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      TO = THE WORKING GLASSES . Brother Hadicxls , —For the same reason that a e 2-jeant * s guard of disciplined and armed troops Tnli brat and jjst to Sight a squadron of raw and mjarmed recruits , have we been beaten by factions iiscipli&ed ia ihe arts of treachery and deceit . "Wo most- discipline and remedy this evil . We must meet them on their own ground , and ivith their own "vrecpoos . - "VW most organise , and shew ihe front of freemen .- In order to effect it , then , Isubmit the fo ^« wing suggestions for your consideration . » : Pro . says ^ Regi ^ er ; register , register !" - ^ O * Co ? i-Xeli . says "Register , register , register I—the . Whig Pre ? s and the Torv Press say " Register , register . - TO-THE WORKING GLASSES .

      TEci ^ rer r and , therefore , there must be some magic In / he word "Beafcier . " You cannot register , but jou am " Unite , unite , unite !** and Rcsseix says it is yonr-right to exercise influence over the elector ; Riile O'CopTEU . says that it Is your right to use rp- ' - " e coercion towards ; the elector . Letns , then , pLic- ourselves in a position to be prepared when-**• -r _ the straggle may come ; and , believe me , it is * i : 12 nd , else wonld not our enemies be loading ib- r pieces . 1 st a committee be established in ev ? -y town and tillage throughout England , Scotlar . l , and Wales , according to the folio-Ring fc . si . and-ibr-the performance of tlie following irii-s : — - "

      THE FOBM . i-et the electors and non-elerlors in-tantly form ctinry , city , and borough election clubs . Where ft :- dubs consist of several hnndreds , Jet them be 3 i ^« i into hundreds-, iet each hundred appoint a eL ^ iMnan . The hundreds should then be divided ir : ' . <« tens , and each ten should appoint its chairman . TL : chairmen of the hundreds should constitute the General Election Committee . The chairmen of tr-cry eleven tens should , according to convenient lce ~ xity , constitute the district or ward committee * .

      T ^ - committee tens shonld report on every MoniiJ -light , to the general committee , the state of fc ? public mind in their several districts ; after Trhtrka compendious reportshould be submitted by p-l ^ ard , handbill , or through the medium of the P-ri ^ s . The terms to constitute membership to be © --- p « my per -week- The rands to be appropriated aa a finance committee , appointed by a show of hisJs at a general meeting , shall direct .

      THE DET 1 E 5 . The duty of the Election Club will be to select ' a £ z md proper candidate , who shall be vigorons and actrre in laying before "his constituents the principles opon which he claims their support—to read at pub-Ik' meetings , a 3 often as opportunity affords , the rep rts and resolutions from the several committees . H-rery candidate should be pledged tosupport Universal ^^ iffrage and a repeal of the Legislative Union between Great Britain-and Ireland , to take bis seat if returned by a majority in the hoase called the Botise of Commons—and to restore his- trust

      whenever required to do so by a majority of a committee to be called "The committee ef review of public vzen ' s conduct , ^ ' wiicl step must be sanctioned by a public meeting of his constituents . The . committee gi-nld also appoint collectors of contributions , who should leave the following printed form of application at the house of every voter in their district : — *^ e , the comminee appointed to superintend the Eiioagement of the election of ^ -, do rerpectfcHy solicit yonr support and interest , and ako scch contribution as you can conveniently give , to

      promote the aforesaid object . " A boot shonld be kepi © obtaining the nimes of all the electors in the several districts , to be called "The canvas acd contribution book . " When the whole I 23 thinery i 3 completed , public meetings of the electors and non-electors should be convened , to tek ~ into consideration the propriety of appointing a l- » ai : onalElee&on Convention of twenty-cne . whose diity it shall be to st In London for the purpose of reviving , and disseminating thronghont th * conntrv ^ ISsted reports from the several election

      cem-EHJtees , I ihink at a single glance you will see that the a-o : prion of . the foregoing . plan Trill at once raise a E "* - ' and constitutional standard round which the fr > . ; ds of Radicalism may rally . We shall then r--iE-3 upon an equality in the field of agitation with hoih Whigs and Tories ; and , according as we are treated , so shall we treat the enemy . In this

      in-Ei--ncatie consntntion recognises no snperioritv ; asi if we are not prepared to carry out this principle , we are not deserving of Universal Suffrage . If . spon the other hand , we are prepared , and if , iy vor united exertions , we can retura a majority of Ibe sis hnndred and fifty-eight , Tre shall be justlv * n ::-led to go to the House of Commons upon the £ r « l day of the next session of Parliament , and ti-.-r--pas a law directing her JIajssrv to issue new

      Yrn :-= lor the return of a Parliament upon the princi- 'l' :-of Universal Suffrage . This reqnires no ex-L . iHionof pnvacal force , as any opposition offered t-r rr . o will of a nation thus manifested would be t " . ' i treason upon the part of our . opponents . The eE " : of our preparation wonld be the immediate li--rration of our friends from their dungeons ; for , i- =-:-ve me , that oar enemies but await our union t -oeyoor command . I cannot conceive a more

      jr nous sght than a nation of freemen Eiarching to t '~ s hustings ia sections , divisons , . and squadrons , ti-cr ? to show their hands , which are . Teadv to supj- - - . the dictates of their hearts , ilymind isalm . j * npon the rack , my invention is ever at -wort to learn how I can best serve yonr eause ; and jazy Etn . who will not work themselves , call me prer ruptuons—but how much more pleasing and easy Fvrildit be -for . -me ; to- " remain idle , if those -who ii- ? = e me wonld work ; but the work most be either left undone , or done by a few . Instead of constantly nib cling and carping at my propositions , let them f = ?? e 5 t , andl will follow : hut I cannot and will

      r : remain idle so long as a single grievance reiL-iiis unredressed . I implore you , then , my fellow zs-52 , by yonr Talbr , by yoar patriotism , - and by your trynanity—by iie loTe which yoii bear to your God -yc-ui eonntry , your family , and your Mnd , to a , waie 3 arise , and let the voice of freedom be b . easd upon estli passing breeze throngbout this sea-boxnd dnn-^ - 3 I Let us proclaim the right of the labourer to «^ -ov the frnits of 3 hs owb . labour—of the freecaan t »

      CS-jt the protection of bis casu- *—of the eommumly to tcjoy-swaal-eomibrt and happiness—of the poor t 4 !;~ e npon flieland of 1 j 3 birth—and of the naiion t :- fce governed by laws made equally for the proi ^ tien of flie xicb . and the poor . Let union be your ¦ prai-ri-word—Kbertr yonr idol— -and Universal Suffrage , and no surrender , your motto . For . these iLIngs I have lived , and for these thing 3 I ann-eady it tii my life ; and am Your faiflifol and Eincere Friend , FEAHGUS O'COX ^ OIL L ? 3 ds , 25 ib . Sept , 1839 .

      Abilest A2vd Commttile^T Of Ilr. Feargt3s O'Coknor.

      ABilEST A 2 vD COMMTTilE ^ T OF ilR . FEARGT 3 S O'COKNOR .

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      BobotoH Coubt . —Before T . Potter , Esa ^ Mayor F ergus O'Connor appeared this day week , at ihe i Boixrugb . Court , Manchester , to answer to a warrant 1 wiilchnasbeen issned sometime forhls arrest , in con- s ^ 'uence of £ vetraebill 3-sTbic ] i-n-ereTePQrnedagams ' j liii at the last Swifli ^ jancashire Assizes . W oiindev-i « cand &ai on&e previous Monday this warrant v as : « "t from Manchester to Leeds for the apprehen-sion of Mr O'Connor . At about ten minutes after irieven o ' clock MtO'ConnoT appeared inxbeBorough C ^ ixu and dxortrj' ^ fierwards , on some person «™ i r ™« r foTasnmmoTis , heT 05 eaBQsaia , tsatashe ^? SaerS ^ th BVy « f ^ Gomhe believ * d * -as first to oischaige prisoners btfore ^ v other buiSness went forward . He thought they oaghito

      ^^ he iSi—I think not . Sir ; there are prisoners j ^ navfrbeen in custody for seme tune . j *™ £ . , CConnor—Oh , I beg jour pardon . I was ; tot *^ ^ Ses afterirarus Ab saloTn Watk in , E ? q . j t V . ^ L " . Esq ., W . R . Cullender , Esq ., aud J . h . J . ii . iTroa . , „ xzksa their seats on the beuc a , ¦ Heron , havn . % &&-Jfc . O'Connor , i noli in niy i e Major « . against vwi , siinied by SirSom&Lodv hand a warrant . ^ fcat is' cono ^ onlv called a -L-.-th <^ tman . It is >> - " iiaHl ^ " ^ : c " v . iiL v . ] :- ^ -.... - arrant . It is a K ¦ r ^ a-- - v : < .- - c , ¦ .. v- -.-... - ; . areuiarged . iuidweaK ¦ j j ; ;

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      At-l-Ir . O'Connor ' s request the Clerk of the Court was directed to read the warrant , which was done accordingly . ilr . O'Connor then said , he did not know whether making any technical objection before that Court would be available ; however , for the better uniformity of proceedings , as the persecutions and prosecutions of those in authority against the party to which he had thehononr to belong—as these had Been exceedingly vigorous , it waa _ . necessary that they , at all events , having much power , should be circumscribed by some definite rule , rf ow he took it as a matter of course , that that warrant had beenhanded from policeman to policeman , it had been gent to Leeds , and had been sent , for from Leeds . It had Atllr . O'Connor ' s request tbe Clerkof the Ceurt

      been at Leeds about a week . It had run the gauntlet from the several constables both in Lancashire and Yorkshire . This was a document which ought to be perfect ; but hefound in it there was nothing required from Mm to appear at any particular place beforenext March , or at any other time . He found that in that warrant there had been an interlineation—an alteration ; because he found that the words at the Coiirt-House in Liverpool " " was interlined ; and it was not a sufficient definition to say " in the county ° f Lancaster . " All that was required of him was this—that his sureties might at any time bring him to any marketplace in Lancashire and give him up , hefound there vras an interlineation in the warrant : for the

      interlineation eaid " tobeholden at the Court-Housein Liverpool f whereas the warrant itself said merely to appear in the county of Lancaster . Now they were perfectly well aware that we have two assizes in LancasHre . Before they could hold him to bail , iLeraiure , it was their duty to take care that no interlineation—no alteration had been made ; and he contended for it that they must discharge him without bail , unless they were prepared to say that there had been no alteration in the warrant , or that the interlineation was recognised by the Judge . Until ahis point were cleared up , there was no demand for his appearance at anyplace . Mr . Potter—We shall act upon that warrant . Mr . O'Connor—Do you mean the interlineation !

      31 r . Higson—The interlineation ia signed by the Judge . . - \ lr . Connor—The interlineation was not written by the same hand , nor was it signed by aiiv oue . ] S * ow he should be glad to know from the Mayor that , if suppose they doubled down ¦ w hat they called the " register" of this , he should be # laJ to see -where in the body of it was the signature . There was ** T . C , " but" T . C' might mean anything . There was a place for the signature ; but the T . C . " on the warrant appeared to have no reference to the interlineation . They would find that there was no signature whatever to the interlineation . It was there in the margin ; and a Judge of the land was too . good a lawyer to fall inu > that

      error . Twr . Potter—Oh , Jlr . Beswick will state to the Conn how it was . Mr . O'Connor said he supposed they were perfectly aware that in a will , a deed , a letter , or a lease , it any interlineation "was made , that interlineation should be recognised and attested by the witness , or the perfecting parties ; but in that warrant there was no recognition whatever , and he believed that the Mayor was sufficient of a witness , if not of a lawyer , to kuow that . The Mayor—I am no lawyer . Mr . O'Connor—I asa glad to hear it—I always thought so . The Mayor said something in reply , which we did not hear . 31 r . O'Connor replied that he did not intend tbe remark to be applied offensively .

      . Mr . iligson said that every aifidavii made in a superior Court , whenever there was an interlinea-tion or any erasure , it was signed in the margin by the party " making the affidavit , and nowhere else . That was jhe utual and proper mode in which au interlineation was made . Mr . O'Connor answered there was nothing more clear than what the gentleman had said . But at the same time , there onght to be writing to the efi ' ect that tiie signature referred to the interlineatiou . 11 e wa ? standing there as a prisoner , and he was defending his own right against authority which he did n

      was a requisition that he should appear at some Cottrt known to be a Court within the county at winch he was to be tried for the alleged offence , lit was not going to run away ; he only required ^ bat time should be given in order that the opinion , of Judge Colunan shonld ^ be taken as to the validity , ol die vtaTTant . He was ready to pledge himseii' to apj > car at any time , and it would t > e better for them to be perfectly sure that they were quite right , lie complained of this as an injustice ; and as the only object in taking bail was to secure the » ppeainnee of the prisoner , whatever they might deciae upsn , he pledged himself to appear at that Court at any tine when required . Under other circumstances , it wa& the duty ol the magistrates to take care that he Oir . O'C . ) did not thiiTk , aud that xh * country u : u not thick , that be was unjustly dealt witll .

      Justice could not be sold , perverted , or delayed by granting what he aaked ; namely , that a Judge of ihe land Khould rectify hi 3 own . error , if he had committed one . If a Judge was likely to : commit an error , and so great an error as to charga a person with a crime , leaving no court opea for the trial of that crime , he asked whether it was right for a magistrate to inqmre -whether snch Judge bad rectified that error himself ; or whether it had been rectified for him . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) pkdgsd himself that that Judge would say that he did not rectify that error . He was not going to runaway—ho was not there for any disgraceful crime—^ he was xaady to stand by all he had done—and wa > ready to do it again whenever it was necessary . He made tlicse remarks as an act of justice towards himself ; , he was quite ready to appear whenev < sr he might- be called . upon .

      Tbe Mayor said that ihi 3 warrairt had been , sent to Leeds for Mr . O Connor's accnmiaodation ; aud it was very extraordinary that he should now complain of its being sent there . Mr . O'Connor replied that he did . not complain-of that as a grievance . The Mavor remarked , that he had . g ' pen Mr . O'C&anor his option of giving ; bail- either ax Leeds or at-ilancbestes . 3 Ir . O'Connor said thai he h ad gone to tender bail for a prisoner now in custoc iy named Dayies ; and

      that s > n entering ihe office he " > . vaa told that there wasa warraai agamai hintieiL I le fccaw that liiis warrant was -sent to . Leeds . it wa * i customary to . take bail at the nearest place -where- a party was arrested . He now required that the n lagistrates would maks that instrumenj aa perfect a 3 possible . The magisr tratcs would s « e that tbe hi ind-vsriting was not the same ; and that the letters " T . G . " Tecognised nothing . That there © ugJit V 3 be a recognition in ^ 11 case » ef interliueation , w al ieratk > n made in a deod , will , settlemciU , or an . y 1 iiiJJg else .

      The Mayor said it aeppea red tkat the hand-writing was the same-throughout . - - Beswick said thai lie re ceivei Una trarrant at . the assizes , along ¦ witk others , and thai lie had had them in his possession ratfal 1 " r idaj last ; and . that * according to iostructi < ai 3 v yhicbl he had receivei from th <» Mayor and Mr . Ma ^ ade , the stipendiary magistrate , and Taeing aware thai Mr-- O'Connoi was in tovrn , ae Bent an of deer to Leeda &r the warrani , and that he had ratnrEadJihis morning . The Mayor asked B eswiek -whetaar ha Teas quite cerUan that the warra nt wja the same . Bsewick—It is . the gamaprecisely aa I received at the assizes . Mr . O'Connor sai-d he . made lie objection , and they wenld please tc- notsse it . He shouiigo into it at the proper time andphice . He objected to the signature of tlistva jraaoi . < : - ^ he Mavor rep ! iedtiai they lad no leasou ; whatever to doubi thfi waxrant ; and they , were d «

      termined to require "the rscogmzaaces unoa it . Mr . O'Connor- —Veary well . " " --The > lay or— "" \ Ve feel bound todo ^ v I meniioned to you last night that the requirement would probably be r « st > sureties of ^ lotteach , and your own recognizaneein £ 30 i - ' / hit . O'Con' ipr—For m i owe part I iare no objoci tion tt > the a" jiouei at all- So far as regards myself 1 think it is propes bail , i ? lam-to apyearto answer the charge .. At the same time I must say that 1 t ' uiuk it forms a sad contrast in the amount ot bail required from man y po » t men ; but J . don ' t complain at all ol thcamor ^ nt . " . , ¦ ¦ Jklr .-O'CcKHior Tempested to know the terms of the recogn ' janees , which were accordingly read to him by th ' . ; clerk to the magistrates . He Eaid he suppisei l the Court was ready to receive bail if satisfied" of ihe soundness of the parties . He then preser ted Mr . Abel Hevwood , bookseller , Oldham

      \ srjek , and the Rev . Mr . Scholefield , Every-streeV Ancoats . ¦ - ¦ - ; Beswick objected to Mr- Hevwood , on the ground that he had given bail for some Chaxttst 3 arrested " at : Stockport . ! Mr . U'Counor said that he was bail for Dr . Taylor , ! and several other persons at . the same time ; aud 1 -that his baH ha < V neverl > een objected to . He shoulu i offer bail for every man whom he thought had boen unjustly dea )\ with . They would find that it wjis rathe powi- . r of the justices to swear the parties as I lo the rpl ; ae of their bail . He did not Jmow-ihq amount iu which Mr . Heywood was bound tor the . prisoEPrs at Stockport , but those prisoners were now in " co-tody , and cocseqnently Llr . Heywooii's bail hat ' , been entered for men for whom they would re-Cr / ivenobail . He believed that Mr . Hey . 'vr ^ oii was ioo wdl knovrn to wme forward to offer bail ii" he Tras not srood and sufficient .

      ; Mr . Hoy wood 2 aid he had given bail lo the amount ' of shout . £ 575 for-different parties , and be believed i he ^ 2 . 5 worth about £ 2000 . i -lii- ? ilayor said there would be no objection to I Mr . iieyvrood ' s bail . I ? . lr . O ' Connor—Nor to the Rev . Mr . ocholc £ el < l ' s £ ? The Mayor—^ oj . t :. M-.. o o-iicor—' i'l . vii if the Ck-rk ttI-1 liavc tLt .. . L . : ..-i u :. j bsii win be taki . u .

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      The bail waa accordingly taken ; ahd on tne terms being read to Mr . O'Connor for his appearance , he said he should appear subject to the objection he had made . He was ready ^ to enter into " those recognizances , but he required the Mayor to fake a notice of Ma" objection . This would not in any way clog the Bench , because lie had tendered his bail . ' ¦' ¦ ' ¦ The Mayor said he thought it was irregular . Mr . Q Connor replied that it was not irregular at all ; that it was usually done ; or at least to bear in mind that he had made the objection . The parties were then severally bound for Mr . G Connor ' s appearance at the next Liverpool assizes . Mr . O'Connor asked to what oflicer % o was to apply for copies of the several bills that had been found against him . > " The Mayor said there were none of them there . Hr . Higson said that be must apply to Mr ; Hojpkins of Preston . ' . ; . v The bail wa « acp . ordinplv tatm »« H A * rt » * Aw ™

      Mr , O'Connor then remarked , gentlemeh , I presume yon have done with me ; and was leaving the Court , when the Clerk cried but , Mr . O'Connor , % o shall want 3 s . 6 d . for fees . Mr . O'Connor—I thought there was something wrong , handing over the amount to the Clerk . The parties then left the Court at a few minutes past twelve o ' clock . ;

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      MR . O'CONNOR AND THE ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS OF SHEFFIELD . Kotice was given onSaturday last , in the Northern Slav , that . Mr . O'Connor would aduress the electors and nonielectors of the Shtilierd- district of Yorkshire , on Monday , laat i at five o ' clock in the evening . In consequence of the recent attacks made by the authorities upon the people of Sheffield , and the result of . wMcli . could not have been known to Mr ; 0 Connor when . lie published his intention of being there , the authorities and the middle classes confidently assured the people that Mr . O'Connor dared

      pot come . Messengers were beiit iuall directions to inform the people that if he did come cannon would .-be planted , round the sqnaro—the military aiid police would be all ordered out , and the meeting would be dispersed / These rumours naturally hail their effect upp . v" the minds of the Radicals ; and at a quarter to five , Mr . O'Connor not Laving arrived , general despondence began to prevail . At five 0 clock , ^ however , a carriage aud four was Been ' to approach at a slapping pace in the direction of . Paradise-square , aud 1- which Mr . O'Co nor was racokmsed by the people . When he arrived at'i he

      square , ia consetiue ^ ce so early an hour being named , theTe were not mere than a few hundred persons pre * tut . The report ot "He ' s coaw . ] ib ' ^ come , " ran like wild-fire through the town , awl in less than tw « ity minutes the immense space was crammed with men and women , standing nine to a square yard , 'i'his was allowed by afi : to be the largest meeting , the most atu » iive meeting , awi the most orderly meeting , ever assembled at Sheffield . At a quarter-past five , AJr . Gil-l , - the former delegatetotlie Convention , came forward to introduce iA t ^ JMior -to the aeeting , and wa * received wah io * d and hearty cheers . He said that in his whole lite he never felt etuial Dride as that wWV , ! , „

      expeiienced upon the moment whe » he had the htmaur to introduce to ikeir notice the . ' first virtuous Kadical caudniate ever presented to tho electors aud B ^ electors of Yorlfehiro . ( Loud ckeers , and BraTd . ") He and they had followed Mv . O'Coui . or tnrwigh his political career for the last seven years ; and where , iu the annals of histoiy - wi » a man to be found who had pursued so virtuous a course I ( Cheers . ) H" we lead of him in th&Mouxe of Commons , we find him suinUing single-handed and aW againrt the march of the oppressor . ( Loud cheers ' . ) If we followed him through , hi * arduous and dan £

      erous couras , as an advocate of popular ri f tliK , we find him mideviathig in uriuciple and untiring iu exertion . R-Tieers . ) HaWwo not , the .., » right U > bay of m friend , that iie is persecuted for his virtues —( ckoers ^ —aad arc - > . ve not justified iu endeavouring to niter tia / t titau-oJ ' things which puniBhe * virtue aiid rewards vi-aii ( Loud cheers . ; Yes , my frieuds ; audl will . now air trodui-i : to your notice tiw man Avlio ,. aboTe all otaew in tbe ^ rorld , m « rit ^ you * coiifiUt-nirB ,. your apyrubatittu , aud your support—Feargus O'Connor , the K ^ n «« i candidat * for th « Weat-ridiag of * Bo county of ^ 4 » rk . vLong aud coiitiuucd applause . ) . ¦ ' ' "

      Mr , 0 'Co >> bK rtiou canw forwainl , and w .-: s received with cheering and waving of liatu thai niade the Square ring atain . He said—ElecU-rs aud noii-d ^ ctors of the -West-ridtJijj of Yosbshir * , 'before 1 bi-gia to -discharge-my . duty 1 will po ? ut o ; : t \ vhat is yours . It is your duty to talUs care tliat- n » interruptioais- ottered . u > -this glorious assembly .. It is yourovstv if any violent * 1 * exhibitetU or disorder attenjpujd ,. to arrest the «> tfeii'lcr , and holdhimin sale cusuuly uiitil he shall bo properly dealt with . vCheers-Mid- *• We will . !" , I Uave been-told that the authoriues-said I v » as afraid to come to Sheffield ^ Laughter ,, aud " They , did . '/ Well , they said so before , and 1-came—they said so again , 1-am hero , aud wcers aro % hey I iCiieors : i - lam the fir ^ t

      Radical caiidvd » te / who ever stood , upon a Yorkshire hustings ,. advocating principle for principle's sake ; and-Ljw though my priuuipics may be ia the estimation vf thoae w % o prof ^ s libecality buU support abuse , 1 tell thmn that this moiueiit will . form an epoch ia the history of Yorkshire . ; . for I will open this great -countv . iLou'l aud lor ^ -co ^^ iiiioxl . eheeriiiS-J 1 -preached from ' . Gory gra an t he reur-esontalion of the lArg-sMit county iu . ' i-cla ud , aiid . I will destroy Wiug itomiuion in the largest county iu England . ( Loud cheers . ) - .. When Lsaadthat . Lwould opcu the county , of Cork , all Svere' actouished and tuols laughed . Lopeued it , however :, upon the first election ,-without ' having asked , a . rniin to vptoibr me , propose me , or second me , 1 polled a ' . ' majority ot

      • X 2 . , Loud cheers . ; Ihey then taid that I was but the representative of the cxciieai-jntl had created , and that the iiexi . election , would prove the fact . 1 went to the nextelisctioiijhav :: ^ only addressed the county oitce ; and . il ' . they had jjoiled the ehjetots out , 1 would kro beaten them by lfJGO .. ( Loud cueers . Ji Again 1 was returned , ami again I faithfully discharged my , duty . I see around mo now many of the arLstocracy and middle classes , who mai-vel at my presumption ; , but 1 also . . set die powet which can realise iny hopes . ( CheeB . j You have _ before heard aman professing KadicaJi . ^ m as a candidate for Yorksh ire . He was oncoagfeatmaji-r-dna Harry Brougham , but now a little Loi-d , one Lord Bxougfaam . —Uii ^ es and groans fur 'him . ) I am . called a * lestructiv e , stxevolu ^ uisV aiivi a nTebraiuL while

      he was , de aignated a ni « ral philosopher . He told you thattl ^ ilirecdaysi ^^^ Wwusuil'ariSjwhichhave termirait ^ -diuthesp ^ tfgaiujn of liberty , wero tjic forerunnetsof royal decapilatioi !; ajiJthatthedaywasnot distai' * ™ u ---royal l ^ ds woillttbema . de to rollin the Uust . j . .. winer told you . tiiis nor wished for . it—1 prel ' es . t « > see the Ibolish head on the fool s , shoulders propped by the power behind it—which is Universal Sultiage . ^ Cheers . ) He told the people in 1815 that svu y attiimpt 0 : 1 the p , axt of the Duke of "Wellirigton to establish a B ^ urLoii uponthe throne of France againsi , the ' . will of the French people , ¦ .-. would ju = aiy a revojt upon tlie part of tte people of England , ¦ w hile 1 r-ali you that every physical revolution has ten-led : to destroy pogulax rights . ( Haar , Leai , ^ u . i cheers . ); In these rcvolii tisna the middle driss . es tight for aoi object—the

      working Masses from excitement ; and , having no , lecognistd . system to fall back upon * they fall an , easy prey to the armed faction for whose " order ' they lia . Yfi ci > m « ude < l .. ' ( Cheers . ) You have had many gjeat changes ,, but' noue of them for yoar beneit ; why , iJiPu , am I here ? In order to turn them all to- you ^ - advantage . ( . Cheers .. ) . In my two addresses to the electors 1 have pointed put -whexein the evil consists .. My political opponents say the population presses toa hardly upon theTmeank of subsistence ; "vviiUfi 1 reply that all oligarchical iuiiuence , lordly ^ owex , regal Bgiendoar , and . local support pres'ses too hard upon the means of production , and < -onaequently upon , the means of . homfort . ( Chetw . ) . lua . eshovtuthat a recoguition of the musi of the

      trij ^ ag right poor , mixed un' vvith the property of the landlord ,, insures the poor iniii ' s respect 101 ayd support of their united iniei-eiA *—< cheers )—while , opon the other hand , Hate proved that tha xiionopoly of . the poor man ' s share his reudL .- et ! Oac rich man ' s property insecvito . ( Cheers . ) 1 have saort-n that the holder of three-fourths never dveadeu the physical force of the owner of one foiirih ; and that a just aristocracy dreaded not revolu VChecrs . ) But when the rich man usurped all theu uid every bush become an omxer ; and then , in tbe -sBTetcheduess and misery of lie people did he l-fccoiaisfc his own oppression and misrule and ^ uuo . der as a guilty man at " -tbe recollection ' of his iuio virty . ( Loud cheers . ) No . wonder , then , that a ^ u . a . 11 population should press hardly upon the meagre amount of subsistence aiforded to it . Thirteen aulliona of inhabitants circumscribed in their labour make a wilderness of the land ; while one hundr ed

      , million of inhabitants would inake a para-Uise of -Eugland , Ireland , and Scotland , if nacre ' s reBOurces were allowed to be beneficially cultivated ( Great cheering , and "Bravo !' . ') 1 this day travelled tlirough a large district of co-ontry ; and what did I seol LaTge -fields , growing the natural food for horses—large domains , capriciously held in a value-Jess state by lordly proprietors-r-none cultivated to the twentieth part of their powers of yielding : ( Hear . ) Upon my rout * I saw no convenient homestead—no cheerful looki . g cottage—do child of . ature labouring at his natural avocation for his own support . 1 saw no busy matron—1 saw no smiling mother—I saw no playful child—I saw no blithesome gambol—I saw no happy fireside—I saw no fatlier joyously beholding ¦ tnese cotnforts . around himself and his family ! I saw the land a -waste '; no husbandman had an interest in the store that he was saving . 1 saw a tew beer-houses—I saw some gaols —a a 1 have now come here to witness the shocks

      mg traustormation ot Latnre A-hich has driven you with pale faces and ccjiuiated iorms from the airy Uili-iop aud suu . y vaiieys which I have seen de : poimlatcd . ( Loud and Jong oonth-ucd cheering . ) 1 oU to :. cc ^ Cf .. oed to j : u ,. ;? - iu bfcoine lU \ mlcrii : ^ to - ^ nct ii _ i Smu- , ¦ - ;¦ i i' > - . s —\ ., ; . . ui ' iiied iiithe mourii-

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      fiil cavalcade * which paraded your sovereign with bis drooping head , and the . saWed executioner frith his bloody axe , with your ^ registered detgrminatibn to have that head pr the ltoform Bill . You have now got both ; The monarch ' s ^ head is laid lovy ^ -you hare vgot the Kefprrn Bill ^ -and vrhoreiti conBista your victory ! ( Cheers ;) I am here to give you the benefit of the Reform Bill . '• I amhete to tlestrdy the power of that faction which raised ^ you to revolt and denied you participation' in the victory . I am hero to give you the Charter , the whole Charter , a \ d nothing less thaa tho Charter . ( Loud cheers aiid waving of hate . ) I am here to ^ secure ^ the lives arid increase the property of all classes of the commuDity- ^ as well that of the landlordas of the mida-.- C ^ i ~ -a J ^ uu ^ . _ . J :. - ,,.. _ .:.. .....,

      dleman and the shopman ; but ; I tell them that this caii oi : ly be effected by giving equal security to the life aud property of the poor man . ( Cheers ) I askbut for equality under tlie javv .. I am against all societies except the supremacy of the law . Socialisni ^ trades' uriiohs , ^ sick ^ ocietieSj benefit societies ; education . & ' ecieti'ies ^ - ' ppor--- '' . ] aw '' - ' . Vs 6 < 3 i ' eties burial societies , military ' societies , naval societies radical .. -societies , - , . legal societies j and regal societies , are one aiid all but substitutes for , the , law ' s equality , ( Loud and lo : g-continued cheering . ) You are now represeuted by Reform ineinbers- rthey are the orga ? is of thtise gentlemen that I see around mebut will they save them from the physical demaud of Lord Tom , Lord John , ; Lord Harry , a d Lord Pick ; Lady Betty , Lad Sarali , and Lady Jaiie , when your poor pittance fails tho means of navioir

      them , after ; tlie new levy of 5 , 00 Q [ spldiers and the a-ew Russell police shall havo received tlicir wages ? ( Loud clieers . ) No , faith ; they begin to find that though their turn comes last , yet it wauro to come ( Checra . ) Morpeth aud StricWand will bo bore ! : Laughter , aud "no , but they : Wont . " ) Vesi but they will ; and hear them patiently , examiiip them closely , 'aid scau them . 'minutely . Ask them these thing !? . ^ Where are our friends ? ( Loiiil : cheering . ) Are they in the « old prisonrhouse , Or enjoying the cheerful smiles , of their ff ^ niiJy ? Where is youi Attorney-General ? Where is yaur Home Secretary ? Wliero are yiour Bpies and . informers ? Where is your power ? And wherefore are you in want of our assistapes , if agaipst our will , you have thus

      accomplished the desires of your heartl ( Cheers . j Doii . ' t let them separate themselves from the pqyeriiment of which they have been cdnsisteiit supporters , you . will have your o \ vn iiember Here , ioo > ( N ? iy- ~ wo have upne . ) Yes , you Jiave the fat buckof Shefneld-4 Gsorge Henry Watrd , M , P . for Sheffield , recently sent a fat buck to ttife iMaSter Cutler's feast at Sheffieldu asia substitute -fpr ;^^ l ^^ lf ; add the gue 4 ts admitted tbat the chafgo waa « xeelleiit)—the great ram of l ) erby was a tool i < j this fat buck of SljeifieW ^ -t his foroteller of tho past-rtJbJS . diviuer of things that have passed away ! ii alwras * thotight that the nueaning : of wtrtb&ayer wa ^ a ; gjfied persoii who coi . 1 J see fuiwe events ; but George Ilenry Ward ,

      use a vicious florge , squints , at the fleet 01 time j arid foretells eventsi ' -iust . three Weeks after ! tiwy liave ocr cuned . Has this poor < ievil forctbli , atter it had liappened , that l ) on Carlos rfitf surrender iumselfchanges did take place . \ in tlie Mt » wtry—Lord Howiek did go »« t-: Sbiel did come iii—and the Chronicle did get the Ordinance and Government advertisements , and th , e game lists , aaqt peorge Haury Wardt / id hot ehange hisprinciples since he tint teJl the non-electow of Sheffield that / Cniyeraj , Suffrage was the only :. * hine worth looking for ! ( Cteera and laughter . ? . Stick this , niofleri" Solon where I ana nowj aiid leff Jlio operatiyp and tlie- mechanic ,: whom he has d » p « d to charge with : igiioranccv ooiitrast his mooa 6 liine with their practical

      kuowiedg-er ( Cheers . ) Tgnoraltit as you are , le # him come bBro ; aud , standing , befoire tho full tide of ru . shing Itnowkdge , say tc tiie gatuered streosn' - - fi Thus & *• shalt thou go , ftntJ no further ! " ( Cheevs ;)! His antediluvian notions" itey have ; served for tlie olden time ;" .-but ' . » quicker asd . ' -nio . teactive spiritf / ie required to govern present aiicl coming events . ( Cheers . ) E am for Uirivcrsa 3 Sluflra ^ because tho present syHem is tipheW . by a- sta ^ Mtnt pool of jgioss opinion , ; white . ttife now n » d jpefreihing curronV which enlarged-idoaa would givsjAVouliA sweep away the nuisance of 1 tho reservoir , aid ( iroat * i ^^ pure and wholesome Eource f ?« m whencs tho himau family may draw reviewed strengtuy . s « icurity ,. asid' vigour . ( Lo » d cheers . v O'Comjcll says--that a * - 110 period

      wore the peooro of iiigland more oppo « d to the Irish- people ' than they- ' are st theprcsenti ' j aomeiit . ( Giroans , and ^ 13 o ' s at liar . " ) c "Iho answer is—if such was tlie ccee , I she « ild not bcljcro to advocate your ri g hts ; an ij , thewfofej at all events , 3 db not believe ; it . ( Chcere . ) 1 ;! SChy , you ^ ro not afclo to redresa your 0 M = ri jcriovauccs ; but he speaks of you a * opponents to tbeWhig G ^ verjimerit i the wliolBmerit ofmanb-einginhi ' soyosa basoaiid serailp submission to tho tyrants who havo made wa ? upon psjpilar liberty . - ( Loud aiid long-coiitimvcd clt ^ er-i « g . y '¦ •' 'Mr . ' OGoniios then pointod out Ohe mode of- organiyntioii preuaratsry to th » next ganeral eleciSou . i Ho-said ! i ? ivould sho > V ' ' the Whigs and . '¦ ¦ the 'JMnrios six Huiid « xl tliotiaahd meu-at Wakefield , lik « V ; LordRS > ss ' s coofcs ,. all on one sido— ( great laughter Wand he

      pledged hiniself ^^ tliabnoither . rtie Orani" » or the BJuo should- eociibit by their-colonrs even th »; : tenippraTy pOTTor . which reprewntod Malth as over yirtuttus j ) O' «> rty . frLoud . atid- long ; -continiied applause . ) rhat . woultt be aglorious day , when he would appoar at the h * ad of the mqn or 1 orkehire , cr * racteri& * L callx . dressod for the urescnt tome iu Geiierars unj .-fOriu . Avith a sword by his vAey and * featherod cocljodhat upon his head . ( Boars « f laughter aiai chenrs whicliJastid for several minutes . ) Towards the close of Mr ; O'Connor ' s address ,. a party , of . soldiers joined the moeting upori the leffc ; upoiiiwhich some females to thosright ran away ; but the whole , body of the ^ mcetiiig packed more closel . jv togeUierjand ^ iirwn Mri . O'Goniuir ' swavingihishand the naUirally atfrighted . female * instantly returned ^ and order wa * restored * . The soldiers caraa foryin ^ fonnation ^ andbeliavei , themserVos most OTderiy .-r-Mr . O'Connor : * poke for an hourand twonty niinutes

      and ofhis speech , wliich : \ vas recoiyodSyith imbounded . abpliii 8 e ,. we arapnabled , butto give a mersWiline .-ne cloaed thurmeetiiig by tellinttho aesonibled thousands that fie woulcl romain tuero until Aoy hadv departod to their homes . : ' " The breaking-up of this vast issoniblago was to tu Radical eye , ono of tlioflioat beantiful signtfrthakcaii be imagined . After thousands hail gone -iivay the ; spacoseomed to be still fiHed ;; and tlie bulk . of . thc > : meeting , after : manyi'rftmonstraacea ,. rei ' ust ^ l to stir until they had accompanied Mr .. O'Connox . to . hi& hotel ,, and for . this purposo one of the sooiotjr ol ' brickmakers ^ abput six . feet thueo iiiches liigh in a ; fustian- jackot , a « ceadod the . stops , seitoi . Mr . U Connor by tlie haJK ^ . aiid , tbrcai him , amidst , thochears of the people , to the hoaii ; o £ a vast procession whkh . escorMd him tjjronghilvo town to his hotel ; and so , perfect is the organization , iii Sheffiold , ; that , whoji any attempts was made to , ( iheer or groans the woivd . " silence ! instantly . procured . a . deatli-lika stillnflss . ¦ ' '

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      MELANCHOLY CASE OF SEDUCTIjON AN 3 > . ; ¦ -. " ¦ . . ' . ' V smcii ^ L /¦; ¦ " ¦ ' . ' ¦ ' . ' Oa Saiurday evening , at mx o ' clock , a- jury was smpanelied befor * Mr . Hi « g 3 , deputy coroner of Westminster , at the Old Kiiig ' s Afmji Tiavefn ^ on tlie Kcasington-ioad , to iaijuire into , the cir < iiim-; stances attendant on the death of Lucy Brown , ^ were * idrown « d herself . ; r , ; Mr * Robert Norman ,, e ? No . 29 ^ . tieati-sitDeet , ^ Soho , deposed ; that the deceased was his sister-in- ; Haw . ; She had ; been livittg up tb tho . time-o £ her ; death m service . Oh Thm'sday : last , he oama hpmo ¦ about twelve v ^ lock , whan ho fountiheE at hi ^ &ouse . Sho appeareti in a very distressed s&via of : mudand

      , had evidently , been crjihg very mvwh > 'iaho said she had left her situation at an early tour , that aibrniiig ; but on being ; questioned she could ., not a ^ i siijn any reason for so : doing ^ oat haying : had , ajiy \ v < j > rd 8 with lier niastir or ; mwttess . She , ^ iaid at witjiess ' house ^ ^ untij . fiveo ' etocky when % \ &- : fflii ^^ . ssiying she should return in half ah hquij , but wkness never saw het again aUxe . ¦ ,- . ¦ .. By tie Coroner—She wa& pevfecUy sober . Divl not ojiistion he * i much , sepin ^ she apjMred in a deil of trouble , Ste was alway&nBe \ iott » ly Xn tho hig . ljT est spirits . Dodeasod had formerly lived as servaitt at ilr . Iagall ' s a wine anisgiiiti ' ifisffohant , No . tl § , Tbames-strefit , City , whicii place sho loft abouVfi . Ye months finee . . . ;¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ - ., ' :. . ; - ;; . ; ¦ : ¦ . "; . ; : . .

      Mr . William Christie , MNo . lO ^ New , North-street , Red Liou-sQuarc , bookbjnder ,: deposed ^ that the deceased had been in hia service five weeks last Monday . . Shesaid \ yheriettgaged , that she bad act beon in . service before , but had come direct , f roni Oxfordshire ^ She behaved uncommonly well , but ou Saturday ; last she received : a letter whwhVmade her very ; unhappy . " She had previousl y received two letters written by the saine hand > Sho ^ riod all that evening , andwasmoreor less alwaysin tears up to Wednesday night . On that night witness staid : up all night with a child th at wag ill , aud sliortly before seven o ' clock on ; Thursday morniug deceased oarne into thexoom ,: drew up . tho blinds , aud . asked how the child was . She then left tuo roonij and Soon afterwards witness heard her undo the front door , whiclvwas her custom , since which he had not seen her alive . . ¦ ' . ' . ¦ ' ,: ' :

      Two letters were here lianded to the witness by Spreadbrow tho summoning officer , wheu he identified them as having been received by the deceased while at his houso . The contents ar ^ as follow . — Tho first was dated- ^ - * ' Saturday , August 17 y 183 £ > . . "My Dear Lucy—I received your letter , dated last Thursday , onl y tl « 3 . movningj ? nd have to give you many kissesfor your presentpf theguai'd . I shall use it-for njy watch . "Will you be so good as tO make 1 B 8 a bag like the one you sent with the ribbon VQUud it , for 1 want to wear ji . lpck of your hair nekt to my hear ?; the ribbonto be just loii tf enough to go over my head . 1 am ¦ afraid' 1 shall not bo able to como aud see you on iMondayjfor my mother -still remains very ill , but I will trv . iViy name will bo d ' aiucs J ' ohnscii . fco , with my best love , I remain ' : ¦ vuui ' sm haste , ¦ :.- . ' - ; .. ' .., '•' ¦' ; ' JAJilii thuiNSON , " The second letter was uated ^— .-.- ; . ' - ' . ¦ .- \

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      , ... ' . "Saturday , Sept . 14 , 1839 ; ^ " My _ dear LuCYj---I am extremely hurt at your letter that I got yesterday . - You ask ^ irie what > ay intehtioas are towards you . Good God ! you niust know them is well as I do . AILI can say is , that , i |; upfartunately ; you , have a child , I inustof cenrse support it t 6 the best of my . means ; b « t if , on the contrary , you are mistake ! . ' , Ithiuk it best for both of us to separate , for my mother told me this morning that , rather than let me be connected iffith you in any way , she would prefer followiDg me te the grave . 1 only wish I was lUece ; I am at present in such a state of mind thatI ^^ haye beengoing to make away with myself , for 1 have got as much poison ; ih my desk as would poison a dozen people , ah make the attempt 1 shall do : it effectually . ¦ ' . ¦ :. ' ¦ - "' "• ¦ ; "Iremainiyourseyer , r ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ; --.. : ¦ ¦ ¦¦ V ' . ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ . - ¦ ;¦• -: ¦ ' ¦« = je « _____^ .,,.. ~~ - ' ' ¦ . ' ,. _/ . " . . ¦ . '" : ' / .- ... ¦ - ¦

      "Why did you nottoll me : of it last night when I sawyouV ! ' " . - . ; „ .. ' ¦ -: ' ; . ¦ -. .. . ¦ ¦'•¦ .- ' . ¦ ¦ ' : ' - ' . ¦ --, James Knight , chief boatman to the RoyaiHumane Society deposed that while standing in front of the receiying-honse in Hyde Park , about six o ' clock on Thursday evertirig , ho saw the deceased pass by with a letter in her hand . Thinking from her appearance that she was distressed in mindj he followed her to the bridge , where he asked her what she had done with . her' love-letter ^ at which she smiled , but ; said : nothing . He then spoke to two policemen Of the A division . With whom hq left her , and did cot -see her again until slie was brought dead to the receiving-house in the evflJ'inj ?* Mr ; Alfred WifaaniSj Snporintendent of the Royal Humane Society , deposed that about-twenty minutes

      past si * 0 clock on Thursday atternoonj while at the receiving-house ^ he hea rd a cry of "Boat , boat , ' on which he pushed off in a Bkiff" to the Spot . On approaching the bridge he was inforined a female had iunined off into ! the water . He used the drags , and iii apbut eight or ten minutes got the body into his boat ,: and !; conveyed ; ittothe receiyiiig-hpuscj where th « - '' iisualmeanaof resuscitation ^ were tried by Dr . Wooiley , the surgeon of the institution , for upiyaxds of two hoars , but without success . On the bridge were fouiid . the bonnet and . shawl of deceased , and the following letter ^ containing a card , oh which was engraved the name " Mr . j . J . it ., Ingall . " The letter was in a fetoal « hand , aiid fastened with a seal bearing the j | mprPi 8 ion of " Harriet . " It was directed to ' J . J . R . I ., 119 , Thames-street , City , " and ran iii these terms i- ^ - '

      ' . ' " —— 18 , 1839 . "My dear Jantea ^ -Do not expecttosee me any more , for my litb have been a misery to me since ast SaturUay that 1 received your letter , I have been hi utino * t distracted state , and a lonely wanderer pyer the face of nature ^ and whatever my fate—( here occur some words which cannot be clearly dec | phercd ) -, and that is fiied on yourself , for I never can cease to love , but with life itself . — Give my kind lovo to all that asks after mo . Good by « j , God bless you * ¦¦¦ ¦ : '¦"¦¦ : ¦' .. ' ' : ; . ¦ • ¦ ¦ "Lucy Biiown . ¦ ** . JO , North-street , '

      A ^ itp ess then prove * that the two letters which had been produced were written b y jMr . Ja » es Ingall , the deceased ^ young master . He is a single man , and a li » l « older than the ( feceased . It is witneases's firm beJMjShe has been theoause of dee eased destroy - ing heratrtfe . Deceased toldiWitness he was ihe cause of all he * trouble . Witness : regrets she had not brought -withber a letter t ^ deoeased . hi Tw bicb he advises her tpget married to > any one she cbmW . Somei- 'Of tlie jury here sugjgested the propifety of having Mr , I < nga , M brought beforeithem , but Tho Cproftor said , what wa » the use of examining a man who wuld write such sv letter as the second one which liad been read ? It was evident Uie deceased had ( txpected he would , marry hei j andihis last letter had driven her to distwictiioH .

      Other letters in tlie hand-writhig of , the deceased were then shewn to the Coronor : and Jury , from which it appeared that the intercourse betMeertJVl * Ingajll and the deceased Uad been of- the most tendar description j after whicli Tho Coroner re $ tohate& tho condttritaf Mr . Ingall s who ought , he said ^ rather to liiy ' e been a protec tor , tb tho d eceasedi than her dostMyor , especiallw after having seducad' her ; and the Jury , after a Aort cos 8 ultation , - 'iwturnttl a verdi «^ " That the deceased destroyed , herself wbfle labouring under temporarj insanity . " . " ¦ ' .- " . " It was afterwarda ; stated that -Mb :. Ingall had offered to- pay ths expense of the funeral or" the deoetwiod . * I * ¦ f ^^<* f f i * f J ~ Mf ^ fc ^^^^^^ BfcBBi ^ njfc ¦ . 1 ¦ a mm ¦ '— — - - — . . ' '

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      illegal bond . For mark , if one shop came ou t whether the men were in the Union ornot , all were tocome out after so maaiydaysinotice . ^ : .: > < The fhpps ; of those .. iir tKe bond are ailnearlr cleared , and we are now out against one of the most odious and contemptible of all combinations that it has ever been burlot to contemplate ^ ¦ ; ¦ " We ; xonsiderv fellQW TVorkmeri , that ihiajatrugi . gle of the carpet weavers , is one of principle . If we shouldsubmit to ; this / attempted encroachment upon our rights , or be compelled to do soj this would be a prelude to a more general' : attack upon the labours of other industrious operatives ; if yr&suffer , then you , in the lone run . " must do the same . ¦ : : .: - - " ¦ . ¦ -. ¦ . ' :- .-.. : ' -. --. ' . - -. ¦ - , . ..- : , . ¦ - ' -: >

      Vl e haY 0 fl 0 doubt but our fellow-workmen , in all branches of industry , will obme forward at this juncture ^ and give us ,, the Carpet WeaVers , proof of their * attachment to their own Ordeiv We are determined to oppose and break tW unholy Bond * if any thing that we can do or Suffer will Enable us to do ^ so ; and , thank jSbd , we have tope—we ; have ^^ v *^ ^ Horsfall is riot in the bond , neither is Mr . John Bond , Mr . Whitworth Buckley , or Mr . Benjamin Greaves ...- . To these gentlemen the Carpet Weaver ? owe a debt of . gratitude ; especiaUy to Mr . aorstall , who ha £ > ever ' been the constant friend to wages ; and at this ; crisis he has kindly allowed his Looms to go day and niieht . emblovihir iWh * iiA

      three sets , and- four . . ' -if necessary . —Mr . Bond , the ame-MT . Buckley , the game . Though small concerns , ihejr wil } help us in our present warfar » against perpetual slavery . ; . : : m " Fellbw-wbrkmen , the whole affair resolves itself m this narrow" compass , shall we , the producers of wealth j the •; ind ustrious classes of this country , ia future manage our b ^ rn affairs , and carrjr bnr labour to the best market ; or ^ are we to be crippled by the laws and policy . ' of beings in the shape of men . that live but of . our labour ? Giye : a prompt answer to this statement by ; sending ammunition to iiur head quarters , to enable us to succeed in thia strngele for victory .. - ,.,:. ' . , ; .: . ' .,. . . ¦¦ : •¦;; '¦(¦ . ¦ , " - ... " . ' - . ¦ •¦'¦ ¦ . . ; ;

      "By Orderof " The jC ^ a *! Weavkbs . ^ Committee ^ Rooms . Little : Saddle , DeWflbury and Commercial Inn , Heckmondwike . Attendance from five tb ten o ' clock : every&turday ^ Evening . " September J 19 th , _ 1839 , 'K ] : ; ; \ ¦' ¦" ., . [ ^ L A >^ ^ mT ¦ . 1 _ . . _ \* 1 " - J ' ' --- . » .. . '

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      " THE CA 3 W 5 T : WEAVBRa' ADDRESS . " EELLow ^ woiuvME ^^ r-There . is » o need that we should inform you : that labour : is the pa-rant of wealth- ^ thatino man has a right to tako the vyoduco of another mail ' s labour .,. withbut an eQuiv ^ eut hylnm considered satisfactorv , ;; those , FelloWrWorkmen , are oternal tniths , but it , has been tha determination of the capitalists , « r-a majority of them for a many years- past , to . mako tlie labourers : believe that this ia . not tie truth : thtty have to oblitarate

      attemptod . and tq . destrby the validity of tho above , eternal' truths . Combination aftor combination , ; has baaa formeal by these hioaied worshiiifier * of Mummon , foil the sole Objectsof compelliiig . the ^ producing classea : to become thair beasts of bunbu ,, and to . hold thoai ,, as it wei : 4 by fe * "T ! ia natural aonsequencaaof such a oamhinatioB of avBiraco aud ciompetition has had the tfiridency af exciting a . jwwcrfal re-action ia the rayks of tie opcraljvea ; : dioy have boan forced to unite md combine tor th * l ) urpose ; oS checking thai , thirst for mno' « tion so prominent in the praddco of tlie manytfacturen .: All seatioas ; pf lab « urers have S ^ S ^^ d , % tho- nainral ^^ ujpuumrosreucapital nas liaxt

      .. u , upon , the pnea- 'ot * cms- labozir—hw wages , aral consaauent ss ^ s . a ^ ° ° ^ ^ st ^ s m ^^ mm ^^ : aeirl ? eaxter But of l&u , the mastocschayenot been satisfied ?« ith merely-lowering the pric © tS labour , an ^ tbes « by lessening tlio comforts andcaaveniences of the . poor ; butr in w ^ eral parts of the cAuutw they have , compelled th < yr ; servants to ^ 00 ^^ la gaansHheir own aersonal liberty ,, and social enjoymoats , and ha / wthus destrftved the last vestiee vot independence ^ amchboasted of by iixepeasarito of this . country .. , v ¦ "

      . " Amongst tW « uviable grtajp of Manufacturijjg Cawtah&ts tuaVlxavo' figured : so prominently in thm rty hiepus criutagle against the lights of labour , none have been ; inoire-willing ttt forge : fetters thaii the Carpet . Manufacturers : of late these uwWies VaVe agreed to , aet in concert , and have signed a Boud , not only to bnug down thepjicoof weaving , but to enforce upou tt ^ the inftrnal system ; of transferring wvv hberty into : their oppressive hands . The following is an exaot ^ opy of one ; of the papers sent by the masters to the men to sigh . 3 J z : " <> I hereby pledge , myself to have no commuhicahon ^ r tn any way Contribute to the sunport of any trades' unions . .. »' . " "

      f hus are hard working and intelligent men called : « pon tosignawa y their ' ownfreeaTenCY affi deposit a most sacred : trust into the unlia S hands of moi . that have a direcHnterestSn sing them ^ shall this belGodSbidl ? ^ ros " ^ 'Andmark , friends , > e beseech youithatinokt « f sssig ^ s ^ ifefs publish it not iu AEkaloiij . sbund i nKn Jk ^ rv ^ iBSOiW . will ! inOdi ^ S SS rff , S to ^^^^ SS ^ taJ ^ " fW ^ . W-lTOK-. t ^ d . ^^ 'MS . J ** Sfet'SSSf ' ma «^ S * S

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      lUSGKMSNDWlKJi : . CAltl'JBT WliiitERS , Tne carpet weavers of Heckmondwikai- and the maiiuiacturessof that neighbourhood , ar « engaged ill anather of- these iufbiiiai struggiea- of might agaiiist-right , which mtke all our coinincx / iial relations a sourcfrof sickenjug contemplation tp-the honest inind . The merits of . the quarrel may hkiearned from ' - ' tb&follpwing placard ,, whieh . " Gave beaa-plentifiijly distributed : — ' " OABPiET WR 4 V « as' STRIKTJ .

      " ThR' carpet riiahufaclTirersV of Heckmcradwike , Dewsbiwyj MiH-Bridgo , and Halifax , have f » mied a most dUgjnceftU and diaboliml coinbinatibnj for the purpose of rtnlwrinu their workmen ' s wages ? . and to COinpci ttvela , to sign theix naines against alUTjrades Unions , tut . the carpet ^ xavers are ileiennined to opposcd . tlifl p ^ op . oMklreductio . n , and to treat -with indignatipn ^ their infsrriul bond .: . ' -.. : " The carpet weivt'rs are iiowon the strike , all tlie men are dttt . \ vith the exceptioa . of a fewshopa ; . The masters ar& . now ^ placarding ti > o mannfacturing dlsfei cts , for Oic purpows or inviting , or rather inveiglirig . young men'to coiua forward and take : our looms . This is to inform all * y . ouiigrniieii , and . aQ . ' other , labourers , th . -it . the desigii of tho abov ^ coinbinators . is to bring tham into bondage , nndreducft 11 s to tlie lowest vassalago .

      "By . ordor > of "TiieG . uimtWeav . wis . " Hecka » oadwike ,. 8 ep , t . lytji ,, li 33 a . "

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      TO THE EDnpRB OF THE NORTHERN STAB . ! . Aishton-under-Lyne ^ Sept 17 th , 1839 . ' . C » Ejf tlem en , —I send you a copy of a letter of a free emigrant to South ^ ugtiralia , it being Bocbntradietory to this letters that appear in the Soitth Australian Record and being , requested by aeveral friends to make it pnblic , I . hopo yoti willgiy « sit insertion in ypur . valual ) le Journal as carlj as possible , and you will ereatlT oblige , . "' : . . '' ; - ; - . ; -- . . . : ¦ ¦; . ¦;¦ - . ¦ ¦' ' . ' - - ¦¦ :,. - ¦ . ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ . *' - . '¦" - . ; . ¦ ¦ YoursV ic , -.- ' \ : ¦ ¦ . . '¦' . ¦ " - ... ¦ ¦ John Bkoadbent , Jan .

      - ; : '" . ' ( cOpy ^ ; ¦;'¦ - : - - .. ¦ ¦ . ;•; . ; . ' .- ¦; . ¦ Adel ^ de , Oct . 28 th ; 1838 ; . Dear Sin , —I hope it i $ ^ weil With ( you ¦ as for m » for some msnths past , my family ' s harp has hung oh the bush , * ad has not been heard to give one joyful sound ; and-when we view thefewiemaina of wearing apparel left , ire are ready , not only to sigh , tut wetep too , ^ rhen ;«' . rerocmber England . I delitered ^ purs 40 V ¦ ¦' ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ ¦; -bW before . I ; bad been on Kangaroo Island many days , t » my . unspeakable grief , -I fpnnd that be was not Csfonial- : :, only in nasie ^ another person hdying ^ prkedl him out of offieei . and tbe Com - pany -will neveir know : ihe extent « f mischief to- ite in ^ tewats here by ; that snaie in the grasSiV To thia individual I owe ali niy miatfeitunes and grief , » i I awnra you they have n » t btea trifling ; I have beeff treated in the most scandalous . a * d shamefm manntr arid » o hurt , even in the tondratit parts , that time itself ea never ieal the < wouads inflieted . .

      . I had the v most uhboun 4 « d ; confidence in tie eood inteatiwis , honour , and integrity of the South Aus&Suaa i ? vi"if : * u . ^ that 70 U no morBexpecbid ttiai 1 ^^ did . that tije faner iafant tHat was ^^^ bap Bzed as But a-; fewhoura before vre > left Dultinfieia , V w < nlld beoome * victini to-the pusniaaiogenient and illtreatment of ; the GoniRany * officials out here , aid that from the flaine-< mi » e tlie Hiother too hut very-narrowly escaped tfiftb ' hOT . hfe , but both thase oircumstances have actnaUir taken plaoa in tlris distant land . I have Been on th £ votjj verge of becoming a . widower ynih myiarcfrfainilvand Iaiko , alas poor Lufce , is-dead , WhUe ^ I -wm oifly sidled and defrauded out of ay .: money , ; - ^ icb h& ^ ^ P ^ erfaUy

      ^^^^^ : ^^ ^ « w ; but . when health and life were sacsificed to caprice andmanuHon I did bo still , and whHs on this ^ eaitb ever-« hall . feel . de ^) ly wounded . To giwyqa alUhepartico- ^ lara-of these melancholy transactions would fill a jzood ^ ^ d . r ^ iplilet , suffice it for . thepr ^ nv to say , thatm Hindley , Mr .. Angus , ancEtlie DirWors at Xondoit ^ ere quiteatfaulfcin ^ cndiBgoniVne , prany of ^ tuS imnd . ; , men pfcony stamp were not wanted n ^ re ^ iHaeesto bo pjunderod and tiien , abused : ; and I do not hesitate to . say , that if I had been a drunkard anS . S 1 ™^™* $ ? * W ^ per chance thS , 4 :

      :. have done of d « ng . well foBpurgdW . accordWWtte coinmo * niea * ii £ Of thatw ) rd , ASto ^ s ^ sc ^ before menti . ted , he is aoolfl , calculating ScotcSr nanio ^ fit te , be what he is-calle ^ than I aSS Ch * ncell ^ of England . It is cloaa this fellow- - ^ never civtry . Put , tho Comnany ; 6 . Vie ^ I understood audiso did you ^ that we ^ re [ to haWhalf anS land , for-our . owH use , a ^ idahouse rent-free ; but this preacher ^ righteousness ( for he pr ^ ohes sbmeHnwS SundayBi Coniea : out herej . and with .- / a' lie ^^ in his right hand , tella ^ that the' eompany never- did tmS renttrooto

      nouses - their servant ^ and orders that ^ wha . have Uwsd in even : ; a tent of canvas : trS months , shalt after that tune payyfer iSS 2 T ^ , ^ ^ t « the 1 ^ acre ^ of tend , it would Lve mado : but ^ a Very little difference- if the CoiupS sewants haflibeen promised half aaiacre in theiS However . finathe theory , and sp ! 8 a She SanS down in England , neither one nor the other look ^^ f countryitSel £ ia 4 ar far b th

      , very ., frpm ^ gS £ S B ^ . SiJcflvKS ^ ° SfP " 3 olu uchSSS ; si ckness as Book-wnteis would fainsjaak ^ us oelieT « taereare iu ^ veniences a nd dis ^ m : incil eKS " ^ ehangcaare v ^ sudden , added ; to . this thS ^

      w « . cn mp poor peoDle are thaist : to- live in are ^ h bS ° SStii £ r - ™**«?<* : « M staineSiS SJ ! ^ ,, .. : ^ ' of fortune-hunter * , who . suck at ., no imprudence to > coine at their owa > ends to a ^ great , extent , frustoting the designs ^ f both * & « : m ™™ : *^ s- ^ : pgaiS hoaicIf

      , ^ pwsent measurea ; be not changed , and i difle ^ t pla n , adopted , t exnect that at no ^ rarv fli ^ ^^ msms im ^^ ^ mmm&M ^^ m tfc ^ pcEso o £ ttie tealthand lives of ^ KaSf wmmm bat a . rewacresof )^^ i ^^^^

      ^ W ^ mWZ ^^ ^' . Baper 8 > ; M-tieliW ss ^ llSPl ^ come out as ' itossihlo - ^ ' g ^ as many to euU them ^ itr ^ - ' i ** B ° oa-88 they arrive ; to : ¦^ aS ^ W ^ wassfeat ^ ^ B ^ P ^^^ mm ^^ m ^ mmmm Se 'i ¦ % & ¦ £ ¦ ¦ ; ¦!»¦ * ' , ^ r « ge for : ^ e :: poor ftom that lof ^^^^^^ ' ^^^ appendagepf

      B ^ S ? ^ i de »^^« . ^^ runkemlss ; profaneianaS ^ vS , ^ ' ^ ndaU ite fom » s Particularly adultry , ap beyo nd every thing we witnessed at ^ omef itis 1 ^ thVcoS , J ^ ^ P ° llut ^ - > WS « y moral fiteeamin SEf ^ I ^ ° fimi ^ anfl le ^ « ieS s ^ the rich as usu al ™^ l * ad .. Yon ; will , seexay paper is nearlyfull , notMnSvt r ° ^ djr ; to ** that ^ ^ ^> id you sS ^ hnw TJJ ^ ^ te-atpieappt ; Tlie coinpJy ' 8 2 Sl ?? if ' ¦ ^ ' ° * »^^ Md dono bofow ^ . atprcscnt ^ am workingin . thenipuntains splitting oecn at it . a Avcek , ^ t isa very hard job for me . atniy Iw S S ; ' - W * y ™ fe . ip tU . ni ^ -a

      V : Believe me sincerely ^ "yours , LfiCE Bboadbent .

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      6 THE NORTHERN STAR , ¦ ¦ ' . .. ' ' ¦ : ; : ; ¦¦ -. - : ,. " . ' ; . - ¦; )/<^^ ' ^ ¦ i j j '' : ¦' ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ' -:

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 28, 1839, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1076/page/6/