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    • TO MR. JOHN LTNTON. OP SELBY, IN YORKSHIRE.
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      Mt deak Liktok , —I cannot find words to express the pleasure that your letter , published in last week ' -s Siar , afforded mej and that pleasure was considerably increased by the anticipation of meeting jon on the Sihat Birmingham . lie great difficulty ihat I iave always had to coniend against ¦ was that of applying practice to theory Hating made agricnltnre my principal study from the moment that I -was able to think , I came to the

      condnaon , early in life , that the Wonders of-onr anccstoiBAndof oar cotemporaries could be remedied , as if by magic , whenever a thorough knowledge of iie capabilities of our own soil could be impressed vpon the minds of the people .- Practice . however , was the oneiningrequiredj and lacking that practice , ii was not at all likely that these who scarcely knew Jiow their food was produced , should ali at once * eoineaee in the feasibility of a plan which opened out -ritwa bo foreign to those in which they had been reared .

      Bnt , my dear Linton , while I can scarcely complain of ihe canSon , the ignorance , or lukewannyess with , which the working classes receive my propositions in thexmtsefc , I have . good reason to findfiult iriiB many of their professing friends , who , ' jn the iny face of snch infonnation as yon and others have furnished , will still persevere in their cold-blooded apposition , from no other earthl y reason than their lostility to me . In proof of this assertion , we find jBsny policy-mongers , who haTe no knowledge whateTer of the subject , straining their poor endeavours to weakeD the agitation in favour of" ihe land , by the «> n tempiible err that it is weakening the agitation for the Charter . 1 ; is fortunate , Linton , that you are i Cbanist—a ChartfsJ in name and principle .

      U is also fortunate thst that traly estimable gentlejsan , Mr . D . Weatherhead , is a Cbartist , and ihat he so far approves the plan that he is now engaged in carrying it cut to a large extent . I may also mention Mr . Thornton , of Paddock , near Hnddersfield , as good a Chartist as breathes ^ a man of large foriune too . I visited his experimental plot , of something more than two acres , within the present month ; and if any man doubts the truth of my most extravagant calculation let him go and visit that plot of ground , made ont of an apparently barren moor . Add te these individual undertakings tie great eagerness with which the working men themselves snap sp every bit of land that they can set at any price . Witness the . land bnstlein parts of ^ Nottinghamshire ,

      isneashire , and Yorkshire . See the great importance attached by the working elssses to those small plots allotted to them by Messr !? , GoJt and Marshall , of Leeds , regardless of the rent . Tisit Nottingham en a Sunday or a holiday , or any day when there iB light after work , to take a walk to those small allotjceiits , many of them at a distance of more than a mile from the town . See the freshness and vigour , and cheerfulness with which the slave who has toiled all day betakes bimself to the rscreaRon of labouring 5 nibe twilight for hirnsplf ; and many of these spots let xs high as from twenty to thirty pounds an acre Stow me a single spot in any district in all England cosing withiD ike compass of ore man ' s . ' abour for ¦ fflich JBve times the real value might not be insured from the greedy competition to possess it .

      You will at once see that my object in mentioning thess things is to prove ihat a strong desire prevails smoBg the working classes in all pans of tie conntry ioposses themselves of some land ; and that the opposiriraj 33 the mere growling of dissatisfied politicians , ostensibly directed against me , bnt in reality amounting to censnre against the » reat body of the people . Linton , 1 have learned eiiough to teach me that if I had it in my power to confer immediate happiness upon all there would ba no difficulty to £ od many who wonld object to the people ' s possessing set comforts that did not come through the selfappointed political administrators . Is it not strange thai iho » e parties who -would deny me any share in popular confidence withhold the real state of affairs

      from the people ! They have endeavoured to get np sa under -growl against ihe land question , the whole storm of which they wonld direct against me ; while , as I have shown , the . whole people are in favour ofmy plan ; and not only that , but every single lecturer possessing the confidence of the people has at various times at public meetings in my hearing declared , that bnt . for . the expectations from the land , they wonld Dot give three straws for the Charter . Leach , "West , Doyle , Hoss , Barney , White , Ma ? en , Wheeler , Lnndy , Clarke , Dixon , Bairstow , BolwelljBeesleyj and , not to individualize , all the leading Chartists in London and the provinces are one and all in favour of the land ; and see as I see , the great strength which "the agitation of thaA question must add to the strngggle lor the Charier .

      My dear Linton , how very gtad 1 am io hare an opportunity through you of commenting simply upon this simple , subject . Now , no man will deny but that the disappointment occasioned by the Reform Bill was a consequence of that great confidence which the people repostd in those who were the leaders In the reform struggle ; and the great danger of change to fee people ofs cozmtryiu variably arises from the fact that those who demand the change , and who literally bring it about , have at all times been deceived by those whom they appoint as tieir trnstees . Let me now suppose a very possible case . Suppose ihe 'WMgs bad been overawed by public opinion in 1839 , and , in consequence , io have granted the People's

      Charter . In such case , I ask yon , what "bnt revolution could have been ihe result 1 and who wonld have more deserved popular censnre than those leaders who had cried np the merits of the Charter , and who , when possessed of it , were nnable to shew . how it ccsld be made beneficial to the working classes ? All would very naturally have locked upon the political Erasure as the means of ensuring social comfort . The depression of labour was the onegreat complaint ; -rbile the inadequacy of the Charter to redress the ratioral grievance , without falling back upon the land , wenld have been discovered too late , and would hiNe led to lhe justifiable charge of treachery against the leaders .

      The moment of great excitement is not just the iime to propound a wholly novel question as a means of social redress ; and had we waited until the Charter ms achieved , to discuss the question of the land , the disgust would have led to a revolution . Can any jaa inform me , how , with an overstock of machinery , preventing the recognition of individual worth in the about market , and ¦ without the means of competition being plaeed in the hands of the labourers , any tme grievance beyond that of the redaction of taxation could be Tedressed ? and even what may be aved m taxation would assuredly be swallowed cp by the power of capital applied to a non-eorisumins prodneiDg power . But ays the mere politician , yon forget that we would have our members appointed

      iy the whole people in whom would be vested thfe power of making such alterations as the nature of lie case n ould require . 1 don ' t forget it ; it is the Tery fcusdation of all my tnonghts ; and it is in order , lot oily that those very representatives Ebonld have sonip Jt-asible gronnd zo vrork upon , but . farther , that fiiEy should not be left in a bark without a rudder , thereby testing the ignorance of those who had launched them , that I have thought it my duty to create an identity of opinion between the representaiiTc and constituent body , whereby no interregnum Woiild cecur between their appointment to the crust , snd ii * ir ability satisfactorily to discharge that trust . Wiih me the question of the land is not a novel one . Prom ibe moment that ihe Northern

      Star -jyas established , I have written treatise after tresfe ; npon the subject ; and losg before it was in existtnee I have written and spoken upon it . During tie three years that I served in Parliament my wiole energy was devoted to the subject : and I tiiiik 1 msy assert , without arrogance , that with the Engle exertion of one individual , and throughout Eost scandalously opposed , no nerw scheme has ever been so successfully propounded to a people as that of ihe small farm plan . The idea of mere political changes without the certainty of being able to make them instrumental in producing the necessary Focial comforts , are an moonshine : while any political ehange which would bring abont what is called Tree Trade , co-exisiing with the

      monopoly of fictitious capital and nonconsuming prodDting power , would but have the effect of limiting manual labour , and of further reducing the amount of wages paid Io the limited number employed ; whereas the application of the surplus labour ro the land would have the double effect of ffiskiDg us independent of foreign states fcr all the Eecesaries of life , while , by opening the natural field , there would be no Eystem-made snrplus population , upon whose reduced wages the monopolists could gamble without reference to any single rule ct regulation by which ihe conditions ot trade should " 2 goytrLed . The whole process now is one of gambling in an ovei-stocked labour market ; the pslj calculation that the manufacturer enters upon

      wag the profit that he can . ensure upon reduced ^ ges , and the advantages that improved mactujer J give him over his neighbour . Can any man see the leailtof the . French Bevolution , which , after H 1 ! ^* 5 ^^* 5 O"kd in tbe destruction of republics , MQ the substitution of-many fortifications for the oae ijastile , without atfechiDg some importance to a preconcerted mode of remedying those grievances Bpon which the demand for change is based » Can M mas Jock without dismay -upon the present Potion of Spain , where a junta of bloody tyrants , * "tn professions of Liberty upon their lips , have l ^ eo an ascendancy ky the force of araa ; the * ptacts of whose power have been the destruction w every spark of Liberalism that xemained in those

      ^ sbtutjons against- whose tyranny ttey profeEsed «> r ^ e ? Do Tre not g ^ the people , before the ^ M of &e last cannon had been lulled , preataiing to take tip arms against the * jcants © f their own creUaon , * nd crying ** Qd for the return of him againit whom they J * aged a most nnjust and unnatural war ? * W 3 iy is this ! Is ft . not because the Spaniards bad failed io * £ ree upon what those social comforts should be , J ^ e price . at which they had hazarded their lives "ty iad nothing to propose—they had decided npoa toibing—and the consequence is national disappoiEtniEnt , dismay , and dissatisfaction . Such ioweTf r , reier can be the Jesuit of any future poli tical i-i i ^ ge i B EDgland , because 1 fondly anticipate

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      that the whole country will have made up its mind npon the adoption of a system calculated to remedy all the . social grievances to which the old one had subjected them . My dear Linton , there is one thing peculiarly striking in the importance , which yon and all others , who have entered upon the practice of the small farm plan attach to the pursuit . You are an ironfounder , with large premises , and employing many hands ; and yet , strange to say , you appear to attach much more importance to a spot of lsBd , comprising little more than three quarters of an acre , tban to your other larger calling . So it is precisely with my goed friend Thornton . He has a large-mill for dressing woollen cloths , and plenty of money ; and yet his little plot affords him greater i * _• . 1 ^ _ ^ 1 __ Til ^ . _ 5 _ ~ l _ 5 ^

      pleasure than his large money-makiDg concern , while he aotuaily . pants for the moment that shall drive him from the artificial enjoyment of money making , to the natural esjoyment derived from agricultural pursuits . I de wish you saw Mr . Thornton ' s plot . It would really astonish you . There ' s not a bit of waste orweed to be seen , and 1 have no hesi tation in saying , that after paying £ 5 an acre for it , if Mr . Thornton was driven to the election of paying that rent , and relying upon the produce , or ef receiving £ 2 a week for his labour , that he would much prefer paying the £ 5 an acre and living npon his own resources . Aye , and it would be much better for him too . "When I last saw your spot I was dre&dfally hurt at seeing no less tban

      1 , 350 yards or more than one-third of your allot ment under grass ; and now what I venture to assert is this ,, that if any sceptic chooses to hazard a large wageT that you will make clear over and above the enoimoxi 3 7 ent of £ 5 an acre more than one hundred pounds of the amount of land in yonrpoEsession something more than three quarters of an acre As you say every year the crops are improving . Aye , and they'll go on improving too , in the exact proportion in which you apply labour to them . Dig yonr fnrrows a foot deep after every crop , and turn the earth in them once a month ; rather sow your seed too thin than too thick . Let no weed be seen and in the coarse of five years you would have three feet of soil rich enon ^ h for manure for the poorest

      ground , and worth , if sold for that purpose , more than a thousand pounds . You see tha-t the correspondent of the Leeds Mercury admits , after four years trial , that his crops sre growing better and better ; and after four or five years general trial of of my plan , if 1 was laughed at for any thing it would be for the poor estimate that I made of the value of a man ' s labour when applied to four acres of ground . In five yeaTs a careful man might grow onions upon every inch of his four acres without a shoveifull of manure . Such is the value of labour when applied to land . By next Saturday the fourth number of my work upon Practical Farming will be published That number will complete the work , which as a whole will yet be found in every poor man's house

      in this country . In the fourth number 1 have entered into calculations of profit and loss ; I have laid down rules for the management of every inch of ground , and have allotted the necessary amount of produce for the maintenance of a man , his wi ! e , and family . It will be seen that what I allow for the support of a man , his wife , and lour children for the year , is as follows : — Bacon 20 stone . Flour ... 1 stone per week . Potatoes 8 " •* Milk , or bntter made from milk 3 quarts per day . Eggs , Poultry , "Vegetables , and Honey , as mucn as they

      can consume . For clothing , 301 bsofwool , and the produce of a quarter of a-acre of flax . For rent seed and taxeB £ 24 Leavine , after a very low calculation of profit , the sum of £ 100 as remuneration for a hnndred and eighty ^ ays labour . All my calculati ons bave been made at a very low rate ; but 1 have preferred being jinder the mark rather than lead to those anticipations created upon the anthority of the correspondent

      of the Leeds Mercury , whose assertions I by no means doubt ; but 1 think it rather hard that the Mercury should vouch , for their truth , and yet deny the truth of my more moderate assertions . I am glad that you tried my plan of planting whole potatoes , according to the rules laid down in I > o . 1 of my book i and although they were planted at least a quarter of a year after ihe proper season , yet do I venture to say that if your Swedish turnips have astonished your visitors , your potatoes will bother them entirely .

      Now , just attend to the following rules : —land them up well from the earth , in the vallies : don ' t dig them until they are thoroughly ripe , which will not be until the latter end of October ; andwhen you dig them , weigh them , estimate their valne , deduct the cost of seed , rent , and labour , and let us know what the profit is ; and I will venture to say that many a hard-working band-loom weaver has been working for six months for less than the profit of four days' labour of your man Michael will yield . Hoping to see yon at Birmingham , whether elected or not ; and feeling assured that your practical experience will be of the greatest possible advantage to our cause , socially and politically ,

      I remain , my dear Linton , Your very faithful friend , Fkabges O'Coksob

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      GLASGOW . —Mr . G . J . Barney paid ns a visit on Tuesday the 22 nd , and delivered a lecture in the Gorbals district in the evening , to a crowded and enthusiastic meeting . He proved to demonstration the fallacy of Whiggery , and the free trade nostrums ; and shewed tie quackery of Dr . Peel and his slippery sliding scale ; and he proved from Parliamentary Teturns , that under the operations of the 2 ? ew Tariff , the importation of many articles of foreign manufacture were increased as mnch as 40 Q per cent . Did they expect tlje working classes of this country were to be benefitted by such "extension" of trade ?— ( loud cries of no , no ) . In

      conclusion Mr . H . urged the necessity of further exertion in the Chartist cause , and recommend that the people of England and Scotland should be united under one system of Organization . Mr . H . spoke for nearly two fi&urs , and concluded amidst the rapturou 3 applause cf a delighted audience . Mi . James Livington , in a brief and highly complimentary speech , moved a vote of thanks to Mr . Harney , for his eloquent asd instructive lecture : seconded by Mr . CoJquhoun , and carried by acclamation . Mr . H . was requested to deliver a lecture in the city , but was iii evented in consequence of engagements entered into with other districts .

      JjIVERBBBGE . —PBrSETCTATlON 0 ? PLATE . —On Wednesday last , Mr . William Mortimtr , Millbridge , Liversedge , had the honour of presenting to Mr . Thomas Allanson , Littleto-tvn , Livtrsedge , an elegant chased silver cup , bearing the following inscription : ** Presented to Mr . Thomas Allanson , as a token of respect for his condact and abilities as assessor and collector of the Property and Income Tax , Assessed Taxes , and other parochial duties , by a few of the respectable inhabitants of the township of Livertedge , 30 th August , 1843 . STGCSPOR . T . —Praia c Meeting to elect a Delegate to the National Cokverekcb . —On Tuesday evening last , a pcblic mcetiug , convened by requisition , for the above purpose , was holden , when Mr . Thomas Clark was unanimously chosen .

      IiOKGTON ( Staffobdjhibe Pottebjes ) . —The Directors of the Working Man ' s Hall and Scientific SDd Political Institute , which 5 b intended to be erected as soon as possible , desire all persona holding cards for the collection of funds to exert themselves , and bring in their cards on Sunday night , tha 2 nd in&t ., to the committee , at the House of Mr . Wm . Nicholson , Church-Etreet , where Bhares may be taken , and every information , togetiicr -with the rules , may be had . The Chartists of the Potteries are also respectfully informed that a delegate to the Conference will be cho * n on Monday evening , at six o'clock : the place will be anneunced by j >] scard in due time , when we hope that that all will attend .

      WARWICK , —A public meeting , to eltct a delegate , was held at the Siracen ' s Head , on Tuesday evening , the 29 Ji nit . Mr . Hodgson was called to the chair ; and , in a neat speeoh , which elicited much approbation , opened the business of the Meeting by calling on them to elect a man of rapenence and judgment to represent the Borough of Warwick at Ae forthcoming Conference . Mr . Clarence moved , asd Mr . Kay seconded tke appointment of Mr . H . A . Donaldson aa a fit and proper person Several other persons addressed the metting in budport of the motion , and it was ultimately nnanimcusly carried . Mr . D . addressed the meeting in acknowledgment of the honour conferred on him , and was warmly eheered . He trusted that on his retnrn , ho should be enabled to lay before them sncha-plan of Organization as would baffle their enemies , test the sincerity ef their professing friends , and ultimately lead to the emancipation of tae Buffering sorting classes .

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      iOKPOJf . —Mr . Mahfz lectured at the Black Horse and Windmill , on Sunday las ^ and gave great satisfaction . . After the lecture some business was transacted and the meeting separated . On Tuesday , August 28 th , a meeting of the Council took place , when a long discussion ensued on the best means to raise a general permanent Victim i and , so that the families of the present and all future victims may be supported by the Chartist Association . Moved by Mr . N . Cannon and seconded by Mr . W . H . Bains : "That this Council is of opinion that if the members of the National Charter Association were to contribute one penny per month for a permanent Yictim Fund , it would at all times be sufiicient to provide for the victims and their families ; and they would urge their recommendation upon the attention of the delegates at the Conference , eo that it ma ; become one of our standing rules " ^ m _ . '

      Socth Lopboh Hall o ? Science . —The members and friends of this locality met on Friday evening for the purpose of hearing' a lecture by Miss S . Inge . Mr . Andrews was elected to preside . He briefly introduced the lecturer , who was received with great applause . She delivered an eloquent and instructive lecture on the "Uses of Royalty . " She spoke for above one hour , interrupted only by frequent bursts of applause that came from the meeting . A vote of thanks was given to her at the close . Mr . Wbesi . br lectured on Tuesday evening , at , the- City of London Institution . Subject—** The fallacies of Free Trade . " The chair was occupied by Mr . Dunn . Mr . Ratbbone also addressed the meeting , which was very numerous and attentive .

      Somebs Town Locality . —Mr . Davoo reported from the delegate meeting . Turn-again Lane , that ten shillings , or more , would be required from each locality , to defray the expences of the London delegates , about to proceed to the Birmingham Conference . In accordance with this report , not only ten shillings were voted , but a further sum of five , to be used in the event of any deficiency arising relative to the gross sum . SOUTBWARK . —Cobs Laws , —At the King of Prussia , Fair-street , Tooley-street , there has been for the last five Monday evenings , a very animated and well-conducted discussion upon the Corn Laws v . the Charter ; on three of which evenings the part of the League was defended by Mr . M . P . Haynes , late

      Editor of the Statesman , &c . &c . On the fourth evening , Mr . M'Grath , according to appointment , attended to assist the Chartists . Mr . Haynes was not then present . Mr . M'Grath gave the sophistries of the League a severe shaking . A resolution was passed , inviting a deputation of the League , who attended on Monday evening last , in the person of Mr . A . L . Saul , of the League Council , and Mr . Wickham , ofiicial member of the anti-Corn Law League . The discussion was opened by Mr . Saul , in a speech of about one hour ( being three quarters of an hour more than rule ) , with the usual sophisms of the League , among which was the Malthusian doctrine of our inability to produce a sufficient amount of food from the land . Whynot t because we do not . "

      Mr . Blackburn followed , ably refuting the Malthueian speech of Mr . Saul , proving the land to be capable of producing more than a sufficiency of food for th ^ population ; and showing the desirableness of falling back upon the land as a rational , wholesome , and highly beneficial employment for the now ens laved , diseased , and crippled dwarfs that are lingering a miserable existence in the foetid death holes of manufactories . Mr . Wickham followed in a very long speech , in which ho attempted to grapple with the arguments of Mr . Blackburn ; the soundness of which was plainly proved by this very learned advocate of the League at last coming to the self-game conclusions . Mr . Reed next addressed the meeting , in which he disclaimed with indignation any union

      with the Buckingham Par&ons , & . c . as insinuated by Mr . Wickham ; and also disclaimed any union with the League ; they being , in his opinion , classed with the Buckingham parsons ; both being the direct enemies of the working classes . He was followed by a Mr . Wakeford , who built upon a foundation of sand : namely , the cheap loaf that the League would buy fox U 3 by a repeal of the Corn Laws . This was proved by Mr . Gathard to be fallacious and sandy ; he showing by facts and figures that the loaf would not be * ' cheaper "; that the cost of the production of a four pound loaf , rent , taxes , and ail , was only iwop £ 5 C £ ; that trade would not increase by a repeal of the Corn Laws , by the fact thai

      Peel's modification of the Tariff was answered by six opposition Tariffs from foreign nations raising their duties ; the amount of machinery already in this country was sufficient , if all were employed , to clothe , feed , and house more than the population of the whole world . Mr . G . then instanced the rates of profits derived by the manufacturers from the labouring men , as was proved by the example of the profitmongers receiving fivepence-balfpenny out of each four pound loaf ; and that the laws protecting capital and its owners were more iniquitous to the people than the Corn Laws : the only remedy for which was political power that labour might be f qually protected . Mr . M&yn&rd followed , stating that the facts and figures of Mr . Gathard were fallacious ; but he entirely forgot to prove them so . He continued , rambling in favour of the Repeal of lhe

      CornLaw 8 , arriving ( as thia ex-Chartist usually does ) at no conclusions ; but like Cook , the voyager , set off round the world , and arrived at the place he Btar ted from : so that neither head or tail , argnmont or sense , could by any possibility be made of this gentleman ' s talky . ' After Borne few more speeches , Air . Saul closed , a la Maynard . Mr . Mantz then came forward and challenged Mr . Saul to discuss this question with him , which Mr . Saul declined : but Mr . Falvey , of the League , is expected to attend on Tuesday evening next , also Mr . Mantz , &o . &o . A vote of thanks was given to the impartial Chairman , ( the landlord of the house ) , and the numerous and respectable * meeting separated . Chartists of Southwark ; attend on Tuesday evening next . It will be the conclusion of this important discussion . Chair to be taken at half-past eight o ' clock .

      Z . ONG BUCKLEY . —At a meeting of the Chartists of this locality it was resolved , that no person be entitled to any assistance from the Victim Fund , who cannot prove , by his card of membership , to be clearly identified with the Chartist cause .

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      London . —Mr . Bolwell will lecture at Somers Town on Sunday next . A full attendance of the members of the London Yictim Committee is de&ired at the City Institution on Wednesday evening-Mr . M'Gbath will lectors on Tuesday evening , at the City of London Institution , Turnagain-lane . — Admission free . London Delegate Meeting . —MemberEfrom every locality are requested to atte . nd on Sunday afternoon , at the City of London Institution in order to decide respecting the ensuing Conference . Somfss Town LcCALirr . —On Sunday evening next , Mr . Bolwell will lecture at Mr . Duddridge ' s , Br icklayers' Arms , Tonbridge ^ treet , New-road .

      Sooth London Hall of Science , Blackfbiass-Road . —Mr . Bowkett will lecture at the above hall , on next Tuesday evening , September the oih . Subject—* 'The best means of the working men becoming freeholders . " Tbs Councillors belonging to the City boot and shoemaker Chartists are requested to attend on Sunday morning next , at eleven o ' clock , at 3 , Carrsquare , Moor-lane ; aud the members and friends of the above locality are informed that the Star Coffee-House , is given up as a place of meeting . Due notice will be given of a new place when fixed on . Wobking Men ' s Hall , Mile End Road . —A discussion will take place at the above Hall , on Sunday morning next , 3 rd inst . Subject— " Repeal of the Union . " The discussion will be opened by Mr . M Grath . Admission free . Mr . Sherraed will deliver a lecture in the evening .

      Mahtlebone . —Mr . Fussell will deliver a lecture at the Mechanics' Institution , Circus-street , Newroad , on Sunday evening , 3 rdiust ., at half-past seven o ' clock . Islington . —The Chartists of London intend to have a concert on next Monday and Tuesday , at the Flora Tavern and Tea Gardens , York-place , Barnbury-park . Amusements ; to begin at five o ' clock in the afternoon . A Chartist Excursion to the Kobe , calling at Gravesend , will take place on Monday tho llth iDBt . Tickets , 2 s . 6 d . each "; double , 4 s . 6 d . ; to be procured at any Chartist locality . Toweb Hamlets . —The General Council of the Hamlets will meet at the Weavers ' Arms , Pdbam-Btreet , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at five o ' clock in the afternoon .

      Leeds , —Mr . David Rosawill deliver two lectures in the Chartist Room , Cheapside , to-morrow after * noon , at half-past two , and in the evening at haif-past six o'dock . —The Working Man ' s Hall Committee will meet in the above Room on Tuesday night , at eight o ' clock precisely . Leeds Distbict . —A District Meeting will be holden to-morrow morning at ten o ' clock , in the Chartist Room , Cheapside . = All persons having collecting books are urgently requested , to bring them in to this meeting *

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      Leicester . — -Mr . Bairstow will lecture in the Market-place on Sunday next , in the evening . A collection will be made ; the whole proceeds to be given to Mrs . Cooper . The Couhtesthoxpe camp meeting will be holden at th © Cross-lanes on . Sunday mon £ mg , at half-past ten . Mr . Bairatow will be present . ; ' ¦ r WEDWESBitay . —A public meeting will be holden in the People ' s Hall , on Monday the 4 th inst ., for l ef ^ " ° ° f Relegate to represent the ooanfciea of Stafford and Worcester in the National Conference . ; MACCMSFiEib . ^ -A lecture will be delivered in the Chartist room , Stwiley-streeton Sunday ( to-¦ — . »_ . — _ .

      , , morrow ) , at six- o ' clock in . the evening , by Mr . Thomas Clark , of Stockport . Subject , " Organisation and the state of political parties . " Nottingham . —^ public meeting Will be held at Mr . "ajrdy ' s house next Sundy evening , at eight o clock , for the purpose of forming an association in connexion with the Chartist agitation . Friends to the cause will attend to give information and explain the principles of the People ' s Charter . Stockport . —On Sunday next , the Rev . W . V . Jackson , of Manchester , will lecture here , at six o clock to-the ovening .

      HATRKaN Tuaif . —A camp meeting will be held at this pla < Se oh Sunday , Sept . 3 rd , to commence at two o ' clocfc , vMr . Dorian , of Nottingham , will attend . A * delegafcwjjWj | fi | ji {' -vm \ beheld at the Bamoplw * , < atfiye o cloak on the same day . " '"" ¦ Almondburv , —A lecture will be delivered in the Town Hall on Monday evening next , by Mr . Henry Marsden , of Holmfirtji , on " Tho Social and Political Regeneration of Mankind , " To commence precisely at ' eight o ' clock—Three lectures will be delivered in the Town : Hall , on the respective evenings

      of Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday , upon Elocution , by Mr : David Ross , of Manchester . To commence each evening at eight o ' clock ! Mb . S . Davis wilt attend the following places : — On Tuesday . Sept . 5 th , Four Lane Ends ; Wednesday night , Low Moor ; Thursday night , Dudleyhill , aftHhe house of Mr . Farrar , Hand and Shuttle Inn , ; Friday night , Bradford Moor , at the Coach and Horses Inn ; Saturday night , at Hightown ; all in the Bradford distriot ; each meeting to commence at six o ' clock .

      The South Lancashire Delegate Meeting will take place on Sunday ( to-marrow ) , in tho Council Room , under the Carpenters' Hall , chair to be taken at ten o ' clook in the afternoon . Loughdohough . —Mr . Dormas , of Nottingham , will preach at this , place on Sunday , Sept . 3 rd , at eleven o ' clock in the morning . Bury . —A public leoture will be delivered in the Garden-street Lnotura Room , on Monday , the 4 th of September , by Mr . P . Daly , of Levenshulme , on the Repeal of the Legislative Union .

      Shfffield . —Oa Sunday evening , Mr ; Geo . Julian Harney will deliver a lecture in the Fig-tree Lane Room , commencing at seven o'clock . —On Monday evening , a public , discussion will be held in the above room , to commence at half-past seven . —On Tuesday evening , a public ball will be held in the same room . Dancing to commence at seven o'clock . Halifax , —According to previous announcement , a public meeting was holden here on Monday last , for the purpose of appointing a delegate to the forthcoming Conference , when Mr . Benjamin Rushton was unanimously elected . Sowerbt . —A " camp meeting will be holden on Ratten-row Moor , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) at two o ' clock in the afternoon .

      Nottingham . —Mr . Jonathan Barber will deliver a lecture in the large room , at Daman ' s Temperance Hotel , Clare-street , oa Tuesday evening , at eight o'olock , the 5 th inst . Ob Monday , the 4 th inst ., there will be a Social Tea Party at the above Hotel . Tickets 9 d . each , to be had of Mr .

      Dorman . Mb . Jonathan Brown will leoture in the Marketplace , Nottingham , on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock . Bradford—A camp meeting will be held at Idle Green , on Sunday , at half-past four o ' clock in the afternoon . Messrs Smyth , Aldorson , and others will address the meeting . The Chabtisis of Bowling Back-lane will meet in their Room on Sunday , at ten o ' clock in the moraing and at two in the afternoon . The Chartists of Manningham , will meet in their Room on Sunday , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . A full attendance is requested , as the discussion on the Qj * w # wtiao . w # rbe «« aoladed . The Chartjsts of the Central Locality will meet in the Council Room , on Sunday morning , at nine o ' clock . The members are respeotfully requested to be in attendance at the time appointed , as business of importance will be brought before the meeting .

      The Chaiitists of Park Place will meet in the School Room , Park Place , oa Sunday morning , at nine o ' clock . Mb . J . H . Dewhirst , one of the plot victims , lately liberated from Wakefield College , will address the Chartists of Idle , on Sunday afternoon , at halfpast four o'clock . A Special Meeting of the Counoil will be held in the Council Room , Butterworth Buildings , at ten o ' clock on Sunday morning , on business of importance . It is hoped every member will attend . Tbs Chartists of Daisy Hill will meet in their room on Sunday morning , at ten o'clock . The Chartists of White Abbey will meet in their room ^ at eight o ' clock on Monday evening . A full attendance is expected .

      Littletown in Liversedge . —Two sermons will be preached at this place on Sunday , the 10 th inst ., by that unconquerable foe to opression , Mr . Benj . Rushton , of Ovenden , when collections will be made to liquWate the expenses of the room . Manchester . —A meeting of the members of the Manchester locality will take place in the Carpenters ' Hall , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , chair to be taken at ten o'clock in the forenoon . —There will be a publio discussion in the afternoon of the Game day ; chair to be taken at half-past two . A lecture will be delivered in the Carpenters ' Hall on Sunday evening next , Sept . 3 rd ; chair to be taken at half-past six o ' clock .

      Miners' Association . —Mr . John Auty will lecture on Saturday ( ihis day ) ,, at dough-side , near Ratcliffe ; on Monday , ! Sept . 4 th , Bradbury ; Tuesday , 5 th , Right Lane ; Wednesday , 6 th , NorbouTg ; Thursday , 7 th , Hyde ; Friday , 8 th , Dukenfield ; and on Saturday , 9 th , at Hurst Brook . Mr . Auty wiBhes to put the miners oh their guard against an individual who is perambulating the mining districts , and professing a great deal of sympathy for the sufferings of the miners , thereby ingratiating himself into favour with the men , and alwayB urging them to leave their employment and strike against the tyranny to which they are subjected . This person iB not recognised by the Miners' Association . Miners , beware of being induced to rush into a premature strike .

      THE LETTER FOUNDERS OF LONDON , TO

      THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL . We bave bad numberless difficulties to contend with during our present resistance to one of the most enormous reductions ever known to be proposed to any body of the working classes , and which , we believe , would only be concocted by' men possessing no feeling for their -workmen , or union workhouse guardians ; too many of whom , ( and two of our oppressobs do , or did belong , to the latter B 0 D \) at all times , snow but little sympathy to the unfortunate workmen under their charge . On one of these employers being remonstrated with on the injustice of bis conduct , and that the men would not be . able to support their families , tie ., he abruptly replied , tiat that wafl nothing to him , for he would bave his profits .

      There is one of the difficulties which more particularly requires your attention to , because it has emanated from parties ^ horowgood and Bealey , ) whom vre never believed capable of resorting to such malignant and insidious conduct , with an intention to counteract our appeals to you for sympathy and assistance ; and thereby to have us more completely in their unmerciful grasp . They bave bad the hurdihood to circulate a printed bandbi ) ) , beginning thus : — " An attempt having been made by some of the workmen employed in some of the

      principal London Type Foundries to excite the commisseration of their fellow-workmen in the various trades in the Metropolis , BY gross statements , as to the kate of wages . ' * Now , fellow-workmen , in these few worJs just quoted from their own bill , Messrs . Thorowgood and Besley bave knowingly printed and circulated two falsehoods ; for instead of our appeals being made by only some ef the workmen , these gentlemen i ?) know they bave been made by all the men employed on piece work in thetrade , am > that evert one ov THEIR OWN MES HAVE TUNREP OVT—tbi » 1 » falsehood

      the first The accusation of ear making GROSS statements as to thb bate OF WAOBS , la falaehoodffie second ; until they come forward with a cotRct Average statement of the wage * of all the men who have left their employment , and thna prove onr statement of 18 s . per week to be underrated , which we now agato fearless of honest contradiction , repeat to bemp cc under rattier tban a&ot * 183 . pet -week . Fellow . workmen , the above parties charge v witn propogating falsehoods ; we indignantly drjDy ^ calumny , and thus publicly challenge Mr . V . and j Figgins , M 6 ssrs . Thorwgood and Besley , tr t ptint , an

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      wages only as a criterion by which to judge of tbs-whole ; and it is a notorious fact , that I in the list of the ten names selected by them , they have bad the iadecent effrontery to attach weekly wages to one of the names as e : \ tned daring the period of five weeks that the waikman was laying on a sick bed . In another case they have included a considerable sum of money , as earned during that six mouths-, which they mast have known was earned two years before r r ; Fellow-workmen , from the fact of these employers having no otker resource to fly to , in order to injure hb in your estimation , but that ot falsehood and calumny , we trust you will perceive thafcoar present resistance to

      unbearable oppression , is not founded on a wera idfo whim , or momentary caprice , or concocted or got up by only some of the workmen , for every man on piece work in the trade is opposed to > s <> enormous a reduction of from 23 to 75 per cent , a » is proposed by these said employers . Instead of iia being J 8 s- per week , " it will be less than 12 s . ; and we well know that their ptofl . ta ( of which we will shortly enter in full detail ) are such as to enable them to give a fair and reasonable price for the labour of their workmen . Other extensive foundries , Messrs WoodaitdSharutoods-, A . WUsonandSon . ' P&rjet , and several other small foundries /) still give the original prices , and declare that the men ' s wages are already too low . J

      Fellow-workmen , we are well aware that on the accuracy of oar statements might [ depend the success or failure of ow endwtToan to- fraotrato tho heart-rending attempts of Messrs . Tho » owgobd and Besley , Mr Caslon , and Messrs . V . and J . Figgins , to remove ourselves , wives , and families , from par already miserable existence , to beggary and starvation . In fact , the worfchoaseB , of which those gentlemen ( Mr . Besley and J . Figgins are , or were Guardians ) are most likely to be our homes ere long , for it will be impossible to provide food or homes with the scandalous reduction now proposed oa our wages ; therefore we have hitherto adhered to too truth in all oar statements , and will continue so to do , in hopes that a ' discerning public will aid aa in our efforts . j On hehalf of the Committee , Roland Owen , Chairman . Committee Room , Ship , Glasshouse Yard , Aldersgate Street . ¦

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      ENORMOUS PROFITS OF MASTER TYPE FOUNDERS , AND STRIKE OF THE WORKING MEN . j On Tuesday evening , a crowded meeting of the working men of London took place , at the National Association Hall , High Holborn , for the purpose of expressing their sympath y with the Type Founders of the Firms of Messrs . Tfaorowgood and Besley , V . and J . Figgina , and Caslon . At eight o'olock , the chair was taken by Mr . Holborough , who stated to the meeting that if the reduction in the rate of wages proposed by the masters had been in reason , the strike would never have taken place ; but tho fact was , that the masters of whom they complained now required | a reduction in the rate of wages in some respects equal to 75 per

      cent , under the pretence that ! they had greatly lowered their list of prices to the Master Printers . All the reduction they had made to these did not exceed 25 per cent off the old ! book prices , while they reduced the allowance they made for old type from 6 d . to 3 d . per lb . Messrs . Wilson , of Ed inburgh , sold at lower prices than the London Masters ; and yet could afford to give their men the old wages . He did not envy the masters' profits ; but when he" saw them making ( rapid fortunes , he really thought those that toiled for their advantage should share With them . Submission in some respects might be a virtue ; and , ( though he for one did not approve of strikes , yet submission here would ouly bring on more imposition . He concluded by calling on Mr . Webb to move the first resolution , to the following effect : —

      "That it . is the opinion of this meeting that the workmen in the employ of Messrs . Figgins , Caslon , Thorowgood and Besley , having submitted to a reduction of from ten to twenty per cent , on the 1 st of July last , were fully justified in turning out against a farther reduction of their wages , averaging on the' whole from twenty-three ] to seventy-five per cent ., as proposed by their late employers . " This speaker opened the " secrets of the prisonhouse" with a vengeance . He proved the masters ' profits , in some oases , to be above £ 400 on £ 100 of capital employed . He instanced the case of one master who began only with a capital of £ 400 , retiring with a fortune of £ 80 , 000 , only having employed , during the majority of the years he wa ^ in business , ten casters while Messrs . Fiegins employed forty now , with a net profit of £ 8 , 000 per annum on their labour ! !! A 'Mr . Miller retired with a fortune of £ 200 , 000 . The cost of the

      materials was than very high , regulus of antimony being often £ 18 where it was now but 503 . per ton . Messrs . Thorowgood had published a statement of wages , so as to lead the publio to believe ! their men had been well paid ; while the faot was , that even at the old prices a crack workman could not average more than 25 s . per week , for which his constitution was being daily sacrificed by the fumes of arsenic evolved from the furnace . No Benefit Society would ACCEPT A TYPE-FOUNDER AS A MEMBEB , their COnStitUtions beiDj ? destroyed frequently after ten years ' labour . Yes , here was a email body of men , yielding an immense profit to their employers , being sacrificed to a spirit of gain unequalled in the history of monopolies . Mr . Thorn concluded a long speech , in which he made statements proving more against the cupidity of the masters than our space will allow us to give ; and the resolution , { after having been ably seconded by Mr . Herritage , was carried unanimously .

      Mr . Barbrick moved the second resolution : " That the typo founders of London having been for five weeks unable , by every reasonable means , to persuade Messrs . Thorowgood and Go . to desist from their astounding reductions , now ] deem further appeal to them useless , and therefore turn to a higher and more meroiful power—the working classes of London ; with whose generous assistance they are convinced that their object will soon be attained . " He said that spine of tbe masters became overseers of the poor in order to get the unfortunate paupers into their employ at a reduced i ; ate of wage . Mr . Figgins told the men that " he cared not for them ; he must have his profits" ! }

      Mr . Bolwell seconded this resolution in a speech that elicited much applause . He alluded to the topics introduced by the previous ! speakers , and said that on principle alone the working men of London should support this strike . If sp small a body of men as the type founders conld not in this instance find support , he thought little of the trades of London . They had done their duty nobly on former occasion , —let them do bo now . He thoiight it needed no great power of oratory to induce ! them to come forward . Of all oppressive reductions he ever heard

      this was the basest . Did the aristocrcy dare to use the working millions as these middle class tyrants had done ? Producers of wealth ! how are you treated ? Mechanics by thousands walk the streets starving , or beg their way as vagrants through the laud , the last resource of the working man now is the crutch , or the poor house . Would this be the case if they ali endeavoured to do each other justice ? They must unite . Apathy row was the worst of criminalities . When just complaints are useless ; because unheeded , the fault lies only at his door who ! refuses to sympathise and to assist . !

      Mr . Kiliingback supported the resolution , which was carried with applause , when Mr . Mantz read the third resolution , viz ., " That this 1 meeting , knowing from bitter experience , that wealth and capital have ever waged with labour an unjustjeruel war , pledges itself to support the type founders to the utmost extent in their power , in their just resistance to the heartless oppression of their masters ; and in order to break up this monopoly deem ii advisable that the workmen publish a statement of | the profits of their employers , and thus offer an opportunity to men of capital to embark in this lucrative trade . " This sneaker discanted at great length Ion the remarks of

      the previous ones—calling oa the meeting at the same time to open their purseg as well as their hearts ; for sympathy was a poor thing without relief . He bad seen at Stockport Jiving , men feeding on the putrid carcase of an ox : and he conjured the meeting to look to themselves in' these strikes ; or hia might come to pass in LoQdoa , The taade 8 must unite to assist each other , ana he suggested the formation of a committee , independent of the type founderp , present , for that purpose . The masters wa-jted to overflow ! the trade with human competition , so that they might get their work dop . e at starvation-wages . | the

      Mr . J ^ I'Donald seconded last resolution , facetiousl ' y remarking on the sudden flights of reporters who , with the single exception of that for the North cf . t star , had left the meeting , f He advised them » . ot to tnrat tho press—( A . voice in the crowd The Northern Star' *) . That was the . people's own paper , and he knew they wonld always find it eo—( oheers ) On the Stonemasons Strike , £ 3 , 000 out of the £ 6 , 000 expended , had been furnished by the trades of London ; and he trusted the type-founders would create alike sympathy in tneir behalf . 1

      After a few observations from Messrs . Cowan , M * Frederic , Carter , and othere , this resolution received the assent of the meeting ; and thanks having been voted to the Chairman for ihis able conduct in the chair , it was dissolved , j :

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      REPEAL ASSOCIATION— Monbat . s Since- the com&a . 'icement of the Repeal Assocfa * tion , rapid and fora . 'dable as has been its progress , there has not been 80 much excitement at any previous meeting as Ohat held to-dayV This was owing to the intense anxiety respecting the coarse which Mr . O'Conjtell Tv'ould pursue in reference to the declaration of ministers on the Repeal Agitation in the Queen ' s speech . B ^ iore twelve o ' clock , the hour fixed for the meeting , th& Cotn Exchange was crowed to excess . The chair was taken by G . P . Foqarty , Esq ., of Castle Fogarty , county of Tipp * ra * y .

      Mr . Steele said that ag it 6 ad been de'ermiffedT i > y a VQte of this Association to giro an order to fife , Hogan forthwith to execute a stsine of" O'ConueU ^ she onlyqueetion that rema- ' ned was whether tha > great father of his conn try shoaki be represented presiding at Tara , or as he appeared at Mallow , when ; uttering a flory defiance at Peel'aivd : Wellington ht reply to their threat to attack ? the people of Ireland . Tbs Irish people despised the threats « f " »« ; P"PPy Peel , and the bloody old Indian Seapoy —Wellington { groans and cheers ) . Mr Hogan preferred to execute the statue i > the latter attitude * and therefore he ( Mr . Steele > wouie move that this Association give its approval to the BHpjgestion . On tho base of the statue ehoald be tho memorable words uttered by the liberator on thafc occasion— They may trample upon me ; but it shall not be on my Kviug body , but on my corpse . " The motion having been seconded by Mh Sgoit , of Edinburgh , passed with acclamation .

      Owing to the crowded Btate of the room-, a good deal of confusion took place while the Secretary waa clearing tae iepoYtei 3 table of tnei&iwrawha sought accommodation at it . Mr . Reillv , T . C , said he was glad to see then * so much incommoded in consequence of the crowded state of the room , for it proved that the ridiculous speech reported to have been spoken by the Queeo . had not cowed the people of Ireland —( loud cries of " It never will—it never shall " j . Mr . John O'CoNNBtt , in explanation of thi 3 ob > -

      servation of Mr . Reiily , begged to say that they distinctly recognised the fact that the Queen , was in , a position of coercion ; ( hear , hear ) =-that the speech iu question was- Her ministers' ana ntfmer own—( cheers ) . She was under the constitutional coercion of her ministry ,, supported by a majority of < jne > present house of Parliament , and was obliged to > make that speeoh . It was worthy of remark , bowever , that Feel could not induce her to use any stronger phrase than the milk-and- water one of 11 deep-concern " ( hear , hear ) .

      At half-past one o ' clook , Mr . O'Counell entered the meeting , amidst the most enthusiastic acclamations . Mr . O'Connbll said that he observed in tho Freeman's Journal of that morning , a letter front a gentleman who reports for the Times . He had read that letter with the greatest attention and with much pleasure . He liked both the tone and temper of it ( hear , hear ) . Its author had asserted himself with tho dignity of a gentleman , and without the slightest ill-feeling or anything inconsistent with the strictest propriety , whilst he had convinced him ( Mr . O'Connell ) that he was in the wrong ( hear , hear ) .. He had suddenly asserted that gentlemen who reported should be totally neutral ; but . if

      he had reflected for a moment , he would have remembered that reporters act also as private correspondents for newspapers all over the world ; and would ,, of course , have seen that ho had totally forgoUoa one part of their duty . He wished , therefore , to observe , that he coasidered the neutrality of reporters to be confined to the reporting of the proceedings of publio meetings ; and so long as they reported those proceedings fairly they were entitled to every aid and assistance which could be afforded them . They Were the most useful class of the publio in perpetuating sentiments which would otherwise be evanescent and perish with the voice of the speaker who uttered them ( hear , hear ) . He had only to repeat that he was in the wrong , and the gentleman , to whose letter he referred , waa in the right ( cheers ) .

      Mr . Rat read a letter from the Repeal Association of Louisiana , United States , inclosing a remittance of £ 126 63 .-10 d . Mr . O'Connell spoke in the warmest terms of the subscribers in Louisiana , and moved that the letter should be inserted on the minutes . Mr . John O'Co . wbll read a letter from the Repealers of Ohio—the Repeal Association of Cincinnati—enclosing a remittance of £ 113—( oheers ) . The writer stated that slavery does not exist in the State of Ohio , but went on to assert the difficulties of

      getting rid of the system , which was in accordance with the compact entered iato at the union j and could not be abolished without violating the fundamental laws and the national compact of the United States . With these sentiments , the letter stated that the Repealers of Ohio had seen with surprise the speech of Mr . O'Connell . That speech was powerful and eloquent , but they totally dissented from his arguments . They were free from slavery in Ohio ; but , nevertheless , they " despised the abolitionists . " The letter concluded by . expressing , sympathy fox the wrongs of Ireland .

      Mr . O'CoKiustL . observed , thai slasery , did not exist in Ohio , and they could not , therefore , objeot to receive the money transmitted . He strongly condemned the sentiments expressed in this letter in defence of slavery . The attacks upon the Abolitionists were mere trash and nonsense ; and be despised the attempt to mitigate the horror ! of slavery by men who boasted that their own state was free from the stain and the disgrace . It was his intention to move that this letter from Ohio should be referred to the committee , in order that a detailed answer should be returned . He denied that man could be the property of his fellow man — ( loud cheers ) . He had no compassion for the man whose property was negroes . Reverse the picture , and

      suppose that the yellow American were the property of the black negro—who would have compassion for the slave-holding negro—( cheers ) . This document , Which asserted much that was untrue , and concealed much of the truth , should be met promptly and in detail . Let Ireland but obtain her legislative independence , and they would have missionaries preaching freedom in every region where slavery degraded the human race —( oheers ) . Mr . O'Connell concluded by moving that the letter from Ohio be referred to the committee . —Carried . A contribution of £ 270 was handed in from Newfoundland , and a vote of thanks was passed to Dr . Fleming , the Roman Catholic Bishop of the island * for his exertions in support of Repeal .

      Several communications were read , in one of which was a statement to the effect that the writer was induced to send in his subscription by the implied threats in the Qvieen ' s Speech . Mr . O'Connell said that this speech wa 3 well described by the Morning Chronicle , which said that it deserved to be designated as the essence of stupidity and insolence—( hear , hear , hear ) . That speech was not a royal authority , as the writer of the letter referred to seemed to think . It waa a Ministerial authority only , and as such should it be treated—( hear , hear ) * Mr . O'Connell then proceeded to address the meeting in reference to his plan for reorganizing the Irish Parliament . He said it was wrong , as stated in the Times ' , that the English

      House of Lords had at all times judicial -authority over the Irish Lords and Commons . It had such authority up to 1782 , but in that year the great Act of Settlement was passed , which recognised the independence of the judicial authority of Ireland . la the Act for repealing the Union this principle should be recognised . His plan for the reorganization of the Irish Parliament had nothing whatever to do with the next step—the Preservative Association . Full details were necessary before that Association should be formed . He was glad to be enabled to say that already a large number of gentlemen of the first respectability were ready to become candidates for

      seats in the " Preservative Association , " He would not propose the plan of that Association until he had it so thoroughly arranged as to be strictly within the letter of the law . All penal Acts of Parliament affecting the liberty of the people should only bo obeyed according to their strict letter . He concluded by moving that district Repeal . Wardens , should be appointed for the two first towns on his list which are to return members to the Irish Parliament ,, namely , Arklow and Ardee . These district Wardens will be required to make out lists of all the householders—all the married men ; in short , of all the persons who will be qualified to vote for representatisea uuder the new Irish Constitution .

      THE qOKEN S SPEECH . Mr . O'Connell said , that from the importance of the topics introduced in the Queen ' s speech , it wag thought necessary to come to their consideration with , all possible deliberation , and from the lateness of the hour , he thought it the better course , to defer any remarks upon them until to-morrow j but ho could not help observing that that which was called the Q , ueen ' s speech was the Minister ' s speech . ( Hear , hear . ) It was no more the Queen's than hia ( Mr . O'Connell's ) . The sentiments were those of the Ministry , and this he wished to be distinctly understood in Ireland , as he desired to counteract that incitement to disaffection whi « fl that speech was calculated to produce . He did not think that

      a more traitorous proceeding waa ever adopted by any Ministry to Ub Sovereign than that speeoh—a proceeding more likely to estrange from the crown the love of the people could not be designed . It exhibited on the part of the Ministry a degree o ^ profligacy , that , base as he balieved them to be , ' ^ did net believe them capable of exhibiting .. ( Hf ^ r . ) The Irish people were accused of being diaafF eoted and discontented . He denied that they wer disaffected , but he admitted they were discontented , and it would be his duty to ehaw to-morrow r flat if they were not discontented , they would b ^ the most degraded of human beings . ( Cheer d . ) He then moved that the meeting adjourn til ' , to-morrow , at two o ' clock , which waa adopted . Theweek ' 8 rent was announce ^ to be £ l » 38 & 7 s . 4 d \ j and the , meeUog separated .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 2, 1843, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct817/page/1/