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      ^ tsfo'COmOR FESTIVAL AT NOTTINGHAM . % -

      -g friends of Feargns O'Connor , Esq ., laving ^ inea to celebrate Ks return as member for &boroog k heia t festival on Monday CTening £ [ jn the Exchange Hall and Assembly Room . ^ a j litter place , upwards of four hundred o f both * L ( fteftir sex being strongly predominant ) sat f ^ totea ; and their nunber was largely iniff ** _ r \> ¦«^ C «> aT » * ftm ^ At .. 1 » » » ires « m «» u « ncr < ne meal naa

      r ^ Ujt n been gjen ' of . The arrangements would have been r ^ gooa , as there was plenty , of eTerything pro-^ jf the service of the provisions had been less r ^' . _ 8 S it was , eT « ry time a basket of fona tn-Sdt&e room , * was immediatel y seized by the ac-Sttterers for the respective trays , whose motto ELjtmm cwijia , snndry friendly small civil conrjswere the result , every time a fresh bone of JjorfentioB was brought into the roona by same * nea and bewildered waiter . All having been at Sserved ( which process however extended over Lffljcs between the hours of five and seven ) , the

      jlength satrcnea company amused themselves in L se ttral ways their fancy dictated . P A t « ven o ' clock , as the last of the tea apparatus rf bone moved sway , F . O'Connor , Esq ., at-^ by the Her . W . Linwood , of Manchester , W . . Roberts , Esq :, the Mmers' Attorney-General u took his seat in the centre of the gallerv , amid ge uproarious acclamations of the company ' assem-^ Wow . Mr Cfaark , Roberts , offlottingnan , ^ g been called to the chair , hrieflv opened the joxeedings by reading the following sentiment — rihepeople , the producers of all wealth , and the $ j leg itimate source of power . ' Mr Roberts having been called to speak to the AoTe sentiment , addressed the assembly as follows :

      jam here to-night for one rimple purpose , —for int one ; and for that I have travelled from Man . tfesfer , and shall have to travel back again to-morgif I am here as a very humble member of the ( jir&t ranks , to thank you , the electors of Not-Uj ham , for the great service you hate Sone to the jsse of Chartism , ana " for the advancement which js , bave given to the cause of human progress , by fc ton of Mr Feargns 0 'Conn . r to LvVvou in *** ZTi ^ J ^ ^ Sh Purpose fcr ^ hichl am here to-ni gMj for I wnsiderit my ^ a tl-eanthor . ues who have convened you togefrr and knowing that our struggle is to be fought »* ^ Jl ? 2 !^*« W imporL

      r » ikK-rs that ¦?¦ « i w . jo there—1 did consider that it was hit Ant * *» *¦* 5 ? r Kv »«** ito-S ! S £ fingered to that cause . ( Cheer . ) Now with Sgiri to the truth of the sentiment to which I an to ipeak , nomanwho can get two ideas together sbsheadat the same time , on have mv doubt f&teyer that the ^ people are the producer * * of all 0 Kh ; fban indeed a tnrism in this and in every tfter tnne- ( A pplause ) -. and it is also trie that iey are the legihmate source of all sovereign pat . Equally true it is that they have always teen at the bottom of the tree , and have beeni Eiii for the shafts of political power . ( Hear ) Bit there is one thing to be observed now : and

      fiat is , tie people are in a different position from liat they everjsere before , so far at least as this csmtry is concerned . ( Applause . ) It mttnot do for is to take up your time at very great length , son ; that other speakers are to follow me , aJ that we have elsewhere to go ; but still I ay be permitted to mention one or two thines B * bich I think the people of this day are bepcd those who have gone before them . The peat feature of this day with regard to the paople sans to me to be this ; ifcit the people are ee and all determined not to be bamboozled

      Hot , hear , aad laughter . ) I think that that fejlnre rises pre-eninent ; and 1 will giTe one or fro reasons for that opinion . I was at a meeting tithe Crown and Anchor a week or ten days a » o I was there invited , as here , for the pnrpose ° of sating the Chaifets : I had other engagements fen , u I have now aad I thou ght ft my duty to be there , as here . I mention that , because a numteof gentlemea who had no engagements , had all at letters saying they had ; the fact being that fey tola a falsehood for the purpose of making an oase for not being where they ought to be . ( Cries tf'Hear , hear , hear . ' ) However , on that occasion [ and it is well to treasure np these things ) in one JOB Lading speeches-intended to be , —of the

      ! # t , adit was one of the leading speeches in mv p inion . thougait wasa faflure , —the leading speaker rffte night was a Dr Epps ; and he was called for-TOd to ( what he calls ) heal the breach , and promote meable feelings , and all the trash which they talk Jfcr the idea that the people don't understand San . He talked a great deal of very good staff at ae beginning , in favour of the People ' s Charter ; wt after that he began to say that it did not matter t > Mo whether the Charter was called by this name efbe other name ; no , he did not exactly say that , fiat would have been too glaring ; but he brought it rat soft and nice , and got it in corkscrew fashion , daughter . ) He began by telling the people that if Mhaa a good dinner to sit down to , he did not and whether the first dish was called a hare or a

      « , so that he got a good dinner . ( Laughter . ) He bad Ml proceeded ten words-certainl y not twenty , — afore the people , to whom as yet " the whole lies . TO not fully developed , still it was brightening in « an , —it was developing itself ; no sooner did they «« the artful dodge , than there came such a burst w execration as stopped the man from proceeding * 7 further , —( laughter , )—and ihey told him , there fca then , what they thought , and sent-bim home , *™ his cloak under one arm , and his umbrella ader the other . ( Loud laughter . ) They told him mat not onl y would they have the Charter , but they J"M have the Charter by the name they had ix for it , and no other . fGreit aimlsmeA Wi >

      eH them a great deal of what he meant for reason j M logic , but it was stark nonsense . He said , * hit does it matter by what you name get it , so ¦ at jou do get it ? ' Why , if it does not matter to « . « hat I ask , can it matter to the middle classes , " wey are honest , that these principles are to be < &d « Tne Charter , 'if they really are honest in "ar devotion to { these principles ? What we **! , we say ; in our devotion to the name , we a J . first of all , that it is sustained by old , former Guests , in days gone by ; and I say we will gain ^ victory under the same leaders , under the same "SUtts , and with the same weapons , as those we

      "din former days . ( Applause . ) Ths practice is a Wiesome and honourable one , and I see no reason tD differ from it . But we say again , there is Mother reason : We say that with regard to the ^ ° ple who profess that devotion to the principles "Universal liberty , but refuse to acknowledge them £ jfo a particular name ; we say that we do not ?» ere in the honesty of those people . ( Hear , hear , 7 ^ - ) We beBeve that in endeavouring so to rj ^ ge the name , they will endeavour , at some { T ire time , to fritter away first one principle and J * another- ( hear , hear ) -and how easy itjwould Z' / Wends , do you know this ; that there is not £ f Princi ple of the People ' s Charter but what has £ *» acknowledged br the veriest Whiir in existenca ?

      sreis a Whig dinner held every year somewhere jM'Ovent Garden , at one of which the brother of ^ Onfl BusseU preaded , sonieferyears agoj and enrst toast given was 'Taxation without repre-J J tyranny , and ought to be resisted . ' I ^ nether , as a principle , there was ever a physical g * ^ artist that went further than that ? But then LJ aere princi ple-a thing to be talked about ; ' When they get into the House of Commons , i 5 h ^ t BlUSt ^ "fcr ^ circumstances . Half a loaf com t uo Iwead ' -and all the other trash Cl forth » w "a which fieedom is taken from the ftf , ^ ° ^ - With KS « CTerv P ' ^ of the Charter , it is the same ; no Whig in ^ ce but m ^ agree with you in the JJW . . The fact is , with these people . Universal —* utiEZict iauu

      jj ., « - <* 9 means uowuiigu * ^ ; Cttpf ^ Hcar » hear , hear . ) So with every uf Pnnciple ; they are prepared to let it be » » om their mouths , by some plan of taking « i « Li & * & while apparenUy adding to its 1 W Bul tte People ' s Charter-we will make pjL ^ atit —( cheers )—they must take the Six S tlie ? ^ C but they shall not take them out of righte , as an advance on the Reform Bill ; *«>? a take «* " conpelledbythepeople of fcR Under tne name of the People ' s Charter fcoofT ^ N 9 W ' this « ff « r of Dr Epps , is a strong jj jw me that the people won't be bamboozled W ! " * « 0 w thbgs which have taken place ^ calculated to con » ey the same whole = otne Ijj . « . this contest about the Land Plan . K ^ I pUn doc « offer » wu nd and sub tan ti al ^" "l people . ( Applause . ) The people have sec ]! , ^^ b their eyes open ;—the most farfeion-1 f .. owIed e thlt nolessthey do fight the oat « n h that ha they ™ U never fig ht it afejiri iT ( cneers . ) Suppose Oliver Cromwell , fL " Snwous wargpinst authority , had ordered CT man jhould firsts made drunk , before

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      oSStn ^^ e ^ 1 * £ would his army have kept together ? ft w « 3 deuce in one man that mad ! it ^ hat twS ^ ( Cheers . ) Our ^ enemies feel that Sifa mS SnVv ^^ "• its 5 nde ^ ence or aTcoS S 5 S ' f- ^ thekat « e ofthe CharteV 9 n < S \ * TCry hltle addition X to the ^ cripS S ^ Z ^ n T ^ Y addea « ? E ? 5 ? ' W cheers . ) InthU battle of the . barter , the people ara prepared to wait . . They know they are sure of success . I believe that thoneh ^ S *" " " !" " » e Strongholds of

      oppression , they wfll hereafter be found , under the plan , to be strong weapons against oppression . Loud applause . ) There is another thing which I think shows that the people are determined not to be cajoled , and that fe this : —During the last two or three months , there have been a great num . her of feelers put out . There is a class existing preteidinj democratic principles , that affect to look upon the name of Whi g as a term of disgrace , but yetthey cannot juin the Chartists because Feargus O'Connor is at the head of the Chartists . These men have propounded a variety of things . One says , « Do let us have Bore baths and wasbhouses for the poor . Let us wash them all , and make soap cheap . ' Another cries out ' about the law of

      primogeniture : and says that all the wealth should be divided amongst all the sons . Why we . who believe that the sons are robbers as well as the fatfien , do not much care how the money goes . We feel that we can strike that off with a mere puff of the breath , when we have got the power into our own hands . ( Loud cheers . ) So with the Game Laws ; —which we know to be a nuisance , but we will not suffferour minds tobedivertedfrom theone great thing—the People ' s Charter . I will tell you a story : There was once a Lord Mayor ' s dinner . Now , " a great feature » f a mayor ' s dinner is , that there is always three times as much to eat as all the people cva . eat put together . And atone of these dinners there was a gentleman , who , the moment a leg of mutton came in , seized upon it , and was firing away as if he had had no breakfast , or supper either .

      ( Laughter . ) A gentleman who was near him looked at him with marks of pity—almost with contempt . The other noticed this , andasked the other what he was looking at him for . 'Oh . ' say&the other . I was thinking what a pity it was that that fine appetiteof yours should be wasted upon that leg of mutton . ( Laughter . ) Why not wait for the venison—for the callipee and callipasb ? ' ( Laughter . ) So I sSY with regard to our political appetite—we wai not waste it upon legs of mutton , but will wait for our dinner , in order that when it comes , we may eat eneugb . ' ( Loudapplause . ) Mr Roberts then advised , the aodience not to relax their efforts ; an election mi ght come oa soon and they would have to make their ground good ; and , in concluding his address , he was again greeted with loud testimonials of applause . The following sentiment was given by the chairman : — The health of our highly respected member of Parliament , Feargas O'Coanor , E «< j ., the founder of oar glor ioBiCasrtist Co-operative Land Company , and may ha long lira to enjoy the confidence and bleuing « f a grate , ful people . Peargds O'Connor , [ Esq ., rose to acknowled ge the sentiment , amidst the most enthusiastic plaudits . He spoke as follows : —Mr Chairman , and my friends of Nottingham , —If on previous occasions I had failed to render you any humble assistance in my power , when your own force was exerted to aid me in the great struggle for liberty , you might consider ray presence here to-night as something egotistic ; ' but I think that you will pardon . me when I remind you

      that I did not wait for my own triumph to see that commemorated in Nottingham , but . that upon all occasions , when there was the slightest opportunity ol giving strength to your cause , even when I was not a candidate for your suffrages , I exerted myself in your cause , feeling that I was bound alike to act for the aggrandisement of another , as I was for my own promotion . ( Loud applause . ) But , however , it is to me a great and glorious triumph—not only that I have beaten your bitterest enemies , by your nnpurchased and unpurchaseable voices—( applause)—bat also in the fact , that what I see this night , both here and at the Exchange , convinces me that my teaching has not been vain-:

      for at last the very force , the very power to which , for fifteen years , I have been appealing , and for whom for fifteen years I have been struggling , I now see constituting the great force of the Chartist ranks here—namely , the women of Nottingham . ( Approving cries of'Ah ! ah ! ah ! ' from several women . ) I always told you that I would rather see the housewife teaching her husband , than teaching him myself ; I always directed your attention to the fact , that woman was the . greatest sufferer from had laws- ( applause )—that the man may find some consolation ; while the poor careworn , neglected woman , who above all others ought to be protected , was obliged to bear the horrors of the law , through the inability of her husband to support her in

      freedom . ( Applause . ) And , my friends , there is another very great triumph in what this night presents to me . There was a time when we were assailec as violent people—destructive Chartists—bat now , thank God , while the ladies of Nottingham are forced to shun reli gious meetings in the Exchange , because theological opinions cannot be discussed without bloody noses ( alluding to the late disgraceful proceedings in the Exchange Hall , under the Rev . Mr Blakeney ' s auspices ); the women belonging to the working classes are not afraid to commit their persons to the ' tender mercies of Chartism . ( Applause . ) We have been told by many , that it was hopeless to prosecute this cause ; that the oppression and opposition was too g igantic , and that the instruments in the hands of our enemies were

      too manifold ; but when I remember the day when the Queen upon the throne was opposed to us ; when the lords were opposed to us ; when the Commons were opposed to us ; when the press was opposed to us : when the bishops were opposed to us ; when the parsons were opposed to us ; when the magistrates were opposed to us ; when the judges were opposed to us ; when the juries were opposed to us ; when the army was opposed to us ; when the police was opposed to us ; when all the middle class influence was opposed to us , and when capital , and calumny , and misrepresentation , were all opposed to uit—we have dragged it through that , and now see it stand independent of them . ( Applause . )

      Then , my friends , when what was considered a very violent and impracticable principle has been thus dragged through that ordeal ; what reason bave we to fear forthe practical illustration that wehave given of Chartism now ? For many years the far-seeking working men of this country have been asking the several disciples of the different political creeds to propound for them the really practical manner of their creed . The Tories said , * Protection for homegrown grain : uphold the cburch , and the stability of the law . ' The Whigs said , ' Progress , progress , progress , progress ; peace , retrenchment , and reformation ; but we cannot exactly define how it is to come . ' We were asked for a definition of our

      principles , and because we confined ourselves to agitation for political principles alone , we were unable to g ire a really practical definition of what our p rincip les meant . But at last , when we did propound our principles , they seized our men by the ears , ard our women by the hearts When by our princip les it was understood that the vast field was to be turned into a hospital , an infirmary , a cot , a school , a college ; and when it was understood that every man shonld not only proclaim the right of a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work ; but that Chartist principles met every man upon his own castle , on his own labour-field —( loud app lause)—when the Chartist principle negatived the Tory p rinciple , as

      far as regards the stability of Church and State as established by law ; when it negatived the principle of poverty becoming a degradation and a crime ; then , my Mends , when Chartism negatived all these principles , and showed what was its own principle , then it became the adopted of ail nations and of all countries . ( Very great applause . ) This is some progress ; it is something to be proud of ; but I may be told , as I am told by some of the rabble of the press , that I shall have no weight in the House of Commons , in propounding these principles and eu « forcing them upon the legislature . But mark , my friends , and mark me well . No law was ever made

      in the House of Commons , originating in that house , unless it was an oppressive law for the protection of the members of the house . The laws which were at first unpopular , —for which many mea have been transported and hung—have been afterwards legislated upon ; but in the fint instanca the propounders of these were prosecuted and persecuted , and mur . d-red ( Hear . ) So it has been with Chartism ; but I believe you know that the great strength of the Land Plan —the great strength of Democratic principlesde pends upon this , and this only ; -tbat there it now a more matured mind out of the house , pressmg upon the ignoiwce and prejudic of the bon « - ( loud applause ) - « jd when I speak in th » House of Com-

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      mons , I do not speak as Feargua O'Connor only ; - ] T do » ot speak as the representative of Nottingham solely , but I . peak as the raouth-pieae o < every » d « tnous man in England , Ireland , Swtland , £ ! L ? l ^ rolon ^ cheerins . ) And .-W fnends , uibke other agitators , demagogues ( names that ! glory in ) , they cannot intimidate me , nor can they purchase ae- ( app 1 ause : ) -they cannot divert me from my pirpo » e , and for this reason , that it is now not a part of my existence , but it constitutes mywhole existence , to see these women restored to their proper sphere in society-to see them taken from that labour which belongs to man , and placed once more in their own households , as the mis . tresses of their own families , sitting by their own firesides- ( loud applause ) -and when they areill and unable to work , not compelled to go into a poor law bastile . ( Applause . ) I am resolved that when a woman is sick , if I can secure it , sheBhall lie in her own bed , in her own house , with her own family around her ; , and I have also resolved to do all 1 cam to denounce idleness as a real crime in every man who is able to work , and has opportunity of so doing . ( Hear , hear . ) I look upon the idle man at a great criminal ; bnt I look upon the man who it strong , and willing to work , but obliged to beg , and disinherited from labour , with great pity : and have there not been thousands of meH in this country who ha * e been disinherited from their legitimate labour , in consequence of the opposition of their

      masters to their avowed principles ? Was it the will of the Creator that such disparity should exist between man and man ? My feeling is , not to feeJ you in idleness , but te give you an opportunity for the sweat of your own brow , to maintain your own families . ( Enthusiastic approbation . ) What principle can be more glorious than that ? - ( Applause . ) Mr Roberts told you that , the law of primogeniture , and the other things complained of by many ,, were only so many small feathers growing out of the foul bird : so with Free-trade ; you were always for it : but our opinion was , that there should be a free

      trade in legislation , if there was a free trade in corn ; " eo that the labourer , if bread became cheaper , should have the benefit of it , and not th e capitalist who reduced his wages to have the ben « - fit of it himself . ( Applause . ) Now all these principles when dissected and perfectly apprehended , will constitute the literature of this age ; and hence the abuse of the press;—which I court , —which I love —which I ask to continue;—it U my strength ;—for the more fools show their foll y , the more wise msn mil become cautious of them . ( Excessive applause . ) The reason that the press is opposed to this

      Land Plan is , because upon all other subject * they may be speculative . About the Repeal of the Corn Laws , Tom , Jack , Will and Harry may all write their own opinions ; all will differ , but all will have disciples . The readers of Jack may think Tom a fool , hut they . will think Jack a wise man ; the readers of Tom may think "Will and Jack fools , but they will think Tom a wise man—( applause and laughter)—but it is all theoretical and speculative . But the land is not speculative ; a large potato is a thing to be seen —( laughter ) - ^ house from which no tyrant can compel you to go , is a thing to be comprehended . And . therefore , we have distanced them

      in national literature ; they cannot write about it ; it has come upon him like a thief in the dark—like ' a bugaboo-like a ghost—like a babnon . ( Lau"b . ter . ) They tell you , my friends , that it is a bad thingan > l m nothing more bad than because Fearaus 0 Connor propounded it . Why , if any other man l > ad propounded it , he would have been the scapegoat of the press ; but because lhave shown you the track—shewn yoa that every man by his own industry , spent upon his own labour-field , can support his own wife and family , that is the reason why they hate Feargus O'Connor . ( Loud cheer * . ) It was only this day I was reading an article in last week a Economist—and that ia considered to be an authority for Free-trade—and it was a review of a

      work » ritten by a Frenchman , Writing in favour of small against hree farms . The Economist—one of the most perfumed papers of the Free-traders—has endeavoured to show that there is ' more production from large farms than from small ones ; that is , that one man will . produce in a day more than twenty men ! ( Laughter . ) Thus you may . see ' that these men understand nothing about the matter . If a son cf mine , nine . yearg old , had written such rubbish as that , I would have whipped him and put him to bed . ( Loud laughter . ) But still you find that that will go down with the readers of tha Economic . What is the deduction I . 'draw from that * Why , it won't go down with yon . (

      Laughter . ) I was reading that , in company with , a dear friend of mine—a gentleman whom I see amongst you—on « who . net for the purpose of making money , buttogirelonse to his philanthropic feelings , has purchased 373 acres of the priiheat land in Lincolnshire , and is buildiag cottages on my plan . ( Chsers . ) Now thia proves , that I was right in one thing . I told yon that the Land Plan never , could be * tompletely national until the Charter made it so . ( Applause . ) But I told you that to all sensible men , all wise , all sane men , I would so develops the value of the Land Plan , that capitalists would ba the very first to avail themselves of its security . ( Loud applause . ) 'Oh , but . ' says the press , there is no

      Becunty in land . ' The foolish attorney gives us ten per cent , on mortgage en the land , and won ' t take seven per cent , from others ; but , still 'land is no security , ' while the promissory note of a banker , issued on his own security—this is ' cftod ncurily I But the land does not fly away ; andlf the land does not go away , and if it does fail this year , it won't fail next year . 'But crops may fail . ' Well , tho shuttle , the hammer , the steam engine may fail ; but if tho wheat fails , the potatoes won't ; and if tho potatoes and wheat fail , cabbageB won't , and turnips won't ; and in the same proportion in which these things don't fail , will they be a valuable exchangeable commodity for the thinzs that do fail . So that

      yoa will always have the real ' value of the thing that dcea not fail in exchange forthe thing that does fail . ( Applause . ) There is a poor simpleton in this town who writes against this plan . Poor fellow ! ( Laughter . ) I am told the children follow him , and begin to ask Timkins , how Tornkias is . ( Loud and prolonged laushter . ) There is an unfortunate gentleman who , I hope , will one day . bs restored to hia senses . ( Laughter . ) He takes u « on himself to writs upon the Land Flan ; and fee ' s a practical agriculturist , becanse he has four or five flowers in ' geraninm pots in his window . ( Much amusement . ) This gentleman likes to be in perfumed company — in high company;—not in the

      company of such a low-lived reprobate a 9 pany or such a low-lived reprobate as O'Connor . ( Laughter . ) , This is the very man that entertained Oliver the spy , who hung the two men in Leicester . ( Cries , of ' Shame . ') I promise you , before I have done with this man , to make suoh an exhibition of the immorality , tbe depravity , the villany of this press-gang as no man ever was trouncf d in this world . ( Load and long ap plause . ) And this is the great value ofthel / uid Plan ; and my value to yriu , as ; our representative in the House of Commons , consists in the fact , that the press , though unwillingly , will be obliged to blazon it to the world . ( Loud plaudits . ) You will find that the American papers , and the French papers , are all full of Feargas O'Connor and the Land Plan . (

      TremendouB applause . ) When I go into tbe House of Commons , the press of Enslnnd will be obliged to notice it ; and I believe that Chartism will not be confined in the narrow limits of this seabound isle ; but that when the people of the universal world see the folly of one country importing from another country what it can grow itself , they will demand the land , and insist upon having is . Well , my friends . I believe that there never wa 3 such an exhibition in any country , as that which ia now making in this country upon behalf of that principle . As Mr Roberts told you , they are awake . The subscriptions are in - creasing . They , are twenty-four fold what they were this time two years . This is what they are aff aid

      of . ( Cheers . ) But now ' we are to meet en tho ' 18 fch . ' How we apples swim ! ( Laughter . ) We are to meet , —we . —( Laughter ) Thi 3 i 3 what Tom Bailey said on ! Friday . We are to meet on the 18 th November , and her Majesty ' s Ministers are eoini ? to ask for a Bill of Indemnity , viz ., to be forgiven fur what they think they have done wronsr . ( Cheers . ) We ask for no bill , because we do not think we have donewrocg . ( Lond cheers . ) If her Majesty ' s Government can show me that they will do anything to improve the condition of tbe working classes , I would forgive them , with all ray heart . ( Applause . ) I cannot judge of their fallibility or infallibility ; but if thev can show me that their intentions are honest

      —although bell is paved with good intentions , — then I will not be a party to any seeking to keep them out because they are Whigs . I have come to Nottingham , because I hnve observed there is much ignorance in the House of Commons of the objects , motives , and interests of the people . I have come here now to remain with you from this till Thursday , Friday , or Saturday , if neeeasary , to take counsel from the several professions and interests ; ann I will represent faithfully all those interests in ilie Houseof Commons as ttey instruct me ; hut I will know no interest , whim , or caprice , which is adverse to the interests of those upon whose labour all other classes live . ( Loud applause- ) I eo to ( he Ilou « e of

      Commons , not only to illustrate a great principle , but ta prove a great fact ; — to prove that every idle man in the state ii a burden upon the state ; to prove that there is sufficient raw material in the laud to employ every man in England at remunerative wages ; and therefore the crime of idleness is a rime to bs charged to the Government , and not to the man who is willing to work and oannet . ( Immense applause : ) Sines I saw you last , 1 have traversed theso estates , —I have seen those unhappy paupers , ' —those miserable allottees , placed upon their own land , in tbe centre of their own labourfield . There ' s jour townsman Tawes , —tnken from

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      : Sm £ 2 S B 1 B ' ) L u , with h » s 6 « children , as } nmVHf « r ^ mf 0 rtabl ? ercrI »** five children lition I tnlrt I- ^ uT W " 3 in BUek a for ' co » - 1 ? % VW £ 50 ; *> w > f » -l » iB tw . Si * J& . ? r ° ^ take 5 t for roady money / SS « £ T \ 7 the wnMowe Ions nowgh . uSSn TrlTT "W' L | h culm Sal ! fci ™ r » fc d h V * PPy a " d omfortable . VTeii ,-nave they oome feack to you » No On the S te be Cfmodupes to this plan . [( Laughhat JriT " " ? - * x . insl ° woman in Nottingham ltateJ M W tbe bouw * » Im "ball 1 » heS lJ £ iS lfc rMma l eone , Kntm'atake . wh « m & !• & ¦ f 8 £ T ? nd 8 yea r ly t 0 "leconotituen . < ie « , tor 1 promise before , next year to locate r , nen

      on toe land and add them to the constituenciw ( Immeai . cheering . ) I have already comSced a f niJki no u seTen < ? house 8 ' rei >™ i «« ce the 15 l i nn . \ mber : and J wil 1 hare 300 ° •» " > . U I'f nnP - iT ^ « " »« -tin »* tha t I build me boon . When I have one hnuiQ to build , 11 st it 21 M 0 ™ £ I V fXha 7 eY ' mlmm > ! letlh «« to 1 , 000 men . I have , . for instance , sixty sets of masons : I give four houses to feur , six to 8 ix , eigh build one , I bu Id a thousand hnuwa .. { Loud ap . olame . ) But if Lord John Manners , or Lord Gsorge Bentinok , or D'Israeli .-if they had built nine or ten cottages , they would be objects of adora ! urn ; 'Came and see the : Bentinek cottW ' n , ti . »

      • Mannora villa * ' , or the . ' Disraeli palacea' / But because I am building them for so many 8 s will re liove the labour market , they are damning it . ( Criei of 'Shamp , shame . ') The moment my plan becomes national , they will no longer dare to use oppreision and fore * . Why ? Because the Chartists will not take anything bit tho Charter , and will demand and insist upon having the land to auppwt them . ( Loud and prolonged applaunp . ) You may rely upon it that our Government will dread to goad the people ; for the people are well preptped , not fer phjsioal , but moral resistance ; and when the government is hampered , us it , will be prewntly , if itjdares t « go t « war , —' when tho c&i ' iaway the mice may ilay . '—( laughter )—and when they came to ask the ncODlc

      what thsy want , the people won't say , 'we want the spit for the leg ot mutton , '—tho Chapter without the Laud ; but they , will say , ' we want thespit with tbe lej of mutton upon it , '—the Charter with the Land . I ' will proDound these important princi ples in tie llouao of Commons as fearlessly as I propound thorn here ; When 1 met the ex-miwher for Nottingham on 8 eTeral occasions , here ,: I did not then quail in the presence of a minister of the crown . And whdn I was in the House of Gommens before , I did not quail before the authority of the crown —( loud ap . plause)—or the power of faction or party . And when I go there ' again I will do the same . I go with re . doubled force , and for that reason . The Free-traders say that I do not represent your fcelinss . Well , you

      know my power of locomotion . Let them tell me that before the Easter recem , and in a fortnight I will take them back three , four , « r fire million signature ? , showing that I . only do represent the work ing classes ( Tremendous plnudits . ) I do not ivean only I ; but I say , thank , God ! we have our Thomas Slingaby Duncombs , our lead * r , your leader , ; nay leader—a man wha has withstood more calumny more peltinc in the House of Commons , than any other man . U ' b something to dp , is that—His different from addressing a friendly audience of this kind . It is very different whan a man is placed in such circumstRnccs as , Mr Dnncontbe hut been . Thomas Slirigsby Duncombe shall be alwars our leader , ' avd I will be always at hia back . ( Liud applause . ) You

      are told to have confidence in the prets—in joint stock bank ? , in railway speculations , in your ¦ corporation . That reminds me of an affair I saw in tour last Friday ' tReview . ' £ 41 . 8 Uormopa ! 0 Tomkins ! ' 'Well Timkins- sinkinj the candles and soap in the mops , aa wesink the cattle and Btraw in the straw ! ' And then , Toiukins , £ 42 L forfcedinethe paupers , and £ 3 . 521 .. for keeping the police . ' . Now what do you think of that my . friends ? ( Chem . ) Do you suppose I would court the support ot' the cor . poration of Nottingham , to k « ep in the back ground and hide that ? , If the corporation of Nottingham possessed a majority of votes , and produced such " a balance sheet as that , find said , l £ e still , and we will gife you our vote ? , ' I wiuld not ' do it ; I would

      expote it . Why has not Bailey exposed this ! Be-, cause he is apoormisionpfthe corporation , he is their dog , and he is afraid to say , 'Bow , WOW , wow , ' against them . ( Loud langbter . ) You iBend me to the House of Commons to tell the minister that the cultivation ofthc natural resources of the country is the great means of destroying pauperism in the conntry—the great means to lead to glory , self-respect , national honour and aegrahdisement . You send me to represent jour feelings , your wives' feelincs . and your family interests . ( Loud cheers ) . And now as I have to addros another portion of my con . stituents--for Jlook at the non-electors aa well as the electors of Nottingham as , my constituents—( tremendousapplause )—in another place : Iamsure

      you will say that I have performed my duty here to night . ( Cheers . ) But now mind ; all the blame , the fault , the crime of my ignorance—if I am ignorant &taut local matters—will fall . upon those who neglect to give me information . I have come here as no member of Parliament every , did before not like a countryman sf mine , M * Bennett , who bought his constituents , and when they said , 'What , sir , would you sell your country ? ' . 'Ay , ' he answered , and glad I am that I have a counhy to sell . I bought you and I will sell you . ' This is what Sir John Cam Hobheiue comes here for . ( Outcries . ) But I did not buy yeu . I came here with a £ 5 , note , and I took back £ l . lfcs . 6 d . ( Loud cheer ? . ) As I did not buy yon . I will not sell > ovi . ( Re

      peatad entering . Whchey < r the interests of any clasB in Nottingham require my presence hero , I will come down , not at their expense , but at my own . I wonder Mr Bailey did not canvass lord Ashley ' s balance-sheet . £ 87 . expenses for traveling ! That is in the Times newspaper , —not noticed in the Mercwy . I have net asked you for that , and although the men of Manchester insist upon a largo and beautiful mansion bcins : bought for me , I refuse it ; I will not accept a fractioa— - ( tremendous cheering)—and for this reason , my lricnJ * , that I hive told you that the characteristic of a patriot was to live useful and die a pauper . ( Shouts of apphnse ) I do not know now whether Tom Baiky will let me'die a pauper , lie is making me so rich that I have rcpolved

      that my children who have been located , instead of payins rent in Marshall pay none till November , because I will . pay it out of my own pocket for them , trusting them to pay me after . Out , of evil comes eood . Tom Bailey has done that . Don't mind what the press says . Stick to your own opinions . There is one thing which ou » kt to bo printed apon the tablet of every man ' s memory , and placed under her pillow by every woman of this land , and read when she goes to bed , and , riRes every morning . She should take this apothegm to bed . with her , sleep upon ' it , dream upon it , — It isimpossible for the . capitalist who hves upon capital to represent labour . ' The man who makes a profit upon it is not a proper person to represent it . ' ( Cheers . ) I have shown you a thousand times the startling fact , that if labour is only one to ninety-nine other classes in tho state ,

      that the ninety-nine cannot reprcgest labour ; but if labour be represented , I defy it to represent itself fairly , without at the same timeconferring advantage upon every other clase . I went to-day and . yesterday to see ray friend's cottages . They ate precisely the same a 3 mine ; ray lot coat £ 100 . each , but his cost £ 150 . each . So that by every hundred cottages I build , you have £ 5 , 000 . saved by my overlooking it . If I build five thousand cottages in the year , mul tiply five thousand by fifty , and yoa fcave £ 250 , 000 . out of my labour in one year . ( Tremendous approbation . ) Now as Teinkins says to Timkins ' these figures is real things . These figures is awkward things ! ' I owe-every thing to you . I do not think I am likely to forget the lesson you taught me , and I amsure I shall not forget the duty I owe to your wircfland families , I have now dono my friends , and wish you a good night .

      Mr O'Connor left tbe room amidst n hurrioine of applause , at half-pngt eight o ' clouk , and went immediately to the Exchange . The R « v . W . Linwood then rose , and was received most warmly . In allusion to Mr O'Connor ' s strictures upon the press , Mr L . said that the press ought to be the teacher of the people , free from all corruption , and abore the reach of bribery ; ought to know no class and fear no party , but should stand bat ween the people and justice , and aid tho yeoplo in their career of interminable prnuress . It must be acknowledeed that the jresB « f England wa 3 far too servile . He spoke this with all sincerity . He had the honour to be connected wiih the m » st democratie journal in this town , and he con ! d frankly say ,

      that during the whole time that ho had been connected with the press , he had never penned a line in opposition to his own sincere convictions ; ami when ever the time should arrive when ii shouM appear necessary to write in opposition to those principles , or compromise the interests of tho workinc classes , he would thenthiowdown'hia pen , vacate the editorial stool , and wait for the arrival of the period whrn an honest tiwn mivht find literary employment . ( Loud applause . ) He had always since ho entered this neighbourhood , been an advocate for tlie People ' B Charier . ( Cheers . } From that point he had never swerved , and the more he thought upon this subject , tbe nv re ! : whs convinced that until tbe people

      obtained political power , the work kg clns-cs could not be permanently , happy , nor enjoy those blessings which a bounteous Creator had provided f < r tho enjoyment of all . ( Cheers ) Let any impartial man look over the surfaoe of England at the present time . Let him look at tho workhous » , on the eno hand , and tho prison on tbe other . '' Let bira go into thoie ghastly squares that' adored' the great metropolis —thoBC loathsome courts and alleys where ventilation and dr&h 8 | e were unknown ; and then , when he had surveyi d th ) two extremes of our selfish cWilisation—the prin « ly splendour and tho most « oijbummate Bqialor , —lot him say , was it not time that a creat j nd glorious reform was accomplished ? Were they to believe that natnre was thus partial ?

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      Mint the God of Nature inUnded f \» few to owoywe many to endure ?—• Did 1 God s « t hi . curtains of ll-ht In th . iMm , ™ a tma , ahould look up « iUl A 8 tears in his eyes I Did Oofl mo , this ' nrth so afc . ndant and fair , Did G 9 d fl . l tbe imld with harmonious llfo , BWfeT * ° ° " h de 8 truotlon 8 na m God scatter Freedom o '« r mountain and ware , That man should exist nt a tyrant ana slav » 1 ' A * ay with so hopsl «» , so jojlois a crs » d , For tho soul that belisvos it Is darkened indeed . ' There were certain duae » in ihh connirr who bya-Mll « d ikhnot tratb . On « of the speakers who had preceded , him had referred to men who nnlM

      themselves ' . Chartists in tbe abstract . ' Yea , ther » www many such men j-gentl ^ mon in lemencoloured gloves , with pat « nt ! ea ther boots on . - -Bentlemen who had noobjection to tread tha high-road tf-reform provided jt v » aa so clean and soft that thev ceuld walk in silk atockings and puraps-flaHftijtcrj-the'e were the kind of reforrows .: who talked about the Charter bung true in the abstract . Why , what an absurdity was this ! If it was true ia the abstract why not endeavour to gain it ? That which w » 8 truo ! , ™ ab 3 t ™ j . wa s eternally right , eternally good . ( Cheers . ) . Did such gentlemen ever dine in the abstract ? ( Laughter . ) Did they ever make monov

      . dmiT ? w " ° i ' mo 8 t 8 B ' uredlyno- Tlien wb ? admitthat a principle was true in the abatra-t , and ?„ & ^* u i , whlch thty < the audienoe ) were all LindPll h w ? u nSsailed " ^ referred to the ^^ iS'aaWffl-tfsiK ^ aa ;^ fi ^ aa ^ a 5 w . tbjus . co and calonlatod 1 o promote their S . ( Loud plwdita ) Tfer . was one other subjec ? to which he Bust allude before ke sat down , and that wjj » , the growmir power of the spirit of DflmnnMuw .

      irtbey would look oyer the surfiwe of modern Europe they would find a , movement in favour oflabur , going on in wellnigh every eountry . ( Applause . ) Ancient pilfisxvcre shaking ; -, iy , ' nesth the shadow of the . Vatican , the spirit of freedom now moved , and the representative of the most servile of-potentates , had started farward as one of the most earnest lovors of reform . ( A pplaus * . ) It ! was a gloricus thins to sea the Pope , wieklins nt onee the pnwer of tho prieat and that of the Mend i ot human projiregs ; -a elorioas thing to believe that ! ere long the hymn of liberty would mingle with the I music of old Tiber ' s waters ;—that where the martyr : was , once sacrificed , there the patriot should he crowned . ( Applause . ) But why . did he instance Italy alone ?—if they went to Prussiatho mnwmpnt

      , was there ; -to France , the movement was there-—ay , and though som e one did say that Poland w as dead , —that she w&s blotted out from among the nations , yet still the old spiritVf Polish nationality * tim ? d in Us Moody stave , and heaved with that vitality that would ultimately accomplish for it aglnrious resurrection . ( Very great applause . ) Men might revile freedom as they chose ; they might sneer and senff at thore who hailed freedom , as hunters after popularity and applause , if they chose ; but freedom was rean ' s birthrigbt , arid it had ever been at . work , if not as an upper , at all events as an under current . What was the history nf the human raee but ihahiatoryof the triumph , —tbe sure and 6 ' ertain advance of freedom . And what constituted the glorious idea which they entertained in connfxion with tho visionary ' future ! It was thcid ^ a that in

      thaffnture to which they were lookinc , thoro wo \ ild bo no tyranny , no slavery ; but ' man with man will brother be . ' To aid in 'hastening on that glo- '• nous consummation , was his work , aEd the work of every one who stood forward , not only as a teacher of the people , through the medium of the press , but likewise aa a " teacher of practical , not sectarian , religion , through the medium of the pulpit . For never let it be forgotten that while nature told us that all men are brothers—when she poured forth the open sunshine , and sent forth the refreshing dews for the suatennnce of al l—Christianity told us to love one another , and rlednred that the divinest worship that men could render to the common Creator , was tjbnt holy that warm sentiment of brotherhord , which gave him t « Bympntl . ke with , —to aid and respond to all the wants and feelings of the erent human heart . ( L'ud applause . )

      The following sentiment was read by the Chairman : — The People ' s Charter arid no Surrender ; nr . d may it soon becomo the lavr of this country , and tm a beacon for all nations , as the only means of tho peopla ' s possessing their moral , social , ana political liberty . Thi « hftvine ben heartily responded to , the Chairman vacated his post , and the mm was cleared for the dancirip , which was kf pt up to a late hour .

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      . — ¦ — " -rsj ^ j g » mid ike other to liarrasvsin , ml ) le w . WoPn onf Jf he were ruined jnth expense , , and = -hia physicalpowora wer « destroyed , then his enemies w . « . m if » gratified ; butifcwasthadutyof the " peopte to S--R with him in his battles , and if they could not win *„ dia with him . ( Applause . ) . "V ™ After the ^ onttiraent gircn at the Assembly Rooms was ragain passed , Fbajious O'CosNon , Evq , M . p . then rose , and wa » received with unb ounded an ! plausa , which having subiidt-d , he delivered an address of considerablo length . He nover in his life wa * mere desirous than on this occasion to bo like

      Sir Boyle Rooho ' s bird , to be able te be in two places at one and tho same time . Itwns said of a celebrated Irish raco liorsa that he always rua beat on ono course , because ho always won there . If , said he , I do not run better , I always feel more inclined for my race at thiu spot than in any other . I was going to tell you what I wish to do , now lam become vour member . It is truo that the common course ormembers of Parliament asatfon as they have reoeiTed the sweet voices of the elector * , U tomaka thoir bow and oome no more near till the n » xt election ; but believing as I do . that it u the dutv of a

      representative-I will say of an honest rrprpsenta . tiye of the-people—to do much good to hU constituents , I . hav » taken the unusual course not to ask for . your , rotes only , but to ask you to instruct me in my duties as your member . If thm ever was a time wben membars ot Parliament required instruction from their constituencies , it is at tbe present moment . The constitution of Lngland may be gupFOStd to be tha same aa it was in the last Parliament , but the system has been so shaken through the instrumentality of tho late elections as to render it impossible to % u i tbo comPlexI ° n of the next Parliament will be ; the govornment is bewildered ; their currency n rat of joint ; eg islation k entittl y gone ? 55 « 5 they cannt make both ends meattrade U enUre ?

      , ntaBtandstiil . At . 11 other perioda of imrh , torr the meetme of ; Parliament . ha . l > cen a CS thing on the first Inesilay in February , when The Queen ' s opening speech was delivered ; but now there u a change , and a . the Times says , it eannot be conceived what ministers can do . i Ilenr hear \ One-tbird of tlie Parliament arc untried men upon whom the ministers cannot calculate . Now it becomes your boimdon duty to try by all possible means to augment the difficulties of the ministers- it becomes your duty to Bhow to the 220 nr . w repre . fentatives , that the popular mind of tbe country is mer » advanced than it was , and to teach ththi useful lessons for the next electioa . when you will be better prepared to fight tbe badlo of democracy . The aristocracy has been tryine to nut naedown v pi »

      since 1823 , but the assembl y in this room is the answer , and if they try for another half century tfcer will m . t put mo down . ( Hear , hear . ) lam Jhd ' to hear tho Land Plan associated with my name as it giveame an ophoitunito pf speaking on what Sir Kobert Peel has called the science of agrioulture This soitneo is in its infancy , but from what has already been developed , it is quite clear that if anv able-bodied man in the country is a pauper the fault lies with the government . The labour of tha poor is taxed Bevon millions a year to frcd tho idlers ia the country . I take it that no roan would hi an idler if he could earn an honest livelihood . The reason why seven millions a year are paid is because the poor are compelled to work for lew wafts I

      have bean thinking , while we ; weregcUin B cor " n from all the world , to be paid for out of tho hard labour of pur artisans ; and wbile our merchants and bankers have been mined by their own fully how easily the people might have been placed upon tho land , and produced all they wanted ; but no ; the masters don ' t want to go to the doors of the workmen and rap at the brass knocker , and say to Jvhn Jone ? 'Will you come and work for me for a month ? The answer would be . 'If you would give me as much as I can earn on my farm 1 will come . ' How much is that ? ' Three pounds a week . ' ( Lan » hter and applause . ) ' Then I will give it you ; ' and away

      goes John Jones for a month . Would not this be better than going to the poor law bastile ? ( Applause . ) The eost of the poor in this country is soTen millions a year ; now if the government would allow a poor man two acres of land , at £ SO . an acre , build him a houso for £ 100 ., and let him have a capital of £ 40 ., and tfeua apportion £ 200 . to each pauper , till six millions of the poor rates had been applied , Ieaving ' one million for the sick and helpless , the governmeat would > ave thirty-five per cent on the p oor rat- ¦? , and free the country from pauperism . ( Applause . ) I can prova this by figures which neither

      limRiua nor Torokms can disprove , and if this be not done , the government is chargeable with all the poverty , with all the vice , with all the crime , that exists in this country . ( Applause . ) The great benefits which you have achieved by the late election will be felt when the squabbles take place in the IIouso of Common ! 1 , which is like a cock-fight for a 3 soon as I ahull have opportunity , when I have watched eventB , and tha parties fighting like two dogs for a baue liavo dropped it , I * hall pick up the bone and say ' Here is the people ' s sbaro of the jquabblc' ( Laughter and applame . ) You find that

      the government are obliged to ussemblc Parliament three months earlier than usual , because the government syBtem ia paralysed , and it is impossible to receive through the Excise " and " 'Customs—that ia through . dissipiticn and drunkenncis—sufficient mnnty to carry on the government , applause . ) I have always found the government an obstacle to the progress of the people . Last Satuiday , I was aoing by train from London , and at the Sa ' me time LordJehn Russell and the Cabinet Ministers were setting out for Windsor , when the train I had to eo by was delayed half an hour on account of their trip . Now , I remarked at the time that tbe government always stopped tUfi people from making progress , and here was an instance in point . ( Applause- ) He

      then treated upon tbe cost of the Church ;—the guessing of tho Times , whiih is the Ministerial bar * , meter as to the future;—the versions given as to the causes of the late famine ;~ and cautioned the peo . pie nround him not to be bambpczled by the piesa . He charged the government with raising taxes out of the drunkenni 8 s and vices of the people;—in-* i * ted that the Established Church did not live in the affections *> f tho people , and dcclaied that be was of the highest order of the aristocracy , but he had been promoted to a commission in the democracy . He would stsrnd b y his order ; he meant net as Lord Grey did , t , ho ari » t « cracy , but the order of labour . He dtficd tho ariatocrcy to thrive , unloja the labourer was nquittd for his labour . ( Hear

      hear . ) He mentioned tho circumstance of Mr Alison buying land at Lincoln , and the saving effected by his Mr O'Connor ' s superintendence of tbo building of lho _ cottages , and the reason of the i > res 9 taking against the Land Plan . There were 808 women in that hall , besidetoen , and he wishtd every man was a woman into the bargain ; and there were nearly eight hundred members of the Land Company in Nottingham and its neighbourhood .- ( Applause ) lie ox . pressed similar sentiments to those he had uttered at the Assembly Rooms , relative to women constituting the great force ol the Chartist ranks ia Net * tinghani , and the proceedings at the Exchange Hall when the Rev . Mr Biakeney delivered hia last lecture , contrasting the scene of the present meeting with the results on that occasion . I will give you ( said he ) an instance i f the effect of women taking up the Land Plan , and then yon will seo that I had

      rather have one Mrs Cai . dle to give lectures , than ten Mr Caudles to lecture to . A very ^ srttime ago , a man came to Lowbands , and said he was acxifcua to enter the Laud Company . I told him it was buuday , aBd the secretary wns not there . D—n it ( said tbe man ) I must and will join : for ever since last Suntlay night , I have not had a winkoiMecp , through my wife continually-Baying , 'Wilt tbouioin tho Land Pinn ?—wilt thou join the Land l » i ,, V ( Laughter , loud applause . ) This man tookf 3 . 0 a . 4 d . out et his pocket , and iusisted on leaving-it-with some one before he weht away . ( Applause . ) Take thia as an illustration of how the plan is working . I have always twld you that the man who would " not contnid for his political rights , is a coward , and dcea not deserve to have tlunv , but if tho nun will contend as the wi-rcen <)< -, we shall veiy soon have all we want . I ffiiuld rnthor have one thousand women cn&nsed in this math r than three thomnd men

      btcausD the woman is the person who is compelled to boar the hardships j to carry the baU y ; to bear all the revilmp , and ti o often the blows ofihedisheartened husband , llo then spoke of the effects of bad laws upon the poor , both to men and women , and recommended the read , » s of tho M « oow U > sate tbnr money , jxptnded for a paper w « 5 £ ek Fm A ° ^ \ lhe LRIld ™>» . He bud £ SI ? V- P ? 1 ¥ li \ had b «™ that day to a fr 5 d oj Mr Bailey ' s , where he was gone to d : reto n " kif Mr Feargu , O'Connor cou ! d % ome to ract M ? < L «?? b 9 , Connor comes , Baiiey will not come . ' hOtnat Bailey actuall y runs away at tho name of fteargus O'Connor . ( ADDinuse . ) fie had not vet

      shown a millionth psruf the Land Plan which he intended to carry eat , and whatever difficulties m i ght o me , he would tit her conquer tbim or die . Where were the shopkeepers , with » heir empty tills and their gaily dressed wives ? Where wtre the advocates « f Free-trade ? Why wtro they not in that room ? Why di < l ihey nut give their * upport to tha Land Plan , which wai in arcordaiuo vith the declaration of the Bible . ' that m « H should live by the ? went of his brow ? ' Why is it , ( said he , ) that I am branded by the prets and what dc I caro for tho press ? I am ablo to maintuiu niyBel t above the whole press . And why ? becauso 1 am clad in a

      coat of mail ; I bave pot truth on ay side , and am iu the rijiht . B'ormerly when we went into tho agricultural districts , and asked a labewr ^ r what ho pra-^ seed , he used to say ' Church and Queen . ' But a sk him now what he is , and ho will tell you . ' A Cbartkt , your honour . " 'And what does that mean J * Howilljaay' A house and land . ' ( Applause . ) I will undertake to raise for the goverraeU a property tax of ten per cent , upon every hundred acres of land in the country , without laying a sin { ? le penny upon tho land-owner or labourer , if landlords will only adopt my plan . Allow every man who ig a tenant . at-vull , and holds 100 acres of land , for which ho nowpaj-8 iSlQO . ajear , to have a lease fortv-ejof

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      THE EXCHANGE ROOMS . At five o ' clock , these extensive rooms were filled to an overflow , there teing upwards of 600 well , dressed males and females assembled and taking tea together . ' . At eight o ' clock , Mr Mott took the chair , and nd . dressing the Piidicnco Baitl , the honour of presiding over them had been conferred upon him , and if they would be very silent , so that all might hear , he would mad over some letters which ho had received . The first was from Thomas Slingaby Duncorabe , Esq ., M . P ., and was as follows : — Brighton . Nov . 1 , 1847 .

      Dear Sir , —I rrgret to say , thnt ny lienlth continues so precarious , that it will be impossible f-. r me to be present at your Jubilee on the 8 th inst ., but be Btsurea tliat there will le no ono there present , who mere sinecrely rejoices at tho return to Parliament , of Mr O'Connor than I do , and to whom I beg you will convey my beat regnrde . I bave the honour to be , dear Sir , YourB faithfully , Mr W . Mott , Nottingham . Tnos . Do ? c .-mbb . Tlio next wa 3 from George Thompson , Etq ., tho member for the Tower Hamlets : — London . Oct . 14 , 18 * 7 .

      Sir , —I have tbe honour to acknowled ge the receipt ol your favour of the 13 th . A public engagement in another part of England at the time mentioned in your note forthe soiree to commemorate tlie ie » urn of Mr O'Con . nnr will provtnt roe from accepting the Invitation which the committee of management , through you bave been kind enough to forward mo . I am , Sir , respectfully youra , Mr Wm . Mott . Geo . Teojcnon . Tae third was from Lord Rancliffe : — Bunny Parlc , Nov . 6 , 1847 . Sir , —I re » ret n . uch that tho state of my health is fueh aa to prevent my attendinjr any large meetlnjr . Will you bo pood enough to present my compliments to Mr Peargun O'Connor , and tell him . had it not betn for that , I should have had much pleasure in attending to celebrate his return for Nottingham . Believe me , your * radically , ,

      RlNCLIFrS-« 8 , Russell . iquaKS Oct . S » , 1847 . Sir , —I be ?; t « thank you for tho flattwing intJtntion which yoB hsvo been hind enough to sand me , for the tea party on tin- 8 th November , but , vrliilit I fepl dopply grateful to those grntlemcn who intend to m » ke it an occasion of celebrating my return , 1 canr . otbutbeaw&ro that my name will b « liablo to le aneoclatpd with opinions from which I ontirely dissent , and which I am content to see monopolised by my worthy colleague . I thorifore be ? leave respectfully to dicl ' me the honour of being present on this occasion , And remain , Sir , jours faithfully , Mr Mott , Nottingham . John Waitbb . Hastings , Sussot , 18 : h October , 1847 . ¦

      My Bear Sir , —I ehoiild have real pli-nvure in nttfn 4 ing the ten party on the 8 th proximo—but as Mr O'Connor and myself start for Scotland by the 14 th , I am obliged to ninkB tlie most of my time between this anJ then , In writing of lejnl matter ? . X am , dear Bir j yonr ' s truly , ElWE'T JONE 3 , Mr Wm . H . Mott , Nottingham , He would now proceed to the business of the evening , aa they were anxious to begin to dance . The first toast he hs-. d te propose was : —

      The peoplf , tho producers of wealth , and th 6 only source of legitimate power . The gentleman who would rospond to the toast was Vf . P . Roberta , Esq ., the Miners' Attorney-General . ( Applause . ) He thought it w » 3 tho first time tin * gent ' envui had appeared before a Nottingham audiencp , at a public meeting , but he trusted it wou'd not bo tho last . Hh had great pleasure in stating that there were 398 females in that room , and he was sure ho would rathor have , one wo . man ih : in ten men , as at the last election tbe « c » en worked like slaves , for wherever there was a vote * they feund him , whether ho was in tho earret , the cellar , or the chamber . ( A pplause . ) He then introilucod the first speaker .

      W . P . Roberts , Eeo .., haying been received with warm applause , m& he had jiut ber-n acldressins an over numerous meeting nt the Assembly Uooms »< respomhng to tbe uma toast , and with > he pernilV hob ot tho audience , he would , aa nearlvasha SRhS frT ° t T WainS ' l ,: said there . Ho then mado a lone address nndiuBt V ? SBl ° d TfT * ' , - O'CoSthe R v amiS S " ^ th 8 r 8 entIora ° n . entemd thero . m S'fiST !™ 8 aid tteawi" toBsl w » :- ? The l , W ? . indppend « n » e ' ectcr * who voted , op tbe Mta Of July last , for pelsrgU 8 O ' e < , n l nor j ^ ,,, Mi ? ,, f tr Nottinghani , Mr Doniiijf most cordially resposded to this t'ast , and culoahcrt in w » rm terms the conduct of tU < ir leader , Mr Fearuu * O'Connor . He cpncratulatBd themeetine on the Dronross of democratic principles ,

      and alluding to the charces which bad been ninde against their leader , said there were two objects in ' view , one of which was to cauBO hint U expend bis property , till it should be all gose iu his own defence ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 20, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1445/page/7/