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      R0 To The Old, Guards Of Chartism.

      r 0 to THE OLD , GUARDS OF CHARTISM .

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      3 $ FUSTIAN JACKETS , THE MISTERED HANDS , AND UNjofflOBN CHINS . tff Jff FwesbS / rt % tliis time you have bad leisure to reuji ^ t ujwn the effect likely to be produced by No . Notting iam election , not only \ jpoii miB mini stry , but upon the future prospects he ( jie countrj ' . Do not set this down iiutfjiutr , and suppose that I mean my return

      mucj much as the defeat of one of the most poar n jar members of the Russell Cabinet . Can j p n % man now look back to tha struggle that avejave been engaged in , backed only bv the ires ^ rest uf the poor , jrithout being convinced thef the truth of my . teaching , that , with the sha ^ ackl ed expression of public opinion , and » fe ^ fearless * consistent , and untiring advocacy thef the popular cause , the poor , hut despised , of eryrery n ation ma y > h Y CONFIDENCE , mm , PBKSEVERANCE , establish v % form of Government they please . Voi Your pride , in the result of the Nottingham ejection , will notjbe that I have been returned ,

      % t in the fact that I have repudiated all supt ^ t not coming from the conviction that our icjincip les were right ; If I had modified my B one to suit the presumed temperature of my tiStical opponents , you would naturall y and ljustly have despised me , and would have esjf ^ emed my triumph as the bartered price of Uftrar principles . But I did not do so . I comaiaenced the battle of liberty WITH YOU , I ma FOR TOTJ ; end THROUGH YOU , and $ 0 R YOU . I will fight it to the dose . The l ^ ame pledges upon which Istood for my native Hountv , in 1832 , 1 repeated in your country in H 847 . " I wiU not accept PLACE , PENSION , k EMOLUMENT , from any Cabinet , NOR

      1 MLL 1 SEER FOR PATRONAGE for iothere ; and , when the Charter is the law -of Etheland , like Quintiis Cincinnatus I will « - ntnra to my plough , the agricultural instructor lef the honest peasantry of Great Britain and ihelaad , because I am resolved , in return for a ugound and wholesome constitution , to execute aflat commission which , in my conscience , I ilfcelieve . was assigned to me .

      My friends , wffl ypu now reflect upon the pe persecution I have borne without my temper be bang soured , or without harbouring a-single vi vindictive feeling against any living man . 5 Humanity , I have always told you , is the only 5 pure source of just legislation ; and when 1 g go into the House of Commons , it shall be j my Polar star . M y every hour shall ^ e de-! voted to the poor , and my object shall be to prove that the PROPERTY" OF THE RICH can only be secured by the

      INDEPENDENCE OF THE POOR . As upon our own despised platform , so I was upon the hustings at Nottingham , and so I will be on the & oor of the Senate House ; aiding and assisting OUR LEADER AND CHIEF—Thomas ^ iingsby Buncombe—obeying him like a faithful soldier , and feeling no other jealousy than that which will be ever prompted by my love for the man who has consistently advocated our principles , and who had the boldness and the honour to visit me , to-comfort me , and encourage me , in my felon ' s dungeon .

      My mends , the jealousy © Headers hasbeen the ruin of the people ; and , therefore , I have made up my mind , and have solemnly resolved , that my situation in the House of Commons shall be SUPPORTER OF DUNCOMBE . I wiU not attempt to LEAD in any mtiunal or popular question ; while , as regards aj own country ( IRELAND ) , I shall hold myself free to take my own course . I am one oi those coastituted b y Nature for hard work , aid it is my intention to-devote Tuesdays , Wednesdays , and Thursdavs—or rather nights

      —the three Important ni ghts of the . week , t © ny Parliamentary duties ; the days of Wednesday and Thursday , which will be receiving days , to our banking operations ; and Friday Saturday , and Monday , and part of Tuesday , io BUILDING HOUSES , AND CULTIVATING THE LAND for yon ; and all this J undertake to discharge with more attention and punctuality than if I had only one of those services to perform . On the first Monday in each month I will meet my constituents of Nottingham , enfranchised and unenfranchised , in the Exchange of

      Nottingham , there to confer with them upon those subjects interesting to their town ; that is , I shall devote that day , not to a public meeting , but to confer with committees appointed by the several trades , professions , and classes , to instruct me in local matters , interesting to the town of Nottingham ; and I will present myself in the market-place at the dose of each session , and will tender my resignation , if required to do so by a majority of the non-electors or of the electors ; as I would not consider myself free and unshackled , if not supported in mv office bv a clear majority of both . * J '

      The Nottingham election will read the Whigs , and the world , a great moral lesson : and it will teach the press the utter hopelessness of banting down , or silencing the man upon whom the people have set their fondest affections . It was a novelt y to see bankers , merchants . lords , and capitalists , voting for one stvled a "FIREBRAND " and * DESTRUCTIVE ; " but , I doubt much that the manl y vote of the noble Lord Rancliffe will lend to lessen the value of true nobility in the Pole ' s eyes . It was an independent act of

      » at nobleman , who , upon the last election , fed the manliness to propose Mr Gisborne upon Chartist principles . Doubtless you will recollect that I have told you that the time * ould come when the two ends would meet , and destroy the corrupted body of class legislation , and is it not so ? You now see the anomaly w the proprietor—for young Mr Walter may w considered the actual proprietor—of the ^ Ws new spaper , the leading newspaper of " > e aristocratic and middle classes of Europe , ^& the proprietor of the leading democratic Journal of Europe , being representatives of the

      wtvn of Nottingham . And in passing , my friends o ?_ Notting ham will do me the justice to Sty , that when I supported Mr Gisborne ^ inst young Mr "W alter , and after I had ¦ **» " and heard the latter gentleman , I ex-P essed great contrition ; I regretted it because J » as prepossessed in favour of Mr Walter , by his voice , his appearance , and his eloquence ; ^ d ini him , I may say , that Nottingham has a considerate , an eloquent , a humane , highfcmd ed , and gentlemanly representative . So ™» t upon the whole , the people and the constituency of Nottingham are better suited hanif in the hands of two confiding Whigs . In discussing this important election , we

      " tost not overlook one of immensely more imp ortance ; one more striking , more startling , ^ ore convincing and prophetic , I mean the Section for Sheffield ; there we find 328 independent electors plumping for Tom Clark , the «» Wer Boy ; there we find him returned by a ^ ° * of hands against two demi-official Whigs ; & ere we Bad him proposed and seconded by town councillors ; and there we learn that his ^ anly eloquence , the eloquence of " a non"ecuir / left the demi-officials in the shade . ie « , this young , this honest , energetic teetotaller , read Whiggery a lesson which WhigpywUl not soon forget , nor will it be soon [? 1 g « tteii bv those who witnessed the exhibition . -

      * hen , tiirn we to the glorious triumph of the J ° dest , the eloquent , the amiable , the incorrn Publfi M'Grath ; and there we find 216 of the ^ nstituent lmdv giving their unpurchaseable * J » to him . Then look at our Demosthenes Ve Um S ^ independent men at Halifax , who « frt ' ^ ^ witn I " 5 eloquence , - convinced the ri ghteousness of his principles , and jj ? ° ^ to secure themselves from the double jf ttwa of Whig and'forv misrepresentation . feaSi * BhckburiJ > where » though devour incorruptible legal adviser , the legal L

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      poor , has laid the foundation of ms tuture triumph , and though last , not least , think of our West , our Dixon , our Linney . our Rvdd , our Harney , and all others who relied upon popular favour alone , snatching the real victory from the oppressors . Now these are our greatest triumphs , these are the triumphs which foretell thecertainty of our future success , and warn faction of " the tender ground on which it stands . But , more than aU that , my friends , reflect upon the impetus that the expression of our sentiments will give to the cause of freedom . Not onl y has much new blood been infused into the old

      corrupted body , hut the old Wood will now "be , in part , purified . Many who , if unopposed , would rejoice in the distinction of UNALLOYED WHIG , will now be guided by the straw ' s current that we have set - upon the breeze . Then , look to . the defeat of , , ministers in the rejection of Hobhouse , Macaulay , Fox , and Hawes . a lesson which will teach her Majesty ' s Ministers that a nation ' s pride is not to be insolently tampered with .

      Moreover , we have secured George Thompson , Charles Pearson , Muntz , Scholefield , Sharman Crawford , Wakley , and our Leader , and , though last not least , the incorruptible O'Gorman Motion . .. Now , are not these things to be proud of , arid are thev not an answer to those who feared that LANDISM WOULD DESTROY CHARTISM , and undatifull y wear £ my affections from my eldest « hild ? These are things not only to rejoice is , but to reflect upon . These are events which -call for a re-union of all the dissevered elements of

      Chartism . The O'Briens , Lovetts , Vincents . Coopers and all . Now is the time , if their honest fears have been - -dissipated , to -return to the popular embrace and join in a national jubilee . A good general takes care-that execution shall follow upon the heels of design ; and now is the time to sign your petition sheets , to prepare for flie election of your delegates who shall meet the new parliament as a national Convention of Chartism .

      I will feel more honoured by being elected a delegate to that Convention , by my old con . stituency , the West Riding of Yorkshire , than in being elected member for Nottingham , and I will feel pride in seconding its prayer when proposed by our leader . WiU you , * hen , OLD GUARDS , join with me , in spite of derision , in winning our old friends back to our cause ? Believe me , factions will conspire and parties must unite . Without the slightest recollection of the past I will cheerfully shake hands with every man who has honestly differed from me , and I will zealously struggle withiim as a soldier in the good fight . I was

      naturally pleased with my success , but it was only for the service that I shall be -enabled to render you ; and while I shall be engaged , night after night , in urging the . consideration of the Land Plan > upon Parliament , you must he watching over the interests of the Charter ; for " that alone , " as 1 told you , can make the Land Plan national , and . the adoption of the Land Plan alone can produce Peace , Happiness , and Contentment , in the Land . When I appeared at the Exchange window , to address the countless-thousands that stood before me in the marketplace of Nottingham , I addressed them in the character of which I am proudest , as

      BAILIFF TO PAUPERS , and instead of gratifying myself by receiving the congratulations of my friends , ! started for " MYCOLD QUIKT HOME , to prepare my BALANCE SHEET and YOUR CASTLES for the forthcoming Conference ; and there , as I promised you , you shallsee no such ITEM as "SUNDRIES , " and no charge , even for my travelling expenses to visit or purchase estates . No , you dear confidin g fellows , it shall be my joy through life , and your childien ' e joy when I am no more ,

      that HERE LIES THE BODY OF ONE WHOSE LIFE WAS DEVOTED TO THE POOR , —WHO NEVER ACCEPTED PAY FOR HIS SERVICES , —WHO LIVED DOWN PREJUDICE , LIVED USEFULLY , AND DIED A PAUPER , INSCRIBED UPON MY TOMB . I have shown you that I fearlessly advocated j'Our principles , that I mean to carry Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments into practical effect , and I mean also that you shall carry into effect the PAYMENT OF MEMBERS;—that is , that the iiaticr ,

      not Nottingham alone , shall pay me £ 6 0 PER ANNUM , at the close of each session , if the peop le are satisfied with my services , and that that sum shall be spent to the fraction in enabling me to discharge duties incumbent upon the office ; such as the payment of secretaries and clerks , in transmitting parliamentary papers and reports of parliamentary proceedings to my own and other constituencies . Of this expenditure I shall also furnish a balance sheet each year , and I claim the compensation as a means of remunerating those without whose services I could not transact your business .

      Upon stated occasions I will meet you in public , but no power on earth shall induce me to neglect the interests of the Land Company . I look upon all parliamentary honours as pigmies , compared to that increasing giant . When you read my speech , of which you will find a verbatim copy in this week ' s Star , you will then say whether or no I advocated your principles upon the hustings ; and bear in mind , not a passage in that speech was written by me , it is printed as it came from the pen of Mr Cocken , a reporter of Nottingham , and injustice to him , I must say , that I did not

      think it possible for any man to report me so correctly , I speak so fast . It would . be impossible for me , it would be impossible for mortal man , to describe the appearance of Nottingham from three o ' clock till ten on Thursday ; I did not think that there were so many human beings in the county ; I did not believe there was so much enthusiasm , in the world : and you shall now learn my mode of canvassing . A party told me that an old gentleman , a Mr Weet , over eighty years of age , woaId vote for me , if I asked him , but that

      he should have a carriage to be taken to the poll . To please my friends I visited him , and said , "Sir , I am toldjthat you have been a supporter of Sir John Hobhouse ' s , but that you are dissatisfied with him and wished to see me , and I have come to say , that if voting against Sir John , or for me would cause you a moments uneasiness to-night , that I would rather you voted for him and against me , but in any case you shall go unpledged , and I will send a carriage for , and a careful person to take care of you . "

      Now that was ^ my mode canvassing . 1 now turn to one of the most pleasing of my duties—to tender my thanks and gratitude to our old friend , James Sweet , my former and late proposer , and friend William Mott , and Henim , my seconder ; to honest Roberts , who was ever by my side , and though last , not least , to the Old Guards who constituted my non-electors ' committee . I cannot find words to thank them , but perhaps they will receive the following announcement as a welcome substitute . A gentleman , from whose mental resources , from whose capacious mind and philanthropic heart , and \ From whose Purse

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      also , I have drawn stores of mental improvement and pecuniary aid , and in whose' society I delight—a man who is not the milk but the cream of human kindness—has , in the excess of his joy and fulness of his liberality , presented each of my non-electors' committee with FIVE POUNDS for their services . Can words describe an act like that ? And when the time comes for his sitting by my side in the House of Commons , will not the nation consider him a friend ? A gain thanking you , and again assuring you that I will adhere to your principles and advocate your cause ,

      I remain , Your faithful Friend and . Bailiff ,-Feaugtjs O'Connor . ,

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      TQ ¦* THE ^ INDEPENDENT ' ELECTORS OF '¦? , X'X , ^ 'KOTtlN ^ . ¦ ...

      • ¦ jigraTtsiiEs , —I embrace the first available op » portnmty of tendering you ray ; grateful thatilcs for the confidence you have reposed in me , and it shall be the study of my life to convince you thai that confidence has not been misplaced . . Gentlemen , you have consoled me with the reflection thai I am living down prejudice , and the greatest value I attach to , the position in which you hawplaced me is , that it will enable me wholly to destroy those false impressions which the Press had established of my character .

      Gentlemen , I do not despise a rich man ' because he is rich , any smore than I despise a poor man because he is poor ; and therefore I wage no ^ battle against wealth ^ which is fairly and honourably accumulated , while I war against -a system -which enables idlers lto live upon the labour of the industrious . Gentlemen , one mode by which I propose to equalise society is , by the-annihilation of all those ; duties and toes which press upon the industrious portion of -society , whether employers or employtd . I shall make it my study ' . to reduce the taxation of : the country to that point-which will preserve har- mony amongst all classes , and substitute a moral ' for a physical-force government . ¦

      To give the people a good education , uninterfered with by any religious denomination , shall lie > one of my primary objects , leaving to the minUters of the different religions the unopposed exercise , of those functions which of right belong to them , and . are indeed imposed upon them by the choice and the will of their flock . Gentlemen , you will not < fiad me the rash and ' headstrong-Destructive thatl have been represented : for , ^ s I told you upon thehustings , ! now repeat it , I would not > owe my liberty to the -shedding ef a drop of human blood . ,

      Gentlemen , you have read a great maral lesson to England , and to the world . You have proved that the time has-come when Nottingham , at least , is prepared to carry out the principles of the Reform Bill ; and I am sure it must be cheering io you , as it was gratifying to me , to wituess the peacefu 1 ^ dtfneanoarofsHcn an immense concourse . of . your fellow-men as crowded your streets at a . period of no ordinary excitement .

      Gentlemen , for your credit , and the credit of th e people , it should be proclaimed to the world , that 1 , who was amongst them by day and by night , did not see a drunken man , witness a single squabble , see a blow struck , or hear an indecent expression throughout the contest ; and , ere long , these things must convince you that people who so demean themselves may be safely entrusted with the possession of their political rights .

      Gentlemen , while the wealthy are traversing the world in search of foreign , uncertain , and capricious trade , it is my aim and object to create for you a home-trade , through the ability of your own people to traffic with you , larger than the world now affords , and thus make you independent of , foreigners . This I seek to accomplish by making th e natural labourer producer of your food and consumer of the artificial lahourer ' s produce . I seek to make machinery tributary to man ' s wants , and noC the controller of . his household . 1 j I shall endeavour to make England and Ireland great abi ^ dj bj bring great ; at home and to m $ ie you honoum # ktfn » ftbanls . instead of being despised « cmnpe « $ Bg !^ '' ,

      feentlemcn , as to Free Trade , my objection to it , from the outset , has been , that it was one-sided , restricted , and capricious ; and that , even yet it ha < not gone to the extent of ray notion : but , understand me , 1 do not halt in the journey , as classes , sections , andpartiesappear inclined to do ; I am for national , not mere class Free Trade , and the benefit that I seek from it for labour is its total emancipation from the possibility of idleness and the chance of cas ual dependence . In conclusion , gentlemen , I % am for the altar , for t ' je throne , and for the cottage ; but I wish to see the altar the footstool of God , instead of the couch of Mammon . I wish to see the throne supported upon the affections of the people , instead of upon the caprice of an oligarchy—and I wish to see the cottage the castle of the freeman ' instead of ( he den of the slave . ' 1 have the honour to remain , Gentlemen , Your grateful , your faithful , and your independent Servant , FBARQU 8 O'CoNNOtt . Lowbands , Aug . 4 .

      To The Allottees Of Lowbands.' ' * My De...

      TO THE ALLOTTEES OF LOWBANDS . ' ' * My Dear Children , I am now about to give you instructions as to your mode of proceeding on your journey to the promised land ; and ypu see that my other duties do not make rue forgetful of my duty towards , you * It is necessary that you observe my directions minutely , ' as it will me ftn much ' . trouble , anxiety , inconvenience ' i aid expense . Mark them , then . At those occupants who come from Manchester , or from the north of Birmingham , will come by rail to Birmingham ; from

      thence to Tewkeshnry en the Gloucester line , or to Gloucester , whict is J 3 miles further , and where there way be a greater certainty of procuring the me-ns'of carriage for luggage or for yourselves . AU those coming from 80 miles couth ' of-Burnin g * ham , wHl also go to Birmingham and on hy Tewkesbury or "Gloucester ; end those coming from wUhin 30 or 40 miles of London on the Birmingham line , will "find it more convenient to come by way of London , to go from'the Euston-sguare station ^ the Great "Western station at Paddirigton , and book to Gloucester .

      Now every person should inform himself minutely as > to 4 he hour when-the train leaves his owndocality , and how its arrival will suit the departure -of the third-class train from Birmingham or London ; and inall cases BBlNGToUR LUGGAGE WITH YOU , even if it costs-you a trifle more ; and for this reason , because one of . my Warrington children , Thomas Richardson , a child of whom any man mav

      well'be proud , left -his furniture at the Warrington station , on Monday week , to be-conveyed by way of-Birmingham to Tewkesbury , and he has been to Tewkesbury every rflay since ; and has not yet had tidings of it I have sent to-day to the station master at Tewkesbury , as attentive and civil an ^ officer as ever I met , to make inquiries about it , and J trus t that Richardson ' s faends at Warrington will also make-inquiries .

      Tewkesbury is about 7 | miles itoxa Lowbands . Gloucester is about 9 miles , hy the road I am going to direct you . Whenyou come a little beyond the seventh mile stone to the Feathers' Inn , you will go straight-on , leaving the leathers to the ^ right , instead of turning to the left , sad that will save you more than a mile , and a very steep hill up , and a very steep hill down , from Gloucester to Lowbands . Now , Itrustthat theselnstructions will he attended to , and the same applies to parties coming to the Demonstration . This demonstration is not to be in any

      respect like that of last year- On this occasion , there will be refreshments and amusements in abundance , but not a drop of intoxicating drink of any kind shall be sold upon the premises , or within reach of them , if I can prevent it . A Mr Aston , a neighbouring farmer , has appropriated a large field to receive horses and arrange carriages , and erect booths for refreshments , but under this stipulation , that no publican SHALL ELL A DROP of intoxicating drink ; and now that that privilege has been accorded , Mr Aston affects to say that he cannot prevent those

      persons who take the booths from selling what they please ; but 1 tell you , as I told Lira , that if the stipulation is violated to the extent of a glass of spirits , or a pint of beer , I will use all my influence to prevent any man , woman , or child , from entering the premises ? and iu the event of £ ose parties wishing to destroy , our festivity , by making pronYof intoxica tion , you will see boards erected all along the bounds of those premises , with the word— ' BEWARE' upon

      them , as I am resolved that this location shall not commence in drunkenness . Dixon ofManchester , the secretary for that branch , who keeps the . Teetotal coffee house , will have the use of the schoolrooms , and I have engaged a marque capable of accommodating 500 persons . Further , the police " will be in attendance . There are four deep pon'ds ' on the estate , and I will assist in ducking every driihWu man who presumes to enter our premises . '

      Now , my children , I think I'll show you such a picture as mortal eye neVer before beheld , ou the 16 th inst . I'll show you forty-five cottages in the centre of forty-five allotments of two , three , and four acres , built with the best materials that could be purchased for money ; and with outbuildings to each , consisting of dairy , back kitchen with pump , cow-house for two cows , stall for poney or donkey » house for roots , place for ducks and fowls , privy , place for four pigs , all in a walled-in yard , with a gate to each ; a half acre of potatoes , and ten perches

      of cabbage plants , ten perches of Swede turnips and two acres of late turnips , manure with guano and ashes , an acre of fallow prepared for wheat , and sixty perches prepared for clover and tares , and from eight to ten two-horse cart loads of tbe best stable and cow-dung behind each man ' s house , and firing enough for two years , with roads through the estate , every inch made by myself , as fine as any in England ; three grand entrances , with gates and wickets * , and a magnificent school-house in the centre , with a room for boys , a room for girls , and a master s house in the centre .

      Now you may ask , which of all these things I pride myself most upon ? and I will answer you , upon the dung , whichT have made ' since I came here . I shall have made enough of dung and ashes to manure over seventy acres " , and have purchased enough of tbe best guano for seventy-two acres ; and I will show you twenty-two such'horses as you will not see in any distiller ' s yard in England ; and I will show you , what is better than all , twe nty-five or thirty sweet little children , that came to me from the alleys , and lanes , and back slums of Lo ntloH , and

      the manufacturing districts , with bright eye * and blooming cheeks , with good appetites , and signs o ) life about them ; and it is my pride , when the men stop work , to take a walk with those little children , to sit down amongst them and hear them prattling about their own affairs . When I tell them they are to go back to London , their eyes fill , and they say ' that they couldn ' t ; * and thus , my children , one of my fondest desires has been realised , that of taking youth from unhealthy temptations , and placing it where God intended it should abide . GOD MADE THE COUNTRY , JiAN THE TOWN '

      To The Allottees Of Lowbands.' ' * My De...

      ¦ In ^ ConcWn , w , iat : yoU wiU be mo 8 { p , ea 8 ed to liflMis , that . n ray balance , sheet , setting forth the expaatture of your monies , therein be no such word as sundries , ' no stationery ; no ' postage , no charge for visiting nearly one hundred estates in all parts of England ; no charge for attending auctions to bid for those estates ; so ' that I mayVpreserve the charm of being able to say that I never travelled a mile or ate a ; meal at your expense . Wishing you

      all the happiness that this life can secu-e , and pray , ingjthat those who ^ expectedtp find destructive firebrands as heighhoura may ! discover their , error , ; in seeing a peaceful , moral , industrious , and resp eetfuf immunity , \ ¦ ' ? ;'"; >¦'¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ : i . Ij fe :- ,- J httVe the honour to remain , : 5 S :, Yottr fond Father andjKoriourea Bailiff , ' -Up' ' ' c ' -i - ' Fkabgus-O'Connor . . ' ' 0 > ,-: ' — - ¦¦ ¦ : ;¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ¦• - - ; - ¦ ;

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      Thb Late Cut Contist . —We hear that in the course of Friday , the committee of the Liberal candidates employ-d themselves in a careful examina tion of the returns made to them by their check clerks at tbe respective polling booths , with a view to account fur tfe surprise which the declaration of the sheriffs , p . lacifg Mr Masterman above Sir George Lsrpent on » tb- - poll , had created amongst them . The result o f v investigation , we learn , has been to convince iV ,- . '< at an error has crept into the return madfby .. ' . sheriffs , and that Sir George Larpent has a . clear majority of nineteen over

      Mr Masterman—a gentleman to whose character , honour , liberality , and ability we are quite willing to pay the tribute of our perfect unmitigated respect . It is said , that from the Sheriff ' s poll books two sheets aro missing , and hence the error which has given that gentleman an ascendancy—unexpected by him , as his ahsence from the hustings at the commencement of the proceedings at Guildhall on Friday indicates—over his competitor , the honourable baronet already named . Confident in the accuracy

      of their own check-books , the Liberal Committee contemplate , it is said , the presentation of a petition to the new Parliament , on its assembling , to have the return amended by the substitution of Sir George Laruent ' a name tor that of Mr Masterman . This procedure would incur a lengthened inquiry and an enormous expense . We give these ^ « n did as thev have reached us , even thsugh . Sir George Larpent ' 9 fewreU address to the electors is silent oh the subject . and doesnot indicate any such movement as that which rumour haa suggested .

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      Nottingham Election. The Writ For A New ...

      NOTTINGHAM ELECTION . The writ for a new elect ! on oi members to represent this town in Parliament , was received by John Barber , gent ., sheriff , on Saturday morning , and was immediately proclaimed . The nomination was fixed for Wednesday , and the poll for Thursday . Sir John Uobhouse and . T . Gisborne , E * q , the late members , arrived in Nottingham early in the week , but no meetings of the electors were held , either Whig or Tory , nor was there any canvassing until after the nomination . F . O'Connor , Esq ., the Chartist candidate , arrived on Monday night ,, and his supporters have been most active throughout the iveck , holding meetings and strengthening his interest in every possible manner . PRELIMINARY MEETING .

      . . Some , thousands of persons , chit fly consisting of the poorer classe » , assembled on Tuesday ercai'jg in the Market-place , to hear an oration delivered by Fearaus O'Connor , Esq At twenty minutes past seren , Mr P . O'Connor took bis place . in the . waggon which formed bUroBtrum , and was rec * ived with loudchceriag and other demonstrations of approval , On the motion of Mr Sweet , Mr Hesnm was appointed to preside orer the meeting , and made a short opening speech , Mr Sweet then made the following , . harangus : —You have now an opportunity nffijrded , ' you ( said Mr 9 . ) of showing to those who are shot out from tbe pale of the , coB » tltuU 6 n , that you reallj havetae welfare of your country at . beart . You have now afforded you an opportunity which seldom occurs . Tbe Whigs would spin

      , out their term of office to the very last moment , but I can nsMi < -e you , that they come now with a very bad grace before the electors of this great country . ( Applause . ) They have betrayed . the confidence you placed in them : They have gone to that House of Commons , an 4 instead of legislating . for the whole people , as they ought to have done , thry have gone there to suit their own selfish purposes , ( Hear , bear . ) The time ia now arrived when you can teasb these gentlemen , that if they neglect their duty to you , you will not neglect the duty you owe to yourselves , to your wives , and your children . Remember , ny friends , that it is a sacred duty which yonhaviito perform ; retnemter that you hold this vote in trust for the nU men who are shut out . Remember that there is only one man in seven . that possesses the

      elective franchise . { Hear , hear . ) Remember that the time is come ; that the mass of the community are knocking at the door of the constitution for admission , Remember that they will never rest satisfied until they get in , ( 'No , never . ' ) I hope , the non-electors wilt took after every one of tfeose men who hold the elective franchise . I hope they mill reason with them ; show to them that it is nothing but a pare act of justice far them to vote for tbe candidate of their choice , I neverhave advocated physical force , though the blessed Whigs have practised it-upon me , ( Great laughter and applause . ) I thank ; God that . though cast down , I was not destroyed . I thank God that they never can deottos the principles which I advocate . ( Loud cheering . ) And aitbough'hitherto , the base and brutal press

      of this eouatry has misrepresented your feelings , tbe time has come , whep > we can teach the gentlemen of the press a sound moral . lesson . ( Hear , bear . ) Yes , ny friends ; -I will go to Richard Sutton and Low -ban-Is . , The mart who'ls not for as is against ue . The man who , undera-cloak-of Hberulity , profcesea to bean advocate of the principles of eternal justice to the people , and then writing a tirade against tbem , is no friend of yours , ( 'No , no , bo . " * ) That man is - your Mead 'Who acts cobsistently . ; who , when the -day of trial , of ¦ ctru : / . gl « comes , is foand -at his post , denouncing every man who will Dot stand up for just and-righteous principle . ( Henr / hearJ . Lam told that the man who wrote that article , is Above all other men a professing Christian , 0 dear ! * 9 dear I ^ Commotion , < ind hear , hear . )

      Now friends , I love a man who practises Christianity , butuotawolfic sheep ' s-oJothing . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Labominably detest the man who uses religion at a hypocritical gash to cover his rascality . ( 'Shame on luin . ' ) 4 fy friends , I stand here fearleesly , to speak the truth . I care not who I please nor who I offend ; if truth is to make < us free , -vve will he free . We will oppose error . Let them show that we are wrong , and we will become sincere conterts ^—If not , they are base in wilholding our just rights . Another of our beautiful papers says , that when Mv 'Feargus O'Connor has got theiLand Flan at work , and tbe pewple are in possession of these cottages , that ' they shall turn ' round , and become sincere advocates of tbe six points of the People ' s Chaster . Then , by the powers ! thwr must begin to prepare

      —( bear , hear)—for I shall call upon them to come up to the-scratch , ( Greatcheering . ) If they don ' t come up to the mark , I will barn their paper as I did before . ( Hear . ) And I tell alt the local press togther , that if they are determined to go on and misrepresent the people , we'll wage -war wiih them , ( Hear , hear , ) Let them speak tbe truth , never minding who they please or who they offend . I hate all ^ their sneaking bumbuggery . ( Hear , bear , and laughter . ) Now , my friends , I will give you a case in point . You all know that Cinilfg Tawes—one of tbe fortunate allottees who went from Nottingham to Herringsgate , which Herringsgate we have turned into O'Cannorville— ( cheers );—he lias suffered separation from his wife and children in a Whigbastile ; ( 'True , ' ) That man is raised to com . parative independence . ( Hear , hear . ) That man , at

      the present moment , has four pigs iu hie stye . ( Tremendous eitfcying . ) Now , what time of day do you think , that poor fellow would have ever commanded enough to purchase four pigs by sticking in Radford workhouse . ( Laughter and applause . ) Why , my dear friejid . 'Ms man has cost the union in which Radford Is sftUHJu . ' l leaBt one pound per week ; and yet these guara ^ jib of tbe poor will uphold a system like this , wh ^ p if they would only exercise common humanity to thft ,. jrman , we could totally and utterly destroy . I told , the Whigs , when they built that bsstile at the top oKYorkstroet , it would not be half large enough . Is it : jjot ' . rue ? ( ' It is ! it is ! ' ) I toW them , if they would ( tjj' 1 one-half the monty in purchasing land , employing ¦ 1 ' . iour upon it , it would destroy the system . ( Great u iplause . ) I told them , if they would only pawn us if

      . youuke—wtare pawned —( laughter)—they have pawned us for twenty years to pay for the erection of it;—if we were to be put in pawn , why not put us in pawn to ret deem our country ? ( Very great applause , ) I should have cheerfully paid , to the last hour of my being , to have emancipateu my countrymen . ( Cheers . ) 1 would have paid my fair quota cheerfully , to have emancipated my poor fellow-countrymen . ( Great cheering . ) But to place them in a bas ' . ile— . ' I will wage war with such a system . And If ever it should be my misfortune to come to that place , and if any one should at-Waiut to separate ma ( torn that waiwui they have taught me to revere and love , I shall do my best tt send him to bed . ( Laughter and cheers . ) My feelings upon this subject remain unaltered . I cannot chnnge about with

      every wind of doctrine to please this gentleman or that gentleman . I believe in the eternal principles of justice , t believe that the principles I have advocated hitherto are based upon the puro basis of Christianity ; and I look upon all men as cither rogues or infidels who oppose them ; ( Hear , hear . ) They are eithcrknaves who profit by the evils of misrule , or fuols , because reason can make no impression ou them . ( Loud plaudits ) Now I will call your attention to the business of to-morrow . You , the non-electors of Nottingham , have a sacred duty to perform to your wives and children , I tell you , that you never can have fair play while you are in your present condition , for the fact is , man is selfish ; and consequently he looks—the great mass of mankind look to their own individual self-interest , ¥ ow , Iwant

      you to have the power to be selfish in turn . ( Applansc . ) I want you to possess the same power as the class above you . I am sorry to say that hitherto you have fought the battlos ' of faction ; now turn round and fight the battle of truth , ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Sweet continued in the same strain for a short time , and then made way for Mr F . O'Connor . Mr Fwaaus O'Connor hereupon took off his hat , ana got on his legs , amidst the utmost demonstrations of welcome which the waving of hats and raising of voices could effect . His speech was as follows : —Mr Chair , man , my friends , this is just such an exhibition as after the passing of the Reform Bill I was prepared to witness at every election . I did hope that all those persons who were candidates for the voices of the people ,

      would have the decency , upon tbe nig ht before the nomination , to develope their princip les , their plans , their system , and their metives , before the elector , and conolectors In puhlic meeting assembled , for the purpose . ot allowing them time to deliberate upon their eligibility , rt appears that they ^ who to-morrow and the d .. y attw s ill ask vou for your sweet voices , are now in their hid . iog-placcs , afraid to ' face public opinion , lest they should roceive public ensure —( hear)—but I would ask , oun can there he a greater iclfcondemnation?—can il 5 t \ be a greater confession of trror upon the part of \ i i ^/ ho have before represented you , than the fact , that tl (« : j , f- { t » now flfraid to present Ibemgelvts before you . ( Hear , bear . ) If their votes were such as would

      recommend them to yout favour ; if their conduct were such as wqpbojfnsure your commendation ; if their principles wer & p tmrV as deserved your support , would they not hiv % Jalr' , tjic opportunity of the idle hourwhtn labour woulil , . r <; evcd from its occupation , to meet you , and rwjoive - ^« ^ anks for their service * . But , my frionds , where is , fro minister ! Iu the proper place , —at the Flying Horse , ( Laughter . ) Sir John is no * most probably counting over bis notes . Sir John is now probably in confjudwo . with his committee , asking them Wbother £ i or £ 10 a head , or £ 15 a head be noccssary to . carry the election against me . Some of the shop , keepers tell me that it has been unfair on my part to toll the people to use their only privilege , that of dealing only with those who give their voice fairly for

      E . ._ .. . : , Their Support. They Say ...

      e . . _ .. . : , their support . They say it is unfair to recommnid exclusive dealing ; but how do they put it in practice f Lust niiht , when I alighted from the train , I de « ire < l to be driven to the Georgu the Fourth ; and a manaiid " Don ' t iso there , because Mrs Ward says she won't receive yoti . ' - Now there ' s extfxsive dealing for you . ( Hour , h > -ar . ) I am shut out of the inn I thought must comfortably because the Ifldy d . 'd not choose to endanger herself by harbouring one of my principles . ( Ucar . hear ) I ? •* "" t fair to meat them with their onn w « a » poiu ? lYei ves . ) A . » d if Mrs Ward thought it improper to hsrhonr me . should 1 not consider itimpr per to support her ftl nds ' f ( Hear , hear . ) To-mom , - * w « shall have a field day . I « m sorry Lord Lincoln js- no * -. " . - ' their support . They say it is unfair to rtcomiurut ! e « - A 1 . i * lfA ftantllK * t Jm . * It rim * t * . a I . / vat Mil * i * ft . n . „ . l , fn « ff

      here . Istiouldlike to meet the representative » f all the adverse principles : Sir Robert Peel , Lord G < : o > ge , Disraeli , Lord Lincoln , Sir John Cam Hobbmne , and Lerd Brougham , if he wera , a man . but her a lord . ( Liu ^ luer . ) And I fhould liks to have them all ut ; oo the platform , so that wo might bare . aYair dsvelKpeiiioutofallthesoveriit . principles of every nam * ajslsating this country . But I have tin- satisfaction to know , that if they find it . necessnry to change their ground . -bec .-use their masters have found it necessary to change their policy nud tactics , you m » y hear « om « thi «!< more upon the old . suhje-ct ft om me , nud you will hear •• Hi now principle nith it . I nm n . > t one of those who irir / iefuiy words for-the occasion . I im notone . of those wl «> hold office upon the base tenure of a falsehood ; mi'l if tomorrow cvsry Whig ami Tory in Nottingham were * o proffer mc their support , upon condition that 1 would ^~

      forego tlio smaTleft of my adopted principles , l would rather go to ray own qiuH home without the letmrs M P . appended to my name , than dishonour myself , aad dia- -. grace you by compliance , ( Hear , hear . ) Both : iMr Sweet and © ur excellent chairman have deyelopc-i ! eproe little of tbe Land Plan to you , and . they told you of Jiio censure of the prtss of Nottingham . I am qnUoee-sy upon it ; it was no censure ; it was praise ; boc-iuautlie censure of slaves was adulation . But J . will . tell you a story about each of these jjentlemen , —lhe JuL'enxi first , : The Journal hopes some one will havn ^ irap ^ wd a catechism for me to-morrow . I hope themun . 'wkohas the daring to recommend that , will have the honetty to perform it .. ( Hear , hear , and groat cheering .- ) . I hopa he will be there , and I will answer . him , and if hoi , I ulll make somebody ; stand sponsor , for ^ him , » U ' .: answer themselves . : I'o . show : yot ' ., ' how " -much he knows about land ; he went last Sunday into Sudford , « n i walked into the place and said toa man ,. "My » yo ! ih-jse-are fluepotatla you ' ve got?—but these were young r . pple trees . " ( Immense laughter . ) "Why , " says v . w awa ,

      " ( thought they were potatoes growing upon t < u > ( - -ranches ; " and he actually asked a . man to gather om ot those potatoes . ( Great laughter , ) I think it fs ^ tiie Jouf . nal that says , he will turn Chartist as soon a > -the land is bought , and the men fixed upon it . Guci t ' : < rbi < i ! I should be sorry to see the JoDBNAt turn Clwrat , Mr wo want only honest men to . become Chartists . < tVolonged laughter . ) Now for the Heyiew . The very ne » k hfUt . he wrote that article , ho wrote to me-tc « mpl * y Mimas cdi ' orto IheNoitTHBKN Stab . 1 havs l ;! s toii-r , and I will publish it , • ( Hear , hear , hear . ) He- v . rute to me that he had some idle time upon his hands , and ;) t at nothing would give him . greater . pleasure than ; t * devote that time to tbe editing of the JS . ua . thwih Stab ; and he wished the " land affair 6 od

      speed ( Hear , hear , hoar , ) Now is there a www m , che vocabulary bad enaugh to call men of that kijid ! Men who will dare to look for wages out of a principle that they profess to despise . We here have , the representatives of all the Nottingham paperh , 1 suppose . Of course , 1 make no allusion to those youi ;?? ! it « n ( pointing to the reporters on the noggou ) who aw ^ faparing onr speeches for their masters . You ' ll fc . > v .-a blaze of the . Review at the end of the wtek ; and niimug those who are obliged to take it for the quarter . 1 will pledge myself you will make a fire oi it . ( Hear , hear . ) 1 am ! ho only roan on earth who ever dared to ( i .-iru the press . I care nothing for the press of the cousvry .: so long as my oonductis capable of undergoing the strictest scrutiny . The press is a powerful engine , and i . ' a man

      can withstand the press , why they hate him ; they hato me , because I have taught you to disregard tbe prr ss . ( Hear . ) There ' s a kn « wledge grown up in this country , that is a security to morals , property , lifo . How did I find you in ' 89 f You were uneducated ; j ou ware raid : you were goaded into resistance , and then tortured because you did resist . 1 did not ireat you as suu * men , ( Laughter . ) I was the inad-doctor . ( Hear , hear , and laughter , ) 1 knew how to treat madmen . 1 haw now taken you out of the asylum , I have changed jour-mind , I have instructed you in your duties , and I csn apply : rbe drugs of a sane doctor , and talk to you as itn ' -: isra , ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) Thej-t-is no people on t . 'ief ace of the earth so prepared , or » o well cntitlf-d to liberty as the English people . ( Applause . ) And why ?—•

      because yea are now instructed ir . tbe mode of issinj ; it properly . You know the value of libtrty te » peredi ?! sh reason and discretion , and not a liberty which wonidtlegenerate into licentiousness , You are now upon the eve of a great domestic charge , for you are an the sv-.: ofa great foreign outbreak , England never recede xny change from the eteady influence of its own pcopls ; if it were not for " the three glorious nays , " as they are called in Paris , you would never have got tbe Beform Bill here . A word or two on free trade . I told you hefore , that instead of high wages and cheap bre » d , you would have low wages and dear bread by-the rs-peal ; and I now tell you that before you arc sk mouths « i < iw you will see such a revolution all over France « n « the continent of Buropr , as this world never witncwl

      before . Itislrom that , thatliberty wiliccmetoEnglwid ; imt it willcome safely ; and why ? ItishecamelJiavefauyht you to look to home , and only to home ; let the Frenchman fight for the liberties of his country , and the EupUshmaa for the liberties of bis ; and let all men coufiuo tht-raselves to their own domestic affairs ; In France there will be a physical revolution ; Iu England there c « nnot be one . And why f—because iu France the people are not allowed to talk ; and in France all that they look for is a destruction of a bad system , whereas in England we look for the attainment of a new system . In France they place themselves at the disposal oi the middle a » d high orders ; in England , you place yourselves at the die . posal of sound sense and jud gment , Who has done more than any man towards this feeling ? ( Cries of " -Yout

      you ] you ! " ) The Journal says , ho should like to know what became of the money . Why , my friends , thcr » is nineteen shillings , end twelve pence for every pound—( laughter)—and it' the editor of the Journal Vad been the treasurer , I doubt h'd have been a bankrupt long ago . ( Laughter , ) Now what can he more fantasilcal , than for a fool with a goose quill iu his hand , to sit down in his garret , and write sentimentality 1 ( Laughter . ) " And I will protect the poor ";—and " God forbid we should presume that Feargus O'Connor was dishontst ; no that would b 3 wrong , and may be libellous ; but we will do the next thing to it , we'll tell the people to ivntch him for fear he might be , " Even this man , full i > f honesty and sentimentality , writes to you in language which you know now how to understand . ( " We tlo . " ) This is another lesson I have taught you , to understand the language ot * the press , k banker in Nottingham charges for land at the rate of £ 40 un acre ; tmo' . ber

      gentleman charges £ 20 an acre . Is it not natural of these men , to have an ofcjcctlon to the competitive article being brought into the market t But what do we charge f As good land may be bought of uh ( or £ 1 5 s . an acre . ( Hear , hear . ) Every man in Nottingham should understand that by my pl » n I would relieve them from peor-rates , polieo-rates , and alt other rat « s , which they are now obliged to pay in consequence of y < Mi- nauperisui . ( Hfar . ) Is it not an example to know tliat I have taken a man out of your workhouse , who now ha » fourpigsandtwoacres of land , and a eomfovtahie cot . tage . ( Applause . ) New whether would he rather have those four pigs , or four parsons , , do you think ? (] "i /> ar , hear , and loud laugh'er . ) Well , if Sir John Cum Hobbouse stood here , Sir J , C . Hobhouse would not tell yon about the poor man ' s pigs , but he would tell you about the new Bishop of Manchester . Was that to b » a part of the Reform Bill ! Becollect what Mr Buncombe said to Lord John . Lord

      John always says tbe popular voice is for it ; and the Timet professes the same . And John says he pnissea the bishop upon the people , because he knows the peo . pie want a bishop . ( Laughter . ) ' Well , now' ( s .-tys Mr Buncombe , )* I should like to know how a manfeeta v / ben . ho wants his bishop ! A man knows how he feels when ho is hungry , —he knows how he feels when he his thirsty ; but I should like to know what a man ' s feclibgs are , who wants a bishop . ' ( Loud laughter . ) 1 cimaet tell what my feelings would be if I wanted a bishop . ( Renewed laughter . ) Well , tomonow I meet Sir John upon the hustings ; and if the Journal is not there to cathtchi ? e me upon the land , I will be there to catechise

      Sir John upon his measures . I will not only ask htm questions , but I will tell him a few wholesome truths . I will tell him what he promised when he was hi-rc . I am told Sir John has not paid his last shot ( 'Yrue , true . ' ) I » m told Sir John owes one poor fellow £ 80 , another f 80- ( a voice 'Another £ 18 ' )—and I am told they won't vote for him again unless he pays the old shot . Now I think it is very likely they will most of them vote for me i and if they do , I . tbink lam in duty bound , to pay off Sir J ohn ' s old scores for the amount . ( Laughter and applause ) As for poor Gisborne , I am sorry to say I helped to recommend him to you , but I confess my error , and am about to atone for it . If , however he deceived the electors again , it was their fault . Sir John

      Cam Hobhouse objected to any further measures of re . form , simply beoiuje lie was safe with the present else tors The stop gap , the soup kitchen , and alms-givlng government , were going : to have another election ; but what would they gain ! The fact 1 » , they loose strength every time they come to the trial , and he ( Mr O'C-jonor ) gained strength . lie would not deceive them : the people had trusted him with thousands of pounds , and his principle was to buy more land than bo had money to pay for , and then the people must be safe , ( Hear , hear . ) He had n 9 task « aanv . m for his vote , .. or wood he ; u was a poor dog that is not worth a whistle . ( Laughter . He would fig £ the enemy with U . own weapon a ; «

      , , "" - — "p . bribe he would transport M . opponen » . «*»* £ * ° * ^ ft „ ^ """ J £ w . h would put the bribery oath to Sir „^ m bribery he would unseat them , though as for MriMrM he did not think he had anything to brlfee ! wtb SSJear . and laughter . ) If Sir John Hob-V „« Uuld bribe , it would he with the secret service mmtov and in proof of his surmise being well founded , bo reminded the meeting that tbe secret service money was ten times more after an election than It was before , What did they do in Franco with peculators ? Tw » ministers and tiro peers had been fined there W , ««

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 7, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07081847/page/1/