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pCBiX * . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Assodagnn met as usual in the Great Booms , Ho . 14 , Utaih tone-sireef , os Sunday last , at sax ^ ' clock in the tuning . Mr . Wffliam Woodward injihecbur . Mr tFjn . H . I > J 0 tt ,. 8 ecretary . In accordance -with the -wal practice if the meeting the secretary a * ad the gleano" objects of she Assoclsfionj and a great ^ aber of letters &kd the coimtryy some of -which Sgjed that the Trailers-were Terj anxious to learn jjjSber lieO'Connell tribute would be collected af aj , jQspd £ oor » ftis year , and whether ihe Catholic ggjgy -were justified in allowing the € &holic 0 Brche aBd Chapels to be used for the pnrpose of a ^ lecaEg money to support a set of greedy idlers £ fl their hungry progeny—{ he O'Briens , the OScefes , theTChompsons , the Comiaejs . aiid several -gi ^ s -and also iojte informed 5 f this year , 1843 £ * && J « ^^ J " ^ paal jear , " or whether the jntaxim raH sot eventuate in the aiming and eall » oBi the leomanrv and
fjg Orange : ; was it posabls jjBi IrdJffid should spend another five years ia ^ olfiai tffiatsloconcaliate a poor , heggarly , cowpStyf&ng of » f assassins , inown as the Orangemen jfjbe ^ arih ? Another writer wished tone informj « fTrrhat was dene with all the money -recently jjcsrea as Repeal Sent I "Was it to be laid oat 3 as jjjjed , in Government debentures ; or was it jjgenaed io bribe the Tories as a means tf 5 BSn « ans them to concede the Eepeal ? jB > iher writerrrco ^ ested the president ( Mr . O'filgjpn ^ to answer ihe following questions . The letter gin "B e all here know Dan to bea slippery ii-aye ' ^ la ve hi therto regarded this BsoeaJ afiair as a ¦ jQng-blown bubile to annoy the Tories ; and that ffCvSseB siould whistle atray bis followers to some jgsfrgneslioB "whenever tie Sepcal became serioas . Julilie CstSDlis bishop and " clergy hav « shown a jal loo earnest to allow a 3 nom € ni s doubt as to Asrsncerity . I therefore rely upon yen for a few
jySij _ ** aie lie Gsfholic clergy determined io get Repeal ; or wfll they , if ihe Government make other { BBceaons ( snefl as the poor law ; Ifcdij of tenure j jbi&non of the tiihe-xent chaige , to , &c ) crop Sarcrj ? 3- Has O'Concell the power to stop the agitagan md betray £ ie people without their knowing it , ^ he has thrice done before ? 3- ° If Jhe English Government attack ihe meetjgs for Btpeal by the bayonet and the bullet , will $ eCstho 3 c dergy aciivdj restraiii their flocks from jgasbsncel 4—* Are the people prepared to Sght I and if Peel jSacks them , will they in despite of the abandonment jf { PConnell , the C nowme-drop-of-hninan-blood ' ) isdei , go en and repel foree whh lores I
S—* Is it in ihe nature of ihings probable that the jotter "inO come io-s crisis 1 when the Cfaardsis of Jngiand witboEVdanger of stultifying themselves by ieconaag ihe copes of © TonneO , may materially grretbeinreresis of freedom by holding immense jEBHrostneions in laronr of th& fiepeai of the "Ciacau * To put the quPsSon more pithily , * Is it likely fiat Pankk O'fiisgins tsan , with propriety , join jjaBfipeal ranks V 33 J 2 fc 0 * Biggin 3 said that he had given ibese gjfrgfipnj ; his m 6 st serioHs c »> nside ^ tion : for , in j&Steon to tLeir Tasi importance , tb ? y were written ^ j a most respectable gentleman , who , though net is -cEToEed Chartist , was as sincere an advocate
jad as limly attached to the great principles of the Jeopie ' s Charter as any man living . The letter ins written , and these questions put by a scholar sal a- gEEiiPTav" one of nature ' s ' nobBivy , whem all jKHJOnred—( iear , bear ) . He tMr . O'fii ^ ginF } iad mnten M = snssrers to these question ? , which , with &le 3 Te * f the meeting , be stonld read . Let it be oderswod that his ( Mr . O'Higg ^ ns ) answers were jserdy his own individual opinions—thai no tttoti i& 3 £ 3 ? werable ftsx them but himself ; and that if j ^ tefered in opinion from tiiose who blindly i 61-ScrjFed O'CoDuell , 5 l Ebonld , and he heped would , be ^ y looked npon as a-4 ifferenes of opinion—thesr , iesr . ) He sincerely declared that he would support O'CoEnell to-morrow , and forgive all past injuries
jrcneed heigave apiwsge xn writmg , ihai be would apport no Administration but one t > -at would give jBcfital advocacy to file People ? s Charter— ihear , iearj . tin OXi ; nneffite- - Be said ho would vote J » the mtascrQ in Parliament "— - ( great « heering ) Jlr ^ CFHiggms—Saymghewonidvotefcrihe People's Carter is the-next ihirg to a nrgst ' ire pledge 2 ie snpport or no support of a Ministry is Use fcss , The infamous Casilereagh supported ¦ JiihoJic emancipatioiL . ( O Ck > nne ] lite—Surely you j re eoi goics xo cemparw O ^ oimdl to tb e -cal-thToai CsaltJea ^ h !) 31 r . O'fiiggins—2 ^ o ; but those who seem the ssere sapport oi a « uestU > n or iseasare in
liribmeEX asaScient test of a Member ' s sincerity qpDB lit que ^ iioii nself , are inaiicg a cciapsxison kiween Cssiisjeagn and O * £ 5 onnrfi , bt-caase , as iff a 3 that goe ^ they are identical- There is U mode of testing ihe honesty of 3 member / Parliament , except byT > ledgiEg him io withhold 23 support from any ilinistry bni one that wonld jake the People's Giarter the law of the land . Had St . ^ yConneil 4 one this , the Whigs wonld have ^ ised tial measure long-ago , and would have held ifaeewitl ) the good wHlof a graceful , aiapjrf and a po = peroB 3 people —( hear , hear . " ) But no ; their Beasnres were "finaL" Under them there was no
^ opeof any , the least estension © T public iDtrly . Sea > sbe Tories ont till we , the WLig supporters , ^ £ aU the ^ W Mg places , lei us vole for ev&rj base jaeasiire and profligate job , and -delnfle our followers jj me cry , ** £ eeptiie Tories out . 33 Was not this & system pursued during &e wholereign of Whig-| erj ! Ays ; and this will . ever be the system until sta time " as the people have the bedss to pledge nay Sdember of Parliament without exception , to sjBort no Adminstration bnt one that will sike ^ 56 People ' ^ C ? iarler a cabinet measre . tvery candidate coming forward at an tteoon , pledges himself , in -general terms , to ^ present his constituents ; that is to ssj to lay dieir nutswishesand grievances before Parliament , to but
, , ^ a view remedy these grievance ?; when W is returned , he then pledges his hoiiour in the 3 i > nwirablfi House , thai he is a free and indepeafait MJ ^ tiiat ne leprefents no views bnl his own , Mime but himself . 2 ? ow , begging tbepardoB of &sse fiononrable MJ */ s , is not this hononrable 5 ^ 1 bxs who daresay ^ o ! To say it is a breach of Jtnutge . It TraslEs test ; thiseleariv dffined poa SRpiSdge that tended , in a great degree , to carry fe&oac EmaEcipation , Why not pledge candidates ***! Frost , WjfliamB , and Jones wonld have been Ea&ed long mice cad Mr . tTConnell acted hpnesh—Gjear , htar ^ . A motion for an address to the
s ^ atoTecal them , was discussed in the House of tesiBojis , Mr . 0 * Conn 6 ll spoke in favour of it ; bnt asps that the motion would be carried if he voied & » , he , Jike Lord Castlereagh , on the Otholic Jieswn , left the Honse before the division : there * ai £ , whenheandhis family had all left the House Jsa ihns cheated Ms cffnstitnrait 3 , for the motion SijipJnEt it 58—the speaker having given the cas > % g vote against the motion , it was iost by a ma-^ tj of ete . Bad Mr . 0 'ConneH and those of his ^ sSy , who preiended to be in favour of the motion , ^^ &r it . there would have been a majority oi six -MaTDTOr of ii ^ ' How it 13 hard to trust a mss who
^ WfflieeactediBihis base , treacherous , and deceit « nl ^ Jiner . Snt the Iri 2 i peopleare kept in ignorance of ~^ ffi an 0 D 5 condnct of their Tepresentatives . The ^^ sew ^> 3 pers wonld not publish ihe divisions in SsBimse c-f Cocimons , lest their publication shonld * fe l / 'Csasell unpopular . He { Mi . O'Hissdnf ) « 3 often taken the votes and proceedings of the ^ asfiof Gcmaons to get the divisions published ; *** $ ie Liberal papers refused to pnblisb them . ¦*«• Siacnton . the proprietor of the Morning * &&r ? 3 £ ke&ttmiG 3 x . O H . ) upon one occasion , » ias good -tstmld i $ do to make O'CouDell unpo-&& ?» admimng by the question itself thai the wkoeuion Of ihe troth would make O'Gonnell ^ P ^ niar . His ( Mr . O'Higeins ) answer waa ,
* « gtwd does it do to make the devil unpopular ^^ ft that of exposing treachery and falsehood , " ^ holdiBj than np in ieontraa with truth and 5 |« 5 ws 3 nt £ = I" He ( Mr . Cfiiggins ) felt it to be ^^ og ^ io the Association , to himself , and to the ^ ras anifoBaJrera of Mr . G'Connell to make ^ = prfelimiEary observationa befere be sisoaild ^ Hs answtrs to the questions of bis respected , li aB 5 Kcr to first question , my opinion is ihat ^ tEsb tjjg GaOiogjB clergy are as present deier" f ^ io £ Ti Sepeal , yet , for the sake of trauojiiiiry ? £ } Kcjild its tlietnict of wliat is called " Justice l ^ ipknd f " tbas is to say , the conees-ion of the ^ Propositions which Mr . O ' Connell said he ^ "Q seespt as an equivalent for Repeal .
J ~ ~ J * J opinion is , that G'Connell bss the ^^ rio stop the = agitation , as he did thrice before , ^« 21 aop it , provided the Tories give him a poT-•^ wtiie Irish pa&onage . . ^ Sjb Catholic « lergy , being Ministira of pease , r ^ wera of it too , wjU use all their irflnence to ^» a their flocks , in the event of tbe- English " ^ ermaent attacking the Bepeal meetings by the * v « fcss and the bullet . utr ^ e people are not prepared io fight ; that is r ** Ji tney ar » not prepared with the munitions oi ^? nnsa ! ld amumtaon : but that they are willi ng Z * 8 & I have not ihe slightest doubt : and lafe ™ £ r * 5 D ^ 0 Vnivw ftat-iW -enma -naitja "nf tha eOUjSrV ,
gJgojle wouia jauch rather get the Eepeal by | 23 M ° r it , flun get it qniefli ; * nd , -fter © - gW * & * eked , they assuredly wHl repel foree by ^_ 2 Sey areifil ^ itedto iear of the quantities » i ?^ 5 andamnnition which iave lately arrived . S ^^ r . O'Connell will not bring matters tp »» ^ j i ? he can avoid ik His object is to keep np jZ-gSiSon fi « r the Bepeal merely as a- means of !^ 2 ? g ihe Tories , which he could not now doj-o , £ ~** a % by the agitation of any other measure •^ Wiariists can assist the Bepeal movement very ^^^ 5 , wiihont ^ herstnltifyingtbemEelves , or ^^ oig the-dupes of G'ConnelL Butiiey cannot J * & * he Repeal ranks without becoming the dupes
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O' , and stultifying and degrading themsexves into the bargain . 1 «—Because the Kational Chartist Association . recognizes the Eepeal of the TJjaion , and so does the Cnaiter itself . 2 . —Because the leadera of the Repeal of the Union movement do nor recognize the Charter : on the contrary every principle of the Charter is excladed from the Eepeal agitation . 3 . —Because Mr . 0 'CoDnel ] does noi desire the Kepeal of tae Union : for if ~ he did desire it , he wonld not xejnse the asrfstance and co-operation of three MTL 1 J 0 S 3 FJVS BCM > £ ED THOUSAJD BH 111 SH SCBJ £ crs , and court the aid and co-operation of a miserable cowardly # sng of dmnfeen , debauched , assassins and traitors , in the north of Ireland , nnder the name of the Oxange yeomanry . ^^
4 . —Because joining the Eepeal ranks would be lonnBliy abadontng a great principle ior a lesser one —wonld , in fact , be admitting that a part was greater than the whole . The Charter induces the whole ^ -the Eepeal is but a small part of it . The Chartists can petition fer Eepeal , hold meetings for Kepeal , but they cannot join the Kepeal ranks without an abandonment of principle . 5 . —Because Mr . O'Connell is not sincere , nor was he ever the sincere or honest advocate of any cause or measure , not even the Catholic question , whjch his letters to the late Counsellor Brie will prove , without his evidence before the Lords' Committee onthe-UthoflIarcb , 182 o , He . made an efibrtto
selltiheEadicalBof England to tilfe Whigs in 1837 ; and because they would not agree to the bargain , he denounced them as Tory Radicals , rascally Radicals , and subsequently as torch and dagger-men , midnight assassins , Feargusites , biockheaas , thick-skulls . and within the last week , has basely and wilfully calumniated the whole Chartist body by stating that which he knew to be false , that is to say , "That the Chartists of England would not allow any other body of men to meet for the purpose of di > cussing any other proposition , but at every such meeting , the Charter was crammed aown the throats of the meeting , sothat the progress of every good measure was retarded by these physical-force Chartists ; the Repeat ! of the Corn Laws for instance , as well as every other measure calculated % o . ameliorate the condition of the people . " Well , be knew that this
was false when he stated it , but the dopes who followed him and the knaves and swindlers who compose bis staff did not know it or care a farthing whether it were true or false . Well , he knew that when the anti- Corn Law League attempted to give the air of public opinion to their proceedings ; any inhabitant had a right to move at that public meetiBg any amendment they thought proper ; and the Chartists being the great majority of the British people had , and have a clearly legal constitutional right to carry tbeir own favourite proposit ons at any public meeting , no matter foi what pnrpose convened , provided always that H purported being a pnblic meeting of the inhabitants of the place where the meeting was convened . This is the law of public meetings , and well Mr . O'Connell knew that when be was calumniating three
miihon-five hundred thousand British subjects . Bnt did the Chartista ever move an amendment or otherwise interfere with -a meeting of the Corn Law League or an other league , when no attempt was made to give the meeliug the air of a public meeting expressing public opinion ? No never 1 Thesse are my answers to the queries ; and I have only to repeat what I have said ba ' ore , that the Chartists cannot join the ranks of the Eapealers withont utter degradation . All Chartistsstand upon a perfect equality . The vote of the poorest man is as good as that of the the richest . Not so with the Sepealers ; none can vo'ebni a member ; that is , he who pays one poaud annually or collects it ; so that to become a member , nineteen payers of one shilling each are literally disfranchised . Tkey may listen to be sure , but they have no right to speak or vote . Will the Chartists sanction this wholesale di $ FysnehL c eiEeni of their
brethren ! Will they pay three sfeilnngs each , merely to receive the degrading badge of the willing slave , an associates' card , with the privilege of hearing but liable to be tnrned cnt in the event of speaking or voting ? WHl &Zij Chartist in England agree to these terms ! Should he do so be is a slave . Mr . Dyott said that as Mr . O'Connell was contrary to the nsage accounted a prophet in his own country , no matter what be was accounted in others , he , for one , always wished to watch his movements
and weigh his words , in order , if possible , to solve the apparent eccentricities oi the one and contradictions of the other . Accordingly , when Dan , who professes to be the very Goliath of Repeal , repndiated tha assistance of the English Chartists , and evtn declared that the admission of one Fergnsite into a London wardmote wonld peril the safety of the entire body , which should be put under interdict until the offending Jonah should be cast ont ; when he ( Mr . D . ) Faw this , he looked sharp to discover wherein the Chartists had committed
the an against Mr . O Connell not to be forgiven ; and what did they think he discovered it to be ? Why , they had petitioned for the restoration of Frost , WlHiam 3 , and Jones , to their native land—( bear , bear ) , —and Mr . O'Counell said he never could have anything to do with them till they had thrown overboard the cause of the men who had ^ wrecked their happiness a ^ d periled their peace in the cause of Kberty ! ' till Englishmen were base , ungenerous , and recreant enough to forget their expatriated brethren , Mr . O'Connell could never recognise them as coadjutore—( hear , hear ) tfll Englishmen became treacherous , ungrateful , disloyal , time-serving slaves , they were unfit
companions for Sir . Daniel O'ConneD —( eheerF ) . ' Mr . O'ConEeil was a good Catholic ; he prayed for the souls in suffering . Now Frost , Jones , and Williams were in a kind of political purgatory—( hear . Was he , the orthodox Mr . O'Connell , not bonnd by every principle of charity , aye and religion too , to add his own prayers to those of tie Eaglish Chartists to effect the translation of those sufferers to the heaven of tbeir native land—theelysiumof the bosom of their families , from whence their too ardent zeal for the cause of na : ver ? al political redemption had for a season—and he , ( Mr . D . ) trusted bnt for a seasonr-shut them outi—doud cheers ) . Why he , ( Mr . D . ) wbom Mr . O'ConEell bad called an * unbelieving
miscreant , ' was ready to offer his warmest aspirations ior those' marma tr justice and the poor man ' s right —( cheers . ) Mr . O'Connell had told them in one of his recent speeches , ^ hat in the event of the Union being repealed , thej rronld most likely get household Euffxage ! "Yes ; he had giv * n np even manhood suffrage—his own peculiar invention— ( hear . ) He ( Mi . D . ) wondered wonld women who owned bouses be allowed to vote —( near , and laughter . ) Was the mud cabin and the miserable shealing of the Irish peasant to bs seesunted houses ? Ii was sometimes dimenit to dense the term—the last election of Dublin had been lost on this difficulty . Bat Household Saffrage was now the phrase . Why did not Mr .
CConcell know—many of his gaping dupes did not , that Household Suffrage would reduce the present constituencies : and into whose hands would electoral power Be tbrown I into the bauds of tbe masterclass—the landlords J —< bcar , hear ) . Here was an Irish political Protes 3 for you—re has twisted from Universal Suffrage to Manhood Suffrage , and now he comes down to Household Suffrage . Oh , what a Badical Reformer!— ( hear and cheers ) . But they had-not been deceived ; O'Connell was nerer tbe friend of the lower classes ; he pandered to their prejudices and preved on their poefcets to be sore , while at bean he was a proud aristocrat ; and more shane for him , for his origin was lowly and his elevation was effected by tbe voices and pecuniary
contr ibTitioT > 5 of a generous , duped , bsirayed people —( bear ) . Time would open their eyes . Teat association had been instramtntal in forcing O'Connell into the position he r . otv holds with regard to Eepeal . They wonld &eej > him there , and Eee that he was faithful to the cause he bad been so long feed for , and had so often betrayed—( hear ) . They wonld battle for Repeal in whic * £ S Irishmen they were deeply interested ; but they bad no desire to fight m the O'Connell brigade , for they had no faith in its leader . Mr . D \ ott resumed bis srat amid loud cheer" Mr . Keegan was called to the chair , and the usual thanks being returned to Mr . Woodward , the meeting broke up ; givingthree cheers for Eepeal and nine for the Charter .
6 BEENCCS . —Mr . Robert Peddie lectured here on the evenings of Thursday , Fr iday , aeri Saturday last to Tery large and respectable audiences ^ xiis two ' first leetureB consisted of an account of the wicked and diabolical means which were used to entrap andinveighlehim into the snare setforhim bv the hired minions of a corrupt and profligate Government . Mr . Peddirt lectures are calculated iomaWa deep and lastms imprceaonnpon m in { Smarter , and onght onlj . further to incite vs to ^ if we ean to assist and reneve 4 hose who are now mfF ^ imprison *? for steady and nniincbing ™ Kstate of the country and the dnfaes of the lecture j ut
ieonle . At the dose of tnis , . rmr « u Kw ^ oVt forwa rd * resolution , which was enthuaas-£ 3 ? iS by ftHeetS , to the effect that we Son PSkment *> en ^ . * ^ conduct of th ? SJ Sernment , in employing spies , and that 2 ? y graaVMxTPeddie a hearin £ " * the haIoS *** House of Commons-
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LEICESTER . —Last Sunday , Mr . Bairstow delivered two discourses In the Pasture and Market Pl&e « , to large and attentive aaditnees . In the afternoon , a delegate meeting was held in Mr . Cooper ' s Coff « e Boom 3 , when a resolution was unanimously agreed to , that proposals and arrangements shonld be made and- entered into for the purohase of a suitable plot of ground , on which to erect a hall for the meetings of the working classes . Mr . Bairstow gave in a report ; of his tour for the post fortnight , which was highly encouraging , and he was unaninioas . y re-engased .
Thomas Cooper . —The committee in Leicester have much pleasnre in stating to the Chartists and the public generally , that Mx . Cooper ' s treatment has been somtwhat alleviated ahice the labt public announcement in the Star . -: The surgeon hasSindly allowed him ( fora month , by way of trial ) a quarter of a pound of beef ( which Cooper says is excellent ) per day , half a pound of coffee , half a pound of sugar , and fire loavts , weighing a pound and a half each , per week . Mr . Cooper complains that his general health is very bad ; he labours under much weakness and lassitude . He has also been allowed his theological books and thetBeriptureB in nine different languages , with his lexicons and dictionaries . Tho committee beg to acknowledge the receipt of one shilling from Andrew Weeks , and one shilling from John Matthewa , from St . Germains , Cornwall ; for which they return those gentlemen their thanks on behalf of Mr . Cooper . Poor Mrs . Cooper still remains extremely ill , with little or no hope of
recovery ; ; * CARLISLE , —A meeting of tho members of the council of the Chartist Association took place on Sunday evening last , Mr . Josiah Stowell in the chair . Several sums were paid in from the various localities ; after which , a motion was made to the effect that Mr . O'Connor be invited to pay Carlisle a visit at his earliest opportunity . ; Mr . J . B . Hanson then called the attention of the council to the necessity of the Char list body expressing their utter detestation
of tbe Irish Arms Bill , a measure brought forward by theprrsent Government for the suppression of pnbiic liberty . At the request of Mr . Hanson , the council room waa granted for a pnblic meeting in the evening on the same subject . Jn the evening , a considerable number of persons assembled , when Mr . Hanson address ^ them at considerable length on the above subject , and called upon them to get up a public meeting to petition against this cruel , unconstiiutionai and oppressive measure towards the people of unhappy and misgoverned Ireland .
OLDHAKL—On Sunday last , the discussion on the land , took pace iu the Chartist room , Greavesstreet . The attendance was small , in consequence of the holiday ; there were a few rales submitted to the meeting and discussed . The meeting then adjourned to Sunday next , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when t is expected that as many will attend as can make it convenient to do so , with a determination to enrol for the carrying out of the object . In the ^ evening , Mr . Dojle delivered a lecture on the repeal to a numerous and respectable audience , which gave great satisfaction . On Mouxmt evening , Mr . M'Cabe delivered hi 3 first lecture on Repeal and the history of Ireland . Tno meeting was well attended with Irish and English Repealers . At the conclusion , a vote of thanks was UD&umoniJy passed to the lecturer , who gave general satisfaction .
NEWPORT ( Monmouthshire . )—From a correspondent . —Is Chartism dead ! The men of Newport , undaunted by the frown oft faction and unawed by the menaces of iron-hearted , taskmasters , have again nobly responded to the question by mustering in Their might to express their sympathy for suffering humanity , in the person of Cooper and Ejchards , the imprisoned patriots , for their manly defence of the People's Charter . The bills announcing the meeting were only issued on Monday morning last ; but at the appointed hour , the Assembly room of ihe Queen Adelaide tavern , kindly granted by Mr . Homer for the occasion , was filled to overflowing , although the neuee was short , the meeting being held the same evening . Mr . John Williams waa
unanimously called to the chair , which waa placed below the splendid banner of the Association on on which is painted , by a master hand , correct likenessesof the patriots wf Wales , Frost , Williams and Jones . The Chairman who introduced the business in an appropriate address called on tbe first speaker , Mr . Jones , who said , it is now a long time since I last had the pleasure of addressing my brother CharttstJi , and great changes have been effected in the political world since then . The Anti-Corn Law agitation , never a giant , has now dwindled down to its proper dimensions . They promised us great things when bread ahould be cneap ; but the loaf has enlarged very much of late ; and though increased in size and diminished in price , your condiiion is
as bad as it was before . Even if after years of struggling the repeal of these law 3 was obtained , tho people would find they had only got a dwarf after all : and it was for opposing an agitation like this that Cooper ' and the others had raised such a prejudice iu the mmds ^ of the jury class against them , whilst their only crime was : advocating the cause of the people—their only guilt was in defending the rights of their fellow-man . . He concluded by moving a resolution expressing the sympathy of the . meeting in favour of the victims , and their resolve to petition Parliament for their liberation . Mr . Thos . Williams seconded the resolution , which was agreed to . Mr . Johnson was then called on , who spoke for upwards of an hour , and throughout was enthusiastically applauded . We are sorry we cannot give ' more than a mere outline of his address . He depicted the hollow-heartedness of the Whigs , and
xhe tyranny « f the Tories ia their proper colours-He pointed out , in forcible eloquence , ihe wrongs under which England and Ireland groan . He aiinded to the extravagant propensities of the great ; he proved from Scripture , from reason , and from every claim of justice , the right of the people to cuntroul the legislature ; he showed how offices had been multiplied without end in order to cram the hungry maw of the scions of the aristocracy , and showed thai ; it was for laying bare the iniquities of a system like this that our best and bravest were torn from their families , and subjected to all the privations which the tyranny of our oppressors could invent , in the vain and fuiile hope that the spirit of liberty wonld thereby be subdued , and ihe wish for freedom buried . He concluded by a stirring appeal to the men of Newport to resume their wonted place amid the friends of freedom , and moved the adoption oi the petition .
u To the Honourable , &c . " Humbly sheweth , —That your petitioners have heard with feelings of honest indignation , the cruel and unnatural treatment to-which Thomas Cooper , John Richards , ana Joseph Capper , are subjected in Stafford Gaol , by order of the visiting magistrates iof that county , in being refused the necessaries of life , and subjected to privations which threaten the life or reason of these prisoners . Your petitioners , being ardent lovers of peace and liberty , as is well knovrn to your Hon . House , pray year £ k > n . Honse to take such steps as to you may seem most proper , to obtain for these prisoners a remission of tbeir punishment , or at least suoh a mitigation of it as to allow their friends to supply them with the necessaries of life , and thus remove one jnst cause of complaint from the minds of an impoverished and oppressed people , " And your Petition , &c . ** Sisnied on behalf of the meeting ,
11 John Williams , Chairman . Mr . Jonah Williams seconded the adoption of the above , which was then unanimously agreed to . Mr . Abbott was next iniroductd , who began by saymg he would not occupy their time by a lengthened addre = 3 , which , in fact , was rendered unnecessary by the very eloquent speech which they had just heard ; but the magnitude of the resolution which he had to propose must ba his apology for tronbling them with a few words . Government had introduced a measure to receive the sanction of the legislature , on which he wished to talce the sense of thiB meeting . He aUnded to tbe Irish Ateis ' jijll—a measure framed for the purpose of giving to the Execntive a better knowledge of what arms were in the hands of the Irish people . He protested warmly against tbe m ^ a ^ ura . Government had no right to this knowledge ! They had robbed Ireland of her independence by English influence and
English gold : and now , when her Bens were m earnest for their freedom ; when Ireland was bent ion re-obUining her long-lost rights , be considered it the bounden duty of English Chartists to aid her Jn the straggle , and therefore called on the meeting to pretest with him against a measure which would Increase the power of the executive to crush the ¦ Sdemsnd for freedom in Ireland . He moved—** That , in the opinion of this meeting , the Irish Arms tBillnow before Parliament ia an infrin gement on ; the rights of the Irish people . That this meeting deems it their duty to express their abhorrence ef ! proceedings adopted by Government in exerciu-J inR its power to put a stop jto the spirit of liberty ¦ in the sister country . "—Seconded by W . Thomas , land unanimously agreed to . Th's thanks of the imeeting were then given to the Chairman , and tho imeeting broke up , determined to be more vigorous than ever in thsrr exertions for a nation ' s "welfare .
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SHEFFIELD . —Chabtists Read!— "A Step in TUB RJGBT DlfiEcilON . "— At the usual meeting on Wednesday evening , June 7 th , in the Figtree-Iane room , Mr . John Tinkard in tha chair , Mr . Julian HarnBy , after an appropriate address , proposed for adoption the following declaration : —Resolved" That it is the bounden duty of professing democrats , to make every possible effort , and use all means consistent with justice and hpnour , for-vthe obtainment of the * rights of citizenship and the restoration of their . couB ? ry ' s [ freedom ; That the ; consumption of intoxicating drinks affurds to j $ n usurping and tyrannibal government a source of immense revenue , and thereby the means of keeping the people in a state of isiavery ; That to support that
Government in any way , wfwta support can be avoided ia treason to tho cause of liberty ; That the use of intoxicating drinks by members of the Chartist body is inconsistent witfe their doty and prejudicial to their means of supporting the movement with that pecuniary aid so indispensible for success in their contest lor justice ; That the use of such drinks has been one oi the principal means of keeping the people in a state of degraded ignorance , unfitting them for the easreise of tbeir reason and rendering them jthe willing or apaiheiio slaves of despotism ; That the glorioas example set by the people of Ireland in proving their fitosss for freedom by shaking off the degrading yoke of dissipation , id one that Englishmen are
bound to imitate , if they would enlist oil tbeir aido-the sympathies ! of mankind , and prove their worthiness of the rights for which tbeyj » re struggling ; That , in the preient auspicious crisis , it is the duty of every patriot to devote every energy , physical , mental , moral , and pecuniary , he may possess to the acceleration of the triumph of liberty , and the annihilation ! of slavery and misery : Therefore resolved , that , jas it is the duty of consistent men to be ever ready to take the initiative in all movements and measures recommended by them to others—and , as example is better thati precept—we , whose names are hereunto subscribed , being associated and other supporters of the principles of the PeopletfCharter , do pledge ourselves to abstain for the future from the luse of all intoxicating drinks , ( except for medicinal purposes ) , and do pledge
ourselves , by all reasonable means , to discourage their use by others ; feeling convinced that if the mass of our countrymen can be induced to pursue the same course , morality will be , promoted , the march of mind advanced , patriotism fostered ; and , finally , a nation ' s liberties be conquered and lastingly established on the indestructible basis of virtue and reason . " Mr . William Dyson seconded the adoption of the Declaration , which , after a good-humoured discussion , was carried by a large majority . The following members 6 f the General Council immediately appended their signatures : —Mr . John Taukard , Chairman . jof the meeting ; Mr . William Dyson , sub-Treasurer of the National Charter Association ; Mr . George Julian Harney ; Mr . Peter France ; and Mr . George Hunt . A considerable number of members of tbe National Charter Associotion followed their example on the spot .
Stabs to Ireland . —At the council : meeting on Sunday evening , Messrs Green , France and Hunt , were appointed a committee to receive and forward to Ireland Copies of the Northern Star , given for that purpose all ; inclined to assist in the $ ood work of spreading jour principles through Erin ' s Isle . It is hoped that at the present most important crisis , when it is so necessary that the real principles of Chartism , sn , d sentiments and conduct of its professors should be known to the Irish people , that all true Chartists will'strengthen the hands of the committee by their donations of / papers as soon as read . The committee will be in attendance for the performance of their Iduties every members ' meeting night in the Fig Tree-lane room .
The Chartists and RErEALess . —The Fig Treelane room was crowded as usual on Sunday evening . At six o ' clock Mr . Rbyston was called to tho chair , Mr . O'Connor ' s letter and the reports of the Repeal meetings in England and Scotland , were read from the Star , after which the leading ; articles of the Nation and the report of the Drogheda Repeal Demonstration were read . Finally , Ray ' s letter to the London Rapealers , and O'Oonnell' ts abuse of tho English Chartists at the Corn Exchango , was read to the meeting , after which Mr . Julian Harney moved that that the council be directed to draw up a reply to Mr . O'Connell's speech , to be submitted to the meeting tho following evening . Carried . Mr , Edwin Gill then moved the . folio wing resolution" That this meeting ; has heard with inexptesBiblo horror the sentiments of a letter attributed to Mr . Ray , secretary of the National Repeal Association
of Ireland , addressed to tho London Repealers enjoining them to reft : so- the aid « and assistance of the English Chartist ? , on account of the foul calumnies cast upon tbe Chartist body —falsehood which this meeting will not stoop to answer , and becanse tjhe said letter shews too plainly that there arc persona associated with the Repeal movement who would sacrifice to prejudice or selfishness tho righteous cause of which they are thepretented advocates . But this * meeting begs to assure Mr . Ray that no insult or calumny shall , deter the English Chartists from the performance of their duty , or induce them to withold their sympathy and assistance from their Irish brethren in their glorious struggle for justice and nationality . " Mr . Geyrge Evinson seconded , and Mr . Gammage , of Northampton , supported the resolution , which was put and unanimously adopted . The meeting then adjourned . < .. ... .
Public Meeting . —The weekly public meeting of the Chartist body was held on Monday evening in the above room , Mr . George Evinson in the chair . Mr . Julian Harney proposed for adoption , " an address to the enslaved , classes of England . " Mr . Edwin Gill seconded , and Mr . Royston supported the motion . Carried unanimously . Mr . Julian Harney then read and proposed for adoption , a letter to the Editor of the Nation , in reply to O * Connell ' s speech denouncing . the Chartists . The letter was received with applause . Mr . Hall seconded , and Mr . Edwin Gi : l supported the motion , which was agreed to unanimously . The meeting then adjourned .
Lecture on Rfpeal . —A lecture on the Repeal of the Legislative Union was delivered / on Tuesday evening , in the Town Hall , Sheffield , which was well filled by an enthusiastic audience . At eight o ' clock , Mr . Otley was called to the chair . Mr . M'Gowan ( the lecturer ) then commenced his lecture , which occupied an hour and three quarters in the delivery , and was indeed an eloquent expose of the wrongs of the Green Isle , and an able defence of the Repeal qutstion . We regret that want of space will not permit us to give a report . We must add that Mr . M'Gowan was repeatedly and enthusiastically cheered . Mr . Julian Harney moved tbe adoption of the following resolution : — " That this meeting , deeply sympathising with the
long-oppressed people of Ireland , remembering with with shame and grij&f the centuries of wrong to which the people of ! that country have been subjected by the successive Governments of Englandconsider that the time has arrived when it is tho duty of every Englishmen to endeavour 'to efface the foul blot of ; Ireland ' s misrule from England ' s annals by aiding the people of Ireland in their demand for justice ; and this meeting , believing that Ireland can never be justly governed except by a domestic legislature Tesponsible to the whole people , pledges itself to cooperate withi their Irish brethren in their agitation for the repeal of the Legislative Union—an Union planned in fraud and infamy and executed through
blood and corrnption-i-an Union as inimical to the true interests of England as it has been destructive of the liberty and prosperity of Ireland . And this meeijjBg appeais to ilie people of England to come to the help of their Irish brethren , and despite the threats and coercion of a Tory government , to give every legal help andiconstitutional assistance to the Irish people in their glorious struggle for nationality and civil and religious liberty . " Mr . Edwin Gill seconded , and Mr . Davies , Chartist lecturer , supported the resolution , which was carried by acclar mation . A vote of thanks to tho chairman , and three cheers for the Lectoier , three for Repeal , and three for the Chatter , closed the proceedings .
Repeal of tub Union . —A very numerous meeting of Repealers was held at the Stag , Pea-Croft , on Sunday evening last , ' when O'Connell ' s speech gave rise to a lengthy and iwarm discussion , but one feeling of sympathy ' for , ; the Chartists and condemnation of O'Connell ' a speech pervaded the breasts of all present . Mr . Julian Harney addressedJthemeetinjj at great length , imploring that nothing should be done , which would cause disunion or create division ; offering to { retire from the Repeal rank * rather than be the cause of offence to ewn one of the body , at the B » mo time declaring pai' it be withdrew from their ranks he would still continue to agitate for Repeal . Mr . H . was most enthusiastically applauded . The discussion was adjourned until Wednesday evening .
HALIFAX . —At ihe monthly meeting of this District , held at Ovenden , on Sunday last , it was unanimously resolved , that District Camp Meetings should be held fortnightly , to commence with the first on Skircoat Moor , on Sunday , June 25 , at two o'clock in the afternoon . Commodore Mead , from Stockport , and several other friends will address the meeting .
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! NEWCASTLE . — Caiip Meeting at Bolden j Fell . —A Cbartist camp meeting was held at tbv" 0 D 0 T ^ , place on Sunday afternoon . No sooner had tbe . * lour | of twelve arrived than the roads ! from the east a . the west , tho south and the nortbj leading to Balden Fell , were thickly dad with the brawney sons of toil wending their way to the Ghaitiafc carap meeting , and continued to arriyein bands until ! after two o ' clock . Soon after thai hour a waggon , drawn by two horses , which the Chartists cf Sunderland lhad brought with them for the twofold pnrpose of carrying their wives , sweethearts , and daughters to tbe pljice of meeting , and of forming a platform when there , drew up in ths most appropriate place cf the Fell for tho meeting to be heici . Tbe ladies having descended , and ihe horses b ^ ina set
at liberty ( tor liberty—true Cbrfatian liberty—was the order of the day ) , the gentlemen who were appointed to address the aUeotive multitude ascended . Mi . Beeslay moved and Mr . Charlton seconded , thaVMr . Sinclair , of Newcastle , prpside , which was agreed to unanimously . Mr . S . fesufly opened the proceedings by atating the object for which the jcamp meeting was held , read a latter from tbe Rev . W . Hill , expressing his regret at being nnable # 0 attend ) tbafc day , and promising to pay a visit to tho men of Northumberland and Durham , as soon as his other duties ^ ould permit , of which he would give tinisly notice in the Siar . Mr . S . then concluded by introducing Mrl Charlton , of Sunderland . Mr . C . rose amid the general applause of the meeting , and after some introductory remarks , took 1 Pater 3 rd of 10 th and Uth
, chapter , a part wrsea , as his ttxt . Mr . C . beautifully illustrated what was in his opinion pure Christianity—that JGhristianity which was Uu (> ht by Christ and his apostles , and showed how different was the doctrine which the hirelings ( and not shepherds ) of tbe present day snbstituted iu its stead . He proved that the major part of the professors of this day did not consider ( at least their Jine of conduct t * tly contradicted it , if they did ) { that all men are equal in the sight of God , and should be so in the sight of man—that it was a duty imperative on every Christian indeed " to do vroto others as they would that others should do unto them , " { that " thou shait love thy neighbour as thyself . " Mr . C . considered these the leading doctrines of pure ! practical ,
Curistiamty , and it was with great regret that he had to adduce that the majority did not act up to it . Mr . C . then enumerated the principles ! of tho People ' s Chatter , and contended that of all Beets with which ha was asqaainted , none acted so consonant with the doctrines of Christ and his true followers , as do the Chartists He went on at great length and proved to the satisfaction oi all present [( for although an opportunity was given to any one who might be disposed to differ from him in opinion , none embraced itv that pure , practical Christianity [ and Chartism are synonimous . Tbe Chairman next introduced Mr . Beesley , who was also received with great symptoms of applause ; Mr . Bsesley drew some inferences from tbe state of the . Church in Scotland and of the Repeal
ngitation in Ireland , and hoped that every true Englishman would see the propriety of joining in one phalanx for the proenrance of those rights of which they , as men and Christians , had a perfect right to claim . He clearly showed things as they now are , and as they would be if pure practical jcbmtianity were established in these realms . He contended that such was not the case new ; that that jwhich bore that name in England now savoured more of infidelity than of the principles taught by the Saviour and such of his followers as declared and acted up to the whole council of Q -ort . Mr . B . advanced many able arguments in defence of the position which he bad taken , and concluded amidst the plaudits of the whole auditory . Mr . Kydd , of South Shields , was next introduced . Ha
was likewise greatly applauded . He commenced by noticing tbe state of the Church in Scotland ( the turnout" in which he considered to be nothing more than a scheme fv > r Church extension ) showing that it could not be much relied on for the furtherance of the canse of
justice . But if the leaders of the people- in Ireland were sincere , he contended that it would be of vital importance to our cause . Mr . E then reviewed the line of policy pursued by the leaders ! of the movement in Ireland for the last teu years , comparing it with the course pursued by the most prominent loaders of the English movement for the same period ; and having drawn a true picture of the two , he would leave the decision with the meeting which of them best deserved the confidence of the working classes . He did not wish to give < fiwoce to any class of men ; but truth , from which nothing could induce him to swerve , compelled him to say that he had hia suspicions ; and recent
events strengthened these suspicions ; and in his opinion it was his duty to tell the starving millions of England and Ireland to be aware of false prophets . Tbeir rights , their just rights , are attainable ; and nothing bnt indiscretion on the part of the people and treachery on the part of their leaders can prevent success . — A vote of thanks was agreed to be tendered to Messrs . Charlton , Beesley , Kydd , and Cockburn , for their able advocacy , of tbe cause of true democracy , and to the Chairman , for his conduct in the ehair , and the meeting was dissolved . | LONDON- On Sunday evening the usual meeting of Repealers was held at Buckley's Coffee House , Boswell-court , Fetter-lane . An animated discussion took place respecting the orders from Dublin , for the
exclusion of the Chartists . Much sorrow was expressed at the conduct pursued by Daniel O'Connell and his counsellors , but the only alternative being a separation from the parent association , they were compelled to refuse admission to any person professing himself an O'Connorite Chartist . The names of nine individuals were taken down by the secretary and seat to Dublin to have their money returned , the ward not feeling justified in returning it without the express consent of the Dublin council . The evil policy of the line of conduct pursued by the " Agitator , " was ably shown up by Messrs .
Rathbone , Caughlan , Wheeler and ] others . During one period of the evening a little heartburning prevailed , but tbe Chartitts eventually retired in perfect good feeling , re-olving to continue Repealers , but to stand aloof from any connection with the associated body until they were more sensible of the value of their co-operation . The Secretary entreated them not to blame the ward for their exc usion , but attribute it to the prereuitory order 3 they had received . In Chelsea and various other parts of the Metropolis a similar line of conduct was followed by the Repealers in reference to Chartists who had been associated with them . 1
Lambeth . ^ -At a meeting Chartista here was agreed to meet in future on Monday evenings , at the Britannia Coffee House , Waterloo Road . A public meeting wilt take place next Monday evening to petition Parliament in behalf ] of Cooper and Richards , and to co-operate with the other localities on the Surry side , to callja meehingZon Kenningtoa Common , for the same purpose . I j fotico was given that at tbe nexs meeting an address to the Irish would be moved on the Repeal Agitation . At a meeting held at tho Crown and Cushion , on Monday night last , Mr . Read in the chair ; it was agreed that the Charthts of Berm ^ ndsey meet for the future at the White Bear , Long Walk , Bermondaey-square . Mr . R . ead was elected Secretary in the room of Mr . Foster , resigned ; and it was also agreed to call a public meeting at the White Bear , Long Walk , Bermondsey . sq [ uare , on Monday nest , at eight o ' clock in the evening , to petition against the Irish Arms Bill .
I . XVSEVPOOI . — Mr . C . Doyle , of Manchester , delivered a spirited lecture on Tuesday week , on the Repeal of the Union , to a crowded audience in the Nelson Assembly Rooms . We received a long report of his lecture on Saturday morning last , too late , of course , for last week ' s paper , in which only it ought to have appeared . At the usual Chartist meeting here , on Sunday week . The sum of 10 s . was voted to Mrs . M'Cauney . Liverpool . —At our usual meeting on Sunday evening , the balance sheet of tbe Defence and Support FuBd Committee was read , havpg been aadtted according to a motion at a previous meeting . It waa resolved , npon th « motion otj Mr . M'Knight , that it be published in the Northern Star . Since our last balance sheet , in January , we have collected £ 9 6 s . 7 hi . I Mr . M'Cartney ' s expense to Lancaster .... £ 3 10 0 Mr . Wm . Jones ' s txpenBes to Leicester ... 2 0 0 Previously acknowledged by Mr . fCleave
for oirculars ... ... .. 1 « . 1 11 10 Mr . M'Canney to London ~ . 2 5 34 Mrs . Ellis ... 0 10 0 Mr . McCartney 2 0 0
O'Connell , and the Lecturer . j A public meeting was orjled ( by bilh for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for the removal of Cooper and Richards to tt \ e Queen ' s prison . The meeting was addressed b- y Messrs . H . Janes , J . Cowan , M'Nulty , George Lloyd , and J . Leach , of Stonkport ; it was a crowded meeting . Mr . Leach addressed the meeting &K great length , and gave an interesting description of the Repeal movement in Ireland , from whence he had just come .
£ 11 16 H "Received . •• •••¦ ..- £ 9 6 74 Due to Treasurer ... — ... £ 2 9 6 Mr . Doyle gave a second leetrcrejnpon tha Repeal of the Union on Wednesday eveain ^ . The place was crowded . A resolution , pledging the Chartists of Liverpool to assist the Repeal ] by all constitutional means , was agreed to . Tbiree oheers were given for Repeal , the Charter ,, tb ' j Press , O'Connor ,
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W ^^^^^^^^^^ m ^ Earnsley .. —The members of the Repeal Association held their weekly meetiug on Sunday evening . Mr . Peer Hoey was called to the chair . The speech of Mr . O Conneli was read from the Dublin Register , coaxtAmnx the declaration of no union with the Chartists of England . The lttier of Mr . O'Connor in last week's S ( ar , vr&s also read to the meeting . Mr . Eneas Daly and ; ' Mr . John L « ary addressed the meeting . £ 0
A Pcblic -Ma § p « Was held in the iarga school room , under tbifpo Fellows' Hall , to petition tha House of CommoW , on behalf « f the victim , Cooper and against the Irish Arms Bill . He briefly opened the bus ' vntss-of thrs meeting , and o ^ Hed on Prancia Mirfield to move the adoption of the p&tttion . The speaker spoke at some length ia support of its prayer . Mr , John Grimshaw seconded its adoptions . Mr . Davis , the Gnartisfi lecturer , supported ita ppayer , and went at great length into the caase of Coope * t ? i ! J , Ictlois "i » It wa * moved by Mr . Linscarrf , that T . S . Dancombe , M . P . present the petition . A vote of thanks was moved to the chairman wiw returned thauks .
Jodmordes . —Last Saturday night , there was a publu * meeting , called by the constcbles of the townshiV of Todmorden and Walsden , in the Timber Ys ? q lately ; occupied by Mr . John Hall , to take into coHpidorat'on the necessity and propriety of petitioning Parlianatut for the removal of Thomas Cooper and Joisn Richards , from Stafford Gaol to a prison where thf y will be allowed to find their ovrn provisions , and correspond with their fanJiias and friends . Mr . Wm . Helliwell briefly moved tha adopvon of the petition , and Sir . Hartley Hey wood seconded the mation . Mr . L > avid Ross then came forward and read Che petition , and supported it in a , masterly style of eloquence . It was carried unanimously . Mr . Da ? id Ross was again introduced , and gave a most iateresting and iabtructive lecture oa the People ' s Charter .
Bradford . — On Sunday , tbe Chartists of Little H&tton met in the Schod Rwm , Park Place ; whore it was resolved to enter into a weekly sabscription for the purchase of land . On Sunday eveniks * a lecture was delivered ia the large room , Butterworth ' s Buildings , on the laud , snd the means to be adopted by the people to obtain possession of small farms . On Mondav evening , the members of the Repeal Association met at the White Honse , Broad Stones , when some discussion arose respecting tho election of two volunteers . A motion was made to the effect , " that they be elected by tho members in public meeting . " An amendment" That they be chosea by the wardens as heretofore . " A second amend ' mentt— " That there be no more volunteers elected * —waa carried by a large majority .
STOCKPORT . —A public meeting ha 3 been held here , to petition the Commons for a repeal of the Legislative Union , and against the Irish Arms Bill . The weather proving very unfavourable , the meeting adjourned from Waterloo Ground , to the Chartist Room . Bomber ' s Brow . Mr . Thomss-Welby was elected Chairman . He staled the business of the meeting in a brief but effective speech , and introduced Mr . J . Carter , to move the first resolation . Messrs . M'Wade , Allinson , Horsfield , and Clarke , in excellent and energetic speeches , subaequentry addressed the meeting ; and Mr . E * P . Mead wound up the business of the meeting in a pathetic detail of the miseries that so-alien Governmxiiit bad perpetrated in the unhapw sister
couutry . The petition is to bo presented by Mr . John O'Connell ,- and ita prayer supported by Messrs Cobd » n and Marsland , the two Members for Siockpoit ; . that ia , if these gentlemen are iu a humour to do that , which we very much doubt . The meeting , which was throughout a very spirited one , ended by the Commodore giving out" Taegathering of the Unions . " Oil Sunday evening , the Commodoro delivered a vary excellent address to a numerous and respectable audience . He feelingly recommended the Chartists to bury in oblivion all pabt animosities , and to unite as one man to show the Repealers * that although they were debarred from joining tho Repeal Association , that they are determined , fay all peaceable means , to forward the Repeal agitation .
XnONQ BUC 3 &BY . —Two excellent lectures on the principles of democracy , by Mr . Samuel Parkes , of Sheffield , have been delivered in this place , the first en Saturday-the 31 , aud the second on Wednesday the 7 th inst ., in the Market-place . A Working Man ' s Hall is being erected in this place , the first stone of which was laid by oar worthy secretary , Mr . D . E . Lever , on Wednesday , the 31 st May ; it is raised by shares of five shillings each , and will be let for any legal and moral purpose . BILSTCN . —On Monday evening a meeting was an » nounced to take place at Bilaton to petition against the lush Arms Bill ; also in behalf of Cooper , Richards , and Capper . Mesara . . O'iSeil , Wilcox , Fuirburn , Thomoson and others were to arturcas the meeting . The
anthcrities williug to shew their power , brought the police force of Wedn&abury , Wolverhampton , and Great Bridge , into Bilaton , all armed with cutlasses . Some oF tbe keepers of the peace were not very sober . At sis o ' clock , the time at which the meeting was announced , hundreds wera wending their way to the Piper ' s Meadow , the place appointed fox meeting , and at the commencement of the business not less than twelve or fourteen thousand were present . On the motion- of Mr . John White , seconded by another Bilston Chartist , Mr . Wednesbury , was called to the chair . He opened ihe business of the meeting by glancing at the History of Ireland , from the time that their Milesian ancestors took possession of the Emerald Isle , one thousand years prior to the time of Christ , till
Christianity was introduced into Ireland by St . Patrick , five hundred years after its conquest by Henry 2 nd . The miseries the country suffered under the dominion of ambitious monarchs on the one hand , aud intriguing wicked ministers on the other . He then proceeded to direct the' attention of the immense assembly to the case of Cooper and his co-patriots . ' At this point , Colonel Hogg , made his appearance on horseback , and rode through the meeting , and a person called Obadiah Battyi demanded tbe names of the speakers * They were instantly given , and notices were served on , the speakers to answer to a charge of trespass . The following is a c » py of the notice : —• " I , Henry Pool , of BiJston , in the county , of Stafford , agent to Mrs . Dtnn , the widow of William Dean , late of Bilstoa
aforesaid , gentleman , deceased , do hereby give yottnotice not to trespass or meet upon certain land of the said Mrs . Saan , in Piper ' s Meadow , at Bilaton aforesaid ; and if you do , I shall take legal proceedings against you , and cause you to be rejected thtiefrom Dittd this 12 th June , 1831 . To Messrs . Arthur O'Neil , William Fairburn , JcbnyiWhite and others . Henry Pool . " It happened thaTrthe ground on which the speakers stood belonged to the gentleman of whom tbe Chartists rented tbeir room , and whehadgiventhemleave to assemble . Another notice , addressed to Mr . O Neil and the Chairman , was torn to pieces before the officials , snd thrown into the air , Mr . O Neil stating that aa the charge of trespass bad . been falsified , he would throw the notice to the winds . The petition was then ,
read by the Chairman , its adoption was moved by Mr . Wilcox , seconded by Mr . John White ,, and supported by Arthur O'Niel , in a powerful speech in which be referred to the state of the country , the difficulties of Government from the opposition of Chartiats , Corn , Law Repealers , Complete Suffrage , the malcontents of the-Scotch church , and last , though not least , from Ireland . After stating his firm resolve to meet the people at some future time in the open air , he withdrew amid the applause of the immense assembly . The Chairman then put the petition , which was unanimously carried * ¦ with one exception . Mr . W . Fairburn then addressed tbe people and remarked that an attack being made upon the liberties of Irelanc 1 , would soon be followed by a crusade against the rights of Englishmen if not
promptly opposed by the advocates of human , freedom in both countries ! He shewed that the right of public meeting , of Habeas Corpus , and ttial by jury would all be made complete nullities . He concluded by moving the following resolution . " That this meeting are of opinion that the intention of her Majesty ' s Ministers to carry into effect an Act of Parliament to disarm tbe people of Ireland , is calculated to excite alarm and suspicion in the minds of the people of this country as being only a prelude to tha further enslaving and oppressing British subjects ; therefore this meeting declares . bucQ measure both unjust and unconstitutional . " Tbia resolution \? as unanimously earned . Mr . CacLley then addressed tbe meeting and gave a very vivid description of the atrocities committed by Orangemen in different
parts of Ireland , the destruction of property , private robberies , " 21 connived at by the present Lard Lieutenant of Inland . He concluded by moving tbe following resolution : —" That thu meeting approves of the present atrugglo of the Irish people to obtain a repeal of ihe Legislative Union of Great Britain and Ireland , ami this meeting pledges itself to use all the constitutional means in its pow « r to further thd accomplishment of thsit just and deaSSble object" Mr , Wilcost seconded the resolution . Mr . O'Neil again addressed . the metU ^ g , and referred to the sufferings of his own , family is the Conniy of Tyrone , Ireland . One had , been beheaded , "another bad been mown down bg drpgooss , another had perished at the Peterloo Mas , . sacree in 1819 , who was a namesake and relative :, and ha wasiesoIwHouae the means in his power to crush the iafluence cf irresponsible despotism . He again rei&tbed amid applause . A vote of thanks to the-Chair
mas waa moved by Mr . Fairbora , seconded by Mr . John White—carried ananimouflly . The mooting was adjourned until Thursday night , when Mi . IJhoniaaon announced his intention to lecture on tha , I { £ peal of the Union . The overwhelming assemljly . separated with the greatest order : the ' " © njfr disturbance created was by Col . Hogg ' s horse , who prracad . abcat at th * sight of a numerous Chartist meeting , —It being some * thing unusual to a Colonel ' s hojsa :. indeed , ihla officer was alarmed at bis Bitaatfoo , as appears from the following expressson nude use by him j . —s "Good God , men , do not take any advantage of me ! I am only one man . " He need not have been alarmed ; all wq 8 peaceable and proper , and an impression , waa made upon the meeting , composed aa it was q ! all classes , not easily erased . Oae middle class man from Willemhall , gave three shillings towards paying ( ox the biUq announcing the meeting .
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I ! AND LEEDB GENEBAL ADVERTISER .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 17, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct655/page/1/
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