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      Great Chartist Demonstr Ation! Mr O'Conn...

      abandoned it in its madness . That father , who is capable of abandoning a child in its folly , is an unnatural father . I saw the greatgrievances that Labour lad to complain of ; therefore I tolerated the great excesses of the labourers . But my p rinciple ever twice has heen to teach you , not the p hysical-force method , but the moral-force method , as the method by which yon may achieve your rig hts . ( Cheers . ) I have preached for fifteen years . I have been allowed to work a kind of under-current—a kind of earthquake springing up under ( hose who will not

      listen-spriuging up under those who arc deaf and will not hear-spring ing up nnder those who beliere but will not confess . It h not my preaching that is dangerous to society , but it is those who confess the truth hut will not he guided by the action . ( Cheers . ) In spite of the press , vrho have attempted to damn me by silence , I have fostered this princip le until now you find it upon each passing breeze , until now you find it making its vr ay through the key-hole of every peasant ' s cottage , and with its thundering voice entering the salons of the

      great , and ere long you will find it lying at the feet of royalty itself . ( Cheers . ) Is it any wonder , when they couldn ' t buy me , that they should denounce me ? Heretofore it has been the custom to " buy off' the people ' s friends . Finding they couldn't buy me with money , they would frighten me off by persecution ; they would shove me off by silence , disregard and disrepute . But , thank God , I have lived down the press-gang . ( Hear ) I am a national Gazette myself , read by those who believe that my teaching Will be profitable to all parties . Now . I would ask

      those who are obli ged to come at last to the principles I have been preaching , where was the use ' in their silence ? where the profit in their neglect ? There is not a single abuse that has taken place tbat I have not prophesied—not a single evil that has occurred from any one measure that has passed , that I have not predicted—not a single nostrum propounded , nor a modicum of justice , that I have sot asked for . When all parties were rampant , a definition of party principles was asked for . The Whigs were asked for a practical illustration of their principles ; and they said it was Free Trade , which meant "high wages , cheap bread , and plenty to do . "

      The Tories were asked for a practical definition of their principles , and they said , " Stop where yon can —allow the popular voice to go as far as yon can safely trust it , but stop it when it is safe to do so . " I was asked for a practical illustration of my principles . All said , " What is Chartism ? it is a mere empty sound ; it is a mere bugbear , without any defined result or object attached to it . " I think I gave the best possible definition of my princi ples which was , " A labour-field and a home for every man who was industrious . " ( Cheers . ) Well , I dare say , from the time of my entering public life to this moment no man has had a more opposed , hut a more successful career . No man has stood

      the number of persecutions and prosecutions that I have stood ; and no man has come out mors unscathed or unintimidated than I have . Instead of intimidating me , each persecution has but convinced meof the value of my principles . I have been represented as a drunken infidel , a destructive political adventurer . I am a drunkard , who was never tipsy ! An infidel , whose every hour is devoted to the service of his God ! A destructive , who has never inflicted punishment even upon a dumb animal , and

      whose son ! revolts at an act of cruelty ! and an adventurer , who has spent thousands in the service of those , at whose expense he has never travelled a mile , or eaten a meal ! ( Tremendous cheering and waving of bats , which lasted several minutes . ) Hr O'Connor continued . —Now let me prove to you that what all parties—FREE-TRADERS , WHIGS , TORIES , Churchmen , Dissenters , and Cotton-lords profess to desire , I carry out . Do they not all say they want to better your condition ? ( Yes . ) Then tell me by what means other than the return to free

      labour on the Land , that object can be achieved ? ( Cheers . ) Yon don't understand THEIR promises , but yon do mine . ( Cheers . ) What was Russell ' s test of statesmanship ? Sanitary impro vement , ventilation , health of towns , improved system of education , and the solution of the problem of criminal law . These are his nostrums ; wbat is my practice ? I say , let the bared muscle of tbe FREEMAN'S ARM imbibe strength from the oxygen ; let the labourer ' s cottage be ventilated by Hie pare country air ; let it stand apart from the

      dingy smoke j let him see the free unpolluted Schoolkonse untainted by sectarianism ; let justice stand at his door and honour will reign in his heart . ( Tremendous applause . ) That ' s practice , not Whig theory . What , my friends , ought to be , if it Is not , the dear , the darling , the primary object of every government ? Should it not be to cultivate the resources of the country to the very hi ghest state of advantage and perfection ? Well , then , as they don ' t do so , what are they compelled to do ? To feed the Church upon the Dissenters—to feed th ?

      Dissenters upon the Catholics—and to feed all upon those who are the easiest prey . On the contrary , I would say , let the resources of the country he developed , hut let it he for the benefit of those by whose industry they are increased . The shopkeepers f Norwich , no doubt , consider themselves a highly aristocratic party , Now , I have always found fault with the shopkeepers for joining with the Free-Traders , and for this reason—that the object of Free-Trade was to create a speculation in everything : high wages and low wages ; dear bread and cheap

      bread ; all to be pocketed by the master . Mastermanufacturers was the theory and principle of Free-Trade ; whereas the greatest interest the shopkeeper has is in a fair requital , honourable employment , and a fair remuneration of labour . ( Cheers . ) I would pat this question to the shopkeepers of Norwichwhether do they suppose it would be better for thirty farmers , or thirty squires , ill managing and hadly treating thirty thousand acres of laud ia this vicinity , to be amongst them , or for 10 , 000 agricultural labourers cultivating those 30 , 000 acres

      at three acres to each man , to come , UQt 3 S bunded slaves , to spend their pittance , but as free men , to expend the full value of their labour ? These shopkeeper ; , in their desire to pin themselves to the little social etiquette and fashion of Free-Trade , forgot their duty to those on whom they made a livelihood . 1 would ask the shopkeepers of Norwich whether it is with the pence of the millions or the pounds of th * . few that they are best pleased ? I would ask them whether the ready pence of the despised working classes do not often enable them to prolong and renew the bills of the aristocracy who deal with them ? And these are tbe men who have been

      contemnedand despised , —these are the men who have been looked upon as outcasts ! Now , my Mends , I think I have shown pretty clearly that I am for every one of those principl e * which Lord J . Russell has denned , for every one that Young England and Old England have defined—for afl that Liberalismhas defined . But it is because mine is a practical illustration , and theirs are but the mere theory , that they are not in love with ay doctrines . ( Cheers . ) As long as I represented tbe largest county in the kingdom in Parliament I was tbe same man tbat I am , now . I represented Norfolk as well as the county of Cork-I represented Westminster as well as the city of Cork . And because I was too liberal—because I

      was determined not to be a party to a compromise , as the middle-classes of Norwich appear to be—I was looked upon as nobody ' s child ; I was not fit for the House of Commons ; and thank God for it ! ( Hear , and cheers . ) Well , now , are we an expiring party ? Let people say so ; but let them take heed how they hug themselves in this fallacy . The landlords never hear of us , because they read my grandmother , theJBornwijr / fera « , ia the morning . ( Laughter . )

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      That , as a matter of course , will hot convey much knowledge to them . The Whi gs never hear of us , and the Tories never hear of us . But when the next parliament assembles they shall hear of US , ( Cheers . ) During the last Parliament I was one of those of 200 , 000 who walked with a petition signed by 3 , 370 , 000 freemen to the door of the House of Commons , . It was my lot and my pride to carry a fragment of that petition which wai too heavy for sixteen men to wag under , and throw it contemptuously at the Speaker ' s chair . We have got a reform , we are told ; but where is the reformation ? ( Hear . )

      We have emancipation , they say ; but where is the freedom ? We have got a license to speak ; but the prison-door opens upon us if we speak what is dissatistying to faction . ( Cheers . ) They say we live in a free ' country ; but that country cannot be free , its institutions cannot he good , when they dread the assault of truth . So long as we have a venal and corrupt priesthood , so long as we have a hired press , we shall have great difficulties to contend with ; but , thank Ood , we are urging that to a little more liberality—and that upon the competitive principle . ( Hear , hear . ) Thus > then , we stand . Our party is

      the most numerous—our party is the most virtuous —our party the most valuable—because it creates all whereon others live in idleness and luxury . ( Cheers . ) If I had asked you to be idle then I might have been justly charged with sedition . If I had asked for a freedom that would degenerate into licentiousness , I mig ht be justly charged with being a dangerous demagogue . But I am for freedom tempered with reason and discretion . I look for no freedom that would turn man against bis brother ; tbat would arm class against ' class ; but I am for that freedom that wonld ensure a jnst amount of the cultivation of tbe

      national resources , and a just amount of contentment and happiness to those who sedulously and industriously cultivate it . ( Cheers . ) AH their sanitary improvements will not do that . AU their ventilation wilt not do that . They go only far enough to stay the torrent of your anger . They stop short at the door of justice . Let them not talk about the County Courts Bill , and bringing Justice home to every man ' s door . Let them bring wwuHied * justice to every man ' s door ; and honour will reign fn every man ' s heart . We should require no County Courts , no law and no lawyers , for

      every man would have an opportunity of earning his own livelihood . Well , then , my- friends , others could not illustrate what their systems meant j others could not develope their principles , and I was asked to develope mine . I did so ; and what was the consequence ? Why , in less than two years I have associated 150 , 000 people—not a mere political community—but into a political , moral , and social community . ( Cheers . ) I am now possessed of over £ 50 , 000 in money and land , subscribed by the working classes themselves . ( Cheers . ) Yes ; the press won't notice that ; and why ? Because they

      can t abuse me . They won ' t expose that ; and why ? Because they can't say it is a bauble for myself to live upon . I have visited and bid for 70 or 80 estates , and travelled thousands and tens of thousands of miles , but there is no item in your balancesheet for any of my expenditure . ( Cheers . ) I have not been the cost of a single fraction to your society ; and , by the blessing of God , I never will as long as I live . - The middle classes are now beginning to see their own regeneration in that society . A gentleman near Wigan in Lancashire , wrote to me the other day in these terms , " Sir , you call yourself a philanthropist ,

      hut you don ' t know the meaning of the word . Philanthropy means the love of all mankind ; whereas you devote your entire exertion to one class only—the labouring class . What , sir , is to become of us poor devils , the middle classes ? I have my two hundred pounds ready to pay for a share in your Land Plan , bat , because I am a middle-class man ' , you will not allow me to enter . " I wrote to say that ours was a free temple , having no distinction of creed , no distinction of politics , no distinction of colour , no distinction of thought , and that he was welcome if he was willing to enter . He accordingly sent his £ 200

      [ by return of post . He is now abandoning bis business , and coming to live in the free open air . Well * I told you that this would be only an experiment . Believe me you cannot have 150 , 000 men working for their own salvation , working for their own livelihood—banded in one association for one common purpose—without having a tremendous effect upon the government of the country . I well recollect when Williams , the member for Coventry , presented a petition to the House in favour of Education in Wales . I was sitting in the gallery , and heard Sir James Graham say in reply , that the hon . member might rest assured that in proportion as the people increased in respectability , they would have effect in that house . When , then , I send , or when

      I take —( hear)—a petition signed by 150 , 000 men possessing their own land , and working out their own freedom , telling the House of Commons and the world , that to tar them for a parson that doss not work for them , is obnoxious—telling them they want no Poor-laws , because they create no paupers , —when I present such a petition as that , Sir James Graham will pay it equal attention to that referring to Education in Wales . Some people say education is nothing . Education is everything . Education is so dear , that no sectarian description of it ought to he permitted in any country . ( Hear . ) What brought Ireland to its present position ? What but the false teaching of those who first conquered , and then plundered her ? This was the cause

      of all the evils afflicting this country . This is the cause of your paying £ 10 , 000 , 000 this year for her , and £ 20 , 000 , 000 perhaps next year . Whether is it cheaper to have a fair aad honourable description of education at once , or to pay ten or twenty millions per annum for the result of a false education . Thus you see all they bave promised yon is nothing but moonshine . They have not the brains to see the moving power of the age . A jockey and a Jew-jobber hope to rule the country by marching backwards , and the curs snarl at the lion that saved them . They say Peel betrayed them , that they gave

      him power and force to resist Free-Trade . Yes ; fools summoned him , and implored him to preserve a folly , bat he sacrificed the folly and preserved the fools , and now the very men whom he saved from their own prejudices , would sacrifice him . ( HearK I hear . ) And these are the lights that hope to guide i us ! ( Cheers and laugtter . ) Oh I they don't under- i stand the elements . That one directing rnind—the immortal apostle , Mathew—{ great cheering)—ha * given eyes to the blind , and senses to the thoughtless . Roland Hill has given rapid and cheap circulation to tbat mind ; the magnetic soul of Peel attracted it « his grasping , glowing , genius digested it , and h ? ' manly courage applied it ; and now the saved pismir es

      and unmuzzled curs would sting and growl at tlr e r saviour . ( Loud cheers . ) Have they ever thor , ' oht where they wrald now be but for Peel—lob Pora » -and yet , SAVE THE Af ARK , they ho' J to constitute a LANDCRAB MINISTRY , and put the drag chain on the wheels of pro / L ssian ( Great cheeriag . ) Now , what I *\* r \ y Tc 2 ' - tended for was , that a proper adjustment , hc-uJd be made , that fair concessions shoald bo granted so that Free Trade should be an equitable and universal , instead of a class-measure . I alw « s told you , and now repeat it-and let it HI at a r . rediction sure ot fulfilment upon tbe ears of those who speculate incorn- 'kat , before you araajearo ' . der , you will see « orn leluogfor under 40 s . a quarter : » nH . whan it ;«

      selling for this , the man without a penny to buy it will be an object of great . or commiseration than he who is now forced , but able , to give a shif . ling for a small loaf . ' Cheap * r Q i dear * are relative terms . When you see wheV , glutting tbe market , and when you are starving v n a cook ' s shop , you will remember my words . My friends , those are the adjustments I want ; bat the Whigs won ' t grant them . They are the mos ' . incompetent of all parties they are the most cowardly of all parties ; ' they are the mosA deceitful » f all parties ( Ghaen . ) The Whi g ;* don't attack a grievan « S they attack a parti . They won't say to the Dissen-* " ?• ,. « . « l ?< dieveyou from the navment nf

      tithes ; out they say to the Landlords , Wc will enable yea to lire upon a little bit of Church property ; you are a little stronger than the chiirrhninn yen . ghat ' s not principle . That ' s not justice . It istransferring the , burden from one shoulder to a " other . It reraindsmo of the Irishman ' s method of eJu nog h ls lVjm . The . man was riding on horse '

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      back with a sack of potatoes before him . The animal stumbled , whereon r the man said , "Wisba , by my aowl , my poor baste , —I think ye ' re tired , I'll carry the praties nwsfrvf . " Thus saying , he took the sack on his shoulders , but Btill continued riding on the horse . ( Much laughter . ) Thus it is with the removal of a bit of the hump from the landlords ' back . These are doings which you must bear in mind—things whichl wish you to carry home . Now , let us see what our principles do . In a poor parish last year I spent £ 500 a week in labour ; now I am spending £ 400 ; and , erelong , I shall spend £ 3 , 000 a week . I ask you , then , whether this practical Chartism , or theoretical Whiggery , or exemplary Free-Trade , 3 s best ? We meet with all kinds of

      opposition , and all sorts of objections . One man says , " You oan never get land enough . " I could get ten millions' worth of land if I had the money . It is said again , " But they won't let you have the laud at a fair price . " I made £ 1 , 350 profit of one estate , which , however , I did not pocket , but gave to you ; and could have made profit out of every estate I hare bought ! Others say , "that tradesmen , artificers , and others unaccustomed to agricultural labour won't be able to work . " . It takes a man seven years to learn to make a pair of shoes , but a tailor may stick a cabbage in half a minute . ( Cheers and laughter . ) "That , " you may say . "is only an assertion . " But what is the fact ? ' Why , the weavers , the tailorsand the shoemakers are the best farmers

      , I have on my colony . The women work with the pick-axe , and work well too , and say they prefer it to the shuttle . Is not this cultivating the resources of the country ? All up by daylight , and think the day too short . Isn ' t that more healthy than the rattle-box ? There is a school , too , at the end of the estate ^ and the people have themselves the election and dismissal of the schoolmaster . If the man dares to interfere with the others' religious worship , he is at once sent about his business . Now , that ' srealising the old maxim of the despotic prince , which is apposite and good : — There was a tyrant who was anxious to dissever the exact strength of a man . lie desired a slave to corae to his treasury , and loaded him with a heavy sack of gold . The slave staggered

      under it , and fell . He then made him get up and | carry it again . The man did so , but soon rested . 1 "I can't carry it farther" at last said th * slave . "Take it , " said the prince , " 'tis your own . " He immediately put it on his back , and walked away with it . ( Laughter . ) Now , my friends , mnny parties ' call you idle and dissipated , but as soon as I have put a heavy sack upon your back , ladun with the fruits of your own industry , I don't find that there « any idleness in the working classes . ( Hear . ) You are called vicious . Close the door of vice , then , and open the door of morality , and I will warrant your vice will never enter the poor man ' s cottage . Aa soon as I opened the market for you , the market became full . Where was the inducement to the poor

      man , who through life could never amass enough to get a bit of meat on tbe Sunday , to bo frugal ? When the market was open—when there was a demand for virtue—there was an ample supply came to my stall ; and I now proclaim it with plea « ure , that , out of the £ 50 , 000 sent to purchase land , £ 30 , 000 has been rescued from the gin-palace and the beer-shop . Then , I ask , at all events , am I a dissipated man , when I bave thus rescued innocence from the inducements and temptations of life ? fro ; you are now living virtuously and frugally , that you may live honestly hereafter , while the tjueen npon her throne , and the placemen and pensioners that surround her , are living a life of dissipation , drunkenness , and debauchery . Yes , stop drunkenness to . morrow , and the throne falls tbe next day ; stop

      prostitution , and there is an end to immorality in the country . Who are the most virtuous ? then , who the most frugal ? those who live on the dissipation , or those who try to destroy tbat dissipation in order that the people may live upon the fruits of their own industry ? Some of the middle classes have joined our association . One gentleman , worth £ 100 , 000 , has ten shares ; another highly respectable individual has ten . Several poor curates , " too , look upon' four acres of land , at a fair rent , as a better dower than £ 10 a year , for damning their Catholic brethren . We have several young parsons with us ; but none of them shall preach their own creed in my churches ; they shall keep all that to themselves . It has been said" Ay , but you are entrapping us . " If 1 am ,

      , I am the biggest fool amongst you ; because I spend none of your money , and work twelve or thirteen , and sometimes fifteen hours a day for you —( hear , hear)—and never a day for anybody else . ( Cheers . ) Some men say , " But can we Jive upen two acres ?" Others say , "Can he live upon three , or upen four acres V Show me a man who cannot live upon the proceeds of his own industry—a man who can consume all he can produce in the year , and I will say the principle is wrong . Then show me the man who can cultivate two acres ei ground in the year . It is not to be done . I have a quarter of an acre of ground in a garden ; and I contend , without fear of contradiction , that no man , his wife , and four children , will consume in five months what is in that quarter of an

      acre . I defy contradiction . I am not one of your railway projectors—I am a practical farmer . For eleven years I cultivated over 600 acres of my own land , and employed more than 130 men . It was the knowledge I derived from that experience that brought meto the determination to make myself tho patriarch of the poor man . ( Cheers . ) "Oh , " but say some , * ' Feargus O'Connor , like others , will be bribed . ' . ' Lord Chesterfield says every man will be bribed , if you come up to his price . I admit it . & will be bribed ; but then my price will be Annual Parliament * . Universal Suffrngc , Vote by Ballot , Equal Representation , no Property Qualification , Payment of Members , and a nest for every man who will laboup for his liviae . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Wlien

      , that is bid , I'll knock you all down for . it . independently of this , I am out of my own poc ket . You will remember that Sir Robert Peel said that the science of agriculture was only in its infaaey . I bave been determined to test this , and have offered labour-premiums to the poor on my ot m estates . I have determined to give premiums < of £ 7 . £ 5 , and £ 3 , to the most industrious men on th . o several home colonies . That will be some indue jment for them . That ' s better than tbe bastile , betto' , than the gaol , better than the county court , be tter than all the Whigs have promised you , better ' chan all that the Toriea have done for you . ( Ilea ?; , hear . ) We are now upon the eve of a great struggle . As for myself , I have no douht I ah ? x \ l got into

      Parliament for somewhere . ( Hear . ) l am determined , at all events , not to sneaJf „ through the back door . I am determined neve to go to Parliament unless I have the whole peop' , e w ; th me , electors as well as non-electors . I thi ? jjj the shopkeepers of Norwich , if thoy look aronn | them and bestir themselves—if they will but ana iJse matters— -if they look at the system of feeding th e powerful upon the powerless—will come to the con elusion that it is their duty to assist tho poor elector 40 f Norwich , not to return the Marquis of Douro or Mr Peto ; but to return two men of uncompromising , principlen , who will give Labonr its just rights . » ty friends , they call me a physical-force man . W ) iJfthey have no right to call me such , while they haunt me with visions of

      warriors before and on each side of me . Why should they stick up warn , rs here as emblems of greatness , with swords and tr appings , and then despise me and say 1 am aphyj-io a | -force man ? But it is fair , as a stranger , never I ? aving been here before—and as , in all probability , my character will be taken from 7 a J fu 1 ® of nJ 0 t 0-n , ' fibt—it is fair , as your leader , that I ? diould divulge my principles on that question , W hat I have always said is this—that m ?™ P ?*** is the deliberative quality in each man ' s mind which teaches him how to reason and how to en * au' l when forbearance becomes a crime . If tbatsaouJ d fail to achieve all that man is justly entitled to , if nhvsical force be needed . ( which find

      forbid . ) it w j ) i tj , en come to its aid like an electric snack . 1 'hese have always been my notions . It in , «>** 7 er , curious tbat we should have been denounced ^ W / sicaMorce men , when all the physical iorce is ° ?* i ' e otner 8 ide " * was ta ' cen t 0 pnson at tne P oint o * ° le bayonet , and have been on several occasions tor . a escorted ; and three hundred poor men were led «> prison at the point of the bayonet . Ah' . friends , ? hen I have a national militia of 100 , 000 landsmen , : all sober and industrious men , who will fly to the cry of " My cottage is in danger ! " with more alacrity than the mercenary runs to the cry of " The Church is in danger ! " there will be no thought ot physical force , because these hundred thousand " militiamen will

      then have a fair share in the representation of their opinions . I never anticipated that the workingclasses would be able to purchase enough land to locate all ; but I did , and do , anticipate that no government will be able to pass over this Land movement when thev see people thusstrugg ) mg for their own means of livelihood , without either resisting that struggle or co-operating in its achievement . Within the last fortnight I have pur . chased 570 acres of land—the primest land in England

      . Ou this I shall locate , on the 16 th of August , forty-five more men in their own abodes . Every manot two acres gets £ 15 capital ; every man of ron ' f 22 Ws ' ' every man of four acres , * JO . lie only pays five per cent , on the purchase money . Now , landlords are considered to be the greatest tyrants ; and so they are . ( Hear , hear . ) * ou never oan get the amount of land you require . it you want to buy a pound ofsu ^ ar you can buy it , but you must give sevenpence a pound for it ; while tne man who buys a hogshead can ( ret it . fm .

      twopence a pound . Now , I buy land in the wholesale market , and giye it in tbe retail market at tliesamo pnccB ( Cheers . ) finis , if I want a hundred acres of Land , I give £ 5 . 000 for it- £ 50 an acre ; then you have it at £ 50 an acre ; but if you wanted four acres ot that , land you would have te pay £ 400 for it . ™ t V ? r , nff lhen ? y ° u seo ot one-half the money . Land has never been brought into thcrctail market . Lan dlords have their privileges , manorial power and the like . Their political pow ? S ot greater value than their manorial rights , J their hnded tenantry . For instance , let uli Slk " ft Wharnoiiffe-he has £ 10 , 000 a year in land might by leasing it out in small pared ? doable his tuan , 20 , 000 a ^^ V ^^ fiS

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      operated and tbe purse operated in the matter . But some one says , "Look to your own country and the small-farm" system . " . There is no such thing [ in Ireland as the small-farm system . M In Ireland the grievance is' want of tenure , and that if an Irishman takes ten aoresat a pound an aore , and maRes them worth thirty shillings an acre , his labour is set up to the highest bidder . That ' s the difficulty in Ireland , and not the small-farm system . With us no man can dispossess you , for every man gets his lease for ever ; it is his own , and no man can eject him . ' Now , I believe the Election Committee have taken these things intoconsideration .. I believe they are determined to continue their exertions . My friendsdon't get into another compromise . A can

      , will be forthcoming , who will bem every way acceptable to you , and who ought also to be acceptable to the Dissenters—a man who will have courage to represent you—a man who will serve you . I pledge myself tbat you shall have a proper candidate , and if my assistance be necessary , if my presence will be at all an auxiliary to your success , you have only to call'mo , and I will come . ( Cheers . ) . Not that I wish your voices for myself , because I am otherwise engaged , but I will eome and endeavour to establish tho title of a gentleman whom I shall recommend to your suffrages . Therefore , don ' t again be deceived — don't again bo tampered with —don ' t allow a base compromise . ( Hear . ) You

      may bo sure that the greatest danger that could befall this country would be one of two thingseither to return a large majority of free-traders , or a large majority of protectionists , to the next parliament . If , on the one hand , you return a majority of free-traders , you must remember that the principle only has been acknowledged ; they will apply , only those details that will give benefit to Capital and destroy the power of Labour . On the other hand , yon must have a majority of land-traps—of Bentincks , who move backwards , and would undo Free-trademen who ought to have lived in tho sixteenth' century . Why , when we were learning politics , Lord George was sweating his jockies in the dunghill . What can lie know about politics ? And what does Disraeli know about politics , —the man who has

      offered himself to all parties , and isn t , worth the purchase of any ? You must look to honest , upright , uncompromising men , who will not hesitate to avow the principles they profess . Ireland is now being with us , Scotland was always with us . If we are but true to ourselves—if I am enabled to place those eloquentpropbundera of our principles , more eloquent tbau myself—in every county of England , then , I ask , where is the fear for Democracy ? where the dread for Chartism ? Show me 500 acres of land within three miles of Norwich for a fair price , and no man shall take it from me . ( Cheers . ) Show me an estate in Norfolk near to you and dear to you , and there 1 will bring sanitaiy improvements home to you—there I will bring tbe bill of health to yosrown

      doors—there the god of Justice shall be perched upon your chimneys . That ' s what I propose to do for the working classes . In that I have spent a fortune . I hare always told you what the character of a true patriot should be—that he should live usefully and die a pauper . I know not whether I have livad usefully as yet . As yet , I should not die a pauper ; . but if I had a million of money to-morrow , every farthing of it shoald be spent in Band on whieh to locate the honest labourers of England and Ireland .. ( Loud cheers . ) I suppose there are some Irishmen here . They vail understand me if 1 ask them what effect it would have upon the literature of Ireland , upon the morality of Ireland , upon * the politics ,, upon the liberty of Ireland , if there were a thousand Tipperary men going to take' possession of a

      thousand cottages with four acres ef land each ? Would not that be » moral lesson to sil Europe § " If I ! could see the demagogues and leaders of Ireland marching not in their gew-gaws- and corporate gowns , but in their fustian jackets , to'instal a thousand labourers into a thousand cottages-, with their own capital ,. I should say that / was the-roode of emancipating Ireland . tHear and cheers . ) Remember- if this doesn't come from England , it will come from America . America is half Irish in . numbers—all Irish in feeling . £ h > you . think that these stalwart men will be paltry beggars at your door and i & ank you for sixpence in the pound of what yon bave plundered then t Nc > Ireland doesn't want your sympathy — she doesn't waaft . your charity .

      All she wants is " Iraland for the Irish ,, and England for the * English . " ( Chows . ) . Iteland doesn't want to- pay Protestant- parsona- for damning the Catholic- people , irishmen , don't want to see their mother earth smoking with , the blood of their innocent children , sacrificed at the shrine of Protestantism * . The Irish have beon . called murderers .. There never was a murder committed in which the murdered roan hadi not committed a hundred before , by mercilessly trusting his victimson the road side b * perish from want , or- to be relieved by the fostering hand of the pauper . If every Irishman , had five acres cfiland and a-cottage of his own , % will promise you tiiat ,, as thfl- Irish of old > gave litoratuve to- the worldi so the Irish of this

      day would give morality , good habits , and : customs to the world likewise . I have-stated upoa this platform of England for fifteen yerss that , i ? I could help it , Englishmen should never- have their rights an hour before Irishmen had thens * Now . we-are marshalled in this cause , we aro determined to go for--ward . It will bow bo mora difficult than ever to amalgamate tho two parties .. The Beatinck landbraps will always have a large number in the house .. 'Peel will be obliged to join , Russalk but then jou can't have two- Prime Ministers . It may be that Sir Robert Peel will go oter- and be Lord Lieuteaant ol Ireland ; hat then you may rely upon it thai the hatred of Peel will makoBentinek andDisraeli oppose everything he proposes , and Peel , on the other hand ,

      will oppose everything they bring forward . So that your rights are bandieiabout between angry children . We are to be the shuttlecock between these two battledores . It is very hard for you who create all this to be set aside ; but it is still harder to think that I should be working for yon , if you don't work for yoursolves . Every hour of my life is devoted to your service . Let not , then , this bo the holiday of Idleness ; let it be the labour of Freedom . Let every man say , " Why should 1 vote for Wellington ' s son , or for Peto ?"—the man , who has given you a political fabric threestories high , three distinctaddrcsses . and , likeathorough builder , he has not made one of them of the same symmetry and architecture- He has given you a piece of non doscript architecture . It could

      not be better analysed than in a loading article in the . Norfolk Nevis . Read that analysis for yourselves , and you will see what Mr Peto promises to do for you . If you allow yourselves to be deceived , blame yourselves ; don't blame Mr Peto , nor me . Recollect what an Irish member said to his constituents : "When he bribed them he sold them . " " Would you sell your country , Mr Bennett , " said they to him . " Ay , " said he , " and d— glad am I that I have a country to sell . " If Mr Peto buys you , don't blame him if he sells you . He has a right to do so . If the Marquis buys you , he has a right to sell you , because you are his stock-in-trade ; he has speculated in you . If you wish to have your Charter , your labour field , your nest from which no bird of prey can hunt you , from which , no tyrant landlord can ej « ct you , vote for that man only who will vote for tbe Land and Cbarter . ( Cheers . ) I have been devoting my time

      to agricultural pursuits ; but now that we are said to be dead I am aroused again , and I intend , as in olden times , to be everywhere . ( Cheers . 1 I began it young ; they have tried me seven times , imprisoned me , persecuted me , but I stand hero defying oppression . ( Loud clecrs . ) I am living down prejudice ( Wilberforce was the only man before roe who did this ) and I hope , ere long , to see our fields bedecked with the hives of industrious bees , When I see you happy in your houses , your wives with chewful looks instead of tho dejected eye and wan countenance ; when I see your smiling children with all the bloom ot youth and tho freshness and loveliness of infancy upon thero , I may , with pride , exclaim , "This , this , ray work , , is done ! " ( Loud applause . ) If you will still

      bo dissipated , and still prefer going to the gin palace or tbe beer shop rather than follow me in frugality , then , in God ' s name , I say , perish ! If , on the other hand , yoa abandon the gin palaces and beer shops , you may yourselves purchase your freedom . I do not want you to do as the infuriated Chartists did , by adopting physical-force . That was mock Chartism ; and no man could have suffered more from their own folly than I did . I alwayssaid that no ooiuraotialty , no body of men ever yet derived any benefits from a physical force revolution . I always told you that when the last shot was fired the middle classes stepped in and prochiimed victory , and that the badge of tyranny and slavery was more tightly and oppressively fixed round your necks . Now , you have

      moral power enough if you have abstinence enough . You require no physical force , except for your spade , your sickle and your scythe . What 1 am now seeking to do is to elevate you—to establish the position of alt other classes of society by making yours secure , I have always declared myself for the altar , the throne and the cottage ; but I wish to see tho altar the footstool of God instead of the couch of Mammon , I wish to see the throne supported upon tho affections of the people , instead of upon the lust of the aristocracy . I wish to see the cottage the castle of the freeman instead of the den of the slave . ( Cheers . ) If two are to go and one remain , let altar and throne perish before the cottage . It is tho cottaee that .

      supports both . It ' . is both unitedly that have dishonoured the cottage and driven the working classes into cellars and loathsome dungeons . I think I have now given you a fair development of mv principles . I have done wy duty . 1 will still niit my shoulder to the wheel ; let every man do the same . Don t rely upon mo ; rely rather upon yourselves Before we part , remember 1 don't come here at your expense , and I don't go back at vour expense . I never travelled a aiilo , or ate a mi'al at with the b easing of God I will go to tho last alterna , t ve , into the jaws of the Poor Law bastile rather than live- upon the gratuity of overtaxed Labour ( Loudand cmtinueil applause . )

      A vote of thanks having been passed to the ohV , y man , to F . . O ' Connnr , Esq ., and the Mayor , for the use of Hall , the meeting separated ,

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      . On Sunday morning , at a quarter past three o ' clock , a very destructive fire broke out upon the premises , No . 18 , North-place , Kings and-road ; be . longing to Mr Charles Trusts , coffeehpuse-kwper . The flames originated in the cellar and rapidly extended up the staircaseto the firat and second floors , destroying in their progress the furniture and wearing apparel contained therein . The engines promptly attended , but the fire by that . period had broken through the reof , and for some time the destruction of the adjoining buildings appeared certain . Plenty of water , however , having been obtained from the mains in the district , a powerful stream was scattered over tbe flames , which completely » ubducd them by five o clockbut not before considerable damage was

      , done . 'Fortunately Mr Trust was insured in the Sun Fire office . A spark from a lighted candle , it is supposed , was the cause of the disaster . —The same morning , about one o ' clock , a fire broke out in the workshops of Mr R . Marton , millwri g ht and engineer , situate in Fox-lane , Shadwell . Owing to the timely assistance afforded the fire was soon extinguished . —A third fire broke oat at half-psst three o ' clock on Sunday afterooon , upon the premises in occupation of Mr Jacket , oil and colourman , No , 25 , James-street , Covent . garden . The engines of the London brigade attended , when tho firemen found that a large beam in the back parlour had become ignited from a defect in the chimney , and the flames were Dourinc out with such fury that if a few minutes

      longer had elapsed before the discovery was made , the entire building must have been destroyed . As it was , the firemen were unable to get the fire extinguished without pulling down the wainscot and cutting away the beam . —On Tuesday afternoon a fire brake out upon the estate belonging to Mr Roper , Forest Hill , Sydenham . It originated > n a stack of hav , and . was caused by some children playing with laeifer matches . A considerable amount * f property vf as destroyed , which it is under , stood was not insured . About half-past four on tho same afternoon a fire was discovered burning in the premises belonging to Mr T . Butts , currier , 7 , Union-street , Spitalfields . The upper portion ot Mr Bolts' building , where the fire commenced , was burned out . and tho ceilings below were damaged by

      water and fire . The premises of Mr Broomhead adjoining , were also injured . Fortunately both parties were insured . — 'I wo other fires occurred during the afternoon : one at 5 , Queen-street , Seven Dials , and tbeotheratS , Mercers-street r Ltofg-acrc . Owing to the timely assistance afforded , the damage dose ia both the latter cases was not considerable . Fatai- Fiohi . —An inqsest was held before Mr Payne , tn Tuesday , at Cmf ' s Hospital , on the boiSy of George Rodaway , aged 31 ! . John Wilson , baker of Pepper-street , Borough , ' said that on Tuesday morning last , at four o ' clock-,, he went ? into a coffeehouse in TSnion-street , Borough ; and saw the deceased quarrelling with a young maw named Wra Johnson . In- » few minute * they went ? out to fight .

      and in the- first and only round the efeceased gav «' Johnson a blow on the eyo which knocked him * down . The- deceased said- 'that he had put hie knuckles out of joint by the-force of the blow , ami complained much of the pain . The policeman then came up and- ' parted thenv The nest morning hatold-witness again-that he had ' , hurt- himself very much . Both' men were intoxicated . 3 ! r George-Ilcther , the houge-surgeonv said the- deceased wasadmittedonlrriday with inflhmmatioa = of the veins of file left ami . and died on- Sunday- last . A- pesf mortem examination disclosed' matter in . the lungs and the veins of ) the left arm , and plourisy of both sides of the cheat . This arose from andnjary to the arm and hand ; . The jury returncd > a vardictof "Aoeidental death J' "

      PaiHiERs' Almshouse FusDi—On Monday even ing , the fifth aanual meeting of the friends and subscribers to tbe above fund took place in . the theatre of the London Mechanics' Institution , T . S . Duncombe ,, Esq ,, Mi P ., presiding , Messrs Hansard , Nicholl 5 ,. and several otfear influential ' , members ef the trade being , present . The report , which was read by the Honorary Secretary , and unanimously adopted ) showed that with the previous balance , the receipts of the pac . tr . year amounted to £ 2 ^ 035 In 3 tl ., and the expenditure was £ 2 % . leaving a Dalance applicable to the- erection of almshouses , dsc , of £ 2 j 098 > 7 s . 3 d . In aduitian to subscriptions since received , the oommittee-had received £ 50 from the executors of thb late W .. S . Praed , Esq * , and various

      other subscriptions , including those ot the daily and weekly-journals ,, and had negotiated for a plot of ground at Wood-greeny Uornsey , adjoining that of the Bishmocgers"and-Poulterers ' , for £ 450 i proposing to . erect thereon six almshouses , containing two rooms each , to accommodate twelve pensions ^ , with library , die ,, ( a beautiful plan exhibited . ) . The library , was expected to be completed by tho aid of several friends-who-had promised their aid ,, and for the endowment , k « i , for coals , & c , a subscription it was expected could be raised , the amount required not being more than J 6250 a year;—it hiufcieen sug «

      gested to tho Caxton Fund Committee to erect their monumeifc in thi ? quadrangle of the above institution . A resolution empowering the coxtmittee to ' purchase the site , and proceed to tbe erection of the ! j almshouses , was unanimously carried , with the nd-Idenda ,, on th » suggestion ef the chairman , ( Mr i Buncombe , [ after severely commenting on the recent j : reception by the Lords of the non-separative clause r in the- English Poor , law Bill , that accommodation be provided for twelve pensioners " and their wives . "' Thanks having been accorded to the various officers , and tho chairman of the evening , which was duly acknowledged , the meeting broke up .

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      LANCASHIRE . "Liverpool . —Tns Fevhb . —In addition to the deaths from fever mentioned last week , the Rev . William Dale , of St Mary ' s , Edmund-street , died on the evening of Saturday week . lie is the ei ghth victim to the pestilence amongst the Roman Catholic clergy of Liverpool . The Rev . Mr Walker and the Rev . Mr Wilkinson , who were both unwell , are now rapidly recovering . The Rev . Mr O'Reilly , who a few days ago was considered in great danger , is also convalescent , and daily gaining strength . The recent mortality and sickness amongst the Catholic clergy have interfered with the performance of divine

      service at the various chapels in the town . We regret to state also tbat Mr James Homer , registrar of births and deaths for St Thomas ' s district , died of typhns fever ( caught in tho discharge of his duties ) on Tuesday evening , after five days' illness . II is wife is very ill of the same complaint , but we are happy to say that hopes are entertained of her recovery—Liverpool Albioit . Steam-boat Lossbs . —Letters received on Tuesday morning from Belfast announce , that on Sunday morning last , during a dense fog , the steamers Sea-King , hence , and Athlone , from Dublin to Belfast , ran ashore on Maw Island , at the entrance of the Lough . The former' is expected to be a total loss ; the latter was got off immediately after the accident but little damaged . No lives were lost .

      YORKSHIRE . Thb Mirpield Murders . —Various rumours have been circulated respecting the nature of the conf ' ession offered to be made by M'Cabe . It has been supposed by some that it would implicate one or more females , while others assert that it would implicate Reid as the man M'Cabe saw when he called at the house . Of course no reliance can be p laced upon such statements . The police are still active in the prosecution of inquiries , with a view to strengthen the chain of evidence at the trial ot the prisoners . Some additional evidence of importance , it is said , bas been already obtained . The Secretary of State has offered a reward of £ 100 , and her Majesty ' s pardon , to any person , except the real murderer , who will give information that will convict tho perpetrator or perpetrators of tbe horrH crime .

      UESTiwciivB J irk at IlALim . -One of the most alarming and destructive fires that has been known for many years occurred at Halifax , on Thursday evening week , at the mill of Messrs James Akroyd and Son , at Bowling Dike . The fire originated in the garret , which was used for reeling purposes , and was first discovered a little after uino o ' clock , and in the short space of little more than an hour the whole was in flames . The mill is entirely gutted , and , we understand , contained from 10 to IOC spinning and drawing frames . One of the engines was preserved entire that was detached from the mill . Tho other is considerably damaged . The property is partly covered by insurance . It is almost impossible to estimate tho amount of damage , which is thought cannot be less than £ 30 , 000 . The number of hands thus thrown out of employment must bo very considerable . '

      Lbfw .-Prsvalence op FEvsn—We regret to state that we are again unable to report any diminution in the number of cases of fever in this town . 1 He public authorities are exerting themselves to the utmostto counteract tho progress of the disease . A number of the inmates of the infected dwellings in NNelhngton-yard , St Ann ' s-laue , Milk-stroet , Graham-court , Lbenezer-street , dtc , & c ., have been removed , and on Saturday , no less than forty of these were admitted into tho Victoria Mill , which is now being htted up as a fever . hospital .-Ie « fc

      I'ohokd Railwat Scrip—At the Leeds Stock Exchange on Tuesday , an announcement was made that another forgery of railway scrip had been discovered . The company whose scrip has been forced is the South Yorkshire ( Donoastcr , Goolc , & C ., ) Railway Company . It is stated that the counterfoil cheque is much larger in the counterfeit than iu the genuine scrip , and that there is no full point or period after the jotters "for £ 20 shares . " Tho paper is of an inferior quality , mid tho printing is not so well executed aa the genuine scrip .

      SVIiliKY . Extraordinary Occuukbnck at the Surrey Cou . vn : Lunatic Asylum . — -On Saturday an inquest

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      was held before W . Garter , Esq ., and a jorv Cf i ing of the principal tradesmen of WandsVorti ^ James Burden , a pauper inmate of the Surrey ) v tic Asylum . Mr S . Bridgeland deposed that \ ^ clerk and steward at that asylum , ami that dJ ^ was a pauper patient , aged forty-seven , and ba / il admitted on the Ilthof May Jast .-Mr J . uJ $ . deposed tbat he was the resident medical offin , I that establishment . Deceased was a lun ^ y $ tient . On the 10 th of June tbe deceased can ,,, J | especially under his notice , having an inflamed tl with erysipelas . Next morning , upon visit ; ,, * 3 ceased , ho found him very violent , and stark nJi ¦ ¦ It had been necessary to keep the deceased in B : * l by himself , he was so destructive and violent i „ \ actions . Soon after his admission he had torn * the whole of bis bedding , and wholly destro yed , S ¦ \~ L . 1 ! . ** . Htln . lnt « ( untrlA Atn t \ ' til i ninuun

      _ iron DOOB ' . eau , ron m . ^ , « , u , un ^ y lowing Sunday witness again saw the de ceJ , He was suffering from diarrhroa , and in a sta te « i 3 haustion . Uo complained of great obiMjnjjj , & ness gave him an opiate pill , with a little port % . g and sago , which he ordered to be repeated , if ^ | not rally . He saw him again at ten o ' clock ; h 8 3 more comfortable , and he expressed himself to , 11 effect . Witness saw deceased again at eight o ' cy p . m ., and then found him breathlngqnickl y and rrf great difficulty . and his skin was hot and pulse mJ He then inquired of him how long ho had beenl that state ? Deceased was about to answer , wh ^ i attendant , John Steel , remarked that he ( de c * J | had made a strange complaint to Sir Alexiindcty risen , the physician to the institution , that he J

      been illused by bim , Steel . Witness was induces examine the deceased , and he discovered that h « J a broken rib on the right side under the muaclesoftjl bach ; he discovered two lacerated contusion * on t | right side of the body , anteriorly , but not to nny J siderable extent . On the 13 th uit . he died IYokJ tfammation of the pleura and right lung , being 3 . te by a fractured rib . Witness had endeavour ^ a ascertain under what circumstances that fhtJ occurred , but nothing had arisen oat of his hc ^\ d Deceased was decidedly of unsound mind . The jj after a lengthened investigation , returned the fl lowing verdiet : — "That the deceased died of inM mation ot the lungs , set up by a fvactured rib , $ caused unknown . " We-understand a very risid j quiry is to be instituted' into the whole of the 4 cumstances & y a committee of couoty magistrate ! , ]

      30 MERSBT 8 U 1 RS . ] j Muanstt « a Pbize ^ Fkhit . —At the police cotfj at Chandos-bous ? , on Saturday , two- men , niira | Maurice Perry and SamuelCrawIey , werecommittf by the county magistrates for the wilful murder g one of the Bathampton police ,, under ciroumstsntfl of great brutality . On Monday last , early in t evening , two navigators employed in the neighbor hood , on the Wilts and Ssmerset Railway , had £ quareel , and , failing to setthvit by means of wortl adjourned to an adjoining field ; at Bathampton , jj fight it out ; the prisoners andi two otbars acting ; - seconds . An organised ring was formed and a lat mob' 3 ollected , when , aftera few rounds , Jblro Baifi

      ( the deceased ) and : another policeman forced tbef way between the combatants-and desired them a desist fighting and disperse . - The prisoners iramf diatefy pushed the officers i * ck > where tbey bef them , the men still fighting . The constables aga ^ attempted to interfere , whea tbey wera- instant | knocked down , the- prisoners kicking them unmef oifully about the head and body , Bailey almost \ tjt mediateiyexpired ' . Several witnesses oleariy ideji j tified the prisoners- as the parties- whe commute- ; the outrage , Crawley being described as holding tt $ unfortunate man down by kneeling on his chein whilst Ferry kicked him . about tbe head atj | stomach . The deceased told them on entering M

      ring that he was a > police constable , and was bou ^ j to put a stop to the disturbance , The prieonera , wfe made no defence , were cemmi & ted to the sounty ? i- | on the capital charge . " A verdict ef " W'df ^ murden"has been returned at the cwonea ' s inque ^ j held oaBriday . The deceased constable lu * left 4 wife aad large family . It appears that , the brutS practice of prize-fighting is again becoming Irtque jf in some parts of the country- The Leed * MenvryU Saturday says : — " We should ! not allude to such ^ exhibition , but to- make one observation .. A priifjl fight took place on Wednesday , on Baildon MoSi betweeni Donelly of Manchester , and Askey of ESS

      mingkom , whan &( terG 2 rounds , occupying onehoi and eight minutes , the latter , proved the victc Now , although ibis fight , and theplaae where iu curred „ was known some timo previous , not a co stable of Baildon or anywhere else interfered . ' late several prise-fights have taken place unmolesti by the authorities on Baildon Mo o * . We call ti attention of tie magistracy of the district to the ei paUe neglect of the constabulary . Above 1 , 000 pe sons were prasent , most ef them the lowest oper lives , whom it would have beseemsd better to k been , at their work . "

      DKTOHSH 1 RE , < Tas Poo » Rioxebs wbbb ian » at the county ai csty sessions , Exeter , last week . At the was sessions alone there were ISO prisoners in the cafe dar , the average number on such occasions bek about 100 . Many of the rioters pleaded guilty . 1 : sentences were various , the majority being sk terms of imprisonment .

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      The National Association For The Reform ...

      The National Association for the Reform of Eaaffl Abuses is prosecuting a vigorous agitation throuira out the provinces . A large meeting has been iitjffi in Glasgow , and there , aa in the case of all theoti & f places visited by deputations , district association have been formed with the view of keeping up (\ H agitation . e

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      The Central Relief And Society Of Friend...

      The Central Relief and Society of Friends' Cotlfi mittees for the relief of Irish distress have ) 35 liWfi two documents—the first containing tho half-yeaiSfl account of receipts and disbursements from thelfiB of January to the 1 st of July ; the second , tbe if § j ceipts only in money and food from the United Sta' . $ j | up to the latter period . The whole amount of momll received by the central body was £ 59 , 439 , of whisw £ 56 , 000 was thus distributed : Leinster , £ 7 , 4 rflfi Alunster , £ 15 , 243-, Ulster , £ 10 , 190 ; Connaugiiw £ 19 , 060 ; leaving a balance of some £ 3 , 000 in fawaw of tho committee . It is most creditable to the $ A tnbutors of this fund that the expenses ot maiiap * ment amounted to no more than £ 480 . The $ l > ciety of Friends publish an immense list of receiiM in detail . The money contributions reach £ 14 , 5 $ * and about 60 , 000 barrels of corn meal , besides aw ** large quantity ot other produce such as Indian cojj and meal , wheat and rye flour , peas and beans . 1 ** acknowledgments are published for the outiWrV packet , which sails in a few days , * * All advances under the Temporary Relief Act « W bo discontinued in the first fortnight of August . 11 relief commissioners have so intimated tothepe-V law commissioners . c 1

      rr-u n , f . ESPfBA" ATTEMPT AT UUHDEH . The £ alina «! oe Star contains the following :- " $ " daring and unprovoked attempt was made on FriW week to assassinate William Ilaokett , Esq ., of R * wood . He was returning to his residence , on K tl jaunting car , with his wife , between eight ainl « 0 clock , and when within about a mile of Redw » M distant about five miles from Portunwa , two nW jumped from a fence , and ordered him to stop , wV winch one of the men undisguised nresentcJ ei '

      uoublcbarrel gun at him , and tbe other mas , «• «• was disguised , presented a pistol . Mr llackett « tt i : mediately jumped from his car , closed in upon tHb'i and struck at them with his whip . The gun ft J- pistol were discharged—one shot took effect , 3 i , 3 i lacerated the side of Mr Haekett ' s mouth and n « W proluao bleeding followed , and the men retrea t « eat < Mrllackett , although wounded , would hare purstiTSU ' as he carried fire-arms , had not his horse attempW to run away with Mrs llackctt . He , therefe * hurried in to Povtumna . The sufferer is as wcllrvN can be expected , and hopes are entertained of ' of recovery .

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      Lbnothov tub Human IIaiu . —Tho ordinary leuleu :: of the hair of the bead , as deduced from its measuasi 1 ment in women , ranges between twenty inches ; es :: a yard , the latter being considered as unusually My lo > But in some instances the length is much greatrcat t as in the case of a lady in whom , I am iniornitdiicd 1 measures two yards , and trails on the ground » d « : she stands erect . When , however , hair is h * S closely shaved , it appears to become persistent , > nt , at the same time increases in strength and bulk . ilk . has been calculated b y a curious investigator ( vVit'vVitl J tnat the hair of tho beard grows at the rate of of line and a half in the week ; this will ive a Un 1 ««

      g of six inches and a half in the course of a year , > ar , tor a man of eighty years of age , twenty-seven veu which have fallen before the edge of the razor . S ir . S 5 an amount of growth appears in nowise remarkaarka a when wc learn from Eble that in the prince ' s i ' j ' s ra - nt Eiadam there is a full-length painting of »» i » penter whoso beard was nine feet long , so that % t *« engaged at work he was obliged to carry it in a ' n »'' and that the burgomeister , Hans Storoin gen , ; en , ing upon one occasion forgotten to fold up his [" lis 1 > S " trod upon it as fie ascended the staircase leatl % ulin 1 the council chamber of Brunn , and was tli < the if thrown down and killed . —Wilson on the Skin . In .

      Explosion op a U & lloos . —A ' arrow Esc . « r »»^ ri » v Gypson , the aeronaut , accompanied by Mr -Mr SS Smith , Mr Coxwell , and Mr Pridniore , ' made * do «« turnal ascent in a balloon from Vauxhall-gank ' artleW Tuesday last with fireworks , which were discli'liscM : from the balloon at a great elevation with IUIi i mm cent effect . At ono o ' clock , however , great caM co " nation was created in the gardens by a rumoiu ' mom ' n ' tho balloon had exploded ; but , in a few miuut < % itc * s the alarm was dissipated by the safe arrival < V » I «« aeronauts themselves . It appears that sontf ' omo »> sion did take place , but Mr Gypson says it w « . t « ' « s >» s the discharge of all the fireworks ; and bo attri attrir it to the electricity in the thunderstorm : vm ; 11 effected a sale descent near Belgrave-road % d s s after one o ' clock ; tho balloon at tho time tl jHe tli « 1 i > dent occurred being , it appears , near tlwauMatti'lM

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 10, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10071847/page/6/