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      MEETING OF THE CHAETISTS AT ' LEICESTER . ( From the Leicettershire Mercury ) JSZJ ^ &S * ^ ° ? ' * ? nM « meeting of tae sop-^^ ftfw . ' * " * ?^ , 10 Kstea to ^ ^ ress ™ w fri ? ! ' of , Mmnchcter , one of the iarmbens of the National Convention . rrMr . Makkham took the chair amidst loud »? pu « se , , aad congratulated the meeting oa the proud position which they occupied , sot only in the « y « of tbe mation at large , but In those of the town « f Leicester . _ y , r * . ***** * of LoBgbborough , moved the fallowing

      "That » the opinion of this meeting the present fcstre *** * tate of the working population of our nee happy land , is eaused by the misrule , tyrann * . aad opprvsnoD of the base and inhuman factions ( H nig and Tory ) who support exclusive legislation : a- ** . no Ot ^ re » edy can be foand than bv a radical change « f onr representative system . Therefore , we pledge oarselrea to use oar most strenuous exertion to cause the People ' s Charter to become the k « of tbe land . " Mr . Ccixr , of Loujr . b * K > rougH , seconded the mobos , which wu Bnanintonaly agrml to .

      Mr . R » c « Aai » sox rose amidst most ¦¦ imated cheering , aad addrrss ? d th » meeting as follows — It has been advertised thai I should deliver an adores * on the state of the country , aad I think wisely vfe «* u 6 e we ought to k » ew what it the real state ef the country , before we ask fer Universal Suffrage to effect a change , aod 1 hope yon wiL come to the same concision as I have done—that BOthxsg'can effect that change , bat a thorough aud fall re |> resintat 3 on of the people . { Hear . } The fort thing to be considered is the Home Deparu mertu because th » Home Secretary is the cbiei Secretary of tin Cabinet—he is considered the -. mmedrste ergas of communication between the people and the crown—the mean * wb « vby out praY ^ r *

      » ay reach the foot of the throne , 1 shall show that this Minister i * not equivalent to these demandst&at Lord-iehu Russell is not the immediate ergan of commnmcAtioD between as * &d th ^ Qwn , butot obstruction . ( Hear , h * ar . ) Tae Government « f England is , according w the Uw books—a Government el aw . But I am sorry to way that the law it ¦ of no o # e—that the Conatittttion u a dead letter . Statute intrnded to render the cottager , happy are set aside by the m ; re iptc-durii of the Home Secretary . Rustics can no longer be expected , f am prepared to » how that jastice has been and u daily obstructed by his influence . Justi ** can n « Ter exist till we hare a House of Common * which will teach the Home Secretary Mb dun , which wffl tell

      him to bin rac * that he is set the matttroi tfee Parliament , but the mere servant of die crown . y 0 B are all aware that Lord John Russell possessed " a power dangerous to tke welfare of the coonrrythat he his extended thatpowerto the injury of the peace and welfare of tke-eonntry—that he hats more than once , committed act * of despotism , which among a free people , « oo ! d not only never hare wen allowed , but for which he would have been impeached of trea *«» - « M > t against the crown , but aghast the people , aad agaiiut ti > e laws . With regard to the cdKiini < trsdoB of justice , there is the -caw of Mr . John frost . By the tocwnt laws of England the magistrates were elected r # * ttoe people , wjtbottt reterextct ! to any other qnaiifieatum *

      T&anccnmon * e& * e aaa inaaanity . New they are at th * wjU of &e iknw Seaetnr . and the onl * 1 $ * fifie » tisa , i « Am < Omjijen > him political -aM ^ mos ,. Jukn Frost , . &q . wag elected if 4 ae * K 3 # f ^! ffim fj » y hcBooraWe offior , « ad beoSSe I ^ Ao ^ m to dehk dntj to them , LorJJehn Ro « . » ell thought he was a busy pofiridaB , sad would not b « fit for -a tool of his . Letter 'after letter passed , aad he was removed from among tho ^ e whom Lord John Rc * ee 11 h . oe made hia lools . The onlv relative conaeedon between the law aad-the people is ia the administration of it ; and what matter * it if we hare the laws of .-Solomon—the pojest justice —if men are -to pervert and change tno « e laws in order to coatr&l the peq » le ? What matter * it thai

      the law « are beneficial , if we are not to have magistrates who will administer them : Aud how it it poss ible to hare recb magwtrat *> s if Lord Join Ross-li is to appointxhem ' : —he himself being &fpen < ioner . a placeman , aad a scion of the Hesse oi Bedford , and now lites on public piano tr . ( Hear , bear . ) So long as the magistrate * are appointed by the advisers oi the crown , s j long will they interropt aad penrert the c « u * e of >»« tite , ( Hear , hear . ) What steps ha * Lord John Rn& ^ ll taken to * how that jo << ice shall be dealt out ? If there are any here wno have paid much attention to the affair * of state , yoo will conclude , with me , that all tbetha ^ been done of late has tended more or Is ** to ceoiraliza the power of the nation in the hands of Lerd John Ra « sell . The law

      in which he builds his hope- —what did that do ? It gave him power to appoint Revising Barrister * , who cost the country £ 25 , W 00 B-year , and who never exit ted before , (( shame . ) 1 hus ha has the power to f ive place to the croaking cormorants wno hover about the Home Office , and all the Government oScrs . ( Shame . ) Then as to the Poor Law Amendment Act , Lord John Russeil is Poor Law ^ General . ( Hear , hear , and langhter . J The three Commissionrrs of Somerset House are his tools . They are at hi * beck—the creatures he employs to carry out his Hiearnres , whilst he throws the responsibility upon them . The Qaeen h « the power , but he is themaster of theQoedc He appoints the thre 5-C < nnmiscioners , and the 33 AwistaDUCommi ^ aontra- which

      cost the country last year i 34 * 00 Q . The » e tot appointed by Lord John Russell to carry out . a bill destructive of yenr independence—a bill whioh has ¦ caased such asimosify between man and mau througheut the . country—whieh has subverted th * Jir iucipl ?* of homaoity and justice , and which is ¦ ou erly at Tarianee with the VVord of God . ( Hear , iear . ) Mark how it works . Fir # t , here are theCsmaniisiouere ; secoadly , the Asri * tant-Commi * sionei >; ¦ & nd thirdly , the iBoard of Goardians—ail sub * er-¦ tient to tae Home 3 ecrerary . T&en there are ihe Relieving Officers , Auditors , Medical Men . and Chaplain * . Allthu staff i * created which never exi * led before , to transact bosine « s which formerly wa < transacted br the osreweers and churchwardens t »\

      paiuhe * , elected b y .-the people , and from amonget tfee . people . Thus his L « r 4 John « # ntralised thepower into his own kands . He saysin that act such and * uch return * are < o be made audJaid before the : Kuag ia Council—wkat ioea that mean ? Neithfr moiejior less than that they are to be done by his ' orders . By thi ? act I £ nd that some million * have been expended in building workhousee , and in other waye . Aud whether yaa like it or rot , this Act gives the Cosamissiouers poiw to raise money by loan *; or take-Bonev oat oi the . Exchequer—the . t is , out o ! the taxes . Then you hue to pay poor rates . That Ten last , too , gives directions to Beards « f Guardians to take away the r < sl > et formerly given to ttu > poor , except on condition that tkey go into tLe Union

      Worknous&S ; , there to recei ** such lood , te wear such dress , and ' ie submit to such ^ ejrradisgcondicons as the Poor Lasr Commisnonecs may think peeper to appoint . That Bill ^ ives power to tke Gaardiajan to five relief out of doors—on coalition that it be taken av a loan ' . Wfc&x ! is a man who has paid poor £ ales for twenty ortfcirty years to go * nd ask for a loan . out of the n «» My wcich he hiaiBelf lias paid ia ? The money mar be lest , but how Are they to get it hxck again ? ( - Ab , ah ¦' "' and lxoghter . ) Oh ! the liw provides for that ( Hear . ) Wkeu the man gets into employment , the Board of Gaardiana hsre power to order his esployer to- stop- the money out of hi * wage * . ( Crietof * Shame . " * Fes , that Tery claas « repeals afl laws rekting to debtar and creditor , —ax tar as regard * Cbe law of contract ; it interferes with the good old aaaiitn that ** stoppage is n « payment j" it interfere * between , AemasuNf and the man . - whieh no law erer did befeiftt IF the mattf r

      won ' t fi « it—the middle class ?* ' , eves , we sot exempted hers —( laoghier)—iffce won't pay it , he must be fined ; and if fee woo ^ t be fice

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      Poor Law Guardians will keep them , tell fbem that ihe Poor Law Gunrdians may ? e and tight . ( Loud ch

      » muento say that 1 don ' t kx , o w what to , dect . As ^ mi ' t ^ ire ' p ^' , int ° - ™ * i 8 Sr ^ Sr ^ i lT' F . ormerly every man w « s a CourtSS ? - I peSce T and eT «^ constable could x ^ W ^ ? r ^ v" him " That law " 1200 u ^ i ~; t Th are the son ^ laWs which 1 like But Lord John Rnwell must hare another nibble « po *« . H ^ says ^ We can ' t trwtthe peopl ^ keep ! i- ? ?^ men ^ *<> »* . *« d tbeB if thl people % ? £ -5 lF *?** ^ .. !»« break their head , " ith him aud

      , -Away w all hi ^ ew .- 'J fiJThe aucient : law * ae m&Q received „ , m f keepi ^ the wace ! In face , they cammaLde / ie peopk to amKJi ^ e ^ W ^^ T ^^ P ^ : and ^' hwL the force of the law that the consUble had twice a i year to inspect the arms of the people , to « e 7 Sa * ! th g were in order and those wfio lZ not iSd : JwV ^ S ^** *«*¦ " ** " *** « aed . ThcMTwTre , tWgood old trm . es ; b « t now we have the bad new ; tm « s ,. I expect that shortl y tk-e constable will in-; P ^ ct your cottages , and report tho ^ e who «~ ^ rm . H

      - » ac Portly they will have power to enwronr wttagM , and uk « year arms away . ( No- Ihev Se rt ft i them <) N ° ' * ° rd John " * « nd * i » the conBtablM , U * special constable a , and even th . sheriff ^ too dangerous a power to be altered any £ 1 " $ * *?* ' ******** Aeriffs wont always do tus . biddirg . A sheriff abont two Te » rs ago , recent and they were obliged to send the man to London to be hung . The sheriff * and the con ^ iable ^ are generally men of som « independence—men who are not contaminated with eomuserots and therefore they are not fit tools for Lord Johm Rn * sell ; so he proposes to km a Raral Police , whh captains and toperunnfeBto , with serjVants , corporal ^ , and private * , all armed cap-a-pie , to be paid out of th * 1

      n vj ** * °° _ tho 9 e ° » ° nt the H « rtropo 3 L » out of the Consohdated Fund . lAwiw ^ OeanT-armei' - ) They med this oa before , when Cobbeit was a membi-r ol ^^¦ V ^ ^ W * " told them that ; i they introduced a bUl to that effect , they might expect a cml war ; and «> they dropped it But why ? thar Uke dastaTds , they might do it mor- effectuallv in anothta- way . £ yery railway-bill gives power to " thf inrectorsto employ special constables , drosvd and ^ ed Mtethe mstropolitan police . So the Home S ^ cretarjrhas a communication through the railway * . Hut let us see how heacred in another point . B > the Unpcreuon Re : orm Bill hegwepowenoeverT * Corporation to appoint any quautity of paid polxemen ; and oee clause in it gays that ewry Corporation sbau oace a year make a remrn—to him—oi all-such poUceaen—their ages , sizes . Tnarka . * nA « n « r * . H

      th ^ yi » Te any—Uke soldier * : and , above ail , the exact « tateof theiracc « utremenu and arms . . Mark P ^ W ! W »» ^ W ^** »> J *^ il now they tw a ** d . One would kare fiw ^ ht that we hai * rtdwrs eaooA to wear ax ^ # tt ! iout th ' cy ^ jum- 4 pejleemen . ( Hear , h ^ a rp They hare got railway poiien , fer the communicatiens between the large town *; but they can ' t get them into the naral du-: ncuwithout another bfll . ; so they are about to -xtead them by bringiagdn abill . The Whjgc three years Ego , aftjer a Ions debate , —about two o ' clock in the marning—brought in a bill , about the size of a jheet o ! paper , to authorise men serving in the meuopolitaa police to act a « special con ^ tables in nnv part pf the kingdom . S'he landownt-rs laughed a ' t wiwi

      . - nay were paying gamekeepers 30 s . a week ; but mw they have only to send for London pobcemen-at-18 s . a week , paid out of the taxes , to act as gamekeeper * . ( Hear , h » sr . ) So the polio ; are paid oot of the taxes , to be bought and sold as guardians of gaaae ; any man may-hare a number of police by paying lor them . What will be the up « hot of all taw . I wish to call yonr attention particularly U > it . Prance is only twenty-one miles from England ; andttere they have a g-er . tfarmerie . and the conntrv is governed by a despoiKJn . England i * last hastening te the same point . There do man-can travel without a passport—he can ' t go even from village to yiiJage—if he is found without a passport , he u put into prison . Here in Englandthey are dfstroyiD ?

      , all loads but railroads . Then will come ths pass ' port system . They have your name now ; b ^ t they are not qnite so strict now yet . As sure as yon are born , will gtinTarmerk \>* established in England—will tfce people be obliged to have passports ; and as > ure ks you have Basale . s will you have barracks in all parts of the country . (* We won ' t have \\ 1 ' j You'll be obliged to have it—because you are not urpparrd to upset it . ( Hear , bear , ) So far Lord John Ruyseil has goae on centraliz ng tbe power into his own hands . He has extended ithat power over the eroIs . He has changed England from a nation of 14 . 90 U

      repabh ' cs—that is , parishes—into one government ot dwpotMm . Arthur Young say * : — ;> ff « r « the government only is armed ,-the people are slaves , and despotism rule . « . " So it in in England . Call no : younselve * free , when yon seffer Lord John . Ru > sell to exercise over you uncontrouled * wav . < io and hideyoor ^ lws —(" we ' ll fi ^ it till we die . " ) What is the state of the law while we are contending for "Peace , Law , and Order ? " I * it p ; - >> ib ! e thai we can kaye peace , while the law i * in the state which I have described ? Haw can the people i . ve their natiiie . country , while they * ee thelaw ao baselv perverted ? J t ii as Sbakspeare . said : —

      ** Plate it with gold , and tje « tron £ lance ofjc ^ icp breaks asauwt it . Clothe it ia rags , and a reed will pierce it . " J f you have 1 ** £ , what are they ? Snch as you might expect as exclusive Parliament to make—tuat cnnging ^ creepacgParliament , which obeys the will of the minister . The poor man ' * cottage has ceased to be hia castle . It is now a scenp , not of comfort , bnt of misery , of destitution—I had almost said of crime . It has cea «» d to be his a » yiun ; " it is changed iroma peaceful home to a place where barmonv , where peace , where hope no longerreigu . ( Shrime " . ) Ho * then can tte people of Great Britain be ebedient to the law *? Is it possible that the hallstarred weavers , wbcm 1 represent , io L iHca * hiremen who have to work Jrom tweiue to fourteen

      houra a day ler A * . £ d . a week—can o&ey the law-.-(¦* Om ' . —Sbame . '" ) £ an you sappuee that any good laws will be made by those ot whom—wrheii appealed to in the eloquent and feeling language oi Joiiii Fieldeu on beaall of uiese poof ineo—only three , -suit of 658 , advocated their cau » e . l ( they had the gpirit that I have—but their ijgiiife . are broken—they would no lunger be starving in the midst of plenty . ( Great . cheering . ) Au&deaeon Paley saia tii&t if a maa was gtarving , he- had a

      right to go forth and take food where he -eauld . That shoo 4 d be my doctriue . 1 would not Ike on one meal a day— " and that of oatmeal . Noj no ! Can you expect such men to be quiet ? Can iou expect them ta listen to the doctrines of " ptWve obedience , and non-resistance ? " Ail 1 wonder at is , that the people , maddened a * they are by destitution , don't upset everyLhing a-Eooud them , and hcrry the whole country into rebellion . But let me lell yoa what the immortal Sydoey said before hs was taken to ih * Kceffjld : —

      u There is a limit beyond which mea will endure no longer . There is apsriod beyond which , patience will no longer hold out . " That is tiie language ef the immortal Sydney , and that ia the sentiment of the nnonymoos writer . Jnnins . It has been written aeain and again , it has been spoken by Member * of Parlmimn *; it i * engraven on the hearts of the men of the North ol England . They have determined that , when the time comes , tbeir re ^ oiurioa * hiiil be proportionate

      to what tbeir patience was beiorp . Ihey are determined , if they hkra no relief , to raffer a . Htsle longer , till ihe peop ) e begin to neave like an earthqnake—till the mass requires bat a spari , and then . uke a volcano , bursts forth , and destroys all aronnd it . ( Tres&endous cheering . ) So much for the state of the law and its effecti . on tue people . Anoth r thing is-Tery important It is strange , bnt it is true , and I shall show you , too—that England is no longer Englaiul—that it is no lopger po * erful and august , buV Vbat it crawls at iht fax ol the CipftPesi despot

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      in Europe . ( Hear , hear . ) I shall say a little of your foreign policy . You are called a commercial nation . You aia told that you are the workshop ot the world . But if you « re to be so , yoa matt be on good terras with the world . Yon know that they are now attackicg Lord Palmerston and Lord Gleuelg on all sides , because their foreign policy has not been what it ought to be . England was once supposed to be mistress of the seas , the greatest maritime power in the world . The manufacturers say that oar great commercial intercourse is owing to the protection that we have on the seas—thr power to compel other nations to be at peacs with us . This b 4 ars on the Com Law question , though , 1 amnot-goiag t » * atop upoa that wfw . Look at -ih « noMpaper *; » nd . \ p « will find in the Court

      intelligence , that there is a . whole host of foreign ambassador * conMRntly dancing attendance at Court , and about the various offices of the Government—and why ? Formerly we had laws which prohibited foreigner * from comine into _ our country without authority ; but now we haveilmost anadon of foreigners . 1 mean nothing disrespectful to foreigners , they have as much right to live as we . But 1 nay that the Government outhi to have been careful to protect the commerce of the coautry from the intrigues of foreigners . Sir , I remember the time when in Manchester there was only one foreign warehouse , and that of the meanest kind . Now the { inert and noblest buildings belong te foreigners . These very foreigne r * ar « not only buying up our machinery , and models , and taking them

      abroad , bnt , contrary to the law of 1829 , they are taking away our aitizans and mrchnnic * . When tae law was passed . 100 mechanics , who were going to America , were taken out of the ships , because they were going to take away our bread . Since tue blessed reign of . the Whigs , the foreigners have been taking away our power . The Russians are the greatest exporters of machinery , —and why ? Because Russia i ^ a blackguard power , and has a Ktrung tleet in the Baltic , and hundreds of thousands of Cossacks at her command . ( Hear . ) She has emissaries in England , conntant ' y buying up our machinery , and taking the best of our models . 1 knew same of tbe best mechanics in Manchester , who are now in Ru ^ ia , whrre they » re doing well , aud inviting others to join th-m . The Russians are . exporting

      to oar Colonies , and to SontU America , where the Dulk of our Manchester goods formerly went . They hare the trade too of the M editerrancan . 1 kaow a firm which ns » ea to load six or eight ships every year for the Mediterranean , and now they only charter ose—ai . d why ? Because the foreigners have the trade . The Corn-law agitators say , ' Oar trade is going . " They shouid have considered that before they let machinery go away . ( Hear . ) And who are they that rai > e thi cry ? 'Those woo have been fattening on the exportation of twist , wten they ought to have employed their hands in working it up . ( Hear , hear . ) but the foreigners have got machinery , and theydont want even the twist now . ( Hear , near . ) Russia has hi r emissaries in England , i nave seen them iu ful ! costume in Manchester . J wntc \ td

      one into a foreign warehouse ; and 1 saw in a window on a email piece of piper , the words , ? * Wanted , models of steam ^ upine . « , of the newest construction . W anted , medelf ol power-looms , and other machinery . They will bo well paid for . " We are complaining that we shall soon have uo trade . The ( act : s that the trade h-is gona from us—never to return . Our only hope is to obtain a Parliament who will » weep away tbe standing army , the pension list , the Church , audI other evils . ( Hear , hear . ) But what ia France doing ? France , whom we once chastised , now lauglw at us , because we have no money to go 10 war with , and a nntianal debt ; became , as Lord proodtamjjav * , we are held to bail in a bood . ol £ " 800 ^ 009 . 000 to keep th peace . Do vou remember wken a . fleet mi 4 w Lord Exmoutb , fn 1812

      bom-, b > arded Algiers , aud would b * vr > reduced it to ashes , had not their demands been complied with ? Then * e made our own terras , ar . d thought we had obtained « conquest . In 20 year- alter that , France , * ho is at peace with us . ha « takm Algw- » horn us . and now garrison * it . And as ii they -were not satisfied with , that , the French sent a tleet into the West Indies , and lo the -serious injury of oor trade , they blockaded up one ol oor bent ports ; they bombarded Vera-CroA the chi ^ f pert of Mexico , to which the great bulk of our Manchester fancy muslins , fancy calicoes , and fancy gingham * aie sent . When the manufacturers complained lo the government , through Mr . C . P . lhompron , he told them that he could not help it . Ve know why—because he dare not . . ( Hear , hear . ) But our own ships are not free

      from iifcfult . Tt \ r > French wanted a pilot , and a shot was tired into a British vessel , which had a Mexican pilot on board , and she was compelled to heave to . Ju vain did the Lieutenant remonstrate . Thoy took the pilot , aad , contrary to tbe laws of all nations , they made that man pilot an enemy ' s vessel again *' . hi < own town . England ought not to have allowed this pilot to have been taken with impunity , yet * he did so . Snppwe onr ship had foundered for want of a pilot . There would have been some protocoiling , and pprhapn an ambassador would have been dispatched ; butitwonld have bean-made up . as this an-tir was—because Eugland dare not go to war . ( . Hear , he « r . ) In the Mediterranean ve linve a few ship * , becaoee Queen Adelaide is at Malta , and there is a "military settlement thera , but there

      rtb only a few . We had a right , wien Nelson was alive , to £ o through the Dardanelles . On one occ » sion the Turks fired a stone shot into the Windsor Laxlle which fell on her deck , and that caused an arrangement between Euglacd and Turkey , by which oor , < hips could go up the Dardanelles when they pleaded . Ru * sia , by her intrigue * , has deprived us ot that right . Sbe say * , ¦ " England must not be alWei to . go into the Black Sea le-t she should be looking atout anion ^ 'tit my territories . My policy i * to take Jndia from heri | i can , so I mu 8 t " keep her out of ihe Black Sea . " Not a ship of the line , uot a merckaut ship can now . go up the Dardanelles without the pernui .-iion of Turkey , and without lea > iag all tbeir cannon and all their powder in ihe pn ^ -t' ^ . siou of tbe Turk * . A lieutriiant in the navy

      said to me , one day , at Sh «* rne . , " D n th Goverament , what a condition they have brought us to . We ware going up the Dardanelles a shurt time ago , and we had but two lousy six pounders , which we thought to 'ise for signal ; , and we w « re obliged to lease them behind Bf . Here ' s England ior you . " Where ib that flag which floated supreme over the world ? Where is that tleet which took the broom from the man head of the Dutch Admiral ' s ves ? el and fastened it to their own ? Aud where is that flag which brawd for a thousand years " the battle and the breeze ? " It floats ai ihe mizen now instead of at the main-top . Ruyia , France , Holland , even little Belgium , take precedence of us . And why ? Because the Whigs have not the means to defend themselves . They dare not go to

      war , lest t '< ey should have a civil war at home . ( Loud cheers . ) There is another point to which J call the attention of the middle cla « s men , if there are toy here , because I don ' t want yoa to be robbed . Yoa know that England is supportedby credit . If one manufacturing establishment breaks , others are shaken . [ dare sajryou know that when two houses / ailed in Liverpool ,-whose dpbu amounted to faOftjOOO , it , " wa * Ukflijto . have overturned the whole credit of the country And why ? Because the country is short of money . When there is a panic yoa know it flies through the ooontry like lightning , anJ they fkoognt the time had come then . Bnt it «> happnned that the Government h * iped them out . Shortly after the Northern andC&ntral . Bank . broke also : had it not

      been for tbe 6 civt raiment ag&ia , a panic would have spread throughout the whole commercial aristocracy . But the Bank of England helped them ; though they have hard work to k « sep their heads above water now . Bat while the Bank of England has been helping them it has got into a hobble itself . The Bank ol England has beep so kind of late—it has so helped ererif body— that itis now in difficulties . By th » fast return , its liabilities amounted to £ 27 . 50 . 000 . What it there to mret these ? There are securities amonuting to £ 22 . 900 . 000 . But what do these securitit ? s eon > i * t ol ? Of title-deeds , of mortgages ol estate ? , of panned plate , and of pawned jewels .

      ( Laughter . ) . Yon may laugh , but it is no extraordinary thing for a Lord to go to the Bank of England , and borrow- £ 100 , 000 on his family plate , bis Jamily picturejt , orbi * family jewels—sucn is the nwceKsUy to which . Abey are sometimes reiuced . But wbat is to meet the £ 27 , 000 , 030 ? They have only i . T , G " 3 , 000 in gold . Uowuit that there is so little ? Because they have been w charitable . They have b ? en advancing the money to buy corn and cotton , and articles of produce which other nations would nut barter ; ; All the cajh they have is taken-from the Saving * 'hanks . Tha < it i > your property . There are now in the Savings Banl > 8 £ 1 ( 5 , 000 , 000 of hard cwb ; £ 712 , 000 of wuieh have been paii in by be-

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      nefit « ociet » es-rby your sick nnd other clubs . You have paid it in , and what for ? 1 tell you , to your cost . When the Government want money , ( tb «« y apply to the Savings' Bank . The Savings ' Bank lurnishesthera with gold , for Bank of Eugland paper . ( Hear , Wt . ) What for ? The GoveromentiW ' papermotiejrbf tht-ir own , called Exchequer Bilis ; and the commisaouers of the National Derit , are empowered to take mon « y out otthe Sftviag * ' % nks to buy Exchequer Bills . These arc iwued bjrthe Government to pay the contractors who provide for them . A roan contract * to supply the army with guns tc . the amount fjeiOQ , 000 . In a wbil * he appltw -iSrJkia menp / , bot'tne Govcmm ^ Bt says to Mtsb ** Qib 4 ^ ir , iwe- LaMit not ; Imt we wilft > ay yoo ia Excbeqner Bill * , we WH » iive you an order on the Treasury . " He replies "But what use will that be , if you have ho money V kl Good Sir , you are not up to the humbug , but yon * ill be pit up to it . Let

      thyse bills run a ceitain time , aud we will give yon interest on them—so much a ^ lay . " Well , he holds ' the bills , and getrt his intermit , but there must be a reekomog-day smetime , ' :-aad # o , if he is poor , he sells tbom . before they bear interest ; if h « u rich , he keeps them , and when pushed f <^ r cash , he seuds them in . The Government » ays " Keep them back u little longer , and we'll raise the interest . ' / And where cau theiutert 3 t come from ? From the taxes , or the Savings' Bank . When these Exchequer Bills are thu « floating , they ar * called *» The Unfunded Debt . " £ 800 , 000 . 000 constitute the National Debt , aud twelve months ago—tor I ha . vtj not sijeu tne last return—there were £ ' 70 , 000 , 000 in Exchequer Bills . All this money is floatiug , the ^ creditors being kept from the Trenaury by receiving interest , which vou

      are taxed for . Yon * ee clearly that while you are paying your money into tbe Savings' Bauk * , yoanre supplying the Government with money to keep up the standing army , to keep you down , ( Hear , hear . ) The fact is that the Government could not . "ttind an hour iJ it were not Sir . your money in the Savings ' Banks . If you want proofs of this yon may haw them . Mr . Hume a > ked Spring Rice a short time ago how he sh > uld me- « t the interest of the Clichequer Billr .. Mr . Rice said , ?• Don ' t t » U aboo ^ that ; it will cau . < ft an excitement out of doors . " ( Hear » and luushtrt-. ) "You must say how you meau tu ruert it . " '• Well , its au unpleasant thing tA « tate , but we must fall back ou the Saving ' s ' . . BftniM . " ( Hi-ar , hear . ) No » , I d »> not advise you to ukeyour money out of the Savings' Bank , b-cau . se , if Ti > u do .

      you will leave very little lor others . 1 represent a constituency of 300 , 000 people and it would n « be ju ^ uctfforyou to get yonre , aodtor them to go * itli * out . But don ' t beakrintd ^ Yoa may a » ply for i- ' , butl question if jron can gat it . There are wheels withm wheels , lj the ™ skould be any lawyers , or any sceptical persons hew , | wfeu them to the 9 th ol Geofgtj UwlV ., chap . S 5 . That law say * that not m . > re thas £ 5 , 000 shall b « paid at any one tiite , and when a cheque tor £ 5 , 000 is wanted , it must be signed , by ,, four trustees , aau on . n : li oeca * rtous , ibev . gea ^ rally keep the trustees out of tht > way . ( Hear . ) But auwpose a cheque for £ 5 , 000 be obt . aneU—the law'jia ^ j ttiat ! nbt moire than £ 1 O , O 9 » slmJt *» - ^ raii ^ itr «^ . flBe ^« yi » -I > i < w suupo . se thejr paid £ 10 , 000 evpry day , it would takt > tour year * , seten rioutKa / WWihiree < Jkycto pay the had

      , people tbejjjnoue-y ,, ijf ,.-, Hje-tJov ^ rHme ^ t ,. it . ( Hear , hear-. } vSothey ; wosUJiavtii / oiie to u » y it if iliey eould-g « tyo /// i Wt -th « jr e ^ nnot get it . Last wnefc six rhttusand out « ea 6 f ioldwrte exported . Look at tbtf papers , and you will consrantly see gold aoiuvKcr going out of tbe country . We shall have lo « eturn to the one aad two pound note * , which will cause a lictle proupwUy , an 4 after that there wjH be a . genpral blow rup . 1 his is one ot the must ammemtt-ibkigi waited with the state of the oa « ntr > - » t u . < 10 MMttit& * Wci » yW o « ght to be acqnaiuted . ^ ¦¦ ¦ rF ' iww tttn upon « faA . But tthoHld wo , iu tht ^ Couvcjitiou , think of ulterior measures , this nifty be one amongst other * . I don't kaow that it will , but I tell you beforehand , that 70 a inay think upon it . The Govertim-nt ha * a

      Aavy JJ : U , and there -are notes' connected ' witi that ; . and for all these thinga tliHre i * a ' reckowa * da * . But it a reckoning d « y of another kind should coqje *| -on , they will iiud it very difficultr- to selUeV ; ( J Jear . ) L ^ me show yea tiuVe&af * ofvur otfmniScial p . hey in Lancashire . " Last Snturd « y " week se- ' aral nulls stojiped—ana those , too , which wen * least expected to stop . For a very considerable ! time pwviou 8 l , they b » a been ' work ing " » hor * iirii « . "' J * , pectin that ordcra would ilecrease . Every Tuesday . Vifeb }? l T Pn 2 , P i . ' nalk ^ dliL » man « f « cturer 8 may b > h « 4 rd «^ lrtgr ^ - « 'I ni ^ n •»*? it WdJse' € * i « ^ V Itf " * ' &M uo U u . irpu week to . week . ThU u okjm to our flamn « hlumojjotary « j « tom , « ijd <* into < TciiiVjK . iwy ; - ti » t fttow day week , a friend of nvine , u > ery lx > i > Vil » r laoh in M « ^ . cutter , and living about two milt » trplu thwpi . ee woktf

      , ^• earJy in the aormngjiuici looking out o « *»• rriUiow to » ee what sort or a iuothuib it mi * , h * saw what lippearM to him a moving mnw . abwtt ' iSOyards cff . Heahnnfftl it « trang « th » t he , m ma muient Radical , should nor hare ti . » ara ol the meeting ; ie lUooaUt it vnrvna , i « i }«* 5 d , that it . Hy should hold a meeting wutwnt lettluo him ftfcoW However , he went out to lo . k » t them , kA \\ was then ju * getting l ht . \^» e « he got to them he did not know AHinglt : njnn . though accu ^ tocuyJ to im-Kt th « Radicals v «* y fr < qnently . Ho went round and round them , inJ thev th u ! ij . wa » a » yy- Tier « . feared to bd about 7 , 01 ) i » or » , o »<) and when be gut near titem they left off talkimr . it length he asked them * h « tt . hat meeiinK was tor . Sum ,. IT ' " V !» H . ? ilWle "' tho crovrd Hald ' " « ' » hav « j bread , or blood ! Tbi . wa * not a CJw . rri , t mating . Thw w # t not a raeeUng «* . i > veiiea V thojtaekal * . tt was a Mjoiitan ^ W ^^ V" ^ " ? 1 ?^^ !

      sr " ^^^ ^ ; . : ^^ aie held , the Chartint-. are « ot rftiporiiiblf for them We Imva noconuoul orersuth wea . TU « y m « tet , » ud tallt and Jook at each other , m ) Jf they bud . o ' ni « 'dn perata purp . we which tney dared- sot rwStvfe ; I cuuiiaaeS the Manchester manuiaetureni thh « th * r Say to beware how t ^ -y were plajuiK with the peotole , to beware le ^ the tnen » hna \ d thtuk there was 8 oiufld « 8 i Kn ia » toPpii > a the mills . 1 Jo not iiiu that kind of meeting to whichT referred aor ilowy frwnda liku it . But we huve no ontrotl over ' such me ,.. I h » d rather they would meet in open day . What resolution tfaey came to I do net know . But if the hand loom wcuvM * are thrown out of amuloy , tb . a aame i * uo Jiwii After Kuue lurther observations

      .. , Mr . KwhunWn i-oncudtHi nw add ^ as , which occiipit-d two hours arid a auarler , amidst eutbumastic and ptotracled cheerinv . : 1 ha thanks ol thttweotuift wArethen given by acclamation to Mr liichardwa , who , though he W « iioken lor more tt . ar . hr ..- how . w the . twentv-f ^ r liours preceding th » meetag , immBdJately lelt the hafr , and prow / ded on Ki * route to Undun , to be pre «« nt » f Mri Stephwa ' , trial , and to attend to uu duties in the Convention . A vole ol thank * was alio ' gfren ty icelaaiation to th « Chairm » u , whobrK « vaddre 8 » edlhemeetiu « . " Ihe proceedings t « rmiBated about h *» -p » w ten ; the whole and ro " rkt Bmglb < JeI > conducted ni ^ greatest order

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      APPREHENSION OF FOUR CHARTISTS AT ASHTON-UNDEK-LYNE . ( From the Manchester Guardian . ) On Saturday rooming last , in consequence of informutijns previouBly sworn before , and warrant * granted by the miigistrates of A » hton-UBder-Ljne , the police of that town , with the assistance of the constables of one ortwo of the adjoining townshi p * , apprehended four persons on a charge ef drillinff on ilouday , the Slit , nit . The partita , captured , who all resided in the town of Ashton-under-Lyne , were che following ;— . : j "William'Cox ,- a //« s Braithwaite , coUier , aged 20 . James Wardle , blacksmith , aged 20 . Samuel Bardsley . power-loom weaver , aged 23 . John Bardrtey , roller-makw , aged . 20 ;

      These parties were brought up for examination on tbe same morniDg , at the police-office , Aabtonunder-Lyae , before tbe Rer . J . S . It . Evans , John Cheethaai , Es * q . aad two or three other magistrates , when the following evidence was adduced : — Robert Newton , jun ., Raid , on Monday morning , tha 21 nt day of April last , at about six o ' clock in the mcrning , I went to a place called Well Stile , in the parish of AHhton-under-Lyne ; and , in a fi « ld there . I saw a . number of raeo marching backwards and forward * . They were in aquares of . tens and

      twenties . There were per »» on « acting as sergeants to each square . They wheeled righ , t and left . ' and went through certain movement * ,, the same as gojdierKdowhen at drill . I thoaglit they were about eighty persons present ; thia includes those drilling . There wete thirty drilling at one . tiiraie . I isav the prisoner , Wm , Cox , James Wardle , and iSamuet Bardaley , being drilled and in the ran | cs % ' . Samuel Bardsley wa 9 in the file-drill , and l e ading the ptjierp up . I heard the sergeants say , '' £ yeg ; right , " u wheel to the right , " and "halt , " and such like tj&prewiionB . Oh my tntering the field ; ' ant when the-, party saw me , a great number of them , ran

      away . : ; . Samuel Newton , brothtr to the laat witness , gave similar testimony .

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      John Bardsley asked if ever witness heard the word of command gi » en in the fire-drill . "Witness : I did not in the fire-drill . Cox and Wardle decUqed faying anytbiog . Samuel Bardsley said . ^ t thp ^ field in which they had been found wan om which they had been in the habit af amazing tbemmflves for years . John Bardsley * aid , X % a « not aware there was an act of p «> liarnPnt pwaedto that e ff «« t . I thought there was no harni ' m * it , fit my father before me had learned Wf v exerelfti- For my p % 5 t , if - j 4 | ad i ^ WfPi ^> J mpP .- ^ wWM ? Mm ikmj aad i ^ Wiiii * n ») i ^ tS > i ^^ ¦ ¦; . ¦ .. ; ¦¦ A # tbe polidi , on » eir < JbJng the hooset of the prisooewj bafUfouiidtWoi oom ' f ^^ : pikes , the h ^ ad of another pike , and a quantity- of pistol bullets , the following additional ffcpoiutiontf were taken . ;—

      Robert Newton said , about six o ' clock this marning t went to apprehend Jolin Bardsley , on a charge of training at military exerciw . I met with him at Mr . Lees ' s machine shop , where he was at work . I apprehended h'tn , arid afterwards went to his mother ' s house , where he lodges ; On searching the house [ oart ] , in a room adjoining the house , 1 found two long staves . They were about six feet long each , and about five inches in circumference , and were made of hard wood . On searching the house part , 1 found , at the top of a cupboard , close Co the ceiling , two pike bead * . They are about nine or ten inches long , and are ground nharp and bright at the side * as well as ar the point . On comparing them witli the » tave » , I fonad th * t they fitted . In Birdflley ' ii pocket I found a Btefel rivet ,

      which fits a h «» lt < , in one of . the pike beads . Tbe pike head . * , staves , andriret ^ whicfi I now produce , are the name thai ; 1 found , ^ eorgeKeyi , ' om ( of theAshton police , safd , about seven o ' clock l ! k ^ ttrifn 1 rtg 3 apprehended William Cox , and , afrerconsiderable difficulty , succeeded in taking nim to th » loefc-up . ¦ • I then returned to his hbaj ^ j ana dearohtid iti I fooadis bullet mould , and a pint pot . tilled with'ballets Ct ^ o . » i ? e 9 > and square pteceS of bid Teal }; : In a" ctJJJbb ^ dr'l-also fooud an did pike headi ^ - : ¦«¦• : ;' : , -.: ... \ :. , ;' v-_ Tbw evidenciB hiTing ^ been ; gone th rough , the ¦ Magistrates ordered . the , ; prisjin ^ rs [' ' -to give bail for their appearance to , t ? ke their / trials at the next Liverpuql . asme *; tbemne ) . vea in « ixty pounds each , with , each , two sureties in thirty ;' pounds each , aad to give tw « nty-fodr liouw ' . notice to the o ^> nstablts of Ashton . ., -.. '

      Up to about the terminatim of the examinatioH , all bad passed off very quietly ; for tho . Bppr « hensi' < n of the prisoners had been conducted with « o . much address that very few people wtfrenaware iof the circumstantst . : GratraalVy , however , ;; it , became generally knowB throughout tbeWwnj and a mob of several iuodrea ' people afeeMWed ?! aboat the police-office , manifestibg tery ^ f pkbiy ^ riipierasof turbuleuce and excitement . ' ' ' SWo ? tlr after / teri o ' clock , a coach was . bro . ught . to t'hes ' floor , iforthe purp < Me of -conwying . the . prisoners . to . the New Bailey f « r safe / Custody , until the sufficiency of any bail . which they might tender could he duly inquired

      into ; The appearance of thm coach caused a great commotion amongst the crowd assembled , many of whom called out that they would rescue the prisoners ; one or two even tried to force their way into the polite-office ; and altogether , the excitement appeared « o great , that the police officers , who were few in » uD * W i and without tbe support of a tingle SM MKI ^ SS ^ i ^^ attempted to remove the prisoner * to Manohestrr without further protection . The mapistrateu therefore leaolved to send to Manchester for military aid ; and John Cbeethum , Esu ., rode over to communicate with Col . "Wemyss on tberabject . -

      ^ Onr * TOi < ingthi 8 communication , Col . "Wemyss ordered otlt ' a troop « f ttie 6 fh drttgoon guards , with whom for proceeded foAshton-urider-Ljhe , leaving qfdert thkt that fuyce Hhbuld be followed and supported by : tjv ^ POiripaDies of the 20 th foot , a detachxnent of ' ! & « . ioyAl artillery , with a » ix-pounderj HDdanathe £ * roop of dragoens . The Colonel him-«« lf , with tbe h ' wttroop of dragoon * , pushed on to A « ht 9 i » , fbut found tbe town perfectly quiet ; and it appttiredi , -thai ^ tbe magiitrates , finding that the 'p *^ e > teoderetKa » . < BUfetie 8 for tha- prisoners were £$ &M > ^^ eptionable , bad consented to take ^?«^* aM wttfrou ^ warringfor the expiration of the timefixea , ' # h ? ch had nut an end to thn oTnifomonf

      W W ErfT >^ 9 Ty exiited . The prisoners were ^ fdipjg . ly , brought _ up shortly after the arrival of th «; isili ^ ry and , having entered into the required aureiiBflj ; were all discharged . 1 As soon" as Colontl Wemyss learned that the magistrates had resolved to accept bail , he sent an orderly to gitop the troops who were marching to support him , and whseonstquentl y turned back without reaching Ashton . The dragoons who gabbed that town were drawn up for a short time in tb ^ Ma rket Price , when a number of people crowded roupd th

      Dragooos ; Sinoe Saturday we beUsve the town has been perfectly quifet , and nothing worthy of notice has taken place .

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      Monday , May 6 . There Was a very numerou ? muster of the delegates to-day , it being the period appointed for the prepa ratiou aud pre * ntation of the National Petition te the House ot Commons . Mr . Gooc , the delegate from Brighton , was unanimously called to the chair . - _ Mr . Sfu ' ABT introduced Mr . James Woodhouse , the now delegate for NoUingham , in the * oom ol Dt . Wade . ' Mr . Lovett introduced Mr . Hugh Williams , the delegate irom Carmarthen and Swansea . The proceedings of the last mooting having been read , - e

      Mr . Bailie Craig handed hi £ 16 Is . 6 J ., which he had received on account of the National Ilent from the couuty of Ayr ., ' ' - ? ' ' . "Taylor presj gnted £ 17 ffbm the Vale of Leven , pumbartpuslitre ., rriaktiig iii the whole upwards of £% Itiym that . sith ' all ' village ;' . ' " Mr . RicHAHbsoN introduced' Mr . Christopher Dean , the ; new"delegate for Manchester , in the room of Mr . Roe , resigned . ^ Mr . 'L ovett , the Secretary , handedin 12 s . towards the Nationjil Kept , Irom several piano-forte makers inBedford-Bquare v tftgethw with iOi . irom cabinet-Diakeu m Gray'd loa rb ^ ppr Mr . Neesom handed ia ^ . ^ d . from Mr . Beloher , of Bow-lane , ChearJaide , collected 1 rom the poorest persons in the neighbourhood . V Mr . Mom handed in £ 2 J 3 a . from the UBiveisal Snftrage Asiociatioii of Busby , ' £ 3 from Kirkiutilloch , and £ 8 13 s . 2 d . from Kempsay .

      Mr . Frost handed in £ 1 10 s . from Blackwood , in Monmomhuhire . Mr . Lovett then read various letters » Mr I . F " V ^ iJIOR introduced Messrs . Brown . Powell , and Donaldson , the new delegates for Bitnmngham . - ¦ : ' .: . ' # u Mr 5 - > 9 &&f * . in ^ oduced Mr . James Harris , the rfew delegate for Shoreham . , Mr . Lovett , the Sesretary , read a letter froiii Wu ^ U ^ bur /* . informing tb >; Cpnyention that mT Hickmau , had been elected a delegate from that pjac ? . , ( ; . . . ¦• . . . .. ^ . . _ . ; ¦ .- ¦¦¦ M' Jf S'F . ^\ eati ^ o ^ J tp the r < jspectabilit » pr : Mr . Micklann , but ' wai afrmd the notWS W . ^ WP * ^ H ' ct . . him ww too ' akort . . ' 1

      ^ Letters were then real- by theSewelary from Uie Glat-goir Association , » tatinK that they , would sud-P «» r *» Conv ; ationin every lawful au&nrej to procure the Peopfe ' sCharter . Tbatit wa ^ thelMerl ™ S ? ^^ nave h « reat temonstritidn ' on ^ u * sdaV SSS ^ S £ Fr ^ ? $ guesting tbatlMr ; £ ( 9 'Brien , i Mr . Frost , and Mr . Vincent might ] be Bern at delegate * to attend it . From Eath , siadng that a ^ great . public demonstration Wa » tp take place oh Vvhu-Mouday , and requesticg tbRt Mr . F O'Conoor , Mr , Lowery . and Mr . Duncainni ght be gest as delegate ,. From Ta *>« ock , ^ in ^ nloi the meeting that ha * mea pkee therein behalf oi tae reobjo 0 c carter .

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      Mr . Nee-mbm had been requeuted by Mr . Drakn who had been elected a deteg ate for the Towar Hamlets on Stenney-gre ^ n , toa « a . whether the eoo » - mittea had decided as to aw electi » n ,. or whetiwrr they were disposed to do « or After a long cb ^ enssion , ; ; - ¦ . . ¦¦ ¦ ¦'•• •¦¦¦;¦ ; . . -. > ¦¦ ¦ .. ¦ M r .- 13 unKs thought the Conventiott osgbt for come to wins r < . ' solurien relative to iU tim * - bexne : wasted . ( Cheers . ) He hoped thajf wooli detenma * not to rcc « ive auy mora M «« nb « ts fr ^ si the Lom& « a » DutricU , whether legally f leeted orJ ^ L , , v Mr . HAa » Ey moved a * an auiawfi ^« t . ttiat Vbs ^ Drake should b * admi ||^ . ' . ¦ . £ & .: ¦ ;?• . , V ¦ " :.,..-Mr . J a&k » Tat&mfav&tmSl 'fto ? CoxmnfW ^ woi » ld ihfc * WBB betfer emplojed / if they mm *» «* « ade all other proceedings for the present , for *»¦ - purpose of takiug into consideration the propriety « ft aiopting an Hdmonitory letter to the people on delate disturbances that had takea place . ( Cheen .. >? He should , therefore , move an amendment U > tlu& effect .

      Mr , LevETT said he « ould not receive two aiaexSments . Mr ; Habnet was determined to peraawfflre is luar amendment , because he thought it would have tiw ? vffect of settling the question . Mr . F . O'Coajco * seconded Mr . Harney ' s-amesafment . The Chairman pptthe amendment > it w » negatived by a large ranjority . # Mr . J . Taylor thpn moved , without any ofeeTw * - tioo , that the standing ord ? rs be suspended , to « 9 av sider and prepare an address to tho people , admixs ?

      taem to abstam from any breach M tbe peace-Mr . Miller seconded the resolution , ' and after ? a few words from Mr . Vincent in mipport ef it , k mmcarried . Mr . Lowery then moved an address to the . peeyj ^ He stated that the object otU was to advise die-wepie that while they ( the Convention ) acknawlerfas * their right to arm , yet the ; would advise them to abstain irom doing anything tliafe would tend t » bv eoastrued into a breach of thepeace , bydoiBf irtkiadr they would endanger their yet remaining libertcwi ,. and bring the Cosvontion into collision with tiu-Government . ( Hear , hear . ) ,

      Mr . 0 Coanor was opposed to this addrew , iatsvmuch as it was h onesided address , and if passed iwthe Convention , would not add to its inflaeace , a » fer merely went to tell whab they eught not t » & » , and never said what they ought to do . Had net & ** p ople a right now to be told that they were witl&r * the protection of tbe law , snch as it vai , as weB vr those who now sojBght to trample on them ? Sfir was time—ayei high tim « , to tell the people * afr ? they had the right to arm , as well a » these- \»* as » claimed to be their superiors , when the Blueojthaoepersonifications of dandyism , were ordered to gx * down to breathe , to them , the unwholesome atBK »~ phere of SUeffitsld . ( Hear . ) It wastime—aye , n » 3 » - ihan time , for the Convention to apeak- oat te-tiia " brave lof

      peope England , when advantage w * r taken of the preseut tranquillity of unfortnaatar Ireland , and the army brought tide after tide&oar that country taorerawe the hardy sons of ixtdnat ?* in their endoavoors to procure something Ml * - * remuneration fot ' . their sweat and toil . ( Hear ^ haaxJ ? Now should they not be vacillating and imiioteiifr at » their decisions , when there was no doubt- bat tibea their eoemi'B , and the eneoae » of the people , wsiflB > stnye to affix on them the ucfortunate partial « o&-break in Wales , which only resulted from the hxs&-ships endured by the ill-treated portion of th »« mmunuy . who had the misfortune to be compel **! Ss > endure Uie tyraany oftiieir hardtask-marters ? ( Hasea , hear . ) It was the dot ; of the Convention to »• » » , state that

      would procure for their cause the * oppcc * r of the multitude ^ and utno cajse could it bemiks ^ * te 4 « brttor > thw wh « i i »^ n » i 8 * t < rf the ttiSwav ( Hear , hear . ) He always was of opinion , asdicthing that has occn ' rrnd lately has tended to daajsthat opinion , that the Convention should step fciti ^ and use its power manfully , in order to guide tih * physical power of the people , / or no better d » s ^ could be had » n the physical power of the coiatojs ,,, than the Conveatiwa e * rcising to its fall exleartftsEmoral power with which it was entrwted , to prewaTany thing like partial outbreak . ( Hear , hear . ) T&a .-was a sacred day—a day on which was to be » ksseated the groamugs , the wishes , the asperities « f ffis * . houseless ,-sf the hungry , of the oppressed , and « # the erwlaved ht redress—to the few who aasaan ^ s Uemselves the authority of passi pf bad law * aa ^ af havm < them wickedly adminUtHnMi . / Hum i ^ e

      Un this day , then * he would conjure them to :- ^ haw ^ * nch a spirit of unauimity , such ' a spirit io £ jwans . and such a spirit of purpose , arwonldfpofr . te . ft ^ - the aspersions of their < enemie )>; wbo ^ it it sfaoak Bb ^ otherwise , wousld say that- th ** -wor& . Bow ^ t ^ srr braviBg hitherto all the stormSann ' . J . etetrBctiRiB ' raised by thrmf afraid—anditHati 4 ike - ¦ pairsea * ^~ tlicted wuh ^ hydropkobia , they durst not * from fear ot seeing the water * go neal- tbe Rivee JBbantw ^ . ( Hoar , hear . ) He was sorry that a forme * xadohxrinrothw was met by a succe ^ sftfl amendmeat- ^ if j « karf ' passed , the Convention would now be iH the ' porkucE ; which Government h « d takeftipowesskai , of , ** & their cause would theo i \> 9 in such a state of him * security , that no ij&eJebinatunis of the tyraate wo ^ t endanger them , nor too provocation should eatsST on tbe people the ttecessiiy of taking » artiaan 3 r outbreak , unless from mehves of ^ peftonal » p ? n-

      Air . OBbibn rose t » order . He said he avt&fc to himself and to the country to say , that b » ** - amendment alluded to , his motive for propo » ia « *» was that ha conHdeted that their duty corapdilb ** ctit-m to remain in London , until after' the-PftrtMt waa presented and until the discussion , on ike CW-. ter was had . ( Hear , hear ) .. *' ¦ ¦ . JT Mr . O'Co . nnor resumed . He merelymeafeBt * this , to « hpw that they were taken by surpti * , h ^ . the very moment the Government found we A «^ F hold . the simultaneous meetiugs , theyasf ^ mbfe ^ a ^ Cabinet Council , and decided that notbtog idaGaafr be left undene to prevent these meetings H » 2 « bs , hear . ) He neverintended to tbrdW pnt i ^ K ^ ih tion on any person belotfgine to tht ) € oii « Btu » I £ »<

      out merely instanced thia as sfattwiBg th » nettiuh ot a- 'optmg prompt and decisive measure * . - ( Bear and cheers . ) , ' Mr . O'BRreN .-iii . enaon was the place they © kSC to be in then . . He thought until after the o ^ IST tation of the . Peuuon ^ . bat . now . that new aaewmt , stances had wpruhg up , he would support m * motiou broughtin lor the adjournment to Kraaia « r ham ,, on conditioa that they . should fetumm a week , in order to be at their pofts during ta * d » .. cusaon oh the Charter , ( Hear ^ an ) The a&bes * n-jw-presented to them was one wMcV w »» rf- ** r lukewarm kind , of that-. soft ' and s&kfi&ciii&oZ thatwotild be alike nnwoftfyof tKem % ' % ^!^ ™ S P f fk ple to f ^* - /( "ear , h ^; y . jJtT&A ments of the people ' s duties Trtre ^ -Jf * ot > tilwietaer objectionable , at least not reconmittidablifc ( Br » i hear . ) He wasTesolved , no matteV what * be coaw *

      quences were , come weal , or come woe , he w . » aiaV be found at his post , standing forward JpMbe n&todress , if paused m ita present shasev waal * # « % .-throw a . wet Wwik rto ^ i- ^^ lJJES . Jg , pf depnving them of the couatry ! ,, souUti ^ T ^ S il 7 thfey * ere ! ° ^^ t ^ th ' eir ^ uenie »\»«^ . S- jfflrsffiKs-fi ssssdk m « r should bp . anwd . . < Grett eWliw : ) TrVm-¦ ?¦« haw

      rf tr « , rT ^ : Wti e ^ ° F . £ b * ir aiia ^ i& ! V e > . He . Vauia S pot wtfrtgtte W M « »^ , j ( fcw ( i 4 hY oeoBte to-1 W ^^ nce . ,, for was iiP / noiTWtlMiT ^ S ^ mmmm ? utm thegentofdrtheprpteltion oflffeSnw ^ - Tkey were << U only efej ^ of ^ leJnl ^ S ^

      G^Vtiijlju* Aqxrye&'Fiosf.

      G ^ VtiiJlJU * aQXrYE&'fIOSf .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 11, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1056/page/1/