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      SOUSE OF COMMONS , Tpesdat , Mat 25

      MR . DtTNCOMBE'S MOTION . u f Duscoxbe had » great number of petitions ** LI t in favour of the motion of wbieh he had * Efiotiee , and be thought be should best consult g"Sr ^ iaH » of the House by , at this stage of the ¦ LS ings , merely sowing the numbers by which F ^ T ^ re signed , the places whence thej came , and 55 ,-eotral prayer . The largest petition he had ffLf ^ or to offer to the House «» b signed by rather JjTjljan 1 , 300 , 000 of the industrious < 5 las 3 e # — ! S . hew ) ;—and the other petitions , signed by ?^ L proceeded from Manchester , Newport , Chorff gsickton , CoBgietOD , Cardiff , Northallerton , « W Hontrose , ^ castle-npon-Tyne , Daventry , £ ? & £ Chester-le-street , Blackwood , Newbury , fvSer Derby , Stroud , Bristol , and Northampton ; \ jtWpr » jer was first , that aa humble address Stwsented to her Majesty praying that she would & ?«

      Cmow ^ y P 16 * 58 * 1 ** immediate directions ^ Se li beraiion of all prisoners now confined in the '~ -IS Wt ^ ^ Great Britain for political offences ; f ^ SJTtkst a free pa rdon be sranied to Frost , ? ffia » s » and Jones , who were now . sugaring expa-*^ £ jg iB a pen al settlement ; and thirdly , having £ m 2 j Ibis , they prayed that the House would adopt flTpjgpie ' s Caarter without any alteration . •^ ft gjEome small talk and some sneering , by a big V&fftd buffoon , who affected to be anxioos tor the l ^^ f th e National Peti tion to be read , though E ' DuBCombe had assured him and the House taiit was J tne ^ me ** one "vr ^^ h * d ^ en read , 2 r Puiccombe said , the Hon . and Gallant Geni ^ j ^ had disavowed any intention of treating the

      Sges with leTity , and he was bousd to believe uT / Bai he must say that , he had never seen a faffBBiiaiion of leTity , or anything * hich looked istlike turning the petitions of the people into a S ^ Whatever might be the fate of the petition I 5 £ » fee now-had the honour of commenting upon , . ijjjTer decision the House might come to , it rcU ill become him , having presented a petition ^ S bT b etween 1 , 30 « , 000 and 1 , 400 , 000 of the yatiioas inb&bnaats of this country , and it would ajbeeame that House to receive such a petition , knitt all » he allegations it contained ondtscossed , ai ito prayer totally unheeded , by those who called jheasefres ike representatives of the people . He , Afftsore , esrnestly solicited the attention of the contents of that Wrll

      fosse to the petition . He was am « f IBe difficulties of the course he had pro-« aJ w take , and th 3 t he might be told he was Bathing on tha prerogatives of the Crown . By ; ^ hd authority for stating that there were times , fei it became the dnty of the representatives of jfc peop le te advise the Crown on the exercise of its wettfiiive . Thera was a difficulty in finding a Bteedeot exacily in point ; but to Ehow that there ^ ffs ttses in which the House might interfere and Hirst Ibe Crown to exercise its prerogative , he weld refer to the case of Sir ManaEseh Lopez , who r e convicted of gross bribery and corruption by 4 ii Hoas ?) sndfentccced to two years'imprifoninent b ] O ihe 2 \ cble Lard the Secretary for the Co . ' onies

      jjred / or an address to the Crown , praying for , lemissi&i ! of the t-cstecce . The motion was leaded to by the Tories of that day , as an iiitcrfeaiee with tie prerogatives of the Crown ; and at K » Mfi Lord argued this and said , that as tiie K&es&ra bad beea instituted by the House of ' uibmh , and Sir il . Loptz had been guilty of a mi of the privileges oi the Honse , therefore the less was the proper party to interfere . But how isi Ike Noble Lord met i He was answered by feWrnn , who was always considered an authority iiiu Eosee , and he regretted thut the Hon . j ^ r ywuTi w&s not in his place on the present caaen . Mr . SVynu said , he felt that it was exsah unpleasant to oppose a motion of this

      decani , and to eudeavoar to thwart ths disposition t 3 atr which the House might feel towards any I raarikr offender . Ev ^ ry gentleman must wish to I inrearcy zui forbearance , as Jar as justice would rsi , bnt the case in point was not one in which , W-aenily with their dnty , with the forms of Par-I az ! Bt , acd w ; ih propriety , they couJd icterfere . I usamieht exist in which tiie House might injus-I b be called on to advise the Crown to interpose its jmgUive of nercy , in the same way as they mink * H &r * driceiriih respect to any other prerogative ; kibe House had a right to advise the Crown on Kias connected wiih all its prerogatives . " — iBar , besT . ) That was the opinion given by Mr . Tj ! s , i ! id it was supported by Lord Castlereagh The Lord

      a Mr . Cannb ^ . ^ obis withdrew his n ton . Bat it appeared that the individual in a pskn was liberated before the espiraiion of the firaef his imprisonment npon the payment of & kTyfine , althcagh he had been guilty of that gross daje , that grossest of offencss—bribery . There K , thfa , & :-EC warrant for the motion he was bkS te nibniit to the Honse ; and he conceived an sia Ho ^ e was called upon to interfere , beciose I fcGeTeriiiEEs ; cc-uld not of its own impulie liberate feseptoEcrs more than they could Sir 31 . Lop : * lis 2 Dfe ; , fee "would observe , rras cocSncd to bx-ma B » acr 3 , p ? rsoas Knfined in the gaols of Esglaad , wii ^ , " i . ci Wales . Bat tha petitioners went HknjcT than iha :, and prayed for The liberation of ¦ Ik , Williams , axi Jones , and that the Hou * e m ** & sdopt ; b = priLciples of the Charter . He told ¦ a mdividuils who wished him to present the

      ¦» Ki » , that if they mixed up the case of Frost , ¦* 2 bais , Hid Junes , and the " Charter , they would Hpuij prejudice the cause which he believed they Mj * d » jBae £ a : hearr . Last year , when the Hon . ¦ Bksbtr for "Westminster tror ^ ht forward Lis ^ P »« for the release of Frost , "Williams , and » l * s , is was Ee * auYed by a lar ^ e majority , on ' y ^ P ^ aeaberE , he believec , voiicg in favour of it . KJesEqaently , he had told tte petitioners that it B *» is be of eo use to propose siiy motion of that Rai ; tad ic reference to the principles of- the p /** ha hvi made the mildest propositions with K ' -sud to the exteasion of the franchise , which ¦ E * * ^ so rejected bj large majorities . ( Hear , m * - ) He wished there fcai been such majorities ¦ iaasi those mea .-urss which Lad tended to dis-5 « Me electots . He trusted , then , that the peti-KM irwild be diiCnssed in Te : erence to tLe home

      Mpraes tone . Many of these persons had suffered Bpe tka twelve months' incarceration , and had ft nojtet ^ d to the severest rigours and the most J « 3 » di 2 g treatm-cs *; even felons were not visited Wr p ^ cnieltie ? and isdigcities a ? tbey were ^ psiied to endure . The pstitiopsrs alluded to tte ¦ »! of rations person- ? , contrasting them with the Ps « the impriioied C \ anist < . Ttvey spoke of a ^ f fifiae realm hs . ving been lately atd justly £ c-^ P * Ms they Kid , by a jury of peers ' . ^ cha r of ^ Jsji teeatise it was so ioo £ e ;; f brought & 5 to bs mjfcsof jurtifying a verdict against him . They ^ F ^^ ths Beo tecee pas ed upou some of the ¦*^ & with the teatence pas-ed upon Lord Wal-»» uaBd CsnJaia Duff . ( Hear . ) It had come

      ¦ a * fcfiJirled ge of some of the rehtires of Captaiu ^ P tiai ha njuje had besa mentioned in the peti-Wfi * m » ithin the last hoar he ( Mr . Dur . combe ) ^ F rscsred a memorauduoi from somo relatives of ¦ ^ CtfJeaan , Etatiag that though Mr . W . DuS " w"M » REteaced in the Court of Qat-en ' s Bench to ¦¦ B utts' iaprisocment and to pay a fine of £ 25 ^¦^» Seged cfence of being a party to a brutal ^ T « ? J » a a pol : ceman at Twickenham , ke was ¦ pjnmoeent of the grave par : of the offeuct , but ^ ff aas could D 0 ; ^ niide minifest a : the trial Wf . ' ncmii'ipgness to expose other parties to Hr ^ B ait . The memorandum wen t on to £ t-ite ^ g ~ » ic |* i Captain D-ifF . was present a : ths first ^ r * rf the affair , he was not at the second d : s-HP *^ nor at the third ¦ oceurrenoe ; that the ^ B ^ rf the proceedings were at present undergoing ¦ F * 8 h investigationand that it would be iuliy

      , ^ «« two genu ' emen who had escaped were fc ^ Ks who iSd been guilty of the assault . He ^ jj b * a , that no advantage would be taken of feswion in the petition relating to this gtntle-L «« believed , however , that coasiderabie ^* t prevailed in the publie mind npon this f *;« nd how could h be otherwise ! irom the F'Ssnary , 1839 , there were 444 individuals conr ^ polir . cal offences . OF these twelve had Jftnaparted , 398 had been released , oce had [*?** fteT his confinement , and thirty-three were P ^ ia prison . What had tended chuiiy tj RPabS ; sympathy were the accounts which the C * J ' " ^ ^ > een released had given to their n * tii 2 iudirai ; ies and cruelties to which ***» sabjected during their confinement . It *? KoTe , most natural that the friends of those * Pnson should make an effort , and a great ^ SQUiiied tSjTt , to save them from tLe

      • * W treatment to which those other « Ud be ; a subjected . ( Heir , bear . ) I of , those who had been relieved ?* a Rliered chiefly on the ground of extreme / r * Ons of them named Hoey had beea senirf tTr ° ? ear 5 > imprisonment m WaktSeld g correction ., bat he remained there but one ibW ^* llia * ^ was liberated in consequence iiTu ^ v his leg , which was brought on by « fi » tv ^ V ^ ^ n 3 k ^ become a confirmed Lj ' 5 ^ mainder of his life , though he never ^ S * « y ' s illness before he went into gaol . llntf l V 1111 * 163 wers made to rise at half-« k «» ^ in the morning and go into an open L ^? ne bucket of water was made to serve L ^^ ag of fifty individuals , and the towels LJ *\« for use after the third or fourth person IJijt ^ - The allowance , wir f > n « runt of smel

      9 ' J ^ Sr oi bread for breakfast , dinner , and H . ^ L * an < ia I 8 five ounces of meat were Kiwi ? most crue ^ restraint was imposed Kj * ° ? ° ner 8 , so that that they could not a . tend ZTr Operative want 3 without permission of E ** » « ad for the slightest deviation from that BTt ^ R We mPP « r would be stopped , and k W ^ eaent a < ided for » repetition of the Foalw * Henry S ^ tib i wfl 0 ^^ confined Re n ? *** Com . ction , gave an account of ScsS ^* of modieine he had taken , and ft 0 ^ 7 ™ ^ Plaisters that had been ordered 6 » ij fie Kag w igprtjj reieag ^ on bail to

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      the amount of £ 70 © . Now , ia requiring such exorbitant bail from Fueh persons , it would seem that ^^ ^ Pl 1110 ? * " life was entirely forgotten . ( Hear . ) Why , higher bafl eonld scarcely be asked of Sir F Burdett , or some of those other gentlemen who had been confined in former times for political offenceB , than had been . demanded of these working men . ( Hear . ) - Another case was that of an individual named Love , who wag now confined in the Penitentiary , and whose chief ground of oomrkint was that he had been misled by a solicitor to plead gmlty to the charge of high treason . A petition had been presented in favour of this individual , signed by one hundred and fifty clergymen , bankers merchants , and others of the town of Ntwport . it _ - — « . __ m AJ * nA *? ¦ - _

      This man was sentenced , along with five others , to transportation for life , which was commuted to imprisonment for five years in the Penitentiary . He had still three years and seven months of his time to go through , and had always borne an excellent character for sobriety and honesty , until he had been seduced in an evil hour by the Chartist leaders to join m the attack on the Westgate Inn at Newport , where he was severely wounded . The namo of the solicitor was Geaeh , who bad since been transported for forgerr . He had advised his client to plead guilty , telling him that he would get off with seven months' imprisonment , but the uxjfortnnate prisoner hadbeensenteneedfornveyeara . He asked the Honse if it was right that persons imnrisoned for morelv

      political offences should be treated in a manner worse than felons 1 When horse-stealorK , forgers , and ntterers of base coin were condemned to imprisonment , it was limited to a term of one year , but political offenders were kept in prison for from twelve months to three years . Felons when released rrere not asked to enter into any surety to keep the peaoe , but the persons for whose case he entreated the consideration of the House were bound in heivy recognizances after they had fulfilled the term of their confinement . ( Hear . hear . ) He wanted to know if anything oould be gained by keeping those individuals any longer in prison . The severity of punishment ought to be regulated by the test of public opinion , and he would maintain that that was opposed to the further imprisonment of these persons . Ha thonght they had suffered punishment enough , and he was sure the House was too enlightenedto expect that persecution could put dows public opinion . It was the neglect of toe

      House to the complaints of the people that had produced Chartism . He begged the Hodss to recollect that thi 3 would probably be the last occasion on which ibey would it ^ tWe a petition Eigned by so many thousands of their countrymen , lie had discharged his duty by stating the prayer of the petitioners ; he should leave the case in the bands of the House , trusting that , the opinions that would be expressed , and that the vote that would be come to , would cause general-joy and satisfaction to those countless thousands throughout the country , who were waiting with breathless hope and anxiety the results of their deliberations . He begged to move that an humble address ba presented to her Majjsty praying that hsr Mijesty will be graciously pleased to take icto her merciful consideration the case of all persca 3 co ^ fiaed lbr political vffeucss in England and Wales . .. Mr . Leadeb = eeoaded the motion .

      Mr . F . Macle agreed with his Hon . Friend who had just addressed the House , that the motion related to a subject of deep interest . He wished , in the firs : place , to advert to a sentence in the prayer of the petition when had just beer , presented , bringing a- charge against the H ^ use of having treated with Tevlty and frivolity the petition fi > r the National Charter . He had ' beau is the House when that piM ; : on was , ' presented , and he could bear his testimony that no signs cf levity or frivolity had been shown by the House on that remarkable

      occasion . The attention of the House had been ably directed to the petition by the then Member for Birmingham , in a manner which insured the approbation of all parties in the House , however they might differ from him as to the prayer of the petition . Ho was glad to see that there was every disposition in the House to receive the present petition with that gravity which the subject of it demanded . It ' . ras the petition of a lar ^ e body of the working clashes , of whom he might eay , that whatever their faults had been in the unfortunate

      situation in which they had been placed , they had at least condueted themselves daring the late months of privation and suffering in a manner that iasored the respect of tueir countrymen—( cheers)—even though many might think that the demands which they made for political privileges were semeu hat exaggerated , and could not now be conceded . With regard to the interfertBce of the Houw of Commons with the prerogative of the Crown , his Hon . Friend had quoted a case which he did not think had much beariEg on the present . He alluded to the occasion on which his N ^ bla Friend near him had taken an active part in favour of Sir Manasseh Loptz . He certainly did not dispute the right of the Hou > e of Commons to advi ? e the Crown on the exercise

      of any of its prerogatives , but he much qiestioned the expediency of interfering frequently , or under 3 Ey but the must urgent circumstances . That House had the greatest interest that the prerogative of Eercy should not be exercised indiscriminately , oi for any bad purpose , bat if the House were to advise the Crown to exert the prerogative on special occasions , he wa-s afraid that circumstances might arise in wJu ' ch parties out of doors might be encouraged to the commission of offences under a hope of impunity , which could not , and would not , be realised . ( Hf ar , hear . ) Under these circumstances he could not reconcile himself to the course proposed by his Hou . Friend . With reference to the treatment of the persons confined for

      political cffeirces , in no cise had any sentence been carried into effect more severely than was prescribed by the jud j ^ e , and required bj zhc regulations of the prison of which they were inmates . There had been no desire on tbe part of the Government , the judges , the juries , or the magistrates , to ir . flici p ; niahn : ent on tbo ? e m 3 . £ n ; ded individuals for the sake of levenge . ( Hear , hear . ) If any attempt had been made by the Execntive Government to curtail the privileges of the people , to interfere with the right of meetirig in public , which they possessed , and he trusted always would posses ? , and to prevent them from making known their grievances to the

      authorities of thtir country , then there might have been Eoms excuse fot the proceedings resorted to in 1839 arid 1 & 40 . Bui eo snch disposition had been manifested , and it was ¦ wiih regret that be saw those meetings , begun in a constitutional manner , gradually assuming an unconstitutional appearance , and leading to outbursts of sedition , which at last rendered indispensable the interference of Government . Government then made use siropiy of the powers which the law ' confiJed to them ; they called for none of an extraordinary and dangerous kind , butresolved to depend oa the integrity and impartiality of the judges and juries . If ail tbe relics of tne punishment which the various offenders had incurred

      were now to be swept away , it vroaid be by no means an encouragement to jurjmen to discharge their duty fairly when the hour of difficulty a ^ ain came , althongh he hoped such an Loar never would arrive . I : was hardly jast to call such crimes as high treason and serious breaches of the ptace by the mild name of political offences , which was gener&liy uudeistood of matters of a less-grave nature . There had been 450 offences connected with Cnartism , and in 379 ci = es the parties had been cnvieted . Not one of these had suffered the extrenio psnalty of tne law ( hear , hear ) , acd nine of the more atrocious offenders hati had their sentences commuted to transportation for life . Where the sentence could be mitigated , cenf jrmably with the exigencies of justice ,

      Government hud not bean roiacmnt to exercise the prerogative of mercy . To four persons a full pardon had been granted ; " 5 four others were excused from finding recognizances after the full term of their sentence had expired ; two had had the timo of their imprisonunen ; shortened , and four had been removed to gaols where the discipline was less severe . With respec ; to the three individuals of whom eo much had been said , and whose proceedings he believed had teadeu so much to retard the advancement of civil liberty , he should be deceiving the Hcusa if he were to hold out aay hope that he should be a party to advising aay -remission of the punishment they had incurred . ' With regard to those three individuals , he could hold out no hope whatever that the Royal prerogative of mercy would be extended to them . His lion . Friend who had brought forward the present mo : ion had alluded to the Charter ; but he ( iir . Fox iriaule ) thought that his Hon . Friend

      would have done better if , instead of asking the Honse of Commons to pass it , he had given the House ac opportunity of discossiug it . There was one part of the Charter for which be ( Mr . F . Maule ) had given his vote in that House—there were other portions of it , however , to which bo could not give his support . At all events , the Charter embraced topics not now to be discussed . As to the question at present before the House , he trusted his Hon . Friend would fe *] , ~ tbat having awakened the attention of the Government to this matter , it was not necessary to press Lis aotion to a division , which could not imprcve the condition of the individuals whom it w& 3 the object of his Hon . Friend to benefit . TheTe was a complaint that his Hon . Friend had made to which he must advert . It had keen said ihst Mr . Feargns { JConaor and Mr . Bronterre O'Britn had not been sentenced to bard labour , while others not standing in the same position

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      in Bocieiy had been condemned to that additional punishment . It was to those senteneed to hard labour to which tbe motion cf bis Hon . Friend had reference : and allnsion had been made to the case of Hoey . Now , though sentenced to hard labour , ho had onty been two weeks on the treadwheel , and after that time all his labours had been confined to the keeping a certain psrtion of the prison clean aud in proper order . His Hou . Friend had drawn * comparistn between the punishment awarded to Captain Plunkett and Captain Duff , and that by which those to whom the present motion had reference were decreed to expiate their offences . It was sufficient for him ( Mr . F . Maule ) to state that , outrageous as had been the conduct of one of those individuals , he had suffered more than the mere

      sentence pronounced , by the fact of baring been twice passed over , when , if out of custody , he would have boen the first for promotion . At all events , both those gentlemen received no more indulgence than Mr . F . O'Connor enjoyed while in the custody of the Marshal of the Queen ' s Bench Prison , it did not occur to him that there was any othtr poiut upou which it was necessary for him to make an obaertation . He deeply regretted the circumstances under which the individuals to whom the present motion had reference were placed ; still he conli not consent to bo a party to address the Crown in their bebalf , and therefore hetrustedhisHon . Friend would not compel him to give a vote against this proposition ( Hear , hear . ) . Air . O'Cosnell supported the motion .

      Mr . Leidkb supported the motion . There was a growing opinion in the country , an opinion which he had heard maintained in the many public meetings he had recently attended , that in this country there was one law for the rich and another for the poor . This feeliug was justified by the results which had followed , the trial of Lord Cardigan in the House of Peers , and of Lord Waldegrave and Captain Duff before another tribunal . Compare their sentences with that pronounced upon and Buffered by Lovett and Coltins . The latter had suffered all tie horrors of the stringent rules of a Warwick gaol , while LoTd Waldegrave aud his

      fritcd were outside the walls of the Quean ' s Beach Prison , entertaining their friends , and suffering no otlnT inconvenience than being prevented attending the Derby . ( Hear , hear , aud a lau ^ h . ) The Government had carried the Reform Bill by agitation , and it was too bad that tbe working classes , who were still unrepresented , should , for their agitation with a view to reform , be subjected to these punishment ? . At all evente , guilty as they had UL'Joubtedly been according te the strict letter of the law , their sentences were about to expire , and it would be a mere act of grace if the Government would now remit the remainder of their

      incar-. Mr . Gillon was of opinion , that the majesty of the law had been already sufficiently asserted in the persons of those now under confinement ; no ovii could ur : 5 e from mitigating the sentences by a remission oi" tbe remainder of the punishment . He concurred with the Hon . Member for Finsbury in relying on the good sense of the working classes , and he was satisfied such aa aot of clemency would open their eyes , and induce them ; o dissolve the disgraceful alliance into which they had entered with the Tories . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Htme considered that the law had been too sevureiy excised in the ins ; ance of the Chartists , who wvre now aware that ihey had acted unconstitutionally . Ilfl trusted the Government would recou ^ itkr the sentences which were parsed , for he was o : opinion that a well-iimed act of mercy now wouid give satisfaction to millions . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Wabbuktox thought it was not right to confound the general clays of political offenders with particular individuals whose crimes were of a more atrocious characicr . The names of Frost , Jones , and Williams should not bo mixed up with the present motion . The persons in wIiobo " favour the present motion was made bad been treated with & rigour formerly unknown to the law , and with that consideration he thought the Government ought to consent to shorten the period of their imprisonment . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Wakley eouid not iielpremarking the silence which had been observed on this question by Hon . Gentlemen on the opposite side , wiien a word from the Ri . cht Hon . Ba' : SE-et v .-ould prove so efffjtive . ( Hear , hear . ) Tne Hon . Member tiie Under S cretary of State , alluding to the working class ** : * , said that they should seek redress of their grievances , not by violence , but through the legitimate channel of au appeal to their representatives . He wjuld , however , remind tha Hon . Gentleman , that the working classes had no representaiivc-s in that House—( hear , hear ) , —and that was the reasun wky they were so feverish and restless under the evils which they endured . Thore who made the Iaw 3 made th y m light and easy to themselves , but pressing heavily upon the working classes .

      Str R . . Peel denied the right of the preceding speaker to call on him for a statement of his opinion ; but he should not shriuk from expressing it . It was , that the House of Commons ought not to interfere with the prerogative of tbe Crown ia the administration of criminal law . On that constitutional ground he must resist this motion . Ho oppoBed no obstacle to the due consideration of these casts by the Crown , although he hoped that iu that consideration the Ministers would not suffer themselves to bo warped by a desire of popularity . Sir De Lacy Evans supported the motion . Sir B . Hall and Mr . Agliojjby bupported the motion .

      Lord Saxdo . v conceived that there were good reasons why the house should not carry out ub sympathy in this case . A question of the very hightst importance was involved iu the motion , for nothing could he more dangerous than on the eve of an election to use such a question as the means of cauvassiug for votes . Lord John Russell opposed the motion , on the ground that the prisoners had not beeu convicted ou prosecutions by the House . Colonel Siethobp opposed the motion .

      Mr . Wabd pointed out that the length of time during which ihis petition had been in preparation was an answer to the suspicion that it had been brought forward by way of canvass for the approaching election . But he entreated Mr . Duncombe not to take a divi « ion , lest he should injure the cbance of the prisoners . Mr . T . Du . vcombe replied . The House then divided , when the numbers appeared— For the motion 58 Against it 08 But the Speaker having given his casting vote with the " noes , " the motion was consequently lost .

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      GRAND CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR . Last Monttey was a great—a glorious day for the people , who on that day proved to their tyrants and oppressors that Chartism was a * strong , as vigorous , and as influential , as » ben those brutal tyrants attempted , in Birmingham , to bludgeon and sabre tbe people out of their rights , and into tame submission . The country is aware that Monday was tke day appointed , by the Chartists of London , to hold an aggiegate and public meeting . The timid and tbe wavering predicted that the meeting would be a failure . The

      enemy prayed that it might be bo . Pseudo mends ridiculed the idea of holding such a meeting in London . But tke ChartUU felt confident that it would prove such a demonstration as wouUl teach a sound moral lesson to their rulers , and ¦ would tell tnem iu accents of thunder , that the men of England—that the strength of the country—that tbe real and only faithful supporters of tbe Throne and Constitution , and that tbe bone and sinew of the land , were not to be trampled upon by tyrants , or crushed to the earth by oppressors . That demonstration proved that tbe metropolis is one of tbe strongest holds of Chartism .

      Seven o ' clock in the evening was the hour appointed for taking the chair . Shortly after that hour the great room of the Crown and Anchor was crowded to suffocation by as respectable an assembly as ever met within its wa ls . At half-past seven there could not be less than three thousand persons in the room , while tbe stairs and avenues leading to it , and evtn tbe Strand , were crowded with others anxious to witness the proceedings At the close of the proceedings the proprietor was aaked how many attended there that evening , when he replied that not less than from 10 , 000 to 12 , 000 persons passed is and oat of the room that night The galleries ami platform were crowded with ladle * . .

      Tho meeting was no more remarkable for its numbers than for its peaceable aud orderly demeanour . During tbe whole proceeding * the slightest disturbasee did not take place , nor was the least interruption offered . This feature in the meeting of " the miscreant Chartuts , " presented a strong contrast to the one lately held in tbe same place by Dan and his myrmidons . Mr . Jabzs Edwabd Nagle , a working man , and sn Irishman , was called to the chair , amidst loud and reiterated cheering . Silence having been obtained , The Chjubman rose and said that on looking at the bill which contained the business of the evening , he ascertained that their duty of that evening vas of a

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      threefold character , yet it struck him that they had another Important doty to perform . ( Hear , hear . ) They met there to declare , in the face of Europe , that Britons must and . shall be' free . ( Cheers . ) They aheuld not recede one step aside from their vantage ground , which was gained for them by the tortures , the sufferings , and the blood of 500 martyrs . ( Cheers . ) It was a glorious spectacle to behold so large a meeting , composad of men of all religions , who came forward to co-operate , not for faction , but to discharge a high and important duty . He hoped that there was no Irish rebellion in that meeting . ( Hear , bear . ) It

      was in their power to put down any party who would attempt to orSate disunion . ( Heat , hear . ) He came forward divested of all party feeling , and determined to , 4 s justice . If any one wished to addresa the raeetingjBbe should be heard , ¦ whether he opposed or factored them . ( Hear , bear . ) All should be listened to . with the same degree of attention . The Chartists at all times had arguments with which to meet their opponents . ( Hear , hear . ) In conclusion , he Implored of all who addressed the meeting , to proceed With that attention , that steadiness , that calmness , and that deliberation which the resolutions which they had to propose required . ( Sear , bear . )

      Mr . ROSE , a delegate , proposed tbe first resolution , " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that no Government is deserving of the eoufidence of the people , who have unconstitutionally broken down tbe spirit of the law * y introducing sn vmf « C tartigm sfftw ^ aMT bludgeon men , who have deprive ! the poor of all protection , and under pretence of relieving have imprisoned them in the accursed bastiles , who have denied the workmen the constitutional shield of the suffrage possessed by thoir ancestors , and who , while contemplating other acts of aggression , treat the petitions of tbe people with studied indifference and contempt . " ( Cheers . ) He most cordially supported that resolution . He never knew so imbecile a set of men as were the present ministers and the present members of the House of Commons . [ Our gp 3 co compels us , however reluctantly , to omit the speeches , which were of the most stirring and yet rational and sensible character , and produced en tbe iuimenao audience an effect of the moat lasting and gratifying kind . ]

      Mr . Smart , a delegate , seconded the resolution , in a s pet eh replete with humour and suund sense . In the words of the Church liturgy they may exclaim , We have done the things whiob we ou ^ ht not to have done , and we have left undone those things which we ought to have done , and there is no health in us . " ( Cheers . ) Dr . M'Douall nrxt presented hiuiSBJf and was received with the most deafening cheers -which continued savtral miuutos . He said it was not necessary for us te plead at this tuna our right to revenge upon the Government of the country . All were aware that tlieir livca and their liberties had bet n sacrificed by the Whigs . ( Hear , hear . ) But a clianjto had taken place . The priuciples of the Charter had spread through tho land , and Chartism had tut wined itself around the necks of the factions * hkh would die in its grasp . ( Cheers . ) He

      need not ttll them that the Chartists Lave got in tbeir hands the electoral power . Ho need not tell them that the CaartibU bad within themselves that balance of power which enabled them to say what Government pha ' . l rule the tiebtiuics of this great and mighty nation . ( Hear , hear . ) We had to deal with u coldblooded heartless Goveinuitut , that deprived us of thtt right of petition , trampled upon us when wo complained , was indifferent to our distresses , and which has sacrificed the best interests of the country at tbe altar of avarice . ( Hear , hear . ) The gurno that baa been so long played on the land by Wiiiggery , has received its death blow . The petition of one million of men has beeu refused , to be presented to tha Queen . ( Hisses . ) Is there an instance on record of such tyranny . Inltueaia ; even in Turkey , that seat of despotism , the King or Quaen

      receives and hears tbe complaints of their subjects . ( Hear , hear . ) Petition , which by tho constitution is the jnst right of every man , ba * been denied to the country by tho Whigs , and thus t !* ey attempt to deprive tbe people ot a right , without which life , liberty and fortune , are not only unsafe but actually destroyed . ( Hear , hear . ) But he perceived amongst the working men of the land a principle arising—a principle of liberty which is wafted across the broad wave—a principle which is inculcated at every fireside and in every cottage—a principle * that has aroused the ej-irit and unfurled the proud banner of freedom , and which has infused into the minds of tho people , a determination to follow that banner to the overthrow of opposing obstacles . ( Hew , hear . ) The people hate a power in tbuir hands which they wijl not abuse—a

      po-. ver which the Whigs and Tories , fear and hate . ( Hear , hear . ) They dared not listen to the complaints of the people , but ore loug they will be compelled , not only to listen to them , buJ to redress them also . Jf we look into the interior of the House of Commons , we will see on one Bide tho representative of the landed interest , and on the other tbe rej > rescntatlves of bricks and stones , whilu there is not to be found one representative of labour—of that which produces the wealth , tbe affluence , and the luxury with which the land abounds . ( Hear , hear . ) Is that fair representation ? ( No , no . ) Thus it is that thoir oppressors are enabled to steal fruin the p » or man his wages—to oppress him , and to deal in every manner inuit cruelly and unjustly with him . ( Hear , hear . ) Speaking of the police force , the Dact « r said—If we

      turn to Lord John RusBell ' s history of the British Constitution , we will End him saying that liberty is not endangered by a military power , but that liberty could only be endangered and despotism established by the introduction of a police force . ( Hear , hear . ) Yet Lord John Russell , the determined friend of liberty , introduced that very force , for the purpose of crushing liberty . iHear , hear . ) Yes , with his Coercion Bill for Ireland , which , at the Bound of the curfew bell , oouipelied the inhabitants of that country te keep -within thtir homes ; and tbat curfew bell will , ere wo close our eyes in death , be also , I am afraid , heard in England . In Ireland tbe people wero obliged to keep within tbeir homes after eight o ' clock , or death was their lot They could not , after tbat hour , even b ^ ve lights in their houses . ( H » tar , hear . )

      Ou < nc occasion , a party of dra = oons , who were scouring the ountry , observed a light in a small cottage They approached the window , and without inquiring whether watch was keeping at the bed of sickness , or over ihe corpse of some dear friend , four of those ruffians levelled their carbines , and without giving the order for extinguishing the light , fired ia upon tho family . ( Dreadful sensation of horror !) When the day dawned there was seen tbe innocent child dappliug its little fingers in the grey and ensanguined hair of its murdered grandfather . ( Cries of" horrid , horrid , shame , shtunV ) I ito not sp ^ . ak without facts to support me . In the Bull King , Birmingham ,. I witnessed tbe despotism of the police . A grey-headtd officer of three-score and ten ytaTS of age , was on his way home towards the Bull King . He was stopped by the poiice who asked him where lie was going . Pointing to his house , at the door

      of which his wife and children were anxiously awaiting his return , he said , " 1 am going to my house , my home , to which I am entitled to go as it is my castle , which it is tbe right of every Englishman to bnve . " The policem-. n immediately struck him down , and left his grey hairs covered with blood . ( Cries , of " horrid , horrid , shame , sbanie . " ) The moment that I witnessed that act of brutality , I raised my hands to heaven , and swore eternal vengc . tnce against the man who introduced tbat foreign force , and that accursed a } stem into the . land . ( Loud cheers ) The worthy Doctor next fell foul of the New Poor Law , and then passed to the " free trade " policy , and to the corn , sugar , and timber clap-traps of the " bloodier , " continuing a most merciless and raking , Vu 5 skilfully directed fire , upon tbe factions for a great length of time , amidst tho hearty and reiterated plaudits of the meeting . .

      Mr . Sakkky , late Member of the old Convention , supported the resolution in a most able speech . The resolution was then put and carried amidst loud cheers .

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      AIAOA . —Glorious Triumph of Chaetism over the Coiin Law Repealers . —The middle class men of Alloa aio perhaps the most apathetic and indifferent of th > . ir class , which tho country can produce upon national politics ; but tho announcement of Lord John Russtil , iu tho House of Commons , that he would introduce a modification upon the present Corn Laws , had tho effect of partially arousing them from thoir slumbers . Tiie Alloa Whifis met in their secret divau , and , after sundry deliberauoas , the majority proposed to acoept the Ministerial projeot of a fixed duty . A portion who call themselves Whig-Radicals , with one distiuguished apostate from Chartism , agreed that they would accept of nothing less than a total and complete rep 2 alof the Corn and all Provision Laws . So far ail went on well : but when this party met .

      they found they were called upon , to contend with three distinct parties . The Tories , opposed to all changn ; the Whigs , who will go no further than the Ministerial project ; the Chartists , who look upon all these as bo many trading political knaves . Whether in their deliberations thoy thought of a public meeting , we know not ; but the first shape their proceedings assumed was a printed petition , placarded on tho walk of the town , claiming to be the petition of the inhabitants of'Alloa , accompanied with a hand-bili , coaxing , threatening , and flattering the peoplo to sigu it . The town orier alarmed the people with his instrument , the underlines in the shops and factories carried the petition through ihe factories , threatening certain results if the men dii not sign . The Committee of the Charter Association , feeling they were called uponp . owto aotin defence of the public , and their own principle * , from

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      this aggression of blind zeal and petty tyranny sent the crier through the town ; and announced that they would hold a pubjio meeting to discuss the respective merits of Chartism and Corn Law repeal , as a cure of our national evils . They knew no hall in the town would . hold those that would at tend ; they , therefore , met under the blue vault of Heaven on the evening of Friday last . At the hour of meeting there could not be less than two thousand on the ground ,.. with a large sprinkling of middle class Whigs and Tories . Mr . David Thompson being moved to the chair , opened the business of the meeting iu a few pointed remarks . He stated clearly the position they were in , the duties thay had to perform , and his determination to obtain a fair

      hearing for all who would address the mooting . It may be stated that a middle class apostate Chartist vaunted he would attend the meeting , to jnstify his conduct , and , through the power of his thrilling eloquence , swell the ranks of Corn Law repealers . The Chairman called upon Mr . Abram Duncan to open the business of tho evening . Ho did so by reviewing their hand-bili , and their petition , and never did any party receive euoh an exposure ; his powerful and cahn cutting sarcasm , with his local knowledge of the puppets who moved behind the Cora Law screen , was a perfect treat to all haters of pious chicanery and political terjnversa ci < iJ A' ¥ fc ** & ^ 4 ^ » ^ a « -V **! iSt We , tn ^ lnSaSiitants of Alloa , in public

      meeting assembled , declare our detestation aiid abhorrence of every species of monopoly , more particularly the monopoly of icgisIatroB , and the various other monopolies which have arisen from this irresponsible class of legislators ; from the makdroinis-( ratiou of government , in their frauds , has sprung a National Debt of eight hundred millions sterling , and is still increasing ; a national taxation which might support all the governments in Europe , it honestly administered ; corn and provision laws , which have pillaged the poor to ten times the extent they have beaefitted the rich ; with a variety of other monopolies , too complicated to enumerate , upon foreign aud colonial productions . " 2 . " Having examined the source frota whence these manifold

      national evils have sprung , past experience cunviuces us that tho present House of Commons ia determined to uphold and perpstuite these abuses ; witness the division of the House last Wednesday , which confirmed the sugar monopoly by a majority of 36 . " 3 . " Having no reasonable grouud of hopo that the present electoral body are willing % a recognise the rights of the people to the franchise , we , the slave class , are unalterably determined to break up every ministry formed in the House of Commons , till the Charter becomes the law of the land . ' Air . D . supported them with the most powerful and varied illustrations from the present state of the country ; itis address lasted for upwards of an hour and a half ; friends and foes seemed riretted to the

      spot . At the conclusion of the address three uuamraous bursts of cheering testified how delighted the audienco were with the treat they had received . The chairman then asked for any Corn Lnw Repealer to come forward and speak in defence oi their past and present conduct ; but , aUhou ^ h many of them were present , ali on their part wa 3 dumb show ; even the apostate who vapoured so highly up to the hour of meeting , sunk into his native nothingness . We havo no ill will towards him , but us he has bubbled on every stream . ' or years back , he has sunk into one of tho shallowest streams in Scoilaud . Mr . James Douglas tuen came forward in a speech of great eloquence and enorgy , and moved the adoption of the resolutions ; Mr . George Paiersou briefly

      seconded them . Tho cbainnan then asked a show of hands for their adoption ; a forest of hands was upheld . The chairman then askoi again for the gentlemsn of Corn Law Repeal to come forward and manfully state reasons for tiieir conduct , but ihe corn creaks were dumb . Three hearty cheers were then given to Mr . A . Duncan , for his address ; three for tho Charter , three tor ail incarcerated prisoners , and three hearty cheers for the chairman . It is considered , among all parties , that this meeting shows a strength of Chartism in Alloa that its enemies never dreamed of , and many 6 ' its friends had doubts of . Many of the Corn Law Repealers now declare that , if beat at this attempt at repeal , they will join the Chartists , as the only moans left them to save the nation .

      WiVRRIJTGTON . —A meeting was held here by appointment ou Thursday night ; it was convened by the following placard : — " Tho People ' s Charter . A public meeting will be held in the Chartist Koora , Union-street , Rank-street , Muy 20 ih , and a lecture will be delivered by Mr . James Leech , Chartist Missionary for South Lancabhire , shewing tho superiority of tho People ' s Charter over the fallacies of the Corn Law repealers , aud will be glad to meet any Cora Law repealer ou the above subject . The chair to be taken at half-past seven o ' clock . " Air . James Savory wasappointed Chairman . The Chairman , after reading the notice of the meeting , said that he felt highly gratified , as a working man , in being selected to fill that office , and after a few more

      preliminary observations , ho introduced Mr . Leech , who said that he would give an opportunity to any Corn Law repealer present , at the close of his lecture , to ask questions relative to what ho might say , or if they chose to discuss the subject with him , he challenged any Corn Law repealer to step oa that platform , and he would disouss the question with him half an hour alternately , and he would give his opponent the choice which of them commenced . No person accepted the challenge , and Mr . Leech commenced in a strain of unanswerable argument , whicli lasted for an hour , proving the fallacies oi llio Corn Law repealers , and said that it was cot tho Corn Laws that ruined tho working classes , but machinery that supplanted their labour , aud a cruol

      and unjust competition between masters to undersell one another . Ho proved , previous to the Corn Law being put on in 15 J 15 , the wages decreased iu a corresponding degree to what they have done since —that nothing but the Peoplo ' d Charter was calculated to benefit the working classes , as a means of giviug them thoir just rights ; and advised all preseut to be no more gulled by Whig and Tory agitations and promises , but seek their own redemption , by making tho Charter tho law of the land . During this admirable lecture he explained the competitive system at full length ; he exposed the factory system itt all its horrors ; he exposed Whi ^ gery in a ludicrous style , which made a deep aud sensible impression ou the working men present . Mr .

      Crosfield , a Corn Law repealer , got on tha platform , and said that he was for Universal Suffrage aud Vote by Ballot ; he was a friend of the working classes , and he did not sec tbat a repeal of the Cora Laws would be detrimental to getting the Charter . He argued that England was calculated for a manufacturing country , and the workshop of the world , if the monopoly iu com were abolished , and a free trade given to manufactures . Mr . Leech , replied that those who were not with ua for the agitation of ths Charter were against us ; and , for id- part , he thought the people of England had too much work already , and cautioned tho people against being the slaves of the whole world , by our working population being confined iu those hell-created steam-mills

      and iactones , which stunted our rising generation , and was the means of degenerating his countryman to a di rain mi re stature unparalleled in the history of man , and advised them to look after tilling their own land ; and if there were any beauty in the fields , the hills , the meadows , tho smiling Tallies of corn in our own dear country , let them enjoy the healthful , invigorating occupation of cultivating our own lands , instead of being confined in cotton-traps . Mr . CrosfielU appeared satisfied with Mr . Leech ' s reply , as he adopted tho usual mode of his brethren of the saintish faith—silence . The next champion of the repeal was Mr . Ryland , tho Secretary of the Warrington anti-Corn Law Association . He asked Mr . Leech whether cheap bread was not preferable

      to dear bread ?—whether a repeal of the Corn Laws would not stop foreign manufactures and foreign competition ?—whether it would not give increased stimulus to the trade of this country , &o . ? Mr . Leech answered in an argumentative speech , which occupied half a » i hour , and said that cheap bread was far preferable to dear bread ; a child would know that . He quoted different authors in support of his position ; and their own writers contradicted and condemned their own proceedings . He successfully rebutted the fallacy of our competing with foreigners without bringing tho wages of this country lower tliau what they are , with the present taxation over our heads . He concluded by advising every person present to enroll themselves members of the Society . This meeting was decidedly the best ever held in

      Warrington , and will do much good . After the lecture , three cheers were given for the lecturer , and three cheers for Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., after which the meeting quietly separated . CARDIFF . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartistsof this town , the following resolutions were passed : —1 . " That we continue to place full confidence in Feargus O'Connor , and the Northern Star . " 2 . "That tbe Executivo Council be requested to give their best attention to ' exclusive dealing , ' as noticed and recommended by Feargus O'Connor , in the Star , of the 15 th of May . " 3 . "Though the endeavours of tiie Convention , to have a personal interview with the Queen at ( ho presentation of the memorial , have hitherto been with little success , yet . we are satisfied they have done tbe utmost in their power towards effecting it . "

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      &s& > . 4 &-. ¦ / firiy-z ^ rv ^^ . , v '¦¦ . ' : " .:. : s - 'V ^ -V ¦ i ^ i ^ y ^\ ^ tfa ^ idjt ^* ^ : ^»^ M ^? - >^ « S ± Sf 2 ^! i « sfe ; riJSf- ' audience-. H » subject « nw , tbe duties of the peottlo at the approaching elections . ^ National Pfitraow . —The petition from Sanderland was despatched on Sunday with 8558 signature * ~ attached , and one from Bifihop and West Auckland , with 780 signatures . ' .

      EtECWON Prospects—Thefto « ra / Whig andGom Law Repealers of Sunderiand are in a pitiable dilemma . They have no eaa&dftte in the field to represent theksenumeate ^ iliwaMfttailable , with tbe slightest chance of jaiafciy < afe » they would start a Chartist Cora ' : I * MficfMtkr , sapfa -to . C 6 L Thompson ; against thin the pTide , prejodiee , and lllibersl . ty are powerful •*** £ « . JSL . J »* rmr , must eventually succumb to interest . j £ &ew White retires . Alderman Thompson and David Barclay , of London , have declared themselves candidates , and tfeeir friends seem disposed to coalesce . Both of them are Tories , differing only in the shadow of » shade . Extinction is therefore the doom of the liberal Whigs , u . uless they will unite their interest with that of tho masses .

      DURHAM . —All parties are actively stirring here Vj Tho Tories have two , and the Whiz * ** candidate in the field ; will the Chartists do tbeir duty , having issued placards , calling on the electors to withhold their votes for the present and announcing their intention to bring out a Chartist candidate . Let other places imitate the prieet-ridden city of Durham . GLASGOW . —A numerous meeting of the direc tors of tbe Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Associa tion was held ia the Chartist Hall , College Open , on Monday last , at eight o ' clock ia the eveuing , Mr . Martm in the chair , for the purpose of hearing the correspondence of Mr . Ca ]] e » , acd deoidlcg upon tte propriety rf requesting him to- regain some tine longer iu the Convention . Several letters from that gentlemani were read by Mr . Brown , Secretary , in which he deseribed a weae ^ wtwixt Daniel O » C < mnell aad himself at an « a * do « r meeting of the L < me >* m 9 Qiymk # Wte , *«** WMr . Urilca

      WJB | MHMH | MMMOTaaMKMHHWWsV mpettr > t a&T pmW » NSmMjin Scotlaud , itcalled forth loud cheer ! and universal cries of " True , true . " Mr . CuUen'i description of the trading . politicians , and the dmsions into moral , physical , and "new movement " Cnartists of London , was ' listened to with marked attention , and loud cries of "Hear , hear . " Mr . Cuilen seems anxious to return home . A letter wa » also read from Mr . Wail , Secretary to the Conventi pnv stating that a vote of thanks had been given to Mr . Culleu ( or his patriotic exertions siuce he joined the Convention . A discussion then took place relative to his longer emy , or immediate return from the Convention , in w ! ,: ch Messrs . Dixon aud Walker , of Glasgow , Messrs . Cofquhoun and Wright , of the Norr , h Quarter , Mr . Moir , of Tilefiely , Mr . Isaae * ot Caltou , Mr . Rodger , of Bridgeton , and several others , took a part ; during which Mr . Rodger moved ihat ihis

      — meeting request Mr . -Cui . len to remain in tne Convention until after the presentation of the National Petition , and that he be recommended to move that an arid-ess be drawn up by order of the Convention , muux hi th an outline-ot their proceedings since , they assembled , and statuig their opinion of the be *! , stt . ps winch the oountrv should pursue for carrying thd Chatter ; after which , that they take immediate measures to dissolve . " This being seconded , was uuanimously carried . It was afterwards agreed That a large public meeting of the inhabitants of Glasgow be held , to cons ; u « i of the best Hue of policy they should pursue in iho-case of a General Election . Mr . " Rodger stated that the Chartists of Bridgeton had resolved to canvass the electors of that populous suburban distric- in a few daya . After some other local business had been sealed , the meeting concluded with the usual vote of thanks to the Chairman .

      -OBlrlN . —The Charter Association of this place , held their annual weekly meeting oa Sunday Jast , Mr . O'Mailey in the chair ; lie opened the business of the meeting , by pointing out the duly which Chartists bad to perform . He Kai < l tJiat every Chartist ought to raakehis family circle a Ciianist meeting , to expound to them its principles , and fcy such tneaiv * to form a uevv race of agitator ? , adding that " as the oiil cock crows the young cues learn . " Tbe following resolution was moved by Mr . O'Connor , and seconded by Mr . Woodward , " That the thanks

      of . this mcci > iug are due aud hereby gifen to Messrs . Martin aud Cleave for tiieir manly and patriotic conduce at the Repeal humbug meeting , in confronting , charging , and conviciuig , to the satitiaciion of " every honest man , tbe author , and now the enemy of Chartism , Daniel O'Conuell . " A letter from Mr . Clark , of Stock port , was read , rolativo to the base , brutal , ani physical-force conduct of the antiunionists of Manchester , on Monday , the 17 th inst . * which , to tay the least of it , would be ciis # raceful to inen , evcuui a savage slate .

      DEWSEUiiY . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists , held in the laTge room , over the Co-operative Snores , on Tuesday night ' last , the following resolutions were panged ¦ ¦;—** That we hereby tender oiu- best thanks to Mr . William Martii ., suid Mr » John Cleave , for the manly manner ia which they naec tho base traitor , Daniel O Conneil , in bis own den , at the Crown and Anchor , Strand , Lyndon , in showing nim and his friesds when aud wLc-rp he acted as a iraitor to the people ; also that we pied&e ourselves , individually and collectively , to support our unalterable friends , Feargus O'Connor , an « the Rev Wm . Hill , editor of . the Northern S ! ar , go long as thoy pursue that straightforward course , i ' roin vviiich they have never yet Deviated . " MEWCAsxtE .-Abortive efforts arc being made here to bring out " brown bread Joseph ; " but , it won ' t do ; " iha Chartists" won ' t bite , " hoc allow themselves to be bitten .

      KZX . BRXSE . —The Chartists , at this place , have passed a strong resolution , denunciatory ot the " new move , " aud complimenting the Editor of the Northern Star . Mr . Malcolm , whose name stood on ihe document , and to whom a packet of caids for the " new move" association had been sent , ba 3 returned the cards , declined all further connection with ** tho concern" and declared , in a letter to Mr . Lovett , his gratitude to O'Connor and the Editor of the Star . " Chesterfield and Brampton . —The Chartists of these cotvns have voted thanks to O'Connor , aud the Editor of the Star , for their auceasing exertions ia th ; people ' s cause . - OliCHAM . —Messrs . Car . 'ledgo and Leech lecture hero on Suuday , iu the after-noun zu \ l evening .

      HAWIEY ( Poiteries ) . —The faction is thoroughly thrashed here . A tremendous meeting of not fewer than 30 , 000 vvas held on Monday . Every means , fair and uufair , had been resorted to for tho purpose of eueuring a Whig triumph at this meeting . Whig masters marshalled their workmen pu faeir own premise ; , and marched t ^ em with music paying and banners flying straight like cattle to the ground . The High Bailiff took the chair ; but in spite of every effort , all thoir resolution ' s were iejected , and the people ' s amendments carried by triumphant majorities . The fir .-t amendment , denouncing the

      Cora Laws , but declaring their repeal to be useless to the people , even if effected , without th « Charter , liiu Chairman declared , in spite of a m <> st palpable majority , to . be-not carried . Tho second one , declaring the Ministers to be unworthy of c ' o ' ufiucnce , ho wuo compelled to admit was carried by a large majority . To have denied it would be too barefaced . Tho third resolution' was-r- **' That this meeting protects against the partial conduct of the High Bailift in substituting the minority for the majority , ana orders that copies of this protest be sent to M . P . ' s , and to the Star and tho Times for insertion . "

      JtZlCS&TSR . —Our meetings continue to be increasingly attended ; and , in addition to seeing Chartisiaprosper in tho borough , we have the pleasure of knowing that a revival of its interests is taking place in the villages . Last Sunday , Mr . Cooper , editor of tbo Illuminahr delivered addresses at Belgrave and Thurznaston— -two considerble villages iu the neighbourhood—to attentive audiences ; aud , on Monday , be addressed a large crowd at Winston , a populous village , four miles from Leicester , abounding with half-starved stocking weavers ; the poor fellows feel their miseries keenly and are setting aboac forming au association .

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      Sunderland . —On Sunday afternoon , Mr . Binns will lecture at the Life-boat Hou ^ e , anu Air . Williams in the evening , at halt-past six , at the Golden Lion room , Queen-street , Sunderiand . West Riding . —Mr . Harney-will lecture during the next week , « n Monday , at Sowerby ; on Tuesday , at Keighiey ; on Wednesday and Thursday , at Halifax ; ou Fnday , at Queenshead ; and on Saturday , in Mount Zion schooi-rooin , Bradford . Northampton . —Oa Wednesday , the 2 nd day of June , the Rev . J . Jenkinson will deliver a Chartist-Tosai Abstinence Lecture , at the Guildhall , which the Mayor , Mr . Williams , haskiudlyleni us for the occasion . ••

      Mr . Julian Harney lectures at Middleton in the afternoon , and again in the evening ot Sunday , ( to » morrow . ) Little-Hoiiton .--A Chartist Temperance meetii < g will be held on Sunday next , at Lutle-Hortou Green . To commence at two o ' clock in iho afternoon . \ Manchester . —Messrs . Charles Com-or and & . Doyle will lecture in Brown-street Clartut-ioom ^ Manchester , ou Sunday eveiripg , ( to-mcircw , ) May 30 ih . Mr . James Cartledge will lecture 8 t the Cbartist Tailors' aud Shoemakero- room , on Sunday ( tomorrow . ) Halifax . —Mr . Harney will lectors at Halifax on the evenings of Wednesday and ThnrttUy , the 2 d and 3 d of June , and at QiieensaeaJ , on Friday , the 4 th .

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      I I AND LEEDS GENERAL ADYERTISEB .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1111/page/1/