers ) . When endeavouring to obtain liberties for the people , it is also their custom to turn round and say "the Churchisindanger ;* and ! tell them , beyond qnesQon or doubt , for tbeir comfort snd salisfactien . that in Shis country I&B iJhnrch Establishment is in danger—^ vehement cheers ) . We are too deliberate , too
united , and too determined any longer to submit to an » bns 3 JK > < 3 yfcg and so gross . And they may blaster as fhey like in England , bnt this I say , that they shall not . succeed in Tn ^ nfoTnfag that monster in this country . I never before hsA the happiness of addressing 20 numerous a maltitutie as this—1 never saw congregated such a mass of physical force—1 never beheld Ench determination , with at the same time a sufiidency of J 500 & feeling and good humour left : but I . tell the leaders of England to hesitate before they try the good temper 6 t this ceuntry—doud cries of hear , beanthere most be an « nd to this , as in this world there is an end to everything—there is an end too to the patience and forbearance of a long-tried , a long-op pressed , tat a hoping people—and I tell those leaders , notwithstanding the patience and good humour of the Irish people , we cannot aay how long , if they attack them , -we shall be able to restrain the people —( loud and lon ? -eoaiinn-fl cheering ) .
3 J » " -labeiatoT" then earns forward , and nothing could surpass the enftnurtMm "with which he was receiv-© d—cheer followed cheer for several minutes , and the JjKnflBtmci xqp several spirited airs , and the whole scene was-one of affection , delight , and jubilee . The Hon ^ and learned Gentleman ebmmenead Ms address to Cie assembled thonsands in the native Gaelic , which they seemed most happy to hear from the lips of the san they ment to behold , and 'whom they had never , as V 8 before stated , seen till this day . Having spoken » ome sentences in Irish , be preceded to'dbserve that it ^ ay impoesihie for fee BngQsh language , or even if he possessed the knowledge of his friend Patber Hor ^ an of the Irish—ihe heartfelt , ' the heart-binding Irish—it was impossible for him to express ttie exultation he felt atseeingeo many hundred of thousands of his countryiaen and constituents about him . Yes ,-he was proud of the high and ^ honourable distinction of being their representative ; and he vas determined to do his duty
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by those "who conferred the henonr upon hhn ; but it was said that he ought to be attending his dnty in Parliament , and not going through the country—( Loud lansrhter . ) Thos ? who said so were not their friends , nor were they his— fHear , hear . ) What bnsiness had he in Parliament ? Was it not a packed Pailiament , and above all packed against Ireland ?—( Htar , hear . ) Many a time it . devolved npon him to plead the cause of the prisoner whom he knew to be innocent , and His blood curdled when he rt fleeted that a packed jury might find a verdict against an Jnnoeent man j but he never met a jary so packed against a prisoner as the present Parliament was packed -against Mb country—( hear , and cheers ) . In the first place , Peel assured
them that he was the farmers' friend . Peel taid that their prices should be preserved . He told them at the time that-Peel -was not the friend of the farmer ; and he now asked them , since Peel came into office , did they get the same price that they obtained f » r their produce two years ago?—{ loud cries of " No" ) . The landlords confided in Peel ' s promises , and they now found themselves the greatest sufferers by the policy which he adopted—( hear , hear ) . That was one way Peel succeeded . The ntxt was by exciting hatred against the people of Ireland . Hklnewspapers called the Irish a felon nation—and their priesta they called " snrpliced ruffians . " A Voice—Oh 1 the villains 1
Mr . OCoksbll—They did , the j villains— that was the proper name for them . Yes , they excited bigotry in England and hatred against Ireland ; and that was another means by which they packed the present Parliament . The fact was , he did not jthink the fellows worthy of his attendance—( loud and continued cheering)—^ d therefore he remained at home ; be spoke to the Irish peeple , and the heart of Ireland was up the soul of Ireland was roused—the sons of Ireland were meeting in their congregated thousands , and the enemies of Ireland were blanching from very fear . ( Vehement cheers ) . Yes ; but they were come to new times in the contest . Hitherto Peel and Wellington threatened them with civil war . He set their threats at defiance—( lond applause ) . He said that the people
of Ireland would violate no law—would not infringe on the peace—would not put themselves in the power cf the shoneen magistrates . Be bad all Ireland peace able ; bnt not less fixed and determined because of being peaceable—Jlond applause ) . The next thing was to break the magistrates . It was no great loss to him sot to be a magistrate—{ loud cheers and laughter ) . But since that they had adopted another course , and he came to the conclusion that there ' was no chance for Ireland except from Ireland henelf ; In the House of Commons on Thursday * night , Sir James Graham made a speech -on the Arms Bill . He thanked Sir James Graham for that speech . He deeply thanked hhn . And in the first place Sir James Graham called the Catholics perjurers 1 A voice—Oh ' the villain J \
Mr . O'CoNMELL—Yes , that was the name his mother ' s son ought to bear . There was no other more applicable to him . Moragh gen cleara—( loud laughter and cheers . ) He ( Sir James Graham ) said that the Catholics took an oath not to disturb the church as settled by law established . Why the Protestant Church as settled by law , when he iMr . O'Connell ) first teok that oath , "was a different thing from what it was now . When he took that oath first , the Church established by law in Ireland had eighteen bishops and four archbishops ; and tide Protestants themselves cut them down to eight bishops and two archbishops . That was a . definition of the Church aa settled by law ; and they said that he was hound by the first oath he took . There could be nothing rxore ridiculous or absurd { cheers . ) At that time , too , there were church-rates all over Ireland ; they were collected every Easter , and the people well remembered them —( hear , hear ) . There stood the man who abolished them—( vehement cheering ) . Yes I he
took away £ 72 , 000 & yeaz which were levied off the Catholic people of Ireland for building Protestant churches , and he was now told that to the first oaths he had token he should adheje ( cries of "Oh . " ) As he before stated , nothing could be more ridiculous or absurd . Then with respect to tithes , it should be known that there were no tithes bylaw now ; they were converted into rent charge ; and from that one-fourth had been struck —( hear , hear . ) Thej law settled their church , and settled it again , and would continue to settJe it ; and what he proposed was that every parson should be paid by the Protestant who required his ministry—( loud cheers ) . Well then , the n * xt thing that Sir James Graham , in his speech on Thursday night , said , was that " in 1829 Emancipation was conceded . * Conceded i He believ&d there wereno thanks doe for that—{ hear and cheersi . Who was it that obtained emancipation ? A voice—O'Cannell —( tremendous cheering ) , '
Mi . O Cossell—0 ) he was at the head ; bnt he could net have obtained it if the people were not after him—( cheers . ) O ! they gave it to be sure , but they durst not refuse it " for a reason they had "—(" hen , " and cheers ) . And there were not then a tenth of the people with him who n « w joined himiin the movement for Repeal —( continued cheerirg ) . O 2 all Ireland was now standing together in determination to obtain her rights—( "hear , hear , " and cheering ) . ' Sir J . Graham having made the announcement , that there was to be ne further concession for Ireland , 1 : ask the Whigs and others what use it is for tht-m to be liberal unless they join us tor the Repeal of the Union ?—( tremendous cheers ) . I thank him for that announcement , for he conld not do my work better if he had been paid for it—( hear ) . Ah I Sir J . Graham , I am much obliged to yon . A Toica—Sad lack to him !
Mr . O'Consell—I have not wished him bo although he has done my work , but I acquit him of all intention to serve xa—( bear , bearj . You have fno hope for Ireland but from Irishmen , and you have brought me to proclaim , that unless throqgh yourselves yon have no means of carrying out anything of good for Irelandilr . M'Carthy was then moved from the chair , and Mr . J . O'Connell called thereto , and the thanks of the meeting were passed to their late Chairman , when the meeting separated , after having given three cheers for the Queen , O'Connell , and Repeal .
THE B&NQJJET . The Temperance Hall of the town was elegantly fitted np for the important occasion of entertaining the Liberator- Abont 450 sat down to dinner . The chair was occupied by Maorice Power , M . D . Mr . D . Welplt , secretary , read letters of apology , daring the progress of which he was frequently interrupted by lond bursts of cheering , particularly while the letters of the Most Bev . Dr . M'Hfile and Right Bev . Di . Higgins Xftsrts being-read . At the conclusion , the Cbaisvxn gave " The Queen , God bless her . " ( Drunk with every demonstration of fervonr and loyalty . ) :
The Cbairmax again rose and said—That the people , and the people alone , are the true source of eon . slitutional power , is a principle which is now universally admitted—( hear ) . There was a -time when the annunciation of this truth would have : secured for the man who should have the boldness to apert it , a halter or a prison—( hear , hear ) . Bnt happily for us , we live in times when the divine right of kings to govern is net set up even by kings themBelvfis—fthear , hear > . I therefore , Gentlemen , give you , The people , the true source of all legitimate power" —( drunk with enthusiastic cheering ) . Mr . S . 1 a LOR having been called on to respond to this toast , was received with bursts of applause . The Learned Gentleman allnded to articles which had
appeared in The Times of January , which accused the landlords of Ireland of being the fruitful source of all the misery that afflicted the country , and of the agrarian outrages which distracted society . Those articles bad made him Bepealer . Who was ii that opposed O'Connell at the election in 1841 ? Was it a Conservative ? Was it a Liberal ? Kot one jof those . The Conservatives hated Mr . O'Connell ; the Liberals complimented him with their abuse . One man alone came forward to oppose him , and that man { was John Shes Lslor . { Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Connell offered him £ 300 towards his election if he would stand «> n Repeal principles . He sent for him , and said , " He thought him an honest honourable Irishman { great chtKrirg)—3 man possessing some capacity—one who would be useful in the House of Commons ; that he did not want to put in a relative ; and that he would give £ 300 towards his
election " " No , Sir , " said I , *» I am against Repeal and I cannet do it" What was the result ? I who had my ambition , my honourable ambition before me , who whs solicited by many , bnt beyond all by the man to "whom I would be inclined to pay tfee niostabjtct submission ( cheers , ) would not enter Parliament upon the terms of sscrificuiE my honestly conceived opinions . Why did I itrfust ? Becanse I , like others , still deng to the bopeihat England "would do justice to Irelaii' ( cheers ) , and that , -we -wonld yet gain from an English Legislature a perfect identification of interests ; and on She hustings I opposed Mr . O'ConneD . ; Did he ever turn £ t me ? Ntvei . tCbeeis . ) He has turned on many reptiie ? whom he tcew to trade in politics ; but did he ever utter a syllable against me ? Never . ( Cheers . ) What am I now ? — I am a decided , tmphatic and determined Repealer . (** Hear , hear , " and great cheerinr . )
TheCBAiB . MAK— I now , gentlemen , coins to the toast of the evening—iLond cheers . ) It ia jbat of ** O'Connell asd the Repeal of the Union . " This toast Wia drank with the most enthusiastic and tremendous cheering we ever heard . The ladies rose in the galleryand continued to wave their handkerchiefs for full ten minutes , while the gentlemen cheered nntil the very roof rung again to their shouts of applause . After some time Mr . O'Conmkll rose , and the scene was renewed with indiscribahle enthusiasm . When order had been restored the Learned Gentleman proceeded to address the cempany-asfolloWB . ! My esteemed and Bev . Friend , Father Horgan , in that beautiful grace
which he spoke in the proper language first , and then badly translated into English afterwards , gave an Irish line that I confess delighted me—{ hear . } ' It meant In the vulgar Saxon tongue , ' Ireland will be herself again . * —{ Lond cheers . ) That i * the opinion of my life and exertions—{ hear ) . I want to make Ireland herself again . That Is the object of all my straggles . I confess 1 do not go as far as my excellent friend Mr . Shea Lalor - —( hear . ) I am not determined to die fbi Ireland . I wonld rather live for her—icheering )—for one living Repealer is worth a churchyard full of dead ones—{ hear , laughter , and cheera . ) But if 1 understand right Mr . Shea Laiok , with warmth— " None can ive for Ireland bnt those who wonld die for her .- '
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Mr . O'Couheli . —I deny the universality of the maxim—^ cheers }—but I think he i 8 deserving to live for Ireland who # an die for her on a necessary ocasion—^( cheering ) . That I am sure was the intention of my friend , though be did not exaotly express himself so ; but I do not mistake him—ihearj . I know he wished to expreis himself so- ^ -to live as long as the conBtitntion is secured to ub by our enemies , and to die when they dare attempt to violate it—( great cheering ) . But these , my friends , « re merely hypothetical and suppositions cases , that never will arise —( hear , hear )—andl tell yon the reason—it is the physical power that we saw this day—( lond cheers )—and the readiness to
defend Ireland , although they will attack no person—( hear , and cheers ) . We are rather toe many now for them toicut our throats —( laughter , and hear , hear ) . They never will attempt it , believe me . Let me state that while the county of Cork , and I have been accused of repeating the thing , but I will repeat it until every starling with a split tongue in the county shall repeat it after ine—( cheers , and langhter]—take then Cork county and Wales—( hear , heat ) . Cork has a population of 750 . , and the population of Wales is bnt & 0 . 000 more , yet Wales has twenty-nine lepreaentalives —|" : Oh , oh" )—while CoTk has bat two f !—( renewed cries of " Oh , oh ! " )—Every Welcbman is worth 14 * of yon .
A voice— "By G—d , they arn't "—( langhter and cheers ) . Mr . O'Connell—I do not think one of them would beat 14 % of you . Same voice—* ¦ 0 , the d—1 a bit , or half a one of us "—( renewed laughter and cheering ) . Mr . O'Coskell—I do not think they'd try yon j but I think one of you , with a good stick would beat fourteen and a half of them . ( Hear , hear , and immense cheering . ) Sir J . Graham has told you that concession has gone to its utmost limit ( Groans . ) Yes , he , the unworthy representative of the Queen , proclaimed sabmission and despair to the people of Ireland , and you are to despair and submit Cries of never , never , and great cheering . ) Wilt you not ? Renewed cries of " no , no , " and increased cheering . ) Oh , no ; and though all Ireland submitted there wonld be one man found that
would not do so . ( The Learned Gentleman here struck his hands on his breast with great energy—the cheering that followed was most intense and protracted . ) I beg your pardon for the kind of boast that is implied by my action —( no , no , )—but there is not a single man of yon upon whose sonl the brand of cowardice is so set as to say he -would despoil . All you want is organization —( bear , )—all that is wanted throughout Ireland is organisation . ( Hear and cheers . )—But mark me , in tbat same speech of Sir J . Graham ' s , of Friday night lastmind , I am not speaking of a speech delivered in the House of Commons ; I am speaking of ft reported speech in The Times and Morning Chronicle newspapers—( laughter )—and In The Times I find that Sir James was not content with our submission and despair , bul went further to prove why you should despair , for be proclaimed you all perjurers .
A stentorian voice . — " He lies . " ( Hear , and most tremendons cheering , that lasted several minutes . ) Mr . O'Connell . —I wish he was within ear-shot of yon . ( Laughter and cheering ) It was the Minister of the Crown that did it—( groans , )—he who had the majority in the House of Commons , whero the passages cf his speech , in which he proclaimed you perjurers , were received with beastly cheers . ) ( Loud groans and hisses . ) A Yoke;— "O , the Saxon doga ! " ( Renewed groaning ) Mr . O'COmnell—YcB , but are they not your lawmakersT—j ( hear , and most tremendous groaning . ) I called their cheering on a former occasion " beastly and indecent bellowing "—ihear ) , —and whoever bellowed at the stain Bought to be put upon you was a
beast—( hear , and loud groaning ) . I wish we bad them hare man toman —( hear , and cheers ) , we would teach them to screech another tune —( cheers ); ay , they would cry for mercy ;; and we would be merciful to the beasts—( hear , and cheering ) . Is the Government fairly represented , think yon , by the speeches of Sir J . Graham reported in the newspapers ?—( yes , yes . ) Are they then so strong that we should despair of succeeding against them ?—( no , no . ) What is the state of the Minister's affaire ?—( hear . ) The finances are ruined ; and the Minister was obliged to impose an income-tax on the English people , and good luck to them ; and by next session he will have to double that tax—and more good luck to them—( laughter and cheering ) . In every other particular the revenue has diminished , while the
debt of the nation has increased —( hear ) . Look at the manufacturing districts ; there was , to be sure , a news * paper spurt about the prosperity of tbe manufacturing districts , but it is all gone—( hear ) . Tbe iron trade is completely gone , for tbat which sold at £ 11 per ton a short time since is now selling at £ 3—( hear ) . And , more than that , one concern in England failed tbe other day for £ i 00 , 000 I This is the strength of England—( hear , hear ) . And mind bow her enemies watch her —( bear ) . ; At the moment that Sir James Graham was proclaiming his hostility to Ireland , that artful tyrant , Luuis Philippe , was stimulating the Spanish people to . assail the Government of Esparterothe villain . ' Espartero , the church-robbing villain ; . Espartero , the bisLop-persecuting villain—( cheering ) .
Louis Philippe-took advantage of the insurrection ; tbe army was ordered out , and the officers were quick < in obeying ; but the soundest and beet part of every army , the sergeants —( hear , hear ) , —met , and proclaimed their determination not to assail the people—( hear , hear ); —they went to their officers , &nd humbly supplicated them not to assail Uie people—( hear , and loud cheere ) Louis Philippe took care to bavo an army to protect the Spanish people ; and could England attack them ! — ( No , no . ) They are sending vessels into the Cove of Cork , which place is beginning to look quite gay and fashionable ( Hear , hear . ) Yeu could get naval lieutenants there now as cheap as cockles —( laughter );—some of the yeung ladies do not , or will not , look on any officer holding lower rank than an admiral . ( Great
laughter and cheers . ) This fleet , I suppose , was sent to Cove for the purpose of intercepting tbe great meeting at Skibbereen—( laughter)—but there is some talk of tbeir going to Spain . ( Hear , bear . ) I would wish to know if they will take any of the army with themthese poor fellows who have nothing to do but to prod holes with their bayonets in the barrack walls ? ( Great laughter and cheering . ) But what will they do for tbe second army which Ireland would give them if she were conciliated ? ( Hear , and cheers . ) O , SirJ . Graham , yon are a wiseacre ; and Louis Philippe and Espartero know that . 4 Hear , hear , laughter and cheers . ) But recollect , these men who threaten us dare not raise an arm against the people whil 6 they are peaceable . If tbey did , what would be the value of the 3 A pei cents , or
of tbe three per cents . ? ( Heat , hear . ) They fell from 97 to 92 ; Mubilorning Chronicle said it was owing to tbe state of affairs in Spain , in connection with the Repeal movement in Ireland . ( Loud cbeers . ) If tbey were to assail Ireland , the right arm of England in war , —( bear , )—and O ! dire were the sufferings of this faithful country at the bands of Eagland , —( bear , ) and I hope I am not superstitious when I say it is something like a retributive curse that 1 b now withering England for her oppressions of this faithful and moral country . —( bear , hear , and loud cheers . ) Such is tbe state of Ireland , that if you were to break out in rebellion , attack the soldiery , plunder them of tbeir ammunition —if we were to provoke her by commencing the attack on tbe constituted authorities—if we were guilty of
outrages on ' tbe persons of those who differ in opinion frem us , I do not say but England would be ready at any sacrifice' to deluge the country in blood , &s we would deserve if we were guilty of such folly—( hear ); but keep within the bounds of the law , obey the "wishes of those who have your interests deep at heart —( bear ) , —act "with those who baie led you to many bloodless victories—( cheers . )—signify your adhesion by that language that John Bull knows well—( hear , and laughter ); —many of them know the Chinese language , many of them know tbe classics , algebra , ice , but there is one language or science universally understood by them , that is tbe language of the chink of the shilling— ( hear , hear , and loud cbfers . ) JoLn Bull undferstands the language of the pocket "well —( hear , bear . ) Last weak when he read of tbe . £ 3000 repeal rent he understood
it—show him that determination—show him your adhesion in that way—( hear ) . —give me 3 OOC . 000 of Repealers and leave me to do the rest —( great cheering ) . I know the position of England . She has an artful enemy in Louis Philippe , who knows tbat be could not cement the claim of his family to tbe throne of France better than by giving tbe Frtnch people a victory ov . tr the victors of Waterloo , by making the EngliBh crouch , and crouch she must if she allows Ireland to remain dissatisfied—( hear , hear , and cheers ) . Let it be proclaimed to all Europe the outrages that have been committed on . Ireland—( hear , bear , bear ) , — the daring insolence of her Sliuisttr , who , as though like tbe tyrant king of old . be conld siay the very tide—•• thus fur abalt thou go and no further ; " but even the command of that monarch was not more futile than whs
that of Sir J . Graham , -when he thought the tide of patriotism "would cease to flow at his command , and not float triumphantly the ark of liberty into its haven 01 rest . The cry of liberty is abroad on the wild ¦ winds of heaven—icheeTB )—thB call of freedom to stand shoulder to shoulder , to respect the laws of the Almighty God , and those also cf oppressive man—( hear , hear )—let us be submissive to tbe laws as long as they remain the laws—{ hear , and cries of " We ¦ will , we will" )—countenanced by ourpastors , who ever battled with you when conscious that your conduct was consonant with the rules of piety and justice , otherwise they would not be witb yeu—( hear , and cheers )
the security that we—shall I call myself a leader , and wby "would I not ?—( hear , and vigorous cheering )—the security tbatwe have is tuarded by temperance and lbd on by tbe councils of our anointed pastors—no crime , no conspiracy , ' no breach of the law , no cffoBce against God will be committed ; and , OI it ia delightful to think how piety and temperance shall run in the stream , and sanctify each other , until tbe bright current spreads its vivifying waters all over tbe bind , and her children . shall be animated by the refreshing draughts , and ' shall with the all vivifying waters drink in prosperity , ; happiness , and liberty . The Learned Gentleman then resumed bis Be&t amid the most deafening peals of applause , which lasted several minutes .
Mr . Shea Lalor rose and < said , that he knew it vras out of order for a person to rise for the purpose of giving an explanation , but tkere was one thing in his speech so misrepresented tbat be would take the liberty then of being an exception to tbe general rule—( bear , hear ) . He was distressed at hearirg the interpttration put by tbe Liberator on part of bis speech , and he could not conceive by what possibility it ma that he
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was represented as saying anything wbieh was inconsistent 1 , with their present movement—( loud cries of V No , no" ) . It bad been bis most anxious desire always to inculcate order and peace , and as he joined the movement from what he considered a duty , be would retire from it from tbat day forth , unless he saw aome security that tboae who spoke calmly , although strongly , should not be misrepresented— ( "No , no , " and sensation ) . There ; waB no policeman would maintain tbe laws more strenuously than be would ; and in saying so , be could not conceive bow be had inculcated anything contrary to the spirh of the Constitution .
I Mr . O'Connell replied , that he was always tbe friend of law and justice ; but there was a single sentence which fell from his friend Mt . Shea Lalor of which , from the affection be bore him , he would consider himself guilty of a dereliction of duty if be did not give an explanation— ( hear , hear ) . He was certain those were the sentiments which were on Mr . La b or ' s mind , and be merely explained it . However , it might have been better explained in Mr . Lalor ' e own words —( tremendous cheers ) .. Mr . Lalor—When I select a dictionary , Mr . O'Connell , I certainly will select you in preference to Doctor Johnson ; but I do not think I made the mistake which you attribute to me . —( Cries of " Sit down . " ) . Mr . O'Conkell . —Why , the mistake was all on my part : Mi . Lalor—I rather think it was , aud I am glad the matter is sctded .
, Mr . O Cornell—Every thing is easily settled between us . . The Chairman said be . then came to a toast which was only second to the toast of tbe evening ; it was tbe health of tbeir county representative , Mr . E . B . Roche—( Great cheering . ) ( Mr . Roche toae amidst the most rapturous feuratB of applause , and , wben silence was at length obtained , he said—I am as fully convinced as any man of the power of constitutional agitation . I also feel sure tbut the people and their leaders will not step for one moment beyond tbe limit ot the constitution ; we shall remain in it so long as it is left to us , and when ethers break through every right which we hold justlj dear and sacred , then we shall be prepared to take our course accordingly . ; Mr . 8 . Lalor—That is my course too .
' Mr Roche—We bave a country to live for , but we have & ! bo a . country to die for—( cheers )—but we won't die for her until tbey won't allow us to live for her—( laughter and cheering ) . I don't believe tbey will attempt to drive us to that desperate alternative—( hear , hear ) . We have ample power within our own hands to guard the lives of the people , and finally to accomplish their independence—( cheers )—we will be peaceful and loyal , and not only advise , but practise entire and unqualified obedience to tbe laws . If they attempt to pass any coercive measures in Parliament for Ireland , I am resolved to go to my place in that
Parliament , where , by way ot parenthesis , I have not aa yet Bhown my face—( laughter , and cries of "You are doing more good at-home" )—I will go there , and , following the leadership ! of my revered colleague , I am prepared to go to $ he division-lobby of the House every night of every week till Christmas— tcheere ) . We will adopt every constitutional means to prevent cur country from being enslaved ; and our homes desolated ; and when tbey infringe on tights so dear and feelings so Bscred , then it will be time to take pur course —( cheers ) . My mind Is fully made up as to that course , but now is not tbe time to state it —( cheers ) .
3 t being now after twelve o'clock , the " Liberator " said that it was better to dispense with the remaining toasts . The company immediately separated , and tbus ended another " great day for Ireland . "
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, CAUSE OF THE "REBECCA" RIOTS . The Times of Monday has the following from its ewn * Correspondent , in explanation of the " Rebecca" doings in ; Wales . It will be seen tbat the writer argues the conclusion tbat there U Borne " reason'' for "Rebecca " acting as she has done . - He says : — "The main cause of the mischief is the general poverty of tbe farmers . They have become thereby discontented at every tax and burden they have been called on to pay . If to this cause , —increasing poverty , and const qaent discontent , be added an unjust imposition , you have tbe crowning climax , however trivial it may appear in itself , which has fanned this discontent into a flame . This unjust imposition is tbe very gross abuse of the turnpike tolls in this county . This may
appear a ridiculous cause of discontent to most readers ; but wben I have explained the facts , there will appear some reason in Rebecca's warfare . I must first state that the tolls of the highways of this county are farmed out to contractors , tbe highest bidder becoming tbe farmer of them , as I believe is usually tbe ease with the collection of turnpike tolls . The chief tillage of this county U lime ; and & great number of limekilns are erected in different places , often with bye-roads to them ; and it is the custom of tbe farmers to buy their own stone , and often their own coal , and carry them to these kilns to be burned into lime , and then convey away the lime to tbeir lands . Often the farmers of a district were enabled to get to these kilns without going
through any turnpike ; upon which tbe toll contractors complained to the trustees tbat they could not continue to p 3 y the fall amount of their contract price of tbe ' tolls unless toll-bars were erected on these byeroads . . These applications have been listened to , and there I are scarcely two miles of bye-road or high road without a turnpike . The consequence is , that where heretofore the farmer paid Is . for a load of stone which be had taken to the quarry with bis team , he is now compelled to pay la . in addition for turnpikes , another shilling on his cool , and , again , bos toll demanded on bringing away his lime . This , therefore , has : become a very serious tax upon the farmer , and has greatly enhanced the cost of the tillage for his land . Again , it haa become tbe cuetom if a bridge had to be built , a road to be made less circuitous , or a bill to be cut down , to erect a turnpike to defray tbe
cost of tbe improvement . These new and additional turnpikes have been continued and tolls exacted long after the cost of the bridge or other improvement bos been over and over again defrayed . In other places parishes are compelled to repair the roads at their own cost , and the farmers who have contributed to this cost , contend that it is unjust that the ; sbopld be called upon to pay tall as well . From these several cauees , incredible as it may appear * I have been informed by several persons likely to be acquainted with the fact , that , taking tbe whole county of Carmarthen , on an average ,. there uts not three miles of road without a toll bar . Prom Pontaidulais-bridge , the boundary of the county , to this town , a distance of only nineteen miles , I myself counted no less than eleven toll-bars , or rather ten and the chan-swept foundation where one stood last week . The farmers
of the county , a most peaceable , quiet , and orderly population , were roused to such a pitch of indignation by this abuse , that at length , under a leader a ore daring than the rest , who assumed the name of 'Rebecca , ' several of these newly set up gates were pulled down . It is remarkable , ; and proves tbat it is their 6 eiise of justice only which ia outraged , tbat none of the old fcBtablished gates originally placed on the road have been meddled with . " Emboldened by success , organization and confederation commenced , aud neither checked by the strong arm of the law , nor appeased by a timely remedy of the abuse , and having the silent sanction and approval of the mass of tbe population , these at first insignificant acts of lawless Violence have assumed an importance , and have led to results which may end in serious disaffection amongst a population the most inoffensive and peaceful in her Majesty's dominions .
" The beginning of strife is as the letting out of wa \ er ; ' there is no telling what mischief it may effect . All parties , with whom I have conversed on the subject , ' unite in condemning the apathy of the Government in not using means at once to put an effectual stop to these disturbances . In those cases , too , where there has been a show of resistance to these outrages , and policemeii and special constables have been arrajed they have not been determinedly and properly headed ; and on looking at tbe numbers they have had to cope with , ' appear to have renianibered the couplet , —¦ ' He who in fights will interpose , ' Will sometimes £ ef > a bloody nose ;' and esteeming ' discretion the batter part of valour ' have quietly looked on , p&eped round corners , a »<* have even , it is said , been ' compelled' to do 'RebeecaV own work .
•• Mingled with thesa causes of diBcontent aro others , great in themselves , 'WQich only wanted some such commencement as ' R : becea ' s' warfare to unite all into one somewhat nla wing f acus . The most prominent of these is disgust at tho operation of tbe New Poor Law . The farmeva and inhabitants of the rural districts complain that they are heavily rated to pay the expenses of building a large Union Workhouse—of cflicera' salary—and of supporting the paupers of distant town populations , none of which , they contend , they otight to be liable to ; and before tbe New Poor Law their rates for supporting their own paupers were much lighter . .
" Then agfdn the great tithes are generally severed from tha support of the church , and go to lay improprietora whilst the small or vicarial tithes , oppressive and vexatious in their exaction , alone remain to support an ill-paid clergy . One serious consequence of this has been tbe great progress of dissent in Wales , which has again reacted on the general discontent in creating an opposition to tbe payment of all tithe whatsoever from opposition to the church . " At present this picturesque and beautifully situated little town is perfectly quiet ; except , ( if I can call it an exception ) that two armed dragoons axe on duty iu fxont of tbe [ hotel from which 1 write , a part of the outoffices ( being converted into barracks , whilst groups of wondering and curious boys ! and idle men are standing at a respectful distance , looking with aspects of awe at their carbines and accoutrements .
" To-day a company of the 73 d Regiment inarched into the town . The soldiers have been accomrnod&tad with quarters in the workhouse , a part of which haa been converted into temporary barracks . " I have been informed that Colonel Love , tbe commander of tbe district , has arrived , and haa been actively engaged in placing the solders in different parts of the conntry , so as to be ready at 9 . moment ' s warning to act on an emergency . " ^
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In the Times of Tuesday , the same writer returns to the subject , and enters into details of oppression undtf tbe New PoorJLaw , which may well cause " Rebecca " to " cry out aloud , " and even to act . "Saturday , June 24 . ' A local newspaper , the Carmarthen Journal , ot today , attributes tbe late outrages in this county to " a deeply-seated and widely-diffused spirit of political disaffection . " I have made numerous inquiries , and certainly ( suet appears to be the opinion of several leading men of the county . On inquiring tbe particular grievances complained of , however , tbe almost invariable answer is , the oppressive tax of the toll-gates on tbe by-roads , and the unpopularity and dislike to tbe working of tbe New Poor law . 1 bave endeavoured to-day to ascertain the particular grounds of the unpopularity of this law . It appears that the union comprises a great number of rural parishes , and many
ot these have no peor whatever , others scarcely any ; and tbe farmers , who bave been accustomed to maintain only their own poor , naturally are indignant at being compelled to contribute to the maintenance ef the poor of & populous town some ten or twenty miles off . This , so far as it affecta the farmers of the rural districts , appears to be { their most prominent objection to the law . In the town of Carmarthen , however , there are other grounds j of objection—namely , its actual operation on tbe poor tbemselves . The poor complain , that if tbey seek for relief , and axe what are termed ' ablebodied , ' tbey j are obliged to enter the Workhouse , themselves and tbeir families , or tbey cannoc get it Tbey complain '; tbat if they do enter , they are kept there as in a prison , and treated as prisoners : that even with agedj and infirm couples , man and wife are separated within its walls ; and , lastly , they complain of black bread and insufficient diet I bave
taken no man ' s ' they say' for granted ; but have been myself over the Workhouse , have examined and tasted their bread , bave obtained from the matron tbeir diet table , and bave seen numerous orders for admission into the workhouse to applicants for relief who bave ] made ont tbeir case of necessity before tbe board , and ] who bave been refused relief , unless tbey and their families entered tbe workhouse . I have seen a bundle of these orders , such as— ' Admit John Jones , wife , and three children , ' which have been refused , the applicants preferring to starve or live by mendicancy rather than break up their cottages—their only homes , and enter the workhouse . I inquired of the relievina officer ithe rent John Jones would bave to pay
for bis cottage ! . ; he 8 » id , 'Perhaps Is . or Is . 6 d . aweek . ' I asked what would become of it if he and his family sbenld accept the order , and enter the workhouse 7 •] Oh , " he answered , 'be would-lock it up for a few mays till he got work . ' r Suppose , ' said I , ' he should not obtain work for a week , would tbe Union pay f his rent ? ' 'Oh , no / said he , ' the landlord must distrain on bis fnrniture for that . " Can it be wondered ! at , unless all hope for struggling on be gone—every spark of honest and independent feeling be extinguished—tbat John Jones should spurn the offer to give him bread on condition that he and his family should become outcasts , by thus consenting to the breaking [ of tbe strongest tie to honest industry —his own fireside ? And such has been the feeling
with which these offers have been rejected , with indignant cries ] tbat it ' was the last timd the workhoute should be offered to them . ' These expressions , the officers of that establishment say , pointed . to a contemplated destruction of tbe building . It seems pretty certain , from all I can learn , tbat the farmers and followers of ' Rebecca' from the rural districts , who came mounted , though opposed to the New Poor Law as imposing unjust burdens upon them , never contemplated pulling down tbe workhouse of Carmarthen ; but tbat ' they were led on to the outrage tbey committed ( and ] which was so fortunately put a atop by the arrival of tbe dragoons ) by the townspeople , whose enmity , ( for the causes I have named , was directed against the building itself .
"The bread , which I saw and tasted , is made entirely of barley , and is nearly black ; it has a gritty and rather sour taste . I was informed by a gentleman of the board , who accompanied me , that this kind of bread was better than the bread in common use amongst tbe poorer farmers , jl bave since ascertained from an intelligent farmer that some of tbe poorer farmers do use this bread , and he 'detoribed it to me as 'being very healthy , because it was lighter than wbeaten bread ;' tbat ' you could ! eat a great deal mote of it , ' and tjiat 'it acted as an j aperient , and was therefore recommended in gome , cases , as from its gritty nature it had a scouring effect . ' " Subjoined is the daily diet table furnished to me by the matron : — 1
" 10 ounces of this barley bread per day forable-badied men , and 14 ounces for women ; l £ pint of milk porridge , composed of three parts water and one part milk , each morning for jbreakfaat . On Sundays and Wednesdays , 3 i ounces of cooked meat , and 1 . Jib of potatoes , for dinner , and \ % pint of soup for supper . On Mondays , Thursdays , knd Saturdays , li pint of soup , and IJ-lb of potatoes for dinner , 1 J ounce of cheese for supper . On Tuesdays lh pint of pease-soup and l ^ lb of potatoes for dinner , and 1 | ounce of cheese for Bupper . And on Fridays ' we have a fish-dinner , ' said the matron . 'Ob , ' ibought I , ' this is kindly intended as a change and luxury ; they are near tbe sea-coast , and cod , haddock ! , and mackerel , no doubt are abundant and cheap . ' 'What fish ? ' I asked . 'Ob ,
S salt herrinff tath—and very \ a * ge ones they are too , ' said tbe imatron , qualifying it , as I raised an incredulous look . To tbiB l £ lb of potatoes are allowed , and to wind up the day ' s fast \\ pint of soup for supper . It struck me , that though the farmer ' s account of the beneficial effects of barley bread might be quite true as applied to bale , strong , and « ver fed men , yet thatf taken as tbe chief food , with only Z \ oz . of meat on Sundays aud Wednesdays , and a soup and milk gruel diet all the rest of the week , its ' scouring' properties might not be desirable for the strongest man , even though be waa treated to ' afish dinner on
Fridays . ' I will now turn to the dietaries of the Borough Gaol of jCarmarthen , and also of the County Gaol , which I subjoin , each of wbicb places I visited , and saw the rations served out , and leave you to compare tbe amount of food allowed to tbe criminals confined with tbat given in tbe workhouse to the poor . As to its quality ] in each of these pi isons , the bread was good wheaten brown bread ; tbat given in the Borough Gaol especially is excellent bread , and I have frequently seen such bread from choice eaten in respectable families in England . The sup and gruel also , some of -which ij aaw in tbe county Gaol , appeared thick and strong .
" THE DIETABT OF THE BOROUGH GAOL . " Rale 18 . —That the money allowance forfoed hitherto existing be abolished , and tbe following fixed diet be established instead , —namely , litb . of bread daily for eacb prisoner ; 3 pints of oatmeal gruel daily ; lib . of potatoes or mixed vegetables daily ; and a liberal allowance of salt for eacb prisoner . " THE DIETARY OF THE COUNTY GAOL . " 24 02 . of bread per day forfeach prisoner sentenced to hard labour ; 12 ozl of meat on Thursdays and Sundays , and 1 ^ lb . of potatoes . On Mondays , Wednesdays , and Fridays , 2 oz . of cheese and a quart of gruel . On
Tuesdays , Thursdays , Saturdays , and Sundays , 1 j pint of soup ; with a pint [ and half of gruel eacb morning for breakfast . Prisoners in the ELonse of Correction are supplied with the same diet On Mondays and Fridays they bave meat soup , and on Tuesdays , Wednesdays , and Saturdays vegetable soup . " Orders have been received from tbe Home-office for an increased diet for the prisoners , but which the magistrates have not jjet adopted . "Can you wonder , on a comparison of these several diet tables , that the poor should complain that they are underfed in the workhouse , aud that the union workhouse should be unpopular amongst them ?"
' Tbe Times , in a leading article in reference to these revelations says : —I" If manifestations of popular violence should induce Ministers to re-consider the policy of keeping up such ! a standing grievance throughout tbe country as the New Poor Law , the time may come when we shall have to thank even ' Rebecca and her daughters'I "'
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1 — ADDRESS OF THE COAL . LEAD . AND IRONSTONE MINERS OF ENGLAND AT < D WALES TO TUE 1 K ISRETHIIEN THE COLLIERS OF SCOTLA . ND . Brothers in bondage and in ijoi e , —Long b-m ¦ we toiled , ¦ while idJers have reaped the frui ts ! Lung have we laboured in noisome pits to proviso comfort ton att , while ourselves and families are denied every comfort ! our wagesjgraduiHy reduced ! infcuuun , uu-Christian restrictions placed upon us , until we can barely obtain the commonest necessaries of life ! prevented by the present accursed system from obtaining information , and then taunted by those who enslave us , with ignorance ! Harassed , oppressed , and insulted on every aide , ( for wholfeels any sympathy for a collier ?) our burdens are becoming too great for humanity much longer to bear . When we see the sons of labour in indigence and rags , arid the idlers rolling in luxury and
clothed in purple and fine linen , we are irresistibly j driven to the conclusion that something must be . ! radically wrong in j the present system , or such ] outrageous anomalies could not exist Is it ; not time then , Brethren , that wo should stand up in the dignity of manhood , and enquire how and by wkat cause these things exist . Brethren , tbe reason why J this unnatural state exists , has been long self-evident ; j it is because wo ( have not been united' } it-is I because we allow others to have tbe greatest share of tbat which we ourselves produce ! it is beoause tho scriptures are perverted , and the " labourer is no longer first partaker of the fruits . " Brothers , shall this state of things last ( pr ever ?—shall we forever be disunited , only to be made slaves ? , The motto of tbe
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oppressor ever la ' , Divide and Govern . " Let tts not suffer them to divide * us any longer ,. and trample upon us with impunity f Let us not any longer be willing parties to our own degradation ) Let m forge a Union chain tbat shall encircle our land ! I Let us cement its links with mutual interest , and brotherly love / / Let ua get rid of all mean jealousy , and have confidence ia each other ! Let ns feel our ovin value and status in society , and then as sure aa cheerful morning follows dreary night—aa sure as gloomy winter ia succeeded by smiling spring , so sure shall we be successful in bettering tbe condition of ourselves and families , and raise ourselves and families from that degraded position to wbicb we are at present subjected .
Brethren , in order to cure the above nataed state of things , we have formed a society called ' The Miners Association of Great Britain and Ireland . " Thousands bave enrolled themselves under its banner , and thousands are daily flocking to it The society baa seven lecturers engaged , propagating their principles . Only last week we forwarded one thousand cards to the miners in tbe West of Scotland ! We entreat , we eonjara you by every holy tie that binds man toman , by the love you bear to your wives and children , by the respect you have for yonr kindred and kind , to join us . Unite * ith as , Brothers , and we will do you good . Those who are friendly to you we will receive as friends , and those who are your enemies shall find us determined opponents .
To bring about this much-desired object , we earnestly desire you to send two men from eacb colliery , to attend a delegate meeting which will be holden at the bouse of Mr . DouglaB . Gallows-hall Toll , Dalkeith , on Saturday , 1 st July , 1843 ; chair taken at six o'clock > n the evening ; and we beg further to inform you that we have delegated and appointed Mr . William Djniells , ( whom we recommend to your notice , ) to attend such meeting , as tbe reprasentative of the " Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland , " who will supply each colliery with a copy of our printed laws , and give every information wished for . Hoping you will take this address into your serious consideration , think wisely , and act accordingly ,
We are , Brethren , yours sincerely , on behalf of the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland , the tbe Executive Committee , John Armstrong , President . Alexander Stoves , Vice-Ptesident . Martin Jude , Treasurer . Thomas Smith , Benjamin Watson . John Nixon . Andrew Fleming . Peter Lintby . James Smith , Assistant Secretary . John Hall , General Secretary . Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Jane 12 , 1843 . N , B . The above-named society is a completely lawful one , and is in perfect accordance with the Act of Parliament , tbe 5 th and 6 th of Geo . IV .
All further information can be obtained by addressing a post-paid letter to Mr . John Hall , General Secretary of the Miners'Association , at Mr . Thomas Stepbenson ' s , Coronation-street , Sonth Shields , County of Durham ; or to Mr . William Danielle , St . Ann ' s , Lasswade , who will shortly attend each Colliery in Mid and East-Lothian , and in the County of Fife , personally . John Hall , General Secretary .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Monday , Jdne 26 . Lord Cottenh am moved for a select committee to inquire into tbe operation of the Bankruptcy Act « f last session . He argued tbat the law operated injuriously , and aggravated the evils of the system ; tbat it gave a preference to the larger creditors , at tbe expense of the smaller ; and tbat it frequently compelled , not only creditors , but the officers of the Bankruptcy Court , to travel from seventy to a hundred miles , in order to prove debts , or to take possession of effecta—thus in every way leading to loss and expence .
Tbe Lord Chancellor admitted tbat in individual cases there might bave been an increase in the attending expences , bnt contended that in the average or cases there was a great diminution . It waa not fair to attempt to take tbe working of the act out of the hands of the Government , who were watching it with great attention , with the view of remedying whatever defects experience might point out . Lord Brougham concurred in opinion with the Lord Chancellor . Lord Campbell , on the contrary , was surprised that tbe Lord Chancellor did not at once admit the bill to be entirely wrong , and abandon it ; as the Government bad done with the additional duty on Irish spirits .
Lord Cottenham , in replying , expressed himself satisfied that the evils of which be complained ' would not long be permitted to exist The motion was then negatived without a division . On tbe motion . of tbe Earl of Aberdeen the House went into committee on the Scotch Church BUL This subject occupied tbeir Lordship ' s the remainder of tbe evening .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday , Jone 23 . The House was occupied with another of those diaenssiena on tbe In&b Arms Bill with threaten to be interminable . The first order of the day was the question of going into committee on the bill ; but Sir H . W . Barron moved an amendment , that tbe provisions of the measure should be extended to England . One consequence of this amendment was tbat it brought up Lord Palmerston , at an early period of the evening , « vbo detailed his opinions on the subject of " Ireland and the Irish . " Sir Robert Peel replied to Lord Palmerston , and made a " conciliatory" speech , the chief object of wbicb was to mitigate tbe effect of Sir James Graham's unlucky expressions on the previous Friday .
In the debate which followed , a great number of members took part—as Lord John Russell , Mr . Ward , Mr . Shaw , Mr . Trelawny , Lord Ebrington , Mrv Morgan John O'Connell , Mr . Sharman Crawford , Lord Dungannon , Mr . Smith O'Brien , and Lord Clements . Sir H . W . Barron withdrew his amendment : but Mr . Thomas Duncombe made a brisk attack on Ministers respecting tbe dismissal of Irish magistrates , which elicited from Sir James Graham tbat a correspondence bad been going on between the Supreme and tbe Irish governments on the subject of the agitation for tbe Repeal of the Union , and that , in point of fact , Lord Chancellor Sugden bad been previously advised by the Home Secretary with respect to the dismissal of magistrates . , '
This provoked a freah discussion ; Lords John Russell and Howick emphatically protesting against punishing individuals for exercising tbeir strictly constitutional and legal right of agitating for the Rapeal of an Act of Parliament The House did not get into committee on the bill until a quarter to twelve o'clock ; and then the first clause provoked a discussion as animated as ever . Ife was moved that it be postponed ; and Lord Clements threatened a division on etery syllable of the clause , unless it were postponed ; but the committee divided , when tbare appeared 177 to 74 . The objeet . however , -eras gained , for the' committee on the bill waa adjourned .
MOXDAT , JUrtE 26 . The firBt order of * tbe day was the committee on the Irish Arms Bill , adjourned from Friday . On tbe question being put . Lord Clements interposed some observations , ana waa followed by Mr . Wallace ; after which the House went into committee on the firet clause . Lord John Russell said he had supported thebill because he felt tbat an Arms Bill was required for Ireland . , But he considered the existing act sufficiently stringent , and unless the present bill , which partook of the nature of a cot-reive measure , were materially altered in committee , ho would oppose it on the third reading . Lord Eliot charged Lord John Rnssell with a want of bis usual candour , ia now opposing ' a bill which he bad supported , and which , instead of being coercive , was much milder than the Arms Act which bebad sapported when himself iu power .
Mr . Hume express ; his satisfaction that Lord Jfobn Russell was now going to oppose the bill , and regretted that he had not done so when the late Government was in office . The House then proceeded with tha bill , or rather attempted to proceed with it , for the first six clausss produced lively discussion and several divisions . The third and faatth cltui ! - * 3 were postponed ; the fifth clause was agreed to ; but the sixth clause was opposed , ani the gallery was cleared . Daring the absence of the reporters sciue excitiug circumstances must bave occurred , for Mr . R . Yojik E was found on his legs indignantly censuring the disgractful proceedings which bad taken place , and moving , ia consequence , that the chairman repoTt progress . This , on a division , was opposed by 229 to 24 ; and the clause itself , on another division , was carried by 167 to 96 .
The progress of the bill was hare stopped , the chair * man reporting progress ; and the other orders were then disposed of . ^ -, , ^^ , . ^
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~ CAHBERWELL— . Bents Vincent lectured at the Montpellier Tavtrn , on Friday evening week ; admittance threepence eaeh . His audience consisted of about sixty persona After tbe lecture a public meeting was held , admission free . Mr . Joseph Sturge , Dr . Ritchie , and Colonel Thompson addressed the meeting , which never consisted of more than * 'ISO persona , the great
majority of whom were Chartists . At the conclusion of the proceedings , it waa moved and seconded that they form a Completo Suffrage Association . About ei ^ 'ht hands were held up in its favour . Tbe Chairman , Mr . Richardson , tfatn called upon them to enrol their names , but tha call was unheeded . Tbe . respeetables ( so calledt moved towards the doors ; while the Chartists collected in groups , discussing and ; commenting upon the complete iaiiare cf all raiddlo . class movements , unless backed out by tbe aid and countenauca of working men .
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TO IHE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sm , —You will oblige the Colliers of * Mid-Lothian by inserting the fallowing address in the next Star , along with the following notice . TO THE COLLIERjS OP MlD AND EAST LOTHIAN . — Mr . William Daniells , will visit the following place ? during the next week . The colliers are requested to make arrangements at their respective places for holding meetings ;—Monday , July 3 rd , at Newcastle ; Tuesday , 4 th , at Sheriff Hall ; Wednesday , at Rjatiwell : Thnrsday , at Edg-head ; Friday , BarteyD-. au ; Saturday , Sub-hill . W . Dam ells . Lasswado , June 24 th , 1843 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 1, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct488/page/6/
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