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      Mt Bkloted Fbiksbs , —I am not drank , bat I am intoxicated by a series of trimaplis ance I last wrote ; and now about thai last writing . I wrote jod a loag letter from Kofctmgham , bar , as onea before , I addressed it London instead of Leeds . I was dreadfelly disappointed at not seeisgit in the Star , when the Editor assigned a most excellent reason , sending me the back of my letter -which bore the Nottingham post-mark of the 22 nd , and which wa 3 posted and paid for at Nottingham by Mr . Rossell To me it was alHmportant that yon should hare seen all about Birmingham , but , thank God , I can always live for a "week upou character . I shall now , as well as J can recollect , begin where I left cff . - _

      On Wednesday , after I wrote fromLongnborougb _ I proceeded to address the Ghartistsin a room , but fcehold it would not hold one twentieth part of the Bock , a » d there being a large yard outside , I spoke jjj moonlit to congregated thousands . Cooper acd Bairstow also addressed them , bud all expressed jjjen : selTe 3 highly gratified nith ihe evening ' s en tertainment . I promised on behalf of Leash , JPDonall , and myself , that when their association cumbered . 350 , we jvonld spend a day with them . I left Longhborongh at one in the morning to be at Knishtsbridge that same night ; and I went and spoke at great length in my sleep , and I am told I did our cause great good . We had a crammea meeting .

      On Friday , I went to Sonthwark , glorious Southwark ; and , as I was to meet Sidney Smith at Chelsea en the same night , I prevailed upon Dr . M'Douail , after a short address , to supply my place atSoutbwark . I proceeded to Chelsea with RufFy Eidlay and Wheeler ; and , upon mounting the platform , a scene ensued which baffles all description . Smith was speaking , with a solicitor in the ehair , surrounded by a large group of the League , Upon my appearance ,, the whole meeting in fronJ cheered acd cheered again , crying oat" Ah ! Sidney , our chap has caught Ihee at last . " " There's Feargu ? , lad . " It was now evident that neither the lecturer nor the League fashed for any more of it ; and , after creating a disturbance , by abusing

      ihe Chartists , the gentlemen blew cnt the lights , let down the drop scene , left us in complete darkness , and the proprietor cleared the stage . Some rrffian 3 attacked Rnffy RidJey , who waj outiide the drcp scene , when the Chartists charged , and a dreadful scxiffl . 3 ensaed , which terminated in the complete routing of the physical force Whigs . Now I decidedly object to the practice of allowing the world to learn , throBgh the Whig press , that all the folly of Corn Law lecturers appears to go down with the people , and I deny the right of any lecturers upon political subjects to refnse discussion . The pracsice , if not stopped in time , would have made us appear as converts to ail ihe glib philosophy of such men as Acland , Smilh , and Cobden .

      The room at Chelsea js reij large , and it was crowded to suffocation . It was the first routing of the League in that quarter , and they richly deserved woat they have been long bringing upon themselves , by insolence and intolerance to the working classes . I now come to Monday the day of days—the glory of Chaniim . The League had put on % a bill for an open air meeting in the Workhouse-yard , Marj-le-bone . We were not icle . Savage * nd Macconsell were selected as go-betweens , end we were invited to meet the League Council ; but we refused to meet them except before the people , whose servants we are .

      I need not tell you , of course , of what the report will isfonn you . Bat I must tell you that Hume , " W&kley , M . P ., Sir Charles Napier , iLP ., and Sir Benjamin Hall , M . P . were present , but were not in the least recognised oy the multitude . We put Saakey in tfcs chair , having waited for ten minutes after the hour appointed , and the meeting calling ont for a chairman ; and never w& 3 better president .

      Savage opened the business with a most admirable speech , bat marred it by proposing a shocking bad resolution . A Mr . Hyde seconded it in a set speech fall of Whig constitutional nothings . I , at oace , propasd the arpeadment-r-waich you will 553 . JFi ^ lT&r ^ T Ww ^ ' ^ &f ^^ ej ably and powerfully seconded it , and told the few of ihe clique , who attempted to intemp ; him , that he could roar as a lion for three hears , but he would not be pat dowB , nor was he . Parson Maeconneil attempted to support the resolution , bnt wa 3 so prosey and absurd that the meeting would not hear him long . Spcrr ihen supported tha amendment in one of the

      most telling speecnes I ever heard delivered by a working man ; eTery sentence was a home-thrust at faction , the League , and class legislation . He was loudly cheered from all parts . Savage then replied , supporting the amendment agaisit his own resolution . The amendment wa 3 then pat and carried with about fifteen hands held up against it , amid cheer 3 which lasted for several minutes . Lloyd -Jones then proposed another resolution . I never heard him speak before . He made one of the most loeid , powerful , logical , and eloquent appeals I ever heard , and literacy paralised the League ; hi 3 wa 3 fbe speech of the day . Sir BeDJamin Hall thea caae forward and spoke ; Wakley , Hume , and Sir Charles went away .

      The whole is reported , but , my friends , your hearts would have jumped with joy to have seen the glorions army of Chartists . The largest meeting eTer held in gre 3 t Marylebone , —allowed to be so fcj Sir Benjamin Hall , the M . P . for the boroughj and by all the press . Our triumph was signal and complete , and filled the hearts of all with joy profound .

      Well , at night , I was to address the tailor 3 at the Social Institution , as I did in a magnificent building * i 3 i three sides galleried , aad a spacious platftna . I arrived fifteen minutes before the time , and the building was fall in every part , and crowds outfiiie . If ? ka 6 day ' s meeting wa 3 a triumph , this was * victory . I never before in London , even at the Crown and Anchor , met the same class of audience . I appeared to be the wor = t dressed man in the

      meet-^ ag ; although the Chartist principles were quite foreign to them , yet never in my life did I witness greater enthasiasm , or make a deeper impression upon my audience . This , indeed , 1 look upon a 3 the most important meeting 1 ever attended in my life . Ii was . a splendid assemblage ; one , as I tDld them , no money could haTe procured some months since . I have seen ona * f the committee this morning , and he informs me &ai my speech made a powerful impression . Why should I 22 ot be prond of tins ? I am , whenever 1 Esrve the causa .

      At four o ' eloek to-morrow morning I start for BirraiEgham . We have got the Town H 3 II there . Wednesday , Thursday , and part of Friday , I devote to Bi rmingham ; and on Friday evening , I address » e men of Westminster . On Monday , Tuesday , aad Wednesday , Manchester ; Thnr 3 day , Stockport ; »* Friday , H / de . Chartists , let every man now bs judged by hi 3 wo rks . I -nill stand by the order of fostian to the feath , come what will . I am , Your faithful friend and servant , Feasgcs O'Coxsor

      "P . S . Have I row deceived yon as to the position ¦ which the London Chartists have assnmed ! No New iiore or blarney will stand for a single moment . With four hours' notice we can carry anyt £ ng . The Whigs are utterly paralysed , and the Tories are anything but comfortable , as it is now fully believed that the shopkeepers and trades will join in our movement j their eyes being opened to the monopoly of steam lords ; and their minds being convinced of the cruelty , selfishness , and deceit of the steam-producing aristocracy . F . O'C .

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      — ^ p — Macclesiteld . —Mr . J . West lectured on Sunday € T ? ning to a numerous audience . Cessiebfield a > t > Braiipton . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists of the above place , in Silk Mill Yard , on Monday evening last , the Secretary handed in 2 s . Id . from the Chartists of Holy Moor Side , After other business the following resolution was carried : — "That the sum of 10 s . be sent to Nottingham , towards defraying the expenses of the delc-S ^ tes for the ensuing CcnTen ^ on *'

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      GREAT & IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING AT MARYLEBONE . A pnblic meeting was held in the Workboase-yard , Marylcbone , on Monday last , far the avowed purpose of forming a junction between the " Liberals" or the Com law Repealers and tha Chartists . At twelve o ' clock , the gates were thrown open , and the yard rapidly began to fill ; by one o'clock , the time appointed for taking the chair , noi less than 8600 persons were present , and until two o ' clock tbe number was continually increasing . The arrival of Mr . O'Connor , about half-past twelve , was greeted with deafening applause , as was likewise that of Mr . S&nkey . At one o ' clock , Mr . Scott moved and Mr . Nagle seconded , thai Mr . Sankey take the chair . This being put to the meeting was carried unanimously .

      2 ur . Sankey briefly opened the proceedings , by requesting for ail a fair and impartial hearing , and advising them to stand by their rights and to make no surrender . A messenger was then dispatched to the Committee to inform them that the chair was taken , and the meeting waiting for the Committee . Messrs . Hame , Waklty , Sir Benjamin Hell , Dr . Wade , Mr . Potter , and others , speedily made their appearance . Mr . Savage came forward to more the first resolution . He said , I shall not dispute the authority exercised by this meeting , in appointing their Chairman . I hsve only to inform you . that tbe Committee had arranged for Mr . Hume to take tbe chair . Thr , t gentleman was h ^ rc to his time , but he is no way offended , but desirous that you should proceed to business . I appeal to that faculty which distinguishes man from the bruie . I call upon you to exercise your

      reasoning powers to prevent every ebullition of ill feeling . This is too solemn an occasion for us to be split into party factions . For ten years have we been living under the tree of Reform , but have been denied its fruits . . Let an experience of the pa * t guide us for the future . Let us endeavour , when all are oppressed , ta do avray with all petty bickerings suiod ^ ourstlves . For years have tbe two great factions maintained tfceir power by sowing discord between tba middle and ¦ working classes . One party of the people are now looking to government for a repeal of the Com Laws . Another class contend that it is idle to expect any relief from the present representative body . The late division in-the House has confirmed thia opinion . Tbe obje-ct of the promoters of this meeting is to effect a junction between these two classes . They have t'eputcd me to propose the following resolution to you fer your discussion . You can alter , pare it down , or amtnd it as you think proper to suit tbe views of this mixed community . It is as follows : —

      ' . ' That the distress , anguish , and suffering of miEcl , body , and estate of multitudes of our fellow countiymen at this moment , are ¦ without all precedent , and claim the deepest sympathy ; that such distress , anguish , and suffering are not occasioned by any dire dispensation of Providence , but result mainly from want of employment , arising out of our commerce being cramped and crippled by rnicous protecting ] egislativ = regulations , mavis and supported for tho surdid and selfish interest of a particular class . " That amongst these rninons protecting rernliti jes . the Corn and Provision Laws are first and foremosttno , no;—jet , thi 3 meeting looka upon thtae laws , both in their origin , continnitioD , and present proposed modifications , as btt one of the numerous branches from a greater , deeper , and mare deadly root of political and serial evil , the moct and wretched representation of the people in the Commons House of Parliament—( hear , hear . !

      " That the present House of Commons , anl ths Government arising out of it , havirg in tl : & first act of their legislative existence , prov-d themselves utteny undeserving cf the confidence of tbe ptup' . e , this ranting has no confidence in them ; and that it never can . and never wlil , have any confidence in any House of Commons that is not returned by the whole people according to their Charter . " That with such a House of Commons as the present , or any other similarly elected , it is foliy aad madness to expect that by such Houss any rueus-ire cf pnblic good will be carried , except " rfaere be an L-re sistible pressarg from without ; and that while this metiing ' -rill not lose sight cf any cf the branches from the deadly root of political and social evU , it will no-v d&eci ' I&maia energies to this roof f&eif , the mockery : farceand tragedy of representation . »¦» Tim ¦ ¦ B * VBB |« r ^ B ^ A ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ »¦

      , * « ^^^ £ ^* « ^ >*» •* - «« ^^ — — - ' J £ 'That to this movement cf men of all political parties , "we * are now irresisably drives by our base u »« l repulsive representation ; and that having now nothing to look fur from laws made by the present Housb of Commons , or any other returned by tbe present constituency ,- we fall back upon the first great law of riature , self-preservatioa , and are determined to carry ibe Charter of the people , by creating for it , as fir as-we passibly can , a demand that no legislature can resist . " Tbe committee mean by this resolution the adoption of the -whole of the principles contained in that

      document , ¦ which has received the sanction of thi u 3 ands , yes of milions of our fellow subjects . 1 entirely agree ¦ with . every portion of the Charier . S ' . me are for giving up one or twd of ita points—(" n « , '' )—but I recommend not to give up a single one ; if you yield to expediency , yon will go down like Ptel and his sliding scale . Mr . Savage here entered into an able exposition cf each separate point in the Charter . Be appealed to them if it waB just that Marylebone with a population of a quarter of a million , and thirteen thousand electors , should return no more members of Parliament than

      Harwich , with only two hundred and sixcy electors Nothing gives me more pain than to see the expsuce which persons are obliged to nndergo in onitr to procure their election , and it is just they shtu d be paid for tkeir- services . We are compelled to pay an eightpenny polica rite , and I am sore we would gLuliy pay an halfpenny rate for the payment of m ^ n to nuie good laws , which in this parish would produce £ 17 , 00-Our principles have beeen gTeatly belied , injury has been added to insult by an hired press . We claim the right which &od has given to every man . Wo will transmit it to our children , we shall then ba able to protect ourselves from the calamity which a mad system cf government is daily bringing upon us .

      Mr . Htde said I have great pleasure in seconding the resolution proposed by my old fritnd Savage . It puts me in mind of the good old times of Radicalism , when we" made a despotic Government quail before us , and with meetings like the present we shall quickly obtain our rights . The poets have asserteil tl-at the golden age is past , bnt the present House of Commons palpably conrtadicts it . Never did gold maintain Buch an omnipotent sway as at the prcstnt day . What but gold has placed . Peel upon the treasury bench ? what but gold swayed the decision of the electors ? ana it is the influence of this gold which has brought us here this day te give vent to our feelings and to assist in obtlining crar rights . When we appeal to our rulers for any beneficial measure ; they tell us that our glorious Cor .-ititution is in danger . It once v , ; is a glorious Constitution ; it flourished like the evergreen laurel , tut it t-iaa been cut up by tbe evils of ignorance and feid legislation , and unless the corrupt branches are mowed

      off , by the scythe of pnblic opinion , it w ill fcUortly become a-decayed and withered shrub . One speaker , in the late debate , said that they shoiT . d iiaitats the conduct of the Barons of Rnnnyintde ; but thia was not so . That struggle was between the barons and crow ; ., the present is a struggle between the people and tha aristocracy , in which the crown is cot identified . Av . jtier speaker in that House told you the distress was occasioned T > y the inflnx if Irish people into this country . When the Union wi ; h Ireland was effected , it-was-not " for the benefit of tbe Irish people , but to furnish sinecure places to our surplus aristvcraey . If we send them our surplus aristocracy , can we blama tliem for sending us their surplus democracy —( cheers ; in . exchange . The proceedings of this day -vrlll , 1 trust , give tho tone to all the towns in the empire . Hannibal , of old , when he crossed tho Alps , had an army composed of all the nations on earth ; let us , likfe Hannibal , now we are crossing the Alps of corruption , have an army composed of men of all political opinions ;

      so sha 1 we ensure success . Feabgus O'Co >? fOR , Esq . th * n rose and -was received with tremendous clit = eriDg , which lasted for some length of time . He Baid , who are you ? Tka dead Chartists ?—( great cheering . ) What a bad undertaker that Whig Scotchman has been to allow you to rise again ! tCheers . ) I stand before you to support Mr . Savage ' s speech and to oppose his resolution . If they wish our aid to effect a great purpose , they must agree to cur terms . For more than ten years , yen have laboured unsuccessfully to produce a change . We must now get possession of political power ; wemnst take the imperishable evergreen and not be content with the pale annnal . Thia is not only a meeting of Marylebone , bat s meeting -which will express the sentiments of all

      England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales . I will expose te you the fault of thia resolution , in thia solemn declaration . In the first paragraph they talk much of the distress and its claim for sympathy ; this is the text : in tha second they give yon the Com Lawa . Now yon are all of you Cockers ; so multiyly tue first by the second and see if the quotient -will net give yoa a litfce blarney —( laugbUr . ) If they acknowledge that the Corn Laws can only be effectually repealed , by the Charter , let this be f nlly understood as it is in our amendment We are now placed in a position from whith we must not shrink . We are the mountain ;; let Mahomet come to us . If we are -worth having , we will be sold for principle and nothing less . II a majority of 123 has done so much for us , what will a majpniy of 303 do

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      for us ? If they are honest let them withdraw their resslution and snpport ihia amendment : " That this meeting declares its unqualified Approval of tbe > T . » ciple of free and unfettered trade j while , at the samo buT 116 . it denies either the competency or the right of tbe representative body , as at present constituted , to make so groat a change as that Bought by the advocates of a repeal £ > f the Coru Laws , inasmuch , as any advantage derived froca thai measure would not bs for the benefit of the working classes ; and this meeting further protests against ai » y change being particularly made to affect any separate c ass or interest , pledging

      itself , in common with the people of a'l Other parts . of the United Kingdom , to look with a jealotu eye to the application of the People's Charter , with , a Tiaw to the settlement of those many and eonflf $ tirig , interests , dissensions about which now ^ -itate the publid wind . We ara resolved that that mezsure in its working ab » U legislats justly for all , instead of partially for a "dMsli and , under these circumstances , we pledge ourselves not to agitato for any other raeasuro than the whole of those principles einixKiied in tha document entitled tlis People ' s Chantr , and to which we look as the only means of producing national greatness and prosperity , and of producing peace , law , and order throughout the

      land . " If we go to make a bargain , we must examine and know the party we arc to deal with . Are -we t j unite with , the steam-made Baronet , Sir Robert Peel , with his Bliding scale , or with Buckingham ' s Duke , with his skatingscale ; is it to ba with Lord Russell ' s 8 s . dd $ y , or Viliiers ' s no duty at all ? But you say we are £ d Jbin with ' tbe middle class . Is it to be the Tyryniiddlp class or ihe Whig iniddls - class ? No , say they ; bub join us for the Charter . I ask them for "wbat Charter ? Is is to be Sturg ^' s complete Charter , or Bigas'a Midland Counties Charter , or what Charter is it to be for ? Thei-c is our Charier ; adopt this unfettered and untrammelled , and it will givd the amplest justice "to all . For seven years we hr » ve been retting on principle ,

      and they have not thought it -worth while even to look at us ; bat now it is only t ) " whistle , and we'll bit with you , my ladr . " All change is the result of previous agitation ; the present agitation iias been produced by ths failure of thd K = fitni Bill ; and yei tho very niaa who stated that that measure was intended to give a preponderating iiitiuei . ce to . the barfed interest ; now want you to t : * row yourselves itta their arms to save them from ti : o landed ari&tocracy . You know how they treated y » . u "while thoy wtre in office . You know thai ths camp f j ! lowers of tha Whi ^ s were your deadliest enemies ; eiglit or ten of them pretending to be in opposition fur tbe sake of popularity , yet , on n :. y change being contemplated likely to benefit the peopk-, they ever new to their rescue , to the old

      tune 01 ' Keep : he Tories out ; yet t ' acse ar ^ men you are now wished to join . iMacmiiery has been brought ; to such perfection , that ladies may almost pick their teeth by steam . Yet what have you gained by all theae improvements ? Of what advantage has all the mychanical and chemical contrivances which bave so greatly contributed to rai& 3 our character as a nation bten to tbe working classes ? You have been deprived of those advantages , because tha House of Commons , which ought to have been the heart of the people , is corraj t , ita heart is ossified and decayed ; and you aie rendered civilised slaves . The cottage is falling to ruin , whila splendid mansions are rising in our streets . The gorgeous monument is byiiig raised to commemorate tho deeds of the warrior . The Palace

      is being decorated and improved , vfhilc tliosa who sus-tiin aud support its fabric art ? wasting in penury . The middle classes arc rising from tho cottage to the 1 h u « , from the house t > the mansion , whilst tha poor mrm is forced from the cartage to the cellar , from tha cellar to thu coW bastiie . "We want the Charter to make the Palace anJ the mansion dependant upon the covtige . We want the vote to he in the man , and not in the cottage . The R .. for : a Bill having failed , they want another R-. form—Commercial Reform . Did you < - \ cr hear of a : Irishman who w <_ ui to dig pTaliea without haviug a spade ? Tho Wliigs want to Repeal the Corn Lv-ts , but they won't tAko-the proper tools . They r . pi-ealed to the people , an . i have got 123 majority against them ; and they are now discovering that

      tbey did not go to tha right people . They now come to us ; and I tell them tbere can be no union with ua unlfcsa ba * sd on the full measure of our rights . We h . ive looked to quacks too I ' . v . g . There was Russell in 1832 gave us a purge , consisting of two drachms of coercion , three drachma of bastiie starvation , tj ba washed down by the draught of a Rura . 1 Police . Dt Ptel now admits that W ? are very tad , ijnViur tiisorder is not chronic , and Lefore he can aiiminist ^ r a remedy , he must bo d a consultation with the c ' ssa above you ; und if not consonant with their feelings he can give no remedy at all . The Whigs are the same men aa evrr ; and any measure coming from such old offenders , can you expect it 11 benefit you ? ( No , no . ) The l .-. ' t three weeks has tafc . cn the B ' . ink off Chartism ;

      it now sintlis as sweet as a ted of violets- Remain firm to your p ^ iisiples ; :-. nd , as they cannot do without us , they will ru ^ h into our arni 3 . You , men of Marylebone and Si . Pancras " ought to be proud , prouder than any men in Lonion . Here , nine years ago , I phnted tha hornb which has now grown into tais b . auteous tree . Daring the agitation of the Reform Bill the Whigs jumped into the traces , pushed you irto the shafts , and rnn you into the puddle . Now they must fall into tho shafts , end you must take the lead in the traces . Mr . O'Connor then rtad their resolution , and showed the meeting how Corn Law repeal was placed in a prominent position , while the Charter was thrown in the back ground . He then ably entered into the question of the Repeal , as it affected the

      retailers and the consumers . There was no hope of a beneficial repeal of the Corn or other bad laws until the Charter was gained . Let the ruiddlo men honestly unite with tbe Chartists , and in s ' x weeks they coulu drive Peel fmm office . In 1832 we beat them , King , Lords , and Commons . Now we have a Queen , who perhaps is no : opposed to us ; bnt we don't want her assistance : she is only ene , and she has no vote—( laughter . ) VVe mast have a new Parliament before the Charter can be carrle-. ! . We must have thirty good Chartist M . P . 'a to do duty in that House . These , with about twenty amateur Chartists , will be a sufficient force to break up any administration not founded on justice . If the people joined the League without this guarantee good bye to the Chartist agitation : it will be broken

      up , and who shall rally it a ^ ain ? For seven long yearo have we defended a principle which is a tower of strength to the good , and a terror to evil doer ? . I told you , lorg ago , that the day of action would come ; and now it has arrived . Two men ought to have been placed at those gates , crying step into the auction . Russell will bid for you , 9 , 8 , 7 , 6 , 5 , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 pound Household , then Universal Suffraae . Ptel -wjU Bay he nodded tco ; and tee auctioneer will not know who to knock you down to ; but , by God , you shall not bs sold one fraction under price —( great cheering . ) Here I stand , before Whig and Tory , under tha canopy of the bread blue sky , and declare that I never received one fraction of money from Whig , Tory or Chartist I have done all at my own expence ; and , thank God , I am

      net yet exhausted . If the League join us it will save them some thousands . They have already spent all their bazaar money ; but join us , and they may go to sleep . Provided they are honest , we will repeal tke Coin Laws for tbein . Mr . O'Connor then went into the question of machinery , and showed there was no cordon sanitairc around London . Driven from the country by machinery the werking men come up to London and compete with you ; they form a reserve for the masters to fall back upon . We arc not enemies to machinery ; we care not , as Butterwortii said , if we eat , drink , go to bed , get np , and dress by machinery , provided it does not take our bed and our bread from us . We want political power , tfeat machinery may be made man ' s holiday and not his curse ; not that one thousand slaves to artificial labour shall be wretchedly poor , that one slave-holder may grow enormously rich . If

      all the money that has been made by machinery was diffused in ita . proper channel no poverty -would now be felt bj the operatives . I am taunted by Cobden with going about the country in a fustian instead of a black coat—idon't you think I should make a good parson ?—He did not say tais in my presence ; if he had , I should not quarrel with him ; suca evolutions are often met with in socitty . Mr . Cobden has jumped from tho warehouse , from ihe clogs and the fustian , into the black coat . I can , when 1 please , go back to the black coat ; but he will nevtr go back to the fustian while he can avoid it I call upon yon , as Mr . Savage did , to make us of that faculty which distinguishes you frow the rest of the animal creation . Be not led away by the glib philosophy of any who may address you ; lvok not to foreign trade to the injury of domestic comfort , but stand firm for the whole Charter , and nothing less than the Charter . ( Great cheering . )

      Rcftt Ridlet rose to second the amcadment . Be said , —I presume that you have met this day to perform a duty Dot only to yourselves , and to your country , but to show to tho -whole world that Englishmen will administer justice to themselves and to all mankind . The seconder of the resolution said he was sorry to have to throw cold water over the proceedings . I am not offended with Mm for throwing it over me ; but it is impossible to throw cold water over the ardour s-f the Chartists ; but to eome at once to the point—I look upon yen as men determined to see justice done to all parties without distinction of class , sect , or oelour . I believe you ¦ will proclaim to the working c ' asses of the L' nited Kingdom that the men of Marylebone , that the men of London , are determined to standby , the same principles which have received the sanction of the working classes of this kingdom . TVby . is-it that I , a -working man , repudiate and find fault \ aith this solemn declaration ? It is evident to you , the man of . London ,

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      for you :, eyes have been opened , that that this is all e ' aptrap . V " If these men were sincere and honest , they ^ ould ^ say at once that all onr evils arose from class lejislatibri ; that to . remove the Com Laws and otUer bad laws , we must remove this bad legislation . Resd it all the gentlemen said . It fctall be read . We wish not to bnrke the-freedom of discussion ; - we wish to consult the fctlings of all ; and we count on the decision of thii day to Ixj the foundation of an agitation that ehaii be carried oii the wings of the wind through the wlwle kiug om > ( Mr . Ridley then read the declaration , and commentsd upon it in a strong and forcible manner . ) Let them-put' the representation first and the ¦ Corn Law Repeal afterward , and fiey would then b& hitt ' . ng the r > sh £ nail on the head !

      Will you ba cajoled by tho factory lords , by those who have amassed t . ieir wealth from . tUte blood ' and the marrow of the factory ebildren ? WHS you be knocked down at suca a price ? ( No , no Remain then , like men , firm aad manly , sid * by side ; pretest one broad phalanx of union to your tyrants , and determine upon the Charter , and ho surreCiJer . If you do xot do this ; you will be sold , andsokt cheaply ; but you will . I know , act wisely and jasS ^ y . Mr . Ridley then ably sbowedup th © motives which actuated the League in their agifciiio ; , and rsked who were the men who had branded them as destructiveB ? who had accused them of the worst of , crimes ?• who ir *( i banished . and imprisoned their felow patriots ? who but the base prui brutal Whigs had entrapped Frost and his companions ?

      who . got np the Caltaorpe-street affair ? and now who feutth ^ Wliigs were preparing to entrap them again , to aelu ^ fe them to their rnin ? He-called-upon them , in ttttnaaj ^ tfl of the men of England , Ireland , Scotland and Wilesv ^ io perform their duty to their country—^( great M ^ oJptCCONNELL—I have 1 3 en requested to declare my sentiments upon this subject , which I shall do as briefly r % possible . I shall bo as . candid rvthoEe who have previously addressed you in its favour , and tell you , I am decidedly opposed to the amendment —( considerable irtyrruption );—give me a fair and candid hearing , snd judge for yourselves , I have reaU the declaration of the men of Marylebone iu print ; I have read tho amendment of Mr . O'Connor in writing ; and on my life and word , by all that is good that is near and dear to me , I cannot distinguish any

      substantial difference —( laughter , and Why are you opposed to it ?¦)¦ The amendment admits in its first onset the principle of freo trade ; so does the resolution . The only difference in the two is , they have the same meaning , but are differently expressed . We say that the Corn Laws are but a branch ; we do not say they are the root I am sorry any suspicion of dishonesty should exist —( laughter)—that you should suppose it is a trap . ( What trap ?) We are for the Charter ; you are no more . And I think no man in this assembly will think it worth while to take less —• ( htar ; . I do not believe there is any attempt to coax or deceive you . 1 know of none . I was in hopes that the endmes of the people would ho longer triumph by our dissen'ions , but would have been laid prostrate by . our union .

      Air . Spur—As a working man I feel deeply interested in this subject , more so perhaps than any speaker that has preceded me . I can readily enter into the fceiings which actuate Mr . M'Conhell and the other gentlemen , though I have but faint bopos that they can understand mine . 1 will say , as Mr . Ridley , that I want not their sympathy ; bnt if they give us --justice we shall be placsd iii such a position as not to need their sympathy . I do not deny the honesty of the party professing to give me a clu'ap loaf , but I deny their ability . Mr . Macconufcll has said , that he couUl no ; see thu difference between the resolution and the amendment There i 3 none so blind aa those who wilt not see . Is there no difference between drawing the cait up the hill and drawing iV over the hill ?

      The resolution puts the cart before tho horse ; the amendment puts the horse in its proper position . Those men have turned me out of ray employ for my principles , anil yet they talk of sympathy to the working men . Mr . MaeconneU tells you that they do not consider the Corn Laws as a rout , but only as a branch . I tell him as I told Mr . Acland , better known i y tbe same of " Slippery Jeuuny , " that the best way to cut off the branch is to cut down the tree . Tho branches are too high to reach . It is impossible to have a Repeal with the present house , but they want you to unite in order that they may say to the aristocraey , ' Give us the repeal of the Coru Laws , or wo will thrust the Charter down your throat "—( Great cheering . ) ¦ ., ;

      Mr . Savage then again addressed the meeting . He cored not which they passed , the resolution or the amendment ,, he was only tke organ of the Committee to bring it before them . He hoped now in their hour of triumph thoy wouM have sympathy for the middle class . They have not had the advantage of political training which you have ; they have not their weekly meeting , and cannut so well understand tho subject I ask for your sympathy , not that you should give up your rights . I care not individually which you carry , so that you get the Charter . ihe amendment was then put and the waving multitude of hands showed that the hour of triumph had arrived—that the auction was , over and the lot knocked down at the Charter price . For the resolution out of the vast multitude , ( the Coutt-yard estimated to hold 12 , 000 , being crowded , ) only eight bands were heldup . This victory waa eolebratcd with long and loud cheers , waving of hats , &c

      Mr . Lo * D Jqnes , in an address which we greatly regret we have not space to insert , moved the followipj resolution : ¦—" That while thi 3 meeting condemns tho Corn and Provision Laws as unjust in principle and pernicious in practice ; and approves of all legal agitatien for the repeal of these laws ; this meeting is nevertheless of opinion that such repeal would be totally inadequate to effect a general or permanent relief of the deep distress under which the labouring population of this country is at present suffering : and this meeting farther expresses ita opinion that a well devised and comprehensive system , of ' Home Colonization , ' the employment of the people upon tha land of this country , in the joint pursuits of agriculture and manufactures , can alone permanently place them above , the reach of poverty . "

      Tha resolution was seconded by Mr . O Connor and carried unanimously . Sir Benjamin Hall . —I attended here this day not for the purpose of addressing you , but from a desire to be present at this manifestation of public feeling and sentiment , that I might , if necessary , declare the tone and the manner in which it has been conducted . It would be an act of ingratitude if I did not at this the first large meeting after my election , declare to you my gratitude . I need not tell you that I was no party either to the resolution or to the amendment . I have seen that you agreed almost unanimous for the amendment , and I am pleased to say that it is not only the largest but the most quiet , orderly meeting pt which 1 was ever present . 1 have seen the geatleir . en who

      rather differed from you trcatedjwith the greatest kindness and forbearance . I have seen in the newspapers that the metropolitan meetings have generally been conductad in a disgraceful munner , I can now personally bear witness to the contrary . With regard to the resolution , I . am . opposed to the meaturus of Ministers , but shall never offer them a factious opposition . I am for a total repeal of tho Corn Laws , and during the eleven years I have , been in Parliament , 1 have ever voted for every measure ef extension of . the Suffrage , and shall not now shrink from my principles—( cheers . ) Mr . BENBew in an address which showed that age had neither impaired his physical or moral energies , moved the adoption of the National Petition , during which he was loudly choered .

      Dr . Wade in an excellent speech seconded its adoption . i The petition was unanimously adopted . Mr . Ridley moved" That in the opinion ot this meeting the transportation of Frost , Williams , and Jones , after the opinion of the Judges given in their favour , was cruel and unjust on the part of the Melbourne Whig Government , and this meeting pledges itself never to cease from ag-. tation till they are returned to their native soil . " Mr . MA . VNARD seconded the resolution , which was carried onauimouely , with great cheering . Mr . Wa ll moved , aud Mr , Goodfellow seconded , a resolution requesting'the GuariUans to publish the resolutions of the meeting in the Northern Star , Times , Advertiser , &o . . Mr . Peat moved , and Mr . Scott seconded , a vote of thanks to the Chairman .

      Mr . Potter supported tie motion , and declard himself a consistent Chartist . A vote of thanks was given to the Guardians for the use of the Workhouse yard . Mr . Sankey addressed the meeting , thanking them for the honour they had done him . Cheers out of number were given for the Charter , O'Connor , the Star , the victims , Ac ., after which the meeting dispersed .

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      Mottbam . —Mr . Brophy , from Dublin , lectured hero on Saturday and Sunday last , to respectable audiences . : ' . '¦ . ' . ;¦;•; . ' . ' . ¦/"¦/> . ?;'"¦ . ¦ - '" . ' Chorlev . —Cheering acaounta reach us from this place ; the cause bc eons to be going gloriously . Cbieff . —On Wednesday the 23 rd ult ., a lar ^ e and respectable meeting of tho inhabitants of thia place was heldi in the Weavers' Hall , when Mr Abram Duncan . ! delivered a lecture .

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      GREAT PUBLIC MEETING OF THE TAILORS , CONVE-XED AT THE SOCIAL CALL ; JOHN-STREET , ON J 1 OSDAY , FEB . 27 TH , TO FUuTUER THE OBJECTS OF THE NATIONAL

      CHARTER ASSOCIATION . AVhalfrprst seven o'clock , the place was crowded to a degree never before -witness : i ; and from that time until nine o ' clock , thousands must hayo gone away un-r able to obtain admit' '"' . ricp . Mr . PAnKER moved , anil Mr . Knight seconded , that Mr . Guffay take tha chair . At this period air . O'Connor entered ; and if the warm and enthusiastic applause of the c'sewbied highly £ ,.-ati 8 . ' 4 audience could reward him for his almost superhoman exe-. iions in t ' ae -ryise of lil ; rty , on that evening he must have bc"n highly rewarded—he must , indeed , have felt himself a proud and b&ppy meri .

      Mr . CCSEay , having been unanimously elected to the chair , com-raenced by informing them that he should not mak 8 the usual apoligies of incompetsney , < fccr ; but as a wprkiDg man , a tulor , and a Ghartkc , he would never shrink from the performance of any public tWty which his feUow-trademen and brother-slaves elected him to perfonc—( cheers ) Ho trusted they would support him in the thair ; ami ha woald giva to all wio might wish to express their senlims its a fair and ins . partial hearing ; and . he trusted they would never ta deluded from stanVling by the rights of thoir order , cither by the middle meu , or by the jvtistocrasy . As a trades unionist , he liai exyrted iiinisftiftw the utmost in behalfVpf his order ; but ha wcj no-w . convinced that the c . inse of their distress was higher than the tyranny

      of their employers— that ; they mH put the axe to the reot of the trea ; and , sink cr swim , he wouid stind like a man till th ) last , and if he died ho would die like a martyr gloriously in the cause—( great cheering . ] Whigs and Tories ha < l too long unite i to oppress and humbug the people , and to scraw them down to starvation or emigration . Mr . Cuffay then informed tike meeting t !\ at they had enclosed a copy of their address to the trade in a note to Capf ^ in Roua , and had received a letter in reply , which he would read to them . Mr . Cuffity tkeu read the letter , which ascribed all their tliatress to over population , and that they must .

      emigrate . Tailors in work , the Captain said , could earn from 36 s . to 42 s . p 9 r week ,- mrsons and other trades wera iu receipt of high wages ; and to look to political power to remedy the distress was quite futile . Mr . Cuff . iy commented with great sarcasm and enc-rt , / upon this letter ; he believed the apite which the aristocracy showed to the masons wiis because they were the first trade to come out for the Charter—( great cheering . ) Mr . Cunay , in beautiful and manly language , urged them not to desert their father land , but to stayln it ,, and Make it worthy of thera . If any mmt emigrate let it ba the aristocracy . He concluded with the folio wiug sarcastic lines : —

      " It bugs molest me , as in bed I lie , I'Jl not qait my bed for them , not 1 ; But rout the vermin—every bug destroy , New mako my bed , aud all its sweets enjoy . " ( Great cheering . ) The Chairman read notes apologising for non-attendance from Messrs . Duncbmbe and Leader M . P . ' s , and from Dr . > l Douall . Mr . Parker —Fallow tradesmen , thia meeting has been called for the purpose of feeling , the pulse of the trade , which has ever been a democratic one in favour of ' the principles of the People ' s Charter . Amongst others that have been invited to attend , is Feargus O'Connor , an individual highly respected for his enerEetic exertions on behalf of the peoplt : ; I shall

      therefore uot occupy much of your time , but at once ( iirect your attention to the distressed condition of our trade . We have taken every ateplikely toail ^ viatt . that distress , but in vain ; and we have therefore resolved to go ut once to the root of the evil ; for this purpose we convened this meeting . I have before eaid that our trade is essantially democratic , and the crowded meeting which has responded to oiir call provea that it is so . There is not a man in this assembly but will admit that the most horrible destitution exists in our trade . It has been objected by a few of the aristocratit portion of it that we have dano harm in exposing the prices in our address , but I ask them when thousands are staryingi is it a time to sit silently fey ? is it not time that we should come boldly forward and join tb . 9 democratic trades who have preceded U 3 ia endeavouring to remove that load of taxation which fetters our energies ? that we should throw off those shackles from our labour which protect caoital at our expence .

      There are many men who have bsen m the trade , nineteen or twenty , years compelled to work for three farthings an hour , or starve . Many may not believe this ; but let them go as I have done to the purlieus of the East cud of the town , , and they would tlieu morp than credit it . Women are making waistcoats , aye , and well made too , for threepence each ; and when this is the case , who shall tell me we have no right to move for fear of the masters should at the aristocratic shops reduce the wages . I appeal to the females present , is it not shocking , is it not a disgrace to humanity that the daughters of tailors , I am almost ashamed to say it , should be compelled to prosti' . ute themselves to the foremen at the slop-shops , ere they can obtain empioyment —( true , true . i Mr . 1 ' arker then entered further into tha prices paid by the Government contractors , &c , and then called upon them to conic out as they did at the time of the trades ' unions in support of the Charter—( loud cheers . ) He proposed the following resolution : —

      " That in tha opinion of this meeting , tbe distress and misery which " exists in the trade of journeymen tailors / has been brought about through class iegisiaticn ; and we here recommend a union of the trade , with a view to alleviate that sufferiug . " He called upon all who held up their hands for the resolution to take out their card of membership . Mr . Latuche seconded the resolution . They had been accused of being led away by demagogues ; of being ignorant of the motives which governed their actions . If we ore ignorant of our uiaUve 3 , we at least are

      acquainted with the motives of the austocracy . We are aware that our distress arises from class legislation . We see that in all ages those who have had the power of legislatingi legislate for their own benefit , while they entirely neglect the masses . Where the aristocracy have assuihed thepower , they have only two means of governing : —it is either by fraud or force . When the first . ' "fail ' s , then they resort to their armed police , or their military force . Mr . Latuche then appealed to ancient history in proof of his opinion , that freedom prpducedprosperity ; and concluded an eloquent address amidst loud cheering .

      A Mr . Heaunb here caused censiderable interruption , by askiag trifling questions , as to by whom the meeting was called ? to which the Chairman satisfactorily replied , informing him that it was by the Chartist tailors' meeting ; at four of the West End Houses of Gall . Mr . O'CONNOR was received with tremendous cheerB . He said it is not of so much importance who called the meeting , aa that the uiseting is called . Is there any man here who will refuse to adopt what is sound , and reject what ia unsound , because he is not aware who called the meeting ? We are for impartiality to all ; we live upon . priiciple ; out principles are good—they will bear difcussion ; those only shrink from discussion whose deeds are evil and will not bear the light . Can

      there be a more pleasing sight for a philantrophist tkan this crowded meeting ? Can anything more strongly bespeak the sentiments of an Englishman , than the manner in which Captiiu Rous has been treated , unless he can prove to you that people should go naked . Yuu at least are interested in having a large populatior . I much admire the sentiment expressed in the sarcastic lines of your chairman . Shall the drones be allowed to drive the bees from the hive ? No , ratherlet the bees sting them from the hive 1 If it is necessary that some must , leave the country ; if God has sent more inhabitants than the land will support , let this idle be the flrafc to leave the land ; let us live in our fatherland and make it , worthy of us . I rejoice to see you , the oldest body of the incorporated trades , coming out in this

      cheering manner . 1 recollect when Sir Henry Hardtnge said , pending a strike of your body , that ho would rather go naked than tbe master should submit to your dictation . This ' would be coming to the primitive state with a vengeance . I am astonished to hear Mr , Parker state that waistcoats are being made for 3 d . each . Perhaps the ariet'icratio portion of the trade may not work at them ; but I am surprised , that because men are comparatively well off , they should be content with their compartive condiuioD . I contend that the people ougbt never to be satisfied until they have full and equal justice . If the masters have gained 15 * in a suit of clothes by the fall of cloth , they : should divide the advantage with the men . I have been to the hea * and to the foot , and I now come to the middle . ' I have been to the batters and to

      the shoemakers , and I have now come to the tailors . What causes distress to fall so heavily upon your trade ? not that the land is over populated , but because we have ia naked , starving population . Our wise political economists tell you that machinery cannot injure you , because machinery does not yet do the sewing work . But the dullheads forget that it injursa your market ; thab your customers are compelled ta : lay out ,, in 'provisions , that which otherwise they would lay oat in clothes . If your brethren , the tailors in themanufaK taring districts , cannot obtain employment , they come up to London , thinking that where so much wealth and luxury is found , thers mnsti be plenty » f work , and these constitate the reserve for the masters to fall back upon . The men from the country may not obtain tmpluymeut ; ' but / . * while they are in the market , your

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      employers can say—if you don't like the work there ow plenty others who will do it . Your chairman has said , that you have tried trades' unions nnd they have failed . t&k a ' < t teek to destroy trades' unioa 3 ; we seek to -T ^ f « , « / -am failing . All property is protected , - ^^ . ^ W ^ I ^^ country , and ^^^ % Z ^ ir ril-8 to **• " ™ passtshere . ' ^ ^ P ^ f- brflS 3 plaV 9 on his breast y « a ever see a »» n j »** ges 0 F n this man ' s laboninscribed- " W- h ^ oejertrespw , j ^) Th ose who will be prosecuted ' ? & ™ t <** - ^ parties who trespass upon the righ £ ° * labour are ti »* .. t- . wa oolt \ |

      have the power of makiu ^ ^ la - I > W *» .. ment the Unions have ret ^ ^ since tbe tiffin 6 f t «« Keform Bill—look at the at ^^ u 08 you gava theii Irt catiying tb . it measure ; andtht ^ as ^ yourselves , ha . fi the governing powers treated y ^ o fairly ? Why do they object to the name cf Chart /** ? a tose would smell as sweet by any other Dame . Ciartism sounds as well pa Whiggery or Toryism . Whi 2 . 5 t . ry has rendered Toryism trjumphant . We look for political powar , not ; to-displace either Whigs or Tories , bufc to give us equal power with them . Give us the Charter ^ morrow , and the trades would oe at fnil work in a nio ^ th . We wan t equa l protection and equitabb d ?» - tribuv ) ° - l bay ? teen Metnt it cf Parliament , member of K ^ e People ' s Parliament , leading jonrnalist ; head agitator , aud » n extensive farmer . I hava published a small work on practical farmin . » . I do

      not even do < 19 your Cbiurma » i said , recomniend you to go to the waste lands . I say that 19 the cold meat in the larder , which , may ssiye some centuries hence for ihoie who come after us . Let us culsivate to . tbe highest thj lands now in occupation , and , instead of iiBpcrting wheat , wo shall giow plenty for enrselyes ; andto enabl ;! to import corn ouraelvts ; yet-our sspiant economists tell us that we CAnpst grow sufficient c-im to Buppost us . Wliy , these men ccarrrknow Wh ether wheat id diijr up ont of the- ground , or grows o . i the ¦ -. top of . the straw-If you gave them 100 acrei of ground , they would starve , snless , like NebucJiat ' nezzvr , they cca'd live upon grass . Why should yon- go to firtign lands for

      food , whea your own country w ^ uld produce sufficient f Is it better fur you to sit at homo all day working , to make goods which may or may not tell , wWto you must rely upon them fo » that food , which you want three times a-day ? If the manufacturera cbnld gain a Repeal , they woald spec lily throw our land : out of cultivation ; and , when we were ' at the nJerey « C foreigners , if a famine should come , they \ r »» ld pafc a duty on the exportation at grain , remembering tbafc when we were irijstress ot the world , we impemd » similar duty on its importation . Walk round Lonfisn , and whbrewill you sea tbe poor man ' s comfortable cottage . You , will see the mansion of the mau who has grown ri < Jh . en your energies upraised five Etorica in the air . If capitrl

      is rewarded . with ten- per cent , profit , let labour h » T 9 its seventy-five per cent ; let iict the poor man pins in want whLe the rich is dwelling in luxury . V 7 e hava now arrived at a crisis when something must b » done . The political world is now on a pivot , aud tbff leixst thing -would turn it on the due side Or the other . It depends ; upon the mighty people which way tile scale > hall preponderate . If we now shrink from principle we shall perpetuate the reign of faction ; if firni i I-defy either Whig or Tory to stand against the mighty torrent Qf . public opinion we ean bring againstthem . You are told by littio Russell , the least wan you ever saw fjr nothing , that all th s distress is local , and caused by th » natural commercial revolutions of

      a great country . They cared nothing about the distress until they got on the bleak side of the Tres ^ mry ; tboy axe lifea the lady who , when going round" the cold bleak common , pitied tie condition of a poor cottager , and ordered her footman to taka her a sai-k of coals , but no suoner had she got in her warm dr-iwing-rooin , and her foot on the fender , than she ordered John nob to take the coals because the weather had got warmer You are now asked to join the Corn Law Repealers , to restore to power one of the basest fatttions which ever trampled on tlie liberties . of a nation . Talk cf us as deatructives , as physical force men . Why it makes my blood boil when I read their inflammatory speeches , their secret endeavours to excitd thu people

      to violence ; they excite you to burn and shost at an imagre of straw ; even they would excite you still further , and whiie theysat in the jury bos and tried you , they would boast of their love of order and peace . As a party they wore never mere disunited . We were never 30 united . I do not think .. that they could take 0110 man that we trust from us ; if thty did , wo care not If I were ta desert you to morrow I could n 66 take a man away with me . There is my strength and pride . If the shepherd break loose , the flock 1 . will not turn aside . The present agitatien is the result of the pent up feelings of bygone years , and will finally destroy ail opposition which enn be brought against it . As well might the presumptuous Done attempt to force

      back tha - roiling waves of this mighty ocean , as for them to stop the rushing stream of public opinion . Kaowledge cannot be pout up ; it is like a smothered fire , it will again burst forth , and burn still brighter and clearer for the obstruction . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers ) Wo ask , for all , the same liberty and ^ power Which we demand for ourselves . They say we are too ignorant and vicious to be entrusted with the franchise . If , as Baptist Noel states , there are 500 , 000 liviug without God and without hope in the world in this Metropolis , I anlrm it is caused by bad Government . Men are born with certain propensities whick can be nourished into virtues or vices . Their virtues are the result of their nature ; their vices of misrule :

      His vices are encouraged , because they ; tend to aggrandise the capitalist . They say wouid you enfranchise the drunkard ? Give me a constituency 01 10 , 000 drunkards , and one teetotalier , and such is the power of vittue , that they sha'l choose the teetotaller to represent them . Rome in its origin wag a combination of the greatest rogues in the world , yet they chose the wisest and the best men for their Generals . A community of rogues would choose an honest man for their representative . Wu look to the Charter to promote morality , and not immorality . Mr . O'Connor continued for some length of time to address them on the question of the land , wade , < fec , and concluded with a burst of eloquence we have never yet heard surpass » d , and retired amidst thunders of applause .

      The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . ¦ . Mr . Kntght , in a brief manner , proposed the second resolutioa : — : " That this meeting is of opinion that the only means for the twdes and the working classes generally to benefit their condition is , by adopting the principles contained in the People's Charter . " Mr . Knight explained the several points of the Charter , and sat dewn much applauded . Mr . M'Ghath seconded the resolution in an address which occupied nearly an ; hour in the delivery , and which for argument and eloquence , we have seldom heard surpassed . \ In the course of bis address ; he paid some- deservedly high eompliruents to iVIr . O'Cprior , and concluded by calling Upon bis brother tradesmen to join the Natioha Association ; he T » as greatly applauded ; The resolution was then put and carried

      Mr . GOOPBELLQW moved , and Mr . Shepherb seconded the adoption of the National Petition , which was also carried , unanimously . v Capt Acherly , for some length of time , amused the meeting , which concluded by a vote of thanks to the Chairman : and tho usual Chartist honours . Many signatures were received to the petition .

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      Sheffield . —Political Institute . —On Sunday evening last , Mr . William , GUI lectured to a crowded audi 8 nce at this place . Subject— " The present prospects of Chartism . " ;

      On Monday Evening the large room was again filled by a respectable audience , to hear a discussion " Oa the reasonableness of the People ' s Charter becoming the law" of the land . " Mr . William Gill opened the discussion by explaining how the People ' s Charter first originated , and concluded an able speech by explaining the six points separately j which gave general satisfaction . Several questions . were asked , and answered to the great satisfaction of the meeting . Afterwards several new members wore enrolled . . :

      Stockport . —Tho ChsurtistB of thi 3 town procured the Town Hail last week , issued placards anj&ouu cing a public meeting for Monday evening last , and invited Mr . James Leach , of Mancb . es-er , to take part in the proceedings / Accordingly the Stockport Rads assembled very nume rousiy , and passed similar resolutions in favour of the Charter to those carried at the great twenty thousand demonstration held at Manchester last week , without the least opposition . ' Mancuesteb . —A meeting of the manufacturers was held on ' Tuesday ^ near the Exchange , Mr .

      Bright , of Rochdale , was elected chairman . Mr . Alderman Brooks , and several others , addressed the meeting . A resolution , condemnatory of the Com Law , was carried , and a petition founded on the same ; but neither the Suffrage nor the Ballot was mentioned , either in the speeches , resolution , or the petition . [ This shows the sincerity of the Leaguers * in their sudden conversion to Chartism . Let the people mark the fact ; and mark itwell!—Ed . 1 Lees . —A lecture was delivered iu the Chartist Room , Lee 3 , on Tuesday night la&t , by Mr . Thomas Hannain .: ' ¦ :.- '" ' - ' :. - ,. '" ¦ , '•' .. '¦ ¦' ¦• • ¦ ¦'¦ : - ' ¦'¦ ' ¦¦ ' ¦' - . ¦ ¦¦ . - - . ' - '

      STALEYBRiDdE . —Mr . Henry Candy delivered a « excellent lecture in the Chartist : Boom , on the principles of the Charter , our present position , and tha necessity of firmness to attain union . Ulvekstoi * . —Mr . J . T . Lund lectured here on Thursiiay , the 24 th instant , to an overflowirjg audience . ; ¦ . ' - ¦ .: ¦ ¦' . ' ¦ ' ' "¦¦" -.. " : - - ; v ' . ; ¦¦ '' . " . '¦ . ' . ~ Yobk . —At a meeting of the Council , on tne 27 th instant , it was feEolved i "That the Association Room oe open , for reading and discussion , every Sunday eyoning ; the public to be admitted free . " ToDMOKDEH . —The weekly meeting of the Council was held oil Monday , when it was resolved , th « any person fishing to visit Todmorden to lecture , fiball correspond and make arrangements with tho sub-secretary , Robert Brook , and bring testimonials of membership from the society he belongs .

      HAnwooi > .-TIie Rev . William Villiera Jackson from Manchester , delivered an impressive lecture in the Independent Chapel , to a congregatioa of about fire or six hundred , on the principles « f tha People ' s Chatter , aad the means to be employed £ its attainment . . ' * ¦ - ..

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 5, 1842, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct744/page/1/