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      **Tkx Pettpcs""" Of Blemznoham Abb Not E...

      ** TKX _PeTTPCS" " " OF _BlEMZNOHAM ABB NOT _EsBT . A 7 fD . "— -j _^ _rifafelfenrne . _WeetdaaUO , Imttke People * f _Birminghamcarried ' tfe Reform Fill .

      Great Meeting In Birmingham.— Glorious S...

      GREAT MEETING IN _BIRMINGHAM . — GLORIOUS SPIRIT OF THE WORKING MEN .-THEIR OWN CAUSE—THEIR OWN PRINCIPLES . In «« s * qoence of the resignation of three of the _Bima-aghim delegates , and also in _consequfnc- of the _recftBt on accountable halt of the fierv council . tie peer _people , so long fooled , uu _^ ertnok to do a little _banness upon their own account Oa Wednesday last * thej had the manliness , for the fir * t _time , to d ? clire tbat which they have long felt and complained of , namely , tbat they were the _pressure from without , while tbe conneil were to be the _presaare within . If we take the pros and eon * into consideration _^ Wednesday ' s meeting was the _larjre-t e * _pr held in that town . There was no « nw > mnr

      warty _spending the people-s money to work ont individual good- —there was no patriotic printing of _ctfcalars—lhere was no calculation as t <> the effect wbich the demonstration might have upon tbe Government , ot the rag merchants in London—there was no anxiety to tender fe & lry where an _eqnival-nt might be expected—there was no pomp of _ceundUors , aldermen T _^ gi _* trar-comraisneners , and the whole tribe of " nolo Episvoparf' patriots—No : There was only tbe raw material— the English and Irish , with a dash of tbe Scotch , _seeing-one enemy , cad resolving to straggle for « ne principle . _Taerv * _w-aa no _nrnrraer _' s _ssm—there were no splendid WMg _barroprs or _sonac , other than the "well _4 c _* aed , barmorriens notes of freemen . » F r W « dhesd » y _' * meeting _ihew was . , not twenty-four hcrar > ' preparation . Therd was no money to rx--pe _* ad in _** acb like . meet » _£ » . There was a' _cXilhog _eait wind blowiae over a bleak hill , covered with

      slaves . They met for themselves , with no _bett-r preparation than we have _stated , from 24 to 30 . 000 strong , •* with strong arms and sound hearts . " resolved to nnrivet tbe chains that bind them , and to get for themselves wh * t they bave got for _others , their Reform BilL We _ hate _-eakmlations : about Bombers , w-beri _one"feeli * ag _pervftttee tbje . _-surement kody ; bnt _Wt those --wta _** v * w % rs- _* _wemt to ! see . t _^ _rouih magnif ying : _gitssessboaki new-prove _dimSgEted ' , w _£ = snay saythat all admitted _thatthe numbers ' wduld hrive - nearly ' three : times _< iih * d the great To * n' HnH capable of _holding 12 , 000 , as . we have been Infaraed when every man had one right arm . _Hdwl > eit rhev met , and the _msss w & s thick _ahddehKS ** d _wedgr-d . _« nd as large a number of attentive hearers as ever before _assembled npon Newhali Hill . They had two little flag * , abont _eighteen inches square , upon rods , and tbey bad their little cap of liberty ; bar these little emblems were the leaven , which , en . _lonr . shall leav _^ _ri ' . he- whole loaf .

      Mr . Porter ,, a Radical , was unanimously called to the _ci-air , and appropriately openei the _n-evUng , when Mr . _Doxalds-js moved and Mr . Brown seconded tbe folk-wing r-so ! ot : on : — " _^ That *> ds _meetini * ar-• perfectly _satisfied with tbe _conduct of the Geavra ! Convention , and sulemnly pledge _themservt * s t » support thnt body under all circumstances , _rel ying with implicit cenfi lesee on their integrity , prudent * . _judgment , and " _psiriocssi . " The above resolution was pnt , and carried unanimoTi _sry » _-j _> _lifu Mr . _TT & _fltors 0 "Co * vjfOR was _introduced to the meeting . He _vu received with every demonstration of b _* * arry welcom ? . Ho said , " Here I am _ag'du . after a severe winter ' s _cnnYoaiea , and at tbe

      commencement cf spring , when . I naa a n _* rnt to _exp _^ cr some n :: l ¦ rf _> po > e , called upon to defeud my * elt for "the third rime , in _Brnniiig _^ am . I "b ave act . beard the indirect charge _* , except through _inriiinationand whispers ; however , 1 will "blink nothing . I will answer all . ( Cheers . ) Bnt where are my vecusers ? I call for thern , and , none answering , upon _n-Mse will 1 recriminate , _^ _l . _oud -cheers and-w _Tb-y shonld be here . ' ) First I tome to Mr . Salt ' s direct charge ; it in , tbat I wm an Irishman—cloud groans and ** shame" )—t _& at Irish l _.-adersare -not _< h- be . «* . and that I am indiscreet . ( Cheers , and _**" po . " ) _On-rct 1 not to be hers when we complain oi English mi-rule ? ( Hear , bear , hear . ) Hixu 1 nut _« p < fe--J « . _rirhr to be here , as an _Englishman has to

      be Lord _Lieutenant of Ireland—as r Jbqsh » bmen have to _represent our "b oroughs , an _3 -Irishmen t _>> bt ? _Chauc-t-lbrs of the Exchequer ? { Cheers . ) I don ' t want to be here , for as 1 have _-atwnys t _* _» d yoo , I ever have be _^ -n , r . rd ever will "be , for a Repeal of the Union . ( Loud cheers . ) But let _nriy _aeeBSe r * p oint out wb-r » in 1 have _d-woaged yonr cause , aud when von comtn-in'J , I will retire .. (•* _? » . _v no . aevf r . " ) This -x & s a meaDiap _» J _* i 7 , _arArifu _^ _lchntge < Hear . ) 1 care not wher * thei man ' s coohtry . . wi . at bis _coJout , or wbich id * creed , if hei _* your frvn _^ _j h _» _- ia my friend . ( Chee « . ) . Now for _thi ~ in sin * ia-: vr : S . Tbe " first and _mrst grave is , that 1 introdn- "ed Mr . Oastler to the Radical ranks . I cannot aspire to so srreat an houo-. r . Hia devoted _f- » rvir 5 i , and r . u-

      _p-tralleled e-ceraons on beualt oi tne poor _tcwi s liberty , did that which I snoold b . tve glerie-. i in doing . ( Loud and ling eontinneA _cheering . ) ffb » lies 4 «; - _«* w opposed yon ? ( Che _^ -Ts , au i ¦*** N _* w * R . _"J Ka . _Bodaraald toGod all out lb diesis _we-tB baif as good . _XCbeets . ) . W ben 1 was last here -I was _& _ke & to give _SfeTtena op—< hear , hesr _;—ar d 4 iow J aja _^ _sked to gire Oastkx up , a _»» i I am _ch-. rge i with _heiaz ' their associate . 1 am , at »« I glory in _xr —( Ion ! _cheersj ) _h—jaad w"hat 1 told you then tbe same I now _tepest—thai 1 wfll perish before 1 desert such noblecom pardons . _CCheenr . ) No , no ; I am -aot to "be" _frigbtene-a ont or my frieadsbip _? , and tbott _^ b no _toBfpie- js « _# ei ' beard to bsp my de ' ence , _wlrfr . I am absent , bnt that of some poor working lor

      • _ajaja- _^ _ckpersj-r-yi t war I always stana up my " friend ? . ( _Cheers ) The next charge i . « . _thaLcpnseqiientlv . " I favour the Tories more than the _Whisrs . - ' ( No , -nn . ) No , fori ha » e always _blamed _tbose wbo wished f . r the _ex _^ _riment of tbeir momentary return _-to-offiee . { Herr . heRr . ) "We bate tie Whigs _enough ; they allow tj" io abuse them to onr hearts' conieat . ( _Laofkter . ) But hear _mv prophecy : if tbe Tories get into-power for a mouth , a week , a day , nay , an boir , t !» ey would lav the foundation of your ram—( cheers;)— -and if Peel and Wellington should try the _expesiment , and if yon should de _' . ermine upon a _meetiug b _^ re , von won ' td hold it with a field-piece on each of vonder hills , and von would be surrounded _br mjuH « rrate « . waiane to _eive the word of

      command . ( Loud cheers . ) 11 we can _oeat doid . iei ns not _rarrnder to either . ( Hear , bear . ) S © fond am I of the Tories , that , as Lord Broogham said , _anr attempt by tbe Duke of Wellington to forcr a Bourbon upon tbe throne of France would justify a revolt upon tbe part of the French people . So say I of the Tories , that an attempt by them to eov-ra , would justify a revolt upon the part of tbe _peopk el _thi'se countries . ( Long-contuined _cheer-Lvlaisi "rigbu" ) I have oow _disponed of all the : ndioBDenU , and 1 came to the conjuderation of the resignation . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Salt « a food man , bntia _Jial-- too * aervons for * ns . ( L & ngbter , and U aa old woman . " ) Mr . Hadley is a _^ ood mac , Int has cacEht the infectioD . ( ReDewed _lanphter . ) Ul

      Mr . Duugliu * I know no good , and _therefore l enaii speak : no bad . " ( _Coeers , and langbt ? r . ) Bat oate _^ _aresrublwrnTact * . They say that tney _« "gned on _tbe-30 ta . in eoe ? e _« rjence of a meeting held at the Crown-and Anchor on the 11 th , but _saU remained in- _wriwraieace with the Convention . ( Hear _, hear . ) The report of that meeting was taken by the Star , and all the Radical papers , from the Menins Cnronicle , and commented upon in derwion . _Everr one of tbe delegates , wbose _iasgnage has excited _tbrt _incignation of yonr representatives , did , _apona debate , _Jeny tbe accuracy of the Chronicle report . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) I cid not , _becasse mv whole time wonld be taken np contradicti — wi ,. V « K ; »* . fLstwbter . ) Tbe otters did , so

      tbat we bare the fact , tnat yonr repnisemauTes took tbe word of the Chronicle _against tbe honour of Dr . Fleteker , " Df . MaedonaH , and Mr . Ro / ers . _fH-ar , _heaHand s _^ ame . ) Tney never condescend toxsk a " sin _* l e _' wofd _bT _^ xp _lananon , butfly at once . fHe « r aDdload eries _^ f shame . ) It was always ftrirfotentiini , * Wstop 15 _^^^ _^ _^ f _^ _'T \ _feev _eoald , _btri to sto » it any way ,. ( Load cheer ,. _ItiaJhal _^ d at «« eoff « H doors . ( Hear , hear ) Now I have gr * e _» _tbca- * l _** nn npoa the _oae-rtion oi _ihZdTforc _^ audi hear _» y _oplaion . _^ Itig _^ t gives _Irmt _^ d arm . _^ _oteetrig h _^ sreat cheexm ? -but Sfl _Tveoplo bad _rwb _^ the offen » ive n * e ol arms _« I ? _S _/^ r _, h- _* irea von ta use arms ; but _mtstake God tbat you all _tafl

      ~ r _^ _^ I _^ mr ! d to : wem . mU _£ <) My regret is tbat yon have them net ; _StTwa W lbe « _aadwied them offensiverr , you _^ _^ h _^ _bT _slaugbure d by the one enemy , or Z _^ _mA _tMe & _mailr _^ by _vonr leaders , one party *• _^ flr , r _!^; for ' tbeir benefit , not lor y _^ ur own . _Xchv _^ _s » d _tra e ) W hen 1 * j o _^ _^ _jriS i _£ T _££ ot the _™* 3 j _^ _"si : To

      _& le _M - Hurrah for the _£ _* T *« " '' J ? _^ _the ' for tbe re _^ tance . " H bat then ? _JJJ » y , if m _^ _prosecaoon of tbe _^™ l _^^\ Vo _$ _** give twopence for all the property _withtn _^ * E 2 _ninglam ( cheering a _^ d J _3 _^ ell _*«^* _jwr _. Peterioo or _Rsthcormac _, _ and _J _^ _^ J _^ _Kntf , _" In passing ;! m _^ t observe nj _^^ he po _^ np t-f I *

      Great Meeting In Birmingham.— Glorious S...

      their _^ ab j * _^ aiitrri _«» _rlt . for they postponed rhi * _sendilij of Kj ; _rjjl-they had _reeeU-ed the . third ¦ _algr-a-tun-. _(|* Sham ; . ' ) However , I huve one word to > r . y o : _tht-se" patriots , who acense rce « f int-r-st _.-d mnlirr > Audit your account . * , and you will find that not one of _thembnssrona the length of rny _nn * _- * , wit ' _- . oT the it »* m hem _? booked b y tbe mile . ' ( True ; " and *' we ruo * t have the _acnunu , we _h-we never _« _een tbem , ") No . ta be sure you bav ' ur , and while others boast of _s'wriflces , you who _--ive « 11 the money , and •* urr-u ler P , r b v J' _^ or at tendauce here , are l " _> oke < upon a * _mdiff-rei , t . ( H -ar , hear . ) Yon eive a' ] and do all—( cheers)—and nww , my friend * , believe TTH » _lliof *

      Aa well Eay the _lauiV with the _tis ?» r unit _* , Th- _:: _jou * 3 with the cat , or tha lark _wnth th * kite , _1 . 3 the men who _iuy cheap and sell d _^ ar , mayb ' _•* x . > ected to unite with those who are obliged tj _' sel _: cheap and buy dear . ( Cbesr _.-, and frae . ) What i . < _- now your po .-itiou ? On tbe Gh of May your Petition will be pr _rented ( lond cheern ) ; tb _' at will tell _nothing ; -but I suppose Mr . Attwood will then giftnotice for an earl y day to move that the Charter ~ becom- * tbe law ot the land . ( Gr * at _cheers . ) Tien comes the debate , and division , and thesacret . What then ? Why it is sure to be refused ; and then the n * _tioa ? bo * ld be _roused . ( Cheers . ) Wo sh .-mli hnM meetings in London , at _BrUtol , _Birmii-igharu , and "N ottingham—in Yorkshire . _Lsuicashire , _Ne-vcastle , Carlisle , Glasgow . Pert ! - , Danlee , _awd Pa sley . ( _Chsers . ) You should then call the wi _> e _< t men of vour nation ani _ordor to _/ ether . and . hariu _^

      _nsj-d your best judgment ami discretion , y . iu should hold conference with the C invention . Ordf r thom to do the will of tin * _rn-tjority , and tbey will not refuse . ( Tremendous applause . ) Let us not lose our heads _while we are _lookiug for rights ; fur we shall require judgm-nt as well as _valour . God bl _^ _-ss you ! L oud and long continued cheering . ) Mr . Peter _Bussey was then _iutroducrid to the meetm ? , aiid was receivetl - » ith loud cheers . H < r _" ¦ iid—Working Men of Birmingham , I hail this a ? sue of the roo < t auspicious days in the history of

      yonr cause . 1 on are now met , for the _tiret time , to do _business upon your own account ; and although my Lord Melbourne » id , tauntingly , tell vonr ambassador t ' at Birmingham wa * not _England , yet we u > li Aim now , that _Birmingham , backed b _> England , wiil create a volcano which , ii it does r > _urs- _' , will blow all the atoms of tyranny into air . ( Load c _\«!> . _) 1 agree wiih our friend O'Connor , tnat if the place i . f the _secedi-r * i _;? to be ti ' . U'd up , ii -hoa _' . d be filW up with the _blistered hands and the nsrian _JAck-.- b *; as none but ihos _^ wbo benr the ills - can know the hour when , and the risk at which , they ? hoold be be r xi _> te 4 . ( Greut ch-eriny . ) L _^ r u »

      or a moment suppose tnat the lainiD -j g' * _complained of by the _ueryous men of B . nuingham wa _> > trx : i ) g ; was it stronger than the _grievauces which they _wp _r- _^ sent to rev ! res * ? or , _wa . s it stronger than ' the feelju _^ g « hith they were _prot-dly s k-ct .-d to-represen . ? (* No _lai , " and _chrt-rs ) " Again _, suppose taut the language _was more \ i . lent , was it not " their b _^ ualen duty to _havv ? as . * _err-ti : ifd the furl "f _Ji--. viui ; used it , _before tbe bas ' . y -id . > ption , which . * _heihrt _intecded er not . was _calcul-nei ; o retard ihe pr- _^ gr-.-s of that ca . u _»~ w which yo ; i s _.-ut us to _rejir .-seat ? ( C . ' » t-ers . ) 1 agree w _^ _th O'Cu .-. uor , that you < hi > ul 1 y \ nce : _; o c- 'rtiJrnce in any man beyund that wheh Lis worth _di-s-ries . Do ik . i p ' _hc" _coiifiienre iu me ; do ' not place any cu fi-letice ic _O'Co-iu _^ r ; do nnt p ! .- . ce co-. fi ln . ee iii T . _ivlvr ,

      beyon i what vr > _or o _^' n _rish _* . arms can wrench from us t- _; e _miim-nri : isd _^ _hi'iioure'l . ( Cheers- ) lfyouh _* td _1-aJ a-ms long _ag--, _iuwryid of beuis * _lo- ) _kir . g tor them _duj _, yuu tvouIc _hnvtj had no grievances to redress : juid > ou who produce ail , an-J give all i ' » r the _agitutiv » a f > -r aa _' niug some of th--- di-tribui'n . wo . _ilu be part _paruik _^ rs in the w :. .: > : e p .- _nducti-m , iu-teaJ ol being agitat . T * with , hith _.-rto , no i .. te . - _^ .-t iu jour _lab"'ir . ( Cheers . ) The Bir : ni ! i ); h _:-. m tic J- ' >' tes " h id mo right to re-sign till umple time hai b ea given to snpply _thsir _pUccsi-s the Convention . ( Tru , true . ) Howfver , if _y-iu ire true t j yoarsrlves , the Convention , _mns : le tree to yuu ; fur if you . shew your strength like men , morel , il it will , " au <* _physii-nl . ii it > u-st , your will shall be their p leasure . ( Very lond _cherriuir . )

      Mr . _Cot-Lrss then came forward nmid loud cheers . _He-said—Working men of Birrcingha . ru , 1 _wasnoiuu before to repl y > b tbe _insinnatious and the accu _.-ati _>? as - of Mr . O ' Connor . ( His < es , and "He made _hkws'I _/ Well , if it _BU-it lonr pie as-ire to hear me . 1 can retire ; and g _« vdmy _answer _through _them _»* ii . nn o ! tbepr /> Ss . ( "So , no , " and troans ; *• Gj on : ; _otr , whi _, ) e O'C onnor is _lete . '' ) We ; l , if it is your p _leasure to hear me , I will go on . But if 1 am tobe tol 1 to go on , and no : jlloweJ to _? ay w ; . at 1 think , I mast _pr . biisb my _anss-er ; and -if there is no newspaper , there is * uch a thing as a printing ' . re _<> ; an _» i as 1 -have earned money enough ail my life tor other purpose ? , I may find _enough fort ..:-. ! . _(••? So ,-iio ; go on now ; no one is _stoouinz vou . " ) Well , thru , Mr .

      U liounor to : J _jou tbat yeu were to get _buiversi _* . ! _Sulfr-ge by _des _' . ro _^ iag prcprrrv . ( G ro _. uis , and crie .-of "he saiJ -jo _s : ch thing . ') 5 lr . CV . lins , in _coutiiu . itinD , " _** _We-. _l . rhi-n . what did he say ? " ( Cri-s o ' , " He sa ' . J that if t _* ie people were fired at , tb _« . t he won ! -: cot give twopence for all the ; _r-. pcrty within twenty miles ef Birmingham . " Ckeer _* . and " that ' s _V- " ) I _onirrsio _^ d Mr . _O'Connor to hav _. * re _* omr _. \ _er . ded i- : and that was the impression madeu _; . on tve _m-etiu _? . ( Groans , ind cries of " upon no one bnt yourself . " ) Mr . _O'Cmnor charges your deieg * t '* s witn having taken the acMcm of the violent _langnagij _f-om the Morr . _inq Chronicle , while the Northern Star lock it from the same journal , without anv eon tradietion or _cofflmeit . Ti . e Operative

      _n-wspnper aid the same , _anacensurei theiaD _^ uage . ( Dr .-Taylor , _No , no . ") Mr . O'Coimor has told you that tbe _Cotincil travelled ut _yc- ' _-r ex pens , aud that -the accounts were wro : \ ( Cries of k * No , no . he did nt—he toM us to examine the acconnt _* , and we will , too ; for they have _nt-ver been _exn-rniued yet . ") Well , 1 _nrderstood him otherwise . ( Cries of M off . off—no you did ' nt—an i you ' re sent here . ' ") We ll , it " yon don t wish to bear me , I can retire , but 1 shan ' t _resign . ( Cheers . ) I pot up to answer Mr . O'Connor , and 1 bive been frequently interrupted . ( Cries of ** No , you ' re interrupting _yoarseil—go on , and don ' t keep ns here all day in ihe cold . " ) As it 'foes not s _? eiB to be the wish of tbe meeting to hear ¦ m _* . ' F . aV . nl ] nnv _r _<* irp .

      Mr . OCoxsoa then came forward and said , there is now something _rcoi to grapple with . Mr . Collins , be _' ere my face , has affrcted to iu ' erpret my words , r . s net a -ing ' e man in this meeiiEg could have interpreted them . ( Cheers , and " ne ; except hiraself . ' _5 Is it , then , wonder . ul that I _shouid be misrepresenfei by an _hireling prt > s » . wbe _^ , to my very face , a man gets np and puts into my mouth word * wbich 1 never used ? ( Cheers , and " never . ") I require a _gool memory , not onl y to think of what I have-to say , and to _re'Vesh the minis of others as io what 1 have said , bat also occasionally to remind gentlemen of what they have said themselves . Now , Mr . Collins has wrongfully charged me with _recommendinn the _destrnciiou of property- ; while 1

      nghtihLy charge him , with r . _avmg recommended an attack upon person . ( Cheers . ) Now , then , did not Mr . Collins say , at the Public Office , in my presence , and in the presence of many of you , _thnt if the Government meddled with tr e Convention , the person ot every aristocrat should be instantly _eeiied upoH . ( Loud and long _coutioned cheering ; and cries of " He die , he did . " ) Now 1 will repeat what I said , and if mis-reported in all other respects , 1 _^ require accuracy in this . [ Mr . _O'Cuunor _tnen _re-? eated _wkat he before said , word fer word , and said ] will add to it now , nor aught _thf-re . ( Cheers . ) While _others tenderly respect property , they have do respect lor lit _*—because property can be now _DTodncod by dead machinery ; and the life of the

      poor man is a burden to tbe _m-h ( _Uneers . ) _jnow I ' _e-r Mr . _Collins ' s assertion , that tbe Star published the Chronicle ' s report , withont a comment . It did no _ench thing . It had a _coiamcD _" . pointing in derision to the hash which the Chronicle had _m- ? _- _' _.-or our meeting . ( Cheers , and "It had . " Asa ** -. Mr . Collins _charges me with having arraigned tb Council with dishonesty as to their accounts ; _ and with ' having _accosrd them . Did I , d : r , examine the accounts—and you will find iha > vonr money has paid for their labour . ( Cheers , and k _-lt has . " ) If tbe accounts satisfy yon , they _xh .-. nlrl thank me : if they do not , you wili _coireci

      them . (•* We must have them . ' ; _^/¦ w _.-Detore we part , one word npon the question of Universal Suffrage . It is my child : 1 am not its parent ; but J found it drooping , and 1 receired it ; I found it drowning , ana I rcsu * citated it . If 1 nad _vuhed to _slmnele it , it wonld hare been easy to have committed _iufanticide ; bnt now it would be difficult to destroy tbe monster . ( Loud and loug-couunued . cheering . ) Tne desertion of it would , on . * wny or other . 1 ad to my ruin , either by assassinstion , or from despoBdencr . I spent mnch upon its education , and more upon ' its _trainin _^ _. It is now the admiration of _tbft eood man , and tbe terror of tbe tyrant . ( Great _chpering . ) When you command , 1 can rerire _. but 1 never will desert . ( Loud cheering and _crmff f _^ hati . l '

      Dr . _Tavlob then presented _tiimSJif , _araiost tue most _' enthnsiastic greeting . When it bad iu some degree subsided , he said , Men of Birmingham , — O'Connor has omitted one thing . He has ' _orgoiteii to tell von that be and I ware delegated by the Northern Cci- n o ! Leeds to represent them here today , and to tell you to lose no time in supplying the place of seeeders , by the appointment of three working men of vonr order to take their p . ace m th « Convention . ( Cheers and » we will . ) _Jfeforr

      l ent _^ rupon this subj ect , I shall re ply to Mr . _Uiujus . _IrS thei to Mr . _bougie ( Hear , bear . ) Mr . Collins has told you , that the Operative censured _* e language used at the Crowu and Anchor . . It did ik _wch _^ ine . I happened to be the hiitor of tne _« Ic _^ _- _^ _-- _« _^^ _int _^^^^ _r M _^ _S has _complS . bathe could not procure a repon Si the _Convention ' s proceedings ; that be applied to ° L r _^ _ri er and w the Operative , while I cvtud * o _.-t

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      _^ et them om urn . Operative _iny _^ M . ( Bettr < kear , _ind laughter . ) If Mr . . Donglis wanted ffie reports , wbv did he not hire , a reporter , like © flier _-ditors ? ( _Ciiuers , nnd " aye lad . " ) Oh , hut ban _koew when * t » get jast 31 much of the reports ae suited himself ; for , _Whijr like , he took a report ' " .-era his brother If hi ? , the Sun , which just fitted his _knuckle , no * : o : re word of which was true . ( Chaer _* ¦ ind laughter . ) Mr . Douglas supposes that [ charged hira witW inconsisteBcy . 1 did no such thing . I _= ; ave -bim _credit for the utmost consistency . 1 s _^ id Me b- 'gan W _' tiij ' . he went on Wbig , and he'll end Whig . ( Great laughter . ) If that is not a good _ch-uRCter for consistency , Mr . Douglas roust go to some other market to look for it ( Cheer * . ) Now

      , my brive fellows , th ° re is no use miucing th- matter * fth yon . The effect , no matter what the object , of this resignntion—the _effect will be precisely what the Whies and Tories wished to _aceoinpl . _sh , but failed to produce . < Load cheers , and "right , Taylor . ") Yes , there is no-us _< ia mincing it . _&> long as we * ere united * &» d that they knew we were uuited , no Lord could assail ns—n . » _faction could destroy us . ( Load cheers , and " we'll rally . ' ") Aye , but that tl > es not take from the gailt . From the day' the Convention met to the _present moment , _macliination _* for its _dia _neoaberm- _'nt were in cogitation , which were only _m-rrred or arrested by the union of the true hearts of the representatives . ( Hear , bear . ) banked by the strong arm of _thoss whom tbey were

      _pledged to represent . ( Cheer ? , and " wo ' re us g « od as ever . " ) What presumption it was for men thus to assume the character of juror * without evidence , and judges without heariug the case . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) I coma from a country where the p ? ople are read y to _h-ar wisdom , and to act upon it—but that _actiouinust be the desertion of the evil ways of our _rolers . and a return to the unsullied _cours-. * of justice . ( Loud cheers . ) We heir a great deal _abonn > bi * yin * r laws . We are befere yoa—for you have laws which we would never obey . Yob nave your Po » r Law . Amendment Act . ' ( Groans , and " we won ' t have it- " ) We have it not , because ) we don ' t want it , and would not take it . No ; the Scotch will nefer submit to see their own produce

      doled out by the stinting haRd of tyranny . ( Loud cheers . ) You are to have your m _» tr * politan police _transformed into rural spies , and a rnnil police ; and it you like them , keep them _—(** uo , we'll never have them ")—bnt , by the . eternal Hod , if yon send them to tis , we'd drive them back again , over tht-Border—( Kind _cheere)—lor the men who » till po _»! . e * 3 . tn . e ta _* ter » d banners under which their forefathers ton-cut , and _bh d , and _too-t their re . i _^ iims freedom _, wi . i bf ready to _m-aiurc- sabres with the fee in fight . or political liberty . ( Loud and long-coutinucd _chet . _'rini ' . ) The _lullowiDg resolutions were th < m proposed , seconded , and unanimously adopted , after which the in , _etinit _fepar-ited iu _uiifli spirits : —

      " 1 st . That the warmest thanks of this m eting _b- * given to Dr . Johu Taylor , Feargus O'Connor , E-q ., and Peter Bus » ey , Esq .. for their kindness in coming to Birmingham to defeud tha General Couvention . " " * 2 ad . That this meeting deeply regrets the loss of time and great injury which the peoplu ' s cause n . a _^ u .-. tiiiaea oy the conduct of some of the Birmingham del , gaies , particularl y iu _uegieGting the _uUii-s a _^ _.-igneu to them ; ana that We , the members » f toe _l'v . lnical _Uaion , and _th-i working _clashes of _Birmin gham , in public me _.-ting assembled , do nereby cen .-urr the conduct of Mr . Douglas and our l . vti ! repr _^ ' _? -liiutives to ihe _Gvneral Cunvention , iu consequence of their premature and ill-advi-ed _reVigu-iti . iu irom that body , without consulting the feeliuii » aiiA _wisliesut ' . Lieir _fvviis _* . \ tuem _» . "

      Pevise-I—^Londay (Fsiom Ouk Coraespo.Nde...

      _PEViSE-i—^ lONDAY ( FSIOM OUK CORaESPO . _NDEiNT . ) DEFEAT OF THE CHARTISTS , AND BRUTAL CONDUCT OS THE CORNLAW TORIES . _"VYh-.-n the Chartists met in this town on the evening of the 22 J of March , Tug > vell , the _Lnder-Sberiff , and a number of Tories , calling tBem * elves respectable , led a number of drunken ruffians to the waggon upon whieh Messrs . Vincent , Brien , R -berts , aud Carrier , were addressing the people , and almost upset it , tore their Hags , aud threw mud in their faces , aud obliged them to leave the Market-place and take shelter in . .- the Carriers' Arms and Nag ' s Head where they

      , explained their princi p les , aud determined to hold another meeting on _Easter Monday ( this day _j _. No sooner was this _determination koown to-the Tories , than Dr . _Dvte , M . D ., ( a notorious character in Derizes ) sent eirculars to ' toe-, enemies , qf liberty and freedom , requesting tbem to meet at , the . Ca _> ile Inn , to devise measures for tbe _presyrvatiop of the public peace , _although tbey broke it , and _iu > _tigated others to do so the previous week . A _' . _- _cordinsriy a meeticg took place , when some respectable Tories admed them to allow tbe

      Lnarti & ts to enter tbe town without molestation . Otners recommended them to sign , asd present , a requisition to tbe Mayor , Sunuel _Whitchureh , _$ 'q ., _reqaes-ing him to call a general meeting of t . he _iLhabitants , to concert _# otue plan to preserve the peice of the _Borouirh . These _sU _frgestioBi * were iudignantly rejected by a large majority . ' D—n the Mayor , " said they , " We can do it ourselves . " Ic was ultimately agreed upon that the friends in the vicinity should be requested to send tbeir workmen to drive tbe Chartists out of town if they had the temeritv t » came . '

      Mr . Brown , of Horton , a roost furious and bigoted Tory , and a mortal enemy to liberty , u > ed all his _iniiueuce in seconding tnis illiberal measure . The farmers of Coate , Ureh font-street , Bishop Canning ' _sstreet , acd Fottern , most readily . lent tbeir co operation , and pent their men , and gave them jmort- beer in one day than they would alto _* ' them in . any two in harvest . A Mr . Tueky _, of . Lavington _^ aaiua . Uy tare _fr- . m ten to twenty men of Potterp newsmockfro < k < , to go and be . at tho Chartist" !; . and one man of Por . ern was " promised 16 s , pet week for his work , if he would do bis duty . The Sheriff , Major , and magistrates of tbe borough issued a bill , cautioning the inhabitants of Devizes and the neighbourhood to

      abstain from _meetiDg , and requesting them to give their g .-atuitaus services as special constables , as they had heard tbat au armed body of _Charti- 'ts wa ? expected from Trowbrid ge and Bradford . Monday tame , the Devizes troop of Yeomanry were ordered to assemble at _JJew Park , about a ni'le out of Devi 2 _* s , at nine o ' clock . A detachment of the 12 th Lancers , stationed in the town , were on duty at an early hour in tbe yaTd of tbe Bear Hotel ; up to nine o ' clock the town presented its usual dull appearance , with tha exception of a few children running about to see the " Sogers . " Tbe morning was cold ar . d wet , and the liberal aud well-disposed of the _Coa .-ervative tradesmen went about their usual

      emp ' oyment , thinking the unfavourable state of the weather would prevent the people from coming into Devizes , and that the Chartists would make April fools of the Tories . It was reported that the Tories had bands of fror" . t _« n to twenty conntry men , in their various public-houses . 'Ibis reportdid Dot receive much attention , till groups of the Con _^ _>> ervaiive tradesmen ( ihe mere slaves and tools of . he landholders ar . d clergy ) , were seen in deep and earnest _concultatiou about eleven o ' clock , passing from one public-house to another . About twelve o ' clock , strangers began to make their appearance in _larjje numbers , but nothing was heard ef the CLartists till two o ' clock , when w _^ rd came that a

      bod y , one thousand ctrong , were within a mile oi . the town . This intelligence put the . Tori ' s into active preparation , and ,, their leaders , William Morris , churchwarden _^ "William Clarke , surgeon ; Rakes Bayly , lawyer , wjthi , his poor , brainles » tool , _Mullings ; Bland y , who bad to pay £ 5 for breaking it . to a house , when the Chartist * last met , ( this young man we have been informed , is the son of a Berkshire tnagistraej ) Farmer Brown , of Horton , J ? _arroe . r . Tncker , of , L 4 v : ingtoD ; _Holloway , a low butcher , of Patten _^ _Buu-her Reynolds ,. Jack Ellen ,. Clerk at the Stamp Office ; Dyk _Parrott , M . D ., & c , scoured the streets , _\ ke bloodhounds , _engaging all the low _blackboards ok their ¦ •• ide .

      At half-past two ; Vincent , KoberM , and Carrier , led about a _thousand _pprsonHprinciplliy l > oys . ) into cbe Market-plsee in- a most quiet ana orderly manner , with their banners _nnfurled , ** b % re a waggon wa » placed for the speakers . I apeak * ith compas * when I say tbat one-half of the thousand were more tit to be tbe inmates of an hospital than any thing else . There _mustbeeomething wrong _intbesocial system when we see so many pale and emaciated ountenances come frrvm our manufacturing towns . If the body of men and _boy « which met here tbis day were to waik in . procrssion through the towns of England , the spectacle would move the heaits o | / ail ] i . in _d

      Tbe Chartists bad no sooner taken their position in the Market-place , tfean Farmer Brown , of Hor- ton , went to ft number of gentlemen who were standing at the Bear Hotel , and said , "Come and let ns prevent them from speaking . " William Clarke , surgeon , immediately e & me np and said , " There ' s _enough now to clear the Market-p lace iu ten minutes . '' By this time , William M > rris , churchwarden , led some . poor men across to the crowd , . vbere he . was joined b y some hundreds whieh were now coming from the public-housee in all directions , _aeaded by their , farmer * , and armed with heavy bludgeons , _ru _* hed witb savage fury upon the peaceable and defenceless Chartist * , whom they cruellv _ueat _, and tore their flags ' , and in fifteen minute * drove from the Market-place ; Messrs . Vincent ,

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      Roberrs _j ar . d Carrier , fled to the _Curriera Arms for protection ; The Tories now toek _posseasion- ' of th * waggon , _wbrcb was mounted b y Little Gfilbert , an iron founder , fermeTly a red hoc R <« licul bat now , like Morris , a violent Tory creature and _toel . The ftags of _Burdettyo-ed at the Genera ! Electiao , were n » w p . v _. aded through tbe streets , and the Chartists ' _wsg _^ on was broken before the eyes of the Hi gh Sheriff , who looked" extremely complaisant . Up-till foar . Vciock the agricultural labourers cams into the town from all quarters , _increasing the fury and madness of the drunken mob , b y the accession of numbers ,, sc- th . it they vowed and determined the _destrncHon of Messr . _i . Roberts and

      Vincent , wbo , perceiving their danger , put _themseivei _* _under the protection of the Sheriff " , about * ix o ' clock . He sect then * out of town as far as the New Prison , on the Bath road , under tire protection of a body of constables . A respectable Conservative tradesman , ( Mr . T . North ) took Mr . Vincent into his gig , when he received a violent blow on . the "back of his bead , and _e-caped with great _difficulty . Radicals of _Britaia , beware of . the Tories t I trmt this will open the eyes of tho Chartists , to see . that , were the Tories in power , they would experience no mercy nor justice .. from them . Not A single-Whig offered them , the least , violence , but , on the contrary , showed them much kindness .

      Since the above was written , I . have seen some electors , who said tbey w , ould ,, not . ; no * ilike to see the Tories iu cjflioe , and that they would nefremain neutral were an election to' take ' s _^ late . —& u / _l ef Wednesday . ' ' •>/¦ :

      The Charter:--Meeting- Of The ¦Worrunfr ...

      THE CHARTER :--MEETING- OF THE ¦ WORrUNfr MEN OF BRIGHTON . ( 'AbridgaAtfrom th ) Brighton Patriot . ) On Tuesday evening week , a . _meeting of the worliiai _? men of-Brighton took place at the Globe Inn , Ed ward-street , at whioh Mr . Bronterre O'Brien , missionary of the General Convention of the Working Classes , was in attendance . The room was crowded to suffocation . Mr . John Goon was unanimously voted into

      ¦ > Mr / Flowers then mounted the table , and producedsoine merriment by saying , that it appeared to r > e as ricketfy as the Government . He was happy to see so Urge a concourse of Brighton people i « the field , animated hy the oeb | e ebjeet of prom a ting the general welfare of the h'iman race . Since the year 18 / 32 , the people had had what was called a _Reformed _Parliament , arid they had been taught to expect great things from thi _< Reform—tbat it would be a bi _^ n to the people ; but an able writer of tbat day , William Coobett , had told them that it wauot _ssch a Reform as It ought to be , and that the _people should onl y regard it as a srepping-stOne to acquisitions of real worth and _substance . Little Lord John Russell now said that it was a final measure— would the united people of this gTeat coantry _agrek- in th . it sentiment ? ( N _^ o , no . ) Oh ,

      no : tbe people had made up their minds to look to the Charter as the grouudof tbeir hopes for the future , and to the people ' s _Parliament , which wassitting at tbe _present time . ( Loud cheers . ) An . _indefatif-able and talented _Member of that Parliawa _* present among _thtm that evening ; and he hoped it would go forth to the world , thai that Parliament enjoyed the most entire confidence -and ap v . proval of the whole of the working men of Brigb ' tbi _* ' , ( Loud cheer ? ) Lef the people only make a united _rtni _ffgle , and they , would ri _^ t fail to achieve tbeir freedom ; and the tUme of liberty which had been kindled up in this , country , would eventually run ivrr tbe continent jrJ ) f , _Kutitpe , and the other quarters ot tbe globe ; _diffusing all thp _= e blessings which the Creator had designed , for the great family of man . ilr . Flowers concluded _amidst cheers , by proposing tho firal . rauuli * irtn > i

      Mr . Woodwarr britflj seconded the resolution . Mr . Osbornjs said he should also , speak very briefly in _supp _(< t of the resolution , espeoially as there was a man in t ' ite . rqora , who could ' .. address , tbem so much more abl y . ' It was known , to many ,-of them that he < _iI _< -iA . _^ was at _toe _Coavwi tjon last week , and . he . _icuuld i a _»« . vire them : that whilethere , he had ,. made , _jtt Ms _% 4 iaessi _toiwatclrverryi closel y all their proceed ) _ngSjiin order _th-st'rie niight _, understand the . be * tts and the . rn ' mds of the ttietrj : _bers of tbo " _Gdnsfiiitjofl , apdtbus be ' _eriaWed'togiVe the peOpW » _hBrIg _^ _tpaj bis . honest _opfhlbn'b'f _. ftteltr _/ _- and that , if , _thfij _* - _« imi his , couHdenee _vj * . _jtfi e . _jir _^ _ifcja ' tpV ' _kuowJedj-e _.-J-Jtearity-, and isinaleness and ' hon _& _jty _. bT

      putpese -tbB * he , m , igh 5 . _wk his _coni"UtU ] t * nts to repp _/ e _, their ' conudenoe aAse in _theConvejUioni _, ' . % f . th \ ey would be true to _« heir . 0 _M"n cause , fhej mn _^ _nofuf _^ iif _;^ in » upporrii ) g th _*^ r _4 e ! 'egates 7 rr ;| f 1 _^ he _^ _ogerofwoJeiiQe Ia as laid so one of their < tepr . e . V'qtativea they _abould ; be prepared to raise _> uch a Btorm that tbe gentlemen of vheLords & _Cwmmonsshoaliibe g lad t « gain shelter by removing from the _plaoestbej now filled ; leaviug tne _vacsneiea to be , _supplied _| _,. . b ji _betWr _^ abler ;' anu more honest men ., ( L . _'iud c _, _^ e , erf . ) ¦ _Itw-a ' _si _' all ' very well for meu wh _>>; : _liyBd , j ; ij > , luxun o _^ . _'^ hse / and cushioned , sloth , _. _toisayj _^ _y ' bflre _¥ _*** _£ . _% ?¦ . ' _$ _!?} _$$ among the-pep pie , a n d , that , the . _Jahqu re ' r _' _wrfs _recefvipx . _&« . hif » .. ; _rbat _» _aidpjs . * Hidel all the artificial _dis-,

      _tmctious _^ _trsocir-ty , _^ e / k n f ? w , yut _pt-. two Sr » rw ; _of _peoj'Je . _Htbo * who . worked _,, r * , nq those ( wpo ( fi'd noV . work _,-. _andh » . _seryjui , i ' clv regretted , fhkt' 8 o ' s rttk fl ' a _^ _baraofttbi , _gepd _^' _ogspf _. Mfe fell _, _tii tne'i _^' , o ' f * _TJiy orjt > ec * ci _* s * , , . < Hea / , bBar , ) , _^ At the " present _ti ( hV the _workiagiaen were-scourged and ' _-ei _^ _Wffi _Bjr ' a . merciless aud , _tyrniiDipal faction , -but rt ' _e'day ' _rif ri-ti _* _ibutioa mi ght ba nearer' at hand thari [ udth ' _e _^ _ititiJ gined . ( Applause . ) The GeneralCauyehiti _oja _\ vati _^ a ratrely the voice of the people—they _wahfed'iiJre _!^ to hear an _expresiiion , of unanimity ifrohi' _-thtise ' whose interest * were , indisSQlubiy united }' krid'iheri ' thev might depend upon it that there would be no

      partial , one- » idt-d movement , but such an array a » would force Lord _joisn _Resell , and his little brood ' to seek out some comfortable hiding-place . : _< - - ( Cheerg and laughter . ) He could assure tbem that evenday he sat at the Convention tha most impertant _business was trapiac . ted : by his _praseace : there he had bimself imbibed a better spirit ; his zeal had been tired , aud his _^ resolutioti confirmed _^ ( Applause . ) He sincerel y trusted that the people of the Sooth of England would _strengthen ' the ? hands ; ef- the _misrionary who bad been sent ' amongst them , and assistin _agitating the agricultural districts . He had Te . gretted to find so much apathy araongithe working classes of the metropolis , but be was enabled in

      some measure to account tor this , by the tact , that , _HtnoDg-fhe working men of London , there was not to be found tbat unison of interest and community of suffering which was to be met with in the various localities of the provinces ; But , thank God , all was right in the North . ( Loud cheers . ) And let tbe aspect of _thiols be only as promising in the South , and then . he bad no . doubt thty hhould he able to do something besides makiug , speeches and _passing _reaulationK .. ( Loud ; cheers . >; Let the people of Brighton « hew totheraiiMionary of the Convention that theirs was not ! the _.. _enthuaiasm .-. pf the passing moment , but that tbeir patriotism was a stead y , deep-rooted , aad abiding principle ; and though rhey did inhabit . _tlw gay metropolis of the South , where : the _laaev-of- the land resorted to kill time

      in _dissi pation acq . foll y _^ they would be ready and _forward to _. respoi'd wh _^ ne ' y er tiie ' animating declaration waa . priKdai ' m ' ed _^ from will be fre « J" , ( Loud upuJ 4 u ? e . ) _, X _* il _^' . p !« nyew ' tion of the working rn _» n cptitaiEel , ampn _^ _stj _lib ' em mahy of the brave « t aud _'t-OAst _. unda _^ t _^ d _^ _spiyuft ' j _^ / _niyn' of lofty _intellect , great :. atqpir , e , nienb- , and afl _^ rge _anlv . _^ ted experience j _arpi sp _^ e - he . w ' aa . jih _& i pot a . hair of . the head of any , one , of _; t _^ em _wpuld be _hntt , _^^ without bringing on the _aggressors . a . _mostitremeod _^ u _) retrit : _bntion . ( Loud and _, long r c 6 ntiriWd cheering . ) He could state the T _* « ct , on the authoriiy of Mr . Oastler , that Lord John Russell could " not depend on tkttroops to rr . prei > _s their _fellow-couBtrymen in the North ;* , and it this were the ; case , what coukl hln little Lordship expect to ; effect when a brave , a dauntless , ind united _nation left eff work to mind

      _tseir own business , and , to rout out the vermin which at present disturhid their ease , and marred all their comforts and enjoyment . ( Loud applause . ) Their prospects _r * ere at . present bright and promising ; all looked well ; and he hoped to see the day , and tbat not a distant one , wbeu the garb of the working man should no longer be the livery of a slave . ( Renewed applause . ) Mr . Biiontbrre O'Brien- next ' preseiitcdliimself to the meeting , ' out it was _sometimebefora ; the enthusiastic cheering had sufficientl y" subsided ' " ti > enable him ta proceed . He said he Was'jgtad Wsee them al ! there , for they all _seemed glad td _feej _^ _lm They had met together to do ' their dwn _business—in the words of the Scri pture "to work out tfieir own salvation , with fear and trembling . ' * Too long _^ Kad worked

      'hey , and toiled ) and stayed jbr Others ' , too " long had tbey fahght and ; bled i for _OtrfeVs- _^ bht be hoped to see them henceforth _fetfo } yed ro worlr onl y for themselves , to fight and bleed only for them selves , and never again to hire _themselves to ill ! their brethren for a BhHIing a diy _- j " with _aY perfny _" extra for beer . ( Cheers , and laughter . ) . He coble inform them that there were at ' present' abpaf _* 1 , 100 , 000 signatures to the National Petition- bad it been presented at the commencement of the _ses--ion of the Convention , as some desired , the _\ vould not have been . . ' . able to have nnmbereo more than 600 , 000 signatures . He for one bad felt fbe neces .-ity of some delay in the presentation oi cbe Petition , and as the Convention bad been regarded with a degree of _distrust , on account of thai

      The Charter:--Meeting- Of The ¦Worrunfr ...

      If b y , hs wcvaid show to them- the pilicy oi _pro-< : ra » _Lination »» this _instance . The NatK > _naF Petirio ' u- differed * from every other petition that had ever been presented to the legislarure from , the people ef this _Poontry—it wai not , an e * elusive _, desultory , -w _solitary ' petitroa ; it was erHpbs _* ie 4 ll y a National Petition . / Loud cheers . ) In thi . * ease the petitioners did not pray for anything , tb > y did not fall iov on bended knee—no , they stood erect as men , in tbe attitude of demand ; yes , tbey made their _lemands , as a debt dae to tbe . n . ( Loud applause . The pe itiert was like a bill of _exchanige : if tbe Hou -e of Commons dishonoured it , they must have reeourse _, as the lawyers saif , to ulterior proceedings , nnd they all knew that ulterior proeeediuits

      were generall y compulsory , and he really beiieved that-they would be so in this case . ( Vociferous applause . ) Wise and prudent landlords generally gave notice to bad tenants to quit : the National Peratou might also he regarded as a notice to quit , and it the parties did net obey the notice , why , then , the people mint follow « p their notice by _wa <» . t ws *» called a _process of _ejeetmont . ( Loud cheers . ) Th * Convention had not yet made up ns mind as to the precise nature of thi » process of ejectment ; they waited first to learn the minds of the people : they had not yet determined whether the ejectment should be through the door , or out at the window , whether it should be on the Westminster Abbey sitie of the House , or on that side next tbe river Thames .

      ( Applause and laughter . ) Tbe _Convention had a declaration of unanimity from the people of the North ; when the people of the South had followed tbe example , then the Convention would come to a decision oo thievery interesting question . Mr . O'Brien here read his ** credentials" from the General Convention , appointing him a missionary to the Southern _countie * . He said _, tbey would perceive that his business was of a threefold character . In the first place he was _required to diffuse a knowledge of the People ' s Charter . Ia Brighton , however he had been anticipated in this object , for the people here understood the principled of the Charter just as well as he , did .. , Iu the _nroond place he was expected to promote the collection of trie

      National Rent This also . would be a superfluous work , for tbey had contributed already . His third object was to procure _signatare _* to the Natioual Petition , but as he _understood that it bad alread y been signed by 8 , 000 inhabitants , of Brighton he thought such an array of the adult _populatiou sufficientl y respectable to excuse bim from dwelling on that point . They mi ght then very naturally a > _-k him why he came there to stimulate them P His repl y was , —you are in . the centre of a lar _* e agricultural district , and the mass of the _labourers surrounding you have had ho opportunities of _gaining " ound political inforrna'don , and he wanted them to net all the signature ' sv _, they _possibly could from these lah » urers . HeVas _hoW _goiniratnonjrsr . the

      agricultural labourers , and he hoped to fee ' able to _report to _rheC ' inyeudon _thaitfs ' _misyfouhad not been in vain . He had not ' chine ' out to ' reach the _people of _Urigbr . 011 that Which ! ' theVkiifc'W _^ _diri _& rf y , or to ask those to _Aljin who had already _riut their hands t ; o tbe pe'itiuu . What ha wanted _vira-tro _trrbcurp _^ tbe ! _si ) : natn _es ot tbose ; yvH ' p- ' _. tit' pi _* _t > _-eu t ; , ' Hlirjg bu ck _*/ C _^ ily let tbe petit ' io ' n . bp signed _|^ y . 2 / f _^ , 0 _w , 4 ' rSd-it _* as a matter ot ve _^ y | ii , ttle , mpmen'i _^ _i-etiie t _^ _tt , _jvTaa / _Tfccaived or _rejpCtyd , ' ,, If , i _^' e n _^ en of . _jjuet _^^ t _^ _. we reinot resrrai ed by ¦ oe . rJ _^ i u ., _^ n ligh l _* n _«;^' . _frienris _Vud'l _sfaders , aud by tile * _unatMjqunt _^ lejapAtksy . _^ 0 / , _pitief ; p irties _, _nothing _•^• _ould-. pre _. _vtjnt , them . " fruia _Jakuig _^ hej matter- into tlieii * own baud " , and marching , up tp _JLo . iidpn _tlh _^ cc to constitute a Parliament of . their , own . ( Gneers . )

      But _eijlightened friends . advise-their [ to curb them- selves iu for * _tirn « , lest their _. ieft ' . 'rta . _^ cyipr _^ an ofp . u revolution might fail , ixa le _* i , ihoy ' roigut , " bring ' a revolution not worth _liarjujJWi-eii . _'i _ai'htfd : 'In the _luehutirnc , the people of tit * ¦ ! _Sortii w _» _re promised that agitation should spread . _EauViyjfs , _* _- , a _^ . u South , that all shouldbo invited _Aa-1 urg _i'd _^ tje si _" , 't ' r tKe \> _ftition , and that aiteT , li'i > _-i'ig' . gjveij _tbfc House of Commons 1 full and ; _snfficivOt jnotipe _, * _hf .-people . _-woB-lrl tb _< n'be prepared to . _lniiiieiojvp - . nt was ..-called th _& 4 _ttfimit > rvtio , ' the coaclasir _^ -huiic of kings ' : —the _irrtyistrble "array of < a cousojidaited ; people would ihm effect-the'object . _th _« ; _mm « rf ., _* _be , North eo , en-. _taurf * HticaUy : desinid 4 i , CCi » ertrs . )) ,,, Thev did not devijri ' th . it itio- _'H-brare . meu s . ! eul ( l have ' tlieir 1 irHV- _« rv

      i _Wp ; hi _*» Jd'idW' _* vifjl « _-a « t ; -de « tbi , jth « yidiU- not waut 'fh _^ _mJfcjftghti'JiriiiL _. _tlaey ruiV'la- sum that , conflict , _i slfonhl be orowiie 4 !< with / Yietory . .: ( _ilenf , V . ear . ) '' If i _WiKWtbfeak were _pruviikHd _* by . _thejr oppressors ' _- _^ -if ' _icKbould . _bt-expedient- to ,, conis iutp . collision _withilbOse-wbulnoiw * _ryratiui-4 iid ; i » Vi'r ,: U \« . p eopl , it was an * li' _4 mp _^ rta _^ tio _^ iiiaderMiQi' . > _sft , _tp , , _aj-f ahge a' _plaii ' of _l _oplvsxioik _us'Aat « nwireV . si * eca 5 _s . , _j ( Loud npplanse . ) _M'firesr-utiheiHoo'fitoflCyn _^ m _^ _M pi _^ i ' cssea _, to n > : 'prfe «* at _, ( _f 00 _/ K ) 0 _iijlejct <> rsio £ _^ his _qoun _^ ry ! Now , _su ppOsiHg * bey ¦ could _prooUw lw _^ millions of _fi _^ nitures to thu _NationalPetitiout tbey would demonstrate , by ccnstiturional mean . ' , tbat that House of Commons was a usurpation . ( Load and reiterated apulause ;) . Havinjr , thus , proved the members of the

      MOpseol _< CoiniaoilB . to ;« e usurpers , tne people witu arms iw ' tbiiinhandsiwp . uld next determine to- carry the > Cnarter . _< at | : all' hazards ( cheers ) . What right had _tutey to < ie » _cliirilevth'J' _Wt-rking men from tfife * _rejir ' _est ' _-ntatiou ? If J _»« _v ) v 0 f ) _P . _ptrsona _chooss ' to _eleat-a _Ij _^ u _^ pfC _^ inmpni' without your leave , why should , 110 / . tri q _niiuiou ' _* elect a House of Commons without it _^ eir _^ eaije h fRnpt ' urotis applause . ) But these-men , _* A _* _pre "'' _like"yiiltu r 6 s oVer carrion ; it was onl y hy io ' _rcWHhe ' _cdnhorantt'epuld be compelled to leave _Weir _rjrey _:- ' _fHearj heat * . ) They must first , then , irinlL & rrserof _aiMegrtlind _coii 9 titntio >; al appliance * , But 4 f " _tlteyfoiiridithese to fail , why then they must _uWite ' wiih . the men of , the North . ( Loud cheering . ) Til » # » a ; w » i 5 e about _unveil millions of men in tbe

      _kiug-« Kmj _^ , anJ , ytlt theu - . rights were usurped by some i _70 _( r _** PQ 0 . ; Apd of , whom , he would ask , were these . tUou _*^ in 4 , s ., c _^* nposed ? Among thei r ranks would _beiouuuVito in ' c ' qnsi . « Jef . able number of pawnbrokers . Now , he would ask , taking into consideraliou the gei _/ eral welfare of the cummunity , whether it was more ' ' -important that the pawnbroker should be _represented iu the gieat council of the nation , or the working man , he who produced the wealth of the country , or the mau who thrived best amidst _snr--ro , unding . poverty , aud wretchedness , and destitution ? { Hear , hear . ) Next look to the stock-brokers . Why , there was not a man among them that had not a vote , and there was not a man amoug them tbat did not _deserve the callows . ( Laughter . ) Thev

      brought no honey to the common hive ; no , but while the pawnbroker fattened on private misery _, tbey became bloa _* . ed on national distress . ( Applause . ) Every lawyer in tbe country had a voteyes , every thief of them . ( Laughter . ) When did any eue of this gang add a stiver 10 the wealth of the country ? But what did tbey do ?—why , they sent you the grace of God on a latitat , and lived by what was termed , in their jargon , barratry ; that was , in plain English , by settiug their _neigabours by the ears . It was their interest that no man _suould know his own rights , or his own property , and they _generally contrived to appropriate to themselves the whole ot your property m their endeavours to learn to whom that property belonged . ( A laugh . ) Still

      e _\ ery rascal ot tnem nail a vote , some bad t « vo , wnicu was just two more than any ene of them ought to have . ( Hear , hear , nnd laughter . ) Then again , all tha parsons had _votes—^ _the men who toll you that the faith of the _Oospel could be found in the Bible , which the _^ _j fimida all read for themselves , and who lived _bSgraaining those things . which they declared t _^^ _HBLbV in _i _Oxplicable . ( Hear , and _laugher , ) , ; j _|^^ Hffre they preached to you the _necersi . _iy . of _^^^ _H _» Vg . Uion of the luits ef the uV _« hi but , WM _^^ H _^ _Kould'Iike to know , was . there to be _founi _^ _B _^ _Hb _^ inong them who did not delight VHgTe 83 HpHfi _"'dw _* iro sy ' gills ? ( Loud _lapghter . ) i , I _^ e _^ . aJKK _«^ _- ' ! 4 ! _'ghtering _soldier-liogerne , biluard-phiyihii' _«^ a ( ure . s , called omcers of . the

      _* nnyi have vatps , _. . ( Hear , h . ear . ) Then / the cottonlord _^ ,. iiae » _wlao- _accuai ' _iitated ' erionnons wealth by robbing the ' people of the fruits of their labonr , whose , fortupes were wrung from the _UJod and the _ein-iciatod sinews of their fellow _beinesj men _feediug on men , every wretch of them hrtd a yo . e . . ( 1 J ear , 'hear . ) Such was a sample ofthe _> classes ol men who _possessed the elective franchise , while they , the people , who were the produce's of . all that was reully _valoable in this world , were denied that right . Who was it that built tbeir houses ? Who furnished them with the various appliances of conveniences and luxury ? Whobailt their ships , their ( looks , and their harbours ? Who formed that magnificent Marine-parade on which ho had been

      walking that day _t w _arnt tne _stacKoroKer , pawnDroKer , the lawyer , the parson , or the cotton lord ? Oh , no ! It was the people who did all this ; it was the monwho kuow how to produce everything , but Htitl did not know how to keep anything . ( Load applause . ) Ic was a fapt too obvious to be overlooked , even by the _* saosti 6 . uperficiftl ¦ eii ' _^ uire ' r _* that the people were grievously overworked ; and thus it was that they _liad jiot leisure and ' opportunity to acquire _thnt _ipforinatioh which would enable them to cope with their oppressors , who were knowing fellows , and wno possessed all the skill , and trickery , and daring , imd effrontery of the pickpocket , the burglar _^ and the hiKhwavman . ( Applause . ) But while the

      latter classes of -robbers were elevated to the gallows for- their ' comparativel y petty _delinqiienqie 8 , their oppressors were raised to "bad eminence '' in the high-places of _^ . th ' e State by their wholesale rapine aad _plunder . ( Clieers , ) This itate of things eonld _be-altered only by the union , c ombination , and zeal of the working classei _, _- , and in'that way it might be effected withont spilling so much as a single drop of blood . ( Long and repeated plaudits . ) N 6 # _it waa matter of cuiicus speculation , to enquire to what extent the woi king men of this country were ¦ obbed—how much of the honey was appropriated h y the drones , and what pittance was left to the bees of tho bite , ? Would thev : like to know this ? Vies ! yes 11 Then , b y Beelze _' bub . he wonld tell

      The Charter:--Meeting- Of The ¦Worrunfr ...

      iiiem . ( Hear , ai . d F *» % bier . ; Ao « utti , e _ye . _a 1812 , a Mr Colqjohoun , » Whig _mi-ristratf , gu ve to the worht the result of a very elaborate calcul . uiou , b \ which he proved that f . _^ ur huLdred and \ h } Tt _$ _-l * v _niilliocs worth of _property was annuall y _pruduceJ iu thia couiitry ; and tiow did they suppose tbai thi * property _** es distributed ? In the first place , tho . aii _.-io _^ _racy , tht > _spending cla _^ res , the men ol fixed lutomes , chose who make no _fHturuswhat-ver for what they receive ,- tbe _sleeping p _^ rtoers , as they might b _» termed in tiie state , and who were as . one to every thotuand of the population , very modestly appropriated to _themselves four _shillings and _aixpfi _"* * - ia very pound . ( Sh _« me , shame . ) Attcin . er

      classlnciadiug the commercial men , the manufacturers , and the shopocracy . the men who buy cheap and sell dear , who grind the producers aud _che-i tha consumers , for bo _inun could be a _sncces _? tiil trader under the present system ef _thiiurs , without lying and cheating all day like the devil . ( Laughter . ) Amoug this class was _distributed seven stiilliugs and sixpence more of the pound . ( Sham- , _shuuie . ) But he did not very much blame tbe _shopx _.-epers for tha course of con . 1 bct to which the circum * t « nce « by which they were surrounded bad driven tbem , for perhap * they had better rob others rather than their own _children , and they were uMfortttnately _Mt witk opo theralternative . ( Hear , _henr . ) The )» nltwa » fairly attributable to tho pres nt _Hrtigcial and mos * unnatural state . of society . Still i _^« . _br _™**^ _K-a

      _, 110 ngnt to _monopolize to vhiniseir tk « electro franchise—he had 110 rensori to _deay * he _working man hw vot » - _^( applH-a _^)—and while he did so , tb * ¦ working mep we e justified in making , his position uneasy , and lafusiug poison into his enjoyments _^ ( He « r , r bear . ) . Yes , to the . _w _mi'Hi _who lied and ohea _^ aU . da _^ ,, who , _spumed the . _nnnlncers , and treatod them-wuh distrust , " t » _'fhem thev gave 7 s . 6 < L m e \* _ery _po-md . - No * 4 _rCm : le _fbeiiiieu of _fixei iocomes , and . 7 B . 6 d . ; tp , thi # : latter , classy _aecordine to Cocker—( a laugh)—made jn * t I 2 s . in , very peund _(» ri'dnced by the working _claries ; aiid tbey wonld How that this was no _m-au _bito ont of the cherry . ( Hear , hear , arid _laughter . ) Tbwy _, of ccorsev imagined that the remaining eight shillings fell to their lot . But " softly , not yet ; " in this mey wer » quite _imst-aken : tbi !« re , wei !« i « nm «» hw « - _« r iu

      cn _.-rry _before any came to them , , , Th 8 parson fiexk came in for bis share ; one _ffitniltfTii the potmd was _appfripnared _^» n _*« rdH '* mafeh _4 them a litt !» c _« mfor _> able . in _ite . » _ejst , wprld ti ; in _coyipeusation for the wrongs , and _juffenr , _^ , aud oppression , they had endured 111 ' this _' ' t ? N _? ar _Ud"lSgbier ) Yea , kind souls , having'made this earth your Pandemonium , they forced , you to pay au extra shilling * m the pound that you might have « . _Paradise hereafter . ( Hear , hear , and lmighter . ) Th _* n cam * an additional 2 s . 61 . in the pouud _towards supporting _, among other thiai . s , that very pretty _pigeoia . house iD _theceiitn of their town —( _laughter)—and towards keeping np that force which k »* pt ibem ha order ; yes , they wert * made to _pny lor the _swordt which l acerated their _ilesb , _» _n-l the _bulleis whichi pierced their bodies . ( He ;! r , hrar . j In a _word , ther paid 2 _« . tid . in _every po ' ijiKf _Wwliat was termed tlie _^ _piirposes of Government . ( Hear *) Now 4 s . 63 . and / s . 6 d ., and . ! --, and 2 s . 61 .. _inadn lfl _^ « L . _**•»«

      -corcmg 10 Cock * r . " ( Laughter . ) ' Aud now , working men—yon who are the pn > fhi ' e _« rs 6 f all tbe wealthof the country , the dishes , _beu _» 'f . ulmo .-t cleared _^ now you are invited to sit down to dinner ; the leff uf mutton vfns all nurc _^ rwam ' e 3 , ' o ' u t r . till there was a little bit left for therm neartbe . _« hnnk . ( Hear _, hear , and lauthten ) Such was tht ! state of things ia 1812 . _according 10 the calculation of a Whig magis f rate- —M . r . Colquhoun . ' Fr ur sailings nnd _.-ixpencsr _"as left to tiie classes who p . rolucea all the wealth _, © _fthr * country out of ev _^ ry pound pr duce i ia that country . ( Shame , shame , shame . ) But the discovery had mace been made that the workiug classes could ilrt with less than even this _miserable poundage r aye , and _tbfr _Legislature uac * _followed' up this discovery by s till further _trin'ling the faces of the poor * since what wa * _caU'dthe Reform Act had come into Operation . And how had they done it ? Bv amending the Poor Law ! rShnnts nf _rl ; _.,: > _...... " .. hui _^ _r , r _»

      Amending , indeed ! Why , their legi . sle . tors never _amended any Jaw without making it a devilish deal . worse . ( Loud up _*»] au > e . ) If a mb . n had been continually adding to the wealth of tbe country , _thronphout fifty years ~ _<* t toil and hardship , by thisr amended law hw labour was requited b y _cheerlesacoiihiiement within . prison walls ; and in hia dark hour bt" infirmity and destitution , she who has hitherto been the partner of his joys and sorrowsshe who has alley . ajted- his sorrows by dividing them _, with him , and has doubled his jovs by r ,- joicing with _, him -she , the-wife of his bo " som , - shall not be permitted , to give _:-iiim : Jthe _comfert _' _-ond solace of her . society . .,. _^ Vphemer _^ t , expressions , of indignation _^ And \ h \* , forsooth , was the amended Pour Law ! ( Hear ; beer ;) - _It-w _^ _byttrisndmers such as _thes _* _tbnt ; , Ui . eir _ODDressbrs-. _eadiiaVDor « ul . lnVi < mJci ; r . * r _

      _Popple , . TheD _$ yA was said to be the father of lie * •* . if so , tlie * e folks ' must be ' _thetDeVif ' _s very near rela-* rohs . _( L « BghiteTS )* . _/ M 5 _rUO * _BTii ! n went " on at great _length an , thftisftm _^ . _^ _aAo _^^ amid the _heart-s tirrinr _exclamanons of the ' people . He was followed bw _Messts . _'Re _^^ Brirt ir _^ C 6 _lffi _^ _Sa * a « _'Osborne , _whoei speeches ,. we , are _** prxy , onr space compels ns t _» _rXTMt ¦ ' - _^ 1 rJ ¦ ' . *

      ¦ ' ¦ ' '- Biatev"

      ¦ ' ¦ ' ' - BiaTEV "

      "Dri'th ' E ^4th ' Ut't^'A1¦ !, Bndftdg'...

      _"dri ' th ' e _^ _4 _th _' _ut _' _t _^' _a _1 _¦ _BndftDg _' _t _? _on Quav , the Lad y Of Isaac WarvJ _. Es _^ . _^ of iw « sbai _* Uiie mother and Children are all doing w _« l ) . , lfii _^

      Mabrjages. Gn W" Ed«E*Dfty'lest, Apoap-'...

      _MABRJAGES . Gn W " ed « e _* dfty'lest , _APoap- ' piirish church , Mr . J . Freeman , solicitor , ; _tv _Mies-Bpffy , _dacghterof ta * late Mr . God trey Berry , mats tef , all of this town . Oh Friday week , at _oW' _^ ttrish chu .-cb , byth * ReVi , _% _i : VV' ' - " _*^ _«* _'M _*« _Biefirsfla- « fej * e lau- Mr . Tboe _. SutcUffe , of _UebJen Bridge , to Elizibeth , _eldesk daughter of Mr . qlj _Webatfe _* _, _dP'Ai s town . Saua « _dayj at the Independent chapel , Holbeck * by the Rev . _John _CommiBi * , Mr , James Crompton , to Miss 1 H . Wesfermaiv _^ _ptVpf _tSis town . __ On the 23 d _ultwat . onr uansb church . Mr . James

      Boys , to Miss Esther Gkmgh ,. _younge st _daughterrf Mrs . Grace Clengb _^ of- _th « . Bowling Green _Ibb » Armley . " - . ,: >'! " _•' ¦> u _.-i-r _^ Ou Aiondaylp . sf , - ht : Sanaal _° fchurch , Mr . _Willisast bunderland , of Horbiiry , to ; _^ _iss Eliaabuth Lonke-. of Cnggelston . ' . ' , „ ,., On Sunday last , at _Sandal church , Mr . _Georga Hnst , mannfactnrer to Miss _Elizabeth _Crawshaw _^ only daughter of Mr . Mark Crawsliaw , gent ., all of Horbnry . ¦ - ¦•¦ - . _inw-On _Wednesday mornmg'last , at L _? nd * il chape _^ by the Hev . James Parsons , ; Mrs : _Jam « s _M'Moran _, foreman to Messrs _^ Backhouse ,, -nurserymen , to blizibeth , eldest daughter of'Mr . Geo . Bayne , all of

      Ou Tnesday last , at the- phrish church , Otleyv Mr . Joseph Thackray , blacksmith , of Denton _,, near Otley , to Miss Hannah Ives , of the sa ** B » place . > / . T Oa Sunday last , at St , _OlaYe ' sv Marvgate , by the Rev . Mr . Watsou , Mr . Alexander Mackay , ooh-( _ectioner , from Edinburgh ,- to Frances , elde s * daughter of Mr . Lund , cattle dealer , of the Groves . near York . On Suuday last ,. at the Superintendent Registrar ' s Office , in Wesga teY ( kfey , Mr . William Danwell , to Mrs . Hannah Slater , totk of _Gui _» iey _» near Otley . " ¦ ¦ - _»¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦•¦ -..= ¦ .: ¦ _-. > ,. Ou Sund ay last ; at thb parish _chnrch , Waketleltf _, Mr . W .= T'homps « rn ,-of . Kirkhana Gate , to _Grac-v y . mngest daughter , of . Mr . _, Gar * att , > schoolmaster *

      On Sunday last , at the parish church , MirReld _^ by the Rev . Ralph-Mandej vicar , Mr . John Holt , cloth manofactdrer , eldest son of the late Mr . _Joho . Holt , cloth manufacturer , " *© _Martha , the only ' daughter' pf the late 'Mr . _JofiBi Web _.-t-r , vessel ' ow n . _e'r , all of Mirfield . ; _..

      On Monday Ifwv After'd'Few^Airy's Illnes...

      On Monday _IfwV after'd ' few _^ _airy ' s illness , in her 13-h year , Jane Elizabe ' tH _/ _. rlnrd _dJ _. _u _^ _hler of Mr . William Farrar _> Rose and . Cro _^ a Hj tel , ia this town . - Oa fharsday last , Mr . James Haley , aged _TuVof tbi * tuwn . ., _Vi _ On the 28 th nit ., at _tforb * ry , Mr . _DavfalCDM Dawson , son of Mr ., Wm ; Bt » wson , _gentleinao » ia the liJth jrearef his age . after a loar aaitedLu * illness . On the 2 Stb , ult ., in the 83 d year of her

      _^ age * _tuzaDetli _Kipley , High Harrogate . On Thari jaa / . night week , a _^ ed 41 , M-. Jacc * Rose , bookbinder , of Leathley lane , in tbis town . He waa found dead iu his house on tne following morning , having , it is supposed , _expired in a fit . Hi * * i ) e wag absent from home when the _melaaeholy event took place . ° _a _,. Wednesday last , aired 78 , Mt . S Elliott _^ at Pocklmgton _, He was much respected by a law * circte •[ friends . ¦ . . Oa _Mondny lasi t _^ . in his 13 th year , Joseph _. el ( _fe _«< ? ° _f , Mr , John Brown ,, weaver , of tbe cltj

      _i _' . ' . Oa _^ _' _^ _lajt _' _-aC _^ _'ScwHioVagBa ' 64 , Mr . Benjam W _^ _auden , after , a weakly state of _health for * longtime , ; ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ . - ¦¦ .,. ¥ _S _$ M _$ F _Zfilfc . at w aUby _, aged 6 . _months _^ m _& m _t « bh ' at Mr : Jehu Frank land , oi th » _Blwk _Horap , Hotel On Friday week , at hishonse , in the Grove VLomk _?* j _^ i _?^ » * H * a lingering illness , age « i 4 « _v ? _$ v 1 _^ o 6 s * * _" noblemah waa Premier _Baro _** of England , and _sticoeeded bismother Charlottev th * late Baroness , Jan . 9 , 1 S 31 _; . _ Oil Friday week , aged 49 , Caroline , the wife of IL . V _?*?^ ' _» sq ., of Hall , deeply lamented by her _fatttty and fneadi . _y J . _ S / aine day , \ Vm . Harman , only child of Mr . _Joba _, Dunn , cork manufactnrer , of this town . On Good Friday , aged 72 , Mr . John _KawssIey _, of this town , formerly egent to the Union _Compear hut latterly aa _acoonnttuit , - : _^^ m

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 6, 1839, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_06041839/page/5/