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Boltox—The election of tie Borough Members was decined on Thursday evening weik , after a fbrcnijjht "" s most intense excitement , in the choioe of tie min . s : erali = l 5 , the numbsrs being for Aiu 5 "W 0 Tlh ( a , nondescript Whig ConserratiTe weathercock ) gg ^ Dr . Bo-wring ( pledged to the Charter , Repeal , be ........... .. * e ( t - Rc ; nweil i conservative ) , 534 Boiling ( Ditto ) " it 4 ^ The Torieslavebcen beaten by weapons they so often employed with success on former occasions—bribery , intimidation , drunkenness , and trickery . The con-on lords in ihe ministerial interest were most active , ECTcral of them closing their work . 3 on Monday
evening ; from Taesdny evening all business was sus ^ peuded by boih parties . Free drink was to be had in abundance in all quarters of the town , and the dn- ^ keancss and fshting which followed his no parallel in the eleciion annals of Bolton . The Chartists understanding how the game was to be played , earae to a resolution on Sunday evening to take no part in the election proceedings , but to stand alouf iron both Whigs and Tories , they being alike enemies 10 universal justice . This resolution was placarded on Monday aiternc-on , a few hours prencu = to an attack which was made on the colours of tiie Tories a * , tae Swan Inis , the Chronicle office ] 4 nd several other place ? , by a uumler of drunken rufaans b-.-louging to the Ainsworth partv , and
znn-J have aad msch effect in preventing more exteu-lve r . » t , as \ ery lew of the many thousands of working men who fi ' : led the streets took any pariin the disgraceful proceedings . On Tuesday eveir . Eg a placaid , announcing the "liberation of Feargus O'Connor , " wns posted on the walls , and stating tha : he would b-j in *• Manchester on Monday vreek ; " calling on the " Chartists to do their duty " ! loo ' s to their friends , " ar ^ d not " to be deluded by the Tories . " This pi-ac ^ rd certalciy created a great sensation , and was the oniy one which elicited a cheer on its appearance . On the same evening , a meetin g of the friends cf Dr- BewriEg tv&s held in the Temperance Hall , at which he was pres ^ ci , and the Lews of O'Connor ' s liberation afforded matter for
coii 4 p-atnJs .:: cn , three cheers being given by the broad cloJn for " the liberation of ihe Chartist prisoners !" Hyp > cr . vcal humbugs ! After this it was no doubt hoped tiis-t all the working men would take pan in the business of the nomination , but the great bulk of the people appeared there only as Fpectators , and allowed the Wnig and Tory coteur bearers to Ssht for prec-L-ikaee before the bastings , without taking any active-part on either side ; and the consequence was that the Tory party had the triumph , the "Whigs , aff-r fhe loss of msuy flags , retiring first from ihe field . The business of proposing the candidates was then gone on with ; the show of hands ¦ was for Ainsrronh abont one-fcurtk ; and for Dr . Bow-ring aboas three-fourths of the multitude present .
Beightox . —The nomination for members to represent this place us the H * n 5 e of Commons , took place on Wednesday List ., June 3 jth , on the hustings erocttd near the Town HaD , and was auended by a larger cumber of persons thai ever were present since Brighton has been made a borough , and great exciieiaent was evinced by the appearance of a Chartist cindisare on the hustings . The processions were of ihe usual character , such as are ordinarily Sd . it a * elections ; bauds cf music , flag-, drunken meii , & .:., were the order of the day , w : ; h the eiceprioii or" the Ch ^ rrist procession ; tius wa ^ = indeed a solemn prcc- _ -sion ; all wa 3 calm and quiet ; they well knew the importance of the business for ¦ which they had met together , and their precession Deeded no music to ur-re them on ; their banners
¦ were of white , with cne exception , tnat was . a splendid blae Sag , trimmed with white , the znorto ' - ; on which wore written ic gold , Union is Strength , " on the rev ^ r ^ e , " The Sovereignty of the People . ' Another splendid white fl . 3 g bore in large silver letters the motto of '" The People ' s Charter . ' On others were inscribed " Universal S-fir-ge , "—* Brocket and xfae Charter , "— " Brooker and the Repeal cf ihe New Poor Law , "— " Broker and ; hc Separation of Church and State . " Another fia ^ had the Eio - . to oi Frost , Williams , and Jones ; one hid on its 2 sg staff tie cap of Iib-Tiy and the tricoloured cockade ; with these flags in their ¦ procession , the Chartists made their way through ih « town to the place of meeting , and on their arrival
they found it comp ' etdy blocked up by their opponents 5 but they were received with Ivud shouts of applause ; me people made a La ' ie , au i the Chartisis marched ii ; rocsh and took up their place in front of the hustings , which they keyt till the meeting was over , being fliiiked on ore side by the Tories , and on the other by the Whigs ; and though tie rain poured , at times , in torrents , the ga " : l& £ t band with-Eio ^ d tue peitiiig of the p : tiiess storm , nnassailed by either party , though the Whigs had a go in at the Tones and beat them , destroying three cf their ora-ngefiae ? . aid more m 5 ? tb ; ei' would hnve ensued , taa it not been for the inurferenc-3 of the police , fcr "both part . es had a set of hired drunken bullies to ht . cy everv one who belonged rot to their party ;
the i-cmnanon having taken place , the Chartist candidate , C . Brooker , Esq ., bein ^ proposed by Mr . "Wc-olward , and seconded by ilr . Flowers , a show of hands was taken , and declared to be in favour of the two Whijj candidates , though , next to Cap * a s Pec-hell , evfery one mosx unhesitatingly flgre ^ d that iir . Brooker was tl . e next mau ; not so with the Re-iurr . x-g Offii ^ er , be cannot countenance a Chartist , ana so he gave it in against him , but Mr . W : gney ueclsred iJ 2 ; Sclf that he knew not which held a majority . Mr . Brock ^ r or him . As for ihe Tory , s ^ r A . Bj-rymple , he is so detected , so Epuraed by ail par ;; e in Br-gY . wn , except his oivn , that out oi" eith j or un uic-u . -and people , no more than ore Lnrcred L 2 ! : d- were held up for him . His conduct on Mr . D :: - "con ; b £ ' s . ~ c : ion ha ; so oi 5 gu ? ted
every hone .-J minded man in Brighwsn , that no one is heard to giv- ^ an esprcsbiou vf kind feeling : or his welfare . Whc . i i-: is kr . o ^ n tear , he was in the House TBS WHOLS OF TKF , TIME Mr , DuTSCOLnbfcS lEO ' Jon Jcr ths -Jesse of tne prisoners was under discussicE , snd trough ~ vnt into Parri-ment by the Hadicals of Brghtur . he had not the hcne ? : y , tie Earuines ? , or Cuura . ^ c , io givo them ore vote in Kiurn , the cens-rqier . ee was . ' tLe Chartists of Brighton lei : him ai-. ; his par .-y : o the fare they deserr-j from men o : .- - . uca principb ? , and he is no longer Member for Biighroii . two Whigs bring retarced by cverwiieiiidL' / f sajoriires . This election has not been ¦ withcut i : s tfect . Captain Pec-hell his promises , before the assemb-ed vcople , to vote for the immediate repeal of me Poor Law Amendment Bill . Mr . Wieney Las promised to vote for the imrasdiate
release Dt Irc ^ t . Vt ' iiliatns . and Jones : and we do release at iro = t , Vt illiams , and Jones ; and we do trust that _ ih = ivrthcoming Parliacacii ; ¦ will be inundated with P'etitioiiE from every town , village , and haciiet , 1 ' or the rec 3 li of those uiijastly exiled pa : noLs . I : is wor : hy of notice that the Chsr : tist cacii-J ; : e and his proposer and seconder Were ths cn ' y parlies heard , with silerc-e , and tie iiaTntn ? e xeuiJ' -u ie , hired men snJ all , rapturoislT cbcrfTd every seniimeiit they uttersd . The Eocir . it :-:= n 01 the candidates was as complete a C-arris ; meeting as eTer we si ' . v .
Mr . Brookcr , a : the elbse of the poll , said his orj . ct had been achieved , viz : the vindication of the ± rinc-. jiies contained in the People ' s Charier ; and when therire ^ giincame , they would find him pursuing the same cc-zrn of £ c : ion : " believing of he did that the prosperity and happinrss of the cvun : ry would be permasetr . ' y obtained , through tr- j estabjishraeut cf the principles he advoc&iea . ^ so espeiice whatever was Mr . Broc-ker put : o , in letting poll clerks to attend ths c iffer-. nt booths ; those were supplied
frcai the ranks of the Chartist ? , who voluniarJv save iTcm ' . zt ranks of the Crartist ? , wno voiuniarJy gave their serrices on this occasion . DorFT-irs Err . Gns . —The Radical Ewart , late M . P . for W : jr _ i £ . ai , d wLo vo : ed for the relei . se of the po ] - , r : c 2 ! tri > oi ; er 5 . hss succeeded against the Whig Sir Alei ^ der Jc- ' iu : s : on . by a majority cf 39 . The Tory jDh ' . s ' on wiii sgcin he rerarned for the couEty TT : ib .--j ? - opposition . The shire of Kirkendbri ^ h : -rrili p » contested dt the Tory Maxwell aird the Whig ilurrav , the late Member . -. » - ^ .-. ., « . « .. k , ^^^ .
more in , flaminK v , r Tiots in tne course of six WESTsray . —The desigEh "' knaves of faction sue- months atter a Toiy government is established . c * eded nere , durins the election , in provoking the ( Tremendous cheering by the Chartists . ) O yes , people to phvsicai resistance in seif defence . A large " *? 5 ^ ° witn us for wnat we want wnen . hey Wyo : police bad been imported doubtless forthe Sa ? Sir Robert tnrowing out his sop ^ m the way of purpose cf escitina the Li feelings of the people by reforms . ( Loud cheering and laughter ) Let Mr . this bsolent icpi-d di = tru-t of their peacefulness . East-hope teil me honestly if he does not beheve luis . In this hcwfTcr laev were disappointed , the people ije knowsn wul be bo . Bat return tne Whigs to though displeased ? iw rtionea the trick and refused cffiie - now , ano you must endure another scv ,-ii to grariiy ihea . The police However = eemed loth to }' ear 5 of mock-another septennial period of prepaqui iheWa without having in someway ^ gcdized ^ t : on for still heaner tyrannies . Septennial ! aye , xeinember another of
themssives . After the return aEd the usual ceremo- \ May hereby hfings proof Wiag nies coBs ^ uent tteirt ^ n , the electors dispersed to cennquency fair Robert W ^ l pole , tne gresu miusier the difereu- . inns . ; o p . Kake of some refreshment . « George L , procured the passing of the bep-One cf ihe cJecwrs called on a brother of his and tenmal bill-tne enactment by which tho whole inviKdhimtocomeintobiiii . The poor man was essence ot the old coasmntioii wa . sapped-the proceeding along the Market-place , to accept grandest effort for corruption and abuse that ever the invitation of his brother , when one of . ^ mad e fy a Br ^ sh statesman ( Cheers ^ the the police ruffians str ^ k him a tremendous blow Conservatives , anc Charastt =. ) What the vile Whigs over the right eye which felled him to the ground .: ihen began they Lave lately been strmng to c ^ n-Ol « w « the onset of a . diperate row . On seeing summata-the utur d « trHCtioa of o < d E ^ h iHs the peonle were aasperated : and went to work h , « X : . ? have ^ * ° " »* ^ lon ^ ^ ^ Jfch * and left wiih their walking sticks and fists , the Whigs in en acting the Bailie law . But who of 1 -Su so ^ Tf- p ^ ible for it 1 ( Shouts
T ^ fl ^ d'JVe ^ lthe ^ uSTJS S - « r ^ jho WMg-SS ^ ffoiSlKi 5 SS& 5 . ft ^ Bi ^ S 1 ' ^ tS jnadethepol \ ce run ^ all directions taking shelter . L ? rds « -Lord . Brougham , tie . ff r « a - ^ i « f ™ S ? r&S ^ ^ - They ths \ TV * T IT ' S ^ un t ihe item * of ifce dietary table in your tearing £ Spin *?* t Dt S 0 D 3 e th * i t o ^ rlf' noi . 1 occup i ed the time of some thousands of fe . /» f ^ . ^ the ftS iB C [ ToD , in the market-place , last Sanday night , with toS ^ - ° ^ lne l X F ^^ Wle revolting details . But horrible as this law is , ted made flnnwk out ; when the females outeiJe ^ -Ja r r e Wculd it have beeu if the recreant RnssaU had r ? r ^ - - " . m ? m * At length he made Ins ^ J-will ? He sOJSght to ^ o dnce a demoolike Kd ^ 'bTk v ^^ ' m ^ tSW ^ tow its prcTidocs whereby he could traa 5 iH ) rt
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tnen made their -way to the Hall again through the back way and locked themselves up in the magistrates ' private room , while the mob separated , going , many of them to the public houses tojenjoy a glass of aie . In the lapse of about an hour the police again made their appearance in front of the Hall . The news flew like wild fire , and the ^ peopie s oon assembled with their weapons and drove them back to their room again ; and while they were proceeding up the stairs of the Hall gave tiicm a volley of etoneB . During this , one of the police waa dispatched to Heywood to Mr . Ludlow , the magistrate , praying him to send for the Trowbridge troop of lancers . In a few mimtes Messrs . Phipps and Ludlow came into the Marketplace when some of the respectable inhabitants told them how the row originated with the police . While the magistrates were in the Market-place with the people , some of the polica were endeavouring to make their escape the back way out of the town and
were seen running as if after a thief . The people saw then and ran down the ro ^ d and met them ; whea a tremendous scuSe ensued . Several of the police were dreadfully wounded and several of the inhabitants havi th ^ ir heads broken . Ono man ty&s picked up fur dead but recovered in a very short time . The police then took to their heels and made the best , of thtir way home , over hedges and ditches ; the peop' . e following them , throwing stones , mud , sticks , •^ nd anyshing that cnnie in their way . When they czme Lack , ihey found three or fcur walking about in plain clothes , wh < m rhey inotaat ' y coUared and made them deliver up their truncheons which they d : d , begging the mijb sot to hurt them , telimg them they obeyed the orders of their Inspectors ; oae of them crieuiike a child aiid said he had not eaten or crunk since he came into town ai nine o ' clock , aud this was six in the evening . The ruHLn " peace pr--s ; rv £ r = "' bavisi ; been thus fiuaiiy beaten out ot the iowii—the people went home and ths town was
^ m . LncESTER . —Mes ? r 3 . Easthope and Ellis , having beeu severally proposed and seconded , by four members of the Wing Coporation . Mr . John Markham , advanced to comii . ate Mr . Coeper ; and Mr . John ] Jear , a tVe- mun of the borough , seconded the nomination . The Cvuservatire candidates ( Lord Forrester a :: d the lion . Spencer Horsey de Horfcy ) having beta duly proposed and seconded , aud Messrs . Eastliupe aud Ellis , having ea ^ h briefly addre ^ sed the meeting . —Mr . Cooper presented himself to the multitude , and said , "Men of Leicester , I stand here , to-day , as the champion of working men , as the advocate of the rights oi my own order , aud 1 staiid here , likewise , as the d > . ; erin : » ed c . pp- > nc-n £ 0 ;
Wiriggtry . ( leilstrom the hirelings of the Corporation , answered by tremendous cheers from Churtl .-ts and Coii-.-ervaiivfs . ) The reasi > : is for Chartist opposition to tho base , deceitful Whig Goveriiiae ^ t are manifold , That opposition is no- , grounded , merely , upon tho ruthless persecution which trie people ' s advocates have experienced from the men who are called their " natural friends . " it is founded ou broad political charges ; on ; he faithlessness of the Wiiigs to their promises ; on their bitter disappointment of the people ' s hopes , ai ; d their vile betrayal of the people's liberiies . ( Cneera . ) The Whi ^ s were fondly recognistd as the sincere advocates of popular rigblB , and were borae into oSce by the lull tide of the popular will . The
prop ' . e believed their professions , aud joined tl . eni in the cry for " the Bill—tho whole Bill—a : ; d nothing out the Bill , ' "—and the prayer of that ominous cry has been but io-j fully realised . After li the Bill" '—Coercion for Ireland foll-jwed—the Bastilelavrsucceeded—warswerecommtneed—and as ihe . r years iucuased , this traitorous Guvernuunt only grew more complete in their delinquency . The t . vo millions leu them in the treasury , by their predecessors were squandered iu shameless profusionregardless of the people ' s toil and sufferiug , —and they are now about to be driven from office with a deficiency of six sailiions on the annual income ot the nation , as the record tha ; their evil Ehadow has onca darkened the council chamber of the Sovereign .
In-trad of retrenchments , they have exhibited an utter recklessness of economy , and have far outstripped the Tories in tbeir officious disposition to gratify the expensive tastes of royalty . They tcn ; k tffice under the most fokmn pleJgt-S to pre ^ srve universal peace , and they arc quitting it after plunging ihe nation into four expensive wars—one of vr . v . ch is yet unfinished . And for what oijets , u : ; Jer wha ; pretences , were these wars entered upon ? Tho v ? ar in Spain had no other object than the 5 jpi > ori of the accursed funding schemes : the funherance of the plans of money-lords , the great b ! ou Jsuckers of the nation . ( Cheers . ) The war in Ca : aia was commenced to put down the peopled struggle for liberty . ( Hear , hear . )
' ¦ > pprcs ^ ion was borne , ; iil it could be endured uo longer : and when resisUr . ee was made , the libertyloving Wcigs over-ran the country wih fire and sword , and ihns once more stiJJ . d ihe patriotic Canadians by the a-jministr ^ tiou of terror . L -gitim-jcy rotten legitimacy J was the object of support in entering upou the Syrian war I The successor of MaL-omet , forsooth I must be supported , in preference to a man , wao , whatever may be Lis faults , hag displayed more of European mind aud of spirit of civiiizition aud of commercial enterprise than any Eastern monarch for several geucratious . Las : ] y , came the war with China : that most hr . quit ous war which had no other profess . d object than a determination to slaughter people with the sword
who were unwilling ; o bs poisoned with opimm ( Cneer 3 . ) Would you , as Er . ^ liahmen , regard any attempt by a foreigu navion to force a contrabaua trade ia one of your ports , as less than an impudent affront ! If a foreign power resolved on introducing a poison into your country , in spite of legislative enactments prohibiting the attempt , would you not regard your Government as a coward crew of trait ,-is , if they neglected to seize the poisonous article and throw it into the sea ? The Chinese government were not « uilty of such criminal neglect ; but the Wh ; g Government have stamped themselves with larting infamy by commencing a wicked aggressiun upon a nation because i : s Government became -he faithful guardians of its morals . Tiie
Whig Government have entered on a course ot national extermination of the Chinese , because they rc-fnse to be poisoBed ; and as ihe war 13 still un-¦ f Titrhed , their Eucccssors must scamper out of the difficulty as well as they can ! So much for the bcssings of Whiggery bequeathed to Conservatism ( Cncers . ) Blessings ! aye , the Whigs had ever been the industrious forgers of machinery for opr . resjion , and invariably left the Tories to make use wf the iron machifiery . I am opposed to Toryi .-m . I hate it with a birter haired , iint there is no hypocrisy about the Tories . They are open tyrants . They never put their old cry of " King and Constitmioa " in abeyance . It is a rotten cry—( cheers from the Whigs)—and its death-note is approaching ; but
while it is kept up , every one knows vshat it mean ? . But the Whig note 13 a deceptive one . T :. ey will biow hot ana cold with the same breath . The Tory will not compromise his principU-s ( Cheers from the Tories . ) We have bsen charged with a dishonest compromise , as Charti .-t 3 , during the preparation ior ihis election . I hurl back the f 3 J 5 e diarge TFJlh disdain . 1 here most uneqairocaiiy declare that in my intervi e ws with 3 Ir . Phillips , —acd he is the oniy one of the party with whom 1 have conferred—so far from compromise fc ^ i . ig understood or agreed to—that gentleman , in iodr several conversations , of }; is own accord uttered sentences to the folio wing effect : —Mr . Cooper , yon and I differ as widely as li ^ ht aud darkness from ea ? h other in politics—and we make no compromise
of our principles—you will not give up your Chartitt principies , nor shal ! I give up my Conservative ones —we merely agree to oppose the Whigs as a common eaemy . " I s ; ate this , before the thousands here congregated , by way of public testimony to the gentlemanly character of a Conservative who has b : ea realigned in tho vilest mannner , by the Whig principals in Leicester , and their tools . ( Cheers ) JSo , no ; there is no hypocrisy about the Toriestyrants though they be—n is the Writes who are and have bf ea the deceivers ; it is the Whigs who are the dan ^ elirgs—the squeizable gentlemen ! I ^ ay vote i \ r : be ConscrratJTes 2 . 1 this election . I say it bo : iii \ aid fearJesply , although an unflinching Ciiartut . Whether in or out , you cannot mak > i a patriot of a Torv : but we shaii " convert the Whigs ones
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any pauper ' s child beyond the seas , ander the guiee of apprenticing the child , and making the Englishman ' s child a sJare for the cultivation of 6 ugar or cotton during the remainder of its life . ( " No , no ! ' from Mr . Easthope . ) No , no ! does Mr . Easthepe say ? then I will pi&ca the very sections of Lord John ' s cursed " amendment" before his eyes . ( Mr . Cooper hero produced an authorised copy of Lord John Russell ' s abortive " Amendment to the New Poor Law " and pointed out the sections , giving the pamphlet into Mr Easfchope ' s hand . ) Does Mr . Eassthope see ? 0 yes , but he can return no answer . And Mr . Easthope , too , strovo to get the three devil kings at Somerset House re-appointed for three yeurs !—bnt thank God ! the Tory majority of one
and that oae effected by the No : tingnam election , frustrated the devlish attempt to prolong the existenca of the power of the Commissioners , and circumvented the additional treason deviBed by Lord John ( Tremendous cheering by the Charti 3 ts and Conservatives , and great irritation and uproar among the Whigs . ) I fearlessly arow that no Conservative government ever invented so cruel an infringement of tlia rights of humanity , so brutal aud ba . se a violation of the spirit of British 'liberty , as tho destable Whig Poor Law . ( Renewed " cheering by the Conservatives . ) Again , I say , vote for _ Conservatives at this election ! vote against the responsible framers of the devlish New Poor Law ! ( Shouts and cheering . )
And now I have told the Whig candidates and their supporters of some of their faults I shall claim the privilege of stating my own principles . ( Loud vociferations from the exasperated Whigs . ) xs ' o , no , I defy your throats . I shail tell my tale totha end , and I shall not give over till my strength is exhausted . ( Tremendous cheering . ) I stand hero to demand Universal Suffrage . 1 demand it in the name of the unrepresented millions . I am aix-andthirty of a ^ e , and have never possessed a l ?» al vote for a Member of Parliament in my life . I challenge Mr . Eashope to deny my right to the Suffrage . 1 demand Universal Suffrage as man's birthright ; I
demand it because every man is taxed ; I demand it because every male inhabitant of England is liable to be ballotied for on the militia . I challenge Mr . Easvhope to show why any man should be governed without his will ; taxed without his consent ; or drawn out to expose his body to firo and sword , without baring any share in creating war-makers . I demand Annual Parliaments , as the only means of destroying tho fangs of the canker which the Whig Septennial bill has planted and quickened in the constitution , as the only means of destroying the evils vth ' . ch "Parliaments for six years binning ami one year ' s repentance'' have created ih England ; I demand Parliaments so shoTt that there could be no
sinning without being forthwith iiippea in the bud . 1 demand the Billot . Not because 1 desire the shield of secrecy myself , not btcause all desire it ; but because there are many who would need it , even with Univtrsal S-. iffia ; = e , Bnt I unhesitatingly proclaim a stea Jfast opposition to the Ballot withou-. Universal S-iffrago . Since I hoid it unjust , and I hope Mr . Easihope does , that Members of Parliament should be allowed to vote secretly , so I regard it as equally unjust that a few thousand electors ; , who , virtually holu the fraiichise a 3 a trust for the millions , should be allowed to act under the veil of secrecy . ( Cheers from the Chartists . ) 1 also demand the abolition of the Property Qualification for Members of Parliament . I challenge any man to shew me any atom of reason why a man who
possesses so many acres of land , should , despite his idiocy or dishonesty , bo adjudged more fit to become a member of & legislative body than a man wno is upright and intelligent , though pennykss . 1 demand , also , Payment for Members of Parliament ; because , thereby , every man might be rendered iudependent and become proof to corruption : might be fairly sent about his business when he had received his W 3 ges ; and because tha work of a legislator demands not less capacity than the duties of a judge , and the workman has , therefore , an equal right to live by the labour of his brains . I also plead for anew division of the Kingdom into electoral districts , in lieu of the present custom of returning members fit boroughs and counties . 1 do this because it is
unfair that some constituencies Of a few hundred electors shouid return two men while several thousands can do no more , in some other constituencies . And now having veTy hastily addressed myself to the Six Points of the Kople's Charier , 1 come in the last place , f An uproarious hubbub was here raised by the Whig hirelings , who had contrived during the various fckirmishes which occurred throughout the day , —in cne of which all their green flags , save one , had been torn to ribbons , and tho staves sheered in pieces , —to secure a posiiiou immediately in front of the hustings . "Aye , aye , your latt Coop ^ r , y ! . 'Ur last . '" exclaimed some of the paltry cr « , w , " you uud .. rstand that ! " Mr . Cooper continued My last , do vou say . —you poor to » ls
of the manufacturing tyrants ? Know , then , that am proud to stand here avid proclaim that 1 was a shoemaker till three-and-iwcuty years of ago , and tell your tyrauta , —and let your tyrants know ( turning towards tho Mayor ai . d ihe member * of tho YVnig Corporation -who had sue-ared part of ihe hustings , and had railed it off in a gentk manly way , from the rest —) that I say if tkey had onco been shoemakers they would have been shoemakers still . ( Shouts and cheering . ) Tell your tyrants that if they had once beeu on the stall they would not , as I did , have taught themselves fivo languages while bending over the last , nor acquired , as 1 did . a knowledge of the elements of goneral science , while using the awl . ( Prolonged cheering ,
and chop-fallen looks among the Whigs . J I proclaim again that I stand here as the candidate selected by working men;—that Ishall esteem it the high honour of my hie to represent my own order , in tho People's own huuse . 1 proclaim here that 1 intend to be returned to Parliament yet , oefore I die , and that I expect ana believe I shall one cay , represent this , my tiauve town , in the British seuat ? . ( Uproar among : be Whigs , and a stone throwii ai Mr . Cooper . ) Lei the dastard who threw that stoiie know that I am not to be intimidated . ( Mr . Cooper then held the atone up in his haud , and taking off his cj . p , laid open his bv < £ om , and advanced itovcr llicfroiitoftheftustinga . ) Let any working man who believes mo to be his enemv strike here . '—shower your stones it' you
choo ? e , —for unlesB you slaughter me , I tliall speak on tili I have done ! ( A rending shout burst from the ranks of the Chartists and C 011-Si-rvativet , and the Whigs locked more abashed and woe-bc-gone t ' Han ever . ) I tell you that your tyrants with all their prate about cheap bread only seek to keep you iu letters . I tell you , —and I will compel you to hear ir , —that tho cry oi your manufacturing masters about a repeal of the Corn Laws , is all humbug . ( Uproar and cbeers . ) I tell you , that although 1 am a foe to all monopolies , aua I hate the accursed Corn Law ? , as well as all other wicked laws , yet their repeal , without other great preparatory measures , would only involve you in deeper ruin . If the Corn Laws were repealed
to day , to-morrow , and rhe following days , hundreds and thousands « f acres of land would bo thrown out of cultivation in this coanrry , —as utterly profi ; los 3 . The peasantry would then swarru into your towns , —machinery wcuid still ha increased , so as to employ the extra numbers , —but , when the floodgates of competition were O ' . co open , the glut must soon come in the torei ^ u maikeis , and then your tyrants would reduce yoar vvas ; e 8 to the continental level . ( Prolonged cheer ; iig . ) These arc arguments as common as dust among you , and you know they cannot be gainsayed ; bui yet , unfortunately , a pavt of you are etill so blind as to yield yourselves the slaves of those who only seek to grind you more complete iy to tho dust . ( Renewed uproar
aud cheering . ) W ^ li ; n . y strength is nearly gone for the preseut . 1 had lmen . ed to tell your tyrants something about their renegadism . But as personality is but a poor game , aud I should only be imii&tiiig the bad example set ar . d followed by oihers , I thall say but littls by way of reminding your tyrants of their pa .-t professions . Mr . Pagct ' s " pw mists of " piuEib-puduir . g , ' after the passing ot the P . eform Biii , are vulgar things ; every one is acquainted wiih them . Your Mayor ana jour Town Clerk , aiid Others on the central platform , have boen heard to advocate , some Universal and somo ikusihoU Suffrage ; but now , they are silent ou tht-se ruatteis , and all join in the one deceitful du : y about the repeal of tue Corn Laws—the ditty
which suits their own ends and their own purposes , bin would not , under the great existing monopoly of class legislation , benefit the working B ; au . It Mr . Easthope can secure U 3 four hundred Members oi The House of Commons , or , at least , a fair majority , to vote for Household Suffrage , I , for one , hAd myself free to declare that I would willingly receive , the boon—nay , I should think mys . it fully justified in agitating for it ; although I should . till assert our right to Uuiyertal Suffrage . But a . T long as any cry is deceptive , we , as Chartists , &Lail sing but one song " Universal Suffrage and no surrender . " ( Tremendous cheering . ) Aye , and if the Mayor and Mr . Easthope , and Mr . Eliis be Radicals , if , as they say , they are not Whigs , why then they are , at heart , glad to know that the working-classes are treading on thebeel 3 of the
middle-cl&sses , and of the Government , and impelling them to real reforms . Before 1 conclude , I again say , Vote for Conservatives at this election . Only ^ e ; the recreant Whigs out , and they will become patriots again . 0 yes , they know how to revolutionise the country ! they know how to raise the flames for the burning of Nottingham castle , and of the city of Bristol ! they are the men to stand on the steps of the Green Hall , and say " Working men of Leicester , hold yourselves in readiness , for , to-morrow morning , you may be called upon to march to Birmingham ! " Some of them , such as — 'ill . Alderman Hudson , can talk of introducing stocking-weaving into the gaol to starve you , now ; but they will all have vastly patriotic hearts , once more , when the Tories have got upon the Treasury benches . What I say as my last -word is , vote for Conservatives at this election , as the great step
towards getting your rights . ( Loud and long-continued cheering . )—Lord Forester , on the Conservative side , followed ; and the Hon . Horsey De Horsey BOk having arrived , one of his friends made a speech
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in his stead . —Whence candidates were put to the * u e ^ nds , a considerable majority appeared for the Chartist candidate and for Lord Forester ; but the Mayor , of conrse , decided that the shew of hands , was m favour Messrs . Easthope and Ellis . —A poll was demanded for the two Conservative candidates ; but only as a form . It was determined before the nomination closed , not to proceed to a contest . —The tnartist body afterwards paraded the town , with a band and flags , aud Mr . Cooper , having addressed the crowd again , from his window , in Church-Gate , was followed by Messrs . Markham and Swain , when the multitude dispersed .
Edinburgh — C Abridged from the Edinburgh Observer . )—Thursday , the election for the city was proceeded with , ia prcseuce of a large concourse of spectators , who manifested throughout the most perfect good humour . Pithy remarks and commentaries , on particular observations , were occasionally made , bat nofc a single expression which could be designated offensive reached our ears ; and though the speakers were more than once interrupted , there was less ground of complaint on this accouut than on almost any previous similar occasion . At twelve ©' clock , Mr . Macauley , Mr . Gibson Craig , and their friends , among whom , besides the members of the aggregate committee , we observed the Lord Provost , Baihe Thorn , ofLoith , Bailie M'Donald , of
Musselbargh , Mr . Veitch , of Woodside , and others , appeared on the hustings . Air . Lowery , the Chartist , accompanied by Dr . Glover , of St . Patrick Square , Mr . Macintosh , and others , also appeared on the hustings—tickets of admission having been given them by the Sheriff—' i'iic Sherifi' having read the writ and acts against bribery , Bailie Gncve stepped forward to propose the Ri ^ ht Hon . Thomas Babington Macauley , a . s a fit , and proper person to represent this city in Parliament . ( Cheers and hissiug . )—Mr . Gifford , master of the Merchant Company , seconded the nomination . —Mr . Adam Black proposed Mr . Gibson Craig . —Dr . Maclagan seconded tho nomination of Mr . Cia'g .-Dr . Glover , St . Patrick Square , was received with loud cheers by his frieuds . Ho rose to propose , as fit and proper persons to represent the city in Pariiamt nt , Colond Peronet Thompson and James Lowery , Ksq . ( Cheers and lauahtev . )
Robert Lowery is the name . At the Waterloo Rooms , on Saturday , he did not thiuk it necessary to state any serious objections to the gentlemen proposed on tho other eioto ; but he had good aud decided objections against both of them . ( Cheers ) In the fiisc place , Mr . Macauley had a difficulty in giving a plain answer 10 a plain question . He was not enough of a John Bull for him : hi . s answers were more like thoso of the sophists of ancient Greece . Then he had in several instances opposed the voice of tho people in Parliament ; and as one instance , he might notice his defence of Lord Cardigan , who had thought proper to Hog a soldier ou . the Sabbath . And who apologised for that in Parliament but the honourable gentleman who now stood before them ? ( Hear and clamour . ) He called it a great piece of indecorum ; but if his back had been bared , he fancied the Hon . Geiitluman would havo
thought it sometXuDK moro than mdeeortttn . Then Mr . Macauley voted against addressing the Crown fort ' 10 pardon of the political prisoners confined in England , aud the numbers were equal on a division ; so that if Mr . Macauloy had voted tho oilier way , the addre > s to tho Crown would have been carried . The Hon . Gentleman had a great aversion to pledges ; but he recollected at his first meeting in the Assembly Rooms , that he cumo forward as a supporter of the Whigs , and declared that while a shved of their banner remained , ho would fight under it . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Macauley theu liad pledged himself to fight for the Wiiigd as their slave , und not as a freeman . With respect to the other gentleman , he objected to him thai he was tho nominee of a person who had
put forward members for Edinburgh ; and not members only , —but who had attempted to give them a Lord Provo . st ; and his intended Lord Provost had returned tlio compliment by coming forward to propoao his son . ( Laughter . ) Ho did not think that the Ke ' orra Bill had improved the character of the members of EJinbtirgli . The former members had got peerages ; and , he had no doubt , that , in COUrSB of time , Mr . M ^ caaley would be raised to the House of Lords as Lord Edinburgh , or Lord Madrid , or Lord Calcutta , or some such title ; as to the other gvntl&nian , hu , of course , would be Baron Riccarton . ( Great cheenvg and laughter . ) The great object of tiie electors bisould be not toseud men to Parliament to get situations for individuals , and gratuities for
ttiemsems ; but to seud men ' . vho would benefit , them . ( Laughter . ) They came before the electors now with the argument of cheap bread ; bnt what was the measure proposed ? Th « y laid a duty of Us . per qr . on wheat , while tlw half of all tho corn imported since 182 fi had or . ly paid a duty of 2 s . 8 d . and Is . per quarter . So it was with sugar ; all the difference , iu fine , w . cuid be from a farthing to halt' a farthing per ib . But hib grand objection to these gentlemen was , that they refused to the people thnr juHt and inalienable right of rcpreseutation . Mr . Macau ley said at a former election , that if we had Universal suffrage , wo should all become as Cherokeea . ( Cries of * No , no . ") Well , if it was not that , it v as s ( mething like it ; and he said that he
would leave tho country aud go where ? Why , to New York—the very place where there was already Universal Suffrage ( Cheers . ) He had better go to New South Wales . ( Cheers and Laughter . ) Dr . Glover then proceeded , umidst manifest symptoms of impatienco from his own fri « nds , to give various statistical details , on tin * authority of Mr . Sheriff Alison , to show that crime had increased ; also fever and destitution ; all of which ho contended would be cured by Universal Suffrage . He next adverted to tho la . ws of primogeniture and entail , and contended that were the land more subdivided , wages would be butter , and tho people more comfortable . ( A voice in the crowd , — What say you to France ") Tho French wero not suffici .-ntly civilised . Wo had
tne Bibie ; and if with ( hat and our advanced civilisation we had Universal Suffrage too , this country would then be happy . He concluded by proposing Colonel Thompson aud Mr . Lowery , amidst great cheering . ) Mr . Macintosh seconded the nomination . Mr . Macauley and Mr . Craig then addressed the meeting . Mr . Lowery was received with cheers . He commenced by disclaiming any wish to give noisy interruption to the proceedings ; but if any class of his feJiow-subjects con-idered that they wero unjustly exe ' uded from their portion of legislative power , they had a right to come forward and protest against a mock representation , which did not represent them . He then adverted to Mr . Macauley ' s observations , that the non-electors were bound to show , by their calmness and propriety of conduct , that they were fit for the franchise . But Mr . Macauley must ho aware , that there wero feelings in their nature which might be driven to
desperation ; that there was suoh a thing as tampering with their better feelings , till these were overturned ; and he was a / raid that this had takon . pkco , first , by the oppression of the Tories ; and then by the hypocrisy and truckling of the Whigs ; and , lastly , by having one law for the rich , and another for the poor . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Macauley said ho would never interpose h'ia voice to protect malofaCtOr 8 Who had come under the condemnation of the law . He would not wish him to do so ; but he would wish to see the same law applied to the rich ( hat was applied to the poor . If the Dorchester labourers had been rightly sent abroad by the Whigs , why was the Duke of Cumberland and his friends allowed to escape who ' n when they hroke the same Act ? The Hon . Gentleman , in speaking of the measures proposed by Government , said , if the reduction was but a farthing in the pound , it was something . Ho admitted thai . But what man of common sense
would accept a farthing trom the hands of a m&n who had robbed him of 2 $ d . The question was not whether a farthing could be taken off , but whether there might not be a reduction of 3 d . —not whether there should bo an 8 s . duty on wheat , but whether there should not be a total repeal \ How cculd tke Whigs claim their suffrages ? All they could say for themselves was , that they wero not quite such viliains a 3 the profligate Tories . But if they had been tora by the tiger , was that a reason why they should love the jackall or the wolf ? ( L * ad cheers ) The Hon . Gentleman had also said , ho wished the people could get food cheaper ; and asked what votes of his had a tendency to make them dearer ? Had not the increase of the civil list to Queen
Victoria , an compared with that of William , a tendency to make food dearer ? Had not the pension to Lord Keane , and tho extravagant peusions and sinecures which year by year they voted , a tendency £ 0 make food dearer I ( Cheertf . ) Let the Hon . Gentleman give them an earnest of the desire to promote free trade , by giving to the people a share in the legislation . If he did that , the people would readily join in procuring freo trade . Who opposed these measures but the Tories I He would ask his friends , did they think the industrious men would ally themselves with tha Tories or monopolists ? What had they to do with Couservatism 1 Many of them were without sho ;? , without homes , without beds . They Conservatives !—they had nothing to
conserve . Had not the people assisted the Whigs to carry out the Reform Bill ? And the reason the people left them wap , they truckled to the Toriesthey fell back upon tho doctrine of finality , and Lord John Russell declared that the Reform Bill wa 3 passed to give a preponderance to the landed interest . Let them , then , retrace their steps—if tho suffrage was good for the middling classes , it was good for the working classes . It had been said that they were leagued with the Tories . He scarcely thought it worth while to repel the calumny . He knew that if the Tories or Whigs supported them ,
by proclaiming the rights of the people to elect their representatives , they would ceaso to be either Whigs or Tories ; aud he would take tho assistance of any man who would hel p hia class to regain their political rights . Ho had m <» ed largely among the people , from tho foot of theGrampbiis to the Land ' s End , and seized the present opportunity of speaking to men moving in a different sphere , who could not bo expected to know their feelings , or to sympathise with them , to show them that their interests and "welfare were knit and interwoven with tha people . The time had gone by when the people would take food , or sugar , or education , or anything elae as a
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boon . They claimed them as rights . If the people had been represented , these laws would bave been repealed long ago . It was twelve years since the people petitioned against the Cora Laws ; when the manufacturers would not join them . It was their sagacity that first discovered the necessity of a change ; and his opinion was , that God had given to every nation a predominance of virtue - and intelligence , which would lead the people to discern the proper course . Ho knew there were vicious poor men ; but were there no vicious rich men I If there were cheats and thieves among the poor , were there not fraudulent bankrupts'among ' the rich ? Give him the generosity of heart—the untainted feelings which nature had given to her children , and
preserve him from that avaricious class , whose ledgers were their Bibles , whose counters were their altars , and whoss money was their God . ( Loud cheers . ) He would ask the ten-pounders if , on the hour or the day when they entered on their ten pound houses , they found themselves wiser or more virtuous men than they were the day before ? Assuredly not . They could not measure men ' s brains by the length of their purses ; and why should tho houses be more esteemed than the men that reared them ? ( Loud cheere . ) With regard to intellige » ce , he must remind them that , if they surveyed the history of literary men , they would find that a baser set of apostates had never existed . Was not that a proof that intellect did not always mean virtue-1 ( Cheers . ) "Why should the masses
bo forbiddeu to exercise the political franchise , because a section of the people set themselves up as lords over them , and said wo are wiser than you arc . When he entered a church , he found tho parson preach that all men were corrupt : he hoped , then , that neither the priest nor the peer would exempt himself . If so , why should they choose a small portion of this corrupt nature to lord it over the oiher and tho larger portiou ? ( Cheers . ) It was well te talk of time and of patience as a remedy for all this ? but he told them that men wore starving , and they had no time to talk of patience . There were thousauds of them , without the necessaries , and thousands more Without tho COmforta , of life . He begged those who enjoyed the franchise to look at their own
wives and children , and ask themselves how they would like to sea them in rags and wretchedness \ He knew they would not—he knew they had kind hearts , and wished to do justice to the people , if their perverted intellect wonld but allow them to believe that the rest of their fellow creatures conld be as honest as they were . That was the difficulty standing in their way ; and to remove it the people must stand forward and protest against these proceedings . When onco they brought a svstem into oontempt , its days were numbered . Two or three years ago , when they started the system of protesting against the mockery of representation , they were sneered and laughed at ; but they had kept their ground in defiance of the prosecutions of the Government . Was not that much to boast of 1
Formerly it was deemed wrong for a poor man to enter on a platform at a public meeting . But these days were passed ; and it was found that working men were capable of 6 tat ! iig their sentiments justly . They had passed the platform , they had entered the pulpit , and had turned its corrupt artillery against himself . ( Cheers . ) It was not fair of the Whigs to attack them for infringements of the law . Ho begun his political life at the time of the Reform Act ; and he remembered reading in the Morning Chronicle , the Whig organ , the letters of Colonel Maceroni , teaching the people how to handle tho pike and to barricade tho streets . ( Cheers . ) Yes , and he had eat in a . committee of tho Political Union , with Sir John Fife , who had received a title since , in which they were told how they could
easily thrash tho Tories , and stizs tho barracks , too , if need were . Haviug been so tutored , he asked the Whig 8 in charity to allow something for their ignorance , considering that they had been taught political warfare by mch a class as themselves . ( Loud cheering . ) The working men tilled the fields and plied the loom—they had borne tho standard of Britain round the ocean , and chastised every tyrant but their own —( c « eers)—they had carried tho fbg of Euglaud from the shores of the Mediterranean to ihe ^ ares of Paris , and wero they now to be told that they were to be slaves in their fatherland ? thai they wero not to be admitted within
the palo of the constitution which they had toiled to rear and bled to defend ?! ( Cheers . ) In conclusion , he asked them whether they were prepared to submit to slavery 1 ( No , no . ) What did fclavery meau if they were not slaves ? Did it not mean that one class could seize the persons of a Bother class , and seize upon their toil ? And if they were taxed without their own consent , was not that a seizing upou the fruits of their toil ? Then with regard to their persons . Were they noc liable to be called to the militia and impressed for the navy \ If this was not slavery , ho did not know what was . But , thank ileaven , the eyes of the people were now opened ; and tho Government had hesitated to train the
militia of late , because they kuew the people had been wronged , and co ;; ld not ba trusted with arms . ( Laughter . ) After alluding to tho state ot affairs between this country and Russia , Persia , a ! id Turkey , to show that foreign affairs had not been properly conducted , he concluded by advising tho people to keep both factions weak . The Whigs iii opposition made excellent members ; and if morely the dread of losing office made Lord J . Russell a fixed duty man , ho had no doubt that hia exclusion from office wonld maka him a- total
repealer . He thanked them for their pauent hearing , and advised them to protect again&i the election of every mau for whom they were not allowed to vole , lift then retired amidsi Laid cheering . The Sheriff then callod for a show of hands far tho four candidates successively , when a decided majority of those present appeared for Colonel Thompson aiid Mr . Lowery . Tho Sheriff then declarer ! the show of hands to be in favour of Colonel Thompson mid Mr . Lowery ; and a poll being < . '< mauded , lie appointed tho same to take place on Monday . Dr . Glover for Colonel Thompson , and Mr . Lowery for himself , declined a poll , amid-t the laujjhttrof the friends of the other candidates ; wiK . rtupou the Sheriff
intimated that the two candidates had withdrawn and there being now only Mr . Macauley an < i Mr . Gibson Craig in nomination , i-o declared the ^ niionwn io bo duly elected . Mr . Macauley presented himself , but was received with hootings and yells , which entirely prevented him from being heard ; and Mr . Gibson Craig met a similar reception . Af : cr several ineffectual attempts to obtain a hoariii ^ , they bowed and retired . o proceeding from the hustings to the Merchants' Hall , tho members were surrounded with a crowd prest-ing roughly forward , but no actual violence was shown . As they entered the lobby leading to the Hall , a rush was mad « at them by some young mon , but through the firmness of the police , they were checked and kept back .
Norwich . —The sams Correspondent from whom we received our last week's in ' . eliitcence , writes us as under : —In my last , I inibi m ^ d jvu of the proceedings of the nomination day , allow me now to describe tne following day . Although Norwich has long been noted for its electioneering tricks , no precedent can be found tor the exekement which this day prevailed . Early in the morning , the streets and Market-place quite equalled in bustle the morning oi any former contested election . Dissatisfaction aud a determination to be revenged on the parties connected with the nomination , seemed to bo very g&neral ; but during the day no opportunity offered , therefore peace was maintained . In the evening , a public meeting was held in the Mark-. t-place , which ,
in point of numbers , stands unrivalled in the list of Norwich meetings . Mr . Goat being called to the chair , he impressed his audience with the . necessity of keeping order , preserving tho peace , and convincin / f tho magistrates ( before whom he had that day appeared ) that they were mon ; and however much they might feel themselves betrayed and insulted , they had sufficient 6 ense to know thtre was a better mode of action than meeting abuso with abuse . After treating upon the subject , -which called them together , he introduced to thoir notice the first speaker , and withdrew . The bu > iness immediately before tho meeting was sn exposure of the various characters connected wiih the compromise and treacherous withdrawal ot the nomination of
Mr . Eagle , after which an extensive view of the Charter and its effocts upon socifty , was taken by several speakers . Tho Chairman then rose aud requested te know if any present wished to address the meeting , assuring them thai whatever opinions they might wish to express ( if within the paie of the law and common decency ) there was no fear on his mind as to gaining for each an attentive hearing ; but none coming forward , three cheers were given for Mr . Eagle , and three for tho Charter , and a vote of thanks to the Chairman . The Chairman rose and thanked them for the flattering mark of respect just shown to himself ; but more particularly did he thank them for that great self-command which they had that uijmt evinced , notwithstanding the allurements
thrown onone side by a mock-chairing to attract their attention , and discordant noises given by persona drinking at the apper windows of the inns on the other , whoso interest or ignorance induced them to keep aloof . He again thanked them for their decorum , and trusted they would depart in peace , retire to their homes , or elsowhere ; but leavo the Market-place with thaJ prudence which they had hitherto manifested , and he and his immediate friends would continue there until the Market-place was somewhat cleared ; then , wishing them a good night , bowed , and retired . The assembled thousands were dispersing , each taking his own road , when a
person arrived , and stated that John Dover was at home , at the King's Head ; that he was seen speaking from the window to a man in the street . The report ran quickly threa ^ b the multitude , and , seeing the danger , several of the Chartists raa to the spot , reached the house before auy mischief was done , and endeavoured to prevail on the people not to break the peace ; but their efforts were useless . Revenge was their determination ; one good fellow who resisted their endeavours to force au entry , was knocked down , and tramp l' d on , in their eagerness to get at Dover . A . t Isagth , they found him in an upper room , where he defended himself with a srrord . Several were wounded , but he was 60 QU
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disarmed , driven to the street , stript of his clothing , with tho exception of his trousers , beat in the most unmerciful manner ; his hair torn from his head ; stabbed in several parts with knives ; struck with paving stores ; and driven , barefooted , towards the Market-place , wlierc they intended to hang him ; but , on crossing Blackfriar' 3 Bridge , the cry was * " Throw him into tho river , " and , had not his son clung to h'ni , determined to share his fate with him , he would unquestionably have been thrown over the bridee : but leaving it . they proceeded till they wer »
met by a large body of police , who enabled Dover to take shelter in a house for a time . The military arrived , and , by the assistance of'these" two formidable bodies , he was taken to the city gaol , where he still remainsfor protection . After Do ver was rescued . a slight demand was made for Whiting , ( the seconder , * but it aid not take effect . Some few were captured ; the others were dispersed by the military , and ultimately tranquillity was restored . Mr . ' . 'Waiting , not wishing to meet the same fate , haB left Norwich , ( much the most prudent plan . ) All is now quiet .
vY estminster . —Amongst the several candidates who have solicited the suffrage of the electors of this great city ; to rep-reseat their interests iu Parliament , were John Cemplo Leader , General De Lacy Evan ? , ( Whigs , ) and Captain Rous , ( Conservative . ) Leader offered himself as the advocate of cheap bread , and that more substantial measure—the Suffrage I and the Ballot to protect it . General Evans would not go a step beyond "free trade , " (?) whilst Captain . Rous , who , to use his own words , " offered himself at the eleventh hour , " and had not one
single meeting ! tcok his stand against the infernal New Poor Law , and the Window Duties . On the day of the poll , Wednesday last , the Gallant Capt . was at tho head of ihe list . Leader second , aud Evans iu a most woeful minority ; consequently Leader and Rous were declared duly elected , and "free trade . ' . (?) Evaus son-, to the " right about . " A portion of the Whig press is quite iu a quandary about Captain Rous ' s election , and protest that it is all owing to the wicked alliance tho Chartifita have entered into with the Tories .
HoDDERSFIELD . —THE WHIGS AKDTHEIRDoINGS . Much has been eaid of the tyrannical conduct of the Tories , in sending uptheir tenantry like serfs of thesoil , to do their roasters' bidding at nominationsand ejections . Such conduct ha 3 been condemned , and most justly , by the Whigs ; theyhj . ro been the most loud in their denunciations of such disgraceful proceedings . Let us look on the other side of the pictnre . Monday morning last was a busy one ia HuddersfieM ; soon after four o'clock the Chartists were parading tho town with music and tanners , to rosso the sleepers for Wakefiuld . They started for Wakefieid a little before six o'clock . Shortly after tho Whiga began to muster , with bands and banners , ai . ci waggons , cart ? , and every description .
of conveyance , loaded with then' workpeople . The sight was imposing ; but , then , tho most tyrannical measures had been resorted to by their employers , through their lickspittles and Jacks in office , who are always ready toco the diny bidding of their masters . ' In many of the barracks ( for so they are now designated ) tho workmen were called together , and intorined that they would be expected to be ready to go to Wakefieid on Monday morning , and . that conveyances would be ready to convey them to the placa of destiuation—that " all of them" would be expected to wear a yellow card in front of his hat , and lest some should not hold up their hands , or slip away , a mau was appointed to every section of tne men , to call over their names , and Bee that they were at their post , and to note how they acted ; and if not louud at their post in the yellow ranks , their
day ' s wsg ' e ' wa 8 to bestopped , and theymusttakcwhat would follow . Such were the measures taken by Whig factory lv ' rds , who allow freedom of conscience—Heaven save tho mark ! Many , maay—very many were they of the good and true thus compelled to wear the damning badge of Whiggery , whilst their hearts and wiphes wero with their comrades in the ranks of the Chartists . So jealous were the factorylords of thoir workmen , that hundreds were conveyed by the railway , money being ; no object ; so that no excuse whatever could be mao ' o by the men for not being at their call . So bent were they npon their object , that rather than be beaten , one of the lords , and a leader of the Wesleyau body in this town , stated that they would spend a quarter of a millioa of money . Facts Jike these speak for themselves * Id cot this intimidation and tyranny of the worsi description ? " 0 Whiggery , where is thy blush !"
Ipswich . —A requisition having taeu presented to Mr . Barm by , requesting him to offer himself as a candidato in the Chartist interest , he answered it by an address which was placarded about Ipswich and diffused in every possible way ; in which he declined standing at present 011 account of ill health which precluded tho possibility of his sustaining the hsrrassment of an election contest , but avowed hi 3 determination to " wear the white toga as their can--did&te'for the future . " Alter tho publication of this address , and-on account of Mr . ' Barmby-V illness uud absence , together with tho fa « tious riot and
debauching corruption reigning throughout tho town the honest Chartists of Ipswich determined not to support by word or deed either of the Whig or Tory factions , but to withdraw themselves from the scenes of political villany , that they should not identify themselves with " that foloa-syatom which , disgraces the very namo of representation . " This they signified by a placard signed Win . Garrard , secretary of Mr . Barmby ' s election committee and strictly adhered to . Two Whigs , Wasonand Rennie , were returned , but next election success to Barmby and . the People's Charter !
Hyde . —This town was visited on Thursday by Stanley , the Whir ? candidate for Cheshire . The meeting was liolden in the Working Mpn ' s Institution . In answer to questions , he declined promising to vote for any extension of the franchise , or any alteration in the Poor Law . He would vote for a reduction of the duties on corn , sugar , aiul timber . Mr . Bradley addressed the electors and non-electors iu an excellent Chartist speech . Nottingham . —For the last six weeks , society has been rne continued scene of drunkenness , riot-, and disorder ; happily , howe , xr this disgusting state of thifjgs has again subsided since the recent and unexpected resignation of tho two Conservative candidates , who did not continue the poll a full half hour . Party spirit 13 settling down , business
resuming its woiited vigour , the people begin once moro 10 mix in the domestic circle , no longer subjected to tho fears of the horrid system of lawless iuticumidation , . which has been the order of the day for some time . The Chartist body hare beea surrouuded by the fiercest hostility imaginable ; so that it must not be supposed that justice will be shown by the " press-gang" to any effort of theirs in carrying out the glorious principles of democracy . Some few , who have long been regarded as £ ound aiid sterling democrats , have not been able to sustain that character , but have fallen before the geldea bait which was thrown , out from the treasury ; but the great majority of men advocating Chartist principles , hav j manifested a firmness of character
and siedfast virtue almost without a parallel , more especially , as numbers are out of employment and in . deep-distress . Hobhouse and Larpent exhibited themselves through the pvincipa . 1 streets on Tuesday afternoon , June 29 th , iu gaudy triumph ; but what sort of a triumph has it been in reality \ Why , a positive triumph of gold and bludgeon-law over moral public opinion and principle . The moralforce Whigs exultingly chuckle and cry , that they have achieved a glorious victory over the combined powers of Toryism and Chartism ; we . however , can laugh them to scorn , while we reflect upon the base , bloody , and brutal means which they have put iu practice throughout the election . The Whigs are also co 2 ia £ rained to confesa that ihe skilful exercise
of Chartist influence , in wielding the balance of political power by the return of Mr . Walter to Parliament , was tho means of placing the present Ministry in their degraded position , namely , beiieath tho confidence of tho sovereign people , \ yho , if , bat true to themselves , will keep the pledge-violators ia jeopardy till they have given them a proper good Tory squeezing . Nothing short of this will make them good boys ; and then , ere many months , they will be placed as front rai ; k men in tho Chartist army , ready and willing to go the " whole-hog and no mistake . " . Of late our streets have been crowded by a kind of army , called lambs , but it would , perhaps , have been a more proper appellation to have called them wolves , or bloodhounds , their business
being to break people s heads , to ceistroy property , intimidate , aud the like . A bludgeon manufactory has been recently established , not a hundred milea from Barker-gate , for the purpose cf supplying these gentle creatures with implements , and very active and industrious . have they made themselves ; for a tevr days the glazier business has flourished to an extent " hitherto unknown . Many of the signs and tokens of their handy-work are to be seen as you walk through the streets . Almost every third person has a mark to show , and which is ihe distinguishing mark of a Iamb ' a favour or Whig impartiality . Gn . Tuesday moruiugv at half-past eight , the long visages of tho intelligent electors of the borough of Nottingham became remarkable , though a few days previous , body-snatching was carried on here extensively . Tho demand for burgesses and ten-poundera ceased immediately it , was announced that Walter and
Ciiarltou had given up ; though but a few hours prior to this untoward event ( on Sunday ) a certain sbam-republican and his French valet were seen strolling about the Mansfield Road , offering from fifteen to twenty sovereigns each for an unprincipled burgess , and from twenty-five to thirtyfive sovereigns each for a rascally ten-pounder . Sac ' ri avo the present representatives of the people of England , and BUCh the constituency . LetthenoneietnorB of each city , borough , and village , through .-out England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , immediately form election committees , in oides to put down this damnable system of traffic ; the people have the power to discontinue all suoh disgraceful proceedings , and the sooner they begin to show their authority , the better for each and all of her Majesty ' s good and loyal subjects ; and until the Charter becomes the law of tho land , there can neither btipeace iu the catt&ge not security m the p&laQe ,
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THE NORTHERN STAR . 7
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 10, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct557/page/7/
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