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      MB . O'CONNOR AT LIVERPOOL . CFrom our own Correspmdent . J T This Tory ridden fcowa got Each a shake on Monday night last as it has not had for many years . "When the Chartists saw it mnonnced in the Star fliat Mr . O'Connor Tronld be -with us , we * et to mrk U > make his reception worthy of his exertions In this great cause . The Amphitheatre being occnpied , we oooldL not procure thai building , but sacneeded in getting the spacious Assembly Booms , in Lord . NelBoa-stteet . TM 3 l > xrilding has a Tery large room , which ys , sunroonded by » spacious gallery with a Tery commodious platform in the centre , and was feo crammed that many who were anxious to gain admittance were disappointed . At half-past seven o'clock , Mr . O'Connor appeared npon the platform and was received vriih several rounds of coeers and wiring ofhsis .

      Mr . "W , Jones , late of Leicester gaoL , was unanimously called to the chair , and introduced Mr . O'Connor , alter a few pertinent remarks . Tbere was a large number of the middle classes present , as well as maDy hundred Irish Repealers ; and we observed nearly the whole of the Council of Ihe Sturge party upon the platform . The subject sBoonneed in the bills was , the Charter and Repeal ; and after die leelnrer bad separately analysed those two topics , he argned npon them conjointly , faHy satisfying his-Irish auditors that without the provisions of the Charter , the accomplish ment of Repeal woald be a positive injury to the working classes . In speaking of the Government prosecutions , his opinions upon "free" religion , 71

      "free" opinions , and " freediscussion , elicited such general and continuous applause , * that he said , B after such a response from English and Irish hearts , it mattered but little what the finding of the Jury mi ^ ht be . " He entered into & eonaderaiioB of the political , religious , and social power possessed by both landlords and capitalists ; and shewed , from the refusal of the Dukes of Sutherland and Bnocleuch to grant sites for building churches npon for men who wonld noi be driven to worship God after the state form , the fact that the land gave to its posses sors a complete contronl over men ' s minds , bodies , thoughts ( or xathei expression of thongbts ) , liTes , rad liberties . As a proof thai with Repeal without ihe Charier J&e franchisa woald be contracted , he

      instanced the striking fact , thal , sinoe the Reform Bill the constituent body of Ireland , notwithstanding an increase in population , had been diminished by from twenty to twenty-five per cent . ; thus dearly shewing -that Protestant landowners would not allow Catholics to bold ibeir laud , if they used the franchise which it conferred to destroy iheir patronage in Cburch and State corruptions . He contrasted the present Christmas prospects of the labouring poor , with their condition before all our boasted " improvements" bad taken place ; and upon asking the meeting whether their condition ¦ was beiter or worse now , mary exclaimed * ' worse , leorsc * ten times zcorse now . " " " Well , then , " said ilr . O'Connor , " that ' s just what I want the

      Charier for ; to make it better . " He gave the League and the Landlords a tremendous castigation ; and made a powerful appeal to the snopocracy , many of whom -were present , to aid ibe people in rbeir struggle for " a fair day ' s wage for . a fair day ' s work /' . Mr . O'Connor thea spoke of the partiality of the press , and ihe manner in which he had been attacked and malignBd by all ; be disappointed of his own political creed . Lord Althorp ' s reason for adroc&tag Tree Trade , came in for a most withering burst of sarcasm , which elicited roars 01 laughter from the -audience . The speaker then entered ripen a review of the Chartist struggle , and explained xhe future course which he thought should be followed , and directed the attention of the meeting to the new plan of Organization ; and after a brilliant display of nearly three hours , hi- sat

      down amid odc general burst of applause , which lasted for seTersl minutes . Mr . H . Jones > hen moved , sjii Mr- Lloyd seconded , " a vote of thanks to , and confidence in , Mr . O'Connor , " which v ? as earned by acclamation ; when ilr . O'Connor moved a vote of thanks i-a the Chairman , which being seconded , was carried amid loud cheers , ilr . O'Coneot then proceed to em-ol members , when he succeeded in disposing of 542 cards ; no bad beginning Of ibai nniober many were his own countrymen , while ve _ saw more than half a score of the Complete Suffrage party take out their cards , and request to shake hands with Ilr . O'Connor . A young Tory who has been among our bitterest enemies hf re , confessed himself converted , and took oni his ^ ard also . Our good old cause is now fairly afloat arain . We took . £ 12 10 s . at ihe door , which will

      get us out of onr amenities % &n < i Mr , O'Connor has promised us another vish , when our mem bers Dumber 1000 . which will be very shortly . "We have arranged with Mr . O'Connor to send us a lecturer to organize this district , eo that we m . y insure a fair representation in ihe forthcocrre Convention . I send yon the Liverpool Times of Tuesday , sad request yon -sdH take th e report of Mr . O'Connor ' s speech from tiai Wiig jecrnaJ , 25 you may be Bare it wonld have abused it if there had been any , the slightest grounds . The following is the report of the Liverpool Times leferied to by our correspondent : —

      JEAEGrs O'CojrsoB is Ljvtbjool . —Mr . Fearens CCobeot arrived in Liverpool last Eight , and . fiordy before e-. ght o ' clock , -proceeded to the Lord 2 sf-l = on Assimhlj Rooms , to deliver a lectare on the Charter . The house was tolerably well filled by au ancitsee consisting almost exclusively of the workins elates , who paid 2 d . or 3 d . each for admi ^ -ion . " Rid . Jones having betn called to the chair , read the placard ancouncirg the meeting , the beading-of which -was " The Charter and Repeal . " He said that the Charter and Repeal were the two most imponam qaestions which occupied the public mind , and ihai no ore was better able to discuss them than Mr . O'Cobeot—{ cheers ) , ilr . O'Concor ib-n presented him ? elf , and was vehemently applauded .

      After some hitrocuciorj ob > ervat ! cnf , he > aid that if the wwkiEg classes were socially comfortable , he donbied whether j-uch a meeting as that which-he addressed could be gathered together in all England . The politics of the poor man bad for their objectihe making of him-el ? comforlahie , whereas the -rich jean Jcokee 10 poihics as a means of aggrafld .= nient . If \ bose who were now subscribing their £ 500 escb for a certain object were rtally in earnest in their dfcire to promDie the comfort of the working classes , they should have distributed their moct-y among tho ; s who were really in nved , xaiher than have expendrd it in ihe fnnherarce oi as abstract political principle , 2 s otwitbsiai ; ding the abhorence with which tee Chartists were resided , ' they actEsBy

      asked no more thin the Wh'j > premised in 1832 , before the passins of the Rcfonc Biii . The priut ; ple of the "Whigs then -Has , that representation and taxation shonid be co-esttniive , and ihal was ihe princ' ^ e tf the CLanists ; bnt with ihe fornifr it was the holiday Lgtsp , whilst -with the latter n was the Tforiirg mare . The exi-lenee of three politic ^] parfesin ice State was iccoispalibJe with Ihe exi ^ lence © f peace , law , and ordtr . " They ( u . e Chartisu ) bad ce < tio > eo the Whj > : s , aud now it was their duty to destroy the Tories— Gone and continued cheering ] . Aiier having , in his own way , analysed the theory » Bd ccrcuct of each of those parties , the lecturer proceeded io <> bstrve thai their theories went to limit prodcciion , st-d to cause a bad- distribution of that js-cducnen ; hut the Charier would tend to create a

      lii £ tr production , and ai the same time a more tqniiable , not an equal , distribution of that production . A = kig a ? the present system of class ] t £ islatiPD Fiisite , this larger production aud « -qartabie d : ^ trilruik-E couMnot take place ; it cooio u . ke pla ce cub . ^ BGir the Charter . The lecturer tbtn btjian me dtr . i 2 . Aj to complain , not fo much of itie oyps-K :- ' T ) of ihe press , bnt of its f-ystema < lesTiy rtfrainiightm publishing the speeches of Chariot ? , and deciaTcG his conviction that if the press would hut publish these speeches , the priroiplts of the ChaTt 3 st . ~ v ^ tiild in a iconrh be in the ascf-ndact . He said that ih ? twojireat elasses of this ccnu'Ty Trere the iaEdtfRntT > aBQtDemoDiedintere 5 t , iEd . 'boE £ hiheform £ r we ? iow in the aifend £ _ nt , ie 1 ad no ctnbt that tr t iautr Tioijid become so . aud that Sir R . Petl was

      P ' -psTtd : o 5-urcomb to it . The Tory ps . rty cud cot mnch-cread the accesnen of the Whigs to povrtr . beca u-t : hat hoded nothing tvil to the CLurth , hot to xht nphciding of the cousdess oEces in the arzey . as - ^ j . dr ., j . rc-vided fcr u . e aristocracy , nor to cany cihtT ai-ui-e ? tqcally beloved by both paints ; but they rrtaced ti e irinicph of the Charter , which itt } k ^ tw , vfoaic takeaway the power of the land , the THi-wer of tLe ansttcrif t , and transfer it to the peopie . Therticre , nhhoBsb the Chartists did not ie . ' p ibe iree-u ^ ders . ihe dread of the free-traders to tie

      - 'u . e ^* -r Cnzm ^ -K . Ptfcl to tarry iiee trace , for fear he * hit 3 d tf tir . rlHec to carry the Chartti . The triumph of tha Cbirier was a ntces > ary preliminary to the » ri * cap of irf ^ trad e . Tne " Leame had doDe uothn-g wiit its £ o 0 . G «! 0 ; sEd , though'it m ' isnt appear paraooiicai , he could safely Fay thai its £ 10 D , UU 0 wonld * o Jti-s . He denied that the Chartists were de-Blmciires , and dtSed any one to point cut what proptrty they had iLjuredror to show that they had tun a lair cf auj man ' s hesd . They did Dot per-^• cnte , but they - were persecuted . In * illustration of ims , be slightly hinted a : the prosecution of the Chartists , and then jeSeixei to the persecution of tfat ; Juin-aitrnjion party in Scotland , more particulalbthe

      ry y Bukee or Bncclesgb and Sutherland , jrio had , he said , refused to give from their TaBV estates A . single plot * f ground whereon the Pree O : nreh party might er « t aplaee , in which io vror-Ehip God aecordingto their own coBPcience . He was lot a Toitmtary religion and a voluntary church—< cheej £ ) . The junction of the Church and State had teen xhe rain cf morals and politics in this country . J 3 e lext proceeded to assert that the land of th : s ^ ctnatry weuld , if broupht into the retail market , produce an increased rfatal of £ \<) Cl * 0 , 000 ai 3 m : aliy ; but ihat the landcvmers j referred ktfcj . isg it in the wholErsie it&iket , and ohiainiug ihe higbeBt possible j > rice there , so that they might retain the large holders in political STibsernfciicv , and lims secure to theztselyes povrei

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      and patronage , and the benefits accruing from the < iiBposal of , £ 60 . 000 , 000 per annum . These things , to tnem , were dearer than the benefits that would accrue to the great body of the agricnlturalpopuk tion from Bmall allotments . Mr . O'Connor then went on to urge that all free-traders who were desirous of seeing their principles successful should join the Chartists , as that was the right mode of obtaining the object they had in Tiew . The Chartists , in act , were not merely the only free-traders , but they were the only parties that oouH carry free-trade , loo lecturer devotsd considerable time in an attempt to prove this proposition . He was frequently Tery loudly applauded . —Liverpool Times .

      WICtAN . GBE 1 T EXCITEMENT . —THE JUiaiAXY UWDKK ASMS . — CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION SUPPRESSED . — TJKCOM SnTUTlONAX CONDUCT OF THE HATOB , AND TBI IfUPHAXT CHABTI 3 T KSEXUfG .

      ( From our own Correspondent } Your readers are aware that Mr . O'Connor was to be at Wigan on Tuesday last , and when it was made known tojhe Chartists of Wigan , that indomitable party , —consisting for the most part of Mr . O'Connor ' s own countrymen , —every exertion was used to make his reception such as we deemed him entitled to . We took the Commercial Hall , a large building capable of accommodating 2 , 000 per sous , and paid our money to the lady who has always

      acted as agent for the proprietors . We had further determined upon j >* vvnj ^ ^ jmhUA — ^ amnn mM ttfth . On AfomJay , howeTer , our secretary received a note announcing the fact that we could not have the Commercial Room , thongh we had paid for it . A Chartist was despatched to Liverpool , to confer with Mr . O'Connor , who at once acquiesed in a proposal that he shonid reach Wigan at twelve o'clock , instead of ei in t he evening , and nave an out-door demonstration , rather than submit to an inglorious defeat .

      When Mr . O'Connor's resolution was made known , the Irishmen shonted " No Clo : « tabf , No Clontakp "; and so great did the excitement become that oar zealous opponents thought ** discretion the better part of valour , " and sent ihe key of the Commercial Hall to the Chartists . This course being forced upon the rampant authorities , had a considerable effect in allaying the excitement . When Mr . O'Connor arrived at the station , according to appointment , the whole population af the town appeared to have assembled , and as he drove through the dense mass he was loudly and exuiiiugiy cheered by the thonsands who bad assembled to welcome him . The Mayor had issued orders to the military to be

      onder arms ; and ihe police and military officers with their swords , were iu groups in various parts of the town . Mr . Lot 4 x ihe present Mayor , is now a rampant Tory . He has " been all things to all men " —Whig , Radical , and Tory . He is a solicitor . He gave his iwst assistance to the persecutors of the people in 1839 ; and is deservedly detested by ihe working classes , and despised as a politician by his new associates , who uss him for their party purposes . Throughout the whole day the town continued in an unusual - state of exrjtement ; and in the evening the Large Hall at 2 d . and Gd . admission , was not half large enough to hold all wto would have gladly been present .

      [ From another correspondent , we have received the following account . ] The town of Wigan has beer , all excitement and bustle for the last fortnight , owis » an announce ment through the columns of the Star that the indomitable and untiring champion of the people's rights , F . O'Connor , Esq ., would be here on Tuesday , the 5 tb instaDt , and deliver an address to the people on the principles of Chartism . No sooner were the good men and true of Wigan apprised of Mr . O'Connor ' s intentions , than they determined on giving him such a reception ae his untiring exertions and many sacrifices in behalf of the goffering and toil-worn millions duly entitled him to . They is-sued large placards announcing their intention of

      giving him a public entry into the town , accompanying him in procession . This aroused the ire of the factions . Alarm was sounded , and force collected , to devise plans to prevent the '" poor man ' s friend " from having an opportunity of enunciating the pure principles of political truth . Their first Step was to send for two of the Chartist Council , who prompily attended his high mightiness , a cenain "Jim Crow ' sort of a gentleman , bearing the flamiDg titie of "Mayor of Wigan . " This thing set himself above the law and constitution , and told the councillors that be woaJd not allow them to have a procession , and wondered at their audacity in dariDg to announce thfcir intention without asking his highnesses' leave . The poor fellows , not ,

      knowing that this pettifogging qunl-dnving attorney tras oiiiy the admmistrater of the law , and not thr law itself , gave up Jhe procession . The CharnVt council had taken the Commercial Hall , the largest room in the Iowd , tor the meeting m the evening . The next blep ot the factions waB io prevent tbt-m from having the room ; but having ascertained that tlty had paid the rent a difficulty presented itself that was not so easy to get over ; but , nothing daunted , they determined to leave do stone unturned to put a Flop to the meeting . Therefore a letter was sent to Mr . Southport , the lessee of the room , calling npon him to break the contract- This gentleman , although a Whig , felt himself called upon to aid and assist his friends the Tories in preventing &o

      dsEgerons a person as Mr . O'Connor from entering Wigan . Accordingly he wrote to the agent , who has the letting of ibe room , to return to the Chartiets their moDey . The person who took the room was sent for by the agent , who informed him that she had been instructed to return him the rent of the room , as the authorities were against them having their meeting . The man told her ; that the Chartists were not in the h&bit of making children ' s bargain * ; they had taken the room and paid the rent ; and if the deors were not opened at tbe time appointed , they would consider

      themselves justified in effecting an entrance by breaking them open . This avowal made the agent Ic-k rather bine , and she asked tb <^ man what he would take for a rue bargain ? " Ten pounds , " said the man , " and sot alarthbg less . " Things remained in this i = tate nnnl Monday the -4 th , when the Chartibts despatched a man to Liverpool , to inform Mr . O'CoDDor of the conduct ol the base factions . That gentleman told him logo back and inform the men of W > gan that he would be with them on the Tuesday , at twelve o ' clock : and if the room was withheld from them , he would hold a meeting in the Market-place .

      At a few miaul * s before twelve o ' clock , the Chartist Council , wearing green and white rosettes , went to the terminus of the Railway to meet Mr . O'Connor with an open carriage for his reception . The soldiers were confined to the bairacks , to be inreadii . i fcss in case the great OTc-nucr should endeavour to swallow the town and "Lori" John , the Mayor . Acd , notwithstaiiding the procession -was put a stop to , "we have seen many stirs in Wigan , but never saw scything to equaJ the nbmbers and enthusiasm of the people on this occasion . Ihe streets , leading to the Railway station , were litterally crammed . It was difficult to make way through them .

      Shortly after twelve o ' clock , ihe train , containing ilr . O'Connor , appeared ; ana in a lew beconds was at the station . Mr . O'Connor alighted , and entered the carriage provided for him . When he armed in the street , the assembled thousands burst out in one p nthu > iastic cheer , which made the weikin ring , h ivab whh mnch difficulty that the carriage moved along , so densely was the sweet wedged with livjng bz-iiig * - Every available spot frtin whimcs a sighi COUlfl be obtained was occupied . The upper ¦ wi ndows of the-houses was crowded with parties who wtic . med Mr . O'C by every demonstration of kindness Lfcfer iucceedtd cheer nntil Mr . O'Connor arrived a- his hotel . Here the scene biffl-d description .

      Wr . irhever way the eye turned , one countless mass tf human beings met the view . When Air . O'Connor dticeaded from the carriage , and mourned the mps of the hotel , the cheering waa mmendous . Tbe whole affair told the petty Jacks-in-office , that , dtspiie their puny despotism , the people will give bocour to whom honour is due . The fictions have kaTEeo a lesson that their interference with t ); e rights of the people is most certain to shorten thtir tenure of tf&ee . Their opposition is a convincing proof—if proof waa wanting—tbst the principles enunciated by such men aB ill . O'Connor would ameliorate the cocdiiion of the people and ftr e ^ er annihilate cias ^ rnlc and oppression , and establish t ! . e immutable principles of truth and justice .

      This demoEstration , congregated together without a single banner or jLusical instrument , will not be < -0 Dn forgotten by the peeple of Wigan ;; and we think tht M& 501 will fcste le&rntd by it that u is a dangerens iiiBg to interffre with the popular will . The people iave also profited by the opposition they met with from " Lord" John and his colleagues . They have learned that they will never be in any other position until they remove from office fuch thmgs as the pettifogging " Jim Crow" Attorney-Mayor of Wican . M John , " look out ! at the next municipal election .

      The meetitg in the evening was a bumper ; every pan of , the spacious Bali was literally crammed , and many bad to go away that could not get admittance . In fact , such was the crowded state of the room that several people were carried out dead sici toting ihe lime that Mr . O'Connor was speak-

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      ing . They had fainted frojp the pressure and the extreme heat of tberooia . f ¦ •' " ¦ ' - At a few minutes to eight o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor , accompanied by Richardson and Mr . Dixon , entered the Hall , and with much difficulty made their , way to the platform . Upon iMr . O'Connor making , his appearance , he was received by the moat enthusiastic CQeering , which continued for several seconds . .,. On the motion of Mr . Lenegan , Mr . Jas . Smally waa unanimously called upon to . preside . ' " Mr , Small J was greeted with several rounds of applause . He said , Fellow-townsmen . --1 thank you for this

      mark or yonr esteem . . To be elected by your siif > frages to preside over so large a meeting of my fellow-townsmen is indeed an honour . And as it has pleased you to put me in so responsible a situation , 1 truBt that 30 U will render me your assistance in keeping order during the time the speakers are addressing you . It was -useless to tell them for what purpose they were met together ; it was to hear an address from tbe poor man ' s friend ; F . O'Connor , Esq ., on the : principles of democracy , fie woald not trespass further upon their time , but conclude by calling upon Mr . Richardson to address them . ; '*

      Mr . Richabdson addressed the meeting in a Bhort and energetics speech , which did honour to his head and heart . He sat down amid the thundering cheers of the meeting . y >\ The Chairman then introduced to the meeting

      Mr . wm . PixpN , who addressed them ih a br , w nujpntnyand hmiftiiT | '" 1 - T " ¦¦ /'" K " " lit 1 Pk *) ^ xj nftorf heard him before , and would have an opportunity -oT hearing him again before he left the town ; therofore it would be ill-advised of him to occupy their time when they were so anxious to hear Mr-

      O'Counor . The Chairman said he now had the pleasure of introducing to them a man who had rendered himself obnoxious to the oppressors of his country , by his manly and straightforward advocacy of the poor man ' s rights , and tbe denunciation of the rich man ' s oppressions . He called upon Feargua O'Connor , Esq ., to address them . Mr . OXo >> ob rose amid tremendous applause , waving of na * s , handkerchiefs , &c . &c , which lasted for some time . It is impossible to give even an outline of Mr . O'Connor ' s speech . It was one of the best that we ever heard him delive-r . In fact , ho outdid himself . Perhaps the opposition of the Mayor of Wigan

      had acted as a stimulus , which made him , on this occasion , ' even exceed himself . Of this we are sure , " LoTd" John , the Mayor of Wigan will not soon forget the castigation he received at tbe hands of Mr . O'Connor . He lashed him in a masterly manner . He . kept the people in a continued roar of laughter for upwards of half an hour At poor " John ' s" expence . Mr . O'Connor thent $ went iutO a concise and minute examination of the policy of both Whigs and Tories , and demonstrated , in a cleaT and unsophisticated manner , that nothing short of the Charier , whole and entire , becoming the Jaw of the land would benefit the working classes . He then entered into a review of the Corn Law agitation , and examined their various sophisms ,

      proving that the repeal of the Corn Laws would only make our condition worse under present circumstances ; and be convinced his hearers that the parties who make so much noise about the repeal of those laws are as great monopolists , if not greater , than the landlords of the country . He stated that the Chartists were the only free traders in existence . " Give us the Charter to-morrow , " said Mr . O'Connor , " and in the morning we will send for Frost , Williams , and Jones—( tremendous cheers ) , — at noon repeal the abominable New Poor Law , and at night repeal the Corn Laws , aud make trade as fTee as they like . Give us free trade votes , and we will give free trade in corn ; but never till then . " — ( Tremendous cheering . )

      Mr . O'Connor ' s visit to Wigaii has done a vast amount of good . It baB broken down prejudice iu quarters where the working men could not enter before . At the close of his lecture he expressed his determination of visiting Wigan again in the course of next month . This announcement waa received with deafening cheers , Mr . O'Connor then intimated his intention of remaining after the meeting to enroll members , aud sat down amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the whole assembly . The thanks of the meeting were given to Mr . O'Connor , and the Chairman , and the meeting broke up . Mr . O'Connor then enrolled several hundred members , and thus ended one of the most glorious triumphs over faction . We hope that the people ¦ will maintain the vantage ground they have thu 6 obtained , and never rest unfil every municipal office be filled with men that will 60 justice to the people .

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      PROGRESS OF CHARTISM . —MR . O'CONNOR AT HYDE . ( From a Correspondent . ) On Wednesday last , Mr . O'Connor addressed tbe people of Hyde- in the Mechanic ' s Institution . As ? oon as it was announced that the great foe of tyrauts was to come once more amongst us , and that the hour of meeting was seven o ' clock , in order to enable Mt . O'Connor to addresB the operatives 01 Ashton at nine the same evening , the mill lords laid their heads together , and put their griping power into full execution . They made their HANDS WOBK AN HOUR A . ND A HALF AKTEH THE usual time fob sTGPPi . NG . From this foul exercise of uniust tower , the meeting room , capable of

      Holding about two thousand persons , was not more than half full . This is the more to be regretted , as the proceeds were intended as compensation to Mr . John Leach , League victim , to enable him once more to have such comforts as the society of his wife and family could confer upon him . What the meeung lacked in numbers , however , it made up in enthusiasm ; as we never had a more cordial one in Hyde . Mr . M'Gratli , President of the Ext cutive , was the first speaker ; and he delivered a speech of about half an hour's duration , upon Free Trade and the tyranny of tho present system , that elicited the most raptaroas applause . All agree that they have never heard a more eloquent and argumt ntative propouuder of our principles than Mr . M'Grath . His appearance , manm-r , and voice tell much in his favour , ' while his

      modest and unassuming manuer endears him to all . Ho concluded amid general cheerf , when Mr . O'Connor was introduced , and received with renewed applause . Mr . O'Connor spoko at great length upon the genera ) policy of the several parties ; and was loudly and rapturously cheered ai the cIobb , when he commenced the work of enrolment , and added ono hundred members to the , >> ationa ! Charter Association . More than that , howevtr , his visit has had the effect of making the Chartists of Hyde take the large and spacious Mechanic ' s Institution for Charn ^ t purposes , by the 3 tar ; and thus the victory of Chartism has followed where our oppressors had arranged defeat . We intrnd to assumo our old and creditubie po ? uion ; so that the name of Hyde shall not be forgotten in the forthcoming Coimntion ; or in the future struggle tor our country ' s

      rigeration . Ai half-past nine , Me ? sr ? . O'Connor and M'Grath started fox Ashion , where they found the Chart .-si meeting roam crammed . Upou their arrival they were greeted with hearty cheers . Mr . Aiiira w-is in the chair ; and Mr . Doyle had kindly undertaken to occupy the time ti ! f Mr . O'Connor ' s arrival , which he did to the very best advantage , by delivf rii ! g one of those sound and useful -addresses for which , as a deep thinking man and effective speaker , he has brcome distinguished . Mr . M'Grath was introduced at the closo of Mr . Doyle ' s address , and was loudly cheered . He spoKi for about forty minutes and it was with difficul'y

      he could procure permission to stop , he had so eft' clually nvettfd the attention cf his audience . Air . O'Connor then spoke till nearly twelve o ' clock , taki-s" Lovftt ' s letter" as his t < x " t , which had . been profusely circulated by the iViaSUiusians in hand-bills . A party of Chartisia took a bundle of them lr « ni the distributers , to the amount of 1080 , and committed them to the flames . They were without u printer ' s name . Of ali the c « s-tigationa ever poor Rat got , poor Lovttt j-urely r- reived it at the hands of Mr . O'Connor , amid the loud acquiescent cheers of the meeting . Mr . O'Connor referred to the turnout , and other matters connected -with the operative ? of Ashton , and our cause ; at ? d finished the evening by enrol luiK 13 S members .

      It is curiuus that the C 3 use of Chartism alway ? prospers in Aehton at and after a strike , owing to the fact that the woiking classes , when they are compelled to think , coaie to tho coccliiMca that social grievances are caused by political inequality . Many poor fellows were neither able to pay admission money , or take out their cards , which gave them much pain . However , there is not a town in England where Chartism will be , ere long , in a more flourishing condition . Mr-Aitkio has opened a school ; aud he and the'Ckartists in conjunction , have taken a room for £ i 0 a-year . I hope , Mr . Editor , you will use your powtrlu ! iilueuce and talent in support of this newly adopted mode of educating the rising generation in the true principles ol democracy , and without religious sectarian compulsion of any kind ; and that you will watch over the growing mind , aDd as far as in yon lies , prevent the introduction of any set foi'Ul ol i&itb or worship , becoming a Qualification for

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      admission . If these schools prosper , it must be upon the basis of truth , and that alone . Thealrike . toas hrouoht . lo a . elosc here on . Tuesday njpkt , lit THE TtrBN-OlTtS GETTING THB M Ljsr ' wii ' CES , and returning to their work . By the tyranny and obstinacy of the law grinders , thousands of pounds have been lost to the operatives , the shopkeepers , and the comparatively good employers ; One fact is worth mentioning . Toe shopkeepers are meditating upon some serious course of action , by which they hopo to stop these repeated assaults of the masters , which periodically subject them t , o loss and uncertainty . The epeeoh of Mr . O'Connor last night went far to open the eyes of many " of that class who were present , and who are

      beginniri ' K to make common cause with the operatives . Mr . O'Connor shewed them , that—firstly , the monopoly of money by the steam-owners and truck-shops , lessened the amount of money which would be otherwise spent in the retail market ; secondly , that the hands thrown out of employment by steam were so much custonj taken from them ; thirdly ,. that the monopoly of money by the capitalists render them liable to an Income Tvx > as the only means of getting ut the Jocked-up treasuref ; and , fourthly , that the consequent distress made them liable to , a large increase of poor rates to support the steam-made paupers . This exposition has had a very proper effect ; and the hands mean to issue an address to the shopkeepers to invite them to join in a " Labour-Protecting Association . "

      I will giveoneaot of tyranny , Mr . Editor . Poor Pilling has a son nineteen yoars of age ; a weaver . He is as good a workman as any in our town , and as good a character . And , jet , on Wednesday morning , after the men wore in , his heartless , cold-blooded tyrant employer turned him upou the street without a moment ' s warning , assigning as his only reason , " That he zvas Pilling ' s son" ! O , Sir , what practical Christians these modern heathens are ; in visiting thehsins of the fathers upon the childrkn H 1 Can't you point out some mean ? , Sir , by which this poor victimthe chief support of a whole family , may be started in some business . O , Sir , it is a shocking thing to think of the power that masters have and exercise over the lives , tho liberties , aud the comforts of

      their slaves . When , O when , will tho millions rise as ono man from their long sleep , and say , with ono thundering voice , " Fall , thou tyrant monster , and be d—n—d" ! What a country , and what means of improving it , we have , if we were only justly governed and had fair play . Tho League , Sir , dare not meet us here , notwithstanding our destitution , and their ability to subscribe our money to perpetuate their own despotism . I hear , Sir , that some more active means than mere political agitation will be resorted to , if something is not done , and that speedily , to arrest those tnanand-woinan-and-child-destroyors in their hellish course . Tho heart bickens , Sir , to see idlers-living in luxury upon the very sweat and blood of human beings . The man cannot aud fill not much longer stand it .

      [ On this me have but two or three words to say : if the operatives of Ashton , in whose service Pilli . -vg has so well aud so boWly acted , permit Pil--UNG's » n to be without the means of existenco , thcywt ^ t to "falU too , and he d—n—d ! ' The remedy is in their own hands , and very simple . They can subscribe a few pounds , either as shares in a Co-operative l ' jovision Store , of which young Filling could be manager ; or by way of loan , to start him in busiuess for himself : and when he is so started , either in the one way os the other , they can buy their provisions of him . They can do this , and they must do it , or consent to be considered ungrateful , and c assed with tho tyraut master who ' seeks to doom-Pilling to starvation . ]

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      system place at the { disposal of tbe capitalist , that he can not only monopolize tho produce of the l&kotU 9 aV * £ toil , bat Ue is qaa&led : to ~ Tof'd ~ hiB"b » letQl authority over tho minds of his slaves , dictating what thoy shall hear ai i re . id . —what they shall believe and reject ! j On Sunday evening , we had a spirited and enthusiastic meoting at AJacclesfield . The hall occupied by theClariists here combines neatness , and is capable of holding 50 !) persons . On this occasion it was thronged ; and numbers were obliged to return , unable to Qb ' ain admission . Raving concuded my lecture , Mr . Bentole , who on Thursday last emerged from the gloomy dungeons of

      Chester Castle , delivered an eloquent address descriptive of the rigours of prison discipline , and earnestly urging the necessity of uuanimity and cooperation among working men , for the securement of those rights , the Want of whioh forms the only distinction between jthe freeman and slave . Mr . Barnett , another indefatigable labourer in the Chartist vineyard , followed in the same strain . The thanks of the meeting having been ananimoutly voted to me , forty-eight cards * f membership were then taken out . There are a few food men and true at the head of the movement in Macolesfield , under whose judicious guidance the cause must prosper .

      From Maoclesfield If proceeded to New Mills , a romantically-located little town in Derbyshire . We convened a meeting bj the town crier , which was held in the large room of tho Gtorge Inn . Mr . Higginbottom was appoiated to the chair . I addressed them for about an hour , when a goodly number of members ivere added to the roll of the National Charter Assoota ton . They wish particularly to be duly j apprised or' the intended visits of lecturers , - iu order that the necessary steps may be taken to get up good meetings ; At Glossop we failed jin getting a meeting , not from any indifference ou the part of the friends of the cause ; but from their inability to procure a place of meeting . Arrangements had beeu made

      for me to lecture in the large room of the Angel Inn . The crier was despatched to announce the meeting , when Boniface changed his mind ( if he had one ) , a-UegiDg as his reasonIthat the holding of a Chartist meeting in his housej might lower \ u character in the opinion of his middle class neighbours la proof of the devotion of the Chartists ol this place to tho cause , I may mention the fact that many of them are going to Hyde , a ( distance of eight miles , to bo present at Mr . O'Connor ' s tocture . The fell system of proscription which 1 have observed ia other manufacturing tOWQS 18 iu full operation here . Men of irreproachable character aro incapable of obtaining a day ' s work in ] their native village , in consequence of their adherence to the cause of truth and justice . I

      BRADFORD . —On Sunday , the Chartists of Little Morton met inUhe School Room , Park-place , at ten o'clock in the morning , when several persons were enrolled . Afteriarrangiug for a discussion on Sunday next , the meeting adjourned . The Chartists of ithe Central Locality met on Sunday morning at tea o'clock , when several cards were disposed of ; they moved a resolution requesting the Council to engage a lecturer for the district . The Chartists of ) Bowling Back Lano mot in their room on Sunday morning , ai ten o ' clock , aud at two in tho afternoon . iNotice vras given to consider the best mode of : forming a distiict , so as \ o eugage u lecturer . !

      The Chaktists of Thompson's Houses met in their room on Sunday morning , at . ten o ' ciock , when their delegate was instructed to bring before the Council tho propriety of forming a Jectaring district . ¦;

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      SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . FOK VICTIMS . I £ s . d . R . W . ... 0 16 M . J . ... 0 10 A Corn Law Repealer vper W . Gardener ) 0 0 6 A Friend ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Halifax ( per Mr . Wilsou ) 0 3 3 FOR MR . M ' DOUALL . Friends , Edinburgh , ( per Mr . M'Win ) ... 0 3 6 A Friend , Halifax ... ... ... 0 10

      FOR JEXFCITITE . " Cap of Liberty" Chartists , Brighton ... 0 S 0 Halifax ... : 0 5 0 Sowerby ... ... ... ... 0 2 11 Lower Warley ... ... ... 0 2 1 Ovenden ... ... ... ... 0 1 4 Siddal ... ... ... ... 0 0 8 A gift .. 0 0 3

      FOR THE WIDOW OF JAMES DUFFY . Proceeds of Harmonic Meeting , Feathers , St . Pancras , ( per Farror ) ... ... 0 15 0 N . B . Mr . Cleave ba 3 received f ^ vera ! communications addressed to Mr . O'Connor , which will be handed to that gentleman upon his return to town . ! MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O CONNOR . FOR VICTIMS . i £ s . d .. Mrs . Power , Greenwich ... ... 0 10 0 FOR EXECUIIVe . Cards at Greenwich . . * . ... ... 0 5 2 AJloa ... . ; 0 10 0 Tiverton , per W . Drew ... . 0 5 0

      FOR CARPS . Hull i 0 8 4 Sudbuiy ... 0 10 svBicaiPTwya . Hull : 0 4 0 Southampton— . i . ... ... 0 3 4 Error . —In last week ' s list , instoad of Lorn , Halifax , rea-d Mansfiet-J . Tho above subscriptions wore veoeivad by Mr . O'Connor ut > tb Saturday 'ast , JXc ^ Uiber 2 nd . None since received can be inserted till next week , as Mr . O'Connor has been engaged in the enrolment of members io Lancashire , . lud his letters await hie return . \

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      « Hii RECEIPTS FOR CARDS BY SECRET ARY . s . d . White Horso , Mae-end ! ' 4 2 Fox and Hounds , Bethnai Green 4 8 Redditch ) 5 0 MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION TO THE LXECUTIVE . Cannon Coifee Hou = e 3 0 White Horne , Mile-i nd ; 1 4 Golden Lion , D . ; au-street 2 6 City of London ... j 4 6 Carlisle { 6 6

      • VICTIM FV . -. D . Redditch ) - ... 5 6 Mottram , per Stephen Clark 6 6 Brother Chartists , tlW' first quarter of our existence , as an Executive Committee , will speedily b © brought to a close . Daring thi s period we have issued nearly 16 , 000 cards ; but from very few towns have we yet received apy rewUiar monthly subscriptions . This must be attended to , for unless vre are properly supplied with the means of agitation it will be impossible for ria te assume that grand position at tbe ensuing Conference which every trua Chartist must desire us ; to occupy .

      Renewed cards of membership for the ensuing quarter , will be supplied , free of expenoe , to those places only , from whence , at ileast , a month ' s subscription has been received , and to those only in proportion to the number of members for whom they havu paid . I Trusting Ihat the Council , sub-Secretaries , and Treasurers , will attend ! to this important business . I remain , yours , ; ThomasM . Wheeler , Secretary , N . U . A .

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      North Lancashire delegate Meeting—The North Lancashire Delegate Meeting was boldan on Sunday , December the 2 nd . The Social Institution being otherwise engaged , a friend ' s- house was kindly lent for the occasion . Tbe following delegates were present : —Blaekbura , Mr . Allen Dnxbnry ; Preston , Mr . Joseph HutchlDSon ; Sabden , Mr . Jonas Cbadburn ; Clitheroe , Mi ; . William Colbridge ; Padiham , Mr . John Hull . Mr . Batterworth waa called to the chair , and Mr . Hutcbinson officiated as secretary ! Mi . Cfaadbuta moved and Mr . Hall seconded—•* That a lecturer to engaged for Colne , Padiham , Biac&barn , Sabden , Cilthoroe , and Preston ; and that the District Secretary be empowered to write to Mr . Wheeler respecting

      the engagement of a lecturer for the above localities ; we would prefer Mr . James Leach , of Manchester if bis services cannot be secured , another of the nine that the Executive have appointed will be accepted . " M ^ ved by Mr . Chadburn seconded by Mr . Hull— " That the lecturer be engaged tot a fortnight , and the route be appointed by the District Secretary . ' * Moved by Mr . Colbridge seconded by Mr . Hull— " That being convinced that Accrington is tbe most centre ! and convenient place in the district , we are rtsolved that all future delegate meetings shall be hoMen at Accnngton , the first to be holden on Sunday , January the 6 tb , 18 « . " Mr . Hull moved and Mr . Duxbury Mtconded—• ' That a levy of a halfpenny per month . b 3

      laid upon each member of the different localities , for tho purpose Of defraying the expences of lecturers , books , postage , and otLir incidental and unavoidable fcxfwoc ^ s ; and that when the fund is sufficiently strong and compltte , each delegate having to travel above three miles to tbo district meeting shall receive one penny per mile . " Moved by Mr . Colbridge seconded by Mr . Allan Duxbnry— " That on our return to our several constitaeucies , we pledge ourselves to do our beat endeavours to assist in collecting a national tribute . " After each delegate had made a return of ihe number of paving mombeia in tbeir -various localities , the delegates separated at half-past four o ' clock ia the afternoon .

      MACCLESPIEE . O , —On Thursday , Nov . 30 tb . a dinner patty waa held in the Chartist room , Stanleystreet . A conveyance vras sent to Cbelfcrd to meet Mr . Bentole , bat owing to the Kindness of the Chester Chartists we were doomed to disappointment . Shortly afbM nine tfcWSfc W ^ Mta » - »*« *^«^ P ^ W * nfi »*»^«| « afi flmrri wrttinrieir tatretber with our patriotic guests Mr . Walker aud Mr . Barnett . After justice bad been done to the good tiring -which were provided , Mr . We&ton was called to tbe chair , wb' > brk-rly apologised for the non-arrival of Mr . Bentoie . After a variety of toaa ' S and sentiments bad been given , the tables were cleared , and the remainder of tbe evening was spent in dancing and singing . The company separated shortly after one o'clock , all highly deliphted with the evenings amusements . Oa Sunday last a public lecture was delivered by Mr . P . M'Grath , President of the Executive , in the above room , on " The efficiency of the Charter as a remely for the distress of tbe countty . " A mote talenied and instructive lecture never waa delivered in

      MacclesSeld . The room was crowded , and Mr . M'Grath . was only interrupted by repeated bursts of applause . At tbe close ot tfae lecture Mr . Eantole fa a very soul stirring manner , moved a vote of thanks to the talented lecturer , and also the following resolution : ' it is the opinion of this meeting that nothing lers than the adoption if tke Charter will ever restore tbe working classes of this country to their natural rights and former prosperity . " Mr . Barnett briefly seconded the vote of thanks and the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Forty-eight members were enrolled , and the meeting separated shortly after nine o ' clock .

      mr . clauk s tour . —Oa Tuesday evening , I lectured at Cheltenham , to a large and attentive auiiiencg , on the present state of British Society . " The address was well received . At the dose several persons joined our ranks . On Wednesday evening , I attended a public meeting at the same place , tbe subject being the "Repeal of the Union . " A resolution , pledging the working men of Cheltenham to support tbeir oppressed Irish brethren , was piopaaed and most ably spoken to by Mr . Wm . Milsome , and enthusiastically adopted by * he meeiing , which was a large one . I spoke upwards of an h « ur j my sentiments being most warmly responded to by the people . It gives me much pleasure to be enabled to state that notwithstanding Cheltenham is the favourite resort of the aristocracy .

      the Chartists oecupy a more commasdingposition than in any other place I have yet viBited . I disposed of seventy cards , and on Thursday was about to start for Stroud , when a letter arrived , informing me that it was useless to go there , as they could not get up a meeting , under a week ' s notice . ( They had two days ) . Wooton-under-Edge , it appeared , was similarly situated . Gloster beins ; on my way back to Bristol , where I was to lecture on the Sunday following , I determined to call there , and , if possible , get up a meeting . On ray arrival , I set to work , and soon fouud out the only two known Chartists in the place , who told me that to think of getting a meeting in Glostor in its present apathetic state was folly , as Chartism in its most promising moments had bnt few votaries in that town . On

      Friday , I started for Bristol , which placa I found posted With bills , announcing a lecture by me on the Repeal cf tbe Union . On Sunday evening , the eomraodiou 3 Chapel in Bear Lane was well filled ; admission by payment . Mr . Rogers , » working man , occupied the chair . 1 lectured nearly two hours , during which time 1 was frequently interrupted , the meeting responding - warmly to . my sentiments In favour of Irish liberty . At the conclusion , the thanks of the meeting was unanimously -voted mo ; and I bad the unspeakable pleasure of enrolling , under tbe banner of Chartism , several of Erin ' s exiled sons , who expressed their high sense of gratitude for | the manner in which he foully maligned English workingmen had token up tbe cause of their country . On Monday , I proceeded to Bath , and lectured to a crowded and euthusiastio

      audience , Mr . Charles Bol Wei I occupying the chair . At the close I enrolled a ( few members , and also disposed © fa great number of " Hobson ' s Poor Alan ' s Companion for ltiii , " which I had brought from Biistol for that purpose . It is a really valuable little book : ever ; woriung man ought to poSBeas hilDBelf of a copy . On Tuesday I returned to Bristol , where I lecture again to-night ; and on Friday morning le » ve by the steampacket for Cornwall . My friends in Devon will Bee by the Star of to-day 1 have a week ' s work cut out . This is as it ought to be . My stay in this district has t ? en rendered comparatively useless through the want of an understanding with -each locality . Plymouth , Tavietoek . See-, shall be duly attended to . My Welsh friends shall hear from me , through Mr . Simeon , immediately after I have visited the " far West . " Wales shall be my next " theatre of action . "

      OLD HAM . —On Sunday last , Mr . J . Leach delivered one of the most convincing lectures we have for some tme had the opportunity of hearing . It was replete with sound argument . The room was crowded to overfl > w ing . A great many had to go away for want of

      room . Hasihersmith—Reorganization . A meeting was held at tho Black Bull Inu , ou Tuesday evening last , Dec . 5 th , 1843 , for the above purpose , Mr . L . 3 . Brown in the chair . The following resolution was unanimously passd " That we pledge ourselves individually and collectively , to use our utmost exertions to re-orgauiz ^ this locality , and to spread tbe great principles of Chartism . "

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      THE FINN 0 E TRAGEDY . —DKATH OF MR . WAI . LEB . It will be learned , with mingled feelings of regret and horror , that death has released from suffering another victim of the bloody .= ccne lately enacted at Fiunoe . Contrary to all human thought , and at a time when h s friends and family looked forward to hia ultimate recovery , the dangerous symptoms having completely abated , a very sadden change for tho worse took place on Wednesday morning , and before the close of evening Mr . Waller breathed his last . The ill-fased gentleman has left , besides a sorrowing widow , two sons , both barristers , and , 1 b <> lipve , but one daughter . His second son , Mr . J \ F . Waller , it may be recollected , acted as assessor at the memorable election for the city of Dublin in 1841 .

      Tho shock superinduced by the death of her husband has caused the greatest apprehension for tho safety of Mrs . Waller ; indeed , there is room for the worst fears .

      DEATH OF ONE OF THE TRAVER 5 ERS . The Rev . Peter James Tyrrell , parish priest of Lnsk , aud one of the nine persons implicated in the pending state prosecutions , died en Tuesday night alter afhort attack of erysipelas . The rev . gentleman was greatly beloved by the people intrusted to his cnarge , aud did not , until recently , mis himself up with political questions .

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      Leed 3 . —Mr . Davrd Ross will deliver two lectures to-morrow ( Sunday ) , afternoon at half-past two o ' clock , and in the evening at half-past six , iu the Bazjar , Briegate . Thr Members' meeting will take place in th » Baziar , on Monday night , at eight o'clock . Bradford . —The members of the Co-operative Store , are requested to attend the meeting to be held in the room over the shop , Chapel-lane , on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock ; the report of the Managing Committee will be laid before tbe mcating . _ The Chartist Council will meet in the Council Room , Butterworfch's-buildings , Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . A full attendance is requested as an auditing committee will be elected . Thb Chartists of Manningham will meet in their room qn Sunday morning , at ten oolook , » al at two in tbe afternoon . Cards will be readj in tho

      hands of the Secretary . Mr . Wh . Bell , of Hejirood , will dehvw a ecture on Sunday ( to-morrow ) jn the Garden-street L-oture Room , at six o ' clock in the evening . The Chartists of Thompson ' s Houses will meet in their room on Sunday morning , at ten ? clock . Those persons holding cards in the locality are requested to attend . . , Thk Chahtists of New Leeds will meet m tne Association Room , on Sunday morning , at tea o'clock . I . . — -

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      GLORIOUS CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION AT MACHESTER . On Thursday night , one of tho largest meetings that has . been beld in Manchester , took place in Carpenters' Hall , to hear a lecture from Mr . O'Connor , tor the purpose of enabling the spirited Chartist youths of that town to discharge several debts that that body had incurred , to enable them to make a suitable appearance at the Dun com be demonstration . Long belore the hour of meeting the spacious buildingwas crowded to suffocation in every part . At tight o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor , accompanied by Messrs . Lonsdale , Leach , M'Grath , Doyle , and other * , entered the room , and were most rapturously applauded . Mr . Leach was unanimously called to the chair , and after a few brief observations , introduced Mr . M'Grath , president of the Executive .

      Mr . M'Grath spoke for nearly an hour , and within that period said as much as the ordinary class of speakers belonging to " intellectual" associations would deliver in six hours . His subject was tho rightH of capital and labour , and ihe respective amount of protection received by each . At the c ' of ^ of his address , the applause was as vehement and unanimous as we ever recollect to have witnessed . . The Chairman next introduced Mr . O'Connor , who , upon presenting himself , was loudly cheered ; and upon bem # informed by tho youths that the Repeal of tho Union was the subject selected for difcussion , he proceeded at considerable

      length t 6 eater firstly into a consideration of the general policy of England towards Ireland , the remoto and still existing causes of Irish dissatisfaction to English dominion , and as his own countrymen constituted perhaps a large majority of his audience , he reproved them in no very measured terms for the manner in which they had allowed their prejudices to be roused , against the English Chartists ^ He contended for a Repeal of the Union , but proved to demonstration , that inasmuch as the Reform Bill had considerably reduced the coustitueift boby in Ireland , Repeal would tend to the ipopulation of the country fa related to

      • . as r as tho Ca ' . holio portion , and for this reieon : the land bciiiu' the thins enfranchised and patronage the key of tlic phmderor . the ProteBtant landlords who held the plunder in right of the soil , would sever so subdivide it , nor estrange it as to enable the Catholic people to deprive them of any portian of their plunder ; . therefore he looked upon the Charter as an indispensable adjunct to Repeal , and without which that measure would be a positive evil . Mr . U'Connor so won jpon his countrymen thai at the dose of his address , out of 236 new members that ho enrolled , more than one half of that number were

      Irishmen , who came and stated that thoy were liepealerp , and now they were Chartistg . Tae meeting , upon tne whole , has given the moat genteal satisfaction to tho Manchester Chartists , oprrialy as the Sturge rump , joined with the Coru Law League , have been industriously beating up / or recruits for some time past in Manchester The inipre .-sioii created by Mr . M'Grath , the President ot the Executive , is sure to give a powerful iii . potud to the cause . l- rg 3 , ¦

      Mr . ! Vf'Giuth's Tour . —Oh Friday evening I a . Mn-ssed a metiiingin Congleton , held in Mr . Boor . hVi ? r ) t > o } roaia ; sf-v » . 'ral members were enrolled . Friday is too la ' e in the week to hold meetings for the envw ' ment of members . It cannot be expected that poor f € ll'iV < v who receive for their week ' s toil , the mitral ! " pi-. lance of some six or eight shillings , shout l . 3-9 spare caah for any purpose on Friday . Many , aid have joined the Association on the occasion , utit were prevented by the indigence to which

      the pauperiziug plundering system consigns the working man . Chartism has much to contend against in thi 9 hot-bed of Toryism . The masters are determined to leave no species of tyranny unresorted to , to accomplish its extirpation . So virulent is their hostility to the political enlightenment of Iheir ; laves , that in several instances men have been dis * eharged fruru their employment for no other offtgej thin that of reading the Northern Star . How loh-j u . ll menv with hearts in their breasts and brains iu tl-. oir heads , submit to such a system of soul degrading d ^ potum , a thraldom of worse than Egyptian bondage ! Such a power dots the class-legislative

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 9, 1843, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct958/page/1/