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      jft vexr Tsissds , —After ax long hours' bard ^^ k in 7 service this morning , you must not -rsect * long letter from me ; however , one subject -jumrada and shall have an observation , or » wa—I ' mBtB . the Birmingham Conferenoe . Yon will recollect that when the snbjeet was first poached , I attached so much , importaace to it , that £ gr&l the sitting of the Convention , I devoted my fights to procnring funds for the purpose of aiding « n in sending delegates . I now proceed to lay before jou the state of our finances . At

      Cheltenjjjm there was collected £ 1 11 ? . 8 d ; at Southampton , £ 1 9 s . 4 d- ; at Northampton . £ 1 13 s . 6 d . ; at Derby , ^ £ 2 . ; at ilaachfster , £ 4 37 s . j which sum I received jist ' night by post-office orders- When the Conference was abandoned , I received instructions from jtebj to dispose of the £ 2 there collected as follows . £ 1 towards defence fund ; £ 1 to the Exeentire ; which sums I paid , handing over £ 1 to Mr . Cam pbell and debiting myself with £ 1 as treasurer to " the Defence Fund . You will find that there is now in my hands £ 9 lls . 6 d . towards

      defraying the expences of delegates , £ 4 17 s . of which , \ wiihont applying for , 1 received only last night . ; Pow that small Eum caunct be efficiently and satisfactorily distributed between the several poor localities from whence delegates maybe sent upon the < me hand , nor can I undertake to diFpose of it upon { he other hand . Therefore , as it can be a 3 well applied at Birmingham as anywhere else , what I propose to do , -with your concurrence , is to band it « Yerto a Finance Committee % i Birmingham when Conference meets , and they will no doubt find ample

      c e for it and apply it to the most beneficial purposes . Heaniiffie , I cannot pass over thisfitting opportunity ¦ of saying a word or two with reference io the forth--coming Conference . It is quite clear that chances , many chances , are against Chartists sending delegates ; ard the greatest of which is poverty ; whereas bo ssch impediment will stand in the way of the other parties . This , instead of disheartening us , should make ns work the harder : and what I propose is , to raise a fund , for which I shall be security * « f £ 150 , to aid in sending Chartist delegates ; of this Bjn London will raise £ 125 ; and thus we sbaii .

      have escaped all those snares that the wealthy set for the poor . I have no donbt that the fallacious liope of goifig snacks in the contribiitioiiB raised gEceraBy for defraying the expences of delegates , ha 3 led to compromises which wonld not oiherwlsefcave taken place . There ii is that the poor Chartists saw a bentfii in co-operating , as the -only ehanee of being at all represented . This is foliy ^ hee&BSB thesx' friends ¦ would not have made the bargain , If advantage had net been anticipated . Kow ^ 1 will insure £ 25 to London , and so in proportion where districts are too poor . Great attempts are

      being made to swamp us in those places where Complete Stfirsge is understood to mean philosophical Chartism ; bnt when we assemble , the ma * k will be thrown eft and lie parties "will staid as Chartists and with Chartists . We , should then , rely upon these places where the ' pure principles of Ciwtrfcm are understood for our tajority . Sunderland has made a base compromise , which is only in part relieved by the rttnra of our now excellent legal ad viser , ilr . Ucbtrts , and to whos , in future , all applications by these who are to be iried are to

      be addressed . We cannot affjrd to have a solicitor fcr each case . However , to the point . I shall next ¦ week siate ice easy , and , I trust , satisfactory , meanB by which I mean to raise a fund of £ 150 . Mean-&ae , wemB 5 t look to Lancashire and Yorkshire , and the Midland Counties for a great , a glorious response to the CLariist calL Copper and hia brigade have been shamefully treated , 23 have our friends in other places . The good men of the nor : b -and Midlands will , &s they ever b&ve done , do ihei toty , and we shall cave nothing to fear .

      My Friends , I have been elected to that Conference without my knewledge , and I shall f . o there wi ' . h a firm resolution to brirg about » union of all friendly to our principles , as defined in our Ctaxter , and a resoive to publish every word spokec and every resolution passed and proposed , so thai the whole case shall be before tie public . Bat if wjj man thinks tlat I am fcirg to play expediency at the expecce of principle he will be deceived . I xcill not do it ; and while I tm determined not to be factious Tipcn the one band , I sex as determined bo : to bo over-soft on the other hand . We mutt come

      back with our work to cur masters , and be able to render an account of our stewardship . I have already this meraing been six hoars reading and writing for yon . I do toe suae every day without farther reward than your thanks ; and now i require to straighten my backi kct I cannot conclude without oae word aitut cur new and dazzling Inminary . Just imagine if we had had Euch an organ when our Convention sat , * hai a difference it would have made ; and just imaginahow it would shine if you did your duty , by compelling every landlord whose house yon frequent

      to take it in . Now , if you , without spending one farthiug , chore to set about it , you could by Thursday week furnish a list of three or fonr , aye , of ten eolnmns of places where the Eventing Star would be -read . Just now set about it , and let the great ones know what a union can effect . You ask for support , ¦ and how can yon more cheaply purchase it ? See what Louden , and Oidham , and Sheffield have done . "The Evening Star , when established as the glorious Kortlarn Star is , wfculd be the jolly boat of Chartiau , and wcn 3 d savensthonsandsa year in expensive agitations . Let us now make arally for it . Eighty

      pcunce a-wetk is too much for a stranger to lose , and ail for your indolence , apatby , and neglect . I never said one word to yon about the Northern Star , and therefore you will not consider me actuated by ielf when I tell yon that your comp li ance will only increase my work . You cannot ims ^ ine the change that this little Star has produced in London , and nobly are the poor fellows doing their duty . Let iKme snppose that the success of the litile Siar can damage the big one , ' neither let him care whether it does or net , if the cause of the people is thereby served . Ever your faithful friend ,

      Feabgus O'Cokgb . P . S . In order to explain to you the nnegual Banner in which "voluntary taxation presses upon the generous , I may merely add that the collection of ibe £ 5 lls . 6 d . in my hands as treasurer to the delegate fund , cost me , besides five nights traveling and fatigue , tie sum ol £ 2215 s . Od . Whoever comes to Birmingham with his hoLest principles on Ms back , kTi » T | not hare a hungry belly , and shall owe no one thanks for his rapport , ft ow , my beloved friends , set

      to work in downright earnest , and repair the past by redoubled exertion in the future . As to the mode of conducting ' your elections , and selecting your delegates , I need not add one word to iLe excellent advice already given to yon by tbe Editor of th 9 Northern Star , to every word of which I most cheerfully Eubscribe my assent , and for which I tender him my best iharks . "We ' ll do tet , mt lads ; but damn this mo ^ iy .-ii ' s & plaguy thing to wont . Yours , F . O'C .

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      TROPOSED MEMOIR OF ELLIS-PROPOSED EMENDATION OF TEE PXAN OF ORGAM- ' ZATION . TO THE EDITOB OF THE 50 BTHEBX STAB . j Eih , —1 trespassed on your TiJuable epace to sveh , « i txteut in my lart , that I -would not Tenture again ao EOOD—only I remember that M arch i » approaching , ! « oa that then my opportunities of redeeming my pledge ; * o poor Ellis irill fee curtailed . The Northern Star of Saturday last contain * the following lices , on its first Jttge , under the head of " Steelhouse-lane , " ( Biraiicg .-feam . ) A member of the Society of Friends handed in Wfc shilling for jjra . EUis , and promised t » continue it weekly . He dated thai Mr . Coepertktlert had caused ' .

      Kmtoaet in that mamer . O bow by heart swelled * ith tbankfolDen -when I read tbat line ! "God « & « that good Qaakar ! " I exclaimed , while a band jfmj ShaksperiaM united . I bad bat a few mlnatet before , bees reading the nrarderoo , Jjifg , attack « pon ae ia theLeieaUrJdnlitrmrt . " ThaDk God J" my hart said , "there are a few green spots is this barren * & *«»*¦ aQ goodness Is not fled from it , —alfiiraigh 6 * 3 and malice aboard . " I pr » 7 tbat that l&ad Qufcer may be blessed with competeuca sufficient to the * nd cf his days to enable him to sice that weekly * && {/ iathethd of lift for the colace of the exile's * M 0 » and ka fatherless ehfiarcTJ . "What a store wDl •™* good Qaaker thai lay np for himself " where nut ^ h ^ &ot corrupt , and " wicrs thitves do not break ¦ awfamndstesll *

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      Bat to business ; a letter caxtgbt my eye , in the Northern itor of Saturday before lust , sisrned by a woman —God bless her . '—breathing earnest fe JiDg for the poor exile , and recommending that a brief life of Ellis be drawn np , and put into circulation , for the benefit of 1 hiB bereaved ones . I wrote off immediately to the Potteries , requesting materials for assisting me to draw up I the proposed memoir , feeling it to be mj natural duty , I after my solemn pledge in the dungeon . I am happy to ; say that Mr . Moses Simpson has already written ma to \ promise his assistance in the collection of materials . ! I trust himself , with ray venerable and beloTed friend , i John R . ch \ rds , with the rest of the Hanley Chartists , will besur themselves to collect me dates and facts , and send'them 10 me forVh'with .

      Yesterdsy , m » cn to . mj grfitifisation , I received : the following brief letter from poor Mr . Ei . is beri self : — ; " 97 , Lcybrd-street , Limheth , i . "December 9 th . 1842-: " Bear Friend , —I have received yours , forwarded ' from tfee Potteries , and shall feel it a great pleasure to . forward yon lh » required account , in the courae of a day or two . ilaa now with the onJy brother of my dear . husband , aad he has promised to assist me . so that you I may expect your "very kind offer to meet with due at-; tentich . ! " Accept my best wishes for yourself and Mrs . 1 Cooper . " Yours , j " Emma Eilis . I " P . S . I received poor Ellia ' s last letter from the aezB , ; yesterday . Yon shall have a espy . "

      I trust , therefore , soon to be put in possession of tbe requisite records for racnldiog a short and popular memoir of thi irjured exiles . I have promised Mrs . Eilis to lose not an heut in getting it ready , and that I will immediately forward it to London' be printed , the profits arising frcn the sale to be for her benefit I have not asked btfore I made this promise , bnt I know , without asking , tbat Jptm Cleave ' s heart -will feel pride and pleasure in attending to the printing of this little manuscript .

      Bat one more paragraph , and I have done . I observe that Mr . Hill has honoured me vrith his recommendation of the few hints I gave as an outline of an amended plan of orgaD ^ z ^ ion ; and I likewise observe , that our brethren at Salisbury have honoured me with their approval of the same ^—adding a recom-Taendation that the proposed monthly penny for the " General Fund , " be made a binding payment on the part of each member . So minute a difference I would not contend about for one moment , it the majority of my brethren think with tbe Salisbury friends ; but 1 assure them , reost respectfully , that , in starring I ^ icester , the remark will not apply— " however poor a person may- be , he may sffbrJ one penny per caendjir month . " I Dever cress a man cnt of onr register , even when he goes to the Bastille . No—I would lore my fingers first . And how can a man in the

      Bastille pay a penny ? Besides—think of sickness lack of workfor wetks , nay months—as is the ^ ass with hundreds of onr poor stockiDsers ! "And unless the monthly penny be paid by every member , it will be impossible to ascertain onr number of members correctly , " add the Salisbury friends My constant plan in Leicester has been to reckon al : as members who , either in the open air , in the presence ef hundreds , or in my own house , -vthen taey came for the express purpose , gave in their names as believers in the principles of tht Charter , as members of the National Charter Association . My only request to each has been—•• Buy a card as soon as you can , and pay a penny per wetk to the district collector when he calls , if you can ; but remembtr you are not disfranchised as a member because you cannot pay , while you are sure to pay when you can , if you be a real Chartut .

      In my judgment , the snb-secretary's act of enrolling tbe name in the register or yearly class-book ought to be the only required test of membership . A card cannot make a Chartist : poverty cannot unmake one . Let us show ourselves above the principles of the old , b ? ggarly , wom-ont world . ' Let ns be bold enon 5 h to proclaim that we acknowledge and reckon every one among our number who is manly enough to offer us his name—aud that while we receive it , we trust him confidingly , with the proviso , " if he can affuid it . " Irf > t us proye that we can cuutep the bad world which girds man round with jealousy and distrust , and that we can confide in the honour of every man , however ragged and despised , who offers his name as a Chartist—without aUesnj&og to tie him forcibl y down to give cs the dirty proof of his sincerity compii&ed ia p .-syir ? a copper 1

      I f-jel as confident as I do of my own existence that our National ard local funds wc-aid , in every place , augment incalculably if tiiis reaiiy democratic method vreie taken . Oae thing I frankly dtelare : no rule wcnld compel me to leave any at ^ ccistion bo soon , as a provision tZtat no one wbow came was enrolled as a member , ' should vote for the r m ?? rs of such society if he did not pay . Yet 1 have to endure the pain and vexation of bearing " Ghartuta" contend for such a rule , again And again ? Yes— " Chartists" contend that poverty ou-jht to disfrar . chise a man from choosing Oie government of his 01 m association !—What a uionatroQ » ide » of Universal Snffrace ]

      Having received these Epprsvals of my " outline , " I shall , forthwith , Mr . Editor , draw np an entire plan , embodying the " outline , " with ench parts of the present plan of orgsnTZJtion as it would leave unaltered . I propose to submit this ( with the humility which becomes so -unimportant a member of the general body as myself , ) to the opinions of either the delegates soon to assemble at Birmingham , or such other deliberate council as my brethren may appoint . Leb me but see a sopnd , workable plan cf urgsa .-zition , pat into operation , ere I am once more caged , and I- for one , shall return to captivity , solidly satisfied with the belief that Chartism will thenceforth grow into a mighty and uncontrollable machine for overthrowing tyranny and elevating the toiling slave to his rightful and proud pohition of equality .

      I am , Sir , Yours respectfnlly , Thomas COOPJeBLeiceBter , Monday , Dec , 12 , lSi 2 .

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      APPROACHING FESTIVITIES . Christmas ia now very Dear at hand . Preparations are being daily made f « r tbe reception cf the squire and his family at the old English manfion . where Christmas times were wont to be celebrated with good old Ckristm&B fare . The ponies , and the dogs and dolls , and the toys of the children of the upper and the middle classes are being got in readiness for tbe coming of tbfcir little owners . Play-house managers , \ rild beast men , shopmen , toymen , and tb « old household domestics are one and all upon the look-out to add their share to tbe expected joy . We do not find fault with this ; we love it ; we rejoice to see the yeurg heart piupce with joy at t&e tight of old friends , and the anticipation of new amusements . Nothing can be more touching than the graphie and admirable sketch

      to whom the State owes every thing , there is nought but revilir . Es for his poverty , and contempt for his condition . The working classes tear and read of our success in Ctiua and Central Asia , of the Spanish revolt and decliration of bostility to England , of the success of thtir pluv . derers in the collec ' . ion cf £ 50 , 000 squeeze ! from their benes , cf the feistu : ^ of tbe landl ords , and lfce resolutions of the eotton fend fund lords . They hear and read of royp . l ps ^ eants , and royal fetes , and aristocratic -freaks , for which honest men would be transported ; of the dtbanchery of their natural guides and instructors . They hear of 21 / 000 , 000 of dollars and an Income Tax . They hear of " numerous reductions" in the prices of food : they bear of five ports being opened for traffic with China ; they hear of cold-blooded murders by assassinations in Ireland , and scarcely lees coldblooded'murders by law in England . In their poverty they see scores upon scores of men , who , some twenty vears ago , belonged to their cwn order , and who

      received as weavers , spinnen , slubbers , or warehousemen , good wages ; and who Mil now , not by industry , tut by ehasce , enabled to subscribe hundreds for the accompliBhffient of a favorite object- * They see all these thing * , while they are literally in rags , and cold and hungry . Oae tells them that it is this nun ' s bolt , and another that it is that Ban ' s fanlt . One invites them to rely for ndreai « poB this measure , another man upon tbat Sttunre . Oat faction says , yo » bare brought poverty « pon then , while the other faction says you have donu it : ud thma are the people used by their political leaders jitt as soldiers are used by military ommaEdsxs , as IooIb " to fight their battles . We will now show , that upon the subject of general distress , and a deaire to relieve it , the press of this country Is vido « B and deceitful . The power of the press ii great , and is acknowledged to be so . Tbe pressevery portion ot it—has ackaowledgsd the existence of general distress amocg the working classes , while the people fcave t * ea compUmeuttd npo » && 1 forfcear *

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      ance , in the midst of poverty , by all parties . Can any man in his senses think that the press is sincere in Ha desire to remove the distress , when it is well known that the press alone could eft > , ct a remedy in a Bingle week ; while the press and the people , unitedly , could force such change upon Government , as in their wisdom they saw fit ? It is at periods like the present , that the press becomes of paramount importance . When Parliamwnt is not sitting , it is the national courier , communicating between mind and aetior . It is the staff of the community ; and when it sees difficulties , which of itself it cannot overcome , it can force the commanding officers to meet in consnitation . It could convene Parliament in a single week , if it was sincere in its sympathy fur the people ' s diHtrtss , and anxious , as it professes

      to be , for redress . Herein then we sea the wiles cf faction . Tne press dees not represent the people , it represents those who live upon tbe people . The organs of those in power would use a portion of tho people to uphold that power , while the organs of those looking for power would use thorn to assail those in possession . The press ia the representative of the upper and middle claaes ; and it iB to the disunion in tbo . < e bodies , not to the disunion of the working classes ,- that we attribute the power of the ruling few to trample upon the rights of the misgoverned many . You may speak . Bays the Tory , provided yon speak for rue . You may speak says tbe Whig , provided yoa speak for me . But you shall not speak , quoth they unitedly , if you speak for

      the people . I am worried , says the Cotton Lord ! aiid I bah being worried , says the Landlord . Your machinery has been the cause says the Landlord . Your protecting duties are the ctusa , says the Cotton Lord . Want of the means of exchanging labour for food is tbe cause of the low price of your produce , says the Cotton Lord . Low wages and substitution of mechanical for manual labour , and the consequent pov erty of the people , is the cause , says the Landlord . And cow , who is right ? for that , after all , is the question . The land we have at home ; and the landlords , without any legislative enactments , have it in their power to make it subservient to man ' s purposes , and capable of supplying the whole people ' s want * We have that valuable admission even from prize essayisU , and anti-free-trade

      landlords and tamers . Thertforo have the Landlords convicted themselves oat of their own mouths , as the great monopolists and primary cause of existing distress . This is their position . — They say , -we know that the land , by proper cultivation , which can only be a consequence of proper leasing , and improving arrangements , can be made to produce as much and more than the whole people could consume ; but then we have been induced to rely npon high prices for abort supplies ; always secure against ruinous competition , to running the chance of low prices co m > tqaent upon overproduction . This is the pure Multbusian principle , and gmvously will the landlords suffer for its adoption . TJpon the other hand , tbe snpporters of free trade are now befiinijinsr to

      admit the great capabilities of the soil if uoshack ! ud of those restrictions which the landlords impose upon their tenants . Hence , we see the free traders' conviction in the fact , that a junction with the peopie would compel tbe landlords of England and Ireland to remove all those barriers standing in the way of supply ; while , instead of joining for that purpose , they merely use the follies of the landlords , as arguments in favour of a measure , which would not accomplish their ends , as well , as surely , as safely , or as speedily . If the real ohjsct of tbe Corn Law repealers was to give the people cheap bread , plenty to do , and high wages , they would at once opm tha oply m&rkfcb where those things conUi be had ( the Landj—no , but foreign connections , toik engagtmeuU , ioolish notions of keeping possession of

      all the markets of the world , by means of cheap production , have dri 7 en them mad , and in grasping at the shadow they have lost tbe substance . The landlords must now many and many a time think of the warniDg of the more tban ever immortal Cobbutt , when he told them , not once or twics , but in his every speech upon the subject that " this measure ( tbe Poor Law Amendment Act ) will be the means of ccnfl .-catiDg your estates , and will lead to a revolution . " Much better would it faava been for England that the poorrate , under the 43 rd of Elisibutb , had been £ 20 , 000 , 000 a-jear , so long as it upheld agricultural wages , and preserved the principle of tbe pauper's right . It was tbe 43 rd of E izibetb that rendered It safe to arm your militia , and your yeomanry , and your volunteer corpB , in 1793 , for the preservation of the joint property of the landlord and pauper . It is your amended Act , that renders it now insecure to trust the

      industrious classes with arms in their bands . It was your amended Act that enabled the Malthualan speculators so long to enter into , and to continue in , ruinous competition by low wages . It was your amended Act that snapped tbe link that bound the people to you through your joint-title to the bud . Had you kept tbe pauper parish trade open , under the 43 rd of Elizibsth , it would not now be glutted with an unnatural supply of a free trade surplus population . Tbe robbery of the people by Henry the Eighth caused all bnt revolution , which the 43 rd of Ei zibeth suppressed . The robbery of the Irish 40 s . freeholders by the Emancipators , is now producing a similar tflVw in Ireland ; and the more recent robbery of the poor by the Poor Law Amendment Act , " is the main cause of the destitution , want , distrust , and discontent , which now present themselves , as well in Christmas times as through the year . —Evening Star .

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      SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . POLITICAL VICTIM DEFENCE AND FAMILY SUPPOBT FU . ND . £ . b . d . Previously acknowledged ... ... 153 4 11 Miss Grey , Berkshire ... ... ... 0 5 0 Kingswood , near Bristol 10 0 Mr . J . Dogherty , Winterburn 0 2 6 A few flax-dressers . Spring-garden mills , Aberdeen •*• 0 5 0 A Corn Law Repealer ... M ... 0 0 7 H . Russell ... 0 0 6 Collected after sermon by Mr . R . K . Philp , at Whilton , near Daventrey ... 0 5 2 J . Newton 0 0 6 F . Brian 0 0 6 W . Bench .... 0 0 6 G . Walker 0 0 6 J . Marr 0 0 3 G . Whiter ... ... 0 0 6 J . Stapleton 0 0 1 R . Clayton 0 0 6 Devonport ... 0 9 6 An enemy to tyrants ... 0 2 0 E . Reynolds ... 0 10 Temperance Hotel , New Market-place , " Bolton 1 12 0

      £ 157 11 6 FOB M ' dOUALL . Whitson , near Daventry 0 10 Collected alter lecture at Kitterinc , by ilr . Philp 0 16 0 Kotk . —The above is less in amount than in any previous week ' s list of subscriptions received by Mr . Cleave . This , sorely , ia not as it should be . The people will be guilty of grievous wrong if they relax in . their exertions , as tbe time of " trial and tribulation" for tbe persecuted asserters of " tbe right" approaches . As ^ Caesar wag forewarned Bgainst his "ides of March , " the friends of the people should be forewarned against theirs . They must be provided with tha " sinews of war" against

      despotism . Oar M modern Jiffries must not be allowed to gloat his own vengeance , and that of his empoyers , on undefended victims . The wives and children of those who have bravely contended for freedom must not be left to starve , or be forced into our union bastiles . The people will , at least , spare themselves that shame . Let them , therefore , devote themselves with increased vigour to the good work of justice and humanity ; let " each and all " contribute as his own means will best afford , and the necessity of the case require , to the " Victim Defence and Family Snpport Fund . " Let thiB duty and tbat of demanding from tho Legislature the dismissal ol the uDJust judge "—Abinger , be performed without further delay . ¦

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      ALEXANDRIA , Vale of Lev&n . —A publio meeting of the inhabitants of this Locality , was held on the evening of Saturday , the 10 th inst ., when Mr . Con Murray , of Glasgow , was duly elected their delegate to the Birmingham Conference . On the question of Ma instructions , there was considerable discussion , in which Messrs . Glenn , M'Intyre , Montgomery , Kirk , Roberts , and other gentlemen took part , alter vrhieh the following wu carried by a majority , moved by Mr . Peter Glen , seconded by

      Mr . J . Moody . ** That this meeting of the inhabitants of the Vale -of Leyen pledge themselves to stand by the Charter , in name , prinoiple , and detailsi and instruct onr delegate to snpport that document as tbe proposed bill from the Conferenoe , believing that it would go far to unite the working classes in one determined body , against the common enemies of injured labour , besides bringing about a union of sentiment and a union of action , between the » and the anopkeeping class whoso interests are one aad the game .. "

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      GLASGOW . — "The League , " the" bloody AWD brutal ^ Hi - os . —A meetiiiK called by advertisement headed , ; A meeting of clergy , bankers , merchants , aud other inhabitants to consider the corn and provision laws , " was held on Monday , the 12 th instant , in tha Trades Hall , at twelve o ' clock . This hour was fixed . on , no doubt , for the purpose of preventing the working classes from attending , and the bill oallinjj'the meeting appeared but on Sunday morning , and that only m very few places , and in tnat part of the town where few , if any , of the working meu live , and so careful were the faction against giving any alarm , that this , bill was so . worded that no onocould suppose their meeting wa 3 to be a public one . Shortly after twelve their committee mado their appearance , whoa on the riotion of Charlca GrayJames Oswald

      , , M . P .. was appointed to the chair . The first motion , condemnatory of the Corn and Provision Laws , to wnich they attributed all the misery of the working population , was moved by Walter Bachanan , Esq ; t * T ° . / 1 ?" sd obairin » n was about to put the motion Air . J . Moir rose and said ho had an amendment to propose . This was the signal for uproar and abuse from the League men , and cheers from the Chartists . Wheu the noise had a little subsided , he said , in justice to a great portion of my fellow citizens . —4 Cries of " fiitdowu , " confusion , and cheers . )—In justice to a great portion of my fellow citizens—( hisses , cheers , and general confusion for some time . ) Gentlemen , your beet plan ia to hear nie , —( howling from the League men * and orles of . ' * who brought you hera , " and confusion ) I will stand here till twelve o ' clock

      at night before you prevent me being heard —( howling from the League . )—You are mistaken if yoa think you will put me down by your beastly bellowing . — ( A'fellow . in broad cloth ;** sit down , who brought you herd . ') Mr . M ., warmly , hold yonr tongue you brute , and obey the chair . He ( Mr . M . ) in justice to a large portion of his fellow oitizsna who agreed with him on this "; subject considered it his duty to propose for . the adoption or rejection of the meeting a resolution very much like what was called the usual amendment , and whioh embodied what they believed to be correct , and required to be realised before the least shadow of justioe could be done or obtained for them—( Crieg of V Put him out , " cheers and confusion . )—

      Chairman : The amendment appeared to him to bo foreign to the object of the meeting ; therefore , he did not think it his duty io submit it to the meeting . —Mr . Moir wished to know whether he was refused a hearing . —Chairman : No . —Mr . Moir : If they were met for the purpose of considering in what way tho Corn . Laws , could be most quickly repealed , he could not understand the decision of the chair ; but if they were met only for the purpose of talking about them , he had no objections to talk about the thing itself , if there wore to be no resolutions proposed or any steps taken by which to compromise the public—( his 3 es and cheers . )—Chairman : He would submit to the meeting whether the amondment should be put—Mr . Proudfoot seconded the

      amendment . —The Chairman declared ho would not put the amendment—Proudfoot : Mr , Chairman , I think yoa are erring mosc eKregioualy . —¦ Chairman : I will allow no man to diotato to me . Tho Chairman then took a vote upon whether the amendment should be put , when a majority declared against its being put . As Mr . Moir was about to sit down , Mr . Kidd rose and said , he had an amendment to move . To this the Ch a irman paid no attention , but took a vote on the ' motion * -which was carried . The Chairman then called on Dr . K : ng to move the tecond resolution . Mr . Kidd all this time continued on his legs , and insisted on his right to move his amendment . The Chairman seeing Mr . Kidd determined not to give way , called on Capt .

      Millar to do hig duty . Kidd was then draggedye . « , ferociously dragged out of the meeting , and sent off to prison , at the institnee of the Whig M . P . The subject was made known to Mr . George Ross , who immediately went and bailed out Mr . Kidd . As to the meeting , Dr : King did not get a single sentence spoken , and the rest of the proceedings were conducted in a great part in dumb show . The best legal advice was immediatelyjBecnred in Mr . Kidd ' s case . On Tuesday morning , Mr , Kidd appeared in court , accompanied by Messrs . Moir , Ross , Proudfoot , Pitkethly , Henderson , Con Murray , & 6 . On the case being called , the sitting Bailie ( Hastie ) said , that having been present at the meeting yesterday , and seen the whole concern , he did not wish to try the case ; he would ra'her the case might be tried by & > me ether one of the Borough Magistrates . It was

      fixed that the trial should take place on Wednesday morn'iug at eleven o ' clock . We faope'the conntry will rally round Mr . Kidd . It is a national question . The Whig tyrant M . P ., we trust , will bo made to answer to a jury of bis countrymen for his conduot , as well as to the House of which he is a member . We promise the WhigB they shall have a Roland for this Oliver ' 'Question , is it legal to shut the door of a public meeting , either at tho command of a chairman or the police ! At two o ' clock , the door of this meeting was eHut , no doubt for a very obvious reason , to keep out the people who wished to attend in the meal hour . Having gone out , along with Kidd , to see after bail , we were , among a host of others , refused admittance ; We attach no blame to the officers at the door ; the grievance rests at the door of a higher source . -

      HAWICK— On Monday last , a public meeting , called by requisition , was held in the large Hall of the Commercial Inn , to elect a delegate to the Conference at Birmingham ; Mr . Thos . Scott , confectioner , was called to the chair , in opposition to Mr . R . Michie , currier , vice-president of the Complete Suffrage Association . After & fieri- a of out-and-out Chartist instructions had been agreed to by the meeting , Mr . C . Hunter , president of the Chartist Association , proposed Mr . Thomas Davies . as a fit and proper person to represent the meeting ia the Conference , which was seconded by Mr . R . Purdie ; and Mr . James Murray proposed , and Mr . R .

      Michie Beconded Mr ^ William Munro , Independent Minister , and president of the Complete Suffrage Association . After hearing both candidates , who eaoh of them declared . bis approval and acceptance of tte instructions voted by the meeting , the vote was taken , when the , Chairman declared the show of hands to be in favour of Mr . Daviep . This decision was disputed by the Complete Suffragists , who demanded a division , and tellers were appointed ; The room was bo crowded that it was found absolutely necessary for the whole to # 0 o » t . The result was , a majority of eixiy-four for Mr . Davies , who was declared daly elected aorid great cheering .

      BTOCBFORT . —The good cause goes on well here , notwithstanding the trickery and intimidation of the ** plague" manufacturers . On Sunday night last , Mr . C . Doyle , of Manchester , delivered an able and eloquent address on the subject of " war and taxation . " The audience were hignly delighted , and listened with breathless attention ; and at the conclusion recorded a unanimouB vote of thanks in favour of Mr . Doyle . Thirteen shillings and sixpence was collected towards the expanses of two debates to the Birmingham Conference .

      SAWLE 7 , ( near Clithero , )—The Chartists of this village met on Sunday night last , in their room which was crowded to suffocation . An interesting discussion took place in which several friends took part , and was handled in a manner that did great credit to their abilities . At the conclusion , the following resolution was oarried unanimously : — " That we hereby express our deep and unfeigned sympathy for our incarcerated and other friends , who have been arrested , committed , and imprisoned by a tyranical govern incut , for their just advocacy and diffusion of our righteous principles . " ** That the best thanks of this meeting are duo and are hereby given to Wm . Roberts , Esqj of Bath , for his noble and praiseworthy exertions on . behalf ^ of the victims at Stafford . " A collection ; was made for ' Mr . Beesly ' 8 defence ; which , amounted to 2 a . 3 d . Thanks being returned , the meeting separated highly delighted with the evening ' s proceedings .

      NOTTINGHAM . —The Chartists met on Sunday morning , at the Democratic Chapel , Rice-place , Mr . B . Humphries in the chair ; delegates from the following localities in and near Nottingham were present : — Democratic Chapel , Robin Hood , Dove and Rainbow , Peacock , Nags Head , Union Coffee . House , Foargus O'Connor , and from New Radford . Woved by Mr . Wm . Dulling and seconded , by Mr 3 . Boonham , • « That the money for defraying the expences of the delegation to Bimingham Conference be brought in from the variaua localities on Sunday morning next , by eleven o ' clock , and paid into the hands of / jgr . Joseph Greensmith ,

      the treosurer . " A public meting also took , place at the above chapel , on Monday evening , Mr . B . Humphriefl in the chair ; when the subject ' rapeoUng the Executive occupied a condderable time . At length it waa proposed by Mr . Jaxnei Simmons and seconded by Mr . Chatlea Roberts , " That the- queetUn ataud adjourned till after the Birmingham Conference has taken place . " -Proposed by Mr , John Skenlt . and seconded by Mr . George Rodgers , " That it be r «* iouuaend « d from this locality , that 1 ^ - P . M'Dou&ll receive £ 110 a . psr week daring his exile for bis indefatigable exertions In tha Caartiat cause . "

      Thb Shakspkrean Society of amatnres , meeting at the Rancliffe Arms , ha ^ a paid Into the hands of Mr . Sweet , jfil ilOa . 6 < L , tbe proceeds of a perfonhanoe got up tot the benefit of the Local Defenw Food ,

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      HORTHAMPTON . —yr . Brown preached two sermons here on Sunday last- the . 'first in the MarJiet Place to a numerous audience , ami the second in the Association Room . At the conclusion 83 . 6 'd . was collected lor Mrs . Holberry . BURY . —A public meeting was held on Monday eTening , called by requisition , Mr . John Lominas , a Working man In the chair , ilr . Michael Roberts moved and Mr . James Sohofleld seconded a resolution , " Thit we , the people of Bury , do send two delegates to the forthcoming Conference , and that we do hereby instruct our representatives to abide bythe principles laid down

      in the People ' s Charter whole and entire , name and all , as the only means whereby thd evils of this country can be remedied ; likewise to uphold the amended Piim of Organization . ' Carried unanimously . Mr . Thomas Kay , an elector , and member of the National Charter Association , Bury , and . Mr . Edward Murless , No . 4 , Butler ' s-buildings , Birmingham , member of the National ChaTtet Asaociation , were duly elected without opposition . After the businesa of tho meeting , Mr . C . Doyfe , of Manchester , gave a very interesting and instructive lecture , and was listened to witt breathless attention till a late hour in the evening .

      OIiDHAia—On Sunday last Mr- John Wright ; , of Stockpoit , delivered an address In the Chartist room , en the brinciples of the P * j > le ' a Charter , to a very attentive audience . Mr . WrlgMls wltbout work , and destitute of house or home—he has a wife and four ehildren , thejsldest only . eightyears pi * & > j bWis forced to go from towtttotowa , lftoiKl ««> 4 a «< rt ^ rMsaaty aubslsteno * in the shape of chajclty , beingmade a victtm by class-made laws . :.- ¦ :..:: ' -: .- ' . .. ,: V ;¦ •; \ o ,., '¦ ¦/ . PHEBTOK--ANOXHEiR DBrBAT OF TITB iBAGtrB — -This town was placarded , annou ^ ci :, g a public meeting to be held In the theatre on FfWay evening last , to take into consideration the beneflts that would arise from a repeal of the Corn L ^ ws , and the adoption of Free Trade . TWs being the first meeting that the

      Anti-Corn Law party had called in Preston , the Chartists were determined thnt they should not have it all their own way , and accordingly they wrote for Mr . Dixpn of Manchester , to come over to Preston upon the occasion . The placards calling the meeting stated that R ; Cobden , Esq ., M . P ., and other distinguished friends of the cause would be present and address the meeting ; and also that the public would be admitted to the gallery free , and to the pit by giving a donation—but the sequel will shew feow much faith the public can place in tha honour of this party . Mr . ' . 'Dizon attended according to the request of the Preston Chartiete , and arrived by the seven o ' clock train . He called upon the friend ¦ who wrote , and with whem he went Immediately to the place of meeting . When they presented

      themselves at the door that leads to the pit , the . donation had become a direct charge of three-pence . Mr ; DSxon " a friend objected to this stating ttat the bills said It was to be a donation and off ^ rei them apehny—bnt no , they would not take it . He still perserered , and was determined not to give more , as ' . by giving that sum he was doirig all that the p ) acard required of him . But their motto / was to get inoney honestly if they could : —bnt to get it any how ; and in order the better to cany out their base plans , they bad a number of the *• Blue Force ' in ambosh , which was called upon by the doorkeepers . Three of them rushed forward to ; an instant , an 4 seized him by the collar , and dragged him out of the place like a dog . Mr Dixon followed and told the police that his friend was not to blame , for he had done

      all that the public announcement required of him , and therefore , it was the other party that was to blame for acting contrary to the public notice . They then let him go , on condition that he would not mnke any mom to do about the matter there , but seek redress else where . No one will be at a loss to know the reason that they made this change . It was to prevent the working classes from being present , as they had got to hear that an individual was coming from Manchester to prevent them from gulling the natives , and they knowing that if the working classes were present they would not have the chance of having things all their own way . They also knew that the manufacturing operatives were not likely to have threepence fn their pockets on the Friday night . But notwithstanding

      the "fustians" were in attendance ; the meeting was a bumper of tne right sort , the theatre being crowded in every put ; there could not be less than three thousand persons present . Shortly after eight o ' clock , the three big guns of the League made their appearance upon the stage , namely , Cobden , Coir Thompson , and Bright , of Rochdale , followed by a . number of small fry , composed of J . Livesey , - of " Stroggle " notoriety , master manufacturers ; &c , &c On the chair being taken the . Chairman stated that it was not their intention to bring any resolutions before the meeting , therefore he hoped they would listen to what the speakers had to say without interruption . This was an " artfoil dodge , " but it would not do , for the Chartists knew that they hod the resolutions ready cut and dry .

      and if they did not bring them forward it was because they were afraid of certain defeat ' ; and / also if possible to prevent the Chartists from hairing the opportunity of takln < : any part fn the pwctfediugs ; bnt in this they were deceived , to theiri great mortlflcatlon and considerable loss . The Chairman : introduced Mr . Bright first , apd Colonel Thompson followed ; but-our space Will not admit of their speeches . The Lion , Cobden , wound up the proceedings ; but the Lion proved to be only a sheep upon this occasion . His speech was a mass of scurrilous abuse ,- contradictory statements , and erroneous . conclusions , with the exception of the begging department—and Mr . Cobden certainly Is an adept at that business . When Mr . Cobden sat down , M * . Dlxbn rose , amid loud cheers ,

      and said—By permission of the Chairman nnd the meetin *; , he had a few observations to make upon certain statements made by Mr . Cebden . He . in the first place , differed with that gentleman in bis opinion ef the duty of persons attending public meetings . He was ata loss to know where Mr . Cobden got his ideas concerning Buch meetings . If ke ( Mr * Dfason ) knew anything of the nature of such meetings , U was that the free expression of the people might be madekwown npon the qnestion or questions that might be brought forward . Andes to Mr . Cobden Baying that no one had a right to take part in the proceedings but those that paid the rent of the place and also for the gas , —was that * nythlng like freedom of opinion ? No , it was to bind down all to any party who thought proper to

      take a room , and lead the public mind astray with Impunity . But he was determined—notwithstanding Mr . Cobden ' s opinion to the contrary—to exercise the right of an Englishman ; and where he thought the piople were led astray be would give bis opinions freely and fearlessly . He was at a loss to know from whence Mr . Cobden drew his conclusions about paying for meetings when the fact was the people almost in every case paid for th 6 m themselves . When he came to the town he saw large placards announcing this meeting—admission to the gallery free ; persons going into the pit would be expected to give a donation . But judge of his surprise When they demanded threepence at the door , and because his friend demurred he was dragged out of tne place by the police . Much bad bten said about the

      Chartists and their conduct , but the Chartists had never committed such dishonourable acts as were perpetrated upon the people of Preston that night . Here a most disgraceful scene took place upon the platform , tbe Leaguers crying out " question , question ; order , order ; chair , chair ; " dec , as loui as their lungs would allow , which was answered by the workies in gallant style , that it was the question , and tremendous cheers , " go on , Dixon , lad , thou art hunting them and they don't like it . " Wiiea order was restored , M . r . D ' xon answered Mr . Cobden ' s observations at great lez > gth In conclusion he said , it waa then near twelve o ' clock , and the working men present would want to get to bed . But before ho sat down he wished to tell them that the next evening he would deliver a lecture upon

      the Com Laws and the principles 01 Free-trade , and he challenged any of the gentlemen to meet him in discussion upon the snbject . This announcement was received with loud cheers . Mr . Cobden then came to the front of the platform and attempted to speak , bnt it ¦ was no go , he was . received with the most terrific yells , groans , hisses , and hootiDgs . This -worked him up to a etataof fcttzy ; and he poured out a torrent of abuse ; and concluded by saying , "I denounce Feargus O'Connor and the whole Chartist body . Mr . Dixou has done his work well ; he has accomplished " his object ; he has prevented us from getting £ 500 , and we have not got a penny . " This was more than the working classes could bear—the open acknowledgement of the defeat of the League by Cobden made the cheering of the people commence and continue for Beveral mhintea . A vote of thanks was then moved to the Chairman , but was lost to make way for an amendment—three cheers for the People ' s

      Charter , which waa followed up in glorious style with three for O'Connor , and three for Frost , Williams , and Jon « 8 . jEhus ended a glorious triumph of principle over humbug . The Repealers are down in the mouth : they thought they could do what they liked in Preston . On Saturday , one of them told a friend of oura , tbat it waa tke worst job that the Chartiata could have done to bring that Dixon ; fox they bad been oat nearly all day , bat had met with very bad aooceaa . Mr . Dixon de ^ livered a teetuQ in the Association Boost , on Satoxday venlng , to an intelligent andlenoe , in which be replied to the argumentsnade use of on theprevioui evening , and proved to all present that a repeal of the Corn Laws under the preaent syatem would not benefit the peoplai The chairman . Mr . R . Marsden , asked K there was any peraon that wished to « ak anyqaeationa , or enter into a friendly diacuasi < mr They wen * at liberty U do adv Ko one appeawd * ilUne to entw the listv The thanks of the meeting w » given " tp the Chaiimau , an * the uieetiog separtbed ^

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      of tho healthful state of the constiiaene * 8 was gone through , they were found very encoura ^ iDg . fter its beinjj determined that a number of delegates should be sent to the Birmingham Conference , ifc was . moved by Mr . Johnson , and seconded by Mrv Luthbury , and carried unanimously : — " That th « men of Derby shonld nominate and send their own respective delegates to the Birminflrhajn Gonferenoe . " " Moved by Mr . Bell , seconded by Mr . Smith— "Thai one 1 or more delegates be nominated and 6 ent to th » said Conference , to watch over and assist , in devisinu for the extension and securing of the rights of tha people , as detailed in the People ' s Charter . " Moved by Mr . Cook ,, and ; seconded , by Mr . Lebbeter—• That in congideration of the number of Chartist

      victims who are to be tried at the Derby March assrzes , namely , Messra . West , Higginbottom , Wildgoose , Sidebotham , &e ., we feel a duty iHcumbent oa us , to call the attention of the friends of Chartism to support the Defence Fund , with their utmost liberality , that the best legal assistance may be obtained for the defence . We therefore recommend that tho Chartist females , of whom there are no t a few , be requested to have the towns and villages divided into districts , and occasionally collect from the inhabitants for the same . " . Tb . 8 subject of tho Executive deviation was a

      subjacc ^ of mnch lamentation ; we wish truth antf justice to bo vindicated and maintained , and hope that discord will soon cease , that prosperity may abound . A vote of thanks being given to tho Chairman and Secretary i the delegates returned toi their respective localities with renewed vigour resolved for the Charter and no surrender , it having been . * meetiDg of a most social character . Tha Bame evening ^ the Asspcjatida resolv ed , "That » rtquisition should ba got up , and be presented by av deputation to the magistrate to call a public meetw » on , Monday ; the 19 th . for the election of one or more 4 el « Katefffo . r 1 tae £ pmmg 7 ainWnieY « VtiK ° ¦

      New P £ ti . oif .-rMr . DIckenson , the Manchester packer , delivered a Very interesting ' ' address m the > New PellonChartislroom , on Saturday evening . Oa Sunday afternoon he lectured to the scholars who are taught in the above place on theadvantages thai are to be derived from sound education . In the evening of the same day , he preached a sermon from tho parable of the' ? Prodigal Son . " SHEFFIELD .-Mr . Samnel Parkes delivered an eloquent and interesting address in the Figtree-Iane room , on Sunday evening last

      HUBDERSFlEliO . —District Delegate Meeting . —On Sunday last the delegate meeting of this district waa held by ailjonrnment , in the association room , Kitkheaton , when the following delegates were present , —' Holmarth ,, Messrs . Thomas Haddock and William Cuttall ; Honley , Messrs . John Roberts and Charles '' Boothroyd ; Yew Green . Messrs . William Howard and D . wid Gledhili ; fiuddersfield , Messrs . Ambrose Chippendale aud Joshua Hobson ; Aliiiondbury , Messrs . James Broad bent and John Lodge ; Kirkheaton , Benja ^' min Jamiesonand John Broadbent ; Thurstonland , Mr .. John Pollard ; Dalton , Mr David Roebuck . Mr . Wm . Cattail in th n chair . The usual bosiness of the district relative to the lecturers and Executive fund was discharged , and the business of the Conference delegates was introduced , when the following resolutions were

      agreed to . "That four delegates be put in nomination as candidates to tbe forthcoming Conference at Birmingham . ' Monday , the 19 th inataat , was appointed for the public meeting to be held in tbe Philosophical Hall , but in consequence of the hall being engaged the meet * ing will take place on Wednesday , the 2 Ht in the same place ; Chair to be taken at eight o'clock , when it is hoped the labouring classes will be at their post . It was also- resolved : —" That it is the opinion of this meeting that owing to the peculiar circumstanpes nndd which Dr . M'Djuall is placed , without reference to tha late diffdrencas , he ought to receive his wages . " After other business the meeting was adjourned to Sunday , the 25 th instant , to be held in tha Chartist room , Honley . Chair to be taken at one o ' clock . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman and the meeting broke np .

      DUBLIN . —IRISH UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION . —On Sunday last , tho great rooms , 14 , NortI * Anne-street were thronged in every part ; from an anxiety to hear the question discussed—can the unloa be repealed without an extension of the Suffrage . The meeting was opened by Mr . Dybtt reading the minute * of the last days' proceedings , and the objects for which they assembled in that room . Mr . O'Higgius not having taken his place , Mr . Dyott spoke at considerable length , with great fluency and power to the principles of the Charter . He demonstrated that they never got any thing from Whig or Tory save when those factions wished to render themselves popular for their own purposes and to spite one another . Ha reverted , ia

      order to prove the poisonous influence of faction , to the almost incredible fact that Daniel O'ConneU front his predilection for tha rascally Whigs , had been led into voting that £ 50 , 000 a-year ahoaltl be given th « Queen's ; husband for performing light arid pleasenfc duties , inch' any young Irishman in that room would willingly undertake for " the ran of the kitchen' * at Windsor —( loud cheering . ) After daring any individual to impugn the political creed-which they had determined to adhere to , despite the swerving anil aberrations of any man , no matter . whe > m , Mk . D / ott resumed his seat amid unanimoua applause , —The meeting waa next addressed by Mr . JBunny , who , though a member of the Repeal Asso

      ciation , had joined theirs , becanse , though he wished to assist his fellow-countrymen of » the Corn Exchange ^ he conld not help feeling that there was an aristccratio association , in which no man could open his lips until be bad first paid the fee of £ l—a sum beyond the / rfiach of many an hottest , patriotic , and talented tradesman —( hear , hear . ) On that ground he rejoiced at the banding together of the honest and hard-working demoeratsi-of Dublin in the Irish Universal Suffrage Association f and he knew well , and bo would the people generally Boon kn » w , through the exertions of suoa men as he eaw around him , that nothing short of tha electoral right would guard their interests even In what they so ardently desired—a domestic legislature—( hear

      and cheers . ) Mr . O'Higgins resumed the question of how the "Union could be repealed . He shewed that there : waa no parallelism between Emancipation and Repeal , as there were in existence at the time of the former ' s achievement 300 , 000 honest electors , who had mainly contributed to that event , and who had been basely betrayed to the enemy as a bribe to obtain places and endowments for Catholics of the upper classes—( hear , hear , hear ) As an imperfect and liberticidal mnniclpal T > lll had afterwards been taken to secure civic honours , cocked hats , gold chains , a bauble mace , and a Brobdignagian sword , for the Catholie grocers and tailors of that city , who now sent their fealf-fledged and ill-mannered offisprinj ,

      wellclothed and over fed witn the people ' s money , to insult and disturb the people's honest and patriotio assembly . Mr . , 0 Higgins proceeded at great length , and with powerful effect to describe the delinquencies ot the '' baae , bloody , and brutal Whigs ; " proved them to have been the founders of the National Debt , and the greatest bloodsuckersof the people whenever the ; could f 4 ton upon office . ' He said that they , in that room , htjd equally repudiated all connection with either of the factions—their party waa the people—tbelr cause Justi 4 e—their means conatltutional , and he feared not for thb result . Mr . O'Higgins resumed his seat amid loud cheers . A lir . Kully , Repealer , next addressed' the assejubly . He said he felt ashamed and distressed at the CQJndnct pursued by soma men calling themselves , " ICepaalera" in that room . And for hia part be would have ary man who persisted in malicious and unmeaning ; Inteh-uption forcibly ejected , though perhaps the way in wiich the association dealt with them was betten

      Stich creatures and such conduct must soon fall injto total contempt , while truth and reason would prevail—( hear , bear . ) For his own park he agreed with every proposition of tbe Charter—( cheers ) He could not for tba life of him see how any Repealer could come to any other conclusion . Hia only fear was one founded on the experience of history which proved that the English had never kept faith with the Irish—he meant toe Eagllsh when Catholics as well aa -when Protestants . Mr . Kelly theu rtfeired to . several periods when he considered faith to have been broken , treatlts infringed , &c He said that was his only objection to the design of that Association whose general princiDlfs he approved , and what he Wished wu

      first to see the Unloa repealed ancl then the Suffraga extended . Mr . O'Higgins replied , he should show completely that the gentleman whe had last spoken , erred in jumbling the English aristocracy and the English people together , whose sentiments and interests are so dlssimular . The English people had petitioned in vaafc numbers—their petitions exceeded greatly those sent from Ireland—for Catholic emancipation , while their landlords and the clergy opposed it—( hear , heat ) So was it now—the English people desired , to assist the Irish in compelling the mastera and tyrinta of both to yield to the latter tiieir righta . There were 3 , 500 , 000 repealers m England ; and were his countrymen so mad , » W prt-jadlced , and ao ungeneroua , as to assert that the people of England were not sincere f—( hear , hear ) . Or were they so little inatrncted by * U tt »* happened M

      to desire to bring an ineaponaiblerPatlianient—a Honasj of Commona retnrned by * fraction of the people , hem * tothelrvery doon—to perpetoate corrnption , pillage , aad tyranny , and throw away the chance , the cos tainty which new pneanted itaelf , of obtaining by a janetion with ti » Engliah nation , that p ^ ower ^ whldk . could clone make this Parliament an honest , effisetrnw and productive one?—( loud « hee «> After » iwt p «» w erful aununing up of bia varioua wgumentu upo » tbe matter , which made a deep impreaalon pa heretolw * uv > instructed men , Mr . O'Higghu sat down amid general cheen . Four or flye memben were admitted »» 4 notioe given for tbe admission of othera . flafcrote ef thanta was given to Mr Moran , tte ahftirmatf , for bit impus tial and gentlemanly conduct , and the meeting aep *» tate 4 . giving three <* eera for free diicujalon , withttWft ana oat chew more for the ChajrtW ,

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      YQL . YI . NO . 266 . SATURDAY , DECEMBER 17 1842 PRICB *™™ e * w ** mt- «" ¦ ' ' ¦ '¦ ¦ ' 9 1 U ^ Five ^ ttiiuaga per ourrtw , ¦ > v

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 17, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct629/page/1/