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      GREAT CHARTIST MEETING AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR . ( Continued from out lait . ) [¦ Wftbsve received many letters complaining , and Tery jusily , of the carUUnsent of this report iit our last nnmber . The fault lay , not with us , but with the reporter ; as tho remaining part of the report , nrhich we give below , did not reach us till Friday , yrhen the papers , in which it was most needed , were all printed . We arenas much sorry for , atd as much annoyed at the circumstance , * s * uy of our readers can be . —Eds 1

      Mr . Kcfft Ridley , delegate , moved— " That ft is the opinion of thi * meeting that the exertions of Thomas Buncombe , Esq ., and * U other members who may aid him in moving tt » release of all peStical prisoners , are deserving of ok best thanks now , and twrcordiaJ rapport at the next election . " ( Cbeen )—He felt much pleasure in mating that resolution . All men koasted of the prosperity of the country , yet but a few er . jjyad or pocsemei the luxuries , wtale they deprived their fellow-men ^ f the common necessaries of life ,-and allowed them to itsxve . ( Hear , heaM There 'was , however , one nraa who was ever the poor man ' s friend , and was ever foend advocating hii cause—he alluded to Mr . Duneoxbe . ( Cheers . ) He , however , w&s satisfied that it was almost a farce to petition the

      House when the GoverMnent had so tyrannised over tfee people whom they bludgeoned , and , he « iight add , curdertd . ( Hear , beat . ) After the people carried those men into power , tie would ask what return did they make the people for having borne them upon their ? boulders into offise ? They fare them tbe Poer Law Biil , which separated tbe aged coaples—wtrich tore the father from the child , and the sister from the brother . ( Hsar , hear . ) They imeo not pemnoe upon the societies In the metropolis , as ttoey did on those in tbe provinces , because the King of Hanover was at the bead of the ! t > lood- * taiced Orange faction . ( Hear , bear , hear . ) Ifo , while they we * e afraid to trust oue man in the metropolis , they wrested six poor harasJess and defenceless Dorchester labourers . ( Hear , bear ) The next instates of their -cowardice and their treachery , was John Frost ( Lwtd cheers . ) He was prosecnted because he had the spirit to tell the little Whig Finality lord John Russell , time be was an Englishinan--th . it

      he claimed the rights of an Englishman , asd that he would support those rights . ( Hear , hear . ) As a reward he ™ torn from the bosom of his wife , and from tha caresses of his beloved daughters and sons . ' ( Hear , bear . ) But the Whiss were not contented with those sacrifices , they sought and found another victim in -Feargus O'Comor , the noble cased lion of Y « rl : Castle . ( Immense cheering . ) They imagined that by taking the brave leader cf the Chartists , that tiey woald break their spirits and scatter their forces . But the meeting of that night proved that they reckoned without Uiiir host ( Hear , bear . ) Their list of victims was Bot c mpleted until they added the name of Bronterre O'Brien . ( Cheers ) That distinguished patriot , whose writings have infused as undying spirit amongst the workiDi ? classes . iHear , hear . ) They persecuted him with the utmost rigour . and even denied him the right of comiiiunicatlng with his friends by letter . ( Heir , hear . ) He should call their attention to but one victim

      mere who was slaughtered by the Whigs . He meant poor Clayton , whose life was lost in the Whig . prison . ( SeESitoa of pity and serr » w . ) He was gone , but his * piric tiiP . hovered over them , and the cause , crying out " hoik , hark , to liberty . " And shall net his voice be obejeu ? iLsud cries of " yes , yes . ") Yes , they would go on-sru or die in the csnse . { Cheers . ) Mr . &KEV 1 SGTQX , delegate , seconded the resolution . Tbe chters having subsided with which he was greeted , lie thanked the meeting for the marked testimony of their approbation , which was a full and satisfactory reward for his having stood tone to their cause . ( Hear , bear . ) Although he was early in tbe field , he bad as yet escaped the fangs of the law , and had not had the honour of br-ing imprisoned . On tbe 12 th of August he

      tras at his post , when upwards of 120 special constables Were sworn in to apprehend him . Still they did nut « ucc * d , ¦ which so plagued them , that one of them € xcliim £ d , "D—n him , he S 3 ys nothing for which we can take him . " iA laugh . ) The chief magistrate and constable of Ms place consulted on the possibility of their having an epportunity to seizs him , when they prudently cams to the determination of not doing , so . CHtar , hear . ) The very magistrate who was so anxious to pounce upon > "ni -was so terrified by the vast eonoourse of people that presented itself , that instead of retuniin ^ orez the bri dge , the way by which he came , he ro&e back through the river—( laughter ) ;—and when , in the after part of the day , he met him ( Mr . Skevicjtcn ) he ( the magistrate- actually put his hand to bis hat ( Increased laughter . ) Mr . Skevingtou having given a Tery amusing detail of the proceedings of the 12 th of August in bis district , proceeded to say

      thai the National Petition contained one mi . lion and a quarter of signatures , which would be presented on the following day by Mr . Dunconibe , in behalf of the ' peraecuttd and imprisoned victims of Whiggery aud . their hell-hounds . iHear , hear . ) He hid received letters from Nottingham , asking his advice respecting Sir John Cain Hobhoiiss and Mr . Lirpent , or , as they call him , * ' Mr . Serpent . " ( A fcmgh . ) His advice was , that before they voted for either of them , tLat they should take part psyraen ; frjm them of their promises in tbs immediate release of the Chartist prisoners in ErgUnd . ( Hrar , hear . ) That then they should obtain the rest * - raiien of Frost , Williams , cud Jones to ihtir families . He was satiified that the men tf Leicester would do ali in their power to brtak ths Seeks of their enemies throughout tha land . ( Hear , hear . ) His atvir w to ' the people was , "Be at it ; be at it ; be always at it " tLocd chters-S

      IIr . ilAfiTiS , the delegate , who so manfully opposed O'Concell , next appeared , &miJ cbters , to suppurt the resolution . Hs "b-ss aware of the great difficulty of their undertaking , and of the great prtjudk-es against which , they had to contend—prejudices created against them by the viie factious for their owa aggrar- 'dt'esnent . { Hear , tear . ) It wm necessary to prepare the luinds i-f the people to meet and resist tbe efforts that , were making to haxra&s , to oppress , aud to plunder them . ( Hear , bear . ? As soon as those pr < judie- ; -s were removed , &s soon as they were enabled to co ; : Tince the ignorant of their real "news and objects , then they could , by union , make Euch an effort zs bo tyrant power could resist them . ( Hear , hear . ) They should look with caution on every man , even on him who came forward

      as a mend , for they had more reason to fear au hypo critical Chirtist than an avowed at > d . op < sn Tory . ( Hear , hear . ) T ' leir cause was orse of peace , and as such should succeed unless it was betrayed by false friteds . Tt ; 9 Reform Bill , which was to have done so much for the people , was carried without kftVcting a single particle of good f - > r the people ; that BUI never Trould have been carried if the aristocracy "had not the members at their side . ( Hear , hear . ) Without the aid o ! the millions ,-the Whigs never could have succeeded in thrusting the Tories out of power . ( Hear , hear . j If they ss-er * able to force the Tories from power , thty could do in turn the same with the Whigs . ( Hear , hear . ) Tes , they will do so , for they find tbat the Whirs havs only exsreised their powei

      for the purpose tf destraying them . ( Hear , bear . Seven Trillions of abie-bodied men , through whos < exertions tb . e " capitalists luxuriate in wealth and everj indulgence , shall not starve , shall not perish , anc allow the lazy and unproductive classes to consumt the produce of Iheir industry . ( Hear , hear . ) Muct had been said about the repeal of the Corn Laws—thai was the question which was raised by the nianufactur ers for their own benefit , but it wa 3 one in which thi working classes tad net the slightest interest ( Hear hear . ) In fart , anything that cairie from that Housi eonld not be favourable to the working classes . ( Hear hear . ) The cry -sras nothing but a felonious CJinpro mise between the Whigs snd the middle class aristoc racy , and an endeavour on their part to swindle th

      people out of tLtir rights . ( Hear . ) The workin : classes should therefore be united to defeat that con apiracy , and for tie purpose of carrying th * Goartera the law of the land , ( Hear , ) By no other mean could the working and enslaved population assert thei rights or obtain thtrir just claims . ( Hear . ) They war entitled to the suffrage , and so long as ofie of their clas was deprived of thit right , so long should they con feus the straggle for liberty . ( Hear ) They had know ledge , they had power , andcoull not be resisted ; le the fastions— Whig and Tory , do the worst , they wouli be ultimately compelled to bow down their necks befcr the power and the majority of tho people . < Hear . What patriotism was there in the repeal of the Con Iawb , when that measure only contemplated puttin .

      three miilioes in the pockets of the middle classes , and ! who were saving nine millions in rates ; tHeai . i And { all this , while they refused the able bodied labourer i oot-door , and only offered him so much in-do ^ r relief 1 as reduced him to starvation point ( Hear . ) The very j feloas in the gaols -were better provided for than the j inmates of the workhouses . It was even said that the ] silent system , the moat cruel punishment that could be ! inflicted , was ibout being introduced into the work- houses . If such was the case , shall not every man in Engiand raise his voice against such an act of ¦ despotism ? ( Cries of Yes . ) Yes , tbe working classes held ia their hands the balance of power , and wou ' irf nse it in getting rid of the accursed law which thus subjected the poor to be treated worse than felons , and

      Tendered poverty a crime . ( Hear , hear . ) Instead < prating sboufc tke repeal of the Cora Ijws , let thei « peal the New Po » r Law BilL ( Hear , hear . ) Instea of prating about sugar duties , let them give the m ' e more employment and better wages . ( Hear ,, hear . Instead of prating about such things they should vi&i - * nd relieve the starving population of Spitalflelds , an < xeiuce the hours of factory labour . ( Hear , hear . Thus they would add to the comfort—to the indepen 4 enee of tbe working classes , and secure the peace an < prosperity of the country . ( Hear , hear . ) Instead o establi « hln | r worktouses , they Bhould give employmen

      to tbe population on the sell ; and instead of banishici and tamponing their test meehanicsi and then * best agriculturalists , to Sew Zsalxud and Australia , they should eoloaifls their home waste lands with them , of which waste Janda t&eee were in Great Britain sufficient acres to eu * l * in six milHoas of people . ( Hear , hear . ) Jt wa » atranjo that of late , and within a very abort peiio S , Lord jobs RusseU ascertained that irr London , Liverpool , Bristol , and difiTjunt other parts of England , thousands of ihe isbabttant * were living in wretched ixonts , cellsn under gronad , and other pioees of ^ rretdktdnesi , whiia many of tfcttn liad not fite Bhil » Usp a week eacli » pay lieir l » d ^ j . o £ 5 with and snp '

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      port themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) It was grange that he had not ascertained that fact before . But it was only at that lioment found useful for the purpose * of agitation . iHtar , hear . ) That trick of trade , aclatton , would not do , which would be proved by tb « next election . ( Hear , hear . ) The Chartists were resolved to agitate peaceably and firmly . Northampton was pledged to do its duty . ( Hear , bear . ) So was Leeds . ( Hear , hear , hear ) And he wasVoertain tfeat Stroud would teach Lord John Finality such a teason as he would never forget ( Hear , bear . ) Mr . itartin entered into a very able statistical detail of the gradual decrease of wares « incs 1815 , called upon the Cfcartists to

      support Mr , Duncombe and their friends ut tho coming election , and concluded wfth a most powerful and imriasstoned appeal is behtff of the expatriated and Imprisoned Chartists , amidst the most deafening cheers A young gentleman named Parrt , here attempted to interrupt tbe proceedings , by lecturing the CbartiKte upo * their mode of agitation , by advocating the cwtse of Whiggery . He at lesgth exhausted the patience of his auditors , and was with diffioalty restrained from indulging in his rambling address . He was at length induced to sit down , b « t not without exclaiming «• that there was no fair play for him , " which created mach aerriment and laughter amongst the Chartists .

      Dr . M'Dotul , in reply to this-champion of the lepeal ef the Corn Laws avowed his willingness to meet him-or aoy other of the league , when or where they pleased . fCheers . ) Mr . Sakkt said that a note bad been just placed in his hands , which stated that Sir Robert Peel had given sotice that that night he would , move a vote -ef a want of conBdeose in her Majesty ' s ministers , -on next Thursday , the 28 tb . ( tend cheers . ) The result of which was the withdrawal-of Lord John Russell ' s New Poor Law Amendment Act . ( Renewed cheering . ) Mr . Jexkiks replied briefly to Mr . Parry , tbe Com-Law leaguer . The resolution was carried amidst loud cheers . bit . Wall moved the third resolution •—

      " That it is the opinion -ef this meeting that the p * e-« ent House of Commons , being altogether cemprised of representatives of land and capital , does not possess the confidence of the labouring population , who are thereby excluded from the exercise of the suffrage , acd are denied any protectioa for their labour . This meeting is farther ef opinion that the rights of labour will never be properly established or protected , the life and i liberty of the workmen secure or permanent , nor h&p-! piness , independence , or freedom , be tbe lot of the I millions , until Universal Suffrage is proclaimed a law , ! and the whole Charter form part of the statute acts of ! this empire . "

      < Lond cheers . ) He agreed , in every principle , which i that resolution contained . They were going the whole i hog . ( Hear , hear . ) Every ene who supported that i resolution held up his hand as a pledge of his determi-! nation to have the Charter enacted as the law of the laad . It was not by desultory movements , but it was ; by each combined acuon as the assembly of that night evinced that they could succeed in obtaining the prayer 1 of the millions who signed tbe National Petition . ( Hear hear . ) That meeting ought to add 14 . 000 signatures to the National Petition It was their duty to accompnny : the petition on to-iuorrow , and to see it carried into the House . Thus they could know Ihe men who opposed i it , and cheer the Members who supported it ( Hear , I hear ) They had a great duty to discharge when they ' advocated the cause of suffering humanity . They ; should , on the next day , by a moral display , convince , their enemies that the praytrs of a million of working

      ; men could not be treated with contempt ( Hear , hear . | If the middle classes hud but common honesty , ! they could protect their fallow-men , and turn the I scale in their favour ; but as they had not , the werking ' classes would fitht their own bnttles , and txercising that power which they possessed , Nottinyhamije the whole country , as it would be better for them to have open fees tban pretended friends to contend against . : They -would not blink the question . The man who waa not with them was against them . ( Cheers i Upon that . principle , tha working classes , instead of submitting to be robbed , will assume tbe power which will enable them to protect themselves . ( Htar , hear . ) That meeting , which was got up by working men , proved what they could do . By following np the victory they gained that night—by union and increasing effjrts in the cause , they wiil be enabled to oust bt'tij Tories and Whigs , and make England -what she ought to be , the land of " the braje and tbe frt-a" 'Chiers . )

      Mr . Morgan Williams , delegate frum Merthyr , seconded tLe resolution . He a ; pt . ar £ : d btfore that meeting n-.-t merely to be seen , bat in order to advocate ; those principles fur which he always stir ^ gled , and to 1 B-cure for the working classes i f the kingdom their just aud inalienable rights . ( Hear , hsar . ) This they were bound to do , as the nit-n wbo ou , ht to discharge tliose duties either ntglevted er abiumoned them—in fsct , he defied them to point out one single speech made—one single ixarlior . made—or one advice given by the members in Parliament , in favour of the workiDg

      classes . All the speeches Le heard th-. it niglst were full of eloquence , and full of ustful matter , and he trusted they wi / a ' . d go forth to evvry corner i , f the land . ( Hear , hear . ) It was proved tLa ' . r >!<; lit , that rich man bad iviihin himself a p-. wer of ubtaiuiog a voica in the election of represviiUtiws ; and he trusted that power ¦ they -w ^ ald ixrrcUt ^ ili ^ ir , hear . ) His heart was gladdened at the si ^ ' i-ths behi _ M that night He wculd Jcturn to hi 3 nativL' country , carrying to it the glad Intelligence that the men of Lolu . u wc ; eu ; i and lioin ^ , v . nd lie wished them succe » , in all tLeir \ atriutic eniJ-.-av . ' urs , from the hj ' . ' . onx cf his heart . ( Chttr--. ;

      Mr . Ciller , delegate of Gli- 'gow , stpp rted the resolution . It wsb gratif \ ing to him to witness such a m&cting , nut only was thu great room , in which they ¦ were assembled , filled , but tvtn the lobbits . the arrna ^ , : and that portion of the street in the front of tbe Grown . and Anchor . ( Hear , hear > He came that moment from another meeting , wLich -wa 3 htl-i to greet Henry Hethcringtun on his release . He ( Mr . Cuiien ) was not : the advocate of pany . He despised tLo brand cf party . vHear , hear . ) He advocated ihe principKs of Universal : Suffrage—principles by which he a ' one would stand . ' l ( Hear , het ^ r . ) He rrould ? . tuc « to the givat principles ; of liberty and leave others to di-cu& > miner differences . He would do his duty and en teavour to conciliate to ¦ the cause all he could . ( Hear , hear . ) Every man

      should come forward and pledge himself to act a certain pars in the achievement of the g'eat cans , a :.-d hold out the right hand of fellowship to ail v / illing to assist them . ( Hear , hear . ) Chartism was abused by the bar —by the pulpit , and by thesynxl , and sr . ll the leaders sf the Chartists , and the men themselves * h- ) iild demand Universal Suffrage , « qnal laws and juitice for alL . Cheers . ) It was not for themselves that they were contending , but they were contending for the just rights of their fcilow men . They made no distinction . C . itholic , Protestant , Quaker , and S'jciaHst ; all should have tlieir help . ( Hear , hear . ) The Government imagined Hut by laying hands upon the best of tha leaders © f the Chartists , that tho latter would sink into apathy . They supposed wrong . ( Hear , hear . ) For instead of sinking them into apathy—ins'ea'l of lessening their er . irgy , it roused them and filled them with new ccur . i 2- > and

      fresh vigour . ( Hear . ) He wished that the middle classes ¦ would aid the working classt 3 in putt ng clown despotism , ( H-ar . ) It was strange they did not , as they must be aware that it was opposed to their best interests , to the succ ' . ss of trade in general , and to their future welfare . ( Hear , hear . ) The Chartists would , hort ever , do their duty ; they would be no longer misled by the nickname of Reform . They would ba satisfied with no hollow promises , bnt would go on manfully until they emancipated their brethren then in prison , and until they restored Frost , Williams , and Jones . ( Cheers . ) A crisis had arrived , of which they should avail themselves , when they should carry upon their shoulders mtu of their own choice—men upon -whom they could depend , and return them to Parliament ( Hear , hear ; That would prove their determination to fight tho battle of liberty , and would be a death-blow to their enemies . : Hear , hear . ) Mr . Cull en sat down amidst enthusiastic

      cneers . Mr . Mohgas , delegate from Bristol , also supported the resolution . He was the representative of a city which was determined to have the whole hog , bristles and alL ( Hear , and laughter . ) The advocates of tyranny —the advocates of tho repeal ef tLe Corn Laws , who were anxious to sow dissension amongst them , and would have it believed ths » t there were divisions in their body , that great meeting of 4 Ge of Chartist wording men , which he beheld that night , gave a damning lie to the assertion . ( Hear , hear , aud cheers . ) Nottingham had made the Whigs stagger , and had given them some idea of Chartist influeDca and of Chartist power . ( Hear , hear . ) Dr . M'Dou ^ ll would , he trusted , give them , at the next election , another proof of the B 3 iue

      power and of the same influence . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Mr . Morgan here most facetiously described the result of his interviews with the different Members of Parliament , the anxiety of those Members for their seats , and to know how tbe Chartist pulse beat His account of the several answers he rectived convulsed the meeting with laughter . He then took an able view of the prospects of the Chartists , proved the masked treachery which the present , Whig agitation for the repeal of the Corn Laws , aud for the reduction > n the duties of sugar and timber , caused . If said he , the Whigs were sincere in serving the working xaau and enabling him-to live cheap , tbeytbonM reduce the duties on the following articles which produce the revenue annexed to them , viz .:

      —1 Sugar and Mohuses . £ i S 2 T . 018 5 Tea 3 , U 58 , 800 S Tobacco 3 , 495 . 088 4 Ra ; , Brandy , < fcc 2 , 615 . 5 Wine ... 1 , 849 , 7 « 9 6 Timber 1 C 03 . 7 Corn 1 , (> 98 . 779 j 8 Cofee 779 , 114 9 , Cotton Wool 416 , 257 10 Silk manufacturers 247 , 362 11 Butter ... 213 . 077 12 Currant * ... ,. ... 18 S . 13 Tailow 182 , 000 14 Seeds •¦• 135 . 525 15 Sheep a Wool 139 , 770 16 Raisins 134 , 589 37 C&eeie 105 , 218 17 Articles producing £ 31 . 700 , 630 It the people sent into Parliament rascals who imposed such Uxes , they deserved to suffer all the evils of despotism and merited sot the came of mtn but of cowards

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      » ul willing slaves . ( Hef . ) After a mo / , luminous ., speech in favour of liberty , Mr . Morgan retired amidst loud cheers . . Mr . Jous Cleave was received with loud and o « ntinned cheers . He said , Brother Chartists , and Ladies , we have our enemies before us ; we know their strength and we also know that we shall easily conquer them . ( Hear . ) The only danger to liberty and its cause can arise from disunion . ( Hear . ) The slightest tendency to feuds amongst the working classes most be instantly and I trust will be tor ever put down , as bringing certat * and inevitable destruction to tbe great , the noble , aad the Tirtcous cause ia which » 1 V are engaged . ( Hesr ) We most forget and forgive ow mutual faults , for it it -our duty to conciliate all a&d to indue * all to

      join us . Every max should freely speak out his thoughts imd declare what he thinks moat iifceiy to forward the cause . ( Hear . ) Freedom of thougbt and action is that to which every man is entitled—* t is more precious thaw gold—it it my right—it 1 a yeoe right , and it ia a right which every roan ehosJd hold dearer than life , for upon it ¦ depends the fiublio good , and tbe very essence of liberty itself—that precious jewel / or which we are at this moment struggling . . ( Cheers . ) Rely upom it , that such a course will not damage the next general election , but-will do more for a good and perfect organization than -could be otherwise devised . ( Hear , bear . ) The grand object of the Convention , who called this meeting , is the liberation-of all political prisoners , now ia durance

      vile . This . great meeting , if tt-seta to work properly , will be mare than enough to achieve that and their other objects . ( Hear , hear . ) I am satisfied that the results of the forthcoming elections mainly , nay , entirely depend upon the Chartists , and that it is with them to decide wh » shall Tepre&enttkeoountry . Their « ry should be " Universal Suffrage , " and the release of all political prisoners . ( Cheers . ) I agaia repeat that any , the slightest division , will damage the cause of the prisoners . H-ence every man should endeavour his best to preserve noaaimity . ( Hear , hear . ) Every man should also exert hinuelf in his own locality—should collect friends , -and should do all io his power to relieve and release tbe prisoners in our prisons in England , and to restore Frost , Williams , aad Jones to their ' happy homes and nltars free . " ( Cheers . ) Every head of a family should inquire how the baker , how the butcher ,

      how the grocer , intended to vote , and should deal with the man who pleased him best ( Loud cries of " hear , hear . " ) I declare to God , that I look upon the man who would not < io bo as the greatest enemy tbe cause could have ( Hear , hear , hear . ) They alone who have tasted the bitterness of a gaol , as I have , can form aa opinion of tbe sufferings of its inmates . ( Hear , bear . ) We should not look to strangers for help , but should remember that God helps those who help themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) We should never oease our exertions until we obtain equal laws , and equal privileges fy ^ all , and never cease our struggle until we secure tlHrCharter . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) In all our struggles we should declare that we would be content with nothing but the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing ltsa than the Charter . ( Loud cheers . )

      Mr . BaRMIiy , delegate for Ipswich , followed Mr . Cleave , in a speech of great power and ability , which be concluded amidst immense applause . The resolution was then put and carried . Mr . Maixen moved " That the best thanks of this meeting are due and given- to the delegates of the Petition Convention for their upright and persevering " conduct , and unremitting attention in obtaining the release cf political victims , and in forwarding the cause of the people , B 0 that the Charter may sptedily become the law of the land . " Mr . Parker seconded the resolution , and supported it in a very animated and eloquent address

      Mr . Cleave , previously to the putting of the above resolution , called the attention of the Delegates piesent to the " model prison" now erecting in Copenhagen fields , And fur which Parliament has voted such large sums . He trusted that before they left London , that they would not fail to pay a visit to tho " Whig Hell , " intended alike for the country as fur Londoners , in order that they might describe it to their constituents on their return to the provinces—so that public feeling might be aroused on so important a subject . ( Hear , htar . I

      Thanks were voted to the Chairman , when tbe great masses of human btings separated aad retired peaceably to their homes , after giving time cheers for Frost , Williams , aad Jones ; three cheers for Feargus O'Connor and all other political prisoners ; th ee cheers for the Convention ; three cheers for the National Petition and iha Charter ; and three cheers for the Northern Slur . Thus terminated the proceedings » f as glorious a day as ever shone upon Caartism .

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      GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF CHARTISM OVER THE CORN LAW REPEALERS AT TILLI COULTRY . The middle-class povtion of society in TillicouHry are ne way distinguished for extraordinary intelligence or political activity . They have exercised their pulitica . 1 franchise upon the principle of holding tbe Working population in contempt , and begetting the good-will of the aristocracy in giving their votes to the nominees of the landed aristocracy . If they could liavo continued to secure their profits by a continued reduction of the wac ; es cf their workmen , gladiy would they hnve slumbered away their ( Jays , satisfied with this ing ' orious distinction . But fatal experience has changed tho spirit of their dreams : their fast-receding profits convince them that they are upon the verge of a gu ! ph , and how to save themselves they know not . In this Binking condition , the only tub their linr ' tod vision can discover floating upon the surface bein ^ Corn Law repeal and free trade .

      The Chartists of TillicouHry , wbo mnko up ninet&nths of its population , are very much distinguished for their acutenes 3 of thinkiug , and penetration into national affjirs . They know that so loDg as the aristocracy hold the absolute controul of the land , and from this enji . y the right to maku laws tnxii . g ali the resources of industry , that neither the merchants , manufacturers , nor wo king population , can have protection or security to their property : past experience has convinced them that the working population are the victims of this system—that its workings have dtstroyed and nearly dried up the source trout -which their prosperity springs ; and this corruption , in its working , having row reached the middle class , will speedily operate in convincing them that their only safety will be in joinhig the Chartists , for national regeneration is hopeless through any other means .

      We now proceed to detail how the tattles havo been fought and the victory secured . The head-quarters of the corn-crakts in this district of the country being Stirling , the clique there drew up a petition , dispatched it through all the manufacturing districts , praying fov a total repeal , but in none of these places did the crok . trs attempt a public meeting . Accordingly , upou the evening of lht > 2 i 3 t , that intrepid and indomitable advocate of tbe Charter , Mr . Abram Duncan appeared in Alloa , in a meeting cf 2 , 000 of its inhabitants , discussed the subject of Corn Law repeal , pointed eutthe dangtr of working men reposing any confidence ) in middle-cUas inen as leaders , until they give full proof of their entire conversion to Chartist principles . Tne result was , that none of the corn-croakers gave one chirp , and the lucetmg passed a unanimous vote of conudc-r . ee in their prtsent leaders , and th « resolution to countenance no counter-agitation until the Charter become the law of the land .

      The Chartists of Alva convened a meeting upon Monday the 24 tb , the -whole inhabitants of the town attended the meeting , the same result followed . T ;;« Chartists i . f Tillicouitry convened their meeting on Tuesday the 25 : h , for to take into consideration the conduct of the manuf . icturers ia securing signatures to the petition . We wish the country distinctly to know thr . t tliB manufacturers in all the villages here about , . is well as the shopkeepers , have hawked about these petitions , and by using every low , mean , dirty artifice , havtt induced a few -lickspittles to attach their signatures to them , but we must say thus much for the poor ftllovrs , that after signing tho petition tbey are ashamed of it and deny it in public . When it Was announced upon Tuesday the 25 th , that Mr . Duncan was to deliver a lecture in the open air , deep was the

      consternation of the crokers In TilUcoultry ; they were seen flitting to and fro like ghosts ; the result of their deliberation , being that tbe head clerk of one of the establishments was seen to leave the town in a gig for Dunfermline , to bring up & sort of non-descfipt , for he avows himself to be a Corn Law repealer , Free-trader , Malthusian , Chartist and Republican , (\\ is name is Thomas Morrison ; fer the purpose of opposing Mr . Duncan . The repealers now breathed a little more freely , and as they peered into each others' faces the passing exclamation bein £ •¦ I wonder if he'll be in time to atop the mouth of that fallow . " At the hour of meeting there would be about 700 people on the ground . Mr . John Robertson being culled to the cbjiir , read the excellent address issued by the People ' s Convention , and by tho time it wa 3 concluded , the meetins increased to about 1 , 900 .

      Resolutions similar to those adopted in Alloa and Alva having been moved and seconded , Th 8 Chairman calltd upon Mr . Abram Duncan to address tbe meeting . Mr . Dvncan then came forward , and said , that every Chartist now hearing him would give a hearty response to the address now read . For his part , he felt proud of the . man that represented him in London . In that document they had given , tnuplt ; proof of their capacity to legislate for the people ; they had Invtstigatod into the cause of our wrongs ; and pointed out the chicanery , hypocrisy , and fraud of those that misrepresented and cnnilly oppressed to * British people . Our duty , at the present time , being to meet daily , in large masses , and publicly declare ow utter and complete want of confidence in the . Britten Parliament ; cur unitid ni , d unanimous confidence in our own convention , with our resolution to obey them in everything that will advance tbe popular movement foe tbe Charter . '

      At this eteye of the proceedings , Mr . . Morrison made his appearance , accompanied' by Alexander Halley , late member of the Convention . Tn 6 ir friends attempted , when they entered the meeting , to raise a cheer ; but it proved aa entire failure , dying away like tho growl of a toothless mastiff . Mr . Duncan then resumed , pointing out the propriety of the Chartists acting unanimously and decidedly ia brrakin ? np Whi'gtry in all ita forms . Their duty wa « to expose the hypocrisy and humbug of Corn L&w

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      repeal ; their , ne * t aftp , would be to bring forward th * ir candidate at if ib hustings . , They had given him this honourable an d distinguished position ; and with their assistance he vrould give them a threa hours' drubbing at 1 the nom ' jiajron . The-Chartist shout which would follow , worjd tell the heartless faction that the love , affection , a < jd confidence of the people were gone ; that they had nothing now before them but a desperate struggle with tha popular voice , demanding freedom and just'ice—a country paralysed in her resources , and merging , fast into disorder in her financial airangemente . He weald now give way , that Messrs . Morrison and Halley might tell their own tale , who sent for them , what they wanted , and what they had to propose to this meeting .

      Mr . Morrison , in a Tery circumlocutory manner , informed them that he could not tell who gent for him ; what he had to say to them was , that they ought to join Corn Law repeal ; and that he wished to discuss Chartism and Corn Law repeal with Mr . Duncan ; that he bad no amendment to propose to their resolutions . These being pat by the Chairman , were unanimously carried . Mr . Duncan then desired him to state his question which be wished discussed . \ Mr . MORRISON stated that he wished to discuss , first , That Corn Law repeal would benefit the people ; second , That the joining of this movement would neither impede nor retard the Chartist movement .

      Mr . Duncan declined to discuss the first proposition , upon the ground that it was tantamount to betraying tbe Chartist cause altogether . The second proposition be would discuss , if the Chartists of Tillicouitry requested him to do so , with Mr . Morrison or any other opponent of tho Charter in the country . Two hours ¦ was * spent in making the necessary arrangements in the open air , and it was the unanimous opinion that Morrison and Halley ' a conduct carried an appearance of desire rather to mystify the public mind upon the subject tban to give instruction , and the meeting treated them accordingly . After a vote of thanks to the Chairman , this closed the business of Tuesday evening .

      Upon Wednesday and Thursday , the news flew like wildfire over the district , and the discussion was fixed for Thursday evening at seven o ' clock . Every village and hauitot were seen pouring in their quota of those that felt interested in the pending discussion . Some fears were entertained that . Mr . Duncan ' s voice would prevent him taking up the discussion in the open air , as his voice had become quite hoarse from the many large out-d * or meetings he had lately addressed , and from the appointments he has yet waiting upon him to fulfil . Tbe committee never , thought of asking for any bouse , as none were large enough in tbe place to contain one-third of those who would attend . At the hour of meeting there could not be less than 2540 people upou the greuud , and shortly after the commencement of the business the best judges calculated there were upwards cf 3000 . The articles to regulate the discussion being read , Mr . Duncan proposed for his Chairman , Mr . John Robertson , of TilUcoultry , a Chartist , who wiil be neither flattered nor overawed .

      Mr . Morrison proposed Mr . Alexander Shaw Baker . It was agreed the discussion should last four hours , fifteen minutes being specified for the opening , and ten fjr all succeeding speeches . Mr . Morrison commenced by observing that although the subject of the debate did not require it , he would go fully into the evila of the Corn Laws . He pointed them out as a monopoly exclusively for tbe benefit of the landed interest—that in the working of this monopoly , trade bad in many cists been crippled—our exports had been stunted in their growths-population increasing pressed upon the labour market—wages fell—the monopoly increased tbe price of the provision ; hence the misery of the working population . He called upon them all to unite with the middle classes for the repeal of these laws , and then plenty would flow into our ports , and the board ef every working man in the land would groan with abundance .

      Mr . Duncan now rose to address the meeting . He said houesty was an essential characteristic of a public political party . Consistency was a requisite to command respect . The Chartists hitherto had occupisd this proud position . Honesty was tha essential element of their-public character—their principles were based upon political justice—tbey declared enfranchisement to all , and they ha « l consistently psrsevi-rod in using eveiy means likely to secure their object . Could this bo 5 aid of the Corn Law rupealers . They desired the Chartists to sacrifice principle , and give up their hitherto

      untarnished consistency , siiik into the quagmire of class-distinctions , and waste ail their energies in fighting the tuttks of one class of monopolists against another . He called upon them to review their past struggle ; and weru they prepared to sacrifice the fruits of that struggle , and lay it at the footstool of middle-class deception ? No ! He trusted the time had come when they would place their confidence in those who had given proof of devotion to their cause by conversiou to the principles of Chartism , th * tcarried with itself the evidence of sincerity and disinterestedness .

      Mr . Morrison complained that Mr . Danctn had taken up none of his arguments , but from what had fuiltn from Mr . Duncan , ho was inclined to think that he bad no intention of defending the present Cora Liw& He rr-juiced in this conversion , as the removal of a powerful opponent was sometimes as good as the accession of a friend ., He would now go on with his argument , shewing the evils of the Corn Laws . Ho pointed out that in the years 1834 , 1835 , and 1836 , provisions were at a very low and reduced rate in this country , whilo at the same time wages were then very nigh . He predicted that the same result would follow were a repeal of the Corn Laws to take place at the nres- nt time .

      ilr . Duncan said that Mr . Morrison's calculations wero rather premature . Ho had announced to the meeting that Mr . Duncan was now a convert to his views : in this he would find himself mistaken . Ho knew his opponent ' s design was to drag him away into irrelevant matter ; but ho was not to be diverted from the quesU > n before them , which was , whether the joining Corn Law repeal would injure the Chartist movement i He affirmed that it wouid . The Chartists who joined Corn Law repeal mi ^ ht understand the principles of tbe Charter ; but either he was ignorant or careless how to carry them to a triumphant issue , who would join in any counter movement for any mere administrative Kuforin . Chartism must triumph in

      pu' . hc opinion beforo it can bo recognised In the House of Commons . Eviry political slave was a missionary in this cause ; and he ought to labour to make it triutu-1 h-int in tho workshop , the coal-mine , and the highways and liyoways . He knew that the spirit was spreading like a flnme every way , and we were called upon to assert its predominance « ver every pseudo scheme of national improvement . This was our task , ar . d it required energy , union , and determination , to make it triumph , neither to be deceived lior led astray by any class movements , for it bad now grown up to ti . at importance that it cuuld try its strength with thorn ail , nnd badp : ostra . ed all with whom it has been called upon to ( -ucounter .

      Mr . Morrison again complained that Mr . Duncan had failed to produce ono argument in support of his assertion , that Corn La < v Repeal would Injure CUartisin . He otked , would the big loaf which cheered the poor man ' s board unfit him to contend for his political rights ? Would food for his famishing children divert his attention from national improvement ? He con-Undid , on the contrary , that food in tbe cottage could not by possibility detract from his patriotism . Other results would follow . TLe manufacturing class were all but unanimou . s for tbe Repeal of the Corn Laws ; and wore tha W 02 king class to accompany them in this movement , they would give a convincing proof to the middle cla . s 3 of their intelligence and practical wisdom , which would go far to carry a conviction into their minds that they were well qua ! itied to exorcise the franchise ; thcu would peace , concord , and' hurmouy reign between them , aud happiness would be tho general character of cur country .

      Mr . Duncan must compliment Mr . Morrison upon having a poetic imagination ; but his milleiuum of happiness to the human race was like many which had gone before it , and embraced a mere evaporation of oiiy words , wh ' . cli consisted in keeping the promise to the ear and breaking it to the hope . Corn Law Repeal , under tbo prest-nt circumstances , w » uld be found of this character . But who , after all , created the Corn liiit—confirmed it—and perpetuated it ? Was it the working population ? No . They have no power of legislation in the House ef Commons . When that House undergoes an election , working men are not cansuited , except at the nomination , ' ami that is one of the fictions of our glorious Constitution , which is the envy of all thieves and liars . Tho aristocratic class arc

      haughty and arrogant from their long established exclusive privileges . The middle classes , since they were enfranchised by Working men , have , to tho aristocracy , been mean and servile ; to those upon whose industry they live , they have boon cold , haughty , and tyrannical . He would boldly charge the manufacturing cLiss with hypocrisy in the case of Corn Law Itepeal . Tht y made a loud clamour against tlie monopoly of the Corn Laws . They say that its working is injurious to their tradethat it has dried up their profits—perilled their capital , and thrown a darkening cioud over their future prospects . These are heavy charges against the Coru iiill , and if true , what are we to think of tho honesty and consistency of that party , who defends the monopoly from which this minor one springs . The Chattut 3

      would long tre this tinio have carried tbe fue of reform into tbe uuge&n stable ; but who protected it—let my opponent , the advocate 61 middle class -iritdvm , declare —have they not done everything in their power to destroy the Chartist movement' Their vile hireling prints , from the Morning Chronic'e down to thq Stirling Ob ^ Tver , that puddle-pool , where brainless wtls pUy off their harmless jokes upon Chartism—nave they not : thrown their shield of protection cvar this House at the ekpence of their character ? And they now with the Chartists to sacrifice their character at the same shrine . ; In this , there is deep design . Merge the

      organisation for the Charter into Corn Law Repeal , and we would become again . the despicable serfs of the very faction who are expiring from the severe and terrible eebfiict they have sustained with Chartuui . Haying unmasked the hollow . 'keartadness . of Whiggery—laid bare' its low artifices—proved it t ) be a persecuting and bitter exterminating enemy to popular liberty , and the just rights of the working millions , would not the future historian designate the Churtiuni of tho 19 th century as a' power which arose thut bado fair to cope with , uhniask , uhdermiae , anl overthrow Parliamentary tyranny ; and when it had eecured its first step of triumph , abandoned i-s gki ious

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      position , and wtnt forth , knight-errant-Hfce , to rescue aud save the fell monster who bad exerted ita utmost strength to imprison and exterminate it , and , even in its death-throes , to spit its serpent slime upon it ? Yet this is the task Corn Law repealers seek us to perform , and which my consistent opponent is here this night to plead the causo of , before the sharp and clearheaded men » f Tilliconltry . Mr . Morrison declared that be had abandoned the hope of inducing Mr . Duncan to discuss tbe question of Corn Law repeal . Mr . Duncan , in this case , might indeed plead a short memory , but Mr . Duncan is very apt t * forget questions that were difficult for him to answer . He would now put again to him the question , and they themselves would judge whether it was the want or ability or will—Now , in the years which he had commented upon , when provisions were low , employment plenty , and wages high , would not tbo same result again take place were tho Corn Bill repealed t Yea , my friends , I am a sincere

      advocate of the Charter , though I differ with my opponent in the best means to secure it . AU improvements ever got in this country have been got by piecemeal , and the Charter will be secured in tha same manner . Let us , then , advocate every good and wise measure . Let us join with all those who are for improving our institutions and remodelling our laws . Will the abolishing of an evil prevent tbe obtaining of a good 1 He looked upon the Corn Laws as a positive evil . He would hail their repeal as a positive good . The good and the wis 3 were uniting every where for this oVjeet Upon Monday evening fire thousand in Dunfermline had come to a unanimous vot 9 , and be anticipated tho same decision at the close of this speech . It required the whole exertions of the chairman to repress the highly restrainad feelings cf the meeting during its delivery . He told them that their vote of the close of the discussion , would be the record of their judgments upon its merits .

      Mr . Duncan said , that his opponent had taunted him with not answering this celebrated question—the solution of which is calculated to Bet our national affairs right , open the eyes of the blinded Chartists to perceive the wisdom of middle-class political economy and Whig new-light . He might answer it by Btating that it resulted in the coincidence of a succession of abundant harvests and an excess in the harvest of rag money . The abundant harvest served it 3 own purpose . Tiia excess of the rag-tnouey harvest had its reaction in 1838 , under which the nation has reeled like a drunken man evor since . He , however , was not required to answer such a queation , in discussing , the proposition . He would now ask Mr . Morrison was he satisfied ? He would now proceed tn point out

      another duty to the Chartists connected with this very proposition . They I a < l to unite the good and tho wise of every class ; sufficient for us that they acknowledge tbe principles of the Charterto be just , and would agree in acting with tbe great body in carrying out every measure to make them triumphant as the peer , squire , manufacturer , peasant , or weaver . Our object being justice to tbe oppressed from bad government , we seek the nnion of all for a common object . He , the advocate of Chartism , stood forward to advocate the political tights of the ditcher , tbe ploughman , the sower , and the reaper , as well as the spinner , tbe weaver , the shoemaker , and the tailor . If cl ; i 33 legislation has divided us into all these conflicting interests , and the various monopolies have led us to believp we have all separate interests—it is the sublime mission of Chartism to erect a common vantage ground , upon which the oppressed of all these various interests

      can stand , and to perceive that a Parliament irresponsible to the people ia the source from whence all our national evils havo sprung . The Corn Law repealers are one of those classes struggllnj , to be freed from that very monopoly of power they are so anxious to protect . So Ivng as wo occupy this fortress , all the oppressed will fbw into it as into a citadel , where justice and equity is the watchword . One falsa step on tbe part of the Chartists at the present time , would sink the hopes of those who are rushiag to our standard , and the very strength which this party are so very envious of at present to secure to their aid , would bo loss to Chartism , * nd despised by them—neglected and trampled upon ; when we would perform our tusk , we would be throwu aside as so much 1 umber . Hid advice to them , then , would be , to stand fast amidst all temptations . By this course they would command the respect of those who are opposed to them , aud soon they would gain their reward .

      Mr . Morrison would at once frankly admit Mr . Duncan Was no way bound by the proposition under discussion , to answer bis question ; but he had been asked what wouid become of all those labourers who live at present by cultivating the soil , and who would be thrown out of employment by the repeal of the Com Bill ? They would fiud abundant labour in our factories , from the increase of our export trade . He avowed himself an out-and-out Malthusian . It had been cailed a theory ; but in fact it was a principle . G-ive us free trade , and although tbe population was doubled we would all be comfortable and happy . He had no fear of an excess of population with free trade , until the whole world was ( lense ) y populated . — But -what . was the fact vA tUa present time?— capital was invested in sixth rate laud . They were

      now cultivating f . he moors , when it may be more profitably invt&ted in manufactories . This was his poi . tical economy . Invest capital where it will procure tho highest return of profit ; and by this , means we will raise our country in prosperity , and confer happiness upon the people . These were great and important truths of political economy : he took great pleasure in uufolding them btfore the people of TilUcoultry ; aud he thought it would not be thu last time he would have the pleasure of addressing them upon such subjects . If they were not prepared to adopt them , and act up-. > n them now , he felt confident the time -would soon arrive when they would , and be sorry at their paat ignorance ; and they would make sp , by their fu ; ure activity in their active co-operation with the middle class , for their past neglect of these truths .

      Mr . Duncan 8 iid they had heard a lecture upon pelitical economy ; but it might be characterised as a heartless exhibition of unprincipled selfishness . His opponent belonged to that school of political economy whosu leading idea was , maka the rich more rich ; crib , cabin , and confine the mass <> f society in dungeon mines aud over-heated factories . This school ridicules the idea of cultivating land that will not pay , or , in other words , if ye can draw a per cent nioru from tha cultivating of cotton than from waste lands , neglect the latter and attend to thu former . Tiie comfort of the

      people is nothing ; the per centage is everything . Had his opponent been compelled to breathe the pestilential air of the factory , he would have spared his small wit in attempting to ridicule the cultivation of the moors , and his fulsome praise upon heated atmospheres and greasy wool . He would ask , were not those branches of trade that dealt largest in exportation the poorest paid ; and as that exportation bad increased remuneration had decreased ? 860 , 000 hand-loom weavers gave the lie to the prophecy of the Corn Law repealer . Would 2 d . off the stono of meal make his board groan with all the other articles that are required for the comfort and happiness of man—with the same sum off the stone of flour make tho arli&tns of cutlery in Birmingham feel as if they had passed into a land of milk and honey ; yet

      this is the full extent of comfort that Corn Law repeal promises . The whole is a selfish scheme to increase their own profits , and the hypocrisy is to talk of the poor man's loaf . The middle class have given no proof that they aro capable to lead or guide the people in national politics—they cannot take care . even of their own political rights . Need he teli thtm when a real , £ 10 Suffrage was mooted in tho House of Commons fur the counties which would have been an increase of Parliamentary power to the manufacturers , they paid no attention to the subject—a penny off a shawl or a farthing off a yard of cotton cloth is their morning dream and mid-day vision . Whore are the Chartists , then , who would abandon their present leaders to follow men whose political philosophy is comprehended in the driveiling ravings which have been addressed to them this evening . The electoral body of this country

      number about a million ; would any ons pretend to eay that a fifth part of these- have signed for Ci > m Law repeal ? The Chartists then have substantially tbe whole power of public opinion ; the factions are in a state of ruaddenipg desperation ; who shall enjoy the pluuder ? The recriminations in and out of Parliament have laid bare the whole trick of an aristocratic and middle class system of bod government . The factions are destroying each other . The Corn Law repealers stand up aad say to eRch of the factions , you are destroying each other . The people are enjoying the spectacle , expecting when rogues fall-oat they will come to their own ; give us a part of the plunder , and in return we wiil gull the Chartists ; iplit and divide them , and we may yet live many years upon the fruits of our fraud , until their returning sense again unites them .

      Mr . Morrison—His opponent had charged the Corn Law party with gross inconsistency in that while they ascribed all our commercial depression to the monopoly in corn , and the restrictian upon trade ; they had spent much money and great labour to destroy the Chartitt party , who would have reformed the source from whence thuae minor evils spring . < Ho had also been taunted with the low , mean , and contemptible tricks of the Anti-Cjrn Law party in this district , in the way they bad got up their petitions , the unmanly nieaiis they bad resorted to , to secure a few . signatures . He was not here to defend such conduct . His opponent bad also taunted him that Glasgow , Edinburgh , and all the large towns in Scotland had resorted , to the same low tricks . He regretted such conduct i on their part , but he could speak distinctly for tbe towa which he himself belonged to , ( Dunfermline , ) but still he theught

      something might be said in defence of the manufacturing class in this respect . It wa& the Reform Bill ; that had done the evil ; it had protected the landed interest . Wherever the maaufacturta had power , they had returned Corn Law repealers , and the number , would be increased at the next election . They had been told that an txporte , had increased , wages bad fallen ; be could not deny it , but was that any proof that their decrease would add to thalr comfort T Xhe hand loom weavets and the Birmingham artisans , that iiia opponents had alluded to so feelingly , had no other relief but having their t sport trade increased , end he would ask how was that txport trade to , be increased but by the abolition of ail monopolies ? They have excesses of the production of food 4 n other landa ; wb have the exceS * of the productions o ! . ' . manufactories in ours . Allow these to be freely exchangdii , and it .-appeared clear to him that profit wou'd iucrcase , demand increa&ei

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      Bonsequently wages would rise , and provisions * , » He would ask , could the joining suchTn !! . ' ** retard garter ? No ; d ioZ BfAgRj would be rtandmg by it when acme of iui ^ S advocates would no where be found . Ha »^ ?* prudence , for erery ; caottoaa and safe mvm » l 2 removing evite pressing heavy npon us at the fiJ * tbne ; a contaary conduct would lose us the ni *? 5 those whose assistance eonld not be dispensed * wu ? aecurin * the Charter . * wett * k ¦ Mr . Ddncan said be also was for prudence M for every safe an « cautions measure ; but he * w being the judge himself of these moral qualifiS ^ when and how they oght to be exercise ! u ? »?^ rison , throughout the whole of this discussion T ?" n * Y « attempted to prow any one of hU poSS 'S *? : ^^ . £ ° V . tho * statements ^^ "> . ** luurawve ctmat

      maue ox me »— were the Chart ! . * join sny other agitation got np by the middle cUmTit * would damage their own position , and Dlavint ' T ? hands of their bitterest foeL He woaW ! K ? ° *• tated most for the abolition of the corn mW V " wheniU removal could have been eftectiv « /«? Jt The nunufacturing artisan , did so for twLl gOod ? Where were , then , the middle class ? Why-IL ?* like mean spaniel slwes , to secure a smi'l landed aristocracy ; and , during the same DeZr *» laging the wages of the working men , thatth ™ M ' ape , the tinselled gewgaws of an effeminate ari . tn ^ r * Four years ago , when the conviction arose in th ?*? 71 of , the millions that the manifold national wi ^ were called upon to contend with sprung from thl " * of representation of the people , and they «« ,, ^ " * stmtionsin England and Scotland of tfceir am ^™ . * of this fact , such as this or no other tmS ^ T F !^ ' * ^ "" O&J * " . ? .. ° * l < Ue ell !« in lueir lactoneis used

      ; xnay ail their attlhorit \ overawe and break down the lofty devotion « f * people to the principles of political justice and Z ^ sal liberty ; and when they failed to curb or ^ m *" their stern integrity to these principles , they < J » Z ** battery of abuse and misrepresentation from their v * ling journals upon the people , calculated to dtir more phlegmatic people into open r ^ btllien , trt * this artifice failed , they resorted to the spy s ystem ? 5 spared neither bribery nor gold to break-on ' « people ' s organisation for the Charter ; and wheat ) . hellish machinations partially succeeded in iJ ? * many of our tealoua friends inte the pit-whJcTtw * had dug for them , ; they walked into the Jan w and consigned them to the axe of the bloodv « V *

      Cutioner , transportation to the penal coion ^ T to the tread-mills and loathsome dunzecnj ri free , happy , and merry England , and for what ! P ™ demanding what everyone of God ' s creatures is « / titled to enjoy—freedom and protection to the fmiurf their lawful industry . These cool , cold-hearted » , d bloodthirsty men , who spoke the sentiments of th » middle class from the jury-boxes of the English itairi sitions , now say to their immolated viciims com * forth , and fight the aristocracy for our exclude &d vantage . Those that can forgive these great ratiwji wrongs without repentance , bave no conception ! of moral duty . It would only he encouraging tWjn their past criminal course . Wo cannot recognise tlem

      as being actuated by tho spirit of humanity , until wb hear tho wail of the orphan whose father they h »™ sent to Port Arthur , and nntil they hear the moan of the widow whom their bloody decision has made sob ? consigning her natural protector to the prisons and madhouses of England . Manufacturers have no . other course left them for national safety but to join the Charter Associations , act along with the people and then the national will will bs embodied in the natioMj law ; class interest will be extinguished j then freedom and happiness will spring forth like the luorning , and become matured in th « ir strength . He now left thetanse of Chartism with perfect confidence that they would do it justice in the vote of this evening .

      Mr . MORRISON said , according to the rules of the * > 8 btte , it belonged to him to close this discussion . His opponent bad charged him with having failed to prove any one of hiB positions ; he would leave that to the judgment of those he wus now addressing . He hid also been charged as having failed to disprove any of those statements which Mr . Duncan had brought for . ward against those who had opposed tbo Charter . He admitted them all to be too true , and was sorry for wbat had taken place in England . But he did not

      confine himself to Charter agitation . Hewasarepublican ; lie was for the repeal of the Corn Laws , because it would do good to our trade—ho was for the separatioa of Church and State , because it would introduce the principle of free trade into religion—he alsowas for the Charter , and thought'the people bad sufficient intelligence to exercise the franchise—be wa # for a Repnbiic , btcause hereditary monarchy was , in Iiis estimation quite irrational . He bad no more to add than to leave the decision with themselves .

      The sight at this tirae was one truly grand . Tilli . coultry is situated at the foot of the Ochill hills , at the mouth of one of those glens whose waters drive the machinery of its woollen factories . The morn was shining over the romantic scene , in all her spleridonrupwards of 3 , 000 people , consisting of men and women , had stood in the open air for five hours , ciostiy compi'cted together . Among thes 9 , we observed the leading manufacturers of all the surrounding towns , the most of them remaining to the last Both of the disputants agreed that there should be no expression of feding during the discussion , as they were afraid fciieir voice * might fail them , addressing , so large a meeting till midnight in the open air . It was evident from the

      glistening eyes , and their suppressed feelings , that this v / as ^ no easy task fur them to accomplish . But the Chartists of this district Lave too much respect for their principles and themselves to give any Violation to the most rigid decorum ; and , although they hail to listen , for two hours to what they themselves characterise as the most wretched twaddle—yet tUe motive assigned enabled them to exercise patience under it . When the vote was taken , a forest of hands was upheld fer Mr . Dun tan ' s side^—for Mr . Morrison ' s side not more tban thirty hands were held up . The cheers ani shouts of triumph which followed made the glens of the Ochill-hills re-echo with tbe glad shod ; of Chartism , over all the will-o ' -the-wisp and the fab *

      lights that the middle ctass are raising to deceive and mislead the Chartists . Every town in the country is in a commotion , previous to and since this discussion («> k place . Waverers are confirmed , and the enemies are chopfallen and dispirited . The cheers that followed for Feargus O'Connor , the Charter , and all imprisoned victims , made the enemies present both blue and blade in the face . They now find that the Charter and the people ' s leaders are engraven upon the btart of hearts of the people . Whigs and Tories are threatening utter extermination'to * -Mr . Duncan , and declare there will be no peace in the district until he also forms one of the already numerous list of victims to satiate ( he reTeugs of Whigs and Tories .

      The business was closed by Mr . Duncan moving , and Mr . Morrison seconding , a vote of thanks to tbe respective chairnieD . —From our own Correspondent

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      HOUSE OF LORDS .-Friday , Mat 28 . A large number of petitions were presented on the subject of the Corn Lawtr . Lord Den man presented petitions from baptist ano other dissenting congregations , against the practice « administering oaths , and prayiog the substitution ot affirmations . He had no idea of introiluciPR any measure on the subject at present , but if be receive * any encouragement from the House be should cave no objection to do so . . Lord Ashbubton , in presenting a petition from wb shipowners of Whitehaven against the timberdutiM , wished to relieve the minds of the public of a d'Ansioa under which they laboured ; namely , that the propose * measure with regard to timber was a reduction of t »» tUn . On th « contrary , the people wouid find tna « « was to all intents and purposes a measure oftaIitl ^ After a conference with the Commons ou tbe eaej «* of the Arms ( Ireland ) BUI , their Lordships atljoameaw Thursday next .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , Mat . 28 . Mr . Scholfield gavenotlce that on the 3 d of , ? " ? he should move that the extreme suffering of the m ^ trious classes from low wages and want of h" ? 10 ?™ : renders it the Imperative duty of Parliament dot * separate till it has devised some means for 8 lIe' ™ V £ tbe ' great misery that now prevails in all the m * turing districts of the country . ( Hvar , bea r . ) - On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GtNEtt ^*" Stamp Duties Bill was read a third time snd pa ** ¦ > Lord J . Russell moved the adjournment 01 u » House as its rising till Wednesday next . * Sir R Peel , said ft-bad-been -generallysupF ® that the object of bis resolution was to intel ;" * tlat the discussion of the Cora Laws ; but so ' aTlr frthli vUt __ 4 U _ — ., » . «* * v . « Knhto 1 j \ rA hml DTOPOSe ' """

      the Houje should sit on Monday next , be woam offered no opposition to the motion . BttX , nesdsf , Lord having proposed an adjournment till y * J ° " V , he should not object to it , with the understahowever , that the debate- should have precedent LorcTJ . Russell had no objection to that " * **" " The " Want of Confidence" debate was , «^ Mr # arid the House wm . addressed by M' - *""« Mr . Sandford , Mr . Darby , Mr . Hutton , Lord Now ^ H . Grattan , Lord Teignmoatb , Mr . Inghwn , »^ ffl _ Lord fiandon , Lord Morpeth , jind Sir James W " ^ . On the motion of Mr . Sergeant Talfourd . atsH ^ ter before one , the House adjourned till ««"" next . ¦ ¦

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      The Augsburg Gazette , in its ^ lce 3 J ^ East , i \ vA rf » t disturbances aro appreheuo ^ Cyprus , but gives no deuUs . The toarnw W df * th ' atthl Pacha governing that island forg Sultaahai asked tor . tho advice of f . wgjl posed of the foreign consuls and ' ^ Princip ^ w ^ tian inhabitants . v The QoMelie of Vpm . JfffiS states that fchir Pick will vifu xypnu , W «" go . ng to Candia with hu squadron .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1112/page/6/