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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tuesday Mat 25 . HR . BUNCOMBE'S MOTION . . Mi . T . Drsc 3 * BE ted % great number of petitions to nresent inftTO ^ r-6 * . ^ motion of -which he had Snai notice , aad he thought he should best oonsalt Se conveni ence » f the Hesse by , at this stage of the Sweepings , merely stating the numbers by which jjjefwere signed , the places whence they came , and ? heir general prayer . Th * largest petition he had * ehonoor to offer to the House was signed by rather r ^ e than l ^ W . OOO of the industrious classestear , bafffj—^ d the other petitions , signed bj j £ & 48 , proceeded from Manchester , Newport , Chor-£ 2 S ' -ockton , Coneieton , Cardi £ Nor thallerton , ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

      B ^ Koc , Jlontrose , I ^ ewcastle-npon-Tyne , DaTentry , f ^ Ba , Chester-le-Btreet , Blackwood , Newbury , deter , Darby , Stroud , Bristol , and Northampton j jnd their prayer was first , that an humble address be presented to her Majesty praying that she would ke graciously pleased to giro immediate directions far the liberation of all prisoners now confined in the several gaols in Great Britain for political offences ; jjoocdij , that a free pardon be granted to Frost , TFSliams , and Jones , who were now suffering expatriation in a penal settlement ; aid thirdly , baring &ne all this , they prayed that the House would adopt jjg People ' s Charter without any alteration . small talk and

      After some some sneering , by a big Mistered buffoon , who affected to be anxious for the a ^ jer of the National Petiti on to be read , though jlr , Duscoinbe had assured him and the House { Jsit ii was just the same as one which had been read , ilr . DrscoxsE said , the Hon . and Gallant Genjjanja had disavowed any intention of treating the rn with levity , and he was bousd to believe But he must say that he had never seen a finer imitation of levity , or anything which looked pore like turning the petitions of the people into a jest . Whatever might be the fate of the petition * hicfl he now had the honour of commenting upon , jrhiterer decision the House might come to , it jnmld ill become him , having presented a petition sgaedbj between L . 30 « , 000 and 1 , 400 , 000 of tho isdustrious inhabitants of thin country , and it would 21 become that House to receive such a petition , having all the allegations it contained undisenssed , » d its p ~ jer totally unheeded , by those who called ftemselves ibe representatives of the people . He , therefore , earnestly solicited the attention of the Bouse to the contents of that petition . He was well jirare of the difficulties of the course he had proposed to take , and that he might be told ne was cenckiDgon the prerogatives of the Crown . Bui fce bad authority for stating that there were times wfeen it became the duty of the representatives of ike people to advise the drown on the exercise of its werosative . Thera was a difficulty in finding a

      precedent exactly in point ; but to show tkat there irere cases in which the House might interfere and tAOst tte Crown to exercise its prerogative , he would refer to the case of Sir Manasseh Lopez , who ns convicted of gross bribery and corruption by that Eoss--, indsentecoedtotwoyears'imprlsonmeiii Is ] 820 the Noble Lord the Secretary for ihe Co'onies Bwved for an address to the Crown , praying for % Temi ? sic-n of the sentence . The motion was objected to by the Tories of that day , as an interference with vhe prerogatives of the Crown ; and the l \ oble Lord argued this and said , that as the iMS « ution iad been instituted by the House of CemmonsfEd Sir M .. Lopez had been guilty of a breach of ice privileges of the House , therefore the

      House -was the proper party to interfere . But how « i 3 tLe Noble Lord met I He was answered by Mr . Wynn , who was always considered an authority mth&t House , and he regretted that the Hon . Gauieman was not in his place on the present occasion . Mr . W ^ nn said , " he felt that it was extremely unpleasant to oppose a motion of this description , asd to endeavour to thwart the disposition sf lenity which the House might feel towartis any jariicaiar offender . Evt-ry gentleman mu £ t wish to cow mercy ans forbearance , as lar as justice wonld permit , but the csse in poiat was not one in which , consistently with their duty , with the forms of Parlament , and -Kivh propriety , they cculd interfere . Cases might exist in which tee Kocse might iu

      jusike be called en to advise the Crowu to interpose its prercgaiive of mercy , in the iame v , j . j as they might ffer advjee with respect , to any other prerogative ; far the House had a right to advise the Crown on Batters connected with all Us prerogatives . " — { Scar , hear . ) That was the opinion given by ilr . Wynn , and it was supported by Lord Castlereagh ud Mr . Canning . The Noble Lord withdrew his w > aon . Bat it appeared that the individual in 5 » esuon was liberated before the expiration of the term of his imprisonment upon the payment of a betry fine , slthough he had been guilty of that gross dfcaee , that grossest of offences—bribery . There tie , then , some warrant for the motion he was ataat : o submit to the Honse ; and he conceived fia : the Honse was called upon to interfere , beeause tfetGoTeTnseui conld not of its own impulse liberate these prisoners more than they couid Sir Ai . Lop > : z His motion , he wonld observe , was confined to home

      jesssers , persons confined in the gaols of England , SeerizGd , " and Wale ? . Bn £ tl » e petitioners went further than that , and prayed for the liberation of Froi' t , Wi'&asss , and jJnes , and that the House wenld adot : the principles of the Charter . He told the individuals who wished him to present the petition , thar if they mixed np the case of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the Charter , they would greatiy prejudice : ho cause which he believed they bad so much at heart . Last year , when the Ho ^ . Member for Westminster brought forward bis nor . au for tiie release of Frost , Williams , and Jones , ii rvas ne ? i : ived by a large majority , only ihe members , he bel-. eve-J , voting in favour of it . Ccs 5 eqaen : iy , he had told tie petitioners that it Tould be of co use to propose any motion of that kind ; and in reference to . the principles of the Garter , he had made the mildest piopositions who regard to the ester .-ioa . of the franchise , which were also rejected by large majorities . ( Hear , ksu . ) He wished there haa been such maiorities

      • gams : those measures vrh : ch cad tended to disfnachise electta ? . He trusted , then , that the peliftm wonld be discussed in reference to the home prisoners alone . Many of these persons had suffered ¦ ore thia twelve months' incarceration , and had wen subjected to the severest rigours and the most grading treatment ; even felous were not -r . sited ¦* iti such cruelties and indignities a 3 they were compelled to endure . The petitioners alluded to the Osa of various persons , contr&sring them wiih the ass of the imprisoaed Cnarti-ts . They spoke of a Pee of the realm haviog been lately and justly ac-< Saitted , a 3 they said , by a jury of peers , upon a chaise of &oay , because it was so" loosely brought * 3 to be me * pible of ja ? tifyinx a verdict against hinu They ^ iaas' . ed ; he sentence pas ed upon some of the

      Cliarrists with the sentence passed up ^ n Lord Wal-^ a ^ e and Captain Doff . ( Hsar . ) It had come to _^ e knowledge of some of the relatives of Captain V ^ ff that his name had been inen ' . ioned in ths petijj » , and within the last hour ho ( Mr . Duncombe ) Y ^ nceived a memorandum from soae relatives of «** Sectleman , stating that though Mr . W . Duff ^ bee n sentenced in the Court ot Q-iecn ' s Bench to ei iiiDDths' imprisonment and to pay a fine of £ ' 25 w the alleged offence of being a party to a brutal * saalt npon a policeman at Tivickenham , he rras ^ B relv innocent of the grave part of the oifeucs , but

      w ^ this &ould not be made manifest at ths trial " ° a Ms rmwillingness to espofe other parries re ^ nsknien ; . The memorandam went oa to state & * j thosgh Captain Duff was present at the first Period of the affair , he was not it the sec or . d distobaace , nor at the third occurrence ; that- the * i » ie of the proceedings were at presenc undergoing » AoTong ' a Lnvestigstion , and that it would be fully PtintA that two gentlemen who had escaped were £ * ponies who had been guilty of the assault . He ® P ^ , then , that no advantage would be taken of ^ allegation in the petition relating to this gc uile-** & . He believed , however , that consiiierable

      « atement prevailed in the pnblic mina npon t . * fcjeci ; and how could if be otherwise ! From the « tof January , 1839 , there were 444 individuals con-^ ted of political offences . Of these twelve had ** 3 transported , 393 had been released , one had ** fl soon after his confinement , and thirty-three were leaiaiDg in prison . What had tended chitiiy to tj ^ te public syninitiy were the acconuts which the r ? > aen who had been released had given to their tfjSKk of the indignities and crnelties to which ' * Twere subjected during their confinement . It *** therefore , most natural that the friends of those ^ in prison should make an effort , snd a great **« Qeiexmined effort , to save them from the ^^ cr uel treatment to which those other ** s > a 3 hod been subjected . ( Hear , hear . ) r * ? of those who hid beea relieved ** J » eea relieved chiefly on the ground of extreme J-Uiaa ' tk . One of them named Hoey tad been sen-^^ d to two vears' imprisonment in Wakefielc r ?* of correction , bat be remained there but one •***"• He stated that he was liberated in consequence «* a nleer in his leg , which was brought on by confirmed

      ?* sy and bad diet , and he had become a F" * & 1 for the remsinder of his life , though be never ^ Hd a day ' g illness before he went into gaol . J * jfle there the inmates were made to rise at half-*¦* five o'clock in the morning and go into an open JJfs where one bucket of water was made to serve ** Uie washing of fifty individuals , and the towels 2 J » never fit for use after the third or fourth person ** hashed . The allowance was one pint of gruel r ? oalf a pound of bread for breakfast , dinner , and ^ i on Sunday s five ounces of meat were r **« d . The most cruel restraint was imposed !*** we prisoaers , so that that they could not attend jv ** 8 most imperative wants without permission of w ttepex , and for the slightest deviation from that ^ the miserable rappar -would be stopped , and S Bary confinement added for a repetition of the ¦ j |~** . William Henry Smith , who was confined ^ *^ on House of Correction , gave an account of Jr * ^ quantities of mjdieine he had taken , and r *** rc ! is Dlisters andplaisters that had been ordered aaa tt I » l ; he t » aB at length leieased on bail to

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      the amount of £ 709 . Now , in requiring such exorbitant bail from such persons , it would seem that their condition in life was entirely forgotten . ( Hear ) Why , higher bail could scarcelj'be asked of Sir F Burdett , or some of those other gentlemen who had been confined in former times for political offences , than had been demanded of these working men . ( Hear . ) Another case was that of an individual iiamed , Love , who was now confined in the Penitentiary , and whose chief gronnd of complaint was that he had been misled by a solicitor to plead g uilty to the charge of high treason . A petition had been presented in favour of this individual , signed by one hundred and fifty clergymen , bankers , merchants , and others of the town of Newport .

      This man was sentenced , along with five others , to transportation , for life , which was commuted to imprisonment for five years in the Penitentiary . He had still three years and seven months of his time to go through , and had always borne an excellent character for sobriety and honesty , until be had been seduced in an evil hour by the Chartist leaders to } oin in the attack on the Westgate Inn at Newport , where he was severely wounded . The name of the solicitor was Geach , who had since beeu trausported for forgery . He had advised his client to plead guilty , telling him that he would get off with seven months' imprisonment , bat the uufortnnare prisoner had been sentenced for fivey ears . H e asked the House if it was right that persons imprisoned for merelv

      i political offences sboold be treated in a manner worse ' than felons ! When horse-stealers , forgers , and utterers of base coin were condemned to imprisonment , it-was limited to a term of one year , but political offenders were kept in prison for from twelve months ! to three years . Felon 3 when released were not askj ed to enter into any surety to keep the peace , but the i persons for whose case he entreated the consideration ; of the House were bound in heivy recognizances after ! they had fulfilled the term of their confinement . : ( Hear , hear . ) . He wanted to know if anything could ' be gained by keeping those individuals a ' ny longer in | prison . The severity of pamsbmem ought to be rej gulated by the test of public opinion , and he would I maintain that that was opposed to the further imprison-I meut of these persons . He thought they had suffered I punishment enough , and he was sure the House waa i too enlightened to expect that psrsecu' . ion could put i dowa public opinion . It was the neglect of the

      . ; House to the complaints of the people that had pro-. duced Chartism . He begged the House to recollect , that this would probably be the last occasion on ; which they would receive a petition signed by so many tlicusands of their countrymen . He had discharged his duty by stating the praver of the peii-: tioners _; he should leave the case in inc hands of the ! House , trusting that the opinions that would be ex' pressed , and that the vote that would be come to , would-cause-general jjy and satisfaction to those j countless thousands throughout the country , who /' were waiting with breathless hope and anxiety tho ! results of-their deliberations . He begged to move j Chat an humble address be presented to her Majesty , j praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased J to take into her merciful consideration the case of all i persons confined for political offences in Ecg ' and and I Wales . j Mr . Leader seconded the motion .

      j Mr . F . Micle agreed with his Hon . Friend who : had j ;; st addressed the House , that the motion re' lated to a . subject of deep interest . He wished , in i the first place , to advert to a sentence in the prayer 1 of the petition wh : ca had just been presented , brisigf ing a charge against the House of having treated } -wkh levity and frivolity the petition for the Na-¦ tlonal Charter . He had been in ths House when ! that petition waa presented , and he eoclj bear his ' , testimony that no signs of levity or frivolity had ; been shown by the Honse on that remarkable oc-I casion . The attention of the House had been ably i directed to the petition by the then Member for : Birmhigcam , in a manner which insured the appro-1 bation of all parties in the House , however they ( might differ from him a 3 to the prayer of the ! petition . He was glad to see that there was every

      j disposition in tae House to receive the present : petition with that gravity which ths subject of it ; demanded . It was the petition of a lar ^ e body ot the working clasges , of whom he might say , that whatever their faults had been in the unfortunate situation in which they had beea placed , they bad j at least conducted themselves dur ;;> £ the late mouths 1 of privation and suff .-ring in a manner that insured the respect of their countrymen —( cheers)—even though many might think that , the demands which they made for political privileges wereicmewhat exaggerated , and cculd not now be conceded . With regard to the interference of ths Hoo .-c of Commons with the prerogative of the Crown , his Hon . Friend had quoted a case which lie did not think had much bearing on the present . He alluded to the occasion on which his Nobla Friend near him had taken au

      active part in -favour of Sir Manasseh Ljpcz . He certainly did not dispute the right of the House of Commons to advise the Crowu on the exercise of any of its prerogatives , but he much questioned the expediency of interfering frequently , or under asy but the most urgent circuui ^ uacei . That House had the greatest interest that the prerogative of mercy should not be exercised indiscriminately , or for any bad purpose , but if ths House were to advise the Crown to exert the prerogative on special occasions , he wa ? afraid that circumstances might arise in which parties out of doors might be encouraged to the commission of offences under a hope of impunity , which could not , and would sot , be realised . ( Hear , hear . ) Under these

      circumstances he could not reconcile himself to the course proposed by his Hon . Friend . With reference to the treatment of the persons confined for political offences , in no case had any sentence been carr ied into effect more severely than was prescribed by the judge , and required by the regulations of the prison of which they were inmaies . There had been no desire on the part of the Government , the judges , the' juries , or the magistrates , to iufi ' -ct punishment oa those misguided individuals for the sake of revenge . ( Hear , hear . ) If any attempt had been made by the Execntive Government to curtail the privileges of the people , to interfere with the right of metrrag in public , which they possessed , and he trusted alwav 3 would possess , and to prevent

      them from making known their grievances to the authorities of their country , then there might have beeE some excuse for the proceedings resorted to in 1835 and 1840 . Ba : no such disposition , had been manifested , and it was wish regret that ho saw those meetings , b , egun in a constitutional manner , gradually assuming au nneoa ; titu : . tonal appearance , and lrading to outbursts of sedition , which at last rendered indispensable the interference of Government . Government theu made use simply of the powers which the law confided to them ; they called for none of an extraordinary and dangerous kind , but resolved to depend on the integrity and impartiality of the judges and juries . If all the relics of the punishment which the various offenders had incurred

      were now to be swept away , it would be by no means an encouragement to jurymen to discharge their duty fairly when the hour of difficulty again came , although he hoped such an hour never would arrive . Ij was hardly just to callsnch crimes as high treason aud serious breaches of the peace by the mild name of political offences , which was generally understood of matters 02 ' a less grave nat :: re . There had be

      Government had not been reluctant to exercise the prerogative of mercy . To four persons a full pardon had been granted ; four others were excused from finding recognizances after the fall term . of their sentence had expired ; two had had the time of their imprisonment shortened , and four had been removed to gaols wtiere the discipline wa 3 less Eeverc With respv"ct to the three individuals of whom so much had been said , and whose proceedings he believed had -tended so much to retard the advancement of civil liberty , he should be deceiving the House if he were to hold out any hope that he should be a party to advising any remission of the punishment they had incurred . With regard to those three individuals , he could iiold out no hope whatever tha-t the Royal prerogative of mercy would be extended to them . His Hon . Friend who had brought forward the present motion had alluded to the Cnarter ; but he ( Mr . Fox Maule ) thought that his Hon . Friend

      would have done better if , instead of asking the House of Commons to pass it , he had given the House an opportunity of discussing it . There was one part of the Charter for which he ( Mr . F . Maule ) had given his vote in that Honse—there were other portions of it , however , to which he could not give bis support . At all events , the Charter embraced topics not now to be discussed . As to the question at present- before the House , he trusted his Hon . Friend would feel , tha-t having awakened the attention of the Government to this matter , it was not necessary to press his notion to a division , which could not improve ihe condition of the individuals whom it waa the object of his Hon . Friend to benefit . There was a complaint that Ms Hon . Friend had made to which he must advert . It had been said that Mr , Feargus O'Connor and Mr . Bronterre O'Brien had not been sentenced to hard labour , while others not standing in the same position

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      in society had been condemned to that additional punishment . It was to those sentenced to hard labour to which the motion of his Hon . Friend had reference ; and allusion had been made to the case of Hoey . Now , though sentenced to hard labour , he had only been two weeks on the tread wheel , and after that time all his labours had been confined to the keeping a certain portion of the prison clean and iu proper order . His Hon . Friend had drawn a comparison between the punishment awarded to Captain Plunkctt and Captain Duff , and that by which those to whom the present motion had reference were decreed to expiate their offences . It was sufficient for him ( ilr . F . Maule ) to state that , outrageous as had bean the conduct of one of those individuals , he had suffered more than the mere

      senttnee pronounced , by the fact of having been twice passed over , when , if out of custody , he would have been the first for promotion . At all events , both tnose gentlemen received no more indulgence than Mr . F . O'Connor enjoyed while in the custody of the Marshal of the Queen ' s Bench Prison . It did not occur to him that there was any other poiut upon which it was necessary for him to make an observation . He deeply regretted the circumstances under which the individuals to whom the present motion had reference were placed ; still he could not consent to be a party to address the Crown iu their behalf , and therefore hetrustedhis Hon . Friend would not compel him to give a vote against this proposition . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Connelj . supported the motion . />

      Mr . Leadek supported the motion . There was a growing opinion in the country , an opinion which he had heard maintained in the many public meetings he had recently attended , that in this country there was one law for the rich and another for the poor . This feeling was justified by tho results whioh had followed , the trial of LoTd Cardigan in the House of Peera , and of Lord Waldegravo and Captain Duff before another tribunal . Compare their sentences with that pronounced upon and suffered by Lovett and Collins . The latter had suffered all the horrors of the stringent rules of a Warwick gaol , while Lord Waldejirave and his

      fri-nd were outside the walls of the Qasen s Bench Prison , entertaining their friends , and suffering no other inconvenience than being prevented attending the Darby . ( Hear , hear , and a laugh . ) The Government had carried the Reform Bill by agitation , and it was too bad that the working ciassesj-who were still unrepresented , should , for their agitation with a vie-v to reform , be subjected to tbesa punishments . At all events , guilty as they had undoubtedly been according to the strict letter of the law , their sentences were about to expire , and it would be a mere act of grace if the Government would now remit tho remainder of their

      incarn . Mr . Gillo . n was of opinion , that the ~ majesty of the law had been already sufficiently asserted iu the perscn * of those now under confinement ; no evil could arise from mitigating the sentences by a remission of the remainder of the punishment . He concurred with the Hon . Member for Finsbury in relying on the good sense of the workiDg classes , and he was satisfied such an act of clemency would open their eyes , aud induce them to dissolve tho disgraceful alliance into which they had entered with the Tories . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Hume considered that the * law had been too

      severely t-xe ; cised in the instance of tho Chartists , who were now aware that they had acted unconstitutionally . Ha trusted tho Government would reconsider the sentences which were passed , for he was of opinion that a well-timed act of mercy now would give titisfaction to millions . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Warbuetok thought it was not right to confound the general class of political offeuders with particular individuals whose crimeB were of a more atrocious character . The names of Frost , Jones , and Williams should not be mixed up with the present motion . The persons in whose favour tho present motion was made had been treated with a rigour formeriy unknown to the law , and with that consideration he thought the Government ought to consent to shorten the period of their imprisonment . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . WaKley could not helpremarking the silence which had been observed on this question by Hon . Gentlemen on the opposito side , wnen a word from the RL ; ht Hon . Ba ?* 3 £ t would prove so effective . ( Hear , ' hear . ) The Hou . Member the Under Secretary of State , ailuai ; . g to th « working ch ^ sesr said that they should seek redress t .-f their grievances , not by violence , but through the legitimate channel of an appeal to their representatives . He would , however , remind ibe Hon . Gentlemau , that the workiDg classes had no representatives in that House—( hear , heur ) , —and that was the reason why they were so feverish and restless under the evils winch they endured . Those who made the lav ;; made them light and tasy to themselves , bin pressing heavily upon the working classes .

      Sir K . Peel denied the right of the preceding speaker to call on him for asiatement of his opinion ; but he should not shrink from expressing it . It was , that the House of Commons ought not to interfere with the prerogative of the Crown iu the uinunistration of crimifial law . On that constitutional ground he must resist this motion . He opposed no obstacle to the due consideration of these cases by the Crown , although he hoped that in that consideration the Ministers would not suffer themselves to be warped by a desire of popularity . Sir Db Licr Evans supported the motion . Sir B . Hall and Mr . Agliosby supported the motion .

      Lord Saxdon conceived that there were good reasons why the house should not carry out its sympathy in this case . A question of the very highest importance was involved in the motion , for nothing could be more dangerous than on the eve of au election to use such a question as the means of canvassing fvr votes . Lord Joh . v RcsstLL opposed the motion , on the ground that the prisoners had not been convicted ou prosecutions by the House . Colonel Sicthobp opposed the motion . Mr . Ward pointed out that the length of time during which this petition had been iu preparation was an answer to the suspicion that it had been brought forward by way of canvass tor the approaching eiection . But he entreated Mr . Duncombe not to take a division , lest he should injure the chance of the prisoners . Air . T . Dux combe replied .

      The House then divided , when the numbers appeared— For the motion 58 Against it 58 But the Speaker having given his casting vote with the " noes , " the motion was consequently lost .

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      GRAND CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR . Last Monday was a great—a glorious day for the people , who on that day proved to their tyrante and oppressors that Ciiartism was as strong , as vigorous , and aa influential , aa when those brutal tyrants attempted , in Birmingham , to bludgeon and sabre the people out of their rights , and into tame submission The country ia aware that Monday was the day appointed , by the Cliartists of London , to hold an aggregate and public meeting . The timid and the wavering predicted that the meeting would be a failure . The enemy preyed that it might be so . Pseudo friends

      ridiculed the idea of holding such a meeting in London . But the Ghart ' uta felt confident that it would prove such a demonstration as would teach a sound moral lesson to their rulers , and would tell them in accents of thunder , that the men of England—that , the strength of the country—that the real and only faithful supporters of the Throne and Constitution , and that the bone and sinew of the land , -were not to be trampled upon by tyranto , or crushed to the earth by oppressors . That demonstration proved that the metropolis U one of the strongest holds of Chartism .

      Seven o ' clock in the evening waa the hour appointed for taking the chair . Shortly after that hour the great room of the Grown and Anchor was crowded to suffocation by as respectable an assembly as ever met within its wails . At half-pact seven there could not be less than three thousand persons in the room , while the stairs and avenues leading to it , and even the Strand , were crowded with others anxious to witness the proceedings . At the close of the proceedings the proprietor was asked bow many attended there that evening , whwi he replied that not leas than from 10 , 000 to 12 , 000 persons passed in and out of the room that night . The galleries and platform were crowded with Iadie ? .

      The meeting was no more resuark&ble for its numbers than for its peaceable and orderly demeanour . During the whole proceedings the uligbtest disturbance did not take place , nor was the least interruption offered . This feature in the meeting of " the miscreant Chartists , " presented a strong contrast to the one lately held in the same place by Dan and his myrmidons . Mr . James Edward Nagle , a -working man , and an Irishman , was called to the chair , amidst loud and reiterated cheering . Silence having been obtained , The Chairman rcse and said that on looking at the bill which contained the business of the evening , he ascertained that their duty of that evening was of a

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      threefold character , yet it strode him that they had another Important duty to perform . ( Hear , hear . ) They met there to declare , in the face of Europe , that Britons must and shall be free . ( Cheers . } They aheuld not recede one step aside from their vantage ground , which was gained for them by the tortures , the Bufferings , and the blood of 500 martyrs . { Cheers . It was a glorious spectacle to behold so large a meeting , composed of men of all religions , who came forward to co-operate , not for faction , but to discharge a high and important duty . He hoped that there was no Irish rebellion in that meeting . ( Hear , hear . ) It

      w * s In their power to put down any party who would attempt to create disunion . ( Hear ,, hear . ) He came forward divested of all party feeling , and determined to do justice , if any one wished to addre » j the meeting , he should be heard , whether he opposed or favoured them . ( Hear , hear . ) All should be listened to with the same degree of attention . The Chartists at all times had arguments with which to meet their opponents . ( Hear , hear . ) In conclusion , he implored of all who addressed the meeting , to proceed with that attention , that steadiness , that calmness , and that deliberation which the resolutions which they had to propose required . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Rose , a delegate , proposed the first resolution , " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that no Government £ a deserving of the confidence of the people , who have unconstitutionally broken down the spirit of the law by introducing an army of foreign spiea and bludgeon Men , whoiiave deprived tile poor of all pro Us % g » , —d wad * pwton— of wlltifrt flim iftttima them in the accursed bastHes , who have denied the workmen the constitutional shield of the suffrage possessed by their ancestors , and who , while contemplating other acts of aggression , treat the petitions of the people with studied indifference and contempt . " ( Cheers . ) He most cordially supported that resolution . He never knew so imbecile a set of men as were the present ministers and the prtBent members of the House of Commons . [ Our space compels us , however reluctantly , to omit the speeches , which were of the most stirring and yet rational aud sensible character , and produced en the immense audience an effect of the most lasting and gratifying kind . ]

      Mr . Smart , a delegate , seconded the resolution , in a speech replete with humour and sound sense . In the words of the Church liturgy they may exclaim , " We have done tbo things which we ou ^ ht not to have done , nnd we have left undone those things which we ought to have done , and there is no health in us . " ( Cheers . ) Dr . M'DOUALL next presented himself and was received with the most deafening chaera which continued several minutes . He « aM it was not necessary for us U plead at this time oui- right to revenge upon the Government of the country . All were aware that their lives and their liberties had been sacrificed by the Whigs . I Hear , hear . ) But a change had taken place- The principles of the Charter had spread through the land , and Chartism had entwined itself around the necks of

      the factions which wonld die in its grasp . ( Cheers . ) He need not tell them that the Chartists have got in their hands tho electoral power . He need not tell them that the Cliartists had within themselves that balance of power which enabled them to say what Government shall rule the ilestinies of this great and mighty nation . ( Hear , hear . ) We had to deal with a coldblooded heartless Government , that deprived us of the right of petition , trampled upon us when we complained , was indifferent to our distresses , and which has sacrificed the best interests of the country at the . altar of avarice . ( Hear , hoar . ) The game that has been so long played on the land by Whiggery , has received its death Mow . The petition of one million of men haa been refused , to be presented to the Queen . I Hisses . ) Is there an

      instance on record of such tyranny . In Russia ; evon in Turkey , that seat of despotism , the King . or Queen receives and hears the complaints of their subjects ( Hear , hear . ) Petition , which by the constitution is the just right of every limn , has been denied to the country by the Whigs , and thus tl > ey attempt to deprive the people of a right , without which life , liberty and fortune , aro not ouly unsafe but actually destroyed . ( Hear , hear . ) But he perceived amongst the working men of the land a principle arising—a principle of liberty which is wafted across the broad wave—a principle which is inculcated at every flrtside and in every cottage—a principle that has aroused the spirit and unfurled the proud banner of freedom , and which has infused into the minds of tho people , a

      determination to follow that banner to tho overthrow of opposing obstacles . ( Hoar , hear . ) The people have a power in their hands which they will not abusu—a power which the Whigs and Tories fear and hate . ( Hear , hear . ; Tiiey dared not listen to the complaints of the people , but ere long they will be compelled , not only to listen to them , but to redress them also . If we look into the interior of the House of Commons , we will see on one side tho representative of the landed interest , and on the other the representatives of bricks and stones , whilo there is uot to be found one representative of labour—of that which produces the wealth , the affluence , and the luxury with which the land abounds . ( Hoar , hear . ) Is that fair representation ? ( No , no . ) Thus it is that their \

      oppressors are enabled to steal from the poor man his vrage 3—to oppress him , and to dual in every manner most cruelly and unjustly with him . ( Hear , hear . ) Speaking of the police force , the Doctor said—If we turn to Lord John Russell ' s history of the British Constitution , we will find him saying that liberty is not endangered by a military power , but that liberty could only be endangered and despotism established by the Introduction of a police force . ( Hear , hear . ) Vet Lord John Russell , the determined friend of liberty , introduced that very force , for the purpose of crushing liberty . ( Hear , hear . ) Yes , with his Coercion Bill for Ireland , which , at the sound of the eurfew bell , compelled the inhabitant of that country te keep within their homes ; and that curfew bell

      will , ere we close our eyes in death , be also , I am afraid , heard in England . In Ireland the people were obliged to keep within their homes after eight o ' clock , or duath was their lot . They could not , after that hour , even have lights in their houses . ( Hear , hear . ) On ono occasion , a party of dragoons , who were scouring the country , observed ft light in a small cottage They approached the window , and without inquiring whether watch was keeping at the bed of sickness , or over the corpse of some dear friend , four of those ruffians levelled their carbines , aud without giving the order fur extinguishing the light , fired in upon tho family . ( Dreadful sensation of horror !) When tho day dawned there was seen the innocent child dappling its little fingers in the grey and ensanguined hair of its murdered grandfather . iCriea of " horrid , horrid , shame , shame . " } 1 do not speak without facts to support me . In the Bull Ring , Birmingham , I witnessed the despotism of the police . A grey-headed officer of three-scoro and ten

      years of age , was on his way home towards the Bull Ring . Ho was stopped by the police who asked him where he was going . Pointing to hi 3 house , at the door of which his wife and children were anxiously awaiting hia rtturn , he said , "I am going to my house , my home , to which I am entitled to go as it is my castle , which it is the right of every Engliahaian to have . " The policenvm immediately struck him down , and left his grey hairs covered with blood . ( Cries of " horrid , horrid , shame , shame . " ) The moment that I witnessed that act of brutality , I raised my hands to heaven , and swore eternal vengeance against the man who introduced that foreign force , and that accursed system into the land . ( Loud cheers ) The worthy Doctor next fell foul of the New Poor Law , and then passed to the " free trade " policy , aud to the corn , sugar , and Umber clap-traps of the " bloodies , " continuing a most merciless and raking , feut skilfully directed fire , upon the factions for a great length , of time , amidst the hearty aud reiterated plaudits of the meeting .

      Mr . SanKey , late Member of the old Convention , supported the vesolution in a most able speech . The resolution wtts then put and carried amidst loud cheers .

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      ALLOA . —Glorious Triumph of Chartism over thk Corn Lvw Repealers . —The middle class men of Ailoa are perhaps the most apathetic and indifferent of their class , whioh the country can produce upon national politics ; but tho announcement of Lord Johu Russell , in the House ot Commons , that ho would introduce a modification upon the present Corn Laws , had the effect of partially arousing them from their slumbers . The Alloa Whigs met in thoir secret divan , and , after sundry deliberations , the majority proposed to accept tke Ministerial project of a fixed duty . A portion who call themselves Whijj-Radical's , with one distinguished apostate from Chartism , agreed that they would accept of nothing kes than a total and complete repeal of the Com and all Provision Laws . So far all went on well : but when this party met .

      they found they were called up » n to contend with three distinct parties . Tho Tories , opposed to all change ; the Whigs , who will go no further than the Ministerial project ; the Chartists , who look upon ail these as so many trading political knaves . Whether in their deliberations they thought of a public meeting , we know not ; but the first shape their proceedings assumed was a printed petition , placarded on the walls of the town , claiming to be the petition « f the inhabitants of Alloa , accompanied with a hand-bill , coaxing , threateuing , and flattering the people to sign it . The town crier alarmed the peopl « with his instrument , tho underlings in tho shops and factories carried the petition through , the factories , threatening certain results if the men dii not sign . The Committee of tho Charter Association , feeling they were called upon sow to act in defence of the public , and their own principles , from

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      this aggression of blind zeal and petty tyranny , sent tne crier through the town , aud announced that they would hold a public meeting to discuss tho respective merits of Chartism and Corn Law re . poa . Vas a cure of our national evils . Theykaew no hall in the town would hold those that would at tend ; they , therefore , met under the blue vault of Heaven on the evening of Friday last . At the hour of meeting there could not be less than two thousand on the ground , with a large sprinkling of middle class Whigs and Tories . Mr . David Thompson being moved to the chair , opened the business of the meeting in a few pointed remarks . He stated clearly the position they were in , the duties they had to perform , and his determination to obtain a fair

      hearing for all who would address the meeting . It may be stated that a middle class apostate Chartist vaunted he would attend the meeting , to justify his conduct , aud , through the power of his thrilling eloquence , swell the ranks of Cohl Law repealers . The Chairman called upon Mr . Aoratn Duncan to open the business of the evening . He did so by reviewing their hand-bill , and their petition , and never did any party receive such an exposure ; his powerful and calm catting sarcasm , with his local knowledge of the puppets who moved behind the Com Law screen , was a perfect treat to all haters of pious chicanery and political tergiversation ; he then read the three following . rasolutioue > —1 . " Thai wo , the inhabitants of AUoa , in public

      tl ^ i ^ ntMWWt&fw ^^ a m ^ a ^ o ^ o ^^ m ^ te iiaxr ticujarly the monopoly of legislation , and the various other monopolies which have arisen from this irresponsible class of legislators ; from the maladministration of government , in their iiands , has sprung a National Debt of eight hundred millions sterling , and is still increasing ; a national taxation which might support all the governments iu Europe , if honestly administered ; corn and provision laws , which have pillaged the poor to ten times the extent they have benefifcted the rich ; with a variety of other monopolies , too complicated to enumerate , upon foreign and colonial productions . " 2 . " Having examined the source from whence these manifold

      national evils have sprung , past experience convinces us that the present House of Commons 13 determined 10 uphold aud perpetuate these abuses ; witness the division of tho House last Wednesday , which confirmed the sugar monopoly by a majority of 36 . " 3 . " Having nt reasonable ground of hope that the present electoral body are wiilin ^ to reeogniso the rights of the people to the franchise , we , the slave class , are unalterably determined to break up every ministry formed in the Hou 3 e of Commons , till the Charter becomes the law of the land . " Mr . D . supported them with the most powerful and varied illustrations from the present stato of tho country ; hid address lasted for upwards of an hour and a half : friends and foe 3 seemud rivetted to tho

      spot . At the conclusion of the ad-ircss three unanimous bursts of cheering testified how delighted the audience were with the treat they had received . The chairman then asked for any Cora Law Repealer to c ^ mo forward and speak in defence of their past and present conduct ; but , although many of them were present , all on their part was dumb show ; even the apostate who vapoured so highly up to the hour of meeting , sunk into his native nothingness . We have no ill vvill towards him , but as he has bubbled on every stream ior jtars ba ^ k , he baa sunk into one of the shallowest streams in Scotland . Mr . James Douglas then came forward in a speech of great eloquence and energy , and moved the adoption of tho resolutions ; Mr . George Patersou briefly

      seconded them . The chairman then asked a show of hands for their adoption ; a forest of hands waa upheld . The chairman then aske . l again for the gentlemen of Corn Law Repeal to come lorward and manfully state reasons for their conduct , but the corn creaks were dumb . Threes hearty oheers were then given to Mr . A . Duncan , for his address ; three for the Charter , three for all incarcerated prisoners , and three hearty cheers for the chairman . It is considered , among all parties , that this meeting shows a strength of Ciiartism in Alloa that its enemies never dreamed of , and many of its friends had doubts of . Many of tho Corn Law llepealera now declare that , if beat at this attempt at repeal , they will join the Chartists , &s the only means left them to save the nation .

      WAIURXNCrTOJ * . —A meeting was held here by appointment on Thursday night ; it was convened by the following placard : — " The People ' s Charter . public meeting will be held in the Chartist Room , Union-street , Bank-street , May 2 O . h , and a lecture \ yiil ba delivered by Mr . James Leech , Chartist Missionary for South Lancashire , shewing the superiority of the People ' s Charter over the fallacies of the Corn Law repealers , and will bo glad to meet any Corn Law repealer on the above subject . The chair to be taken at half-past seven o'clock . " Mi * . James Savory was appointed Chairman . The Chairman , after reading the notice of the meeting , said that ho felt highly gratified , as a working man , in being selected to fill that office , and after a few more

      preliminary observalio . vs , ho introduced Mr . Leecb , who said that he would give an opportunity to any Corn Law repealer present , at the close of his lecture , to ask questions relative to what ho might say , or if they chose to discuss the subject with him , he challeuged any Corn Law repealer to stop oti that platform , and he would discuss the question with him half an hour alternately , and he would give his opponent the choice which of them commenced . No person accepted the challenge , and Mr . Leech commenced in a strain of unanswerable argument , which lasted for an hour , proving the fallacies of tho Corn Law repealers , and said that it was not the Corn Laws that , mined the working classes , but machinery that supplanted their labour , and a cruel

      and unjust competition between masters to undersell one another . He proved , previous to the Corn Law being put on iu 1815 , the wages decreased in a corresponding degree to what they have done since —that nothing but the People ' s Cnarter was calculated to benefit tho working classes , as a means of giving them their juat rights ; and advised all present , to be no more gulled ' by Whig and Tory agitations and promises , but seek their own redemption , by making the Charter the law of the land . During this admirable lecture ho explained the competitive system at full length ; he exposed the factory system in all its horrors ; he exposed Whiggery in a ludicrous btyle , which made a deep and sensible impression on the working men present . Mr .

      Crosfield , a Corn Law repealer , got on the platform , and paid that he was for Universal Suffrage and Vote by Ballot ; he was a friend , of the working classes , and he did not gee that a repeal of tho Corn Laws would be detrimental to getting the Charter . He argued that England was calculated for a manufacturing country , aud the workshop of the world , if tho monopoly in com were abolished , and a free trade given to manufactures . Mr . Leech replied that those who were not with us for the agitation of the Charter were against us ; and , for lug- part , he thought the people of England had too much work already , and cautioned tho people against being the Blavos of the wholo world , by our working population being confined in those hell-created steam-mills

      and factories , whioh stunted our rising generation , and waa the means of degenerating his countrymen to a diminutive stature unparalleled in the history of man , and advised them to look after tilling their own land ; and if there were any beauty in the fields , the hills , the meadows , tho smiling yallies of corn in our own dear country , Jet them enjoy the healthful , invigorating occupation of cultivating our own lands , instead of being confined in cotton-traps . Mr . Crosfield appeared satisfied with Mr . Leech's reply , as he adopted the usual mode of his brethren of the saintnh faith—silence . The next champion of the repeal was Mr . Ryland , the Secretary of the Warrington anti-Corn Law Association . He asked Mr . Leeoh whether cheap bread was not preferable to dear bread ?—whether a repeal of the Corn Laws would not stop foreign manufactures and foreign

      competition?—whether it would not give increased stimulus to the trade of this country , &e . | Mr . Leech answered in an argumentative speech , which occupied half aa hour , and said that cheap bread was far preferable to dear bread ; a child would know that . He quoted different authors in support of his position ; and their own writers contradicted and condemned their own proceedings . He successfully rebutted the fallacy of our competing with foreigners without bringing the wages of this country lower than what th&y are , with the present taxation over our heads . He concluded by advising every person present to enroll themselves members of the Society . This meeting was decidedly the best ever held in Warrington , and will do much good . After the lecture , three cheers were given ior the lecturer , and three cheers for Foargus O'Connor , Esq ., after which the meeting quietly separated .

      CARDIFF . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists of this town , the following resolutions were passed .: — -I . " That we continue to place full confidence in Feargus O'Connor , and the Northern Star . " 2 . " That ihe Executive Council be requested to give their best attention to ' exclusive dealing , ' as noticed and recommended by Feargua O'Connor , in the Star , of the I 5 th of M » y . ' 3 . " Though the endeavours of the Csnventioivto have a personal interview with the Queen at the presentation of the memorial , havo hitherto been with little sdecees , yet , we are eatisfied they hayij done the utmost in their power to wards effecting it . "

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      / - ^ cWM" /^ t& ^ ny f SUNnERtAKD .-On Sunday afternoon , Mr . O . A- ^ Bums lectnred at the Life Boat Honse , to a goo */ audience . His subject was , the duties of the peopla at the approaching elections . ¦ " ' . Natiosal PannoN . —The petition from Sunderland was despatched on Sunday with 8558 signatures attached , and one from Bishop and West Auckland * with 780 signatures .

      Election Prospects . —The liberal Whig aud Corn Law Repealers of Sunderland are in a pitiable dilemma .: They have no candidate iu the field to represent their sentiments , and none' available , with the slightest chance of success , unless they would starta Chartist Corn Law Repealer , such as CoL Thompson ; against this the pride , prejudice , and uiiberality are powerful obstacles . AlJ , however , must eventually succumb to interest . Andrew White retires . Alderman Thompson and David Barclay , of London , have declared themselves candidates , and their friends seem disposed to coalesce . Both of them are Tories , differing only in the shadow of » shade . Extinction is therefore the doom of the liberal Whigs , unless they will unite their interest with that of the masses .

      , OCRBAM . -All parties are actively stirring here . The Tories have two , and the Whigs ono candidate in the field ; will the Chartists do their duty , having issued placards , calling on the electors to withhold their votes for the present , and announcing their intention to bring out a Chartist candidate . Let other places imiiate the priest-ridden city of , Durham . GLASGOW . —i numerous meeting of tho directors of the Lana . kshire Universal Suffrage Association was held in the Chartist Hall ,- College Open , on Monday last , at eight o ' clock in the evening , Mr . Martin m the chair , for the purpose of hearing the correspondence of Mr . Cullen , aud deciding upon the propriety of requesting him to remain Borne time

      longer in the Convention . Several letters from that gentleman were read by Mr . Brown , Secretary , in which he desmbed a scene betwixt Daniel O'Connell and himself at an out-door meeting of the Leaguers m Covent Garden , and when Mr . CuUen told him to his face that he dared hot & « & •» - >* - « ujr pnbUo » a » enibJyin 5 conan < l , ucalieu forth Joud cheers , andjiniversal cries of True , true . " Mr . Callen ' s iw » iniH » u *« f the trading politicians , and the divisiona into moral , physical , and " new movement " Chartists ot" London , was listened to with marked attention , and loud cries of " Hear , hear . " Mr Cullen Becms anxious to return home . A letter waa also read from Mr . Wall , Secretary to the Convention , stating that a vote of thanks had been civen to

      Mr . Union tor his patriotic exertions since he joined the Convention . A discussion then took place relative to his longer ftajV . or immediate return from the Convention , in which Messrs . Dixoa and Walker , of Glasgow , Messrs . Co ' quhoun and Wright , of the North Quarter , Mr . Moir , of Tilefield , Mi . Isaac , ofCalton , Mr . Kod # er , of Bridgetou , and Fevoral others , took a pan ; during which Mr . Rorigei- moved — " That Shis m-utiiiK request Mr . Culltm tu remain m the Convention until after the presentation of the National Petition , and that he be reoommended to move that an address be drawn up by order of the Convention , setting Forth an outline ot th ? ir proceedings since they assembled , and stating their

      opinion of th . 9 beet , steps which the country should pursue for carrying the Charter ; after winch , that they take immediate measures to dissolve . " This being seconded , was unanimously carried . It waa sfterwards agreed that a large public meeting of the inhabitants ' of Glasgow be held , to consider of the bost iine of policy , they should pursue iu the case of a Gsneral Election . Mr . Rjd ger stated tltat the Chartists of Bridgt ! ton had resolved to canvass the electors of that populous suburban di&iric ; ia a few days . After some other local business had been settled , the meeting concluded with the usual vote of thanks to the Chairman .

      DUBLIN . —Tho . Charter Association of ihis place , held their annual weekly meeting on Sunday last , Mr . O'Malley iuthe chair ; he opened the business of the meeting , by poiuting out the duty which Chartists had to perform . He haid that every Chartist ought to make his family circle a Chartist meeting , to expound toihem its principles , and by 6 iich means to form a neV race of agitators , adding that " as the old cock orowg the young oues learn . " The folio wing resolution was moved by Mr . O'Connor , and secouded by Mr . Woodward , " That the thanks

      of this meeting are due and hereby given-to Messrs . Martin and Cleave for their manly and patriotic conduct at the Itepeai humbug meeting , in confronting , charging , aud convicting , to the sa : it ; f ' ac : ion of ev « ry holiest mu , n , the author , and now the er . emy of Chartism , Daniel O'Conuell . " A letter from Mr . Clark , of Stuckport , was read , relative to the base , brutal , ani physical-force conduct of the antiunionis ; s of Manchester , oa Muiday , the 17 th inet ., which , to say the least of it , would bo disgraceful to m « u , eveniu a savage state .

      DLWSaUKT . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists , hold in the large room , over the Cooperative Stores , on Tuesday night last , tho following resolutions were passed : — " That we hereby tenner our be « t thanks to Mr . William Martin , and Mr . John Cleave , lor the manly manner in which they met the base traitor , Djuriel O Conneli , iu bis own don , at the Crown . and Anchor , Straud , -London , in showing him and his friends when aud where- ho acted as a traitor to the people ; also that we pledge ourselves , individually and collectively , to support our unalterable friends , Ftar ^ us O'Connor , ana-thi ; Rev . Wm . Hill , editor of th" Northern Star , so lorg as they pursue that straightforward course , hom wliica they have never yet deviated . " NEWCASTLE . —Abortive efforts are being made here to briug out" brown bread Joseph ; " hai ' * it won ' t do ; " the Chartists" won ' t bito , " nor allow themselvt-s to bo biii . cn .

      KluaaiDE . —The Chartists , at this place , have passed a strong resolution , denunciatory of the " new move , " and complimenting the Editor of ( he Northern Star . Mr . Malcolm , whose nanio stood on the document , and to whom a packet oi cards for the new move" association had been seat , has returned the cards , declined all further connection with " tha concern " and declared , in a letter to Mr Lovett , his gratitude to O'Connor and the Editor of the Star . Chesterfield and Brampton . —The Chartists of these towns have voted thanku to O'Connor , and the Editor of the Star , for their unceasing exortions in th ; people ' s cause . OLDHAM .-Mossrs . Cartledgc and Lesch lecture here on Sunday , in the afternoon and evening .

      HANLEY ( Potteries } . —The faction is thoroughly thrashed here . A tremendous meeting of not fewer than 30 , 000 was held on Monday . Evvry means , fair and unfair , had beeu resorted to for tho puvpose of ensuring a Whig . triumph at this meeting . - Whig masters marshalled their workmen on their own premises , and marched them with , music paying and banners flying straight like cattle to the ground . The High Bailiff took th « chair ; but in spite of every eflvrt , all their resolutions were rejected , and tho people ' s amendments carried by triumphant majorities . The first amendment , denouncing the

      Corn Laws , bat declaring their repeal to bo useless to the people , even if effected , without tho Charter , the Chairman declared ,- in » pit « of a most palpable Esajority , to be not carried . The second one , declaring tne Ministers to be unworthy of confidence , ho was compelled to admit was carried by a large majority . To have denied it would be too barefaced . The third resolution was— " That this meeting protests against the partial conduct of the High iSadiffc in substituting the minority for the majority , aud orders that copies of this protest be sent to JVLP . ' s , and to the Star and the Times for insertion . "

      LEICESTER . —Our meetings continue to be increasingly attended ; aud , in addition to seeing Chartism prosper in the borough , we have the pleasure of knowing that a revival of its interests is taking place in the villages . Last Sunday , Mr Cooper , editor of tiie llluminatjr , delivered addresses at Belgraveand XhuroiastOB—two couaiderble villages in the neighbourhood—to attentive audiences ; and , ou Monday , he addressed a large crowd at Wigston , a populous village , four miieB from Leicester , abounding with half-starved stocking weavers ; the poor fellows feel their miseries keenly , and are setting about forming an association .

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      Sunderlasd . —On Sunday afternoon , Mr . Binns will lecture at the Life-boat House , and . Mr . Williams in the evening , at half-yaBi , six , at the Gulden Lion room , Queen-street , Sundarland . West Riding . —Mr . Harney will lecture during the next week , en Monday , at Sowerby ; oa Xuesday , at Keighley ; on Wednesday and Thursday , at Halifax ; on Friday , at Queeushead ; and ou Saturday , in Mount Z-on school-room , Bradford . Northampton . —On Wednesday , the 2 id d&y of June , the Kev . J . Jenkinson will deliver a Chartist Total Abstinence Lecture , at the Guildhall , which the Mayor , Mr . Williams , has kindly lent us for the occasion .

      Mr . Julian Harney lectures at Middleton \ n the afternoon , and again in the evening of Suuday , ( tomorrow . ) V . Litixe-Horton . —A Chartist Temperance meeting will be held or Sunday next , at Little-Hbrtoa . Green . To commence at two o'clock in the after

      noon . / ' Manchester . —Messrs . Charles Ccnror and C , Doyle will lecture in Brown-street Chari ^ i ^ ooio , Manchester , onSand ? y evening , ( tomorrow , ) i May 30 th . Mr . James Cartledge will lecture at thdjpbartise Tailors' aac Shoemakers ' room , on Sunday ( tomorrow . ) - \ - ¦ . ¦ ' •" - . ¦ ' , v ';¦ " - ¦ , ¦¦¦ ¦ ; . ¦ * ¦ ¦ Halifax . —Mr . Hsraey will lecture at Halifax on the eveniDga of Wednesday and Thurtd * jt , the 2 d and 3 d of June , and at Quosu&b ** d , on Fmaj , the 4 thv . - ' .. . . ; : ; j . , fv ' - - ^ .- ¦¦[ -- ' ¦ - ""> .. - ' - ' . ~ ¦ - — ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ - - -- - -r - *""* : . . , -.- - : v . rVij ¦

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct381/page/1/