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      system , and led naturally to the present motion for retrenchment ; the absolute condemnation of the system would follow in due season . Irom the inquiry suggested by Mr . Henley , he looked for an economy of , at least , one million ft year . Mr . Disraeli proceeded to denounce the vociferous reformers and the " shadowy subterfuges" they adopted to countervail the accomplishment of the very measures they professed to advocate . Adverting to the railway mania , he treated that brief delusion as a specimen of the wisdom of the government and the business sagacity of the middle classes . Evading the challenge thrown oat on a previous night by Lord J . Russellto bring on a substantive motion for the restoration of protection he referred the question to the country , which would , he said , ere long , bring it to a final and sa * tisfactory settlement . America had run a career of free trade , and , in spite of its democracy , had undergone a corresponding crisis of reaction .

      Lord S . Russell stigmatised the motion for inquiry as being unjust . He had already explained the extent of the revisions that had been accomplished and of those that were proposed , which would include every department of the public service . Notwithstanding this the proposition was for an address to the Queen , founded upon an . assumption that the ministers had refused all scrutiny . It ^ Fvas , in fact , nothing less than a vote of want of confidence . Besides being unjust to the government ofthe day , the motion was unjust to the functionaries . Their incomes would be cut down by a per centage arbitrarily graduated upon the price of corn : while the usual aud proper system of

      retrenchment was to allow offices to lapse whenever it was fonnd possible to dispense with the services of tmphyes . The only fair tariff of remuneration was that assigned by custom for tbe reward of ability and honesty in other commercial or professional employments . As a foundation to the motion , the cry of distress in the country had been raised—a complaint which he met by denying its truth—allowing , however , that in some of the agricultural counties wages were lower than heretofore . He spoke not without a fair amount cf information when he declared that the general mass of the nation were better off than before the adoption of the free trade policy . The motion was but a manoeuvre in the

      campaign for the restoration of protection , effected in such guise as to secure the adhesion of a few auxiliaries from the camp ofthe financial reformers . He appealed to those members not to follow the standard of an opponent , however fair might be his promises . By the measures already adopted by the government a large and ' permanent result of ecomony was promised , while the effect of the present proposition would be vague , unpractical , and damaging to the national interests . Sir v . BuRRBU , stated his experience touching the decline of agricultural wages . Mr , Beklet replied , and the house divided : For the motion ' ... 173

      Against ... - 269—96 Mr . Stanford moved for a select committee to intuire into the restrictions it was possible to enact against the sale of poisons . Sir 6 . Gbet . feared that the inquiries which such a committee would have to prosecute were calculated to do more harm than good . He promised , however , to introduce a bill on the subject . The motion was withdrawn by consent . The house adjourned at one o ' clock .

      WEDNESDAY , Mat 1 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Bnrra of Another Pbkce . —Sir G . Grey , in the absence of Lord John Russell , informed the house that another prince had , within the last few hours , been added to the royal family of Great Britain ; and made a motion , to which the Commons unanimously agreed , for an address of congratulation to Her Majesty upon the auspicious event . The second reading of the Landlord and Tenant Sill was agreed to after a short discussion . The second reading of the Railway Traffic BUI , which was moved by Mr . Ricardo , was opposed by 3 fr . Glyn , who objected tothe interference it would -sanction with the free action of the railway companies , under pretence of stopping injurious rivalry . He ' moved the usual formal negative to the Bill .

      The Bui was negatived without a division . The remainder of the sitting was occupied in -committee on the Benefices and Plurality Bill , and the house adjourned at six o ' clock . THURSDAY , Mat 2 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Dorr on Attobxets ' CERimcATEs . —Lord Robert Grosvexor moved the adjourned debate on the motion for leave to bring in a bill for abolishing the duty on attorneys' certificates . SirFREnERicK Tuesiger supported the motion for leave to bring in a bill , entering into elaborate statistics in its favour , and representing that the tax originated in a hostile spirit entertained against the lawyers .

      _ The Chancellor of the Exchequer did not consider himself bound to go into the detailed defence of a tax which he had not imposed , but found already upon the list of duties . Having , however , already removed as many taxes as the state of the public revenue would permit , he should oppose the introduction of the MIL Many licenses to trade might , with plausible reason , be found fault with ; but if the practice of taxing such licenses were to be abolished , it must be done in whole , not in regard to individual items , and as that tax produced upwards of £ 1 , 000 , 000 annually , he could not afford to give it up . The house then divided , and the numbers were—For the motion 155

      Against it 136 Majority against government . Majority against government

      19 Leave was given to bring in the bill . On the motion for going into committee oa the County Court Extension Bill , Mr . Keogh moved that it he an instruction to the committee that the bill be extended to Ireland . Sir George Gbet did not think that this could well be done , but stated that the secretary for Ireland would shortly introduce a bill upon the

      subgect affecting that country . He announced that it was not the intention of government to oppose what appeared to be the feeling ofthe house as to the extension of-the jurisdiction of County Courts from claims of £ 20 to those of £ 50 . Mr . Keogh , under the circumstances stated , thought it would be imprudent in him to press his motion . The house then went into committee . The discussion occupied the entire evening , and he house resumed at a quarter-past twelve .

      ( from our Third Edition of last week . ) FRIDAY , ApuTJi 2 G . HOUSE OF COMMONS . -On the question that the-SrEAKEs leavethe chair , in order . that the house might go into committee upon the Distressed JJsions Advances and Repayment op Advances ( Ireland ) Bill , Colonel Sibthobf moved to defer the committee for se- months . Some of the gallant member ' s remarks , tending to confound the distinction between Irish loans and Irish grants , brought up Mr . H . Herbert , who gave details , derived from official sources , with the view of showing not only that Dish loans were really loans , tut that government had derived considerable profit from the advances made to relieve the distress of Ireland , which evinced no indisposition to meet its liabilities .

      Upon a division , the amendment was negatived b y 132 ' against 12 , and the house went into committee upon the bill , the clauses of which , after much debate , and some amendments , were agreed to , and the bill was reported . On the question that the house do go into a Committee of Supply , Mr . M'Grecoe rose to move that , considering the recent changes in the Navigation Laws and the state ofthe revenue it is expedient that the stamps on marine assurances , bills of landing , and other jnercant ' ile documents , be abolished . : ? = ? . Chancellor of tbe Exchequer said he must

      , give the same answer to this motion that he » ave a lew nights ago to the proposal to repeal the duty on paper and advertisements-namelv , that he did not think it right , eonsistentl y with the interests ofthe country , to give up more taxes than he had done jior to pledge the house beforehand to the abolition of any particular taxes . Mr . Alderman Thompson and Mr . Hume supported tse motion . -r Lord J . Rossell said , the question was not wheiher these duties were * defensible or not , but whether the finances of the country and public credit should be maintained .

      After some remarks from Mr . Duncan and Mr . Henley , the house having divided , the motion of Mr . M'Gbeoor pas negatived by 156 against 89 . On the question being again put , that the Speaker leave the chair , Mr . Disraeli observed Oat , ss two months had elapsed eince the exposition of the government , and as there was no prospect of their ideas being fulfilled , the house should not be too hasty in voting public money until the Ministers had declared what their intentions were . He assumed that nothing more would be heard ef the stamp duties . The prineipleof the budget was to relieve a great interest , the only Buffering interest . The relief to that interest was voluntarily offered by the Ministers , and as

      the Stamp Duties Bill was now defunct , he wished to know vhat they meant to do for the relief ofthe . suffering agricultural classes . : . ** rd J . Russell retorted upon Mr . Disraeli that -no had stopped the business of the house iri order 2 JO give them some inforiuation which was incorrect , ^^^ f ^ T ^^ ries . whichweresnperfluous . %£ &** % ? $ ¦ $ * fi ^ cial' schemes indicated pwhe ^ the-budgefc was first brought forward , the laobie ; lord ; submitted that the . government' were gently carrying them ont . .: l £ 3 £ 28 vS -latioo ho ^ w back upon tttMember & $$$

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      hamshire , who had enlivened ' " tliej . reicess' w . ith projects for a sinking fund , ' and how ' appeared as a supporter of every plan for remitting taxes , ' regard- * less ofthe danger it might involve ; of leaving the exchequer with a deficiency . ; This policy , ; added Lord J , Russell , of pursuing a shadow , damaged the credit of the country on one sideband . endangered its peace on the other . ; . . .. v Lord J . Manners charged the " . minister with having met the question by a diversion . instead of an answer . He warmly vindicated his party from the accusation of having supported an unsafe scheme of financial policy . . . ' . . The honse went into committee of supply , but progress was reported , and the houso resumed without any votes being taken . The house adjourned at a quarter after twelve o ' clock .

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      The Miners' Conference. To The Miners Of...

      THE MINERS' CONFERENCE . TO THE MINERS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Fellow Men . —The long and continued depression in the wages ofthe miner , and the fearful and excessive competition which produced these resultshave once more eroused the brave spirits of the leading mining counties , and from a correspondence which has been going on for some time , between Lancashire , Staffordshire , Northumberland and Durham , and several places in Scotland , it has been

      determined to hold a Conference on the 20 th May , at Wigan , in Lancashire ; when it is expected all miners who feel a desire to remove the ban of slavery from their class , and who feel it a hardship to live upon the scanty pittance of wages which they receive , will send a Delegate to such Conference , and thus lend a hand to lay the foundation of a system of union and organisation , whose lasting benefits will call down the blessings of ages upon the names of its founders ; Yours faithfully , M . Jude .

      THE MINERS' DEPUTATION . m ^ ^ >* TO THE EDITOR OF TBE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —The Deputation oi Miners , now in London , on the subject of Legislative Protection for the Lives of the Miners , had an interview with Sir George Grey , on Saturday last , when the Hon . Baronet stated that the report of Professor Philips and Mr . Biackwell , not yet being ready , he could not give any pledge as to what extent he

      would go in providing inspection of mines . The deputation stated that these repeated delays on the part ofthe government had resulted in a most extensive impression that the safety of the lives of the miners was but slightly thought of by those in power and more especially , when it was recollected , since the last session of parliament a most valuable collection of evidence bad been published in the report of the committee of the House of Lords , which report added to the previous official documents and evidence which from time to time had

      been laid before the government . The deputation have , however , resolved to test the matter , b y having a motion put on the hooks of the house , on which to found the subject matter for a Bill which it is intended shall be passed this session , if possible . The Deputation would suggest to their brother miners the absolute necessity of helping forward this cause . The complaints from all parts of the country justify the impression that the attention to the safety of the miners is miserably defective ; and the deputation have testimony to prove that as the principle of competition among the proprietors of collieries have driven down prices , there has been a

      corresponding increase in the number of fatal accidents , and of those which result in severe injury . Hence , let the miners but stir themselves generally , let each locality that has not yet done so .-set to work and petition at once . - Do not delay a siiigle day . Get up a petition , signed by as many as possible , and forward the same to a member of Parliament , drawing his attention to the necessity of the question , and thereby ensure his support . Even if denied the above the petition itself will do good . There must be some such effort made , or nothing will be done for the miners . Therefore the deputation would implore those who have hitherto been apathetic , to set to work with all the spirit and all the soul which forms the chief characteristic of those who never

      fail to succeed . Yours , on behalf of the deputation , May 1 . M . Jude . P . S . —Many petitions which were promised to be forwarded have not arrived . Will the parties see to it ? The Deputation acknowledge the receipt , of £ 1 from the Noith Staffordshire miners , to help forward the cause . —M . J .

      Panorama Of American And African Slavery...

      PANORAMA OF AMERICAN AND AFRICAN SLAVERY , LEICESTER-SQUARE . This panorama is the production of native American artists , who have made drawings on the spot of the principal scenes exhibited . The subject—that of Slavery in the Southern States—is an indelible disgrace to the Republic , the abolition of which should not only claim the attention of philanthropists of other nations , but also demands the strenuous exertions of the citizens of America . The artistic proprietors of this exhibition , actuated by similar motives , have determined to devote their time and talents to this object , and are , therefore , deserving the support of all friends to human progression . A runaway slave ( an interesting youth of about 19 years old ) is placed before the audience , and his treatment in slavery , and the manner of his flight narrated . Several whips , shackles , and other instruments of torture are also produced , and the narrative lecture , explanatory of the scenes , some of which consecutively form a tale , is well deserving the attention of our readers .

      Alleged Use Of Chloroform. To The Editor...

      ALLEGED USE OF CHLOROFORM . to the editor of the times . Sir , —I have seen several cases in your paper , lately , of persons having been rendered insensible by a cloth being drawn over the face , which is generally ascribed to chloroform . Now , experience shows us that such a very instantaneous effect is not produced by this agent ; bnt yesterday I was applied , to for a liquid which I have known to occasion immediate insensibility by simply smelling the bottle it was in , and no one could withstand its overpowering and suffocating influence when applied on a handkerchief suddenly to the face ; itia the Liq , ammon . forties . ; found in every druggist ' s shop . The person who applied to me for it was a tall man in a smock frock , and stated he wanted it for a giddiness in the head . ( Bosh !) I of course refused the sale of it , and warn all druggists to do likewise , as I believe this to be the agent—aud a inost sure and effectual one it isused on the occasions I have alluded to in your valuable journal . I am , Sir , your very obedient servant , April 30 th . A Chemist . '

      Middlesex Sessions. The Estreated Recogn...

      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The Estreated Recognizances of Lola Monies ' s Bail . —Henry Daniel Davies and Daniel Davies , appealed against an order made by Peregrine Bingham , Esq ., one of the magistrates of the Marlborough-street police court , for the payment by them of two sums of £ 500 , the amount ot recognizances entered into by them for the appearance before the said magistrate , of Maria Dolores , Contesse de Landsfeld ( Lola Montes ) , who was accused of bi gamy , and failed to surrender . The order was made in October last . When the case was called on , a document was handed to the deputy-clerk of the peace , signed by Messrs . Davies , Son . and

      Campbell , of Warwick-street , Regent-street , solicitors for the appellants , in which they consented : to the appeal being dismissed , the appellants paying the costs . —The learned Judge said that as far as the question involved in the appeal went this was satisfactory , but he could not receive it except through counsel . —Mr , Clarkson and Mr . Bodkin , who had respectively represented the parties in the matter , said they had not been instructed on this occasion to take any step whatever . —The learned Judge intimated that , under these circumstances , he would allow time for the appellants to give their consent through counseL The Court disposed of a number of parochial appeals , the details of which were of no general interest . -, < .-

      Democratic Supper. —A Number Of The Frie...

      Democratic Supper . —a number of the friends of Mr . JariiesDrummond met in the Deinocratic School Room , Dundee , on Wednesday week , to entertain that sterling Chartist with a supper , previous , to his leaving for America . The chair was occupied by Mr . Thomas Whitton , supported , right and left by Mr . Galloway , merchant , and Mr . M ? Crae , teacher . The sumptuous fare being got over , the chairman gave " The People , " which was responded to by John M'Crae . The health of theguest j . ' ^ Mr . Drummond and his family , " was next given , with all tho

      honours ; Mr . Drummond replied in a very feeling and interesting manner . ¦ The chairman next gave " Mr , Drummond , sen ., arid family , ' . ' , whb " means to accompany his son tojthe American republic . The evening was spent in a . very harinoiiious . manner , songsi and sentiments cbmirig iri . quick . succession ' . Mr . Druirimondhas been from . his ' youtta warm friend ' to ' the ; cause of dehiocracy-in Vthis plac $ aridleavesjwith the good * wishes p f . ' ail ' . ^ hp . kjiey W' ^ rv * ' . iW- ' . H ^ - ;;!) .- 'A ^ ' ^ ' ^ 'iifi I

      Democratic Supper. —A Number Of The Frie...

      GREAT POPULAR DEMONSTRATION IN . ; , . '; " . ' , THEPOTTERIES .: , •; , { . , Monday last being the day appointed -forjopening ; the People ' s Hall , at Hanley , a tremendous excitement existed in the Potteries . ; Mr . O'Connor being announced as the person to open their Hall , the whole population , crowded tothe Stoke station to meet him , where he arrived at three o ' clock , and was received with the most hearty and enthusiastic cheers . The deputation met . him with a carriage and four ; and from the time of departure until the procession reached Hanley , a distance of two miles , the multitude , preceded by a splendid band , continued to increase , arid when they reached the town of Hanley so great was the concourse before and behind the carriage , that the eye could scarcely reach the front or the rear rank . There were thousands upon thousands assembled , and their cheering was most enthusiastic . Yates , the veteran , who has withstood all oppression , and several others , as a deputation , were in the carriage with Mr .

      O'Connor and Mr . Roberts . When the carriage drew up in front of Simpson ' s hotel , Mr . O'Connor , although not expected to address them , did so for some riiinutes , many soldiers being present—two hundred of whom had arrived about twelve o ' clock , no doubt in anticipation of a riot . Mr . O'Connor told them that for many weeks he had been poorly , and that no advice given , or medicine administered by his doctors , had done him half so much good as their hearty reception and the exhibition of their cheerful countenances . ( Loud cheers and waving of hats . ) Ho told them he had come once more to weld the mind ofthe Potteries , to enable them to assert right and break down oppression . ( Loud cheers . ) He would have a better opportunity of defining his and their principles that night , in their own Hall , than out of doors , and he would then take his leave , thanking them for the enthusiastic and hearty reception they had given him .

      MEETING AT NIGHT . At seven o ' clock Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Roberts , accompanied by the leading Chartists , proceeded to the Hall , where they were received with long and continued cheering and waving of hats . Mr . Woolley , a highly respectable young man , was appointed to the chair , ana opened the proceedings by giving out a few Chartist songs . The Hall was crowded to suffocation , although the charge to the gallery was sixpence , and to the body threepence . After the singing had concluded , the Chairman introduced

      Mr . W . P . Roberts , who was received with loud and long demonstrations of the esteem in which he is held by the working classes . He com-: menced by congratulating those , assemmbled on their possession of the Hall , whose opening they were then to celebrate , and thanking them that he was permitted to take part in the ceremony . It was worth their while , on ah occasion such as this , to look back on the course we had . hitherto followed , and see whether there was cause for congratulation . First there was the fact—the Thunderer of the press would call it a greet one—that the building they were in was a Chartist Hall ; spite of all efforts to deter and divert them they were there : to . proclaim Chartist principles—unchangeable in doctrine . unchangeable Mn name—glorvini ?

      in that name the more that it had subjected them to neril , calumny , aud imprisonment—and fighting under the same great leader from the first hour of the struggle to the present . We might fairly rejoice , too , that not only here , but in all large towns through the country , therewere chapels and halls built , or bought by the people , for the encouragement of . democratic principles . Formerly they were glad of a room in a public-house , with the satisfaction of knowing that a certain amount of money must be spent in drink and that their friend , the landlord , would lose bis license on the first opportunity . It was satisfactory to contrast- their meetings , as to comfort and security , at the commencement of their agitation , with the means they

      were now possessed of . A hay-loft and an auditory of six was then a large meeting ; a score or two in the street brought the soldiers , and an indictment for conspiracy . Now they had all the advantages of a room that was their own where with gas , and all . the applications of comfort they could meet , not only on occasions of excitement , but as often as they thought fit , for purposes of instruction or amusement . They had gained , too , in safety : no Inspector of Police could order them from that building at eleven o clock , with a threat of putting them in the lock-up , if they refused to obey his authority . ( " Hear , hear , " from the Inspector , who sat in the gallery a most attentive auditor . ) There were other signs , too , which marked our progress . We had successfully resisted the attempt to divert us

      from the Charter , to what was called a modicum of reform . From end to end our reply had been , " No modicums of ariy sort—we don't understand Latinthe Charter and no Surrender . " ( Loud cheers . ) And from this firmness had resulted / not only a confidence in ourselves , but a comingover of the party , which , in the first instance , had indirectly opposed us , and which , till lately , had been very shy in its advances . Let any one compare the speeches of Financial Reformers now , with the sentiments of the same speakers a " year or two ago . At first , their doctrine was , that political reform—an extension ofthe suffrage—was only required , as a means of working out financial economy . But the shrewd working men , to whoin the bait was held out , were not long in proclaiming their faith , that no

      Financial Reform—even , if thirty millions , instead of ten , were offered , as the price for their co-operationwould be of the slightest utility to them ; that whatever of the burthen was taken off iri one shape , would , assuredly , bo put on in another ; and the consequence of this brilliant discovery in political economy was , that now there wero no better Chartists to be met with anywhere than the Financial Reformers . If one wanted a thorough-going ultra-democratic outpouring—rich , racy , and strong —we must go to a meeting of Financial Reformers ; in the outburst of their long imprisoned zeal , they went far beyond what we , who had been sobered by prison discipline , were in the habit of advancing . This then was a sign of progress , as to the tendency of which there can be no mistake . The adoption of

      our principles was theresult of a conviction , that neither by cajolery nor force could we be diverted from them . ' ( Loud cheers . ) There was progress , too , in other nations in which we were deeply interested ) and into which it behoved us to look narrowly and well . A great social change was at hand , and the signs of its approach were everywhere developing themselves . In France , there were the party of Red Republicans and Socialists—a party which was not to be confounded with what was understood bythc term Socialist in this country . The Socialists of France firmly believed in two things—first , that Universal Suffrage was a national right , and that if through corruption , stupidity , or fear , a majority in the National Assembly were to vote for a recurrence to the exploded monarchies ! system , with its

      long train of corruption and abuses , or to any contraction of the constituency , to less then Universal Suffrage ; the French Socialist held that a Legislature so constituted was not entitled to allegiance , and ought to be ' resisted . Secondly , the French Socialists believed—a' portion of his faith sought by long years of hopeless snfferign—that no political change was sufficient , unless in its result the poor were relieved from the necessities of constant want and periodical starvation . They did not ask for what was called Charity—the word was , to their minds , an insult to honest men ; the necessity for charity was , in itself , a proof that the system was rotten ; and , therefore , they asked for such a change as should place within the reach of all industrious men , not merely food and clothing , but all the

      enjoyment which the world could give to labour . And they said , that no mere transfer of political power—even though the change were from monarch v to a republic—was deserving of existence , unless it sought out and accomplished the happiness of all . Now this was a faith -rwhiob , - ; . was' fast-spreading everywhere , and would sobri be universal . It had been kept back iri Franco solely by one circumstance—the fear of disorder , the general dislike of violence and bloodshed . Thousands who , in their hearts , were favourable to the principle of fraternity and equality , were restrained b y anxiety , lost their support of-these principles should , in effect , bring back a reign of terror , in which barricades and street fighting would be tho substitutes for argument ; and the guillotine would h < v adnr . tP . 1 na

      the speediest and most efficient means ' of replying to 11 ffefft ! his mouth by cutting his head off . Now . be the speaker ) was ono of tiioso who believe with the Red Republican party , that no political change is worth having unless it gives the means to the people of bettering their condition-the Charter would give this power , and therefore he supported it ; and he thought that the Socialists of France would have acted more wisely and consistently ^ they had- obeyed the principle of Universal Suffrage , and used all their strength in returning good men to the Legislature . Their violence-their frequent appeals to arms-on the contrary , drove sonio of their best men into the ranks of their opponents . It mi ght sound all very tine to talk with a sneer of " Ordermongers "he ( the speaker ) was an Ordermomrer—lin Zu , a * A Bli

      the continuance ot order as of more consequence than the carrying the Charter- , ; hotter that the Charter should be delayed awhile in its onward course , than that by terrifying that large mass of mankind , who cared much for peace and hothin- ' for political-change ^ a feeling hostile ' to bur , advancement should bo created ; a feeling that might throw us back for another half century . - ' The justice of these remarks was ' proved by what was now goingon in Paris ; ' The , Socialist party there had avowed , their 'intention to' re ) j solely bri the power of argument "; , several attempts ; bad been madeby the ; goverhriient " arid- the- police to' excite . them"to < tuhjuit- ^ their' meetings were . prevented- ^ - ' every newspaper'advocating theircause was stopped —every soldier I ' whoi sympa'thise'd -with / them wab ' degraded'br transported to'Aff ioiv ; but ^ Socialist ' s ' tads resisted SalU these- attempts , - arid * BCbres of

      Democratic Supper. —A Number Of The Frie...

      others—to everyjpcentive . to , insurrection- they had replied with thejhallowed wor d " Peace — and the consequence vfas , that ; . their- principles ; during the ' last six ' month ' s , had ' assumed a' power which he ( the speaker ) believed .. Would soori ; if nothing untoward , happened , ' , be , acknowledged throug h all civilised Europe . But , a few , months ago ' there . had been an election in Paris which terminated in the election : of several , Socialists ; the hews had comb like a thunderbolt on the newspaper writers on both sides of the channel . The universal cry was— "there must be some mistake—the shopkeepers would soon see . their error—they would give their ears for another

      opportunity of recording their real sentiments , and all the rest of it . The belief that the triumph was a mere accident , was very general ; even the Socialists" themselves adopted / it . Well , ' this " other opportunity " had been granted under every influence and reason , for the friends of both parties to use their power . Another election was at that moment going on in the same city with the same electors . Every argument had been used on both sidesj and every fear and feeling appealed to , with this difference , however , that all the ne wspapers advocating the antipopular candidate , . were sold openly ; ' and given away gratuitously ; all his meetings were protected by the police and soldiers ; while every journal that advocated the path of

      progress , put forth tho claim of Eugene Sue- * - ( Loud and reiterated cheering greeted the name of the people ' s candidate)—had been stopped ; every , electoral meeting , even in private rooms , had been put down ; every power—every stratagem had been exerted ; and yet , with all this , and in spite of all this , there is little doubt but that Eugene Sue will be elected . ( Cheers . ) And if no violence shall follow—if Socialism will condescend to the wisdom of proving that liberty may be won without wading through blood to win her ; then , indeed , might it be confidently predicted , that the cry of the poor , that they ought to have food enough , shall have food enough , and must have food enough ; that they wanted homes and infirmaries , wages ,

      not charity ; that they were men , not paupers ; would gather around it all that was good and inr telligent all over the world . Three years ago France had taught the lesson that a king could he relieved from'the troubles of government without cutting his head off—lessons which had already disarmed much of tho opposition to Democracy . She was now teaching another lesson — that Universal Suffrage was suflicierit to obtain universal good , if allowed to work without the disturbance of fear . This lesson should be the subject of deep and continual thought . We had men in our ranks brave and honest , who considered it right to hint at , the retribution which our oppressors might expect when the opportunity offered . Such language threw back our cause without giving us anything in compensation : it was not required for

      the purpose bf excitement , and it added the timid and the ignorant to the ranks of our oppressors . The sapae doctrine that the poor must be protected , and that no political change which did not protect them was worth the having , was rapidly spreading in Germany , and in all : other nations . In England our . hope was in the Charter , for under that we knew that the representatives of the Seop le would not only have the power , but would e compelled to work out any social change which might be requisite . : After some few words more , enjoining more active exertions in municipal and local-elections , and alluding to Mr , Jeremiah Yates , the " convicted Chartist" and yet the" Surveyor of Highways , " as an instance of what might be done when the people were determined and united . Mr . Roberta sat down amidst much cheering . . .

      MriO Connor , on rising , was received with most enthusiastic cheering and clapping of hands . He said that he appeared that night before them in the character of a bishop , to consecrate their place ' of veritable worship . — ( tremendous cheering and laughter)—and he looked upon hia dutj as being more pious , more praiseworthy , and more beneficial to humanity than that of a black slug or lawn sleeved snake , who based his duty upon the salary extracted , from their pockets . ( Cheers . ) He frankly admitted that he had no confidence in kings , princes , popes , potentates , archbishops , bishops , archdeacons , deacons , prelates , parsons , nor curates , who undertook to give their owri version of God ' s religiori and commandments for baso lucre .

      ( Cheers . ) , These were the men who lived luxuriously and idly—not upon the prejudice of the people , but upon the power of tho aristocracy . ( Cheers . ) Although in a poor state of health he felt renovated—he felt , pride and pleasure in be--holding the magnificent gathering by which he was received in the Potteries that day—and he felt the more proud in being then amongst them to witness their union , as disastrous and injurious antagonism had now sprung up amongst their order ; and they should critically understand the truth of the old jnaxim-that , "A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF CANNOT STAND . " ( Cheers . ) For his own part , so great was his devotion , and so disinterested was his advocacy of the people ' s cause , that

      ho would neither give co-operation or opposition to either party . ( Loud cheers . ) No , his principle ever had been , and ever would be , to allow every man to discuss his own principles ; and so far from hissing or scouting him , if they were at variance withlhe principles of the people , he ( Mr . O'Connor ) would leave the platform if the propounder of those princip les was hissed or unfairl y treated , ( Loud cheers . ) Tho very fact of opposing principles by violence , and not by argument , served to rivet those principles more deeply in tho minds of the millions , and for this simple reason—because the ignorant naturally presumed that if the principles were bad . and not sustainable , they should be put down by ami t uruuii violence

      argument , iiui * . * y , ^ jjuuu cheers . ) Why , the very principles upon which the press based its power , and tho aristocracy based its power , was the withholding the people ' s principles from the knowledge ofthe ignorant , who ignorantly based , their power upon the presumed ignorance of the enlightened people . ( Great cheering . ) He then- held in his hand his commission , signed by Dr . Wade and six others , in the year 1835 , appointing him ( Mr . O'Connor ) the leader of tho party then called tho Radical party , and these seven were appointed by the radical party then in existence ; but as it never was hia intention to offer any , the slightest , obstruction , to any party who was more capable of effecting their object , he stood

      before them , aud asked them whether thoy still acknowledged him as their leader ? ( Loud and tremendous cheering and clapping of hands . ) He . wished them to bear in mind that it was no easy matter fora man of his class to have so long maintained his position and their confidence against the antagonism ' with which he had to contend , but against iwhich , he would , in spite of all opposition , still contend . ( Loud cheers . ) Now his greatest enemies , arid their ' greatest enemies , were not the press , the government ,, the laws , the aristocracy , the capitalist , or the middle class ; they were their own greatest enemies . ( Cheers . ) And why ? Because , as he had told them to surfeit , the man who earns two pounds a week looks with contempt

      upon the man who can earn but ten shillings ; and the man who can earn ten shillings , looks with equal conteiript upon the man who is consigned to the bastile . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Ah ! they ought to bo ashamed to cheer it ; the fact is cheering to their opponents , while it sickened his heart to think of it ., ( Hoar , hear . ) Poor gentlemen , who were too proud to work , and too : poor to live without " wages , wore trafficking in their credulity , catering for their popularity by spouting rank rubbish and nonsense , which none but fools could understand , ' and when they had made a livelihood they snapped their fingers and laughed at their dupes ; while his desire was to devote his whole time and his whole money , to tho real service of

      their cause , and to leave the world better than he found it . ( Loud cheers . ) His Land Plan , by which alone their order could be improved ,.. was scouted and reviled by those who lived upon their , labour , and by ; the press that supported that order ; - ( chcers ) -while he told them , as he told the men of Yorkshire and Lancashire , ui l & so , that it the Land was locked up to day he would not give a penny for the Charter to morrow : yet , ; fellows who would not know a cucumber from a handsaw , were the first to denounce it . The land is the only raw material , for which the labourer has capital in his arms to cultivate ; he cannot , under the present system ,-compete :, with , the . smallest capitalist , he is his serf and his bondsman , ; : whereas , t tho natural field of industry was open to him are they ' aware that he , would be a better customer to the manufacturer , the merchant , the shopkeeper , arid tho tradesman ? Are they aware , [ that

      silk mercers ,,-: milliners , hatters , clothiers , ; tailors ; clock makers , watch makers , masons , carpenters , bricklayers , and ,. evevy class of trade , would receive double the wages that they do now ,, because then there' would bo a scarcity of . every one of those trades , " if the valuable " material—the : land—was profitably cultivated ? , ( Loud cheers . ) . Could they , or could ; he , | ; or could ariy . niari presenii '" to ' , the public mind » ' greater anomaly ' - ^ a greater folly—a greater ! act ' of plunder arid rascalit ' y-- Tthari , the fact of importing all kinds' ' of . provisions ' , thousands of mile s- ' acrbss ' . the pceari ; while ' , their , bastiles .. ' . were full' of syst ' eiri-iriade paupers , who ' , ' if emplbyca prdfitabiy ;' at ; ' hbh ^ e ; ' ; could ' iex poi t food , ; aud liye . ; likjo freemen' ^ and ; lilt ; b ; gentlera ' en , under their , own j ' vinoi and . their' ow ^ 'fig-tree , none daringto make ; . tn ' em afraid ? , . ; . ( Tremendbus ' bJieeririg ; - )' ,, ' A , tlieymig h ' t ' cheer ; ; "• Wile * tho ! , hbly ^ mult ' was only ' impeded : by ttteiro ' wu'disumoh . ( Clioers" ) looktoIreland . ' Sup-

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      pose they . iheard of a million of human beings dying of . 8 tamtionin'Polandi ! in ; Hungaryy in Austria , in ^ Prussia , in France , - ; or in any : other part of the world—what would be their sensation I ¦ Would hot they , and every class in England , express their abhorrence and abomination of the Northern Bear , and his foreign-co-tyrants ; while every apology is made for the tyrants at home , who have committed such-inhuman slaughter ? - ( Great cheering . ) He must abandon this subject . It raised his Irish blood- to fever—he was going to say to rebellion height—when he thought of tho sufferings of his floor countrymen—an industrious people , upon a ertile soil , and a genial climate . ( Loud cheers . ) He abandoned the subject because he was

      resolved that no personal teeling ot his should ever damage the people ' s cause . He had suffered—his father was immured in dungeons until he was nearly rotten , and was prematurely consigned to the cold grave ; while his venerable uncle was in the fifty-second year of his banishment . ( Tremendous cheering . ) The recollection of these facts , and their enthusiastic cheering , excited him almost to madness ; but he would abandon the subject , for fear of injuring their cause . He did not come upon the platform , to elicit their eheers by lauding the immortal Kossuth—the glorious Mazzini—and others who have suffered in the noble struggle for liberty abroad ; and , although these spouters , nor no man on earth , sympathised with them , and more

      cordially wished that they had succeeded in trampling down tyranny , yet he acted upon the maxim of the immortal Shakespeare : "If England cannot keep the dog from her own door , let her be worried . " ( Cheers . ) Instead of expressing sympathy —which many do not entertain—for those bravo and gallant heroes , let the mind of England be rivetted to the one question—the question of the Charter—which the united mind can achieve ; then , when you have a Chartist Foreign Minister in Downingstreet , not ashot need be fired on the continent—not a life need be sacrificed—as the united mind of great England would achieve universal liberty—not by the cannon , but by the force of knowledge . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Look to the state of France now .

      There they had a SPECIAL CONSTABLE PRESIDENT elected as their chief , because he was tbe nephew of THE NAPOLEON—not that he had ability , or standing , or character in the country ; and let them look at that country . There they were all soldiers , because they enlisted but for seven years , and were drilled ; there , this hypocrite and his toadiesallowed the men of order—that is , the men of p lunder—to hold their club meetings and their secret meetings , to promote the election of one whose boast was , that he shot the people when contending for their liberties ; while ' all meetings , which are calculated to insure the return of Eugene Sue , the candidate ofthe people , are brutally suppressed . ( Tremendouscheering . ) Thepressofthis

      country is ranged against the interest of the people , or that portion which is in their favour is tyrannically prosecuted ; but he hoped and trusted in . God that'the people ' s cause would ultimately triumph , while nothing tended so much to weaken the tyrant ' s cause as the people ' s union : and nothing so much tended to strengthen it as the Jedple ' s folly . ( Cheers . ) Again , let them look to reland ; there , when repeal became hopeless--when the hope of all regeneration of the country was banished—when the Whig minister based his power upon the base subserviency of Irish tools and Irish toadies sitting in the House of Commonsand when love of Fatherland drove Mitchel , O'Brieri ; and Meagher—a gallant young fellow—( loud and tremendous cheering)—when hopelessness

      and despair induced those men to anticipate that they could effect by a revolution what had been denied to justice , they were deserted , and expatriated to foreign lands , to sigh over the departed liberty of their country . ( Cries of " Shame . " ) Yes , but the shame was to those who urged them on and then deserted them . ( Cheers . ) What would have : been his feeling if any imprudence upon his part at the Kennington Common meeting —( loud cheers)—what wouldhavebeen his feeling if upon that occasion he had injured their cause by rashness arid violence ; and what would have been his feeling if hny rashness or intemperance upon his part had consigned the widows and orphans of the slaughtered to the cold bastile ? ( Loud cheers . ) Perhaps

      they were not aware that a secret committee of fools , who undertook to lead their cause , some of whom came to London with their hearts in their hands , ready to die upon the platform , but who he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was obliged to supply with money to take them home again —( laughter )—perhaps they were not aware that these gentlemen elected an utter stranger , one of whom they had never heard , an artful fool who had cbmo over from France , they elected him as the President of the Republic : and what did they think his salary was to be ? Why threepence a week , he believed , from every one ; but he would only put it down as from the adult population , and he would estimate them at six millions instead of seven , and what did they think the salary voted by the economists would amount to ?

      four million threepences make one million shillings , one million shillings make fifty thousand pounds : two million threepences make half a million shillings ; half a million shillings make twentyfive thousand pounds ; so that those economists complaining of their taxation in their first financial budget , voted that your President should have seventy-five thousand pounds a week , within a fraction of four millions a year ; and if all paid , which I believe was the understanding , be would be entitled to nearly twenty millions a year of your money . ( Tremendous laughter and cheering . ) Now this was one of the great follies against which he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had to contend , and against which he was determined to contend , and successfully too ,

      as neither avarice , rashness , or folly , could again disunite the mind of this country . ( Loud cheers . ) And in order to insure that solid union , he was resolved , when his health improved , and his strength increased , to make a tour of the empire to insure such a co-operation of knowledge as would silence the cannori ' s roar , and for ever extinguish tyranny . ( Tremendous cheering . ) He was not one to be trifled with ; he understood the present construction of the House of Commons , and the mind outside the House , and he would so organise that mind as to destroy the present anomalous construction of what was called the representation of the people . ( Loud cheers . ) How could the Whigs get on without the co-operation—now of the Peelites , —now of

      the Protectionists , —and now of the Free Traders ? No party co-operating with the government , —acquiescing in the policy ot tho government , —but each occasiohally supporting the government , — their support not based upon policy , but upon party antagonism . ( Loud choers . ) The people were deceived by emancipation ; they were deceived by reform , and by free trade . ( Cheers . ) What he meant by free trade was , free trade , not in corn in butcher ' s meat in cattle , or in tallow , but free trade in legislation , and for that , and that only , would he contend ( tremendous cheering ); and that could only be accomplished by tho Charter , the only principle for which he would ever contend , and opposition to ' which he would ever resist . ( Loud

      cheers . ) Some professed to go for the Charter and something more;—he did not know what their something moro meant . He went for tho Charter as the moans to achieve every thing more that tho workiiig classes are entitled to , and would then possess ( tremendous cheering ); and however thoy cheered , let them distinctly understand that they were in a different position to any other people in the world ; they wero better instructed , and he hoped shortly to see them better united , and then they would carry all before them . ( Loud cheers . ) His object was to see the rich richer and tho poor rich , by the proper development of the national resources of tho country . ( Cheers . ) And however ho might be reviled and abused , and no

      matter against what antagonism he had to contend , he assured them after twenty-eight years struggle , not with bluster and bravado , but with sincerity and truth , that he would'irather sacrifice . bis life upon that platform than abandon the people ' s principles and their cause , ( Mr . O'Connor resumed hia sent amid cheering and clapping of hands , which lasted for several minutes . ) When the cheering had subsided ho again rose , and ' stated that he held in his hand a letter from old Daddy Richards , announcing that he had received intimation from Mr . Rogers that Frost and his associates wero shortly to return to their native land .. ( Upon this announcement the whole assembly rose , and the building shook again with eheers and clapping ef hands . ) Mr . O'Connor then observed , that he wished to God he could

      make the same announcement as to the liberation of their young , fervent , enthusiastic friend , Ernest Jones , and his associates ; ( Renewed cheering . ) , - When the cheering had subsided , Mr . Capewell , a young and most eloquent working man , rose to present an address from the Land members of the Potteries to Mr . O'Connor . He spoke in the most fervid and eloquent manner , as to the effect that the fair developement ofthe Land Plan would have upon all classes of society . He said he fully concurred in every sentence that had fallen from Mr . O ' Connor , with the exception of his assertion that a proper system would' make tho rich richer ; and , after an able and eloquent speech , he presented the following address from ' the Land members , together with the scrip held by each , and which was received with loud and enthusiastic applause : —

      TO FEAKGDS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . F . Kesm-oted Sir , —We , the : undersigned , being shareholders in the National . Land Company ,. residing in the Staffordshire Potteries , take this opportunity of publicly expressing our utter abhorence of the nefarious schemes adopted by your and our enemies , in order to lessen your reputation- as ; a gentleman , and the recognised founder of a plan ; which we believe is fully . calculuted , to amend the condition of the toiling masses of our fellow

      countrymen . • ' " . ¦ ,...-.,- ¦!» ,,- ¦ ; ¦¦ . '¦; .- ...- ' .- ;! .:. ; -. . ' > Wo have witnessed with sorrow , the base ingratitude of manyofivour proteased friends , ' who , after thoir location on tbe estates ' of the Nationaliland ; Company , have connected themselves with such men (!) as ; . tho infamous . 'Bradsbow . in . strivmetor } nujo ubycompellingj'putohave 'recourse ' to . experi' 8 ive ' ilaw ,, prooqe 4 ings ; in ' , vindication of your character . We rejoice that-you-didjnpt shrink from the ordeal , aud are proud to know that even tlie Jury , while

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      ' finding a verdict for your opponent de ^ 'laredXXT ter unimpeachable . - rmtt cl . ataft In conclusion ,, we respectfully declare our nm * dence in . you , together with our solemn determ- c ° i 8 render yeu all' the assistance in ' our power tiV atio n id the designs of your enemies . ; and , as a proof of n tet art terested services in the cause of sufferlnjr hum -H ^ it ! offer you our scrips , as paid-up members of thpr ? ' !•' ' t » pany , to be appro-mated in any wayyoumay thhl % , and we sincerely hope you vriU continue to > 1 pt % f game noble course you have hitherto done , until l ^ « i » people are admitted within the pale olthe ft * , ? ^ and when each and all can ' sit under their own "V their own fig tree , none daring to maVe them -SL ? ine < -m name of O'Connor will then be hailed with Z ? ' % and future generations will reverence-bless » n „ ^ -ion as a benefactor of mankind . eSS J 00 - " mer % ;

      Edward Lawton , four acres ; Thoma « Br «^ John Brown , tour ditto ; Moses Brown fiS . ** to * W . Sale , four ditto ; Thomas Cwb « t tAfc Samuel Smith , two ditto : William Billing 0 di"o ' ditto ; John Boot , three ditto ; Job CI W \ % ! W . Daniells , three ditto ; Jeremiah yS f di « o - Thomas Shirley , four ditto ; William iS ' « o ' ditto ; Robert Perry , three ditto ; CbhS ^ . W son , two ditto ; Elisha Mayer , four ditto " SSTS ^ two m V Geo . * 86 Barker , tto ^ Tw Adams , three ditto ; William Chotham a ! Wllli am Richard Wffliamson , ' four dHto " lSfe . C * ditto ; James Sproston , four ditto ; James nT- ' '" 0 ditto ; John Walker four ditto ; John L ^ , ' C ditto ; Thomas Weaver , four ditto ' ; feSrf-fcrS ditto ; John Sutherland , two ditto . aS % . htn

      four ditto ; Enoch Mayer , four ditto w n i . *' . four ditto ; John Corfield , four dittA w ; ii- * " *& . greaves , four ditto ; John Hulmo , tl . « e SS Daniels , fouKt'itto ; James Forncll / t ^ , ditto r ^ ri Yates , four ditto ; Noah Yates , t ™ fflta ? . -nS Mayer , senr ., four ditto ; Charles Gerrard fn '„ i ^ Thomas Winckle , three ditto ; Solomon nZJ 1 ^ ! fourditto ; William Butters , four ditw j &? « , four ditto ; James Oldham , fourditto ' Chal % son , four ditto ; Thomas Brentwall , four dittr .. r ii 1 ' - Brunt , four ditto ; George Pickering , fourdZ ' . x ^ Beeston , two ditto ; George Bestwick , fonV # * John Dawson , four ditto ; Thomas Doxey fiL 3- "*; Charles Benington , two ditto , James llollmshp ^ l *; ditto ; Thomas Harris , four ditto ; Henry PrX ' * ditto ; John Heath , fourditto .-Sixty si gnatures ^

      Mr . O'Connor , in returning thanks , exDrewajf thankfulness for the gratitude of those poor I who had most of them invested £ 5 6 s . in the h of realising his most darling object . The addr he received with no ordinary pleasure , whiln v feelings would revolt if he were capable of aecen ? ing the present now tendered to him . ( CtWt "No , no . " ) Yes , he must empatbicall y declineff and it was not only his hope , but his firm con-i tion , that every one of those grateful contribute would yet receive 20 s . in the pound for the moni invested . He would take this opportunit y of » plaining the hostility that the privileged enter tained of conveying any , the slightest , boon uZ the unprivileged . There had been minute iuqujS by parliamentary committees , into the affairs of \\ 1

      -uwiesiasticai ijommissioners , wno nan to do tfift the pious property ofthe Church—or , rather of tha people , monopolised by the Church —( loud cheers ) —into the "Woods and Forests , which belonffed fo the people ; into railway affairs ; and into the na . nagoment of Savings Banks , where the money nt tho poor people was exclusively invested and stoleuin all those transactions , atrocious frauds w ere di * . covered , while , ¦ sympathy was expressed for tha fraudulent . ( Cheers . ) But , in his ( Mr . O'Connor ' j ) case , sympathy was expressed for the fra- , ' dulent who had juggled him and the con . tributors , while every mouth , and eren press was open to denounce him ( Mr . O ' Connor ) ( Cheers . ) And why ? Because his . object wasII

      assist the poor , and the object of the others was { j , defraud them . ( Cheers . ) There was only oneoV servation made by the eloquent young man who presented the address , upon which he felt himself called upon to comment , it was the disapproval ot his desire to make the rich richer . Now , what ha . ( Mr . O'Connor ) meant by that , was not that he would give them more money , or allow them to take any money from the pockets ofthe poor , or to traffic in the dependence of the poor , but that he would relieve them from all taxes , bishops , tithes , poor rates , church cess , army tax , and every other tax as under such a system as he proposed , soldier ; may be turned into workmen ; bishops and parsons maybe made to live upon the sweat of their brow

      , instead of upon the slime of their tongue ; excise and custom houses may be converted into useful purposes ; and then the taxation of the country would not amount to five millions a year , and no profit would be made upon either imports or exports , is trusted that he had given a fair and satisfactory definition of the meaning of the term . ( Loud and prolonged cheering . ) The working classes noir usderstood how necessary it was to hear a clear deli . nition of every man ' s princip les , and he was mora than thankful for the opportunity afforded him for defining his . ( Cheers . ) He could not conclude without congratulating them upon the appearance upon the platform of their friend Mr . Roberts , ( Loud cheers . ) He was a solicitor ; and although

      he ( Mr . O Connor ) would most cheerfully freight vessels with every bishop , parson , and solicitor , and consign them to some foreign land , in the hope e ! creating true religion and veritable honesty in this country—( tremendous laughter and cheers)—yet , nevertheless , as long as they were necessary , aa honest one was indispensable . Now , Mr . Robert ) had had the tyrant's fetters upon his wrists ; he had been confined in the felon ' s dungeon in the felons dress ; he had given up friends and relatives , and sacrificed a lucrative business for the promotion oi the people ' s interests . ( Loud cheers . ) He was no fool . When he and Mr . O'Connor had frequent consultations with able counsel , with reference to the Lancaster trials , these eminent gentlemen laughed

      at Mr . Roberts , when he declared that there was no crime in the fifth count ; it so happened , however , that the judge who tried the case , and all the judges in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , critically agreed with Mr . Roberts . ( Cheers . ) Well , the miners of Northumberland and Durham appointed him a 3 their Attorney-General ; he went amongst them , and lived amongst them . He raised their wages , succeeded in every action against the masters ; as soon as their wages were raised , through his energy and knowledge , they said , we don't want you anv more . He was dismissed , and immediately upon his dismissal the masters became greater tyrants than ever , and reduced the wages of their hands loner than ever . ( Loud cheers , i Now , he was glad t >

      find this able and honest man—if ho could call any solicitor honest —( laughter)—he was glad to find hint elected as the legal adviser and defender of the miners and potters of Staffordshire ; and he trusted , that they , gaining wisdom from the folly of other ? , would see tho necessity not only of gaining , but m preserving their rights when they had g ained them . Again , thanking them for the grateful address they had presented , he begged to assure them that be never derived greater pleasure than he had from the appearance , or rather the enthusiasm , of the thousands of working men by whom he was ttet day received , and from the cordial reception he M met with in their New Hall upon its opening , liefore he concluded , he felt himself justified in putting thorn in possession of a fact connected witutw

      Land Company , which would prove Ins disregard « money . He had purchased a four-acro allotment a , Lowbands , ofaballotted member , in the hope oi being able to purchase the adjoining four-acro allotment , and it was his intention to have built a cottage upon the eight acres , and to have prac tically carried out the Small Farm System . He had paid £ io to the ballottod member for his allotment ; tn » adjoining allottee refused to sell , and he ( Mr-O'Connor ) ro-sold the allotment he had purchased for £ 80 , making £ 35 profit , and by the next post he remitted the additional £ 35 to the allottee from whom he had purchased ; the man was perfectly astonished , and he wondered whether many other philanthropists would do tho like . Mr . O'Connor resumed his seat amid loud acclamation .

      When Mr . O'Connor resumed his seat , a young man in tho gallery rose , and begged to propose a vote of thanks to Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Robert ? , for their attendance that night , and their W speeches addressed to the working classes . This proposition was put by the CiumMAX , ano followed by most enthusiastic applause . . Mr . O'Cohsob rose to return thanks , and in conclusion , proposed a vote of thanks to the Clia * r * na ° ' stating that it always gave him greater p leasure w see one of their own order-presiding over meeting ' of that kind , than to see an aristocrat or capita "" in the chair . ( Cheers . ) And ho was sure thatitnfj would agree with him , that no Chairman could discharge the duties of his office with moro propriety

      than the gentleman who presided that night . Mr . Roberts seconded the resolution , which wai . put , and carried with great acclamation . ,. , The Chairman rose , and said that he felt ; tang highly honoured by being appointed to the otnc which ho filled—he was glad to find to their sat" ' faction . He heard the speeches of the seven speakers with pride and pleasure ; there was only oiw portion of Mr . OConnor s speech from which he par tially dissented , and that was bis criticism up »» Socialism . He ( the Chairman ) was a Socialist in *' true acceptation of the word , which meant co-op > firm nflnliniir * nnH nmiin nnnorr . ltlllatillg theHl up

      their gathering and the speeches they had hear ' he begged to return them his thanks for tho honou they had conferred upon him . ( Loud cheering » clapping of hands , ) , . « -is Mr . O'Connor again rose , and said that i * . " r ' very proud to hear tho explanation of Sociali » given by the Chairman ; he always courted disei sion , and it appeared that their views entirely . corded with his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) veritable dcB 1 " tion of Socialism—the fitness of tilings to s 00 ' , -- jiand lie too was for co-operation of labour , but in viduality of possession ; - - ( Loud and tremenoo cheering . ) The meeting then separated in tho best spiri t- ¦

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 4, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04051850/page/8/