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      Stccktobx- —The report of the shopocrats meeting is shut out by press of matter till next week . Hopeful , Mebtktr . —His song will do much better to sing than to read . _ Bisglht . —The communication signed " Correspondent' arrived too late far insertion this week . 51 b . Jnus Haiinkt has received five shillings from a few Chartists at Sheeriicss , and ten shillings from Mr . Bairstow , collected after a lecture deUvercd In / him ; both sums for Mrs . Holberry Mr . Harney has paid ^ them over to Mrs . H ., uho returns her grateful thanks . As E > -est to Middle-class HusiBrG xsn Dxceit . —Too late for this leeek . J « H ? f &EOSGE . —Nczrticeek . JOH- N HjLB ~ . ISOX , NETVCASTIX-rrvDEB LYSIS . — HlS communication slating his intention to start a shoe club is an advertisement .

      Ja > 5 BS CasiE 2 O > -, Alsxaxdkia . —The 12 s . for the Cjr . vent : cn never came to this office . H ? . , had better ask the psrson he seat it to for an explanation . HEXRT Wood , Sabd en . —There -was not any mocey enclosed in the letter he s = nt on the 3 rd . 2 f 0 fiXO 5 , Koswjch . —Xo . * FOR MH . 1 IASO >\ £ b . d . Prom 3 Ir . Cleave , London , per Mr . Ridley 0 5 4 « the Chartists of St . Pancras ... 0 11 0 .. J . Cbrkson , Bradford 0 5 0

      FOR 5 IHS . HOITBEBHT . Prom T . S . Broofe , Dawstury ... 0 10 0 . R . O , a friend ... ... 0 2 6 „ a fe-w friends at Tomer asd Ca's engineering estallishineat , per Wn > . Wade ... 0 1 2 . » the Chasfcists of Holbcck , per Wa Wale " ... 0 7 4 ^ the CaaiberR-eilBuriaiSjcUTy 0 2 6 „ Leith , psr Jolin Tantard ... 0 5 6 ^ Bath , per John Hopfcias ... 0 1 0 „ Cambenrell—Mr . Jones , His . Larkin , and a friend ... ... 0 1 6 TOR MB . BINDES . OF SHOREHAM . From Mr . Charles Ciark ... ... 020

      FOB J . OIES DUFFY . From Bsrry Brow Association ... 0 10 _ Hey wood , per A . Smith ... 0 2 G _ the Chartists of Hoibecfc , per Wm . Wade 0 1 ci

      FOB . THE EXECUTIVE . - From Chspstovr friends 0 4 0 5 AT 10 SAL XHIEUTE TO THE EXECrilTE . From A-K—a friend ... ... 0 3 0 . _ a few Chartists at Bramhani ... 0 4 o " „ A- Hey-R-cod , Manchester ... 1 0 0 . » tie Chartists of Ne"wport , L = le of Wi ^ ht ... 0 5 0 «» T . S . Broot , Ddis ^ bnry ... 10 0 « . a Democrat , Cfaepstow ... 0 1 3 . » Hey-wood , Lancashire , per A . Smith ... ... 1 1 0 _ the Chsrtists mseting at the Siiip and Bice Coat Boy , Wal-¦» ci th ... 6 10 0 « . Mr . Thcmas Law , Foxholes , D 6 £ r Todaiordea ... 0 10

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      HAIiIFAS . —On Monday last the Royal Charles , . No . 3 Lodge , of the Independent Order of the Gelden Fleece , held their sixth anniversary at the house of Mr . Samuel WhituXer , the Craven Heifer Inns HiiifiX , when upwards of sixty members sat down to an excellent dinner , to the honour of the host . Afier dinner the Lodge was opened for lean ess , and the reports cf the pas ? year were very satisfactory . On the following evening the wives and sweethearts took tea in the Lodge , which was decorated with flowers and evergreens . The evening . was spent with music , singing , and dancing , to & late hour .

      BlCSmOsTD— At the petty Sessions held at Richmond on Saturday last , for the division of Gilling West , Thomas White , of Reeih , was brought before the sitiiug magistrate ? , charged "with having on the ISih of M-iy last , at Ree : ^ violently a-sauited and beaten Jseps and J&&n Blenkinson . —Guilty . — Fined 10 s . for each cSence , and 03 ., with costs , for being drnnk , Asxiversasy Sermons . —Two very impressive sermons were preached in the Wcsley&n Chapel , Richmond , on Thursday , the 3 ( kh sit ., by the Rev . G . B . Macdcnaid , of Leeds ; and on Sunday last , by the Rev . J . Wa-tscn , of Stockton . Collections were made after each service , in aid of tbs Trust Fond belonging to thst chapel and school , which amounted to a very handsome sum .

      BRADFOSD — Mobe Middle Cxjss Stji-F-ATTIT FOE THE PO 0 B ~— DEATH FEOH SIaEVATIOX . —Mr . Abraham Hoilaweil , aged 40 , died at Bradford , on Friday last , July 1 st , about noon , under the following circumstances . Jiary HolJawell , wife of George HoBawell , deceased ' s feroiher , states that her brother-in-law > &s been in Yc-rk Castle , for the last iiine months , for the ' non-payment of poor rates , amounting to abent £ 2 . 5 s . and that he lm had nothing to live en the while but bread and witer , Tot the first six months . The other three months he had 3 s . 6 j . per week allowed for doing sense little job or other about the wards . A subscription was raised , the poor rates were paid , and he was liberated from the Castle , and came to a = istei

      of hi 3 residing in Leeds . Thi 3 family -rras Tery poor , and of course tad very little Ui Mm . This sister declsr ? 3 ste tas frequently applied to the elerk of the Boari of GuardiaBs ci the Bradford Union to get him relief , and also to ge ; Ms liberation from the Castle , but of no avail . He tarried with this sister in Leecs about a mosta , and came to his brother George ' s , who was almost as poor as himself , and could give him nothing either to eat or drink , havirg himself had no work for ihe last five weeks , and has two children . Oa Wednesday , June 29 th , Abraham HoUawell was taken ill , and the parish doctor , iir . , was sent for about half-past eleven o ' clock at nigh :. He did not coine , bat sent some powders , and ordered his feet to be

      put in warm water . Ue cid not come till the next day at noon . On Thursday mcrning the brother applied to Mr . FJgey , the assistant overseer of Bradford , for relief , and was told _ he had nothing to do with it ; and that lie must wait till Mr . Rennie , the relieving officer , came ; he went away and sent bis wife , who askea Rennie for relief bo-: h for him and themselves , as they bad not a mouthful of any thing 10 eat about the house at the time ; Le gave her a-. noto for the doctor , and told her thsy cut do as well as they ccnld till Saturday . Mrs . Hohawtil said-sometiiijig to him , -V ? ben the brnte told h-r to * ' go away and not stand iruttering there . " He gave her no relief . The man died on Friday , a 3 staed above . The dcetor came , when he was dead , and George HollaweH said to the doctor be ehoald like an

      inquest held on the body , when the doctor toJd him if fie persisted in having an inquest it would be worse both for him and the children . . The deceased was interred on , Sunday last , without any inquiry . The Ami Poor Law Committee of Bradford met on Tuesday ni ^ ht last , at the house of Mr . Wade , innkeeper Bradford , when the above fans were stated to them by G . Hoiiawell and bis wife . These facts need no comment . Let Sir James Graham and Sir Hobert Peel with that little sneaking hypocritical fool , Roebuck , who declares that the destitute poor have do right to relief , " think of this , and of their transactions relative to the new law they are about to enact , and thi p k how beautiful , and how cLarining it is to live under the abominable and accursed 2 ^ ew Poor Law Amendment A ; t .

      GXK 5 TJCESTEB—Seshoss . —The trial of Mr . G . J . Holytaks , for blasphemy , which was to hafe taken place a * this Bessions . has been deferred to the Ass : zas , and also Air . and Mrs . Adams , of Cheltenham , for selling the Oracle of Reason , which , is edited by Mr . Holyoake . The justices did not forget their fees ca ? he occasion . WOE . CESTEB . —Shssio . vs—DrDLsr Riots . Mr . Jokn Chance , of Stonrbridge , an active and iighly reFpected member of the National Charter Association , was dragged from his ted = ome time back , and taken to Due-ley , charged with being concerned in ; be above nam ^ d riots . Ho was held to bail to answer the charge at Worcester sessions . When the case was broughtbeforeihegiand jury , they fennd " >~ o bill , " bnt when he came to reckon the Bsm it cc-ss him , bail , bonds , witnesses , ecc . he found if fo be a bill that was ** too true . " A number oi tbe Eeniiave been discharged , and foar of them sentenced to pcrisds of fc-ur aud iwo months

      imprison-E ^ nt . E 1 EDIIHGEAM Shopkszkbs Mxetlng at ihe Prauc vffjce—A meeting vras held at the Public Office on Tuesday evening last , which wa s called by circular ; two hundred copies of ¦ Koicb . bad been served . It is supposed that tbe object wis similar to ib . 3 i held at Manchester last ¦* reek ; bnt oat of the two hundred who were Bervei ° a 5 y twenty attended , who were amused by a non-^ script ragman in Stafford-street , venting Ms spleen fstke Tory-Chartist leaders . The ** misery meet-/ sg ? thos turned oat a bubble . —On the same even-N ? , and in the Court Room of the same place , a meeting of the Complete Suffrage Association was i ^ J , Mr . Joseph Sturge in the chair . There were thirty persons " present , five of whom were members Of the National Charter Association , so that after several months' exertion , and a Tast outlay of ttQflejj is " cannot be denied , that "the Association ia a very promising condition . "

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      St . Hbless . —Mr . Beil , the Sonth Lancashire leetorer , delivered a most powerful and talented address here on Monday evening , lo a respectabje sudience . A few more names were enrolled . Mr . Porter has kindly promised bis room for any future lecturer . The room is capable of holding five or fix iundred comfortably .

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      IIollinwood . —A camp me ? t '' . s ; wa ^ held on Sunday Ii 3 t , on tbe open ground in Dury-lane There were from two to three thousand persons present . Mr . John Bailey and Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , and Mr . A- F . Taylor , of Roy ton , addressed the meeting , and gave great satisfaction . On Monday evening last , Mr . Wm . Booth , of 2 fewton Heath ; delivered an excellent lecture , in the Cowhill school-room , to a numerous and attentive audience .

      TREDEGAH . —A public meeting was held here on Monday evening Jasi , called by requisition to the Chief Coaatab ; e , for the purpose of adoptingthe remonstranctJ andths mamotial to the Qaeen ; on the motion of Mr Miles , Mr . Richard Benfleld was unanimously called to the chiir , -whoafterrssding tbercqaisiticn , ealledupon Mr . Diyid Eilis , ¦ who then addressed the meeting at great length . The meeting was farther addressed by Messrs . Miles , Davis , and other friends fram Mertbyr-Tydvil , who made excellent speeches . Tae rtmonstranca and memorial being put by the Ghaimau , were carried unanimously . After a Tote of thanks being given to the Casurmnn , the meeting separated . At the conclusion , twenty members were enrolled .

      Omjskiek , —This Tory-rkiden totro -r ^ s visited on Mor . Hsy Jast by Mr . TVid . Bell , tho South Lancashire missioniry , for the purpose of lecturing on the principles cf the People ' s Chnrter . The friends here not h .-ing abla to obtaic a room , the iteming was held in the open air . Mr . Btll ab ! y exposed the scheme of the Anti-Csra ^ "w Lea gue , tnd contended that the only i-Sjert that tlie Cora I , ~ vr Repealers have in 7 i 6 W Was to reUaoe the wa : ; s of tna -workin ? cteses , and CCEcinded by ahoKin ? the folly of the working men agitatinc for the repeal of the Coin La ? p without first having deprived those who make Corn Lawa of the unjust monopoly of power -wb : cb enables tbem to make laws for their own special bentfit . Three cheers weie given to Mr . Be " .

      I Maxchester—On Monday evening last , a public ; meeting fras held in the School Room under the R-v . ' J . Scho-leSfcid's Chip- ] , EvsTy-itreet , ta tabs into Cvii-{ Eideration tuo compitting of the great National Testi-: raonial . the Mcnumc ui ti the late Henry Hont , Fsq . i 5 ir . Murray was unaniir . ' -. -usly called to the elixir . Mr . i B ? iley moved , and Mr . Cooper seconded , the following r € soiution : — " That we , ths people of Mar . che 3 ter ar d i its v : cinit >' , hail "with inexpressive delishl the erection I of thia-inememo of our departed frieDd , Henry Hunt . I Esq ., as it trill serve to hand do-sra to posterity Gur I r ? sp :-c ! for and a-. lmiration of the ur . fl ' nchinz integrity I an 4 unswerving cc'risistency which marked tho -whole I course of his political career ; and ws a £ 3 ln pledge ciir-I se "» ve 3 t <^ raider all the assistance in eur pj ^ cr to ! comp 3 = t 3 this great National Testimonial , so that it ; may 06 worthy of the illustrious patriot vrhom it is I

      dt-siiTutd to commemorata , and ba a personiacatlon of drsicntd to commemorata , and ba a personification of Vie jreat rriaciples of which he was the persecuted but \ unconquerable advocate . " Mr . Birrsto-R- supported the ; rrs-.-lutioa , '^ hich wa 3 carri ed by acclaisation . Mr . Cirtle > 3 g 9 moved tho next resulntion— " That tb ! s meeting condemns the Tory magistracy t-st its uncalled-for iat-: rfererice , persecution , prosecution , and imprison- ; ment of Mason and others in Staffordshire ; and the ] Whig Government for its unconstittr . iorial treatment of T-cst , Williams , and Jones , of Clayton , Holberry ,, Peddie , and upwards of 400 honest men , for advocating i the natural rights of man . " The Rev J . S ; holfcfield i Eeci-nded tha resolntion , wh'ch "Was likswiss carried ; nem . con . Mr . C . D . ivle moved the mxx ,

      resolution' Taa . ; ia the opinion of ihu meeting the present awful ; state of the country has bceu brought abont by clas ? j legislation , aud that it believea the most effectual plan ' to establish prosperity , and save the couutry from i impe ^ diiig rnin , is by making the People ' s Charter into ; a legislative enactment . " Mr . William Dlxon seconded tbe r&oolntisn in a short speech , and it was supported i bj Mr . Griffin . On its buujg pui by tbe Chairman , it ' was carried unanimously . The Chairman made a few remark * np ' . n the necessity of all who v . 'ere favourable to tbe erection of the Menunient to come forward frith thiir contributions , to enable the Coniniittee ti hiv » it mmpleted by the 16 th of Auga't next ; and after thanks bad been given to the Chairman , the meeting secarat « d . ;

      Miles Platting . —On Sunday evening last , Mr . Wlliiam B xon , preached the funeral eermon of tbe lamented Saainsl Holberry , in the Association liocni , iliie-s Platting . After the sernion , a collection "was ni&dv'for Mrs . Holberry . CjBpemebs' Hall—Mr . William D ' xon delivered a-lectcr 6 in the above Hall , on Fricay evening , to the Chartist joiners and carpenters . JIosslet . —On Sunday evening last , Mr . James Cartlsdge , of Manchfcster , lectare « . l in the Chartist Roons . T . n the a-wfnl state to which the working classes

      are reduced in this Christian country . At the con- j ciuEion , tte recommended that tbe Chartists should j pledge Lbertselves to pay three h&lf-pecce each , to be . divided amosgst the rictims . Mason and others—these being the first fruits of Tory prosecution— -which was inimediately responded to by the Chartists of this I spirited villages commencing to pay the first instal- j mwit . We are progressing steadily in the great work Jur political redemption . ; BUADPOrwD . —CROSSLEY Hall—At a general ; mfc ^ tiE ? of the Chartists of this locality , hel d en Sunday I

      List , Jaly 3 rd , the following resolution was anam- : mouilj agreed to , — " That we , the Chattists of Crossley Hall , pls-rige ourselves ^ o Huppcrt the Rev . Wm . Hill ; and the Sor&ern Star , so long as they advocate th « just rights o ! the people . " j Mason's Arms . —A lecture was delivered in the Association room , on Saturday night last , to a highly respectable and numerous audience . Tho Chartists of this locality , and Manchester-road , are the only onts that have paid up their contributions , according t » the plan " of organization I" this d'Btrict . All the members are desired to attend on next Saaday evening " , On important business .

      COUNCIL MEZTI 5 G . —Th : 8 body tnetasumal in tbe Isrg-g Kom of Butterircrth'fl Baildings , on Monday evening I 2 st . Mr . OXdy in the chair . The following Diotion -was made ar . d carried uaaiiiiiion ^ ly , — " That a levy of tbree-ba ' . fpeoce per member should be collected for a victim fund . " , At > "sval ? o > ' Moor , —Oa Sunday afternoon last , a Chartist camp meeting waj held at thia pkee , at two o " clock . -Mr , JcDci :-g 3 gave oat the hymn suag at poor HolbtrryV funeral , and afterwards read the oration delivered" by Mr . Harney at the grave side of cur departed brother . Mr . J . also stcke at great length on

      the siihj-zt . Mr . Henry Hodgson followed , r . ud spoke for upwards cf half an hour on the benefits that wtuld Tfcfcult to the people from the extension of the SaSrago , to every malt atiult of twenty-one yeara of age . Mr . Smyth r , ext addressed the numerous saaembly , and contrasted the comforts tsjoyed by cur barbarous forefatLers , with the misery and wretchedneas of those who are bsS& to be refined and civilized . He advised the working ( lasses to ur : iK and never to cease agitation till tbe People ' s Charter was itade the law of tho land . The Eiimerrus meeting dispers > ed highly delighted with what tfc-ey had heard .

      DUBSiIW . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association held tieir usual week ' y meeting at No . lo , Xorih Aun-strt-et , on Sunday iast ; Mr . Bryan Maguire in the chair . After speeches from the Chairman , the President , and others , principally relating to local matters , Mr . Woodward took that opportunity of thanking Mr . Dove for the seventeen Stars which he had sett to him ( Mr . W . ) last week . They were all old ones , nevertheless the people were glad to get them , because they cannot take up a Northern Star , old or new , without finding more in it in favour of the just rights of ibe people than all ihe other papers put together—( hear , hear . ) Mr . H . Clark said he saw in tho correspondence column of that excellent journal notices , st' -iting that

      "Starlight '' was wanted in this locality . Jsow , it bo happtced that when a notice of that kind appeared , the English Chamsts , in their generosity , eent more Stars there-than the person who received them knew how to dispose of—( hear , hear . ) He shonld , therefore , snggest the propriety of the secretary , Mr . Dyou , senaing a short notice to the Star , whioh ho had no doubt but the Editor would publish every Saturdav , stating that all Siarssent to Dublin should be regularly transmitted to those best entitled to them in the country parts , and who would make the best u-e of them . By this means bo one would get 100 many at a time . It was owing to the publication cf the proceedings of this Association in the NoriJuTn Star , and the opportunity which be

      ( Mr . cia . r « O b&d of sending the Star to good men au < i true . in his native ccunty , Siigo , that he badthe honour o \ ' proposing 240 oi his countrymen to their Assoc-. ation on that day fortnight . He hoped that tlie Ci . arnsisoi" England would read what he was then ? aviD £ , and when they could that they vronld ieiid tneir Stirs here to us in hundred ? , as they did lastypsr . What is it but sending them to their own brethren ! They had but 100 brothers in Ireland this time last-year , and they have 1 , 000 now—( bear , hear 7 " Tiie Stars enlighten and delight us . The day is not dis-ant when we shall be all of one m : nd—Universal Suffrage and no surrender . —Mr . Honldsworth said that while he resided in Rocbdak he always sent his Stars to Dublin ; and now , as he had had an opportunity of seeing more of the

      country , and knowing tbe great good that this Association can effect , he should on his return home not only continue to send his Stars , bnt influence his friends to do so likewise . He bad thought it would be a very good plan for tbe several lecturers throughout England to recommend their respective audiences to forward their Stars as soon as possible after reading them—( hear , hear . ) The Irish peoplewrald alljoinyouif they could but get to know what jou were about ; ail they want is the means © f knowiDg it . All to wbom he " had spoken agreed to the principles of the Charter—Messra . Turner , Rogers , Rourke , Burke , Johnson , Duff , Quinn , and others also addressed tbe meeting ; after which Mr . Dfiff was called to the chair , and the thanks of the meeting -were given to Sir . Magnire ; after which tbe meeting acjouxEed till six o ' clock in the eveaiDg on

      Sunday next . . Discussion . —The question for discussion next Sauday its— " Can the Union be repealed without Universal Suffrage ? and if it cannot , is not tbe agitation of that which cannot be accomplished prejudicial to the attainment of the meanB by which it can be achieved , and consequently mischievous ?

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      Camberwell . —The Chartists of this locality met as usual on Monday evening , at the Rose and Crown , Mr . R Sewell in the chair . Mr . Simpson gave a satisfactory report from the London Delegate Council , y ; z , that it is likely the long-talked-of union ( bo much desired at the present time , ) with the Surrey Council will now be accomplished . Auditors were appointed to examine the books of the society . Members , who have the principles of truth and liberty at heart , attend on Monday next . Scgar Loaf , Church street , Mile End , New Town . —An audience assembled on Sunday evening at tftfi large room of the above place , to hear a lecture from Mr . Anderson . Hr . Shaw having previously

      requested the attendance of Mr . Ruffy Ridley to make an appeal on behalf of Mr . Mason and his brother victims ; the result was , that although 10 a . 4 d . was raised for tbo wi £ ow of the martyr Holberry on that day weekpreviouB , the meeting responded to thecall with the noble subscription of 8 s . 6 d . This was only the second meeting at the Sugar Loaf . The police , who are ever present at our locality meetings in London , either in their private er public dress , worked upon tha landlord ' s timidity to cause him to give our ffiends notice tbat they could not meet in bis place again . Thus are we hunted like beasts of prey by this unconstitutional force , kept up by an oligarchy whose main object is to oppress thepsople and tyrannise over their liberties .

      Provisional Committee , Craven Head . Druhy Lane . —Tae Committee give this their third and last n . tice to tho localities and their del *• rates , that they ratet f ^ r the last time previous to appointirjj auditors , on next Tuesday week , Jn ' . y 191 b , at eight o'clock in the evenicg , -when a final account with them will be received of monies and tickets . Stag Tavern , Fulham Road . —In consequence of the illuess of ilr . Martyn , Mr . Wheeler lectured here on Monday evening to a numerous audience ; the chair was _ ably fiikd by Mr . C / rbett . A deputation was received from a neighbouring floor-cloth manufactory , respecting the men joining the Assoc ' atiun , and two

      forciL . ' -n tvok up their cards of membership , ami en-{ nsed to wait ou another firm in the same trade ; and they had no doubt but the men of both the factories would unanimously come ont for the Charter . A vote of thanks was given to Mr . Wheeler for his able address . Audityrs were appointed to inspect the quarterly accounts . A Cummittee of seven persons was appointed to act ^ -ifch the committee of the Bcorapton ioctl . tyia g < rt : iut : up a ball , concert and raffla for the bentfii of the political vicdniB , Mr . Ciuxton , the landlord of tho tavern , having kindly grautod his Assembly R - > oms , free cf txpeuse , for the above purpose . Tbe uie-jtiug adjourned tifier a vote " of thanks to the Chairmsn .

      Mr . Faerer lectured on Sunday evening , at the Carpenter's Arms , Brick-lane , Spitalfields . KiKGSTON-L'PON Tuames , SufiitY —A public meeting was Leld on Tuesday evening , at the Old Crowa . Market-place . Mr . Pavuy was uuanimou 3 ly called to the chair . The club room wa 3 densely crowded . In a few brief remarks , the Chairman introduced Mr . John Fussell , from Einuinghr . m , who , in a speech ef considerable ability , expatiated on the right of the people to the land , and showed the only key was the elective franchise . He concluded amidst loud applause . Mr . E Staliwood , from London , also most ably supported tbe views of llr . FusseJl , and hi a speech of considerable leng th elicited tbe repeated cheers of the audience .

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      MR . O'CONNOR'S TISIT TO LANCASTER . On Saturday last , Mr . O'Connor arrived in this town by the evening train from Manchester . A band was engaged for the occasion , and tho members of the Association , together with man y hundreds of the working men , assembled at tho Railway Station , to welcome him on his arrival . The moment he made his appearance he was greeted with the hearty cheers of the multitude , and during his progress through the town thousands

      joined in the procession , and continued to manifest their joy by repeated bursts of applause . ' The feeling that prevailed throughout was altogether enthusiastic and unexpected . Tne unked body of the working men were delighted in having the opportunity of she-vina ; their love of liberty and demorrncy by honouring the defender of those principles . This haa been the firat visit of Mr . O'Connor to Lancaster , and the universal feeliug of joy was shewn in cheers that reverberated from one end of the town to the ether .

      After an hour's stay at the Kind ' s Arms , Mr . O'Connor ' proceeded to the place of met ting , accompar » i ^ J by an immense pro ession , the band of music plaviug "See the conquering hero comes 1 " About nino o ' clock the proceedings commenced . Mr . Fothergill was called to tho chair . Hr . T . Lund moved the following resolution : — " That in the opinion of this mtttiug , the principles t > f the People ' s Charter are ^ unded in justica , &ud we are determined n&ver to cei&e in our exertioua until it biconiea the law of the land . " Mr . Be . esi . ey seconded the resolution . Mr . Harbison said that he had been deputed by the Chartist Associa'ion of Lancactir to present Mr . O'Connor with an address expressive of the opiuion they cnteriaiaed of his untiring exertions in the people's behalf . He then read the address .

      Mr O'Connor rose amidst deafening applause . He observed that this was tae ttftteuta . uuAting in North Lancashire at which he had been present and spoken &ince last Monday , but ihe address with which he had just been honoured more U = an repaid him for all the trouble and fatiguo he bad undergone , fie regretted that after a -wet-k of toil las fcer . rers were compelled to spend their Satnrc !» y evening ia such a manner , tut if justice had been done them tuty Avnuld not be driven to t ' ais—( hear , htar . ) ForiLany ytars he had paid considerable attention to the progress of political event ? , of which he hud not been an unconcerned spectator ; and cne or two cf the most prominent his friend Bevsie ,. had placed before tbern . He bad told them that the

      midtile classes , who had hunted down that immortal patriot , Henry Hunt , and sought to crush his glorious efiurts on the people's behalf , vrc-re now compelled to have recourse to his writings in fu ^ p ^ rt of their present views . This should teach a gr-rat ni' ; ral lesson—that man looks for no More than that to which he Is entitled ; aud had tliis been giftnted in due season the prtsfent txtt-asiTe change would never have b » en thought of . At the commencement of reform , GiUon und Old S-ircm were the objects of popular denunciation ; but the Tories of that day rtfustd to make any change whatever in their representation , or to confer the franchise on tuch towns as Let'J a , Birmingham , or Manchester . And mark tbe remit . The people , rouisd from their apathy , forcet Old Sarura , and

      the wi-oie cf the rotten bot ^ Uijhs ft ,-ll with a strgle crash —( ch ? ers ) This also ta « . ' .: ht a great moral unUi—that Governments invariably granted from feat ¦ what they withheld from justice ( rwiewtd cht-ers . ) Sachhcd been the case with regard to C ; thoiic Emancipation , the modification cf tho tithe eystem , and oth < r remedial measures . He ( B-esleyi hart , further told them Uiatat ; imeetin < rofthenud < A ! eclasse 8 , hel ( HnL 9 fcds tvreire mouths ago , they had offered what they th-. n tioarbt good terms , but even tuodtrato Whigs would laugh at them now . The present aistrtss of the country was daily ariuirg to tbe strength of ChaKism , f « jr misery was driving the middle classes into their tanks . ( Hear , htar . ) Every man knew the object at which tbey aimed . The did not seek to ebtain from A . in

      oreer to transfer to B ., but that B should have equal protection with A . ( Loud cheers . ) Tbey asked , not to destroy property , not to take life , but to obtain fer themselves and families a reasonable portion of what had been created by a bounteous Providence for tho benefit of all ( hear , bear . ) Tnere mi ^ ht be Eome present who , misled by calumny , were apt to consider Dim as the advocate of violence , tbe man of d . i « ger and torch— -t" No , no r )—whilst tbe midtile classes might dtetn bis plans Utopian , and say to the others , " Heed net that man ; hiB viewB are impracticable . " But lot tbevn see wbetlier any other principles were equal to thoss of the Chatter . Let thtm glance at the great comraon family , and wh ' . t did they behold?—the spectacle of the many coerced and dragooned by the

      few . Lit them examine tbe amount 01 property ana the amount of poverty wound them ; and they would find tbat in this sea-iirt is } e never was there so jnneb mont-7 or bo much destitution , so tnucb wtultb or so much misery . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) If it wtru asked , to wLom dofca tbis enormous wealth belong ? tci'B acswera—to the rcprtstBted in the House of Cominoas , the mercantile and favoured classes . Persons had rtctntly bten appointed to inquire into the condition of various parts of tbe country , and it had been taid tfcat tLcy had failed to show the existence of distress , but he ( Mr . O'Connor ) would Co it for them . ( Applause . ) They had shown what nuint-er of Lousfcu wtro uninhabited , but they bad not had the honesty to say in -what condition they had ftund the poor people

      by whom these had been formerly tenanted ; but be would tell them that hundreds -weTe perishing for want cf food . ( Hear , bear , and " fahume j ") It would be folly in him to talk to them of geology or any other science in which they were not interested , but he would talk to them of labour , which did interest them . They had heard & great deal of the yearly increase of popnlation , and the impossibility of supplying its wants in a like ratio , but ho contended that there was more than enough for all , if tquaily distributed . ( Cheers . ) Suppose a manufacturer employed a thousand bands weekly , and at the expiration of thirty years retired with a fortune of a million , and this was by no means improbable , when they looked at tbe Barings with their seven millions , the Arkwrtghts with their three

      million * , and others in proportion . Now it was dear tbat bo man , by labour alone , could amass a million of money ; he derived it trom the exertions Of Otberi But at the expiration of thirty yean what was tbe condition of the workman ? He found himself beggared in health and strength , was barely able to earn suSeient t © prolong existence , and closed his career of toil in abjtct penury . But supposing , for the sake of argument , they adopted the p icciple of the law church in respect ot tithes { which , with the immortal Doyle , he vfouid combat against to the last hour of his existence , ) the manufacturer would hate £ 100 000 at the end of thirty years , and every workman in his employ £ 900 ; a sum sufficient to prevent his being obliged , in the winter of life , to throw bimseif on ftbe tender

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      mercies of the Poor Law Commissioners , and behold his wife and children torn from his embraces —( loud cheers . ) At forty-five years of age , every man ought t ? be able to retire on a sufficiency for the remainder of hia daya . A tradesman considered it hard if be were not enabled to do so , and why might not a working man retire with £ 900 ? Bat there was a greater question he would ad vert to , theextension of machinery , which had given rise , in a great measure , to the distress of the country—( hear , hear . ) Suppose It requitsti ai thousand persons in Lancaster to do a Btated quantity of work , whether would it be to their adyautage to introduce & thousand aadKional men to divide their earnings , or to allow others to compete with them ? There could be no doubt tbat both would be injurious .

      and machinery bad been productive of such reeiilts The mill-owners had said ^ Oh ! there is nothing like machinery ! " and this was natural , seeing that it wa 3 the grouud ^ work of their colbssal ; fortunes ; but if they consulted the 1 shoemaker , he would tell them there was nothing like leather—( cbaers and laughter . ) H « would further illustrate feia meaning by narrating an incidbnt which occurred at a meeting in Manchester a short time ago , aiid at which Mr . Cobdej 2 wus present . A handTloom weaver of the name of Buttrrworth had been loud in his invectives against the introduction of steam-looms , whicb had thrown so many of his brethren out of employ . "What ' . "said Mr , Cobu ' en , ' would you destroy machinery ? ' " No , " replied Butterworth , " you may eat by muchinery , you

      may drink "by machinery , you may go to bsd by machinery , you may dregs by machinery , provided your machinery does hot take the coat off my bat * . " ( L : ugiiter and applause . ) Ha did not wiBh to be unoer . stood as opposed to maehinery in the aggregate , but to its enormous ab ' u ^ e . ' .. ' . Dibttesa bad not prevailed to so great an extent ia Lancistcr as in other places : there was yet one fair spot amid tha barren waste ; but they might rest assure 1 that if it continued in Manchester , Colne , and the immeiMate . neighbourhood ^ ., there would be no cordon sanilairf . placed around Lancaster . T ^ ey could not prevent the starviDg : thousands from quitting t'loir homts , in the expectation , however foriorn , of alleviating their condition ; or say to them , " Thua far shalt thou go , and no further . " York hart been

      considered an fexctiption ; but the tide of distress from the surrounding manufiicturiag districts bad poured into that ancient capita ! , and reduced it to a level with the rest , and such would ever : be the case until - they bad equal representation and paid Members —( hear , bear . ) In reference to tho objects far which they were contending many persons had said " Why not tako what you can ¦ ¦ get ? " but they would risk the forfeiture of the whole if they ab ? . ndonad thtiir high , vautase RrouuJ . Nothing would b-t sained by adopting tbo half measures of Mr . G'CoBcell and Mr Bigg . The . mountain would not go to Mahomet , but Mahomet must corns to t&e ¦ Kiountain— jspplauss ) . The Tory press of Londnn had said that he ( U Cjup . ov ) would b ? . afraid to show himself amongst

      the people as formerly ; but he thought it had been the reverse . He had espoused their cause from au innate conviction of ita rectitude , and come weal , come woe , he would never shrink froiu any danger on their behalf —( loud and continued cheering ) . . No man f-jit more deeply than bimseif tho wants of the people , or bad laboured more earnestly for their welfare . When danger presented itself he had ever byen found forenkmt . He had pleaded thfatr cause before the ; Judges of tho land ; and in so doing ho did not think of himself as a banister , or as the representative of an ancient f > mily , but eXfcrtfcd his utmost taci ^ ies t' ) obtain what he conld for the people—( chters ) . The good cause was rapidly progressing , and nothing could stay its onward march , but some misgivinz on thoir psvt , or some foolish and

      violent outbreak . Events bad shown that Sir Robert Puol '« precious tariff would npt be productive of the anticipated beneflts . No sooner had it been adopted than up roflo the King of tho French on the one band with increased prohibitory duties , audi the King of Prussia on ti . e other ; and their example would be followed by other states— ( hear , hear , bear ) . A fertile grievance was to be fcundin the keepicg-up of a standing army , which . he would disband , nyo , even to the last druHinier . If it were asked , would be leave the couutry without protection ? ke would answer , certaioly r , oi . He would leave it to the protection of three millions of operatives , the mamten .-tneo of whose rights omt liberties would be a guarantee for their fidoiity , and who would rise ns one man at the cry

      of " My coitnge is iu danger ! ' ( Cheers . ) They were supposed to be bound by an oath of allegiance to the State , but had they not a right to expect something in return ? and yet tha House of Commona bad refused th ^ in the pitiful request to be heard in their own defence— ( Shame . ' ) Ercry other country had striven to render itself independent , but' Great Britain bad adopted-a contrary course . Slio bad sent 3 . miles for raw cotton , manufactured , and sor . t it back auain ; but Were th are no paw waferiils . at home ? were there no mines or flsheries ? Wuy seek the Markets o the Continent to tbe prejudice of th ^ i home-consumer , who needed but the means to become the most safe and profitable one ? ( hear , hear ) He bad no doubt his sentiments would be misrepresented by the Lancaster press

      as they turn beon by that of . Button , r . iul other placpB ; but the great iunjjrity of newspaper . conductors were such intolerable blockheads as not to know whather potatoes grew on treeSj turnips on qu'eknet hedges , or wheat on currant bushes . ( Loud laughter . ) And yet these were , the men who vaontbil themselves as influencing and leading public opinioD . Much bad been aatd respeclicg the fluctuations in the price of corn , and they had heard of Orders ia Council , and so forth ; but ' be would . -ask the ladies present ( turning towards some f&m&lea on the platform 1 wliuther they bad not on many occasions given 2 s . to Uw baker for a stone of flour , but it a shower , op two foil in the evening of the same day they were told of tbo possibility of mildt ) W : illld on the . day foliow ! ric , witLioufc any brder in

      Council , or other so ^ ernuientalinterfeitnce , they had to pny 2 a . 61 . tor tbe sania quantity . And if they abked the baker the cause of tuis sudden rise , "Ah , ' says he , with a kno- * iiig shake of the head , " its owing to the heavy rain latt night . " ( Laughttr . ) But ife was at the will of the baker that t \ ijh advancta took place , and bis thermometer was his 6 vt < n . And if , iu the assurance of a pienteous harvest , a reduction ! u price was called far , it took iLree months to reduce tho stone cf flour ft penny , whereas it took but a fow hours to raise it aixpmce . ( Hear , arid laughter . ) He would ,- , however , teach them how to bo independeiit both of tbo tariff and the baker , asd biaplans were not ttqso \ of an .. ucknpwn or obscure radividua . 1 ; for iu addition to having xepre-BHiited the eighth part of Ireland in threu . successive

      Parliaments , ar . d pc ^ sussing tbo first provincial newspiper iu England , hbbad amplfi opportunitii . 3 of testing their pr < tttibility . They had been tu ! d that tbe country was suffering from over population , but tbree millions mighi be considered an excess of popuialion under a bad Government , ' whilst twenty millions would not be ao uncier a Rood one . ( Applause . ) He would take a million heaiis of families , of tUose who wore stnrving ; and he would teach them , infctearl of being dependent on public compas-sian or Queen ' s begwti ' ig letters ; to acquire a tufficiency by their own eflfbrtf . Suppose tea million acres ot land were let to one million : hea < 3 s of families , tfcat would be providing for more than seven millions of people ; and after living upon the produce , u would leave a surplus to be brought into the market

      of more than the whole foreign trade of the country had hitherto produced— ( Jiear . hear . ) A man ,-with a , wife and . ten children , renting ton arres of lanii at full value , wouiti , by 280 days of lahour , be able to provide amply for his family , and have , at .-the close of the year ,, twtnty pounds of wool shorn from his own sheep ¦—not beasts , as bad been stated by thei Boiton foolto manufacture into clothing for bis household ; twenty yards of linen from his own flax , anil £ 40 in his pocket . Toat .-would- make birn independent of the baker ; the rain would nf . t matter so much then—( cheers and luugbter . ) This was no fanciful theory , but a fact -which be had proved . Last year the exports of this country amounted to £ 53 , 000 000 only , but if the working men were allowed to rievelop its re ? ource 8 , there wouid be £ 100 , 000 .

      or £ 150 , 008 000 , to spend annually in home manufactures^—( bfarj bear . ) Every man conld not be n . capitalist , but God had given the raw material of land , which , by proper cultivation nnd distribution , would suffice for all . These observations on land ; md ita capabilities he had penned during his imprisonmont in York Castle , so tbat out of . evii . good . 'h-fs anV-ya . it , waa now time to examine tbe . Charter , and two great objects cf - it - were—first , ' to destroy the monopoly of j ' and ; and , secondly , in place of fiirtns *» fflit 3 en bucdred or two thousand aores , to have it fairly portionpcl , so that every iiiaii might havo Buificicnt for the war . t 3 of bimpoif and family— ( hea ? Iiear . i ! Tisi «( would in troth render EDgLinil a glorious land—a land worth living for , and worth dying for —( loud cheers . ) C . < tild h < i place before them a more fascinating point of the Charter than this , which contended foe the -restoration

      of man ' s inh ' ere ' nt ' righ ' t ? He felt convinced that the Charter would , if artopted , tend almost immeasuvably t ¦ ¦ •> increase the resources of the country ; wbileV it at tbe same Lima caused a »<> ie * qaal distribution cf ita wealth ; and if he ( Mr . 'O'Connor ) tUd not live in the hope of seeing the day when this blessed state of thinga would come to pass , he would for ever cease to agitate — ( hear , hbar , and cheers ) . The shopkeepers generally throughout the manufacturing districts were approaching a blate of destitution ; und Lancaster had hitherto fared better than most other places ; but ita turn would shortly arrive , for poverty ever . -fennd its leveL The working classes had been spoken of as wealth-producers , but he bated to spp'ljr that terisi alone to them , for tbey were equally valuable aa consumers—( bear , hear )! . They had had arrayed , against ttiem the thiee oeraoies—^ the aristocracy , tbe smokisocracy , and the ahopocaacjr ;

      but he would back his own ocracyi democracy , against tbe other three— ( laughter- and cheers ) . The whole labour of tbe country last ytar'had- sold for £ 50 . 000 , 000 , whilst tbe taxes were £ 70 , 000 , 000 ; eo much for the boasted advantages of macliiuei-y , wblch tended la the main to the enriebment of a few indivldaals at the expence of the nftny—( bear , hear . ) And how Sid these peraons expend tbeir wealth ? . Not ataongat the shopkeepers , but in tbe purchase of estates , in order to effect wbicb object wages were reduced ; and as a natural censequenoe the poor operativeswere tha sufferers , there could be no two intereata aodtametilcaUy opposed as manual and artificial labour ; or than the man who produced , by artificial labour , and looked to the foreign market for consumption ; and the shopfeeeper who looked for Mb support to the lafeouret at home ; arid thoae who demanded for the former an undue preference were guilty © f gross injustice . InstsriceB were frequent

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      of manufacturers , in consequence of cbmpatitvon or the slackness of demand , having reduced the waces of their workmen twenty-flve per cent , and many bad been baae enough to make a reduction of fifteen or twentyfive percent in wages , even whilst their goods were obtaining higher prices—( Hear , hear , and " Shame !" The editor of the Sun newspaper , a fellow ont at elbowa , and living in a garret , had said , "We cannot agree with Mr . O'Connor's views ia regard to machinery , and the apportionment of laud ; but the blockheaa did not' understand : them . " —( iaughter ) . : They plight be told of tb . 6 yronderfnl powers of machinevy , but hia answer was this— machinery made no hat 3 . machinery made noi shoes . The batters bad begun to

      think that they were living in a Iaad of magic , where the people ' ware born : without heads ; . the shoemakers , that they were born without feet ; and the cheeaemongers , thnt tbey were born without bellias ^ -tlaughver and . applause )—and this , too , in the tenth , yaar of reform . The evils of tha present system , had been forcibly exposed by that friend of the people , the Itta Henry Hunt ; who , during bis life , bad been subject to undeserved odium by the wealth-monopolisers ; but his principles were now in the ascendant , and this was a far mote gratifying tribute than the possession of ephemeral fame . A doubt had been expressed as to the poBsibiUty of effacting such extensive cbangea , and the Corn Laws had been cited as an insfcftnee . but the

      same power that could carry the Corn Laws could carry their repeal te-morrow , and so it would be "with otber abuses . But there never yet had been , in the history of any nati « n , a measure for the benefit of the peoplo emanating from a Government , which invariably refused to grand the just demands of the multitude , until ir boheld them knit together in order te obtain their rightfi , and then it might give way . Let- theni look at the Charter ; it and its supporters had formerly been termed low , and had been despised arid contemned by the shopkeepers and the aristocracy of phopboys ; for there was an aristocracy of flhop'boya as well as an aristocracy of laiid , or an aristocrivcy of the Church ; and the less removed a person was from the etition of those beneath him , in general the more insolent and

      overbearing ho became—( hear , hear . ) why bad they knit themselves together ? It was in order to cast a biwht upon and destroy that infernal system which was naviy becoming more intolerable and difficult of emiurance , They wera now ia the tensh yea * of reform , and what did they behold ? a deficient revenue , a war in China , and a war in Affghaniatan . The Duke of Hamilton fcaftY in tho House of Piters , termed hini ( Mr . O'Cojujor ) thePiinca of Chartism ; but he would wiliinglj' resign that title in favour of Sir Robert Peel , who , by bis conduct since hia accession to power , had doue mo : e for Chartism tban any other man living—( he " . r , hear , hear . ) As ! a convincing proof oi the ignorance of many persons of the existence of enormous public abuses , he would mention that a Burnley shopkeeper ,

      in the plenitude of bis wisdom , was nnable to diiuuvtr any imperfections in the present nystem , but pricked up his ears like a full-bred donkey , when he ( Mr . O'Connor ) told him tbat the Qieen Dowager was receiving £ 2 , 000 per week ; that the King of Belgium was receiving £ 50 , 000 a year ; that the King of Hanover was " also in the receipt of a large sum yearly ; and that tho whole of this money Came from thapockets of English subjects . But , after bearing these facts , be very innocently and justly inquired whit the Belgians and Hanoverians wanted with Kings , if t ' toy were not able te support them ^ ( hear , hear , hear . ) Again observe , bow beautifully royalty teaches morality . When the Malthusiau doctrine was in fuil vogue , and it was proucsdd to carry it into practical ¦¦

      effect , " ¦«• Oh ! " said Harry Brougham , " throw the people oti tbeit own tcsouTces "—anfl this , too , at a time when ho was augmenting his own retiring pension . ( Hear , bear , and " shiune ! " ) They were told tbat the Poor Law Amendment Bill was to make them virtuous and happy ; and that children , who were able , should maintain their , aged parents , to prevent their becoming a public buithen ; but it was far different with royalty . Had the Queen no corner in tbe Palaca fsr her husband but he must have £ 30 , C 00 a-year , wrung from a starving poj / . ulatlon . ?' . Had she no spare knife and fork at her table for her egedmother , Insteart of further fir , Jning an impoverifehed ration for her support ? ( Hear , hear . ) Ho himself would advocate the principle of throwJpg the peopJe on their own resources , but first

      clear the Statu of idlers . His political creed waSj "Do unto others as ye would that they should , do unto you "—( cheers )—^ and bis maxim as to labour ' A fair day's wage for a fuir day ' s work . " ( Renewed cheeva . ) It had 'long been tho custom of tha clerey to preaeh contentment to the sufferint * poor , who were lvnvimled that this was a state of pvobation , and that they might expfct many trials and privations , for which they would receive a glorious recompense in the wcrld to coma ; bui the poor had now suffered enough in all conscience , and be wouldjlet tbe parsons and tbe bishops come and try their hands at it ( Hearf and laughter . ) He stood before them a comparative stranger to all around him ; and if there were individuals in Lancaster who bad been taught by the press to consider his

      seatiments calculated to destroy tbe peace of the countryif tbey had called him revolutionist and firebrand in his absence—why did they not make their appearance to confute him ? ( hear , hear . ) He bad expounded principles which no bayonet could pierco or ball could penetrate ( cheers . ) They were principles founded in truth and justice , and courted tbo light of tJay ; but treason was ever found to brood in dtirknesa . He sought for his fellow-men thosa rights and -tljat- station which had been designed for them by Almighty God , that they : 'might no longer be driven to the neceseity of meanly crouching before opposing factious ( cheers > Thougb coiiiing from the first ranks of the arisroccacy hinisejf , he did not oiedain to clasp the blistered , toilworn 1 hueds of those around him , and sympathise -with

      their wrongs ; and why should the middle classes ? Bat an account of tbvae things wonld be required in that hereafter which they were now striving to acconipUsh . In . Manchester ; as they had doubtlebs beard , a rueeting of the Britisb Association bad taken pl&se , which ba 4 been attended by a great number of wiiat were termed itanijad men ; but he would engage to salect from the group before him , eis operarivea , who , for plain ,. practical , good sense , would beat , the whole Association hollow . iCbeers and laughter . ) Theyha , d been told that the people were ignorant , bu ^ the fault lay in those who bad giTen £ 120 . 000 for building the Quten ' s stables , ar . d only £ 30 000 for the education of tbe people . ( Hear , bear . ) On tbis su > ject of alkgtd popular ianoraace , he would : fur , ; iflh thuii with

      an anecdote of ati honest Yoiksbiieman called John of Greenfield ., He bad been expressing his opinion ci the tax on leather acd other imposts to a shoeu ^ knr , vsho replied , " Why , John , you know nothing ahout shoes . ' " Noa , " said John , " 1 dunna ; but I know d—— d weel where't shoo pinches !; ' ( Much laughter ) And there lay the . secvet ; they all knew wlii-re the shoe pinched . The shoemaker , unwilling to ba vanquishea , attacked John on the distribution of property . vvhirf < the latter had ; stoutly maintained ought ; o' be muio equally distributed ; but ibis sentiment . not suiting his antagonist , he told J . hn that he did xiot understand t ^ o subject . " Likely enough , " said John , " but I ki ' . aw that all't stuff i't worid wor made for ali't folks it world ! " ( Laughter . ) Now h&re was anian absolutely speaking in cpotheguis ; u . ud yet ,-xrhtii . it was soughs t «»

      ustabhsU some sound political truth , recourse -wan hail to the wn ' tirgs of free-trade Huskiason , of Biiiy Pitt , or Charley Fox ; but he would pit John of ( Jreeafieid against them all . But with all feeir fondness for qaotation , they n * ver rtvexted . to one man —• " Ou l no , they never mentioned him ''—the bloo ' ilthiiwty and infamous C ; ist ! eveagh . There would be the ' .. man for them to appeal to . Ireland owed him and his class a debt of hatred , and Ireland was about to have bor revenge as well as England ; but England should not have hers one hour sooner than Ireland . Ill-treated &s ho had been by his own ccuntryj . be would nevor disgrace , bis ancestry by ceasing to labour for ita regeneration ; and ho had pleasure in isfurmiag tbe meeting that the Cnartist Association lately formed in publia aJrtafly numbered 93 S members . Catholics and Prot

      .-a-tants , who were united es one man —( ioud applause . ) The work in Scotland , was likewise going on bravely ; arid the rose , the shamr-ck , and tbe tbfetta , tJius sweetly twined together , formed a bond that tyranrij conld not break or oppression sever : —( laud cheers . ) They bad long suffered , but the day of retri&u ' . tou would come ; and when it did arrive they would take ample vengeince on th&ir oppressors , not by violence , but by hesping coals of fire upon their heads—by returning good for evil ; and this was genuine Christianity —( hear , hearJ ) They were told of loyalty auil patriotism , but ; he hoped to see the day when thty would have fdrnethicg to bo loyal and patriotic f » rihc'ar , hear . ) There was loyalty in revering the land that hail been tilled by their fathers—tbere was loyalty iu

      revering the chnrchof their aDc ^ stora ; buttliera waa no loyalty in revering laws thut oppressed them—( loud cheers . ) He trusted to behold that hnppy period when the bnug cots and rural bouics of . the labourers would be scattered like so many sentry boses over the face of the empire—when the women of Ireland vanld be enabled t © wear shoes , acd the women of Eugland to cast aside their wooden oneswhen peace and plenty would prevail thi'pnghoufc the laud : and when thia glorions consummation had arrived , then inijht he , without vanity , exclaim with the youthful companion of that brave Peruvian who diedbatUing for bia country ' s freedom— «• This is in part my work ! " iEiJthusiafltlc cheering , which continued for some rabiutes . )

      After the applause ^ bad subsided , three cheers were given for the Chiirter , three cheers for Pxoat , Wiiliama , and . Jones ; three cheere for Mr . Beesley ; fluree cheers for Mr . Lund ; and three cheers and " one cheer more " for Mr ,. O'Connor . ; ' , ¦• . ; ¦; . . ' . ¦ .. " , - . - : . ' , ''' - ¦' ., ,.-.: ¦ Mr . O'CoNjiOE then moved that the thanks of the meeting be given to the working man wbo bad presided on the occasion . ¦¦" ¦•¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ . ' ¦' .- . - ¦ . ' ¦ " .-.... ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦¦' ¦ ' Thia was responded to with right good will , and after the ChairmaB bad returned ttuwiks , Mr . ocoN ^ oiiBaid , tbat ftom the commencement of

      bis intercourse witb the working lasses he had always endeavoured to induce them to cherish feeHngs of aelf-respect . He bad spent t « n thousand pounds in their cause ; but be had novtr eatun one meal , or travelled one mile , at their expense— | hear , hear . ) It was cecess : ury , as he had already observed , that they should , to a proper degree , cultivate self-respect . Ho would therefore propose that three ctieers be gifen for themselves —( great laughter ) , —and that , tbey would allow , was equal repiesenfcitiph—( renewed laughter . | ; This concluded the proceedings , and the mooting— - which wat conducted w . tb great r ^ priety—separated

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      ADDKESS FROJI THE WATKINS'S TESTIMO-? ilA L COAIMITTEE TO THE CHAKTIST 8 IN TOWN AlfD COUNTRY . Brethren . —Having heard tbat our friend and advocate , / John Watkins , is aboui to leave tfio metropolis ,. ¦ w e ' " are anxlcus to rais © subscriptions , in ord * to present hitn with a token of ous gratitude for bis services , and of our sympathy for his saff&cinga through hia advbttwy ia the casis © oi Mxs p % pp \ a . "She readers

      of . the Northern - 'Star h > ve had freqasnfc oppottaaitiej o £ judging of the merits of . hi ? writings for nearly four years , asid previous to that be had served the cause of humanity in other papers ; gtatniton > iy . ancl at conslBerable sacrifice Ilis incarceration in Darham gaol , for the puhhshing of bis tract on the Five Points ' made him first generally known to -the Chartist public . Having incurred the displeasure of his parents through bis principles , he was obiiged to leave the comforts of : i luxurieua home , and baa since been obliged to buffet the waves of adversity amid severe illness and many extraordinary difficulties . ' . .- ' ¦ ..

      Mr . Watkins is the author of several tracts an the cause , aurl of the plays ^ of John Frost , WatiTyler , &c . Our brothers , the m . isonsi while on strike , always received the byneSt of his pen , and ho has ever beea ready to . id . vnnee our principles in the mstropoHs . We have seen him , though cursed in : vfflaer . ce , patiently bearing privation , such as frequehtty fall to the lot ; of the most unfortunate of our fellow TfraMng men . We tra . at ; that aay further appeal is uimtcassary , we therefore , brethren , hope you wilHranSTnityourmites to the Northern Star Offito , Lsads , or to the residences ol the Sub-committee . Signad on b 6 half of the committees , William Balls , 13 , Back Hill , Hatton Garden , Chairman .

      Andrew HOgg , 5 , Little Well Ailey , London Wall , Treasurer , ' ' . ' Thos . Wm . Salmon , Jun .,-15 . Harp Alley , Farringdon-street , Secretary Committed Room , 55 , Old Bailey .

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      On the 19 th « lt ., at Leeds Parish Gliurch , was registered William Feargus 0 'Cor . uor Cliaaer-on , s ^ n - of'William and Ihidet Chatieriou , of the above place . : ' Registered , Feargus O'Connor Boncer , the son of Alfred and Cathen ; jo Boncc-r , of East-Lcake . Foargus O'Connor Robinson , son . of Thomas and Nancy Robinson , of Earlsheatou , was baptised oa th « tenth of May- , at Dcwsbury Ghurch , by the Ror . Mr . Milton . " Mary Ana . Frost jBerry , daughter of James and Charlotte Berry , waa "baptised , at St . Marv ' s Church , Monmoutk , oD " May-15 ; h . Registyred , Thomas T / atkins Rouse , son of Thomas and Mary Rouse of Thornton Hall .

      On Sunday , the infant daughter of Thomas and Ann Hooston , was baptised in St . Paul's Church , Scttlybridge , by ; the name of Ann O'Connor Hooston . Baptised by the Rev . Hugh Hart-, minister of Zioa Chapd , Ab ? rdoen , the son of Willmia and Hanaab Faass ? , by t ! i « name of Feargus O'Connor Fausse . •¦ Baptised rccofltly jit Hull by ; the Rev . William Hilf , minister ; of Bethel Chapol , Fear ^ U 3 O'Connor , intant son of Robert and Mary Jacksop , of that places '

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      , THE NORTHERN STAR . 5

      Music Hali-, Jleeds.

      MUSIC HALI-, JLEEDS .

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      Ou Monday last , a . t St . Alkmund ' a Church , Derby , Mr . Wm , Siasdn , jun ., mexaber pf the General Council of the Natioual Charter Associatipn , to Mies Maiy Anu Gregory , of Darloy . On the 6 ih in % nt , as Se . John ' s Chnrch , Wakefialii , by the iCey . Thomas Kilby , Mr . Joseph Wrigglcawor-. h , fctraior , Hemaworthj tor Mary , dau ^ iiter of Mr . William R . ! Shaw , Westi / ate , Wakefiulu . ; -. , . : ; ,: .-,-: O ' / " ¦ - . On Wednesday last , at Salem Chapel , by the Rev . James Par ^ ona , Mr . W . Chapman , bookaelfer , Coney-street , to Ann , third daughter of Mr . Lovegrove , Minster Yard , all of York . ¦"'; . .-.. ¦ ¦;¦ . ' ¦;•' . .. ¦ On Sanday , the Sid . inst ., at St . Saviour ' s church , by the Rev . S . C . Baker , Mr . J . Leng , jun ., of Fulford , to Anna Maria , only daughter o £ Air . P . Darlini ; , buiid « vof York .

      On Thursday , the 30 tuuIt . at St . George ' s church , HuJnie , by the Rer . Joshua Lingard , M . A ., John Samuel Land , Esq ., of PatvinRton , Yoifchite , to Mar y ^ second daughter of the iate George Gtelton Heap , Esq ., of Manchester . Same day , at Highfield Chapel , Huddersfield , by the Rev . John Glendenning , Mr . Thomas Byers , to Miss' Nelson , of Great Salkeld , Cumberland .

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      . ; . . ; , . - •¦ ¦ ' ;/ - . ¦¦¦ x » EATBs .. ; ' " -v {/ ' :::. ; .: On the Sth Inst ., at Shat ? Hill ; near Halifax , Mary , the daughter of ' Mr . John Horn . ei > Same day , Mr . William Rossi of Path . Paramo , Halifax ,-aRed 21 years . ; On the 28 th ult ., at Halifax , George Rusliwoith , aged 14 years . . ' . •' ¦ -. - \ ' ; •• ¦ ' ¦; .-. ¦ .. ' ¦ , '"" -: :.. ; - ' On the 30 th u ! t . i at Richmond , in the 11 th year of his age , Wilson , seventh Bondf . Mr . Andyew Miscamble , of that place . ; ' // On Tiiursday morning , at his seat , Loagford Rail , fn the coauty of ; Derby , at tho advanced age of 8 S , tho Earl of Loiccster . He came into iheTlouao of Commons for the County oV Norfolk , as Mr . Coke , in the Parliament elected in 1774 . On Monday last , after a Ion >{ aadpaiuful illnefls , borne with Chrisf . an patience and fortitude , aged 61 yeare , Mrs . Rylah , widow of the late Thomasitylah , Esq ., solicitor , of Dewebury .

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      nXAtiRIAGSS .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct761/page/5/