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      6 BEAT BADICAL PEMONSTHATION AT V \ WIGAN . : ' . ' . ' - ¦ ; Oh Monday last , one of me largest 3 > emonstratkm ever known to have been held in the neighbour-Itood of Wlgan , was convened at Worsbro' Common , to adopt 4 he People ' s Charter and tie National Petition . Early in the morning , the town / was all alive , and thonsands seemed to wait with ardent ansiety the arrival of the period -when they -were to te assembled , together to register their determina-¦ &m to join the endeavours of those who have already set tkem the example , in the struggle for freedom , At about two o ' clock , an immense precession moved from the town to the Common , where a Tery commodious hustings was erected . The numbers present conld not l > e less than from twenty to thirty thousand , having come from "Wigan , Leigh , Bury , Bedford , Lindley , and other placed The following is the order of procession : — " WIGAN . Uo . 2 . —Banner , eight feet by six feet . Green Silk Trimmings—Red fringe . 1 st . sideeaEATBADICAliPEMONSTILATION AT - - ¦ _ - ¦ - " ¦ < ¦ ¦

      A full length portrait of Feargus O'Connor , Esq . 5 xi the attitude of addressing the Public , holding the People * Charter in one Tiand , Hunt's monument in the distance . Motto on a scarlet scroll , gold letters —O'Connor Hunt ' s successor . Reverse—The British lion roused , and in the attitude of feamping under hL ? feet Starvation Bastile . s DebtFunds , - Jew Jobbers—Aristocracy , Shopocracy , White Slavery—State Paupers , Sol ding a three- ^ dged flaming dagger in his forepaw— -the "black flag snspeaded between

      the pomt of the dagger and the pointof his taiL Motto on black flag—Down , down to Hell , and say I sent yon there . Also a death ' s head and cross-bones , and a viper ' s sting at the extreme end of the flag . - Motto , on a scarlet scroll over all , in gold letters , Tremble , Tyrants , tremble .

      LEIGH . 2 . —Marshals on Horse-Back . Flag . Committee , two a-breast . Union Jack . Members , fonr a-breast . Tri-coloured Flag . Members . Cap of Liberty . Members . Bundle of Sticks . —Flag . Motto-Britons , do your Duty . Reverse—The People , the Sonrce of all Wealth . Members . Green Silk Flag . Motto-Union is Strength . Reverse—. Abolition of Slavery . The Korlltern Star . Member * . Green Flag . Motto—The Five Points . / Reverse—Equitable Adjustments . Members . Coach and Pair . Green Flag . Motto—Rights of Labour . Reverse—"" . Justice to the Millions . [ Shoemaker ' s Society . ~ " ~ Union Flag . Motto-It is better to die by the Sword than perish "with Hunger . We wiU have our Birthright . Hindley Working Men ' s Society . Flag . Committee . —Band , two a-breast Flag . ¦ ¦ - . ¦ _ ¦ Members , four a-breast . Tri-coloured Flag . Silk Weavers , four a-breast

      Flag . The United Order of Free Mechanics . " Members , four a-breast . Inscription— - Let Brotherly . Lore Continue . ¦ ¦ - Hindfe f Union . > Tax upon , tax we can ' t endure—. A Radical Reform is the only cure . . UniTersalCivfl Right and Religiolis Lilwrty . What mean ye that ye beat my people , and grind ihe fa « oTtha poor , . . saith the ior fG 6 * . rf uLts . iimdleywqrkine Men's * Association . * " The People ' s Charter . < wi Motto—©^ Connor and Stephens our leaders are now , Utese dignified men hare laurels stamped on their ' brow-- - -

      . ' : * .- . * Reverse—Britons , break your chains of slavery . Pull Corruption ' s Pillar down . Triumph over despotic knaveiy . Drive all tyrants to the ground . . _ Up Lord save us , or we perish . . Liberty or Death . - Reverse—Ye have despised the poor . Do not nth men oppress you ? T _ . T . BURY FLAGS . 1—union Jack . S—Trioolonred . 3-Green . , Motto : _ "Kb better to die by the sword than perish by ionger . - ¦ * J __ - ¦ _ ,. * ' - " - Reverse : We VJIl ha ? e our birthright . ± —Silk Flag—Rose , thistle , and Shamrock . m . Motto : The people , the source of all power . -r ,. , Reverse : Unions do your duty . 5—Greenstuff : - . _ . .. Motto : Justice for fte millions . Reverses Rights of labour . 6—Green Silk . , Motto : Abolition of slavery . _ Reverse : Union is strength . 7— Mottot Universal Suffrage . Reverse : Equitable adjustment , and No Corn Laws .

      WESTHOUGHTON . Tricolwured-banner . _ - - Motto :-Xe Reformers of England have courage awhile , " A ^ Si y ^ Dr «« B tyraiteshall see you to smile : Andteu them , the feats of your labour aad toil It never did merit a cursed Bastile . Gteenemiea have said we are ignorant and poor Tims well may they say while they ' ve plundered our 4 store : -- : _ ,- . . „ : Th ^ i ignorant we are , out rightrwe'n enjoy ; WeTlhave them , brave Britons , or else we wfll die

      "; - - w - — ' -Reverse : © Xkmaotana Stephens -we will rally round , AndAem-we'Btobey ^ lien the trumpet doe * sound ^ eTLbe oaanrtfia ^ ou ^ fo ^ tod « fy—We ^; £ e-tothe i&d | andconquer or dW WhiteFlag . . . . " - .. „ - 'V "' - ; - '¦? ; * ' Moito : Teed flttlnniry and clothe tie naked . Green and crimson Hag . - . We lira" to Be fee- * ; . .

      Or we die to a man * ^ 2 ^ ^^ e shm with &e sword are better than ^^ f « slain with hanger ; for these pine away 5 ^^ S i 0 T * mt Of *** *»** ¦' «*» ¦ fielu - - . - £ - - ¦ 1 - , -RCYfiESfi " - - "¦ -- " ^ Eq ^ ri ^ bls ; andprivileges ' areevery poor man ' s RoVnofc ^ poorbecanse he is poor , nei&er oppress £ he afflicted in the gate . —Prov . xxkST r . - * ''United—ire stand ¦ ¦; = -v ^ aHrided ^ refan . ' : ^ ^ _ WESTHQUGHXON DOBBRaW . Anasflkn 8 f , withfreenlrinee . r " :. - - ¦ ¦ - . - ^ - ¦ -. ^ Motto : - . Unwersal SufltagA f Unitj-and Liberty . Reverse : ^ - Peed fte hungry ^ anjl ctothe &e naked .

      . DAISY . HILL . t *?* * » ^ Land ,. be glad and rejoice , for the *^^ riU do great thing * . Joel ii . 2 L / > . ^ atjwithnoldeth corn , the -tfeople shall curse May the * && ^ fBbertyjieTer lose a / e « flier . May everyiumeBtiCTrt never know distress .: Jlay every man daim Ms own .-tin

      _^ Ai ^ ^ v atoointed ^ ^ hecoinmencement of l ^ sr ^ ss Tgsssiaza&vsffi&x f ^ W"rflife'people of this district , especially as ± A * ' £ ZF * * £ - ihsX a ^^ deal of apaUiy ¦ tad existed among them , and something worsef ^ WJ ^^ jW crotchets , till aeyhadb ^ enOTpposedaot . to > ow toe ainerence ¦ etweesa i Wiig aaaa JladicaL- but they knew > &e

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      difference new . ( Cries of aye , aye . ) He had no doubt they had long known it . The principles of Radical Reform had been silently and unnoticed working their -way ^ from cottage te cottage , from heart to heart , und there needed but a fitting opportunity to prove that nere , as everywhere ^ the people nnderstood the necessity of obtaining , and were der termined to obtain that great political privilege without which it would be impossible to obtain redress of the intolerable grievances under which they were suffering . He believed that a great part of ¦ Uiem were hand-loom , weavers ; it would be strange indeed if that oppressed and suffering body of men should be backward in joining their fellow-countrymen in demanding the restoration of those polidi&Vrenw new . _ (( Mes of aye , a ^ douDtthevnad Ion ? known it TIir imnnnlpn nf

      tical rights , whicn had once made the people of this country the greatest and happiest that the sun ever shone upon : The weavers of Lancashire were the first who came out in masses to support those political principles , the . consummation of which we were , he trusted , speedily to witoess . He had said this at Kersal Moor , and repeated it , because it had been in every paper he had seen misrepresented , and turned into a variety of unfounded and ridiculous assertions , but more especially , because he saw n ear him a striking proof of the correctness of his assertion ^ That cap of liberty by ids side had been exhibited ifty-two years ago , at a great meeting for the same purpose as the present , and on . this very ground . We had made great progress since those

      days . They did not now dare to meet our demands for justice as they had done then and since . ( Hear . ) It was once of his earliest recollections to have seen a body of horse artillery galloping through the streets of his native town , as if they had been summoned by the tocsin or the beacon-light . Their errand was to put down the Jacobins , as they were then called , who were assembled en Tandle Hill ; and the sympathies of almost all the middle and most of the working classes went with these hireling butchers . A flag had been exhibited at Kersal Moor stained with blood—the blood of innocent nien assembled , as they now were , to demand their rights . But Lord John Russell had promised , kind soul , that he would not

      put down these great meetings . ( Cries of "He dare not" ) You have it ; he dare not : the people are too strong for that , and the soldiers would not do the work . They could no longer be told that they were seeking wild theoretical reforms—that the people were prosperous and happy , and that the system "worked well : some years since were told them things with some show of justice . They then sung of " the roast beef-of old England ; " but weavers seldom saw beef now . The standing Tory toast was " The land we live in , and those that do not like it , d—n them , let them , leave it . " Now puffing advertisements were put out to induce the people to leave their country , by _ the promise of release from starvation , and the conntiy was thus practically declared to be one which it wus not desirable to live in . Mr . F . then concluded with some remarks on physical force , deprecating any unnccessiry employment of means that might lead to

      consequences so dreadful to all classes in society , but maintaining that it would be dangerous and un-: worthy . of a brave people to forego the right and duty of holding themselves always prepared for the exercise of this last appeal , if circumstances should absolutely demand it . They had moral power iu their hands sufficient to obtain their rights , if their few remaining pr ivileges should not be further invaded ; they needed not arms to assail their opponents , but to protect themselves from fa ' al encroachments on-th « ir rights . If civil war was ever to be dreaded by them , it was more to be feared by their oppressors , - to most of whom , end as it might , it must be ruinous : let those men beware how they urged the people to desperation , and let the people adopt such wise councils and practice—^ uch prudent and manly forbearance , that if the worst should come , they might say to tyrants , " Your blood be on your own heads ; we are clear . ' ( Loud and longcontinued cheering . ) The following letter was read from Mr . O'Connor : TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WIGAN AND LEIGH MEETINGS . L « naon , Uov . 10 th , 1838 . GEXTLEMEN , -I had bo'lT intended aDd hoped to have been with yon to-day , but I trust that my absence will be pardoned , when J assign my reason . I have been denounced by Mr . Salt one of the Birmingham Council , for , my opinion upon the sntjectof physical resistance to laws not sanctioned by tke ConsututioB , and as I t'h ' m'L- my character is of some importance to the working disse ? , and as I feel Impressed with the necessity of those classes having confidence in the prudence and .. sagacity of those who undertake to expound the laws ; I have resolved upon meeting my accuser ( ace to face .

      luesaay is the roght upon which the Council meet the Union , and therefore , I am compelled to appear to-morrow before the people of Birmingham , in order to try the question , ana to uwrtam whether or not all engaged in forwarding the present movement , are agreed in principle . You will recollect that I stated sometime ago , that whenever I was called to acconnt for any act of mine that 1 should repair forthwith totha spot and enter upon my defence . I trust in that my friends at Wigan -will accept this my . apology , and that you will ( having read ^ the letter for the meeting , ) hand it to the Reporter for the Northern Star , in order that he may take it ai my excuse for Don . ' attendance at the Leigh , meeting , on the 13 ol .

      I ui Sir , faithfully yours , FEARGUS O'CONNOR . Universal Suffrage—No Surrender . Me . James Fexxing proposed the first resolntion , which he accompanied with a neat speech , in which he eatered into a clear investigation of the causes of the people ' s sufferings , and showed with great force that Universal Suffrage was the only means by which they could obtain that representation without which they wonld ever be slaves , and at the mercy of the wealthier cla&sea of society . Mr * Henry Birtwistle very ably seconded the resolution , which was supported by the R& \ . J . R . Stephens . Mr . Stephex 8 was then introduced to the meeting , and was received with the most enthusiastic

      cheering . He said—Men of Wigan and the neighbouring townships and hamlets—hear me ( cries of we will ) . There is for everything a time , ^ and every thing is beantiful in Its season . In your business , fellow-countrymen , the time for talking has long since gone by ( cheers ); the time for gatherings like these an thonsands and tens 01 thousands together has also gone by ( hear , hear , and " itis" ) . No more meetings , no more speakings ; to work ( cheers andlaDghter ) . Do what you have seen me do ; off with your jackets , and like men who know what yon are about , and who mean to do that which you have set your hearts upon , g » to work like " good tins . " and get it done ( cheers ) . You need no one to come from . Ashton or Bury or Leeds or London

      to teach you how to feel your wrongs ( no , no ) . You have felt them already ( aye , aye ) until you can bear the burthen no longer ( near , and " we have ") . You needed not to send for any man from Ashton or Leeds or London to tell you what your rights are , for , sirs , ye are m ^ n , and from the bottom of your souls rises up from earth , heavenward the knowledge , the wish , the will , and the power to be just what God made-yon ( cheers ) . I want no books , " I want no argument , 1 want no laws , I want no cftn-Btitutions , J want no charters or any thing to tell me , and you want nothing to tell ym , that being men , you have a right to be what the father of men , whose children ye are , made yon and wanted you to be ( cheer *) : It is said in the oldest book in the

      world , and I think the best book in the world , that God made man in his own likeness { he did ) , and if God be what we have always been taught to nnderstand that he is , wise , and great , and happy , then to be made like God ig to be made great and wise , and good , and happy after our kind : ( Hear , hear . ) We are told that in : the beginning God created the heavens and the earth ; the heaven was spread for ns , the sun to shine by day , and the stars to glitter and twinkle and smile -by night , and the round world for U 3 to tread upon , and to walk | abroad in , He has told us that this earth was made , not for ornament , not for amusement , not ont of any intention to display a mere act of power , bnt that it was made as a house for man to live in —( hear , hear )—field for

      as a man to till , as a storehouse holding everything that is good and useful , to which man was te have free admission , free ingress and egress , aadLgouigin and coming out , and always getting irjom that storehouse everything which he needed , eitherforhisbodyorhis « oul . (" Aye , aye . " bear , and cheers . ) We are : told that tins earth , after it had been made , and after God had walked over it himself , as an architect would walk . over the building which he had erected , so we are told that God walked throughout the world , and looked at every thing to examine whether it had beerfmade according to 4 he plan , and whether it answered the purpose , and , after he had looked at the whole of it , it issaid thathe made this declaration , —" Behold , all things

      are very good ; " and having found that all thing * were wry -good ' , he made a deed of settlement , and took ; that deed and gave it into the hands of Adam and Eye , and saidnntdnhein— "Here is the earth ' I giwitTinto you ^ take ^ t and be mas ters of it ; tiii it and it / will Dear « iough for you and your ' offspring and lest yoa should have ^ any doubt at all , be . fruit ! ful—don ' t be afraid ^ -be fruiual and multiply , and Teplenish the earth jarid subdue it , for all things are jonrs . " ( Loud cheers . } Jfow I go to that ; 1 stand by ihat ; and I know that if God be true—if he be ^ ccord . ng to- his » vbrd—that will sUnd by me . ( Cheers . ) I have been lately told by the Whigs , in ^ wer to this argument—I contend , you knevr ^ tnat the end of all law , whether of . God or of man is not

      , " the greatest happiness to the greatest number , " fer that would be commitling an act of H'J ^ tice ^ pon the few ; and we have no more It , ? ^ mg many > to commit an act / of injustice upon the few- , than they , being few * iave to commit , m » act of injustice opon-ihe many ; and therefore , I hold and I teack ^ hat the end of all . g ^ n ^ ient , dmne or human , is by teaching what is right and doing what is good to produce- and pro-. motetheiappineSS of alL ( Loui cheers . ) Well nowhowdo theWhig g gfitover that ? They cannot say that it js a bad thing to make all happy J and , therefore , theysayit is a very sweet idea , a very lovely thought , a very beantilul term ; and if Stephens could only awake from his dreams some morning ! and find bis paradise it would be all very well .

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      ( Hear . ) But tbey-say ^ 'how stands ; the c ; sse ? " and they make it out that the ¦ case stands thus—that God never intended happiness to be the lot . of man . ( Shame , shame . ) They say that revelation and reason and experience all go to prow that God Almighty never intended the human race tbDehappy-They cannot get over the argument from the creittioii , and , therefore , like the devil , their father , and the fatheroflies —( bravo)—who was a liar and a murderer from the beginning , and who has spit out lie ? and murders through the tube of Wbiggery ever since like their father the devil they go to blast th < j garden of Eden , and turn round upon us * , and say , " aye , but man has fallen and God cursed him . " Very well , 1 never flinch . ( Cheers . ) If they will ttior ^ QUif nut th » t rto-Mta -fo »^ . w ,,. _ tW « f

      come up to-the rail : I " will come np to the rail too . Now then for the curse . God 8 aid unto man , "in the sweat of thy brow , that thou eat bread all the days of thy-life until thou return unto the dust , for dust thou art and to dust thou shalt return . " That is the curse ; will any body object to it ? ( No , no , and tremendous cheers . ) Now what will the infidel Bishop of Norwich , —what will the practical Atheists of the Whig pitrly say to that ? God lias declared thatif a man i « V / work he shall eat bread , not only te-day or to-morrow , but all ' the days of his life . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Dont be in a hurry . A man can only sweat so long ag he has moisture ; he cannot sweat after his moisture aud his gums are dried up . He can only sweat through manhood . In old age he cannot sweat , and that shows that God intended and designed that if men were willing to work he has manl

      so long as y strength and power and \ igour to do it , he should be able during the time of hisnatural strength in manhood to provide enough not only while he was working to supply the wear and tear of his body , but he should have it in his power to provide enough during manhood for his old age . ( Hear and cheers . ) God has thrown mail upiai his own resources : his resources are to worK while he is young , and while he has all the marrow of goodly manhood within him . If he will do that , God says he shall have bread enough to eat until he return to the dust . ( Hear . ) Now I think that is setiled : I think it is shown even from the Bible that God means man to be niiddlipg-like happy ; ayt > , to be iunnitely happy as compared with man in his present condition in this atheistic country of yours . ( Cheers . ) Now then for woman . ( Cheers . ) God cursed woman as well as man . The first curse-oi

      woman was that she was to be a help meet for man , or that she should be man ' s companion , and keep him company all the days of his life . Any bony any objection to that ? ( No , no , and cheers . ^ The next part of the curse that was put upon woman was that she should be hi subjection to herown husbanu , her desire should be unto her husband , and he should rule over -her— ( hear hear)—and not the mill owners —( tremendous cheeringj- ' -not the coal pit master —( continued cheering >—not the : Poor Law Commissioner . ( Cheers . ) 1 have seen since I came into this town women whose face 3 aro as black as soot . Now I want to know whether these men are true , and God a liar , or God true and these men liars , for God says that woman is to be subject to her husband

      own , and nobody else ; and thereore 1 argue from the word of God that man is to be the bread provider , and woman the bread distributer . ( Tremendous cheers . ) That man is to be the b : « ad maker and woman the bread baker , and that she is 10 deal it out \ o all her little ones , and all that go to make up the household at home . ( Cheers . ) The woman ' s factory is on the hearth-stone and over the kitchen five ; there is the woman's world . Her desire is to be at her husband ' s hearth and at her husband ' s bed . Her desire is to be with her children , those dear babes , sweet pledges ef love and tokens of God ' s benevolence and that he has been mercifully pleased to bless them with . ( Cheers . ) That brings me to the 3 rd part of the curse upon woman

      she is in sorrow to bring forth children ^ Now I will maintain against aU the interested , detestable , and damnable doctrines of the Whig political economists that woman , dear , lovely , virtuous woman , was made by tke God of heaven , his last work and his best work , to be at our sideto Le onr compauion—to be our solace and our support—to be our crown of rejoicing—to be the mother of onr children , the rearer of our babes—to go up the hill with us , and down the hill with us , until , at thehill ' jt foot of life we lay us down and sleep in peace , and awake together reunited in yonder bliss-Inl paradise above . ( Loud cheers . ) When I say that God meant man to be happy , as the end of his work and the object of his administration here upon earthdo think

      , they I am fool enough to mean that the bulk of mankind are never to hnve the tooth-ache er the head-ache—that their children are never to have the small-pbx or the measles , and that their wives are never to die in child-bearing ! No ; we know full well that disease is ours "; we know full well that God ' s judgments are ours . Sometimes he take * the ewe limb ont of the fold ; sometimes he takes away tbedesire of our eyes as with a stroke , and the wife that shared our bed and slept upon our pillow—the wife of our bosom , - is sometimes taken away ; but God doe th it ; and 1 teach and strive to leam that lesson , * . * the Lord gav » oxia the Loid hath taken aw »; 5 blooocU de tUe name of the Lord . " Jf God should take away my babe , I should weepbut

      ; 1 would not sorrow as one without hope , for I should know that the little budlihg , the llowerling of my love , was only transplanted into yonder garden to flourish and never fade—to blossom and never decay ( Cbeers . ) If God should take away my wife , I should sorrow and mourn , but I should think of the time when , being in God ' s keeping yonder , and 1 being m God s keepmg here , our hearts I know would be again nnited » never to be parted any more . ( Hear hear , hear . ) But is-there anything in the Word of God of the Poor Law Commissioher . 1 taking away my child or my wife ? Are you ever told in the Word of God that you are to be resigned—that you are to be submissive—that you are to be obedientthat you are to be patient , while , the Poor Law

      Commissioners take away your children or your wives ? ( "No , no . " ) No , nowhere . Nature , reason , instinct , revelation , say— " If you be men , rise up ; strike home ; fight for your wives , your children , and your homes . ( Tremendous and deafening cheers . ) I know full well that our frail flesh is heir to many ills ; all I ask for is , that the poor should haven in their power , when God visits them with affliction , to enjoy those consolations which he ^ as offered them . Tha t is all . Your children will have the measles , the small-pox , the typhus fever , 1 cannot hinder it when it comes ; but a great deal of it might be prevented . ( Hear , hear . ) For when does it coine ? Lardly ever but when starvat'on comes before it . ( Cheers . ) ; Now cut away the root and the tree

      will not flourish in our country an , d when it does come , all I ask for them is , that the mother shall have it in her power to go to the apothecary ' s and confectioner ' s , and buy the drug at the one shop and the currant jaice at the other , and give th « medicine , so that at all events the poor dying child may expire with aa little possible pain , and with the smile of affection upon its lips . ( Hear hear . ) All I ask is that when a poor woman stands ' alone in the world , —the oak being shattered from its top to its root , shattered aa by the lightning stroke of di 5 ease or of death , —that she , the ivy , now left with nothing to cling to—all I ask u that she should have a prop—not aPoor Law Bastfle--a staff—not of separation , not of starvation and death—but" that she should have the

      pillar of kindness and ' . sufficient support , of comlort and consolation . ( Hear ^ hear hear . ) All I contend for is that in this checquered scene , that in this transitory state of things , the ills ollife should be fairly shared ; we bearing each other ' s burdens , the rich bearing the burdens of the poor and the poor bearing the burdens of the rich ; and so fulfilling the royal law of Christ . - ( Cheers ) All I ask is that in-th \«! vale of tears , in this difficult and distressing and dangerous state of existence in many re . « pejits , we should share and share something alike of the sweets as well as the bitters . I contend that not any one class can , or ought to be exempt ; from misery ; but I do contend that the rich have no right to a monopoly of the superfluities and

      indulgencies of life while the poor are condemned to a monopoly , of wretchedness and misery . ( Cheers . ) Now I love that argument : and I will compel the enemies of the people , . Whig ,. Tory , or JRadical , Pagan or Christian , in professien , I will compel the enemies of God and man either to answer that argument , to your satisfaction , or otherwise to allow that argument to be carried into practical operation . ( Cheers ^) "Mr . Stephens ^ then proceeded to say that having traveued through some foreign countries in all his travels hehad neyer seen m muchleanness , so much rags , somuch misery , in any one country as he had teen in his own country ; he had never seen so much wretchedness , in any Jone town as he had seen- that day in marching through the town and

      looking upon the people ot Wigan . ; ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . 'Stephen * then referred in eloquent terms to the ndsetrable condition of the fibnd loom * vreavers showing that the -means of which'they were atpre-« Ht in possession for : ¦ obtaining ; a livelihood were insufficient . for ihe maintenance of an individaai mtrch less a lamily ; Jvowrwe- were not ? to blame we did not make ourselvea .-God made us ; he inadd us body sonl and spirit ; and haying a'body we cohld not keep that body as God had told ustoke ^ pit unless we were -ted ? . Now even " . the . Whigs had given over disputing the accuracy ^ of ^ nr statements as to the condition of the people . / They acknowledked now that the people were badly -off , that they had not enoughs to , keep , body and soul together . Woll

      taen , « iat being settiea by the Whigs themselyes , he came to thft next question which was how all this wTong ^ was to be net right : ; ( Hear , hear . ) they were all workers m this ymeyard ; , they were aft veterans in this campaign . That' flag ( pointing to a canof hberty whichis an old relic of the Hadical assoaaUon ) he was told , was somewhe re about fifty vyears old .. . [ Hear , hear . ] The ^ naulhat now oore it had been imprisoned for hoistine it ( That ' s trne . ) Now , though he was but a stripling in years , he had been sometime in this field , and he put it even to his foes to say , whether at any time be had advised the people to take any nnce ' nstitttt ional or unchristian step . ( No , no . ) He asked Ms foes to answer ? ( You have none here . ) What steps then h , ad he takea ? He found in the begin-

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      ning of his career a ^ consisting of Lords- andiC ^ fnbnsr established by that Constitution , and as represehtatiyes of" the people , arid of the property of ^ the country j he therefore came to the people and said , '' ftave you any wrongs ? " And they-said , "Yes . " And he saidj take them to yonder housa and let them be read up , listened to , and goae over ; and if there be any foundation for them , your representatives wijj meet and redress them . Mr , Stephens then referred to the manner in which the petitions , remqnstrarices , and demands of the people had been treated by their r , ulerg . He wanted to know from all their rulers , from members of Parliament , and from the judges of the land , what was the next step—what was the next duty of the people ? He had read the law ^ he had studied the Constitution , and he askeH ning ^ of hi ^^ careeV ^ a Coristitutwri arid i > irliament - ^ :- :.... : c 1 . ^ :: i-i - / . _ ' vs } ,- > T- ,-,. , ™ .

      them whether it was not right to give ' over meeting and petitioning altogether * and every man for him-* lf , every man for his wife arid children , every brother for his . sister to get a club —( hearj ^ pr a bltidgepn , or a ^ piker —( that'lldo )—of a dagger , or a sword —( that s it ) r—or a spear , or a pistol , or a carbine or a inasket , or a little , bit of a pop gun of a bieger bore —( laughter)—and with these , any of them or all of them—not hiding them , but hanging them over the maiitle piece , or outside bf the door —( brayo and laughter )^ pn the top of the chimney—one uuloaded and the other loaded , arid telling , any body that choose to take the one that they should have the other given to them . ( Tremendous laughter and cheering , ) Somebody whispered in his ear the Bi rmingham Council . H e thought lie could not do better than leave them in the hands of O'Connor who woqjd tackle them pretty tightly before the ot

      expiration torty-eight hours . The truth was , he never had for himself put any trust in the ^ ien either of London or Birmingham who had coine outTin this adventure in search of the picturesque ot Universal Suffrage , ( Hear , ) He would tell them the truth ; he did not rrHst thein ; he never trusted them , and he : bad a funny fancy , that when they came to look forthem they would not be there I hey told the people that he ( Mr . Stephens ) was a hair-brained mad-cap , a vile enthusiast , a wild man , one that did not-know whnt he was alter , and thathe wasteaqhing the people to play with edge tools , which was a dangerous kind of a game . ( Hear , hear . ) Nowj they had heard many greater , wiser , better and much more eloquent men than he ( no , no , no ) : but it they had heard all the wise , all the good , alL-the great and all the

      eloquent men 111 the world , did they ever hear a man that put clearer words in a stfaighter row , with a stronger or a holder front before the people of England ( never , never , uever knd loud cheers ) . He had not that day shot over their heads ; he had shot into them ( lauguter ) . He had not shot under their feet : uid thrown up a cloud of dust into their eyes , but Iwhad taken his aim and hit the right place ( hear hear and cheers ) . Now he- left this fact with the men of London and Birmingham , and all such foolish old women who to id Uw p . ebple that it was wrong for men to teach them the right of possessing arms . He thought it was his duty to come f > tell them their rights ! Was it their rjrht to have arms or was it not ? ( " It is , and we will have the

      m" ) . He wanted to know what greater right a man had to hnve a vote than to have a firelock ? ( None ) . The firelock must come first and theii the vote atterwards . ;( UuivHrsal Sutlrage might be a vvry fine thing , but it / was in the moon yet ; and they must have a very long pike with a crook at the t-iidol it befor- they would be able to pull it down . Universal Sutlrage was obtained by the people in iormer times ; but how ? wittt arms in their hands . Mr . Ste phens tht-n referred to the time of t he barons and their influence , whiclrthey in-conjunction with the people possessed in obtaining political rights . Now the people wanted some of those barons back again , and less of the Binningham gingerbread ( hear hear and cheers ) . The fellows who made

      arms and sold them to the Government denounced those of the people as traitors who might ask them the price of pistols . Jf they had not a right to arm , what righthad they to the suffrage ? It theywere too igu . irantito be allowed to have arms , hqw came they to be so wise that they could be trusted with the suffrage ? ( Cheers . ) The Police never beatthem till he had an Act of Parliament behind his back . The soldier never sabred them until he had the riot act read arid the magistrate behind his back . What did that show them ? That a despotic administration might pass a lavv by which the people would be prevented from _ taking any effectual steps to redrc 8 s their own grievances . If , therefore , they were not wise enoughto know the use of fire- arms , theycould not be wis « enough to make those laws that ¦ wou ' h

      twach them to keep those fire arms in their proper places ( hear , hear , and cheers ) . But it ' ¦ ¦ ¦ they were men , if they had one drop of their mother ' s mil ! dancing in their veins if theyliad one drop of their father ' s blood tingling as it ran through their bpdy , if t hey had one spark of Old English spunk and mettle in their body , why then let them shoW to him , to their country mid their God , rhe mettle of the pasture-that had bred them . - ( Cheers . ) And now he liad come to wigdn to tell Mr , KerMleyand Mr . Aapinall that it was the right of every man in Wigan , to have arms in his house , and , it need be , to have them in his hands ; and not only to have them , but to be prepared for their use- ~( loud and continued cheering ) —and not only to prepare to use them , but

      actually to use them for . the very purpose for which they were made , for the reason why God gave us cold lead and sharp steel was to put an ounce of the one , and six inches of the other into the bodies and brains of any riien , and of all- the men , call them what they would , —they _ inight call them magistrates if they liked , or Commissioners , or Powers , or principalirieK , or thrones if they liKed--whatever they chose to call them—they were welcome to call them ; but he had come theru the apbstle of the right of the people of England to .-arm ; he was there to teach thein to understand for what arms weremade , to teach them to find ont leaders whom they knew and whom they could trust , and whom they would follow ; the right of the people of England to

      form themselves into companies , regiments , battalions , and divisions , arid armies , and rally round , not their holiday flags , but the standards of a campaign in right down good earnest and to go to the war ^ and to the death , what for ? Universal Suffrage ? No , he would not go one yard for it ; he would riot give two straws ^ for it ; but to go and war upon the side of truth against untruth , right against wrong , law against tyranny , constitution against revol ution , good government against no government , arid lor God and themselves against wicked men and the spirit of the devil from hell . ( Tremendous ( Sheering . ) He was there , and he ^ wpuld ; go any where to tell the people , ; he should -tell it at Leigh to-morrow —^ he was there to say that whenever iii Englund the

      old laws and liberties of the people were infringed , their right to house and home , arid fire and food , and clothing , and wife arid children—whenever those rights yvere trampled / upon , or any or all of those blessings taken ay ?» y from themv then was the time for them , whether Universal Suffrage did it for the Reform Biltpr not ; whether it was done by the borougjimpngeririg faction , or ript j whether the king did it himself pf ' th ^' . 'Aris ' tpcracy , ihat was ( he time for the people ; having tried all the means he had bgfore-mentipned , then wos the time for the people to prepare for wart- ^ 6 ivil' war if it was to be called civil , national wa ^ lf it- was to be calle i so , iusurreGtipnandtreasopyif such were ' the--names by which it might be distinguisTiedv ( Cheers . ) It was

      G , od ' sinsurrection--itwas God's ^ rebellion—it was a divine ^ revolution , ^ a reyoltitiorim ' favour of truth an righteousnessi through the ^ ^ spirit of God and bv means of the right . arm 8 of nieri . ' ( Loud clieers . ) r He had nearly done notpnW on that occasiori , but forever , as a public agitator . He orily came out upon this yuiverfcal Suffrage motion ^ -and he was a Universial Sutfrage man to his Heftrtf to his soul all' through , and when he said before ' that he did riot care two straws for Uriiyersftl'Suftrage , lip . meant without other things came witH it . ( Cries of ' -, * ¦ ' We under , stand you . " ) He did not come out upon this joprney in search of the pictriresque of Universal Suffrage until he saV therei was' a luggle about to bepractisedupon ; tneipSpplei ' ah . dtherefore he ' saii

      he would come out arid" spoil- their fun , Mr . Stephens thenv adverting to the ^ New •¦ Poor Law ^ said they knew it to be true and it had been proved in scores and hundreds of instances , that yourig women liad taken their children and destroyed theni , arid destroyed themselves ^ ' tooj in conseqtiencei 6 f ther operation of that infernal enactment . ¦ He had' read the other day of one yoorig wpman who took her little child , and , with a bandage , fasterie ^ d it round her own bosom , and plunged herself arid her baby into aistre , am j --an ^ as they could not-live together , they must die together ^ and truB t to 6 od's < pi ty rather than tp man ' s mercyj ( Gteati sensation . ) These were . things ^ that were , happening -evHry ^ day under that damned law- ^ that b ' eastiy ] aw . ( Hear , hear , Iheat . ) J Until thiat i irifernalf . law' tame into operationjif an Erigli ^ hmari had gotten a woman

      with child j he was sorry For it j and tUprigh circumstances might be siachtHat ^ e could not marry the wpiriaB jj he-alyOT 9 kept the * chilcl ^ and had a pride : in keeping it . This waslalwiays doiiei it was done by the poor as wfell ' aS' by'ffie '' nch ; biit il 6 w those damned devUs hadim ^ a . ppor gu \ be led astrayv and have a baby , tUerfe 1 was no ^ faiherfbr itin ^ he wPrld ( there was , ^ 'ti ^ hwk'to " maintiunit ; and she must either : takei ^ h ^ rseipinto Uie Biislile , and be kept a prisoner all her' fife ^ arid lOBwe : the ; baby taken from her , either ' 'tb , ^ e "; ^ ^ ' ^ ^^ or cut up alive or dead by ; the damned doctors , or senVabroad to the plantations—she must do all that , or bind her baby to her broken heart , and together witt it plunge into the streiBin and . die : ( Treniendous , sensations , mingled with horrible groans . ) Now talk about violence . Wasthat violence ? Talk

      about the horrors of civflwarYWa ^ BOttii at the mpst horrible of- all ^ civil yars ? Talk abuiit ' rebellion arid revolution , was . not that ^ rebellion and revolution a ^ amst nature arid religion , arid law , arid right , arid the constitution , akd God ? J ( 4 tIt isjit is . " ) Well , then , \ down with the ; rebels . ^^( Treniendqns clieers . ) There was a / woman'iaot long ago . in one pf the Union . Workhouseaj who , fei- three days after her husband had died , knevy not but that he was living

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      and in good liealth , ( Loud cries of " Shamed' ) Qne ; of theirj bitterest foes , and ; pnej of * his most riialigniant ; destroyers— -one of the rich , traitora of this country had lately been visited by Proyidance with the most distressing and nurarrifulbereavement that any human being could sustain . ' He meant Lord John Russell , froth y / h pse side it had pleased God to take away the wife of his bosom ; Now , inistake him not . Let no ; s ^ eer , let no « cowl . let no laugh arise even from the soul into which the iron has entered , and frprn which tie spirit of yen-i geance has already arisen and arrayed herself ready to go forth in righteous indignation . He warred not with the dead ; he let them rest ; for they and he and in cobd health / Loud criei of ¦ a < i ; . C ^ V . v * ' % W * iieaitu . l L . oua cries ¦ . ot " oname / 1

      must stand hereafter to their own master . Nor would he war with the living , when the living by su ffering and sorrow- were incapable of coriiiriginto the fields andlentering into the lists : with him . But Lord John Russejl now sat in the weeds of a monrning widower , by the side of an empty bed , into which he looked , but where he could : rio longer see the lovely appearance even of death itself . His wife , whom he loved , and who : was worthy of his love ^ -his wife , the chosen one , the first in the world to his heart—his wife had been taken from him Now he ( Mr , Stephens ) would put it to Lord John Russsll—he would ask hirri solemnl y over that grave wherehehad so recently said " earth to earth , dust to

      dusr , andashes to ashes , " over thatbody that he fairi would have held in his loved embrace until they should have : departed together- ^—he asked that weeping ; mourning , oppressed husband whether death waHnota period soon enpugh fdr man an 4 wife to be separated r ( Hear , hear , hear , hear . ) Was it not soon enough , he would ask him ? Aye , that throbbing pulse , that pallid cheek , that bleeding , aching , broken heart said "Oh yes it is soon enough—it is much too soon ! Had God allowed us to Eve together yet longer , even always here upon earth together ! " "Now , my Lord , " said he , " does riot the poor man feel as keenly the pangs of separation as the rich m » n ? ( Hear , hear , hear . ) \ Does not the pauper in the most wretched , hovel weep as briny tears , and send out sighs as strong ; when he sits over and looks upon the dead body of the wife 01 111 neart

      s , as Koyalty itself , with all its gandy paraphernalia and gorgeous apparatus of grief and mourning ? Oh yes ! 1 have seen the wives of working men , when , as a minister of Christ , I have been sent for to pray with their husbands in their sick and dying bed , and perhaps when t have arrived top late , and have found that the living are numbered with the dead . I have seen your wives and what were they abdut ? Why , I have found thein with the apron thrown over the countenances to hide their grief , that they might weep arid mourn in secret . ( Great emotion . ) Now , then , I prit it to yonder proud and haughty Peer , I put it to yonder bhnd and mis-juided Minister bf StateV to tell me whether it is not high time to destroy that law , which destroys the feelings and breaks the heart , and desolates the entire face of this once happy but now a miserable and wretched people , I must not keep you longer ; but remember I sav ,

      " For child and for wife , I will war to the knife . " After a few other observations , Mr . Stephens concluded a long , eloquent ,: and impressive speech , amidst the continued approbation of the meeting Mr . Richard Moscrop then proposed the second resolution . He delivered a short speech , which was clneily complimentary to Mr . StephenSj and exhorting the working men of Wigan and its neighbourhood to persevere in the goyd work of Radical Reform .

      Mr . George Bellany seconded the resolution . Mr . W . V , Jackson supported the resolution in an eloquent speech , which had great effect upon the meeting . He was very loudly cheered throughout his address . Mr . James Smith and Mr . Rogers seconded the next resolution , which was for the appointment of a delegate to the Convention . Another resolution was moved relative to the National Rent , after which * thanks having been voted to the chairman , the meeting separated , —a great body going towards Leigh , and the . remainder towards Wigan . Before they separated , about thirty pistols were -fired from among the crowd , and the firing was kept up without intermission , all the way to the town , and immense procession accompanying Mr . Stephens , Dr . Hetcher , and others to the Bear ' s Paw , where an excellent dinner was provided .

      - After the dinner was over , the company-were addressed by Mr . James Hyslop , Mr . Stephens , Dr . Fletcher , and Mr . Jackson - The following toasts were enthuiiastically drunk : — 1 . The People , the Sburce of all Legitimate Power . 2 . Feargus O'Connor , the real Man of the People . ^ , - . . he Rev - Mr . Stephens , the advocate of True Christuinity . . ¦•• ¦¦ - .. 4 . Dr . rietcher arid the Radicals of Bnry . 5 . The Rev . Mr . Jackson , the unflinching Opponentof Poor Law JBastileH . r 6 . The Radical Coruwainers of England . 7 . The Wigan Radical Committee .

      Ihusendeda most lively and animated demonstration , which will be Jong remembered by the inhabitants of Wigan and its neighbourhood . We are sorry to have to announce that a scurvy long millowner , named William Wood , of Bolton Wallgate , had no more sens * , than to discharge four Of his workmen the next morning , for having attended the meeting . The names of the poor fellowB are Daniel Hughes , John Sinclair , Win , Fairhurst , and Joseph Bannister .

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      RADICAL MEETING AT LEIGH . On the following day a similar demonstration to that reported above , was held in the Market Place , Leigh . About eleven o ' clock in the forenoon niany thousands of persbns went on the Wigan road to meet Mr . Stephens , whom they escorted into Leigh with the most hearty welcome , which was evinced by their repeated cheering . The procession , consisting of both men and women , ( the latter bearing several beautiful small flags , ) proceeded to the house of the Rev . Mr . Rtiaves , Catholic pr iest , Bedlord ; who is an acknowledged Radical , " and who has kindly allpwed the use of his schobl-rpbm for the meetings of the Association . When the procession

      reached his house they gave six hearty cheers for the rev . gentleman . They then returned to Leigh ,-where they assembled in the Market Place ' toithe amount of several thousands , bearing -for / tfie jrixpst part the banners which were used on the precedine day at Wigan . At about half-past eleyen o ' clock the chair was taken by . ' .. ' ¦' 1 - - ' - -.. - ¦¦¦ i . t \ , , ¦ . y ¦ ¦' - ;¦ , >¦¦' ¦ ; Mr , James Fenny , who said that being emboldened by the confidence the meeting badplaced in him , he came forward as well as he was able to discharge a public du ^ y . ( Hear , hear . ) The jeaBori of their being called together was , to pay , a tribute of respect to thbjie unfiiuching' friends rof liberty , and the sworn enemies 0 ? tyranuy , ; Messrs . O'Connor .-ind Stephens . ( Cheers . ); But they had l ^ endis .

      appoirited in one of their friends \ - , ( Mr :. O'Connor ) who could not" be present with them , arid he held in his haHd a letter from him ., stating his apology . Mr . p'Cprinor ! s ; letter as ' ab ^^ ai then read . Fie trusted the meeting Vpuld assist fitn as far as it w » is in his power to keep tfrder | ; tKit th % - would neither break the peace themselyes n ^ risutfer it to be broken by others . [ Cheers . J ; If any on ^ should come among thein for the ^ purpose of creating ; a disturbance , the chairman Tec 6 niriieh ded ' that they should put him down . jand keep him ^ Own . [ Here a number of vistdlswerefired . ] tie th ; 6 ught spraegreat political change * ras at hand . Tfey tol ^ us to respect arid obey the lavCs : they would obey

      those laws that were made , equally ior / all , ' but he ' , considered they ^ had ^^ riopghttoobeyiawswhichjiweye " m ade excluave ' ly for individrialsv while the bulk of the people were left to starve arid ^ rish . , [ Hear ^ 'heaTfi hear . ] If Justice were ; not speedily 'dohe' ^ and ^ f their oppressors wished to hold aecurely ' ^ fhat theyl had already got , tliey pnght to remember that they could only do it by doing justice equall y ^ . : ^^ . all > [ Loud cheets . ] He told them ' plainl yt ^ aiiftHey would not concede , the law would loose" its terror * and swords would din and cannons war in vain , [ Cheers . ] - ¦ * .- - ¦ ¦ : " - ¦

      -y-¦; ' Mr . Stephens then addressed the meeting for upwards of two hours in the most animated and impressive style , producing suchan ^^ effect as we have seldom seen witnessed . After the addregsi was finished ,, the people ; . separated in a peaceable and orderly manner , and about sixty or seyent y-of them sat idown to an excellent dinner provided'by Mr » Wilkinson , the host of ' ^ The JJelson , "i Several toaslts yere drunk and speeches delivered during jlie course of the evening . ' ; ' . ¦¦" . ' - •"'' , :. '¦¦ ¦¦ .

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      THE NATIONAL PETITION . / , . .. ¦ " ;; GRAND ¦ -. (^ '; ' ' , : ¦ . « v ~ ' U DEMONSTRATION AT L 0 I 7 GIIBQR 0 iJGH > ; { Abridged ftorn the Leicestershire Mercury . ) juri . Tuesday week was a proud day for' ther R $ dTca « pf Loughborough , the town ar id surrounding ' v 31 aie 8 being in a state of joyful excitementironi ' ¦ ¦ % Wry f early hour in ihe morning iprepiriog for the pp-fMar demonstration in favour of the National Peritioiif and People's Charter , Mr . Salt , of Birmingham , add ; , other gentlemen being expected to arrive from Nottingham ( where they had been similarly engaged : the previous day ) , to take part ia the proceeuing 6 « The iweather had been very urifavbur ^ bletteiprei

      vious day , and early . in th 0 riiorriing . of Tn | sd ^ ji , dense mist covered the earth , but soon after . fhe ' j first procession begari'to feoyethe " : s its spleriddur ^ and- ''> e ; dn ;^ u ^ d' ' &- ~ B ^ e ' ; ' \ cmi ''' 'f £ SB- ' p ^ - | ceeduigsof ar-b ' e > ple ^ ass ' e ' ipblin g ^ ifi-: t 1 i ^ . 8 . ac ^ d ^ nwl of truth and-jiistico during nearly the whole 6 f the day . Peaceful as were these " preparatioris they seem to have alarmed some impotent Tories , who » knowiDg they could riot now order the gallant cavalry to butcher unoffending men ,-women * ; and children , exhibited their petty , paltry spite by gending the bellman ronrid the town to publish tha following malignant libel : — "The inhabitants of

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      % * & >™ g . ^ ^ W ^^^ particnlar care imim ^ m less , ^ ut : that they had-gone : out of Sr 8 3 ta attemptto viUfygto po ^ c ^ oppp ^ I i ^ fi ^ attherewasnottheiVsKgHtest attempt % ritnJS of the latter , to interfere with the poarfellWwnS necessitiefl ^ erhaps induced him to . atcept : ; thf S of propagatiBg what wasmeant to he a gross insrihV ihecnerbemgillowedtp ^ regairi his hole ^ Sut the slightest indignity being © fteredio him : SKir ^ r ww - - -- - Louehboronch am ... n ^^ . i .- j V _ ^ ., : ¦" .:. - . : ¦ ..-. .

      wiuwoDseryed that the Tories ^ are entiOed to tto ment of haying taxed their powers to create a dii turbance _ withOut , weareproud to say , the slightest ^ CSS 3 l 3 ' Sre ^ S ° f * e day having ) Z conducted with the ntmostorder w& propnetyS tS ' ^ fe seen ' ? n ^ pressiori used whiS would offend the mest modest ear . fl The various . branch Unions , with theirbands fe j &c . having joined the Loughboroug Radicals , the procession moved towards Nottingham Rpad w meet Mr . Salt arid his iriendt Without professing to give : an exact statement of the greatest numb « r present at any one time , ( a difficult matter at all times at an open-air meeUn ^ we ^ ay state t hata staunch Tory , forjnerly an officer in the army , admitted there were 3000 present" our iSKSeSI ^ " ™ " ^ ^ m ° *> 91

      ¦ : X' pPT ^ * faaviri&been unanimously called tothe Chair vEbenezer ElUott's Corn Law Hvmn was s « ng bytihe jriultitude , to the tune 6 f the Wd Hundredth Psalm , the bands accompanying the singers . Having so often addressed them , he did n ° v . to . ° ? P / mach of their time , but stillhe thought it right that their friends who had come amon g _ fchem . that day should know the feeling of the Radicals pf LoughboroDgh arid its diatrict . He theu proceeded to lay down the broad principles on which the Loughborough Political Union was based , observing that their feeling was that the working m £ should enjoyv those priviWes which ttife find ftf mature had

      designed tor hiin , and remarking on th © strangftanomaly that the man who produced eyerytmng should have nothing , while he yrho produced nothing not only hyed on the poor man ' s industry , but ground him tp the dust . How did the Whir and 1 ory aristocrats manage to do this ? Why by following . Ilarl Grey ' s advice , to stand W thei order ; and he ( the Chairman ) hoped they ( the people ) would al ? o follow that advice , arid stand by their order . ( -Applause . ) i j t [ s wita taege feetingg » continued theChairmari , ' that we have called you together ^ and the God of Providence has smiled on the : working men ' s endeavours . ' But a day or

      two ago the rain descended in torrents , and now you see the _ sHn shine upon our exertions . I accept the sign that . Heaven has given , as an omen in bur favor . ' ( Cheers . ) He ncxt proceeded to combat the assertion of the middle classes that the peopW would be quiet under their grievances if certain agitators would leave them alone , by declaring that this people followed the middle classes until they ? i . L ey wtire lea ( iin £ A « n jwtrayv and that if they had not led themselves , the storm , long pent up , would have burst forth like a volcano , and havd destroyed friends and foes . ; :

      Mr . Krouse , after remarking that they thought lroin their hearts , that it was no use petitioning any rnor ^ and that , therefore , the National Petition said "We Remand ! " moved the first resolution to the following effect : — " That th i * meeting is of opinion that ihere 13 no permanent remedy for the distress arid , difficulties which at present exist among the commercial , manufacturing , trading , and working classes of this country , until our representative system is founded on a basis more in accordance with the principle !} of justice , brotherly love , and the increased knowledge of the people . " .

      Mr . Baggerley having seconded the ' resolution , the Chairman called upon Mr . Salt , of Birmingham . to support it . " .. : ¦ . - ¦ ¦ Mr . Salt addressed the meeting in an eloquent and masterly speech of great lerigtby after , which the resolution was unanimously carried . Mr . Smart moved ihe secondresolution , ^ " That the principles as defined by the People's Charter are just and reasonable , embracirig , as it does , Universal Srifirage , Annual Parliaments , Vote by Ballot , No Property Qualification : for Members * and . that they be Paid for their Atteridauce in Parliament ,, and that the practical . operation of those ^ principles would . ' -be the im ^ ana of securirig just Represeritatives in the House of Commons , lhis meeting , therefore , adopts the People ' s Charter , and will , by all legal means , endeavour to ab ; airi it . " \

      Mr CuitT briefly seconded the resolution ^ Mr . \ n » pDH 0 PsE , of Nottingham , supported tie resolution in an eloquent speech . The resolution was carried unanimously , as was also the third— . , V _ " That it is the opinion of this meetirig that the National Petition be adopted , and signed , without delay , ^ / ' , ;; ¦ " ¦ ; ¦ ;;• ¦ ¦ . ; .. ¦; , ¦ ¦ - - . ¦ - . . Moved by Mr . PARspNs ' , seconded by Mr . Berrt ana , abljr supported by Mr . Markhaj » of Leicester . The fourth resolution , pledging the meeting- to the support of the National Rent , was moved byjifr Brown , and seconded by Mr . Bowley of Notting ham , . - . .- . . ¦ , - ¦ -. ; -,. ¦; . . ¦ . . . ,.,- .. -, •_ -. ; :. . - - - Mr . Wilford then moved ' "That . T . R . Smart and John Skevirigton be appointed delegates to the National Convention for this district . * ' , '¦ ¦"¦ ' : : Mr ; HAti , seconded the resolutiori , which was carried urianiriionsly . ; ;

      Mr . EyELErGH next moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman . : : : i . ^ ¦ The Chairman , in acknowledgirig . the compliinentfrhayingexpresse d an , honest pride : that , despite the taunts , pf their opponent * , > that " Smart aid Skevingtpn could not , organise the working classes , " ' so ; much should , have beeneffected , calledppen the meetm ' g to give three cheers fPr Mr .: Attwepd , three : / cheers : for , Feargu 8-O'Connor and the inen 6 f the North ; and three cheers for ^ thoser who had assisted i th ^ m at their meeting , which ieqnests . wereduly with ' ;

      complied ^ -H- , v - ' ^ ' ' .-: > 0 ne individual in ^ the crowd called oufr ibr three i groans for * the Telegraph ? bnt the -haifman and his ^ friends . having expressed their disapprobation of the t , prppqsal , the idea waa immediately abandoned , and - ^ the meeting broke , n |> abpui ;^ the most ordierly . mapner imaginable ^ , leavingithef ' - ' ground with . the , b ^ ds . playing : and , then colours ' ? nying . ... ; ' ' - " . '• . ¦¦ ¦ " v jv- ' - . "¦" ' ¦ ¦ .- •'¦ ¦ -- . - , - : ¦ , .. . ... s > Iu the ' eyeriing ; : ' ^ i r . Salt ' add ^ sgei the females m ^ the large room at the ^ ' Old factory / ' : ; . : . ; ,. ; . . We have been given to understarid th at the greatest ' l activity ^ prevails in favour of the People's Chafter in ; the villages in the neighbourhood okLonghbdroughj , and thatlr ; the greatest comraendatiohis due to th « "" exertions of Messrs . Sn ^^ arwl Sk ^ iiiigton .

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      ;¦ : ¦ ( - ¦; - ¦ ¦ ;; ¦¦ ¦ ., - ., . ' . ¦ » - ¦ > , . . . ; - r ; >; ; , : ¦ : - . . ¦ . . . : , ¦ AYRSHIRE MEETING ? FOR : THE ELEC ^ V ; TION OF a i ) ELEG ^ TE TO THE NA- i ; & jTIONAL CONypEN ; Tiq ^; . : ;; ; ' ;' ; .- " : 4 . '¦ : ' TMb meeting ; toot ; iplacftianthe Cattle Market , Kiltnarhpckv on Saturday ^ eek . i Jrom an early '> % hoijr in . the morniag , -the town began , to be filled by ' •; the ! vaQp ^ s p ^ of Ayrshire , who marched in with ; bands . Of music , 4 arid Dannersi Delegations were present from ; Ayr , ;> -Auchihleck ] Beith , Catrinej' Cuwmbct ^ - Dairy , I ) ar-, ' , ifU ¥ euwick ; l ^ a ^ toni GirVta ^ Kilwinning Kilbridej ^^ ilmaufsv ^ Larg ^ 'Matichlirie , ' f i Maybplei Newmilas , ^ ^ Qchiltree f Prestwick , Saltc' 6 at 8 j :: f ; Stevenston ; , Stewarton , Tarboltprii ; . alio , from Glas- 45 go * jjid ^ garrhead . j ? . There wereopreserit ^ t'the J ^ meeting , not including the outskirtsupwardsvofi ^ ¦ ¦ ¦

      , ILQOO ; ., , . - : . - ¦ : .. ^ i ., ^ . ^ : ;;; y ¦ - -, 1 There were three candidates for ' th ;^^ Delegateship , ¦ -. ' namelyv ; Mr . ^ Hngli / Ccai gi' KilmarriqckV 1 DhJJohri- ; Taylpr , ibf AyrjiandjMrv John M ^ rad ^ MCrimnock ^ ' \ T ^ he delegatefl from itue ' toWrisr aHd ylHages of theV cpuntyhadra , preliminary ^^ -JneetMg , ^ a 6 'wbicn itlieyV- ; wa ^ e 4 ; . fta ' procelednigs td : * hei me ^ rfeg , 4 nd the J order of nominating and electMig the Delegafet . ¦ ¦; ¦ - / ¦ T ^ ei . candidate » . - -itBvirig ! Jb ^ eu- > duly- riiov ^^ an d ''* seconded , each / addredsed the meetinp-T after whfcb > ^

      the Chairnian statedt < £ the meeting thai tfie sKbw" 6 f '; hands wouldbe . takenfcrrfhe thrive—that theVfowest "' ' ; would be 1 attackjoffjlie 1 | i 8 tj ai ( d'iMt a Sj » cond iKcrw ¦ : % of hands would-belaken toeaCaefthereriiainiiei ' - ' , two ; Dri TaylwvMr . M ^ Ciaeiiandi ! Lj \ X } ti&g # ej §^ successively put to the meeting . ; 1 'heClraJnhanarid " ihetjrer jndgeB , dei 5 lared tka * Mr . M < Gt&tat ^ tjie ?* least number of harioi in hwfevoaft ^ ' ^ i /^^ tAv f ^ I were then ; again put to the in ^ ting ^ 4 Un' | i ^^ 0 ^^ i japp ^ ar ^ diin . fatoiit ^^ oeMr ^ raij ^ a ^^ iCbSTmattf ? declaredhim ; to be elected © etegat £ Jto feilCwyeiia % 4 % h ^ anndstloud ^^ aaa lon ^ co ^ t& ^^ i ^^ ^ : ^ i : •»* . *¦¦ ' . -. : ¦; - ¦ ' :: ¦• ; : . ; . ;¦ .. y rr- ^^' . ' - ? n ^ (> TfTfT . ' iTTi - ' J ^ inirr . i ..--t ;! . ' ... V f fft-W" ' > I'ACr- .. . . " I . nmi ^ ' Ai . ^ ii Siif ^ - ^ l ^ i' ^'

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      w'&fa'Vkteii / ffcni&T ?^^ ¦ ^^ %$ !? & $ f £ W % M $$ m&k « pm ^^ 4 ^^ ^^;^^ W ^ W I ^ rr ^ R ?^? r : ^ f t ^^ WUfr&mim ^* Jft tt » F ofi af gu ^ -fi f W' ^^ fyP ^ \ MmMf ^ iStpot , exaetlfff 1 * ? Pr nte ^ ^ W * he ^ Tapon 8 iirte : » nd ^ science ^ i *?^ ^ reswed ^ atcJ ^ t tpibe the patrpntsa arid-promijt ^ : w ' * & W |» ^ f * cti&gi i ) ni ^ t , pnrie ^ J «^^ beraUtTiJ ^ 8 W . ^ uifca ' . nnsollciteaiy } aptJolfcie& i / fe $ &aa& : * i M&j of ^^ gent ^ lrcus / lierg ^ mte' ^ ug T i ^^ JadieS do ^ drBpprt'Sti ^ iwticlfesv no dbnbt , | be fiardr-.--. if-Tiittinjg Rangers of th > Several foretfs wtiVtafeW ^ yautage ^ ottheb ^ stTifie ^ rA ^ a ^ nai ;^ Mr .: Woct has Been' 8 ' et , ec , ted trorn arrippg the . othiarn ^ eiritneat . jgufa-makers ' becavise , in , the event pf . ; . a w . ar .- \ -:- ; ; wlth ( he Russians ^; ihis guns , vvili ; hb ¦ sure to knock " ¦ _ : them &own\—Stor in the East .

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      ¦ ¦ ¦" ' ¦ -6 " - " -: ' ¦¦ " ¦'¦ "¦ ¦ ¦¦ V ¦ ¦ ¦ - - ' - ¦ - ¦ - ¦ - ¦ ¦ .- .-. .. --.. ¦ - ¦ THE NOETHEBN STAB , . . - - ¦ ¦ : ' : - ^ - - ^ :, -: ^ - \^>^ }^ -h " ""' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ^^^ SSSSSS ^ , ^ .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 17, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1032/page/6/