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      ( Concluded from our Sixth Ps ? e . ) as irjJi ? afisfi 9 d with seeing that comparatively gj ^ all nsecdcj . as he should have been if it haa bef a much larger . Not that was the only point on uiich they Offered . He , ( Mr . O"Briec . ) would much rathtr see them on occasions of that kind oornisf forth in ten * , and hundreds of thousand * in fact " in mnch larger numbers than upon any previous occasion . They ought to have had 200 , 000 there tb « day . Siace he was with them la * t he had attended ten ' or eleven meetings , and all of them were ranch larger in proportion to the population oi the district than that in which they then were assembled . On Saturday night arter attending a isr-eiine is SrnithfiVld , he went to Manchester where n ? ainved on Sun lay morning . He nttended

      a ineetiES rf delegates that morning , and the r ^ poTN —he fe . t a p leasure in stating—w # re very iii ^ pirin ? . 1 bey stated th . 3 t from the districts from ' which tLev bsd - ni' - sent hundred * to the Kersal Moor meeting . th ? T w-Vid now send thousands , and that too ia the tee ' hr : a proclamation of the Magistrates . That fxezvz . :. .-vaother delegate meeting iras held , and on M ;> nd :.-. " evening a Kood public meeting ¦ was held , tut th ' re were but about 1 , 500 pericn ? present ; and t-e reason apigned was that there were fifteen other springs in Manchester that evening . The E-stm raing he addressed a meeting at Huddersiieli ; t ' - ;? re wa ? a meeting held on Peep Green , and p .-oc > -s > :-. " > 2 s arrived from Bradford , Halifax , and o : hrr pieces . an 4 also one from Leeds , with Mr . O'Connor at the head of it . He , ( Mr . O'Brien . ) believed the number of the men could sot have been

      ]¦« * than -400 , 000 who were on the Moor . After th-it meeting they went to Leeds , where they had rather a small meeting , and from thence hr proceeded , in the roem of Mr . O'Connor , to the Notrnfham demonstration , that gentleman bavin ? been invited but could not attend . A mteticg oi £ 5 . 000 men was htldin Sherwood Forest , ob Wedc-fday ; and on Thursday , not less than 10 , 000 m-n assembled in the market-place of Lo ? 3 ghborongh ; at Leicester , a jneeriag was convened f : r last night ; and . from there , he ( Mr . O'Brien ) ca .-3 se ; o that meeting . Mr . O'Brien then advrrted te the fact ef the inhabitants of Dudley and West Brcm ^ xh . and the adjacent tswns nothelng present , and he would tell them that ualest they were

      determine 4 with the men of Nottingham—with the IE-en © f Derby—with the Jsen of Leicester—witk iiis men of Yorkshire , andwith the men of Newcast !* , they had no Tight to expect relief . They *>^ ia . 2 eered their own lives and liberties in cut coming forward . Mr . O'Brisn , after having briefly ai ' . ucei to the increasing Talue of property , and the de : ? nor-irion of the price of labour , which he condemned in the strongest terms , supported the aioprion of the address to the Queen , and resumed hi ? * - ? at amidst loud cheering . The Chairman then took the opinion of the m ? etin ^ by a show of hands , and the address was rsaniicoDsly adopted . He then said , in coisec- ^ nce of the unaToi-able absesce of their worthv

      tieni . Mr . M'DoaaU , who was prevented from attending by illness , the daty had devolved xip ? n hire of submitting to the msirring the questions C'lu-. a .-nedin " The Manifesto" ' . He toped no one wo 'd hold cp his hand unless he mean ' t to fallow oi ' . the course -= ? hieh -was prescribed for them . Mr . P ; rt-r : ben resd the followicg qu ^ tion * , agreesbly te the resolution of the Convention , wh : ch wasi- That at all the simrdlaneous pullic mcrtincs , to be h- ' . i for ^ he purpose of petitioning the Qa-e- ; i ' to cz'l g'io-i xaen to her council * , as tre-1 as ei all sabs ? - t"i lit meeting . * of your Unioss ot Associations , -up to ± * rlrst of July , yen sabjnit the fvll . vn-iig q-tfsiii-ns to the people there assemble * : —

      1 . Will jou be prepared , al t > . e revest of the Co --re . ¦ ¦; iij » , to wiihdiaw aD sums of money yon may i . criduuUy or eollfctively have placed in SivinE >" B-nxs . private bank ' s , or in the hands of any person h ^ fti :- ro your just rights ? 2 . Will you , at the game request , be prepared im-ned : a : e ! y tocoEvdrt all your paper money into gold aF . d silver ? S . Vi ' ill you . if the Convention shall dei < rmire chat a ! - ? r ? i : I m ' j ; ith will be necessary to prepare the millions to secure the Charter " of th ^ ir political ss ' Tadun . firmly resolva to abstain from veer

      lcb ? ur * dtriug that period , as well t-s from the * u .- ? c aL iktv .-xicadcg' critiks ? 4 . Hive you . according to your oil c \ j : \ iiil . t- - —prepared To-ar ^ lve * vrkh i ! ,- nrrriz vj . ' . -- ¦ -. ,. to dif-. r . d the fcr .-s air ! fj .-. s . ' i ' . ' uHo :: ^ - ! i- - - <' i T ~ * i- vtiT ancestors bequeaiLtd to y ^ u : o . "> V . iI you pr .--videyr » ursrlvr-i -with tJiaynsf caii ' ^ : > s . so as to be prepared to propo ? - tbr-in f _ r yo r - prr « eLra * ivrs at ih- ? r ^ -st £ fErrnl el -ction : zi : if retarded by tho " of hcntl ; . sr . cn csu : idatf-I- r : Lsii-r tbemielves veri ' s !¦? rep-r- ^ en's . tiv-5 o : " tLr ¦? J "'; ii . to me ^ t in London at a rim- ' h . ereaf ; er

      I-r rlr : M 2 r : Upon : t . ^ ' :: ; you rf n' ^ e to de ~! ejc ' :::-2 V ?' y •¦; :. C j- ^ s : and in sii caje * of p ^ rT-Ciii ii rdlr r- ? - ^ - _ u : pr :- -ct all th . v « e wh :- raiV > uJrr in y- u r :. 'Ltc . v . i > c . in ^ i ' : ' . \\ . u you , b ~ ail mes-ns in yr . ur p- 'W- ^ r . per ^^ v-rn ^ y roateiid !" -r the gT ; atobj-c : i o ; th-. ' Pr ^ , ;^ L-.: iT :-.-7 . ? . r . d resjlf ? thst H 9 coiinttT-azr il :. i fur i-. - ¦ ' : ^?~ . ; - ; re i-f jsstice . sbail divt ? rt you Uz-iu yij ri : i-:-- oVjej ;? S . ' ^" i : l : he per'le d .-term'ne /? c ' r ;/ an ii . * j- 't r f l ^ ,.- ! li ~ ji !' jr ' jd re ^ -sesis (> f the vi ' :, T ~ t : >; c : i ' i l- - - 'i-t ^ .-nf Tbe . "z-.-ror ? wer ? all res ^ ond-d to .

      siSTEicvr-l-ii Lir ? mo ? t hr arty iEPXii ^ r ; the one rrsper ! :: z fcb-iin ? -nc » from istaxiFJitin ? drinks having fi-. i L ; ii ; i ^ h- ' . i up against iu cne or iwo of tie pr-r ^ o :: « Irla ; - in a > ta .: e of intoxication , and wiio had b ^> s ink . EE si-vsro : aicemprs to ditt ^ rh thr hanLoay o : * - * me *» -irjg . > ir . Collins having expressed M * plpa * ur ? ? . t tht' 2 ; in ibich tiej had anstrered the qa-r . -ri r . > pr :. > rDs- » d t-3 ih-.-m , " said that he ajw ? . ys h- -d < x-3 ^ - c-ct !? in the m ? B of Birmingham , for h ? knew if th-y cnTe pirdjred thsmselve * to any cass ? . tbey w- uli nev » r desert it . It aff .-ri-jd hirk grrtU grarili ^ iii n to ^ i " itbe ^ thathe had attended axaeetisgat 2 » nharapt . non ^! onday nigh ' , ani it was : cs mc > -i rt : m ? .- ~ i : ^" : T attended of ai : r tha . t had ev-r be ^ : i h-ld

      ; t-it caenry upon any occs . < i-. a ^ iJat ¦ 'V ^ r . Lou : c '_^ -.-rs . ) A deal of msir-ceurring had taken place by tzu-.-e who wers nnfiTourabiy disposal to their cit ^ e . ai ^ d two or three Ton Slswistrat ^ s -risV ^ d to ii-i' . Ti-jnca their worthy Mayor end their broth ?! J- ' arl * - -rates to prevent the meeting frora t ? -k : r . E > :. Ci-. .-IjC ore ef the Magistrates , on his ovz ' -.-- - ¦¦ "¦ n-ibilt ' y . wrote to Lord John Ru ? se 1 I to s ^ nd ¦ : ^ ti -- ^ o trwps ef military to tie irseeUE ? . bu ! 1 : - •] J--hc * -r . l word baci he " had no lrr-o ; --i t > vpr . re ( L-: : £ > , vr and cheers . ) The Mayor hnvin ? a * c r . * ^ i :- > -d thu : they were wfliing to k ^ ep tae p-ace z ^ l were no * gcing to the ; net ;' ng with arrr . f , ir t :-ir p- 'S » e > rfon . assured them that they st kV h ' .-. i Li * protection , and the fir .-t m ^ iD * ho

      distcrbtt-e njcikg , Dr : he \\ hig , Tory , or Radical , stou .: is tiken into ecsrerdy . ( Loud cppinuse . J Ti . « 2- ~ 2 t vreur cS vrith the mos * perfect ci ^ aiiiniity £ . rd w ; i ttie det-. rmiz : 5 tion on ih * p » rt of al prejrr . t nrrer to czase tieir esitarion for -he re .- ' orj .. t- . r . c-f thrir Hb-rde * aad rights , till they had -iestrr , yr-d t ' . ie dondnsrion of bo ; h th- ' W > . iji . s and ?> . « Tl .-jc-s . and every faction—by wha-ever n « inp i n :: _ r : t be ca ^ l-d—who monopolis-. 'd the l «» r . « aji . '> i < - ' tfce country into their own hanis . H- * TMr C :-- ; r > - - ) rec ^ iv ^ d a pressing Citation to We" / : hj ? C- ' . r- " » u £ h . and a thonuh onlv half an hour ' s corici

      oj t £ j meeting had oeen given , one hen-dred anr . •} - n ; es a > se-nbled in a lar ^ re r ^ om at thit slot cries . H ? then retimed to Nr-rrliampto-. r nd Lp .-£ £ * . ' : ] Tweeting , and there he had tie plrasnre o ^¦ - "• r -2- he fonnd a Femal * Poli'ical As * oci . irion—(' " m ? -ni" ; - ch ^ eric-s)—rvnd a Reverend Gentlrm ^ j cf - . ha- place bad volunteered to gi ^ e pcliric ^ 1- r nrrs -wLen ^ v ^ r they migh t be rfquiied . ( Rene-c-c cL'Tt-Tir ? . } In alluding to ' . he arirmi ; ts wh : ch ha . tren maie to induce the people to break th < p ^ ac * . Mr . Collies acid that the game me ; yhj in 17 i >] , under the cry of "Church ana Kb-g . ' 12 . ' - "cej t > e worVtnen of BirmiT ; 2 bHin to hnri , t " r- * -i

      t-= ; ^ co-, rs and tLeir ' -townsmen s prcpertv , and : ii ~ -t-:-d x : \ txa to otheracta of violrnc ? , were no- en- ! CT-s . vocri : ig to represent thun as men of bloo : —as si ' n ripe - or vioi-nce—as traitors to their country ,. ; and p . » men despi > irg their God . Bet they tcew i t : - _ vH > ny of those men . Tho people wonldnot * t- ° induced to break the ppace by th ? m , for they j won'd ? o cm peaceably and detenniiiately , ai : i th ' .-y i ^' - < - rr ? t a > -rerrd that tbe day wp . « not far distau ' t j " « : > :: they would triumph , Mr . OBrieD , mid Mr . ) C-: Id ? , ha-j complained about the aaen of Dudley -, Rni vVf-t-Bremvfieh , and that neighbourhood not i f--Dg tlere cm that day , but tbe rea « f > B was they I fad i . e . ? bren invited . ' Some pre-sfn ? invitfttions j for '' e-.-ttr . cns to be sent in that neiz ^ bonrbood i

      nar : be * -u received , and fte people ? of Birmingham o-j-tnn to expect ttri . se men to march t ^ n or tw-.-ve n ; ile . « , except on Terr great r-ccasioBf . f Bear , t- ? -. ) The speaker next proc ? edei to speak upon tne leffciity of the people armiig if th * r thought proper ; and concluded by an smn .-dng an ? cdote " » - ,: ch he heard oa hi « tour . At KorthamptoB , they » ere makiag a jreat Boise about the efficiency ef trx ? to accomplish their object * , and rooral means Eo : being efficient , when a cocntrvm «' . n offered —* opicioE , if he might be aJlowed to give iL He e ^ d whan h « was a bov , h » had to take we fbat tne crowg did not eat ibe corn in a field belor . Eiue i [ t i

      tofcjs father , and & ) r that purpose he was supplied *" - U ; a pair of dappers —( laughter ;}—tut when he *^ s c ! a ; p ing on one side of the field the crows were pickingthe com on the other , and when he reaped to the other side , they -fisd over to the rid * -ica he had just left , which ' was «? rr annoyra to aim . >» ow a man had a gun to s * ll for a pound *« he saved his sixpences till he had that ran *^ en he went into the field with hi * fun . exportir . tc have fine roort ; but damn th ? crows , he could * o : g » t near them . The run fris > . tened them cut C -the field , and yet he borer Told them Le was l o a > 2 to buy a gun . ( LaugLter . ) 'No ; "he - ^ ent * f .- 2 ; -tight , snd as 5 oon as they s ? . w ic tht-y were )~ - ~ S . and h ? was fesb'ed to earn an t-xtrii i-hi ' . iing *• ' he cosld keep two n ; ldi cleir , wi ; h les * troul- '

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      than before he could ona . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Collins concluded by impressing npon the meeting the necessity of being determined , and then the day would not be far distant when they would be called together : o celebrate a great and glorious victory . ( Loud cheers . ) _ Mr . Tcxgue , of Bury , in Lancashire , was next introduced to the mating . The applause with which he was greeted having subsided , he observed , inn : it afforded him great pleasure to witness the demonstration that day , inasmuch as when he retnrned to Lancashire hs should be enabled to speak upon tbe concentration of feeling between the people hs then addressed and those of the North of of England . ( Cheers . ) He would not detain them long , as he came from a very uncultivated

      districtthe town of Bary , in Lancashire—which had been represent 'd as cmtaining . othi ^ . g but firebrands and toTchmen . Now , he would Tell tVm in the first place that theirs was tha best organised district ia England ; fcr they were able to command forty thousand men on the spot at any moment , notwithstanding all that had been s ' aid . ( Renewed cheers . ) In the township of Bury , they had neither a single policeman , special constable , a public watchmen or soldier tokeep them down . ( Tremen-4 ^ u « s applause . ) Now that gave the direct lie to all assertions tkat had be-en made respecting them . They were loyal to the bean , and every man , woman , and child , was prepared , to the utmost ef their ability , to defend the Q ^ een and Constitution ; being nt all times in possession of that which was

      the right of every man—a good battle ax % and a good gun . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) They had not procured them for the purpose of shedding blood . It was no such thing . They had procured them for the purpose of preventing the wholesale robbers and murderers from robbing a ; : d murdering them . W ere he to enter into a detailed account oi the seffering of the people in the neighbourhood which h » came from , he should scarcely be belit-ved . He can Id inform them tha : it was not an uncommon thing for the woman to be worked in such a state of pregnancy that every _ w * ek some were delivered of children tnthe factory floors . ( Loud cries of shame , shame . ) Numbers were cvnriBualh carried home faintinr , and many were losing their lives by such treatment . ( Ren . wed cries ot' shame . ) ' While

      such a « tate of thing * existed—while children were workiag ens hundred and four hours out of the six day * , ix -sras -srith a very bad grace thfit nun came forward and called them R-volutionists . ( Hc-ar , hear . ) Tkey were £ oii ; g to make an attempt ta bring that abrminable Poor Law Amendment Act to bear upou them ; but he told thnnto do it whenever they tho 7 ! gbt proper , and he would pledge himself ihs .: they should be received * ith all due honours , ncdhe him-elf would be at the head of a large body gunrd to escort them into the town . They in tjb » North were not mad-brained people , and he ^ believed the Birmingham people were the same , and their determination was never to effect a breach of tbe peace ; but whoever diJ , th ; -y would b 2 the firs ' , to pu : them down . Tht-ir motto m-

      " peace , law , and order , " and they were t . i have " peace "—they were determined to have ' law , " an-i gcod laws tor . and these laws would procure jrood" order . " ( Hear , tear . ) He wculd n ..-i detain them any longer ns Le was obliged to lea-re the meeting having other business to transact that day , but he would m-rely observe that when-ver an order from the Convention was issued their leaders and their men would act up to it , for they were ready to die in the cause . ( Lcuii and contiinjed cheers . ) Mr . Doxaldson said he had hsari those magic words "peace , law , and order , ' repeated so freqnectly , and by men who had professed themselves to be the people ' s best friends , but who ha-i afterward-i deserted thr-m , that he ( Mr . Do thoughtthose

      woruS soundsd on his ears iik ^ the can ; phrase of " All round my ha :. ' ' ( Laughter . ) He did n ^ t wi . -h it to be understood that he disclaimed all pe > jce , la ^ -, and crd ^ r , " bnt he hated cant and hypecri-y , aiid they all k :. ew that tio ^ e very per .-rr : * who hai Used those tend . T expres-- ion * ti-. t- mo < r . were tlose who had no real int . 'ntios of senifje tbem , or of actinsr differently from what they had done . He ( Mr . Donaldson ) always \ ri * h' ? 1 them tj adhere stricter to peac ? thr . t they mi ^ Lt gcard Bcaini ! the michinations of their ecemieJ , and by that rx . er . ns preserve tleir Ii % t 5 ; for he knew thai uiere were thons . icds of ereniies watciirg for the first cp-portur . ity to sacrifice and j ' -inghter th-m . He thea alluded to thr t : n-. e whfn he \ ven" f r « - to at

      rie benerai Loiiveiit- ^ n . wr .-. ch tir ; i ^ he vnt rul ' y r ? so ' vrd to do his duty to ih- waking clr . ss-s B . i : -xlih . i v .-ij Le W \ l upou tu : > t occ . i .-icu r Why thatl ::- - * : is r . n rfi'imM by the mrc of B . nuijiJLim . " (? a : tme . sham-. ) 1 hat be wr . s rtTum ^ d by th rr-. 'b ' . r-. ('; -pi-a'ed criei of .-haine ) No-. v a ^ he w . i * s : i " . l <\ s flearly & . l-ed to tLeir interests as he ever iry—a-:. e was > tili a ? ur : x : . o . ;» ai . d viesvroijs o ; pr . > m « . t : ni thrir wrl-arr he w-n ' -i ask tb-.-iii if it wa * ; h"i ^ w i ; : that L ? sh . ^ u ¦' . co-. tinu" : ' -. » -ir r .-pr .-jrntativ-iuih- L ' -j- ^ v -rxV . -n ? ( T .: e « h <>"; e ir . > ¦ c : r ; = ur : a- !

      ii-• 2-. ?\ . iiy ;? i - -j ± ^ - * l " \ : •• . ") He t : >; ink- / d i ; . e ; a io : f hi : inb . n \ iesu : iun uf the :.- c ^ ai " . •' . ; . ce ia Lira , and i" ^ vj ' . d l-3 . : <• - him to t " - on in ti . e cause with ^¦ tr-v . s * -la-.. d renege ! r-. rdo"r . He had in- » n frjrn ! .: > cVl ' . ihood ? .::-. in of ysrer . a :. d he sto-d ; n that cr . aracti-r r . t that ; iic-m-n * . b"t vhen la- » ~ e ' k Le sa ^ - this town ard the pcac p . hle wor ? : mi ? i who hal u-T--r _ -ii-t : r ^ . > : t :. e " pe : 'c ? " cr v : o ' . atr-d : h-i lt iiu \" - ' - rrerir . ^ from th- iratmt ;? u « ns c : < t upon th < . m hv ; be ; r iEsrj :.. ' . < . and s ^ rr ^ un i ^ i lv : b «> rjck .- > t hriira- e i-. ir . y ^ - hvrs e r ^ i d : o ^ t * : l-iir " r , ,-. h- o : lV < > - " d he c . iUiJ scarC '^ v rep .-eys the fec-iii ^ -s which r . ror ? i-i his

      • rtt . s :, aua he ~ as lee to i ; . l conclu .-ion tha : ali 'Ji--: c-e < c ; vhe people vranicd v ; a < to tr . i : n ; ) e them u . id ^ r : c-j ' .. a ^ d to gc-v ; -. n th--i : i cn ' y by pbysica : Tr-an-. Thtref :-re Le f-r cne wu pr / pir ' ed to " carry ozithe . w . rk wLicb th' . y had put tht-i- hands f > . eAen th . ^ efcit niiiiL : "be neceisp . ty to b ^ . re lii > breast zo rec- ^ i ^ e their bal > . ( Cheer ?) In cor . clusi -n . he trn .-tsd that tberr- was no man aTLOn ^ t ^ eoi but what ¦ sou'dsee theneces-iry of guardii . ? s _ -aic-t 3 breach of ihe peace s . u i acting -BiUi discretion « : ; d prudence . Ill y ^^ J done so , and they v ? r ? dt-term ' uivd . >; ill : o cjii ' niTie the * am- ce ; jr . - ' . but vrhi ' t * th-.-v acted . ' - 'ith p ^ 'drnc ? , thry nius : also p . rt w . t > . iieter : r . inati . ai ar j nrrus- ? . -. * . nnd oe prepar .-d a . t ail'veiits toueiend ; heGe : ; e ,-. i . Convention in their eS'jrrs to o " . tain ju ^ t . ce . ! . * r ti ; - ? ^ t-rTU !*; m :, h :.- > ci- " . ne wcnl , c ( m- _ i woe . \ A )>' ' ' ^'' -se . ) He b ^ g ^ cd u ^ : iir . to rerun . th .. m his > : ^ cc-re thauks far their : aai ; j '" e .-t : i"i . ju-if the sam ? good feeling with which th y had ? . ! - * -ayi receiv-d li . m . and h . e could 2 s-nre t' : ? rn th . it hp wk «

      stili resolved even to > acr'h ' ce his li . ' ei ! it wai nrces-» ary . to the interests oi th . e ¦ xtr king c ' 2 _ -si-5 . ( L" > nd applause ) ; ' Mr . PtWTLi . n ? xt adcr "*? e 1 the meetin ? . and gave ' ^ sb- - -rt account of hi * viiit te Ipswich . w ~ Meh p lace : l . e observed ti > the most crrious to ^ n he fwr « a- ^ ; tor all th-r cbur-- . hc * h ' -d b--en mr . ds J ' or fighurg . I Phey had b / i ;^^ mc-i . t . - at the top . se that ti . e pnrsoii ! might pray whii-- the people foujht the ece - . iiy . - i Y \ :-j . T ? V 3 s a meeting held at a pl-ite called Hyde . ! ^^ mo d : « "irce fr ^ rn ft > sv- ; cb . and there thev " had

      i E 3 £ - ; e a despr-rate bad job in choysitu * the Mersber ' to represent them in Par : iam ^ : it . Theychc-e a mun ; with on ^ ° ye . who co'jld only see oij ? side of tho i qu-stiin —(; 3 r . chrer)—f \ vA that wns always on the ; > ide of the VVfcgs and Ttries ; but he ( Mr . Powell ; i aivi ^ ed them to send a n 3 au wiih two eye / , whe j c .-rJd see both sides of the que > : i--n . ( ~ R-. 'iie 5 ved ! iju _ ght « r . ) Ti : e V > Lit ; s and tae Tories , ob > erved j -Ir . Pi ^ vrell , dare not loru-h ilie people when they j get their bomb-shells ir roa-. i ^ i-ss . \\ ' nftt a trem = 'i . ' - l co' -. i hra .-s ca :: iii 2 th > 'v ' . t-juI .: lire in r . ? bort rime

      ! ltw .. nld be on- -hie : '; ' -oi . ! d be heard thr . Tn s h .-i :: : Scotla-d , nr-d Wales to--, for it -, ra . a raonsier ; Le ' m-. ' -ant when th ¦ men becan t : ' etch out the g-ol-i ; troii : the bank .- -, for they would spp-cily do i :, and I thon he wt . 3 con > inrei ther- * wculd soon be s-t .-. m whitewa > bir ! g to be done . ( L-. ughter . ) i 31 r . Wilson rose to propose ar-s ]^ uon to tbe ' meeting , bu : befo . -p doing so he woul-i > t - t ? that th = > ' : address wi : ir ; h had been given b y the d *« l' - ? ates from : the conntry . he had heard with great pieayurs . He I was sorry that Mr . Brown was not ^ ith them , but j he ktT > e ' d be would be soon . With regard to the seconnts of the Council of the 1 ' uio : ; . tbcv were .

      in accordanc . ' with their o ^ n lavrs , requested to present th 32 r before a me j ring held on the 1 st of April last . H * d they done so ' ? ( Loud crips of no , t : o , from nil parts of " the meeting . ) He trusted that they would then soon do so . The resolution which he had to propose wr , "That this meeting has ev :-rv cor-F . der . ce in the nen who represent them iu ' . he Gs > eral Convention . " Mr . Fi-sseli ., on pres ? nting hitns 4 to the meeting , was received with th-: most gent-ril and marked approbation . He had to second the re . 'eloti ^ n , which had jn » t b-- » . n proposed , but before he addressed the raeetiap , he would speak to a spy or two—for ke saw one or two eMitlemea , whom he thought came as the jack-. ls for the lion . He ( Mr . F . ) ¦ sv « uld tell lic-m to bear in mind that Gvd strcck

      Anjtnias , tha lLir , dead , but he hoped that he wc-uid be more lenient to that villain who made the deposition 'gainst him , and against his friend , Mr . Brawn . ( Hear , hear ) He said that he had recommended the people to go nnd forcibly take p 3 ss ? ssion cf the Town Hall . Did h" ever recommend that ; ( Loud cries nf no , no . ) They tlso sail , th&t he ( Mr " . \ F . ) a « 3 rised th > -m to repel force by fo .-ce . But how . was it ha advised them to do that ? By actiag in unison one with another , and by acting peaceably and legally , it was by that means , and by that alone , that be ' r- ' commendod Ibom to repel i force by farce . The villains might tell them that ; if they p kased . ( The meeting at this moment

      ? ? , , ? , k « having observed some obnoxious person present—we ? understand connected with tbe yeomanry—set up the ' ¦> most deafening gToan * . ) There was a gentleman z who was ' earning the yeomanry cavalry to ride , so that they might tramp ^ under their fee t the people ' of this country , and if that gentl-man was coaie to ? take a message , he ( Mr . Ft ) well ) would give him I ono to teke . Would he still instruct the wealthier t iparrof societv to trample the people under their « feetr They should besr in raind that the people , t if they were nra , an-d ii they weTe delenai-aed , were e yet strocg enough to protect the Queen and the coRs itution . c ^ ainst such an unconstitutional ban d - of dV- ' Pots si ; he vr ^ manry were . Tell the mea in

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      power that , continued JsR . Fussell , and tell them that though I am within the power of the law . I am yet prepared to disarm that law , so long as I can do it quietly and peaceably , and ho long as the people follow me in those acts . Tell them that although they urge the people to violence ; and send spies among them to delude them , that they are yet awake to their tricks ; they are awake to the damning inSoence of the spies , and , with the Mossing of God , they will in thiir majesty , some day or other , trample them to daath . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Now having dismissed the 3 e despicable beings , and haring given a message to take to the authorities , I will at once proceed to the resolution . Th j question between yon and the authorities U thi ,--If the authorities have acted unconstitutionally , aid if they have stretched the strong arm of what tLey call the law against the people , are you to relax n the straggle for freedom and for victory ? ( N o , no . ) Then if you have come to tha determination not to

      relax in yonr endeavo : rs , which must inevitably give you prosperity , I call npon yon as men aad as Christians to protect yonr delegates , and to show by your determination and unity of action , that you declaim all practices which are not peaceable , legal , and constitutional , an ^ , by doing this , you will defend me and my friend Brown , and you will become the real frieads ef mankind . Trusting that you will be peaceable and orderly—for by that and that alone jon will accomplish the great objects you have in view , I beg to second the resolution . ( Loud applause . ) Tne Ckairman then submitted the resolution to the meeting , which was unanimously adopted . Mr . Willsox th-n moved , and Mr . Smith seconded this resolution , which was also adDpted , — " That the Committee chosen on the 3 rd of April , known by the name of ' the Observational Committee / be henceforth called' the Radical aud Constitutional Association . "'

      The meeting then , after having given a yote of thanks to their worthy chairman , broke up about five o ' clock .

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      ; ^ MEETING AT HANLEY IN THE POTTERIES . On Taesday , 21 st inst ., in Hiek ' a Field . HanW , a meeting of ths " Pottarr Political Union , " and the friends of Ctnrtis : principles watheli , ani considerins- the late proclamation—the recent not at Lane Eud ( one of the Pjttery towns ) in consequence of which , that town is placed under military force , and Ap fears entertained by many that the meeting would be disturbed , it was a vjry good meeting . It was unostpntatiou 4 v called , without band or col'inr . j , yet the attendance was greater than was calculated upou . All was peaceable and " orderly . Some of th « police were present , but no attempt was made ta interfere . An intimation was however given , that although the meeting would not be

      interfered with by the authorities , yet if inflammatory language was used , the speakers must account < br it afterwards . The number of persons present , inclusive of occasional listeners , was from two to three thousand . Tae meeting was very attentive , and everything proposed was carried unanimously . The Chairman , Mr . George Mart , opened the meeting by reading the advertisement , accompanied by a few appropriat-s remarks—aft * r which , Mr . Jv'Ln Sutherland addressed the meeting at considerable length . He took occasion to advert to the aspirations of the English spirit after liber'v , and contrasted the proverbial declaratioc— "Bri ; ons nerer shall be slaves "—with the fact , that slavery , iu its worst forms , is tho condition to which the working people of these realms are , by bad laws

      . subjected . He al « o adverted to the cunllicting systems of religion ( so c .- . lled ) and contrasted the tenius of Christianity , •« Peac 3 on earth and g- oodwill to men . " with the narrow foeling , dissentions . strife * , wars , and confirmed animosities of rehirinui parties . Henext referred to the established church which he denominited " a system of legalized plunder , " and illnstrated th- position by a sinaile of the thieves and tbe receivers both being equally guilty in the eye of the law—the thieves bein s the minion * of the law and of eccl-siastical justice , and the receivers the minions of the church , the pnrson ? , ti ^ bops , Ac , who all unchristianiseJ . themselves by the regular rec . ipt and consumption of stolen goods—g . ieds wrested from the people to

      support a faction- the church—and that faction their enemy , whose powers were always directed a ? nin ? t them by advocating th-unscri ptur ^ l doctrine -. t passive obedience , non-resistance , and cc-ulfut-: nmt ur . der oppression and poverty , which doctrines wt-re « nforc- d , not only by the eloquent argument * o ! crafcy ecclesiastical politicians , but by iKiliury p . nd police ; iraum--ut «—st el , leal , incarceration . tfcc " . Ue next adverted to tU * inihtary force of the ronntry , atd the usual baits , offered to induce young : > -r ; to enter ; he army to shojt or be phot at'' for their country ' s goo ^—al > o . to a police force ol twr-nty-srveu thousand men , who , with the military , weresaicled ujion the people , to rr . ;< ke thnn ( the people ) driak the doctri ' .. e of the aristocracy , i . c . uas « iv ; - obedi - 'iice . noi .-nsi .--tance . POi . ten * : n > 'ii " t with

      > nrva-j : c , tV ; . He th-n crn : p ! ei with the chargof th-ir op ; .. ; n nts . that tl . ^ y v . t-re -evollers , which he nt ir . c ? di-nie , r . ;> d asserted tlmt nil t ' . n-y wanrrd wa . « equKi Ihws . tr . ^ sarr . e law for the pt or " as lor the rich , thrti n ! i wJ . o break the law should be condemned by the la-. v , that th- ? iiiflueace of money " ! : o ; j 1 i i > 5 t . screen one : nnu from the } a < V . of the law , whiL * tbe wain o ! it ex used another to its infliction w : th undue severity . Aner s ' . ) ir .-. t remarks on the female character . a > bein ^ r de ^ r . dt- d and undoise-ticait-il by the present systiiin » f tLingM , kti concluded by exnortiig the people t * coutinue aL-itarir : g peacefully , lawfully , and orderly , u ; : dl their just rights were obtained .

      Mr . Hollinshead next addressed the meeting . Hr remarked upon the peaceable chnrii ; r « r of the me-tint ' , and the ncn-n ce »«! i ; y of either proclamarions or pilice to keep the people in order . The injustice of corr . p . . lliiitr tie people to support inslitut ; o :. s they d . 5 n t approve ; ar . d from which they derive no b-.-nt-h " ' . He contended that the u . uian vras degeneraui : ^ by oppression nnd want of education , and that tne roid to happiness was to remove ths heavy burdens , and let th •• oppressed go tr >> - . Th- > la ^ -, he c lucr . ded . required to be si . Ta , lifi-.-l L-e'ore i ; c : > ul 1 be U ' . derttuod or applied with definitive : ie < s to any purpose , taat hc lo ^ ig as it remtdned so , it was sure to be cmde nil engine of torture and oppre-ssion to the poor man . iristend of a hu ' wark of defence . H >* conclutied by recommendirig firtB 7 ie . d ' Cision , LnJ perseverance , in the cause they kr . d esptiUswi .

      Mr . Cat . do . de ! "gate from Linden , then came forward , nn . i in a . ^ pt-ech of considerabl . eloquence , idur- ' .-Sr-d the ciecting . His first point was to shew the ori « in .: l / ossiaticn ot' thp lions ^ of Lords fr jir t . e Baroniis of the country iu the time of William the Norman , and subseqiuntly the formation cf the Hotise of Co : nmo ! is from the Peers of the people ; the first t- protect them .-elve ? from tho encroachments of the Kinp upon their rishts , and the second from the encroachments of but ft King ar . d Lords upon the rights nf the peoplo ; nndur this form of Government the Magua Chr . rta was obtain-d from the King- , by which certain rights nnd vrivilexts were given to ta « barons , and n security offered that t ' . f , ' r territori-s should not be iuvaded . Bat what rights were giv -n to thf . p or p ' -. ' isant ? Simi-lv , that

      ras work . iig tools should noc be tas ^ n fromWm ; they we ' ll kr . pvr that without the labour of the peo ^ ' e th- y c . 'uld not hat .- » their ^ applies . In this way thing * sto-- > d f . t some time , when the King wus thi lord of the ascendant , M ; ifrns Chtirta was broker—win n the people prev-iled it was observed . At length Lord Leicester summoned tfee burge .-s ^ s tA the different towns to meet , and to t » elect from their own body persons ta represent them in the Legislature , and in this way the pre . ? nt Honse ., f Cvuirnocs was formed . Passirg the- history of misruie from that time to the present , he said , the dastardly Whig Government had opened its system of misrule , by a Coercif n b'ill for Ireland . The suspension of the constitution of Canada , < fcc , and novr iti < last act hiis been to suspend the bill of

      rights for the people—to deprive them of tho u : e of * rms Tvhich the Constitution allow .- ?—bnt let them be told that if they suspend the Constitution for the people , they saspend it far tliemselvps ; forifth «» re vras ne pntt-cti ^ n for the people , by heavon there would be none for them . Tlu > speaker then roads a lengthy reference te the anointil ^ us condition of man , ecsirtvedby humap Goveminents , as stauding opposed to the will of divine Prpvidonw , and to the genius of Christianity , tbe professed r-li g ion of the country . He also alluded to the hypocritical practices of the religious oppressor appearing in the church , or chapel , as a worshipper of the God oi heaven , while he was o . t the same tiin : insultiBg bis Maker , by dt- ? pislng and grinding tha fate of the poor , whom G ; d ha'h chosan , while th « parsons

      and preachers , for sord-d interest , only countenance the hypocrisy , and form principal actors in the drama . But it was laid dovm as an &iiom , " they who allow oppression are as bad as ths oppressors . " He contended that the whole meeting might plend guilty to the charge of negative oppression ; they had allowed themselves to be oppressed—the ; had been willim : slaves . ( Cries of We will be so no longer . " ) They had been detignatei levrllers . It was a fspl libel up ^ n them j he would retort the charge , it was the Whig Government that -were tne levsllsrs ; by their ba » tile system , an honest , respectable , but poor man , was Teduc ^ d to the level

      of a felon , and ia many respects treat » d as s « ich . Thi-se , and similar tbings , hadproduced tho present agitation—and the Government in its attempt to snppress it would be -as succossful as the attempt of Ca-. mte to suppress the agitation of the -wared of the great ocean . On tVie subject ef taxation he would say , they only wanted a vafce as to the manner , extent , and purpose of taxation . . It w ? j galling to be taxed to support institutions to oppress them , but if they would M Oiem aloi : e to enjoy the fruits of their untaxed labour , they would be content to have no voice in tbe Legislature—if they would take up « -n them to defend the state , to pay " all the tax ?? , at 2 < l leave-untoucked their productive iodn ? try , thev would at ones give up their present agitation ,

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      but until then they- would agitate until every right waf . conceded to them . It was said by some they had ho property at stake in tha country , and for that reason they ought not to hav > a voice . H * contended they had a property , their labour , without winch all 7 > ther property was utterly valueless . The property arising from labour was like 71 runninjf atream , whose waters , accdSiible to all , enncheti and refreshed tho coautry , and afforded the msaos oTJUe to millions , whib property , acdnmiiated and anappropriated to any useful purpose , ¦ was Uke a stagnant poo ] , yj nding forth noxious .-vapour * , and furanfeioe-the means of life only to the noxious reptiles wh » fatten on its corruption , fie was ' ri-jt for palling down , bat for rAiiinst up those who ware

      aepr&jsea—t&e poor and the workiag population generally— jn ? m > ans of this w ,- > Qld be education on a souni rational basis . The present standard of learning was a rental of property to the amount of i > n pounds a-year-i ( a laughj-but whether chat wu > ajast andratiooa . 1 standard , he would leave the mea-ng to ladw . This staadard had however , been ti « d _ by the Whig * , who , while out of office were bi -wing and scraping to the " unwashed na . icas . ttic , ani prom ^ ng ii io things if thoy would put th > 3 m wjffiw ; by a mighty eff > rt of the people , gulled by th , Whigs , they were lifted Into Vower aud what ha . ; they done ? A sample of their mjtice and eon .-stency vronll be seeu ia the fact , that fifteeapence aalfpeuny a week was coasid-rM

      competant ; to the support of a poar man , while more than amvlhoa a year w \ s required to sn . » port th ? estabhshmmtof aQuejQ . How long must th <»* e thinir ? continue ? ( Cries of « N vloagar . " ) No , not long they may arrest the bodies if your leaders , bat they cannot arrest the spirit of th ? people . The interferencdof the police on an occ . i ^ ioa like the present would war an avalanche of public opinion , which falling on them , would crush them to atotm . M - C . made a numbsr of additional remarks on th * pulpit , a . i an instrumeat of great sraod or evil noticad its injudicioaa us ? in stormtffcH gainst politics , yet advocating a system of poliljV . ^ suited to its peculiar views and interests , to get nio- < r being its prime object . Ha concluded by encouJ vging the people to agitate , according to their motto , " peace , law , and order , " to . which tb . 9 Convention hai lately aided , " prudence , Hnion , nnd energy , " and exhorted to unian by this argument , that ' if the union of th

      e few hud been effectual to keep the million * in bondage , what would the unian of the millions do for their own emancipation ? ( Vehement cheering . ) The Chairmah then caused the manifesto of th-Unyentioa to be read to the meeting , ' and remarked that in 1830 the Whigs said the Ensliak working populatbn was the most enlightened in the world , bat now as they are lifted into power , they are the most ignorant—as long as the people obey them , they are accounted wisj , if thoy scruple thev are ignorant insurrectionists . " The eight questions of tho Convention were thon put seriatim , aad carried unanimously , after which three cheers were given for the Convention , and the meeting broke up in good spirits . After the meeting , a dinner was hsld at the Vi n xT \ , Inn ; afler which , Mr . Cardo , Mr . G . Mort , Netherland , and others , addressed the meeting on similar topics as at the out-door meeting .

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      " ¦ ti ^ GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT STOCKPOKT . The friends of civil and religious liberty were determined not to be behind the provincial districts suburban to Keraal Moor , in a practical manilsstation of their feelings on behalf of the principle * of the People ' s Charter and the National Convention Accordingl y , on Saturday , a . large number-walked in procession to Manchester , early in the morning accompanied by a band , and headed by the members of the Committee of tbe Working ' Men ' s Association . 1

      On their return in tbe evening , they had announced by placards that a meeting of their friends would be held at six o ' clock , in Newbrid ge-lane upon a vacant space of ground , when the patriotic O Bnen and other members of the Natianal Convention would address the people . A little after the hour fixed , the inhabitants of the town were apprised of the return of the Cnartists , by the ( s ound of mmic , and in a few minutes , a large and numerous procession , coasisfing of several thousand person ? , male acd female , p-e . -ented themselves attended by two bands , occupying judicious portion /! in the ranks . A couple of coaches wera also amongst the proces ^ ioa , the first of which was

      appropriated to the service of the great leaders in ide present yet grea ' t-r movement . ' In addition to thf active friends , of liberty and justice ia this town , there were Mes-rs . Varden and Finuey , members of the Convention , the Rev . \ V . V . Jackson , and several other persons from tbe nei ghbouring towns as will bK seen in the report . B ; onterre O'Brien ur . fortuna ' ely was not present ; yet his absence , regretted though it was under all ihe reports afloat as to hi * personal liberty , was amply compensated f > y the gUviug putr . oti-m of the other ' speakers , ar . d ihe rt-pon-es , ardent , loud , and long , of the vu . st multitude . The whole of Newbridge-lane , as thipror .-e-sion passed , appeared like a quickened street moving along .

      Assembled at the ground , a eoi : ple of carts were a ; tHfh , d , and the preliminarivs lueessary at public his etir . gs having been complcrtd , business commenced . The numbers were variousl y computed at e ght and nine thoufand people , including , of course , Vi-. e hangers-on of the borough executive , " and the policemen also . This demonstration is considireJ to be second . to that which escorted the brs . vtf Stephens and Mr . Fearges O'Connor in the tou 4 > Fr . nu .- time ago ; and a triumph in favour cf the People ' s . Charter . iMr . C . D . Da vies having been unanimousl y called lo tbe chaic , briefly iddresped the meeting for the observance of peace , law-and good order ; and hinted that if any amongst them exhibited a desire

      to impeach them b y promoting the contrary , let him be immediately taken from the goodly conipant he saw before him . Alluding to tha great and ini " portant demonstration which had that day been manifested on Kor . al Moor , he stated . th . it Colonel Wemjf . s said that he never could have believed that the people of Lancashire were able to assemble such a numbei . To tne Colonel it must be , however , a striking proof that there wus aomething wron" in thena'ion . ( Hear . ) Heia > i hoped Mr . Bronterro O'Brien would have beea at that meeting , and the present one ; but he was sorry to say that such was not the case . He knew that'he hail been engaged every night that week , and on some occasions he had addressed large meetings two , three , or four hours ; and , therefore , must at the end of the week , feel considerably exhausted . He was lust ni ' bt in

      g Birmingham , and was spoken ta b y Air . Fergus O'Connor ; . but where he waa : now he had yet to learn . ( Hear . ) In the abstDCe of . Mr . . O'Brien , the meeting was favoured wiih the attendance of Fevcral ger . tlemen from Manchester and the nei ghbourhood , some of whom wero members of the Kaiinnal Convention —( cbeers ;)—who were come to tell the people ofStockporr that they were determined to have a new race of beings in office over them . ( Cheers . ) His object for making this latter remark was , because it was a question to him ( the Chairman ) whether that patriotic man , O'Brien , was at liberty or not ; - ( cheers ;)—but be that ask may , the people of Stockport could find another Delegate ; and if he in his turn be arrested , why they could still go on electing lie and competent representatives to the National Convention .

      Mr . James Mitchell , in proposing tbe first resolution , also made similar allusions to the probable fate of O'Brien to those which bad fallen from the worthy Chairman , an occurrence which be thought would furnish an ample excuse for himself , he ( Mitchell ) having on Thursday night at a meeting at the Stanley Arms , stated that . O'Brien would certainly be present in Stockport that al ght . However , amongst the talented individuals who would address the meeting , was the Rev . W . V . Jackson , of Manchester . ( Cheers . ) The Speaker then read tbe motion , which he moved . He had ir tended to have gone into tbe five principle of the Charter ; but considering who were to succeed him as gpeakHrs he should defe

      , r his intentions , till a mere favourable opportunity , when be esuld explain tbeta more cleariy and fuller than . time would that evening allow him to do . TW Chairman had touched upon tbeXLersil Moor meeting , than which a laiger , a more glorions , & happier , a more cprnfortable and pleasant meeting never was held upon that ground before . The one he was now addressing was not sa large ns that which was held in the Marketplace , t « meet Mr . O'Connor and th& Re * . Mr . Stephens , but there was more liberty oi action and af vpeecb , and more independence of ia » d than wa »« ever before witnessed in , Stockport The borougk , at that time , was in the hands of thoj ( e who had duped the working classes , but now the villains had

      been outted , tbe power had been wrested from their iron grasp , and the control was now in the hands of the working clasfes . ( Cfceers , and bear , ) We will no longer be tbe slaves and the teoU of a Hamer or a Coppock . ( Cheers , and" down with Hainer . " ) Yes ; down with him , &nd all other traitors ^ Hamer said that half-a-dozen inexperieseed young pen were tbe-eause of the tuioult in ibis town , WboM the mare uensible portion , of the ^ 'inhabitantu would tiot -jftiB . < Sbame , ) ¦ . Half-a . doaen inexperienced young men , forsooth ! ( Laughter . ) This meeting has been got up by a kalf-a-dozen inexperienced young men . ! Why , the Radical Association now contained a greater number of members than was ever gathered together b ' v any of theii

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      Whig and Gorn Law agitations , or ever , will get ( H * ar ;) So much for th » fallacy aad hypocrwy of J » htr Hamer . ( « He s Jim Crow . " Laughter . ) Tne fact ia , he is insensible . ( Lauffhter . ) After a few other observatioa = i , the speaker retired , after proposing the following resolution : — " That it is the opinion « f thi » meeting , that tbe peace and prosperity of this country can oaly be secured by her Majesty calling to her council thijse men who are prepared to grant to the people a full measure of R * form , based on the principlss of the People ' s Charter . "

      Mr . James WflgBLER , of Manchester , ro 3 e to support the motion with all h » heart , with all his soul , and with all bis might . He would tell them why he did it ; because he considered that the resolution wa « binding upon all the indBstrious classes of society . It calls upon her Majesty , " to call to her council those men who are prepared to grant to the people a full raeasura of Reform , " and no longer to allow the country to be robbed by the Tories— tho 33 thieves and brigands . ( Hear . ) The Tories have changed their names into Conservatives , because the Irish first christened them robbers ; in fact , the name originally proceeded fram that of an Irish- banditti . ( Laughter . ) But he

      would call them their right name , whilst they now called themselves Conservatives . What had they to conserve ? Were there any working men of this town—any mechanics , members of any Conservative Association ; and if 00 , he begged to ask them what , m the name of God , they had to eonserve ? but the interests of a parcel of dirty , idle , lazy villains , who do nothing else but guzzle . ( Laughter . ) At a time by-gone , he waa very ill-used for the opposition he made against the Reform Bill ; but would th « people condemn hinv now P ( Hear . ) He told them then , as Henry Hunt told them , for he fought side by side , that tbe Reform Bill was a sheer humbug , by which the people never woald be benefited but

      through which they have baea exceedingly well robbed . Why , all that ' s been got was Household Sutfrage under the Corporation Act ; and , although he bad been a householder in Manchester for tvreaty yeara , he had not got a vote for this blessed Corporation —( laughter)— -because he had not paid rates for three year * for the house in which he was then living . ( Shame . ) A fig for your ratepaying clauses ! His ppinion was , aa it had . ever been , that every man had a right unconditionally to make laws for his own government and for the ' / overnment of his country ; * and if the Queen did not grant the people ' s application , the cauatry would indeed be lost . He told them seriously

      , cautiously , and earnestly ^ - ( hear)—that the people ought to pray that her Majesty will call to her Council such men as will ensure the sueeess of the People's Charter . We want the whole Charter-Universal SuEfrage—Annual Parliament—Vote by Ballot—No Property Qualifieation-for Member * of Parliament—and Payment of Members . ( Cheers . ) We want nothing unjust—we want not plunderneither will we allow the rich any linger to plunder us . Meeting Colonel Werayss one day ia Manchester , and talking about tbe commotion , the Colonel said that the poor man had nothing to lose bat everything to gain by their proceedings . He ( tbe speaker ) replied that tho people had everything

      to lose— their labour , which was the source of all power and all wealth . ( Cheers . ) The industrious classes mada all the silks and shawls that are seen in Market-street—the palaces and halls—the red coats upon the soldiers and officers' backs . ( Hear . ) Without the labour of the working classe * , the lords and ladies would have nothing with which to dress them , nor coaches to carry them—nor would the nasty , dirty , idle strumpets of the aristocracy have a clean smock to put on ; - ( laughter )—and were it not for the labour of the artJzan , no coal to warm

      themselves . The people will suffer no longer . He would tell tbem , that if the rich touched their ( tbe industrious classes ) labour , which was their wealth , they would not fight , nor murder , but woald touch their labour in return . ( Hear . ) Labour was the source of all wealth ; and if they touch ours , by G-d we'll touch theirs . ( Hear . ) We demand our rights peaceably ; and he never saw a more ueacenble meeting than the present . He would have given every hair off his head if O'Brien bad iiten theTe .

      Mr . Richard Tilling proposed the second resolution : — " That any member resigning his seat in the Convention , without publicly assigning a cause , be considered to have deserted tbe interests of the people , and is not free from his suspicions of treason to thy cause of liberty . " If tbe members of the Convention were to withdraw oue after another , in the niauuer they bad done , when the day of struggle came on , and it was near at handthree would be

      , uoue to lead us on . ( Hear . ) They ought not te leave becausa they have taken a solemn charge from their constituents ; and , therefore , if they thought of absenting themselves they ought to send word to their constituents , to afibrd them an oppjr' unity of appointing other Delegate * . If they had not the courage to discharge that which they had undertaken ; the sooner they resigned their trust thf better ; —[ hear;]—and there were hundreds who would do their duty .

      Mr . James Borton seconded the resolution in a few words . He deprecated the conduct ot the « hopocrats on the snbject of the People ' s Charter . Without Universal Suffrage you may die and be d — d to you , Mr . Joseph Ldmey , of Manchester , Eupporfed the motion . In the course of his address ,, he exhoritd tbe female portion of bis bearers , who had husbands , to induce them to become members of the Working Men ' s Association for the day of stiu (? gle was near at hand . The people had worked for the tyrants long euough—they must now work for themselves ;" . but in--a constitutional manner . And in order that something may be doing , let

      every Englishman hang over his mantle piece , that which was ever a terror to despots —( hear)—a musket , not to drill , but to defend the ConstitEnon . Referring to the resolution , he had not much confidence in those who , knowing the day of ight was near at hh ' nd , ran away . Novf , these characters happen to be men of property ; let us have men <> i » o property , because be thought like his friend , Wheeler , that labour wanted protecting , for it was the property of the working classes . The people did not wish to destroy property , nor break windows , as their fathers did in former days . They knew better ; because , by experience they found out that the workers had to pay for it ; and it was proveibial that the onl y way to find . an Englishman ' s heart or sense was through his belly .

      ( Laughter . ) The large , nay , immense assembly at the procession to this town , the children , and prisoners , staring through the burs of the factory windows , all deolare that sqaiething was wrong . Every one who heard himougbt to set his . shoulder to the wheel , nor be deterredin the glorious cause of liberty . In the words of Raw . < on , ; of Bury , " I am yours and you are mine till death . " ( Cheers . ) Better to die a freeman that night , than let the morning ' s sub rise on a elave . ( Tremendous applause . ) England may be free if ebe will— ( " 1 wish she was to-day , " )—and he knew they could fight , if fighfiag was the only price of their liberty . Mr . T . Y » sng , in briefly proposing the third resolution , said he was convinced that the people of Stock port were determined to work out their own salvation .

      That tins meettpgpledgebitself to support the delegates to the Convention , > olong a * tfcey honestly disobarge : ti » e constitutional chities assigned to them by their coostituentfl , Und shoufd the gaid delegates be placed in peril , by any parry ,, or . faction whatever , in contravention of the law ? ,, w , e shall defend then againrt such party or faction by ewrj caeans , moral aud physical , at our dJRpnsal . " , Mr . Benjamin , Pjbarcb seconded the propositioB without any observation * . " ^ The Rev . W . JufCKSOXy of Manchester , presented himself , amidatteiteratJd cheering , to support tbe motion , which he said w « b one «> f the utmost

      importance to the interests p f the working classes , their ccantry , their kaderi , and theis cause . HavWg heard it Tcad , if tbe meeting adopted it , and he had no doubt . of the fact , it must be called into practical operation , and that operation-to be carried out hy the jeople of Stockport . V ThVdelegafe * in the Convention were the represeiHatlves of the people in diEfe ' retti patte of the country , and to that Convention tfce people -ffere to look , in ' order effectuall y te carry out their cause by the ippHearion of property , of discretion , but of determinktios , aad at all aasirds , for have it we » i } I , " peaceably if vie can , but forqiblj if we nmst . " ( Cheers . ) We > ledge ourselves to support the delegate * , so long as they honestly dischar 2 » the constitutional dutiea

      assigned to them , and should the delegates be placed in peril . -i * conttaveatioa of ths laws , we * will defend them , « ayB , the resolution . They must be ouppnrted , moreover , morally and phyrieally , at our disposal . The delegates have been sentintotbelion ' s dea , and they must be protected against the bad Govern ' ments . of both Whig and Tory . One party ( the Whigs ) as like the devils jn bell ; and the other party ( the Tory ) is like the devils going about on . ' ^ arth ^ ee kiBgwhom they sbaU devour . , ( Laugher , ) The Whigs talk about what they will do , or rather talk about what they will not , nor Dever intended to do , and the time was when they talked about protecting your rights ; whilst the Tory 8 > ys , » I have prepared the bayonet and the red jacket for you . "

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      Lord Joha { then come * 'b : w » rd , tand , puttingth& truncheon ia the : hand of | . he poh ceman , bids him strike the blow , which is to be preparatory to the lang « of the bayonet into yeur bellies . ( Hear . ) We kno ^ r . the Tory from his past conduct—w » know the Whig from kia present conduct . If the meeting passed the resolution , they would stand bound practically to act , if these men , whilst acting constitutionally , are arrested ; and he trusted th « walls , wherever they were placed , would b » shook to the very foundation . ( Hear , and applause . ) Hegaw the police constablearouad him ; but he cared as jnocli for them as he did fjr tha pole before him upon which the flag was fixed . He cared not a button for a red jacket neither—not he .

      ( Cbeere . ) When he was here last , he was told that 400 special constables bid been sworn in , and that he was to be apprehended , and taken to jail , ancl the deuce knows what ; hot they thought it better to let him alone . ( Laughter . ) Now , these men in the town were evidently preparing for something ; and for what fee cared not to know . They had hlft several hole srad corner meetings devised for the purpose of dictating to the people ; but if they had such things as coasciences , he believed it was made of Indian rnbber . If they could , for the sake of 30 Ja-week , take away the life of tlseir fellow-man . a 3 had been done

      on- former occasions ; and if a red jacket could ,, for a still smaller a urn of money , take away the life of a fellow-man , then their conscience were seared beyond redemption . Then let the people be prepared for a defence ia a constitutional manner . ( Hear . ) The time waa" coming when every member of the Convention nwiy be apprehended and imprisenedv What would yon do ? ( "Loose ' em . " ) He had some deubta about O'Brien ' s safety ; he wao-afraid that h * was in pri-Bon . O'Connor heard yesterday that there were warrants out against all . The Rev . Gentleman , resumed his seat amidst great applause .

      Mr . William Johnson proposed the-next re ~ solution ; : — . ' . '¦ ¦ < lh That in accordance with the reootamendarJoa of I > ord John Russell , we , the inhabitants of Slockport , in publio meedsg aaseiabled , to the number of 10 , 000 good men and true , all of us interestedin the protection of life and property , do hereby in ^ struct our chairman to apply i » our behalf to the-Home Secretary for 11 , 000 stand of arms , commissariat , ammunition , &c , suitable to the emergency anticipated by the Noble Lord . "We further assert that , if the law allow * a search for the arms of the poor , the law also justifies a search ,-for the arm * of the rich . And therefore should our aaplicatioa for refused

      armaoe , or our houses searshed forartos without our consent , we shall conclude it is tha-Government ' s intention to arm the rieh against * the poor—a course of policy which we shall consider a violation of the Bill of Rights , and treat as a declaration of war , against tbe industrious classes . " He said that both Whig and Tory were against the workiDg classes . The middle classes were arming , and Whi g and Tory were armed , whilst the workers who were robbed were not to be armed because they were poor . The meeting , however , would ako solicit Lord John Russell for arms to protect themselves from being farther robbed and plundered . By such means England may yet be free . Tha speaker concluded with these lines : —

      " Liberty ! the gift of God abore , Who would not die for thee ? Whu would not shed his heart ' s best blood , To make hu country free ?" Mr . James Horsefield seconded the resolution in a short speech against the j £ 10 voterp , and the powers given to the people by the Constitutional laws of England upon certain rights and privileges . Mr . Finney , a delegate to the National ConvemioD , for the districts of Wigan , West Houghton , and Hindley , supported tbe resolution at aomalength . He commenced by raying :

      Mr . Chairman andslaves , ' tis here I attend To-stand now before you your rights to defenl ; I ' m surrounded by poraonii whose tortures and painalit-mandeth my aid to onrivet iheir chains ; For freedom , yourbirth- right , it can ' t be denied , ' Twixt two mighty things has been Iwng crucified ; And l < r twenty-thr . e years , the troth is quite plain , 1 vs struggled and fought to bTeak tjranny ' s chain . In fair freedom ^ ca ' Ute , I ' ve urilinchingly stood , And so will continue until tl . ut my blood Sh : < U free ze in my veins , or be forced for to strain l ) o \ vn the rochsof opjiresgion , to hqnur my n » ine ; For aoonfr than live »> thU w <> rld as a slave , 1 would yield op my life amongst ike virtuous and brave . ( Cheers . ) That was tbe first time he ever appeared

      before the people of Stockport ; and had he not come lorward on tbe present occasion be should have considered himself guilty of a gross dereliction of duty . He advocated the jint and unflinching rights of mankind . Men of such character as himself were sent to the National Convention because there wassomething wron :: , —an oppression caused by the accursed Tory faction ; and the building whish they had l > egan was by the Whigs completed . ( Cheeis . ) He wished to know whither the meeting was infested wi' . h spits in disguise as had been the case in other places ? If there were any such , let them coma forward face to face , and not eonticue to skulk feehind . He wanted them to take away what be might say to my Lord John Kus ? el ) , who mi ght

      in his turn , take it with him to Woburn Abbey . ( Hear , and laughter . ) He was goisg to Hake a comparison from Natural History , between the cbaracttr , « of the two great factions , Whig and Tory . Tbey were respectivel y like a crocodile and a tiger The tiger was a fierce , noble , bold aoima ] , like the Tory ; for the Tory , wan the open aad avowed enemy of the people ' s rigkta . The crocodile was a Hly , cunriingr , indirect animal , like tbe Whi g , who was a canting , lying , hypecrritical creature , li \ ing upon the wages of deception and perfidy , with liberty upon their lips to delude , and'a poniard concealed to wouc d 'he heart . ( Hear . ) Having treated upon tbe evils of the law of primogeniture , a-law attributable to the Tories , Mr . Finney pioceeded to say that Lord

      John Bu-sell stated , at Liverpool , that tbe people had a right to meet ; but , finding that tbe people began to move , those very mestiugs -were all at onesdeclared illegal . ( Hear ) The middle-class men 8 i » ce then , whom Lord Brougham calls the ptople . are actually arming , aud yet tbe industrious classes bave been denouaced . But they ean constitutionall y resist their oppressors . A whole people cannot rebel ; it U tbey who draw their swords ag . ainst tbe people who are traitors . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . > If they did do so , he would not give tvy ape nee for all the property in England . The people Blight Dot hare arms ; but they bad something , in their pb 8 ? es « ion , which rieuher muskets , nor bayonets , could deprive them of . Lt-t one sbot be findor

      , &ne death take place ,, and tbe people will b * justified in reducing the earth to oae barren wilderness , and , both rich and poor wnk in one camraon grave ^ ( Cheers . ) They may tell him he waa speaking treason , and might take him upon soch a charge f , but he told them that he felt his awn ta ety w >» , nothing compared with the ri ghte of bis fellow-men . If those ri ghts sould be nbtskwd ; -without the . chedding of one drop of blood ,, aj-d bis countrywould then be happy ^ he would c-h . e erfully throw his-, head down upon tbe . 'bleck that , night , to burft asunder ib » chains of tyraiiny . ( Auplauje . V Wov

      will crur = h the p ilaar of ecrrtjg , uon , although weshould perish-in tb * ruins . Aftar same ohstrvations . on Marcus ' s letter on the subject * of . the damnable-Po ^ -r Law ,, acd the mal-distribution of Crown Lands ^ he conriaded by eibosting the people to * . stand or . fall by , the Convention . They could coj . nothing witheat- tfeem , and . th ^ y were fully determined to carry the measuTsa into effect , or risk tb » consequence-3 , for already tb > rs was a teinpfer and & sworn disposition , on the pars of the workiDg classes to crush tha whole system , of coiruptiwi to atoms . Sod "belys those _ , that bfrl p . themselves ; , and he advised tbe people to aria in their own . defence .

      Mr . John Wa-kdbk , the Delegate from Boltom , also spoke in support ef the last resolution i ^ a similar spirit , and- in an eneigstio and able , apeeeh . The Rev . Wm ' . Hxssler tooi . the opportnnky of correcting sosie mi . srepresentsiions which ap , p « ared in Mr .. Coppock ' s papi-r , reppecring « , roported speech which'he delivewd a week ago . All t ' . e resolutions were caixkd unanimously . Thanks wew voted to the- Cbainji-tn , aad three cheers \ vereiBost enthusiastically given , resjjectivehf for " King Oastler , " " Brave Step hen ^ . " ao 4 # Fearguf » a'Connor , " and the nveetii ^ g disperaed , in good osd * r , at about half- past nine ttelock ..

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      ^ James the First akd tb ^ Citizens o » . London . —James being ih want of jf 20 , 000 , appBcd to the eoTporatipn olXondon fox a loan of tbatannu The corporation refused ; upon which the ^ ing , bt high dudgeon , s « jt for the lord aiayor and some of l * - , ! , " ' > and » ratir ) g thesd in severe terms for their disloyalty , insisted upon their raiding the money for him . "Please your Majesty , " said the kid mayor , " we cannot ltnd \ ou what we have notgaL " w You must get it , " replied the King . « Wecannot , ' * said the lord mayor . . - « I'll compel you" rejoined

      , the "King . « But . you cannot oompel us , " ret » rt «^ the lord mayor . "No ! " exelairne'd the Kingj «* \ bew HI ruin your city for ever .. I'll make adeiert ^ rf * Westminster—I'll-remove my couTta of law , 'iy parliament , and my court , to T « rk or OxfbtdL ' ii * then . what will become of yo ; u 1 »" . ' " fiiaWMr ¦ Ma jesty , " rejoined the lord mayor inee ¥ lf , " H *^ & may remove yourself and your courts wherever you . please , but there will always be this consolation for the poor merchants of London , you cannot take the Thames along 9 tifh ^ pn . " —BcnUev ' r Mticeltimy *

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 1, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1059/page/7/