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      EWersfield . ' W orcestershire , 28 tli May , lSi 7 Sl 6 .-In wnr tetter of the 20 ih inst . to Lord John { lns sell , pnHishwlinthe Aorthem Star , you state J 5 «• On Tuesday , a labourer , 56 years of age , £ te d you very imploringly if he might leave work j ^ ore the usual tune , a , his wife was not expected to £ and be had a large family , and several miles to J ^ lt . Yon ^ V 1111 . *? e «> then , and not Jopaway Mto her ; and he sari . ' « he won ' t live , tho doctor ^ ered hersornesoup , but the overseer ordered Mm tai , mivmadnotgne 1 dm \ myr Asd then you V ' ^ , ? c s uTS ^ P ** Cart "» . ° f tlie pavj , of Elderefield . " I , then say , " Flour is 18 s . Iffbashel , and wages < a ., Sa . and in some instances ;

      'k per week ; ana thata man , wife , and family can U half a bushel of flour per week , and Lave no-S left for rent , firing , clothing , &c . " You also ^ tbat " you give 12 shUlinqs per week wages . " ^" aff , sir , we do think before any person of rel iability publishes any statement he ought to be ; £ e that it » tr ee , or he may be charged with wildly ut ierin < rthat which is false . We do not charge rtn ' with wilful mistake , bnt we do say that what you Uxe said on the matter of Curtis ' a wife , and " his . p plication for relief for her , is untrue , aud you J ust have been misled by the man Curtis when he pjde liis statement to you . I on state that Curtis ' s wife was not expected to , re on the Tuesday the 18 th inst . Kow . she was * well the 17 thand »

      uy on . settled with her em-V , er for her work , which was hoeing wheat , at 3 s . W acre . aud at this wsrk she could get from lOd . to 1 5 . per day ; for hoeing vetch es she was paid 3 s . 6 d jj , goe . She was at work the 19 th , 21 st , and 22 nd Aether she was at work the 18 th or no , we cannot ^ bat we believe she was , a ? the work was set by jie acre , and she could g- » to it when she pleased . > - w she could not have been , as you stated , " not auected to live , when she could go regularly to tort and get 10 d . or Is . per day . Jn the next place , you say " the doctor ordered her jjme soup , but the overseer ordered him ( the man ) ' ^ y , and would not give Mm any . " flow thk is anile as false as the rest « f the statements yon make . fnrtis never apvtied to either of the overseen , or to the

      niar < lian , telieving officer , or any one ot the parish ofjjjrs ; neither wan there any order from the doctor , £ slated by you , and if there had , it would have teen ior meat , and not for soup , as the overseers are ^ i expected to keep sonpready made ; and if the fatter had seen her and ordered anything for her , it post have been their own fault if they did not obtain it immediately , as we can prove that Gurtis ' s family i » ve had meat many times through the » inter and gring of this year , by the older of the medical man ; ad , therefore , if he had an vrder , he kuew how to get meat i er any article ordered for himself or family , ffe do think he would _ LaTe needed but little assistjatre if his wife was ill " , as he was at work for you st 12 s . per week ; and as you felt to interested for Jim , you woiud have given Mm a part of his wa-es if he had asked for it .

      Ii is stated he had several mi ! e 3 to walk : the disttnee from Lowbands to the man ' s cottage is about jiro miles and a half . The next thing is the far ^ e family . He has five tfcildren : of these , two are atservice some way from isme , and earn wages besides their food . Another , jboy , works for Mr William Ilawkins , and gete lor Sis work 6 i . per week . Another , a girl , tor Mr Jforgan , at 2 * . 6 d . per week ; so there is but one at Some unable to get her living , and that six or seven tears of age . _ " now , sir , we will take the case of Curtis , as jht is the one you build your arguments upon ; and v-.-n say , a man , wife , and family get half a bushel of jar per week , and have nothing left for rent , &c . s . d . ¦ Cards , at work for Mr O'Cannor . 13 0 per week . Bis wife , at Mr PensamV 1 < M . to Is .

      per da ) 5 0 " Husoa . atMrHawluns's . ls . psrday ... 6 0 " Eis daughter , at Mr Morgan ' s , 53 . per day 2 6 " £ 15 6 So that this family are earning more than 203 . per seek , and only five to be maintained . Tou state wages ta be 7 s ., Si ., and , in somein-¦ jtances , 93 . per week . You should remember that formers give from 12 to 18 quarts of drink to the men per * eek , and 10 a- wages . f and if you will do the same , we think your men would sooner have it than 12 s . and drink water . You say flour is I 83 . per bushel , and , a few lines father on , you state it to be £ 1 per sack . Now frhtnli aFthoofk flfmtatnonto * iv * atn » in Luiliava 2

      Aud we believe that a man with a wife and family can get a little more than half a bushel of flour ferweek . With 25 s . 6 d . per week they can have *> . b . d . 3 pecks of flour . 0 12 0 5 ib . of meat , 7 d 0 2 11 3 ditto of bacon 0 2 6 ¦ Gr oc ry 0 2 6 Firing . 0 10 I 011 Bent 0 16 Pat by fur clothes 0 3 0 £ 15 6 So we think , if yoa will jast look the mattei over , you will see you have made a small mistake 01 two . 1 st . —The woman was not in the state described . 2 nd . —The doctor never ordered her any soup . 3 rd . —The man never applied to either Overseer Guardian , or Believing Officer at all , and , therefore could not be ordered away . 4 th . —The family are not in the distress you represent them , when they can earn 20 s . to 25 a . pei week . 5 th . —Curias has not a large family , nor severe miles to go to work . 6 th . —Farmers' men ' s wages are not what you re . present them to be . They , the farmers , give as muct as yon , if yoa will acid th . e value of the drink to th < wages .

      With the other parts of your letter we have nothing to do , and , therefore , shall offer no remarks on that . Yon are quite welcome to your own political opinions if you will leave other people alone , or if you do print let it be the trutfi . We should not have treuMedyou at all if you had not Btated that which , if true , would have been a disgrace to any parishioner , therefore have written in self-defence . "To hear an open dander is a crime ; Bat not to find an answer is a worse . " [ Here follow the signatures of the churchwardens , overseers , and guardian oi the parish . ]

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      TO THE CHURCHWARDENS , OVERSEERS , AND GUARDIAN OF THE PARISH OF ELDERSFIELD . ' To hear an ODen Blander is a crime . But not to MAKE an answer is a worse . " Gentlemen , la the correspondence which you have thought proper to open with me you have a great advantage over me ; you write as a community or body—I as an individual ; as it is an acknowledged fact that men in their corporate capacity will commit acts which the basest amongst them would blush to acknowledge as an individual . However , I shall not shrink from the individual responsibility of what I have stated upon my own knowledge , while I propose to strengthen the statements made by Curtis , and published by me upon the evidence of his parishioners and neighbours now working for me .

      With this view I shall first repeat what I stated on my own authority . I stated that Curtis worked for me ; that he was fifty-six years of age ; that he had a wife and five children ; and lived in the parish of Eldersfield , having several miles to walk to his work ; that I paid him twelve shillings per week ; that he asked me for permission to leave work in the afternoon , to see his wife , who was dangerously ill ; and that I gave him permission ; that flour was 18 s . per bushel , and 4 l per sack ; that labouring men in the parish receive

      7 s ., 8 s ., and 9 s . per week ; and that with the highest rate of wages a man could only purchase half a bushel of flour per week . Such , gentlemen , were the statements made upon my own authority , and I now reiterate them . ^ Vhen I read your letter in the Gloucester Journal on Sunday morning , " ! confessed my indignation in believing that I had been so imposed upon by Curtis . I thought seriously over it upon that day of rest , and retired in tie fond hope that I should indulge in * ke delicious dream of an Eldersfield labourer's

      enviable condition . I pictured to myself the horrid vision , of a starving family crying for food to the anxious father , who had toiled through the week in expectation oi being able to satisfy their wants—the scenes of woe depicted in die daily journals vanished from my thoughts , and I said , .. ' ' Here , in Eldersfield , the true standard of Labour ' s comfort has i > een established ; thank God I live within the sphere of so much happiness !"

      I longed for daybreak to take vengeance upon the ingrate who had so deceived me as to nis condition and your administration of the jaw ; but , alas ! gentlemen , on Monday mornm " a change came o ' er the spirit of mv

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      S' ^ " examining not only Curtis but nine or ten of his neighbours who also work Si * , rCS ? . , d t 0 do y ° 3 U 8 tice > ™* make the ( m en * if I had wronged you , I put wiem m possession of your statement and of mv own , and asked them which was true , and will give you now the substance , if not the verbatim answers that I received from Curtis , and which was corroborated by all : — ' . ' « w urf l f did your wife wnrk on tn <* 18 th ?'• „ £ ?» I could give my oath she did not . " in- «« ¦? S roriff Ler m ^ t which the reliev ing officer refused to give you an order for !" bn ^ m-T , ¦¦ ,,

      «« , V * ' ' , , tnot th * day that I came to von , bnt vT L ?\ bsfor fv whcn she ™» w" that S- 'W ' ^ and the doctor saw her £ 7 ° *™ thefieW and told her that she had no KfeSS * « M re . ; . " ^ wonIdn > t an ^ er for her fa w ? ° rtJs * mLndf you wiU *• Punished if you slate falsehoods , so be on your auard . " th 'ii j - ° thatl sir « fur tbev ' ve toW me already they ii drive me out of the parish , and I got a lawyers letter already for £ 19 s . that I don't owe and 1 near they've got a warrant for my wife to go to Upton for taking some bougfcs that Mrs Pensam gave ner leave to gather for firing ; but sure the poor creature will never live to go there . "

      " C"rtis . canyon and your family earn 253 . 6 d . per weeR ? . ¦•¦ —¦ _ ¦ | ' ( K Lord ! sir , who says that ?" . " Never mind who eays it , can you earn it and your family . '" "No , sir . not from the day I was horn , nor a pound a w eek in harvest , and sometimes without work . " " Have you fire pounds ofme . it , three pounds of bacon , three pecks of flour . 2 s . 6 d . worth of groceries a shiljinss-worlh of firing , Is . 6 d . for rent , and 3 * . for clothing every week ?"

      "I could give my o ath that there hasn't been n pound of any sort of meat in my house for a week these three or four or five months . I had half a pound of bacon last Sunday , and we ' re oftcner without that than with it on a Sunday . " , /» l ' ^ rheny < inrw ' i 3 at * orkdoes she earn from 10 a . to Is . a day ?" " No , sir ; when she is at work she will earn Yd . or Sd ., and work hard . " " Does she get constant work at that ?" ' God bless you , no . sir I a day now and then at bean-settins , hoeing , and haymaking . " Is your daughter working for Mr Morgan at constant work ?"

      " No , sir . " " Is your son at Mr Hawkins ' s in constant work ?" < 4 He uaa what he earns himself , sir . " ' « ow , Curt ' s , what are the wages usually given bv fanners in your parish ?" "Wei ! . 7 s . and & . a week , and 9 s . in busy times , and sometimes 10 s . ; but when they give Hte . they give no drink , and same gave 6 s . in winter . " How much drink do they give you ?" " Why , some two quaris a day . " " And what ' s that worth ?" "Why , fivepencea gallon , if it is good . " Which wonld you rather have—my wattes , 12 s . a week , without drink , or the 9 a . hith drink ?" "Why , the" 12 s . a great deal ; it does me more good and my family . "

      "Now , what can you earn , upon an average , throuahout the year ?" "Why , with good and bad times we never bring home 9 s . a week the year round . " " Now , what groceries have you in the week !" "Well , sir , the most we ever have is an ounce of fourpenny tea , and twopence lor a quarter of sugar . " " What is the real state of your wife ' s health ?" "Why , the neighbours know , sir , and the doctor knows , that she is in a bad and low state , and wasting for want of nourishment , and can only work a day or two now and then . "

      " Well , but 1 have heard a most excellent character of your medical man from everybody ?" "Oh , if they were all like him , Bir . the parish would be different ; but they don ' t give what he orders . " Now , gentlemen , I have only to add that your description of an Eldersfield labourer ' s condition has been the cause of much laughter and general merriment since you had the folly to publish it .

      Still anxious to arrive at the truth , I requested Curtis to send his wife to me on the following morning . She came , and her appearance bespoke her condition , and corroborated her husband ' s statement . However , resolved upon , being satisfied , I repeated my questions to her , and she described her state and her family ' s state just as her husband and neighbours did . I asked her "if her husband was a drunken man , or if he wasted their substance ? " and she replied , "No , sir , far from it ; he is only too glad to have it . for his family ''

      Now , gentlemen , I have rendered you the easy task of dealing with my assertions and Curtis ' s fabrications , and , in order to enable you to deal summarily with them , I repeat them . To my own knowledge the maximum rate of wages with cyder is 9 s . per week ; that flour was 18 s . per bushel ; that I paid it to Mr Crews that week ; that Mr Richard Aston , my neighbour , paid the same price ; and that I had contracted with a Mr Barrett , miller , of Gloucester , for 32 ? . a ton , or 41 . a sack , for flour during that week ; that I have his note in my possession , and here allow me to explain what to you appears a conundrum—how flour could be 18 s . a bushel , and 4 ? . a sack . Now , a sack is five bushels , which at I 8 s . per bushel would

      be 41 . 10 s ., leaving the retailer 10 s . profit upon the sack that cost 41 . Now , surel y there was no great difficulty in solving this riddle , especially as you are aware that the quarter of a pound of ' sugar which the huckster sells for twopence , costs him little more than a penny ; so that in the case of flour the retailer has about twelve and a half per cent ., and in the case of sugar nearly 50 percent . How could you confess yourselves so ignorant as to require the solution of so understandable an assertion , such an ' every-day occurrence ? You say , " We do think he would have needed but little assistance if his wife was ill , as he was at work for you at 12 s . per week , and , as you fe lt so interested for him , you would have given him a part of his wages if he had asked for it . "

      It was not my business to make a parade of my feelings for the man ; but as you have indulged in this sympathetic figure , I beg to tell you that I gave him 4 s . of his wages and that 1 did give him a good suppl y of READYMADE SOUP to take home to his wife , although your dignity takes fire at the notion of dealing in such an article . Gentlemen , you do not appear to me to attach the proper meaning to simple terms . I stated that the man had several miles to walk

      to and from his work , and you put the distance down at two miles and a half there , and two miles and a half back . Now , that implies a walk of five miles a day or thirty miles a week . It implies two hours' labour of walking each day , which increases the day ' s work to fourteen hours ; and although I would not say that the man who had travelled five miles by the railroad had travelled several miles , yet , I do say that thejtenn " several miles" is well applied to the man who walks five miles a day to his work .

      Now , gentlemen , I have looked the matter over , and I find that 1 have not made even a small mistake ; but , perhaps , if in your calmer judgment you WILL LOOK THE MATTER OVER you will find that you have made more than a small mistake or two ; you will find that not two per cent , of the ; labourers of Eldersfield parish earn 10 s . a week throughout the year , while you have averaged it at 12 . 5 s . M . per week . . How could you be so silly ? how could you be so foolish ? how could ' . ' , you be so inconsiderate , as to enter into an unprovoked contest with me , when you must have been convinced that every one of your assertions were untenable , and merely made for the-purpose of saving yourselves from that disgrace which

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      you have artfully distributed amongst the parishioners , but which solely attaches to you as administrators of the law ? Gentlemen , you must have felt mortified that none of the daily papers published your letter , which , to the Free Trade portion , would have been a Godsend . They dW not publish it for this reason—because they felt convinced that the Lord had delivered you into my hands , and they did not wish to participate in the exposure . When you quoted from my letter to Lord John Russell you should hipe published the whole letter , as I do yours ,

      because , in that letter , I have exonerated the farmers from every share in that blame which properly attaches to the law and its administrators ; while , in your reply , you seek to bring me into collision with thatciassi I know but little of the farmers of the parish of Eldersfield , but 1 will say of those residing in the parish where I live , that such men as Mr Joseph Stallard , Mr Charles Stokes , and Mr John Beach , are an honour to their country , an ornament , to their class , and a credit to society . , . .. a ,. ¦ _ , , - ' , '" . . ' \ . " . / ' ¦' , „ ¦ - ^^ . Z Gentlemen , as to ; your sneers at 12 s . a week

      and cold water , I think that you will find that I should be a large gainer by giving Qs . a week and three gallons of sour cyder worth Is . 3 d . However , if you feel yourselves wronged , or in aught misrepresented , I am prepared to afford you every possible facility of proving your innocence and my misrepresentation , and , believe me , that nothing will give me greater pleasure than assisting at an inquiry which will enable you to prove that the , labourers of Eldersfield are supplied with three pecks of flour , five

      pounds of meat , three pounds of bacon . 2 s . Gd . worth of groceries , Is . worth of fuel , Is . Qd . for rent , and three shillings for clothing weekly . Having got so far I looked for the luxuries : for the ale , the spirits , or , indeed , the wine at least , on Sundays ; and , as you say , that , receiving 12 s . a week from me , Curtis could stand in little need of parochial assistance , surely , from other sources , . drawing 13 s . 6 d . more , he must have been in a' most enviable position .

      Gentlemen , I have forwarded a copy of this letter | to t tlie Gloucester Journal , and I have printed your letter to which this is an answer , at full length , and the only favour that I have to request at your hands is , that when next you do me the honour to address me you will attach your proper names to the document . During my residence in your neighbourhood you cannot say that I have joined in any cabal , or attempted to create any schism between the labourers and their employers ; but in the end , as we must be judged by the unerring standard

      of public opinion , if you again charge me with falsehood or misrepresentation , ^ will call a public meeting in thai parish where Labour is so well remunerated , and where the Law is so humanely administered , and by its verdict you and I must be judged . Gentlemen , I have not provoked this contest , nor shall I shrink from any responsibility the result may impose upon me ; but , in the outset , allow me to warn you against the attempt to make the parishioners parties in the cause , as between you and me , and . between us alone , the difference exists . . I have the honour to remain , Gentlemen , Your obedient servant . Feargus O'Connor

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      . ; . ; .: . ^^ THE DERWEEEDTIO ^ ILLEGAL AND TYftA > NMOAn . G 0 ? H > UCT OF ^ ' ¦; the mayor- ;; . ; - " . ' . . : i ) EaBY ; Wbdhess ** Kionr . The nomination of candidate ? to represent this ooroBfi " . ' . ! " the place of Lord Duncanniia ( now Earl . $ WT e ) ' ' took place' tins morning . Tlie only pandidates were the lion : Mr Goirer ;' , the brother of LMSW '"! ? . and Mp- M'Gi-atb ; . Pre 8 idfent of tho Lxecutivd Committee' oPthe' Natibrialf ' ; Charter Association . - ; r . ¦ •* .: ¦ "•¦ - -: > - - ¦ . . ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ . ¦¦ » ¦^¦ ; . On the opening of the-oourfc at Oio ' cloofr , the room was speedily densely crowded ;

      Mr Gower shortly afterwards entoredi supported by Dr Bent . Mr J . Moss * Mr Si Barber , Mr Douglas Fox , Mr Thomas Madelay , Mr 11 . Muziey ., Mr I . E . Mouseley , Mr F . Jes 3 op , and Mr & . Fox . Mr M'Gr 8 th was attended * by Mr Gorse , and- a number of the most active of the ' Derby GhantiBtB , and Mr Doyle , from London . The oaths having boen administered , and the Bribery Actread , ¦ . r .... ¦ ¦ Mr Douglas Fox , im a . slobberine Whig speech , lamenting the death ot ^ Lord Beaborough , and lickins the " . Cavendish family / ' proposed' the Hon . Frederick Leveson Gbwer as a fit and proper person to represent the borough of Derby in . the Commons House of Parliament . . Mr Madeley , who . talked a great deal of fudge about Whigreforjns , seconded the nomination .

      Mr Gorse , in rising to . propose Mr M'Srath , was received with vehement cheers . He was , he said ,. a Chartist , and Mr Douglas Fox , who proposed Mr Gower , was a finality Whig . ¦ ( Gheem ' . ) - He ( Mr Gorse ) had had enough of Whiggery . Mr ' Fox said Mr Gower was a lawyer . Now , they wanted less law and morejustice . ' ( Cheers . ) Mr ] R > x said , that Toryism was nearly done away with ; . in liis ( Mr Gorse ' s ) opinion Whiggery . was . upon its last legs > ( Cheers . ) Mr M'&a . th , the candidate he was about to propose , was a public man of unblemished private character , and well qualified to represent the workin ? men ot England in Parliament .. He begged leave , therefore ; t » propose Mr MSJrath as a tit and proper person to represent them in theCommous House of Parliament . " The nomiiiatioa of Mr M'Grath was seconded , says thfi reporter of theTimei , by aDerby elector , whose name did not transpire . He was apparently a humble working man . .

      The Hon . F . L . Goweh , who was received with cheers from the Whigs , said the first claim he put forward to their favour was , ihat he was a friend to civil and religious liberty . He maintained that no man ; should b& denied the exercise of any civil right on account of the opinions whida he conscientiously holds , ile considered it unjust to tax one man for the support of the religion of another . Ha was a member of the Church of England , but he was op - posed to the oppressive and unjust tax imposed upon DissentPrs . in the form of Church-rates . Ileadmittcd the grievance of the Irish Church , which was not a national institution , but th » Church of a small Protestant minority of the people , and whose surplus revenues ought , in his opinion , to be applied for the

      education and benefitof all . Objecting ashedid to taxation of the Irish Roman Catholios , heequally objected , on principle , to taxing Protestants for the en-• dowmentot the Roman Catholic priesthood . With regard to the important question o / 'Free Trade , both reason and experience taught him that Free Trade was wise and ; politic , and that it would ultimately benefit those who were protected : as well as those ] who were consumers—the people at large . Passing on to the question of shorter Parliaments , he expressed his decided opinion that the present term of seven years was too long ; and that the protection of the ballot ought to be eonceded to the elector . Eis . ppinionon the question of the franchise was , that the extension of thefranchise shoujd be coequal with

      the extension of education . He would not deny that many ' persons ware excluded from the franchise whose intelligence and position qualified them for it . He held that ^ certain am ount of intelligence was necessary to qualify a man foa the proper discharge of electoral duties j and whilst he retained that opinion , by conseding Unitem } Suffrage under thq , present state of things , he should be conferring a curse rather than a blesaing ,. The government measure of education certainly , did not go s& far as he could desire—but what was this much-abused measure ? It was intended to aid voluntary efforts : ia dispelling ignorance and vice , and elevating the

      moraJB and intellects of tlie rising generation of-the working-ciasses . It was not desigaed to . interfere with the , 7 eligious instruction of IDissentera , who would hare an equal ad 7 antage with other sects * provided they subscribed their queta to meet tjto government grant . Ue . . did not say but that he might have preferred Beculiav . education , but a baorier to such a scheme would ! be erected by the religious public . The measure was framed in , a spirit oi religious equality , and it was not just ts say that h » was nothiag better than , a Tory , because he was favourable to ii . Their opponents , thej Tories , wera powerful , and if division prevailed in the Liberal ranks , tho TCbriea would paafit by it .

      Mr M'Gra t ^ , on coming forward , wag received in the most enthusiastic raanaer . He eaiij Mr Mayor , Electors andi non-Electoraof Derby , —You are called upon this mowing to ewcise one cSvthe most ira * portant functions that c » n devolve upon tho denisens of a civilised state ^ Ike purpose of your assembling here to-day is to malcg > your election of a competent individual to represent the in terestaofthis borough in Parliament . Your character as friends of progress and proBBOtere of your country ' s welfare is inwlved in the manner in whfch you discharge your duty this morning . ( Hear .. ) The consequences of your proceedings here to-day will not be confined , to Derby , they , are destined to affect , hewever remo ^ y-, an empire which extesads over a s&venth of th , e-globe ' s

      surface , and whici comprises a populatioaef more than one hundred millions of h # man beings , ( a&ntlemen , these circumstances calmly considered will imbue your minds , with the niomentous responsibilities of the workj « uare abeuA . to perforia ,, ( Hear . ) The duty of the candidatea at this rneo&tag i s a disingenuous exposition oft 3 » ir principles ,, yc > ursi 8 the calm investigation of suck principles , that the candidate of your choice inay b * a wiBeBelectjoiiu . ' ( Cheers . ) . We live i& an era whisi demands new principles of legislation . Whig and Tory politics are- far in the war of thespirit ofth&age , and the sooner they sink together into one common grave- the better for tho best interests of tbe human race . ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , lam persuaded that tlie man who aspires to the

      honour of being a legislator , who is unprepared to sail . on ^» ith the cusrent of popular improvement , should be- at once pjonounced by the people wholly unfit for the office which he solicits . J trust , gentlemen , that the exposition of ray pohtioal principles , which I shall presentl y feel it my duty to submit to your consideration , will evidence ia mo a solicitude to place my humble shoulder to the wheel of Progression . ( Cheers . ) With much of what has been said by the proposer and seconder of my opponontin this contest , I fully agree ; at the same time , from much of what has been advanced ,, I in toto , dissent . Mr Gower ' s secouder has thought proper to pour his laudation profusely on tho'Whig plan of education . In doing so , however , ho has slipped into a stron *

      g solecism , he has arrived at his conclusion by a logical process , to my mind , wholly incomprehensible . Ho boldly assures ub that sohools are' unnatural institutions ; and , in proof of hia position , he calls our attention to the roaming Araerioan' s ' avngo , who instructs his children without the aid of schools . He likewise tella us that in his opinion Heaven ' s will is , that the parents should he tho tutor of their offspring . This gentleman , however , in the swrie breath professes his unqualified . admiration ofthe Whig educational scheme ! ' In : other word . B ( according to > his own Bhowing , ho magnanimously relinquishes ihe plan approved by God and Nature , and tenaciously clings

      to the unnatural project of tho Whips ! ( Loud cheers . ) To the education of the people I attach paramount importance . I hold the fullest development of the national mind to be a primary duty ef a good government . The mind is the noblest part of man ' s . organisation : it is susceptible of continuous improvement and expansion ; it can circumnavigate the extensive world ol artandscience ; it can explore the darkest caverns of earth , and thero enrich itself with gems of rarest knowledge ; it can soar aloft on tl > % pinions of astronomy , survey the immense realms t > f Nature , and calculate with the nicest acouraoy the celerity with which tha heavenly bodies swim the ocean of / snace , AnygoYeininent , J - gay , ' neglecting

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      to -foster antf strengthen this mighty agent of-finman happiness-neglects the most irapertant function-that falls within'ita province . If / gentlemei ) , you wish % produce in- abundance the froits of morality" patriitisra and philanthropy , th » - swl you mus ^ 'otrf : twate is . th'enafcional mind . ( CKeers . ) I am opposed to go vernmenf interference wifch'the religious edtica ^ tion of'the people . Government-can , howevor ; promote-both ' religions and 8 ecul 3 i > -edncatioii withbuir vexntious intenneddling . There seems to me iff benothing ineonsistent with gound ^ rrnciple in ¦ oariiaiment appropriating every year awn for educational purposes , in wiiiefa the whole comtnnnity , whbouf dfttfnation'flf'seafe or party ,. may ? partieipate . L %

      fcevery sect , in : « every town or vrllngevappoint its ownsohflojmaster , who ^ an teactt ' 'ifepeeoKar tenets .-irf ; addition to ar- souod secular-edioKbion , and govenpment-aid . ho renrtered in proportion <» the numberof ¦ children edfteate * -. ; By this plan'thfrdcrable objebttjfmundane and ' religrous instruetiowmay ^ be secured ; ¦? 0 ^ 2 ? , ££ a «» tihg ,- . without annoying 1 ruSSiR ? v ;( Gb *« - ' Su <* a-seheme of educahoBAsfesH have mv hearty ooncuTrsnee . and-topporte S&il ^ « : ') V ' GteiI . emen ' ""' attention-has beenv f iffl ? i he Rj ; eat changes that- hire tahen ^ laoe * , wit&nthe last half centnryv . and- . the . 'credit of-nIP iw £ . ^*^! . ea ^ n cl aimea : esdusivBly for tho ^ i- ]^ l R * Tfc v ¦ ^ JS ™* «*>« M . rwai very speedilyi dispeli Iihate ahkfrtWhic 2 erv . and Tff « Wm , ' fcwk «/„ IB

      i ; * ^ » M . ° / national improvement ,- and will Hovet i . yieldlwat to intense popular pre ? s « w . My-slncero . aspiration is , that the day may seon « comn when- tho eternal requiem oftheso two dfestrucirYefaotionsmay be wing by the people of this-country .. But to theipoihtat issue . \ Vbioh > were the two greatest raeajsure ^ of the past tw » nty-fiveyears ? . 'Cabholio E . iiian--; cipation and Free Trade . Who pushed Catholic Emancipation through the . Legislature ? A Tory lOabinet , led by Wellington and Peel .. Who gave ' us a createv measure of Free Trad * - than was eversouebt for by Cobden or Bright ? - fa TWry adminisjtration led b y Sir R ; Peel , and opposed with relent-. lesspertinacity by the-old'Whie and . Tory rumps of the-Ghurch and Q , ueen genus . ( Louck > heers . ) Thua-i .

      Igentleraen . haye II stripped the Whies * of a little ot ithegeweawfrippery in which they were dressed up | forexWbiting before yom this day ., ( Cheers . ) tMr I M'Grath here ran . through the catalogue of Whig . ; crimina'ity , commenting on each ! - malefactioniin a manner that- elicited th&- most enthan isiastio neals of applause from ths great maijoiity of the meeting ] i Mr M'Sl-nth next prfl-; oceded to the grej jt question of the franchise . Lie ; said : I do not ihink my honoHrablfe . opponent has been sufficiently . definite upon this vital , this all-engrossing topic . He professes his readiness to make the elective right co-extensive with popular . education , He should inform us what He means by education : the wordlmeans , according to my acceptance

      of it , the educing of the powers of man's mental asd corporeal nature . If this be " a correct definition , where is the working man who is uneducated ? The working men cannot boast an acquaintance with the ilearned languages , neither are they deeply read , in abstract science ; : indeed ; we know that " There . aro bookful blockheads ignorantly read , With lots- of learned lumber-in their head . "" In the absenoe k however , of polished attaiBiaents , the working men of England have strong common sense , which constitutes the polar star that will enable them » to steer their course w ith safety through the stormy ocean of politics . ( Loud cheers . ) | I am for the extension of the franchise , and I will tell you in understatniable language the length I

      am prepsred'tio . gft . I will vote that every male British subject ef full age , of sound mind , and not suffering the penalty of crime , shall participate in the election of mombers to serve in the Commons IIouse , of Parliament , ( ilpudandcontinuedfcheering . ) Mr M'Grath then entered' upon a most conclusive linoof argument , demonstrative of the justice and ncaessity 0 the principles ; of the People ' s-Charter , whioh waslistened to with the deepest attention . Ile adver ted next tothe- fallen conditioner Ireland , and instanced several measures which he-contended wera . necessary foritsirappoTement . On , the question asio the mitigation of the criminal code , Mr M'Grath said that his opponent was not sulSciently clear . Mr Gower tells us that his mitigatory career . shall he regulated

      by a , " regard for the public safety . ' , ' 'Ihis promisehas . a Iosdrcd affinity to . his promise ofrthe franchise-[ to the people , when thej are intelligent enough . Promises are the stock-in-trade with which the '• Whigs . have ever purahnBed popularity—but if the people on this occasion , after year * of experienae , : nre not resolved to demand sometlr . ag more substantial , they justly merit : deception as th » penalty of their gullibility , ( Loud © beers . ) There are some who cling to-the sanguinary gibbet as an instrument of moual power ; there av » some who , ia > tho plenitude of their stupidity , deem the existence of the infernal necessary to awe . human depravity into innocuousnoes . Let experience correct ihe errors of those timid persons wjio , in tho disus ^ of the horrible

      macMne , see murder stalking unrestrained through th ; o iknid . Certain crimes had diminished with ihe disuse i of the hangmaa ' s vocation . IJShink , then , we ma >\ Safely conclude-from analogy , that a similar result would attendits utter annihilation . ( Chesra . ) [ Th& Mayor here exclaimed : " -But what says Italy Writ ?"] 'to which Mr , M'Grath nnmedin . to ' # said : I ara asked by the Mayor , "What says l ! o ! y Writ ? " St says you must love and forgivo .. y > sar enemies , bat 1 believe yoik do rot require my c ^ Untion to the parts of Holy ; , Writ that breathe cliaaity , but thosa- that enjoin iongeance . You msjh cur attention to the passage-that says . "Whoso sbeddeth man ' s blood by mm shall nis wood be siacd . ' I belieae this to be on&of the ancient ordinancas set

      asideiytheChristiapidispensation , The Scripturo contains other ordinances that it would b 3 aeither wise aor politic to enforce in thc-year 1847 ; It was an aac \ ent law tli ? . t- the Sabbatb-breaker should be talisa to the coaa&ea of the samp and stoned to death . Would the- worthy chjcf magistrate justify such a horrible paoeeeding , on . the grouncl , it » Siat scriptural warranty ooultl be produced in supp&rt of it ? ¦;( iOheers . ) Wi&this questian there stijald be no [ paltering—no . delay . Judicial murder is regularly i committed by strangulation in the presence of collected thousands . Such atrocious speci&tes desecrata i the sanctity of human li'c ^ -vitiate thc ^ aead , and ob » durate the- koart—and I , from my ia » 03 t soul say God-speed ! the efforts o £ < fcke humano to accomplish

      the speed ? abolition of the homae practice , of 11 laoncUUig criminalaiato eternity if * ( Loud chesrs . ) Mr M'Qjajrti next toek up the question of sevsriug the Church from the State . He said , I have n&ty to coEjplain of Mr Cijower ' s ambipity and want , of preciajoa . He says , ho will vote for- tha abolition of " Cfeurch Rates , " but ha saja not 4 syllable about " Tithes . " - Now , if Chiscch rat ^ s . are oppressive , tithes are much more so . Iisace the same reason , that would- w j jaco a , weht-mindedi man to wte for tlia ab , oli » ion 1 of the rates * would aqi with double force ia impelling laim to struggle for the abolition ef . tithea . Mr M'Grath enteaed ably into this subject , and evident ly imbued tlia assembly with a sunse

      of the truth and justice of the course ho said he was resolved to pursue- in the ov $ nt of being returned .. He concluded this topic by saying that the taking by the Church of pans , pots , saucepans , tea , sugar , soap , and candles for church-rates is a course- which does npt redound , to the hcaour of the Establishment . This system of public seizure mightt becoate the tyrant , of some oriental state , bat it has % rao&ised very badb ? with the sharacter . &f the succqseon of the huroble ( isher . soen of Galilee , { lavA obeers . ) I am ia favour of the immediate aeparajjon of Church and State , thereby unshackling conscience , and fleeing from , ihe manacka of hum % & despotism the adoration o £ Almighty God . ( Cheers . ) I now , gentlemen , lcawtho busiaess ofthe ; tlay in

      your hands . I wait with anxiety for your section . Your wretohod countrymen and , women in ihe Whig made basttiles look tayou for justice . Sovsn millions of English call aiwid to you this day , Jor justice . Gentlemen , I implore you coacede their- prayer . You , can do . your shajo in the good work k and then yo * can walk proudisy from this place witb the pleasiijg consoiousness of having discharged your duty , to , yourselves , year country , and your God . ( Immense cheering . ) We take the following account from tho ' SSTmes , '—; Mayor , before putting the . nomination to a show of hands , observed , that no person bad a right to be present unless he was an elector ; he therefore hoped that , now they were goin ? to the voto , none but electors would hold up their hajjds .

      Mr M'Grath was about to malt&Bome ohsorvation , bnt the Mayor refused to hear Wra . The Mayor then put the names of the two candidates to the vote , and declared the majority to bo in , favour ' of Mr Gower . Mr M'Grath and Mr Gobse protested against tho decieion . The Mayor . —Do you demand a poll ? Mr M'Ghath .-I do . The Mayor—Let me have your money , then . ( Cheers and disapprobation . ) 1 am entitled in fees for your share to the amount of £ 23 . 10 a . ; let mo have 'your money before we proceed . Mr M'Grath and hia friends looked extremely downcast , and were evidently not propared lor this " untoward event . " . ,- _ The Mayor .-WHI you pay me the fee 3 to winch . I am entitled ? I want £ 2310 * . . . ¦ , ., ' ' Mr-M'GRAm jwd . Jilr frieRds . mtuaated in

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      fJg ^ ld noCbf were not prepared . " ( Great con ^ ' no'ftffl . ^ - ~ Inasrauch a 8 Mr ¦ ¦ 'M'Grath has " i ° wred to pay fees and expenses , 1 declare IInnnn . ° j i P U been demanded , and that th * . S ? r L Fre L de"ck Levesan Gower is duly - fS ) * member for this borough . ( Great cou-¦ nPl ? JS ble , P 0 WER ^' umed thanks ; h 5 i » A ? . ? ' £ «»«« ierablo disorder , bSup t 0 Mayor ' tbe coUr ' In ' addition to the fees of £ 23 26 s ., the half of tha election expenses in booths would , have amounted to £ 150 more . * .

      _ We have-been supplied by our own correspondent witli the following account of these extraordinary p roceedmgs-s—1 Wlieiv the tremendous applause which greeted the termination or Mr M' . Grath's traly eloquent and po netful speech * had subsided , the Mayor rose , as we tlifl ught , with the intention of putting each candioat s to the meeting for approval o » disapproval , but we were doomed ' to disappointment- Never , in our live , y did we oklier hear or read such a declaration as '

      that madeby- " his worship , " ere he took the show ot flam s . Ueaaid'that no man present should raise his ' aamlinfaTOur-of cither candidates , unless lie was ; an a ector of the borou h . We believe such a coarse ? a 5 unprecedented in the annaft of previous elec nena . asitfe-oertainly grossly uneonstitutional . 'Fhe 1 *« y'or theiy aalled upon suoh of tha- electors us wero Tavoi irable to Mr Bower to hold up-their hands , when * w > u , c nlty ot ! t ? ofa » assemblage comprising fourteen uuna red persena . were raided in i . i «> np n ' tino « ,. < , «;« ., «

      . saw * of the kuseof Cavendish . He next called for : »*» w < rfhiHi * for Mr M'Grath when there ma ' : ^ JJ erwhol ' "wng majority in that gentleman ' s -Upon the- Mayor seeing this- manifestation * of ; popnlar strength , m support of jjufprincipln . he ' eried out , " J ^ feaone but electors hold up their Ihands . ; non-eleetoia . put down yours . " and , that the j . oespo 110 - mandate should be carried into effcete policemen were stationed in iKffimit parts of tfn i [ ik ¥ Zer'lh ) f **» m absolutely put their hanbW 01

      . S'S ^ T ' , !!!^ indivka . als . and fon-ad ^ T&p ^ L ^^ s ^^ s , ^^ u . f " , der Ho number "f inoivitluals , who naa held these hands » p at first ; bat- even then Uimo was a clear majority of at least two to one ; and yet . to our utter astonishment , this local nabM . declared tfiere was a w < 5 wi % of electors ** fovmir of Mr Gower > J

      Mr M'Ghmjhi immediately rose and protected npinstthe decision of"his worship , " up ^ n whioh . tho latter hastily rose up fi om the- seai of justice-he had desecrated by . his mendacious decision , ead poured a ^ toreentof vulgar and ^ bnutal abuse upon the former , and in the course of his Billingsuate effusion said , — : s' -2 f you don ' t desiafet speaking I sb 3 ll be under tha * necessity of taking notice of yoa , " meaning thereby , that he wouid « haati Mr M Grafcli over to the " tender mercies" o £ , the- gentlemen bedecked in blue-.. ' You have said a great deal that was beside the purpose , much that was unconstitutional , and ma&y things that tha < law of the U-. ad

      would not permit ; " a < lding , —" twgrcat deal of what you said wcsirubbish . " During this-tome the vast maj ^ siiry of the meetingdid not tail to . exhibit their hearty disapprobation of the unfair coarae pursued by v'Miis worshipful" Jhe Mayor , whaiieupon he ordered the poiice force to taker any person into custody who would dare to make a noise , and added , " If I have . not . enough of fame present , I jean very soon gstak !* However , this threat had not the effect deaiuedj . for . when a vototef tiianks was-putjl ) y Mr Gower , t . he opposing candidate , for tho i :: ifaiitial conduct of Am Mayorship , thero were only alew who respondad . ! to- it ; while a finest of hands were held up agair . st . itt .

      We haYa * only time tootM , po . wo » o in lmcio . fn * post , thatiUie general opinion 03 tho inhabitant of the town , whether for or against our principle , is that thejcoaductof the Mayorcwas partial in tboox-: reme &ndt many of the to . vn . . aouncillors who were present at ihe meeting , distinctly declare tha&the Chartisbjcaadidatc had tk&show of hands .

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      GRS 4 P MEETING 0 ? . yHLHCT 0 R 3 AND HQ ^ . ELECT 0115-AJ . - HALIFAX . Tior Qdd . fel ! oivs' Hal ! ^ -as ^ Joivded on Moiidav ^ . ai ght last , for > t ! t > epurpo 3 a of ta ' tj , vK £ the sense of tbe sl « etors nai nqitrsiectors as to tha . pfmeiples uhich shoultlguide them ati / . Ue approaching elsctoan . Mi- WuiTingtpa wu 3 called to tihe chair , and a . solution wus carried . uannimQusIy , declaratory th . i , t ,, ti ^ -aadidate slioul-1 havc-.-ths up . provi > l , o 5 " the uon . elector * as .- * -ell as tho votes ot thfielcctoro .. Jilc-Irnest Jones wasiUen proposed as u titc \ ng candiJat-ctcreprestnt tl > : s , borough , and thnt a ri ' . 'i ^ Uitioa ahoul . d , be signed by lh % cbuirmui ^ yequestinj ; aija to become so . This resolutjonsi was can-ieA with graat enthusit \ siAi . cflly two hanfi 3 , i ) oing hel < l up against it sui of tha ivi ^ ti awerablage . ; TJio- requisition wsir . ; accordingly prepared ,, and the peetimg separated hi gfcty delighted with the t ? tVta > l > h au * tiqtowed over the m < y . o « Jlising Whigs .

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      TTO THE CII ^ Sari STS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM .

      Brother Djn «« R&T 3 , i . General Elfiifjticn is at hand ; we muslwndeavour , bjrall the leg ^ nwans within our pow $ r > to secure ( ske return of a-Jew sterling patriots to t ! & next pnr-Jaament , who- ^ lliaid our own Duncomba in making ike popular W } ifl » heard in tbe House oS Commons . To effect thia-Aasirable obgect , it is noenssary to raise funds wherowitln to pay the expenses li ! scly to be incurred . Not { j » gham bavins ; been ^ ci ^ ctcd as one borough font-fljiin * the experiment , wi' ^ ring forwatd a Candida ^ . take hira to the poll , aad , if' po ^ siblo , return him , ) , in the person of t ! io working man ' s friend as&jtthe oppressor ' s foe , Fesygus O'Connor , Esq . Wa , oa ) l upon you to rally . s « und us , and forward y < iur subscriptions at once , i ^ , post age stamps , or post-ojijjljM ordersy every farthing of which shall be duly accounted for in my balanco-shect . Onward , ami we ?» aquerL I remain ,. 3 ours truly , James Sweet .

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      TO ) 1 T 3 E MEMBERS OF TIHE NATIONAL LAi ^ D COMPANY .

      J ^ IPSDS , —Yo « , 3 nu 8 fc , no doiibb ^ have observed . 3 n # rocja announced in the yorthcr&Siar for the purpose o&agi&ating the important interaatsot your Society , im p * proceed , ia accordance v » th the usual practice of t lecturers , to give a brief . sununary of my proceediirig . 8 jii'aving it Jo-. the local secfirtaries to send a , moro enlea-ged report Bhould they tkink proper to do so . jliaitended at Winlaton and lifirth Shield 3 , wk « re excellent branches were formed Winlaton has been ¦ loan famod far its eood audAruo men , but the open-13

      i'isg efFected 5 *» North Sh ^ s soiv . cthiag unexi jpeoted , new , attd cheerih ? . I al 90 made a prqmistiitc l isommenceraont at Windy ,- Nook and Wrackingfos * althouRh t ! ia holidays wcae certainly a . drawback . 11 left the Newcastle branj ^ b in a mojt flouiishjug condition , an * only felt sorry , ia consequencaot the largo influx of now members ^ ahatthe whole stock ot rules had beeuiappropriatedv . sothat I could-, not take on * copy into , the now district of the Wear * I proceeded to Shies ? Row , whetaJ addressed a goodly meeting ; the result of which m \ l be developed in time . At

      Easingion Lane I found an active co-operato ? in the passon of Mr JaJin Hunter . Ws had a spirited meet-jag , attended , by some of the . principal ir , hab '« tantjj at the con ^ u &ion of which , sever » l new laomberqaunounced tijemselves . ' . l tvalhad on to Thornley , antiihad toregrob massing many , -populous places , in wlj&b . consitleracflB good might ^ avc been done . We had a capita ^ ajieeting at ibis colliery , composed cjiiefly oi ' minc ^ . I opened ^ w branch with eleven aames—all of . -whora made &w appearance at tha society ' s meeting in a chapef'On Saturday following , to elect officens , pay contrifeuiions , and regularly proceed to buswess . . . .

      On the Srd of June I visJied Cawop , whste we had a moat oxceWent rocetiss , the schoolmaster of tho place ofl&i&linE as chairavvn . Some of tie overmen were pwsc » t , and exposed their approbation of tho plan . % enrolled sevea members as . a start . In Thor&Jpy and Cassop we are likely ts » have a very considerable influx ofi members . Tl » solliers merely wattS ^ tjft understand bi » e plan to takfr it up w ith their cUjraieteristio enthasiasm . yrom Thornley I walked on to Durham , and from ihpace on Monday , June 7 th , Iwarched on through aaa delightful country ( the crop , looking magnificent ) ftix as Bishop Auckland . No avr-angeuient had been S » ade here for a meeting , but I made arrangements for one at a future date , vAen , 1 hope , the carpet weavers will come out and aesist me .

      On June Stb I had a fine meeting in Old Shildon . Marly tool ; Slic rules , an » ouncing their inteution to join and pay their sub 3 « piption ; ai the first members

      meetingv . ; I wilVfaolda mectisg tonigbt , June Oih , m Uar-1 wish some ona atRedoar , Hartlenool , Durhanu Ohester-lo-strcet . and Birtloy , would cominunoate witb me assoon as possible at the l ^ - ^ fSS ; ton . on . Tees , to which place they can dmart tjw totten . Any locality desirous of my «»™«« ' ^ to those Towns 1 P «« t 1 " 0 ^ " M * route , will have their request atUnded . to . ThBCarlMe brftnih will bo Rood cnougli to mnlto inBUanueuw ^ around their town and SKfro oTo begin on Monday , June 23 th . fffi ^ MfpSS" in jouncing the existence 0 ? asoiS ««« friendly fcelnis towards the cause wherever 1 have been-an anxioua 1 desire to become ftpnuainted with the principles ot the society , and an ¦

      honest earnestenthusiasm tor its prosperity anil advancement . It will be my duty to emUavour to improve this favourable stale of things , niidjalt-tUoso localities which 1 have . visited " wilL WP ®^^^\ testimony to my ainoere exertions , ft / ' M' 0 ^ r ^ hJ \ " I remain , Mends , faHl ^ H « i > ra ^^<<« ¦¦¦ ¦¦ < & >^ v Mi

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      fiirefor his ' vioiation . pFdftty .. Nbws . raen of Derby , is yoar . time—England iooksto you ^ -the enemy has given youa glorious opportumtjt of testing the dying House of > Whi ggery upo » , the question of ConsiitutionalLaw . This blow will ! destroy all hope . of WhiggeryVat the next generaHelectioif- Ourbattlecry will be , "DOWN WITIIiTliSiBaiSE , BLOODY AND BRUTAL WHIGS- !! ' Miwof Derby , forward your . petition at once ; signit nighfc and day ; state every grievance , and semHtto your constitutional adviser , Our friend ana . ehampib » , - . T : S .. Ehincombe . ' ' ¦• i . sx ' ' ' .. Ydur-fiathful M-iehd ^ . : ¦ r ) Jeahgus OIConnor .

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      THE RAM OF DERBY . "WAR TO EXTERMINATION ! . . " UP , CHARTISTS , AND AT THBM ! TO THE . MEN OF THE MIDLANDS . March ! March ! Derby and Nottingham , Why , my lads , don't you march forward in order March ! March I Leicester and Birmingham , . And drive the base Bloodies over the border . Friends of the Midlands .

      I was just about writing a letter of'thanks and congratulation to the brave Chartists of "West , minster , for having so gloriously rescued our cause , our principles , and our honour , from the snares of Faction ; but , as I understand that a vote of censure has been passed upon me by the METROPOLITAN COMMITTEE for the part I took at the late Crown and Anchor Meeting , I shall reserve what I had intended to say till I am in possession of that vote .

      I defer any further notice of the subject , because 1 hold myself responsible to public opinion ; and because I may have unintentionally erred , and may consequently be deserving of censure . Having dismissed the subject foi the present , I now turn to the consideration of the most important subject just now to the Chartist body—I mean the treatment of our friend M ' Grath , at Derby , by the Mayor of that town .

      The conduct of the BASE , BRUTAL , AND BLOODY , was not only illegal , but unconstitutional . He had no right , as Returning Officer , to play the highwayman , and demand of M ' Grath , "YOUR MONEY OR'YOURLIBERTY . " He had no right to forbid the non-electors holding up their hands he had no right to make the payment of fees , the condition of opening the poll . The blow thus aimed of

      the double blow at th ^ poor privileges ^ nonelectors and the ri ght of electors , is a blow which , if not resented , would at once crush all hope of liberty . This is the signal of what we are to expect when we next meet the foe in the field . Just when a Minority-Minister is about to appeal to the country ! his local coadjutor shows how in-dooy toleration is to be strengthened by out-door despotism : ¦ ¦ ' •• . "

      Is it not enough that your voicesshould be stifled , but must your hands now be muffled ? Having starved you into submission , are they afraid to see the blisters that overtoil has raised ? Read Doyle ' s true and unadorned description of the BXOODY'S conduct , and ask yourselves then what you have to expect from Whiggery ? Now , frienig , my blood so boils at the recital , that I fear the value of my incarceration to the Whigs at the next contest , wera 1 to give free expression to my feelings .

      It is not a usual ox a common act of tyranny that has been committed , it is an atrocious act , for which there is no precedent ; and straightway , and without a moment ' s loss of time , a strong , an indignant , and unmistakeable remonstrance must he sent by the electors and son-electors of Derby to Mr Duncombe No time must be lost , as we must know the terms upon which the approaching battle is to be fought . Let u * have a clear and explicit definition of Whig constitutional liberty from the tools of the constituent body , in order that we may clearly understand our position , and , if the , MM OFDERBY'is right in his constitutional law , " Death to the Liberty Slayers ! " " Death to the Base , Bloody , and Brutals I" " Death to \ Vtaiggery !'' shall be our batthverv and watchword at the next conflict .

      This atrocious act will raise the pride of insulted freemen from John . O'Groats to the Land ' s End . When our friends nobly step forward , as M'Grath nobly did , to declare our principles and our views , are we to abandon them * in the hour of trial ? I now tell you , in contradiction of the RAM'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL DECISION , that the Whigling Gower is not the member for Derby ; and if the question was submitted to a committee , he must be unseated . I further tell you that the base official has rendered , himself amenable to the law , and subject to a heavy

      To Feargus O'Connor, Esq. ~

      TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . ~

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      r . - * . «« o ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ T / v $ om .., / & & // -fy ^ c ^ t ^^/^ ¦ .- r'r-- ~ y - "' : rar ; ' •¦¦ -... ¦¦ ¦ ' *" ¦ ¦"' . a € > : ¦ f LH % cJH , T ' - ' A- ¦ ¦* *" M TT T- . " ^^ / / ~~ ¦ _«__ ANDJATIONAL ts |]) ES' JOriRNAT , ' "

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      ! ^ lf- ° - 504- LONDON , SATURDAY , 3 Win < IW ~ ^^^^ r " — - Tr ^ — . : ¦¦ ¦ ^ ¦¦ , ^ ^ , M . 1 ^ ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 19, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1423/page/1/