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      Lettellii Honour. The Noisy Humbugs Who ...

      September 1 . 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - .... — " ' ¦ - | ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ _¦¦!¦!¦ ¦ _W-tU _^ - _^^ _j _^ | _iJju . _iaMl _^^^ _^ _UlJE ! m _^_ _, _, _^ _L—j _-jxejm ; ¦ ti- - - ¦ 'i _^ _** _* _*^ _-J-J _^ _n _* a « ari ! t _^ g _< _KCSM _^ _^^ _»_«„»«»_«« . _ _/ _ffct , . 'S

      Lettellii To The Working Classes. Lvh. "...

      LETTEllii TO THE WORKING CLASSES . LVH . " Words are _tliin-js , and a small drop of ink _FsiUiu" —lite dew—upon a tliouglit , -arotluces That which makes thousands , perhaps millions , i * Mnk __ " _mrcos .

      MANIFESTATIONS IN FAVOUR OF HUNGARY . FALL OF VENICE . . .. ... Brother Piiolet . vwans , I have this week had additional evidence of the earnest _-g-mpath y for Hungary which animates yonr order ; not mere lip-sympathy , hnt the heart-felt , sotd-absorbing desire to aid the Hungarians by deeds . I have had proof positive that , in spite of the sentimental preachings of the " peace" fanatics , you are yet sound at the core—you have not yet renounced your manhood—you reject and abhor the slavish doctrine of " peace-at-any-price ;" and , instead thereof , you would secure the victory of Justice at any cost—even the cost of War .

      You will read in this number ofthe "Star " the account of Mr . O'Coxxon ' s re-election -js Member of Parliament for Nottingham . Circumstances prevented my arrival in Nottingham time enough to -witness thc proceedings of the re-election meeting ; but I had the happiness of taking part in the meeting for Hungary , held on the evening of Monday last , August 27 th , in the Exchange Hallone of the most magnificent public rooms in this country . The meeting had been called b y the Mayob , in accordance "with the request of a numerously-signed requisition of the inhahitaiits . A considerable time before the . hour

      announced for thc commencement of the proceedings , the Hall wa 3 -wed ged full , and on my arrival at seven o ' clock , I found the meeting extending beyond the HaU , through the entrances into the Market-place , where many hundreds were collected , unable to penetrate info the interior of the building , The Mayor was called to the chair , and he conducted the proceedings-with such impartiality , urbanity , and good taste , that he won the admiration and received the spontaneous thanks of every individual present There being no seats , the hall was filled well ni gh to suffocation ,

      and the heat was almost insufferable . The enthusiasm of the people was like the _aitnosp here of the hall , nearly red hot . Had the * - ** Northern Bear" been present , he -would have got such a warming—I may say , such a roasting and basting—that he -would hardl y have got cool again , even had he betaken him self to the infernal regions of ice-bound Siberia . I must add my fears , that we shall never be able to properl y cook his "bearship , " until we have entire Europe in a blaze . Speed the day "when the fire 3 of Libert y shall consume the thrones of despots , and the last wrecks of Tvrannv ' s institutions

      I have not copies of the resolutions , -which , of course , were unanimously adopted . Able speeches were delivered b y some of the residents ofthe town—particdlarlyhy agentleman , a German , I believe , by birth , but who has for some years resided in Nottingham ; and by Mr . George Gill , whose very looks proclaim him a friend to Humanity . Mr . O'Coxxon spoke with his usual force and effect , and elicited that enthusiastic applause his presence at a public meeting never fails to excite . I had been informed , that in the Committee of the _requisitionists , certain persons of the middle class had manifested opposition to the working men including my name in the list of speakers ; their opposition was , however ,

      overruled , and was not repeated at the public meeting . Of my own speech , I will onl y say , that all my appeals for the noble Hungarians were responded to with the utmost _erathusiasm . If the people of Nottingham had no other _claims to my admiration than the feeling they so abundantly manifested for Hungary , on Monday evening , I could not but come to the conclusion , that Afr . O'Coxxon may well be proud of representing such a constituency . At Nottingham 1 found deputations from Suttonin-Asbfield and Loughborough , inviting me to address meetings in support of tbe Hungarians , on tbe Tuesday , at those places . I also received a letter inviting me to a meeting at Northampton , _jiTsn nnnnnticpd for Tnesil . iT . Tlie fact

      tliat—independent of pall other obstacles—the _Aortbampton meeting was announced to be holden in tbe open air , forced me to decline accepting tbe invitation from that town . Some day I hope to pay my respects to my Xorthampton friends . At mid-day on Tuesday I proceeded to Sutton-in-Ashficld , -where I was welcomed with that heartiness for which the men of Sutton are so famed . They are rough diamonds , hut sterling gems , nevertheless . Some old friends from "M ansfield also attended the meeting , whichafter my address—unanimously adopted the following resolutions - . —

      L— "That it is the opinion of this _meetin-r that the present awful crisis in tlie _-iffiiirs of _Huo-jai-j- demands our most serious consideration , and that it is the duty ot Great Britain to draw tlie sword at once in defence of the brave and glorious -people of that country , and drive back the barhamns Cossacks to their oxm frost-bound dungeonthe "birth-place of tyrants and nursery of despotism . " 2 . — "That this niectin-r is further of opinion that deputations from all provincial towns should asscinUs in London , on the earliest _-lossiWe day , to concentrate the mind

      and opinion of the whole country upon tins most vital question , and tint the _deputation—tacked by a powerful demonstration of tlie people—urge upon the _Rovenimsnt tlie necessitv of _witMra-v ' _-is our ambassadors from the Courts of Austria and Russia , and should tiiose powers then refuse to withdraw tlieir troops from Hungary , war with them shall be declared forthwith ; and , further , if the _goveniment cannot spare troops for tbe above purpose , that tho _suspension of the Foreign Enlistment Act be demanded . 111 order that the people may send volunteers at their own expense . ''

      If such resolutions as these had been adopted , and acted up to , by the aristocratic and " respectable friends of _Huiissry , two months ago , that nation mhrht have been- saved ; bnt between the Iv . l ehers and tbe babblers the unfortunate Magyars have been crucified . . At six o clock T parted from my Sutton friends , and returned to Nottingham , from whence I proceeded bv railway to Loughborough , which place I reached shortlv after nine o ' clock , and found a largo and enthusiastic public meeting waiting my arrival . Mv old friend , Jlr . _Skew-vctos _, proposed a wcll-< vm < -pived and well-written memorial to the

      government , in favour ofthe Hungarians , whicli 1 spoke in support of , and which was unanimously adopted . , l _"hav-e not a copv oftho memorial or I would here insert it- It _wasaffeeting to witness the enthusiasm of thc people of Loughborough and its neighbourhood for the Hunsarian cause . Although themselves enslaved hy bad laws , crushed by Competition , and scour _<** cu by Poverty and its attendant evils , it is ¦ evident that thc men of the county of Leicester have hearts as warm as any in England for their oppressed and struggling brethren of Hungary ; iu--deed , like all true patriots , they know no distinctions of race , country , or creed . Their aspirations are for Justice , and on the side of those who

      defend Freedom s holy cause . Immediately on the conclusion of the _mcct-ms _* , ( a few minutes before tbe midnight hour ) , I left Loughborough for the south , and arrived m the metropolis at half-past four o ' clock on Wednesday morning . The same day 1 again left London for _AshfonT , in Kent . . . In the evening , a verv numerous meeting took place in tlie Assembly Rooms . Mr . Babrie—a voting , clever , and patriotic Scotchman , was called ' to the chair . The foUowing resolution , whicli was proposed in an able speech hy Mr . Wissford , se conded hy Mr . Iddexdes , wad supported by myself , was unanimously adopted : —

      "Tliat tMs meeting hearffly sympathises with _tbeHuniariansin their _t-trufgle for _constitutional freedom and SB _aSSeffifr-wpmb the Russian invasionof _Etagarv as _ablation of thC law of nations , -1 * 1 * 3 * struck at the freedom of entire _Euroj-e-esecrates tbe _Seslr _^ _sS the troops of the two tepoUsms , _auddeplo _^ _theimsfortun-a-mdmer _^ _swtoli ha _^ _<* ently befallen the _Huugarian arms ; _^ _XSecS _nesfly calls upon the _llritish B _« OT , _»^^*^? , _urt _ssasaeBSSSB _sian tyranny . "

      I confess I was agreeably surprised to find such a meeting in the benighted , and _church-and-stoteridden county of Kent . The meeting included a large number ofthe feir sex , who evidently tell uo © _rdinarv enthusiasm inthe cause of the Magyars . I left Ashford at seven o ' clock this morning , on _nw wav back to London * . ' In addition to very _„ J _* nrJ fati « me , I find I have contracted a cold-a _moX- _" * s ° _« lffi _* _= l cnt eicusc for th _* ap 0 l 0 gy f < , r my _" _^ _nnS the men of Glasgow for . their splendid U _% nToi - Monday last , in _mpport of the _Hunga-^ _^ _SurSS that the Edinburgh democrats _SSrfSKSw very recently to be stultifiedi by _tST _lSce-preaching fraternity , I am astonished _SttSvliavenotyetfcikensleps to redeem their

      Lettellii To The Working Classes. Lvh. "...

      honour . The noisy humbugs who howled down Br G * . ovi * n , _sliould now be challenged to show what their balmy balderdash" has done for Hihkw ' y It is sad to reflect that our . _mectiii-rs at ** "too late "—too late , I fear , to effi * ct anvthin «* bevon'd enabling you to declare that the blood of nmrd _' ered Hungary stains not your hands . It is true that there has been a rumour this week that Dembixskj and _BEit , and Guvox , and _Ki-ai-ka , and the invincible defenders of Comorn , were determined to maintain the unequal struggle to the last , and—if vanquished—to die sword in hand . Be that as it may , Hope has for thc present abandoned the Hungarian cause . There is a report from Vienna of Kossuth ' s arrest ; every true matt will pray that that report may prove to be one of the daily lies ofthe newspapers . Kossuth , Bem , and Dembinski in the hands ofthe Anstmns , would be sure to ba murdered by the Vienna Camarilla .

      ' whose mercy is a nickname for tlie rage Ol tameless tigers hungering for blood . " The last stronghold ofthe Revolution of 1848 has lallen . Venice capitulated to Radetski on the 22 nd h- _«•??? m he refusal of _^' _"l Palmerston and j * . Liberal" colleagues to recognise and support the independence of the Venetian Republic is one of the crimes for which thc existing government will hereafter be brought , to account . Surely the idiots who were in raptures over Lord Palmeksto . Vs extraordinary speech on the affairs of Hungary are beginning , by this time , to open their eyes . Ifnot yet convinced , they must be dolts indeed . While tho most brutal nerseeution is still being

      waged in France by the bastard _Buosatartf . against the leaders and writers of the Socialist-Democrats , his would-be " Majesty , " Louis XIX , is soliciting the hand of the daughter of one of the kings of Enrope . Of course be means to re-erect the throne and mount thereon himself ; but it is not impossible "that he may mount the scaffold instead . The Legitimists , too , are preparing for a grand move to restore monarchy in the person of the pretender , whom they denominate Hesbv V While the Baden prisoners are being daily murdered by martial law , and not a solitary Gcrmaa democrat is allowed to remain in Franco , the Duke of Badenhas written to Buonapabte , thanking him for the hospitality

      afforded him during his sojourn in France after his cowardly flight from Germany . Lastly , the Autocrat addressing General Lamoriciere , the French Ambassador , said : ¦ " * My project , General , witli the help of Gov , is to suppress revolution wherever it may show itself . " There is no mistake ; a grand conspiracy exists to reduce Europe under the rule of the sabre and the knout . In the teeth of these facts , Cobdex and Siuroe , Mull and Viscest , meet to establish the reign of permanent and universal peace—that is , permanent and universal slavery . At this moment the peace-mongers are doing their best to aid the tyrants in rivetting the chains of the trampled-down millions ; verily , they shall have their reward .

      L'AMI DU PEUPLE August 30 , 1819 .

      Glasgow. Symparry Wit H Hungary. , . A P...

      GLASGOW . _SYMPArRY WIT H HUNGARY . , . A public meeting , called by requisition , was held on Monday ni ght in the City Dull , for the purpose of expressing their sympathy with the Hungarians , and to memorialise her Majesty ' s government on their behalf . The Hall was crowded to excess . On thc motion of Mr . Turner of Thrushgrovc , Mr . George Ross was called to the chair . The Rev . Charles Curk _, amidst loud cheers , rose to propose the first resolution , which was as follows : — " That this meeting regards with deep emotion the heroic struggles of the people of Hungary ia defence ofthe right of self-government , and deems their resistance to Austrian oppression just and worthy of the sympathy ofthe people of Great Britain , while it views with horror the atrocities to

      which the Hungarians have been subjected . This meeting pledjres itself to use every available means to prevent further excesses against that people by the barbarous governments of Austria and Russia . " Mr . Wiluam Walker seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mi * . Matthew Ccllex proposed thc second resolution , which was to the following effect : — " That a memorial be presented to her Majesty , calling on her to remonstrate with the Austrian government against the prosecution of such atrocities as have been perpetrated on the Hungarians in their heroic struggles for independence and self-government ; and that , since they have been compelled to submit to Austria , that they be treated in such a manner as their humanity to _theirenemies , their patriotism , bravery , and the justness of their cause entitles them to . This meeting also expresses its astonishment at the inhuman and illiberal treatment which

      the Italian refugees have met with at Malta from thc British authorities there , and urge a searching and immediate inquiry into that matter . " This resolution was seconded by Mr . T . Brown and unanimously adopted . Mr . J . WitKfxso . v moved the third ' resolution , as follows : — " That a memorial to her Majesty , founded on the above resolutions , be signed by tho chairman on behalf ofthe meeting , and forwarded for presentation to the Home Secretary . " This motion was also seconded , and agreed to . Dr . _EnnouAZY , a Hungarian refugee , here addressed thc meeting in a speech which was greatly applauded .

      Mi * . A . Pato . v proposed the concluding resolution , naming a committee to collect subscriptions for tbe Hungarians . This motion having been put from the chair , was carried unanimously , and the meeting , after a vote of thanks to thc chairman , broke up at eleven o clock .

      Latest Foreign News. Hungary.—Baron Hayn...

      LATEST FOREIGN NEWS . HUNGARY . —Baron Haynau , iu his last bulletin , reports " that at the present moment all the Banat and all Translyvania arc cleared of the insurgents . On the 10 th the corps of Veesey surrendered to the Russian _armv . Tliese troops , consisting of 7 , 000 foot , and 1 , 050 horse , with 4 , 000 muskets and two cannons , laid down tlieir arms at Boros Jeno . Bem and Guvon , surrounded by General Luders , left their troops and contrived to escape . Thc insurgents ; left without leaders , laid down their arms to the number of 8 , 000 men with fifty cannon . Descwffy gave himself up prisoner to General Wallraoden . Since tbe capitulation of Arad , 25 , 000 men had been taken prisoners , and 170 cannon captured . General Paskiewitch has delivered over the chiefs of the rebellion , the former deputies of the Diet , all prisoners , and materials of war , to tlie Austrian Commander . According to the Pesth papers , thc roads swarm with disbanded Honvcds .

      In some Berlin papers wc find it stated , on the authority of Vienna letters of the 26 th ult ., that the garrison of Comorn has capitulated and surrendered to the Austrian troops under General Czorich . The place was entered by the Austrian troops on the 25 th ult . , ± TURKEY . —Bem and Kossuth have arrived at Adrianople , where they have been allowed to cmbark in an English ship . —Daily News . An evening paper announces that Garibaldi had _nyichnd D . ilmatia . —Times .

      MORE MURDERS IX BADEN . Rastadt , August 20 . —Mnicwski was shot on the previous evening after seven o ' clock . MaXXHEIM , Aug . 27 . —Two soldiers—Laelier and Metzger—of the second Baden foot regiment , were on tliis day tried by court martial , for mutiny and high treason , nnd were condemned , the first to death , the second to ten years' hard labour .

      Cholera. Tncrsuiv.— Report Of New Cases....

      CHOLERA . _TncRsuiv . — Report of New Cases . —London and _vicinitr , cases , 201 , deaths , 232 . England and Wales / cases , 259 , deaths , 23 S . Scotland , cases , 33 , deaths , 12 . Total , cases , 553 , deaths , 432 . Fribav . —Re ** _ort ov New Cases . —London and _vicinity-deaths from cholera , 229 ; deaths from diarrhea , 32 . England and Wales—deaths from cholera , 150 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 20 . Scotland —deaths from cholera , 17 . —General total , deaths from cholera , 300 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 5 S . Note . —The attacks are not given , as the returns are very defective , owing to there being no record of case 3 from medical men in private practice . The deaths are more correct .

      Scddes Death.—Father Dominic, Of Poplar ...

      Scddes Death . —Father Dominic , of Poplar House , Westend , Hampstead , has been suddenly removed from his earthly labours , and his death was accompanied by most " untoward circumstances and peculiar suffering . He left London in good spirits on Monday morning by tbe 7 . 30 train on the Great Western Railway , accompanied by Father Lewes , on his way to Stroud . When very near the Pangbourne station he was suddenly indisposed , and upon being removed from the train symptoms of a choleraic character appeared . The attendance ofa medical gentleman ( Mr . H . Muggridgo , who happened to be travelling ) was immediately given , and his complaint ascertained to be disease of the heart . Remedies were applied , and application

      made to the inns for admission , but . no room could , as it was stated , be afforded . The unfortunate sufferer was then removed to a cottage , and laid upon some straw on the brick floor for upwards of an hour . Upon tbe arrival of the up-tram he was lifted in and brought to the Railway Tavern at Reading .. The prescriptions ofthe medical gentleman were again applied , and temporary ease was obtained . ' The spasm at the heart , however , returned with violence , and he expired at three o ' clock the same afternoon . The medical gentleman certified that death arose from natural causes . Esther Dominic was very generally known to thc Roman Catholic communities , and particularly to thc rev . gentlemen who havo seceded from the church of England .

      Mr. O'Connor And Tue Electors Of Notting...

      MR . O'CONNOR AND TUE ELECTORS OF NOTTINGHAM . . On Monday last Mr . _O'Connor—carrying out thc principle of Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments—met tiie electors of Nottingham , in order to submit his conduct to criticism , and , in the event of their being satisfied , to be re-elected their representative . At twelve o ' clock a considerable number of the hon . member ' s admirers assembled at Barker Gate , with banners flying , and accompanied with music , and proceeded towards the station to meet Mr . O'Connor . Enthusiastic was the reception of thc " People ' s Representative , " and loud the acclamations of the crowd , as folio- 'ing the carriages containing the hon . member and liis _fWencis , they returned tothe Market-place , where a platform had been erected for the occasion . Just before the commencement of the proceedings the crowd might amount to five or six thousand persons , and the numbers were greatly increased before they

      terminated . Mr . George Harrisos having been called to the chair , addressed the masses assembled . He said : — Electors and Non-Electors of Nottingham , it is a pleasure for me to appear again before you on the annual occasion when we are called upon to recognise the conduct , and to examine the votes , of Mr . 0 Connor as Member of Parliament for Nottingham , during the last session , and I am happy that it is in my power to say to you with sincerity and truth , that he is the best member in thc House of Commons—the man in whom thc _working classes placed

      every eonhdence . We may truly say that Nottingham has only one representative . There may beas there are , no doubt—many men here who despise Mr , 0 Connor as tho member for this place * , but , on the other hand , it would appear that the representative of their choice ( Mr . Walter ) despises tiiem , for nothing do we hear of him , either in his votes or speeches . ( Laughter . ) He is a very quiet member . ( Cheers . ) My triends , 1 shall not trouble you any longer , but leave _Miv-O'Coiinor to give you an account of his labours in Parliament , and the services he has rendered as member for Nottingham .

      Mr . O'Coxxon then rose , but was unable to make himself heard for several minutes on account ofthe enthusiastic cheering . Silence having been in some degree restored , the hon . member said : Mr . Chairman , Electors and Non-Electors of Nottingham , on this occasion I do not stand before you to play the farce ofa mock election , but I stand before my constituents to carry into effect at least two points of the Charter , namely—Annual Parliaments and Universal Suffrage . ( Immense cheering . ) And this , my friends , is no new thing with me , for when I sat in Parliament for my native county—and I may well . j * - ** . It this my native town—( cheers)—at tho close of every session of Parlmnent I have tendered my resignation to those who have the best right to

      canvas my public conduct . ( Hear , hear . ) So long as I accept a public trust from you , my friends , so long do I consider myself bound to give—so long do I consider you justified in demanding—an account of my parliamentary doings . I am the servant ofthe non-electors as well as of the more fortunate middle and higher classes , and I hope at no distant time that any distinction—so far as the suffrage is concerned—will be swept away , and that it shall not be within the scope of any portion ofthe public to overpower the franchise of the industrious classes of non-electors . ( Cheers . ) My friends , for this I havo spent many years of my life ; for this , during the last quarter of a century , I have given my means and my industry , and my

      talents—such as they arc—and thank God that the Labour Question is at last beginning to bo understood in theory , and demonstrated in fact . ( Cheers . ) I wish to see you put- in your proper positions , and the bludgeon-men , the pensioners , the soldiers , the bishops , . the lawyers , and the . parsons , each and all of them , placed in theirs . I wish to see them no longer suffered to live on the blood and industry of the industrious classes . ( Cheers . ) And you , men of "Nottingham , have it at least to boast of—if of nothing moro—that you stand alone in the House of Commons . ( Cheers . ) You did not buy mo and you cannot sell me . I did not buy you , and , my life on it , I will not sell you . ( Enthusiastic cheers . ) My friends , you will find me faithful to vour interests ,

      if you arc faithful to yourselves . We shall struggle on together , and when my votes are opposed to your interests , I sliall be willing to retire when you command mc ; I need not tell you , friends , that I would surrender my life rather than hold my seat dishonourably , and I think the man lost to all honour who would falsify the principles on which lie was elected by his constituents . My friends , whether you be electors or non-electors , i am your servant still . ( Cheers . ) Bradshaw , of the A _' otti ' _nonaiii Journal , was something move than pleased when ho heard that I was _goin-r to retire from Parliamentary life . ( Ironical cheers . ) But I am glad that his opinions are not yours . ( "No , no . " ) I have no doubt I shall bc re-elected again to-day , in spite

      ofall Mr . Bradshaw may write or think . ( Cheers , and cries of " You shalL" ) I know that nothing would ive that honest gentleman so much pleasure as to hear that Feargus O ' Connor was disgraced and discarded bythe _people of England , and he and the leaders of the lying Press arc seeking to accomplish this . ( Hear , hoar . ) My friends , I am independent oftho calumnies and " misrepresentations of tlie Press . ( Cheers . ) What do I care , although they give the " Oh , oil ' s , " and the "Laughter" thc House of Commons ? They have been long accustomed to give you all the lean and none ol tbe fat , and you aiid I have now learned to know them . ( Cheers . ) I repeat it , tliey cannot drive me one hair ' s-breadth from my _priuciules . ( Cheers . ) I stand

      here before you m fulfilment of them . I stand here before you , to advocate , as I have done on the lloor of tlie House of Commons , and if you continue your trust in me I shall do again , annual parliaments and universal suffrage , and carrying out these principles to their fullest extent . I say that if you are dissatisfied with my stewardship . I am prepared to resign my position as your servant . You elected me as such , and it is your right to _judije my conduct . My friends , I am here to-day for the purpose of being judged by you . ( Cheers , and cries of " We are satistiedT" ) I have been asked to subscribe to your horticultural shows and horse-racing , bnt I said "No ; I will uot thus obtain popularity . " I appeal to a higher tribunal for your support . I

      appeal to my own honest public services . ( Cheers . ) My votes have been public—my principles havo been made known far and wide , and it is my intention before many weeks arc over my head , to let them be heard again in every large town in England . ( Cheers . ) I would , therefore , blush with shame to stand here and look you in the face , if I claimed your support on any other ground than my services for the people . ( Cheer . * . ) My friends , our cause is progressing , thc power of the enemy is beginning to he brolccn . ( Cheers . ) I rejoice that it is so , and no vanity of mine shall interpose an obstacle ; no indifference of mine shall retard thc good cause , however it may be named , and bv whomsoever promoted . For this

      reason thc new Parliamentary Reform Association , or any other association that is calculated to forward reform , shall have my support . ( Cheers . ) I care not who is first if the cause itself triumphs—( continued cheers)—and I am glad tliat , after fighting for our principles so long , after my name has been branded , and my _eh-wawev _-m- \ ligiwnJ , _ealttvnniated , misrepresented , and persecuted , wc have reacned this good end at last , that those who were not long ago opposed to vs , are now ready to g ive four of thc points of thc Charter , and no doubt will be prepared before long to give us the other two . ( Cheers . ) What fact , my friends , can bc more delightful than this , that you have at lcneth convinced those who were opposed to you ,

      that thc Charter docs not mean revolution , nor tne Chartists violators of the law . ( Cheers . ) "tou have now a great number , and you will soon have all the middle classes with you . You see evidences of wealth in the shop 3 around you ; but , my _tnenus , you would sec more if you were well remunerated . ( Cheers . ) The shopkeeper well knows , that the man who earns twenty shillings is a hettcr customer than the man who earns five shillings , especially if that is spent in the Poor Law bastiles . ( Cheers . ) It is the shopkeepers who possess the balance of political power , and they have discovered that the well-paid operative is the best customer at their counters . The shopkeepers avo the very first men who feel when their best customers , the working men , become the worst—they are beginning now to see the error of thoir former ways—( cheers and laughter)—and I than k . God , my friends , that despised as I have , been , and

      slandered as I have been—I thank God that I liave prepared the mind of England at ; this day for the proper consideration of this question . I was lately asked by little Johnny Russell ifl intended going to Ireland to meet the Queen ; 1 said / No , not unless I had a situation . " — " What situation should you like , Mr . O'Connor ? " I told him 1 should liko to be shoe-black to Prince Albert , if his boots would fit mc . ( Laughter . ) My friends , my time , my industrv , and my exertions are yours , and not the lukewarm Lord Russell , nor the slippery Peelyou never know when you catch him-- ( laughter)—can resist us if we are true to each other . ( Cheers , ) There is a good time coining , notw ithstanding the odium and enmity of the classes who arc opposed to you . Show me , if you can , an instance in the history of tbis or any other country where tho working classes are made so powerful that the Ministry is forced to hid for thoiii . ( Cheers . ) Patriotism is a powerful inducement with some men ,

      Mr. O'Connor And Tue Electors Of Notting...

      doubt , but other considerations actuate the "mat _onjii of the members you return to parliament . " For myself , lean say that I never expected and never ¦ iccepted - remuneration at thc hands of anyone . ( Ulcers . ) I never travelled a mile or eat a meal at your expense while 1 was doing vour work , and let them speak of Feargus O'Connor as they will , if you had move representatives in the House of Commons of my mind vou would s on got rid of the little members of the little aristocracy-- ( chcers md laughter)—who make up for their attendance ut tho lobbies of tlio House by _shooting grouse in ¦

      _" _LouaMt when the session is over , hut whenever , by any chance , enter the House during the discussion 01 a question , however important , although their votes are always at the service of tlie Minister , if justice is to be stifled or the people ' s rights to be Kept back . ( Rear , hear . ) What can bo moro absurd than this system ? You have , perhaps , 360 men returned to parliament who never enter the Mouse at all , because they pair off each session _, iiiey never hear an argument , and , therefore , cannot bo convinced of error . Thev have made up Hi < ar minds , and arc not lo bc caught by a speech . \ ue , _* ir , Hoar . ) However brilliant , or argumentative , 01 powerful , the speech will not catch them ; they _cnL 1 agaInsfca 11 reasoning , for the best ofreair _^ _w r _,- _. th _ey wiIt not S've themselves the tiouble of listening to ifc . ( Hear ,, hear . ) Now , if _rvnltfi P ' h * . « _t of our own this would not hc . iX _™? _« hm _' m _S- ) We should , as in times past , nave the parliamen t nttine durimr tho . lav time

      invom _T _„ _2 -f'IS aft" * dinner , when too many of !? rL _$ _W totw 5 ! half drunk with wine _, _coi-idurf In T * ' , who 1 , avc ™ _*!* _Efr h _2 ' _^"" I t , wt thc wIloIe object of my . Ymi & _JT _^ _JT ° P ° the - _^ w « _action . _^ , _S ° ie dl _F cult _* - * _"e had to contend fit ? t ( II ar ' T _' - - * T , ! 0 newspapers whieh at hist opposed mc have now changed tlieir views . Ihey admit , that tho Land Plan i 3 \ good plan , hut itmustbe mother hands . It wouiu be all well _W _, the devil were -not the framer of it . Cut , my frionds , I can tell you that ( ho Land tochome 13 m very good hands , —( cheers and laughter)—and I am happy to see that Sir Robert Pool and the London corporation , aro going to carry my out

      principles . Tlio Dispatch says , and so says Joe Bradshaw , —( laughter)—that wo shall see shortly that thc whole of my plan , if left in my bad hands , will turn out a fallacy . Well , wc shall see that . ( Cheers . ) But , in tlie meantime , I am glad that the question is attracting so much attention . 1 think it probable that this is the last time I shall tender my resignation to you as non-electors of Nottingham , for I believe that the ministry will feel , if they do not see , the necessity of giving in the next session of parliament a vote to every man who is twenty-one years of ago . ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) Yes , the time has at last come , and little Lord John begins to perceive that if he does not give us Universal Suffrage at oncewe must have

      , something approaching it . Mr . O ' Connor then went on to congratulate those assembled on the changes which public opinion was creating in the mind of parliament , and he earnestly entreated them not to slacken in their exertions until thoy had obtained the full rights to which they were entitled , but of which they had been so long deprived . The hon . member then proceeded ;—! shall bo proud again to represent you to tbe best of my ability , and according to your instructions , and if it should happen that 1 should ever differ in opinion from you , my duty would bo plain , and yours would bo equally clear . ( Hear , hear . ) 1 could not he induced to give a vote contrary to

      my feelings , but as we have not been opposed in times past 1 hope our principles will he iu union for tho time to come . Should it happen to bc otherwise like Cincinnatus , I shall return to my plough , ready like him , to place my services at your disposal , should you see proper to require them . My friends , at this time and 111 this place , I do not want to appeal to your feelings , but to your judgment , and therefore I shall not say a word about thc struggle between Hungary and Austria . To-ni ght 1 sliall be _expected in that room , to say something upon tliat exciting subject , but this is a stage where your feelings should not be aroused , but whore only that business that brought us together should occupy our attention , 1 to give an account of my stewardship , and you , my friends , to decide whether I have acted faithfully and honestly therein . If I havo done so re-elect me , if you please , not for seven years but for another year ; if 1 have not , then discharge me . Some members of thc Ilouse of

      Commons repudiate the idea of being your servant , I confess that 1 am so , and I glory in it , ( Cheers . ) My friends , I will not detain you much longer . This is a fair representation of two of the points of the Charter—Annual Parliaments , and Universal Suffrage . This is tlie way to propagate the Charter , and whatever tends to advance its attainment that let us support . Tor this I voted for Financial and Parliamentary Reform , no matter of what kind . ( Cheers . ) For this I voted for every question that was iutonded to advance your interests and your welfare . ( Cheers . ) And 1 stand here now as a servant _beforo his masters . If you are dissatisfied , discharge me ; if you are satisfied , retain me . . What I could do in the cause of the peoplo I tried , and I hope that when I die it may be said of mc , that in somo things , at least , I loft the world better than I had found it . The lion , member sat do wn amidst loud and long continued applause .

      Mr . James Sweet . —Brother electors and _nonolt'otors , I have great pleasure in calling on you to support the following resolution : — " That the electors and lion-electors of Nottingham having closely observed tlie public conduct of Mr . O'Connor , express themselves satisfied therewith , aud request him to resume his parliamentary duties as tlieir representative , and his arduous efforts , botli in and out of the House of Commons , to advance the social and political rights of tlie people . " Sir , in moving this resolution " ! must say that I for one , as an elector of Nottingham , havo watched the public eonduct of Mr . O'Connor most narrowly , and if 1 had thought that lie had not done his duty I sliould at once , and unhesitatingly , tell him where he had not

      fulfilled it . Seeing that we have so lew in the Ilouse of Commons , who cave for our interests , 1 think it is our duty to testify our gratitude to the mail who has the moral courage to stand forward amidst such a set—( laughter)—in defence of our rig hts . Wc have , indeed , only one member for Nottingham , for what is the use of such men as Mr . Walter in the House of Commons . He is , without any doubt , a degenerate son of his father . His fstlior had some sympathies iu common with the poor man , for he opposed tlie infernal poor law ; but what feeling for our class has his son ever shown ? ( Hear , hear . ) I shall certainly vote again , should "he stand as a candidate for Nottingham , but it will hc to turn him out—( cheers )—to send him to

      the right-about . ( Laughter . ) The time has now come when we must do our own work—when we must each put our shoulders to thc wheel , and determine to destroy corruption . ( Cheers . ) Nottingham has been impure too long . We had the Sanitary Commissioners here the other day cleaning our dirty p laces out ; let us but get the power and wc will do thc same thing to parliament . ( Laughter . ) 1 beg to propose thc resolution I road to you . Mr . _Robeuts . — Fellow townsmen , wc have an honest man before us . ( Cheers . ) lie has spent his money—his estates—liis talent—and his time in forwarding yonr interests , and ho conies here at thc end of the session to tell you that ho faithfully did your work . If you arc desirous of doing so you can elect another i « liis place , but show mo where you

      cm find Jinn . ( Cheers . ) I say , no better man can be found for the toiling millions of this country . Surely , when one-ei g hth only of the people of this kingdom have-a voice in parliament , you will not be insane enough to reject tho services ofthe only man who calls himself the servant of the non-electors . Lot the Mercury and Bradshaw do us justice to-day . That is all we want and all we care for . Wo kuow tliat " mercury "' has killed many a man in its day —( laughter)—but wc will uot be so easily got rid of . Let little Lord John Russell take au example from tins occasion—let him come like O'Coimoi' and give an account of his stewardship . My fellow-townsmen , ho dare not try it . 1 have great pleasure in seconding thc return of thc man of tho people , in tlio representation of Nottingham . ( Cheers . )

      Ihe Chairman then taking on himself the office of returni _ng officer ; and after calling for a show of hands , declared Mr . O'Connor duly elected to serve in parliament . The enthusiasm was general , every hand being held up for , and not one against htm . The cheering having subsided , Mr . _O'Cossoa , in returning thanks , said : Electors of Nottingham , for you have all returned mo to-day , I hope that your rights will le extended , and that in the election of future members of parliament your voices will bo yet more powerfu l , for I trust that beforo twelvemonths are over , every man turned twenty-one years of ago will have the elective franchise . ( Cheers . ) I am happy to sco around me a combination of men holding every political , social , and religious opinion , but each and all determined to accomplish tlieir liberties ; and God spare us , we shall do so . _CCheers . l I have been proposed

      by a Protestant and seconded by a Roman Catholic , and this gives mo the most sincere p leasure , because I tell you that , if it wero in my power , I would destroy all sectarian distinctions . And I'll toll you , my friends , what . will do it ; the union of the lower and the middle classes—the operatives awl the shopkeepers . . ( Cheers . ) Let it bc my duty to work out our principles ; yours to return men _willing to assist mo in doing so . ( Cheers . ) We have both a groat work vet before us , namely , that work on wliich for the last twenty-seven years of my life I have heen . engaged — the Labour Question . It is on that subject I hope to speak to-night . It is no _cai-y task that you have again conferred upon me , and if I . should stand alono in the House of Commons , as the representative of your wishes , and interests , and not thc mero r «*? rosentativc oftho aristocratio ; mind ofthe country , bo sure that I will give no vote _repuonant to your liberties —( cheers ) _l— but that , . to . tSe beat of my abilities ,. _isyhost

      Mr. O'Connor And Tue Electors Of Notting...

      cft ' orts will he to make you move comfortnWi * , more independent , and more irco . My dlorts for a quarter of a century havo been so _dirscte-l _, notwithstanding all thc in .-i _' _li-rnity of mankind , and the animosity of tlio _press _^ _and I have not bt-. cn wi * bout reward . The plans I havo promoted are approved of—in any other hands than mine ; ( _Laugi . _'ior ami cheers . ) Well , never mind , they are my phim , after all . ( Laughter . ) M y friends , ' 1 belong to yon , and though not born of your class , I would sooner be with you and of you than belong to tlio men who oppress and despise you . ( Cheers . ) Electors and non-electors , I thank you for conferrins on mc this

      renewed mark of your confidence . I thank vou for conferring the representation of your wishes " on mc , and in taking leave of you I have only to say , that let whoever will desert your cause , no lying , nor slander , nor malignity , nor misrepresentation—no obloquy and no persecution—will induce me to give up the Land Scheme , or one point of the People ' s Charter . ( Tremendous applause . ) My friends , as tho successful candidate , permit mo to call for a vote of thanks to his worshi p the mayor , who has so ably conducted the proceedings . ( Much laughter and cries of " Long live Harrison , the now Lord Mayor . " )

      Mr . llAnniso _*** . —As tho newly elected Mayor of Nottingham I return you my thanks . I have no desire , however , to encroach on thc privileges of Mr . Carver , and no I'll thank you as a fellowworker in tho good causo . ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , a great part of our success depends upon removing thc prejudices of public men as to the opinions and wishes of working men , and their ability to bo entrusted with the franchise . It is for ' this reason that meetings like theso , which are characterised by peace and good order , should be held ; and I would ask the Press , which is here very fully represented , to give our meeting as it is , and then , if it so pleases , give its own opinions afterwards . ( Cheers . ) Mr .

      O'Connor , I congratulate you on your re-electionmay you continue long the representative for Nottingham ; we have only one , and may you , in spite of tho prejudice of the Press , and thc enmity of interested men , go on fearlessly , and carry out successfully your philanthropic schemes for tho advancement of the working man . ( Cheers . ) My friends , I declare tho election over , and we shall now separate quietly , after giving three cheers for thc Charter , and three cheers more for tho National Land Plan . Tho multitude responded most heartily , Mr . J . Sweet acting as fugleman on the occasion , and afterwards quietly dispersed .

      Ia The Afternoon, A Number Of Tho Electo...

      Ia the afternoon , a number of tho electors and non-electors dined at the Seven Stars , Ikrkcrgate . Mr , Harrison presided , and Mr . Skevington occupied tho position of vice-chairman . After an excellent dinner , able speeches were delivered hy several . of the gentlemen present , and Mr . O'Connor , who had kindly consented to honour them with his presence , soon afterwards entered the room and was received with the most hearty welcoming . The hon . member addressed those present on the Labour question , contending that until the labouring classes had some portion in the land they would never bo really independent , and _promising ' that _, if supported them they wouiu at no distant date prove tho truth of thc promises he had so often held out to them . The hon . member on retiring was repeatedly cheered .

      Meeting To Sympathise With Tiie Hungaria...

      _MEETING TO SYMPATHISE WITH TIIE HUNGARIANS . At seven o ' clock in thc evening a crowded meeting was held in the Exchange Room , Market-place , for the purpose of expressing the sympathy of the poople of Nottingham with tho Hungarians , and calling upon the Minister of Foreign Affairs to interfere , by negotiation or otherwise , in procuring the recognition of their _rights by thc powers of Austria and Russia . Resolutions in accordance with thc objects of thc meeting wore moved , and eloquent and spirit-stirring addresses made by Mr . Paget , Mr . Menbcrg , Mr . O'Connor , Mr . J . G . Harney , Mr . fican , and other gentlemen . Thc meeting was presided over by the lion , the Mayor of Nottingham . The proceedings were over about ten o ' clock .

      The Sheffield Meeting. On Tuesday Last O...

      THE SHEFFIELD MEETING . On Tuesday last one of tho largest and most enthusiastic meetings hold for many a long day took place in the Sheffield Circus . Mr . Otley , the well known and consistent advocate of Chartism , was appointed to the chair , and opened the proceedings hy telling the audience that ho was deli ghted to sco such a gathering of his townsmen ; that he had no need to express a hope that thc proceedings would he conducted in an orderly manner ; that as Mr . O'Connor was a public man , and that was a public meeting , he would be ready at the close of his address to answer any questions that might bc proposed to him upon any topic . He explained the great changes which arc now taking place in all countries , and expressed a hope that his gallant townsmen would bc , as they ever had been , thc foremost in tho struggle for the legitimate ri ghts of thoir order . Ho then sat down amidst loud cheering and introduced

      Mr . O ' Coxxon , who was received with enthusiastic and long continued applause . The speaker began by tolling them tliat he had been re-elected as the member for Nottingham , and that he stood there that night to develope the Labour Question , which to him and to them was the question of questions . He then entered mto an analysis of the present House of Commons , showing the utter hopelessness of any charge from such a body , and showing that it labour was to bc represented , labourers must take their seat in that Houso , before those who now legislated and lived upon the profits of industry could be made to understand the real bearing of the question . He stated that one trade alone in _Shefiieldlliad in a very few months _expended over £ 18 , 000

      in supporting thc unemployed bauds U their trade , while , if expended in the purchase of land , it would have enabled those displaced labourers to support themselves , anil at fivo per cent , give them an intorest ofi _* i 00 a year , while their capital still remained undiminished , thc properly improved , and the labour market thinned , so as to increase the wages of the remaining stall ' . He gloried in the fact that thc middle classes had now all but adopted their principles , and that the shopkeepers of Sheffield , like those of other towns , would very soon discover that the wives and families of well-employed labourers wonld bo better customers to them than the wives and families of Mrs . Muffin , and Mrs . Crumpet , who wero enlisted in the Free Trade agitation _unon 110 other grounds than being allowed

      to associate with persons whom thoy considered of a higher order . He stated tho pressure that Lord John Russell asked for , and reminded them thatthe way that a cock-fighter tried tho pluck of a game chicken was by putting it between his knees and squeezing it—if he moaned he was a had breed , hut if ho pecked and fought ho was pluck . Now so it would bc with Lord John . Next session , if thc couutry created a pressure , hc ( Mv . 0 ' Connor ) would put the little game cock between his knees , and then ihey should sec whether hc pecked or moaned . He stated the difficulties with which Chartism had to contend , and that tho greatest was their own dissension , and Wliich lie trusted from that ni g ht forth would for ever be buried in oblivion , and resumed his seat amid deafening cheers .

      A vote of thanks to , and confidence in , Mr . O'Connor was then proposed and carried unanimously , amid thunders of applause . After the rote of thanks was moved and carried , some altercation took place between two or three members on the Chartist council , not with reference to Mr . O'Connor , to which , however , the good sense of the meeting put a speedy termination . Mr . _O'Cossott again rose to return thanks , imploring the council to lay aside all trifling piques and differences , and to unite as one man for one common interest—the salvation of their country . Hc then proposed a vote of thanks to , and confidence in , Mr . Otley , their chairman , as a man who had _struggledlong , and well , and honestly , in the people's cause , and ono who he was proud to see still possessed the confidence of his towusmen . The vote of thanks was carried amid thc loudest acclamations .

      Mr . Otlev on rising to return thank ? , was received with renewed applause , and after thanks for their confidence , dissolved tho Meeting , requesting them to subscribe for the Victim Fund at the door . Thc meeting then dispersed , giving three cheers for Mr . O'Connor . After which £ 2 lis . was handed to him for the Victim Fund , to be applied as he thought proper .

      Monument To The Late Mn. 0. Buller.—Born...

      Monument to the late Mn . 0 . Buller . —borne few intimate friends of the late Right Hon . Charles Buller , M . P ., including nearly all her . Majesty ' s ministers , purpose erecting a monumeni to his memory in Westminster Abbey , between the tombs of Horner and Warren Hastings . Tho committee to whom has been entrusted thb completion of the preliminary arrangements , asked ptsfaiission of Dean Buckland to p laco the intended bast and tablet in the position _indioatcd , and their * request was willingly complied with .

      Death of the - Sukkiff Su & stvzeie ov C . W'iisess . —We regret to learn ( through a commuuicatiop from . tho office of tho _Johx & Groat ' s Journal , ) the sudden aiid accidental death of Charles i'orsy tb , Esq ., Sheriff Substitute " of Caithness-shire , which took place in tho nei g hbourhood of Wick last week . Mr . Forsyth , along with his servant , was out hi a boat on thoLoch of Wsttton , about eig ht miles from Wick * when the boat * was upset by a sudden squall , and instantly sunk . ¦ " Tho hat and cap of the parties had been found , _aixtl active search was being made for tho bodies , Mr . Forsyth had only held the office of Sheriff Substitute for the county of C & _Ufe noas for about a yoa _*? and a haU-

      Kational Assoc Fatlon Of United Trades. ...

      KATIONAL ASSOC _fATlON OF _UNITED TRADES . ( TO _T-IEI-mTO _** OF Till : _NOlii-HEIIX . ' . 7 . 111 __ _bin , —W e shall feel ohli geil bv tin * i _*; _.- _* artion ot tho two following fetters , . ; Stt IV „ _Uu-lcaUo Specimen of Freo Trade justice and humanity . In the disastrous years 1847-8 , the factory operatives wero obliged to submit to reductions in thoir wages , _avera- _' _-iiiothrough Lancashire twenty _jicr cent ., and in many places tho reductions enforced were not less than thirty percent . A shortcrop of cotton , the disturbed state of Europe , and consequent disarrangement of trade , was put forth as a valid justification for tliese reductions .

      Well , Sir , things have changed . The rattle boxes arc again in full action , cotton is plentiful and cheaper than ever ; orders in abundance—and the ingenuity ofthe manufacturers racked how to got orders executed sufficiently quick . Well , tho poor workmen , of course , seeing all tliese manifestations of not returning hut returned prospojjt y , conceive themselves entitled to partake iiithc sweets oi change ; thoy select two , pf : tIlcli _$ hopinates to

      write a respectful letter in ' their bclmlf ; to solicit for a trilling advance . Could any human being imagine that this could be an offence , for whicli the vengeance of the Bashaw _* Stott should have fallen upon tho heads of theso honest men ? Surel y , Sir , it is time that the factory operatives ' made a strenuous effort , b y union and organisation , to place themselves in a position _ollcctualj y to resist , ot resent such an iniquitous abuse of power .

      The Central Committee have instructed mo to request the favour of insertion ofthe following letters from tho victims of manufacturing oppression . lam , Sir , Your obedient servant , William Peel , Hoc . Sm , —The following will give you and thc public generally a specimen of Whi g libertv : — On Tuesday last , August _1-Uh , Ve , tho cardgrinders in the employ of lid ward Howard and Co .. feeling ourselves aggrieved at tho extremely low wages we wove receiving , am ) not thinking them equal to the amount of labour performed , resolved on writing a letter to our emplovers , through their

      agent , Samuel Stott , asking in the mildest maimer possible for a small advance , at thc same timo pointing out to them thc notice of an advance hy tho roaster cotto'i spinners < _.-f Blackburn , and theaverage amount of wages their card-griuders had boen receiving during had trade . In order that S . Stott , the agent , should not deny receiving the letter , two men carried it to his house , and he has victimised them for it . On the following evening at about _half-pastfivt-o ' clock , some cotton came , winch _, according to custom , four of the number of cardroom grinders employed should have got into the room whore it is mixed and got ready for tlie carding department . It so happened that onlv twu

      went instead of four ; one was one ofthe two that , carried the letter to the Whig agent , Stott ; they endeavoured to get it in : they wound two or three bales in , and then left the rest and went to their work in tlio rooms , for they found that tliey had scarcely strength to do oiie man ' s work , ' _ucn'i ' name two . Consequentl y Stott , tho agent , was sent for to know how they must act , who immediately sent for ono ofthe two that had attended to it , from the room in which he worked , not tlie two which in justice hc should have done , but th _' s was one that had carried the letter , so hc gave hiin his wages and discharged him . Had he sent for one of thoso that did _nofcome _, hut neglected it , it would havo been dilfo ' rciit . Well , there was another yet , that he must be without or raise his wages , but how to do it ho could not tell , f or it wis not hi . s turn to

      g et cotton in ; he could not find fault with his work 111 the factory . On Friday morning , at twenty-five * minutes to cloven o ' clock , Stott sent for hini into the counting-house , paid him his wages for _tfii _*> week—which was up that ni ght—and " discharged hiin , but would not say what for , only that he would learn that another day . Another followed , and asked for his wages , being the roller grinder for the other , and told Stott , that if that man liad done anything wrong , ho hnd done wrong also ; but no , he couhl not spare him just then , ho would give hint a week ' s notice when lib was dissatisfied with him , and told him and others since , that tho letter was a scandalous one for any one to read or hear read . The following is a statement of our wages : —First , that is cylinder grinders , Os ., roller Grinders 8 * . 'Jo _., for 0 ) hours , sometimes 02 * icv week—should be 5 S hours per week ; females work the same time .

      Wc think the peoplo will Uc able to judge whether the scandal lies on him or u _^ , so we" enclose a copy , And _** rem _. iiiij Sir , Rochdale , August 18 . v Tim _Victims . _liocitn . _* . * . " _* . —Gknti . kmk . v , —Tn addressing to you the present letter wo are actuated with the best of motives towards both yen and ourselves . It is a . well-known hut la _:-: ieiitahle fact , that the time is not far gone by when we were passing through a severe depression in trade , during wliich we had many i ! _iffi-. _iilties and deprivations " to put up with in consequence of our not getting wages _suflieii-nt to procure that quantity of food whieh our body naturally required to enable us to follow our daily

      labour , and wc borcitwitn thc greatest patienco but now , when trade is wearing a more pleasing aspect—now , when we see that thc cnnimeicml horizon is bright and full of hopeful prospects of a brisk and prosperous trade—now , in fact , when wo see that the master cotton spinners of Blackburn aro setting a noble and generous example by giving notice of an advance of live per cent . 111 the following branches—viz ., carding , spinning , and weaving , wo consider ourselves justified in asking you for a small advance . We be-. ' also to remind vou of the

      tact that , during bad trade ,. ? the card grinders ot Blackburn have been receiving an average of cloven shillings per week , at ten hours per day / five days in thc week , and eight on Saturdays . Hoping you will consider this question , and inform us of your intentions between this anu _Saturday next , we remain , gentlemen , your obedient servants , Tin- Caihi Room Joiw . eks oa _Gtiiximtts or _Oi . i > Mil . * ., _Ciikktiiam-stukbt , _Kochum . _** . Mr . Samuel Stott , for Messrs . _G . Howard and Co . ¦ august 11 th .

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      Siiernri.N.—A Meeting Was Held On Sunday...

      _SiiErnRi . n . —A meeting was held on Sunday , August' 20 th , in tho Democratic Temperance Hotel _, when the following persons were elected as council forthe ensuing quarter;—William Carter , . lames Mitchell , George Tbornsby , John Taylor , "William Dyson , Samuel "" 'Jackson , ' William Cavill , . fames Smith , Joseph " Coldwell , Thomas Gill , Charles Bagshaw , James Wilson . The following persons were elected officers of the association ;—i ' rcsiilciit _, Thomas Rciishaw * Treasurer , Aaron lUggiiu bottoni ; Corresponding Secretary , Richard Otley ; Financial Secretary , ' _Ceoree Cavill ; Auditors , Michael Buck lev and Nathaniel Robinson . Toweii H . \ Mi . KTS . —The Chartists of this locality , aided by that of _Crtpplt-gat- _* ,-took a pleasure trip to Richmond , on _thc'i' Jtli ult ., the profits of which arc to bo appropriated to establishing a place of meeting , a library , and " Mutual Instruction Society , for the democratic party of the East-end of London . "

      Ji-Mohai Nairo Owpaiu

      _ji-moHai _nairo _owpaiu

      Ii I'M— At Tho Weekly Meeting Of Thc Lan...

      II I'M— At tho weekly meeting of thc Land members at thoir room , Malt Shovel , _"North Church Side , Mr . R . Jackson in the chair , the following resolutions were carried unanimously : — " That this branch view with great displeasure the _deeisioti ot Conference ia agreeing to _jivocompeuss'tion to Mr . Geo . Wheeler , feeling assured that , as a Company , we have nothing to do with the ditferencc betweenthose two parties ; let them Sght it out themselves , - as wc are informed that Mr . Ceo . Wheeler would not come to-any terms with Mr . Poole , and ns Mr . Poole has displayed such impatience . he has siifiered enough , and Mr . Geo . Wheeler having r eceived £ w _> of Mr . _I- _' _feoIc _, ho ( G . IV . ) has had the means of doing himself some _ijood ,. and for this reason eaiinof _* Jav just claim to _fnrths-i' compensation from tha _ComWiiV _, than stand in , his orig inal : position as a . balloted member . " "That an equal , proportion of rent bc- claimed from each allottee , it not all the amount * duo . "

      Tub Lm'e Coxfjkibexck. To- The >:T)V)»K ...

      TUB LM'E _COXFJkiBEXCK . TO- THE > : _t ) V )» K OF THE "JOUTUEr . S & -J . _KR . Wi" Sir ., _—Intended at Newcastle 011 Sunday tho 19 th Aug .,. "io give the- explanations required _concerning ray statements , at the Conference . The partis' * who furnished me with my information wero thore , and _reiterated the assertions I had made . * J was * not " -aisled , " as the last week's resolutjoa _feomJJcJfcastlc savs , nor did I ever say Iwns ; . h « fclIv aHf _, _Siore than over convinced that what I steteil _^ lfiQV . fc _^ ice is the fact , and one of _^ impo ' v _^ no _^ Mt _iffel satisfied I was doing _jwfH _^*» _= th _£ l _^ _ate _% in i » _ak » g that _statewSfci-JJiop-yi _^ _spcioMy _ow character , and _h"kewi-iofofke-: hem 4 « _yi association you will _puhlisli-the . safe _^ \ im . _<» _*» $ cc "" ft ' * : - - .. ¦¦ .. ¦* - ' i . r / l _* . '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 1, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01091849/page/5/