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      HEJLRT . BENDI 5 G MISERY AT BOLTON . The following almost incredible details of hamu affisriag , as endured by ihonsands of the nnfortui ^ manufaetnrers of this onee flonrahinK country , <« anot obtain too extenate a circulation , In order Srf pwple ni » J Ja ^ S from ^^ » tntt ^ u ^ words , flftbe'manner in which the industrious poor are st arred e £ , nnder the baneful operation of the acaoTBed law by which they are degraded to a lerel below that of the very beasts of the field . It will Weajembered that on the-25 th of August last Dr , Bowting addressed the House of Ommons . upon the asbjeet of the deplorable state of distress noder which the people of the manufacturing districts , and those of Bolton in particular , -were then suffering . '

      The subject , however , was not one likely-to obtain much consideration , at such a moment , from sueh an assembly , and , for the time , the matter dropped . Out of doors a fooling was excited by the details of the Hon . Member , which has led to the publication of the evideaee of witnesses , in the eases of two individuals . Mined Pearee and Bristol , who died in the town ship of Bolton , literally from starvation ; and , « g » climax to the tale of horror and disgust , the dulling , cautious , and evasive report of Mr . Mott , the Assistant-Commissioner , is appended . This man « ig about £ 1 , 000 or £ 1 , 200 a-jeArforhisasaiatenoe § 1 carrying ont the provisions of this brutal law , find we shall see by his report , when we oome to it , with what fidelity he performs his duty to the public

      « s aa impartial servant . We shall now , by way of commentary on the assertion that u there is no distress in the country , " give the following extracts from theevidenoe taken in these melancholy cvses : — The first relates to a person named Bristol , a wearer , and the circumstances under which he sank are graphically delineated in the language of Mb but-Tiring partner . "Ann Bristol says , I recollect when my husband was laid out dead . Mr . Naisby came to visit ua My husband was laid out on the moestaty door , covered with a sheet , which a neighbour had lent us . 1 was lame myself at the time , and eoold not walk . My child , nearly sixteen years old , was blind , and he had the St . Anthony ' s ore . I had another daughter ID , aged thirteen , and four

      other children , the youngest four yean old . lor three weeks before my husband ' s death we had , for the whole of us , eight persons , only 3 s . a week coming b , and we had to lire sometimes on porridge , but we had only one meal a day , which we generally Bade about four in the afternoon . When Mr . Itesby found us in this state we got more food , otherwise I belieTe we should hare lost more of our children , for we had got as far distressed as we could be to be alive . 1 lost one child from the breast , and its death was occasioned by my sot being able to give it suck , for want of nourishment BYBelf . I had no bed , bedding , or any thing on which to lie down . I had only a stool for myself to sit upon . I had no shop where I could get

      provisions at , for they all refused me creditl My husband ic ' ishedfor a bit of bread and cheese the day before he died , but I teas unable to procure it / or Awu" And so , to use the words of a neighbour , poor Bristol was "dammed ( starred ) to deaih . " Another pereon who assisted in laying out the corpse B « He died with his clothes on , in which he had laid for several weeks , having nothing besides to fceep him warm . When I got his stocking-legs and tnnreer-legs epen , there were large quantities of creeping filih , which had eaten quite into the flesh , and his legs were one mass of putridity . He had nothing " but straw to lie upon , which was spread upon the boot . All the children were sickly and bad , and the wife was lame , and incapable of walking or assisting her husband . " Upon thiB case being

      at length brought to the notice of the Board of Guardians , after the man ' s death , one of the members remarked to a person named Brown , the relieving officer , Why , that poor fellow has died from want , Brown . " Mark the ooolnees of the reply . u , I beliere he has . " Had one of Mr . Brown ' s poppies died in the litter , it would hare elicited more feeling than did the death by starvation and neglect of his unfortunate fellow-creature . Such , however , is the effect of the New Poor Law npon the humanity of our nature . Another case instanced by the Hon . Member , was that of the death of Wil-Bam Pearee , who , not only himself was starred to death , but his whole family , consisting of a wife and two daughters , reduced to a state of fatuity or idiotcy ,

      from mere exhaustion , produced by insufficient food . The par ticulars of this frightful case are as follows-. — A person named Beswiek stated she had known Pearee and his family for four years previous to his death , about three weeks previous to which she saw him coming towards her house . There are three steps np to her house . He looked very wan , and pole as death , and was so weakly that , to get on to ay house floor , he had to go down upon his hands and knees and creep up . He had been in the habit of weaving for * us some months before , and 1 had missed him for about a month at the time I am speaking of . When he got in he said , u Nancy , do , bless you , make a sup of warm tea , for I am dying far vent . " I made him borne , and some toast , and

      he devoured it greedily . He told me that for weeks back he had had nothing but a basin of gruel per day to subsist upon . He shortly afterwards fainted away , and I thought he was dying . When he came round I asked him why he clammed himself to that degree , and he said , as he did not belong to Bolton he could not gel relief ! Myself and husband reported ni 3 case to Bridge , the Assistant to the Relieving-ofncer , who was very saucy , and said w . e had better mind our own business . He said , at last , he would visit the case ; bui whether he did or not I never ascertained , and three weeks afterwards I heard that Peaice was dead . I then went to the cellar he had resided in with his family , and found them in a most shocking state , and the place smelled

      80 bad I could not remain in it . He was laid out oh a loom , with a sheet over him . I noticed in the cellar there "was a tnrer or midden channel ran through , and the floor was covered with nauseous filth and water . All the goods in the house were , a broken three-legged table , a stool , a chair , and the bed made of sacking , without covering . I went again on the Monday , and turned . down the sheet to look at the eorpse , and there wera hundreds of creeping filth upon him . I pointed them out to his wife , and she appeared to be quite vacant . The daughters laughed , aad appeared entirely out of their senses , and each of them had nothing wherewith to clothe them but c&nvass wrappering , without shoes , stockings , or wearing apparel of any description ' . There was no warp in the looms , but they stated that Messrs . Goodbrand had sent them some a week before , but tf # y had sent it back for fear the bailiffs should seize it . " Another witness states— " I have seen Pearee

      pick potatoes off the midden ( muck heap ) which have been thrown away for being rotten , and afterwards , haying gone into their cellar , I have found them boiled u ? and being eaten for dinner . It is my firm belief that Pearee died from nothing but starvation . I consider all the family to be in a great degree msane , aad quite incompetent to give evidence . " Upon this eridence of disinterested witnesses corroborated by numerous oiheis , there can be ho doubt thai had Bristol and Pearee been otherwise circumstanced as to connexions , that a Coroner ' s verdict of "died by starvation , " would have been recorded ; as it was , they were very poor , and were suffered to die like degs , without notice , for although it was stated by two of the Jury , in the case of Pearee , that they had returned a verdict ** Died from want of food , " it does not appear that the Coroner so recorded it . And now a'' to the conduct of Mr . Mott in the transaction . Upon its being determined , id consequence of the statement of Dr . * BowriDg , to

      investigate tne circumstances of these murders according to law , Mr . Mott was apprised of it ,-and requested to attend the examination of the witnesses , and what did he do !—why , a few days previous to the : annoenced investigation , he got hold of the idiot wife of the victim Pearce , and in despite of the fact 3 Btarmg him in the face , took her evidence to the eaect that her husband had been ailing , but-occaaonally worked—that he had plenty of work if he could have done it—that they had two looms at home , and were earning 9 s . 6 d . a-week , and never wanted food— that they xcers comfortable then , and fine had not applied for relief . Thi 3 gentleman then ays— " She did not make the least complaint of her husband having becn neglected . 1 repeatedly askea

      her ( that is the idiot ) as to the state they were m when her husband d ed , and she answered ik y » ^ Dot want food—they were comfortable ifiea . "And then , " says the Assistant-Commis-Honer , with an air of triumph , "she indignantly ? emed the story about the potatoes ! " This examumion was gi gced by this official on the i > 4 : h of aepiember Ian , and in reply * . o a request that he wonld attend a formal examination of witnesses on « e 15 th instant , he coolly Etates , "In accordance with the instructions I received , I made inquiries uito the circumstances stated to have occurred , and having reported the result to the Poor Law Coomisaoners , 1 have received no directions to take any further proceedings . " In other words , he ' dad got * P a case for the bashaws , and whether the poor of JDOlton

      died of starvation , or fell like rotten sheep before the joint ravages of disease and neglect , was a matter of perfect indifference , provided the fact could be kept from the eye of the pnblic Dr . Bowrmg , however , first lifted the veil from tbe face of mis appalling picture of destitution , and the matter ** s been praiseworthily followed np by individuals who , from their porition as guardians * nd magistrates , are quite competent to elicit the truth , the wcote truth , and nothing but the truth , whatever ophistry may be used on the part of the abettors of hub cruel law to prevent its coming before tbe pub-, We Pf esusie we are still to be told , the system works welL" and so far as the appointments and sauries of the Commissioners aad their Assistants , * c , are concerned , we have perfect faith in the as-¦ er&on ; but can , or rather ought , tbe country to ** e t satisfied with snah a $ tate of things 1

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      Tbe Railw . it department of the Board of Trade hi we issued two sets of questions to railway compank ^ , calculated to elicit information as to the pretaui "was taken to insure safety on roads crossed by *» y L "Wj * &d the safety of tbe engines employed on thelinfti .

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      BAHHSXiEV . Yaujablb Ihstitution . —A number of individuals belonging to the Odd Fellows , believing that the cause of a great portion of the crime and misery existing in this country was tr > eeable to ignorance , in which it has ever been the object of kings and priests to keep the people involved ; and , knowing that the limited circumstances of the working classes prevented their giving to . iheir children a proper education , resolved , some months ago , to commence a Sunday school upon perfectly rational principles , in which should be taught illthe most important brabehesof learning . Hitherto

      -theBchool has gone on admirably well , and a great number of scholars are weekly receiving valuable instruction . The teachers , desirous of being well informed in those branches of knowledge , they-respectively have formed themselves into a mutual improvement class , for the purpose of giving and receiving reciprocal instruction ; and thereby preparing each other for the better performance of their duties as teachers ; and thus forming , as it were , a reservoir out of which to supply the School with good and efficient teachers . We heartily wish success to this institution .

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      Moke bain has fallen during the present month than in any former October for more than a quarter of a eentvy . Bleak and gusty winds have swept over the land , winnowing our forests , and scattering the fruits from tbe trees in our orchards ; whilst the floods have in many districts overspread the meadows , destroying the husbandman ' s hopes of a second crop of hay . In many parts of the kingdom , much of the grain is still abroad . Lord Ashley ' s App ointment as an Ecclesiastical Commissioner . —A strange idea has got abroad , in many quarters , that Lord Ashley has departed from his declaration , not to join any administration , which is not prepared to accept and carry out a Ten Hoots' Factory Bill . The misunderstanding has

      arisen in consequence of that nobleman ' s having been gazetted as one of her Majesty ' s Ecclesiastical Commissioner ? . The matter can be satisfactorily explained in a few worde . The case is this : the situation is in no sense a political or ministerial one , and has no emolument whatever attached to it . Its business and objects are simply and solely Ecclesiastical , relating to Church lands and Church revenues . The appointment is a highly honourable and useful one . The Commissioners have to distribute certain surplus revenues , as they arise from time to time , and devote them to the increase of small livings . They have also many other important duties

      to perform . To this Commission the Bishops , without a single exception , belong , as well as some of the members of the Jate Cabinet and other Whigs . The late ministerial changes have occasioned no removals ; but a vacancy by death happening to arise , the offer of a seat at the Ecclesiastical Board was made to Lord Ashley by the Premier in the name of his Sovereign , and on behalf of the Church ; and it would , nnder all the circumstances , have been a most ungracious act on the part of his Lordship to have declined the offer , in a ease where neither politics , nor emolument , but gratuitous service alone , was eaneerned . —OasUrr's Fleet Papers .

      Dbath by Starvation . —A circumstance occurred at Kendal , on Saturday morning , which has caused the most heart rending sensation . An unknown person was found dead , in a state of decomposition , in a plantation near to the obelisk erected to the memory of the glorious victory of Waterlooo . It would appear from the following evidence , taken by Mr . R . Wilson , the coroner for that part of Westmoreland , that the destitute and fatigued person had sheltered himself from the cares of this world by reposing in the plantation above-named , where he had fallen asleep , never more to arise . The body when found was in a state the most horrifying , being , to- use a provincial expression , " completely eaten up with maggots . " The face , which was the only

      part that retained the traces of humanity , was black and disfigured , and on the left side the fleshy part had in a great measure departed from the bones ! After the inquest , tbe body was interred in the chapel yard of Burenside . The following is the testimony as given before the Coroner " : —I am & labourer , and am employed in repairing the turnpike road between Kendal and Ambleside . I was this day ( Saturday ) working on the roads , and threw mj coat over the wall . When I wanted it again I found my coat was fastened to the wall . I therefore raised myself tipon the wall for the purpose of loosening my coat , when I discovered tke body of a man lying in the plantation , with his face to the ground , and with his arms underneath him , and his hat by his side . He was quite dead . I went for assistance , and obtained the assistance of Daniel Vany . We raised him from the ground .

      I don ' t know htm . From the decomposed state of the body 1 should think it is an impossibility for any person to know him . I should suppose he has been dead two months . His corpse was about five feet six inches when measured . His head was bald . His hat had been made by " Matthew and White , 69 , New Bond-street , Londoo . " He was dressed in a black surtout coat , and he had a waibtcoat which buttoned up to the neck . His boots were worn out at the toes , and he had no shirt on . He had no money about him . I have not the least hesitation in saying he died from starvation . He had a card in his pocket beariDg the inscription of ** J . Johnstone , diamond paste , razor strop , and shaving liquid manufacturer , 45 , Hanover-street , Edinburgh . " I should say at once , there is no doubt but he died from hunger and starvation . Verdict— " Found dead . "

      Flood is the Thames . —The spring tides , swelled by the rains , and impelled , it is supposed , by winds blowing npon the Northern inlet of the Channel , produced on Monday a great overflow of the Thames in tbe Metropolis and its neighbourhoodthe highest flood for forty-one years , and eighteen inches higher than the extraordinary spring-tide of the 5 th of March , 1828 . We abridge the account in the Morning Chronicle—High-water was Bet down for twenty minutes past four o ' clock , but it went on rising till five : at three o ' clock the river had already flowed above its usual level : —at four the whole

      of the High-street , Wapping , from Wapping Old Stairs , opposite the Rectory-house , to New Crane , Shadwel ] , presented tbe appearance of a canal ; the water , flowing along the courts and alleys , drove the inhabitants from the lower part of their tenements , while hundreds were removing their furniture to the upper rooms . Several boats commenced plying for hire in the main street ; and Mr . Broderip , the magistrate , directed wherries to be ready to convey suitors and witnesses to and from the Thames Police-office . The wharfs were inundated : in the cellars . of the public-kouses the torrent , laising the < mpty casks and puncheons , forced up the floors of the bars , tap-rooms , and parlours , and washed away aJe , beer , and spirits . The ship-biscuit-bakera and

      granary-keepers in this quarter are also great sufferers . The excitement among the poor people in this neighbourhood was extreme ; and parents were running about in all directions seeking for their children who were missing , and who , they feared , had been swallowed up by the angry floods . At four o ' clock in the afternoon the trains discontinued running on the Blackwall Railway , in consequence of the railway being overflowed at tbe Blickwall end . The neighbourhood of Blackwall and the adjoining marshes were nnder water to a great extent , and in many places the tide rolling in washed away the embankments and inundated the low lands . On the whole of the North side of the river below Bridge , with the exception of the pier-heads of the various

      docks , the Thames overflowed the banks . The Tower and Custom-house wharfs were under water , and seemed to form parts of the river . The river flowed , at a tremendous rate , into the inner walls of the Tower , filling the cellars of the Gold Chain and Stone Kitchen public-houses ; and tbe visitors were for some time conveyed in cabs and coache 3 to and from the armouries . Dark House-lane , Billingsgate , and Nicholson ' s Wharf were also overflowed . In Shadwell and Limehouse , numbers of the poor inhabitants are rendered houseles ? . Above Bridge the effects of the flood were not less disastrous . The whole of tbe lower part of Westminster wa 3 inundated . Here the ground is on a much lower lerel than below

      Bridge , and not fewer than three tnou&and houses in the neighbourhood of Westminster Hall , the Abbey , and Milbank , were visited by the flood , and the loss of property must be considerable . If the Parliament had been sitting , the Members could only have reached the two Houses in boats , for Palace-yard and the adjacent streets were under water , and the floor of Westminster Hall was overflowed . On the Surrey side of the river , the land ia a flat for the distance of three and in some places four miles inland , and the water formed lakes in several places . The tide rushed up the sewers and sluices , and in many cases they became choked and blew np . Lambeth and the Bishop ' s Walk were impassible for some time on foot . Among the poor

      dredgermen and fishermen , and their families , who inherit the miserable tenements on the banks of the river , the greatest distress has for some time existed , and their privations have been much increased by the flood , which has completely destroyed the lower par t of their dwellings and washed away their furniture . In some places the water was five or six feet deep , and boats were afloat in all directions conveying the terrified inhabitants to places of safety . Great apprehensions were created for the safety of the Thames Tunnel and neighbourhood : but precautions were , taken by the engineer to

      prevent an eruption ; the steam-engine was kept at full play , and no harm was done . On the subsiding of the waters in the evening , a deposit of mud aad filth was left in the streets and houses , which was very offensive . The people in % 11 directions were busily employed pumping water out of their cellars and warehouses ; bnt many deferred this operation for a time , in the expectation of another inundation . On the Ssrrey shore myriads of rats , driven ap the eewers by the How of the tide , were seen running about the streets to save themselves from drowning ; but they met with another fate , for they were hunted by- men and dogs , and numbers of them periahed ,

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      Feidat Night ' s Gazktk notifies that Parliament has been further prorogued by the Qneen in Council from the 11 th of-October to the 21 st of December . ' " Ik at the Dbath . " —The Memorial de Rotten contains the following Beno-diverting incident , which is not only singular , bnt we may add , within our experience , actively unprecedented : — " A day or two sinoe , at the moment when the sexton and his assistants were lowering into the grave at Tournedos thebodr of an old sportin * enaracter , well

      known throughout this districtjaa- hare Buddenly made , its appearance ia the grave-yard , can to . and fro for some time amongst the tombstones , by which it seemed greatly puzzled , and at length darting through the midst of the assistants collected round the sportsman ' s last cover , cleared the grave at a spring , and disappeared 'like * flash of lightning . ' The deceased was well known to have been an inveterate poacher , and it might almost be wondered that he did not rise from the grave to give the ' view halloo . ' Even the grave eure " s countenance relaxed for an instant into a smile . "

      Man versus Horse . —On Thursday afternoon , a match of a very arduous and novel character came off in the cricket field of this town , between Cootes , the well-known pedestrian , and a hunter called Towit , the property of Capt . Lleyd , of the 11 th light dragoons . The man ana the horse were to start together , run a distance of six milea , and during the course to leap over a hundred hardies ; the . time of performance not to exceed fifty minutes , and the first in to win . According to the size of the field . Cootes and his opponent wouldhave to travel round it twenty-five times , "'jumping four hurdles each round . The state of tne betting at the commencement of the afternoon was about even ; but the weather becoming wet , the odds were in favour of

      the man , it being thought that Towit could not get through the heavy ground . The word "off " -was given , and Cootes cleared two hurdles and half one circle before the jockey of the horse urged his steed to foliow him . The progress of each was as follows : —First round , horse two leaps behind ; 3 d , two leaps ; 4 th , three leaps ; 5 th . three leaps . At the conclusion of tbe 5 th round the horse appeared distressed , and the jockey dismounted . Cootes continued his running and leaping ; when the pedestrian had made bis 32 d leap , the horse had completed only his 20 th ; man 36 th , horse 24 th ; man ' 40 th , horse 28 th ; man 44 tb , horse 32 d . At this point the horse was again distressed , and was relieved by the rider dismounting . When the horse re-commenced , the man had made his 48 th leap ; man 52 d leap ; horse 36 th ; man 60 th , horse 40 th . In this

      proportion both continued , till at length Towit fell over one of his hurdles , and , throwing his rider , rolled over him , happily inflicting no great injury , as he remounted and continued the race until the 17 th round , when he gave in . Cootes completed his 100 th hurdle in forty-two minutes , and threw a summerset immediately afterwards , being not at all exhausted . We understand that the proceeding was more a trial of skill between the stamina of Cootes and the stamina of the horse , than a match for money ; and , regarded in this light , tbe powers of a well-trained man are Bhown to be superior to the strength and clever capabilities ' of a horse . ' Cootes , we are told , has performed the same feat three times , and been twice victorious , beating a celebrated trained leaper , the property of Mr . Gully , of snorting notoriety , late member for Pontefract . —Suffolk Chronicle .

      Distress at Paisley . —The Renfrewshire Reformer publishes a table complied by the Paisley Relief Committee , showing the state of tbe unemployed people , whose numbers are fearfully on the increase . The following numbers were supplied with meat , bread , and potatoes , on a day specified : — " Married men , with their wives 1240 Children belonging to the above 1546 2786 Widows and deserted wives , with nnmarried females ... 509 Children belonging to these ... 747 1256 Single males , mostly young men 166 Number supplied J 3 : h Oct . 1841 ... 4208 New applications on the 14 th ... 78 . "

      The total number of homesteads in the district is 5746 : of these , 3158 are employed , and 871 are unoccupied . There are 440 empty hoases , and 100 empty shops . The list of the Paisley Relief List , on Saturday , cumbered 41 S 3 . The total amount of contributions , including £ 25 from the Bishop of Durham , is £ 1730 ; the expenditure exceeds that sum by £ " 25 .

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      WALTON . —On Friday , the 22 nd instant , Mr . Skevington visited this place . Application was made to the agent of Earl Fitzwilliam for the use of a public room for the occasion , but though he did not explicitly give the refusal to the applicants , nevertheless his demand of £ 4 was tantamount to a direct denial . The town crier also . evinced great fear at announcing the promulgation of that bane of despotism—Chartism ; yet , in defiance of the demand of the agent of the House of Wentwortb , and in opposition to the tender feelings of the knight of the bell , a goodly meeting was held , and Mr . Skevington , in his usual forcible manner , expounded the principles of the Charter , and laid bare tbe iniquities of faction , at the conclusion of which many signified their intention of joining heart and hand iu furtherance of the sacred cause .

      HtACC& £ SFXSU > . — A pnblio discussion took place in the Hall of Science , Stanley-street , on Monday and Tuesday , the 18 th and 19 : h ioBtant , between Mr . John West and Mr . John Campbell , late Socialist missionary , the question being " Whether is it better to seek the establishment of the People's Charter , or to carry out the principles of Socialism ?" Mr . West , on behalf of the Charter , and Mr . Campbell on behalf of Socialism . The large room was crowded each evening , and vast numbers w « re unable to obtain admission . Mr . Josiah Moss presided . Both speakers were attentively listened to , and each supported his views with great talent . The discussion , our correspondent says , has done much good , but he says nothing of the result . LEEDS . —On Sunday evening last , Mr . Skevington preached an excellent sermon in the

      Association Room , Fish Market . The room was crowded to excess , attd the discourse gave general satisfaction . On Monday evening Mr . Skevington attended the same place , and in a most cogent , eloquent , and convincing manner , elucidated the principles embodied in the People ' s Charter , and showed that without tbe adoption of those principles , the present cannibal system would continue to curse the land and perpetuate the miseries of the people . A unanimous vote of thanks was tendered to the lectuier for his able and successful services during the last month , for which time he has been engaged as lecturer for the East Riding of this county . From the success which has attended the missionary labours of Mr . Skevington , we trust that our Chartist brethren will secure tbe future services ef this uncompromising advocate of the people ' s cause .

      CHALFORD . —On Mondav evening last a Chartist meeting was held at the Bell Inn , in this place , and although it was the first that was ever held ; the room , which is a very large one , was crowded ; the meeting was addressed by Messrs . Paul Chiswell , Workman , Newman , Cook , Ha-tton , and CJissold , who ably expounded the principles of the Charter . A few good lectures delivered here would be the means of doing much . good .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF SAUNDER ' S NEWS LETTER . Sin , —It appears by a report of the proceedings of the " Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland , " published in your paper of the 12 th instant , that * nun of the name of Irwin was bronght forward by the association to charge me with having said on Sunday week , that they ( the repealers ) might never seek to get a repeal of the Union until they had exterminated the high churchmen . " Now , this is not only a downright lie , but so utterly devoid ot even the shadow of truth or probability that I am astonished how any rational man could give credit to it . The whole of this man ' s statement is false . However , I shall not trouble either you or the public with any further refutation of it at present , as there are others who will bear testimony to what I did say , and who will give this Irwin ' s statement a flat contradiction .

      As to the charge which has been made against me , of being a delude ? , and that too by the modern Mokanua , I have only to say that I have no talent in that line , and mast therefore leave it entirely to him whose daily occupation it is and who derives a splendid income from it . Patrick O"Higgins . No . 14 , North Anne-street , Oct . 13 th , 1811 .

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      AN ADDRESS TO THE MEN OF DEVON AND CORNWALL . Fellow Slaves , —We have jostread the address from Redruth , in Cornwall , and are glad to hear they Intend to push forward the cause of Chartism . In the first place tbe best means to be employed ought to occupy our attention . We have read much about books and periodical * , debating , or mental improvement societies , doing much , good ; b « t in Devon and Cornwall , where tne cause Is not so rife as it Is in tbe North of England , we think a continual agitation , by lecturing , would most speedily orgaato both the counties .

      The cause in Devon has received an impetus throigh the labours of Mr . Powell , who has lectured many times in Ta-vblock and the surrounding villages , and , being out of employment , the societies of Tavistoek and Devonport nave advised him to take a tour through Cornwall . He baa lectured at Davonport , Plymouth , Ashborton , Tivertoa , and Modbury , in all of which places be baa given great satisfaction . He is a work-

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      man that needs not be ashamed ; he will take a bell , a rattle , oca tin can , and call his own meetings , in places wnerethe aennd of Chaitisaa as never been heard . He mil write Ms own bills , and placard the town ; he has S ^ 'L ** * aokfi » H « teh , Modbory , Milton Abbott , Batfhalstoa , North Brente * . Mary , Tary , Lan ^ head , and Colloughton , and in some of those plates has been muchpersecBteA At tbe first meeting he held In Tiverton he was opposed by a great many , who left no means untriea to tally him oat of the town-hall ; bnt met the elamoor wa > over be drew them into dlsotts-« lon , and floored thmn ope and alL At the ceoend meeting they tried what their old plan would do—nhv .

      steal roree . While he was speaklnr from a flight of teps , behind the Lamb Inn , Cvema Wolf . ) » jpteee of W 9 ? d was hn ^ ed at him , which sent him headtoni among the peoplebslQw ; It was some time before he recovered , and as adorns be could speak , he rushed amongflfe crowd , whewete on the eve of brealdnf into the ttable * •( the house bom whence the log ot wood was flnng , and gallantly led them off a short distance , and addressed them in a strain of eloquence seldom heard of in Tiverton . Three cheers were given for the lecturer , three for OXJonnwr , and three for Frost , Williams , and Jones , which made the air to ring , the Whigs to gnash their teeth , and the Torle * totrembla

      At the conclusion ot tb » meeting , a person came for ward , who is tyrant time-keeper at the factory gates , and who made himself Very conspicuous at the first meeting , but was made a complete fool of by the leot 2 reilir o P ~ T « t ° e lectnrer a liar , he had been stating the distress of the Northern districts , and stated that the wool-combers were fast coming to the condition ot the hand-loon ) weavers , and that they did not avenge , at the present time , above 10 s . or 12 s . per week . This the time-keeper denied . He stated he had in his possession a letter from his father , a wool-comber , in Bradford , informing him he could earn 33 * . ; bat , at the same time , he could not prodace the letter . However , we leave this with the BUkdford woolcombers . .

      Last week , hearing that Lord finality Btusell was at his seat , Endsleiga Cottage , near Milton Abbott , he got the Tillage placarded for a meeting on the Saturday evening ; and sent , per port , trom Tavlatoek , a printed bill , inclosed in a letter , as an invitation to Uttla Finality ; bnt he was not game enough ; though some of his servants , and many of his tenantry ; were there to hear their lord and muter denounced as an enemy to the poor of Great Britain , and likewise to hear the principles of the Peopled Charter explained . Mr . Hancock , of Tavistock , opened the meeting in a very impressive

      manner , after which , Mr . Arno , of Tavistock , in a strain of impassioned eloquence , depleted the miseries and privations of the working millions ; he likewise set forth the honors Of war , with a caution to young men not to enlist in the army , and thus augment the expenditure , which is at present most enennoos . H « sat down , and was then followed by the lecturer , Mr . Powell , who occupied the meeting an hour and a half , and whose flights of fancy and eloquence elicited the cheers and applause of Finality Russell ' s servants and tenantry .

      After this brief account of Mr . Powell ' s l abours in Devon , and the good that is likely to arise from his labours , if once established amongst us , it Will now be the business of tbe variona associations to come at once to a determination to § e « what can be dono fora man that will devote his time and talent in lecturing and agitation , in whatever part of the country he may be called upon to labour . In patting out this address to the men of Devon and Corn frail , we would impress npon them the necessity of

      taking upon themselves the performance of their Work ; for , depend upon it , neither the one faction nor the other will ever do it for them , their sole object being to keep the working population in ignoranae , knowing by such means that they can ride roughshod over the people , and roll in those luxuries which they have , fr « m time to time , robbed the industrious millions of by unjust and tyrannical laws , which never could , by any possibility , have teen carried , into effect , had the whole people had their due share of the representation of their country . "

      Up , then , fellow men . fand show those tyrants that you are deserving of those rights of which they have so unjustly deprived you , and knowing those rights , that you will not cea « e in your endeavours to see those rights established . Let the consequence be what it may , JOU Will see the necessity of employing a lecturer at once : for there is at present » petition to be signed by upwards r . f four millions of our class , and the employment of a lecturer , at this present time , would be productive of a two-fold benefit . First , in lecturing in large towns , and getting signatures ; and secondly , to extend bis labours to the villages , which have not a chance of hearing those principles explained , except in their own villages , and signatures from them that we could not expect to get by any other means . Signed on behalf of the Davenport Association , Andrew Cummings , Secretary . Joseph Grose . Richard James . William Trehblett , Treasurer . Davenport , Oct . 17 , 1841 .

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      ADDRESS TO THE CHARTISTS OF A 8 HTONUNDER-LYNE .

      Brother Chartists , —More than two years have now elapsed since several individuals ( who made the emancipation of the slave class , to wh ich you belong , their chief study and pursuit , ) were arrested and committed to prison , for simply endeavouring to shew you tbe necessity there existed for you to dumand equality , before the law , if ever you intended to prevent yourselves , your wives and children from starving , and whether their advice was right or not , a great many of you affected to follow it while they were at large , bnt as soon as you saw them all in gaol for advocating your rights—you permitted the arrangements they Lad made for the purpose of uniting your energies and diffusing political knowledge amongst you , to be frittered away , and even tbe meeting room , which had been held for more than two years , to be abandoned , and the furniture sold or destroyed .

      This , in itself , was bad enough ; but what is still worse , although more than a year has expired since the demise of the original Charter Association , you have never attempted to rally or assist your brethren in othtr parts of the laud , although tyranny has been on tbe increase , and yours and their wages on the £ ecreasd every day since that time . You know , also , that those who pretend to patronise yon , and direct tbe trifling operations tbat now go forward among you , are in tbe interest of a party that will never grant you any thing , as they are of the samo pseudo liberal school as those who have created the existing divisions In London , Birmingham , and Leeds , and who-, on every occasion—such as when the myrmidons of the " Plague" come amongst you , or anti-monopoly men , or any other impostor iu the pay of the education party , take care to keep in the back ground , and never open their lips until they get to an alehouse fire , and then their principal work is to justify their Bilence .

      Cast off this apathy , then , ye men of Ashton . Lay aside those silly fears and divisions , those woman ' s weaknesses and childish quarrels tbat have paralysed your energies for so long a time . What your intentions may be for the future I cannot conjecture . It is truo you have b « en sadly deceived in some of your leaders ; but the fault in this case is wholly your own : you cannot blfline any one but yourselves , as you have been told repeatedly not to permit any one to meddle in your arrangements but those of your own class . No one else will ever , or can ever , serve you as you might serve your solves . Remember the pithy words of Franklin— " If you want a good servant serve yourself . "

      It may be said that few men of wealth were ever on your councils ; yet a few managed to get amongst you who did more , and whs now live more by their wita tuanby toil—and these men were always go-bet weensin the employ of any one who would pay them to cany a t ckle point ; and even now they act in tbe same way , and thus are a standing barrier in the way of all real Union . I know there both was and is those residing in your town , of your own class , whose ability and integrity would add dignity to any station that Cbaitism , iu or out of power , could elevate them to ; but because they happened to be your every day associates , their abilities had become familiar—the excellence of their remarks , and the brilliancy of their conceptions , bad lost their lustre , forsooth , through every day praetice , and you must bave some gentlemen foreigner , to be sure , to dictate to you and spend your money .

      You seemed to expect something more than truth at their hands , because , " they wore a Mackintosh , " and affected to belong to some of the learned professionsbut you cannot deny that you bave been grossly deceived , and no one can or will express any sympathy for you as long as you place confidence in Btrangen , gentlemen , and speculators . Some of the parties to whom you have dung witts death-like tenacity bave been heard to repudiate the very name of Chartist , as being so vulgar , so low , so

      dtsreptUable , and they Bay they would prefer the term of Radical as of olden usage , and as being in better odour with men of intelligence , " New-raove-men ;" but , Brother Chartists , this is the very reason why a sincere advocate of justice to all ought to spurn the term Radical as one which signifies fashionable rascality , or in plain terms , Whiggism . The worthless and filthy organs of the age , which pander to the vices and passions of the Neroea of our own day ; first dubbed us Chartlhts , iTorch-and-dagger men ) from the Liberal Whigs and Molthuslans .

      I ever rovered and supported the principles contained iu the Charter , and now I glory in the epithet I am fully convinced the parties to whom I allude would join the "New Move" or any "MoTe , " always provided there was either profit or popularity arising fttom « ach proceeding . And , in fact , nwny q < them have given their aid and countenence to the " Plague , " which you know to be true , for the sake of keeping on terms with both parties . I am well aware that a number of you have ceased to do anything more than look on— -on account of the conduct of these things in human form , who would be anything to any patty ; so , unless you shake off this apathy and again put your shoulders to the wbael , you will always remain as you are , slayea , aad very Boon it will be too late for you to move , as now is the time or never .

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      Ton know you have no Association worth the name . You know that notwithstanding the mighty pr ' zeat stake , there haa not been a public meeting of the operatives of Asbton-under-lyne to forward the cause of Chartism , for newly a year past , nor for any other purpote , except repealing the Corn Law , unless some lecture * came , you could not well refute , as Mr . O'Brien iM a few days ago . You once appeared ** the head of the list of patriotic dktrirta , Santo the piling that took place at the dose

      off the . recent election , at Dokenfleld Lodge , bat not destroyed every manly feeling that oace cauaedf the name of your town to shine so very conspicuously in the reeord * of the patriotic world . Do not try to persuade yomaelf that the self-styled Chartist Member for Atbton , would giva you . what you require , even if he had . the power , which he has not His every act aud ftpeech proclaims to the 'contrary . Remember he does not b « loog . & yo . nr claas , and be assured he will stand by bia Qtdex , which 1 b a most powerful season why you ought to standby yours . -

      I would recommend yon then , to call a public meeting , ( m you have a splendid room at your service for the purpote , and which you might easily make your own if unity and judgment regulated yonr conncilfl , ) and try once more to collect those scattered elements of honesty and intelligence , that some time ago formed so imposing and respectable a body in your animated town . ' It is well known by all , thalonr claim to the suffrage is s just one . No man need be ashamed of any act of his on account of his being a Chartist , unless the deferring hla claim , bo long to political equality , constitutes a crime . . '¦ ; : . . . '¦ . - -. ¦ . ¦ ¦•\ The district around you contains from 29 , 900 to 25 , 006 . inhabitants whom you might quickly organise by prudence and determination . So hoping this call on you , by one of yourselves , will be the means of arousing yon from your present state of torpidity , and uniting you under the sacred banner of equality , you may depesd on it , no one could be more ardently desirous to tender you all the aidin his power than

      A Sincere Chartist . Arouse ye , then , once more , ye bold and . fearless patriots . Appoint no one to fill your offices , unless you are sure their circumstaflces compel them to think as you do . As you are situated , you cannot do anything . You are divided into so many sections ; you sand reports continually of meetings here and lectures there , which are sot heard of in the town , until seen in the Star . Thus you are continually cheating yourselves ; , and the really honest men who have made the greatest sacrifices in time past , are kept from joining you by the machinations of those who make self interest their study , and who never go near you , unless they have some special object in view , ox some point to carry .

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      At length , the long-anticipated contest between O'Connor and the prime mover in the Calton Hill conspiracy has been brought to a close . The persevering manner in which O'Connor has pursued his , and his Chartist friends' persecutors , from the passing of the memorable resolutions to which we now refer ,, baa been constant , determined , and unremitting ; and well would it have been for the survivor of the treacherous tfang , Patrick Brewster , had he taken warning from the fate of his London , Edinburgh , and Birmingham associates ; but no , strong in dogged ignorance and self-sufficiency , he was resolved upon championisiag Mb fellow oonspirators , and never in the history of this country was such an example made of mortal man as that which it was the melancholy fate of the state parson to present on Saturday last , before a pitying Jury of his own townsmen , many of them , indeed , of his own congregation .

      Since 1839 Brewster has orowed like a real dunghill cook in O'Connor ' s absence , but most cautiously avoided all opportunities of meeting him when in Scotland . On Wednesday week , O'Connor attended two overflowing public meetings at Paisley , of which he gave Brewster due notice , and challenged him to be present ; but , as on former occasions , it was not convenient . Upon the Monday following , Brewster and hi 9 friends put out some posters , calling a pablio meeting of the inhabitants for twxt evehihg , in the Low Church , for the purpose of electing delegates to the Scotch Convention , about to

      be convened m Glasgow . At this meeting , every enemy to Chartism was invited to attend ; he recognised Whig shopkeepers , Tory shopkeepers . Conservative operatives , and all the tribe of anti-Chartists , and preferring Devilism itself to Chartism : the vile crew witnessed , in the person of the Rev . Divine , a fit and proper instrument for the accomplishment of their project . In this assembly Mr . Brewster repeated all his old charges of physical force and treachery against O ' Connor , O ' Brien , and many more of the leading Chartists , Vaunting at tbe same time that Feargus O'Connor dare not meet him .

      As soon as the proceedings in the church had terminated , the Chartists of Paisley met , and came to the unanimous resolution of sending a delegate to Kilmarnock to O'Connor , imploring of him to forego all previous arrangementa for the salvation of his friends in Paisley , who , to their honour be it said , have bravely struggled against the pious firebrand in his own town . Upon our delegate explaining the whole affair to Mr . O'Connor , that gentleman iustantly wrote to Mr . Brewster , challenging him to meet him at an open air meeting at Paisley , on Saturday last , the 23 rd instant , when he , O'Connor , would be ready to defend himself and his par ty against any charges which he , Brewster , might thiuk proper to prefer .

      On Wednesday night O Connor ' s challenge was handed to the knight of the pallid face , and he having accepted it , two Committees were appointed to make arrangements for the trial ; and , finally , it was decided that O'Connor , the ACCUSED , SHOULD OPEN THE PROCEEDINGS in a speech of half an hour ' s length , and that Brewster should follow for a like period , etating his charge against O'Connor , and the case being thus opened , that each should have an alternate quarter of an hour , each speaker speaking four quarters , Brcwater the accuser having the reply .

      aad each having a chairman of his own appointment . These arrangements as to the order of speaking were severely deprecated by every lover of justice to whatsoever patty he belonged , and when Mr . O'Connor was pressed not to accede to so unjust and unfavourable an arrangement , he replied , " What , are my friends also mad , and would they too balk me and the other victims of this man ' s treachery of that triumph which is now in my hands ! He insisted upon those preliminaries , unjust as they are , for the very purpose of escaping ; but no , he may speak first and list , but meet me he shall "

      The hour of one o ' clock was / appointed for the business commencing , and almost to the moment O'Connor ascended the platform accompanied by Mr . John M'Crea , his chairman , and by his committee , and was received by the meeting ' , which was only then gathering , but which was very large , with oao burst of the most enthusiastic applause . In about a quarter of an hour after , the common accuser ascended the platform and appeared much more like the culprit , than he who had come at a serious inconvenience to meet the foe ; he looked about , he trembled , and his palo faco turned still more ghastly white when he took his seat , amid a peal of derisive laughter . He was accompanied by his committee and Mr . M'Ausland , his chairman ,

      and after some discussion between the committees , the most active man of Browser ' s read over the programme , wbioh O'Connor ' s committee unanimously declared had never been either adopted or ever submitted to them . It was a rigmarole piece of nonsense declaring that the meeting had been convened for the purpose of considering the best method of forwarding the caused' Chartism , not a sentence about Brewster ' s charges against O'Connor , not one word abeut physical force or moral forao ; nay , O'Connor ' s name was never onco mentioned , although his accuser had said one hundred times , and repeated it on the previous Monday , that O'Connor dare not meet him , as he could convict him of many delinquencies , and prove him guilty of having incited the

      people to use physical force . This " nkw move" threatened to open a hole for the viper ' s escape , when O'Connor interposed , and said , that his committee should not make any teohnioal or frivolous objections , that the proceedings should go on ; accordingly the Chairmen and committee set their watchea to time , and O'Connor rose and was prevented for some minutea from saying a word , so uproarious was the cheering , which was accompanied by Waving of hats . When silence was restored , he pointed attention to the anomaly of the proceedings , and said that he had too much tact to devote his first half hour to making a case for his accuser . He addressed the Chairman , aud the vast assembly * which when he commenced , amounted to

      from 10 , 000 to 15 , 000 persons , as my Lords and Gentlemen of the Jury ; he then said that he should occupy his first halt' hour in the capacity of judge , and would charge them . as the jury who were to try any criminal who should be brought before them . "That they should divest their minds of all former prejudices , if any bad been cherished against the accused , and come to sueh a verdict as would satisfy not only Paisley or Scotland , but England and Ireland as well . He made this sweeping allusion , because he understood that the charge was one of a political character , which in its result must equally affect all countries . He spoke for his allotted time , ia a strain of rapid eloquence , which was frequently

      interrupted by the most rapturous applause , and , at intervals , as he turned full front to bis accuser , and with , daring position , fire fia&bipg from both eyes , and strokes of the most burning sarcasm thundering in quiok succession upon his "meek and Christian accuser" aa lie termed him , a thrill ran through the meeting like electricity , iwhich as quickly communicated the electric spark , but not of tire , to the M white-faced prie&t , " upon whom it was evident that the battery * of eloquence had told , for as O'Connor ait down amid cheers which made the very valley ring , the real oulprit uncoiled his serpent form , and slowly and tremblingly raised itself , but bent and not to its fall stature , to the

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      tune of mother goose . When the hisses had subsided , the lord of Calton-Hill looked , but looked in vain for the charm of even one sweet Voice ; bnt no , even at his own door , and in sight of the sacred sanctuary ia which he preaches Christian charity forbearance , peace , and good will , there was no honied tongue to sweeten the cup of malignity , dis sension , disunion , and strife , which the pious apothecary bad prepared tor hia tndieno&rhe stooped and raised * lar « e bnadk of pape »~ he trembled , aud for his whole half honr , he waded through a compilation of rubbish , which , reqotrea some ingennity to hare gathered together , ft * aa evident that he had got * sickner , and was paratizedand his condition was most deplorable , as he

      , was compelled to await the cessation of groans , or the storm of satire , such as *• very weak , "" nousenBe , " " come to the question , " " where are your charges I" shame on the church , and go home , " and Buoh like interruptions . At length the minister resumed his seat amid a storm of hisses , after literally not having said one single word worthy of memory , or having delivered one single sentence bearing upon the question . When Brewster concluded , O'Connor immediate ! j started up , and was already hailed as the victor . It was evident that he had the game in his hands , and that he saw it , and knowing the value of time , aud declaring that as yet he had no charges' to answer : he turned the tables upon his adversary ,

      and coiled his net so judiciously around him , that no escape was left , while now or never the long-boiling wrath , must overflow and expose the real object of the monster . Fur fifteen minutes he was compelled to writhe under the lash of - "insulted pride and manly indignation . Shock followed shock , and , as O'Connor again sat down , amid thunders of applause , the Christian pastor rose , and endeavoured to meet his opponent by the most low-Jived , scurrilous , blackguard , and vituperative language , it was ever oar misfortune to hear . Now , thelong-sttpressed feeling of the whole meeting , outraged by suoh a clerical exhibition , berst into one simultaneous shout of execration . When O'Connor again rose , and was received as before , it was

      evident that the work was done , that O'Connor had accomplished his object , namely , the conviction of Brewster from Brewster ' s own lips . It was obvious that O'Connor knew his man , and was resolved tbat the world should al 0 * know him ; his character for talent was destroyed in the first half hour , while his propensities for mischief , and his determination to accomplish it , was dragged out of him in fifteen minutes . Now , said he , having disrobed the minister , lam ready to shake hands with the man—( this was met with ehout 3 of" Well done , well done" —he nas as yet made no charge against me , and henceforth it is evident that he can make none successfully against my party . I have stamped him with his proper value .

      O'Connor then went after his every remark from memory , chastising him most mercilessly ; and at length , when Brewster rose again , he expressed himself most willing to be reconciled , and hoped that the reconciliations would take place then , but * smarting under what be had got , he again turned tothe most low and gcurrilouB abuse , charging O'Connor with every word spoken by Mr . Sankey , and other member-i , at the meeting , in the Crown and Anchor , in 1839 , and also reading spoeohes of O'Brien ' a from the Operative , and Stephens , and Dr .. Taylor ' s , and Mr . Taylor ' s , of Manchester , and all the old rubbish , while the only charge which he ventured to bring against O'Connor was one sentence from some one of his speeches , which ran thus : — "I have no hesitation in saying that if unconstitutional force is brought against the people , they are justified in repelling force by force . "

      Again did the Laird of Calton sit down in a mist , and now it being evident that reconciliation was not his object , O'Connor held him to the stake like a bear , and lashed him as the greatest enemy in disguise , which the carse could have . He said that he was not going to retract , to qualify , or alter one single sentence that he had ever spoken throughout life , and exposed the sophistry of Brewster , who required the people to clothe him and themselves , with a moral force resolution as a standing order of their " new move" society , while the Lord Advocate would consider it as & poor defence against one illegal act . He , Brewster , hoped , as he said , to get rid of O'Connor and Bronterra O'Brien , that he must first present to the people two honester leaders , that O'Brien had been a leeoh upon the back of

      corruption , which could not be shaken off until he had sucked every drop of bad blood out of the national tumour , he was then to sail in the boat with'O'Brien , but not with Parson Stephens , or those who deserted the people . ¦* " ¦ As before , Brewster was cut up ; and when he rose again , he declared that he did not wish to get rid of Mr . O'Connor , but of his errors ; but he did wish to obtain the Charter b y union and perseverance , and a strong moral association of all that was valuable , and then the people may get the Charter ; in fact , he had no doubt that then they would get household SUFFRAGE . Here the cat was out of the bag , aud the announcament was met with the moat terrific groans , and "Ah , traitor ! we know it . " Aye , aye , said the white-faced priest , you physicals may

      roar ; that's very like physical force ; but I say » that we may get Universal Suffrage , and if the Irish follow Daniel O'Connell , my friend , Daniel Q'Connell , the Liberator of his own country , that he will best ) direct them to the accomplishment of their end—( this announcement was met by such a storm of groans aad laughter , and "Off , off ; gang awa' " that , Brewster said , he would require an additional three minutes for the interruption . ) Yon may speak t yonder long chimney tumbles into the river , now , observed Mr . O'Connor , but you have done yourself . All attempts to procure a hearing were now fruitless , even the little boys cried shame , and mocked , and said , ia that the Charter ? but away wtnt Paddy Brewster , belabouring old newspapers of 1817 and 1839 , from which he drew his " own

      deductions , but about which no man cared . O'Connor now rose for the last time and seizing Household Suffrage , and Daniel O'Connell , as his subject , he left poor Brewster in a melancholy plight , and Brewster having announced hia determination to move the Calton Hill and Birmingham resolution for the adoption of the meeting . O'Connor said , just let us Bee what the result has been to Birmingham and Paisley from the passing of those resolutions . Birmingham is the only town in England which had been for a season divided by the traitors who pursued the very course which the Christian minister is now pursuing , while I think this day ' s exhibition fully proves that Paisley has not seen their beneficial results . I said , he shall meet those resolutions by a direct negative . It is this : —

      Resolved , "That this meeting repudiates the assertion , that any delegate authorised by them did , directly or indirectly , give assentjto the notorious resolution universally Known by the name of the Calton Hill resolution . " That resolution , continued Mr . O'Connor , consigned five hundred good men to their living tombs , and the object in perpetuating them is to provoke another assault ; but no , we will now scout the traitors from our ranks , and go on cordially without them . Mr * . O'Connor wcuud up his time as he commenced , without once losing self-command or using one single ungentlemanltke expression , and when Brewster was to reply , he had nothing to say , and a * ain began with his musty old papers .

      The thing was now terminated , when M'Crea rose and demanded a show of hands for O'Connor ' s amendment , which the wily parson said should stand as the original resolution ; whereupon a forest of blistered hands was held up , which was followed by cheering , and waring of hats , and clapping of hands . Brewster ' s Chairman then demanded a show of hands , whon a miserable exhibition gave a verdict against poor Brewster : all declared that O'Connor ' s resolution was carried by at least three to one ; "but no , " said Brewster , "wo must . . divide . ' " C > me along , then , " answered O'Connor , " all who are for wiping a stain out of their ountry ' s escutcheon will follow me to the field , " pointing to the field which lay to the right of the hustings , and which , being recently flooded , was ancle deep in mud and mire . He instantly jumped off the high hustings , however , into the mud , aud was followed to a high tree at the end of the ground , by at least

      two-thirds of the meeting . Mr . O'Connor then climbed up a tall ash tree at the end of the field , like a oat , and standing in the fork , abont fifteen feet from the ground , and surrounded by his friends , they set up a glorious cheer , while they surveyed the miserable knot of Brewsterites , who clung to the wreck-of the dismantled - ** fire ship , " which has thus been disarmed of all its powers for mischief . Mr . . O'Connor then headed his party , and marched in triumph past the hustings to his hotel , while Brewster remained on the platform , addressing the Whig aud Tory middle classes , who shut ap shop to aid anything , or anybody , even the Dsril himself , in tbe glorious work' of putting down Chartism ; and thus ended a day such as Scotland has not recently seen , and one which is pre-eminently calculated to make but one party of Chartists throughout the land .

      Messrs . Ancoats , Proudfoot , Cullen , Rodger , Gardner , Malcolm , Colquhoun , and other leading Chartists of Glasgow , were present throughout tha whole discussion ; aud having more than once heard their Opinion , I feel myself justified in saying that never was verdict more unanimou ? , one and aB declaring that O'Connor had riseu 100 per cent , ia public estimation , while Brewster had sunk to rise no more . There were two other reporters presentnamely , the reporter for th « Pmkiey . Adveriiter , and the reporter for the Scottish Pdttht ; and J have

      their authority also for stating that there was an overwhelming majority for O'Connor ' s resolution . . ¦ ¦ . ¦ •' . " ¦ ' •; ' ' ¦ ' ¦ ' : ¦" ;< ¦ The resslt of the day has been even alm < fy a vait augmentation to our forces at Paisley , amd we an now engaged in preparing the way for a better nnderstaaai ng with the people of Glasgow , by whom we consider ourselves to have been > erj ^ anfattly neglected , -for the purpose of bringVug Mr . firewater ' s great fowebs into play ; O'Connor dined with hia Chairman and Committee , aud left Paisley foe Glasgow at nine o ' clock . "•>' ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦ i :- ¦ -

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct867/page/3/