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      UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE , GREAT MEETING IN BIRMINGHAM . Af ^ . eeibly to a resolution passed last wee * in the J « ar , oBal CasrrendoB , the -members of that body on M < sad » . y last preceedecto Birmiagbtta , per railway , nc 4 ic * of whica -was given in the town by placards , i avitxag the inhabitants to a ^ sembVp , and " to form a procession to -welcome them into the town . In con-BsqoeHce of the notice -whick bad been issued , so exrlj a even twelve o'clock , thousands were seer ^ eadi ssg their iray to die Ra&r&y Station , where tha 4 e 5 efxtM -were taest c&xiotifIt waited fcr ¦ ejrwttrds of an b » ur , * M « pon the " arrival of the tnm , the tast assembled ranlntade greeted item iriih . aroandof most eatfafcrjutic * nd ir . mendou * mpplaosa . The ddefates tiec reared to the Thai caed Hoss-Tatemfora few mc «? nts . to take some refresh-BMttii , which having " been concluded , the vast proeat&an moved oMtar&s towards tiollowuj Head , to mcct ** -mxnri * r ** & xhtxm m ]^ W MwoWect jit lllll mms *

      « tXH 0 * . ¦¦« "J I | «¦ ¦ _ II w ^^ OT ^ UVS * . ^ - *** Mm IT of fee tT « fe , Trifli swtahls i&jcrtptiou * , « ad . t&e bdr ffe of sticks , TBraamifed Tmfa the "Cap of liberfy . The seetm ? * as the largest erer knows xo tore been Ji ^ in BrfetiEghaia , at which there vere sot grownt political associations of ether towns . Uptm the whole , we sboeM calculate that there cools sot hare been lea than one hundred « nd SJtj thousand present . " ~ Mr . IWWA -sr * s called to tfcectJ « ir , " &n . < i hftTtng briefly opened the proceedings , called upon "Mr . O'Bnen to move thi first resolution . .

      Mr . O Bare * tu rvceh-ed with load and repeetei apptarae . Baring aliuded to tbe ua ) u » t U- « s which had be « a passed m almost ever ; * g « s &ad to the military despotism which the Government -were trying to impose upon them , be * aid that tb ^ r had assembled that day to tell the < 5 sypemment tha * if they ¦ wwtnd mate just lawg they wrmld rcfemit to them- ; bnt if instead of ecacdng measures calculat ed to benefit the working -obwaes , tkey -governed theaefeT the sword , then by G- — they voakfpm theaa down , by the pike' < ix > ud » p ^ ji » u * e . ) ll thej made just law ? , yttch as would guarantee / a Cur day ' s ( wages fora bar day ' s work , be would ask th « i&eeting would they sot all be le&al , just / and loyal subjects ? (>• Y-r ^ + e * " ) Bnt if they should

      sa . j one law for the n « h « adanother for the j . oqr—< a ra&er ne law at « 11 for the poor—and should ¦ forern them with the sword , then ¦ would they not dits raiher then gubsd 14 © it } ( Loud cries of ** Yt-s » e wilL" ) Now , Lord John Rnssell , before he akulied out of oSce , wrote a letter to the Lords Lieutesanu of Counties and Magistrate ? , telling them that if the principal iakabitanu—if * he gentry —wished to form vdlan-t&rj associations for the protectkm of iAtir liwe * and property—chat waa to say lor the destnjGtioB-of * he -lives' and property of the people—that he ¦ would not only befriend them , and c « wtF&a&ce them ia the Jonnsaoo of Rach associations ; but that « he woald absohxely furnish theai with anna paid ior"byihe people . Yes , he wrote to the Lords LLeatecanta of ^ Countiesand those

      , traitor ? , the principal inhabitants as they cailed themselves , w <» fe actually - * pp ! ying for arm .-, not paid fcr by thsmseJre * , but jJt the expense of those persons who , if they happened to have a stray pike m the huusfr , were brought to ju * ike , ( l ) if tbej eoold be detected . Now , as * taey were Ri > j » lyiDg to Gorernment for arms , liie resolution which he ^ Mr . O'Brien ) bad to propose , * kzs as appiicadoa to Gotenaaent to allow the : peaple to arm also . Then if tie GoTemment would akow the rich to tucL , aDd sot the poos his -advice wa » , « m without GwemrnenL ( O »« 8 . ) They must do thataad no n . » taif . lc was of < he -greatest importance that he -should tell them , ihat then , for bekne a month -sras out . he

      "beBered ^ hfy would be all arrested . There hac been & warrant out against ^* tp ( Mr- O"B- ) for fix -weeks , aad he had been given to uudftr * tand tis » t the execatioB -of the warraBt depended upon his ewn conduct , - * nd that he sheaid have beeftipai ago « r ? sted , bat it was thought when he had inrorniadoE that * warrant had been ia . ~ sed agaic ^ t hiai , -Le would become a goad and dudfcl » : ri of-a bov . ( L&sghter aitd cheers . ) Bat there he -wes tunoi-t them . They might-see the effect tie tr a nan : Lad had trpoa V-itti . He would then read the le ^ 'lstioa . and it it was pasied , thej rnu » t ic . iiid and y « up ts it ; for there was no goodie holding up their baE . L if tbev did not siean to act and coECnct theuasehr

      &s the r * so : ut-4 , n expresjed . .. Mr . O Bnen then re .-d I the foilcwing resolution .: —** That iae facdon who have sd ^ long mij « eov = iue'J , dt-grace ^ . aci im- i pov ^ rialied the people of this realm , are now not i only ineitiag the -rich to arm agri-st the poor , but also tedsav ^ uring to coerce the royal ini&d , ty exdud : nf from her Majesty " * presence the fr > -nJi ef her yo ^ th , ani Hurroun din g her with * pif ? s and trsitors ef tbeir own stamp , with a view ie array again 5 t tie people the-only ^ crvereign from -whore her riffsjinf people ever hoped to obtain Telief—our young and glorious Qneeru" It was right , continued ilr . O ^ nea . tuat the * e vajaboEds shoold not moDopoLtee all the property of the country . The veoplr ; had no spite against the Qneen . It was not

      her that-sect them to tie tt " orki ; ous € >; it was the rascals at the back cf the ^ broae . They had shin them cut from the presence of thr QieeD , for cou ' id any cf then get to ypeakiKHbher ? ( Cries < . f *' lvo . " j If " they had any petitions to presenr , could they gei into her pres-cc ; to ¦ preienz them ? No ; for laos * traitors had so thrust tbejustlvt-g between the Q = t ? en and hrr people . But they would remoTe tnem ; peaceably ii ttey conld , but sby G they woulc remove tiem iorcibly , i ! tb ^ y could not do it etberwi » e . ( Tremsiidoni and long cosdnued cheering . ) They had-sent up the National Peiidon , withcae miloon ami a quarter cf tigu&cares . It was a notice to ouit to _ an old bad lenajtt of theirs , / or it -seas -well known that an empty house'wa * betler itan a

      bad tenanc . CHear , hear , hear . } If the tenant , did not qaitnipen receiving it , then , as the attorney would say , < hey matt asstail tfcoo with a pracejs ol ejectmenr . . Ejected they mtut be—peaceably , ij poKsibl e . A * yet it could " mot be lold what that pro- cew would 6 e—that depended ripon the people . He could not tell how ii woald ibt , whether they woula be ejected through the door or out of the window—whether on the one ride -of Westminster Abbey , or whether through the other tide into tie water . Now , this was the state « f ihe case . The gentry were getting armed with the sanction of Government , and they did net only allow them lo arm , but offered -to gave them arms , lo be paid for out of the taxes which / were produced by tne people .

      They wanted to guCke them pay ier tae very bullet * which they were to ha * e nrwd into their bodie * . < Heir , hear . ) New , he for one wouM not stand that . If all of these were of big opinion * -they would -solemnly swear , npan the altar of their country , that by some means or other those fellows jnn ^ t be Cume 4 out , and to £ he tone of " The Rogue's M&rch . '' ( Cheer *) tie hop&d that immediately ilisy wcnld send sn s < idress to ihe Queezu BgViTig Ler to allow them to ana ; and tlieu , if tt « ba ^ e 3 klicistew stooi bekweea her and theni , why , ihen they wculdbe compelled to arm . ( Loud cueers . ) Mr . O'Brien concluded bj moring the adopdon oi th « remludon , aad regained his seat amidst > ery f eaeral applftuw .

      Mr . F . O'Coxxor spoke nest , and hi * appearance drew forth the most tremendous plaudits from the assembled thousands . He said he esteemed that the happiest day of his life wien he witnessed the amul of the People ' s Parliament among the peopl » themiel'ces- —( Lear , hear ;)—aad if anything could i make him better sadsfied with ibe adjoan . m ? nt o ! , the CoiweatJanto Birmingham thaaaDy oth-rthing . ' it was because fo-j i-ad come is lie hour of danfer—^ in the teeth of an illegal proclamation . ( Hear , ear . ) They weee told tkai meeting was iilega ] . If it wa * illegal , itvas only illegal fcecan * e soae ^ V'hig or Tory might , perhaps , be aaoag ih-m . Pie had ao objecd&Q to see that document , ; acd to hear of that prodamatioB i but he did regret to see appended to it tie DUES of one of tb-e P-sEtital Ua ; an

      —the name of one of tae Political Cvanril—the nime of one of tie Chartiits—ite came of oae of thedelegates—the n °° "' of one whom to screea from harm the peop ' . e had subscribed their p nce . ( H ^ ar . h ^ c and cheers . ) Howe rer , if Mr . Muntz thOEghr p ^ per to pat his name to th » t doccmciit , it va ^ f- » r them to look to thtmseheg . Thestreagih of the people priadpallv" consisted in knowicg tiieir iriends fram theij enemies . They had escsoed Irom going oat of the fr ying-pan into " the fire , k-r witLia the last wtek xLtj were near bzuig delivered over to Weliii !| ton asu TYTmracliffe . and lo that imp of l £ e Devil , Stanley ; * t ^ i tbon s h it wai cjftirul : to match ths WijiS for viilany . if it was posiib !; , thoi ? ijlovr ^ oiiii- ^ i pj .-ed ihrEi . ' [ Ch . c ? r * . ) lie ( Mr . O'Co : n-,:. r ) a ^ rrjaii , wj-. touj f ^ &r yf cviiuadicii >; , ' - -. iha ' v ^ ^'

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      Tereal Suffr *|« mist be accomplished . So far from au depenon g np : ) u tne peOple > he admitted that mneh depenuea upon tJwm ; bufa great deal depended upon the Convoidon . Upon their pnsdence depended the Kalvadin of the countrv—nW > n thrir courage . depended the destinies of the empire . The people had bepn loi ^ g enough told tohold iheir peace tiu thw Government came into efnee , and till that Government -came into office , but now a change had . taken plaes , and they weie tcld that thev must ¥ * ZP ? T * ^ tho Dew Ailmin « tr&tit . n . and thev wanted to kttsw if they ir . pant to . isk < or ar . v organic "Sl ^ fS : f ? me - f > rote ' Warb « non , and O'Conrrll iSSnS ? i \ T ? , J tb " ^ P « ted them fcr the honour of eld Ireland . Now , there were two t > arres ! ih' ?? if' d ( M' - O'Connor ) should like

      ^ > to know if they had the consent of the people to snch ISr ^ - v ( Crif s of " - " ) No ; * mr thev 7 r £ \ i ? IF ? chan 8 en P ° them whether thi * liked u or . lited it not . That day there w& » a . Monto *\\ assocauoa-that day they were to forget all the i ££ uJ ^ S HMbouad them to *« mutk ^ r- ti- ° ^ h beea cappedpsunder bj jm ^ c ^^ oB , thtmili < w ^* lfr # ? £ l&ww ~ Aat- wwy h « ad-th « . ww ' hrWrtp o # the « W Aogwtlart wes still nerred , toS tha ^ Te * breast . wa * atxll detamiaedv . and that every ' arm was still str ong to sfoad bb in defence of lha caase of ^ e people .: Thtj hadfeeii taonfc ^ d with makibe u ?« ol

      reTDlraoM »? JM « oa « 6 . Why , good God ! if they aearcaefl tlie fiH !! iou » ry , * L « t trords could thev ttnd too gtrone ^ tobe applied to their tyrants ? Wimt "word . coiua . thej . employe « -hich would recmci' . e taem to lhe tyranny , destruction , gta : v ^ tion , lo > s of prmtegw , and the ij r&nny-of the rich ov ? r the poor ? vvhat word in tfee dictionary could sufficientl y designate such conduct ? None that he had ever found could , be was snre . As he ( Mr . 0 'Ci . nnor ) tuidthtm on the 6 : h of August last , if die Muiislry contmned to Tegard Ireland as the y had don ? , tli . v should ad .- > pt the mdlto which he had often repeated teihtm : — r

      T * a » onward , toet green T » nner « rearitg . iro Besh ever / tirord to the hUt : Ch > Mir side is rirtne and Erin , Ob liiein . t « ibe piracn anu ] gai ' . L " [ Tremendous cheering . ) Upon that day they had issembled without best of drum . ( Hear , " hear . ) Thanfes for U » at to the Opposidcn : th « ir proclamAtiou had procared that rceeiing . Thauks to thera , for they had not been obliged to speed the money which would otherwise hnve beeu done They tuul ao biad that day yet the principles vrere belore them . On the svd ' . x day of Asgust he ( Mr . 0 * Connor ) told them that he preferred an In're iitary [ Monarchy to an elected monarchy , prorided there was r _ greater p » wer than the throne itself . Give him Universal SufrY&g'P , r . cd be did not much c > -. re

      whether it vras a king or a queen . Let them hefir no more abo-ut th ^ iir being reptiblkMins . He was a republican in the real ^ nse ol the word , ttiiuK he wished _ e > ery man to form a component port ui the republic , and for the poor Tm-u to liave as great a share in the makieg of the law as the man -who had bis hundreds of thousands a vear . { Loud clieerioi ; . ) When they made laws they " would make them laws of mercy , and which would be enforced with a mild authority . He-could not as a juror convict under the present law ? , becaoje ho fete ; sound might be the evidence , or however ccr . < : i «< ive , the law w » i rott en- ^ the soeroerwas c- > rmptrj . and all the channels of it were tainted , Tbej Le * rd a deal of noi ^ e now abjut fighting . Wh * n mcr * l power ceased to lave it * effect , fbrri physical power -wouidcome like

      an electric shock upon lbeir oppresso r * . Talking nbout it did no go » d—Ainkiag nf it cid every thing . They shoulc < think of it as incividnals , and talk oi it among tOAinwrives ; but all the lime remember that f . ey were aimed with a mow effectual weapon . Taey were determined to have Universal Saffragetiat was the Mondcibuss and the cannon . The GowL-rBmentirodJdslaugbrar ev- ry man before they « enld giro titt-m the ngbtof li * tiiver * al SoBTrage . What jSd that proye ? It proved that they only wanted an-opportufiity of doing it . Godforbrd that he > hoU'd ev-r lecd tim « e } f to scch c « t ? . te of thii . ^ . Go-i furl-id that the Cor . veution s ' r . ould ler : d it . « e : i to * uch a s : a ' e « -f things until th < - Lour ; l . a : their lights coujd i > o ; t > e crbtaited vrithcut it . ^' ucbhai i » eu said £ L ' 'v : t cisx : t , ion in the Cout ^ n'ioii . He deijied it . Tiiey n-vd been ^ ci jecfed ! o n cslumoiatinir vt < -s >

      which had iVbricuted bla- " ihfmir . < snd magnified a ; s .-eniioini that meant notbii : g ; ar . d Le would thrn urcla .-e that Liivicg bees in tf e Cunvention from Hr-st to l » : st , o -all damnable ispoi--: —of u ' . t place * for bai air—of all places fcr > to- > ping the yf ;; j-.: e in 'he ccur-f—L' -ndon yry . < that pl . ice . Th y ha- ! bow crime to-Hirniinghhr ^ , ac < i that was the plar ^ - for ihem to recruit their hea'th . and to correc . tbfir nf' ai-. - ' . and to restore corifiiencp asnocg ti : e peoplf . If tb-y aad remained auother mocth in Loudim , ibe poor Conveiiticn woald have bi-ea pone ; but now iha . t they were in Birminghaia , i'u tftr . ngth wonM be increased aod would be superior to that of their oppo . < ers . Tney had been dejer-t-d , but th < -re w > -rtgood men in Birmingham . Tiiey h ; id grod men to leprcsc-nt-them now , ac i if the j ^ ople wL « ch »» d the Convention 'Sfilh a fraternal eve—ii tLe Convention

      ¦ jurirg th ^ jr sfjiurn Inrinimrham should turn either to the risht hand > -x to t :. e l ^ ft—tLey would meet in tLe Boll Ricp , and t--il them of if , inn that th ^ T-did not let asiugle trari .- \ gres > ion pc . ^ s unnoticed ; but-r- > a ' ; d M-r . O'Connor after a < -h' > rt pau . < e—1 will now second the resoiniion . I was gornjf tomakease of Whig aad 'lory . Dct both the wt-rds stuck in my throat . ( Loud aud contiiiued apu ' . au ^ e . ) The Chaiejjan felt a plra ? niv in istro'lurin g Mr . Abraham Duncan , Jrom Dcmfries , to the meeting , zi liie mover of the second resolution .

      Mr . Dtxcas obsf-n-ed that the demonstration which they hsd exhibited that day was an answer both ro their false friends , aud to ibeir declared enemies . ( Heat , hear . ) It was said about a laonth ago that Birmingham was dead to the prefect movercent —( crim * of ¦* No , no' "}—and wliea those men who had formerly e «> oijied the cause of the peoplr had turned aside , they were led to beii ve that the people had followed them , and had left their fellow workmen in England to work out their own political salvation as they best might . ( Repeated cries ot "No , never . " ) B « t the demonstration that dar would carry into the pal ace of their Qut-ea a practical proof that she had more difficulties todealwiih thau Sir fiobert Peel or Lord Melbourne , and well she murht have , for wes it Suing that Lad y Nonnanby

      sh < wli have the power of di .-mis ^ irg one miiiistry sad of establi . shmg aacther ? Queen Victoria , n < was * e ll known to the prople ol Birmingham and to the people of England , k&d no mor » a voice in the arrangement of the Ministry than the ot ^ er ladies of the . coQrt , or than Lord M ^' . bource . He ( Mr . Duncan ) had no doubt but that the people of Birmin gham ¦ would that day give a fresh impulse to the spirit oi the mor-esnent throng bpijt Ecglaid . When the aceoirn is of tha . t meeting should go fortli tootber places where large meetings Wfre contemplated to beheld , every mao ih&t had swerved from the cause , and thathad donbu npon his mind , would be rallied rooxd the standard upon Luring that Birmingiiam was alive . He regarded it as the heart ef political England , and its example would infuse a fresh

      invigorating influence inte the cau . » e that wouad be too strong for either the Whigs or the Tories , or all their combined enemies . ( Cheers . ) He had beard much about Birmingham , and sometimes he thought it wa . 3 only an empty souad . But if any man doubted abont the people of Birmingham , he need only to have bscn there that day to have had his doubts removed . ( Loud cheering . ) Then as the is en from the far North who had often looked to Bumingham lor ffuidaacr , he would say that Birmingham wa . < sciil -worthy to give gui < ihnc 3 in the cause . ( Hear , hear . ) He did not say that to flatter them , for he would ay readDy , if they had deserved it , condemned them ** his bitserestfofs . ( Hear , hear . ) Without Birmingham they slonld ncallect England would

      have been free , but with Birmingham it wculd bi uweb . tooii « -i accompiishpd . St was doing tiie right thin ^ at tb » right tiiEe , that cjistitated tue whole trade of politic ? , and he hop- ? d that they would peiitvero in fcllowjcg up the j-t . iiid vhicb tiey had m ^ w ? e ' . hat day . Ti . e Quei-n ' s prcclamaiion , £ iE < i thtflfttrr from Lord John Ru-jeil , and the proclamation from Mr . Mubtz , and the writings o ! other . ' of the ssme school wo = ld be wry soon paper for the tobacco ihop—( iaagLter . ;—nnJ ii the deienuination which pref&iled ainpng them that day , were followed ap by tie rest of the country , all wn " t » cf this despiaibVs Government wcuiJ i ; ot be of ihe value oi saTjff paper at ta ? end cf the summer . ( Mer . r . hear , and c ^ eeT ^ . ) That th « n ^ : i > tie posiibn -which

      tb- ? T LaJ illumed , and lis : ir : r ; ly beaevc-d t :. at taey would SB ^ ntiin it . ( Cries cs " 'Ve will . " c \; cO Ihij wo ^ id i ) STt ? I ' nivji sii ?* & ' . - ¦ ^• zul i'iili w ^ ulu

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      ie loyal to their Queen , for loyalty to the Queen , in 10 sense of the-word , was to be understood aslovilty to Lord Melbourne , to Sir Robert Peel , or to Nlr . Muntz . Loyalty to thote men was slavery ; but loyalty to the Queen was the means by whicb they could work out their own political halvation . They must then show their loyalty to Queen Vicinria . nnd stand one and all to each other , and rollow their leaders so long as those lcadt n abided l > y their principles . He ( Mr . D . ) called upon that vast assemblage to mark his words . If any manany member of the Convention were to Tesign his trustin that Convention , they shotild mark him as the blackest traitor that ever insulted n disgraced people . IfiLey allowed him to live , it was a mighty anonnt of toleration , but at all events the man who now swerves was worthy of death , aud wonld be enrireJy at thrir mercy if he were not immediately destroyed . ( Applauw . ) ' Those thxn were the son .

      tinipnts which htf promulgated at the present mo- " ment ^ . jt ^ d b 4 should cr > nclade as others speakers 5 ^ -rto jollow him ; bnt he shcnld consider that ife ^ deSHmstratioli liad invigorated thrm afresh ; a » fl -her j ag sure that when the members of tun Cont « nt » o 9 "fcfl Leadon i \ iBt | unrrniyig . ttjey w ^ re resolved to abide by their caute at ^ dttbtiztMrds . He wkStoiw it was a pMt of hcncuT , butit wasaiio' % post of danger , nud . iiW 8 » a ptfit , which they da ^ , not ehrinkfrom . ( Load cheering . ) The resoldtida he had to propose wasi"That w « the men of BirmingQam wiil never guif ^ r any faction or fattens whatever to coerce the Royal will ; and that in order to prove our loyaUy and devotion to he * Majesty , we do now most numbly and' solemnly pray , our noble and virtuous Queen to cull upon the whole of her loving subject ? , rich and poor , to foim themselves into a National Gawd lor the protection ol her per * on and throne . "

      Mr . Lowery , From ' Newcastte , came forward for the purpose of seconding the resolution , and in doing so , said he felt proud at the recaption which they had given to the People ' s Parliament that day . There was no sight mere sublime iis the eyes oi ( 5 od or man . than a whole people meeting ti struggle for th < ir freedom . Had their Queon—Victoria —been tl . ere that day , and had nhe * -en the beaming rye * and good hearts of the people , she would have ! p : » rn ' -d to have trubted them , instead of having _ to fly to her blue coated blu ^ geonmpn , or to the military force for protection . She worfd then know that no sovereijeu could ever sit more firmly npon her throne , then when it wa * based upon her peop V * ^ flections . She would the n know that thisecurity of her station depended nnnn the ( . talwan

      armsut" her workiueu ; and that being the case , sl >» would soon see th ^ reason for adopthig . the Pcople " - Charter and tb « National Petition . If any of their enemies a ^ k-d for a proof of them , h * would refer them to that meeting . There were the men who built the town- « 3 < 3 villages and who cre . a'ed the wealth of Birmiisehiim and its neighbourhtit-d , vrho paid the taxes of the towp , and who fnrnished th ^ tables of their mor' wealthy nt-ighbouri '; and should rhose men be denied the priviiepe o ! a v « ic ^ . in m * kiac the lnw « which they vrere io obey . He for one snid no . ( Cheers ) In these days u . consplaict against « wronir was called treason , and a grumble against injustice iri Ci-. lleJ secition ; but whatever it mi ^ Ut b deemed , ho said , lhat the constitution which wonl i not admitlim and his fellow-workman as apart icd

      : parcel of it should be no cocstitiit'on for him . ( Renewed cheers . ) If they have it let tliem pay . 'or it—aye , sni let them fipht tor it too . No vote , nomusket , . >;' , -. ould be the doctrine henceforth . ] f the people now were but true , to tlieirselvrs , rik ! firm to their principle ? , they would recain their freedom . The strength cf their euemk- ; 1 lay in the vrer . kDcsTS of the people—it Liy iu their having allowed thtinsslves to be led " instead of leading them * i > h * 8 . Their enemit ^ s fancied that to babble alitUe Lr . UQ acd Gnek was belter th . tn a blistered hand . ; bat give him the blistered baud before a learned head and a rcguL-ih mind . Th--y knew the roj * ue from tie honest jnar , and the ' m : in who Received the peopk once woold r . ot b : trotted . again , or at Jeast cot till be lisd h > . -1

      « ho « n by h-s pood cendnct for e letgtb of time that he -was converted . They hvid be » i > nstoni ^ lifj m the desertions which bad tr . ken pl : tc « > bnt when the crisis came , no man would daTe to utter that with hi > tenrue which he was not prrp . nrrd to execute with his arm . ( Hvar , he ; ir , and cheers . ) Njw , to award thai dat ;^ -r which mu ? t eu > ue iu a pby .-ical strujs ^' e , KothiDg was r < qui-ej br » t rirmne-s . The people were tL ; w Billions utront ' , while tbeir enemies m i-rc- b ' . t Lali a oi : ' - > . Th' -V dnre not put tht-ra do- * r .. _ They w « uld not let them : they would r . ot do anytb . ^» unlawful to ceu-vr tb .-m to do it . ! rrt , by Hi-svitj . tbev shonll . not break the la * npon the people . ( Ttnid applause . ) They talk of the cor-. - 'timiion . for ^ cuitb . Why , tL-e-y hnd torn it to tatterr . aiir ! iriTrerer ! it away ;" thts people of Kug-! and had lest ukht of it ; and' it was not fkir that there ebonM be one law ier the rich mi > u another lor the poor . Queen Victoria kad bfen > ivmused round "i : h traiior .-. who had nibbed the ix'cule of their

      right .-, but . 4 ie ktit-w jt nor , a :-d fV . e had proved it in her answer to Sir R-be .-t ? L-el . Slle said , rather than give up her fr : end . < and corapauione she wonld live ax n privatr- nubj-ct . That was a full an ^ wpr to all your mock phiiiintbro ^ is ' . g ; to all your would-be m-Jk ai : d vtacermen . who are so squeamish abonf bloodshed and riot . ( Hear . ) He ( Mr . L . ) wouH never tubmit tJ a state of things who > e order was plunder the . poor for tie b-ntrlt of the rich ; rather thdii " peace , law , and order" sbonld exist , he would s ; -y ] , -t us have uo tl pe ice" till they had overthrow u s-jcIi a ? iate of thing . ^—let us have uc " la's " but laws ot" justice—let ' . if have no " order ;" bnt the orJer of Universal Suffrage , aud good Govrruraent with tfeat order aad with that iaw icust ensue . The . Wt- &t security of a nation vr-. m the strong arms of her people . It ' ihe law : * were xooi they wuUl < i -obey them ; it wag oi ; ly whi-n they becam tyrannical that the people rose in justice and in right t « resist them . TfliU was the . secret of all the

      present agitation . It was not that they possessed any idle love of cnamt-e , but ' on account of the poverty and penury of the people . He . would a ^ k the rich how they would like to be wandering about without a home , with the wives vfeey love , and their children clothed iu rags and crying for bread r The poor ^ man ' s wife was as dear to tim a ? the rich man ' s was to him , and by Heaven if the poor man or woman was to lx » -separated from tbeir wife or husband , then Qneen Victoria should bo separated from her hugband , for that which served for th -. goose ought to * erve for the gander . If the men ot Birmingham were now looked at with the eye ol hope from the North , their minds would not sink into despair , but would regard them as tieir firmest friends who would not sLriuk in the hour of dauger ; and h <> ( . \ lr . Lowery ) kneT they would not shrink . ( Loud cries of " no , we wi ]] not . " ) He was going to meet thousands , and he could tell them the plal tidings that wonld urge them on in thtf- ' fiorious conquest . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . LuVETT , of London , supported the resolution . He said lie promised that -when he came to Birmingham , he would auk one question , and hn was about to fulHl his promise . He asked them whether they had agreed that now the People ' s Charter had received the general approbation from Enst to VVe * t , and from JJorih to South , among the industriotiB million *—whether ; they . were prepared after that to give ap the one ^ reat principle m it , and to throw overboard , as it were , the whole millions of the people of Ireland ? ( No , no . ) Then Mr . Attwood was opposed to the principle of equal rep / eseiitatlon , contained in that Charter , because Ireland returned half as many representative : ! as England and Scotland . He ( Mr . Lovett ) trusted that Mr . Attwood would soon make hw appearance among them , that they might teach him ' what he sbonld do in the H

      Mr . G . J . Harnev , of Jvewcagt ] e-DpoB-Tyne , g " : so gupported the resolution . [ The rain at that moment feegan to fall very fa ^ , nevertheless the vast body of men remained , hrm , ; md not o ^ e left the meeting in consequence . } He said , although he was well aware lhat t ; : e men of Birmingham were net sugar and sail reformer . *—although he was well awnre that it was not a little rain that would cause them io melt avray , be should n < :-t fo-get tkat it wj * . s not very ple ^ iarit to rt iRain lon g ju the rain , aud therefore he thouid bt brie ' . 'in Ms remarks ! He wfsced to say that in dfty ^ gone by be had conjemned—vbo ? Not ths men of Birmingham , but their leaders . ( H-ar , hear . ) Yes ; he hid condemned the mft >; who had CTn-iemned ' a . Stephens , « ui UCouior , aud » . ^ o had soved diisendon iu the raaki . aad sbn had 'ioae injnry to their caus ? . Tliose men he aai blaui ^ - ' i aud tLcee icea he had ii-. nounced . He ivy : vfr , iiJ they had been niiyle by ii ; oi ? lueii—[ Cries o . ' ' >» " o , il * ''')~^ t * ± W- &

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      saw their glorious address a few months ago in the Xwthcrn Stan his opinion was altered . He recollected a few lines at that moment which also appeared in the Star .

      " We'll break their chains—we'll neon > their »! ecl , We'll Hbrtik not ,, nor diwembJo ; . But , hy the borstirn \ vror >( fs we feel . Cold tjranuj shall tremble . " ' ';' They had heard nuich about disunions in the Conventiop , vrhich did not exist ; nil which did , however —all their nonsensical sqnabblesf he trusted , they had left behind them in that siuk of corruption—London ; and now th-y all Rwomon God ' s own ear th , and under tho canopy of God ! tf own sky , that , nistil they had driven despotwn from the soil which gave them birth , they would unite . When the news arrived last week , that one of tho noblest men—one of the most enthusiastic men—one o ' the bravest men—one of the most talented men-Henry Vincent—was arrested , that news put aiS end to all bickerings , and they said ther would not 1

      any longer contyiue to cnt each other * throa-g , but it they fought » t al ) , it shonld be , no longer wilh oac lv « t >« r . ^ hat . wiih ; . those that * ijft ^ to destroy all pities alskf , ^^* A « M »» s Mre > ti tne * tuad been most brutally treated ^ p ^ feX of England , and Vjfctat was more , thirfcMiisood , brave , honest men , for no crime whatever , i » Jcoe 4 tihro # » in to prison , atnd tad been told '/ thatfrSfte ?'' . their papers and books bad been exattihea , * ? ChftTgB pprh&ps mi »! it be produced against them . { Shame , shame . ) Yes , the plan meaut to be purKOedwaa to hang first and try afterwards ; but ho would tell them if they attempt that game , it rnijgtit . ' be followed tip , and they might possibly—ke did not sftf tltat rhey vrould—they might hang themifrs * . ft " might be that , if tbey began the reign of terror , the people would end it ; if they began the reign of physical

      roree , tlie people misht end itj if they" opposed to moral peaceful agitation " the arguments of tha cannon , and the musket , an'd the sabre , th > n it might be that the people wonld hwe , nnd should have , andsbouM oppose them with the musket and the pike . ( Applause . ) He would net detain thejn at that time , but that mep . tifcg » Jle sail , " hnd doee his heart good , and next Monday he hoped to be witk the brave men of too . Type ; and h& would tell ( hem that the men of . Birmingham were up and doing . Depend upon it ( continued SfirrHaroey ) if you continue to do as yon h&ver done this day , buglandi . i frer , and her wives and cbUdTeii will be happy . ( Mo ^ t vehement and repeated ' applause . )' Mr . C ^ BPESTKB \ ra « vr nn ? r rWrifrf by thfr weo » » g , HBTing alluded to Ihe sentiments pm furtKW the ; preceding ^ peukers . he » aid ther « iras goWctlunjr to IW said whick . he

      thought haJ not jet b . en tonchwd np « i , and l » awould take i but opportunity il sayioK jt to tlijaw , lfr »» 4 » a quite clear , that even at tue prwent litv . a \ hv pfstp . aui \ veifar * of the country j- op .-nde . ! up . m a la . \ v in w * i ( ingof on ainaiJ of houoUr . ( Hear , h « ar . ) } ii- thought that Sir R ' . IVel was ritfht in stipulatinjt , that ithe liatl bven . ' - ntaileS'Mme Winiatfiir , the crttatnres f tho Whi p * shon'd be ri'utivei ) fttAhttoutUw person of the Queon . Tb » Qh .-ro had tler \ : irea th » t ; they abvulrl not be ; and nciiiH uliallov jiated yolilioiung coratufudrd her iliiioety r ? }^ re » o ) v « . Now . mi ^ puniTitt . hrr . MBJeirt y-had * . ' !!! iWu KadicaH ' reiBirr , Old they not -thlpk that he wouWstipulMe 1 » r 1 he same thir . g ? An-t if thb ifoeen wculd be rwht in thucase , « he w < fo ! d also'have"b ^ ft ^ rifrh ' t in that * , tnd » h (! uiH * t , m « m » M ] uiiiee , have thrown herm . U b » ek nsnin into tha arn ; iof the Wnioa , ai , she- \ Y »^ no > r » bout to do . Th « y should thank God lhat th , > y had fio . tpusfUif day vihcii tho » had r « a&on to care wWHipr the ^ WTiii ? s or Tories tilled the tfliciii of trus

      - t m thin country . Tho prince of one handml lhim * i > n 4 of ibe men iff B ; rmingVam woul . i art it all at rest and the uduttriuus olass 8 , in spite of Whi g , or in spig ot •'" 7 i » 'l wurk out thoir own salvation . ( Lon . l chft-riMu . ) They did not ask the people t « i vinlatu iho law ; lh « y intreated tiiein t , > obey the law , bad und infamous ua the lawwr . a , that they might j {« t atrength to overcome the law , by intro-luoine a better nnd * more oquitabl . ; onu in it » st * ad . ( Hi-ar , (> u 4 » VPiau « r . ) The pn s . T . ce of the men of Hirrainahuin assuTed tlicm that what had been naid was without fouudation ^ They wero told that Kadicalium was almost extinct among * heu » ( No , no . ) But it in not ao . ( Repeated cliaa of No . ) WauU ih . ' ) , thenj support the nien who were labouring iu the peri ; r >( their lives , to serve them ? ( Yes , yis ) Would thc / urcv .-r . t raise friei . d » . or avowed enemies , irvm dividiiic tsi < iu muou « th « m » "Wc 8 ? ( "Yea . we will . ' - ' ) . H tho moHibtrp ' of the Ciii-. vention had been . bohest luen . "* mvlA'HWpv . kav «

      trta ^ 11 prenwljr of the tamo tuind ? Upon every thing tliat came belore them , they viere of one mind , as xtslauA to all Kreat que » ti ^ h »; but they diHcn ^ aed o « eTy question ) ikt ?' hotie . < t n . de ( . « Ddent . men ; and , in liwcuBrtrg them , they MiaSimes dealt rather fotl ^ h ^ y with one nnother ; but lb » v were iond Inenda , and united , tevertheless . They Uiscu « ed B'li ' buldh nnd unreservedly , and with independent » piriia , th ^ t tl v » might encit U \ e iru ' . h . TVio tmih they hadelivitod , and ' iVy « -.. re united as onumnn . ' and with th .- ' aid or the viovW ui Kinoitinham , and the aid of the nnt oHhe pdople ' of linttlas 1 they knew th-y » ho » Id Ko forward , " cantiue . rlhpiajul to u .-ri-( juer , nil they broo Kht their cnemifBiiroauatoKt their fc-et : ( Ap , . auHc . ) Ho wfcnl . l ruad U \ uro . t » UrtWn . \ vbuh wbs , " That the Kbcve rcsoiutjons Lo pr . osent . jd to thw Secrciiiry of 3 : att . or the Home U .-partment , wish a reon ^ fthaf ' thtiy ba'IniO o-fi-. r . . the Queen m the lfaiiio pf th « Working ' ultii ofBirtr . ir . fft . nm" ¦ ' '• " ¦ . "> ' -. ' ¦ J "; . I m , ¦¦ ¦?;•;• • ¦

      Air . NEEKOM , delegate from Brfetoli said-rMen of Birmingham—I cuf ? > it firrt tohav ,. . . < Hiil wotuun , JorLfina a Uo » i - [» rmknii « i-fihe ladi ' . 'M amoiig you , u » d , ' dni > en < l uuon itjVon v . i . lm ^ ver do any good vrilhout lh . ! in . He would mt detain iIi . mii in the rain , being fully datisftnd that they wenv m . t i-t . 'ind of either Jire or water . ( Laughter . ) He felt perf .-cth ***? , and per ' . ^ ctly safe , at hsing rncorapassed by th » workiha men of lii .-fut / ghura . A ) e , th « Queen ' s body guard wan a t . rcotuthem ; th « y wer .: i > nllicit > nt » o protect t ' bu interests at the people . DuriuKhU * tay iu Birimnghani , which wouW oe t . tit v ^ ry » h ., rt—for he was no jiivocat ;! Tor stopbine lonff ; ! i ^ wii s for [ mvermil Snllrn gR without delay— -Universal Suf-• Tfjte , and no surrender—tTniversia Suffrngu , or death ( .. ' ndap , iause . ) i Durirg hi * atay ho sh . mWl make himawll as wfll i . cqu-. untcd with ihem , and a » w . Ol knov » a to llit'ii ) an UK paraoii i . l the p » ti » li church ; with thU ^ iflVrcuce , ti : at h « trnsted that he should meet with' more rrspept and complacency than that individual generally met with , be « au-. j lie wan k nown on'y ua a public robtmr . Without furtbj-i withmuch ^ pSro . ' 0 8 CC ° " a thB reS " ! Uti 0 " ' Whkh hB diJ

      Mr . HaRtwku ., of London , in supporting the resolution , saM-that roiuiu , ! lri . m that « uik of con-option , viz I . ordon , he was j , roud to see the men of BirminghaHi makina s >! Xlnrious : i demonstration as they that day undo to we ' eoml .-. to the 1 ,-jrough the Convention . They h ^ d met tW . 5 o % net to discuaan ^ ng thsiv : solves whether they had a rullt In the S . jftr ; IR «_ rj 0 t to dkca «» u-h ^ th .-r « & » the Hill . ' for ihe Government to grant the Suffrage , but thev carnal * iiroi-ta-. m to O .. vBmment , a »< A to the world in a i-Jice that must nnt—that shculd Rot be ruisnnderstcuj—tliat th « y had made up their minds that they had a ri ght to the Suffrage , uud that ih ^ " ° " 4 b > , ° btal'n " ? » « " » t they could hope to raise 1 P ! f VVv , ? lllU 3 J tl 0 u n ln » oci * ty to wMch their u « ululae « i . nd utihly-eaiuldd them ; and that ihty had thus ma " , up thelr > ., ir . d » , and wit , ! determined to obtain th « Suffra « - at a . l bajjrda . Th « 7 had uot come there to make l « n « S rr ^' 8 > Vtt < l aO v . 1 riic ^ 1 * ' - ThO-bad dim , to mi , and , therein * , hohhould then content "himself , ai . d call upoi ! them to support the resolution , which bnd beeu moved and Bcconded . ( Cherrs . ) Mr . John Ki ; sSEU , , of BirminRham . in moving the

      au .-piion ot the fourth resolutwu , called upon the meeting t-Huppurtit , lor it was a concentration of the feeling * which had been manifested that aTteruwn . He would ti'si read it ¦ - 'That thi . i meeting ia or opiu-oti that ' the National ( Vril verihon w onutled to tho cmlidencfl and K « titude of the people ofGreatB . itain , and that w ,. , the KadicaU of Uirmingham , ^ r <> determined to support tho Convention at all lazards , in their endeavours to obtain Uip PeopV ' s Charter " ^• T . t . v " d t 0 think tha f w » hnu ' - a » y of that display which had been used on o ^ herWusionfl , with his aasistaiice and with that of hu » friends they tmi asaemW .-d to receivv lhe delegates , _ whn were endemvuriH ^ r to work out il > e emancipalinii ,, i their fellow countrymen . He wrh prou'i to thii . k that they had the coniidt-Hce i . l ihe men of Birminirham . nnr that they wewill that pfmtion that thoy eo « ld dare Jhose paltry ^ undreli to gav tbnt thi'y haJ-. not the confidence Kf * , 1 m ?^ " , *• " R fea ^ nR » I »» g . « P « ee tho people Placina ™ nauonat vention

      . r , MU ™™ con , and not upon thnt steepag . that bantard Political Unipn-bnt that ' they were determined of themselves to carry Unive . Mkl Snllraffe in raite of » 1 opposition , ond thPy cpnld onl y do that t > r « E fell I hT r N . tiohaVclvSi . H ? would merely observe tbat ih « re would be no rcadin « in tho ? nr « n ™* ? " lh 0 y ^ 4 , p btained thB deei , ion « f the delegate * n Convention ; add if thmr orienvtere , da go there ? why SSJd Xiff-i , ™ - T \ ° , . » he ProMbiUo « . that ' Wr exut » d . Heha 4 beeu told since he ' wmaI the mating that ^ t ? a ^ ° , K galn 8 t h T ' , «« t H ^ d been grated that oay . Why , tho scoundrel * , they knew that they dare not *™ - » , ank they did ,.: he * , „ & tell them « h / t l * r ™ » pl » ltoO * bell upon earth . ( Loud and continued ^^ . Wd ^ TSJt ; JfS ^^ Mr . WABSliKN , of Proton , was preetejVwith loiid and long-con : iDued exprenuu of approbation , which having ceased , he said , ( hoy were all aware ( hat tha was XI ^'^ & V ™ *>»* - «« y « W «« thatdaZ

      ... . , ; , the penl of their hv « . They , heb ' eli *^ oouldnot & * i them sHhstanually , they could not reaily bcImbvj tbat liberty which was contcaip'awd . withaut risking thvir 1 iv «; Were W , ™* P P " t '" ™ J ? ( wbd : crio , of Ye ,. ) U oul-1 thny support th « m in tho hour of noeii ? f Ye « 1 He would endeavour > o show that , if their causer-was jqBt , thvv we « jiiiiiiied w taking any stops , however vioitnt tbWB j tepj lui ^ nt bf > , in order to obmin that justice . fHear , hesr 1 t was , th » Tof . ; re , of tne utmost importance to ascertain iti jMtiw , and th . n , wh .-n that has " beeu a ^ ertlined " tb " y might tmt those who bad acted unjuslly toward , tiera ^ ^ f lwV-ir'T . ' > J ^ l ' r Hq \ « th « y treat them-by a .. Uela . r ? If tbeir ; child As caught committing * robborj on th « Ki gi : w afvdidthfy uot bn « it to the-barer jn .. tic ^> Dm th » y _ « otWuh n Iron , its homo , from iu native land , •¦?'¦ ' , < ; ! "K '' . " ' ¦> tbc worst of all placea-tnat most miseratle ? L '' r'iff ' T P" " v Io " * of A ( istraiu ? And if tVy did UAf , » ud u « t mereW lhat , but perhaps brout-ht it to the * cafioUl n . surely behoved them to enable the parent to ,-du catc hi 5 child , and to make it lit for societv , that it Hiichtlecome amoral ben-p , aud be «» bW to live in caml-. r ; and iwpjjmee . 1 ly 1 : 4 wr , fjfcrtwjw . Then , if tljiy t 4 *> the

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      parent of tbat which should enable him to do that , they by that actcoiumittnd murdrr—they c / 'uiinitted groai i » jtntie * w ' uteU was clearly puni-. hi . blo in the name way is they had punished the child . Vr hat wwit the people aaUed ? Why , merely the right ofvotivji ; merely eqnol privileges io muXing the laws , and thofe they gare to thom in tom ; j , wi with themaclres . If they wanted a vote , and wanted it ex ^ luhively . they might justl y refime them that privileg . ! . Theywuutil then be doing justice to th ^ m ^ lves and to their children b y refusing it . bince , then , it was just , because it wai baaed upoM tbat great and loading principle of UhrUtiunity which bids all to do to othfcri as tiicy would have others do to them ; sinro it wa * baa ? tl upon that divine rcquirbnion' that it vcm just must striko every > i . ind . That , then , b .. lna the cs *«; , Y . &Rt » t « p » dAvUh « y intend to take ? They jierlnps w . uld say , what advice- dmhe Convention give ? A certain proposed course of actioj would be laid before them in a few 'day * , and which he bad the pleasure of stating , if ucted on , would achieve for themselves those liberUph which they contemplated . In noticing the actions of th » Government , Mr . Marsdon snid , see hew they expend th- ' publio money , 'fhev aay that all men , whether Tones , 'W ' ljijjs , or Ididica . ' u , dl w-natever reli ^ iouH opinions they mav be , ought to eximnd

      t . ; o public uinney with the greatfst carefulheo ; ' that itonght to be expt-nijed , iu short , withtbu same econ .. my t \* jf it came from their own pockets ; but » ee how they sigtecl . " rbey give to Adjaida jii ' . i lSi . " -ji \ U y , and at tie sahir time that they gave the Qa"ei ) Dowagnr that sum tb » y were ps 8 singthc borrid Poor L . 1 W which w « s to confiaa them in tbe baatUos , there to be separated froui their wi « saudUttW ones , and to be fed upon a coarse scanty diet , which was haiited-ta- . fi * ortoceii < fJ" ' ea"d and oue oHnce of ch «* ae at bne m ? a !> V :, His featt rfja *«? d' wheri : he saw that the * teen felt fur thev children , bjLi fur porterity , « mditl *^ " tb * T Sad buckled on their DrHiour , and hail re » oJv « l t ^ b * fee a ^ rat ; eveot « f ,-T >«; niau : vpw im ^ oTthy the na m * of nian ; tbat man 3 M Sot"de « nrVe ta ^ Lve " who-- " conM be the nieana el bjtiTtglhsi cMarrnrntotl »* woTli to «« i ^ ct them ttrSfcateful «* torn like that , and . who c .- » jld : caotcropl » te the misery wluenwa . s in sU ^ e tor Ricir ofiiprinir . At another time ho shbuldbe bappy to address them , but at-tbe pre « ent he wonld merely than * th-m for their ki « 3 ne « a , [ LoBd applause . ] Mr . COLLINS thun moved a vote of thanks to , the chairman , which , having been seconded , was carried nnanituflusly , as were all the reaolutiona which were aubaiitted to the meeting . . ¦ -. ¦ .- ¦¦ ; ' ' ¦ . ' ¦ ¦" ¦ ¦ '; ' - - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ¦

      The Chairman tberi , in . . a ? bri » f taairn ' er ^ retornrf tbanks , and the lmsaenaa awemilaie of person * , after-b ** inff siren three hearty cheer * lor ^ -t £ i p « o |> U »? ' diapered iirtha most orderly manner , and » U 4 h « occurrBpow n ^ thti daypUaed off-wnhouta sijg ^ acridpjM « r any Ul feelizg , wbicb muM hare been bjgWy * IfgiitMtte all who wita ««« edioiinpa » ing aapectaele ^ .. . .. ' . . . « ,, -... „ . . . .. v

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      DISTURBANCES IN"THE POTTERIES . _ Although there have been «» rioua riots in the Potteries , their nature and extent Lave been greatlj « xaggerated in many of the public n » port * Thar Origin was in no degree connected with politics , bat appear * tbhttTe arisen gplrty fr om a hatred of the jienr police recently intrddoced into ihb district , rilecircumsrtnce * oftheca « e , « 3 jtatlieredfrom the mostanthanticxonrcen , are as follow : — ^ In the « qnnse of Tuesday evening , the police at Lmre-end , in the very heart of the Potteries , were called upon to quell a disturbance in a h ? er-shop , known by the nama ' pf the Leopard f and kept by a man najned RoLert Hollis . On their arrival at the house , their autborify >' 'wa » sot '^ it definnceand tha

      , otticers , iu lhe extcstion of their dfijty . found it uewMsan .- to take five of the refractory coin }> any into custody , and convey them .-itp . lhe watcb-houte . iJefore leavirig the house , and on their , war-to prison , the pellet were mort tiolently assanltfd by the rioters and the mob , which upeedily assembled for their rejeuo and protection , faring the night , and the nextmoraing more particularly , the town and neighbourhood were in so few-ful a state of excitement , that a numerous meeting of the iiihabitants was held for the purpose of devising m-asur , a for the mamtenanct ) of the public peace . The principal scene of commotion was the watch-home , and it soon became evident that unless Rome mode of defence was immediately ndopM . th « hniMinu

      would be pwll'd down , aad the prisor . eis released It wa « immediately determined to imply to Lord ralbot , ( Lord LieutenaEt ) nnd the ot& ^ r crvil' nnd military authorities of the county , for av * istanee , and a * -wven o ' cl 6 ck on VVednesday ' night a portion of tna Newcastle , troop of Yeoinanry ( not more than t 7 ^? ty inei : ) entered Lane-end , under the command of taptain TomJjnfWMu The troops were accomyarned by Mr . Talbot , titxg \ mn Mair-vraring f t , Add ( "r % » ( three coo % Magistrates , ) and also by Mr ; CotterilJ , tie active head of the Newcastle police-, and a i ? mall rncmitin ? partv now lying in tho neighbourhood . The fury of the mob at this time became ungovernable , and the Taoro ao when t > iey saw tbe pri )« on . » r . s borne ofl under military ercort to the prison at Newcastle .

      1 fie yeomanry were attacked with atones nud ewry other description of missile , and ¦ eventually Capteiu Muinwanng , with the advice aud consent of hh brother rnagistraies , proceeded to read the Riot Ace . . this prec ;> ntiorjRry stop , howevor , so fur from dett-rnng the . mob from fnrther vick-ace , appeared only to provoktj them to the commis .-ion of more Jaring ^ outrages . They refold l » disperse , and in spite of the threatenir *)? attitude of th 9 authorities , the rioters commenced a most determined attack upon the yeomanry aad constables . At hi > sVContain MaraWnring order . 'd the soldiery to-o ! irtr Ke and tire ov ^ r the head s of the rioters . For amsmerit this hal a benehcial effect , but so soon ns the mob tonnd therhad mert-ly been played with , they returned with redoubled violenceand a Ectn . » of

      , creadlul tumult succeeded . U was no * becoming darir , and the mob having henped crates ( used in the packing of earthenware ) aero ? : * the streets , the ^ ituaticn of the small body of military in the town becrtrne extremely yerillouM . In the pursuit-ot oa * nders several of the yeomanry ,-owing to the darknsss of the night , rode rrgainst the crate * , * ere unhorsed , - and cev .-rely irjjured . All other modes ol subduing commotion failing , it wns resolved to fire nraongst the inob , but from the comparatively little injury done , at least so far as it got knows , the nre at the people must have been very pnrtial . T ' - a notew , now finding that the authorities wero in earnest , fled in all directions , bat not before several were made to suffer lor their teruori-. y . A boy was iioun

      -. me abdomen ; another young mm had bid scull cloven , andotlivrs were seriously , if not dangerously wounded . Since the night of the riot , cases ot-wounded men ( two extremel y dangerous have been discovered , but , of coar *\ , it is the interest of anv who aoffuredin the conflict , if uossiblt-, to coiiceal their injuries . Tho police and yeomanry came in for their full share of the '" honoursof war . " bwveral of them wore severely cut with stones , and two or three gentleman in the yeonianrv were greatly injured by falls . The promptitude with vhich they aited is justly the subject of much pra se in the neighbourhood . By t 7 ? o o'clock in the morning peace was restored , and frrm the quiet scate ol tho streets , none but those who had witnes . < t « d the late

      yiolen-e would have supposed unv had occurred . On Thursday morning a sad accident occurred to a man named Vo-1 . Mr . Sheppard , a member of the yeomanry , having left his sword and belt in the pohce-offire , sent Loyland , one ol" the officer ? , for cKem . On putting th * pistol into the loop of the belt ,, it accidentally went off , and the ball entered the thigh of Pool , who was standing near him . l . he poor fellow died the same day . Un Thursday other detachments of yeomanry entered the late disturbed districts . The same day the magistrates met at Trehtham , about five miles from Lane-end , w- < en of the twenty-six prisoners brought before them , nine were committed to Stafford gaol for trial at the assizes , one liberated on bail , and tha rert discharged . Lord Talbot has b « en unremittinir in

      the dwcharge . of the duties of his office , and the rest of the magistrates were equally prompt in their attempts to suppress the riot . The comparatively httlfr loss ot life which ensued at oace shows the lorbearauce and mercy exercised fey tho yeomanry . J J On Friday night a detachment of the R-fle Brigade arrived fro : n Weedon , and immediately proceeded to Lane-end . It is undcTstoo . i , however , that the ofiider in command rtquirr-d that they ¦ jhouia b « nanTorceil with cavalry , as he considfrrt that ot themselves fonly 50 strong ) they were not equal , lacJse of ri 6 t , to tae prwervation of the P |» am On the sameday two compHnies of the 79 rh Highlanders- arrived at Stono from Liverpool ; 80 tiiat with the local corps of yeomanry the magistrates constfiered the -military force in the neighbourhood quite adeqmta to meet any cmeriencV lltoW Vn arise

      ; " 1 he Earl of Lichfield . Colonel of ih « gt ^ fordshire Yeomanry , arrived in Newcastle from London , yesterday mormeg , and immediately dsgunted « w ! T 5 f f i ^ ^^ » Lordship jS town immadiately he was informed of the disturbs ^ , ? a ^ of the Potteries . Peace , howevi-r , is now cornt ftl ^^ p ^ ^ sm ^ s « t « rW- f » London ft ) , nVning-, ™ , ' ! ^ prool 'VM . lwcoMMeK tUoinitt-rat an mi ? '

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      A lecal pape ] -states that in the aflray of Wednesday nigl , t . tijrVts Jives were kvst and forty rioters wounded . ' Upon inquiry it ^ s ascertained that tbeonly life lost was that of tbe unfortunate man Pool on Thursday morning ; of the numbar of wounded it is impossible precisaly w speak , but the probability is apt twenty . —Timet .

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      nV ! ° l !> May 20 th , BRUTUS . Wi k ; 9 ) M f I Q 0 LQ ^ y Irom the Theatre , g 5 SSHD 5 . 2 &tf 5 ffi » 2-5 g ? ThTee W LEE ; h 6 r fif 3 t A ^ — ^ pitron ? f ^ ?> theHon 0 Tir Of ^ forming Ae Patrons of the Prarna that he ha 8 En ^ g ^ for a limned number- of Night-, Mina COOP KB . \ lr ¥ &f £ SfO ^ D , from the Nobility '„ Coactm , and Hanover Square ; Boonj « , jrhb will make their F . r » i *^ £ & ^> 2 V ^ * # . !" *

      Loreszo , Mr . Gbquoe Beresfopb ; FruT >\^ ou ' ^ Shrivallj -an d TEE ; . AVAKD £ ^ Ci J" ! " ^ - . MlSS GopBER : ; ' B r ^ i ^ b .-. Uiis-*• & * & %£ > £ & . f i ^ J&K ' e '¦^ ^ sa ^ fsii * - * « : « . ' - F f ' ' W ' ! ««» . MASAKI 6 I . T . O . r . Ior- , B , » , COOFER ; Alploj ,,. M . ( -, EOIllvn »! §^^^ ---

      -Boxea t 3 a . ; Pit , 2 h . ySJj rfBfcfe ^ ¦ Doom to be op « Ded ftt Half 4 | nBffiLd ^ 9 to commence at Seven . B ^^^*^ % J S

      Rh-Katre,-.Leeds.

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      THE CHARTISTS . . To the Editor of the Sun . . r . : "SlRi —I . ' -be ( t tir call yoarattenUoii to \* ie nrfeRt of tl > iHeen cierubereor ite j 3 < ftnocralic ^ a » rciatiaB , which t"ok jloCtt ut thuir room , iii Ship- ' vatii ^ ois Friday ev ^ nii- 'g . On thiit pveni : ig . Sir , it was my iotentiori to visit thai room , not because I delight iu « narchy and aloodahed , hot that t belonged to » hat Aaiuvibluffl r fovin truth , I dtt ^ Bot ^ which jis mejfl j owinj ? to my jprocnMtinatiori , nnd cot toan / ljorrir ' or dread <¦( it « rcsnlts . ;' : fcir , it yraa mere chuueu Ulat k < -pt we away , having in * ork an how later on that Bight . And iihat waa tn ' f busiacsi there ? Why topaM an hour ot two in ^ kcinaicp the invTitsofihe Pt > opli ;> Ohar . tr ; and not to design or yhl tj £ a \ n » t tWe Uveg of our brethren . Aruyna thejiiembers

      iirr « dted , in a toolbar ' * only hope—a fatherless aonf ^ nd' -uch a son , Sir , ' asHpi metherirwd blush to own . I a'Tir . ' . e to the young man , KnrteU Wai « y , who ia a schrlsr , and in actions a Boutli'iuan . V « t , Sir , because lusfo founJ in a roora where a tew cotton ilaan and a rusty piko have bt-nn lor iha last furtnigbt , he U to bu nrre 8 t « d nt » a felon , a \\ & consigne-l U > a prison . Oh , Sir , yottr Jonmal Lj tUe only daily onu-. that takes part with tho * rirking ttimn ^ and it is tn you , and y-u ulojie , ^ iT » tlvat we look' fr > r an inipartul . ' accsouri ' t ; all ciher Jaiiy papers treat us iritb centm ^ t-sittt-. Iamiticii . The .-i /» . an ; t tbat ul . nie , U < m * dBil » reviav « rf Thert , Sir , lrtrGo ;' asat " , are these voting men to fce th « . victinuj p < tke po \ ui > , W 1 h > paced pistols to theb bmdft , and threatened them withd ^ trbc . iun ? No , Sir , with the Sun ' t help ibetanblie mind will be cUubiHf : !] . ' ¦ ¦ ' . . -

      Hoping you iraifi ^ * corner for this , I remain Sir , year moBfobtdie * f » e M 3 Knt ; - , ; ... ¦ .-, / - ¦¦ .-. ¦• . .: ¦ : > ¦ v-- ' . " ¦ - '¦' -, ¦;¦ r . ¦ , ' QM P . ' Ry'N . London , May 18 , 18 ^ . -J . »

      Bow-sxrjjex , —Examination of the Persons Abhested in thi ; London Hi mccsiatic Association Ecom . — OuMouja y , ; hcs « victims of plivsical fijfee , who were deprived-of their libtriT while standing in peaceable conversation rouud ttxnre in a ro . m at an ipn , were ex ^ mir » i-rl be / ore Sir b ' . Koe . A number of fl » gs and banutre , such . n ure udually carried at public meetirg . - ' , and vihicb ihe police had ; 8 to ! en from the room , were prcduefl art being in po . « ses » iiin of ; the pri-ciiersi , though n < . t a particle of evidence was shown , that the prixon-r- ) had any possersUn . of theei at all . Oiie of ti , « police nifii-ics swore that Corcish . msde a lunge at him with a pike . Cornish and . ihe other prisuutis deny this , and . say- that the pike , was ^ cever sttn until it had been dragged ir » m Tjuder the inau ' . > ceat by the police mac ; , This was the ouly obarge attempted to bHt > gfabHshed : ' not a pliable of evidence was adduced again . st acy of the others : but they were all remanded till 'Wedmsdav .

      Juries , lopk oc-xl-Mr . "Wakley , hsving to hold an inquest one day lust week , was desirous to have it at half-pas ! : six o ' clock in ttemofi . ine , iu order that other inquests which he had to hold rtiighc not prevent him attending tr > Hw- Par | iament « rv duties . That hour , however , btinjr -found to he incon venient ,. he fixed it to take plSce at nice o'ebt k , and even then had . to wait nearly an Lour before be eot a fuii jury . The coroner told the beadle to write a memorandum ou hi * summonses in future . "Extremity of penalty for not attending ' tuataittal to Newgate . '" '

      Late ThunderStoiim . —An inquest was he'd on Moeday , before MriWakfey , on the body of James Lee , aged 4 T , a lapidary , who , with l : i 3 wife aud two children , bad retired to re > tin th « ^ amc _ bed , on the Wednesday evening previous . A : the lime they went to bed a storm of thunder aud " Ushtiiicg was raging . About ten" miuutts after they were in btd her husband suddenlo exclaimed " Oh . my God ! . my even are all on fire , I amgruck by ligiitning . " At the same moment hf jumped cut fcf bed and fell senseless on the floor . Medical ai . 1 vra * promptly called , but the poor man continued 'pefchtess ai . d motionleM until Friday afternoon when be ditd . Verdict— " Died from the effects of lightning . "

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      THE LATE MURDER NEAR HENLEY-ON-. THAMES . FURTHER PARTICULARS . The horrible - mnro > r , nnder raojt inyiturious cirenm-» tuncm , of an aged female , mined Fanny Philiipa , 8 » y ears of » g < f , * ttb . e village of \ foolcot , nuar HraUy-oa-THamea , iiua created s most iutense aansstion . Mrs . Flullips , whew husband , a resp : ctablu vcoman , ditd abhut five year * aince , has for years nsl . ' . ed iu the village of Wuo . lcot , in a detached cottage . Lnii * : t \ j , her only attvncla . nt has bf . ttn a feaiule named Mary Lamden , the wife of » labonring man in the viilaj / e , who , however , only attended her during the Jay , returning to law own residence at i ; i ghta . On tbe evening of Xtit'sday last , tho 7 th in : « ., between ei ght and nin <; o ' clock , nwiug seen the niilV . rtuimto wonun , who was necerorily iKQme and infirm , ' into bed u ui < her custom , she securely 1 xkod the deor , mid r « turned to her own home ; and about sevca o ' clock o « WcdiirsiVay niaming , she returned to the eolhutB , for the ynrprme of lighting the fire , and preparingb'eakfast . On reachingth « 6 oor , ifhe was astoHiahud to ob-« rvft ni « xJt »« i wialenu ? r *» i / it hai teen » rc « d opeu wUh , » n ¦ «^ j ^» lWjtrwujjat

      !§^ % g ; mi , aja ^ y * biajt it , p&bg HU'r'WiBtitiiitg , TMhotarlo inftwrtor h «» t «* 3 , vA&SStw Bx ftavrhg alaruwrf tha ini ( alkuanta of tW viilagr (« eco ^ k » 3 bya man named a »* BT , ajflid otkt * per »^^^ oc «»! df 4 fo dtt ^ v- 1 ^ cottaoe . On entering » u * g oirig fata tk # ffttiug nSrtirwf **^ found nething'rfuitnrbe . lfrtwtt on prof «(( 3 ing to tbe br 4 room , a mt-st drpjidfol ' ¦ ****»* Jftt 0 t&k& iweM ^ ih » tedvuof Mr ^ . I'hillipa bring foam ) in » % mMy rauiiUwa' » UteV Xinaroom wa < a (» oqaicein < Ksbrder ^ &edratfcas , 4 e .,-irtrin ' g evWcncly been rmraackerf . isfbrmwHoa of . this ) duKo ^ n ; ' ** m . iramedi » t « lr rbrww ^ . llw MtlJfpff , who jswtamtly weu ^ { B the noot , foUowfAidtortty aft « nnttd ] i by tbopar < 'criiiI c <) ns * aWea

      pud ty Mr . SiBitb , a * urt ; eon . ' tir Whitctarch . who had ¦ aluo bw * tmt fat , , when , on <* &i » u >* tto ] i , it was found that Alts . Phillips ' * * kull had b * en lnoit drewifnlly fraciu'ed b f blows inflicted by nieans of « omc heavy iniitrtimifut , which extended acroiiS th ? forebpadlrom lemplo to teibpU , The- ' bedy * mquitrt cold , and life hai evidently be . n extinctJ ' or sunia < wui _ a , in on « ot the > 'rawei ^ wa » - an old-IaslivonedVox , contaiiiirg eight Jurereifjnr in ' gbld / aaa » roil of ' calfco , in ; which was inclosed jc ' M in Bauk of England nutes , wJiicli had uot been carried oil ' . Oatside tbe cottage was also founds whati * trrru « d a sawyer ' s bag , containing tnu > nle « , a line , and a pair of coniEMSsrx , which hitd evidently betui left behind in their haste b > the partiea Who hud comuiitted the murder . " . . . ¦

      Mr . Duff , ' after tn » kingthfl aWe discoveries , sent a moantpd exprets to Henley lor the assistance of Steveu » , tne attire chief constable of that '' town-,, who , in the connr j ) f - t-ha morning , arrived at Woodeot , and c » jcmt'nctf 4 .. 5 i aking i ctiv £ in ^ uirifs throughout tho neighbuurhood . " " . - ¦ ¦ - : --Yestc' / Jay Stevcnsand jh ^ otbei ollicerg wore most actively engaged in pro 82 CUtit ? g inquiring , und it w . a ho , ivd had received « ome clo « iikel / to lead to the discovery of the diabolical ru&iun * .. ¦ '• -., - ¦ ..

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 18, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1057/page/1/