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    • THE SLAVE TRADE. .
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      At the tncmeci -when Great Brit . i ::, has aclr ? veJ se liabi- ? dnrv of abolishing slavery from the whole f hrr doxEii , i . ; . Tjs . jhe existence ef an aw'nliy c ~ e ; EC esien-: ve traiT . : in hoiL'&ii beings , earned ru zcerlte 9 * g of our allies becomes " a « ubjec * r . o i _ : en 3 eiii : c-rt » st to every philanthropic min-3 ; snd , ii . pkj : or the s-: rTeriEg <> o « the victim of this rerun ; co .-iin- rce . indignation rL ~>* in the bre *« t to iirk tha :. after all the sacritievs luade bv thi < yontry . the evi ' s are increasing Respite our " Cort--cfer : Le cr .-uivance and protrctjoa of tie wvakrj . : d n : ^ t d-g-aJei of Europrai : Eaij ors . 1 ivkiae a * ; a < t issued from the vres . s from the Dm of . Mr

      : ¦*< -:: Buxton . Ia which the exis-iny horWs of the . - rican Slar ? Tri : e a-ed-pirtt-d . sn-j the ir _ -5 iaiencv ; * H ? . t * . ineBa ? r - ^ - lor it < sr-pprers-uu 1 " . ' i " — .. i ^ - latter , irjdefd . is ebnaddui-T proved ? the 2 ngh : ; ui lucre ? . *? of the trrfi : ; . tocher wr , " jeasgravadon o ! iai ' ndnal scSVrW . " % ; . ¦ " ther .-iua Lumaaricririr . "' say * Mt . Bc : * : ^ . - ( ifnVrfick : ii 3 = Rr ; iT .: L-. jare reqsir- d toft « d th '? r ^ st rr . nncg- c ^ stir--: of masX : ns . Is rein ha « r .- > - ¦ re tru-n i : ; . Af ; : ca 200 I 5 rivers : man is the osly ier : hand : « ; h--y r-rrT . " ^ L-verr irseif dors no : jpropmte O 2 » -ba .: \ f the Tiv-rirrj * c : iirvSIav * Trace : r _ the _ ~ -r : zure . isarch . and de ? euticn" of the . rtrir . s i « c-VL-n ! : i ! t ? d to ce . 'trov JO ? per cent , for al .

      ; a : jscome se . 15 ~ . EPd s : 2 r * in Aiae-ica : the •¦ mlie ps ?* 3 £ ^ . end u . ' rer capn :- ^ " de . * troTs 25 srr . v / .- / .: : z \ ze sc , cj . it : a :: er laucine . 2 ""> t-cr cc ' t . more 1 So that . ' * ar * rh ? vrrllrr . " f < .. r every i-XK ) regr . r-: v- ' 2 : the end of a yenr a . f : eriheir dep .-. rutio ;; . » n * - iiie ^ e : o ths-cl = r . t ^ T , v > ebaYea ^ ftcr ^ ker , ^^^ O ; -: n- ;¦ jw * f . p .-i Vica being in fact 2-150 for everv ] vO 0 » vrs oMr-. med to the planter . On 2 t > : moderr . t- * calculations and c ^ : h ? 730 ? : iii---p-. ta . V- ? c / -7 . ' -j . i ; i > reckoned that l < - > : f « -r > ha't

      *> . > . ' > r . t-Kr-. ?; - * -rT ?„ -. j Sj'J— , " . in uDi . B-i 2 . ; , ai . 'd HavaEa . ii 2 c ] iicini : hose the : -w ^ re . ptar ^ d OTTnr'ke :. Add ro thc .-e-25 ;* r ce > . i . for s »? that prrished in the ps . ^ age , aid ioT ^ OJ m- st sre been t-njarke 5 : aiid in ; he cavture and r » : Rrch ' tnesi an eqaal i ; niii h * r m 3 ? t be > et down :: > . ¦ r lihini " . ir . akine ^ totai o ! S , "V 3 . tM 0 vicrin :- rEn ^ a ' -lj rriiore than 1 COT a daj . to the SUve Trad .- c ^ : rirj n by people of chr ^ tian coantries , The Mih .-Stfai . ade in ns-rT-^ % \ % rompE'ed to ? . Jd lW . C ^ K ) \ irtini « finally : o the above fn ^ V ifal ? ujd of he— . " -2 mi . ^ -7 7 .. ? jr _ aii th s vil Mr . B-xton polr . ts to the nect »> - trccraTii

      := i > g fonb the tree resources of Africa . ' - ; e » u ] y r ? rD ? iT . rbenstiTr * thfrc ? e > ts b ^ isgractht li ' . ' -li- products of tteir fertile 501 ] -wee ] d cc-a ? : itr '* - _ : V 3 ' -: ep : c-i ! r » : ; Eerchacdise th ? n the " boii-r ' . ih * : r fi : a ? r-ir ; rr ! : and in a future vriisin ; it L * ~ cni * ci . that the mean ? r > f e'iciii-ng those T- ^ otircr--: a all bede ^ uoi ; 3 tra . 'ed . the snjbject beins f . t ? r ~* evl nder considerBritn of gcv ^ rnir . ent . V . ' e will clo > e cr lotice ¦ with sc-me extracts from the coscl ^ jion 0 : ie jresent TDiuzn ? . " rewards the eci of ? h ~ Is < t center ¦ ,-. : he en :-:: ; , ni ± e ca-2 £ ? e which raged in A ^ r' -. a - . Tere l : i : ! l > :- ^ From the mo ?! eeserons T' ] - " - » 1 '; r >; ¦ a ^ . d v - ' ? . zl ^ . ' . j coit . ' r iar ^ ^ trn ; p ^ { ur " :: hi , e . il ::: : io' ^ fr . * . b . t tec eodenr . lhar , Tr _ d ? r * Ji ? nsodr we . ^ re takrn for the yappresii 012 o / the Sl-ve Trade . it : is iscr ^ Ofed . "It hrt ? been proved , by doctimenrs vrhich car not 2 e- ^ troverU-d , ih . it . fore- ? jr village fired and » -Tery rovs of hrjman ) y :: £ * marched in fo zzier ' : me . <

      -rre are new dorsble . Tot ev ? rr careo then ?• : s . v . zrzoe * . or twice the nnaber in " one cargo . wedKro 3 f ether in a mass o ! Hvliij corruption , arc nc"w borne i the -w ^ re of ; he Atlantic . Bat , wbiist the nnin-¦ in « 'ho suffer have increased , there i . " no t ? p . 'oh j believe that the sefferings of ep . ch have been t-i' -ii ; on the contrary , "we kisow that in sorse ¦ -irrlculars thft-e here increased ; so that the « na o-. il of raif- ; -ry shells in b-jth ways . Each individual . 1 ? more to e ' ndsre , azA the number of 5 ndivid : ifci < twjc- wh 3 t it was . The resnlr , therpfn- 'P . L ' , that fsrarated suffering reaches m ^ J ts p'ieJ nnmb-r ? . ' '

      "j : shcull be fcorae in mind , diiiica ; t as i : is to - ¦ •' . \ z — ± at the facts I have Lsrrated are no : ; he iii- . ctioEs cfBnarro-. v di . ' U-ict , and of a few ichabiaj-t *;—the scene is a q ^ Erttr o ; the globe—a ei :: Iu-- -e of iniiliciis i ^ s popclaticn . That ch . ^ e fact . " are ct g" 5 e 2 . ued from the records of fonaer rime ? , and reserved by historians m Ilrnstraticns of ihc sirRuge ^ d prodigjoE * -vrjekedcess of a darker age . They re the cjrnnon occurrences of onr own era—the cTL-toms' which prevail at this verv hoar . Everv

      ay wifrh ¦ R'e lire in seennty and peace at home r ^ mes ? e ? many a herd of wmchrs toiling over the rastrs of Africa , to slavery or death ; every ni | " nt . Hasea are ron .-eJ from their sle ^ p , to the alternative s * the sxord . or the flames , or the manacle . At the : ice 1 am wriric ? . there are at lea ? t iirenty-thousand irman beings on the Atlantic , exposed to every vaie : y of ¦ vfretch . edne » # ^ hich belorgs 10 the mi idie ja ** age . "VVeli might Mr . Pitt sny , there is sc-aaehjn ^ in tie barror . ^ of i : v-hich snryasjes all the rounds of im agin an on . '

      ~ I do not see how tre can escape the conviction hat ruca is the r ^ snit of onr efTort * , unless by tpvitig fny to a r&gne and endefiued hope , with aoevideuce 0 rapport if , t ' . at the facts I kave ccUecteJ , thosgb * ne at the tim . ? . are no longer a fair exemplification >/ ihzexisting sfate of thing !' . After J bad fiaished v . y ta ^ k , and on the day when j intended to send 11 ? ¦ ffork to the pres ? , I * ^ as ]> enmued to we thp n -st recent doccments reJatia ^ to ; he Slave Tra de . ir . these I find no ground for any su ; h consolatory : rnii * e : oa the contrary , I am driven by them , to . u-i Sirirowfal cocricrion , diat the year , ijyin Sftptess-> er . 1 S 37 , to September , 18 ^ , is distingnifhed ) eyond ail preceding year * for the exient of the . ' ide , / or the intan < ity " of it * miterie-s and for the casual Lavoc it raake . < on heman life . "

      " Beyond all doubt , [ Africa ] haawithin herself all iit is iieedtd for the widest range of commerce , and ur tbe most plentiful supply of everytbing -which : o ~ . itice . < to the comfort aod sfiloeEce of roan . Her soil is eminently fertile . Are its limits narro- * ; It sp-tches from the borders of the Mediterranean to j-e Cape of Good Hope , and from the Atlan tic to the I so : aa Oceaa . Are its pro ^ ctioiw ynch 2 ^ we lltde r or lightlj raine ? The rery commoditiw most -s request in the drilized -world are tbe ^ ptnitaaeons growth of these nuculn ' iated region * , li the interior asccesable ? Tbe noblt-st riv « w fio * throBgh it , i 2 i Yoald famLih a cheap and easy mode of convey'^ i for erery article of ] e ? itimate trada . I * there ' ¦ ¦ -earth of population ? Drained of its inhabitaatg ^ Africa hii been , it possesses an enorraon * popnin"• -2 . and thw * e eminently diyp ^ e'i to t ^ ffze . Poe ^ i : -: e at 50 tuu distance as to forbid ih ? hope of

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      continual intercourse ? In sailing to India we pa >< alone its Tx-pstern and oasterncoas'ts . In comparison with Cliins . it is in our neighbourhood . " Are not these circamstances snfficient fo crente the hop = » that Africa is capable of beinjr raised fr .: m hrprc-rrnt abject condition , and while improving her o ^ n stats * , of-adding to the enjoyments and siimnlatiug the commerce of the civilized world ? ' ¦ h . i vp . rncn ) ? to be desired that all Christian powe ? . * should unite in one great confederacy , for the of purpose calling into action tho dormant o , to undertake the ti > k . Africa and Great Britain stand in this relation toward each nther . E ? ch possesses what the otl : er r qTire * , and esrh rp < jnir ^ . < vhat the other po . * s » s- « r >< . Grt ? . t Britain "wants raw mnterin' ) , ? nd a mPT ~ kft h > r her manufactured ? oods . Af rica want ; - mannfectured

      ? tM > d ? . and a market fir her raw mr . t ^ rinl . Should it . however , appear that , in place of profit , loss were to be looked for , and oblo : juy instead of honour , I yet believe that there \* that comraWration , ftuc ¦ : hat conscience in the public mind , which will induce _ : his couxiiry to undertiik * , and with the Divine blp . -siDg enable her to succeed in crashing ' the greatest practical evil that ever afflicted mankind . ' "

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      attacks which at various times : had been made tipen the people , justified them in naving firms in their po 55 es > ion . Would the Peter ' oo massBcre have nken place , had they been armed ? ( "No , no . ") The red coa «* would not fight against them : they were anxious for the people to have their rights ; the ]' took into the barrack * the Northern Star , and read it , nud that was a proof they knew what were the duties a soldier owed to their fellow-countrymen , when enraged in the holy cause of obtaining thrir rights . The Government knew the feelings of the soldiers well , they knew they would not fight agairst their countrymen , and therefore tbey hnd recourse to" their rural police plan : would they have aapy system introduced into this country?—would thry permit a schrmn to be ncted uponwhich would

      , completely subvert the liberties of tbe country ? (^ Np , no . ) A fortnight to-day the National Petition would be presented , and would no douhtbe thrown out . ( " Better not . " ) If they wpre prepared wh » n it was throwii out , they must take other < tep *; tho > -e > teps which the ' Whigs recommended in 1832 ; the Constitution empowered them to take those fteps : they had God on their side , and suffering million ? , and therefore succeed they mnst . ( Applause . ) " The speaker theu quoted several passages of Scripture , to show that in repelling force by force , to ohiain their rights , they were justified , not only by the Constitution , but by the pTecepts corjfijncd in the Bible . He then pointed oat the bad effects of the Property Qualification -alluded to tbe letters inviting O'Connor and the other persons

      to attend the meeting , having been intercepted , as a proof of which he said that letters had been received from Messrs . Smart and Skevington , written afu-r tte letter . ? to the gentlemen he had named ought to have been received , but they did not even ftllude to tbi'm . \] e then made some remarks upon the five grand principles contained in the National Petition , and said that unless they obtained them , the working millions would not be fairly dealt with . Meefirgs % vou ) iJ , he bt-lieved , be hela this day at airrpiiighara , Derby , and at A » htoB . in favour of the working class , and the ktt « r wouldbe one oi tbe greatest eier held . It was the duty of the working cla < .- not to relax in their pff _> rt . « , and if any of their Delegates should act like Dr . Wade , call them bnck directly . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Paers concluded bypropo ? iag the following resolution : —

      " That this meeting also take the present opportunity cf expressing their confidence ic the wisdom and discretion of t-e Convention , in their efforts to obtain the spetdy restoration of the rights and privilege * of ihe disfranchised people of Eopland , by the ; itt : ; inni ' . nt of th * objects ol the National Petition and People ' s Charter . " Mr .-Josrrn Woomviiip seconded the resolution , which was put and carried , only one hand btfing held up against the motion . Mr . Swket propoie . l the following resolution : — " That we . the working classes of Nottingham and the count * , do hereby rHurn our heartfelt thanks to 2 Vje > srs . Smart and Skevington , the Delesjnt-s for Lrjghborough , for tht-ir h ^ nd ^ orae conduct in takiue our ca- 'P in hand , and repre .-enti : ig our iu-rr < -st- in the Xaf : nnnl Convent ! in , wl He we were f-ituouj iviiv lJ ,- ] fg- ? . t-ro d (> : * or-fl " iri . illv . c : iu > ed by the resisiva « ioTi o ; the lli-v . Dr . Waii-. " '

      Mr . BuRPttw . s rose snd comtnecced . fellow conntrvmen , cu-. zvns , and companions in tribulsition—1 a'dress you with mingled emotions of pair , and •• leasun—pain that they W're disappointed in not being addressed by the * eminent aud vspmienred i : ; iividUHls . wh < se names h td bfen m ^ ntii'ii ' d—and p : t'a .-urt > , that thr > y had borne their disappointment so well . Th' -y hud heard the cause which prt--vented those geijtlemvn from att ^ uding ; they knew not ot ihe m < etir . g , hJihough invited " to attciid it . lie supported -xv .-. i pUa .-ure thu re «) lutiuu which had )\ i <\ been sn \) nii : ted to them ; hut where were tLe middle c 1 h > 3—whero were tlie Whigs—where were the npyntfrs of the Com Law-- —the squire * , tr-. v ; miuii-, 1 ts ot relijt : iois—where , he asked , were nil ihrise ^ ho took such a prominent port in IKV 1 , to

      oiiiain th < - R-i . rm bi . l ; Ti : ey were nut her « 1 tind -by d-i tbey rw ^ v ke . » p nloL . f from assisting th » working cb . ss in an encieavaur to obtain t . en rights " - He kii ^ w i ; ot ; but this he knew—they - * e .-e di'ti-.-icfned to be ' Vet' , whether thuse clii ^ st ' s . is » : sti'd tbe : n or not in thi-ir ho ! v enterprise . ( Ch' -rrs . ) lie it . oufiht h-heard a vcic * from Y . Ywhuvh ^ aviiiij , tin-. ' - Gt'O . OOO sabres were drawn , whi :: U would not be sh ^ nthed uiuil they hnd their ri ^ - ht * . lie then entered ii . to nn araum- ' nt to show "Lut by t ! a > c ^ iis ' . jn . tior , the f-evple were jnsnti ^ d in huvi ; 4 anns : in having them , they meant not to u ^ e . hen . ll . f ^ r ' . i ' . y ; they w .. ti » ent-n-i-s top ! iy .-irnl ibr .-e—; ihy .- ; -. - ;; l I-. / rce was u . it the mode by which they ir . p : 'nt : o obtain their rights . Why did he , a poor op ' pres .-ed i d

      -. j n . > : a : ; here to-day ? It was to advvjc ;\ t > . > Tht-ir rii ; U :. - ' . mid : ho _ . ' miuht be assured the d : iy of their jvJeaaption was at hnud . He then riifi ' ' ed the ! i ! arm which h : id taken possession of many as \ o physical force ; the motto ot' the Chartism wns law . j- ; j : ice , and order . In 1-3-2 , wh-u phy-ical force w .- > r--cornrr . vr . de j by ; h' .- J .-igher aiid mi J lie cln . ssc .-, no alarm \ v : \ s cren ' ej ; why should it now , when they d ' . >" . vv ( iwcd as s'ror . « ly a .- men could ilo , having nny iut ; 'ntn > n of r > snrtini to it ? He then made s" ) i-f rt-: njrk . < uy \ 'n l ' ' m-iny years the people h ; id i-. ^ t-i ! petitipuiiii . ' ia vein , ami ,- > . « kfd how h . cg tl : ey . fere To conunue : igi ! : U : n < r . when the people Were > larviti 2 for hrra '; ' : Wlmt -. v ^ s it that procured th ^ pairing ol the JJe . 'bnu BilJ ' : Was it Eorftl power ? lt r : i : hrr , w ; : s it jiot becuns (» the Government ? iw

      the people v-c-e uruioij , a : i ^ determine . I npcnlmvir . g reform ' : The Chart :.-u were pur .-. uing the samn iTieaES ; they c n ; li liotobt : in either food or clothing fur tVieir fiimiiies , ntr were they able tn pay the hi : jdlo'd his r u \ . Is ^ w , this sta ' te of things oueht W't to be in a p ! scy like England , whoso arifxHiis-~ ere the m ^ . st ^ kii ; i ; l ; in d intiustrioti !) workmen in the world—where the land abounded in wealth , anrt where , ii the laws wer * . * made fur the public wenl , instead of the privileged few , the working cliisvrs would be pujoyinif tho- « comforts of which thay had ? o long hern deprived . ( Applause . ) The people hnd leagued t-rgetci-r to obrain those rights , and ;' . uh ~ ug : ; ih-. y were r . or / only following up the very piinrir-les ri * cc > njiEeD'Jc'j to tlu-m in l 4 $ 2 * tbc-y were a's ' .-rte-i by the men who tlier . urced them on " to that

      > tej > . They vt-t .- accused uf being iguornnt , was \ hr . t tht-ir feulc ? {>' .. ¦> , no , airl lend cheers . ) How rorld it b ? oi-erwisc ? They hnd to work fourteen and ^ sf ; u hour * a-jay to obtain n yi \ lance vLlch w ^ u'd hardly keep body and * "ul together ; rbi-u whit opportunity had they of cultiv ;? : ini ; their : nind .

      thj blessing o ! ' Heuven would be upon them . They and lung ago pentu-ned , prayed , and implored the ta-e f . nd bru ; al Whigs l . r their rights , and iu return they hfid given them a M ? iltb . u : > in : i system—they ha ! * given them a " T . Jurcn * ., '' to 5 i , otl > e and re ! re ? s th ^ ir grievance * , and the little skilly with rosin i »» it . This was tbe result nf tbe Whig principles . Tiiey : n ?;>* . by u a ^' - "g P ' -ll ) a s ' . roag pull , aiil a pull nlrogether , " recover their rishts , ajci res ore the faded tlory ot Kr . zlaad , whic j had been th . li / bt < 4 the world . " Mr . Burrows concluded by nn eueruetic appeal to hi * }; enr ? rs not to wnx hikewHrn ; , but xigoroasly to pursue the plan npon winch they had becun . until thev hal obtained their demands . ( Loud

      applaust * J The Ch . mjim . a ^ put the resolution , which whs carried unanimously . JSir . J ^ iiEs Woophovse , on presenting himself to the meeting , was received with considerable npplause . He said it was not his intention to make a lonit speech . A person in the crowd exclaimed " Where is O'Connor ' : " He is at home , said Mr . Vi oonnorsE . fighting your battles more effectually than h « could do here . Iflis trial for what they call a libel upon the Poor Lnw Commissioners , comrs on on Wednesdfty , which m ? . kes bis presence necps « nry in London . It appeared to be thfir wish that lie should succeed Dr . Wade , as the representative of the working

      c ! as .= e . « o ) this to ^ rn and coauty in the National Convention ; he coald assure them , that if he consulteJ only his own interest ? , lie should decliue the appointment , but as he bad taken an active part with his fellow .-uflVrsr ? , he felt that he could cot Jecliae the honour offered to him , and they might depend upnn using hia best efforts in the sacred cause ixi which th ^ y w ere engaged ; ha should let them know regularly how they "were going on , and then they must judge for themselves as to the s-eps tbey should take . ~ The Jieviac had charged th <» Chartists with recommending- physical force , and 3 ? id that the person « ho wrole the letter addressed to the . middle classes , and his party , were recommencing physical forco ; now hede ' nied that they were recommending any sach thing . Th ^ r were for reason , law , justice , and order . Mr . Woodhonse then made some remarks to showth&t the principJei ? aoon which thn Government wore conducted , were those of physical force . He recollected that the if the

      Journal , a few months ago , said , Orn Law agitators were determined upon repealing the Corn Law ? , a strong demonstration mo * i be &Uowu . What was that but physical force ? M hat then wan the Journal but « he advocate of physical force ? And as to the Government , what wa * the army but physical force ? Wi-at was iLe yeomanry but physical force : What would be th * Rural Police but physical forcer Whit was the Jrisn Coercion Bill bnt physical force : Thu * it was plain t \ nt Governmeut existed bnt by phv-ical force ; a force which the Chartwts abborred iiiid never intended n « ng . Haiing » ade some remark ? upon the importance of the press , Mr . Woodhouse said , that the fact was they lived under a deceitful . press , and no town in fcngland had a mo-e slavish press than Nottingham ; in the Journal and the Mercury the working men had open and Mowed eawi » > but in the Review they hid what wa * the war * t of all , tbey had , under the guise of a frimd , 1 concealed enemy ; bet he trusted the day

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      was not far distant when the working nj £ ti would have in the town a ^ aper which would fairly iind tolly represent the ) interests of the unrepresented thoiwands . Airv U ' oodhouse then contended for the extension of tho rights of suffrage , and observed that he knew noanv persons wh »; iiv » dvin- £ ' 10 > lK > wse ^ and of course had a right of voting , who were much greater foo ) s than those who were not voter ? . Was there either sense or justice in such a system ? ( No , no . ) He then made some allusion to himself , and said that if he had attended solely to hid own pecuniary interest * , nn ' d -allowed ' hiswslf to b * thumbed , he might have been classed among those who are termed respectable —( you are res-pectaWe now)—bnt he preferred honesty and Doverty , and ih »» his conscience

      satislymg to every thing . In allusion to the proceedings of the National Convention , he said he should , when he got there , nbove all thing * recommend union and peaceful agitation . Now for a word about arms . If they had not arms tftev conM not feed tuamsftlvos , therefore nrms were necessary . If it were not for arms , their pockets could not be picked , it was therefore highly necesstiry that tbey nhould have nrms Jo protect themselves , aud he firmly believed , if they were firmly resolved to obtain their rights , and prepared to get them ,, they-would have no occasion to play at knock , c / icrp * , hot they might depend up an it , that so lonji as the people remained divided , the Whies and Tories would riiio roogbshod over them . He would have them b « prepftrcd , for the monetary system hnd iustreceived sosevere ashock , thatit wns in that sfaff

      thata . panic must take place , the Bank had restricted their issues , and a money panic would cause a trade panic . It was right they should know that four or or five millions ol hard cash had left the coon fry , and the Bank would put the screw on , and therefore I say bo prepared for the evil day . Money was rapidly leaving the country , and thejrdare not trust the working man with £ 1 notes . 1 J they screw gold out of you now , theiewill be a regular con » pirfloy to reduce the Stftte 0 '( ho workmen employed in the higher hmuchei of trado to tbosc employed in the lower branches , and thus mslco all alike . Tbey would bo so ground down that they would d . e of old ape at forty . After 0 few remarks ' upon the intentions of Government as to physical force ? , ^ r . Woodhonse observed thathe , was for peace , law , justice , and order , which they must have , for religion and common ? ensi > taught them how they were to be obtuiispd

      let the Itevieip put that down . U the rich raw their own interests , they wonM unite with the working man to protect their lives and property , the lattt-r they were fast losing ns had been repeatedly proved , and uutess a change was effected iu the prt i s ? nt system , it was quite clear they would ultimately be a ruined and dVgrnded class . To suppo ^ ft that tho Chartists were arranging themselves against the middle class was rank folly . They knew that different ranks in society were necessary , they were all links in one vast chain , and it was not against any cla ^ s th -y directed thsir onergies , but against bad laws and ths oppressor * of the-working men . Mr . Woodhouso concluded oy rpcoinmending unity , peace , and fjood ordar , and thanking tliem for tlie attention with which they lied heard hi < u . Tiire n proposed forth ? Northern S . ' tir , and three ( iheers for Mr . Woodhou . te .

      It was then announced that on Whit-Monday griind demonstrations wouJd take place from Johnuy Groat ' s to tho Land ' s End . Mr . De Coi-ncY moved the thanks of the meeting to tbe Chairman . Wr . Boivt . ev secon'lpd it . The Chairman -ickncnvlfdgpd the compliment . The meeting , which certainly was a numerous on , then broke up .

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      they attacked him tbmngh the thretf & **» ffijl Somerset House . ( Hear , hear , and ch :- ^ f . * - ) * was- nothing which so much weakened tht * Whte OT ths pfrple as the want of judgment among ' . * their " leadef */ . ( Hf » r . ) . There ... was nothing . that , W < 3 iid make Coeim too \ upon him with so much contempt nstha fact « yfbi 4 being frequently convicted of impropriety of ^ conduct towards themselves , or of any direct violation of the law , nnless they were all prepared to violate the law at the same moment with himself . But he h » d gone so far , and further than others . He stopped within tbe narrow limits of the law ; not . ^ topping the progress of democracy , but forcing it upon an unwilling audience . ( Cheers . ) What had they now done ? Afcer six months , the

      Attorney for the Treasury , Mr . Fox M aole , aod the Attorney-General , Sir John Campbell , had pattheir heads together , ( and tbey say two heads are better than ont > , if tbey art : only sheep ' s head * *)—( laughter ) ttie 5 had puttke > r li -ads together , and they had found four lines aud a half in the Northern S ( ar \ denouncing the infi * rnal , the damnable , and tbe iniquitous Poor Law Amendment Act . ( Hear . ) They said lhatthat paragraph was false , and that it was a libel . If it was false , many a graver charge might , if it was nat for the dread of the law of libel , be brought with truth agoiust those and other Guardians . ( Hear . ) M uny a grave charge might be brought against the rcen who dared to introduce that law into this coantry . He had never abstained from making thofe

      charges ; and if to-day he were convicted of a libel , to-morrow , if a similar fact came to his knowledge , ho would be equall y guilty of another libel . ( Imtuenst ; cheering . ) in evvry case of this kind , tbey either proceeded by civil action , or by criminal information . If they had proceeded by civil action , hr * would then be at liberty , according to the humbug laws of the present day , to put in the truth of his allegation , and then oblige them to deny tbe facts . But now he was stopped ; he could not nay a single word . They had not , as was usual , in these cases , prosecuted the printtr or tho publisher of the paper , but tbe man who , from the very face of the paper , appeared to have been absent when the thing was inserted ; and what was further , there wa * in

      that very paper a leading article , containing « strong denunciation of the Poor Law Amendment Acr , and yet no allusion was made in that article to tbe paragraph . No * , \ rhat did ; this prove ? > Vhy , ( hat the paragraph got into the paper from some other paper , but it would not be worth tb . 8 while of Government to prosecute another paper , because that papt-r had no influence in the country . ( Cheers . ) Wbat was the object of law and Government , but to prevent the recurrence of crime , and to punish the guilty party ? He could prove , however , by inconteatible evidence , that he had had nothing to do with this matter ; but he would not give them the satisfaction of ttflliug them that . He would tell them , " There it is ; 1 believe it to bi true ; make ths most of it ;

      open your dunge ; n ; place me there ; but , though my limbs be fettered , and my body confined within tlie precincts of a prison , my spirit shall still be foe , aud with the people . " ( Tremendous and deafening cheers . ) He had come there to-day f or the express purpose of laying his case before them . But when he livard of " tlwir condition , and of their poverty , engendered and brought on by their tyraut masters , ha began to think it cowardly to com p lain of any little trouble that might full on himself , nnd lie again resolved fo give all' his consideration to their " affairs —( retewfd and continued cheering )—and to nothing else . He , saw thousands of hungrylocking mec with empty bellies , andflalf-clad back ? , anxious and willing to work , paradicg the streets without work ; and , thank God , for tha first time , if

      he sr . w tho men idle , he saw the masters looking blue . ( Hear , hear . ) They were beginning now to discover that in tbe idleness of the people they recognised th ^ ir ovyn ruiu . For a length of time they had been playing like gamblers , making dice of the peo ple , gambling > . nn against the other far the labour of tiw people ; but as soon as they found that that game wuul < i not do uuyJonger—as goon as they found that the cock would not fight—es soon as they found that tha people were willing towork , and thivc they were determined to have remuneration , wh-.-ther they worked or not , the masters and the ^ overrun mi t would be obliged to surrender to them . ( Hear , bear , aud loud cheers . ) [ The immense-a , lvssurt ' , arising from the crowded state of tb . e meeting , and th <; atfeinpts of those outside to make their way into the Circus , caused considerable confusion , which lusted for Dearly ten minutes . At

      h-Dgrh Mr . O'Connor proceeded . ] For the first time in tbe history of this country was public opinion marshalled under one standard . For th 1 ) first time in the history of this country had the movement party an organ to which they could direct their attention , iyA in which they louud their order and their cl : iss fairly and faithfully represented . In that organ the men of Manchester learned bow the men of Glasgow—tl' . e men of Edinburgh—the men of Carlisle—ihe men of Newcastle , and the men of BirrciiighnTn thought ; and findiug that they all thought a ' like , they were determined shortly to act alike . ( Cheers . ) Formerly , opinion was merely local : there was no such thing as a concentration of \ t ; and the moment that the Government found that the Northern Star was likely , not only to ti ' s't opinion —( hear , fcear , hear)—but to give a proper impulse arid action to that opinion , that moment thev saw that their existence of

      corruption was incompatible with the existence of the Xorlherit t >( ar , aud they resolved to pat it down at ¦ -my expense wVutevtr . ( Cries of k * They never shall , " nud " No . no . " ) About fifty years ago , nn exiled uncle of his , now in the forty-rirst year of his baiiishmei't , established a Northern Star ia Ireland : and so powerful was that organ in . uniting-opinion , ibftt it coct the Govyrnmeiit jtCOO , 000 to suppress it : and he believed that they would give six millions of money to-morrow to , suppress the Northern Star at Leeds . He would how allude to , matters of dry detail , and recount to them a conspiracy of tho darkest and black estkiiidagaingt that paper , from the Hrst day ' . 'it ' . vvfc ? . itar ' t e ^ , and from that instant its po .-irioa was taken f # ¦ th ' © present moment . The

      very first CQrh . pHrae . at-lie received from the Attorney Geiural , was ati HJxcheqtierprocess , because there was what is calk da wroiig imprint upon the paper : because ho V . il not the number of all th ' houses in the btreetrwhich made PP the printing establishment . The imprint , however , was good enough ; but the court wns in . - - hell , and the devil was th <* judge—( iramenso cheers and laughter)—and they made him pay the costs , Before the paper was commenced at all " , they kept him in , suspense for two months as to receiving the securities which the law requires . He tendered them two respectable gentlemen , who were worth considerable property , and alter tampering with him for gome time , they rejected them . He was then obli < ed to go to Oldhain to endeavour to

      obtain two other securities . While he was there tbe trial of the Glasgow cotton-spinners cams on ; and he thought it was not his place to remain there looking alter his own business while h ' ve innocent men were on trial for their lives . He went down to Scotland , attended the trial of these men , and returned fully expecting that every thing was in perfect readiness . When he returned , however , he found that they had refused his securities . He had travelled about oue thousand miles without stopping : and having annouueed his paper tor a certain day , he was obliged to threaten the stamp commissioners with , publishing an unstamped paw : r before he could get a die to g _ et that paper out . At las ' , he forced them to give him

      a die ; and , after travelling a thousand miles more , he was obliged to give their servant £ 1 to stapjp him the number he wanted . When he obtained the number he wanted , he posted to Leeds , brought out the paper , aud the iiist thing they did was to prosecute him . Neddy Baiues , of Leeds , whom Cobbelthad designated ' the great liar of tbe North , " told truth in one instance , when catering for advertisements , among the advertising community , that the principal part of Iris ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) readers were in Lancashire . They were : and that waa the reason that he came armnVst them to acquaint them with ttia matter in the first instance . That was mentioned as a taunt ; bnt he ( Mr . O'C . ) did not take it as a taunt , bat as an honour , ( ketir , and cheers , ) because

      wl ere poverty reigned , there was the place where the Star was seen ; and where oppression dwelt , the sentiments ! of the Star were mostly known . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) The Po 3 t-office people had also entered into a conspiracy against the paper . It not unfrequently happened that his papws wero thrown iuto the gutter among the mire and filth , and perhaps not delivered for some hours after the other papers . ( Great disapprobation . ) In one instance , the cover had been taken off a number of papers , so that they wero not sent to those to whom they were addressed ; and he had no doubt that hundreds and thousands , from that causn , had never reached their destination . ( Shame , shame . ) Then , again , there was difficulty in getting stamps enough . When Oastler was first attacked , he ( Mr . O'C ) received a sufficient supply of paper : but immediately after

      that , he received intelligence from his paper manufacturer , that he could riot supply him with any more paper . He went to his warehouse ; and , meeting with the son , asked him what his father meant , supposing some person had been misleading him in some way or other The reply wa » , that he was afraid that he ( Mr . O'C ) would be hung , and then he should have no security for his paper . He then went to another paper manufacturer ; and his conditions with him , for fear of being bung , were to pay ready money for his paper . Well , he sent him on the Monday the first remittance of money only due to that day . He posted between £ 300 and £ 400 on the Monday , which did not arrive in Manchester until the Thursday at noon . ( Shame , shame . ) Tkay would remember that some weeks ago he apologised for the paper being late . ( Yes , yes . ) Well , that waa the cause of the delay . His

      letter was detained ; the papermaker had not received it , and the consequence wns that he would not send any more paper . His publisher waa obliged to set off at twelve o'clock at night to enquire the cause , and after having ascertained it , had to return to Leeds with bundles of stamps at ten times the expense of what they would have cost if therhttd been , seat by the regular conveyance ;

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      and those very papers were obliged to be wet dowtt on Friday morning , instead of their ^ having been ^« ne on -Monday . ( Shame , shame . ) His puj ,. figW wroW . to . tjte Secretary of the post-pffice v sn £ fa 6 ti $ * . tie teem J ft ?*** »* fort » 4 been , fittnfc Jfcf . 'ceifrnf a * farw rans ^ than thatf and the reason dbobf lew was becaJ ^ e n . ? the complainant ,- and Because if was their deu . Vmuia'ion to put down the Northern Mar . fHesr , hea , " * ni ' 1 hey never ghail . " ) Now the port-office wii 2 tholding his letter , aad the paper matnofacturef " being influenced by its not comiDg to hand , they wonld suppose that that was quire enoughy and that no other powrr was exerting any influence in th »

      infernal conspiracy . Bnt they wonld be astonished when he told them that even hi « very bankers , from who » he never sliced for a farrbing '' tf » Wortb . of ac » commodation , so soon as they found that this conspiracy was against him , gave him notice that hi * account did not suit their convenience and begged him to withdraw it . ( Shame , shame . ) He had Oever askid them for a farthing ; if he had been indebted to them this might have been a very proper notice ; but at the very same time he had several hsndred pounds lodged in their bank . This they detained , thinking . it was necessary for the transaction of his business . All these having failed , and the people never failing , the Attorney-General finding all his measures to put down the ' Star were

      ineffectual ; that all the attempts to frighten tha paper manufactnreny or the conspiracy of the stamp commissioners and po 3 t-ma 6 tei 8 had all failed , he thengot up thesnug hoax of the Warminster Guardians and said " I ? we cannot break bis paper down by stratagem and conspiracy , we will break him up by imprisonment and fines . ( No , no , never , never . ) He must tell his friends present , however ,- that- h * did-fiot come to them to make a poor mouth : he did not ask them to subscribe anything towards his defence , because he would not allow them to'do so . He thanked Goo" that he was sufficiently strong to stand his own defence , and to leave sufficient afterwards to carrj agitation to the very citadel of tbe en < , * my . ( Immense and ,

      deafening cheers . ) They need be nnder no apprehension about him . They could not , until the close of the term , make the rule absolute which they had got out against him . They could not try him until the term next succeeding ; and if they convicted him they could not bring him up for judgment-until next November ; and , with the bles-ing of God , they would have another Attorney-General before that time . ( Loud and deafening cheers which lasted . for several minutes . ) They would have another Government ; they would have no law of libel because it wonld be no shame to speak the truth or to expose infamy , ( cheers ) and they wonld all spring from the sacred source of Universal Suffrage . ( Continued cheering . ) He was one of those

      who never made a poor moath ; one who never complained ; but who , on the contrary , always looked joyously upon those proceedings , because they were all so many manifestations of the strength of their cau . 'e . ( Cheers . ) If he was weak and poor and unattended to , they would let him run the full length of his tether ; but because they knew that his presence was a prop aud a comfort to the people they would lock him up if they dared . ( Great disapprobation . ) He was beginning to think that the Government and its laws had made so many thieves and pickpockets that among the raa 5 s ? s there would be a few found' that would be able to pick the lock of a jail . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , now , let them suppose the worst ; suppose that to-morrow they

      were to incarcerate him , had they the vanity to suppose , or rather would they make him so vain as to suppose that the incarceration of one man wonld impede the cause of the people ? No ; because his wliole exertions through life had been to make the people independent of leaders altogether . Tomorrow , if they dared to incarcerate him , it Would rather hurry on the day ef their own trial . He believed that they had already had a sample of what pviblic jnstice , and political honesty , and the frown of ths people meant by the manner in which the virtHou- , tke eloquent , the redoubtable Stephens had been met t » y the brave patriots of this country —( tremendous cheers ;)—and he thought tbey mieht as well have allowed him to go on in his

      ol j-fashioned path of Radicalism , telling the people —as Scotchmen do their sons when they tell them to get money , are , honestly if they can , but to get money any how—so . he had told tkem to get the suffrage honestly if they could , but to get the suffrage anyhow . ( Loud cheers . ) That was the old-fashioned doctrine that he had always been teaching to those poor people , whom he now saw uround him , and whose appearance there ou a Saturday night in such a condition , was a disgrace to the Government , a disgrace to the- capitalists , a disgrace to the men of station , and ot power , and of wealth . ( Hear , tear . ) For juany years they had been keeping them politically low , " acd pby-ically low , and morally low . True , those efforts had had

      some eflect upon their moral strength ; but they had not yet crushed their physical strength . ( No , no , " They never will . ' - ' ) They were now placed in a different situation to any they were ever in before . Th « men among the landed proprietors had their parliament ; tke shopkeepers and the manufacturers had their parlinment ; and the people had got tbeir parliament . That parliament had sat long enough in London ; thnt parliament wanted a little fresh , air ; and he meant to propose to it on Monday next to adjourn its sittings first to Birmingham and thJen to Manchester . He meant to let them see what public opinion really was , and he meant to give them tho benefit of that public opinion ; for he was of opinion himself that nntii

      they came into . collision with some enlawful authority , they never could show their own power . So long as they sat mumble , mumble , mumble , Talking about machinery , and placards , and public meetings , they would jiever do much good ; but the moment they got within the sunshine of Radicalism with tho rnys of liberty around them , rhnt rribment they would be declared to be the source of justice ^ and the fountain of Jtaw-- ( cheers)—they will them be able to take up a different position to that which they now hare taken up , and to toll their rulers that the spree is nearl y ata close . ( Cheers . ) It was said that one reason why they were prosecuting him now , and bad not done it before , wa ? , because he was too cunning . At any ratohe was

      cunning enough to understand their meaning by their mumping . ( Laughter . ) Another reason why they wera prosecuting him now was , that , toext ^ fe ) stopping the Star , and insarcerating him , Letfi John Russell , in bringing in Q ' bill for the continuance of the Poor Law Commissioners in office , it would be very well for him to turn to what wore called the " fabrications of the press , " against the workings of tbe Poor Law , and , among other ? , to tha Northern Star , ope of the most widely circulnted papers in the world , and to say , ?* You see how these gentlemen misrepresent the bumanefeelings ® f the Guardians . " It would not do though ; for they required not one solitary fact to convince them of the damnable horrors of that system ; of men who

      have laboured honourably all their lives being sent to close their years in . a prison bouse , or the young blasted in a bastile , through , the instrumentality of bad laws . Brougham once said to the Duke of Wellington that to attempt to establish a Bourboa on the throne off-France would justify a rjvolt . But he ( Mr . O'C ) would rather see the devil upon the throne of France than see the Poor Law Amendment Act carried into effect . ( Loud and long-continued cheering ;) He did not care what King they had . or what form of Government , provided that it would allow ihe people of England , Ireland , and Scotland to legislate for themselves—( cheers)—and if that was the case , their form of government being tha most pare , would shortly ^ be

      copied by France ; and all the other continental powers . ( Cheers . ) What position were they now p laced in ? The Irish people , the bravest , the most industrious , and the most generous of nations , would have been satisfied with a modification of tithe ? , or with a reduction of them according to the price of produce ; but they were denied this , and now what was their position ? They would not be sati .-rk'd with any thing short of a complete abolis Jiou of tithes . It was so with the Radicals of tlugla&d . Six or eeven years ago they would have been satisfied with a moderate reform ; they would have been satisfied -with a moderate government , curtailing the powers of the crown , and giving mure extensive powers to the House of Commons .

      He predicted then , and he predicted now , that stopping , or attempting to stop the course of knowledge , would tnrn every man in this country inte & Republican . ( Cheers . ) A short time Ego the people would have been satisfied with moderate changes ; but now no small change would satisfy them , as they were beginning to direct their attention not so touch to their grievances , as to the source of those grievances . For himself , Le wonld not give tho filli p of his , finger were they to-morrow to expunge the National Debt , the Poor Law , the Corn Laws , and all other bad laws that were on the statute book—he would not give the fillip of his finger , unless Universal Suffrage were enjoyed , so as to prevent the recurrence of bad laws . It followed , as a matter of course , that when men had taken the advantage of political power to briBg evils

      upon a country , that evils would still be brought upon it , even under anyother government' that might be chosen by tyrants ; Did they not believe that if the Almighty were to shower down gold upon the country to-morrow , an Act of ParliaineBt would not be passed , so that no man with blistered hands or a fustian jacket would dare totoiichit ? ( Cheers and Uughter . ) What position were those men now in ? ( Hear , hear , tear . ) -Let'them look even at Mancheater , their own town , and » ea how men were trifled with . Take the cotton span in titet mills ; let them weigh it and value it , and they wenld find that the labour upon it bore no proportion to its value , because they were gambling and running one great stock of , money against another great stock of money , in the hope that the largest gambler would ruin , and . conseqnentij outlive , the little gambler . They were now working about three or ( Concluded m mr eighth , page- )

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      THS BAY STAR Or VRtEDOM . fl : r . *¦ : the dsy-st > r ,-. f Freedom : rial , to its-cS' -rriiitfajjfct ' Ii T-eiii-. e ' -k Liin . n its i ' iliuat tie shadows n" nijjbt . Ab ' _ \ v . t a V . Dck cloud is STreadlnf tJ' * ' H esv ' .-j \ s bl n *» ~ z . x-jpv- ; ^ ' -T " i-i vVj- - cta S-eni Jwi ' and dim , tJ ; -i . -r- —is the j : £ &s en Mi £ h-B-. - . t . = <•? it cones i ' jric frc-a the r ! : ul ^_ !> ich :, briiiisnt icJ free ; ^ r . ^ i . iiLJirff a fair dsv at band , Air . ; Xiiertr . * T . H .

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      LIBERTY . O ir ; - ? r ; T , tha eif ; of GoJ aW « , ^ ii --r-ju ' w aos dis foT ihj » e ? Wh- > vrou :: r . 3 i .-iea his besn ' s beit ilool , To rs ; i » - iiis cvtatry free ? "Wh . i vr .-r . H not 3-re the iiimiag tile of "srar , An- * , >» si > thi" fla-airig sia-1 , B » : h ^ r ! b . a- j rartkH- bear the bocdsraai . ' :, iZLtiTk , O .- •¦ _ iJer irliat slaves i » r ] ? Who > r < -nld no-, htsil tan prisos ' s drearr ceil i- 3 ihai £ 3 . iteb-. lcs , iubars : ' ' . A-d stid ' er a ' ii a t rantcouij iiSlrJ J . '^ eK , in . ' rrecom ' s cavse ? -ir . ilike acr S : an » r coast the scsrWd ' s heisrh : T ' . < b--. \ r a cruel d-ath ; ~ ¦ Ar 3 . s-.:: ' t vr'iisj ^ -r Lib ^ n r ' j izh r . ^ ms ^ : ^ u L i = list Jierting treats . T . H .

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      SONG . BY T . MOORE , E 5 Q . To ( to .- » love -sre ' ve < 3 r » nk tc-nlght , F-at n" ? 7 attei »< i , and stare not , Win * I thf ampler list recite Of those for whom—we care not . Tr . r roval men , bowe ' er they frnwn , If .- in th ^ ir fr « nt < th-y bei not Tllat noblrst gem that drcks a CT ^ yra'lets Pei- { Je '» Lore—we care not . Fit slavish zaea who Wed beceath A dc * pot tiOcp . a » 3 fiare nf > t Prori ' nr . re'he wiVi , whc « e Tt-ry breath Would read iu UnJo—we caro n ^ t . Fcr yri ^ itly ra » n wV . o covet gwsy An 1 wfa ! th , th- 'Ogh ihry de .-iarp not ; V ho _? -iiir , lllte fin / er-posU , toe w ^ y They > ever go—wec 3 Tenot . For martial to * * -wbo on their sx-jri , HoifVr i ; c ^ a ^ n ? rs , -Wfar not The r-le ^ ses of a soldier ' s vtnrl , B-e-itreai'd and pure—we care col . Fvt legil men wto y \ e * J \ to -n-ron ; , And , thonsh to lies lh ? y s ^ reaTti ^ t , A . re not more hon-.-st ttisn ih * tbrong Oi those who di>—we care aot-F ' -ir c ^ ctUt men , -who ( Ve 3 apen Ih ? IrcJ Tike srrut > s . * nd s ^ are not The irnailest leaf wliere th * y can &na Their reptile liaibs—ire care not . F : r wMltky men -who keep their mines In darkness hii . and share » ot Tr ; e paltry ore wiiii him -who pines Jr . honest -wan ;—vre care not . * « . Fir i ' ., i-n sioTt , ok Uad an 3 s »» , in c-iort an-1 carox ) , win are not , V > L > n-vfT weTf , nor Tia ' er » iii be G- ~ j £ men . and true—we ewe ziii .

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      PUBLIC MEETING AT NOTTINGHAM , TO ELECT A DELEGATE TO THE NATIONAL CONTENTION , IN THE PLACE Of DR . WADE .

      ~( -4 lri'Ige < l from the No'twgham Review ) Or . Monday ^ f ek . a public rKeeticg van beld ia : iie 'Market-place . Nottiiigbam , -when Mr . Barh ? r " was caiieJ on to preside . Hrf brirf ' y addressed the uitv . r . ng , stating tbe subjfer for wnich tbey were a > s-inl > lt-d . a : ; d reqn ^ snn ? ili . i t tvery person mi ^ ht b . ivo a feir hearing , be hii sentim . i ) L « what tkey jvr . ght . lie then xiid that le . r , t : T > had been seat to Fea .-cus O'Connor , Bronterre O " l * rien , an > i Dr . 1 iiy . ar . iliviiing tiose jjc-n ::-meato a ' . tfni ; br . 1 thev ] a . l i-very reason to bcii ^ v ^ , from not V , avir . grpceiv « d ar >> - . \; er .-: rom ' . hose iuJiviiuals , tlat the letters htd c-.-. ^ ii int ^ rcr ' pt- 'd .

      -Mr . Thomas Bowlcy then presetU'd himself , anJ a : d , he had ; o s jbwit to the meeting , perhaps , one o : the rao ? t impcrtaiit re > o » u : i--ns cvtr submiit : d to •"• - ;¦ ¦ bu ^ y of mfti on jo ii . Crreitii ) g an occafivn ; the : act vru * . ihe working mea nai ' Eaw . for thu fir .- 't lieu ' , got ; i gorerutLent of their own , which w : is ¦ .-. ;• . tfzd-. ug : o ii ; e : r riihis and iurerp * :-- ; and , iu cor .-- ; ' 4 "uer . c ? of Dr . \ V .-ide ! : aving though : proper to vri : hdra » ' -ims- ]; " ucm tie N : i ! iorjal Convention , it b- > cp . n-. 3 neje .--ia . ry ii : at p . noih > -T penou should be uppoiured : o represer 1 ihe . working clns .-e ? of tfei * :. ) - - - n n . zd f .-i ; aty ; au-- ' , thi-r ? or . \ the pre .-er . t mt > t > ti :-s wai c .-ill-. j . The workicg rr . il'io ^ . s of vhi * ti- \ iri ? hJrg x : d m : ^ h : y na'ioii hs .-i be ^ n so losi : ground doifzi by th- iroa-hand of oppres > jnj :, ihat tht-y had hsr-jly s-Lerey t'j re ^ -nerate : bis fallen ccuntry " ; but tiiiuik * to the few puir . ot * -who had tuk-.-u th- * L-ad ipiLis n-. irioEi > . l c . i-. i ? . the iiiherrat vigour of Ecg-: ishtni ? n -X 2 i re-. ivei . ind fresh ejie ^ fi * .- - ^ t-re uovr at to

      ^ ors- ijiV f ir-L-ve lae social sysvvni . ( Henr . V . e ^ r . ) T " -- rcsor . r . jn he had to propose trri- > 3 . 3 f .-MvT ; - ? : — ¦ "lii ; 1 .: : i : s : iie . * li : !^ , ia ,-icc ; -p * iu ^ tha r ..-icnRtinu ¦ - r th > IUv . Dr . ~ W-. ii . . * . rake this op •?/«• . uity of _ electing Mr . Jarr . s-s Wocdtou-e to represen ' t tri < - vrn aE-i r ,: ! : ;; '/ f : ; th- National Conv- * nti :. rt ; ju-tJy co :: < : i ~ r : ; , s th . it a -- ' . iytnet ocrv . pyius thp * t : it : on . _ s- ; -o : al ar- ; polit ' c ^ l . -. vhich it al-ays has . that : ! : a - it ov . sh ' . th- r-.-f .-re , u . ! .-v a voice h " i thiit body ; ¦ ¦ ¦ r : : are ' reso ' w ' to ? r . pp " rt him a ^ our celejato . " . M--to tLeni-ss-r-r n-. vare thnt the Rev . Dr . W ; id h ^ d t :- r several wepss r ^ pre . ^ er ) : e-d the ii ; da ? £ r . '' ii j c ' .::-sv 5 in theN : i : io ;; : U Coii-er . rioii ; but tlio-.-- ? who . r . <• '^ yrm cv . r v ;; ais h . " . d been eijdea' . oarjijsf to sow 'b * 5 * edi o : " ci ^ = ; .. -ioz 3 , aud it- R- \ : T ) :. h . \ i tr . k-¦ ii ' - . r ^ i . he mvs : .-:. v , ia hii ovixii-Jii , tri-h .-ut >; rr

      r ; a , -r .-. ii-e , ar . J re .-: ^ iied : rc > t . 1 l . i * ir rulers haj ii-c-. - . me ' . arien- -j . ayj ^ v-re itcparieat to ^ rind the- !' -. i :. t-- Jl- >; : heaven o-. ily lac ' -v h )• " ui-. vny hf . i W-u : t rn . i rjr .. ' ' j hurried itf .. their i-r-v , v . T ' hi ? » pf-: ii ; r ' . h-v . Tr . ar- p > f > Tre rerrir . rVj-up .-n " -h-.-b :: iv f-.. steUTi-: cy cf : !;• _ ' . p u : t : rj of tLe jhopocr-cy ai d the ruouev-O' ^ rr . cy : he hoped ihry vro ^ lJ sor-n rep -:: r of ti ; ir 'liir 1 ;^ 3 t : d j oui the v-orV . i- ^ g c ! r .- > ir . thtir :: tt-U : >{> j" > re ^ = !; •;• rMr the corritn-. ~ ( . \ p : -l .- ' -p .-f * . ) lit- th ' -i , -t 3 : - > , ;!;!> .: tLe Chartist * L- ? . d h : —ri !> : •<¦>' j r . il ; : n :: iiu > ir- ; iio c ' i-s ci society cou ' : d bi * n ; n- aver--. - 'o h . - > . vii ; : r-: * cot ; : s . -- tt < plrvsicai force ih -: i they ~ cr" ; ; h--y w - * ' ' - prctrci property , d <' " cV ^ troy it ; to >• : - ' . ? ! : > . a ::- " n ^ t sk LLe hio ^ d of ai ; v . ^ ven uf th : * - !

      if- - * : c--t-rrrjis ? - ' vrerr .: . * .- ¦; they only wi-hvl to ol-tvr . tho-- ' ri .-Lti wai ^ a the Gad o ^ N . ture : utea ^ rh-y > . Jr : d t-: j ^ y . ( H-r . r , bt-r . r ) It Wl ! , li-li ¦ - ; thr ba :: i .- * to k ' . i .. - * thi'ir ^ rwieJ . a ; : d ! o-x to . ' t in-J ; . - jh-n ; ; . ini on ; his < u : ject t . ' > e bright St . i ; - > . ' ibr- N- ;» rrh had ilh ' . TT-. ict'd thejw > : itica } >; r . 'ri .--pht're . . "¦ 1 r . 3 " t ! -v ther > ir . ad" - ^ oroe . «? ver ? T ^ -rr ; r . rs < -upon the ¦^ r . : " t '< . c-. ii : ra »! : ii 2 tLrir roiid' ; c : i : < 1 ~ . ' ! " 2 ' . T :: h iht : r pre > r . t - pro ; c-t-. ii ) : i > . tbrv : hi a tc-id the : i--o ; . ; r-to anii 'Tiriiii-iVrs , t ^ recevt-r ' . hr'r n ^ hr * ; tie j '< - - 'p ie had not yet got their rijih :.-, and i ; o ~ the vVhig-( j-Vr-.-r : rr :- ? r . t v , re co ; -detns 11 ¦ £ t : u * people fora

      v . m :. e y .-fz- ? live of ccij- . nct wiacii th . / y h « d ! orjs-r " . y rec- 'rr . Tne :. ied . The o : iy n-.- > -t" : ! Cf i ev h-.. ; ijive :: th- people ^ as to bui ;( f U-s'ile ? for "h-.-ir i . ec-p ! : ^ T ! . — . ' o .-er « r ; ire ujmI : hxj i - * i ! V , and s- _ *\« -r |* ir-.-.: s'rtm t : ;^ : r chl ' . dri'V . ; this v » - ; i « the a >~ ist-. i .-ce thf ^ 'hii's had - . iveri iheTT .. Now , \ v railed ' . ; ,- > rr . 'cric . Ti i ; J :- ! r ! ity . ( H-ur . he ;; r . ) TLe-tr--j )^ - h ¦_ •' .: of the Govcrr . ipen : dii net cor . 5 i > t in red roars . V-r . t bl-. cl : Co . .: ? . who ^ t- srt : > c . s wrr-j i ; i < : irec : opp > s-iti-in tu that b ' es . ? ed bo-jk whi-. i : v -iit-iiHed : he ; -n : e : ' . nd suL ' ame truths cf Chri » -ti ' 'iiitv , to M .- 'i ? ns C ' uarta . r . ud the Bill of Ri / nts . ( Ap ; . " :: n < e . ) Tiiese isea h-.-d the Wasphemv ; o attribute tn G-x ) the rji .-t-rT ; hev sur'VreJ—( crit * s cf > bs-nie . sh .-ir r' ;—to

      th-t gre-t and > a "^ iiiue Spirit ^ ho cloth- d tirld * ^ n . 'Zi v : riure , and pro » ' : ct * d . « riV : cieiit far aii bi . < rr-.-Tf .: ~ e < , they dar-rd X-j a .-cibc- ! he misery of ti . »* wr ^ ::. ^ !^ . The fact irar , there w .-s plenty lur aTi of G-d *< crearm-- ' 3 ; but man , by his \ ile « ri . . prevr i nred their rr . ra pp . ita . i : ii ) . z of tLe gCuJnps . 5 oi : " e CrtKtor . Mr . Barley tht-a ' : ; --d .- . ^ :-r remarks ¦ _ pon . thv IoUy of petiiicLirg a llor .-e of t ' on : rnor » in vrtich tb = " vorkn \ g cl- * vs vw hoc r .-prero :: ! v j ; event ? had lcr ; ^ proved > u .-h a procee 'iiig wns u . « rl-- -. <; : h > p ? J !; o . rnts had no * r . Pariiiivient of their o n . and i : va « the -ln : . y cf thi Vj c ^ le to > upp--.- ' , ;' , { 'V ? Tvii ' ., tc will . ) Did n =-t thc ' H ^ r . * -.- ' .. rCo ' .:-C : yr s "Orrlst of ^ pjcul- ' - XT . * in r : ii-n . r . vi » , la ^\ i- ^ . fend all -r ci ¦ ¦? ? f h"rch 2 sTi ia the B 2 . ti ' - -ji ? ( It d--es . ) He

      ; Ler , maco i- ' -mi r ^ n . arhs upon i ; t-re . » s : ty l .- ! l . ^ isE a . psr ^ on t « r c-p-eser . t lh- iv . ia the Cocvdju ^ n V ; .: > x . u ? coi ^ vors ^ iit vvi- ) i the trade of the tj-wr . and : h = v - ! att ( rt-d tht-rr . s , - ] ve » sach 3 per-r-n wa , s u > he f cz : hl ia ~ Mr . Jp . ra . ? t Wocdhoc .-. " : be had . by h ;> ' ez- ) -y < i co : i ? :: iz . prove ! hin : se ~ i a man ia -wLoni rrjo ? t impli-iicojifirc-nre n » ij ; ht le p ' . sced . Or . e of tii .- ' jrreat principles o : thrir C-: ; r . er w- ? to have p = " j r- ] --r ? -o ; it 3 : ire . >; t " -rv Ts ' ghi depend " ? ~ * U it rsrii rr ' -re r . of paid frr : " heir "' . aboar by those who employed then ; , they ^ oul 1 help th-.-n .-ei'Ts . He r . ad-Eo doTibt that in . Miy of ; hrir hear : * h ? . d b-. come -irk of ' . Tui-ing f ^ r iljei ' r r «] er < to five v ^ ny . bDt he ¦ = *? o- ' I Lave thero persevere , for thry mig ' ut depend r . pori it ll-at the ( iov . rnrr . er . t vr < aid n . t co :. tini : e \^ r ar ^ t h ^ r Ay . rrjonth - —( G .-d forbi " . it should;—nay it -vronH no : -jDn ' iune half of thjt : i ? n . Tho *? e ? . ) ir 7

      t " - ? a p-ocreded to rerrar ,: that :. ]] ; h y ^ im ^ d was rh ir ngats , and tho . * e they were d ; termned to k-. v . I ' RxatioD wjt ' riout repref'iitarioii \ v 2 . ~ contra-v to tie spirit of the Coc . « r :: ntim ; then it followed that the people had a right to be rr \ re « er . ted It was rir ee that En 2 ' and , in the m-i ' y- *' . y of her million . * .-should rise and bristle ap her roano , end shake , -oh the chains of her oppressor . -- . ( Chrer * . ) The IIl > : orv of Er . glnnd told them thut King

      Chr . ries- ' lo > i ' liish * ad ' for attemptiug to jevy taxes Ts-itb . - ' -at the c ^ n .-ent c-f the Ccacrnnn .- * of hnglind ; hn 3 act the la ' i * ? nd pre .-ent / jdrni .-n-tr .-itijns done tre same : ( -The ? hsvp , tbey have . " ) He then attempted to shew that the pre .- ^ r . t Gcvemafut hnd be .-n s Tii ~ tyof trecsonaWe pr ^ cticps to the peo ple , acd . vere mare ife . ? prrnir cf the block than Brandr-th , Trrner , or Thistlewcd . ( Cheers . ) After entrenchi * h : < hearers not to be disappointed at the absence of Feargns U'Conncr , Uronterre O'linen . and Dr . Taylor , who . he ^ m * Br .-. * orz active . v cngftS- ^ d in the great carjs ? , Mr . Bowby coucluueu amidst considerable appldRsP . . ., . , dfred

      Mi-. DeCourcy . ofMan .-field . saidhe vrassj bT tho vrGTYir-z closes of that tovrn aud button . iu-AAfi . ^ . to s-coaa the r . ' » ' ntion ^ V . icb Mr . BovrVv had TTjcvri He Aen exprt sse . l hw regret tbatD ' r . Wade should have thought it necenr . ry to T-tigv : be vrns couvinced that it vas tha resmt of a cii 5 nr . demr . raii : !? , for ; he Chanbts had always eond-rnned hnvin ^ recoarse to physical force . Lndsr the Saxon hws the people were iiced if they had joot proper arms "; and , fis the Constitution recogni # e 5 rtfe right to iave ' aim ? . all that they had done was to recommend tbe people to have thf-ro . to be ready eitheT to repel an inTad- -r , or as a means o . d fe : ; ce « ainst Jatornal encxajeii . Ifarocket bngade lit the mircb , it nji < rbt be that othen < would then ""• Tiit the torch . fApplsinse . ) The people » m

      uetcrmined toiavp those jj ght- to whici they xrcre entitled , bnt wliicb vrere withheld from them ; they said that labour onght to be protected—that the working man should cot starve afler having worked his HxtiU hr . nrs a day for r . x days ; they said that , Tjule- 's they were repr ^ -pcted , they ought not to be uxei 1 thW said that PariiameEU oughtnot to bseptenBial , but anrual , a * in former tomes , and tfeat the property qualification for Member * of Far-Kameat ongtt Eot to esi » t ; these ^ ere a porbra of tbTriirhta which ther rompWned . -were withheld from them . Were they not j notified in endesvowuw to S ) Si 1 h « m from ihe Governor . t r ( Cri « » f M lvTrrtt . - '; Then let them ^ ppcrt the > atiou » l ConTeVtion . He then concluded with cordially ££ 3 U ; r t-e re , o ! ution , wbeh ps put by tbe Chairman , and unanimously earned . w . ^ in Broprsinjr the second resolution , leiiow

      addre «« rf the meeting ** his fnenda ana . ^ Ll ^ or , ind recommenO ? d hw hearer * not to

      The Slave Trade. .

      THE SLAVE TRADE . .

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      PROSECUTION OF FE ARGUS OCONKOR .

      GREAT MEETING AT BATTY'S CIRCUS , MANCHESTER . On Saturday evening la . » t , a me < fing was convened at Batty' « Circus , Briilpt-water- 'treet , for the purjsoPe of ln-arinfj from Mr . l'Vanrm O'Connor a statement of the proceeding of ( to . prnment in tht 1 prosreution now going forward u ^ iiu-t him for a " iibel" on the Warminster Guardians . The chair mm' announced to he taken at "ipht o ' clock . X . nvg before tint time the ! ar »( . ' and uoinvueiliotis buildin /

      \» a' cramnu-d almost to .-. liU ' ication . There could not be ( e * - > from rhe manner in which the mettitg was packed , than 4 , 000 persons present ; aad before the proret'diupv hnd been long cemnu'need there wns nii're than that number eame to the door who could not obtain admittance eitherfor loveor money We do rot remember ever to have seen a more rndiusiastie mt-eting . Every one seemed to feel thu ds « pe-t interest \ o the ea !« e of Mr . O'Connor ; a . « Kiuch so , ind , * ei " , a . ' if the case had been ir-iiividualiv their own .

      Mr . Dean a working man was unanimously called to the chair . In opening the bu ^ ine ^ s of th ' c meeting he . "tated the ohjgcli for which they were as-cmbWd . He congratulated them on their m ; inhers , and in the interest which th » . * y appeared to feel in the ca > e of the champion of Universal Suffrag-o By this thfy proved that thty rrgankd his awe atheir own ; and that they looked upon this prosecution not po much aimed at Mr . O'Connor a ^ it wa # at themselves , av . d at the cau ? e vfhich thfy supporttd . Their cause had progres .-ed so rapidly tinder the advocacy of Mr . O'Connor through the N' / rtk'ern St'ir that tbeir enemies after re « or < ing toe ' vety ctratagem without effect , had at la . * t fallen tip ' on ( he expedient of laying a criroinal information a- ' . iin . st

      Mr . O'C . for alibfcl , in the ho p * that hy heavy tiww und imprisenment , they would beabie to ^ ut down tht ; iir- » t » git : ition , ard thereb y deby the period for the attainment of thfc pe »> ple- ' " < rights . ' ( Cheers . ) As however , their friend and champion waj 'present , it would be unrece ^ surv % hirji * o enter more fully into the question . They would htar from Mr . O'Cornor him .-elf a statement of tije whole case , and he had i ; o doubt that while ihe fucts he would re-late would excite their utmost astoni > binent , they Would i ( jually txcite their deepest iudignation . ( Cht-er . " . ) He would nnw introduce to them thor tried and unflinching friend , Mr . OCoanor —( immenjie cheering ) —who would relate to them , the bi ? tory of this iafatnous prosecution . ( Continued ch » erinjr . )

      Mr . O'CoNson then nw , and was received with the j no . < t Pijthusiftstic cheering we ever hearJ , wlijch In . * fed ) or xcme raihnle .- ' , and whm followed bv chipping of hands and waving of hals for a co :- ' . sfderable time . He then proceeded to nddress the : u as Englishmen , Iri ^ hnu-n , and Scotchmen , who felt their wrones , and were det f rasined to have tlicm redre ?? ecl . He was truly happy to meet so numcro-i !> , so intelligent , nnd so enthusinstic an 'assembly to hrar Ihe circum ^ tai \ ws Connected vs ith one ol the mcft disgraceful prosecutions that had ever disuraced any Government in any country irj the world . ( Cheers . ) Their chairman hnd told ' them that in the iirst instnpee they attacked On .-tler . They ihovght that i / they could accompli . sh their

      end , throngh the instrcmfntnlity of Mr . Thornhili , Hgnirj ^ t thf * human s th evirtubns Oastler , they would by that menus i qually as well accomplish it as by their own tyranny . ( Uear . ) They first attempted to > ilence Oastler , then Stephen * , and now they had attempted to put a gng upon him . ( Crien of ¦ " Nvver , never , mver , ' andcteeis . ) Xoj fo . if he wa » going to his trial to-morrow for his lift ? , muck lesa for his liberty , or if he stood on the scaffold , after his trial , he would hurl defiance at the bloody crew—( cheering;)—for patriotism was aot yet at go . low an ebb as to mate any man dependant upon the whim of a Government , the pr .-j ldict * of a jury or the caprice cf a judye . ( Cheers . ) -. He . thanked God there was a court of appeal—' atmited people who

      wi ? pe able to stay ths torrent of their tyranny . ( Cheers . ) They thong-lit it would be more decoroHs intliem—they thought it would not savour aomach of tyranny to attack him through thu . same channel as they had attacked Oastler and Stephens , as to attack him directly themselves , ( Hear . henr . ) They were perfectly aware what the law of libel was ; and they were also aware that no map io this * coantry —that no man was ever put upon his trial upon the >> aire accusation , or was ever prosecuted by a Government for the same thing as that for which he had been prosecuted , ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) They had always allowed the pres ? , and the injured and insulted party to fight thosa matters put themselves : but in this case they evidently thonght they

      conld not do less than show their indignation of him through their friends , than by commencing n Government prosecution against him . ( Hear , hear . ) Thev would , however , get little by their move ; for if they had had the pleasure of the arraignment and the honour of the prosecution ngaicst him , with tho blessing of God he , too , wonld try them ! ( Cheers . ) Noc ' iing , however , could have placed him ia so good a position as the very prosecution which they had instituted against him ; and why ? ' because be should now bo able , not before that meeting only , which might be supposed to be partial hearers , but in a court of justice , reported by the pre .- < s of the empire , he should be able to put his charae'er and conduct thtowg ^ life bffoTe tU « public , where it could not be contradicted , where it could not be maligued—where

      it could not be impealched . ( Load cheers . ) This was worth a prosecution ;—( cheers , and "it is ; " )— , and , with the blessing of God , he would give them three or four of the hottest hours that ever they encountered . ( Immense and deafening cheers . ) He kcew of thu prosecution many months agohe knew of it from the anonymous letters written by the pimps of tbe trpasjury . He knew ol it . longajo ; and he was prepared for it . ( Cheers . ) But what must be his value to the people , when , after having thu g watched him for many years , after having gone further in the cause of Radicalism thas any other man before him , they had not been able to bring any charge against him of a legal nature . He had conducted them safely thus far ; and when tbey saw that tbey co u not attack him openly ,

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      May 4 , 1839 . tsMmaia ^ THfi NORTHERN ST . Aff . "" * 7 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 4, 1839, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct356/page/8/