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      PUBLIC DINNER TO DR FLETCHER . A pablic ffinner w * b given to Tto . Fletcher , in the PfiopteiHaD , Bury , on Moniay evening last . There wartaboutaoOtactetfl issued , and most of those -who trawtisedthem were present to participate inthefes-Jtisiiaes . An excellent dinner was provided ,, to which £ ie company did ample justice .: The Hall "was very tast ^ nDy decorated . The teetotallers * band -was also fa stteF ^ aaoe , and enltrcned vhe proceedingB with a Bomber of trveiyalrs . Dr . FleWiC ? entered the room a * half-past eight ^ cloek , aecompa" ? ucd by Mr . James Coh ^ ett , Mr . "Wat den . Mr . Bxodie , 3 fo Batley , from Wales , 3 Ir- Willi ^ tf Manchester , and several other friendB . '

      At half-past nine o ' clock the cloth was ojawn , and speaking commenced , Mr . Burd occupying Jhe hair . - . _ THe chairman raid he was Bony to hare to inform them that ifcey would be without the company of one cf Uikt principal guests , Mr . Frost He had been in Manchester during that day . bnt whether M ; engage ments would permit him to be present 3 t their nJeeting tecOTld uottelL He had also a letter to read JErom M ^! i 7 ^ ^ . : fornieriyefiitor of tte Maiichesuer and Sal ford Jdwrfww , but now editor of the Cham pion , stating bislaability to attend . -When they looted around , and saw so few of their fellow-townsmen present , they -were all aware of the cause . Many of the working men . had sent their tickets back because their anployera had sent an order through their establishments , that if they came-to-the dinner , they were to be discharged . These were facts that had come to his own Jtnowiedge not many minutes before he came npon wafcpntform . *

      At this moment , John Flelden , Esq ,, M . P ., accompanied by his brother , Thomas Fielden , Esq ., entered the Hail , and was receiTed with the most heartv aT > - jSause . " ^ ^ Che CBAiBiiiX said he was-just remarking on the bas ^ pess of the conduct of th ose employers who hel d , as it ^ rere , a rod . of destruction over their heads . They " l ? y ?? " ^ tent " ^ th wringing princely fortunes out XX . their toil and labour , bnt they eveii dared to forbid theia enjoying themselves after they t&d performed thas ^ Wr ^ ( Hear , hear , j He should savno more as there were -others to address them ; but the first * oast he should propose was , "The People . " "

      TheCHAiaMAX continued—He had now one of the most pleasing dutiesio : perform , though he wished it had falleaint * better binds than his " own . The nest toast 3 re tad to call upon them to respond to was the health of their worthy and respected fellow townsman , IBr . Fletcher- ^ Beavhear . ) He needed not to enter into the htttoiy « f 4 iis pojitieal career in that town he had no need to show - the men of Bury that Dr Fletcher was always at his post They knew the man and inowing him , it wa 3 not for liiai or for any Other individual to attempt to point out the traits of his character in better colours , The dinner that was riven Mm on that occasion was an acknowledgement by Iheni of their approval of his conduct while a delegate ia tlie National Convention . As to his line of conduct tll ^^ y 'R'ere all as well aware of -what it tok bs

      ^ a " ' * hacad «* longer occupy their time but TToufclat once propase tte tuxa ^ mt ] x vorthy and respeeted townsman , Br . Fletcher . , Hear , hear and clapping of hands , i " Dr . Fletcher then rose and said , that in-rising to sckoowledee the compliment they had jnst paid him is xinnfan ^ fliis toast , and also in in-ritmg- him to the -fiinMrwiai which they had honoured him . he « uid an * bureau to his recollection that a similar coniplixnent was-paid him some seven years ago , when he had to acknowledge the gift from them of 3 very elegant and handsome testimonial-6 f their confidence and regard . It gratified Mm flow that he had to acinow-Jeegea mark of that continued confidence which convinced him that they bad foond notbins ia his conduct

      mlateT-earstq diminfeh the regard and confidence " ^ Vt" * th 6 J had ioaoured him ; and onihat occasion hehad to acknowledsetheawiptance from them of another mark—another more permanent mark of their esteem than the mere attendance at a dinner , and which he *> o ^ r mentioned because he bettered , that had not circumstances prevented it this dinner -would hare been connected-with the- presentation of that testimonial of their Teard . He was not in the habit of addressing them long when strangers were present , but upon that occasion it would be- expected ie should make some remarks ; and though they did not often hear of the . samfieesjje had made in hoasts of his , yet it would net be improper that he should take a enrsorv view of a few Of the incidents oi Mi _ political career " as the best

      explanation h > could giTettem of the course of conduct andthe liae at policy by which he thought the people rn ^ t be best Able not © qly to protect those political XJgSt ^ nat were yet left them , but to gain those political rights for wbiebr" Jhey were now struggling , it was now ifcoai tea Yt * re amcahe fisst took the slhrhtest parti ^ pailic sf&im Before , that period he had not bcenrjgaFdle&s of «» interesta of hisconntry , orofthe injaries and oppression which hiscountrymen were suf-JEring- He mlj |} hi truly say that as a child he learned to lisp-the glories of h » country ; and though then holding widely different political principles to those he Bowinaintained ^ hplda ^ as allmen did , the principles in which he had been " educated , he did not-fed less strongly ihen than nowa deep intereskia * the - welfare

      « nd gloiy of oar common country . ! He madeithi 3 PToudeai boast Oat h © ttm educated in high Tory principles . AHiheconjodered there could not be- a'better pledge of . a man ' s anceriry , and that liia political prjiKiples , » rBbaa « d on s sound foaadation , than that I 12 stiooM haTe-ttie refiectioo and the energy to cast off the prejudices of early years ; and more especially so when dose ¦ onder circamstances whichnot only threaan ed bayVhichabsolutely ensured those psrsacations and tho «^ finfferingB trijich lie had" to endure in the cause of fiis countrymen , which he had : not boasted of 3 / id which , when he knew that boasting was an -honour , he might promulgate . It was sometime before the passing of the liefonn Bill that he took a part , and bat a very slight one , " in the local affiiirs of thai town .

      Those who then monopolised all tie local po-wer and isSuence of the town , lasew him , and had karned , if notio dread—that would be a h » ast—but th « y had learned he felt the strongest- feeling of opposition to the -eiews which they knew hehad once entertained . H e questiored whether they did not at that time " entertain qaite as Eraeh malignity iagainst him far tha private rtnionstiaaces he ws&in the habit of making against the craeltifiS praetiaed upon those in their employ , as they now had in consequence of the more pnWic acts of his political life . HoweTer , tht result -was sufficient to c = H forth persecution to an extent wellinewn to them , and on whichit ~ was , therrfore , needless that he should dwelL They were well aware that it was publicly threatened that he . should be turned out of the town ,

      and tbAt they all bnt aecompBshed their determination . AB th ^ Vfiine fie had no party to fail baik upon . True it was a » t Bury , many yeas before , had keen distinguished . in the cause of Jtadical Beform , but the party iiad become apatbefic and extinct . At the time of the agitation of Vhe Reform Bill , he came forward , not in the ranks of 'Whiggery , but certainly with the Whigs , as a gnat portian of the Hadical Beformers of Englaiid teen dldl TheTcry men-whahad persecnted hbur , -who ^ seemeeTtO-imTw , before he was aware of the fact . Tsame tohim ,-aBd asked him to lend the influence which be possessed in support of the cause which they wue then engaged in forwarding : He was glad he was able to call tothdrrecblleeSon fh&t on the first occasion that lie stood forward among ¦ those men to engage the

      snpport of Qse working classes in obtaining an extension of t ^ feaochiae to those who had made so' injurious and fetal ^ i »« of it , that on that oocaaon he-warned bis feUow-townsme * to beware lest in putting down the undent aristoiracy , they dioald establish the worst of all forms-of government , tlmt of a commercial oligarchy-5 [ e " gave great offence on that oceaaion , and excited g « ea £ jealousy by mgirig upon their attention con-^ leraiifins of this kini It -was said in pri vate , that it % as nsdessto reason thtis with fhe working men , fchejjibd net - understand it . But tiiey did understand it - and he knew of no circmnstsnce ¦ which caused Mm mere pJeaFure than that of an honest -w-oriin ^ mannaTing cone to him in the street although drea » ud in rags , and ran 3 nil £ invDr the remirki vhichhehad formerly made ,

      obBervnig tJist lie did not think it wonld come to pas « ^ quite so soon . -Her did not think that the men who iaA engaged the assistance of tha working classes of the fonmtry - -on their behalf under a . pledge -Qiat was giren . in many parts of the countzy , and at . Manchester in particular , that the "very first nse they would make of iM EuSrage that was about to be extended to them woidld be to obtain the suffrage for the working clas » fes of ^ ngland ^ -he did not think Uiat tiwy -would dare bosocaito make the . open , tha barefaced attempts-that iavehefenmade to establish--a ' ~ degpotism . % o _ f ~ Hae lrorst and ti ^ S **** " ^^ ^ H eati Theynwdd ^ wooUect , and it TiftB ! &fikc ^ VQifihK ^ f calling to ^^^^ jft ' liiyu -tfnif -tfeose nKn , TTh ^^ BeTT ^ e rf We 01 ^ to ^ go 4 « M *^^ t > eriodintopoT » er / were annous to shrink , oat , of ttio had

      moranentth ^ y-had begun ; th % ttiey wape / rifhlenpd nt ^ esiorm ^ -aB other men bqpnjSfaiioaiex party —jfriVVy ^^ rai' ^ a afamn which they tJwmpejVes faag ^ raised- " Tfiey foftdi tiiem—h % might aay witljout if boast -ffisCt lietteciffffiem—to call " a pubnc meeting of iiiie inhabitants , of Bury \ and at that meeting , he , uried tiie people' of Bnry to run tba savings bwika , and they did ran the savings banks ; and the ran , " winch waaj rather a 3 « iotB- tmE , "trould have been very serions indeed , if thfc c ^ ling of Eail Greyiaio -power pssi not induced ihem to drop it . Since that time he -was glai taatth * workinjpnen of Bnry had never lost sight o ? the power th « y thus held . Jt had on se-reral occasions j > een , ex « ri » ed—not perhaps to tie extent itmigiil have been , and ought to have been , carried—^ and he must s » too most dBOEditablT—that tfcsy had not more \

      aotivelynsed an instrument "whidi , if t « ed ,-would enable themat « hm » to ; arn 3 irihe cmsed ayMent -ander which tre are now living . Jtte had-beentoM , -wiea he strongl ? urged . tiiB importaBcs of thiB measure in the late Convention , that the -working men had it not in their powej to carry this into -effect .: He -seas told , and with con sider able truth too , that the werking men -were not ihe peopje who deposited in savings banks . Gertainly ijjkllYidaally they-werenc > tt * . any large pToporSon ; bat ther were aware that if individually they were not esitnsive deposHyrs , co 31 ective 2 y ^ iey were , and ^ to an inormoiis extent , Eot only in savings bank ^ jbatvSi'p ?* vate and joint stock banks , and if the people <) f England would only carry to * >»«> ' extent they were able—^ if "Qiert ¦ be taoaniciirj- among thema ^ ves—if those w en woulc Oiily tlettnnineuly witbiiiiiW theitl unds from the hand : eft !**; baii-cre , it was in their power bythatmftani

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      alone tv hnng ; the Government to their feet , and to establish TTbit they considered necessary for their welfare and for the welfare of their country . The very moment the Reform BJ 1 became the law of the land , and there was brought before the people , as a candidate for their suffrages , the gentleman who was now the repres « itative for that borough- a gentleman for whom he jeit every degree of private regard , whose character as 3 neighbour and a townsman he much respected , —vet whe : » that gentleman came forward , unaided , unassisted self-gurded , and nnsu 3 tained , he ( Dr . Fletcher ) , without knowing that he had a party at his back , sent out a placard palling on the electors of Bury to withhold theii suffrages , and promising that there should soon be a beiter candidiUs in the field . A candidate was brought forward ; a » 4 to his utter astonishment thev , lone tv onnir the Governtnpnt + « <> . „;_ >„„» . __ j 1 .

      polled half of the number of votes that the IVhis anil Tory- factions combined -wore able to bring into the field . If , therefore , Bury might be considered a Hadical borough , he might say , without boas-ing , that he was mainly instrumental " in m ^ ing it such . ( Hear hear . ) At that time the local po- *; er and influence of the borough were so entirely in the £ ands of a small fa ^ lon > that it was considered as a sort bf prescriptive right ,- and some of the offices were held in the town almost an annuity in certain families ; and palling on bis fellow to-wnsmen , he induced them to commence the struggle , in which , it was true , others did and suffered more than himself , but the result of -which was that they completely overthrewthis monopolv and perhaps there was not a township in England at that moment , in which the people exercised " more

      influence tb * n they did in that-in- which thev were more able to « ommond tte power left in their " hanfl ^ or m which they had a more " . equal . share of local influence and power . He was aware that this was considered by many , at that time , as an object of small importance , but he did not think so , and circumstances soon prored it The speaker then alluded at preat length to the opposition they had been enabled to "ive to the passing of a Police BilL He said he considered it was the proudest boast of Bury that they had never had a pobxeman in it ; and , in consequence of that cirsumstance . it was decidedly the most peaceable town in the county . It might be said that they had had policemen-, be denied it . They bad had a hand of hireling ruffiana , who had been brought into the town , and were paid by a committee of

      millowners , but they had no badge of authority about them ; ar . d they could produce no proof of their possessing such authority . He trusted that the spirit of the men of Bury was still determined to resist the introduction of an unconstitutional force of this kind Mie the town . It they-were to submit to it without a determined and a violent struggle , and the exertion of every means , at least that prudence and foresight as well as courage could suggest , then from that moment he would cease to move a finger , or speak a word in the promotion in any way of the public cause as regarded the people of that town , the Dr . then referred to their exertions in residing the introduction of the New Poor Law . He proceeded to say that during their determined agitation against the carrying into effect this unconstitutional law , and -while the people of other portions , of

      England vere roused almost to frenzy in their deter- , mination to resist it . he People's Charter was offered to the attention of the people of England , and th « scheme of the National Convention was promulgated . Jfowhefelt bound to repc-at what he told them on that occasion—that he was conrincttl that , in the first instance , this scheme of the Convention wns put forward for the purpose of putting a stop to the agitation of the Jfew Poor Law question , and its necessary aceompaniment—an armed police . ^ Tow , in saving this he did not mean to charge any treachery upon the gentlemen who trained that Charter , He knew them , and he believed them to be honest , sincere , and enthusiastic men ; but it was very easy that such men should be urged on in the honest furtherance of their own Views , and lose tiie time for carrying them into effect which

      micht serve the purpose of those -whoso object it was to destroy the very cause in which these men were eDga ^ ed . He conldnot help ' Jouncing that ihrrv ¦ uxrc some persons u-ho were trareUimj about the country j / Tt > jiiid : xiHnsi the principles of the Charter most honestly and 8 incerelv . and u-ho y ? t vent furnished ? r ; 7 A the means 1 o do it by men icho were notorious for their attixAment io and svj > j . -ort of ihe >>«• Poor Lair . It Would be recollected that immediately after the scheme of tbejNew Poor Law was promulgated to the country , » number of is dividuals were denounced by a number of the most influential men of Birmingham who had taken the lead in planting the National Convention , and that a kind of list of proscription was made out at the same time in Edinburgh- and that those who were placed most prominent in the list of proscription were those who

      had been most prominent in the agitation of the Poor law . They said that the opponents of the New Poor Law wt : re physical force men—men who wished to prodnce an armed insurrection in the country . "He -was sure that for his part he nuver . spoke a word that could lead to any juat grounds for such a charge being made ^ ainit him . He had repeatedly , and for maay ytars before called the attention of the people of England to their right to possess arms ; but he was well aware that the military habita of the people of England were so far destroyed , that it Would be an act of madness in them , to attempt by any armed movement to put down the means that Government had of destroying their liberties by the standing army , and the other armed forces that were at their disposal ! It was under the expectation that the agitation for

      Universal Suffrage would be carried on in the most quiet manner that the agitation for the Charter commenced . Perhaps it might be necessary . to dwell upon this to « rplaiu some of the follies of the Convention . They had urged the x ^ pl * w * resist thu 3 \ ew Poor Law to the death . They did that boldly , because they stood on the basis of the Constitution , on grounds that they dared not bring to issue in a court of justice , and in this the safety of the agitation against the New Poor Law consisted . But other men caroe forward ; they urged the same language , called for the same kind of determined movement on the part of the people in their demand for Universal Suffrage as had been done in their resistance to the ! New Poor Law and other unconstitutional acts . Tho case was now widely altered . It certainly was an inalienable right that every person of full age , -wBo could be called to enter into the military service of Yos . country , ox who paift taies , had

      a right to have a vote in . the making of the laws ; but this ri ^ ht bad been so long neglected that they stood in a different position to that in "which they blood in reference to thoes encroachments upon their liberties which they have had to encounter . But that government which had been the means of causing this chartist agitation to be commenced in order to put a stop to the agitation of the ? few Poor Law—that Government , he was convinced , sent abroad spk-s to urge the people on to somethinH far beyond that that they had ever been counselled to do in their resistance to the unconstitutional dexhj&nds that had been made upon them ; and the consequence of this ^ na ' KTch a degree of excite ment / that it ^ was hnpbssib e for the movement to go on witheut their advancement being chart ed as an insurrectionary movement taking place in certain portions of the country , which could have had no : other effect than to lea < l to the destruction , of those engaged in them . It was under these circumstances that the

      question of ulterior measures was first broachedan the Convention . It would have been well perhaps , under ail the circumstances , to "have let this question alone . Be mentioned these things particularly , because there was a gentleman' who gave some umbrage in the country , by bringing forward a string of resolutions , the purport of which was that the only practical business of the Convention Tyas to watch over the presentation of the petition , and that they sh » uld not " give advice to the country in pursuance of the rights- which they were going there t 6 ; forward . He differed from ilr- Cobbett on that occasion , so far as the " giving of advice -went . He did feel that

      some-^ thing more was expected from him than merely to - Vatch over ; the presentation of the petition . . If the -Trord . -f advice * had been left out of those resolutions , be frankly eonfesaed he should have voted for them . r ^^ ieBnj , asha . ^ i ^ wathe should , disappoint the iojpesahd expectations of those Tfhp" sent him there , le'ielt ;; i £ hisAariJyjigiaiB : ^^ t ^ toap who gave some ^ Tiw ^ . tlie ' TOnnte ^^^ ajbafca ^ def ©^ pursuing thTagflaiiou & lAu ^ Jfj ^ rire engp * 3 « L , , Mojf §^ j ; drciimstMcefi had ' proyed tbat- ^ li . CobTtjeJt' -qifririibjty andiome of those who were niostlfeitteorin $ tgjjt _ oppoBl lidir ' at the time , had been obliged to Jioa ^ s 4 f hat he was - right in preventing them {*> m gojng -for » ther ihan -lieitdy conditotfawr ^ e ^ preseiitatton- ' M

      the petition , ^ and then coming jd < Jjrn ^» j theiz-consti- ' tuen ^ fo beseniiaj fcby them " , if ^^^ . i ^ rcumstandog ihould ' » Tijie ^ ' BLt $ fm ^ r ^ jt ^ j ^ * ° -ff { ~ * ™ 1 ' -h ™' - with the movemeHiMaaiiuey / a fr 1 a ti ^ en prepared -to do . - Speak , ing in Jtfereice Wihe Xational JWiday , he said he . had Toted for the - holiday . -He ibeHe ^ dthat Ne ^ Mtle ^ Carlisle , and many other parts of the couafey ^^ frere loused ^ o snel ^ a ? Btate of e xcitement that if BOmetHini : " orasaiot-donfi ' to brinx lie country to the . test , -whether " they -would-support them or not , they would certainly get into a state . of insurrection . BoTton dift-all but

      commence an insurrection , and if the people of -thin place had been , as they had been led to believe that other places Tvere , as it -was called , " up to the majky ' bebdJBvrf they -vronW have commenced an ' tTOiCMl'in ^ surrection tiiat wouJU kave been tho meniiB of destroying not the property only , but " the liberties of-the " conntry . Kno-wing this ; be voted for the lioliday ; an 4 Ore very men who had created all the excitement came to the CoavHition ,, and- expressed iceir , aStonishm ^ ht at sndr a vote tsviag been j ^ vt-n . He ttotigUt , however , thnt this Trould bethe best ingan 3 of rtmoyipg the delusion t&tt " had been Impressed upon the mihas

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      of the people . He wished tob © particulajrlyui : < lwstood when ho spoke , of the agitation of tW Cbartei" being intended to put an end to the agitation of the New Poor Law . He did not blame those who took tttJ ^ TSt part in it ; he was not saying it was not the right of the people of England to get Universal . Suffrage | but he only said it was pressed forward under circumstances which rendered it almost impossible for the most prudent man . to go forward without getting into those difficulties in which the Convention found itself involved . He felt ha bad been tedious , and he should therefore conclude by thanking them for their renewed testimony of respect , ( Hear , hear , and clapping of hands . ) . The next toast was '' A speedy repeal of the New Poor Law , and resistance to the rural police . " .. . ,, « ,. .. _ . . . . .

      John Fielden , Esq ., M . P ., was called upon to respond . He said he thought he -would conic among them from tho invitation he had received . He felt particularly anxious that the people of these manufacturing districts should not loose their courage in con-Bequenco of the untoward state of things which had arisen during the last six monthB . TBey must pluck up their spirits-, they must double their exertions , if they intended to obtain tha * liberty which they uriquostion . ably deserved . He . thought they could not exercise their powers of mind better than in devising means , the best they could , to obtain the repeal of the accursed New Poor Law , He granted they had very little entOuragemerit to do this , because they -were aware that wKen he moved in the House of Commons the repeal of iiu"vt law only seventeen memberB out of the 658

      voted for . 1 * . It was a law which s"ruck at the very root of English freedom . It was a law that was intended io reduce the people of England to livo on a coarer sort of food , a law which , if carried out , weuld mate the people of England as poor and destiluo as rhe people of Ireland . But it was very sonnito ( hat while they advocated the repeal of the New Poor Law , there were others who were strong advocates of Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , Vote . by-Ballot , \ -c . who tell the people that they bugtit ' to have no Poor Lavs at all .. In the Northern Star of the Saturday before lash , he read a passage in a letter addressed to the working men of SUeffield . Tho writer had said that the people of England ought to liave no Poor Laws at all . One would have thought that

      the gentleman who had put forward snch a propositiou , and having the evidence of the misery of his own countrymen before his eyes ^ and in consequence too of luiviag no legal provision for tho maintainance of tho poor , that ha ought to have known better than putting such a proposition forward . He was strongly supporting Ear ! Fitzvrilliam , who was a sre&t admirer of tho New Poor Law , and who hadtaken greai pains to Kirry it into operation in . the district in -which he-had a great proportion of property—Earl Fitzwilliam stated in iiis place in the House of Lords that the Only proper-way of looking at tho > feir Poor Law was to consider it as a stepping stone to no Poor Law . at all . Now \ ve found those Universal Suffrage gentlemen and the Noble Lord anxious to carry out the New Poor Law , goine

      hand in hand together to effect that object . Now that was n » t what ho wanted . He wanted the New Poor law to be repealed , and they might rely upon it if they could got a House ; of of Commons that Would repeal the New Voor Law , they would get a House of Commons that would increase their liberties year after year instead of contracting and diminishing the ' pi . The question then was how were they to effect this object , He could only say to them what he often repeated in niany companies and on various occasions ^ -that they had ho weapons so effective for the purpose as that of petitioning . He knew how much' people , were disgusted with petitioninsr the House of Cominons . * They ur ^ wl on those who asked them' to do so the impropriety of it because their petitions were disregarded ; but he must

      tell them that they were much mistaken ifthey thought their petitions produced no effect upon the H 0 US 1 J of Commons . There-was no measure they coald resort ' to in which they would so firmly unite tlie - syiripathiesof those out of dooTs—ibear , hcari—those who had got the votes , and had the means of returning the Members of the House of Commons . -and .,. at ^ the . same time made bo great an impression , on , tho House of Commons itself as that of repeated petitioning , They should never forget the importance « t petitioning that House . They should never forget th « : ~ . examplo of the widow and the unjust jud ^ e . . It wa 8 " i 8 ot because the House of Commons deserved that respoctj but it was because it was a constitutional mode of representing fhcsJr grievances , and demanding redress ,

      which , if persisted in , would succeed ; They had failed in their attempt to obtain Universal Suffrage . Why had they failed , notwithstanding th «* r petition wns s > numerously signed as it was ? Lord John Russell , the onnin of tlie administration , thu Speaker of the House of ' Coniinons for thu Ministry of the day , liatl told lhem tint there was not a majority of the working peopla of England in ' favour-of-rniversa ] , PufTrage . Now , " he Mr . Fieldem would ask how were tliey to answer that asftertion . except hy petitioning and by uniting all those who > isliwl for Universal Suffrage to convince the Noble Lord and the Members of that House that there »^ as an iniuicnst majority in favour of Universal Suffrage . If "they attached their names , their p laces of residence , and their occupation , and if they would

      get up petitions from every parish , every town , arid every village , and let those petitions be repeated for two or three-successive years ;' -in such numbers that the Ministers of the day could not get over without paying regard to them , and giving redress of the grievances of which they complained ,: they might rest assured that vras the most easy way , the safest way , the only constitutional Wa 3 \ that he could point put to tlsvm of obtaining redress of tlieir grievanees . I ^ et the same be done with the Poor Law . Let their Detijtioris be repeated aijajii and atain : let them tell' tfif * n 6 usc of Coniinons that the Judges of the land had ' exhor ted them to do this at the various assizes wherenrqseoutions had taken place , for riots caused by endeavouring to enfor , cethat law . it was a . *« 6 ry remarkable fact that

      the Judges bad . on ng . occasion , said anything in favour of that law . They bid ' told the-people that they-were wrong in riotously opposing it ; but that if the law was a bad ono , they ought to petition the House of Commons to have it repealed , but they had no riglit to resist the law of the land . He ( Mr . Fk-ldenl said so too . But the law of . the land was one thing , and the law of the Poor Law Comniissioriers was another . Now in the toast he had been called to respond to , there was something said about resistance to an armed police . Now the only resistance he could advise them to give to an armed police , if such were brought into Bury ,-was to petition for the repeal of any such act . Unless they could muster such a majority . that they refused t « grant the rate necessary to pav the police ,

      they must not resist the law . They would only eet intotrouble by doing so . They must be aware of the great sufferings many were no-w endnrinff for having taken an indiscreet « our » o of action during the last nine months . There was no argument in using hard words ,. Hich . a * subjected Uie . parties to prosecution ; and , it ' - ^» s on that ground he advised them to take tUe c ^ fta whitu was' reaUy constitutional , arid which -Wtildprove really effective , if they did not too soon -tj l ^ of thehrproceedings . - tie should be told , perhaps , th % t they were in difficult circumstances , that fheir difficulties were such ; that they did' not know how to Jive . But thonith he felt icu ; themr , < a . that account—and he should h'ke to see aomethiig , oo »* . tbat wonld relieve them from the pressure of the

      i 0 ai « j % bes undex . which they laboured , . yet , if they did ' anything that was not l ^ jal Wstead , of being better , they wotdd be placedMn -voiao circumstances than even the bad- oiTcumstanees thejF- were : now in , and it was onthaf ^ rqand hhradviceto , 4 ccmmvs , to do what wa 8 'constitutioBa . l . Now there wa ! s anbRfer-thing ; those who had not potTotes should mate friendVwith those who hadi They should endeavour to persuade them to exercise their votes in a manner that -would be conducive to the common welfare . ¦ " Tfow there was no doubt that the dread that had prevailed about " physical force , '" had led to the state of- things , that , juries had been obtained at the . ' assizes , where : persons called Chartists haxl been brought forward—juries had been obtained to convict for : things wbiiii -they never wouli . have convicted for , had they not been convinced in their own minds that it was nejWpaij to do | o » etliir . g to-put a stop to the excitement thai ^ previiUeai' ^ ^^ .-that tpas alvcaye the consequence br&reate ^ ag to do Jj ^ tojca ; ^ hat wigkA , t <> be do ie ^ 7 i ^^^^^^ ^ Ci 4 ^^^^ t , *^ " Ji ^ pning n answer to ^ woair ^ pjB House of , ^ fflcd ^^ i ^^ d ^ g o ^^^ lj ' -toiielTr ^ jp iicatior i . The ri »; ht bf g ^ tjtTOniBg M'tS . p le of th * ei .- ' mosl valuable rignts of Engliahmen .- ; It Kiu to be

      one "that ou ^ ht never abandoned . No one could , give them worse advice than those who adViaMtbeim not to petition . It wr . s . the weapon of all other ¦ freapons that would be most effective . incompelling ib ^ fibuse of Commons to grant the prayer- oif their pe-• titiona i Besides , they never heard of-any reasonable i » aji-coaipl . 'anir . g of - ^ Tvy"individual for petitioning for ^ hat he . wanted -, soi . if tho proceedings had been " confined io petitioning' they ^ yould have , had same-. thing-now , ^ o look forvrard to with pleasure j , . but the tscts that were dons -were not such . _ aa : to ; te ^ njre that , mi TnjaieiBj ^ t place , there was ; great ; 6 egJcWriri , jibt havmg'fhe' pfeii ^ iim ; r « i ! Jy , Jn t \ afa . "' : 'i $ ithia . been ready topreseiit ^^ n parliament .. met ^ jyt 'W'puid'httve pro \ luec-d a M-oiid ' e ? ful Impression . But having 1 delayed it iratil 'May , and ths Convention quarrfellinj ; among ; tuanselvts iii the mean tiiiie . they were looked upon asnofhiiig more than arppo . oJ saria . They said ^ - ' Let the "Convention rJone , and it" will destroy itself . " It rwaslsinenlablethatit-was so . KoW , what he would

      advisfe . them to do -was to petition for 7 , "repeal of the ' Sew ' -i oor Law . ' Then there was another questionihs Tttkal vf tha Corn Lairs . His advice to them was

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      to petition for that measure top , butto have with that the repeal of the excise , laws" at the 8 ame time . Then -rtv ^ ff 4 ^ f *^ f pealera ji ) in tbm if W Pleased , ? l £ Sw ^ V law 8 ' ••***** ' iwnW dP no injury to those who followed agricultural pursuits .: if they r ^ waled the Corfl Laws , and left : tho excise laws as they wertN they . would destroy the agriculturiflts in the country and they did not want to do that , " Petition then , he said ^ for . a repeal of the New Ptoor Xaw the Com Law «; . aud the Excise ia ^ s ; and then petition for Universal Suhra |? o , Annual Parliaments , Vote by Ballot , &c . ( Hear , hear . ) Let them not forget , arid let them not give up tho right to be repreaented in the House of Commons ; let thorn not forget their right to have a voica in the makirig of the laws

      under which they live . If thpy could get Household Suffrage and Triennial Parliaments ,-it . would be a great stop towards it , and the feeling wak increasing in favour of thoso ineasuros at all events . With Universal Suffrage niauy people wore frightened . He was not frightened ; but they mnst take what they could g ^ fc . and thoy . must never cease to exercise the right ot petition . Another thing lie wdiild advise them to petition for next session of Parliament waa the Ten pours ' Bill ; They hadoftenpetttiohed for it ; it was a reasonable requeBt , and it would be granted if the people wero not afraid to petitipa , He thought tho masters would voiy shortly want the Teri Hours' Bill as well as tho people . Xliear , hear . > At any rate it was well to contiuiio petitioning .. The

      poor nana-ioomweaverfi too owght hot to be forgotten . If they could get the : re £ eal of the Corn Laws and tlio cixciso laws all parties would be benefitted , whor ther on the jeuuics , or at the loom . Lord John Rus ^ sell ^ over and over again in the last session , complained that the -people complained of v their social condition ,: and he did not know , how to remedy it , lu a pamphlet written io the electors of Stroiid , he said tuat . " , Oastler aiid Fieldon would lead tho people into a peaceful yalloy ; ' but ho also said there was no > hope for any improvement . Why he ( Mr . Fieldeu ) said th ^ y < tho people ) expected an improvement ill thoir social condition . Had he not thought so , hewould never have stirred one yard afte * ' -. tlie Reform Bill , bad aa it was , made a great change

      it introduced a change winch had not been beneficial hitherto ; but it _ had done . this , it . had got the unprincipled parties who carried on the business of tho House of Commons , —the Whig partyinto such disgrace-, ' such difficulty that they did not know how t-o go on . - ; - - and we must Bhortly have achauge of some sort , and ho did not dread it for fear of being woi-se . ( Hear , hear . ) Let them not bo afraid of tho Tories coming into oinco . If they could get a Tory that would vote for a repeal . of tlie New Poor Law , let them rather take him ihan a man that would support tho . Whig Administration . They could not have a worso . iVdrauHBtratiori thavv tho Whigs . The measures they had carriod had

      placed the country in snch a position as he was afraid wo never would eHcape from without anarchy and confusion . After referring to the Rural Police Bill , which he said was wanted to assist in carrying out tlie Now Poor Law , tho Hon . Gentleman concluded by repeating . his exhortation to the peoplo not to forget the right of petitioning . Ho said he exhorted them not to forget that they had grievances —a great many of them , to complain of—hot to forget that it was their duty to Vhomselve ? , to their Families , to their »\ vi . vcs , and to their children , to eadcavour to ^ ettfiosa grievances removed , and the wj * y to do it was by repeatedly petitioning tho House of Commons . ( Hear , hear , and clapping of hands . )

      '; ! Tho . nex | i toast was "Universal Suffrage , " which was responded to by James Cobbett , lisq . " Selfgovernment in all our localities , " and "The memory of our Saxon ancestors , and the wisdom of their institutiona , " \ ycro .. toasta that were also drunk , after \ Vhich the party brx ) k 0 up ; at a little before one o ' clock / - ' ? ' : '"' '¦ ' U- " - ' : '' :- " . . -,. " . ' . "¦; . :: .: . . .- / ..-, ¦ , ¦ : ¦ .-. ¦ purr « port * r " seriWits wordtiiatwe milflt . supply tho cheers ourseive ? , itiatimuch : as thore were none for hvmjpXQsert . ^ Not&singieichecr the whole . evqniujg , the greatest sympfom of applavisebeiiig a alight clapping ; of hands . Jt was , Without oxceptioa , the heaviest afiaite-verwkrie ^ sed . ;

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      GREAT MEETING IN TttE CHAPEL OP ' ' : : ''' - ' " ~ ; -E NNi 5 KEANE ^ ¦> ' ' - : ; - .- : ' - ;; - .. Qu $ up . day ; Kst , tUo I ^ : in ^ ant ,. Mr . O'Gonnob , ajfter auV ^ en ^? of fdur yck ^ iddre ^ aic ^ o ¦ inhabitant *' of ; tha p > i f ^^ OatUblic" Chape ! , a : i ' uilding isapabie ; of holding many ! thousands , and Which WAS Crammed . As SOOU as service was concluded , Sir . ; O'Coknor presented himself befpre the oongi-egation , many of whom had not been bware of hU arrival in Jtrehxnd . Upon his entering , ho was received with clapping of hands , and '' Oh , ten thousand welcomes back again ! " arid every description of welcome . For some time tho

      buz was great , many voices , in ah under tone , mingling together , " Oh j thank'GodjWe see him back once more ! " and" Long life to him ! " At length , he spoke nearly as follows , from the altar : — > Iy Friends , myi ) ear Friends ^ Irtjcleecl , I think I may call you my political ^ hildren , for I first taught you your rights , and armed you ; , inch , is hd-vofit ; with the yote- < ' AyCj ' fjtye /')—it is : now nearly eighteen y < iars since I first addressed you from this sacred spot , atid from that time to the present , " you have « cei | and heard much of mo .. I ; preferred coming among you in the fir ^ t instancp . ;; .-J ; might Law gorio ;*» some distant pait of tl } Q eiiunty , and there drawn largely . upon the credulity ; of my aiiuiouvti i ui iiu 1 10 naiivo within

      u ; come my spoi , sight of my QWn domain , among those to whom I have been kriovra . through tho ; whple of Hfej—( cheers)>—and , although maligned and undefended , I can staiid before this , vast' ; ae ^ an bJa ge , and fearlessly afekj , if I have over bcen guilty , of an act unbecoming a gentlemaii and . a patriot ? ' . Q- No , no , no , never . ") Have I over summonsed a mau r 9 r processed a man , or been summonsed or processed by a . maiiJ ( " No , never that we heard /') Have 1 ever done an unkind or ani ungenerous act in the whole of my life ? ( " No , npi" ) Has my puree or my door ever , been closed against tho poor and the destitute ? (" No , 110 . " ) Itave 1 over refused my counsel aiid advice gratuitously to vour order ? <" . No . n o ^

      never . '') And have I not prosecuted your oppressors , whether they were lilagistratcs , Officers , Chief Constables , Landlords , <> t > Parsons , and ahvays at inv own expense ? \ "youliavo , God bless you . " ) Welf » I fought that firbt balilo with tho . Whiteboys , when no manip . the cpunij ' ^ but . - ' ¦ inysolt' dared to raise a vpicpin ^ jjpur ^ defei # ; and did I iiot , through that , staiid by yiiai iiid tfeli ^ with ypi ) ' tp thelastf ( " You diid . **) - It piift £ jtoTd you . ytfiv * hp oppressor Svas . * FhUi * # & ' oWMsi battle t 5 | getlier-4 that is eigliteen yeiars gone b y ; aM € o ^ v I rJ 5 turn and find you pooror and more destitutSfBan ever ,, ( tr It's triic . ' ); Again in 1831 , we foughKtogetherl and I Was arrested . Again in ; 1832 , Vftiwigut a battle , and won it , which ^ l be remennxjred by those who wituessed it as

      long a ^ memory lastei C' Oh , then , it will . ") In 1835 w « : ftjugh % ^ gain , and again we conquered . Th . us ; I -liafye ^ flight four . battlS 9 , and gained foiir vic | or ^ : i ;| tatw £ ere is-tho triumph 1 fi has gone to 6 therf 4 iand 8 ^ y 6 u are ' pporer , fhe Oppressor'is richer . ¦ ' ¥$$ ^^ Emancipatibn i as > lt is called ; but it-rehde «! 3 ' no service to yoii . You a * e the little te 6 th i Q ^ e great . wheel , but the whlSel reyQl \ -ies upon the ^ onrg teefB , and passes ypu by . Tho lori ^ teeth ^ aW ^ dg ^ 81 } * " 3 br teneaa'barrister 9 , and pi acehuuteirs , '; 8 ind ; paid agitatdrs ^ afed wealthy ^ paupers . { " Truejvfwr you * ) ; : You then _ 3 g ; ot ^ what -i& -called Reform ; and witness its blessings ! ( Hear , liear . ) It gave M > A , " few thai which thoso : iew / are afraid to avail , themselves of from" a dread

      of the laridlord ; that ' s my . business here . . tiod gave us land , but the devil gave us laiidiords . ( Laughter and cheers . ); 3 ? In : thi 8 patiaa you have a sample of the tender iaercies of your natural protector . My Lord Ban 46 « Khaspnsted all his Catholic tenants , and repfeced &eiQ ! witli pauper Protestants 5- / ah'd he says behasa r ^ g hi , to do wliat he lijsoa with his own , , bu ^ l . aay to , ij& not ., fify tongue is my own- ^ my p ^ iimxpjyri-siny horse is . niy p > vn ; and yet I canjibt ^^ oat I a ^ is o with my , tpiigup , my pen , or my ho ^ afc ^ FI ^ te or speak of ithe law ' s iniquity , ' I aM ^ p » i 9 p |<; utoii . ; If I usp my' herse oriiolly , th ^ ere } B a humane-JJfw . to prote " ct him ; but ' none to protect you . : ^ hre %# ¦; protects Mtself from ; my peii and noi tneretoro

      long u ^ uiuugu -mucn—^ laugnterjf ^ - get the '~ lf * i ^^ *^ ttfS ^ mll proteot you as it protects the brut ^) . iY « u Ifekva ft > tight a battle against tithes , ; and . we ; . mUfliK ^ ' ^ Mh 0 d ; . ' . tbeni . w ^ a -we'Ver 0 % ld ; andpew we h » ye / ia kind of mongrel : prie 8 Uiox > d 4-f haJfjparson , half ^^ laudlord . Every . laudlqrd ; has alw ints ^ t ia tb # i well-being of ihe , parsQn , aiid every t ^^ % yjflKi ti |^ -Sfucceg 8 of tliO ; landlord . ; ( Hear , ea % i ^^ pafc not what I taught you . My pledges V > yjOuV ^ ploiiwily giveni were , Aunual ParliamentB , ^ Bir ^ sa 7 ^ Si ^ gfe ^( hear ,:. hear > --V 6 te by ^ Ballpt , Repeal of itlnjf Uniou , total Abolition of Tithes , aiiu Appoiatmen . < f ? bf the Magistrates by tho People . ( Cheers ^ anja ^ . TThey wei-e'P ') Well ! I have stuck to them ouevatw all with :: unflinching ' :. perseverance - ^ C YouliaS'ft- !)—aud I am Jwre ; . tp tell you that I would not give a fig for aiiy change but that which WiU make . ^ fery man his own ; representative . Tha ^ wj ^ beeinaucipation , abolition of ; tithesi repeal « . - - •' f . j ^ - j t , . ; •¦ - . ¦ ' ¦ .- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " - : ' " -f " 'VV : ' ' " * " ' " ' " ¦ - ' ¦" " ' '¦

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      of the TJnion , meat , drink , and clothes ¦ , house and d ^ eert - ) ^ or theSB things you said you WaulJ ^ ufc to the deathjand and 4 w dare ^ li my absence , give ear to charges that I went tpo far and was , too violent I If I was ; blame that gentle-™ ( Panting to the : Romah Catholic clergyman ) blame , that shepherd who folds his flock fromtfe wolf , but does lipt fleece them—( cheers and laugliter )^ -blame him , fpr ho taught mei and he went tartnerwhen it was required . ( Hear , Hear . ) He has known me tweaty-three years ; he hears all things , and knows all men ' s charactera ; and to him lappeal , if he has eyer heard a single word to inv disadvantagp . (" Kd , ^ no , " from ; Mr . Q'Sullivan . ) Universal Sufirage is the battle ' that your order in hngland and Scotland are now fighting ; and it is the . next battle that you must fight ; aiid you shall nt witn

      ng me at your head . ( Cheers . ) 1 would not aim a fie for the game kind of pariiament sitting in Uublin that sits ia London . The members must represent every man . Let wealth take care of itself ; I will take care of labour . You have been told that Uie tajglisb people are - ' . opposed' . to" you . I deny it 1 our interest is their interest . Your oppressor is their oppressor . ( Hear , hear . ) Where how are your flax gardens ? In America . And where are your loomsr In Manchester , And yet your order have no benefit from them—tha mastertyrant takes all the profit to himself ; ( Hear , hear . ) ' There are mon in England and Scotland that you hay « heard abused , and in whose defence I now stand here ; Xliey aie the best -friends of Ireland ; and 1 have often declared . th ^ t they would' haVe

      nothiiig in which Ireland was not a partner upon equal terms . ( Loud cheers . ) But I learn that the terms of our union are to be . that : 1 must give up the English people , teener . You would be monalfotts Io ask it—I would be a villain to do it . ( Clapping of hands . ) You are tlio physical force ' fellows , and yet you taunt me with going too far ; What a pretty thing . for a parcel of starving Irish slaves at , this side of the water , to fiud i ' ault \ vith ^ rong lan guage ^ used at the other side of the watau . Tho backWardueas of the many ^ makes the , forwardness of the few appear rashness , while the ; simultaneous move of all , would change it into generalship and . prudence . ( Hear , hear . ) You have been taUght to praise my oppressors and your oppressors , the fellows who woUld . put me into gaol for fightintr for

      you . Jiut . ( said Mr . O Cpniior vehemently ) yoii slaves ! I don ' t care if they put me into gaol every Monday morning . I'll fight tyranny to , its beard though I fall in the struggle . ( Cheers and clapping pf hands . ) Mr . Q'Cpnnell speaks of keeping in the Whigs , for the samcreason that Paddy stuffs Iiis hat in the broken wiudoW to keep the cold out . Now , I highly approve of that , if Pat likes it , and takes off his own hat to stop his own window ; but faith I don't , approve of another fellow taking off' Pat ' s hat to stop his own windows . { Hear , hear , and laughter . ) The difterence between the Whigs and the Tpriea is just this : the Tories would cut our tail off all at once , while the Whigs , like the tender butler , would take oif a joint a-day . ( Great laughtpr ;) Don't those fellows , my Lord Joh a Russell

      anums mends remind you of the fine lady , who promised tho shivering widow a sack of coals , but thoiight when she got . warm that the widow didn't want thorn—so with those fello-. v ? :. They promised you that the Reform Bill should clothe you , house you , feed you , warm you , a ^ d protect you ; but when they got to the . sunny side of the breach , Rice said to Hobhouso and llobhon . se said to Russell , " . Do ypu know , Jack , that I don ^ t think thosefellpvys ; are so cold after all . ( Roars of laughter . ) No , no , no-more blaniey ! You have tried religious freedom , aud they tell you , yon have it . I tell yon , you have fijot , and never can till yon get political freedom first . Mr , O'Connor then ejaid that be was a . bold man to stand there after all the poison that had been circulated against him by the Dress , hut that nriWni ^

      pip wouId ever triumph over slander , as he was sure thatndt a . mail in " the ' - county Would believe a word against hi 8 . character , his honour , and his patriptisin ,. ( No , ho , and cheers . ) He would make Ireland resound from end to end , with the denaandfor IJniv * rsal Suffrage— : ( cheers ) r--an ( l af for ^ the brave men of ScQtlandand England , he * ¦ meant the working menj they wereninetyrfi ^ ev in every hundred for a repea , ! pjt the union because' they knew the Irish wished , , for . it . ( Clapping of handa . ) Wjden he reflectdd upon the many'battles he had fought in England , Ireland , and Scotland , and all against oppressjon , he only . . ^ ^ wonderei that lie was stilialive ; fefit ^ elioped to fight the ¦ only battle worth fightink ft ^ jMftettte . would - |^ t ! d | fte ^ ujt 8 oftj ^> i ^ t <> rytq them . He oaniethereto Assisttlietn in preserving % he

      pohticalJife which be had given themv . He was there to make theni register ; Lpt them gbt it , at aileTents , and » se it as they thought proper . Ho was flatterea to know that many hundred electorSj whb had doclaredthey would not register , had said the moment they ^ heardo / liia arrival , that they would do whatever Fargus : told theni . He before ^ registered tkem for themselves ; he would now do the same . On lueaday he would head them , and lead them to the public meeting at Clbrtakiltyr' ( Clapping of haiids . ) Qn Wednesday he would lead them to Duiimanning ; on Thursday , he wrpuld lea < i them ; by the castle of Lord Bandon , jrfto had'depopulated the parish , and make the walls ring witli a cheer of defiance . ( Cheers . ) In short , he would rattle over tha country , and then go tor ; Londph tdTeceive

      iudtrment from the Queen ' s Bench ; and lie did not think tiiat he was . softening the way for a bed of roses ; lioweyer , onward he would go ; and die or conquar ( God bless you !); c Tliere was a large body ofpolicc in one of the side galleries ; aud Air , O'Connor , in adverting to the altered state of Ireland , said : — You truly boast that yo \ i have spared 5000 soldiers to put us down , but ifjouhaTe ,. you haye got 10 ^ 000 of a horse force . The wvernmeut paid the soldiers , and you pay the police . Every policeman gets double the soldier ' s pay ; fio , instead of a standing army , not paid by . you , you have now a standing army of 10 , 009 , raoiving the pay o £ 20 , 000 . ( Oh , on . ) These fellows a , re ; in every reapeet the worst description of force ; for I know , as abarristerVthat when all

      other evidence fails , pn < a of those fellows comes upj with a story ready cut and dried , and jnvariab ^ ruins the victim . ( Here there was a terrible sensation , and all eyes turned upon tho police . ) Mr . O'Gonnpr continued—We do not require any of tho follows , it is the bad laws that requiro them ; let us have good laws ^ ahd then we shall not want them . Mr . O'Connor spoke for an hour and a half : aiid stated his views with respect to the subdivision of the land into convenient plots . He said , as he never blinked any ' question , he would- tell the farV mcrs then present that they were greater tyrants to the labourers than even the landlords were to them . ( This was loudly cheered ^ In ^ condusibn , the Learned Gohtleman indulged in a mpstdreadful denundiation of those who blarnied and deceived the

      people . Ho pointed out the manner in which they had-usedthe seven first years of Reform , in merely denouncing Toryism , while all the time they were preparing the most tremendous machinery of oppression fpr thoir restoration ; and that now the 1-Wies would find alL the implements oftpfture made b y . the Whigs to their hands . He laughed at ; the triumph pi" the appomtmont , of what were called popular ; judges ; , and said that in all political offenees they would stand by their otder . A 8 ' ! Vl-r . O'Cbnnor presiwd through the dense mass , he j was greeted witn ¦ ten thousand blessings , and welcomes , and : prayers for his . health and success ; and althbugTi there was a pelting rain , the villages through which he passed were crowded with anxious spectators , congratulating him uplfc his return , and telling-him to persetere .

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      BTOCKPOiRT .

      Public Meetino . —On ; Monday evening a public meeting was hold in the New Kofnii ; belonging to the f orking Men's . Associatipn . Bpmbar ' Brow , for the ptirpose of requesting the working classes td co-operate 1 with the . Tories in canvassing their neighbourhood in order to return them inatead of ' Whigs into the Council at thenext municipal election . . ' Jauiegf Cadnian , one of the police , was unaninieusly calledto the" chair jaad . oii liis rufhsal , James Jlitchens was culled , > vho said , as . he was not accustomed to speak , at public nieetuigsyhe should declinp niakihir any remarks , but would call upon

      Mr . Fisher Lihney to open the nicetirigi He said , Mr ; Chairman and gentlemen , th& object of this meeting is to . take into consideration the' necessity : of a changein . the Common Council ; for those that vtiere in ¦ n ^ re blinded wi th ; aelf interes t ,., and would neither do good themselves nbr let any one . else .. He ' believed from pa 4 t experience , - that neither Wh ^ g ' npr Tory was a friend to the woiting man ; ; but as' there were no Radicals liiely to put up , he thought that it was better ^ o send the Tories thin the Whiga . ¦¦ ''' ¦ cH&r . ) The Tories are open foesv " ¦ ¦ buf-. ' -the ' vWiifessireV ^ a treacherouade 6 eitfulibad

      ,, -lot . W * have nottriedthe Toriessin ^ we had them . under ^ our own thumbs but wehadtr . ie 4 ^ y . Whigs , He h ^ d come out uncalled by any . party . ^ d . without being solicited by any man He was no tum-c , oa »; : he . was us sincere a Radial as ever he , wasv . and , ; as thoroywere no Radicals- in . the field ; be suoutd do all in his power to give the Tories Vh ^ f P ^' r ¦ SS ,- # ' e *« . that if tho "VVhigs tUoiight that u the dirttfromuttder their nails ' would do them any good ; ttey would not give it . ; TfiS wdrkini ; classes need not eipect anything from tho Whiga . What had the Tories done ? Hail they ever abuied their very best

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      these last three months ^^ < ShO T % 0 WBa W ^^^ myself about gettinTarma S ^^ Med " - ^^ tff ^^^^ m sssEaasaSSS ^^ g - year , and he c » n cry" tin rS % , ^^ Pe . wod nave the : Whigs dS ^ te ^ P - > What u ^/ both nationaut ^^? L ^ ' they wi ? I leave oBc . ^ t ^ i-S ^ gifiM , by putting the Itarie * ^^^ W 111 ^ ^ at « would bfl the best plan ^^ J ^ ^ ^ i ^^ ^ pewer they had , and puttht . ^ * ?• <> r . ^ there waa a good man sent to the corincil , r r & ^ su Ka set of 'deTils to contend with that all the * J * t y 9 a 7 d be against him . He concluded witii pledginjr * / tiP ^ e ^ to do all that he could at the forthcominir-W * tio ? - ' ' *<>• return TdriefL .. ' ¦'• ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' i" ' . ' ¦ - - ' . '¦' ^

      ftlr . Isaac JonNsoN wasnext called up , in . He said Mr . Chairman , ; Gentlemen , ; Whigs , Tories , . ycKspittles , and spies . ( Some one cried out there is c"ne in the room . ) I care not for that . tor I do aay' that w « bave the biggest set of rascals in this , place th : \ t can be fo ^ pd under the canopy of heaven ; Yes , I & . W there is the : damnedest &et of villains here that can be found anywhere elae ^ I mean in the commonrGburicH' * « P ; for rf there is one man airiohg them who would -yVish tp do'good . hia mouthis gagged by that thing that ^ o have agreed at Chester to call Cockupand const - -

      , quently is prevented from acting- folrly and nprightly Gentlemen , so long as that man i » at the ^ hea * of the Town Council With & majority of hh > own sort ; -who are at his beefc and call , there willnever be any good done for the working claseek I will dok all in my power to return , Tosiea , because the . Tories never robbed me , but -the Whigs havey and likewise unjustly conteed , me , ^ but . I shall yetf see - the day when they Will Be below me . My poor tenants have to pay a lot of blue bottle men . They have to keep a set of individual ? to Insult and ^ bludgeon them in the streets iu

      . lhe * 0 ^ nothing done the CdnncU but what Cockup is at tho ; head , ; I ; liave he * Td ihat ft Tory ia soin ^ ¦ ¦ tj . P f « P ^« d gley : ward , and although I ^ op , posed him upon the church-rate ' question , I wovJu send lnm becauaa ; rtMnk . it vould . be ^ better ; to' send gome one ^^ as would expose tha , K ^ ity ; of the town crerk ^^^ ot ^ -Ctfckup . ( Cieera ^ They have " 4 o » i e ; nothing ; for ^ Edgleybesidea sending ^ few oldmen to Bween the streets ., And although we have- mejrinjbi Council , they are so oveijfaced by Cockup ; ana * '; his creV . that they dare not speak . Booth and ^ Herly are ^ two ' honest ! ^ ££ Jt ? ? ?? t ^ courage-tbfaco nnjthintf

      . o « V Therefore under . the ^ a ^ Ta ^ nces ^ the EdKl ^ y w » ra . is ^ unrepresentea ¦ altogether . ; How " . have they servedboth man , woman , and child at ; the CourtHooni during the arrest ? ' Bid notthey bludgeon the people as they ^ rent from their > ork ?; ;( $ h rae . ) : <' j hWbeen tWi by av Whig that ; -we cannot turn Cocktrp frxjm bos office , . Granted ; but if we can get a majority of Tones , he ¦ will not have bis own way ; and the Common Council could choose ;¦* . Tory inayor , who Would look wellafterhim . He conclBded trith recohiiH * ndin « Oie working classesto vote for the Tories . r

      . . Mr . BuNTONnext addressed thi meeting , and said—Mr . Chairman , ' Gentlemen , and : fellow-sufferers for I call you ^ such ; because the hiiljorfty of you : seem somethmg hke myself ,-nre have been suftcring under tho Wh ^ protection Npw I believe , at the last municipal election of the Whig party , 1 did : all that lay in my power to get these men support throughout tlie borough o . f Stpckport . I believe I was ther truest man in gettu ; g m those men who put Cpcknpinlip . the . office of To » n cierk . lie then cpnunenced exposing Cockup ' s tricks , and how ho was treated when arrested Ho said he was taken to . Sadler ' s'Well 3 , \ rhibli VSH very miserable place for any human being to be in : ho would sooner bo in Chester , six ' months than bo In Sadler ^ Wells a fortnight . When he was put into this place

      , it was , two inches deep of water >• ¦ he thooght that no man could live in it a mouth , for ho h ; id as -good" a constitution aa any man in Stockport , but he could not stand that There he and his four sons had to be for a long 'time , taken out of ; thiir . wiinu be " s in the dead of ttie night , before any one came , to sweep out th » water , and they called upon them many a time . ( Shame . ! Ho then said ho should do all in his power to return Tories for Por ^ woOd Ward .: Theyhad . had to pay rates—to pay spies ,. ^^ Cs . ; perlday r the' Conimoa t-ouncu had given pi man of ttie name of ClaTk 5 st per day , and yet he wa 3 prepareit ; to proTfi that the man himself was a deserter ^ from a ^^ regiment ^^ Sufhiih ha could mention . He hadiheard ; : tbat- Siidltt ¦ '• wafl grumbling like a bear T ? ith a sore head—that ? tb » isoners had sent

      ^ a letter froni Chester ^ and that if they did so they would be able to procure bail when their time was up . fhey did all they could at Cheater . What did Cockup say when the Judge was asking for bail ? Johnson -was a man of property , said Qodtup , -when Cottingham told the Judge , that Johnson was a poor tnan and oht ' . of work . Besides , said Cockiip , he U a fteehblder .: He vma not contented with leading his o * n ^ party to the nose , but he said to the j ; udge when fae mVd told' Jphnson what his bail was to be , that they hid better all bt Xfehj ; ihottght , and were told that we should nevej "Pfc ball . But , ; however , we aw here » ost of na now T ^ ese aw the men we haye put Into office . Cockub told one of Uie Tpriea about Peterioo . But the Tories did

      not go in the night , ttiey . gave ; them warning ^ and went in the open day . Thby came to my house and Knocked at the door in the middle pf the night I got " ? * o the Window ,, and cried who is there ? Sadler said don tstand there , but" come and open the dOor . He went down and opened " . the door . Sadler asked him if hehad a light ? He then found the match box , and struck »;; light Oh , said ( Sadler , you have lucifer matches , I jjee . Yes , said he , any matotea would do for him sp that he could get : at a light They « ien entered" his house , and ; kept him without his clothea . He . . said : he had an old pistol to repair , beinff a blacksmith , and they took that . He could mention the persoaVname . who brdughVyit ^ o -hhh , but It would not 6 br ^ 8 nobodinto-a

      ^^^ S ^ : . y scrape , ^ stood upon the house floor , a long time ; he told them he wanted his clothes , and he mnst have them , tor h « was , taklnit ; cold , ; which " would do him a Very great injury . All this ; time they were searching : the cellar ' , ? £ j * nothing therej Then Sadler cried oat ' ^ Where is theicey of the smith y ?• ' He ( BuntonFtoId themifciwag there somewherer'Saalersaiditwas not : then , said he , " . » some of you haVeBtoleri It . "' But however ; they hayefound it tobe a political thing and he had not seen it since . Thenext thftg ' they clapped their eyes upon ; was titte bell , and he supposed they , had vtrue bill a ^ institj for they took it to Chester } and it Would require twp or three sureties ; before it could

      come out of prison . They then found a lot more incen > djanes m his box , but , thank God ! they had not taken all , for there was one trunk full which they never saw Any young couple who were g « ing to honaekeeping should go to lxis honse , and they would do well to tafca a pattern of it He had had his housel examined by lawyers , , magistrates ; specials , poflce officers , and private , soldiers , and siirely < it would do noweverything ought to be 4 nite right He . concluded by caUing upon them to support the Tories forthe one that would be : returned i for Port wood : bad given-bail for a Chartist , and if there -were no other reason that fraji sufficient' ¦ '¦ - ' ¦ . ' , - • :. '"

      JoiiPir Wright next rose , aai 4 said- he was very sorry tbattbe coach went all one way . Was them none of the VVhig party that would say something in their favouc ? If they could say nothing foV them , he should think they ^ ould not support them . He said , that it was the agreement whenan Chester Castle to find honest men- . if , they could , and if not ; to piit in the Tories He said they were bad enough , but what they did do they did in open daylight . He would : support any man that was likely to oppose the predominant Cookup ' He thopght the best way to come at-the truth was- by fair disensaion , but there was not likely to be any discussion , so long as oho man bid it all his own way Cockup rwith his fiendish smiles , could turn them wWch way he thoughVproper . Now , Gentlemen , if they are to dp any good , they must send Tories , and then Cockup would not , have the . audacity to act . as he-baa done : tie for his ' part would send the devil himself , if be thought he would opppse Cockup , ; ' ¦ ¦ :

      ; Mr . Isaac JOSJfsoN said tMt the Whigs had set * pTecedeat iox them to , go by . . ; John ttamer Lefton ttod hiniself liad-oone from . Ward to Ward to putin 4 he Whigs , and he hoped that all present would follow the example , this year . ^ in putting ii ^^^ the Tories . : .: . Mr . Ieah said the : Whigs ^ d persecuted him for being thewibest friend . ; Had the Tories wer done it ? ft 0 . He was an out and out-Chartist yet , and he had been used v 61 y badly by a man who hadhad his dinner at hisJipusewhen he had none when he was a little ^^^ S ^^ M f' ^^^' ; Mr . jPii ^ tNG was of opinion that if they could'riot SSt ^ 'SS ^*^* ' ^* . The meeting adjournedW ^ ; .

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      -. - . . .. .. ; - r , - ^ KES ^ HXiBj ^ . ; . ; . ; : , , - ; . : .. i . RA piCA ^ LECTDBE .- ^ Gn Mondayeveninirlast , Mr . S , % ¦ ¥ **» $ ;* &n * Hall , on-the principles of ^ d jcaUsm v ^ crojvdedaudience . Jn ^ the ^ onrs . 9 * hi 3 . addres 3 , Mr , Bairstow ran / through ihe yarioub proceedings o £ Government , - proving ^ firom evpry a t Wirahj ^ ntion iQf keeping the people in -i stat « ot bo . Bdage till rescued from their grasp : by their own conxblried ; exertions ; Hedeacribod , inglowiag langtege , the extremes : of Wealth and poverty , existmg ; tbrougKout : tfio country "in Consequence p £ th 8 presea * corrupt state pf ^ the Legislature .- ; Hejaest took'ia survey of tie irifluence of females in s 66 iety and made an eloquent . address in behalf pf their right 3 to the suffrage along jwith the males , requesting them to unite along with the men in assisting In tho good cause * . The lecture . occupied upwards of two hoars ; in delivery * ; a ^^ plaudits from the audience . .: " : T . ¦ ' ' - ¦ " f : .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 19, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1079/page/1/