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. MR . STEPHENS LAST SERMON . T 7 « tail weei present oar readers with tlie . erBorj « f tie Rev . J . R . Stephens wkich was omitted Ust ¦» tOc * b sccDtin : of aa extraordinary influx of more ¦ knp ertant matter . Mr . STEPHEN'S said—Ihw inn eh to gay to tod fiasafternoon ; more , I aa araid , than tin weather , jronr p&xiecc * , acd my o » d elreBgtb . will allow Bf io * ST . l . thrreforp , icy ¦ word * be few , I hope you -wiiifi ^ .-i them to be well cttwru , to be the out * ard % ,-rA -siibl-3 body of the inward and spirirual mind , to eaorey to your niderstaadicg , and to carry down iato Tocr hf&rt ? the meaning of those thugs wkicb 1 bow , for the last time aaiocgst yon , havo it in -my ¦ wwfrrT to comtsucicaie at all . 1 come h- re- to bid
• job « H farewell—to take my 1 :-are cf you—nor , I brp * , isr «* er . ( No , no ; we tope sot . ) Not perh * ps v > r Sang—( not above * w *» x , God ^ rant it)—bnt ftill . wi * rber for loss or fc-r short , I ' eetn it right to Btft » j facts *—lad Job are bt building-, wbici I have Raided —( Aye , and ht » r , hear)—I deem it right to mtsj own hou * e ia order , whether I nay have to Jr *» »» onfst jm , a * yon and I h * ve fondly hoped , W whetier your lot is to be cast -where it has hiihsno been , wbiist my lot « all r # j < ts in the purpose ? ¦ srd counsels of H * aven . I wL < b , befare 1 « iy any tb » f ! fur' * er t is afternoon , to set right ta * t * rl . ic ' - « OB 1 B tare made to b ? understood Trrongir smcn ^ i you . ( Hear , hear . ) It hi * beea reprv * ei / trd in tbitSHTBthat-last S ; ndav , I bad taken a final farewoli
• H yon . 1 / anr und-rstood it so , I did not say it so . ( No , no . » All thit I said a : that time was , and sJl tkfct I sull « iy k , tkat if it be the will of God that x ^ aStiee and oppression , and grievous wrong should 'kKwrale ia onr courts of law , is th-v bear role in ewki ^ h coan of Pariiaiaenr , * n d if thronjrh that injostice , and oppression , and wrong , I b «« earmvi fom ¦ Jtoe 3 oci to the dnn ? eon , my mind and my body art fretk pr # p ^ . red for what in that case shall a- »» is me , «* ea tfc » t career of srfieriag would not take me at ¦ atrarei . I told my Ashton friend . * , last Sanday . 1 &x £ it sAi ' r . t to happn , as it s ^ emi to be the order of the day , jnst ao » to hang men first , and to try -flhen afterwards—it may so happen that 1 may have bean dcomed by a powerin ) , for the present monient ¦ a omnipotent . goTerament , as for n * earth and hell hrnHt tiem their cnit « -d powers—that covers ispnt td- > v r >» « tro"u ^ non * h to doom mv bodr to
Jens cf imprisonment and bondage . ( Lond cries « I-No , no . "; 1 ; gj I bid yon farawell , aod wa shall -sotis thatcas ? & * e c&ch other ' s 'aces perhaps for n Toss season . ] f howeter jn . % tice is to be had " in the koJy of hoiie * of her own s % = ctnary—if , ho ^ er » r , light * n < 3 tmth , and ^ oodnesi , and fair ( feiiinE , anfl e » OLhfin < i » d la .- ^ are to be aw » nied between an infidal Government and a per * ecoted poor person—1 gay Bathing of meri-y—I want it » ot from my iellow safca . —I e ^ k it , I a < -efc it aloae of God before whom Tre ^ re &l l alike gialry —( ay ^ , that i * mercy , —bat if ji ^ ht Ls to ba had . tLen » g 1 told tiem last Sanday . ao J tell yon it wiU be ceedftil for me as yon hear the arznd * the weak tone of a once poweriii Tojce , * Toice that could Bhaks tbe earth , and make the 2 * e ** en 8 riry , bnt which cow can only be heard a Jew yards off , bnt weak as it is it can inate hell to trrabfe stil!—it will b * needftl for me then for tie
• ake of eay health , which in this r ?* pect is very J 8 scbbrok « n—to lcareycn for a while , p rhap « i « ixigia twehe months—bnt I did not say , nor . iid 1 sa _ « n when I te ; d th « m on Sr . cday last , that it S ^ ht take at least twelve month * to get raj slTrsgth tack arain—that 1 * hi . nld Eever , during thst tim ^ eoiBs 0 * er and sea yon , coins » njocg . » t yon to tkli ¦ with yos and to talk to yon . My pnrp = *^ , a .- yen w ^ ltoow , alTars has been to abide -tnd remain ' » aii « ri amamjjt yon . no long as it shdul-J , to n , y auad and to j onr « , appear to bs the wiil of Go-- - thai ire ghonld hare onr concerns together . My wrpose , ther-fcre , r-mains what it always b-. ' s seen , aai I h ? pe that some meais mar be j > roji--i «» d to « raf . b > f me at oae and V 38 Slice time , if it be
yoBz ft ^ oA pl-Esare , wit is , in ib , ai case , vay wi&h to . cmatigoe xo officiate amprgitTOi : occa-jicnally , a :: d ¦ to r . ^ ain my heahb . which you i . re aware hasbe-n wrycracb weikenei—aimcet destroyed—icd tben if Ged rLoxi'd * ee fit to ^ i » -e me ba . ck tha : str -ngth Ybkb I hare k » t . I hope not only to remain amsngst yrn , bnt to come more folly and more fecx ^ ly forward than ? T . ? r amosgxt th = > peopl-, an ^ carry to ia end—to its gre * t and God-like t > -rm natkrQ , tiAt cau * e what ocr Hearenly Father ha-« B » Ued me to b »^ in . ( H-ar . hear , heaj-. ) ] look ffimit that - ^ e w rk which God his for ti * people « f F . TJglaad ta do , i * hirdly yet began . —can » t ? .-celv besitlas yet to h < iTe t . kcn any definite and t » n-
gible _ siupe—any T ' . » ~ t > le and pfrcepdble form . Up to chis honraii , mo'e or lew , has beea pr ^ pinnry ¦ work , preparing the way of the Lord—making zone of his patii * « ir- » i $ ' nt . Yon and I Mid 5 nr fcKo * - rmmir ^ -men wao are going over athoTi 5 andh . il 1 * , in s tiioonitid Tallies in ev-ry cotinry , almost o "; Uif » tferwkin ^ dsms of Entlacd , " S = odan ' d , and Ireland , © erf 1 jo » co-jctrymt-n up to this b . r > ur bBTebe't ¦ tryayf by the he ; p o ! the 1 Lot 4 to miis tbe cn >^ ie <} piths * -j&igV . —u intke V :. e rongh placeg smootkta pol ; do ^ rs tbe 1 ry fcill tr-p and tumble it do ^ n 3 l « -Joping gi-. ie ii > V > the depths b ? neath , tbet the TalSpa irdjikt be filled up , asd that the * a Mgiwav of tmti and * : ihtso 3-D- ? s , and love miiht be mi- > fcrtite Lord oar God—for th-s leader of" m ° n , for the 2 «» lgr of men . for tha helper of mec , for ttp deinetr of men . for the * aTioar of men—for the
Imssszrael , God wiui c * . irhoie word v * a go-pn \ mf jisd tidiiirs of great joy , whieb shall be to a 2 p ? op > . ( Heir , fesr , hear . ) A : ] the na : ioDsf the t-artb . it * ays in one place , and cli families of fce earib , it saya in another place , gial ' ie bsetsed bv the woman " * seed—bv Abraham ' s * tn > , by t ' e S-iba of Br-A ] . ' nem . by G > d mair Jesi coming aajosg men to unfold ani ' mike V . na * ii fee will of tiie Fith-r , and to set up an cv-r ! a .-t ! ng kia ^ dotn—a kmijdoia of righteoosness of whi'h tasreski-lbe no pad , &nd in tis niids : of which there ai . a . 'il be noting tkat maketh a ; ie . ] f tou -w ^ 7 *» i gome of th- las" yzts s ** ! in rhe ibcr EvanfeHsta in which onr Lord is Ic * r «? : e : line tbe coaji = E « bom that was to befal and > -v :-ruke the Je * i *" k
poople , and through •* hica , a ? r . fvia- s tell jea , hf Kkewi « e fore . 'hadawed acd wi « b-i ts draw ot-t to jour era tli * day of final r . « nbcri :-n and ju-3 graez . r , -jea- » iilnieet with tbi * , s ' . th- ^ t > T ' f ? ntm " nifat . bijCbjv Ba » arUst and charscu > Hrnc / -i r crt > which ccr Lord aid -was to be o ^ e of ta- ; t Ae-s of these tim ? s to eora * , and which I take to be a standing tok- n , an "Ktwiuafiag and tiachingeable aigu of every similar ties « f retnb ^ ti-. n and of jndgtnent which is ! r m ¦ fca presence of the Lord . I wi < h to correct a mi * - tftke into » hicb . divines wriun ^ aad preieking on &M eobject hare almo , wirbost eireptioa , fallen . Tbey tell yon that onr Lord m aat tke dt'stmctioii t& Jerosalesj , ard the dispersion of the Jew *; aa-j ¦ fe atbe likew . i ^ meant to prefigure the dar c . -l ju J £ -
XMSZt , whrn 8 ; 1 sbali hive to app-ar before the j--. dk-. i&cax-next of God , and receive according to th-ir iaeA * . whether ta *» y be good or whether t -ey be enL I wish ta impress npon yonx minds another gtPmwT ^ . g which fae * e passages not only will b ^ ar , kat wbic ! they are intended to convey—a icear-ini ; ¦ which i bold t ? be the rsost important , becaas * t ^ exaost practical meacirg thai can be a'tached to fefTO . Oar Lvrd , then , means that it will again be fitecx # e in after age ? j and we are one ol the &fcer «^ w—we l ire in one cf taetr&s or period * of dm * is -wiicb th * gT ^ est parposes of Heaven are in the pr « eees of evolution , cominjr ont of the dark closta which they we wrapped , into tha blaz * and tap « lory of open day , making known the intentions o '
frond-nee to iis . Chrut in thes * passages wi « h-s * o * % Krw -as that a * Jerusalem was destroyed , » o Piris ^ call be destroyed—go Madrid ? hail ba destroyedwo London shall be deatroy * d- —sd Edinbar ^ h ' , and Glasgow , and Manchester , and Stalybrid »? , and Albion shall be desirors-i ^ if snd when Asbtoa , and Rcaljbridge , and Manchester , » nd Glasgow , and Edinbtirgk , and London , and Paris , and Madrid » fes , ll fall into th ? saaie Me ? , and do the same d edi ¦ wkish the people of Jndea committed . ( Hear . itmr . ) Jesns Christ means to shew ns that in other tiatfts , ia a ; l ages , an 4 to the end of time , tr . at fte same si&s are s ^ en in the ss-mo light bj the allaaoaf eye of Gud ; tint whitfttar we may think of 'tbrm , or a jwever we may look npen tbe « , he jaJga *
nshteons jndrmjnt , and inflicts that which is ju-t yaaasameui np ^ n ev ; l doers . ] b .-li' -TC that God is aow gtandiag , by his Prorid- nee , and ia ten th n-¦ md tokens of tas ! im& » , precisely ia the atatud- ?—is « nst * inir'g acd exhibiting exactly the character . -whiBb Je » ns Christ sustained and manu ' esied , when heAxti beiore the caDgrega ' ied myriads of Jndea , mad « aid to them , from th « brow of yonder hili , ¦*¦ Oa Jerusalem ! JernsJem ! thou that kiiledst thwopaet * , and gtonest them that are seat unto thee . bum often—bow o : t <» n wool-i I hare gathered thy children toget- er , as a hen gatherah her brood » a 4 w h-T wicg ., bnt ye would not . 1 would , but je wosld not ; and , therefetre , behold now yonrbon * e ^ tes onto you deflate ! " England stands to-day
*• JOflea rtf-od 1 , 800 years r ^ o . London is to-daj , aod « rerr city , aad town , aad hamlet ot onr eoaatry ia » i ^ , what Jerssalem was 1 ^ 00 years ago—a Uni o ( abomaatroB ; cities , towns , hoosesT and Ws that v . mil or blood . What was it for which Jodsa . was destroyed , and that one stcne wag nOi fei « U img npon another ? The R 3 man plooebsbare clava the earti between , tambi ^ d down anc xr *?* d = P 'h * Tery foHndatdon-stnn ^« -, i tbecitv , nni « Q * a * w ^ te a' -d ad wm a viicr-rae-s , airi tn ^ pew ^ Je were sl iia with the sword , and t ' . e re-idae oi &am we-o scatter *' , a remnant that cevrr coak fcjratAersd ud , acd yet that never coald be '
aitcgc&BT dispersed and d-srroy&d ; and I a . k » hy wa « a £ tirw ? It wa < becan * e the pr iest / , and tbe prinem , fite elders of the people , the shepherd * of t ^ p lack , in the s ! ead of t » ackmg them ri « £ t told tV : em wr ^ tic ; in tae stead of leading them In the rurb - ' . 3 ead ffisan in th » wrong , sad otji of tiie right way . { H "ar , hear . ) They kept the k # y « f kaowledg ¦; -Affyw ^ aid neitier go in thftnuelr&ti , nor woold th ^ T iet lift P 9 opl * go in riiat wanted to go in . Chri » ' i M » m btmself ot them ; aad you wi i « ay no of tonr «} dco of £ . gknd to-day . ( Hear , hear . ) They ^ a « 9 tke key j tb * y keep tha key ; they haTttam- ^ tbs key ia tha lock ; they We bolted mad h * md the door ; they hare wt the
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Jaai- ? a . riei kikeep gDard at the door ; bin -goon * with blue , an i «( , e&rg with r d stand on each i < i < if and in front of the c * oar of the houw of knowledge , thehonseof wisdom , the hctuie of trntb , tbehoTj * - of iiKhtAcntnft « s . the l-onse oi G » d '/» law , aa 4 fair play and evenb * n ^ e « d iing—tha house of dom ^ tic bspiir . eB * , of s . ^ ial ecm ' ort—they neither to in thernsehes nor wfl ] t ^^ y « i ffe r other * go ic that hive a mind to go in ( hear hear , and trW ); wd * e God destroyed the Je * s , sa will h « dwtrey the _ Ersgii « b , cnl s-i we re 3 * Et and do works meet . ' or r * j > eutance . Tte Jt »» s wt-re scattered , and their cflpiod was destroy ^ , becai ? e oppre »« ion prevailed through the land . So striking wa ^ this the ca * e . that when Christ came to speak nf the day of jnd ,-ment , and 8 o to repre « ent it to th * people a * to
enibie them to nndrrstand the principles that wr-nld rnide th « deliberation * of tfcnt day , he told them ha \ when kU ghonld stand before t ' : > at bar—» het the Jadge should presid- asd the books should be opened , that eTery one would be j ' Td g ' -. d accjrdinit tj tVj&s « principles '—wb » t principle- ?—in tbeiOoiiy ? in divinity ? in eccleMastic science ? in polniVa ecsnonsy ? Yei , political ecocoaiy , ecc ! e « ia « -tica - * ci i » ce , diTitjity and theol ^ jry . B'U wher--in do al _ thsse consist ? of what is their tree nature m « . dd np ? in what wiy do they make themselves known to men is such wise as to be approTpd of Gtd ? Why in thi . « wa-v—^ in this wi * e only : —Jesns Christ * ays that Gol , kiter be had rtmdtrVd th- ^ sb ' -ep from the ifoars—pnttixig tie gheep , that is th ^ good mer , on the right hand , and the goat * , that is tV . e bad men ,
en the left hand—he will say to Uog » on tht * right ha" : d , *» com ^ in ; some a ? higher and h ' gher , near--r and new-r to tke footstool of the tbrcne of God ;" and when they a » k " what have we done that the hon"Hr . s of thy kir gdom should be conferred npen ns ? " Christ will say snto them , " wh-n I was hungry ye gars me m » at ; when I was ihin « fy ye gave me drink j wfeen I was sick yp visited me ; whan I wa « nakud and withont covering ye clothed m *; when I was a stranger , lonrgome , wandering , aai beart-brok «> D , ye took me in , made me a brother , cheered my heart , and lift d np my drooping head ; and when 1 was in prison , cast off , condemned , mffering an psjurt , or even , perhaps , a just 6 enteBce—when I was in prison je broke every oar of opinion and prrjndice , and cut away , yea
leaped ever eTery stone that fashion and the wtys of man . h-. d thrown in the way—yoo bnrd the bh ' rs o nv dnnteon , tl-ns morally , and came and risked me in prison , and contorted me in p rison—come ye blea-ed of my father ; take tbe kingd m ; it ' is yonrs ; it is prepared for you from beiore the foundation of the world . " And when these mtn shall » -k ** Lard , wben did we d « all thu : " it » hs . U ba aasirered " inosmoch as ye did it nnto one of the ]***' of th-se iittle ones "—what little ones ? Open your e e « , and s ^ e tha gho't . * , the spirits of' babes drowsed in Tcnr cana's—of broken-hearted women . whose loveri have been unlrne , whose hnsbandi " have di- » d and left them with a load too heavy to carry—these rising np tto » e spirits of thos- < babe * and tho ** mot' -ers : open your eyes and see th ^ se
bastile door * fly open at the « ooad of th * unsap o ' God . London Police ! make way ! yo < cacn-t stand b icre that . K > ntd : it is one will make your devil caster tremb'e . ( "H * * ijl , ha will . "; Out of yonder housf oi * blood—cb , how the earth cracks Aud op * n * - * nda her uioHth—yonder gj * . vgi yard < o ! Poor Lsw Union h ? ns- i »—for they die ho thick , they die * j - -a » r , and they ci- « so brck-n up befcre ih ^ y are dea-1 , that th-y dare not allow their friends to 1 < -k at them—they da » e not allow their neighbours to lock &t th ^ ro—they dare not allow the leypaveia to lo--k » t the c-t-AiRg of many that are six feet in height , acd thai o ^ ly need to be about rne half of tbe breadib of tots—tLey dnre not allow it , they dare nnt suffer them to b- buried ia tie church yard for ieir of breeding a plague an i a vefJlence tb ' roHchoat the'and—y < n 1 er « Tavoyard < s
crack an i open wide their m-ntb * , acd ihe spirits of the tlaachrered p « or , p . ni the spirits ot th « murdered faiht ? rl ?» s and widawn . a- _ Q the helplpKs odps and tho ne .-dv , lUe and win * their * ay to heaven and siand at 6 od ' s rieht hand . ( Aye , aje . ) And when the good roan arks his Saviour in what way he ev-rfed and elothed , tu-i Tia . ted and defended lh « Lord of earth find » ki-. ? , Jesus pchts to yonder once unhappy , bnt n : > * redeemed , children of mea , and he » ay > "icv « inuc J as ye have done i « nnto o ^ e of th- lca " < t of these myserraats . tie members of my fimi ' y , the .-abjects of my gov .-rntnenf , the oHjects of ray especial prov-Id-Dce , tod have done it unto me ; COinL' Up va bifsi ^ d of mr father , inherit th 1 ' king ( . e pvja- ' ti : fcr yoa . " I need cot ran through t . in pxriH l ' cu the o ' tuer s . de ; it is t-nough that
rnilgi u . c" ri * u * n . ty , tbe fnith asd pracrico of the gi- > p « l tons " st » in vi ' sr . in ? the widow and tbefatberie 2 < . auj ju kttvirg ocrs-lTes nrspoired from tb ? worid . i , therefore , th-re be aoy truth , any vr ^ rb . any ] i ; -r . r in the * e r-pre .-tntati'ru of religion , it i . « evfdrct . rev friend-, that when Je m * Chri-t , ia thene pis ^ iBi to which I have directed your attention , a * shuwitg w tou the pricciy ' . # s on which the government ofGcvd U conducted ' upon ; he earth , h » intends cs to nn < ii" < . 3 . n \ thnt . if w . < Hkewiss r . o , we shal ; like ~ ii » e be t s . n ; asd 1 be ] iv-ve , as I -mid to yon r ^ e ore , thit < re ; ve now arrived at tr . e p-.-riod when G-ja is saying to ns for the la ^ t time , How of' . enhoT oi'en would 1 have gathered y . 'U as a nation , t ^ kea v . "U under mj e . vrcial protection , as a h * n eatbe : s her brood under her wing * , bnt ye would
no :. '" Go , ia ray jedgment , is now givng to EEgliiid Ibt l >« t opportuciiy—( hesr , hear ); we are now at the eleventh hour of the da ^ of ^ ursaivati . > n —( h ^ ar , hea?);— ¦>« are no * favoured wi'h an opp : r : nnity of lighrng our lampJi offjUcrirg thbnlfgroocQ , of entering in to th * marriage supper . B -t yet a lit : ]* wjiile , and i . we wiil neither hear hi * « ord * nor forbear cur o * n "i kednes ¦ . it will be said of us a- it was said ol the fool'sb . vigia * " Tbe door was sfiut ] " and eur dfer of mercy Irom God , and the hepe * * . Ba ' Taion willlikeTfise be * t ; u "; and we e > . s . ll be le ' sas a people in outward and in utter do . 'ines * . ( Heat , he ^ r , hear . ) AJy bre ' . h'en , pray God to allow his spirit to linger , and to strive yet n little wh'Ie lozger amongst n ^ . There is a very remarkable token piven U cs hr Jesu « Christ lo wh . ch it
voul i be w-U that we ? hon ! d take heed . He saj » that whenever the Sob oi Man i-s about to com?—and by the coming of the son of nma 1 HBder < tand any and every gTeat chMigft "wbicb tbe providence of ( jikI acc-TQing to liie purposes of his divine wisdom : s about to make to happen in the world—that whenever any s ^ ch change is aboct to take place , then it maybe siid that the son of man isaboatto appear , and Chriit s * y 3 that when thes ^ ch ^ ng- * are abou t t > come ; when tr . ey are near at the door and at our ? ery fee : —th-t one of the tigr . s of Li . i coming , of tiie coming of these changes will be that rr . any false Chris ' . s tsill ari ^* . I Aye . ) Tcink a moment what the . woTd of Chri < t means , and « ho the man Christ Jesn * » 2 * . k * His n » nae 'hall be call-d Jevjs becaoje h ? shall save his people from their sin * . " That
it tbe meiining of tbe word ' Jcs ^ s '; that is tha chv racter of the missitn to » h ; ch he wm appointed—to save kis people from their Bins ; in other worda to hea . 1 as a physician does ; to bind np every wound ; lo heal every sickEess and disease to which onr hearts and onr earth , the social state in which we li ^ e may , for the time b-bg happen to _ be subject . Now Christ sayy , that , whenever he is about thus to come ti heal the wonnded , tbat many faLse Cbrifts will arise . One will » a . r , " Lo ! here i « Christ ; " in other words , one will «; ay . "Do this and all will be well . " Others will say , » Lo ! here is Curi-ir ; " that iV Adopt thi ? P > ani al ! will be ¦ ri ght , " Others will arse again , and make promises nf a different descriotion ; and by thi * means the ; ninds of th" people will be distracted , the attention
of tbe people will be drawn off . and the end of God will appear to be frustrated , Vj the want , vnong th <» peopk , of that unity of thought and ^ suitaneouinfM of action , without which it would seena God , through any p-ople , coald not act That is precisely the caw * just now . AH men are agreed in b -lievicg that we are < n the ere of a change , and a very great change , a very awfnl change , and perhap / s very sudden change . No two m-n are agreed as to the way in which we ought to bs ready to abide th « chang-, ' and meet that chang-, Rnd to enceunterall th ^ &e thing * which that change may see d amongst ns a . * forerunners of its coming . Yon may tr-U me that joa are wrll * Tire of this state of the public mind , and that yon are equally well a * are of tbw character of tbe pnblic c ; unsels—if that may
becal- « J connael in which there is no unaoimity ol t \ or , ghr , no nnity of purpsse , no nnanimity o ! action . Voa may ask me whether amongst all these schemers , I do not include mys If , and wh-ther , amongstall thoi * plan * I hare not another to add ta the number ? I tell yon , without fear of b ing challenged as one who does Hot * pe « k the troth , that I am no schemer , and I te ] ly « n further , as one who heeds not whether he be call-d a fool for it or not , " * I have no scheme for yoB;—I am not a false Christ ; I h& ™ nev-r set mys-U np , nor raised bv vaicr , crying to the pso jle , " Lo ! here is Chnst ; r ~ r \ Lo ! tiierei * Orlst . " If 1 hare , tell ms where . ( ' Aye , aye . " ) If I hav , Ml me whrreic . If I have " , t *» ll me in what way . I knovr there are whisperers who w'aiz it out , an-i buz it amongst you that Stephens is changed —( hear , h < ar , hear , }— -that he « iii a great deal last Sunday that was very nnlik < - anything h- » ever snid bMore . Wiu those sniall of bnt Kood
fre ^ ds yrrnrs , right do * B friends _ of mi e— ' tbey give me anotherehai . ee of talking —* iil ; h >« rt small friends of yonrs say openly an ; - ¦ t ones ¦ wherein is Stepberu chaDg- 'a f la what ^ as S ' . / 'pbens rrer snad one » ord that npset any oae « r . ri taat he ever said be ' er ^ ? ( Hear , h « w . ) I < i . aTjynessto ih « people at Seals bridge t- " > hear Stephens te'l th ^ m h ^ is no Rvlical ? (" No . " ) 1 ; = tjut news ? I * there one nun in Asbton or Staiybridee , or Lancashire , nr England , that ever hear 1 Stephf-ns s-iy he wa .- * a Raiicai ? Is there one man in CtMybriigr , or Asaton * or Hyde , or Lanca » hirt > , ot Eogl&nd , xin * has erer heard Stephen * tslk . wbea ce esiae at all t > speak on that subject , th « ha * not ht ard Stephens say , again and ast * in , th » t fee n-TeT was a Raiical , and by the hrI p of God o « rer would be a R * dtc * l . I never quarrelled w . th f jo for beiag Radicals , &id I ? Noi did 1 ever try to put y ? u out of eonwit with yonr RadicaliaE , did i ? } ioi did I ever try to wia otct one mac from th *
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ranks ot Radc » l !« n ? 1 alwa . su told you that I believed , if tkere were in tbe ranks of any party more bocest mi'B , co--d brotr ^ efg—sound and fru « to God and their neighbour , than in tbe ranks of aay other party , it wan in the'Radical ranks . I always told yoi ' that . The majority of the people of Englanu are Rilicals by their own profession } wad by mj own expereac * I had found the uiajr-ritj of the people of England to be hon > st men , and dispns- . *' : to b * true-heaft ? 6 brothers . Bat I was not g ' . ing U > be » Radical en that account . la it any tews t " any bod v kerenwsy to be told that Stephens never was a stickler—much less that Stephens ever meant co be a fi . h'er about the fi » e points ? Why , wheu your brethren at Ashton chos « me to-be their representative in theContentimoftheindtjstrie-nsclai's-s
did not I tell you then , apain » nd again , th » it 1 ilid not car ^ two p ' t-a * s ubont the five pointx J , that it 1 w .-ni to London , I would not present a petition which 1 had noc ripned , and which I would rather ii . 'y tuz-gup cleave to ( he roof of my mpvth than i would nay a word » o induce anybody to sign . ( Great : ^ tfLi ? hirjent ) I never asked you to sign it : never . I tola you to please yourtelves abont signing ; and to d- ) what you thought to be nght . As for me , J wonli mtktr waik to Lordon on my bare keeec , on ^ barp flnt « tones , to attend an Anti-Poor Law rneerirjr , than be carried to London in a co « ch and > ix , piliowad with do » n , to present that petition—Tho ' National Petition "—to ihe Houseo ; Comiaonit . ( Hear , Lear . ) Strpht n * changed J ( Laogbter . ) No ; not Tet . Acd what if he had changed ?
Other people will change before him . Aye , m ^ ny a one ; and men that made a great deal more to do ab , ut thenaselv : » than Steph- ns hag don " . But o > ver mind ii : it ' s no news to you that I a « vet was a a Hye-point nun . " J told yon that 1 only was a one-point man ; and that poii-. t was & good pray « r -. ud along « p ? ar . I told yoa that the prayer would open Xraven ; and I told yon that the spears' points and musketry wou ! d keep the gates of heli closed , and the devils at home . That is the only point 1 evrr wa « for . That is the only point I hate erer bothered voa about ; and tfcank God it has doi e more good than all the r > -st pat tog tbef . ( Hear . ) That is why they say Stephens is changed , because hia point * break , in ; they hit the bull ' s ey «; tbej /• irike treason , and Je < spouam , and tyranpy , lo their
fall . I j it any news to yon to br to . d that Stephens does not recommend a N aticnal Holiday ? 1 » there any man alive her , or anywhere else , that ever heard ma recommend a national holiday either at the chimney corner , ia the committee-room , at a public meeting , from the pulpit , cr through the pres » ? I h-iTe a . great deal of nonsense to answer for , but 1 hav- ' not that rubbish on my hinds . That is AtN wood ' s hnmbng , not mine . I tell y . u openly to-day , because ic is Ute last day , perhaps , lor » onu < time at leasr , that J chali stand before you : aad therefore , if 1 am to be lam ^ d for it , or if I am to have my brains blo'n out tor it , make h » -. gte . 1 know it bas been talked about . i"It has . " ) Aye , it has ; and it han been laughed at . I kbow that gn-at talkers aro very seldom gr--at dosrs . ( Hear , h ^ ar . ) Make
haste , ih-n , to that work , if it is to be done . Tbe reason why I spoke of this last Sunday , and why I * peak ot it to-uaj i * , because this may be the last iii 2 " , for a season , aileast , that I . « hill appear among you ; ana wheth-r I leuTv Dulunfi Id in tho midst oi solemn silence , o loud hurras , or of yells of t-x » - critian , or whether I lallin my passage by in- * bludgeon or the buHet ol thi » assassin , I am resolve J to stand between you and tb . e d injjer that opens before you , an I to teil juu what I think about it . ( Hear , li ' .-ar . ) Salung as tat » National Co - ventiou was only talking , it v ? as not my business to * ay anything at all about it ; but when the CoaveutioR , or nuhrr a smali Nictiua ot the Cnuveaiiun , purposes to lead you upon the wild goose chase of Universal Suffrage , by rn-ans of the cielusionof a National Holiday , 1 have a r grit , it lam willinp , tohav < -rnyhead broken lot ii , ana
1 -imwiUisg , I have arigat to 'nj it to you" think twice befur «> yoa ? tarc once opon thnc race . " Look but ' orr * yon leap , or try to loflp , over that ditch , or it may Kappni tnat you « fiil plump into th * middle of it , if yju don ' t . A National Holiday means univewal * na . rchy a . ud confurt ^ n , aad tbe iusurrecuon of oue per . iou of the unuou , the weBke . « t , th- " most dividi d , against oth--r portions of tie nation that are as one body , guided and directed by one head . Can yoa tight against that od < ls ? If you can , you ar « itff-r chaps ttsia I thought y u *<; re . A National Holiday means a national ruht . Ate you going to fight ? Have voa made up your mind * to tkat , *» wiha snf . lcA , " * ' hel ' . er skelt r , against barracks or windmills , just a * the cas * may be , the one as soon aa iheo ' . h * r ? Hate you m ^ de up yo ^ r minds to run your heads into th * H < n ' s mouth , b .-fure you have drawn his t- eth ? Von h ^ vo toad * him wa * his tail :
aud it won ' t ba lotg beiore y ^ ur head if you put it into that mouth ; it is eep as the pit of Lei . . I have aW » . y * tcld yon that Universil suffrage , Annual Pir . iamenti 1 , Vote by Ballot , and all the re . * t of the rigmirole , was not worth fighting for . You may plea . * t < yourselves whether y .: u think it is wortn ft ^ hnng for or nol : in my mindit is nor . But whetUer it be or not , one thing I know is , tbnt ^ yju can ' t net it by rig : » ting for . I know you ran ' t hijht aud wiu ; and were I therefore a h ' v-points man , which 1 atn not , 1 sh inld s ^ y still as strongly as 1 say r . ot being a fiv « -poia's loan , "l-ok beiore you h-.-. p . " There ' s < Ul the uiff-Tfiice between the manter * stepping the roiU < s ind yur stopping theai . When ttie masters fttop th-m , i : in < J «> ae all at oucc , like clociwoik . All urt < ebul out alik- ; the
Metbod > r , aud th ^ kfiJe ] , aid the OTeuite—" all males o ' folk . " ( H- 'ar , hear ) Th ^ y are all out alike—man , woman , and child , and you will then make common cau « e together . Tie Me . t ' . odii > t' « don ' t damn the iufidels to hvllin tt '*' thr . » tJan spirit ; " iafidels do »' t damn " God A'migb ' . y m ^ u" in a spirit ot n . ^ ndlike Vfngea . nce . There is notbing of that kiud when tho mastera <> : <> p lha mills : you ftre all ssiling in oca boaf , and you know that i ( jju Ml out yoa triil likely a ^ J sink inon-toost ; ani therefore you try wh > can pull best . You will not even have public sympathy in your favour , because , if it were cot your cwn foul * , many of the shopkippers would cay , '' These peopl-i are much to bpitiod ; the m isi .-r . < ar * « ron ^; th ^ men would work day and night , but th < v won ' t let th--m work . '
Well , you try to make a " turn cEt ; " aad whathappens then ? Soran of the tiandi don ' t want to go out . Some of thfsi are Muthodisw , and « ome of them are Church people ; aod you ate told th-. t this won ' t t'o , « nd that that wou ' t do ; they say . " It is an itfid-I »* ^ p , and tney won's have anything to do with it : they will work . " Or the infidels begin t * 8 a * , k ¥ It is a Methodint trick , and we will resist it on the outset . " " Uh ! but it they won ' t coaii our , * ay you , we will fetch them out . " Very well . 3-A if tuat be your game , stop a bit ; on ' iy see whit sort of $ ame you axe going to p . ay , 1 thought y . u were goix-g to destroy tyrivnny : why , it « cems that yoa we gcicg to fi ^ ht with tbe working sea . ( " No , do . ") Then you won ' t fetch them out ? (> l Yes , y- « . " ) Because if one half are
out , and the other half are ia , you must either fetcb th < -m outornct . Jt ' not , it in fcotolidny . It is only a few fojlu that are oot working , aEd a g > -od m « ny v ^ ise men that aie working . If yoa do letch them out , or try to fetch them out , you ar * fighting your own brothers ; you are fighiiog yonr own sisters ; yon are fighting your own friends ; you are contending agaics ' . yoor own ntighbours . And if you ofier to fetch yonr brutbtr workman out against the : r will , do jon call that lib > rty ? Now you know 1 am not a Radical . ( " Would to God you were , " from jteTeral voicen . ) Not that sort of a Radical . You don't call that liberty to make men keep holiday whether they will of not ? Is that the Charter , to make a man vote as Le thinks best ? It is a queer catechi < m that : a qarer Bible that . My notion of
librrty L * , that every man should be allowed to think for hiu ^ self , and to act for himself , bo long as his conduct is obviousl y such is not to injure his leilow creatures . ( Hear , hear . ) I dor / tlike » liberty all on ono side . Then you would have the public sympathy against yoa . The shxvktn'pers woull nay , *• i'hete men might have work if they would . " Yon would have tbe > hopk » rpera against you to a . man . Aod da you think that you have a nngle friend amongst the ghopk « epers ? ( H-ar . hear . ) I know some of tbemare ; but ask any one of them who has got plenty of staff behind his counter , and see whether tie will let you go and fetch it . There would not be a shopkeeper who would have more in bis shop tbin he waated i ^ r himself . Is ti » a . t the soit of revolution yon want ? ( ' Plenty f snmmnt to eat . ")
I know it : and it is because I want you to have enough and to spare that I warn you most affectionately , most golenmlr , againut throwing away the very little that you have . For seven years 1 have given yon a-vic « the ve . ry opposite of this . I have aiways eaid lo yon , and eay so still to every grown man and every husband amongst yon , that yon are to work MUnen ongM to work . Do your duty to your masters honestly and conscientiously . 1 have told yon © rer and over ajrain never to fritter away a moment of your masters' time , nor piller away a particle of your masters' property . Give yosr masters yonr time , and the skill and the strength nnd the care which yap have covenanted to give them ; und when that is done , get all the wajjes that your masters can be brought by fairness to give you . Taat has been my advice for seven years , and H is my advice to-day . If your masters don ' t work
nix days out of the wver , be thankful H they work no Iras than four ; and if they don ' t work lourduyc , b-. t only cbree , be toank / ul caat they ar « not working t * o ; and if yoa have no work at all , be thankful vhtt you have here and theTe a friend tiiat will speak kiudly , that will look cffcctionnt .-ly , and that wi J act a brother's and a neighbour ' s pure by you . ( Two or three voic ? s : " That will not do . " ) Y ^ i it will do . ( Nay it won ' t do . ) Yes , it shall do . ( It will not do . ) Stephens : It will do ; it tball do . ( A voiee : 'J » ill % ht blood « p to t ^ e eyes before that shall do . " ) Stephens : So wiJl I fight blood op to the eyes ; bnt 1 wiil not i « he 4 a dwp of blood , nor wiU 1 gee a sugle drop of blood « hed , unlesi 1 know that in shedding nay o « b blooi , and in the shedding of my neighbour ' s blood , I am iikely to get that whicn I wahI titter foi myself er f « r my children that ara to come after m * . Let not that rood friend behiad me be angry . Tb « y arc
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nofle tbe wor «« - men that are aii pluck : 1 wish » here wtM more of that pluck . If every roan were ready , « that man nayR , " to fii : ht blood ep to the eyes , ' yo * would not be . in the situation you are at present , and you would be outofit before to-morro * morning . I am wpII aware that 1 eta Irtok my friend behiniJ roe in th . ; f » ee , and ask him whether ther » i » a man in England htti 4 one more to briitg up toe coorafe of tb * pe > p \ e el ' Ku&luud than 1 h »» t * ioau ? ( Hear , and 4 l it ' s true . "; But pint * nvice * yoa do not want ; jou w » nt them now . Aod is » ucb lav ^ becnmj futtenicM , roypr . wnt * h » H be in sbeddinti my blood , it H u wanted , ia lcwpiug tuj own bem fricnd » , mv own dewent br . tkren , fmra Tanning into any UF . n » of enricbinj < n * in which u lo / iiakr toe < arth 5 i * -ld barvunu by » ud by . tint sou tain aV > nt a National Holiday ! Well . then , are all ihoite harvesta to b ^
ieft to rot Mp * n ih « ground ? ff yoo &i < j to atriko work , tha nuhbandmau in the country rntui » irike work . Why should you < tep out cf th ? miiU to lca » e th ^ buureut which ia alreedr vraiting to be p& : b « red in ? ( ij the harvest it the Vmnba » X -na «'» w »/ of working , and th « factory u yonr place of «* urkin . If you are to strtp working , the ghoukeapers mu » t stop working . Are tiey going todo il ? No . I aught to » top iroikiug and wa I going to do it ? No , I am not . Will tha men th » t recomnwuil a Nati'ual Holiday live upon half a loa <" , or upon brown bread , an yoa will be obliged to do ? Will they lire ou " tato pillih » , " or boiled aea-weed and grans , as you will hare ta do ? Not a bit of it , not a man « f them : it in all a delusion from beginning to end , from the tint totlwlMt . Let tho * - men fall into that annre that cboosa to ( all into that annre ! but after I h » v « left jgu , whether it be for dung . ou ot for a temporary retirement , I ( hull bav « the tatislacHon of reculletting that I gara you thu be » t connnel I had to givo jou , — I washed my SisnVsniyoyj Wood , and left it noon rourou-n
he » d » , and upnH tU « hf » d * of your dear children , whom I am now pleading for bayond my strength . That man talks tbonl vheddinK blood . I have shed more blood than here and tfaer * onti already . I feave » hed , a > i you can « ee , a doa-n ye «» of my blood ; but in doing that 1 Uave sought for ncmin x bat t > tun the » hedding of the blood of your iaaoseut children , and of ynor wives , and uf thoan rerj men that have been talking in the ( actoriiig this week about blowing my brain * out before 1 go M Lirorpaol . 1 want to ¦»»« you , and I will try to »» vo you if lea * . 1 want to Hare your uiaatern ; and , if nothing cao » n yoa , 1 ttutll « t least hare ih ? aatiafactisn of having dune ont m » n '« nharn by giving warning-one maa ' a ahare by crying out " holloa , the thief i » ci'tniag'" Ami these goi « d men Vtund will think better of it before they sleep ; I km . w they will . 1 hire had a good many on tho rnry tip-toe ot opponition with me abont thin ; but 1 nerer talked fire minutf * with one of them , <> . v < ui the hotteat , before- he was far more > 'l a cowwd th « n mt » elf , ( Hear , hear . ) But it ia not t < n >« Lo < i
of e . i « rardiee . Tbere ia another thing . 1 don ' t waut and I don ' t w «* Q the brare men of th « 20 th en-r to be ordered to Icrel their pi « ci-a at your heada , or to run their bayon > .-: s into your breast * . I don ' t mean ) ou ever to run a ^ uinst the men of the 2 i ^ th . ( Hear , he « r , hnar . ) 1 know that I have been blaoied ; 1 kuuw that 1 have bad all manner of evil spoken against me for trying to make friends between ¦ ' the toi » in ftutian"and "tha boya in te-i . " Bin liiev shall be frundii ; they shall be friends yet . Ttwy ihftll bt ; friendit . in spite of ail natiuxal Ipaderx . 1 kootr tr . e right of a British oldier ; and they hare brought tk » other bill iato ihf H > H » e ot Commons—the Soldier * ' P . nnion Bill ; thfty are bribing the soldiers now—th < -y are bidding wry high for them . The * ildiers ka » w alri ? aiiv that » ft » r thirty yearn' servica , « nii < the Hanws ol N jva Scjtiii , or tbe burning sand * of Africa , thai a / Ur thirty years' svrrice , if they come to need 6 d ., or il always orsr and above thi : ir p'uaion , they must go into a bdsiile , aud bare their ppnsi- ? n taken from thoin br the Poor
Law Gouimi » noBsra . The salJle . rs know that already ; aud tbat U one reason why they hare no great lovo f » r tUe Poor Law . But now tho tiorvument in trying to bribe them , fur th . « y ha * » brought in a Saldiers' Pen-i-m Bill . " aud there is acl » u *« init to the * flee ! thai not only if a soldier wants any relief he u to have his peutrion takm from him , but ( hat if any child b . 'lunging to a » oUier , if » nv child , or olhrr pfrtoa , thuj > belonging to a ») ldier , wants palish relief , tho Poor Law < ju » i ( h « m are ti . find out Ux « Tegitnent lhnt hw facher serves in , or her father , if it b « a young woman , whom one of the Qvjtraiaint hiow « lf uiity havu seduced , and who needs gutstrnanc . ' I ' ur herself ana bur cnild , th " . law d-aps over th * hta-A ef the * euUc « T , ani l » ila down u ^ -on the head « f th ' . } -oir ldier ; _ an . l by that act of P « liacj * nt , if it v&HHtDto au nut , the soldier is to be robbed ot hia pc-usion , to support fcVtn Ii child of hi « dddghter ' s , or his win ' s arducer , it fhst chi >• . vrauts parochial relief . Will the uoldti-r fi (( ht tor that ? O ' u no . Well . tUe / i , u there a man—brmtihes there a man with
mind so duU , wr wiib heart so black , that \ rou : d wuh to TB&ke 'hf » soldier and the cirituo enuniius owe against the othor ? No ; I hope thero doo * not breathe sucu a m : in . If there b « , 1 am liut that man ; nor "'ill 1 be a p ~ ny to any tiiau , nor will 1 bo a party t » any tchcrne th » t Kha . l »( vn th <* birruck gatea , » itd let out the troops uf tho luie , squadrohs ol horse , or putts of urtilUiy , upon » defenceless , a dfceif .-d , a betraynd . aud yuu will pf . ihaps IhiJ uut than , afornaktfn aun an nbaadonad people , they talk about bting resdy to lead you on ; ah , my gurd IriHuda , I wish I c- > uld now tell you all J know > buut ieajhig on . i can only tell you one itiinK , ti ; -1 I do know one iduii that h « s talkvd n Tory gro ;" . de&l uh < : u ( thai Nano » a ] tiojiday , wiio ban said that in a ver ; abort tune hf > means to be in the buck wood * of \ ui ' ric * 1 kr . ow it , ( Cries * i " N » me , " and ' Who is he ?"; I will not teli you t > day ; I will Ml yuu before you and I bavn tin . llj done wiili rachoibur . ( Hear , hear . ) I trill ; I am not . litnoffiwnmie . He ia a man J- « hare sa « n ; s > nan r < u have board : let that iw ( A
be cnoo ^ n to-day . roicr , "Quit * enough . ") Ia it not atraofir , uiy friends " , that when Jtu md I came ( o m .-et log * iber , »» we may say , Ur the Imt iirn >> , that ** many of you sti « uld Uunch lightning at me from your eye , and gi . ai-h upon u »« wittt your teeth ; but thi * doe * not take mn at unit wares . You m » y go from this grjund io- } sy ; ) ou uiaysay that ib . « Q- > vtTLmeni has bunght me ; you may say tr . at 1 havtt g <> U » n lh , ; ujinti » * ud Uud u ) thiu » iiiJ » , and hanireds of thuiisaud * for what 1 am telling you lo-ilay ; vi u may hit whatever you like , you ma , think whatever yuu like ; I kr . »« told yon ottcn and aua \ H , an i i . ncc more for the las ' , lim .- it ¦ lay be , that whether 1 am elevateO , iifu-d sp u ) nm ihe loud hojannas of tbe p -
vtntxo » ' > nrjr , it would not ba th « tint ucao . Aecolluct f hivi ; hud lo lace all < he Irish in thin district , who Lave bcei , told that Stephens was » u agent Iroru tbif Uuk .- of Cmkr-Und . anJ who Relieved it , too , rbJ that I wanu-d to pall the r . TuM from UukinDeld Chapel . 1 have had to faoc iheiii , and t did f » ce tUvm . I Ua » e lolJ them to go to yonder hill , IDli carry iw : &way , auJ not a p » lU « u > An within pun-xhot , sn vino by mjaell , and 1 u > M ib « tu ( would meet them there ; » nd n they could prove any oue of tnos « assrriioi . s , tliej nh'iulii take thr-ir shilelatis , lay my head upon a stonv on tbe top ot yonder bill , aud beat my brains out upon the spot ; and t say tbe « & «• - > to any muigai . ted Baxli » hi »> -n . I ell all thi-•• National Halidsy" uie » , all th'i mm ttiatarn going to fiijt-t bluoj up m tns ey * for the lire p iuu , to have a me > tir > g at Hough Hill , and 1 will do my beat to kotp evixy fritnii ( . 1 mine away , and 1 will go alon- ; 1 will meet tlutu ih-rn il ibvy Kuh it ; and if \ i . « y can show that thay art * ri ^ ht and that I ara wrong , thi-n 1 wiil come and be the apt . * de of the
National Holiday ; and i [ th ^ y can « U > , w that what 1 am km » a >' u . g doe « B < -t aprinx ( torn the kiiul . wt , the war n « Kt ( tnshing "Ul ol lort' and ilev . iiediiess to your cause , ih > y sh-uld nerve mean 1 told the iruhniR . i to serve me , if they lind out thai t « u ai » '"nemy to ihem . My Irii ruis , never put your trus * m , and neviT follow ufirr , men who | ir « te : id to bn uble Ij mabufjeturea ri-volnti . in . A re ^ olation , a rolling away of th « whole liom evil to K '"' J > ' n' wr < ' * g to ng ' at , friin i » jiu : ice tud opprj >» i <>» lo rigiilt-ounntwo « n t was : u *; iufac ; ured , ftiiu nvver will be manufactured . tf « d , who li'iiUfn you « Ut ji'ut ri ^ hti urn , w )< at til * bl *> ij » inj { 5 Bk has endowed you wuhol ure , will , in his own good time , il that time sbpuli come—Uod will t .: aea your hasdii to u » r , and your tin ^ Hrs to fi j ^ Kt . lf any body a :-k * ru « whether 1 have not talked about lighting , I unawer , •¦ Y < -a , 1 have , very often ; and i h > po to ltr » to talk much olt . 'ntr about lighting lhan ever i have dune . I mean to talk a good deal abja < fighting in the dock at Liverpool , if LoiJ John
Iliu-pll Oare take me tkvre . 1 am afraid ho . will lunk alter all . ( Laughter . ) Hv han only sent menotieo of two trials ; and even in the two lor which I have notice , ( here's a screw or two loose . I can ' t get them to do ( ha thing right ant straight , nnd fair , and alap up to the mark like men ; and they are already beginning to find out tbat " n-oold-be wue mea" may look v » ry foolish wii > - ' n ths'y com ) to have to face their great God , aud a great nation , in a solemn and > acra < l court ol " justice . I now and then h .-ar little bit . i of wbi-pern trout Lundun , aa woll a » oiVmr p » opW , and without much secret-serviae money . Now I h * ra heard from Ltn'lon , that the Commi-Mioueri ) nf the Home Secretary find themselves to be iu a funk ;—( laughter)—tbvy are in a rurs < , and they don ' t know how t <> get out of it . It is true they can get tfjardman and Kipler to swear anythtag . Uwtrnettivy can get Manby » aJ Hibbxrt , and Cowar ' , and Ooan , a » d Johnstone , and such lit * men toawe ^ T what they will whatsoever , for they receive fall " ralao received fir their aw <> a . r-
ui ( j : ' it u true they inuy obtain at tho hamls of a special jury 2 verdict upon the evidence of auck men so foreswurn ; out Lor * J . Huw « 1 and the enmmitwioners according to ray ioteilignaoe from the Uomr-ollice , hare at last , after all thu put off , all this flourish ot trumpets through the mouths ol three iodicuucn ' Jt for rial and misdemeanour , —they hart ; at last lound out that whether they get a verdict er not at the liosot Coward , Johiistone , Dean , and ail Ihsreat of them tbat it won ' t do ( or the country ; that the eountry will never < taadit ( ne , no ) : Berar tUnd by and tie nun m * at to gaol fw one , two , or three years , or any length » f time for having , us thow witn <» se « aay , said such and tack thiugs , three or four random unconnected words oat of a speech of two hours aid a half length , that never was tuken o , » wn by any repartee . Lord J . Russell has found that out ; a * d by iKfvrraati . n 1 Uavo rcceirud some tiike ago—I don ' t always tell the moment 1 get it ; there ' s a time to keep in and a time to let out , and I Uom rar friend * behind will find that out . ( Lauatiter . }
Hat Lord John and the Commimioners hare asccrwinoi that this Sort of work won't do ; mud now instcai ol sending shuck ?) and Qo $ S » rA up and down tbe country to sue whether they can ' t fatten the bnrning of Higginboitom ' t luiil against Stephens , they are ssajing me » w « iigtjrf up and dawn the countty , and off <> ring I kuow not what , for any man lhat can come forward and give tlwm anything like a fnll , a » d b trueish , and a rather more particular account of my speeches than Johnstons , and Coward , Bni ! Maxby , and the rest . I'hey Jiad out that they hare mistaken their man ; that the man who Hi these years has been openly proclaiming himself no Radical » . ny more than s > Whig « r a Tory , and who had opposed sume of the Uve points , and who only holds the pumt of Unirersal Suffrage in a eertaia wmoe , and with certain limitations—that the mas who has always done what h « « uuld to keep the people out of the reach pf theoTritic deceivers and lead them up to practical improvements—that , that man who has always done what ho could to teach the ceopla to
rerere and honour and respect all that are in authority , from the Queea npeu tbe throne dowa to the petty constable— thai tbat man i * hardly tbe man that it will do to charge upon the oath of Boardinsn and Ri pley w iih having said tbat hit intends toMtabliiaa republic ; and therefore Lord John and the Commissioners are sending up and down the country—the Queen ' s arms at the head of it 1 srappo *)—whether virtue is t <> b « u * - « n reward or not I hare not been told from the Hi'tne-eflioe—but thia is the rcinsion Lord John Kuns-ll h » s sent bu runners npon and i hof « the / may only get thfl right maa . Whether he may find trie right m . to or not , I can onli tall him thai he will find a mm at . the trial . Ttu-re is a man tttat k bo if a erery word ho er . r said in hU life as to its general import , aud , in most iu&tances as to its special s aniucation and application ; and before 1 am convinced tho jure must hava a long spntch— and it was tw > hour * and a half in the aft . Tnoon and tbe night apeech viaaabunt two hours ; aud they must hare the Aahtou > unilorL > ne sermo « , and that wan t-w > or taree hours mor « , aud the ' Hydes .-e . Msh , in which I
contrived to create a riot and iin » iU-OxCan-tivvci aji-aWin * noifi . p minutes ; thay ruiut have theso HpnochtM , and thoy shall have ihfse » pe « cbes , and » a will ! be judged , and eo will you be judged before tJod and onreeantry . [ Hear , bear ] AntJuor ; my friends it is time we broke ofl for tho nficrnoon . I hop .-to meet you here again to-night ; and if I have any x-i ^ h to make it u that tho * e friends—lor reu ara nor . the lean friend - —not toe lea * mr friends because gome of yoa think different-IV from wlint I d<>— 'f 1 hare any wish to mako it ia'ba ' thoaa of my frieuia lhat think differ .-iitly with me , " and that tuink othervvi » e thsn 1 do on thcue suljacU vvil ! £ o all tbot can to bring at many with them is the evenings bs thay ran of l hose who are of the same way of thinking as th-mo <> lv , » . 1 wuh to hare all in StalyhridgRthat think oihenrisj than I do if I eoold get tticm , and then lot us compare note * topether . 1 inUud ihU erening to ran orer one or two of the points and to illustrate one or two of the principles that hare ( juidftd and directed my public career amongst you for tb : tut wtta jeari t expocialljr forth « ti « yeors lutuat - , aadai
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ihe cio « c of the uddrts * thia erening , I shall strive to ascertain , and lead you likewise to uc » rtain whether thoE « principles are as strong , u mighty . » s powerful to night as they w-ro srreu yeais ago ; whuther th'xe princi plt * ara net drawn fro'n the word o > Ihe L < rd , to that word of whies . it is said that alihongb all flesh be as erats . and all tb * glory M them as the flower of th » field trhick with « re < l mni fadrth away , yAt the word of the Lord shall never , naver , never fail , fecaD » 4 it is founded upon a rock , and that is tha word which by the gospel ia preached aate you . The Doxolojry wa » then aacg , and after the QSB . il blessing had been pronuunojd the asoemblaga separates . It may b « w « rrhyof remsrk tbst among the aajience onr reporter recognised several soldiers who paid the greatest attention to the address of the preacher .
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DESPERATE AND MERCILESS CONDUCT OF THE MANCHESTER WHIG MAGISTRATES . Nothing can bo a greater proof of the evident wish of the Whig " eerpenta" oi Manchester to drive the people to the commi « rion of acts of . violence th&u the nuLaerons , ucprovokftd , nnnewwary , aU ( i uulawml ar . 'CBts that are daily beiag made in thi * town . Op pressed as the people of tUia great manufacturing town have long been—hall' starved , half uak-d , he tSeinHeiv ^ i and their children are—enduring the greatest p . ? jMib ) e > privations of every kifld , itin hardly to be wondered at by any reflecting mind , if tLey rihould tare recooras to any mejtsur- « , how . ver wild and visionary , or however impracticable , to obtain
relief from the misery in which they are involved . How much , then , mtiai it excite the astoaiahmeut of every reliccting mas when , id addition to ti . e most squalid wretsbednes * , the worst paw ons of hum < ui nature , revenue aad despair , are trifled with , and unnecesnArily excited by tbe most tyraooiatil proceeding * , which cannot be sanctioned for a moment either byjwitice or by law , or by the most remote res 'mblanco of eiiher the oae or tha other . Though U . « st- ; ps may be tardy , the day of retribution will came : the nje of Heaven look * with compttwion and sympathy on the suffering * of tbe op .-raised ; aad we ! wo ! WO I to the miserable deluded fools who expect to escape tht >* engeance of that powrr utich . wait * only till tbe cup ol their iniquity in lull .
It hag been oar lot for the last tiro or three weeks to record some ol the ba « est transaciionu wbich have eter b-en perp-tratrd under the sanction ol law : that dnry again d ^ volvrti upon us ; and "e only pray that our readers , while they read with abhorrence the following tyrannical proceediogs , will euaeavour to reaiiaia their atger , and ) o , » k forward to Uie end which " vpeedihr draweth nigh . "
BURGLARY BY THE MANCHESTER POLICE . FORCIBLE ENTRAXCE INTO TUE HOBSE OF JOHN LIV 8 EY , BY BREAKING OPtN TUB D 00 B , AND SEIZURE OP HIS PtiOFERTY . Bes ^ icV , the head wnst-. ble of Manchester , liaviig received iuiera . ation thit a- man ltame'i John Livsey , living in a cellar noif-r the hewse No 43 , Hanover-Street , Shade-hili , had commenced the gale of guns , pistols , daggers , and ammunition to the Chanintj of thin town and neighbourhood , he applied oa Thursday la * t , to tae borough m igistr ^ tes , Cor s warran , and the samn evening , nccompanied by Davies and f < eve ? ral of the boroug ! i police , proceeded to te place . Liva- y waa not ia at the
time ; bnt tbe ciheri found and took a < ray with th < m two lowling-piecea , onu apparently ne « , and bearing nn the lock ,, as the name cf the maker , " Th ^ rop'ou ; " the other a very old piece , and of very iittle va ' ue ; two steel bow * . strong with cotgnt ; and a loag a . ni pond-roos two-handed battl -axe , evidently an ancient weapon ; it ia mora than a > ar > in length , the han . ile covered » ilh faded crimson velvet , and Ktuidid with brass nail . ' , n * as to give increas d power of graop ; the feead ba « irsg a ar-tuiciccula ' biade , comewhat like h large cheese-catter , aai Mso a t * traisht sharp pointed ani two-f d ^ ed blade , f > r thrusting . Thir ; instrnm nt of warfare was suspended by b . string ov-r the chimney-piece , « nd there were ali » o displayed in th *> same place , an old straight two-edged arid pointed sword ; with the ancient
cro-s-poard , » nd a pom reel of cwrvd bose or ivory ; nnd a matchute , or machete ; ( a nort of loag dagger with a cr . ' 5 'S-gup . rd and without hilt ) and an ordinary misket-bayouet . In other parts of the c-llar were found a ram-rod for a gun , six bullet-n 5 oiil «! . « , ( for gun-- ) jv box of patent *• Anti-corr sive p » rcu . vicii c * p ? , No . 4 , " and a tin flask full of Hue gunpowder . These articW they took with them fo th < Pol ire Office , and B cwick doomed it advisable to r > q ire . tho attendance there of L'vn * y ' tj wi ' e . Shortly & »« th' neizore , and while his wife was nt tho Police Uflice , Liv ^ fiy himself went to the office of th * Indoor Sup « riatendent , and gave information lo Davids that n robbery had been committed on hi » premise * . Beswick lietained him ; aod a ; tcr putting curtaic questions to hirxi , which Livney answerrd , he was placed in the Lock-up , and his wile wu . s allowed to depart .
On Fuday morning , John Liv . tey , who is a . yonng man of sallow complexion , dressed as a mechsusic , wn » brouaht np at th- Borough Court , before thft sirtitig MagistratfH , Thomas Potter , Mayor , ( who presided ) James Kerfhaw , and Dan el h » e . The tadmsariicles found in th * prisoner ' s CH ) larw *« re placed on the table of ihe Court , and appeared to excite considerable curiosity . Beswick having b ; eo Hworr , stated the charge against the prisoner in the iollowing terms : —I have received information for some time past that the prisoner , who is living in a celUr , No . 43 , H » noverutreer , Shudehill , hp . 8 be < n in ihe halnt of furnishing the Chartists of this bDrough and the surroandiug wighbouihood ^ ith a quantity of arms . In
coni-equsncft of tbi . « , I made a : iphca i-n yesterday to tho Moiiiiutra'eB for a warrant , for the purpose of searching his hoo .- ^ . and apprehending him if necessary . I went yesterda 1 ' , with Davies aud som » other oi ' iicers , tj hi < j cellar , t'ut i ; e was not in . We found iu the place t- ; e < rt > cl s now produced—twoiowling pieces , two stffi () o * s , n batile-axf , a bayonet , a sword , a ramro < l , a daatffr , » ix bullet mould * , a box of cap * for ( iunf , rh- " a quui-tity oj po"d-r . We bro » jth . t n ; 8 wif « and the articles to the Poke * Office ; and very «' iorty tfte , wards , tue m"n him elf catae to ib" Polico OOi ' i * , ahd gavo in orinaaon to Mr . Dav ; e- « of a ropery having beeu committed upon his premise ^' . I aetatned him in custody , and I asked him if ho chore to g ; ve any account of the
possession of those articles . He said he was agent lor Mr . Thompson , the manufacturer of these gunc , who resided at Birmingham , and that hn was in th * Uabitof getting them . Tbe guns and bullet-moulds , he said , he ha-1 for sal « ; and the other articles , thit were banking over the mantel-piece , ? ere brticl # which , fce said , he had for the 'purv os ) of prot » cting himselr . On searching him I found t «* o receipts of packages from t ! : e Grand Junction Railway Company ; aad ho stated that he had received a car « of eleven gun * and one fowl in / -piece , on the 18 th Julv , and another case on the 20 th of July , two days af terwarda , containing twelve nuns , ail of which had been disposed of . I think I shall have some fu'ther evidence in the casa in three or four days
more ; and my jipplication now is , that voa will b * pleased to remand him to Monday . —The Mayor : P'Uoner , id there anything yoa have got to pay why yon should not be remanded te Moaday ? Prisoner : I ha ™ not heard anything yet said against me . —Mr . Berwick repeattvi the substance of his statement ; and when he came to that p . irt of it wi . ich . contained the prisoner ' s account o ! himself , that h * wu a » agent , employed by George Thompson of Hirelingham , a manufacturer ot guns and other articles , and that some of the things found were for the pr . rpose of protecting himself , the prisoner exclaimed — " I said no such thine . " When Air . Beswick said ha had found upon him the two orders or delivery nntArf nf f \\ a fZronA . Innfth / in 1 } ollarim ^^ ^ rMf . ^ Mn * U . ^ v ^ % ' in Cft&L 7
—* ~*— r . « . « ^ V UWUMUU I ^** *—J - ~ W **> » # **»* J , LUC poisoner said , " I gave those up , in fact , for tho purposo of establishing my ageacy . "—The Mayor ; What have you to &ay why you should notbflrfmand ' d to Monday?— The Prisoner : No more than this , your Worship , that it a very strange way of proceeding . My house is broken into , and th > -83 article * are taken away . I have circulated cards , and had a public sign up for a length of time ; I never shunned the place ; 1 always laid them iu the window bottom ; they were there with the window open ; I exposed them to public inspection , to the view of any one that might pass and repass , sinca I hava established an agency for the sale of thorn . If it ia an unlawful practice , it u very strange that I should have escaped , and should not have had any notice at all , ? o that I could have
snnprtsued ic—The Mayor : Well , you will have-an opportunity of bringiEg forward any evidence between and Monday . — The prisoner : Ol what description ? The Mayor : Oh , thatis for you to look after .--ThePri 8 owr : To prove that I have eat * bhshod an agency for the sa : e of them . Beswick ; It ? £ ? V - * , S . ^ , 3 ° nrBevman printer with Mr . Wkcek , iB Whittle-street , End he has only brteu in th > habit of selling gQt 8 for the last month . The Prisoner : J have bam in the habit of gel-ir * paper for the last eighteen month * . Th ^ Mayor : Well , you are remanded to Monday next—A man in the gallery ahouted"Mr . Chairman , " on which he was desued , if he had anything to e ' aT , to come orward . and go into the witness box . With this io , vii ation he did not comply ; tor , ill 8 ead of him , the pn « ner ? wito came krwari , and s . id Ae war ted » know if the magistrates wcula take bail for him r i
» N » ormi "Ye 4 ; » and , alter consnlUng ti . brother Magistrates as to the amount , the prisoner r . ^« V ™** « tho W and the Mayor « kv ' d arl r , n M ? ^ hed ^^ te ^ « iven for hi * aPii « , rv ? S «? . TS ^ v V ™™ « aidhedid .-Tht Mayor . Then J have consulted with my brothvt Magwtrat .., a 8 to th-, amount ; and we hfve SS hat yoo must hnd two sureties in £ 75 , and , nkei mtoyour own raeognuuiow in £ 150 , to appear on ierScYttT" ! glV 9 ^ ^ foar houra > nutow .-rSe . veralot the brave iel ! o « r 8 in the gall ,-ry buced ou \ l ^ nr ^! . fT ? ntof bail reqwd , oa which th rSSLi- ™* et ^ h « y mdivi-rnal distarbiiig th * # ro «»> e < iuig « thooU be t » kea into cuawxly : * u » c
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asked if any houeet working man coald snppoae that an operative hai any "f ! 11 tobave t > uch thugii ia his lovise , - aad for gale . —The prisoner was then re . mov ^ d . The prisoner referred to cards which he said he had circulated . The foHowiug ia a copy of th « m • 'J . Livaay , 43 , Hanover-street , Shudehill , Manchester , agent to G . Thompson , gan and pistol ma-¦ mfacrarer , Birmingham . " It will be aeea e \ g « where , that Thompson has been apprehended at BinninghasB f nsder a warrant i / sned by tie Stock , port Maeistrates ; that he was examined at Stock * p 3 rt on Thursday week , and wasfaily committed for trial at tke present Cheater a 8 « ize « .
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APPEEHENSION OF MB . WILLIAM BENBOW . A few days ago , Beswick , having learned that tbe magistratea of Coins * had issued a warrant for the apprehpnaion of' IVilluim \ Benbow % the author o ( ihe addresa to the working clauses on tha subjwt of the National Holiday , had some comraunicatioa with the aathorities , the result cf which was , that a police officer was sent from Colne with the warrant , and he arrived here yesterday week . Berwick , having procured thu counter-siguatnra to the wanantof one or more of the borcugh-in 4 »
gistrates , placed it in the hands of in-door constable Willianuon and the officer from Colne , and sent them to a house in Lower Mosby-street , whera they found and apprehended Mr . Benbow , abont n '« e o ' clock , aad immediately conveyed him to the police-office , aad lodged him in tie lock-up . Tna Stockport boroogb magistrates had also is * ned a warrant for his apprehension on a charge of sedition , die , on the 13 th July last , in that borough , and on other days . Under this warrant he wasbronght np for examination this day week , before some magi * . trate acting for the county of Chester , on thi * latUr charge .
EXAMINATION OF WILLIAM BENBOW . Shortly after the opening of the borough Court , the prisoner , fViltiam lienlxnc , whose apprdhemrion we have above noticed , vm brought up ; and Mr . Henry Coppock ., town-clerk of Stockport , said ta « prisoner was charged with conspiracy , an overt act of which had been committed in the borough ol Stockport , in tbe county of Chester—for entering , with 8 great aambor of other por * ons , into a conspiracy to supply with arm * her Majesty's subjects of this part of tha kingdom . He should b « a . bla to prove aa evert act in the city of Chester ; and tho magistrates were aware that all parties who had conspired , in whatever county they might b * found or resident , would be tried it that county * where the offence was committed . He applied thai the prisoner should bo handed over to the authorities
at the New Bailey , for examination before some Cheshire magistrate , and where witne « seb wonld be ready , with evidence , to fix tho prisoner , with other parties , ia a charge for conspiracy ; the principal conspirator bekig George Thompson , a gnu-maker . at Birmingham , who had already been committed to take bis trial at Chester assizes for that offence Mr . Maude—How comes the prisoner into the cu *> tody of the Mf . ucheater borough police ? B a wick explained , that a warrant , signed bj a magistrate at Coin '* , had been backed by Alexander jSanne » man , fi * ., a magistrate of this borough . ¦ Mr . Maiide said , that as ther » wag a warrant against the prisoner , issued by the dtockport authe * ruiei « , no opposition would ba offered , on the part of the police of this boroogb , to bia being appieheaded under the Stockpcrt warrant ; and Bcswick would lodge bis warrant with tbe Stock pert poUcs officer * , as a detainer against the prisoner who ws » taken to tha N » w B « ilev , Saiford .
EXAMINATION OP JOHN LIVSEY . THB
DEALER IN ARMS . At the Borosgh Court , on Saturday last , the pit * soncr , Jo / m Livtey ( whose former examination will be found in another column ) wag again brought np ; and Mr . Henry Coppock , Town Clerk of Stockport , made a similar application to tke Court to that made by him as to tha prisoner Bsnbow , and for a similar charge of conspiracy to supply arms . In . consequence of a letter which was seized at the shop of Mr . George Thompson , a gca-maker at Binningha » , ib reference to the sale and purchase of arms , to be supplied to parties in this district , t ' . e prisoner Livsey had bean apprehended here . Ho ( Mr . Coppock ) should be able to prove against Thompson a number of overt acts of conspiracy , in reference to the s «> le of arms in Stockport ; and he should be able clearly te show , that Livsey was connected in that conspiracy to supply arm * , which , he was sorry to aay , did appear to < sver-ride tke whole of this
district . He should shew by Thompson ' s books tke orders given for arms by Livsey , and by Livsey ' s letters , that these orders were executed by Thompson ; and other parties would be clearly proved to have acted in concert with these two parties ; and it was a singular circumstance , and one that was necessary to the making out of this cafe , that none of these parties had been gnu-sellers or gun-maker * before thesa recent occurrences—that was , till within the last three months . He could show thus a great number of persons in this town and districthad been ia communication with Thomp ^ oc , and fead joined in a general conspiracy with him and the leaders of the Chartists to obtain arms , and to place them ia the hands of the people . Ho applied that Livsey b » handed over to the authorities at the Sal : brd New Bailey , in . order that he might be charged before a magistrate of both counties ( Cheshire and Lancashire ) with thi * offence .
It appeared that Mr . Coppock had no warrant against Liviey ; and the prisoner was accordingly remanded for half an hour ; aud , in the meantime * Mr . Coppcck laid an information against the prisoner before J . F . Fester , Esq ., who i * . a magistrate of Cheshire as well us this c * unty ; ™ ad , having obtained a sn arrant from that g on tleman , returned , and the prisoner Livsey was delivered into the custody of the Cheshire police ; and the M anchuster borough warrant wait lodged in tlieir hands as a detainer against the prisoner , who was then taken to the New BaiU-y , Saiford . [ Fellow-countrymen , read this , and blush at the namo of "British justice . ' 1
EXAMINATION AT THE NEW BAILEY , About a quarter-past two , Mr . Foster came upon the Beach ; and Mr . Coppock , addressing the Court , said , that seeing Mr . Foster on the Bench , he wished to mention two cases , —one in which a man named Livsey , who had been sellicg arms in Matchestei ^ and in communication with Thompson ( who had been already committed ) j and the other a man named Bcnl&w , who had attended a znee-iing at Stockport , at which he had excited the people to arm , and had spekeu in very seditious larjguage . H « applied to Mr . Foster as a Cheehire magistrate , because other parties were committed to Cheater . — Mr . Foster said , as the cases aicBe out of this
district , it was not usual to be . aT such matters unless some extraordinary reason for doing eo could b « urged . —Mr . Coppock said , he should have to leaw » thia evening for Chester , a » d it was necessary that some documents , which he most taku with him , should be given in evidence before the committing magistrate . —Mr . Foster said , that if it watt important , and on the understanding that it was tbe request of the Cheshire magistrates , he would take tbe cose in the small Court ( to which the prisoners weio accordingly removed ) . The prisoner , John Livsey , was first placed at tha bar , and the statements ot the witm-teas were reduced to writing at once .
Wm . Hongh , a sergeant in the Stookport police , sworn—On the 31 st of July , I was present , with the superintendent of police , at the seizure of some Brms at the house of a man named Mitchell , in Stockport . I afterwards , the same evening , searched the house of a man named Uavies , one of the Chartists leaders , in Heatoa Norris di » tnc » , in the borcngh of Stockport . i iound this piece of written paper at his house . He is a speaker and collector ; I have heard hina speak , and seen him go round collecting money of different ; shopkeepers , for the Chtrtist cmise . I Lava feea him act an chairman at many of their meetfound
ings . I the letter ( marked M j , now produced , in Davies ' s bous 9 . u Joseph Sadler , auperintendent of tke Stockport borough police . —On the night of the 30 th July , I made a seizure of arms at the bouse of James Mitv ' l 14 Stock P ' There were tbree mntketB , three bayohetu , two pistols , five gun ? , two pikes , and twenty , pike-staff ; , eight feetlong and about ose and a half an inch or nearly two inches inches in diameter . 1 received this paper ( marked N ) from Mitchell as hM authority for selling arms ; aud it and the other are in tbe handwritipg of ueorjie ThoEopson , of Binainpham . [ Mr . Coppock read tbe two Jetttra aa follows : ]—
[ M- ] "Birmingham , July 23 , 1839 . u I 8 ball be in Liverpool by the Rover coach , to-morrow evening- If you can meet me at tho coaca [ think 1 can explain matter * to you . Yours respectfully ,
"GEO . THOMPSON , . " 31 , Whittai-atreet , Birmicgham . " Mr . Coppock said , there was no direction on thw letter , it having be # n torn off . Tie next wa * * ax addressed to Mr . Mixb ^ ll , beerseller , King-street , Stockport , and was dated Birmingham , July 34 , 1839 : — e » j [ N . ] "Mr . James Mitcaelt—Sir , f hereby give jo » authority ta act for maw » gent , at Stockpert , for the aleof guns , masked , pistols , &c . " There was no post-mark on this letter . On the 6 th Angnst , in consequence of tbsfe letters , and other information , I went fo Binsizgb » m , baring a warrant for the appreh- ntrion of George Thompson . I got to Birmingham abeut half- past seven in die morning , and met Thompson ^ in Whittal Street , Birruingham , abort JiaJf-past ten . He wag coming towards bis hoase . I sewed threo books , which w « re oa a table ia hi » ( Ciniinued ia our eteeath page . )
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g THE NORTHERN STAB , August 17 , 1839 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1839, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct690/page/6/
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