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      / W « this week present oar reaiers with lie senajoc « f site Bet . J . £ . Stephen * wfcich ir « omitted last ir « k » n acconat of an extraordinary icflux of more fepert&Bt matter . Mr . STEPH EXS said—I h * w maA to ay to too < Hi * aiternooa ; mor ** , I zua i / r&id , than thsweather . jo « r patietc-, and my o «» n etrength will allow me Jto * BT- If * therefore , my words be few , I hope yon ^ 31 fiad them to be well chosen , to be the ont * ard jod visible body of the inwhrd and spiritual mini , to " eoorey to yonr understanding , and to carry down into roar hearts the meaning of Ihose Vhings which I now , for rhe last time aaougstyon , hsra it in my mi > d to eomnsnnicate at all . 1 come bTe to bid cf

      ^ . THE NORTHERN KTjR . ' ., ... /„; : , . ' , ...... . ... ¦ " [ " . ^ - ^

      foatJlfir e ^ reil—take my hare ron—nor , J bop >> , Jar ever . ( No , no ; we hope cot . ) Not perhaps ?<> r laog—( not above a w « -k , God grant it >—bat etil } . ¦ wbeiBer for long or fcr short , 1 <* eem it right to tei mryhoz ts—and job are my building , which 1 have Imjided—( Atp , and hear , hear}—1 deem it right to Stt my OWE iionid ia order , irkether I may hare to Jive » saoDgst you , as you and 1 haTe fondly Loped , m w&etker your lot is to be cast where it ha ? iutherto been , whilst my lot still rsMa in the purpose ? cm * A counsels o f HeaTea . 1 wish , before 1 pay aay thing fr riser f-. is afternoon , to aet right that « -hic - omeliaTema . de to b ? understood rroagly amon « t joo . ' ( Hear , le&r . ) It Las been represented in thw towathat , les : S-mdar , I had taken & final f&reweJl

      « yotL If an ? understood it » o , I did not say it so . { No , no . ) All tint I -aid at that time was , aad ail 4 ati rtiil ? ay Kthatif it be the will of God that ¦ injustice and « ppr ** ion , ani grievous wrong sh ^ eJd bear rale in onr courts of law , as th > -y bear role in oar kith coMt of Parliament , * Dd if through that jn-Josdce , and « sppres * ion , and wrong , I be carried from "the dock to the dunceon , iny mind and my body are Wth pn'p-tred for what in that case shall a » ait me , mretk that car- ^ er of srfferiBg would not take me st Uinw . I told my Ask ton friend * , l ** t Sanday , ¦*¦»*« aiiifci bo happ-D , as il -weiDS to be the order * t tke day , jn * t aow to hang maa first , and to try ~ feesi afterwardt—it may so happ « i th&t I may have Jtean doomed by a po « rrrlnl , for the present moment aa omnipotent , f orernmeut , as for w earth and hell i »» e lent t ^ em their -unite 4 powers—that eovera s > rnt E 5 ^ v > v > * rro- £ f > non ? h to doom eit Sodv to

      jean of imprisonment and bondage . ( Loud crie * at *• Js ' o , no . "; I : s j 1 bid you farewell , and ws shall Dot in ihat case s * e * ach oiher ' s face * perbapi for & loax * ea * on . H ho » e ? er josrice w to be had in the Itelfof boii ^ s of iier own ganctnary—if , ho "» ey » r , right and tmth , aod ^ oodna « , and fair dealing , ana «* enh&D < i « d U < are to be awarded between an infiifcl Government and a persecuted poor person—1 a * j aothirg of msr .-y—I want it aot from my fellow lain . —I ask it , I * ek it alone of God before whom w

      « sks of Kiy health , which in tiis r- * peci b vcrv jauch broken—to leaTe you for a while , p- rhap . « Vs loag xi twelve naonihg—but I did net say . nor did 1 in- an when I taid th ? m on S ^ cday la . « t , that it xai ^ at tike at least twelve months to get my sTecsth lack a * ain—tnat 1 shcnld neve .-, duricg ti = it tinj " ^ . tmm oT <; r and * & ? tod , ' coins &morg > t yoa to Xslk " wirti tod and to talk " t : > yon . My purpose , as yon walltoow , always has Seen to abide and remain ¦ with and amjn ^ st yon , m long as if shon ]^ to iy Blind aad to j our * , appear to be the will of Go . * kat we » bould have oar connexina together . 13 y wnpose , therefore , remains what it always b--. ? been , ani 1 h ~ pe that some mean * may be proviipri "to enable ma at one aGd tbe same dine , if it be l eorjr- 'od pl- » asire , as it i * , in ihat case , my wish tn QftntJEue to oSciare aznargiiyou occaricniliy , asd to regain mj health , which you we aware hasbe : n ¦» eiT mEch weak ? a « i—almost destroy ^—and then if God fuou'd see fit to give me back that str-cgih which I hare lost . I ho ^ e not onlv to rema- n

      amonffstyes , but to come more fu'l y and more"br ca ^ ly forward rtan eT ^ r amongrt th » peopl-, an ^ -earry to its end—to its £ re * t and God-like rerm zrfltion , t £ » at eao » e -wLat otr EeaTenly Father ha * « n > ble-i me to beein . ( H ar , hear , hear . ) 1 loos " ¦ pee it that : he wcrk wbicb God has for th . e people « f England to do , is hardly yet beyun—can scarcely "be s * id as yet to nave t .-icn " any definite and tnn--g ibls shape ^ any v : * Jble and pprcepdsle form . U p to diis hour all , more or l ^ s * , feai b ? en pr ^ piratirj wori , p ^ epiric : ^ the w ^ y of the Lord— making sense of Mi patin £ ' . r-- £ * h . t . Von and I aid 3 ur fel : o > Teoontrym ^ n who are going over athoa * and kill * , in » thav «? nd Tallies in eir-ry ccanry , almo . < r of the tbra * kingdoms of EQ < lacd , " ScodanJ , and Ir ^ snd ,

      onrf lo * conntrvnxen tip to this hour hare be- ^ n tryinirby the beip o ! the Lord to mike &e crooked paihs straight—to make the rcugh places smooibto poll do ? n thel f y hill t--p nud tumble it do *? . iU-iopie ^ Fide infe > the depths beneath , that the Taints mi ^ Utbe tilled up , and that thus a highway of troth an ir ' . ghteo-i : sne *« , and love mU'M be m-io * e iorthe . Lord ocr G&i—for ti » 1-ader of ineE , for the ieal ^ r of men , for the helper of men , for the de-Ihfi . vr of men , for ^ ie sa vionr of men— fa r the 1 mxianuel , God with u # , who » e -word is a po < pal f gl * d tidin ? s of great joy , which shall be to all people . ( He ^ r , i _ ear , hear . ) A . 1 iha nauons ¦ of "tfce earth , it says in one place , and al ! families of tie earth , it says in another place , shall

      ie ble-fed by the wornan ' / " seed—by Abraham ' s « ob , by t- e babe of Beii ^ kem . by G > d ics" : e % 5 t \ COding &aoii £ men to nnfoy aiw make kno --a tfee will of the Fatk .-r , and tos « fnp an eTeria ^ Uii ^ kia ^ dom—a kingdom of riehteoo > nes * of whirh tk ^ re * k aJ be no eiid , end in the m : ds : of « hick there * Lall be nothir ^ t ^ at mai ^ th a lie . ] f you ¦ will Tea ' , some of the las " , ^ a ^ s&g- ' s iu iLe four Evantriist * in which onr Lord is icTeieJin-j ihe coainK SboHi that-was to befal and uv rt ; ike the Je * i < U people , and through ¦ which , a < a : \; a ^ s tell j » o , hf fike « i ?^ fora > hadc ! red and wi-bed ts draw o- ^ t to ysareyatie d ^ y of flaal mribation and jujgrQ ^ nr . ¦ jm . wulmeet with tbi < . at ts- pr- * ent m . men * . hi ^ b . ; y UnSorta-Bt and cliaracteristic i-ature wbicn onr Lord 9 xLd was to be aae of tk « tokens of tke * e tim * s to

      cobs , and which I take to be a standing tok' -n , an ¦ nchaat'in ^ and unchangeable sign of erery similar ¦ time of retrib ^ U' n and ai judgment which is ! r m ¦ fi »« presence of tb is de * truc . ioa f J « ro . « alest , a ^ d ths dispersion of the Jvw *; and tkat he likewise raaaat to prcfignre the day c-f juiglaeat , wb , rn all sb 2 ll hav » to app ^ tr befo-e th

      • wiiich 1 boid te be the most important , because the most practical , meackg that can be a : tachsd to them . Onr L : rd , then , meaaa that it will s ^ ain be ¦ fee ease in after ajfes ; and we are one of ths afl « r ag *§— -ire lire in one of the eras or period * of rime id vfckb , the great purposes of Heaven are in the proce « of evolution , coming va \ of the dark cba '' m which , they are wrapped , into th <» blazi ar . d the lory of open day , making kno » n ths intentiosg o < ? nmd-noe to as . Christ in these passages wijh ^ s to shew n » that a ? Jerusalem wa * destrajr ^ , so Farix jfeaL be destroyed—so Madrid sasil bfTdestroyrd—¦ 0 London siall b « i «» troyed—so Edinborgh ^ ar : d Glafjow , and Manchester , and _ Stalybrid * e , and A « . v iton ghaj be d ^ strored , if and when Asiuou , aad

      Stalybndge , and Manchester , and G : &ggow , and Ediabnrgk , and London , and Paris , and Madrid iball iali inis ths same sins , and do the sams d ed = wiiidi the people of Jadea committed . ( Hear . ke * r . ) Jesus Christ means" to phew os that in other tim e * , ia a ; l afas , aad to the end of Dme , tiat tke < ime sitts are seen in tiie urns l ^ ght by the " all-• ed&l eye of God ; tiiat whaterer we may think cf t ^ 3 i , or however we may look upen tLe : a , be judges n ^ ht eous judgment , aaa ii » flicu ihat wbicb : s ja-t janishmeu : upon erU doer ? , I bc-li-ve that Go-i is now standing , by his Frjrid nee , and ia ten th > c-« aad takf-ns of tke time * , preci « ely in the aititad- ^—a » Kirtaini ^ g acd exhibiting exactly the character , ¦? hieh Je # ns Christ sustained and mani ' ei'ed , whan

      «*« tooi before the congregai&d -myriads of Juiea , » od izxi to * them , from th * bro * of yond . Hr hili , * Oh Jerusalem ! Jeruj \ lem ! then tUat kiiledst thprepiiet * , aad stoneit them that are sent unto thee , « ow often—how often wouli I have gathrred thy children together , as a nen gatberdh her brood rader h ^ r wicg ? , but ye would not . 1 would , but ye werald not ; acd , therefore , Vsehold now your house » let unto you desolaW ' . ' Englmd stands to-day uJud « a stood ] . SOOyeari ago . Louden is to-day , « ad every city , aad town , aad hamVt oi our country Ekewise . what Jerusalem was 1 , 800 years ago a lanl of aho aiaafoa ; cities , towus , houses , and iand * that are foil of blood . What was it lor which Jud-sa was destroyed , and that one stcue was not lett « tB - ^ din g upo n anothe r ? Tha Roman plough-« harc clave the eartti between , tumbled down and

      * cra . ped up heTeryfotradation-swnes » f the city , ftcd * 'i 9 ii Wa . » le aud sul « u a wilirrae-ys , au 1 lu »" pMple were uliin vith the sword , and lue re .-ida-of them wera i » cattere ' , a r .-nmant thit never could > e gathered ap , and yet that never coold be allojeilier disptjrsed and deSTrored ; aud I ark wh y was mil this : It wa « becatfe tbe priei ^ , and the prin-^» , d ^ elders of tkfl p « 5 ple , the siepberd * of t- = e Cock , in the stead of teacking them ri ^ jt told them " near ; ia t ' ae < teai of leading ta « m ia Vberi gb . ! . \ &tA them in ika wrong , sad oat of tie rigfat way , < H- » , hear . ) They kept the key of knowledg ; « ey weold neither go in taeawelT ** , nor woold th « y Jet ths p * jpl » go in that wanted to go in . Chri * t ara so himself ot them ; and you wi 1 say » o of Tour «( V » of E -gland to-d » y . ( Hear , hear . ) They i * Te tka kr > y ; they keep tfw key ; they hR . Tr tsrod the key in the lock ; they have bolted mod barred the door ; tfeej havs sti the

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      JaubtHTies to keep guard at lb « door ; blu' £ « onwith biu « , aa'l » pearg wiib r d stand on e * ch njde and in from of the (? oor of the honj «* of knowledge , the house of wisdom , th * hcase of troth , the ho ^ gf of iJKhteonroe « i « , the rcra sp rt God s la » , and fair play and pvenhaa-ei d alir . g—the bouse of «! oaa >> Uc hnpiiness of social oom ' ort—they ueitber g o in thero 8 elYe » , nor will th «> y hcffer other * t © go in ihat hire a mind to go in ( hear hear , and »* tnJe" ); ind a » God i '«** troyed the Jews , so will h * d **« trey the English , nnl »¦ « we rep ^ xt and do works meet f or repentance . The J < » wg wpre watered , and their capital w * s destroyed , becirv * e oppr ^ t ^ ion pre vailed tbroogh th # land . So striking was thi * the case , that when Christ came to speak uf the cay of

      judgment , aed so to represent it to th- ^ pec-ple a * to enable them to undnrstand th « pnoci ^ les ihat w . > nld im ' . de th « deliberaiiong of thnt day , he told them 'hat . when * U sheuld stand be ' oiv t > . at bar—whei . the Jtsdgf should pre-sid' acd the books should be opened , that every one would be j-idg ^ d according tu these principle *—what princi p le ? ?—in theiloey ? in diTJm'y ? in ecclesiastic science ? in political ee ?> norBjr ? Ye » , political fcocomy , eccie « ria « ica * ci-nee , divinity and tb . p ol"gy . But wheivia do a ) _ these consist ? of what ia their true nature mad * Dp ? in what w « do they make themselves known to pen in aucb ' wise as to be approred of God ? Wh y in this way—in this wis « only : —Jesos Christ *»« that Go . ^ , alter he had sundered th" shr-ep from the

      goats—putting tte cheep , that is th ^ good mer , on the right han < % aud the goat * , that is t = e bad men , on the left hand—he will ? ay to t '» os- * on th « right hasd , com" in ; some up big her and h- ' gher , n « ar > -r and nearr to the footstool of the throne of God ;" and when they a-ik " what have wa done that the honours of thy kitgdom should be conferred upon as ' : " Christ will say nnto th «? m , " wh n I was hungry ye gare me m ^ at ; when I was thirsty ye gaveme ' drink ; when I was sick y ^ visited me ; when I was naked and without covering ye clothed m »; when I was a stranger , lonesome , wandering , an > t hsart-brck ^ n , ye took me io , Kiade me a brother , cheered my heart , aad lift d tip my dr ^ opiog head ; and when I was in prison , cast off .

      con-• : emoed , sufft-nng an enjuw , or ever , perhaps , a just aenteace—when I was in prison ye broke every oar of piaion and prejudice , and cast away , yea leaped over every stoce that fashion and the wtys of man hud tVuown in the way—jon bnrtt the ban * ot my daneeoc , thus morally , and came and visited me in prison , and com ' orted me in prison—come ve bk » -ed of my fllher ; take the iingd ; m ; it ' is yours ; it is prepared for you from beiurethe fosnJation of the world . " And when thes » men shall a « k "lord , when did we do * 11 thi « r ' it shall be acsw-red * ' insstnurh as yo did it unto one of the Isa *' . of th-se little on ^ i "—w > at little onfj «? OpeD your e ^ e « , and se « the gh »~ tf , the spirits of ba ! vg dr , ) wved in vour cana ' s—of broken-b '* artfd women .

      * ho * e loter * have been untrue , whose husband ? have died and left them with a load too heavy to carry—these ruicg up those spirits of thos * babee and thos-i mothers : open your eyes and see these bastiie doors flv ofK-n at the sound ot tha trump o ! God . J ^ oDdou Police : mak e way . ' Tun camot stanl b-fore that Njund : it is oce will make your ' 1 evilmaster tremble . (** H » « ill , he ¦ will "; Onto ? yonder ho \ i » f of blood—oh , how the earth crock * * cd op « n . < Tride her moBth—ynnder grava yard ^ ot Poor Law Union hcus- ?—for they die no thick , they die so ' . asr , aad they di « so broken up before th < -y ve deai , ihat th * y dare not allow their friends to look at them—they dare not allow their neighbours to lock at tkeic—th « T dare not

      allow thr levparers to 3 ok at the cotnns of many that are six / Vet in height , atd that ojly need to be about one half of the breadih of yo-: r »— they dare not allow it , they dare not suffer tLem to b buried is tke church yard for fe * r of breeding a plague an-i a pestilence throu . hout theiand—yjnderKraveyards crack an i open wid ^ their mouth * , and the spiriis of the sla .-i tfb . Vred poor , and the spirits ot tiit » ranrderrd fatherle : ? aad widows , at d tbt' hrlplprS oct *!< aad th « j &ecCT , ii > e ani win < their w- ay to heaven aad stand at God ' s riaht hand . ( Aye , aye . ) And whea th ? gooi : can a ^ ks hnSaxiaur ia what way he ^ ' •¦ r fed and cl othed , f-ni ris ' . t ^ d and defrnded th * Lord of earth scd tkir , Je « o . « ptiDts to yonder once unhappy , but no ^ redeemed , children of mea ,

      and he » ay » "LnaMmch as ye have ione i * unto OLe ol " th- < lean of these my servants , the members of my family , the injects of mj govi-rarnvD' , the objects olmy especial provid ^ nc ^ , you have dous it unto me ; come up ye b . esscd of my lather , inherit thkiug (>!!; p-rpi .-ei for you . " I need not run through t-irf parali 1 i-a the otber r'd e ; it is fnongh that rt ? l ;; p a . c ri'iUnisy , the faiih and pnerice of the g » vpr-l ccns " * U io v . sictng the widow and thefather-1 ^* 1 . aaa in W-Hj ^ ing onra-lves unspotted from the worl-i . 1 " , the ;? iorr , zk- re be any trntb . 8 Dy if T'h . arjy 7 .- * *? in tht »»* e r"prf . * pntatioD » of religion , it i . -vident . rev friends that when Jesus Chri-f , in these to

      p . t « . «^ i > 4 which 1 hsve tiirt ^ sted your aitentiOD , as stowicu ro you the principles on which the governnieiit o \ G : d 1 * conducted upon ( he earth , h > - vnteud * jjs to uc : V' < tan -i thnt , if w- > likewise suj , vre shall Hke * i > ie Le am ; and 1 believe , as I ? eid to you befor . tha : » e are no » arrived at V e period when G A is sayiDg to n * for the \ a . * v time , "" How of : enhow ofen woa'd 1 Lave gathered you as a natioD , t-. kea Vi u unier nsy especial protection , as a h »» n gzihcr * her brood un . ^ er her wirjgs , but ye would not ! " Go , io my judgment , is now givfng to En . elacd t » r \* nt opportunity—( hesr , hear ); ve are now at the eleventh hour of the da *

      ofoursaivadon- —( hrar , heat);—^ e are now fav * urfd wi ( h an opportunity of likhtmg our lamps , offollo ^ itg thbaJ ^ Kroori , of en'envg in to tic marriage supper . B .-t yet a lit ' . l * wbili 1 , aad if we will tekher hear hi « word nor forbear our own * i kedues , it will be said of u * a * it wbj » * aid oi tLe fociUsK vi-gia * " The djor was-hut ; " aad ear door of mercy from Gof ! , and the hepe ^ f salvaioa will like- » i * e be i > -iu- ; and we sic-. ll be le t as a people in out » ard and in utter da-knes * . ( Hear , hear , henr . ) My brethren , pray God 10 allow his spirit to lisger , and to strivi-y *; t a little while logger amt-ngst us . There w a very remarkabje tok ^ n give n t « us by Jesus Christ to which it would bs wi ? ll that we should take heed . Hesajx tnat wh-never the Soh of Alan 11 nbout to com-

      ?and bf the cohkd ? of the son of maa 1 uEderstand any and every grenl chango which the providence of God « . ; c-- ? rding to the purposes of hii ) divine wisdom is abont to mak « to happen in the world—that whenever any Buch change is about to takep ! ace , then it may be s-. id taat the # on ofm « is about to appear , a . nd ChTJit » s . ys that when these chf-ng ^ a are abouc to come ; when t ' r . ey are near at the door aud ftt our very fee : —th ^ tone of the signs of bis coming , of the coming of these changes wi'l be that many false ChrLs : 8 will ari > e . ( . Aye . ) Ttiink a moment what ths wor-1 of Christ meics , and who the man Christ J

      character of the misrisn to which he was appointed—to save fcis people from their sins ; in other words to hfaY as s physician doe ?; to bind np evtrj wound ; to heal every sickBcss ana disease to which our hearis and our ea rih , the social ktate in which we li * e may , for the time b-ing happen to be subfect . Now Christ gay . " , that , whenever he ij about thus to come Xr > heal the wounded , that many false Christs will arise . One will say , "Lo ! here it Chris' . ; " in other words , oue will say . " Do this and all will be well . " Others will say , "Lo ! here i * Christ ; " th » t i « . " Adopt this plan , and all will be right . " Others will ar . s- again , and make promises of a different description ; * nd by this means the minds of th * people will fea distracted , the attention

      of the people will be drawn off . and the end of God » ill appear to be frustrated , by the want , among the people , of that unity of thought aud siriUitaueousn ? i > s of action , without which it would seem God , through any p-oplc , coaldnotact That is precisely the casa just now . All men are agreed in b-lievii > g that we are 1 n the ere of a change , aud a Tery great change , a very awful change , and per * hap * a very sudden change . No two m-n are agreed as to the way ia which vre ought to be ready to abide th * t chaiig " , and meet that chang-, and to cneonaterall th' -f-e things which that change may send amongst us a ? forerunners of ita coming . You may tell m * that jou are * fll awira of this state of the publi : mind , " and that von are equally well a * are

      of t ' tifi character of the public cucsel *—if that may be ca Id counsel in which there is no unaoimity ol r > . ongh ' , no nnity of purpose , no unanimity o ! action . Yon may ask me whether amongst all the <* a schemer * , I do not inclade my * If , and whether , amongstall thos- plans 1 have not another to add to the nnmber ? I tell you , without fear oi b-in ? challenged as one who does Eot speak the trath , that I a * n no schemer , ani 1 tell yen further , as one who heedsnot whether he be called a fool lor it or not , •* I have no scheme for you;—I am not a foife Christ ; I hav ^ nev-r sat mys-lf up , nor raited By vsic ? , cr-icg to the people , * Lo ! here is Christ ; or ' , Lo ! there is Cfcrist . " If 1 hare , tell mi where . C * Aye , ay * . " ) If I havn , t ^ ll me wherein . If I have " , toll me in what way . I know there are whisperers who whiz it out , aa-1 buz it amoag * t you that Stephen * is changed —( hear , a--ar , hear , )— -that he said a great deal last SuDday that was very unlike anything h- » ever said b-ilore . Will those scnall

      ire'ds of yours , but right do » B good friends of mi e—or they give roe aaother ehooce of talking — --n . il ih > Bi small friends of yours * sy openly ani - ; t occa wherrin is Stephen * cbang-a i In what ka' -S' . t-phen * ver said one « ord that np » et any one * rd tnst he e-versaid be or '? ( Hear , hear . ) 1 * it stiyneiTsto thf > people at Stahbridire to hear Stephens te 1 th « m h- is no Radical ? ( "No . Is that news ? I * there one mftn in Ashton or Stalybndge , or Laacashirc , or England , that ever hear-i Stephen * s iy he was a Ra : icai ? \ t t ' uere ODf am in Ctalybri ^ gf , or AsljtJD , or Hyde , or Lancashire , or Ragland , tta - baa ever heard Stephen * ulk , wbea he came at all f > speak on that subject , that has not hfard Stephens say , again and asrain , th--t ke n- 'ter was a Raiiral , and by ths hel p of Gud uever wouid be a Radical . 1 never quarrelled w . th y ^ n f or being Radicals , cid I ? No : did i «» ver . try to put y ^ u out of conceit with your Radicalism , did I ? Nor did I eve / try to wia over one man from tk «

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      raiikx ol RMd > o < h ^ m ? 1 al * ftv « told jcu that 1 b » - iieted , if ttsere were in the rank * of any party morr honest m ^ D , go ^ d brothers- ^ -sound aud trua to God and their neighbour , than in the ranks of any otht-r parry , it was " in the R * dical ranks . 1 always told yo » i thit The majority of , tie people of England are Radicals by their own profeiwkn ; and by nj ) own expereuc ^ I bad foend the rnajority of the people of England to be honr « men , and di 8 p . " 8 ' . « to be tnie-he */ t ' -d brothers . Bat I was BOt g ^ 'ing to be a Radical on that account , la it any news t >> anybody iereaway to be told that Stephens never was a stickler—much less that S epbeo » ** ver meant to bf a fi h ? er abont the fi » e points ? Wh j « whfu your bwihren at Ashton chost * me to be their r »»

      pre-** "ntaoveintheCon \? nuonof th « industri » Tis classes , did not I tell you then , again and again , that J > iid not car ** two sVawg about the five poiuts ; that if 1 went to London , I would not present a petition which I had not signed , and which I would ratter my to ' -i g- . tt" cleave to the roof of my mcutb . than 1 would xay a word to induce anybady to sign . ( Great wtfc'nisbiLeQC . ) I never asked you to sign it : novi ? r . I told you to please yourselves abont iigiang ; ano to do what you thought to be right . As for me , ) wuul-i rath / r walk lo London on my bare knees , on rh » rp fl . nt » tones , to attend an Anti-Poor L * w meeting , than be carried U > London in a coach aud eix , pillowed with do » n , to present that petitionthe "National Petition "—to the Ho ^ se o" Ccmmo a * .

      ( Hear , hear . ) Stepht-cs changed . ' ( Laughter . ) No ; not yet . Aod what if he had changed " r Other peo ' p le will etiange before him . Aye , m- » i ) y a one ; aud men that made a great deal more to do about themselves than Stepb / ns has don " . But Q »< ver mind it : it ' s no news to you that I b > ver was a"five-point mm . " I tcld you that 1 only was a one-point man ; and ihat poitt was » good prayer a . nd a long spear . 1 told yoa Uiat the prayer would open v . eaven ; and 1 told you that tha ttpeata' points and musketry would k « ep the gutes ot heli closed , and the devils at home . That is th » r-oly point J ever waa for . That ia tb © oaly point I hate ever bothered voa about ; and tbaak God it has doi e more good than all ib . 9 rf * t put togtbeT . ( Haar . )

      That it why they aay Stephen * is changed , because his points break in ; they hit the bull ' s eye ; they oirike treason , and despotism , and tynmcy , lo their fall . Is it any news to you to t * to . d that Stephen ? does not recommend a National Holiday ? Is there auy man alive her-, or apy whf re else , that overheard tn « rrcmaiend a natiou&l holiday either at the chimney corner , in the cou » miuee-mom , at h public meeting , from the pulpit , or through thepres *? I have a great deal of nonsense to answer tor , bnt I hay * not that rubbish od my hands . That is A ttwood ' s humbng , not min * . I tell y . ii rjpenly to-day , because it is the last day , perhaps , tor » oino time at least , that I shali stand before you ; and therefor * , if 1 am to be lanvd for it , or if I am to havo my

      brain * b ! o « n ont for it . make h > stf . I know it h-w been talked nbont . ( "It has ") Aye , it has ; and it ha * been laughed at . I ki ^ ow tbut gr .-at talkers nro very seldom grrat doenu ( Hear , h ar . ) Make hast iHi I .-iholl eppear amorg you ; ani wiiettk-i I leavv > DaWiafi Id in iho midst of soit-mn silence , o liud hutrss , or of yells of t > xafr * iieu , or whether I iaiiin my passage by th « bludgeon or the bullet ol the assign , I am tesnlveito staud between you and the d ^ n ^ er that op ^ ns b-fore vou , an \ to te . l you what 1 think about it . ( Hear , hf ar . i Solong ai ta « National Co . venliua was only

      talking , : t was not my business to say auythiug at all abojtit ; but wht-n the Coave ; : tion , or rath < r h Kina . ll section ol the Couveutiim , purposes to lead you upon the wild goose chase of Uinver **! Suffrage , by m-aus of the delusion of a National llolid ^) , l have a r git , is lam willing , to ha \ r-my head brokenior it , ana lumwilliag , I uavearigUtto * ay it to you "think twice bo / or-i jou ! -tart onre --pon thnt race . " Look txfor ^ yon ltap , or try to 1 vap , over that ditch , or it may happi-n ttiat you win plump into tht * iciidie of it , il jju don ' t , A National H < liduy meana universal Aitarchy and contusion , and ihe insurrection of one portion of ti . e nation , the weakest , th most divid d , agxinit otb-r-r poriioas of the nation that are as one bodv , guided and directed by one he * d . Can you

      right rtgainst that od .: s ? If you can , you ar < - > » t ffer chaps than 1 thought y -u were . A National Holiday means a national rwht . Are you going to fig ^ it ? Have you made np ysur minri * to tkat , *• wilta sbalta , belter skcrlt-r , agaiusC barracks or wiudmills , junt a * the casa ma-y bf , tho on » as toon a * thtsoih ^ r ? HaTey ou made up your minds to run yonr heads into lit * li > n ' s mouth , b-fareyou havo drawn his ti-eth ? You U < ive n . adn him wag ^ hi . < tail ; and it won ' c b « lor _( f before y ^ ur he * d U off if you put i : into tkat mouth ; it as eep as the pit of he !' . 1 l . ave always tcld yon that Universal suffrage , Anneal Par . laulen ^ f , Vole by Bailor , acd all ihe rest of the rigmarole , was cot worth righting for . Vou may please yourselves « bether y . ; u think it is

      wortu fighting for ot not : in my roiuclu is cot . But vrh ^ tker it bo or not , ono thioic I know is , that you can ' t get it by figuring for . 1 know you can ' t fwht aud win ; and were 1 therefore ; v fir -points mat ; , which I ana not , I sh iuld sriy still as strongly as 1 say r . ot being a five-pcin ! 8 man , " 1 ok be : " urt » you le ^ ip . " There ' s all thu difference between the mastcr * stopping the mills , srd jvnr stopping them . When tae masters . toj > them , ii is done all at ouce , like clockwork . All ar- ^ ? hut uat alik-- ; tb « Methodist , and th- > ir . fiiel , aad th > ' O ^ enite—"' all rnaku «' folk . ( H" . ar , hear ) Th ^ y are all cut alike—man , woman , and child , and you will then make common cznse logeiher . Tte M * » l '« adi > ts don ' t d&iua the iLfidels to hell in a ' chr . * aan spirit ; " iBfidela doa ' t of

      damn " God A'jnightr rn- n" jn a is ^ jrH n mdhke vengexnee , Thore is ViOXUiuu of tuat kiud when the masters stop ths mills : you are all sailing ia ono boat , and ycu' know thr . t it you fal ! oat yon will likely ail sink in one boar ; ana therefore you try who can pull best . Vou will not even have public sympathy in yoor favour , becatioe , if it were not y-. ur o » a Inul > , many of the * hopkt ^ pers would say , " Thf ^ e peopl » are much to b- ' pitied ; tt . e m isti-rs tre - ^ rocj ;; th « men would work day aad eight , bat th-y won ' t let them work . Vrell , yoa try to make a "turnorjt ; " and what h .-ippens then ? Sjias of the hand-s don't wtnt to go ont . SvHno of tbeia are Methodists , and ftome ol them are Church people ; and ) ou aie told thu

      this woa ' t ^ o , "nd that ihat toij ' t do ; they gay . * ' it is an itfid .-l st >» p , and taey won ' t have anything to do with it : thry will werk . " Or the infidels begin tw Bar , " It is a Methodist trick , and we will resist it oa the outset . " " Oh ! but it they won ' t com * our , say you , we will fetch thtm out . " Very well . But if tdat bs your game , atop a bit ; only see what sort of £ ame you are going to pay , I inoHght y- u were goir g to ( 'estroy tyranny : why , it » ctMns that you arr gouig to fi ^ ht uiih the working aoen . ( " No , no . ") Then you won ' t fetch them out ? C'Ye * , yg . " ) Because il on * half are out , and the other half are in , you must cither fetch th .-m outor not . If not , it is mo holiday . It is only a lew ioS , » tha : are not working , atd a good m- > uy

      « ise men that aie vroiting . li yon do fetch them out , or try to fetch them out , you ar < > fighting yonr o- * ii brothers ; you are fightiog your own sisters ; you are fighting yonr own friends ; you & * e contending agaioiityour own nf ighbours . Azd il ' you offer to fetch your bri-ther workman eut against the ' . r will , do you call that liberty ? Now you know I am not a Radical . ( " Would to God ycu were , " from several voisr * . ) Not that sort of a Radical . Yon aon ' t call that liberty to make men keep holiday whether they will or not ? Is that the Charter , to make a man vote as he thicks best ? It is a queer catechism that : a qut-er Bible that . My notion of iibt rty its that every man should be allowed to think ( or hiaieeifand to act for himself , so long aa his

      , conduct is obviously such as not to injure his fellow creatures . ( Hear , hear . ) I doc ' t lik « liberty all on one side . Then you would havethe public sympathy against you . The shopkoepers wouH sa ^ r , »• i'het-e m « n might have work , if they would . " Voa would have the thopka ^ per * against yoa to a ruan . Acd do you think that you hare a single friend amaagst i&e ghopVepers ? ( H-ar , hear . ) I know Home of them are ; but ask any one of them who has got plenty of stuff behind hia counter , and see whether ue will let you go and fetch , it . There wonld not be a shnpkfepi / r who would have more in his shop than he wanted fur himself . Is that the sort of revolution you want ? (?• Plenty f sammnt to eat . " ) I know it : and it is because I want you to have

      enough and to spare that I ^ ara you most affectionately , most solemnly , against throwing awny the very little that you have . For sevon years 1 have given you a-vic « the very opposite of this . I have aiways said lo you , and say so still to every grown man and every husband amongst yon , that you are to woTk as men ougut to work . Do ycur duty to your masters honestly and conscientiously . 1 have told you ever and over again never to fritter away a moment of yoor masters' time , nor pilfer away a particle of y ear masters' property . Give yosr masters your time , and the skill and the strength and the care which you have covenanted to give them ; and when that is done , gee all the wa / je 8 that your masters can be brought by fairneM to give vou . Teat ha * been my advice for s ? ven years , un&

      it is my &dv ; c <; to-daj . If yonr masters rton t work six days out of the never * , be thankful if they work no bS 3 than four ; aud it they don ' t work lour day > , b-. t only three , be tcsnkittl caat they are not working two ; and if you have no work at al ) , be thankful that you have here and there a friend tt at will speak kindly , that will look affectionately , nnd that will act a brjther ' s aud a neighbour " * p art by you . ( . Two ot three voices : " That will not do . " ) Yvs , ic will do . ( Nay it woo ' c do . ) Yea , it shall do . ( It will not do . ) Stephens : It will do ; it » hall do . ( A voice : ** I will fight blood up to t > e eye » before ihat shall do . " ) Stephens : So will 1 fight blood up to tha eyesj but 1 wiil not shel a drop of blooo , no' will I see a sstgle drop of blood abed , unlesi I know that in shedding myow blooi , and in the shedding of my neighbour ' s blood , I am likely to get that which I w . uit eitoer for myself er for my children that ara to come after me . Let not that good friend behind ma Its brxtj , Tbey » r =

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      none tne wor * emen . Ihat are all pluck : I wish there wcra more of that pluck . If emy man were readv s that roan says , « to fi / ht Wood ep to the eyes , ' vox * wouldnotbeinthes-tuautnyou are at present , ani you wonld be outof it before to-morro v morning . 1 » m wpll kwuw that I can look mj frienil bebin 4 me in ( Ut ; face , » ud aak him whether thera ia » man ia England ha « ione more to bring up the courage of th « pe < pie >> f Knkland ttuni hive dona ? ( Hear , and "it ' s true . "; Butpkgtier-» ien » you do not want ; you w * nt them now . And if such haw , been my pant tervicoa , my pn wtat thnll be in aheddmn iuj Wood , U it » u wanted , in Vwyiag ay own best friends , my o * n de » re * t brftkren » from rnnrnsg into any i » . ne . ; e 8 * wy ¦ Ja nRer . 1 gee lull well tuore ' n a darker c ' . oud coming over r . ngland ihau the one thit ia now going ta break over onr h « aii » , lettioz down s ihw dropa of enrichinK rain which i * to make the » anh yMi har » .. 'au by and by . Bat you talk ab * mt a . National Holiday i YV « 1 I , then , are all thosti narvesw « .. b >

      leu to rot » p n ih « ground ? If you lira to strike work , the nuabandmau in lha country tuoat » trike work . Wby- » h » n ) d yo * ittep oat of the niiils to leave th « bar Teat which i * alrasdy waiting tu be pa : h » red in ? In th » harreut u the hotiband-< nan '» way of working , wd thu factory i » jrour place of wurkiug . If yOO ar » to lt < p Workinfr . the nkopkeepars tsuat atop workiBfr . Are tkev oti . f ( co do il ? No . 1 eu ^ ht to stop working aad ain I ftouis to in u ? No , 1 am nut . Will the UKn llwt recomin-jud a National Holiday liye upon half a lp » ' ' , cr up « n brown bread , » n you will bo sbliged to do ? Will tbey live ' on " tato pilliH * , " or boilvj nea-weed and graaa . aa you will hare to do ? Not a bit of it , not a man « f them ; U ia all » delusion from beainuing to end , from the tint to th « tuat . Let thn «» men fall into that anare that choose lo fall into that snare ! butattor 1 have left you , whether it b « for a dung , on or lor a temporary retireim-iit , I ahall have the iitiitacuen of rccollMting that 1 gate yoa th « be « t eoanael I hud to give jeu , — 1 w * » hf . d my Uanc » of your blood , and left it upon your oven

      heada , aod upon thn head * of your duar children , whom ( am now pleading for beyond my strength . That man talks aVnut shedding blood . 1 have shed wore blood than hire and th . \ r » oij » already . I bave shed , aa yon can see , a doz * u year * of iuv blood ; but in d « ing that I have sought for no ; ntng but to uaro the ttheiding e [ tba blood ol jour innoeent children , and of y « ar wivtt , and •{ thosn *» ery men that have bet-n talking in the factories this week about blowing my brain * out before 1 goto Liverpool . 1 want to lave you , and 1 will try to sure you if 1 can . 1 want to save your master * : and , if nothing can save yoo , I » ba ! I at least have th ? Mtufaetioti of having dune onr man ' s than * by giving warning-one man ' s share by en ing ont holloa , tne tliiei Ucming 1 " And the * ie good menbftiind will think better of it before they steep ; 1 know thej will . I hive had a good many on the very tip-toe oi np ^ iuniim with me about thi »; but 1 ne ver talked tire uiiuuuv frith one of thtm , even the hottest , before he was far mote r , t a coward than Uiynelf . ( Hear , hear . ) But it U not » oue . noa

      of c > wardi « e . There u another thing . I don ' t want and don ' t mean thp brave men of the 20 th ert-r to be ordered lo !¦ vel their pieces at vour head * , or to run their bayonets into ; ourlreaau . I don ' t niaaayoa ev » r to run ng&ioat the men ui the 20 th . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) I know t ' lat 1 have b . en blamed ; 1 kudw that I havp had all manner of evil « ,- * oken aijamnt me for trying to make friend * bV . ween ' the Lot * in fustian" and " tfte bnrs ia r « l . " But tner shall be friund *; they Khali be l ' rienda yet . Th * 7 shall be fiends , in ( pile of all national leaders . 1 know tu « ri ^ ht of a British oldier ; swd tbey hare brought another bill into thn H ^ Bse ol Ctunmonj—llM SJdier * ' Pension Bill ; they are bribing the soldiers now—tl »> T » re bidaing xery high for them . The * . ldiers linn ** already that alur thirty years' » ervic . f , amil the snows Ol fijva Seoiin , or tiie burning sandx ef Africa , that after thirty years' » vr * ite , if they coine to need 6 J ., or il always ovar and above their pension , they must go into a bsstile , and have ttieir pension taken from them by the I'oor

      Ia « Uommis > ionerii . The uldirirs know that already ; a . ' . d that is one reason why they ha . *> e no great luva Ur lUo poor Law . But now thu Uovurmnent ia trying to bribe them , fur they havi > brought iu a " SwUieis' Peni . 1 in Bill . " aud there ¦» a cUu w in it to the ( fleet that not only if » soldier n-anU auy relief hi ; i < to bare his peuaion taken from him , but tkat if any child blunging to a soldier , if any child , or oihrr pnnon . thu « belonging to a iiuldier , wan t * parish relief , the Poor Law UuartJidBt are to find out th « regiment that hi » fitlicr tervcw ia , « r her father , if ic bo a young woman , waom one of thn Q « . > raiun » himself m . iy have deduced , and who nerds suuttiiance lor hen > e ! f and her child , tho law l-a ; . » over thn head f ( he seoucvr , * nl fails dnwn upon the head » f the poor saluiar ; » nJ by that act of ParlLuvnt , if it pass into » n urt , the Kuldier ii to be robbud ol liu peusiun , to support ev , n a child of hi » daughter ' * , or hit wi e ' s ntduccr , u that cbi -1 wauta parochial ieliuf . Will ihe soldier titftitt ' or that ? Oh no . Well , then , ia there & man— breathe * there a man whh

      mind so tin 1 . ur with heart so blailc , that would with to ikitks ih « soldier and tiie civilian enemies one against the ovher ? No ; 1 hope there d » eti not breuthe sucq a man . If theru be , 1 »> n nut that man ; nor will 1 be u p ^ ri ^ to any L ' Un , nor will 1 be a party ts any scheme that xhait open ths barrack gates , and let oui the troops *>( tho line , squadrnns of hnrse , or parks of tmilbry , upon a defenceless , a . ucceivtd , a bc > tra > . u will perliapx liml ont th « n , a fori < ak « u and an abandoned people . I hey talk about being reutty to leud vou on ; au , luy ggnd lrimids , I wUh 1 could now tell yon all 1 know about lending en . 1 can onl y tell you one thing , tb ^ i I do hiiiiit one iiiaii Uiat has talked a very great dual ttouut that Natioaal HoliJay , who has said that m a very short time he rr . enna to b « in the bark woiids of Arat-nca . I kno . v it . ( Cries el 'Name , " anJ Who is he ?"; I will not tell you t >>) ay ; 1 wiil tell y « u before you and 1 hay ofhisname He Ua maa y < iu hares «« n ; a Ruin y * u have hunrd ; lei that

      on enough lur to-day . ( A voter , "Qaite tmough . "; IsitMot strknye , ruy friendu , tliat when jiu ai . d I came to niter together , aa we way My , f « r the lust tjmi ' , that **» many ol you stiuuM launch iigktuing at m « from your eye , and gnash upon me wit ! i your teeth ; bnt this dues not uke m * at usanaret . Vv-u may ^* i trutn ibis guund to-jsy ; > ou nuynej that th >; G'WMUin ' "iu ha » bouglu we ; you may nny ttiai I hiv ^ gocten th . nKandj hhiI t »»* uf ttlounmiJs , and hundreds of thoUJ » nJd for wh » t 1 am jelljngyon to-d » j ; jou may H » y whatever jon like , you may think whatever you like ; 1 ha * . a told you olien and again , a& . once nw'u lor the last tiin-. it Hiay t > u , that whether 1 am elevated , lifted up upon this loud husanna * of the people , who cry " Uurr * h ! Stephi-ns , our cbampiiin , for dvtr ! '' or whether I ani huotedand pelted ut , a » d t » ut ! get > n « . l , urn eren destroyed upon the spot , it is not the tirat time 1 have faced an angry , mnltitade . ( A roice , 'N'ltiui angry . " j Thank God , I am not speaking to an angry multiladotii-day ; but were I speaking to a

      mulucudevt-riio » : fcvy , it wnulJ not ba the first tiiun . Ketollect I have Uud t « lace all the Irish in this district , who l . uve been told that Stephens w * 9 an agent from the Duke of C-mberlitn ) , ani who believed it , too , and that I warn , 4 t" pull the rrow Imki UukinUuld Chapel , 1 have had to lace them , and I dil face them . 1 have told them to go to yonder hill , « nd carry mo away , and not a policeman within gun-sbo ; , an ) me by lutsell , aim 1 ivUl ibciu 1 would meet tbetx there ; end il they could provr > any one oi ' tnosti ass « r < io : i 8 , ttiry fhuuU take their shilelabs , lay my head upon aitnn ' uon the top ol yonder hili , and beat niy brains out upon the spot ; urn ) 1 say tba Haute to any mldgulled KuglwhtiK'n . Veil all the " Natiuiial H iliday" iuea , all thn men that are going to li ^ l t blood np io tae e ^< s lor thelivr p iut * , to h ^ ve a me- iu . g at Uoogh Hill , and 1 will do my beat to kep e « j frifrid if minu nway . and J will go aJon-,- i h-iII mrec th ^ oi Jh-rrt tf ihvy Mishit ; and it ( ki * y can sViow that they j « r < - riyht and that 1 am wrung , then 1 will cuaio »\ id be the apostle of the

      . Nuiiou . il Uoliduy ; unJ II they can siiuw that what 1 am how itawi . g doen u < t ijuriog Iroin the kindest , the war nest gushing iut of love iiuvl d > V'jteiiheas to your cause , ib y hh . ; Uld servi ' me as 1 told the IrUhme . i to serve me , if th / y tind out that I was mi . 'jismv to tjlojn My iriendt , never pur your trun ' in , and never follow af'er , mm who pretenj to bo uble to maiiUl ' jcture a revulution . A revolution , a roiling away ol thtf whole irom evil to good , from tvr . » i « g to right , fffiu iitjiisiice ai < d d | ' | ir » iiioH to righteoiiHiuM and equal rule , ik v < -r } vt was mnnulaciured , and iK-rer will he Manufactured . i . j < d , who tvaches you what jour rigl . ti are , what Uw blei 3 ir . g < Ho lia « endowed you withal are , will , in His own t ; uud urn . ' , it that time should enme—Uud wi : \ u- ± ah your aaeds tu war , and your lingCM to liiflit . If any body iuIcs mn wfteweri bave not talked about fighting , I answer , '• Ve « , i have , very often ; and I h p >! to livr ; tJ talk much oltt-nwr abont lighting than ever 1 have done , t mcun to talk a go » d deal fctuni Iirfblini 7 in Ihe dm'k at LiverDno ) . if Lord John

      Ku * , ell oare take me tkvre . 1 am afraid he will lunk alter ail . ( Luagliter . ) H * hag only sent me notice ol two trials ; and even in thu two fur which 1 bave notice , there ' s n screw or twe loose . 1 can ' t get them to do th .: thing right and straight , nod fair , and xlap up to tbe mark like taen ; and they are already beginning tstfiud oat that " would-be wise men" may look r # > rr fuolwh trien they eutua to have to face their great God , and a great nation , in a solemn and tacrei court ul jimico . 1 now and then hear littl * bits of whit > porH Irom London , & # wull as othar people , and vriihout much * ecret-servioe money . Now I have heard from London , tbat th « Commi > isioni : ru of the Home Secretary find themselves to be ia a funk ;—( laughter)—thvy are in a mes < , and they don ' t know how to get out of it . It is ttue they ean got Boaruuiao and Kipley to swear anythiag . it is true th ' . 'V can get Manby ami Hibburt , and CoiraM , and Uean , and Johnstone , and such like men to wwe . ir what they will whatsoever , for they receive full " value TeceWcd fitr their

      ttiwear-; n g : " it is true they may obtain at tho hands nf a » p « cial jury a verdict upon tbe evidence of such men so foresworn ; oat Lor 4 J . Ku »*! 1 ar . d the commissKiners according to my intelligence from the Homf-ofiice , have at taat , after » U this put ofl , all this Q oarish of trumpet * through tho mouths el three indictments for ri » t and misdemeancur , —they have at last found oat that whether they get a verdict or not at the lips of Coward , Johmtone , Doan , and nil thu rest of them that it won ' t do lur the country ; that the country h ill never sutidit ( no , no ) : nevtr stand bv and » he a man s > 'nt to a * i \ Ur one , two , or threo years , or any length •! tirua for having , as those , witnecsen say , said tuch and luck things , three or four random unconnected words out of a speech of two hours aud a half length , that never was xuken down by any repvr . ( er . Lord J . Russell has found that out ; aad by in '* rmati . > n 1 have receirtd some li : * e ago—I don ' t always tell the moment 1 get U ; there ' s a tiiu » to keep in and a time to let out , an ') 1 hope my friends t-ohind will find that out . f Lauithter . 1

      But LordJohii and the Commissioners haye oscettaiocd that thissert of work won't do ; and now inateal of ( tending Shekel and Goddard npand down the country to « se whether they C * iB ' t lo * Ieu the burning of Hi g ^ inboi torn '« mill against titej > Uens , they bto ssDling raeiwiii'gtfrs up and d « wn the country , and offering I know taot what , for any man that can come forward und give th-m anything like a lull , and a trueuh , and a rtther more particular account of my . speeches than Jehnitone , and Coward , an < i Mahb y , nnd the rest . They find out that they'hare mistaken their oixi ; that the man who all these years has been openly proclaiming hiroseit no Radical any more than a Whig or a Vory , and who htxd oppuaed some of tho five points , and who only h ^ lds the puintof Universal Suflrage in a certain sense , end with certain l \ iuitsities *—that the mam who has alwaya don » what h » ooold to keep the people oat of tho reach of theoretic deceivers and lead them up to practical improvements—that that man who has always done what he could to teach the people to

      revere ani honour and respect all that are in authority , f > om the Qui-ea upon the threne down to the petty constable— that tbat man is hardly the man that it will do to charge upon th « oath ot Boardman and Ripley with having said that h « intends to astablUh a republic ; an < l therefore Lerd John aiii tbe Commissioners are sending np end down tho country—the Quei . n ' a arms at the head of it 1 snppon—whether virtue is tu b ? its ' » n reward or not I have nut been told from the Hum > -e ! lice—bat this is the mission Lord John ftuKajll tug vnt his runners opon and ! hope they may only get tho rigiit bub . V \ h « ther he may find tne right m . in or not , 1 can only tell him that he will find a man at | he trial . Thrraisaman that knows errry word he ev . r said in his lift ) as to its genera ) iiHport , aod , ia most instances as to its -special a'gnitication anil application ; and b-fure I ana convinced thnjarv mxist bare a loag upeech—and it was tw > hour * and a half id the alUfuoon » rnl the » iffhf nperctl nas » toUt tWO bOUTX J &Dd tlltV must , have the Ashiou-oadvr-Lynt B « nsox , and that was two ur three honra more , aud the Hider . eeoh , in which I con

      trived to create a riot a « d inndemeani-ur in md < aking notfiv » - minutes : they must have these np . ' . ech . a , and they shall have cht'se speeches , and a » will 1 be judg- 'd , and no will you be judged before tJod and onr ceentry . [ Hear , hour ] Andnotv toy friends it is time we broke oil tor the afternoon . 1 hope to mett you here again to-night ; and if i have any wuh to make it w that tho » e friends—tor jau are not tba less Irirnd-—not tho less mj ( f kndu bf cau » i > suma of you think different iy from what I do—* f I have any wi » h to make it is thai those of my friends thac think d : fltT"i / tlr frith ma and tkat ttiink otherwine than 1 do on these tuhj-tcta wili io all thev can to bring a » many with tham ia the erenicgi as they caii of thoee who are of the same way of thinking a * th ^ n-tH-lv * -. I wish CO 2 ure all in Sialybrjdge that tbink otherwise that ' 1 do if 1 eocld get them , and then let us compare notes together . I intend thU erming to tub over ono or two of the poi&is snd to illustrate one or two of th * priaci p' . eittiat bare guided and directed » y public career ainoEkgat > on for ih : last « eroa year * , * m » kUI 1 v for the tire ywrs laatjiaat j a * d » t

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      the ' do > e ot tha adArew tnu eteniag , 1 tKall strive to aacert * in , and lead you hkewiae to sseeriain whether tlioe « principles are an strung , aa mighty , s * powerful tonighta » they W « re seven years ago ; whether those principle * are not drawn ( ron the word o > the In rd , to tbat word of whiehit ia ostid that aUhongti all flesh be u grias . and all the glory <•< ttriu as th < - flawer of tbt field which withered and ladeth away , ynt the word of the Lord shall never , iw * . cr , never fail , Kectnte it U fonnded upon a rock , and that ia th * word which by the gospel i » pr « acn * d sat * / o « . TheDoxology was then tung , and after the nraal blessing had bdenyronuuut ^ d the assemblage ae-paTa ^ . It ra * y be worthy of runoark tbat among the awdienee our reporter recognised several soldiers who paid the greatest attention to the adores * of thu preacher .

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      BURGLARY BY THE MANCHESTER POLICE . FORCIBLE ENTEANCR INTO THE HOTJPE OF JOHN LJVShY , BY BREAKING OPkN TUli DOOR , AMI ) 6 KIZUUB OF HIS PKOPEKTY . B- 'S ' ick , the head omutible of Manchester , hari n ^ received iotertnatum that a man uumert Joh n Livseyy livisg in a collar unier the ho : ; i *« No 43 , ilaaiiver >» trvet , Shude-hill , had commenced th * sale of « uu 3 , pisiol > 3 , daggers , Bad ammuniiion to the Churtints of tUU towu and nei ( jhbou .-Lood , he appli > td oa Thursday last , to the borough migimrate * . tor a warraa ' , aud the game evening , uccompaaied by Davies aud several of the borouga police , proceeded to ti . e place . Livny was uot in at the

      time ; bet the ofiic . r * found aad took a * ay with thr-m two iowhug-pieces , one appi \ ieni ] y ne * , and bearing on the lock , na the same of the maker , " Thomp ^ oa ; " the other a very old piece , and of eery iittle value ; two steel bowts , strong with catgat ; and a lent ; &n *< ponderous t * o-hnn < Zed battl -axe , evideatly an ancient weapon ; it in morn than a jar .-: ia leogih , tbe l * aa > ile cotered v » ith faded crinuon velvet , and Kturtdid with brswa uailx , At ax to give increfis d powttr of gra » p ; the lead having a »*» micucula . blade , s-omewhat like a Lirge chcese-catter , anJ ») so a Htraight charp poialed ani two-edged blade , for thru . sting . Thin iustrum nt of warfare was suspended by n striDg ov ^ ¦ r the chimney-piece , * md there were alijo displayed in th" -same place , aa old Htr&ight two-edged and pointed nword ; with the ancifnt cro' 8-puard , and » pomtr . el of c .- » rvHd boce or ivory ;

      * iid a 7 > iatcheie , or machete ; ( a « ort ot long d «» f < t-r with a cross-guard and vmuoat bilt ) and an ordinary m'isket-bayonet . In other parrs of the c- Uar were found a ram-rod for a gun , nix builet-auouW , ( lor gnxif ) a box of patent ' Anti-corrv give percusci ; u Cipft , No . 4 , " and & tin fla « k ( nil of Hue guopowder . Theoe articles they took witi t ? ifm to th Poi . ct » Office , aud Ii swici ( i . eimed it ad \ i *« ab ! e to r-q ir « the attendance there of L . vs « y ' a wi ' e . Shortly a : ter th •• seizure , and while his wife was ftt trw P .. lice ( Jllico , Livs ** y himvelf went to the oflics of thrf 1 hdoor Siipeiintendeut , and gave information to DavieB that a robbery bad been com-ai . ied <> a hi * pr . miBe * . Beswick detained him ; aud aiCcr puttiax cirtaiu qne ** tioua to him , which Livnoy answered , he was placed in the Lock-up , and his wife was allowed to depart .

      Oil Friday morning , John Liv * ey , who is a yotzng man of Hallow complexion , dressed aj a mechanic , wa » brought up at t'h * Borough Court , before th « itiitiug Majfiutratei ' , Thomas Potter , Maror , (» ho presiied ) James Kerf haw , and Danel L- ^ e . The vaiiaus articies found in the prisoner ' * cellar w « w placed on the table of the Court , and appeared to exciti * considerable curiosity . Beswick having b ^ ea 8 worn , stated the charge >) gain » t the prison-r in the following lerro * : —1 have received information for some time pa . vf , tbat the prisoaf r , who i . s living in a cell-tr , No . 43 , H inover-^ treer , Shuiehill . has be- 'n iu the habit of furnishing the CharlirtU of this borough and the surrounding Ufighboarhood » iih a quantity ot aims . In

      contequrtacn of thi ? , i made applica wn yesterday to the Mateixtra-. es for a warrant for the purpoae of searching hi * nans * , and apprehending him if noceasary . I went yestcrda * , wuh Davids aad some other officer * , t ) hi « cellar , . but he was not in . We loond in the place t ^ e wucL * now produced—two fowling piec-8 , two si < -el Ik » - «? h , a baul ? -ax < s a bayonet , a Mword , a ramrod , a dagger , fix bullet mould * , a box of caps tor gan-, an- , a quat-tity o ( po » d > r . We bro-. * ,: ht h : * wift ^ and the anicles to the Police Office ; and very * s u > rt y tt ' w : w « rds , tie nun h ; in elf caiwe ro thi P «»[ ic « Ui ' ii :. > , asd gave iu orm % ion to Mr . pav . ei of a robtiery having been commuted upon uis premise-. I d < Jtai £ ted him in custod y , and I asked him if hn choae to g . ve « ny account ol the

      possession of those articles . He said he was agent ioi Mr . Thompson , the manufacturer of these guns « , who resided ac Birmingham , and that he was ia tbn Uabit of selling them . Tne gun * aud blllle . t-mould . * i , he said , Ke had for sale ; aad the other articles , thit wera hanging over the mantel-piece , were articles which , Le *« aid , he had for the purpose of prot ^ ctic ^ him * elf . On searching Mm I found t-ro receipts of packages from the Grand Junction Railway Company ; and he stated that ha had received a ca *» of eleven gun * and one fowlinsr-piece , on the 18 th July , and another case on the 20 th of July , two daysa ' f terwards , containing twelve t ^ uns , ail of which had boeu disported of . I think I shall bave some fa-ther evidence in the case in three or four days

      more ; and my application now is , tbat you will bo pleased to remand him to Monday . —The Mayor : P . iuoner , is there anything you have got to say why yoa should not be remanded to Monday ? Pruoa ^ r : 1 hava uot heard anything yet said against me . —Mr . Baawick repeatrd tiie substaaca of hts statement - jwid when htfcnme to tkat pnrt of it wLichcoataiaed the pria > ner ' a account a ; himself , that ha wa * an agent , employed by George Thompson of iiirininghatn , a mannfacturer of guns and other articie (« , and that some of tho things found were for tho pnrpose of protecting himself , ( he prisoner exclaimed — " I said no such tfiin ^ . " VV'hsn Mr . Beswick « aid ha had found opon . him the two orders or delivery note * of the Grand Junction Railway Company , the

      prisoner said , " I gavd those up , in fact , for tbe purpose of establishing my Rgency . "—The Mayor : What have you to say why y , m should not be rt - raand ^ d to Monday ?— The Prisoner : No more than thin , your Worship , that it a very strange way of proceeding . My house in broken into , aud tb * 3 & article * are taken away . I have circulated carda , and had a public sign up for a lengta of time ; J never shunned the place ; 1 always laid them in the window bottom ; they were there witfc the wiadow open j I exposed them to public inspection , to the view of any one that might pass aad repast ! , since I h&Te established an agency fcr the sale of them . If it iu an unlawful practice , it in venr atrAmr *

      that I should have escaped , and should not have had any aotico at all , so that 1 could have « mppr . ssod it . —Tbe Mayor : Well , you will have an opportunity of bringing forward a » y evidenco between and Monday . —ihe prisoner : 0 / what description ? 1 he Major : Oh , that i * for you to look ^ r . —TbePnuoner : To prove that I have e » t « - bhahed an agency for tho sa . e of them . Beswick ; Tha Pnaoner h » j be » a journeymaa printer with Mr . WheeW , in Whittle-street , and he hu only b * m ia th , habit of selling gQt 8 for the last month . The Prisoner : 1 have be . n in the habit of sel ing paper for the last eighteen months . Th * Mayor : Well , yoa are remanded to Mondaj n ,, « L ; S *?„ 5 !^ 5 ' B ^ 4 ** r . Chairman ? on XS 3 ireu

      »« - « oouc , u ne uaa anything to-my , to come . orward . andgointo the mituL boi . With tbs S ? «^ s& » a ; Bl £ S^;™ iT « r ^ stts JS ^ ' ^' tnai you mr , 8 t fand t * o gureties in jE 76 , and cniet TX f ° A ^» K ««« c « in £ 160 , to . piiar oL J ™ , 7 ! , l-P »? twenty-four houi . ' Udc « L-& > . KaririSf U ? e fei ! ow » ^ the g » U < . ryhi « edoi . J ^^ Jri ™ * « l' ^ ar-d , oa which th . Ma ^ or dHreoted itat any tndivi . iuai ^ Mmrbing ib » ttvcetfuiff , diouj ^ j to ^ ^ c «« oay : auc

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      asked if any honest working man could eappose that an pperarirehai any right to have such things ia his M 0 Ui » e . aed for sale . —The prisoner was then reinoTed . ( The prisoner referred to cards which fee said h » had circulated . The following is s copy of them ; rt Liw ^ y , 43 , Hanover- g tft » -t , SbudehiH , Manchester , agent to G . Thompsoo , gun and pistol ma * unfacturer , Birmicgham . " It will be seen els « - where , that Thompson has been apprehended at Birroinghanj , under a warrant i ^ ued by tbe Stock , port Magistrates ; that he was examined at Stockpert on Thursday week , and was fully committed tot trial at Aa present Chester asazot . ' . ' '

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      APPREHENSION OF MR . WILLIAM BENBOW . A few days ago , Beswick , having learned that tbe magistrates of Colnn had innaed a . warrant for tho apprehension of fFiUwm Btnoow , tte author of the nddress to the working classes on the subject of tho National Holiday , had some communication with the authorities , the result ot which was , that a police officer was sent from Coin * with the warrant , and he arrived'here yesterday week . Berwick , having procured the counter-signatora to the warrant of one or more of the borough-m « . » gistrates , placed it in the hands of in-door constable

      Williamson and the officer from . Comes and sent them to a house in Lower Moater-street , where they iound and apprehended Mr . Benbow , abont five o ' clock , and immediately conveyed him to the police-offioe , and lodged him in the lock-up . Tho Stockport borough magistrates had also issued a warrant for mV apprehension on a charge of sedition , &c , on the I 3 ih July last , in that boroneb , and on othi-r days ; Under this warrant he wa * Drought tip for examination this day week , before somn magistrate acting for the county of Chester , on tnu latter charge .

      EXAMINATION OP WILLIAM BENB 0 W . Shortly after the opening of the borough Court * the prisoner , fViUiam Beu 6 wv , whose approheosion we have above noticed , was brought up ; and Mr . Henry Coppock , town-clerk of Stockport , said tk » prisoner was charged with , conspiracy , an overt act of which had been committed in the borough of Stockport , in the county of Chester—for entering , with a great number of other persons , into a conspiracy to supply with arnu her Majesty ' s subjects ot' this part of the kingdom . He should b « abla to prove an OTert act in tha city of Ciiester ; and the magistrateu were aware tnat all parties who had canspired , in whatever coanty tkey might bo found or resident , would be tried ic that county where the offence was comteitted . He applied that the prisoner should be handed over to the authorities at the New Bailey , for examination before some

      Cheahire magistrate , and where witne-wes would be ready , with evidence , to fix tho prisoner , with other psrties , in a chare ;© for conspiracy ; the ( iriscipal conspirator being George Thompson , a gun-maker * , at Birmingham , Who had already been comadtttd to take his trial at Chester assizes lor that offence ^ Mr . Maude—How comes the prisoner into the custody of the M&uchexter borough police ? B swick explained , that a warraur , Mgacd by & magistrate at Coin , had been backed by Alexander Banner * - man , Esq ., a magistrate of this borough . Mr . Maude said , that as there was a warrant against the prisoner , issued by the Stockport autho - ntien , no opposition would bo offered , on the part of the police of this borough , to his being apptehended under the Stockport warrant ; and Bewick would lodge his warrant with the Stockporc police ofBcern , as a detainer against the prisoner who wa » taken to the Now Bailey , Saiford .

      EXAMINATION OF JOHN LIVSEY , THE UEALER IN ARMS . At tbe Borough Court , on Saturday last , tha pr £ - sontr , John Livsey ( whose former examination will be found in another column ) was again brought up ; , and Mr . Henry Coppock , Tawn Clerk of Stockport ^ made a similar application to tho Court to that made by him as to thd prisoner Bonbow , and for a similar charge of conspiracy to supply arms . In conrteqnence of a letter whienwas seiaad at the shop of Mr . George Thompson , a gun-maker at Birmingham , in reference to the sale and purchase of arms , to be supplied to parties in this district , tt e prisoner Livsey had been apprehended here . He ( Mr . Coppock ) should be able to prove against Thompson a

      number of overt acts bf conspiracy , in reference to the s « le of arms ia Stockport ; and he should bV able clearly to show , that Livgey was connected , in that conspiracy io aopply arms , which , fie wa « sorry to 8 &y , did appear to evar-ride the whole of this district . He should sh * w by Thompson ' s books tha orders given for arms by Livsey , and by Livsey '» letters , thit these orders were executed by Thompson ; and other parties would be clearly proved to have acted in concert w ^ th these two parties ; and it was a singular circumstance , and one that was necessary to the making out of this ca « y tbat none of these parties had been gun-sellers or gan-mnkers before these-recent occurrences—that was , till within the last three months . He could show that a great number of persons in this town and district had been in communication with Thompson ,, and had joined in a general conspiracy with him and the leaders of

      the Chartists to obtain arms , and to place them ia the hands of the people . He applied that Lirsey be handed ovf r to the authorities at the Saiford New Bailey , in order thnt he might be charged be / ore a magistrate oi both counties ( Cheshire and Lanca-Bhiro ) with this offence . " It appeared . that Mr . Coppock had no warrant against Livsey ; and the prisoner was accordingly remanded for half au hour ; and , in the meantime , Mr . Coppock laid an information against the prisoner before J . F . Foster , Esq ., who is a magistrate of Cheshire as well us this c « cniy ; and , having obtained a warrant from that gentleman , returned , and the prisoner Livsey was delivered into the custody of the Cheshire police ; aud the Manchester borough warrant was lodged in their hands as a detainer against the prisoner , who was then taken to th- New Bniley , Saiford ; I Fellow-countrymen , read thiiv and blviah at the name of ' ¦ British justice . ' ]

      EXAMINATION AT THE NEW BAILEY . About a quarter-past two , Mr . Foster came upon the Bench ; and Mr . Coppock . addressing the Court * uaid , that seeing Mr . Foster on the Bench , he wished to mention two cases , —one in which a man named Livsey ^ who had been uellicg arms in Ma&chesteiy aud in communication with Thompson ( who had been already committed ) ; and the other a man named Bettbvw , ^ who had attended a meeting at Stockport , at whieh he had excited tho people to arm , and had spoken in very seditious language . Ha applied to Mr , Foster as a Cheshire magistrate , because other parties were committed to Chester . — Mr . Foster said , as ths cases arose out of thin

      district , it was not usual to hear such matters unless some-extraordinary reason for do ng bo could b * urged . —Mr . Coppock suid , he ehculd have to leave thia evening for Chester , and . it vu necessary that some documents , which he must takn with him , should be given in evidence before the committing magistrate . —Mr . Fester said , that if it was important , and on the understanding that it was the request of the Cheshire magistmig , he would take tbe case in the small Court ( to which the piisoners weio accordingly removed ) . The prisoner ' , John Livsey , was first placed at tfc » bar , and the statements of the witneBbftf were Kluced to writing &t once .

      Wm . Hough , a sergeant ia the Stookport police , sworn-On the 31 st of Jaly , 1 wM presentTwitb . the superintendent of police , at tke seizure of Mitchell , in Stockport . I afterwards , the sam « evening , searched the house of a maa named Davies , one of the Chartists leaders , in Heaton Norm district , in the borough of Stockport . I found this piece of written paper at his house . He « a speaker » nd collector ; I have heard him speak , and seen hrra go round collecting money of difterent whopkeepers , for the Chertist cause . I km seen fiim act us chairman at many of their mcetiounn tne

      •*•«¦•• . * letter ( marked M ) , now produced . in Davws ' s housa . Joseph Sadler , superintendent of tte Stockport borough police . —On the night of the 30 th Jnly , I made a seizure of arms at the house ot James Mitcaeii , m Stockport . Tiiero were three muekets , three bayonets two pistols , five goes , two pikes , and twenij pike-stafi \ eight feet long and about oae and a nali an inch or nearly two inches inches in diameter . I rece » yed this paper ( marke-i N ) from Mitchell as his authority for selling aims ; and it and the other aje in the h&ndwniiBg of George Tboaipson , of Birmingham , [ Mr . Coppock read the two letun as follows : ! -

      [ M . J M Birmingham , July 23 , 1839 . u I shall be in Liverpool by the Rover coach , to-morrow evening . If you can meet me at the costch 1 think 1 can explain matter * to yon . Yours respectfully ,

      "GEO . THOMPSON . " 31 , Whi ' . tal-street , BirmiDgham . " Mr . Coppock said , there was no direction oa thin letter , it having be ? n torn off . Tr : e next wa * w > addressed to Mr . Mitchell , beerseller , King-street , Stockport , and T » a 3 dat ^ d Birmicghaoi , July 24 , 1839 : — [ N . ] "Mr , James Mitchell—stir , I hereby give jo « anthority t » act for m * as vgent , at Stockpert , tot the sale of guns , nwskety , pi * to ! s . tfec . " There was no postmark on this letter . On the 6 th August , in consequence of thtw letters , and other information , I went to Birmicgbam , hating a warrant for the . appreh ; arion oi George Thompson . I get to Birmingham aiwni ivalf-pa » t seven in the morning , and met Thomp-¦ son in Vfhittal Strei ' f , Birmingham , aboil haltpastteu . He was coining towards his bow *"' J j eiaed three book ? , which w « e on a tabitf iB h * ( CwUinued in our seecntk page . )

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      DE 3 PERATE AND MERCILESS CONDUCT OF THE MANCHESTER WHIG MAGISTRATES . Nothing can ba a greater proof of the evident wish of the Whig " serpents" of Manchester to drive the people to the commission of acts of violence than the Bumerous , unprovoked , unnecessary , and unlawful arrcHts that are daily , being made in thi » town . Oppressed as the people of tkis great manufacturing town have long been—half starved , half nak ^ d , aa themselves and their children are—enduring the greatest possible privations of every kind , itis hardly to be wondered at by any reflecting mind , if they Khould havereconrsa to anymeasur "* , how . ver wild and visionarv , or however impracticable , to obtain relief from tb * misery in which tney are invclved .

      How much , then , most it excite the astonishment of every rejecting man when , in addition to tbe most squalid wrets&edness , the worst pa ** ons of human nature , revenge aad despair , are trirled with , and unnecessarily excited by the moat tyrannical proceedings , which cannot be sanctioned for a moment either by justice or by law , or by the most remote res . mblance of either the one or th « other . Though its steps may be tardy , the day of retribution will come : the eje of Heaven looks with Comp-. < 881011 and sympathy on the Bufferings of the op jr ^ inied ] aad wo I wo ! WO ! to the miserable deluded fools vfho expect to escape the vengeance of that power < vhich waits on . y til ] the cup of their iniquity if * lull .

      it has b 8 en onr lot for the last two or three weekn to record some of the barest transactions which bave eier been perp trat- ; d under the sauction ol law : that duty again d ' volv < -d npon us ; and re only pray tbat our readers , while ttey read with abhorrence the lollowiog tyrannical proceudiogs , will enueavour to restrain their acger , aud lo . > K forward to the end which " tpceuily draweth nigh . "

      ' Mr. Stephens's Last Sermon.

      ' MR . STEPHENS'S LAST SERMON .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1839, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct531/page/6/