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      GREAT & IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING AT MARYLEBONE . A public meeting was held in the Workhouse-yard , Marylebpne , on Monday last , for the avowed purpose of forming * a junction between the " Liberals" or the Com Law Repealers and the Cha-. tists . At twelve o ' clock , the gates were thrown open , and the yard rapidly began to fill ; by one o ' clock , the time appointed for taking the ch * ir ,-not lesa than 8800 persona were present , and until two o ' clock the number was continually increasing . The arrival of Mr . O'Connor , about half-past twelve , ¦ was greeted-with deafening applause , as was likewise that of Mr . Sankey . At one o ' clock , air . Scott moved and Mr . Nagle seconded , that Mr . Sankey take the chait . This being put to the meeting was carried unanimously .

      Mr . Sakket briefly opened the proceedings , by requesting for all a fair and impartial hearing , and advising them to stand by their Tights and to make no surrender . A messenger tras then dispatched to the Committee to inform them that the chair was taken , and the meeting waiting for the Committee . Messrs . Hume , W&kley , Sir Benjamin Hall , Dr . Wade , Mr . Potter , and others , speedily made their appearance . Mr . Savage came forward to move the first resolution . He said , I shall not dispute the authority exercised by this meeting' in appointing their Chairman . I have only to inform you , that the Committee had arranged for Mr . Hume to take the chair . That gentleman was here to his time , but he is no way offended , but desirous that you should proceed to business . I appeal to that faculty which distinguishes man from the brute . 2 call upon you to exercise your

      reasoning powers to prevent every ebullition of ill feeling . This is too solemn an occasion for us to be split into party factions . For t 6 n years have we been living under the tree of Reform , but have been denied its fruits . Let an experience of the past guide us for the future . Let us endeavour , when all are oppressed , to do away with all petty bickerings among ourselves . For years have the two great factions maintained their power by sawing discord between the middle and ¦ working classes . One party of the people are now looking to government for a repeal of the Corn Laws Another class contend that it is idle to expect any relief from the present representative body . The late division in the House has confirmed this opinion . The object of the promoters of this meeting is to effect a junction between these two classes . They have deputed me to propose the following resolution to you for your discussion . You can alter , pare it down , o ? amend it as you think proper to suit the views of this mixed community . 11 is as follows : —

      '' That the distress , anguish , and suffering of miad , body , and estate of multitudes of our fellow countrymen at this moment , are without all precedent , and claim the deepest sympathy ; that such distress , anguish , and suffering are not occasioned by any dire dispensation of Providence , but result mainly from want of employment , arising out of our commerce beiDg cramped and crippled by ruinous protecting legislative regulations , made and supported for the sordid and selfish interest of a particular class . " That amongst thes 9 ruinous protecting regulations , the Corn and Provision Laws are first and foremost—4 no , no)—yet , this meeting looks upon these laws , both in their origin , continuation , and present proposed modifications , as but one of the numerous branches from a greater , deeper , and mere deadly root of political and social evil , the mock and -wretsued representation of the people in the Commons House of Parliament—( hear , hear . )

      " That the present House of Commons , and the Government arising out of it , having in the first act of their legislative existence , proved themselves utterly undeserving cf the confidence of the people , this meeting has no confidence in them ; and that it never can , and never wijl , bave any confidence in any House of Commons that is not returned by the wkole people according to their Charter . " That "with such a House of Commons as the present , or any other similarly elected , it is folly and madness to expect that by such House any measure of public good will be carried , except there be an irresistible pressure from without ; and that while this meeting will not lose sight of any of the branches from the deadly root of political and social evil , it will now direct its-main energies to this root itself , the mockery , farce , and tragedy of representation .

      " That to this movement of men of all political parties , we are now irresistably drives by our base and repulsive representation ; and that having now nothing to look for from laws made by the present House of Commons , or any other returned by the present constituency , we fall back upon the first great law of nature , self-preservation , and are determined to carry the Charter of the people , by creating for it , as fir as we possibly can , a demand that no legislature can resist " The committee mean by this resolution the adoption of the whols of the principles contained in that document , which has received tne sanction of thousands , yea ot -milions of our fellow subjects . I entirely agree with every portion of the Charter . S > me are for giving up one or two of its points—(" na , ";—but I recommend not to give up a single one ; if you yield to expediency yon will go down like Peel and his sliding scale . Mr . Savage here entered into an able exposition of each

      separate point in the Charter . He appealed to them jf it was just that Marylebone with a population of a quarter of a million , and thirteen thousand electors , should " return no more members of Parliament than Harwich , with only two hundred and sixty electors . Nothing gives me more pain than to see the expence ¦ which parsons are obliged to undergo in erder to procure their election , and it is just they should be paid for their services . We are compelled to pay an eightpenny police rate , and I am * ure we would gladly pay an halfpenny rate for the payment of men to make good laws , which in this parish would produce £ 17 , 00 . Our principles have beeen greatly belied , injury has been added to insult by an hired press . We claim the right which . God has given to every man . We will transmit it to our children , we ( shall then be able to protect ourselves from the calamity wMch a mad system of government is daily taiDginij upon us .

      Mr . Hide said I have great pleasure in Beconding the resolution proposed by my old friend Savage . It puts me in mind of the good old times of Radicalism , when we made a despotic Government quail before us , and with meetings like the present we shall quickly obtain our rights . The poets have asserted that the golden age is past , but the present House of Commons palpably courtadicts it . "Never did gold maintain such an omnipotent sway as at the present day . What but gold has placed Peel upon the treasury bench ? whatbut gold swayed the decision of the electors ? and it is the iiifln ? nce of this gold which has brought us here this d 3 y to give vent to our feelings and to assist in oltiining our rights . When we appeal to our rulers for any beneficial measure ; they tell us that our glorious Constitution is in danger . It once was a glorious Constitution ; it flourished like the evergreen laurel , but it has been ' cut up by the evils of ignorance and bad lt « ii £ alion , and unless the corrupt branches are mowed be

      off , by the scythe of public opinion , it will shortly - come a decayed and withered shrub . One speaker , in the late debate , said that they should iinitata the conduet of the Barons of Runhymede ; but thw was uot so . That struggle was between the barons and crown , the present is a struggle between the people and the aristocracy , ' in whi ch the crown is not identified . Another speaker in that House told you the distress was occasioned by the influx of Irish people into this countiy . When the Union with Ireland was effected , it was not for the benefit of the Irish people , but to furnish sinecure places to our surplus aristocracy . If we send them our surplus aristocracy , can we blame them for sending us their surplus democracy —( cheers ) —in exchange . The proceedings of this day will , I trust , give the tone to all the towns in the empire . Hannibal , of old , when he crossed the Alps , had an army composed of all ths nations on earth ; let us , like Hannibal , now we are crossing the Alps of corruption , have an army composed of men of all political opinions ;

      so sha 1 we ensure success . FEABGUS O'CONSOE , E * q , then rose and was received with tremendous caeering , which lasted for some length of time . He said , who are you ? Tbe dead Chartists ?— ( great cheering . ) What a bad undertaker ti . £ t Whig Scotchman has been to allow you to rise again ! iCheere . l I stand before you to support Mr . Savage ' s speech and to oppose his resolution . If they wish our aid to effect a great purpose , they must agree to our terms . For more than ten years , you have laboured unsuccessfully to produce a change . We must now getDossession of political power ; we must take the imperishable evergreen and not be content with the pale annual . This is not only a meeting of Marylebone , bnt a meeting which will express the sentiments of all and Wales will

      England , Ireland , Scotland , . I expose to you the fault of this resolution , in this solemn declaration . In the first paragraph they talk much of the distress and its claim for sympathy ; this is the text : in the . second they give you the Corn Iawb . Now you are all of you Cockers ; so multiyly the firBtby the second , and see if the quotient will net give youja little blarney —( laughter . ) If they acknowledge that the Com Laws can only be effectually repealed by the Charter , let this be folly understood aB it is in our amendment . We are no w placed in a position from which we must not Bhiink . We are the mountain ; let Mahomet come ions . If we are worth having , we will be sold forprineiple and nothing less . If a majority of 123 ha . done so much , for us , what will a majority of 303 do

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      for us ? If they are honest let them withdraw their resolution and support this amendment : — " That this meeting declares its unqualified approval of the principle of free and unfettered trade ; while , at the same time , it denies either the competency or the tight of the representative body , as at present constituted , to make so great a change as that sought by the advocates of a repeal of the Cora Laws , inasmuch as any advantage derived from that measnre would not be for the benefit of the working classes ; and this meeting further protests against any change being particularly made to affect any separate c ass or interest , pledging

      itself , in common with the people of all other parts of the United Kingdom , to look with & jealous eye ' to-the application of the People's Charter , with a view to the settlement of those many and conflicting interests , dissensions about which now agitate the public mind . We are resolved that that measure in its workings sball legislate justly for all , instead of partially for a class ; and , under these circumstances , we pledge ourselves not to agitate for any other measure than the whole of those principles embodied in the document entitled the People ' s Charter , and to which we look as the only means of producing national greatness and prosperity and of producing peace , law , and order throughout the

      land . " If we go to make a bargain , we must examine and know the party we are to deal with . Are we to unite with the steam-made Baronet , Sir Robert Peel , with his sliding scale , or with Buckingham ' s Duke , with bis skatingscale ; is it to be with Lord Russell's 85 . duty , or Villiers's no duty at all ? But you say we ore to join with the middle class . Is it to be the Tory middle class or the Whig middle class 1 No , say they ; but join us for the Charter . I ask them for what Charter ? Is it to be Sturge ' s complete Charter , orBiggs ' a Midland Counties Charter , or what Charter is it to be for ? There is our Charier ; adopt this unfettered and untrammelled , and it will give the amplest justice to alL For seven years we have been re&tinK on principle

      and they bave not thought it worth while even to look at us ; but now it is only to " whistle , and we'll be with you , my lad ? . " AH change is the result of previous agitation ; the present agitation has been produced by the failure of the Reform Bill ; and yet the very men who stated that that measure was intended to give a preponderating influence to the landed interest ; now want you to throw yourselves into their arms to save them from the landed aristocracy . You know how they treated you while they were in office . You know that the camp followers of the Whigs were your deadliest enemies ; eight or ten of them pretending to be in opposition for the sake of popularity , yet , on any change being contemplated likely to benefit the people , they ever fie w to tbeir rescue , to the old

      tune of " keep the Tories out ; " yet these arc the men you are now wished to join . Machinery has been brought to such perfection , that ladies may almost pick their teeth by steam . Yet what have you gained by all these improvements ? Of what advantage has all the mechanical aud chemical contrivances which have so greatly contributed to raise our character as a nation been to the working classes ? You have been deprived of these advantages , because the House of Commons , which ought to have been the heart of the people , is corrupt ; its heart is ossiflod and decayed ; and you are rendered civilised slaves . The cottage is falling to ruin , while splendid mansions are rising in our streets . The gorgeous monument is being raised to cummemorate the deeds cf the warrior . The Palace

      is being decorated and improved , -while those who sustain and support its fabric are wasting in penury . The middle classes are rising from the cottage to the homse , from the house to the mansion , whilst the poor man is forced from the cottage to the cellar , from the cellar to the coM bastile . We want the Charter to Hiake the Palace aud the mansion dependant upon the cottige . We want the vote to be in the man , and not in the cottage . The Reform Bill having failed , they want another Reform—Commercial Reform . Did you fcvtr hear of a i Irishman -who went to dig praties without having a spade ? The Whigs want to Repeal the Corn Laws , but they won't take the ptopei tools . They appealed to the people , and hava got * 123 majority against them ; and they are now discovering that

      they did not go to the right people . They now come to us ; and I tell them there can be no union with us unless based on the full measure of our rights . We have looked to quacks too long . There was Russell in 1832 gave us a pnrge , consisting of two drachma of coercion , three drachms of bastile starvation , to be washed down by the draught of a Rural Police . Dr . Peel now admits that we are very bad , bufe cur disorder is not chronic , and before he can administer a reiucdy , he must ho . 'd a consultation with the class above you ; and if not consonant -with their feelings he can give no remedy at all . The Whigs are the same men as ever ; and any measure coming from such old offenders , can you expect it to benefit you ? ( No , no . ) The la ; t three weeks lias taken the stink off Chartism ; it now smells as sweet as a bed of violets . Remain

      tirni to your principles ; and , as they cannot do ¦ without us , they will rush into our arms . You , men of Marylebone and St . Pancras ought to be proud , prouder than aDy nit-n in London . Here , nine years ago , I planted the abnab which has now grown into tills beauteous tree . IKiring the agitation of the Reform Bill the Whigs jumped into the traces , pushed you veto the shafts , and run you into the puddle . Now they must fall into the shafts , and you must take the lead in the traces . Mr . O'Connor then read their resolution , aud showed the meeting how Corn Law repeal was placed in a prominent position , while the Charter was thrown in the back ground . He then ably entered into the question of the Repeal , as it affected the retailers and the consumers . There was no hope of a

      beneficial repeal of the Corn or other bad laws until the Charter was gained . Let the middle men honestly unite with the Chartists , and in six weeks they could drive Peel from office . In 1832 we beat them , King , Lords , and Commons . Now we have a Queen , who perhaps is not opposed to us ; bnt we don't want her assistance : she is only one , and she has no vote—( laughter . ) We must have a new Parliament before the Charter can be carried . We must have thirty good Chartist M . P . ' s to do duty in that House . These , with about twenty amateur Chartists , will be a sufficient force to break up any administration not founded on justice . If the people joint d the League -withont this guarantee good bye to the Chartkt agitation : it will be broken up , and Who shall rally it araln ? For seven long

      yearj have we defended a principle which is a tower of strength to the good , and a terror to evil doers . I told you , long ago , that the day of action would come ; and now it has arrived . Two men ought to have been placed at those gates , crying step into the auction . Russell will bid for you , 9 , 8 , 7 , 6 , 5 , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 pound Household , then Universal Suffrage . Peel will Bay he nodded too ; and the auctioneer will not know who to knock you down to ; but , by God , you shall not be sold one fraction under price —( great cheering . ) Here I stand , before Whig and Tory , under the canopy of tho broad blue sky , and declare that I never received one fraction of money Jrom Wii » , Tory or Chartist I have done all at my own vxpence ; and , thank God , I am not yet exhausted . If the League join us it will save

      them some thousands . They have already spent all their feaziar-money ; but join us , and they may go to sleep . Provided they are honest , we will repeal tke Com Laws for tbem . Mr . O'Connor then went into the queition of machinery , and showed there was no cordon scmitaire around London . Driven from the country by machinery the working men come up to London and compete with you ; they form a reserve for the masters to fall back upon . We are not enemies to machinery ; we care not , as Butterworth said , if -we eat , drink , go to bed , get op , aud dress by machinery , provided it does not take our bed and our bread from ui We want political power , that machinery may be made man ' s holiday and not his curse ; not that one thousand slaves to artificial labour shall be wretchedly poor , that one slave-holder may grow enormously rich . If all the money that has been mode by machinery was

      diffused in its proper channel no poverty would now be felt by the operatives . I am taunted by Cobden with going about the conntry in a fustian instead of a block coat—\ don't you think I should make a good parson ?—He did not say this in my presence ; if he had , I should not quarrel with him ; such evolutions are of ten met with in society . Mr . Cofeden has jumped from the warehouse , from the clogs and the fustian , into the black coat 1 can , when I please , go back to the black coat ; bnt be will never go back to the fustian while he can avoid it . I call upon you , as Mr . Savage did , to make us of that faculty which distinguishes you from the rest of tbe animal creation . Bo not led away by the glib philosophy of any who may address you ; look not to foreign trade to the injury of domestic comfort , but stand firm for the whole Charter , aad nothing less than the Charter . ( Great cheering . )

      Ruff ? Ridle y rose to second the amendment . He said , —I presumc . tbat you have met this day to perform a duty not only to yourselves , and to your country , but to show to the whole world that Englishmen will administer justice to themselves and to all mankind The seconder of the resolution said he was sorry to have to throw cold water over the proceedings . I am not offended with bun for throwing it over me ; but it is impossible to throw cold water over the ardour ef the Chartists ; but to eeme at once to the point—I look upon you as men determined to see justice done to all parties without distinction of class , sect , or colour . I believe you will proclaim to the working clksBea of the United Kingdom that tbe men of Marylebone , that the men of London , are determined to stand by the same principles which have received the sanction of the working classes of this ! kingdom . Why is it that I , a working man , repudiate and find fault with this solemn declaration ? It is evident to you , the men of London ,

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      for ; your eyea have been opened , that ; that this is all claptrap . If these men werei sincere and honest , they would say at once that all our evils arose from class legislation ; that to remove the Corn Laws and ottier bad Jaws , we must remove this bad legislation . Read it all the gentlemen said . It shall be read . We wish not to burke the freedom of discussion ; we wish to consult the feelings of all ; and we count on the decision of this day to lay the foundation of an agitation that shall be carried on the wings of the wind through the wholo king ^ om . ( Mr . Ridley then read the declaration , and commented upon it in a strong and forcible manner . ) Lot . them pat the representation first and the Corn Law Repeal afforward , and they would then be hitting the right nail on the head I Will you be cajoled by the factory lords , by those who have amassed their wealth from the blood and the marrow of the factory children ? Will you be knocked

      down at such a price ? { No , no . ) Romaiathen , like men , firm aad manly , side by side ; present one broad phalanx of union to your tyrants , and determine upon the Charter , and no surrender . If you do not do this , you will be told , and sold cheaply ; but you will , I know , act -wisely and justly . Mr . Ridley tb > n ably skowed up the motives which actuated the League in their agftatio , and asked who were the men who had branded them as destructives ? who had accused them of the worst of crimes ? who had banished and imprisoned their fellow patriots ? who but the base and brutal Whigs bad entrapped Frost and his companions ? whovgot up the Caltliorpe-stroot affair ? and now who but the Whigs were preparing to entrap them again , to delude them to their ruin ? He called-upon them , in the name of the men of England , Ireland , Scotland and Wales to perform their duty to their country—( great cheering . ' -.- . ¦ . ' ¦ . -. ¦' :.. ' - ' : . : '¦' :- , ¦ ¦' ¦'¦"¦ ..

      Mr . Macconnell—I have been requested to declare my senti ments upon this subject , which I shall do as briefly as possible . I shall be as candid as those who have previously addressed you in its favour , and tell you , I am decidedly . opposedto ; thev amendment—( considerable interruption );—give me a fair and candid hearing , snd judge for yourselves . I have read the declaration of the men of Marylebone in print ; I have read the amendment of Mr . O'Connor in writing ; and on my life and word , by all that is good that is near and dear to me , I cannot distinguish , any substantial difference— - ( laughter , and Why are you opposed to it ?) . The amendment admits in ita first onset

      the principle of free trade ; so does the resolution . The only difference in the two is , they have the same meaning , but are differently expressed . We say that the Corn Laws are but a branch ; we do not say they are the root I am sorry any suspicion of dishonesty should exist —( laughtcr )^ -that you should suppose it is a trap . ( What trap ?) We are for the Charter ; you are no more .: And I think no man in this assembly will think it worth while to take less—( hear ; . I do not believe there is any attempt to coax or deceive you . t know of none .. I was in hopes that the enemea oi the people ¦ would ho longer triumph by our disseutions , but would have been laid prostrate by our unioc <

      Mr . Spuji—As a working man I feel deeply Interested in this subject , more bo perhaps than any speaker that has preceded mo . I can readily enter into the feelings which actuate Mr . M'Connell aud the other gentlemen , though ! have but faint hopes that they can understand mine . I will say , as Mr . Ridley , that I want not their sympathy ; but if they giva us justice we shall be placed in such a position as not to need their sympathy . I do not deny the honesty of the party professing to give me a cheap loaf , but I deny their ability . Mr . Macconuell has said , that he could not see the difference between tbe resolution and the amendment There is none so blind as those who will not see . Is there no difference between drawing the cart up the bill and drawing it over the hill ?

      The resolution puts tbe cart before tho horse ; the amendment puts the horse in its proper position . Those inen bave turned me out of njy employ for my principles , and yet they talk of sympathy to the working men . Mr . Maeconnell tells you that they do not consider the Corn Laws as a root , but only as a branch . I tell him as I told Mr . Adarid , better known ly the same of " Slippery Jemmy , " that the best way to cut off the branch is to cut down the tree . Tb . e branches are . toohigh to reach . It is impossible to have a Repeal with the present house , but they want you to unite in order that they may say to the aristocracy , " Give us the repeal of the-. 'Coxa Laws , or we will thrust the Charter down your throat" — - ( Great cheering . )

      Mr . Savage then again addressed the meeting . He cared not which they passed , the resolution or the amentlniont , he was only ike organ of the Committee to bring it before thriii . Ho hoped now in tlieir hour of triumph they would have sympathy for the middle clas ? . They have not had the advantage of political training which you have ; they have not their weekly niec . ing , and cannot eo well understand the subject . I ask for your syaipatby , not tu ' at you should give up your righto . I ciire not 1 individually which you carry , so that you get the Charter . i'he amendment was than put and the waving multitude of hands Bhowed tnw thei hour of triumph bail arriTed—that tbe auction was over and the lot knocked down at the Charter price . For the resolution out of the vast multitude , ( tho Court-yard esuniated to ho- < l 12 , 000 , being crowded , ) only eight hands were hold up . This victory was celebrated with long and loud cheers , wavingof bats , &c

      Mr . Loyd Jones , in an address which we greatly regret we have not space to insert , moved the following resolution : — . " That while this meeting condemns tho Com and Provision Laws as unjust in principle and pernicious ; n practice ; and approves of all legal agitation for tb " repeal of these laws ; this meeting is nevertheless of opinion that such repeal would be totally' .. inadequate to effect a general or permanent relief of 'the deep distress under which the labouring population of this country is at present suffering : and this meeting farther expresses its opinion that a well devised and comprehensive system of 'Homo Colonization , ' or tho employment of the people upon the land of thia country , in the joint pursuits or agriculture and manufactures , can alone permanently place them above the reach of poverty . " The ; rc 3 Oluti 6 Q was seconded by Mr . O Connor and carried unanimously .

      Sir Benjamin Hall . —I attended here this day not for tbe purpobe of addressing you , but from a desire to be present at this manifestation of public feeling and sentiment , that I might , if neceasary , declare the tone and the manner in which it has been conducted . It would be an act of ingratitude if I did not at this tho nrat large meeting after my election , declare to you my gratitude . I need not tell you that I was no party cither to the resolution or to the amendment . I have seen that you agreed almost unanimous for the amendment , and I am pleased to say that it is hot only the largest but tho most quiet , orderly meeting i \ t which I was ever present . 1 have seen the gentlemen who rather differed from you treatedtwith the greatest fcintN

      ness and forbearance . I have seen in the newspapers that the metropolitan meetings have generally been conducted in a disgraceful manner , I can how personally bear witness to the contrary . With regard to the resolution , I am opposed to the measures of Ministers , but shall never offor them a factious opposition . I am for a total repeal of the Corn Laws , and during the eleven years I have ¦ been' in ; Parliament , 1 bftve ever voted for every measure ef extension' of the Suffrage ,. and shall not now shrink from my principles —( cheers . ) Mr . Benbqw in ah address which showed that age bad neither impaired his physical or moral energies , moved tbe adoption of the National Petition , during which he was loudly cheered .

      Dr . Wade in an excellent speech seconded its adoption . The petition was unanimously adopted . Mr . Ridlev moved" That in the opinion of this meeting tb . e transportation of Frost , Williams ^ and Jones , after tbe opinion of the Judges given in their favour , was cruel and unjust on the part of the Melbourne Whig Government , and this meeting pledges itself never to cease from agitation till they are lelurKed to their native soil . " Mr . Ma ? NA ED seconded the resolution ,, which was carried unanimously , with great cheering . Mr . Wall moved , and Mr . Gqodfelxow seconded , a resolution requesting the Guardians to publish the resolutions of the meeting in the Northern Star , Times , Advertiser , be ' ' Mr . Peat moved , and Mr . Scott eecon ^ ed , a vote of thanks to the Chairman .

      Mr . Potter supported tke motion , and declard himself a consistent Chartist . A vote of thanks was given to the Guardians for the use of the Workhouse yard . ¦ : ' : Mr . Sankey addressed the ^ meeting , thanking them fer the honour they had done him . Cheers out of number were given for the Charter , O'Connor , tfiv Star , the victims , &c , after which tbe meeting dispersed .

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      GREAT PUBLIC MEETING OS THE TAJLOBS ,: CONVENED AT THE SOCIAL BALL , JOHN-STREET , ON MONDAY , FEB . 27 THi TO PUttTUER THE OBJECTS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . At half-past seven o ' clock , the place was crowded to a degree never before ¦ witnessed ; and from that time until nine o ' clock , thousands must have gone away unablo t » obtain admittance . . Mr ,-Parker moved , and Mr . Knight seconded , tbafe Mr . Cuffay take , the chair . At this period Mr . O'Connor entered ; and if the warm and enthusiastic applause of the assembled highly gratified audience , could reward him for his almost superhuman exertions in the causo of liberty , on that evening he must have been highly rewarded-r-he must , indeed , have felt himself a proud and happy man .

      Mr . CuFFAY , having been unanimously elected to the chair , commenced by Informing them that he should not make the usual apoligies of incompetency , &c . ; but as a working man , a tailor , and a Chartist , he would never shrink from the performance of any public duty which his fellow-trademen : and brother-slaves elected him to perform-- ( oheera ) He trusted they would support him iri the chair ; and he would give to all who might wish to express tbeir sentiments a fair and impartial hearing ; and heI . trusted they would never be deluded from standing by the rights of their order , either by the middle men , or by the aristocracy . As a tiades unionist , lie had excited himself te the utmost in behalf of hiB oiderj but he was now convinced that the cause of their distress was higher than the tyranny

      of their employers—that they must put the axe to the root of the tree ; and , sink or swim , he would stand like a man till the last , and if he died be would die like a martyr gloriously in the cause —( great cheering . ) Whigs and Tories had too long united to oppress and humbug the people , and to screw them down to starvation or emigration . Mr . Cuflay then informed the meeting that they had enclosed a copy of their address to the trade in a note to Captain Reus , and bad received a letter in ieply , which be would read to them . Mr . Cuffay then read the letter , which ascribed all their distress to over population , and that they must

      emigrate . Tailors in work , the Captain saidi could earn from 36 s . to 42 s . per week ; masons and other trades were in receipt of high wages ; and to look to political power to remedy the distress was quite futile . Mr . Cuffay Cbmmehted with great sarcasm and energy upon this lfctter ; he believed the spite which the aristocracy showed to the masons was because they were the first trade to come out for the Char ter—( great cheering . ) Mr . Cuffay , in beautiful and manly language , urged them not to desert their father land , but to stay in it , and make it worthy of them . If any must emigrate let it be the aristocracy . He concluded with the following sarcastic , lines-.

      —"If bugs molest me , as m bed I he , I'll not quit my bed for them , not I ; But rout the vermin—every bug destroy , New make my bed , and all its sweets enjoy . " ( Great cheering . ) The Chairman read notes apologising for non-attendance : from Messrs . Duucombe and Leader M . P . 's , and from Dr . M ^ Douall . Mr . Parker—Fellow tradesmen , this meeting has been called for the purpose of feeling the pulse of the trade , which has ever been a democratic one ia favour of the principles of the People ' s Charter . Amongst others that have been invited to attend , is Peargus O'Connor , an individual highly respected ; for his energetic exertions on behalf of the people ; I shall

      therefore not occupy much of your time , but at ouce direct your attention to the distressed condition of our trade . We have taken every step likely to alleviate that distress , but in vain ; and we have therefore resolved to go at once to the root of the evil ; for this purpose we convened this meeting . I have before eaid that our trade is essentially democratic , and the crowded meeting which has responded to our call proves that it is so . There is not a mau ini this assembly but will admit that the most horrible destitution exists in our trade . It has been objected by a few of the aristocratic portion of it that we have de . no harm in exposing the prices in our address , but I ask them when thousands ore starving , is it a time to sit silently by ? is it not time that wo should come boldly forward and join the democratic trades who Lava preceded xa in endeavouring to remove that load of taxation which fetters our energies ? that we shouid throw off those shackles from our labour which protect capital at pur oxponce .

      There are many men why have been in the trade nineteen or twenty years compelled to work for three farthings ah hour , or starve . Many may not believe this ; but let them go as I have done to the purlieus of the Ejiat end of the town , and they would then : more than credit it . Women are making waistcoats , aye , and well made too , for threepence each ; and when this is the case , who shall tell me we have no light to move for fear of the masters should at the aristocratic shops reduce the wages . I appeal to the females present , is it not shocking , is it not a disgrace to humanity that the daughters of tailors , Urn almost ashamed to say it , should be compelled to pruatUuta theniselves to the foremen at the slop-shops , < itt > they can obtain employment —( true , true . ) Mr . Purker then entered further into the prices paid by ¦ tlie Government contractors , &c ., and then called upon tiir-m to come Out as they did at the time of the trades ' unbns in support of the Charter—( Joud cheers . ) He pvoposed the following resolution : — .

      •' That in the opinion of this meeting , the distress and misery which exists in the trade of journeymen tailors , has been brought about through class legislation ; auif we here recomnieud a union of the trade , with a vipw to alleviate that suffering . " He called upon all who held up their hands for the resolution to take out their card of membership . Mr . Latuche seconded the resolution . They had been accused of being led away by demagogues ;; of being ignorant of the motives which governed tbeir actions . If we orei ignorant of our motives , we at least are

      acquainted with the motives of the aristocracy . We are aware that our distress arises from class legislation . We see that in aJI ages tfaose whoh » TO bad tbe power Of legislating , legislate for their own benefit , while tt © y entirely neglect the masses . Where the aristocracy have assumed the power , they bave only two means of governing : —it is either by fraud or force , t When the first fails , then they resort to their armed police , or their military force . Mr . Latuehe then appealed to ancient history in proof of bJ 3 opinion , that freedom producedprosperity ; and concluded an eloquent address amidst loud cheering .

      A Mr . Hearne here caused considerable interruption , by asking ' trifling questions , as to by whom the meeting was called ? to which the Chairman satisfactorily replied , informing him that it was by the Chartist tailors' meet ing , at four of the West End Houses of Call . . •; Jlr . O'Connor was received with tremendous cheers . He said it is hotof so liiush importance who called the meeting' , as that the in set ing is called . la there any man here who will refuse to adopt what is sound , and reject what is unsound , because he is not aware who called the meeting ? We ar « i for impartiality to all ; we live upon pricciple ; our principles are gpod-r-they will bear discussion ; those only shrink from discussion whose deeds are evil and will not bear the light . Can

      there be a more pleasing eight for a philautrpphist tkan this crowded meeting ? Can anything more strongly bespeak the sentiments of an Englishman , than the manner in which Captain Rous has been treated , unless he canproyei to you that people should go naked . You at least are interested in having a large population . I much admire the sentiment expressed in the sarcastic lines of your chairman . Shall the drones be allowed to drive the beesfrom the hive ? No , rather let the bees sting t . bem-frotn the hive . ' If it is necessary that some must ltave the country ; if God has sent more inhabitants than the laud will support ^ let the idle be the fli-st to leave the land ; let us live in our fatherland and make it wovtby of us . I xtjpice to see you , the oldest body of the incorporated trades , earning out in this

      cheering manner . I recollect when Sir Henry Hatdinge aaid , psnding a : strike of your body , that he would rather go naked than the muster should submit to your dictation . This would be coining to the primitive state with a vengeance . I am astonished to hear Mr . Parker state that waistcbata are being made for 3 d . each . Pdrhaps the aristocratic portion of the trade may not work at them ; but I am surprifled , that because men are comparatively well off , they should be content with iheir cbmpartive condidion , I contend that the people ought never to be satisfied until they have full and equal justice . If tile masters have gained 153 . in a suit of clothes by the fall of cloth , they should divide tho advantage with the men . I have been to the head and to the foot , and I now come to the middle . I have been to the hatters and to

      the shoemakers , and I have now come to the tailors . What causes distress to fall so heavily upon your trade ? not that the land is over populated , but because we have a naked , starving population . Our wise political economists tell you that machinery cannot injure you , because machinery does not yet do the sewing work . Bat the dullheada forget that it injures your market ; that your customers are ccinpelled to lay out , In provisions , that vfhich otherwise they would lay out in clothes . If your brethien , the tailors in the manufacturing distrlota , cannot obtain employment , they come up to London , thinking that where ao much wealth and luxary is found , there must be plenty of work ,: and these constitute the reserve for the masters to fell back upon . The men from the country may not obtain employment ; but , while they are in the market , you

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      employers can say—if you dont like the work there are plenty others yrho will do It Your chairman has aaJd ,. that you have tried trades ' unions and they have failed . We do not seek to destroy trades * Bnioas ; we aeek to preyeht them frem failing . All propet ^ y ia protected , save labour which creates property . I look in the country , and see the boards stnek op-- " Wliqsosyer tee * passes bere shall be prosecuted according to law . " Did yea ever see a man with a brass plate on his breast ina « a-ibed— '' Whosoever trespasses on this man ' s hibour will be prosecuted" ? { Great cheering . ) Those who trespass upon the tights of labour are the parties : who have the power of making tbe lava . Look at the

      treatment the Unions have received since the , time > ol flio Reform Bill— . look at the assistance yon gava them in carrying that measure ; and then ask yourselves , have the governing powers treated you fairly ? : Why do they object to the name . cf Chartism ? arose would smell aa sweet by any other name . Chartism sounds as well as Whiggery or Toryism . Whiggery has rendered Toryism triumphant We look for political power , not to " displace either Whigs or tories , bat to give as equal power with them .- Give us the Charter to-motrow , and the trades would bo at full work hi a month . We want equal protection and equitable distribution . I havo been Member of Parliament , member of the People ' s Pailiament , leading journalist , head

      agitator , and an extensive farmer . I have published a small work on practical farming . I : do not even do -I- as your . Chairman said , lecomlaend you to go to the ¦ waste lands . I say that is the cold meat in the larder , which may serve some centuries hence 1- > r those who come after us . Let us cultivate to the highest thd lands now in occupation * and , instead of importing wheat , we shall grow plenty for eurseives , and be ^ enabled to import com ourselves ; yet bur sapient economists tell ns that we c » nnot grow sufficient corn to support us . Why these men scarce know 'whether wheat is dug up out of the ground , or grows on the top of the straw If you gave them 100 acres of ground , they -would

      starve , unless , like Nebuchaunezzir , they could lira upon grass . Why should you go to fereign lands for food when your own cpnntry would produce sufficient ? Is it better for you to sit at home all day working , to make goods which may or may not sell , while you maet rdly upon them for that food , which you want three times a-day ? If the manufaeturers coald gain » Repeal , they would speedily throw our land out of cultivation ; and , when we were at the mercy of foreigners , if a famine should come , they would pat a duty on the exportation of grain , remembering that when we were mistress of the world , we imposed a similar duty on its importation . Walk round London , and wherewillyouseetbepoorman ' BComfortablecottage . You

      will see the mansion of the man who has grown rich en your energies upraised five stories in the air . If capital is rewarded with ten per cent , profit , let labour have its seventyifiye per cent '¦;¦ let not the poor nian pine in want while the rich is dwelling in luxury . We have now arrived at a crisis when BOniething must be done . The politidal world 13 now on a pivot , and thd least thing -would turn it on the one Bide or the ether . It depends upon , the mighty \ i * opl <^ which -way the scale . shall preponderate . If wa now shrink from principle we shall perpetuate the reign of faction ; if firm , I defy either Whig or Tory to stand against the mighty torrent of public opinion we can bring against them . You ate told by little Russell , the least man

      you ever saw for nothing , that all this distress ia local , and caused by the natural commercial revolutions of a great country . They cared nothing about the distress until they got on the bleak side of the Treasury ; they are like the lady who , when going round the cold bleak common , pitied tbe condition of a poor cottager , and ordered her footman to take her a sack of coals , but no sooner had she got in her warm drawing-room , and her foot on the fender , than she ordered John nob to take the coals because the weather had got warmer Ypu are now asked to join the Corn Law Repealers , to > restore to power one of the basest factions which ever trampled on the liberties of a nation . Talk of us as destructives , as physical force men . Why it

      makes my blood boil when I read their inflammatory speeches , their secret endeavours to excite the people to violence ; they excite you to burn and shoot at an image of straw ; even they would exejite you still further , and while they sat in the jury box and tried you , they would boast of their love of order and peace As a party they were never mere disunited . We were never so united . I do not think that they could take one man that we trust from us ; if they dfd , we care not . If I were to desert you tomorrow I could not take a man away with me . There is my strength and pride . If the shepherd break loose , the flock will not turn aside . The present agitation is the result of the pent up feelings of bygone years , and will finally

      destroy all opposition -which cau be brought against it . As well might the presumptuous Dane attempt to force back tbe rolling waves of the mighty ocean , as for them to stop the rushing stream ; of public opinion . Knowledge cannot be pent up ; it is like a smothered flre , It will again burst forth , and burn still brighter and clearer for the obstruction . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) We ask ; for all ; the same liberty and power which we demand for ourselves . They say we are too ignorant and vicious to be entrusted with the franchise . If , as Baptist Noel states , there are 500 , 000 living without God and without hope in the world in thia MetropoHs , I affirm it is caused by bad Government . Men are born , with certain propensities which can be nourished Into virtues or vices . Tneir virtues

      are the result of their nature ; their vices of misrule : His vices are encouraged , because they tend , to aggrandise the capitalist . They say would you enfranchise the drunkard ? , Give me a constituency of 10 , 000 drunkards , and one teetotaller , and such is the power of virtue , that they sha . 'lchooso the teefcotaller to represent them .- Rome in its origin was a combination of the greatest rogues in the world , yet they chose the wisest and the best men for tlieir Generals . A community of rogues would choose an honest man for their representative . ' We look" to the Charter to promote morality , and -not immorality . Mr . O'Connor continued for some length of time to address them on the question of the ; land , trade , &a , and concluded with a burst of eloquence we have never yet heard Burpassed , and retired amidst thunders of applause .

      The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . ¦ . " ' •' ¦ ¦• .: ' .. '•' ¦ ¦ ' ; - ¦ ' : ¦ ¦ . " ¦ ' - ' ¦ "' .. '•' ¦ ¦ " " Mr . Knight , id a . brief manner , proposed the second resolution : — , ; " That this meeting is of opinion that the only means for the trades and the working classes generally , to benefit their condition is , by adopting the principles contained in the ^ People's Chatter . " Mr . Knight explained the several points of the Chartar , and sat dewn much applauded . Mr , M'Gkath seconded the resolution in an address which occupied nearly an hour in the : delivery , and which for argnment and eloquence , we have seldom heard surpassed . . - In the course of his address , he paid some deservedly high compliments to Mr . O'Conor , and concluded by calling upon his brother tradesmen to join the Nations' Association ; he was greatly applauded . The resolution was then put and carried

      Mr . goodfellow rooted , and Mr . SHEPHEitft seconded the adoptio : i of the National Petition / which was also carried unanimously . Capt AcHEULy , for . Borne length of time , amused the meeting , which concluded by a vote of thanks to the Chairman and' the usual Chartist honours . Many signatures were received to the petition .

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      • — - ™^^ " _^ m + ****** + * .,. - , SHEFFiEti > . —Political iNsxiiUTE . —On Sunday evening lastv Mr . William Gill lectured to a crowded audience at this place . Subject ^ - " The present prospects of Chartism . " . ;"; , ¦' .- ¦ ¦ : ¦ .-¦ ¦ ., ¦¦ -. ' .-On Monday Evening the large room was agaia filled by a respectable audience , to hear a discussion " On the reasonableness of the People ' s Charter becpmirijg the law of the land . " Mr . William Gill opened the discussion by explaining how the People's Charter first originatedj and concluded an able speech by explaining the six points separately , which gave general satisfaction . Several . " questions were asked , and answered to the great satisfaction of the meeting . Afterwards several new members wet © enrolled . V

      SfocKTOKT . — : The Chartists of this town procured the Town flail last week , issned placards announcing a public meetin / j for Monday evening last , and invited Mr . James Leach , of Mancheaier , to take part in the proceedings . Accordingly the Stocbport Rads assembled very nnmt rously , and passed similar resolutions in favour of the Charter to those carried at the great twenty thousand demonstration , held at Manchester last week , without the least opposition . ; . - ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ \ - ::.. ¦ ' , '¦ . - ' . . ¦' MANCiiESTEE . —A meeting of the manufacturers was held on Tuesday , near the Exchange , Mr .

      Bright , of Rochdale , was elected chairman . Mr . Alderman Brooks , and several others , addressed the meeting . A resolution , condemnatory of the Corn Law , was carried , and a petition founded on the same ; but neither the Suffrage nor the Ballot was mentioned , either- in the speeches , resolution , or tho petition . [ This shows the sincerity of the LedguerSf . in their sudden conversion to Chartism . Let the people mark the fact ; and mark it well!—Ed . 1 Lees . —A lecture was delivered in the Chartist Room , Lees , on Tuesday night last , by Mr . Thomas Uannam . ¦¦ . '¦ - ; : '¦ .. ' : . - ¦ . ' ¦ '¦ . ¦¦ ¦¦ ' ¦• '¦ ¦ ' . "¦ ¦ -. ¦ :: '

      STALEYBBn )( 5 E .--Mr . Henry Candy delivered an excellent lecture in the Chartist Room , on the principles of the Charter , out present position , and the necessity of firmnes 3 to attain union . UtTEBSTON .- ^ Mr . J . T , Lund lectured here oil Thursday , the 24 th instant , to an overflowing audience . .. , ' . . - . ¦ ¦¦ .. ¦ ' ' ¦ . ' - .. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦/¦ -: . . . ' ' -: i : ; .. ,. - York . —At a meeting of the Council , ; on the 27 & ^ stanV ifc was resolred , " That the Associatioa Room be op ^ en , for reading and digcussion , every Sunday evening ; the public to be admitted free . "

      ToDM 0 RDEN .--Tho weekly meeting of the Council was held on Monday , when it was resolved , that any . person w !* ing ; to visit Tddmorden to lecture shall correspond and make arrangements with tho sub-secretary , Bobert Brook , and fring teatimoniSs of membership from the Booiety he belongs . - . HAnwooD ^ Tiie Rey . William Villiera Jackson , rom Manchester , delivered an impressive fceinro i ^^« JndeP « nd ^ Chapel , to a congregation of about aveor six . hundred , enthe pnnciplisof th © people s Charter , and the meana to be employed for its attainment , j ««» w *

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      Motibaii . —Mr . Brophy , from Dublin , lectured here on Saturday and Sunday last , to ; ¦' respectable audiences . ' .. ¦ . . i . / - ¦" . ¦ : ¦ ' ; ¦¦'' . ¦ - ¦ ¦ - "¦ ... ¦• ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ Chobley . —Cheering accounts reach us from this place ; the cause stems to be going glorioiisly . Cbieff . —On Wednesday the 23 rd Hit ., a lar ^ e and respectable meeting of the inhabiUints of this place was held ia the Weavers' HaH , when Mr . Abram Duncan delivered a lecture .

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      TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS

      Ht Belovhs FaiKroSi—I am not drunk , but I am jaioxicated by aseries of trimsphs since I last wrote ; and now about that last writing . I wrote yoD a long letter froa . Koitingham , but , as once before , I addressed it London instead of Leeds . I was dread-/ ally disappointed at not seeingH in the Star , when ibe Editor assigned » most excellent reason , Bending me the back of my letter which bore the Nottingham post-ffl&rk ef the 22 nd , aad which was posted and paid for at Nottingham by Mr . Bussell To me it was all-important that you should have seen all about Birmingham , but , thank God , I can always live for a "week u pou character . I shall now , as well as I can recollect , begin where I left

      On Wednesday , after I wrote from Loughborough , I proceeded to address the Chartistsin a room , but behold it would not hold one twentieth part of the flock , and there being a large yard outside , I spoke by moonlight to congregated thousands . Cooper and Bairstow also addressed them , and all expressed themselves . highly gratified -nito , the evening ' s entertainment . I promised on behalf of Leaeh , H'Dooall , and myself , that when their association numbered 350 j we would spend a day with them . I Isft Loughborough at one in the morning to he at Knigatsbridge that Bame nignt ; and I went and spoke at great length in my sleep , and I am told I did our cause great good . We had a crammed sieeting .

      On . Friday , I went to Southwark , glorious Souihwark ; and , as I was to meet Sidney Smith at Chelsea ok the same night , I prevailed upon Dr . SfDouall , after a short address , to supply my place at Sottthwark . I proceeded to Chelsea with Bony Ridley and Wheeler ; and , npon monnting the platform , a scene ensued which baffles all description . Smith was speaking , with a solicitor in the chair , surrounded by a large group of the- League , Upon my appearance , the whole meeting in front cheered and cheered again , crying out" Ah ! Sidney

      tmr chap has caught ihee at lastr ** There s Feargus , lad . " It was now evident that neither tbe lecturer nor the League wished for any more of it ; and , after creating a disturbance , by abusing the Chartists , the gentlemen blew out the lights , let down the drop scene , left us in complete darkness , and the proprietor cleared the stage . Some ruffians attacked Rufiy Ridley , who was outside the drop scene , when the Chartists charged , and a dreadful scuffle ensned , which terminated in the complete routing of the physical force Whigs .

      Now I decidedly object to the practice of allowing the -srorld to learn , through the Whig press , that all the folly of Corn Law lecturers appears to go down with the people , and I deny the right of any lecturers upon political subjects to refuse discusewh . The practice , if not stopped in time , would hav « nude us appear as convei ts to all the glib philosophy of such men as A eland , Smith , and Cobden . The room at Chelsea is very large , and it was crowded to snffjeation . It was the first routing of the League in that quarter , and they richly deserved woat they have been long bringing upon themselves , by insolence and intolerance to the working classes .

      I sow come to Monday ; the day of days—the glory of Chartism . The League nad put out a bill for an open air meeting in the Workhouse-yard , Mary-le-bone . We were not idle . Savage and Macconneli were selected as go-betweens , and we were Invited to meet the Leagne Council ; but we refused to meet them except before the people , whose servants we are .

      I need not tell you , of course , of what the report irill inform you . But I must tell you that Home , W&kley , M . P ., « ir Charles Napier , M . P ., and Sir Benjamin Hall , MJ * . were present , but were not in tiie least recognised by the multitude . We put Sankey in the chair , having waited for ten minutes after tlie hoar appointed , and the meeting calling out for a chairman , and never was better preedenL

      SsT&ge opened tbe business with a most admirable speech , hat marred it by proposing a shocking bad resolution . A Mr . Hyde seconded it in a set speech full of Whig constitutional nothings . I , at oace , proposed the amendment—which , you -will see . That brave fellow , Ruffy Ridley , ably and powerfully seconded it , and told the few of the clique , who attempted to interrupt him , that he could roar as a lion for three hours , hat he would not . be put down , nor was he . Parson Macconneli attempted to support the resolution , bat was so prosey and absurd that the meeting would not hear him long . Sjrarr then supported the amendment in one of the

      most telling speeches I ever heard delivered by a working man ; every sentence wa 3 a home-thrust at faction , the League , and class legislation . He Was loudly cheered from all parts . Savage then replied , supporting the amendment against his own resolution . The amendment was then put and carried with about fifteen hands held up against it , Junid cheera which lasted for several minutes . Lloyd Jones then proposed another resolution . I never heard him speak before . He made one of the most Incid , powerful , logical , and eloquent appeals I ever heard , and literally paralised the League ; his was tia speech of the day . Sir Benjamin Hall then came forward and spoke j Wakley , Hume , and Sir Qarles went away .

      Bib whole is reported , but , my friends , your heari 3 would hare jumped with joy to hare seen the glorious army of Chartists . The largest meeting erer held in great Marylebone , —allowed to be so by Sr Benjamin Hall , the M . P . for the borough , aad by all the press . Our triumph was signal and complete , and filled the hearts of all with joy profound .

      T ^ ell j at night , I was to addres 3 the tailora at the Social Institution , a 3 I did ia a magnificent building wi * * a three sides galleried , aad a spacious platform . ^ I arrived fifteen minutes before the time , and Jie building was fall in every part , and crowds outwde . If the day ' s meeting was a > triumph , this was * "notary , I never before in London , even at the Crown and Anchor , met the same class of audience . ^ appeared to be the worst dressed man in the

      meetm and although the Chartist principles-were quite frregn to them , yet never in my life did I wit-263 greater enthasiasin , or make a deeper ^ pression upon my audience . This , indeed , I look upon aa the most important meeting 1 eTer attended in my life . It was a splendid ^ SaWage ; one , as I tsld them , no money could cave procured some months since . I have seen ons 6 ? the committee this morning , and he informs me tw Biy speech made a powerful impression . Why should I not be proud of this ? I am , whenever J serre the cause .

      At four o ' clock to-morrow morning I start for ffina iughain . We haTe got the Town Hall there . Wednesday , Thursday , and part of Friday , I devote to B irmingham ; and on Friday evening , I address tae men of Westminster . On Monday , Tuesday , sad 'Wednesday , Manchester j Thursday , Stockport ; * ad Friday , Hyde . Ciaitis ^ let every man now be judged by his works . I vsill stand by the order of fustian to the dea& come what will .

      I am , Your faithful friend and servant , Fkabgus O'Coxsok . ? -S . Hare I now deceived you as to the position ^ i » i ch the London Chartists have assumed I Ko Aew ilore or blarney will stand for a single motteat . With four hours' notice we can carry anyj ™ g . The Whigs are utterly paralysed , and the ¦ Tories are anything but comfortable , as it ib now ™ ly believed that the shopkeepers and tradeB will J « m ia cur movement ; their eyes being opened to tie monopoly of steam lords ; and their minds being « 0 DTineed cf the cruelty , selfishness , and deceit of tne sieam prodccing aristocracy .

      F . O'C . HictxEsriiiD . —Mr . J . West lectured on Sunday evening to a numerous audience . Chestebfieij ) asd Brampton . —At tbe weekly SKsetiBg of the Cbaitists cf the above place , in Silk {" U Yard , on Monday evening last , the Secretary « nded in 2 s . Id . from the Chartists of Holy Moor *! e . After other business the following resolution * ascarr ied : — "That the sum of 10 s . be sent to Not-? £ kam , towards defraying the expenses of the dele-° ** s for the ensuing CcnvcDtioD . "

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 5, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1151/page/1/