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wi snot ot On Sunday morning week, a woican named Musson, living at CarUon, near Nottingham, finding her husband in bed with another woman, fired at
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MANCHESTER DEMONSTRATION . j Continued from our sixth page , \ Another large , trell-finished , full-length , oD-painted portrait of Feargus O'Connor , Esq . the ' Champion of the people's rights . " J Rgftgae— " A nation should have courage to whirrs its liberty , with power to defend it , \ risdom to secure it , and generosity to com- j monicate ft . " i Bind of Music Tooi Urge tri-colonred flags , -which had a good effect at this part of the procession . green silk fl ^ S- ^^ " Feargus O C * an # r , the champion of the people ' s r iihta ; " from Miles Platting . Reverse- " May there henceforth be bat one law , that of nature , but one code , that of reason ; one throne , that ot justice ; and one altar , that of ; _ —
. Banner . ¦ I ^ Government th&i neglects the physical and moral wants of the people ought not to exist " Portraits of Feargus O'Connor and Dr . . M'Djaall , decorated with rosettes . Ofl painting of Mr . Benbow , with appropriate mottos . yerr large green silk bsnn « r , with white border . u The people—the foundation—the source of all power . " Reverse— " Bemember the foul deeds of Peterloo . " Brown-street white flig . " Liberation of Feargus O"Conn 3 rr Esq ., the unflicching advocate of the people ' s rights . " Oil painting of Dr . M'Dou&U . Motto—M'Dooall is our friend . " "Manchester Political Union . " Banner . jjotto— " The People ' s Charter ; and Repeal of the TTnicn .
Obverse— " The producers of ireaiih should be the consumers . " Green silk flag . " The Salford Branch Association . " Banner . " Manchester Political Union—Peace , Liw , and Order . " The number ef pedestrians , who waited four and six ibresst , was beyond escalation , and to these followed » long toe of vehicles filled with people cf both KI 6 S . . .
In this order did the procession move on with its unwieldy quickened ™*« towards SieTenson ' 3 Square , j On passing the Infirmary , the crowd was so great that ¦ people were carried along with the pressure , tue whole j length of the street being lined to suffocation . On j their arrival at the place cf destination , the Sqrare iras so crammed , that it va with very great difficulty j tie carriage couid effect an approach to a situation vhsre the speakers could be heard Grea . t inconvenience vis evidently submitted to ; and , to prevent an acJ- ) tot , the Tehide wsa stopped , when 2 Jr . O'Connor , at \ bilf-p&st six o ' clock , in order to arrest attention , at acre commenced speaking . I j ' j I > [ j ' . I
ilr . O'CO >* 5 OB presented himself . The cheering was immense , fie said it would be folly to go through the formality cf appointing & chairman to preside OTer such a multitude ; therefore , according to his custom , he would go forward at once . ; Hear . ) He aid , 1 am particularly happy to be present here toc * y , for fwo reasons ; and 5 et na man hiss , hoot , or gross , while I am explaining one of those enormities which will create a sensation of horror in every breast Firstly , I rejeiee at the oTerpowering multitude met in the celebrated spot , Stephenson-square ; and 1 I in hsppy to be present because it proves that I am sot to be dismayed even by the threats of the assassin . Hear and cheers . ) You all surely reprobate the an-Bonymous invitation which you saw placarded upon
rocr walls . But what will you say when 1 inform J ^ u , ifc&t I received a letter—not an anonymsus one—but [ case bearing the signature of a min calling himself an ^« > -m « m and a Repealer ; and in that letter I am told ; that if I dare eome to Manchester , that I should be ' . tssssinated , thongh thsusar-ds of liTes were lost in the strcegle . ' Here a forest of Irish hands were helu np , Tith the announcement , " We ' re Irish , we ' re Irish ; ' Thowculd dsredoit . " } ifr . O'Connor continued . Xo ; do Irishman would dare do it My body guard into ! Manchester from Eccles , a distance of four miles , con-1 cr . ed almost exclusively of Irishmen . ( Cheers . ) And : I believe I hive shaken hands with nobody else \ to-dsy . But although you would not sanc ' iion it , Tet if the assassin had succeeded in the threat—and
if I was capable of beiag dismayed and intimidated— . ibs sssae threat would only have to be repeated h order to prevent m 7 attendance at public meetings . ' Hear , hear , and cieers . ) But I am net dismayed : I is b * re ; where is the assassin ? ( Load cheers . ] Let ' ten strike . ' Where are the heroes who are to put tee dors ? ( Cheers asd laughter . ) Let not the Irishmen ' here mistake me ; I would cot allow my countrymen ' to TE ^ e so unequal a war as s few thousands against ; bedreds of thousands . If they want to assassinate j B £ , they hare only to unite with the enemy ; and tee asd be killed , unless you can disprove any and frery eh . irge which any or every man can bnsg against ' yes . Cheers . ) They shall not then want any opponent , te I will go in the dead of night against them , and <
then dose , "wheresoever I should be led . tL-jud cfceers . I was requested this dzj at Eccles , by an , wavm-iTi , who walked four miles to see me , to give up the recommendation of physical force , and the abusing sf Dmiel C'Connell , and they would all join me in a ]» ij . To that I care no answer ; but I now do it ; psbliely . I hare no occasion to giTe np the recommendation of physical force , as I all along denounced it Loud cheers , and " You did . '' ) But the very men ; * ho put the Lord Mayor ' s chain upon their neck , j poked themselves into omce , and power , and rewards , I by blustering about physical force , eTen cut of the : eacEon's meutb . ; s . ud bemuse I would not desert , thrust- j me in in their stead . ¦ . Hear , bear . ) When I inrite you ; to physical force , or to any secret movement , or when :
you hear of me joining in any seeret movement , thsa desert me ; because you may rely upon it that I should either be the paid tool of a faction , or shall be preparing you f . jr auction . ( Loud cheers . ) I need not ssy more of physical force : and now as to Mr . Dank ] O'CoEBeil ; 1 =: us aee who makes the opposition ,- aad test , at til everts , my desire to conciliate my country-BKi by ihe EJiswer which I shall give . I care not for persona ! abuse . I hare plenty of it . I t *""* I am the bet abused mzn in the world . I am abused by both "Whip , Tories , and Repealers . ; Cheers and cries of cot 1 / Bspealtrs . } ily answer , then is , that I should be ,-ift-y ciareeabie with a desire to preserve dissension were I ta refcsg eren a greater request made by r ^ y countrymen . Hesr me , then , Engiishmen , Irishmen ,
&nd Scotchmen , if it is to take away the pretext foi ciKmicn and to gratify Irishmen , I pledge myself not mn to mention the naro » of ilr . Darnel OCannell , so hng as he abstains from abusing Chartists and the Carter . I pyp Una carte V . « . nche to make me L : s * tole stock-ia-trace . Loud cheers . I am not afraid cf Iru > TT , f , ri . If iO . rOCi were here to assassinate me , JiC ' . oio would be res-iiy to arrert the aasassins' blow . Hire srain , a fcrert of hands were holden up , aad Ep 5 = « cheerLcg foDowed . i What , in Gou's ' name , said ilr . O'Connor , eau there be different in the interests of aa English working man , and an Irish Working Ea ? and how can it be that all Ei ^ lishmen see its atcessity of rnakirg the Charter the basis
e ifghlatioE , while irishmen are taugLt to look upon we possession of a House of Comman 3 based upon the ' nry principle which we all seek to destroy as the only i Sx-g worth coLrendiBg for . The Kepeai of the Union I * itiout lbs Charter was a mere cuckoo err . i Hear , i bKii , ^ Ed cheers . ) If the Irish wished for " a ParliaceEt in Ireland , and if the whole magic was in the lame of Parliament , we would make them a present of ran , ready cut and dry ; box and dice , and all . Hear . ) ; flt-sv _ was the henesty of tie advocates of the iustice PEE ^ ple to be tested ? by their promises or their i > errapKises ? Wist he tad done was before them . ' . n C-: ne promisi-d to Go tras to get 4 , 006 , 000 of s : gaa- . jes , ^ Mcn would cos ; him £ 1 , 000 , demanding a 1 ; I ¦ ; ' . . ¦
aptal of the Legislative Unicn . . . Loud and lons-c ' on . f * f ° f ^ ' v E 0 Vr ' r : Te me kiTe t 0 ^ yo ° > can If ! " ^ V ^ e tyruray of the Irish landlords with j heprtsentfcKJehise ? Cheers .. How can you con-^ d tgsaij ,, the oppressica cf the Law Cfcorcb , with u euomiCTS . i ^ resfcalatiTs powers , snd the standing » ± Z ° ^ lt ? Hear . tear , aud loud th ^ rinz , % ? ' *?\ ^ Jcxx ^^ t ^ 8 » without alteriig itL . ^ KJie cf rePresea ^ tion , vtich has led to the SS ^ ° ib f ( Hesr . hea ., Aye , my beloved ZT ^ ^ S 2 jm ° J " ed me mach , and annoyed thsa * ° c ^» v ^ ' - " ' *** - ' s " 1 EatI l » Temore
t- ' -eiT " ^^ ° ' ° ^ rarDfr : 1 from a . con ^ i > 7 coehizi tofit ??' - £ nd thT " -5 tf ^ sssimtion . : Hear , c $£ p" 5 " ' : zs cf ^ y « untrymcn , that I reifT ' nT- u'i ^ : ll is to watch m j and to watch j £ w rn ^ ' ttd U ' '• S e fcr ^ emselTts . Sot to to' ^ S fifiv * ? artismte l ^ Z * « t ^ ern , but jZ . Vv - ¦ a ; s tu » ieiligib ! 3 , or the most practical « S ^ v ^^ gricVMices , promoting union , and ^• tetmfffreedoa . L-ad < &m , ^ ig hty j ^ yi - £ ct ^ l ° - * Xime tot «^ i «« t and expeths " -srt f glT ' 1 Tay t 0 humanity and principle , and ir ^ T ' . te ^! ^^ ^^ general want which 0 '
cdS-i ^ T * EW l " ** > b ° TMea to the wheel , ^ V £ ~ , ? 2 L e onTr - « fce ° ^ J Kniedv for geuerally t ^ TZ ^^ Lou i cheers . ) When Nre look w £ d \^ f ^ witenanted houses , the eottagea . ^ Zfr l }' , **?^ wU- " teeming with the unhealthy £ Sf ^ 8 kort 5 - wil 0 «* « o £ * i «« K »^ C ^ f . 5 Sf ^ ds , stalticg abroad in nak dnesa , and ifcTn ^ fT " ^ r ^ ouses fiUed with the produce of * £ wSf ' ~' rhere ' ^ . can be the heart of tba t f-Dldv ™ Z ' hj a ? me £ ES > tiihfcr ^ ' ^ " » J rlT , ! . sysUm tliat lua led to such br- "Tf a ° iv , p > or """iii ^ old bis assistance i ' ^ i Zl v ™ mentof a system which is to destroy aIr ^ -rt , T '' VrbJ ** ^ ' ^ the aristocracy &-- ' T ? ¦ . < aa » I had the bodies of the murdered fciffinln * w caQeWE 5 ! D ! 1 J b 7 ' ieil death - Kp 7 " v qUeSt 8 heia over them ; because I attenaed
' S ^^ " ^ " - ^ ' ^ re sought satisfaction for the b&dVf-v C ^ olM caantrymtrn , shed by the tyrant o _ « L ^ napiioed rufians cf the law-church , backed 4 CJ" - . ^ Thic ^ the present systen , of p . pre-^ 7 , r - , " es t 0 the corporate and infide : C ^ i ^ iians . * to v , - ?^ eoattoued chesrir g ., Well , d . . es ciua , * f ^ r tv , ^ oes " Irishman charge his nature , V v- ^ l ^ ° f "" b irth wL £ n » a fore' : SE <^ t ' Wntf v Ekoilld I iess love Ireland now , though ' •« ' tr-ffl Ler shores than when I was on her green lands
¦ ! : ¦ ilr . Benbow said that tUis day , it would be admitted ' . by our enemies , had indeed been a glorious day in behalf of the Charter . Both factions ir . iut say that this Las been a most sp ' endid deinor-& : iuiion . lie ifras of opinion that had a similar iraaifc-tation of opinion ai . d . " -yiipathy been made fc : merly , they would leag ago have stopped the monsters from their -wicked deeis of blood—be meant as far as tee Charter was concerned . Hear . ; He v ; as afraid that few could htar what he . then said , such was the state of pressurt from the crov ^ d ; be sLouid , therefore , present ! / retire leaving ! his friend , the Rev . Mr . Jick £ oa , to follow him . He , however , leturced them bis sincere thankfl for tbat mark of their sympathy ; bet hoptci he v ? -. uid b « allowed ja » : to tell them tbat -t s ., m « fulure day , vrhen they m ' gLt be -wanted , that tLey -would cuiue out in the s . irpe ruiiirrcus and social manner that they had thit day inaEifcsted towards Mr . Feargus O'Connor , : b : mse ) f , and others , and then most as * uretiJy both : Whig and Tc-ry would-. ' . ie as factions—v « * '¦ indchecrsi — -art the Charter would become the law of the land . : 1 Hear . > The factions wouid rather that the kingdom I were a Sodom and &Dmorrah , than you should enjoy ¦ your fxt ^ cdom . iHtai ., It vras by such rirtnoastrations as : these simultanrc-usly ii tbat and othtf towns , that the people of this country could alone Lope to beccine free . Are yon ready to b-. conie free ? Yes . we are . i Ht ¦ wished they % vtre . An old man on Iris left hand said ' th- \ t hs was reidv . H-3 ¦ s riilifcd nioii iiicerely that a iii ^ i i _ c vt tUa iCuU » . JLAi ; T » uuvu * nci ; k .. i . uw * . t % -J j ( . ^ Mk a
. simi ' -zr feeling prevailed ic all the- ^ tis ; if ; : did , , n jt one month would clapfe before the Charier would ' : btcoEie tlie k-vr r . f the land , i Applause . ) He again ; iLanked the m-. e-J ^ g for tie mark of tL = ir sy : ; ipithy trhich hsd been tL-at day conveyed to them ; aud ' for the testimosy of approbation at any rate , that thiy had p ^ . d him . Tea is ready . ) A voice had reminded him that te-u was rea-iy , he would consequently ' cot tresspass longer upon thcirtime than by stating thai j tbe meetirg would teach the irrocious Whigs and more \ atrocions Tories that the working millions having the I povrer in their own hands for their political eiaancipai tion , were dstenuined to txercise that power in the j ca-as ? of iree-lcm mli justice- ( Much cheering ) j TheR . v . w . V . Jackso . n £ 2 . id , on coming before ; the people on that occasion , be could not sufficiently j expression gra . iiiv . de to Almighty God that Mr . Feargus ! O'Connor ,- Mr . Benbow , hiniseif , and the rest of their j friends , M * ere occe mere found amongst them advoc&t-I ing the gicricus , the mighty cause cf freedom . ( Hear . ; i The bst time they were together far tbe dissemination I of similar principles , and at the time when Mr . Benj bow was addressing the people in favour of those prinj ciples , he ( Mr . Jackson ; and others were being chained I hand in hand and conveyed to Kirkiisle House of Cori rection .. \ abame- ) How very different on the present ) occaaon- — . 'hear )—and how different the feelings and j number of the people . That ci ^ y their friends were ! taken frcm theit beds long before day-light , and con-¦ signed to dsrk and dreary dungeons , t Shames But j thank fio < i ,. they -B-fere assfenibltd together in greater
' power and * strength than en any previous occasion . : Hear , hear . ) . We are yet tmcorigueiBd—igreat applause)—but the Whigs rre de-id nerer to rus again ; aiid though the Tories are in power , we will evnvinc * them that the CLarU-r must ultimately become ihe law of the linii . tChetxs-i For himitif lie pi ^ iniscd 1 the people that al'iiough he had been iiiiuairtj in the ¦ dungeonB , be vrzz dctennined to exert himself more tban ever in the cause of freedom . Hear . 1 , G « d -was on their side , and public opinion was also en
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! ! ! : j ! I end heard her mosns , all caossd by the want of that Charter which I look fyr as a healing balm for all her wounds . And where , now , are those virtuous ones who bo copiously abased me ? Where no w are all those who called me Tory , because I directed my fire upon the enemy immediately before me and in power—where I ftsk are they ? Where is their great courage in giving to that Hearen born-minister the opposition with which he sought u > be met upon the Tery threshold of office , i { Load cheers ) I hare been a month at large , and during I tint time , show me the man of any clcsa who has I opposed and registered his determination to opDOse my I friends the Tories as I have done ? Not that I think j them ' much worse than the Whip—not I that I - think they would resort to more base i or tyrannical means for represing my principles , or
'• j for killing me , than the Whigs have ; but because I they are in immediate possession of po-a-er whicti I j consider unconstitutional . ( Cheers . ) On my ronte j hera to-day , a fine bold-looking working man said to me , " Weil , Fearrns , the Whigs hsvnt killed you ; but , by Or— d , Bobby will . " ( Shouts of laughter , and I Kay , he weiut ) Ni , I believe yon ; at least if he I does it will be a dear purchase . ( L « ud and long j cheering , and waving of hats , whieh lasted for some j time . ) And I'll tell you why , because I am det * r' mined that if a second attack is made upon rue , it j Bhall ke upon form and not upon law , as the last j was ; and I am resolved neither to break the law myself , nor to allow you to break the law ; and there-; fore 1 believe there is sufficient honest intention , moral
: courage , and stern determination in the people never ! to resist an illegal attack against a political enemy . i ALoud cheers . ) Suppose , as the working man said , 1 that Bobby did kill mo , bow fanny all the Teries at j Manchester wonJd look when the news arrived . ( Hear . ) j Mr . O'Connor then entered into a review of the Chartist J cause for the last two years , arM in speaking of the j Cora Law said , will you just think of a parcel of fellows j who think all the houses , large and small , too little for themselves , and yet talk of giving you a large I loaf . 1 Cheers and laughter . ) Well , then , am 1 to J join them ? ( Xo , no . ) No ! aud are you to join : them ? . , certainly not ; and 111 tell you why . Be-¦ csuse if we # o a hair ' s breadth either to tie right
| ! | ' hand or to the left , the strength which our imbecility ; would give to our opponents , and tua-ble them to throw us backwards , while they had wholly annihilated the people and their cause , i Cheers . ) That ' s my reasert , my friends , for givirg and for counselling to give , fair opposition in the way of argument to every dap-trap question which is proposed for your amelioration while it is accomplished , would but tend to strengthen the hands of tbe enemy in the resistance to the general principle of universal justice . ( Loud cheers . ) What . ' am I to look around and see before me that striking , and almost speaking portrait of Frost , Willinns , and Jone 3 , asking you , in dumb eloquence , to restore them to their families , to their country , and to their homes . ( Loud cheers ) Aye . dont cheer us ; you have no ej inpathy for them . This night's fettival
was not mace for them ; and we no v enjoy something i Hke liberty , while they are pining in a pen : tl colony—; convicted upon the false oath of a Government officer , i and upon the affirciation of hired Government spies . i ( Great sensation , and cries of Shame , shame . ) Well , ! that was th 8 Whigs . ( Cheers , and " It was . " ) I fought ! hard for the Dorchester Labourers . ( Cheers , and " You 1 did' 1 ) I never saw them . I fought bard for the Glasgow Cotton Spinners , and I had not seen : them until they were arraienei I have not re-> ceived luUch thanks for tither . But that shall KOt 1 interfere with my duty to Frost iLoml cheers . ) ! What should merit expatriation to a penal colony ? Is 1 it the fact of being the best of Mayors—the best of 1 magistrates—the best of Poor Law Guardians—the best : of fathsrs—the best of husbauils—the best of frien-:. s
—the best of citizsns , and the bsst 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 patriot , and the Christian . ( Loud end 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 of the first acts under a Chatter Government would be , to charter a Government man-of-war—( hear ;—and Bring the convicts home in triumph to their native land . ; Lond and long-continued cheering . ) Here Mr . O'Connor made an allusion to a till gentleman , who stood on the platform immediately under a splendid falMeagth striking likeness of Frost , Williams and Jones , and who , Mr . O'Connor was iBformed was the
son . of Mr . Frost . He said " behold the li ? ing son , standing under the father ' s picture , supplicating God to lock them once more in one ft * nd ard affectionate embrace . " Every eye -was directed towards the individual , and was followed by waving of bats aad cheeriDg , which lasted ssveral minutei At this moment the Rev . Ilr . SchoSeld reached the carriage , from which Mr . O'Connor was speaking , when he turned to him and said— " In tis person and in the attendance of the Rev . Gentleman , we have the man who was brave enongh 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 " ( Laud cheers . 1 This gentleman ' s presence , at nil fcver . ts , prc ? ss my consistency , because kei 3 the very n . an who took thechair and presided over the SrstKettire , row six years ago , which he
I attended , at Manchester . 1 trust th ^ t wiil assure y ^ su that the very principles which I then propounded , and my determination to agitate for nc thing less , are the same which 1 continued t « advocate , and from which I shall" cot depart . iHear , hear , from Mr . SchoSeld . j Mr . O'Connor thtn 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 he did not think tbat it was witliio the power and scope of possibility , in the present state cf general distress , to have presented to the astonished spectators such countless thousands , with such a majrnificent
display of splendid fhgs . ( Lou ^ i cheers . ) One word for a friend , and 1 have done O'Brien , another Irishman , my friend and colleague , —' , cheers>—is another proof th-t the English do not hate the Irish . [ Cheers . ) He wa ? here to-day ; but the immensity of your procession having postponed to a late hour our arrival on the spot , and the necfcs&ity of his being in Liverpool this evening , has deprived him of the pleasure of tbackiEg you in person . I do it for him , -and I'll tell you more . It is in your power to make him doubly useiul to the cause , anri it is your duty to do so . tCheers . ) He is about te enter into his natural element . Thtre is this difference between him
and rue ; I am fortunately placed in circumstances to rendcj me independent of your suppart . He is not . The advantage is mine , but the foul ; not his . iCheers . ) Toa must , then , counteract the fault . He is going to establish a newspaper—that newspaper is tn be his daily bread , and to be another portion uf your knowledge . The compliment between you -will be reciprecsi . Ton . iiiustsnpport him—let me shift for myself . Put him upon his legs ; he has let-n well triedicheers — and do not allo ^ v your apathy to tti' -ct that which Whig tyranny has failul to accorupiiih . : Cheers . ) After s-Jiiie more obstrvations , Mr . O'Connor sat down , amid thunders of applause .
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their side , aad the Whigs wonld yet become Chartista and oppose the Teries , In which case the Charter must prevail , and although both Whig * and Tories combine , the cause of Chartism must preTaiL ( Hear . ) With these rtmatks he -would close , having also to apeak in the courso of the evening , ia the cause of liberty , freedom , and universal happiness . ( Applause . ) The Rev . James -Schofield was happy to see them on the present occasion , and prond to aee in their ranks the old banners of freedom , "which had fox some months
back been lowered . They were « g » tn unfurled in the glorious cause , and their colours could not be unfurled on a more honourable occasion . ( Hear . ) He could not allow that opportunity to pass 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 very head of their body was somewhat poorly and looked indisposed , and be was really afraid that the people would not allow him that rest and repose from his labours which he appeared so much in want of . ( Hear . )
Mr . Beeslet , of Accrington , in returning his acknowledgments to the men of Manchester , for their noble exertions in the cauae of universal liberty , propoasd the fallowing resolution . " That this meeting places the utmost confidence in Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and hails with pleasure and delight inexpressible the reappearance of that gantleman , together with J . B . O'Brien , Bsnbow , Jackson , and tbe other suffering patriots , again amongst us , considering them to be the undaunted , unflinching , and consistent advocates of the rights aud liberties « f the starving milLions , aud fur theit perseverance and late
suffcriug on our behalf , place our unbounded confidence in them , not only for tbeir labours , but for their great sacrifices , and hope and trust they will receive the mminfestations of gratitude and esteem tendered this day by us , tba working men of Manchester , as an indication of tuch . 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 success ; the liberty of the people , and the restoration to their country and their affectionate families , those suffering exiles , Frost , Williams , and Jones . "
Mr . M'Cartuy , of Liverpool , seconded 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 rights of his native country ( Ireland ) . The resolution on being put , was carried by tremendous applause . Feargvs O'Connor , Esq ., briefly replied to the resolution , in the name of his fiiend Frost-The conduct of the people was beyond all praise . Tbe blue bottles" were marshalled in Lever-street ; bat the Chartists would not be swerved nor intimi-Oated , nor frightened by any such a formidable civilmilitary force .
The whole of the proceedings were conductsd in the best temper , and each man exerted bis interest to mitigate tbe excessive annoyance arising from the vast concourse in the Square being propelled onwards by those in the rear wco could not get in at all . This was au argumentative lesson to tbe enemies of the Charter . " Leave pomps to those who need ' em , Adorn but man with freedom , And prond he braves The gaudiest slaves That crawl where monaxche lead ' em . "
The pressure upon the carriage , however , at length become very great , and tbe density of the crowd was not unattended with danger . To remedy the inconvenience , it was thought desirable and prudent that the business should here close ; and the proceedings in Steven son ' s-square terminated , providentially without a single accident . The postilions wtre then desired to drive to the Hall of Science , Camp-fleld , where it was advertised that
A TEA PARTY would ba held at seven o'clock , and to which 1 G 30 tickets Lid been issued , with the necessity of refusing hundreds of other applicants . The Hall is capable ot holding about 2 , 500 persons , including the gallery . The party holding tickets , the sexes being nearly in equal numbers , were accommodated at three sittings , up r ,-&rcs of 500 taking tea at » me time , the others occupying tbe galleries and dancing room respectively Considerabla , 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 iutellectual part of the affair commenced . Great praisa is due to the procurateurs ; and satisfaction , order , and the utmost good fewling prevailed throughcut tue immense audience .
THE SOIREE Wps formal'y opened by the Rav . James Sihofield 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 Mana ; ement , or Djruoastration Committee , occupying the pl&tfurm . 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'ConniT , Esq ., and another , bearing also full length paintings of Froat , Williams , and Jones . They are well executed and highly finished portraits , and were the same borne ia the Manchester procession , and excited universal admiration .
Tbe Chairman opened the proceedings by stating that he w ^ j in a peculiar situation , in consequence of U 12 appointment they had given him . He hardly knew how 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 csuse of Chartism . ( Cheers . ) He felt great pleasure in thus being called upon on that occasion , and he trusted he should be able " 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 ho considered that the charactor of a
labouring man was the greatest honour he could possess . ( Cheers . ) After miking a few preliminary remarks , he taid he would give the firsi toast upon the list , each speattr being aware that their time would be Bhort , as , after the business was gone through , the ladies would likft to trip it on the light fintastic too . He then gave— " The sovereign peotle , the legitimate source of ali povrer , " and called upon Mr . Doyla tu respond to it , who , mi coming forward , was greeted with loud cheers , clapping of hands , and other marks of applause . The band—Marstllaise Hymn .
Mr . Boyle , 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 tbat had been banuieu about by parties who , when properly tested , were against extendiui ; political power to the working classes . It w ^ s mobt uue that the people were the legitimate source of ail power ; yet they were , colleotively ana politically speaking , slaves , which he could show , had ha time , but it could not be expected that he Cuuld jnstica to such an important toaat in the limited time of five minutes . However , he conceived that every man should ba iD possession of such power as would protect hiuistiz and his labour against the capitalist and Lis cap ; til ; that eveiy i&an who has an
interest in society , and he trusted the working man ¦ wh o produced everything valuable in society would be considered to have a material interest as to its welfare , should be protected . Tho Whigs have made use of the toast , a . ad the Tories too , occasionally , yet both woulii do all they could to prevent them , the people , from having such power . ( Hear , hear . ; He never felt more happy than he h ^ . d doue that day in -witnessing such a glorious deruenstretion , aud to see such a large , orderly , and respectable a-sscinbly met to do honour to honest acd upright Chartists ; and in doing which they , the working people , Lai done honour to themselves . ( Hear , htar . ) Sir JuLu Campbell has stated that Chartism -was dead ; but be wished he had been there that night to see its resurrection . After making a few other pointed remarks , he ret . r « l auad loud cheering .
The Chairman rose , and said the next toast was" The Charter , the only medium through which prosper ity and real hoppiaess can ever be attained by the toiling million ? . " Air— " Scots wha hae -wi" Wallace bled . " > Loud cbeerifig , ) which was renewed by the Chairman calling upon Mr . Bailey to respond to it . Mr . BaILEt said , it w .-i ? an honour to have to respond to EUch a toast , for he -w .-vs sure If it was fully carried out , it ; would be a blessing to us al ! . The toast to which he had the honour t '» le-ipond , stated " that the
Charter is the only medium " ^ rn-. ^ fa which happiness and prosperity can ever be r . ttaine . l by the toiling mil-Hoee . " ( Hear . ) The state of society in which we now live did not , politically speaking , give us prosperity ; an-1 the state in which we ought to live -would give us political equality . He hoped , however , that they Wuuld be stimulated to every vxerti' -n , in order to accomplish the possession of their rights and privileges ; nnd he felt assured that peace and plenty would then reigu throughout the length and breadth 01 the land . ( Hear . ) If such principles wtrt > worth straggling for . such principles were worth eying for . ( Cheers . )
The Chairman introduced , in complimentary terms , the Eirees of the guests of the evening . Messrs . Feargus O'Connor , J . B . O'BritD , Win . Benbow , W . Y . Jackson , the unflinching advocates of the rights of labour , and the other patriotic guests who have suffered in the game 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 bats aud cheering foi Beveral minutes . When the applause had subsided ,
Mr . O'Connor said , Sir , it is a characteristic of Irishmen , tbat even alter 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 gcod nppt-ararrce . and as I may be truly said , to be one of the parents of Chartism , and being ? . u Irishman must it not be Mini and consolation to me , to see dtiunct Ciartism presenting this tight , so comely a corpse , after having its nose pulled , and being laid out in the mos > t approved order by the Whig undertaker , plain JoLn Campbell . ( Tremendous cheers aud laughter . ) Ee would have laid it out—ho would have wrap-
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ped it m the winding sheet—be would have boned in Whig moald , but -when he thought the monster was dead like Rip Van Winkle it was bat entranced ,, and like Rip Van Winkle upon awaking from its slumbers , bo powerful became its strength , that It was at a loss to recognise its own identity . ( Loud cheers . ) But ,, Sir , the Wter was bitten . We have placed the corpse of Whiggery in the grave which was dug for Chartism ; over it we will place the dead body of Toryism , and over both we will erect the temple of Chartism ;
» And then they will both be still if they are wiss For they are damned If they rise . " ( Laughter and chears . ) Sir , I have been now after a hard and fatiguing day ' s work , a mere spectator of the social happiness which I have seen around me for more than five hours , while this immense building was being four times replenished with those who crowded to the banquet , and ia truth I could remain for five hours longer as a passive partaker of the Innocent mirth . TWs , Sir , under the state of things which we seek to establish , should not be a thing of accident , or of an unfrequent occurence , but should be the pleasure to await every working man and his family every day in the year after a reasonable day ' s work . ( Cheers . ) This very room , Sir , and such buildings are auxiliaries , and
not mean ones in the cause of Chartism . Hear we meet —here we commune together—here we interchange opinions here , by admiring virtue and decrying vice ; we place bounds to poverty in beautiful contrast with idleness and consummate profligacy . ( Loud chews . ) This proves your power when you combine ; this is the work ot your own hands , and I am told that the same parties are now engaged in the 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 very speedily be dissipated . ( Loud cheers . ) Sir , I was in the House of Commons on Friday night last , —( laughter , )—and such a House man or beast was never in 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 accomcomplishmeni were most logical , conclusive , and convincing . They began and ended with Bor ! Bor ! Bar ! divide , divide , divide , boo , boo , boo , and such like powerful reasoning . ( Shame , shame . ) I fear , Sir , that my excellent fellow labourer , Christopher Doyle , who spoke bo ably to the first sentiment , the people has made a mistake in his calculation of tbat bo ^ y . I believe , Sir , in Parliamentary phrase , the Minister of the day , with his apprentices , and sixteen reporters , in galleries ( a the House of Commons , are intended , govemmentally , to represent the suffering peeple . ( Cheers . ) Let us , Sir , take a brief review from the days ef the heaven-born statesman , Billy Pitt down to the
resuscitation ef th « heaven-born Minister , Sir Robert Peel , and let us see from the fiinding system of . the former down to the defence of the 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 tho first union of the anti-popular party , created by the heaven-born Pitt , has been followed np by all succeeding heaven-born ministers , and how the present heaven-born one makes use of the last link of this golden union , in order to prove uiho 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 tho 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 which bound another class immediately above the people to the State . ( Cheers . ) Thus have our ranks been always thinned , and those state dependants , high find 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 ruin must follow revolution . ( Cheers . ) Hitherto the license of the shopkeeper to gamble in duties , customs , excise , and all indirect tuxes , has effectually bound them to the State : but that link the State itself has snapped because tho 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 hostile as the result of their mis-placed confluence in a trafficing 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 tbe financial powers of that heaven-born Minister , who is to perpetuate in brass tho union which his predecessor
established in gold . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) Now , I pray you to follow iua -through the reasoning of the sophiBt In answer to the prevailing distress which ia admitted by every man , woman , and child , save the very parties to whom we are to look for its correctien , — ( cheers )—what does he present as a satisfactory answer to this cry of stalking poverty and nakednees ? Why , he shows us tbe returns for the last four months from the Savings'Banks , and ingeniously selects from the manufacturing districts his answer as to their present condition . Now , just mark this , ho shows that in June , while the dissolution of the late bad Cabinet of bad men was doubtful , that the amounts drawn out considerably exceeded the deposits ; be then goes on to show that the elections in July having proved that the trade-wind
of Toryism had set in , produced a large excess of deposits over tbe amounts drawn out . The sanie 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 I lth of the present month , although ho could have bad them to the 22 nd . ; and the triumph of even the eleven days of that month he offers as proof that bis administration commands the confidence of the wholepeopla (" Oh ! oh "! and laughter . ) Now , Sir , let me see if an ignorant Chartist can do that which the English House of Commons either -were ignorans of or afraid to perform . ( Cheers . ) In the first place let ua go to the principle ; and though by no uieaus a friend to the Whigs , I answer his first ussartion thus ; that
upon any sudden change or fluctuation of political power from the hands of one pavty to another party , the same result will be produced . ( Cheers . ) Confidence is paralysed for the moment , and tho Tory-stakeholder , and the Chartist-stakeholder , merge tbeir distinctiveness in the interest which they conjointly have in looking to their own properties . That neither Whig , Tory , or Chartist , upon a changa of Government , would long hesitate to withdraw their deposits , whatever might be the effect upon their political party . ( Cheers . ) So muck for tbat : and uow for the facts . Did'nt this cunning gentleman know , that Juno was a quarter-dav , and that the demands for rents , met by checks upon the saving bank , are at that period , as Bure as death . ( Loud cheers . ) He
also kcew tbat the succeeding months were a period when deposits were made to meet f ! ie coming quarter , and vrbich is now : end I pledge myself that If the Right Hon . Gentleman had waited for tho whole quarter ' s return , of the first quarter ' s reign of Toryism , that he would have found the result to be similar to tbat in the last quarter of Wiiiggery , namely , an excesa 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 conaeqacncj to risk their stakes and haveofl's at the great joint-stock hells . iCheers . ) But yet 1 have not done with thiB financial sophistry , -which passed cunent in the House ot Commons . Now , Sir , I will draw other deductions from the admitted fact of the
deposits exceeding tho demands at auyperiod . Is it not , then , matter of notoriety that but few day labourers make deposits in the SiVings' Banks . ( Hear , hear . ) Is it not a fact that the principal amount is made up by tho deposits of the newly created class who may be said to have fixed incomes ; 1 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 . ( Loud cheers , and » tbat ' a it . ") Well , but I huvo not done : for now I come to use the Rt Hon . Baronet's sword against himself—and whut do I prove ? Why , upon a small scale , what I have eve . ' assarted as an undeniable proposition , is this ! that the poverty of the poople , produced by over production , ana a cozwequunt dimunitiori in the
price of their produce , places all servants with fixed incomes—ba they high , ; or be they great , or be they small—in a better position . Those hoiuchold servants , and persons with small annuitus , and those who only spend tbeir monies in the purchase of tho vrcrking men ' s produce , are 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 haif , consequently , becomes a deposit in the savings * bank , but is lodged in the name of the privileged Unionist , instead of being placed to the credit of tho plundered operative . ( Load 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 have the double advantage of getting toe "large loaf , " and buying your produce at a drug price , and making " deposits" of the Burplua to the amount of millions npon millions a-year 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 , aud commission money ; to shoot yon , to pray you , to Bwear yon , or in Borne shape to consign you to death . ( Loud and long continued cheering . ) This is one of your greatest causes of complaint presented by the minister as an answer to our demand for roltef .
[ The remainder of Mr . O'Connor ' s Speech , which was most rapturously clieeted , -would occupy more thab five columns of oar space . Our readers will therefore see that the demarM' for Liverpool , Leeds , and Sheffield , all coming upon . ni at once , precludes the possibility of doing ju&tice t 6 -iirrO'CannoT without doing injustice to others . ] Mr . Bk . nbow was nest introduced as an old and consistent Radical , who rose amid loud applause , aud said that he was onea more in a position i « which ha could epeak to them fredy and openly . T » be sure he had always spoken freely , fearlessly , and oper . ly , for he would " seoner be a dog and bay tbe moon" than stand
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in awe of such a thing as himself . He was put in mind that it was near one o'clock ; he certainly did intend to have addressed them at some length ; but he would not do then , because he knew they had their domestic affairs to attend . There was one thing which caught bis attention , when Mr . O'Connor was addressing the meeting . In soliciting their . attention , in order to support their cause , he seemed ' tb forget that it wa 3 very simple , which was merely that they wanted to be represented in the House of Commons . He then shewed the inconsistency of the " League" in agitating fora measure which did not go to the root of the evil , and even if it would , they were net sincere in their advocacy of Repeal , whilst the Chartists on the other hand were asking for that which God and nature designed them to
posses * 11 was not right , honest or just tbat the Chartists bhould join them , but it was 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 bad likewise granted that most atrocious of all , the Rural Police Bill . ( Hear . ) Aad society had come to that pitch , that almost every man considers or looks upon nearly every other man as an enemy . He was glad , however , tbat the people by their conduct bad refused to be gulled by the atrocious Whigs , or those more atrocious , if possible , the Tories , and had let them see that a 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 he meant ; he wished him to ba distinct and definite . There was such a ' thing as a black Union—a union of perjury and infamy . He tot hut part , hoped he would always have sufficient
resolution to resist being united with a traiter—aud if they would do tbat , they would defy any kind of men in the world from injuring them—if so , they would become respectable—if so , they having truth and justice on their side , would soon arrive at the - haven of freedom . He would recommend them not to follow any man . but the cause , and , like the disciples of Jesns Christ , have a single eye . 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—he joined Daniel O'Connell in order to get a Repeal of the Union , because he conceived it would be a benefit not only to the sons of the sister Isle , but for the working men ef England also . Ho 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 . Jackaon to give them four or five hours if h 9 thought proper . ( Cneers )
Mr . Jackson was next introduced , amid vociferous cheering . He said that was the third time that day he had been brought before them , and be telt highly honoured : if ever he felt proud , or felt willing to mako a sacrifice ia 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 110 foundation in truth ; for be believed that if ever there was a time when it was necessary to labour for the Charter , aud a
greater probability of its becoming the law of the land , it was duubly 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 power was owing to the services rendered by the Chartists ; although at other times be 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 them for the honour conferred upon him , and retired amidst loud applause .
Tho Chaikman then gave " The Executive Council ot the National Charter Association ; and may their exertions be speedily crowned with success . " Air— " England for ever , and tbe land we live in . " Mr . Donavan rose amid loud cheers . He felt favoured to have 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 . ) However , as to the toast , tho 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 , having brighter prospects before them , as a sure token of which , they had only to witness the demonstration of that day as unparrelleled by anything ever 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 be restored to their country and their homes . " Air—" Exile of Erin . " Mr . Cartledge responded to this in his usual touching and affecting raauner , having been called upon several times before on such occasions , he was quite at home , and shewed plainly his ability and willingness to the cause to do justice to this important toast . Tbo Chairman in a very flattering manner gave " the Chartist press . " Air— " Bonny breast knots . "
Responded to by Mr . Griffin , reporter to theNorthern 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 had played the air , and fur the eathusiastic manner in which the crowded assembly had received it , because it convinced him that though he was pointed at by the finger of scorn , by tbo 3 e who live out of the people's labour —by buying cheap and selling dear , —( cheers , )—he at any rate was thought of by them . Theworking men of Manchester much valued the paper referred to , namely , the Star , the advocate of the rights of labour . ( Loud cheeriug . ) He would likewiss take tbat opportunity of thanking them for the glorious and triumphant manner , and for their tokens of respect to F . Counor , Esq ., who established the Northern Star , which had done more to bring the peopla to a general
understanding with each other , and had dono more to spread instruction amongst the working millions ; tban all the other press put together besides , it might appear presumption in him to thus eu ' . ogiie the Star , but such was tho case that it maiit ) tho people independent of the proprietor himself . —( Hear , Lear , from O'Connor . ) Ho had weathered the storm in and out of danger , neither turning to the viglvt nor to tho left , —{ lond cheers , )—advocating the rights , iiberties , and immunities of the millions . In order to be short , having great respect for tbe la > iics , he xrouJd there and then pledge himself to , as far rjj his abilities would permit , both with tongue and pen , defend right against might , tlie weak agaist Ihe strong , justice against injustice , truth against falsehood , exposing tyranny and corruption , until freedom , happiness , nnd contentment were the lot of the industrious yet starving millions of tho kingdom . ( Loud cheers . )
TfceCiMiRMitiV then gave " The Female Chartists , and the Ladies generally . " Responded to by Mr . Wheeler , who kept the audience in convulsive laughter . Mr . O'CONNOR then rose , and when advancing to the platform , waa met by several vociferous rounds of cheering , waving of fcmfs , hats , aud handkerchiefs , clapping , cheering , and stamping , which beggars description . When it abated , ha moved Mr . Schofield do leave the chair , and that Mr . Wheeler toke hia place . Here a little farailfar sparring took place between Mr . O'Connor and the veteran Wheeler , tho latter rising before his time , and tbe former putting him down again , and pulling each other by the coat tail , which excited roars of laughter .
Mr . O'Connor then , in a very flattering jr . anner , moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman . Ho . did it not only because ho was an esteemed personal tiior . d of his , but as a public friend te them , hearing of his good services on behalf of the public . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Jackson rose and seconded the motion , and when put , was carried -with long , loud , aad enthusiastic cheering . Mr . Schofield responded . ThuB 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 tiue , left the Hall , highly delighted and elovated by the glorious and orderly display of the day .
The band then struck up , the forms were sided , tae dancing masters camo to their post , and the females , about five 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 attend to their ol ^ r employments it would hava been to a soon . Aud thus ended one of tho most numerous , splendid , and enthusiastic displays ever held in Manchester , and , in the opinion of many , unequalled—and which reflects a lasting credit upon the Committee of Management , tho females , the blistered hands , unrhorn chins , and fustian jackets of this great emporium of commerce . Hurrah , then , for the Charter , O'Connor , and the people .
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X . XV 23 POO& . The demonstration in this town , on Monday last , ia honour of Mr . O'Brien and Mr . O'Connor , though deficient of a public proceisiou , and confined to a soiree , waa nevertheless of a most soul stirring , character . For some time an active committee kad been formed , who have been indefatigable in their exertions to sive effect to the arrangements , and by their endeavours , backed by the spirited conduct of the men and women of Liverpool , an entertainnionS was got np worthy of the cause , and worthy of the patriots . The soiree waa held in the Queen ' s Theatre , Christian-street , the
interior of which was adorned and decorated in most beautiful style ; the stage M \ iS devoted to a cross table for the chairman , the guests , and ' ta ^ peakers ; the pit was floored over , aud throughout its length weva placed six tables , at which were accommodated upwards of five hundred persons , of both sexes . In froat of the gallery was suspended a Large and handsome flag , on Which was inscribed , " The speedy return of the exiled patriots to their homes , and to their kindrod ;' portraits of the patriots , particularly O'Brien and O'Connor , and of the exiled Frost , in handsome frames , were hung around the front of the boxes ; and in front of tbe proscenium wag a length ? banner ,
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inscribed , " National Charter Association . " In addition to the tickets which were issued for the tea , the public were admitted aa spectators into the boxes and gallery , on payment of a trifling sum , and every Beat ia these places was occupied . Tbe arrangements were excellent , and v fleeted credit on those by whom the entertainment was managed . The tea equipage having been removed , On the motion of Mr . Ambler , Mr . Lloyd was unanimously called to the cbair , and ia opening the business of the meeting , he said he trusted that by their , kindness he should be enabled to shew to them , how well a working man could preside over a meeting composed of working men and women . Tiie meeting bad been got up to do honour to those
noblo patriots who had been imprisoned fcr their advocacy of the cause , and for the especial purpose of hearing addresses from two of those—namely , Mr . Bronterre O'Brien and Mr . Feargus O'Connor . As candour in a Chairman was the best under all the circumstances , he thought it his duty to at once state that on that occasion they would only have the pleasure of bearing one of those gentlemen—Mr . O'Brien . ( Hear , bear . ) And lest they might think that the Committee had taken any unfair advantage , he was instructed to say that were any persons present disappointed , and wishful to retire , they would have tbeir money returned . He then explained the circumstances under which Mr O'Connor had . entered into the arrangement to attend at Liverpool , and read tiio following letter which he bad just bad put into his hands : —
" Mosley Arms' Hotel , Manchester , Sunday night . " Sib , —I feel assured that you wiil give me credit fo ? the sincere regret which I feel at not having it in my pswer to attend at your festival to-morrrow night , intended to honour my excellent and much valued friend O'Brien . It was my intention to have made one of your party , nor was I aware till after my arrival at Manchester , that their arrangements would debar me of the pleasure . However , your own good sense will point out the impossibility of both O'Brien and myself absenting ourselves from an entertainment got np at tnuoh expense . Of all men living , there ia not one of whose public worth and private virtues I ha 7 e a greater opinion than James B . O'Brien , and therefore , do I feel the disappointment more fully . However , he and you , will , I am sure , take the will for the deed , and receive my apology perhaps with less sorrow tban I experience in making it . - " Your faithful friend ,
" Feargvs O'Connor . " Under tbese circumstances , he trusted the Committee would be exonerated from all blame , and that at some future and not distant day they would be gratified by having Mr . O'Connor amongst them at a free meeting ( Great cheering . ) Tbe 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 was sore 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 ot 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 tho utility of the parties . ( Hear , hear . ) He repudiated any ill-feeling against the lady who now held the sceptre of these lands , but iu his opinion there was no necessity for such a personage . ( Cheers . ) It was necessary , certainly to have a presiding head over all assrublies ; but while he admitted that , he * considered that a p&rsen holding such office should be selected for his fitness , and fer hia talent ,- but under the present system , a child or 3 fool might fill the office . ( Hear and cheers . ) But who are the people ? The producers of all wealth—the working classes . ( Hear- ) And there was another question , " Why do you toast the people ? ' to which he replied that they were indeed the legitimate source of all
power . The working classes were admitted to have manifested their power in various vrays ; they had maaife 8 ted their power , and that very lately too , l > y taking , as they had been advised to do , tho power into their own hands of managing their own affairs They had manifested their power , also , in the recunt electioneering struggles , when they had stepped in amongst the candidates and offered themselves to be the representatives of their own body ; and in doing so tkey had acted most manfully , ind had given utterance to sentiments which , though unpalatable , were'nevertheless true , and v ; cve expressed in language not to be misunderstood . ( Cheers . ) He toasted tho people , because they now proclaimed that
• war Bhould 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 ever been offered to them . ( Hear , hear . ) He toasted them because of their knowledge , aa manifested in their inventions , which were of such a nature as to be capable of making the peopla such a people as they had never been before . ( Cheers . ) He toasted the people because ot a long-ueglecifcd and downtrodden portion of that people , the brawny and industrious sons of old Ireland . ( Cheers . ) Some other observations occupied tbe remainder of the speaker ' s time ; and , after congratulating them on their taste for meeting together for mutual iagrovamenis , he sut down amidst great cheering .
The Chairman then gave the next toast—" Tbe People ' s Charter , and may it speediiy become the law of the British Empire . " The toast was drank amidst the nic 3 t enthusiastic cheering . Mr . William Jones responded to ths toast . He said , in coming forward to speak on tbat occasion , he hatl to regret that a want of experience uuylxfc render his development of the principles of tiie People ' s Charter somewhat deficient ; but he trustee ! , in the few observations he should make , he should act trespass upon their patience , whilo he would leave to the gentleman who had to follow him to supply that definition -which he should bo incapable of . ( Cheers . ) He looked upon Universal Suffrage as . the chief pcint of the
Charter , and without which it would be a dead letter , and not worth the attention of any real Reformer . ( Hear , and cheers . ) He did not recognise tho accidental circumstance which gave to one man a vote , while it reduced another to the level of the brute . ( Hesr . ) So lang as the working classes could boast of having produced from tbeir ranks a Paine , a Fxauklin , a Burns , and a Bloomrleld , so long would they be capable of exercising the rights of freemen , and claimed for him that distinction which raised himabova the fool and the brute . ( Hear , and cheers . ) True , it was that a frightful mass of rice and depravity existed , but it vas 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 suppart on the vices and immorality of tba age , and so long as this existed—so long as the younger branches of tha aristocracy were dependent for their existence on the professions , and tho elder branches had the privilege of the entail ,-se long would the present anomalous btute of things exist . " ( Cheers . ) Mr . Jones went on at very great length , and with muca eloquence , to expose the fallacy of the present systetu of class legislation , to which source he clearly traced the evils undeE which tho nation groaned , and for "which the Charter alone wouid provide an efficient rauedy . Hi 3 speech occupier ! above an hour iu the delivery , and wa 3 f / f . quentiy iiiterrupsed by the hearty cheers of tha company .
The Chairman said the next toast is , or was intended to have been , " The Guests ; " but , aa only one of thoss gent ' emen Waa present , it placed him in a difficult position . ' He thought , however , there would be no impropriety in giving " Tho health of James Brontorre O'Brien , " and in associating with him the name of O'Connor , with best wisb ? ss for their future welfare and pn-stierity , he Trent in' . o a . detail of the services rendered by the two patriots , dwelling upon tho merits of both in a highly eulogistic style , and said that as th-jy were so much indebted to them , lie should call upon the' meeting to repay part of the debt by giving threo timss three Tor each . Tha cheers were given with grent enthusiasm . ( Continued in our Eiqhth pace .
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mm : n a gun ,. ana away a large portion his right check , and jaw 3 . ivlusson . \\ z . s conveyed to the General Hospital , near NouiiJgLara . A constabla apprehended the woman on the spat . Gn his arrival a , t the hospital , it became n 2 co = sary to perform an operation , and Mr . William Wright , surgeon , Pelhani-gtrcot , took away a portion of tho upper and lower jaws , which had been broken by the shot on ths ri ^ ht , e ulo . Hcis stiil alive , aud " may recover if lock j ^ w does not com e on ; ai present he is not out of danger . -
Destructive Fire near "Woolwich . —On Thursday morning , between one and two . a . firo broke out in a cottage on PJumatead-common , ' occupied by Mr Carrington , a builder . It is not known how the fire originated , but it is supposed the chimney must Lave been ignited and communicated to some of the wood work , of which tho building vras principally constructed . Mr .. Carrineton and his family , who had a short time previously rotired to rest , escaped in their night clothes . Within a short period alter the alarm was given tho Royal AriiHery engines and parties of men arrived , but could net obiuin a sufficient supply of water ; the entire building was burnt to tho ground , and almost all the furniture and 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 climbing over a-garden wall ut the back part of Upper-Wharton-streei , Bagnipge-road , was most brutally attacked , fceaien , and sfcabbsd in several parts of the body by the ruffian and two of his companion ? . Th ;; ruffians left him apparently dead on the ground , and mad ^ i their escape across the fields . Bubs < Hj ^ aa % , Sergeant Secrclimer , and 'Cotton , on pasoi ) : ^ by tho" spot , fonv-d Bfirry lying down in a stato of insensibility , s . u' 1 titc-y immediately procured a stretcher and conveyed him rotbestaiion-houso . A surgeon waa sent for , every ? . distance was afforded him , aad ho was restored to Mis senses , and carried to his residence ia WynyaSt-screeS , Clerkenwell , whero he is now lying in a dangerous # aio .
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Wi Snot Ot On Sunday Morning Week, A Woican Named Musson, Living At Caruon, Near Nottingham, Finding Her Husband In Bed With Another Woman, Fired At
wi snot ot On Sunday morning week , a woican named Musson , living at CarUon , near Nottingham , finding her husband in bed with another woman , fired at
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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-ncseproduct864/page/7/
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