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    • *n TBS FOSITAN JACKETS, THE BLISTEBED TUSDS, &XD TEE TJKSHOJS? : CHINS.
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      z bkab Fjoekds , —If iierfi is sbj taamph to TrUch mois than aiiothei the honest pblitMsn and oj 9 gentleman attaches more importance , it is to as * of Eying &" * P ^ jadice , and feeing shle to " jflsoff a coniSB for winch he has snSerea ' insult ^ contumely . "When year choicein 1835 placed jntbat poation -irHeh I hare since endeavoured ILesflj ** & conastently to maintain , I then iniLned yon && * " * fihonld have much to contend -ramst thai &oagh mmotfced in the oatsefc , and

      ^ fle fsSkermg strength , my paife might appear jgnooQi yet "when that strength came iooe directed jgz joar service , my * troubles -would begin . " One je&son irhy i was not assailed in the commencement v £ jet caieerwas , becanse die great and the powerful assnred themselves that If my popularity became dan--Ersus touu = nile , I ^ ikeiao 3 t of mypredeceSsors , conld je sednced by ihe Golden Rule from the * drocacy of * oar csase . Tbi 3 is the usual , sad by much the ^ ast mode of staying 4 he march of democracy . In «^ j n Bjglidij by buying iheleaders , and thereby -reasns dcnb ; aad distrust in the popnlar ranks , 2 sdI being able to injure you by purchasing Be , they iaTehsd recourse to the usual altematrre in such

      ^ ises , of peisecnEng me . My niendsij it is not sufficient that a pnblie man aTOTcS his honesiy or his consistency ; he should ? also ie able to establish his character for sound judgejaen . snd prndeaca . He should be able to proTe -fazi ts iras not impracticable or visionary . That jjs cid not oppose for opposition sake , but because jus oppoanon iras necessary , and therefore justifiable . You are aw 3 re that upon the 26 ih of Sept , 1841 , a deputation of my countrymen waited npoasneatEccleSj to request that I would abstain from sburBJg Mr . O'Connell . My abuse ( if such it eotdd be called ) was at all times merely a defence

      g jnjsell , my party , and nsy poHey against iis charges . . However , I aid make tbe promise ; and from that time to the present I hare not mentioned Mr . O'ConnelTs name disrespectfully , whib "he ha 3 no ! abandsned his former course of slandering and denomreii-g me and my pariy . I then iold the Irish to vraich mm and to watch me , and io judge for themselves : and bow I come to the Questions at isnie between ns . All Ireland professed to sorrow lot ihe t ^ Stxezces between Mr . O'ConneH and me ; lot . of course , I must be in the wrong . Ton , however , thought otherwise ; and my principal ¦ cbisa in writing this letter is to justify your

      judgment . 1 was twice returned for my native county , upon ¦ a plecge to abolish the payment of tithes by the Criholic people to ths Protestant Church , aad to . effxt , if possible , a Repeal of the Legislative Union Mr- O'Connell was returned upon the same-pledges , in 1 S 33 , when seated , and having discovered that ihe Irish mind wonld go with him for a while in error , ia endeavoured t © back out of his pledges for thepurpose of conciliating ihe Tespectables . To s&Tay pledges were sacred ; -while Mr . O'Connell begSB i » nibble and to advocate tbe instalmeBt He of

      ^ Ftiea . called a meeting Irish Members , at Hiich he proposed his instalment principle of jeosdng Shes , instead of abolishing them . 1 jawed an amendment for the total abolition , sad tarried iL He" i&& made an appointment Trith Lerdiliborp aad M t . Littleton , to receive a dspai&iirai of Irish memba "b npon the question of tithes , led proposed a string ^ f namby-pamby resolutions aa the ground-work oi ci senssaoc My amendment , loirer £ r , OTerraled tfeeati "empt ; and we , thirteen of iis , waited npen Lord Alth > " » I P e a 3 ld ilT - Littlleton ; when , in -violation of the terms , Mr . O'Connell pledged himself for ihe tranq TUllitj of Ireland if the

      instalment principle was ad spied . This startled Hid astonished me ; and I to : * k ° rti - ^ thorpe asd Jlr . Littleton lias I did n ^ coms ^^ to decays them ; that Mr . O'Coi 1 ieJi ** & DOt ae ssnedon of the delegates tom ^ ^ "k st&te * jnent i and thut for myself 3 ' wonld ^ dertakethat Ireland should never tesl' satisfied with any measure short of the total ah '&& > n ° * ^ impost . You are aware of the n ^ at Mr - O'Connell has made of the instalment p . an » " £ e : " much as yon can , and look for more f ai *** " &Te also aware of my reply . Look foi all , if ^ is jour fee , and be satisfied with no less . This bi * tT b "

      reform only -disgusts jour supporters , and an . " your opponents with argumeit 3 sg ^ in ?^ , altering s * ss » on sfier sesson what was said io be satisfactory i Then eoiceded . Well , my friends , I have now before me 3 u r - CGoanell's last letter to die Irish people ; and u " * iJ he kys down tie nra great objects to be schieTed ty Irchu . d £ S fcliows , and in the following ;• urdir : — ) Erstlj , THE TOTAL ABOLITION OF TBE HTHE EEST CHABGE . Sccssdly , Fijntg of tenure for ihe ocepywig ienanii . ¦

      Thirdly , The encouraging and perfecting of Irish ; ESBE&Letnre . j IFoBnalj , Compkte Suffrage acd Tote by BaBot . Efthly , Abolition of the present Poor Law , and \ * Bgmentatiim of well-regnlated charitable insti-j tEDons . " ] Sot ? , snch , my friends , are the five grand object 3 j fcr'srhich the people of Irdand are now to contend , j ifetly , fee repeal of Mr . O'Counell' s own act , j tnd falling back upon that principle for which I fcm erer contended . j

      Secondly , the ihe Sxity of tenure ; to accomplish I "Riich I gare notice of my intention to hring a Bill ; into Pariiament in 1835 , substantially to the fol- j Joiring pErpcrt , To compel landlords to grrei lass m perpetuity at a corn rent ; to take ; awaj the power to disiress , and in all i C 3 K 3 TiiiEre lands are held nnder lease , ' * && let at a rack rent , to empower a , jury to assess the real valne in like manner j as the Crown or public bodies assess the value of \ Home property intended for public uses / ' "When I 1 rose to giTB the abore notice , Mr . O'Connell ; Issghed in mj face j -K-iJis u , nearly eight years ; ittr he lajs it down as one of those grand objects , 1 st which the Irish people are ^ to contend ! I

      His fourth propoafeon is Complete Suffrage , with j Uleby Balb ^ whuehehas donemore than ^ ny other ; isaa iiTing to frnstr&K its accomplishment , and is . JW aware that wiihout that , his other objects dust i ML i His £ Tih and last is for ihe aboHtion of the . Present Poor Law ; a , d iius , Trhiie for three years ^ opposed me in a measure which he told me , ont or the House , * zsspkndidl y arranged , while ' MJ plan was a graduated scale of tasa--SS ^ S ^ lria ^ p ^ s farmers wno F ^ iiW rent , and increasing to double ''

      * pon abseniees . The major portion of the fund » oe applied to agricultural and labour pre-J ** 3 to promote the encouragement of native in-JJhJi and the remainder to the support of chari-**» initetauons . I explained my plan to Lord Ltorpe . and fceasnmrfnw that in several cases InSS tej tad ^^ experiment of agriisHkT aadl ^ Preminms , the value of the land ^ o &een nearly doubled in seven years . Kow , my ^ as , yon-whoaccepted me as a free gift at the f ans of Mr . ^ O'Conntl ] , and jon also who joined tie cfer , because 1 was too honest to

      de-~ J ? ° 5 I ask you , whether ihe tri-^ W of cn jjajj OTer an ' Uier conia tei ™^ wapiti than Mr . O'ConneH himself has , " ** Ey triumph over him ? 2 The very policy i r ~™ Bow Proposes , I -was scouted as one of the ^ ^^ ticail ^ foi adhering to . My trials have been ^ 7 and severe during this straggle between prin- j Jr . ™ expediency . Principle ' has triumphed 1 . *»« jnstice proclaims noi only that 1 was right , but j aa * I-snswisel ! '

      ^ a ay SiendB , it is hard that I should haTe j «» iaaBded as a traitor to my country because 1 jww not j 0 in - her aJe orbe aparty to her j J ^™* tK > nj bnt it is more than payment I ttLTTV 1111 * By aeecs » » d ^ » osi impla- l «» foe has been compelled to abandons r ^* * * acquiesce in my policy . ^ aTe-thoughi ii bnt justice to myself to lay thiB waaeat before yon ; md mrr 1 tain to matters of ^ ¦ ntd im portance , I have shown you that the gsa abandoned m * while honestly fighting the " ^^ of jny country . 2 iaTe Eh 0 WI 1 that Mr .

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      O'Connell now justifies my policy , which should strengthen your opinion of my prudence . Hear me then ] Never within the memory of the oldest man living did England present Buch a picture as that which is now in a state of preparation . In less than one month from this date , those elements which have been long gathering , will come into collision , and the shock to our common country will be regulated in its force and effects by the part the people take . If yoa lend yourselves as tools to those who have coined wealth out of your heart's blood , you are ruined , and for ever I If you give pliant ear to those emissaries who are NOW amongst you , you

      will lose * that triumph , which , if yon are wise and disereet , you are sure to gain from the clash of contending intere 3 tB . If you arm authority with a feasible pretext for unbridling the worst passions of the powerful and the wealthy , you become a prey to individual malice and the law ' s vengeance 1 caution you against Secret Associations ; against giving ear to those who are paid ont of the £ 50 , 000 wrung from you , and who , when pushed , will get up another outbreak to back them : a moral appeal for a license to still further subjugate you to their controul . All are bidding for you and bidding against me . I ' ll be at them all I if yon but remain true

      to me and to yonrsqlrefl * Hare bo secrets 1 no cecret letter writing ! no conspiracies ! scout every rogue from your district who would urge yon on to acts of violence 1 stand by yourselves and for your own principles . _ Bear thi 3 one fact in mind , when entertaining the question of free trade . The trade of spinning has been incalculably increased . It has become the great trade , that of exporting spun yam , and in the same ratio in which that branch of trade has increased , has machinery been improved , to make h worth the foreigner ' s accept ance , and in the same ratio has hands been dismissed , and waees reduced .

      Now mind , my good friends , that not one-third of the number © f hands formerly engaged in the limited trade of spinning are now employed in the increased trade of spinning ! while the wages of those employed have been reduced to abo . t onethird of the former amount ! and then thoBe displaced by machinery constitute a reserve for the masters to fall back upon . The same rule that applies to the spinners , also applies to | the " piecers . " Their numbers have been reducWl , and their wages also have been reduced . I mention these striking facts to put you upon yonr guard , because I know the influences which will be jbrongbt to bear against

      you . I know that some of our old friends are in tha market , and they perhaps may hope to carry yon along with them , j know tbe influence the masters have over their starving slaves . I know the influence that talkers have at public meetings . But thank God I know your power , and only ask for its rigbieons exercise to be at all known . While yon are starving these freebooters can squander your money to accomplish their own ends . Thet tt > tr totj 2 they shall not . DE 5 PISE , however , if I can help it . They arei dead beat . Now then the whole case is before you—earth and hell is being moved to destroy me , because faction is aware that 1 aib not for sale .

      Mr . O Connell has justified my former policy , and I rely npon subsequent results to justify me in my present course . I am not in ; doubt , nor yet alarmed , if you remain steady , and resist temptation . We cannot be beaten except by ourselves . In twentyfive days from this time , ^ yoa wiB have learned what course the several parties mean to pursue My course shall be to stand'firm upon the rock of principle ,. holding justice in one hand , and right is the other .

      la conclusion I have only to request that Mr . O'Connell ' s letter may be laid before yen in this week ' s Star . It appeared in the Chronicle of Tuesday , and wnen you are reading that letter upon tenure , and the land , and the advantage of having a large ; population of independent farming labourers , tken think of the words ten thousand times repeated npon the same snbject by Your faithful Friend , FKABGrS CCOSKOB .

      * V * The letter to which Mr . O'Connor here alludes , l j ^ imp ossible to give this week . As we purpose D ' xbt to the qnestion in our nt xt , it will then e aL ' * & £ 00 ^ time . —Ed . JV . S .

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      HILL . The Char **** ° f Hnll held a high festival on Monday , in ^* ree ^ sons * Lodge , to evince their sense of ' *** S € Jr"c ' s rendered to the cause by the Northern * ^ ? d its conductor . Much credit is due to the ct " innittee fog the laborious and efficient arrangemen * wlucb h f £ een mad « ' . , J which- the procees w & passed off , not only with a spirit , an enthBaa , " ^ anfl \ harmony of feeling , but with an eclat , a > * * n absence of confusion or diffimltv knnwn nnlv w tne meetings of the honest tSdS &SSSwol >*»« . ™*^ «*«™ n j -distinguishes their fesi ^«? from th ose of he ~ 1 3

      *^ ££ bles . TheTsp , **? oT f h beaS ^ decoded with evergreens , * - ° ^ *^ ft £ ™ was tastefully snspended a # * &oub cap of liberty of crimson , gold , and greei X *? . ""* ^ J cont ° r bution of the Hull female L * v ** fh together with a tastefully constructed arch fu ^ nrd £ * *?* ° arranged ai to exhibit thewor- " ^ f X , ^ ^ thirty patriotic prints and por ^ of CCwmw , Frost , Emmett , &c .-the Nations l PetItl 0 n f ™ - the Manchester massacre , &c , < fec —man J <* * ™ . in splendid frames , completed the adornmento ot the room . A quartetteband of excel ltBi . Jf ^ t and an efficient choir of glee singers , ^ . ™ bv their performances to increase the t "Djajment oi

      tne evening . £ .,, - ., About five o ' clock , the Hall began U * . ^ Ji ^ J the hone--t sons of toil and their lovely w * 1 T £ * ana daughter ? , clad in their holiday attire . Al ™» *^ ° hnndred sat down to tea , of whom , it may . ^ * third were composed of " That sweeter sex whom nature cobly made The austerities of man to soften And reiieve . Keen sorrows couch to tend , ^ And dry iffliction' 8 teara with hand of sympathy . ' A little after Eix o ' clock , Mr . Hill , accompanied by Messrs . Hobson , of i ^ eeds ; Barney , of Sheffield ; Murray , of Glasgow ; and Arran , of Bradford , enteradthe Hall , amid the hearty and cheerful plaudits of the whole assembly , who rose to receive them , and continued cheering , until they had become seated in the places reserved for them . Mr . Wh . Chiesmam , a working man , and a sterling democrat , was unanimously called to the chairthe honours of which during the evening , he

      , discharged with great ability . The provisions w « re abundant and excellent in kind , and , after gia&e , ample justice was done to them ; the band continuing to play various airs , overtures and patriotic pieces during tea . A little after seven , the tables were cleared , and some hundreds of excellent Chartists whose " means " forbade them joining in the tea service having been admitted-, the meeting" weni to work , " singing en masse , and in capital style , the Chartist National Anthem , which , together with the programme of toasts , &c , had been printed and circulated amongst the company . The tffect of the anthem , sung vx full chorus by the whole meeting , and accompanied by the powerful- band , was well deserving of the epithet " grand , " and was well calculated to prepare the audience for the fervid displays of eloquenco and patriotism by the various speakers . The Anthem concluded , and the company again Bested in order

      , _ The Chaikkah rose , and with a few sensible and appropriate remarks , gave " the People . " The band then played » Rule Britannia ; " after which Mi . HaBKBT , -who "was received with loud cneers , said be felt ttat after all Ms toil * , labours , and sufferingB for nine yean in the popular cause , he -was more than repaid and rewarded by tne flattering manner in which lie iad been jeceived , and by the compliment paid him by the Committee oi Management in selecting him to speak to the first toast of . the evening , — "The People , " —a mighty and magnificient subject for the orator to dilate upon , but one too gigantic for Mm to do jnstice to . The people , the source of all legitimate powers—aye , and of Illegitimate power , too . Tbe sonrce , not only of that power which springs legitimately from the votes of a nation of freemen—a sovereignty based npon the tqual rights of all , bnt also thesoniee^—and he deplored being compelled to

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      admit it—of that power which was based upon i justice , and owed its existence to the triumph of wrong : for he held the doctrine of Volney , that it ¦ was slaves that made tyrants—not tyrants that made slaves—( hear . ) The people are the source of all power ; they are the producers of that wealth . wMch confers power upon ths idle and the useless . But for the people , of what utility would the broad lands of this iBland be to the aristocrats who acquired them by force , and held them by usurpation ? Of what utility : would be the mines of this country to their present possessors but for the labour of the people ? Where would be the wealth of our leviathan capitalists , but for the toil of their care-worn slaves ? Their mills would never have risen from the soil—their boasted machinery , which

      reversing the mythological fable , devours not its children , but its parents , the working classes , would never have existed , but for the skill and labour of the people-Where woald hare be « n the navies of this country , the safe harbour , the warning keacon , the friendly light-house ; in short , all the means and sourcss from which the merchant-princes . of England derived their wealth , but for the indnstry of the people ?—( cheers ) . It was the people who tilied the soil , reared the mills , erected the houses , made the machinery , built the shipping , ploughed the ocean , explored the mines , made ail tb& clothing , created the food , and called into being the vast ¦ wea lth of their oppressors , thereby conferring upon them the power of trampling upon and scourging those

      to whom they were indebted for their very existence . The sovereignty of the people had , - € flen been toasted by knaves whe _ bad humbugged Jifc ^ ppople to serve their own selfish designs ; but ae ffi rTuftTT the praaent period had the people of this country shown any disposition to assert their own sovereignty . In days gone by the people bad been used and flattered by those above them . They had shed their blood in the contests of rival monarchs and factious aristocrats—they had at a later period , from the time of the so-called Commonwealth down to the carryinji of the Reform Bill , expended their energies in enthroning middleclass tupremacy upon the ruins of feudalism ; b-afe they had done nothing for themselves . It was only within the last five years that the toiling classes had

      evinced anything likfc the spirit of freedom . The year 3838 saw the dawn of a brighter era ; then waB partially realised the dream of that truly inspired and eminently philosophic writer , the author of the Ruins of Empires , when the standard ef truth , justice , and liberty ipas upraised—the banner upon which was inscribed in sun-beam characters that glorious watchword , the Charter and no surrender—( 16 u < i cheers )—fulfilling tha vision of Gallia ' s son , in separating the men of wealth from the msn of toil , —the titled few from the enslaved many . Ronnd the bright banner of freedom had gathered those who produced the wealth , paid the taxes , and fought the battles of the exclusives—in short , the people . Whilst arrayed against them appeared the drones of the hives , the tax-eaters and traffickers in the blood of their fellow-men . So sublime a spectacle had never before bsen witnessed in this country , and now mark tbe results . The Chartists bad besn slandered by the lying scribblers of faction for their intolerance

      towards the middle class . Why all the strength the democratic party possessed they » v ? ed to the fact of having separated themselves and fctoud aloof from that rotten portion of society—( cheers ) . The Chartists had withstood five years of persecution , and year by year ^ had increased in numbers , strength , and infiue ce ;; they had had to bear up against the denunciations of priestcraft , the slanders of the press-gang , the calumnies of such foul-mouthed factionists in the legislature as Macaulay of Edinburgh , the horrible craft of government spies and Iscariot-traitors—tha terrors and vengeanca of class-made laws , and last , not least , the desertion of leaders . Tet were they now stronger than ever . True thero had bean great sacrifices , immenso Buffering ; good men had perished and brave patriots been consigned to the gloomy grave . But they died not in vain ; they perished in the cause of right and justice ; and hallowed is every drop of their heart ' s-blood poured forth for their country and kind !

      •• Though foul are the drops that oft distil , On the field of slaughter , blood like this , For liberty shed so holy is , It would not stain the purest rill That sparkles in the bowers ot bliss . O ! if there be on this earthly sphere , A sight , an offering , heaven holds dear , Tis the last libation liberty draws Rom the hearts that bleed and break in her cause . " ( Loud cheers . ) Well , after all they had achieved and all they had suffered they were called npon to abandon their Charter in favour of a new-fangled thing called the Bill of Rights . They were all acquainted with tbe proceedings of the late Conference —and here let him e-marfe that hot for the Eiiter of tliu Northern Star , the

      voice of the people would not have been heard in that Conference , e-r , if heard , would have been drowned in tbe clamour of faction , —bnt tht ¦ K-stchir was on the tower ; be gave the alarm , and the concoctors of the Conference were compelled to put in practice their own orinciple which they weald fain have evaded if they conld , * that of "full , free , and fair" representation . The Conference assembled , and on tbe one bund red and ninety-three rejecting the prtciuus piece of lawytrcraft , dignified by the title of "Bill of Rights , " these gentlemen , friend Sturge and Co . abandoned the majority , and they , the minority , actually bad the insolence to constitute themselves the Conference , and did theu and there pass their B : Jl of Rights . They might fcave saved themselves the trouble to agree to

      that which must be waste-paper , without the people ' s support The conduct of these gentry proclaimed trumpet-tongntd their innate dishonesty . Up to the spring of 1842 , that party had been found either in the ranks of the enemy , or silent approvers of that enemy ' s acts . At that period they becamesuddenlyconvcrtedtothe principles of Chartism . But did they join the Chartists ? No , they set up a new agitation of their own -, and now when another oppsrtunity had been offered them of retrieving the past by cordially uniting with the people for the future , they turn round upon the people ' s representatives and treat them with contempt They bring men hundreds of miles to confer with them , and then so soon as they discover that these men will not turn traitors to their constituents , they tell

      them they will have nothing more to do with them . And why ? Becanse forsooth the people ' s delegates would not take a pig in a pofce , a thing they had never seen , but which they weretold would occupy four hours in the reading , and required the luminous expositions of some nameless lawyer to make its points and details comprehensible ; a precious thing this to give up the Charter for . Give up the Charter ;—tbe Charter for which O'Connor and hundreds ef brave men were dungeoned in felon ' s cells , —the Charter for which John Frost was doomed to a life of heart-withering woe —and for which Ellis has been doomed to share his fate : the Charter for which Clayton died in his wretched dungeon , and Holberry perished in the pride of youth , with none but filthy dungeon villains to close his eyes ;

      the Charter for which Shell wrapped up bimBelf in a bloody sbrond , and poured ont liis life-blood in the streets of NewperL What ! to suit the whim , to please the caprice , or to serve the selfish ends of mouthing priests , political traffickers , and ; sugar-weig hing , tapemeasuring shopocrats—give np the Charter ! Never ! —( immense cheering . ) By the memories of the illustrious dead , —by the sufferings , of widows and the tears of orphans , he would sdjure them to stand by tbe Charter—lloud cheer * . ) It had been of ten said that they could not carry tho Charter without the aid of ti middle class ; he did not belisve in that doctrine' Relieved tfce people to be omnipotent if only united . Th middle class never had yet united with the people on t " ot stocerityj and he bsdieved never would . tell will work

      The middle classes ns they for us' bnt not witb- us " > 8 ° be U > letthem do vtbk * ^ y P lea- ' > bufc neTer a ^ ' n let the oeoDle w- * t « time ^ money in confering' with these tricks ^ ersT ( Hear . ) No more Conferences for him r Hp-j ' liear »• I * t the people look to themselves only ' There wasa ™ ° ™ * 3111 ^ y than aU the middle-class - of England w "" ^ B for them though not with themnamelv the K atonal Debt , —{ loud cteers , ) -their eld aT fifth ! ah Y . Sir Robert Feel had tried the sliding-fcule to . * ti * fy the L ^ gners . -pereecution to pat down the Cha . * UU . «* laaUy , the Income Tax to supply the coffers c < an empty exchequer ; and behold the results . That . venous horde , the freebooters , were more clamorous than ever while the very meathe

      sures adopted by the Praniier to pacify them , v z sliding-sdle and the ne * tariff had roused the agriculturalists , and set them > deadly away against him . The Chartists , despite plov ^ *** persecution , conspiracies , and traitors , were n we powerful than ever though repeatedly felled by * b * M ° wa «* totom * ?* like the giant ef old , they bnt wucbed the earth , and rose with renewed vigour to th « contest ( Hear , tear , and cheers . ) Ab regards the l ^ chequer ^ pite the Income Tax , the published » taa . * <* ¦*« *»* qu ^ f revenue shewed a deficiency on th ' % ' f uxim : of * $ " » & of one million , one hundred thousan d pounds- ^ cheers } The landholders were already bawlL" » 8 ont through the Morning ChrtrdcU , that the present G ? f ment J ! I f ° ruin them . How would Sir Robert ^ fVf ^ r flv ™« t * < n th ?« -worse than Whitish pl « &t ? - 1 * 6 l R

      , people take courage ; evento were workin&'f or them aUpowerfnlly ; they hod but to standby Qie w pnn « : pieB » surrender not one jot nor on « tittle , and aU would oe ¦ srelL If corruptions had crept into their unoTfiment , let such corruptions be rooted ont ; let them compel their leaders to abide by the spirit , aye , and the let-ex too of Chartism , and thereby set aa example to we nations around , and prove to tbe world that they were worthy oi the rights they demanded . If leaders Btrayed from the principles they were bound to support , then away with them , trample them down—( loud cfceers . )—

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      Plotting knaves cried out against what they were pleased to call denunciation and man-worship . It was denunciation that ba 4 kept the movement in its present sound and healthy condition , —it was denunciation that wc-uld make the tricksters honest or drive them from the ranks of honest men . There was less of man-worship among the Chartists , the O'Connorites , as they were called , ti . an any party in the state . True they loved O'Connor for his straight-forward honesty , but tbe very men who were his most determined friends would be the first to denounce him if he stepped to the righthand or to the left Toe justice they would do to O'Connor , they wonld do to others—no quirter to the

      hnmbags —( loud cheers ) . Let them cultivate knowledge and union , each and all labour to promote a knowledge of their principles and to unite those who already adhered to them ; let the people look to themselves and only to themselves for their own enfranchisement , and all the difficulties which now obstructed ( heir path would be overcome , the rights of the people acknowledged , and the sovereignty of the people establishedthen would be seen their country ' s flag—no longer the flig of despotism ; but henctf » rth the banner of the free , floating over the national structures and temples of the land , proclaiming salvation to Englishmen , and hope aud joy to the world . Mr . Harney resumed bis seat amidst loud and protracted cheering .

      11 r . Harney ' s speech , after the cheers had subsided , was followed by the glee , " Awake , ^ Sjiian Lyre , " excellently sung . The Chairman then said that the next toast he had to propose to them he should give without preface , conscious that ail he might be able to say would fall far shtrCK ^ t-qualihijf the response it would find in their hearts— " Tas Northern Star , " ( Much cheering . ) Glee— "Hail , Smiling Morn . " Mr . Hobson responded in an effective and telling speech of about furty minutes , during which he ran through tha history of the agitatiou for the people ' s

      rigats buore and since the establishment of that organ . He attributed the high tone of political independence of the working classes aud their general severance fi-oni the factious scribes to which they had heretofore been attached , to tbe : exertions of the Star , in labouring to induce among them a habit of looking to themselves only for the working out of theiT political salvation ; and he instanced the conduct of the people on the Corn Law question , and ia reference * to the various other matters of sectional aud p&vUtvl agitations which have been * ubiuitted to them aa the best evideuce that could be offered of the success which had attended on its teachings .

      Mr . Hobson having sat down , the Chairman again rose and said , that he now came to the toast of tlie evening—a toast which he felt equal pride and pleasure in submitting to them , an 4 which he was confident they would receive with honour and dulight After paying some high- compliments to Mr . Hill , he proceeded to . give the toast , which was : — " The health of our respected guest , the Rev . Wm . Hill ; and may he long live to fight our battles in the bloodless warfare of right aguinst wrong principles , with the energy , talent , and honesty , which have hitherto characterised his exertions . " The toast was received with loud and protracted cheering . An air was played by tbe band ; after which Mr . Hill rose to reply .

      Mr . Hill was received with every possible demonstration of respect and applause . He said that he felt quiet inadequate to the expression of the fellings which ho might naturally be supposed t > entertain undvr the circumstances ; surrounded by his neighbours , his townsmen , and immediate acquaintance—by those to whom he was best known , both as to his public career and as to his private character—and thus loaded with their favourable estimation , he might indeed count bis position to be a high and proud one . Unable to express his thanks ia terms which be could think befitting , be must throw himself upon their clemency , and beg them to think for him all that of which his incapacity fell short He said , they bad been pleasad in their eulogistic toast to compliment his energy , his

      talent , and his honesty . , Of the talent which he might or might not possess , It became not him to speak , at least not further than to intimate his hope that the far higher quality with which it was associated in the toast , would always insure the direction of his talent , whether much or little , to the achievement of right purposes by right means , and the establishment of right principles for the promotion cf the common weal—( cheers ) . Talent , ivhen used otherwise , was not merely valueless but mischeivous , and so much tbe more so the more brilliant and commanding it , might be . However undeserved might be the favourable mention of his talent—he felt emboldened to appropriate the credit they were pleased ., to give him for a much nobler qu lity , end that was honfesty . —( loud cheers . ) It was

      the consciousness of this that gave him confidence to meet them , and n » t them / only but the world . " Strong armed in honesty , " he feaved the face of no uian—( cheers . ) Taere were now present with him those who had known him many years ; many years before the Star was heard of or thought of ; and he trusted they had always found him the same man—the same straightforward and consistaat advocate of right ; honest and eatnest , however feeble in his efforts- — ( hear and cheers , ) . If he had any merit , or if he had any influence , it was the merit and the iiifiaenca of consistency : during his whole public life he had never yet found himself required to recall a word that he had uttered , or to retracts line that he had written—( hear , hear ) . He had never found it necessary to qualify or explain

      away his own meaning , or to shrink , skulk , or fly from any single consequence of his own actions . He was bold enough then to tell them that if he merited th « ir good opinion , it was because he bad dealt honestly with them , while he trusted that his " energy" was such as at all times to make him reckless of opposition and fearless of defeat in a good cause—^ heur ) He felt that he might justly take credit for energy as well as honesty . Indeed they were inseparable . He who was honest was always energetic : and from tbe combination of these two qualities , rather than from any talent above that of other and ordinary men , resulted whatever of beneficial service he might have been able to render in their common cause . Honesty and energy had given him boldness to fight their

      battles without fear or favour . He bad alike defied the iron hand of power , the venomous and slimy coilings of intrigue , and the strong prejudices of tbe people themselves . He had not hesitated to tell them of their failings , while he denounced the villanies of their oppressors . He had as strongly reprobated villany and dereliction of principle when exhibited in our own camp , as in that of the enemy . He ever would do so , for he considered it evem less pardonable here thmi there . , Hear , and cheers . ) And as the best proof that he could give them of that fearlessness which characterises the honest and energetic assertion of right principles , he demanded from them , as an act of justice , not less to him than to themselves and their causa , that in according to him their confidence , they should , do so

      on the scote of principle alone , withdrawing it the moment they found him to swerve , without the least regard to personal esteem , or past sarvices . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Upon no other terms would he esteem their good opinion worth the having . He laughed at tbe idea , and trampled under foot the doctrine , that past services should screen present delinquencies in any man , and while he never would admit its application to others , he begged that it might never be applied to him . Taking their present kindness as an earnest ef their satisfaction , hitharto , with bfs poor efforts , he would regard this splendid token ef their good feeling and good will , as an obligation m him ,

      in his course hereafter , to task to their full stretch of power tbe qualities en which they had been pleased to compliment him . To see- that the talent they had spoken of , whether it be much or little , should not grow rusty for lack of using ; while he trusted that his energy end honesty would lose nothing of their lustre by continual exercise . Iu conclusion , he waited anxiously the coming of the time when energy and talent might be less needed , becanse honesty should have been adopted as the basis and ruling principle of all our great social and political arrangements—as the foundation upon which might be erected a splendid edifice of justice for every Englishman to dwell in .

      Mr . Hill then sat down , and the cheering from all paits of the house was loud aud long-continued . As soon as it subsided Mr . Garner , an excellent Chartist resident in Hull , sung in a style which delighted the whole

      audience"THE PRESS , "Tume—' Brave old Oak . ' "A Boag toe the press—the mighty press , Who hath battled for freedom long : Here ' s gl ory and fame to bis magic name , That scattareth the powers of wrong . There ' s fear in his frown , when the monarch ' s crown Is reared o ' er the people and laws ; And be « howeth his might , in the grandeur of right , And aideth the nation ' s causa

      " Then here's to the Press—the mighty press—Who stands in his power alone ; And long flourish be , the pride of the free . When a thousand years are gone . " In days of old , when Priestcraft bold With tyranny held the sway , Men crouched at their feet ; on their bloodstained seat , Like creatures of coarser clay . Now , where are they , and the minds that lay In ignorance or in chains ? They are gone , they ( ore fiod , and the fpresff , in their stead , With freedom aad justice reigns . •• Then herb ' s to the Press , < fec

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      " Hurrah ! for the time when every clime , The press shall illumine and cheer ; . When , freed from thrall , peace over alii Her radiant bow shall rear ; Hia righteous away shall tho world obey—For tbe champion of truth is he ; j And his power shall extend , till the uttermost end Of the earth shall his empire be . ' " Then here ' s io the Press , &c " The song was rapturously and deservedly encored . The next teast was the " Tha People ' s Charter" ; after which tbe ' Song of Liberty " was tastefully sung by Mr . Moody , and encored .

      Mr . CON Murray , from Glasgow , in rising to respond to this sentiment wa 3 received with loud cheers . He began by assuring tbe audience that he was no speech maker ; and if there was less of wbaihe wonld term oratoricil humbug , and more of determined and straightforward action , on the part of those who came oa the public platform to advocate tho caussjof suffering humanity , it wonld tend better to consolidate the energies of the people on the great question of the Charter Suffrage—( hear , hear ) . Tbe right of every man to a voice in the making of laws affecting h'is life and property , was not now disputed by any man or any party . Tbo day had long since f ? one by when the iron-handed Tory and drivelJing'Whig could , as in ] former times , hold up their faces , and impudently assert that we , the

      swinish multitude , had nothing to Ao ! \ with the laws but simply to obey them ; and failing in this obedience , er daring to raise our voice against their cruel and restrictive lawe , we wes ; e brought up before snch men as Lord Abingcr . l and by their cruel mandates , buried in damp dungeons for yearo , transported beyond the seas for tbe ^ vhole period of our natural lives , or end our days by the ignominious death of the scaffsld / Men of Huli ! the robber factions do not now dispute our right to legislate , bnt they say it is not ye % expedient to entrust us with the franchise ; they say we wish to destroy property—jwe are the advocates of physical force—that we are infidels , -and wish to subvert all social order by tbe total annihilation of Christianity—( hear , bear ) . These are a few of the

      grave and heavy charsres from which the poor Chartists are called upon to defend themselves . He would then , in speaking to this sentiment , eor . fine himself to a refutation of these vile calumnies and unfounded assertions . How have our despotic rulers- arrived at the conclusion that we would destroy property ? It is we , the people , who produce all ; the varf . pires who live on the vitals of Vhis nation do not produce anything . If property should be destroyed—if tM reign of terror , of anarchy , and confusion should combience in England , nene will have more reason to lament the fatal results than ihe working Hiep . Ha would nur-ate a circumstance which occurred in G'eenocK , illustrative of tfae vicious tendency ! of the poor patriotic but despised Chartists , They ^ culd no doubt

      be aware that in that town tha people have been tn a most wretched and deplorable situation : in const quence of the late depression of trade—when parish relief was refused them , and all'other means had failed in keeping body and soul together , three hundred prtizans i » Bt in tbe Harvey Lane Hall ; they chose ai chairman and secretary—formed in procession to beg a morsel of bread from those that-they had , by their labour , raised to the middle class ranks—in the evening they met in the same place , and all deposited their gatherings on one common table—thase who got shillings being content to share with others who were leesjfortunate—one poor fellow had met a good Samaritan who pave him half of a pig's bead , and although his family were starving , he brought it and laid it down for common

      use , content with getting an equal portion of what bad been collected . Who will dare to say that after such a spirit of disinterestedness , and under such trying circumstances , the patient , and enduring people of England wish to create a epirvt of anarcny in their native land—the lovcid home of their rej-pected and venerable forefathers!—( hear . ) Oh , but our vpould-b 9 liberals hold us up as torch and dagger-mon ; they tell us we wish to < -ffdCt our purpose by a bloody revolution . There is po conceivable crime , however enormous , that is not ieft at tl . u door of Feargus 0 Connor and the Chaytists ; but he would ask when did we take away ithe life of a fellow creature ? , When have we shed bJood to justify our opponents in holding us up as ;¦ such heinous

      monsters ? We have never raised our arm , unless in seif-def nee , from the brutal attacks of an ignorant , savage , and mercenary band of legalised i butchers , employed and paid by the heartless landed aristocracy , and the more refined torturers , the millocrats and wages masters —( lorn ! cheers ) . Indeed / if the Chartists can be criminally charged , he bilieved ifc is in their not usiDg the powers which nature had given them to repel tne indignities and insuits ( to which they havo been subjected by the ruling few . j He knew for certain , if they used force to prevent him from giving expression to what he believed to be Ithe truth—if they raised a weapon to strifee him j down when , in his right as a British snbject , he bad met his fellows to petition or remonstrate against

      what we couid prove to be grievance of the greatest magnitude , he should consider himself justified and no way transgressing the law of nature in ( meeting f * rce by force —( continued cheering ) . We ar § infidels and wonld destroy the Christian religion . So says the Protestant Archbishop of Canteibury ; so ( says Catholic Daniel O'Connell ; bo . tnys the Catholic Duhe of Norfolk , and that Priu < w of Butchers tho iron god of Waterloo . But , fellow workmen , is it not a jfac * notorious throughout the world that these very men are the only practical infidels in th s country ; witness their antichristian conduct in supporting a bloated and <; ominaut Ctiusch , ^ hich swallows up £ ll , 00 e , 000 of the people ' s earnings ; witness the savage barbarity of the Itizy , gambling , and debauched few who' consume the

      miserable fare of potatoes acd salt , tbe food of my poor countrymen , while 2 , 300 , 000 of these people are iu actual starvation ; ¦ witness their bloody deeds in cutting tbe throate of tne simple and unoffending inhabitants of China , because forsooth they would not eat poison to enrich a few India merchants ; or their equally base and inhuman trutitmunt of the brave Affghans , whose only crime consisted in defending their father-land from being trodden under the wheels of Britain ' s blood-stained car —( luuil an ^ long protracted cheering ) . Witness their damnable and atrocious doinps , and then ask youravlvi-8 the question who , are the infidels—the people or their oppressors . This clap-trap of infidel Chartists has been got up by designing knaves to keep the work ins ; men of England and Ireland disunited , well-knowing that by a solid union of sentiment and unity of action , humbug would be destroyed , and the trade of Ireland ' s political traffickers would cease to

      draw their £ 14 000 or £ 16 , 000 a year out ! of wretchedness , misery , an > i rngs— 'igreat applause , and " true — t * ua '"| . Whether , he would ask , are those who support a system that gives , £ 115 a day to jone woman , between £ 30 , 000 and £ 40 , 000 per antura to her huaband . and £ ( j . 000 to their son , while at the same time tboy will only grant the miserably pittance of 4 . 1 . or 5 d a day to the poor toil-worn Irish labourer ; or 4 s . Cd . aweek to the industrious hand-loom weaver ; whether are these men , or those who w > uld raise their voice against such an abominable itite of things most deserving of being branded with tho j epithet of infidel ? Practical Christianity means the care anil dt fence of the poor , the widow , and the orphan ; tho Christianity of the British rul « rs , both Protestants and Catholics , is neither more nor less : than that of devouring the poor , the weak , and tbe helpless . He would for one moment call their attention to the

      rejoicings on tho birth of the P / ince of Wales ; every pulpit and every altar resounded with praise . ind thanks ^ giving to tbe God of heaven for his gooii' jss iu having blessed us with another royal pauper . —) Tremendous cheering ) . They blessed Gad and prayed for the continuance of a system that gave to thio infant such an enormous sum of money , asd at tho fame time sabred and bayoneted the working men of Yorkshire and Lancashire , dyed the streets of Ennis and Slubereen with the blood of a starving people , who ^ e oniy crime was that of asking bread from tho ? B who had robbed them of the fruits of their industry by class-made laws . —( Loud cheers . ) Is-this not infidelity 1 he would disgrace the term infidel by applying it to such monsters—^ he would call them blasphemers and perverters

      of God ' s holy word , and he would l <; ave it to his fellowworking men , if even this was not too mild a cognomen . —( Cries of It is , it is . ) Mr . Murray then passed in review the conduct of the various parties who have governed this country under the names of Tory , Whig , and sham-Baiical , and classed them all under one common head , the avowed enemies of the tights of labour , interspersing his remarks with highly humourous and pointed anecdotes , which drew forth the loud applause and laughter of the assembly . He then went on to treat of the disunion that existed in the ranks of Chartism , its ciuse , and consequences , aad dealt pretty hardly with the political pedlats , who after having been wormed into political ' existence by the people—after having been clothed , fed ] and paid by

      the whole bog men until they had drained them of the last farthing , went over to the "Sacking Pigs" to play the same- game . He warned the people to throw them off the moment they exhibited the least inclination to relax that stern policy which had placed the Chartists above all political parties in this country . He held that these men were the greatest enemies ! with which they bad to contend ; the Whig and Toryj dungeons of England could not , even aided by tbe convict ships , do so much injury to eur movement as those little limping animals that professed such skill in drawing the badger at the late Conference . ( Hear , and laughter . ) Much had been said about the dictatorship ! assumed by Feargus O'Connor and the denunciations of the Northem Star ; with regard to O'Coanor he I would say ,

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      y ^ -f' ^ H ^ ^ 7 « -T >^ -T ~ - " and boldly chaHcc&a keu-iioa oa be subject , that no man nov living had dine more for the cause of suffering humanity and tho spreading of pure and unsuiiied democracy— ( t ; reat applause ) . And theu there is the Northern Star ; O ! plague upon that Star ! why has it dared to denounce the foreign policy lecturers ? { for this was the foundation of all the blckeuugs . ) It has been a busy meddling thing not to suffer poor shoemakers , tailors , and schoolmasters to earn an honest shilling in the employ of Tory Urquhart ; but he ( Ms . Murray ) would say go on , brave Star , in the work yon have so nobly begun ; apply the rod of correction when you consider it necessary to flog political traffickers , no matt 6 r what may be their professions , or by what names they are known . Were it not for the dread of public censure many of tha Chartist leaders would ect as basely and treacherously by the peop e of England as the OConuells , the Shiels , and the Daunts have done , and are still doing to the poor ircfoitun > te and deluded men of Ireland —( hear , hear , and " quite true . ";—The right to canvass and freely discuss the merits and demerits of public men is the only remnant of freedom now left to the toil-worn sons of England , and the man or party that would dare to ¦ withhold or deny u 3

      this privilege Are fit companions for Sir James Graham and Lord Abinger—( hear , hear ) . He was glad to find , howbver , that his brother democrats throughout the country were determined not to give it up b « t with their livi-s- In Glasgow , his adopted city , uiey carried it out to the very letter , and they barf found ifc to have a beneficial * ff < jct in keeping the wolves from devouring ihe sheep . They had there a few working men banded together under the title of the Chartist Club . i * ho , by the exercise of this rig ht , hati become & tertor to wil doeis . When the Stursites had rejected tbe friendly overtures of the trades' delegate , and put outth « ir bills calling a public meeting , to elect their inteUec ' tvds for-the Conference , our tnfaDt club raised the alarm of breakers a-head , their brother molaskins

      took tho hint , and the recorded votes of tho men of Glasgow on William Lovett ' s amendment will prove the rest—I r ( ivo club . ) He feared he was trespassing too long on their time ^—( no , no )—but as this was tae fif' . h anniversary of that bright luminary that was guiding the men and women of England to universal freedom , and : ut such a large assembly of the fair daughters and working men of Hull had there met to do honour to their worthy townsman , i ts bold , talented , fearless , and uncompromising Editor , he could not sit down without tendering him his best tbanks ; tbh he would do first on his own account ; secondly , in ths name of tho democrats of the Vola o € l , « v « n n > i , 1 r . amrjsiA whose pnre patriotism he had the high honour of representing in Birmingham ; and lastly , in the name of his bleeding country , whose poor . emaciated sons

      founil a warm and disinterested advocate in t ' ae person of the Rov . William Hi!!—( tremendous cheering , whicb lasted for several minutes . ) In conclusion , he would say once for all , no on , Bill ; finish the work so nobl begun by the Exile of Erin in the Northern Star of out once united Irishmen ; spread the b * aven-born principles for which our gallant Emmett offered up his life , for which his manly and athletic body was mutilated by the tyrannic hand of monarchical njisruU > . Go on , O Connor will lead the van ; the British millions , assisted by O Higgim and bi . i Dublin battalion , will assist you peacefully and legally to clear out that rotten building in Si . Stephens , and erect in its stead a temple sacred to liberty ; wherein we shall deposit the Peopla ' 8 Otorter , a : > out , bristles , and all . Mr . Murray sat down aniuist thunders of applause and the lona-sor . tinued cheers of a highly-delighted and well-plo-ised

      audience . The next toast was The immortal memory of the patriot victims to class power . " D / ank in siU aee , and followed by the gleo " Peace to the souls of thu heroes . " ¦ The uext and last toast of the evening n < is , " The Chartiat sufferers under Government persecuti > n . " This was ably responded to by Mr . John Arran , from . Bradford . Mr . AliRAN waa received with cheers . He felt himself pUoe ' l ia -a very queer fix ; he was last at the feast ; one " big cbap" had nibbled a bit , and another had nibbled , and another , until there was " iiuui" ieft for him but a bare bone to " pike . " Mr . A . , then went en to say— ?• There are three things which are the boast of England—freedom , civilisation , and Christianity .

      Freedom—Engi ; md « freedom is bitter slavery . Cast your eyes o ' er the fair face of creation ; look yon through the habitations of men , and iu the cottage of the pour , you will find misery , degradation , and slavery . 1 ^ . now that British fools have often sung" Britons never shall be slaves , " and fools they must be to sing that song . Now , wherein dots . slavery consist ? It consists in involuntary servitude—not ; in the mere circumstance that a human being may be bought and sold in the market ; that he is mada the value received for his fellow- creator&'a gold and silver ; that he is considered as much a man ' s bona fide property as are his goods and chattels , his houses , his lands , his horses , his cows , his swine of his dogs— no ; servitude which a man cannot avoid cont

      atitutes him a slave . " The weight of chains , " saya Algernon Sydney , " number of stripes , hardness of labour , and other effects of a master ' s cruelty may make oue eerviiude more miserable than another , but ho i » a slave who serves the best and the gentl-st maa in the world ; and he does serve him , if he roust serve him , if he must obey his commands , and depend upon hia will . " When I consider the degraded and enslaved condition of tbe iuttUona subject to an insigniflcaritminority of luxuri-. ua , profligate , and bloated aristocrats , and money-grubbing speculators in the profits of industry , I feel indignant at the fact , and conld like to see the people rise in the majesty of their might and overthrow

      their unprincipled aud cruel oppressors once and for ever . S . iall it be endured that they who produce all shall eternally pine in want and misery ? Shall the industrious sans of labour continue the overburdened serfs of the ignoble and base born children of idleuess ? Rather I wouid that nature should become one universal desert ; rather I would tbat the fig-tree should not blsusom , and tbat there should be no herd in the stall ; rather I would that the grass should wither , snd the flower fnde , and that the smiling corn should Ottttsu to wave its fruitful ear ; rather I would that man should rise up and meet his fellow mau in mortal strife , until the last human pair become the executioners of eaeh other .

      A sec ; nd boast of England is her civil ' zUion — And what is civilization ? True civilfzitfon is the refinement of nature ' s sympathies and nature ' s principles—not the reversion of nature as now , but the progression of nature for the advancement of human happiness . Ifc observes an abiding conformity to nature ' s laws . Nature is sacred and « ught not to ba interfered with , exceps for the purpose of improvement , so as to better make it meet the wants of the mass of animated beings . Nature is impartial ; civilization should be equally impartial ; its principal duty is to make nature ' s pruUuce more abundant , and to distribute with an equal hand , that the comfort of all may be equally promoled . Such ia true civilization ; any thing else is a cheat—a delusion ; and worse , an injury to society .

      L 3 O& at faces ; England ' s civilization consists in the undue elevation of the few , and the depression—the prostration of the multitudes of the common people ; in the reducuon of wages ; the extension of working bourd ; the employment of women and children in place of men ; the starvation of the Union Bautile , and the imprisonment or the banishment of the virtucus and the brave—t . ' ie best of mankind . The truth is that England ' s civiHz-iUon is but a refined system of canibah&m—not man-eating literally , but man-killing most undoubtedly . The factory system , with its widening jaws , eats up its thousands of helpless , defenceless children ; the system of poor laws consume by degrees

      the vitals of vast numbers of unwilling idlers ; the rent-roli , excessive end burdensome , breaks into , and brtaks up , tbe home stead of the poor , happj' or miseriible alike , an-i drives adrift into the wortd ' a width , houseless and unfriended , men , women and children , many of whom perish by the pinching band of hunger , or the starving cold of freizing wint r ; a profligate ar . d vicious class of nobles and upstarts make a prey of neglected , unproteeted virgins , myriads of whom , after a . short-lived course of false and infamous oleasure , die the victim ^ of murderous iuit , eaten up by unnatural aieease .

      A third boast of England is her Christianity . England ' s Christianity , ia , alas ! for tbe most part , nothing but . hypocrisy and priestcraft . Our cities are crowded with churches and chapels—our merchants and aiantitaciurers and money-hunters of all sorts and shapes tiPd siass , isre fi u id regularly , pi' -us ! y , like their prototypes—the pbariseea oi olden times , thronging these modern , stately s > nago ues . But on this head I need not enlarge , as it has been already well handled by my fiiecil Air . Murray . We seek to remedy thia state of things ; for this we

      meet , for thia we agitate : we bring you not togbthtr or the mere purpose of speech-making ; not to spend aa tiour in pleasm able amusement only , but to prepare the public wind for a great and mighty change ; to lead on the people in the course of political progression . Our abjece is the perfection of public opinion , convinced tbat without this , no substantial or last-Leg change can ba effected . We wish to conrince men of the necessity of the Charter , as a msans to an end ; we would show you how to got tha Charter , ind that when you have got it , it will remain for you to use the power it . will give , you to work those social tbforms and social improvements , without which yoa will never be either individually happyor ha in

      , ppy the bosoms of your beloved families . Such is onr sourse , so righteous ; such is our object , so fail of the milk of human kindness ; and yet strange , passing strange , there are men found who themselves profess to be lovers of mankind , and who rest mot day no * night to thwart our benevolent designs . Every obstacle is thrown ioto our path—every hindrance ia upreared before us—every time-serving teol of the thing called Government is set in battle array against ns—every Inch of our progress Is disputed ; we are continually in hot water , and our Jives one continued scene of activa controversy . Hundrods of good and trne have been cast Into prison or banished from the shores of the land of their birth .

      It is well-timed , tfeertf jre , that in the midst « f our rejoicings , this day , we are reminded of a most solemn duty—to " remember them that are in bonds as bound with them . " It wonld ill-become this assembly of professing patriots to sit down to eat and to drink and to rise up and make merry without one thought cast towards tho ( Continued in our fifth paae . j

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 14, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1195/page/1/