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    • CORREC1 ' RETIJRNS FOR THE LONDON DISTRICT.
    • FEARGUS O'CONNOR, ESQ., AT MANCHESTER.
    • BLOODY AND FBBOCIOUS ATTACK
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      OF A BAND OF ASSASSINS , HIRED BY THE > LEAGUE , UPON . FEARG-US O'COOTTOK AND THE CHARTISTS OF MANCHESTER ; IN WHICH O'CONNOR AND THE REV . MR . SCHOLEFIELD ( THE CHAIRMAN ) WERE SERIOUSLY , AND MANY OF THE CHARTISTS DANGEROUSLYWOUNDED .

      TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . My Belovo ) Fwetos , —What the Birmingham jnffiaas failed to accomplish , was nearly effected by % hired band of the same faction at Manchester , © n Tuesday last . y On axe aware , that for a length of time , I bad been engaged to deliver three lectures si Manchester . I had an object in view by these lectures : that of expounding my notions as to the jseeessiJy of establishing . a system of small farm 3 , and also my notions npon the Repeal of the Union , and Q P ° ^ principles of general le gislation . '

      On Monday , I addressed one of the largest , most orderly i and enthusiastic meetings ever held in Manchester . My subject was the Land . My second object was to enable our Chartist friends , by my Eervices , to pay off a htayy arrear of debt Incurred in keeping up the Chartist agitation . The Her . Mr . Scholefield was unanimously appointed Chairman for the course of lectures ; aad yon will best judge of our numbers on Monday night , when I inform you that at one penny admission , th « sum of £ 15 10 s . Id . -was received at the door .

      During Tuesday , I learned thai the League had hired a large body of bludgeonmso to attend the n Repeal * " lecture . A publication , bearing the same of . Edward Waikins , extracted from the Manchester Times , and paid for by the League , was extensively circulated among the Irish , setting forth various fabrications as to the attacks by the Northern Star and myself upon Daniel O ' ConneH , and professing an anxious desire for an honourable union of the good of all classes , for the purpose of acquiring a repeal of the Corn Laws , Unimsal Suffrage , and the Ballot . Th" inflammatory document was louo , in denunciation of Feargus O'Connor . I also rewired a letter , of which the following is a copy : —

      Sik , —Cicumrances prevent me from seeing or bearing you while in Manchester ; but , believe me , I do sot flatter when I say my spirit and best wishes are irith yoc O : Sir , beware of the Xteaites , Bludgeonites , Cobdenites , and the bloody Whig League , who wiil , if they can , perform the last act of the Birmingham attempted tragedy , and lid us of onr Peargas . Taat he ¦ who hath pruerred me for sixty-six years , may protect you , and crown your labours with success , is the constant prayer of your Humble Servant , Patbick W . Bcchaxan . P . S . The be&xer is my soa ; Please to excuse the imperfections of the other side as they are

      owing—To want of light and time to think , Better paper , pen , and ink . Daring the day I learned that officers had been selected for the purpose ef marshalling a large body of Irishmen , who , under the command of Warren , Darby , Finigan , and DtdFj , were to receive wages and money for admission . At seven o ' clock , HargraTe 3 , who had contracted for the Hall of Sciance , came to my hotel in great excitement , and informed me that a body of about 300 men , with bludgeons , pokers , hatchets , and

      other weapons , had forced their way into the TTa . 7 ^ and that many of their leaders had taken possession of the platform . Ha asked Be if he should send for the police ? I answered " Decidedly nol . " Shortly afterwards £ he Rst . Mr . Scholefield arrived at the hotel , and having learned what was going on , he asked me if he should send for the police ? My answer -was , "No ; I never mil attend a publie meeting usder file protection of a police force , neither will I ever be instrumental in procuring their attendance /' |

      Well , precisely at eight o ' clock , Scholefield , Leach , Caaipb ; ll , Har ^ reavss , Bailey , and myself siarted in a coach for the Hall of Seie 3 ce . . When we entered , the cheering from all parts was deafening . When the cheering ceased , a partial howl wm set up on the platform ju 3 t behind me , and which was responded to by a band ia the centre of the Hail , and immediately under the platform . Daffy then proceeded to move that a person named Dojle , loot the Chartist , ) should take the chair . Thi 3-ffas seconded amid load cries of " Scholefield ,

      Sehoieasid , " Doty then proceeded to tike a show tf hands for Doyle , when about six hundred hands of three hundred persons , each holding np boti , trer * displayed for Doyle , and for Schole-&d& the vrnols of the remainder of the meeting held up both hands , giving Scholefield a majority of -at least ten to OH 9 in the estimation of ma ^ y disinteresied persons . When the ahojF was taken for Bojle , a person behind me said , " You see , tee hare a majority . " " Wait a bit , " said I ; " if you hare , Doyle shall have the chair : is matters not to me nho the Chairman is . "

      When the show waa so manifestly decided in fcvonr of Scholefield , Duffy turned round and said , "Gent lemen , Mr . Doyle wiU now proceed to take the tiair , " Mr . Scholefield at this time occupying it . Upon the instant , Scholefield , chair and all , w& 3 lifted from the platform , by a set of ruffians , who collared him , and tore his clothes to tatters . The signal wa 3 then given by a fugleman on the platform , when instrument of all sorts were brandished ia the air . I and others seized SsholeSeld and fee chair , telling the Chard 3 ts to defend their chairinaa . In less than half a minute , the mahogany tibia , chairs , ga 3 pipes , and every available artiole w * 3 ia pieces , some of the chairs and fragments of

      tables being thrown down by the ruffians on the platform to the rufilin 3 in the body . These missiles wer « immediately flung at the platform , some of the a 33 isiiis having jumped off and several more being knocked off in the general scuffle . I saw one rascal aiming a blow at Scholefield ' s head with the leg of a table . Scholefield avoided the blow and it came ¦ with tremendous force upon the head of some young Biaa . I am informed that he is seriously injured . I struck that man in the mouih with my left hand , and knocked him down . At this time , Leach , Campbell , and another Campbell , a fine fellow , se ' : z ? d fas : hold of Scholrfield , keeping him in front of the meeting , while another party was endeavoaring to drag him awsy .

      The nu 5 s ' ile 3 now began to fly in all directions at those on the platform , when I went in front , took off my hat , and cheered the Chartists on . While I ^* = in the act of efeeering , four or five of the Charfet s-young Campbell being the only one I knewrnshed to the front , and seizing me by the collar and body , attempted to drag me back , saying , "FearguSjtheyTl murder yon , that ' s what they have

      <» 5 &s here for . " A 3 they were in the act of pulling me bac ^ i received a blow of a large stons on the left shin , that knocked me down on a bench . I got 0 Pa , and now stones , from a pound to three pound weight , pieces of iron and missies of all discripiJons began to fly round me . Whittaker and two « r three others seized me by the collar , and while lagging me back , I reeeived a blow of a stone on the breast and one in the neck . I then turned

      ramd to t ' nose who held me , and said , " for God ' s fiike let rae loose , I must jump down . " Jnst * 5 I turned round I received a blow of some sharp instrument behind , which cut my hat ikrongh , and as I fronted the meeting again , I *« eivtd a tremendous blow from a large stone jost above the right eye , which knocked me do , the blood gushing out copiously . Higginbottom , Whittaker , and two or three lifted me up and dragged me off the platform . Higgmbottom and " hhtaker took ma into a publio house , where I washed the blood off and then we proceeded to my hotel .

      Shortly after , Mr . Scholefield arrived with his face disfiioered in a most shocking manner . He received a dreadful blow from a stone in the mouih leaving * large cut and loosening his teeth , and a shocking wound , —two indeed—one on the nose , tod the other one just in the corner of the eye . lUny others subsequently-arrived , all more or less

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      injured . Doyle with 80 many wounds , that on leaving the hotel he fell , and was obliged to be taken home in a coach : he is horribly crushed , beaten , ana * trampled and jumped npon . Campbell got a violent blow on theliead ; and Bailey ' s face is wholly disfigured . But this is only a list of the com paratively slightly wounded . About eleven o ' clock , Dr . Hulli , who had been on the platform , arrived , and informed us that he had been engaged for more than two hours in dressing the wounds of the Chariist 3 , two of whom , he said , were likely to lose their intellect and become idiots for life , while many others were dangerously injured . Oae man fainted while he was dressing his head . Besides those whom I have seen

      and those dressed by Dr . Hulli , there are others here much more dangerously wounded . Poor old Swires , a veteran of sixty-seven , is , nearly killed . Murray , an Irishman , and also a veteran , president of the Redfern-street Association , is shockingly mangled ; while poor Raiton has had one of his arms broken in two places , and has been otherwise seriously iiijared , his head fractured in several places .

      Fresh accounts are hourly dropping in of parties who have been brutally treated , and as those in the body of the hall were leaving they were knocked down on passing through ten or a dozen ruffians in the streets with huge bludgeons in their hands . Young Mr . Lerercshe , reporter for the Manehsster and Sal / ord Advertiser , was knocked down by those ruffians , and had his head and other -parts dreadfully wounded . He is now confined to Mb bed ; on getting home he discovered that his waistcoat pockets were full of clotted

      blood . About eleven o ' clock , Sir Charles Shaw , accompanied by Captain Sleigh , waited npon me , and in the presence of James Leach , the following conversation occurred : — Sir Chas . Shaw—Mr . O'Connor , I have called in consequence of whal has happened , to apprize you , that if any riot or injury to person or property should occur during your stay in the district , I shall hold you responsible , and I am determined when such occurrence does take place , to remove the cause by arresting yon .

      Mr . O'Cosnor—Sir , yon have given your determination ; now hear mine . Should any violence be done to me , or to my party , or to th « property of my friends during my stay in this district , I shall hold you responsible for every Buch act of violence . If you are an inspector of police , I am a barrister ; and as you are neither the law or the constitution , take care how you act . Last night , when no dis ? turbance was apprehended , your police were at the

      meeting ; when you might have anticipated , from the currentruaiours , that a disturbance woald take place , you had no force near at hand . On WMtsun-Tuesday , you allowed Messrs . Cobden , Potter , Walker , an 4 others to create a disturbance , and a gross violation of the peace , and you never interfered ; and you knew that the offenders of that day were to be marshalled for the Bame purpose , and similarly instigated for this night ' s proceedings .

      Sir Charles Shaw—Mr . O'Connor , I have nothing to do tcith the magistrates , and I could not , consisj tently with my duty , weaken the necessary force at i other points for the purpose of sending men to the j meeting . A man has been lodged in the lock-up to-night for having strnek yon , and I shall require your attendance to swear against him to-morrow morning-Mr : 0 'Co : * . nob—I cannot swear to any man , and will not appear . Sir Charles Shaw—If I send a message by a policeman , requiring your attendance , will you come ! - Mr . O'Conkor—No , because I have no evidence to give . Sir Charles Shaw—Well , I thought that more courteous than summoning you ; but I must send you a summons . Mr . O'Co .-wtob—Then , of course , I shall obey the summons . Sir Charles Shaw—Mr . O'Connor , I hope if I should FIND IT NECESSARY to send a policeman to apprehend you , that you will make no resistance . Mr . O'Cojwob—Sir Charles Shaw , I ukdebstakd tou kow : this is bat PRELIMINARY to another j stop ! however I know my duty too well , and have ! too much respect for the laws to violate them by disi obeying authority ; if you send a policeman for me , I j shall go quietly with him : but take care what | you are about , for , most assuredly , after what has transpired at this interview , I shall feal myself bound to apply to the Secretary of State for the i Home Department as to your jurisdiction . You appear to hive wholly mistaken your power .

      Here the conversation ended . One of the parties who was foremost in the fight was apprehended on Tuesday -evening , and handed over to the police-He was brought up for examination this morning , and having been convicted , was bound over to keep the peace . I was called on as evidence against him , but knew nothing whatever about the man . Well , i to my surprise , I learned that Duffy , the ringleader of the Plague , had applied for a warrant against me for striking him , and knocking him off the platform into the body of the Hall ; and , after a very long and patient hearing before Mr . Maude , the

      very best Magistrate I ever saw , the case was dismissed , the Chairman stating that he much preferred a blow of a fist to the cowardly practice of throwing stones in a crowd . I should , in justice to the Chairman , Etate , however , that one of Duffy ' s witnesses plumnly contradicted Duffy ' s evidence , by stating that he did not see me strike Duffy , nor did he think that I could have done so unnoticed by witness . It is now over ; and I most solemnly declare that I | |

      did not touch Duffy any more than the man in the moon . The whole of the furniture of the splendid Hall wa 3 smashed to atoms ; some of the forms were cut up with HATCHETS brought for the purpose , and my only surprise is , that some hundreds were not murdered . Resolved not to be intimidated , we have issued -placards that I will this ( Wednesday ) night deliver my lecture upon the Repeal of the Union . And not satisfied with last night ' s work of destruction , the town i 3 posted with large posters to the following effect : —

      tt Irishhkn Repealers of the Union , assemble TO-S 1 GHT AT THE HALL OF SCIENCE IS TOUR THOTJSA > T > S , TO MEET THE ENEMIES OF DaKIEL CCOKSEIX , WE HAVE GAINED A VICTORY—ATTEND TO-NIGHT A > D WE WILL COMPLETE OUR VICTOR !' . " Now , there are forces immediately at the disposal of the moral-force Corn Law Repealers of Manchester , and to their u&s has a portion of the £ 10 , 000 made at the Bazaar , been appropriated ; and these forsooth are the parties with whom the Chartists are askeS to unite . Chartists , this i 3 the second

      attack made upon me and other Leaders , as an earnest of the good intention of those who cry out union . I have the heartfelt pleasure to inform you that the trades of Manchester hold a meeting this evening , to be attended by delegates from every shop , and the prevailing opinion is that , in a body , all will come out for the Charter , but only on condition th at it is not to bs mixed up with any other question . Ia this , then , the time for surrender 1 No , my fribnds , onward and we conquer , backward ASD WB FALL . THE CHARIER AND NO

      SURRENDER . ' ' The Second Edition will contain a report of this night ' s proceedings , with any fnrther circumstances which may transpire in connection with the bloody attempt of the League . Mind : I btane not the Irish half so much as those moral-fore © cowards who find pay and money to defray all thf , expences of physical-force aggression and printing . Who

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      now are the " moral ' ' and who the "physical-force " parties ! Not one Chai'tiEt at the meeting had even a rodi n his hand ; and syere brutally set upon as I have stated . Unite : and b firm . Ever your taithfnl friend , Fbargus O'Connor . Manchester , Wednesday . P . S . I have just seen Leach , an d he informs ma that £ 5 were offered to any man wxw would throw me off the platform into the body of the Hall , and , moreover , that many of the Irishmen ox * the Repeal party are thoroughly disgusted with the brutal affair ; and it will shortly be proved thafc -each man

      who attended was paid one shilling for his . services , and a penny for his admission . The Leagt' 0 has paid for the reprint of Watkin ' s inflammatory publication , and also for the bills now generally poated , calling on the Irishmen to complete their triumph to-night . Men of all parties and politics , with the exception of the Lftagae , are disgusted beyend expression , with this last kick of the expiring faction . One Chartist jumped from the gallery , a great height ; he ia secretary to the Miles Platting Association . I regret to say that the poor fellow is seriously injured . The greatest excitement prevails as to this night's meeting . Yours . ^

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      During the last week , this town has been placarded , announcing that the above gentleman would deliver three lectures . The following is a copy of the placard : — u Men of Manchester , —Feargns O'Connor , Esq . will deliver three lectures , in the Hall of Science , Campfield , on Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday , the 7 ih , 8 th , and 9 th of March next , 1842 . The lecture on Monday evening will be on the land and

      its capabilities . That on Tuesday evening , the 8 th , will be on the Repeal of the Legislative Union between England and Ireland . And that on Wednesday evening , the 9 th , on Cla 33 Legislation and Government . Admission to the body of the Hall one penny ; Gallery twopence ; and Platform sixpence . The proceeds , after paying necessary expenses , will go towards the payment of the outstanding debts of the National Charter Association . Doors open at six o ' clock . Chair to be taken at eight . M Signed by order of the Committee ,

      " John Mcrrat , Secretary . " Mr . O'Connor having promised , when he first entered Manchester after his liberation , to deliver a course of lectures at the first opportunity , great anxiety was manifested aa to when that would be . The notice having appeared upon the walls last week has led to very great excitement , both in Manchester and surrounding district . The Committee , in arranging for the doors to be opened at six o ' clock , took a very creditable , because wise and judicious step , icasmuch as it prevented the rush which would have been the consequence had they been closed till a later hour . Two hours before the time of meeting , groups ( in order to secure a place , anticipating that the

      capacions room would be crowded ) were seen wending their way to the place of meeting . When we entered about Beven o ' clock , the room , which is capable of holding upwards of three thousand , was three parts filled , and was filling at the time very rapidly . In order the better to pass the time , the Salford Chartist brass band , who had volunteered their services to the good of the cause , played a few lively tunes . The hall was briliantly lighted up with gas . A large number of middle class men were in the gallery , and & good sprinkliDg of females . The platform was crammed with respectables to excess , and tb . 9 body of the hall was completely wedged with Mr . O'Connor ' s real genuine "blistered hands , "

      , fustian jackets , and unshorn chins . So anxious were the people to get a glance of the expected { lecturer , that as gentlemen entered the platform j they , expecting it was the great chief , comi menced cheering and continued until they discovered their mistake . By eight o ' clock there was one dense mass of closely packed human beings . About ten minutes after 8 , Mr . O'Connor entered the pJatform by a side door , and the effect produced on his appearance was truly electrifying , and beggared all attempts at description . There was one feeling of enthusiam throngh the whole meeting . Mr . John Murry moved , seconded by ; Mr . G . Hargraves , that the Rev . Mr . Schofield do take the chair , which was carried by acclamation .

      Mr . Schofield , on coming forward , was greeted with several rounds of applause . He 6 aid he was happy on the present occasion to meet his fellow townsmen again . He and they had come together for the same purpose , viz . to hear their worthy friend give them a lecture upon the land . As the subject would , he had no doubt , to them equally with 1 himself be a new subject , they would feei as much interested in it as he was—( hear , hear ) . He then , claimed a fair hearing for the lecturer , adding that ' after he had finished he ( Mr . O'Connor ) would answer any questions which might be put to the i satisfaction of every individual . He would preside I to the best of his ability , and as men of judgment , he could entertain no doubt that their condict would be creditable to themselves as well as gratifying ] and satisfactory to their esteemed lecturer—( cheer 3 ) . I Having made these few remarks , he would with j great pleasure introduce the worthy lecturer—( cheers ) .

      Mr . O'Connor then rose , amid general cheering , clapping , stamping , and other marks of applause , which lasted a considerable time . On silence being restored , he said that , as had been observed by their Chairman , he was going that night to propound to them a subject whichiwas somewhat new . He did not think there could be a more appropriate time to advance his opinions upon this subject than the present —( hear , hear . ) He did not come there as a hired lecturer , to support principles to whioh his heart was not attached . He came there to advocate principles to which he had been long wedded—the developement of which would , he trusted , be highly beneficial—as a thorough knowledge of them was requisite for the future stability and progress of the cause which he and his friends had

      espoused—( cheers . ) His lecture that evening would be dive ^ tsd of personalities , abuse , slander , and declamation ; and , as such , he believed it would command their attention . They were called upon , after ten years' administration of the Whigs , which was to have been a cure for ail evils ; and seven or eight months' of administration of the Tories , to look for a medicine for a disease of the body politic which would become chronic , if it was not destroyed by some skilful hand . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) And botij should he be , for the purpose of popularity , to propound to them a principle , which was not practicable . It would be for him that evening to make a breach upon prejudice , and thus make converts to their princi ple . There was no good to be obtained from a medicine , however efficacious so long as the bottle was kept corked . There was no use in propounding a remedy , without the ability and

      power to apply it—;( cheers ) . There was no use in propounding any thing so long as equal , fair * and unrestricted legislation was denisd ; until the people were fairly represented , his scheme oould not be of any avail . For ten years the system had been iu a state of political chaos . It was known that the remedy of the Whigs aud Tories was quackery , as a nostrum for the present evils of society . The land gave parties the votes an 8 votes gave the power in the Government . In 1832 , the Government was elected under a perfect understanding amongst the people that it would for ever destroy and prevent a borough" mongering Parliament ; yet , after ten years kflueBce of such Parliament , they saw Bobby again in office , snpported by a majority of 123 boroughmongers in the House of Commons . Then they would ask themselves who they were that had placed the present party in the ascendancy ? So long as one man ' s property constituted ancther man ' a title

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      to vote , aided by other influences which at present existed , so long would the power be monopolised for class interests , aud ; they , the people , would »! ' K&SSr- *•• • the .. condition they then were Mr . O Connor then showed how the ten pound vote with its qualifications was nearly the same as j £ 20 for a house before the vote was secured ; and that the land gave the votes , and the votes gave political power . He then went into the system of wholesale letting the land instead of retail , and thus being applied for the sustenance of the people . The distress of the country was admitted oh all hands ; and the man who could produce a remedy , with the least possible disorder and with the least confusion , would prove most benefioial—( hear .

      near- ) , iaa land produced wheat , and wheat , bread . Air . O Connor then went into the system of rentals ; and argued that under a proper regulation , there would be no necessity for the people to be dependant npon Poland ^ Russia , or Prussia ,, for a breakfast . He then Showed how the land had secured the farmer ' s vote ; corroborating his statement by the fact of he himself being a barrister-aVlaw , and a practical agriculturist , which had given him every ^ opportunity of having a proper knowledge of the subject . He next showed the relative position of the artizins under the smoke-ocracy , and the labourers under the sod-ocraoy in doing which he elicited loud cheers . As they could not , with any degree of propriety , either tax , restrict , or stop the

      improvement m machinery ; ihe question came next , how they couid bo regulate it as to prove man ' s holiday instead of , as now , hia curse—( great cheering . ) Mr . O'Connor then made a supposition of a man plaeed upon land a distance from Manchester , and a man in the manufacturing town ; and argued , ( having given his statistics as to what the man upon the land could produce , ) that as eoon as : the manufacturing operative was thrown into the streets by tho introduction of machinery , he would go out to the man upon the land , and ask how he lived , and tbo answer would be , that he worked so many hours to the day , and 280 days to the year , and his family , seven in number , eat plenty of good bread , garden vegetables , and thus lived as

      God and nature designed —( cheers)—and have at the end of the year £ 40 to spend in the market—besides the quantity of wool and flax whioh he would be enabled to obtain—( hear , hear . ) He then showed up , in a clear and logical manner , the artificial system , which forced / man to fill the pawn warehouses with goods , while he was himself going naked . Mr . O'Connor here challenged refutation respecting his calculations . Parties who scarcely knew whether they dug potatoes out of the ground raw , or that they grew ready buttered , may attempt to contradict his statement in their newspapors , but never to confute them by fair argument . Indeed , instead of confutation , it was botheration—( cheers . ) In the artificial system of life , there was

      manhood , middle age , and infancy , rising , eating , and sleeping ail at once . Mr . O'C , argued then upon the ' efficacy of the Charter in putting an end not only to this state of things , but to prevent crime , and drunkennees , and elevate character . He then shewed , b y fair calculation , that instead of not being capable of maintaing 27 , 000 , 000 , it would provide sufficient for 80 , 000 , 000 to live in comfort , peace , and happiness ; and contended that the universal ctj should be , restore , restore , restore—( cheers . ) The j railway travelling bad been the same to the horee-, as machinery had to them . In proportion aa railway travelling advanced , the horses were reduced in value and deprived of their cOrn . They were reduced in their feeds until they were sold to the

      knacker for horde fleah ; for the dogs—( hear , hear . ) He then shewed the savings of tho man who lived upon his estates , doing the work by hand instead of horse power , giving facts and figures for every position he took ; shewing that what it would take in food te keep thirty iiorses would maintain three hundred men , in addition to what he shewed could be saved by his plan of manuring the land and deducing likewise from his foregoing arguments and premise ? , that it would stop tad influx of foreign corn , give high wages , -cheap bread , and plenty of employment . He looked with little confidence and great suspicion upon those who were for making them comfortable all at once . If they were pained at the heart , as he was , to see the gaum

      misery , wretchedness , and distress , stalking through the land , and to witness the palo countenance ? , and the emaciated constitutions , as the result of long confinement , noxious atmosphere , starvation , hunger , and despair , they would assist in the alteration ot the system . After touching npon Several other topics , the talented lecturer said , that it was hia conviction , that if the'Almighty was to send down a shower of gold in Stephensoa's Square , the authorities would form a line of military round it , backed by aline of rural police , to prevent the people from receiving any benefit from it , so that in due time they might reap the benefit of it themselves . ( Loud and continued cheering . ) He then gave some excellent and well arranged calculations on

      the land question , and when he had explained this part of his subject in such a manner as to come home to the capacity of all present , he declared that if tho Whigs had performed their promises and had done their duty tb the people , and introduced the principles of the People's Charter , they would have destroyed Toryisnii and for ever—•( hear , hear , and loud cheering ) . Mr . O'C . then showed the fallacy of the steam lords who asaert thiit there were more mouths than food to feed them , and illustrated very plainly that they had themselves made food dear to the operatives iand filled their own pockets . If a cotton master having 1 J 000 hands under his employment reduced his hands 4 s . per week , he took from them more than would supply them with bread fora

      week , and put £ 400 into his oyra pocket every year of his life . The lecturer went on to shew how it operated to the injury of the shopkeepers , by taking money out of circulation , preventing the peoplo from purchasing necessaries , and ; consequently , prevented it from coming into their tills- ^( dear , hear , )—and argued that it would ultimately fall upon the smokeocracy thenJBclvesyby reducing them to beggary . He next showed how the large manufaoturorshad com ^ peted against the small ones , and driven them out of the market and to bankruptcy ; and ; to such a pitch was the system brought , that there was no certainty in the investment of money , A widow , through the inducements which had been held out respecting the large per centage she would

      receive , had invested £ 10 , 000 in a railway or some such undertaking , at the time when she expected to receive the interest due , sho was met by the directors , who told her they iwere vety Borry to inform her , that owing to ^ the speculation being a failure , both interest and stock was ftwallowed up—( cheers . ) He then adverted to the traot published by the Rev . Baptist Noel , who he said had been made chaplain for writing fallacious . nonsense , and he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had not been made a Bishop for answering it . ( Loud cheering . ) Every man , said NoeL in order to shew" the benefits of machinery , could produce £ 200 worth of goods by it and steam . What , or how much , was the working man's share ? Mr . O'Connor then compared the relative position of

      the landlords , who had many of them their estates mortgaged , with the cotton lords , who had boattdd of being able to purchase the estates of the landlords . He then handled some statements of Dr . Bowring . This gentleman had stated that a working man eat a quarter of corn per annum , and shewed bo \ v many quarters of wheat the money taken from the operatives would purchase , following up this b y comparing how much the working man had for his snare with what our beautiful Queen received , contending by such rules the Queen either eats or drinks all the oats and barley which are imported into this country , adducing figures according to "Cocker" to bear him putr- ( cheer 3 ) The lecturer then went through the various hands into

      which the loaf had to fall before the working man couldiiave his bite ; such as £ 10 , 000 , 000 to the Church ; £ 29 , 000 , 000 to pay the interest of the National Debt ; £ 23 , 000 , 000 to support the Government and Standing Army ; profit class £ 140 , 069 , 000 ; besides the idlers , paupers , and pensioners , who had to be kept out of tho poor man's earnings ; , and taken from the sack—( cheers . ) He wished them to tak , e the clog off , and level the waters which they could only do by giving to every jnaa a vote . Did they W ; ant 2 , 000 , 000 of quarters of wheat 1 Why , then , take £ 4 , 000 , 000 from the church . Did they want 4 , 000 , 000 of quarters , take £ 8 , 000 , 000 from the church , and if movei take £ 10 , 000 , 000 ; which would open to them t ^ em the sanctuary of 5 , 000 V 000 of quarters of wheat , for them —( laughter . ) Did they want more , sveeep off the Debt , the Army money , noble

      & c . &c— ( lay ghter and applause . ) Then the - men might h Ave their parks , race courses , and plea ^ sure grounds . But neither party would do that ; nor would they -ask them ( thepeople ) to ; doit- —( hear , hear ) Altbougb . 'ihe Government of the country was a Tory one , . thffjj the people ; were under local authorities ; their li ^ es and properties were . under the command of the local authorities . When masters wished to reduf / 9 wages they applied to the local authorities to fi « r / . sh them with RnraV Police to assist them to ca ^ . ^ y their designs into exeoation . Thero w swi the P' / iJC 9 to hold them in subjeotion or walk the streets , ' / nd the Bastile yawning at them if they dare kick ¦ ag ainst oppression ; they knocked them down with the Poor Law and kept them down with the Rural Police . Mr . O'Connor explained the manner in which the manufacturers induced tho people to come from the agricultural diatricta in the plenitude of

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      their prosperity , and how whole families were sold like goods in the markets , and now machinery had rendered them useless they fumed their backs upon them , which had , in the fint place , taken the labourers from the land , and in the second place had been the means of preventing more corn from being grown than what was , and threw the land into grass land—( hear , hear , and cheers . ) They wished them to turn back again ; the operatives answer no ,. they would not ; they would rather remain slaves as they -were than adopt a step which would ; shew " their own folly , and how grossly they had been deoeivetf ^ nd their , the master ' s , ingratitude . The conduct of the masters in that respect put him in mind of a gentleman , or rather a Scotch carrier ,

      who made a practice of tossing up as to whether his horse should have a feed of cora , or himself a glass of grog ; but it never happened that the horse won . At length he tossed hiin over a cliff , and killed the animal , which brought him to reflection ; aad then he exolaimed , * Would to God he had looked to the animal that supported him . " The manufaoturers would ere long turn and Bay , that if they had looked more to the ' interest of the people , instead of all to themselves , ; they wonld have supported them . ( Cheers . ) Lord John Russell would say , "Would to God he had depended upon the people , instead of the aristocracy , " aud then ho would have been able to destroy the sting of Toryism , which will sting him to death—( lauahter . )

      The people would : have been satisfied had he not cried ** finality , " but progression , Ye 3 , but soae of his opponents asked whether there was not the Bame misery in Ireland as in England . Mr . O'Connor then alleged that it was the same circa mstance in both countries which caused the poverty , namely , the labourer being deprived of his vote . The labourer knew that if he laid but £ 2 in lime for the improvement of the soil , he would be doing it for the landlord to receive the benefit instead ofhimself— C hear , hear , " from the . Irishmcni > The lecturer then went . through many statistics , proving the capabilities of the land , and showing how it wonld producel more wheat , cattle ^ butter cheese , fmit , &c , and contended that the

      indusnous portion of the community conld get none of it . The question with them was how they could set it ? It was hot by putting a large loaf and a small one upon the top of the pole whioh would satisfy them , because it was equally as easy to put a large one as a Bmall one—( hear , hear ) . Cheap and dear were relative terms , and it would make the poor man ' s heart biirnto eee the large loaf , iif he had not j at the same time , the means of purchasing it—( hear , hear ) . Mr . O'C then shewed that a reduction in taxation , unless the people were properly tepresenied would > e of no benefit to the many , and instanced the tax taken off leather , and many other things , had not made shoes , &c . j any cheaper to the working man . He likewise named several places where corn could

      > e grown cheaper ; but under the present systsm , tho 8 e who stood betwixk the corn and the' working man would monepolise all the beuefita to themselves . He wonld put a question to the females present , who would be able to give him a correct answer . Had they not gone to the baker ' s shop for a stone of flour , for which they might pay , for the sake of argument , 2 s . 6 d ., and in a short time after , perhaps only the next day , they have applied again , and there had been in the meantime a etorm , and without tho least interference of Parliament , it has risen to 3 ? . a stone . ( Females— " That ' s true . " ) . One night ' s storm : would raise the flour ' , but it would take three months' sunshine to bring it down again : the bakers' thermometer was regulated by ths sun

      —¦( cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then related an anecdote concerning himself and his butcher , the substance of 1 which is the following ; : —He { wanted a shoulder of mutton . The butcher Drought him the whole quarter to look at . He ( Mr . O'C . ) told him to cut off the Shoulder : the quarter itself was only 2 s . 6 d . ; but when the shoulder was cut off , he asked him tho price , and tho butcher told him it was 2 s . . lO'i-r ( laughter . ); Mr . O'Connor asked him . the reason , and the reply was , " that cutting off the shoulder had - ' . / spoiled the ribs "—( laughter . ) Now ^ it would be of no service for him to : go through the country if the people were well clothed , well fed , and . well sheltered . He wanted to so arrange matters as to let every mau be a consumer as well as a producer , instead

      of the present system , which caused them to live from hand to month . The masters took every opportunity to make inroads upon the rights of labour , and when resisted and remonstrated with about it , they oonceived they had accomplished a victory , when they had beaten their poor workpeople ; They , when questioned upon such improper conduct , would reply , " Do you think that we are going to succumb to the licentiousness of a domineering , ignorant , impertinent multitude V The lecturer gave this in a satirical tone , which nearly convulsed the audience with laughter . He next mentioned a case of reduction of Morley and Boden , at Derby , and gave a true description as to how it would operate against the shopkeepers by taking to the tune of £ 300 per week

      from their tills . He mentioned : this at the iaeetinj ^ whilst he was there , and the shopkeers wished him to repeat it again . He did so ; and then they could Bee it , and began to ecratoh their heads—( laughter . ) These gentlemen , too , were Corn Law Repealers—( hear , hear . ) It was more politic , more prudent , more wise , more statesmanlike , more philosphical to look to the land of their own country than to look id the land of Poland . If they were tohaye a repeal of the Corn Laws , without acoompanying measures , it would bring about bloody revolutions , and nothing could prevent it but tho Six Points of the Charter —( loud cheers . ) They wanted cheap food and cheap labour , in order to meet the foreiener ; but , in order to do that

      successfully , they would have to adopt a system of cheaper freightage , and other things , before they could undersell the foreigner , if the present tiaxafcioi ) was retained . Besides , the inventions and improveraents , and bringing in new machinery , would be a barrier against the working man receiving any benefit , was there to be an extension of trade by a repeal of the Corn Laws—( cheers . ) The cotton masters had jumped out of fustian into broad cloth , but would they jump back' again 1 Whilst the Whigs were in office , the people were Called destructives , who called out for a change ; but no sooner are ; they on the other side of the Treasury Bench , and 123 of a majority against them , than they are so enraged that they cannot carry on their agitation without setting fire t 6 \ straw inen—( cheers . ) One of the ministers of the gospel had engaged to

      do the work ofthe fell destroyer . He would bring 100 , 000 starving operatives from Manchester to groan at the Tory Members , and shout for a Repeal of the Corn Laws * Mr . O'Connor said he would change that . He would take the command of them , ahd see that "they did ; not starve ; and , if they brought them up Repealers , he woald bring them back Chartists . He then went into a Variety of subjects ^ spoke for two hours—during which time he proved himself a good general , a sound politician , a statesman ; a elever reasoner , a patriot , and a Christian . He was h ' etened to by the audience with marked : attention , o nly interrupted with cheers ; and , when he concluded , the cheering was really deafening . ¦ '¦ . ¦ ¦ . ' .- . ; ¦ ' ;¦'¦ "' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Three cheers were given -for the Charter , O'Connor , Frosti Williams , and Jones , and the Nbrifiern Star . ' - ¦ - ' i- - :: ; :: ' ' - ' \ - : ' : - ¦ : ' " ¦' . . '' ' ; : ; -: : , ; - '• . ' A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman , and the meeting dispersed , highly delighted .

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      NoTriNGHAM . — -At the weekly meeting in the Democratic Chapel , several new members were enrolled : Thanks to , and confidence in Feargua O'Connor were enthnsiasiically voted . OnSund . v » Afternoon Mr . Dean Taylor preached on Nottingham Forest to a numerous and respectable audience , and again in tho evening , at the Chartist Chapel , Arnold , ; to a most crowded meeting . Corn Law REPBAtERS CANVASsii ^ tJOR Sibnatdres . —A week or twoago , Wm . Nelson and Wm . Sills , employed as canvassers for signatures , went to Birmingham and Nottingham , and stated to the

      Ch&rUsta there , that they had been a \ ttb . oriaed by the Chartists of Nottingham , to call and request their signatures to the Corn Law Petition , which proves to be a complete imposition oa the part of the hired Whig tools . " ' [ "¦ : ' ' ;• : - ' : , ¦¦ ¦ v : \ . ¦' : ¦ . ; . ";¦ ; ¦ ¦' The CoNviiNTiON .- ^ -All persons having petition sheets on hand for the great national in Nottinghamshire , will be active and get them filled , and return them to the Secretary of the district , ( Mri . W , Russell , care of Mr . J . Sweet , Goose gate , Nottingham ;) and all monies for the Convention must be made payable to Mr . J . Sweet , Goose-gate , Nottingham , as early as possible , by a Post-Offioe Order ; . ; ¦ '¦ ¦¦' : ¦ ¦ - ' ; . ;; ¦ ¦¦ ' - - ¦ . •' : y : -

      Mytholmroyd . —Any lecturer wishing to visit this place must have previous correspondence with James White , Mytholmroyd , and bring his credentials from the sub-Secretary of the association to which he belongs , . . ' . ' , - : ;" ;; ' ¦; .: ; ¦ .., ' "'¦ ¦¦ ' /; / .. '¦ . . ; . ¦ .. . ¦¦' BuRTON-cpoN ^ TREOT .--Oa Monday evening we had a splendid Chartist tea party , got up at a few days notice , by the active ChartiBt members of this place , when about ninety sat down to tea . . TtESDAY . —^ On ( his da y ^ Mr . Taylor , from Nottingham , lectujred in Mr . Tysack's large malt room . It was said to be the largest in-door meeting ever held in this towD . : \ / ' - ; ¦; ' . ,. ¦¦ ¦ - ¦'¦¦; : ; ¦ ¦ , ';¦ ¦ ¦ ' . : : v- -: ' . '" ¦'" :

      Correc1 ' Retijrns For The London District.

      CORREC 1 ' RETIJRNS FOR THE LONDON DISTRICT .

      YOL . Y . ISO . 226 . SATURDAY , MARCH III , 18 ^ ' ^^^ pS ^^

      Beturna f »» . " ii 8 bad per Wheeler . Per Maynard . Mr . k Dpualli ..... 7 O 6 i .. 40 MnRid ^' ey ......... 403 ... 9 Mr . S falKvood ...... 251 ... 32 Mr . Pdrka •••»•• .. 218 ... 13 Mr . Fussell . •••••••• 165 ... l Mr . M * Gtatb - ' US . ; . 2 Mr . Watkins ^ - ^ 13 „• S ,

      . Mr . Knight ........ >| l — Mr . Benbow ... ; .. ««¦•• Mr ; Hoberts .... ; .... L " o Mr . Barmby ...... 5 h , ° Mr ; Balls ... » .... w . 56 ••• 19 Mr . Fox ............ 6 •' -. » . j Mr . Rainsley ...... 2 ... ¦> Mr . Robson ......... 1 ... ¦ - ¦ Mr-i 'Martin ... ! ..... 1 ...

      Toe London men will perceive that I / layeythia week inserted the last returns from London , a ° ^ ° returns this week are for the thrieo eitae indh " l . « " 3 ! s that were iei 'urhed last week , viz , M * Douall , Ri dle 7 i andStaUwoov ^ . : ; ,-0 :. -. ;""'¦ . ¦ ; " :: - v ^' Mr . MqrHn , ? has resigned , consequently % l x * Bartlett , of Southampton , will be the candidate ^ elected in co ' " unction with Mr . Woodward , ot Brighton , for Hants , Saasex , and the Isle of Wight .: . ' : ; -.:-. : ; ; - :: ¦ . ; ;";¦• : ¦ ; --- .. * V v ^ V / V :,-. last week tho number « f votes frma Wigan , Boltbn , Chowbent , ind JEled ^ rn-street , Manchester , ought to have appeared . I mislaid thei » , and did not perceive the ertat'until the Star appeased .

      LANCASHIRE KSfURNS . ' ' - : ; :: ' i .: i ^ v ; :: - . - § . ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ & ..:.. ti : - .. ¦ af - .: Q ¦ :. . £ . ; : S-- , ¦ "ft-Last week ' s Star MS 60 S 1066 165 ' Wigan ... 33 15 5 47 Chowbent ... — 10 20 33 Bolton ... -44 54 43 15 " DERBY , LEICESTER , AND N ( 5 TTINGRAM > ¦ V ' ¦ ¦ ¦ RETURNS . ' ¦¦ ¥ / . ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦§ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦• ¦ • " t ¦ -. . I I J- f ¦ - ¦ ¦ -JS ¦ ¦ a ' - - . " " -r- - •" ¦ <¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - W ¦ . w-. ' ... ' . fh - - - m . -, ¦ Nottingham ... 650 471 345 283 Leicester ... 348 112 158- 468 Derby ... 48 : 47 79 ; ' 124 Total , 1046 630 582 ~ lfo the Derby , Leicester ^ and Nottingham ^ returns ? arrived too late for insertion last week , r / J . Campbell , Sec ;*

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      Sowebbv . —On Sunday last , Mr . P . M . Brdpbjy of Dublin , delivered a very able lecture at this . place . - . '¦ " ¦ : . ' . ""' ,: ' ¦' ' \ -. . ' "¦' . ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ : - ' : ¦'¦; ' ¦ ¦;_ ¦ ' .. ' . ¦'' . '' '¦¦' ' . ' . ' Leicesteb . —Qur - Shaksperean Association" this day ( Tuesday ) numbers , 934 . The "complete' ^ anffragers are trying every scheme to draw off the people ; but a , U their ¦ efforts oply 6 erve to brings out the " wprkies" in greater numbers , to the open and determined support of the whole Charter . Mr Cooper preached to a crowded audience , in the Shaksperean Room , last Sunday night ; and on Monday evening a densely crowded assembly listened with inconceivable interest to an address of twohours' duration from Mr . DufiV . the late tenant of

      the Northallerton ' ¦ Hell-hole . " The audience were alternately melted into grief , ah < $ kindled into eias-E eration , at the patriot ' s recital of ' .: his sufferings eneath Whrg rule ; and , anon , urged to uproarious laughter by the flashes of ' :. the speaker ' s wit , coached , ag it is ; in the richest Vein of the brogue of green Erin ., H 5 s visit will belong remembered . Gtpaiou& News . —Chartism in the Ascendant . —On Friday week , a gentleman of the name of Winks , a member of the Town Council , Chairman of the Select Vestry , ( and who , in the days of Keform agitation , took a very prominent part , bn # , like too many of the middle classes , has since been pretty eileot in the enjayment of ofBce , frequently opposing Chartist principles , and denouncing bota

      publicly and privately the leaders who have figured conspicuously in defence of the people ' s rights ) announced by handbill his intention to deliver an address in the _ Town Hall , " On the necessity of a union of the middle and working classes , to secure a full and fair representation of all classes in the Convmons' House of Parliament . " The Chartists of All Saints' Open ^ with Markham at their head , attended to watch the proposals of this middle-class coucilJatpr , and adops such steps as , on the spur of the moment , should seein most essential to the interests of Chartism . The Hall , which ia computed to bold two thousand people , was crowded to overflowing ^ . Mr . Winks appeared at the time , and wai received coollyi without a cheer from Whigs or Chartists . He laboured through along lecture , in which he professed an agreement with all points of the People ' s '

      Charter * save one^—AniiHal Parliaments ; to .- 'this ho objected , and preferred Triennials The meeting , however , would admit of no exceptions . After excellent speeches from Messrs . Markham and Bow * man ^ they adopted unanimously , and with load cheers , a resolution for the whole Charter , "bristles * snout , tail , and all , " as the only remedy for our national ills . Mr . Winks , eying Markham ; and Bowman , sai d ^ " I expect these gentlemen are preparing to give three cheers for the Charter ; but let me first have three for jthe right of all residents to * Vote . " (" No ; the Charter . ") No sooner said than done . " Now , let me have three , " said Mr . Winks . C'No ; Feargus O'Connor , ") which was responded to as before . The meeting broke up at a quarter before eleven o ' clock , and all parties appeared highly gratified with ihe result .

      London . —The O'Brien presB committee met last Monday evening at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride-lane , Fleet-street , Mr . Johnston in the chair . The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . Mr . Latuohe gave in his credentials to sit on the committee , from the Chartist tailors of tho Red Lion Kmgrstreet , Golden-square . Messrs . Wm . Hogg and Johnson were appointed to waib on Mr . Morton , the lata secretary of this committee , to obtain an explanation " 'from him of circumstaaces of a distressing character as regards the interest of this coommittee . It was moved by Mr . Smith , and seconded by Mr . Watkins , that the whole of the subscription books shall be called in by tho 28 th instant , agreed ^ to . Tiie secretary read a statement of the receipts and expenditure . Tho committee trust that the members of the National Charter Association will become subscribers to the forthcoming raffle , at the Craven ' s Head .

      Walworth . —At the Ship and ; Blue- Coat Boy , a ' s strong resolution of thanks and confidoace in FeargU 3 O'Connor wa 3 voted at the usual weekly meeting . No . 55 , Old Bailet . —Mr . Mead lactured here onu Sunday evening . ' .. ¦' . ; ¦; . : ' ' :. ; - . - ' : At a meeting of the Chartist Silk weavers on ¦¦ Sunday evening , last , the following resolves wer » i pa 8 t ; - ^ lst . * That a general meetiog of the Chartist weavers be held on Sunday next ^ March , 13 th , to elect a delegate to the County . Council . '' 2 Bd . "That Mr . O'Connor receive owwarmest thanks , and that we ^ express our disgust at the cowardly treatment he received at Birmingham , and wehereby express our confidence -in him for '' -his ukflincbing advocacy in the people ' s causew"' 3 rd . " . That the thanks of this meeting be given-. toMri Preston , for the lecture he de ' kered this evonine on

      the land . " A vote of thanks was given to tW . Chair--. man . Ssyeral new members enrolled thajnselves ^ The meeting is held at the 3 uck's Head }; James ' sstreet , Church-street , Bethoal Green , neajt ShoredSch ;; -: ; ^ ' . . ' , -. ' ¦ ¦ : , ; ¦ ; - '¦ ' .: ¦ :: ' ' ¦ : > , - -. ' ; . / ; - ;; .: ' : ' Etii ^ IIOS OF DeLEOATSS , ? OB THE CoiUIfTIES O » midolesex , Kent , SJuaasK , and Ess » x > —At' a * , publio meeting , held in , the Hall of Science , City Road , on Tuesday evening , Mr . Cameron in the > chair . Dr . M'Douali ^ Mir . Ruffy Ridley , and Mjf ^ Edmund Stall wood , were elected delegates for thesw four Counties ; after which : Mr . Parier moved that following resolution -. —That this raceting p ] edga » themselves to support ta the utmost of . their power , both pecuniary and otherwise , th& ^ delegates , thsy , had then elected . " Mr . Simpson seconded tk q resolution , which was put and catried unanimous y A vote of thanks was given to tlw Chairnjan % y ad the meeting ; dissolved ,

      DspiFOBD .- ^ We are advanclr ^ g as vrsXL . aj toia l >» expected , considoriug the opposition from , intoi &te £ parties . The following resolution , -was pasWi unanimously at our last meeting .: — *• That a vote of thanks be given to Feargus Q (^ nnw , Esq ., for his stera and valiant condnctoa the patt of tto people at Birmingham , and for sbowing to the LeaguVtLt money wiU not * uy , j ) r thmts intimidateThmi ; an | also a vote of . thanks to ^ hose brave working men whostood so firm -. by- our Champion ; likewisno . ^ Ho ? * ¦ - ¦¦ * > B 8 ist 8 d ^ ia his pe iitoua y .: Bekbow lectared at the Horns , Cruoi&c Ja ^ , w MoiMlaj ^^^ m ^ t ^^ ^^^^

      Feargus O'Connor, Esq., At Manchester.

      FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., AT MANCHESTER .

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      THE BUDGET SPEE CH ^ WE ; shall pntlisb this && $ } ( S ^ tard ^ yj ) aVout 12 o'Clockj a Third 0 iiion , containing the FjtNANCIAL ST&MENT Of Sir Robert Peel , another debate on the Iladget . Agents should send their orders for itbis EditioL immediately . :

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      F . O'C . Thorsdat Afternoon . —The Manchester Mail has just brought us an account of the Wednesday evening's lecture , which went off as peaceably as if no one but the lecturer had been in the room , though the Hall was wedged until not another human being could be squeezed into it . Ruffians are ever cowards , and so the "League ' s" bindgeon-men , when they saw the working men ready to reoeive them , were as quiet as mice . The night before they had it all their own way , few working men being present , it having been agreed that they should attend the first and third lecture , and leave the second to the Irish O'Connellite Repealers , with whom it appears that Mr . O'Connor ' s arguments are far less powerful than the •* League's" blood-money .

      Bloody And Fbbocious Attack

      BLOODY AND FBBOCIOUS ATTACK

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 12, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct589/page/1/