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      SONG . EY T . MOORE , E . . To tho .- p love vre ' ve 3 r » uk tc-night , ? --at H" ? 7 att 5 e * » Love—we care not . Fit starWh Qea who "bt"c 3 beneath A despot vpki > . and dare not P . vrrnr . re the iriii , vrhcwg tvtv breath Would reud iis linki—we caro n ? t . Fcr y . ri--it ! v men vrho covet sway An ! -wealth , th-ngh ihrv lieriars not ; V ho ? . in ! , like finger-posts , toe w-jy They sever go—we care not . Fc * siartial m-B -who on their s-rorJ , KcwrVr it conquers , irt- ^ r not The T-leSces of a soliwr ' s vrnr 2

      , R-elc « ai"d on 3 pure—we care not . Fv .-r Ie « ral men who ple * 3 to -n-ron * . And . though to lies ihev sw-enT n ~ t , Are !> . - > : more hon-.-st than * the throng O ; iho » e who do—ire eara not . F . ir cpbt-It men , who f ^ e 3 apen The land like srrut > s , ^ nd joare not Tin » m . » Uest leaf where th * v can ^ n Th . ; ii repills licubs—tve care not . F : r with y men who keep their mines In darkn-3 s hid . and share aot Tn- salfrv ore with him who pinei 1 r . Honest » ai-vre c » 7 e not . * « . F ; r all , in short , ok land at 3 a » a , ic court an-3 camp , who are not , , J ' '" rPT lr ^' , nor r . c ' er » £ , be u . ^ u men and true—we care nat .

      LIBERTY . ¦ O ' . re- ; -, the cif : of GoJ aW » , n « --voa . i not Ois for thae 7 Wh- > vrou !! r . o : shed hi * heart ' * heit bloo ! , I o raii . e Hi 3 cvuairy free ? VThn w .,- nl 3 not fl-re the Gaining tile of war An-1 >^; i » tile fla-mag sia- ] , Si ; hi' \ r nirtklv b ^ i- ' the bonSs : uai . = lasrk . Or runer irhat slaves i-r ] ? Wno -Wf-nid no : hail tan prisna ' s crearr < - *; l l : s ihiiiiS . iub-. lrj , i-J bars ; " ' " ' - ^ -j i sniferah a t ranteoulj irrlict K-r ~ h-, in : rce \ ioai- ' s cavse ? -Arliike 3 = r SU ^ v E , , ^ e sc = fi .. ldVlieis-ht T ' .. Dr . ir a cruel 2-ath ; Ar ' .. i .,- .: ' ; w ^ ip * r Lib-n j ' s Udj r . 2 rce ^ : a ; rii iiii flirting b " roa : a . T- H . THE ! BAY STAR Or FREEDOM . E : " . -.: ¦ the d ^ r-st sr ,- . f Kreciom ' t r iii . to ltst : i ~ rn . 'eli { ht ! •^ rea , ; -. etk > .: ih in irs jlorr Must the shadows if mint . A- ' V V . Dck cloud issr . reaj ' s * . U ' -- H # a % - ' . i " sb := cea . a-JpV ; s ' -r " *• ' vVj- - cta s-.-eTji dwi ' ana di ^ i , fc ^ -r - —s the i-gu ; 02 iii _* h . S " :. s >^ it corses foTifc frc-ai the rlrcl ^ '' i ; h :, briiiiant mil free ; ir- - -i . ii ^ iir _ e a fair dsr at ha ^ d , A iiy ^ . ; Liiertr . T . H .

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      PUBLIC MEETING AT NOTTINGHAM , TO ELECT A DELEGATE TO THE NATIONAL CONTENTION , IN THE PLACE Or DR . WADE .

      IJWvht'l from the Xo'thigham Review ) i Oe Moadaywre * . a public meeting was held ia tue Market-place . Nottiugbam . ¦ w 'hen Mr . Barh » r was caiieJ on to preside . He bririly addressed the mtvr . Ei-, jiatm g the subject for w ' nich they wera > s ? aulrd , aud req--srin tli . it-very peuoa mi ^ ht S . ; ' ^; bearing , be his sentim . iib * what tkev " - ? - - ^>? th ? n » iid that lutt-rv had been sent to x ya . rs ; us _ O Connor , Bronterre U" 15 rier ) , zni Dr I sy . or . luviung those » cat ! -mea to a ' . tfni ; bnt thev . ai i-very re . i < o : i to Wliev ^ , from not V . avjr . " received answers : rom those inJiuJnals , tlat the letter * h'd D- - ;^ mt : rct > pt-d .

      r Thomas Bowley then preseiiU ' d himself , an- ' # a : a , he bad : o bmit to the meetin ? , perhaps , one o . : ne nic-tiir-pcrumt rr-olutij-ns ever submiit-d to r . r . / bu ~ j ot iiifs on so ii . trreitiiig an occasivn ; tbi > : a-a vri . 5 . tue workiaif mea hai now . for t v e fi--r UE : e . got . v goveruiLent of their own , VHch W- ' < : u-f ua-. Bg : o mer rights and iurerests ; -r . d . in co--- ^ e rce o . Dr W . ^ Je I-. aviug thou-h : proper to * i : hdra * -ra » -li ircintte Nuiional Conventfon . it b-caa : e necessary ih . it enothwr perron should i > e appointed to n-p .- esec : the working cla-s-e ^ of tM * :. > -t . and c-. uaty ; au . % tht-iv or ^ . the pressnt me ^ ¦ ' ' ?* ¦ ¦ " c- -j 1-J . - The vorkios milJions of ih ^ fl .. n > hirg ; u . d ni-. ghty ^ aion h ^ -1 bef > n so lor ,- ground uOT : ; ^ " - ' ^ - ! sa 2 id of oppres > : oI :, , tJt { ht , v hlld nsrjly ri . er ? y tu re ^ nerate this fallen ccuntrv * - but t-:: u . j ; --to the few patriots who had tuk-a th-1 -ad P , 11-1 " n-. moEnl cri-is . the inherrat vigour of E-c iiaaraen ^ as rer . ved , ind fresh eiiergjo * -rere now nt

      • yrar . o _ : u _^ . 'c-w tne < oc : al .-iysli-ru . ( Henr . V . e ^ r 1 lr . r rv .-or . f . ju he had to prop * ?? •«¦ * - » 3 S ir / ior , ^ — ¦• Thii : ii ; s : ne > li : r ia accepting the r ^ nRtinn •• f llrv . Dr « - «« ¦ . take this oyivrf . uitv « . e ,-c .: n ^ Mr . Ja ~ . es Wocdtoxi- to fepres-i , ' t j r . ^; -, vn ; iE . Tr ,-1 !! : N- ; atli , National Conv ' nncn-;' r ^ yco :: -: dt . ;; u , , K ; occipviuz the * t : it :- > n . _ s- > c : r . l ard ? o ! i : !« 1 . ^ hich it aU pf ys " hus . thut . x : a it o :: g { :- . th- - ; , re , u , h-v- a voice in thiit bodv • i ^ -i a re reso . v- ! t o ? n ? p , ; ^ . aele ^ atj . " Ai . ^ t or tLe ni » .-.- :.-, vare thutthe Kev . Dr . Wadh-u l :-r _ sever 3 l -jrepks represented tae ir . da > rr - -. u-i c-:: ^ v 5 in the N : i :: o : ; : u Coiiier , rioii ; but tWe who " . V *' t T ;" " .. ' ;? - ^ h-. ' i been ei . de ? .-. ourjusf to sow Ij 6 - " = " - o : ci ^ -i . ^ jon , aud th- > K-v . ]) :. b "" . \ d tr . k-r u-i .-i . .. » mvs : .-:. ; ,-, in his ov-ini-n , v-i' : ; .-ut >; "v

      • L' ^ ' ^ " T ? >' -Z ; & ins : rc > t . Tl . t-ir rulers ha j ; u-cr . ^ . e :. nrien- -j . kj ^ - -1-4 . im-jaticat to- ^ riad the ! .-, J i :. t- . _ Cs : : heaven on ^ y Ja ^ how m ;; r , v had U-ji ; : t m .-. rjr . o v hurried ittn ihe : r ^ r-v , . . The « pf-ak . r ! J-r maw snirerrrrr . rk ? up .-n th ; -b :: vv f .. iteine : rv I c . z-v ; v : i-t : r ^ of tie ? h ? pcvr- ; cT aid the rum-v-: ocrr . cy : be Loped tht-y vro- ^ ld sooa rep -v . t of tl oir I diir ^ r , ! : d joii t he vorki-jg clr .- « ir , thtir :-tt-u :- _; . j- > re £ = rj-rj > the sorctn-. ~ ( . \ p ; -l .-. p-p . ) lit- t ! : ' -u , .-ta ^ ., ;; : n : the Charti ^ i-d t > :--n hnsX-v r ;' . l ! : rc : nu--. i .- - ; no c ' i-s ci society cou : d bv > riire & \ vt < -- : o h . iv . u ; : recoc .-s-- to physical furce ih ' . n they —er ^ ¦ , ? h-- \ to

      .,:,- ; ' ^ - ^ property , no : ce ^ troy ; «\? >; . ' -, a : ; - » r . ^ c sLo ^ tiie biood : > : * auv . ^ ven uf th : * ir i > - > -t d- ; -rmined vneniie . - ' : thev only wi > lu-1 to ¦ o ; . tvr . thov ri .-hti waicn the God ' of N . ; Ure ^ teB ^ t ^ v > hor M . j , v . ( H-r . r , hrr . r ) It *»¦» h .-i ! .- -i -rj r ba :: ; , . : 0 kj ^ . w th .-ir ^ ronj ? . as : d . ' o-a- , r « rn-J ; . - i . ; -ni ; nr : d on ; hi- sa :-iect l ' -e hrw ' -t Stir o |_ th North hidjjhiTr . kfd the political h .-rusph .-re . . iir . 3--ri--y fheriTTisid * < cise . «* ver- » T ^ r ; r . rs .-x : po : i the : i . i £ * . c-. ii : ra » r-ug : hrir roiid-ictit ! j « :-:-2 tTjfh th > " ? r pre > r . t pru : c-f . ii ; : i- > . ihrvthm told ii : e ¦ j-o . ;! ' m ani : : : ; ii , ! v :-s , tn recev / r - . hrir r ^ h : x ti ' e p-.. p :, | ad cot-yet got their rights , and i ; o - the WU < Z ' Ijw- . v .-mer . t v , -. condemn u ^ the people for adop- - 1 : 1 i ? t e y .-. " . ? liEe of c ^ j . - ' . nci which th-v had V- - iaer : y rec-mr ^ ej . ded . The o : jv n ,. ^ t- ,.- ; T > ,. > ,-.

      j ; : ve :: tnr p-.-u ; ie ^ as hui ; d li-s'iles for th-: r - ^ "i '' - - -- — sersr .-ite iumi : nud - ^ iv . ; mu s— . < .-r pur " -.,: s " rtm the :.- childr-a ; tl ,: * w ; v ; - ^ , > ¦ <; . . i .-ce the ^ hiivhad Liven therr ,. N ,, w . > L . called tr . ^ 7 n > ct : cni _ i :. Hirh ' ty . ( H-ar . he ; ir . ) TLestr-ngh--..: of the Govcrr . inen : dii net cor . ? i > t in red rout * . V-r . t b . ' -. cl co .: r ? . who ^ ? , ct : ics wt-r-j :: i < :: ? eet opp > j : t : ^ n to that b : es ? ed bo-A whi-h c ; ituMed the ; . n : e :: rj d sublime truths cf Chri-ti- 'ijirv . to M .- 'i ? ra Chirta . r . ud the Bill of Ri-hts ' . ( Ay . ' lanse . ) * T : lese meu hvd the bla . spV . emv to » ltrib- > ' nc tn G > d the

      rai . -. rry : hey suiVred— { cr ., >« cf .-bs-mo . sh . irr' ' ¦ —to ! th-t gr-. ' -i and sai-iiiue bpirl ; ^ ho cloth- d the firld * ^ .: Il v : rdure , aid prodded srjVicieijt f .- > r aii hi .- ' rr-.-ny . - e > , they dar-d to a .-c : ibi ! ha misery of ti . r : v < rht :. ^ ' cl ^ is . The fact Trar , there w .- s plenty lur ' ah of G-dV cronrur" 3 ; but man . bj his \ ile " nr-.-. i prev ^ red them " rr . ru pP . i taking of tie goodness of i h . e Crtxtor . Mr . Bo rley ihen i :.-d .- s - _ e remarks " -t-on . th y folly of peritioiiirg a Ho ; :-e of C ' on : rr . ors ' , m v > ich the -rorkii \ g cl- » s ¦ rt-. i nor r .-pre > o :: * vJ ; ' . event ? had lor ^ pr . ved > n .-h a procee ' - iug vrns \ i > e- ' , l-.-s ; : he *' pen ; o . rnti hadno jr r . Parliu . uent of their i o n . and it v- < the -. '^ ty cf the v c : le to > u ^ p , . .- {;; ,

      , (" ' svnl \ , ^ will . ) Pidn :-tt-: c }! . ^* . w ,: Xo ; .-. e : urs ; ~ cr « istof rp ? cu ] v . xT . ' « in rai ' nr . ids , k ^\ ej =. find all ; -p d-s of ^ VJcb rjriin the Dati-.-n- ( ft d--es . ) He . ; Ler ; mace s ' -ms rtn . arhs upon the necessity uf j ! , E ~ lrg a p ? r * on tr > r ^ -p-e .- 'ent th- Jr . ia the ConvfLtinn , ^; . d . ' - as c » ii . vors ^ iit wit } i O . o trade o . the tj ^ rr . ar . 'd : h ° y ilattf-rrd tht-Es-.-lves such a person vra _ s to he r cz : T : l in rSIr . Jp . m-j Wocdhos ? . ^; he had . by h : s I frea : l «?? -5 coii ? ::-. ! . prove 1 liiaiseli a man in -whom 1 rrort : n : p lj--il co :: M rc-nre mi ^ - ' nt le p ' . aced . One of th .- * great p . 'iucip ' . es ot" thrir CL : ; r . er «;'? to have p- 1 r-j-r- ?^ litatires ; t \ rv ^ : ght depend upon it . it raen rr .-re r . of paid ff-r their ' . abonr by those who err . ployod then ; , they vconl I help th- 'rcsel' -es . He h . id . E' . i dor ;' r't that in--nv of thrir he ;" . rt * had b-. come

      -lrK ot ' . T ^ - . nr . g for their rulers to g-jvi ? v ^ ny . bnt he ' ¦ ¦^ ccf . I Lave them persevere , for tht-y might depend ¦) npor . it il-at the (> ov ; rr . rr . er . t vrt uli n . t coz . Unue '^ . r ! 1 n . r . 'i ' . b ^ r si > : month- —( G .-d forbi ' . it shonld " , —nay it : ¦ wonldno : cDntinue half of thjt tim-v . Ihe speaker \ t " - ; ? p p-ocreded to reirarit that :-. ]] ; h y - ^ unfed -. vas ; th ir " right * , and those ihey were d ; tcmined to ; h-. v » . TR > . a * . ion -without representation \ ra con- ' tra-y to the spirit of the Constitntirn ; then it followed that the people had a right to be represented . , It was time that England , in the rnsj ^ s-y of her | m : !! ions .-shoul <} rise and bristle ap her rnune , end j sha ' se -oh the chains of her oppressors . ( Cluvrs . )

      The History of England told them tn ; it King Chnriey" lo ^ t his h-ad for attcmptji ;^ to ' evy taxes ¦ K- ith .- ' -at the consent c-f the Comrnoris of England ; hai not the la ^ c ? nd pre-ent / idrnini-tratijns done tre same ? (" They havp , they have . " ) He then attempted tosher that the pre .- ^ r . t Gcvemac-nt hnd be ^ n 5 * nilty of trecsanuble practices to the people , acd . vere m ^ Te desprr ' n ; of the block than Braudr- th , Turner , or Thistlewo ^ d . ( Cheer-s . ) After er ; treadiig his heorers not to be d ^ sippoiated at the absence of Feargns O'Connor , Broaterre O'iirien . and Dr . T « ylor , who , he yrm * ur . * . ^ o re activelv cngfl ^ - ^ d in tie great cat : *? . Mr . Bowljy concluded amidst considerable npplaH . » e .

      ytr . De Courcy . of Man .-field . saidhe vrasrtt aired by the working cities of that town and Suttoniii-A ? hn .-ld . to second the reiolntinn which Mr . 8 owl ? y had moved . He iheu exprt sse-1 his regret thr . t Dr . Wade should have thought it necesjr . ry to r- ? i ^ n ; he wns convinced that it was ths result cf a mi 5 nr . der » -t .-.-aiiii 2 , for ; he Chartists had always ? eocd'Tr . ned hnvini : re < : oBrse to physical force . Under the Sason liws the people were fined if they had cot proper arm *; and , ss the Constitution recognised the right to tave arm . « , nil that they had done was to recommend the people to have thrm . to be ready either to repel an lnrad-r , or as a means of d fa :: ce against internal enGmie .-f . If arocket brigade lit the m ^ tch , it rui ^ ht be that other * would then lieht the torch , ( . \ pph \ use . ) The people were determined to have thoje rig ht- to which they were entitled , but which vrere withheld from them ; they

      said that labour onght to be protected—that the working man should not starve after hsivingworfced his sixteen hours a day fcr six days ; they said that , un ! e ? s they were reprinted , they ought not to be US * d ] - they ftni that Parliament * oughtnot to bseptennial , hut annual , a * in former time * , and rkst the property qualificfttion for Members of Parliament onght not to exist ; these were a portion of the riihts ' which they coinp l ^ ined were withheld from them- Were they not justified in endeavouring to obtain tb * ro from the Government ? ( Cries of "Yes , tps . ' > Then let them nupport the National Convention . He then concluded with cordially seconding . " the resolution , whieh was put by the Chirmanand unanimously earned .

      a , _ Mr . Peters , inproprsing the .-second resolution , a dre « ed the meeting as his friends and fellowconntrrni = n ; and recommenced h \ x hearers not to M > ft « p a ^ ' tatin ? Tinril theyh&d obtained vheir ngata ; th ^ had-vow a Parliament of their own to aid them : wonld they net , if necessary , ^ ppopt them Ssh 0 > eir fife ' s Wood (« We wul , w , ^\ , ) The

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      attacks which at various time ? had been made upcD the people , justified them in naving arms in their po >? es > ion . Would the Peterioo imis < incre have : % Ven place , had they been armed ? (" No , no . " J lhe red coa « x would not fight against them : rhev were r . nxioos for the people to have their rights ; they took into the barracks the XdriAern Stni \\ and read it , nnd that was a proof they knew -what were the duties a soldier owed to their fellow-countrymen , when ent-ajred in the holy cause of obtaining thfir htsThe Government

      rig . knew the feelings of the soldiers well , they knew they would not ttghtagairst their countrymen , and therefore they hnd recourse to their rural police plan : would they have a spv system introduced into this country ?—would thVy permit a schrmn to be ncted upon , which would completely subvert the liberties of the country ' i ( . ° ' ' - ) , A fortnight to-day the National Pe ' ri-! tion would be presented , and would no douht be thrown out . ( " Better not . " ) ] f they WRre prepared » h » n it was thrown out . they must take othpr

      ^ teps ; tno > -e fte Ps which the Whigs recommended in 1832 ; the Constitution empowered them to take those steps ; they had God on their side , and suffering millions , nnd therefore succeed . they most . ( Applnuse . ) _ The speaker thsu quoted several passages of Scripture , to show that in repelling force by force , to obtain their rights , they were justified , not only by the Constitution , but by the preempts {• oatsined m Ae Bible . He then pointed oat the j bad effects of the Property Qualification -alluded to j the letter ? inviting O'Connor and the other persons to attend the meeting , having been intercepted , as a proof of which he said that letters had been received from Messrs . Smart and Skevincton . writtfin

      atu-r tte letters to the gentlemen he had named ought to have been received , but they did not even allude to thi-m . He then made some remark * upon ' . . £ rand principles contained in the National I Pftnion , and said that ualew they obtained them , the working millions would not be fairly dealt with . Meetirgs would , he believed , be held this day at SirrDMigham , Derby , and at A » htoD . in favoor of the wortaiif class , and the latter would be one of the greatest e \ er held . It was the duty of the working cla < s not to relax in their effort ? , and if any of their , IMegntes should act like Dr . Wade , call them back I directly . ( Cheera . ) Mr . Paers concluded bvpro-) po .-ing the following resolution : —

      "Tliat this meeting also take the present opportunity of expressing their confidence in th « wisdom : ' -Dd discretion of tie Convention , in their efforts to obtain the spetdy restoration of the rights and privilege of ibc disfranchised people of England , br the att :. inmtm of th ^ objects ot the National Petition r . nd People s Charter . " Mr .-Josnru Woodwahd seconded the resolution , which wns put and carried , only one hand being held up against the motion . M £ \ . S " P ? ^' : following resolution : — lhat we . the working classes of Nottingham

      and the countj . do h « -ri ? by return our heartfelt thank a to iie ^ srs . ^ Iuart and Skeviagton , the Deleg ^ t-s for Lrjghborough , for their handsome conduct i-i tiikinp onr ca-o in hand , and representing our iu-er ,-st- in the Nr . ronnl Convention , s \ li' , e ve were without miv IJ : - ^ g ; , t- rodi . sofffin . illy . c : \ u-ed by tae resisnauon o ; the U .-v . Dr . Wad-. " " Mr . Uur . itoM-. s rose r . nd commenced , fellow cor . ntrvmen , cit : zvns , and c ^ mpaiiions in tribulation—i : i-. dress you wu ! i mingled emotu . ns of pais and vleasun—pain that they w , > re disappointed in not Dfi

      ng : ndJresst-d b y the eminent aud e . xpetienred individual . * . wh < se names h id been momion . d— and p ; e ^ -urtf , Unit they hnd borne their disnupointment so wrll fh-y hud heard the cause which pivvented iho 5-gentleins-ii from attending ; thev knew not ot % m m . fimg . Rlrhou ^ -h invited " to atf .-i-d it . he supported Ttitn pleasure thu r ^ n' ^ ti .-n which na . ^ jusr bfe : i subiinrted to them ; hut where were the middle rlstys—whero were the Whigs—where "> yere the npposers of the Corn Law*—the ? qnirf" . : r ; i : mi ^ ii - . irs ot region—where , be asked , were nil iar . se *! ho took such a prominent part in l . SJ-2 , to oMam th ,- R-i .-rmli-. l ? They were not here ! and -hy do they now ke .-p al-x . f from assisting th ' workJiig cb . ss m an endeavour to obtain ti-eir

      n-hts- He kiifw i ;» t ; but this he knew—they - * e _ : e cv ; f " EP . ned to be 'Vee , wht-ther tlu ; se cla-st '« . is-: stcd the : n or not in th .-ir hoiv enterpriM * ( f - i : > - « -rs . ) He ' . V . ou ^ ht h- heard a vcic . ' from Iviiu ^ Mivh ^ iyu ^ i , tin- a' 0 . 000 8 Sibn-s were drawn , wri-,: ; h would not be sheathed until they had their r . ^ h ' . s . lit- ihr-n en : ered ii . to nn aranm-nt to show uat by t . if c-Mis ' . ittition , the people were justified ia aavii ^ a r ; us : in baring them , they meant not tonse '• hen . il . t—Mi . y ; iht-y w ..-ri » enerr . i-s topliy > iml ibr .-e i > hy » -.. . - ; . . l i . jrce v : as n . > t the mode by whieh th »> y me :-nt o obtain their rights . Why did he , a poor oppressed i .-an . s ' . m-A here to-diiy ? " it was to advocatV Tht-ir niUts . JiTid they iniyht be assured the d : iv of thi'ir

      redemption was at baud . He then ridiculed tht'i . arm which hud taken p-sses ^ ion of many as > o ptivsicdl fore ; the motto of the Chartist * wns law . j-. j :: cc , and order . In l- ?; $ o , vth-u physical force w ; - > r ^ -om . T , vEdeJ by ; h-- J ^ ^ her ; ind mi idle clnsso .-= , no : v ; n-m was crnivJ ; why should it uow , when ( they _ di-. w (> wcd as s : rov . "ly a > men could , ! o , hanntf any intention o * r .-snrtinj ; to it ? He then m : \ de s ^ ii-e rt-: njrks uy .. \ h <> nrmy ye : u . s the ]) L'ople h ; id i-. ' t-i ! peti ! ioir .-. ! L' ia vf . in . and ;; . « ke ( l how h , Cg they were to continue : i ^ it : ii : n ! r . w hen the peop ' e wrre stovma for brra . j ? Whi-. t was it that proared th <* pa ^ - ' . ng oi the Reform Bill ? Was it Eornl power ? , t-r mther , w ;! S it not becuusc the Government ? avr the people vcre urmo .. ' , a : ul df t ,-r :-ainL-. l nponliaving reform : 'lhe Chart :.-u wt-re purscing the sanio 1 means ; they c u ; li notoht : in either food or clothing j ior their fnmuu-f , ncr Wfre they able to pay the .: i ::-: o'd hi r n :. Nw , this state of things oueht it to be like

      " ; n a piece England , whoso arti' / Hns -ere th » m .-. st . < ki ;; :: l ; md industrious workmen in lui' wond—where the land abounded in wealth , ana -here , it' the laws wer » made for the public weal , unread of the privileged few , the working cl ;\ sscs would be pujoyinif tho-e comforts of which they had ; o long beri > deprived . ( Applause . ) The peoplt ; hnd leagued t : rt'U ; t-r to obtain those rights , and auhrugh ih-.-y wire nor . - only following up the very >•; in rules rcc . iruiEeD'lcJ to t' . u-m in 1 ^ 2 . tbc-y were H-s-. rieiby t . c men vrLo l \ ier , viTE-eii them ou to that .-tej < . Thi-y w-r .- accused of being iguorant , was lir-. t their fault ? ( N > , no , and kmd cheers . ) How oq-: U it b ? otherwise ? They hr . d to work fourteen and . ^ . xt-u hour * a-Ly to obtain n pr . tance vLich ' . v ^ u ' . d kardlv keep body and « --u ! ••^¦ ther ; rhi- u whit opportunity had they of culti--. i ? : inc their minds : Their employers should , before they begrifi to Ihv bv their prcfits and aggr'acdife tht rr . 5 t-lv-:. -. be ^ . -itl .-ried that their workmen wrre

      1 property remunerated . B ' . t the day wrv ? come whf n their collected igr . or ^ nce would toach those who thu * taunted them , that the woiking classes pos-5 fi >? d tcr > much sen ? = to be ncriiin gulled by their rsvil- rs . Tht-y wr . uld prove th » t thev wero determined r . ot ta be longer deprived of their rii ; hU- < . Jni th'j blessing o ! ' Heaven would be upon them . They hud lone nfo ppiitiuiifd , prayed , and imp ' . rrod the ba-e and brutal Whigs l" r tht-Ir rights , and in r . H : ; rn they hp . d given them a JMalthu > in : i . system—they ha ! friven them a Marcus , '' to . « i , ot ' . > e " nni re ! res <

      ' : ; th ^ ir grievauce ? , ar . d the little skilly " * ith rosin in it . This was the rrsult of the Whig prii . riples . They inns ' , by l ; fv Inrg pi . ll , a s ' . rong pull , aul a pull nlrogetkiT , " ri'c . vfr their righti , and res . ore . the faded flon' of Erjrhad , whicb had been th-. li / ht < . f the wcrld . Mr . Bnrrows concluded by nn eue . ' i'etic nppeal to his hearers not to wr . x lukt ? Tram ; , " but \ igoronsly to pursue the plan npon which they had brgun , until they hai obtained their demands . ( Loud applause ) _ 1 he Ch . mrm . ax put the resolution , which was carried ucanirrjouslv .

      I \ jr . J ^ iiEs Woophovse , on presenting himself to the meeting , was received with considerable npplause . He said it was not his intention to make a lonjf speech . A person in the crowd exclaimed " Where is O'Counor ?" He is at home , s * id Mr . Yi c > oniior . sE . fighting your battles more effectually than h « could do here . His trial for _ what they call a libel upon the Poor Law Commissioner- ' , comfs on on Wednesday , which m ? . kes his presence necessary in London . It appeared to be thfir wish that he should yucced Dr . Wade , as the representative of the working classes o ( this to * n Rnd coouty in the National Convention ; he could assure th ? m , that if he

      conlul'ed only hia own interest ! " , fte ahonld decline the appointment , but as he bad taken an active part with his fellow .-uSVrsr ? , he felt that he could cot decline lhe honour offered to him , and they might depend upon nrfcg his best efforts io the sacred cause in which they were engaged ¦ , h « ( should let them know regularly how they-were going on , aud then they must judge for themselves as to the s'eps they should take . Ths Jicviac had charged th < t Ch-inisU with recommending- physical force , and si id that the persoa who wrote thVs letter addressed to the . middle classes , and his party , were recommending physical force ; now he dented that they were recommending any such thing . They 'were for reason , law , justice , and order . Mr . W ' oodhonse then made some remarks to show thfct the principles noon which thn Government were conducted , were those o < physical force . He recollected that the Journal , a few months ago , » &kI , it the C ' - 'ru Law

      agitators were determined upon repealing the Corn Laws , a strong demonstration most be shown . What was that but physical force ? What then was the Journal but the advocate of physical force ? And as to the Government , what wax the army bnt physical force ? Wi-at wag the yeomanry but physical force ? What would be the Rural Police but physical force ? Whit was the Irisn Coercion Bill bnt p hysical force ? Thus it was plain t \ nt Government existed bat by phv .-icul force ; aforce which the Chartists abhorred and never intended using . Having made some remarks upon the importance cf the press , Mr . Woodhouse said , that the fact was they lived under a deceitful press , and no town in England had n more slBrish press than Nottingham ; in the Journal ar . d the Mercury the -working men had open and atowed enemies , but in the Review they h » d what wiw the worst of all , they had , under the guise of a frwrvl , 3 concealed enemy ; but he trusted the day

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      w as not far distant when the working nwfc would " have in the town a lPaper which would fairly and ally ^ present -the interests of the unrepresented . x ^ f , n ' f ^ " - v ° dhouse tt « n contended for the extension of tho rights of suffrage , and observed that he . knew- roan * fler * ow wh ^ # » Bd 4 B' »» IO »* ewB « ,-Irif . f ° " 1 if *? * 0 * -vottoff ,. who were innch greater fools than those who were not voter ? . Was there nther-senae or justice iri such ft aystein ? ( No , « ' ] , w ^\ v . d Vome "H"sion to hlrasolf , and said th * t if he had attended solely to hia own pecuniary interest , and allowed himsftlf to b » thnmbed , he might have been classed among those who are termed respectable- ( you are respectable now ) -but he preferred honesty and ooverty , and ih « sabslym ? his conscience to every thin ? . lL allusion said he should , when he got there , above all things recommend union and peaceful agitation . N .. w f «;

      conl-i not feed themselves , therefore nrms were necessary Ifrt were not for arms , their pockets could not be picked , « was therefor .- higblynece . ? sary that they should have arms to profit them * el » e ., aud he firml y believed , if th , y ie " hrmly resolved to obtain their rights and prepared " to get them , they would have no occasion to play Bt hwek cha but they might depend upon it , that so Ion * as the people remained divided , the Whies and I ones would ride . TOBahAod over them . He " would have them be prepared , for the raonetavv syrtem hnd just received so * evere ashook , thatit was in' that state thRta panic must take place , the Bank had restricted their issues , and . ^ mon . ey panic would cause a trndo ^ " ' I ™ ? ^ ey should know that fo « r nr

      or nve millions ot hard cash had left the country , and the Bank would put the screw on , and theretore I gay bo prepared for the evil day . Money wa 8 rapidly leaving the country , and theydare not . ' trust the working man with £ 1 notes . If they 3 crew srold out of you . now , theie will be a regular conspiracy to reduce the state or ' the workmen employed in th >' higher brauches of trade to those employed in the lower branches , and thus Bisko all alike . They would bn so ground down that they would d e ofold aue at forty . After a few romarts upon the intentions of Government as to physical force , Mr . Woodhonse observed that he was for peace , law , justice , and order , which they musthave , for religion and common sense taught them how they were to be obt'iined let the Jteviw put that dowh . If the rich ,-n . w th < il

      , i > wn mteri'sl !* , they would nnite with the work ' nir man to protect their lives and property , the latVr they were fast losing ns had been repeatedly proved and unless a change was effected in the iws ? nt system , it was quite clenr they would ultimately be a ruined and degraded class . To suppo ** that ' the Chartists were arranging themselves against the middle class was rank folly . They knew that different ranks in society were necessary , they were all links in one vast chain , and it was not against a « iy cla-s th .-y directed their energies , but against b ' nd laws and ths oppressors of the-working men Mr Uoodhouse concluded by recommending unitvi peace , and fj"od order , and thanking them for the attention with which they hed heard hi ™ . Thre ^ cheers were then prop . ™ id for the Northern Slur , and three cheers for Mr . U ' oodhouse

      It was then announced that on Whit-Monday gninrl demonstrations wOcJd take place from Johnny Groat ' s to the Land ' s End . J Mr . De Coi-ncY moved the thanks of the mcetini ? to the Chairman . Wr . Bomt . ey seconded if . TheCn . vin . MAX acknowledged the compliment 1 he meeting , which certainly was a mmerous on- > , then broke up .

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      they attacked him through the threrf- D » f £ - £ . f" of Somerset House . ( Hear , hear , and cteW' ) ? here \ US nothing which so much weakened tht * C * h * e oT tbB - , fw »» pIeMthe want of judgment ambnk ^ -fheir ™ $ ' $ & £¥ * & J he . re was nothing , that , vdtfU make ftem look upon him with so much contempt nstUE > fact f in * being frequently convicted of im-Propriety of candnct towards themselves , or of any . itrect violation of the Jaw , unless they were all prepared to violate the law at . the'name moment with himself . But be . had-gone so far , and further than others . He stopped within the narrow limits of the law not stopping the progress of democracy , but forcing it upon an unwilling audience . ( CheeTsO What had they now done ? After six months , the Attorney for the Treasury , Mr . Fox Maule . ana the

      Aitorney-ueneraJ , bir John Campbell , had pat their heads together , ( aud they say two heads are better tfean one , if they art : only sheep ' s head ^)—( laughter ) they had potthejr h' -ada together , and they had found lour hues aud a half in the Northern Star , denouncing the lnfi-ma ) , the damnable , and the iniquitous Poor Law Amendment Act . ( Hear . ) They said that that paragraph was false , nnd that it wag a libel . If it was Jalse , many a graver charge might , if it was net for the drend ot the law of libel , be brought with truth agniust those and other Guardians . ( Hear . ) Muny a grave charge might be brought against the rr . en who dared to introduce that law into this country . He had never abstained from making those charges ; and if to-day he were convicted of a libel , tormorrow , if a similar fact came to his knowledge .

      tie would be equally guilty of another lJbel . ( Immense cheering . ) in every case of this kind , they either proceeded b y civil action , or by criminal information . If they had proceeded by civil action , hf would then be at liberty , according to the humbug laws of the present day , to put in the truth of his iUlegatiOD , and then oblige them to deny the iacts . lint now he was stopped ; he could not say a single word . They had not , as was usual , in these cases , prosecuted the printer or the publisher of the paper , but the man who , from the very face of the paper , appeared to hnve been absent when the thing was inserted ; and what was further , there was in that very paper a leading article , containing « strong denunciation of the Poor Law Amendment Act , and yet no allusion was made in that article to the

      uaragniph . No « , what did ; this prove ? Why , that the paragraph got into the paper from some other paper . But it would not be worth the while of Government to prosecute another paper , because that paper had no influence in the country . ( Cheers . ) What was the object of law and Government , but to prevent the recurrence of crime , and to punish the guilty party ? He could prove , however , by incontestable evidence , that he had had nothing to do with this matter ; but he would not give them the » atisfaction of telliug them that . He would tell them , "There it is ; I believe it to bi true ; make ths most of it ; open your dunge ; n ; place me there ; but , though my limbs be fettered , and my body confined within the precincts of a prison , my spirit ' shall still be foe , aud with th « people . " ( Tremendous and deafening cheers had

      . ) He come there to-day for the express purpoKO of laying his case before them . But when tie livnrd of their condition , and of their poverty , engendered and brought on by their tyrant minsters , lit ) began to think it cowardly to complain of any little trouble that might tall on himself , nnd he again resolved fo jrive all ' his consideration to their affairs —( retewtd and continued cheering )—aud to nothing else . He . saw thousands of hungry . locking men with empty bellies , andiiftlf-clad back ? , atixious and willing to work , paradicg the streets without work ; and , thank God , for the first time , if he sp . w tho men idle , he saw the masters looking blue . ( Henr , hear . ) They were beginning now to discover that in the idleBews of the people they recognised , th ^ ir own ruin . For a length of time they had been

      playing like gamblers , mnking dice of the people , gambling < -i \ e against the other for the labour of tne people ; but as soon as they found that that . game would not do uny ^ longer—as soon as they found that the cock would not fight—as soon as they found that th ;> people were willing to work , and that they were decrmined to have remuneration , wlwtUer they worked or not , the masters and the Government would be obliged to surrender to them . ( Hear , hear , aud loud cheers . ) [ The ianneusefe } i \ ssurt > , arising from the crowded state of the meeting , and the atfeinpts of those outside to make their way into lhe Circus , cau . sed considerable confusion , which lusted for nearly ten minutes . At U-ngth Mr . O'Connor proceeded . ] For the first time in the history of this country was pnblic opinion

      mnrchallcd under one standard . For th'j first time in the history of Una country had the movement party an organ to which they could direct their attention , a .. d in which they lound their order and their ch ' -ss fairly and faithfully represented . In that ort'an the men of Manchester learned bow the men ot Glasgow—the men of Edinburgh—the men of Carlislt—lhe men of Newcastle , and the men of Birmingham thought ; and finding that they all thought alike , they were determined shortly to act alike . ( Cheers . ) Formerly , opinion was merely local : there was no such thing as a concentration of it ; nnd the moment that the Government found that the Northern Star was likely , not only to test opinion —( hear , hear , hear)—but to give a proper impulse and action to that opinion , that moment they saw that their existence of

      corruption was incompatible with the exi .-tence of the Aor / ner / i Mar , nud they resolved to pat it down at any expense whalevtr . ( Cries of " They never shall . " nud ""No , no . " ) About fifty years ngo , nn tailed uncle of his , now in the forty-rlrst year of his baiiishmei . t , established a Northern Star ia Ireland : nnd so powerful was that organ in uniting opinion ,- , that it cost the . Gevorameiit £ GOO , OOl ) to suppress it : nnd he helieviid that they would give six millions of money to-morrow . to . suppress the Northern Star at Leeds . He would now allude to , matters of dry detail , and recount to them a conspiracy of the darkest and black est . kiiidagftingt that paper , from the first day it , \ y > s started , and from that instant its po .-ition was ta . keJi to tHe present moment . The very first complirnent he received from the Attorney » ¦ ' . ^ 1 . ' ,... 1 « - ^ - ~« -. ^ -. » ~ h .-ot ^^^^^^ v ^^« «^ ^ ^ k *^ J J # * V * 1 al aii

      Gem r , was Exchequer process , because there was what is . callvd . a wrongimpiiat upoa the paper : becanse . ho h : id not the number of all the houses in the htrec-Myhkh made up the printing establishment . The imprint , however , was good enough j but the court wns in hell and the devil was tlw judge—( iramenso cheers and laughter)—and they made him pay the casts , Before the paper was commenced at all , they kept him in , suspense for two mouths as to receiving the securities which the law requires . He tendered them two respectable gentlemen who were worth considerable property , and after tampering with him for sometime , they rejected them . He was then obliged to go to Oldhain to endeavour to obtain two oiher securities . While he was there the trial of the Glasgow cotton-spinnew came on ; and he thought it was not his place to remain there looking alter his own business while five innocent men were on trial for their lives . He went down to Scotland , attended the trial of these menand

      re-, turned fully expecting that every thing was in perfect readiness . When ho returned , however , he found that they had refused his securities . He had travelled about one thousand miles without stopping : and having annouueed his paper lor a certain day , he was obliged to threaten the stamp commissioners with publishing an unstamped parar before he conld get a die to get that paper out . " At lasr , he forced them to give him a die ; and , after travelling a thousand miles more , he was obliged to give their servant £ 1 to stajnp him the number he wanted . When he obtained the number he wauted , he posted to Leeds , brought out the paper , and the titst thing they did was to prosecntehim . NeddyBaiues , ofLeeds , whomCobbelthad designated *• the great liar of the North , " told truth in one instance , when catering for advertisements , among the advertising cummunity , that the principal part of his ( . Mr . O'Connor's ) readers were in Lancashire . Thev were : and that waa the reason that h «

      came amongst them to acquaint them with tbis matter in the first instance . That was mentioned as a taunt ; bnt he ( Mr . O'C . ) did not take it as a taunt , bat ad an honour , ( hear , and cheers , ) because where poverty reigned , there was the place where the Star was seen ; and where oppression dwelt , the sentiments of the Star were mostly known . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) The Post'Office people had also entered into a conspiracy against the paper . It not unfrequently happened that his papeTs wero thrown into the gutter among the mire and filth , and perhaps not delivered for some hours after the other papers . ( Great disapprobation . ) In one instance , the cover had been taken off a number of papers , so that they wero not sent to those to whom they were addressed ; and he had no doubt that hundreds and

      thousands , from that causn , had never reached their destination . ( Shame , shame . ) Then , again , there was difficulty in getting stamps enough . When Oastler was first attacked , he ( Mr . O'C ) received a sufficient supply of paper ; but immediately after that , he received intelligence from his paper manufacturer , that he could not supply him with anymore paper . He went to his warehouse ; and , meeting with the son , asked him what hi * father meant , supposing some person had been misleading him in some way or other The reply wan , that he was afraid that he ( Mr . O'C ) would be hung , and then he should have no security for his paper . He then went to another paper manufacturer ; and his conditions with him , for fear of being hung , were

      to pay ready money for his paper . Well , he sent him on the Monday the first remittance of money only due to that day . He posted between £ 300 and £ 400 on the Monday , which did not arrive in Manchester until the Thursday at noon . ( Shame , shame . ) They would remember that some weeks ago he apologised for the paper being late . ( Yea , yes . ) Well , that was the cause o { the delay . His letter was detained ; the papermaker had not received it , and the consequence wns that he wonld not send any more paper . His publisher was obliged to set off at twelve o ' clock at sight to enquire the cause , and after having ascertained it , had to return to Leeds with bundles of stamps at ten times the expense of what they would have cost if they had been , sent by the regular conveyance :

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      and thoso very papers were obliged to be wet dowa on FnSay morning , instead of their paving been ^« ne on Monday . ( Shame , shame . ) H } s ° , „ , £ J 7 d !?> WrOt 6 - * % S ****** of the post ^ Uv T&oetsfog x * : *?? % ° J * £ Jfc bat thinly safMtcfioft fe reem ** . « afr the fetfor ha / J b ^ o . ftttn ' dy He ? -f-ceft « f so fnjw _ * ran 8 w er ; than ttatf and the reason doubfletfs wtw becaJ . ? ne w ? 8 the complainant ,- and Because if was their dei ^ roinafion . to pnt down the Northern Star . ( "Hear , hea , " and ' ¦ Ihey never shaU . ") Now th « post-office withholding hn * letter , and the paper mantifactnrei 1 - being influenced by its not coining to hand , they would suppose that that was . quite enough , ' and that no other power was exerting any influence in th » infernal conspiracy . Bnt they would be astonish **!

      when he told them that even his very bankers , from whosn he never aeked for a farthiug ' s-Worth of ac * commodation , so soon as they found that this conspiracy was against him , gave him notice that hw account did not suit their convenience and begged lmn to withdraw it . ( Shame , shame . ) He had never askid them for a farthing ; if he had been indebted to them this might have been a very proper notice ; but at the very same time he hadseTcVal hsndred ponnds lod ged in their bank . This they detained , thmking . it was necessary for the transaction of his business . All these having failed , and the people never failing , the Attorney-General finding all hi § measures to put down the ' Stor were ineffectual ; that all the attempts to frighten tha

      paper manufacturers , or the conspiracy of the » l 8 m P ^ commissioners and post-masters had all tailed , he then got up the snng hoax of the Warminster Guardians and said " 1 ? we cannot break his paper down by stratagem and conspiracy , we will break him up by imprisonment and fines . ( No , no , never , never . ) He must tell his friends present , however , that he did / Hot come to them to make a poor mouth : he did not ask them to subscribe anything towards his defence , because he would cot allow them to'do-so . He thanked God that he was sufficiently strony-to stand his own defence , and to leave sufficient afterwards to carrj agitation to tha very citadel of the en ? my . ( Immense and , deafening cheers . ) They need be under no app rehension

      about him . They conld not , until the close of the term , make the rule absolute which they had got out against him . They could not try him until the term next succeeding ; and if they convicted him they could not bring him up for judgment until next November ; and , with the blessing ot bod , they would have another Attorney-General before that time . ( Loud and deafening cheers which lasted . for several minutes . ) They would haye another Government ; they would have no law of libel because it wonld be no shame to speak the truth or to expose infamy , ( cheers ) and they wonld all spring from the sacted source of Universal Suffrage . ( Continued cheering . ) He was one of those who never made a poor mouth ; one who never

      complained ; but who , on the contrary , always looked joyously upon those proceedings , becanse they were nil so many manifestations of the strength of their cau . 'e . ( Cheers . ) If he was weak and poor and unattended to , they would let him run the full length of his t-ther ; but because they knew thnt his presence was a prop and a comfort to the people thev would lock him up if they dared . ( Great disapprobation . ) He was beginning to think that the Government and its laws had made so many thieves and pickpockets that among the raassps there would be a few found that would be able to pick the lock of a jail . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , now , let them suppose the worst ; suppose that to-morrow they were to incarcerate him , had they the vanity to

      suppose , or rather would they make him so vain as to suppose that the incarceration of one man wonld impede the cause of the people ? No ; because his whole exertions through life had been to make the people independent of leaders altogether . Tomorrow , if they dared to incarcerate him , it would rather hurry on the day © F their own trial . He believed that they had already had a sample of what public justice , and political honesty , and the frown of tha people meant by thu manner in which the virtaou- , tke eloquent , the redoubtable Stephens had been met by the brave patriots of this country —( tremendous cheers ;)—and he thonght they might as well have allowed him to go on in his ol J-fasbioned path of Radicalism , telline the rjeonle

      —as Scotchmen do their sons when they tell them to get money , eye , honestly if they can , but to get money any how—so . he had told them to get thft suffrage honestly if they could , but to get the suffrage any how . ( Loud cheers . ) That was the old-fashioned doctrine that he had always been teaching to those poor people , whom he now saw aronnd him , and whose appearance there on a Saturday night in such a condition , was a disgrace to the Government , a disgrace to the capitalists , a disgrace to the men of station , and ot power , and of wealth . ( Hear , tear . ) For many years they had been keeping them politically low , ' acd physically low , and morally low . True , those efforts had had some effect upon their moral strength ; but they had

      not yet crushed their physical strength . ( No , no , " They never will '') They were now placed in a different situation to any they were ever in before . Thu men among the landed proprietors had their parliament ; the shopkeepers and the manufacturers had their parlinm ' ent ; and the people had got their parliament . That parliament had sat long enough in London ; thnt parliament wanted a little fresh , air ; and he meant to propose to it on Monday next to adjourn its sittings first to Birmingham and thjen to Manchester . He meant to let them see what public opinion really was , and he meant to give them the benefit of that public opinion ; for he was of opinion himself that nntil they caine into . collision with some eulawful

      authority , they never could show their own power . So long as they sat mumble , mumble , mumble , talking about machinery , and placards , and public meetings , they would . never do much good ; but the moment they got within the sunshine of Radicalism with the rnys of liberty around them , ¦ that moment they would be declared to be the source of justice and the fountain of law —( cheers )— they will them be able to take up a different position to that which they now have taken up , and to toll their rulers that the spree is nearl y ata close . ( Cheers . ) It was said that one reason why they were prosecuting him now , nnd had not done it before , wa ? , because he was too cunning . At any ratohe was cunning enough to understand their meaning by their

      mumping . ( Laughter . ) Another reason why they wero prosecuting him now was , that . heXt % > stopping the Star , and incarcerating him , L&& John Russell , in bringing in o bill for the continuance of the Poor Law Commissioners in office , it would be very well for him to turn to what were called the " fabrications of the press , " against the workings of the Poor Law , and , among others , to the Northern Star * o £ o of the most widely circulated papers in the world , and to say , " You see how these gentlemen misrepresent the humane feelings ef the Guardians . " It would not do though ; for they required not one solitary fact to convince them of the damnable horrors of that system ; of men who have laboured honourably all their lives being sent

      to close their years in . a prison house , or the young blasted in a bastile , through the instrumentality of bad Iaw 3 . Brougham once said to the Duke of Wellington that to attempt to establish a Bourboa on the throne off-France would justify a rjvolt . Bnt he ( Mr . O'C ) wonld rather see the devil npon the throne of France than see the Poor Law Amendment Act carried into effect . ( Loud and long-continued cheering ;) He did not care what King they had , or what form of Government , provided that it would allow the people of England , Ireland , and Scotland to legislate for themselves—( cheers)—and if that was the case , their form of government being tha most pure , would Bhortly ^ ba copied by France ; and all the other continental

      powers . ( Cheers . ) What position were they now p laced in ? The Irish people , the bravest , the most industrious , and the most generous of nations , would have been satisfied with a modification of tithe ? , or with a reduction of them according to tha price of produce ; bnt they were denied this , and now what was their position ? They would not be . sati .-fi > _ 'd with any thing short of a complete abolition of tithes . It was so with the Radicals of England . Six or seven years ago they would have been satisfied with a moderate reform ; they would have been satisfied -with a moderate government , curtailing the powers of the crown , and giving more extensive powers to the House of Commons . He predicted then , and he predicted now , that

      stopping , or attempting to stop the course of knowledge , would turn every man in tbis country inte a Republican . ( Cheers . ) A short time ago the people would have b « en satisfied with moderate changes ; but now no small change would nan ' gf y them , as they were beginning to direct their attention not so much to their grievances , as to the source of those grievances ' . For himself , te would not give the filli p of his . finger were they to-njorrow to expunge the National Debt , the Poor Law , the Corn Laws , and all other bad laws that were on the statute book—he would not give the fillip of his finger , unless Universal Suffrage were enjoyed , so as to prevent the recurrence of bad laws . It followed , as a matter of course , that when men bad taken the advantage of political power to bring evila upon a country , that evils would still be brousht

      upon it , even under any . othergovernmentthatmight be chosen by tyrants ; Did they not believe that if the Almighty were te shower down gold upon the country to-morrow , an Act of Parliament would not be passed , so that no man with blistered hands or a fn » tian jacket would dare to tquch it ? ( Cheers and l&ughter . ) What position were those men now in ? ( Hear , hear , near . ) tef them look even at Mancheater , their own town , and » ee how men were trifled with . Take the cotton spun in the mills ; let them weigh it and value it , and they weuld find that the labour upon it bore no proportion to its value , because they were gambling and run * ning one great stock of Jnoney against another great stock of money , in the hope that the largest gambler would ruin , and . consequently outlive , the little gambler . They were now working about three or { Concluded m 9 ttr eighth part . )

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      PROSECUTION OF rEARGUS OCONIsOR . GREAT MEETING AT BATTY'S CIUCUS , MANCHESTER .

      On Saturday evening la < t , a meeting was convened at Hatty ' s Circus , Dri () pi'w . -. . ter % rreet , for the purpose of hearing from Mr . 1-Vanrm O'Connor a statement of the proceeding of ( to .-eminent in thu prosecution now going forWd u b'iiii-t him for a " iibel" on the Warminster Guardians . Tlu > chair . V .-H announced to be taken at "ight o ' clock . T . npg btforc tlm time the large an . l commodious buildin ' ¦> *» a « crammed almost to sullocation . There could not be ) e * - ; from rhe manner in which the meetitg wns pacl'ed , than 4 , 000 persons present ; ar . d before the proreediug- had been long enrr . r . u'need thtre wns mure than thut number came to the door who could not obfain admittance eitherfor loveor money . V » e do rot remember ever to have sfen a more futhusiastie rntbting . Every one seemed to feel thu drepe-t interest iu the ca * e of Mr . O'Connor ¦ as Kiuch so , innVe . 1 , a * if tha case had been individually their own .

      Mr . Dean a working man was unanimously called to the chair . In opening the bmineos of the meeting he stated the objects tor which they were Rssc-mblrd . He congratulated them on their numhers , and in the interest which thvv appeared to feel in the ca > e of the champion of Universal Sun-Vagi-. By this thr-y proved that they regarded his c-iiae ^ iheir own ; and that they looked upon this proFeouticn not fin much aimed at Mr . O'Connor ad it was at themselves , ar . d at the cau ? e which they supported . Their cause had progres .-ed so rapidly " under the advocacy of Mr . O'Connor through the Nwt / i ' crn Stttr that tbeir enemu-s after rexorHng toeVery stratagem without effect , harf at last - fallen upon the expedient of laying a criminal -information a ^ inst Mr . O'C . for a libel , in the hope , that by heavy tin t *

      und ' . mnrisRnniHTit . thHv uvmiM hc ^ ki ., .. ' ..... j , 1 und imprisonment , they would beabie toyutdown the first agitation , and thereby dehy the period for the attainment of th > pertple . \< rights .- ( Cheer * : ) As however , their friend and champion wa $ pr ^ ent ' it would be unrecerttiry far him # enter more ' fully into the question . They would hear from : Mr . O'Cornor himself a statement of the whole case , and he had i ; o dnuht that while the facts he . would Tt-late would excite their utnio . it a 3 toni .-hme . nt , they Would i < ju : vliy excite their deepest indignation . ( Cheers . ) He would now introduce to them their tried and unflinching friend , Mr . O'Cosnor —( immense cheering ) —who would relate to them , the history of this infamous prosecution . ( Continued ch » erinsr . )

      Mr . O Cox son then roso , and was received with ' \ hv most puthusir- * tic cheering we ever heard , which lusted ior seine minntes , nnd whm followed bv chppir : £ of hands and waving of hats fcr a considerable time . He then proceeded to address the : u as Englishmen , Irishmen , and Scotchmen , who felt their wrongs , and were determined to have tiicm redressed . He was truly happy to meet so minu-rois , intelligent , nnd so enthusiastic an iwsembly to h .-. ar the circumstances connected with " one 0 ! the m .-st disgraceful prosecutions tluu bad ever disjjrsced any Governm-nt in any country in the world . ( Cheers ) Their chairman had told " them that in ihe iirst instapce they attacked O-. tstler . They ht that if

      thoug they could accomplish their end , through the instrumentality ol Mr . Thornhill . Rgainst thu human . * , the -virtuous Oastler , they would by that menu * 1 qually as well accomplish it as by their o % vn tyranny . ( Hear . ) They first attempted to Mlence Oa . nler , then Stephens , and now they had attempted to put a gng upoa him . ( Criei of" Sever , never , m ver , ' and cheers . ) No j fo .- . if he was going to his trial to-morrow for his life , rouch less fur . Uis liberty , or if he stood on-thescaflbld , after his trial , he would hurl defiance at the bloody crew—( ch-ering;)—for patriotism was not y « t « f so low an ebb as to make any man dependant upon ths whim of a Government , the pr .-j idice . of a jury , or the caprice cf a jud ^ e . ( Cheers . ) .. He . thanked God thero was a court of appeal—a ' united people who wore able to stay the torrent of their tyranny . ( Che ? rs . ) They thought it would be more decoroHs

      nithem—they thought it would not savour ao mach of tyranny to attack him through tke same channel as they had attacked Oastler ^ and Stephens , as to attack him directly themselves ( Hear . hear . ) They were perfectly aware what the law of libel was ; and they were also aware that no man in this country —that no man was ever put upon his trial npon the I'arre accusation , or was ever prosecuted by a Government for the same thing as that for which he had been prosecuted . ( Hear , hear and cheers . ) They had always allowed the presy ,-and the injured and insulted parly to fight thosa matters out themselves ; hut . in this case they evidently thought they conld not do less than show their indignation of him

      through their friends , than by commencing a Government prosecution against him . ( Hear , hear . ) Tkey would , however , get little by their move ; for it they had had the pleasure of the nrrHignment and the honour of the pros 2 cution npaicst him , with the blessing of God he , too , would try them ! ( Cheers . ) Nothing " , however , could have placed him in so good a position as the very prosecution which they had instituted agaiDsthim ; and why ? bacause he should now bo able , not before that meeting only , which might be supposed to be partial hearers , but in a court of justice , reported by the press of the empire , he should be able to put his character and conduct through life before the pnblic , where it could not be contradicted , where it could not be maligned—where

      it could not be impeabhed . ( Loud cheers . ) This was worth a prosecution;—( cheers , and "it is ; " )~ and , with the blessing of God , he would give . them three or four of the hottest hours that ever they encountered . ( Immense and deafening cheers . ) He kcew of this prosecution many months agohe _ knew of it from the anonymous letters written by the pimps of the treasury , lie knew ot it . longajo ; and he was prepared for it . ( Cheers . ) But what must be his value to the people , when , after having thus watched him for many years , after having gone further in the cause of Radicalism than any other man before him , they had not been able to bring any charge against him of a legal nature . He had conducted them safely thus far ; and when they saw tbat tbey co n not attack him openly ,

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      conbausl intercourse ? In sailing fo India we pans along its western and engtern coasts . In comparison with duns , it is in onr neighbourhood . "Are not these circumstances sufficient to create the hop * that Africa is capable of being raised fr : ni rs-rpwmt abject condition , and while improving ner osrn state , of adding to the enjoyments and siimnlntmg the commerce of the civilized world "It « ORrneS ' . ' . y to be desired that all Christian powers snonld unite in one great confederacy , for che of purpose calling into action tho dormant cner . ciw of Africa ; but if this unanimity is not to be obtained , there are abundant reasons to induce thi * nation

      alonp , if it ranst be > o , to undertake the U » k A , r . ca and Crep . t Britain stand in this relaron toward each ruher . E-ch possesses what the other r qtnrfv . and each requires what the other po . * s »«« es t . reat Britain wants raw material , ? nd a market ' or aer manufactured jroods . A'rica want ; manufactured pod ? , and a market f . ir her raw mr . t-ral . Should k . however , appear that , in place of profit , loss were to be looied fnr , and obloijuy instead of honour , I yet behevo that there i * that comroWration , auc 'hat conscience in the public mind , which will inripce _ : h : s country to tndert > : k-. and with theDivin-Lue .-smg enable her to succeed in crushing ; the greater : pracrlcal evil that ever afflicted mankind ' "

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      At : h _? mement when Great Brit-In has acV » reJ tie nooi- dnry of ab , ! i , hing slavery from th * ^ o ^ rraoEyjossjhe existence ef an awfirir cr-- ana exiea .: Te - . raits in hai-an bein ^ j . carrle- ' Vn cxaer the S * g of onr allies , becomes ' a ^ b-ect o- ' sttense mic-wt to every philanthror-ic m-nd ; » nd ' wi-Ji pi : y ; or ; i : e s-: rlenngs o ! the vie dm o th ^ bffrnai co ^ m- rce , uidignarion ris- » in the W « t to t " f \ l £ a ^ -t - tfce ««« fi « s mace bv thi * l L' > ^ ^ T-- * - « iuicreasin dit ^ onr : ? orfi

      ^ g -sp tzfl : , 5 ° - * ! " * f « *?* probrction of the woakf-v : a = d ffiKt--gr « Jei o ! European nation . A volume L ^ . n * . ^ ei ^ mj hepres ,, from the p « . of . Mr r .. *« r .: Luxt-n Ja Trhich ths e « s » horV . rs of the A _ -ncan ^ : are ' 1 ra : e ured-pict ^ d . anj ! h ? i-5 \ oiencv o : l ~ , ? . f , ? IJt . Ineaa ! i ^^^ 5 or it * < "p rre- oii f » * rz ^ _ iie mter . icce-d . is Ebnnd ^ r prored a . . iheinga :-uliacre ? j - of the trsff-. toVih- wr ' *^ e afgravanon o ! in-iiridual snSVriu > . . ^ On- t » en " s ^^ maayi : ^ . " sars Mr . Bcx : aD . - ( if jet f . c-*• :- ! D'arM-n : r . jare daily req ^ -ir d to ft ~ d th '« vz * > : rt rrisg c- ^ rtE-: of maak : na . In vain has rxre pen 1 :: _ yr .. * 2 obl ? riv , rs ; m ^ n is the ollv a- -- ^ and :. « ; - r ^ rrj . " - Sl ^ verr irseii dors r . o ' - ippropn . te o ? e-ha .: \ f the ^ crf ^ , d th-e Slav - Tr ^ ce ~ r tne _ ~ -: zure . isarch . a 2 d de ! enrion" of tho

      .. i ? c =. cu .-Aieito Ce « trOv lO ? p « -r ce : ¦/ . •>¦? ai t ar - . ecom * < e ^^ ,-i *] 2 r , * Jn " Affi--ka : the •¦ mi ^ - c ; e possst's . p . nd u .- rer catrr :-:- " de « troy < - "> 5 **~ . ~ r ( . a ' ^ .: /' ¦>' - ^ -- « - lancine . ^ ; . «¦ /•» , ' / . more - ? . -. that / « v ,: h ? writer .- fure ^ rv k « 0 rKr ,,: £ --. ... tc- e ^ ufa ye- ^ r al : eriheir 6 e ? r , n * zio : >\ » n •' *¦ . •»! : « .. « : to thrrlartrr , we Laveasscni-ceo' ^ oO- " — . _ J ioss to A ' nca being in fact 2-150 fo' everv \ = ¦ - ¦>¦'< * : Wrs oM-. iaed lo the p : anier . . On = t > : rEof err .:- calculations , aud en th- 7 ac > " aa > -p . : te :, . , ' ^ i . i * reckoned that in ; fe * . r -hau j > .. . . i ... r ^ r , e , -x , w : and ^ d in ere year . iiJG— 7 . i 5 l L-jDi . U-iz . ; , and 1-Ja . vaEn . incliidini : ho < e ihe : w , > r ciprnr ^ orTr . de ! Add to thc .-e ' j * t ce ,, ' .. for £ « »« - « prnshed in tbe pessage , and i ,: sm m- st - sre been uniarkea ; and in ; he ca ^ tcrt- and n ; a---» : tcese an equal nunibtr ma ^ r be > et down :-p-. T-i - iini-. makme ^ . total o ! S 7 o . (> . t ) vic : in : « ^ a ^ a t c .-sore than 1 C 0- ) a day . to rhe Slave Trad . -cvri ' ~ 'j c- by peopie of chr . Mian countries . The M ah- 'n--uin t- - aieinTjo . , ^ . » ls colr , , f e , 2 to ? . id 1 W . KK ) rrtiTu

      aniaaiiy : o rhe a ' -ore frit'htfal ? nrn of hr-rji mi--rr rjrau th-s > n \ . > h . B-xton poin t * ro the ne ^ " - v . trticrawing forth the tree resource's of Africa ^ iz- ? » nly remeiy . tbensm ?? them ? i ' . Tts Virjgt 2 :: > - t . ua :: li- ; .-r . ? duc : < of their fertile soil-woe ] d cc-n . ^ rtr " - a ! 3-s . ; re p-of . - " -Ie Eercharj&se thsn the ho ^^ - ' 0 : th * : r f } low-Errj : and in a future voluin- ir b prciusf > that lhe zceac ? r » f elitiiirg those icsoarc- * ' ? aail oedeioL'Strared . the rabiect bersg p . r present ' under conaderark-n of scv-rnrr . ent . V , ' Til ; cio > e f _ cr i- ? ti ? e with sc-me extracts from Me cocebsion of : tie present roiuni ? . *• rewards ihe end of the last ceninry , : he err .- ; - ,-aui ± e ca-3 £ ? e which raged in A '" r-a r . tro lufj Oy-i From 'be mo ?! ? PTierons •^¦ -y' ^^ c ^ . A vr ? = ^ tr c . « t »? ^ - ' liraJpt . " arVJ ! , : thi , e " . ii " : ii + ? . ~ - ^ efr r . b . t too er . denr . thar . n-der ± ? niodr we i . ^ t tatt-n for tl . e -Tippresjion of the 21-ve Trade . it £ : u is created . ^ -It hpj been proved , by doenmenrs vrhich car not Dd extroverted , ihat . for e-. ? ry village firvdanJ < -v-rv r -roT 3 o . human b-::-gs ts . afch ? d in fo im-r r . raei t ^ -.-e are now donble . F-jt ev .-ry careo ther ; ? .: s . \^ . cirgoes . or rwic- ? rhe nnoiber in " one cargo , wetgrd together in a mass of Hrlr . zcorTonon . are newbor ^ e p the w ^ ve cf the Atland " c . Bat , whil . * t the nnrnc ^ rs who suS ' jt haTe increased , there i . < no r ? c . « on £ 0 believe ihat the snfferings of esch have be ^ n z '^ i ' -il ; on tLe contrary , we know tliat in soise pjT . cajers thft-e hare increased ; so that the < na vv . i ] of raifi-ry 5 Tells in l > jth ways . Each indivi ^ ua : ha ? more to endsre . at 4 the rmTnbT of indhidnal *

      1-: wj m what it was . ihe resnlr , therpfore . L ' , that asgrarated suffering reaches m-altiplied EDrab ; r < . ' ' • • * "J : shcull Le bors-3 in nritid , diffic-a ' -t as i : is to T ~*~ ' r — — * ! ^ facts I have Lp . rra . ted are not ; he r : rl : ctions cf s narrow dif ' j-ict , end of a few inhabitaLt * j—the scene is r qiiarttr of the globe—a Hi :: ! u-: ¦ - -e of E 2 : llic 3 > - 1 : 5 popElatic-n . That th ? se fact . « are Lor gieaneii from the records of former limes , and preserved by historians ? j Ornstrstions of iho « irnu £ e aiid prodigious wickedness of a darker age . They , sre the cjrrinoH occurrences cf our own err . —th ' .-. ^ ccrtoms wLich prevail a : this very hour . Every cay « - £ : rh we live in security and peace at home Vitcesjes many a herd of wr / tch ^ s toiling over the wastes of Africa , to slavery or death ; e * err night .

      vfUagea axe rou-ei from their sle * p , to the aliefnativ- s o' rhe sword , or the flames , or the manacle . At the liire 1 am wridcr . there are at lea ? t iirenlyth'nisa 7 iJ J : imtan being * on the Atlantic , exposed to everv var . ery of wrptchedness which beiorgs 10 tbe Eiidle pa- < sa 2 ; e . "Well might 2 Ar . Pitt sny , ¦ there is somerhmg in tie horrors of i : which surpasses all the sounds ofimagicanon . ' " 1 do not see how we can escp . pe the conricnon that such is the result of onr efforts , xrnless by giving - " ¦ ay to a vagne and undefiued hope , with no evidence to support it . t ' . at the facts 1 hare ccUecteil . though ! rue at tbe tim ? . are no longer a fair exempliScation of ihe existing state of things . After 1 ha enniued to pee the

      iE--st recent d-occinents relating to ihe Slare Trade . la these I find no ground for uny su ; h consolatory surmise : oa the confrary , I aii driven by them , to y ~ i s ^ rrowfal conricrion , that the year , fam Saptesipt-r . JS 37 , to September , 18 : 3 , is distinguished o-yond all preceding year * for the extent of the trade , / or the in ten < ity " of it * auseries , and ftrthe C- ^ sual Laroc it make . " on hnman lL e . "

      ^ "Beyond all doubt , [ Africa ] has within herself all ¦ ^ if iiee ^ t ^ ^ or ^ e widest range of commerce , and ' ¦ ¦> ' the most plendfnl supply of ererytbing -which co ^ ^ nce .- ! to the comfort and affluence of man . Her sou is eminentl y fertile . Are its limits mure * r It srrrtches from tiie borders of the Mediterranean to ) % ?? Good Hope , and from tie Atlan tic to the ^ i-aa Ocean . Are its productions snch as we little £ -nt or lightly rai pe ? The rery commodiries moit „ re < v ^ 1 ^ ^ e Qrilized world are tbe ^ poiitanedns ? rastn ta the « onculn > at * d region * . Is the interior ? m ?* u 5 - ? Dobltst riTtf « fi 0 * ttroD » "' - -a wonw lamijih a cheap and ea . « rmode of convey-7 ^ for erery article of legitimate trade . Is there ? C ' \ f- ° J [ P ° Pnl * tion ? Drained of its inhabitants j * A . nca hss been , it possesses an enonnon « popriin-; i " -r' and these eminently dispesed to 'r « -ff : cl Does '" ' at * = > T « t a distance a * to forbid ih ? hope of

      The Slave Trade.

      THE SLAVE TRADE .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 4, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1055/page/7/