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      WKDON . —On Monday evening ; a meeting , cabled \> s requisitioa , was held in the Vestry Rooms , Gordon Square , St . Pancras , London , to congr&Jnl » te Mr . O'Connor on hiB release from unjust © onfinemeni . Long before the time appointed , notwithstanding the rain poured in torrents , the place of » eeting was crowded to excess , and hundreds more ,-especially femaies , went away , unable to procure an entrance . Mr . Nicholson was called to the chair , Trho commeneed by stating thit ; Mr . Sankey had been expected , bnt had unexpectedly been called into the country ; but rather than thwart the objects of the jgeeti&jb ha had consented to occupy the chair " . ( Mr . O'Connor here entered the room , and was greeted with the most deafening applause , which

      Saving subsided , the Chairman resumed . ) He had great pleasure in seeing such numbers assembled ; it im a convincing proof of the necessity of Reform . Coold either Whig or Tory faction , with their utmost exertions , procure a meeting like the present £ o , they could no ;; theirs was a party purpose ; obk was for the good of the nation at large . We ire met here to advocate , with unity and firmness , the principles of equal justice—we are met , not to east s slur on this party or that party , but to declare our rights as men—to consider as to the best means of obtaining a fair remuneration for our labour . Hitherto our labour , and the price we should obtain for it , ha 3 beea at the mercy of our Whig and Tory oppressors . Tfle Whigs promised

      to abolish ibis system ; and if ihey had acted as they promised , we should hare had no occasion to meet here this eyening : it was their va&ciUatmg conduct which had spurred on the people to their present line of conduct , and had induced the cry of Tory reaction . We have been accused of givis * ihe country a Tory ascendancy ; whether justly , or not , he would leave the people t-o determine . The people had no other resource than to alter an Executive which insulted and oppressed them—vrhich , by their half measures , had loss the confidence of all ironest B « n . The Whigs accused Sir Robert Peel of doing BOthing . What , during their long Administration , had they done , but attempted to crush that spirit ot liberty which , when in opposition , they had fc-stered !

      and their only plea for tkis conduct was the igno- " ranee of the people . Were the people more ignorant now than in former times ? Examine the records of ancient periods , and you will find that in Aikens the people had the power of electing their Kings . The laws of Solon had been much admired ; cne of those laws was , that any person suggesting a law prejndicial to the people , the curses of the nation Ehould be fulminated against him , and he shotdd be liable to severe punishment . Would not ihis be a beneficial law to enact a ; ains 4 the Duke of Buckingham , and other aristocrats of the present day ] We find the same good laws existing among the Romans . IA voice— " Come to the pre ? ent time . ") Be would ; but it was only by examining the past

      that we could act with sourd judgment in regard to the future . How did the Romans ac : when they found themselves aggrieved—whtu , ike us of the present day , iheyvrcre burdened with aa eEormous debt , due to the wily pr . rie \ ans— nhen goaded by them to act on the defensive ? Why , when they wanted to ersage ihem in bloody vrari , they would not fight for nothicg—they weald not fight to increase the misery aiid distress under -which they then laboured , many of them that had their chains on their hands held them up , and asked if those were the oraament 3 they were to fi ^ ht for 1 He called upon them not to expend their exertions for thai wlich was nought , but to unite—to bleed themselves in one pxeat union , and the time would speedily

      approach when we should be able to destroy the power cf those who now tyrannise and oppress us . ( Loud cheering . )—Mr . Farreil had ^ re-at pleasure in moving the first resolution , " That in the opinion of this meeting , the right of self government is inalienable from nan , and all attempts at legislation , _ not recognising tMs grand and fundamental principle , have provt J insuficient to protect the mass of mankind from the innate selfishness of the ruling few , and that the lamentable and unprecedented distress which now exists amongst the industrious portion of the people is caused by class legislation . " He perfectly agreed with the principles embodied in ihis resolution . The vhole country was unanimous

      that great distress existed , save and exeepthis Grace the Di ± s of Welling : on and Sir Robert * Peel . We well know that great diitress exists—we are well aware of the cause of this distress ; and yet these fictions , whom Cobbett iruly denominated , when he said that they were like a race of pigs , only satisfied when their coses were in the trough , when their noses were in the ** swill , " have the impudence to tell us that there is no country in the world where it is so easy for working men to accumulate aa independency—where all who chose , might find the means of easy subsistence ; and this in the teeth of hundreds—yea , thousands of his fellow-countrymen starring from want of employment . Surely , his Grace must have made & mistake—must have been

      comparing his own condition , instead of that of the labouring classes ; surely , be cannot thii-k we are consummate fojl 3 enough to believe this , though we have been fools enough to allow him to pocket such enonsoiis sums of our hard earnings—have allowed him to saddle his mother also upon us , to increase e ^ r heavy Pension List . We may be tol d that many of oarmechanics are earning 30 s . perweek , acd how can they be ill off ? bnt even these , the best paid mechanics , do they lose no time 1—are they earning 30 * . all the year round ? See how the labour of our wives and osr daughters i 3 remunerated even here in London ; and then blush for the impudent assertion that we fcre on the high , road to riches . Take a walk down the splendid line of warehouses from Heireiii-street

      to - Noble-street , to those warehouses for the sale of ready-made shirts . See the hundreds cf females crowding there to obtain a miserable pittance , by making shirts for sevtn farthings a-piece ; and yet at this shameful price their warehonsss are actually besieged with claimants for work , like a theatre on the night of some favourite performer taking his benefit . Is this the remuBeration for labour by which we can speedily arrive at a competency ' ? Labearag for such a price is far worse than slavery , for the master has an interest in the pby-ical weflbekg of his slave ; but in yoar well-being he has bo such interest ; as soon as one set of men are ground down , another are ready to supply their place ; and _ yet _ when oar grand petition was presented , stating that the country was overwhelmed with distress Peel told you that he denied its allegation , as a in proof , stated the amount of monev in the Savings Banks , and denied that distress " existed .

      ( A voice— " No . ") I tay that he did ; aad aa a proof of the nnfitneas of our legislators , not one onered to contradict him respecting the Savings ' Banks . Yi orking men ' . is it vou who put money in t 2 & _ &aTifl £ s' Backs , or is it the shopkeepers , Benefit Societies , gentleman ' s serTatts , & . e . ! You in a Kate of prosperity _ . ' when there are upwards of 300 i . oaii societies in this metropolis leasing money at froa tnirry to forty per eeus . interest I i A voice-,-jaghty per cent !' ^ Why , if there was nonght ease , tnis a ; one : s sendee t to beggar vou ; but it is useiess to complain : vre must take onr ' iir . erestsimo ocr own keepic ^ , and so locker be the tools of tnose who are liberal only xo themselves—who are intent only upon their cwa interest , upon gratifying tasa own interests , for the sake cf adding Sir to the name of plain Benjamin ( Hail ) , or for the more mercenary consideration of a little glittering wealth . l nave thought it hard to hear the middle classes

      B . jiea tne _ enemies of our freedom . I have sympatnizea mm . teem ; but a more accurate view of the EUDjtct has snown me that they are the class who Kasd oe : n-een you and justice ; bu ; you have ihe power m your hands to rescue this obstacle , by acting on tae principle of exclusive dealing , by fonn-S d ^ nV anO ? - C 0 ia ? lir - l P 1 *^ the members to de .. on , y Trun sucii as will vote fcr yoar candic *> e . Bo ims , and you will speedily alter the f ; . ; : ^ r rf . aT 7 a -= them U > a sei . se of ih , , = r own V » r ^; , Tae resoiutsoa having b-: ca seconded by ^ . V l , ^ - ' - ^ ei 1 p" aild ' bmid loud cheers . u-uAu-iaoiiiiy earned

      xaS ^ S ^ ^ ^ fe ^ Trard to address ihe p ~ £# ^ - ' ? - ? ^ | d ^ trexendons applause . f--lho S" ^ ^ St- Pancras , I am hapDT to * L ^ 8 ^ ^ 1 ' *? tfce ? p ^ * ^ i pSJ > ^' . bst from the effects which * . ;" . »^ ilDS 3 we uaportant . btcwse ih-. j b " ^ * •!* f . ^ ed with alloy wW I di . s-rec K-riki- ^ CaJiJ ^ meeting . I ds ^ -rce with ri-, VHtT "\ t , P " " oi the nex : resolution , l ^ gfa g be Repeal of the Le ^ aiive Utiou with fefe - i . i « not here to gloss fcver my prin-M ^ Sea " from the memorial pririas her fe ? * » w Pro ^ ue Parliament . W aPe not v . ; , ' -- " * >; ™ a uB r-ariiaiaent . we are cot o .

      do 4 m 1153 lcisme * 5 ure 5 ^ ^ ave co power to ^ s We are assembled here to assisi i :: w , .-kine \ Z r , , ? Praciple , that of Univar . a ! S-. ffrage ! g . O Connor then read the memorial " ^ rujii . g her hS ^ IT ^ l ^ { fce Parliament cilti ! they w-aoa ^ of the Suffrage . " ¦ I object to the words , " a ££ r , ^ ° ? ° the Scffrl ge . " I * ^ ca ' cnlit ed to Snw ^ ' « «> a- Have I , work'n- men . spent S ^ " stiength-hMel suffered imprison" wld ind JJl ^ ff l ^ tenii 0 D Of thC SuffrOf ; e ! " Thl ' woid maeed befallug int 0 the rankbo : the enemy ! an rS - bea measure calculated to destroy torSi ^ -V ^™ * - There is K 0 necessity »« ™ i » eiaorial ; but there is a necessity , an imgr anTe neeesatr-not that we should have a great § 2 t £ . ° ° > ^ Saffri Ke-but that we should have t o ^ r ^ " ^ - ( Lond cheering . ) I perfectly » gr « e with what feU from your Chairman : he with

      • f iw j ta l hu shown you that the laws t eat fc * ° ? me were * JP « of o" P ™" * nt improvement ; but our Charter is the law tod iv " the P ** and for & * f ^ tire , — Ki ? ^ f of J »^ oc » tea fihall be confomtL ? ^? 7 1 T ® nr Vnseoi oppressors are Kf & W" - e - P ^^ o ^ b Bpeaier referred to the laws « aolon , wnerein a person , enactinr bid laws was

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      visted with curses . If in the present day that custom was in force , this might justly be denominated the cursing age ; but we are not assembled this evening to inquire into old customs , but to consider the msans of remedying our present distress , distress bronjrht about and aggravated by bad laws . One speaker has told you of shirts being made for seven farthings each . Could there be greater slavery than that , ' . May you not hold up a bundle of these shirts , and ask who will fight for these t Peel tells us there is no distress in the country . We are assembled here to convince him there is . He will leave us to do that which he is so well paid for not doing . ( A voice " What about machinery . ") I wiil satisfy you just now , if you will wait till I get to it . Peel

      has told us that distress does not exist , because he does not feel it : but there is certain machinery now at work that will speedily convince him ot" his error . He and the class te which he belongs may suppose that all is going on prosperously—that there is no misery it the country , btcauee it may not meet their eye in the precincts of Regent ' sstreet , in their drives rouud the Park , nor take up its abode ' in their luxurious mansions ; but there is no line drawn round even their abodes , to fence off the encroaching monster . TherQ ia no line drawn rouud St . Pancras , to ward off the plague spot which has devastated other ports of the land ; when poverty has deprived the people in the country of their resources you will find them ccme up to you—you will not be

      allowed to have all the wealth without also having a share of the poverty . The trades displaced in the country will come up to London ; for the richer , the more prosperous a place , tho more will it attract those whom bad laws have thrown out of employment , and even if the Corn Law had the great effect which itB advocates lead you to believe , that of producing more trade , believe me the demand would not be on your thew 3 and sinews , but on some clever fellow to invent some new machinery . There is one character yon vrorking men seem proud of giving yourselvesthat of bein ^ producers of wealth . At all yoar your meetings you reiterate this . Now , 1 seek to make you consumers of wealth . Production is cne thing , but consumption is another . 2 ara satisfied

      that machinery should bo the producer so long as you can become the consumer . Machinery requires no consumption , save a few tons of linseca oil , or a few hogsheads of grease . But you require beef , bread , solid nutriment- Of this , machinery deprives you ; deprives you of the power of dealing with the shopkeeper ; and yet this class of men have been opposed to you . jBut they now begin to think it would be better if the people had a htile more work , and machinery a little less ; they find that machinery laakes empty tills ; that it is but a poor substitute to pay their bills with . Nociassof men have so grea : an interest in your well-being as the shopkeepers . Is it not isore for their interest that you eDjoy the fair fruits ot your labour , that you

      should remain at home in comfort and prosperity , than emigrate to distant climes in search of that which- nature ordained you should enjoy at home . Oh , yes ; they are aware of all this , bat why do they not vote for your Gharter ? Why , for two reasons . 1 st . They have not brains sufficient to see that they are destroying their own solid comforts , their own social happiness , for a little paltry , political distinction . The ' 2 nd reason . They are so entangled in the traps of our present gambling system , ; hat if a shopkeeper W 3 S to take the chair at one of our meetings , it would bs at the risk of oankruptcy ; iavolvcd in the commercial trap of the bill > y > tem , he would go to his banker , but he would nuu to his cost that his bills would be protested , and the man ruined ,

      Labour is no longer the source of wealth . Capital has usurped its place . Formerly , in the Highlands , if a person wanted to purchase an estate , its value was estimated not by the amount of stock , not by the number of seres , but by the number of men that lived on the estate . Labour was then valued : but what do we see now 1 Why an estate advertised with " N . . B ., Clear of panpors , and their hoases knocked down . ' This is what they stile throwing us upon our own resources ; giving us the choice of the Bastile , to ¦ emigrate , or to starve ! Thi 3 is the policy of the enlightened nineteenth century , iu the tenth year of Reform . This is the resuit of machinery as a substitute for your labour , you deriving no benefit from the machinery which has displaced your energies . Is it

      strange , with this as the resuit of the Reform Bill , that you should have a majority of ninety-one Tories , when the Referm Bill , if honestly carried out , would have annihilated Toryism for ever ? But though we have no sympathy with the beaten Whigs , neither are we willing to submit to the measures which Sir Robert may dictate . We are no : willing to give him : time to perpetuate his reign over the nation . No , we meet him manfnlly at the threshold . We have no feeling in commoB with him . We are for real Reform . We claim the spirit of tho Reform Bill , that taxation and representation should be coextensive . We believed this was to be tho result of that measure . For this we threw up our cap 3 ; for this we carried them triumphantly into office ; but how bitterly ha v o we been deceived . During their ten years of ofice , they have passed more iniquitous acts than any government that ever held the reins of power . So bad have btcn their measures , that the

      Tories have been quite jealous to think they were not the father of them . But tha day is gone by when you can support two factions . " One must go to the wall . The mess is not large enough for both . You cannot support Whig pensioners and Tory pensioners . They must alter the law of primogeniture , and throw their families , on their own resources . I am for all being thrown upon their own resources ; I am for throwing all the idie drones on their own resources ; 1 am for throwing tee bishops on their own resources—the paeons cu their own resources ; I am not for giving the AbiDgers any pensions , but for throwing them on their own resources ; 1 am for throwing the Queen ' s horses on their own resources ; 1 am for throwing Prisce Albert on his own resources ; or , if this class is essentially necessary ior patrons and advisers , I am for allowing them only as much as they cau earn by imparting to us good sound advice . We are no de ^ puers of talent—we

      should be willing to give a fair remuneration to all ; but we would allow none to starve that others might revel iu luxury . This can uever be ensured tilJ all are fully repre .-enteJ . " An extension of the Suffrage might , by a Hidden flirt oi' excitement , procure us a msjori'y of so-called Liberals ; but so long a 3 a money qusiitication exists , so long would tha Tories , by the mean 3 they possess , owjog to their long continuance in power , undermine their influence , and again reinstate themselves in power . Tney watch every movement of the rs ^ isiraiion courts ; they multiply faggot voter ? , and otvil voters ; and , if this is not sufficient , they resort to open bribery , it matrers not whether it be a . £ 10 . Household Sulfrage or a i' 7 10 s ., the result is the same . You , the

      working classes , aro still left at the mercy of the capitalist—you have no control over the demand aud thtJ supply of voar labour . For instance , it' a master employs 300 ma . son ! ysat bOs . p-jr week , ar . d there are 200 more out off eihaloy , he can safely reduce the wages to ; 2 os ., for he Ras ihe 200 unemployed to fall back upon . 1 ' iiis is ti > e way in v .-hich competition operates upon you ; and vrhere there is the- best market there wilt the unemployed flock . Tney will be like the Irish tale of the fox reading the newspaper , when Paddy asked wha \ he was looking at the news for . ** Why , sure enough to see where ' the hounds meet . " They will come up to you like ' the Irishman with his pretensions to the pigs ; and if yoa are better paid now , you will speedily feel the result of h . ( We do now . ) I am liappy to

      hear it—heartily glad of it . It wasted you to feel the pinch to arou 3 e you from your apathy ' —from your half measures . In the country the ste&l has goue w their very hesrt ? . London unly wants \ o be pierced with the same steel to make it the hot-bed of Chartism . I have been addressing , last week , the four largest meetings ever held iu this empire , containing upwards of one million of men , and yet plain John Campbell Siid Chartism was dead ; and was made my Lord Campbell for becoming its undertaker ! But i ; ' Chartism was dt-Ao , it has had a most glorious resuscitation . If this is its dead corpse , 1 pray that it always may reinaiu dead : for beaten , dead Chartism is a most lively splendid subject . I see several reporters present : I wouder what kind of meeting they wiil call this . I suppose it will bo

      a meeting of a few women and boys . Thus it is that the press misrepresents every thiug connected with Chartism . While speaking on this subject , I will relate a- circumstance which occurred to me last Thursday as I entered Sheffield , in company with a . n American gent . He said he was quite surprised to see such an immense assembly , ana to observe on our banners similar mottos to their own in America , to see that we were contending only for rights similar to those which they have obtained . The Americans had been led to believe , through the English and American press , that we were the lowest

      nbblc—that we were torch-and-dagger men—that we were without organisation , and utterly undeserving of respect . This American merchant stopped with us till the meeting was over , and declared that it wa 3 a more orderly assembly than ever he attended in America ; and that on his return to America he would make a correct report of what Chartism really was . ( Loud cheers . ) Another shrewd observation this gentleman made was , that be tavr our streete orowded with soldiers and police , and he believed that , in proportion to their number , po in proportion was the misery and dissatisfaction ; for as a hosier would be the last man to tell that hit

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      stockings were not good , so soldiers and policemen did not want peace and honesty to be in the ascendant , for then "Othello ' s occupation would be gone . " Mr . O'Connor here related to the meeting the causes which led to his imprisonment , and the scandalous treatment he had received . The greatest punisfc » ment the Judge could inflict on a convict senteaoad to transportation was to send him for two weeks to the condemned cell in which he was immured hi York Castle . The last person who was placed iu H previous to himself was a soldier ; he hung biateetf at the expiration of three days . A woman who had been in previously Lud # herself at the end o ( - ten days ; but he endured sixteen months of it , and , instead of hanging himself'why—he hung the Wbtes .

      ( tremendous cheering . ) I think that wasthewsfc way ; I never like to fall out with myself ; I never did ; I invariably like to return all compliments ; I am now going to pay them with interest . I am not one of your puling girls ; I am not such a weakminded man as to be daunted at a paltry sixteen months' imprisonment ; for me it has no terrors . 1 am prepared to brave every danger—to sacrifice life itself to achieve the glorious victory for which we are contending . I am not going to assist iu gulling you for these " great commercial Reformer 3 " -ciani for driving ibe hungry hounds away from the ppntfeptJ mess ; and when these Reformers Bee that they canriot attain their measures by going down Constitution Lane , they will be willing to travel down the Charter high-road . But reinstate the Whigs in office

      and they will then damn all " commercial reforms "will say they are willing , but the Lords will not allow them to carry it ; and so , betwixt tho two , the Lord help us ! Mr . O'Connor here entered into a detail of his reasons for establishing a weekly press , and stated his determination shortly to establish a daily one . One advantage he had gained from the Corn Law agitation was a more extended knowledge of English geography . He had read of splendid demonstrations at placed of whose existence ne had before no idea of . This was a somethhitf gained ; but what would they gain by { his agitation ? He would tell them . Mr . O'Connor then went into the details of tho commercis . 1 question and demonstrated that before we could attain a

      beneficial , a permanent free trade iu commerce , we must have a tree trade iu legislation . Mr . O'Connor also grappled in a masterly manner with tho question of machinery , asserting that if government by bad laws , deprived the people of the means of tsubsistence , they ought to be compelled to support the unwilling idlers in a condition equal to those whem chance permitted to perform the work . It w * s asserted by some , that thi 3 Btate of things was ordained by God ; that it was his supreme will that there always should be rich and poor . Well , if God did so ordain , he did not say that the working man should be the poor man ; he said those that will no : work , neither should they eat . ( Cheers . ) God did not say that tho Bishops and parsons should live

      ou the fat of the land ; that they should havo ruddy cheeks and well-clothed backs , while the flocks under their care were s : arviD £ . God never ordained that the shepherds should receive enormous salaries , while thoir flocks were living on Ies 3 than 4 i . a day ; and yet the Times tells us that , tho present distress is a judgment from God , aud that there will ba no happiness , no prosperity in Wales , until there is a church upon its every hill . The Times , I suppose , recommends fasting and praying . Heaven knows we have our share of the fasting—let us now change places ; let our parsons and bishops take to the fasting and we will manage the praying . ( Cheers . ) '' God helps

      those who help themselves , " and those who help themselves are generally the best off ; tho Whig and Tory factions have helped themselves so long , that they do net like to leave the feast . 1 want the Charter , to give you the power to help yourselveB . I want the Charter to render you happy and prosperous , and then you will be moral and virtuous . Baptist Noel tells you that there are iOO . OOO persons living iu this Metropolis " without God and without hope . I want the Charter to make these persons enjoy the goedness , to enable them to enjoy a fair share of tho fruits of the earth ; then , and not till then , can Baptist Noel hope to seo them look up with filial reverence to that God who has

      provided them witu tho means of a comfortable subsistence ; and yet for doing this I am denounced as a physical-force—as a torch-and-dagger man . I solemnly declare to you , that so far from being of a bloodthirsty disposition , I never willingly killed even an insect—I never killed an animal—I never could stand by and see one killed . The Hon . Gentleman here explained tho manner in which the Birmingham traitors , Attwood , Muntz , and others , had procured the character of torch-and-dagger men , to throw upon us , to screen their own guilty shoulders ; and declared that he never count jnauced or recommended physical force , until tho time should come when further tubmission would be a crime—that he had always denounced an armtil

      resistance , iu which one-half of the working classes would be shot , and the other half mado slaves of . Tha . if auy Chartist ever had an idea of physical force , our present moral power had completely put such ideas to flight—that cur moral power , like a powerful magnet , was attracting all the little needles of opposition unto our glorious banner—that we could now afford to laugh at all desertersthat we would even make Sir Robert a present of tho Coroner for Finsbury : and in case Sir Robert should terminate bis political career by 6 uicide , the Coroner would be ready to hold an inquest over the body . ( Loud laughter . ) Peel was asking for a fair trial j did I get a fair trial ) (• ' No . ") If all bad opposed him at the threshold of office , as

      I did , he would not now talk of proroguing Parliament—he would , ere this , have made up his mind on the Corn Bill and the Poor Law Bill . He is a very merciful man : he tells you he objected to the continuance of the Poor Law Commission for ten years , and voted for five years , and that dow ho has only continued it for six mouths . Hs remind * me of the man who was too kind to cut off the dog ' s tail at once , so he cut off a joint every day . Peel will not continue it for ten years , but will give it } ou in mouthfuls of six months apiece . 0 1 but the cry is now , " The Ballot ; we want the Ballot to beat tho Tories . " Do not be deceived ; they only want the Ballot for a cloak—for a masked battery , under the shield of which they may still plunder

      and oppress you . I will tell you an anecdote respecting the Ballot . At a parish election in Huddersfield they wanted an opposition , and two gentlemen persuaded Mr . Stocks to put up . Well , they camo to the ballot ; these two gents put the balls into tbe box , and said , " Well Stocks , here goes for you . " Stocks counted greatly on their influence aud thought he should get man }' votes . How mauy think you did Mr . Stocks got ? Why , not one 1 They had made a tool of him and they would fain make toois of you , for believe me , the Whigs would rather have a house of Tories than ot Chartists , and the Tories would rather liavea house of devils . My friends , in conclusion , stand by the Charter , the wholo Charter . If you give wav for a

      great extension of the suffrage' you wili again have to box the whole of the political compass . At Manchester , I was hard at work from nine o ' clock in the moraiug till three the next morning ; there nine feet ur . dcr ground we dug the grate of the Whigs and gave orders to inter the Tories on the top of them to prevent them rising again . And with the Tories on top of them , and the six points of tbe Charter fixed firmly on the top of tho Tories , and the whole surmounted y rkh the solid monument of a nation ' s thanks ; if with this over them the Whigs rise again , it will indeed be a resurrection ! No , my friends , we must no longer have three parties iu the state ; the Whigs are gone ! It in now only the Chartists auci the Tories ; and I trust that shortly we shall no

      longer hear of the Whigs , the Tories , and the Chartists , but all shall be merged in the word , philanthropists , when the Charter shall be our horn-book , and all shail dwell in peace under their own vine aud fig-tree , when all shall know their rights , and knowing dare maintain them . To achieve this great object , you must follow my example ; you must think no sacrifice too great , no exertions too daring . The last time I met the inhabitants of St . Pancras in this room , it was a joyou 3 and yet a melancholy occasion ; we were then met to memorialize her Majesty on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Joues ; it was joyous to me to see the good feeling you exhibited , but it was melancholy to see a good man , like Frost , made a victim to bad laws ; it was melancholy to see a good citizen , a good husband , and a good father , made a victim because he had announced his intention of opposing Lord John

      Russell at Stroud ; it was melancholy to see such a man fall a victim to so great a tyrant ; let his fate , and the fate of other good and honest men , cause ua to increase our exertions ia favour of the Charter S We should then need no standing army , no rural police ; our cottages would be our sentry boxes—our homes would be our castlea ; there would b « no danger of an enemy ; Britons would fly to the rescue at the very thought of their homes being in danger ; we should not then hear of Irishmen coming over to put down the liberties of the English people ; all would enjoy equal rights and liberties ; Ireland would no louger be a province , but an integral part of the ompire . Mr . O'Connor here weDt into the qnestion of the Repeal of the Union , which he handled with his usual ability , and concluded by calling upon them not to be idle , but work haord in the metropolis , while he was exerting himself in Scotland . * ( Gr * at cheering , and criea of " we wilL" )

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      Cheering will not do alone ; your cheers will not frighten the factions ; you must unite , you must join energies together—you muBt join the National Charter Association , and support your National Executive ; you must force your opinions on the press ; you must attend every Corn Law and other meeting , and force them to consider you as a party ; you must act peaceably and quietly , offer no insult , but put your amendment , and insist upon a division ; bo will you force the press to notice you . [ A reporter for a newspaper , ( the Weekly Express J stated they would always give a full report of all Chartist proceedings , which Mr . O'Connor acknowledged in a suitable manner , and concluded by saying that he had eight miles to go home , and he trusted they would , by proxy , allow him to move a vote of thanks to their Chairman . ]

      Mr . O'Connor , upon his retiring was enthusiastically applauded . Mr . Goodfellow , in an excellent and much applauded speech , proposed the following resolution : r-• • " That , in the opinion of thia meeting , the only effectual remedy for the present distressed 6 tate of the country is to be found in the principles contained in the People ' s Charter , and therefore thiB feting deem it expedient to address her Majesty not to prorogue the present Parliament until those great principles have been fully discussed . " This resolution was seconded by a gentleman whose name we did not learn , aud carried unanimously . The memorial to her Majesty was likewise carried . Mr . Fussell moved the third resolution : —

      " That we bail , with feelings of pleasure and delight , the reappearance amongst us of Faargus O'Connor , Esq ., the unflinching and indomitable champion of the people ' s rights , and cannot find words to express our di'gust at the tyrannical and unjust treatment which he has so manfully borne , and this meeting pledges itself to do all in its power to recall Frost , Williams , and Jones , and to assist our oppressed brethren in Ireland in their endeavours to obtain the Repeal of the Legislative Uaion . "

      Mr . F ., in a speech of considerable length , and great ability , addressed the meeting , eulogizing the conduct of Feargus O'Connor , not only as a public man , but also to him as an individual on his trial at Birmingham ; he also , with great ability , denounced tbe treacherous conduct of the late Birmingham leiders . and informed the meeting that he , for his opposition to them , was denounced as a spy at the law meetings in Birmingham , but on Monday noxt he should bo in Birmingham , not only to defend his private character , but the principles of the Charter , against any and every opposition . Mt . Pelling briefly seconded the resolution , which wi 3 carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and tho immense assembly broke up with the usual Chartist honours .

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      NOTTINGHAM—A county delegate meeting waa held last Sunday , at one o ' clock , in the Democratic Chapel , Rice-place , Mr . George Kendal chairman , who commenced the business of the meeting by calling over the names of those then present , namely : For Nottingham , Mr . W . Russell , Mr W . Parker , Mr . J . Wright ; Arnold , Mr . Wm . Emmerson and Mr . Daniel Mellon ; Mansfield , Mr . Thomas Dutton ; OldBsaford , Mr . John Brown ; New Lenton , Mr . Jacob Uofltock ; Hyson Green , Mr . James Wilkinson ; Lambley , Mr . John Street ; Carrington , Mr . Thomas Caunt . Others afterwards arrived , but too late to take a part in the proceedings . Mr . J . Wright rose and said , that the late delegate meeting had appointed the united Councils as the County Executive , in all affairs relative to

      missionary labours , agitation , &c . but had omitted to define distinctly whether they had power to send the lecturer to any new places in the county they thought proper , and where the cause of Chartism could ba advaneed by lectures , and founded a motion accordingly thereon , which was seconded by Mr . Emmerson , and carried unanimously . Mr . Wright next proposed , and Mr . Parker seconded that Mr . Dean Taylor be ^ appointed County Lecturer for three months , from the dato ' when his former engagement shall expira Upon this motion & very animated discussion took place , which eventually terminated in tfxo motion being carried unanimously ,

      with the understanding that an exchange with Derbyshire or Birmingham lecturer be made , if possible , for a month . On the motion of Mr . Bo&tock , seconded by Mr . Brown , the receipts were received and confirmed . Mr . Russell proposed and Mr . Street seconded , " That it is of paramount importance to the movement , tlmt a plan of local Sunday lectures be forthwith made out for one quarter and put into operation immediately , subject to the sole guidance and control of the Council , " which was also carried without opposition . Some other business of importance was adjusted , when a vote of thanks to the Chairman was carried , who responded , and the meeting broke up .

      ON' Monday evening last , the Chartists held their usual weekly meeting m the Democratic Chapel . —The meeting at the large room , King George on horseback , was extremely large , there being also a Chartist free and easy , Mr . Joseph Burbage in the chair . STOCKPOUT . —The " schoolmaster" was at home here , to a orowded audience , on Sunday evening . He was met at the ' railway station and escorted into the tovm , all parties vieing with each other in their endeavours to pay respect to tha immortal O'Brien . He delivered a very losg and eloquent lecture , and , during the proceedings , the following address was presented to him : —

      TO JAMES BRONTEBRE O'BRIEN . Patriotic Sir , —We , the Chartists of Stockport , in the County of Chester , take this , the first opportunity , of congratulating you upon your liberation from your unjust and ciuel confinement . We do so for a two-fold reason . " Firstly , to show you , Sir , that our esteem for you and others , who have fought in our cause , is not the least abated , but that your honesty , sacrifices , and sufferings , havo more closely bound us together in fellowship and brotherly love .

      Second y , to let those imbecile and despotic masters see , though they have porsecutod , prosecuted , aud imprisoned , and likewise cruelly and brutally treated you even worse than felons whilst under their grasp , yet we are not to be intimidated—lack in our exertions—or deaert those who have braved the dnngers— . have been entfapped , and come from the furnace still more purified—to convince , if possible , our tyrants of the inutility of attempting to put down our great and glorious cause by such puny and unjust means , and to give an indication , though of the swinish tribe , of our love of patriotism and hatred of oppressors and oppression .

      Sir , we feel proud to again meet so brave , well tried , yet unchanged champion of our glorious cause . You , Sir , who bearded centralised tyranny , tyrants , and corruption , to their very teeth , you told the advocates and supporters ef corruption truths which would have saved , if acted upon , a fast-falling nation—truths which made the drones and blood-suckers tremble , and shook the citadel of despotism , tyranny , and misrule , to its centre . Did they , poor ignorant fools , imagine that by imprisoning , and cruelly ill-treating our advocates and devoted leaders , $ nd adopting such an unholy course , they would crash and for ever annihilate our principles , aa ^ one of the foremost In the ranks vtza foolish enongh to fancy he had done ? O yes , plain John boasted that he had put down the cry for liberty

      ami justice . But , thank God , it was only a temporary triumph , and we hail it only as a gloriouR ordeal through which our principles—our agitation—had to pass , that they might come forth more refined—shining more in their lustre and purity—and like the morning sun , clear away the dark clouds of prejudice , ignorance , and error , and illumine the world with its refulgent beams . Our aud your miseries , howe 7 .. r , cannot fetter the human mind , nor can it abate the thirst for knowledge which will ultimately laugh to scorn their wicked efforts in attempting to stay our just and righteous cause in its onward progress . Sir , while we view with unqualified indignation the despotic aud tyrannical conduct of a corrupt , wicked , ignorant , and unfeeling Government who may be justly

      and properly compared to Nero , who was fiddling when Rome wa 3 burning , who aro now indiffotent , although this nation , like many of its predecessors , is destined , without a judicious , speedy , and an effectual check , to sink to ruin , whose fame and glory , achieved by the hardy sons of Britain , will sink into oblivion only to be remembered as the sad catastrophe of a set ef selfish , greedy , ambitious , short-sighted , and designing men ;—while we thus reluctantly , yet from experience , facts , and testimony , come to this sad and lamentable conclusion , we wish to convey to you and those vrbo nobly fought the battle of truth and justice against falsehood and injustice that we cannot too highly express our esteem for and attachment to you , more especially when we take into consideration the

      numerical force arrayed against you in the hour of danger , in the hour of trial . Though confined in a dungeon , your spirit was still abroad , encouraging , though you * opportunities were limited , us to peraavere in their holy struggle for freedom ; and , we feel assured , tho time is not far distant when the princ pies for ¦ which you axe contending , for which you have suffered , will triumph—there being no other alternative for every true lover of his country , his fellow creatures , to himself and them , bat to join heart and hand to prevent desolation , anarchy , famine , pestilence , and death being the lot of the fair sons and daughters of that country , which has been celebrated as the envy of surrounding nations , and the admiration of the world ! anvi then , and not till then , will a full measure

      of justice be dealt out to such noble-minded men as you , who have sacrificed your fortunes and liberties , oevoted your thne , taleuts , and energies for the regeneration of yuur country , and to bring happiness , plenty , and comfort , good food , and good clothing , and a proper remuneration for the labour of the industrious millions . Such being your objects , such being your desire , mainly to enable every , man to have his share of tho good things of this life , his share in the land which the Omnipotent Ruler of the Universe has given nut to a few , but to the whole human family ;—we , the Chartists of Stockport , would say , go on , brave and noblo patriot , and may the living God of truth assist txv . d protect you in your cieantic undertaking in a

      struggle not of a faction or party , bscause you and we are willing to concede tbe same to others as we claim for ourselves . So far , then , are we justified on the ground of right and equity . It is a struggle to rescue our common country from worse than Egjsytian bondage , and save it from impending , and , without a great organic change , inevitable ruin . It is the cause of the old and the young , the widow and the fatherless , the tradesman and the mechanic , and of the millions who groan beneath the tyrant's rod . That you may continue in your career , marked out for yourself , and tlmt Heaven wiil bless and protect you against the social machinations of your and our enemies , is the sincere wish of your fellow Chartists of Stockport Presented October , 1841 .

      JLKESTON . —Mr . Bairstow , the Chartist Missionary for this locality , preached a sermon in this place , on Sunday last , to an assembled multitude . HANX . EY . —On Wednesday , 29 th ulfc ., Mr . J . Campbell visited these part ? , on his way from Birmingham to Manchester , when he lectured in the George and Dragon . Large Room , New-street . The room was crowded to suffocation , and the best feelwas manifested by the audience who listened with breathless aueution to the straightforward and manly statements of Mr . Campbell .

      BXIiSTON . —The Chartists held their weekly meeting on Sunday morning at Mr . Goorge Difdley ' s , Rowds-laue . Mr . Dudley has taken considerable trouble to fit up a room for that purpose . The oommiitee were engaged in receiving the reports of the visitors , and the returns of tbe collectors from their various districts , ali of whom , gave the most satisfactory proof that the system is calculated to effect much good . After the reports were read , the meeting was adjourned until five o ' clook , at the Ball

      Court , as being more convenient lor tne evening meeting . Mr . John Perry was called to the chair . The Secretary having read the reports connected with the state of the association , Mr . Stiran addressed the meeting at some length recommending tho establishment of a Chartist store . Mr . Brown proposed that the plan submitted by Mr . Stiran be adopted and acted on immediately—this was unanimously carried . A committee was then appointed to draw up a prospectus and pubmit tho same to the Association for their approval . ¦

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      t ¦< £ > ^// s 4 / BARNSIiET . —The Barnsley Chartists held their usual weekly meeting on Monday . The Secretary read a letter from the Executive referring to the publication of-their "i ^ ii « ' ^ y i ^ -, i , J jC ^ nal-- ^ i « r tne enrolment of some uew metnbersand the payment of contributions , a memorial , was read and adopted , to be forwarded to tha West-Hiding . Members for presentation to the Home office , for tho release of William Ashton and Joseph . Crabtree . HOlilwrmTH— Mr . Charles Connor lectured here on Wednesday , to a large audience ; at the close of his address a resolution of confidence in O'Connor and O'Brien was passed . GLASGOW . —A lecture was delivered on Monday night , in St .-Ann's Church , by James Moir , Esq ., the subject was " an equitable adjustment of the National Debt . " - The church was crowded in every part , and the audience listened withmaked attention , to the very clear and able manner ia which the worthy lecturer opened and explained his subject , while his sarcastic humour and peculiar sneer brought down- thunders of applause . He laid bare the humbug of the Corn law repealers and proved to every sensible mind present that the-people never could be benefited by a repeal of those laws so long as the debt remained unadjusted , or sponged out alltogether . He was followed by Messrs . Malcolm , Koy , Proudfoot . Colquhoun , Ross , &c , after which Mr . Moir wound up and concluded amid rapturous cheering . After some other local business had beea transacted , the meeting dissolved , after giving cheers tor Mr . CulieH , chairman , and Mr . Moir , lecturer .

      Sx . Ann ' s . Church . —A largo aud suffocating meetiug was held here on Tuesday night , Mr . Joka Colquhouu in the chair , for the purpose ( as stated in the hand bill ) of inviting Shaman Crawford and Patrick O'Higgins to tho demonstration and soiree . This proposition , after a long discussion , in which somewhere about twenty individuals took a part was carried almost unanimously . Mr . Brown , secretary , read a letter from Mr . O'Connor , in which that fsntleman stated that he would be in Glasgow on . unday the 10 th , consequently tho idea of going down to Gree . nock in a steam-boat of their own hiring , was abandoned ; it was next agreed that they should invite Mr . M * Farlane , of Condorate , who has returned after an exile of eighteen years in "Van

      Dieman ' s Land , where he had beea banished for taking a part at the battle of Bonnymuir , at what is called the Radical outbreak in 1820 . It was next egreed that an address be presented to Mr . O'Connor on the hustings , in the Green ; this finished tha business of the Demonstration Committee . The Soiree Committee then stated that they had measured the Baziar Hall , and found that in consequence of the room which the tea apparatus would take up , they could not accommodate many hundreds of their fellow Chartists with tickets , as they had already issued 2 , 300 , but if the tea was dispensed with and another equivalent substituted in its place

      which would not require to much space , they cout * issue several hundreds more . After a discussion the tea was dispensed with , consequently the committee agreed that other five hundred tickets should be sold , which were all purchased up iu a few hours , and still tho demand for more tickets seems nothing abated , so eager aremany who have been disappointed that two and three prices have been offered for a singlo ticket , while fresh demands are pouring ia from all quarters , but it is now impossible for the committee to do more than they have already done ; never iu the annals cf political agitation did suoh extraordinary oxciteuient prevail .

      The Demonstration Committee met on Thursday night , Mr . Baird was called to the chair , whin Mr . Colquhoun was appointed treasurer to the committee , after which he received several sums of money handed in to defray the ex peaces of the demonstration ; it was then agreed to hire a coach and six horses to take Mr . O'Connor to the Green ; they also agreed to hire a band of music for themselves . Several of the districts have already engaged bands of music . Se reral other preparatory arrangementswere entered into , when the usual vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting dissolved .

      Bridqeton . —A crowded meeting of the inhabitants of Bridgeton , Mr . Mackintosh in ihe chair , was held in the Chartist Mali for the purpose of hearing a lecture from Mr . Shovelbottom , on the subject of a repeal of the legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland . The lecturer handled his subject with great taste aud discretion ; he showed from statistical documents the evils which flowed to Ireland from the union , at the same time giving itlis his opinion that the only certain way for the Irish people obtaining a repeal was by uniting with the people of England and Scotland for the Charter . He was followed by Messrs . Black , M'Kay , Ewing , M'Millan and several otkers , but aa one of the speakers remarked , they were all on one side , like the handle of a jag . The meeting dispersed well pleased , after giving a voto of thanks to tho lecturer * Several other meetings were held in various suburban districts , makiug preparations for the coming demonstration .

      liOTJGHREA . —A . correspondent writes that Chartism is undergoing a hot persecution here from the Reman . Catholic clergy , and by the Bishop of the diocese , who hava denounced it from the altars of the several chapels . He Bays : — " Last Sunday week , one of the friars had the audacity to stand , up and denounce from the altar , the Chartists as a body , but more particularly those of Loughrai ; and on last Sunday , a greater than he—his Lordship , the Bishop , denounced them , the Chartists , in the most virulent manner , from the altar , calling upon tha people to have nothing whatever to do with them but foltow tho advice or Daniel O'Connell , whe never betrayed them , &c . ; and I am sorry to say it has had the effect of injuring the business of those who openly profess Chartism , but more particularly poor Bernard M'Donald , vrto has subjected himself to the full measure of the wrath of the intolerant bigots from

      his unceasing endeavours to propogate the principles held and so ably advocated by the Sfar . Yes , Sir , he B . M'D . is now held up as a person who ought to ba avoided on . every occasion , and that no one should deal or have any transactions with him whatever . And all forsooth , because be dares to bold and disseminate opinions at variance with those of Daniel O'ConnelL He is a poor man and has a wife and family depending on him for support , and if he persevere in the cause , unaided , he must ultimately be brought to ruin , and his wife and little ones thrown out upon the -world to starve . I call upon you , Sir , to lay the case btfore the Chartists of England , and if they have any funds available in the name ef suffering humanity , td let them place . Bernard comparatively independent , by sending him periodically a small sum of money ; they will thereby rescue a family from evident starvation , and give a fresh impulse to the glorious cause . "

      DUBLIJJ . T-The cause g « es bravely on here under tha m ? . nagement of Mr . P . O'Higgins and Mr . Brophy . On Sunday last , the Irish Universal Suffrage Association met at their great room , No . 14 , North Dean-street , Mr . T . Norton in tie chair . The minutes of tbe last meeting were read and confirmed . Letters were read from the following persons and places : —From Mr- T . D > yle and Mr . J . Robinson , of Manchester ; from Mr . J . M'Nott , of Glasgow ; from Mr . T . Turner , Kirkaldy ; from Mr . T . Clark , of Stockport , containing the Barnes of nine persons resident in that town and neighbourhood , and requesting them to be enrolled as members ; and a most cheeripg letter from Athboy , Ireland , showing the spread of Chartism in that town by means of circulating the Star . ¦ These letters were received with much

      applause , after which , the Secretary said he was sure that the letters he-had just read would ba sufficient to give the lie to a base aud unfounded assertion made by the O'Connell party , ' . vho say that the Stan circulated by him and other members of the Association , " were sent to them by Fearj , iu O'Connor , to destroy Mr . O'Connell ' s popularity . " He hoped tbe persons present would be convinced that the working classes of England and Scotland could not be their enemies , when , aa the letters just read state , they were Willing to send other information than the Star , if we can tell them by what means they may send it Mr . Brophy said there was no press iu Ireland to speak out the wrongs of the people ; even the Dublin World had shut out their proceedings , i \ nd the Editors of that paper had stated

      to him and others •' that this paper was not for tha working peopleV ^ that they ranked among their subscribers a great portion of the gentry of Ireland . " He would not stata this but that several influential leautrs of the Chartists in England and Scotland had requested him to become their agent for the World . He was unwilling to transmit any paper , or become agent fur any paper , whoas politics he did not know . He had tested the World , and he had no doubt but they were ia the pay of both -Whig and Tory , for this was well known to the apprentice boys of Derry . Mr . O'Higgins rose and read a letter from Mr . Thos . Gillett , and eleven others , letter-founders , requesting him to propose them as members of the Irish Universal Suffrage AasocTation . Mr . O'Higgins said that on the receipt of that letter he headedin

      visited the parties , and found them elm .-- , - telligent , and respectable , as tradesmen should be . He was proud of the honour they conferred on him , in requesting him to propose them , and referred to a like honour which bad been conferred upon him by the letterpress printers of Dublin , in December , 1832 , when , to the number of 105 , they requested him to propose them as members of the Trades' Political Union . Mr . OH . concluded by moving that Thomas Gillatt and the eleven persons whose names he had just read be admitted as members . Mr . Rafter seconded their admission . Mr . Wood addressed the meeting in a neat speech replete with humour and goad sense , mjA concluded by moving that W . H . Dyatt , letter-press printer , be admitted i member . Mr . Woodward said that , as a tradesman , ha felt it to be un honour to him to be

      able to second the nomination of Mr . Djatt . Mr . Dyatt returned thanks , and was received with loud cheers ; be said he was proud of being admitted a member of such an association as theirs , for he held their principle ! dear to bit heart , and bad Ions wished that such an oae had been established . Mr . Henry Clark handed to _ 7 s . 6 d . as the subscription of nf teen perso ^ fcln SHgofjh jvJ ^ The Secretary declared-iba number » f peflfba wWttei ^ JU ^ x at that meeting to be thirty-two . ^^ Stfn ^ m ; . % ' ^^ \ , given to the Chairman , the meeting * W"N ^ -sS&r ^ fy } - - ; ., ^'^^ r ^ Z '^^' ? M ^^ i § . '¦ : ¦ -

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      Lambeth . —Mr . Wheeler lectured here on Tuesday evening , to a ! numerous and intelligent audieuce , on the evils of class legislation . CiiEtsEA . —A public meeting of Chartists was held at the United Coffee House . Georse-strect . on Monday , the 1 lth of Oct ., Mr . Swyford in the chair . A letter was read from Mr . Cleave , apologizing for his nonattendance to lecture , owing to indisposition . Mr . Stallwood read tho letter from the Executive , when Mr . Dowling moved , and Mr . Stallwood seconded the following resolution , " That this meeting are of opinion that it is not desirable that tho Executive bring out any Journal at present , we having as many Journals now extant as our limited means will support , and tho columns of the Star being at the

      service of the Executive . " Carried . A deputation , consisting of Messrs . Stallwood . Sturge , and Dabbar , was appointed to request the attendance of Mr . F . O'Connor at a public meeting at tho Bath Gardens , on the following Wednesday . Mr . Ford moved and Mr . Stallwood seconded the following resolution , " That this meeting hail with delight the cordial feeling evinced at Manchester , ou the recent visit , of Mr . O'Connor , between the Repealers of the Union and the Chartists , and hereby n-new their pledge never to relax in their exertions until full and complete justice be rendered to England and to Ireland . " Carried unanimously . —The Chartists meeting at this place will , after next Monday , hold their meetings on Sunday evening , at eight o ' clock .

      We learn , from a placard sent us by post , that the Chartists of Chelsea were to have a meetiug on Wednesday evening , to receive Mr . O'Connor . We perceive that Sidney Smith was invited to attend ; but we rather calculate thai the knock-off-hats gentleman will find it convenient to ksephisbig words and small arguments away . Walworth . —The cause progresses here . A spirited meeting was held a few evenings ago , at which some excellent addresses were delivered Several uew members jdnod . Lambeth—Mr . Wheeler lectured on Tuesday evening , at tho Chartist Hall , 1 , China Walk , Lambeth , on the evils of class legislation . A vote of confidence was passed to tho Council . Several now members joined . Mr . Morton was nominated on the General Council , in the place of Mr . Sale , who had resigned .

      London O'Brien- ' s Press Fund Committee . —This Committee held its fir ^ t sitting on Monday evening , at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride-lane , Fleetstreet . Mr " . Wm . Hogg was unanimously appointed treasurer to the committee , and Mr . Watkins secretary and reporter . Kesolvcd that thia committee be open to the public . Resolved that the whole committee bo collectors , and that two dozen collecting books with other necessary materials be purchased for the use of the committee . Resolved that an address bo drawn up and forwarded for insertion in the Northern Star and Scottish Patriot , 3 : id that Messrs . Walking , Wm . Hogg , and Osborn , be appointed to draw up the address . Resolved that the secretary write to Mr . O'Brien , to ascertain when he will be in London . Resolved that Monday night be the night of meetiug , at eight o ' clock , and that five form a quorum . Six shillings and ei ^ htpence was delivered as subscriptions , and the meeting adjourned .

      IIMEEtOtTBE . —Au Association has been formed here . Mr . Watkins has been invited to give the first lecture . SOUTHAMPTON . —Tiio men of this place are resolved to shake of " dullsloth" and to gird up their loinn for the race . Th >* y wish much for a good lecturer amon # them . MILNROW . —Mr . Edward Clayton , of Huddersfleld , gave a Very impressive lecture here en Sunday afternoon—subject , " The rights of labour . " The lecture was c ;« ar , argumentative , and convincing , shewing the different . ' between the American nrtiEin and the English . A collection was made in tbe room for the unemployed operatives of Stockport .

      MANCHESTER . — On Monday evening , according to announcement by placard , a splendid and nnmerous meeting was convened in the Carpenter ' s Hall , toic-ur the indomitable school master of the age , and advocato of the rights and liberties of the industrious sons of labour , Eronterre O'Brien . Tbe gallery and platform , Ion ? before eight o ' clock , were crammed , and the body of tho Hall equally so . Before the gallery and before the rostrum were suspended the fulJ length paintings and striking likenesses of Frost , Williams , and Jon ? s , Fe . irgns 0 "Connor , and J . B . O'Brien . About the time appointed for commencement Mr . O'Brien entered the room , accompanied by Mr . Leach and a few other . ? of th 9 good and true , and as soon as he was recognized by the people they simultaneously rose from their seats and greeted him with hurrahs , waving of handkerchiefs , clipping of hands , and other marks of applause . Mr .

      Joseph Lmney was called to the chair . There vrere two addresses presented to Mr . O'Brion , prior to the commencement of the lecture , one which had come mere than a hundred miles , namely from the honest working msn of Newcastle , and the other from the democrats of Macclesfleld . Mr . O'Brien was then introduced , and was again received with cheers ; fce delivered a long and very excellent address ; in which he avowed his determinatioa not to lecture for the future , atony place , where more than one penny was charged for admission . Mr . O'Brien spoke about two hours , and was listened to with marked attention , * nd at the close was saluted by the most tremendous cheering , which lasted for several minutes . A vote of thanks was moved by Mr . Leach , seconded by Mr . Murray and carried by acclamation . A vote of thanks was also tendered to Mr . Joseph Linney , the chairman , and the meeting broke up .

      WOLVERHAMPTON . —Mr . Campbell , the general secretary , delivered a lecture here in the large room at the Gteorga Inn , Salop-street , on . Tuesday , the 28 th ulb , on the Corn Laws . Mr . Candy was . called to the chair , and , after a few remarks , introduced Mr . Campbell to the meeting . A considerable number of the members of the Anti-Corn Law Association were present , and Mr . Joseph Walker , as the chairman of the Association , at the conclusion of the lecture , made some remarks upon it , and contended that it was impossible effectually to improve the condition of tho working classes without an Iteration in the Corn Laws , but said that he began to . think that it would be necessary to get the Chatter first . At tbe breaking up of the meeting three cheers were given for Feargus O'Connor , and three for the Charter .

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      TOL . IT , NO . 204 . SATURDAY , OCTOBER 9 , 1841 . PRIC V ° ^ f HAOTB 1 WT - « J . * " Vlvs Shillings per Quarter .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct865/page/1/