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  XiOsrx > oir . A GUAM ) K ) P 1 JLAB DEMONSTRATION TO W&COXE : FEABGUS ' O'CONNOR , ESQ ..
  
  OX . HIS BKI . B * gB . F&OM YORK , WuflTen by the men of London cm Monday erenjng last ; in-tbe large rcom ' of the Crown sad Anj&or , SinBd , * the largest pabfte room thst couM be bad la tondon , . and tbe largest ttowrgbptft-the metropolis , nth the ; exception of the EX £$ er'lr&U ; Long before jbe bouyl&noooBesiJ forthe chair being taken the room ft : ii $ eta 3 y ' crammed . On the platform were a cumber iof . ' -wslT dressed females , a * well as in tie oaery . " *¦ ¦ ; .. ' . " : ''" . .. V . . ¦ Hr . Ftssrcx ^ wisejnedtotheclttir . He opened the poeeeedmgs by asking a pjfdsht hearing for eTery penoa , " as well to show oar enemies our good condoit , ulotiurwY . O'Connor , Sst , our tree regarrlfor tini . H « then stated that the object of the meeting wai to rsicome P . O ^ Ooonor , Eiq . ( Immense etieering . ) Mr . O'Connor here entered the reran , "Wben the meeting jnsde wsy for him amidst thembst hearty and continued cheering ; having arrived oathe plitfonn , the ehesring , together with the waving of ; haftr » ad handkerchief * , Tis renewed , and eoofclBaaa for" kanVanlnutes .
  
  Mr . TVATKi ys movBa . tbe first WBOhiiioa . He did bo for it had the entire concurrence of his heart ; it was : — "Thaiit is the opiaion of this meeting that the ixveatcexd on of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ^ was unjost to timseif , and an insult acd injury to the oppressed ioiliioiis ? wiiosa cause he so nobly adTocatod ; aod that rs bail his . reappearance among as at this important crliis wiihjoj and gratitude as & favourable omen to 50 j cans * . " . - The resolution takes notice that the imprisonment T 5 B unjust , it was opposed to justice—ibear , hear)—for Mr . O'Connor - vis imprisoned for . advocating justice — hear )—for being the advocate of jesfcice ; therefore , g was tie height of injustice . The philanthropy of the Hocse of Commons had been tried , aad they would us ; do aught to remoTe Mr . O'Connor , or in his behalf :
  
  jet he was again out ! We"welcome him ! ( Cheers . ) He is ii iis noble ¦ work again . The Whig faction his been danBlished principally through his instrumentality . ( Cheers . ) -. He will be equally active in demolishing the Tories vHcar . > The enemies of the people are against him on account of his principles ; the people , the great people , are with him . ( " We are , we arO He h > d called npon "Hr . O'Connor in his cell ; he found kini kept in a strong room , and he considered that the &s : le where llr . F . 0 Connor -vras , was more venerable than the Jlissier itself ; he looked npon it as itch on account of the prize it contained . He called tpoa hiHj \ a second time : he found hire cheerfui under friTatJotf , and eager for the great came . ( Cheers . ) Use room they had met in that night was ominous c ! their cause ; the Charter is our anchor , and our mrwn a crown of joy . Cheers . )
  
  ilr . PiSISSssid , he seconded the resolution with flSfi psaiasi pleasure &ear ); for he could no ; refuse his tribute of pleasure at seeing Mr . O'Connor there im ongst them , but at the same time he should haTe Tiskad to hvre seen another O . there ; he meant O'Brien . iCbeers . ) Neither ought Peddie to be forpitea hear , hear ); nor Carrier shear ); neither Frost , TniliaiES , and Jones . ( Cheers . ) T&afc cheer must che er iir . 0 " 0 oimer , for it proTed tint the names of Sioae paMots were as dear to them as it was sixteea mjEths ago , when Mr . O'Connor was last amongst { him . iHear , hear . ) He had watched Mr . O'Connor mi EEee he presented himself before the British
  
  publit Afrer opening the stronghold of Toryism—the estty of Cork—he had found fnrn eTer ths stem advoou of tie people That was the reason why Daniel Ctonell and the Whigs contrived to ge ; rid of hist . Ss ¦ was in the House of Commons on the night of the SsEioa committee being struck , and he was astonished s ± i names presented to the House as the committee . Us cause of the Charter must now be gained , for they i * i Fe&rgus with them again ; they would hare an O'Brisa press , and titen the Charter wonld soon become Ss !» •» of the land . ( Cheers . ) In conclusion , he must Esar&talate them on Mr . O'Connor ' s release , aud hoped be -ronld cc-atinue in such a state of health as to waras : tis taking part in the agitition . iCheera . )
  
  lie resoiuticn was put and carried amid aedsb £ oxl Mt Woxtoj , one of the stoae-masona , proposed the us : resolntioii . It was one to which eTery ptrson TJ ^ d respond . They ou ght to shew to the Whip seu Tories their determination not to be oppressed any l 3 = $ er by them . The Whigs had oppressed them so for te ; 7 esrs , bu ' . theywerenewbeaten and destroyed . When is tooted to the condition of his fellow-man , he asked Emself , what had the Whigs done for the people ; they ase in professing redress of grieTances , bat had they doss so ? ; yo , no . ) Had they brought forward one
  
  sslebts beneficial for the people ? ( I * o , do-j They iacataj good care to take all their salaries , but s ; e * er s . "si for the people . The Duke of Wellington had ns := d in the House of Lords , that the man who was hc 6 st and industriously inclined , could not only gain i good liTsiihood , but lay by enough to lire ia his old ip . Was that so ? No such thing * misery stalked jiK&d it was well known ; "but they had the Lion e 5 cicore-&t liberty , and soon woald their enemies ks- » thsfc * h * $ whieh they required shouid be granted . Msss , hear . ) Until eTery c ^ ass is represented the nrking ciasses would be oppressed and trodden undet 2 ear aad cheers . )
  
  • ' That this meeting is of opinion , that until the E » rter becomes the law of the land co justice can be erptcted by tie working classes , aor any relief from Sb etcessiTe burtheiis uadfir which they now suffer . " Mi . RrFFET Ridlkt said he rose most cordially to sxcad the rtsomtion .- first , because be w ^ s a working isa ; and , sec . jndly , bec&use he hsd bees robbed of his fehright , and he knew his frllow-men had been so Ekiviae . God had made man in his own image , and i 2 vcre equal . He would ask what had ruined thii CKstrj ? He would answer , its presen : constitution . Isjj said it was liberal ; yes , it waa fair to the eye , but
  
  rtten st the core . He would ask , which was the most Us his & : 4—the bearded monkey of aristocracy , or the Barf industrious icn of toil , from whose labour all » m ps » i 3 © r-i ? xHear , kear . j Let them » li go hsad in hacd t ? the Charter , and ihe present state ol robber ? snd Jfccrlition would not be continued . Let us get oui Charter , and then w * » h ^ 1 l be kappy and free . He aie 3 fur justicfi—he found it in the la ^ s of the Chu-< £ - . sad be waa happy to find their glorious leader x : s aiore there . His heart was not broken , his spirit not sifted , nor would his ensrgies be dsap ^ . l , for he was K ? e list Feargus O'Connor would werk with redoubled Berry . Cheers . )
  
  ilr . YTbzelee said he addressed them as working £ r 2 , for ha bsiieTed they were ail so . They were s . n-P ? sd in the wc-rk of busianiry ; and he felt assured fe » : those "whom he had the honour of addressing -w ^ re t-srs for a subsistence , endeaTouricg to corapeta with £ s gkantie mschiaery . For ages hid the philosopher ffie ftriTiug to discover a remedy for their -vrrcsgs , the r . ^ idaa patching up the crszj state of society , but a .: s ss parpose ; for they worked for a class , and from a te =, and not fox tie bo 3 y of the people ; but they L-d ins& 3 y—the Charier -sru that remedy : gain that , and fepeopie - ' r ills -Bcald s-on bs cured . -Cheers .. ' . £ s resolution wii carried uninixneuiiy . f ili . WiL 505 oce of the petition carriers- r :-se for c-j-jjpoic of moriaj iha third resolution : — .. " Tiat this meeting pledges itself to co sli for ' •* .. ttaLLing : the People ' s Chaner , ths reiU'rat : !' . . * ? r .-sv , Vriiiia-Tis , a . 'ia i ^ zta , and to ubiiin ' . lie Rc-J = « of ihe LsrisJ ^ tiTc Univn of Ireland- " Cbecii .
  
  ~* - aii besrsTciilaous to : iwell on the Sri : t > . ' irt of the Ssj-sir-r after wkat fca-3 already psisti . It tfsj cnly Tjcete and biyeaets tie present system vr-iS p-r-K-xed . ( Theers .- TLs la tier ps . rt he veu : ^ c :. ' P- ^ tioa to . Too Ion ? hai we t- = £ ri diYifl- > i ; it hi-j ^ "i ; sysUsi to divi fl e us so &s to keep us j .- ; or—^ t , hiai - _ bst he was hippy to Snd tbs : rhr yrr-. ^ : m sras wefTn sr away . He woulJ give ' . be hzzA o ( sa-isii p to ils feilow Irishmen , arid in . ' -cd they ' oz . < l ^* ~ -o co honour be Fear ; --. s O'Connor , hirrf-eif au ir . sV-~ -- fc-r SgLting their t--attic * . -Heat , at- cbrtr ^ .
  
  j-ewould not st < e an Iri-: : nir ; Luri . ba : th-. e « -. « v : s ^\ ol fellowship for Li . n . The Unicn hi- ! b- . c » r-^ cj bribery scd corrcptuon ; it was z tt . - . c- i iiicted ^^ tiem , asd Le supported the raotior ., so tn :. ; thej ^ t hivs the rigbV ' .-f self-coyercniri . t . ^ ' .:-a h-5 * msd far himself . sCr ^ r * .: " TL- ; E ^ -. r . th < i : d noJ 1 *^ 6 Jruh , neither did i . e beiie-vr tne " Irish hate i . ^¦ i ^ ijh ; bn : thfy hsd been taujh : ;_ . ? - s . for il-. ' fZAii of th « class , " who robbed : h ; ni . He h-r-d . 7 "T . " ' kil-ie ^ £ ? s -were -Dass ^ J , a :: i tl . i . t tr-j - . h ^ riy
  
  • == —; would exist amona tkera . ; Cheersv ilr . _ Goodf £ llow s&ccnicd the resolutic-n . Durin ? ^ J £ .-dras , Hr . Sintey -wis seen -R- ^ n ^ iE :- his - « - » y to ^ - ^^? , aaid the cierring of tie cotf-Pis ; . - . Mr . ¦^ ci- . ^ Tie-i , sft-r tL :- cheering baa cor . cluaed , ty ^ - = ^* te h ad signed t ' :-2 peti-ion for Catholic ^ ff- - Dilion ' c : / tail his fTcrdcni as Tegarfltd cos-¦' - » ^ -i hs was &s far : r _ : n pjlit : c =. l frerdoni as ; e-i « ^ j , jjj . ^^ Qjjy . ^^ detercuced to do his *^_ * -j Oitain its enactment .
  
  " " ** ! j ' ution *** P ° t snd carried unanimously . ^ r . O-Cossoa was then inueunced . The cbeering **! trea&ious . ^ ilr . OXki-naor here presented himself , and the che « r-, > . "f ~^ S of haa ad handkerchiefs and dap-£ - < or tiads was cairaenced and centinu&d for « sj Eima tes before he could otters word . When i ^ : ^ ' - ^^ , her ^ c . v e Dearly as follows ; but = i : tei ; p t co mure than a m = re tutline cf his speech , " , V . - *?*?¦* * r ? ^ :- t ^ o Lours : — . _ " . ;¦ " j ^ irinsn . ' _; . „ br .- ti : * r U . viie 2 « I wha ordervd * -. ' " ! . * - - ;~; ^ i- ; ::: :-: « . . ksr .-pos *; _ " . ' " ~ " - - ' ¦ - " • : ;¦ . v ir .. J y .- . \ t- st oEi ; l t ^ V ^ r " - ; - - • - ¦ - . 1 ^ -j d ^ t . r . s .: U : ^ - j . ' .... * , "' _" . " " ¦ Lj " - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ '— ¦ that an ^ . tteir-i- ; v . si - - ' * : i _ r , ^ . .. . , _ . _ - _ jj . jf } - ^ - furiii I'f Wji-¦ . r ^ : r ^ ;' - - - "" .. ^ - ^ y . k ^ j , i ^ 1 " . " ---: - ;• j .,. ^ _ .. . _\ v \~ . to : i . l - - -. V :. - ...--t :.-r : ¦; '¦' ¦ * - i := - .:.: n .. . _ -. tf :-..::: c . i , ; : > ' . v ¦ . ¦ . ' "' - ""' -- —• " - ! - _" . ^ t-i .: or iliTr . a I :. ; - ' i- ¦ - ¦ - r . "" - -- ri" tj _ : - ¦ : * : v f . : ;; : i ,- « culd i . ui-.. u .-v - ; . ' _ ' c ' - ! - '• ~ . -i - ¦ c :: l ^ L t . s ; . £ ^ a a- ^ iics ; vL =-^ - - ' - ¦ ¦ ' .- ¦ : - -r . ¦ . > .:, a ^ l-:. chtirirg . r lb > ... i-. i .- ^ J - f--: - " - * = - ¦> :. r , ; ^ Cu , lLfe > shall U-B = . ; w . ¦ ¦ -s : ¦ ^ wuad to them , r . L-. ; u ^ "t ' v ^ 7 * hm'tiiT' Ui&t a *** ; Kipeated cheer * .. "n » a * w ^ s £ vuie of Cuaac ^ sa to-Jay ; 1 wtd to 3 e «
  
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  BLACKBURN . —The fortnight meeting was held on Monday last , in the Music Hall , Mr . Thomas Baines presided . Mr . Breaaley , of Acerington , addressed the audience , and expossed both Whigs and Tories , aud showed that it was useless to contend for anything short of the Charter . It was agreed to get up a demonstration , and escort Mr . O'Connor into the town on his route through Lancashire . SAJ-FOJU ) . —On Sunday erening last Mr . Christopher Duyle delivered a lecture on the Standing Army , to a numerous meeting ; and on Monday evening a resolution waa moved and passed . "That the meetings for the future be held on a Thursday night , as generally there are meetings in Manchester on a Monday night , which the membora are in the habit of attending . "
  
  Glasgow . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Gorbals was held on the 2 nd instant , in the Chartist church there , for the purpose of hearing a ecture from Mr- Pattison , on education . Mr . Ord was called to the chair , who briefly introduced the leetarer . Mr . P . then delivered one of the clearest and most eloquent lectures on the education of the rising generation , which x » e believe was ever listened to by an intelligent audience . He took a view of history for ages past , showed the power which the the Church and State held over the minds of the masses , through the means of the poison which was instilled into the young mind by the degrading
  
  system of education which tyrants and their abettors devised for keeping the people chained to the chariot wheels of kings , aristocrats , and priests . To attempt to give a report of the truisms and historical references of the lecturer through the medium of a weekly newspaper is of course out of the question , suffice it to say , that he Bat down after speaking upwards of an hour , amidst a generous burst of enthusiastic cheering . The Bchool-naaster of the Gorbals Chartist school gave an account of his system of teaching , which gave great satisfaction ; he stated that the number of scholars amounted to 105 . A . vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman and Lecture , when the meeting dissolved .
  
  BRIDGETOW . —The weekly meeting of the Bridge-ton Association was held in their hall . Dalestreet , which was crowded to suffocation , for the purpose of hearing Mr . M'Farlane deliver his lecture on men , money , and talent , to carry on the agitation , Mr . Rod g er in the chair . Mr . M'Farlane ' B lecture gave the highest satisfaction to all present . He said he would rather have twelve men , with taleat and principle , than five hundred without it , because , said he , a great portion of mankind may be compared to a clock , or watch , which require winding up , after which it ticks , ticks on , until it runs
  
  out , and then it must again be wound up by some master-mind ; the winding up , and the Chartist tick , ticking , however , will continue until the glorious hour arrives which will proclaim the people free , sovereign , and independent . Mr . M . was loudly cheered throughout his eloquent and animating address . Mr . Black then iose , and moved au address to Father Ryan , aud the Chartists of Ireland , which was read by the chairman , and unanimously agreed to . Cheering votes of thanks were then given to the lecturer , the chairman , &c , when the meeting dissolved . Large and crowded meetings were also held in Calton , Anderston , and Pollockshaw .
  
  Gbeat Meeting in St . Ann a Cuvacu . —A meeting has been held here , in order to devise the best means of paying respect to Mr . O'Connor v-hen he visits Glasgow . The rush for admission exceeded anything which has taken place in the Chartist movement . Mr . Rodger was unanimously called to the chair , who stated that nothing could make him so happy as the important situation which he uo < held over such a large aud respectable meeting , and for such a noble and generous purpose . lie hoped the greatest order would be kept , and every one heard with that attention which has hitherto characterised the meetings of the Chartists of Glasgow . Mr . Brown , Secretary , then read the minutes of the directors' meetings , bearing upon the meeting now
  
  assembled . Mr . George R 03 S , Treasurer , gave a statement from his books , regarding tho state of tho Chartist funds for tho Jam quarter , which snewed the progress of tho Chartist cause , aud the healthy state of the finance department . Mr . Thomas Gillespie then rose , and moved a vote of thanks to the honest , unflinching , aud long-tried patriot , Mr . George Ross . Mr . Ro * s returned thanks in hie usual pointed way , and sat dowu by declaring that he would uever cease to agitate for the liberty of hia fellow-men £ 0 long as he continued to exisjt . Ho had also to inform them that thejr had now procured the new large Bazaar Hall , for a soiree to Mr . Feargus O'Connor , which would contain from four to five thousand people . The Chairman then
  
  addressed the meeting upon the principal object for which th ey had assembled , and shewed the va&t progress which they were making , and the great numbers of friends and advocates which were flocking to their standard . Mr . F . Thomson considered the present meeting as the most important which had been held for a long time iu Glasgow , and he hoped they would do honour to themselves and the important object for which they had assembled . Mr . Cullen said they had assembled to do honour to Mr . O'Connor , a gentleman who was dear to every genuine Chartist ; it appeared to him a strange coincidence that while that noble of nature was shaking off tho chains of York Castle , his merciless persecutors were leaving Downing-street , amid the universal execrations of a
  
  nation , with their honours tarnished for life . Mr . Gillespie , in a speech full of deep truths and elo-2 uent animation , referred to the past conduct of 'Connor , and said the meeting furnished a proof that their principle and untarnished honour will conquer every obstacle . A discussion then ensuod , in whic ^ Ci- ' quhoun , Cullen , Pettigrew , Malcolm , iiuii-i . Giils . spip , Johnstons , Proudfoot , ai !< l others took u [ 3 i- : ii ' -r ^ hiuii itwa . s agreed that a coiree ) ,. ; ii ,.- ;< : i ' i ' . If- Bf . z » . 3 T Hall , aud that the tickets .- : ¦ . » ii ; ut br » rioovo on ,- , fhiiliiig and sixpence , nor b .-iu ' . v oii-jM > iii : i >*' . lc was also agreed that a meet-: ¦ i , ' oi ck'lei ^ rci irotn trades , shops , factories , and u-uic's b < i held in th * : ? aroo place , oh the 10 th inst .,
  
  tor the purpose ot maku g arrangements for & demcaatrwion on tho < la , y Mr . O'Counor arrives iu G . asjKW , and that a correspondence be immediately entered into with that a ; entJeman about the Jay of his visit . A largo ani respectablo committee of middle and working oias-ses was then appointed , for tho purpose of carrying the necessary arraj ^ omenw iiiso execution . Mr . ( Jolquhoun proposed a vt > t 9 o ! thauks to Sharman Crawford , and those who volet ' along with him on his Radical amendment , whrjh wiib given with great glee ; three cheers for O'Connor ; three for the Charter ; and three for tho narrow followed , when the immeuse ff . eeUnj ; . ^ . -. ¦ rated .
  
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  CBOtBTOR . —Dr . P . . M . M'DouaU has been reriding ^ n . this j ^ ty for a s ^ ort jpuriod , and during his stay he istimafea to the Committee . , of , , the Chartist Association , yt dea&e ' . to give a puWio lecture < m Cnarttom and its objects ; accordingly the subject was brought forward at , a general meeting of the . members of ffie body ,. whieh Was held , in their meeting room on the evening of Wednesday week , and aftei ; some discussion , it was resolved , that , with , s view of giving the meeting greater publicity , a man be engaged to carry a large : beard on a pole -with an inscription inserted « n it containing the terms on which the meeting was to bb convened , and that the same be carried through the town the next day , from ten o ' clock iu the morning till seven o ' clock in the evening , which was the hour an-1
  
  sounoed for tho meeting to take place . Well , pursuant to this resolution , a man was engaged to do bo , and started on his mission with the board ; bnt he had not displayed it long , before the parapne , the intolerant gentry , the illiberal , respectable' shopkeepers , the tyrannical police , and the whole horde of the idlers , who live upon the labour of the ¦ working classes , got the scent and he waa assailed by them with every expression of Illiberal and intolerant feeling and execration ; some of them being encouraged by Mr . Hill , superintendent of the police , who exclaimed several times , " See , gentlemen , " pointing to the board , " thexe is a pretty affair for you ; this is a most ahameful business ; " aud they had the audacity to gather close round hlm . aml threaten to take the board from him and break it
  
  to pieces ; and I am sorry to say that one of these " highly respectable gentry" was a clergyman belonging to the Established Church of England . Upon this , Mr . Hill says , ' I'll booh put a damper on this affair . " He giyes the s ' gnal to his blood-hounda , who were walking at a distance , and immediately the man was surrounded by them . Some of them laid hold of him and otters hold of the board . ' ' Mold , " aajr « Rill , " they shall not take you to prison , if you will eonsent to go back with that board , and not exhibit it Recollect , you must cany it down all the way home , " at the same time , showing him how ; "but , atop , " says he , " I shall go with you , and see you and it aafely housed . '' He then selected two of the blue bottles from amongst the rest , and says , " there , now , march
  
  on . " The man had one on each side of him , while the great man brought up the rear ; thus accompanied , the man conies to the Coinmittee-raom ; but the police , after they bad seen the man and board housed , thought proper to wait about the premises for a length of time ; there happened to be present in the room several members of the Committee , and amongst them Mr . John Burkhill , a very valuable member , who went out to expostulate with Hill on his conduct He told him that be considered his conduct very illiberal in denying us that which he invariably allowed to every other person . He replied , but it was illegal . Mr . B . — "it ia not illegal , and I defy you to prove it so . " Mr . H . — " if you attempt to dictate to me , and are not off , I will biek you out el the street , you scoundrel . " Shortly
  
  after this scene , several members of the Committee , including the treasurer , went to take legal advice on the subject ; the result of wkieh was , that they were instructed to lay a complaint before the magistrates against Hill , and to send the man ont into the town again with the board , and abide the issue . The complaint to be laid officially by the secretary on behalf of the Association . Accordingly he attended , and laid the complaint before the mayor , who acted impartially ; but Hill could not restrain himself , for he had a great deal to say against us and our principles . The secretary ' -was accompanied by Mr . John Pritchard and Mr . John Taughan , two highly respected memben of the committee . Mr . Vanghan , addressing the Mayor , said , " With your Lordship ' s permission ,
  
  I beg leave to ask why it is that our board most not be exhibited to announce our meeting , there not having been any attempt to prevent placards being carried on various occasions ; for instance ) Mr . Brindley had several boards at the same time , and hand-bills and circulars , to make known bis meetings ; players and circus establishments have shown boards , and have had them carried ; the teetotal procession , a few weeks back , had a large banner drawn on a very extraordinary large and uncommonly wide hogshead drag , no wide that it could not go up many of the principal streets , because other carts , fee . could not pass it ; and even the proprietors of Punch and Ju 4 y are tolerated ; but our board must be driven out of the streets , and the man who carried it threatened with being taken to prison in this brave land
  
  of liberty . "—Mr . Hill said , " The board is chalked over . " Mr . Vaughan replied , " It is painted , except the apaoea left blank to announce the speaker , and tell the hour , and these must , of course , be n Ho . i up with chalk ; bub do you offer the chalk on tbe bo : ir-. < ;^ a just reason why it should not be shown in the streets ? 1 tell you , Sir , yon have no authority to prevent our meeting from being made public . "—The thief-catcher then replied , " You must first prove your meeting to be legal before you can announce it "—Our friend Vaugban told him the meeting waa legal in the highest degree , the room being licensed ; and that neither he or any other man had any right to intimidate that meeting , or any other legal meeting , though held in the open air ; when old Swear-all Hill replied , " You got your room licensed
  
  as a place of religious worship , or it would not have been licensed at all . "— " Yes . Sir , " said Vaughan , " and aa a place of religious worship it is used , and preached in every Sabbath Day ; and being » plac « of religious worship , dots not prevent us holding any other meeting of a legal nature hi it The theatre is licensed as a place for amusement , and yet Mr . Brindley defended Christianity in it against Socialism . Mr . Mayor , if you will satisfy me it is wrong to show that board , we will desist ; but , being right , we seek your protection . " Here the master of the "bluebottles '' burst again , and said , " The Mayor may please himself what he does , but I shall do as I have done ; for four or five gentlemen this morning came to me , and said it was a shame I did not put a stop to the carrying
  
  of that board , and one of them said he had a good mind to seize it and break it to pieces . " ' Well , Sir , " said Vaugtian , "we have bad the advice of an attorney on the subject , and I should like to see him or you seize that board or break it ; and if you do , we shall bring an action against you . " Mr . Hill— " If you carry that board there will be a breach of the peace , I'll swear it" Vaughan— " If you aand some of your aid-decamps to interrupt us , there will b <> a breach of the peace , but not without ; and if thty co tLf y must abide by the c onsequences : the law is open to our protection , and we Bhali use our privilege . If it must not bo carried , you surely cannot object to my fixing it on my cart , and drawing it through the streets ; my cart must have room to pass as well aa others . " Mr .
  
  Hill" If you do , I tell you I'll inako an alndavit There will be a breach of thu peace . " Vantrban— " What . swear on speculation ! I suppose , Mr . Hill , you'll allow , before you will be permitted to take such an oath , there mnst bo ocular proof . What magistrate will ivliow you to make such an oath ? I toll you we shall shew the board , and at yonr peril (" litre to touch it ' " Well , " said the Mayor , " if you thick you are right , you must pursue your ovvi : course , and leave us to pursue ours . " We then left the court . After we Itft the magistrates , we went with the man and the board all over the c : ty , accompanied by 8 &ytral others of the Committee , who would have instantly bailed the man , if any attempt to lay hands on him again had been made by the police , and would have
  
  prevented him from becoming tho victim of perjury , l > y coming forward as witness « in his behalf , and testifying to wattera as they reaily bad occurred . In tmversing this various streets , we fell in with many of the police , including Hill and the inspector ; they all showed their teeth very much , but did not daw to bite . Tho meeting was a bumber , the room was filled to overflowing , uiid many had to go back , being unable to gain admittance . Hill did not forget us , for seven of his bludgeon men were present hi plain clothes . Mr . John Vaugban was called to the chair , who in an able style opened the business of the meeting
  
  aud in the course of his addres did not spare Mr . Hill ; he concluded by introducing Dr . M'DoubII to the meeting , who delivered & lecture in first rate style on the merits of Chartism ; it occupied about an hour and a half in the delivery , and gave every satisfaction to the crowded meeting . The Doctor , like his predecessor , did not forget the reprehensible conduct of Hill . When the lecture -was finished , three times three were given on account of the liberation of the highly esteemed patriot , F . O'Connor , Esq . Cheers were also given for Dr . M'Douall ; for the People's Charter ; for the People ; and for CoL Napier . Thanks were voted to the Mayor , for his impartial condnct that day ; alco to Dr . M'Douall
  
  for his very t xcellent lecture . DUB UN . —Tho Irish Universal Sufirage Association ii « l « i ri . -ir asuai weekly nieeti » goa Sunday last , Mr . W . W . jdward in the cbair . The minutes of thekotu : .: ug confirmed . Letters were rtaa from the loiio . . it persoas ana places : —Mr- lhoma& il'Cultou , Glasgow ; Mr . Pamck Btudley , B * r ** W i Mr . biajuel Robiuson , Stoke-upon-Treni ; Mr . John P Row r , Glasgow ; and from Mr . William Ms ^ ee , ( ireeno . k . Two very heart-stirrm * ietter 3 , were read , «„« tv .. i .. Mr . Huyii Doyle , oi lulikeeuaua tht other
  
  froiii Mr . i \ t > Coun « U , ofBakvr . > tfMa » , Ireland , after which several new members were enroled , wnonxsl v / hon , wa » iiu *« eon Madden , Member of the Royal Coi ) at W " 5-jurKeous , Ireland , i-everal notices were ihandru . i . n-for the admission of o :.: or-iat the uexS ir . oe' 4 . BK day . Ths secretary ^ poko to a considerable i ifcjir-,. on vhu subHianee of tho letters which ho bad ! TC-ad , and which vreut to provo that Mr . O'Connell j dotra cot speak truth wheu he tay 3 i ! . a . the \ vu : kiug I peopio of England are the enemies of Ireland . He ' i a > c « showed for what the Chartidts w- re denounced i by Mr . O'Concell , and said that >! r . O'Coanell ' a
  
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  ^ ^ c ^ s ^ ty ^^ J ^ i : " £$ ^~* « . ^ n-jy ^ Mhatred to Chartism arose from the fact of hfa Having _ drawn up the Charter , and then abandoning it , aa h « S ' had every one of those meaauresLffliieh he formerly advocated , slid irhich had For Iheir object , the amelioration of tbe condition of the ^ peopte of Ireland . He adverted to the enormous salaries of the Bishops , the standing army and police , who he said were never found begging , while those \ vho supported them were found immured in the Whig Poor Law Bastiles . Ii Tvas because the advocates of- the People ' s Charter told such truths as these thai they were called torch and dageer men , and the enemies of Ireland , while t the real enemies were Whigs , " the base , bloody .
  
  and brnial ; " the Tories and the whole of fhe bloated oligarchy and ari&tocraoy , without distinotion as to creed or politics . Mr . O'Connell ( not Dan ) said he could not tell bow it was , but such was the fact , that , within-the last uyow . 'uks , he could hear nothing talked of but tJwr reoplV 8 Charter , and he believed 4 ha&this arose f tom she fiwt of the-reading the Stan , which was truth itself , and which , if continued- 'to be ' sent - amongst the Irish people , would eventually secure to them all : that they wanted , and no mistako ^ -Mr . O HiKgma asked leave of the Association' to postpone his motion until that day week , respecting Mr . OConnelt ' s oath before the ; Gommittee of the House of Lords , in 1825 , relative to the disfranobisement of
  
  tneiorry shilling freeholders * and Universal Sufeage . He said it was necessary to refer to the most authentic sources of information , when touching upon any subject in connexion with Mr . O'Conaell ' s name ; he ( Mr . O'HiKgins ) had written for the report of the examination of Mr . O'Connell , and other patriots , i in 1825 $ he hoped that this report would be considered an authentic document , and not an Orange paper . It would be well and right that the public should know what Mr . O'Connell meant by Universal Suffrage , when , he was examined apoa his oath , before a Committee of the Lords , as he says now that Universal Suffrage can mean nothing short of giving the right tovote to females and little children . A minute inqniry into this evidence is of the
  
  utmost importance at the present crisis , and that evidence Bhould be laid before the public in the clearest manner . —A Mr . Toole , a loyal Repeal AFcoeiafor , bat not a member of the Irish Universal Suffrnce Association , rose and said , that it was a bad plan of proceeding to make Mr . O'Connell continually the object of abuse ; what have we that we did not # et from O'Connell ; were we not all slaves , and has he not made us freemen . The English . Charti&t 3 , and Mr .. O'Connor , are always abusing him , and he was sorry to see Irishmen following this example ; be would be glad to know from Mr . O'Higgins what fault he could find with Mr . 0 'ConneH , or why lie did not support him , and join hia standard for Repeal ! Why should any Irishman
  
  find fault with him ? has he not done every thing for us \ -jon should all join him . We never got anything from the English . Mr . O'Connell supports the Whigs , because the Whigs are better than the Tories , and is it not much better to have our known friends in than our inveterate enemies 1 Mr . O'Hi ? gias said that the most fastidious person , could not find one word of abuse , or bordering upon abuse , in anything that he had said of Mr . O'Connell . His object in bringing forward the motion at all waa to put the public in possession of Mr . O'Connell ' s sworn testimony before a . Committee of the House of Lords in 1825 . He denied being the personal enemy of Mr . O'Connell . The charge waa falfo , come from what quarter it might . He waa
  
  most decidedly opposed to Mr . O'Connell ' s politics since 1835 . He had supported him up to that time ; but whan he saw him turning away from all hia former principles and joining the Whigs , and getting every member of his family to vote for the Coercion Act , and declaring , himself , as a reason for voting for if , that it was necessary in order to put down agrarian disturbance , he , Mr . O'Higgins , could not support him if there was no other reason for it than this . Mr . O'Connor and the English Chartists did not find fault with Mr . O'Connell till long after he had deserted them . They considered themselves betrayed by him in whom they had placed the most implicit confidence . And how could they refrain from abusing the man whom they verily believed
  
  betrayed them and sold them to their enemies ? He first began by calling thorn Tory Radicals , then rascally Radicals , and , at » great meeting in England , he proposed to merge the word Radical in that of Reformer . The Radical Reformers had too much good sense to give up the definite term Radical for that of Reform . Then came the Charter , drawn up by Mr . O'Connell ' s own hand , and abandoned by him afterwards ; and finding that he could not delude tbe people of England , he adopted every mean ) that human ingenuity could invent to bully and intimidate them ; and all this to support that faotion whom he had described as " base , bloody , and brutal . " There was scarcely a public meeting - held in England at which the speakers described
  
  the sufferings of their countrymen which Mr . O'Connell did not declare to be seditious , aud to whiA he did not direct the attention of the law officers of the Crown , with a view to their prosecution . How ofcen have we heard him state that the speeches of Messrs . O'Connor , Stephens , and Oa 3 tler were not only seditious but treasonable ! He would be glad to hear what Mr . O'Connell would say if any great Tory criminal lawyer in England or Ireland , who might perhaps be a great prop to a Tory Government , should Be continnally directing the attention of the law officers of a Tory Government to Mr . O'Connell ' s epeeches ; but he is not ashamed to acknowledge that it waa his wish to see Mr . O'Connor prosecuted for his
  
  adherence to , and advocacy of , the very principles which he formerly advocated , but abandoned for Whiggery . It is easy for Mr . O'Connell to say he iB for Universal Suffrage , for Vote by Ballot , and the other points of the Charter ; it is easy to Bay this , but he declined to pledge himself to do so , and he lost hie seat for Dublin , because he wonld not give a pledge in writing to that effect . There are eome who imagine that to say this is abuse of O'Connell . Is it abusing O'Connell to make the Irish people acquainted with his real doings in Parliament and out of it ! Surely his friends and admirers would and ought to like to hear what bo great a man has done for them in return for all the money they give him , and all the money they pay
  
  into the ceffers of bis never-ending , ever-changing Associations . In the first place , then , he has got a Coercion Act far Ireland , which may be put in force against himself by the Tories , but whion is a Whig act , and one for which Mr . O'Connell voted . Secondly , he has got a Police Act , and he calls the police the efficient aud exemplary police . He has , to be sure , got six relations quartered on the public in that establishment . But mind , this Act , which he so much admiteB , may one day or other be turned against public liberty . A Tory Lord Lieutenant can turn the whole police force to his own party purposes . H » can dispense with every Whig magistrate unless he turns Tory . He can turn the privates about their business , and supply their places by Orange
  
  yeomanry fram the north ; in Bhort , this act gives despotic power to the Lord Lieutenant for the time being ; and this is one of the blessings which Mr . O'Connell secured for us from his friends tbe Whigs . Thirdly . We have got a Tithe Bill which secures in the mo 9 t effective manner £ 75 in every £ 100 to the Established Church . The people , mind , have all the advantages of paying the full £ 100 , and the landlords get < £ 25 per cent , for acting as tithe proctor for the parsons . This is another blessing which Mr . O'Connell has secured for his country : after all the blood that was shed in consequence of following hia advice to oppose the payment of tithes . Fourthly . Mr . O'Connell supported the Whig Irish Municipal Act , and iest the people should see that he has held up his countrymen clergy , and all to the solemn
  
  mockery aud derision of every right thinking man in Europe , he has caused a kind of municipal fever in all the corporate towns in Ireland . Under the preteiica of Wping out the Tories , he fonnd an excuse for the Whigs to pass the Municipal Reform Act , wiih a clause to pay the Ministers' money as a condition of being- placed on the burgess rolL One inhabitant of vhls ward ( the Linen Hall ) paid last week twenty years' arrears of Ministers' money . Placards and advertisements have been recently published throughout the city , denouncing all those as enemies to their country who should refuse or , decline to pay the Ministers' money , while denunciations of every shape , sort , and Bize were heretofore hurled at the heads of those who should directly
  
  or indirectly pay the unholy impost . Now the man , whether clergyman or layvan , is declared to be an unholy knave , an enemy to his country . Who does not pay the unholy impost ! And all this turning and twisting , this changing from one principle to another , this system of expediency and total abandonment of every political principle , ia to keep the Tories out . Well , after all the Tories are now in , aad this modern Mokama boasts of having had the Irish Catholic clergy aiding and assisting him in all his devious , and as it will soon appear , mischievous p olicy . These are but a few of the blessings which Mr . O'Connell has secured for us . And surely the people of Ireland ought to bo be made acquainted with them . It should not be forgotten that the Municipal Bill takes away all political power from the party whom it profieeses to enfranchise , Believe me , said Mr . O Hifrgius , it is all delusion . In the old corporation , the Lord Mayor was a magistrate , ex-officio . The Lord Mayor , under the new
  
  corporation , will not be a maiKStrate . Hia being so , depends upon the will and pleasure of the Lord-iaetttenant . The old corporation had the appointment of the city sheriffs , the recorder , the town-clerks . The power of appointing these officers is taken sway from the now eorporatiou and vested in the Lord-Lieutenant for the time being , thus showing a Tory Loed-Lieutenant canappoiM Tory iheriffa , as heretofore , and they cai ) ,. aa UBiial , cajpannfl a Tory jury to try loyal Rnpialers before a Tory recorder . These area tiir or i ha bieHsings'for whaa ^ we should knee ! rfowji ana lx > vv our tiupid heads in humble th&iikfulncss . Bowing to Gt-skrV cap , was liberty compared to this ! Mr .. O'H ^ g . n ' s was much cheered during hia aHdres ? , afttr which Mr . James Dil ' on was ca ' - . ' s d tc the riiair , a" ^ d tharks given to tlvj chuirmau , when ths loeciivig soparated , much gratified at Mr . O'Kjgglrs ' s clear and'dispsfaionate answers to the questious of Mr , Tcjle .
  
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  the convicts removed from the hulks to be transported to the peasl settlement , beyond Damning-street Colony . ( Immense cheers and laughter . ) They reminded me of tSe patriotic Irfsh Volunteers , who , notwithstanding their "burning enthusiasm «? n ^ taqueaetuble patriotism and lave of danger , were nevertheless obliged to be chained together to prevent their desertion . { Boara oM&oghter , ) I saw the two faces of class leglsIatioB under a hood to-day . I knew tbe Whig b ^ tiie Mga of the the LEFT cgop —{ roars of laughter and cheers ) , —and I knew the Tories by the smirk on the newlypainted side of their faoe . ( Renewed cheers . ) I saw them as they passed in review ; and I said to myself , if in a dungeon I be&t yon , sorely wheu at liberty I can beat you toe . ( Great cheering . ) But then they say ,
  
  wont you give Sir Robert a fair trial ? Why , how ninny fair trials does the culprit want ? ( Tremendous cheering . ] Is TTelliagton too , and that young reptile , Stanley , and Warocliffe , to have another fair trial ! ( Cheers . ) No , no . I am sot one of those to break np one administration for no other purpose than to substitute as bad a oae . ( Cheers . ) My object is to annihilate both factions ( Cheers . ! We have trampled upon the WMgs—Uoud cheers)—and in truth they sided usin oar warfare by their iniquity ; but , then , one paper asfa us to rally round our Queen . Oun Qaeea indeed . idbeers . ) Another tells us that the Queen is weeping over her lost convivial advisers . Ah , my friends , so is Mrs . Frost weeping over her absent husband . ( Immense Bensation and prolonged cheering . ) The widow
  
  Clayton weeps salt tears over her departed husband . iCrrea * confusion and cheer ? , Mrs . Peddie si ^ hs and weeps over the melancholy fate of her hosb&ad . Mrs Holberry too drop * a tear over the Ri-treatment of hers ; and "where is tbe sympathy of the tender-hearted press ? —are these not w « aen and mothers ? ( Load eheers . ) Another paper tells us tb&t the Qaeen ia a state prisoner in her palace . ( Laughter . ) Aye , you may well \ tngh st such solitary confinement . Poor soul ! Would to God you all had her complaint with live hundred thousand a year to console you . ( Immense cheering and laughter . ) Ah , I too will pity her when 1 hear either that Bhe eats stilly , —( laughter , )—or even tbat she has bowels of compassion for those to waum she appeals . ( Cheers . ) Sorely she has enough oi
  
  tvarything—she has her Lords , her Commons , her People , he * dominions , and her half million a-yt&r . ; C .. t * sra j The Pajli&m ent * at all events the present one , is hers ; her " free-trade" Parliament . ( Cheers . ) She ia too clever by half , or at least her responsible advisers have made her so . ( Cheers . ) She asked for a Honsa , and the has it ; and ranch good may it do her . ( Cheers . ) The Whigs have paraded their pnppet too of ten . ( Cheers . ) You would tire of punch aad judy , —( roars of laughter , ) —and yon hare tired of royalty , —( load cheers , ;—and in my conscience I believe , that had the Wbigs ro m&ised for one year longer in office every working m&n in England lrould have been & Republican . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Well , now they aim at another union ; and God forbid that I should thwart or oppose so
  
  desirable an ofyect ; bat the next aai « n must be a union for tbe Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) They ask as to lay aside all minor differences , and join for one common object ; vx . have no differences to lay aside , — ( renewed cheering , )—let those who have , practice their preaching and join us . ( Cieers . ) The Sunday Timat tells us that we must unite and take Lord John Russell for our leader , —( groans and hissing , )—but no , no ; I wont have him for many rea * ons ; aati firstly , because he is such a little bit of » thing I could not see him 1 b a fog . ( Shouts of laughter . ) I find it hard enough to see him in good light , —( cheers , )—besides there is a something in tbe patent about Woburn Abbey , and tbe lind » thereunto belonging , which the noble Lord -sronld rather hide from vulgar eye , —' . cheers , )—there is some
  
  thing about * ' hospitality aad farm house , " for tbe stranger and the widow . ( Great cheering . ) Besides , i believe the Noble Bake , ils brother , and the proprietor , is somewhat of an extensive lay impropri&tor of tithes , or laud curer of souls . ( Loud cheers . ) Moreover , tell me aay « ne good thing he ever said or did , since he was christened . " tCheers , i He only wants another tarn at the shuttle-cock . { Cheers . ; Well , now just see what Whig treachery has brought U 3 to . With what Ia called reformed institutions , we h » Te the ana maly of a Tory House of Commons . ^ Laughter . * Ay < . and a tremendous majority alse ; well , and how wdl you break that down ? you may ask . ( Hear , he ^ r . ; I acrwer , very easflj . How did the uninstructed people carry reform against the crown , the Lords , and a
  
  mnjonty of . the Commoni , in 1832 ? ( Cheers . ) Then they only fcught for moon-shine , but now we ; have our alloar Charter , to fight for . ( Great cheering . ) 1 shall bold s meeting eTery night , ia London , or two if you require it , for the next fortnight , —( loud cheering and waving of hate , )—and when I have cemented you in one holy union—for that is my object ( Cheers . ) Tes , yes , I haTe been engaged in sounding the Charter river , and I will . present yon wi ; h a chart for your future guidance . I ha-re marked all the rocks , the shoals , and quick&asds . The quicksands are marked with the word jzalovsy , the rocks , discmok . ( Indescribable-cheering . ; Well , I am the first to set an example ; heaven knows , I have been . well abused , — , hear , hear , )—and in my absence . ( Hear , and shame . )
  
  No Bb&me , if those who did so were here now to meet me . ( Cheers . ) Bnt 1 forgive all ; Bay more , I f * rget alL Let the trafficking politician live upon clap-trap and dissension ; I will live upon union alone . ( Cheers . ) When I leave you I shali spend a month with my dear — a > e , very dear Scotch friends . ( Cheers . ; They are united to a sian . ' Caeera . ) I will then visit all EDgland and Wales . ^ Shoots of applause . ) That will produce i , & 00 , 000 jJgnatoes— cot one leas —( " It will , " and great cheering)—and witi that carried by thirtysix stonemasons in fustian —( cheers *—and attended by a million of followers t « the Honse of Commons , with me at their head , if they will allow me the honour— 'great cheering)—won't that do , think tod . ' { Shouts of "Aye , aye , " and great cheering . )
  
  Well , bat suppose the Eight Hon . Baronet should order * ut tbe fellowt in the bole in the wall at the Horse Guards , what then ?—and suppose they should sh&ot us , or sboot me . ( "They wont try that" ) But sappose they did , we should not be able for the fore * they could bring to bear upon us ; but if we were not able to resist it here , just think of the arrival of tbe news at Manchester , Glasgow , Newcastle , Leeds , >* otlingham , Sheffield , ana Birmingham , that the people in the constitutional exercise of tieir rights were fired at , asu Fe&rgus O'Connor was shot ( Tremendous sensatioD .. . Aye . the dead body of Cawar did more than the liring Ccesar ' s self could accomplish , i Loud cheers . ¦ It made-tie Romans to mutiny , and I have the vauity to believe that 1 am not less beloved— ¦ . loud cheering . >
  
  —and that all England would meet th * t rught » y torch-lignt—igreat cheering . —to see the -way to vengeance . Cns ~ xs -Tliat is my plan ; 4 , 000 , 000 signatures , ¦ srith a tail of a million . The Torts shall not rule this land , iGreat ch&erLnz . i I wlii make the very air saifc )! -A Chartism : i ; is the only perfume which cxn tike the sank of putrid Wiiiggery out of our noses—( che = r 3 and lar . shi-er ;—and it ia tae only essence that can cii = p = l tt _ 2 i-ir jid GCuur of rampant Toryism . Cheers But , then , they S 3 y , who would unite with t ' . r . h-n . nd-riagger nien ? and much has been s : \ id , and more Las been made , cf Newport and the physicalfarce Cl ; artists . Aye , when my Catholic fellow-couutr ^ iijen lay bleeding in the widow Ryan ' s hay-y&rdxTtsl Sensation ¦—wad when their Mood waa to bemsde
  
  vr . h ' jii ; je to political traffickers , then 1 heard nothing tf rtsistan . e to phy * -cal aggrtssion being a crimech&ers;—and th-people of England offered no subsidies to aid in the prot-rstaut i-csiaugbt against their Irish i > retfcren . . . Xo , never , " snd cheers . ) No , you did aot , bat yvtz ^ nipatcised ; snd because of your eymv-ihj , 1 loved you . iCbsers . ' . Oh ! 1 was not thea a I >? 5 * . rtictiTe , wtta 1 ToweH T 6 D ? eance over the smoking H . > od of the -aidow ' s son—" -vhen I visited the dying , :.: i : i C 5 im " - « r £ « d the survivors—when I preached the funeral iermvc over ae 7 en of our slaughtered brethren , before the two ' gallant-corps" that mnrdereti them—% rhen 1 attested tta inquest for thirteen days , and got a Verdict ¦? f -wilful taurder against the surpliced rufiian , Arcudiacon Kider , aud hi » accomplices—ween I
  
  rot £ 50 from Asierica , and large subscriptions from : ier parts , Tjt ihb tvouiided , and widowed , and m-itherltss sufi ' erers ; and -when I went specially to Cork , to prosecute the murderers—oh ! then , I was not ca . lsd a torcb-raiu-c ! & § £ er man . iGreat cheering , i But ¦ when I rosa to move for an inquiry into the case in the Hcuse of . Commons , then I was imploringly a&ked not to emt 3 rrass the Whigs . ( " Aye , shame , " and " Duniel O'Connell ! " ) Well , an Orange Grand Jury tLrew out the bills , by writing " ignoramus" upon tbe back , and when I was asked if I did not think the finding good , I said , " Yes , if they had just put one more # , and made it' ignoramus '* . '" ( Great laughter . ) Well , no English -workman re ; oieed that EDgUsb boy * and an English serieant had shot them down . ( Cheers ,
  
  tad " Nc , neTtr . '" ) Mr . O'Connor then went into the question if ires trade , and concluded bis obwrvatio ! a ttuj : —Xow , just he&r me . When they kjxask of chtap bread , ii ^ y-iitTcr ttll yon that of z * i the Jii it-nfafl ; irsd artless , brva-i , : r ^ m tee i-jivr nial-TLAi to tli - li'i-.--of Us i > eir . g l . ikt- \ i , gcv * Uiroiigh n . c . sl ; -ri 5 ci- * - -ei ' » Vr at ii Vcv ra \ r iu : ; uri 3 l . Very wel .. Firsts , uw exporuT i-uts is ; s . ¦ i .-obpIy , this corn iict ^ r bu ; s it ; * : vr-Hy , ihe miUer imjs : t ; f ' . urthiy , the flour f . ctc-r bavd k ; ¦ -. lit : ? , tee tnJ . ef buys it , or perhaps the iiuclst «? r , f'Oin v . h- " i ; i , u r . cfir . iiodate } oui > ei'ns in convenient :..: .... -. - -. > V . v , : ^ i-n , -whilo :. ) i cur sspWn : i :. stiuc-. : ¦ - -. 1 = :-.- _;! L-. - n . 1 x . rjt tr . il : ; ? Jc ; j . s c . " . ' .- " ! aU ' "n » on tbe c . : ; ¦ .. „ ¦ jjitv Hiitv-ja ' , v . ^ . v ;; ;; . av ; :-: ;; i ; i , •" . r » ^ i-. ; . . : L-j i y . -i-lrt' ^ Jg GUTT , !••* r , l . •¦ -- - > - ^ ,. .-. ; , - uk ' ' !•« ^ . iice of H 'il u i-. M .. * , . ¦ i ' . .. ::. ¦ ' -3 > . - ;;" . rfiU . st ; LCccru : i : _ ' I-..- vr .. i . -f . r . g , siiti " ¦ That ' s i ; . "; Y \; .. . Jr -., vil ie-jihsr , cid juu i > v - > .. . . ' - Sv . " No ; = nd ssrpct ,- - - -
  
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  jHjear . ) gnppoae'iae Battip t&t * et t « r ; pay a ( dtt ^ y of ; j £ s ¦ per load , * ud ' TOp § &fe ' thst any of jon were in the . latbtt of buying tsmhsSf Irotn 8 carpenter the furniture made ont ' of ' a load , aha / fappose the whole dutjf fcb Tfer taken off ; think' y&u-t&afr the price of the next batch of manuSituTed artfdes would be reduced "by the imouat of the reduced du <^—icheetSj » nd N 0 j |—no nof to the amount of one farthing . ( Cheers . ) Then what Is tny remedy ? Why , to allow eTerj consumer to be his own producer—( Jond cheers ) —or at ieaet to have so many small produoera of the raw material as would ¦ make monopoly impossible . Again , let me ask you , where those displaced by machinery are to get , the means of buying even the small loaf —( hew , bear)—and if they have not fcbe means of
  
  buying , will . the shopkeepers have the means of iiviug—( cheers )—and yet the ignorant , besotted , foolish shopkeepers are the very strongest supporters of the all-Uerouring monster , steam-power .. ( Cheers . ) Yes ; the fools—thiiy never see that tha gamblers divide between them what should constitute their profits . They nevei rtfiect that every crammed warehouse is bo much locked up treasure , of whieh they should have a pare ( Cheers . ) Every intermediate class between the aristocracy and the people must , as a matter of course , be ruined , if the peopte , whose agents they are in the barters are not consumers . ( Loud cheers . ) Now that's my position ; it ia plain and simple . F ' or the-steam lords to be rich , the people most be distinctive prodnoers i for the shopkeepers to be rich , the peopte most be abundant
  
  consumers —{ great oheering)—a « ba » cter in which tbev have ever and for ever been breriooked ; but they shall not longer W *> . IQbetrB . ) Well , then , these are the * two state patlw » € »^ fi » aristocracy sick of indigestion , and attacked with apoplexy , occasioned by repletion—( laughter and cheers)—and the people pining from want —( cheers)—and Sir Rebert Peel tayaj that he Is the state physician who has been called in . God Almighty help bis foolish head ! ( Cheers and laughter . ) He was the nearest quack at hand called in to attend the patient in a sudden fit —( loud eheers)—and it he doea ' nt bleed aud bleed enough , and something more—never mind It why . ( Tremendous cheers and laughter . ) Bat just atop a moment ; that is , if we let him . ( Cheers . ) Aye , sye , the Tinea has no delicacy in announcing that the
  
  experiment ia to be made on the old subject , Ireland . ( Cheers , and hear . ) In fact , who can doubt it But I warn them , I caution them , I apprise them that when my country is attacked , neither York Castle , solitary eon&nement , the dungeon , dock or scaffold have for me one particle of terror , ( loud and uproarious cheering . ) Vo , let the Irish denounce me , let their leaders in my absence abuse me , bat yet the land of my birth shall ever command my souI ' b whole sympathy . ( Load cheers . ) Yes , your resolution to aid Ireland in procuring a divorce from you , demands my thanks . This is not jus ; the time to enter into an elaborate discussion upon the merits of that great question . It deserves an occasion and an audience specially summoned for the bearing ; and lest Mr . O'Connell ' s refusal
  
  to meet Dr . Cooke should have led the ignorant to suppose that it proceeded from a lack of argument , I do hereby , and from this spot challenge—no , not challenge , it is a term toe harsh and savours more of dissention than a desire to arrive at just conclusions after argument : but I invite him to a whole week ' B discussion at Belfast , in Dublin , or any where be pleases to appoint ( Great and long continued cheering , which lasted several minutes . ) Yes , yes , my friends i I will fling back the taunt upon all , upon every one who dares to charge us with intolerance and an aversion to hear reason . My causa lives upon reason , and thrives best upon argument ,
  
  it is tbe physical force Whigs and their swiTel-t-yed chairmen , who can squint round a corner in search of kidskin gloves , but can't see blistered hands under their nuscs , that I object to . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , but 1 challenge them all , end Sydney Smith npon the Corn laws , iLoud cheers . ) Here I am . I ask no back , and not much notice—I am ready . ( Loud cheers . ) Bat about the Repeal . They say they'll put it down ; and already one or two regiments have been sent over . ( Groans . ) Weil , that ' s enough ; but not one Chartist has volun-. tsered . ( Cheers and " No . " ) No , and let the Bight Honourable Baronet con over the meaning of the old njare . " while the cat is away the mice may play . "
  
  iLoud cheers . ! Ltthini order one drop of Irish Catholic bioort to be shed ; hi short let him but draw the Irish * vrurd and away goes the English scabbard . ( Loud cLnicring and waving of bats , I tell you what , Ireland looks upon your fungus aristocracy as an upstart thing ; we consider them as foreigners even among yon . ( Cheers . ) And if the Irish people have an interest in the Repeal of the Union , the English have a double interest ( Cheers . ) The cheating oligarchy who plundered the poor of both nations alike , have an interest in eur united weakness . ( Cheers . ) Once give honest Pat , the flnesV f jllow in the world , with all all his faults and div&lmenr—( cheers and laughter)—give him the means ot livicg at home snd he won't trouble yon with his companv ; for although you have behaved like
  
  kind host * and warm friends , allowing him to share in the scanty market of ojmpetitive labour , yet , would he rather peel the Irish " praty" in the chimney corner with his thumb nail , with the grawJa around him , sye , or without a nail at all , rather than leave the dear green land of his bird ' .. ( Great Cheering . ) Well , will the enemies of Ireland meet me ? will Mr . Sydney Smith meet me ? I won't knock his hat off ( Cheers and laughter . ) >" o , 111 convince his head . ( Cheers . ) And when they talk of Ireland ' s former Parliament and draw deductions from its corruption and suicide , they forget , as the gallant stonemason who proceeded me tout you , that it wm effected by Tory gold and the suspension of the Jaw . iHear , hear . ) Bat , more ; Ireland under the English , never hsd a Parliament , and
  
  for this simple reason , the country , the people , the veritable aristocracy , and the Irish were Catholics to a man , and could not sit in thu House , while the " aliens in language and in b ' x > d , " composed not a senate , but a junto ol Protestant persecutors . ( Lon ^ continued cheers , and " Teats it . ") Well , I now come to the question of questions , the suffrage . ( Cheers . ) Let us ha re one word about that . I contend for it , that , supposing all socitty to consist of seventy or eighty classes , the labourers being one , thut the representation of all others , the labourers being excluded , would lead to as many Eeperate interests as there are classes , while if iaboar alone waa represented , it would bo the interest of that class to do equal and even handed justice to every other class of society . ( Hear and cheers . ) In
  
  fact , I defy inilustry to ltgislate to the disadvantage of any other interest , without simultaneously injuring itself , i Cheers , and " True . " ) They . have an interest in upholding capital , as they cannot all be capitalists , iCheers . ) Tney have an interest in preserving property of their own creation and intended tur their own eujoyment ; nocc others have ha great . ( Cheets . ) The large gambling manufacturers have a great inUrest in devouring the capital t > f small capitalists . ( Hear , hear . ) The working eio >« ej would have an interest in creating a lirgr- c ' . aji ^ of sniall and veil remunerated capitalistsihear . bear ., —and in tirus extending competition and lie . stroying monopoly which must be the inevitable consfcqueccd of narr . iwed competition . ( Cheers . ) Well now , noiiiing but Universal . Suffrage can fairly represent
  
  libour—icheers)—but a 3 we approach it and form the basis of our superstructure , new architects spriDg up and say , " Oh , I have a bener name for it—1 call it Gesxhal Suffrage . " ( Laughter and cheers . ) Well , I don ' t uuGeraUind that . iCaeers , and " It ' s blarney . " i Ves . if I liitened lo that , I should hear of Colonel Soffrage , Captain Suffrage , Sergeant Suffrage and Corponvl Suffrage . ( Roars of Laxighter . ; I am for private Suffrage and going on with promotion from the ranks . ( Cheers ) Jfow , tnrejy man understands 7 rbat I mean . Vv'hen 1 my twenty one years of age , I doat Uitan twelve years of age . ( Laughter . ) When I say of sound mind , I don't mean madmen . When I say untainted with crime , I don't mean rogues . ( Cheers . ) Yet the whimsical philosophers of the day tell us that we deel too much in generalities , while they give to their plan the rery most " general" and undefined name which lansuago furnishes . ( Great cheering and bravo . )
  
  Well , now , if we use a generrU name , and very simply yarticularise what we ineau , is it not more honest , more plain , and easy of comprehension , than those who use general terras to mislead , without any key to details , or definition of appplication . ( Cheers and right ) I am for the plain , the bimpla , the homely thing that any man caa ucderstaud . ( Cheers . ) I am resolved that you , the working classes , shall have one friend from the aristocratic ranks , who will never , who never has condescended to trifi « with you for individual purposes—ichPiers ; i—no , I have been known to you since the 4 th of February , 1833 , as member of Parliament , leading provincial journalist , unpaid agitator , prisoner and friend ; and here I stand to answer for my every aefc . ( Loud cheers and waving of hats . ) I tell you ¦ what ; when I came among you , I too , as an Irishman , had my anti-English prejudices ; but rending inquiry , and before investi ^ a ' . iou , I neT » . r flowed the- ' Vj
  
  militate u ^ uinst tn « pv-r ii . ii - .. ' . ^ iu ' t : i > s - , Ln < ' -r > , : ; ... ijcTcrs and Dor < .-b > -s -. . f f . v . < i-- ~ r « . A > t * , i f ; -, ; vi : <> rring item K .-. - ' :. : ki i ¦ . ¦; j F .- > - ' . » . ' : ili-i : j' > , arm . Ji-r . r * . , L-ii > l cherrs : i * .-: ; .-, ; . i .- J . ^ d . !> m \; . ck , bu : for the accursed \\' i . U Cjimli " . ' .-a by which I vras fe ' . i- ;^ -i vctir--- s —wh-j . j- 'al-ma < . i &Uov » ii'g the veritable ¦ workine men : o a « -.. i . iyi-. sh r . njthin ^ by their own stJcng ' .. ' ' , * fUJfl cot , v !« 'w ms to lean a million i ; f petitions with the !> . oun ; ii . 'g wiiiovr to the foot of tho throne . ( Great cheering i But about those pwjuOwea ; they have be « n converted iuto au Indelible , » h ever-Listing bend of unity , iffection , and regard . ( Cheets . ) Yes , I iv » \ h - . ' . j-, ju were slandered ; that Ireland ' s .. ; ¦ •; ' : ¦ ¦¦ ' 3 w ; : i y . ' ur oppressors ; tbatyou lc-vtd liberty i ' . ' . );¦ : ! ¦ : ; r . - ¦ : f-.-r ' iLit I IoTDd yon . ( Immense yi-., ^ f ¦ . » : i ' ! >" . ;• . {• « : r Kobe ' . c and tb * Holy-Pri > . -7 ¦ ¦ \ -i-i -P . v " , iim 4 s 4 t »> hoK cfrks . ; : ..: -i ' i ^ \ o- . ¦ - *—tgr jat che .-tii ? ' - .. a . ' ' . ^ M ' fir , : ^ . -ca Kill r jjui '
  
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  season 6 f . rec « M—and then he waiki . ( Lond cheera . ) The poor Times tironglit that ^ because we were not Wlrfgs , iretatfst be T ^ rieii-: ( feugoter );—but no , there are not one ^ n ^ etf Tfliy ^ rorkfu ^ fcen to the empirB < f Q&Mrt . ) I tawrtr I im ; a rtoomea tiwfafi proscribe * mtei btft -vrhQ ttu ^ s i ' 4 hUt Sqternmeht I ^ witl beat ( Trtmendons' cheer % . ) , Aye ; I will , though I ani soon to 16 « e my life . ( Here eTery hand was held ip ; accompanied by one shout of ¦** We'll all die ttien . " ) No , yon snant—one Is enough—( laughter );—but Vm noj gone yet . ( Great laughter . ) Mr . O'Connor continued to address the meeting in the most exciting and impassioned strain for nearly two hours ; ami * the most deafening and general applause , and then concluded by a repetition of his oft-given pledge , that he would
  
  never accept ' place , pension , or emolument from any Government , ether' than that -which was the choice of the universal voice , nor of one farthing from the people for h } a services . ( Hear , hear . ) He then said , I am going to give you a contrast between the practise of tht political traffi . cking plunders and the Christian conference of political spiritual humbugs lately congregated at Manchester . ( A groan for them . ) They advertised for " cheap lodging and cheap bread , " that is to be taken In for nothing . ( Ch « em ) Now , I give this sovereign as my mite towards the expence , and as my licence to preach the gospel of pea « e and
  
  good will ( Loud cheers . ) Those miserable things would hare turned the scale of reform In 1830 , but in 1841 , they played to empty benches ; and instead of exciting approval , they but created suspicion and received ridicule ,, as they well merited . ( Cheers . ) Thehnngry sheep Igir tw that they went aa exploring traders , and not as protecting shepherds . ( Great cheering . ) Had there be « n no deficiency in the clerical till , there would have been no Inquiry into the empty belly of the floifc . Well , in this night ' s Sun I find their proceedings advertis # d , pi ice 28 . or 2 s . 6 d . in doth . What a characteristic c > ver for the cloth —( laughter ) —aud what a price for the back of a book . Mr . O'Connor then concluded amid
  
  the most rapturous applause . Mr . Geoboe was tbe first parson to speak after Mr . O ^ Connor . Mr . Whitb , of Birmingham , vras afterwards introduced amid much cheering . He addressed the meeting for a short time in praise of their reception to Feargus O'Connor , and excused himself from farther speaking on account of the extreme lateness of the honr . A vote of thanks having been given to the Chairman , the meeting separated , after three cheers for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; three for O'Brien ; and three for all the political prisoners .
  
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