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    • CHARTIST PROCEEDINGS
    • GLORIOUS MEETING OF DELEGATES IN GLASGOW.
    • FOURTH EDITION
    • Lbbds:—Pruued for tue Proprietor, FEARGUi O'CONNOR, Esq., of Hammerteith, Count]
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      KAJTCHESTEB . THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY DISTURBAKCES—ATTACK OF THE NEW POLICE ON THE PEOPLE —TWO POLICEMEN STAB 3 ED-EXAMINATION AND

      COMMITTAL OF THE LEADERS . On Monday last , a . considerable number of per-~ soej assembled at an eaiij hour in the rnominf , and Twraded in precemcn , with flap * , banner * , &c , Srengh the principal streets . This aicam « tuace was no sooner known to the new police ( who are ieteeted in the tcr * B ) & »» tbe Bead constable . Sewick , with a » trong force of his bladgeon men . aeecmpanied by 8 formidable escort of the military , Tf JKi-4 forth , and made a most van ton and furioHs attack on tie unoffending people , talrine poMe ^ ioB f tbeii flags and tanners , and beating some of th * m sost severely . Tke leader , wh » carried the & > t banner , a standard , on which wag the cap oflibertv , Jonrht most bravely , but was overpowered by

      numbers , and taken into custody . The military " and U » police , with their cntlassen , paraded the town during the greater portion of the day ; and it is aaedlefta to fay that their presence ana their conduct tended greatly to exaeperate the f xcited popular * . Dsring the day several conflicts took piace between ~ fhe people « -d the p slice , at which the former w > re vmted , and several of them taken prisoners . On « oe occasion the prisoner * Tan , containing twentrtwo pri «) ners , was upset , and a great number of them were enabled to fffect their escape . In the tIt © an of the moraine , a number of persons went

      Twmd to the mid * , and turned the hands out—tiis tu carried on to some extent and sneers in the neighbourhood of Gathcme ,. and the police Gallic * ¦ suddenly on the people , a conflict took pi&ce , in -winch one policeman *?» stabbea in several parts of ii » body , aad is now lying at the Infirmary in a dangerous state . Ob the s&tae morning a policeman was stabbed in Xiale Lever-street During the day , a report reached town that 60 , 000 men were on their march from . Aehton , but subsequent accounts inform hj * . th » t they were intercepted by the military and turned back . It w said in Manchester thai tfeere

      luu been some roBgh work at Astitou , and that a deputy constable has been killed . In the course of . Monday , the military withdrew , and at night a iarge eoscourge of people assembled in An coats-street , a werydensely populated part of the town , and at the Bfl of wi-ich is a cotton mill , at the present moscent-used as a temporary barracks . Towards dusk , it became evident that " the military were abont TPiVrrpf another display , and a cry was set np to ¦ ssetatthe Rtservcir , about half a mile from the town . Thither the crowd wended their way . and

      about 30 , 000 people were soon collected together . A nnmber of persoEs still remained in Ancoatsstreet . At nine o ' clock , it waj corrantly reported x&at several rr , iH « wonld be set fire to in the coDrse of the night , and the troops were immediately rdered out under Col . Wemyss , acd detachments ¦ were st * rioE « l at different part * of the town during tbe night The examinations of th 9 prisoners took f&Ace on Monday ind Tuesday . Monday . —Ar the Borocgh Cocrt , Beswick , the feeod constable , said vaat at half-past fi ? e o ' clock , he received inf : rnoation that a nuaber of persons were *© ing from mill to mill , and taming out the hands at

      • work ; in con- « eqtience he took with ram ab ^ nt BXt J of the police force , and in approaching Mr . 34 asgay '« mill , he saw about 200 men , headed bj tka prisoner * Williaa Barker and Frederick Dividaoa ; he hfard the prisoners demand the door * to be opened , or tk-ey w jold break them open . Thsy ¦ acoeeded in taking tke prisoners into custody . Barker fought dVsperately and stabbed a policeman « e » eral times with the ' dagger he produced . The polio-man was lying in a dangerous state at the Infi in&ry . ( Tbe digger was then shown in Court . Itii xboct 16 inches long , has an iron handle and if a formidable weapos . ) Beswick—nil that poiice--&sa M'MnlleD was struck at several times with a

      mmilar dagger , but the blows were pamed off . A WDin » n , whose name did not transpire , c&me ibrrard to state that Mr . Shorty ' s noil , near to Mr . Mazscy ' s had been visited shortly btfore , and the parties required that the engine should itop . The Eagine-T deposed that a great , nnmber ol -people came to the mill , and demanded that the «»| ai » € saou ] d stop . He asfced them to stop till Mr . Sbotty came , but they insisted that the engine gionl j top and the men turned out . He iken stopped the engine , and the people clambered over the walls iato Jdr . Massey '« yari . He did not see either of the wuoners among them .

      Mr . Higginbottom was next sworn . Ho raid he ? umiDuer at Mr . Marsden ' s mil Abon : six -e'ciock in the morning he saw » great number ot -people coming from the Albion mllL Thty caoie ¦« 3 > to him and said they wanted the engine to stop , aad they would have the hands out Soon after * ben the police came up . He did not stop the ngiae . Mr . Maud©—Wer « you ttabbtd it aS WMnUra ? WWulles—No Sir , but seTeral blows were aimed * t me with a dagger . Barker was then committed to take his trial at fee Lirerpool Assizes—ths msgistrstei stadng that 1 « stood charged with a capital crime . rVRWCS ATTACK ON ThE PEOPLE . ST .

      A w-orking mail , named John Holme * was next potnf . Beswick suited that about seven o ' clock in the mondng fee was informed that a procession « u ¦ walking through the street * . He went with a strong iody of police , and accompanied by the military to Ancoit * -l&ne where he found 1 , 000 peoplemarcnisg with bannsr * and flags , and headed by the prisoner , vfco had a flag , on which was inscribed— The earth is the rigat of man ; he that does not work ooghi not to eat ; " and on the top of tbe flag was Hie cap of liberty . After a desperate strngsle , they took Uie flag and tie prisoner into custody , and iaxperwed . the crowd . Piitols were fired ' on the occasion . The prisoner said they had only been to fi » e or six mills . He waa cosunitti ^ d to ' Liverpool Assies . The prisorer said that th * flag-was put into feu bands to citrry , and tke cb *» wsj remanaed till the folio wine dav .

      STABBING A POLICEMAN . A man named Lackray was charged with stab-\ iu * 4 a policeman in an encounter in Little Let ? r-• treet . It appeared that policeman Tackaley and tutsthcr were ' endeavouring to take him , when he stabbed the former in the belly and ribs . Inspector Iipset came up at the time , and Tackerley crie d oat , "Oh my God , he has stabbed me twice . " He * wm * takin to the Infirmary , and the prisoner was Bocsred . Tiie weapon which the prisoner used w&s similar to a shoemaker ' s tnife , and the surgeon from the Infirmary said that if tbe ribs had not resisred ths iftstrument , the wound would hate been morlaL He was committed to tak . e Ms trial .

      SEIZURE OF FIRE-ARMS . Three men named Hartep , FlitUm , and Leech ¦ were chvged with baring three guns in their posses-B * n . Ths case was remanded . TFHTG ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICETHE RIOTS ON MONDAY IN ANCOaTS ^ STilEET , etc . At die Borough Court , on Tuesday last , George JStoth and Mary Holxin were charged with being eaaaemed , in the disturbances on tke preceding day . Tfcer * was no substantial evidence to ^ rapport the barge , highly respectable wisoessea yere callad , toil was t ^ n ^ ered , and the partis ? were liberated . JoJtn Grindy and Cornelius M'Kirk were eharged with attacking ths po ) ic& M'Kirk was com-Batted to the Sessions , and Grindy ordered to find sareties .

      Edward / Fright , John Taiblener , PeUr NeUa- ; , sad Jfiftn Hards were charged by Inspeerw S «; ph ? nwam witk attacking the police . He said he received instructions from the magistrates , at twelve o ' clock , 1 o proceed with a body of police to Kennedy ' s Mill , which was being attacked by tha mob . He went with sixty men , aid on arriring near the place , is found thousands of people collected together , and the police were obliged to fight their way tfarooga the crowd , who hkssd and pelted them with ¦ conw . Hardy was one of the foremost . Another poficeman spake to Hebbert throwing stones . A third policeman rpoke to TabbJener knocking bis fc * t off with a hoe , and catting his head ; and other pcfawmea «* ors to the otherj .

      The Mayor—What fcaTe yon got to say , Hardj ? Hardy—I did not leai the aob on ; bat wa * goinv yeacsably to my work , Tabbleyen denied haring struck the policeman «? hoe . He said he had beea ili the £ ut twelve Bonths , and not able to do any work . A highly respectable man named Benson , & fcaroUsr , cams forward to tpeak . for Wright . He ¦ aid he w&s soiling near him when he was seized , and &j was domg nomng at the time . ^ Mr . Maude—Then what cansed ' the police to later-ere ? Witness—That I don ' t know . The crowd shouted -and hissed , and there w-re some stones thrown , but mt bj the prisoner Wright Air . Smith ( a Magistrate)—Did yoa see him all ¦» % tUM 7 Witnes *—Ye » , all the time I was there . Mr . Smith—fVliy there ix evidence to prove thai he vas throwing stonei 11

      This sapient Magistratp , Smith , whe semii fostroaa of crimiQating at all times , did not snece-d 3 a this instance , for tha Mayor eried NO ' NO J asd « JJ As oth « r worthies oa ths bench responded NO ' _ UO J there it no suck evidence ! II Tile Mayor—Will you a wear that he wa » not iakimf an actire part ? 5 tae « —/ will swew thai he teas not . e Mayor— fVe see ho reason vhaiever to alter m * determination to fine fPri ght £ 2 , tr to be imm imjtcd ^ or km month * .

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      Hardy was ordered foifind two sureties in £ 10 each ; Tabblei . « r and the others xrere ordered to bo the » atn " . R 8 f 9 V | David Roberts , William . Besvick , John Fairbrother ^ aad Jd'lnlosh , were ctsrgf d with s similar offence , and the evidence was equally unconclESUe . These prisoners moved in a rrjipecrablfi sphere of life . Witoess ^ s came forward , but tbe Whig MigistTSVs either fia «» d tbem , or ordered them to find sureties to keep the peace . All the decisions eare great disratisfaction . At the New Bailey on Tuesday , a man wa * charged with having a quantity of bullets , gunpowder , and ball cartridge in hi * possession , and was remanded .

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      PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE CHARTISTS . The Chartists are gaining immense strength , not from nnmbere , aad certainly not from violence , but from the justice of their canse , and from the exceg-« ve absurdities and injustice on the part of their enemies . The trials will be of great u * e to the Chartist cause . The members of the body that nr ?« d violence , and the commission of all crimes , skulk out of the crisis , and leave the honest men to suffer . The proceedings of the pablic functionaries are exceedingly disgraceful . At Manchester , for instance , five men are arrested , and in the most offensive way posrible . They are taken out of their beds at four o ' clock in the momiDg , tom from their families , and treated shamefbl . j , when there i » not a single p ' : ea for such proceedings . For example .

      with respect to the five men to whom we allude , it is gaid that various papers and one gun were found amongst them . l » this a reason for thns violatingthe liberty of the subject ? The subsequent charges are , that the ** - men attended large- and tumultuous meetings , and used language calculated to tx : ite the people to disaffection . There is no offence in this : we ihould rather say it is a case of merit . Every man is bound to excite as mHch disaffection as he possibly can against tbe present system of rep resentation , and it must be a disloyal subject , a oad parent , and an unworthy individual , who does not strive to create such disaffection to the very utmost in his power . Another charge it , that tbe parties pxcited people to procure arms . There is nothing illegal in this—every Englishman hasalegal

      right to possess arms—and to arrest and confine a man fer having advised bis neighbour to do so , is as unlaw / ul as to hang a man for having told his neighbour to pioride himself with a quartern 2 oaf . To this scandalous maltreatment of the Chartbta we nave a few addenda , at once distre ^ jing aad amusing . We are told that the Mayor thu * addressed the pnsod er « , for tL ey were of ccurse to be prison ers , wbf ( her that crjred against them were true or false , criminal or not There was apredetermination to commit them : " . Mr . Minds id&rreaei tie prisoners » t eoKjider » ble length on taa folW of tbe eannje fthieli tier were inciting th « people to adopt , ind which , he obwrred , would end in the uttez ruin of those who followed 'ithcr their advice or en tuple . He ntnred them thtt tie miglstntet with wbem he tcted , « . nd he btlirved tke wealthier cl »»» e » of »* cictj , wer * IdUt

      iwtre of the extent of miiery and dUtress to which many thousand * of the poor were reduced , and that their ajmpalhr far them vf » J »» extensive ax it vru p »»» ible tu be ; and if they ( the worimg daises ) co « ld point out any feasible scheme br which th « r could aasiit them , he waj sure they would be g lad to de as . " This ii a sweet morceau . The wealthier classes of conras are fully tsue of the miseries of the poor , tud their iiympatLie * fer them are wonderfully extensive and prolific , and they want tbe Chartist * to point out feasible tchemes by which they can be relieved . The Chaitists have done all this ; they require that their claw of society skould be admitted iito the representation , in order that their wants » honld bft duly considered in legislation . This is a feasible scheme , perfectly legal and acknowledged

      to be so . The bail demanded of these men was most shamefully high , and ope of the dirtieit a * treil as xaofX criminal proceedings of a magistrate , is the trick of exacting heavy bail . Mr . Jackson sra « held to bail to appear at the neit Liverpool Asrtses , himself in £ 300 , and two sureties of £ 150 each ; and Smith , Tiilman , Linney , and Doyle , themselves each in £ 150 , and two i-ureties of i" 7 a f ach . It is defeating tbw yaj object of bail when the demand is so exorbitant . In France they have a National Guard , and every man is entitles and required to orovide himself with arm « , and why jhonld there be such & dread of trugtitg arms in tbehandsof Englishmen ? At sos-. e of tnese Charri't meetings the speeches are deserving of great attention . At a Manchest-r meeting , for instance , we have the following r # port : —

      " The fint reiolution , which wa » movrd br a Mr . Hotterworth , vu to the tflVct that tfc « yeop ^ » honld ue every mram to protect thrir libertir * , » do at the ume time they nhouM tspport the authoritiei . In meviug ihu re * olntieD , the t , pt .- » ker drew the ktUntion of the meeting to the poaitioo in whicn the ChartUU new stood ia the e ; e « of the country . He considered that the ChariuU of 1 S 39 were the Whi g * of lS 32 , and the Whigs of 3 o 39 vrere the Tories of IKSi . The Whi of 1 » 32 h-ad beea sore violent ir laeir conduct than th » Ckartwt * bow were . ' In tho »« d * j » , ' »» iJ tb = » pe * ker , 1 Whigj called a meeting at Leed » , » t which Biine * , the g reat liar cf the Sort * , not enW proposed Unee fcroans for : 0 £ Qnrtn , bn : ^ ueee ^ ted that ibe Quern should be put in

      breeches , aed the K : bk iu petticnau . 1 he W ^ igj , aUo , at these m ^ tip .- * ( which were to obisaa th » Reform BillJ , exhibited woe :-cuU , one representing the Crown upside down , and the oihrr the Qacen « head rolliag through tke streets . Such ( tentinned tbe speaker ) we .- « to he the tflVct * it the Reform Bill was not passed ; and vet the MTh' . gs . yrtie the very jam who pnniihed the Chartists for pursuing a COQTM whlCQ wu bj no menu » o riolect as that of the Whigs o < 1832 . H « w . uldlike to know , if it wan legal in 1832 to hurl the Qaeeu ' t head through th » ttreets , i ? it wm not eqoatiy as lej : » l for th » peop ' e of 1839 to throw through the streets the heads of tho * " parties who would thru hare dune the same to the head of Her ilajostj . ' "

      His impossible to deny Che correctness and sound sense of this harangue . The ChartUtsof ' 39 are the Whigs of' 32 , and there is no Chartist meeting at which language more violent has been used thaa what was poared forth by the Whig » , and by their organ , the Times , in the former year . Lord John Rnpiiell greatly commit * himself . In his letter of July 31 , he speaks of the crime of threatening to injure shopkeepers if they io not eopport the Chartist cause . His words are as follows : — " Hi-ring b ** n informed that in some parts of the kingdom attempt * bare Ulriy been made to obuia monsj from shopkeepers , householder ! , and others , by meut of intimidation , ( a » dt threatening t ' aea with personal danger , or wilh lass of bunrjegg , or ihrea ' . eaing to mark them down , and report them as rnomies , snd by Tirious uther illegal rnean * , )

      and that persons hire been combining and endearennng to icjure shopkeepers , hoosfholderi , ana others , i » their lawful ba » iae »* , reproienting them as euesiie * to the peoplt , and p ^ rsuadinic others to irare off trading wilh them thereby to prejudice them in their business ; having been also informed that perssns , in purxunee of an illegal combination , hare gone nanng the working classes of the people , eieitiog and endeavouring to persoadtf them to deaist from working , and ts deaert their employers ; I deem it tob « ray duty to oil upon the magistrates to one their utmost e » dearonrs to repress and put down such misehierous practices , which are contrary to law , injoriotu to trade , subversive of good order , and dan-lerou * U > the peace of the country ; and to apprehend and bring the offender * to Janice . J sdrise the magistrates to proceed against person * guilty sf such illegal practices , as for a misdemeanor . "

      Let ua ask whether there w a general election , or a boroRgb election , in which these practice * do not take place ? Ia not all thin the very essence of our electioneering system ? In every contest for a return of a Member to Parliament the system of intimidation ii pursued , and the Tories are very justly denounced a * the enemies of the people . But what is there illegal in endeavouring to persuade the working clasps to desist froa working , and to desert their employers ? It it perfectly nght that the working classes should do * o if they can thereby benefit their interests , a point upon which they alone have a right to determine . Lord Wilton made a curious motion upon this subject on Monday night . He stated that thousands had taken possession of the church of Bolton—that is to say , that they had entered the charch for which they paid , and behaved thern-ielves there with perfect propriety . But his Lordship was dreadfully alarmed at the following resolution , at which we feel no alarm whatever , for it i « sensible and leesl : —

      "Resolution vaxaiMe > vsi . r > oreet > to by the General Contention , Wedxebday , July 10 , 1839 . " That this Convention has read with feelings of inexpressible indignation the statements said to have been last nigbt made in the House of Commons by the Secretary of State for the Home Department , relative to the necessity and propriety of employing the Metropolitan Police Force in various parts of the country for the suppression of pablic meetings of the people peacaaDlj cenducted : acd farther , the

      approbatory remarks of the same Minister of the bloody-minded and atrocioM issanlt made npon the people of Birmingham by a portion of that unconsritntional and obnoxious force ; and this Convention is of opinion that wherever and whenever person * assembled for jcsit and legal purposes , and ccadactiag themselves without riot or tumult , are so assailed by the police or others , they are justified npon e ? erj principle of law and self-preservation in meeting force by force , even to the slaying of the persons guity of such atrocious and ierocious assaults upon their rights and persons .

      " By order of the Committee , " Jimeb Taylor , Chairman . " Robert Hartwell , Secretary , P . M . " What rational man can doubt these rights , or the propriety , or even necessity , of urging them ? Lord Melbourne , with reference to this placard , said" With reipeet to the placard partef which the Nobl « Karl had read , hs must say it was sot new to him ; he hai read it before , and he was sure their Lordships weuld be of opinion with kirn that it was rery artfully worded . It stated , that if ary ' unprovoked' attack was made on the people assembled in the exarciae of their e institutional ri ghts without rioter

      tumult , H was right is them to resist such aa attack by force . New he did not exactly know what was to be said in opposition to that proposition , though h « admitted its object was to urge resistance aa * i a violation of th » peace , He , hiWBVM , also bepged Uare to obserre , that wiui tht legal powers which trist , and which belong to every individual in the country , with the right o ! ire * spetch and free disewsion which beloaged to evuy man , in order U excite f the uUDort rjolenoeit was b y ao means necessary to break the taw—that was to * ay , that the internal breach and violation of ths law to be dreaded was the -eae , or rather the abox a » 4 poshing to ibe ntmost th » se powers and prml » ea which in fMt tbe peopU legally pmtwed . The JioU » £ atl argtd * a

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      ih » Government to take stronger measures than had b # en already taken by his Noble Fnen « the Secretary for the Homi Department , but be ( VUewint Melbourne ) did not know what stronger measores , under the present eircom-» Une ? a , than Aoae whifh had been adopted \> j the Government it wan pofcible to tak « . The military force in that part of the country had b » en considerably reinforced and a-nnmented . " We see no instance of artful wording , and it is absurd to »» y that tbe law allows a freedom ol speech to each individual in order to excite to the utnnst violence . The statement ia foolish , but were the Jaw in so acandalr-o * a conc-tion how criminal

      would be » Prime Minister that did not do hi « utmost to alt « r it . Some of the Chartist * , in defending themselves , have shown great talent , and yet these nsen are perfectly without the pale of the Constitution , whilst the counsel employed against them » tre , or had ben Members of Parliament , the latter exhibiting little probity and les * ol intellect . Judge LUtledalei * proverbial for mercy , but hij * conduct on these trials do not sustain hireputation , nor do they give him any claims to even common sense . Tbe following pasgage reported from his speech seems incredible from i « absurdity : —

      " The Learned Judge having put en his head tht black cap , »» id— * Von , Jereminh Howe )] , KraneU Roberts , ana John Jones , haVB been convicted ot a eay itsl felony . An Act w » s pissed about two years ago abeluhing the capital punishment ia many cases , but this , 1 regret , did not form one of the exceptions . It still remains a capital efffnee . I see no grounds upon which I can recommend you to mercy , and I hope the example 1 am about to make will produce beneiicial effects . ' " A Judge , speaking of the old atrocities of our criminal code , and of its reforms , regrets that the offence for which these unhappy men are convict ? d , i * &till called a capital felony , and having fxprensed this regret , he sees no groonds on which he can save the persons from a law which he acknowledges to be bad , and from which he has an absolute and easy

      power to save tbem . What beneiicial effects can arise to society from a Judge banging mea by a law which he regrets is in existence ? This is a combination of absurdity and marder on the part of the Jndge . Jnstic ¦» Littledale could not have been cuntixts mentis . When Lovett and Collins , on receiving sentence , requested to be confined upon the debtors ' , instead of the felon * ' side of the gaol , he said , " 1 have uo power in the matter . I am afraid you must apply to the Secretary of 5 tate for the Home Drpartmrnt . " This i * an indecent attack on tke Home Secretary . Why should the Judge haw . any fear on the Bufeject ? Ib Lord John Russell gach a tyrant as to make even . » Jndge at Assize express a fear or regret that an application for justice arm be addressed to him ? Let us assnre Jo'dge

      Littledale that hanging scarcely ever pro daces a beneficial fff ^ ctj but , on thu contrary it always produces the reverse , iu the strongest degree , ll these thr « e men are executed , thuy are murdered under the fiction of law . On the principle of terrorism , the rff . ct of which the Judge speaks could not be produced by a thousand executions . Lovett made an excellent defence , nardid he breakdown at tb . » point at which The Morning Chronicle says that he failed . Questions of decree admit of a variety of opinions ; but all persons acknowledge th&t the representation is faulty and fraudulent in the extreme , and although there may be difference * as to the point to which it oagfct to be fixed , there w no -ifferecce as to that vl iu being at present fixed improperly . We see no hope ¦ whatever of procuring justice for the people , but by tht * system of agitation pcr » ued by the Chartists . —Il ' cekly Dispatch .

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      MR . JACKSON'S FAREWELL SERMONS . Mr . Jackson , according to anneuncement , preached his farewell sermons at the Carpenters ' HzlU , on Sunday la * r . The W ^ -e Hall w »* well filled by a respectable aDd attentive auditory . In the morning , the Rev . Gentleuan took for hi * text tbe Utter part of ihe 3 rd verse of the x » ith chapter of Matthew . Tbe services commenced by tinging a fejmn . The Rev . Gentleman , in his morning ' s discourse , took a view of the present aute of the natioD , and referred to iu future prospects , and commending the people to put their trust and confidence , at this critical period of their affairs in an all

      wise aod superintending Providence . If they placed their depfcndanee on hi ? 9 treDgtb , and obeyed bi 8 will , they might feel assured that they would he relieved from their present difficulties , and from the yoke of their oppressors . It was gratifying to observe tbe Dumber of the wives and daughters of working men . In the afternoon there was a very large attendance , and the Rev . Gentleman tosk h . g text from the viii Psalm , tbe 4 th and following verses— " Lerd , what is man , Stc . " The » ermon was a just , able , and amply merited castigaiion of the unrighteous dealings of the rich oppressor * with , the poor oppressed , exhibited bj the wbole contour of tho arrangements « nrl institutions of Kocietv . Towards the clone of

      the discourse , he made some allusion to his own particular circumstances , and stattd , that if he was not put upon his trial by next Sunday , he should again address them . Th « services concluded by singiag and prayer .

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      CHARTIST PROCEEDINGS

      On Saturday evening last , a m eling convened by placard , took place at Carpenter ' s Hall , Manchester , At nine o ' clock , tbf » Rev . Mr . Jacknoa entered the Hall , and was loudly cherrfd . Some disturbance occurred in coKsequence of the people ' s recognising a person of theuaine of Jefferson , who , it was ntated , was one ef Mr , Berwick ' s clerk ? , and who had appeared as evidence against the Chartists at the Borough Court . After the excitement had in some degree subsided , Mr . Bancrolt was proposed to tha chair .

      Mr . Lists ( from Bolton , ) said , that at thin momentoaj period , he was not surprised at seeing a comparatively small attendance . At a time when the people were deprived of th ** ir leaders , it vu not a matter of iarprise . They owed n debt of gracitnde to them , and oaght to ctaad by them as locg as life remain d . It was clcaT they bad no class te look to but them * elvea . They ceuld not look to those who had been their leaders in 1832 . Uuder the present state of representation , there was no security for the working classes . Still there was no caose for despair . Justice might be banished from tho land , bat their principle * could never die . ( Hear hear , and loud cheers . ) They ought to make principle th-ir God , and not men . ( Loud cheering . )

      The speaker then made some reference to the National Holiday , and to the address ol Afr . O'Connor on that subject . He regretted that he must dissent from Mr . O'Connor ' s opinion . No man respected Mr . O'Connor more than he did , but he thought the people w « re in a state of readiness for the holiday . At Bulton , where he eame from , a majority of them were prepared not to go to work . He mu&t say that thj people were a little disappointed at Mr . O'Connor , He stood in jeopardy himself . In hi * town , there were warraaw out for eight or ten , but they dare not take them by daylight . There most be a sufficient strength exlibiced oa the 12 ch of August . The people must know whether they can bo supparted . Thin experiment must not , and ts far as

      he was concerned , should not fail . ( Hear , hear . ) He would ask them to leave no stone unturned till they had obtained their rights . He felt confident that their freeJem would bo obtained Bhorlly . ( Loud cheers . ) While they had good men , there was no fear for the cause ol the people . It almost seemed that nature had nade these men who are imprisoned to bo the leaders of the people , and Providence would not allow her law * to be altered- ^ Providence would mak * our enemies curse their God , and go to the d 1 . The cause of the peoplo is s-cure—the people of Great Britain last year had received such a po . itical education a * would eventually enable them t * recover their rights ; and although the National Holiday might not realize all their

      expectations at that time , he felt convinced it would do ko eventually . ( Cheers . ) Affair * were now drawing to a close . A revolution , more deadly than it was horrible to conceive , was progressing among the people . He wanted a revolution , but he wanted it peaceably and bloodlessly . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheering . ) The speaker then alluded to the spies whom he believed to be prowling among them . There was no character in society more contemptible than the spies . Perhaps there was the Curse of Cain or the brand mark of this murderer on their brow . { Hear , hear . ) A modern gpy was like the devil himself . Ho pined them , particularly when he saw the smilfl of youth covering the heart of corroding blackness . vVhen he saw these things he was almost inclined

      to think that God was unja&t not to send down his lightning * oa them . Before he concluded , he would warn them on Monday morning not to aUow magistrates , either Whig or Tory , soldiers or policemen , to drive them from a peaceable display of their strength . Ho felt confident that the Rus ? ell gang had not power to frustrate the wishes * of the people . Tbe schoolmaster was abroad and h * bad acquainted the people with the jnst rights . ( Hear , hear . ) He believed that there was a qdenchless lire between Whig and Tory . He thought that the reign of faction was nearly at an end . He felt anxious that the people should act more than they had done for themselves .

      The Rev . Mr . Jackson n- > xt addressed the meeting and was received with loud cheer « . He waff happythat he had an opportunity of meeting them . He- wan the man that wonld never fail to defend the rights of the people . He had been jnuch defamed by the Whig and Tory pre «« . There is a paragraph in the Guardian , and he begged leave to tea those who put that paragraph in that paper , they wereignoraat or liars . He never was lorned out of any religions body in the course of his life . He called on the reporter present , ( not for the Gvaraian , he hoped , ) but if so , he called on him to do him justice . Although imprisonment be not pleasant , he could assure them that he never t-pent four happier darn than those ia Kirkdale Gaol . He must say that Mr . BeBwick has acted as a gentleman ; he wished ths reporter to tell Mr . Fox , of De&nsgate , through the

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      press , that he is » liar and a hypocrite . Ha ( tbe speaker ) never advocated the at-stracdoa of property—he never advocated the twe of offensive weapons , but bad recommended the use of defensive weapons . ( Hear and cheers . ) To-morrow would be his farewf 11 sermon , and lie would epeak the truth—he would give the right hand of fellowship to all who advocate the cause of tbe poor . ( Loud cheers . ) Ho might not have been apprehended if iht * magistrates had not seen his plarard last Saturday , but he should Kate to-morrow what he then intended to say , and he hoped Mr . Beswick would come and hear him . If he were imprisoned , the day he came put he would again advocate the rights ot the poor . / Loud sheers . ) Thren cheer * were tben given for the National Convention , three for Feargus O'Connor , three for the Suffering Patriot * in the cause , three groans for the Mnnchcsler Guardian , three cheers for the Northern Star , and the proceedings terminated about eleven o ' clock .

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      TO THE WORKING MEN OF BOLTON . M y Frien ds , —I find by a letter from Mr . Warden , that you have evinced great displeaeare at my ; Address upon the Sacred Month . To your opinion I shall ever bow . I may deserve your cenaure for a moment , but I ? ball never merit your reproach . I Khali now briefly siate the injustice of yonr charge against me . An act was committed by the Convention , by a majority of one . Your charge against Ministers has ever been a hanging upon small majorities ; and npon so important a question , upon ho small a majority as one , I moved that the whole Convention ghould be summoned for the 31 st , in order that a wise conclusion might be come to .

      Subsequently Mr . O'Brien ' * Resolutions were papst » d , which left the matter wholly in your hands , the Council being appointed to make such suggestions as evidence from yoa might warrant In the course of receiving such evidence the Council came to an unanimous vote , embodying the spirit of my Addresi * , which I wrote upon my own individual responsibility , injustice , then , whether shonld yoa have challenged my act as an individual , or the act ot a responaible body ? Again—The Birmingham correspondent racommended three day * , the course which I recommended—the Manchester Council did tho same . The evidence from nine-tenths of the kingdom went to show that the peoplo could not , without organization , enter npon the proposed

      holiday . I had tbe manliness to point out the danger , and yoa receive men in the ABC of politics , against one who has taaght them the > alphabet . London was stated t-j be ready . Would to God you could be judges of that readinetw . And was I to loss a week , and tamely sit by , while every Member of the Council in language , which , for condemnation , could not be nurpn « .- < ed , were daily aad hourly regretting the position , into which the people were hastily brought f Let as now argue the question soberly . If yoa were prepared , would my letter have stopped yon ? If you were not prepared , should I have been honest to have withheld the troth ? What could you do in a month , that you could not equally effect ia three days ? And if 1 were wrong , wi . y not show your

      anger to all who were wrong ? I will tell you ; because , as I hare often told you before , no man has so many enemie-t a * I have ; and in doing my duty , I calculated upon the opportunity which 1 aftbrded many of creeping oat ot a hole . Observe how many , who previously professed themselves opposed to the holiday , will now suddenly become enamoured of the disappointment , and gain your affections by the fortune of the moment . 1 am ever among you , and will remain among you till the work i » done ; bat nohDntinjjf for falna popularity shall ever make rae plac ^ you in a wrong position . For seven long years I have been at my post , not seeking for leadership , but dota £ my duty ; ( or every act I claim credit ; but above nil , for that

      which you would hastily condemn , and for whick 1 shall live to receive your thanks . Suppooe 1 was wrong , in jour opinion , do you think that so old a friead should not be allowed a fault ? W hat ha * been my invariable complaint aga n ^ t you ? It has been , that while Whigs and Tones magnify the virtues , and suppress the vices , of their friends , the Radicals magnify the vices and veil the virtues of their friends . Hare I ever shrunk from facing you ? No : and if tbe Council had not imposed doable-duty njen me , I should instantly have proceeded to Bolton , to junliff mjacU * nd to arque , it * propriety with you . How can yoa expect justice , who deny it to others ? How can you ask for liberty , who deny me the liberty of addressing you ? Three men are now under sentence ef death ; und-r your reproach 1 shall lie until 1 do my duty t ) them , by night and

      by day , to proenre their release ; then I will appear before you upon the very first opportunity , of wnich tny accusers shall have complete notice ; and then , and befcro you , I will rrceive your cenuura or praise , according to the factn of tha cas * . It not my life a hell npon earth till Universal Suffrage u accomplished— -und why revile if I try to remove all obstacles ? I tell you again and again , that so help me God , I would rather go to battle than incur the moral responsibility of having recommended a Sacred Month in the present unprepared state of onr party . While opinion in fluctuating , I thall remnin as a rock in the midst of the ocean , steady to my purpose , unswerving in my resolution , and fined in my determination ta die a fr .-eaian rather than live a slave . I will work for you in apite of alJ our encraiea . In proportion as I am abused , in such proportion am I valuable to you .

      Your ever faithful and obedient friend , Fearous O'Cejjxon Council-Room , August 10 th , 1839 .

      Glorious Meeting Of Delegates In Glasgow.

      GLORIOUS MEETING OF DELEGATES IN GLASGOW .

      On Wednesday , tho 14 th , fifty-gev . » n delegates appoint-d at public m etiDga , convened for the purpose in their sevt ral district * , was held this day in the Univrrealigt * ' Cbapel , Mr . John Dutcan , of Edinbargh , ia the chair . The seats nearest to the pulpit wer « allotted to the delegate ? , and the remaining space of the large building was crowded to suffocation with anxious spectators . The preliminary business commenced by Mr . Gillesfie , the Secretary r . ading over the credentials of the several delegates . A little after twelve o ' clock , Mr . Feargus O'Connor entered theChapel , and was received with enthusiastic applause .

      The Chairman opened the proceedings in a masterly and concise manner ; when respective delegate * eevrally reported as to the state of their districts . The length of which preclude * any possibility of giving more thaw a mere outline of the proceedings . The resolution to have Universal Suffrage formed part of the declaration of each delegate , while very little difference seemed to cxiat as to the meanii required for carrying it oat , by oar report , which will appear at length next week . it will be fosnd there was a perfect unanimity upon the following subject * : — Firstly , That not one district out of the fifcyseveB was prepared to carry out the Sacred Month . Secondly , That the proceedings at Birmingham ,

      and the subsequent persecution of the Chartist * , have increased Radicalism one hundred fold . Thirdly , The nnanimoua determination to support the Convention . Fourthly , Tbe want of systematic organization throughout tho whole of Scotland . Fifthly , The recommendation to abstain from any mention of either moral or p hysical force , a * , if required , the physical force would come more effectively by not talking about it . Sixthly , The great share whick exclusive dealing and ran . npon the banks have given to Radicalism in Scotland . And lastly , The determination to have Universal Suffrage at all hazards . Nothing could surpass the decorum and order which prevailed daring the whole rime the delegates were engaged in deliberation .

      At five o ' clock the report was completed , when an adjournment to seven was carried , with the view of deliberating upon the resolution which should be founded upon tbe reports . We never attended a more glorious meeting . Deputations from about twenty of the principal town * of Scotland have requested Mr . O'Connor to attend public m ^ etinge , most of which he hou accepted upon condition that neither time nor money shall be spared in getting up addresses for the pardon of the three men under geQtence of death in Warwick gaol , as that , he states , is his p rincipal business in Scotland ; and in furtherance ot which a large public meeting will be held to-morrow , in the Bazaar , in Glasgow .

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      MAGNIFICENT MEETING ON SAINT

      PETER'S HILL , LEEDS . The factions have fairly overshot their mark : and tbe abominable persecution and tyranny to which they have subjected everj man of mark who dared to agitate for the Charter , is now promoting the good cause to an extent quite nnlooked for evt n by its warmest friends . It ia to this cause alone that we attribute by far tbe greatest meeting held in Leeis since tbe days of the Reform Bill , which took place on Thursday evening last , on St . Peter ' s Hill , Leeds , to take into consideration the state of Birmingham , to petition her Majesty to dismiss her present Ministers , dec . ( fee .

      A requisition , signed by sixteen inhabitant householder * , had been presented to James Holdfortb , E < q ., Mayor , to call tke meeting in question : but that officer , who i « a Catholic , declined ; thus showing , however loudly he may have formerly bawled for religious liberty for himself , ( and to the exertions of the working classes in that cause he oweg the privilege of acting as Chief Magistrate of Leeds , ) he has not the mo « t remote idea of contributing to insure the civil liberty of others . On what ground did thii Magisterial bigot refuje to call itbj 0 *» eet-

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      ing ? He could not pretend tfeat he anticipated n » t aud disorder ; for the moral constancy of the Chartists has always been displayed at their meetings at Leeds ; and of late they have suffered the bludgeon-men of the Government throughout : he kingdom to batter their sculls with impunity , rather than , even , by appearing to resist tie law , give their tyrants aa advantage over tbem . Besides , at seven o ' clock , at which time the chair wag taken bj Mr . J . Jones , not a policeman was to be seen throughout the meeting , which mast have consisted of at least 10 , 009 petaons . This was another proof , if any were indeed wanting , that the chief magistrate anticipated no disturbance ; and warrants

      as in the assumption that the retasal oi Mr . Mayor to call the meeting wag a purely gratuitous inaalt towards his poorer fellow-citizens . The Chaihman , in opening the bosineas of the meeting , said , that as he had been appointed to presida over that great meeting , he would solicit their serious attention , in the first place , to whatever the 8-veral speakers should advance to them ; and secondly , that they should each and every one consider themselves as special constables sworn in to protect this special privilege of her Majesty ' s subjects . Tho Chairman then read the requisition calling the meeting ; and afterwards the following address : —

      To the Queen ' s Most Excellent Majesty . We , tbe Inhabitants of the Town or LeetU » nd it * Vicinity , in pabiu meeting assembled , bejj leave most respectfully to approach your Majesty , and to express onr feelings with regard to two Bills navy before the Hoo « a of Commoni , whither they have been brought by year Majesty ' * Advirieni—one Tor a great augmentation of the Standin g Army , tbtt Other lOT the establishment of an armed Police . Wo beg respectfully to abiure jrnr Majesty that , though actuated at all times by feelings of loyalty toward * yonr Majesty ' s parson ar , d < flic * , we cannot bat view those two mea-« ur «!) as alarming , great , and daring inroads upon the Conkt ' i' . ution of theaa Realms , which your Maje&ty has sworn to press 've . It is , as yomr Majesty past doubt well known , an established maxim ef the English Constitution , that & Standing Army in tim » of profound peace , is » thing abhorrent to

      it—subversive ot * the liberties of the uabject . and unworthy of the Throne , which profesneg to be fouaded npon the affections and not tha fears , of tbe people . We must further beg to express to your Majesty , «« r string feelings against the establishment of an armed Felice—a thing unknown to our forefathers , and hitherto cherUhed only by Governments or Sovsreigns ra p ing despotically , and in contempt of the feelings aiid affections of their people . We oeg most earnestly , but most dutitally , < o assure your Majesty , that these two measures , if persisted in , no far from being calculated to add strength or security to your Majesty ' s Throne will undoubtedly , i * yonr memorialists' epinion , have a directly contrary eff « of , viewed as they are , noc only by your

      memorialwU , but by tho people at la'ge , with suspicion , alarm , and deep indignation , as an unwarrantable violation ef all the leading principles of the English Constitution . Under thesn circumstances and impressions we pray ycur Majesty not to give yonr atsent to those two bills , assured that by so doing yeur > 1 » jesty will take the most certain way to secure to your Tluane and GoverRmcnt , the affecuonsof a loyal and duiiful people . Vf eoarne 8 'lr entreat that your ftlnjitt ? will forthwith dismiss from your Council your present . Ministers , and call thereto honvst and respectable men , from whom measures of Universal Justice may b « expected . We furth' -r request your Majesty will be graciously pleased to direct that all personsnjw ih custody lor political offences may be liberated .

      Mr . F . Dewhirst then came forward to mova tho adoption of the alcirenn . It was their right , as working m « n , to do all in their power to relieve themselven from the deplorable nicuation in which they were then placed . H <« had been at a distance of Hrventeea thouMnd miles from the place where be then stood , and had alway * observed that wh » re the people were peaoefnl they stood a better chance of obtaining their rights . He had been at many public mentinjfs , but bad never yet se ^ n a real honest Radical break the peace of her Majesty . A re « l Radical scorned to brenk the peace—h > had another end ia vi' w , the attainment of his just right * . He wanted the necessaries of life , fosd , clothing , &c . He did not look to the present momnnc only but to a future day , and not only to a future day , bnl to

      eternity . He wax now getting an old man , and was not in the habit of speaking mucH ; bat one thing he would say elearly and distinctly , and that was , that at Todmorden there were thousand * who had not a mor < el to put into their mouths . ( Shame , shama . ) Ho had been in tbe habit of visiting Burnley , Padiham , Blackburn , Chorley , Bolton , ( fee , aad thousands of band-loom weavers there were obliged to do six piecn * a week for 3 s . 9 j . —( shame , shame ); and he had been credibly informed that some of the pieces contained thirty jards . Tens they had to work from nun-rise to sun-set for "Id . Suppose they had five children in a family , and paid 13 d . a week for rent , what would remain ? There would be scarcely sufficient left to boy water-gruel . In Leeds people pleaded poverty , but many ot them couid get

      a good joint of meat for their dinner * , while the people in Lancashire were starving . Mr . Dewhirst concluded by moving tha adoption of the address . Mr . John Sowden would merely observe that in consequence of there being maty friends present who were anxious to address the meeting , he should content himself with cordially supporting the motion . Mr . J . Sta . n field came forward to support the motion , and was received with great applause . He said he would beg their sincere attention that night , aad he sincerely trus ' . ed th&t meeting would be 9 , peaceable one ; and tKat it woo Id hart n » man ' s property—hurt no man ' s person . ( Cheers . ) It would appear that misery and distress had become the portion of the working classes . Wherever they tamed their attention , they found the poor

      deeply sunk in the horrible pit of destitution , and their feet fast bound in tyranny and oppression—as if distress and misery were to become the glory of the people ol Eugtand . They lived in a Christian country , and as processors ot Christianity , they were in duty bound to believe in the ministerial creed . He believed in the ixis'ence of a queen , and he believed that queen received £ 1000 per day for her pension . ( Cheers , end cries of * ' Shame . " ) He believed , likewise , in all unjust , all unmerciful , and all unscriptural sicecures and pension * . Hd believed , too , in the existence of an accursed Corn Law , co-existent with a still more accurxed Poor Law , with all iu hi ieoua train of ills—and all its glaring scenes of wre ; choduess and destitution . Thi-y were 1 kewisp bound to beli . ve that misery was their

      portion , and liberty removed far Irom them . Alloir him to » t . tte what was the causa of their present sufferings . It was this . There wax the great landed Aristocracy keeping ap the price of proyisioaa by their accursed Corn La s . Theu there wta the great factory- mongers pulling down the rate of wage * , while the others were ke . ping up the price of provisions . ( Hear , hear . ) The working classes thus sank down between two burdens Uo intolerable to be borne . They were likewise bound to believe in the National Debt ; and let them seek the reason why it was contrac ed . '" To protect property " would be the answer of the great Aristocracy . Well , then , be would reply , if it was contracted in order to protect proprrty , let men of property come / or * ard and pay the debt . ( Great laughter

      and cheering . ) He thought the proposition a perfectly just aad right oue . ( Hear , hear . ) Anothtr circumstance , which was partly the cause of the present distress , was the notorious unfaithfulness of the Ministers of the Gospel . ( True , true !) The Ministers of the Gospel were called to be laithful , and wfcerever they found crimn to preach against it , and strike at its root , whether in kings or people , princes or beggars . Such a man was John , the forerunner of Jesus Christ He did not hesitate to rebuke tiie king for living in adcltery . Bat instead of the Ministers of the Gospel of the present day beicg faithful , they diligently searched out tho brass knockers of the great —( laughter)—they deliguted in the velvet cushions of Aristocratic luxury , and had a marvellous instinct in finding out the nouses where

      taw bottle most freely circulated . ( Hear , hear . ) Thus they made their h ' elly their god , and away went pute religion uadt filed and single-mindedaess to the winds . ( Cheers . ) Ail Radicals wer » treated as cattle , beasts of burden—they were called the scum and officouring of all things , and designated as torch-light and physical-force men ; but let them tell their opponents they only oat in a claim as poor subjects ot the realm , and so long as tke law made a claim on their pocket-, so long they had a right to claim a voice in the making of that law . Nothing could be fairer than this principle—no taxation without representation . It was geaerally stated by the Aristocracy , when they wanted to put down the claims of the working classes to representation , that the people had not wisdom enough , to exercise the

      buffrage beneficially . But let them tell their tyrants that , poor as taey weie , and covered vrit& the rags ot poverty , they would find men in their ranks poggeueing as much sense as the Aristocracy . Did the possession of bricks and mortar bestow sense ? for that was the only qualification for aa elector possessed by many in the present day , who were so privileged . He beggod to call their earnest attt-ntioa to the last war , and WooJd ask every candid mind who it was that filled up the bloody gap ? Was it the poor , despised working men , or the princes and nobles of the land ? It was the poor and despised who suffered ; and therefore he thought that if , poor as they w « te , they wen-called npon to fill np this Woody gap , they ought to have a voice in the making of the laws .

      ( Cneers . ) He thought th : s by no means unjust and he therefore entirely approved of the addreea they were about to foi ward to her Majesty , beseeching her to look especially to two measures before the House of Commons , one of which was for the increase of the army . Increase the army ! For why ? The idea was ridiculous . The people wanted no disturbance . They were for peace . They wanted no mow pensioners to keep for nothing , when they could not keep themselves . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Then th # re was to be an augmentation of police . Why , they had already more police than they koew what to da with . ( Great laughier . ) As Charti * t « 4 hey were willing to protect the Queen ' 8 person , aad to maintain her rigdw againut foreign enemies ; but the accursed starvation laws enacted in her jaanw tfeegr never coald or would stand . Tae motion for , the adoption of toe address was Uen i » t by the ^ ChftMRBan , who dtciar ed it carried with tbcee JUBaaiUwnli ,

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      Mr . Thomas Elms then came forward to move the following resolution . He said he would not detain them with any remark ? , a * thrra were p ersons to come after him better calculated to de it justice : — " That we deeply sympathise with our much-injured and oppressed brethren in Birmingham , who have so nobly and gallantly , atalltimre , advocated the cause of liberty and the rig&t * of man ; and who have been so unwarrantably and brutall y attacked by tbe unconstitutional and hired band of rvffian London police , whereby miny were most seriously injured ; and whose proceedings emanated from the base Government of the rabid Tories and imbecile Wai ** , which harf precipitated the country npon the bnnk , nay , into tbe very gulf , of rain . " Mr . William Roberts came forward io second the resolution with rnioeled feelings of pain and

      pleasure . Pain , that there was a necessity to propose such a resolution , and pleasure to see so many thousand persons present . The Whigs need only to look . around that meeting to tee that the day of retribution was fast approaching . Nothing gave him more pain than tie present condition of the working clawe « . He would rather meet bia foe , hand to hand , on the field of battle , than witness the ragged forms and destitnte condition of hi * suffering fellow countrymen . The present state of society wag rotten -at the core . On the one hand they saw the money-monger rolling in wealth and luxury , while on the other they gaw numbers of their fellow-beinei dying by inches for want of the common necessarian of life . It was fall time they did some thinf tn remedy the manifold evils tinder which the countrr groaned . Ha most cordially seconded th © resoln . tion . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . Joseph Westwood , of Birmingham , nrxt addressed the meeting in support of the resolution . in an excellent speech , for which , we regret , we cannot find room , he vehemently denounced the renegade Muntz and his fellow . corporators of that newly ^ fledged borough . He told them an amusing anecdote of this bewhiskered geatlemda , to tho effect that , when he waft angling after popularity in that town , the magisterial bench of which u now pollntfd with his presence , he one day met an old barrow-woman m the street , and wheeled it up the street bimself . giving the old ladv halfa-crown , and tellinsr her the day would shortly arrive when he would cause the laws to be altered so that poor old souls like herself would have no further occasion to work .

      . Mr . David Black then supported the resolution m a powerful and energetic speech , of which the reporter could not take notes , as it had now becomequite dark . The Chairman then put tbe resolution , and declared it to be unanimously carried . Mr . Hutton then moved that the address to her Majesty be forwarded to Feargas O'Connor , with a request that he lay it before the Convention , that that body m » y decile on the most fitting manner for its presentation . Mr . Temple seconded the motion , which tu th ° n put , aud carried . Mr . David Black then mow ! that a memorial be drawn up to the Secretary of State , on behalf of the unfortunate men now under sentence of death m Warwick Gaol .

      Mr . Joseph Westvtood seconded the motion . IWChairman , in putting the question , observed u at r i P P memorial must leave Leeds on the following afternoon , and that it would lie "f or signature , till then , at Mr . Hobson ' s and AIre Mann g . A vote of thanks wag then passed to tho Chairman , who briefly acknowledged the compliment . ,,, Three mo * t deafening cheers were given for White and Wilaoo , incarcerated for their op-nions in »* v j j » * »*? S roan » were ^ en proposed for Neddy Barnes , " but the proposition was ejected amid cries of " No , no , he ' s not worth it "— "Treat him with contempt , " Ac . < fec . ; and " Neddy Baines " was treated with contempt accordingl y . Three cheers were afterwards givtn for Feargua O'Connor aud the Convention , and the meeting dispersed .

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      TO TH « ED / TORS OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sirs , —As much misunderstanding has arista is some of the constituencies respecting the regolutioD of the Convention , recommending the postponement ef tbe National Holiday , and the resolutions subsequentl y published by the Council , and Hnwertby motives having been imputed te that body id the step which they unanimously igreed in , I consider it to be my duty , both to tbe country and the Council , to state the reaioa * which induced the pacing such resolution . In my official capacity , I have received report * from twenty conntituenciee , detailing the state of th « people , and their preparedness or unprfparedaesa to carry out the Holiday , and what is the re . « uh ? Sixteen

      out of the twenty , including several of tb « more violent , have unequivocally declared that they are not ready , and require more time , and a more perfect organization ^ and of the remaining four , three of tbem speak dubiously on the matter ! In this state of the country , Could there remain a d « ubt aa to the come it was the duty of the Council to take ? or could the most reckless advocate of violent measures dare to assert that the people ought to have been prostrated before the wheels of the bloody car of the present political Juggernaut , and sacrifice , perhaps fer a generationall hope of the political « airation ef the country ? P . R . Smart , Secretary to the Couaoii . Arundel , 12 th August , 1839 .

      STAB OFFICE , Friday Evening . _ * RXAti OF STEPHENS . CHESTER , Thursday Evening , 9 o Clock . We stop the press to annonace the result of the trial of Mr . Stephens this day , at Chester . Tho trial commenced at a little after nine o ' clock , and continued till nearly ei ^ ht o ' clock without any intermission , except about ten minntes . Stephens made a noble defence , which lasted five h within

      ours five minutes , and for which he wai highly complimented by the Judge . The Attorneytreneral was gavag * beyond measure . The jury , after deliberating about half-a-minute , returned a verdict of GUILTY , and the Judge Bentenced tbe brave and inimitable advocate of th © people gnghta , to be Imprisoned for Eighteen Months in the House of Correction at KnuUford , and afterwards to find two sureties in £ 250 each , and to enter into bis own recftgnizMice in £ 600 , for his good behaviour for FIVE YEARS' ! ! A verbatim report of the trial will be furnished next week .

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      Saturday Morning , August 17 th . We again stop the Press to announce that How-EtL , Egberts , and Jones , have been reprieved . Thanks to the omni potence of Public Opinion ! ! The Morning Herald of Tuesday , has an excellent article , in which , after announcing the above fact , he gives the Attorney General a severe , but wellmerited castigdtion , for the indeceat and bloodthirsty haste be evinced in putting the men on theii trial for the Capital Offence when committed onlj for a misdemeanor ; it also states , that " there

      is evidence to show that two of the men were not in the riots at all ! " same as we havt stated in our Leader on the subject . Aadyet , in the teeth of this evidence , the M rning Chronicle , tht " bloody ' organ of the » bloody Whigs , " coolly sayg , " noae will now regret the transportation of the Birmingham riotere from their country . A convictshi p , and not the gallows , ia their proper destination . " It remains for public opinion , which bat

      already saved the men from tke " Gallows , " to g » j whether a " convict-ship ig their proper destination ;' or whether the evidence , above named , shall be thoroughly sifted , and if borne out , whether tht ' eonvict-gai p" or the " gallows , " should not be graced with the persons of those who have procured their usjnst condemnation . Let not the pe « ple therefore , relax in their efforts , now that the met are merely eaved from the " gallows . " It is at

      necessary to save them from tbe " convict ship ai from the " gallow » " if it w true " there is evidence tc ahow two of them were not in the riots at all I "

      Lbbds:—Pruued For Tue Proprietor, Feargui O'Connor, Esq., Of Hammerteith, Count]

      Lbbds : —Pruued for tue Proprietor , FEARGUi O'CONNOR , Esq ., of Hammerteith , Count ]

      Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at nil Printing Offioev Noa . 12 and 13 , Mtxkv Street , Briggato and Published by the sail JotHt / A Hobson , ( for the * said Fkarow O'Connor , ) at bis DweUiBg-hoMe , No . 6 Market-8 treet » Briggate ; an internal Cemmn . nicarion existing between the eaid No . * Market Street , and the eaid Nos . 12 , aad 12 Marktt Street , Briggate thus constituting tb < whole of the said Printing and PubtfAini Office ene Premises . - All Cotamanicationa most be addressed , (* J ~ paid , " to J . Hobson , Nortaera Star Ott * ( Saturday August 17 , 1839 . )

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      - ^ THE NORTHERN STAR , ^ Triirnr ^ . ., * August 17 , 1839 ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1839, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct690/page/8/