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      My Tm ^^ l ^ f ^^^ jf : I The first i ^ bf that Piuliamentftoni which ^ . fromthe amoant of-new ^ oodinfiisedinto it „^ o much ^ expected ; fo ' aboiittotlbse , ^ d it now becomes my duty to analyse its congtSutioD . - i : ,. — * ~ ; > V- *¦' - ^' : - " ' * ~ - - ^ l unheata &^ lydeclate , then , tbjp the $ re * gent is the mort middle clas 3 . Par ^ am : ent' 5 iat jgs ever * sat injft : Stephen ' s ; and ; 4 here 1 bre £ g $ most hostileio the" working . ' classe & l V .- "' W & few , very fewi exceptions , the House ^ oasigts of tho » who have a direct , interest indeed , whoseiprdfits ' aad whose fortunes * depend upon low wages / and , as Mr Blight % ery ftaly said , thisGovernment is a middle class Goreaaaent , Hie majority consists of . Free 5 ftade TioBficaleconomists ; and speculators in

      jalf & ays , aU of whom have ftejnost direct inV fluence mpa ^ wages ' dosm ; to the lowest point , white , the Government reserve consisfs of placerhunters , ' pensUmffls , ; onuaals , naval and miKtay : officers ^ looMng' for promotion , and a action , of theinpst Contemptible aid corrupt of fteIfish ~ PMty ; f ; -- ' 7 " .-, : Indeed , jso ^ powerM is ' the majority of the present Government ; , thatl can' scarcdy . loo ^ upon Sir Bohert P ^ and Ms party . as holding thebahmceofpowerhetween thel

      Prbtebtibnistei and Free Traders . _ ' : - - vi ; :, » This strengthenld ^ esition of Government would he cheefing ^^ hhj pracSce was in-ae > . ^^^¦^^^ : ^^ l ^ : ^ iSi ^;^ : is borne in mind that the strength of J ^ government wholl y depends upon _ the wilf of the anddle ^ asses , and that their will will he exclusively governed by the disposition «| mimV ters to allow them the lion's share of-the- pro- , fines ofLabour , & enl ^ l « tar . hafinothing what " 4 ^^ expectfipom ' tbM 06 ^ rna » nt . ^^ ^ . r " . Now . rwajJi A ^^ j ^ - ^ . c ^ u

      _ maxim for the most ignorant TOTmoers & nd / and , I repeat it , in confirmation of my eftirepeated assertion , that the dan ^ r to -the working classes consisted , not so much in the adpp ; - tion of Free Trade principles asinlieadaptation of details to carry out those princi ples . f and I have-told yon , to surfei ^ lhat tte danger that Labour had to apprehend , Vas so large a Free Trade majority m the House ' dfQim . mons as would coerce Ministers to give to ike middle classes , and those who make profit of Labour , all the ^ bftefit df AeTree -Trade pru * ciple . ; . . . " . " : ^ 'S , . _' . '; . .... ' - ; "' ., __ . ;'_;' .:

      Moreover , . the present is . the most insolent , reckless ; and impertinent Government that ever ruled the country ; a Government ithat has no regard for truth , if falsehood will better serve its purpose : a Government that is wholly regardless of the old IvTiig . principle ^ that "Taxation . without representation as tyranny , and should be resisted ; " a Govern ? ment less Liberal than any Whig Government that preceded the Reform Bill . Now , I make this estimate of the Government , and its power in the House of Commons , in order to show , the working : classes that it is safe from the in-door lisp of opposition , but most be shaken by the thunder from without .

      No estimate is to be formed of its power with the people , until the people and the Government 4 » me into contact ; and the respective strength of the Government and the people is tested , and that cannot be efficiently done ; until our dear and loved friend and leader , Mr Buncombe , is so far restored in health , as to allow Mm once more to take his rightful position , as leader of the working classes in the House of . Commons . And , " perhap ' sjHhe ' mdst " welcome and cheering portion of this letter will be the feet * that he is rapidly recovering " from * a * dangerous illness , contracted by close and assiduous attention to the interests of the people in parliament . There is no man in this world who ' more longs for his restoration to health , so valuable to the cause

      of universal liberty , than myself ; and in order to cheer hira on in his good work ,- and to prove that those for whom he sacrificed health and comfort were worthy of such devotion , let all now put their shoulders to the wheel , and be prepared to meet him on his return to the struggle with a MONSTER PETITION , which will inspire him with renewed confidence , and bring the pressure from without to bear upon the corruption within . I candidly confess to you that I see no hope of redress or relief for any man who lives by the sweat of his brow , except by the enactment of the People ' s Charter , which will give to all and each a voice in the nomination of those representatives , whosegreatestahd primary duty ft is to see to the proper CULTIVATION OF

      THE NATIONAL-RESOURCES , AND , ABOVE ALL , TO THEIR EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION . Now , although I have arraigned the venality of Government , yet the dereliction of dutyupon their part is justly chargeable to the passive obedience and non-resistance of the working classes , and is more especially chargeable to the truculency and subserviency of the aristocratic portion of the trades , who , under the influence of the master class , have hitherto kept the democracy of their order in base and servile subjection . I have told you a thousand

      times that the next great struggle-in this country would be between the democracy . and the aristocracy of the several classes , and ! am proud to find that that war is no longer confined to the laity , but has been carried into the bosom of the church ; the curates , the ill-paid working democracy of the clerical order , now protesting against the lust , the luxury , and injustice of a useless and overpaid hierarchy ; and it will be not a little astonishing to the

      labouring poor of this country to learn , that even I have received applications from , more than one ill-paid curate , to stand up f or the rights of clerical labour . Upon the other hand , the shopkeeping classes , between whom and the working classes I have ever shown the most perfect identity of interests exists , are beginning to learn that an overstocked workhouse , and an lU-paid labour class , cause abstractions from their profits not prognosticated by Free Trade PoKticaTEconojnistswhose assurance of " HIGH WAGES ,

      , CHEAP BREAD , AND PLENTY TO DO , " caused many to enlarge their tills , expand their hopes , and increase their liabilities . Upon this all-important question of the influence of Free Trade upon Labour , I have written more than any living man within the last twenty years ; and , notwithstanding the fascinating predictions of interested prophets , I havene ver once been induced to alter my

      opinions or desert my opposition . I have told yon , over and over again , that monopoly , bad as it was , had become the keystone of the social arch ; and that , before it was removed , those timely and prudent concessions , so pompously referred to in the Russell Edinburgh manifesto , should be made , else would Labour be annihilated in the ruins . I told vbu . that you should expect at least from three

      to five years of casualties and calamities , of which Labour should bear the whole burden , if its interests , under the new state of things , were not clearly defined before the whole state of society were altered ; and I told you , moreover , that the men whose profits were made np of low wages , were the very most incompetent parties to . declare what those timely and prudent concessions should be . Did I not tell you of the present state of society > ' Have I not a thousand times told von that the manufacturers would find that they had caught a Tartar ; that the operatives would starve in a cook ' s-shop-that cheap and dear were relative terros r-tliat an empty tJl wire

      on a Saturday nig ht would make an agiy on Sunday morning-and that mechanical power , which disinherited manual labour , was the greatest enemy to the shopkeeper and to every branch of trade ? Did I not tell you , that when Free Trade passed , hatters would suppose the peop le were born without heads , hosiers that thev were born without legs , shoemakers that thev were born without feet , and

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      adore ftat ftey . wergTtorn without back , > ejly , or ades-in fact ; fliat the economical jenerabqn would be ; a > pulatwn ^ g hbWr . ¦ j Uw l . npt predict for youtte ^ re ^ tcondi ton fcf g the agricultural Jabonrers ^ zboth in England and Ireland r 'Were -not my words , * at M ?^ tn eclosb 6 flM 7 , th 6 farmerswouId PWSP ^ ysed jahdthe landlords ' pariper-^ Py ^ fMdrtion ^ agncdtural labourers ? . and have 1 not irices te bowa _ •* . — . _ "

      nUy , s . you the efiecir that , such a state ; of things inust inevitably have npon the money market ? . ' :: - «> . ¦& . * i ^ ri & . ^ j j ^ v ^ r / - . .., ' v ^ W ^ ffie ^ KS ^ 'e ^& n ^ my titler ib c ^^ yw ^ fl ^ eir ^ y ^ l ^^ f rbeV an & fwr * epresent ^ oa ^ o £ , ^ flier Gotmnons ^ House > ofeParitoBieai ^ 'i 8 r vine oi ^ way ^ whM ^ re ^ T ^ natur ^^ n ^ ffi ^^ aasS'lie ^ ent ^ r ^ taSfcwori , ; : fo ^^^^|^ SurMi

      and by whiefcattj equitable distrib ^ tion ^ the produce can ¦\^ jwefw ^^ K ^^ 9 Vii ! . ' iSr . i ¦*?• i ^ £ therefore / biuta ^ less the headjand ^ 'M of sbcle ^ f ^ blUmded aristocracy , and all who live by their labourcombine against . tiie ' middle p } eceVof society , that ^ tfcisrcountry ^ b » . j ^ w ^; i rbyblutioniin-vwhichj ^^ rHi be ^ tBttM aadconnV no pbsablegrouiuls forreastmg : thffraran-. cbisement ' , of Ae whole pebpl ^ asi . ^ I * ant 'pre " - ^ par ^ il ; tb " prbye ; j ^ demons 6 a ^ Q , j ^ tr ^ % 6 je ; sultwonld be . xthe [ . reign ; of / perfeQ | |^ dJjinbroken peace through contentmenty ^ and-an inconceivable risein the valucof their estates

      transferred ; froni the 'wholesale 't » the ' retail market ; while" it should Bbbprne femlnd / that ' a pauper ^ population , now 'dauy ^ pre ^ Dgtpjpon the means of existence , wiHno . t calraly ¦ andsub r missively starve while they are impressed with a just and irrefutable conviction that' their own country furnishes more than ample means for double its ' papulation , if governed b y a * wise and parental . sy . stem , in which the support of the poorest of the poor would have a defined and never-ceasing interest ; and when the landlords of England'discover that bringing the comparatively " small amount of four million

      ¦ acres' under nrofitable spade cultivation , the husbandman-bein ^ the ^ ^ ; first partaker of the fruits of the earth , . would double the incomes of the holders of -these four million acres , and wholly relieve their class from the payment of the tax of poor rates , they are highly culpable if they allow the present dp ' pbrtumty of doing justice " to thte poor \ to escape . Thousands of the working classes are still in possession of . my . six letters . written to the Irish Landlord ^ written ^ firommy dungeon Jn 1841 ; and ! ask them-uto : read those letters now , and to say whether or not they- were

      prophetic of the present times . ? = <; . , _ - Did I not tell them that the consequence of their derelictionr Of duty , and their adoption of Free'Trafl ^ w (| uld ^ cause ^ the confiscation of their . estates . ? . IMlnot tell them that , when the Mkisterhad used them he would desert them , and : fl | at ; | he ; auctions ; df ^ a grateful people would be a better protection than a barrier ofhayoneter Did . ! not / oretell the inevitable effect upon the labouring population ? And although the sceptic and apologist may now { -endeavour , to - palliate the conse ^ quences of Free Trade , upon the plea that- a

      scarcity of food demanded it , X tell foil that the operatives , attificers , artisans , and agriculturallaboureK ,. wiU not feel thb full effect of the blow until you' have a luxuriant arid super-abundant harvest , generally throughout Europe and the world ; When the glut from abroad win be the standard of value for homegrown corn at home ; when in the sack in Mark-la ^ e will be found the Poor Law Cbmmissibnersandr ; their . ; staff ; the church cess , the poor rates'the parson , and the bishop , with their numerous attendants , and the long list of " innumerable s- taxes - paid by ¦ the home

      grbwer . ' 'And if raiii told that these are all incip ient items . - deducted in instance fromiSie stipulai ^ lent , then , I answer , that it but , transfers the burthen from the shoulders of the Tenant to those of the Landlord , and that ; like-case ? like- ' rule , - ' their' estates , like those of theft ^ frbrethreii ; will be subjected tocbnf ^ jSoVand ! . ^ they . '^ ill have tbapply , to ; P ^ ii ament for . .. nieans beyohdjthe ordinary law , and which , like them , they will find less-gracefol-and emcKnt than the -timely periorniance of those duties consequent' upon , arid ^ ] egitihj ^ y ,. ; b ^| o ^ g ib ,, the ; possession ofprbperty . Si . y : ; , ,. > . ;«• '( .. « - ' . ! .. ¦ . ' . ' . ¦ " ..- ^ Li

      Up , thenv . Oldc . Guards 11 for f the . People ' s Charter and Nfr Surrender ! " ^ Ifevery ^ an ^ wbmani arid-child who ; lives by ^ Labbur ; begm at . once" to sign the '| Morister Petition for ' th §; Restoration of their rights , and let it go oh continuously , and let the knowledge o f its weekly increase be a balm , to theifeelings ef oursuffering leader . ; - - ; - Ever your faithful Friend , - ~ y . ~~ ;\ . . Fbargus O'Connob .

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      ' Hereditaijr bpridim ' en , know ye not Who wbild be'free , himwlf most strike the blow . ' TQ THEjEik PEOPLE . - Mv ^ Bem > vei > Counthtmen- ^ : - "}' '' After an absence of many years' frorii :. my own country ; and during which time I have established a 'better . feeling . between . the Engushand Irish people than ever existed before ,. ! have , ; tbinks to the couragey zeal / and confidence . of an English constituency / been once : more placed in a situation to . give iny own , - myloved country ,, the benefit of my poor advocacy of its rights in the Parliament of the foreign . oppressbri andi in the onset , ; I imust answer ah observation in the Nottihgham J ? e- ' view , to the effect that I was sent tb the British Parliameht ,, ijbt to wasteits timein the discussion ofrrirfeFgnevsnce ^ lerislation . —To ' this I answer-rr , ; "luUlnir .

      Ifsuch : were the conditions , take back the trust , which I will resign to-morrow , rather than hold itupoh so basba tenure asthe stipulation that lam to be a passive observer of my cbutttry ' s ruin . Nor can I discover jhe'll & niigm value of the argument , which in its entirety , goes to this , that while an Irish debate . ^ as un . der discussion I was to remain a listener with sealed lips , because the writer has wholly overlooked the fact that the question under , discussion was a ministerial question , and that it would not be competent for me or any other member to introduce other or irrelevant matter . But I should despise myself if I thought it necessary to make any apology for the defence of my country ' s liberty .

      If the attempt had been to coerce England , my opposition would have been as consistent , determined , and continuous , and then , perhaps , my censors would have found an apology in the change of circumstances . Let the English people rest assured , however , that every successful blow , aimed at Irish liberty , but emboldens the oppressor and serves him with a precedent , when needed , to

      take vengeance upon the oppressed and complaining people of England . My countrymen ! I never will forget the ties by which I am bound to my native land ! 1 never will forget that though the world is my republic , yet Ireland is my country ! and I say it , not bombastically , that my life should be cheerfully risked to-morrow to rid her of the tyrant power of the oppressor . While I thus declare my firm resolve never

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      to- abandon the struggle of the : Catholic people of Ireland to rid themselves of' the" oppression ofatyrannicallaw church 5 torestore :-. tb them their native Parliament ; -ELECTED BY THEMSELVES ; and to guarantee to . them the mdisputahle and uridBputed right ^ to ^ calti r vatetheu-own wU for : their own benefit , wiihout -the terror of a POor-iLaw ^ astilev-or We compulsion to leave" theirrnativeiaWM ^ earch of slavelabour all ^^ bver the wprld—liatji ' ne ^ eritheless , " ! will confine iri y ^ struggle forniy cpuntry ' a regeneration toihis ' ebuntry , where jliavV established a great . . social ptmci g ie i wM ^ I would (» nader : it the ^ basest of treason to ; dei serfcor naatnhnp inRMiripli ' nf « f'ho » ' nniinlaififu' ' ii

      ; ^ riook non . the : cooperation ; bf thef b ^ ye ; tfiebold , " th egenerou ^ , and ^^ u , Ifeland ' s greatestauxiliary . ;; andl h ^ veitore-^« i ^ fethbse ^ b ^^& d ^ id ]« p ^ a ^^ the' Englishr" character ;; si will ' ? : leartt < tori make the v digtmctiqri ^ hetweeri ithe r ? oppr ^ ffie ^ resie 3 ?^ as ;•! ; : afflerlii'Hwitn ^ t * fear blt ^ tr ^ icjfibn , that ; -ttb ^ E ^ h ^^ wi tt ^ ing ' classes arid the Irish workiri g . " classes ih . Eng . tiaid are letter and more consui ^ friendsef K * libertyAthan the -Irish- ai ^ S « Bei ! i And ; ^ hout ^ rippffig ^ up # e p | st wni (^ % m b ^ I ^ l ^ tof . ^^ ei ^ ra . tibtfibf ^^ d ^ p 6 iis ai ^

      mm ^ i ^^ mm' ^^ m ^ mmsm S ^ Wen 9 & the English ; Democracylllm ^ maW led , for the assertion of right , and the citadel pf corruption must fall before the first assault . :- My countrymen , as my character is ^ dear to me , and dear to you , and dear to your English brethren , ' arid as I allow no man ^^ the ^ privuege of assailmg that character wantonly , and as I feel that sOence in the outset ^ eads , to growing misapprehensions , which may require muclrd ^ Sr putation to correct , I embrace , this , as the first

      opportunity afforded me , of refuting theigra-v tuitous , the wanton , and untimely attackscthat " have been made upon me bythe ^ Irish' partytf" » ' . Good God ! my countrymenj- will ^ the ^ iriie ever arrive when singleness ofpurppse shall ^ the ruling principle of agitatjbn . ; ' w | jn i alt thought of . self shall be merged in thought , of country , andwhen self-devotion , regardless of the countenance of the minister , the patronage of the Crown , and of an ephemeral popularity , shall be sunk in the love of fatherland ?

      Who , let me ask you , under the present discipline , can serve his country like a patriot , if he is to be held up as th e disturber of her councils , and the envious destroyer of her concentrated strength } Are you not aware , and are my revilers not aware , that public opinion is the shield of the honest man ' s fame , arid will be the sure avenger of any unjust criticism to which he is subjected ? and , even now , though character is dearer to me than the wealth of the world , it is painful to be obliged to defend it , when the course may subject me to the narrow animadversion of the weak-minded and the

      prejudiced ; but , as the task is -one of which honour demands the performance , I shall discharge the duty mildly , but firmly . A portion of the Irish press has undertaken to revile me for bringing forward the question of the Repeal of the Union , while all , with the exception of the Freeman ' * Journal and the Cork Examiner , have given garbled extracts from my several speeches upon the Coercion Bill , giving unconnected and broken sentences , in the forlorn hope of turning my opposition to that base , bloody , and brutal bill into , ridicule ; but I defy them , as I have defied the . English

      press-gang , and I tell them thatLwill live down and beat down their poor , paltry ; pitiful , despicable , and interested misrepresentations . I shall now proceed to lay before you the charges brought againstme , with regard to my motion for Repeal . , Mr John O'Connell has written a letter , which appeared in the Freeman ' s'Journal , stating that he had a motion upon the same subject , on the motion paper , on the day on which I gave notice of my intention , to bring on the Repeal debate ; * nd J take the folio wing , extract from a letter of his , which appeared in the World newspaper of the 11 th December . He

      saysr- ..,., . ' . v . . ' ' ' REPEAL' is to be . argued on Tuesday .. The chances of thebaUot havegiren Mr F . 0 'Coimor priori y with Bie notice for a committee . I like not the cumbrous shape in which he puts it , and least of all do I-like that one stained iriththe violence of Chartism should broach thesubject . . > Now I will dispose of this part of the indictment first , and here is my answer—Upon my honour , Mr John . O'Connell % ad no notice of the kind on the motion paper ! I had learned from some of the Irish members the fact , which

      I shall presently corroborate from Mr Maher ' s own words , delivered at Conciliation Hall on Monday last , that it was not Mr O'Connell ' s intention to bringthe Repeal ; question forward till a later period of the Session . Now , though my own character would justify the strongest criticism upon this'wilful misrepresentation , I shall not offer one angry comment , further than to request the reader jto bear in mind , thatl am the party wantonly arid unjustly assailed . . ( Further , with regard to persevering in my motion , Mr Johu ^ O Connell should have stated

      this * fact , namely—that on the very day on which my motion was to come on , Mr John O'Connell came up to me in the library of the House of Commons for the first time , and said , '' Mir . Q'Connor ,, is , it your intention to persevere in bringing on your motion to-night ?" , I replied ,- ^ O'Connell , ! am . very glad you have spoken : I could not make the firstjadvance , but l ^ nbw ^ tell you what I told your brother Maurice and Mr Maher , after I gave the notice , that if even how you think it prejudicial to , the question , or . ' . likely to disturb / that unanimity which , above all things is necessary , or if they

      wish you to bring it forward at another time , I will , - without a murmur , withdraw it , and leave it in your hands . " - His' answer was , "No , no , Mr O'Connor , I am very glad yob brought it forward , and I hope ( you'll persevere , asit may be the means of throwingthe Coercion Bill over the recess . " I rejoined , " That being the case , and that beingone object I had in viewin giving the notice so early , 1 will persevere . " We shook hands , and I continued , "Now O'Connell , when I tender support , I tender it generously , and I now tell you that I will assist you on all Irish questions with any power

      | hat I possess , and if I should take a course riot approved of by ^ the Irish members ^ you have only to communicate their wish , to ensure my compliance . " - Now I most solemnly swear and declare , that that is not only the substance ; but the literal version of what occurred . So much for the time of bringing on the motion ; and now for'its cumbrous shape—they were the identical words , without the alteration of a letter , ot his father ' s ' motionin 1834 , and which I adopted for the sake of unanimity , so I think I have removed the cumbrous shape from my own

      shoulders . ... -As to the stain of Chartist violence , I wul not condescend to defend so noble , so holy , so bodlike a principle against so weak an assault . Now , as to Mr Maher , and his apology lor absence . That gentleman is reported , in the Freeman ' s Journal of the 14 th , to have spoken as follows at Conciliation Hall . He says : — Bnt I will BBTtw « fl »>« iinnATflr urgent the necessity of

      my coming here was , nothing could have induced me to leave London , if I supposed that the discussion on ine great question of Bepeal would have been brought lorwardin my absence . ( Cheers . ) But the fact is , anui think it right to explain it here , Mr Feargus O ' Connor , who gave sotiee of n m « tionfor an inquiry into the means by which the Onion was carried , came up to where jir Maurice O'ConneU and I were dining , at Bellamys Coffie House , and I asked him ' Are you really sincere in going on with your motion ! If you persist in it you wul

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      * * j 2 r ?* JL * * Repeal members , who are not pre-EKseft' tn 5 Present . time ; some of them are absent in n ^ snaV and-wearenot as fully , ' prepared as wecould . "Wfefor a discussion at present . Mr John O'Connell has » # ! $ !? . Wmselfto bringthe question before the house ?> 5 rSs ? r S ! ' ? n during the present session , and we—mean-S- ' ™* i Re P members—are determined to have a dttcuBSlon on it every session . ( Cheers . ) But if you press yon ^ mptlpn now , you will embarrass the Irish members , andttjure the cause you seem to have at heart . ' Mr PjM ° rt y wa 8 ^ 'If tbat be the fuct , andif it be , the . wish of the Irish Repeal members that'the question sh . ouldnot be brought forward at present , - I ' will with-2 H $% ™ , m 0 tl 0 i - I was , therefore , confident'that Mr

      ¦ X W « SS . v «« u - «? t ipuow up his notice of , motion .. If I # t - £ lS 1-i » I womd ha ™ : remaihed otany risk to ^ Srf- ^ ft ? . ^ « ! U 8 rion ^> w > > not . ; totakel-partiitbe owPS ?^ ^ " * me , correct myself-for the course I would SF ^ Sl "S ¦ - ? , ? would urge on my brother RetfeaTmembeMi would he to walk out of-the house when Mr ; ffCoMor brought on his motion ; aiid leave it alto . 8 SrK-- « ¦ - own nands i and In worse hands it could not K , a & Mding to my-judgment . ( Hear . VSo far I haveac countea for my conduct relative to this matter . "; Ishallhot criticise this : gefitlemah ' s " taste , ot 0 B blundering and laughable apology ..- for hisjabsence , and his mode * of supporting the hnertion of Renfial—T-haveonlv to Vlpal with

      : fa ^^ ina ^ racies ^' . ' arifl /^ ' unfortunatel y ^ 'Mr Mafier hag suppressed ! Ihe pith and marrow of ¦ thejeonversationupon which he would , , found | (^?& b senM 1 but it is a very cpnYenient thing ' ^ make a cat's-paw , of another , and- therefore ^ iU ' refreshi'Mr ^ Maher ' s' memory . . ^^ Mahi ^ asKed ' mer . ^ Iflfwbuldpersewxe Wmy . motlbni jf the ^ is ^ ^ Member ' s : decided , SIN ^ MM ^^ feS ^ i sion . and decided uobn a nostoonementr ' .. and

      my answer was , ' ^ Myodear ^ Maher , you -bugbjf tokno ^ ' mewelHri 5 ugh ^ tb > 'tobw ;! t ^ ^' 'ath ' no mischiei ^ akei ^ a ^ having an eariy ^ ebaie , ' . anidi ^ gi ^ ingpsucH fatf early notice , was twbfold ^ firstl y ^ veryearUesfcopportunitysof-testmgvthernew fledged HepealMembers ^ andyseOT ^ restthe / p ' rogressoFCqercibn ^ ^ iS' ^^ Mr " Maherh | as ^ i t ^^ standing , ¦¦ 'the Irish Members , are opposed ^ oso earlyia discussion ^ THE ^ , HME XM ^ 1 ME" #

      TO ^ RITE ' SINGLE LINE , st ^ MGt " ^ n ^ : jalid : reason , and " ' -i ' ^ will instantly com-*& $ ¦ £ - ;¦ ¦; ¦ - / . •;;; - : ' - ^^ — — -- >¦¦ ¦"• Now then , what will the '' . Hpn ., Member for Tipperary say to his absence ? when it was his duty to-have ascertained that the request for postponement had been made . As to his absurd declaration of leaving the House if J brought it forward , I will merely say in reply that , ( perhaps , it would have been the most efficient support the Hon , Gentleman could give it . But how does his version square with Mr John O'fionriell ' s version ? Mr O'Connell

      says , "that his notice was on the riiotion paper ; " while Mr Maher says , " that the Irish Members were not prepared for the discussion . '' Butlet us have his words . Again he says , — Mr John O'Connell has pledged himself to bring the question before the house for discussion ,. during the present session . Now I ask any man of common sensejif this is not a flat contradiction of Mr John O'Connell ' s assertion , " That he had - put a similar

      notice on the motion ' , pap ' er , "' arid especially when it is understood , jtbat by the forriis of the House any motion , of . which notice is given , must be brought forward within fourteen days from the day that the notice is ¦ given ; and I gave fourteen days notice of my riidtiori ' , andtiie Irish Members fourteen- days , for con « deratioii , and during the wholetimenot brie . single application was made to me fox '^ postponement , while upon the last day Mr John-O'Connell urged me to persevere . '¦ ¦ - ¦ ' - ¦¦ ¦¦ ^ .. vlV

      ..-.-In . point of fact , the only appeal for ¦ postponement that was . made to me , was . made by Mr Reynolds , in the House ,, five . minutes before I rose to bring the motion forward .... . Now , without comment , I would ask , if ever a riiore clear refutation was given to what I must call a most ungenerous , arid'untimely attack . The fact is , and I was aware of it ,. that no stone was . to . be left , unturned to destroy my influence upon all-Irish questions ; but . i was resolved to' stand like a rock ; unshaken by the buffetting of f action , and I now assert , without

      fear of contradiction , that but for myself and Maurice O'Coririell , the Irish Coercion . Bill would have passed without a shadow of opposition . Arid while slightly touching upon this subject of Coercion , with regard to which I mean to analyse the conduct of the degenerate Irish members nextweek , T will say , that ' the ; best speech , without exception , thali .. has been made during this Session , was the speech of Maurice O'Connell against that violent . abrogation of the ordinary law- ^ -a speech ; 'which of itself must have carried conviction home to

      the minds . of an' iriipartial jury- ^ -but was thrown away upon a packed .. and . predetermined conclave . I do not mean his speech upon the first reading , in which > he mangled poor Dillon Browne , but I mean his able speech against the , second . ' reading ^ which , '' tp'h ' ave been properly estimated , should have been heard , and which I shall analyse . next week . , Now , a word as to Repealy and I have done . I ' require no apology for bringing that question forward . I was the first man who ever gave notice upon , the subject , which I did in 1833 , in the following terms :-r

      Thatit is the opinion of this bouse , that the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland has been proved by an experience of more than thirty-two years to to . be a measure of bad policy , ; that all the condiaons upon which the said Union was estabHshed'h avebeen ^ rlolated ; ttat the Irishpebple looked with ; intense anxie ^ r . fottejformation ot a Whfe Administration , hoping to"coive . from them " wine of the promised benefits pt reform , but-they novTcon ^ er ttem to be the most dangerous . enemies to cWl liberty , inasmuch as they held out promises to . the people which they well knew they could not realise . and I admit n 0 right of . priority to , any man living , as regards this question . I have been a fearless and consistent Repealer when the .

      question has been allowed to remain in abeyancer-and I will be a Repealer until I see the Irish Parliament sitting in its own capitalelected by its own people , and legislating for its own country ; and no power on earth shall ever make me accept any terriis from the invader , until I see my country's liberties restored , whole and entire , and guaranteed in its integrity by Universal SuffrageV \ . ' ¦ ' , ' . '" Moreover , I . know the history , of my country better than any man in the House of Commons , and , I say it without vanity , that I describe her wrongs , and demand the proper redress , with the proper bearing of an insulted

      Irishman . As to the debate , the Irish members could not force the ministers , to . take parti who , through the instrumentality of tbeir whipper-in , placed their-servile' adherents under , the ban of silence | and yet the debate was not without its interest—as I ;; say with pride , that every Irish member who spoke to me , and not a few English members , complimented me in the highest terms upon my speech , of which the English press has given a much fairer report than is furnished by those garbled extracts purposely selected by a

      portion of the Irish journalists . The report of the speech was furnished by a shorthand writer , specially retained for the purpose , and now remains in the Northern Star newspaper as a compendium of Irish history . In that speech I placed the question of Repeal upon higher grounds than the mere falling off of imports and exports , or the decline of manufactures . I placed it upon the high constitutional principle , that a conquered people had at all times a perfect right to reg ain their liberties , and that no statute of limitation operated against that right . Next week I shall analyse the Coercion Bill and the votesj and for the present take my leave by assuring you , my countrymen , that by a union

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      with'the English people alone : can you ever hope to regain your liberties . They are with you to a . man ; therefore court so honourable an" alliance , which will at once cement the bond of union between the English people and the Irish in England—a union which , o f itself , will unrivet your chains and set you free . Next week I shall publish an address to the Irish people , pointing out the simple and inexpensive policy by which they can insure at least sixty members in the House of Commons ,- who , if pledged to reject place , pension , emolument , and patronage , and to resign their

      seats at any moment they may be called upon b y a committee of thirteen persons , appointed from their several constituencies , consisting of electors and non * -electors ; and to sit in Dublin during the' recess , framing short arid understandable bills ,. to be submitted to the considerationj of . their several constituencies , and devoting themselves heart arid soul to country and-ireedorivregardless of the ; patron ' s smile ortKe-despot's ; . frown , - they would soonmake Ireland a country- worth living for and worth dyin ^ for . * ;; ;"; " I-remain , ! r . Your everfaithful friend arid countryman , ';? ' "' ¦¦; , ' ¦>¦ : ' . '"" . v ,. l" JFeargus O'CdNlJoa ,

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      t .. W ' . " ¦ '¦ " ' ' ' --t Osborne's Hotel , Adelphi , ; . ' . ymy ^ - r ' - ' ^ : ^ , I ) ec ^ 4 / . 184 T ;"' ' > ^ v ' m : jtB & VLm &*~ W ^ ! ? ^^ ^^^^^^^ mM § 4 receivft ^ tul yestewapflbrnfn ^^ ^ be ^ b % « jr ; : th ^ # ti « hdul | l' . have ^ ftio ^ pM ¥ h ¦ act of ^' "Mgh ^ tre ' aSon ^ againBt' - 'the ; electors and ^ fel $ tMj ^ P ; Nd « i ^ ipeop l ^ p iTithl ^ emp i ^ : fer-th . e ( ' representa | ii 6 ne . ^^ p ^^ such a . qualification -as would secure me and them ^ gainst-the possibility of being unseated upon a petition ; and I now tell you , and I wish to icommunicate " the ,, fact as . ' widely as possible , itbat-there 'is hotfone single membertn the

      British House of Commons , who can show a more legal , equitable , complete , and unexceptionable qualification than lean ; and , as I have ever thought that a public man should be straightforward in all his proceedings , it was my intention to have proceeded to Nottingham and to have laid my qualification before the people in public meeting' assembled ; but the , perhaps necessary , caution of my legal advisers alone prevented me from adopting this course , upon the prudent grounds of not arming the enemy with a knowledge of my case . Pour days before the petition was

      presented I bad an intimation from a source upon which I could rely , that the vagabonds ; whose slanders and objections to the Land Plah' I had demolished , were endeavouring to , get up this petition upon the supposition that I bad qualified myself out of the property belonging to the Land Company . BUT I HAVE NOT DONE SO , as I have ever held that to be a sacred fund , from which , although I woiild hot make a personal use of it , yet I would willingly and cheerfully have adopted the resolution of the Manchester men by qualifying Chartist candidates—thus making the

      distinction between individual convenience and . public duty and principle ; In conclusion , then , my dear . Mott , I have only to give , you ' : [ .. the . assurance of . one of the . ablest- conveyancers , and one of the most profound-special pleaders at'th ' e bar , and my own assurance as / a barrister , that my qualification is as . perfect , . complete , arid unexceptionable , as thaqua ^ fieatiqn , of man can be , and the ' - . only . cause ^ vthat ' jLcan assign for the petition , is the expense-to which such proceedings must inevitably ' subject < me ; but , as 1 have burnt the ; candle , ; I \ viUfburh-the inch , and fight villany to the death , until I

      establish in this empire an independent footing for labour , which shall defy all the . assaults of the oppressor . The costs I have been nut-to within the last few months are utterly unknown to those for whom I am straggling ; Mr Joshua Hobson ' s libel upon Mr , AV ^ J . ' O'Connell cost meHbetween 2007 . and . 3007 . _; while , in the action that Mr -Hobson brought against me , I have paid over 41 U—76 Z . to him and 3357 . in costs . 1 put that trial off , in consequence of the illness of a witness , in January last ,, and the costs of that one day were 101 / J Ids- 6 d ., while the remaining costs , and Mr Hobson ' s 76 ? . amounted to 30 " / . 14 s . 6 d . Now ; add to these amounts the sum of 718 / .,

      received by Mr Cleave , and acknowledged in the . Star , on account of the Victims ' , and Defence Funds , arid which Mr Cleave and Mr Hobson sit before the arbitrator and deny the receipt of one fraction of , and you will ,, be able to make an . estimate of the tax which villany , dishonesty , ' and rascality have imposed upon me . ; 1 do riot refer to Mitchell ' s prosecution of trie , inconsequence of Hobson ' s published libel ,-: nor of : Hill ' s published libel upon the Revi-Mr Anstey , which cost me nearly-4002 . ; nor to the nctipri brought against ^ the ' -Twries to g atify . the pride . ofyour towrismeri , ripr dp I refer no ^ . to the numerous Goyerrimerit prosecutions to which I have- been subjected-upon the Melbourne principle of . ^ -. ¦ : •• . -

      • 'RUIN HIM WITH EXPENSES ;" I merely Prefer-: to . ^ h ' e ; transactions : of a ; ifew months .- » , ~ rf > . ; , « ,. . ^_ ¦> ' < . ' ¦¦ ' ' ¦¦'¦ - - — . ^ v :- «> v " , . « Iremain , Dear Mott , - .., .. v 4 w ^ -r-M- ; . ' ^ -Your very faithful friend , ¦ - ,,:. ^ . W ~« -. :: -ri » r-i . ; : FeARGTJS O'GONNOKV-

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      ., Busby.—Mr S, Kydd Delivered An Excell...

      ., Busby . —Mr S , Kydd delivered an excellent lecture on the Land Plan , in the Presbyterian Church , on the 3 rd ibst . At the cpnoluaion , a . ! yotebt confidence in Mr 0 '» Conn 6 r , was unanimously adopted . HAwicK .-rAt the regular monthly meeting it was resolved ,. . ' -. Owing .- to .-the' great depression of trade , that tbe subscription for the prosecution of the Man-GBBSiaR ExAMiNBR be postponed till after the new year ' . ' The br ' aneh . meets every ^ Saturday evening , at : the ChartiatBtore , at , eight o'clock ., The general month ) v meetingV of the members are held in Jth ' e same f > lace : on the first Saturday evening of each monthi atseverijO ' clock . ? ' J , ' , 1-,,, ;^ . . 7 . " .. ; .,. Smjord .- phj . TueBday . week , Mr ;^ achdelivered an excellent lecture on the Land Plan , in ' the Cattle

      Market Hall . . At the conclusion of the lecture , the following resolution was parsed : — 'That this meeting retiirns ' its Best ' thanks to Mr . James Leach ,, for his able . and instructive lecture , and that it is with feelings " of pleasure we view Mr Leach'taking that position . to which his talents and abilities entitle hira . •• " Smethwiok . -- On Monday evening a , tea party was held at the Boot and Slipper , in this Tillage , to celebrate . the first anniversary of the Chartist Cooperative "Land Company . The large room at the above inn was tastefully decorated with evergreens and portraits of celebrated friends of the people , A respectable and numerous company sat down to the good things provided , and after ample justice had been done to the . entertainment , the tables were cleared away and Mr W . Hackett was called to the chair . —Mr T . Williams , the secretary , in a clear , lucid , yet brief speech , stated the success attending their efforts , showing tbat over two hundred of the

      inhabitants had become members , and about £ 250 . had been remitted to the company ' s treasurer , and remarked on the benefits that would accrue to the shareholders ; and . strongly recommended to those present the necessity ot their becoming shareholders ere the present year expired . The chairman then gave ; the following sentiments : — ' F . O'Connor , Esq . M . P ., the founder of the Land Company , may helive to see his labours rewarded with the sympathies of a ^ free , happy , and contented people . ' ' The directors and officers of the Land Company , may they go on hand in hand , having truth , reason , and justice for their guide . ' ' The National Land Company , may itgo . on and prosper ,, and all kb enemies speedily become - . converts , to the principle . 'The people , the true source of wealth and political power , and may their rights be speedily conceded by the enactment [ of ithe People ' s . Charter . ' 'Frost , Williams / Jones , and Ellis and all ^ political exiles , « nda speedy return to their nativehomes / . Our eld

      ., Busby.—Mr S, Kydd Delivered An Excell...

      frwnd Daddy \ Richards responded to the secondMjd third ., sentiments , ia a speech replete with " sound ar « n . t' 7 ; Mr Mantle of Birminghami responded to the thirdin a , most eloquent and masterly manner . —The old Daddy briefly responded to the fifth senMmeat . At the close a locality of the National Charter Association was formed , a council established , and many persons enrolled , Mr Mantle and other of the Birmingham friends pled ging themselves to assist ' the new association with lectures and ever / other support in their power . ¦¦ '' ¦ Exeter . — The members of the Exeter branch , cjf the National Land Company * ere requested to meet at Mr O'Brien ' s , 49 ,: Holloway . 8 treet , on Saturday , 18 th December , and Monday , 2 Tth December . All members indebted for levies , are requested to pay rip the same before the year closes . Paid up shared observe that the ievies for ltua

      holders will please , ought to be paid in time for the next drawing . Biarotobd ;—A public lecture was delivered here in the Assembly Rooms , on Wednesday evening , December 8 , by Mr Thomas Clark , one of the Director * , 'On the rise and progress of the Land Company , and the benefits to be derived by the working classes who are its members . ' A charge of twopence was made for admission . At the appointed time , eight o ' clock , the large room was filled ;' more than 400 persons being present . On Mr Clark and his friends entering , it was evident thataband of ' respectable' blackguards had assembled ,-headed by some of the Blandford building committee , who are our determined opponents , and who do not scruple to calumniate our glorious Land Scheme , by canting , hypocritical means ' . On mounting the platform , our committee elected Mir Saunders , the sub-secretary , to the chair , upon which

      a Mr Alfred Pegler rose , and proposed a Mr Roe , the Manager of the Building Society . On its being put to the meeting , seven to one were in f avour of Mr Saunders , but our opponents wished Mr Roe to preside , as they ; wanted to put some questions ; on the advice of Mr Clark , Mr Roe was permitted to take the chair , who just named Mr Clark to the audience . Mr Clark then rose and said—He did not care who was chairman or who was not , whether there was any chairman or no chairman , for no doubt they , would act like Englishmen , and pay him that courtesy which is due , to strangers ; all that he wanted was a fair hearing , and he would give the same to any one who may' oppose him . He then went into his subjt ; which he handled in a splendid manner : His logic , eloquence , and gentlemanly manner , drew forth thunders of applause from our members and friends , but the . ' respectable' Blackguards endeavoured te annoy . him , especially ' the aforesaid Alfred Pegler , buttbe volley of satire hurled by Mr Clark upon him in

      and jus . \ cliqM £ ifiMe . ^ em vfrithe torments '; app ^ li ?^^ practicability of the scheme / which was nobly replied to by Mr . Clark . Mr Vernon wanted to prove that a mancbuldnotsupporthimselfandfamilyofftwojthree , or four acres of land , ahd pay rent j opon which two of our agricultural members came on the platform , and demonstrated the practicability , which appeared to make the ' respectables ' mad . Being beaten in every way , the Pegler , named above , asked several questions about the legality of the Company , which Mr Clark satisfactorily answered , nobly challenging contradiction from the knobstick lawyers . When tha ' contemptibles' found they were beaten , they com * menced making ah uproar , which incensed the

      members to such a degree ; that they wanted Mr Clark to give the word , and they would have hurled them out , but Mr Clark would not consent , as he considered it would be like beating a man already beaten . Three cheers for O'Connor and the Land were given ,, which made the building ring ; three cheers for Mr Clark , with a vote of thanks for hie splendid lecture ; . a vote of thanks was awarded to the chairman , who endeavoured in the onset to -dictate to the speaker , but finding it would not do , he was obliged to aot as fair as he did ,-which was a forced impartiality . The meeting tben broke opr . * . * -. .-.-..--Preston , —The annual general meeting of the Preston branch of the Land Company , took place on Sunday December , : 12 th ,- at six o ' clock . in .

      the evening , mthedarge room at Mr . Eoas's , Luae < street . Mr Charles -Durham was called to the chair . The secretaryread-the plasty ear ' s balance sheet and . report . - After-the : auditors hade reported that the accounts were correctran unanimous vote of thanks was given- to the : secretary and-treasurer for their services during itheslasti tyear . > -The Mowing were unanimously : elected > officers > for the next quarter > - James'Brown / iTlv'dPark . roadyvSeoretary . ; rJames Duekett , » treasurer . iji'Riehard > iNutter ,:. scrutineer ; . M . Lutener ,- secretary j ' -andclVilliam- 'Nellard , treasurer , for local expenoe fundi ; J ' .-Davis , ' and E . Lettle , auditors . ^;; The 'following > -resolutions . < were then agreed to i—SThatiftmeetinisobe held ; on Athe first Sunday . iniovery . - monthpfor / theipurpose of reading ,

      discussion , and otherimeansof spreading information ,, on agriculture ahd ; the landyand therNational Land Bank : ' 'That a committee : of ten \ be appointed to draw up ; rules for ; the purpose of assisting members to send smallaums-offmoney ;! to the . National Land and Labour Bankj-and ^ to adopfc . the most : effective mesnf to establish ; a-Mutual Assiatance Fund for those that may ^ be located . ' ; . -M'hafc a grand demonstration and tea partybeiigot up for .-the benefit of those who have been balloUed from Preston , previous to their location ; acd thtt-application be made to the mayor for the- use of the'Corn -Exchange Rooms , for-that purpose ;^ ' -That thismeeting having heard that an attempt is being made to deprive F . O'Connor , Esq . , MiPij -of his seatvin . Parliament ; and ^ believing that such attempt- 'is being * made for no other purpose than to attempt ¦ to ruin him with expencea ; we pledgev . eurBelves ^ tO'assist'by ( every > meana . in . our power , todefendhisreturn-forNottineLara . ' . Votes

      ofthanks having beenrgiven-to the chairman ; the meeting ' broke Up . •!¦ - . Wi . ifivr . i -- « i ' i'n . irti >'>( . ui !! :. u : > t .- ; .: Dobkiho . —Ernestr-Jones ^ deliverediaiapirited mi , truly brilliant lecture at this place on :. 'Monday eve- ning lasti The lecture room-was filled . iiThe subject was— ' Ireland ; the cause , of-its-misery , and there ? medy without coercion . ' -: Mr Hawkins , schoolmaster , in the chair . Mr Jones spoke for above -two , hours ,, amid the enthusiastic-. plaudits of this delighted audience . At the close of the lecture the following resolution was carried ibyiacclamation : — 'That this meeting is of opinion -that . the- wealth-producing classes can never obtain their jast rights until , they are in full enjoyment of the franchise ^ and possession of the land ; and this meeting- pledge ithemaelvesito use every legal and -constitutional mean for the attainment orthe - same . ' , Prejudice has been very strong here , but from the way the address of : Jirneafc Jones was received , and the enthusiasm of his : auditence , ' great good is expected to result . / i > iiv , „ . „ .., J

      SirEViiELTy—Dr ! M'Douall delivered i » lecture in the Town Hail , on Monday evening ^ December 13 th , Mr Jacksonin theLobair-i-Bubjeot- ^ 'tfherUatiohal Land and Labour Bank . ' : At the clo « e of the lecture a public meeting . 'Was . held-to ^ petition . sParliament against the Irish ; Cuprcion Bill . -Thejpetition .. was unanimously-adopted , and itwas agreed , tonbeentrusted to Feargus O . 'Gonnor , Esq .,-M . P ; for presentation ; signed by the chairman of themeeting . ; After the'Usual » thank 8 > thefmeeting : separated . r » A « sir « e will be held in the-Hall of Science , bn . Wednesday-, m the' Christmas week , towards defraying the expenses of'the-late municipal elections , v . ? . 1

      "Noeth iSHiEtDS .- ^ At a meeting-of this branch , after a satisfactory report by the auditors , the following officers were elected ; -Mr Ohisholm , treasusurerj ^ Mr Pra tt ,. scrutineer ; Messrs Hall and < Bartlettjauditors ;¦ J . 'L . Rawling , secretary . Members in arrears for their local and general levies are requested to pay the * same before the close of the

      yearv- " -- -- _ - . KbiohiiBT . —On Monday evening last , a public meeting ' was held' in the Mechanics' Institution , Keighley , in favour of the' adoption of the plan ' of spade'husbandry for the employment •¦ of the ablebodied and unemployed workmen , in preference to the present method of breaking stones / iisc ., for the repair of the roads . The requisition calling the meeting was sighed by the whole- of the guardians and the principal ratepayers ; and such was the deepinterest felt on the occasion , that the large hall of the institution was crowded to suffocation . ¦ The Rev . Wm . Busfield , rector of Keighleyi presided over the meet * ihg , and opened the business by a most humane and christian addressi" He lamented the deplorable con *

      ditionoFthepdor / andaoKnowledgedthst he saw no permanent and efie ' otoal remedy for' relieving that distress , but a gradual falling back upon the land . He declared himself an opponehtto any mode of relief by emigration , and believed thatthe country was quite capable of supporting far more'than its present number of inhabitants , if its resources were properly applied . MrJosephFirthmovedthe'firstresolution , totheeffect— 'That the present mode of employing the poor bn the roads was a waste of the money and industry of the nation , and ought to besuperseded-by some other . ' Itf the ' eourse of a length ) address , he remarked that thelast time he stoodup' in that hall was jfd ' ask' ah Bon ; M : P . a'fe ' w questions about the grievances of the labouring classes , and the remedies . The answorof the honourable gentleman ( Mr Bright ) to every ' otie'bf his questions was— ' the Repeal of the Corn Laws . ' It reminded him very much of the advice bf ' a modern Sangrado of a quack doctor who

      lately appeared in this part . When asked hisopimon about the best cure for rheumatism , he said , « Agood dose of Yarrow Tea and hot bricks . ' When asked abeut consump tion , his remedy was the same , and so on through the whole category of complaints , it was always' Yarrow Tea and hot bricks . ' Having now , however , seen the remedy prove a failure ; we were compelled to try . something else , and he thought thai the fond was the natural remedy . Messrs W . Emmet and J , Town , two working men , spoke ably in behalf of the land . Mr Town , in the course of a long , able , and eloquent speech of nearly ah hour , went into the past and present condition of the labouring class , and proved to a demonstration that machinery on the one hand , and the monopoly of the land on the other , had been the principal causes of producing the present distress . The resolutions and memorial were adopted unanimously , and three rounds of applause given to the reverend chairman for his conduct on the

      occasion . Chbbter .-Dr Mllouall lectured here on Friday , the 3 rd inst .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 18, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18121847/page/1/