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-3 £ R . O'CONNOR AT BIRMINGHAM . ? 3 a-Saturday last , it was announced that Mr . ^•^ Cemwr would address the people of Binningnam , ^¦ fbe-Towa Hall , on Tuesday night , on the five aatate-of - . Radicalism . This spacious buflding is - «» dge « fholdiBS 12000 persons , and by the hour ^ wwaifed , * w » s crammed fuU in every part , and ^ fc ^ eatesten ^ raaasm -was manifested .- - Soon after -seanwfciock , . - , . 3 fc . < 5 «« ice Edmosps was called to the cnair , -ibH opnnpfl xhe meeting in a brief but appropriate MR . O'CONNOR AT BIRMINGHAM . ^ «^^ ,, -l ^ u « . " ^ mnced that Mr .
Mr . O'Cojcsob then rose , and " was received with i " Bf - iin-ir'hir'h lasted for several minutes . He ad-< fc * seditem &sbrother Radicals , and said : —It was -KWbe'fojtiSHie he had to be thankful that he was awt a mechanical speech maker , for any cold or « 5 ^ uauotts words mechanically thrown together in ^ te < 3 eset could ill express his feelings . Their taa&asasm did not embarrass 'him , it did not unman Sean , it did-aot tm-oerve him , because he knew it ^• seeded / from their devotion to'the principles they ^ voe&ietrto-consider . ( Loud cheers . ) They would = » afcieqmre a reason why he was here to-night , he wc « UBoste , and that was enough .. - ( Applause . ) Semas come to prove to them that the men of the ^ JWHifiij and those with whom he usually acted , had 3 ti > ed tiesrt said hand in the glorious struggle which
" 4 be" aoea of Birmingham were about to make . ¦ ItSteecs . ) In the course of his address , they would -iasar ^ o TBlgar vituperation , or scurrility , escape his "h ^ m ^ e K ^ onid -confine himself to an analysis of the v ^ jsjU prmciples-tbey-were called to discuss . The ait object of these were , as Mr . Edmonds had ^¦ ii is his opening address to save the people ' s aancry , and-they must-take care it was saved for the ytsQibi thenisekes . He trusted lie course They were . Jicat to pursue wenld not only save their money , isE would restore the property which had been jpM&ler&d . from the people . ( Lond cheers . ) The * n 3 y weans to accomplish thi * was by ^ self-eoveni-^ Begrt . feynelf-T » rotection , and self-defence . ( Cheers . ) < -9 aiait&nughlie should not deal in personality or 3 stB |> eratiQn , yet he stood-there to recriminate , —to vJboHr % ack- the torch of faction in the face of
^ bstdfrers , and- to show that it was because others "• "iad filched from them their rights that they stood in t&s attitude they now did . ( Applause . ) . He pur-5 »*« 9 A Altering at seme length into an examination --iff-AfSve great points ^ of Radicalism ; and first , he - ¦» e > slispeak of that with ¦ which God bad sren fit not -- * a % - so endow man ,, but Uie brute creation—the % > emerof self-defence . " In former times , when Uui-¦ awrsai Suffrage was the law of the land , we had a v ws 3-s * 'gjjlated community—England had peaceful -& £ Jjappv hours , and all worked harmoniously to-. ^ s&tx . The H ouse of Commons was , indeed , the -sacEw-of the people , for every man bad' a vote : it ^*»< he -bulwark of English liberty , ^ nd the courts --af 3 s . w ** ere places where rich and poor could pro-3 c ? 8 « jual and substantial justice . There were no ^ ssaSicGng interests , do locking up of ramiKrs , no - -Bca-iiWcttYe in finance , ibr all exPTtaspd the Suffrage .
;* &d yil As-as peace , harmony , and uni'y : or , wben ^ ar ^ rierance arose , it was speedily and completely 3 E ^ rcssrti . The Honse of Commons , in the lapse of : £$ 3 s , crtised lo be the representative of the people , bet ckttv remained ; he right of petition , which con-« & 3 V ? d tlie flonse of Commons into a Court of -Apool for the non-electors against the electors ; aud iKtifSi remember that every great enactment had 5 KS 2 . m « ided byinat Honse upon petition of the ssE-flt-ctors . Every act of grace had been thus carried out ; and wns not this , he asked , a system ~ siie& wn . « caL'ul-. ited to keep up disunion and strife it tk ? country ? It was , 4 hd to abolish it-they were -ifeieitained . ( Cheers . ) Having other measures , the HeksTB . -Bill was wrested from ihe flouse by the
w £ ii » a-of the non-tlectors , and in the same way - "sacs-id Uuivers-J Suffrage be carried . ( Immense -5 ? Tjj 3 Si « - . ) Id ancient times , herepeated , the Hou > e -afOmsntins was the great wholesale mart of law . y ^? r . every man found protection , and the courts -s ? la . « " were so mauy miuiature courts of appeal . ~ 3 si tais was uolon-jer the case . And what was the = i-cr = of all the asito . non -which was bow going on itssa ^ U the country . It was brought about in conr = fiCB «» ce of "withholding" the complaints of the ^ espis from the House of Commons , and from the ¦ xsx ¦ fti ' the monarch . ( Cheers . ) Since * the right of ^ seouon became the right of Englishmen , every ¦ criw on the Ctmsrirution bad held itnp as the great i 2 c !« rark of English liberty . From that moment .
¦ 3 s * wer , agitation necc-jsarily began . The grievances ^ = Le people were represented ' by tEeir petirious , i"Ct tbt 4 r cries were disregarded , and they were now - ¦ 3 C ? 2 Jelled to 3 ppeal from the Hon . se of Commons to ri »?<; who originallv constituted it—the people . ££ * nft applaru-t-. ] It was too earlv , iramediaielv -aJiss- tic ; passns- of the Reform Bill , permanently ¦ 15-sirajiglri their liberty ; and , therefore , during the y&e 6 r .-t sessions ihe people were allowed three iceia per day for the presentation of iheir ivcGtJeus . During those two sessions the pf-nple -rssiie sreat s-dvaiices in the knowledge of their rights 5 . cd dcr ; es » and tte tyrants began to find that if the "n ^ lc < i petition was allowed to be continued to iis -5 ^ 2 . extent , tbev woiild not be able to retain their
~ x ^ ci . ( Hear , hear . ) The reception of petition * ^ sjk , tlierefore , bad become the merest ma . t : er of iszsn , nail they ~ were no sooner presented than th « y ^ ex b ? ggr-d , and 110 more was heard-of th-m . ^ kt ^ r < . ) And wby was this ? Because the petitions ¦* £ the people spoke too much truth , and oecasiun-- £ 2 j ~ in & language of tie fiance , and they had at length ' ^ xta . compelled to change their petiihus into tienzvttU . ( Immense applause . ) ^ "his was tie c-iuse . of-cb ? present apUiiin ; the factions bad shorn the " 3 sqp ! e t > f their rigiit . % but , by the blessing of God . ci » ey Winld speedily rrgiin them . ( Gre ^ tcheeritig . j -Ss is ; ica for the asitarion of the present day . which pr ^ rvsised to be ihe death-blow toivraimy : ind the - .-Si x >> Action ; and not all the oppovitiun of riw < - ^ rv . ' iafc , the Sun . and Dispaldi coayput it ilovrn . "Lo "; i applause . ) They must know that the Su / f . i * fiicb baJ hiiberto-suvp . ^ rted . them . liad . yesterday ,
v- ' ± ?? S round to oppose , and in a leading . arrirle i ^ ri- * . "v 5 , -Lat : Le l ) :: kf of Wellington would ninke - i . i ^ UrT Ir' p . lt-T than Feargns O'Consur , and Sjr ;?; sVrt a better Cb ' -iisdlorof the Exchrq-w"tU : i ] i T- ^ r _ - > . ~ Aitvrool . ( Lnai'htt-r . miuaieJ witu . lii--.-e-. ) " V ' . ar rbtfT had m ;^! e trlnl « f both the D ^ ke aud L ~ i-: l . « lij , ai :- ! th ^ y tiiii not iike liiem . ( Lau ^ -jter . ) ti * . v . - -. « .-: ii 5— , t that Mr . Attwood pi > s ^ e-jed "; n v . > - -rrt , ; - ! v .-Lar : fctefi ? i : c wlr ' cb Peel warned , and iLat «~; is . * ae ili-sire to An ^ O ; id— "he wonl 1 say , in > inure , l ^ si-i i ;? e-r .-i . ) Bat t ^ proceed wita ! ii > subject . — - * rrkerinl SnSVaje "as furmerly part of the Cimsri-J-. cir . ru " and at tlist period eierv man could live a - ** ± r * s . o ~ . i o ' ss cny ' s i :. hoar . Tf :-re vrere tTieu no lir ^ -c rc ^ r . r » ls iut ' . te sLapf *> f gift > of lais'L or i > t ! : er-- vr iA-, Z'j a io : of x-. mus lordiins .- - . for corrupt * services - > tLz-crn-x-n - iior wa < tbrre anv jiovt-mv hi tlWrvu-i . ~ J ^ *' iiow that by decrees the Suil ?;! ge lias been . L » -rrnred—that t ' - . f II .: tjse of Commons is ii-j loiift-r ¦
-r . C--u :: o ; A : ? pe ^ l—tlr-t the nuht K > f jietlt- ! f » n his ^ - nr-ii-tic . iilv ul > , > li-lir-: ! . they hud : i-. » lhui » U-fl but - . *¦ ¦ - - ^ - -ie ib-2 iselvrs ^ rijri 3 " s an . ! defen- ^ iu :.-. court , : : _ ' - ; - :. n : jurors ' , ( , 1- ^ . r . hear . ; AViiy ; :: »• lLt-y . CrJIn : Uii . ver-al Suftr .- . C' -r F . » r fear t '«? tlieurv o ; I ' . z . rl :: ix ! lils > b >;; . d be rvirr . ed into pmcliCi—for . "AS -i i ^ T- ' iT' tlionla »> e evimed l > v ihe p ^ "p ! ' Iniive ~ - ^ :-yjr z : z--zi-y frum tile plu : i = Jfriii 2 o" fjcti- » : is . 'L . - . rLrer , had c '; .=-rs . } It was ccria ; nly a mniipy - • --- - - ., 'U . "Now Le i ; s \ ed tht-m , tbe men o : Ij . i-~ i' 2 lL-iZ"l . " : io w . Ti > > i : »« -trn . u ) e : il : i . i : i Ueltii > 2 ill ' ' i- -:: zi Hill , i : " tbe - c- > u 11 have i'ir .-seeXi w ^ ni wi-u .-i ^ . ^ -- - ! - -r-n it ~ Li : rt-r : ' i-2 i ? s « -c-onl 3 thev have 3 .: ie 1 i p
t ^ - . ' . -ills iaits > ivo ir : I T-reiD ^ n Aim .- . - -L . jul- o - ¦^ : , . ] Wonll ijr-v l .. » v- Tuu-A Lack -Earl <; rry . ;¦;¦ » .- ¦! -- . ( . t . in s . uie nt ibe opyn .-i'uiii of iheCnuit .: ^ i il : - * 1 nries , ha-i ti ; -.-y-j : pp «> si-d it wou'ni > implv _ i .- < Reeled a ir . uj ^ - ^ r i > " curniption : ¦> t ie ^ b . g > . * . « ; ii- ~ t . f r . tw vwr . ] "lbeu let _ the ' . ii T . > v > k u > u " J ¦ U ' r ^ Ki ^ -kes a > in ibe > ani e CindiLon wiih ilie as-- . n t \ e fw ' -le . who was ' as < r-s .-ed \> y a puny or rubber * = i-io h-i . 1 Ltdvii him Le ^ vi ^ y with their plunJrr : IV ^ tci ^ iitg another gang <» f thieves behind them , -jbrr be ^ an to prict ill- a > s anl ur ^ re ) iiui on faster : - \_ e sjjj inquired wby lie sb > 'u : d ir . ; vi-l fasier . to which zxtr replieJ , that if he did ni > i niike h i > te . the rob-> i ^ s L .-lnnd would overtake them . -. Oh ! oh . ' s ^ id _ i ^ n < - ^ what matters it to me to wliicli jianji of |
~ i&Y . <* 6 I beli > ng , seeing that they will equally ~ jcr . r « sm me . [ Laushter . » nd cheers ] He w . U ;<] zxjt pass on to the uest important principle they :-r 2-, t ; :: < irQ for . namely , Annual Parhament * . He ii 2 . i . * bown tbnt Universal Suffrage w > s formerly ^ irtof the Constitution ; now AnuDal P- itrlidnieuts u-f « - whs : they were deemed too long , and therefore Stisioual Parliaments vras the law of the land . IHeacheax . ] These , howwer , ouickly gave way 3 ^ r Uuiversa . 1 Safir ? 2 e was abolished , aud Tri-¦ it ^ al Parliaments were established instead ,-by the Sing ' s proclamation , which had equal force , with l&ir . He wouldnot stay to enforce the proverb , that - " ¦ sknrt reckonings make long friends ; but by the ^ re&iat duration of Parliaments , be would sar .
ihaC the servant got more honoured tbaa tlie ^^ faster . Immunities are granted to the elected , who ocas sit for seven years without rendering an « c-^ ositA ' , wMUt the elector , whose servant-he wa * , ^ 2 ss » litpiae in poverty and rags . ( Cries of hear . ] ¦ Obi ? ^ bsurdiiy of the pK ^ ent dnra . ti . oa of Parliaistait * wa « that in fiye years after a man was elected , vrafcably there w » s 3 Kr t » fifth part of the constitn--acy « bo elected Mm in existence . He wag therei « ca , ib the anomalous position of representing- men in d » CT graves , or , who by some other meand had lost lie franchise- ( Laughter , and tinea of " hp . ar . " ) U ty , ue ^ sk > d , did landlords think a tenancy al « ai " an advantage , but that it gave them the right of
« jecfcm--nt when their tenants displeased them . AtbA , should it be said , that it would not be equally ^* &aatageousfor the people to harethe right of ejects » g ^ inaa from -ParfiameBt who did not please tnem iy * ady representing them ? ( Cheers . ) Bat they ¦ were told , that gentlemen would Dot submit to ; a yearly ^ scrutiny of the electors—that high born ari » - SoeratiS would not condescend to tender an account i « f dirfr doings in Parliament to the uttra ^ c . - ^ iaaAJer- ] .- But what was to prever » z t == m , b-i «« eQM a ^ - ^ -what need they fear , r f . they . c * h 1 .-5 wbi-- ^* B £ st ? tH ^* * iear . ] Again , it wu kuJ . A *" ijooual eiectiojw would produce annnai conftboan -yuA itishrdfiT . > WhaX-1 il £ 3 l * ytssUsuupo !< e < i the peo »
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pie were euch fools as not to know and follow their © wn interests ? YVhenerer was it found that the people discharged from their service a wise and a f ood man , and took on a fool or a knave ? [ Hear , ear . ] No , there would be no confusion or turmoil . With Annual Parliaments , we should find an honest representatiye returnoBg from his duties and receiving the smiles of hift constituents , and & dishonest one receiving their frowns , and his discharge . If a faithful steward , he would , be retained , but supp lanted if a vicious servant . [ Loud cheers . ] But ltTras ? aid , the people were all ignorant of legislation , He denied it , it was the brick and mortar elector that was ignorant—the men wh » said , " tkere Eg my chimney pot--r-that is my sonl : — pie were roch fools as not to know and follow their t ^^ J ^ L F **™" , ? J * fomd *« . ?»
there is my house , that is my body . [ Loud laughter . ] Then too , the people were charged with corruption , because some drunken freemen were bribed with a glass of gin . Now , in reply , he said , if the stream was too narrow , and therefore became stagnant and corrupt , open the floodgates , —enlarge it that it might be purged . [ Great applause . ] But let them ask for a moment , who it was that charged the people with corruption ? Was it not the corrupters themselves , —the givers of base bribes to men whom they had steeped in poverty and brutalized ? —in short , the holders of power under the very system of corruption of which they complained ? [ Loud cries of " Hear , hear . ] He had sat thre * sessions in Parliament , and be found that as a dissolution of Parliament approached , light began to
break in upon the representatives , and they -were veryansions to obtain the opinion of their consti tuents upon all leading questions , before they returned to vote upon them in the House , and the constituency were fremiently applied to for instractions . [ Laughter . ] Now , this was a very wholessme practice , and one which would always be resorted to under Universal Snffrage and Annual Parliaments . [ Hear , hear . ] They must then get back their constitutional rights under which they flourished ages ago , when the monarch had his rights aud no more , and the people had theirs and no less ; —when the throne was surrounded by the affection of the people , and tbe altar by good and rirtuoTisinen , and not by infidel parsons aud priests as
at present , —and when the Englishman ' s cottage was the castle of a freeman , and not as now tbe den of a siave . [ Immense applause . ] He came now to consider the nest point ,-which was Vote by Ballot This was a principle which most of the Whigs were now asking for , but with tbe present suffrage it would only be a protection of the present electors —who were said to hold their fntnchise as a trust for the people—from a wholesome censorship and occasionally from well-merited scorn . [ Hear , hear . ] Once give the Whigs the Ballot with the present Snffrage , and they would contrive to rivet the chains of rthe people faster than ever . The Ballot without Universal Suffrage , was worse , much worse , than tbe Suffrage without the Ballot . [ Hear , hear , and
cheers . ] . As an argument for tbe Bailor , the Whigs point to it < use in clubs—bullet them remember , that in the clubs there w .-s also Universal Suffrage . [ Loud applause . ] The Whigs want the Ballot to protect their foul doings—their overt acts of treason , —against the people . No , no , l ^ t the Ballot come , and come only , with Universal Suffrage . [ Cheers . ] He came nejet to Equal Representation . This like Universal Suffrage and Short Parliaments , was onf . e a part of the Constitution until Charles and James assumed the powers of sending writs to boroughs ; a county sent two , four or six Members to Parliament , aceoniinz to its extent . There were then none ot the conflicting interests which now oisj ; Tact the country . It was not until labour became the
great battle fielJ for faction , that there was unequal representation . Equal -representation must follow as a necessary consequence upon Universal Suffrage . He passed on to the next point , namely . " >» o Property Qualification for Members of Parliament . "' It was said that if this were adopted , the . Members woclJ be selected from the rabble . Now he acknowledged there was a rabble among the people , and there was also a rabble among lor . ls aud gentlemen . Bnt he denied that the people woijldseudnny of the rabble . Experience w ; ts against it . In Scotlaud , at t as moment the r . ) ggvde > t and worst man in tl . at hall was eligible to be elected a Member of P-irlianient , and yet their Members were generally selected troin the cla-s called
trentlemen . Ji the people found more wisdom , and leisure , and -ptitude for legislation of the right sort , amous ihe richer classes they wonld select t ! iem as their reprt-seutativrs , but not otherwise . They would select men who represented their interests nf the people and not , as at present , their own property only . ( Cheers . ) Now , he had civ en them some i ! t his opiuiuji ^ on these points of l !; idicalirtn ; he had sllewn that as tbtJ right of petition was practically denied them . They were compelled to have recourse to popular agitation , i le had . shewn them that all : heir principles were formerly part of the constitution , but be would now .-iuk ah further allusion to the musty old acts of our ignorant ancestors , and come to that era whi ; h was to give , comlort and happiness to nil—the era when the men of Birmingham obtained the IWorm BilL Let them for a moment reilt-ct on the rapid succession « t snd events which bad followed the enactment ol this
Bill , and which , had done more to disturb the c « m-. fiJence tif the prople in the > e institutions than affes of tyranny , for men can benr to be deceived und brtrayed uy an enemy , but not by a friend . ( lJ « . m hear . ) The passing of the Refunn Bill was the opening of a new debtor and creditor account . The old House of Commons declared itseli venal and corrupt , and committed suici- ' e , and you established anew one on the professions o ! the Whigs and tin ? benefits they tiionjjht it wnuld confer upon yon . Not one of their pledges had , liowev .-r , been carried into effect . ( Hear , hear . ) Un the contrary , nwny ills of which [ lie people c-tfapkiiiied , and " whicli the Willis " declared to be only temporary , they h . ul firmly established since their accession to power . Th' -y represeutrd them a . s only ' . ike the pul ^ jind sickly b ' ussnuis <> f an anuuitl which ilie llefunn Hill would enable tl . em in > tani ] y to blow a «» y , insread of which , thai of which Uie people complained , nud wliica as onl y cu > t < iin , tiivy Ind now erected
i lntu Jaw . . ( llt-vr . hear . ) Ju s ' iort , \\ imgrrv iilce tie . L '^ as tree in the Oe--i * rt had pujs . ined ; iil wb : rli ' -Cd-. iie - * iuii » the sphtTe iS il- iieaj \ y iiji ^ iit-nc « -. ¦ ( Cet-r :-. ) The people , wnuld li ive been s ; tii > i ' u-d ! tiad the ' Wliigsbct'n > een tomnkf any ] irng ! i *> s , b .. t i the contrary was tbe iact . 'Hie Cliurcb r . nd-Stalij which thev .-houM have separ . i * t-d . t ! i-v li ; nl \ yi * lde < i \ Kinre tini : ly toge'lier . ( TrieviiiiCrs whici : be-ore w » re | only u ; it : ou : tl they had m ; i > Je impeiial . Thev lui-j ! coinsr . zed tbe people in the laii . l ol iLeir f . ithers .
! l * Lev jjLiyfd i : i 'he great caiuLliiig luni- » e ol the i :.:: t :., -u f .-r ii ; e ii ^^"> and prupt-rne ; . of t ' : e peuj » 7 e—t ! : c iri ; i : s <> i their luLonr . Did iha : iue < -ti :. g .-Upi ; O .- » e thr ! Co ! i-ulsi > wrrermy worse off tlrm ihey ? No , l . u " iney wouLl l . ot tie ; -. r tliei : opprv ^ sion . they ntlemjteJ tlieir overthrow , and the people ot tlii .-Cij uutry were heavily taxed to " put them down bv [ loree . ( Hear-, hear . ) The Hou > e of Cn : nmons hao Leeii maxie a mere taxinj ; inachi : n-, and by its . ab .-tnd i-ir . vctiiieiiis couloiinded nil i ; niio : i * of- rii-hr . and wriiujr . Thus tbev miuut read an unstamped
newsjiaper priati-J in Amerira . but to real one printed in : his ciiiiiiiry was uwde a iiiur . il c . . me . ( I >; ui ^ hter ! ana b-: > r . ) ' 1 hey titl 1 the people tht-y iinght to have [ kunwlpii ge , auJ tanntel t-iem with their i ^ i mr nice , , aiid vet were he ( Mr . O'Connor ) lo set to woilc and 1 tlllVa IV-ir ¦ I I * ' AJi > ^« 1 J > - W \_^ Mlill I y I 1 ' . 1 . I H »»» Ji ^ * 11 JL 1
! ] ! ; ! j ; ! : ; I print t-Leap HiUes f . irihe people , LewnnlJ be li ; iii : e ! to h »*« ivy iin ^ s l > ecajs ^ s he w ; : s net ihe C ^ llrrll s 1 pniit--r . ( L i ! lih ! t-r .: u- \ cli-ers . ) Thus il vr .-i * ih . it j thi- whole mac ' iiiuery of v » veniu : ent wa . s . a'lapte-: to I tuX an j iiji ' , iri-s- Ibe . people , ili >!> -: il of Huhieiii : )^ ! iLcir b ^ rJeus and improving t . ; t ,-ir hr . uds . ( H >* "" - ! lii-ur . ) lJriore p-i-slng the Uei ' nnn iiill the Wh : « s J ' . Avd ihe Tories tVi > -y he'd tbi-ir power at the pm :. t j of the bsynuet , and Le ^ houl ! much like to know j whether it was not so uo-. v with the W ! ii <; s ? | Was it not notorious that the people lia-1 l . i > t I much by the acce .-s : » m of the Whigs ' ? Hud th- v I not suiT-r-d th- 'I ' ories to do tho . ve things in oppol , sitjon which lliev would not have dnred to do li . d
j they Wen in power ? ( Hear . ) And were tV y j then to do as the government papers reeornrnHade . i —try the Whigs another session ? ( Tremenrfou * shouts of No . ) Let the people rise then iu tb- ir majesty , and crush the two tyraut factions of tbe country . ( Immense cheering , 3 fhii-h la-. tcd some minutes . ) The very shadow of agitation haunted them , and if » ny of the daily pre . ^ s d are d for a sessiou to be houest lo the people , they found themselves compelled to apologise for it . Tims - itwa < that the Sun , which at first landed ihe exertions of the people , in the new career of agitation , bad suddenly turned round upon having received an intimation , he dare say , that the course they were taking would not suit advertisers . ( Laughter . ) Jt tried to
be pathetic . Now , its proprietor was Mardo Young . Murdp ! What a name to go to church with —( a laughj—be was a little stiff black-lookins ? Scotsman , and to see him trying the pathetic woul-i be something like witnessing an elephant daffcing a minuet , or the attempt to open an oyster with a rolling pin . Tbe True Hun , which was a Radical paper , was united some time irince with the Sun , and it was said that by the amalgamation , both classes , the non-electors and the electors would be benefitted . Tlife inoculation , however , had not taken effect , and both had now got the cow-pox . ( Lond laughter . ) And this paper was conducted by Mr . Young , a man who had told him ( Mr . O'Connor ) that he was for Universal Suffrage ; and who also told him
that the time was now come vhen men must speak what they think , and write what they speak . ( Hear . ) But he supposed Mr . Murdo Young had not yet found a market for Universal Suffrage , when he had " , then he supposed hewould again be in its favour . / Laughter , and cries of hear ., ; But he was not sorry for this -defection j it would teach the people to trnst to themselves , the more , and rely on their own strength . ( Hear . ) But to return to his object- When the people | o « t Universal Sqfirage , -j . e king toolc all the land that was waste , and then c jiiparatively valueless for want of population to u llttvate it , and gave it histnoble * and rich men -. ho nerved him ,. for deer parks and other ^ purposes . Now . he contended thatno king 500 yeaw ago had & right to give . W Ws slave * the land which , wag the
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people ' s heritage and of right belonged to them . Within three reigns 6 \ 200 , 000 acres of land had been taken from the people and enclosed . Ah lit came well from the Whigs to talk of a vicious and ignorant peopief when they had assisted in robbing them of millions of acres of land , and of taxing knowledge . Let them take an instance of the vastly increased valoe of some of this land ^ -that granted , for instance , by . Edward VI . in this . " town for the education of the poor , bat which wis now converted , as far as possible , into a college . ( Loud cries ' of hear , hear . ) This land , which at the time of the gift ; was worth but a very few pounds a year , would , he Yzrna infrwrnf ^ A .. IT ! ft " . VftrV'ffiW vekTiH Vli » lH an nnnnoi P *? ge \ heritage andof j igbt belonged . to . them ^^ l ^^^^^^^ 0 / 1 ^^^
revenue of £ 50 , 000 r-jiot to the people , however , to whom it was given , but to the Tory governors . ( Hear , hear . ) And thu is the way the people are tricked , robbed , and plundered of their land , and stricken with poverty ; . and then ' tomes Lord Brougham , and talks of the necessity of throwing the poor upon their own resources and exertions . Now , he ( Mr . O'Connor ) could have no possible objection ^ to this , provided the rich were also thrown upon their own exertions , instead of living upon the resources of others . [ Loud cheers . ] There might be poor laws and paupers , bnt he denied that there was any poverty in the land ; the people were poor on account of tbe base abstraction from the fruits ot
their industry . [ Hear , hear . ] There was Ireland a beggar at England ' s door , a drag-chain to poverty in England ; wherea * , were the men of both countries free , Ireland would be the right arm of England . As slaves , they were a drag-chain ; but & » freemen , tbey would be friends and protectors to each other . Five centuries ago , the premium for shooting a wolf was five times greater than the penalty for snooting an Irishman , but as there were more ways of killing a dog than choking him with butter —[ a laugh]—so had other ways of getting rid of Irishmen been found besides shooting them ; they were made to die Quietly of starvaUon , with the Bible in their hands thanking God they died in a laud that was emancipated ! { Loud cries of shame , shame t )
He had shewn them then , that since the passing 01 the Reform Bill the condition of the people had been session after session growingwor . se , and it was now indeed time for them to alter it . It was said they could not dothis . Let those who « aid it remember that the will of the people was- the supreme law . ( Cbeers . ) Many people asked him it the men of the uorthhad joined in this , agitation—bis reply wa « they had heart and hmid—body and soiil . ( Great applause . ) They had unbounded confidence in Attwood and Fielden aiv . in the present measures ot the Birmingham Political Council . ( Cheers . ) The two men . lie had mentioned possessed the mainspring of legislation , kindness and humanity . [ Hi ar , hear . j But they were told that they hail not the machinery to work Universal Suffrage—only let them tet the
suttrage and there would be no lacU < of . machinery to wt > rk it . 11 wii s said by the ' Coventry Herald a Whjg rfan . ierer , that there were discordant opinions held b y Attwood and O'Connor , and therefore Uiiivers il Sutfrjige would not work . Why it the objector had ever been at a small tea party he would have discovered that diHereureof opinion formed the life aud soul ot ihe society . [ Laughter . ] But wnsitnot iiitJahcholy to think thut because 2 . 000 or 3 , 000 men -diI ) erect from each other in opinion it shijuld be made- an obstacle to granting « a whole nation its r . ghts ? I Hen * , and cheers . ] He called upon the two men whose names lie bad- mentioned ns having the fiil . l confidence of the people—^ go on and the people will support you . [ Immense applause . ] Uf Mr . Attwood they said , —we were poor indeed
Till greatly rising inhiscountry ' s ripht , Her hero , her delLv ^ rer , sprung to-light . — A race of hardy Northern sou * lie led , Guiltless of courts , untainted , and unfed , W hose inborn spirit spurn ' il the ignoble fee , Their hearts scorn'd bondage , for their hands wer * fret ; . ^ "hat was it the people sought and i-ighedfor ? Equal riubts furall . Hal -not the aristocracy all tried their liiinds at-Govenmittit , from the jirt-at Captain of ibe age , Wellington , to the pi >; ui y Lord Joim Russell . ' I Laughter , and cheers . ] Ana bad tln-y succeedid ? ' ^ > Tht-n now l « t the people iry ilieir hands , nnd see if they ' could nut govern themselves . [ Applause . . ] He wa « not content that they > hould continue ' to fle hewers of wood and drawers ol water , and not be allowed to retain the . fruits of tlu-ir own industry He wanted to .-ee machinery , wliicli vras now " ax ' urse to the . working cl . isse .-, be made a bk-s < ing . ( Cheers . ]
Some Whig Kadicals were now trying to takeoff the attention of the people by aery lor the repeal of the Corn Law .- , limjet thein not he deludes , without Univeisal Saffragu a repeal of the Corn Lawswouli only re > ult in cheap bread lor cheap wa ^ s . [ Hear , hear . ] Others again , sham Radicals , were talking about arepublic . But he implored them not to be thus led away from princi ples to details , let them be Wrtuous , bold , -watchful , noble , open , generous , learii . ig no man : let them act thus , —carry their moral power to the toot of the Throne , uud tfj . uiuJe . r their Ocmaads in thtj ear of the Sovereign ; and if all ia : leJ then let them rnis- ; their . arms in defencupt their couutn-. IThundersof appl uise ]¦ There \< a > a quid which Murdo Young , Easthope , tlarmer , and Co . mi « ht chew for the ni-xt inontli , and tos ^ it fn > jn one to the other until there was no juice lelt in it . [ l . oudlj \ iight-r . ] lie would notgive a tig fur a Radic . il Government to-morrow without Universal
aullraye . Lt-1 them tmt get pusies-iou of the House oi Commons , aiid then if e \ yry good did uotfgllow , it woiil . l be their own faults . [ Hear /] 11 a ,-ked w-: at he [ Mr . O'C ] intended to do , lie toll them , —to goon with the Pnhticiil Council , andif allowed , be ainiiuiber of the contemplated convention . In the .-election of this body they must of course be careiul , but he had little fear on that lie * d , seeing that if juiy lUr-inl . erJart-d to be ra . y the trust anU eunliilenc reposed in him , a letter cmld . be disjiiuclied by the other rnvmbers to his constituents , and they could recaii-him . . Attempts would ho doubt be nwde to disgust tnem v . itli M > meol ' thei : leaders , and ridicule mi ; : hi be attempted to be cast upon tliL-in : all this ihe people inu ^ t be prepared for from their enemies
ana nl . » o from their pretended frieiid . s ; they like Lord Grey would stnu . l by tlu-ir order , am ! , in the 1-ui--j- 'iia-t ; uf Si-npture see tbnt the biisbandman was liiot fed . ICisetrr .- , . ] Lord J'ijzwilliam tilt' qlhcr dflV , anu the par .-d n ^ , alterlm \ ijif ; tolil tlit-m it Witsiinpiou s , and a vuilmce against ( . oJ , to . utU-ui ^ it tu lv . inovv p-Avry from the land . The poor , sny tm-v , ye . - s : ialljiiiyu .-always with yuti . [ l ^ nighteivj 6 h ! tluse ! :. ti . iel par > on > , . ho * carefully they wafer up evtv y passage whirhtells a « . r » in * t tliem and ini-favour " of tlie ,-eoph-. ¦ and bow well tliumuifd are all thost ' p ; irts i > : t .: t- Bible v . hicli tliey can twist to tit ir jmrpo ea . [ Hi-ar , bear , aud cheer .-. ] Tlie Morai / itf L hr . nai . lc '¦ voii d not > oon forget tbe th v . 4 . c . Lamentations , wliidi lietuioied at the late Midland deinonstrati-iii .
" l \ .. * y that be / lain with theswoni are bet . er -than they that he .-lain with hunger ; for the .-e pine away , -inckeu through for want ot the fniif-s -of the field . ' Now , you in-vvr heard si parson preach lVom tl : at tex ;; i y .. « ur ii : t . ^ - (! uu . i lungbier and cheers ;)—and lliere were , lusudre-is uf utiiers wliicii they Wi-ro equally i-arelul to avoiii ; and those who Wire for . var . l tuueljj t-. ; e people they branded ' with the name w { \ vA \ -l -1 . ( Hear , hear , ) '^' but they meant by inlidelity , bowever , was unbelief in parsons ami t . tin's . ( La-ugluvr ainl-clieers . ) In llie course of liisaddr .-ss be had shewn t ! H- ; n that the House of Commons was not fit to be pe -aioned , and he had onlv to remind them of the repl y ol Lord John IlusseTl to flit ?'( leputiLliuu whu vo .-h .-d t <» lay a nieinorial bef-nv their 6 i ) vereii'n . to
jjrove to Uiem thut that con > tituiioii ; il rijjht was a ! so pr . ic ; ic : ill y abohslied . Lord John lut ' onned tlie memiit-rs of the committee of ibe Working . Men ' s . Ass viiiliuii , that they could lay their griewitu'Os A *( ire Ler Miijesty at any tiaiethtiv c 1 iii > lUo come in cocked , hats , b : ig « e . d wigs , court dresses , and wit ! i swords by their si-le-s . ( Loud laughter . ) Im . w , wiii-n sui-h nonsense was in the w . iy ol ">; ood legislation , what could be expected ? \ V ; is not the very liictof that large meeting be ' . ng tLsstiinbled to Lear lutn ( a comparative stranger ) address them on thet-e sublets , a proof that there must be something -deeply ^ "rong . It was , and the sooner thfiy put an end to it the belter . ( Loud cheers . ) Let tliem remember what the Marquis of Normanby told the peopleo !
, Ireland a short time ago , that they had thepower to do much more lor th .-ruselves thau the Monarch hitd to do fur them . ( Hear , hear . ) When he ( Mr . U Connor ) formed the present alliance with the Council of the Union , it was after . mature consideration . He had been an old agitator for -Universal ^ uttrage : he bad served them three years in the -. luuse ' of . Commons , nnd four years out , and during that tune he had never travelled a single mile at the expense of the people , nor had he ever received one farthing fr m Tory , Whig , or Radical , in his life That , at any rate , gave him some title to their contU dence , and as it had been so often betrayed , it was as well
that they should understand each other . When he represented the county of Cork , -which comprised one twenty-fourth part ot the population and extent of the whole empire , he told his constituents that he never would accept anv place or emolument , until the people had obtained their just claims : nor , even if a bsstile would open to receive him , would he ever receive a penny from the people . ( Loud cheers j After an allusion to the wrongs of Ireland , and to the necessity for the people of that country co-oneranng ^ with Englishmen in their present demands , Mr . O'Connor concluded along and eloquent speech by exhorting his audience to pursue their object * wiu union , zeal , and determination ;' . ' ar id liberty and . equality would be the certain result . " " ;
Mr . Bloxland then moved , and Mr . T . C Saw seconded , a vote of tbanks to Mr . O'Connor , for his valuable- address , which was carried unanimously and followed by the most unbounded applatlSR . Mr . p ; CosifOR ^ acknowledged thei compliment in a speech m which he took occasion to dwell more at length on the present state ol Ireland . Thanks ha \ ing oeen given to the Chairman , tbe meeting broke up about ten o ' clock , and Mr . O'Cbn ^ nor left the Hall amid , the stouts and plaudits of the audience .
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: " : [ W »~ caanpt aveid retpming dui- thanks for Mr . Pare ' a ^^ report of the Birnrinaham meeting , in which he w ^ U see thatnot a single alteration has been made . —Eds . ) , : ' ¦¦[¦ ^[ We tannot aveid retohiing diir thank ^ fbr Mr . farV ^ port of ^ e ; Birnflnghatomeeting , in which
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TO THE EDITORS OF THB NORTHERN STAR . , -. Gentlemen , —In replyto Mr , Wm . Chambers ' ^ letter to you of the 18 th instant , I beg to inform you that I am the Hnddersh > ld Tradesman who wrote to you on tbe 2 ndin 8 tant , respecting the cbildien working iu hi » mill being cheated out of ten minutes of ame daily , and stating that t ^ ro of the children ex hibited their backs to ihe , which were shamefully marked and beaten with a large strap . . The way in which I obtained a knowledge sf these fac W was the folio wing ;—On the 1 st current I was in that neighbourhood , when the children of Mr . Chambers wtre returning from their work . I spoke to several of them . They told me that " they began work at nx o ' clock in-.-the morning , and gave up at half-past seven ; that they were allowed - 20 ; ' minutes for breakfast ) and the same time for drinking , and 40 minutes for dinner . " They also said "Oh ! but Shad Bairatow does thrash us with a kreat « tran . " .
and immediately one said , "Aye , master , just look at my back . " She turned round , aud haying no neckercliiefv I saw distinctly upon her back evident marks inflicted by some broad instrument of puhishment . The skin was much discoloured thereby . Immediately another girl said , turning round . ¦"¦ and look at my back . " I did so , and observed that marks were equally or more distinctly visible than upon that of the other . Thrjse girls appeared to me to be about thirteen or fourteen years old . They said . they worked at Chambers' mill , and pointed to his hoqse . I Risked them if they did not tell their master when "' Shad" flogged them ; they said "No * we dare not now , because when we did tell him , he scolded Bairstowj and said he would not have us flogged , bat whenever the master went out he was worse than before . " 1 did not ask the children ' s names , but they appeared to be tinder no restraint , and told their tale with evident honesty arid simplicity . ¦
; liueverheardbf Mr . Chambers or " Shad" Bairstow before . ; In consequence of seeing Mr . Chambers' letter to you , I viMted the same spot on Monday last . I arrived tht > re sometime beiore tl » e children came out o } the milt ; I spoke to several of them , but it was eyijleu . t that they gave their statements under the influence ot fear . They said they knew who I was ; that 1 was the same that had put their master and the other in the newspapers ; that they had seen me walk about whilst they .. . were in the mill ; that they knew what I was niter . They seemed evidently dulled and trained , and particular l y anxious to give me a very llattering account of everything . They said they had half an hour for breakfast , half an
hour for drinking , and three quarters of aii hour for dinner . I asked if they got rfogged ? One portion .-aid yes , but another -section said no , except when we do ¦ • wrong . ; Une of the girls whose name 1 asked , but do not choose to mention at present , fearing that she might be injured thereby , told me after separating troin the test , that Shad had not had a strap since I vras there before ., hue that he used his tiatid , and would do . 1 did not discover the two gins wlu Had shewn me their backs ou the former gccas . ou , juiij finding ttiatit was iui possible to obtain atiy turtlier information' from them , 1 requested a friend ot mine , wuo knows the ' . neighbourhood , to make inquiries , .-and I yesterdny received a letter Irotu him in which he ¦ . gives ; me the foil . ) wing iulormatuMi . > 1 have tried to get at the facts of your c ^ se . i lie peopln are so Irightened at incurring their master s d spk-asure , that they would not speak another word utter 1 informed them that they must be correct , because their evidence nnftht b- lioriced elsewhere , and ^ they b « ug * d for fiod ' s sake tnat I w-upld not meuiioii th ,-ir names , tor it " I did they must suiter . However , I have been able to find out the two girls who showed you their backs , but 1 believe they dare not stand to what they said * Their names are * •¦ ¦ ¦ " both of ¦ ' * I have i Iso heard that Mr . C . t ; as given the overlooker a thrashing , and cut to pieces the strap , lie ( Mr , C ) says that lie will bring you to justice lor libel come what will . " It' Jll-r . Chambers is determined to prosecute me because I have stated wliat I believed to be iriiHalu-r 1 have ? htKyn that ¦ the cliil iren exonerated him —alter shewing that Icould have no personal malice against that geutlemdii , now , that ' 1 declare that my only inotiA . ; was to protect the defenceless , and now that . .. I ' luiye Stated gtrnerally what 1 at present . know of the matter , he will do no to no advantnge , iieguiug to express how glad I am that Mr . Chiiinbers hiis punished ttie man and destroyed the strap , 1 remain , Sir , your obedient Servant , rri , , Jvl'lTKETHLEY . _ 11 ho above letter was not received in time to be either inserted or notice . d iu our last .- ^ B » s . ]
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Shocking Case Of INFANTICIDE . ^ -Th&village of liarlow , in Essex , has lately been the scene ol u murder , committed under most revolting circumr srauces , h y a female upon her own offspring . We have given a brief detail of the circumstanCBS within ithe last few days , but some of them are incorrectl y stated , and we have been furnished with the following additional particulars of t this most melancholy pecurrenety by a correspondent who made , inquiries upon the spot . It ' appears that a labouring man
named Fennell resided , with his wife ,, near Harlow . They had an only daughter , Elizabeth , the unhappy person . implicated in the dreadful transaction , who married , at an early age , a person named ; Bliss . The marriage was . , a very Unhappy one , but the parti es lived together for some years' and had three or foiir children . They at length separated , a short time since , and the husband went to reside at Ch ' eshunt , and the unhappy female went to London , and snon afterwards it appears that she was delivered of the infant who became her victim . Her
friends had no comrnunieatiori with her , and things remained in this state until Wednesday , the 16 ' th of August . On the evening of that day afemale , evidently in great distress of mind , came down to Harlow by the evening coach . She . had with her ah infant of teiider yeav * . She alighted from the coaeh , and proceeded with her infant in a direction leading to the villaue where the family of Ferinell resided . Atii late houepf the nipht the same female returned to liarlow without the child , and slept at a publichhu > e tluTt 1 , and the next morning she started by the first Lomicn coach . The next day a labourer in the tunploy of Mr . Arkwright , a magistrate of the county oi E < si > x , and proprietor of the Mark H / &U estate
, near Harlpvv , while at his work had his ^ attention direrrted to a pond adjoining the high road , Yn d from thi-nce he drew the dead : body of a mala iufanf . There were marks of blows upon the headl and its dress was bloody-: Mr ; ' Arkwripht was inimfcdiately fiiforwicd . of the occurrenee , and he too ) T \ irompt steps toinsriture an inquiry . Upon a more minute examination ,, it , q . ppta , ed evident that the child had h « -n murdered , ¦ ^ arid from ¦ . " the- position in which it was found , it appeared that it had been thrown from the . high road over the hedge into the pond- The
Surgeon who examined the body expressed his positive belief that the injuries that appeared upon the lifnd li ; id been inflicted prior to the infant having been thrown into the water . A coroner ' s jury was impannelled ; but there being no direct evidence to come to a satisfactory conclusion , the proceedings were adjourned for a fortnight . Tlie parish authorities in the meantime used their utmost exertions to discover the . perpetrator of the foul deed , and suspicions fell " upon the female who had come to Harlow under the circumstances in of
detailed ubov ; - ; ^ course the inquiries that were subsequently ; made there appeared to be very little d ^ ubt that this ; female was Elizabeth Bliss . The parish authorities having ascertained I that she . had ' been , living in a street in the Old Kentroad , one of them proceeded to . . London , accompanied by a con . sfeljle , and they at length discovered her residence . Whfh the unhappy female saw them she became very much agitated . They asked her how many children she had , and their ages . She said she had two ; one of them eleven , and the other four years and a half old . They then asked her whether she had not recently been delivered of another infant , but she denied that she had . She
was then told that a murder had been committed upon the person of an infant at Harlow , and that the child was suspected to be hers . The moment this was said the unfortunate creature fainted , away .. When she recovered , she was told that she must accompany thdm to Harlow , and she agreed to do so . A conveyance was accordingl y procured , and they set off from London . As they were going along the prisoner became very much depressed , and said that sh , e deserved to be hanged , but she hoped her life would he spared . She was cautioned not to say anything that criminate her , but she said ^ she was so unhappy that she was determined to tell the whole truth . She then said that finding herrelf , in consequence of her husband ' a ill treatment and neglect , unable to sunnnrttlifl
child any . longer , she had left London with the inten ^ fi of t aking thei child to het mother . - She iot off the coach at Harlow withthat intention , but as she was passing the pond somethiiig told her to fu- * - » if ° v sht dif 80 5 an ( i 8 fae afterwards felt as though she snould throw herself in after it . The coroner ^ jury a ^ n met . according to appoint ment . when these additional facts wete . kid before iheni . Evidence was alw brought forward identifying the lemalejblissaathe person who came to Hatlow ^ with the infant as abpve stated , and also provmg th ^ tsheretumed without it . The persons witt whom she l&dged in London were also examined , and they stated that » Pon her wtam wlihont her iifaritj Ae told them thatshe hadpntitont tonurgBfan d fetnted away wnwdjately afterwardg . When tiie ^ ^ evidence
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had all been reduced to writing , th T unfortunate female was brought into the inqueTt-rooai ; Sha appeared to be about seven and twenfjrSyeara old . She was in a state of mute distress . VVhea the dorouer asked her wheUier she wished to say / anything her sobs were dreadful , and her whole / appearance wa 3 most agoniuihg . Jjhe at length mtered a few sentences to the effect of the 8 ta , tement \ nade by her when she was taken iqto custody . The ^ iiry then returned a verdict Of wilful murder against fliizabeth Bliss , and the same day she wa » removed toolhelmsfoid gaol . —Mottling Chronicle of Thursday / had all been reduced to writing , th / iiafortunate female was brought into fteiSudfcrS ^ l
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—i— ¦ » - .. ' .: * OLDHAM . John Knight . —This , venerable patriot , closed a long and valuable life at his residence in Lord Street , Oldhan ., about four o * doci on Wednesday morning last . Up to the last moment of his existence , he retained the full exercise of his : mental faculties , and continued to converse in ^ cheerful manner with those around him , until his strength seeming to be exhausted , he closed his eyes as if to sleep , and ere the few friends who furfounded his bed were aware , he had resigned his breath and slept to wake no more , Hr . Knight was a iaan of strong mental powers and inflexible honesty of character . Eor . the last fifty yeara he has been well known ad an actire and useful politician . He has
caused some trouble to the enemies of freedom , and has been the object of much persecution , not only local s but public also j on account of his firni attachment to and bold asaertion ^ of the principies of liberty , having endured several oppressive imprisonments for the cause of freedom , } We understand that it is iutended to honour' his remains by a pubJic funeral , and we have no doubt that the .- " men not only of Oidbain , but of Lancashire , will honr turthemseltea by testifying their regard for the memory of this worthy champion of truth and freedom , in a large and respectable assemblage . He is to be interred at Mossley to-morrow afternoon , and the funeral procession is to start from Oidham at two o ' clock , previous to the fdrination of which the
committee of the Working Men ' g , Association will meet at the Grapes Inn , and at the Albion Inn , at twelve o ' clock , in order that confusion may be avoided by a due and orderly arrangement , lor the better effectuating of this object , it is necessary that all strangers purposing to join the procession , should be in the town to meet the committees not later than twelve o ' clock . '¦ "' ¦ '
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- — . ? — TATTERS ALL'S , Monday . UONCASTER ST . LEGER . The attendance was thin , tTie betting " alow , " and the changes of little moment . Lion John was not so much in fuvour uq Wlor «; 3 tot , taken once only , having been offered currently towards the close . Ion stood at his old price , with plenty of friuii'il . s read ; tn back hiui at 4 to 1 , proof enough that the report about ' " blistering " has no foundation . Grey . Mourns , Alzira , and Cobbam , were backed at ta « t week ' s urict-d ; the latter having the call , without making any decided advance . Lanercost , Jeniiny Jumps , and Albemarle , are evidently on the decline , while Pucelle shows syniptonia of iiuprovuinent . Closing priced : — I
^ . LEGEB . 3 to 1 agst Lord ChesterlieM ' s Don . John 7 to 2 „ C" ) i > nel Peel ' n Ion—take 4 to 1 9 to I „ Mr I'urkins ' s Lanfrcost 12 to 1 „ Mr Ciiuiube ' fi CuhhaiiiT-tnken 12 to I ,, Lord U litnitiiick ' s Urev Momus—tyken 12 to 1 „ DukeolClev . ? land ' s Alzira— ( taken and afterwards •¦ tiered . ) 20 to 1 „ Duke ot Cleveland ' s I ' ucelle filly—ta . ken iO to 1 ,, Lord Westminster ' s A'tbtfinarle— taken 20 to I „ Mr is L fox ' s J .-nimy Jumps Appleton Lad not mentioned .
Cmcket— York agai . Vst SHEFFiELn . —On Monday last , a ttame at this manly exercise took place oil the Victoria Cricket Ground , VVoodhouse Moor , for £ 25 a side , at sinsle wicket , between Messrs . Letby and Walker , of the York Club , and Messrs . Carr and Boisover , of the Sheffield Club . They had ( jla-Ved on two previous occasions , at York aiid Sheffield , and alternately each had been the . conqueror . 1 'he day was remarkably fine , arid the spectators were numerous . The York men won . in fine style with sixteen runs more thai ! their opponents . The following is the result : —
YORK FIRST INNINGS . Ball * . Hits . Runs . Walker ...... 7 t ... ... bowled b y Bolsnver .. Q Lutby ..... . 73 ,..., . 50 ..... . bowled by Bolsbver . . 20 Wide balls :, ..... ...,.,. 3 . Total 23 YORK SECOND INM . NGS . Wiilker 7-1 .. ; .. . 4 S-. bowled by Boisover .. 5 Lelby ...... 47 33 ...... bowled by Garr ...... 14 Wide balls ...... 4 Total ........... ... 23—46 SHEFFIELD FIRST INNINGS . . ; Carr ... 32 .. 13 .. bowled by Letby .... 0 Boisover 14 .. 9 ..... . bowled by Letby 3 Wide balls .............. 5 Total .... 8
SHEFFIELD SECOND INNINGS . Boisover ...... 18 8 ,..., . bowled by Letby ..,. 3 Carr 44 Ti c ; ui « ht by Letby .... 7 . ¦ ¦ ¦ . Wide bulU .............. 12 Totah ................. 22-30 Owing to the very heavy rains which had previously fallen , the ground was in a very slippery sjate , which will account for so great , a number of wide balls having been thrown by the York men , it beinf round bowling .. Mr . Blatlierwick , of Leeds , was umpire for York , and Mr . Woodcock , also of Leeds , for the Sheffield players , whose decisions gave
the greatest satisfaction to all . The York players tflilce this opportunity of returning their thanks to R . Cadman , Esq . on whose ground the match was played v for . his extreme kvmliiess ind liberality towards them during their stay . An arrangement was made previous to the commencement of jhe game , that it a ball was struck out of the ground-, it should ooly count two ; tins was only the case once , by a slashing hit from Letby , which on being measured , from the bat point to tlie first beat of the ball , was found to have been struck the enormotis distance of 11 ? yards . ¦ ' , .. - ^ ; . " ' ¦ ¦;
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The Approaching Doncastek Races . — The note of preparatioc lor the forthcoming imposing scene has already sounded . That the week will be ' one of great splendour j there are many gratifying indications . "Without dwelling , at pre ^ ent ^ upon the large number of prizes which the lists present , ^ including the sum provided by the Town Cotocil , it is sufficient to say , the competition for . the St . Leger will be very severe . The southern horses will be again opposed to those of the northern stables , and the interest a _ s the result , in the absence
too , of any undoubted Hyer , will be as deep as on any former occiission . The cup prize , is an extremely elegant piece of workmanship . The celebrated Irish horse , Hark away , has been purchased by Lord George Bentinck , for the sum of £ 5 , 000 , will be opposed by the stoutest English horses ; and a contest will ensue , which , in point of speed , will rival the trial when Lottery carried off the Londonderry cup—a trial , which , at the time , was deemed of such a character that its like would never be again witnessed .
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Supposed Child Murder .-- —On Tuesday night , as boy named Bacon wan passing Sc . James ' s church , Clerkenwell , -he observed a bundle lying on the Steps of the gateway , directly under the gas-light . On examination it was found to be an old canvass bag , and contained the body of an infant in a state of nudity . The bag and its contents were taken into the shop of Mr . Griffith , surgeon , when on inspection it appeared the child had been dead softie days , symptoms of decomposition haying " already commenced . The body was then again placed in the bag and given over to a policeman , who conveyed it to the workhouse , where it awaits a coroner ' s inquest . The circumstance Created milch excitement in the neighbourhood , but nothing had transpired to afford the slightest clue to the actor or ; actora in tbe unnatural deed ' ? , t '
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YESTERDAY'S VVA , K EFIELl ) ^^ RN - - MARKETi ' ) i * \ :, j . ' % - The weather continued very fine /^ p io ^ ednes-Q ^ y ni g ht . ^ Yesterday we had rain most ^ of the day , andthis day is also : wet .. * •"¦'"¦ ' ' \ ' "' Xj-.:-M- ?' ^ - ' : The fresh 8 npply of Whijat this : morowgiis quite trifling , bnt " the , demand is not ^ reat . ^ Tie ; fates of last week are ba ^ rely suppof ted % . ^ bit Ja gold . Oatsare rather lower . ' ' ^' , : ^ ; Not much doing in Beans , and ' prices without much , variation . ¦ ¦ ¦'
TfLtow . —The price' of this article in this town iR 5 s . per stone . V V .. DArlinotom iMjLBEET , Mondays Sept . 4 th . --In the Cora market the supply of grain W 4 » good , and sales brisk : ^ -Whe 4 t 18 a . to 20 s . ; pate Si . to 6 s . ; Beans 8 s . to 9 s . 6 d-: ; Barley Ss . to 8 s . 6 d . per boll ; Batt « r-lQd . per lb .
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hasbeeua veryext ^ ye ^ AnSt ! tiorr of manuJactured ; goods ^ The " stoP ^^ g ^^ ^ Uy ^ m | ted , jtnd the labouring ^ tion of the community were seldom : if ever S Jullyemployed . ; Jntae warehou ^' there ^ a ^ mendouB quantity of businesn transacted ; ^" _ Halifax IIarket j Saturday . September f ^ Ourmarketto-dayhasbeenworae than i « pSSei wr ^ which fbr many ^ weeks ? have been Lothiijt boast of . Business is flat . '• " *^ g to M BRABF 0 iu ) Wool JUarket , September 6 ( n ^ . Moresales have been effected during the week » nH upon the ; whole ; a better . feeling exists . Prie ^ remain astbey were . ; C v Bradford Yarn JtfARKET—Prices are norm , nally the ^ ame ; but less business has beeu done , ihismay be accounted for , many weavers being of engaged at harvest work . 6 > ftnA WmJ ^^****?** - ^ «* Cowrf
Bradford Piece MARKET .- ^ We cannoi report any alteration sinee last week . Wakefveld Wool Market . —Ourmanui acturers continue to keep out of the marker , and we have in consequence to report another week of limited sales on Ung wool ? , and our prices for " such are in floifle measure nominal , as hplders in general are indisposed to submit to lower pricts . There is a good demand for all kinds of short wool , and ibrmer rates are folly saBported .
Leicester . —There is uo aUerati qn to report in the state of the demand for goods ; it is considered to be rather flat for the season . Wool is firm ia price , although but little is doing . Thei last iarKe silesof wool in London having gone off ¦ well , and on the last day of sale , some little adva |? e jook place The manufacturers are generally v ? oji ^ Wup their stocks , and buy only for imtaediite ^ iiuiiiution . but as the machinery both in Yorkshire ^ and
elsewhere is all employed , it is not expected that the raw material can be lower ; farmer ' s' : lots vary fioa 36 s . to 40 s . per ^^ od . — -Leicester Chr&nicie ; _ Hop ^ Mabk ^ t , —They bavecommen ' cedpicking in the Hop di 8 trict 8 j- ;; and- the . accounts come very good—prices are rather ' firmer than : they were on Monday . The duty is £ 165 , 000 . There is not much business doing , as the trade are waiting for the new Hops to come to market .
Rochdaie Monthly Cattle Fair , Sepr . 3 . There was the best show of cattle in the fair to-day that we have known this year ; buyers were pleittiful , and considerable business was-done in all sort-j of cattle . Prices were higher for all descriptions than , they were a month since . Colon ial Markets . —Wednesday , Sep . 5 th . — There has been very little busiRess done to-day and the market is very dull . B . P . Sugar sells very slowly , but yesterday ' s prices were supported . In . refiDed Sugar , Double Cru-hed is held for 33 s . 6 d . We have no public sale of any description ot Suj . ar td-day , and none of " Coffee , Grocery qualities "t B . P . Sugar range from 50 s . to 62 s . per cwt . To-day we had public saUs of Saltpetre 1200 bag- « h ch
, , sold with spirit at former prices of 23 s . to 26 ^ ., according | to quality . Ginger , 450 band * , part damaged ' ,-all W . I ' ., sold much at pre \ i > us raies . Cocoa , 120 bags B . P . fetched at the rate p"f 42 si 6 "d to 44 s . 6 d . for low to good middling red . These were all the sales of Colonial produce . The iinj orts to-day are light ; and for to-morrow we ba ^ e- no Colonial produce advertised worth speakiiig of . the announcements consisting of drugs . The sro ' ik of West India Sugar is 37 , 199 hhd .-. and trs ., and ' > 101 brls ; Bengal , 11 , 323 bags ; Manilla , 56 , 948 ba ., Mauritius , 77 , 647 ba s . CofiVe . Jbe stock ol B ; P . is 4 , 064 casks ,, and 4 , 037 barrel and bags ; Ceylon , 8 , 357 bags ¦ Mocha , 3 , 228 bales , aud Brazil , 47 , 138 bags . '
Hull , Corn-Exchange , Sept . 4 th . —Th weather since this day week has been "favourable ; hut tbe crops progress slowly to maturity . \ Vh . at , generally , is a dark , unhealthy colour ; and . ^ rotn the green ,, unnatural appearance of the st « ols it cannot be in a n ' t state to thrash < or some weeks to come . In partial instances , a-field of Wheat , Oats , aud Barley are cut ; bu ) t . tbe harvest will , not be general in this district until the latter part ot he week
. Our market is thinly attended , partly owing to a Cattle pair being held " in } Hblderness ^ to-day , and to that of very few of the farmers , having any Corn to sell . The supplies of all English : Corn is unusually light on the market . Wheat ' must be quoted 2 s , to 3 s . per qr . ; cheaper . Beans , Biirl ^ y , Peas , and Oats , fuUy aa dear . \ V * e had soit . e buyers of Wheat in bond j hut the pelleftt are fii m » and do not press it on the market . liinseed as last week . Eapeseed is dearer .
Skipton : Cattle Market , September 3 . ^ - We had a very large fupply of fat stock , and ple n ^ of customers . Prime beef sold readily , but interior quality was not good to sell ; the demand for mutton and lamb did -notequal the . supply , and prices . were lower . : . : . '¦ ' . ¦ Wakefield Cattle Market , Septembers . We had a large supply of stock , at market this murning , 6 f both descri ptions . The attendance of buyers was plentiful , yet tbe . market was heavy , ani prices asbade lower . Beef , 6 s . tov 6 s . i 6 d . Jr * t . } Mutton , chd . per lb . Beasts , 460 ; Sheep , b "; 800 .. There was onl y a short supply of Lean Cattle and Calvers . i '•• ¦ : ¦ '•
Malton Corn Market , Sept . 1 . -At our market this day but few samples of wheat or other kinds of grain were pfferiHg ,. and cons ^ quentiy butlittle business was trans - acted , and tha" at a reduction in Wheai © f about 48 . per quarter- To Barleyhothingwas ofiVring . Subjoined we give the current priceV Wheat from 8 s . tb 9 s » . 3 d . per qrv of 40 stone , Barley nominal . Oats from 12 d . to 13 d . per stone . In other articles nothing doing .
BOROUGHBRJPGE CORN MARKET , Sept . -I . — Wheat , 72 s . to 78 s . per qr ., ; Beans , 5 s . 6 d . to 5 s . ? d . per bushel \ Oats , 13 d . to 14 d . per stone . York Corn Market , Sept . 1 . —With the exception of a heavy thunder storm on Tuesday evenings the weather , during : the last week , ba 8 been most beautiful ; and ; the hope we expressed * fortni ght ago , that harvest would commence generally , on Monday next , appears very likely to piove
well founded ; indeed , at Poppleton , Skipton , and other forward places , corn has alread y been car . The enormous idea in the minds of some ,.: that we shall be inundated with foreign Grain , aided by the pleasing alteration in the weather , has caused a complete stagnation in the trade ; . and ' atto-day ' * market very little 'is doing , and that at a decline on "Wheat of 3 s . per qr ., and on Beans Is , to 2 s . per qr ., whilst Oats barely support last week ' s rates .
Newcastle Corn Market , Sept . 1 .- "We have a small arrival of Wheat this week , but the ' weather being fine and the time close at hand whe ' a the foreign wheat will be released from bond at a low duty , scarcely any'business was done in our market to-day . The few sales effected to , needy buyers were at a decline of 3 s . to 4 s . per qr . oh the prices ef last Saturday . Owipg to the backward state of the crops in • this- district and the exhausted stock of old Wheat , holders generally have confidence in the present ratesj and do not appear anxisus to press sales . Fine Rye and Peas enmmand . former prices , and were in feir request Oats unaltered , but not much doing . Arrivals during the week , - 'CO ' a 8 twise ^ 78 . i 5- ' q r 8 ;'" - "' . w ' Iieat ^ ' 228 qrt . " Barley , 50 qrs . Malt , 257 qrs . Oats , and 870 sack * of flour . ¦ ¦¦ ., - .. ' ¦¦ . ••• ¦ . - ¦ ¦
Rochdale ; Flannel Market , Sept . 1 . —A good number of goodtf have been disposed of to-day , particularly low atd middling qualities j which were in * he greatest repute , prices do not improve to anf extent worth noticing , although this is the season ia which they generally do . Unless a chaDge soon takes place in the prices > of wools ; the person * employed in manufacturing of flannels and other woollen goods , a gloomy : winter will add to the already wretched state of the operative woollen manufacturer . Wools keep up in price and no disposition is manifest of any reduction in p ricest Oils remain as the last . 'i i Z
r State ot ^ Trade .- —Tilete tasTbeen no ctangft i ^^ our m arket ^ for sever al days past . ? : The demand for yarn . ' cotttinuea langmd , ' and . the pritieB are c&B " Bequently depregged ; but there 1 ? a good demand fof almost all kinds of piece goods , ay steady and remu * nerating r&X ^ . ^ MancheaterGtM ( rdian of Wedne » - dayy . ^ c ¦ ¦¦ ' : ¦ - ¦¦ ¦ ¦ :- . ' ¦ . ]" .- ' ^ V - ^ -r " ¦• , ''¦¦¦ . ¦ ' V' - ' ' ' ^
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O'OoNKOB , isaq ., ol , Hammernnith , C H f Middlesex ^ by JoftH ^ A r Hobson , M ty ' Printing Offices , NcfcU ^ and 13 , At *«* Str eet , Briggate ; ana SPobBshed by ¦ ¦ $$ :: said Joshua Hob 8 om , ( for the said Feakgob O'ConjiorO at . Ids $ weliing 4 u > ose , N * 6 . y Market Stretet , «( Briigate ; an ' ¦ '¦ ihtenuu ^ Communication : existinspbetween the said N *^ 5 , Market Street * arid thei said No * . 12 , and ^\ Market St * eet , Briffgate ; thus constitutin g ¦«•;< wholeof the sail Pnuting and Pu ^ liwi » l ^ Offices , one Prenusefc ^ vi AU Coramanicatlon « mutt be addressed , ( P 01 V paid , ) to J . Hobbqi * , Northern Star 0 % Jj - Leeoii ' .. ... ' . - '¦ .. ;/ - : ; . ' . : : v ; : " ' .: ; : ' . ' - ,: " . - ' ' ¦ > ' V . tSaturdsy ^ S ^ twnlw 8 , 1836 . ^ ; *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 8, 1838, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1022/page/8/
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