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      WILD BEASTS v . RATIONAL BEINGS . It ii "with feelings of deep regret and the meat abject humiliation thai we we forced to confess that , in this enlict tened and civilizid age , we find that in England , a nation which boasts of being tfco envy and example of Uie trorid , there is a hundred fold greater anxiety felt lor , and care taken of the health and well-being of dumb brutes than of the rational creation . While everythfcs that art and Bdenee can devise ia brought Into operation to improve the blood , strengthen the muscle , enlarge the -bone , and prolong the lives , not only of the domestic cattle , bnt also of the wild animals of the woods and forests—men and cornea , formed in the likeness of their Maker , are neglected , despised , and left to perish from hunger and cold in their

      Wretched , dark , dsmp cellars and- garrets . The proceedings of the " Smithfield Cattle Clnb , " which are annually detailed at tbeit Christmas exhibitians , pain fully prove that the tender and anxions care of cattle Me of the first and vital importance amongst our nobility acd gentry , -while the emaciated skeleton frames of tbeir own flesh and blood are mora iiie the cold tenants of the grave than beings -within whcBe breastbeats a warm heart , or exisU a mortal soul . Bat the Zoological Society out-hereds H-rod in proving the great rfcard that is hsd for the comfort acd health of brctt-s as compared with men . On last Monday , this society held their annual meeting at the Boval I ^ stiiotk'S , AlVeaarie-strtet , the Bight Hon . Frankland Lewis , Pxkjt Liw Commissioner in the Chair . The

      netting , as usual , -was attended by the" fashionables of Uje "West Eod . The Secretary read the report of the CunD , which is composed of . Lords , Tifecontts , Earls , Clergymen , X aval and Military Conxmandtrs , ic- The report stated that the receipts for the year amounted to £ 13 > 22 S 5 s 7 d ., and the expenditure to £ 12 , 853 loi 9 d . Tnfier the latter head were the following items : —Cast of antmsls , £ 305 12 s . SI ; Provisions for ditto , £ l . 7 S 9 3 s . 9 d . ; Buildines for ditto , £ 2 , 470 ; Menagerie expenses £ 452 4 s . Ill Then followed £ l 700 for the teepers , with a variety of other lavish outlays , in order to render the condition of the lions , tigers , bears , apes , kangaroos , oarang-ont&Bgs , monkeys , 4 c , kappy and comfortable . The report in continuation said , that the COTinilttee turned their attention to the

      necessity of providing mere airy and convenient lodgings for the carnivora dens , and with that Tiew they erected open instead of dosed dens , which tiiey effected by caiitinning the terrace walk on arches , with ranges of cc £ e 3 underneath for the sccosaaioda'jon . of the aiihcals . The bniltlipg extended lbQ feet from the btai 3 p it , on a lin g ¦ srith ihe terrace , the walk of . whicb was o ^ ntlnu—J over its roct , -with nn orcsnisBted balaFtrade . n t 3 ch sit !? , aud a desert by a Sight of sioce SlepE at tbe foxttsr £ x-lrts ; i " j . TTaaji . ^ sth ifcis ttj-K . ce tbc « was a range of s ' x rages , each iiTcsty-fw-nr ft * t l'ing and cspsble ol division Into compariES-nts ef t ^ ciTe cr a : x feet each , ^ th a slr ^ ping den of six feet - ' qasre f-.-r each twtlve i « r = t nu ; e , properly Tentiiated , iar , at the suns time , carcfcliy cs-. trivtd t-j exclude cold icd xsiiia tbe ssium ] fc ^ jx 1 m r&nalt w > s that

      lbs -iiimals , in coaa-Q'atiiCs of the six beu-. g pure , snd tfeeii hivirs a greater sp _ ce for rx . rciss , vsere fcei ! thler , plumpti , r ^ s-i sirtktr * snd the generative paw ^ is of the feiaaks were ranch Improved . J > uring the year tha council bad to lamenl but Iwo deaths , a fzvcwiie ftmuHe , kanparoo , and a ytxir . g non . Compare the above wi-Ji tiie reports of the condition of the woriinz classes , of the agricultural labourers , whom the D < ike of Richmond designated " Ths HJiinstsy of their country , frcm their bravery and devstedness to thtir officers in war , and their fidelity to their employers in ptsce . " ' A few extracts from the official reports upon tbe condition of tbe people will enable oar readers to see how much more YBlnable is the eyes of our aristocracy are savage brutes

      than the men wbo fight the batties of their conntry . In Nottingham , having a population of 59 , 000 , thtre are 11 , 000 houses , of which fiom 7 , 000 to S . aOO are taTti back te back , having no means cf thorough ventilaiicii , aud giDerally without other thau a common cos-TecitBce to several dwellings . Many raws of houses Were lately inspected , and foaud placed upon drains which vae shaHwW , and covered simply with the boards of the sittiBg-rcoms . In Liverpool there is 3 popniaiionof 230 , 00 e , full one-fifih of whom inhabit dark , damp , confined , Bl-vectilated dirly cellsrs . Besides those 7 . S 62 ctllars , which are occupied by the working classes , there are 2 , 270 court 5 , in which several families reside . In ^ Ia ~ chsEtt-r , out of a , pepnlatian of 200 , 000 , twelve per cent , of the workinr classes live in cellars .

      In Bury there were found in 773 hoaFEs three and four sleeping in one bed ; in 207 houses , four and five ; and in seventy-eight bouses , five and ex were sleeping together . In Bristol f criy-six per cent , of 2 , S 00 iamiiies hsve J > ut one room . In tiiis city , Ntwcaatle-upou-Tyne , and Lesda , the firmer having a population of 61 600 and the latter 80 . , the dwellings of the industrious poor are close , dirty , and Tnfeferable , without tie semWance cf ordtr or comfcri , and all living in an atmosphere laden with disfease End death , iir Csmmiss ! OD € i Sjmonds , spetking of Qlas ^ ow , says—** I have seen deititudon in some of its worst phases- both in England 2 nd abroad , but 1 can assuredly « 3 y I did not believe , until I visited tbe Wynci at Glasgow , that so large amcnit of cr . me , misery , and disease exkted in any civii . ird country . In the lower lodgings ten , twelve , and sometimes twenty persons of

      both sexes and all ages , sletp pTemiEcuously on the floor in d-rfiVrent degrees cf nakedness . These places are generally , as regards dirt , damp , and decay , such as no person " of humanity wculd stable his horse in . " The state and condition of the Irish poor my be judged of " bj the fact that there are in Ireland 2 . , 000 entirely . destitute , and in a stata bordering upon nndiry . B--tarning to the metropolis of England , we fird the working trasses also labonriisg under similar inSictio ' ns of , wretched , crowded hovels , poverty , and diseases . Dr . * Soutkwuod Smith , ia an admirable report Tflach sp- - peared in tfce Weekly Dispatch a Ibw men&s since , gave ) a frightful detsription of the dwellings , and & general ' state of the poor in Whitechapel , Bsthnal Green , South- } Vark , Lambeth , and Westminstei , where , in conss-i quence of their pent-np dwellings . and their wretched 1 food , which often consiets cf potato peelings , raw tur- j alps , and decayed vegetable ? , fever rages in a moat ] fatal and frightful manner . Another Eedical writer says thit in Bsthnai Green aad Whitechapel Uoions alone "there occurred in one year do less than 4 . 647 / sver cases , snd that in £ lgar square , Eistx-street , and the TShole line of stieeis , lanee , and alleys of Whitechspel , fcver has raged uiaiiterrnpted for years . Tbe records of destitution wMcb covtr tbe pages of the 2 /) ndon Press , prove the fata ) results « f this state of thingB in the icetropolis , and that 27 pet cent of all tbe deaths aru * from fever and poverty . Who caa read these Teports and compare them with the report of the " Council cf the Zsolo ^ ieal Society without flooding his chetks wiib tears of sorrow and ibanie ? The QtneB , and , foliL-wjng her Royal example , the neble and elite , both m -le and female of tbe l _ nd , are the fcupporters of the Zaolorical Society , snd as Buch contribute towards the

      comfort * aad tbe Bvpport of the quadruped and biped animals belonging to the Society . "We ask her MsjcSty and her imitators bow can they allow heaps cf monty to be expended in procuring healthy , lofty , spaeioas , frell veEtOated alwping and day apartments fcr these dumb brntesjand allow rational beings " blood-Gf their blood—bone of their bone , " to be huddled together in a state of nature , ten and twenty together in oue room , . and fire or six in ons bed , without distinction ef age or sat ? What' expend £ l 789 Ss . 9 d . upon provisions loi dumb animals , while their own fl .= sh and biocd are < Jsys without the commenesS necessaries of life , and at last die iroin exhaustion ; and while ev = n those who are said to be taken eare of in Unions , are so maddened by bad diet and cruel treatment , that they coiuteziCy Binrder themselves and thtir children , in tbe hopes of obtaining that mercy at the judgmtnt-Beat cf God wfcicb 1 b denied them here on earth ?

      < k > EBdence has a thousand several tongues ! And every tongue brings in a several tale . i If so , what must be the filings and the a ^ ful death- ' b * d forebodings of thoss who waste upen useless dumb brutes the means which God destined for the use and : jnaintiroBce of his rational creatures , and frosi the , want of which , hundreds of bis own likntss and image daily perish ? Conscience , " which makes cowards of na all , " will best answer the question . — Weekly B'Spalcb . ' \

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      DUBLIN . —The Irish ChartUts held their usual weekly meeting in the Chartist Hall , No . 14 , North Anna-street , on Snnday last , at one o ' clock . Long before the chair waa taken , every spot in the Ball was occupied- Cariosity bed b « en very much excited during the week , owing to three causes . 1 st—The Cbartisti were anxious to Bee Sir G'Higgins to greet him on hit arrival from England , and bear how tbe cause of real liberty is progressing in the sister i * le- 2 ndly—Public attention was directed in an unusual degree to the movements of the Chsrtista in consequence of the Freeman's Journal having published on article in that paper on Friday , headed " Great Chartist meeting at Stephenson ' s-Equare , Manchester , to petition Parliameni aaainst Lord EHot ' s Irish Disfrancbisament Bill *'

      " At this meeting where upwards of twenty thousand English men attended , a petitition against Lord Eliofi Irish Disfranchisement Bill was unanimously adopted . It was also moved and carried without a dissentient voice : * That in the opinion of this meeting the Irish Protestant Church Establishment should be abrogated , rendered frustrate , and of Done effect . That it is sot only Anti-Christian but Iniquitous , to compel a people to support tbe ministers of a religion whose doctrines they repudiate . That surpliced ruffianism consists in ths clergy forcing people to pay money at the point of the bayonet * This looks welL—Ed . " 3 rd : y—Placards had been posttd all over the city stating that a discussion would take place upon the following question—" Are tbe means employed by Mr .

      O'Connell to B ? peal the Union adequate to the end J " " Admission free to the public . " This placard would , of itself , have been sufficient to have attracted a large crowd . The placard was published in consequence of two gentlemen , Messrs Murpfey and K . ally , having called upon Mr . O'Higgins , to say that if allowed to speak at the meeting , they would enter into an amicable discussion with any two members of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , they , Messrs Murphy and Kelly , undertaking to prove the affirmative . Messrs O'Higginsand Dyott undertook to prove that the means employed by Mr . O'Connell to tffect the Bepeal of the Union are not adequate to the end . At half-past one o ' clock , that venerable and m flinching patrio * Mr . Patrick Rafter was called to tbe chair .

      The chairman stated the object of the meeting . He said that every one should have a fair and impartial hearing , but that the rules of debate should be strictly observed . From the respectable appearance of the strangers whom he saw mound him be anticipated but little fcronblo in preserving order . In his opinion the - gentlemen who proposed the question for discussion , though not members of the Association , sheuld open the debate , and consequently that side o ? to usa a more legal phrase , " the other sido" should Dt > t bavts a right to reply—( bear , bear and laughter . ) Tiia Secretary read the minutes of the last day's meeting , asd also read tbe rules aEd objects of the Association . Tiae question for discussion having been read , Mr . Djott called u » on Mr . Edward Murphy or Mr .

      William Kelly to open the debate . Neither of those § entlfcH 5 * -n having answered to theii names , Mt . O ' HAggins was loudly callvd upon to proceed , and that he shoniJ have the right to reply . Mr . O'Higgins rose and said that he should much rather have heard one of the peptkwen " on the ether side ; " but beta . -o he entered upon the debate he should propose some Englishmen , an-3 Irishmen resident in England for admission . He had received letters from these parties which he should read , but before doing so they should be admitted membtrs lest the Association should violate or even trespass upon the act against Corresponding Societies—< hear , hearj . It was then moved that the f olio-whig gbntlcmm be admitted members : Mr . Simnel Patke 3 . Lona Buckley ; William Sumntr . Bobt . Martin ,

      K chard Owen , and Joseph Budd , Tidsleybonks ; P . itnck Bradley , Wigau ; William Brook , Leeds ; G ^ uTge Wslker , Rochdale ; John Sullivan , Bolton ; Will-am Baxter , Tower Hamlets ; Th * mas Bouse , SJiaburj-street , London ; Thomas Webb , Stockport ; John Nswhouse , Birmingham . The motion having been seconded by Mr . Wm . Woodward , the chairman was about to put the question , when he was interrupted by a gentleman , who said thai he would not permit some of the names just rtad to be foi&ted on tbe Irish people as concurriujr in the principles of Chartism . Who and what wai Patrick BiaJley ? Had be » bouse ? Ha knew Wigan well , and he did not know Patrick Bradley . There were other names . —Mr . O'Hiegins said that the gentleman was going a little too

      far . Ttis was the first time he bad uvtr heard a man , not a member , say that he would not permit members " names to be enrolled upon the books of an association with which he bad nothing to do . He might as well ssy that he would not permit tfce members to meet in that bouse—( hear , hear ) . It was right that the Association should know this gentleman ' s name and addraa— " My name is Hugh Murphy , of Dungannon "—( Lew , heari . Bnt I am not tbe Mr . Murphy that challenged this discussion . However , I ub-ill take his " side" of the question , and answer for him—( hear , bear , bear ) . —The motion was thes put and carried . Mr O'Bicg ' ins said that in obedience to the nnanimcus call of the meeting he should proceed to show -wty be b- Id the opinion that the means employed iy Mr . C Connfell , foT iff = cting a r * i > bal of tbe act of UnioD ¦ wt re not ax » £ ^ iat « to tbe end . He proceeded at great ifBsib , and in a very lucid argument to prove that the U : on could not be repealed by the mers demonstration

      cr physical power ; that the sovereign bad not the power to repeal the Union as stated by Mr . O'Connell in the debate with Mr .. Bntt ; ihat the repeai of statnte , irsB not as Mr . O'Connfcll stated , one of the prerogatives of the crown ; that aoy statute can be repealed only by the fiice power that made ; that to repeal a statute the assent of three estates , King , L- > rds , and CymmonB was perfectly necessary , and that AWerman Butt was right point of law when be said that if tbe sovereign called an Irish Parliament in KJollege Green , it would be a rebellion in the name of the Queen . [ Here some hotbeaded O'Connelites said it wts false , and ran out of the meeting ] - When a man seeks to attain any great object he naturally avails himself of every circumstance calculated to promote the object of his wishes . Mr . O'Connell has not done so : on the contrary , he rtjrcted the aid of 3 , 500 , 000 British Chartists , stout , beany , warm-hearted honest feliows ; while be courted the aid of a sickly , miserable , cowardly , trucculent gang of

      ! i j ¦ j ; bigots , the Orange-men of Ireland , men without a partical of political power . In 1832 , at the general elec-, tions the candidates were pledged to the Repeal quesi tion . In 1835 , at the general election the pledge was I eoftenel down t « what was then called " practicable j " i which was te vote for a Repealer where he could be j got to stand as a candidate ; and where none could be , got , to vote for the next best That was a damper | with a vengeance . In 1837 , at tbe general elections , j the Bepeal was totally abandoned , and Mr . O Cjnnell : addressed the electors of Dublin as the Government candidate . { No , na ; yts , yes . ) Not ouly as the , Government candidate , but put out a placard , and wrote a pnblic letter , both signed *• Daniel O'Connell , " ' stating that the man who would demand any other i pledge from tbe candidates than that of supporting the ! Melbourne administration was an enemy to hiB country . Were tkese means caleulated to attain the end ? Was

      ' Repeal promoted by fomenting discoid between the , Irish Brpcalera snd tte English Chartists ? Was the : Repeal promoted by offering the Whig Government 500 . COO Irishmen to aid in crushing the Chartists , all ; of -whom are Repealers , while the Wbigs are notoriously tbe enemies of B-= peal Has Bepeal been promoted by j giving £ 108 Repeal rent to tbe Anti-Corn lav League ? i Was the Repeal promoted by advising the Irhb resi-. dents in [ Englajid to join the Anti-Corn Law League , : and pr * ss them to bludgeon the Chartists , wheare all : Repealers , at Stephenson ' s Square , and the Manchester j Hall of Science ? What mea ^ -s bav e been employed to ; achieve the object ? None whatever , except the de-| monstration of great physical power at Tara , Mullagh-: mast , and other places . Proclaiming at Mullaghmast '< that the Union was void , was surely not making it veid . j Thf . se are tbe o : ly means which have been employed ; , and be ( Mr O'Higgins ) would appeal to tbe common

      sense of the meeting whether they were adpquate to the end . Half the male population of England wc-re Cbartls ' s : and all Chartists are Repealers on principle ; tbe princ ' sple of * elf-goirernmeDt Wby baa their assistance been rejected ? Merely because they would kttp tbe Bepeal leaders to tbe point . The House of Commons is the place to bring forward the B peal question . It has not been brought forward in Parliament ; and therefore on that ground alone the means employed are not adequate te the end . Tbe U ^ ion cannot be repealed uutil tbe people have tbe power to return Repeal members . The enactment of tbe People ' s Charter would give th 8 people the power

      to Repeal the Union , and all other bad law * . Mr . O'Connell has not supported the Charter as ce should bave done ; and therefore he has not employed proper means to Repeal tbe Union . The Chartists of England would carry a motion in favour of a Repeal of tbe Union in any put of England in spite of tbe combined power of Whigs , Tories , and Anti-Corn Law Leaguers . Tet , Mr . O'Connell rejects Chartist co-operation : it is therefore obvious that the means he has employed for the Repeal of the Union are not adequate to the end . Mr . O ' Higgins resumed bis seat amidst loud and longcontinued cheeiing . Mr . Hugh Murphy , of Dungannon , rose , and aatd that having Been tho placard , he had come to tbe meeticg more out of curiosity than frcm desire

      a to take part in their proceedings ; but being there , he would undertake to prove that the Liberator would guide the vessel , Repeal , « afely into harbour —( cheers ) . He knew -what be was about , and ^ ^ l ? " ? *"" . i ohi hia «« i » -he wbo to often led his troops to victory . Thii tffjrt to spread CUfcBsm would friL They mutt « teeith « ir vessel Into some other port . The Repealer * , guided by OGonnell , the real father of Ireland , England , Scotland—aye and Fraaee aad Amsrica , would have nothing to do with Chartisti dr Chartkia . Tb « Repealers had tbe Antl-Corn Law League with them ; they had the sympathy of France and Ameri ** , and had therefore nothing to fear ; so that these means wen folly adequate to the end . He { Mr . Murphy ) bad attended Chartist meeting ! in Leeds , in Manchester , in Bolton , in Birmingham , where lie heard Mi . O'Connor and others upon the Charter ; tad he left these meetings as he entered ,

      without the least enlightenment upon the subject ; and , therefore , Mr . O'Cunnell was right in rejecting tbe aid of the Chartists—(" Htar , bear , " from Mr . Dyott ) . Think of those Chartists , fellow-countrymen ; they have actually opposed that best of men , Mr . Cobden , who wants to get cheap bread for the poor . Was not

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      that enough ? They foolishly oppose the Autt-Corn-Lvw League , and thus support tbe Tory landlords . They say , to be sure , that the League would get what the landlords get if tbe Cctn Laws were repealed . Well , suppose so , Wbo has a better right ? Do not they employ the people , and have they not a right to a profit on the labour of those whom they employ ? Fellow-countrymen , have nothing to do with the Chartists . Join your friends the Anti-Corn Law League . The Charti 6 ta returned Tories instead of tbe Liberals , the Whigs , nt the last elections . They put your friends , the Whigs , out The Liberator commands you to have nothing to do with them . Follow him , take his advice , and the Union ia repealed—( cheers ) . The Chartists have bad leaders ; they got into prison ; some of them were tried and

      transported : and that ia reason sufficient for you to have nothing to do with them—( bear , hear , from Mr . Dyott ) . Yes , fellow-countrymen , they were tried , found guilty , and imprisoned ; their leader , Mr . O'Connor , for eighteen months in York goal , and the Liberator , who knows the law , said that the sentence was a lenient one ; and therefore he shows that the best way to Repeal the Union is to have nothing to do with tbe Chirtists . Mr . Murphy sat down . — Mr . Dyott said that it was a source of great pleasure to him at all times to stand up in that room , and expound to men willing to bear the principles and policy of Chartists , as be understood both , and as far as his very humble abilities permitted . N ^ w , as he was not much of an egotist , he yet should allnde on tbe present

      occasion for a moment to a matter personal . He thought it beat to do so at once and quickly , and then dismiss that part of the subject Great objections were canti&ually taken , and bad been urged that day , against them ( the Chartist party ) that they abused Mr . O'Connell ; but he denied that they indulged in any offensive epithets , although be freely admitted that exercising the privileges of reason , independence , and liberty , they did occasionally dare to differ with that gentlemen ; and be would further maintain that when they did dissent from : Mr . OCeanell ' s dogmas , it was because of those dogmas contradicting one another . The matter to which he now had to allude furnished an apt illustration of what he meant They bad been accused of " traducing" Mr . O'Cjnnell . This he ( Mr . D ) denied ;

      bat if it even were a fact , he was prepared to show that no vituperation on their part could equal in virulence the abuse which had been previously heaped upon them , although the principles they had adopted in politics were those at one time recommended by Mr . O'Connell himself— ( bear , hear ) . And again , Mr . O'Counell had always proclaimed hiniself , and was generally understood to be , tbe assetter of " civil and religious liberty" all over the globe . Now , what bad this advocate of religions liberty done towards him ( Mr . D . j ? Why , psreeiving in the Freeman ' s Journal a letter from him , vindicating the right of nibn professing eertain opinions to mtet and peaceably discuvs those principles without being bludgeoned by Mr . O Connell ' s breeches maker ( another notorious lover of

      religious liberty ) and his enlightened supporters—( bear , and laughter ) , Mr . O'Conneil fastened upon a sentence in this letter from which he thought be might infer his ( Mr . D . ' s ) heterodoxy , and immediately denounced him na a " miscreant , " because he did not believe In the Trinity » What a BtiaDge method of showing his attachment to religious liberty was this!—( hear , and cheere ) . What a conciliatory term was " miscreant" for simply exercising a man"s right to choose his own belief —( hear , cries of shame , and " We do not defend Mr . O'Connell in that" ) . Well , he ( Mr . D . ) bad at least convinced them that their great leader was neither wise nor just at all hours , and broken the churm of his supposed infallibility . He ( Mr . D . ) admired Mr . O'Coauell for hia co . iduct to the Dissenters—be liked him because he

      was for making citizsns of the Jews , although he could not say his recommendation of that " incomprehensible vagabond"' Raphael to the people of Carlow met hia approbation—( laughter)—but be liked greatly the liberality which lrfluenced Mr . OConnell to walk armin-srm ink the House of Commons with Mr . Robert Button , -who was publicly known to repudiate the mysterious doctrine in question—( heat ) . Ho thought it inconsistent ; and unjustifiable in the " Liberatoi" to support a rich unbeliever , and yet call a poor and humble one like himself a " miscreant" because he dated to exercise his " religious liberty "—( hear and cheers ^ . He ( Mr . D . ) now dismissed that part of the subject in perfect good humour ; ce could well afford to be branded with the same epithet which had been bestowed on tbe

      immortal Wm . Cobbett , who bad been designated a " comical miscreant "— ( hear , bear )—and it was a proud thing for him ( Mr . D . j that this mighty authority , Mr . O'ConneH ' a estimate of him , had only fallen short of his definition of Cobbett by an unimportant adjective ! —( hear , hear ; laughter and cheers ) . Now , for the gentleman who had Bpoken on the other Bide , Mr . Murphy , who unlike the generality of his shrewd namesakes , went to so many meetings , aad always cams out just as wise as he went in—( laughter ) . He ( Mr . D . ) should only remark that tbe majority of all who heard the objects of Chartism read , however tbey might disagree with some of the means of carrying out those objects , did at least agree that the principles wire clearly defined and succinctly stated ; and if this

      gentleman was so singular in bis opinions , bo diverse in bis judgment , so oblique in bis mental visionsdaughter ) as to find only disorder and anomaly , where all others found order , consistency , and truth , he ( Mr . D ) did not envy that gentleman the conclusion to ¦ which a dispassionate jnry of sane men would arrive—( hear , laugh . er , and cheers ) . N « w as to th « Chartists " disturbing" public meetings ; if by disturbing was meant the " agitation" of their principles there , why what were public meetings for but to gather the opinions of the majority ? If tbe CbartiBts at public meetingsnobody wtultl dare to deny tbeir right to attend therewere more numerous than others , and carried their own own resolutions , nobody could justly blame them : they would not be true to themselves or tbeir cause if

      they did not do so—( bear , hear , and cheers ) . If the Chartists thought that the Charter was preferable to Corn Law Repeal , wby not carry a resolution to that tffsct ? and if tbe Chartists were convinced that the infamous libeller of Irishmen , Richard Cobden , was seeking not for bread foi the poor fcut for more profit for himself , by a new reduction on already miserably reduced wages , why not oppose this bye-battle , with which the people bad nothing to do—which only was a straggle between tbe bloated capitalist on tbe one hand , and the iron-hearted landlord on tbe other : let them fight like the vultures described by Yoltalre , and whilst they are fiercely contending , let the people pursue their own ends , and push forward their own question —( hear , and cheers ) . A pretty subject for eulogy was

      Richard Cobden , who described the Irish & > filthy in babitt , grossly superstitious in religion , and calculated to degrade the English wherever they mixed with them —( hear , and gioanB ) . This was the gentleman bepraised by Mr . Murphy—( cheers ) . It was objected to the Cfeattists that tbey put in Tories at elections . Now , Chartists cared not a jut about those factional nicknames . Where they had put in Tories it was because Tories agreed to assist in returning Chartists . They did not put in Tories because of any love they bore that faction , whom they hated nearly as much as tt <; y detested the Whi ^ s —( hear ) ;—but Because of a policy to which they were reduced by necessity ; and ho thought it a proof of consummate tact and wisdom on their part that tbey had done so , as the result had

      proved—( cheers ) . Mr . Murphy objected to the Chartists that tbeir leaders bad been confiued for political offences . Of course he was ready to repudiate Mr . OConnell and the other " conspirators , " whe _ were on tbe verge of a prison , for the same wise and humane reason— ( bear , and laughter ) . Ttey were asked how they could carry the Charter ; wby their old friend , Richard Lalor Shiel , had told them on the late trials , and it was fully confirmed by Mr . OConnell , that had he cordially joined Englishmen in looking for this real Ri ^ ica ) B'form , no Ministry could have withstood the combined and consolidated moral force of tbe empire—( bear , and leud cheers ) . That was tbe way to carry the Charter , which would yet be accomplished , though he would not venture to say that " it would be done

      in six or twtlve months , or otherwise he would give them his head on a block "—( laughter and cheers ) . Cork had already spoken out , and in Mr . O'Connell ' s presence , too , on the subject ; and there would be other indications shortly of the pi ogress made by the " fascinating" doctrines of the Charter in Ireland—( bear , hear ) . Nuw , as to the question of tbe day ; were adequate means proposed for carrying R-peal ? He ( Mr . D . ) was of opinion there were not Mr . Murphy proposed to carry it by tbe " sympathy" of America , France , &c Mr . O'Connell proposed to carry it by the will of the Queen—by a simple enunciation of that wilL ( Hear , hear ) . But no man had dared to endorse that opinion of Mr . O'ConnelL What ! were they prepared to abrogate the Constitution ?—to fall back

      upon the besotted days of •• divine right , " and eifcct & Russian despotism in Great Britain in tbe middle of the 19 . h century—( hear ) . Why he ( Mr . D . ) thought they were on the path of progression , and not going to retreat on the barbarous days of unlimited prerogative—^ hear ) . The proposition was a gotbic one , and should never have been made . Well bad W . Butt designated it a rebellion in the name of the Queen—( hear ) . No : feut one way was there of working out Repeal ; that was by junction with the determined confederation which now existed in England , which by the allowance of gentlemen on the other Bide was powerful enough to cany all public meetings ; powerful enough to put oat the Whigs , and now equal to putting cut the Tories , as would be shortly seen—[ bear , bear ) . He called then upon all Irishmen to avail themselves of the Buccour and support so nobly proffered ; to recollect that the Interest of the working classes of both countries was identical , and to assure

      themselves of tha fact that if they did not secure the vote prior to the establishment of a Parliament here , it would as little avail to alleviate their sufferings or improve tbeir condition , as that great Parliament , whiob represented not the people , bnt tb « class interests of England , did to raise tbeeoaditiwj of those f « r whom it proposed to legislate . It was . representation and not , Parliament thsy wanted . After some other observations Mr . Dyott resumed his seat Mr . Kelly said he was glad to have the opportunity ot putting the Chartist body is the right road on this important question . He was one of those who wished it nob to be discussed , ; and he was not angry . No man could say . be was hot tempered or violent , when he admitted that this body , though a small one , bad a right to discuss so great a qutstfon as whether Mr . O'Connell adopted tbe best means to carry the Repea ! . Now if any oue thing could more tkan snothtx shew the weakness of Chartist intellect , it was this puny attempt to call in ques-

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      tion the wisdom , prudence , and foresight of the illustrious Liberator—( Great cheering ) . He was glad to see Mr . O'Higgins cheer their noble leader—a leader who led tbe people of Ireland to their present glorious position , the admiration of the world . Where is the country that does not speak of Ireland and her liberator ? We ate on the threshold of success , and is it proper in Irishmen to call in question any means which the father of his country may think proper to employ ? Is be not the best judge of what is good for the people ? The Chartists talk about the loss of the forty shilling freeholders , and tbe decrease in the population of 1841 , compared with that of 1831 . Could anything be more foolisb than ( bat ? Surely it must be admitted that the more people that leaves the country the more will be

      left for those who remain behind ? Suppose , for instance , that a nobleman or a gentleman wanted a landsteward , or a gardener , and that ten or twelve offered themselves for the situation , would not the wages be lowered ? whereas , if there was bnt one he might demand and would get high wages . Mr . O'Connell understood this well ; and consequently he very wisely advised the disfranchisernent of the miserable forty shilling freeholders ; and has he not independent ten pound repeal voters in their place ? And this will be the means of repealing the Union . Yes , Sir , Mr . OConnell abolished twenty-five per Cent of tithes , and relieved the tithe-payers to that amount —('' may be so ")—who doubts it ? Mr . M'Grane—I do , for I pay the same amount still . tbe landlord gets the twenty-five per cent for

      collecting it Mr . O'Higgins—Be bo good as to hear Mr . Kelly out . H « f is going on well . Mr . Kally—Sir , the man that denies the relief afforded on tho tithe-question is a enemy to OConnell . The 25 per cent , has been taken from tbe parson , und no matter who gets it or who pays it , the change 1 b for the better , and every good Christian is bound to give the great Liberator credit for it There is the Munipal Reform Bill ; did not tbe Liberator get that boon for Ireland , while like a clever statemen , he put bis darling object , tbe Repeal , in abeyance ; and are not all the corporations in favour of Repeal , and is not that the nioBt adequate means to the end ? Join the Liberator , then , and he will lead you ^ to freedom . M > . K « lly resumed bi 3 seat—Mr . Clark rose to reply to Mr . Kelly ' s observations . He

      said that at that late hour of the day it would not be reasonable to expect that he should reply to every point urged by Mr . Kelly—( hear , hear ) . This was the flrat tima that he bad beard that the depopulation of a country was a benefit to that country . The forty-shilling freeholders carried Emancipation . They were the bone and sinew of the country . He is but a poor patriot that panders to the rich , idle , lnzy , aristocrat , and bears a heavy hand upon ill-requited industry—( ebsers ) . Did Mr . Kelly ever ask what made a eity greater than a village ? Surely it must be its population ? It would be idle to waste time answering such ridiculous absurdities . The people have not been relieved from the payment of any portion of tithe . On the contrary , fully fifty per cent baa been added to the income

      of tbe parson . Beforo this Whig Bill passed the parson never got 50 per cunt of the amount to which he was by law entitled . The rent charge secures 76 per cent to him ; and gives 35 pi r cent to the landlord tor collecting it : thus saddling the poor tenant with the whole amount , and giving the landlord power to eject for nonpayment of tithe , in the same manner as be would for tho non-payment of rent , and so far cutting off a port ' on of the means by which tbe Union might be repealed . The Municipal Reform Bill of which Mr . Kjlly boasts as a means to Repeal the U : iion , operates directly the reverse -. because that bill takes away ail political power from tiie new corporations , and vefats it in the Lord Lieutenant . In proof of which we have seen the sort of jurors the sheriff appointed under the new corporation act , empannelled as jurora to try Mr . O'Connell . He ( Mr . O C . ) cannot complain as he is getting the full

      benefit of bis own Municipal Reform Act . How does this act supply means to achieve the Repeal ? By a new mode , appreciated by such enlightened politicians as Mr . Kelly , and by such men only , the Municipal Corporation of Dublin has turned out the two Repeal members arid returned two Conservatives . Ho ( Mr . C . ) would maintain that these moans totffcet tbe Repeal were not adequate to the end—( hear , hear ) . Mr . Clark resumed his seat amidst loud cheers . Mr . H . Murphy hoped tbe meeting would allow him to explain . Mr . Ciark moved the adjournment of the debate till one o ' clock on Sanduy , the 5 th iastant , when Mr . Murphy should be considered in possession of the chair , and should therefore be the first to address the meeting . This , arrangement having been agreed to on both sides , tba meeting separated , all apparently well-pleased except Mr . Kelly , who complained of not having been answered .

      LONDON . —Pbo «« ess ; of Chartist Re « istration . —An immense number have sent iu their claims in the following ; Cities and Boroughs : —City of London ; City ef Westminster ; Borough of Finsbury ; Tower Hamlets , Southwark , and Lambeth . In order to give our country brethren some little idea of the activity of the London Chartists , one hundred and fifty claims . were &ent to the Overseers of Cfipplreate Ward alone , on Mondays tbe 29 . h tilt . ' Chartist Registration Committees sit at tho following places : —Finsbury ( St . Andrew ' s Locality ) , Messrs . Salmon and Coleman . Crown Coffee House ,

      Leather-lane , Holborn , every Wednesday and Friday evenings , from six to ten ; City of London , Messrs . Tucker and Dunn , City Arms Coffee House , Red Cross-street , Cripplegate , and Mr . Dear , Political and Soiontifio Institute , Turn-again-lano ; Boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth , Messrs . J . G . I )/ on and Roger ' s South London Chartist Hall , Blackfriars-road ; Camber well District , Mr . J . Simpson , Elm Cottage , ( daily , ) for general purposes , at the Executive Committee Office , 2434 , Strano , of whom the necessary forms , and every information may bo obtained . —E . Stall wood , General Secretary .

      THE PEOPLES HALL . To-the Working . Men of London , —The Chartists of Westminster having appointed a committee to make arrangements for the formation of a Joint-Stock Company for the purpose of taking , on lease , a hall for ( public meetings , fee , And the delivery of lectures on science , literature , tbe fine arts ; -moral , social , and political economy , Sto . &c . ; also for tbe accommodation of benefit , trades , political , temperance , and other societies . Tbe committee earnestly call upon alt the Chartists of London ( and more especially those residing in the City of Westminster ) to strengthen their hands in this good vrork . ¦ Shares five shillings each ; each share taken sixpence deposit to be paid thereen , and the remainder at sixpence per week per share . Rules and regulations may be seen , and shares taken at the following places : —

      The Chartist Store Shop , 32 , Little Windmill-street , Golden Square ; Mr . Shelton , CecilO ' aurt . jSt . Martin ' slane ; the Golden Lion , corner of D ^ an-street , Soho ; every Sunday night , from eight until eleveu o ' clock , and at the Secretary , 33 , Little Windmill-street Golden Square . Wm . Davoc , Peter Handley , TVm . Wilson , Feauckjs O'Connor , Treasurer , Ja ) Mes Derrick , Wm . Sowieb , Secretary . Robebt Pauus ,

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      ADDRESS TO jTHE PUBLIC ON BEHALF OF THE STOVE GRATE AND FENDER MAKERS OF SHEFFIELD . I bave been requested by the Stove Grate and Fender Makers to draw up a statement of their case itor the public . It will , perhaps , be proper to state the reasons wby the request has been made to me . I suppose they are the following * : —I served my apprenticeship to the stove grate business from twelve years of age to twentyone , with Messrs . Longden and Walker , of Plants Foundry ; after that I worked two years at the trade with Messrs . Nicholson and Hoole , and subsequently twa years with Messrs . Stuart , Smith , and Co ., now of Roscoe Place , the firm at present engaged in a contest wilh their workmen . I know of no other reason than these . My knowledge of the trade and tbe parties , together with my former connection and present position , induced me to send the following letter to Messrs . Stuart , Smith , and Co ., immediately after the deputation from the trade , which waited upon me , had

      left : — ; " Bank-fltreet , Sheffield , 1844 , I " April 24 th .

      " MESSRS . STUART , SMITH AND CO . " Gentlemen ^—I have this morning had a deputation from the Stove Grate and Fender Makers , ttquesting me to draw up a statement of facts connected with the present dispute , in order to have tbe same printed and laid before the public . I have taken the facts down preparatory to drawing them out in an elaborate and extended form , and before the deputation left , I asked them if I might act as my own judgment eeemed to direct . Their answer was that I might , and they then left . My reason for putting this question was , because I am a peacemaker , and I intended to write to you before drawing up the statement , in order to see if it were not possible to effect an arrangement without . I did not tell them what my intention was , so that they are altogether ignorant of my writing this letter . !

      " The present state of the dispute is unpleasant for all the parties concerned , and also unprofitable . It is breeding a hostile ( aad revengefa' feeling , and furnishes fees to lawyers- These are the only parties that will profit by tbe sffjir , and tbeir profits will be increased as it progresses . : The wiser plan would be to get the afifcir amicably settled , and with this view , I offer to do my best as a mediator between you . As I bave previonaly said , the men know not my intention . I am not eertain that I should succeed , but at all events , I would try to deserve success . " I may state that on reading the report in tbe papers about a month ago , I tttight of offering to be the arbitrator between you , but was deterred by the thought that it might be considered I was intruding myself into a position where I had no business . I now wish that I had written to you at that time , but it is passed and cannot be recalled :

      " I have directed tbe deputation to call again en Friday next , for the statement ; I must , therefore , request your answer before to-morrow noon . If you accept my offer , I think tbe Ituen will also consent ; and if both parties come to the examination with a mutual wish to have tbe dispute amicably settled , my task will be a very light one , and the result will be beneficial to all . " Yours faithfully , Isaac Ironside . " This morning a reply was sent thanking me for my letter , and declining my services . Nothing , therefore , remains but to give a plain simple statement of the facts as represented to me , the truth of which I was particularly careful to ascertain . I shall endeavour to do so , and

      • Nothing extenuate , Nor set aught down in malice- ' In order to a proper understanding of the case , it will be necessary to state that ono of the paxtuers in the firm of Stuart , Smith , and Co ., is unfortunate in having an extremely irritable temper . Op this account , be is a reinarkable illustration of the truth of the principle so beautifully enunciated by the poet Shelley— \ ' Power like a desolating pestilence , pollutes whate ' er i it touches . '

      This gentleman has the Scriptural command , " Obey them that bave the rule over you , '' most rigidly carried out He cannot bear the slightest interference between htm and bis ot ject , and the least counteraction renders him violent On these Occasions be is very unguarded ia his action * , and uses tbe most bitter , keen , and taunting expressions to those in his employ . I mention this the more particularly , because this unfortunate propensity appears to have been tbe chief cause of the present hostile state of affairs between the fern and tbeir workmen . Tbe following appear to be the circumstances conbected with the dispute . On tbe ejis > solution of the partnership cf Messrs Nicholson and Hoole , which occurred sometime in the spring-of 1842 , seme of tbeir workmen in tbe stove grate and

      fender trade left , and wont to work at Roscoe-place . Tbeir places at Green-lane Works were filled np by a number of apprentices , and , consequently , the men who were displaced at Roscoe had no prospect before them but to go to the parish . Had this taken place , tbe men would bayo been sent by tbe parish to tbe various stove grate and fender manufacturers in the town , and tbe inevitable reault would bave been a general reduction of wages . The workmen , foreseeing this , resotvod to form an Union in order to keep these men from the parish , to protect tbeir only property , tbeir labour , and thus preserve tbeir position in society . This motive was honourable and commendable ; -but

      ever since that event took place , tbe conduct of the gentleman to whom allusion has been made , has been m re than nasally harsh and violent In proof of this assertion , it will be only necessary to cite a single circumstance amongst others . On one occasion he took a brass ornament , thrust it into the month of one workmen , dtove him against the 'wall , and declared that , were it not for the law be would thrust it down his threat . Tbe man , Iking one of the much vaunted " jfree and independent labourers , " dare not takeouts summons for an assault He was under notice to leave at tbe time , but as his father held a situation under tbe firm , filial affection made him submit to tbe unmanly degradation .

      In June last , Stuart , Smith and Co . gave eleven of the body notice to quit , with the avowed intention of reducing wages , as some of tbe men were told they might remain Id tbeir situations if tbey would accept lower wages . They all , however , left , and were supported by tbe Union a considerable time . This caused the funds to be very low , and a many members of tbe trade bad fallen into arrears with their subscriptions , in consequence of not having bad , on an average , more than four days per wevk for tbe last eighteen months . It was , therefore , resolved to have a " natty" day on Monday , the 4 thof ! March . When tbe call was . made at Roscoe-place , the men went with the body , asd were absent two hours and a half . This was no inconvenience whatever to the masters , inasmuch as tbe men

      were on short time ; On the following morning , however , they were not [ allowed to resume tbeir work , « or on any day duriug that week . For some months prior to this , a system bad been adopted of taking an account of the work done by each man , and valuing it according to a list of , pricea in the warehouse made by the masters , but never submitted to tbe men at all . Much uneasiness resulted from this arrangement , and on Saturday , the 2 nd of March , one of the oldest and most respectable workmen received notice to quit , on tbe alleged account ot bis vrotk not being equal to bis wages . In const quence of these things , tbe meii thought the best mode of bringing tbe uffiir to an amicable conclusion would be to draw up a list of piece prices , in order that all the men might bave an

      equal chance . This was accordingly done ; and on the Saturday morning jafter the " natty" day , tbe men requested an interview ; at which tbey submitted their proposition . The member of ftie firm to whom they spoke , said that he had no objection to piece work , but as one of the partners was from home , tbe matter must Btand over . He also said that it was not tbeir intention to allow all the men to work short timo any longer , but to have fewer men on full time . The object of this arrangement is too clear to need a single remark . He asked if it were tbe intention of the men to summon tbe masters for tbeir wages , adding , that if they did so , the masters would appear . Tbe answer the men gave was , that such a course of proceeding would be tbe last they should adopt . What a uoble

      example was this ! \ Had the masters followed it , the present address would never bave appeared . Subsequently , another of tbe partners requested the men to fetch their wages , which they did . This gentleman also sought ian interview with some of the men , and proposed that tbey alone should return to their work and be put on full time . To tbe honeur of tbe men addressed , let it be said that this offer was refused : they would not consent to work unless all the men went to work by piece prices mutually agreed npon , jand nnlesa tbe " knobsticks ' were dismissed . Oue word with respect to these last-named worthies . How does it happen tbat in all trade disputes , manufacturers who ate high minded and honourable men ( and Stuart , Smith , and Co . ate of thia

      character ) seek to obtain their objects by using such despicable tools as "jknobsticks" usually are ? It b notorious that , generally speaking , they are the Bcnm of society , entirely destitute of morality , aad that they would not , on other occasions , be touched by the masters even with the aid of a pair of tongs . With what consistency can wo complain of tbe low state of morality when honourable gentlemen encourage « ucb infamous characters ? Ougbi not the employers to rtfleot that the object rcust be wrong which cannot be obtained except by such vileneas ? But I suppose t he * shelter themselves under tb * t aqcnrssd , Jesuitical , doctrine of expediency : " the ead justifies tbe means . " To return . The masters refused to accede to the

      preposition of ibe aea , j and when tbe "knobstick * " were going to and from their work there was an ebalition of popular feeling . This was naturally to be expected in a free country . Were I one of tht " turn-outs /* and saw a man step in to take the bread from my trencher , I could sot look upon * him in any other light than tbat of a robber , and should net think I was doing wrong if I branded him accordingly . To me , such popular feeling , when unaccompanied by violence , appears in the light of pnblic morality ; it indicates the manly , English spirit . which never can , nor will be broken . A case of threatening , obstruction , and intimidation was beard btfore the magistrates last Tuesday , againBt some , of tha vroxfeu . 93 ; $ C'uvicUon waa o \ -

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      tained , " a&d the men were sentenced to three months imprisonment with bard labour , being the full extent of tbe punishment allowed by the Combination Act " It is scarcely necessary to say a word as to this convic tion . All those who are sufficiently versed in these matters , and in the quirks and sinuosities of the law , are perfectly aware that when Capital is determined to effect an object , it is sure to succeed . Hence this conviction . In all bodies of men , there ara a few spirts with a somewhat wild , ungovernable power , which is more openly manifested than tbe prudence of the general body would sanction ; bnt according to the evidence

      in the Iris of this morning , there does not appear to be the slightest gronnd for so severe a sentence . la fact , the presiding magistrate , W . Overend , Esq ., is reported to bave said , that the reason of the severe sentence was , " tbe existing circumstances of the town" the offences of others being thus visited npon these men . Tbe conviction was appealed against Should a bench of magistrates , sitting in solemn review , upon the whole of the circumstances , be determined to sustain the conviction , and thereby declare that it is in accordance with the intention of the Act of Parliament , that Act ought to be repealed , and most assuredly will be at no distant period .

      I must here say a word with respect to Mr . Overend . His accession to the magistracy was an event of great importance to the town . His clear head , acute perceptien , strong mind , and sonud judgment , bave caused his decisions to be of such a character as to give great and general satisfaction . But I bave heard him express ike following opiniou from the Bench : " I believe that Trades Unions are doing a deal of mischief . " Holding this opinion , be would not be doing bis duty consistently , were be not to do all in his power to counteract these Unions . He is , theiefoxe , of necessity , BlxbngV ?

      prejudiced against them , and his decisions ic cases where they appear , must necessarily ba influenced by this prejudice . When experience shall have opened up the whole of the question of capital and labour to his comprehensive mind , no fear need be -entertained of the result . My reason for introducing this is tbe following : some months ago , the papers teemed with accounts of the horrible condition of the shirt makers of London , who were making shirts at 7 d a dozen . The terribly descriptive " Song of tbe Shirt' * appeared , where , amongst other matter it was

      said—« Stitch , stitch , stitch , In poverty , hunger , and dirt ; ' Sewing at ; once , with a doable thread , A shroud as well as a shirt " Loud and bitter were tbe lamentations of tbe press over this state of things , and many were the wishes that a remedy might be found te prevent it . Trades ' Unions seek to prevent it Tbe printed addresses put forth by them from time to time are in a very proper spirit , the only exception of which I know being one Usued by the flleBmiths on the 16 th of February last When the members of the Trades' Unions resort to physical force and infernal machines , they are exceedingly reprehensible ; but when they use moral and peaceful persuasion , tbey ought to be highly

      commended . I read a Town Hall report some time ago , of a dispute between a master tailor and bis workmen , in which it appeared from the evidence that the latter had adopted moral and peaceful means alone . The case went off on a technical point , and learning that a fresh information was laid , I determined to be present at tbe hearing . I was acquainted with one of the defendants , and knew him . to be as incapable of violence or intimidation as any magistrate on tbe Bench . The complainant's witness swore that " tbe defendants were very civil when tbey came to him ; tbat tbey told him tha reason why be was employe * was because the master would not give his men the price regularly paid in the town , and that if he ( witness ) did the work , it would injure them . Upon hearing this he . was

      determined to have nothing to do with it , and sent tbe work home . " Before tbe hearing I had privately ascertained from tbe witness , to whom I was quite unknown , tbat this was a true and candid statement I was sorry to observe an unseemly and unbecoming zeal on the part of the Magistrates and their Cierk hi identifying themselves with the master , and helping on his case . I particularly noticed one expression tbat felt from Mr . Overend . The master's attorney wished to pat a letter in as evidence , to which the other attorney objected , shewing most clearly that by tbe rales of evidence it was inadmis&able . Tbe magistrates took tbe letter , read it , and after a short private consultation

      Mr . Overend returned it to me master ' s attorney , Saying , in a very significant manner , " never mind the letter , we can do without it" It was evident that the magistrates intended to convict , but a technical objection was afterwards raised , and the case was dismissed though not on its merits . Those men ought to bava been commended by the Bench for tbe manner in which tbey bad pursued their object : but if no difference in tbe treatment of these cases—if no discrimination is used—if peaceable persuasion or even intemperate language is viewed in the same light as brutal violence and infernal machines , it will need no Solon te predict that tho latter will be more frequently resorted to than has ever been the case .

      After this long and discursive statement for which I must apologize , but which appeared necessary in order to do justice to the case , I must come to the object of this address . One 61 the means usually resorted to by tbe full bellies againBt the empty ones , has been used in tbe present instance . An unnecessary multiplicity of informations has been laid , involving tbe like multiplicity of convictions , appeals , and costs , in order to exhaust the means of the workmen . Besides this , a great number s » e now dependant on the funds of the Union ; and unless tbe men are to be crushed , a liberal subscription from the public will be needed . This will be doubly necessary if the appeal is to be prosecuted with

      energy and vigour , as it ought to be . The workmen believe that nothing more will be necessary to induce their brother workers in the town , to aid them to the fullest extent , than this plain honest statement of facts . I know that those among the middle and wealthy , who are not completely eaten up with the greedy grasping MaminoDism of tbe age , will also contribute in a liberal raanner . As for thereat , I would beg to direct their attention to a powerfully written poem which lately appeared in tbe Times , the leading journal of Europe , and which bos latterly pleaded the rights of Labour , and enforced the duties ot Capital in a most powerful manner . The following are the first and last verses ;—

      THE CRI OF THE POOR . " A wail hath gone over the earth , Sad , hollow , and dismally drear ; Like the storm in the hour of its birth , Or tbe wind at tbe fall of the year . It hath swept past the hovel and hut , And the rich man hath fastened his deor j But it howls when bis portals are shut'lis the cry of tbe famishing poor I ? * * " As the voice of the drowning is lost . In the strife of tbe winds and the waves , Or the Btorm- ' wildei'd wanderer crost , By the forest trees crashing like staves ; So' the rich in the hoar of their need For mercy shall vainly implore ; They shall not be heard when tbey plead . Because of the cry of the poor 1 "

      A few remarks in conclusion , on the general question . The issue of the great contest between Capital and Labour is rapidly approaching a consummation . One of the most auspicious omens of the times , ia tbe complete separation and disruption of patties in the late divisions on the Factory BUI . The number of those who are determined to act on the principle of « 'Do justice though the heavens fail , " or according to the motto of the late Thomas Rawspn , " Dare to be just , " is rapidly on the increase . Capital , aided by the law and its administrators , may seek to subdue Labour ; but it wili be as . successful as Dan Quixote andSsacbo Paszv , in their famous attack upon the windmills , or as the old woman who endeavoured to dry up tha Atlantic with her broom . Workmen must now be treated with confidence and respect ; they must be reasoned with , not punished for refusing to starve

      quietly . The mass of intelligence now diffused throughout society has rendered that mode of action no longer practicable . We are said to be a Christian nation , and the Scriptures broadly enunciate that " Qod bath made of one blood a'l nations of men . " Alas , how few Christians act en this principle I I am not a professing . Christian ; nay , I am called a blasphemer , and even worse than an infidel ; but I look npon every human being as a man and a brother . To me all are members of the one great , universal family ; differently modified according to our different circumstances , but capable of acting in perfect harmony together by the simple introduction of that all powerful principle , love . That this principle may be universally applied is my most earnest wish . Isaac Ironside . Sheffleld , April 25 th , 1844 .

      P . S—April 26 th . I have this day beard one of the cases at the Town Hall , which has fully confirmed © y opinion . For the most trifling legal offence ( it was not a moral one ) four men were sentenced to three months ' imprisonment with bard labour . Notice of appeal was given , and I , unsolicited , immediately gave bail fo « the whole of the men , although two of them were unknown to me . lam desired to say that the cmr eittee sit at the Union Inn , Furnace-hill , to receive subscriptions , where copies of this Address may be had ; and properly authorised persons will aiso g ° round the town .

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      Aimosphebic Chasgzs , —Aiti-ough changes in the i temperature are more prevalent in the temperate zoae then , in other latitudes , thex&iB scarcely a spot > to be fonad were Ench great differences exist as in : Great Britain , varying in a few hours some 20 j degrees or more . Tha tS ^ ct ef such . rapid change * ; on the bodily health is tetj sfilcting to many tbonsaads of persons , especially those in the middle i Kid more advanced ages of lite , causing attacks or those painful disorders , Sciatica , Gout , and Rheumatism . Happil y for those who are tffl cted with those painful diseases , chemical science has produced that excellent medicine , Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills .

      i " SJGHTFCI . ACCI > £ > "T TO X pATEKB XTTD HIS ScX —Oh Saturday evening , between five and ax o'clock , ihe following appalling accident took place on board the Ana barge , of Favereham , lying off Belvidere Bmbar-wharf , Lamhetn . The Blaster of the vessel , ^^ - 7 ' ** # son , Eobert Terry , were Basin * in nnloading herof-a cargo of timber , when , if ^ lS « f ? ? ^ " *« k ¦ !»* » raised abtrat nine * etfirom B e deck , the iron claws by which it tos 55 « i'S 8 EJ & * - ¦ *** , » d the tuaber-fell 1 ^ SS ^^^ - P 0 " * * ' andeonveyed krWwtatter Hospital in a « taU of insensibility Thfliaferaa were alive la « iev « nine butwEMnot x peotei id anrme many hoon ^ 1 ™

      ^ Sm « 3 D SHmrBKe ^ - ^ n Sunday morning ihe jpnwrag aoto ttm pzeKednpon SheataesB-beieh :-* All « M > f London , Aprils . lUi . —The carpenter reported that the vessel could not keep sfloa . t above half an hour . I have noi time to write anj further Mrtwolars , as we are all getting into the long-boattho only boatileft , the others being washed away . I hope we ahall succeed in reaching the Bhore . Id fcrte . S . S . B . READ . ' " » -

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      Death of the Hot ? . R ; B . Wilbraham , M . P . — Thia gentleman expired on Sunday last at Lord SkeJmersdale ' s , Portland-place , London . The deceased was the eldest son of Lord bkelmersdalo and brother of Lady Stanley . He was born the 27 th of October , 1801 , and married the 22 ad of May , 1832 , Miss Jessey Brooke , third daughter of Sir Richard Brooke , Bart ., by whom he leave * Bereral children . Ia 1835 he was returned to the House of Commons for South Lancashire , which county he has successively represented in Parliament , in conjunction with Lord Fraaeis Egerton . By his death a vacancy pooora in the House of Commons for that county distrust , IlilROptJCTION OP THB COTIOH MiHOTACIimE TO Wake * ield . —We hear that Baloe Mill has been purchased of Wm , Isle Hanson , Esq ., of Wakefield i by Henry Tootal , Esq ., of Manchester , fqr the purpose of converting into a cotton mill . The purchase money is £ 5000 , and a further oHtlay of £ 2000 is propo s ed in the erection of warehouses , &o . The mill will employ a . ' oout four hundred haucU , ^

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      MONEY RECEIVED FOR DR . M'DOUALL'S RETURN , av mr . Nathaniel horlikg , Brighton . 1844 . £ a . d . Acknowledged in a former Star . .. 12 8 11 April 24 Since received from Ashtonunder-Lyne , per Mr . Atkiaa 2 8 6 — Stockport , per Mr . ThO 3 . Webb 0 10 0 — Nottingham , per Jamos Sweet , ' namely , collected Mr . James Sweet ... 7 6 From the Seven Stars locality , per ditto ... 10 0 0 17 6 25 From the Dumfries and Maxwelltown Charter Associaatioa per Mr . Peter Gray ... 0 5 0 Burnley , per Mr . T . Rickarda—By a few Friends in

      Burnley 5 0 By a few Handloom Weavers of Haggate , near Burnley 3 4 0 8 4 29 A Friend to freedom , Brighton 0 10 30 Bolton , per Mr . Peter Fulton ... 0 8 6 £ — Ditto , per Mr . John Sullivan ... 0 3 4 — Bradford ( Yorks . ) per Mr . J . W . Smith : — — Great Horton ... 10 0 — Central Locality ... 0 14 0 — Little Horton ... 0 2 6 — Manningham , per Alderson ... o 4 0 — G 6 orge's-streefc ... 0 3 0 — - 3 , Shoemakers , per

      Smith 0 3 0 — Mr . Rowbottom ... 0 0 6 — Mr . Shackleton ... 0 0 6 — Manchester Road ... 0 7 3 } 2 14 9 £ I can but return my sincere thanks to the honest democrats who have so gerously and ably assisted me to get back the exile M'Douall . —Nathaniel MOfiLING . — - ~ - n rt ¦ ji n f ¦ ^^^ B ^^ fc - > _ _ - - ~ —

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      Craious CmovHSTtitCB . —An old tea kettle haviflg been thrown away into the plantation bslongiag J ° Mra . Batten , of this town , was , last week , found to contain a robin ' s nesjfc , with fire health y young biros in it , —Somerset County Gazette . A Vai-cablb CtoaK Lra . —Some tiae sgoapaapet belonging to Whitby , named William HaJW » ri formerly a tailor , became a confirmed -lanauMna the parish authorities were under the necessity o » sending him to Mr . Martin ' a retreat for insane persona at Gate Helmsley . About two n" *^ ^?? this pauper died in the asylum , and on the 15 uru «« Mr . Martin addressed a letter to Robert Breoiwni Esq ., the clerk of the Whilby union , informing him that £ 20 53 . 4 d . had been "found in William Hoiiiday ' 8 cork leg , wrapped up in rags . " and that wa amount was placed to tho credit of the union , vve understand instructions have been given for we oors leg to be forwarded to the Whitby mueeuffl ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 11, 1844, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1263/page/6/