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      Bermosdset . —At a meeting of Chartists belonc ing to this locality it was resolved that a subscription be entered into in aid of the mechanics of Warrington , who were unjustly tried and convicted of conspiracy . Seven shillings was collected and ordered & be sent to them forthwith . BiRMUWHAU : Ship Iks . — At onr usual weekly me eting on Sunday evening last , Mr Cresswell in the chair , the following resolution was unanimously passed . Moved by Mr Fussell , seconded by Mr Go odwin : — That we , the members meeting at the Shipfull

      , y approve of the proceedings of the Central Registration and Election Committee of London , and we call upon the whole of the members of the National Charter Association , and of the Land Company also , to give their utmost snpport to that committee in their endeavours to secure the return of all Chartist candidates , identified with our fcoayjanu with all duo respect to onr Nottingham ftiends , we are of opinion that all funds s-hould be transmitted through the hands of the committee so that each candidate should receive equal support from nor body .

      Crawlbt . —Mr Shepherd , of London , has been lecturing here with great success . A registration committee ism course of formation . The " Land question is making progress . Cboctos . —At the weekly meeting at Loreday ' s Coffeehouse , Surrey-street , the following resolution was proposed by Mr Hodges , seconded by Mr Westaby , and carried unanimously : — That we , the Chartists of Croydon , having heard read from the Star an address from the leading Democrats of london , caUmgon aU true friends to the progressive reform of the nation to render all the assistance in their power to effect the return of Chartist candidates to Parliament , do now agree to enter into a subscription for the above-named purpose .

      Hum .. —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists of Hull , the Addresses from Nottingham and the Central Commitfce were read , after which a committee was formed for the purpose of rendering ; them all possible service . The Chartist committee waited upon the Land members on Monday evening , when a committee ot five was appointed to act in conjunction with the Chartists . Parties wipbing to subscribe for that purpose can do so at the Ship Inn . Church-lane , on Sunday or Monday evening ; at Mr Burnett ' s , Finkles-street ; or at Mr Stephens ' s , Stainiforthplace . Maxchester . —Wc announced in our last the death of Mr M'CulIoch , a hard-working and zealons member of the Land and Charter associations . We may

      add a few words , explanatory of his death-blow . The deceased was the treasurer for this branch of the National Land Corapanr , and always fulfilled the duties of that office to the entire satisfaction of the shareholders ! The last time he was at the office was on Sunday evening , May 16 th . On the Wednesday evening he felt rather worse than usual , but he was not in appearance in a dangerous state . lie continued in this way up to Sunday morning , when a circumstance occurred which proved fatal in its results , and deprived the Democratic cause of one of its best workers , his wife of a kind and affectionate husband , and the Chartists of Manchester of a friend they , to a man , loved and respected .

      The circumstance above alluded to was this : —Mr M'CulIoch was a man of very sensitive feelings , and many things which wonld not in any way move most other men , would produce in him a powerful excitement . On Saturday evening , May 29 th , some villain or villains , knowing that on the Saturday even * log he was in the habit of receiving large sums of money at the Land-office , broke into his dwelling , in the hope of a rich booty . Fortunately , they were deceived , for , owing to MrM'Cullochbeingrather worse than usual , and the evening being

      unfavourable , he did not attend at the office , and it being late when the business of tbe office was concluded , the scrutineer had taken the cash to his own house , intending to take it to Mr M'Cullocli ' s the next morning . Thus the thieves were disappointed . As it was , however , MrM'Cnlloch was robbed of about £ 10 that he h ^ in the house . This had such an effect tj" ' -. " that on Sunday he was seized with a fit , zrom which he never rallied , but continued to sink ¦ until Friday , the 4 th inst ., when death put an end to lus sufferings .

      Manchester . — Mr Beesley , of Accrington , delivered a lecture in the People ' s Institute on tbe 13 th instant , on "The Charter , and the Benefits that would arise from it if it were to become the Law of the Land , " to a crowded audience of upwards of 1 , 600 , and gave general satisfaction . After the lecture a vote of thanks was moved by Mr Beesley and seconded by Mr John Nuttel , to Messrs O'Connor and Ernest Jones , and the Chartists of London , for their able and talented conduct at the meeting held at the Crown and Anchor , Strand , on the 8 th inst . — Carried unanimously .

      Merthtb Ttdvo . —Ata full meeting of this branch of the National Land Company , the following officers were appointed : —David R . Morgan , secretary ; Wm . James , treasurer ; John Beddow , scrutineer ; H . Wilson ind T . Francis , auditors . Persons were appointed to collect funds to aid onr noble champions at the next election ; but we wish for the money to be sent to one place , and then handed ont as the committee think proper . A vote of thanks was passed to F . O'Connor and £ . Jones , Esqrs ., for their patriotic conduct in opposing the resolution at tbe Crown and Anchor . Nottingham . —Ata meetingfof the membersofthe Byron Ward locality , it was resolved unanimously—•* That the best thanks of this meeting are hereby tendered to Feargus O'Connor and Ernest Jones , Esquires , for their manly defence of Chartist principles at the late meeting held at the Crown and Anchor . "

      Sheffield . —A meeting of the members of the National Charter Association was held in the Democratic Temperance Room , Mr Councillor Briggs in the chair . The following persons were elected council for the ensuing quarter : Messrs Jackson , Seward , Holmes , Bagshaw , Foster , Dyson , Taylor , Webster , Birkinshaw , Forest , Homer , Ward , Marshall . Mr Councillor Brisgs , sub-treasurer ; Mr Cavill , subsecretary , 33 , Queen-street . On the motion of Mr Seward the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — That a requisition be presented to Mr Thomas Clark , oee ef the directors of the Land Company , requesting -that gentleman to stand as a candidate for this borough . The following resolution was agreed to : —

      That tbe best thanks of ibis meeting he given to Sir O'Connor and Mr Ernest Jones , for their manlj addresses at the late Crown and Anchor Tavern meeting ; tand farther , that this meeting begs to suggest to tbe Executive tho propriety of republishing those ever-to-be remembered speeches , believing that much good would acrue from such a step Somers Towh . — Mabyibbose Election . —On Sunday evening last a meeting was held at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New Road , James Rogers in the chair . Messrs Farrisand Arnott reported that a committee was formed for the purpose of bringing forward a Chartist candidate . A requisition to Mr John Williams , of Regent Circus , was read , soliciting him to come forward as _ the champion of the universal suffrage . A committee was appointed , consisting of Messrs Laurie , Farris , . Arnott , Lncas , and Turner , to obtain signatures ^ thereto . .

      Staffordshire . —At a delegate meeti ng held at the fcouse of Mr Morris , Mazeppa Tavern , Campbellratreet , Dudley , on Sunday , Jane 13 th , the folio wing delegates were present : —Henry Fowler , » ol-TCrhampton ; Joseph Wasnidge , ditto ; Thomas Danes , Bilston ; John Richards , ditto ; Thomas Almond , ditto ; Robert Cbappell , ditto ; Henry Booth , Smethwick ; William Nixon , Stourbridge ; William Copeley , ditto ; William Dunn , Dudley ; William Rankin . ditto ; Simon Watts , ditto ; Samuel Cook , ditto ; Thomas Dawson , Greatbridge . Mr Richards was unanimously called to the chair . The / allowing resolutions were unanimously passed : — Moved by Mr Cook , seconded by W . Dunn , — 1 . That this meeting form themselves into a committee , to be designated the Midland Counties'Agitating and Electioneering Committee . 2 Moved by Mr Good , seconded by W . Nixon , — That Thomas Almond act as Secretary to this

      Committee . ... ... r . , I 3 . Moved by Mr Davies , seconded by . Mr Cook , — That Mr Linney of Bilstoa act as Treasurer to the Agitating and Electioneering Fund ; and that be constitnte a member of this Committee . 1 . Moved by Thomas Davies , seconded by Joseph W afeks be provided , signed by the chairman and secretary of this Committee , to empower parties to collect funds for carrying out tho objects of *« Commir tee . 5 . Proposed by William Dunn , seconded by Joseph W clarttst camp meeting be held at the Old Dock , Dudley , the time to be announced as soon as arrangem » nts are made . , . ~ 0 . Moved by Joseph Wasnidge , seconded by & . Cook , — - A That application be made to the directors to afford us assistance by lecture in person on any other available

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      means regarding the necessity of some one ir more coming to this locality . 1 . Moved by Thomas Davies , seconded by Mr Rankin , — That this meetir-g be adjourned to Sunday , the 27 th June . The place for holding the adjourned meeting will be announced in next week ' s Star . A letter from Mr Newhoase , of the Ship branch , Birmingham , was read , promising them their aid in carrying out the objects ot the meeting . We augur much good from ths above resolutions : each delegate present seemed determined to act as though the suecess of the cause depended on Ids own individual exertions . We anticipate an increase of thenumber of delegates next week : those localities who have not the means of sending a delegate , but wish to render their

      aid , can do so by corresponding with Thomas Almond , trunk-maker . Mundav ' s-buildings , Horse ley-fields . Wolverhampton . —P . S . All letters mutt le post-paid . Thb Metropolitan Drleoatb Committee havh g assembled on Wednesday evening , after transacting some business , amotion was made and carried . — " That this committee consider the conduct of Mr O'Connor , at the Crown and Anchor meeting , on the 8 th of June , 1847 , highly injurious to the harmony which ought to reign through all the Chartist movement ; such conduct is destructive of aU confidence , and the means of sowing the seeds of dissensions , which Mr O'Connoe ought at all times to use his utmost endeavours to prevent . "—Mr Milne , chairman ; W . Tapp , secretary . —[ We are informed that the above resolution was supported by three voles opposed to two . ]

      Thb Lira Westmisster Meeting at ins Crown axb Anchor . — We received on Thursday lrom Shoreditch , Greenwich and Deptford , Peterborough , Wakefield . Bristol , and Hanley , resolutions of thanks to Mr F . O'Connor and Mr E . Jones , for their con-, duct at the above meeting . The men of Peter borough suggest that the speeches of Messrs O'Connor and Jones should be printed in a pamphlet form for cheap and general circulation . Tbowbridok . —Agreed , at a public meeting of the Chartists and shareholders of the Land Company , — " That the following letter be sent to the Northern Star for insertion . "

      TO THE CHARTISTS OP TROWBRIDGE . Philadelphia , March 25 th , 1847 . Deab FiiESDs , —I hope tbese few lines will find you all in good health , and still alive in the good cause of Universal Liberty . I have travelled many miles , seen many strange faces , strange places , and strange sights since last I met with you , but for all I have not forgotten you , and the cause we are embarked in . No , my friends , "though lost to sight to memory dear . " Change of country or change of climate hare not made any change in me , with respect to opinions and principles . I am still tbe same as when in England , and see as much necessity for tbe Charter and something mor * , bnt yon are now blessed with the repeal of the Cors Liw , and consequentl y "cheap bread" and "highwages !"

      It wilt be seen now if Cobdeu ' s remedy will be sufficient , if not , the government injustice ou jht to try the Charter and Land with it . I belong to the Yeung American or National Reform party here ; or , in other words , the American Chartists , There ore four parties in this country , namely : — "Natives , " "Whigs , " "Democrats " and "National Reformers . " And as far as I have been able to study politics since I have been here , I find a great need of reform in many institutions . There is much of the old system here yet , and the evil is making headway every day . Probably the greatest evil is in the monopoly of the land . Some of the aristocrats of England and other countries have bonght up large tracts of land , some millions of acres to the exclusion of thepoor man But I think before long some of the states , if not all ,

      will adopt the National Reformers' plan and make tbe land free to actual settlers . Education is pretty general here , each state provides public schools ; so every child both rich and poor is educated for nothing , and tha edu . catitn is good . But I think there is a great want of en . lightment among the grown-up masses , at least in the right way ; for instance , the country is up to elect Gen . Taylor , the hero of the battles iu Mexico , for the Presidency of the United States , as if it required a bloodthirsty man-butcher to guide the helm of a great republican country . I should feel obliged if some of yon ivonld send me a Northern Star sometimes , and I will send you a "Young American" paper in return . I now conclude , and I remain your friend and fellow-labourer in the cause of Universal Freedom and Happiness , John Stevens .

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Bristol . —A meeting of the Chartists will be held at Mr Nicholls' Coffee-house , Rosemary-street , on Monday next , June 21 , when important business connected with the forthcoming Election will be brought forward . The members are particularly requested to attend . Burt . —The members are requested to attend a meeting on Sunday , June 27 th , at two o ' clock , r . ii ., in the usual place , Clark-street , when a delegate will be elected to attend the Blaekstone Edge meeting . Burt St Edsioxds . —A subsoription has been opened in aid of the fund for the return of Mr O'Connor for Nottingham . Bolton . —Mr Ernest Jones will lecture at Bolton this evening , ( Saturday . )

      Bradford . —The Chartists will meet in their room Butterworth-buHdings , at 2 o ' clock on Sunday afternoon , to arrange for the coming elections . A lull attendance is expected . A discussion will be held at three o ' clock in the afternoon . Erxest Jo > es , Esq . will deliver two lectures in the People ' s Institute , Heywood-strect , Ancoats , Manchester , on Sundav , June 20—one in the afternoon at 2 o ' clock , subject . "The Land and its Capacities ; " and the other at half-past 6 o ' clock p . m ., subject , "The Charter and no Surrender . " The chair to be taken at half-past G o ' clock p . m . Me Ebsest Jones will lecture % t Haworth on Friday evening , the 25 th instant ; at Sutton on Saturday evening , the 26 th ; and will address a camp meeting in the market-place , Keighley , on Sunday , the 27 th , at two o ' clock ; and a public meeting , the same evening .

      LrnxETowjr . —The members are requested to attend at Charles Brooks , on Sunday next , June 20 th , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . ( | Pmkhb-irocgh . —A general meeting of the members will be held on Sunday next , at the house of Mr Auckland , at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoor . Rochdale . — Mr Daniel Donovan , of Manchester , will lecture in the Chartist room , Yorkshire-street , on Sunday evening next . Chair to be taken at C o clock-SHOREDiicHt—On Wednesday evening next Mr Broome will commence the first of twelve lectures at Mr Taylor ' s , Railway-Engine Coffee-house , 122 , BrickJane , near Church-street . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . ) Somers Tows . —A public meeting will be held on Sunday evening next , at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New Road , to which all who feel interested in supporting a Chartist candidate for the borongh of Marylebone are invited . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock .

      Stourbridge . —The officers of this branch will in future meet every Saturday evening , at eight o ' clock , to receive money . Stockport . —A general meeting will be held on Sunday next , when important business connected with the forthcoming Election will be brought before the meeting . Stourbridge . —Mr J . Linny , of Bilston , will lecture at the Crown , High-street , on Tuesday , the 22 nd instant , at 7 o ' clock . Veteijan-s ' , Orphans * abd Victims' Committee . — A special meeting , on very important business , will be held at S 3 , Dean-street , Soho , on Tuesday evening next , at eight o'dock .-John Arnott , sub-secretary .

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      MARLBOROUGH-STUEET . — Doel Prevented . — Allan ifenzies , Esq ., and Robert Taylor , Esq ., were charged with having intended to commit a breach of the peace by fighting a duel with each other . Dr Hachtnzie , of Mortimer-street , produced a letter wh ' ch had been sent by Mr ifenzies to Mr Taylor . This letter would sufficiently establish the case against the parties . Mr Bingham then read the letter , and said the language in which it was coached rendered it necessary for him to hold both parties to bail . Dr Mackenzie offered himself as surety for Mr Taylor . Mr Bingham thought his pro . posal was a little inconsistent . Dr Mackenzie said he could place dependenceon Mr Taylor ' s assurance to keep the peace , and this was the reason why he offered to become his surety . Mr Bing ham thought that Mr Taylor might be released on entering into his own recognisance to keep the peace for one year . Mr Menzies was ordered to find two sureties of £ 200 each , er one of £ 400 , and himself in £ 200 , to keep the peace for a like period .

      Ma B . Read , of So- 12 , Ifartstreer , Bloomsbury , London , has recently invented" an " IndicatorAhy which any person can ascertain the proportion and disproportion in the form of the human figure , agreeably to all systems of cutting Coats , Waistcoats , Habits , Tunics , & c ., for which he has obtained a patent Wo are happy to learn that it is in great request . Its price , withdiagramsclearlj illustrating , and instructions for use , is only 7 s , or post free 7 s 6 d . We recommend all our tailoring friends , ic , to inspect it , and judge for themselves . Mr Read's summer fashions , as usual , are A . . 1—unsurpassed and unsurpassable .

      The Newton Cos . ' piracy . — Liverpool . — The central branch of the Steam-engine Makers' society , beg to acknowledge the receipt of £ S 4 s . subscribed by the members of the Paper Makers' Union , for the defence of our Newton brethren , for which we tender our grateful acknowledgments , and we hope that the interest they have manifested will bo duly appreciated by the members of our . body , and the trades in general . The above amount was sent by Mr Baker , of Maidstone , through the medium of Mr Barratt , secretary to the National Association of United Trades . —Joel Woore , Branch Secretary , 5 , Clarke-street , Toxteth Park , Liverpool .

      Lancashire Misers . —The next general delegate meeting of Lancashire Miners will be held on Monday , the 28 th of Jane , at the sign of the Bay Horse , Bury , chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . V . P . Roberts , Esq ., and several others of the accredited agents of the Miners' Association , will address the miners of the neighbourhood in the afternoon of the same day .

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      "Union for the MiUion . " In giving a weekly report of the proceedings and progress of the National Association , it is our desire ( as far as practical ) that every member should know the position and growing asp ect of ths " monster " Union . That you may form some vague idea of the circumstances and prospects of the Association , it wdl he necessary to lay before you a statement of the 0 iposmg interests and inimical prejudices that we have had , and still have , to contend with . That

      there should be opposing interests and prejudices to such an extensive Association as ours ,, comprising as it does every class of workmen , and every variety of weekly earnings , is not to be wondered at . Such a diversity of circumstances so opposite in themselves , inevitably infuses a proportionable contrariety of adverse impressions and aristocratic prejudices between the high and the low-paid trades . Hence , instead of their being an organised and consolidated combination , under the control and direction of a centralised and watchful executive , they have been divided in their operations , opposed in their interests , severed in connection , and indifferent to the successful attainment of each other ' s objects : and , as a

      natural concomitant , the price of labour has been retrograding instead of progressing , which fact establishes this proposition , that the means hitherto adopted by the working classes for the advancement of their interests have been totally incompetent , and utterly unsucccessful in the acquisition of the objects for which the operatives have combined together to realise . And how can it be otherwise , when one portion of the working classes were labouring separately and independently from the other portion , as though the interest of the one was at variance and incompatible with that of the other , and , cohsequently ,

      they have injudiciously suffered an imperious and aristocratic spirit to take possession of their minds , which leads them to look with contempt and derision upon the more oppressed and ill-requited labourer . Such a feeling , in our opinion , is utterly inconsistent with , and totally subversive of the highest interests of every class of operatives , and nothing can more completely and effectually impede the progress of labour ' s redemption , and enervate the efforts of all sectional exertions to ward off the aggressions of capitalists , in their attempts at reducing the price oflabour . '

      Such a spirit is the very bane and curse of all trades' societies , for , in place of organising these bodies , and bringing them to a unity of action in a national combination , it divides a contending army into a thousand sections , who begin to combat and destroy each other , and necessarily become an easy prey to the employer , who are ever forward enough to take every advantage of those employed . Why the working classes should be so divided and split up into sections , is not for us to say ; surely it cannot be that it secures the advantages of working men , nor can it he that there is no connection between the interests of the various trades'bodies . To suppose

      this would be irrational ; and though many trades may attach the utmost importance to any objections which may be urged against a general union of the trades , yet , with all deference to these gentlemen ' s judgments and opinions , in our estimation such objections are foolish in themselves , and , as stated before , are very injurious in their tendency , and so long as it continues we have no hope for the elevation and emancipation of the working classes . Having taken this position , it will be necessary that we should descant a little upon the same , and adduce our reasons and arguments in favour of the National Association ; and at the same time show its

      superiority over the present localised condition of the toiling millions . In the first place , it is our opinion that there subsists between the trades of this country such an identity of interest and connection , which , if severed , perils the prosperity of those bodies , and subverts the stability and permanency of their general interests , and exposes them in their weakness to be scattered by the first wind that blows ; and we would also impress the great fact that there subsists between the trades a mutual and unavoidable dependance of one trade upon the other . Take the body of miners , for instance , and we would ask every other trade in the kingdom whether they can do without , and a " -t independent of , that

      extensive body . Are not the products of their labour essential to the existence and practical working of eve y class of artizans in the entire community ? Without the miners what would become of the iron tiades , the brass-founders , the machinists , the engineers , the boiler-makers , the ship-builders , the type-founders , the potters of every branch , and the whole of the cotton , woollen , and silk districts , and in fact every other trade in the country ? A cessation of labour among the miners throughout the empire would produce a stagnation in trade and commerce generally . So much , therefore , arc the trades unavoidably dependant upon the poor miners ; and , as these trades are depending upon the miners ,

      so the miners are depending upon them . Before the miner can extract from the bowels of the earth the diversity of mines that contribute to the wealth and aggrandizement of the world , he must be supplied with the necessary implements for the completion of his work , —such as picks , spades , crow-bars , waggons , ropes , lite . And how many trades are there that are indispensably necessary to furnish the miners with these implements ! But , in addition to these , the miners are common consumers with other men of the products of other operatives , such as coats , waistcoats , trousers , shoes , hats , stockings , linen , flannel , and so on . But , suppose that the miners were threatened with a reduction in the price

      of their labour , and that reduction put into operation , what would be the result ? Why , a reduction would compel them to dispense with as many of the above-named articles of wearing apparel ; and if thev were necessitated to consume less there would be a less demand in the market for such goods ; consequently , the market would be overrun with a host of speculators and competitors struggling to dispose of their stock , though at reduced prices . And from this fearful competition and reduced prices , who would become sufferers ? Would it be the merchant , the manufacturer , or the labourer ? Echo answers labourer Yes , it must he the labourer who must bear the loss of these things . You perceive , therefore , how a reduction in the income of the miners

      would affect the tailors , shoemakers , & c , and , the latter trades being curtailed in their wages , would affect , and that very speedily , the prosperity of the woollen-weavers , the cloth-weavers , the power-loom weavers , the hand-loom weavers , the needle makers , the small-ware wearers , the tanners , the curriers , the nailors , and these trades would inflict a depression upon the carpenters , the chair makers , the potters—in { act , the connection between one trade and another is so very intimate and close , that the prosperity or adversity of the one exerts a corresponding influence upon the other . If this , then , is an established fact , what should prevent the trades from joining together for the mutual support and protection of each other ? It is evident that the interests

      of the trades in this country are inseparably connected , and , if they would , they cannot dispense with the labour of their fellows , inasmuch as each is a consumer of the products of his brother man . Then we would ask again , iu the name of all that is good and rational , what shall prevent the different trades from organising themselves into a National Combination for the'Assistanee and Protection of Industry ? From henceforth we do earnestly entreat the trades to throw off their aristocratic prejudices—give to the winds your local objections , and let a tree , full , and generous spirit expand your minds to genera ' , good—to the national and universal redemption ol your own oppressed and much-injured order ,

      seeing that we can neither walk , sit , nor lie down to rest with personal convenience and safety without necessarily being indebted to the toil and labour of our fellow-man . Then , why despise or object to associate with each other ? It cannot be that the down-trodden and unenviable position of our badly-remunerated brethren can be the obstacle in ^ the way of a National Confederation . If so , let us remember that those who are now reduced to the lowest possible point of starvation were once as well of , and as richly rewarded for their labour as the best and highest paid trades are at this time ; and , for aught we can tell , the progress of time , and the development of the

      human intellect , may now he paremgover somamechanical appliance , which may shortly be introduced to supersede the hand l abour of the high-paid trades . It was ihe introduction aud base misapplication of machinery which brought down the trades , now crushed and overwhelmed with poverty and rags , to their present pitiable cond ition . The same power if brought into competition with the labour of the high paid trades , if not properly applied , wiU sink and ruin them . And the only sure way to avert this calamity is , for the trades of every class to associate together to strengthen each other's hands sixty and a hundred-I fold , by having at our com wand the organised power 1 of a National Combination . Besides this , the trades I of this country can never be in a perfectly safe con-

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      dition , so long as they suffer themselves to be divided into sections and continue to allow thousands and tens of thousands of our fellow-operatives to toil fourteen and sixteen hours per day for not more than six or seven shilllings per week , and from that have to pay rent , taxes , and maintain a family . And is it possible to calculate the amount of suffering , of distress , of degrading poverty , of the tears , and groans , and sighs of desponding and almost brokenhearted mothers , of disconsolate and injured fathers , the miserable victims of this fearful and unholy system of low-priced trades ? If we would overthrow

      this abominable , this accursed' slave-making , and slave-perpetuating system , if we would dry up a fountain of tears , and mitigate the sorrows , and redress the grievances of ouv distressed suffering fellowcreatures , and bind the bleeding , breaking hearts of cryiug children , and dejected fathers and mothers —if we would do this , let all bad feelings be thrown off , and arrange and consolidate our forces , and by co-operation raise a fund to afford protection , and when practical , give employment to our respective members , and thus rescue injured and suffering humanity from the callous and iron-handed grasp of unpitied poverty , and insulted wretchedness .

      That we can effect this we have the fullest confidence . Our present pecuniary resources and immense moral power has enabled us to accomplish mighty and astonishing victories . But two weeks have passed since Mr Williamson of the Central Committee succeeded in amicably settling an important dispute at Crayford , for the block printers . At the sainetime Mr Peel was equally successful in adjusting three very serious strikes at Kei ghley , Bacup , and Manchester , and aU achieved by the vast amount of moral power we possess . To give more instances of

      our extraordinary success would only be a waste of words—suffice it to say , that our success far exceeds our most sanguine expectations , and we trust the day is not far distant when the working classes shall possess a power , through their mutual co-operation upon a national scale , tiiat will make tyrants tremble , and pause before they attempt to reduce the price of labour . Then rally round the standard of Protection , and never yield the sword till triumph bids you cease , and glory tells you rest , and wear the crown of victory .

      The Central Committee of the above flourishing Institution met at their office , 11 , l ottenham-court Road , on Monday and following days , for the transaction of general business . An immense mass of correspondence from every part of the country , and tlie following reports from the various members of the Central Committee , were received . Messrs ltobson and Green attended a meeting of the committee of the steam engine makers' society , Lambeth . The deputation respectively entered into an explanation of the principles and workings of the Association , which gave great satisfaction . A number oi " questions were asked relative to the principles and constitution of the Association , which were

      answered . Avote of thanks was given to the deputation for their services , and the . committee promised to take the most active steps to arrange for a public meeting of their body , to hear the plans ol the Association laid down . Another Truck Case . —Mr Dean , of Nottingham , reported that Mr Ros * , of Lambley , was summoned before the magistrates of Nottingham , who was convicted and fined £ 10 . Another summons \ yas issued against Mr Lockley of the same place , hut in consequence of a previous conviction , ( at the request ol the complainant ) the magistrates allowed him to withdraw , on the understanding that he would for ever cease tho practice .

      Mr Williamson attended at Cradley , with the view of settling an important dispute pending there between the chain-makers and their employers , but very fortunately the masters had just yielded to the claims of the men , who had settled down in their victory . A public meeting was however called when Mr Williamson set forth at considerable length the objects of the Association , with great effect . A vote of thanks was given to the Lecturer , and the meeting quietly separated . The Central Committee congratulate their Cradley friends upon their late conquest , and earnestly do they wish that the same good success may attend their future labours . Sheffield . —Mr ltobson reported on Tuesday afternoon , the 15 th instant , that lie attended a public meeting ol tlieknife-hufters ; of which meeting a fall report trill be given next week .

      Oa Tuesday evening , Messrs Humphries and Winters , membersofthe Cental Committee , waited upon the cabinet-raakeis' society at the Kald-faced-Stag , Worshipsquare , to explain the principles , objfcts , and constitution of the laws of the United Tridc-s' Association . The meeting was very respectably and numerously attended . Mr Ilumpliries delivered a long and energetic address , and commenced by saying that the association of which they ( the deputation ) ware members , was based upon two great facts : first , that the industrious classes do not roceive a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work ; secondly , that for some years past their endeavours to oltain this have , with few exceptions , been unsuccessful ; that , in consequence of their isolated operations , they were utterly powerless , while , on the other hand , if tlicy united In one grand national confedemtiou , they would be all-power , tul . The diftVreiicc of opinion tha : existed between the high and tbe loiv-puM trades should be swept away , that they may all enjoy the blessings of a good understand .

      iug , and an inseparable bond of iuterests . He reminded them of their former struggles ngiiinst capital , and of their failure , in consequence of their isolated exertions . This association does not interfere with the internal regulations of local societies , but is an auxiliary to their already limited menus of withstanding oppression . Hi next referred to the inseparable connection that existed between one trade and another , iiistanc iug the miners and all the various trades in connection with them , not only as working men , but as men whose interests are interwoven in one common cause against the aggrandising power of capital . The tailor was oppressed boon use the mirier , the knitter , and the hauuloom weaver , was not in a position to purchase the go iIa necessary to keep him lrom wretchedness , starvation and miseiy . Is it not lime ( said he , ) that the trades aroused themselves to a sense of danger that awaited them to pervert and destroy the machinations ofina .- > ters ? Alter a few mere seasonable remarks , ho resumed his seat amid much cheering .

      ilr Winters commenced bis address by observing that his friend Humphries having explained tho principles of the Association , it now became his duty to explain its constitution and laws , to prove to that assembly their effectiveness and practicability . The ; e laws are not made to suit the technical peculiarities of this trade or that , but its Constitution is based on the principle of equity and justice ; equally to the high paid trade as well as the low , and it was only by a unity of action , that could prevent them from being drugged down to the miserable existence of the tranicwork knitters and hundloom weavers , Thero was a time when the framework knitters' was a high paid trade , and the same means that produced all the misery in this trade might unfortunately find its way into othirs , if they still per » e-

      vered in the high aristocratic notions of sectional union . Mr IV . referred to the various systems existing in manytrades , proving that they were caused by their self-indepeudunce . He next spoke af the great strides the Association had made in all parts of the kingdom , f torn Maidstone to Cornwall , and from Cornwall to Aberdeen , stating that the Association was really a protective one ; but it did not recognise ths old worn out system of strikes , for men to parade the streets in unwilling idleness . No , it adopted a new system of proeedure—it ordered its men to work , thereby , instead of wasting their funds in useless contests , it was made a means of bringing in money ;

      and he had the gratification of witnessing men down in tho Midland * , whose care-worn features became more chcrful , and without cost to tho Association . If this can be done as it is , will not these men be placed iu a more favourable position to purchase the labour of the cabinet-makers , thus enabling them to become more independent ? He understood the cabinet-makers hud a society for the manufacture of goods , if so , tlwy were aware of the benefits arising from it . He also adverted to the principle of co-operation and union in gcn « ral , explaining the laws of the Association to the satisfaction of all present . After a speech which occupied nearly one hour in delivery , Mr Winters sat down loudly diet red .

      Several questions were asked and satisfactorily answered . A friend in the room spoke highly of tho Association , after which a vote of thanks was given to the deputation , and it was agreed to take the question intocoiisideratio ^ at their next meeting , with a view of joining tho Association .

      Mokefood Riots.—Another Company Of The 3...

      MokeFood Riots . —Another company of the 3 th Fusiliers , accompanied by a detachment of the Royal Artillery , with two iield pieces , lstt Plymouth on Wednesday , in the Confiance stcnaier , tor Falmouth . When the order was issued for thsir departure * some of the artillery mon were mounting guns at Bovisaiul , where a special messenger was despatched , and brought them in hackney coaches to their quarters , such was the despatch used to ret tuem away , A rumour prevails in Devonport ,. ih tt ono of the magistrates has been killed at Re < ru li .

      Runnum .. —The miners oi' this district , following the example of those in the east and west of the county , came into town on Friday afternoon , in numbers , with thek wives , exceeding seven thousand . The inhabitants became alarmed , the market was suspendod ,. the shops and public-houses were closed , and busiaesswas entirely ata standstill . The men seized provisions wherever they could find them ; and some of the magistrates and constables were very roughly treated . The TniPLsMusDim at Mirfield . —On Thursday last the inquest un the bodies of Mr Wraith , his wife and servant , murdered at Mirfield , was resumed . The additional evidence adduced , though now to the jury , was not new to tho public ; it was a ropetition of that given before the magistrates at Dewsbury on Saturday last . The jury pronounced their unanimous verdict to be that of " Wilful murder against Michael M'Cabe aad Patrick Re / id , "

      England Again Dishonoured! Important Pub...

      ENGLAND AGAIN DISHONOURED ! IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING . The armed interference of the Brithih Government in the affairs of Portugal , and the public intlignation excited thereat , called together a crowded and enthusiastic meeting in the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenham-court Road , on tho evening of Tuesday last , June lfith . Shortly after 8 o ' clock Mr VV . Cuffav was unanimously called to the chair , and said : —I was much pleased with the decision of the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association , calling this meeting . The Whigs are a perfidious set . ( Cheers . ) On the occasion of the recent confiscation of Cracow they protested—that is , they wrote a few dirty words on a dirty bit of paper ( hear , hear ); but now a faithless Queen , who has violated her oath ,

      and the Charter she swore to protect , is in danger of losing her crown , they send nn armed force to protect her . Hence the necessity for us Chartists meeting to protest and remonstrate against such baseness . ( Cheers ) Lord George Bentinck had challenged the Whigs , to their faces , to produce the treaty which justified their intervention . The Tories opposed intervention now , in hopes that they might oust the Whigs , but they would be equally base were they in power . ( Hear , hear . ) Julian Habnrt said , their friend Mr O'Connor was in town , but business of an important nature would keep him from the meeting ; Dr M'Douall was engaged on the same business ; Mr M'Grath was fighting the battle of Chartism at Derby , where Mr Doyle had gone to assist him ; Mr Clark was

      also engaged out of London , in doing the work of the people . ( Cheers . ) Mr Bernal Osborne , M . P ., who had in parliament signalised himself oy his opposition to the Whig intervention , had been invited to take the chair this evening , but had sent a letter regretting his inability to attend , and expressing his sympathy with the object of tho meeting . Mr Ernkst Jomjs , who was received with loud cheers , rose to move the first rosolutioniand observed he was glad to see by the crowded state of the Hall that the people were beginning to see questions , like that now brought under consideration , in their pro per light . It was not a foreign quisiion only , but a home question too ; a woiking man's pocket question . ( Hear , hear . ) If we were to pay taxes wc ought to see what they were paid for—and he

      contended the English people would reprobate tbe idea of paying taxes to support an army and navy for the purpose of murdering tho working men ot other countries for the sake of a viic , despicable , and perjured queen . ( Cheers . ) He then adverted to tho speech of Lord John Russell , who admitted that the Queen had been guilty of acts of atrocious cruelty , —these , ( said tho noble lord ) it was necessary to prevent . Why did he not let the Junta prevent them , then ? The noble lord then staled , that if we didn ' t interfere , Spain and France would . What ! Because two others play the knave , must we do so as well ? But ( said the noble lord ) if we t > aid to France and Spain you shall not interfere , and they did not , we should have an European war . Therefore , out of fear of our neighbours , we inuat commit

      robbery on tho working men of Enulaml , and murder ou the workinq ; men of Portugal ! ( Great cheering . ) Out upon such statesmanship ! Bui ( continued the speaker ) 1 can tell the noble lord Luiiis Philippe would have been afraid of going to war , and Spam would not havo dared . An European war would be the signal of an European iniurreotion ; and the tyrants of the nineteenth century dare play their old eame ot international war no longer , for the people would then make war on their own account , and thrones would crumble to the dust from whence they came . ( Tremendous cheers . ) The noble lord further stated we were bound to assist the Queen , becauae we had been connected with the Portuguese government for five hundred years . Then I suppose , because Lord John Russell has played the traitor in one parliament , ho must do s , o in another ! ( Applause . ) But , said tho noble lord , interference is nothing new . When we asked the House of 000 Dutch

      Orange t » rule us , we begged lor 6 , bayonets fro ram them down the throats of ihe over nice , and when we had the House of Hanover , wo asked for some Hanoverian grenadiers to assist us in t > ur digc > tion . ( Laughter . ) Therefore we must ' * go and do likewise" in Portugal . Now , he ( Mr Jones ) thought the precedents quoted by the Whig premier rather unlucky ; for he conceived the House of Ovan & c would havo been much better over the watcr ,- " nnd as to the House ol Hanover , least said soonest mended . ( Loud cheers . ) The s-peaker then , amid frequent applause , illustrated the ^ bearing ol the question on our home interests , the forms of government enab'ing such cruelties to bo perpetrated ; how the Charter in England would be Ihe signal of liberty all over the world ; and that ive could best promote tho liberty i . f other countries by securing our own . Mr Jones concluded , amidst loud chetrs , by moving the following resolution : —

      That this meeting asserting tlie right cf every nation to mould its o « n institutions , m ; . ke oranumd its own laws , and appoint or dismiss the emire of its governing officers , without let or hindrance from any other power ; denounces in tbe strongest terms the unjustifiable intervention by the governments of EugUiud , ' France , and Spain , in the affairs of Portugal . And this meeting , composed principally of the unrepresented classes , repudiates Die act oi intervention by ihe English government US grossly unjust aud tyrannical towards the people of Portugal , and calculated to dishonour the name ot ihis country , and excite against tie people of the United King dom hatred of the oppressed of every land .

      Julian Habnev , who on coming forward to second the resolution was received with loud applause , said , Friends , —The resolution so ably mid eloquently moved by Mr Joins , asserts the great principle on which we found our opposition to the course pursued by the government in relation to Portugal . We assert that it is the right of every people to change iis form of government when they shall see fit , trame ami make such laws as they please , and appoint or cashier their governing officers , from the Queen on her throne to the humbhst parochial lunetionary . ( Cheers . ) The right we assert for the Portuguese has been mere than once exercised by the people of this country . Tho most glorious page iu England's history is that which records tho great act ot the nation ' s representatives , when , assembled in legislative conclave , tiiey declared ihe monarchy abolished , and the House of Peers , as a useless and mischievous body , extinguished . But England ' s mighty men ot the than that that

      Commonwealth did more —Uiey proved kin » s were no more than other men , and liable to tbupenalties ot treason against , the people , as those kin ff 3 had herctoti . ro made the j eoplo subject to the ° pennlties of ireason against kingly power . We aro told by tho historian lhat when the Spanish adventurers invaded Mexico , the Mexicans at first imagined that tho Spaniards were furious deities , who lind descended upon their country to execute some mission el' divine wrath , and that not only were the Spaniards' swords invincible , but their persons also invulnerable . It happened , however , that some of the Spaniards fell into the hands ot tho Mexicans , who forthwith , byway ot ascertaining whether they were men , gods or devils , cut off their heads . The result satisfied the Mexicans that , however devilnh the acts of the Spaniards , they were only mortal . So our fathers proved the mortality of kings ! ( Loud cheers . 1 Suppose that two hundred yeaisago Prance

      and Spain had combined to protect Chailes and maintain him on his throne against the resolves ot the EiHish people ! If a French army had bion lauded nnEn-lMh en .-und , Cromwell's "Ironsides" would not have left one ma < d the invaders to return to his native land to tell the talc ot h » countrymen a cxtermination- ( ei . eer 8 ) - -he Spain > h nary would never have reached the waters ot England ' s sea-gu't isle Blake and his blue-jackets would have soon settled the bash of the Dons . ( Loud cheers . ) Ata subsequent period England changed her dynasty ol kin « s , and no nation dared to inteifere . Victom sifcAipon the throne of these realms , bee . use the people of England acted upon the right we assert for the people of Portugal . ( Applause . ) If tho legitimacy of popular insurrection is denied , then is Victoria the hereditary occupant of an usurped throne . ( Great applause . ) if the revolution of 1 GSS was and is held " ulorious . " the Portuguese revolution of

      1 S 47 has a right to-the same title . It tho one was right , so is the other . ( Cheers . ) And let this be borne in mind , that the grievances of the Portuguese people have infinitely surpassed those which were supposed to justify the expulsion of thfc English . King Jamei . Hear . ) The historical acts oi the reign of Donna Mam have ta * us » generally canvassed , both in Parliament aad the public press ,, that anj . elaborate account of those acts must be now . unnecessary In the first place * Donna Mara * , owes hoc throne to a popular yevelution-a revolution mwbia defence o £ certain " ¦ cons titutional principles ; ani departure from those priacip les proves her ; Umr . efore , a detestable iugrate-. ( Hear , ham . ) , Sha was hardly well seated , ou heir throne , whan , by J £ b intrigues * she rendered tho charter ot DoiaPsdro utterly valueless . Wearied of her despotism , the ueople rose and compelled her acceptanca ot the ' Coajstitutios . " of 1388 . Of coujsc Doana Maria swoie to upheld that constitution , and ot « ouraa violated , her " oath at tbe very firsft favoumbla

      opportunity , i ' . When the Devil was sick , the . 'ijevil a saint would bo , When the » evil get well , th » 3 *> vil a saiat was he ;" and so with Donua Maria : sJje willswonr to any number of charters or constitutions uadvjr compulsion , and , like a true Queen , \ till , the first oppoitunity , trample upon the moss , sacred obligations . ( Hear ,, hear . ) Ccsta Cabral ' a rebellion was Tike next move , aud the Queen , as loviaas she was not sure that Cabral would succeed , issued proclamations against tho movement , but nasm as the conspirators had succeeded , she t » ok tiiem into her favour and cosferred on Cabral ulmoai XYtnimiteu . power . This public villain proceeded to tax and grind the faces of the poor until the unliappy Portuguese were almost as heavily taxed as a certain paople called " Free-born Britons" are . ( Hear , hoar . ) Tho Constitution of » 88 was set aside , and the Charter was nominally restored j but this Charter was to worked as to secure ' the election of none but the g ' . vttnment fartuxwhV

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      -- " * 7 - ^ emmmmaomw atam ^ mm ^ a ^^^^ Ma ^^ m scoundrels who were interested in helping the ministry to plunder the people . I should but wearr S to recount the multitude of taxes , monopoliesS ? obs laid on , augmented and perpetrated by the Court and Cabrahstas . I will merely name one . A tax w " a f . llv'Ll " . - ^ ' ™« ne > n English money to Hi * A poor woman took her dead infant to tie church for burial ; the priest refused to receive the corpse without tlic government tax . The TrftW th 0 * »?¦««» . a tumult ensued , blood was shed , the women faced the soldiery , vanquished them , and roused the entire peasantry again ? " their plunderers . ( Cheers . The revolt of the Minho " as a peasant revolt similar to the risings under Cade and ffat Tyler hoSe nobles of the people , who have been calumniated by the wretched lying lickspittle

      , dirty-aouled quill-driveis called historians—thinsa who could not afford to keep a conscience , who have lived upon the crumbs thrown to them ' from rich men ' s tables ; but those chief » of the people will yet be avenged by historians who will dare to speak the truth . iGreat cheering . ) The insurrection extended from the Minho throughout Portugal , and amidst the curses ofthepeop / et / ie Cabrnlistas were driven from power , and compelled to fly tho country ( Cheers . ) The ministry of the Duke de Palmtlla . was called into existence , the Queen assuring her people that if they would only confide in her honour , ail obnoxious decrees should be withdrawn , and all grievances redressed . The people did confide once more in the Queen ' s promises , which . of course , wei e in

      due time one and all violated . Why are the people ever such fools as to trust to the pledges or oaths of monarebs and oppressors ? Why , when they have their heels upon their enemies , do they not keep those enemies in the dust ? ( Loud cheers . ) The new ministry , whether from disinclination or weakness , did but little for the people , but they at least gave evidence of a sincere desire to have the elections of the Cortes conducted with something like fair play . This was too great a stretch of liberality for the court . A palace plot was formed . The Duke de Palmella , and the militaiy commandant of the capital , summoned to the palace , found themselves prisoner . " , and c mpelled to sign deciees di ' Moisting tha ministry of which they were members . This was on

      the night of the 6 th Oct . last The next morning when the people of Lisbon rose from their beds , thty were apprised of tbese proceed ! ^ by violent proclamath ns anil the assemblage of armed troops in all the principal thtrougbfares . To make the counter-i evolution socure . decrees were issued forbidding the election of the Certes , extinguishing the press , suspending the laws providing for the personal security of the subject abolishing trial by jury and proclaiming martial law . ( Hear , hear . ) Let me ask how would the English people act under similarcircuustances ? Suppose some tine morning we were to awake and find decrees posted at nil public places announcing the assumption of absolute power by the court ; tlie entire press of London nnd the provinces , with the

      exception of the government Gazcito , forcibly suppressed ; the Habeas Corpus Act suspended , and men dragged from their families and filing into dungeons without any charge being brought against them ; suppose the right of public meeting and free speech superseded by the rule of the sword ; suppose martial law proclaimed and the principal military commander sent off to Manchester er Glasgow to overawe the people of the North by force , armed with fulljpowei fr wage a war of extermination against the people ^ hould they exhibit any signs of lefistance to the despotism of the court;—suppose this state of things , what would the English people do ? ( Cheers . ) They would do as the Portuguese did —( loud cheers)—perhaps they would do something more . ( Reiterated

      cheering . ) The Duke ol * Terciira , who had been sent to Oporto to proclaim and enforce the rule of the » abre , was at the moment of landing arrested by the people and properly consigned to a prison . ( Applause ) The flag of resistance , was unfurled , and the insurrection blazed out from one end of Portugal to the other . At first the troops of the Junta encountered some reverses , and , as usual , perfidy and cruelty stained the conquests of Donna Maria . The insurrection was , however , national . With the exception of the capital , and the encampments of the Queen ' s troops , the entire country acknowledged the Junta ; tiie colonies transferred their allegiance to the same authority ; more than half the army did the same ; the steam navy was equally zealous in joining the

      Junta , aud , in short , only in Lisbon was Donna Alaiia queen . She was queen there , because the cannon of the English fleet pointed against the people kept her on the throne . ( Criesof " Shame . " ) A ' ever was there a clearer case of national pronouncement against a bad government ; never was there an instance when foreign intervention was more unjustifiable . You all knsw that England—I beg par * don , I mean the English government—has interfered and crushed the patriots . ( "Shame . " ) The Junta were at the point of triumphing when Lord Palmerston interfered to protect the Queen and ccerce the people . The English governBient dictated certain terms , which on the face of them louked fair , but any one possessing a grain of common sense might

      see that every one ot the conditions could be -evaded or broken by Donna Maria , unless better guarantees than her royal word were obtained . The Juntu , therefore , proposed certain amendments on the original terms , and insisted upon certain guarantees which have appeared in all the public Journals . Every man of common honesty must pronounce the terms offered by the Junta absolutely necessary to secure the good faith of her most faithless Majesty . ( Hear . ) But the arrogant representatives of the English government refused to entertain the Junta ' s terms , and seeing that words bad failed they proceeded to blows , but in such a way as must entail eternal disgrace upon the English name , ( Applause . ) The English ambassador wrote a letter to the Junta

      , threatening that if their ships ventured out of Oporto they would be seized by the Euglish squadron ; but the ships were first seized , and the threatening letter delivered to the Junta nine hours after the seizure had taken place . ( Expressions of indignation . ) Such an act I pronounce a stain upon our name— -a stigma upon our country . ( Great cheering . ) There can be no doubt that with an English fleet on the one side , and a Spanish army on the other , arrayed against the Portuguese , the Junta must succumb , but the hatred and execrations of the Portuguese will be our reward . ( Cheer » . ) [ The speaker here commen ted on the criminality of wasting the nation ' s renonrces in this infamous manner , the more criminal because

      the people ot England were famishing to death . He drew a frightful picture of the condi'ion of the working-classes at Sutton-in-Abhtield , and added some strong comment ? , which elicited thunders of applause , ] I have looked through tho debates in the House of Commons on this question , aud cannot sufficiently express the disgust 2 have experienced in reading the twaddling , lying , sham-humanity excuses advanced by Russell , iMacaulay , and other Whigs , in defence of this uvst villanous intervention . ( Applause . ) The defence of the * Whks is this : —1 st , That unless England had interfered , Spain would have interfered , and the consequences would have been much worse for the J unta . I deny that Spain would have interfered if England had said , "You shall

      not . " Our very wise lej lslatoracan see no difference between us interfering in the affairs of another nation , and preventing the interference of other ? . We had no business to interfere in the struggle between Donna Maria and the Portuguese , but if solicited by PortugaLit is our duty to protect the-independence of that country from a foreign invader . A Quaker was once at sea , when an enemy ' s ship was observed bearing down upon the vessel containing the Quaker . The sailors prepared to show- light , but our Quaker , having a religious horror of cutlass and pistol , refused totouch chem ; nevertheless , he did not skulk below . He took his stand , by the bulwarks , and being a stalwart fellow—fon the Qyja & ers generally feed well—( great laughter ) . —he was- rather an " ugly

      customer . Ihe first of the enemy who tried to board the ship was quietly , seized by Obadiah Broadbrim , who observed , Friead , thou hast no business here , " and dropped hini . overboasd . ( Laughter and cheers . ) This is the course we should have pursued in Portugal . ( Cheers . ) , Had the Spaniards exhibited a serious resolve to cross the l rentier , a few thousand British troops would have made them thuak twice before so doing ,. With their feet on Portuguese soil and their " argufiers" and " sonvinccrs" thus Hhespeakep here suited the action to tho word , ] and the intimation , "Friends , you have no business , here , " tha question wo-jld have been at once disposed of without was . ( Loud Cheers . ) But France might have supported Spain . No , no . Louia ShAlume will not risk a

      general war . Ha knows w « Ii that a general war would carry the tricolour iiosaParis to Vienna and Warsaw , ( Loud oheers . ) , jtnd that tricolour would be carried , not aa the flag of a bastard monarchy , bub the banneu of a triuaaphaut republia . ( Immense cheering . ) . The second ground of tbe Whigs' defence is that Palmosstem has imposad such terms upon the Q , ueen as will ensure the security of constitutional freedora in Portugal , aad at the same time save the insurgents from the . fury of Donna Maria .. As to thaseeurity of constitutional liberty , I will believe whsa 1 see . Monarch * never forgive the people who rise against them ; suah struggles must terminate in the overthrow of tha court or the total probation of popular liberty , and public spirit . ( Applause . ) As to the buniaae terms dictated by the * Whiga for the insurgents , J must blot historical before

      recollections from my meniary I can give that faction credit for huc & anity . 1 have not forgotten tho agricultural labourers given over to the tender mercies of a special commission when the Whigs came into power- in 1830 . ( Hear , hear . ) I have not forgotten thej hung one man for no other offence than striking , at the hat of the notorious Bingham Baring—coaaigned to an infamous immortality in the columns of Cobbett ' aJiegister , ' ( Cheers . ) I havo not forgotten that when the Whigs had excited the Reform Bill riots at Bristol , Nottingham , and Derby , they strung their miserable victims on the gallows . ( Cheers . ) - Above all , I have not forgotten the cruel persecution of the Chartists , and Lord John Russell ' s , thirsting l ' ot the blood of Frost . ( Great cheering . } The true secret of the Whigs' vaunted humanity , as regards the Portuguese insurgents , is this : that tlie . insurgents are armed and organised ia

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 19, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19061847/page/5/