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LEEDS.—Leeds Improvement Bill.—It is in contemplation to apply to Parliament in the ensuing Session for powers for better draining, widening.
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THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD.
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JAM ES BRONTERRE O'BRIEN will deliver TWO LECrURiSS on Monday aud Tbesdat Evemngs , the 18 th . and lJHh inst ., in the Citcus , Sheffield , " On the position and prospeeta of the people ' s cause . " Men of Sheffield , shew to the factions , that yoa are determined to stand by those who sacrifice competency and pleasure for penury and labour . O'Brien is the man whom the storms of despotism could never make meanly complain . Kally roundhim then , and let tho patriot see your gratitude , for tho services he has rendered to your cause .
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SHORTLY WILL BE PUBLISHED , IN Weekly Numbers , Three Halfpence each , and Monthly . Parts , with a Wrapper for Advertisements , Sixpence each , A HISTORY OF CHARTISM , from its Commencement down to the Trial of Frost , by John WatbikSj Author of " Wat Tyler , " &p . The above Work will be compiled from Note * taken during the Progress of the Movement , and may bo relied upon as authentic . Orders xi ceived &i No . 9 , Bell Yard , Temple Bar , and bv all Booksellers .
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fr nor the navy , the police nor the constabulary , es or Tories , priests or devils , shall preTent or ¦ e this agitation for the Charter . ( Load cheers . ) Moir , by the my , had alluded te Mr . Oswald , ihsr present illegal representative , * nd to his imbecile conduct at the late election . That man , he snderstood , had dared to tamper with his character , &i take Mb name in rain . Now , thsj would all jeeollect that , at the first election , he had asked giat gentleman if he could adTanoe anything to his ^ tame or dishonour , or had any objection to make to his past character or conduct , and he had said * No . " He then gave him ( Mr . O'Connor ) a high aad reputable character . Bat Mr . James Oswald VjS dared to assert , in his absence , that he , along
with Bronterrs O'Brien , had recommended physical force , and the murder of their opponents . ( Hear , bear- ) Aye , bat did the people believe him ! ( Load cheers . ) No ! they knew his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) ust history , and every movement , and with one Toice they cried , " He lied ! " He rejoiced that in his absence they did justice to his name ; and that the ealnmay of the hoary nincompoop had met with deserved scorn and reproach . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor here alluded to the conduct of Douglas , Hants , and Edwards , those physical-force . advocates ; their desertion of the honest part of the people ' s leaders ; after weaving a set to catch them la , and to the bluster of these fellows as the cause why the proceedings of Chartists had ever been classed with the mention of violent proceeding ? .
He then proceeded—he had never betrayed the people—he had not assumed one position to-day , and denied it to-morrow . If he had delnded the people , he would not have been there to-day ; if he had quacked them , he would not have attempted again to appear before them . A great deal had been said about moral force and physical force , and attempts were being made by this means to sow dissension in their ranks . Now he ( O'Connor ) would repeat what he had frequently Eaid bsfore on this subjectj and his sentiments on this point were unaltered . Moral force is the deliberative quality in each man ' s mind , which teaches him how he is to reason , how to endure , and when forbearance becomes a crime ; and when that fails , physical force , like an electric shock ,
( hall sound the preparation , declaring that the people , having borne with patience and long suffering , tne yoke of the oppressors , have determined to throw off their trammels , aad snap the tyrant ' s chain . ( Loud cheers . ) God forbid , however , that he would ever be the means of bringing an unarmed people in contact with an armed Kudiery , whom they themselves would require tc gnpport . They were now come to such a position that they could , if united , oppose by moral force all that mignt be brought against them . His object and their object , he hoped , was not to puLj down those above them to the same position in society as themselves , bat to brim ? themselves up to the same position which as men , and as free men , they were
entitled to eDJoy . ( Cheers . ) Knswins the resources of the country wMcq God acd Nature had designed for their use , he was for throwing them all ipoa their own resources ; but he was also for taking the ar istocracy off the people ' s resources . Let the people be thrown upon their own resources , keep the non-producers off them , and he hid no fear of the beneficial result . ( Cheers . ) Nowthatthe blue devils of Toryism were placed in power , they might anticipate no very gentle persuasive arguments to induce them to cease their agitation ; and to quietly agree to allow aristocratic cupidity and fraud to live upon their energies as heretofore , and these men would not be backward in using all the means at their cornstand to compel the people to give way before
them . It waB for them , however , by their powerfnl moral aspect , by their determined and commanding mnions , to prove their firmness and decision , and overawe the attempts of tyranny and corruption . As they had treated their companions in crime , the base , bloody , and brutal Whigs , he trusted they ¦ would treat them or any government which founded its claim to their suffrage upon aggression and knavEry . ( Losd cheers . ) As he bad to address thirty meetings in thirty towns in Scotland , and as he intended afterwards to visit the land of p&raties , he hoped they vreu . d allow him to reserve himself for their meeting in the evening . He would content himself with assuring them before retiring that he was the same cow as whea he had met them
before—unchanged in principles , unawed by punishments , acd unflinching fin his determination to have Universal Suffrage made the law of the land . He would boldly and fearlessly affirm , that if death and tie Charter were placed in the one hand , asd honours , rewards , and desertion in the other , he should prefer death to surrendering his principles . His inoito was , " come weal come woe , come danger ccme persecution , I stand by you and those principles even to the death . " ( . Tremendous cheering -which lasted for several minutes . ) Mr . Wood , delegate from the Dublin Chartists , sow eame forward and addressed the meeting in a long and convincing speech , which was listened to wkh great attention , and was applauded throughout . Yo : es of thanks being tendered to the chairman , and three cheers given for O'Connor and the Charter , the immense assemblage quietly dispersed .
THE SOIREE . The proceedings of this eventful day in the annals of Chartism were appropriately closed by a splendid soiree in honour of O'Connor in the evening . The lirge and elegant New Bazaar Hall , capable of accommodating about 3000 persons , and which was Sited up for the occasion , was crowded in every par ; by a respectable and well dressed audience . We may mention , tiat such was the demand for tickets for this meeting , that in two days after they were issued , the whole of them were disposed of . and sueh was the anxiety of the people , that thousands of our Chartists friends had to be disappointed . We believe , as high as 5 s . acd even 15 s . were offered for single tickets and indignantly refused by their
forincaie owners . Shortly after six o ' clock , the hour o : ' opening the hall doors , the place was densely crowded by a gay and delighted audience , whose appearance was certainly much improved by the rich and variegated head-cresses of the youthful female Chanis : s , who bad arranged for a ball after the proceedings at ; he Soiree . When Mr . O'Connor arrived , accompanied by Messrs . Moir and Cullen , the eheenug was absolutely deafenirg , and was again and a > , £ in repeated as these gentlemen took ineir eats en ihe platform . Mr . O'Connor gracefuliy acknowledged these heartfelt testimonials . On the motion of Mj . John . Rodger , seconded by Mr . Wm . Miller ,
Mr . Matthew Cctxe * occupied the chair . He was snpporitd ngbt and left by Messrs . O'Connor , Moir , ilicfarlaii ? , of Condorrat . tie aged Borinyaiuir mamr of 1819 , also by Messrs . Proudfoot , Gardner , Councillor M'Gsvin , Hedcerwick , iVsiker , Carrie , liooj-er , Jack , and others of our best knotrn Chartiits . In opening ; he business , Mr . Cclles , chairman , delivered a neat and appropmie * u . ± ress , in which he spoke of the feelings oi his audience , of the occasion of their msetag , luz services of O'Connor , and the necessity of thrown . g all pi . i : y jealousies and divisions as ; de in the pur .-u : i oi the grea ; cause of human amelioration . He co-tiuaed by calling on Mr . Walker , one of the preach-rs o : iLe Christian Chartist Church , who asked a blesaii . ^ . The meeting w&s then served with tarts ; ana a number of stirring airs were performer i y an es ^ litnt instrumental band .
The CHAiiijus now gave the sentiment of "The People , ih'j iesitiicaie source of all power , " which he prifictd bv a neat address . He said , on public occasion ; > ucb as this , it was customary vo propose he Ci .. c' Magistrate of the realm . Now , although that waj not his intention at the present time , he Deggec u-K-sct ' j to state , that ii was because of no ie-oy .. or ( irrespective feelings . la the sentiment he had io propose her Majesty was included ; and taeno : prop ^ iu , ; her individually , arose soiely from habit
we wu- , ch the Chartist had to universality AilOit :,.: ni n-pected her Majesty , and were most wyiily av . achca to her person . Tney could wish , «™ eTcr ' lUai hPt ^ J ^ y was placed in such cir-OTmsti- ' . w a * -hs couid appreciate and administer T ^ tv Wi : ! l £ o : her £ Uftenng and oppressed people . uipis ive .-, ihe case , then they would find-in every cam a aiiiiiarv i ~ m , and in every citizen a soldier , reaay to deftnd his conntry from invasion , and her * uj = s : j : tjui ihe insults and persecutions of her ^ mic ,. t u . ua cheers . ) He conceded by propknd ^ ~ EUaiC > wticJl wa 3 m 0 Bt rapturously apin
n r- ^ kTCE acw sun g excellent taste , " O'Con-J ^ L ta ' -ffle ' -o Scotland , " which was well rets mT' ~ * Efxi rose : o respond to the sentiment of ine Fe ^ p ; e , !) and wa 3 loudly cheered . He deerea a ioujj , >; mDg anc sarcasne address in his f ? f » Bij . s , in which he severely lashed Whig cuu-> ung , cfij-a nery , ruSauism , and deceit . He alse ~ I * y exF ^ J scd dtnounced the tactics of the two «> PPO £ iLt lac-iuci with happy effect . He was fre-S ^ tij inrerrc ; . ted Tdtb . cheering a--d bnrsts of J ^ a ^^ . -. eivtu by hi 3 nappy hit 5 . Tune—** Scots ftlS CHAIEMA ; r no . w g * T « " O'Connor , and the vwer pitrivi . p . Cbartiits who have aided the cause « Uie pr-upie , " which was received with three times three .
At tfc . s ? Uj-e of the proceedings , a very interesting MBe occurred . Mine Moir , a good-looking ybuDg * dy , aion ^ wV . h Miss Millar and Miss M * Kay , «* me forward to present Mr . O'Connor with an ad-• raes , and a rich diamond ring , as a testimony of re ~ peetfrvm the Female ChartistB of Giapguw . The g ^ ww ;^ jj tne address , which w » s read hy Miss * AJJ with a clear and correct enunciation : —
TO TIUBGUS O COrKOB , ESft . HoDourtd Sr ,-We hail with feeling of joy and ^ Kituoe , your presence here this evenirK ; joy , «« we c » n gvili claim yoar advora- ^ y of ibe rights aa pr , n ; rf ; e * uf labour—of honest industry—and Sraatude w him . who , alone , rules in heaven ahd tottmaiids on e * na . F # r this unbounded mercy in renam e me shackles and tearing asunder the earthly «* amifciB , wiin which a wily and a worthless « eaon ha 4 dsred , impiously , to bind your efforts—MiP endeavourB of an honest advocate o ' l justice . tt » »\ yoar P reseDCe amongst u-, now , seeing * u *\ the same , the vtry same , opuuonB held and pro-
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mulgated by yen before the farcical attempts of factions to crush your patriotism , and to ooerce your freedom of thought , of word , and of action , are still , and we hope , ever will be , evinced by you , in your adherence to the movement of Right , and your ra tional and philanthropic denunciation of a system of dif grace , of rain , an d of wrong . We hail with rapturous greeting , the visit of a tried and uncorrupted democrat to our Highland home . We hail the visit of Feargus O'Connor to this our native land , where sire and son claim by meeting and b y right of pure descent , thoae feelings and those sentiments which actuated our Scottish patriot—our Wallace , and roused the love of liberty
—living eternally in the bosom of his countrymen , to assert , and to fight for the freedom of Scotland and the independence of our fatherland . We hail your visit , our beloved , to our common eountry , where the mountains alone , with towering majesty and snow-clad tops , claim that homage , which , in other lands , is tendered by unthinking slaves to a worthless creature , bcrn in ignorance , and nursed by servility—wearing , in the mockery of human wretchedness , the title of the Most High , a title which every honest heart , every true Scotsman in the fervour of his adoration , offers to the divinity , to him alone , " who rides on the whirlwind and directs the storm . "
We welcome you to that land , where streams and fiowrets gathered together the
B Sparks o' nature ' s fire " that burst in the ardour of heaven , sent inspiration from tbe rude clay of a ploughman and a weaver in the unpolished lispings of a Burns and a Taanahill " , and , by tbe raya of democratic geniuB , shed a holy lustre—an undying fame on those spots of green crowned earth and silverly sparkling burns that reigned in their unborrowed verse , and lived for ever in the patriotism of their hearts ; Sincerely desirous of benefiting our
fellow-creatures , and in our anxiety for the immediate and total abolition of all unnatural distinctions between man and man , we hail your presence here this evening , and now tender you our heartfelt gratulation on seeing you again is tbe midst of hb , unfettered and free , and feel andnowexpressourgratitudeto Heaven , that you have yet been spared from the efforts of malignity , to sourish hope in tbe bosom of the poor and lowly , by jour strenuous and uncompromising advocacy of the rights of labour , and the native privileged of humanity .
Aceept these warm and sincere aspirations for youx continuance of these exertions in our behalf , and accept this bumble token of our admiration of your struggles , in asserting and demanding justice for each and for all . During the reading of this address , which was frequently interrupted with cheers , Mr . O'Connor appeared to be deeply affected . Miss Millar then presented the ring , which appeared a truly massive and valuable article . She said , the honour had been conferred upon her by the Female Chartists of Glasgow , to present him ( O'Connor ) with this small but sincere token of their admiration . With sentiments better felt than expressed she performed this duty . In the fervent hope that he would continue in his bright career , and that the Lord of heaven would prosper his exertion on behalf of the suffering and oppressed people . ( Loud cheers . ) Her
sister Chartists joined with her in tbe hope that he would go on conquering and to conquer , uuul he had put to night all the enemies of popular ri * ht , of civil and religious liberty . And while they urged him to pursue his bright and important career , they trusted that Scotia ' s sons would stand by the cause which O'Connor so ably advocates—that Scotia's sons would not cease their exertions Hntil they had obtained those rights they were struggling to obtain , and until their fatherland was made what she ought to be , great , glorious , and free . ( Loud cheers . ) Miss M'Kay next presented Mr . M'Farlane , of Condorratt , the venerable Chartist of 1819 , and for twenty years an exile for his advocacy of their principles , with a handsome ebony staff , filrermounted , and a sovereign to pay his travelling
expenses . The old man , who seemed deeply affected , received these tokens with much agitation . When he couid command his feelings , however , be shortly addressed the meeting , and expressed his acknowledgment for these proofs of their respect . He entered into a brief but graphic detail of the persecutions of the early Chanists—of the unprincipled bloodthirsty Government of that day . He was frequently applauded . Tune— " AuJd LaDgsyne . " Mr . O'Cos . nob now rose amidst the most
enthusiastio cheering , and waving of hats and handkerchiefs . When the plaudits had in some measure subsided , he spoke nearly as follows : —Sir , I have leas reason to fiud fault with the ginger-beer bottles than any person in this assembly . ( Mr . O'Connor here referred to a little interruption which took place a minute or two previous , from the serving out of ginger-beer . ) I rejoice that the excellent arrangements of your committee have afforded to me one m » meni of reflection before 1 responded to the beautiful addresses of tbe ladies of Glasgow , and the flattering present which they have done me the honour to present to me : for , had I been called upon instantly , and upon the spur of the
moment to reply to these addresses , 1 know not what point my feelings would have carried me , or to whav sentiments they might have led me to utter ; 1 would perhaps have lost all control of my judgment and left a bad impression upon this meeting . It requires a man to calm himself for a moment when be receives soch an impulse in the cause of liberty as this . When the name of Wallace is made use of by female lips , and when the sons of Scotia are asked if they would not rather fight for their liberty than * pine in slavery , what arguments have I to use to impress upon this large assembly tbe necessity of workingout their political salvation ! ( Lond cheers . ) As I have not words to express my feelings , I shall pass from this point , simply returning my heartfelt thanks to those ladies who have done me the honour
to present me with these tokens of regard . I would eay , that if before I was engaged to the people , n « w I am wedded to their cause . ( Renewed cheering . ) Sir , as regards the Bentiments which you have done me the konour bo eloquently to propose from the chair , it gives me some pleasure to think that it is now nearly five years since I was first introduced to the men of Glasgow , and that I have still some hold upon their esteem . Unknown comparatively—a common stranger , I entered upon your boards , and ventured to present myseif as an enemy to tbe poliiicians of the day , and presented to the people , if not nevr principle * , at least a new mode of accomplishing their realisation . Our un ' on has gone on , and , like master like man—the one
determined to do the work so long as he continues to bold the confidence of the other , and the other determined to entrust and employ the servant so long as he does his duty . ( Hear , hear , and cheers ) Some reference has been made to my sufferings in this cause , but if I had suffered as much as the veteran who bad just preceded me , whose sufferings put mine all to flight , the illustration of my principles which I now tee before me would repay me for all . ( Hear , hear , and long-continued cheering . ) What are the ttfferings of one , if by these suffering ? the cause of freedom is advanced , and the oppressor bumbled ? Tne answer , in my ca-e is , that I have gained a victory of the oppressor , because that cause tor which I was imprisoned gains more by my
ab > ence than if I had been present . ( Cheers . ) As now , after tix years of agitation , sixteen months of that period spent in a dungeon , we meet again to renew the covenant ; such as I left you I meet you agaiu . If I was impelled , by the love of these principles , to advocate your cause heretofore , how much more determined must I be , now that I see you in earnest in the cause . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) But it is not enough that you and 1 are in earnest , and those excellent men who have laboured along with me ; the people must be in earnest . Remember that tbe moment you will it , then will the power of the oppressor fade—then will you be recognised in the legislature of the country—then you may stand erect as freemen ; and then indeed
you will be the source of all power . ( Loud cheers . ) Sir , it is rather a farcical thing that faction uses the name of the people ( and especially the Chartists , because I think the word people encompasses all that -arejvorth having , and the Caanists are the people ) it is surprising that they say at one time that we are a mere fraction—a section of tie community whose influence is as limited as our principles aro unpopular , that we are unworthy of notice ; but when an excuse isneedtd to save the bankrapt reputation of a sinking party , the cry is , O ! the Chartists did it . ( Laughter and cheering . ) Let U 3 take this leaf from tfce Whig book—the confession that we are able to beat one of the greatest factions in the State , and that it depends upon as to eay what
fchall be uoae wita the other . They say that we are ignorant , as well as poor in Btrength , and unfit to hoid the suffrage . ( Hear , hear . ) Why , then , it must appear plain , as a question of rule of three , and evident to any oae without tne knowledge of a Cocker , toat , if a fraction of the people , we were able to beat the Whigs , what are we not able to do if united ! For my part , I think that we could not only beat the Whigs , but beat tbe Whigs and Tories united . ( Cheers . ) It is clear to me , at all events , that before the Whigs or Tories will yield tur claims , they will unite to a man against us . It is necessary for us , thea , to have a union that will beat both the
factions . It is gratifying to know , however , that tbe cause is going on in a way which tyrants dread , which patriots mnst admire . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . M'Farlane alluded to the means that were used is . his day to split np and betray the cause of the people by spies and informers , I ean assure you that these means are not left untried now . There is gold ready for tho traitor spy , aud h « has only to walk in , commence , and divide . But I rejoice you are now too shrewd and too united to be afraid of spies . If yuu bold by the law , bad as it is , until you get a power strong enough to control the law , you need fear no attempts of the spy or the traitor . ( Cheers . ) I have told you before , and I say again , do not on any account connect yourselves to secret societies . Tk » xn « n who asks you to do in the dark what he
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would not do in tbe light is a traitor : avoid him : our cause is righteous , and needs no covering . " Treason broods in darkness , And dreads the light . " Caution and vigilance are necessary ai all times , bat more especially at the present , when all the power of Tory gold is ready to be loosened upon you . Do not suppose because the Tory Tamworth Baronet has not ventured upon any stronger gagging measures that the spirit of Toryism has changed ; do not anticipate that the Tories will behave better than the Whigs ; and do not suppose that every effort of that faction will not be tried to hold usurpation over you . What they have done hitherto they are prepared to do again . Public ottinion alonn l » Ans them in
check . ( Loud crieB of hear , hear , hear . ) We are told by the historians in all ages that physical force revolution means an outbreak of people , with arms in their hands , when they upset all that originally governed the country and take it over to themselves ; while moral force is a power brought to bear on the legislation of a country , which compels them peaceably to yield to the claims of the people—not having the power to refuse them . The latter is oar position—this is the means by whioh we intend to carry our views . Now , many men of sufficient seal and energy will say , when there is no hope of impressing tbe legislature with your viows , by peaceable means , what use is their persevering in the movement ? To those I would answerthere is
, hope of our views being impressed upon the legislature . For the last ten years we have had nothing in Parliament like an opposition—we have had one bad faction houuding on another to do worse than they wen attempting ; but now we will have a rampant , noisy , energetic opposition . The Whigs are quiet in the meantime : but as soon as the old aristocratic papas find that they are usable to support their young sons in th « ir accustomed affluence , they will kick up a terrible bobbery —( laughter aud cheers)—and in the House of Commons we may soon expect to hear the music of their sweet voices . There never was a great organic change ia the Constitution of any country originated in a House of representatives . The WhiKS
did not wish to give the great mercantile changes that were forced upon them—they only brought them forward to gain an excuse for being kicked out oi power . Every measure for the good of the people originates with the people , and it is left with the people themselves to carry it out , and force it upon the legislature . Now , what was our position in 1831 ! Why , we had the King against reform—a majority of the peers against reform—a majority of the Commons against reform . But the peoplo were in favour of reform , and a majority of the people , beat a majority of the Commons , the Peers , and the Kiug upon the throne . ( Cheers . ) When the Whigs are once more in that position , they will try us with their measures for commercial changes , and the
Corn Law question , aud if we catch at tae bait , they will pass over to tbe ministerial benches , and , having cheated , they will humbug us as before . But , on the other baud , if tbe people hold by their present principled course , depend upon it , rather than lose the chance of spending two hundred millions of money per annum , they will accede to the claims of the Chartists . ( Loud cheering . ) Iu the winter months , then , you shall have an Opposition as mad as if it were the heat of summer iu the dog-days . ( Laughter . ) But it is for us to hold out against all their attempts to mystify and delude , and insist upon the recognition of our right to tho franchise—( cheers)—and 1 know not what is to prevent vou . What is a man but his principles aud
consistency t or , as we Bay in Ireland , what is a man but his word ! and if we are honest by our principles , we must defeat the factions . The Whigs , in the end ,. will say , now that we have excited tbe people to violent and exciting demonstrations—now that we have burned Bristol , and sacked Nottingham , and now that we find the people , after ten years' tutoring , too united to continue in crime , in wretchedness , and in Buffering , let us give them the Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) It may be that Lord John Russell , Melbourne , Sir J . C . Hobhouse , and others of that school , may endeavour to get up a constitutional Opposition , but the hungry pack of expectants won't Btand it . Russell may go live at Woburo , but be assured the coming Opposition will be of a
very fierce and determined character . We will again hear of their rifle clubs , and other gentle u moral force" hints at rebellion ; asid I believe , ia the end , these fellows will go the length of asserting that the people of Glasgow are entirely moralforce men . ( Loud laughter and cheer ? . ) Instead of throwing themselves upon popular sympathy for support , these men have depended , for their political supremacy , on the misnamed representatives of my countrynr n . Yes ; I assert that since the Reform Bill , forty of my countrymen iu that House have been the greatest enemies to the caute of justice and freedom . There ia much talk of the claims of Ireland upon England or Scotland , 1 rather think that if there is a debt by Scotland or England to Ireland
or by Ireland to England and ScotUnd , it is amply paid off by these representatives . But I deny that there is anything like iU-feeling on the part of the people of England and Scotland towards the Irish people , I deny that there is any prejudics in the minds of Scotsmen against the interests of Ir ishmen . On the contrary , I assert , without fear of contradiction , that were is offered tomorrow to enfranchise the people of Englaud and Scotland , at the cost of refusing liberty to the people of Ireland , that they would indignantly refuse it . ( Loud cheers . ) The greatest fault is that my countrymen have always knocked at the wrong door . Instead of tbe doors of the House of Commons , if they had knocked at the hearts of the people of
Scotland and England , they should not have so long knocked in vain . But my countrymen were fighting for one thing and we for another . They are fighting for a Parliament , while we are fighting to get quit of one . They say , give us a Repsal of the Uuiou between the two oountries ! We bay , of what use would the Repeal be , were they to have no greater hold upon their representatives than they now have 1 They say , ' give us a Parliament . And we say , unless you have the power to elect a Parliament , to attend to your real interests , of what use is it ! They still cry , however , give us a Parliament . ( Laughter ) Very weli , say we , if you want a Parliameut , there is one cut and dry to your hands , in God ' s name , take it . ( Laughter . ) O'Connell says , let us have a
Parliament . Why , the present Parliament is five times better than any Parliament they could have in Ireland under the same franchise . But tho people of Ireland don't know what Universal Suffrage means . Thanks to the spirit of the a ^ e , however , thank- to the brave men who are forming Associations there ; they are getting their eyes opened ; they are now beginning to see to their true interests , and are associating with their . English aud Scotch brethren—( loud cheers)—and by and bye , I feel confident , my oppressed countrymen , like you , will give nothing for a Parliament that they have no power over . When I commenced this movement there were no Chartists in Ireland , thsre is now a great association there , and we have present wiih us
this ni ^ ht , in the person of an operative , a member of that association . ( Loud cheers . ) It is not legal , you Know , to send delegates to other associations , but he is here to tell the people of Glasgow the progress of our cause in Ireland . Why , if I had nothing more in this meeting than that circumstance , 1 . should , indeed , feel , that with a smaller congregation this was double compensation . ( Cheers . ) I have laboured Ions in that country to convince the people , that in order to beat down ihe union of our oppressors , we must have a union of the people , and that uuion must go on until we are one great nation . We will then see who have been the traitors , who bare been the patriots ; and then , by the improvement of the country , who have advocated the
best and most righteous principle . ( Loud cheers . ) You of Glasgow may say that you are represented by Mr . Moir on the platform and before the public ; but be has no power in the Legislature—ho cannot command a hearing in a town ' s meeting amongst your shopocracy . Why is this ? because you are not enfranchised . Is this ngbt , is it proper , is it according to the necessity of the times ? ( No , no . ) Then , I ask you , can any power opposed to this great and good attribute of representation , continue much longer to hold a power over the minds of the people of this age . ( No . ) Then do you wish to hasten the accomplishment of this great principle ? ( Yes . ) Well , why do you allow any one to get up divisions and fritter away the essentials of our agitation !
We hear of this Chartism and the other Chartism . Is one Chartism not enough ! We do not hear of this Whignery ana the other Whi >{> jery—of this Toryism and the other Toryism . Why , then , so many Chartisms ? I would have yon to be on the watch towers , and be jealous . Observe ^ that you do not forget the good old Chartibm . ( Great cheering . ) Let ua hear no more humbug , but let the man who is not a Chartist without any alloy get his walking paper and tramp . ( Laughter and cheering . ) Let us have no more bullying about moral lorce and physical force ; but let all go on morally contending for the one great and good Chartism . Since my confinement iu York dungeon , 1 have been denounced by both Churuh and State , and maligned by individuals . ( Loud cries of hear , hear . ) In my absence , one of your members took the liberty of asserting that O'Brien and myself
were physical-force advocates . The men of Glasgow , however , rightly denied the charge , and threw it back iu the teeth of my accuser . I ask jou , men of Glasgow , did any map in this great meeting evtr hear me , directly or indirectly , recommend the use of physical force ! ( Here a host of voices cried " No , no . ") Then why trump up tho ghost of physical force to divide us oi ; ce more ! Why talk about a thing that never was in exigence ! ( A voice in the meeting— " It was to suit a Whi « purpose , " and Mr . O'Counor proceeded , ) I am not for ehooting anything . ( Cheers and Laughter . ) 1 believe , however , that is is done to shoot Chartists . Be assured , however , that so long as we remain true to our first love , and stand uaiied for the cause , they will neither be able to shoot our principles nor our bodies . ( Cheers . ) But do yoa not think , fellow Chartists , that it would be dishonourable and improper in bis to allow apajGeLoftnunpiBg horses to
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stalk through the country to gain , from misrepresenting me , a share of nay honours . I have never yet abused , calumniated , or misrepresented any man ; and am I to remain silent and allow slander to go forth uncontradicted . ( No , no . ) While in York CaBtle , I waB told that Brewster would not join you unless you threw overboard O'Brien and myself , because of our physicaliaia . Now , he forgot te inform you that I was ready to meet him on his own ground—( hear , hear , and true)—and to prove to the satisfaction of an unprejudiced audience that he was as great a physical force man as in the country . ( Laughter and cheers . ) . I am not here to abuse Brewster , although Brewster abused me ; but to disabuse your mindsand to caution yon against
, allowing any man to come into our ranks wiih another Chartism —( loud cheers)—for unquestionably the whole story just means in the end , ny Chartism is better than your Chartism . If this were persevered in , you would speedily have so many Chartisms that you would not deciedly know the real one . I am sorry that Brewster recommended practising rifle aud pistol shooting , as I have always considered our cause might be triumphant without these things . ( Laughter and cheers . ) Douglas , Muntz , and Edwards , to whom I have already referred to-day , and all of whom were brought up by the Whigs and installed into comfortabJeljerihs —these men always talked loudest about physical force . Now , if I had got a remuneration for my
services , for spending my own money , and my time in your cause , instead of being sent to York Castle for sixteen months , I might have deserved such treatment ; but I come forward with spirit unbroken , and still determined to go on fighting against tyrasuy and opposition . Is it right , then , I ask , of any man who comes to win your affections to say . that his services could only bo given at the sacrifice of Bronterre O'Brien and Feargus O'Connor ! I am not paid for preaching , neither will I tell you that Eray ing will get you into heaven—( cries of " hear , ear "—but if you think so , I will have jou pray a while and make your oppressors fast . ( Cheers and laughter . ) If they give you plenty to eat and drink I care not how long you pray , but until
that is the case , I would have your oppressors to fast and pray along with you . ( Renewed laughter and cheers . ) I can see as far through a millstone as any one , and I can perceive that by and bye there will be a struggle for the leadership . Now , I do not wish you to follow me implicitly as your leader , I only ask that you hear my advice , and that you judge ot it as may seem best to you . But my dependence is upon the blistered hands , tne fustian jackets , and unshorn chins . ( Immense cheering . ) Ia their hands I will risk my life , and with them my principles are safe ; but my character I leave to no man that I can and will defend against all assaults . 1 say , then , that you are less bound to defend the character of your absent friend , than you are to
vindicate and de fend his principles . But above all , when next you are appealed to , do not stultify yonrselveB by declaring that { you will never attempt to carry the Charter by physical force , as if at any time you intended to do so . I would have you further to resolve , but let it come from yourselves , at your first meeting , that every man who mentions p hysical force iu your Association shall be looked uDon as a traitor to the cause . Lot what you do , however , bo c 6 n amote of your own free will , and do not submit to that truckliDg , sneaking way of putting in the wedge to split the timber . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) I am in 1841 the same man in principle and in practice that I was in 1835 , and I will not change . If to-morrow you should
box the compass , you shall find me true as the needle to the pole . I will not desert the road I have trod so long . From 1835 , and until the shopocrats joined us , I had CHtablished 107 Radical Associations . 1 have been before you in 1836 , 1837 , and 1838 , and I am before you again ; aud I shall not allow my character to be a stalking-horse for any man to get into your favour . ( Hear , hear . ) I spent £ 8 , 000 of my own money in this cause , and during the whole time that I was with you not a pane of glass has suffered on my account , and not ono man has been charged with an offence before a magistrate . ( Cheers . ) Unlike those who come amongst you to make merchandise of our cause . I have never recommended violence .
In reference to the moral and physical force bug bear , I can lay the foundation of all I have suffered to the beginning of the movement , wliich took its rise oh the Calton Hill , and to the resolutions at ihe meeting held thereof , got up by Brewster . Then followed the Birmingham resolutions , the Dublin resolutions , and the resolutions of the Londoner ? , all pointing out certain parties as physical force Chartists , aud all appearing simultaneously . By this meaus the government were told that the people were divided , and they accordingly commenced the persecutions , by picking us off one , two , and three , until 500 of tho best men in England were dungeoned aud treated like felons . ( . Hoar , hear , and true , true . ) Now remember that at the present moment
the same parties arc moving—Brewster in Scotland , O ' Connell in Dublin , and the working men in London . ( Hear , hear , and cheering ) We will be cautious , however , and balk their efforts . Let us declare that in this same city of Glasgow there sball be but one Chartism , and that shall be the universal creed of all . good men . ( Cheer ? . ) And I would impress upon you to move at your first meeting a resolution , declaring that tho first man who mentions physical force is a traitor to our cause . I recollect that some of us were nearly suffering for the Sheffield riots , by the traitorous conduct of some of those physical-force worthies . A Sheffield workman was offered £ 3 , 000 to connect me with the riots there . It happened , however , that one of the witnesses
snore too much , and the indictment broke down : he swore that I was in Sheffield at a time when I was comfortably at home in my own county Cork . The Attorney-General said they might as well give it up . But for that circumstance I would have been pulled up for high treason ; and there ia no saying what the rcfult m >; ht have been . The time is coming , my friends , when something must be doue . Talk as you will , I behove the people of this country are so improved in political knowledge that they will not allow the oppressor to press upon their comforts with impunity , nor will they much longer be trifled with . Even my Lord John Russell is willing to accede something . He has declared his belief that there would bo uo harm in giving tbe
Suffrage to the people of Scotland , because of their superior intelligence ; but he will noi give it to England and Ireland . Now , if Lord John is sincere , why not give it to Scotland ? because he knows if be did so , there would be fifty-three Universal Suffrage members in the House who would speedily leaven the whole lump . ( Cheers . ) I have attended at six of tho largest meetings in Euglaud lately , but I never saw a more lively scene than this , nor so many lovely women , ( Cneers . ) It is a noble feature ia the movement , the preeenco of so many of the women , and a sure proof that the men are along with them . If the women come out the men must follow them , or they will find sheir Bituations mado very uncomfortable at home . (
Laughter and cheers . ) Tho shopkeepers are also beginning to acknowledge the influence of the women . They are beginning to discover that a fine window fiiled with showy furnishings , is of little avail if there is nothing in the till on Saturday evening , and I can assure you an empty till on Saturday makes an ugly Sunday momiag . ( Loud laughter and cheers . ) When bankers' bills are not paid , and when people find that they cannot spend the Sunday as they used to do , the women will begin to inquire the cause . When they do so , the husband will be compelled to say , because the people have no one to speak for them in the Parliament House , my dear . And haven ' t you a vote for the man who goes there and does your business ! " Yes , " says the husband , " and doesu ' c he keep the army , the navv . the stirrup-holder , the cheese taster , and the
other hangers on of the system V Not at all , says tbe dear man , " I do that , my dear ; we , the people , do that . " That is the answer of the bbtter half—why , then , let us have a Chartist member , and do away these useless things that I may have my Sunday recreation , and my bills paid as before . ( Laughter and cheering . ) By this means the middle oiasses aro made not only sensible politicians , but feel the effect of their own wretched management , and by this meaus will the principles of the Charter wiu their way to the hearts of the people . Coming up the Clyde to-day , we saw some fine ships to carry you to foreign shores , now that the aristocracy aro tired of you , and you are likely to becomo troublesome . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Now , I am uot an enemy to emigration . I am for emigration . I would have a large cargo of parsons , with a crew of bishops , and with Bishop Philpots at the
helm , to emigrate immediately , and continue until ihe country was rid of them . ( Laughter and cheers . ) These , and not the producing classes , are the proper parties to emigrate . One bishop out of every diocese , and one parson out of every parish , would materially help to live upon their own resources . ( Renewed cheering . ) Mr . O'Connor proceeded in this strain with his accustomed eloquence , to expose the fallacies of the Corn Law Repealers , the raal- administration of the people ' s affairs by the Whigs , and a number of the most prominent evils of the present By stem of class legislation . He concluded a long and brilliant speech , which was listened to throughout with breathless interest , by declaring that he should never rest satisfied until he had brought comfort to tho cottage , and until every man rejoiced in equal political privileges . He eat down amid loud and continued cheering . Tttne— "The Exile of Erin . "
Mr . Thomas Gillespie , being introduced by t ' je Chairman , rose to respond to th » sentiment— " 'Vhe exiled afld incarcerated Chartists , " and was received with cheers . After stating the sentiment to * ^ hich he was about to speak , he said there had bee three grand epochs in the history of Great Britr ^ n : the first of these was the time when the nob iC 8 of the land demanded aud obtained Magna Cr iarta from King John ; tbe second was when the Whigs banished tho House of Stuart from tho' throne of this country , and proclaimed the Bill o ' . / Rights ; and the third was ; n 1832 , when the W n j g 3 were again victorious , aad were carried io' power by that
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Reform Bill which the people had wrung from the swindling aristocracy . ( Hoar , and cheers . ) But it had been found that that Bill only created additional votes for the aristocracy and the com * mercial interests . And another , a fourth great epoch , took place in the history of Britain ; the people raised the cry for their rights , and assembled ander the banner of Universal Suffrage . ( Loud cheers . ) The people asserted broadly their claim to that position in society which their God destined them to enjoy . They were banded together by the holy bonds of patriotic philanthropy and selfpreservation ; and they have sworn upon the pure altar of liberty , to obtain that Charter for which they were struggling . ( Loud cheering . ) And it was gratifying to mm to 6 ee the people now instilling those
principles into the minds of the rising generation , and which would be taught their children ' s children , and revered aad prized , and sever forgotten . Pride swelled big bosom at seeing his working brethren so earnestly engaged in the eaored work of political redemption . Why , ho thought some one ejaculated , are some of their best friendB expatriated and in prison for their devotion to the tame good work 1 Yes , it was a melancholy fact . The rolling ocean intervened between the patriots and their loved native land . The grim walls of the dungeon separated them from their friends , and it was a duty , and an imperative one too , for every man to stretch out his arm to save and protect ; it was the duty ot every man to crush in the bud the vile spine
of disunion , which wrought destruction wherever it appeared , and thwarted the noblest efforts of a people or of individuals . The name of Frost could never be tainted with ignominy ; but although posterity might do their memories justice ; still , what nobler tribute of a nation ' s gratitude would it be to thrill their souls with the glad shout of national emancipation , and bear them back in triumph to their country , their homes , and their friends . ( Loud cheers . ) He would not deny the indiscretions that had been committed ; but the motives they had in view , the necessities that prompted them on , and the unmerited sufferings which had been heaped on their devoted heads , and the courage and patience which they had displayed
under affliction , all plead forcibly in their behalf , and he rejoiced to see such a meeting as that telling the world their opinion of those men , and hailing with delight the prospect of yet welcoming the banished Chartists to their native land . ( Cheers . ) Hampden was the prccurser of the death of Charles I ., and the persecutions against the Chartists was the sure precursor of the death of the Whigs . ( Hear , and continued cheering . ) These were facts , and with a people so anxious for the release of these men , it might be dangerous for any government to tamper longer with and lacerate the popular feelings by continued cruelty to the incarcerated , Rome had its Brutug , and tbe imperious Caesar fell before the patriot ' s steel . Britain bas its O'Connor , and the
treacherous Whigs have been struck down powerless for their perfidy and oppression . ( Loud cheers . ) The loud shouts of triumph which , in honour of O'Connor , floated over the broad bosom Clyde that morning , would spread north and south , east and west , and reverberate through the inmost closet of the tyrant ' s palace , and he trusted that similar shouts would yet swell on the wave whioh brought back the banished Chartists who were now suffering , that the people might be free —[ cheers]—be made happy—[ cheers ]—thai justice and freedom would be felt by all was his sincere hope . The day of retribution was drawing nigher , when the watch-word would would be death to tyrants , and freedom and liberty to mankind . [ Loud cheers . ]
The meeting responded to the sentiment with universal acclamation . The Chaikman then introduced Mr . Tiiohas Wood , from Dublin , who had come over in the name of the Chartistsof Dublin , to express their admiration of O'Connor , and their attachment to the Charter . Mr . Wood was receivod with loud cheers . In speaking to the sentiment "Sharman Crawford , and the other Chartists members of the House of Commons , " and after apologising for his want of ability . Mr . Wood said he was but a young scholar , and one of their own instructing . He was , however , one of those individuals who had long perceived the thraldom under whioh Ireland had groaned for centuries . Had he sufficient talent to describe in their
proper light the accumulated load of misery which has been laid on the necks of the people of Ireland , could he describe their extreme misery , and the horrible suffering ? endured by thousands , it would raise the fire of indignation on every honest brow , and make them curse in their hearts the oppressors of hifl unhappy country . ( Loud cheers . )—The daughters of Caledonia might weepforthe sufferings of their country ; but the enslaved bobs and daughters of Erin might weep tears of blood for the grinding load which , bowed them to the earth and steeped them to the lips in woe . Mr . Wood went
on to state a detail of the groat physical sufferings of the working people of Ireland , their extreme poverty , and the delusions which had been practised upon them . He congratulated them upon the spirit which was however awakening in Ireland , fostered of the intelligence which ihe ChaTtists of England , Scotland , and Ireland , by sending tbe Northern Star » nd tbe Scottish Patriot . He could assure them that the working men in Dablin , Sligo , Belfast , Lochrae , and Ncwry , were fast imbibing the principles of the Charter , and emerging from the delusion of the Whigs . Mr . Wood was cheered throughout .
Mr . M'Crae , from Kilbarchan , then spoke to th sentiment" Union , " in his usual eloquent and forcible manner . Mr . Jack next spoke to the sentiment" The Democratic Press . " The numerous assemblage then broke up in good humour , the instrumental band playing the while .
Leeds.—Leeds Improvement Bill.—It Is In Contemplation To Apply To Parliament In The Ensuing Session For Powers For Better Draining, Widening.
LEEDS . —Leeds Improvement Bill . —It is in contemplation to apply to Parliament in the ensuing Session for powers for better draining , widening .
altering , paying , and improving the streets of Leeds and the neighbourhood , and to accomplish othtr objects , tending to promote the health and convenience of the inhabitants generally . The Improvement Commissioners are anxious to make the measure as useful to the publio as possible ; and for that purpose they invite the attention of the inhabitants to the subject , requesting that any suggestions with regard to the above objects , may be forwarded in writing to their clerk , Mr . Charles Naylor , Trinity-street .
Stealing Money . —On Saturday last , a married woman , named Ann Benson , was charged at the Court House , with having stolen the sum of £ 13 in gold and silver , the property of a shopkeeper in Meadow Lane . It appeared from his statement that on the Tuerday previous he had left the money safo in an up-stairs room in his house ; and he ha ? , in addition to the house in which ho resides , a small shop in another part , to which his wife attends . On Wednefday he wanted his money , add found it was gone . A little boy proved that he had seen the woman go up his father ' s stairs , but did not see her lake anything : the money , however , at least £ 12 thereof , was found in her house , and she admitted having taken it . She was committed for trial . Sue has hitherto borne a good character .
Sheep Stolen—Last week , forty-one wether shearlings , two Northumberland ewes , and seventeen gimmer lambs , were stolen from a field in tbe occupation of Mr . George Parker , near Pontefract Park . The she ? p have each of them a bit out off from the under side of the left ear . They are marked with the letter C in pitch on the near side , except the lambs , which are marked with red on the far side . A reward of £ 25 has been offered on conviction of the thieves . Smokk Burning —At the Leeds Borough Sessions , yesterday , true bills of indictment for nuisance were found by the Grand Jury against three firms in this town ; the nuisance consisted in the smoke arising from their steam engine chimneys . We understand the indictments will not be tried at these Sessions , but that it is probable they will be removed to the Assizes at York .
Leeds . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Stonehoure delivared a lecture here on the science of phrenology . Lecture . —On Monday evening , Mr . Smith delivered a lecture in tho Chartist room , to a numerous audience , and after a new accession of members the meeting separated . Mr . Skevington again visited Leeds on Tuesday evening last , when he delivered an eloquent lecture , in the Chartist room , Fish Shambles . Caution . —The other evening , a little girl , who
had been to a shop for a stone of flour , was accosted at the door by a woman , who askod her to go and return into the shop to get change for halfa-crown for her , and she would hold the flour till her return . The child unsuspeotiDgly took the coin , which , on being presented , was only a ha fpenny , and on going out again the womaa aod the flour were missing , and have not been heard of since . Several other cases of a similar Mature to this have recently occurred , and parents would do well to caution their children against being so heartlessly
Mechanics' Isstitutioh . —The Mnsic Saloon in South-paiade , which has been purchased by tbe Leeda Nleoh&mcs' Institution , and altered io suit ihe purges of that body , was opened with considerate spl'Indour , we understand , on Wednesday last . We arVnot ia a si tuation to furmsh our readers with any report of the proceedings , however much inteTcated thev be in them , for this plain reason , either from the studied neglect of the managing committee or the forgetfulaess of the secretaries , the Reporter of the Northern Star was not furnished with a tioket of admsssion .
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WAKEFIELD CORN MABKET . October 15—Our arrivals of Wheat are large , a good portion of which is New ; for the latter the sale i 3 very difficult , aud , where pressed , ratfcer lower prices must be taken ; Old is Is- per qr . dearer than on this day se ' nnignt . Fine Barley fetches iully as much money , but our maltsters pay no attention to other sorts . Oats and Shelling are rather higher - Beans steady . No variation iu other articles .
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WILTSHIRE . —On Sao / Jay , October the 3 rd , tho County Council held their monthly meeting at Mr . Tucker ' s , Westbdry . Delegates were present from Trowbridge ,. Messrs . Harwell and Stevens ; Bradford , Messrs . Gordon and Holbrook ; Melksham , Mr . Douse ;' Westbury , Mr . Tucker ; Warminster , Mr . George ; Moaokton Deveralls , Messrs . Tudgey and Garrett ; Froine , Mr . White . Mr . Gordon wa » appointed Chairman , Mr . Haswell , Secretary . Letters were read from the following places , Shaftesbnry , Mere ; and from the Executive . The Chairman commenced the business of the meeting , by calling oa the different Delegates to give in their statements respecting the progress of Chartism ia their localities . Mr . Stevens said , with regard to the cause in Trowbridge , great excitement had been caused in the »
town of late , owing to the opposition that had been shown towards Mr . Cluer , by the Tory Teetotallers , but ho was happy to say , that they were making great progress since the New Move Party had left them . Mr . Holbrook said , with respect to Bradford , he was sorry to say they had been very dead in tb » cause of late ; . but he coald say now that a new spirit had sprung up amongBt them since the lectures of Messrs . Vincent and Cluer , and they were determined never to fcive up agitating for their rights until the Charter was oonceded to them . Mr . Tucker ' s statement , froa Westbury , was to the same purport . Mr . Cluer , had been the means of many being added to their number at Melksham . Mr . Douse said , tho cause goes on well . An Association has been formed and they have token a large room to meet in . Forty cards have been ordered . Mr . George e&id , that a lecturer was much needed at Warainster , but ths middle classes wero strongly opposed to them . Mr .
Tudg « y and Mr . Garrett said , that their localities were anxious to hear Mr . Cluea , and if he did not come amongst them soon , they should be obliged to come after him . Mr . White said , that tho statement that Mr . Tudgey had made was similar to what ho was instructed to make . The people of Frome had heard Mr ,, Cluer once , and they long to hear him again . The Secretary wa& then instructed to write to North Bradley and Holt , requesting them to send Delegates to the next County Council Meeting , which will be held at the Association Rooms ., in Frome , the first Sunday in November . 9- > . lid . was paid in from the different places , and sent off to ths Executive by the County Treasurer . A vote of thanks was given to Mr . O'Connor for his noble exertions in the cause of the people , likewise to the Executive . All letters for the County Council to ba addressed , James Haswell , No . 2 , Mortimer-street , Trowbridge .
¦ REDRDTH , CoBNWALL . —On Sunday last , a meet * ing of the Chartists of this place , took place at the house of Mr . Hancock , to consider the beet means for spreading the principles of the People ' s Charter . After the question had been properly discussed , ii was resolved that a letter be written to the Executive Council in Manchester , praying them to use their influence in sending Dr . M'Douail , or some other influential gentlemen to arouse the men of this district to a sense of their duty . A spirited letter was read from Bradford , Wiltshire , which gave the men of this district great encouragement to press forward in tho glorious cause ,-and remember that the old Cornish motto is , "One and a !] , " and if we
adopt it we are sure of success . Another letter wag read from Helston , which stated that through the Star which had been sent by the Bradford men to the Secretary at Redtuth Association , the Beeds of Chartism had been sown , and that thirty good and determined men were about to form an association . If any association or friend could send a Star or Stars , the Kedruth Association would see them put to a profitable use . They have applications every week , from neighbouring towns , for information , which they , cannot supply . Direct to the « are of Henry Peters , beershop , for Mr . Hancock , Redruth , Cornwall . After a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting separated , highly satisfied with the afternoon ' s proceeduics .
STONE ( Staffordshire ) . —Messrs . J . Richards , James Oldham . and several other friends from Hanky , will visit Stone on the 13 th instant , in order to form a Charter Association .
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At the Westminster Sessions House , the names of the following tradespeople were published ? . s having defrauded the public by means of short weights and measures : — Benjamin fiedwell , 44 , Hinde-street , Vaaxaall-road , grocer , a pair of scales six drachms deuc . ent Fined 2 s . 6 d . James Co p per , 11 , Rochester-row , a quarter of a pound weight , a quarter of an ounce deficient . — Fined 5 s . John Williams , 11 , Rocb . 6 ster-row , chanrtler , a pair of scales three drachms deficient Fined 20 a . Second conviction . Charlea . Furber , landlord of the Bull Inn , Little Chapel-street , a pint measure a quarter of a gill deficient . 'Fined 5 a .
Henry Cooke , No . 4 , Orchard-street , chandlefs-ahopfceeper , a quarter pound weight six drachms deficient . Fined 2 a . 6 d . John Knight , 16 , New Pye-street , chandler , a pals of sc » les three-quarters of an ounce deficient . Fined 2 s . 6 d . W . Cockerall , chandler * s-shop-keeper , 12 , New Pyestreet , a pair of scales deficient a quaiter of a pound . Fined 20 s . Catherine Tumbril , 12 , Great Peter-street , huxter , a pair of scales two ounces deficient . Fined 10 a . Jamej Ball , 53 , Great Peter-street , a pair of scales three drachms deficient Fined 10 ? . — Francis , 5 , Little Peter-street , chandler , a pair of scales three drachms deficient . Fined 2 * . 6 d . James Onilds , publican , Bedfordbury , a . pint measure a quarter of a gill short measure . Fined 5 s . C . Pratt , cheesemonger , Hungerford-niarfcei , a scale six drachms deficient . Fined 5 s .
F . Feudal ! ,- cfaeesemenger , Woodstock-street , a scale six drachma deficient , caused by a piece of lead attached to the scale . Fined 20 a . Second conviction . D . Tombs , South Molton-street , a pint measure deficient a quarter of a gill , and nine weights all deficient . Fined 10 s . Robert Hughes , 42 , Gilbert-street , a scale three-quar ters of an ounce deficient . Fined 53 . T . Gardner , publican , Oxford-street , fined 20 s . for not having the Westminster stamp upon several of hie measures , After being cautioned .
Tbe majority of the foregoing tradesmen , living ia the poorest and most wretched of neighbourhoods , serve what they do vend generally in very trivial quantities ; therefore , though the deficiency in some casts may appear trifling to the large consumers , the cheat , tr ; fling as it is , is most painfully serious to the poor pui chaser of a quarter of an ounce of tea or an ouncs of sugar .
Short Weights And Aieasure&
SHORT WEIGHTS AND AIEASURE&
The Schoolmaster Abroad.
THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD .
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