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      ^ t l insiis ,- "Srcm lift monih of August last to ' a * present time , 1 could not eosEider nryselTany ^ n £ jnoreihan a ynmmx ai large . Hairing , now-*« & ** ¦^ si tateike 3 : i ^ own ths * onsprracy by wMchj ^ it snccceaed , I was to have beea destroyed and Qa ^ sm wM ioJi » Te ^ n 3 mi 2 aIaied , itJ > ecoinesa jaiy ^ rKdi l ^ ite n > aysdf and toihe Ghar&i body *• jasonaee the course wMeh in future I mean to

      jatsne . - JSrsSbi however , aQwae to take » mew of the —^ - as in ihelength of time ih&t ias transpired ^ a ifcesirestein S ^ lember lasi , icejublie mind jaj lave * lost sgbi of ihe question -as ; a Tvbole . gating « sea ? ed ihe sn&ra thai was laid for me , I j » J ^ i" 17 3 n 2 ^ B a **""* "dsdarafioa of lie amount of jjijss of Tsiich the ; Conference Delegates -were l ^ liy . Let mailers of ibis Mnd end as they may , — jfagbEt sucessfhlly , aian amount-of expenoe -which ^ Jg B be spared , or disastrously ^—you as a ftnnfrrog ^ oQjonght to demand some satisfaction for the large isonrf ofmoney -drawn from ycnfor legal pnrpoesa .

      2 s * n 8 of ihe deleaves to that Conference , I jgnre joujirpon'niy woroTupon my honour , and upon « y oath , that everything done at it was pnbjsbed ia fee 5 tor of ihe following Saturday ; and in 5 s degberaiions it had no more to do ynxh any other jeoj , with any conspiracy , or -with any secret asso oalioii , than cur body has Jo do -with ihe Anti-Corn l » w I / Essne ! 2 ? ever £ heless and netwishstand jjg ^ jnr 5 nnoeence , had fhe arrests heen made in Imai ^ ensured the trial of the . parties at the §* G 3 l Goaanisssa at layerpool , I hare no heaiScnln sying , that many of those who -were

      jged at Lancaster -would hare heen transported 1 J -1 Jaow flat yon Lars arrived at that period of j ^ Eg hi srhsiyoETroiild not esteem the maa the acre lor hHdng eommiHed hiiaselF ; and t&erefcre , 3 s « r-isnng jet been charged -jrii a angle injscrefion of my own , ! feel myseff hound , now that 6 eT > atfl 6 is OTer , —and espeeisEy as ihe < jonntry Tis lea $ o sipposethat 1 was the " -great-offender ; "' - § # yam Trio had entrapped my dopes , —to assure wa that I had neither hand , act , « r part in the lowing up of that placard entitled The Exejbhtb Piatard f that I iiever heard of it nmil it and

      - ^ et printed ; then , when sbnafted to a portion of the delegates , I told Item that " as long as I was one of their liiHieB , and as long as they relied upon me fe protection , so long would I , even in the Bite of excitement Eke the present , and regardless -jf ihe dasger of opposing in consequence of the natement , still interpose and sare them from the fcp of fee law . " I said , " if yon adopt this jeeameni by a majority , Lwill not desert you ^ Ten

      Bjonr folly : but when we have all snffered alike , i&e irise and the indiscreet , then if our folly fur E ^ es a wsTmng to our party , I shall he satisfied . fei I tell you that by such adoption yon will Elgcet youTselres to the fate of the Dorchester labonrers . And npon the faith that the deleptAS had in me , the document was all but nna iascBsiy xgected : yei the opinion to which the iftemey General weald hare led the Jury , was sat I allowed myself to become a prev io the

      rpsnri f excitement . It is quite true ihat had ii not been for that ' flucard , no charge csukl hare been made against \ it € mferttice Delegates : but while I thus desg- ; 3 ^ eit as the foundaSoB of ihs prosecution , I am j is > bosnd to say that had that document been jiopled by a meeting of Delegates at a time of per- j 3 rf tracqaUlSy , it would hare passed wholly nn- ] vScedbytheLaw Oiucersof tha Crown , \

      Sxnog szii so much upon the question of snnanafiTT , I may now be aHo * red to say a word iponiheTeBSiS . ' I asfc you , then , whether there is b insts 3 C 3 upen record of such a battle fought ? g * Tnst ^> e Crown , the "Treasury , and the sympases of all the iEflneniial classes 1 in former cases , s-ssholeof wh ^ is « aBed the " Llbeisl" party sym-SibiEcfi vnfh file opjaressed ; but in cur case , the Hng 3 were , if possible , bob rabid iban ihe Tories aSa the Ajiti- ^ icnopolisisor " EaSra-LTberals * ' &r js- ^ ripped boih ic ferocity I "While 1 was under alsshof persccmiGii , I Oeioiti six months of my

      ias to opposing the damnable doctrines of Free ; Side , by jgratnitpasly editing the ^ Evening Slar :, Bd I courted and won the hatred of the Tory : 20 j by eppoang the ^ MeEsre . "Walter , a * Kottnrg-Wtt > . Upon the trial , I did noi flinch from my prin-^ £ S or freek to strengthen my own csse by weak- sing thai of others . So far I haTe performed my : 1 ^ . I haTe sailed wish you in the storm 1 and can i » wyHa wua yen in rejoicing at our e&saps . But J iifsci 3 ' while the triEnipn of others may be com- ^ te , if coming events cast their shadows before , imemay be most unexpectedly disturbed . [

      Snce I opposed the Walters , at xiofctingham , tne ; Jjnyr newspaper has b&eii filled with the most i ratal , TindictiTe , and bloody attacks npon ins , i&erthe pnhlicsiioEof lae Szst attack I directed a aflae& > n for Ebei to be brought against tba real ' ppHetor , 3 Ir , Walter . To my astonisLment ^ enappiicatica to the : Stamp Cfiee , I learned that 3 ss ienega . de poltroon—this Ticisns old man was [ aSying bis spleen at ihs tspei-cc of ihib " A Tina i iioak , whoitappfcarsi 3 the registered proprieteress !

      1 Jb . Wzlta ' s papsr , I haTe proceeded against j is Times by erril action , rather tctn indictment or j awpvuyj information ; as by ciiii action the old I iaseTnH hare the power " to justify ** and to pro-1 Qseeridence In snpport of hrery one of his charges ; I ' nsrszs had I proceeded by imif ctraeni or criminal ' dmnaiSon , iie would no : hsre been allowed to do so . ; is those Hbeh referred to matters that occurred at Stangham , I haTe laid its Tfcnue in So ^ tiag- , JQisMre for the sonreiiience of the deiendant : ; ^ USUUC AV £ LiiO CUU * &llICiiW ) O Ul UiC laCA&UUAAlV ,

      ^ * t the ness assizes for th&t county Mr . ] 3 ^ ter will have an opportusitj of eHtablishing J Sb rf -wiach he has assarted he has ample proof . [ ^ fit pariisa haTe made inemselTes responsible *^ s R la . w" by circulating the Times ' s lying ^ Beffieuts , while they haTe forborne to circulate ; Jj iieusJ , orJIr . Bzggs ' s coEtradiciion . Let such ' Sfes * looi oni . " They are sore tfeat the * law" * aUowed ^ nf to " tscspe , " as they call it . They ¦ * K > t crEmhl& . then . if the "law" shonlri happen '

      ^ Jko / aSJ I bid them to"lock ont "! / 2 e fese has ardred when joa . triE reqrdre ** ffie an account of my stswani ^ hlp- in next ^ ft Slur I purpose laying before the country my ^ ts sheet , as treasurer of the lMenee fund ; ^ " 5 fial 5 I shall withhold any present expression * ttag ratdauon , I may Tenure to assers , and that ** % , J £ it « Tery friend to tiie caust cT ihe people ^ fe fct-re than satisfied with the manner in 1 ® & Jhdr mtuies hafe been applied , and the com-^^ siTaasil amount which has been expended 5 * 2 asT « jmpiicit € d trials , and so many procras-*** £ hearings b ^ bre the Qaece ' s Bench . Bnt . " ^ Ej own friends wiD thank me and rejoice , ^ Esciss of jasti ee and the people wili look » .

      ^ to « ur fctsire course , I shall addres 3 yon next . 7 * > s to what my opinion is upon that point . In ^?* ' ^ ^ ^ t us cheer ourselTea with the re-^ saihsx ikx . cause of democracy , though checked ilffi moffient , newr takes one backward step ' *? e- we » ere stopped in September , from tta 3 ^ "Waaat ^ st ! in JuiT . strengtbenJEg onrselTss ^ Fogres ? , End mskiig p ? st errors , bescoss to ?* . 1 B * fthe shoaL =-tiiO qnickands ; andnotiighE - j ~ fe as in i ^ j course , is iL © mean time lam not ^^ fiiaaEch as 1 am caEy cceupied in preparing v JCaaire r ^ iipon Prsciieal Farming , which I hs . 7 « jlJ *^ J inpposa wiD pitpossss yon mor& in 2 ® ^ Ire * Poiiiacal institutions than all tb * e ^* Bare wrirteii . or all tha poeeehes I haTe the

      J ^^ trpon subject . This 1 imagine is a ^¦ Tf aSidile sppBcation -of my time than any 3 ^** Joj desk , I am spsaking to all : and when ^^ ttaehided mj promLed work , IshalldeTote : jj ^^ fet ly to the repayment of the monies w ?*^ l j-the sereral localities for iho purpose of ^^^ Afcg&ieatothe Sturge Conference atBiriijJgLJ 3 la > w * point npon which I wish to * fe ^ jimdeK ! ood - ItiBthis : ThaV ^ spent j ^ & a aaa of money in Ike cause cf Chartism , g ^ * ° ^ sxge an amccnt has teen stolen ** acf ^ ^ OTernment prosecuti&Hs , that I ^^ « w able to fpeud fifteen c-r iwenty gj ^^ J * r wetk in traTeiling expejEes as ^* IE ° J ; aEa ^ IneTer-waitr aTela mile at ans other

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      man's expense . From this , howeTer , yon are not to conclude that I am about to lead a sedeatary life altogether ; hut from it I wish you to understand that ay Tisiis to different localities will be in exact proportion to my means . I cannot conclude this letter without congratu lating yon upon the great triumph which , through fee Jaw ,-we haTe achieTedoTer the united factious &at would haTe ttsed the perrersion of the law for our destruction i Neither can I abstain from a word of comment upon your magnanimous conduct with reference to the policy pursued towards you by

      some of fiie Irish agitators for a Kepeal of the Union . I can neTer , as an Irishman , express my full amonnt of gratitude to yon for your conduct on this point . Remain as yon are , —a tower ojg ^ treagth to the good man and a terror to the btH doer ! Cast hack no taunt upon those who would heap reTilings upon you , while they eTen profess a desire to accomplish a great principle , although by other means than we hare thought proper to use . From our obstinacy the good shall suffer no damage ; while from the projected disunion the bad shall find no pretext for failure !

      WhereTer democracy lifts her sacred head there baa Chartism greeted her bloodless banner 1 TFhereTer ice battle of liberty is to be fought , fhe Chartist body will be erer fonud on the aide of righteousness , of Justice , and of truth . There is only one thing against which I would guard you ; and that is against entering into any " foreign alliance , " or courting the aid of foreigners , in the adjustment of our national afiairsl To my countrymen I would say , in the language of the immortal Emmett : " Let the French only gain a footing in Ireland OTer the dead bodies of her sons . " So said Emmett in 1803 , and

      so say I in 1843 : foroelieTe me , that a stronger power n * Ter yet was inTited as arbitrator by a weak one that she did not seize the first opportunity to make herself the possessor ! And rather , ten thousand times rather , would I know that my countrymen bore for yet a little longer the chains they hare been accustomed to , than that they should cast them © 2 but to recfciTe those of more modern intention , and which they would ^> e compelled to wear for « Ter I Thought and sobriety are daily rusting the rivets of their old manacles ; and , before long , these must fall asunder 1 Rather , ten thousand

      times rather , if the altematlTe only presented itself , would 1 see Ireland united to England until the soundness of British mind shall declare the Union dissolTed , than see the connexion sffrered by the aid of French swords ! Rely " upon it , my friends , that you ha ? e not yet seen eren ihe beginning of this struggle . I attach but slight importance to the bold words of one party , or to the affected moderation of the other party . I Tiew the subject as a whole ; and , as a whole , I see obstacles and stumbling blockB which nothing short of the greatest wisdom , the greatest prudence , the greatest courage , and the greatest waiehfulness can overcome : bat which

      magnanimity and prudence will go far to remove . The subject of Repeal is being so fully discussed in the Star that I am spared the necessity of entering fully into it here ; therefore I shall take my leave for the prese&t , by once more assuring you of my undiminished attachment to the cause of Chartism , and my unabated determination to go on perseveringly in its advocacy , as the only means by which 1 shall ever hope , or shall eTer use , to conTince my friends of my sincerity and my foes of their ignorance . I am , Your faithful , unbought , And unpurchaseable friend , Fkat . gus O'Conkor .

      P . S . I have repubiished the whole of the * State of Ireland " , written by Arthur O'Connor in 17 S 8 , in two snicbers , at id . a number ; and it is my most anxious desire tLat erery Chartist who purchases this work will lend it to those who are too poor to buy it , because from it they will learn the real TaJue of Chartist principles , a true knowledge of Political Economy , and the desirableness of establishing the small farm system as the basis of

      society . In fact , I look upon the " State of Ireland , " by Arthur O'Connor , as tho most valuable work that could be published at the present moment 5 and I hare made it so cheap that I doubt that any circulation will remunerate me . However , I shall be more than repaid for any loss , if I learn that it has had the effect of enlightening the minds of the working classes upon the all-important subjects of Free'Politieal Instivutions , and what really constitutes Po ' micaJ Economy and Social Happiness . f . o . a

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      isSVvC&S ttiB . The Chartist * of Newcastle and Gatsshtad ntid theii business -weekly mteting on Monday evening . 2 di- John Cain in ths chair . Tha genOsoen nominated as the General Council on last meeting night , having taten their seats , Mr . Johns tone mored , and Mr Walsan seconded , "That the Chartists of Kewcastle and GaUsshead form themselves into a mutual instruction cla * a on each Monday evening after the fcnsjBtis cf the eTening is transacted . " Carried unanimously . Mx . Johnstons having resigned the situation of secretary , as he ia going to JeaTe town , Mr . id'Parlana gave notice that on next Monday © Teninsr , he would propose Mr . James Frazer as the fatme sub secretary : The contribntions for the week having been paid in , and a good deal of local business transacted , ths meetaiz wss dissolved .

      Bepejii- —A public meeting cl the inhabitants of Newcastle acfi Gatssheai was held in the Forth on Monday evening to petiiic-a Parliament for an immediate Repeal of the Legislative "Union of Great Britain and Ireland . Mr . Siaciair having tetn unanimously elected to preside , tpened the proceedings by stating the otjects of meeihig , asd iutrednced ilt Beesle ; , who waa received vriui load appiause . After a very able speech of xnnrarfis of an hour in lenjth , in which he yery minutely desaiUd tLe fctate of things in Irelaud , and the vcrious ss » kJ . js adopted by the powers thai be to rob them d Xfeeir birthrigfct > Mr . Beesley moved thB following Tes-lution , -which vraa briefly seconded by Mi . Fnokund and agreed to with only one dissentient , . namely , — " That th 5 s meetisg is of opinion that the Union of Ireiaa-3 with Great Britain is inimical to the test interests ef thai cevztrj ; and as it was

      fcmdslently accomplice coatrar . to the expressed -Hisbes &f the great msjoncy of rte Irish people , we do most heartily concaT -srtth that lil-ussd nation in ihtdr demand of an immediate lisp 6 * 1 aT '¦ & ¦ < - ° hereby clfedge ourselves to cse eTczy constiuiiiona . ! means in our pos-er to assist tiurin m proraiiog , not only a " domestic parliament , " bnt a ptrii 2 m < :. t ttat -will hi a complete rfcfitz d the -whole p ? ui-le , Ui the sure gnazaniee that tea people viii not assin be BoJd contrary to fce iEciinstion of the it ; j jniy- Ti 3 Chairman EfcXt introdnesa Mr . Samuel Kjid , bo .-kitUer , of S uth Shields , who was also lcoflly applauded . Mi . K . commencsd by shoiring the strain cg-bioeks placed t > v X > e hirelln ; vikss of Great Britain nail Iret . :. d , in the path to-tquai jaslice ; and insUiiCSd tl . e Calveshead Obserters jvn . sikB upon the pab'dc meeting in \ hs s-oi-li on last Tna&dEy ev * auEg . Tlisy were not

      saOs-• £ ed by robUuj the itflsence cf the ^^ W *™?* Sieir esl Enmbers by 2 t . oasft ten ; bvil tbsy , W r-is-ii ^ c , attobated false molivcs to honesttx mta wzm th « mtelTts becans thsy £ cv « 3 ted » Repeal o ? tue Union and rtiected a Repeal of tie Com Laws . I »« w , ^ e ( 5 H- K . ) was ropsred to n « e that it was ^ juaicious in any wctMng man to aovocate a Repeal cf the Com laws because Each a Eepcal would be a corse , ana mot aWan * to the working classes ; but it jwas perfectly conssUnt in any man to contend for jnstica to ae MBk people . B 8 admitted that amereR ^ ot tffwU the € sUBS

      of the Uiaon would r . ^ ly remove » stress in Ireland ; bat it would lay a foundation for * ood , which , if built cpon by the whole people woo , d Sftultbemtte means of tfEectnoUy xemovhig ; their _ S 2 TV * could not be « s « e « in faTOur of . Co ™ L « Bepeal . It would lay a foundation for ejiii andif ^ % n % ronld create much mteery to the ajr ^ . y SralSaproaticerscfvreaia . Hi . K , thensntered at SSKtottoj *™ - of ^ hich tte f *** rfBhaa ^«» mpl ^ n ; tte means resorted to by the StSJ rf irela ^ to > d ! tbdr country » England S ^ Lotestea sgainst by tL-e masses or the mest in 2 & weoine tn

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      monsly . It "weji then moved by Mr . Frszar , and seconded by Mr . Thomas Seed , ?• That the petition now adopted be signed by the chairman on behalf or this meeting , and be forwarded byh&n to Win . S . Crawford , E 8 q ., l ! LP ., for presentation to fhe Souse of Commons ; and that J . H . Hio * , Esq ., Wm . Ord ) Esq ., and Wm . Huf t , Bsq ., M . P . ' a , for Newcastle and G ^ teshead , be requested to support the prayer ' of the same . ™ Carried unanimously . QTJARPONGTON HItL . —A public meeting of the women of Qnarrington-hill , Caslop , and Kelloe , w ; as hoMen , on Monday , the iQth instant , for the purpose of forming themselves into a Union , to assist their husbands to obtain their rights . Mr . Swallow and Mr . Smith , iiom Kelloe , addressed-the meeting . A lady ,

      *¦ fat , fair , and forty , " was unanimously called to the chair . The following resolutions were agreed to : — I , That we forthwith form ouMelvea into a Union in connection with the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland ; and we sincerely hope that our sisters in distress , the miners' -wives , will immediately join all over the kingdom . " 2 ' That from this lime forth we will not give more than 4 jd . per pound for mutton ; 4 d . per peck for potatoes ; lib for talree gilis of milk ; and 8 d . per pound foribntter . '' 3 . "That no woman ought to work in the fields for less than one shilling per day , " 4 . " That a public meeting be beld at

      Thornley , on Wednesday , wJQen the women of WingSte , Haswell , Trimdon , * c are respectfully xeqnested tq attend . Tae ch *« to be taken at thr « e o ' clock . '' 5 . " . That the meeting immediately acijsura from this place toCoxfeoa" There could not be less than 400 women present at the meeting- As they approached the appointed place , after the adjournment , the CoxhoB band met them oo tbe road . Arrived at Coshoe , the meeting camuesced again , and similar resolutions to those above given were adopted . The utmost enlhusiasm prevaQed . There is no fear of tie work nof . goinK on , now that the women have taken it up ] Their nut meeting was holden on Saturday last .

      SHEFFIELD . —The usual weekly meetings have been held in the Figtree-lano room ; fcut Mr . G . J . Hurney being confined to his bed through severe indisposition , precludes tbe possibility of a fuller report . OLBBAM . —On Tnesaay last , the feraale Chartists of this town cams to a determination to redouble their -exertions in the glorious causa of human redemption , and resolved to put in nomination the following list as fit and proper persons to serve as general councillors : — -Mrs . Sarah Harrop , Sugar JJeadow ; Mrs . Sarah J £ ? xshaw , PrimroBe-bill ; Mrs . Betty Mayall , Bow-ttreet ; MissTJ , Winterbottom , lord'B-8 treet ; Mrs . M . Jackson , Jackson-pits , sub-Treasurer ; Mrs . Catherine Fitton , Side of Moor , Bub-Secretary .

      On Sejtdat last , the friends of the allotment , ofland system held a meeting in tfie Chartist room , wben the letters of Mr . Gslpin and Grachus were read fium the Northern Star , and listened to with great attention . The meeting was adjourned to Sunday ntst , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . In the evening . Mr . Wm . Miller delivered an energetic lectore to a very respectable audience . On Mondat Sir . M'Cabe delivered his second lecture oh Repeal and the history of Ireland . A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the lecturer , and the meeting separated highly delighted .

      DERBY . —Mr . Clarke , of Stockport , has been delivering lectures and addresses in the Market-place , of this town , during tbe past week , on the subject of a Repeal of the Union . " The magistrates and police hare shewn every desire to suppress his meetings , short of using actual force . They nave , however , failed ; though the police allowed a drunken mad-cap to annoy ihe asM-xoblage , on the plea that he had as much right to make a noise as any oue else . TROWBRIO 62—The weekly public meeting of the ¦ Chartist body -was held on Monday evening , June 19 th , Mr . John Harding in the chair . ? when the following resolution was propesed by Mr . John Stevens , and seconded by Mr . Alfred Merchant , and carried

      unanimously— " That we , tbe Chartists of Trowbridge , in public meeting assembled , < lo express our warm and heartfelt sympathy with the patriotic men in our Sister Island , now so gallantly straggling for libetty ; and do most seriously exhort onr Irish brethren to continue fearlessly their noble and patriotic career ; for , as men of stern principle , we feel called npon to declare that in class legislation , and class legislation alone , will be f onnd tbe origin cf both Ireland ' s and Eagland ' s woe ; and , as we believe the People ' s Charter to be the only means of removing the existing grievances of both countries , -we moat respectfully bat earnestly invite our Irish brethren to join us in a determintion never to rest satisfied until t&at document be made the law of the realm . "

      THORNXJBT . —Mr . P . M . Bropht s LECTURE . — OnjFriday , the 17 th , Mr . Biopby lectured to the men of Thomley , and gave eminent satisfaction . The meeting was attended by one of the master wastermen , to whom Mr . B . administered a severe castration for the oppressions he and his fellows ; are in the habit of heaping upon the poor unfortunates doamed , by hard necessity , to earn their bread under tbe groaning system of collier slavery , the bktsh 61 shame w&s made to mantle the cheek of the task-master . NOTTINGHAM . —According to notice tbe Nottinghamshire and South Derbyshire delegate meeting was held in the Democratic Chapel , Rice-place , for the purpose of -engaging a lecturer , and maturing a plan forlcarrying into effect the local organisation of Nottinghamshire and South Derbyshire ; devising moans

      for ; tbe spread of Chartist principles , and transacting other important business . The meeting was numerously attended by delegates , and an excellent spirit was manifested . Letters were read from Newark , Mansfield , and Sutton-in-jLshfleld , detailing tbe state of Chartism in those districts . A plan of organisation for the district , and for the employment and guidance of thB district lecturer wsb agreed to . The Secretary was ordered to correspond with Mr . Doyle on the snbjeet of the lectureshi p . All sub-secretaries in NottiBshsmsbire and South Derbyshire are requested to communicate , as early as possible , with the Secretary Mr . S . Boonham , care of Mr . Swann , Temperance Hotel , Drnry Hill , Nottingham . Tbe plau of organisation has been sent to us . but we have not space for it this week ; ws ihall probably give it next week .

      ROCHDAiB . —On Saturday last , the 17 th instant , Messrs . Haigh and Taft , of this lown , wera liberated from Kirkdale Gaol , where they had been confined for eight months , in consequence' of their having taken part in the strike of August last To honour their return , the Chartists of this locality made arrangements fo ? a lea party in their large and commodious Toom , which was very well attended ; and among tho joyftus company assembled was Mr . Baigb , who is a member of tbo Charter Associafion , accompanied by

      bis wife . After tea , Mr . J- Cfcadwick was called to tbe chair , who , in a few remarks , introdnced Mr . Haigh , who gave ea ccsount of his confinement , the treatment of ihe prisoners in ^ enerai , and concluded by declaring that his imprisonment had strengthened bis abhorence of despotism , his love of liberty , and his admiration of the principles of the Charter . The rest of the evening was ipent in dancing , singing , and" reciting , which was kept np t 5 H after eleven o ' clock , when the company separated . Every on # , male and female , appeared highly delighted with the tvening ' a entertainment

      OS Sckdat last , Commodore Mead delivered two spirited addresses to the Chartists of this town , which gave general satisfaction . Mb . Jobdan Chadwick , Whitworth New Road , near : the GioDe Inn . hes been appointed sub-secretary for this locality . All communications to be addressed to him . IOAK CHESTER . —BROWN-street Youkg Men ' s Locality . —The luemhers of this locality met on Sunday last , when 10 s . was sent to the defence fund , and 3 s . 8 d- to the victim fund .

      BILSTON . —On Friday nighi last , befog the nsnal fortnightly meeting of the Lsssne , a great number assembled to hear a Mr . D-aii-ock ; ( a small retailer of iron ) deliver an address in suppuit of Free Trade . After , bis aiidi ess he solicited questions upon the subject ; a thing never known hure before , for when questions have been ; auempted , the inquirer has been met by tbe query *• Are ytu a member or not ? and if not , walk out of the room . " It was not so now . The League are becoming very humble . Mr . Isaac DolSn a poor man iffhoTrorks in the mines , rose to repiy to Mr . Dimmock . He could not see how the working classes being fed "wita . " cheaper food , " would enable the manufacturer to camptU -with the foreigner , unless he made a rednclion in their wages . He should like to know how t ' ue " rise of the wages ** of the artisan , promised by Mi . Dimmock of of

      as a ccnseo ^ ienee a repeal theSCorn Laws , was to enable the manufacturer to make -cheap goods ; which was the only means , we were told , ' bv which he could compete with the foreign manufacturer . The talk of an " increase of wages" was m mere blind to gull the working classes . To talk o ! Free Trade in a country like this , with a debt of eight bindred millions and an expensive * raay , and a thundering State Church raid no protection for labour , -waB nothing ] more nor less than foolery . Mr . Dflfin completely upset the whole of Mr . DimHJecks " arguments , " and stoutly defended the character of Kir . O'Connor , which' Mr . Dimmock bad abuE | 5 . He railed upen the meeting not to be led away by *¦ hearsay tales ; " but to read for themselves and judjje for themselves . The meeting broke up , expressing its high approval of Mr . Dolfln ' a acneet conduct .

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      BRISTOL—UWITED CHABTISTS , WEST-STBEST , —On Monday evening , 19 th , Mr . Parsons in the chair The Secretary read the reply of T . S . Dtincombe , JEsq . acknowledging tha receipt of the petition for Thomas Cooper , and apprising him of its presentation . ; A tote of thanks was unanimously passed ta Mr . Dancombe for hit . prompt attention and courteous conduct . The Secretary was instructed to give notice to the members thai the electloa of Coancll will take place next Wond * y-eTening , when a full attendance is expeoted . The subject for discussion onjttie occasion is , the Necessity of a ; National Benefit Society , as recommended in the Northern Star . ' BIUMlNGnAIVI —Mr . Mason addressed tho people of Birmingham , on Sunday morning last , at Duddestonrow . A very laree and attentive meeting listened to an eloquent appeal from the speaker , upou tha " the necessity of Union among the Masses . " A collection was made for Mr . George White .

      At the usual weekly meeting of Chartists , holden at the Ship Inn , Steelioaee-lane , on Tuesday evening las t * Mr . Thomas Welsford in the chairi several important plans weie brought before the assembly , having for their object the better organizing of the Chartists of the town . Their several merits were spiritedly discussed by Messrs . Mason , Potts , WelBford , Cooper , and others . [ :. LONDON . —City or London Political and Scientific institution , TuaNAGAiN . LA . NE . —& publio meeting of tbe shareholders was holden : on Monday evening for the purpose of eleoting . a secretary Mr . pufiuy in the chair , j Mr . Palmer , jan . moved , and Mr . Wyatt seconded th& ; conarraation of the minutes of the last meeting . Mr . Spur moved , and Mr . Edwards seconded , chat tho portion awarding- 30 s . per ' week to the Secretary be struck out , and that the present

      arrangements continue . ; After much discussion , the minutes were eonflrmneti by a cO 2 i 8 ider ;; ble majority Mr . Wyatt moved , and Mr . Stall wood seconded , that two scrutineers of the ballot be appointed ; carried ; and Messrs . Shackleton and Rathbone elected . Tho names of the following candidates were read over . Messrs . Salmon , John Wyatt , Stall wood , Cater , Blown , and Be ^ d' Mr Wyatfc'havi ' ng resigned ; the movers and seconders of tha other candidates having addressed the meeting , the ballot was taken . Tbn scrutineers reported Mr . Cater duly elected , Iw'ho brufly returned \ thanks Mr . Stallwood reported [ from tho auditing committee , and read the balance sheet as amended by the Auditors . Mr . Spur moved , and -Mr . Thompson seconded , that tbe report be referred back to the committe . After considerable discussion , ; Mr . Ford moved an adjournment for a week . The adjournment was carried .

      Barnsburt PARK .. ~ 4 Mr . Fuasell lecture * on Sunday evening at the Flora T « a Gardens , York-place , to a crowded audience , and was highly applauded . MabLeybone . Mr . Skelton lectured on last Surday evening , on the subject of slavery , ita auBea and remedies , te a very crowded audience , and gave groat satisfaction . After tbe lecture , a collection was ni . iud for Mrs . Cooper , of Lfictster , when six shillings w :, s collecled , which has beeu forwarded to her at LaiceBter . A Public Meeting was held oh Monday evening at tho Britannia Coffee Hou-e , Waterloo-road , on behalf of Thomas Cooper . The meeting waa woll auendud . A petition was agreed to , au 4 consigned into the hands of Thomas Duucombc , Esq ., to bo presented .

      A Public Meeting was holden on Monday eveniBg , ia Bcraiondfey ^ square , to consider tho best means of opposing the Irish Arms Bill . : Messrs Bolwell , Mantz , Maynaj-d , and others addressed the assembly , which was large and enthusiastic . ifEEBS . —Chartist ^ meeting on Woodhouse Moor . —On Tuesday evening last , Mr . T . 3 . Siiiith deliv . red an a ' olu and impijeasive lecture on the ; sUte of the country and ihe duties of the people , to a numerous and hisbly attentive nudience , on Woodhouss Moor . Some of the respectables , to evince their love ot fair pUy < ndtavoutcd to croite a disturbance , and one of tbem , a sLabby-K nceel m llocrat , denounced Mr . S . as a

      fl-ebraad ; ; vhi ! a anotheri mounted upon a horse , which snoT-. yi much rroro sense thanhis rider , came up close t <> ihf j . 'l .-vtforjn , as M to . ride the speaker down , and uitiumieU diueavoured to disperse the people by riding throUi ' a the crown . Several other wit )< JU class respectables aisj enclc-avoured : to shew their gentility by endeavc-urii > g to disturb , tbe peace . The workus , howevor , were v , ide at ? oke ; and so was the lecturer . He g ; : Ve these genta . such a castigatioa as they will not soon forget . They ultimately slunk away , followed by th « Uootings aud disapprobation of the whole assembly . —We anticipate a , nvoierous meeting ou the Moor on Sunday afternoon .

      SOUTH SK 1 BX . VS . —Mr , Beesley lectured at Blyth , on S'inuay a't- rnoon , * to a numeroud audience many of them liar- ig from foar to five mile 3 to travel to attend thokcture . The sturdy democrats of South Shields engaged the fast sailing iteainer Venus , to convey Mr . Beesley and his friends to the place of meeting ; a goodly number accompanied him . At thec ') S 8 of the lecture Mr . B . intimated that he should again address thorn that day fortnight . EDINBURGH . —A public meeting of tbe inhabatants of this onri ; nt citv wa ^ holden on Monday

      evening last , on the Caiion Hill , to protest against ) the New Irish Coercion Bill , now before Parliament in the shape of an Arras Bill . The meeting waB the largest holden in E U-. iljurgh for a considerable length of tinw . A great miirber ot t ' io Irish Repealers were present . For some time before tho hour announced were the " boys" si-t-u wendfng their way to the chosen spot . Mr . Cr > bbace was called to the chair ; and the gathered thousands were ably addressed by Messra . Cummery , Torkard , M'Rop , Allah , and Peddie ; and resolution ; : condemnatory of the Arms Bill were unanimously passed . A petition to Parliament on behalf of Cooper , Richards , and Capper was also adopted .

      ABERDEEN . —Mr . Dickinson delivered three lectures iu this town , and three tuc-o at the Printfield , and on Thursday evenipg held a public discuasion with the Rev . Mr .- Bowes , on ihe question , " Ought Christians to medal © with poliJicbf" Mr . Boives took the negative ^ Mr , Dickinson ihe affirmatiFe . The discussion lasted utitil after eleven o'clock in the public Market-place . It has taught Chrjstians that Chartism is practical Christianity . BDNDEE . —Mr . Dickinson preached two sermons on Sunday last , and delivered a lec ' -uxo to a good audience , in South Chapel , Lindsay-strfnfc , on " Ireland's wrongs and her r * jneay . " A piotes ! against the present measure of ' Government towards her was moved by Mr . Dickinson , and t > econdad by one of tbe members of the ; association . A petition iu behalf of Cooper was also put to tho Hireling a . nd carried .

      DUBLIN . —The Irish Universal Suffrvtije Association met at their Great Rooms , No . 14 , North Anustreet , at six o ' clock , on Sunday evening , MivJosh . Bricrley was called to | tho c ^ air ; Mr . Wm . i-J . Dyott , secretary , Mr . iDyott read tho « ninutos of iho lait days , proceedings , which were conn med . He turn read the objects of the association , and also U-tfrs from Mcsek . ' Win . Foster , of Bingloy ; Samuel E ' . ches , of Nottingham ; Thomas Wiu'ers , of Lc : ce .-ier ; M . W . Norman , of yentnor Isle of Wigi , t , con ^ ratuiaiing ' the association on the decided , n-. auly , and anfltnehing stand which is bad made against all opposition , and requesting additional information touching the prospects of the Repeal Movement , and offering the cordial and

      hearty co-operation of the writers , to restore to Ireland her just rights ; and stating that they wi ! l not permit the Tories to eu&ci another " ninetyeight , " in Irclatsd . Mr . O'Higains rose to bring forward the motion of which he liad p , ivon notice on the previous Sunday , respectifif ; the present Repeal agitation , and the propriety of tb . fi Chartists joining the ranks of the llepealsrs . lie said , that in Support of the resolution wh : ch he should submit to the consideration of tho meeting- ho had very little to urge with which the majority of those were not already acquainted . ( Ikar . ) Although he had both written and spokah upon tha subject , yet he deemed it an act of jastiee to their English brethren as well as to the Irish Universal Suffrage

      Association to come to a definitive resolution upon tho subject —( hear , hear ) . Ha ( Mr ; O"H . ) hadgiven the reso ^ lution a good deal of co : « sid > -ration , the resalt of which was that he regretted very much that the Association had not adopted a similar resolution some months since . Had such a resolution been adopted and published in tho Northern Stari it is very probable that the British Cnai-tists would ! have seen the impropriety of joining the ranks of the Repealers , and would ) therefore , havesftved the shampatriots thfe trouble of rejecting the proffered aid of IBBSE MILLION FIVE HW » 3 ED THOUSAND British

      subjects , ** good men and trne —( hear , hear , and " it was a-shame and a disgrace to reject ihem . ") i The resolution states that a jman should not join any Association without a thorough knowledge of the objects of the society ! and ; the rules by which it was governed . Had the English Chartists known . ; this , and understood it well , cot one of them would have beccme members of ihe ^ Repeal Association . ; They did net know that the lu'pcal Association is a perfect oligarchy ; that the great bulk of the people , who supply seven-eighths of its funds are looked upon , sad treated as so many serfr . They are allowed twlniiBBioa to the meetings , but to speak or

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      to rote is out of the question . Tuat privilege is only permitted to the payers and collectors of twenty shillings annually ; while one man , no matter who he may be , who pays a shilling for admission as an auditor occupies a-better place than the poor deluded slave who take 3 oat an associates card , but who must stand below the bar without even the comfort ; of a Beat . Sir , it was to do away for ever with this fnfernal system of political , inequality and serfship that the Working Men ' s Association , was founded . It was to do away with it that the people of England petitioned Parliament to make the People ' s Charter the law of the land ; and will the Chartists so far forget themselves as io join an association in which the working man is ( deprived of the

      right co vote even after he pajs nis money and takaa out his card ? If this be Chartism , he , Mr . ( O'H . ) did not yet understand its meaning . J The Chartists should know that tho " Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland is composed oi" four distinct classes . Firstly , The unarmed volunteers , that is to say , the bishops and clergy who payjiMOor collect , in fehilUngs , that amonnt from others . Secondly , The Volunteers , which moans also tho | e who pay £ 10 each , or collect that amount in shillings from 20 ( men , who by thus paying their shilling becomo associates , but who have no right to speak or to vote . Thirdly , Members who pay one pound each , or collect it from nineteen dupes which with the shilling of the collector himself , makes up a pound and

      a member at the same time ; and this member , the representative of nineteen willing slaves , has a right to speak and to vote , but the , nineteen serfs have no such right . Fourthly , The associates , the great body of the people , who are a majority of one thousand to one , and enjoy the privilege of paying their money and listening to the speeches like other auditors !; but who are denied the right to speak or to vote : And this is the system which some of the British [ Chartists were about to support by their presence and their money How can a Chartist quit the high and independent ground which he occupies , and descend to that of an abject slave ? How can he have the face to demand the franchise either for himself or his fellow man ,

      when he wilfully joins an association ) which denies the right of the working man to a vote merely o : i the ground that he has neither paid nor collected twenty shilliiitfe ! Degradation can go no further than this . Paying a shilling and taking out an associate ' s card , without any other privilege than that of listening , is , by the very act , a tacit admission ! of inferiority . The " members of tho Repeal Association are not elected by the associates . Money alone is the criterion of a member ' s capacity . Thejpresent House Of Commons , with all its faults , is democratic when compared with the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland . Let them give the right to speak and to vote to every man who pays a shilling , and takes out a card , and he ( Mr . O'H . ) would be so for

      satisfied with the constitution of the j society . This would ho making one just movement towards Universal Suffrage . The Repealers [ teach nothing . They are not guided by any political principle . The great ambition of their orators is to ] be considered leaders . They are j alous of each other , and they abhor and detest political teachers . [ Now he ( Mr , 0 'H . iggins ) believed that one political teacher was worth one hundred leaders . The pq ' or duped Repealers know nothing beyond what their leaders tell them . He ( Mr . O'B- ) should like to see the same principle carried into operation in politics which Catholics practice in religion . The poorest Catholic is taught a creed , and he is from his j infancy led to believe that the great Creator , the author of his

      being , is not a respecter of persons !; that there is perfect equality iu Heaven , and that it is by man ' s works , and by the faith that is in him ; , that he is to be judged or rewarded , or punished , ard not by his wealth or his worldly grandeur . The Catholic priests teach the people . They are their spiritual leaders ; they possess amazing influence over their fiooks ; and in his ( Mr . Q'Higgins's ) opinion , justly pufse&s that iiaflueiico . Some people [ have gone so far & . s to say that Ihe Catholic laity pin their faith to the eleeve of the priest , by whomj they are led blind / old . Nevertheless , should any Catholic priest deviate but one single step from the creed which the poorest layman believes to be true ; let him give up but one iota of that cteed , for the purpose of conciliation or expediency , and the

      poorest and most ignorant layman would no longer . confide iu him ; would no iou ^ er folloy ? him ; would no longer trust him ; but would firmly abide hy the creed be was taught and pity , iu tho priest , the frailties of buinan nature . The poor fellows heart would sink within him ; and he who would a few minutes before suffer a thousand gullets to pass throuth his body sooner than allow the priest of his choice to be molested in any raauner , jmmld in such an event remain firm ia his creed and leave his fallen spiritual leader to bis fate . Mr . Clark rose to order . He said that Mr . O'Higging was lauding one partion ' ier religion at the espesse or the prejudice of al ! others , which was contrary to , and in violation of the fourth rule of the association ,

      namely , " That no religious or sectarian discussion shall be permitted at any of the meetings of this association . " ( Hear , hear , from Mij . O * Higgins . ) He ( Mr . Clark ) was sure that Mr . O'Higgiu ' s observations must be painful to the feeliogs [ of such of the members of tho Association as were not like him , Mr . Clark , Roman Catholics . Mr . SManningsaid thiit he wab really astonished to hear [ such observations from his friend Mr . Clark , whom he regretted to seo had not paid that attention to the proceedings which he had been in the habit of doing . Had he done so he must have seen that M . O'Higgins , did not touch upon religious controversy at all , when M-r .-Clarke rose to order , and interrupted Mr . O'Higgtns before he ha > i applied his admirable train

      of reasoning to tho subject in debate , j It was very difficult for a speaker in such a case , to resume the thread of his discourse . Whenever he , Mr . Manning went to a public meeting , he endeavoured to comprehend the whole drift and meaning of every word that fell from the respective speakers . 1 For his part ho would say now , in conclusiou , thatjit was a long time since he fult so much pleasure , or was so highly gratified by a speech as he was when . Mr . Clark interrupted Mr . O'H . 'Kgms . Ho should jdst bay before he sat down that ho hoped Mr . Clark would not feel offended at au > thing which h ' o had said , ( Cheers . ) Mr . Fowler said that he , as a Protestant , bincerely and honestly atia . chcd to the religion in which ho was educat- < 1 , feitder-jtv in ! debt to Mr .

      Clark , a Catholic , for tha ixrreme goo d feeling ho manifested ; but , at the same time he should , injustice to himself and tc Mr . O'Hiugins , also say that he understood Mr . O Hi ^ gins' observations in an entirely different puLit of view ironi thai in which it appears Mr . Clark undersccjr . d them . It Ujd not appear to him that Mr . O'Higgin 3 was lauding hia own religion . He was eimply stating a fact : and although be ( Mr . Fowler ) might perhaps . iia ' -r with Mjr . O'lliggins upon ihd motion , yet be fully concurred ! with him in the truth of these observa' 1 ma to whica Mr . Clark ; ook exception—( hear , hear . ) Mr . Rafjter said that Mr . O'lligtfinii wag mereiy iliust-atmg his own argumcui ; , and it would have been heater to have

      waitf d for tho application of it . Mr . Dyo ' - : was of opinion that Mr . O'HigKiua had siraye | i a little out ef the record . It did appear to him to be a little invidious to have ftiven all the meiifi of ctevo'ed attachment ou the part of the Iu \ • to thViv clsru'y to the Catholics alone . Had Mr . O' . 'iit ^ as incitciecf-ali other Sects , bis observations woul ^ i . a . vjf > been quite unexceptionable . Mr . O'Higgius said that uoiiiiug c ; uld be further from his intention thaii that of saying one worJ calculated to hurt the feetin ^ a of any one present . He had not the tno ^ t r ^ uiqte idea of entering into any religious controversy , pr of making any invidious distinction between say Christian craed whatever—( rear , hear . ) Tho ?^ v ^ l . o knew him were well aware toat he ( Mr . O'Hto , in .- ) mu-Js it a rulo to speali only of tlia » which hr k . 'iuw , aul as ho was better acquainted with theie . cvd of his

      own region tnau Uiat of any otb . r , ajncl was al ? o well aware of i-i ; - ; b : ror . g and d ^ v' > trd | a ! tachaiei !" , mutual at- ' achme :: *; , which fubsit-teu jbetwi . em the Catholic pilesihj ^ i and the people , lie e , j . ( io of that with which he wjs ihorou - ? bly acqiiaiated with a view to appiy \ t simply as a familiar illustrationi but he certainly should say , ] without , ho hoped , tIk ; fa . ^ h'est offence to any one , that he was wholly unacquainted with any other religion , between the ministers of which , and the laity , thero Was so much reciprocal kindness , ; ind sincere attachment , as tbcra ie , and ever wa ? , [ between the Catholio priests aLd tho laity . It would , therefore , be both unreasonable p . nd unjust of him ( Mr . O'H . ) to presume to sptsit upon a subject , o ' f the ti-uth merits of Which he

      or was wholly ignorant . ( Hear , hear . ) Everybody knew that he was ] no orator ; that he could apt make the " worse appear the bet * ter cause . " His wish was to make whatever he had to say bo plain and eo simple , that there could be no mistake about it . This was what he always aimed at , and he regretted to find that he was misunderstood by his respected friend ] Mr . Clark . He was exceedingly anxious to see the Irish people taught a political creed , in the same manner , and with as much care , as tboy were taught ! a religious creed , so as to enable them to discover the sHghteBt attempt at treachery or decepvion , onl the part of their politioal leaders . To trust neither Wh'gs , Tories , nor expediency-mongers , but to sjupport those only , who should give ample ; , > oof of the true faith in politics . It'is short and Funole , aad easily

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      learned . To trurt that raan , and him only . with the representative power who will gha a pledge , in writing , that he will not support any admifiistr atior . tut -- > ne that will give its official advocacy to I the ereat principles contained in the People ' s Cha rtor—Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Representation , Abolition of the Prooerty Qualification , and Payment of Members . The reason why he did not include the Repeal of tho Union in this category * fa because the People's CIia * ter contains the Repeai of the Union ; but the Repeal of the Union does not contain , the

      principles contained in the Peoples Charter * The Repeal of the Union would not facilitate ihe extension of the franchise beyond what it is now ; whereas Universal Suffrage alone wbald lay the sure basis of a Repeal of the Union—( cheers . ) He , Mr . O'Higgins , stiil doabted the sincerity of the great leader of Repeal . He never told his followers how the Union is to be repealed . Now , this is the first thing they should know , yefc with the means , or intended means of Repealing the Union , none bui the initiated staff are yet acquainted , and , for ought he knew , niey may be as ignorant as the poor degraded associates themselves . Where is the man , possessed off one particle of common sense , who could for a moment trust the leader

      who scornfully rejects the aid of three milliens five hundred thousand Chartists , and meanly courts the assistance and co-operation of a beggarly gang of North of Ireland arangement . ( Hear , hear . ) 'This miserable , spiteful policy is calculated and perhaps intended to resuscitate Orangemen in the North . There are but * two ways to Repeal tho Union ; the one is by fighting a successful battle for it—and a bloody fight it will be . The other way ia to have a majority in the House of Commons , iu favour ef it . large enough to deter tho House o ? Lords from offering any effective , cr rather fictions opposition . Now , as Mr . O'Connell repudiates fighting for the Repeal of the Union , and r > jects the profef red aid of the Chartists who compose absut half the male

      population of Great Britain , how doea he purpose carrying the Repeal i Suppose , for instance , that he had all the Irish members pledged to vote for ihe Repeal of tha Union , what effect would they have against 553 British Members ! There are only 105 Irish Members altogether , and if they ail voted for the Repeai of the Union , a circumstance which never will happen , yet there would be a majority of 448 against tno motion . It is absurd and ridiculous to suppose that Mr . O'Connell has the slightest hope or intention cf Repealing the Union ; because if he had ho weald not tvjacfc tho aid of so powerful and influential a body as tho Chartists . But his motive for rejecting th ^ ir aid , and for calling upon the Repeal Associations to have no

      connexion whatever with them appeared very obvious to him , ( Mr . O'Higgins ) . The Chartists are in earnest ; and Mr . O'Connell knows right well , that if they once but obtained a friendly footing amongst the Repealers , they would soon teach them how to keep him to the paint . They would not permit him to put the question in abeyance in the event of the restoration of the Whigs to power . They would be taught that the only feasible mode of Repealing the Union is by acquiring the power to return a majority of members to the Honse of Commons in favour of that meisure . It was with a view of laying the subject clearly before the people of this empire , bat more especially before the insulted and ill-used British Chartists that he CMr .

      O'Higgins ) brought forward the resolution , which he should now read and submit to the meeting : — Resolved , " That in the opinion of this meeting , a man should not join any association , society , or confederacy , of any nature or kind , without first thoroughly understanding , and approving of the object * and the rules of such association or sociaty ; that such of the British Chartists as have joined the ranks of the Repealers must have been wholly unacquainted with the rules by which all Repeal Associations are governed , one of * which in particular , is diametrically opposed to one of the most essential principles of democracy—politioal equality , because sach rule excludes the great bod y of people from a voice in tho Association , into which they are merely admitted aa

      auditors , under the more delusive appellation of *• associates , " and from whose Scanty means the chief portion of the funds of that association is drawn , but over the disposal of which they have no control ; that this rule is contrary to the very principle upon which the People's Charter is founded—Universal Suffrage ; and that therefore a Chartist cannot enter the Repeal ranks as an associate , without exposing himself to the charge of having , by his own act , tacitly admitted his own inferiority ; nor can any ChattiBfc become a member of the Repeal Association without a departures in some measure from that political equality which ho professes to advocate ; at the same time , all Chartists may , without any violation of principle , eive their utmost aid

      to the Repeal movement . "—Mr . Rafter seconded the motion . He said that he fully concurred in every word of the resolution , and ho looked upon it as absolutely called for in the present crisis . Their Chartist brethren in . England did not know the low tricks which the Repeal agitation had recourse to here , ia order to get in money . Money , money . was their object ; , it was stated , and not contratiintod , tlwk uomo of * W T&omai Yr&TdOnaHoak eKS s i poultry , and butte ? in lieu of money from the poor people . But" Bo . boclish" ! A disappointed Repealer will make a good Chartist yet . ( Hear . )—Mr . Clark had an amendment to Clove . He did UOt think it very judicious to throw cold water upon the Repeal movement just now ; besides , he considerea that a- great deal could be achieved by

      agitation , i'he Chartists expected to prodace an effect , and to carry the Charter by the moral force of agitation in England , therefore he considered it to be but bad logip to argue that agitation in Ireland would not carry the Repeal * Besides , he was of opinion that the Chartists should join the Repealers in England , and contribute liberally to the Repeal fund . A junction of all classes of Reformers would most assuredly carry Repeai . With these views he should propose the tollowing amendment : — " That this Association calls upou the British to support the Repealers by every means in their power , pecuniary and otherwise . " Mr . Fowler , seconded ihe amendment in a very sensible speech , and one eminently calculated to effect conciliatisn . He was

      loudly cheered . Mr . Richard Dunn said that he would support the resolution ; and , in reply to Mr . Clark , observed that he ( Mr . Clark ) required the English Chartists to do that which he did not do himself—to join the Repealers—( hear , hear ) . Now , Mr . Clark had not joined the Repeal ranks , nor did he contribute to their funds ; and how could he call upon the English Chartists to do that which he did not do himsein " Example was better than precept . " And why was it that Mr . Clark did not joiu tno Repeal Association ? Merely for tneveTy reasons assigned ia the resolution , which he opposed ; namely , that they took the working man ' s money , and at the same time denied him the right to vote—( hear , hear ) i There was democracy for you !

      ihe resolution had bis most cordial support . He concurred in every word of it . Mr . Ciark rose merely to admit . thet Mr . Dunn had given him a right good reply—( hear , hear , and cheers ) . Mr . Dyott said he should oppose tha amendment and support the original resolution . It was not material that , whilo tho Chartists assisted by every fair means the R 9 pealera , on the ground that a victory gained anywhere , or by any party contending for popular right , waa a victory g&ined for all reforms , no matter of . what particular country or denomination . It was moat material that while the Chartists did this they should not merge themselves into tho Repeal body . That body in this country , as had been Well shewn by Mr . O'Hiirgins , was not

      constituted on the democratic principle—Universal Suffrage did not obtain in it , and they could not therefore be consistently ncjnbers of it . What fchay bought was perfect politioal equality . The Corn Exchange people had no notion of any such thing Then s'gain , what a poor thing wcro the Repealers contending for—merely tho transfer of a section of an aristocrat ! oal Parliament to Ireland . Could it be possiblo that the people were persuaded such a Parliament would do them any service 1 What service had the Imperial Parliament performed for England ! There was much wealth there , no doubt , but who possessed it ? Not the people : they were pining in wretchedness v ^ hich had no ternijnanon in anything short of political power . The unrepresented people

      —with a resident Parliament , were no better off than the uuropresented people without a Parliament —( beav , hear . ) It was therefore clear that the a >« r < j location amongst them of a fractional parfc of u . o imperial aristocracy called tbs Houses of Lords a : id Coamuns , ( would do them no gowd ; until they Imti real deputed represeutadves in ins latter , they won id be the mere-football of both —( hear . ) How often tiiJ he ( Mr . D . smile when he saw poor men iDtertsbi < ng themselves in the struggle ofthearistocrafcical factions—Whigs and Tories , landlords and capitalists . Just so did the poor Catholio peasantry oi Ireland exert themselves to procure emancipation and were sacrificed , as regarded their political and social existence , by that measure , which obtained honours and emoluments for tho upper classes of the liberated religion—( hear . ) So now were the poor , credulous , shortsighted people struggling to obtain Repeal without mailing any condition that they

      should have their &hare fits benefits —{ hear . ) ¥ or who can say that the labourer or the artisan iwill be the be . ter for it f Will not comnetitiGn , if machinery does not , still give the master-class the power of grinding down the working man to the dust , unless he possess the protection of the vote which the Charter proposed to give him —( cheers . ) Repeal was , however slight , still an approximation to self government , and on that ground they were Repeal ers , and not because they considered it at . all adequate to the wfrnts of the many , whose propriety depended on their acquirement of political power—* ( che ~ rs . ) The qnesriou was then put on the amendment , wbich was lost , and the original motion carried . Mr . Siuion TobTn was called to the chair , and the marked thanks of tho mcctir . fi were given to Mr . Brierly for his praieewonhy coeduct in the chair , after which tne meeting separated . Strangers , members , and all p es&ut -haytag oppressed their gratification at tbe mild , xenxkit : 2 . uiy , aud sensible debate .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 24, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct487/page/1/