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      ibandoned it in its madness . That father , who is capable of abandoning a child in its folly , isanunna-Itural father . I saw the great g rievances that Labour ¦ had to complain of ; therefore I tolerated the great [ excesses of the labourers . But my principle ever since has been to teach you . not the physical-force method , bnt the moral-force method , as the method by which you may achieve your rig hts . ( Cheers . ) I have preached for fifteen years . I have been allowed to woTk a lind of nnder-current—a kind of earthquake springing up under those who will not

      listen—springing tip under those who are deaf and will not hear-springing up under those who believe but will not confess . It is not my preaching that is dangerous to society , but it is those who confess the truth but will not be guided by the action . ( Cheers . ) In spite of the press , who have attempted to damn me by silence , I have fostered this princip le until now you find it upon each passing breeze , until now you find it making its way through the key-hole of every peasant ' s cottage , and with its thundering voice entering the salons of the

      great , and ere long you will find it lying at the feet of royalty itself . ( Cheers . ) Is it any wonder , when they couldn ' t bny me , that they should denounce me ? Heretofore it has been the custom to " buy off the people ' s friends . Finding they couldn't buy me with money , they would frighten me off by persecution ; they would shove me off by silence , disregard and disrepute . But , thank God . I have lived * down the press-gang . ( Hear ) I am a national Gazette myself , read by those who believe that my teaching will be profitable to all parties . Now , I would ask

      those who aie obli ged to come at last to the principles I have been preaching , where was the use in their silence ? where the profit in their neglect ? There is not a single abuse that has taken place that I have not prophesied—not a single evil that has occurred from any one measure that has " passed , that I have not predicted—not a single nostrum propounded , nor a modicnm of justice , that I have not asked for . When all parties were rampant , a definition of party principles was asked for . The Whigs were asked for a practical illustration of their

      principles ; and they said it was Free Trade , which meant "high wages , cheap bread , and p lenty to do . " The Tories were asked for a practical definition of their principles , and they said , " Stop where you can —allow the popular voice to go as far as you can safely trust it , bnt stop it when it is safe to do so . " I was asked for a practical illustration of my principles . All said , "What is Chartism ? it is a mere empty sound ; it is a mere bugbear , without any defined result or object attached to it . " I think I gave the best possible definition of my principles :

      which was , "A labour-field and a home for every man who was industrious . " ( Cheers . ) Well , I dare say , from the time of my entering public life to this moment no man has had a more opposed , but a more successful career . No man has stood tie number of persecutions and prosecutions that I have stood ; and no man has come out mors unscathed or unintunidated than I have . Instead of intimidating me , each persecution has but convinced me of the value of my principles . I have been represented as a drunken infidel , a destructive political

      adventurer . I am a drunkard , who was never tipsy ! An infidel , whose every hour is devoted to the service of his God ! A destructive , who has never inflicted punishment even upon a dumb animal , and whose soul revolts at an act of cruelty ! and an adventurer , who has spent thousands in the service of those , at whose expense he has never travelled a mile , or eaten a meal ! ( Tremendous cheering and waving of hats , which lasted several minutes . ) Mr O'Connor continued : —Now let me prove to vou that what all parties—FREE-TRADERS , WHIGS ,

      TORIES , Churchmen , Dissenters , ana Cotton-lords profess to desire , I carry out . Do they not all say they want to better your condition ? ( Yes . ) Then teU me by what means other tban the return to free labour on the Land , that object can be achieved ? ( Cheers . ) Ton don't understand THEIR promises , hut yon do mine . ( Cheers . ) What was Russell ' s test of statesmanshi p ? Sanitary improve ' ment , ventilation , health of towns , improved system of education , and the solution of the problem of criminal law . These are his nostrums : what is mv

      practice ? I say , let the bared muscle of the FREEMAN'S ARM imbibe stiength from the oxygen ; let the labourer's cottage be ventilated b y the pure couct 7 air ; let it stand apart from the dingy smoke ; let him see the free unpolluted Schoolhonse untainted b y sectarianism ; let justice stand at his door and honour will reign in his heart . ( Tremendous applause . ) That ' s practice , not Whi g theory . What , my friends , ought to be , if it is not , the dear , the darling , the primary object of every government ? Should it not be to cultivate

      the resources of the country to the very highest state of advantage and perfection ? Well , then , as they don ' t do so , what are they compelled to do ? To feed the Church upon the Dissenters—to feed th * Dissenters upon the Catholics-and to feed all upon those who are the easiest prey . On the contrary , I would say , let the resources of the country he developed , but let it be for the benefit of those by whose industry they are increased . The shopkeepers of Norwich , no doubt , consider themselves 3 highly aristocratic party , Now , I have always found fault

      with the shopkeepers for joining with the Free-Traders , and for this reason—that the object of Free-Trade was to create a speculation in everything : high wages and low wages ; dear bread and cheap bread ; ah" to be pocketed b y the master . Mastermanufacturers was the theory and principle of Free-Trade ; whereas thegreatest interest the shopkeeper has is h a fair requital , honourable employment , and a fcir remuneration of labour . ( Cheers . ) I would put this question to the shopkeepers of Norwich-• whether do they suppose it would be better for

      thirty farmers , or thirty squires , ill managing and badly treating thirt y thousand acres of land in this vicinity , to be amongst them , or for 10 , 000 agricultural labourers cultivating those 30 , 000 acres , at three acres to each man to come not as branded slaves , to spend their pittance , but as free men , to expend the full value of their labour ? These shopteeper ? , in their desire to pin themselves to the little social etiquette and fashion of Free-Trade , forgot their duty to those on whom they made a livelihood . I would ask the shopkeepers of Norwich whether it is

      with the pence of the millions or the pounds of the few that they are best pleased ? I would ask them whether the ready pence of the despised working classes do not often enable them to prolong and renew the bills of the aristocracy who deal with them ? And these are the men who have been C 0 tt « teamed and despised ,-thesearethemen who have been looked upon a 3 outcasts ! Now , my friends I

      thinkl have shown pretty clearly that I am for every one of those princi ple ? which Lord J . Russell has defined , for every one that Young England and Old England have defined-forall thatLiberalismhas defined . But it is because mine is a practical illustration , and theirs are but the mere theory , that they are not in love with my doctrines . ( Cheers . ) As long as I represented the largest county in the kingdom in Parliament I was the same man that I am now I

      represented Norfolk as well as the county of Cork-I represented Westminster as well as the city of Cork . And because I was too liberal—because I was determined not to be a party to a compromise , as the middle-classes of Norwich appear to be-I was looked ujmn as nobod y ' s child ; I was not fit for the House of Commons ; and thank God for it ! ( Hear , and cheers . ) VdI now > arfi we an ^ tttrt ^ , ° but kt them take hee * how ftey hug themselves in this fallacy . The landlords never hear of us , because they read my grandmother «* Xmin 9 HeroW , l » the morning VS . )

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      That , as a matter of course , will not convey much knowledge to them . The Whi gs never hear of us and the Tories never hear of us . But when the next parliament assembles they shall hear of us . ( Cheers . ) During the last Parliament I was one of those of 200 , 000 who walked with a petition signed by 3 , 370 , 000 freemen to the door of the House of Commons . It was my lot and my pride to carry a fragment of that petition which was too heavy for sixteen men to wag under , and throw it contemptuously at the S peaker ' s chair . We have got a reform , we are told ; but where is the reformation ? ( Hear . ) We have emancipation , they say ; but where is the freedom ? We have got a license to speak ; but the prison-door opens upon us if we speak what is dissatisfying to faction . ( Cheers . ) They say we live in a free country ; but that country cannot be free , its institutions cannot be good , when they dread the assault of truth . So long as we have a venal and corrupt priesthood , so long as we have a hired press , we shall have great difficulties to contend with ; but , thank God , we are urging that to a little more

      liberality—and that upon the competitive principle . ( Hear , hear . ) Thus , then , we stand . Our party is the most numerous—our party is the most virtuous —our party the most valuable—because it creates all whereon others live in idleness and luxury . ( Cheers . ) If I had asked you to be idle then I mi ght have been justly charged with sedition . If I had asked for a freedom that would degenerate into licentiousness , I might be justly charged with being a dangerous demagogue . But I am for freedom tempered with reason and discretion . I look for no freedom that

      would turn man against his brother ; that would arm class against class ; but I am for that freedom that would ensure a just amount of the cultivation of the national resources , and a just amount of contentment and happiness to those who sedulousl y and industriously cultivate it . ( Cheers . ) All their sanitary improvements will not do that . All their ventilation will not do that . They go only far enough to stay the torrent of your anger . They stop short at the door of justice . Let them not talk about the Count y Courts Bill , and bringing Justice home to every man ' s door . Let them bring unsullied justice to

      every man ' s door ; and honour will reigu in every man ' s heart . We should require no County Courts , no law and no lawyers , for every man would have an opportuuity of earning his own livelihood . Well , then , my friends , others could not illustrate what their systems meant ; others could not develope their principles , and I was asked to develope mine . I did so ; and what was the consequence ? Why , in less than two years I have associated 150 , 000 people—not a mere political community—but into a political , moral , and social community . ( Cheers . ) I am now possessed of

      over £ 50 , 000 in money and land , subscribed by the working classes themselves . ( Cheers . ) Yes ; the press won't notice that ; and why ? Because they can ' t abuse me . They won ' t expose that ; and why ? Because they can ' t say it is a bauble for myself to live upon . I have visited and bid for 70 or 80 estates , and travelled thousands and tens of thousands of miles , but there is no item in your balancesheet for any of my expenditure . ( Cheers . ) I have not been the cost of a single fraction to your society ; and , by the blessing of God , I never will as long as I live . The middle classes are now beginning to see

      their own regeneration in that societ y . A gentleman near Wigan in Lancashire , wrote to me the other day in these terms , " Sir , you call yourself a philanthropist , but you don ' t know the meaning of the word . Philanthropy means the love of all mankind ; whereas you devote your entire exertion to one class only—the labouring class . What , sir , is to become of us poor devils , the middle classes ? I have my two hundred pounds ready to pay for a share in your Laud Plan , but , because I am a middle-class man , you will not allow me to enter . " I wrote to say that ours was a free temple , having no distinct ion of creed , no

      distinction of politics , no distinction of colour , no distinction of thought , and that he was welcome if he was willing to enter . He accordingly sent his £ 200 by return of post . He is now abandoning his business , and coming to live in the free open air . Well » I told you that this would be only an experiment . Believe me you cannot have 150 , 000 men working for their own salvation , working for their own livelihood—banded in one association for one common purpose—without having a tremendous effect upon the government of the country . I well recollect when Williams , the member for Coventry , presented

      a petition to the House in favour of Education in Wales . I was sitting in the gallery , and heard Sir James Graham say in reply , that the hon . member might rest assured that in proportion h the people increased in respectability , they would have effect in that house . When , then , I send , or when I take—( hear)—a petition si gned by 150 , 000 men possessing their own land , and working out their own freedom , telling the House of Commons and the world , that to tax them for a parson that doss not work for them , is obnoxious—telling them they want no Poor-laws , because they create no

      paupers , —when I present such a petition as that , Sir James Graham will pay it equal attention to that referring to Education in Wales . Some people say education is nothing . Education is everything . Education is so dear , that no sectarian description of it ought to be permitted in any country . ( Hear . ) What brought Ireland to its present position ? What but the false teaching of those who first conquered , and then plundered her ? This was the causa of all the evils afflicting this country . Thii is the cause of your paying £ 10 , 000 , 000 this year for her , and £ 20 , 000 , 000 perhaps next year .

      Whether is it cheaper to have a fair and honourabli description of education at once , or to pay tenor twenty millions per annum for the result of a false educatiOE . Thus yon see all they hare promised vou is nothing but moonshine . They have notthe brains to Bee the moving power of the age . A jockey and a Jew-jobber hope to rule the country by marching backwards , and the curs snarl at the lion that 8 aved them . They say Peel betrayed them , that they gave him power and force to resist Free-Trade . Yea ; foolB ffwv " ^ J P lOTed him to preserve a folly , but he sacrificed the folly and preserved the ; ools , and now the very men whom he saved from fcTJ ^ A" ® ' ?« ¥ . sacrifice him . ( Hear , the that

      S f rw T , "t * * Ughtsh ° P e ° We ^ iS ?* 6 ? 3 anaJa « Bbter . ) Oh ! they don't underiSSi 618111 ^* 3 - Jfe * directing mind-the immortal apostle , Mathew—( great cheerineV-liaR giveneyes tothe blind , andsMsS thSfhuS £ ^ l ^^ glvea ^ and cbea p ^»^ irto M ? iSS - ; the , ma netic sonl of Peel attracted it ; his grasping , glowing genius digested it , and his manlyconr ^ eapphed it . - andnow thesavedpiBmireB SSaSffift&SFS tend « d for was that a proper adjustment . hould b .

      „ f-If a r ° sl ouldbean equitable and univer . sal , instead of a ciass-measure . I always told you , and now repeat it-and let it fall as a prediction sure SS ™ &T ? theeare ofthose ^ speculate in eora- ^ hat , before you are a yew older , you will f eo selling for this , the man without a penny to buy it S ? J" F- Objeo 5 of greater commiseration than he who is now forced , but able , to give a S . ling for a small loaf . ' CheaD' and « Aenr'IZ . , ti ! £ " When

      SRW you r e ' nttin s *» -SEE SL 2 ? " "twroiBin a cooWshop , you wi 2 !?? m \ \ Mv * && . those are the ad " X ™ ™ 1 want , bal the Whi 88 w ° n't grant & * aii tr r ^ they are the most cowardly of all parties : they are the most deceitful of all par ieV ElS * ^ *«* *« " ¦*** a grfetanSut they attack a party . They won't say to the Disaen-& . "T \ ri ! UreheT ! you frora th 0 Payment of tithes ; but they say to the Landlords , We will enable yen to Jive upon a little bit of Church proparty ; you are a little stronger than the chnndimm .

      and tnerefore we wiU not rob the Church to conciliate yen . " That ' s not principle . That ' s not justice . It m transferring the burden from one shoulder to an . other . It . reminds nw of the Irishman ' s method of ehtnog hshone . The man was riding on horse

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      back with a sack of potatoes before him . The animal stumbled , whereon the man snid , " Wisha , by my sowl , my poor baste , —I think ye ' ro tired , I'll carry the praties myself . " Thus saying , he took the sack on his shoulders , but still continued riding on the horse . ( Much laughter . ) Thus it is with the removal of a bit of the hump from the landlords ' back . These aro doings which you must bear in mind—things whichl wish you to carry home . Now , let us see what our principles do . In a poor parish last year I spent ' £ 500 a week in labour ; now I am spending £ 690 ; and , erelong , I shall spend £ 3 , 000 aweefc . 1 aak you , then , whether this practical Chartism , or theoretical Whiggery , or exemplary Free-Trade , is best ? We meet with all kinds of

      opposition , and all sorts of objections . One man says , "You can never get land enough . " I could get ten millions' worth of land if I had the money . It is said again , " But they won't let you have the land at a fair price . " I made £ 1 , 350 proSt of one estate , which , however , I did not pocket , but gave to you ; and could have made profit out of every estate I hare bought . Others say , "that tradesmen , artificers , and others unaccustomed to agricultural labour won't be able to work . " It takes a man seren years to learn to make a pair of shoes , but a tailor may stick a cabbage in half a minute . ( Cheers and laughter . ) "That , " you may say , "is only an assertion . " Bnt what is the fact ? Why , the weavers , the tailors , and the shoemakers are the best farmers

      I have on my colony . The women work with the pick-axe , and work well too , and say they prefer it to the shuttle . Is not this cultivating the resources of the country ? All up by daylight , and think the day too short . Isn't that more healthy than the rattle-box ? There it a school , too , at the end of the estate , and the people have themselves the election and dismissal of the schoolmaster . If the man dares to interfere with the others' religious worship , he is at once sent about his business . Now , that ' s realising the old maxim of the despotic prince , which is apposite and good : —There was a tyrant whs was anxious to discover the exact strength of a man . He desired a slave to come to his treasury , and loaded him with a heavy sack of gold . The slave staggered

      under it , and fell . He then made him get up and carry it again . The man did so , but soon rested . " I can't carry it farther , " at last said the slate . "Take it , " said the prince , " ' tis your own . " He immediately put it on his back , and walked away with it . ( Laughter . ) Now , my friends , many parties call you idle and dissipated , but as soon as I have put a heavy sack upon your back , laden with the fruits of your own industry , I don't find that there ' s any idleness in the working classes . ( Hear . ) You are called vicious . Close the door of vice , then , and open the door of morality , and I will warrant your vice will never enter the poor man ' s cottage . As soon as I opened the market for you , the market beoame full . Where was the inducement to the poor

      man , who through life could never amass enough to get a bit of meat on the Sunday , to be frugal ? WheH the market was open—when there was a demand for virtue—there was an ample supply came to my stall ; and I now proclaim it with pleasure , that , out of the £ 50 , 000 sent to purchase land , £ 30 , 000 has been rescued frora the gin-palace and the beer-snop . Then , I ask , at all events , am I a dissipated man , when I have thus rescued innocence from the inducements and temptations of life ? No ; you are now living virtuously and frugally , that you may live honestly hereafter , while the Queen upon her throne , and the placemen and pensioners that surround her , are living a life of dissipation , drunkenness , and debauchery . Tes , stop drunkenness

      tomorrow , and the throne falls the next day ; stop prostitution , and there is an end to immorality in the country . Who are the most virtuous ? then , who the most frugal ? those who live on the dissipation , or thoso who try to destroy that dissipation in order that the people may live upon the fruits of their own industry ? Some of the middle classes have joined our association . One gentleman , worth £ 100 , 000 , has ten shares ; another highly respectable individual has ten . Several poor curates , too , look upon four acres of land , at a fair rent , as a better dower than £ 10 a year , for damning their Catholic brethren . We have several young parsons with us ; but none of them sball preach their own creed in my churches ; they shall keep all that to themselves . It has been

      said , " Ay , but you are entrapping us . " If I am , 1 am the biggest fool amongst you ; because I spend none of your money , and work twelve or thirteen , and sometimes fifteen hours a day for you —( hear , hear)—and never a day for anybody else . ( Cheers . ) Some men say , " But can we live upon two acres ?" Othewsay , "Can he live upon three , or upnn four acres V Show me a man who cannot live upon tho proceeds of his own industry—a man who can consume all he can produce in the year , and I will say the principle ib wrong . Then show me the man who can cultivate two acres of ground in the year . It is not to be done . I have a quarter of an acre of ground in * 1 garden ; and I contend , without fear of contradiction , that no man , his wife , and four children , will

      consume in five months what is in that quarter of an acre . I defy contradiction . I am not one of your railway projectors—I am a practical farmer . For eleven years I cultivated over 600 acres of my own land , and employed more than 130 men . It was the knowledge I derived from that experience . that brought meto the determination to make inyse'f the patriarch of tho poor man . ( Cheers . ) "Oh , " but say some , "Feargus O'Connor , like others , will be bribed . " Lord Chesterfield says every man will be bribed , if you come up to his price . . I admit it . I will be bribed ; but then my price will be Annual Parhamenta , Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Equal Representation , no Property Qualification , Payment of Members and a nest fer every man who will labour

      , for his liyine . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) When that is bid , I'll knock you all down for it . Independently of this , I am out of my own pocket . You will remember that Sir Robert Peel said that the science of agriculture was only in its infancy . I have been determined to teat this , and have offered labour-premiums to the poor on my own estates . I have determined to give premiums of £ 7 , £ 5 , and £ 3 , to the most industrious men on the several home colonies . That will be some inducement for them . That ' s better than the bastile , better than the gaol , better than the county court , better than all the Whigs have promised you , betterthan all that the Tories have done for you . ( Hear , hear . ) We nre now upon the eve oC a great struggle . As for

      myself , 1 hare no doubt 1 shall get into Parliament for somewhere . ( Hear . ) 1 am determined , at all events , not to Bneak through the back door . I am determined never to go to Parliament unless I have the whole people with me , electors as well as npn-electors . I think the shopkeepers of Norwich , if they look around them and bestir themselves—if they will but analyse matters—if they leok at the system of feeding the powerful upon the powerless—will come to the conclusion that it is their duty to assist tho poor electors of Norwich , not to return the Marquis of Douro or Mr Peto ; but to return two men of uncompromising principles , who will give Labour its just rights . My friends , they call me a physical-force man . Why , they have no right to call

      me such , while they haunt me with visions of warriors before and on each side of me . Why should they stick up warriors here as emblems of greatness , with swords aud trappings , and then despise me and say I am aphysicaLforce man ? But it is fair , as a stranger , never having been here before—and as , in all probability , my character will be taken from what you gee of me to-night—it is fair , as your leader , that I should divulge my principles on that question . What I have always Baid is this—that moral power is the deliberative quality in each man ' s mind which teaches him how to reason and how to endure , and when forbearance becomes a crime . If that should fail to achieve all that manisinstlvAn .

      titled to , if physical force be needed , ( which God torbid it will then come to its aid like an electrio shock . These have always been my notions . It is , however , curious that we shouldhavebeen denounced asphyaical . force men , whonallthe physical force is on the other side . I was taken to prison at the point of the bayonet , and have been on several occasions thus escorted ; and three hundred poor men were fed to prison at the point of the bayonet . Ah ! friends , when I have a national militia of 100 , 000 landsmen , ai \ sober and industrious men , who will fly to the cry of My cottage is in danjeer I" with more alacrity than the mercenary runs to the cry of " The Church 19 m danger ! " there will be no thoueht of nhvsieal

      rorce , becausetheso hundred thou 3 andmilitiamen will then have a fair share in the representation of their opinions . I never anticipated that the workincw « Ji ° t T bl ! -i ° Pu r <* aseen < ' < gn land to locate all ; but I did , and do , , anticipate that n . ° . governmeat will bo able to pass OVer SLH ^^ 6 menUhen the - vseePeoplethu 8 Vrug ^ gling for their own means of livelihood , without either resisting that struggle or co-operating in its ST ™ ' - Wit f h i ]> elastfortnightlhavepur-? an ? n ° re ? °£ ?? -the Prlracst land in Lgland On this I shal locate , on the 16 th of August , forty . fivemore men in their own abodes . Every man of two acres gets £ 15 capital : everv mTnf

      £ 80 n « ' 1 10 \ ; and every raan of f «»» «*<• 2 . m y F ! . fi ? per cent ' on ^ e purchase money . Now , landlords are considered to be the greatest tyrants ; and so they are . ( Hear , hear ) You never can getthe amount of land you rcSe If you want to buy a pound of sugar you can Wt " but you must give g yonpenee a pound foTtt 7 hHe the mau who buys a hogshead can get it for three ? v ^ & ^ & ^ i ^ B ^ -Masainaf ^ js 1

      prMa Sr HkV" ^ "ir * sa Ipsis i than" ! Si *" £ 30 ' ° ! ^ P *^ 3 $ wr * man £ 20 , 000 a year only in land . " Thus , pride

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      operated and the purse operated in the matter . But some one says , " Look to your own country and the small-farm system . " There is no such thing in Ireland as the small-farm system . In Ireland the grievance is want of tenure , and that if an Irish , man takes cen acres at a pound an acre , and makes them wo . th thirty shillings an acre , his labour is set up to the highest bidder . That ' s the difficulty in Ireland , and not the small-farm system . With-us no man can dispossess you , for every man gets ^ is lease for ever ; it is \ va own , and no man can eject him . Now , I believe the Election Committee have taken these things intowrasjideration . I believe they are determined to continue their exertions . My friendsdon't get into another compromise . A nan

      , will b " e forthcoming , who will bein every way acceptable to you , and who ought also to he acceptable to tho Dissenters-r-a man who will have courage to represent you—a man who will servo you . I pledge myself that you shall . have a proper candidate , and if my assistance be necessary , if my presence will be at all an auxiliary to your success , you have only to call me , and I will come . ( CheerB . ) Not that I wish your voices for myself , because I am otherwise engaged , but I will come and endeavour to establish the title of a gentleman whom I shall recommend to your suffrages . Therefore , don't again be deceived - don't again be tampered with — don t allnw a base compromise . ( Hear . ) You

      may be sure that the greatest danger that could befall this country would be one of two thingseither to return a large majority of free-traders , or a large majority of protectionists , to the next parliament . If , on the one hand , you return a majority of free-traders , you must remember that the principle only has been acknowledged ; they will apply only those details that will give benefit to Capital and destroy the power of Labour . On the other hand , you must have a . majority of land-traps—of Bentincka , who move backwards , and would undo Free-trademen who ought to have lived in the sixteenth century . Why , when wo were learning politics , Lord George was sweating his jockies in the dunghill . What can he know about politics ! And what does

      Disraeli know about politics , —the man who has offered himself to all parties , and isn't ) worth the purchase of any ? You must look to honest , upright , uncompromising men , who will not hesitate to avow the principles they profess . Ireland is now being with us , Scotland was always with us . If we are but true to ourselves—if I am enabled to place those eloquent propounders of our principles , more eloquent than myself—in every county of England , then , I ask , where is the fear for Democracy ? where tho dread for Chartism ? Show me 500 acres of land within three miles of Norwich for a fair price , and no man shall take it from me . ( Cheers . ) Show me an estate in Norfolk near to you and dear to you , and there 1 will bring sanitaiy improvements home to

      you—there 1 will bring the bill of health t » your own doers—there the god of Justice shall be perched upon your chimneys . That ' s what I propose to do for the working classes . In that I have spent a fortune . I have always told you what the character of a true patriot should be—that he should live usefully and die a pauper . I know not whether I have lived usefully as jet . As yet , I should not die a pauper ; but if I had a million of money to-morrow , every farthing of it should be spent in land on which to locate the honest labourers of England and Ireland . ( Loud cheers . ) I suppose there are some Irishmen here . They will understand me if I ask them what effect it would have upon the literature of Ireland , upon tho morality of Ireland , upon the politics , upon the liberty of Ireland , if there were a

      thousand Tipperary men going to take possession of a thousand cottages witli four acres of land each ! Wculd not that be a moral lesson to all Europe ? If I could see the demagogues and leaders of Ireland marching not in their gew-gaws and corporate gowns , but in their fustian jackets , to instal a thousand labourers into a thousand cottages , with their own capital , I should ' say that was the mode of emancipating Ireland . ( Hear and cheers . ) Remember if this doesn ' t come from England , it will come from America . America h half Irish in numbers—all Irish in feeling . Do you think that these stalwart men will be paltry beggars at your door and thank you for sixpence in the pound of what you have plundered them ? No , Ireland doesn't want

      your sympathy — she doesn't want your charitj . All she wants is " Ireland for the Irish ,: and England for the English . " ( Cheers . ) Ireland doesn't want to pay Protestant parsons ior damning the Catholio people . Irishmen don't want to see their mother earth smoking with the blood of their innocent children , sacrificed at the shrine of Protestantism . The Irish have been called murderers . . There never was a murder committed in which the murdered man had not committed a hundred before , by mercilessly thrusting bis victims on the road side to perish from want , or to be relieved by the fostering hand of the pauper . If every Irishman had five acres of land and a cottage of his own , I will promise you that , as the Irish of

      old gave literature to the world , ao the Irish of this day would give morality , good habits , and customs tothe world likewise . I have stated upon this platform of England for fifteen years that , if I could help it , Englishmen should never have their rights an hour before Irishmen had thex * . Now we are mar shalled in this cause , we are determined to go forward . It will now bo more difficult than eve * to amalgamate the two parties . The Bentinck landtraps will always have a large number in the house . Peel will be obliged to join Russell ; but then you can't have two Prime Ministers . It may be that Sir Robert Peel will go over and be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ; but then you may rely upon it that the hatred of Peel will makeBentinok andDisraeli oppose

      everything he proposes , and Peel , on tho other hand , will oppose everything they brin ? forward . So that your rights are bandied about between angry children . We are to be the shuttlecock between these two battledores . It is very hard for you who create all this to be set aside ; but it is still harder to think that I should be working for you , if you don't work for yourselves . Every hour of my life is devoted to your service- Let nob then , this be the holiday of Idleness ; let it be the labour of Freedom . Let every man say , " Why should I vote for Wellington ' s son , or for Peto ?"—the man who has given you a political fabric threestories high , threedistinctaddrcsses , and , like a thovough builder , he has not made one of them of the same symmetry and architecture- He has given

      you a pieco of non descript architecture . It could not be better analysed than in a . leading article in the Norfolk News , Read that analysis for yourselves , and you will see what Mr Peto prom ises to do for you . If you allow yourselves to be deceived , blame yourselves ; don't blame Mr Peto , nor me . Recollect what an Irish member paid to his constituents : "When he bribed them he sold them . " " Would you sell your country , Mr Bennett , " said they to hire . (( " said ; he , " and & glad am I that I have a country to soil . " If Mr Peto buys you , don't blamo him if he sells you . He has a right to do so . If the Marquis buys you , he has a right to soil you , because you are his stock-in-trade ; he has speculated in you . If you wiBh to have your Charter , your labour field

      , your nest from which no bird of prey can hunt you , from which nd tyrant landlord can eject you , vote for thatsiman , only who will vote for the Land and Charter . ts ( OhcerB . ) I have been devoting my time to agricultural pursuits ; but now that we are said to ba dead lam aroused again , and I intend , as in olden times , to be everywhere . ( Cheers . ^ I began it young ; they have tried mo seven times , imprisoned me , persecuted me , but I stand here defying oppression . ( Loud cleers . ) I am living down prejudice ( Wilberforce was the only man before me who did this ) and I hope , eve long , to see our fields bodecked with the hives of industrious bees . When I see you happy in your houses , your wives wit / , cheerful looks instead , of the dejected eye and wan countenance : when

      I see your smiling children with all the bloom ot youth nnd the freshness and loveliness of infancy upon them , I may , with pride , exclaim , " This , this , my work ,, isdone ! " ( Loud applause . ) If you will still be dissipated , and still prefer going to the gin palace or the beer shop rather than follow mo in frugality , then , in God ' s name , I say , perish ! If , on the other hand , you abandon the gin palaces and beer shops , you may yourselves purchase your freedom . I do not wantjou to do as the infuriated Chartists did , by adopting physical-force . That was mock Chartism j and . no man could have suffered more from their own folly than I did . I alwaysBaid that no commonalty , ne body of men ever yet derived any benefits from n

      physical force revolution . I always told you that when the last shot was fired the middle classes stepped in and proclaimed victory , and that tho badge of tyranny and slavery was more tightly and oppresBivoly fixed round your necks . Now , you have moral power enough if you have abstinence enough . You require no physical force , except for your spade yeHr sickle and your scythe . What I am now seeking to do is to elevate you—to establish the position of all other classes of society by making yours secure . I have always declared myself for the altar , the throne and the cottage ; but I wish to see tho altar the footstool of God instead of the couch of Maminan . I wish to see the throne supported upon the affection *

      . i P the people , instead of upon the lust of tho aristocracy . I wish to see the cottage the castle of the freeman instead of the den of the Blave . ( Cheers 1 If two are to go and one remain , lot altar and throne perish before tho cottage It is the cottage that supports both . It [ h both unitedly that have dishonoured the cottage and driven the worltinc classes into cellars and loathsome dungeons . I think I have now eiren you a fair development of mv principles . I have done ray duty . I will still nn ' t my shoulder to the wheel ; lot evevy mau do tho same . Don t rel y upon me ; rely rather upon your selves . Before we part , remember I doii't cZb hero at your expense , and I dou't go bad at vou ? expense . I never travelled a mile , or aU a meaUt your expense . . That ' pridcand my boaS ami pSiBS ? ( Loud and continue applause ) Overtaxe ( l Labo « r . m ^^ nn ^ ^^ ^ ' - ^ use of IJalUhe m ^ » to d Mfty ° ' ior tLe

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      On Sunday morning , at a quarter past three o ' clock , a very destructive ' fire broke out upon the premises , No . 18 , North-place , Kingsland-foad , belonging to Mr Charles Trusto , coffeehousckeepcr . The flames originated in the cellar and rapidly extended up the staircase to the first and second floors , destroying in their progress the furniture arid wearing apparel contained therein ! The engines promptly attended , but the fire by that period had broken through the reef , and'for some time the destruction of the adjoining buildingB appeared certain . Plenty of water , however , having been obtained from the mains in the district , a powerful stream was scattered over the flames , which completely subdued them by five o ' clnck , but not before considerable datnago was

      done . Fortunately Mr Trust was insured ' in tho Sun Fire office . A spark from a lightedcandle . it is supposed , was the cause of the disaster . —The same morning , about one o ' clock , a fire broke out in the workshops of Mr R . Marten , milJWriglifand engineer , situate in Fox-lane , S . hadwell . Owing to the timely assistance afforded the fire was soon extinguished . —A third fire broke out at half-past three o ' clock on Sunday afterooon , upon the premises in occupation of Mr Jacket , oil and colourman , No . 25 , James-street , Covent . garden . The engines of the London brigade attended , when the firemen found that a largo beam in the back parlour had become ignited from a defect in the chimney , and the flames were pouring out . with such fury that if a few minutes

      longer had elapsed before the discovery was made , the entire building must have been destroyed . Ab it was , the firemen were unable to get the fire extinguished without pulling down the wainscot and cutting away the beam . —On Tuesday afternoon a fire brake out upon the estate belonging to Mr Roper , Forest Hill , Sydenham . It originated in a stack of hay , and was caused by some . children p laying with Iucifer matches . .. A considerable amount of property was destroyed , which it is understood was not insured . About half . past four on the same afternoon a fire was discovered burning in the premise ' s belonging to Mr T . Butts , currier , 7 , Union-street , Spitalfields . The upper portion of Mr Butts' building , where the fire commenced , was burned out . and the ceilings below were damaged by

      water and fire . The premises ot Mr Broomhead adjoining , were also injured . Fortunately both parties were insured . —Two other firea occurred during the afternoon : one at 5 , Queen-street , Seven Dials , And the other at 3 , Mercers-street , Long-acre .. Owing to the timely assistance afforded , the-damage done in both the latter cases was not considerable . ¦ ' Fatal Fight . —An inquest was held before Mr Payne , on Tuesday , at Guy ' s Hospital , on the body of George Rodaway , aged 31 . John Wilson , baker , of Pepper-street , Borough , said that on Tuesday morning last , at four o ' clock , he went into a coffeebouse in Union-street , Borough , and saw the deceased quarrelling with a young man named Wm . Johnson . In a few minutes they went out to fight ,

      and in the . first and only round the deceased gave Johnson a blow , on the eye which knocked him down . The deceased said that he had put bis knuckles out of joint by the force of the blow , and complained much of the pain . The policeman then came up and parted them . The next morning he told ; witness again that he had hurt himself very much . Both men were intoxicated . Mr George Hother , the house-surgeon , said the deceased was admitted on Friday with inflammation of the veins of the left arm , and died on Sunday last .. A post mortem examination disclosed matter in the lungs and the veins of the left arm , and pleurisy of both sides of the chest . This arose from an injury to the arm and hand . The jury returned a verdict of" Accidental death . "

      Printers' Almshobsk Fund . —On Monday even ing , the fifth annual meeting of the friends and subscribers to the above fund took place in the theatre of the London Mechanics' Institution , T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., presiding , Messrs Hansard , Nicholls , and several other influential members of the trade being present . The report , which was read by the Honorary Secretary , and unanimously adopted , showed that with the previous balance , the receipts of the past year amounted to £ 2 , 035 la : 3 d ., and the expenditure was £ 27 , leaving a balance applicable to the erection of almshouses , dc ,, of £ 2 , 008 ft ' . " 3 d . In addition to subscriptions since received , tbe committee had received £ 50 from the executors of tht > late W . S . Praed , Esq ., and various

      other subscriptions , including those of the daily and weekly journals , and had negotiated for a plot of ground at Wood-green , Uornsey , adjoining that of the Fishmongers' and Poulterers ' , for £ 450 , proposing to erect thereon six almshouses , containing two rooms each , to accommodate twelve pensioners , with library , « fee ., ( a beautiful plan exhibited . ) The library was expected to be completed by the aid of several friends who had promised their aid , and for the endowment , i . e ., for coals , &c , a subscription it was expected could be raiBed , the amount required not being more than £ 250 a year ;—it had been

      suggested tothe Caxton Fund Committee to erect their monument in the quadrangle of the above institution . A resolution empowering the committee to purchase the site , and proceed to the erection of the almshouses , was unanimously carried , with the addenda , on the suggestion of the chairman , ( Mr Duncombe . ) after severely commenting on the recent reception by the Lords of the " non-Beparative clause in tho English . Poop law Bill , that accommodation be provided for twelve pensioners " and their wives . Thanks having beep accorded to tho various officers , and the chairman of the evening , which was duly acknowledged , the meeting broke up .

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      iSnglan&r LANCASHIRE . "Liverpool . —Tns Fever . —In addition to the deaths from fever mentioned last week , the Rev . William Dale , of St Mary ' g , Edmund-street , died on the evening of Saturday week . He is the eighth victim to the pestilence amonqst the Roman Catholic clergy of Liverpool . The Rev . Mr Walker and the Rev . Mr Wilkinson , who were both unwell , are now rapidly recovering . Tho Rev , Mr O'Reilly , who a few days ago was considered in great danger , is also convalescent , and dnily gaining strength . The recent mortality and sickness amongst the Catholio clergy have interfered with the performance of divine

      service at the various chapels in the town . We regret to state also that Mr James Homer , registrar of births and deaths for St Thomas ' s district , died of typhus fever ( caught in the discharge of bia duties ) on Tuesday evening , after five days' illness . Ilis wife is very ill of the same complaint , but we are happy to say that hopes are entertained of her recovery . — Liverpool Albion . Stbam-boat Lossbs . —Letters received on Tuesday merning from Belfast announce , that on Sunday morning last , during a dense fog , tbe steamers Sea-King , hence , and Athlone , from Dublin to Belfast ran ashore on Maw Island , at the entrance of tho Lough . The former is expected to be a total loss ; the latter was got off immediately after the accident but little damaged . No lives were lost .

      TOIIKSHIRK . The Mirfield Murders . —Various rumours have been circulated respecting the nature of the confes sion offered to be made by M'Cabe . It has beeu supposed by some that it would implicate one or more females , while others assert that it would implicate Reid as the man M'Cabe saw when he called at the house . Ot course no reliance can be placed upon such statements . The police are still active in thenroae . eutianof inquiries with ' a view to strengthen the chain of evidenceat the ; , trial ot the prisoners . Some additional evidence ot importance , it is said , has been already obtained . The Secretary of State has offered a reward of £ 100 , and her Majesty ' s pardon ° , any Person except the real murderer , who will «\ v « liii wian

      urmanon win convict the pernetratnr a » «»« - petrators of the horrid crime . per P etralor or per-DusTRuonvE Fire at Halifax . —On « nffim « , „ ,, * alarming and destructive firea that h » t kLS ? i 8 t for many years occurred 5 £ max onlVuS SiW&Sft ffiof frW ^ te-esaxS t&&- « H ^ understand , contained from 70 to 100 spinning and en ^ Th ? 1 DeB # , Pn ? of the engines was preserved entire that was detached from the mill . The other nL ^ f ab ly dam » Bia - The property is partly g ft insurance . It is almost impossible to estimate the amount of damage , which is thought cannot be less than £ 50 , 000 . The number of hands de ? abl ° ° P loymentmust

      beveryconsifi *? T PRBmKKCE 0 F Fever .- \ Vo rcret to state that we are again unable to report any dfminu ion in the number of cases of fever in Sown " The public authorities are exertine themselvmITit utmost to counteract the dm-km oftS ffi » . &SS : ?^ i ^^¦ w&Tv tfeRS tfsiisH

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      .. . ~ : ~ _ ¦ w ¦¦ ¦ * ^* 7 ™ *«^ ^ t ^ M- ^* ' ' wash ° ldbefpre Carttf , Esq ., and a jury consist , ing of the principal tradesmen ' of Wandswortb , on James Burden , a pasper inmate of the Surrey Lunatic Asylum . Mr S . Bridgeland deposed that he was clerk and steward at that asylum , and '• ' - > t deceased was a pauper patient , aged forty-seven , unl had been admitted on the Uth of May last—Mr J . Holland deposed that , he was the resident medical officer in that establishment . Deceased was a lunatic pa . tient . On the 10 th of Juno tho _ deceased came morej especially under his notice , haying an inflamed leg with erysipelas . Next morning , upon visiting deceased , ho found him very violent , and stark naked , It bad been necessary to keep the deceased in a room by himself , he was so destructive and violent in his

      actions . Soon after his admission he had torn up tho whole of his bedding , and wholly destroyed the iron bedstead , iron window frame , die . On the fol . lowing Sunday witness again saw the deceased He was suffering from diarrhoea , and in a state ot ex . haustion . He complained of great chilliness . Wit . ness gave him an opiate pill , with a little port wing and sago , which he ordered to be repeated , if he did not rally . He saw him again at ten o ' clock ; he was more comfortable , and he expressed himself to ' hat effect . Witness saw deceased again at eight o ' clock , p . m ., and then found him breathing quickly and with great < liffioulty , and his skin was hot and pulse quick . He then inquired of him how long he had been in that state ? Deceased was about to answer , when tho attendant , John Steel , remarked that he ( deceased ) kad made a strange complaint to Sir

      AlexanderMorrison , the physician to the institution , that he had been illused by him , Steel . Witness was induced to examine the deceased , and he discovered that he had a broken rib on the right side under the muscles of the > back ; he discovered two lacerated contusions on the right side of the body , anteriorly , but not to any con * siderable extent . On the 13 th ult . he died from inflammation of the pleura and right lung , being s-t up by a fractured rib . Witness had endeavoured to ascertain under what circumstances that fracture occurred , but nothing had arisen out of his inquiries . Deceased was decidedly of unsound mind . The jury , after a lengthened investigation , returned the fol . lowing verdict : — "That the deceased died of inflam . mation oi the lungs , Bet up by a fractured rib , how caused unknown . " We understand a very rigid in * quiry is to be instituted into the whole of the circumstances by a committee of county magistrates .

      SOUERSEISHIRB . Mordeb at a Priie-Fioht . —At the police court , at Chandos-house , on Saturday , two men , named Maurice Perry and Samuel Crawley , were committed by the county magistrates for the wilful murder of one of the Bathampton police ; under circumstances of great brutality . On Monday last , early in the evening , two navigators employed in the neighbour * hood , on the Wilts and Somerset Railway , bad a quarrel , and , failutg to settle it by means of words , adjourned to an adjoining field , at Bathampton , to fight it out ; the prisoners and two others acting as seconds . Ah organised ring was formed and a large mob collected , when , aftera few rounds , John Bailey ( the deceased ) and another policeman forced their

      way between the combatants and desired them to desist fighting and disperse . The prisoners immediately pushed the officers back , where they held them , the men still fighting . The constables again attempted to interfere , when they were ' . ' instantly knocked down , the prisoners kicking , them unmercifully about the head and body . Bailey almost immediately expired . Several witnesses clearly identified the prisoners as the parties who committed the outrage , Crawley being described aB holding the unfortunate man down by kneeling on his chest , whilst Perry kicked him about the head and stomach . The deceased told them on entering tha ring that he was a police constable , and was bouad to put a stop to the disturbance , The prisoners , who made no defence , were committed to the county gaol t on the capital charge . " A verdict of " Wilful murder" has been returned at the ceroner ' s inquest , held on Friday . The deceased constable has left &

      wife and large family . It appears that the brutal practice of prize-fighting is again becoming frequent in some parts of the country . The Leeds Mercvry of Saturday says : — " We should not allude to such an exhibition , but to make one observation . A prizefight took place on Wednesday , on Baildon Moor , between Donelly of Manchester , and Aakey of Bir » mingham , when , after 32 rounds , occupying one hour and eight minutes , the latter proved the victor . New , although this fight , and the place where it occurred , was known some time previous , not a constable of Baildon or anywhere else interfered . Of late several prize-fights have taken place unmolested by the authorities on BaiWon Moor . We call the attention of the magistracy of the district to tbe culpable neglect of the constabulary . Above 1 , 000 per-Eons were present , moat of them the lowest operatives , whom it would have beseemed better to have been at their work . "

      DEVONSHIRE . The Food Rioters were tried at the county and city sessions , Exeter , last week . At the county sessions atone there were 180 prisoners in the calendar , the average number on such occasions being about 100 . Many of the rioters pleaded guilty . The sentences w ere various , the majority being short terms of imprisonment .

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      Eixlantr , The Central Relief and Society of Friends' Committeesfor the relief of Irish distress have issued two documents—the first containing the half-yearly account of receipts and disbursements from the 1 st of January to the 1 st of July ; the second ? the rece . pts only in money and food frora the United States up to the latter period . The whole amount of meme ? SmSo I " Tft b- ? dy ^ as *» . « . cfSH A . 56 . 000 \ sas thus distributed : Leinster £ 7 44 fi-SoJS- d - ' 2455 . F ster ' . ' ° C « nn ft ± 19 , 060 ; leaving a balance of some £ 3 , 000 in favour of the committee . It is most creditable to the dE tributes of this . fund that the expense ! ot manage nent amounted to no more than £ 480 The ft bdeff ^ t PUbUsh * T . S of rLp , in detail . The money contributions reach £ H 576 and about 60 , 000 barrels of corn meal , bSet Kot arge quantity of other produce such affiL ^ meal

      ana wheat and rye flour , peas and beans r \ Thft aeknowlGdomenU are published for the SuWoinc packet , which sails in a few days . S B StSST have " tali- ^ KpSr

      TfcoR £ E 8 pERATE ATTEMPT AT MURDKB . lne BaUinas ' oe Star contains the followine — " A daring and unprovoked attempt was made Z Friday week to assassinate William fia oketUE ? q ?* of AS te » i ^^^ wtuci one of the raon undisguised presented a wAS / 1111 at him ' ^ « the r matwho SiatllvS' PW « l . » P » to ] . Mr tlackeUinimediately jumped from h scar . c . h , se . <\ in ., ™ ., M ,-m

      SS ^ SsHSi Mriww ? Tii to 1 owed ' aml thc men retreated . Js £ otr \ f * « otmded , would have pursued , as he carried fire-arms , had not his horse attempted to run away with Mrs Hackett . He , therefore , numed m to Portumna . The sufferer is as well n § can be expected , and hopes aro entertained of his recovery .

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      Length op the Human Hair . —The ordinary length of the hair of the head , as deduced from its measurement in women , ranges between twenty inches and " a yard , the latter being considered as unusually Ion " But in some instances the length is much creator " as in the case of a lady iu whom , I am infoS it measures two yards , and trails on the ground when she stands erect . When , however , & t tZ illttri- ' - x ?*™» pSte , t , aJd FftSZ&SS ^^ ^^^^^ SB of su inches and a half in the couiiof a vear ? nd " = SKsS an amount of growth appem in ^ t STriShS

      atEadam h ? l t batin the P ™«>' s <» ur nenter i ? J £ T , lull : ^ ^ Um « of a car-ESrftf £ 'T d Waa " ne feet l 0 "g' «> foat * to * ™ h ^ W ? l }' Wa ? obli S cd t 0 ca " > - it in " a bag ; an ^ hat tho burgomcistor , Hans Stoniin en , hav-!™ i T T 5 Caslun {' ol'G ° tt < m t 0 fold « P his beard , rhL »» " 1 sll < J 1 ascendc ( l the st » ' ^» se leading to tue council chamber ol" Bvunn , and was thereby tbrown down and killed . —Wilton on theSkin . MriosiON of a . Balloon . —Narrow EsciPB .-Mr u . vpson , the aeronaut , accompanied by Mr Albeit Smith , Mr Coxwell , and Mr Pridmore , made a nocturnal ascent in a balloon from VAuxliall-oardecson

      , tuesday last with fireworks , \ vliieh were iliscbarged ffam the balloon . it n si-rat eleva ' . ion with liia ^ llificent effect . At one o ' clock , however , great consternation was crunttd in tho sank us b y a rumour that the balloon had exploded ; but in a few minutes after tho alarm was dissipated by the safe arrival of the aeronauts themselves . It appears that some explosum did take place , but Mr Gypson says it was ailt-i the discharge ot all thc fireworks ; and he attributes it to the electricity in tho thunderstorm ; but ho (¦ fleeted a safe descent near Belgrave-road shortly after one o ' clock : the balloon at the time tho accident occurred bring , ft appears , near tho surface .

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      SCQtliUltl , The National Association for the Reform of Excise Abuses is prosecuting a vigorous agitation through , out the provinces . A large meeting has been held in Glasgow , and there , as in the case of all the other places visited by deputations , district associations have been formed with the view of keeping ud the agitation . ° r

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      A TKB KtRTHIRN STAR , July 10 , 184 ? . |

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 10, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1426/page/6/