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      emigration : WHERE TO , AND HOW TO PROCEED KOXKS OF A TOTJB THKOT-GH i POB . TIOS OF ClSi ^ yi . 4 KD SETEB . KL OF THE STATES O"P JJ 8 BTH ABEB 1 CA . PAXTICTJLA 3 LT THE STATES OF MASSACHUSETTS , BHODE ISL&SD , SEW TOHK ., PEK 3 STLTA 51 A , OHIO . MICHIGAN , 1 IA 1 SO 1 S . TS-ISCOSS 1 X . ASD SEW JEB 5 ET , 5 NDEK 1 AS . EN TfPJTfl A TI £ TF OF ASCERTAINING T « £ DESTRABtLlII . OB OTHEBVnSE . OF ESSJ&RaTIuK ; AHD TO JUDGE OF THE BEST LOCATION . FOB ENGLISH ElUGSi-MS , FBO 3 I iCTr . il OBSEBTaTIOS . ST L 1 WBENCE PITKETH 1 T , rf Kuddewfield . JOURNAL .

      Left borv- oa the lOtb of Janu «? 2 ^ 3 , accompanied by mj fri » mi , Mr . William Stwr . ? , <¦?* travelled per railway to Hanchester , wfc = re ire took en affectionate farewell ; and . after seeing soae friends , and attending to a little business , 1 tools the boat from the Kew Bailty for Eccles . for which I was 80 late that the boat ¦ was moving « ff , sujd part © f my luggage bad to be thrown on board , by -which it was partly broken . In one hour 1 was landed at , or i > ery ntar Ecdes , ¦ wbtre 1 spent the evening -with my friends . Dz . and Mra O'Brten , who prepared for -me & Email stock « f

      medicines for my voyage . 2 iext -morning breakfasted , "trhen , after bidding Mrs . O'Brien tdieu , Mr . O'B ., with his two boys , accompanied me te the station , and i > y twelve o ' clock , I was in Liverpool . I immediately -proceeded to transact some Ixtsiness , sfter finishing which I called » t all the efflees of tie shipping agents , in order to ascertain "wtist ships ¦ were bound for Uow Tort , -with their times of sailing , 4 i A : tbe cfEce of Mr . Jtodie , I was inforiKed that a ship wonld sail in a few- days for Boston i tiiat abe was a very superior Tessel , end would taie bo more than thirty passengers ; and tbst tbey wooW take a Tery low fare .

      Next morning , 1 siw and consulted Bay friends , John Bohssn and Charles Earashaw , who had arranged to accompany job . They approved of my proposition to go by the said ship ; so we paid , and ,, of coarse , arxansed . 1 nietthe Captain at Mr . Roche ' s , who said he calculated upon a thirty-five d 3 ys' passage . Mr . Roche had some little tnowled ^ e of me , "from tbe circumstance of 3 ny having sent Mrs . Bradleyto 2 few York , by the ship Cambridge , under his agency , after the return of hrr XBoney- from another c&cs , -stio Bad grossly used her . Mr . B-jche was Tery polite , and told us his cim carpenter was goicg out with as , and that everything that cosid Wfald be done for our -comfort- He also offertd to furnish me with letters of introduction to his friends on the other side .

      We were to bare sailed at one o ' clock on Tuesday , instead of which w west out iwelre hours earlier . This closed great inconvenience , and prevent ^ as from supplying oorselvfcs with several ntctssary articles which we had intended to provide . We had a steam tag to taie ns cat ; the morning ¦ was fine , the sea was tmooth , 2 nd all propitious-I lure mentioned that I met the Captain at Mr . Boche ' s ^ and I also passed some civilities with him on the quay , on the morning of the £ ay we sailed , which "Were htartily responded to , and we arrived -en board the Te £ sel rhn same moment , but at opposite endsaf the

      -ressd . He passed me in baste , and called the iitward in a hurried and commaadiBg tone ; and ¦ was promptly answered . Hr next asked , in the same manner , whether he ( the S . ewardj had any money for him ? aad was answered in the sfirmatiTe ; " Then , " said he , " let me have it . " 3 mentios this to show how sudden ¦ sras tbe cLange effected by stepping from the qaay to tie ship . On snore he was all politeness ; bnt he left his politeness and civility on shore . On ecterisg upon what he seemed to consider bis kingdom , he instantly assumed the airscf a tyrant , a = d the sequel will show h * kept fKpTn np during the whole "voys ^ f .

      Wbea day begun to dawn , the passengers were ail Compared wi * b Mr . Roche ' s boat , and a dollar , foi Treat is called " hospital money , " was demanded from each passenger of whateTer age . This money is applied for tbe support of an hospital -on Station island , near Hie qna-rrmriTTP station , wLere al ! persons "Who mtj be Eck . on landing , are placed and taiea care of till they recover . This is a Tery proper institution , bnt the l > eneSt resulting is by no means commensurate with the money Fa * d , and I haTc been teld there . is mncfl jobbing in Uie affair . Soms rtfased to pay the dollar , but were obliged to comply or b" sent on

      EhoTBThe passage tickets were thtn sollect&d ; that is , the receipts for tbe money paid for the passage . Tftig practice is decidedly wrong . Tbe . passenger ought to retain his receipt , and that ought tc set forth the terKiB npun which his passage , was engaged , so that if not » cted upon , lie might , at thB pnrt where be lands , trinz the captain or owners before a magistrate f&r breach of contract T 2 iis practice ouzht to be forthisith adopted ., as a security to the passenger against imposition , and for the creoit of tliose with -r hom the contract is made .

      A regular search was made throngfconi the ship for persons who skulk -on boird and hide themselTea for the puipoae of going free ; one man was soon turned out from amongst a Jot of salt bags , and was Bent on ihore with the deria who bad oTerbaaled the passengers . Two female relations of soma jasssugera who iad le&re to go out and return by tbe -steamer , were ordered ashore by &a boat alio ; the -captain wonld allow them to go no further . The asy remained fine , the evening sesene , but during tie night it became ratb . tr rough , and raany passeneerswere sick , I 3 tls—The brevz » oontsnaed to blow fresh during the

      day ; towards eTt-ning tbe second mite weal below and assisted to lash the boxes and other luggage VTe now tad fizad an open , esposed , iron fire gsete , which iras placed on deck , near the bowB , where , if at aJ Toazh , the breakers caine otst ; and this grat ^ . exposed to thsincleiEeney ot tbe weatiier , waaall that ftmalts and others , nnacenstomed to tbe » ta , and Tery often sick -and unfit to Bland , were allowed < v ; cookidx purposes ; wMle the -ship ' s ceok had a tease oa deck , 5 dth proper covering , and enclosed , wi-t , patent apparatns fixed , and seats wiere he might at anfi do his wori coEfortaoly ; but foi ^ oor emigrant * , It ssesped as if anything was grotl esongh for them after their sianej "Was paid .

      16 th- —^ The saDora this day began to erect a wiacden box oa tfee deck ; it was made of rough boards , * 7 ith open joints between them ; one side was open for aiont eighteen insihss from tbebottOE } , the Other Side SOIftf ^ siX Inches . Thehalf of a small barre ! , was put in at the G ^ on jaAe , and placed upon four feet ; and there it was , wisbout any otiier faEtening than a Birjtlr cord tied from tis two back ; feet to the beam that lay alongside of the loog boat , and wEich left it to hang backward and forward as the positjoe of the ship might fee . This erection wxs for the convenience of all the passengers on board , botk male and female . It could » ot bejestly styled a . prir ? as it stood in tbe most public sitnatifiii , and it was with tbe greatest d" ^ eulty any adult cetld entei from the insnfficieEcy of height and width ; tiey were , besides , exposed to tbe riew of all ! Whin sa , 1 supposed this to fee a specimen of the Yankee Captain ' s deference to female delicacy .

      The erection being completed , the passengers were told that unless they emptied tbe said fealf-barrel every Biorning , their allowance of -prater -world be stopped ; » nd if tiiat was net effective tbey wenld heave the ¦ sr hole orerboard , and they might find a glace for tbem-Jelvea . This , then , was the alternative . Tfca stench was intolerable from the open state of tbe banal-receptacle , the loose staie of the box and tbe heaTingaf the ship . Means ought to hare been provided to carry off the soil into the sea ; but I found that passengers , Jgnorast of ship rules , are cecesaits' . ed to submit to all Berts ol impositions and inconvenieoces . Tbe Capiain was now become so very insolent that an answer could not be got to any question a passenger might put to bisi , and so&e of his understrappers followed the example of the sis £ ter ; and wonl-S eren t 2 ireaten the passengsis with -consequences if tkey did not submit to orders . '

      Wsskssoxt Mobsisg . —Tha wind blew yery strong last night , and continues se this momiug , rigit a-head ; and when we arose we found ourselves blown back a conaderabu distance -, in fact nearly driven back to Liverpool Ths Siddans , whic& Itft Liverpool the tide after us , nearer us about two p . m ., and pa ? se ^ ns . The Athens , ¦ which left the same time as the Siddozi ¦ was astern . In tbe evening it became calm . Wtnt to bed in good time . - Had a quiet sleep till six on Thurs day moraine—got up at seven . 3 ?© cad ourselves still iwrerinz off the coast o { Wales .

      when I arraaged for jay passage , I was promised every attention by Mr . Roche . It turned out , however , that I was without berth ; the wood having besn used * p for other purposes . I was told that I might , share a berth with a man and Ms wife . TM * was , however , raiker too *¦ ' so ; " therefore I preferred sleeping with iny bed laid on the floor , as also did CLaries Eirnshawand Ms wife ; and thiB we eventually found to be a privilege ; for -we vrere kept free from vermin , ¦ while none besides in the ahip were clear . Out cabin "Was styled a » ' second cabin ; " but there conld be no steerage more roughly fitted Tip , _ Slow as -we have moTed , we have , at three , tun ., just got round Holyhead and Carnarvon Bay , akdare bow in Eight ol both the Welsh and Irish hilla , The Suasion , bound for Kew Tork , -was near us . The capbun kicked up a noise on seaing the sailors plav carda thi « evening .

      I have just measured tbe ladder by Which the pasgenggM ascsna and descend , into the hold . It hasHix « tepa io anj them np nine feet , the step at the top "belBgtwoleet This wa » to ine a proof cf the report I bad » o often heard of ths extreme Tauke * politeneai on shipboard to females of arerr gnde , They h * d thia distaaoe to itiide ersry time Buj Treat « p-or dova ; and alio over a beam , which vu nised Mrentoes inehfifl above tbe deck . This -wu mo » t improper and indeoent . Tie said l * dder * waa quite open at the bwk , »» d Heady perpendicolar , and , of eomae , Tery

      din-Beroni . At eight , "the Steaxion a-head . Om churl of » captaln spoiewith oer ; after -which , 5 band of music they had on board « nlrrened us "with a few sin . We gave tbem Uaee cheers , -which they returned . Toil evening , there were signs 9 ! a storm arising on board the ship ; the Captain had spoken in a eontemptuoos mianff to some ol the Bailors , which they TV&itoi 99 an pufcrtge ; one , in particular , swore that

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      if he had the'Ciptain in tn « streets of B ist'in he would take » ati 8 f » cUan ; and tna \ if be tx * i \ & do no way else , he would tub his knife into bna on board . He and others , advised the passengers who felt themselves ax grieved te try to punish him . Fb . ib . aS —Got up at-sevea after a restleBS night , « ay leg being -painf al ; tbe night had been calm , tbe water smooth , -eH was very still on board , which rattier surprised ies , there being so aany children with ns . Atter washing and dressing my leg , f went above ; the Irish coast m full view . The sailors were busy—the -Captain a duu& dog , being mortified at not being able DO learn the peint we were off . nei even a . single plaoe . Ttie Swanten was now ab jut & raila a-head . 1 beard another murmur against tbe Captain , who showed his large teeth like a mastiff about to seize a cur dog . The wind was favourable , but tbs ireezd too weafe to give us speed . The sailora are a set of most willing active feilows ; tfcere i » BoUuag left undone that « an be doue to get n . 3 on ,

      This morning a discovery was made of a young Irishman who had stowed himself away in the Uwer Tegions of the Bbip , among the coalB . and had been iiid during the wfeole time , but not without the knowledge of tome of tbe ysssengers . When the Captain was apprised of tiiis , he took a rope's end and puixished him severely with it . We bad another Captain on board , one who bad lost his ship , she having been od are several daya , while at sea . She was laden with cotton . The-ship waB got into Fayal , one of the Western Islands , where > he was -scuttled , &unk , and

      raised again : then condemned and sold . This wretch , to my surprise , found fautt with his brother Captain , for dealing eo leniently with Mr . Sroiv-A-WAT , declaring that he had once punished a man under similar circumstances till be jumped overboard and was drowned . Perbas > s he desired that tbe tragedy should be repeated . The Captain went aDd examined tbe hatchway by which the culprit had ascended ; and fearing any more should pass that way , ordered it to be securely fastened dow . The * nau was ordered to go rvnd-Korfe -with the sailors .

      Tnis day we were in all but a dead calm . We saw some beautiful fish , and tbe porpoises were rolling around us in shoUs . We wwe still insight of the Irish coast , Cape Clear , &c ; many vt-ssels -wrre moving at a snail ' s pace ; several -were steamers which went ut a most enviable rate of speed . Considering tfeat an hammock weuld be better for me to sleep in than my fljor-bod , one of tbe sailors very kindly lent me odp ; another flXtKl it for me . and the first mate adjusted and put it in proper condition . 1 slept a £ aw nishts prettj ccreafortabjy ; but with my lame leg it was very awkward to get in and out again ; so I abandoned it . and auain took my old quarters .

      SaturdaT . IStb , —This morning beirn ? fine I was reading aloud on tbe deck , the -captain was grunting out " Steward , Steward , " and then , in an under growl , called out , " G * t away with yuar reading ; this is not a place for readiag . "' My auditors , in submission , wei . t off 1 felt a strong dtsire " to shew the fellow up " but considered it best to give him rope enough . Siill he setmed dissatisfied , as if he considered the passengers a nuisance . They apparently stanfc in his nostrils , though he was the uglitst fellow in the ship . This day we had a dead c * 1 ol From appearances , bowever . a braxs was txpecttsd , and all our box » were ordered to be lashed fast to pivvt-nt destruction . We soon frit tbe fresh brwzs ; it increased as the evening came on , and we got to be > l .

      fcc .-voAT , isch . —TVe had a quieter night than I anticipated . Gut up at seven—there was now ru'icb sickntr&s and a considerable noise ; the breakfast was thert-fore not very comfortable . We had sonu- Chartist breakfast powder , wcich we enjoyed more than coffre or tea . I laid down and slept three hours , then went on deck , which I found to be more comfortable than below . The first mate informed me that we wer » still vS Cape Clear , but now we seemed to have a fair cbaDce of leaving all land . I had calenlated on our being a few hundred miles off before this . The wind was not fair , and he expressed a fear that we should nav « a

      tedious voyage , but added , it is only ** gnessicg ; " for the last v-yage had a bad beginning , but it eventually turned out w * lL We had two skips in sight ; one was said to be the Swauton which had enlivened ns wilh tbeir moric off Carnarvon Bay . There Was spme dispute on that subjtct , and rhe did not near us sufficiently to enable us to r . > rove it . The stcond mate cheered me by anticipating a fair wind . 1 learned that we had not yet doubled Cape Clear , and I b «*? un t « feel a strong desire for wind or steam , or some rc-ans by which we could be propelled . 1 learoeil that we had not gained on our coarse twenty miles during the whole day .

      a ! o > 'DAT , 20 ui . — Before I got up , it was announced that Cape Clear was again in sight . 1 was sickened at the thought ; went on deck , and found it so , as well as a long stretch of Irish fiaountains . A number of purpoises were rolling like hogs within a few yards of tbe ship . Two vessels still in sight . Tbe second mate informed me he had one ** been twenty-rsne < tays beating about in the channel , asd that during the time two children had died . This man finding th * t I inter . ded travelling into the Far "West , became very polite , and after reading him some letters , ice-, he seemed anxious to have conversation . H *> expressed a determination to leave the sea and go and eettle in the West countrywished me to stay a day or two in Boston after landing sad have some conversatioT with his wife , -who was opposed to going to the Weat ; but h « thought I could persuade her . 1 agreed . Tba passengers seemed all vary desirous to have a meeting after landing for the purpose of consulting together , and aiding each other as much as possible .

      A rattling bre « -ze got up tfcis evening , an < i after watchiDj ? two ships which the sailors said weze laden with cotton , on tbeir w » y to Liverpool , made my way to bed as well as I could . Tcs&DAtf , 21 st— We have had a boisterous night . My hammock has had a motion it constant as the fendoloai of 4 clocK ; still I slept considerably . The wdnd blew from tbe nonh-wrst , the shipiieaved in flue style . and a general seene of sickness met the eye . A& ? - thing lite a decent breakfast was quite out of tfee question . 6 p . m . —The wind continues to Wow from N . West . the vessel -tossing very much and goi&j ? five knots—but not in obi course—with the sea oecaeiMially breaking on her bows .

      TVEDSE&DA 7 22 nd . —What the Malors called a brefze wind . The ship hove surpriBincJy , and few of the passengers conld Jd any way help tfc « rnseJvea To Stand on deck was &H bnt impossible , and many of tbe pasengers deploriDgly lamented they had ever come on board . Sewral vessek hova in sight , drwing swiftiy before the storm , against which it was oar fate to contend . THURSDAY 43 rd . —Dnrisg the niebt , the « . ind has beeD favourable for a few hours ; but tbe see ran so high that we made but little progress . The . day is similar to yesterday—the waves rolling majestically . "We , however , make but little way .

      Fbidit 24 th . —The s * 3 Btill rough . The water calling 4 d at the stem wisdows , wetted some of the bed £ , snd SJso damaged some of our good * . We were tberc&ire , ccarpelled to close fie windows . This was a great -inconvenience , as iinotonly prevented a free current of air bal enveloped us in total darkness at a time too wten we . could not betake ourselves te the deck . No foai cosid be cooked in coseeqnence of tha confusion . SiSXTRDAT , 25 th . —The wind abated considerably during the night . Tbe sea was boiESver still so unsettled that tee ship was more tossed about than formerly . The wind still Against us . STjjtSrtY . 26 th—All bnt « . dead calm . The passengers got on deck and were moeh refreshed after the week's kicking , tossing , and shaking .

      UOJiDAy , 2 " rh— Daring tbe night the wind blswfrom the north-east , ( fair . ) and for tho first tinie v ? e were on eur course a * , seven knots an hanr . We have progressed at the same sate all the day ; * nd yet tbe sewnd mate offers to bstiwo sovereigns tc one that at the rate we are now going -w « nrigfct return into the dock at Liverpool « four days . Baiter discouraging this , fo ? all tbe tossing we have had . Tuesday 2 S «; . —Nearly a dead . calm tbe whole Jay A sail di ectly a-iiead , which , at dtsk , we lost sight . of .

      Wed . nesDaT iSth . —During ti « night a good acd favourable bretza arose , which continued all tbe day , and cheered us op . Sti . l the second mz ' j ; insisted that w « were within a few dsja sail of Liverpool , and this was stated as an excuse foi putting the passsc&ers on short allowance of water , wfcJe the sailors aud the captain took just what they pleased . I threatened to stop them ; for &s we had engaged to have a gallon a xfey we bad a right to it , as long as it b ^ ted ; and if any w « re to be put oa short allowance , all en board should hive been placed on the same footing .

      tblrsda 7 , SOzh— The rueful Ciptain again appeared after several days absence from deck . Bib first act was to order the fore hatches to be fastened dowa . He swore they ha > 9 been feept Open for the purpOSS of stowing away some of tbe sailor ? . 1 discovered that a young female passenger had no bed ; and her companion had turned htr out of the berth che had till now occupied . She had been compelled to deep for three nights npon the boxes . I appealed to toe sailors , one of whom very soon went into the forecastle and returned with a bed . We got hei some bed clothes and replaced her in her berth . Her provisions were nearly exhausted ; but we contrived to provide her against want Fbiiuj . Jult 1 st—The night has been nearly a calm and it baa been bo all day . A slight bretzs got up towards evening , but it "was unfavonribie .

      Satdkdat , 2 nd . —During the night , we got a favourable hreeK , whick carried ns on pretty well . This morning the rain fell in torrenta and the wind veered round to S . W ., right against as . The first thing I » w was a ship under full sail , standing direct for C * peClew ; the ^ rina TO taiitor ior , and ihe proeeeded * fc « Bobl « ¦ peed . How I envied their position . 1 wai wearyof my own . Daring the dayit was very fine ; u » wind veered and we made tolerable progress . l got one of the sailors to measure the forecastle , where the aaflorB sleep . It was 1 * feet by 14 fo&t ; there are thirteen berths , and a man for each ; the o £ Jy passage for air ia that by which they enter . What a box for » o many human beings to be crammed into 1 The Captain bad a fine airy place * and much more room for his own individaal carcass . This afternoon , osr kind and excellent black cook had a fit , in his box , and Jell down by the fire . His band was most dreadfally burnt All the passengers were extremely sorry at &e occurrence : for he had

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      been most kind to the children , and won the esteem of &U on board by his civil demeanour . This mau had been forty years at sea ; he had a wife and Coos children at Boston , and was a native of that place . SUNDAY , 3 rd . — The wind has been against us during the night , but so slight as to be scarcely felt This morning , a brecza from the North West , and we went at the rate of six knots . ( To be continued . )

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      REPEAL OF THE UNION . A public meeting in furtherance of the above cause was holden on Sunday evening last , at the Fountain and Still , Gold « n-lane , Dublin , at eight o ' clock . Mr . George Kennedy was called to the chair , who , * fter the usual preliminary business of the meeting had been gone through , said ha had great pleasure in intTw ducing to the meeting one whom he had known in his native land to be a zealous and devoted advocate of their cause ; one whose writings had raised a spirit of enthusiasm in the breast of every Repealer of Dublin , one of whose articles had been reprinted in letters of Gold and which would remain as imperishable in the

      tbe memory of Repealers as tbe cliffs of Dunleary . He ( tbe Chairman ) bad often wished he bad been more frequently amongst them ; but having fallen into the errora ot Feargus O'Connor , he trusted be Dad had sufficient time to repent of them , and that we may once more have the benefit of his exertions in our cause . He trusted that he would to-night recant of those errors , and he was sure there was no man in that room but would be proud to see him an enrolled associate . He would say iiot more , but introduce to them Mr . Ciancy , who , if be would pledge himself to have nothing more to do with Chaitism , he would f . el happy in receiving his shilling .

      Mr . Clancy—Don ' t you wish you may get it ?—{ laughter ) . ^ Mr . Crawley said be would feel great pleasure is supporting the proposition of their worthy Chairman , on thb proposed condition , bat be was determined to have nothing to do with the Chartists ; their objects were bad ; they wanted to get everything by force . He was in the glorious rebel army of ninety-eight—Mr . Clancy—Did yon carry a pike ? Mr . Crawley—No , 1 carried a gun . Mr . Clancy—And yet you would denounce a ChartUt if he carried a gun ? Mr . Crawlty—No , I object to them because they haven ' t guns enough—( laugkter ) . Mr . Clancy—And yet you call yourself a moral force roaD ? Mr . Crawley—Yes , I do ; but the times are different — llauehter ) .

      The Secretary said be would have nothing to do with Chartism ; it was evident Ft-ar > jU 8 O Connor was in the p .-iy of the Tories ; he was Editor of the Evening Slar , aud it soon showed its Tory colours . A Member said he did not think tbey ought to make objection » o Mr . Clancy . Ho believed there were many Chartist R ^ ptalers . He was a Chartist himself once . Another Member—And 60 so was I . Mr . Cluer is a Chartist and a R « peal warden . The Ch . vku . an—And so was I a Chartist . Mr . Clanc" nitife me a Chartist in Dublin , and made me pay my punce , but I thought ke was only joking till he bad Major Sire , and thb whole castle about our ears—( loud laughter :, l will never be a Chartiet again—( continued lauchler . I

      Here a gentleman who said he was a Russian , but refused to state his name , addressed the meeting at some length . H « j objected to parties of different principles coming together ; each party , he said , shuald ke «> p by themselves . It was not likely that a Chartist ccuid be a gooii Rt-peak-r , or that a Repealer cuuld be a Ctartist . He would advise Mr . C ; aucy to attend eight or t « J meetincs before he became a Repealer , that he might understand their principles . ThiB was what he had d » -ue —( -. aughter . ) Othtr mtmbcrs addressed the chair , both for and against Mr . Clancy ' s admission ; after which Mr . Clancy , addressing the chair , said , Sir , I wish to know , before you come to any conclusion on this subject , if I might be permitted to make a statement of ay views here to sight ? The Chairman—By all means . I think we ahall be all happy to hear you .

      Mr . Clancy then expressed bis thanks , and proceeded for nearly three hours , of which tbe following is a mere outline : — Mr . Chairman and fellow-countiymen . I can assure you 1 f ^ el highly gratified at the opportunity afforded me to-night of mingling with you in the glorious struggle for national redemption . Never in my varied life did 1 feel a prouder moment than the one which I now enjoy in tbe company of those -who have been taught that Repeal and Chartism ought not to go hand in hand . There is net & throb of my bosom that does not beat

      high lot the the happiness , the prosperity , and the independence of my native land—icheers ) . There does m > t pass a spare hour of my life that my exertions Mo not tend to that sacred object—( cheers ); and thrice happy shall 1 be to night if you can agree that I thall , along side of you , for tbe future , cast my mite of txertion into tbe scale of your political redemption . Torict ) happy shall 1 be to right my country if I can convince you that this course which I have hitherto pursued will be a course worihy of your imitation , worthy of the cause we have at heart ; a course of policy alone worthy ef making Ireland again what she

      once w * s—•* A prest independent patriotic nation , A star to the oppressed in darting desolation . " That 1 am a chartist , a sincere , devoted uncompromising Chnrtist , I am proud to p oclaim . But for that I am not the less devoted to the glorious object which you have in view to night If Ireland was not my country I would be a repealer , on the ground that the inhabitants of each country are , by nature ' s laws , made the sole trasters of the land of their birth . I would spnrn the brand of the Osttuau CitticuB . as 1 would the impious mandates of a Suxon council ; but I must confess I would not like to see in Ireland a parliament , unless that parliament were based on the principle that the toiline millions of lrtland should be fairly a « d

      faithfully represented in it—( hear , hear ) I must confess I would nut like to see in Ireland such a parliament as the last we h * d there ; for a baser sei of politi-• cal traf&cers never disgraced any country . I niUBt confess that I should like to have a suantritte for our Rational honour before ii should be placed ux the hands of . such marauders ;—a political banditti , who , out of o : te hundred and , five members , one hundred and two revived tribes . Thirty-two barons took places and biitoa from CasUereagh ; several to the tune &t . £ 3000 a-year , and not one under . £ 600—( hear , hear ., ! One memltfir was actually bribed in the lobby of the House . He was sure they would & » t like another House of ComoKKis composed of such fellows as these . But tbey might ** k bow could it be remedied . He ( Mr . C . ) would answer by basing it on the principles of the Peojp ie ' s Charter . iLet us , if we are to have a parliament , have a good oee . The same amount £ tf agitation tbat tan

      procure a fesd one ean also procure aa a good one , if we will only base common sense to state our terms . Lut us then h&vis a parliament based upon the principle of universal aoffrage , that every man may have a voice in tbe choice « f ibose who sre to be tbe guardians of bis birthright , Let us have Annual Parliaments that if they do not perform properly the woife we have allotted them , w « « an send them about their business ut the end " of the year ; and elect ttbers io their stead i . ad let us Lave tfae Ballot to protect the soter in the tzercise of bis just prerogative—these appecdages alone Widld be sufficient to secure us against the bass money ct dacbAnations of & Sidmouth , a Pitt , or & Castleli-aeti—( hear , htar . ) A moral confederacy ef the Cbifiists and Kepealew could alone tffect this . Yes , I am that if Mr . O'Connell only made commoa aause with tbe Chartists of this country , he could carry Repeal : n three months . The Chairmin—I believe tbat to b «> true .

      Mr CuJicv , continued—But why are we divided > Why art- we taught to hate each other ? Good policy nor fsonml wisdom could not dictateBucb a courso ; one gieat fault of tbe leaders of repeal was to attribute nil tbe misfortunes of Ireland to the peoplu of England . An-i for this purpose an eternal war of prejudice wa 3 kept op . Here > Jr . Clancy read extraets from the spL'echbs of y . v . O Neal Diunt , and Mr . Taylor , the former senticiuas showing up the ignorance of the poor factory girls , and those who worked in pits , but he £ jT £ ot , said Mr . C , to show the cause of that ignorance

      ot tbe authors of it . He had been in the Suuth and W « t of lielaiid , and he knew there were men ot * the aar&e sutn . p , as those oppressive taskmasters th ^ re ; and if the Irish people wtre better taught upon reliJ gious « att--ri < , it wr-s because they had nothing else tc do and Jittle else to live upon . The latter gentleman said tbe first act of an Irish Parliament Would be to over run the country with railroads—< bear , hear )—in order to defray Peter Parcel ' s coaehe 3 . He would ask the Chsirraao ¦ would he approve of that first act of an Irish ParlianifcDt ?

      The Chsiraun . —Certainly not . I ' m an enemy to railroads . Mr . Clancy < l * S not thinfe tbat men who could wish to injure bis comesry for the purpose of destroying an individual , was fl fit person to be 4 n an Irish Parliament , and it was /**• this that he wished the working classeB to have -: the vote , to keep such men out of the House . He had no grcsi hopes from a houBe that would be mostly composed of lawyers and money-gam blew . Chairman . —That ' s bwansft Mr . O " ConneU is a lawyer .

      Mr . Clancy . —And so is Mr . O ' Connor . I am not here , sir , to arraign Mr . O'Conuell , dot am I here to be the panegyrist of Mr . O'Connor . If you choose to work nnder the banner of O'Connell , you hare a perfect right to do so , but that iano reason why tie should stand by and hear Mr . O'Connor ctinmniatetL One gentleman bad said Mr . O'Connor was a Tory spy , because the Evening Star became a Tory paper ; bat did tbey know the facts ? The Evening Star was in being before > Ir . O'Connor had anything to do with it , and we have the sworn evidence of the proprietor , Mir . " ^ ray , at Liverpool , that while Mr . O'Connor was connected with it he had done the Editorial work gratuitously . Air . Pray was an American , but , unlike Mr . O Connor , he did not like to be doubly active in a losing game ; and 80 soon as he fouud tbat advocating Chartist principles was a losing game , he cuts O'Connor's connexion , and establishes the Star on Tory principles to replenish his coffers—( hear . ) and then , forsooth , O'Connor is a Tory spy . One gentlemac in that room , who refused to give his name , for

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      reasons best known to himself , said be ( Mr . C . ) should attend eight or tea meetings of tbe repealers -. while another said , being a Chartist , be had no business ia that room . But what did he learn since be came into the room 1 Why , the fact tbat every man in the room was a Chartist—and thut individually tbey did not deny it , while collectively they shruuk from its avowal because one man bad told them not to do so . Chairman . —I admit the great principles of Chartism are very good , but I caenot bring myself into disgrace by admitting Mr . Clancy as a member . BesUeB it is against the rales to introduce Chartism at all . Will you ( addressing himself to Mr . Clancy 1 renounce Chartism and become a good and true repealer ?

      Mr . Clanoy . —I have ever been a repealer—I ever will be a repealer . And whether I urn admitted into this body or not , the hallowed principles of Chartism , I shall ever cherish . For Chartism I have sacrificed my home , my friends , my all . The dungeon ' s gloom would not dull that bright spark in my bosom , and sooner than abandon my principles , tbe scaffold should be a welcome passport to that happy land , " whore tyrants taint not nature ' s bIIbs . " ( Cheers . > I have been taunted with obtruding myself on this meeting ; but such in noV the fact . I am not in the habit of obtruding myself at meetings of this kind , but having received a card of invitation , and a copy of your rules from your Chairman , you would Bay I was not a good Irishman if I did not attend here . [ Mr . Clancy exhibited tbe card , and copy ot tb « rules ~] Tbe Chairman said they had been sent to him by mistake .

      Mr . Clancy : If it were a mistake , the mistake was not on my side , and was I not justified in taking advantage of it —( several voices , —certainly)—but I hope we are ^ not the less friends for tbat . He oljncted to tbe line * of policy pursued tbat uight by the Chairman . H « did not think it was the duty of the Chairman—( with every respect for him)—to endeavour to prejudice the meeting against him , such a course was only wuithy of an Abinger . or a Jeffreys ; but as it appeared he could not be enrolled a member without tbe abandonment of his principles , which he held dearer ttian life , be would not press tbe bubject any more , bis object being fully achieved . He would not envy the party on -whose heads the onus must fall . Wherever be went ha would still be the friend of their cause : but while

      be remembered tbat Ireland was bis courjtry , be could cot forget that the world wbb bis republic , and tbat mankind of every description were his brothers . ( Cheers . ) He bad no envy for the feelings of the party who propagated this base exclusive doctrine , when it BhoulU go abroad that Russians and foreigners might join this society , that a Catholic , an Irishman , one who bad canvassed 350 electors for O'Connell ' s first return for Dabtin , was excluded , because he believed in the faith of the Puople'a Charter , which Mr . O Connell himself bad assisted in drawing up , and recommended Lovett to to tike nothing less . He would now bid them farewell , and thank them for the patient hiaring they bad givei > him . He never expected to see It eland happy or free Until he saw a perfect uniou of the working classes of fcoth countries . Lit him biU bishoM this glorloun

      confederacy , then h « wouJd not care for tbe powers of Whig or Tory Governments ; then , and cot till tben , might he expect to see his toiling brother standing erect with the brow of a fret-man ! treating the earth as his inheritance—having a fair day ' s wages for a fair d . iy ' a work , ami retiring at eve to hia peactful dwelling like the glad sun-beams that had been shedding tbeir lustre o ' er him . Then and not till tben . might they expect to behold tbe refulgent beams of tbe sun of liberty bursting from behind the dark shades of prt-judice , liuiiuity and corruption ; his gladdening rays , enlivening . rej ? enerattac ; , and Kindling ia tbo bosoms of Irishmen an inviolable , an indissoluble typic spirit of pat iotiarn , unity , and brotherly lovu to make us happy , prosperous and free— . loud cheers ) Mr . Clancy on retiring was shaken bands with by every member in the room .

      Thanks having been voted to the Chairman , the meeting broke up at twelve o ' clock , the proceedings having occupied above four hours .

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      TO THOMAS SLINGSBY DUNBOMBK , ESQ ., M . P . The Address of certain Inhabitants of the Metropolis , in publie meeting assembled , at the H » U of the . " City of London Political aud Scientific Institute , ' on Monday , April 10 th , 1843 . SIR , —WeJ the inhabitants of the Metropolis , in public meeting assembled , highly estimating your character aa a politician , and as a member of that body ¦ which professes to represent the Commons of England , hereby publicly express our approbation of your Parliamentary conduct , and thank yon for tbe zeal and I energy with j which , on every occasion , you have

      responded to the call of the people , and consistently advocated their claims . We also feel an especial degree of gratitude towards you for the line of conduct you pursued in reference to that political £ artiz » n and time-serving . fudge . Lord Abinger , and his coadjutors in tbe work ! of oppression , the " great unpaid ; " and we trust thatjthe " monomania" attributed to you by a renegade of the ftrst water , will continue to characterize you , and that you will never cease your exertions uutii justice is fairly administered unto the whole people > _ until all are equal in the eye of the law , and all enjoy the benefit of a free and properly defined

      Constitution . : Pursue , then , Sir , the noble course yon have hitherto adopted , disregarding alike the ridicule and . the sarcasm of those who , wrapped up in the shallow mantle of selfishness , or enveloped in the mists of prejudice , have neither hearts te feel , nor intellects to appreciate the honour of being a true representative of the people , and of meriting their confidence and approbation . Accept , Sir , ia sincere assurance of our energetic cooperation , and let us trust that success may crown our unittd exertions . Signed by Order , and on behalf of the meeting , Feargus OConnor , Chairman .

      Mr . Skeit <> n seconded the adoption of the resolution and tbe address in an eloquent and philosophical speech , vrberain he showed that absolute rule always engendered oppression , and that the only sure means of tbe masses ' regaining their independence was by obtaining possession of the land , to which he earnestly directed theiriattention . Tha Address was then unanimously adopted , . amid loud acclamation . Mr . O'CONNoa , as Chairman , then presented the arJriress to Mr . Duncombe , assuring him that he should iiffiK his signature to it with more pleasure than ever monarch affixed his signature to the death s -warrant of a rival . When this address was r * ad to the Creese tbat hissed Mr . Duhcombe'a letter at Sadler ' s Wells , would they hiss that ? The fienilemen of the aristocracy took

      great pride in their picture galleries , and pointing out tbe beauty of the gems io their gue « is ; but he had no doubt that Mr- Duncombe would Bet a much higher vulue upon that testimonial of their approval , than upon any pleture . Testimonials of tbat description w » rv not to be easily procured in these days ; and , if he formed a true ; estimate of Mr . DuDcombe ' s charscter , the present one would be highly valued . Members of tbat body to which hit . Duncombe belonged professed to entertain but little value for sucb marks of public approbation , but , in his belief , they were not sincere . The grapes , he thought , were sour ; the present was tbe tru « manner and method in which tht * y could show tfcwir approval of Mr . Dancmbe ' s conduct , and give a triumphant and convincing answer to his revilers—( great ch « eriu «) .

      Mr . Duncombe , on rising , was received with tremendous cheering , and stated that before he alluded to tbe chief object of ( the meeting , be would reply to a question put to him by Mr . Benbow , whether he had r ^ ad tho trial of Junes , of Leicester , before B iron Gurney . He ha < t read the trial , the defence , and the observations of the Ju-ige , With that disgust which every honest man must fuel at seeing a fellow creature tried before such a partial , tyrannical , and partizin Judgo . With every word condemnatory of that Judge , which bad been uttered by Mr . Benbow , he fully concurred . He beard that a new trial was to be meved for , and if ever an Individual deserved & new trial he was the man ; but If that shoiild fail and Jones ebould present a petition to the House of Commons , he should have no

      hesitation in expressing btfore the House the same opinion of Baron Gurney ' a conduct as be bad then expressed , aud as he bad previously done ia reference to tho Judgoa of Assize and those called Justices of the Pe : ; ce . He had no doubt that many of them , when the address be had the honour to have received , expres-Bing their approbation of his Parliamentary conduct , was being presented , wondered what feelings were parsing in his ! mind . His feelings were those of as gruat gratification as he ever entertained , but they were not feelings of unmixed gratification . He said to himself tbat if an bumble individual as he was , for the small services which be bad rendered to the people , could call forth such ; a warm , loud , and enthusiastic expression of gratitude , what must have been tbe

      conduot of the great body of that House , when on © individual was alone selected for the honour tbey had that evening paid him It was impossible not te come to tbe conclusion that ] the House of Commons was no ways identified with the liberties , rights , er privileges of the people . He was happy to perceive tbat , tbe resolution returned their thanks to the members who supported him on those occasions . Tbe seventy-four who voted for inquiry into : the conduct of L 9 rd Abinger . were equally entitled ;; to their gratitude as himself —( QO , i , o )—especially ithose thirty-three who voted for enquiry into the conduct of tbe magistracy , , becaua « they were in that House surrounded by what the aditre . ^ s appropriately in one sense of the word styled the " great unpaid . " Bat although they might

      be called unpaid because tbey received no flxert stipend , yet they took good care lo be paid at the expence of the people , and never did they pay themselves butter at your < xjence and the expence of yeur liberties than during the disturbances last autumn . His motion in reference to Lord Abinger , was made in fulfilment of a pledge he had given at one of tbe largest meetings ever held in the metropolis during late years . He then stated that if nojune else did on the first day of the session be would give netice of a motion on that subject ; tbat large meeting was held at ( he Crown and Anchor Tavern—jit was no packed meeting—( cheers )—it was no ticket meeting—it was no Drury-lane or Sadler's Wells meeting—tieneweu euefers )— it -was a meeting for tbe whole metropolis , and all the admirers

      of Ab ' mger might have come and out-voted them if tbey could . He had then stated in strong terms bis opinions of the partial , oppressive , and tyrannic conduct of Abinger , and that it was a disgrace to the Bench , and nothing that had been said in palliation of his conduce —nothing thut occurred out of the motion he made , had , in the least , ; altered his opinion , or that of any honest man in the country . He still said tbat he was a disgrace t > the Bench , and tbat no man brought before him for a political offence bad the slightest chance of a fair trial . There was no question so important as tho impartial administration of justice—there was nothing tbat affected so' deeply the life , property , and the liberty so dear to ; Englishmen ; and if thia was taken away , neither life , liberty , or property were any longer

      safe . It had been asserted that the debate would be & warning , and that no ether case would occur . This had not been real Zc'd . ; Tiue , tbat Baron Ourney bad only done to one individual what Abinger ba < l done to fifty ; but if Grurney had bad fifty Jones ' s to have tried , be would have treated them all equally as crueL Mr . D . detailed the hardships of Jones . He was deprived of animal food , was only allowed bread and water , and confined along with offenders coavicted of the second description of misdemeanor for the sole crime of entertaining opinions , entertained perhaps by bvery man in tbat assembly , and neither prosperity , happiness or contentment would ever be attained until those opinions were reduced to practice , and tbe working classes enabled to pto ' . ttct themselves ; by mea-m of tbe elective Franchise .

      Tbe motion he had made in reference to the magistracy was met exactly as he expected it would be ; he well knew what an hornet's iitst be should arouse , te was surrounded by the great unpaid j turn his eyes which way he would there was a conglomeration of quarter eeeh ' mas —( laughter)—but he had made up his tu ' nd to beard tbe lion in his deu—( cheers . ) He still considered himself , most fortunate in escaping sucb a trial without personal violence , i Tbe minister of police , Sir James Graham , had accused him of monomania , because be hail prestBted petitions from thiiteen or fourteen individuals who had experienced a gToas breach of justice . They had been arrested and imprisoned without any charge ; in so / ne instances without a warrant , and in' all cases their bouses , papers , Szo-, ransacked without tho

      formality of a search warrant , aud bail refused thewi . All that ho bad asked for was to refer the evidence to a select committee , ! who should report to tbe House , and through the House to tbe country . He would ask whether a more rational or reasonable proposition could have been made ? whether it gave any evidence of bis being possessed by any species of a mania ? Was it not , in fact , an insult to the people ? The insult to himself he cared not for , for a minister of state when a < iked for a committee to whom rthey could refer the evidence , to s . ay it was a proof that he was labonring under monomania , that was the only answer he ever received . He did not believe tbdy bad read the petitions of these men , but he trusted they would be circulated by that portion of the press whieh advocated the cause of the

      people . He trusted to see them printed in tbe Northern Star , and in that portion of tha press edited by Mr . Cleave ( Chartist Circnlar . ) Mr . Duncombe then commented strongly upon tbe cases of White and Leach , and stated tbat if tried by Abinger or Gurney , he might , he believed , be convicted of sedition for the language ba bad then uttered . These men bad been betrayed by tbe police and by hired spies , and in some cases retained in custody day after ) day without any charge against them , the police being busily engaged in endeavouring to get evidence , and failing , they were ultimately liberated . Were not these cases ] which deserved the consideration of the House of Commons f And yet a Minister of State bad tbe insolence for hia doing this to accuse him . and

      through him the people of England , of Monomania He was proud to be a Moaomaniac in snefa society . He found an host of Monomaniacs on his late visit to Nottingham . The people of Nottingham had done him the honour to aste him his opinion of the merits of the rival candidates for their ] Borough . At first he declined to interfere , bat Ultimately he gave his opinion in favour of Mr . QlBhome . Heibad sat in the House for some time with that gentleman , and believed him to be a sincere friend of tbe working man . Tbe people of Nottingham said if he ! was sincere be mnstgo down and assist them . He went , and was welcomed by thirty or forty thousand of tbe honest , independent , men and women of that town , ! which welcome completely justified him in going down . He had heard that a petition

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      was to be got up to distrancbise tbe town . He only knew one ground on wbich it conld be supported , and that was , that the electors would not be bribed to vott for Mr . Walter . The Nottingham election was a sign of the times . What was the question that there ocapled the attention of tbe people ? He , it was well known , was an advocate of free trade : bat if free trade or the poor laws , or other evils were mentione d , they attracted no attention . The question of questions was tbe franchise ; all else was fcept ia abey . ance . It was tbe question of the franchise ; which returned GHsborne , and he felt satisfies that tbat gentleman wonld not disappoint tbe working men , but would advocate tbe attainment of their rights He had now a persenal matter of a melancholy nature

      to acquaint them with- He had been hissed , dreadfully hissed , by tbe League at Sadler ' s Wells Theatre- — ( laughter ) . Mr . Duncombe then read from the Morn , ing Chronicle a report of the League meeting at the above place , wherein it stated tbat a letter from him had been dreadfully hissed oa Friday evening . Mr . Duncombe explained that tbe letter was an apology for bis non-attendance at the above meeting , to which he bad received an invitation . At this meeting a Lancashire magistrate ( Lawrence Hey worth ) was ia the chair . He did not know what a Lancashire magistrate had to do with the Borough of Finsbury ; but be thought tbat being a Lincasbire magistrate would more entitle him to ba kicked out than put into the chair . He bad inquired of some persons who had been present

      regarding this hissing and storm of disapprobation , and be found it was confined to the stage , which was entirely occupied by tbe provincial agitators of the anti-Corn Law League . He was not at all surprise ! at tbeir conduct . He had refused , and should continue to refuse , ( friend as he was to Free Trade ) , to attend any meeting that was not a free and open meeting ( tremendous applause ) . He had been applied to by letter from peraona sitting at tbe League office , 448 , Strand , three reeks back , regarding hia support of th © League . His answer had been studiously suppressed ; but he uow felt tbat it was due to himself and to the electors of Finsbury to huve that answer published . In it he had referred them to the speeches , votes , and motions whfeb be had made relative to Free Trade

      and informed them that if tbe slightest dissatisfaction existed among his constituents , they bad only to call a public meeting , and he would exp atn the principles on which he had acted , and on which he intended to act This meeting they had never called . He informed a friend of his , who was on tbe Com * mittee from whom tbe letter emanated , to assure them tbat if they declined calling the meeting oa the ground of expense that he would erect an hustings on Is inRton Green and defray tbe whole expenses himself . —( cheers . ) But he bad heard nothing from them until that morning ' s Chronicle reported the hisses and storm of disapprobation . After the demonstration he had that evening received , he should not feel much alarmed at the storm of hisses from Sadler ' s

      Well ' s , when they sbomd call upon him to tumble with them in a public , not in a packed meeting . He should , be very willing to join in the Bport , bnt be should decline to attend any hole and corner ticketed affair . He believed that a repeal of tbe Corn Laws would be beneficial to all classes , but it was perfectly futile to look for that measure from the present House of Commons ; before they could ever remove any other monopoly they must remove the monster monopoly of classlegislation . —( great cheers . ) It was a waste of time and money to seek for repeal until that was done ; and he advised them to keep their money in their pockets , tt > d not give it to the League . 01 rather to give it ia support of tbe agitation for tbe Charter ; the League ia t * ie House of Commons were perfectly dumb-foundered , were completely paralized ; before the meeting of Parliament they asserted that the whole country was up in arms for a Reptai of the Corn taws , but what had they

      done during tbe Session ? Completely nothing . While Sir James Graham and Peei had got such a mass of agricultural knees at their back , all their efforts would be powerless ; and nntil they removed these agricultural knees , by giving the people the franchise , it was utterly impossible they could attain tbeir object . He thanked them fur the patience with which they had beard him he thanked them for tbe address be bad the honour to accept from them ; be should prza It as long as life existed ; it would be a consolation to him for any diffl . cutties be might fail into ; and ™ ould enable him to meet , unmoved , the taunts aid sneers of a majority of the House of Commons . As he bad stated in bis place in parliament , he should have the consolation to reflect tbat however small the minority might be in that House , while he remained honest and tiue to hia colours , he should continue to receive the support ot the great majority of the people- ( Great and enthusiastic cheering 1

      Mr . Bolwell moved , and Mr . Farrer seconded to very excellent speeches , a vote of thanks to the Chairman . Mr . O'CONNOR in reply , stated that Mr . Bolwell bad made a slight error in saying tbat himself and Ml Duncombe , regardless of their own happiness ao 4 comfort bad exerted themselves on behalf of the people . He assured them he was consulting his own happinessio tb . ec « urse he was pursuing , and tbat his happiness would never be complete until the whole people wire in a state of prosperity . He differed from Mr . Buncombe regarding tbe propriety of a Lancashire magistrate taking tbe chair at a Finsbury meeting . Cows afar off had long horns ; the unwashed katw the dirty cows at home , and it is better to have one from afar . Ha bad

      hunted the League from province to province . He bad challenged to meet them in any town in England or Scotland ; last week he had challenged them at Drury . lane , and offered to p-iy half the expence , and now knowing that the £ 50 , 000 waa nearly gone , and that money was an object , ; he challenged them to discussion sit Drury-lane and would pay the whole expence of the meeting . The approbation they had that evening given to Mr . Duncombe , would have more weight than tfal hissing of tbe geese . If a meeting was called at Islington , God forbid that Mr . D . should be at any expence , or pat to any trouble for arrangements ; every working mas in London would , on that occasion , tfeink himself as inhabitant of Finsbury ; he ( Mr . O'Connor ) would then consider ba was an inhabitant of Finsbury , and ths working men , for twenty miles round , yea , from Yorkshire , Lancashire , and the whole country would , on that day , be men of Finsbury . Mr . Duncombe was not

      only an honour to England , but also to Finsbury , and however a party clique might array themselves against him , he felt convinced tbat Finsbury , that bad so lately acqui . ed her own freedom , was as proud of Mr * Duncombe as was the rest of the country . It bad been said that Mr . Duncombe had no power in tbe House ; but power in the House must first be gathered from public opinion out of the House ; and when another opportunity came of testing the electors , wonderful a tbe comet now was , being all tail , he had no doubt toaS Mr . Duncombe would have as long a tail ; and tbat , is nine cases out of ten , tbe pledge demanded by working men would be—will you support Mr . Duncombe in tl » House . Mr . Duncombo stood at the present moment in a position as proud as that of any man in tbe kingdom ; they had that evening adopted the true course of supporting those who advocated their cause . In conclusion he would only say , that on every occasion he should be bappy to respond to their call . ( Great cheering . >

      Three cheers were then given for toe Charter , three for Duncemfee , tbree for O'Connor and tbe Star , and three groans for the tumblers at Ssdlei's Wells , and tbe meeting dispersed . The Hall is just out ; of the bounds of Finsbury , bat it might with justice have been called a meeting ef bi » ; Mr . D . ' 8 ) constituents .

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      Londo . v CoH ? f Exchange , Monda . t , April 10 . — This morning there was a largo number of both town aud country buyers in attendance , aud the demand for ail descriptions was very steady , at an advance in th ^ quotations noticed oa Monday last ol irom Is . to 2-i . per quarter , and a good clearance was rsadtly tff ^ cted . Foreign Wheat , free of dutyf at a rise of Is . per quarter . Grinding and distilling Barley , at full prices , but , m malting parcels , little was done . Superfine Malt Bold briskly ; other kiuds ^ stowly , at lace rates . For Oats the value was the turn higher . Btans , Peas , and Flour at last Monday ' s quotations .

      London Smithfield Market , Mo . mtr , Arsn 10 —The beef trade here , to-day , was in a slaa ^ iah state , at a decline , in the quotations obtained on Monday last , of 2 d per 8 ! bg . The few store Co * ? , Heifers , &e ., brought forward , commanded li ' - tla attention , and the figures wore low . In ' h

      Wool Market . —No public sales of Foreign or Colonial Wool have been yet announced j atilltW demand by private contract is excessively heavy , » barely late rates . Potato Mab&ets . —There has been a good »• rival of Potatoes in the Pool during the past w ««» from most quarters . Good 6 ound qualities arc taken at full quotations ; but all otter kinds are aa ficult of sale . Bobough Hop Mahkkt . —Although there h « been a very moderate amount of business transacteo in any kind of Hops since onr last statement , toe quotations , particularly those of the best East » no Mid-Kent 8 ia pockets , are steadily supported .

      Tallow . —The business doing in the P * ***?' has been very limited , either on the spot or for u » autumn , and it mil be seen by our statement , * s under , that the delivery has been again less thantj » corresponding week last year , and ther efore uw slight decline in price compared with our last quota tion . The price for hard Y . C . is 43 s . tor tbe las » three month ? , 43 a 6 d to 44 a for se parate monuw from August to December . Town Tallow is sappij ing a large portion of the demand in London .

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      T . S . DUNCOMBE , ESQ , M . P . A great public meeting was held on Monday evening , at fee Hall of the Political and Scianti&c Institution , 1 , Turn-agaln-Iano , to present an address to Thomas Duncombe . M . P .. for his patriotism in bringing tho conduct of Lord Abinger and others before the Legislature . The place was crowded to excess , many being compelled to drpart without gaining admission . The la ' ge platform was inconveniently crowded with respectable persons , the charge belux Od . and the committee were compelled to refuse admission to numbers of eager applicants . About elRht o ' clock , Messrs . Duncombe , O'Connor , Roberts , of Bath , Cleave , and otber gentlemen arrived and were greeted with great applause .

      Mr . O'Connor having been elected to the chair and received with loud acclamation , commenced by stating that ho had frequently b"en called upon to perform pleasing duties in reference to the public , but upon no occasion had he felt more gratification than in introducing to them the business to be transacted during the evening , and he should fail in performing bis duty as Chairman , if he did not pay the homage due to their respected friend Mr , Duncombe . He had eften Impressed upon them the different matiner In wbich the Whigs , Tories , and Chartists performed their -work ; the Whigs iiid Tories acted In union and concert ; by associating and uniting their energies , they became powerful , and were thereby enabled to retain the masses in slavery . Re was nut surprised at th * reason

      why liberal gentlemen did no more for the Chartist cause , by so doing th « y would forfeit in some degree their social distinction and caste , nnd the majority of them wire too thin-skinned to advance the happin ss of mankind , at the expense of offending tbeir own order . Men professing liberal principles had hitherto flittered tbe people when they nerded their assistance , but when their object was achieved , they treated them with phy , scorn , and contempt ; pity because they were so ignorant , scorn for being tbeir tools , and contempt for their weakness and poverty ; bnt now , after years of disappointment , they hmi met with a good and estimable member of the aristocracy . The work that had been slovenly done by others hud ever been efficiently done , and with much talent , by Mr . Duneombe—( great

      cheering ) He possessed all tbe qualities essential to a public man , and one more essential than the whole combined , and that was humanity . Talk of talent , energy , zeal , —these were as nothing unless they were the superstructure hufit on tbe bases of humanity ; that qunlity Mr . Duncombe possessed above every otber public mau with whom I . e had come in contact . It had been his fortune on many occasions to present Mr . D with a tale of woe , ; tnd he had never turned his hack upon it ; be bad never allowed any other business to interfere with bis consideration of the poor man ' s case—( hear , hear ) . Intelligence was fast spreading among the people , and gaining a power over wealth . He was not aware whether this ? as owing to the five tons of rubbish distributed by tbe League—( laughter ); —but if it wa « , tbey might a > . penrt upon it tbey would uge it for their own purposes . He defied any man to say that be visited Mr . Buncombe and had a cold s . ' . oulder turned towards him : he had ever exerted

      himself for the good of mankind . He was enthusiastic in his hopes from tbe BaTorm Bill ; but when he saw that it full abort of bouefitting tbe whole people , that aioment did he abandon the practical reformers as ttu-y were styled , and told thtm he expected more . Mr . Duncombe bad tquuliy opposed the unjust condect of Che Whig Magistracy when that faction waa / iin power , as he bad recently done with the Tory . Re was Animated with the same hatred of tyranny then as mi »? . Mr . O'Connor then alluded to Bullers Enii-RraticK Scheme ; tbe factions bad nnde England so hot , tfcfit they wished to find eome spot in the Atlantic Australian , the Devil-may-care-land , to wbich they migtii transport them . He felt as great a pleasure in presiding on that occasion as Sir James Graham did in i-eadintf an occasional article from the TiintS . The p resent me «* in £ was it proof tfcat all men were finding their level in society , and was u just tribute of respect to one who luui-bcnefitled their class .

      Mr . Armst&ong Walton moved the following resolution : — " that tMs meeting has observed with feeliDge of regret and indignation the refusal of the Commons Houce of P , irl aiiieat to grant an inquiry into the conduct of Lord Abinger and certain provincial Magistrates , as evinced in the legal procewdings arising out of the Sate strike , which refusal still farther demonstrates to this meeting that justice will never bo fairly administered until the whole people are in possession of equal political rights . "

      Mr . Walton , in an excellent address , elucidated the spirit . of tbo resolution , aud c » ntended tbat it woulti be equally a * reasonable to expect a cnminal to ^ iro nounce the sentence of his own condemnation , aa to have expected the House of Commons to have granted an inquiry into nets in which , if they were not the chief agents , they nX least largely participated . It was useless to expect any inquiry from such a body , either a 3 to the conduct of Lord A : bini : er , or as to the cause wbich drove tho men during the late Strike to actB of desperation ! : Tbe only way to purge tbe Judicial Bench , to cause the law to be equally administered to poor and rich—to master and to mun , was to make the Judges responsible to tbe people , —and this , and every otber political blessing would never be attained until political power was vested in the hands of the whole people . Mr . Mavnard briefly seconded tbe resolution .

      Mr . Bespow supported tia » resolution in a forcible address , in which he strongly commented npon the conduct of Buon Ourney in reference to his treatment of Jones . The resolutieB was unanimously carrieel . A dog barbing daring the reading of it , Mr . O'Connor declared it to be Abinger ; but , on putting tbe resolution , declared that he had not one friend In court , — which ww greeted with great laughter and applause . Mr . CvFVJkt , to an esergetio address adapted to the occasion , moved tbe following resolution : — " That this meeting returns its sincere thanks to those Members of the House of Commons wbo voted for the previously-mentioned inquiry ; and hereby present to Thomas Dancombe , Esq ., ALP ., the following address expressive of their admiration of his conduct /' Mr . Cuffay then read the fallowing address , wbich was beautifully engrossed on parchment

      Five hundred copies of the address were sold in the meeting ;; and also several beautifully printed in gold letters , on bine and violet paper .

      Market Intelligence.

      MARKET INTELLIGENCE .

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      $ THE NORTHERN STAR .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 15, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct646/page/6/