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      The Price of pur Paper tins Week , tothose who receive PofW ^ st wUl be Sixpence , accord&Hgi fo previ ous armouncenieni '

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      Haal « y , Staffordshire Potteries , Sept 3 Bfe , 1 S 39 . © ehtlexex , —Tou Trill T € ij much oblige A iimner-« &s class of readers of tbe Xorthera Star , residing in these to-srnships , by yonr inserting in your Taluable and ¦ widery-drrtOatefi Paper , the Xsnowing rqxat of a meeting held this evening at tha QeKlen Lion Inn , HaiOcy , for the pnrpose of expressing flielr " feeling on the conduct of tie Geceial ConVention generally , and also torecarft the oitinion ol the meeting on toe conduct <* the delegate from the Potteries to the General Contention . ¦ -.-...-.

      -Mr . CL-Maxt , of Sto ^ e , ( who has most ably filled the office of Chairman iox twelve months , } was called on to prtadt , ' ; asid in his usual able and pleasing manner opensd the buKineas of the meeting by requesting the company to sing the nsasl Chartist Hymn , and as the « nemie « of ' . CItartism delimit to represent tlie -srbolc of the Chartists as infidels , be called on 3 Ir . Capper , of Tnssistt , to open the proceedings -fritn prayer , after ¦ which Mr . Mant addressed the meeting nearly as follo-ffs . Be said that he Ehoald 1 * 5 Tcry concise , and he hoped that the following speakers Tronld follow the

      ¦ example . He observed that , there -was no cause for the people to despond ; for although the caase of the people did not to appearance fionrish so nruch no-W as It did ibout ax months smee . yet he oonld assure the meeting fiat the causa -was striking deeper into the hearts of the people ; and a Tery short time "would only elapse before they -would £ nd . to the stisfcetian of the whole cemmnrnty , that the Oiariar must becom * the law of the land , and England becoms , 'what-she has eo often been repreasnted to he— " the admiration of tha / world . " Mr . Sixnt . ixse referred to a ebnuwuntatioa fnrai

      ShjsfieldJasfim i lie Aservod ^ % -Niai theanwrt of ¦«* jBBS 6 st patriots ^ &g ^ fj ^^ 0 a ^ s ^ t ^ ht ¦ £ && JlWEd tzvbleditMHnnliGSCertffeano ^ totrftSni ths means resorted t < f to pit dovrn Chartism . by the GoTercmtnt of this country , -rreald ultimatelyLe the ] esuse of it 3 Seal trixmipb ; for , observed "Mr . Mant , j the cause of Ctartiaa siilf remains , and -wliilst the j erase remain . * . It is impossible to prevent the effects ' . from ibUo-sring . . Af ter tlcse few remaiis , he called vpon I I i I

      Me . Moses Simpson to ino-re the first resolution : — " That tills meeting ivturns its most sincere tluinii to the ¦ Members of the late General ConTcr . tion of tlic Isdastious Classes fortheir manly eb < 1 uprLebt contlnct . and 2 £ zhl ? nppnrre of the Declaration , of Kishts : and thut this meeting i > ict ; ges itself to ptrseTcre nniii thoso Rights , to the very fullest extent , lv secured to the people . " ilr . S . commenced by obsorviBff . that he iboalil have " been hsppy had it fallen to the lot of seine more able individual to have moved rhe resolution ; bnt ls Le Lad been select ed for ihe liont > cr of proposing it , "srhy he "Would do his best \ rith it _ His £ rst observation \ ti s

      tnat the OoTtrmnent of this country was a self-elected body : true , they had the semblance of . a popular election , but , in fart : they trtre a sclf-dtcted body , ot . at . most , if elected , -were czHy so by a faction , and n-prcs- ^ ited only that faction ; ^ r > 1 all " the laws made l > t them vrere for the benefit of the faction—the people bcia ? Jost rf ^ h ; of- Here , ilr . : ? . observi-d , tlat it this the coiistcnt practice of pcrtics to play oif one part erf the pe-op ' e against the other ; hiiicc tht--AVhissiirid up the Tories , the Tories held up the "Wliiss , . ax-d both of theiactjoss crd . avuun'd to hold upthr Ciiarti- ^ s as tbe "worst yf all , ant as only having ^ n eye t-j the urn-line tie property of tte TreoStby ar ^ i . n . 'St theaisdvc * But .

      . observed Sir . S-, this cl ^ rs ^ couics -with a vtry l = aa grsc-e from those -who hare eTcr since tlie lime of ^ VH ! = a 3 n % bc Gannon bc-sn cuiiitar . tly ecgac . d in tli-Tidini : theproj ^ rty vf the po-jrzmonsst tLimseivLi A prc--:. f of this is on reccr . —oy tie two faction Uviim : from the people the raanaMn laniis , and approprb . tin «' thc-. se lands to tLeuifdvts . For these uitn to comphin

      of tbc Charti ? ts ¦ sraEtin ™ to divide the probity of tbgrfcit is siu-cr hTaril ~^ ; Toi-i only Int-radcC to arous-.: th « - feais of th # tiaio , or else to nvrsien tec avsrice of tho xreslthy—for no other purpofa than to enable themselves toietp tlit-ir urvast spoliations iniin from the people-. Mr . S- her ? observed—that the prcs ^^ it leaders of tir "Whirs in the Pott « .-rics -svere belou ^ iag to the New ijttlifdist Connesici : —a connection "srho had all the priscplts of ike People's Ciiarteramoiis theinst-lvcs , 3 > irdcaij : v in ite form of their Cliurch CToTC-mmeut ; and ytt ihe ^ e ¦ were the very first men to oppose the princijles . Oat on such pretenders to liberty : -who , h ^ viEg the principles of tht Ptoplc's liuirti-r in fell pmctire aEioi ^; th ^ msidves as a rtliiious boiiy . yet opposed Ttith all thrir misdit the extecsiGn of tie same pilrearlesxo political ixisisnr ^ s ; sie-winr .

      toeveryxoint-1 H 2 mas . itiat ihis rs ^ T only \ raiii «< i jo a portion of lil ^ r ry ns suited t ]) tlr own convenience . TLese obs-rratiwES he did not usa as any disparagement to rtlicion . but oc ' . y to sherr to the -wnrid the iaconsist ^ zcy >•{ such chirarters , who , holding the priaciplfs of Chartism as to rtligioa , yet term the ranie principlei "Wb-jli ap . 'iieti to politics , an i ^ Mi J ' uJau ^ ; and jet , eveu axf S ' "« cfet ! es adopted the TTr . iversil Suffrase princip . K-. Jn proof , looi at oar Ski ? or . etios—our Joint Si- ' ^ ri Sixittits—nsy , at any Sc-ciety furmt 1 by n ^ mlxTS of EvcirJ ^ fcrr 1 - and all liave botn ustarblisLed on the priucij-Its ' -of -utaiocraty . Yes , said ?>! x Simpron , even tho Church rat ^ - cutstiun tad been settled in this parUli fcv

      thxi pritdjJe of dtTE-xracy ; ? . ntl even hz the l . i » t General Kltxtlon , Oi-J sot these very "RTife onabliah tlie principle . vrLt-n lLc-y uulle < l oa the people to maie clcloe of representatives to Parliament ly a show of hunds 1- Bo-w then , men , not actually insiEe . can adopt such r . nomalies , l : e cculd not say ; bat this he -would be boiJ to detlare , that he should throw batk -srith scorn , on .= nch characters , any charge against the CL-irtLbts for iacoriiiittccj- - JJnt he tad almost lost sitjut of the resolution . With all his heart he thanied the memJxjs of C ; Jato CtnTtEtion ; and he vronld s ^ iytbat he consai-rt-d tLat body as the only truer £ 'prjtsenta . *"! Vts of tlie pevipl ' .-. airJ as the osly boJy that had existed in bis time vrwrtLv of being ailltxl the represeniatives of the

      Pt-Opl'tt . 2 k * Jr . jiM £ > H "' ti _ lN ~ llEAi > i * contie < l thi Tesolmiuu-Be Votxi by obsirriag that , as The Chairman had ixcoiniiivnaed brevity , he should tndeavour to I * .- as ln-ief as va == ilile . lie could only lament that aiuon ? the pt-tttrs tiere should l * e so in ? . rz ? sd forgetful of their r . r > . mi ~ -- as to j " or = ake their leaders—those fcrr men ¦ B-lu .. ir . Un .-v tbci ^ s ^ Tcs d > w - < n ; aaj , to their di-sh'jn ' . ur . ~ h ? A turned taeir backs on , cot only iai-r . litical but : ils » j iii Taion . a- " airs- This -sras n lasting . shams to fcsch ; :. ut lie still hoped £ Lat they "woaM reconnder tie-r co :: 'Ir ., t nrrin rally round the Charter , and bv ilet--rm ; 3 is . u to carry out tlio ^ e pricciplis , or perish in t ;; - atuiiipt . ii * ar , andlocd cheers . ; But tin-re -was a = oti < r CTisJL- rir the v ^> v ' - " o ^ - BuSinvd ihe-arselves

      to ~ ir ~ i ; V . * .- C' j ' JL Ke must say they "wue U > a very great tst ' - Ct a pntit-ridden people ; and the rrtiynt n ; ethyi of te 3 ci : i : 2 religion "was to persuade men that it v . ; i . * crimisol f < -r any man to strive to obtain hi . i j > olit : cal liskts . liccaase God -woiiid , in his o-. nrtjnie anil -way , give them ail those rights ; and before it -was the Divine IVill . s-j csertjuiii of lie people could be of any avail But L ^ s it not been the constant practice of the c ! or _ rv of all dt ^ tNiuiai-oas to darten counsel by irords -rrttiiout ino-srle-Ii , ..-:- li-as it not been their con ? tant practice to ptrsni'le men to I > eiit-ve that implicit- obetliui-e ar . u nc 3-rc- ~ 5 ^ : ice ^ . j the po-w ^ rs that be is pleasing to God ; -ra > 7 t r-arh ruasonir-3 , backed by tie r-ower of tht

      inssters . they have obtained so firm a hold oil tuc mw ' . s cf some n ; tn . thut they mar . e nsa of tlsose iut .-n &s t < K )] s to prevent lie ? 3 "reaJ of liberty ; and thus to rivet the chains of slavery r » -jnd—not only < be necks of the too > themselves , but also vn the necis of ail others ? Ann have these fools j ! ' > ne so far as to heap contumely and in < ult on those trho have-deserved better threes at ti : jr ^ ojiili—niea -who lave laboured night aad day to serve them— toaavasco tbeir canst-, and the -welfare of their families ; and if you do suffer yourselves to be so far misled as -to heap sc . rn and contempt on . the men of y < , x . T clioSte . Tfby t 5 x-n tLcre is no suffering toa gr » at i » r characters of tliis lia . l . > Ir . K . concluded a very pit ' jy jm-I ^ irciitlc address Irv secondio ? most heartily the

      ruuon . The CHaihkas a- ^ xt called on Mr . " Ricn . vEi » s . d-.-lcjate to the late CoHTenticn . trho rtturned thaiits for the honour done the Convention by the proceedings of that night ; , and , as far as he inew the members of the late Convention , be declared that to a man they vrcra all readj and -ffiliiag to < io anythirig that lay in the power of them to do to obtain for the people those rights Tviricli were the equal right of alL Mr- Hamlet Hensiiall thabrose to propose the lext Teeolution ., . „ " HaYin * learned that { hemyiufecturerBhaa entered cm a system of proscription against thosomen who have been active in fhe cause of the people , it is the opinion ofthiB meeting that such conduct is opposed to reason SS ^ Sr ^ on , and contrary to all just prmapl ^ iwprolcribeany manfur his political opinions , to winch ie is so justly enfitled / ' . ^ >^ that it "witt be

      _ to He ^ kl ^ erved ^ as rery gre ^ T ^ rlt Sat he found that there should a . necessity Bm ^ smm wmmmm man for opinion . TThat next abould ™* £ * ° ™ to ssa ^ JK sks ™*| 9-IrS chnarea ^ old forslave *? He hoped not , ^ ««^ mmmss M % Z £ * ** itea ** n » « 3 « nr « fe . pomace Iheir principles for the oke of a place ? ThenJJ » *« £ 3 » en penehY let their name stink amongst » U ttar ienow ^ orime ^ -and > e handed dews to postenty a *

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      a enrae and a -warning to &fter < tges to a ^ kjitest by and for principle i And for-srhat is it ^ t ^ ase men are proscribed ? For -what must these mea $ » taroed out of Tgiatx , of home , and of every comfoxkC-jffiy , they hxye spoken in favour of eaual righto , « Cequal lrws . Thiy have spoken also against that nmnfli > tln 1 Woody , floul ^ aaosng Poor law , and this piadilfoper law is we darimg of the "ft'higs , the da-ling Si the manufacturers of these parts . Thia ia the fauRrat tiiese proscribed—fault did he say , be hoped that they -would forgive him for using the -word , but he tl ^ lght that it "was an honour to them , and if they shoiig suffer . "for such conduct ,, why . then he wonld say lafcthose Vho innictedthep-nTiT » hmenton thesenzealookoat , Tlie day of xttribntion TTOuia not stop for eTer . ^ -but -would A PTtTDA flTlH « IVBMiinn An - * 1 . _ » . * . " !*¦*" ¦ * »_ 1 « ¦«¦

      come ; and th ' en would those wto were HSw so ready to proscribe others call jfor . the rocts and mountains to cover and hide them f . oni the wrath of a justly incensed people . _ ' ¦ ' - -. iir . CAPi ^ £ firof Tunstall , next rose . . Be observed that every good cause hacL met -with pepWptttion , and to Ma mind , if Chartism had not met witti ^ steh treatment , he for one snould . xiot have ^ ongbtmueh ' qf it , bnt as the caass had met with pcrsecutioH r he thought the better of it , and he - was quite certain that what the cause of liberty was " now suffering would drive the principle so deep into the minds of men that no -privations would eradicate it - Be spoke as ho felt , and he conld say for one that no pereecaUon , no suffering , no nor death ltaelL " would or

      vuajga ^ Bd _«( 3 M | gf £ ^ R ^ ew of thSQsHDllshl l * € hun 9 L Ee sbserved that almost the whole of the paid pawons were to a man hypecritea . Xfhy , what was the sum and snbstance of the parsonic creed"was it not money , money ! > lany liad tried to reform th « Church ; but all that he Jiad meV -with , still held by ; the money ; and -whilst they so held they mi ^ ht tiik about Kefonu for ever , all that these Reforms j amounted to was a transfer of tho money from one I sect to another , leaving tho people just in tho same ¦ place . Nor . Uer . ipt to mend the social , or the political

      : state uf -worting men . Xo . Money , money , money , ; was the God of the parMins , and v . ot the -welfare of the . people . IJence i ^ corance wrj }> erpctu . itcd , tjTanny l > eri > etnaUd . poverty j » eri > etuaUtl , and almost th-j : -whole of the canting liypocite of a parson preached was—, Be couter . t anil liod -svill reward you with heaven at la . < t : I But let us obtain the Charter , and then -we vrill take ; away the money—the parMinfi' pod—andliav * a church i built on the jmnciples of tlie Gospel » f Peace—men ¦ -will bo taught to hate eaeli oilier no longer . . > fl :: J ] the ¦ murtor proscribe the -wortman ? No— nor one wortini ¦ ' n : £ n cu-it- another ; bat universal peace aud thuliKss 11 VJ the hrtast of every man . Tho i . ext resouiutiua ' , -was : —

      1 •¦ TL :: t 3 vot * of t ! iants is «) ue and £ U hereby tcnderfd V j Mr . ¥ ^ -ai-us O ' Connor , for his unflinching : 2 nd nnwoarii-1 advocacy of tin- rid . ts < -f the -working ; uiua . " Carried , -w-tii three litscty clictrs . Th ; s -n- a . s r :: iVv- < J ! iy Mr . Samuel Uibin ^ ton . who su pported the re-ii . lution iu a ncut but aliort iprvili , - which , wae ? t eonuevi i > y Mr . Charles Hackney , nr . d Fiijiported ¦ by i ; :.- Chairman , who observed thikt l- . c considwvd : Mr . O'Connor lsi . ed of the b ^ -st men -that had yet a-1-Vw . - ; . u-d tho i > e-jpV 3 cause . -He al ^ erv ed thvn- is «' oj ] : s .- —there is Vincent—there is LoVi'lt—tberc is

      M-Do-. iaJl—there Ir StcphciiE—alr « -. ' . y in a ^ a . oi ; aufi ' if tlu * Isj&c . cruel , and vin . lictjvc Whit-s can , goon will ¦ O'Connor be auiltilto theuuinlkT ; but < ln n <> t let even ' that cast your hearts down . No—thuu ^ h all the l-rv . « ent Chnrtii-ts -were to be inui , ur . > d . yet -would the ' var . se rise again , r . nd fmftlly triuiaph " : and should a cruel Gsvernnu-nt succeed in putting r . il or anv of the ^ o iM "

      patn- ' t . » -leath , -why . the death of every patriot ttuuM i * i >\ a t ) iun-- ; nfl to tlicir number . Mr . T . « . \ RKty , « . f Stoic , supported the ra . Ontion . Ho said he felt great pleasure in support * -: i ^ thj rrsolntion , f . » r thongh tbe ix . dies of EsglantVa brav .-it Jons may K- incarc-eritod . jvt tl : eir princi r lvv ! would : ver : ive ; tnd he feit U ^ r . t t ! . e yrinc ^ . j . ies of the Charter iio-Wcil in his veins , aE .. l ere lon ^ \ vj should i > e able to shew to oar enemies tlint all the trouble they have tal ; en to put down Chartkm -w ^ but «> much ! a 3 cur lost . He should he : e tate the liberty of shewinc that the ic : pri « onment of Lovctt and Collins ¦ wasunjnst . V . 'hat were these men tried , convicted , and tenteriwxl ror ? AVIiy tKrc had been a kind of a riot l > roagut about by the btr .-mtifaJ f-oh-e cJ- ' eil the London police , and ic that riot two of the polite force Were

      irgnrvd , &n < l but for tte interference of Dr . Taylor wyalil have Lcfn LiijeiL For th-s act c-f kiudsurs on the part of tLe worthy Dr . ho was the svme iu ~ i ' . t arrvstcil and c « nuuitt » . ilt < j prLB-. 'ii . ^> ex t rooming . \! r . l ^ ovett -ivroie a small yjit <_ r :: ^ . uci ; tlio fact of t ; :--unjust arrest of tho Dr .. nr . < l , \ ir . f ..: ljn- obt-Jnt . - » l tl ^ priiilii : ^ of the samt ? , and Jiexf i :: 2 rh tiio unjui-t manner : —lir . TajloT is . nottrii . tl .-vt nM ~ r . o tvi . Jencs iK-iiijt pri » dni-e » i azair . st ' him ; yrt h .. th Loveli -: ul Collir . s : ir .-i 3 : x > risMne <] for ^; . int tliat the maniatnitcs h ^ -. l not acted right in the- s-jr- ^ t of Dr . Tayli-r ? For if they luul brought the ]> r . to trial aad could h-. » vc con \ : i-tt . l iiijn . then then ; vrcuM 1 : ive In-ta toino rficvv in th' . 1 oa % ictioii of L ^ vi-t : .. lid 1 \>! 1 Ii » S ; but ^ f tbtro irere :: o i-ridtrnce sc ^ inrt t Le 3 > r . iis arrest cy . iV . 1 not , be Ti ; lit . : ; u < l , tliiru' -Tv-. t- ' . e 1 . 1 J 1 penned by J . ov- ^ it ur . d Colons coaiJ r . ' A in the tru ? aad ju ^ t sen ? j Le :. libel . Tour ins-. ri-oa of this vrill ii : uch oblito , Sir , Yours , affi ctionatcly . JOH . S UlCIUUijS . .., ^ fc , ^ ,. ..

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      neJghhourlnp gentleman , and recommend him to notice , as aten pound householder , or do the niagic words of Whig and Tory bestow sense and Bcnsibility , while the execrated name of Chartist bereaves its unhappy owner of e-way organ of f .-elin" ; , discrimmiition , anil underslanaing ? Away . wltli Mich fooleries ! Were theirabnurdity not lost in tha immensity of tlieir miseliief , they would bo as contcnipti ' . ik- as the dreams of doturds . When wo look around , and seu within . the last six mouths bow ^ our best advocates have been arrested and imprisoned , huw the Government have endeavoured to stifte the growing spirit of liberty by putting down public meetings , with tiio assumed plea tliat tlio-incetints were ilk ^ i ! , 1 suu afraid that jom- i » ursmay be worked upou by designing men , in order to prevent you from riiiilarly expressing your uynntous . I hold ¦• v r . _ ' * '¦ - " .- '

      no mcttiDgs are iJltgal whith are peaeeably met for a lawful purpose , ' whether tho moiK » of meeting be borrowed from ht . Petersburgh , or the Kepv . bliu of America—whether from the empire of despotism , or the seat of . Democracy-there are only two ways of removing our grievances—the ono is by an oxteriiuuat-Wg war , the other by the Ucssin ^ s of peace . We aoejc not relief through the calamities of war—we adore oar country—we desire peace to be ' tho'harbinger of our freedom . Wo hope the people of liiigland , Ireland , and Scotland nmy not bu goaded into rebellion i but the crisis onco arrived , the ; spirit of liberty \ vill riso -triumphant , -notwithstanding the unnatural ealumnles of those ; whose prejudices and bigotry iiiye til ^ m to revile their felloAV-countryinen . Iti order ' that we might obtain our objects ' peaceably , tho General

      Convention of the Industrious Classes was-assembled by the voice , and suppcrted from the pockets of thepeople or EDgland , Scotland , and Wales . Tho Convention during its sittings h : i 3 sent oat missionaries to different parts of the country : ' by-so doin ? tlicy have considerably ' incre . is . -d th « number of sigruvtuTes ' to the . Xational Petition , and likewise increased tho number of .. advocates for the Peoples Charter . ¦ That a , future-Convention may not ouiy find supporters in Bngland , ^ coiiund , and Wales , i . ut iu tho ( irei-n Isle of Erin , is n : y most ardent wish . The Convention is not acknowledceil by lav .-, but every thing is allowed ior oUJht to be ) by law which hurts r . o iikhs ptrson , or disturbs l > is property . ' " -T ' ho " objects--of the Convention have boon to watch over tho interests of the unrepresented millions--to endeavour by every possible means to make the People ' s Char ter become

      ¦ the law of the land—to demand of Parliament tlieir just and inalienable rights—to concentrate tLn-irmiserifcs and tbeir U-urs , to lay tliom at the fortfof . thi ! Throuii — to superintend the pn-M-nting of tho Natiomil Petition to the House of Coinii :.. ns . binned by one million two hundred and fifty thousand . - praying for Traversal Suffnuja The legislature -may refuse- granting the prayer of this petition , but they liave no ritht to spurn the people from their door , and tivat their jnst dwriauds with contempt . They are aiwry with a ' miserable an ; l rarrtvora people for statins their numbers at-i ; i ^ ii , O < i () . ( leumcdiiu ; tho Government to live frecilu :: ! , -coasuoueuce , and hapiuness to-the-puople of the united cml > ire . Our rclers ur ^ e we aro unlit for freedom ! To-uu Vn for 1 re » doi : i is sufiicient to be born . Tiiey are a ' ngrv ¦ with the m-. issis , bocaus > they aiv b >> rn—they are angry that they tread the earth , or breathe the air , or -survey the heavens . By th ; tt iiwiven I conjure the uristocracy to uisiu ' : ss those deailly seutiiuente of saocking uncliuritiib'ltncss from tU < 5 ir hearts , and d : ; ro to have tht mr . m-inimity to Jvnslate for tliu .- ? e they so d--ep ! y uml cruv !! j injure . . Slcverv- is IW of the worst of j .-ssible schools to t ^ acli Ihu principles , of liberty . You -w-. ml . l not manacle the limbs of tho man you wo ; i ; r ! Mart in the nice : theroi * re , bo not a fraud of

      • .. ' . ..-. venng tla- tender Optics of your bruthron with the r .-v .- ii ^ -ht or liUrty ; the tsiglo eye of ¦ n ;» luro-looka ::, ;; i ! iiy at the sun of liberty in cv « ry-stve , mid every cor .-atioii of thin Ui . iny-colrur . fi ! if-. Thus 1 have endeavonred to show you thepriadi-U's vie profess . Hoping to lsr . va tlie co-operctitn jihd sisMsUinco of i . iir Jrish brethren in the great work of political refetner . itloll , 1 TL-lliulll , Yonr faithful friend . and Fel ' .-j-. v Citi / en , John Walk eh , No . 2 , Vicar-ianu . Hull . Sept . 1 ? , 3 S !!) .

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      Presented hy the Chartist ladies of Suuderland to Mr . James Williams ^ as a token of their regard for his disinterested services in tho can so of human free-lom . t « n tho other side , Ou a lieautif « liy polished iuriaco is the i ' ollowing :- ~ " lie thou faithful unto ( laith ;" , Messrs . Wiliiums and BL . tr : stho ^ retur . - . ed thanks in speeches Of eobSidCTivble ability-aud iii admirable taste —their addresses were ' rapturous y anp ' audol . a-jd gave unbounded -satisfaction .. Tho CllAikMAN thy : ) rea < 1 a letter from Feargus O'Connor , Usq ,, upologismg for his r , o -atten ^ a- co o-: the occatjion , which wns Ion !) y cheered bv every one i 1 tho room . : A variety of Bo . ) t " u ; icnts ivA reciuiti . OjB , so-gs , &c , wero given . Tho datcing was cojducto'A \ vitli spirit . aad Wiis kept up till an- "Cai ! y hour , a 1 partits roturairg I ' . onio dfclightci with th « evo , Ug ' s a : iiu . seineot . Tao in ' cetiug ' ' ably ik tovess ' ed by Ueor « e Ju'iari linraey , Jleinber of the Coj . ve . tioc ! , Mr . 'JUoinason , of ; Newcastle , and other gOiit ' cnien Avith much c ! tbt ! t . .

      lira . Porter aadothur laiies > ea . iveied the evoking by exceileut singiitg . -

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      tlio most inveterate malico-- ( e . liccrs)—anvtliinir , everything served them for . aci-usation ,. and they found wiilin « tools to do their t'irty work every \ yiiero . lkrc yon were accuse Jof -brin ^ inj ; tire n : a-^ 'istrates mto contempt ; . Ciou sav e the inc ' rk . 1 c : ui " tell them tlie Radicals of Nowcastio are nut puch fools a-s to do that they knew was already dytje- ; tho nmgUirules had- long since bron ^ Jit thenjiolvcs into c ' u . iitempt . -Jloft consistent men \ -jSoiio of their had nevui- talked of leading the-people to tho ' -dcath in-. defence ci" their right * . "' . Kone of tliejn lriu ! -deehued himself a Ke ' : ublieai ; tnukr eompuct . llur tpokeat an i >>> en air meethig iu support of a resolution denouncing tho tare \ V ! iiL-s 1 \ ir tin ir ( . '< v .--rcif : n Liiil , ; md for emploving the infitijic ' us > py lVj . ay ' , and jiiHtifyiii ^— aye jiisti'f ' vir . c—tho mun Fiirxt . luf . _ . . ' ...

      slabbing the policeman when tliat force a ! Jacked Ujo pe . oi . -le in Caltliorpe-stteet . He Jiad never condemned them for it , or the Manel-. efter " nmtfasre , or fiailcd for justice on tho authors of those illegal as-? aultK 011 tlio populace - . If a ; iy of their , have done these things , and we know they " hitve , how dare they blauie a :: y man for- 'briuging ther . t iuto ( oiitviupt . ( Loud / cheers . ) l ! a ! ha ! they liave n ' Kva-ys- venerated tho -thro e , and vevsred tho altar , tind bf-en ever ready with their blood to proteet them . lit--, publicans , 'iniid ' ols , and levellers , they ar <; no upstart gentry , no miishruom qimlity ; iiuAv . ' Jathoi-s . ng £ after a ^ e have been the pillars and snpporters or th J r . isti ti : tion , afld have lived on * tlieir own . patrinionv ,. a' . iU s |« ep in their ov ' n . anOestval halls . ( Load clieers . ) I now would direct yo . irtlioii '' ln-i to the future . Von

      ask mo what our agitation lvaij-diine . It has roused the people to a so-re of tlieir vvrony . and pointed okl tb , < s only path to attain iiational . justiep , i moral -or-l ^ auization and detcrminatior . to iieiVw , a firihnets of j / urpotc , a perseverance that will bhev / - o \ ir encjnifs the phyeicai power such moial determination jum . 't contain . If yon v .-ctild bo free , yon must earn it . We have done much . Let any rational man survey the . state of . the country no * . v and c ' i- ^ ht ; . m «) ntli 8 agj , . ind lie will see onr org « w > aiion farther in advaiico " than we coukl have cxpttted , wliC'te political agitation had never L-cen heard of . Chartist , assoria-( io ' cs formed in tLe South aro . atlVjincing fast . Scotland has set to the work in earnest .. Shall Newcastle ou the fivsv fcliuii' grow apaVb . otic I ( No , no . ) Will you . on the fit - « t atiackrrtreat ? I'loy no . ) No

      I tell tlio Whigs ; no magisteria ! cubalijhall suppress the liipveinciit for -popular liberty i > -tliis district . We have not forgot oiii-sclves yo . t , we are . not co ; iteutvi-itli slavery . Hen of Ne \ yeas : ! c , -hegin . afresh from this ia ;> ht . Let our difncnlties spur us on . to increased exertion .- Have alL your resolutions . coinc * to bought ? Wero all your mcetinga iitlc t-how i Have all the speeches been fcgotton or p «; fed ay . ' -siy like thewLi .-perings of the passing breeze \ -Waa ' -ail bravado ? Has all "' vanished iii ' . < thi ; i'aiH ( ZN ' n , n . e > . ) Will you loavc yvnx'brave bretliren iiithis di « ti ii ' . t , your friend ' s and neighbours , to linger desortc-j in the f ^ aols of tyranny ! ( No , no . ) 1 for «;> e will , not . 1 vi'il-1 go from village to village to rpit ^ o an indignation against their v .-ronts and O-n- own . I will

      dcuovmco their oppressor ' s ,-prea ; -h fcr tbem pray for them , big for theiii j or do oj ^ ht thit c ; ia \ ia useful to them . ( Loud cne : ; rs . ) L ^ r . lie ]( atii-rs of the ci : isfrC" 3 incet to-nigV ; t , at ' t « . T I liyvii dciiQ \ u 10 . Let \ H a ^ ain call our energies 1 iu ' toiu-iimi-. Tho people only want leaicr . !? . -Con : ; : t ' orwan : and Volni . itf !' . ( Vv ' u will , and chuers . ) Wo have t . ' io ulterior ¦ uc-as ; irc ; = to work out ; iiv . ^ t stanisj exulusivu-dc-al : n £ , the bek inOanH or' convevtiu ^ oi . r eiiomie :- , »^ d cot , ^ i .. Uuat \\^ o-ar orjra-KiKation . Our t-. iriiin ^ y itared il-ie-piiliicO-i in ( 1 \' vy-street ., and M . o -Led t !\ o Fploiidid-fhi > p 3-and niaL = ^ - < ns in tliis town . Exciiwivo dealinghu . i taken safe root here , and is . pn . 'adio ;; to evory t < r . v : i a ' ncl Viliagv ! in ciiiriiei ^ lilfoiirliood . ' I'li ^ ro aro n < w 20 ( 10 i-harcv taken in the Joistt Hi . rk i-r ^ vitiuii .-. ; . ; re << i

      llii-f tow 11 aioho ; k < : 'ep np t ' -cvy ' ll \ u t ' l- l' . ' .-I ' -I , " the bu ;; k caniiot pay , tlie (} - '' - ~; -ii : r > i-ui 1-.. '¦ f . Jii ' fyr money , the tystoru totlors in it :. t ; v ; l , h ^ ply t '» - -i !; atturiny ' rain of agitation . TJkj ' , -ne ¦ -pvmsd t " iijc ? nmst soon cuino ; tuJijbine to refi'so tiieni ; tvirn whii-h v .-ay they will' they will soon bo fust , ai ' d vvo'Jl be free . Let eacli ono ask liimseli' -Am I prepared to defend my country in these eventtul tir : w .-, v /« eu duinestie treachery and trciu-on Ptalk abroad us oj-. en day . Wu . mvist wt > i'k out our freedom , a day niay . ' bi'iug it forth . Kvery turn , cf the vrtn ; tl is iV . ii : uur adva ; ita- ^ c ; a v < l t-huse . prdjp'c . s . -Lvc sltp ' s gtvu a guarantee of our litnc ? . ^ for tinner aoti :: ! . The jtien '' t ' uat will i . ot go the toijrth . of the street to spend hi . * ui . ouey in tlio shop of a triond or ' the Morji , the |; iv ^ ta ( . Vwhich

      he muy iiwro , v-ill never walk ten ini-Ici w-tli tho musket or . his -KhouUli ' r . Id liijlit for fiecUoKu lj landlords aix * to io ? c tl-. cir ijf-ences tor aViuwin ^ meetings t-o petition tlr ( r ni v « r > al . Si ; jfra ;; e > to be ]; eld in iheir lio . iso .-v i ? t such meeuiii . 's becori ! . - ) election i-emauttoe " - - - lot Uo Luvc Ci-ljn ' el h' } hold clsev . heie . Let- every c !; us of ilio I ' nioii Tfroinpson and another-as c ^ iiditiaics for this to \ vn ' . We can canvass ( lie <¦ lectors and n- to iu ,- . s : i who aro for or a £ S , i : ! st us ' . We naii ' Solicit thtin for s-utis : riptions to dviruv tiio ex ; -: ite . . Wo can hold iiio « . li' . ii ;^ in every parish ; ai . u candidate - can agitato the district , wi'tij anothi-r to asswt lii . 'n ; . VV e can loi . e the people—we e : ; ii ru i our , ; i : e : ;; ijri ii ; to expense . Mr . Ord will ha \ e V > jjivo uw . iv on ; .- th m-?; and"Uve . « hillin <; tickets for ' ri .-fi- v- * - » -iiioutV . We > vi ]]

      have the opportunity of teliing our cm-niios on the I ' lsit-iiiigs truths they have not t f 10 cour : i ; r s to comehere ami hear . Added to tlio ovuiiriiy cs . ^ ife » uciit k . ! elections , such an election would be tremendous . The declared members by the sjieitill " , from the show of hands , would protect a ^ aii . st pjlting ten pound renters only as an atsvo ^ utwii ui tho ¦ ] iG' ;) jile ' s rights—( Jeinand tlieir seats — - -ff riiwiiu sit SoUiewhere else . If the people would net protect them , they ava 1 ot worth their thpughis . ; Cneovs . ¦ Aye , and could wo do nought die ' , wo cvnvld repeal the Reform llill . Wo made an a ^ rweniynt wiih tiicui when we johipd them for that , n ; e ; is lire ; they liave been tre . 'icherous deceivers— -we -vvi-ii jr . ini ^ ij them if tliev will not fj'ivc-us the vbti . Vv ' o w ill uik <; t ' u-irr fa > a them , fiend fifty more Tor . os-and thev v . i ! l .. soon do

      it . H is only the people tliui , . vt <\; t tr . oia from the , Tories . They are poworlobs-iu tin ; l ^ oiti&— tli ; -y have * a petticoat Ministry , and a paliry iuiijo , viij " ia r , he ( . ' 'jiximous . They may rail us Vi . ries ii-tli-.-y like ; b ;; t 1 " use the tiger to dcviroy th © hjcanr ., and yet admire neither . Tiic Tories were ii .-iljer do : > - potn thin tlie Whigs . Tliry boa ^ t oi ' . dv . cni they wished not to tarnish- they claimc-l the right to govern tl : > j rust of their ie " iio \ v-m « u tii . 7 averted that ( uid had ^ iven one p ^> r ! i (» ' ! of iijcii liio ri ^ i . t to lord it over-the olher j » ivvtit > . ;—eti-o n % ' 'Uoaro--fhc-v had a character to lose , I hoy di-1 not like to be ciioii ^ lit mean or un ^ ciiUuiiKiiiIv : : ii y wero iw > trafficker y in petty ppeculatioii . ' li-it _\ Jur -Whi ^ . s are ^ tho fmnjx of society , sprung from " itu- Ices and dre ^ s—the things oi' yc ' itcr «! ay , . '• uru . is' l > o : a Ood

      k-iows wltom , and come from ( iud k'io-. vs where — ( cheers)—capable of any dirty act . !; i tor any lie or wickedness . When in tins li " ou .- o <> f i . oinmoists , on the ni ^ ht of Attwood ' s motion , " my blood boikd with iudi ^ nation to hea r tho fuul-iuJurlied slandeirf and libellous assertions of Lord . Jol-. n Ra--.. !! a ^ -ainwt us . There he sat , protected . by his ; -itiu . _ :- a . uttcvin-fi f what he had not the courage V > . d . > ti .-n anU iliose wiio \ vm > privileged to difuiid t ; ioi :,.-. ive .-. ilo charged the people with wi .-, : iin ^ ;¦» plunder lito pro - perty uf the rich , and ' producn : n . u , r-.-i : y . Ho -talk ot plHiidqr who-o family is revo ! li : ; . i ; : n ' t ! io v . ' ,.- ; i . ! . th of ofciaio plundered from the py <> p ; o— wh' ^ e uni . visMirs wore the f' ; rcat pluudtrri ' rs oi ' their a-jro : . ho vv ; ,,, uses tho little talent ho lias got to wippoi . ; u ; i ;;;' aiEoii . s -system , that deprives the poor of ti :.. / n-ri ^ I . t-, and lie ¦

      robs them of their wa ^ c ^ . chaii-cj r . itn s - . ith eking out an existence by d- ' r-t-iviny t !; u jiooik-, while he receives ten tiroes as niitcli ; w ho is worth lor advocating the most kiuivi . sk i , yileni of ji-. i ; Lieiy tliat ever was practised . 1 looki" ! iii vain ror one ja ; nk or line of nobleiics :- ) or gei : eio .-ily ; ; u !/ i ! : e Li fjl'c-r feclings of the heart appeared to hnv . jl . rci : lenv c : Up . pre ^ Bod , and tho hard , Unblu .-hi . iij ; front of t ' . r ; factious advocate only remained . Aiior him eauro i ' ox Mai-. le : he said tiie people of Scotland were not Qhartists ; yet , a few days betorc , tho whole lioi » u ! al ; cn of the West and ¦ JCoTth &f S-ot ? a : id- had met to advocate the Charter . What did . he know of the people of Scotland ? He had . proceeded from London , to Purthjiind back again , in a ) caniafi ; e .,. and been in a few inns , where cv « iy waitui would bow

      and cry "All hail" for a shilling . What else could be expected , when you view his calf ' s head aiid idiotic countenance , which common scuec would involuntarily pass , cx « lainting " There is . no abode for inc . " Those aro samples of tlio persecutors of Cliartists , aiid the vindicators of the law . If my Lprdfift . ssell is so anxious to vindicato the law , why did lie lex the synod of Scotch Priests break it with impi-nity \ Why were they not punished as ¦ well as Chartists ¦¦{ Why was the Duke of Cumberland not punwhedfor his treasons , when - ' certain individuals in Ireland called for hia inipoachment , and oftexed evidence of treasonable conspiracy , for which he ou

      been brought to the ' block I 1 ask my Xord John Russell , why letters were written to those m ^ n begging them not to bring it forward , but to hush tlie naatter up ! All iswell ; theia ^ t-curd pf tyranny is played ; 1 can tell them they sLall not succeed ( Ui «; rs . ) The" Pfcu-kor here g * v 0 an aocouut of liiri niusion to Ireland , and showed . how-the a ' " - » nis of O'Connell had taken pos .-cseiou of two mcetiiii's by brute iorce , and denied him the p . ivilcgo of sta-tliig hibSCB . tiinenta ; he also rebutted t ! ic slanderous charge of O'Conncll , that the Itudicals of Kn-f-land are against , the freedom <; f Irrbnd , and ' ikwed tnem jiow both coimtriea sulfcred bv tho union , and called on his felloe working men io ak ' siiftiioIrish

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      m securing their personal and legislative indepen ^ ence , during which , ha waa frequently cheered . For my own part , Inychoice is ma . de for the movemeni . I will work -with all my energies .- When I set my hand to tho plough I had no thought of turning back , I will not act the bravado ,.-nor will I shrink from danger . Still my motto is :-- " If there has been no comfort in the cottage , there shall be non » in the palace—if thero / has been no freedom iii the workahbp , there sha-ll b » none in the ¦¦ p ilace- ^ if I am npt admitted in the Gbastituiion , it shall be no Constitution for nife—116 vote , no taxes—I will us » every method to destroy tlieir unjuBt power—I will smile , and be determined when I smile . ' ? : ( Glieeri . ) Eyery act of coercion still binds the advocates of justi «» more firmly together . TLe spirit of freedom cannot b «

      nnniured within the irolls of a dungeon : shelaiighs a * bolts , and bars—she scorns the gaoler's couti ' oul—and slirinks not from' the / tjTant ' s power . Sh ^ cann 6 t bi destroyed—she . Is tiie gift / of God tojman , raid never dies / For r . time , her onward niaTch may be retarded ; hut it is as when the course of a mighty rivtr 5 s dammed up . l . y the rotten trunks and branches of the once stately tvoea that adornetl its banl ; a . and the Ices ^ and'impurities of its o-, vn stream , JEvt-i-y hour it-is stopiud , increases :.: s ; strength—! aaon with , a nii&hty ' forctt it Vmrststhe . ¦ arricr of its . . niineint ' u ' t . and -scr . tters the rubbish far tiivd Wide . . Ti-ft " -niartyis of lil . crty lfevcr dio . Haiivpdea '™ ' \ t ? dtlfty slUl TOl ' tiwcartls . The uiurdcrcd"Eimnfei

      rim I'ltygeir . M still lnc . ' - ' ann are coniniuiicd -with on tvery mountain and fn cury dc ' . l . Thougli in a atingeon , tl ,. e s ^ ffruif cUo . w ^ o ;« oi- ViA , trty Etill-are fide : ti-ere ia a cord that binds and link . s d . om to the martyred many . Though-. absent-in . body at our lutings ,, t iicy are mow UJipIsaticsUy present in . evirit , . Eyerj- ' onc tliatiooks . bn tl . tir dengcou -wull *—Uiose . laml-nirvtUs of Pl'prewion ; : utl arguments of tyrjiii'iiy . tlio thought of abandenino ' il . C contest never enkrs Ids head . He yWs fresh a £ low . nce to tho holy , catscj and swears to be reyen

      5 ir . J . Ayre , i ^ n a fo-wwords , td ! dt ! ieni of his late journey . ta . the South ; sliowert tho cause vras advanciing ; r . twi truit the BiimipglLaiii people -nere organizinf . ana wero determined not to depeiid on iniddle-class leaders , who had been Ircacheroua to tliem-i which account - « aa greeted with apptauae ^ ¦ . _ _ Three cheera -ysxre tlicn given for Mr . Lowery ; andj after a vote of thanks to the Chairman , the meeting then separated . ' ¦ . _ / . t ' - -UtertraTdS i tho class-leaders met in the Coinniitbos Koom ; and steps -wure taken to rens-w the agitation With vigour , ?

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      " - " - -- -MAKCHESTEE . -: . ' . ' : ¦' ; ' / . ' _ The Manchester Whig CohronATiON versus rtix tHAkn&Ts . —At a mtethig ot- tho "Council" on \\ ouueEday last , ' ujnong tho items brdereil to be paid by tin ; " FinanceCommittee , " v .-asi : 5 10 ?' . to a ccrtam' repdrter , lor rcportiug -. Chartist . meetings for tl . o : Councii . ! J Tliis paid reporter , tobyalongSyfth ; aiaithor for the Manchester ; Guardian , is to "giv » evidence" ngaiust Mr . Ffcaifgu / s O'Connor at the next Liverpool Assizes , We tdiould like to know what the Manchester Coriiora-tion havo to do with Chartist meetings , and bv > vhat authority they dip their lbtny pa \ vR mto the pockets of the ley-payers , to pay tot ono-iided reports of theso meetings , aivdwiich i-iio covvardiy miscreants have- " never .: ' yet -had ' tha courage to bring into a court of justico against , the iMHncrous persons who liave bctMi arraigned at- their impartial (?) bar . If this is not au ovc ' rstrpto .

      limooi their power , even supposiugitReir authority to hi legally estabiished , their ; power -yra 3 never ov ? rt irttched ; and if the ley-payers submit to tins " , then \\ y :. ay , " ^ ' eve . r grumbio again about Torj despotitin . " We have said oveivand over a ^ ahi , " that such ( . Viporationa ' wcro- intended for local , and not for political , purposua ; aud : yet it is .. passing . strangp ilia : ii : ei ? e . 'fools will be meddling witii uhat does not concern them . Lay-payers .- ! , do not forget that . £ ¦ 3 I 0 .-5 , has boen paid by tlia WBi ^ Gorpui-ation of Manchubter lor ashortrhand report of your pblitieal Uiv-oti ' . ij ;; -.-,- and that that stiin / musit come out of tha i . ' oor ' b-r : tto ! ! Now , against this you have ito appua . -i . Had it been uuder tho old system , a . ny of you could have objected to it at iho passing of th « h ' vqjl ' Pcu-rs' accounts ; and by that aicaiid mi ^ Ut hav . » = 'aust : the party mcurring ' thccxpenh'e to pay it out otVuiei-r own pockets . Such is another- ' specimen of tuc . sreakiug artifices of the Whiffs ,. '

      1111 ; 11 way Robbery . —About ten o ' clock on Monu-iY tiij-lit kst , a ' s .-a man named William Lees , who liv-s in Back Cropper-street- v v . 'as rettimiiiV' lioni aji . ii' ^ .-tho Uidhim-roiid , he > vas ' ¦ ir tscketi ? % two tiii r ., or . o of whom knocked him dov .-ji ; and they r ., - ' -e . 1 him of 5 s . ( id . - ' liuth of -them liick .-d . and heit hisii- p-cv ^; re ! y ; aud oae of tlioiu whom ho kr-ayvj ; and uiio ? y name is Philip liradiuy , sat-, a dog upou him , > vl . ; cii- " bit him in , - several places . A : man and a . voir . np stood near during the robbery ,: and wereappiiently of the party ; but none of them wera known to Leos , but Bradley . After . the robbery , U-ed tdliowed Bradley , and watched him honie to a . cdlav in the township / of . Newton , and thcu endsav-ourc-d , " but unsuccessfully ^ to find a constable in Newtoi ' i . - . . lie ; next gaye iiibrniatioa ^ r InsDector

      Bvo-wnTj ; ot ^ toQ .-boajfl ^' - ; police , and this was only : iOout Jiaii-yast twe _ lvb o ' clock at night . ¦ : The in ' speo-VjV , along with policemen -T homas Walker and Wni . bimmoiiF , Jyos . . lt'l and 122 , proeaeded to the cellar of iiratiluy , iu Newton , and , having kijocied him up chained Kiui vvitli beiuK coucerfcod in the robbery . Ho fcaati'hed up a poker , and sworo he Would knock out the 'first man ' s braiii 3 that approached liinu The bull-do ^ was at his heels , apowcriulally . Tho police , a . t rust , tried persuasion ,-iiid endeavoured to ind-. ! co L-i ^ i to Icavo tho cellar , oil tlie . pretext of speaking to tho mau who had boen robbed , and thus hoping to separate him and the dog ; but tho ferocious aniinsl stiil kept close to the lieols of : hi ; s master . The polico then seized Bradley , who xorMod violeiitly , at the same time -calling to " his da ;; , - ' iiie on . " ' 1 he dog ilew at the police in tlin mo :-, t :-avaga manner , bit lnspoitor Brovvn in btitli haw ' s , and was so fierco an assailant that tiic . wfiicer-s were '

      compelled to leave their hold of Bradley , who rushed Hito the cellar , from which ho immediately returned armed with an iron fire-shovel . Hit * wite , however , di > s ! iaded him from using .. this ' ; weapon . Ti > e police , meanwhile , * tried to kill the do ^ with - . their scavea ; but the aiiiihai kopt Out of reach , and , itiiirr " -sH ' rap difficulty , tltcy iuduced Bradley to . a - uconi { . : . ny them wit-hjn the borough , when tliey h ' aiiu . cu'fi ' td hiili , and kK > k him ta the Ailum-. ' tree . t Lock-up , \ vh .- ' re ! io " . \ va » s sc-iV ^ Utid , liv , V wolliin s was Voimd in his-pvivkeis-excopt a c'usp-k ; iif . > . On Tuesday the piisoner was brought tip : it tho Borough Court tor examinatioUj but tlio procociitor did not appear . lie wad consc-< tuoiitly ;' rem : i-udv :. a : ti ' . i ' "Ay « d . u « st ; uy-, When ho was a ^ ain brought up , and there . 'b ' eifi-g no evidence of tin . ' robbery , he way fined A" 5 for tiio assuidt on tha policemen , aiul , iu default of pay in out , was eoniinitted foi-f-v / o moii-ilis .

      Maxciiks = tkr . Aoiucut-TfuAiSociKTT . —TIic annual shuw oi ' tlii-3 hociety touk place at tho ' fprvn ' ci Vard , on-Tuesday'last-. Tue . cattle ' -. exhibited woro very few in number , but of ' excellent quality . There . were ¦ .- e . vral in . ' -euioiiri specimens of agricultural , imple . uoiiis and ,, a great varietyof roots and ' wcils .- Of 1 lie stock the Figs wore in the ba .- ^ t condition ' ; th « sihocp- were a very / ' w ' retcTjed " specimen . The menibers aiid tlu * ir .. friends ' , to tho number Of about 250 , diiicil together at Ltidymaii ' s Hotelj at four o ' clock in tho afternoon , when the chair was taken by Oiarles Loch , Esq ., M . P . There were also present , lv , Uv : trd Baines , Esq ., M . P ., Mark PhilJip 3 , Esq ., Al . P . j Thoaias Grimdditch , Esq ., M , r . Bootlo Wil-¦ brn-haniy Esq ., M . P ., lin ^ h hornby Bailey , E 3 qi 5 ¦< Ve . &c . ' 'i'ho speeches woro tew and short , and chiefly of a rractical character .

      Siiiuous EMiJK > : 2 tE ) it ; . NT . —A Forgery . —On Monday iast , a man named James Dalton , a fustian-Gunter , in tho employment of Messrs . D'iloulcgatde and Co ., ba"k Mosley-ttreet , was charged at th » _ Boroiii ( ii Court , with , havi . ig embezzled sovaral icn . i ; tlis of i ' ii . stiiin , which he had cu | front the tail p ; ids of pieces , which had heen . giveu out to him co i ,-o through tiio process of cutting , and also with haviiYy forged the mark customarily placed on the tab-e-ftds-. For the last two or three moiiths it appeared f ! : at thVy found a considorablo deficiency in tlie length of the pieces of fustian they had given him to be entj and 0 : 1 examining thctu tisoy iiniad thctiibtiids to 00 complete , and could not account for tlt-j deficiency . So ; ao of tiic pieces were deficient- / to the aniount of tea or twelve yard 3 . Gn of

      Monday Week ,-some " -. the firm sent to tho policeoffice , " a-iid inspectwr M : . Viulkii , on hearing the case . advised them to ^ put a private mark on / the end of tl :. O : pieces giveu to tho i > ri £ . o-:: ' cr . The : next piec « that-vi-as jjtven to the . prisoner / was ninety yards long and was privately marked . A few days ago , the ¦ pie ' ue . vras returned , aud was Cjuiid to be twelve and a ( iuarter yards short of the / iength . The tab end s-ti ' eincd-tp-bp" complete as the ethers had- ' . been ' " but on examination ii appeared to be a forgery . ' Th » officer on going to his house to search it found the realtab cud with tlie private "'¦ mark upon it ; and on searching his premises they tbuud several lengths of fuBtiau witn tab ends , tiic property both of Messrs iJ'Houlegarde , and ^ . athau and Co . > whose premiseii were recently consumed by fire , and also of a Mr . Licbejt , A number of persons in the employment of Messrs . D'lloulegarde . aiid € u ., proved tho facts above stated . The prisoner was committed for

      trial , rroui pawii-tioVets that were found / in hi * pospcssiou , it appeared that ho had been carrying-oa this practice for several monthi . KOBBEUY AT THE HaUSGH OP YBNISONi-MDK Monday last , two men named Jaaes Burns and Richard Thomas , also a woman nanifld / Ma r ' iai'D ' avies , were brought up at tho Borough Oourt , charged' witi being' concerned in a robbery at tho llauiich ; of \'« uvaon lun , Dild-stxeot , on Monday mghtweei :. ftlr . iiiikett , the . landlord of tho housej stated ; that on the night ia . question , the tw-b malo prispnein , with another peraon not in custody ^ were tha only poi-iotis iu the tap-room ; that one of tliein went into tlit ' -bar and . kept the landlord in , couversationj whilo it was suppossd that tha otliar two had gona up stairs and eifocttkl the robbery-staking away lQt Epvereigus , and two ; ' patent -laver / batches . Tb * prosccutorjho \ viBver , Ti 7 a 8 unable 1 to trace the -j obbiry " with anything \ like ' . clear-ness to . the prisoners , ! mmL they ; were conseqasutly -distliargtd ; ¦ ! / .:

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      TO THE TRADES POLITICAL U . M 0 N , DUBLIN . FelI-OW-Citizkns . — 1 am indncrd to addn-. « s vou on this occ ^ iion , aft ' . r Larin v Lfar . i a lii-ar :- » t J rrine i'Mr .-ss froju . >! r . Lfi \ rrr , of Xcsrcasrio , ilclivirttl u . t : i pi : l > lic niwt- . n ^ in tl . is Vj- » 'h on \ Y clnf . Miiy evi .: ; ::: ^

      last- JJe a-jj'l hv lnul a favour to r ^ lc . ami l . c > lvou ! r < ost it in t-Vi-ry toiru h' - v . ont to . Had ziuy jn ; Ts ., n i :: the n ;« .-et . n ^ sr . y sparo r . * wsj :: ipcr 3 ? If tht-y li .-v . ! . hv sh . jr . Id -H-Iii ; tht-HJ to MHvl :. « niiiiy as t ? i-.-y i- < .: ; Vi t > . Irtland . I hope y-ju h . iv < . - n-o .-ived m .-vt-r : ii fn > ni t ' lis D ( r 2 j .-lil > - > urlic ? - ;< i . since . JK-Jike-ni- ^ - - dt-sm- < l i :: i- to for . \ ^ rd to you a copy < if a r ' .-. ^ iiition Tinaniriou .- ' . y adopted , which yea -wiil jii ; i ! 1 urius .-. ! . I hnjK ' , in . ¦ lii' . r .-s . sl : ! c ; ' » J' -w -vronls as siiy op : uj « ja . yun v . ill not dt-un uio v , ro-Eiuuj'tiyjus or ol'lruMTc You h 2 Te liceu vi . Mtt . I l < y > fr . I > jwry . rss a tV ^ ii-jfattvl missit . " : iry from tlit ; Cfiivi-atJi-n , in ord « . r tliat ) ie «; j ^ lit b-. vc an . jj-. j ^ onunity to ; lJ > j > i-: i 1 to your i ooil eTlS'j and bettur feciinc ? , aud that the Irish piuple mk- 'jt i : rorc fully ntvIer . iU-in : ! tho principles of the {* . . vpj .- " . s C'hartt-r . Ho ^ v far he sutcwdi-d in the object of LIs nii > . «^ n I

      leave it wain you to determine . 1 oa will , thcrtf ^ re . liare obix-rvt-d the foundation of our -n-xiits and -vri :-ln . v « arc the po . 'i-efisicn by tLe people of t ] uit uiirhty political ltTer , Vr . iVuT-s-il Suffr ^ e . It luis l ^ ir . argued l > y our i-nianies-that Universal Mutfr , u ; c is a . thing uaJeiiiu-dyon -aiW t : r . d it fr . liy dviiiiL-t } in the People ' s Carter , ajid liii'j-. vi-e in tic sth Article of the Declaration of Kights rcctDtly pnl lisiied by the Convention , namely , giving tht- frund . is .- t-j every niitn of tanj mind , nonconvictfil cf criiiie , ard twvaty-t as .- years of a ^ -c Tli i- ; the te . * : s njon Trliicli we wbli to f .: nn our politicr . l rights , jliivi ^ g once secured a proper foundation f ( , r il . j eitaUJsluaeat of our libcrtici , vc n :.-. y t 3 : « . a build eueh a EujK ^ -struftcrL- of e < jual laws , that niiy Le i > r « i- ( riv teruie-J tLe envy of iiirroundini nations . au ; l tiie a'huiration of the world : but our tn&css , wltidi is so dts . r .. l-V

      an objict . is for a time uncertain , v ,-Iu ; out your union ; , j ;< l co-opcTsxivn . Tluit jou "tviil ; i ?? :.- "t CS eventually , I ail ! ci-rliiu- Tliat tho j « .-ople of Kn . lacd 1 ; uto not heea indifferent to the wront-s of Ireland t ^ ve beer , rally exenipliS ' -Hi in thtir vodoavour to obtain for t ? ic : r iri . ^ J : l » rtthren Catholic >! iii ^ j : cipat : on . 1 Lope you triil btar i . i mind that consiileraWy more petitions were iuiit to the Imperial Parl ! a 3 ueiit 'in favour of that Measure of justice rTrom Enciunii tliun -iveix- sent at tbe same time from Ireland . I spc-sk not tl ; ii 5 derogatory to tiie t'harlft of the Irish people , r . or in hcastcd vanity t . i llie English , but to < = Lov , - to you that we harvo not been aiwa . yi ! , hgt a . To -wo blind to the rantl -wroajra , injustice , and misjovtrnsiiL-nt of Irelsu-. L AVhy the lmperia . Parliasncnt l : ave not more fully done you justice , -h- ^ s because the people of Kneland ha-re been coiaparutivclv

      poirtrless , being deprived of the franchise to the enormous extent of eighty-one out of every hundred mala sdnlts . 1 tBerefore beg of you to assist us in raising tho cry for Universal Suffrage , fur -without ita possession by the people it is in vain to expect justice to Ireland . That the people aro not prepared fur the posses sion of the franchise is an assertion UEfour . ied inreoson and contradicted by experience of the pre-. Lit age , and the feelings of every heart , liberty , -vvlucli is equal justice to all , is taught by nature to all The savage and tiebarbarian feel IU sacred impulses as completely as the philosopher . The liberty of England originated in ths iroods of Germany . The Germans - » vere not a lettered race ; they had no property bat -what -wasin common , yet these barbariane Tvere a . least as free and

      . as zealous assertors of their independence as their descendants , the English . Many of the mighty Baron * -who extorted lla ^ na Charta from King John were unable to read or -write , yet tho rude feelings of their nntntorod breasts fitted them admirably to -wrest that palladium of liberty from a tyrant . If -vre cannot read latin or Greek , - we can feel -we are overburdened by t axation—~ vre can never expo « t these Ir . irdans to be lightened nntil we have the poorer of making the hiws ¦ jve are called upon to obey . That power can never be fully exercised nntil ttc have the Suffrage . I ahonld imagine th « requisite knowledge for choosing a represeEtatiYe does not lie far beneath the snriase . Surely a "T ? oriir . g man , a lodjcr , has as gooi . an opiJortucJrr of learning the acts of "wisdom , justice , hanianity , and fortitude -which dLstiuguuh a

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      PUBLIC TEA TO MESSKA WILLIAMS AND BIN'NS . On Mondr . y list , the Lrave men and fair women of Suu . ; eil-.: i ; u i ^ : eiaV . ed U > tho nuir . l-ci of marly liOo , considt rally more tli .-in tho A&scmMy Ruom-w- onUl convea : tiit ! y i .-flil , t <* dj honour to two o ! ti ' . emost p : itriotlc * 1 :-j :: ck , mid tutr . tc » l yviiag n : en , i-: n :. stcd in tl ; e wiiks of dcir . ovmcy- -T Ussr ? . WillianiH am ' , iiir . n . i "I ' m true l-ity havv ii' » t laboured much bey < nul tli .-liriiits of their van i - ou'i '/ . I : it _ thi-y h : i : ve boen Un . iiiuvui . s of connectiu :: ^ "• . ' :... ¦ ' .. vrY . mint ono «; Uie u-. o . st" numerous , best o .- ^ i -.. ; .-. tl . . "Hid int ^ il' ^ ent uu ioiio in UiL >

      countrywe : vUu : ! i- u > ti : c- Our iiam County < . " : r . rt > -r - Associati'itl . \ Yi \ V . " . v . ti : e . 0 : orl tpaee of twelve months they have s . timd four cause tlie whole collifry population of the county , an i 1 xtended the bond i > t political union into a most every tii-. vn : ; nd vill : u ; e in Jiiirhaiu . Previous to the 1 ' 2 th of August last- ' , upwards of Co dt-ie ^ ates cse ^ ibled from tlie districts , el tins county , an ample proof uf the interest exciud . intl tlje union existing . Tht so i \ vo gentlemen ar . - in "the-spring-time of life and enjoy an unbounded popularity v / itli the Wort ing elates of Snndtrland , resulting we liesitoto n » t to . «; iy . l ' rom thi-ir private virtue , public usefulness ,

      ; ; -Jid the x ' . critktrs they have , made in defence of the pour . Such talents 1 . 3 theirs , combined Witli honesty : iad patriot :.-s : u . soun brua ^ 'ht aroniid them tlie intelligent : u 3-. i suwi amon ^ . st liiu working population , and e .- ; bLb ! :. « he'l ix-niiasiciitly and gloriously the principles of t'hnrtisiu in the hearts of t ' lioiv townsmen . This could

      in . tfail to be a source of uhirni to the tyrants in power fwr honest men ato duugeruvi : ; to all bad governments , mid cor .. - * "in ently v / e lind that Uie govenimetit have il < -ten : ! inv « i to sicrilicu those Kenliemen b y a trial ill tllO Court of Uui ' ..-n " s lif ! irh , on the paltry and dastardly duir ^ of bt-iliti-ui . ' lhey have all along . been the most peaceable ; but uuiiiii .-li-in ^ advocates of thu people ' s riabU ; and , fr ; . i : i wiiat we knuw of tlicm , we . havo no Invitation iii s-. tyiiijj i ! , ut tho jTovernmtnt tlut lays its Jllliity lioinl . s upon Williauiji auj iiinus , ia waging w . ir uj . ' . u vv ( . ryprincipieoriheconstitntip ' u , a . ud every ' dictate of tiiU-i ' itciivcl « iutv .

      The people of . > u : « Urbnd however , fee . ll keenly the insult MSiich liai beui oils red to them by the arrest of their leaders , and we rejoice-at the enthusiasm that ¦ was di ^ playvtl wx tins occasion , iiad there "been a room capable of aceomiKour . tiiiu 2 , o «! i . it would bave been top Hiinll for tlie persons who apiolk-d for tickets . There was no lack of trouble and uxj ^ nse in endovvouring to <; ive cllcvt to the festival—tho loom was spknuidSy deconitwl Ly fcstejjjis of evergreen beautifully enlivened by the mo . < t brilliant variety of Djdilias . -it ever was our lotto witness—the rose , thy shamrock , ami th-j thistle , were gracefully suspended lromtlieovchestra , auil every thing set med Usstof til , brilliant , and costly . Tile nuiiiln .- r aud buiuty of the ladica was dueling in the extreme and tiie -whole affair was such as did hoiuiur to the managers . The Te ; v li-. ivir . ^ been completed , and tho tibles iir . icklr removed to " attord more room for the crowded r .-jdience . -

      : Wr . Jajiks ]) L . \ xi . \ ii -rrs . 1 called to the chair , and Ktiilfce-had pr « . si ; l .. d on many ocimswiu ; before , but he m-vcr reiucJubcrcil bavir . c cither presided Or attcndCll ? -J liTifC , Sj r . > pecliib ! o uu assembly a-i was there met to Od honour to their noblcpatrioticaud dttermined friends i 5 e . ' « rs . WiiJiams and Biniis . Il . oud cheers . ) The liiairman thta parsed a very hi-h i-uiogiuin on the r iiuKicU-rs of . Messrs . "Wilii ims and IJiuus , and sat ilmvn'liy i . n . po-ing " Tlicl ' topk-, the Only trae source of j ' o ^ 'er" ai : i ) ilst muelt ciiuerinir . iMrs . CAM Pi ; K ! . L thi-n rose and suMn-ssc : ! tlie meeting as follows : Mr . Chairman , Ladies , and Gentleman , the numbers of thv ; Woman ' s "Churtcr Association of this of

      county - . am ^ : uer - univcrsjil freedom , having long bvi-n olsenvrs of the unwearied exertions of our lioi-. ouvtd ' guilts Messrs . "W'iHianis and IJinns , in tlu : t &-. u 3 e wi . icii is for the happiuess of the whole hiuiian race , have taken the libtruy of calling you togetnu- tais e \ eu 5 cir . and right- » iad aro we to sec-so numerous and - respectable a gatherin ; to assist us in doiux honour to two . such gallant , determined and hi- ^ amlnded patriots , I am J \ lr . Chairman , apii ' ointed to present M-oEsrs-V / iUiams and Binns with each a silver medal , B 3 a s : ; iall token » f our respect aud esteem ; trusting they will long live to wear them and deserve the admintion cf all honest men ami . women , ami that thoy will ultimately triumphover thepeople ' sopprefiaors aud the TimlictiTc , persecutions of their persouel ^ nemies . Sir . Chainuaii and . friends , We fed assured # that

      tlie seeds of truth that ha-vc keen so plentifully ' sown wili erelong produce an abundant , harvest ; the time thank God is at baud , for a peaceful , legal , and intelligent organization of the masses— and iiolliin ^ can mow stop its spread ; Mid when tiie millions are organised , and peacefully and resolutely demand to be freemen , what power has the slightest possible chance of successfully KsentiDg them » They may then - ' laugh-to . scorn the arrogant ari » tocr . icy , and do that good to our enemies they seem so unwilling to do for themselves . We would not ijuiLrrti -with liuman beings for being what they &Tt > : let US endeavour to convince tlie ' m of tllavrrpr of their ways , and no doubt the day is not far ' distant when they will come over and assist us to raiso up -ii temple to liberty , which will be the pride nnd dcbVui of all succeeding ages . ( Very-loud-che « riBsr . )

      _ Mrs . Campbell th « n placed two splendid medal * of silver roundeacli of Messrs . WilliauisaadSinns ' s necks , and rosumod her seat amidst thunders of applause . On one side of the autxl&l is engnived the following :

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      - --M' ^ WCASfrT . B . GREAT PUBLIC MEETING . Ou Monday evoninfj a public mooting was held in the Lecturo lloi . ni , Nolson-strcci , to hear an address front R . Lowry , Delegate to tlie late Cohventiou , on t ^ io stato and prospects pi" Radicalism . Mr , Charieton having Iceu called to the chair by acclamation , opened the meeting by some just animadversions on thc .. unju . 3 t aiid inconsistent conduct of the avthortties iii tlwir laUvattack on the peoplo ' s couetiUitional visits , £ ome of them they all rpincmbtrcd during tho Itororm Bill used to talk of leading the people to death or > clpry ' y aiid broH ^ ht forwara thcir ^ resolutions in tho Northern PoUtit-aV Union , wishing to declare that association an armed body 4 he called on the peoplo to rally and unite themselves to attaiiv thoir political wghw , and Would conclude by culling llif-iir atuntioii . to tho addrcia of their worthy Delcuato .

      Mr . LoSvky then roso . Before he entorod on thv . principal part of hia address-,, . he deemed it to be his duty to advert to nomo part of the history of iho late Cunvcntion . He stood Uiero ready to " defend lifcacts in that body , having to the best of his jiidifujent conpcientiou ^ ly dono liis duty Jo them and the cause , ljolikewii -o believed that under all circumstances ( lie Convention had produced all tho good for the peojuc their power enabled tjieui to do up to the raolucntof t ' ne fatal error of the vote for the -Vlili of August ..- It had committed few errors indco . l , cirenmfctanced and compoycil of tlie materials wlii ' cli it was . it found the National 1 ' etitiou with 0 ( 10 , 000 names , and presented it with l . ; i ( J 0 , ( l (! 0 . Itfent its missionaries into th& northern coiintie .-., aHd in many places where tlie Clharter had h ' t-ver been-hcavd of

      aiid there e :, tabli , 4 hcd a feeling in its favour i'ha't will never dio , But it wa 3 Urged into . pr .- ' mature action by the imp-ntieiice of ^ vme iiistrictr . that had been , long or ; jai . n ? ed , whilo it " on ^ Ut to have been allo ' . ved to wait until the other p ; u'ts of the country were up to tl > A same mark of intoiiigctice a-. id determination . Many parts " wo . ro nc ^ cixi for the wtriSw , )« n ni ^ ny other \ vere -avo ^ o to the nicasuro ; thev co ' . Ud not sco the practicability of tho measure * , ihey wero not . less a . rd «' -ut in the ciinso . Tliey had no tlioiighis' of r « tro ; uin /> , but ivfshcd-. tham-Bclves and the country to be better prcj . itrod . I ' mi ^ ht mention lioehdiiloivnd Bury as examples . There ai-e fc-wb .-ttei- 'ifckdj .-ai plinx-s ; their associations were numerous , they contributed largely to the rent and tho ex » c :, scri of tlii'ir dele ' -At

      g !( . ' . ii 7 u « tion , but they were not wiliiu ^ leave the ir employment , aiid enter on a pnjoet iujuriuuw t- ; thvMJi ' Solvcs- and i ! iipractic ; vblo to tlio -who-le pccpl « . Wl \ ilc" thus situatf ; 1 , tha Convention had been . Hrgo . l on by tiie pdoplo ' ii ii-npationcu in soino parts and tlircitened Wl ' tii ai l « i ; 8 . " Of COniidoilCC' if they did . not proc ^ d , wjiilo they tvero coiiscious at the pame time , fiuch a step \ vius preinaturo . There had been a misconcoptiou on both sides ; the people cspertcd the ' / Convention to do what they could do thewse ' lves oti-ly , and the ( Convention expected the people to do that they woro not as a body prepared tor . iohave culled on tlie people to h .-ivc eati-rcd 011 a strike that would have been tho destruction of our b ,. c ^ men , and ; niust : efficient or » an \ Kition , would f . ave been a wanton Ea : rvnco of ' the cause ; but 1 uni '

      pcrsuaduil tJiatthc ( litiiciitics : consequent on tli ;; : act , was a nejcr * ary ordeal for us to pass through to ; . 'iveity-fxporionco in oijrltsturo mov ^ met-. ts . \ V ' c have lcar-. ua much ; wo ' i'iutft no . ioDgtr -rely on the bo-aited c < nj ; ility « f ouT laws , and our right of public inc < tmg being secure . We have . found them to bo a f : ir ; -e wo are now conviinvd beyond doubt thai ; there i * . ono law for \ ha rich and another for tho poor—that it is nuiiiKainvd ia Mi-p . port't'hp aggranizemciit aud protection of the wealthy aud tiio ' . subjection of poor . Our pi ramml libc'rty Jiav 1-iv-l ; trampled on , our ri ^ ht of iWtinji-Yio . iatejl . ' and \\ e cannot bnt be awaro that wo will bo ruled by a d > - - pohsui if we will let them ; remember that . 0 : 1 your o « u deteniiiiiaiion to defuuu your freedom , rests itonly security . ( Loud ( hears . ) -Kyc . ry ' fvaytion of

      tlie iil-. fi-ty we possess lias been wruiig ' frpm the fears of ov . v tyrants , ii . al not granted by ; the ju ' stiVo of onr mien-- . \ Vliy have the Chartists . been ' . so / persecuted ? lJepauso an . unjust anddisliouctit system was -S'lvakin" " to it . s t'ontrc by their attacks upon it ? ( Cheer ? . * ) Was there ought new in this iigitatio : i , except the honesty of its intentiot ^ B ? Onr principles . were the principles of tho co ; stitntion , aud our doctrines the doctfL . es of honesty , 'fhis movement arose not out of committees or caoals- 'U was k « t fostered into e < cistencto by lii ^ h and weighty namos--it had lio siiiihiter purp « . se—the eiithvoncmont ij power of a faction was not its aim . The people , tho "Whole people was its author—the cry for [ t came from myriads of ,-desolate hearths and rui . icd lionies . They hud drank the oppressors' enp of misery to tho aud could boutit

      dregs , - no ' lo : i- > er ^ thoy were indiguaiit at theba ^ o tyranny , the lioartk .-.. s troaehci ' v , and infamous hypocrisy of the Whigs , tlu-y talked about it at the corners of their streots - they in at together , in hur . drvds in llitiv Koonrs , and vowed to strn ^ lo for a fust and free Uoveniiiient ; nnd . afterwan-iii , in the open air , they usseiiiblod in hundreds of thoubuuds , and ratified the engagement , ( jjutrast their agitation with that for the Keform Bill . You all remember when large meetings were held 011 that subject , the workmen wero asked if they were for thciwiat-uro , or were going to the meeting . The orders were , '" Close the shop- " '— " Hlmt the factory up . ; " a :. i <) , ; hn . s compelled to cease labour , animal curio .-ity led many to view the rareo-shovv . Hut when a largo meeting was held

      for the National Petition , the ma-ters threatened to turn them out of their employment , if they went : the factories were open , and every engine of persecution tyrannical employers could invent wai ? cet . to work to deter the men from advocating- ' their own < . -anse . >' ct , i-n denanco of all tlicsfi j our moennns Mere . always more numerously attendod -than tho Reform Bill ones woio . Above ^ , 000 , ()( i 0 of people met in public meetings , and stnt a petition . for ' . justice signed by I ,: io 6 , 000 -signatures ; and not one breach of tho public peace occurred - not iiho molwtation was ofi ' cred , eitliorto the pcrsonii or property of our oueniit ^ s , libellous and insulting as their conduct was . ( Loud cheers . ) Whence , then , ori < -11 . atcs tho unjust persecution or tho Whigs i They had a favourite project to caiTy that they had long betu

      tntent on doing . When tho fears arid political conduct of the middle classes wero high against us , they thought it a , fit time to introduce their rural ptvlice force ; thoir spies . wero scut amonp ; tho people , tc excite thorn to violence and insurrection ; false rumours of riots and scditi ^ a wore . propagated by them ; they attacked the people ' . while legally a . soinbled , and arrested their leaders on trumpery and false charges , that they might make ncasp of insecurity out , and introduce their BourWii stjindiii :: army , and crush the agitation for •¦ equal laws-and personal right . Then Commenced the Whi- rci-n of terror : to bo urctised as a ft-ioud of popular freedom ; was to be condemned .. We hud slanuuroua and libollous charges 'front ¦ political Judges , charging the Charter as a plan to overthrow order , and -eize

      on rue property of individuals . We had packed and prejudiced middle-class jurors , panting for the destruction of the prisoners , who had just laid aside the car-bin * and cutla 33 , with which they hoped to butcher them , and thciico entered the jury-box , to use the vdry evangelists as ii ) strunieutrt of haired and K oppre « ion . 1 There were the Attorney-Gonerals , ' armed with acute kuqwledgc of the subterfntrei of the law , and the Treasury-gold-to secure the convictiou of tho prisoner ; thevo vyere the suborned atd perjured iiQii mi rebordo witnesses , who , after a period of six months , could recollect every letter of , bix . lines of a ; speech , and cotild hot renicmber ono word or line of any other part of it . Did not all this

      ¦ show previous dewgR i Where did the 5 , «» 00 . ' iiii )« kets come from that were seized ou their ^^ ° ^ he , * tcr ? Wh > ' wasMr . Stephens not triad on the iirst indictments that . vfero prepared aiainsUrimindictments for acts both he and Qitstler had dared the Government to try them V Why was he tried and convicted on a falge , a paltrj , twaddling , shuffling -affair , that any unprejudiced man in hi * senses knew tliat Mr . Stephen * Bevur-eutortained an idea of , nor was so foolitli iw ; to utter . If it was the bii ^ bear—phyeical force language - they "wiihod to . -- ¦ title ; why wad Lovett , -Collins , ' WrUiaims , of Suuderland , aiid Kany o ' tiiorii that liad always deprecated allusion to such a subject punished ¦ witli

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      __ jKD LiEBS GEfEBAJ , AOTBMISER .

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      TOL . II . So . 99 b SATURDAY , OCTOBER 5 , 183 & . vtaan ^^ t ^ J ^ Sf '' - " ¦ " _ ' ¦'¦ .- ¦' .. " ¦"¦' . ¦ ' - .- ¦ ' - - " - "

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      NOTIGK

      To The Editors Op Tiie Kobiherk Stab.

      TO THE EDITORS OP TIIE KOBIHERK STAB .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 5, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1077/page/1/