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    THE PETITION CONVENTION ^ THURSDAY , Mat IS . Mr . Pitkethly in the chair . The Convention Hall bad this evening a very full attendance of members and strangers . The f'Titta of the last meeting having been eonfirmed , Mr . Skevington stated that the Irfragbborougb petition bad received 1 , 259 additional signatures . ILr . Rose stid that be bad bad an interview with the Member for Lambeth , upon whose support they might depend . ( Hebt , heat ) Mr . Haves made most

    pwticuiir inquiries into Mr . O'Brien ' s case , ¦ wished to see . his letters , and to have an interview with . Dr . M'Donail , so that he might be made well acquainted with his state of health . Mr . Hawes Was of opinion that lie should be Immediately released . He farther ¦ aid ti ^ t be would attend the Convention on Saturday morning . ( Hear , bear . ) He professed himself a Chartist , and declared that be felt Mwmrff bound to join In the ..-pinions of the greatest number . ( Hear , hear . ) He also consented to fora one of the deputation to wait upon the Marquis of Normanby . ( Hear , hear . ) Messrs Benjamin Wood and Humphrey also promised their support

    Mr . Cullen said that , in compliance with previous vran ^ &ments , the deputation waited yesterday upon Mr . Fifclden , to asctrtainif there was a possibility of obtaining an interview with the Queen . ( Hear , hear .- Mr . Fie'den seemed to know very little abo-:. the Court , and could give no opinion as to the way by-which they could obtain an audience of her Majesty ; GknersIJohnsoa , upon whom they also waittM , made very light of the matter and seemed to look upon it as delusive . He designated court dresses as tomfoolery , and said that the money expended upon fchea -sTcnld be a useless expenditure , ( Hear . ) He reccaimeDded the deputation to apply for advice at the 1

    . Ckiiiiteriain * office They did so . One gentleman said thVi an interview with her Majesty could be obtained , and tha : the memorials could be presencedat all cveaia on levee days . Another gentleman , who appear = a : o have more experience than the former , said he "Would reeoinmenA the memorials to be sent or presented v > the Secretary of State for the Home Department They then went to Mr . Francis Place t s . On entering Lis ufiioe they found a gentleman apparently con nectcd vith the Government conversing -with him , and stating that Government had decided upon a dissolution and thai a declaration to that effect would be made in a day or two . iHear . i

    The Chairma > : —Did Messrs . Fielden and Johnson ¦ ffly th _ •_ we could not get to the tkrone , or did they AdTi *? \ i « cot to go ? ilv- ijuilen . —They gave no decided opinion . Mr . Plaf « saiJ that the Queen was surrounded by corruption , and ^ btu she woulJ continue to be surrounded by corrupts ^! .- until the wotting elates by their unanimity oveitasw both parties who were equally iai and equally corrupt ( Hear , hear . ) In his t . Mr . Place ' s . ! opiniu-u a general election would enable the working das-ii : o achieve that victory . iHcar . )

    3 Jr . Piiteihly , although he differed widely in politics from Mr . Place , yet he must acknowledge that at Taiiu-as rimes he derived the greatest assistance from him . When the three men were sentenced to be hanged in Birmingba-. n , Mr . Place did aJl h « could to save rh ^ m . iHear , hear . ) He acted the same part in Prosit case . He devoted his time and hia talents to the saving of Frost , Williasus and Jones ' s lives . " ( Hear , bear .. They should avail themselves of the assistance of every man ; and without regarding Mr . Place's JIalihusbn doctrines , they should look up ^ n him as he was , a real Republican , and accept of hia assistance ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Mr . Morgan—Yes , we should make as many friends W poislnle . ( Hear , hear . ) iir . C alien said that he understood that members of Parliament were admitted to her Majesty by courtesy and thaw Peers alone had the right of demanding an audience . ( Hear , hear , i

    Mr . Pi ' ukethly said that the deputation appointed to wait up-jn Lord Teynham respecting the presentation of the nieairrUl , called at his Lordship's house , when they were informed that he was at Cheltenham . They then vrrote to him on the subject Mr . Wall said that a frightful system of corruption was carried on by the WhigB . About twenty of them met daily at Cleveland-row , and made arrangements for the disposal of vacant places in the House of Commons . They ^ sioed with the candidate who offered himself th&t if he succeeded , he should pay all the expences of

    the tiection , and that if defeated , he was to pay a certain portion of them . iHt ^ r , hear . ) Hume and Copt ^ ck , the election agent , were at the head and tail of the , junta ; they should expose to the country the base and corrupt workings of that gang . —( Hear , bear ' Mr . PitkeShly—They should take all the help that was vSered , and should not nuke enemies . —( Hear , hear . Dr . M'Douall said , that the adiiress to the country was - aJv .

    2 J .- P :: ± ethJy—The address should not be made public until the Convention was dissolved . —iHear , bear . Mr . Martin said , that it would be well to read the address then , and it eould be in readiness for publication or the ilissolution of the Convention . It wa 3 ultimately decided that the reading of the address be deferred till to-morrow ( Friday , j Mr . Pitiethlysaid . thattbey should appoint a deputatien to accompany Messrs . Hawes » nd Buiitr on Saturday . The memorials ought to be presented separately , and should be arranged by the committee for that purpose . —; B ^ ar , hear . ) Mr . Smart—We will go ; and be all things as far as we can-A general committee , consisting of Dr . M'Douall , Messrs Williams , Saiart , Maran , and Skevington , was appointed to read all letters , and to expedite the general business ef the , Convention .

    Mr . Skevington said that he waited upon his own representatives , and other Members of Parliament , and be informed them that unles 3 the condition of the starving and suffering people was ameliorated , that there would be no peace for the home of the rich , as , while such a state of things existed , there was no peace for the poor man ' s cottage . tHear , hear . ) Mr . . Smart . —Avowed enemies were better than pretended fr i ends . If that redress was not affjrded to the Working classes , they should address the whole country , and threaten to Nottinghamise it , if the Members of Parliament refused to support the People ' s Memorials and the People ' s Charter . iHear , hear . ) Mr . Wall said that the Marylebone petition had 1 , 500 ii ^ nitures . After some routine business the Convention adjourned . FRIDAY , Mat 14 . Mr . Barmby in the chair .

    Mr , SkevinEton handed in a memorial from Laughborough , in favour of Messrs . Frost , "Williams , and Jones . Mr . Pitkethly said that they were doing all in their poorer to ascer tain if they could obUwin an interview with ' . be Queen , as their constituents expressed a strong wish they should effect it After they had had an interview with the gentlemen at the Chamberlain ' s office , who held out no hopes that an interview could be had , the deputation went to Mt Place , who agreed to make all necessary inquiries , stating at the same time hiB opinion that they could not have an interview with her Majesty , or have an opportunity to present the memorials , unless at a levee . He was also of opinion that the memorials should be presented to Lord Melbourns and the Ministry , and that it' would have a greater impression than presenting them to the Queen

    ( Hear , hear . ) The court dresses would , at least , cost £ 20 , which could be better applied by dividing it amongst the prisoners . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Pitkethly i waited upon Mr . Dancombe , who promised to speak in the House that night upon the state of the country . With regard to the ten or twelve pounds paid by Mr . Duncombe , he was gratified on being enabled to state that the post office intimated a willingness to refund it . ( Hear , hear . ) He went to Mr . Berkeley , who expressed himself in similar terms with Mr Duneombe . There was no doubt of their success , if the country sanctioned and supported them . As Mi . Dancombe was not en good terms with the Marquis ot Uormanby , it -would be is -well to select Bome other Member to accompany the deputation . » ( Hear , hear . ) Xiord Nunnanby was greatly opposed to ^ such dtpntations .

    Mr . Smart said they had but one course to pursue , and tLat was to obtain , if possible , an audience of her Majesty . To obtain that they should exert every nerve until they were fully satisfied that every access to her Majesty was blocked up against them . ( Hear , hear . ) Then they could inform their constituents thai the royal ear "was closed against their prayers . As soon as that gaifl& 4 publicity , it would make such an impression as would force every man who regarded ciTil liberty to join in th « present struggle for freedom . ( Hear , hear . ) Hi . Rose Has the Convention the power to interfere so far with the memorials as to direct or recommend the Committee to present them to any one but her Majesty ? Mr . Pitkethly—If we had your advice , it would strengthen our hands . We will , however , again try to present them . ( Hear , hear . )

    Dr . M'Douall We can recommend the Committee to adopt such measures as may appear advisable . ( Hear , bear . ) Mr . Pitkethly said that Mr . Duncombe informed him that Mr . Collins had been with him , and urged him to present the memorials . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Williams—We have done our duty 5 Still we would not be justiRed to let the memorials pass from oar hands without the approbation of the Birmingham Frost Committee . ( Hear , hear . ) We are still willing to press on again and again for out interview with her Majesty , and to obey any further instructions that may be forwarded from our constituents . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Skevington—1 dont see bow we have done any filing so long as we are denied the interview with her Majesty . iHear , bear . ) Mi . Smart—A refusal to see the Queen will do ns no harm . iHeai , h&SI . )

    It was then moved and seconded , " That theaddress to tke country , as recommended by the general committee , be read and adopted . " Dr . M-Douall then read the following address : —

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    The Address of the undersigned Members of the Victim-Restoration and Charter-Convention qf the Industrious Classes , to the Working Men England , Scotland , and Wales—to the Members ef the National Charter Association—and to the Chartist Electors of Great Britain . Fellow cot > Nt » Ymen and Brother Chahtists —You have honoured us with your confidence , and delegated to us the most sacred and important duties . We have endeavoured to realize your hopes ; and , in the pursuit of our humane and merciful mission , we have done everything which mature deliberatien could devise or reason suggest In one sense we have been successful , and in another we have failed . We have successfully appealed to many Members of Parliament , and have secured the support of men of opposite sentiments and interests . Mercy has been listened to by many , and justice baa been heard .

    On the other hand , we deeply regret the obstinacy of an unrelenting and merciless Government , whichstill refuses to restore the lonely prisoner to his family , his fireside , and his friends , and which denies the far-distant exiles the hope of again beholding the shores of old England , the scenes of their early youth , or the faces of their wives , their kindred , or their children . Can these men expect your suppert at the next election ? They aspire to it now—they expect it hereafter , and therefore it becomes our duty to caution you on the one hand , and advise with you on the other . At the present crisis' our duty is an important one ; and , feeling it to

    be so , we have found it necessary to act with caution , at the same time that we address you with firmness . We address you as men ruined in your trades , oppressed in your homes , and insulted In the midst of your poverty . Ths accursed Whig Poor Law has driven you to three of the worst of all ruinous alternatives . First , you are compelled to labour for poor and inefficient wages -, secondly , to starve within the ironbarred bastile , or steal in defence of nature ; thirdly , to s » ek an uncertain refuge in the far . distant lands if the emigrant , or become the liveried servants of your oppressing masters .

    The centralised army of spies and blood-thirsty slave-driTtrs have destroyed your independence of action in your homes , and your freedom of speech in ths streets . We address you as men who are force 1 by bludgeon and bajonet beyond the pale of Uie constitution , whose best friends have been immured in dungeons , crowded in hulks , tortured on tread-milis , and even murdered by the cruel devices of a vindictive Government , in cells where the voice of friendship ceuld not soothe tho agonies of death , or the tears of a sorrowing wife even fall on the body of the dead . " We address yon 83 Englishmen , Scotchmen , and Welshmen , who have lai * a just and merciful prayer btfore the footstool of royalty ; and we ask you as fathers , as husbands , and as men , whether we ought to bear with patience continned refuial to our petitions , or suffer a gavernment to insult with impunity our mild and constitutional demands ?

    We have made our last demand ; we have carriod our last petition to the threne . We wait the issue with Ermue-8 , and leave the final result to the insulted God of justice and of mercy . We declare , without hesitation or doubt , that we hope for nothing from the sense of justice which the Government pretends to ; and we cannot conceal from you that we , on the other hand , anticipate much from the fears of a struggling Ministry , and an imbecile and dying faction . The least accident may cast the relentless gaolers at the mercy of the masses ; and whilst you

    ask impatiently , " What shall we do ? " we have found it to be our duty to proclaim , on the evidence of a recent election , that the balance ef the elective power is even now within your grasp . The Chartist electors an now fight the battle of justice . Will they be firm nd faithfnl . » Will you be united and ready ? We loubt neither , we depend on both . The day of battle approaches . It will be an eventful day , as the issue wiil decide the fate of the banished and the incarceratedthe fate of the Charter—the fate of our cause , of our liberties , and of our country .

    The next paramount duty we have to perform is , to implore yon , the labourers , to unite . We denounce none ; we appeal to all ; and earnestly do we call upon yon , in the names of Fr * st , O'Connor , O'Brien—for the sake of all that is dear to principle and sacred to justice , unite , unite , unite ! organise , organise , organise . ' We deplore the various divisions which have weakened us and wearied us ; and , actuated by the sole hope of securing your political power , and thereby doing justice to all , we particularly recommend that all sectarian discussion may cease , and all party spirit be for e " ver still . Oh , think of the glorious cause we are engaged in ! Sympathise with the prisoner , and be just to each other , with the wives and the children , and be united to aid and protect them .

    Think of your wrongs , and then only will you form a brotherhood to secure your rights . Pass a v » te of oblivion on the past , and let union be the bright star to guide us for the future . We have heard much of Church-Chartism , of Teetotal-Chartism , and of Educav . ion-Chardsm ; we hold it to be the sacred right of every man to worship his Maker as he thinks best ; to regulate his domestic habits as he may think proper ; and to adopt any one scheme which be may think conducive to human happiness and social reformation . Why dispute with any 1 Why not invite all to enter the Great National Charter Association ? Our end is not to secure power to party , or separate privileges to sects . Admit all parties in religion , invite all denominations , and refuse no man who declares himself a Chartist ; no matter what may be his creed , his country or his caste . We hope that our appeal will not be in vain ; and having appealed to your sense of justice , let us now address your reason , and your judgment .

    Our old and untiring enemies have ascended the Political Auction Box , and , like unprincipled salesmen , they have offered hollow and deceptive wares to the mass of onlookers .. You are not to be deceived with chaff , nor will your judgment be arrested through your excited hopes Three ministerial clap-traps have been cast upon the waters of opinion , and after a few days they expect an abundant return . They shall be deceived . A reduction is proposed in the Timber Duties , which will admit foreign wood at a cheaper rate , instead of the colonial timber .

    What benefit can this measure effect for the poor labourer ? If the workman had the means of building a cottage for himself , he wonld not be a gainer of ten shillings on the whole edifice ; because the reduction will fee only felt on shiploads ; thereby throwing the whole benefit into the pockets ef the capitalists , ship builders , and large importers . It will not make a chair or a table one farthing cheaper , and the landlord will not lower his rents a single penny . Are yon to support an agitation for reducing the duties on timber for the sole purpose of increasing the profits of the capitalists or middle class ? Forbid it , justice . ' The same fallacy waa made evident on the reduction of the duties on leather . It benefitted the wholesale trader , but were shoes any cheaper ? All changes which appear to be ben&ficial to the wholesale dealers are ever found to be

    really detrimental to the retail purchaser . Take as an example the second Whig bubble ^—the reduction of the duties on Sugar . The movement will secure the votes of the sugar refiners , and attract the large traders , and wholesale grocers . ' Again we ask what benefit will the labourer receive ? The reduction amounts to Is . f d . the cwt , therefore the purchaser of a pound of sugar would have it 6-10 ths of a farthing cheaper than it is now . What coin have we to express that ? Nona What difference then will it mat * to the haudloom weaver who bays one ounce at a time . ' Oat upon the hypocritical crew ! Down with the defrauding ministry ! —Why did they expend 20 , 000 , 600 of money in emancipating the slaves ? Why did they then ask us to pay dearer for sugar , so that the slaves might be liberated ? Why do they now ask us to accept of cheaper sugar grown by the slaves of Cuba and the Bnizila ? Are not these proofs that their policy is one tissue of fraud , deception , and injustice ?

    We are likewise destined to have an agitation created for a fixed duty on corn . How often must we explode the fallacies circulated under this head ? The most ardent haters of the Corn Law show us that the quartern loaf would sell twopence cheaper after a total repeal ; therefore the labourer who earned one shilling per day , would have his wages raised twopence per day ; he who earned two shillings would be benefitted at the rate of feurpence ; and he who earned four shillings , at the rate of eightpence per day . The Government propose to have a fixed duty at eight shilliDKa the quarter . Under this fixed duty , the difference

    in the price of a quartern loaf could be consumed by an infant at one meal . Is it possible that reasoning men can be deluded by such ministerial frauds ? No ! We think higher of the reasoning workmen of this oppressed land , and therefore we content ourselves with simply cautioning you as to the domestic policy of the Whigs . They tell us that labour will become scarcer Have they proved to us that wages will be higher ? No ! btcause we are sensible that there are three powers in the hands of the manufacturers which will enable them under the present form of Government to destroy that scarcity , to lower wages , and throw thousands out of employment

    First—The labourers out of employment , at the pre-Bent time , are sufficient to supply ten times the existing demand . Second—If insufficient , the railways would pour into the manufacturing districts the discharged agricultural labourers , and glut the market in a few weeks . Third—If both sources were exhausted , experience has proved to us that the infallible specific for high wages would be adopted , viz ., the introduction of new machinery . The end of the " whole boon" of cheap bread , we safely predict , would be the lowering of the wages of the highly taxed operatives of this country , so as to enable the capitalist to compete with the low taxed workmen of the continent .

    Besides all these reasons , what human object can be gained , in a moral or physical sense , by driving thousands off the land into the unhealthy and overheated factories . Finally , our object being to legislate for the labouring population , we must take into consideration the wrongs of the agricultural as well as those of the manufacturing workmen . We despise all such Whig plasters : we want justice f > r the working men of Great Britain ; and if we mean

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    to bare It we mast contend for that political p # wer being placed in your hands which will enable you , not to repeal the taxes on one or two articles , but on all article : of foreign growth and domestic consumption . The duties on timber and dyewooda amount to £ 1 , 668 , 584 , and on corn , grain , meal , and rice , to £ 1 , 131 , 075 ; on sugar and molasses , £ 4 , 826 , 917 . The Whigs propose to repeal part of these duties . Our objects are to abolish all , as well as the duties on tea , tobacco , coffee , wines , fruits , spices , hides and skins , wool , cotton , besides such provisions as bacon , hams butter , eggs , 4 c . 4 c 4 c . ; in short , the whole host of taxes which press upon your industry , and diminish the supplies of life . We advocate no half measure beneficial alone to the master . We extend our views of amelioration to the

    oppressed workmen and the starved labourers of the whole of Great Britain and Ireland . Will you support us ? will you listen to our advice ? will yon pursue our directions ? Your subtle and designing enemies also design to introduce manufactured goods , and thereby destroy the trades of cork-cutters , brass founders , potters , watch and clock makers , embroidery and needle workers , glass blowers , glovers and Bilk manufacturers , ( already starving , ) aud a host of other trades , who will be overrun by the introduction of goods manufactured by the low-taxed operatives of the continent Do you not see , therefore , the reason why the capitalists have erected mills and manufactories in Belgium and parts of France , and likewise , why they have Tested theii capital in speculations in Saxony , Switzerland , and Germany ?

    Do you not see the reason of inviting the operatives of this country into Holland , Prussia , and Belgium ? Their design is upon our home market , because we exclude manufactured goods coming from other nations after the following rate : — Duty . Amtofdc . Brass manufactures 39 percent £ 1 , 710 Boxes of all kinds 30 do 2 , 709 Bugles Is . per lb 2 . 140 Earthenware , china , &c . 15 to 20 per cent 5 , « 23 Clocks aud watches 25 do 9 , 628 Copper , manufactures of ... 30 do 731 Cotton do 10 made up 20 ... 6 , 584 Embroidery and needlework 30 8 , 578 Artificial flowers 25 5 , 299 Bottles , all sorts of glass 30 to 120 27 . 304 Hair and poafs w , ol

    manufactures 30 3 , 097 Leather gloves 20 to 40 18 , 505 Boots and shoes 30 6 , 095 Paper hangings 3 d . per lb . 1 sq . yd . 1 , 573 Silkgooda 2 « . to 40 s . per cwt 217 , 361 Toys 20 per cent 3 , 793 Woollen manufactures ... 15 do . made up 20 25 , 113 The cloven foot has been shown , and poverty stares in the face of thousands of our operatives . Arise , awake , fellow countrymen , or ye aro betrayed . Let the trades of this great nation vindicate their character , and come forward in the cause of justice and humanity .

    Ifls better at times to submit to a real despotism than to a Government of perfidious , treacherous , and pretended friends . We are natural enemies to Whtegism and Toryism , but being unable to destroy both factions , we advise you to destroy the one faction by making a tool of the other . We advise yon to upset the Ministerial candidates on every occasion , todoubt their professions , and disbelieve their hustings promises . They even propose what they term a large extension of the Suffrage , Bu not deluded again—stand by the Charter , accept of nothing less , and like the stern and indomitable Romans , rather bring your enemies under a despotism than be deluded with their treacherous professions . We advise yeu , after mature deliberation ,

    First—To make returns to the Executive of the voters and tho state of parties in each constituency in the empire , with the view of considering the propriety of contesting an election and of appointing fit and proper persons to do so . Second—To raise a fund by voluntary contributions , for election purposes , and to appoint three national treasurers . Third—Te report the places where the members are returned , and where there is a likelihood of the opposite parties proposing to split the votes with our candidates . Fourth—To pledge all candidates to vote for the Charter , the release of all prisoners at home or abroad , repeal of the Poor Laws , tho abolition of the Rural Police , and the removal of all grievances complained of .

    Fifth—To elect committees for the purpose of carrying out the above objects , and to act as election committtes in any place where a Chartist candidate is likely to be returned , or a Ministerial hack upset Sixth—To pledge all Chartist candidates to sit and act as members upon a Convention which shall meet in London , and be called the Great Convention of the People ' s Deputies . Its constitution to be as follows : — The nivmb » . r » to be the People ' s candidates , proposed and elect * < 1 i-. y them to serve iu Parliament ; the deputies elected by larte towns or counties ; and a deputation appointed b . tbs General Executive ; all of whom shall meet in London after the elections , to devise the be » t means of securing the People ' s Charter—of liberating the Political Prisoners—and of protecting or preserving the remaining rights of the trades and labourers of every description within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland .

    ( God sav-e the People J P . M . M'DOUALL . T . R . Smart , joiin Skevington . Wm . Maetin . Thomas John Wall . William Morgan . John Goodwyn Barmby . Mohgan Williams , Lawrence Pitkethly . Matthew Uullen . ruffy ridley . John Rose . Mr . Rose and Mr . Martin moved and seconded the adoption of the address . Mr . Pitkethly aiked if all agreed to the address ?

    Dr . M'Douall said that all agreed to it . The Committee , however , were willing to introduce such modifications as the Convention might suggest ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Martin said that it ought to be issued at once . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Skevington said it could be left with the Executive to carry into effect the recommendations of the address . The address was adopted nem . con . Mr . Martin moved , and Dr . M'Douall seconded , that it be forthwith printed . Carried . Dr . M-Douall stated that Carlisle had offered to split at the next election between Chartists and Tories . ( Hear , hear . ) ( Mr . Smart said that operations were carrying on at Leicester to effect the Bame object . ( Hear , hear . )

    Dr . M'Douall said that it was generally believed that Government had resolved not to dissolve Parliament , and that they would resign . ( Hear , hear . ) It was pretty clear that Ministers would die game , and gloriously , as Lord Palmerston bad said they would . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Pitkethly recommended the address to be kept back until the Convention terminated their sittings . Dr . M'Douall . —It will be adopted as the last act of the Convention . Mr . Morgan Steps should be taken to give it Immediate publicity .

    Dr . M'Douall then brought up the following report of the General Committee to the effect that Mr . Mason ' s letter to the Convention was of such a nature as it could not be entertained by the Convention . That a deputation be appointed to wait upon the Marquis of Normanby with a view of ascertaining the probability of presenting the memorials to her Majesty , and that in case of a refusal to wait upon her Majesty ' s ministers to ascertain the probability of laying them before them , and that Mr . Pitkethly , Mr . Matthews , and

    Mr . Cullen , be the deputation . That the treasurer be instructed to produce bis accounts on Saturday morning with a view of ascertaining the real amount of funds in his hands , and also the expenditure tb » t has taken place . That all letters on public business be handed over to the General Committee . That they advise the people of Andover to place themselves in communication with the London Committee , as the pressure of business will not permit the Convention to lay down a plan of organisation for that place . The above report was unanimously adopted .

    Upon the motion of Dr . M'Douall , it was resolved that Messrs . Morgan , Williams , Pitkethly , and Williams , be of the deputation to wait on the Marquis of Normanby . Mr . Cullen waited upon Mr . Oswald , the member for Glasgew , who declined to accompeny the deputation , but promised to give the memorials and the petition bis consideration . Mr . Cullen informed the Honourable Member that be would let bis constituents know the reception be gave him , and bis answer to bis request that he should support the memorials . Mr . Cullen , in conclusion , banded in a petition from Falkirk , most numerously and respectably signed . He also handed over to the treasurer four shillings , forwarded from Falkirk .

    Mr . Pitkethly said that their friends in Parliament had expressed a strong wish that the petitions should be as numerously signed as possible , in order that a powerful impression be made . ( Hear , hear . ) Such was the recommendation ef Messrs . Duncombe , Berkeley and Fielden . Dr . M'Douall said that Mr . Duncombe wished to know the exact number of prisoners in the different gaols , and also their names , and their state of health . After some discussion between Messrs . Pitkethly , Morgan , and other gentlemen , respecting the situation of the prisoners , Mr . Pitkethly said he bad written to a large number of their friends to ascertain their present Btate , their treatment , and the effect that imprisonment bad on their health . The other members resolved to write to other friends ot the imprisoned for similar information . After which the Convention t ose .

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    BEPEAL- * THE MISCREANT CHARTISTS

    —DAN'S SIXPENNY MEETING . (?? ** £ . *? , ! - * 1- ~ I&st , ¦ general muster of ih ; Repealers of London was held at the Crown and Anchor , Strand . A silver sixpence afforded a pass-port for strangers , while Dan ' s retainers ware admitted on presenting a card , or giving by sign , watchword , or otherwise proofs of their determination to "cut the painter . " This was called a public meeting . Notwithstanding the arrangements made by the Repealers to the contrary , a very large body of the Chartists contrived to get in , played their artillery Tery effectually during the night , and , as the sequel proved , marred the intended victory of the liberator .

    A full hour having elapsed beyond the time for taking the chair , the assembly evinced strong symptoms of dissatisfaction . At length the ould Irish cry announced the arrival of the "lion" of the night , who made his appearance with his long sweeping tail , composed of " my son John , " Mr . Dil !« n Browne , M , P ., Mr . Martin Blake , M . P ., Father M'Halea Pets , Mr O'Niel Daunt , secretary to Dan , a barrister named Mr . Stevens , and Mr . Timetby Duggin , late spirit dealer in Liverpool , and now " rint" collector in Manchester A Mr . Edward William 6 'Mahony , business , profession , or residence unknown , was called to the chair .

    The Chairman having delivered himself of a long speech , in which he lauded to ttie skies the respectability , the intelligence , and the influence of the meeting . ( A laugh ; cries'of " hear , hear . ") Ireland , he said , was a degraded province , and England , being ignorant of her wants , could not legislate for her . ( Hear , hear . ) The Ministry , whose existence depended upon the Totes of Irish liberal members for their existence , should remember that no paltry concession would satisfy them . ( Hear , bear . ) i A Mr . Hogan next presented himself . He said that

    be was a working man , and would denounce the Chartists if they attempted to disturb the meeting . ( Iinniederate laughter frem the Chartists . ) If the Chartists raised a clamour , they were prepared to put them down . ( Immense confusion , and hisses . ) The liberator unfurled the flag of R 9 peal—( laughter )—and would lead them to victory . ( Increased laughter ) Since the Repeal of the Union Ireland was robbed of £ 49 , 000 , 000 sterling ( Shouts of laughter , amidst which Mr . Hogan resumed his seat , apparently much pleased with the hit he made . )

    A Mr . O Brien , a true Milesian in appearance and manner , annouueed himself as " an exile" from bis native land . ( Cries of " why don't you go bome ? " ) He said that the curses of their fathers , that the curses of their mothers—( laughter )—and the curses of their sisters— . increased laughter)—would fall thick and heavy upon them if they did not repale the union . What cared Irishmen for physical-force Chartists ? ( " Ahf * ah ! " groans , and cries of "bear , " and cheers . ; He knew something of physical-force Chartists . ( Hisses . ) They knew the Chartists—they defied the Chartists—( biases;—for they knew that if the Chartists were in power to-morrow tuey would ace towards them as their ancestors did . ( Loud hisses from the Chartists , and then from the Repealers . ) Ireland never trusted in England that she was not deceived . ( Hisses . ) They would obtain back their own Parliament by the . r own stalwart arms . ( Hisses , and cries Of " turn him out , " from the Chartists , and cheers from the Repealers . )

    Mr . Dillon Browne said that , after much anxious consideration , be came to the conclusion that the English legislature was incompetent and unwilling to legislate for Ireland . ( Hear , bear . ) A crisis bad arrived of importance to England and Ireland , when the reins of power were about being resumed by men hostile to liberty—by the advocates of slavery , and who invariably opposed Mr . Wiiberforce in his struggle for the freedom of the unhappy beings who were in bondage . ( Hear , bear , aud hisses . ) He hoped that Irishmen and Englishmen , sinking their petty

    differences , would unite iu driving Wellington and Peel from office , and in hurling the Tories from power . ( Hisses , groans , and cheers . ) Those men were opposed to liberty , and their motto was persecution . ( No , no ; yes , yes ; hisses , and cries of hear . ) He attended the Chartist meeting at Palace-yard , but he separated himself from the Chartists , because he repudiated the means adopted by them for carrying the Charter . ( Hisses aud cheers . ) If the Chartists conducted themselves like rational men they would be supported ( Loud hisses , hooting , cheers , and stamping of feet )

    Chairman—Englishmen should listen to him . He is inculcating the first principles of liberty . ( Oh , oh , hisses , and cheers , and great confusion . ) Mr . OConnell—Or . ler , order , order . [ Here a Chartist attempted a remark , but he was put dowu with hisses , and a cry of turn bim out ] Mr . Browne resumed . He followed his political leader , and adopted his new philosophy of moral force . Physical force was the doctrine of renegades and cowards . ( Hear , hear , am ) hisses . ) Mr . Browne was obliged to retire amidst the hit sea of the Chartists . Mr . O'GORMAN said that if they had their own Parliament back again in College Green—( a laugh)—they would have more beautiful streets - ( increased laughter ) —and would erect a spkndid testimonial to the Liberator . ( Hear , bear , aud " Oh , oh ")

    A Scotchman named M'Leod said that he was a convert to rtpeal , and would give it his support . The rank aud title of this new accession to repeal were not known . Mr . O'Njel Daunt said that the Union had been forced down their throats ; they should sooner feel at their sides for their swords than yield to it . ( Cries of " is not that physical force ? " ) The Union robbed them of £ 1 OO , UOu , 0 uO sterling . The bigots of Exeter Hall A Voice—What have we to do with them ? Mr . OConnell—If you will not listen to reason , others will . ( Hisses and cheers . ) Mr . Daunt—The foul Church establishment—( immense confusion , accompanied by the cheers of the repealers , and the hUses of the Chartists . ) Mr . D mnt endeavoured to get a hearing , but was ultimately compelled to sit down .

    Mr . OConnell here introduced to the meeting Mr . Martin , a member of the Convention , who was bailed with imni ' . nse cheering by the Chartists . Mr . O'Connell called upon the meeting to give him a fair bearing . Mr . Martin , who is the representative of the Birmingham Frost Committee , in tho Convention now sitting in Lonion , ascended the platform amidst loud and reiterated cheers . Order being partially restored , Mr . Martiu said , I hope you will take the advice of Mr . O Connell , and be silent , as I do not wish you to give me a single cheer , but that you should bear what I have to say . ( Hear , hear , bear . ) When you hear me out , Mr . O Connell will ' then have an opportunity of

    answering me . ( Hear , bear . ) I , with othvr Chartists , regret that ill feeling exists between Mr . O'Connull and us . I am , liko Mr . O'Connell , a Repealer—( cheers )—I say that Ireland has a right to a Parliament of her own , and that she ought not to be : —as she is—a paltry province , fer she never was conquered , but betrayed . ( Hear , hear . ) I am an Irishman ; and as devoted to Ireiand as Daniel OConnell says that he bimself is , and . as an Irishman , I oppose the Union which was foisted upon Ireland by fraud and by force . ( Hear . ) I also oppose the existence of a Church Establishment which , under the name of Christian , bos , and is still ready , to spill the blood of our fellow Christians . ( Hear , bear , and cheers . ) Some of the unwashed of St . Giles here created a disturbance , when

    Mr . O'Connell exclaimed will you not hold your tongue , you blockheads ? ( Cheers . ) Mr . Martin—I appear here this night from no factious motive ; I only come forward to confront Mr . O'Connell , who has declared bimself the enemy of the Chartists . ( Cheers , mixed with Repeal hisses . ; Yes , Mr . O'Connell , in his letter to Lord Chorlemont , after alluding to us , says— " The Chartists , from whom we could expect no aid , but upon the terms with which neither you nor we , my Lord , could comply . The Chartists are exclusionists of the worst kind . They would exclude from political power , not only what are called the upper—that is , the wealthier ranks of society , but even the intelligence and independence of the middle classes . Be assured , therefore , that , from

    the great masses of popular support that your Lordship relies upon , you must deduct the entire body of Chartists , be they more or less . " Why , the majority of the working classes form the basis of the fabric of society . ( Hear , hear . ) The working men are the protectors ef society , and the friends of Ireland , while the middle classes and the aristocracy are the bitterest enemies of Ireland . ( Hisses , and loud cheers . ) If the working men bad the privilege of voting , they would support the laws that would benefit that unhappy country , Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) It was well known that the aristocracy that the shopkeepers , anA the middle classes , opposed those laws , and did all in their power to destroy the liberty and welfare of England and Ireland . ( Cheers and cries of hear , hear . ) The electoral power

    was in the bands of the middle classes , who returned to Parliament aristocrats , bankers , and wealthy landlords . ( Hear , hear . ) The magistracy were composed of bankers—the sons of wealthy men , and of wealthy middle-class men . ( Hear , hear . ) All these parties agree amongst themselves to oppress the working classes . The members of Parliament say , take care of us and we shall take care of you , by giving you a share of the plunder , and enabling you to extract the greatest possible produce from the labour of those under you . ( Hear , bear . ) Again , writing to Lord Charlemont , Mr . OConnell says : — " That the body of Chartists are , to say the least of it , neutral as regards justice to Ireland . " I deny that . On the contrary the body of the Chartists will unite with the Repealers , if the Repealers will unite with them . ( Hear , hear . ) It is said that we cannot place confidence in Mr . O'Connell , and that

    his conduct shows that . ( Loud cries of hear , hear , bear , from the Chartists , and hisses from the Repealers , j I fear that he cannot fee trusted . ( A volley of hisses from the Repealers , answered by Chartist cb « ers . ) I will adduce evidence that he cannot be trusted . ( Here the Repealers lost all patience , and setting up a wild cry , endeavoured to come to an angry collision with the Chartists in the body of the room ; but the latter wisely declined tbe honour . ) It is said that be received money for his vote against the factory children , or at least for his conduct regarding that question . ( Hisses , and cries of " Hear , hear . " ; There is evidence to prove that he was called out of the House of Commons , and that in tbe lobby of the House he received £ 1 , 010 , the amount a greed for . ( Loud cries of "Shame , shame , shame . " ) I make that charge against Mr . O Connell , which Llnney , a working man and a Chartist , can and

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    will , if necessary , prove . ( Load cheers , and cries of " Bravo , bravo , " from the Chartists , with a few hisses front the Repealers . ) Mr . O'Connell has declared that it h « obtains RepeaJ , that he will raise thirty Baronets to the House of Peers . They will be creatures of his own , and not as they ought to be , selected by the common voice of the people . ( Hear , hear . ) Thus Ireland was to be converted into a den of corruption . ( Hear , hear . ) Was it necessary that that selection should be made from Baronets ? ( Cries of "No , no , " "Yes , yes . " ) He also declared himself the supporter of Household Suffrage . ( " Oh , oh . ") If Mr . O'Connell acted npon the broad principle of Chartism , he would not require the aid of the aristocracy , nor wonld the people look for their support . —

    ( Hear , hear . ) But Mr . O'Connell shall speak for himself , and you can judge of bis honesty . In his letter to Lord Charlemont , he says , " It is quite manifest that a great many of the Peers would be naturally desirous of having their sons and immediate connections in the House of Commons , and they could not expect a son or a relative to succeed with a popular constituency , if the Peer himself continued to oppose patriotic measures . The Irish House of Commons being a popular party , the Government must necessarily be such as would favour the advancement of popular institutions . The consequence would be , that every Peer who held out in opposition to such a Government would be deprived of all participation in Government patronage ; he could not have the least hope of providing for any of

    his family through the Government unless he supported the plans of such popular Government . " ( Hisses and cheers . ) In the same letter , Mr . O'Connell says , "In 1782 , an Irish Parliament threw open the blessings of education to the Catholics of Ireland . " Whether the poor peasantry were benefited by the blessing way be judged of by the fact that they cannot even read ! ( Hear , hear . ) That blessing , no doubt , benefited the aristocracy and the middle classes , but how could it have benefited the poer peasants , or how could they , out of sixpence a day , pay for the instruction of their children ? ( Hear . ) Iu that letter Mr . O'Connell boasts as follows : In 1792 the Irish Parliament conferred another measure of emancipation upon the Catholics by opening the bar

    to them , and admitting Catholics as attornies . In 1797 an Irish Parliament passed another act abolishing a penal statute , and authorising Catholics as eligible to be placed on grand juries , and likewise conferring on them the light of the elective franchise . A great boon indeed , which merely admitted the sons of Roman Catholic gentlemen to be attornies , or rather created a new race of conjurors and robbers who bad not the slightest sympathy with the poor , aud in their oppression were only surpassed by the rapacity of the priesta , who , under the pretence of saving men ' s souls , robbed their pockets . ( Most awful confusion , accompanied by hisses , groans , cheers , and every demonstration of popular fury and popular pleasure . ) The noise continuing , Mr . Martin ' s voice could not be heard , when

    Mr . O'Conjvexl rose and said , you promised to hsai bim . A Yoice—He has no religion . ( Hisses and cheers . ) Chairman—Pray do hear him . ( Increased confusion , amidst which a young mun was most brutally dragged out of the room and hurled down stairs amidst cries of " murder . " ) Mr . O'Con nell—Will you do me tbe injustice not to bear my accuser . Hold your tongues . Let him spin himself out , and then you will have an opportunity of laughing at him . ( Hisses and great cheering . ) Mr . Martin—When I spoke of the priests , I meant the priests of the Established Church—those vagabond robbers of tbe poor . ( Immense cheering from the Chartists , with hissing and hooting from the Repealers . ) Chairman—Pray , do keep silence ; the sooner the accusation is over , the sooner will Mr . O'Connell have an opportunity of refuting it .

    Mr . O'Connell—Ob , no , no ; let no man suppose that there is an accusation against which I am anxious to defend myself . ( Cheers from the Repealers , and groans from tbe Chartists . ) Chairman—I was wrong . I should have said that the sooner his opponent closed , the sooner Mr . O'Connell can defend himself . Mr . O'Connell , jantping up in a rage , exclaimed—' No , no ; let no nun suppose that I have anything to defend myself against ! ( Oh , oh , and immense laughter from tbe Chartists . ) Mr . Martin , in continuation , said Mr . O'Connell also opposed the Trades' Unions in their efforts to secure fair wages . Mr . O'Connell—I did no such thing . A Voice—Martin is a brave fellow . Mr . O'Connell . —Hear him out There is not a single wretched calumny that I will not demonstrate to be false and absurd . I will make short work of it .

    Mr . Martin . —I have another charge against Mr . O'Connell . In his letter to Lord Charlemont speaking of the outbreak of 1798 , he classes as murderers with Government spies of that day , the noble patriots and illustrious dead who poured forth their lives and blood in the struggle for freedom . ( Ob , oh , shame , shame . ) Yes , he says that he holds in utter contempt such men as Lord Edward Fitzgerald and tbe Shearer ' s . ( Hisses and grsans . ) Yes , that is tbe language which , he applies to men who saorficed their lives in their efforts to emancipate the poor Irish from the yoke , the galling , grinding yoke of an heartless aristocracy . ( Hear , and ories of " shame . ") Speaking of them , Mr . O'Connell says : — " As to 1788 , we leave the weak , aud wicked men who considered force and sanguinary violence as part of their resources for amelierating our institutions ,

    and tbe equally more villauous and designing wretches who fomented the rebellion and made it explode in order that in the defeat of the rebellious attempt they might be able to extinguish the liberties of Ireland . We leave both these classes of miscreants to tbe contempt and indignation of mankind , and we equally with your Lordship , detest and deprecate tbe crimes of . both . " Is that language becoming an Irishman ? Should such assertions escape bis lips ? As well as Mr . O'Conuell 1 am a paid agent I am a member of that Convention which is now sitting in London for the purpose of devising measures for tbe restoration of Frost , Williams , and Joneo , and tbe liberation of all Chartist prisoners . ( Cheers . ) The Convention are net aware that I attend here . Nor could I do so with their approbation , as they have passed a resolution prohibiting their members interfering , a ? members , in public meetings .

    Mr . O'Connell—Don't mind the Convention ; go on . Mr Martin—Sol will , Mr . O'Connell . You stated that tho Chartists who were convicted deserved punishment—( groans )—and- that you would'lead over 500 , 800 Irishmen to put down ^ nglishnien . ( Hisses , gro&ns , &c . ) There is not much ° philo 30 phy , there is not . much philanthropy in Mr . O'Connell's acting with Melbourne , who apprised of , nay , who encouraged the Manchester slaughter . ( Hear , bear . ) There is not much patriotism in Mr . O'Connell ' s ce-operating with Lord Palmerston , who could , if he liked , liberate Sligo from the two Tories who now represented it . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr .

    O'Connell is wonderfully vexed because tbe Chartists assisted in returning a Tory for Nottingham . I assure Mr . O'Connell that tbe Chartists detest tbe Tories as much as they do the Whigs , and that their reason for supporting them is , that the Tories have promised to release the 400 Chartists how in prison . ( Hear , hear , and cheers ) If the Whigs throw open those prisen doors—if they act a merciful part—if they restore Frost , Williams , and Jones to the bosoms of their families , and if they release all political prisoners , the Chartists will support them , and will address the country in their behalf . ( Loud and continued cheering , and immense hissing . )

    The room at this moment presented an awful appearance . The platform , tha reserved seats , and every part of tbe place exhibited all the rage of party . In vain Mr . O'Connell exerted bis authority to preserve order irritated to the highest pitch , he stamped , exclaiming , " For God ' s sake , be quiet ; be is no friend of mine who makes the slightest noise . " ( Hisses , cheers , &c . ) Order having been partially restored , Mr . Martin , who remained quite tranquil amidst the storm , said—Gentlemen , I have but imperfectly discharged my duty . Mr . O'Connell has beard the charges

    against him ; let him answer them . ( Hear , bear , hear , and hisses . ) But before I ait down , I will read for him a report of the Select Committee on tbe Factories Regulation Act , and will then leave Mr , O'Connell to reconcile bis conscience with the course be pursued respecting the poor , helpless , and defenceless factory Children . ( Hear , hear , and cries of " Read , read . " Mr . Martin then read the following extract from the report of tbe Factory Select Committee , which contained the evidence of a factory childwhich detailed tbe sufferings of one of the victims of that accursed system : —

    " My name is Elizi Marshall . I live in Leeds . I was born in Doncaster . I am seventeen years old . My father is dead : he was guard of a coach . My mother came to Leeds when I was nine years old , to seek work for us . I got work at Mr . Marshall ' s flax mill , in Water Lane . I left there because it was so dusty : it Btuffed me so that I could scarcely speak : it affected my health : I should not have lived long if I bad not left Tbe factory bell was a doleful sound to me . My father was dead , my mother was very poorly off , and my sister and I did what we could for her . I have cried many an hour in the factory . I could scarcely walk . I . could hardly get home . I was exceedingly fatigued at night Sometimes I had to be ' trailed ' home . I have an iron on my right leg . My knee is ceitftected . It was a great misery W me t ° wane I was straight before . My sister has carried ma \ np to bed many a time . I have been

    an fcut-patient of the Leeds General Infirmary nearif twelve months , and this lost winter I have been an the Infirmary six weeks . I was under Mr . Chorley ; they put irons on to my legs , which cost the Infirmary £ 3 . I have gone with great difficulty to the mill , and could not tell anybody what I suffered . They could not believe me , I am sure , if I did . My mother was very unhappy to see me so dealt with ; she cried , but she ceuld not keep me at home . I was obliged to go or else drop in the streets , I went to the mills as long as I could . At last I cried , and used to fell back in bed when they called me , so that they could not find in their heart to send me . I now live with my mother . Mr . Chorley has examined me tho roughly-, he say a that it is with long standing , and that the marrow is dried up quite out of the bone . He says , that when the marrow gets dried out , it will never be formed again . "

    One simultaneous burst of execration followed the reading of the above ; after which , Mr . Martin left the platform amidst the most enthusiastic cheering .

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    Mr . O'CoNNEtt then rose , and was received » m . groans , hisses , yells , and cheers . Heat ant attend to render Martin ridiculous by cross-examinim * htm his place of birth , &c . Falling in that , Jlt oSbS iili tilt i- ~ ' « h » d Wted against the fectory ^ y , dren . - A Voice—Who gave yon the £ 1 , 000 ? You know you got it j we can prore It ( A general fight , dS which several Chartists were unceremoniously ftZ ! out of the room . ) * . «« w < i Mr . OCONNELL-8 ir Thomas Potter declared that it was a lie , the paper declared it a lie , and he defied w enemies to state the time or placewhen he wss ^ J

    n that money . ( Cheers from the Repealers , and cri « S "We dont believe you , " from the Chirtists ) „ voted for . every Bill in favour of reduction of ' laW As : to the education charge against him , the Parlilmm ' tary returns proved that in Ireland the poorer Catholic who were educated were three to one as comDuS with the Protestants who enjoyed that blessinir- ^ that there were more Catholic children educated : at their own expence in Ireland than there were Protestant children so educated in England . ( Hear , hear ) ^ ni would be glad to know , from Mr . Martin , which ef th « Tories promised to let the Chartists out of prisfm ( Great confusion , and cries of " hear , hear . " ) A VOICE—Don't answer him .

    Mr . O'Connell—Oh , wretched , deluded men » hn support the Tories who perpetrated the Manchester slaughter , and would again , if opportunity offend crimson their swords with human gore . ( Cheers and biases . ) At the Nottingham election the Chartists snnported Walter , who designated Irishmen as beastf brutes , savages—a filthy ferocious crew , and theii priests as surpliced ruflians and ferocious tyrants . - ( Hisses , and cheers . ) Yes , Walter so designated theb venerated and venerable clergy ; and that nighttte Orangeman was breaking out on Martin , as he was abont applying the same epithets to them , when he was »! minded of . his error . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Yei yes , he ( Mr . O'Connell ) would lead 500 , 000 Irishmen to put down the miscreant Chartists , if they threatened

    the torch or the dogger . ( Yells , hisses , and eheeis . )_ Mr . O'Connell then abused Feargus O'Connor , ana « aS that it was reported in the Tory press that he ( O'Connelli wanted separation ; that was a lie . All that ha sought for Ireland was , that she should enjoy thoae rights which she had before her connection with Ed » . land . In hia devetion to his country he sacrificed £ 8 , 300 a year which his profession returned him . He refused to be Master of the Rolls and to be Chief Baron of the Exchequer , both of which were offered to him fey the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) ji ' O'Connell reiterated his oft-repeated arguments in favour of repeal , and concluded amidst groans , hi&M * and cheers . ' . '

    Mr . John Cleave presented himself in the front of the platform , and was received with loud cheers . He said—Fellow-countrymen , I will not , at this late horn ( twelve o ' clock ) detain you long . I have during my life attended many meetings , ami I have heard many strange sayings at those meetings , but this night ' s sayings and this night ' s doings have surpassed for strangeness all that I have either htard or witnessed before . ( Hear , bear , hear . ) For many years past I laboured with the Catholics in their endeavours for emancipation ; and , above all , in the exertions that were made to ameliorate the condition of the Irish Roman Catholic working classes . ( Hear , hear . ) During those years , I never attended a meeting which gne mo so much regret as the one of this night ( Hear

    bear , and a partial dissent by Repealers . ) I assure Mr . O'Connell that he will ere long deeply repent the statements he bos made , and the language he has ttcfopted this night . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) From the first moment that Mr . O'Connell landed in England from the first moment thai he took his seat in " the Old rotten House , " I , in common with other liberal English Protestants , extended to him the right hand of fellow , ship . Have we not a right to expect that he and hia countrymen should in turn bold out to us the same right band of fellowship ? ( Hear , hear , cheem , and t few faint hisses . ) When the rabid Tory press , aye and

    the equally rabid Whig press denounced Mr . O'ConneU and his followers as rebels , when they attempted to cry down repeal as rebellion , and when they recommended the question to be kept back by force / then Mr . O'Connell found friends and stanch supporters in the English working classes . ( Hear . ) Why then dees heat this moment attempt to turn upon and vilify those men ? ( He ;\ r . ) This is not the time for him to create new enemiss . When the Whig and Tory press are armed to the teeth against him , as a repealer . ( Hear and cheers . ) When tbe only Catholic paper in London is I believe opposed to the repeal of the union ( Hear . ) I appeal to Mr . O'Connell if such is not the fact .

    Mr . O . Connell . —Yes . The Tablet is opposed to Repeal . ( Hear . ) Mr . Cleave . —Well ; Mr . C'Connell is anxious to give tbe Wbigs every support , and to retain them in office . ( Hear , hear , from Mr . O'Connell . ) What did Lord Altborp say in the first reformed House of Commons ? . He declared that sooner than submit to the Repeal of the Union , he would risk the dismemberment of the British Empire . I tell Mr . O'Connell that the Chartists are not endeavouring to create rebellion . ( No , no , no . ) They are only struggling fei their rights , and those rights simply consist in the power of self government—a power to which as Englishmen they are entitled by the constitution of their country . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Connell was one of the first men to draw up the Charter , and was the flrrt man to sign it . ( Loud cries of bear , hear . ) Mr . OConnell—I draughted it . ( Hear . hear . )

    Mr . Cleave—Yes , Mr . O'Connell , and you were the first to sign it . I hold in my possession that signature of yours . ( Immense cheering . ) Mr . O'Connell—I acknowlsdge that I signed it ( Increased cheering . ) Mr . Cleave—My delight was great when Mr . O'Connell ratified the Charter by affixing his signatan to it Mr . O'Connell well knows that until the British House of Commons be constituted upon the prinriplei of the Charter be will never effect Repeal , unless be doe s so by open rebellion , and with an awful sacrifice of human life . ( Hear , hear , hear , hisses and cheers . ) A Voice—That ' s false .

    Mr . Cleave . I regret that Mr . O'Connell has made this meeting an occasion for an attack upon the Chartists and the working classes of England , and upon Feargus O'Connor . ( Hisses . ) His conduct to Mr . Martin was unbecoming—was unmanly and most unwise . ( Hear , hear . ) His conduct towards Feaigui O'Connor—his countryman—a Protestant—a brothn barrister , and formerly a member of the same House with him , was most cowardly . ( Immense rioting amongst the Repealers , whose rage appeared to hive no bounds , in which they indulged by screeching , booting , and hisses . As soon as they exhausted their

    anger , the Chartists followed with repeated rounds of cheers . ) Yes , bis conduct towards Feargus O Connor was most cowardly , was most unwise , and was nnstatesmanlike in the extreme . ( Continued hisses and rioting among the Repealers . ) I am afraid I must not call you , who thus conduct yourselves so indecently my friends . I repeat it , that Mr . O'Connell ' s attack was most cowardly , especially when coupled witk the bombastic threat of bringing over 500 , 600 of his countrymen to put down the " miscreant Chartists , " as he called them , if they in any way assailed the throne of the " angelic creature" who sits upon it ( Laughter and hisses . )

    Here an indescribable scene of confusion ensued , amidst which we could only gather from Mr . Cleate , whose speaking at the moment was a mere dumb sbow , that he told Mr . O'Connell that be ought to get him ( Mr . Cleave ) a heating , ao that the public mi ? ht be made acquainted with his statements . He , however , pledged himself that Mr . O'Connell ' s attack upon th « family of Feargus O Connor , and upon Feargus O'Connor bimself , would be repaid with interest . The Chairman cried out , Gentlemen , do hear him . Mr . O'Connell—Be so good as to listen to him . Mr . Cleaveas soon as order was partially

    re-, stored , said , I am surprised that Mr . O'Connell shonld attack an absent man—an imprisoned man , as & « ( Mr . O'Connell ' si countryman , Feargus O'Connor . " was cowardly . It was cruel . It was unbecoming » statesman . ( Hear , hear . ) If tbe Irish unite with t » Chartists the Chartists will unite with them , and to » union is the only way by which Ireland will be enawta to obtain Repeal , and obtain her political staSM amongst the nations . ( Cheers . ) Let not the iwn be deceived , and let them know , once for all , " ** they will never obtain the repeal of the Union , » long as they retain renegade Wnigs . in office and »

    power . ( Tremendous cheers . ) Mr . O'Connell—I am asked by Mr . Cleave if I w » join the physical-force Chartists , the torch-and-uwdagger men , and if I will follow the men who wow out in open insurrection . ( " No , no , " an 4 " Yes , y » ' I tell Mr . Cleave that I will do no such thing . 1 ° **' bear , and confusion . ) Justice must be done t ° «^ one . LordAlthorp did say that he would rather **» dismemberment of the empire than aecede to " Prj forced upon him by a faction . ( Hear , hear . ) J *« also said , that if the universal Irish people de 8 U * L . they were entitled to it . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Cleave co * plains of my attacking Feargus OCcnnor . Hasnei «~ his papers , which calumniated me ? When | *" posed in Leeds to the assassin ' s dagger , h&d few O'Connor the honesty to take my part in . . l * "L ie Once for all , I tell you I will not join your nus »»' Chartist prejudices . ( Hisses . ) . . Mr . Cleaye—I am not asking you . ( Al » ogn . >

    Mr . O'Connell—You come forward to e ?^ £ j rebellion and revolution . ( Great tumult , ana n I seek Reform . You talk of the Cbartutf cam < £ Repeal . It would be better to suffer any P *^ . ) than adopt their plans of effecting BePeaL { ° ftcs In conclusion , I say , Heaven preserre my counw ; Chartists . ( Tremendous hisses , and cheers . ) . _ Mr . Cleave was loudly cheered during ^ "" Ljof after which the meeting broke up . A »»* £ .. to * Repealers escorted the " Liberator of lre » " . ^ patent safety cab , which conveyed him *™*' 1 p # . cheers , hisses , and groans- It is said & \ ' 5 r&l sons were dangerously injured by tbe « £ " tafli por ters , who were in attendance at tbe "" TT * froi » out vi et armis any one who even dared to """ r ^ ie-Repeal . One young man from Maryte lwne " w riously indisposed from the savage treatment ^ experienced . The Chartists are getting up "L ^ they meeting at the Crown and Anchor , to » " « intend inviting Dan and his myrmidons .

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    6 THE NORTHERN STAB .

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 22, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct707/page/6/