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CHE&T RADICAL MEETING AT HULL , Trejdt alory to a Demonstration in favor of the Nafjional Petition ar . dihe People ' s C / iarier . " 0 ? i Monday evening last , the 3 rd instant , the SP * " rkins Men " 's Association and thefriends of radical rafjnn , in Hull , assembled in the Freemason ' s lodge , 57 Ttongate , for the purpose of adopting resolutions f reparative to the great forthcoming demonstration ji this district , in favor of the National Petition and &e People ' s Charter . Long before the-time for commencing the proceedings , there -was a good master of reformers , who assembled in groups , and seemed anxiously discussing the present aspect of yoblic affairs , and soon after the chair had . been taiea the spacious room became crowded- We 'were
TSJJch pleased to observe a considerable number of Jadies present . On the motion of Mr . Cowan , Mr . WiLson , a working man , was caUed upon to take the eiair , and commenced the business of the evening 1 > j observing that he was happy to see thattheschoolaaster was abroad . It was only three weeks since J&ej had met in that place to receive a lecture on Jfeeu- political rights , from their tried and valued idend Feargus O'ConnoT , and now they had met on a similar occaaon , to take steps relative to flie Na"taoQal Petition , and also to receive an address from ihar friend and townsman Mr . Henry . Vincent { Load cheers . ) The chairman then read a letter s « oeived on Sunday from the Working Men's Assothe
ciation of London , stating that a meeting on ^ abject of the National Petition would beheld in the iDid JPalace Yard , Westminster , on the 17 th instant , -efifflpened by the High Bailiff , who would take the xfcair , and having made some further remarks , consisted by calling upon Mr . Stubbs , a staunch and ¦ sennstent old radical , to move the resolutions . ilr . Stcbbs said he had so often spoken to them ¦ KB radical snbjects , that he thought they must be ii « d of hearing him ; he should , therefore , tTn -m ^ hx rest , and leave others to work , for when he ise-B- that he was to be followed by such men as Mr . Vincent and Mr . Peck , he was sure there was no sjeed for him to . say auyihing . He then moved the JeBoviiie resolutions .
Resolved 1 st . That the meeting cordially approves r £ the People ' s Charter as the outline of an Act of Parliament , embodying the principle of Universal SsSinge , Annual Parliaments , No Property Qualification , Equal Representation , Vote Ly Ballot , and tie Payment of Members . __ 2 nd . That this meeting haGs with delight the Na--nonnl Petition , drawn np by the Birminsham Political Unon . and resolves to adopt it , and immediately So obtain signatures to- the same . 3 rd . "Thismeeting further resolves to convene a -gr-eax izecdng of the inhabitants of Hull , and the ftarronndiDg towns aed villages , early in the month iaf October , for the purpose of aiding in the present gkoous agitation in favcmr of the eqnal rights of the 5 > eo . ple , and for the pnrpose of electing delegates to represt-m this district in the forthcoming- National CoEveation .
Mr . John Prcsseconied the resolutions , —in doing ^ rhich he said , Mr . Stubs hud introduced his name in a manner he did not wish : but lie was always anxious to do all in his power ro advance the ca'ise sf ££ » people . -He wi . > sorry to say that tl-. ere was 3 srr ^ r . t i ' ejLi of apathy in the working classes of this ~ ^ -- " -. : ' r ™ ' . i ' . " l ;< a f ^ ~ inihicuals hai been en--irivo : rlu _ r ,- ^ rt-p tLe Same alive , and had been pnr to ci-r-i . rerabie expense ,-and i . e much wished " iLiioth-eic ~ oi . ; i cuiae forward to r . id them , lie - * = ¦«;« aeve : : >> _ > sr . rcnir ; r » of success a « le -n-a ~ at pre-5 £ I 1 I . lie hoist- ^ ih . i ! riier ^ wa » noTr . a fai ; vrprospect ;> pei 3 ; r : g before tiie country . When lie heard of the > r ' - » rivus Jemoia . -trp !'!' - :- which had been ma 2 e in Si : ~ miv :-Aizrr .. and Gl ^ -L'o ^" . ani Newcastle , and al-- '" w in every fjwn In me ivniiTry , h-- wa < ushr . mec ~ i- iiTiii . V . hen he l . c'r-1 that a meeii : )< r of tjr-r . - .-rn .-rs uf V . ' osii-ijiisvr tvas to rake plice ii : ? iu -: c ;» Y-.-tI—( Iieur . ci-d cheers )—« y . vr v . hi-h thf — -ii I ! rii : ij " lia-i conse liied to ] i 7 i .- > iip , anj wh-n he - ~ - ' 5 cc : e-i tL : ii yrsrs since 013 G ~ . i-. rv h ? A ; n the >? . rri ; - . - .- - - - c-iiT * sfd ssseiiil-sfd tkou-rri-is in 3 Kn ; u : ! jre " - liicli n . ale the rotten Hfiu > e of C ~ oic :: ii > ns trrmblt-^> I'a cemre . br ? had boprd that ¦ sonsVtiiing v-otl i 1 ' = co ^ e . Lutir Jill dt-pended on tht-msel . vs ; if ihey roc . i no : iiot ; dl iu the ; tru ? gle for * ibsrtv , ii * . " ^ 7 uii be an et : mal disgrace to them , and ther ir- _; : _ ^ - _ -rve : ur erer to ifjaain slaves . , llemo < r ~' ~ ~ L ± ir ^^ condc-d the resolution . C ^ - Uvi ch . 'prs . }
37 r . ~\ rscrsT wns then introcnce-1 to th ? meeting . s ^ -i "ra- - TrTfiYf j "vvjrh ^ DiLuiiasric applause , lie r . ' - ~ . i :-.-d' - . = _ Lis address b y sayiHg it-was alwavs a ¦ p '^^ - ~ e to i :: n to m-et tvirli any of ids conntrymt-n . i . u : L ^» v :. < : n - ' especially delighted to meet an - ¦ - - ^' " / f -sti-rldrjir clis ^ es , because Le considered - " ir-r . i : ^ i' rior . - j . i . d tLe sral-iliiy of this ? reai natiun . : io"rh C'li their fr . ^ . v Tiras stamped the brand o : £ ^ y ? 7 y :. zi : uei niiariun . b . cause th ^ y had uot the 1 ' - ' - ~ . ~ : r . a . r-iis-. ns froni the gossesson of the bricks ud : j :. - r : _ r . io resdfr tLen iLtrlligent . lie . w ,- # - ~ i ^ . i z e " " ;> . i 2 ^ z nen ol H ull were coming forward . u .-r jl- ? ~ cs conv : - _ ct- i iLat no coveniment could Ions -rcDdniir . which ai not care i » r . ami have the supl- < r ; oi ihe inCnitry of the country . How was i ! 'hsi ih ^ sreatm ^ ss of the community was so degraded ? * £ badmet io denotmce the factions—we Had mrt if iej- ^ 2 re she - A _ ri = tocracT , but the truth was the -l £ Bi > rested ' wiih osrsrlves ; the crown- was repre-~ . ^ - ' ^ . ' 2 . r :-j-I iiierrfcre cr . xe was taken of tie preroaa-¦ ¦ sJvcs of tae crown . The arlstocrdcy and the Jew > . ^? jrLUrm tu who take < rare of their three per cents , ¦ 0 = ^ -11 ' . rrj vrere represented , and therefore the iu"i = "^ -r of the aristocracy and the three per cents . ~ -j- -: ^ vr ciecred , but the people were noiTepresenu-d ^^' - tL =.-rr ; * cre the people were not protected . For ¦ iiij y ? c _ - > tLt people had been trying to set a good r * : \ - r :: ; in Parliament , but they had been betrayed . i'r-. " -.- r :: ey Lad relied upon The ' scions of the ari < - -se-r ^ -TT r ; . tt"r than their own virtue and energy . - ^ -- ^ s rjcuuny ire had three classes of men ; iirVt , ¦ " - ' ^¦ — were tie masse « , - and they were , notwith-_» "isd ; : ^ the resource * of t&e country , in misery and £ r . -:. » -a :: u ^ . because they had been deprived ottheir r --: r - sL : r ? of political power . Then there was the - - ' ^ - y : rise old English , gentleimii , w ^ o oissht to — / ^ f - : vii . -a-lio were intended to have been created . r > : sr a ihousand years before ilie delcge . This --- ^ s-: sa- of-our antedelnvian ancestor * , wbv ought to isre bt-en renning naked in the woods , living on il-i > zz . Z haws . ticoni ? . pig nuts , and such like delif ^ -i —( roars oi langbter)—had' no notion of any id-id of iinprorenienr , and only considered the masse ' s ' s ihe ] . , {> :: ; slaves of the old English baron ? . These ffsre cs . ' . i- 'd Tories , or . when the sense and
intelli--orade of the Whi gs . ) in favour of Universal Suffrage , ^ ad f aid they were always ready to quote Mr . Fox vaiall snbjects , but his opinions on this were kept in -ti * 5 / Ka-ie . He also referred to the Society of Friends < sf ras People , establisaed in 1792 by the present Earl 5 * jer and other Whi g leaders . He also made some ^ sctiiieiit and pointed remarks on the . French Re-- ¦ aiiacan of 1830 , which want of space compels us to -jrcnit . At length , said he , the Reform Bill wasin-Srudcced , and the war cry of the Whigs was the BiiL the whole Bill , and nothing but the Bill , when ¦ sue ieln ^ ion went on , and the dose was . swallowed -by dse people . Ample jnstice was promised , and ^ a sill y folk believed , and did expect , that a slow zssecc . but sure reform of abuses would be there * nlt
£ *? . ^ me country rendered the word unpopular . zaej ttylei themselves Conservatives , intending to i . ? -ck 3- 3 . nd pre ? en-e all sorts of corruptions . No . saitter how base or absurd a thing it mish ' be , ifit Z'Zs lurol-i . it must be conserved of course ? Bnt there ^ -zj > 3 . third clas-s and these were the men of intellect , ibe champions of mind , the philosophers , the pro-¦ saxers of intelligence , who said to the people , ' ¦ Ob , v » a sr-e ceccired . * ' These men are tyrants , but Siilaii people b ^ liered " them , till at last " they found ibsi the men who were called Whigs were only a ^ anpoand of treachery and deceit . ( Cheers . ) Mr . imcenz then referred to the attempts ' made in 1 TB 0 ! « ¦ Charles James Fox , ( who was looked upon as the
* £ die Bill becoming law . But the Whigs have not iejK their promise . We have bad more , much more * fcsa the bill , and we will take a review of the acts ¦ ex . tse miscalled Reforming Government , since the f »* dng of the delusive Jteform Bill .- Mr . V then <* eat * t great length on the Irish Coercion " BilL ¦ : * &e refasal to bring to jnstice the perpetrators of the < 3 £ &achester massacre , the _ Cdthorpe-strvet aflfair ia peaking of which he paid a high compliment to ^ 3 se honesty and indept-ndence of the jury . The J ^ r LawAmendment Act , the appropriation clause Aa'die Irish Tithe B 2 J , and the destruction of the -CtEadian Constitution , were brought by the talented cssaker under a keen and searching review . Mr . V . ic&nciuded this part of his address by a very humorous ¦^ eaaaaat on the royal wit of Kin ? William , in
• jJEGskiag Lord Melbonrne the bearer of a Fetter con--SJCT 23 . his own dismUsal from office , to the Duke « ueamgton ; and in reference to the Poor Law K-VA * * lt 7 * T % the ^ beries of Henry the ¦ § & $ feSft ?» £ &S f S £ ' SS '» % S ? ^ "P « and suffering , , OBld ^ i ^ Sdi ¦ Ike first inquiry . Mr . Vincent then decl ^ A ?* V * M * celibeiate Sonricdon , that «* & fcgf&lB ^• jflrage , and the other measweTLSx ? ^^ ^ op le ' , charter , conld destroy the enlsS ^ t and the
^ country , secure prosperity and the wual sifeiitsof all classes . Heinew tiiat the termftni -nva ^ alSnflTage hadbeen obj «« ted to , but tiWh ^ ^ P « tapafiiebest ih&t mignt navew | a ^ aopted , jeuthadl ) eenf « r years tha raHrinr point « i ne Radicals , and it wi now gene 4 ny ^ 7 n ^ tiS 3 ^** 2 &S £ &X v 3 wj , aad it vuthw ^ jpocrurr tenmfi « u ^ 3 t . ^ tm mMi be so , Ixow are we to eetit ? wI ^ Lti
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government law ; if they will concede the wishes oi the people we shall get it peaceably , but if not then the Convention must issue a proclamation , and the plough , the loom , and the anvil must at once cease from labour j the people must have holiday , and then we shall soon ba- ? e the Parliament petitioning the people to go to work again . Mr . V . explained this mode of proceeding at great length , and asked if the Convention meet what would be the conduct of the Government ? Probably they would suspend the Habeas Corpus Act , and arrest the delegates , and then he said it will depend on you how we fhall be dealt with by the lenient Aristocracy . I have no de-ire to be elevated "high on Tyburn tree , " all in jovial company . I have no ambition to b ^ a martyr in this most holy cause ; and now let me teQ yon , he continued , you must be in union—you are worse In Hull than in any town that I have visited ; but you must unite and choose delegates ; ave , and you must
choose a man who ought to have been your representat ive , andyould have been so bnt for the treachery of the Whigs , the illustrious Colonel Thompson . ( Here three loud cheers were given for the Gallant Colonel . ) Mr . " Vincent concluded his excellent addressof which we are not able to ^ ive - more than a very imperfect outline , by exciting the ladies present to aid in theglorious struggle , and requested the audience to declare by a show of hands , whether they believed die present Ministry guilty of treason against the rights of the people , when the verdict was given without a dissenting voice . The speaker sat down amid 3 t the most rapturous applause . The chairman put the resolutions which were carried nan . con . He then announced that the Working Men ' s Association would meet at Mr . Thorp ' s , on Monday evening next , and the meeting after giving three cheers for the petition and three for the W'hiseparated
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^——¦^—I ^ M ^^^^^^^^ iM TRIUMPHANT RADICAL UE . viUa&TKATIQN AT COVENTRY . ( From our own Reporter . ) On Monday last , the Tory town of Coventry , presented a scene which neTex -will be forgotten . Buckney , Taiinton , and a few of the good men felt ashamed of the degenerate and degraded condition of their townsmen , and resolved upon one more attempt at resuscitation . Monday the 10 th was the day fixed for the demonstration , put . inconsequence of communications with Mr . Feargus O'Connor , it was made known that he could not attend xipon the 10 th , and therefore , on Friday , it was finally resolved to hold the meeting a week sooner . At ' halfpast two a deputation from the Hibernians , waited upon Mr . O'Connor , and reqnested that he would
accompany his countrymen to the place of meeting . He thanked them , and said , it was the highest honour thpy could bestow . At half-past three the vast procession after having paraded the town drew up in front of the Craven Arms Hotel , where they were joined by Messrs Salt and Pierce , of the Birmingham Council and by Air . Feargus O'Connor : If he vast cavalcade then marched to the ground , the band p laying enlivening tunes , while splendid nags bearing mottos of liberty floated in the bret » ze as far as the eye could reach . When the committee and the principal speakers mounted the hustings one general burst of hearty applause ; rent the air and made the
tyrant quake . Mr . Mayo was unanimously called to the chair , and proceeded to open the meeting in the conconsciousness of the strength of his cause and his supporters . He Baid he ftared nothing now . That meeting—such an unexpected demonstration , was of itself sufficient to dispel * the fears of a more timid man , and to inspire the srdent with hope of immediate redress . ( Cheers . ) The hour was late , —* there were many distinguished friends present to address them , and therefore he would conclude by begging order from all ^ and a hearing for all , anu would then call upon Mr . Buckney to move the first resolution . ( Cheers . ) '
Mr . Bl'ckney came forward and was received with " cheers and bravo , Buckney , always right . " He said , fellow working men , it before you have bei-n struggling for the ehadow , you are assembled thi .-- day to demand the substance . ( Cheers . ) After all the flattery of the one * party , and the oppression of ' all parties , the men ot Coventry-have at length responded to the . nation ' s call . . ( Cheer * . ) Our voice , when disunited , was but as a gentle breeze , but now when united , it will become an irresistible storm . ( Cheers . ) The" working men had bet ? n taught to put trust in men who promised relief
but broke their , every pledge , and now every heart was going to trust m i tselt ' . ( Cheers . ) They had gone so far , that to retreat would be ruin —( cheers , and we wont)—the enemy had become so steeped in crime , that to them any struggle would be preferable to timely surrender . ( Cheers . ) lie h ; id frequent opportunities of addressing them and he could not conceal from himself the , lact tlint all were anxious to hear Feargus O'Connor —( gre ; it cheering)—and Messrs . Salt ; md Pierce , from Birmingham —( renewed cherriug ^)—therefore 1 : e would simply move ' the resolution . >
Mr . Ri-shtox seconded the resolution , and " Mr . O'Connor on rising to support it , was enthusiastically cheered . He said that he rejoiced to have madi * oue of the pre > eiU meeting , arid that mtteii Coventry had aroused itself even in the eleventh hour m'ist be a source of joy to all . HJej . r , lu-ar . / The b > -s ! proof " of their sm-n » th « a » the ' weakness of the enemv , for in Coventry like oilier towns , the peop ' e Irari ihcir enemit-s , the principal of which was tile p ; v ' s . ( llv . ir , hfar . ) Kvi-u there Uuy Imd tlie thwe ji : i ] : ers . the 1 , bsrrvcr am ) the \ kiabi sitit . 'iug : i kind of A liL' duet , and the Standard c \\*\\\\\\\\\ £ . iiphsintive solo . / Cheers and lauu'htor . ) He s ¦ ¦ 'luetiuies had rhe rniio-ity to ' pi-ep af the Ih-raltL and he found ihut the : ippri * heii > ioiis of that journal were directed to a i ! ivad of dUiiu . Mii anuuig the leaders ol
: 1 ii' iji-w a ^ iuition ; he a . < kL-d how such di . si- oro ; n : t eli'ineuts as Attwood , O'Connor , and others cc . ild bi > expected to Jirouuce hurmouy . u-hy , the ignoramus , the loci , we Uon ' t wish it , wu do "" l rr' ]« ire it . If ever lie was at a small tea partv —( ch-.-ers and lauj : 'uter ) - ^ ht' would tlu-re karn that it is the discord which produces c-ovico ' . d—( cheers)—lmt he talks ol new- circumstance ? : ; ind i ' -. r ^ els tiie chauiies . Now the tiling which we c :-ih .: l iij ] of is , tuul di .-a ^ rceiiifiii ainoi !< r a . few ' eaiiis can iirouu . 'e ; i treiufiidoua -ellecc upon s ' . c : ety . and we seek to prevent -uch a catastro ) ln- ' , 1-v making the m . m dependent ujmiii tLe many , n .-stead of the many being depeiiilent ti ]; i'n the man ,
asiil with I ' niv .-rsal Sutlraee the people would have liothniii to . fear froin ti » e tquaLbiiuir i >! ' l .-aders whereas Dow they have every tiring to fear frnu ' i Mi-.-haii eveiit . (( ireat chcerii : ^ . ) Uf fully : i ^ ie ; d with every word uttered by . Mr . ijurkney—" ( a voice ui tue crowd , Buckney has nu power hi-y >> ) Mr O ' Ciiimor was aware of that , but he j-honld have ]> i > wvr ^( Cheers)—and the voici- r . tra n —( no , no . iiackney is a is a . ) . Mr . O'Connor : Is a wh ^ l ? Come tip here , you whiL' ^ iiL-d , to : yfied fellow , and sj'etik out l ; ke a -in : i : i , jind n " ot stand -. nnnibie , mumiile t ' lt-re . like a -snake in the { . Mass . (( ir-Ri cIii ' its . ) Yuuii . vM oil ( ivejjiaii fmiher . o ! .. siipjunt your or . Jt-r—( die . T ,-. )—but if > ou dare io di-turb the meetinir , said Air
O Connor , you s-hnll l ) t » rliucked out neck and heels : viiiat , said he , do you suppose that I have _ ci ) uie herf to li > itJn to your unier-jirowl nn , { your no ; i-e : i .-e ; ymi live upon corruption , ; md dun ' v w ; uit a cbaiisif ; Bucki ; eylives by hi 5 labour , setAs for its protection . ( Cheers . ) You Lave one rood man in Coventry ; at least hrs votes bespewk him such—h « iia ; . iiit Jlr . Wiliiiims . ( Cheers . ) Jiut you hive another , as contemptible a joint as ever -iiruni ; fn . m Karl ( irev ' s tail—he meant tlie lion . > ir . EHice . v Cheers . ) lie , instead of being here , was despatched : t > Ambassador Extraordinary to prevail upon the King of Canada no ; to resign ; lest hi « Caividian territories should not be enhanced in value by the transportation of white slaves .
( Cheers . ) Now , it was a remarkable fact , that 'While hllice . Hume , and Co . were chattering about overpopulation , every ship load of slaves transported to Canada . raised his land -20 pereent . in value . ( Cheers . ) Oh . they want the population in the riirht phice . ( Lauuhter . ) - Mr . O ' Connor heard some person reply ! o LJuckney that corporate reform was a good s ; rant ; -d by the Whigs ; < o it was , but it was for the good of the Whigs . ( Cheers . ) He supposed that such must be -a prevailing opiuion ; therefore , let every man who had beueh ' tted b y corporate or Parliamentary re-form , hold up his right hand . What not one hand ? Not even the eulogist of the ' measure . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Then you Whig and Tory Aristocrats , who flank the meeting , you
are now either cowards or self-convicted . ( Great cheering . ) He congratulated the cause upon the thousands he saw around him . He now saw peace , retrenchment , and reform very different from the peace In England , Ireland , and Canada , and very different from the retrenchmerit which issued more and more Exchequer Bills to keep up the peace in those countries . ( Cheers . ) - [ Here an elderly man at the outside of the meeting cried out , we don ' t want any of your Radicalism here . ] No , you weather beaten old hack , said Mr . O'Connor , you have throve too well without it—your grey hairs bespeak age , but your grimaces , betoken idiotcyyou fellows look for all the world like a hasty squeezed lemon—your shrivelled mug looks so bilious . ( Great cheers and laughter . ) Now , old sin-j
ner . take that and be off with your odd oues , or you'll get more . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor was glad to see so many soldier * present , and he was glad to tell the soldiers whenever they were marshalled against the people in a bad cause that the people would beat them —( cheers;)—but at the same tune , he had always found that a red coat did . not damage the heart . ( Hear , hear , from the soldiers . ) He then entered at considerable length into the agitation going on , and the prospects of the people , he conjured them to be steady and resolute —to stand fast by the cause , and to prove their devotion by their exertion . ( Here some of the old freemen , who had been evidently made drunk for »
second edition of Kidderminster , began to create confusion around the platform . ) Mr . O'Connor observed , " If this is to be serious , and to be persevered in for the purpose of interrupting our proceedings , I * hall just give those gentlemen what we call , in Ireland , the least taste inlife of physical force , which will prevent the necessity of much . ' . ( Cheers , and that ' s the way . ) No , they'll be quiet now . He then went at great length into . the . five great principles of Radicalism , and concluded a powerful speech , which seemed to give general aatisfaction vamid thunders of applause . ' ¦ ¦ -..-The Chaihman then pnt the first resolution , declaratory of the people's right to the Suffrage , which was earned most enthusiasticall y , not a hand beine raised against it . . ¦ '• - '
.. Mr . Taunton , one of the best of the Radical party , then presented himself , and was received with like demonstrations of confidence , which were Bestowed onBuckney . He said , that while two mighty factions were uang the power of law and influence of money to corrupt and oppress the people , the people were confining tixenwelves to virtuous and moral agitation . ( Cheers ^ The petition , of which he was about to move the adoption was one which the people were compelled , from circumstaaceV to adopt ; it was a demand . ( Great cheering ) Its merits had been well weighed by enlkhteneVmen . ieariew
ana men ; and all joined m approving the detommationi and Cdveatry , tWgt Bngerini # hm w ? *? " caDea 8 P ° * o lendThelmng n « ttJ : ZSSf ? P ™? FH ik ^ KhSS the xoeetmg at great length and with much abilitr , f ? ! " ^^ " 8 ta » adoption of the petition Mr . Sai ^ one of the Binningham CoyaciL ^ next presented himaelf , and wm haDed with thunder ^ of applause , cheering , and dapping of hands , which lasted for sereral minutes . fi 78 aid thatf oovertv was now becoming £ general , that bnt one feS jeemed to pmade all classes . The working cW £ howerer , had reeved upon aetion- < hear , ne « TauS loud cheers )—whfle the not less impoverkKwl w foobtij P rwu 4 uuddk otatf ««• SS ^ SM
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bankruptcy ana ruiiij with a little political distuic-: ion , to that change which would equally benefit all classes . ( Gheers ^ VVas not every man , in his senses , aware that the ruin of the people must be followed by the Tuin of those who depended upon the peo p le—( cheers , )—and they had Hot thb wisdom to listen to the joy of the Aristocracy , which was their cause of sorrow . ( Hear , hear . ) He wpold illustrate it . A fashionable lady , one ofthe Aristocracy , honoured him with a visit hot long since . Her bonnet was triinmea with Coventry ribbon , which she showed to Mr . Salt , triumphantly stating tliat the ribbon was now so ; cheap . ( Hear ? hearA Yes , ma ' am , replied he , it may be sport to you , but it is death to the weaver . ( Cheera and hear , hear . ) Thfe
next class that would feel the ^ pressure would be the landlords , for if the people had no wages the masters could have no profits , and cohsequently the landlords could expect no rents . ( Cheers . ) The men of Birmingham had struggled for Reform ; but like themselves they were dissappointed , and now joined with them and with thu brave men of Scotland and the 'North , and indeed all England , they were about making a grand struggle for a real Keform Bill ;—( great cheering;)—A Reform Bill which by giving to the poor , would be a protection to the rich , for there could be no secun ^ ibr the property of the one if the other was filched and plundered at the will of an unconstitutional oligarchy . ( Cheers . ) It was then late and he would conclude b y seconding the national demand . Mr . Salt retired loudly cheered .
Air . Pierce , one of the Birmingham Council , then came forward to support the petition and was greeted b y long aud rapturous applause . He said that lie rejoiced to see so large an assemblage and amongst them so many of the fair sex . ( Cheers . ) Let the men of Coventry' be assured that the cause of the working classes was now one cause —( hear , hear)—and that if any temporary improvement had taken place in Coventry or elsewhere , it was the result of some unaccountable circumstances , and not the effect of a permanent or wholesome state of things . ( Hear , hear . ) Their trade may rise for a bit , but what save Universal Suffrage could make prosperity certain . . ' ( Cheers , . ' . and nothing . ) Let them therefore look to those questions and those rights
which had been embodied in the national petition and then they would be independent of all parties . He most cordially supported the adoption of the petition and sat down heartily cheered . The petition was then put and carried by acclamation . A vote of ; thanks was then given to the chairniun , and the rejoiced thou .-ands separated peacably aud much delighted . We regret that a weekly paper does uot admit of long reports , otherwise we should uwl inclined ta have given the excellent speeches ofthe several speakers at greater length , however , suffice it to say , that but one spirit was breathed all through , and that was a determination to get Universal Suffrage quietly if they could , but to get Universal Suffrage '• any way . Too much praise cannot
be given to liuckney , 1 aunton , and the other working men who got up the demon » tratioh which was acknowledged lobe far away the largest ever seeu at Coventry , and to consist of many thousands more than the reform meeting * in 1832 . An attempt was made to repeat the Kidderminster ruffianism , but cue . 'determination of fhe speskers and the people nipped the thing in the bud . Mr . O'Connor plainly < i < ivo them to understand that , though a stranger , he would put down by force any attempt to cause disturbaucu . We shall not attempt to gupss at the numbers ; we leave that to the Herald and the
Stant- ' ard , the riv .-tl ballads ofthe town : ' suffice it to-say , tluitall wondered where tlie thousands came from , and considering that Coventry has a population of Iietween 30 and 40 , 000 , this will lead the reader to some conclusion as to the numbers . It was one of the largest but-dobr ineeting-s we have seen ; of course not to be compared to the Birmingham or Newcastle me .-tiiigs , but as compared to the population , it was . M'coud to ii () n « ' . Giory to the good working men ol Coventry ! they have a fine spirit , and had noble motto .- ) upon tlieir banners . Let them but go on as they hiive commenced , and we alinlllet them OUT OF " COVENTRY .
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THE WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION OF NORTH SlltELDS TO THE DEMOCRATS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Ki : Lt . ow C'lT ' ix . KN . s , —AV'hen thejno . ft ardent . breathi « t- s ot liln-rty jiervade the breasts .-of millions from one extremity of the . empire to the other , —when the standard of in-edom is unfurled , and patriots are riisliiiig . in crowds to defend it from the attacks of tyranny and oppression , the working men of Shields , roiled to . a sense of . the shameful injustice done to the . body of the people , have united themselves in order tourist their countrymen to work out their re-. 'ijer . iiinii , Ivy bursting ' asunder the degrading dias ' n ' s with which tyrants have no long bound them .
Lous ; had we groaned beneath the intolerant fynuji . y of a Tory ( action , when the . false promise * of tue k-vvile si lf-. dcgraiJed Whigs induced us to rest our hopes of future justice in them . IJow these ho ,. ) . es have been disappointed . Britain painfully n' » r . " i . «; atid Ireland has equal cau = e for lament aud inii ^ natiou , when she considers that their first mi'ii siire . iiiti-r being firmly seated in power , was a Bill lor her coercion . But ' after a long and dark night ol oppression , freedom dawns in the political horizon , ami ere lon « we trust to worship itvS meridian blaze .
1-eilow Countrymen , —The object hoped to be auaiiiuil , . by thus uniting , is eima ) rigiitsto all . To si ' i-uru this end , we are of opinion that Universal SuHV .-ifi-e is necessary ; and that it is just , how can any disinterested person pretend to deny ? 'We are atfequal in birth—the poor peasant who breathes ti . ejireathof life in the mud walled cottage , and ttliu has to use the most rigid economy to procure a . tiithuejtt of the coarsest quality , is the equal of the lii ^ h-born Aristocrat , nursed in all the pomp ufsplendour a ' ndluxuriatingin all theaflluerice of wealth . But we conceive that Universal Suffrage without some p rotection from the influence of wealth and power would be ¦ of Jittle benefit to the working man ; VheT (; ft » re , to secure to all an unbiassed
voj . fe . iii the framing of the laws , ap ' pointing of public officers , < fec . the Ballot is made a lundame » tal principle -of-this ' Association , We are likewise of opinion that the greatest talent of the nation is not brought into exertion by the existence of a Property Qualification ; and . here we appeal to our fellowcountrymen—we ask them is it reasonable to suppose that the offspring of wealth and grandeur , who , knowing no want himself , thinks there is none in the wor ' id- ^ -rwho , as soon as he . has passed the grammar school , is sent to one of those hot-beds ot aristocracy , Oxford or Cambridge , where that contempt for the working class is instilled into bis mind which is _ rarely effaced , — -where his fame depends , not on his knowledge of the sublime science of directing the
iillairs and forming the laws of a nation , but in writing a Latin or Greek prize essay * or translating Horace' or Virgil : is it reasonable , we ask , to think that such a man as this is Ukely to forward your inte ^ rests , equal to the man who has seen h . hm ' an nature in all its phases—who , having felt himself the unequal pressure of the laws , has been led to examine their justice with scrutmisi ^ f care—who , perhaps engaged in commerce , has given the deepest attention to our commercial interests—or ^ ho , barely able to maintain his family , must bft Yfett aware of the distress existing throughout the country . We answer no ; and we feel convinced you will respond to our opinion . To secure the services of such men devoted to our interests , we would give every man a fair
remuneration lor his labour , JNo mail is fond of working for nothing . Besides , history informs us that paid members have always been the hohestest . The immortal Sydney , Hambden , and Marvel , scorned to receive hire from any other hand than that of the people . Having , seen the great evUs attending long parliaments , and felt indignant at the unequal representation of the country , we seej with our London brethren , the necessity of compelling legislators to grant us Annual Parliaments , and a representation according to population . We likewise see the necessity of procuring the abrogation of the most inhuman and tyrannical law that ever the imagination of the oppressors of mankind gave birth to , the : New Poor Law , and of substituting in its place some law more in accordance with the feelings of the nation which shall not
punish poverty as a crime . Fellow Men , —These our demands being founded on justice cannot fail ( we think ) to make an impression on our Legislators , but if they should treat with scorn these our lawful demands ^—let them remember there : is a point beyond wHchhumto suflferiiig cannot be stretched > Did not . tyranny cause all the homm » of the French revolution ? Did not oppression lead to the revolt Of America ? And does not the spirit that fired ^ ie breast of ttie immortal Sydney exist in the heart of every patriot ? That Legislators may avert " the coming storm by gr&nting justice to the people is the sincere prayer of Yours fraternally , The Members of the Working Men ' s Association , of North-Shields . ( Signed on their behalf ) JAMES WAUGH , Chairman . ¦ - . ' JAMES McKEAN HENDERSON , Secretary . Association-Room , Chmch Street , North Shields . , August 24 th . 1838 .
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THE WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION OF BATH , TO THE WORKING CLASSES ° X ^ TH ESPEClALLYv AND ALL LOVERS OF GOOD GOVERNMENT . . TWBNDS , CotniTHTMEIT , AWD BbOTHERB , —For US Working Men a cruo&u approaching , pregnant with immense evil or good as we may determine hy our actions . If we are slothful and indifferent to our lntereats , and mffer ourselves to be the dupes and tools of faction u we have hitherto , then our political Hlavery , with U « consequent degradation , want , and nuie | r / , wiU b » pivloof « d tiU wo shall hare jtaMod to
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our graves ; but if , on the cJnirary ^ we come-forward as brave men determined to be . .. free , and guid'id by that intelligence ^ which as a body , we possess , we may , in a short time , and without bloodshed , break oar bonds and stand on the earth free men . * Fellow Countrymen—It is for us to come forward and defeat the social enemies of man ; and to establish those institutions that have in view the happiness and well-being of man , ' . and comport wijth the equal rights of the human family . To bring about this state of thingg j . we rely on the : increased intelligence , public spirit , and moral greatness : of the working classes ^ But remember , these are useless if we are not united . It is by union alone we shall be able to succeed . The ignorance , apathy ,: and
moral degradation of our eountnrcnen , have . hitherto been obstacles in the way of liberty , and rendered them easy victims to insult and oppression . Why have we not good governrnent' ? ' Why is society divided into factions , orders , and classes ? The reasons are these—our forefathers were deprived of the means of political knowledge . They believed they . were ; free , because they knew not rightly of what that freedom , should consist . Their rulers taking advantage of their ignorance , were quietly permitted to set up a government of their own , which was not founded on the principle of the equality of mankind . Through the apath y and disunion ofthe people , this government has been perpetuated to the present day ; ' but it has now to
contend against the spirit of the age , and a people determinea to be free . v Fellow Countrymen , —The time has now Wrrived when we should cordially co-operate . Our cry must be , ( he " People ' s Charter , " and " The Birmingham Petition . " Unite , then , with us to obtain these measures . Turn a deaf ear to the clamour of our enemies ; and let p s defeat them by order , perseverance and unanimity . Let these great measures occupy your thoughts and supply your conversation —speak-of them at home and . © broad—win to them the attention of your wives and children—interest all with whom you come in contact in their favour ^ Tell them , if they wish their condition to be . bettered , their energy must be directed to the establishment of a constitution of their own—a Parliament representing all who pay taxes directly or indirectlv in
which we may speak our minds , plead our own cause , and loolt after onr own concerns . We call upon every lover of liberty and good government to assist us in getting up a great Radical Demonstration in favour of the "The People ' s Charter , " and " The Birmingham Petition ;" and also to elect delegates to represent us in the forthcoming general convention . The meeting is to take place in about a fortnight , of which due notice will be given , and invitations sent , to the inhabitants ofthe towns and villages in the vicini ty of Bath . Let us , men of Bath , arouse from our lethargy ,, and follow the noble example ofthe men of the North . Citizens and [ Brothers—Again we call on you to unite and assist us in emancipating ourselves from our political slavery . But do this , and the victory is snre .
Believe us to be , in sincerity , yours affectionately , The Members of the Bath Working Men's . Association . ( Signed on their behalf ) " ¦ ' T . BOLWELL , Secretary .
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. TAIT'S MAGAZINE . There is a great deal of well sustained irony and well adjudged censure in " ¦ Congratulations at the Close of the Session of 183 S . " His closing observations are full" of stem truth , especially wheie he alludes to the growing discontents of the people . " They are not content , " he says , " and their dissatisfaction , is rapidly advancing . It is smouldering every where , ready on the first breath of agitation to burst into a flame . The symptoms were never more alarming than at present . Wrath is treasured up against the day of wrath . " But the poison of
Whig-Radicalism oozes out in the council to throw overboard all other considerations till the Corn Laws be repealed . Either this writer must know that with a House of Commons constituted like , the present one , the Corn Laws never will be repealed , or he is most unaccountabl y obtuse . There is another yarn spun out of the stale and nonsensical 'Recollections" of the " Opium Eater . "— "Steam Communication with India" is a good article . The notice of " Sydney Smith ' s Princi pW ' of Phrenology" hits some hard raps on the knuckles-of the phrenologist . ' <
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NICHOLAS NICKLEBY . No . 6 . Worse and worse . We should advise the author of this popular work to take a little rest , and try to recruit his intellectual energies . He becomes excessively tame , flat , and dull . The present number is not one jot above the common average of the slip-slop novels of the day , and to many of them it is not equal . We give , as a specimen , the meeting of Nicholas and Miss La C-reevy , after the return of Nicholas to London . Miss La Crkevv AND NICKLEBY . — "Don't let me put you gut of tlie way , " said a . voice Miss La Creevy knew . " I told the servant nut to mention my name , because 1 wished to surprise you . " ' . ' Mr . Nicholas , " cried Miss La Creevy , starting in great astonishment . " You hare not loritotten me I
see , replied Nicholas , extending his hand . " Why I think 1 should even have known you if I had met you in the street , " said Alif-s La Creevy with a smile . " Hannah , another cup and saucer Now I'll tell you what , young man ; I'll ' 'trouble you not to repeat the impertinence you were guilty of bn tie morning you went away . " " You would not be very angry would you ?"' askml Nicholas . « ' Wouldn ' t I ! " said Missi ba Creevy . . "You had better try ; that ' s all . " Nicholas , with becoming gallaatry , immediately took Miss La Creevy at her word , who uttered a faint scream , and slapped his face ; but it was not a very hard slap , and that ' s the truth . " I never saw such a rude creature ! " exclaimed MissLa Creevy . " You told me to try , " said Nicholas . "Well , but I was BpeakiWe l' -omcauy , " Tejoined Miss La Creevy . "Oh ! that ' s another thing , " « aid Nicholas ; " you should have told me that , ' toW "I dare say you didn ' t know , indeed ! " retorted Miss La Creevy . . ¦ - '
OWENISM DISSECTED . A Calm Examination of the Fundamental Principles of Robert Owen ' s Misnamed <' Rational System . " By Frederic R . Lees , Secretary to the British Association for the Suppression of Intemperance Leeds , H . W . Walker , 27 , Briggate . "We expected to find in this work an analysis and discussion of the community system , which forms in our estimation , the only thing worthy of notice or
contention in Mr . Owen ' s "Rational System . " We were disappointed , however , in finding it to he merely a polemic controversy about some abstract metaphysical notions which Mr , Owen mixes&up therewith , and in the discussion of which we cannot interfere . "We can only , therefore , speak of this as a literary composition , in which capacity if does some credit to Mr . Lees . Several of Mr . Owen ' s positions are criticised very severel y , and w ith some ability .
THE MONTHLY CHRONICLE . There is , as usual , a large amount of talent displayed in this periodical . We think , however , that the work might be rendered jnore generally pleasing and effective , if ihe articles were somewhat shortened , and a greater variety introduced . The first article is an attempt at a justification of Lord Durham ' s despotism in Canada . It is clever and well written ; but , in our opinion , Lord Durham ' s best friends at present are those who let him alone . In the second article , the popular notion of the influence of the moon on various animal and vegetable bodies is . very ably controverted . The article on the Speed " of Railways is continued , and that on the Duke of Wellington concluded . The " Notes of the Month " are interesting .
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ERASER'S MAGAZINE . Fraser opens with a long article on the Life of Wilberforce , which we have Bot-read ; ' " Jack among the Lawyers" is a lively amusing story . "The Birds of Aristophanes , No . 2 , " continued in this number , fully equals the merit of the former portion * which we before noticed . There are several other good literary articles . "Whigs and Tories , " and "Little Men and Little Measures , " are very severe upon the Whig faction . We are glad of it . Nothing so good for the people as for the two factions to worry each other .
NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE . The "Gurney Papers" are continued , and contintie to maintain their spirit and interest . We have not read one in the whole series which we prefer to the present one . " The American Bobadil , " by tne author of "Highways and Byeways , " isabamusin * satire on American manners . " Shakspeare ' S Historical Plays considered Histdrically , " is continued .
The " Lesson of Life" is also continued , and fully sustains the fearful and thrilling interest kept up thrpughbut the preceding chapters . la the i-oater-8 ation between the monk and the hangman , the absurdity and inefficiency of capital punishments is well argued by tibe latter functionary . "The Manager ' s NoteBbok" furnishes many amusing and interesting particulars of the famous Nell Gwynne , Pope the actor , Kean and several other similar worthies .
BLACKWpOD'S MAGAZINE , Sept . 1838 . ; Blackwood ' s ia a very good number . There is much literary talent in several of the pieces , « 8 . pecially the first , Christopher among the Mountains . " "Legendary Lore" is elegantly written . u LoreaodGeology ; ' M )» TeryJunu « iog trifle : but
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the most ^ useful article is a long and yerj ^^ posure of Wh > g trickery , under the title of « £ * Radical Corruption . " The following matter-ofS Jlorl ' - ! eXtTaCted . ^ frpW ^^ rth y ^^ g . In 1822 Lord Brougham brought forward ixtfo enect . — 1 bat . the influence now possessed bv tS Crown is unnecessary for maintaining its" cdfflff t ^ . pn ^ ato v ^' fete ^ rt cf a&xd « SS of Parliament , . and inconsistent with the wett 5 ° ^™^?* ^ reabn . " It ¦ was alleged in « £ ? P ° ^ ° ^^^? ??? ° ' that there ^ ere JL ££ ^ ii p ^^^ i commons
«« « ouse oi , bat m ° tf % . * T % - ^ * M 5 ™ T' *« e were included all King ' s Serjeante and King ' s Counsel , and oth ert holding honorary offices on both sides of the hoS so . that-Jiifact , Uie realnumber of placemen direcfli or indirectly under the influence of the Crown aril receipt of pay , was reduced to forty-seven . * Now without furtherjreface , we will ennmerate the Z ' sons in the House of Commpns--the reforw House of Commons—who are similarly situated At present , mentionbg only those in the actual receint of salaries , and under thre direct influence and com uiand of the Administration : —
Sir Charles Adam , Lord of the Admiralty . Sir George Anson , Surveyor-General of the OtiTi nance . Colonel Anson , Storekeeper of the Ordnance Nicholas Ball , Attorney-General of Ireland . FranchF . Baring , Secretary to the Treasnry . - G . C . Berkeley , Lord of the Admiralty . ^ Charle $ Buller , Member of Lord Durham's Canada Council . : : *^»» u » G . S . Byn ^ Compfroller of the Household . ' ¦" Sir John Campbell , Attorney-General . SPn— co , P V Secretat of Lord Melbourne . William Curry , Prime Serjeant of Ireland . Lord DaLneny , Lord of the Admiralty . . . T . . . & Duncombe , attached to Lord Durham ' s Mission . 'T
Edward Ellice , jun ., Secretary to Lord Durham . Cutlar Ferguson , Judge-Advocate-General . Robert Gordon , Secretary to Board of Control . Sir George Grey , Under Secretary to the Home Department . , " ¦ '¦' : .. « w ^ Sir John Hobhouse , President of the Board of Control . Edward Horsman , Scotch Church Commissioner . Lord Howick , Secretary at War . H . Leibouchere , Master of the Mint . James Loch , Arbitrator" for Government under the Railway Bill . ; P - LusWD'gton , Jndge In Ecclesiastical Courts . * ox Made , Under Secretary for Home Department . / c h < " < -
Lord Morpeth , -Secretary for Ireland . J . A . Murray , Lord Advocate . R . Lynch , Master in Chancery . Mr . O / Ferrall , Lord of the Treasury . ' Lord A . Paget , Equerry to the Queen . ¦ Lord Palmerston , Foreign Secretary . John Parker , Lord of the Treasury . Sir H . Parnell , Paymaster-General . Captain Pechell , Equerry to tbe Queen . Spring Rico , Chancellor of the Exchequer . Henry Rich , Equerry to the Queen . Sir Robert Rolte , Solicitor-General . . Lord John Russell , Secretary for Home Department . * . r
Lord Seymour , Lord ofthe Treasury . _ Richard Shiel , Commissioner of Greenwich Hos . ' pTt- ^ 1 . Hon . R . J . Smith , Lord of the Treasury . ¦¦ . Robert Vernon Smith , Secretary to the Board . of Control . Edward John Stanley , Secretary of the Treasury . Y ^ arock , Judge of Irish Admiralty Court . J . C . Jr . Strangways , Under Secretary of Foreign Department . " ' ¦ .- ¦ ° Robert Stf . uart , Lord of the Treasury Earl of Surrey , Treasurer of the Household . £ : - ^ lompson , President of the Board of Trade . ^• ^• . v roubndge ' koj&of the Admiralty . S » r Richard H . Vivian , Master-General of the Ordnance . y Major Vivian , Aid-de-camp to ditto . Charles Wood , Secretary to the Admiralty .
Here , then , are 50 , exclusive of minor " commissioners , as Mr . Wrighison , Mr . Duckworth . Mr . Maule , &c ; and of persons who have held offices , as Sir Edward Codrington , Sir Charles Grey , & < ? Uiough at present unemployed . But still these are by no means all who have felt the benefit of Government patronage of these days of purity and reform ; and , therefore , we will proceed to name a few more who have Mlid reasons for voting black white to keep V \ hig-Radicals m office . The following Members have been selected for honourable notice in the diflerent modes we have mentioned : R . M . Bellew , created a Baronet . E . G . Buiwer , ditto . J . R . Carnac , ditto . S . Grompton , ditto , J . Duke , knighted . '
J . Dunlqp , created a Baronet . J . Edwards , ditto . H . Fleet wood , ditto . Lord Dundas , gazetted Lord-Lieutenant of the North Riding . ' J . Guest , created a Baronet . R . Ferguson , gazetted Lord Lieutenant of Fifeshite , B . Hall , created a Baronet . R . Howard , ditto . C . Jephson , ditto . Roderick Macleod , created Lord Lieutenant of Cronsarty , R . B . Philips , created a Baronet . - ¦ . - D . Roche , ditto . J . Seale , ditto . Matthew Wood , ditto . E . de Lacy Evans , made a K . C . B .
Again , the folio wing Members have retired from Parliament and received their reward for past services . Some have kindly resigned their seats to make way for others—a Lord John Russell or a Palmerston tor instance—and have in return received a suitable acknowledgment of their magnanimous self-denial : — Mr . Stewart Mackenzie , appointed Governor of Ceylon . M r . Hanbufy Tracy , elevated to the Peerage . Mr . Tracy Leigh , gazetted Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire . Mr . Carew , elevated to the Peerage . Serjeant Woulfe , Chief Baron of Exchequer i Ireland . ' Serjeant O'Loughlin , Master ofthe Rolls in Ire land .
Mr . Western , elevated to the Peerage . Sir J . Wrottesley , ditto . Mr . Hanbury Bateman , elevated to the Peerage . Mr . Methuen , ditto . Mr . Ponsonby , ditto . Mr . Coke , d . tto . Mr . Portman , irlitto . Mr . Littleton ^ ditto . Mr . Pepys , ditto . Mr . Denman , ditto . Sir A . L . Hay , appointed Governor of Bermuda . ' Mr . R . Grant , appointed Governor of Bombay . Mr . Kennedy , ' appointed . Chief Commissioner at Cuba . Mr . O'Dwyer , Stipendiarv Maeistrate in Ireland .
Mr . Fitzsimon , Clerk of the Irish Hanarier Office . Lord Belfast , appointed Vice-Chamberlain to the Queen . Dr . Bowring , appointed Foreign Agent "to-tie Foreign Office . Mr . H . L . Bulwer , Secretary of Legation at Constantinople . , Mr . Brady , Solicitor-General of Ireland . Mr . Crompton , Judge in Ireland . Mr . Perrin , Baron 9 f the Exchequer in Ireland . Mr . Blamire , appointed Tithe Commissioner for England . Mr . D . Browne , elevated to the Irish Peerage . Mr . Lefevref appointed Poor Law Commissioner . Colonel Fox , appointed Clerk of the Ordnance . Sir John Newport , appointed Controller of titf Exchequer .
Admiral Elliott , appointed Admiral on Afiicai Station . Of this tribe / we could easily discover dozens inoret but it is unnecessary ; the specimens above will she * that many a pure and patriotic member in tb * House of Commons , who bas not hitherto deipiw to take place or pay , may nevertheless have som » p leasures of hope to console him for his ng » independence . Othera who have nothing ; given to themselves , who probably also expect nothing , *" sufficiently enchanted to the ministry . by theeiriplof ment 8 or honours enjoyed by their relatives . At tw risk of fatiguing our readers , we subjoin a fe » ™
these gentlemen , with a designation of their tboob of indirect dependence on the Government . Lord Acnesoh .- ^ Hi 8 fether created an Enf li * Peer by the Whigs , ; Mr . Baines . —His son made Recorder of Hull Mr . H . Berkeley , / brother to a Lord pf ^ Admiralty , and to a new Whig Peer . Mr . C . Berkeley , ditto . . Lord Brabazon . —His father created a Peer by tw W sp . :.:.: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ . ;¦ : , - : Lord Clements , ditto . Mr . PonBonby , ditto . . Lord Duncan . —Hu father created an Earl by ( w
Whigs . Lord Dundas , ditto . Hon . Mr . Dundag , ditto . Lord Leveson , ditto . Hon . Mr . Moreton , ditto . Lord Wontoy , ditto . . ¦ ""/¦ Lord Ebrington . —His nephew ( Lord Kbg ) «»* anEarlbytbeWbiii . ' ^ Mr . Lambton . —Hu brother made an Earl by tW Whigs . ^ ' . . - ' : ::, ; ., ¦ . ¦ ¦ •¦ : .. : ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ : ¦ : ; : ¦ :: ¦¦ ¦ ¦ .. - ^ . Mr . Mildmay . --Hia brother-in-law made | P » bythfrWhigg . .. Mr . G . Byng . —Hi « brother created a Peer by tM Mr . * Brodie ^ -Hu brother created a BaMWt bj toe Whi f <» . ' ; . . •;¦' ; ¦ ¦ -: r- ,,- \ : y ., ; . ¦¦ - /¦
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groans gs , . gl \ JCk ±± B AV / 1 bUb II iUgC ^ CWVUIMWUI GLORIOUS RADICAL MOVE AT STRATPORD-UPON-AVON . ( From our own Reporter . ) Upon Friday last , the working men of Stratford , met at the large assembly-rooms , Rother-street , for the purpose of discussing the five great principles , and of taking the national petition into consideration . At Lalf-past seven , the room was crowded to suffocation , while hundreds of anxious hut disappointed Radical ? surrounded the building . Mr . Brandis , an extensive linen-draper , -was called to the chair , and of this gen tinman it is necessary to say a word before proceeding farther . He was one of the old Hampden Club twenty years ago , at which rime he was elected for his strict
attachment to the cause of freedom , and from which tune to the presexit , lielias more tlian realized the . most sanguine expectations of his numerous followers and admirers . He has snffered much perst ? cu : ioii ¦ and great losses in consequence of his politics , but from his character for honour and fair dealiug , he still commands a most extensive business , his enemies being compelled from interest to sink hatred in a i ; lurcinug pennyworth . ' Mr . Brandis is bold , eloquent and iutelligeur , straightforward and Tmcoinproiui ^ ing . In open ng tlie meeting , he said , that he mourned otten in secr .-t o \« . * r the apathy of his to-wiismen , "but , peradventure , he would still try to resuscitate the sleeping embers ol irerfdoia . ( Cheers . ) The many engines of iurture , coercion anj intimidation , to which ihe people were
subjecTtf-j . should plead their t-xeuse , lor su valuable w :: < th . 'ir nou-inter'i'rciice io iheir task m . ' . < - ter =, U : ni every attempt to rij ; ht th . msi-lws was inci *> y cj : imiii 5 snd fraud , and ii" iiece * s ; : rv . by - < jrce to ^ uppre ^^ compiuiiix . —( liear , Le ir , and cLetrs . ) F--r an unprotected nii-i unreci > a , iii / A'd !> o ^ y ; o work in sections for their deliverance , was almost an anomaly in politics , a :: d ilnre-ure , lhm-n of StraiJorJ . s : iiv mountains of UilVt . - 'ulty wh' -n -: oiii : £ : si :: jriv . wiiii ^ h they could ; , ot iiope to remove ; ! -i : t . uii' -v . irom their inc'irporatu . n wi' . h the men oi Uirmiujhain . nn-i the ^ iorib , those ] no ;] Ui : ihis heo ^ Tne EioJeaills . — ( iMv ;! t che-erniir )—and e .-rv s : ii - > uV . er ]! tn to the uni \ iT >' al in ; ih ; ik « jirnj . elleii n vriih iucr .-a ^ J s > eed . ; :: i-1 le .-seiieti the l ; . buur ( . ! " all e ' . jii . ' -. L-d . ( Chre . 'S . ) TLere w is lit . i i-ue- of tlio .-e
v .-Jo embracfu Ra < iica ; i > m ;\ s a source oi yrofir , for t <> hhn it Lad been-a uraJ loss . ( Uear , he : ; r , ana " true . ') It was not true , ihatTn-. ui wn- not u . loser ; n interest , if he received au eijuixaleiit : n prmciwii * . ( Cheers . J WLa : vras it to a zir . m *> * " soul and min . i to lip . vf wherewiiiiui to procure coiir . ortx lor hiuis- " . f . if his heart Vias cunslanfly .-ickii ; eJ by the tiistres ^ oi all around him . (( Ireat cheerily . ) 'J ' he great principles of self . oveniment would that ni ^ ht be subrniited to their consid .-raiion , anj the iiiitn ' . vhi > refuseu h ; s ai i in iLe ; . cijuiu-: nei : ; , \ v :: s a ¦^ iiiin ? slave . ai : J c : iaii : s , not liberty , wouiJ Lesi bi-tit lii « s .-rviiity . ( Caeers . ) The national petiiiou which hai been ¦ ciianirrM ' . isiv adopted bv the nation .
"would Le 5 ' jb : iiitied to them , but a > one ol the be .-t . it ' not the \ ery be . < t Radical in tu ^ huid . vas preseut to . adcress them , he . ashe ha-i irecjuentopportiiniiie . - of meeting t ' .: em w ^ uld now iniioduce the taienieu and uiicorri " , jr isi :. p " iriend of tiie working classe .-Feargus-O"Connor . I pon tuis announcen . ent , the applause w .-i < asioH :. d ; : i 2 ; and was aj :: in r-iK-wi-. j upon Mr . O ' Connor presenting luins-.-ir . He > aij iLat bevras ^ a ? - . oi ; : i ' -. e :. to leiirn fro :: ' - li : t-Ir cli-jirman . that any iii ^ llJer ^ :: ; - ^ to liberty -I-mld es : si in n town which had t . i ^^ -n birch to the immortal Shak — p-.-are' whose as ir : aioiis had iurnished so maiiv mottos for libeny . b'it not one fur oppres-io : i . ( Cheers . ) lie t ^; en en'ered at considerable leijutb into the rive gr ? at principles of Radicalism , poiniiii "
out wherein their accomplishment was to rmut t : e poor , while the property of the rich would be correspondingly increased " aid secured . He dwelt at considerable length upon the wrongs which hai followed in rapid ^ ucce .-sion since the people lost thtpower of self go \ eiui :: ent . He i-ven there ob = erve-. the secret enemy to Union , f-jr before him stood three loaves of diff-jvm sizes , which were no doubt intended to pourtray the difl' .-rencebetween the taxed and theuntased brtad market , but he i e » aed to remind them that if dear bread now compelled them to select the smallest of the thiee loives , that bv u repeal o ! the Corn L ' -ws withom I " niversaiStiffsaiie . low wages would still compel them to choose the small loaf , ( cheers , and " true , ) while the fund-lord , the landlord , and tbe money lord with fixed property or profit from labour , w ould still be enabled to purchase the large laaf . ( Cheers . ) Jiid ^ intMherefunof the future from the past , let the people be > ure
that all sham savings without Universal Suffrage wouM but tend ' . omak- the poor still more dependent upon the rich . ( Cheers . ) Cueap and dear were relative terms . The rich man had money to purchase bread at any price , while the poor man shoul i fust make the money by h : s labour before he could buy the bread . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then entered full y into the consideration of the condition ofthe workin gclasses and by his intimate knowledge of their concerns showed wherein Universal Suffrage would remove their every complaint . He did not blame the working classes , he blamed those who should be their friends and protectors , but , who in reality , were their enemies . ( Cheers . ) After an address of considerable len g th , which was loudly cheered all through , Mr . O'Connor concluded by recommending the adoption and s-uppor : of the national petition , and the complete union of the working millions . ( Loud applause . )
Mr . Thames , one of Vhe council of the Birmingham Union from its formation , then rose and was received with deafening applause . His grey and venerable hairs , added to a countenance which seemed to beam with delight at the scene before him , for some time overcame the veteran . He said , my dear friends , some men can date the day of their conversion to the true princi p le , 1 cannot . ( Great cheering . ) 1 never remember being other than I am now . ( Cheers and bravo . ) 1 have seen nearly three score years and t-n , during -which time I have -worked with the faithful , and argued with the timid . ( Cheers . ) I never heard an address that gave me more entire satisfaction than that which we have just heard from the lips of your eloquent champion . ( Cheers . ) 1 have been long a member of the Birmingham Council , and I was always opposed to household brick and mortar suffrage , because 1 . revere intellect more than mortar , and sinews more than brick . ( Cheers . ) It is onl
y lately that the men of Binningbam have been joined by Mr . O'Connor and the Northerns , because the men of Birmingham have nailed the true colours to the mast ( Cheers . ) The delay , the causes , and the union are equally honourable -to both parties , for though -working for different objects , they never came to a ruptnre . ( Cheers . ) These facts I say leave no room after for quarrels , and nothing now but quarrels abont trifles can break up tie sacred union which has been formed . < Cheera . ) The vast trouble and expence which Mr . O'Connor had been at enuues Mm to our confidence ; Ms talent merits our respect , and his eloquence commands our admiration . ^ ( Cheers . ) The old heart must rejoice , while the young one must beat with renewed ardour at the sentiments which they had that night heard , —{ cheer?}—and it was trul y marvellous to contemplate , that while all admitted the growingintelligence of the age , the argument of the enemy was thesame to-day that it was in the days of our youth , an uiu ctuu buukv / wi
u » v vaj me immorality and ignorance of the people —{ hear , hear)—and that ' s always the tune they ting . He claimed no great credit for superior discernment , but he contended that the people were sow more enlightened than their rulers , —( cheers)—and therefore it was that the rulers dreaded the upset which knowledge would p re the fabric of their ignorance . ( Cheers MK laughter . ) He had great ftttta , and he had unbounded confidence in their leader , Mr . Thomas Attwood . ( Immense applause . ) Let them therefore lore one another and rely upon each other , strengthen each other , and stand or fall by each othei -Htdeafemng cheer *)—and the day was their own . A ^ reat applause . ) The national petition was thei submitted and adopted unanimously , amid thunden of apphwae . Nine times nine cheers were thei O Connor , when the meeting separated with new vf 5 j ~ . £ ? ta ^ oTn rtne ^ anmrt rice , o rnowieoge against ignorance , and of justice again
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 8, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1022/page/6/
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