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      fiBEAT MKEBOPOLITAK ¦ MEETING TO PEN OHNCE THE ATTTHORS OF THE IL L-TREATMENT OF MB . FEABGUS O'CONNOR . ..-- ¦ ( Reported by over London Csrretpomient . ) on Mtmdsy etwtof ¦ TtfywnwrooB meeting took riS ia tie « P **<*» »* flf-ft » SoeW fiatttetioD , idtf-street , Tottanlwn Owt Bad , to mete the * Enr »* po * Uaa ****** *»¦'*»**•«¦* -U » e j ^ T paj metropolitan neetiag , at WbBfft Cb »* rii S ^ k to trait on tha Margai * of NormafcCje , witt a r ^ orial , relative to the toere *» sd iZMmtiateet « # STgeggm O'Connor , » tt » York ( Wte Risrif .:

      B » hour far Uktatlh * ds » fr w aaaoimeKl to be j j * t o ' eloek ; but as early at . * mm the gsflesie * we « Wj ftjed with respectably attired persoM ^ maJoy of ^ o fematoi * ° ^ ** tha bonr fer commencing bniinftiw ; the Hail was crowded in evwy part k \ fiTe ma » ie 8 part eight precisely , Mr . Peat , a smnignBia eBT «* tar > was called to tie chair , and L gaed die busiM" * of the _ evening , by recalling to the ^ UeftJDD of the meeting the circumstances under ^ iieh the deputation had , beea appointed ; deaoasang , in a Terr energetic manner , the conductor the ' ¦ higher powers , " as well as « f tkos * whio , " dressed in a little brief authority , " had treated Mr . O'Connor with an j / uciniBT Sued only for f aloes , or for men corrricted of ofFence Shame When

      gome diabolical . { . ) Feargns CConror irai persecuted , Clartkm "was persecated ; when O'CenEor tu attacked , the liberty of the press TO attacked ; and tiwae who were firieads of the dorter and of the Hbariy at the press , should therefore aCy nmnd him , and show to the base minions of tyranny , thai they should not sacrifice the people's tried ard valued friend . ( Load and prolonged cheering . ) " If he < Hr . Peat ) wew to be-asked , -was Mr . Pe&rgus 0 Connor a mas of greater talent than any other in the ranks of-tbe people , he would answer so ; were he asked , m Mi . O'Connor a man of-gcaJ ionaety , he would"answet » o ; »* xpka wipis » 4 »* greater ragr * flcw tins « nf oHier man for the people's

      « aose , he-would still « ssw « no ; Tmt , were he naked if Hz . O'Connor wa « a met of greater energy than any ottier man now engagift in agitating for the Charter , be would answer yea . - ( Prolonged cheering . ) Yes ; fefa&d thrown his seal ; and talent , asd energy , rata th »^ ee ^}«* raafat ,-and fonght-against the Iocs of the pose man , determined never to rest till he ssw the workiBg dassos of Ode country politically free . ( Great ( h—ring . ) la order to afeow t& 3 meeting Wh&t thfi government of the ecm&try were inflicting on 1 Kb a tf- " 1 u this , he woald read them a letter Tfcich had appealed ia the Northern Star of J&suary jjiii , signed " " A Cilaen of Tork , " and which was fcken as the evidence of a Btraaeer , unicflaenccd by the

      fcf Hnga which might naterally inflaence Mr . Hobeon , Dsoee letter in the aazne paper waa eren more haitowbf StiB- ( The letter waa here read , and receiTed with ^ mEci » t <» 7 exeljanatians trf " Sham * , " to . < kc ) Tee firman proceeded to say , that , though the Whigs jjgBt not wiah to see Mr . O'Connor die in York {¦ tie . they plainly isasifected their determination to B-enderniiae his constitution , that they Old not care fcjT soon he died after he came out .. Indeed , zvrho had ns come out of theii hell-holes without their constigSioa EuffcriBg ? Let thai meeting recollect that oce ^ Bta had heen made . ( Hear , hear . i Alas , poor Cjrtoa ! and Lovett , too , had aot inowa a nJght'a «^ for many months ; while Tincent , who had jnst

      BSted from one of thear Bmrder-traps , waa scarcely £ i £ to st 3 gger . ( Hear , hear ;) Whes he rtSetled on sse tings , it TBttflp Mm wonder thit the people did not ae ia tkeir might , asd erosh the system at once , that jBign : last bo longer . ( Load cheering . ) The Whigs ^ gtz&t by theee peaeeations to infiiet " heavy blow ^ s ^ re discouragement" upon Chartiym ; bui while a s-fCs of the eoontry remaied untouched , all their pBGcaons and ineareer&tiwu would be worse than fe £ e ; for , for erery Feargus O'Connor taken away , 2 j T-jnld haTe a hacdred saalous missionaries to prt > - Jck "Jttir priodples j and Jor every honest Chartist ssEKd , tcey would 2 » re •«»«» of staunch working am , vho would never relax in their energtea till they

      Kcuiaad the principles of the People ' s Charter to be sMied in the law of the land . ( Loud cheering . ) Tas&a HesTBn iaaid 2 &x . P . ) we had Peargus O'Conh i 3 t this erening , to plead with his eii ; qutm « for ttiat o ! tha political wctiais ; but , ere aaoUier week ukss , he iriE know ttiat tha working men of LonJon B " is £ nscs at the treatment he and they hare re-ETe £ -, " xBi , if one thing mon than another will cbeer fca to , is will be the knowledge that the working &B £ » tort -b » xnst who bas dared and suffered bo Bath for their esase , aod who , by his eloquence , h&s MtTtrted -w&de fiQafes in one day to the true prinesla of demoentk liberty . Aft » some otber obserrabani , Ml Pat resazsed the ehsir , amid repeated and ff ¦ fr- 'tf «> v . ^ Ky ing .

      ilr . Sprii , ca the part of himself and coadjutors of & £ dspcSaiiiBs , ippointed to wait on the ilarquiJ of 2 * fcuanby , wife the Memorial , here read their coreeepoadsssx vitb tte Home OrSca , which was letfclwl if tVi mi » Mf » ai rarying tokens of popular feeling , hthe Ebapeof haew , grcaas , " Oh , the rascals ! " kc . it The fetters baring already ' appeared in the Etri&tn Star , bom our London Correspondent , it i 2 be usediess to repeat them in tins place . ) Haring recited prepress , he wonld ask IeiTe to go on further . & d ? pcatioa had been exceedingly anxiota that thtir towi should be suecessfol , because n » man conld ten ite ? t 2 ie shoe piuehed so well as him who had felt saipe . ( Hear . ; The cruelties and persecutions infised hi Fea-tos O'Connor conld not be adequately teefted , thocgh they might be imagined ; and ths 2 E too w-raid not exert himself to alleviate the

      eufessa of one who was enduring an unconstitutional F = &nns : t , sggraTsted by treatment not eren iacluded afeKffieaee , deserred a taste of tfee fd himself , iciid cheers , j And for what was this treatment infe&i on Mr . O * CDnnOT ? What had he done ? Had fewbbed aaybody ? Ko : he was trying to cateb the 2 hts— 'tremendous applause/—by whom the working tSscs h » d so long been robbed of the produce of Z&xnL U-ntinuad cheering . ! j » was not his ( Mr . 2 X 3 * s < proTiuce to point out to the meeting the course is ? ^ tsaid pursue in this business , whether they * ° * & go before the House of Commons or not ; but fa « fetoa fchasfcH to use eTery fcxerdon to get their frieDd T ^ esTfos 0 Connor , out of the raiserabie . hell in which « shinned . But , while they advocated the cause * Hs O'Connor , they would not forgtt that there were 2 e of tifcir o-irn eli ^ s sentenced to two and to titrise

      Jso" neprisonaeEt , -with the addition of h ^ rd labour « ier sateacs , arcwediy because they were -workiEg * S : ytt the tisse-sernisg Judgta and fee serviie prdM *> ' -bs * is ye ;? one 2 aw for the rich and another for S * pKi . Ee eongratnlated the meeting , by antidpa-& £ , 02 the tame when Mr . O'Connor's chains would ktzxzzd oS , sji ^ when he would b « again among aa . 3 e rfjc-josd that the trades in Manchester were « % cat auKy—iet them r-collect that Mr . O-Connoi * jjm wao fosgfat tte battles of the Porchesta lv ""^ W , xad d ! the GJasjow cotton-spliuien , and the «> Sffi 3 i ¦ who yr&a \ d fee ready to meet Mm with open ^ 62 hit liberation would make the Tery founda-^ s of tTrsany tremble , ilr . Spnrr sat down Tery lB sppl ^ sded .

      ^ * r . Eogsis -who waa ftDBounced from the chair ts « - »« W £ = d Edward Boggis , came forward to more "f&rt resolution . Ee appeared before the meeting •** 5 th the title conferred on him by the Chairman—1 £ ie -wtieh he discarded , because he considered fl )« ^* prrt of those who assumed it were merely jwtt is sheep ' s clothing—[ laughing and cheers *—¦ ,. * Ppared before them as a Chartirf , the J *^ t ttle nian could bear . They were not oon-* S 35 mejjj y ag ^ jjjj f pmeer , but against the powers ^¦ kednea in high places ; and though the working ?* = had been libelled , basely libelled , by a iirfcllng ^^ jh e tn-jes ^> £ gin to smeil Chartism ; the thousands I ? ? in the bowels of the earth , and the thousands

      r * % in the Tery seat of political wickedness , the ^¦ P 0 ^ . si ) these now ncelt Chartism , and they would J ^^ dDwn the gaudy fabri c of corruption , and erect f ** ia 3 noMer on its-ruins . ( Loud cheering . ) They r * ft to protest araicsi the indignities and ifl-txeati ^~ Sistcu oa their tried friend and champion , ^^ O ' Ccanor ; but , it was not with Mr . O'Connor I ^ Jp * &- "«¦ sympathy would hi erineed ; they re-^ iSRd Carrier asd Peddie , and the rest who had . -- Kpjpslled attuslly to suck the perspiration from ^ earn , to aiZay the racing fcTer of Aeir thirst , ^^ o- -tttTrd in the infamous bastlles of the Whigs .

      j ^ so - snd : % land of BibJes— . ' cheers }—aye , amf a j . « Bishops too . - ( LatiEhter aud cheers . ) Tbe ^ t ^ T ' a WB 8 SQie " door of " « Tnggery , but the ~« w ChartijiE had been sows in it , and they would ** 5 S ° t * T ^ " Wood of * e martyrs was the £ 5 * ^ nrch ; - ard where the seeds once take i'ilf " W 0 Cl < 3 be sore U produce fruit ( Cheers . ) Mr . ^ 7 ® •^ tr to ^^ e of the doinp of the " cage of ** t sk ^ " ^^ o ^ inated the " nstJonal" body » ii 2 ' ur " ' 5 ' ^ wasoa of whom < ssid be ) the ^ tsffi ahad ^ roajjed -with ernsl aod wicked jndg-^» ; jastiee had taken flight ; iS ? Po- ^ cution has raised her iron rod , ^ «^ e pride of msa is called the power of God . " SSl * ^ aU ° 6 ei ^; l » Toice » that ' s a true « c * £ f ? * ° ^^ * i » t it would be hard to pick K nr ^ t , 110331 ^ " ^^ Ireland" to the ^ rSi ^ V ^^ ^ * t " ¦ d ^ de » y « «»» SS w 2 ^ QQn ' t o bi S mcaster D * - " aotia ^ ^ wd ebeas . ) Mr . BoggU concluded by „ «« « J « followme rtsolniinn - _

      ^ wKntS ! meetin S ^ wa with surprise and aa-^ a ^^ ^ nnpreceduted conduct of Lord Kor-^ t ^^^ S ^^^ enriewto a dtputation , ap-*^ W , fa . ^ 14 bltas k » f Lonoon , ia public meeting ^^ e t o Wni - P ° » presenting a memorial , ^ C ^^ ^" ' Esq .. now a prisoner in ***« with , ? ^ erag euch refusal to be incon-^^ ttS ^ T * ' **«**»» « f opinion , that his S ^ hlsSraf /^^ ^' ^ implacable ^ . ^ e exerts , ? "L ^ ene-ous prisoner ; and , - there-^^^ dttrt ; * . ' ttliqU 6 li £ ea contempt of hisun-^' - ^¦ - . tf > " ^ wc ^ -ion , because he Km-— *<* ixzs of 2 svTT ^ zlr h £ d 20 : acted

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      wtth that etiquette which wss dne , and' usually obserred , towardi deputations from public meetings . ( Heax . haar . l At , how < rt « r , the Marquis had sent an inspector of tbe A dlriaion to this meetings ( alluding to ah officer of that force who was present in disguise , ) hewjoleed to think that his Lordship would be told that the working classes considered he had departed from hit doty and his station , and that , though a Marquis , he had prored himself to be rw gentleman . ( Tumultuous cheering . ) Some persons wished him- to point onYthe officer ; Wt he ( Mr . W . ) would not do so , because this was a public meeting , and that indiridual had a right to attend ; he was ~ only happy and glad that the commlsstanero of the police had thought it worth while to ' send an inspector to report their

      pro-&t « ceedings . ( Cheers . ) The memorial to the Marquis was bi » own bantflug , * nn be h » S » righi to protect itj Wl there was a mettod of doing business without resorting-to words that amounted to froth and meant nothing ; and while they would telt the House of Commons that the Home Secretary was not polite , they would endeavour to procure for Mr . O'Connor such treatment as Sir Francis Burdett and Sir Themas Cochrane , and others of their class , had experienced in similar circumstances . Though Mr . O'Connor aa 4 » padlock placed oa him—though be Wai not aiittmti : U hrt < T tbe ¦ 1 l | lil ^ j imwinntiTniftrur with any of nb friends , except in the preaenoe and hearing of s turnkey—though there was no distinction between bis treatment and that of the felon , who had been conrieted of some odious

      crime ,-not one o ! the men who "dip in gall their gander quills , and scrawl against the paper , " for the purposes of party , had come forward t « vindicate the outraged liberty of the press , ia the person of Mr . O'Connor . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) But tile public wonld even , be contented with tbis , if , in the next newspaper prosecution , the Government would fly at the proprietors instead of the printers , as had invariably been the practice before the trial of Mr . O'Connor . Look at the records in every case of political libel ; Imt lo * i , espeebklly , at the essa « tf the Times , where "John LswtoA , " the printef , Ji allowed to be the scapegoat of " John Waiter , " the proprietor : he hoped , therefore , that in fatttre the same measure would be meted out to the pwffrrtetoiB of the faction " papers ; and then the system " woold speedily be-rooted cut . ( Loud cheers . ! Tbe Whigs had treated Mr .

      O'Connor ^ % ot * a a political offender , bat as a malefactor ; it was an attempt to put down the Chartist press , but the attempt ted raost signally failed , and the people had now to demand that the infernal s / stem of espionage should be altered . " You , " said Mr . TV ., " have a duty to perform , and you are not men if you do not act : 1 tell you , you are not men , but fellows fit for a nieb , and lor nothing else . ( Tremendous cheering . 1 Each of yon »* titioa the Boose of Commons ; bhew that corrupt Hoow that you have the mind to think , and the will to act—shew that yon are me * . The question is in your haads ; set , for the sake of your friend and the friend of humanity , Feargus O'Connor—sxt , for the sake of the imprisoned victims : you will thus bring credit on yourselves , ameliorate your condition , assist the victims , and crown yonr triumph by obtaining the passing of the People ' s Charter . " ( Load and prolonged cheering , lasting for many seconds . )

      The Chairman anaonneed that Mr . Sankey would have been present , but t < rt extreme indisposition . The resolution was then put , and unanimously adopted . Mr . Chapjia . v wax called on . to move the next resolution , which v-M as follows : — " This taeeting , seeing that the Marquis of Is ormanby baa refused an interview with tbe deputation appointed by the inhabitants of London , in pnblic meeting assembled , are of opinion , -that & petition should be presented to the House of Commons , praying them to take tae matter iato iheir most serious consideration , and for the purpose of liberating Mr . O'Connor , *» d » U otter so caiied political prisoners . "

      It seemed to him ( Mr . Chapman ; to be a singular coarse to ask the House of Commons to do that duty for the Marquis of Normanby , for which his Lordship was so well paid by , the country ; and if one Englishman mere than another had a right to be-attended to in hi * requests , it waa the working man , out of whwe earnings the Marquis was paid . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor , who was the acknowledged representative at all the bard hands , faction Jackets , and naabom-eoin ^ had been uncostly Seated in his d&ngeoB ; the working van of London had appoiBted representatives to remonstrate with the Marquis against that treatment , yet he ( the Marquis ! refused to see them ; they must therefore tell the so called People's House of the misbehaviour of the Home Secretary , though he , for one , did not think

      mneh good woald come oat ot that courae , for " » och as was the sample , such woald be the sack . " ( Loud cheering ) . But if no good effect be prodnoed on the House , the ease would be different as regards the country : the statement < rf ftets in their petition would set thfr people a-thinkisg ; and when they thought they would begin to act . The motto that , " Tor » nation to be free It is sufficient that she wills it , " had now become mere household words , for the people must be in a position to enf « ree ^ heir will , by rising in the majesty of their mignt , —( lond and general cheering , } - — rising , he would repeat , not with arms , but in tbe might « f united minds . { Continued cheering . " Make the people a thinking people , be cared not by what

      means—even with the Bible if they would—and England would witness a revolution in which there would fee no use for military or for bludgeon men , — . load ebeera );—the people wonld have arms that neither * o } d ! er nor poUeeman could cope with ; that neither acts of Parliament , nor gagging laws , baeked by substantial truneheons , muskets , and cutlasses , could parry—they would have the arms ot united intelligence ; and if the tyrants trembled before the pioneers of the Charter , what would they do when the mighty phalanx should come on , to dispute the groand inch by inch , and march at last over the prostrate carcase of oligarchical tyranny , to the long-looked for land of freedom and eoaalitv . ( Enjbusiastie cheering . )

      Mr . Pabk KB seconded the resolution : —Tbis meeting had been called to tell them that the Marquis of Hotman \ yhsA insn 2 ted the men of London . Were they surprised at it ? i" No : ") Wo ; he should think not ; the Government minions -who could murder a Clayton , and destroy for bt « tie ftonstitatjona ot t&e rest of their political TieUmt . -eould afford to risk a small insult to the unrepresented men of London . Mr . P . proceeded to denounce the conduct of tbe Whigs towards Peddie , Cirrier , and the rett ef the working men new in different gaols for political offences ; declaring that though it wss a strong term to use , he would do so , before the blue bottles who were present , and deliberately state his belief , that in the conduct pursued towards these poor men , the Whigs desire nothing short of their judicial murder . ( Loud cheering . ) The resolution

      which he-bad to second , waa a pill for Lord Jiormanby and he wanted that meeting to act the Doctor with it 1 Laughter sad cheers . ) He wanted a aost of blistered hands > nd unshorn chins , so to place Peargus O'Connor as to make his power ten times more than it bad ever been . ( Hear , hear . ) He had seen Mr . O'Connor previous to going to Tork , and in allusion to the treatment he expected , he ( Mr . P . ) remarked that he supposed they would relax in some degree the punishment on him , being one of their own class ; when Mr . O'Connor replitd , " Damn them , no ; they'll tie me up as tight as a sweep in a chimney ; " which they had done , and something more , llany persons whom he knew had determined during the whole of the ensuing spring end summer to prepare for going to Tork in carriages and four when Mr . O'Connor ' s time was expired , by

      saving the money they should otherwise expend in going to Greenwich Fair and other places ot amusement ; and there meet Mx . O'Connor as he onght to be » et ¥ y the working men of London , as well as of every place in the kingdom ; he should be presented with the affectionate remembrances of the werking men of the metropolis , whose attachment to him would be unalterable so long as he kept the principles of the People ' s Charter as iris ruling guide . 1 Tremendous applause . ) In coneinsion , he exhorted them to support the victims , to remember Frost , Williams , and Jones ; to work hard forth ? " Charter , andno surrender-, '' and sat down amidst protracted cheering .

      Mr . Cleave rose to support the resolution ; as it was getting late , he would n » t detain the meeting by any lengthened remarks , but he felt somewhat in ft dilemma : was it intended to petition the House of Commons , that an inquiry should be made as to tbe conduct of tbe Marquis x £ Monnanby , or , as to the treatment of Feargas O'Connor in York Castle ? ( Hear . ) If the former , be confessed that it seemed to him to be a hopeless case ; but' they might do both , by bringing before tbe House of Commons the conduct of the Marquis of Normanby towards the deputation , and also the conduct of the Home Secretary , in relation to the treatment of Mr . O'Connor . ( Cheers . ) Let them look aside for a moment , " aid imagine what JFeargus O'Connor would say , if he were now present ; he would tell them , as the two last plain-spoken and honest men had

      fold them , that in order to make the Marqms « f Noimanby fed , the working men should set forth their unalterable determination that axl the victims should be treated a ? they onght to be . ( Loud cheers . ; What , then , did be advice ? He "wo * ld have each m&a become a missionary ; " for the evil of these meetings was , that those who deserve tha censure of being apethetic irere tbe absent ; the loungers about in the tap-rooms ; not those who exerted tfcemselvea in their respective spheres to promote the cause of political justice , but the masses who hung like a de ^ d weight upon then * fellows , and . whom despotism had made stupid , and ignorant , and WhiggTsm * 'bad determined to keep so . ( Cheers . } He did not reeoHiiaend expensive meetings , then ; \ mt > that tiers should te no excuse as to the principles of ttcCiiaitei fccisg tsnkuowD ; ¦ wbeieTfcr there waa a

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      human being ignorant of on * principles , there -was work to do , and'the , . office of a . jaissionaiy would begin . ( Heas . y Let ejwb . man iai , eicare that his book » , and Stan , and tracts , dlid not Jay idle , but . let them be lent about and sent about in every direction—( hear , hear );—and in a few months * the face of things Would be changed , and instead of meeting in tens asd hundreds , they would meet in thousands , till tbe Whig and Tory Lords sonic into their native ioaif niflcance . ( Hear . ) At that momeo ^ lBtihem reflect that Carriei wa pining in the dungeon . of the . Devizes bastilo , and when the BDorning ^ bell aha& , r ! ag ,- he would b » compelled to renew his never-changing toil on the tread-mill ; and for what ? for maintaining his principles a * an honesk Chartist , and a working man , and for reiterating those

      principles on his trial . ( Hear , hear , and oheering . ) He i 2 dr . Cleave ) fcoew sumcieut of Mr . O'Connor to venture the assertion that his advice would be to think of axl the victims—to think of Frost , Williams , and Jonas—to carry out the principles of democracy , and sympathise with all . ( Lond cheer& > It was tree that the Northern \ £ tar had risen in London from a few scores up to fnon » nri' 1 p ; bnt the people had the power to rise it still higher , and they night rely oa it that the power they w ' ouW tha * sire , would be wielded to i&t ? advantAge , Tcheersj ; the greater would be the ability it would develope , and the greater the capital brought to Its back to carry out its principles . ( Hear , bear . ) In relation U the conduct of tbe Marquis of Normanby and the underlings , as well as of the magistrates at . the various places where the victims have been incarcerated , he expressed it as his conviction that all must work for good ; it would hastes the general perception of the necessity for every man being

      represented in Parliament—for until Universal Suffrage should be obtained , they could net expect equal laws , nor could they expect just decisions from a magistrate who considered property all-paramount . The things he had seen in the prisons he had to pass through , would make a heart of granite melt ; and such things would continue until tbe people were fully represented in a house of their own . ( Hear , hear ) In conclusion he would asy , that hia heartfelt prayer was , that they and thousands more would bind tbe Charter more firmly than ever to their hearta ; whatever they might give way to , from a regard to the feeling 3 or tempera of others , they must never give way upon the $ u > f > aj ) e ( prolonged cheers ;) they should choose rather to die upon the spot , and shed the blood which their fathers gave ( cheers ; r whilst for his own part , hs would sooner than yield the right to the suffrage , die in one of the gaols , and there rot as a martyr to his principles . Mr . C . sat down loudly cheered .

      Mr . FUZ 20 N ( from the body of the meeting ) , before the resolution was put , wished to moke an observation . He was told he should make himself ridiculous by this exhibition , but he coulfl'nt help it , if he did ; so long as he conld make them understand what ho meant , that was as much oratory aa he carad about . He would tell them , then , candidly , that he thought , while they were about it , they might as welt " go the whole hog , " as halfway—< hear , hear , and applause )—all the victims had already suffered ten times more than they ought , and , instead of asking tor " & mitigation ot punishment , " he wanted them to demand the "liberation . " ( Heat , hear , dud renewed cheering . ) He was no speaker , but be felt as honest and anxious in the cause as the most talented among them , and those being his sentiments , he should like to see tiem adopted by the meeting .

      Mr . Jordan ( ajourneyraan joiner , also from the body of the meeting , ) in a quaint but telling speech , which was warmly applauded , seconded the amendment , which being acceded to by the mover and seconder of the resolution , consequently stood as the substantive motion , and , ' on being put from the chair , was uuaoimoo « ly carried , amid reiterated plaudits . Mr . Rose proposed the following petition to the House of Commons ;—To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland , in Parliament asstnibled , The Petition of the Inhabitant * of London , in Public Meeting assembled , 8 HEV . BTH ,

      That your petitioners , in approaching your Honour . able House , for the purpose of la ; ing before you the sufferings of a nun beloved by tbe people , and . now confined in Tork Castle , for a political libel , have been moved hereto , by the consideration ot tbe oft-repeated , and constantly reiterated , declaration of tbe admirers of things as they are , that the whole people are virtually represented therein ; we , your petitioners , therefore , as part and parcel of the whole , whose interests your high delegated powers enable yon to protect , come before yon , in the full assurance that this our petition wilt receive at your hands that consideration the importance of its statements and allegations demand .

      We need not remind your Honourable House , that Feargus O'Connor , Esquire , is now a prisoner in Tork Castle , sentenced to a long confinement of eighteen months , for publishing what is called a libel , and seven of which are antxpired , bat merely to lay before you the illegal , unconstitutional , and unprecedented manner in which he has been treated . la doing so , your petitioners are desirous of avoiding exaggerations , and giving a high colouring to what we . consider the barbarities and cruelties , of which the prisoner and your petitioners most justly complain ; but , when we consider that arbitrary power has usurped the throne of justice , and the most refined cruelties are perpetrated under the name of law , rules , and regulations , we cannot find language sufficiently strong to express our hatred of such abominations .

      That it was with surprise and astonishment we received the information that , in addition to the ssntenc « of imprisonment directed by the Judge , this nobleminded patriot and champion of our rights was forced to perform the most degrading offices ; that the yard which was allotted him for air * nd exercise was taken from him and given to felons ; that the room in which be was confined was so filled with smoke , that , in order te obtain air , the windows were always open ; and that he is constantly watched by as ofiic * r of the prison to prevent any private conversation with his friends on matters ot business . Feeling , therefore , that his situation to-day might be 0018 to > inorrow , w « lost no time in making ( as we thought ) an application to the proper quarter .

      In public meeting assembled , to the number of fifteen hundred , we adopted a memorial , to the Marquis ot Normanby , praying for enquiry , and appointed a deputation to present and support the prayer of the same ; but his Lordship Tefuaed an interview because he ceuld not see what good purpose would be answered thereby , —at once dashing the cup of hope from out lips , by refusing to hear our prayers , and insulting us through our deputation . We , therefore , turn , with feelings of disgust , from the Noble Lord , ( whose vision we believe to be rendered oblique through prejudice and personal resentment , ) to your Honourable House , which we will not presume to insult , by praying for that you will be ready to grant We , therefore , demand , in the name of the peoplein the name of justice , reason , and humanity , the liberation ot all the prisoners confined for political offences .

      We also submit to your Honourable House , that her Majesty's Ministers have justly forfeited the confidence of the people ; and hope you will address tbe throne , praying their dismissal from office , and the calling the mtn to power who may be able to see what good purpose may be answered by courteously listening to the people ' s prayer . And your petitioners will ever pray .

      Signed on behalf of the meeting , R . Peat , Chairman . Mr . Riuley seconded the adoption of that petition . It was a source of congratulation to that meeting to know that , besides the reporter for ( heir out / i paper , the Northern Star—( cheers )—they had the presence of the reporter for the Weekly Dispatch . ( Long-cjntinued and repeated cheering ensued on the mention of the latter paper . ) Hers , then , was the great moral power of the people ; twa of the principal papers in the kingdom would record their sentiments , and convey their principles to every town and village in tbe empire . After a feeling address on the subject mattter of the victims generally , and Mr . O'Connor particularly , Mr . Ridley sat down , loudly cheered .

      Mr . Walls moved that the words " by the nwft corrupt and profligate Government of modern times , " be omitted from the fourth clause of the petition . There could be no doubt of the fact ; but as telling the truth might be deemed " disrespectful" to the Honourable House , and might cause the rejection of the petition , be thought the words would be better omitted . Mr . Spsbb tbonght otherwise , and would contend for the petition as it stood . A seconder for Mr . Wall ' s amendment having appeared , ft vu put and carried . Mr . Keesom , amid much cheering , moved the next resolution : — " That this meeting pledges itself to use renewed exertions ia favou * of Mes « rs . Frost , Williams , aad Jones , and all the other political victims ; and also to agitate , without ceasing , until the People ' s Charter becomes tbe law ot the Jand . "

      Our report having run to b * great a length , we * ie > compelled to curtail Mr . Neesom'a very able address , which was attentively listened to and warmly applauded . One cireumstance , however , mentioned by him in the course of his speech , we deem too important to be omitted .. It is well known that no beer 01 spl ' . ita can be obtained in the metropolis beford one o ' clock on Sunday , yet at the " Duke of Wellington , " V orthstreet , Whiwchapel , the landlord of ¦ w ' uich iwu / , e took

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      part with the police in the memorable Bethnal Green tmkt , Mr . Neeaom asserted that gin and beer mfg&t be had a * any hour on U » - Sunday morning , and tbat the police " were aware of it . " He exhorted them to t > tonch not , taste not , handle riot the xraetam thing which gave their enemies strength , and produced weakaest to themselves ; let them down with the cop and up with the Charter . " ( Continued cheering . ) Mr . Booth seconded the resolution , -which was also oarried unanimously . It WAS moved that ttw petition fee , ontnutad to MR Fielden fc * presentation , ' and tbat Messrs . ' Daacombe and Wokley : Be requested to support it ; to which aa amendment was moved , tbat Mr . Duncombe should be requested to present it , and the otber Hen , Members to wpporttt , which wasagreed to . > ; . «

      A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman , and acknowledged by him . "Three cheers" of the right size were next given for Feargu »; O'Connor , and the company wen trotted to ' a atrng" by Mr . Olfei Lovetfe , who gave the " Mnnellaiso Bjma" u ufatoU .

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      REPORT QF THE COUNCIL OF SHE LAMBETH > NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Men a « d Brethren , —We appear fcefbreyow this night to resign that trust which has hitherto ; been delegated to its . In doing so , we think it int ^ nvbent upon us to lay before you a brief statement of the difficulties incurred , the duties performed , and a general outline ql the future prospects of this Association . In the month of October lost we entered upon bar official (» r « er , encountering , necessarily , and eventually overcoming all the perplexity and veiatlotnr impediments incident to an infant society , having first ' to dive into and ascertain the true meaning of the osglnators of the plan ere we could efiiciently act upon it .

      But , men of Lambeth , it is with becoming and honest pride we state , that , In spite of all obstacles , the Association ia now in a far more commanding and prosperous situation than when we originally entered upon office . We then found a new-borft Association , struggling into exfstence : we now leave it in comparative maturity" &nd power . We then , found an illunderstood and Imperfect organisation : novr , by rec&nt arrangements , we have perfected a system for the concentration of the physical and moral energies of the working classes , upon a given point / unexampled and unequalled in any period of English history .

      We cojumenced our duties with scanty resources and funds : we now leave the Association uninvolved , nay , a considerable balance in' our sub-Treasurer ' s hands . We were elected to office but by twenty individuals , In Lambeth only : we resign office into the hands of two hundred members , located cot only in Lambeth , bnt alao in Buruiondaay , Camberwull , Wai worth , and Wandsworth . We found a huge unshapen mass of raw material : we have therewith erected an edifice in tbis county worthy of Churtfsm , which will defy alike the poisonous bloats of envy and malice , or the insidious undermining of fJsefriends . Men of Lambeth , it would be derogatory to ourselves , aa well as insulting to

      you , were we to dwell at any considerable length ' upon our services performed . Suffice it to remind you , that the frequent and complete overthrow of the anti-Corn Law party , and the utter destruction of their sophistry , sufficiently proves that we did our duty in giving you the opportunity of performing yeuw . The great demonstration on behalf of our expatriated countrymen , Frost , Williams , and Jones , must be still fresh in yonr recollection . On thai exciting occasion , Lambeth proudly took her station in advance , second to none either in numbers , respectability , or necessary subscriptions , Brethren , your Caonoil were sot then found ¦ wanting . i l ¦

      , rHMWI' ^ I We beg , also , to remind you that o * far as our circumstances would permit , wa hive sought to advance the cause by the spread of information , both by lectures and diwussums . Nearly tbe very last act of our official existence has been marked by the approval , in Council , of a plan for the dissemination of political tracts . , In the late glorious trinmph at Leeds , yonr Council took care that Lambeth had also her delegate there , supported in part by Lambeth money .

      This night , by'noniin&Ung our proportion of the County GuHDCi ) , we , complete our labpuM . W « -bw * performed , to the best of our ability , all that the Exeoutive has commanded us to do . We have hitherto been your officers ; we now fall back into the ranks of our brethren , with the calm consciousness of having endeavoured to do our duty faithfully , thereby making way for onr equally honest and enthusiastic , but not more zealous successors : many impediments to their onward march we have removed , but a wide field is still open tor their future operations .

      Tbis county , according to the last census , numbers 486 , 326 inhabitants . Alas ! how small a minority can we rank as Chartists ! Always remember that until the majority of the nation are favourable to the Charter , we cannot reasonably expect that great boon will be conceded to us . ¦ Brethren , in conclusion , we most earnestly implore yea , as you value your own happiness , and the welfare of yonr children , be not lukewarm in this great —this holy cause . We most sincerely and candidly tell yon , that the man who , knowing what the Charter really is , and the benefits to be derived therefrom , and yet having the means , neglects or refuses to pay bis trifling subscription for tbe furtherance of the cause , is wholly unworthy of those blessings and advantages sought to bo bestowed

      upon him . Again we exhort you to . pay implicit obedience to the summons of your respective class leaders . We wish you to imagine that the success of the undertaking depends upon your presence and punotuality at the place of meeting ; should yon be called trom your homes and needlessly , your class leaders are answerable to the Council , the Council to the main body . We are even now sufficiently unanimous to defeat the machinations of our enemies , if we but not with prudence , with zeal , and with unity . Often baa it been , brethren , that when you were enjoying every domestic felicity , or perhaps your eyes closed in balmy sleep , in sweet forgetfulneas of all your woea , your officers have brayed the pitiless pelting of the storm , unmindful of the actfug of their Hinbs , weary with unceasing toil , and Lave snatched from needful rest many a midnight hour .

      Men and brethren , we have planted the tree of the Charter in the County of Surrey ; we have trained it , we have watched , we have watered it with unremitting care , attention , and perseverance With joy we see it spreading its branches on every side ; with inexpressible gladness we see it give promise of bringing forth fruit , peace , plentyl and concord . We fondly hope that its roots and fibres are entwined rouud your hearts ; take heed it be not torn thence , but with your life ' s blood . _

      MESSRS . COLLINS AND O'NEIL'S ADDRESS . No . II . TO THE WORKING CLASSES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . " The partition wall which circumstances had run up between Reformers of the Middle and Working Classes is already begun to be pulled down . "Speclator . Bbetuben , —Permit us to congratulate you upon the high position of your movement * and especially upon the truth of the sentence above quoted . Much have we laboured , and long have we desired to bring about its full accomplishment Often have we laboured despairingly . At times the suffering , together with the misdirected zeal of the employed , and the

      deepseated pride and prejudice of the employer , seemed aimoat impassable barriers ; but through all we had strong faith in the justice of our principles , and of their ultimate adoption by all who were oppressed ; nor have we been disappointed , for , although tbe minda of many of our countrymen , of the middle classes , were for a time overwhelmed with the flood of prejudice and ignorance , we rejoice thac the deluge is rapidly subsiding , and that the ark of reason and justice has found an Ararat to reat upon . Especially do we feel proud of the widely different position you now hold from that which , on former occasions of 'political intercourse with the middle classes , you ware wont to occupy . The dignity of labour bids fair to secure its legitimate place in society , and , without opposing wealth , to

      demand that it shall be placed with it upon a political equality . We are more and more persuaded , thai the most efficient way to prepare a people for the enlightened use of their rights , is to engage them in an agitation to obtain them ; never has maxim been more completely verified than in the spirit of calm , yet earnest inquiry , that has pervaded the later stages of the Chartist agitation . Principles of political economy have been discussed by the people , which , but a few years ago , were considered so abstruse as only to be understood by those whose profession was legislation ; every passing event haa < been measured by the masses with a scrutinising , almost * with a prophetic » ye , and scarcely has a single atom , in the vast and designedly

      complicated machinery of Cbuxch and State , been left unscftnned and unexplored by the penetrating search of tha people ' s eagle eye . , The Chartist press , pajpit , and platform have sent forth thoughts , and implanted hopes , which , like lightnings , are alive in every bosom of tha multitude ; no wonder , therefore , that when they appeared on the Leeds hustings , ' they came posses 3 < jd of uituds , principles , and determinations of their owa ; they were . bo longer as they used to be , assenting Inferiors , ot mere pressure-from-without-aiacbJnery ; they asked not © f the middle clashes leadership , but alliiJice ; not superiority , but co-operation ; their motto was a bold and independent one— " With you if -we uiay , without ycai if we must . "

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      Brothren , —We have eautionEd you to be wary < rf being led by men ot your own ranks ; we eppoie !« & « . ship in Chartism ; n <> wonder ^ jhejsafefji ,-, that ms cautiwv vou ^ . iratrb . well ev ^ ry , stepjpo . Sake in poetical intercourse witto the middle classes . Whether i * your own ranks , or in . your , Intercourse with others ; no maxim is mote eoiofeling , as wall as usrful , than "think for yourselTeiu ^ , Observe this / and we need not caution you ; against decei ?« jw ,: for you cannot be deceived . Ti > be deceived , implies air mni * intoiwwi

      want on your side aa »««* turpitude on thepthexr ; and tn » * 4 a » who tella yon tha » yoafltenotsiftly ^ adijUt to year ranks the middle classes , ha » either sonie siiflstef object lnview , or entertains such & lew opinion of your moral rectitude and intellectual-strength , as to doabt your capability of thinking fer youzjtlTes , fljr of disttognfcbing between right and wrong . It is a mJatrufting of the intelligence of the people , and from whatever quarter H come , or however civilly it & » worded , it i » - » ti inauit , founded on the selfsame reason wherebj the espediency p ^ tlclaj « , withhold froa them I&eir want of

      ngn » , vuc meu impyt ^ a . elUoriastatis * jntelr Brethren ,- —We ¦ e ^' afrroason t » entertain such an opinion of yon ; w « therefore say , rtoeiiw all men who admire tbe principles of ypilr Charted without distinction of sect or class ; nay ' more , we say invite all . The tnan vrhtr gains » single penny to the fsnds , or a single name to the lists of Chartism , hs * inscribed his njune . ho * otu » b > y on the fages of liberty ' s book of life , no matter from whatever class they come . We have said , receive and invito them t nay merer w ask you to etmobte jourwives intdlectaally and raorafly , that thus you . may aUently obtain respect and admiration for the prineiples you advocate . If every Chartist wa » so elevated by pu *« morality , and expanding intellect , as to become in reality a pum , then would b * nosaeas a

      moral , power ; w&icfc . would ae inform the judgment , and so , secure fcbfr : rwpsct , « iea © £ his ¦ ¦ enemies , that wanyot them wcniid UBten tybia kind , yet dignified , eaqposj ^ on offaote aadtoa thsi . an dk ; b « coin&g inwoaibly . o » v ^ oedf ; Woul * f « e * 5 uch ;* STeiy faith ia th »« tcek l «» o > of the Charter that thdjiirpHld leave oar su « $ t ings rejoicing io havteg foun < MlM . troth * In aSV yonr attempt * to spread- yowi priaeifiest ,. never lose sig&t of their fqllefficiencj to-g » in , aa matance intotbs most prejudiced mind , if they sore . ^ resented in their pure ana native beauty , uarollietf , add unmarred tip the errors of . the advocate ; . letoestber , also , that steady motatfty wins more than the Moat sublime intellect accompanied with rice t . men « nd principles will be identified ; and , w < e feori too tften have noble-and

      exalted principles suffered- Very greatly from a wairt of equal nobility on the part o < the advocate On the ' . nietUod of advocatingyimwh depends . Ever dietinfiuwh between vituperation and argument ; renwober that insult and animadversion , jure not conviction , and never for a moment conceive that swaggering BiUiagsgate , is either dignity or detetmraation . We have been thus particular ^ in onr advice ft > you , because we are fully sensible of the immense importance of Chartiwn t 6 the cause of humanity , civilization and religion ; -on the speedy success of Chartism depends the haopiness of millions of human beings in almost every part of the worlds Britain is so linked with the interests of all

      nations , that the dial hand of the world ' s deliverance must move backwards or forwarda on the event of this movement ; every battier < a itspjojgress is answered by tlw groans of the human family j . uvery aid , however feeble , has Its reward In the loudacciaim of liberated millions On , then , and gain strength tot the mighty conflict ) , let the question be , "Wherein is it that our great strength lieth . " Reason and , experience answer , union ; . honoured be that man who i » instrumental in effecting , union * remember the old saying , " divide the thunder notes , and it becomes a lullaby for children ; but pour them forth in one loud geal , and the loyal sound shall shake the heavens . "

      we remain , your fellow labourers in the cause of freedom , , . John Collins , Bread-street , Birmingham , Aaiaun O'Neil . Feb . 15 , 1841 . ¦' ¦ ;

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      BHIMINGHAM . —FtWEBAX SBB ^ ON . —Qn Sftk bAtlvOT ^ matt ^ sft . Un ^ eompl 5 anc 6-wiJn " tbe annonnoemeat from theApalpit on the previous Sabb&th , a funeral sermon , on the death of our deceafiedVbt ^ the * Cha » i 8 it , ? e !* 5 rton , was preached by Mr . A&hjjri O'Neil ia the' Christian Chartist Church . v L 6 nk before the hoar of iaeetirig , ihe Chapel was crowded in every part . The preacher took his text from Matthew , six . c . 18 th ; y » "Thou shalt do no murder . " The effect produced upon tho minds of the audience waa solemn yet cheering ; the choir sang some very appropriate pieces , particularly " the dying Christian . " The crowd was ; so great that several females fainted during the service ; and at the close the preacher intimafed , that owing to tho hundreds who had gone away ,, the funeral sermon would be again delivered next Sabbath evening .

      Grand Tea Pabty . —A tea party of the members and frienda of the Christian Chartist Church , was held on Monday evening , at five o ' clock , in the Chapel . The arrangements entirely devolved upon the ladies and were most excellent . After tea , Air . Collius was voted to the chair , and proposed the first sentiment , " Tho sovereign people ; " the next sentiment was " the People ' s Charier , may it speedily become the law of the Jano , " The chairman said that he intended to call upon Mr . O'Neil to respond

      to it , but as he was aivare that tbe iadies had deputed oue of tlieir number to present Mr . O'Neil wish a tokeu of their respect and esteem of his service ;* , he would call upon her to perform this agreeable duty , and call upon Mr . CTNeil to respond to both in one speech . He then introduced to the meet * ing Miss- Lawley , who waa received with applause , and who delivered a neat address , at the conclusion of which she presented Mr . O'Neil with a beautiful velvet waistcoat . Mr . O'Neil replied atcousiderable length .

      Frost , Williams , a » d JOKES Restoration Committee . —Tbi « proiaeworthy and truly industrious Committee held their weekly meeting at the Hall of Science , Lawrence-street , on Tuesday evening last , Mr . Barratt , of Whittall-street , in the chair . He stated , that , as important business had to be transacted , ho hoped order would be kept and due attention paid . He then called upon Mr . T . P . Green to read the minutes of the last meeting . After they had been read and confirmed , Mr . Green proceeded to read the week ' s correspondence . He read a letter from Preston , inquiring whether their memorial bad been received . Tbe Secretary promised to send an answer to Preston , aftei he had made tbe necessary examination . A letteT waa read from Sheffield t » the same effect : the Secretary

      stated that it had been received . A letter and memorial was sent from Abergavenny , signed "David John , ' enclosing 4 s ., 3 & lid . of which was paid for carriage . A letter from Plymouth stated that the Chartist caus « waa getting on well in that quarter . They wished to know what was meant by " engrossing . " Tha Secretary wtohed it to be generally understood that plain round hand would be all that were necessary for drawing up petitions . Letters were readj . from Stttton-iD-Asbfleld , containing 5 s ., signed " JohaToinlinson ; " from Huddwsneld , containing a money order ; from Chorley , requiring a copy © f the petition and memorial ; from Frqme , with an address , and 2 s . < iil ., signed " James Cooke ; " and from Hey wood , stating that the memorial hod been agreed to , wad promising to send money ; : bne

      was also received from StourMritige , containing 10 s . Mr . Henry Green then addressed the meeting on the state of the cuuutry , and , in referring to the rumoured war with America , made the following remarks : r- ' He bad beard that a war was likely to take place between this country and America . He did not cure what end came of the matter : he for one would have nothing to do with it . He would not fight to protect the property of men who denied him his rights , and endeavoured is starve him . " Mx . T . P . Green -wiphed to draw theii attention to the importance of entrusting tbe memorials and petitions to the care of some competent and trustworthy person ; be would , therefore , move tbat Mr Barratt be requested to tate them into Jgifl care . Tiiu

      was seconded by Mr . Bough , and unanimously agreec to . Sir . Candy then delivered a short , address , abowi&i the necessity for increased exertion on behalf of Frost 4 c , and advised those present to toko petition sbeeti into their neighbourhoods and -workshops , and also U wait on the shopkeepers for their signatures . Through out the whole of the district * that ha had visited , the ] were alive to the cause of Frost and hia companions Ha hoped every Chart ! at would exert himself to proeuro their return . Mr . Green then announced tbat b < had received 1 , 000 a < ihosive labels from Manchestei with Chartist mottos . A good many were purchased by the meeting ; . ' -after which they adjourned to Thurs day . next . : . . ' ,-. ¦ - . . ¦ ... \ ' -

      NiTioJfAi- Cu / uiteb . Associawon . —The weeklj meeting of this bt > ( ly was held on Tuesday evenixg last Mr . Bough in the chair . The minutes of the lasl meeting were rreod and confirmed , after which tfa < Secretary wad letteis from various plsties , * pprovinj of the oppointr nent of Mr . De » n Taylor , m a lecture tot that district , and requiring bis attendance . Th < letter from S ' . oke-upon-Trent , highly approved of Ms Candy ' s « er */ ices whilst in their neighbourhood , a » c stated thai he had done more good there than » nj other lectaver . A letter from Mr . Henry Vinceniwai also read to the meeting , declining to attend at yxt soiree , on . account of previous engagements . Mr . T .: P Green eMunientfcd , in very strong terms , on Mr . Yi » cent ' s loUer , and stated that ht » thought undue moan had been resorted to for the purpose of e&using hin to . decline attending the soiree ; a , ad , from oertaii occurwrLCt * which b& >\ rccestlv taken , place , h

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      l / ^ l ^ y ^ thought there waa For and fLta * / v * -t ^ . $ // , Birmingham . ThepeUttoa ^ topSun , * * " * & $ ? {* ,: /< '" fomiyconnor , wasfit * J ??? h ? m ° i ^ ^ Mom to being sent off to Xr ^ S £ SXS ^ ' ' ** tka , debating agreed to . ^ S ^? J ^ S 5 » the wrioof fadignitte . andharrfstip ? SP $ 3 t % f ^ Connor w « fftfMted , the peUMoAted ^ l ?^!* treatilHKt conld fee meant for aotblng ¦ leas' ifai ^ ^ S murder , tojittiattf » J » hsppasedto' dhvoderJr ^ ST U * -U ^ toM-m ^ W > m ^ m ! & m ^^^^ z ^^^ ' ^^^^^ S and continned < flwe «© f then ^ ethrg ; ^ £ Thomsi DjSwmbe ' jilettewM then ww ^ te ' afeted his willing netmxo

      present tnepemioib- JStMr tMifta * Wfon& the remaining . knalnei * -tha meeting wa * addressedC able speeches by Meswa White , CantlyrT . 'P : Sh ° tad others . Thanks were then ; given t 6 the ^ Chatoai ; and three hearty cheers were given fer ; "toff Charter * " Fearjus O'Connor , " . » Frost , Wflliams , . and ' Jtotf * » - 'j ' - flw Inearceratsd GbtatMti" ^ ifcfter ^ hici . ' mi mi ^ etiijgseparated , ; , : . : >¦ :. - ¦ ¦ ^ :., y y , ¦ " * - **> ¦ * Ji ^ S ?^^ ** i ^' ¦ ¦ && *?* # !** l ** l . at ? H ¦ " f ? 'f ° T ' ' ^ ff §^« W * r Wr . Barratt ;*! the chair . The . Business cUlefly , « onsJsted of preparaflons an * p / ans for the guidance , of Mr . Deaii tS- ' ^! ¦ aeirty- . appointed lecturer , and devising aia' ^ o ? secttifa ^ T Wa regular payment ,, ™ ™ . ' I ^ T * ^* ^ % ^^^ ti ^ Ch « t « Associa Mt'n of this place , having a . desira a ,, t jT ( hct&r W . Ute should Iectnre in thefr W de ^ KS two et t aeVr body , -witha hors ^ S bfffi ^ iRSt

      , roc . weymminitner . The aeputaOo ^ amaiSS of M * Co ok , who lent his ho » e for the SsW ^ Mr . akHtitfi propHetor of the . O'Connor Aras iSl ditch . AwWrA ^ to ^ pTBvtens ^ nflfc ^ J iSejgte was held > t tt » , 'Associatton-room , bnMbndaiSw ? Mr . Georgv jfeag ustns K * we » iJfa W ^ a& ^^ Sal ' d ^ ewd ^ martd' ^ iia * a , neifc- *^ ^ prbm ^ i , ^^" faadconeiudedt Sjrl introducing . JkW Ofeoriff \ V > iite- tm ^* wils instated mm > yor ^ SmBm ^ the SiSSt * m ; shewed lt » ifa | t stlM in ^ touVforftsr ext ^ A «? I tiickery of preteaaet * Reformers , and deception of ^ new Chartlitsj or JET * ) nsehold "Bbflnm . " and . „ ¦« iS ?

      L » w . agitator « lltt . » new ¦* & ** . shewed theni ^ neeessityof anioni enia 87 . a ^ eweveraace ; and con ! oUMed i > y ao . * ppM ^ > thfrj ^ afeg prfesent , sbJsS them tha p * c ** ty ~« t ~ •¦ ™ foQng thetf Imsbands sid brother * . He-waa towHIf cheered by tbe meeting Tie following resolutions'ww * then put and carried nnimi moi ») y . —i . » T * iafc jvw * 9- . <* tbanlts be ' given to Mi Georg , 1 White ,- - 2 t » Wm ¦ thetottnfcaof thto ' a * eSS are eminently d » , and set ¦ hrteby given to the Editor of tkvNorViern Storf to ? bi -i kindness in Inserting rZ porta of our meeMngs . " - » . '¦»• - ' -Ttet it is the opinion of thiSEwetmg , thal'tlie -figh * -of labour can never he secured

      , by any ; neomre m * 'tot Universal SufiWiT we , _ tb « refere , pW ^ e- otawlw * never to relax in ' 0 ^ exertionsunblthe Pd 6 pte > 0 fti * ter becomesthela ' w ' of the Jond . ^ Af . vote ofv tbnni * wttsthen ^ vbn ' to the Qhamuan , three cie « rs «* . ^ earguj O-Cojmor , tha Northern-Star , the incarcerated Chiirtists , Frost , ' WSlams , and Jone * ttAJWopl ^ a * rtfc , &fc A » fi * ber of fomalw ^ Mtmed ttemselveB- i » » a . Female Cairfer Association , and severnixt \ m envn 'ted themselves nietnbera of tUe associatioa / «**• £ » ' « eeting enpavated It waa ann »« nced at tta-meeting a lat M * . B 6 an tialdr would lea * w « at Red * tcb , on Ma uday evenii ^' n ' eiL The meeting separated zt , ten ^ lbc * ' ¦ . vail pr « wed wlfit the proceedings . 7 h » - qtbua ^ m fonalLS lS sung at th »« oncJusion of the meeting . >

      KUZilr . —Cbabxisx Sexi-i , iiagaa nence association . —Tfis friends of . Chart » m-i * Hull , who an desirous , t ^ xsee their ; couo * ty-fre */ nW only from pbKtical slavery , but the degrading sia ^ ry < * intemp ^ nee ^ ^ ° l 7 td * M" « wlTw ; loto a , Soeia 'y , denominated "The Hull and East Jlidk * Ckwtfat i otal . AbaHaenoB Associatioaj" the great object beinj : ; to combine anft advocate the two grand principle »« toaea ) er , which aie calculated not only to . better th » ooodi , tion , m < Juy and sociailyyof the w « rkiag cia «^» -, hbA jj tbe present system 1 ot tyrannical Itguhfm , bviM *» to obtain , it generally adopted , ' &e riglrts ^ f nwa , » . contataadin the People- - 3 'Charter . ¦ ; ' « h > memlrew * . - >] i " meet on Monday evening nert , &t eight o ^ cloelt , a » 4 every otfaex Monday nightfollowinff , at Mr > SchoJ 6 y 5 B , » . 0 , 9 . NorthstreetHullwhen to

      , , they will-be ha ^ y ; meet m many of their friends as can attend . She « -ospecto of the Aawciatton are very cnesrih £ . ' JTort Q ' tfti councillors , mcludfog the Trei ? nrar and Secretary , together with several members of the Hull jraHoni Charter AasociMion , and some of the-most distinaoui edadvoeatesot the Tivnperonce Society , t ' wh 6 were a it before registered Chartist ,, ) hsv * already become n »« ibers of thia Association 4-ChBirti 3 t 3 and testatalkrs , ' . do aot delay ; bnt coine forward and join thle SocjeW . and et the world see that HuH , though but little i * name ; i » . mighty it geod works , and shortly you will have raaaon to exslaim Bind congratulate yourselvei > that snecesa has- oowned yirat patriotic struggle ajainat wretchedness and slavery / Heaoeforth , tiSL letl ^ 3 WS ^* ffr--tt « tor « sm and ISetottllsm for eve £ ' "

      . v . Htoi ... aud-jEast Riding VWaxiohai . Chabte » Association- —A numerousadjourned nieeUn * of the membett aud friends of this Asaociation took place 00 Monday eveaing Ia 8 ti in the Freemason ' s Lodge rMytonpt « , Hull , on the ; discussion— Ie teetotalism calcu . lated to benefit the cause of Cbartism >¦ The-chair was occupied by ; Mr . . Scholey ,.- and the meeting wa » ^^ r ^ ddmsed by the Kev . William Hill , Editor oT the Nortb ^ Star , Mr . Benjamin Bradshaw , of Leeds , Mr . Lundy , and Mr . S . Healey , Gteat interest bu been manifested in this discussion , which ended in a unanimous vote that the adoption of total abstinence principles by Chartists was calculated greatly to further their cause . After ttu » :: discussion , was ended , it waa agreed nt the funds would allow it ) to send a delegate to Manchester , to represent the Chartists of this place there , on the 20 th of this month .

      The Question of -ExpEmsscy . —A great and important meeting is anticipated to take place in the Frttenmaon ' a Lodge , Hull , " on Monday evening , March 1 st , in consequence of Mr , Burns , member in the late Convention , having offered to discuss , with the members of the National Charter Association , "That it is expedient for the Chwrtiata to join with the middle classes m their present cry for ^ rHamentary Befe-m . " The Chartists of Hull are determined to agitate for Universal Suffrage , and no sursender ; before they will haenfice a fraction ef this prinoipie , they will let the middle classes have the full benefit of Mr . Burns ' a

      serwees . LEIGH . —The friends of Mr . George Bellamy , ( who has been a . prisoner in Lancaster Castle for fifteen months , by especial favour of roy little Lord and ptain John Campbell , ) gave him a public supper on Saturday ^ t )» el 3 tb instant , at the house ot-: Mr . ' William . Eden , Fleece Inn , Leigh , when about one hundred and fifty sat dowa to an excellent supper ,, which did honour to the host and hostess . When the cloth was withdrawn , Mr . Rionard Ratcliffe was unanimously called to the chair , and . opened the meeting in ft neat and appropriate speech , urging the peopje to a union and moral organisation , for the accomplishing 'of those ofejecta for which we are now contending j after which , the

      Chairman called upenMj . John Smith to give the first , toast , which was , " the people ; the legitimate source of all power ; " who said , as h » waa called upon to give , tho 8 rst toast , he should'do sa by advising the meeting to carry out tile principle ot total abstinence from intasicatin $ c liquors , to cripple the revenue , which must ultimately bring about such a renovation of the state as to give an equal representation in the people ' s House of Commons . Mr . William , Moss responded to the toast to a very spirited address . Mr . Richard Moscrop was called upon to give the next toast , " To our tried

      and undaunted friend , Cftorge Bellamy ; " which was responded to by the meeting with three times three ; after which Mr . Bellamy-rose amid loud cheering . When silence was restored ,, he began by stating the maunar in which he wa&tieated from Mb arrest , to his liberation , aud also stated that he would only give up bis principles with his life ; ' ( Load cheers . ) Mr . Jas . Fenney , M . C ., gave the next toasi ; , " The Charter , the whole Charter , and nothingdess than the Chartea ; " who sppke at great lengthy and was loudly « heered throughout his address . The Chairman nefst called

      upon a person in the tooth , for "John Frost , " who waa listened to with great ioteiefsi by the meeting . Mr . Samuel Hlgsen , jun ., gave the next toast , " 5 he Welsh martyw , Frost ; Williams ,, aad Jones ; " and be hoped the meeting would heartily respond , as theywere suffering iu the cause of freedom , and by the united e&cts of the people , h * hoped they woald soon be restored to the bosom rf .. their families * Drunk in solemn silence .: Such a sympathy was manifested by the meetingfotthe moth-injured Whig victims as wo never saw before . Mb . Edward Smith gaw the next toast , "Mr . F . O'Connor . and the inceioerated Chart ?

      ists ; als » the Northern star , and all oiber real Radical publications . " He needed pat no coxtateiit on theaj » us they were so well known . Mx . Moaorep-responded , to the toast . Mr . George Bellamy gave the next tos ^ t , which was . to o « worthy repretontaUve , "Jaa ? pf Brpnterre O'Brien , " and was heartily responded ta by the meeting . Several songs were givea , when th&iron . tongue sounded Midnight , and w » were compelled toconclude . The sam of 6 s . ^ d . ites . collected for a ^ maa . now i » a consumption , . thjougb . tonflnemost to . Kirkdale Gaol . A vote of thank * was them giwn to the Chairman * and the meetUg separated highly delighted with the prooeedings . *

      Wksi RiaiBQ Deleqaxbi Mekhho . — -TWs body met , ou Sunday Jaat , at DBwabury ; delegates being present from Keighleyi Hucldersfield , Sewsbury * Bradford , Wakefieldv Basnsley , ShtfBeld , Leeds ,, Halifax , and various © tier places .,, Reaolations w « r& adopted , recommendiag the ej $ * feH ^) wj « it of an agent for the West Riding ,, for tw sfi&of the Charts ist Circular * and otbj * Ech « ap Chwtist publioati > n 8 v so that the different districts iu the Hiding oaabava a readier supply . That-for the fuUre aJJ niotiona

      intended for standing orders staad over from one meeting to another , so as to allow every member aft opportunity of oooaiderinft them . The appointment of a lecturer was deferred till tho next , meeting , Ifc was determined to . g ^ vd a delegate to MBOcneetec thisViiy . Sunday , the liih ' of Ma ^ ch , ; wag lecoia * men ded to be set apart for the Rzeatibingp&iiiuecil sermons , for poor Clayton » throughout all England , Scotland , and Wales . The saeeting was adjourned , fro be holden in the same place , to fcunday , the Ufa of March , at ten o ' clock in the for « aoon .

      Akd Leeds Geiebal Abveltflseil. -

      AKD LEEDS GEIEBAL ABVEltflSEIl . -

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 20, 1841, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct695/page/1/