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      NOTICE . To the Calico Printers of Lancashire , and elsewhere . WHEREAS JAS . HEALEY , Block Printer , near Cumeredale , near Carlisle , and late of Wigton , Cumberland , bas defrauded and embezzled his fellow-workmen out of £ 30 , and absconded with tbe same , the greater part of which he obtained under false pretences . It is geaerally reported thafc be h p * gone to America , but there are strong reasons f- » r believing that he is still in England or Scotland .

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      STATS SECRETS . EJ . RICHARDSON begs to thank the Pnb-• lie for tbe patronage bestowed upon bit ALMANAC of last year , and he begs to announce , in . accordance with his promise , that he wiS publish , on th » First of October next , the Sheet Almanac for 1840 , price One Penny ; wfcleh'wiH . contain , beside tbe usual information ,

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      BLINDNESS . MR CHILD , Jan ., wbo , with bis "Father , baa been performing such extraordinary etue * ia Hall , Bradford , Halifax , Manchester , and « th « r Towns in the North of England , begs to ansoujic * bis intention « f again visiting the following Twwna , vix , ' . —Leeds , Griffia Inn , West Bar , Jfaodar Tuesday , 19 th and 2 'ith of August ; Bradford , Swaa . Inn , Wednesday and Thursday , 21 st and S 2 » d cf August j HoddersfieJd , Ploagk Inn , Friday aad Saturday , 23 rd and 24 th of Auguit , Halifax , Boar ' * Read , Monday and Tuesday , 26 th and Sfth of August ; Rochdale . Baar ' a Head , Wednesday wui . Thursday , 28 cb and 29 th August ; Stockport , A » gdl Inn , Friday and Saturday , 30 : h and 3 l « AogMt * ADVICE GRATIS . ! Hours of Attendance from Tea to Four *

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      GBAND MEETING OF THE ' CHARTISTS ON XENNINGTON COMMON . Oft Monday last , the 12 th instant , magnificent demonstration , on the part of the Chartist * of London , of aioral and physioa ! force , was * hewn on Keaninyton Cosunan . The object—the main ob-Ject- ^ -of tie meeting , was one of the holiest , as it bad in new the prevention of the shedding of human bloi » d---of innoceRt blood , eo » demne < d to be spilled by an . illegal conviction . The Chartists of Londos , to their eternal honour , innk yesterday all claims —all efforts that conld be deferred : they were intently , and almost solely , bent in a combined effort . May it be snccessfEl to rescue from the gripe of the executioner , their fellow-countryiaen , Francis

      Robart * . Joseph Howell , and John Joqp . 3 . At an early hour the Chartist * of the four quarters of the metropolis were in motion ; Motions of them left , at eleven o ' clock , their separate loealitif « , and they all set between oae and two in Lincoln ' s Ina Field * . From thence th « y proceeded in orderly array to Kenning ton Common . A waggon , with a hustings erected epon it , was plac * d in the- middle of the common , wd around " this principal "Waggon wvrd several others , filled with committee-men , and with the wive * u 6 children of the most active Chartists , The basines * of the meeting commenced « about half-past three o ' clock . Tb * meeting was a complete triumph over the Chartist calumniators . There the vile slanderers of

      fconeat sen might tee teas of thousands of those whom they ceiled " dagger * nd torch men , " peace-• biy assembled withomt weapons of offence or defence , to sue for mercy at the hands of a weak girl —to humbly and respectfbily appeal to he ; that she w » uia b » gracioBcly plowed to exercise ihe royal prewigatire , and extend the royal par ^ oa to thrir teJaew-werkmen illegaliy tried and convicted . Never did « more orderly meeting take place . The Lnndos . Chartists met , transacted the business for which they were assembled , and then dispersed without ^ xe isligktest breach of the peace baring been committed . The character they displayed on Monday has won orer to their side the amid , the wavering , and the ill-informed ; and it has overwhelmed with shame those bid men who have hitherto exde > a >

      Toured to represent the Chartists as men o ! disorder , rapine , and bloodshed . Bonoer to the Chartist * ef Lcndon , who met on the 12 ih , - and may a speedy and favourable answer be returned to their patriotic and humane addrew to th « Queea ! The T * st multitude having taken up qnietly the space in front of the platform , by a vote of acclamation , Mr . Rujigct O'Coxjtor took the chair . The load cheering having died away , the learned , patriotic and eloquent Gentleman said—Moral and Phyneal Force of the Empire , I am delighted to have this opportunity of taking on myself all and any responsibility that may attach to this meeting . I bare bjx-n often told that I bare frequently attended

      illegal meetings , perhaps 1 shall be told that the present it an illegal osr , but I tell you that my presence has always legalised the meetings 1 hare -attended , and my pretence here to-day will reader tbi * glorious meeting legal . ( Cheer * . ) Why , this is a meeting of the people , of the mighty , th ^ sovereign . people , met to five expression to their will—theretore it is legal , legitimate , constitutional , just , to me—not evea a Whig Attorney-General can deny that . ( Cheers . ) When we are thus met , who T > r ^ rhat can frighten us ? Can a Whig Government > de > it ? Do they auppow th ^ y can smke terror into t » bscause they have their duag-rona rilled with th * .-martyrs of liberty , becauss they have their scaffolds -ejected to drink the blood of the innocent ? Vain

      ^ opposition ! J auishment— -death in the most inhuman , excruciating , and ignominious form has no terror for the true patriot . ( Ckeers . ) - What do the Chartists meet lor ? To reconsider , to reform the law * of this country . That ' * not illegal . Seven je&M ago , there was meeting after meeting for an alteration of the laws of the land—many of the members of the present Government were ¦ active actors at tkoae meetings—they were considered legal , and they effected their immediate object . The Reform Bill—now a law of the land—sprung out of public meeticg?—those who passed it , » nsidering that it w « Jonnied on the wisbe * of th * people , tacitly acknowledged , by pa ** iagit , that the will of th * nation ou ? ht to become the law of ihs

      land . ( Loud cheers . ) The Chart su of the preset t day are only doing what the political Re ' onser * 2332 did—they are endeavouricg to make the wili ¦ ot the psople law—they are endeavouring to carry into effect a principle that the very fnct ot the passing of tie Reform Bill recently and irrevocably established . £ Hear . ) We are at this present monvnt assembled for the holiest of causes—for one tkai must like a grateful sacrifice asc ? nd to Heaven—we » re met to give liberty to the persecuted prisoner , to bestow freedom on the illegally convieted captive . - ( Loud cheeriiig . ) We an > assembled in thousand * —I look : before m « , and 1 exultiBgly exclaim in tens ¦ of thousands—to endeavour to wve the hves of those who have been ill gaily tried , ill * rallT convicted .

      and *? nfeored to death . Oh , the ia . ' aznous pr &eeJing of the Whig Attorney-General ! Tao * e unhappy prisoner * now in Warwick—could those who were persecuted for righteousness sake , could the inno-< tnt , the suffering , in a holy cause be tailed unhappv ?—were committed for the simple offsnw of riot , but they were tried for a capital erima—tried ¦ on an old Act o / Parliament , ferreted out by the inhuman ingenuity of a Whig Attorney-General . ( Cheers , and cries of indignation . ) 1 tell you it < feo $ e men suffer—I tell you if you suffer them to sailer , 1 am no longer a Chartist ( Cheers . ) If you . allow them to be executed , you are cowards—if you permit them to bs murdered , go instantly and burn tow Charter , sod let its smoke ascend to Heaven ,

      a token of their martyrdom , a symbol of our succe * s-2 * u sympathy .- ( Hear , hear . ) ' What I now say will be carried to Government—there are Govemmeiit reporters here—geutlemsE , forsooth !—there are * piet here of evejy sort ; there are present policemen in coloured clothes , but we do not fear them . Our cause it so good , that if we do no : injure ii by misconduct of oar own , it c * n rrcsiva no hurt from the machinations and information * of reporters , * p ies , And policemen . 1 cannot help here alluding to the excellent articles that have appeared this week in favour of our caj »**> , in several o' the SiEday papers ; and 1 beg of you to lock e ^ peciail ? ro one arti cl e that appeared ia the Weekly bispalch of yestercay , is which the Government are told that if the people

      do not receire full and fair representation , ( Jhartum must -go on daiiv gaining ground , until it cannot bs uprooted , but flourish el » rn * liy . If those excellent articles h */ 3 bsen eotL * ta . ntl / written anie-rior to this time , we should now posses Univtr * sJ Suffrage . ( Cheers . ) Gjod God , what a maa o ! c&at and hypocrisy tfcere was in the world ! U hat infarn * l ' hypocritei' the Whig * are ! They ha 4 liberni -on their lips , but tyranny is bursting ( their organs are k > crammed wiih it ) in their hearU . Oh i hew < hey sympathised with the Pole *—wh&t deep indigaiaaoathey breathed againstRu « ia : tk-ey ? ab * cribed . privately—they voted an annual grant Jor the reliel ^ of the-eoffering Poli « h refnijeem fxiles for doctrines thev would not iorsake . Ttey did this ; and yet a :

      rfho Tery present mornrnt , if one of those Polrs gave -out that your cause was a just one . and that he . wa * willing to aid you in 2 ccomplii « hu k it , he was sure to be declared by Lord John Ruajell or Spring Rice , < soc to bs a fit obj ct to receive any longer a portion of the money voted to alleviate Polish snff ring . ( Shame . ) There i * upc ® this platform Fole . ( Major BeniowAi ) wh ? has breu thus orated bj theWhi ^ s . ( Shame . ) I can scare ly see any safety for our lives and liberties ; there Wuuld be noneisot a shadow , if we w » re at the mercy of the Whi ^ s . They teli u * to ana—they proclaim the right EDgiishjeen have to arms tiem . « ekes , and yet they allow the magistrates acd their arnnidons lie power oi -searching at all hours our boose * , ard seizing , not only those s . rmi < , but ourselves . Why do you allow taii ;—wty do the Wfaigs dws treat you thus ?

      Simply because * you are not as yet properly organised . ( Hear . ) Wen of London , I tell you—H is with deep regret that i tell yon—that you are not organised . You are ignorant of the organixadon ol the men of the North—you do not know how they have acted , and how they act ; but let me advLw yon to make yourselves acquainted with the mode o : organisation adopted by yosr brave brothers of the North , and les m « assure yoa that you may relifionily rely en their co-op&ratioo and strenuous sup-TY » rt . Every man in this world can ? t eat his peck oi dirt : ewry body of men conten 4 ing for a prbciple hare t&eir ordeals to undergo ; we cannot hope to be exempt from them . Knowing beforehand our trials , let u * bs armed with fortitude , I feel that many Kves a * y be lost before we complexly sneceed : » atrioti « n has iU penalties to pay ; bat I do not

      d * p air , for 1 know that tbere u » n nnoying spini abroad—the unextbguUhable spirit of Hber ^ , which cbeew JDfi on , as it riJs yon with bcoyaney and hope . Be but united , « ad yonr came u nctonoos , Bsnub Sm Towthoif ho and bearts ev ? ry feeliug of bickering and dissension . See how onrmemiea are nni ^ d-h ow firmly they cleave together . In heir union is our ireainew-in our disunion is tbeir strength . ( Hear . ) The XBoment our dirauwn has eJsappeared , then will 1 i ** ne the word oi com-2 sFmt » S& i ^ ht& bU " ° « intivourstraggtes-be united , be worthy of your . eelTesLd of S gwat . S °° ^ «* 8 ^ *««^ ^ adrocate , and , » help me God , yon wiUJud me withyou-remainmg aooopV you to Aewnrlart .

      ( Lond cheers . ) Mj eoemie * ana joun p ^ jjr that 1 was a Tory spy ; then I *** fnend to the Whigs , and playing their game . I bare no fn ^ ndj either amonist Tones or Whigs . I have » o earthly &unds but among the working elawes . (* athu , iMtic cheering . ) This head of mma wobW Ion * eince have been banging over Temple Bar w « re it not for the afect : < m tbe workiflf cb «« bear ae , and I shall set at nought the endeavouM o » the Tarr and Whig factws » againtt me s » long . as i know that the wortta * cUw » i «« for me . ( Cnes , i' and that wfll be f » eter . " ) . I acknowledge that thereT have been baits wmmirt * d bj tome of the

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      members of the Convention . I do not claim myieii to exempt from tho » e faolts—bat I trust that they are venial and pardonable ones—more the offering of tie h « ad than of the heart . Working Men of England , weigh our fault * with oar virtues , and then yon will see which aiw the heaviest in the scale . ( Cheer / i . ) I ag » in repeat that 1 tak . 0 the responsibility of this meeting on myself , and [ hope that the several speaker * who will hive to follow me will not give utterance to one word that shall not be to the purpose- or if it should be in any iray fore ; gn to the purpose—for God ' s sake let it not be injurions to the cause of Roberts , Howell , and Jones—to the cause of humanity , of liberty , and . of justice— to the caiwe of all Eaglard . ( Ctieers . ) I aave be « n tbi * morning at Marykbone police office

      before Mr . Rawlinwn , to defend three bill-stickers , who were taken up for postiig tha plaeardg announcing this meeting . These placards were at first pronounced illegal , but I soon convinced the magistrate that they could not be illegal , as they simply announced a meeting that was legal , and the bill-sdckera were accordingly discharged . ; Cheera . ) 1 beg of you to bear in mind the chief obje « t for which yuu have this day met , viz . to save ? thelivsg of innocent men , unjustly convicted , and who would have etcaped if th ^ r had known in time that th « y were to be tried on an indictment for a capital offence . They were taken by surprise by the Attorney-General , and , therefore , were

      unprepvtd with witDes * es for their defence , or with persons to sppak to their previous character . This meeting will have a good eff ct—it will enable me to cause the people of Eugl-mi and Scotland to riso more generally in your cause , and in behalf of tho prisoners at Warwick ; acd la « t , not least , it wili bring over to us many of the braid men of Ireland . I am most happy to announce to you that I have seen to-day one of our delegates who hag been in Ireland , and he tells me that in a short time the majority of my country-men will be decided Chartists . ( Cheers . ) I will now conclude , and make way ( or my friend , Mr . Bronterre O'Briea , "ho . 1 aay say , threw tie firec stone again&t the citadel of coriuptioa . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . B . O'Brien rose to move the first resolution , and was received with loud cheering . He said—Men of London , these are times when every man should be prepared to carry his head uud * r his arm , like St . I > enis . ( Lunghwr aud cheers . ) These are times when , withont sca-cely a shado * of proof , a man might be put to rieaih by the ingenuity of a hired la « y-r . These are times wh ? n we must all stick close together . ( Cheers . ; Tne maa thit deserts Gi now is a traitor . We are now living under a government which hasi abjured iU own laws —under a government that not long xinc ;« said th » people had a right to publicly meet aud declare their grievance *—under a government which now employs the police to take into custody poor people who

      assemble to mention their wrongs . I always teld yon to obey the laws as long &s thosa whe made them obeyed them , but warn tfce very law makers themselves are destroying the laws you wpat trust toyonr right arms and defend the l » wg against the robber * who are breaking through them . ( Cheur * . ) There is scarcely a count ; in England at this present moment in which yoar brethren were not Sfiz ^ d , and amused , and dragg < d before tie magistrate . ' , and by the mostinfamoes evidence committed tried , and convicted . ( Cbeew . ) Among all theae arrests have you beard of the arrest ot one single Aristocrat , or one of the middle classes ? You have not heard of any « uch persons being arrested . When quiet agitation took place a few days « go , in

      whica the upptr and middl * classes t > ok a part , were any of them arrested ? They were n ^ t arrested because middle men then agitated to get a middle ol ass bill parsed into a law . It is vain for you to expect independencs orjustice is this country until you have a . power over the law , and you cancot have that power whilst the middle men virtually make the lair * . The Jaw makers represent the mi'die men . Tbe middle elates are i&tererfted in making such laws as would oblig » you to work for low wago * and enable them to have large profits atyour -xpense . Your interest ? are eternallj opposed to tho > w of the middle classes , and as long as the middle claspe * have the making of the lawg yi , u can never reasonabh expect liberty . The only way that

      you can obtain your liberties and your rights is by one gimnltaaeous crj for the CharWr , ' tor nothing ebe short of this will obtain for you equal justice » Dd equal right * . We want and claim our lib rti-s —we want the same voice in the > legislature that the middle clashes have , aud if we do not gft i : peaceabJy let us rell the middle classes chat we wiii takit from them by force . ( Cheers . ) We have ns » d peac ^ abl : ) means—we have petitioned . That celebrated petition of onra ginned by two millions of men , had been contumelioosly rejected by the Legiflature . The n « -xt cenrse th <> n left for us to puriz * ii to try a . cd annoy the Government in every way we can . We mnst try to take a ! l the gold out cf their c ffers , arjd leave them nothing but paper

      meney , which will be the cause of tbeir rnin and oi ovr prosperi'j . ( Cheers . ) Another plan we must adopt is an excellent one , vie : thac of exclogive dealing , for why sboold we deal with our enemie * , with those who actually rob us . We have ho right to do it , and we will not do it—we will deal only with our friends . ( Cheers . ) No enemy to the working classes shall be dealt with , and no farmer inimical to our principles , shall , if we can preTen ' . it , have hif cro ^ s cut for him . ( Loud cheering . ) Another plan I advise is to arm , not for the psrpoiie of attacking the constituted authorities , or of acODg aggressively , but to protect ourselves against the hin-d assassins of the upper and middle classes . ( Cheers . ) I have been told that the rjpper

      and middle classes had a right to have anna because loey supposed they >> ad everything they wanted ; and so long as tbry have arms they will continue robb ng you per teculu secultrum . ( Cheerg . ) It was Lo . 'd John RowelJ inat < i « t gave advice to certain person * of property to have arm * for the defeac of that property ; and I did not give the people advice to arm unui Lord John bad * et me an exazaplt ' . In fact , I scrupled to do so until hi * Lordship said that the principal inhabitants of the country had a right to arm . Now , I maintain that tbe working classes ara the principal inhabitant * of the country ; for they are tbe producers of all wealth and power ; and I therefore tell them , that they mnsr , with the ; r right arm * , and their fire-arms ' , protect tbeir

      country , their own property , and tbeir own live * . ( Loud cheering . ) As Lord John Russt-U t .-ld the upper and miadle classes to arm , so 1 t * ll you to do the same . 1 do not tell you to do so in order to protect Lord John Russell ' * proporty—that is his busiueA * . and not mine . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Yet [ know not what his property consists of . It formerly beloa ^ ed to th e poor of this country ; but it was robbed from tUm in tbe reign of Hr-nry VIII . That ii not the sort of property that I wish to have protected . ( Lvogbter and cheerg . ) 1 do not adrise ion to attack the lives and properri ?« of the middle cla . ' « e ? , because that would be setting a bad exampi ? ; and they , in their tnrn , woald attack jour * . 1 hold it to bs essential that every man who is a

      wealth producer should have a musket han ^ ini ; over hit mantelpiece ; acd that tb . 4 answer should be to any man who came to take it—By God , you shall have the eontf nt * first ! ( Loud cheer * . ) [ have been called a dag ^ 'r-an-- -torch man ; but the men who callrd me pj gave the same denomination to Mr . F . 0 "Connor and Dr . Taylcr , an-1 I am not ashamed of my company . The men whose whole livss were pa * s-il in rendering evil for good—who refused the pfOi-Li their right *—who easlsred and ( under the form of mock trial ) mnrJrred them—those were the real dagger-and- torch m ^ n . ( Cheere . ) Tbo * e who came and took your arms , and delivered you over to gaoler * ; who ordered that Physical Force should be applied to all that diff-red from them in

      opinionsuch men were the true knights of the dagger-andtorch . ( Cheers . ) The resolution I hare to propose to you pledge * that you will nettr relax yonr efLrt * until the Charter be th « law of the land . I told job tat-t without the Charter you mt » t remain jlave *; and that to obtain th « Charter you must be united in one band—that every working man must consider his fellow woikm ~ n as a brothrr—that he must Dot quarrel with him about m&tters of gain , or trifling differences of opinion , but that all must march forward in one united phalanx . Those who had a little property always united with th « rich , and therefore wt . en thp battle shall be fonght ^ rou will Hod the man of £ 1 . 000 a-year united ag « in « t you with the man of £ 50 , 000 a-year . In the sanae way

      shoal- ! yoa be united , the maa th&leams 5 * . a week shov . ld unite with the man that earns 8 s ., and the one pound a week maa should agree with him that earns only 12 s . The law of the land ought to be hi'ld sacred , and tbe Government would nevrr have attacked the Charrisrs , if the middle cl& «?« had not calumniated you by telling the Government that your objects w ? re the dMtrncrion of IL'e and properry . Yon ar * thi * rerr day giving the lie direct to saeb a calumDy . If you wished by violent means to destroy life and property would you be here quietly petitioning for your rights ? Property is your own creation , I do not think it likely , I do not think you so-unnatural as to iestrcy the child of yoar own creation . ( Hear , hear . ) I now propose the following resolution : — " That this meeting hereby pledget ilael f to the principles of the People ' s Charter , declares that it will never desist from ita *

      exertions to establish those principles until the people shall be in a condition to demand bj their united voices the enactment of it as the law ol the land . " Dr . Taylor next presented himself and said , I regret the state of my health and Toice renders it impossible tor me to address yon aa long or as load as I could wish . 1 have not anything to state that I am athimed of , but that I should not have embracei Chftrtism if I did not thifik it would lead to republicanism . ( Hear , hear . ) Three innocent nvn have been condemned to be baDged . I am not much in the habit of quoting Tories , but % Tory stated to me this morning , that if the Chartists allowed those three men to be hanged they ought to be likewise hanged with them . ( Cheers , and cries oi "We ooebt . " ) I am something of this opinion my » elf , but being a quiet peman , I have bo objection to driBf quieUj . ( Laughter , and cheers . ; J

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      have a petition from Birmingham , in which it is asserted tbat one of the condemned was not at the Bull Ring at the time of tho burning . Thh > mna was coavicted on the gale evidencd of a polic "man named Hall , who having bees formerly well kicked by th i liberals for his apostacy now wants to hang us . The petition from Birmingham will be presented to day , and I hope that both it and the address you are going to agree to , will have some eff ; ct upon the Qun « n and make her grant not mercy but justice to the prisoners . If not , I have a peiition from the North that will not be re used . ( Loud Cheers . ) You all know that I was arrested aud for trying to s&ve the lives of two palic * m * n . That wag my crime , and you may rely upon it that I abseil never be caught committine such a crime

      again . ( Laughter . ) I was accused of another crime , namely , the advising the people to be quiet at the time for I knew that they wera nof , sufficiently organised to kick their enemies then . If ever I am caught protecting the peace again may I be a Dutchman . ( Cheers and iaaghter . ) I have pledged myself to tho men of Birmingham ; 1 have promised Me « -rs . Lovett and Co \\ ia » to get * remission of the sentence on the men who were going to be murdered , and I again pledge myself to do so if the men of the South snow thennelvea ready to act as the men of the North will d > , ( Cheers ) There aT 6 two ways of applying Physical Force . Stopping the supplies ii one ; the ether I date say you all can guess . ( Cheers and

      laughter . ) A combined movement may effect the first , but a chance spatk may bring about the other . Combustible materials yet remain ; and if my hand can fira them , I shall not be found wanting ; . ( Load cheera . ) I eauriou you not to trust to spies , or to any mm who tells you that he is a spy of Lord J oho Russell ' s , and then promises that he will be a spy ! or yoa ov : r his Lordship . [ Tnis allusion the Reporter understood to be to a delegate named Hancock . ] 1 thank you for the kindneos you have shown to me—I thank you both on my own behalf and that of the men of Birmingham ; aud I promise the men of Uondon if they will only keep the water net by by their peaceable m « etuigg , 1 will take care to keep it boi . ine in tbe North .

      Dr . Taylor then seconded the resolution , after which Mr . O'Connor put it from the chair , and it was unanimously carried , amid loud acclamations . The Learned Gentleman taen stated that he regretted circumstances compelled him to leave the chair , ai he was going co attend * a Delegate Meeting at Glasgow . Mr . O'ConnoT then retired from the platform axnidjt tbe heartiest cheering . Mr . Carpenter was then voted into the chair . Mr . Goldino spoke to the resolution ; but tbn only thing remarkable iu his speech was an attack he made upon a person of the name of Hancock , who , ho alleged ., had received money fn m the Commissioners oi Police , t © act as * spy upon the Chartists .

      Mr . Carpo , in moving the second resolution , said —Mr . CUuirman , and brother workiug men , — I appear before you , not as an humble suppliant lo the Qaeen , but to move an Adlress to her Majesty calling on her to dismiss her present Minister * from hpr Councils , and ior other purpoaec . Mr . Curdo ht-re perceivng that he had the wrong resolution , said—No ; the resolution 1 have to move relates to the prisoners at Warwick , who are going to be offered up at the shrine of the base and imbecile Whig Government . When I saw thoue three prisoners arraigned in the dock , knowing their innocence , I thought that they should depend upon thatinnoceace for their safety ; but when I see w > many thousands of persons round me , let the Queen i-Goternment execute them if thev dare ; however ,

      let us not peril their live * by any act ot ours ; but let us approach the throne for mercy , and I hope that we nhail be enabled to call it a throne ol mercy . The Jmy were led by the sophistry of the Attorney-General to condemn tho * j men , because they wer < j t » ld by him that their lives aud property would be in danger if those men did aot perish . ( Hrar , hear . ) It will be a matter of satisfaction for those men to know that ir they should die , that they will perish with jonr sympathies , aud with a knowledge that you consider tuem innocent , and deem them murdbred men . ( Cheer * . ) If we fail to-day in saving their lites , let it be remembered that they are not the onljf parti ? s that shall die . 1 at once declared that 1 wou ' . d never petition the Legislature , nor address the Cr ^ wn , but as that is now the only

      constitutional war to save these men ' s liv ^ s , I do so ; a . nd it tbe Throne is founded on mercy , fmercy will be administered to those men ; but if thoTtroiie is not founded on mercy , then perish the Throne and all ihac surrounds it . ( Lond cheers . ) The pe » - pleal-ohavea right to demand it . The sovereiga people of Englani condescend to sue for mercy , r ' rom whom ? From a creature of their own pawerfrom a Government wflich , if ' the people of feugtand were united , they would have the power to annihilate in one moment . ( Hear , hear . ) In connexion with the men of Birmingham , I ask her Majesty to spare thrir lives , because , by God , those men are as innocent as you are free . ( Hear , hear . ) Our lives han ^ on tbe conduct oi the police , and it is yet a

      qH-snon whether the hoeses at Birmingham were ret on fire by the people , or by the police . ( Cheer * . ) Public opinion will decide to-daj' if thtue men are to be ex-jcated or not , and if they are executed , 1 foretel that they will not be the only parti s who will meet a . similar fate . Before 1 sit down , 1 beg to mention , that on the back of the indictment were seventeen names of witnesses of whom the prisoner * had do knowledge , and whose tvideac ? , there / ore , they could not contradict . On such an indictnum they were convicted and sentenced to death ; and if mercy was ralused to thun , we shall meet agaia in alter umts to do justice to those men , and to offer to their memories the tribute which their livessojustly de «*» rred . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Cardo concluded by moving the following a ^ drt-ss : —

      " VVe , your Maje > ty ' s loyal subjpets , had reason to hop - that the mild spirit of the age had rendered o ^ soleto all those sanguinary laws which , in other reigns , had subjected offenders to ignominioas death for comparatively trivial otiVnces . We regret to learn that ihree ofyourM « je » tj ' s eubjeefs have been recen'ly convicted under an old Act o ; Parliament , which appears to have escaped the eye of the Legislature in us revision and repeal of barbarous enaccm « n ! , s ; we cannot avuid believing that had those crimes been found upon the calendar of a general assize , and nvt treated as politic aI offences , that thev

      would have been more mildly construed , and the punishments , even al ' tor conviction , would not have amounted to a sacrifice of life . Under ihouecircumstanctiA , we humbly and respectfully appeal to your Majesty , that jou will be graciously pleased to exercise your Rsyal prerogative , by extending the H » yal pardon to Frances Roberts , Josaph Howeil , and John Jonts , lately convicted aad sentenced tc death at the assizes of Warwick . We beg most respectfully to direct your Majesty ' s attention to the unfavourable circumstances under which toe prisoners wera tried , being committed Jor a mere riot , and afterwards btiug capitally indicted . "

      Mr . Hjlkth'ell seconded the resolution—saying Mr . Cbairajan and men of London , I rise with mingled feeiings of pleasure and of pain—with a feeling of regret that in thd 19 th century , men should assemble to sue for pardon for an offence committed against the life of no man , bat against property only—with a ieeling ol pleasure bdeaotte ihat meeting wag a proof ol th * strong sympathy felt jh thoso unhappy mea . All of you know the result oi the trials at Warwick , but if you had seen the way in which they wtre conducted , yon would have risen up and said that no jugtice was to be txpected from the constituted authorities of the state—you would have said that if justice and mercy were wanted you must obtain them by yourielve * . Ii yoa » aw the Jnd seand tsvery authority down from

      him to the eommoa policrman—it vou saw thr-Attorney-G oeral—if yon saw how they were al ] pressing for a c nviction , yoa would hive burst with indignation , and many persons in the Court , not Chartists but simple spectators , so loudly expressed their iudignant feelings , that the officers ot the CoaM were obliged to repress them . The evidence ) by which one of those men wa « convicted was that of a fellow named Hill , formerly a notorious p rize fighter , whe had fought with Sampson and beat him , * nd who was in conseqvieucd Of his bullying and thierith propensities , thought by the magistrates «* lit person to be made a police officer . The evi ience of' this scoundrel was the only one that was adduced against Francis Roberts , all he said was that he saw Roberts in the erowd . He saw

      him throw a stone—he did not arrest him then , but he saw him on the following morning looking at some rains in the Bufl Ring . ( Shame . ) This man had a most excellent character , was an excellent workman , had never been taken before a magistrate , and there were many respectable neighbours of hia who were ready to swear that they saw him at home at the nine the policeman swore be saw him in the Bull Ring . They did not appear as witnesses in his iavourat Warwick , because they understood that he was to be tried for riot only , and had they been aware that he was to have been tried for a capital off .-nc , they would have attended and given

      § uch evidence that no Judge or J Dry conld have convicted him . There was only one witness against Jone ? , and ail that that wilne » S swore was , that be , saw Jones waving a stick over his head at the time of the conflagration of the booses in the Ball Ring . Jones had also an excellent character from his m & *> ter , which woald have been sworn to before the Judge , if Jones ' s master knew the full extent and nature of the trial . He hoped that these facts , for they really were fact * , wonld induce her Majesty to spare the lives of both these men . ( Cheers . ) If those men were executed , fee hoped that their blood would fall upon the h ; ad * of those who had condemned them unjustly . ( Loud cheers . )

      Major Benjowski , a Polish refugee , spoke to the resolution , and said that it was rather peculiar that a foreigner should advise them to address the Qaeen , but he conld POt help doing so , and telling them that they would not be worthy of the name of Chartists , and tha < the blood of those mea would be upon their

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      bends , it they acted pajtivjly on this occasion . \ H . trembled at the idnaof sheddinjf hum « n blood , though he had shed much in his time , yet it wa ? not the b ' ood of the innocent , bat of the tyrants of his beloved country , Poland . ( Cheers . ) There was blood BOW being shed everywhere iu Franca , in Portugal , in Spain , in Poland , and blooi would continue to flo » until there was a Reformed Parliamt ) at in England . An English Reformed Parliamvut could alone sure Enrope from slavery and increased bljodshed ( Hear , hear . ) Dr . Johnson moved the following resolution : — "That the meeting view * with feelings of indignation aad alarm the encroachments upon the liberties and rights of the subjects lately made by the country magistrate !* , instigated and directed sslely by the advice of her Majesty ' s mm-stera . That this meeting considering hucu conduct on the part of BUcb > tnini . ster 8 as unconstitutional , and

      opposed , tpjall law , bpfh ommoa and statute ; aad also as bding both inhuman and mean , has been principally directed against thoM classes of her Majesty ' s subjects who are the least protected by the Legislative boly fnro having any influence or voice in their coatrol or election . That we , h « r Msj-isty ' s subjects , legally convened in public meeting , humbly snggest that each despotic aad illegal advica is sufficient in itself to demonstrate the uctitness of the present Cabinet to possess the confidence of her Majesty , aud humbly request that she will consequently dismiss from her councils thoxa men who have proved themselves ho opposed to the rights , have shown such an utter want of sympathy with the great mass ** of the people ; and who havi ) so unconstitutionally eodeavoared to deprive them of t \ oso liberties which they have received from their fathers , and which they are determined shall be transmitted to their children as perfect and as entire as they have received them themselves . "

      Mr . Williams said , there is a committee now sitting that will soon organize London , aud you will soon have , if voh give your assistance to this committee , the Charter , which we all so eagerly desire ; but let me no w speak to the most important question of the three anfortunato men who have been committed to death . I deny that I am a torch aad dagger man , and I will tell the Aristocracy that my tunds have never been stained inhuman blood ; and I will tell them that I wish to prevent th * Aristocracy from staining their hands , as they will if those innocent men are executed . ( Cheers . ) The law bag said you shall not commit murder , and if you do not prevent the execution of thdse » en yon will allow tne Aristocracy to commit murder , and you

      will therefore be accessories yourselves . ( Cheers . ) Several of us went last Sunday , with black crape on our arras to St . Paul's , to shew the Aristocracy and the middle classes how we felt upon this subject , and we afterwards assembled to tbe number of 3 , 000 in Copenhagen Field * , and declared that these men should not l > e executed . I advise you all to wear black crapo around your arms , and to visit the different fashionable churches of the metropolis on Sundays , in order to shew the Aristocracy that if th

      but 1 will tell her that if she does not save these men she will seon lose all her popularity . lam do enemy of the QueenV , and I hope she will consult the feelings of tbe working classes of this country , who are her real friend * . ( Hear , hear . ) 1 / to prevent this execution-, yon do not ns-s yonr physical power you will not be worthy of the name of men . lo the course of another week we shall hold far greater meeuEgs than this—I feel that it is useless for nj to hold oat for a three days' holiday j we are not yet prepared for it , but with ' yonr assistance we shall in a snort time be enabled to organize London in such a way that no power can put us cown . For every nine men in our unions there ehall be a leader , 30 that we shall be enabled to correspond with one

      another without the necessity of calling great public meetings . If the people are united , I promise them before the year is oat , the Charter will be the law of the land . ( Cheers ) I hope that instead of going into public hooses on Suadar * , yon will frequent the churches , and use your efforts to save the lives of these wretched men . I advise you to keep sober , for a drunken man can never be a real or a true patriot . Instead of going into tap-rooms , frequent intelligent society , as by that means you will every day become more useful members of the community . Many honourable men will desert yon , aad will nrvercome before you again to address or advise yoa , because they will at once say that yoii Are cowards if yoa ssffer these men to be executed .

      ( Cheers . ) Spies have been pointed out to yon—let us have nothing to do with spies—let us make no , attack upon thom—hat let us pass them by and spurn them with silent contempt . ( Cheers . ) I hope you will join me and my friends on Sunday next , and meet us in Smithiield , in order that we may go to the several churches , and mix among the aristocracy , aad show them our determination of saving tho .-e un ' ortunate and innocent men . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Hare , from N ;» wcastle-upon-Tyn 6 , said t » at a short time oince he was arrested in the dead of the night on a charge of sedition , and that be was most glad to have that opportunity of delivering his opinions to the people of London . Those men they bai met to save were not unfortunate , but innocent .

      Ttey were living under the oppression of aa iniquitous Government , and the Chartists and the people at large would be for ever to blame if they allowed the c « ntence passed at Warwick to be carried iuto effect . He had no faith in anything that would result in application to her Majesty . His only hope wan in th * moral and physical power of the commauity . ( Cheers . ) He had bwa arrested a few dftyi ago , and torn from his family by four hired ruffiuis , for having told the people to arm , and he wonld now , on the very threshold of tyranny , repeat tbe advice . ( Renewed cheers . ) The working classes had nothing to loow , they were already bankrupt * . The beginning of each week saw them without a farthing . What Hi they ask for ? A large day ' s wagas for a good day ' s work , and nothing more . Lori John Russell » ay commit 10 , 000 of them , and 10 , 000 of them may be executed , but there was a spirit in tbe Twin / generation , the fruit of agitation ud

      ¦ extended education , wtnch could neter be put down , ( Cheers . ) Ho believed that that v ^ ryday the people ofjhe North had began the National Holiday , had ceased from work , and had . commenced stopping the supplier He had heard a great deal said about physical force . Why , it was by physical force the preaent Government was maintained . He had pawed the Horse Guards that day , and he saw uothmjf but physical force in the shape of soldiers in that neighbourhood . ( Laughter and cheer * ., ) He was not for spilling humau blood , but he thought that there was i : o human action better , no one more acceptable in the eyo of heaven , than that by which the blood of a tyrant was shed . ( Tremendous cheering . ) His last advice , for it was most probable it would be the last time he should ever address them , was to be united and strong , put crape on thrir arms if they thought proper , but by the Lord God they should carry something better in their hands . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was then carried .

      Mr . CAf . PENTKK . —Allow me , in the name o my * elf and my friend * on the platform , and in the name of all those who hard witnessed your conduct at this meeting , to tbauk you for tha steady and peaceable way in which you have conducted yourrielves . It is the way in which you always conduct yourselves when allowed to transact yonr ova bosinew , and it is only when the Government interferes with your useful proceedings that rioting and destruction of property occurs . It in your enemies that ara the real destroyers of property , and not yoa , ( Cheera . ) I am sure 1 need not toll you to disperse quietly , but when you go away remember that yoa have yoar work to begin . We want yoa to increase your numbers , to that by the united strength of the

      people , the Charter most become the law of the land . The Trade Societies of London have taken no part iu this meeting , not because they are averse to it , but becnufte the time allowed to them for so doing was not sufficient to enable them to ge through the usual routine business on such occasions . However they have pledged themselves to a demonstration in favour of the Warwick prisoner ? , a demonstration of their own , and within a month from this time I shall have tte satisfaction of seeing the Trade Societies joining their voice with yoars ia deprecating the punishment ef innocent men , and demanding the Charter as an enactment necessary to secure the persons , the property , and the well-being of the community . ( Loud cheers . )

      After a most flattering vote of thanks to the Chairman , theimmense assembly peaceably departed to their respective residence * . .-.-. _ .. -i-f-r ,-,. . .. —i-i-M- i - ¦¦ - ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ '¦ i-m * .- i- ry * .

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      HiiLIFAX . National Holiday . — Ob the evening of Thursday se ' nnight , the bellman was sent round this town , by order of part of the Committee belonging to the Radical Association , to annouace to the inhabitant * , that a public meeting woald be held in tbe large room lately occupied by tba Socialist * , situate in Jail-lane , to commence at eight o ' clock , when Mr . Bussey was expected to be there from Bradford . At the hour appointed , a large number of people , ooBsisting chit fly of the working class , were aswmbled together , when having waited a short

      time , and Mr . Bussey , from some cause or other , not having arrived , Mr . Robert 'Wilkinson was called to tbe chair , who stated that they had been called together for the purpose of ascertaining , a ? far as possible , the general opinion nsptcting the Holidty ; aid wished any who thought proper to come forward and state their opinion on tl « subject . Bobebt Sutcliffk mace a few remarks on Universal Suffrage , and called upon those person wko thought themselves deserving of that Tight to hold up their kand » , when every band in the room was immediately held up : he afterwards made som «

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      ^— ¦ ^^—— ^ a recent illegal , imconjcitutioaal , and J-awe outragfcow attack on the people when peaucaoly assembled . " Moved by Mf " . Luniy , seeonied by Mr . BeU ,- ^ - "That an Durable address be presented to her Majesty , praying her to dism ' w * her Ministry , and dissolve the present Parliament , and call only suek men to her councils a « will give the people cheap and good Government , based upon Universal Sot frage . " After which Mr . Read spoke at considerable length , wherein be gave Lord John Russell an 4 the Whigs a ma 3 t severe l&sbing , and highly complimented the Magistrates for their attendance at the meeting . M . oved by Mr . "Walker , seconded bjr Mr . Read , — "That an hamble address be

      presented to her Majesty , prayiag her to remit th » sentence of Jeremiah" Howeli , FraYew Roberts , aii John Jones , tbe individuals who are now lying under sentence of death ia Warwick jaii , for tb » late riots ia the town of Birmingham . "Notice was then given that in tea days time sv public meeting would be called to elect a Delegate to tbe National Convention in the plaee ef Mr . Henry Viacent , wbo has resigned , in oanjeaaeao * of being incarcerated in prison , for advocating the rights and liberties ef the people . The meeting breke up about 11 o ' clock , wihout the least breach of the peace , indeed tbe whole fear was that tba authorities would be the first to break it .

      Fire on Sunda y Last . —AWt mid-day a . fire was discovered by one of the police ia thot * extensive premises belongiag to Mr . S . Bennett , Wmcolmlee , and occupied by him as eil merchant and seed crusher . Plenty of water being close at band , and sumeient number of persons being speedily on the spot , the fire was soon gat under with verylittle damage ; but if it had happened in tbe sight * great deal of valuable property would have b «« a destroyed .

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      ARREST OF BRONTERRE . Mr . James Bronterte O'Brien , the Chartifi Delegate , was brought before Mr . Minsbull , by Tho * Click , a constable of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , upon a Bench warrant , signed by Mr . Justice Coltuas , isL which he was charged with having true bills fooad against him for sedition . The defendant wa » atfended by Dr . Taylor , Mr , Carpenter , and several Delegates ; and after he avowed himself to be th * peraen named in tbe warrant , Mr . Minshull said there was not much use is Id * making any observations , although he was prepared to . hear anything he had to advance . Mr . B . O'Brien said he was aware there w& « not much use in saying anything on the present occasion , and he would reserve his defence for * higher tribunal .

      Mr . Minshull inquired of the constable if he wtut authorised to accept of bail . The Constable said he vras instructed to have oaX accepted if the defendant could procure it . Mr . O'Brien observed that there were fo « r ether persons naned in the indictment , for each of whom bail to a moderate amount was takes , and be was prepared with the same if it met with the Magistrate ' s approbation . Mr . Minshull had no objection ; aud tbe bail fc « should require wonld be the defendant in £ 109 , and two sureties in £ 50 each , to meet the charge at tks Arizes . Mr . Rogers , of High-street , Bloomsburyy ani Mr . Hartvrell , of the Cornwall-road , Latabetk , then came forward , and they being coaudered Butficient securities , tbe defendant was liberated .

      Mr . O'Brien was to have started by tbe evening train for the North , for the purpose of surreRderisg kimself , but in this he baa been prevented , and saved a troublesome and fatiguing journey .

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      oDservations on ine Holiday , joo « et vug tut it Mi ! ga . be a iolemu fast . An operative named G-ibson next addressed th « meeting , deprecating tne Sacred Month as inapplicable to the pre »« nt state ef the working classes , but advised tbe people to ana , ia order to protect themselves a « d their property , and also * to abstain from the Hie of all exeiseable articles . Mr . B . Rushton , chairman of the Radical Association , next addresstd them on the seriousness of refraining from work ia t > m * ll numbers , as it might be , not for three daj s enlj , bat for a much longer period , and advised caution ia that retpect . Some enquired ;

      what tbey were to do for the three days , for when they worked one day it was to earn victuals for the next . In this stage of the business the chairzaxn adjourned tbe meetiag till Saturday eveaing , when Mr . Tetley begged to make a few remarks which were nearly similar to tbe advice given in the Star , the week previous . On Saturday night they again met to discujs the question , when Mr . Thomas Cliflfe , read a resolution purpoiting to call a public meeting on the Monday followiag , when Mr . Tetley made a few remarks as to the legality of a meeting 8 ) called , should they adjourn as spoken of to Skireoat Meor . Tbe reflation was afterwards

      abandoned , and another adopted , calling on the meeting to shovr how many of them were favourable to keeping holiday on Meod » y , when about half the number present expressed their willingness to stop working ou Monday , by holding up their bands , a few to the contrary , and a great many remaining neutral , as though undecided about the question . The chairman then announced , that so many us thought proper to keep a holiday , would meet on Monday moraing , in that room , ac half-past nine o ' clock , when the meeting breke up . . On Monday , at the time appointed , from 300 to 400 persons assembled , and after addrespe * delivered by Messrs , Cliffe , Suteliffe , Rwhtoir , Wilkinson , and Tetley , the address to the Qaeen , as proposed by the Council ef the Convention , was read to the meeting and unaniraomly adopted , and signed on behalf of the meeting by the chairman to be presented to her Majesty by Earl Stanhope .

      Gkntlkmbn , —Please to add to the account of the "Defence Fund" sent you last week the followiBg sums which have been received sines . As the article did not appear , I presume for want of room . We hope to see it in your next . 1839 . £ . a . d . July 30 th , From Ripponden ( received by B . Wilkinson , Halifax .. 3 14 2 £ 6 th , Mixenden Stones , Ovenden , paid ia by B . Runhton , J . Charnock 0 6 0 Ditto a few Amateurs ...... 0 4 0 . „ a few friends at Illingworth Moor-bottom ...... 0 15 8 £ „ a few friends in the Association room 0 5 1 10 th , „ a feir friends at Warley town ? . 0 3 6 „ a few friends at Highroad Wells 0 5 8 „ atOldandNewPellon , of the Ais « ciation 0 10 6 £ 6 5 8

      KEIGHLEY . Chartist MKBTir-o . —On Tuesday evening last , a numerous and spirited meeting of tbe Chartists was held in the Working Men ' s Hall , for the purpose of addressing the Queen , according to the recommendation of the Convention , and on behalf of the three victims to middle class cruelty , now in Warwick gaol . Mr . Thomas Walton was appointed te the chair , when the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —1 . Moved by Mr . Joseph Firth , aud seconded by Mr . Thomas ConstanttBe , " That this meeting has iocg been convinced that nothing can rescue the labouring cidss of this country from their present

      horrid state of slavery and oppression but by a speedy and effectual reform in the Commons ' House of Parliament , based upon the principles contained in the People ' s Charter . " 2 . Moved by Mr . James Bedford , and seconded by Mr . John Smith , " That the late attacks of the present Government upon the constitutional rights of EDglishnun , by d spersing them when peaceably assembled , by an armed military , and police force , and afterwards by mercilessly punching them as tbe greatest and worst of criminals , is a full proof to this meeting that the labouring class ie now under a system of Brute ferce , diverted even of the appearanoe of liberty and justice . That it is , thsrefore , the duty of every honest nan to come

      forward in the present alarming crisis , and unite in putting a stop to th ' ia state of things , which , if suffered te proceed , will ruin the country , aud leave the labouring claw , as they now are , the greatest slaves in existence . " 3 . Moved by Mr . Charles , Sunderland , and seconded by Mr . Joseph Vjckers , "That this meetingsympsthizes with the brave patriots wbo are now suffering in the different dungeons of the kingdom , for exercising their couititutional rights , and we especially consider the case of tke three unfortunate men now under sentence of death for the alleged destruction of property at Birmingham , a < ope of extreme and cold-blooded cruelty , inasmuch as , if at all guilty , they were driven to the crime by the outrageous conduct of the Government and the local

      authorities , who , in our opinion , are the parties really deserving of punishment . " Mr . David W . "Weatherhead read the address , which it was agreed upon should be sent off immediately to the General Convention , for presentation to the Queeu . Tbe different ( peakers , in moving and seconding the resolutions , received the repeated applause of the meeting for their manly and honest exposure of the present middle-class Whig Government .

      BULL HuhL Election Union . —A meeting of No . 1 district , called together by circular , was held at the Royal Oak Inn , Blackfriargate , on Friday evening week , for tbe purpose of taking into consideration the best meant ot securing the return of Colonel Thompson , as representative for this borough , and for other business connected with tbe unjustifiable conduct of a section calling themselves the Reform party towards Colonel Thompson . Mr . John Peck was called to preside , who read a great deal of correspondence betwixt the Colonel and bio immediate friends here , which gave general satisfaction ; after which , Mr . Larard gave a detail of an interview with Mr . Clay , the other candidate , on the Reform interest : likewise Mr . Wilde gave an

      account of his mission to Colonel Thompson in London—all of whicn were highly approved of . Moved hy Mr . Wm . Holdea , chtmiht , seconded by Mr . Colly Bedford— " That thi * mee ' . iDg having heard the statements relative to the transactions Ol a clique of persons stiliag themselves the Reform party , are of opinion that Colonel Thompson was perfectly justifiable in refusing to enter in the plan for purchasing the freedoms of new burgesses in return for a written engagement to vote as desired at tbe Eext election for this borough ; and that ' tbis meetiag having fail and entire confidence in the talent , ability , and known integrity of the gallant Colonel , do hereby pledge itself to support that gentleman at the next election for this borough , and if necessary , give to him our sole and undivided support .

      Chartist Meeting . —On Saturday last considerable excitement was caused by the appearance upon the walls of large green bills announcing that a public meeting woul < £ be held on Dock * Green on Monday morning , at eight o ' clock , to address the Qaeen to dismiss her present ministers , and call to her council eueh men as would give the people good and cheap Government . The Mayor having refused to call such meeting upon the requisition of twelve respectable aauseaotden , the nquisitionuits thought proper to call the meeting themselves . Upon this announcement , tbe Mayor and Magistrates sent down to the garrison a strong body of police with a cart , and brought back with them a sufficient

      quantity of cutlasses and other physical-force weapons a « was 8 ufficKBt to urm the whole body of police . These proceedings caa » ed many reports to be in circulation ; oae was that a great seizure of Chartist arms bad been made , which turned out not to be true . On Monday morning the dreadfrnl 12 th of August arrived , when great numbers ef people were seen to be slowly marching to tbe Green about the time appointed for hslding the meeting . About half-paat eight the Comniitt « e appeared en the besting !*; when Mr . R . Lundypr * . poi « d Mr . John Jackson to take the chair . At that moment between seventy ani eighty policemen marched up in a bod y to the meeting , which

      for a moment caused a little stagnation . The chairman then addre . ^ ed tbe meeting for a short time requesting them to be firm and peaceable , and not to give the enemies of the people any cause to disturb their peaceable assembly . Moved by Mr . Tate , seconded by Mr . Pawson , in a long and sensible speech , — That this meeting deeply lament that the conduct of the present ministers of the Crown , notwithstanding their prsfessions of liberal sentiments has been marked ever since accession to power by a continued series of aggressions on tbe rights , liberties , and comforts of the peopk . " Moved by Mr . John Walker , Kcond « d by Mr . Wallis , — « That their tyranny and ios « lenee is now at Jeagth beeoae unbounded , as evisoed by their

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1839, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct531/page/5/