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      HAZ—E 6 ROVE , keas . Stockpobt . —Disgeacbyn . Pitch ed Baulk . —Patai . Conskquksces , akd gxAMPtB . —In the Tillage of HiHe Qrove , ( erst , filled Bollocksmithj , bat was christened to suit the pride * nd elegance of & certain tyrant 3 n that neighbourhood well known to the poor colliers , ) about three miles from Stoekport , a , pitched battle has just been fought , the particulars of which are disgraceful to a civilised society . One of the men was killed on the spot , fire of the parties hare teen committed to Chester Castle for trial on a charge of mandaughter , and a warraat for the apprehension of a gxth has been issued by the coroner . It appeared that a nlk-wearer , named Samuel Perry , residing at HaElegrore , and John Hadfield , a collier employed

      it the Poynton pits , owaj ; to some pnblie-house quarrel , were backed to fight a pitched battle , up and do"TOi for 10 s . a-side , though Perry was the much better man of the two . A body of colliers had made up their minds to support tha champion at all hizird 3 ; and on Wednesday night list , the 29 th , a large party , on both sides , proceeded towards a sequestered place near Marple Wood , about two Biles offl Hadfield was backed by John Bold , a collier , assisted by & banksman &t Poynton , named Junes Traffbrd , who came to Poynton as a policeman dnring the colliers' struggle against a reduction of wages . Pfi ^ T had no backer , though he was attended by his brother James . The men stripped themselves naked , with the exception of an apron

      apiece ; and having fought about half an hour , they were disturbed by the constables , and they fled . The battle , however , was arranged to be fought on the following night ; and it accordingly came off between seven and eight o ' clock , in Ford ' s Field , in Norbory , it being moonlight . A great crowd of men and women congregated , Bold seconding Hadfield , and John Platt seconding Perry . The colliers and others had prorided themselves with hedge-stakes . A ring haying been formed , both parties stripped themselves naked , with the exception of their shoes and stockings ; they felt at each other ' s bodies if they were soaped , " and all things being satisfactory , the battle commenced in the presence of a considerable number of females ! The men qn&Yered , "

      and in the first round Hadfield ran at his adversary with great force , with his head against his stomach " , which forced him sideways towards the ground . At this moment , Hadfield closed upon him from behind , threw his left arm under the other ' s head , and commenced striking him with the right . Perry got upon bis knees , and groaned ; and Hadfield tightened his arm round the throat . Perry groaned &fain ; and some of Hadfield ' s mends cri « d out , " I'd make him as he would eat no mors praties . " George Cloagh , one of the bye-standers , said to James Trafibrd . ** Trafford , does ' t hear that mon groan ! " to which Trafford replied , " he does Hot groan half as hard as he did last night ; thoul't hear him groan harder enow . " Then , speakiDg to Hadfield , he said , " Jack , can't

      use nout-else beside throttling—can t thou use thy fists i" It was now evident that Perry was disabled or was choking , and Wm . Grundy rushed into the ring to part the combatants , when Perry ' s brother , with uplifted stick , threatened to breik Ms head if he touched them . The colliers said the same ; and he was obliged to come out P . H . Perry , the combatant , never breathed after . Burgess , one of the Cheshire Constabulary Police , came up ; and , pulling Hadfield off the other ' s head by force , discovered that Perry was de&d , he having been strangulated . He then gave Hadfield into the possession of an assistant , while he conveyed the deceased to a doctor . Hadfield had , at that time , on his feet , a pair of thick shoes , plated at the toes with iron : but

      which some person contrived to exchange , and they have not been recovered . Hadfield was taken into custody , and the following day , Platt , the second of the deceased , was apprehended . Bold , the other second , absconded on Friday . On S&turday , an inquest was held on view of the body before Charles Andson , Esq ., coroner , when the above facts were proved . The inquiry lasted from eight in the morning fill half-past seven at night . James Trafford and James Perry ( the deceased ' s brother , ) who attended the inquest as witnesses , were given into custody by the direction of the coroner . The constable stated that Hadfield , on the way to the lock-ups on Tuesday nighs , began to cry , and used the following words : — I ' tc hung him , I've hung ' him ; I knew I was hanging him ; but I durst not

      leave loose ! " The surgeons , Messrs . Lowe and Clubb , stated that the death of the deceased had been o : sasioned by a blow on the stomach , thereby causing paralysis of the diaphragm ; and by strangulation afterwards . The Jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against John Hatfield , one of the principals ; and against John Platt , John Bold , Junes Trsfbrd , and James Perry , as aiders and abettors . The deceased was twenty-two years of age , Bold is still at large ; Trafford applied to be admitted to bail , but the Coroner told him he hsd so power of accepting bail ; he must apply to a higher tribunal . On Tuesday , the prisoners were removed to the County Gaol at Chester . The Coroner has desired that no exertions shall be spared to bring any other parties forward who took any active part in this brutal and disgusting exhibition .

      MASHASS—Disgraceful Outrage bt Poucekes . —This hitherto peaceful and quiet town was , on Friday evening last , the sceneof great riot and disorder , from the following circumstanceSjWhich have been detailed to U 3 by a correspondent npon whom we can rely . On the Thursday evening , some idle boys assembled to perform what is not an unusual ceremony in country town ? , to u ride stang , " as it is called , in consequence of a supposed ill-treatment and assault , by Swinburne , the police oficer , upon his wife . To say the least of it , it is a foolish and a ; the same time a harmless proceeding , and would doubtless be more honoured in the breach than in the observance . Swinburne , was , as might be expected , much annoyed at this proceeding , and

      after Eome altercation with the parties , succeeded that evening in putting a stop to their sport . On the following night , about eight or nine o ' clock , the accustomed ceremonies were resumed , and Swinburne , with a police officer from Bedale , of the name of Macpherson , whom Swinburne had brought to tie town , immediately set about , with great violence , to disperse the persons who were assembled in the streets , and their manner of doing so excited general disgust and indignation . These peace officers had each of them & brace of pistols in their hands , and , in a state of great excitement , were presenUDg them at any person who dared to remonstrate with them upontheir mad career . A young man who was crossing the street , and taking no part whatever in

      the disturbance , was instantly seized by these fellows , and was about to be dragged to the lock-up . when many respectable bystanders remonstrated with the oncers upon their behaviour , and desired them to release their prisoner . The only reply given was a determined threat on the part of these men , that if any person interfered with them they Ehould haTe the contents of the pistols , which , by their own confession , were loaded . By this time the people were so exasperated that an outbreak was moinen : ari ] y exoccted , which , in all probability , wonld have ended in bloodshed . Swinburne and Macpherson were , however , at last prevailed upon to release their unoffending prisoner ; and Messrs .

      Jackson and Aseough , the town's constables , at the reqn « r of the respectable inhabitants of the place , undertook to quel ^ the riot , which at this time had arisen to a great pitch . They immediately insisted epoa Swinburne and Macpherson going honie , assur" ! g them that if they did not , they would not be answeraWe for the consequences , and that the peace of the town would be soon restored . To this they assented with much difficulty , and in a very short time tee persons quietly dispersed and the streets were completely cleared in less than half an hour- The two police oficera were , however , determined to have therr revenge that night , and about eleven o ' clock wnen all was peaceable they proceeded to the house

      or one Robert Atkinson , who , the evening before , ii / j n £ ome pan " ^ ihe proceedings above Minded to , asd wnh the assistance of Captain Harconn s weeper a = d watcher , succeeded in gaining an entrance into icehouse . They immediately proceeded up stairs , where some females of the family were in bed , and dragged Robert Atkinson out 6 f his bed ™ f v ^\ l ha £ n ' me of ^ e night , to the lock-£ P- It should t * ob ^ md that this person had never be . n out of his house that night , and had taken no d ^ VrJ- ^ T hateTer > exoe P : that on Thursday evening he had refused to assist Swinburne wnir >? i PweariinKB of that evening ; for TW t he h&d obtained a warrant . &tm ri then Prated to the house of thiiS tbe Eame of Benson , accompanied by attorn ?* 8 B / ' deeper and watcher , and there ™ V ^ i ° force an entrance into the house for the ? h 2 T Webtniing one of his sons . In this f * J , - nn 5 BCCfr 5 ful , though they broke the winuow to pieces and fired off their nistols savpt » 1 tim ^ s

      tW »* " ¥ aknn of the neighbourhood , presenting « J « r pmols to the inmates through the window of nVi ^ w " v Tijey remained about the house till two X ~ T , " ! * r ^ niag . On the following day the K « nerai feeling of disgust and indignation appeared » increase rather than diminish , and on hearing iMut was the iDtention of Capt . Harcourt to send to vL fP 1 ** 3 of h » labourers as special constables > ± « , v ^ eACe ' a mee * ing was immediately called bitM ? ^ tL - " ? . at which all the respectable inhatfcJr attended , and it was unaBimously resolved wat no such step was at all necessary , but on the Wv **;* l ***** * wonld 3 ead * ° a more serious out-, ^? f . l&formation was sent to Capt . Harcourt , gtt «» respectable inhabitants would be answerable « ELrt Pe ?* eof ^ eto ^ iij and would undertake to «« « 5 ri Md coafasion , which , in their judgment , J ^^ l at tributable to the officers . At this meetm «^ resolution was also unanimously adopted to the

      « LnoI' f * t , kwiBburne and his colleagues were the £ ^ t ?^ A edis S irb&nBeB > ^ at he was wholly ™ w » hold the office and that application be imme-«« ejy aade to the inspectors for bis instant dish ? f £ ^ remoTil fTom ^ town - Ate 1 this nK *^ nrrthir " ^ he cam o as peaceable as possible , and wtbin g could more clearly show the good feeling « c peaceable demeanour of the inhabitants , than ^ . readiness with which all parties co-operated in snoring harmoDy and quiet , A meeting of the

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      inspectors would be held on Wednesday , when we doubt not the decision come to would be soch as to guard against any such turbulent and disgraceful proceedings in future . —York Courant , THTSSK . —As a man in the employ of Messrs , Gilling and Sneath , of Think , was catting hay from a stack in a field adjoining the high road to York , on Friday , he found two large horse pistols cor "ealed in the stack . They were wrapped in an old . . aockfrock , and on examination were found to be loaded with large No . 1 shot , primed , and ready for immediate ase ; what that might be , nothing has transpired to determine , as the frightened silly man took them away and hid them in the stable , without naming it , till next day , to any one , who might hare discovered who were the parties owning such instrument ? .

      HUPDETRSFIELD —The town appeared all alive on Wednesday morning , in consequence of the Bishop of the Diocese being busily employed confirming a great number of both sexes and of all ages , SSAHCHESlitfcU—Bricklayers' Strikk . — Some difference seems to be existing between the operative bricklayers of Manchester and their employers .- The following placard has been published by the men : — " Bricklayers take notice . Beware of coming to Manchester . The wages are not five shillings per day for all . There are three hundred of us thrown out of employment this day , for not submitting to their tyranny . The country has been scoured on a previous occasion for bricklayers ; and , after they started work , some of them were actnally kicked about their business . Be wise ; do not be taken advantage of : there are policemen placed on the works , so that the workmen can hardly speak . We remain yours , Br icklayers of Manchester . "

      More Cruelty at Wakkfikld . Benjamin Walker , of Bradford , informs us that on Monday the 27 th nit ., he went to Wakefield toseehis brother John Walker , who was sentenced to two years imprisonment in March , 1 & 40 . On bis arrival he was informed by the governor that John Walker must not see any more risitors , or receive or write any more letters to his friends during the remainder of his imprisonment . Walker has been for some time ' a delicate heal * h , and his friends ( particularly his hi 3 wife ) are most axious for his welfare ; they do not know by what stretch of authority it is that a ellow-beingis thus deprived of all communication for six months , —a species of cruelty more refined than absolute slavery .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tcesdat , Oct . 5 . The Earl of Radnor again jot up a discussion of the Corn Laws upon the presentation of a petition upon tbe subject , and he called npon tbs Bake of Wellington to say if be was rightly understood on the previous evening to say tb&t it -was not the intention of tbe Government to proposs any alteration in tbe Corn Law . The Dcke of Wexxingto * said he wonld consider well before he gave advice to her Majesty as to any particular course of conduet , but , whatever might be bis opinion , he would neyer suffer himself to be intimidated by the Noble Lord , or by his correspondents . After some expl&natians from Lord Kinnaird , the Date of Richmond , and Lord Clifford , the subject dropped .

      Lord Brougham then called attention to the subject of the Slave Trade , and repeated , at considerable length , the legal bearings of the question , to the same effect as he had already done a few eveniDgs back He wi&he 4 to ask if there was any objection to lay vpon the table the report of Dr . Madden on the Slave Trade ? The Earl of Ripo 5 regretted that the reports of Dr . Madden could not be pjodneed , for they were of a rery confidential nature , and related to a great Tariety of subjects , many of them of a very delicate nature . After a few words from Lord Elle . nborough , Lerd Brougham declined to press for tbe report * of Dr . Madden . The Bills on the table having been forwarded a stage , the House adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tuesday , Oct . 5 . SirC Napier asked the Right Hon . Baronet ( Sir Robert Peel ) what instructions , if any , had been sent out to America , -with the view of protecting Mr . M'Lftod from the populace , if he should be acquitted by the Court before whom be was to be tried . Sir R . Peel said that the Hon . Gentleman would perceive on reflection that it would not be proper for bim to communicate any information upon the subject under existing circumstances . The "dropped orders frem the previous evening were then disposed of , and the Heuse adjourned .

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      NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL .

      SELBT . J . Tellies . RJ . Birch . J- Danghtery . W . Richardson . W . . Butler . J . Biwster . J . Watson . J . H . Rockett , Sub-Treasurer . W . Satherbj , Sub-Secretary , sho : maker , Gowthrop ILKESTOX .

      Mr . William Widdowson . Mr . Edward Lacy . Mr . John Cook . Mr . John Swain . Mr . Thomas Potter . Mr . Alexander Sisson . Mr . Ellis Lathbury , sub-Treasurer

      W 0 LVERHAMPTON . Mr . Mogg , baker , Snow-hill . Mr . J . Wilcox , news-agent , Worcester-street . 31 r . Fox Stewart , spec cade-maker , brickkiln-lane Mr , Dunn , locksmith , Stafford-street . Mr . Broughall , stonemason , Stafford-street . Sir . Freeman , monlder , Portland-row . M r . Driver , edge-toolmaker , Cleveland-street . Sir . Sims , locksmith , Brickkiln-lane . Mr . Candy , stonemason , Brickkiln-street . Mr . J . S . Farmer , accountant , Pettitt-street , sub Secretary .

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      WESTBURY . —We are progressing nicely here , and could be more so had we a room to meet in . We have had a few Tisits from Mr . Cluer , and he has been instrumental in the conversion of a number of men from drunkenness to total abstinence ; and when men leave off drinking they become thinking men , so by that means they have become members of the National Charter Association . I ^ EICE&TER . —The steady , deep excitement spre&ds on erery band . Twenty-seven new members have taken caTds during Monday and Tuesday of this week ; the whole number of new members last week was fifty . Crowds continue to attend the Sunday preaching in the Market Place , and , as-the weather is becoming unfavourable , a requisition to the Major is in course of signature , for the use of the Guildhall on Sundays . Our general half-yearly meeting vras on Monday ; it was felt to be ' recessary that our Council should be augmented to thirieer .

      MARKET WEIGHTOJ * .- A discussion on the principles of the Charter ha 3 been arranged here , to come off on the 4 th inst ., between Mr . Makening on the part of the Chartists , and Mr . John Wray , a disciple of the " Plague" school . Mr . Makening and his friends attended on Monday evening , but Mr . Wray declined the contest , on the ground that he could not find friends sufficient to attend on his behalf . A report to this effect was drawn up and ] signediiy those present , Mr . Wray agreeing to it . : BEL PAST . / -The Universal Suffrage Association held their usual weekly meeting on Tuesday , Sept . '

      30 th , the president in the chair . After the usual business had been gone through , the Secretary read a letter from Mr . Joseph M'Donald , of Newry , in which the writer suggested the propriety of Belfast uniting with Dublin , as iSewry and many other toBas in Ireland had done . A msjoijty of the members not being present , the consideration of the matter wa 3 postponed until our next meeting . F . Mellor has received from a few friends in Gln , s ^ ow , per Mr . Terence M'Culloch , 13 s . towards the spread Df onr cause in Belfast . The society returns the subscribers theirsincere thanks , with the assurance of its due application .

      BRIGHTON . —On Monday evening last , Chas . irooker , Esq ., met the glorious nineteen electors ho supported him at the late election , at a soiree i the Cap of Liberty , Portland-street . The caterig of the worthy host was amply sufficient for tbe ) mpany ; the tea and coffee was excellent ; the ham id other articles were of the like dispooUion . handsome boquets of flowers adorned the tables he most gratifying proceeding of the evening was present by Mr . Brooker to each elector of a indsosie bronzs medal . On one side , giving a

      ascription of the contest in which they had been [ gaged ; on the reverse was a motto emblematical " the principles of the People ' s Charter , Mr . rooker addressed the meeting at some length in ost animated terms . Addresses were also given by iessrs . Woodward , Colling , and Page . SAI . FORD . —On Sunday evening last , a friend om Manchester lectured here , to a very large meetg . On- Sunday afternoon , Mr . Ja ckson preached , ter which , a collection was made for the benefit of « Snnday school .

      BEVERLBT . —Mr . Skefington gave a lecture ta a ' eat concourse of the working classes , assembled in e market-place , on the benefits aximng frem the ' wple ' s Charter , which gave great satisfaction .

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      BntBUJTGHimX . —Freeh an-street , Monday Evening . —A numerous meeting was bold at the Frcaman-stieet zoom , oa Monday evening , which wm addressed by Mr . George Whits . He adverted to the me 3 ting which bad tsen held that day as a proof that the National Charter Association wa » approved of by the people of Birmingham , and urged on the meeting the necessity of standing firm to the only union calculated to give happiness to them and their families . He then described the enormous amount of suffering which existed in the country , and held out the Charter a « the enly hope of tbe working clarsrs . The meeting wb-j afterwards addressed by Mr . Clarke , who said that it was his fiat attempt at addressing a public meeting . He made an excellent speech . It was announced tbat Mr . Henry Vincent would address the meintars of the Association on the Wednesday evening . Several new members enrolled their name ? It is now quite clrar that the working classes have made up their minds te rally round the National Char tar Association .

      FROST , Williams , AND Jones .- —The General Committee of Birmingham for the Restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , held their usual weekly meeting , on Tuesday evening last , at the Charter Association Room , Freeman-street , Mr . Thorp in the chair , when it wa » resolved tbat the memorial aa tent to tbe Marquis of Normanbf , be sent to Sir James Graham , with a few necessary alterations , and in the meantime , the sub-commlttcs to prepare another and stronger memorial ready in case the present one has no effect Mr . T . Vaughauand Mr . A . FusseU wen elected members of this committee , National Charter Association . —This

      Association Increases rapidly in ttiia neighbourhood . The various meetings which have been held in the Freemanstreet Room are numerously attended , and every me sting adds to the number of those who are determined to straggle for the liberty of their country . Mr . Melon delivered one ef his excellent and spiritei addresses on Sunday evening last , and was warmly applauded Mr . Williamson and others also addressed the meeting ; after which , it was announced that Mr . Henry Vincent would address a meeting at the Railway Station , Daddeston Row , en the following day . Several persons in the room complained of Mr . Vincent not attending , ss he was a member of the Association ; and it was determined that he should be questioned on the subject on tbe following day . The meeting then separated .

      TVBLIC MKBTlfiQ AT DVDDBSTOK ROW , TO HEAR Mr . Viscem . —In accordance with an announcement by placard , that Mr . Henry Vincent would address tbe men of Birmingham on Monday last , at half-past one o ' clock , at the Railway Station , Duddeston Row , on the subject of " Chartism , " a large body of people repaired there at the time appointed ; but such was the inclemency of the weather , that a great many left , thinking that it was impossible to proceed . In the meantime a large number remained under the arches of two bridges that cross the canal , and about two o'clock Mr , Vinoent determined on addressing those tbat remained , as the weather began to assume a more favourable appearance . Mr . Benjamiu Hill was called to the chair , and said that he always felt pleasure

      in presiding over a meeting of his fellow-townsmen , especially when the object of that meeting was the attainment of the People ' s Charter ; but on account of the inclemency of the weather he should not trespass on their time , as he had the honour of introducing a tried friend of the people , who had suffered much in their cause . He wonld , therefore , introduce Mr . Henry Vincent t » address them . Mr . yincsat commenced hia address by regretting that the weather was bo unfavourable , and entered into a defence of Chartist principles . He said that nothing could save the working millions of the couitry from the oppression t « which they were subjected but the power of self-government . He then alluded te the subject of his imprisonment , and the offers which had baen made to him by the

      Welsh magistrates , on condition that he would cease to agitate in favour of Chartist principles , which offers be bad rejected with disdain , as he was determined never to ceate his advocacy of Chartiam until it was recognised as the law of this country . He next advert ^ to his Interview with the Marquis of Normanby in tbe Penitentiary at Miilbank , and said that it ended in his Lordship removing him from that placa to Oakbam Gaol , to which gaol a Government officer had been dispatched to secure bim a good apartment . After ably discussing the jastice and necessity of the Charter , be lamented that there should be any division in the ranks of the people , and concluded by declaring his fixed determination , whether in prosperity or adversity , to stand by the causa of democracy , and straggle with

      the people , as he had done heretofore . He then retired amid the applause of the me sting . The chairman was then about to dissolve the meeting , on account of the rain , which was descending in torrents , when a shout was raised for " White . " Mr . George White presented himxelf , and said that he was ready to address them in any sort of weather , if they thought proper to remain , and proceeded to comment on the position which the Chartists occupied , and then adverted to the statements bo of tan pat forth about the division said to exist in Birmingham . He had all along denied the existence of any such thing as divisions amongst the real Chartists , for if two or three men wanted to have their own way , it could not be called diTision for they had now come to such a point of

      intelligence and determination , that they could remove any men from amongst them who endeavoured to create discord . ( Hear , hear . ) If they found him doing so , they ought at once to dismiss him from their ranks , and he would advire them to do the same in all cases ; it was rather too bad , that a few men should think themselves of such importance as to absorb the time of the nation , when hundreds ef thousands of the best and most virtuous people in the country were dying for want ; but they had now done with the snbjec * - The glorious demonstration which they had all witnessed on that day fortnight , proved that the people of Birmingham were determined to do the \ r duty , and from that day forward he would not occupy their time , nor his own , by making those individuals aprwr important , when such

      w&s not tbe c&r . e . They had all witnessed his conduct , and as he met all petty calumnies publicly , he would ask them whether he had not performed his doty whilst be had been amongst them ? ( Loud chcars , and yes , yes . ) He next alluded to a speech made by a person called Allday , the reporter to the Ten Towns Messenjer , a notoriously lying Tory paper , wherein that person alluded to the Chairman of some meeting which Mr . O'Connor attended , as tslng a spy in the employ of the government , and as some people hod thought from th ' e manner in which ihe speech was reported in the Journal —that Mr . Allday referred to him , be had been appointed by the members of the National Charter Association as one ot a deputation to wait on Allday , bat he was invisible , for every place they went to , he was not to be

      found . He ( Mr . White ) was determined to find him , and know who be mesut , for although they were now completely beyond the power of spies , as their business was conducted in an open , straightforward , and legal manner ; yet if there were persons of that description amongst them , they ought to be apprised of it . ( Hear . ) He then adverted to the speech of Mr . Vincent , and highly approved of the centlments which he had uttered ; he , nevertheless , thought it but justice to the members of the National Charter Association , and also to Mr . Vincent , to inform him that they did not think that he had sufficiently identified himself with the Association of which he wr i a member . Mr . White then concluded amidst loud cheers . Mr . Vincent then cime forward , and said that he never attsnded a meetio ; where he had not urged tbe necessity of joining the National Charter Aisociation , and was one of its stiuncbot advocatvs .

      Mr . Brown then addrf ssc i the meeting , after which a yonn ? man present moved a resolution , approving of the National Charter Association , »« the 1 st plan for organising the pe-opla Mr . George White seconded the proposition . Mr . Edward Brown , who has been lately liberatrd from Warwick gaol , moved as an amendment , " that Messrs . Lovett and Collins ' s plan was preferable . " The amendment we * met by loud laughter and groans , intermingled with shouts of " who'll cccond it ? " Aftsr a while a msn in the meeting seconded tbe sTiendment , which was put by the Chairman , and about a score white hands held up in its favour . The original resolution was carried amidst loud and repeated cheers . A vote of tbanfcs wps then given to the Chairman ; after which tbree cheers were given for the Charter , three for Mr . O'Connor , and three for Mr . White ; and the meeting separated .

      STAFFORD . —Triumphant Progress of Democracy . —Dr . SI'Douall and Mr . Mason visited Stafford on Monday lest , to addren the inhabitants of this town on the principles of the People ' s Charter . It was the firat time we ever received a visit from any of the friends of the toiling millions ; and although it may 13 singular , yet it is true , we never before heard a lecture on ChB \ tism . The Mayor did everything to interdict the meeting , which wns held in the Market Place ; and even when tbe huBt'igs were erected , he pi \ - cented himielf to prevent the two gentlemen addressing

      the ss £ 2 mbled people . The Doctor and Air . Mason Bt 3 pped forwsrd . and told 1 ira t ^ ittbey wonld t ke the responsibility on themctlves for holding a meeting , which they knew to i ; perfectly constitutional and legal . Tee Mayor then retired amid tbe laughter of the 'scembled thousands . Both of the gentlemen addressed ± e mcot ' wg at great length , scd with much forca of reasoning . At the i . nclosion of the meeting , tart 2 lemendoos cheers rent the air for the lecturers , three or Frost , Williams , and Jones , three for O'Connor , and hree for the Chart ; r .

      COtLXBKALL . —Tbls p ! a » was visited , on Sunday , f eight of the men of Norwich , where , in tbe midst ' heavy rain , two of them addressed a numerous , t her ing out of dcors ; on a third attempting to speak , : was intsrroptt . 1 by a pol ' ceman , who ordered him F , and the meeting to disperse ; they did so at once , ith a determination to go again ia a fortnight , and rot r . Pelit oman at defiance . TIVERTON , Devon . —The Chartists of this town ild a meeting on Friday last , t > t ? lie inta

      consideram the n ( * : ssity of anawenr > 3 a call from the Execure to aid them with money to help to arrj oat the ble principles of tl . e People ' s Cfcarter , when it wes : olvc 1 that £ 1 should be iramcJiatoly sent ; fifteen illings for the use of the Executive , and five sbi' . ' . ings r thirty cards ; also tbat the secretary La ordered to ii' to the Executive to request a viFit from M'Douall this town , and that he do also write to Fesrgus Connor , Esq . to desire him , in his tour through iglancl and Wales , not te forget to visit this wa .

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      WOLVEBHAMPTON .-Mr . Mason delivered an eloquent addresB at Mr . Ma ^ g ' s Coffee House , on Tuesday last , He depiotcd the injustice of the law makers , and urged the necessity of obtaining the Charter , as the meana of protecting the rights of the working closes . DERBY .-We have started a Chartist mc 3 ttag at the Northern Star , top of Bridee-strcet , Derby , to that the inhabitants at each end of tbe town may have the chance of meeting , without the inconvenience of going so far out of their way . Twenty new members were enrolled . We conceive that much good may result from having two meetings in a large town like Derby . Oar weekly meetings will be held at the Norther Star , Derby , on eaoh Sunday evening , at eight o ' oiock .

      SOLMFtRTB . —Mr . Charlei Connor lectured here on Wednesday , to a large audience ; at the close of his address a resolution of confidence in O'Connor and O'Brien was parsed .

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      On Wednesday evening , a publie meeting was held in the spiendid theatre of the above place . ThemcetiDg was got up in a few hours' notice . The weather was unfavourable , yet at the hoar appointed , ( seven o ' clock , ) the Theatre and every avenue to it wn crowded to exces 3 . These rooms are the head quarters of the anti-Corn Association , who , with all their expanse and exertions , can never half fill them ; yet a single boardman andfifty placards , not ported till the middle of tbe day , wao sufficient to attract not only a host of working men , many of whom were Irishmen , but also a very considerable number of middle class gentlemen . , ,

      Mr . Ridley was unanimously called to the chair . He said—Brothers and Sisters , we are met here this evening for the purpose of considering the be 3 t means of obtaining justice to England and to Ireland . We are not met here to tcek for ourselves what we would deny to others . We are for liberty for all , without distinction of creed , cla-s , or colour . We tako our stand on the broad principles of truth and justice . You will ako remember that this is no inhabitant , no rate-payers' meeting . Any perxon willing to come forward either to speak for or against the resolutions which may be proposed shall have a fair , just , and manly hearing ; for it is my ODinion that those principles which will not bear discussion are rotten at the core . We court , we invite discussion . We believe that our principles are Just —we will place them cordially before you , and leave you to decide . Two gentlemen have been

      invited to attend this meeting—the one is Mr . O'Connor , the Champion of Equal Rights and Laws ; the other is Mr . Sidney Smith , the Champion of the Cheap Bread Qaestion . ( Mr . O ^ Connorhere arrived , and Was greeted with great enthusiasm . ) Mr . Feargus O'Connor is here to address you , and 1 have no doubt , from the love that Mr . Smith always profes ' ^ es to bear to the inhabitants of . Chelsea , that he will be here also , to prove to you , by calm reasoning and fair argument , that his principles , and the means by which he advocates them , are superior to ours ; and that you will calmly and patiently deoide , according to your judgment , which plan will be mo 3 t likely to ensure benefit to your order of society ; yon have placed me at your head to command silence , and I know that you will give to all a fair hearing , that you will be guided by reason and justice , and determine according to the dictates of your conscience .

      A gentleman iu the meetmg here stated that he had seen Mr . Smith at two o ' clock ; and until informed by himself , Mr . Smith was not aware of the meeting , and therefore could not attend : he hod not then received the letter . Mr . Dalubar moved the following resolution : — ' That this meeting bail with delight and gratitude their noble champion Feargus O'Connor , and hereby reiterate their determination never to relax in thoir exertions until the People ' s Charter shall become the law , and Frost , Williams , and Jones are returned to their native land . They are also of opinion that jastice will never be done to oppressed and insulted Ireland , until the Act of Union between the two countries be repealed , and classlegislation for ever be banished our shores . "

      The first part of this resolution had been entirely verified by the enthusiastic reception they had given to their noble champion , Feargus O'Connor . For what had he been taken from them ? for what had he been incarcerated {—why for advocating the rights of the people . The Attorney-General and the Whig Government , finding they could not bring a chaTge of sedition against him ; finding they couli not accuse him of treason , either against the Sovereign , or the Sovereign People , set their invention to the rack , and accused him of the undefined crime of libel , and convicted him on an act which is a disgrace to out statute book . He trusted they would never relax in their exertions until the Charter becamo the law of the land . He trusted they would act upon the advice of the Whigs in 1831 , that taxation without representation was tyranny , and ought to be resisted . ( Loud cheering .

      Mr . Dowung—I rise for the purpose of seconding the resolution , with which I most cordially agree . Never did the sun rise upon a man more deserving of your admiration than O | Connor . We have much to thank him for—we have to thank O'Connor for the restoration of the Dorchester labourers—we have to thank him for the liberation of the Glasgow Cotton Spinner * . —we have to thank O'Connor tor the upright , straightforward , and consistent manner in which ho haa aoted during our pre . cat agitation ; an agitation carried on in the most orderly and peaceful manner ; and yet we are mcus-od of being violent men—accused too by the Whigs ! Where is their blush of bhame when they think of Bristol in flames —of Nottingham in ruins 1 Bub then they tell us of

      Newport . My friends , John Frost fell a victim to a most foul conspiracy—he was convicted and banished our shores contrary even to law , in the face of the decision of nine of her Majesty ' s Judges . ThisiB what they call justice . Why , if he had been an aristocrat , he would have been tried by his peers , and a verdict returned of " Not guilty ' pon my honour . " How wai it possible he could have a fair trial , when the very jurors who convicted , were returning public thanks to God for delivering them from his foul treason ! O'Connor had procured the return of the Dorchester Labourer * , —of the Glasgow Cotton Spinners , and trusted that he would toon be able to procure the return of these patriots also . In that part of the resolution , advocating the Repeal of the Union , he also agreed . Would they , the parishioners of Chekea liko the parishioners of another parish to traatact their local business ? Let him refer them to America . There every State of the Union had

      it's local legislature , though all acknowledged one general head . This is all we claim for ireland ; and she will never obtain substantial justice until the Union is repealed and the Charter becomes the law of both countries . 0 ! but some say we go too far—it is too much to ask for a voice in the making of those laws which ^ we are compelled to support and obey . Working men , do you not adopt this plan inyourbenefit . m yourtradeand other societies ? why not then in the national society ? But they arc afraid of our making a bad use of the power ; we are not educated enough . I cay give us the power , we well know how to exerciLO it ; and if we do not , we will soon learn . You set the apprentice to work to learn his trade ; * set us to work and we will speedily learn . You will excuse any deficiency of lan ^ ua ^ e in me , as I am but a hard-working man . Mr . D . sat down amid loud cheering . The resolution was then put and carried unanimously .

      Mr . O'Connor rose to address them amid&t the acclamations of the whole assembly . —Mr . Chairman and Chartists of Chelsea , it is with feelings of no alight pleasure and gratitude that I have witnetsexi your enthusiastic reception of me on this my first visit to Chelsea ; it convinces me that you are actuated by the same feelings as myself—a determination to struggle for equal rights . Although Chelsea is an isolated spot , almost out of the metropolis , yet in common with other localities , I have had my eye upon you ; and as many fractions make up a whele , so I iiave bren proud to ece that , during my absence while in England , Scotland , and Ireland , have been rousing their myriads into action , you in Chekea have not been asleep . You have been active

      in disseminating your principle- ) : proceed in t ' lis manly courte ; proceed as your Chairman hag told you , by fair argument and open discussion to mc 3 t your opponents , and you may rely upon it that though you have been maligned , and slandered , and villiiied , when your principle ! come to be known the tongue of the slanderer will be sileuccd , and tho 3 e who have maligned and villifkd you be put to rout . You have invited Sydney Smith to attend here , not ai an opponent , but for the purpo . e of di&covering truth ; we woald receive him not as an enemy , but as the staple commodity of discussion ; and you would have p . ; -is : d your « piuion as to whether his principles or my principles were most in accordance with truth and justice . Mr . Smith of the

      complain ^ short notice , and of not being properly invited ; he received neaTly as early invitation as myself ; if the letter of invitation ha-j not reached him , still the senfcleman who waited up ? n him informs you tbat he was not ignorait of' the meeting . Inhabitants of Chekea , Mr . Smith would hare appeared before you with advantages superior to myself ; he is well known to most of you ; his principles he has laidmaiytinjca before you ; while you are now listening to me for the first time . Trae , thanks to the exertions of the working n ? en , my principles are not utterly unknown to you . The itonomvson

      who has addressed you stated that you were resolved to act oa the advice of the nremjer , and take your affairs into your own hands . You only dc 3 ded my assistance to collect this r- ^ mbly together , and I felt it a duty and a picture * o aUend and address you . Throwing over the first part of the resolution , relative to my ; : 3 f , I will come ^ o the next part , your deternjinai-on to at'r ' n the Charter . MenofChel £ ea , youhavetr ? edaU forms of government ; you have been ruled F * st by one pjrty and then by the other party . ; and what has besn the result ? why poverty hP" ? increased , distress , ruin , aid nation ?! bankruptcy fire st ? ri" 2 us ia the face .

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      What conclusion cai we cometo but that thcra " systems of government are bated on wrong principles , and that ire muLt return to the old plan when taxation and representation were co-extensive—when England wan happy and flourishing . Do we a ok too much ! \ Ve ask not for what belongs to others , we ask only for our own ; ire only ask them to giro us what they have found so beneficial for themselves . We find tbat tho : s who have apt got the vote are involved in distress , while tho . e who have got the vote are generally strangers to distress . But they say they are afraid to trust you ; that you would build up your principles in the destruction of others ; that you would produce anarchy and confusion . How was their Reform Bill based but on human

      bloodbuilt on the ruins of cities , cemented by discord and confusion 1 Whilst , with one solitary exception , during the whole of our agitation no blood has been shed , no lives have been sacrificed ; no law has been violated , except it be a violation of the law for the blistered hands who have suffered from being ruled wrongfully in their endeavour to obtain the power to rule themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) I appear before you , not as an inhabitant of Chelsea , but as a citizen of the world . For three years I represented in Parliament the largest constituency in the empire ; and the result of my exrjsrience wai , that nothing but Universal Suffrage would ensure peace , Justice , and prosperity to ail classes of cooiety . Ye % middle class , it is your

      interest to obtain Universal Suffrage ; yet you would rather din ? to the precsnt system which is fa « t bringing you to ruin—which involved the wreck of your own caeial right : —which cause ? Saturday night to come with an empty till ; still you would rather cling to this , and allow the oligarchy of the country to drive you to ruin , than join the people in their legal and peaceful agitation for equal rights for yourselves and for them , which would produce prosperity and plenty—whioh would ensure your social and political rights , and remove the evil of an empty till—which would remove the pressure of the manufacturer from your shoulders , for the manufacturing interest is fast swamping that of the shopkeepers , like tbe great pike in the

      fishpond , and they will speedily swallow up all the smaller fry . It is to obviate this fatal result that we are endeavouring to obtain the People ' s Charter . We have been acouted of turning out the Whigs . I am a barrister , acknowledged to be in good practice ; but I have to learn one good law that the Whigs have pmcsd : I look through their ten years of Reformed Government , and , first , I see coercion for Ireland ; in the middle I tee starvation for England ; and at the end I see them funding Exchequer Bills to aggravate the debt in which they have involved us . The enly remedy for this is the Charter . I have spent £ 10 , 000 of my own money in forwarding the cause . I am no peddling politician : I have never travelled a singlo mile at the

      expence of the people ; I have never had a single meal at their expence . I do not travel with a bundle of politics on my back , ready to pull out any sample of principle whioh may best suit my customers . ( A printed bill wei here received from Sidney Smith , shewing that he was engaged to lecture that evening . ) Cheap bread and hia ; h wages — " a large loaf and plenty to do . " Mr . Smith promises you . We have no objection to the large loaf , but can dispence with the " plenty to do , " as we already have too much to do ; we work too much , for others to enjoy the profit . Men of Chekea , did you ever hear talk of a dear ox and cheap beef—of the fabrics whioh you produce being almost given away , and yet you to

      get high wages I ( Hear , hear . ) Surely , Mr . Smith and the Corn Law Repealers mast have discovered the philosopher ' s stone ; but they let out the secret too early ; they informed you they wanted cheap bread to enable them to compete with the foreign manufacturer ; they want you to work for nothing , to be their slaves , that they may be able to undersell and starve the slaves on the continent . Our Chairman truly said that we were cosmopolites ; we do not want to ruin the foreign artizan ; we do not want you to be slaves for the whole world that a class of aristocrats may live in idleness . But how has this cry of cheap bread originated i Bid they care about you paying dear for your bread till the shoe pinohed them \ No ! Then , let them fight like the two Eilkennv cats , until there is only the tail of one of them lei t . Yes , the landed and the manufacturing interest is fast swallowing up all

      other interests , and yet the middle classes assist them . Is this not extraordinary ? What is the Houte of Commons but the representatives of the shopocraey ? and when they asked for a Poor Law to grind the working classes to starvation pMnt , what said the shopkeepers ? Oh yes ! and we will five you a rural police too , to keep them down if tney murmur ; but a change is coming . When I was in Sheffield a few days ago at our demonstration in the Theatre Royal , pit , stage , and boxes werq crowded with middle-classmen andmanufacturera ; inthe box I sat in , I had a manufacturer on each side of me . I have been 10 used to the company of the blistered hands and the unshorn chins , I thought there must be some mistake , that I must be in the wrong box ; but it was all right . I asked my nei g hbours if they were Chartists t " Oh yes I" I inquired how Iongl " O 1 since our trade has left us . ' I told them

      that as prevention was better than cure , it was a pity they had not be ^ n Chartists before , and then . hey might have retained their trade . This they acknowledged , bnt said it was better late than never , and they must make up for it by being better Chartists ; by working double tides ; and , my Chelsea friends , this you will find will be the ease . ( Loud cheers . ) I never yet knew a man , I care not to what data he belongs , that when our principles were placed before him in fair language , and properly explained , that did not become a Chartist to the backbone . Why was I incarcerated ? why were nearly 500 of my fellow Chartists incarcerated , but because the Whi $ s dreaded the power of our principles—because they

      feared the effects of free discussion . They have attempted to raise a prejudice against us by saying we were physical-force men . Why , if we had ever been to inclined , we never had the means . Our opj onents had the bombs , the muskets , the swords , the armv , the police , and ail the instruments of warfare . » Ve had to oppose to this the cannons ' roar of a nation ' s voice , demanding Universal Suffrage . And when they found onr weapons so ill matched—when they found that they could not shoot a principle , nor Btab a proposition , then said they we must silence these men—we must put them where their voice will not be heard—where the people may sigh in vain for the advice of their leaders . They acted on this dastardly principle ; and how have

      they succeeded ! Why , of 450 who have endured imprisonment varying from six months to two years , not one has proved a traitor : all have come out of the furnace like pure gold , without alloy or dross ; and we are continually adding to our ranks by dribblings from the middle classes . But we have now got the quack doctor Ptel to remedy all our diseiLci ; but we are on the alert—we are not to be deceived . I have intently watched &U parties ; I am well acquainted with publio affairs ; I have attended more public meetings than any man of the age ; 1 have deeply studied the subject ; and 1 positively declare , that if I was worth tea millions of money , whether it was in land , in funded prop 3 rty , or in hard gold , I would rather rely for its safety on

      a Commons' House of Parliament elested by the blistered hands , than on one elected by the professions , and the Church , and the State . The Parliament elected by the : e elates has been tried , and found waut ' nsj : it has eaten up every right of the workiug man ; like the large pike in the fish-pond , all is swallowed down its pbnderous jaws . They have paised statutes and astsof Jimitaiioa on every possible plea ; but they have no power to foreclo e the rights of man with us ; there are no statutcsof limitation , our right 3 are for a'l time . Whenever we have the power we can go into rourt with clean hands , and demand the restoration of our own ; we will defy them to demur at our claims . The Whigs have said to the landlords , we will give you 25 per cent , of the pardon ' s property ; to the

      narLons , we will quarter your sons upon the tension List ; and to the p 3 ns oners we vvi'l give you piokings out of the taxes : and they have aH agrc . d to club together , to live on the people ; but we must let them understand tbat they are r "' n vited guest -1 , ar ) d that we are not inclined to play the hospitable ho ^ t . Our ancestors , more wi- o thji we , when the property of the Catholic hierarchy wa i divided , when the monasteries and the abbeys were di _ olved , pUycd their cards wel \; they only allowc i the aristocr . " > y the use of this proi : rty , on the condition of their givipg j ' aim houeo and ii ? h '" of hospitality to all f omere . We have aright to go to the Duke of Bedford ' s , at Woburn , for tb s ; e ~ . muchmht r-- the Jindlord ha-: t <> < - > me to us for

      his rent ; for t-iatut :: ; were not made to lore a'l their force , when applied to tbe rich , and to be bindivz only on the £ > or ; your predecessors hr I do power to surrender your nVhts ; you wero ro partic- to the bargain . It woii . d have btrn cqva ^ y consistent for a parliament sitting fifty years a ^ o to have forbid you rrake uto organ , or of the inv ^ en of steam , as for them at that day to lo / iisla ' e away the righti of the prr . snt day . ( Mr . O'Connor here , in a nervous and effective manner , entered Wo the subject of Baptist Nc zVb pamphlet , showirar fhit vice , idleness , a ^ immorality would speedily verr ' sh before the viriaous determination of a un'fcd and reprc entci r .: pie . ) He a' > appeared be f ore them as the advocate of a rer al of the legislative

      union with Ireland . If it lay in his power to prevent it , Engbid should never have her tiphta a day , an hour , before Ireland had her rights . vVhat must he , as an Irishman , fcal to ere bis country ' s prosperity bb-ted—to ; ce the children of the hid he adored wanderers irom the country of their bjrth , begging in a strange land for the alms of the benevolent 1 Was it not enou » h to make the souUhiirk and the blood recoil to toxxik that men dearlv attached ' - > the ' r native eoi' - should be com j . J zed to dt : ert thair b rthri <> ht , from inability to procure even the b : ' -ti . i ; pittance im ? finable ? There is do mai loves his horre and his country more than an Iiiehman . Let his carci be ever so great , his pmatiors ever so numerous , still ho clings to his cabin , st 'l is he content to labour for ft bare subsistence , till

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      hanger stares him in the face , and compels him to have his much loved Emerald Isle . What is it that draws the Irishman to foreign climes ! Why , c ! ass legislation . What would you say if , as our speaker , the stonemason , askci you , the inhabitants ot Kensington and Hammersmith were to transact your pansh business ? - But you maytell me that Ireland has a Parliament of her own , thongh it siti here in England . True , the has ; hut tinirvoiccii are controlled by the majority of the English Membere ; and if they were even to sit in Ireland , the evil would be but little remedied . Ireland wants a Parliament of her own election on the broad basis of the People ' s Charter ; and th . n , and not till then , will Ireland et rid . of her numerous grievances ; of

      g a State Church at variance wHh the feelings or moot of her inhabitants . ( Hear , hear . ) ( Mr . O'Connor here entered into an afitcting detail of the Rathcormac maxacre , and that he had seen the widowed and childless Mr 3 . Collins sucking the blood from out of the boaoms of her tons , two fine young menj one twenty-three , the other twenty-five years old , who had left home that moram % in health and spirits , but who laid lifeless with Chrittian bullets , in their bosoms . Yet the Whis Parliament gave a million of money to this Insti shooting Church . They never attempted to remove this mighty grievance . I would rather eae my country a dei 3 W than see her energies thus proitiated . Why would not the Wh'gs attack ibis

      monster Church 1 Why , because this Church gave pap to their younger tons , and they thought thj , t the example might be contagious , and that you Protestants might think you paid too much for your own Reformed Law Church , which is drawing tea millions annually from your hard earnings . Ye-J , men of Cheltea , your State Church costt you three millions more than even your standing army * , and yet you are heavily burdened with that—yes , a standing army , to keep you in vassalage , and enable them to Bhoot the innocent Chinese . ( Hear , hear . ) But , my friends , you , are told , if you do not like this , you caa emigrate . That is mach like telling a blind man to see . I too am for emigration , but I would select

      a proper cargo . I would telect one of the largest steam vessels in the kingdom , and I would freight it with a cargo of bishops , pareons , and pensioners , and I would charter it for Australia or Van Dieman ' s Land , or any where from whence they could never return a ? ain , and 1 would give them a good sprinkling of barristers and lawyers to fill up the complement ; and with such a cargo cent out of the country I have no fear that yoa would find population press upon the means of subsistence . ( Tremendous cheering . ) But no , they love the fat of the land too well to emigrate ; they have got machinery as a substitute for our labour ; they have got machinery to make pocket-handkerchiefs , to make their laoe veil » , to make everything they stand iu need of , and what

      they cannot get at home they want free trade to get irom abroad . Do not mistake me , I am tor free trade ; but ere I embark my ship , I want the Charter pilot on board . I would not even embark Philpotts and bis crew without having the humanity to give them a good pilot on board ; then , with the Chartist pilot on board , and the fair wind of the Suffrage , we would toon steer our free-trade bark into the ' haven of prosperity ; but no ! they want the free trade in corn , and they want a monopoly of legislation . Look at your local legislation ; why , you blistered hands have to pay for gas that i'ghi 3 the lamp before the nobleman ' s door , while vour home is involved in darkness . You can grope your way in darkness , but the aristocrat , poor creature ,

      he wants a l amp to light his steps ; but , then , the rate-collector comes round as sure as death or quarter-day , to you for year quota of the expenco . —The policeman ' too , he wants a light toenable him to distinguish the difference between fustian and broadcloth ; and if he meets a broad cloth , whe , by Lome fatality , hai mistaken the lamp-post for his bed-post , why he takes him up » a tenderly as a basket of eggs . "' Po « 3 f gentleman ; '' see to his money , Tom , and take him safe home ; cail next day for your reward : but if it should happen . to be a fustian , knock him down , take him to the station-house , and fine him 5 s . for being drunk . ( Mr . O'Connor here went at great length into the question of machinery as it affected employment , and

      its effect upon the Corn Laws . ) The cant cry of the day was , throw the poor uDon their own resources ; he was for this measure ; ne wanted no Poor laws . In a country like this there ought to be no poor ; there ought to be a provision for the sick , and for those who wore unaDle to work ; but all the rest he would throw on their own resources . But there should none be allowed to quarter themselves on the poor man ' s resource *; he would have all the lice removed from off the back of the beetle ; he would throw the bishops , the parsons , the pensioners , the placemen , upon their recource 3 , or if they liked it better , they might emirate ; he was a friend to emigration ; but he would nave the men of London , of Manchester , of Glasgow , of Dublin , emigrate to Berkshire ,

      to Yorkshire , or any other place where they could get land . He would compel none to go , but thote who preferred Mr . Noel ' s artificial to his natural state . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) was acknowledged to bea good practical faamer , as good a one &i ever took a plough in hand , and he had made calculations , which none could disprove , that give a man tea acres of land at a fair rent , eay £ 1 an acre , and a man and his wife and five children should have plenty of mutton , pork , bread , vegetables , eggs poultry , for his family , without their earning a farthing , and £ 45 clear to spend in the manufacturing market . All are not partial to agricultural

      laoour ; but let ten emigrate to some of our race courte 3 , parks , &o . ; let some of our larejo farms be divided ; and then the manufacturing market would be relieved ; masters would no longer have a reserve to fall back on . Others would see the agricultural success , would see tbat they lived like princes , that they were prosperous and happy , and would bo induced to follow their example . ( Hear , hear . ) Sydney Smith might then go to Poland or America if he liked for his breakfast ; but we could grow good , breakfasts at home . We should give to the landlords a good retail market for their land , instead of an unprofitable wholesale one , and they would then be interested in eur welfare . The Timds

      told them that more churches wai the remedy for all our evils ; that we must fast and pray . We had fasted too long : we wanted the land , and then we could be able' to feait ; but because he was opposed to this humbug religion , he wa i called an Inudel ; but he would leave his actions to speak whether he did not ait more on the true principles of religion than the : o profc t . jrs . He was a true and sincere Christian . No man more mixed un the practice of pure religion with the actions oi their everyday life than he did ; he longed for the establishment of the Charter to make the present wretched ountiy a heaven upon earth . Mr . O'Connor then went into the conduct of the Whigs to John Frost , eulogising ' h ' . s . < induct ai a mayor , a citizen ,

      a husband , and a father , and asking if such a man , with such a public and privat 3 character , could be the character he wa ? represented to be ; and stating that a day of reckoning would yet pome , when all should have to amear and be judge f by their actions ; then would iroit stand in higli ' pre-sininence over his accusers . Mr . O'Cmnor ther , at some length , defended himself from the charge of being a physical force and torch and dagger man , showing that it was Attwood and Muntz , with their rifle clubs and muskets , sold halfprice , had brought that stigma oa the Chartist cause . Mr ; O'Connor then referred to an article in lpst we dVs Dispatch , headed " Political Bloodhound ? , " showing that they attacked us in a similar

      manner in Io 38 ; that they applauded the people in their a . - ? itai on , till it got too far for their party purpG cs ; then they turned ronndandabused them . He ? ' oiidicu ' c ' itheidcaof'Publicola' beiugaP : publican , and oppc : i to Universal Suffrage , showed that when her-ked tor the Ballot , he was asking for the ladle without the i > up ; biamrd the working man fox allowing thoie to live upon their resources , who ma-} : , u 1 ? id abuc 1 them ; asked them when they went for a Dispatch , next Sunday , to a ^ k for sixpenny worth of political bloodhounds to buy p'xpenny worth of abuse of their own order . He next Save them a glorious account of the demonstrations m the r juufry— -how they hadbuiied Whi « fgism and If uroom for Toiyis , m by its side—ridiculed the idea of cotre o" tbe writers for newspapers dogmatising at lut the Coin L-ws , when they tcarce knew a grain

      Ol coin whou . they taw it ; aJ * iued the people to flt ^' - 'd every d ; sripiion of mc 3 t'n » , and in a calm and mirsly ir . inner move their amendments , and thr " ' o ^ e r ^ erjts must spe : . lily bow before the rushir <^ ; . r * n of public op ' . nion ; that like the haughty D o . »'' -: e " . emymi <; hisj - ~ k but speak in vaina ^ ainst thewU o ? anatfod ; that aiLCon might they stop the tai i h s cour : o , as stop our agitation for the C ^ ? - -3 r ; thai the Ch ^ er wa T the mighty magnet tb-it wojldattrait evei / oi > her shade of public opinion toitseoxiqueringi" ^ , "dthatdkda'niDgthefrowaof t * -erVh man t \ ecrpuai 3 off ' -e fctf . i-.. ?•• - ' , the c * - > : nii > 3 of t ' io fcM , he won'd , not" d ^ th , Btnnd firm and cons ^ * ni ? - > onr g ' o ? -Oi"j pi "C ; plc ? . Mr . OCopnor was tiame' -dor * 3 r chc ttc 1 throughout the who ' o o' Fs s < Wr- - ~ , ) . > jn by Ensiisb , Ir *

      Mr . Ridley r'd - -. _ i * - ^ e m : : Jtj some lez ? 3 th ; and . fa&e nime of Ur . O'Connor , cHile-cgr 1 Sidney btnith , or any o *' '& Coia- ' iw 1 c jtnrer . Mr . WBEELBRt"nlB 51 : u cr'lei tor , biieByc Idresisd ? Aemri . ' nj . A vot < j of fipr ^ s w * i given to the Chaira *^ and cbreu for the . Stzr , victims , « fcc , after which tie m < 3 tirjg : oparited .

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      Publi C Meeting At The R O Y A L Bath Gardensnew Roadchelsea.

      PUBLI C MEETING AT THE R O Y A L BATH GARDENSNEW ROADCHELSEA .

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      DfAth by Deowning . —On Monday night , shortly after ten o ' clock , Mr . William Boyali , the master of a tradirg ve . col . laid at the Warehouca Hill , whilst crosB >> jg a plans to goon board his vessel , slippsd and ft ' overboard . The water was very high at the time , and he was unfortunately taken away by the strength of the current , and he was drowned before he could be gotouj . He wa 3 perfectly cober , and had JQ 3 t lc ' . ' t the White Hart Inn , bis watch had ' stoppt 4 & » Gt , c su minute n past ten . An inquest waa summoned for Wednesday , when a verdict was refiurac x | a acccrdaaw viik w circumstances ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct724/page/5/