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On Sunday morning week, a woman named Musson, liviDg at Oarhon, near Nottingham, finding
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MANCHESTER DEMONSTRATION . ! Continued from our tigtb page , ' pother large , vell-finiahed , fuH-length , oil-painted portrait of Feargns CCaanor , Erg . the Champion of Use people's rights . " g 8 T 8 r t _•« A nation should hare eenrage to achieve its liberty , with power to defend it , wisdom to secure it , and generosity to communicate it " Band of Music . - jgtt i « fe tri-eoloared Sags , wMsh had a good effect at tins part of the pzooemkiB . green « ili Sag . * ith " Feargus O'Ctamcr , th& champion of the people ' s lights ; " from Mika Platting . Bgterae— May there henceforth be bat on « law , that of nature -, bat om code , that of reason ; one throne , that of justice ; and one altar , that of union . " Rtnwpr 111 ( joTemment that neglect * the phyik&l and moral
trants of tho people oaght not to exist " Portraits of Feargus O'Ganaor and Dr . M'DouH , decorated with roaettee . OS painting of Mr . Benbow , with appropriate motto * Very Urge green sill : banner , with white border . « The people—the foundation—the source of all power . " Reverse— " Bemmber the foul deeds of Peterloo . " Brown-street white flag . ¦ Liberation of Feargus O"Coan « , Esq ., the unflinching advocate of thd peopled rights . " Oil painting of Dk . il'ItoaaU . Motto—M'Douall is our friend . - " Manchester Political "Union . " Banner . jioito— "The People ' s Charterj and Bepeal of the ¦ Union . Oferene— " The producers of wealth should be the first
consumers . " Green lilkfi&g . " The Salford Branch Association . " 'ft y'T'PT- - " Manchester Political Union—Peace , Law , aad Order . " The cumber ef pedestrians , "who walked four and six jhrsast , was beyond calculation , and to these followed » long line of vehicles filled with people of both exes .
In this order did the procession more on with its unwieldy quickened mass towards Stevenson ' s Square . Ob passing the Infirmary , the crowd was so great that people were carried along with the pressure , tie whole length of the street being lined to suffocation . On their arrival at the place of destination , the Square nt so crammed , that it was with very great difficulty the carriage could effect an approach to a situation vhere the speakers could be heard . Great inconvenience vss evidently submitted to ; and , to prevent an accident , the vehicle was stopped , when 3 dr . O"Connor , at jail-past six o'clock , in order to arrest attention , at once commenced speaking .
Mr . CCoJfSOB presented himself . The cheeringtras inattnae- Se said it -would be f oily to go through the formality of appointing a chairman to preside over such a multitude ; therefore , according to his eastern , he would go forward at onee . ( Hear . ) He Hid , 1 am particularly happy to be present here todsy , for two reasons ; and let na man hiss , hoot , or grots , while I am explaining oae of those enormities Tbich will create a sensation of horror in ovary breast . rbHt , I rejeiee at the overpowering multitude met in the celebrated spot , SUphenson-square ; and I I sm happy to b « present because it proves that I am not to be dismayed even by the threats of the assassin . ¦ . Hear and cheers . ) Tcu all surely reprobate the
an-KffiTmoBJ invitation which yon saw placarded upoa toot walls . But what will you say when I inform you , th&t I received a letter—nit an anonyisetts one—but one bearing the signature of a roan calling himself- an If iihTHun and a Repealer ; and in that letter I am told OaX if i dare come to Manchester , that I should be ususinated , though theussnds of lives were lost in the struggle . Here a forest of Irish hands were held up , viih the announcement , " We ' re Irish ., we ' re Irish ; Tho would dare do it ") Mr . O'Connor continued . No ; bo Irishman weuld dare do it My body guard into HsBchester from Eccles , a distance of four miles , conristed almost exclusively of Irishmen . ( Cheers . ) And I belkve I hsve shaken hands with nobody else
twlay . But although you would not sanction it , yet if the xnmqnn had succeeded in the threat—and if I was capable of being dismayed and intimidated—Qa same threat would only have to bs repeated is order to prevent my attendance at public meetings . f Hear , hear , and cheers . ) But I am net dismayed : I la isre ; where is the assassin ? ( Loud cheers . ) Let tin strike . "FThere are the heroes who are to put me &to ? ( Cfceera and laughter . ) Let not the Irishmen tee mistake me ; I would not allow my countrymen to Tige so unequal a war as a few thousands against fcmdreds of thousands . If they want to assassinate es , they have only to unite with the enemy ; and eece and be killed , unless yon can disprove any and
nay charge which any or every man can bring against jwB . Cheers . ) They skall not then want any opponent , fa I Till go in the dead of night against them , and ties alone , "wheresoever I should be led . iLoud dyers ' i I was requested this day at Eccles , by an IrithnRn , who walked four miles to see rae , to give up fla recommendation of physical force , and the abusing sf Daniel G'Connell , and they would all join me in a body . To that I cave no answer ; but I now do it psfcdy . I have no occasion to give up the recommendation of physical force , as I all along denounced it iLoud cheers , and "You did . ") But the very men who put the Lord Mayor's chain upon their neck , poked themselves into office , and power , aad rewards ,
by Mustering about physical force , even ont ^ f the esason ' s meuth ; and because I would not desert , thrust me in in their stead . Hear , hear . ) When I invite you to physical force , cr to any secret movement , or when yen hear of ms joining in any secret moTemeat , then desert me ; because you may rely upon it that I &c < old either be the paid tool of a faction , or shall be preparing you for suction . ( Loud cheers . ) I need not ssy more of physical force : and now as to Mr . Daniel CGosnell ; let us see who makes the opposition ; and test , at all events , my desire to conciliate mj coxmtrjaen by the answer which I Ehall give . I care not for personal abase . I hsve plenty of it I think I am tLe best _ tfcsed man in the world . I am abused by both " 5 Ttigs , Tories , and Repealers , i Cheers and crits of aot by Rjpsalers . > My answer , then is , that I should be justly chargeable with a desire to preserve dissension
were I u , refuse even a greater request made by my \ cvzniTjmen . Hear me , then , Englishmen , Irishmen , snd Scotchmen , if it is to take away the pretext for ; ffi « nim aad to gratify Irishmen , I pledge myself not j rren to mention the name of ilr . Daniel O'Connell , so '¦ long as ha abstains from abusing Chartists and the Charter . I giTfl Mm carte b ! mncke to make me his '¦ * bolestock-in-trade . -. Loud cheers . ) I am not afraid ; of Irishmen . If lO . dOO were here to assassinate me , ' * SQ , Qr .-o -sroald be ready to arrest the ssaassins' blow . ! "Etre asun , a forest of hands were iolden up , and ¦' naEense chterirg followed . ) What , in God ' s name , J aid Hi . O'Connor , can there be different in the interests ; of an English working man , and an Irish werking ! asa ? and how can it be that all Englishmen see K . e necessity of m ^ v ^ g t ^ e Cbaner the basis : cf legislation , -while Irishmen are taught to look upon ¦ ^ e possession of a House of Commons based QDon tLe '
> J * 7 principle which we all seek to destroy as the only «^ ig "Br . jn h cor .: ending for . The Hrpesl of the rcioc TR ^ -oatthe Charienras a mere cuckoo cry . . Hear , tsar , ai cheers . ) If the Irish wished for a Pariiafc ££ t in Ireland , and if the whole magic wxs in the = sme of Parliament , we wculd make them a present of K 25 . ready cut and dry ; box and dice , and ail . - Hear . , ^ . was the honesty of the advocates of the justice Kfficple to be tested ? by their promises or their psrk ? a » wes ? "What he had done was before them , w ^ . hs promisc-d to do wM to get 4 , 005 , 000 of rlgna--= « s , r « ich is-ouli cost him £ i , O 0 O , dercsxding a JPeal of ihe . legisiaiire Tnion . , Loud and long-con-- » 6 d cheering ., How , giTe me leare to ask you , cm jra bes the
* oowa tyranny of the Irish landlords with * e present fraachise ? Cheers .. How can you conj « id agairst the oppression of the Law Charch , ^ jth J . ?™* P « 5 s = ^ ts pawea , and the standing ^ f t *<* it > •• Hsar , hear , and lond cheering . £ ' J ^\ ^ Z 01 d 0 tbe £ 5 ' ^ 53 viihozl altering » te r * ^ rs-s ^ i- - ^ ^ T ? f V T Te aEnoyed me much , and annoyed aa =-r , ^' htZT ' ^ d cheers .. But I have more ^ * - ^ . to ; d ron that I ^ zs not to be irritated frem ^' jr '" - SZ 1 ~ ° itlnled &C 21 my course by cont 5 T Lft ? ?' v Md thre :: s cf ^ assination . : Htar , fct ^ i 06 ) chwR ^ h » t cow is it , coupled with < rairV :- ~ " if ' ° 'e of my countrymEn , that I reili " otstX « ' 1 : ^ to "tr 6 tcJj ms ' ** & to watch iHow aT ^ iif ^ - ' ^ 6 for ^ emselves . Not to to Tn , " f a f ! tsi PBtisanto judge for them , but ~ TJLl ° * ^ k ^ Itmwhether he I take the Li ! i
*™ .. , cr ton «•«?; -,- * + k ' "•' -: l *~ > - " a « " »¦< : i .-e aeanTef ^' " T ^ ' ^ ^ telligibie , or the most practical '¦ Estab- - ^\ J * fVJ $ grievances , promoting union , and ' g ^ fWreedKa . Loud cbe € ra i Eighty Provi- ! fisacr ' . h . 1 ^ ^^ time ^ i self-interest and eipe- ! 4 at ^ Lh < r ' - e ^ to humanity and principle , and . UCTaflT ' . v *^ " ^ ^ ^ in the geaeral want which j fcti S 7 » ^ c ? d ^ ? nt to "honlden to the wheel ,. fce *^^ ?? Le cnirai ^ the only remedy for generally i J 2 ^ duress ? Loud cheers . ) When we look I fcWr-f S ^ . v e ^ tSEanted hou = £ s , the cottages ] £ S ? - cdtoB ^^ with the unhealUiy : % tthvl 5 r "bnmdSiw « t 8 , ^ tho are suffering living ! * the rrtte *?*^ ' sts 2 kia S ^ road in nakedness , and ! teiX ^ fehraaes fl ^ ed wiih the p roduce of : «^ -Eaustry—where . T »* p » t , -K ^ -v ^ tf , ^ r , t *> = by
, * £ >' c ^ T I ' ^ ymeiEs . eitt 6 r s ^ 3 ^ fc '¦ iZ ^ , v « y « tem that has led to such , ^ t £ « : ^ ' or 'ithaold his assistan ce ; t . t ^^ v Muaent of a system which is to destroy ! » hewi r . ^ ea ' Wh J" " » I iated by the aristocracy i * SXf L ^^ I tad the bodies of the murdered Whs / H- " * tsnthey came wrongfully by their death , tS-. v . 911 fists ^^ over them ; bera use I attended . WT ^ 1 ^ ^^ soaSbt satisfaction for the " Wo *" ' *~ ° ! ic couatryrnen , shed by the trrant ? ; "¦ =. ^ rf T ' iCcd m £ an 5 cf the law-church , backed j *? ' * ' * " * pG ? rtr 'uki : Uie presen : system of r ^ pre' ^ " ¦ ;" . ^ , ' ' £ s ; o tte corpora ;* and iz £ 'iel Chxisuans . ! « i > " -t ^ " ° ^? coafel t « l cheering .. . Well , < 3 o-3 man , if . C ' - ' , " ^ V 1235 dofes ^ Iriihinan charje his nature , h " ^ V ^ l" * ^ fcinl 1 ^ in a foreign clime ' ^ tPt , fa J * 001 * I le » io-re Ireland cow , ; L , agh ' . * fruIah tt « hcre » ttaa whenl wm enher grseaianda ;
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and heard her moans , « B caused by the wa&fc-of tout OharV ? r which I look for as a bealwig balm for all her wounds . And where , bow , are those virt » o « s obes who so copiously abased me ? WnerenoWsrealltiioaawho called sue Tory , bwatu * I directed m ^ Sre spon tho enemy immediately before me smd in power—where I ask are they ? Where is their great courage in giving to thai Heaven bora-minister the opposition with which he sought U be met upon the very threshold of office . ( Load cheers . ) I have bees a month atlarge , ' and daring that time , show me the man of any class who has opposed and registered his determination to oppose m / friends the Tories as 1 have done ? Not thatl think them - much worse th&rr the Whigs—sot that I t&bak they would resort to more base
di tyrannical means for represisg my principles , or lot killing m » , than the Whigs have ; but because they are in immediate possession of power which I consider unconstitutional . ) Cheers . ) On my route here to-day , a fine bold-looking working man said to me , " Well , Feargns , the Whigs havnt killed you -, but , by G—d , Bobby wilL" ( Shouts of laughter , and Nay , he weiat ) N « , I believe you ; at least If he does it will be a dear purchase . ( Lsud and long cheering , and waviag of hats , which lasted for some time . ) And 111 tell yom why , because I am deter * mined that if a second attack is made upon me , it shall 1 m upon form and not upon law , as the last was ; and I am resolved neither to break the law myself , nor to allow you to break the law ; and
therefore I believe there is sufficient honest intention , moral courage , and stem determinstioa in the people never to resist au illegal attack against a political enemy . ( Loud cheers . ) Suppose , as the working ma said , that Bobby did kill me , how fanny all the Teries at Manchester would look when the news arrived . ( Hear . ) Mr . O'Connor then entered into a review of the Chartist cause for the last two years , and in speaking of the Cera Law said , will yon just think of a parcel of fellows who think all the houses , large and small , too little for themselves , and yet talk of giving you a large loaf . ( Cheer * and l&ughter . ) Well , then , am I to join them ? tHo , no . ) No ! and are yon to join them ? No , certainly not ; and 111 tell you why . Because if we go a hair ' s breadth either to tfee right
hand or to the left , the strength whieh our imbecility would give to oar opponents , and enable them to throw ub backwards , while they hart wholly anniaiiated the people and their cause . ( Cheers . ) That's my re& £ » n , my friends , for giving and for counselling to give , fair opposition in the way of argument to every clap-trap question which is proposed for your amelioration while it is accomplished , would but tend to strengthen the hands of the enemy in the resistance to the general principle of universal justice . ( Load cheers . ) What ! am I to look around and see before me that striking , and almost speaking portrait of Frost , Williams , and Jones , asking yon , in dumb eloquence , to
restore them to their families , to their country , and to their homes . iLoud cheers ) Aye , dont cheer us ; you have no sympathy for them . This night's fe&tival wxs not sii . de tor them ; and we nosr enjoy something like liberty , while they are pining in a penal colonyconvicted upon the false oath of a Government officer , and upon the tSnnation of hired Government spies . ( Great sensation , and cries of Shame , shame . ) Well , that waa ' the Whigs . ( Cheers , and " It was . " ) I fought hard for the Dorchester Labourers . ( Cheers , and " Yob did . *) I never saw them . I fought bard tot the Glasgow Cotton Spinners , and I hod not seen them until they were arraigned . I have not received much thants for either . Bat that shall sot
interfere with my duty to Frost . ( Loud cheers . ) What should merit expatriation to a penal colony ? Is it the fact of being the best of Mayors—the best of magistrates—the best of Poor Law Guardians—the best of fathtrs—the best of husbands—the best of friends —the best of citiiens , and the best of subjects ? If so , Frost was guilty ; Frost should have suffered , for in his person , and I knew him well , were centred all those excellent qualities which constitute the man , the patriat , and the Christian . ( Loud and long-continued cheers . ) Well , what is the Charter to do for Frost , Williams , and Jones ? Why , they were expatriated in a dingy transport ship , and one cf the first acts under a Chatter Government would be , to charter a Government man-of-war^—shear )—and
bring the convicts home in triumph to their native land . ( Loud and long-continued cheering . ) Here Mr . O'Connor made an allusion to a tall gentleman , who stood on the platform immediately under a splendid full-length striking likeness of Frost , Williams and JoneB , and who , Mr . O'Connor waa informed was the son of Mr . Frost . He said " behold the living son , standing under the father's picture , supplicating God to lock them once more in one fond and affectionate embrace . " Every eye waa directed towards the individual , and was followed by Traving of hats and cheering , which lasted several minutes . At this moment the Rev . Sir . Sehofield reached the earriage , from which Mr . O'Connor was speaking , when he turned to kim and said— " In the person and in the attendance
of the Rev . Gentleman , we have the man who was brave enough to defy prejudice when tyranny was at its height , and to go bail for me , when others would feel shame to have done the deed . " ( Loud cheers I This gentleman ' s presence , at all events , proves my consistency , because he is the very man who took the chair and presided over the first meeting , row f ' x years ago , which I attended at Manchester . I trust that he will assure you that , the very principles which I then propounded , and my determination to agitate for nothing less , are tfce same which I continned t « advocate , and from which I shall not dtpart . ( Hear , bear , from . Mr . Scbofield . ) Mr . O'Connor then entered into striking arguments why and wherefore the several trades of Manchester had so nobly swelled the ranks that day by their
numbers and strengthened the cause by their countenance-He said &e did not think that it was within the power and scope of possibility , in the present state of general distress , to have presented to the astonished spectators such countless thousands , with such a magnificent display of splendid flogs . ( Loud cheers . ) One word for a friend , and I have done . O'Brien , another Irishman , my friend and colleague , —; cheers' —is another proof thst the English do not bat 9 the Irish . ( Cheers . ) He w » 3 here to-day ; but the immensity of your procession ' having postponed to a late kour our arrival on the spot , and the necessity of bis being in Liverpool this evening , has deprived him of the pleasure of thanking you in person . I do it for him , aad I'll tell you more . It is in your power
to make him doubly useful to the cause , and it is yeur duty to do bo . iCheers . ) He is about te enter into bis natural element There is this difference between him acd me ; I am fortunately placed in circumstances to render me independent of your support . He is not . The advantage is mine , but the fault not his . ( Cheers . ) Ton must , then , counteract the fault He is going to establish a- newspaper—that newspaper is to be his daily bread , and to be another portion of your knowledge . The compliment between you will be reciprocal . Ton must support him—let me shift for myself . Put him upon his legs ; he has been well triedicbeers)—and do not allow your apathy to effect that whieh Whig tyranny has failed to accomplish . ; Cheers . ) After some more observations , Mr . O'Connor sat down , amid thunders of apphuse .
ilr . Bex-bow said that this day , it would be admitted by our enemies , had indeed been a glorious day in behalf of the Charter . Both factions must say tkat this has been a most splendid demonstration . He was of opinion that had a similar manifestation of opinion and jympathy been made formerly , they would leng ago have stopped tbe monsters from their wicked dee < is of bioc-i—he meant as far as the Charter was concerned . Hear . ) He was afraid that few could hear what he then said , such was the state ol _ pressure from the crowd ; te should , therefore , pressiatJy retire leaving his friend , the Rev . Mr . Jackson , to follow him . He , however , returned them his sincere thanks for that mark of ' . heir sympathy ; but hoped he would be allowed just to teU them that at some Mure ( Say ,
¦ when they might be wanted , that they would come out in the same numerous and social manner that they had that day manifested towarda ilr . Feargus O'Connor , himself , and others , and then most assuredly both Whig and Tory would die as factions —( tear and cheers , aud the Charter would become the law of the land . . ; Hear . ) The faction * would rather that the kingdom were a Sodom and Gomorrah , than you skould eDJoy your freedom . : Hear . ) It was by such demonstrations as those simultaneously in that and other towns , that the people of this country could alone hope to become free . Are yon ready to become free ? ( Yes , we are . ) He wished they were . An old man on his left hand said that he uas ready . He wished most su «| rely that a
similar feeling prevailed in all the towns ; if it did , not one month would elap 3 e be / ore the Charter would becoae the law of the land , i Applause- : ¦ Ho again thanked the meeting for the mark of their sympathy which had bten that day canveyed to thtm ; and for the testimony of approbation at any rate , that thiy bad paid him . , Tea is ready . i A voice bad reminded him that tea was ready , he would consequently not tresspass longer upon their time than by stating that the meeting would teach the atrocious Whigs and more atrocious Tories that the working millions having the power in their own hands for their political emancipation , were determined to exercise that power in the cause of freedom acd justice , ( Much cheering . )
The Bsv . W . Y . Jackson said , on coming before the people on that occasion , he could not sufficiently express bis gratitude to Almighty God that Mr . Feargus O'Connor , Mr . Bsnbow , himself , and the rest of their friends , were once mere found amongst them advocating the glorious , the mighty cause of freedom . ( Hear . ) The last'time they were together for the dissemination of similar , principles , and at tbe time when Mr . Benbow was addressing the peeple in favour ef those principles , he ( Mr . Jackson ) and others were being chained hand in hand and conveyed to Kirkdale House of Correction . iShame . ) How very different on the present occasion—ihear )—and how different the feelings and
number of the people . That day their friends were taken from their beds long before day-light , and consigned to dark and dreary dungeons . ( Shame . ) But thank God , they were asstmbled together in greater power and strength than en any previous occasion . ( Hear , hear . ) We are yet unconquered —( great applause)—but the Whigs are dead never to rise again ; and though the Tories are in power , we will convince them that the Charter must ultimately become tbe law of the land . ; Cheers ) For himself he promised the peop ' e that although he had been immured in the dungeons , he was determined to exert himself more than ever in the cause of freedom . iHear . ) God was on their side , and pubic opinion was also on
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their sHe , and the Whigi would yet become'Chnrttsti and oppose fee Teries , - 'te which case the Charter muit prerraQ , and although' bc * h Wbigf aad Tories combine , the cause of Chartism iaurt prevafl . ( Hear . ) With these remarks he -would dose , having also to apeak in the course of UwieTeniBg , in tbe cause of liberty , freedom , and universal happiness . . ( Applause . ) Tbe Rav . James Schotisld was happy to see them on tbe present occasion , and proud tome in their ranks the old banners of freedom , whieh b&d foTwwne months
back been lowered . They were » gatn unf oiled im the glorious cause , aad their colours could not be unfurled on a more honourable occasion . ( Hear . ) He could not allow that opportunity to pan away ' without making one observation on an occasion set apart to welcome the patriots home to their friends and families . ( Hear . ) He was , however , sorry to see that the rery head of their body was somewhat poorly and looked indisposed , and he was really afraid that tbe people would not allow him that rest and repose from his labours which he appeared bo much in want of . ( Hear . )
Mr . Beeslet , of Accrington , in returning his acknowledgments to the men of Manchester , for their noble exertions In the cause of universal liberty , proposed the followisg resolution . " That this meeting places the utmost confidence in Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and hails with pleasure and delight inexpressible the reappearance of that gentleman , together with J . B . O'Brien , Benbow , Jackson and the other suffering patriots , again amongst us , considering them to be the undaunted , unflinching , and consistent advocates of the righta and liberties « f the starving millions , and for their perseverance and late
suffering on our behalf , place our unbounded confidence In them , not only for their labours , but far their great sacrifices , and hope and trust they will receive the manifestations of gratitude and . esteem tendered thia day by us , the working men of Manchester , as an indication of such . We therefore hope that It will stimulate them forward in their patriotic and glorious career . They and we joined in one firm bond of union until our efforts are crowned with suocess ; the liberty of the people , and the rettorati « n to their country and their affectionate families , those suffering exiles , Frost , Williams , and Jones . "
Mr . M . ' Car . t . ht , of Liverpool , seceaded the motion in a few words and deprecated the opinion , circulated for calumnious purposes , that the English portion of the population were opposed to . the righta of his native country { Ireland ) . The resolution on being put , was carried by tremendous applause . Feahgus O'Connor , Esq ., briefly replied to the resolution , in the name of his friend Frost The conduct of the people was beyond all praise . The " blue bottles" were marshalled in Lever-street ; but the Chartists would not be swerved not intimidated , nor frightened by any such a formidable civilmilitary force .
The whole of the proceedings were conducted in the best temper , and each man exerted his interest to mitigate tbe excessive annoyance arising from the vast concourse in the Square being propelled onwards by those in the rear who ooald not get in at all . Thia waa an argumentative lesson to the enemies of the Charter .
" Leave pomps to those who need ' em , Adorn bat man with freedom , And proud he braves The gaudiest slaves That crawl where monarchs lead ' em . " The pressure upon tbe carriage , however , at length become rery great , and the density of the crowd was not unattended with danger . To remedy the inconvenience , it was thought desirable and prudent that the buiiness should here close ; and the proceedings in Stevenson's-square terminated , providentially without a single accident Tbe postilions were then desired to drive to the Hall of Science , Camp-field , where it was advertised that
TEA PARTY would be held at seven o ' clock , and to which 1650 tickets had been issied , with the necessity of refusing hundreds of other applicants . The Hall is capable of holding about 2 , 50 $ persons , including the gallery . The party holding tickets , the sexes being nearly in equal numbers , were accommodated at three sittings , upwards of 500 taking tea at same time , the others occupying the galleries and dancing room respectively . Considerable , though unavoidable , delay therefore arose before the tables were clear , and it was eleven o ' clock before the chair was taken , at which hour the intellectual part of the affair commenced . Great praiss is due to tbe procurateurs ; and satisfaction , order , and the utmost good feeling prevailed throughout the immense audience .
THE SOIREE Was formally opened by the Bev . James SchoBeld being called to preside , Mr . Feargus O'Connor , Mr . W . V . Jackson , Mr . Benbow , Mr . Livesey , and Mr . Barker , with their immediate friends , and the Committee of Management , or Damonstration Committee , occupying the yUtform . At the lower part of the room , immediately beneath the gallery , were suspended two fall-length representations of the invincible friend of the people , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and another , bearing also full length paintings of Frost , Williams , and Jones . They are well executed and highly finished portraits , and were the same borne in the Manchester procession , aad excited universal admiration .
The ChairmaK opened the proceedings by stating that he was in a peculiar situation , in consequence of the appointment they had given him . He hardly knew bow to address them , whether as brother and sister Chartists or not , he being one as well as themselves ; however , he would call them brethren in the cause of Chartism . ( Cheers . ) He felt great pleasure in thus being called upon on that occasion , and he trusted he should be ab ! ft to discharge his duty with satisfaction to those over whom he was called upon to preside . He was a working man like themselves , and at times wore fustian ,- and he considered that the character of a
labouring man was tbe greatest honour he could possess . ( Cheers . ) After making a few preliminary remarks , he said he would give the first toast upon the list , each speaker being aware that their time would be short , as , after the business was gone through , tbe ladiu would like to trip it on the light fantastic toe . He then gave— " Tbe sovereign people , the legitimate source of all power , " and called upon Mr . Doylu to respond to it , who , en coming forward , was greeted with loud cheers , clapping of hands , and other mark * of applause . The basd—Marafeliaise Hymn .
Mr . Dotle , after addressing the Chairman and the numerous audience , said , that there was not perhaps a toast or a sentence in the English language than the one he bad been called upon to respond to that bad been bandied about by parties who , when properly tested , were against extending political power to the workisg classes . It wt 3 most true that the people were the legitimate source of all power ; yet they were , collectively and politically speaking , slaves , which be could show , had he time , but it could not be expected that he cculd justice to such an important toast in the limited time of five minutes . However , he conceived that every man should ba in possession of such power as would protect himself and his labour against the capitalist acd his capital ; that every man who has an
interest in society , and he trusted the -working man who produced everything valuable in society would be considered to have a material interest as to its welfare , shonld be protected . The Whigs have made nse of the toast , and the Tories too , eccasionally , yet both would do all they could to prevent them , the people , from having such power . ( Hear , hear . * He never felt more happy than he had done that day in witnessing such a gloriou 3 demonstration , and to sea such a large , orderly ; and respectable assembly met to do honour to hontst and upright Chartuts ; and in doing which they , the working people , had done honour to themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) Sir John Campbell has stated that Chartism was dead ; bnt he wished he had been there that night to see its resurrection . After making a few other pointed remarks , he retired amid loud cheering .
The Chairman rose , and said the next toast was" The Caarter , the onJy medium through which prosperity and real happiness can ever be attained by the toiling millions . " Air— " Scots wha hae wi" Wallace bled . " ( Loud cheerieg , ) which was renewed by the Chairman calling upon Mr . Bailey to respond to it . Mr . Bailet said , it was an honour to have to respond to such a toast , for he was sure if it was fully came d out , it would be a blessing to us all . The toast to which he had the honour to respond , stated " that the
Charter is the only medium through which happiness and prosperity can ever be attained by the toiling millions . " ( Hear . ) The state of society in which we now live did not , politically speaking , give us prosperity ; and the state in which we onght to live would give us political equality . He hoped , however , that they would be stimulated to eyerj txertion , in order to accomplish tbe possession of their rights and privileges ; and he felt assured that peace and plenty would then reign throughout the length and breadth of tte land . ( Hear . ) If such principles were worth struggling for , such principles were -worth dying for . ( Cheers . )
The Chajrman introduced , in complimentary terms , tbe natneB « f the guests of the evening . Messrs . Feargus O'Connor , J . B . O'Brien , Wm . Benbow , W . V . Jackson , the unflinching advocates of the rights of labour , and the other patriotic guests who have suffered in the same cause , which was received with the most enthusiastic cheering , followed by volleys of clapping . The applause was quite deafening . Air— " Auld lang syne . " When Mr . O'Connor came in front of the platform the -whole company rose simultaneously , and remained waving their handkerchiefs and hats , and cheering for several minutes . When the applause had subsided ,
ilr . O'Conkob . said , Sir , it is a characteristic of Irishmen , that even after death they are attached to the very appearance of the departed , and nothing more consolatory to his heart , than that the corpse shall present a gtod appearance , and as I may be truly said , to be one of the parents of Chartism , and being an Irishman must it not be balm and consolation to , we , to see defunct Chaitisia presenting this eight , so comely a corpse , after having its nose pulled , and being luid out in the most approved order by the Whig undertaker , plain Jobn Campbell . ( Tremendous cheers and laughter . ) He would have laid it out—he would have wrap-
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ped It In the winding sheet—hii would have buried to Whig moald , but -when he thought thfc monster was dead like Rip Vatr Wlnkfe It was wft entranced , and"Hke SW Van' Wlnile upon awaking from its « lumb « w , w wwetfttl -fceeame ts « n ^ Stn . that it wa « at a loss to recogni « j it *' airs Identity . ( Loud cheers . ) But , Sir , the biter w «* Bitten : We hate placed the corpie of Whiggery in the- grate irMeh-wasi dug for Chartism ; otiwlt we will place the dead'body of Toryism , and orer'boftfi w « wiiTerecfc the temple of Chartism ; v - ¦' .. ¦ " And then they will bothboBtUI ^ thejare'wlM 1 For they are damned if they . risk" , ; '¦ ¦ : ' :, ' . '¦
( lAttghte * and eheeraj Sir , I taVe been naw after * hard and fatigntog day * work , " mere spectator of tM social happiness which I hate seen around me for more than five hours , > hil » this immense building was bfeing tooi ttmet replenished tilth thole "who crowded to the banquet , and la truth I could remain for five hoars longer as a paMtWe partaker -of the innocent mlrtn . This , Sir , under the state of thing * which Wft « e * k to establish , should not be a thing of accident , orof- ' an nnfrequent occumnee , but % hottld be the pleasure to await etery working man and hi * family every day to the year after a reasoiaahteday ^ w <»« k .. < cilcert . ) tm , very room , Sir , and such buildings are auxiliaries , and not mean ones in the cause of Chartism , Heat we meet —here w » eomanute together—Here we interehaage
opinions here , by admiring tlrtue and decrying yiee ; we place bottflOi topotertyis beautlftil-contraib -with idleness and consummate profligacy . ( Loud cheers . ) ThU prates yonr power wheri-yoa combine ; thW is the work ot your own hands , and I am told that the same parties are now engaged in tit ? erection of a similar edifice at Stockport . Let -these be encouraged . They are seminaries where knowledge can be diffused-, before which the mist of ignorance will tery speedily be dissipated . ( Loud cheers . ) Sir , I was in the House of Common * on Friday night last , —( laughter ¦ )—and « uoh a House man or beast was never is before . If a man rose by chance to throw in a word en behalf of the suffering millions , the close of the debate was anxiously sought , and the means resorted ta for its
accomeompliahment were most logical , conclusive , and eon--rinsing . They began and ended with Bor ! Bor ! Bor ! divide , divide , divide , boo , boo , boo , and euoh like powerful reasoning . ( Shame , shame . ) I fear , Sir , that my excellent fellow labourer , Christopher Doyle , who spoke so ably to the first sentiment , the people has made a mistake in his calculation of that body . I believe , Sir , in Parliamentary phrase , the Minister of tbe day . with bis apprentices , and sixteen reporters , in galleries hi tbe Home of Commons , are Intended , goternroentally , to represent the suffering peeple . ( Cheers . ) Let as , Sir , take a brief review from the days ef the heave » -born statesman , Billy Pitt down to the resuscitation e ! the heaven-born Minister , Sir Robert Peel , and let us see from the funding system of the former
down to the defence of tbe present Tory Government , and the refutation of the existence of the distress deduced from the draws from , and deposits in , the savings' banks for the last four months , as used by the latter , and who , be it observed , says that his Government possesses the entire confidence of the people . Let us see how the principles of the first union of the anti-popular party , created by the beaten-born Pitt , has been followed up by all succeeding heaten-born ministers , and how the present heaten-born one makes use of the last link of this golden union , in order to prove who the people are , how the people are , and wherefore the people are , friendly to his administration . Now " Billy Pitt" bound almost every man , whether possessing land , connected with trade , expectants
from patronage , recipients from public bounties , and all that tribe of beggars to tbe State . That was the heavy game , and it was left for the pigmies who followed him to try their hands at a " little go" of chicken hazard . This was effected by the establishment of Savings' Banks and the appropriation of the deposits to what they call national purposes . That was another link whiob bound another class immediately abova the people to the Suite . ( Cheers . ) Thus hate our ranks been always thinned , and those state dependants , high and low , are taught , during any excitement , either to uphold their support , or to join in resistance against us . They are told that revolution must follow our agitation , and that' their rain must follow revolution . ( Cheers . ) Hitherto the
license of the shopkeeper to gamble in duties , customs , excise , and all Indirect taxes , has effectually bound them to tbe State : but that link the State itself has snapped because the state has drained their customers and left them full shops , empty tills , protested bills , ugly wives , naked children , broken hearts , and the prospect of a cold bastile as the result of their mis-placed confidence In a trafflcing oligarchy and a gambling government ( Loud and long continued cheering . ) But , Sir , to come more minutely to this question of the Savings'Banks , let us , by this financial measure , test the financial powers of that heaven-born Minister , who is to perpetuate in brass tbe union which his predecessor established in gold . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) Now , I pray you to follow me through the reasoning of the
sophist In answer to the prevailing distress which is admitted by every man , woman , and child , sate the tery parties to whom we are to look for ita coneotien , — ( cheers )—what does he present as a satisfactory answer to this cry of stalking poverty and nakednees ? Why , he shows us the returns for the last four months from tbe Savings'Banks , and ingeniously selects from the manufacturing districts bu answer as to their present condition . Now , just mark this , he shows that in Jane , while the dissolution of the late bad Cabinet of bad men was doubtful , thst the amounts drawn oat considerably exceeded the deposits ; he then goes on to show that tbe elections in July having proved that the trade-wind of Toryism had set in , produced a large excess of deposits over the amounts drawn out The same results , he
said , were produced to a greater extent in the month of August , when his party ' s footing was confirmed . He then brings his returns down to the 11 th of the present month , although he could bave had them to the 22 nd . ; and the triumph of even the eleven days of that month he offers as proof that his administration commands the confidence of the whole people , i" Oh ! oh "! and laughter . ) Now , Sir , let me see if an ignorant Chartist can do that which the English House of Commons either were ignorant of or afraid to perform . ( Cheers . ) In the first place let us go to the principle ; and though by no means a friend to the Whigs , I answer his first assertion thus ; that upon any sudden change or fluctuation ef political power from the bauds of one party to another party ,
the same result will be produced . ( Cheers . ) Confidence is paralysed for the moment , and the Tory-stakeholder , and the Chartist-stakeholder , merge their distinctiveness in the interest which they conjointly bate in looking to their own properties . That neither Whig , Tory , or Chartist , upon a change of Government , would long hesitate to withdraw their deposits , whatever might be the effect upon their political party . ( Cheers . ) So much for that : and now for the facts . Did'nt this cunning gentleman know , that June was a quarter-da ? , and that the demands for rents , met by checks upon the sating bank , are at that period , as sure as death . ( Loud cheers . ) He also knew that the succeeding months were a period when deposits were made to meet the coming quarter .
and which is now : and I pledge myself that if the Right Hon . Gentleman had waited for the whole quarter ' s return , of the first quarter's reign of Toryism , that he would have found the result to be Bimllar to that in the last quarter of Whiggery , namely , an excess in demand over deposits . ( Loud cheers , and " true . " ) Why , Sir , does not the very name tell us that it is the stock-purse fo those who are not of sufficient conseqttence to risk their stakes and have oft ' s at the great joint-stock hells . ( Cheera ) But yet I have not done with this financial sophistry , which passed current in the House of Commons . Now , Sir , I will draw other deductions from the admitted fact of the deposits exceeding the demands at anyperiod . Is it not , then , matter of notoriety that but few day labourers make deposits in the Sitings' Banks . ( Hear , hear . ) Is it not a fact that the principal amount la made up by the deposits of the newly created class who may be said to
have fixed incomes ; I mean domestic servants , and persons having small annuities ? Little tradesmen , small shopkeepers , and a few of the better employed of the labouring classes also contribute . ( Load cheers , and " that ' s it" ) Well , but I have not done : for now I come to use the Rt Hon . Baronet ' s sword against himself—and what do I prove ? Why , upon a small scale , what I have ever asserted as an undeniable proposition , is this- that the poverty of the people , produced by over production , and a consequent dimunition in the price of their produce , places all servants with fixed incomes—be they high , or be they great , or be they small—in a better position . Those household servants , aud persons with small annuites , and those who only spend their monies in the purchase of the working men ' s produce , ore now by the working men ' s poverty enabled to purchase the same annual amount of clothes and other manufactured articles for one half
their former price ; the other half , consequently , becomes a depeait in the savings' bonk , but is lodged in the name of the privileged Unionist , instead of being placed to the credit of the plundered operative . ( Loud and uproarious cheering . ) Aye , and repeal the Corn Laws to-morrow , and machinery will make a drug of your produce , which the foreigner may or may not take for the promised food , as he pleases , and those with fixed incomes will hate the double advantage of getting the "large loaf , " and buying your produce at a drug price , and making " deposits" of the surplus to the amount of millions upon millions a-yesur as long as the bubble lasts—and those millions upon millions are
ever at the command of the oligarchical unionists to be consolidated" into blood money , person money , spy money , and commission money ; to shoot you , to pray yon , to swear yon , or in some shape to consign you to death . ( Loud and long continued cheering . ) This is one of your greatest causes of icomplaint presented by the minister as an answer to our demand for reliet [ The remainder of Mr . O'Connor ' s speech , which was most rapturously cheered , would occupy more than five columns of our space . Our readers will therefore see that the demand for Liverpool , Leeds , and Sheffield , all coming upon us at once , precludes the possibility of doing justice to Mr . O'Connor without doing Injustice to others . " !
> Ir . Benbow waa next introduced aa an old and consistent Radical , -wheroseamid loud applauve , and said that he was on « e more in a position in which he could speak to them fretly and openly . T « be sure he had always spoken freely , fearlessly , and openly , for he would " 8 » oner be a dog and bay the moon" than Btand
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.. 'MJ . •¦• .,:, »• V ' . ,. •! . ; rj ¦ : ; r ^ U-J Vl ^ -TV- ' ¦;•" in awe of such a thing as himself . He was put in mind that it was near one o'clock be certainly did intend to hate addressed them at sctee length ; but he would not do then , because be knew they , bad { heir domestic affairs to attend . There-Was one thing which caught his attention , when Mr . O'Connor was addressing the meeting . In soliciting their attention , in order to support their cause , he seemed to forget that it was tery simple , which was merely that they wanted to be represented in the House of Commons . Ha then shewed the inconslsteacy ^ ot Jfce ' - ¦** iMgatt * iif agittttng for a measure which did not go to the root of tfc »* ttf ^ and eten if it would , they wert netsincerelntbehfadtocacy of Repeal , whilst the Chartists on the other band were
asking for that which ( Sod and nature designed them to possess . It was not right , honest or just that the Chartists should join them , but it waa right that they should join them , the Chartists . ( Cheers . ) ' The Whigs had given them the Reform Bill which had set the middle class against , "them ; they had likewise granted , that most atrocious of all , the Rural Police Bill . ( Hear . ) And society had come to that pitch , that almost etery man considers or looks upon nearly etery other man as an enemy . He was glad , however , that the people by their conduct had refused to-beguiled by the atrocious Whigs , or those more atrocious , if possible , the Tories , and had letthem see thata spirit of liberty was still living in their bosoms . Mr . O'Connor had told them of a union—but he ( Mr . Benbow ) wished to know what sort of a union hejmeanb { he wished him to be distinct and definite . There was such a thing as a black Union—a union of petjury and infamy . He for his part , hoped he would always hate sufflctent
resolution to resiat being united with a traiter—and if they would do that , they would' defy any kind of men in the world from injurlngthem—If so , they would become respectable—if so , they hating truth and justice on their side , would soon arrite at the ¦ haven of freedom . He would recommend them not to follow any man but the cause , and , like the : disciples of Jesus Christ , hate a single eya . No , no , he would not be deluded , he would keepa single eye fixed upon the man whom he considered to be a traitor . After making several other remarks , he said that he was an old Repealer of the Union—be joined Daniel O'Connell In order to get a Repeal of tbe Union , because be conceited it would be a benefit not only to the sons of the sister Isle , but for the working men ef Englaad also . He hoped however , In conclusion , that they would make justice and equity their polar star . He would not keep them any longer , but would give ample time for Mr . R . Jackson to gite them four or five hours if b . 9 thought proper . ( Cheera )
Mr . Jackson was next Introduced , amid tociferous cheering . He said that was the third time that day he had been brought before them , and he felt highly honoured : if ever he felt proud , or felt willing to make a sacrifice in behalf of the Charter , it was that night It had been said that he had left the cause of the Charter , and was about to unite with a man who was not a Chartist Heaven forbid ! It had no foundation in truth ; for he believed that if eter there was a time when it was neeessary to labour for the Charter , and a
greater probability of its becoming the law of the land , it was doubly so then . ( Cheers . ) John Edward Taylor was compelled to acknowledge the influence of the Chartists , for he said that a great deal of the success of the Tories gaining pewer was owing to the services rendered by the Chartists ; although at other times he would assert that they were only the rabble . After touching upon many other subjects in his usual lively and eloquent strain , he sat down , by thanking tfeem for the honour conferred upon him , and retired amidst loud applause .
The Cuaieman then gate "The Executive Council of the National Charter Association j and may their exertions be speedily crowned with SHCcess . " Air— " England for ever , and the land we lite in . " Mr . Dunavan rose amid loud cheers . He felt tar toured to hate tbe pleasure of responding to that toast , because it showed that he , an Irishman from Cork , too , ( smiles from Feargus , ) possessed their confidence , and went on to prove that the working men of England were not hostile to the working men of Ireland ( Cheers . ) Howeter , as to the toast , the country had elected the Executive , and reposing great confidence in
them , appointed them to direct the movement which was then going on , in * the achievement of which the interests of Irishmen were involved . Those men he knew personally himself , and he believed them to be sincere , honest , and persevering men in the cause of redemption . After exhorting his hearers to renewed exertions , hating brighter prospects before them , as » sure token of which , they had only to witness the demonstration of ( hat day as uuparrelleled by anything eter attempted in England before . ( Cheers . ) He sat down by thanking them for their repeated expressions of applause .
The next toast given was " the exiled and imprisoned patriots , and may they soon bo restored to their country and their homes . " Air— " Exile of Erin . " Mr . CaRTLEDGE responded to this in his usual touching and affecting manner , having been called upon seteral times before on such occasions , he waa quite at home , and shewed plainly his ability and willingness to the cause to do justice to this important toast TheCHAiRHAN in a very flattering manner gave " tbo Chartist press . " Air— " Bonny breast knots . "
Responded to by Mr . Griffin , reporter to thetforthern Star , who returned thanks for the manner in which the Chairman had introduced the toast , likewise his sincere thanks for the merry manner in which the band hod played the air , aad for the enthusiastic manner in which the crowded assembly bad received it , becauso it convinced him that though he was pointed at by the finger ot scorn , by those who live out of the people ' s labour —by buying cheap and selling dear , —( cheers . )—he at any rate -was thought of by them . The working men of Manchester much valued the paper referred te , namely , tbe Star , the advocate of the righta of labour . ( Loud cheering . ) He would likewise take that opportunity of thanking them for the glorious and triumphant manner , and for their tokens of respect to F . Connor , Esq ., who established the Northern Star , which had done more to bring the people to a general
understanding with each other , and had done more to spread instruction among 9 t the working millions ; than all the other press put together besides . It might appear presumption in him to thus enlogue the Star , but such was the case that it made tbe people independent of the proprietor Mmselt —( Hear , hear , from O'Connor . ) He had weathered the storm in and out of danger , neither turning to tho right nor to the left , —( lond cheers , )—advocating the rights , liberties , and immunities of the millions . In order to be short , having great respect for the ladies , be would there and then pledge himself to , as fur as his abilities would permit , both with tengue and pen , defend right against might , the weak agaist the strong , justice against icjasUce , truth against falsehood , exposing tyranny , and corruption , until freedom , happiness , and contentment were the lot of the industrious yet starving millions of the kingdom . ( Loud cheers . )
The Chairman then gate "The Female Chartists , and the Ladies generally . " Responded to by Mr . Wheeleb , who kept the audience in convulsive laughter . Mr . O'Connor thon rose , and when advancing to the platform , was met by several vociferous rounds of cheering , -waving of tcarfs , hats , and handkerchiefs , clapping , cheering , end stamping , which beggars description . When it abated , he moved Mr . Sehofield do leave the chair , and that Mr . Wheeler take his place . Here a little familiar sparring took place between Mr . O Connor and the veteran Wheeler , the latter rising before his time , and the former putting him down again , and pulling each other by tlie coat tail , which excited roars of laughter .
Mr . O'CONNOR then , in a very natteiing manuei , moted a vote of thanks to the Chairman . He did it not only because he was an esteemed personal friend of his , but as a public frieud te them , bearing of his good services on behalf of the public ( Cheera . ) Mr . Jackson rose and seconded the motion , and when put , was carried with long , loud , and enthusiastic cheering . . Mr . Schofield responded . Thus ended the oratorical part of the proceedings , it being about two o'clock . Mr . O'Connor , the Chairman , and a number of the good and true , left the Hall , highly delighted and elevated bj the glorious and orderly display of the day .
The band then struck up , tbe forms were sided , the dancing masters came to their post , and the females , about fite hundred in number , took their turns in the amusement , which lasted till nearly five o ' clock , and even then the mirth -was so profitable , that had it not been for having to att « nd to their other employments it would hate been too soon . And thus ended one of the most numerous , splendid , and enthusiastic displays ever held in Manchester , and , in tho opinion of many , unequalled—and which reflects a lasting credit upon the Committee of Management , the females , the blistered hands , unshorn china , and fustian jackets of this great emporium of commerce . Hurrah , then , for the Charter , O'Connor , and tho people .
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LIVERPOOL . The demonstration in this town , on Monday last , in honour of Mr . O'Brien and Mr . O'Connor , though deficient of a pnblio procession , and confined to a soiree , was nevertheless of a most soul stirring character . For some time an active committee tad been formed . , who have been indefatigable in their exertions to give effect to the arrangements , and by their endeatbur 3 , backed by the spirited conduct of the men and women of Liverpool , an entertainment waa got up worthy of the cause , and worthy of the patriots . The soiree was leld in the Queen's Theatre , Christian-street , tho
interior of which was adorned and decorated In most beautiful style ; the stags -was devoted to a cross tablfi for the chairman , the guests , and the speakers ; the pit was floored ovor , and throughout its length were placed six tables , at which -were accommodated up"V 7 ardB ; of five hundred persons , . of both soxea . In front of the gallery waa suspended a Iarg 3 and handsome flag , on which was inscribed , " Tho speedy return of the exiled patriots to their home . s , and to their kindred ';" portraits of the patriots , particularly O'Brien and O'Connor , and of the exiled Frost , ia handsome frames , were hung around the front of the boxes j and in front of the proscenium was a lengthy banner ,
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inacribed , " NationaLChartejr Association . '' In addition to the " tickets which *>» Issued for the tea , the public wewadmitted as « j « c { afori | into the boxes , and : gallery , on paymeint of a trifling « Un , and eteiyaflM in theaaplaees w » js occupied . . / . ' ¦' - ' _ . - The ^ arrangements were . exceIteB | B , and rtflecwa credit on those hj wheinv the eptertaiament w » managed ..., '¦ . ' . ; ¦ \ ' ¦ -. [' .... i . '¦ , ' . ¦ ¦ . ' .. . . .-: ¦ '¦ . ¦ ' ; . The tea equipage hating Deen remoted ; : , , On the motion of Mr . AuBler , . Mr . Llqtd was unanimously called to t £ e chair , aM in opening the bosiness of the meeting , he said JW trusted that by their kindness he should" be enabled to abitw to them how well a working man could preside over a meeUagcomposed of working men and women . The meeting had been got up to do honour to those
noble patriots who had been imprisoned for their advocacy ot the cause , and fox the espeeial purpose of hearing addresses bom two of those— -namely , Mt » Bronterre O'Brien and Mr . Feargus O'Connor . As candour in a Chairman was the best under all the circumstance * , he thought it his duty to at once state that on that occasion they would only hate the pleasure of bearing one of those gentlemen—Mr . O'Brien . ( Heat , hear . ) And lest they might think that tbe Committee had taken any unfair advantage , he was Instructed to say that were any persons present disappointed , and ; wishful to retire , they would have their money retimed . He then explained the circumstances under which Mr . O'Connor had entered into the arrangement to attend at Liverpool , and read the following letter which be had just had put into his hands : —
" Mosley Arms' Hotel , Manchester , Sunday night . : " Sib , —I feel assured that you will give me credit for the sincere regret whieh I feel at not hating it in my pewer to attend at your festival to-morrrow nighi » intended to honour my excellent andmuch valued friend O'Brien . It was my Intention to bavemade one « f your party , nor was I aware till after ay arrival at Mancb . es > ter , that their arrangements would debar me of the pleasure . Howeter , your own good sense will point out the impossibility of both O'Brien and myself absenting ourselves from an entertainment got up at much expense . Of alt men living , there i * not one of whose pnblio worth and-private -virtues I hate a greatet opinion than James It O'Brien , and therefore , do I feel the disappointment morefuHy . However , he and yon * will , I am sore , take the will for the deed , and receit my apology perhaps with less sorrow than I experience in making it - "Your faithful friend .
" Fbakstjs OComhdb . Under these drenmstances , he trusted the Coffimrttm would be exonerated from all blame , and that at some future and not distant day they would be gratified by hating Mr . O'Connor amongst them at a free meeting ( Great cheering . ) The Chairman then proposed , as the first sentiment of the evening—'" The people , the only legitimate source of all power . " ( Three times three . ) Mr . Ambler responded to the toast He waa sure that nothing could give him more pleasure than speaking to such a toast , on such a convivial occasion , and in the presence of one who had suffered in the cause of the people . ( Hear . ) There was such a war of words between parties at the present day , that it was a
difficulty to discover who were the people ; but he thought it might be , discovered by referring to the utility of the parties . ( Hear , hear . ) He repudiated any ill-feeling against the lady who now held the sceptre of these lands , but In his opinion there was no necessity for such a personage . ( Cheers . ) It was necessary , certainly to have a presiding head over all assmblies ; but whQfl he admitted that , he considered that a persen holding such ofnes should be selected for bis fitness , and fer his talent ; but under the present system , a child or a fool might fill the office . ( Hear and cheers . ) But who ara the people ? Tbe producers of all wealth—the working classes . ( Hear . ) And there-was another question , " Why do you toast the people V to which he replied that taey « -ere iadeed the legitimate source cf all
power . 'Xho working classes were admitted to hats manifestoes tileir power in various ways ; they nad manifested their power , and that tery lately too , by taking , as they had been advised to do , the power into their own hands of managing thete own affairs They , had manifested their power , also , in the recent electioneering struggles , when they had stepped in amongst the candidates and offered themselves to be the representatives ef their own body ; and in doing so they had acted most manfully , and had given utterance to sentiments which , though unpalatable , were nevertheless true , and were expressed in language not to be misunderstood . ( Cheers . ) He toasted the people because they now proclaimed that
war should be no more , and because they had determined that the institutions of the country should be of a new kind , and should be of a nature far superior to any that had eter been offered to them . ( Hear , hear . ) He toasted them because of their knowledge , as manifested in their intentions , which were of such a nature as to be capable of making the people finch a people as they had never been before . ( Cheera . ) He toasted the people because of a long-neglected and downtrodden portion of that peopto , tho brawny and industrious sons of old Ireland . ( Cheers . ) Some othec observations occupied the remainder ef the speaker ' s time ; and , after congratulating them on their taste fox meeting together for mutual improvements , he sat down amidst neat cheering .
The Chairman then gate the next toast—" The People ' s Charter , ami may it speedily become the law of the British Empire . " The toast was drank amidst the moat enthusiastic cheering . Mr . William Jones responded to the toast He said , in coming forward to speak on that occasion , he had to regret that a want of experience might render his development of the principles of tho People ' s Charter somewhat deficient ; but he trusted , in the few observations he sheuld make , he should not trespass upon their patience , while he would leave to tbe gentleman who had to follow him to supply that definition which he should be incapable of . ( Cheers . ) He looked upon Universal Suffrage as > the chief point of the
Charter , and without which it would be a dead letter , and not worth the attention of any real Reformer . ( Hear , and cheera ) He did not recognise the accidental circumstance which gave to one man a tote , while is reduced another to the levei of the brute . ( Hear . ) So lt > ng as the working classes could boast of having produced from their ranks a Paine , a Franklin , a Burns , and a Bloomneld , so long would they be capable of exercising the rights of freemen , and claimed for him that distinction which raised him above the fool and the brute . ( Hear , and cheers . ) True , it was that a frightful mass of vice and depravity existed , but it was also true that a vast mass of misery and want were abroad , created by class legislation . ( Hear . ) The
Government depended in a great measure for its support on the vicea and immorality of the age , and so long a 3 this existed—so . long aa the younger branches of the aristocracy were dependent for their existence on the professions , and tUe elder branches had the pritilege of the entail , so long would tbe present anomalous state of things exist ( Cheers . ) Mr . Jonea went on at very great length , and with much eloquence , to expose the fallacy of the present system of class legislation , to which source he : clearly traced the evils under which the nation groaned , and for which the Charter alone weald provide an eficient remedy . His speech occupied above an hour in ^ he delivery , and was frequently interrupted by the bsarty cheers of the company .
The Chairman said tho next toast is , or ma intended to have been , " The Quests-, " but , as only od « of tliosa gentlemen waa present , it placed him in a difficult position . He thought , however , there would be no impropriety in giving " The health of James Bconterre O'Brien , " ami in associating with him the name of O'Connor , with best wishes for their future welfare and prssperity , ho went in ' . o a detail of the services rendered by the two patriot 1 ? , dwelling upon the merits ef both ia a highly eulogistic style , and said that aa they were so much indebted to them , he should call upon tbo meeting to repay part of the debt by giving threo times-three for each . The cheers were given with great enthusiasm . ' ( Continued in our Eighth page .
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her husband in oed wiia another woman , fired at him -with a gun , and shos away a large portion of his right cheek ftud jaws . Musson was conveyed to the General Hospital , near Nottingham . A con-EtSble apprehended the woman on ibespofc . On his arrival at the hospital , it became necessary to perform an operation , and Mr . William Wright , surgeon , Pelham-street , took away a portion of the upper and lower jaws , which had been broken by the shot on the right aide . He is still alive , and may recover if lock jaw doea not come on ; at present he ia not out of danger .
Destructive Fibe near Woolwich . —On Thursday morning , between one and two , a fire broke out in a cottage on Plumstoad-common , occupied by Mr . Carrington , a bnilder .- It is not known how the fire originated , but ic i 3 supposed the chimney must hate been ignited aud communicated to some of the wood work , of which the building was principally constructed . Mr . Carrington and his family , wno had a short time previously retired to rest , escaped ia their night clothes . Within a short period after the alarm was given the Royal Artillery engines and parties of men arrived , but conid not obtain a sufficient supply of water ; the entire building was burnt to the ground , and almost all the furniture aad money , in cash and notes , were consumed .
Murderous attack on the Police . —Friday , about one o ' clock , a policeman named Berry , while seizing a fellow who was climbinR ote ^ a garden wall at the back . part of Upper-WHtoton-atreet , Bagnigge-road , was most brutally rff fnn ^ nif | iitt <|[ i | iiT ¦ . u |* - \ tud stabbed in several parts of the body byJnwTW ? ** * ^ . * * fian and two of his companions . The ruffianijefl ' A **¦ him apparently dead on the ground , and mMtar ^ gHpTX' ^~ .- ' - /"" v x-scapo across the fields . Sn ^ se ^ e ^ tly » jWj ) 6 w ^ Klj ^^ 4 ^ ^ Scotchmsr , and Colton , on passing byfll $ g # Mi& -dV > V found Berry lying down in a state of n 4 wS ^^ T"ivi i ^ V * l-2 and they immediately procured a strstchwSfflwfitW ^^ Vr i / veyedhimtofthestatrtn-h ' Oflfl * . ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ & sqr gfeofcj | frffig ^ ^^ : u , k for , every assistance was afforded him , & «©§ yj 5 © rf ' - ~ Pi > S J resfcored ' to fcis senses , and carried to his restpeafoBUBl l ^ ^^ o ^ Wynyatt-street , Clerkenwell , where he is fttftuptiK ^ Jlc * kA'XkX in a dangerous state . . WJSiEi < dk »* " * 4 »»* 9
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On Sunday Morning Week, A Woman Named Musson, Lividg At Oarhon, Near Nottingham, Finding
On Sunday morning week , a woman named Musson , liviDg at Oarhon , near Nottingham , finding
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 2, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct723/page/7/
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