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      Mr deab FbiecbSj—33 » 9 condition of all classes * f society has-given si ® a spur to time , that it cannot now be measured t > ylfionrs , Isys , or weeks , but fcyerentS . Wio ^ ijeflsets npon ihe present state of ttos country ^ but inns * be filled -with apprehensions ihe moat appalling ! "Who that understands the powerofcapital , and the'Weakness of poverty , cat most tremble at 4 ne use that the wily -mil endeavour iojoske of the present laging dissatisfee&pnt ^ Uare great , ih& greatest , confidence in ihe Bounaness x » f yonr judgment and upon its prop « r xmdanee , Jf irnder the eontroul of ordinary circumstances ; bnilamnot weak enough , not to make allowances for those events to which extraordinarj causes may lead ; I think I see the several

      Shades of opinion and Ihe varied interests of the serefal classes disJincllymapped © nt before xae ; and 1 * 5 comparing iheir respeerive positions wiih the several modes of redress respectively sought by them , I hare come to the conclusion that no one change demanded by snywovid be productive 0 / general safibfacSon , and therefore it is likely thai the leadera of public opinion will seek for other than ihe nsnal means of excitement , a ? a rallying point inrihe working classes ^ If IB in . order to £ &ard yen agair st such arts and w 52 eBth&t I Twite this . letter . Yon , " ibe woriing biases , may rely upon it ; that as soon as Parliament as : prorogned ,-ihQse wholiva npon the profits of other 2 Qen"e labonr -mil once more use th- ^ r slaves to

      antjmidate ibezr ^ politicalopponents 1 Yon hare no fnexds bntamongst jonr own order . Those classes above jon in society , -who have not snfficicns sense to estimate yoar valne as consumers , look npon yoa as lire lumber , as rubbish , that -would be better out of ihe fray . ¦ .- The farther theso classes are removed from you , the greater their sympathy is for yon ; the H £ arar thej cQEie to yonr erder , toe greater is iheir pride ^ and hatred of yon . The proudest aristocrat lias 3 more kindly feeling for the agricultural labourer than the tenant for ¦ whom he works has . 3 £ ven the cotton lord , lias a more kindly feeling for lisSlavea , than 4 h&ovaseer has ; bus jbe shop-keeping , eommercialj mercantile , and professional classes ihiTik of yon in no other seme than as mere machines

      for snpplyja |» inelr wants jand If your place is filled up by machinery -whidrcan sapply those wants , they lose aU thought of the netesaty of consumption 35 a means jof creating their property ; and hence their total disregard cf yonr condition , and their ignorant support of . ihe owners of that machinery in their jgemand for an ** Extension ^ Trade . " * r 3 f TTeJooito ihe stale of feeling in Ireland , in Scotland , in England , and in Wales where 33 the statesman that can contemplate erents wiihont the most serious apprehensions ? and when Tre consider the tnra that ihe leaders of the middle classes in the four countries would give to those events , 5 t behoves the friends of yom orderio be at then- posts , lest the country may

      ba driven' into & bloody revolution . Just mark , -how the leading organ of the middle classes can treat of the "violence of that order , whet levelled against any abuse that effects their own interest while the same organ would deny to the -wra-kiug classes even the right of complain * . The Times ^ w ? pa j > er all bnt cn conrage&the middl e classes in Wales engaged in seeaESof midnight violence ; and ie speaks of the conduct of the Rebeccaites with arms in their lanes , threatening the destruction of poor-houses , and respiring npen tie redress of their 4 > wn grievances , as the proper issans of going to ¦ wor t to make ** tleafi . nfhority hear ; " and compares ib-tin 10 the ^¦ pbjacaVfoics Chartists , " whose inflamnmtory harasses upon ibe subject of much greater grievances was 100 strong a dose for tne

      senative stomach of the Tones . 2 sow learn a lesson of wisdom from this- Tke Ghsxtists marched into Hewport in 18 E 9 , with a . fcw old pikes and with ecs old guns that wonld not go * £ . The Tunes sent a reporter dswn to && cisirici , whose instroctions were to create a deadly hostaitj against the Charfists 5 n general , and against Pbgst in particular . This reporter wormed nimself iiao the intimacy of some of lie "Welch geniry , aod tncceeded through the 3 Ixa « s , in crcsJing aii Gsconquerable prrjudice against Prost and the Chartists , in tbe mind ? of the jury class . The ame jnrj . class bare now discoTered grieva 3 iees- < if ibrarown , and tare taien much ztore "riolent steps for redresiBg tbea ; and the Times in almost pbus words iells them to stick to it , for lhattheyiaTenow . laiaaitbe proper course .

      It will be borne ~ r mind that 1 cautioned tbe "making elases of Wales against taking any part TarhateTer in the "Bebecca" riots ^ « ad if no other ^ nsfefieaJJon could he oferedfor snch connsel , I think it "wDl be fennd in the praise lavished bj the Times upon the * Htbeccaiies . " I had two letters last ¦ week from Merthyr Tydvil , written by order of the Chartists ; snd from both 1 learn , that the Chartists of that district have unanimously resolved no . to iave any thing to do with Hebeeca , " secret associations , or jnidm ^ Jtt iQeedz ^ f 5 -wbiie a deputation that waited npon me at B&tL , from tie ver ? scene of "Eebeccaism , " assured me that tbe Charfots

      wonldtake no part whatever in tbe toll and rent struggle ; as they had no horses to drive or land to paj rent for . And jet , although the Editor of the Times "knew that 2 had counselled the Chartisfa against taking any part in the *' Bebece 3 Jte" pro-« eefilB £ 3 ; andaltflongnhe knew tiai I was at the Tower JBsmlets , speakrc ^ , on Taesday Eizht , and at theltotaiida , on Wednesday night ; jet the beastly slanderer assured his rea--trs on Tziiaj that 1 was hovering abent "Wales , walehii'g ihs reaut of tbe present struggle in the hope of pushing my revolutionary principles III So much for Wales and ** Bebecca . " Kew &r Irclicd siid O'Connefl .

      Jsfrrer was there moi e magnanimous conduct than ihat displayed by the Tfrgti'ifr Chani ~ : s towards tha Irifih Bepealers ; yrialt fcr myf ^ lf individnaiij , I think- it will be admitted , that as far as individual exertion and the devotion of tbe Northern Star to the caase of Bepeal conld go , the Bepealers hsve had aio reason to complain , if in the cutset Jlepeal ¦ was to have been made insircjnenia ! to the redress ofpopolar grievance ? , the ChartiEt body can in nowise bs charged with the crime of obstruction ; and it is because I see visible signs of a desire to rely

      npon other than domestic support for the accomplishment oi Repeal that 1 feel myself called npon to tender a srera of advice upon the subject at this stage of ablation . I co not hebe ^ e that Mr . O'Conneli anticipated having the Eupport , or even the countenance , of the Gkardst tody in the Repeal agitation ; on the eonirarj , he had laauifested an incessant desire , firstlv to repr ^ fnt the Chartists as a weak , insignificant , and unprincipled body , whe ^ sc co-opgrscon wonld be valueless : 2 icd , secondly to inspire a ^ belief that their " physical force" doctrinEB -woTild make thdr alliance dangerous .

      I can make very great allowances for sudden changes in the tactics and the niaLCeuvxinjes of a jx 2 iiica 3 3 ea . cer , "stitose actions jnnsi in many cases be governed bj the movensent of otters ; bm while I am r ^ dy -to construe this rate favourably io Mr . G'Gounel ] , n ~ verili * ltis , I cancer kave the daij of ¦ warning him undischarged . If thea , " Ireland" is to be "for ihe / risa , " andlf the Hepeal of ihe Union is to confer ** Ireland npon the iriah , "thcre is no force so capable of effeoting . hi 3 object as Chi perfect radon and ec-opersiion of ¦ these f-srties vrhQ aifitr from the esisietea of the nnion ; and if its repeal is

      18 ' be beneficial both to England snd to Ireland , sjrelya nuifn o ? ihe Eaglish acd Irish mind would be the forca best calculated to achieve the object ; and hia soal , his heart , and his islnd should be de-• ypted to the removal of those prpjudices by which that union has been iatnerto prevented . But when I Sad seen an aliraBcs not coly irj .-cied , bxa . lbs sllisiice of a / ar less powerful body cosir ; i < i to cfitct the san .-f purpose , ihen < io 1 iwgin to frel gome ajrprehecsion as to * be ulterior < iesgB . When lru . bmen -who havebsai accustomed to groan at the vtrv ineniion cf /" n ^ rtit-TTi are now £ 3 Tit «< i to cfcx ^ r for

      jreneh co-optraKou , 1 ask myself wnetber a 1-reach a ^ veuvurcT or an Ergiish Wjorkingiasn can feel ibe strongest intercs * m the question of Irish jaj-ticc As k'Ug as it EErvtd Mr . O'JCoimell's parpuse to denounce Chartism in consequtice of its iiossuity to TViiggcsy , I treated Ins scorn wish that eouusspt that it lien deserved ; but as my son ] is pv £ tu . -d to ihe priEciple of Repeal , and iee&nse 1 think i ha ? e an iDteret in its accomplishment arrpaificg thai which any Frenchman can feel , I nse tbe language of waraiEg rather than of levi ^ or contempt . ^ As it is , of all things , Becessary that the sentiments of pnV-lic iaen should "be ihoronghly nnderFtood , 1 embrace this first opporliinity of rfisponding to the Irish cheer far the Prencb , by registtsriEg ihe re ? o-

      3 ntion cf one nghiing man to resist xrecch mterferenee , or any otb « r forsgn ictcriureEce to t&e deaih ! auc r&iher iban look to sneb 101 aCisEce for tie destrecnen * i domestic gniTsaces , 1 __ wonld ding to the foulest of onr eormpdens trith the fe&dest affection , na ^ l tbe 4 omesuc mind -was capable of destroying them , than i&siee their destruction l » j other hands , wbG = e own , sr-d ptrhaps fer greaier grievances would be trec-icd upon tie rnins . Per mciBtl ^ s -ten years I fcsve ptsdicnsly avoided all the ** foreign alSances" trbich have been proposed to me ; and while 1 have dsroied roj every -eseigy towards &e estabiH . meEt vi democratic principle for thai fene , I hs ? e utver Jest sight of the iiWy shas dispntants have rrceived thron » h tbe ijnair iBierfErence of " feici ^ ir arb-. trators ; If it was uot . for ^ fee strorg douscstio feelirg in favoar of a Bcpeal « f the UhIcb , I conld well underof

      stand the policy if-act its prudence soiiciisng foreign aid ; hutwhcBE ^ ch course is pre-eminently olenlated to -weaken that < ioE « fctic strength , I eon-% 5 thasitcati £ Kmi £ » Tin £ s iu my mind as to the afierior designr'I find it a . diScnlt matter to reconeBeiheaennnciation <) f " physical force * ' Chartism , Tifliihe > pprovalJ ) fywc « pi ihreah oj Saxon army MaSon . Bor « an' 3 dt" ? e 9 ver much puuty of sensi-3 ment in ihe eonrse irofcb dicteted ^ b&neoefflily of i ^ nrning an "R ^ gfeb Giarfist nis shilling , ^ yiiam the * hEiExnd dofiais from America were TecevTed as a * rlbnieio Irish bnvery snd American " physical ferce" aeJenciBafion . Howevtr , ' Mr . ( TConnen is nownlacedin fiiat siinauoiffrom which he has no ^ ap s . The English yecsle hsye gmn ham strength " Hi 3 3 H ? EtmGneT ; the Kje ^ a can cniy give money Tsii hoci s&si ^ sh . Hi -l ; t 2 : iolieba 5 h 3 dai 5 unopposed S 1 ray a ir&s 2 ^ ; hat before ifee close dike preseoi

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      month the functions of tbe British Parliament will have ceased , and the rampant authority of the domestic faction wilihave been ' established ; The Arms ' Bill will consfitcte the right of search ' , the title to insult , and the power to annihilate ; while it must be observable ' that tbe Orange faction have already officially communicated with the Sing of Hanover , and with the Government , against the reRffious tenets of Ihe Queen 1 And of such nsportauce did the Government itself oonsder tbia charge : of PusejiBin against the monarch of unalloyed Protestantism to be , that the charge of the ILoyal , Loyal , Protestant Operative Association was ; thought ! of suflicirnt importance to be submitted to the law officers of the Crown 1

      Those who know anything , of Irish history must " have seen , in the past , something whereby a guess may be made of the future ; while those who have read the resolutions of ihe Saxon Irish lords , and of the Saxon Irish Grand Jnrors , most bave come to the conclusion tkatthty but await their Arms' Bill to abandon their present defensive position , and to take their stand npon the offensive- It ; will be done , but nobody ^ will do it . And when it is done , the Minister will defend its necessity ; and in applying to the House of Commens for Ministerial fcdenmitv ,

      will remind the House that it was pledged to support " strong measnres of coercion , if needed" ^ and the House not being assembled when aircBmslances required * strong measures , " the Executive looked npon the pledge as tantamount to vesting all power in the discretion of the Lord Lieutenant , who , from his presence , was most capable of applying the necessary means for ^ the suppression of ) disaffection Upon whose exertions and upon whose sympathies can Mr . O'Connell , then , rely with tee ' greatest certainty ! whether upon those of honest English working men , or of French adventurers !

      I would warn him against drawing too nattering a conclusion from his hitherto unopposed progress ; and to rely npen it , that the finger of ihe law is stiff , and pointed against him j and that however he may S > eek to separate himself from the acts of others moving in the samfl course ; and however he may stall persevere in denouncing " physica ) force , " yet is his ev « ry word written tiown in the Black book of class-legislation ; and that same law which led the Queen ' s Justices of England and the English Attorney and Solicitor General , to tbe conclusion that every overt-act done in furtherance of ia conspiracy was chargeable upon every conspirator : and that

      a conspiracy may exist amongst thousands and tens -of thousands who never met or meet and who are unknown to each other ; and that conspiracy" implies not secrecy but common design , will no doubt be strained against him . Should Mr . O'Connell be casght in the wide spread net of " conspiracy" by tb « indiscretion of others , to whom , 1 would ask , when Parliament is not sitting , when Irish Orange sway i 3 in the ascendant , and when it is id tbe power of the Crown io command a Jury of ; the Orange faction , to whom would he then look for sympathy ? Whether to ihe soand public opinion of English workingmen , or to tbe frothy sensibility of French adventurers ?

      It is a pitiful position fcr a public man to allow his jndgment to be warped by personal dislike ! and shonld the cause of Btpeal be injured by Mr . O'Connell ' 3 refusal of that strength which can alone insure if—lie Chartists of Ecgland will have tbe consolsnon of standing guiltless of the failure ; while , the sound sense of the Irish Repealers will set iiem inquiring , as to tnt motives that COUld have dictated the policy . In the midst of all tbe confnsion to which 1 have referred , I am consoled by the proud ^ position occupied by the working classes -even nnder the present defective system of Organization ^ and to a conti n-

      uance in that noble course 1 look for more than payment for my lorg services . As I predicted , the Leagne has died a natural death . " Rebeccaism " will follow , while Chartism will live ; to flourish in spite of its deadliest enemies . Had any damage occurred to the Repeal sgitatipn , through Chartist ind : ffcrence or opposition , Sir . O'Connell wonld have fo&sd himself justified is jmnhig frith any poHiical party for ihe suppression of Chartism . To enr prudence , therefore , we owe onr superiority over all other political parties ; and I trust that ere long , that prudence will be rewarded with the fall frnit of freedom , of liberty , and of justice to all . Your faithful friend , Fkahgus O'Connor .

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      Ol . O'RfliVT —On Snjjday last , three veTy energetic and sonl-stirring edaresses were delivered in the Chartist Koom , Greaves-street , by Messrs . Miller , M'Cnbe , and Tardlty . SnJgrcts , " Phrenology , ' ' " Irisii History , " " Union and Sritndly dealing . ' ^ The audience were BEiDttous aid respectable , and the speakers gave general satisfaction . BRISTOL . — " Wosrs a > d Dkeds . "—The Bristol United JChartista met on Monday evening . Brainess eommecad by the secretary reading the minatea of the last ajeetiar , reporter ! thereon . After receiving a

      tieput&ticii of tbe youths , the remarfc 8 of the Editor of the Star on tfce victims were read , irita jlr . Clifton ' s Jetler ; and Mr . Cliiton -wcDt into the case , and urged strongly the claims of the Chartist TicUnig ; Proposed by Mi . "Waiisms , seconded fcy Mr Jacofcp , " That ton shillings bs **»! out of the hrcz to the Victim Fn = d ; toe same to be refunded by the extra subscriptions of XDemhera . " Proposed by Mr . Cluite , seconded by Mr . Lapage , " That we approve of the 5 th of September for holding the National Conference . * ' After tbe transaction of ibe financial business the meeting separated . :

      lossojf .-Golden Laos , Peas sTRsrr , Soho . —Tbe Charnfiis of thiB locality held their usual weekly meeting on Sunday evening lastj when the following resolution was agreed to : —* That no one ought to receive tnpport from the General Victim Fond , bnt acknowledged members of the National Charter Association . * Mt . Wijliam Cuffy . Mr . Wi ? . liam Gn » ver . Mr . Alfred Hannibell , and Mr . Feargns O'ConuoT were nominated as delegates ts \ bv projected National Conference . Clepkeswell . —On Monday , after receiving a report trom tbe London delegate council ( through Mr . FesseU ) , the following resolution was ? uwnitted

      au < J carried by a majority . —** That nont hu ; rtcog-EJzad Chartists , or , their wives and ehilrfrt n » re entitled to receive assistance from the General Victim Fund . '" It was also sgrped to take into consideration » beappeal of the sufferers from the accident at Frome , ob Monday next . Our beloved ani patriotic RcprfeSs 3 . talivo having £ ej > eroa ? Jy a « = ii-trd ns to defray j ! k expenees of ths la ^ t public meeting on the Green ; the members present expressed their gratitnde . Prpparations are be ng made for another public dpffionstrat'on . The members of the locaiiiv are earBestly entreated to attend on Monday next .

      Th 2 Sotrm Losutcs Chastists mft , as usual , on l"ue ? day evemng last , at the iM > uln London l ! n ! lof Science ( late Rotanda ) , Black { riars-road , where they traoEaettd their central businesa ; after wiiich Mr . Bolwell deliver * d a most eloquent lecture to an overflowing attdienre . Several were cempe-iled to staed ontiide of the doors . Cixt of Lomws . —The Chartists of this locality met on Tuesday evening iast , at the Star Coffee House , Golden Lane , Mr . Dean in tho chair . After considerable discussion relative to financial matter ? , Mr , Dear was elected & cretary , acd Mr , Overtoil Treasurer . A discussion arose respecting the appointment of a Pres-idici . to saperin- snd the accounts of tbe Secretary and Treasurer ; but it was nitJDJat ^ Jy overruled , and a rejrf > rt of money matters

      ordered to be given m once per month . A Council c&nsi-tins of twelve members was the u cao = en , and Messrs . Wheeler and Salmon elect * d delegates to the Metropolitan Delegate Meeting . A report was receivea from the depa ! ation appointed to wait on Mr . O'Connor , and the Secretary ordered to mile to that gentleman , stitic ^ lisa * they bad decided upon bis lecture taking place , a : tbe vuy Insti | ntion s on August 22 nd . A iongdiwuision then crose iipon the procurement of a suitable pince far tho locahty meetings ; when it Bas decided 10 appoint Messrs Dale and Dunn as a d ^ -ats-tien 10 the directors of Turnagain-Lane Hall , asd to other places . Jn order to procure a suitable locati ' -u- After the transaction of other business , the meeting adjourned .

      gyCCKFORT . —On Sunday afternosa , a cssccssion ¦ was entered into open tbe subject of " Organization . " Mr . O'Gonnor ' s plan tras read , and partially 5 agreed to . The proposition to choose a Ccuncil of thirteen was strongly opposed by > 2 ees » . FieiSen ana Clark , and as zealotry celeudfcd by aJessra . WeT > b , M . -V ^ aSe , and Slatley . 3 ii . Haraey ' s plan © I -shiiiing payments was disapproved , and finally , the subject was adjourned till Snna » nexV—in the evening ,--at . six o ' clock , Idr . D . itonovan , or Manchester , deUvered an excellent and spirited address on *" 32 » e state of poKtical partitB . " Ihe Midieoee paid the greatest attention , | and -were highly edified by Mr . XJonovan ' * truly argnmentative discourse . Tbe thanks of the meeting having been a - warded him , the meetiag ' Droke np . i

      OS ilOSDAV Ev £ > - !?;« , Mjl M-Daly , « f Lsvenshcla ^ , deliTfKd aa elcquect and convincing address in the , Yuntfci . * Large Room . Subjf ot—•• Chartism , and t * r toralism , their t » nnectioiu" The lecture "fnsa wtJl ructived . andgave great satisfaction .

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      BlRMiNGHAltt . —Great Public Meeting . — On TueBday Wveaing , August 8 ; h , one of the most splendid meetings which had been held for a long period in this lown took place in the Hall of Science ; the following placard haviDg beca extensively circulated on the morning of Tuesday : — " Mb . atxwooo ' s Retdrn to Public Life !—Men of Birnungaanj , rally to the great public meeting , to be hWti this evening , in the Hall of Science , Lawrence-street , for the adoption of an address to recall" the above gentleman to the cau ? e of the people ; and for the appointment of a deputation , to wait upon him with the Address . "Intelligent , virtuou 3 , oppressed working men , attend , ana let those who would serve your cause know tbe feelings of your hearts , and tho fccntimentB of your minds .

      ' * By order ot the Council of the Birmingham Charter Association , * ' David Potts , Sec . "John Nevhocse , Assistant Sec . " Chair to be takoa at eight o'clock . " At the hour of meeting , the place , was crowded to great txcetsi while vast numbers were oonipelled to go away , being unable io obtain admission . Nothing could surpass the good feeling and enthusiasm which pervaded the vast assembly when the Ccnncil entered the Orchestra . Mr . Weleford stood forward , afkr the cheering had subsided , and moved that Mr . Fo ^ lowe preside on the occasion . Mr . FusSeil Beoonded the proposal , and it wasunanimously carried . TheChairmanroee and said . Ladies and GentJemen . as

      you have done mo the honour of electing t ^ Qtirmit the chair , I Bope every one present will feel it their daty to preserve proper order while the business of the meeting . is being laid before you . And let every one who may address you have a fair and patient hearing , no matter what may be his opinions —( hear , hear ) . The timo has now arrired when our conduct , whatever ii shall bo . will either retard or advance the great cause of national liberty . Every thing depends on our resolution and propriety—( cheers ) . 1 will now read the bill calling the meeting , and then state the circumstances which have induced the Council to take this most important step ( The Ghaiiman having read the bill proceeded ) . It may not , perhaps , be so generally

      kiiowa as it on ^ ht , that Eomo short time ago the Journal acaouucpd that Mr . Attwood was about to commence a jmbiic agitation ; whereupon a few individuals paid , no doubt , for their services , had commenced a- series of Ward meetings , where the public were excluded from expressing their opinions —St . George ' s Ward taking the lead . And such had been the disgraceful conduct of these parties , that the council deemed it their duty to come out boldly ; and if Mr . Attwood had even a vestige of integrity , to afford him a free . and honourable course to return to the advocacy of the priuciples ho embraced in 1838 —( ehcere ) . That the meeting might properly juege of the means these Ward a&itotors were adopting to extend an under-current nluenee : that

      they might the more effectually make a successful public demonstration in favour of Mr . Attwood and his plans . Ho would relate a circumstance which occurred at their last week ' s meeting . One of Mr . Attwood ' s friends proposed that a requisition should be adopted by the meeting there av- sunbltd ; and that Means should be taken to obtain seme 20 , 000 signatures ; and this was to be don- before even Air . Attwood's plans had been known to the public . An amendment was proposed that , no requisition be adopted . After much altercation , both propositions were withdrawn . To the surprise of the Chartisi Council , the Journal of Saturday last actualJy reported that the requisition bad been agreed to ! and of course they were

      now proceeding with it . The Council was determined that jo ; man should be deluded into such a movement . An address had therefore been prepared , which , whjJe it would defeat the piottings of wards , would , if Mr . Attwood was honest , give him a fair and honourable means of returning to the active advocacy of hip avowed principles . CCheers . ) No secret work ! bat let what is to be done , be done publicly . ( Loud cheers . ) Having tbus explained , he would call npoii Mr . Mason . Mr . Mason rose and said^—Mr . Chairman , ladies , and working mee , you have assembled on this occasion for an object the most important and sacred in its nature—namely , to re-declare your devotion to those principles which can alone render our country happy , virtuous , free ,

      and sreai . ( Cheers . ) On all occasions when OUT energies and moral power have been required to defeat tbe many attempts which havo been trade to misdirect public opinion , and employ itfor mere class purposes , or designedly to supersede our struggle for real and substantial jastice , wo have been basely misrepresented by the local press , the only medium of public communication in many places ; and by the national press , except so far as OHr Star has been able to counteract . Our principles have been ridiculed , perverted , and libelled ; and our policy at public meetinge , however justifiable , has been denounced as factious and tyrannical—( hear , hear , hear ) . It is from such causes as these that we have more to friir than even the persecution of the

      Government . From the Goveranwnt wo can txpeet no more mwey than our own prudence can secure ; but neither reasou , truth , nor prudence , can shield us from that monster assailant to working class jastice—tho press of the middle and upper classes—( loud cheers ) . There is but one means left us to disarm its i&flaence over public opinion , and by which we may hope to triumph . Let us use it against them—( cheers ) . We bave advanced against such a foe ; iet na use its power against itself ! and let the press of tire people conquer the press of their oppressors— ( cheers ) . Our great object in calling this meetiuK was to give publio opinion its proper direcnou ; and piace those who would be our friends in their real position . No sub-moves !—( laughter . )

      If Mr . AtHvuod is to be invited , let it bo done in an open and honourable manner ; but let that gentlemr . n know bow and in what manner , we can receive h \> services . Dp not impugn his motives . If ho is hone&t we wik : prove him . He used to teach the peopfe : he can ' t be angry if the people now teach him —( laughter ) . Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Buncombe have stood by ns in the calm and in the tempest . We honour the just—( cheers ) . But whatever baB passed , w © shall not object to those who may be desirous to return to our service , if they will pledge themselves to perform its -duties—( loud cheers . ) Here let me ask , will you give Mr . T . S . Duncoiubo tb « honour of a public entry into Birmirgbam , when the National Conference of doiegsars mtet in : Birmingham to prepare the plan

      of the Great National Organization—( loud cries ol " Ye ? , ye ? , yes" ) . How far aro you disposed to do this ui-. nmchicg friend of the millions , that honour he bas so richly earned by his conduct in the House of Commons ; hold up yoar hands—( every hand iu the vast assembly was in an instant uplifted followed with the most enthusiastic cheering ) . Mr . Mason resumed : That scenn was worthy of tuo farianud characteriif the men and womeu of Birmingham- The affections of o » r hearts aro the only honours we can bestow ; lut th- y are pure—they are unpurchasable by the gold ct tyrants—( loud cheers ) . Mr . bl . couViiivipd to speak at gr ^ at len gth , and was loudly applauded . He concluded by moving the following addr ss , and retired amid the applause of ihe whole meetiflg : —

      TO T . ATTWOOD , P . SIi . The Address of ihe People of Birmingham in Public Meeting assembled . SIR , —Having learnt your intsntion of ogain devoting yonr services to the cause of the people ; and animated wilh a Bincere desire to rescue our couv . try from the impending calamities which now threaten the happiness and fortunes , <* f every class in British society ; we have felt it onr duty , hoi . eatly and uprightly , to assure yon , that if it is your design sgain to stand forth as the advocate »• £ those ^ . Ttsat and inv iolable principles of political juitice embodied in tbe Peeplos Charter , with a clear recognition of tb&t sacren document as the only basia of a just and legitimate Government , we shall hail your return to public life with enthusiasm and gratification . No ungenerous inflection on the past shall cbstroet yonr fve-w ? exertions , t-r ¦ weafeen' their influence , provided they are consecrated with the huoianity and sincerity of a real patriot .

      But , air , "we will not conceive that you , though silent for these several years , and retired from the sacred struggle for national liberty , have been an idle spectator of tbe -progress of eveutSj er the rew clrcnmBtaHceB which now distiugn-sh the character , desires , and condition of the working class from that of any ether period in the history of our country . It is escential to the qualification of a reformer , that he should be enablvd to estimate correctly the disposition of thoao for wbo&e -weifaTB ^ ancl freedom he in su » xi » ua to rentier Ms services . And with this view do we now respectfully and . honourably state our sentiments , that you

      may judge how far you are prepared to promote the success of that measure of national and individual justice , fiz . the People ' s Cbarfcer—a measure Mmt you have declared \? otxld save the country , and which "we cannot contemplate you will ever abandon , or attempt to snpersede , by any other movement—the only measure , indeed , which can avert tbe calamities we are fibomed to endure—the enly measnro , "we wileranly assTue yoa , that can in any form distinguish us frciin tbe m- 'jst abject slaves , or rescne the various industrious ' classes in socitty who may yet poss «» E 3 seine ilssgte © of property from a similar fate . We have uu tlssu ' . that auy class sLould ever feel tfce suffering at seriated ** Uh

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      our condition but we nevertheless regard It as an act of the grossest enormity , under whatever pretest , to shut tie out from all access to legislative justice , and protection for our lives / ourflabour , and onr homes . To rob uis of our right to vote Js to rob us of everything wo mighl possess as members of society . It matters not to ns what changes may take place in such a Government : they rnast ever ba for the benefit of those who govern , and no * for us who , in time of peace , must coin gold out of our sweat for the eniicbment of our social oppressors ; and , in time of war , spill our test Mood for the renown and glory of military chiefs . The only change tbat can benefit us is , the powe * to govern ourselves ; and the only manner you cau promote our ^ elfare Is , to assist us in obtaining that power . of the of

      We are not ye ^ aware nature your plans . If they embrace the Charter as the grand object of your labours , we shall welcome , with pleasure , your return to thejsloriouB moral struggle for Equal rights , Equal Laws , Equal Protection for Ibe poor man's labour as tbe rich man ' s palace . But if you have excluded that measuro you have excluded us : and however we may not desire to impugn your motives , we trust that not one intelligent working man will countenance any movement which does not clearly and distinctly aim at securing him the fullest possession of his rights as a . member of soctety . At the altars of out unhappy homes we have vowed our determination to free our country , and establish her prosperity od tbe justice and purity of nor institutions—institutions that will deal to all "with equal hand the blessings of Providence and science . .

      Yoo have now before yoo , with others equally distinguished by great efforts in the cause ot civil reformation , a glorious or an ignoble destiny to fulfil . The prospect is ui ^ ni¢ , when we contemplate the moral ( capabilities of the people—it is fearful when we contemplate their condition . A country boundless in her resources , and abounding with every species of wealth ' —f&fceing rapidly harried to anarchy and raia by desperate statesmen . A people the most intelligent , ingenuous , and laborious of any nation on earth , deprived of their most sacred rights—stand naked and defenceless before their tyrant rulers , demanding justice , which they have resolved to achieve . The middle

      classes ; involved in difficulty , and hourly sinking in ruin , declare that a change must be effected to save us ; while Ireland , although her millions are leas intelligent than the people of England , have erected a moral standard , that the armed legions of British despotism dare not strike . You have , therefore , bnt one just cause worthy the character of a patriot , via ., that your grand object is to give justice to the enslaved millions as tbe : only means of obtaining prosperity for our country . If you fail to select this course , your expectation ^ ho-weve * lofty , "will vanish on your first appearance bi-fore a people devoted to tbe salvation of their' families and country .

      Accept then , Sir , this hononrable invitation from a public { meeting of you * fellqw-townsnien . We value and esteem those who are struggling in our cause . We shall h ' ail with , pride your return to its support ; but whatever may be the result our victory is certain . And thai period is not distant when events will render the legislative Organization of oor rights as necessary ^ o tbe safety and happiness of the middle class aa tlroy ate now to ; U 8 . Mr . VValter Cooper having seconded it , observed that lie felt great pleasure iu witnessing so large a meeting , and still more in beholding the manner they had received the clear and able exposition of principles contained in the address which bad just been read—( hear , hear ) . Mr . Attwood

      would bow understand what the publio of Birmingham meant—( hear . hear ) . If his plans did not come up to great principles it wag of no avail his attempting to 1 make a new move—( loud cheers ) . Mr . C . havingiBpoke at considerable length , during which he was , much applauded , retired , declaring bin determination never to desert the Charter —( loud cheers ) . Mr . Saunderg rose , in the body of baJJ , and said that he had been studying all day about this address ; and he could tell the meeting that ho had never consulted any one , but he had an amendment , which he would propose . It was to the ( following effect : '• That while that meeting was anxious to witness any desire on the part of the middle classes to co-operate with the working class to obtain the Charter ; yet from the base conduct oi' many individuals of that class , to tho people , they would de f er sending aiiy address soliciting Mr .

      Atwood ' a assistance until they knew what were his plaua . "; Mr . Kjohardson seconded it . Mr . Chilum supported it . He repudiated any attempt to conciliate the middle class . They . would norer get their rights from that class unless ' they took them . What Was Daniel O'Connell ' s mors ! force humbug ! Would it ever get Ireland her rights ? No , nor would they ever get their rights in England with moral force alone . The Chairman then put the amendment , about twelve handa were held up . He then put the address , which was carried amid the greatest applause , every hand in the vast assembly b < ,-i « g hold up with tho above exceptions . Mr . Mason , Mr . Follows , Mr . Fussell , and Mr . Potta were then appointed the deputation ; the report , to bo given in nexti Tuesday evening , a / ier the lecture . A vote of thanks having been given to the Chairman , this great and important meeting dispersed .

      HUIi . —The Chartists of this place have received communications from several places in the North and East Riding district , relative to the re-Organization of the district : do hereby give notice that a District Delegate Meeting will be holden , 011 Sunday , the 20 th jnst ., attcn o'clock in the forenoon , at the house of Mr . West , 3 , Huntingdon CQiirt , Whitefriara Gate , on business of importance connected with the district ; and for the purposeof appointing a District Lecturer . They consider Hull the best place of meeting * owing to the great number of coveyances daily passing in and out of the town Delegates will be ; tx pec ted from Selby , York , Pooklington , MaHonjHowHen , Holme , Scarbro ' , Beverley , Doncaster , and Gainsbro ' , or any other town wishful to join in the proposed district . Should it not be convenient for the whole of the places to send delegates to the meeting , it is requested that they will correspond with Air . W . Smith , Sub-Secretary , No . 8 , West Street . Court West Street , iu time for the meeting .

      SEWSBURY . Liberation of the Victim Dew hirst . —The publio ure respectfully informed that ( he liberation of Mr . JJewhirst will take place ou Saturday , ( this day , ) when & procession will bo formed in the Market-place , with banners and band , to meet their liberated townsman at the railway station . ; Six o'clock is the time fixed upon to move out of the town . It' talent and nobleness of nature be worth supporting , then be up and doing I If sufFL-riug- for the principles of the Charter be any passport to your sympathy , master ia your thousand * --, and show your abhorreiiCt to tyianny , and your attachment to right and rational freedom . The committee intend to preFent Mr . Dewhirst with a new mitj of clothes complete . Those holding subscriptions are requested to hand them in to Mr . Fox , at the Co-oporaiivo Stores , on Sunday next , at the cofflmitiev aieetiu ^ . Mr . Dewhirst will lecture oh Sunday next , at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon , in the Co-operative room .

      HUDDERSFXEI . 1 > . —District Delegate Meet ; riVG . —On ^ Sunday l : isc the meeting of the Delegates of this district , was holoen in toe Chartist Room , Honley , Mr . Jobn . Kclso in tbe chair . After the usual routine businvss , -relative to the District Lecturer , and Otfa 6 r m itters not of general interest bad been gone through , the following rc-ar \ utiona where unanimously adopted : — FirRt , " That il is tbo opinion of the Delegates now assembled , thatitwou . d answer all useful purposes , if the contemplated Conference be composed of Delegates representing counties , or large divisions of counties , on the scute proposed hy our South Lancashire Bteth \ j \\ ; and wo recommend that all the Chartists of the W \ ; Riding unite ai « i send two representatives ; a 3 this would ta the most inexpensive mode , and compass tuu dtsired cn <\ . " tiecand , " That we would call the

      immediate attention of the different localities , in tbe West Ri .- in ^ , to this point , and ask for an expression of op ; r . ion from them , so tbat , if it be any thing liku gentral , a West Ruling D-legate Meeting may ba hoiiiun , ti > aifrpf ) upon two ptrraous to be placed in nomination fcr eitr . tion at publio meetings ; and we further recommend that if snsli Delegate Meeting have to be holden . it shouid assemble on Sunday , August 20 tk , at D ^ wshnry ; " Third , 'Ttuttbi District Secretary be inntructed to communicate the above resolutions to the different localities in the West Biding , that the question mav be bronsht b < itom their notice sooner than it otherwise would be the case , did we wait for tbe publication by the ustiUJ means of communication . " After b vote of tbnnkahaa been given to the chaiimau , tiie meeting adjourned ! to that ( Jay fortnight .

      B » AOPORD . —On Sunday a camp meeting was boldeu ait Undercliffe , near * Bradford . Messrs . AltleT 3 on |! bbet&on , and Smitb ^ ddresaed the meeting , and notwithstanding a smairt showe r of rain , a numerous ' assembly remained ; to bear Up them ) a new method of explaining , from the scripture , the duty of rulers and subjects . ¦' - At the conclusion it was announced that a camp meeting would be bolrion at ; Bradford Moor , on Suuday ( to-morrow ) at two o ' clock in the afternoon . , Bloomsbpby . —The members of this locality held their weekly meeting <> n Tuesday evening , Mr . 'Pago in the chair . After transacting considerable local business , { four shillings was voted from the fuads to iij-s . Ellis ; a , long ciecussiotf arose respecting the fortbconiuig Conference , wci ' eh ended in the noraination of IMr . It . Byotvri for one of theTeepresentativesfor tho metropobs , thumeeting then adjourned

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      Mr . U'CoNNoa ' s Tobs— Mr . O'Connor will address the people of Barasley this ( Saturday ) evening . — Monday , Holmrirfh , eight o'clock . —Tuesday , Salford , at eight o ' cljock . —Wednesday , tea party at Manchester . —Thurday , Oldham , eight o ' clock . — It was Mr . O'Confior ' a intention to have addressee ! tho people of Huddersfield upon the day after he had been at Holmfinh ; i but as be is engaged at Satford for Tuesday next he must forego the pleasure of meeting his Huddersfield friends until after the Birmingham-Conference , as the fourth number of his work on farming must be written in tho intermediate time . —Mr . 0 , 'Connor will vioit Bury , Rochdale , dtuckport , Halifax , Haddersfield , and Bradford immediately after the Conference .

      Leeds . —Mr . O'Connor will deliver a ecture in the Chartist room , Cbeapside , to-morrow evening , at half-past six o'clock ; the proceeds to goHo the fund for sending two delegates to the Birmingham Conference . J Keighlev DiSTBlcT . —A District Meeting will bo holden in the Working Man ' a Hall , Sun-street , Keigbley , on Sunday , the 20 th instant , to commence at ten o ' clock iu the forenoon . Miners' Meetings . —A publio meeting of Miners will be holden on [ Bare Hone Moor , near Barnsley on the 14 th instant , at five o ' clock in the evening when S . Davis , an agent of the Miners' Association , will addresa tho meeting on tho necessity of the Yorkshire Miners joining with their brethren in the North .

      A Generat Delegate Meeting will be holden on Saturday , the 19 th instant , at the Griffin Inn , Wakefield , at twelve o ' clock . Delegates from each district are expected-Mr . D . Ross , o ' i Manchester , will visit the Keighloy District next we ' ek , and lecture as follows : —On Sunday , ( to-morrow ) in the Working Man ' a Hall , Keighley , at two ojoiock in the afternoon , and at rive in the eveningi On Monday he will attend a tea party at Siladcn ; on Tuesday he will lecture at Bingley ; on Wednesday , at Haworth ; on Thursday he wili lecture at Sutton ; on Friday , at Addingham ; and on Sunday , th * 3 20 th , he will attend a Camp Meeting , in Keighley .

      Hull . —Mr . West ] w il lecture in the Freeman ' s Lodge , My ten-gate , jon Monday evening , { jabject- * - " Pernicious evils o i" Church Establishments . " A member's meeting a | the close of the lecture . Mb . West will preach a sermon on the Dockgreen , on Sunday afternoon at half-past two o ' clock . Bkadpor » . —On Suuday , ( to-morrow ) a camp meeting wili be holden on Bradford moor , at two o ' clock in the af ' tern oon . Mr . James Dewhirsi , one ottbo " Plot" viciimB , who will be liberaLed this day , is expected to attend . On Tuesday Evening a lecture Will be delivered in the Council Roum ] , Butterworth Buildings , on the Organization of the Chartist body . On Monbav Kveninc a lecture will be delivered in the School Room , Park Place , on the various plans now before the Chartist body . The Northern Star , Nation , and other Political works read in the

      room every evenmg . On Si » iDAr Mouning the visiting committee will attend the meeting al Daisy Hill , at ten o ' clock ; the Chartists of that locality are requested to attend at the appointed time , las arrangements for the Conference are to be entered into . The Chartists o ^ Little Hokton will meet in their room Park Place , on Sunday morning , at nine ( Retook . A full attendance is requested . The Chartists of Bowti * o Back Lane will meet in their room at ! ten o ' clock on Sunday morning . The Chartists or George's Stheet will meet on Sunday morning at njine o'clock . The Chartists of New Lkeds will meet on Sunday morning at ten o ' clock . Tub Chartists of | Middleton Field will meet on Monday evening a > tho house of James Sedgwiek , Three Pigeons , to take into consideration the proposed Conference . !

      The Chaktists of Manningham will meet on Sunday evening , at foix o ' clock , when a deputation from the council will attend and receive their opinion respecting the forthcoming Conference .

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      CAUTION TO AX . I < CONCERNED . A person has called at this office this afternoon ( Friday ) to state tho case of a family residing at New Church Place , ] Mabaate , Leeds , of tbe name of Stock ? , who ate j at present suffering all the horrors of actual starvation , and liktily , if relief be not immediately afforded , to starve io death . The head of the family , William Stocks , is by trade a miner ; has been one p f work some time , baying had an inflammation in his hand , and been under tbe care ot the General Dispensary . He has a wife and seven children . One of them is working , the oldest girl , iii tbe factory ; and her earnings are 3 a . 2 d .

      a-week . One of tho , childrtu is , at the present moment , lying on a Mrk bed . For some time Stocks has been " relieved" by the Dewsbury " Board of Guardians" with four ] and sixpence a-week ; and to entitle him to that moMstrous sum , they have required him to go from Leeds | to Dewsbury , or Batley-Carr , to break stones for it ; a distance of eight miles there and eight miles back I For the nine shillings pay for a fortnight , he has had to walk that distance six times over ! or a distance of ninety-six miles , and break four and-a-half to ? is of dross ! The whole family therefore , have enly had seven and eightpenoe

      per week to keep nine of them alive ! The sick child is under the care of th > General Dispensary ; and on Thursday the House Surgeon gave the distressed father a certificate to take to the " Overseers of Dewsbury , '' as to the condition of the child . Of that certificate the followiug is a copy : — This is to certify that William Stocks ' s child has been a patient of the Dispensary , and is at this time dangerously ill . Hpridistase appears to have been brought on by sranty and innutritious food , and the family seem to be in the most deplorable state . J . Carper Pagg .

      House Surgeon 'o the General Dispensary . Leeds , August lOJij 1843 . With this docnin > . Mit rhe starving father waited on the Overseer . He showed it to him . He received four shillings and sixpence back with him , arid an order to go brealc dross again , so as to entitle him to four shillings land sixpence more On Thursday , the \ 7 tti inst . with an intimatiou that if he does not so earn it , Kfl will not receive ii ! NOW THIS IS AN ATTEMPT AT MURDER We team all concerned to see to il ! If THE CHILD DIE , wo willj do our utmost to have a

      legal invcstii . 'Ution ; and an ind ' n itnent for Murder shall be preferi-ed ! Tho Guardians and relieving officer of the Dewsbury Union have had fair warning . They Iiavo bad it certified to them that this child "is DANGEROUSLY ILL of ' a disease brought on l-y scanty and innutriti&us food" I They have had it certified to them that " the family ieem to be in the most ' deplorable state" I They ha ? e wjth . ' itdd the necessary relitf ! If they still withhold io , and the chilrYfcr any of the family die , they are guilty of MURDER ! ! ! They had better , therefore , look ont ! ! ! |

      The "Certificate" states that " the family seem to be in tho most deplorable condition . " Tho public will jujge ot that condition when we tell them that the only furniture iu rhe hovel they " dwell' ui , i > . au old cradie , a stool , a single bed and b ^ d-ti ,-ad ^ and a few puts . Une sikgle bed fob . nine p * rsons ' . !! AND ONE | OF THEM " DANGfciKOUSL-Y ILL" ! ! ! Thai , bed has not a blanket ! The " sl . eon ' iig" is composed of two old flix-baga I These , with an old coverlid ( a borrowed one ) , is the stock of bed-clothing . ! This man has worked for nearly thirty years . He worked for "Tottie and Gauiu" for twelve years continuously ; aud he worked for thirteen years together for Mr . Fenton ,

      of Waterloo ! And after all his toil , the above is hi 8 lot ! j During the time that he has been receiving " relief" from the Dewsbury Board , his wife has b <| en eonSned to bed with an kfl-imroation in the knee ; he has had four of the children down in the small-pox ; and he himself laid up with an inflammation in the haud , which is not yet well ! He is unablo to work , were he to procure work to morrow ; and consequently unable to break drohs . The surgeon informs him that if he attempts it , his hand will be as bad again as ever it was . "We adwe the father to go to tho Leeds

      Overseers , and ask them for relief . If they refuse , we advise him to go | to the Leeds Magistrates . If they refuse , we advise him to go to the Dewsbnry Relieving J Officer ; and if he refuBea , -WE THEN ApVISE HIM TO GO AND STEAL . If he permits that child to DIE for waul of food , while there ia so touch around him on every hand , he witL be ( moraixy ) a MURDERER !! If jhe tries all the means we point out , arid they fail , every principle of reason and common sense will justify him ia taking where he can get it ! We skriously advise him to 46 so , AFTER HE HAS TRIED ALL THK OTHER MEANS , AND they have failed !

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Thursday , Aug . 10 . In the Commons Mr . Gladstone moved the second reading of the Bill for removing the remaining restraints on the exportation of machinery ; whicn , after a somewhat long debate , was carried by a majority of seventy-eigfet . There was another attempt to defeat the Scotch Benefices Bill , on the motioa that the Speaker leave the Chair , Mr . P . Stewaxt- moving that it should ba committed , that day * six months . It failed ; for on a division there was for the committal a majority of 31 . -

      The second reading of the Bill authorising the Government to call out . and arm . the itftnainnnra : Government to call outand armthe / penaipaerfj Led

      , , , excited a ; smart disQussion ; b ^^ jaiflarrby a large majority . ' ^ jS ^^ EiQi ^ C . $ ^ -&&M 0 & X i ^ f ^ iS ^ ' ^ M ^ ¦

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      HOUSE OF LORDS—Thursdat , Aueyst 10 . Lord Brougham then rose , aud said that , in consequence of what ho had said the other night , he had deemed it to bo his duty , aud he now ruse to perform that duty , premising that he had adopted this course without any communication with the Government , or aven his Noble Friend on the woolsack , to preseuc a Bill to their Lordships , by which he had succeeded , in 1833 , in putting an effectual stop to the disturbance of the public peace . ( Hear , heir ) H 8 reason for presenting this Bill—which was in form the same as the former measure , with this exception , namely , that it was

      COiifiued in its operation to seditious proceedingswhereas the former act related to ali proceedings attending unlawful raeetins ; K—was this :: he had seeu with horror and indignation , which be should ia vain attempt , to describe ., or to give veat to by words , an attempt of the . most atrocious description on the loyaisy of her Majesty ' s army—( tiear , hear ) . Tho sergeants of the British Army , fcrpooth , were the worst used men of any army of Europe ; and if the Repeal of the Uuion took place , thoy [ would for the first time have their rights—( chcers > . He would take on himself to say for the sergeants of the British

      army , that they would regard with that scorn which it deserved this miserable attempt on their loyalty and d'scretion . —( hear , hear ) . If sach things were iobe done wich impunity , and if impunity w t b « secured to them wheu done by tho result of a ...-rtiaJ frial , hecouM not tell how long that loyalty 1 ,. ioc « aon migbi endure . The constant appeal to the ba 3 e passions of caen , even . Of the best of men , was neither wholesome nor fit to be allowed ; aud he took the step on which he was now entering lor the protection of the loyal , just as much as to terrify the guilty—( heazvheary .

      Lord WicKLow expressed his extreme gratification ¦ at the re-mtroduotion of a measure which should from the first have beea made permanent :, but Lord Campbell , considering the bill as clearly one of coercion , opposed it as unnessary , and objected , moreover , that it should bave omanated from the responsible advisers of the Crown . After a few words from the Marquis of Londonderry , the Bill passed its first sta ? e ; and Lord Brougham gave notice that he would move the second reading this dav .

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      MR . FEARGUS O'CONNOR AT LEEDS . On Wednesday Mr . O'Connor arrived from London , to fulfil his eEgageinent of addressing ahe people of Leeds upoa that and the following ni ^ ht . The large Hall of the Comm ^ rciari Buildups waa engaged for the occasioa j and shortly after M * fhi o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor , accompanied by Mr . Broo ^ , Mr . Westlake , and other leading Charti 8 ts , entered the room , and was loudly cheered . Mr , Brook moved , and a number of persona seconded , the appointment of Mr . Jackson , cornmiller , and common-council man for tho West Ward , to the cbair which waa carried unanimously .

      The Cha 1 »« a _ (? , who had been recently installed in his new dignity , owed his elevaion as commoncouncilman solely to the Chartist imerest , upon the pledge tjiat he was an-out-and-out-Chartisu Tbe people Wfre therefore anxious to know whecher or not , Mr . Jackson comsfiOii-councilman , and Mr . Jickron candidate , was oue aad the same . The audience were very speedily relieved from all doubt ; the worthy councillor taking ihe opportunity to inform the meeting " that he was no chartist ; iha" ; ho was no ph yncal-Jorce man ; that he was no leveller ; and fchss he was t . o partisan o ? Fbabgus O Conkor ,

      whom he hod hearo represented in many companies as being a Tary Byy in the pay of tke Tories . " rhia epening speech , followed by a very cold introduction of Mr . C'Connor , was received- with breathless silence and evident emotion . Upon Mr . O'Connor presenting himself , he wa 9 received with tku ^ ders of applause . As soon ad silence was obtained , he turned to the Chairman , and trcly ** wiped him down . " He so placed the question of ** . No Chartist , " " physical-force , " ¦ ' moral force , " "levelliDg" and " partizanship , " that it was soon evK&irt the worthy Chairman wished he had left unsaid' what he had

      said . The lecturer then proceeded for upwards of two hours to instruet his audience upon the preseet state of political parties , and upon the prospects of a Repeal of the Legislate e Union between Great Britain and Ireland ; explaining how that measure could be effected , and the benefit whi « h it would assuredly confer upon all classes of' English and Irish society . Ha contrasted the benefits likely to accrue from that measure , accompanied with the Charter , with those which were so lavishly nromised by the League , as the fruits of " Free Trade •* ' a . n < i , in the . © oarae of hia observations upoa that portion of his addresa . he cohvulsed the

      meeting with fits of laughter , by his representation and imitation of " a Methodist parson making a Free Trade speech . " He appeared to swell himself out to dou ble his usual size ; and , assuming & clerical attitude , in a deep sepulchral tone , a rewst ludicrous countenance , and with fixed ana uplifted eyes , continued-for some minutes , until the roars of his audience prevented the preacher from proceeding Mr . O'Connor concluded an address which appeared to give universal and unbounded satisfaction . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman ; and tho meeting after giving three cheers for O'Connor , Repeal , and the Charter , separated in high delight .

      THUBSDAY NIGHT . On Thursday night , the interest appeared to increase ; the spacious building being well filled . Dr . Lees , the eloquent and talented teetotal advocate , was proposed by Mr . Brook to tho chair- In doing this he apologized for having imposed upon the previous meeting , . by proposing Mr . Jackson to that cfiico , stating that he had been imposed upon himself , as he and many others had heard Mr . Jackson , when canvassing for office , declare that he was a Chartist , and had considered him such . How great was his surprise , however , to hear Mr . Jackson declare that he was " no Chartist , ' * This niRht he would not fall into the same , error ; for he now had the pleasure to propose a gentleman well-known , to thtm , not only as a professing , but as a practical , Chartist . He meant Dr . Lees . ( Loud cheersA

      The nomination was seconded , and carried unanimously . Dr . Lees introduced Mr . O'Connor as their able , long-tried , and uncompromising friend . The LEAtiNEi > GEN 3 LBMAi « then proeeededto sddress the meeting upon the subject of the " Laud with the Charter . " He analysed the questions of agriculture , manufactures , manual labour , and artificial labour , class legislation , and popular representation ; shewing , in the clearest manner , the direct and in direct tffects of each upon all . He handled the law of primogeniture , of settlement and entail , in a clear and lucid style ; and shewed such an intimate connection between the grievances occasioned by a bad system of agriculture , and artificial production , as to create a

      strong feeling in favour of his argument , especially in the minds of the middle classes , of whom there was a good sprinkling present . He spoke for two hours , only interrupted by applause . When he had concluded , he propofced , and Mr . Brook seconded , a vote of thanks to the Chairman ; who , upon rising , was received with every mark of regard . He said that he was truly a Chartist , and he believed that every man who had time and inclination to consider that great measure would arrive at the same conclusion that he had . Many parties entered at them , and said they were led away by demagogues . Had there -been anything of the sorf that night ? He had marked the breathless attention -with which they had

      listened to a speech of two hours duration , which for simplicity 01 language , soundness of reasoning , and research , could not be surpassed . He was sure that more order , more good deportment , was never witnessed at any Whig or Tory meeting , in this or any other town—( loud cheers ) . Ho bad seen the pernicious effects of the landlord system and of machinery , and all the evils that sprung from the misapplication of capital , and its baneful eff-cts upon unprotected labour ; and he was a Chartist , because reason had led him to the conclusion tbat that measure , and tbat alone , could purity the source from Which fair adjustment and proper distribution , should flow—( renewed cheering ) . Can any man refute any of Mr . O'Connor ' s positions ?—( " No , " and cheers ) . No ; and why 1 Because I ha ; e attended closely and followed anxiously through his

      address ; and he never once appealed to your passions—( cheers ) . No ; he treated you as reasoning beings ; he appealed to your judgments , your common sense , and your understanding ; and the triumph of those attributes is sure to lead to the redemption of the working olasses . —( Loud and rapturous applause . ) A vote of thanks was then given to Mr . O'Connor , who , after a brief acknowledgment , announced , that although he never had attended a Sunday meeting , yet , as the object was a good one—that of raising funds to send delegates to the Birmingham Organization Conference—he would , in compliance with the request of his brother Chartists , address them , i u their own room , on Sunday evening next , at halfpast six , p . m ., on tbe subject of the . band and Organization . This announcement was received with much cheering ; and the meeting broke up more than repaid for their attendance .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 12, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct663/page/1/