And National Tejj3es' Journal

' ^rP^// ^ 7 -^4*~" //-^ // l^r NOTTINGHAM, €#artf# iHtelitaewn O'CONNOR AND HIS CON- ^ ma ^ m mmmm ^mMV^ iA^wuumam AA ^^ a . MR nh ^J k STITUENTS. Fmsbur j .—At a meeting, held on Sunda y last , tha following resolution was carried una nimously ;«* Monday last presented a novel scene to the Moved bj R . Fozzan, seconded by Mr Dicrey, ' That we the members of the council of the JFinsbur y p^ple of Notting ham—the miniatur e of the People' s , looa. Char ter. Perhaps in these dull times, when dis« Iity. feel called upon to express our profound gratitiid a F. O'Connor g. cussion is altogether prohibited , and the expression Jo , Esq., M. P., for the -nerous and liberal offer he has wade to secure counsel for the . public opinion , whether in public or private , is de* of fence of th» men awaiting their trials in Newgate ; suppressed by the law of the sword or by the , per- aad we furth er feel that we should be want ing in out Ter sion of the law of the land , it is something re- AND l we di8C ntioue subscribing and collecting NATIONAL TEJJ3ES' JO J\ l ? fresh ing and novel to find the URNAL until he bB people still read y to . fully ind emnified from aDy pecuniary y loaf meet, even in the open air , fearlessly to express o the advan cement of monies for that purp ose.' No Xi«BD3.-On their opinions, thus provin g, beyond refutation , that VOL- XL 570- LONDON , SATURDAY, SEPTEMBE R 23, 1848. ™CE ¦ma S^ Sunday, Mrs Theob ald , of Manch ester. Five Shilling* and Sixpence per Quarter ve two Cresting lectures in the large room however brute forc e may triump h for a season, the of?. thei. B«o jar , Briggate. The room was crowded to csmbined intelligence of a united people will yet them lest they may be excluded from the festive to a str anger over his Thus I that unconstitu tional exoesj, an d the '' ¦ head. (Cheers.) measure passed the Commons, chairman, elicited sueh lecturer gave great satisfaction. £o« over throw its majesty and power. Cowed as the table and the social boaid , and lest ther eby their show you that the state of no refu- I would a show of hands as we be- wfong the of Mrs Ireland furnishes from that moment avow myself a Republi. lieve was ^ "'" Krrices Theobald , ma* working classes now are—disappointed as they have wives and families should lose their position in lation . But never befor e exhibit ed at a public meet, obtaini nforma tion so- , in God 's name, where is the great can. (Tremen dous cheerin g.) I also stated that byappljing to MrBrook JroD Kat/ been by the new parliament , from which so much ciety; their cry is a social cry, ing as illustrative of unanimit y ; and upon the con. and so is the cry of difficult y of settlin g this Labour Question if Labau r the suppres sion of public opinion would lead to the was expected—and after the most protracted ses- the middle classes. Those shopkeepers and was trary being put , not one single solitary hand was TivBRTO if, Devon.—A meeting trad ers represented ? (Cheers .) I will show you two establis hment of secret clubs and societies of the Char tist As* sion ever known , and in which so much perfidy feas , and held up against the motion , when the announcemen t •oci.uon was1 held on Frida y evening, who are now peris hing beneath the witherin g influ- source s—the one a debasin g fund , and the other a that those clubs and September been perpetrated—there is some societies would be the of Mr O'Connor 's re-electio n lptn . at. the Golden Lion Inn, I thin g not only was received with Westexe. Mr Row ence of class legislation, are obliged to pin them- pauper fund— from the application of which, to its focus of sedition , conspiracy, and tre ason ^ ohtfa, town * strange, but astonishin g, in the fact , fomented deafening cheers, followed b ¦councillor , in tbe chair . After the , that the most selves to the skirts of laree manu facturers and legitimate and proper purpose , the whole. Labour by spies and informers y waving of hats and aoription s sub ' , aad that the re sult would be, clappin g of several individual s had been hande d in, abused of that house is—with the exception of Mr commercial men,—the one class commandin g Question and war mean that the of hands. When the cheering had sub. ths question may be settled— I enthu siastic , the honest , and the destit ute , sided in aid of the Defence Fund , and an annou ncement Sharman Crawford —the only one of its members competi tive power which pauperises theshop Tithes and Will any would be , the a8t wcek £1 keeping Poor Rates. (Loud cheers. ) entrapped by the wily, the cunning, and m? 8 g P b** been re- who would dar e to base the tenure of his office upon Mr O'Connor again presented himself mitted»%t »* ^ class, the other commandin g the credit which ena- ene deny that tithe—if at all sustainable—is not a the villanou s. (Hear , hear. ) Well , and to Mr Ride r, at the Sue effice, making in si the free and , such has been said : My frien ds, I thank AiJ to unfettered opinion of his constituents , bles them to speculate in trade,—while both live divine charitable fund , from the proceeds of which my war ning to the you. I accept the re- tins fund , the aeoretiry brou ght farwai d tha people for now nearly eleven newal of my trust with balance electors and non-electors. Our readers were aware that upon the pride and destitution of the poor. (Loud the ignorant should be educated the stranger years, and see hovr pride and satisfaction ; the sheet for the past quarSer , which was rea d , my prophec y has been fulfilled more especiall an d adopted . it was impossible to secure a room , where this novel cheers.) Alas ! it is too true ! and you find that housed, and the destitute fed ?—an d will aay one by recent occurren ces. y as all were summoned, and the A questio n being asked wpeotine In London we have the in- jury has been the librar y, called forth from ons of T unanimous. And now the audit spectacl e was to take place, not that we believe the the same reasonin g applies , the same motives deny that Poor-rates should not be most beneficially former Powell-(groans)-and rel , wiihout or * y upon it you will vanity, I think I may say that I appoi nted to examine tho accounts, the result of the inconvenience to have arisen from plot or contri- operate, socially, upon the middle classes as upon employed to the sustainment of the poor , instead of have others . Iu , in my own per - Ashton we have Williamson aad soa, must present to ¦am * ; the rocome , expenditure , and balance being vance, but from the fact of the Exchan ge, and the the landed ari stocracy. The shopkeeper , like the to the coercion of the destitute ? Well those two mterbo ttom. In your minds the most extraor- named , it was , ^ Oldhara , Gifford ; and in Hsl i- dinary recollection. suggested that the various items 0! other public buildings , being previously engaged ; little landlord unds may Robert Her e I am , abused and de- expenditure , prostitutes his jud gment to the falla- be estima ted lowly at fifteen millions fax, Eramett , the most trusted from his nounced is a detailed form , should be pro duced and under these circumstances it was supposed that cies propounded b a-year ; and name. (• Oh by every newspa per in the empire ; re- at the next meeting, which was y manufactarers , lest be himself, , if app lied to the location of the poor , oh ,' and groans.) And mark , that in viled by aocenJi nely orde red Mr O'Connor would postpone his visit until such every class, save Labour , and by some aiier wmen, a portio n of Mr Barke d his wife, and his family, should be excluded from upon the land of their birth , would, in fi ve years, every locality those men professe d the lar gest amount even publicati oa of that order, and , nevertheless , accepted as I hb Pkopw, was read , which gave time as one or the other of these buildin gs could be the society of the more wealth y of their order. But locate half a million of families, amountin g to two of enthusiasm , while their own sworn testimon y esta- much eatiafac. its represent ative by a most enlightened constitu - tion , it being ooasidered by thoso prc aent tbat secured for that purpose. However, he felt aware let me illustr ate the proposi tion for you. Can la- millions and a half of people ; would leave a lar ge blishes the fact that they were the prime insti th i gators in ency ; and , to convince you of the importance that publi cation was » valuable co worke r with th that such an excuse might have been put down to >our .now estimate its value in the manufacturin g revenu e to the Exchequer ; would promote pure those several conspiracies. (« Oh , ' « JNob ihbrs oh, and Shame. ') I attach to short accounts , I am here to tell Star , ut the great and glorious cause 0 hesitation , and mLht have injured his cause ; and, market ? (Cries of • No, no.') No,—wages are religion and education ; destroy pau perism and de- Well, would I h ave been justified in you justioe and truth .

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