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      Linf _. mfor . _wtiat sho was taken in custody , ihe said that ne g « e gave the chile to ber sister ( Lane ) the previousevenjg tog to took care of , being toe mucb intoxicated to do io _¦¦ rseereeuV He took Lane into _eustodyia consequence . — Hdetlderman Moon said there appeared to be no evidence _Sjairgaintt the prisoner . Lane , and sbe was , therefore , dta-Hargiarged . With respect to Sullivan , he should remand eer uer until the result of the eorener * s inquest was _asoarwinained ' . Ai As 1 _itf _« otjb Assault . A maa , who gave his name _tind ind address as Henry James , _Albany-rewd , Camberwell , nut mt _>> . ho was stated to be a jeweller , of Bristol , was

      _nharharged with _highlr improper conduct towards some _irateiy young girls under tha north pDrtiee of St Paul ' s . — _IsHAlderawn _Itooa said , that when a _« respectable' man lilikelike the prisoner so grossly misconducted himself , and _isttattempted to debase lie minds of such tender children , iit nt wa _« nweE » ary _tbatapioportionatepunisbmentshould Ibe be inflicted . He was . therefore , sentenced to three _imomonthi * imprisonment , with hard labeur . —Theprisoner , whiwho appeared thunderstruck at the decision , was then _irenremovei . vTnen searched , theie was a large amount of _inn-mtuey found ob his person , consisting of bank notes , _jgolgold . silver , accrp ance « , diamonds , pearls , gold rings , bii brooch _e . and other articles of jewellery .

      1 WOOLWICH . -A _Dssa Cohfbomise Rosa Makamemey . was _ciiargal with robbing Mr L . Warren , of her _JHaMajesty ' _s _stsam-vesfvl Dee , ot his gold watch , gold chain _ica an i teals . Mr Warren said , ' I do not wish to press the ichKhcrge against the young lady . I was in a passion when II gi gave ber into _custody , and she took thc property ent < of of « l * rk I eras at her house the night previous , _abjut 1212 o ' clock , aid she took it off my neck . Hot liking snch _lihlibtrty _. I demanded it back ; she refused to give it , and I si gave ber in eharge . ' Mr Traill said , gcntlemeB were no not to give women in custody on charges of felony , lock thithem up all night , compromise tbe affair , and then turn it it into a . lurk : courts of law were not to ba turned into

      sasarh ridicule , end he should now not only discharge he her , but order tbe watch and chain to be restored to her , at and if she did . right she would keep them , as they ma ; nt not be his property , on account of his not having sworn te to it , aod from having withdrawn the charge _.

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      GGRAND RADICAL DEMONSTRATION IN THE i OWER HAMLETS , TO CELEBRATE THE RETURN TO PARLIAMENT OF MR GEORGE THOMPSON . A Public Soiree , consisting of tea and public meeti ing , wis held at the New Globe Tavern , Mile-End-1 road , en Monday evening , August the 30 th . At five t o ' clock , ( he large roam , a small room , and the public I gardens were put ia requisition ; so great were the z z > omIera _assembled _.

      The chair was _taken by Dn . Oxnr , who was _snpt ported on his right by the honourable member for t the Tower Hamlets ( Mr G . Thompson ) , and on bis 1 left by tha honourable member for Nottingham , (( Mr Fear-gas _O'Connor ) , in addition to whom , on the I platform , we noticed a splendid phalanx of talent , a and patriotism , including William Howitt , Mary ' Howitt , Mrs G . Thompson , Ernest Jones , Henry _~\ _Vinsent , Rungo _Bapegee . the Rtv . Hugh Seaborne , J Dr . Epp * _. B . O'Brien , W . Geesin , Thomas Cooper , J Mr Barry , and John _SeweU , Esqrs . _^ The speeches rwere delivered on a temporary hustings erected in 1 the spacious grounds attached to the tavern . The Chaishas briefly stated the object of the i meeting , and passed a high eulogium upon Mr

      ' Thompson , whose public services had not been con-1 fined te his own countrymen , but had been given lo 1 the oppressed of all countries . His election had been a source of eratuJation , not only at home , but throughout the civilised world—and it reflected the -highest credit en the constituency of the Tower Ham-:: lets , that ' they had returned iu so triumphant a manner a man so distinguished by his attachment to the great principles of freedem . For his own part he only wished that they could have another eleotion within a year , and they would send another as good as Mr . Thompson - to Saint Stephen ' s ( Cheers ) Dr _Epps said , he was highly gratified in meeting such a numerous and highly intelligent assemblage to celebrate the return of their friend George

      Thompson . Some said in returning him , they had sent an untried man ta Parliament , bat it could not be denied in si doin ? , that they had established a glorious principle . ( Hear hear . ) In the Borough of Finsbury , they bad set the example in a double sense a long time _aso , aa they had returned two friends ofthe people —( loud cheers)—and it was now impossible to cram episcopacy down the throats of ihe men-of that Borough . ( Hear hear . ) The sentiment he had to propose was , 'The people , the true ecource of political power , ' that toast had been a standing one with the Whigs , when they wished to use and twist the people to their own purpoge , bnt happily the people bad begun to find out the right application of the sentiment . There was this

      advantage in havins a . man in the C mmons' House ,, —even should he _be half a fool , and only utter some _dr-zen words of common sense , those clever fellows the reporters licked it into shape , and it sot circulated through the press from one end nf Europe to the other . ( Cheers . ) In proposing this toast , he understood it to mean full political power for the whole peopie , —( hear hear)—and sure he was that when the people obtained the right , they would soon learn the right use of it . ( Hear hear . ) Let them not think in returning George Thompson they had done all there was to do , this wss only ths commencement of the fight . ( Laughter and cheers . ) Only let Britons proceed in a peaceable , legal , quiet sort ef a war , and they must become the greatest

      people on the face of ths earth . ( Applause . ) lie had known publicly their honourable member for a number of years . He was independent in the best sense of that term . He hoped they wonld have such an onion between reformers of aU opinions tbat , by the next election , they wonld be able to send such a number of genuine reformers to the Parliament , that public meetings wonld be unnecessary to cause Members to take the right coarse , but that it would be sufficient for the people to give their representatives direct instructions as to their wishes and feelings . ( Hear hear . ) If Sir W . Clay did not come out broadly on the principles of religious liberty next session , he trusted they would put some better clay in his place . ( Hear and _lauihter . )

      Mr Hesry VtKCEsi came forward to propose ' The 6 , 268 -voters whose suffrages placed Mr _Thompsoa at the head of the poll . ' In proposing this toast he waa _biuad to review the progress ot public opinion . When he was aa apprentice boy in the town of Hull , he heard of tbat great movement that accomplished therevolntion in France . A public meeting was held in that town in favour of the Reform Bill , and , although but a boy , he had theaudacity to stand np . " and move an amendment in favour of _Universal Suffrage , and his amendment was adopted , wbicb laid the foundation of one , of abont six petitions presented in favour of that principle by the late Henry Hunt . ( Lond cheers . ) Enthusiast as he was , he did sot then dream of the progress he had since

      witnessed . ( Hear , hear . ) Tbe great Chartist agitation was a glorious movement , and depend on it the Suffrage agitation wouldnever die oat , so long as there was a man left to demand the Suffrage . ( Loud cheers . ) Some said Universal Suffrage waa opposed to the gospel . He denied it . Did not the Gospel aay— 'Honour all men , ' ' Do unto others as ye would they should do unto" yoa ? ' ( Loud cheers . ) Their opponents did not like aeitation ; like that great comedian , the late John Reeve , they thought ' there shonld ba nothing stirring bat stagnation . ' But the people had ] discovered thatagitation wasa good thing , that it had made aho 3 t _ofjjthiukers , ay ! and of talkers too . ( Hear , hear . ) Oo every stamp in tbe tillage , might now beseen stuck up , 'Muster Hodges

      willgtw a lector ;* and the Muster Hodges did guv lectors too , such lectures as their audiences could understand and appreciate . ( Cheers . ) And he would sow put to his aadience whether the operatives in Blue smock frocks had not become more than a match for members of Parliament ? ( Loud cheers . ) They too had created able and talented writers from their own order . ( Load cheers . ) He held it to be the interest ofthe middle classes to support the _working classes —( hear , hear , ) for a thriving working class . papulation , meant , also thriving shopkeepers . ( Hear , hear . ) He had travelled for the lest five years inculcating this sentiment , and that too at his own risk , unaided by clubs of any sor t . —( hear , hear , ) -and had succeeded in attracting

      large meetings , the persons attending having paid a good price for admittance ; and thus had large masses of the middle classes been informed ofthe principles of democracy . ( Lond cheers . ) The late election for the Toirer Hamlets represented two principles—Universal Suffrage and the Separation of Church and State—and the only way to carry out those principles was , by putting in such men as George Thompson . ( Cheers . ) As to thc Whigs , he knew not who they represented . Mr Vincent here gave an admirable imitation of an aristocrat Whin on the hustings . His mimicry was true to nature ,

      and irresistibly droll ; it created bursts ot merriment . . He impressed on them the necessity of putting Radicals only in nomination , they not only represented the extreme party , but must of necessity represent the _^ more moderate party also . ( Loud cheers , ) Mr Vincent here paid a well-merited , compliment to Mr Thompson , as an able Anti-Slavery advocate , and friend to commercial , civil , and religions freedom- ; and implored the men ofthe Tower Hamlets to go on , and never dare to become _^ recreants to those glorious principles they have vindicated inthe return of George Thompson . Mr V . sat down loudly applauded .

      . _ .... Mr Fbaser said they , the working men , had often met in their fifties , their hundreds , and their thousands , to swear fealty to their principles , but they have now met to congratulate themselves on the receipt of the first instalment of their rights since the _passingof the Reform Bill . The _nonelectors were grateful to the electors—not servilely so , but in the spirit of manhood thanked tbem . ( Lond cheers . ) He would tell thera how the election had been won , it . had jbecn won by __ Chartist and _Non-Conforraist working men , and middle-men cordially uniting .

      . _MtEbt then gave - 'The Non-electors . and may they soon be in possession of tho franchise . ' ( Cheers- ) Hehad fceen asked the question why there were any

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      non-electors , but he fonnd it impossible to aiswe ' r . They constituted the basis of society , They were the producing class , whose labours were indispensable to the existence of society , and though it had been said , and he , at ) a member of the aristocracy of the middle class , believed it , that they needed education to fit them forthe exercise of the franchise ; he had been so convinced by the thrilling eloquence of Mr Vincent , that , in common with many others of tho class to which he belonged , he was now fully convinced of the justice of the claim , that he was quite prepared to go with them , and to aid , to the _fallestextent in making them , for the first time in their lives , politically free . ( Great cheering . ) In conclusion , he would onlv advise them , in the prose

      cution of their just and inalienable claims , to ask for them as a right , not as boon . ( Cheers . ' Atthe same time he would say , that while he deeply rejoiced at the union between the middle classes and the working classes which this election had exhibited , he would caution them against forcing on that union too rapidly . There were feelings and habits to be gradually got rid of , and it was only in proportion as each class gradually and spontaneously acquired a full and correct knowledge of each other , that a real and lasting anion woald be cemented between them . ( Hear , hear . )

      On tbe conclusion of Mr Fry ' s speech the tables having been cleared from the large room , the company adjourned to it , and it _* as densely crowded ia the course of a few minutes by a large assembly composed of both sexes . It was calculated tbat not less than 1 . 000 persons were present , and a large number , who could not gain admission , promenaded the grounds to music of an excellent band . On the resumption of the proceedings . Mr Wiujams briefly addressed the meeting explanatory of the spirit in which the election had been conducted , and especially as to the cordiality which had existed between the electors and non-electors .

      Mr Whim said , his friend , the chairman , Dr Oxley _. hadto do with diseases of the head , he would therefore propose , that sueh crack-brained fellowsas Protectionists , Peers , and Anti-Suffragists , should be handed over to Dr Oxley . ( Loud laughter . ) And he would like is addition to the M . P ., to have the affix of M . D ., attached to the name of Mr George Thompson , so that he might be the medical doctor to the House of . Commons , and he dated to » ay he ! would administer some strange doses . First , - there would be the Anti-State Church dose , second the Peace dose . The next Bill , would be called , Raiepaying Glauses Repeal . Next would come the Suffrage pill , he supposed he must call that a bolus . ( Laughter and applause . ) - With that and the ballot

      he thought they might obtain everything else . ( Loud cheers . ) Sir William Clay , must now . go on , or go off . He concluded by introducing , Mr G . Thohpsok , M . P ., to the meeting , who was received with great applause . When order was re stored . Mr . Thompson , after acknowledging the kind reception , expressed the gratification he had experienced in listening to the speeches which had been delivered that night , in which , with the exception of those which related to . himself , and on which he was not called on to give an opinion , he most cordially concurred . Mr Vincent had had great _experiences the popular movement , and had drawn a cheering picture of its progress , which proved that it was not merely local and sectional , but universal—the spirit

      of liberty was abroad , even on the Continent its influence was visible ; everywhere freemen were calling to freemeB . ( Hear , hear . ) When he spoke this , he did not refer to any particular , set of opinions , or of any man ' s particnlar crotchet , but of the progress of liberal opinion on all subjects . _^ There was room enough fer all to labour in this vineyard , and as the principle ofthe division of labour was as applicable in this as in other cases , he was content to let eaoh work in his own way , certain that in the end all such labours must tend tothe establishment of the broad principle of universal justice . ( Cheers . ) "With respect * to what had been anticipated of his course in the Honse of Commons , it was , he thought , imprudent to make any statement as

      to what any single member might do in that Hou-. e . It was not by argument , figures , or oratory , that the Augeanstable was to be cleansed . ( Hear . ) No , it was only by turning tiie mighty stream of public opinion , of public power , through it , that it was to be purified . For himself he was the mere representative of the principle , and claimed nothing on account of his own merits . Neither was he there to bring a railing accusation against the hon . and gallant general , whom he had supplanted . The place he occupied on the poll on tbe day when the numbers were declared , was a sufficient punishment for his misdeeds , or sins of _omisssion , and he hoped that 'in private and domestic life he would enjoy every happiness ; but , at all events , until he had purged himself , he

      would say , don't send him to Parliament again . ( Hear , and cheers . ) He did not expect te have an opportunity of addressing them again for seme months , though he wonld remind them that , at least as far as they were concerned , annual elections would bs the _practice , inasmuch as he would submit his conduct to them once a year . ( Hear , hear . ) But he would take that opportunity ot urging upon thera the duty of inciting every one to get the franchise for themselves , and thus by increasing the number of _votsrs , prevent any sinister influence being brought to bear upon subsequent elections . ( Hear , hear . ) While , however , congratulating each other upon their own triumph , let them not forget what had been achieved elsewhere . In Halifax ,

      Ipswich , Norwich , and other places , there had been defeats , as they were called ; but , on . the contrary , he thought if these contests were properly looked at , they would be found in reality te be victories , and especially gratifying , in as far as they showed that growing union between the middle and working classes which had been so often and so properly referred to that evening . Mr Thompson then eloquently referred to the Chartist party and their _prineiples _, which he said he had never in the whole course ofhis public career either derided or depreciated , but , on the contrary , had done all in his power to explain to his middle-class friends in such a way as to induce them to look at _| these principles in the right light , and to reverence humanity

      everywhere—Is therefor honest poverty , "Wba hangs his head an ' a ' that ; Gie fools their silks , and knaves their wino , A man ' s a man for a' that . ( Cheers . ) He would not recapitulate . his views on the franchise , they all knew them ; but , instead of his own opinion , he would like them to know the opinions of Lord Brougham , who had addressed a letter to the Queen , in which the leading idea was , that the stability of the Queen ' s throne , and the security of the country at large was jeopardised by the disfranchisement ofthe people . _—( ' He was Mr Brougham then . ' ) No , he was Lord Brougham—ex-Chancellor Brougham . ( Hear , hear . ) He found these opinions in a tract which he had bound up with others some years ago , and the ; contained so forcible

      an exposition of the ground for the enfranchisement ofthe people , and to show the manner in which the Reform Bill itself bad never been carried eat , that he could not do better than read them . [ Mr Thompson here read ihe extracts referred to , iu which Lord Brougham especially insisted on the intelligence , in . _-, tegrity , and principle of the working classes , and their fitness to exercise the franchise , which he thought was far superior to those of the shopkeeping class . ] ( Hear , hear . ) It was by the influence of mind that the victory was ultimately to be won . Intelligence and moral power were the only weapons required to insure the not distant triumph . In conclusion , Mr T . thanked all who had , either by vote , or effort , or wish , assisted to place him in the position ofa Member of Parliament . Ue had no intention to betray them . If he spoke humbly of himself , and his intentions , it was because , he might stand the more firmly , and be the more able to discharge

      the heavy duties which devolved upon him . It was his intention , as soon as he was npon sufficiently intimate terms with his honourable colleague , to let him know that he must ' gothe whole animal . ' ( Hear , and _laughter . ) He could not , and did not despise Chartist lecturers . Peers might look down from their seats in their ermihed robes with contempt , bnt progress they would , despite of all . ( Cheera . ) If Major-General Fox had been told a fewyears ago , that he would have lost his seat in 1817 , he would have treated his informant with contempt and scorn , but he would remind them of that portion of Scripture history relating to the walls of Jericho , and entreat them to go on , sounding their horns and blowing the blast of liberty , and never ceasing until the Jericho of corruption had crumbled into dust . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr R . Smith proposed' The Radical Members of thc Honse of Commons . ' ( Applause . )

      Mr 0 Connor , on rising , was received with long and loud continued cheers , followed by waving of hats and handkerchiefs . He said—Sir , [ look upon this night as the jubilee of democracy , and if the reason of my being here is sought for , it will be _Wnd in the declaration of the honourable member for the Tower Hamlets , that he had never uttered a word inimical to Chartism . ( Cheers . ) To this declaration was to be attributed his presence to join with them in their triumph . ( Cheers . ) If the honourable gentleman had abused and repudiated

      Chartist principles , he ( Mr 0 Connor ) would have declined the proposed honour of making one of his guests . ( Cheers . ) This is a great night , the celebration of this night is a . great event , not for the Tower Hamlets , not for London , not for England , or Britain , or for Europe , but for the universal world , because it stamps with universal approval the mail who has struggled to take the brand off the front of ' universal slavery . - ( Tremendous applause . ) He ( Mr O'Connor ) had often told his followers that humanity was the highest qualification for a legislator , and iu the countenance , in the voice , and in

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      the every cadence of George Thompson , humanity was impressed ; andeohoed . ( _Loud-chem need not . add much to what had been said that night as proof of the progress of democracy / but he mig ht be pardoned if he attributed it to other causes . He would endeavour to analyse the several speeches of the several speakers , and from each and all he would he able to show that Chartisra was the only living 'ism '—the only resting place for freedom . ( Loud cheers . ) ' Now what did their member tell them ? He told them that no possible event could have been more improbable , a very short time since ,

      than bis return for the Tower Hamlets . Well , what had rendered apparen _^ impossibili ties _every-day occurrences except the increasing power achieved through the increasing knowledge of the wo iking classes ? ( Tremendous cheering . ) / Heagreed in the assertion , that _, Mr Thompson was the representative ofthe united will of Noneouformists , Complete Suffragists , and Chartists ; but he contended , that it was the Chartist discipline of conflicting and adverse opinions , that produced order out of chaos . ( Great cheering . ) Souse men asked for a defined illustration ofthe growth of Chartist

      principles , but their honourable member bad unco nsciously described it in his figurative illustration of the sounding of rams * horns , and the falling of the walls of Jericho . Why , when he ventured upon the figure , he was not aware that he ( Mr O'Connor ) received nine of his eighteen months' imprisonment in York Castle , for merely ; publishing the identical figure of Jericho and rams' horns , as sounded by Mr Dean Taylor . ( Loud and long continued cheering . ) What , then I no distinctive mark of progress , when

      we have legalised your honourable member ' s sedition , and shrouded him with a . royal clemency of Chartism ? ( Uproarious applause ,,- and -waving of hats . ) And yet , the several . speakers ; would _tlaini the triumph as the triumph _,, of _middle-classisraand one gentleman has condescendingly admitted the union , or rather the approximation to union hut has asked us not to press the union—not to hurry the union—not to anticipate the too hasty dissolution of middle-class prejudices . What , sir ! forgiveness , forgetfulness of prejudices ?

      "Forgiveness to the injured doth belong . " ( Loud cheers . ) What have they to forgive ? What have we not to forgive ? Who maligned us ? Who hounded us ? Wbo hunted us ? Who persecuted us ? Who constituted our jurors ? Who violated theireaths to take vengeance upon their victims ? And yet , we , the injured , are to bide the time of middle-class forgiveness . It is always—wait ; it was always so . Nearly a century ago , when ignor ranee was pleaded as a justification for withholding rights , down to the last fifteen years , the middle classes considered the working classes honoured by

      the acceptance of their power . Ignorance is stil l the barrier . Ignorance is still the cuckoo cry— although I have asked them to prescribe the course of _qualification education , but none will dare ta set us the task , lest _ we should toe speedily learn it ( Loud cheers . ) Well , as it was with education so it is with prejudice now . The worthy doctor says , 'Don ' t press us to a premature or too hasty a union—but will he name the bridal day ? and if he does , the gentle giant will gently clasp the trembling hand of the tremulous » pale , and palpitating bride , and I'll be bridesmaid . '

      ( Roars of laughter , and indescribable applause . ) Then there ' s the proffer of union , but it shall not be one-sided . ( Cheers . ) Another of tho speakers has told you the terms of the union . He has told you tbat we are to have a separation of Church and State , and the Suffrage for all . These are the two important questions upon which Mr Vincent ably and eloquently placed the terms of our union . Well , that may be new middle-classism , but it is very old Chartism 1 You are reading our book , and learning our lessons , and taunting us with our ignorance . ( Loud cheers . ) God knows , I ara for the

      separation of Church and State ! Yes , I am for th e destruction of that hydra-headed monster , which has destroyed religion and led to bloodshed iu my own country —( loud cheers ) -and I am for the establishment of the only description of franchise which can , not only purify religion , but present la . hour with justice to all , and effect a union serviceable to all . ( Loud cheers . ) What do you fear from labour ? Labour ' s servility is all that liberty has to fear . Labour has borne oppression too long , an d too tamely bas borne famine and decimation , _slandei and defamation , weeping , wailing , aud

      gnashing of teeth . The fond father has seen his offspnn g famishing in the midst of produce and capital created by his own industry , and the hoard of the capitalist has stood in no danger from his vengeance . He has seen his friends and relations dragged to prison , his champions expatriated , dungeoned , or entombed , but I defy you to point to one drop of blood , that stains his ? banners , or dishonours his cause . I defy you to show the wreck , the ashes , or the embers of his destroyed property . ( Cheers and waving of hats , ' that lasted several minutes . ) Well , the honourable gentleman has run over the

      defeats at the recent elections , which he justly considers as triumphs ; but he has forgotten Sheffield , where the teetotal weaver-boy polled nearly 400 plumpers- ( loud cheers)—that Sheffield where , 12 short years ago , both I and ray principles were derided , mocked , and hooted . ( Renewed cheers . ) He has forgotten Dtiby , _whtre the amiable M'Grath , a working man , polled nearly 300 plumpers , and if affrig hted Whiggery had not taken the nation by surprise , our triumphs , in point of result would have been countless . ( Great applause . ) This bas been but our skirmish , the next will be our

      battle ; aud if the present ministry rests its length and its hope upon its tabular column of strength , its days are numbered . If 'Lib' stands for Russell , and if the Press presumes that I am to lie a feather in the wing of Whiggery , the animal must fall .. ' ( Tremendous cheering . ) I couut our triumph as nothing . The middle classes were ignorant of our position , else we should have had a differently . constituted Hpuse . Mr Thompson bas told you that that which appears local , is net only national , but universal in its results ; and there are men , not in the House of Commons , whose pens . who « e thoughts , and whose minds ,

      confined in the first instance to the mere study , have produced bloodless revolutions in foreign lands . ( Loud cheers . ) \\ e have not made the most ofour strength . Where ' s Douglas Jerrold —( tremendous applause)—or what ' s the value of our union , or our strength , if it has not succeeded in placing Jerrold in his legitimate place in the House of Commons ? Jerrold , whose pen has mainly contributed to give a constitution to Prussia . ( Loud cheers . ) . . Why is not Dickens in the House ? And why is a Miller of Lincoln , preferred to Lytton Bulwer ? Simply because the middle classes are ignorant . ( Cheering . )

      When he ( Mr , O ' Connor ) was in Prussia , he . met with some reforming spirits of the age , some of _wluim were old and valued friends , and when coilversing with them upon the antici pated constitution , to be graciously granted by one to millions , his friends assured him that they tiwed their progress to Jerrold , Dickens , and Bulwer , whose works were translated into German , and to the glorious _petition signed by 3 , 372 , 000 British Chartists , whose voice thus thundered at the door of the Senate House , could not be suppressed by the liberty-slaying Press . ( Uproarious applause . ) Ay , sir , and if those gentlemen wh

      p appear so coy about Chartism , will cast an eye to France , and the obscenities of i « s aristocracy ; to Austria , and the tyranny of its rulers ; to Spain , and the abduction and prostitution of its Monarch ; lo Switzerland , and its internal confusion ; to Italy , and its growing Liberalism—( tremendous applause )'—to Russia , and its sell ' - corroding power ; to America , and its ferocious and ungenerous war against Mexico ; to Greece , and other petty States—and to England , aud her manifold abuses ; then the revilers of Chartism will discover that , to the sound principles of English Democracy alone * the world s _, hill owe its peace , and na »

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      tions their tranquillity . ; _. ( _G _^ _^^ _^ _J often'had he told them that a . nation _fflCrt wither , if labour is the prey of all-while labour , represented , must refresh the coffers of all ? ( Cheers . ) . What , then , has religion , capital , dignity , integrity , or true nobility , to fear from the enfranchisement of : Labour ? or what guarantee has the coronet , or the throne , against the fury of an ill-requited , misgoverned labour class , ( Loud cheers . ) Sir , we have been lavish in our praise of men , to-night—but we have ; forgotten those , whose services , though less obtrusive , have been more valuable ., Why has ho one honoured himself by reminding you of the services of a lady , now sitting upon the platform ,

      who has done , more than scores ol ministers m the cause ot Democracy—1 mean Mrs Howitt . ( Tremendous and ' ' long _continuad cheering . ) Ay , I wish we had a few such men _asjher in the House of Commons . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Yes , I regret to say , that none but woman can feel for woman . Who should not sympathise with the lonely wife arid mother , who is consigned to solitude , and compelled to bear the casualties and caprices of her husband ? He may take himself to the house of dissipation , -and participate in the revelries of life , but she , f oor soul , is condemned-to , one monotonous soli _, tude , to hear her starving babes crying for food , and submit to her thoughtless husband ' s improvidence .

      ( Cheers . ) Sir , there was one observation , or rather one anticipation , of Afr Thompson ' s , in which I cannot allow myself to indulge . , He says , that he expects to see the day when popular improvement will make Sir William Clay , his colleague , an honest man ! Ill : tell you an anecdote in point , sir—One Leary , an Irish' victim , escaped the vengeance of the bloody Norbury , his judge . The jury acquitted Leary . Norbury cautioned him , saying , 'Leary , I ' ll make an honest man of you yet . ' * Be Jasus , I defy you , niy lord , ' responded Leary . ( Tremendous cheers and laughter . ) So I say , as regards the hon . gentleman ' s colleague . I defy you to make an honest man of an old Whig hack . ( Cheers . ) No ;

      the Tower Hamlets must look for the spotless and not for the penitent . You have run the old Fox to earth ( tremendous cheers and laughter ) and Clay must moulder into dust . ( Renewed laughter . ) , Well but ; sir , after all , we novices are to be brought to our level in the House of Commons—so the . Press says . The Press that assures you that I called Hobhouse a political scoundrel , and Gisborne a political vagabond , at Nottingham ; and that 1 called Bright ' Jackey Bright , ' and Cobden , 'Dickey Cobden , ' at Newton ; where , I assure you , as ; a gentleman , that I never used one of | the expressions . But the Press is in the habit of ascribing every good thing that ' s said to me . ( Great cheers and laughter . ) But as to

      meeting our level , what wili be the horror ofthe old affrighted lords and ) the Press-instructed squires , when one day they awake { to the first knowledge of _. the strength of Chartism ? Who , then , will they justly revile for their house being assailed in the dark—for their citadel being entered while they slept—but the muzzled watch-dogjthat failed to bark at the enemies ' approach—but the faithless sentinel that abandoned his post and sacrificed the confiding to his treachery ? Who , then , will be the levellers , if society tumbles and falls ? who , but tbe base , the servile , prostitute Press , that sells itself to an advertising community , and hires itself as the abettor of faction . ( Loud and long continued cheering . ) I look upon our triumph over the incompetenceof ministers , over the law ' s

      persecution , the dungeon ' s terror , and middle-class ignorance , as insignificant compared with our triumph over the intolerance , the . venality , the prostitution of the Press . ( Lond cheers . ) Yes , sir , I stand here in the name ; ef enlightened millions , to hurl defiance at its power , and to tell it that , in spite of its _] machinations , ' We will , we will be free . ' ( Loud and tremendous cheering . ) In conclusion , he would only add , that every sentence he had heard uttered by every speaker that night , was the most perfect defence of Chartist principles , the strongest avowal of Chartist progress , and therefore , like their honourable member , he had made up _hisjjmind still to go for the whole animal—bristles , horns and all . ( The honourable gentleman resumed his seat , amid a perfect hurricane of applause . ) .

      The Rev . Huoii Seaborne , who delared himself a Free Trader and a Chartist , said : he was a Chartist , because he could see nothing in the Charter that any body could reasonably disagree with . ( Hear , hear . ) Ue was also a Nonconformist , and he should , acting upon the scriptural maxim— ' That he who will not work , neither shall he eat , ' like to see this a nation of working men . ( Loud cheers . ) ' There was no chance for bigotry or intolerance , if the people were but united . ( Hear , hear . ) Although no Catholic , perhaps he might be allowed to congratulate Pope

      Pius on being , like their honourable member , a good Reformer ; and sure ho was that meeting would sympathise with him ( ihe Pope ) in his resistance to Austrian despotism at the gates of Ferrara . ( Much applause . ) The Press had been alluded to , but they should remember that they created the Press . ( Hear , hear . ) _Theyjhad supported acorrupt Press . Let them henceforth resolve to support an honest Press—support those papers which advocate the cause of the people , and then they would have an honest Press . ( Laud cheers . )

      Mr Box announced that the expenses attending tbe election of Mr George Thompson were not yet half paid , and as it would be wrong to allow their honourable member to dip his hand into his pocket , he trusted their friends would bestir themselves , and he believed the money would soon be raised . ( Cheers . ) ( Mr _CiuntBS Rbbd proposed , ' Mra Geo . Thompson , Mrs Mary Howitt , and the Lady Reformers of the Toner Hamlets . ' He said Mrs . Thompson , like the lady of the hero of Aliwal , had been by the side of hei * husband during the battle , spurring him on in the furht . ( Cheers . ) Aa to Mary Howitt , her

      literary abilities and labours in behalf of the people were so well known as to require no aid from him . As regarded the Lady Reformers of the Hamlets , he had , during the election , to wait on an elector atthe East-India House , the elector said , he did not think he could walk so far as the poll booth ; ' Oh' aaid his wife , ' you like tho man ' s principles , and you ought not to mind walking ten times as far in support of them . ' ( Loud cheers . ) Now that was only a fair average specimen of the spirit with which the Lady Reformers of tho Tower Hamlets were imbued . He had much pleasure in giving the sentiment . ( Much applause . )

      Mr and Mrs Howitt having been ' compelled to leave tho meeting before the sentiment was submitted , Mr George Thompson , on behalf of Mrs Thompson and the Lady Reformers , acknowledged the compliment . Mr _EiiNEsr Jones , in rising to move a vote of thanks to the chairman ) said : tho chairman would not only have the pleasure of receiving their thanks for his impartial conduct in tho chair , but he must feel gratified as well in haying identified himself with the great principles in furtherance Gf which that meeting had assembled . : Ho would not detain them at that period of tho night —( cries of ' [ Go on , goon !' ¦) —he shoiild have other opportunities of meeting them . ( Renewed cries of Go on !') . ' 'I have

      alluded , resumed the speaker , to the noble principles this meeting is intended to advance , the principles of civil and religious liberty . They have been propounded long , but as separate principles , and , therefore , madc . their way . but slowly . The Chartist and the Nonconformist looked shyly at each other—the former called the latter a bigot—the latter retaliated , by designating the Chartist—infidel . But they have now learned thoir . error . The . Dissenter had learned that t . ue religion and liberty are one—the ¦ Chartist sees in Christianity the doctrine of the free —the foundation of democratie institutions . ( Cheers . ) Thus they march , united , to one field , and cry one cry : ' Give us a church founded not upon Acts ot

      Parliament , but upon Acts of the Apostles—and a government ,, not of the caprice of the few , but of tho sense of the million !' . ( Cheers . ) And what is the result of thia union ? That our enemies fear usthat our friends hope for us ! That we have achieved much , and anticipate more . That deceivers see their game is at an end—since the popular mind has grasped its true interest—its real strength—and they dare no longer come among us as the vague propounders of theories they do not understand , or reforms they will not realise . It will do no longer for them to stand . on your hustings , and say : ' They are for popular . rights ,. for thorough reform , they must tell us what they mean , and pledge themselves

      tothe special point . ( Hear . hear . ) 1 am glad to hear your honourable member , now present , does not indulge in vagne assertions , but points to speoifio remedies , and therefore lie deservos your favours . You have achieved much in what you havo done nt this election ; the pressure from without has pushed somo men through _thatyarrow door of St Stephon ' _s , our Duneombe , singlchanded , so long has kept _ajnr . ( dicers ' . ) Though much , it is little to what you have to do . Keep on that pressure from without , that thoso you have returned may havo breathingroom within , —keep it on , till you have _soitted a whole House , and then keep it oh tokcop that Houso

      in order . ( Laughter and _choers . ) 1 would not give anything for institutions , however good , unless tho vital spirit of the people watohod ovor their _worlciii" _-. And , indeed , your representatives have heavy tusks hefore them . They will havo many grout questions to agitate , both at homo ami abroad ; u great array of opposition to vanquish ; but a groat foundation is already laid for UUr _ruccors . Whilo bovernment havo boon , building fortresses along our seaboard , wo havo boon forming nobler fortresses along pur , mlund-whilo thoy hivvo boon pointing cannon a ( lpng „ _, „• _„„„„„ Wl ) , lft J y 0 hml u > M ! . u !!? ciL m ou _ypMtiw _, ( m « _how 8 ) -whu « _thoyhavo icon _rooruitl _^ the imuy , wo havo boon recruiting too _pcawntry _& _vrhUo tuoy _Uiwo _Uio 4 to

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      instil loyalty by the _laab , and discipline by the prison , we give tbe true guarantee for peace , a nappy home ' rtVetrue stimulant for courage , hay mg some _, thing worth defending . Ay ! Sir ! The corn held _isthasureBt phalanx , the cottage the strongest fortress , and the peasant is the noblest conqueror . ( Great applause . ) . ' And we tell them , when they talK of education , that bare knowledge is not . enough ; but , even as they say , education is the foundation for the franchise , so plenty is the foundation for educsi : tion . " ( Hear . ) _Educate the stomach , theH you will firid it easier to educate the mind . " 'Tt ii bad preaching to a starving inan , ' Thou shalt net steal . ' It is bad preaching to a stricken slave , Do unto another as you would that he should do to you . ' The mind

      arid body are bound together—together youmustedu _* catethem . And , indeed , tbis education is proceeding bravely . So ignorant are the people that they are obliged to teach their government wisdom—their lawyers justice , and their array mercy ! Suoh deatructivesare they , that they are creating property where before ' was waste . ( Cheers . ) Ah ! sir ! who will now say the people have not a stake in -the country ? Every man has it who invests his labour in its lands or looms . No stake in the country ! Every man who has a wife and children has the holiest , purest , best—sanctified by the affections of his heartat the altar ofhis heartb . Mr Jones , after a glowing peroration , concluded by moving the resolution , and sat down amid continued cheering .

      Mr O'Connor seconded the motion , which was carried by acclamation . Dr Oxlby acknowledged the compliment , observing that he had only done his duty . He had been a reformer all his life , always holding the principles they had heard enunciated , and was but too happy to have the opportunity of aiding , in the least degree , the good cause . The meeting , which had continued full to the last , was then declared dissolved ; and separated , giving three cheers forthe members for the Tower Hamlets and Nottingham .

      The Towbr Hamlets* Gatheking, Ar The New...

      THE TOWBR HAMLETS * GATHEkING , Ar the New _Giom _Gabdeks , _Aoadsr 30 th , 1847 . What anight ! have you seen it ! when Liberty ' s shrine Was lit up with a splendour almost half divine ; All was grand , all sublime I to describe it were vain , Such a night we shall never , I fear , see again . 'T was a meeting of brave , a triumphant display Of Chartists , now turning the night into day . _"; When I saw , I thought _Englaid ha _' d come , up to " town , Te a banquet of Freedom , where all might ait down : Such a union of hearts never giac _' elthe _Mile-Eud , For each host ' was a brother , ' each guest was a

      , friend : - ' ¦')¦ And that all might complete this sweet feast of the soul _. Lovely woman was there to embellish the whole . To begin , _Esculaplus was placed in the chair , There was fire in his eye , but his head had no hair ; How I felt while he spoke ! Oh' . my soul was on fire _. And my fingers had at ray'd _, as I thought / o'er my . _- ;¦ . lyrei For the power of language on minstrels is such , That their hearts answer words , just as chords do the touch ,. After thund _' ring like mad , he sat down midst applauie , r When another came on and took up the same cause ; Then another—till Vincent , with rare eloquence , Triumphantly prov'd a fat Church was nonsense ; Though he ruah'd as a torrent , both rapid and strong ! Still bis voice on the ear stole aa Softly as song .

      Many others succeeded , but all that they said Has 60 rapidly passed through my fanciful head , That I cannot repeat—nor indeed will I try , To recall winged words , tbat aB eagles still fly . They have _pass'd—but who heard them shall often ' regret . '¦ The dear feast in the Gardens he cannot forget ? Then G . Thompson stepped forth , he was king of the feast , And although near the last , he was far from the least ; He _proclaimed , as the trumpet of Freedom he blew , That as Jericho fell , to should tyranny too , ¦ There was something so bright and so sweet in his tone , That he shone midst the crowds , as a meteor alone ,

      But when the great leader of Chartists appear'd , All hall'd him the chieftain by virtue eudeav'd , He stood as the sun , when the clouds all surrender , Shining on , shining on , through a world of splendour _. But , oh ! how bis glory had kindled to wonder , As he fearlessly tore our fetters asunder _. No , we need notnrnbltlon the heroes of Rome , For we have in O'Connor our Tully at home . Let the great of the past with Demosthenes rest , All tbeir splendour ' s eclipsed by tbe star of the West . I _gaz'd on with wonder , and I heard him with pride , But I wept when he call'd his _loit coantry his bride ! Though the sun of her Freedom in sorrow has set ,

      All Ins hopes , bis affections are _centre'd there yet—Every laurel tbat crowns him with joy he ' d resign , Could he break , hapless Erin , one fetter of thine . For , eh ! he ambitions , neither honours , nor fame , But the glory of giving his country a name , I have dona with the others , all bright in their sphere , For they flow'd on as streamlets , though limpid and clear , But the torrents bad passed , and the murmuring rill Died away in long _echoes , though murmuring still : Until Jones , by a splendid , a brilliant display , CloB'd the scene—and all hurried in wonder away . Qembt GfiiCCHUS , Gentleman , London , Septomber 2 nd , 1847 .

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      Bradford.—On Monday Evening The Chartist...

      Bradford . —On Monday evening the Chartist females of _Maachester-road , held a public soiree , in honour of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and Colonel Thompson , and to celebrate tho return of those gentlemen to parliament for tho boroughs of Nottingham and Bradford . The room of tho Yorkshire Divan was tastefully decorated . Mrs Leek waa called to the cbair , amidst the plaudits of the meeting , and said : Sisters and Friends , —We have met thia evening to hear each other on , and to enter into a resolution to lend our every aid and encouragement to our husbands , brothers , sons , fathers , and all good men in their patriotic exertions to restore their long lost political rights , and thu 3 bring comfort to the cot , contentment to _the'wife _, and plenty to all . Let us onn

      and all unite in urging on our partners to set their faces against oppression , to continue the good work so gloriously begun , in the return of the brave chief for Nottingham , and Colonel Thompsohfor Bradford . ( Great cheering . ) Sisters , jou who have thought polities belonged to men only , say to your husbands , 'Is there noway whereby this brand of slavery can be removed ? What is the cause that in the midst of plenty there is starvation ? If the law is to blame , be up and aid in the removal of such law . Obtain the franchise by joining the patriotio band . Work with them , and I nnploro you as a christian , as a man , husband , lather , never to cease until you and all : man are politically free . ' ( Cheers . ) If it is truo that bad laws are the cause of our calamity , then are the British operatives degenerated indeed , to allow : such _Uwa to exist . Will British women

      longer be the mothers ofa race of slaves , or will they remain passive spectators , while governments fritter away the rights and privileges their forefathers bled for ? ( Applause . ) Are we to be impoverished by vioious systems , and then handed over to tho tender mercies of a poor law skilly commission ? ( Cheers . ) We have a Queen , but little does she know of the privations of the poor . Let us , sisters , ao what we can to aid our kindred in the good cause of destroying class legislation . Let the Charter , the Laud , and tho Cottage , be our rallying cry . Airs Leek ooncluded amidst loud and long continued marks of applause . Songs and sentiments were sung and spoken to , and the evening ' s entertainments concluded by the younger portion enjoying themselves . A vote of thanks was tendered to Mrs Baker , thc good hostess , for the plentiful- and tasteful manner in which she had administered to the comfort and pleasure of the

      company . _Covestr-s . —Tho Chartists of Coventry o ill upon every Chartist in tbe district to come forward and give their aid in promoting an official agitation for the Charter . I ' ersons holding petition sheets aro requested to exert themselves to get them signed , and those holding books for tho collection of funds for the late election , are called upon to make every effort towards parrying out the principle of payment of members . _Devonshire . —To tho members of tho Chartist Association and National Land Company in the County of Devon . —Friends , —The approaching Convention and presentation of the National Petition

      cation us tor our determined and hearty support . Wo should recommend the holding ofa county dolegate meeting lor the purpose of carrying out the I _uboyo objects so worthy ofour attention . London . \ ork , Lancaster , and tho Midlands havo their dele ! gate meetings , and why not we ? The great number o members that subscribe to the Land movement in Devonshire could easily carry out tho above . Recolleot that had it no been for tho Chartist movement tore would havebeen no Land movement , so it is our duty on his pomt to aid the agitation for the _quarter , and clearly , it 19 our duty as to demand our S V _-V _*? ' . » rao of the Wcst . mi let us bo united with our brethren in the good cause . Let us rally tor the Und and tke Charter . ' « Tn vmir

      lows , u _uwrtists . ' Let _thoro bo 110 dolay . Barnstaplo is prepared to act up to tho above suggestion , an wo hope that all will loin with us , and provoto our enamioa that vro avo determined to itruMio for tie _nghta of all meni . _-Oiib « hatf _« f tho Barnstaple Branoh of tho Land CiMtipimy , .... , , Thomas Flood , ' Secretary . _Ilollantl-sU'cot , Uavnvtaple , August 84 , mi ' 1 . b . l should thank ihe secretaries to _convspond \ _Yithmooi \ Ui _\ a 8 \ iojceh _Eiwitn , mil _UALipixi—Oh _Friday evening , voting _Imnhnstm _aUftniUyd this place , and gave a description ot tho L ( iw \ mnds _ftsiinie . lie _sitoUo for ono hour and twontj _mlnutca k a _sivaiu vl _elouuQUce ,

      Bradford.—On Monday Evening The Chartist...

      _IIalipax . —Young Tomlinson , of Burnley hn . 1 vered a second addresato the Chartists of Halir _^' their room , _BalloloBe-lane ; and gave the _cr _«» . »»» _tisfaotioh .: . , ' ,. ' , " . ; "'' _. - . _^^ H . ¦ ; .- GBBAtPoBti ' c Mbbtiikj . —Oh Monday evenin _' publio meeting , of tbe people of Halifax was _Hpi !' _- * the Cadheycroft , forthe purpose of carry inec , n ? elusive dealing ,-when Mr George Webber _fnapJ ' to the chair . Mr Webber , in bis usual eloquent \ . r took a view of the rise and progress of Chartism - _^ flalifax , and referred to their present proud posit ; ' comparing it _tp'their weak position a year or li ' since . A great part of their present success , _u be attributed to " Mr E . Jones , and their local 1 * _turera . Mr James Bowdenjext addressed the « _£ ing , and ably handled the _subjecl ; of exclusive _deff He read from the Halifax Guardian , a letter wriuh by a renegade ' Chartist , named Thomas Cliff . S * now _terroshimselfaTory Chartist , which _calumS Mr O'Connor , and , Messrs Jones and Miall . _ff Bowden , after criticisingtheletter'of " T . Olilfe _, JS ifefimilinff the characters of Messrs O'Connor . jn : „? _^

      and _MiaU , challenged Mr Clifieto a public _diW _sion on the subject , which being accepted by £ Cliffe , we anticipate a treat . Mr Iomlhtton lJBtt c of Manchester , next addressed the meeting , _[„ ' ' speech of thrilling eloquence , and took up the _subjer * advanced by the preceding speaker . He defend _^ the character of Mr O'Connor in a matterly raanC and inflicted a severe castigation on Mr Cliffe . After a vote of thanks to Mr romlmson and the chairman the vast assembly quietly dispersed . " " Newcastls-o » -Ttnb . —A district delegate meetittft of members of the National Charter Association _ww held in the house of Mr Wm . Gilroy , Cross _Kejs , West Holborn , South Shields , on Sunday last , Aug , 29 th . Mr Mitchell in the chair . The following tt , solutions were then unanimously passed :-

      • That a general union _# f all localities of the Natioim Cturtsr Association , in the _eounties of _Northumbeeljni and Durham , b _» formed , for the purpose of getting _^ au agitation to disseminate and extend the principles o { the National Charter Association . That , in order to carry out the above _bjeot , Mr Thos , Diekens » a , _» f Sunderland , has kindly consented to gi , two lectures tn the People ' s Charter , to each locality j „ the two counties , free of _exptnse , the localities bearlig his coaob fare . _^ _A That Mr JameB Uisbett , of Ho . 6 , _Olbson-street , Nw . _caitle-upon-Tyne , be the distriet secretary , to nhom aQ communications are _requested to ba addressed , That Mr Martin Jade , of the Cock Inn , Head of th » Side . Newcastle , be tho district treasurer .

      That tha secretary be instructed to write to the rati . ous localities and secretaries _ofbranehes ofthe National Land Company , requesting them to get up meeting ! ii their several branches , to near Mr Dickenson _expousi the principles of the National Charter Association . That all the members _« f the National Charter kite . elation who wish to support the district agitation , bo r quested to pay a sum of one penny per month , ta been the _exponses of the district agitation , and such suras to lie sent to M . Jude , ths district treasurer , raoathly . That the next district delegate meeting he heU la the Bouaeof Martin Jude . Coek Inn , head of the Side , New . castle , en Sunday afternoon , September 26 tb , at two o * cIock , and all the localities ia the ttfo counties are ear . nestly _requosted to send delegates .

      P . S . —At the close of the meeting a vote of thanks was unanimously given to Mr Thomas Dickenson of Sunderland , for his offer of lecturing for the Chatter Association free of expense . New Baspord , _Noitinohamshibb . —On Saturday evening last , a party of electors and non-electors partook of an excellent supper at Mr Redgate ' _s , the sign of the Raven Inn , New Basford , to _celebratetha return of Mr O'Connor and Walters . After the clota was removed , Mr Cross was called to thc chair , and

      Mr Simpson to the vice-chair . The following toasts were given with enthusiastic cheering : — ' The Queen her rights and no more . ' ' The Town Members , and may they never deceive the people . ' ' Messrs Red . gate , Bowler , Bywater , Sweet , Parkins , and Uemm , for their exertions in the late election . ' ' The memory of the late Mr Walters , and the downfall of the Poor Law . ' ' The people and their rights . ' Song , Bright sword . ' 'Liberty throughout the world . ' ' The worthy host and hostess . ' ' The Chairman and _Vice-Chairman , ' The utmost conviviality pre « vailfirl .

      Pr . TKOtmi . o-At the weekly meeting of the Chut . _tists of this localitv , held on Sunday evening , August 21 st , Mr Colwell in the chair , the following resold . tion was proposed by Mr J . Rogers , seconded by Mc M . Symons , and unanimously adopted : — That this meeting having read Mr Robertson's letter in the Stab of tbe 21 st , consider it an insult to ths Chartists of this town , and a mean attempt on his part to bring discredit on a body of men who have for soma time disapproved ofhis conduct , he having continually set all rules at defiance , aad been guilty of prirate letter writing and backbiting the whole of us , not excepting Mr O'Connor , and the heads of the movement . As to ' envy' * ingratitude , ' wc bave _noBB , contempt would be a better term for the feeling we bave for him , and fron this time we have no further confidence is him ,

      believing him to be an enemy to democracy . It is with feelings of repugnance that we come to tbis determination , but no longer able to submit'to his arrogance and black _, guardism , we consider it only justice to ourselres ta denounce his past conduct . W . II . TBEUAiy , sub-sec . N . 0 . A . Rochdale . —Thk end or as Oid _Persecctki Patriot . —On Sunday last , at the pariah church , Betty Scott , aged 79 , was laid in her silent tomb , ' Her life was one of singular perseverance against per * seoution and oppression , she being one of those

      exiled from her native land , unfortunate Ireland , 11 the troublesome days of ' 98 . In 1 S 19 she was one of these females who were cut down by that ever execra-We band of murderers , the Peterloo butchers . She still struggled on under the banner of democracy , until the Charter was born , when sbe \ m oneof tha first to enrol her name , and remained to the last trim to the good cause . Her last request was that she might be carried to the grave by Chartists . She ended a long life as she lived , universally respected by all who had the pleasure to know her , not only iu Rochdale , but the surrounding towns .

      The South Lancashire _Delegates met at tha house of Mr Jas . Appleton , White Swin , Newton . Common , on Sunday , August 22 nd . The following Chartist and Land localities were represented : — Manchester ' , Liverpool , Chester , Bolton , Bury , Prescott , Warrington , Wigan , Astlev , _Dotlhurst-Brow _. bt Helen ' s , Leigh , Hindley , Rochdale , Oldham , Ashton , Stockport , Stalybridge , Hyde , Eccles , Heyvrood . Mr Wm . Grocott was called to the chair . The following resolutions were agreed to : — ' That the explanations given with regard to the non-arrival ufthe _ffigau bills , is satisfactory . ' ' That each delegate be held

      responsible for the production of the _aeldwss of hia sub-secretary . ' * That alter the explanation offered by Mr O'Connor with regard to lecturers , that question , with that of the cheap publication , be postpone * till our next meeting . ' That we pay 8 s . for the use of the temporary platform . ' That wo recommend the Chartist Executive to divide thecauntry inte districts , such districts to raiso subscriptions , and send delegates to the Chartist Convention which shall be held in London , on the occasion of Mr O'Connor presenting the National Petition for _* Charter to the new parliament . '

      That we send areport of the case of Mr Th omas Barrow to the Star , and request the Editor to call the attention ofthe country thereto , in order that the just debt duo to him may be liquidated , ' J That this delegate meeting do now adjourn until »> 13 < _lay fortnight , then to meet at Mr W . Dixon ' s , 93 , Great Ancoat-street , Manchester , and that wo return our best thanks to Mr W . Grocott , for his conduct as chairman of this meeting . ' John O'IIba _.

      . .Forthcoming Meetings. A Soinn Lancash...

      . . FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . A _Soinn Lancashire delegate meeting will ha held at the house of . Mr Wm . Dixon , 93 , Great Ancpats-stre ' et _, on Sunday next , Sept . Sth . All _lcoalities who sent delegates to Newton Camp meeting ate expected to send to tho above meeting . The . dele * gates to produce the address of tbeir sub-secretary . Bristol . —Thc members of the Charter Association and Election Committee are earnestly requested to attend at Nicholl _' a Coffee-house , on Monday even " ing next , at eight o ' clock . Bradford . —Tho members ofthe Chartist Associa * tion will meet at the usual time on Sunday a _ft ernoon . A oamp meeting will bo held at Bramhoue , near Otley , on Sunday , Sep . 12 th , at two o'clock ia the afternoon . Several persons from Bradford will attend and address the meeting . Mr John West is also expected to attend .

      Hull . —The Chartists of Hull will meet atthe Ship Inn , _Church-lano , when the following question will bo submitted for discussion ; - ' Can Co-operation benefit the People V to take place atsix o ' clock precisely . _Mancubstbr . —Dr M'Donall will lecture in tbe Peoplo ' s Institute , _lleyrod street , on Sunday , Sep . 5 th . Chair to be taken at half-past six o ' clock in the evening . A meeting of members of the Charter Association will bo held in the above hall at two 0 clock : in the afternoon . _NKwoASTLtvOJS-TysE . _r-Mr Thomas Dickenson will deliver a lecture nt Yarrow , in Mr Winlow ' s room , Slip Inn , Yarrow , on Sunday ovenixig , September . ; , at halt-past six o ' clock— Civil and Religious 1 abortv . '

      Tux Wxsi Riding Delegate Meeting will be held to-morrow , Sundav , Sep . 3 th , at the house oi Mr ' Wm . Robshow , Good Samaritan Inn , Dewsbury . Business to commence at half-past twclvt at noon ; Tits _Mktkoi'outa . v _Duleoatb Communis . will ' meet on Wednesday next , at half-past eight , wheu 1 every member of tho committee is _requested to at- > lend . . || M - _,

      Vivtrct Jiiiwvi Imtuoii Ky Dougal M'Gowan, 0f 10. Great Windmill. .

      _vivtrct _jiiiwvi iMtuoii ky DOUGAL M'GOWAN , 0 f 10 . Great Windmill . .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 4, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04091847/page/8/