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    • laDIGAL TEA 3XRINKIX6 " AT CAHPE>7-TER5 HALL, MAKGHESTER i IN COMMEMORATION OF THE BIRTHDAY OF HENRY HUNT.
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      • H T M < "laay evening last , the Mends of Radicalism m Manchester assembled to take tea together at tjupeniers Hall , in commemoration of the birthday « Henry Hunt . Early on Tuesday morning upwards of 50 G . tickets had been sold , and snch was the anxiety to obtain admission , that in many cases more tnan double the price of the tickets was offered for them . In hundreds of cases money was refused for tickets as-trei as for admission . There were a great many females present . - "While the tea tiling were being removed , the hand which had been engaged for the occasion , played an overture , after which

      lir . TFheeler said that as they were met on an important occasion they must not be without a chairman . The memory of Henry Hunt should Bever be forgotten till the blood-stained field of Peterloo be entirely blotted ont , or the 4 eath of the murdered be revenged . ( Loud cheers . ) He should propose that Mr . Abel Heywood should take toe chair . The Chajhsux said he was sure there could not be a more lovely sient throughoni nature's haadywork than the sight wMcll to had HOW before him . -He tiiongnnhey outfit to congratulate themselves and toe cause in ^ hich they were engaged , at the number and apparent respectability of the individuals uow present to do honour to the memory of the best men that ever graced the annak of our country . ( . Cheers . ) I . wonld be _ improper in Mm to attemDt to ocennv

      ineir time with . anything "he might have got to say knowing that they were momentarily expecting to near their iriend and the poor man's friend , Air Feargus O'Connor . ( Very loud cheers , which were several times renewed . ) He would just observe that there was one portion of the business that had been . announced that wonld not be proceeded with , viz , the address to the Queen . It was . thought better that the additions should be submitted to a - committee before it was presented at a public meeting and therefore that address ironld not bs brdnght forward on the present occasion-. The other arrangements which had been made he hoped ironldgiVe satisfaction to all whoTrere present .. Heshouldnow beg leaTe to introduce their friend Mr . Feargus U Connor . _ ( Immense cheers , waving of hats and Jiaadkerehiefs , and clapping of hands for several minutes . ^ -

      iSx . F . O'Coxxoa then stepped forward , and was received with another treznendons round of chcenug which literally made the building tremble . When the applause was subsided , he proceeded to say , that this exnikrating scene was calculated to lead the judgment captive , and to make a man for a moment loose his self-possession . However , as he wa 3 well aware under the present svstem , that the long hours of laboar and of direct oppression would follow that festive scene , he must not forget that he had another anty to perform . They had been told both by tne gentleman who had proposed the Chairman , v . i * i Chairman himself , that they were assembled there to do honour to the memory of Henry Hunt . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Even in

      the dap of Whig persecution , when prosecutions were rife , and the Attorney-General took credit to himself for nothaviag stretched the bloody law , he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was noj ashamed to- confess himself a Huntite —( immense cheering . )—and if anything could induce and spur the living patriot to go on in the cause of the people , it was the recollection that , although heart-broken , he was prematurelv consigned to the grave ; yet when judgment had resumed her seat , honour was done to his memory . ( Cheers . ) Did he not now lie quiet in his grave ¦ with more laurels upon his memory than the traitors that deserted Mm , and hunted him out of existence ! Tes ; he was a man that struggled not for those who lived immediately in his own daybut he struggled

      , for all who were to come after him . His ( iJr . O'Connor ' s ) position was tranquil compared with that of Hunt- He was the first to brave dagger . He saw ihat public opinion was in a turmoil acainst him , because the ever-confiding people of England placed coaadence in the irnckiiiar , tiai 8- « e-vip . . « - Whigs . He Olr . Hunt ) told-them that the Reform B : ll was all a farce : he saw it to be a delusion ; and while he was thus stemming the torrents of public opinion thus misled , Ms enemies were too powerful for iik , and they broke his heart . ( Hear , hear . ) His ( Mr . O ' Connor ' s ) position was fieither so dangerous , nor was ids work so arduous . He ( Mr Hunt ) was the great architect who taught the people what the edifice should be ; he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was

      onlv a humble workman endeavouring to raise that ediSee to its completion . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) They were now told that they were a defunct party they were told that because the law had been stretched , and physical force had been used , because authority had been abused , and because the Whigs still held their power , although got by usurpation , and because the Tories , were still a political party merely resting their powerupon the franchise which the WhigRetorm BH 1—they were told because they had no power at present—that they were never to have power at alL He denied it ; and he wonld ask iras the power of these political pareea increasing or decreasing ? ( Hear , hear . ) Could they upon almost any pretence procure such a meeting as that

      ( Hear hear , and cheers . ) 2 so , and though they "were to continue to turn their churches into theatres , or their theatres into churches , the eves of the people were too -wide awake to be mMed . ( Cheers . ) At a recent meeting in Edinburgh , the Attorney-General congratulated hia party that without any extra Iavf 3 he had been enabled to put down the Chartists vrithont a single drop of blood being shed . Why , he would ask , to whose side belonged the honour—to the aide of the Cbartista who had the power to be triumphant , or to the other side who , if they had shed one drop of blood unconstitutionally , must have raised such a storm about them as would have buried them in its ruins ? ( Cheers . ) So far as they cared go they did go—( hear , hear , )—and amid

      all tbi 3 the people had not been guilty of shedding one drop of human blood . The honourj therefore , was due to them . But the Attorney-General had Bald he did not look for any stronger laws . It would "be wrong and ungentlemanly to say in the presence of the ladies , that he lied , however , he wpuld say nevertheless that he did not speak the truth , for if he did not violate the law he violated the constitution . He could have had packed juries with judges readv made to his hands . The law said that a man should be tried by his peers ; but in those instances , they got Grand Juries together , who were told that the Object of the Chartist 3 was to divide their land , and then they got Special Juries , who were tenants of these Grand Juries , and who re-choed the cry of

      the Grand Juries . This was " the manner in which these convictions were found ; and vhere were the people ! They dared not get up a single meeting for fear of being floored , while the people could meet in thousands and ten 3 of thousands . " { Cheers . ; When Hunt first came into the political field he was called a Tory because he saw that when it settled tlown into its practical working , it would furnish a representation of wealth instead of that of the poor man . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) For this reason he was called a , Tory as they now called him ( Mr . O'Connor ) a "Whig on the one hand , and a Tory on ihe other . Presently he thonght he should represent the middle aged man who had been so fortunate as to have two "wivesthe one a little older , and the-other a little

      , younger , than himself . The elder onei -wishing to gain Ms aSection the more to herself , determined on plucking all the black hairs ont of his head , leaving the grey ones to make him look respectable ; while the younger one was equally anxious to pluck out ail the grey ones , so as to make him appear somewhat voung . ( Roars of laughter . ) But if they plccked him till they plucked him hald , they would ¦ not find either a Whig or Tory hair in his head ; and if he thought there was such a commodity on Ms pate , he would tie his head to a tree and run away from it . ( Great laughter . ) Thus it was when they found that they could by no mean 3 combat their principles or npset their doctrines , they "invariably returned to the old humbug , one parly declaring

      a man to be a Whig , and the other declaring him to "be a Tory . He , however , had been before them ihrongb the entire struggle , since the passing of the Reform Bill to the present moment , in almost every public capacity in which a man could be engaged , and every act of his had been that of an ultra democrat , and an out-and-out Radicals ( Loucfrand continned cheering . ) And he would continue to perse-Tere , for if it was worth the while of a calculating trafficking , politician to desert the Radicals when they were weak , it was not-worth Ms while to desert them now , when they were about to mount the pinnacle of victory and glory . ( Cheers . ) Tho Whi p boasted that the Qaeen was on their side , while the Tories , disgusted with what they call the liberality of the Queen , would , in case of any alteration , go to Hanover , to bring over the bloody Cumberland ( Hear , hear . ) Then it would be for the Radicals to say what kind of a Qneen they would have—and iherewho knew

      they had got a great many queens — what was necessary to constitute a Queen , a Governor , or ' a Monarch . They knew ihat when the Monarch ceased to afford that protection which she or he was bound to give to the people , that then the people were absolved from theyr allegiaute . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) They knew that they had not had that protection in the recent struggleth ^ y knew that Lord John Russell had told them to meet and petition ytfcaUfcey did meet wdpetttoon , and they knew that the Attorney-General , the companion and friend of Lord John- Russell , had pro-Scuted them for bo doing , and that the Queen haa reSsid uSto to fl-4 * - ! * ?^ Sr ¥ S » prosecuted . ( Hear , hear , ^> ^ ° I % £ ri * e Tories were able to carry " >>» rf . ftJJS measure ? , and if some of the chief of the * part } were incarcerated , would it be ¦ opposed that tue Queen would refuse to accede to their ™^ I- 4 ° ? bo ; then - there would be a general gaol de ^ ery the moment the application ^ ' ^ fe ^ t'S with -the Messing of God , they would nave a general

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      MR . O'CONNOR'S VISIT TO OLDHAM . A ^ 1 " 5 meeti n Z yas held on Wednesday evening at Oldnam , to enter into a subscription on behalf of the men who are suffering under imprisonment , or are awaiting their trials , for the advocacy of the cause of the people . It . being known that Mr . O Connor would be present , there was a most overflowing attendance . The meeting took place in the social institution , in Lord-street , and it was most densely crowded in every part . Mr . " O'Connor arrived in O . dham about seven o ' clock ; he was met at the end of the town by a band of music , and was escorted by a vast concourse to the Duke of York , and from there to the place of meeting , where he was greeted with the most deafening cheers . MR . O'COXXfVR'S AJ'TviTT Tr » r \ r t \ tj ax * .

      Mr . Abel-Swax . v , - of Lees , was -unanimously cahed on to preside . In opening the business he expressed the pleasure he felt at being called on to preside over so intelligent and respectable a meeting , especially as lie should have the honour of introducing to them ihe noble champion of popular rights—-teargus O'Connor . ( Loud applause . ) He would not detain tliem , as his honoured friead had to proceed to Rochdale that night , to address a meeting there . Therefore , without further remark , he would introduce him to their notice ; and he was sure they would receive him with that hearty welcome which he deserved . ( Applause . )

      Mr . u'Cosxott then came forward , amidst general cheering , and waving of hats aad handkerchiefs . He spoke as follows : —Mr . Chairman and brother Radicals of Oldham , —It is now four years and four rnontas since I became acquainted with you ; and from that period to tha present , our watching has been mutual : if I have had my evo on you , yon have had both eyes on me . ( Hear , hear . ) What I professed to you on that occasion , I have never swerved from , nor will I until my latest day . ( Applause . ) . These are times to try men ' s souls ; for perhaps you are not aware of the double calamity , both foreign and domestic , which has befallen onf rulers , notice of which only reached Manchester this afternoon . In the first place , you will have to learn , that in consequence of the unhealthy state of our monetarv

      system , by which we are subjected to the caprice of foreign nations , the United States' Bank has stopped payment , and almost all the banks in America have stopped payment . ( Hear , hear . ) Therefore , whilst the products of your handy work are be-ing ex-Pprted to them , what are you to receive in return 2 While the products of your labour are carried into a foreign market , and the labour of hundreds of thousands is placed in the possession , and at the disposal of one master , those men , by speculating in your labour , become great gamblers , and sit as it were rouud a table trying who can win the most . But how is it that this system prevails ! Because , by buying np your labour , you cease to have any share m the product of that labour . If the value of every man ' s-laboar -were seen in tho piece of fabric , as well

      as the capital of the speculators , then you would know your own value , and we should soon hear the labourer saying— " Come weal , come woe , my labour is the only really valuable ingredient in the articles of manufacture , the only thing that should be represented . ( Crie 3 of hear , hear , and applause . ) As it is , the speculators in your labour take care ihat oi .-l y themselves shall be represented ; and as , nj representing themselves , they have brought themselves into this mes *; and now " is the time for us to represent ourselves . ( Loud applause . ) Another calamity which ha 3 fallen upon them is this : —The Welch people , to the number of—some of the papers siy lOjWO , some 50 , 01 ) 0 , aud some 100 , 000 , on Sunday evening last , mustered , rose , and attacked the authorities of Newport . According to the of

      papers Newport , they wounded the Mayor of that place in ihe thigh ; they went to a pitched battle with the soldiers ; the military shot fourteen of the people ; and some of the military were wounded : aud it was said that they were going to make an attack upon Monmouth Gaol , and liberate Vincent , aud other Chartist 3 , under confinement there . Now , why is this ! Is it because the people are fond of disorder and violence ; or is it that , finding there was no protection for them under the laws , they have taken the law into his own hands ? ( Applause . ) I am old enough to remember that , in Ireland , in 1798 , as soon as the Government had ground down the Catholic peasantry of that country , and the working classes , to the very lowest ebb of senility and degradation , that then they fomented a rebellion to

      cover their own retreat . The same policy is now pursued in England : it is sought to incite a rebellion m England , as a pretext for converting the Government of the country into a military : despotism . Every to-wn -which could be garrisoned has been garrisoned ; and the very absence of soldiers iu Wales proves that nothing but the presence of soldiers in England prevents the people from doing the same as they have done in Wales . ( Cheers . ) It is now found that the various interests of the country are so diversified and opposedrto one another , that there is no longer any chance of one plundering the other . We have the Corn Law Repealers looking for one description of relief—the monied interest for another : we have the Tories looking for the bloody Cumberland to rule over them ; aud the-Radicals

      looking for the reign of the whole people , in order that the whole people may be represented . ( Cheers . ) I have been at the head of this movement from its commencement to the present time . ( Applause . ) I have been amongst you , aad I will remain amongst you , come weal or come woe ; but you must show me what is your determination . ( Hear , hear . ) It is not for me to risk a hair of any man's head ; to make a single woman a widow ; or a single child an orphan , by exhorting to premature action ( hear , hear ); for I know that if we only remain firm to our principles , our enemies will , ere iovg , make a compromise with us , and say—** If you will not ask for more , yon shall have Universal Suffrage . " ( Cheers . ) Yon have seen the Irish people bowed down by tithes : they asked for a partial reduction

      of the burden—it . was refused : they demanded its total abolition—and they obtained it . ( Applause . ) Look at the Negro slaves in our Colonies : they asked for a partial amelioration of the tyranny under which they groaned—that was at first refused ; but they afterwards obtained complete freedom . The English people asked for the Reform Bill ; and , so far as anything like a mediocrity of justice was concerned , it was refused ; but they got their demand . We now demand Universal Suffrage , and if that is refnsed , our next demand will be for a Republic . ( Great « bee'ing . ) I have no doubt in my own mind that this will be the result ; but I have always told you , for I rever disguised my principles , that no matter what may be the form of the Executive Government itself , " there is a power behind , the Throne greater than the throne itself . " ( Applause . ) I am . for destroying all local ambitions—all

      individual ambitions , and for neutralising all sectarian jealousies . lam for the government of the people under one head ; but I would have all the people to direct that head , instead of that head ordering the whole people . ( Cheer ? . ) This is the true form ^ - the only form on which Government ever can be based , with honour to itself , and advantage to the people . ( Applause . ) Is this the case now ? Why , good God ! what a situation are you in ! Your fathers were better and braver men than you are . Your fathers lived in smaller communities ; . the consequence was , their individual importance w&s greater : the labour of each individual formed a part of the wealth of the community , and the wealth of each community formed a part of that of the nation . ( Hear , hear . ) At that time , when many of you , now old , were but apprentices—I mean , before you begun to work in rattle-boxes— -if the master wanted a

      piece finishing in a hurrv , the inducement of half-aguineawas held out to Bill . ( Loud applause . ) Then Bill was of some value ; now , there are 999 of you against ose , and when work is wanted ont of hand , instead of the inducement of half-a-sovercign being tendered to Bill , the knout is laid on his back , with "Get up , yon lazy scoundrel , and finish that piece . " ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) My friends , I am sorry to hear you Jaugh ; 1 cannot laugh at such a state of things : " l lament , and grieve , and am sov-ry for it . But , why was Bill more valuable then 1 Because the labour of Bill was seen in the piece that he wrought —( applause)—because the use of fictitious money had not then been introduced—because machinery was not introduced ; for machinery , I do say , instead of proving man ' sholiday , has turned into man ' s curse . ( Loud cheers . ) I told you that the present masters , who make a game of your labour are like -so many gamblers round a table ; some

      with the labour of five hundred at hi 3 command ^ can break other smaller capitalists : those who hold out the longest break the rest , and it is yonr sweat and blood that furnishes the stakes with which they gamble . But so it is : the Joint Stock Banks are going—the middle classes altogether are going ; and you , and you only , support the meaus of their vile speculation . How is this evil to be corrected ? We have tried almost every system of Government already ; we have tried the old rotten borough system , and we have tried the Reform Bill ; and who will say that the change is for the better ] ( Cheers . ) Under the former system , the Whigs , whom you fojjdly believed to be your friends , came to 3 'ou , and piteously said— Oh I only help us to the sunny side of Downing-street , and there shall be a corner near the fire kept on purpose for you . " ( Laughter . ) Well , you aided them in gaiuiug that position , so long coveted by them ; and what have they done fur you ! ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Their conduct re-

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      minds me of a fine lady , who , being obi'iged to take shelter , from a shower of rain , in a peasant ' s cot , saw the children shivering around the empty grate ; " Don ' t you find it very coJd ?" said she ; "Indeed , wo do , " was the answer ; and she promised to send them a supply of fuel ; SyHe returnea home , and got her feet thrust into herconvfortable slippers , and basked in her easyiihtix by tioi cheerful fireside . Some time after she asked the tootman , — " Thomas , did you ever take the cpaja to that old woman ?'? " Oh , no , " said Thomas , « they have not gone yet . " " Oh , well , never mind now , " was the answer ; "it is not near so cold as it was . " ( Great laughter . That is just what the Whigs said . ( Gheers . ) Lord Johnny exclaimed—" It's not half so cold now , is it Hobhouse ? We need not send the _ _ ., _ . - » _ . _ : . ... . .

      coals . " ( Applause . ) But the poor fellows outside , not having shared the same benefits , were not half so satisfied . And who was it that induced you and taught you to be dissatisSed ? The very vampires who arc now snoking your Wood . Did not those very men come to you aud say— "Give us the means , and we will give you measures . " ( Applause . ) You did give them the means , ' and what use have they mado of them 1 They got the means of « rc ; itiiiif lords and dukes , of converting into hereditary legislators men who were born beggars ; aud that is what they call no-patronage . They got the means of remodelling the corporations throughout the Country , and rendering them subservient to their ends . They got the means of supporting their local and normal schools , for bringing up young peculators in their

      own principles , and imbuing them with an utter coatgapt for the people , tho ¦ swinish multitude ,, " the " ' lurw-aabed / ' .-as they call you . ( Cheers . ) ; Thus trained and prepared in their normal schools and colleges ,-these lordliugs are fitted to legislate for tho " swinish multitude . " Bnt to make amends for this , they gave us the Poor Law . ( Hear , hear . ) I hato the name of all poor laws ( cheers ); I hold that there ought to be no such thing as poor laws in a free state ; because thero ought to be no such thing as a person unprovided for iu tho country . ( Groat applause . ) During tho time that a poor man works for his living , he contributes to the state for more than > vould support him in his old age , or when he his unable to labour , and he is entitled to that suppoTt . But how is the fact ! The superannuated

      rich man , who has spent tho heyday of his life , and his fortune amidst the frivolities of the French capital , is found to have rendered such eminent servico to the state that he i 3 rewarded with a pension ; but the poor man is never worth anything to the state till after his death ; and then , iir ; der - . the New Body Act , Ms carcase is worth £ ' 2 l' 2 s . ( Choers . ) The live poor man is not worth a fraction to his country ; the dead poor man is just worth £ 2 l' 2 a ,, in order that his body may bo cut up and dissected to enable the doctors to discover the means of curing the diseases of the rich , and prolonging their Valuable lives . ( Great applause . ! But you are not worth much for that either , because they generally die of repletion , or from eatio ^ too much ; you more frequently die from starvation , or from eating tpolittle : so that the knowledge they faiutlv train in this wa . v

      cannot be tu-ned to much account . ( Great cheering . ) But it is said , " We . Will not allow these Chartists to go on ; they must bo put down . " Must they , indeed ? ( Applause . ) 1 last night attendod a meeting which was held in honour of one of tho bravest men that was ever born in this couutvy—1 attended a meeti g in Manchester , held to bear testimony to the honourable remembraiico in which the immortal Henry Hunt is held—( . hear , *] iear , and loud cheers ) -and I had the pleasure of telling the people there assembled that , however malignantly that mau might have been at one time aspersed , wo had now reverted to his opinions—that , notwithstanding the people had raged against him , till they consigned him to his grave—wo were now proving the correctness of ins

      views . For , you will remember that Hunt told you that the Whig Reform was all folly , that you would be no better protected in the enjoyment of the fruits of your labour than you were before , because , as he said , thero were false prophets and false teachers among you . ( Hear , hear . ) Now ,-I , rejoice that his memory ha 3 survived tho aspersions that were cast upon him 1 glory iu being a Huntite ,: ( Loud applause . ) lor where have you met with a more honest man ? : The diiibrenoe between our enemies and him was this , that they held the key of tho store-house , the larder aud the coal-hole : whila Hunt contended that tho people ought only to be governed by the laws which they mado for themselves . It is only the petty crotchet-monKering Whiga—( and I believe there are not many of that

      class in Oldham)—who will tell you that Hunt was a bad man ; it is only those « ho are blinded by faction that say so . lor when was there a aiugid act charged against that man which threw a doubt on his patriotism and his independence J vCheers . ) -Never that . l heard of . But we are told that the Tories will have a majority in the House of Commons , if we don't support the Whigs . What then 1 I dou ' t care twopence for that , provided tho people don ' t help them to their majority . ( Loud applause . ) This is the position , tho rule , which I la-yiown for the people . The Reform Bill i 3 the basis of a ¦ r ' ew constitution ; it is said to be tho foundation of a system on which justiceis t pbe done to all . Therefore , if the people should join tho Tories in beating the Whigs , they would say , "It ., was-not- owing to

      our measure , it was the people who did it . " But if the people do not take any . part in ; it , but leave the two factions to fight it out between themselves ^ it will turn out that the Reform Bill was a Tory measure . ( Greatapplause . ) The fact is , these fellows are now representing their own properties , and dealing as they ^ choose with your labour and your h ' ve 3 . ( Shame , shame . ) Is there a single man of youreaping the fruits of your natural labour 1 11 ' you were condemned to spend your life in an atmosphere almost as heated as this , would you not have much better colour in j-our faces , moro sparkling eyes , stronger spirits , and much more manly vigour than you now eujoy . ( Applause . ) My only object has been—seeing men displaced from their natural position , and compelled to occupy an artificial position

      m society , ana to work lor the benefit of others , —to remedy that crying evil , and put them in possession of the key of their own storehouse and granary . My object has been to enable you to cease living from hand to mouth ; because I well know that the return of every Saturday night , and of overy Monday morning , must oppress you with the sense of your own degradation ; for if your task masters choose to say , on Saturday night , that they * ill not employ you any longer , you must starve on the Sunday . ( No , no . ) But the case would be altered , if every working man , like the inhabitants of Prussia , could have his live acres of ground at his own disposal , for vrhich he paid no taxes , but was at liberty to cultivate it as he thought best . ( Great applause . ) You would then provide your own bread , and beer aud milk

      , , and butter , and beef , and have plenty of it , too . ( Loud and long-continued encoring . ) Then , if any master . wau ted yon to work lor him , he must come to you and say— "Pray , give me your surplus labour , just what you can spare from your own laud . " ( Applause . ) As it is , think you not that you are worse off than tho beasts of the field ? They only work in summer , and can take their . rest in winter ; tho ants lay up a stock of fooa in summei , sufficient for the whole year . ( Cheers . ) But you work as hard iu winter as in summer : there is to sunshine for you . ( " No , no . " ) As you have an artificial system of labour , so have you an artificial sunshine ; you only see the light , that proceeds from gas ; youro is a horrid light , a deplorable state of existence . ( Great cheering . ) Any maa

      who dares to stani up for you is called a traitor ; I am called a traitor , a destructive , a firebrand ; whereas , while I was labouring ia your causo by myself , no single man was ever brought before a Magistrate . ( Applause . ) Look what was your position when I first came among you . You were desired not to separate yourselves from the Whigs ; I did separate you from the Whigs ; and mark , within two years from that time the Radical party has grown , into such importance ^ that it may truly be said to be a terror to those that do ill , arid a praise to thoso that do well . ( Applause . ) You are the most noblo party in the state , and yet the most oppressed . ( Great applause , ) But we have been told . that Government have nothing to fear , because there were 500 , 000 Irishmen ready to come over here , at any moment , and put . the Chartists down . ( Applause . ) I have lately been to Ireland , and I saw thoso men , and I will be bound that the whole

      ragged regiment of 500 , 000 , as soon as they set loot on English ground , would toss up their green caps , a :: d wavo their shillalehs , and cry " llurvah for the Charter ! " ( Great applause . ) For I put the question of Universal Suffrage to them , and they said— "Ay , ay , ay ! " I asked them if they had got aiiy good from the present system , and they said— " No ; there is ncthiny for it , but for men to represent theniselves . " ( Great applause . ) They said they were beginuingto thinktliat so long as tlie mid-jle classes sent men to represent them , so long woiild tho middle classes only be represented , and that raddy ¦ would not have one more potato in his pot . ( Cheers . ) 1 know that Paddy naturally comes over here to compete with yon in your ovm market ; and how should it be otherwise ? A great man Avhcm you all admired , the late William Cobbett , wlio has hot left his like behind him , used to say that . they had a good right to come over , to look after the pigs they had Bent before them—( laughter)—and thai there

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      was nothing he liked to see better than the chubby la « a ot a good fat Irish boy , coming to look after the produce of his native country . Well , is your diot as goodas it was . formerly ! (" No , noV ') % oyour wages are getting lower , and your diet higher aud what a state is that for men to be in ? You don t know the remedy ; I will tell you What Will tlffoct a euro . ( Hear , hear . ) The only thinl that will effect a cure is Universal Suffrage . ( Loud cheers . ) 1 would not give twopence for the repeal o t every bad law now in existence ; bocauso if the at \ tnonty that enacted them still existed , we should as ^ oon bo as bad as ever . ( Applause . ) Therefore it w that I would not shuffle OUt of ono Question into anothorj ftrat ^ advocating one reform and then another , if I would join tho Anti-Corn' T , n . w __ _ . ,.. . . -, ... . . .. . . _ : .

      Kopealws , it would be "Hurrahfor Feergnsi O'Connor and . ^ How much nionoy will you have !" 1 toll you I should bo ono of their very best paid lecturers ; and I might have a cheemp on their bank for whatever sums I lifced . I : tMl you if tho Cova Lawsvverc repealed to morrow , wo should have the police and the military let loose upon you to prevont you from getting a bite more bread than you do how ^ f ^^ P . P 1 ^ " ^ 5 ^ We havb no moroiuterast in tho Whigs being kept in power than the Torie 3 ; but you will remember , as I have always told you , if the Whlgsare devils , the Tories are devils m hsll . They arc ntfw setting up the . cry of «« N 6 Popery , " and The Church in danger ;?¦ ¦ and the Whigs arc getting up the cry of " The Duke of Cumberland . " A .-QU have read the speeches that have been lately made by Mr . Bradshiw , and by Mr ! Roby , of Rroehdale , —speoclie 3 which if I had dared to utter

      1 BfioulU hayo been in tho lock-fip , to-night , afc Kirk-Uttle to-morrpw , arid my head wbiild havo been cut off by a speoial Commission , ( Applause . ) But they are great men , one of theai is in Parliament , aud they are privileged ; thoy have a party to back them ; andaa soon as we have a party , we shallhavb a better chance . Then , on tho other hand , we have the organ of tho Corn Law rcpcalors , dociaring that they will go and fight the laudod -aristocracy , and take possession of their broad acres . They aronot peraecuted for this language , becausethey aro legalised blunderers ; but we should bo prosecuted for it . ( Hear , hear . ) I liayo been prosecuted < iven for copying from another paper tho account of a poor boy havnig'hid fingers lit off with the frost in a Union Bastile ; and 1 am daily expecting to bo brought up

      « r li ^ , Judgment for-that hbel . ( Applause . ) Well , all those things , although very galling to a man born in what is called a free country , never made mo , or caiisedme to loose ray self-possession ; I have ahvays strove , and always shall continue to J ° so ? . that , in whatevor way I gain ( he victory , it , „ a bloodless ono —( applause ;)—and that we snail gain a victory before you or I am miich older , lamiully convinced . ( Great cheering . ) And what is tho reason ? Ha 3 riot every physical revolution in every country , always failed to produce any good effect for tho working classes ? The cause is plaiu wlnlo the flush of excitetnerit lasts / men act with energy and effect : when that excitement has passed away , while some men are tired and some are bravo , all arc paralysed or contented -with their exertions

      in putting down . tho old bystenj , and they aranot prepared ^ with a j cw ono to replace it . ( Hear , hear . ) That is the reason why I askod for another ( j onventiou ; for if wo looked at the - occiirrenco . 3 of theday , wo / seo tliat . it is only organised bodies that can act with effect . Should a great event take place to-morrow , what ought to bo our first nei J At prpseiit , how are such events met by tho party possessing power ? Parliament is convened , by the proper , authorities , to detorniiiie on tho measures necessary to meet tho events ; that have occurred . You have no Parlianient to convene ;¦¦ therefoto , you should have the nearest thing to a Parlianient that you possibly could convene or get up . ( Applause ;) We are told that . tho last Convention was a ; failure > . Was it 1 ( No , no . ) I have served you in more

      capacities than any other man who ever ; supported your cause . ( Hear , hear . ) I have served you as a Member of Parliament : I have soryed you as an unpaid agitator ; I hayo served you as a Conventionist : and for two years next Saturday , 1 shall havo served you as a leading journalist of the kingdom . ( Great applause . ) ; Arid there is not one of those capacities in which I can look upon my services with so much satisfaction and pride as during tho period I sat iutho Convention . ( Applause . ) And vrhy . ! Because the Convention has placed on record resolutions which will immortalize its memory jbecanso it was opposed by all thq marshalled force of the country —by the two great parties ^ that had existed for ages , and . vet it held its ground against ihetn all . ( Great Appjauso . ) But ; wo have been told that wo did not

      do bo much as wo ought to , havo dono . Who are they who tell us sol ( Hoar , hear . ) The very fellows who would not let us— -who 'thwarted our efforts—and would hot let us do moro . ( Great cheering . ) This rominds mo of the stout Irishman , who was blustering in ono of tho factidn fights common m that country , and calling on his antagonists to cotao on and givp him battlo , hia hauds being _ held behind him all tho while , by some of his ownfrieuds : but ho brpkia loose from them , and , as soon as ho got among the assailants , and received a blow hero , and a blow there , he turned round , and called out to his friends —^ " D- —n you , you that know my temper , why don't you hold me , and not let me ij-ght Ilf ( Roars of laughter . ) Those Yery follows who ( are now abusing . us wore the meiv that marred our operations ; ( Lpud and continued applause . )

      Wo had severai crotcliotrmongers among us , and it was iiBpossiblo to : humour them all ; we had the gold men , and the paper men , and the-money men ; ( llear , hear . ) . I was one of what I call ; tho , brass men ; Idid not look much at gold or silver either ; inyhighest ambition was to get ^ ^ you a bit of brass . ( Cheers . ) Those men camo together j and there were no fewer than five parties among them ; and as soon as over they had struggled , and found they could not get their own ends about , they dvopped off , one- by one ; and t wenty-thfeo of tho ^ middle-class men lefttho Convention , ( Cheers- ) NoW ^ if twelve men were set to do a piece of work , and five put of the twelve were to run away , would y pu think it fair that those five should turn round aud say to the pthersw' You havo not dono so much as vou

      ought . ( Hear , hear . ) But it had this good result : j it taught us to know pur friends from our enemies ; our strength froin our weakness ; and now we know who are our real friends , on whom we have to depend . I havo xio doubt when you read on Saturday the account of my tour through Ireland , you will be much delighted ' with it . I found many abuses of system , but agrowingdetormination to . improve that system . The VVhigs talk about the improvemenli and the tranquillity they havo introduced into Ire ^ land ; bo far from Ireland being improved by the Whigs , I saw none ; but I saw great reasons for their boasted tranquillity . Literally every town is garrisoned ; they havo policomeD , who are spies and panders to the Government in every village . They are not liko your blue bottles ; they have a

      greon uuitormj epaulettes , pointed caps , military trousers , and a long carbine in thoirhanas ; and to impdso upon the people , and to make ; them mdre eftective , I supposej they have given them a swallow tailed jCoat , turned up , like those ; : 6 f the band of a regiment . ( Lauffhter . ) You called your i police bUic-bqtiles ; I think I would not give our fellows a bettor name , than to christen them " Cockatoos . " ( Great laughter , ) Then as to the improvement it is no ioiprovement at all ; and . their tranquillity arises from the fact of their having four magistratesj witU a stipendiary at their head , where they had only one before , and twenty policemen where they had none before . ( Appliuso . ) Thiit , you see , accounts for their tranquillity . But t . h » peasantry are poorer than ever . Ireland is exactly liko the flash shop ,

      wmen displays all sorts ot gaudy wares in its windows , but within the shelves are airbare ; it is a mere frick to draw custom . Those who pass along her high roads , and drive from one gentleman ' s estate to another , taste the claret arid champagne of the noble or honourablo occupants of the sevoral mansious;—those easy , umnquiririg Englishmen say , Bless me ! how vastly IrelantF ; is improved ! I was hero twenty years since , and I only got port and sherry ; now I get claret and champagne !" ( Applause . ) But lot them go into the mountains , and eveninto the cities ; ana what is the case there ? Thoy , have not a single independent paper ; they are in the same state as yon were in two years ago . ( Applause . ) In Dublin every thing is goyorriedT ) y \ yhat they call the Trades' Union , which is a false title , for it is a society consisting of barristers ^ attorneys , and other professional men , aud a number

      ot ieiiows who are Beekiiig places-there is not a smglo tradosmari among them all —( hear , hear)—and these mon meet , under the pretence of being a Trades' XJiuqw , and pass orders and resolutions and recommendations , and , have everything their own way . How aim r placed ? I work harder thr . n any man among them , and I have never received a single farthing from eithef Whig , Tory , orRadicaL ( Great cheering . ) It has always been my endeavour not to naturalize myself , if I liiay so say , at one place more than at another , lest some people should require and oxpeeir me to bo inore among them , than among others . ( Heat , heat , ) iMLy aim is to do general not jncrely local gpod ; and being richer than I require for my ^ iinmediats Avants , being a barrister , and having sufficient law to protect myself , and my property , yet , notwithstanding this , I work harder than any . man here ^ - ( applausQ ;)—I work with my head and with m ^ heart—I wort from morning till night , and Bometuji'as

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      from night till morning . ( Qrcatapplause ) Tnever spend a mome ^ , in idltmess—I never spend a moment for the interest ox ' anybody but the ' fellows in fustian jackets . ( Cheer& f I have often told the fellows-who keep nibbling a * mo through the press , who take up the gooserquiU to " write . against me , that they do t ) Ut writotheifiselves foobj . , 'Cheers . ) Whenever they write a | ainst me , l say , " Let yov'r case be made known : appoint your jury , only let theni i . > j"ry of working nien ; and I will answer for it I gev a verdict . ( Great applause . ) t would < io : as the Kp ^ ians did in past days , whett they had their ceas <* a * nd . ttieir tribunes , and when one of . their great oratora wios hooted out of Rome for insulting tho people f they" had nO press ; and they vrere better with none than with a cOreupt and licentious press . ( Cheers . ) All I say fe , Vtb . it . 1 * ill

      not bo hooted down by any press . Fpruieriy , ihe press could injure and oppress any man * , and he ; had no reniQcly j npW i justice is done to every ' . man , in ontr organ at least . { Loud cheera . ) During the time I iiave > een at tho head of that paper , no poor man ' s caso has fn . oh omitted , liow . evyr great a risk I mighfe run by pnblH ' - ing thastatement—( hear , hear)—and , as was declarea ' by Lord Stanhope in tho { louse of Eeers ,-aad as I told them , at York oil my trial , it has become of importance to Cabinet Ministers- they / don't go down , to Dovruinffstreet now , aiid look at the Times or tha Chronicle td find out what ar ^ the sontimeats of tho people—no they ^ are now m \^ M ^ ^ ortnern Sttir . ( Great cheenng . ) Tw ^ jearj ^^ he Radical partyi thou ^ t themselves highly honprawl If aay of the cosmpt pSafi , ac ^ ned to notice auy M out proceeding *; ho ^ Y ^ r ha

      briefly ; now , you rd fcrfcy-QigUt Cdlumtis . »{ them every week ; audit forces others to have it . too-. ( Hear \ The fact is , that not a single one of those fcllowS would aid us at ati-. thej ^ e *« ry ono of thorn hate me With , tub- most cordial hatred . VI told you that ! was trying to dip tho wings of tho middle-class gentry ; and I firmly believothatthere are ^ fibt seven men of that class in . Engla , na who ¦ would not look vHth pleasure to-morrow ; on my head , if it were swinging at Temple Bar . Because they know kcU- that iw ptoppitioji as tho principles I advocate aro establisbed theirs must h ^ uprooted ; they know that , " all the stuff in the w 6 rid ¦ waamaile for all the folk in the world "—( Joud cheers , ) —and therefore they are afraid of your , setting up business on your own account When I look at your faces beaming with intellBct , and know that the fat heads

      of your masters cannot perfect any invention— - cannot bring it into a working stato Avithbut your aid and assistance ;—when I know well that your masters aro the masters of the comforts and eyun the lives of thousands of men , —I feel that you ought , nipre especially afc tho present momenty to be extremely cautious as tathesteps you take . When any danger is to bo run , I would ratUer run it tnyself , thai suffer the people to doit < Applause . ) My proper place is with . th& people , to remain with them ; at tho same timb I should bo guilty of high treason to them , if I were to presen . t . an unarmed , undisciplined mass of men , to an armed and disciplined army , ( Hear , hear . ) I think that , though you may be degraded and oppressed , when the widow returned to her desolate hut , and found that her husband had been laid low through me , uhe would

      indeed weep tears of blood , and would curse the man who had brought her to that situation . ( Hear , hear . ) Therefore , I have my wits : about me ; no irritated followers shall ever make metake a false step , orany step ths > t j would not take m the full possession of my cool judgment . But as soon as ever 1 see i lane or a roadi bo it wide or narrow , that seems likely to load to Universal Suffrage , -t ' hen . the niau who gets to the bottom sooner than I do , I will adniit has a stronger claim upon your confidence . ( Applause , ) It is not for you to waste your time or energies in seeking the repeal ef the Corn Laws , or tho repeal of thiaor the other , if it will not advar . co Universal Suffrage ; but Uriivcraal Suftrageonco obtoined , vr ? shall destroy the Corn taws i . i twenty-four hours , ( brcat cheering . ) If the Coin Laws were destroyed , it would not advance Universal

      Suffrage ; for there would be gdmbling in corn as well as in every thing else . Look at the price to which they have raised cotton , till at last they havo Uiade the raw material more Valuable than Ihe manufacturea" article . ( Hear , hear , ) Then they discovered thai ; they might gaiublo in your labour j they would work you seventeen hours o day if it suited their ends , but when you are only oil-pots ior their machinery , you may only work , five hours a day . { Great applause . ) . My heart yearns to ' see the poor man sitting down by his scanty fire , to shiiro his frugal meal with his family ; and his taskmastew all the while thiuk thai they ought to have a third Pf it ( HeaTi hear , aud cheers . ) jBut as I asked the people of Manchester , last night , however they have any hlghj or honpurable v or manly , pi R 6 netous , or ever-genuino feeling , when they werespnu out

      oi a bit of American cotton , and brought up- in a rattle-box ? ( Great applause . ) As to our present rulers , tbe fact is , that Lord Morpeth , and Lord John Russell ' and Lord Monteagle , are very good sort of iuen in thejr way ; thdy might have done . very well in tlip old . times to drive one of the slow heavy Waggona ; or to guide the course of a flat-bottoroetl boat along a dull canal , but they are not the men to direct and control the power of steam in these railroad days . ( Applause . ) All other isciences are improving ; every day , old machinery is displaced by new , while , the , old Sta ^ e Machin e remains precisely the same . Wh y * how can men of gas be governed by men of tallow ? ( Laughter . ) How . can men who use tho old Wooden printing press / hope to keep , paco with those who are availing themselves of the now machine , to circulate knowledge all over the

      world ? ( Loud cheers . ) How cau t&e reading population of England be ; gpverned by the press of the Gpyerument ? They have tried all their cards , even bur young and virtuous Queen ; and now it seems wo are going to have another tattered Gei-man to support-T-another fellow is coming over , with unshaven lip , but not with unshaven beard—not " unwashed , " not in a fus ian jacket-T-, ( great applause )—but whatever jacket he came in , I would recommend him to hang iVup in his private closet , as the Vicar of Wakeftelcl : d > d hia shepherd ' s elethes , and pay it a Visit now and then , to jremind him of hi $ obligationa to the people of England , —( Great laughter )—and whatever garb he vreaii ; I am quite aure he will niot remain in it very long ; his thick boots , and jitcket , whatever it bo / will bei thrPwh off / and replaced by a beautiful pair of Spanish boots and a velvet

      robe . ( Applause . ) And i . airi quite sure , alspj that ypU will have to give some pocket nibnoy to himyand to the swarni of German locusts that he will bring over to live upon you . ( Great cheering . ) \ Vell , tbank God , we are pretty nfear in the same boat now ; I walked down to the Exchange thiB afternoon , after the lads from America came in ; and I found all the wealthy merchants as pale lpokittg as yon poor men ; they were ruddy enough in the morn ;—( laughter ) —but you will hear a very queer story torriiprrpw . What with Sir . Bradshaw and Mr ; ? tol > y , and ; the revilers of the Queen ; and what with the Whig rascals * and the Cora Law-repealers , who are all clamouring for something for themselves , I make no doubt , we shall heara queer itory ; by this Say week Perhapa the three parties will want to have three Queens ; and that seems just as ration al as that one

      Qiieeh should be the head of three charches , the Episcopalian Church in England , the iPresbytetiaiv Chnrch in Scotland , and the Roman Catholic Church ; in Ireland . ( Hear , " -heat , ) ..- Well , the very next , battle they flglit , let us take care , if they pick the bones , that we . have themarrow . ( Applause . ) By the advice of Henry Hunt , we will provide , that if eVer : a new constitution ia to be sighed , sealed , and delivered , it shall have its foundation in UniyerBal Suflfrage and » o mistata ( Cheers . ) I would not give twopence for all the savings , and reforms , aud alterations that can be proposed . Mindydu . though there should be a saving of two raillions in tlie Exchequer to-morrow ^ do you think that you -would get the benefit ? Did you ever hear of a Cliancellor of the Exchequer , whof "when he brought forward his budget , said , —" Now , here has been , a

      savingof two millions last year , and I : propose to divide it among poor people . " ( Applause arid lau ^ Kter . ) No such thing ; they wpiild sooner create new places to shallow it up . ( Hear , hear . ) If there be a deficieHcy , some fresn tax is laid on the pppr to make it up . But , np matter i " live horse , arid thou slialt have grass . " Spring Bice has told us , that if ever we get to 1865 , there will be a saving of five millions in the pension fund . ( Hear , hear . ) Therefprp you must not be too desponding , because , in 1865 , it appears , there will be a division of five millions , which will be saved out of tlie produce of your labour , amongst the aristocracy of that day . ( Grent cueering . ) Now ,: gentlemen , I told you I hare to go to Rochdale to-jiigKti and to return here , as 1 ^^ haye promised to spend the evening with o \» gbod friend James H - ; : l .- ' am' going to measure the people there for a new constitution , and see Whether they qaa wear it properly or not . ( LaughterO As John ; Greenfield , the Yorkshire prophet , said , when told that he could' not make' laws , " jfooa , Ah

      couian * male a Bhoe , bud ah cud tell d d well whore it pinch'd ma . " ( Roars of laughter ) I don't care for either paper money or gold moaey all I ^ ant is that you should have plenty of beef to eat ; and if you had the land ; no man could take itfrohi you . ( Applause . ) If every ^^ naan ' shomestead vas hik ^ drillingground and his sentry-bpx , then if 2 oO , 000 invaders were to land , ^ with ^ how much nipre energy wou ' d the man who hadhis wife and hia family to fight for , rush to the charge , than the hired mercenary , who fought for his pay T ( A pplause . ) I hare never been guilty of tumiug ray hack ; on Universal Suffrage ; if ever the peoplo shouldabandon it , I wilt abandon the peopleput i yi ui never lend my assistance to get up a claptr *\ j for myself , and to lose sight of the caulo o / thepeople . ( Hear , hear . ) I wDl go on as I begun , / aid you all know how I begun . : (> 'We do , " ) You all know hoV long I adTocated yo \ ir cause , h % yr rhaSre gone along bye-lanes , in iark . ni i hts , and . traversed the country from end to end , in support of your ; causo ,

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      before I , could get ; a ; sin » ie paper to take ii npy Tott kaowwith -what suspicion I wiuibta louetim ^ ^ ra ^^ voril Y working men , VSinesthonl ^ ve heea S ! ^ ,, ' f ^ vParsued one ¦ . straight-fbrward u-ursq ; I : Suall continao to do so ; and I lope that I shal ^ always - continue -to deserve , i yoiir ^ confident ( Applause ., ^ Iknow that if 1-lost your confidehcefl should ^ deserve t ^ lpse it , todl would Sooner lose my life ., ^ Cheers . ) . I have now done . > I toank you fbrtbfl kmd reception ana patient hearing you havo given- me We hav » . been in close connection now for four yeara and fpur months ^ and you hear the-sa m e- principles now as you did then . ( Applause . ) The teryprinciples which you heard from me iu the House of Commons "L / t ^^ ' tho : cau ^; o : f : thej 3 orchester lab

      ^ and % hting against the ; New Poor i , a , w— ( cbeeis ) - during the three . years ; thatr was in the ripusoof Co ^ mons , and . the four yeara and four nipntts ^ been out of it , no two sentimentsthatl have sppkenor written at all deviate from one another . ( Applausft ) On that I rest my claim to your confidence , my hope that jou witt join me in peraevering determinedly , with ? 11 the judgment that I am master of but neterWOUia UlSktho life o £ a human-being , : if , I couI ( 1 ^ p ifc ( Cheers , ) These are my principles ; and if l should be seized and incarcerated to-morrow , as I may bo , I wiU take those principles to ; my dungeon ; and 16 will be SJ Wr « ^ i- ' g 010 a aun seon , that they witt aescend to that dungeon -with me ,, be it ever so ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

      narrow .. - . .... ¦ . ; . . . . . - ¦¦ .. ., ¦ . - . ¦ - _ A . tremendous burst of applause followed the deUvery ot this address . ; .: ; " ; ;; : ¦; ¦ -,. ¦ . . ' . : ¦ ? Air . ; b'Coiuior then left the room , amidst theprofuse and hearty congraiulatipns of numbers of his friends , and proceeded to Rochdale . ... V ; . , ' . . ; ,. .- >* The meeting was ; sabsequantiy-addressed by two gentlemen , whase names we did not learn , and who made very powerful appeals to tho audience in behalf of tha psrr fellows / at present under- confinement A . resolution was passed . for . making a collection in their behalf , which was . dms , auaVthemeetimi separated a little after nine o ' clcck ; ¦¦;¦ .. . '¦ ¦ ¦ *^ . "

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      METROPOLITAN TRADES . —NATIONAL ; hall , Friday ; r IThis teas received too late for insertion in our lasL ] TO THE EDITOR OP XK ?; KORTflEftN STAR . - Si ft , — -Tho extensive circuiatiori of your Journal , ind itnyn . U-merltea popularity ^ among the working classes isdacs . * « a to seek . ydiur assistance ; -in jisiierinif the Kaxioi al Trades' Hiw , jrft theioticei « f the * fede » aiwl jont . aeymon ^ mecliaBics of the North , Ifiat they may ^ kaoar thi t the ¦ 'healthful spirit of iridepeudence prevail * ampCgst the operatives of . every class , and that ? : tlie energyv wisdom , and jmidenoe of the aretropolitan Traaes are ; not slumbering , but aro ^ erseveringly engaged in A 'aturingapi ^ eet vrtiichcomes home io th » eomforts , wet ' -beiug , and pockets of : the ^ working mettof London , anA *¦ -mch will , if successf ulJy rarried out eXtetid a vos . t and relative iniluencs upon all ' tlio trades ottheempire .. . ¦ ¦'¦ . - ' . ' •"¦¦ ¦ ' . " , ¦ . ' . ' - " , ¦ :: ; . '¦•'¦ . "

      The object of a Tradea' Hall ; is t » dimiuish publichouse meetings , « hy offering better and greater accommo totion at a lo >» rentai-r-drawing the l . od » es of Jarge li-ades a ^ ray f j cpm i . > e : b ^ ne& . i 1 oUieS t and enab'ing tflem all to ^ meet ilia bl'dy as one '• . tride ,: ^^ on-their resalar nightsof meeting-A-Jeatraliaiag the taadss of ; 3 U > n 4 oa into an easy and sysi 3 matic febahnel ' -of coamunicatioir and the moralandspcLUiinprwirCHient of thairmemberj by the establishment of a libnty and readingirpom , frequeat lectures , popular cla « ses- > and the fojniaiiPn of schpoU on the preinises , for l > rpTiiing cheap and liberal instruction to their children . " ^ ...

      Tiie leadiag features of itscon ^ Knfibn will erabraoa a perfect equality amongst its ^ shaj ^ holders , a&hvr mg only one voto alie , without refersaco tothe aumbw of shares whichinay ; be individuallyrield ;^ an d no-Totine by proxy . In order to securo it in theiands of the w ^ mg classes , two-tliirds of the whole nuwber of sharra ^ aio to be kept constantly in the possessioa-of the tradeiand individual mechanics ¦ : , "•' ¦ ¦ ' . ' .. Thecapital required forthis important erection wilL be about , £ 15 , 000 and is now . being raised bysharesrofthe value of £ 1 each ; depositSs . ( id . per-share , and- ' . flie--calls at ^ -any time ; arenot , to exceed two . shillings , nor be payable oftener thau ouce a month . ;; Since the appoijitiiient of the provisional committee in . July last , , they h ? : ve agitated the question amongst the tradea , ani

      m conscquoace tlie following trades have sent delegates permanently or for informationto carry out the plait ; . the tin-plate workera , the city division of boot makers , the ; Southwnrk . braacli of the Manchester Society of Engineers , the ladies Shoemakers , the P asterersV the toridpn Unibn of Cprnpiositors , tho Pressmen ; the Piano Forte Makers , the Second Society of Carpenters , sevual Lodges of .. the E , S . O . Ci . 'Carsenters ; - the . King ' sArms * Society'of ^ Carpenters , tie Goldsmitli and "^^ Jeweller's ; Society for the ^ ^ ^ prevention of the increasa of the hours of labour , tie Tobacco Pipe ilaSers , Me Operative Stone Masons , tho Operative Labourersf the Anchor Smitos , the . Boot- Makers : of the We ^ tera division , the " Hearts of Oak "' Societyof Carpenters * &Cm &c . " : V . ' -. ¦ ¦; . .. . ¦ ¦' :: " ' . :: ' ¦ ' ¦ : ¦ ; : - ; : ; .

      The majority ef the trades have the matter no # uuder consideration , and it . is hoped that in time'they will resolve . upon BUpporting the erection of a v National Trades Hall" in : the most effective manner , tjy taking shares collectiyely , and their , members individually '; : applications for shares ^ have been only received in the ; eourse of the last two weeks , and it is / gratifying in tiiat short period to report ^^ 300 snares .. taken by individual members ; the pip ^ resB of the undeitakihg < i » asreheburaging ^^ asila best friends can possibly expect , and it is anticipated that ib . proportion as its ejdsteno » becomes more known , its advantages ( immediate aad remote ) to an useful and : large body of men clearlj developed , it will be more earneaUjr urged forward .

      Air . Huine , M , P ., in a letter with which ; he hm favoured us and in which he offers hte support to the general principle of a Trades' Hall , states , that each town ia the Royal Burghs of Scotland bis a separate hall orplaco ofnieetinjr , and that the resulting benei fits are considerable ^ i if then the plan-works well ona miniature scale in one part of the Empire , it surely , i » capable of being rendered subservient to the giant development of organizatioh tp protect and improve tbe inierests pf the working classes , and to throw around the rights of labour , the broad and powerful shield of union . _ . ¦ .:. ¦ - ¦ - . : '¦ ¦ ., ¦ ., ¦ - . ; . : - . - ¦ ... . - .., .. ¦

      From tbe centre of london , it is' possible for tfie stream of advantage to flow into the provinces , diffusing throughout the trades , aud individually amongst the great masses who ; : throng the manufaet 6 ries , aU the moral , social , and political advantagea to bo derived from a powerful combination , of intelligence , temperance , and resistance to oppressioni . A Trades Hall will be the great school where the liberties and welfare of the millions will be better ^^ understood and jealously preserved ^—the focus of union- ^ exfending from the great metropplig ^ into bM the towns of the empire , and intuitiyely teaching men to knoW themselves , and knowing that , to demand and obtain the

      just reward of their labour ^ The metropoiitan trades hallcanthen be supported ty the northernandall ^^ other operatives oh general principles . Whatever benefits labour , wheUier in tpwn or country , affects toe masses wherever they exist , and thoee masses will do Well , therefore , to Watch' the progress of a trades' feall , and to exercise that influence over fibeir inetropoiitan brethrea by urging them to an irnmediate support of what ia designed for 'Ithe good of each , the good of all , " and is , consequently , committed to the ^^ working inett ef the empire with a sincere desire for . its snccesS i and a heartfelt conviction that if-encouraged , . and scrofudooaly kept ia their own legislation arid gpTernment , it must and will prove their best friend , r

      I am , Sir , your obedient servans , - " :. ; ¦ ¦' . "¦ ; ' ¦ ' . V Wk . Farren , jnn . " "Secretary to the Committee _ ' ¦ ' . ' - and Delegates ; of Trades Trades' Hall Oflice , 16 , Old Bailey . ;

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      LONDONUNIONOF COMPOSITOil& "A special delegate meetiDg - . ' .-of this Society ins held at the British and Kreign Schoola , Harp Alley , on this day , to adopt measures for the relief " of the workmen in this brancli of the trade who ar ^ at present but of employment in the metropolis and . whose number is calculated to amount to ; seVetaU hundreds . Eight per son ? delegated by the une ^ -I ployed were present to state the nature and extents ' ' of their privations ; but the meeting declined to ie « gravate their fufFerings , -indwere satisfied with ¦ ttr ' , statements of the officers of the Society . J f he b « t feeling pervaded the meetirie , ' andV after some < & , cussion , m the cpurseof which some of th& dekcik £ expressed a determination td endeayprir to preven' 1 recurrence of the evil , it ^ was unanimbusiy reaoi' « 5 that each mattin employ should contribute sisp ^ ! ££ per week untirsuch a change shoulditaka pliV S the state . of the business as would dimitnsr > jS number of the unemployed .: The foUowin 2 J » H ^® were read ; the names , from ; obvions . wE , * ' ? lteTB

      withheld ; they are addressed to the Secreta' 4 ' - « t ¦ -I , x " * Iolland > stTeetj ; Westini nK " I was ilUen weeks ^ nd out of workfour . Si , and eleven days , without any money to heT Inon % &c . &c . I have - explaineSSe ^ m ^ S ?^ I now state my present condition . M 1 -, " ear 8 « some money oh Saturday iji ^ it , X aitt fa » * T °£° ^ J into the streets on S ^ day ^ iw , l ? el > nndled paying . I am not possessed oJ ^ fS ? 8 1 ™ ? f anythLig worth a fantdng , ( excep ?^ arthing , nor my body , ) unless I am . teMved II * " clothe 8 ° P ° tt amoi , g . whom I haTe . workedioi . s ^ f nteen ' yS ^ Again :- ^ ! hare ^ eeea oui « f r . JPe ^ ZZ ? weeks , except four days in ^ n' ' ^ V ^^ e ? because I could hot par the- £ & - « mber last , and turned p ut of my l $ &ti ^* ^/ T ^ ^ hungry and tirea ; and vfS Hfe WrS * aching head , and was at Ia 3 t ; hM ; 'JiS ^ t" * 1 y composing stick aM gaUe ^ , opJ'ged to laare -m lodging . It is ^ thedrel l ^ * ° F * a ' ** & ?» puffbpd , and £ SK f ^ v ^ ^^^ j ^ . ^^^ j ^^ SKISp

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      VOL . II . No . 104 . SATtJRDAY , N 0 VBMBEB , 9 , 1839 . «;»«!« rbowaws m ^^ r , « _ - ¦ . - - - "' .- . ' : . - .. - " _ ' _ __!_ - ¦ '¦ •¦ - ¦' - '¦ :.. ¦¦ ¦• - - - - ' - : - , * - . ' ' . ..:-- . : ¦¦ . '¦ .. ' . ' / . ? iv Shillings per Quarter . ! i : ^! 'Ji . ¦ -. : :. ' ' ¦ . ' - : - . ¦ ¦; . ' . ¦ - . ¦ ¦¦ ^*^—~~

      Ladigal Tea 3xrinkix6 " At Cahpe&Gt;7-Ter5 Hall, Makghester I In Commemoration Of The Birthday Of Henry Hunt.

      laDIGAL TEA 3 XRINKIX 6 " AT CAHPE > 7-TER 5 HALL , MAKGHESTER i IN COMMEMORATION OF THE BIRTHDAY OF HENRY HUNT .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 9, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1082/page/1/