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the evening ; it was held about eight o'clock, by torch-light.
He then, I believe, spoke of the Guardians again, as far
as my recollection serves. He said they must go to the
Poor-law Guardians and get them out and strip them, and
get a soft painter's brush, but dont hurt them—daub them
over with tar, and feather them. He spoke about the
meeting at Kersal Moor. He told them he had said there
that the Ballot question was a knife and fork question—a
bread and these question. A man in the meeting at
Leigh shouted " Would not a spoon do ?" Mr. Stephens
said, " Yes, for your porridge, hue a knife and fork for
a buttock of beef." Somebody shouted again—. We have
no beef—we have no use for knives and forks." Mr. Ste-
phens said, " Take them and put them to your tyrants'
throats, and see how they will fit there." The meeting
broke up some time afterwards. I cannot tell when it
broke up.
Mr. Stephens was asked by Mr. Brandt if he wished to
cross-examine the witness.
Mr. Stephens—lt having been stated, and not denied,
that this Court is determined to commit me to Kirkdale,
and no cross-examination of the witnesses previously exa-
mined having been taken down, and more especially after
what has fallen from the lips of the Learned Gentleman, I
decline putting a single question to the witnesses.
Mr. Brandt—l don't offer any further evidence.
The witnesses then signed the depositions.
Mr. Stephens—l wish to apply for a copy of the warrant
on which these extraordinary proceedings have been
founded.
Mr. Kenworthy—Do you wish to address anything to
the Court ?
Mr. Stephens—l wish to apply for a copy of the warrant
on which these extraordinary proceedings have been
founded.
Mr. Kenworthy—You will be furnished with it after-
wards—it is short, I believe, and you can have it even now.
Mr. Stephens—ln an hour will do—to whom' am Ito
apply ?
Mr. Smith—To me.
Mr. Stephens—The name of the informant also.
Mr. Kenworthy—lt is on the back of the warrant.
Mr. Stephens—l wish to know if he has been produced ?
Mr. Brandt—No ; and the reason is, that I apprehend
he bas been taken away by some parties. I did not wish
to mention the circumstance before, but as it has been al-
luded to, I may say that I believe that the witness has been
taken away by some persons connected with the defendant.
It is not the fault of the prosecution that he is not here.
Mr. Stephens—The Learned Gentleman may believe
what he pleases, but I can't see what that has to do with
the case.

Mr. Kenworthy—lf yeah wish to say anything on the
case, now is the time.
Mr. Stephens then rose and said—l had much, Sir,
which I wished and intended to have said, but I hardly
know whether, after the strange and I believe unparalleled
proceedings of this Court in this case, I dare trust myself
with saying much more, perhaps, than a word or two. I
wa.s arrested, Sir, in the streets of Ashton by two Bow-
street officers from London, who told me that they had a
warrant for my apprehension ; that they were instructed to
convey me to Worsley, there and then to appear before
the Magistrates that signed the warrant on which I was
apprehended. Protesting in their presence against the ap-
prehension, but acknowledging the form of law with which
they were entrusted, I at once peaceably rendered myself
their prisoner, and bid them lead on that I might know the
end. I was by these officers conducted through Man-
chester. During our short stay in Manchester, which I
may state was not at all occasioned by me or for my con-
venience, by some means or other a crowd of persons had
assembled round the York Hotel to the evident morti-
fication, disappointment, and confusion of the Bow-street
officers. They hurried me away to Worsley as rapidly as
some other private arrangements which they evidently
had been instructed to make had been completed, and on
our arrival at that village, at the Grapes Inn, I was in-
formed by the officers that no Magistrates had made their
appearance. I asked the reason. They said they could
not tell. Their instructions were to take me to Worsley,
and that I was there and then to be examined by the
Magistrates. Goddard, the senior officer, who had the
warrant, immediately took a post chaise and proceeded, as
17b declared, in search of the Magistrates in the case. I,
in t:ie meanwhile, remained in the custody of Shackell, the
other officer, who betrayed considerable agitation and
anxiety at the non-appearance of his colleague (Goddard),
repeatedly looking at his watch, and several times leaving
the room, for the purpose, as I was given to understand,
and led to suppose, of holding consultation in a room up
stairs with my Lord Francis Egerton and Colonel Wemyss,
the Commanding officer of the district. The troops by this
time had arrived at Worsley, and by the instructions of
the officer, Shackell told me he had authority in his
pocket authorizing him to call out Colonel Wemyss,
and the whole of his force, but that the production of
such an order was wholly unnecessary in my case. I
therefore cannot for a moment suppose that the appearance
of Colonel Wemyss and the Dragoons was occasioned by—
Mr. Kenworthy—Will this end in anything material ?
Mr. Stephens—l hope it will, Sir ; and much more that
has occurred will be found to end in something material.
I remained, Sir, perfectly passive in the hands of the offi-
cers, and in the meantime a coach-load of reporters found
their way to Worsley, very much to the surprise and to
the regret, es well as to the astonishment of the officers
who had me in custody. A second coach-load of friends
of mine from Ashtun-under-Line, who, not having the same
implicit confidence in the integrity, and high sense of
honour and impartiality of a Bench of British Magistrates
which I had, Sir, thought it necessary and prudent for
my safety that they should be present at Worsley. I
came alove—l had desired none to follow me ; I said I am
in the hands of the law, and know I am safe ; I am under
the shelter of British justice, in the first and highest of her
Courts. They, however, thought it expedient to follow
me to Worsley, and their appearance at the village in which
this case was to be transacted and dispatched, and where
the determination to commit me was avowed in the Man-
chester Guardian ; they came to protect me by their pre-
sence, and of being- witnesses at least of what the
transaction was to end in, so that they might give
intimation of the same to my legal adviser, and have
an opportunity to consult with me. A third coach-load of
me friends (persons from Manchester), afterwards arrived,
and altogether in that little village a most unusual and ex-
traordinary spectacle was presented, particularly at the late
season of the night which then approached. I waited pa-
tiently, because I knew that all would end right. It begin
right. I asked the officers what was to be done with me,
.for I wished to sleep at Worsley, thinking, as a matter of
course, that the case would have been gone into there. The
()Weer only shook his head, and my friends, after repeat-
ing their applications, wishing to know what the issue would
be, the officer gave them an assurance that I would not be ex-
amined at Worsley, but be brought back to Manchester
and that the case would be heard at the New Bailey. At
twelve o'clock Goddard made his appearance in an empty
coach, empty as to all but himself—there were no wit-
messes, no learned prosecutor, no magistrates. What
orders Goddard might have in his possession, he being the
oniy and sole Court before which I had hitherto appeared,
he kept very wisely, with other determinations of the
Bench, to himself. The troops were ordered to mount,
and I was escorted in the dead hour of the night ; hurried
off at midnight, when the stillness was unbroken save by
the clatter of the horses' heels on the hard ground, and oc-
casionally by the appearance of parties who had been
roused from their sleep by these, not riotous, illegal, or
tumultuary proceedings. I was hurried, under that escort,
..like another Duke D'Enghien, to the New Bailey Prison,
without knowing what awaited me. I will not trouble the
Ceaurt with what happened to me in the New Bailey, but
on the following day I waited very impatiently for the exa-
min/tele° that was to take place. I was informed at Wors-
ley that I would be examined at nine o'clock. At Man-
chester I afterwards found that it was to be twelve, and I
'waited till that hour, but there was no Court for me or my
case. Another hour elapsed, and I then said to one of the
Officers, I have been in custody for more than 24 hours, and
would reall be obliged to hire, after having carried me up
and dow y post-chaiPost-chaises.n the country in hackney coaches and
with officers and troops of dragoons, a major as a colonel,
steould like to know when and where I was to make my al)"
Teyance, and before what Magistrates the case was to be
ushered into a court similar to this, and in the same prison,
.and there I found yourself in the chair, and another Magis-
tzv
te whom I do not now recognize on the bench. He
be here, but 1 don't recognize him. He left and ano-
thel. .
came, and he left and another came, and I saw another
person whom I then took to be a Magistrate, because I
found the r,
him, I Courtin close consultation and conference with
.presume, upon this case. That gentleman I have
since learned to be Mr. Shuttleworth, of Manchester. I
could not object to any conference with him in my case, be-
cause I understand from his own personal experience he was
,every way qualified to give a satisfactory, an impartial, and
a _favourable version of such like transactions.l understand
that he had considerable experience of popular processions
proceedings in 1816, and at the meeting at Peterloo,
and
tiiat all the organization, arming, and training was well
known to him, and that he (Shuttleworth) :had declared
that the people went to the place of meeting on that occa-
_,on
in most beautiful order, and that neither he nor an)
other reasonable man could entertain the least ground of
alarm.
Mr. Brandt said, it was a very painful thing for him to
interrupt a person on his defence, but it was not just to
tack an absent person, who had no connection with the
Theter at all. If it would do Mr. Stephen's case any good
woeld not have interfered.
Mr. Stephens was hoping that that was not an attack
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.commendation of Mr. Shuttleworth, especially as 1
find -a Min it public character, in the confidence and patronage

of her Majesty's Government, with a salary of 1,500/. a-
year, which, no dcubt, had a tendency to inspire sentiments
and opinions in every way worthy of the office he fills, and
of a loyal and constitutional subject. But I will pass on
from that—l will pass to the Magistrate who, along with
yourself Sir, signed the warrant, Mr. Sanderson. I rooked
on the bench for him, and to the best of my knowledge, and
the result of my inquiries was, that Mr. Sanderson was
not present, although he was in town and in the immediate
neighbourhood of this prison. He was, I understand,
sent for by the officer of the Court by a New Bailey
officer—he was personally applied to by yourself, Sir, and
on that occasion, to that application he, the second Ma•
gistrate, who had signed the warrant, Mr. Sanderson, posi-
tively refused to come, saying as his reason why be would
not—" This case ought to have been tried at Worsley ; I
am not going to appear in a Court before reporters and a
thousand persons, spectators, and auditors." I thought
that was a satisfactory reason, and it excited no surprise
whatever in my mind, and if Mr. Sanderson is present this
morning (and I am not aware whether he be or not, Sir,)
Mr. Sanderson's own ideas of the sanctity, the inviolable
sanctity which attaches itself to the holy office with which
he has been invested by her Majesty, will at once lead
him to feel that he is not this morning the most competent
person to sit and adjudicate upon this re-hearing of
an old case, and this production of an entirely
new and altered case. I should have rejoiced
had Mr. Sanderson been present on the former
hearing of this case. He would have been the first
Magistrate in the whole commission of the peace for Lanca-
shire before whom I should wish to appeal ; because, from
his previous acquaintance with political transactions—from
his intimate acquaintance with the nature of public meet-
ings, and the prominent part he has taken in Courts of
Law on trials of this description, his mind, of all Magistrates
of those on this Bench, was best fitted to decide upon the
facts so glaringly, so palpably, so self-evidently falsified by
the witnesses who have perjured themselves in that box,
and which they would have been made to do, if that Court
which has deemed it wise and prudent, and consistent with
its determination, to commit me to Kirkdale' had directed
it to be taken down. Mr. Sanderson, the Magistrate who
signed this warrant, which I am to see hereafter, and for
the non-production of the informant whose name appears
upon it we have the strong, the unmanly, the dishonour-
able, the infamous excuse of the Learned Gentle-
man, who, seeing me in this defenceless predicament,
has availed himself of the privileges of his order
to pump up and produce before the Court statements in
reference to his non-appearance, which he knows, or ought
to know, and which he ought to be instructed to know, is
far from being the true cause—is the very reverse of the
true cause. Had that witness appeared I should have
known what to have done with him. Had the cross-exami-
nation of the other witnesses been taken down, I would have
known what to have done with them, not only before you,
but elsewhere. Had Mr. Sanderson, whose name appears
on this warrant, been present, I could more confidently
have referred my Case to him along with yourself—inas-
much as Mr. Sanderson has given important evidence
in a case very materially bearing on the case before you.
I refer to the case of the meeting at Peterloo, when Mr.
Sanderson was a witness for Henry Hunt at York, when
he declared that it was all peace, all decorum, and all pro-
priety. He did the same at Lancaster at the trial of
Radford v. Burleigh, which can be easily referred to. You
may at once perceive that had the Magistrates who signed
the warrant made their appearance in this Court at the
time appointed—had the informant been produced by the
prosecutor, as be was in duty bound to do—had the other
witnesses after being subjected to cross-examination had
their evidence taken down—l don't mean the whole of it,
for I could not expect that in a Court like this that
they would insert either the whole of the examination
or the whole of the cross-examination ; I do not
complain of abbreviations or omissions, but I
say that every particle of their cross-examination went in
my favour—that they admitted that they had only spoken
on hearsay, and on their cross•examination " they declared
that they did not know certain facts of their own know-
ledge—that each contradicted the other and himself, and
that altogether the evidence on the very face of it bore the
stamp of a conspiracy on the part of some parties who
will yet have to make their appearance in another place.
Then I should have had an opportunity of proving distinctly
a conspiracy by some parties, or a collusion either from some
motives to commit perjury or without motives. Had this
examination been taken down, the case might have pro-
ceeded till midnight, or it might have been adjourned from day
to-day until the Court had declared itself satisfied with the
evidence laid before it ; but I do contend, appearing as I
now do charged with scmething stated in that warrant—
for it is yet denied me, although I am to learn it some
time—but under a warrant to be afforded me by and by—
standing as I do before you in this Court, after the very
extraordinary proceedings of the previous examination, and
the still more extraordinary character of the present exami-.
nation to-day, which I hereby proclaim to be an illegal pro-
ceeding, and by which I intend to abide—standing thus,
Sir, not only charged with the offence of misdemeanour
mentioned in the warrant, but charged as I am be-
fore the whole of the country, throagh the public Press,
not only of this town, but by the organs of the Ministerial
party, in London, and not only so, but by a Member of
her 'Majesty 'is Government himself, publicly—l refer to the
Hon. Fox Maule,. in :his late speech at Perth, standing
thus publicly charged with having been most directly the
author or instigator of, or the actual author of, the late fire
at Ashton-under-line—John Edward Taylor being the
author of the statement in his own paper, andeven pending this
inquiry, so far from retracting it, giving to it all the weight
which the subtlety and malice of his mind can furnish
to it a fire, the real origin of which, a not
far distant day will, I expect, discover, and when
discovered, will prove to this Court, should this
Court unhappily have allowed its mind to be influenced by
those reports, so far as the determination to commit, will
prove, if not to this Court, to the country, and will unfold
such a case of public as well as private villany, as for many
years has not been laid before it.—(Sensation.) It does
not belong to my case to go into that matter. I shall,
perhaps, on a, future occasion find myself compelled to do
so. At present I confine myself to a distinct and most unqua-
lified disavowal of any art, part, or participation in that or any
other act of outrage.':. With this statement, Sir, by way of ex-
planation—with this declaration of the entire illegality of the
proceedings as now before the Court, and most respectfully
to yourself and the Bench, as I trust I have conducted
myself to-day, and' on all previous occasions—with the
utmost deference and respect to the law and to the Bench,
entering this protest against this most extraordinary and
illegal proceeding, I hit down without at all entering upon
my case, which yet remains to be disclosed.
After conferring for a short time with the other Magis-
trates,
Mr. Kenworthy said—The Court has considered all
that has been said by yourself and the witnesses, and they
are of opinion that you should be committed to Liverpool,
to take your trial at the next Assizes.
Mr. Law—l take it for granted that, as before, you will
allow Mr. Stephens to bail, and the same gentleman about
whom inquiry was made, are ready to tender themselves.
Mr. Kenworthy—We think it ought to be Mr. Ste-
phens in the sum of 1,0001. and two sureties of 5001., with
24 hours notice of bait.
Mr. Brandt—The same gentlemen may not do, as it is
not the sa.rne sum. Mr. Beswick tells me, that as to one
of them, he considers the security sufficient, but with re-
spect to the other it will be right to make some further
inquiry,
Beswick--I think Mr. Williamson is sufficient.
Mr. Law suggested that they would take the recogni-
aances of Mr. Williamson now, as he lived at Ashton, and
this was assented to, the understanding being that the re-
cognizauers were not to be considered forfeited, or Mr.
Stephens liberated, until the other party had been bound.
The three witnessed were then bound over in the sum of
100 t. ea,ch to attend and give evidence at the Liverpool
Assizes, and it was understood iho,t if on inquiry Mr.
Richardson was found sufficient he would br the other se-
curity.
Mr. Stephens was then rernovAA in custody, and the crowd
gradually left the court.
Colonel Wemyss was in the court during the investiga-
tion, and Mr. Maude, the stipendiary Magistrate, was on
the bench, but t,ook no part in the proceedingo.

After the proceedings a-........,4 terminated, Mr. Thomas, the
deputy constable, requested that Mr. Feargus O'Connor
would use hisititluence with the immense concourse outside.
Mr. O'Connor recorowfidecl him to apply to it'is friend
Mr. •Ketaworthy, the Chairrfia4, but said that if the lives of
the i‘lagistrates were in any danger, he would most willingly
interfere. Mr. O'Connor was then, with much pomp,
escorted by the deputy .constable through the back stairs,
and upon reaching the outer door was soon recognized and
hailed with shouts of applause. fie desired every man,
woman, and child to fohovi him, which was instantly
istrates,
Hotel, in hearing of the. Mcom-
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com-
plied with, Mr. O'Connor took up A position at the win-
dow of the Brltigg
and addressed the twi4i:-.1..g at great length In terms
of the most manly &lianand bitter denunciation
of what he calhid the poltroon bench. 4e would, he said,
r_l.o an
now tgle the command as Judge, General, and
Jury ; he
would lead It.a.?, people on withll4 usual stead yd
long con-
perseverance '
in the cause of CQiversal Suffrage—k
tim,led cheers)—as by
that alone could they P4rify the
bench, ts,o,d. elect the authorities to wLoci) t,ley Were answer-
Able. Stephens, he said, should not be sacruiLed, or his
cause Oamaged by therm. They must remain within the
law, behind the law, and opon thz law, until they coul
constable
had sent him there, kw bad not ushered him out of prison
with half that delight with Which he would introduce
him to it.—(Laughter.) To-night he would address
them in the Carpenters' Hall 7 and he would then expose

the ignorance of " fat chops," Kenworthy, the carrier.—
(Cheers.) The Counsel for the prosecution said that
others were to be implicated in a conspiracv. He (Mr.
O'Connor) was doubtless one—if so, he would- lead them a
dance which they little dreamed of. The ruffian Parsoto
would pray from their Act of Parliament Litany on Sun
day, for all prisoners and captives ; but an Order of Coun-
cil might make an exception in. favour of Joseph Rayner
Stephens. They were the moral and physical force of th,
country, and let them hold up their right hands, every mat
who pledged himself to obey Feargus O'Connor, and to
strengthen him by observing the law.—( Here a foreEt of
hands was held up.) Mr. O'Connor then ordered tin
whole meeting to follow him, and to leave the
contaminated precincts of the blood-hounds and
perjurers. This was instantly complied with, the
whole body following Mr. O'Connor, and cheering.
in defiance of all, as they passed through the streets.
The startling yells and groans set up opposite the Cham•
ber of Commerce and the Manchester Guardian office
were truly appalling. Mr. O'Connor led the multitude,
consistinc, of about a thousand, to the centre of Market
street, and there dismissed them, with an injunction to at-
tend this night at Carpenters' Hall, where one of the most
important and spirited meetings ever held is expected to
take place. One or two shots were fired by persons in the.
crowd while Mr. O'Connor was addressing the people from
the Bridge Hotel.

(From a Second Edition of the Morning Chronicle.)

MANCHESTER, THURSDAY, JAN. 3.

On my arrival here I have not been able to discover
anything like that excitement which I supposed, from the
accounts I had previously read of the doings of the
Chartists, would have been found universally to prevail.
I could not, for instanre, perceive, is any of the mercan-
tile or the tradinc, classes with whom I chanced to con-
verse, any apprehension entertained regarding Mr. Ste-
phens, or those who are connected with him, as to their
power (if they have the disposition) of exciting a tumult
in this town. In fact, there were none of those persons
either talking or apparently thinking about him, as—to use
the expression of a merchant who spoke to me—" they had
in Manchester too much to do, to afford time to think of
Mr. Stephens."
The hour fixed for the proceedings to commence in tie
Court-house was eleven o'clock. At that moment Mr.
Stephens was in attendance very punctually, and made his
Way, loudly cheered by the crowd assembled outside the
New Bailey, to the place assigned to him within its walls.
It is but right to state that no persons could conduct
themselves with more propriety than the multitude did on
this occasion.

About the time that Mr. Stephens came into the
Court Mr. Oastler made his appearance ; Mr. Feargus
O'Connor had been there for some time previousy,
and was, when I entered, seated at the same table which
was appropriated to the barristers and reporters.
With the personal appearance of Mr. O'Connor I was well
acquainted. He was, on this occasion, dressed in a dark
frock trimmed with fur, and not only appeared to me to be
very.pale, but also had a care-worn and anxious look ;
while I, could perceive in him none of that bluster-
ing manner for which he was remarkable when he was
an " Irish" agitator. That manner, however, I should
not be surprised to find him reassuming when he appears
at the public meeting which is to be held this evening.
During the entire proceedings in the court, Mr. Feargus
O'Connor did not speak, nor indeed did I perceive
him give even a suggestion to Mr. Stephens. Mr.
Oastler, on the contrary, spoke to him frequently ;
but it was before and after Mr. Stephens addressed the
Court. Mr. Oastler is a large, heavy-looking man, be-
tweet), fifty and sixty years of age. His complexion is ghastly
pale ; his eyes, grey• and staring, have little expression in
them ; and, with very common features, he has the appearance
of a mechanic in his Sunday clothes. As to the Rev. Mr.
Stephens himself, he is a small, thin man, and one who in
his manner looks like one who indulges himself with
doses of opium. His hair, which is a very dark brown,
grows 'thin and high upon his head, so as to leave the
forehead and temples completely bare. His features,
which are diminutive and flat, do not indicate the posses-
sion either of much intellect or of a good command of
his temper, which I should consider to he very hasty, al-
though he exerted himself in the Court-house, and with
some effect too, to keep it under command. He wears
spectacles, and dresses like a clergyman. In speaking,
his voice, which is sweet and distinct, is calculated
to produce a much greater effect than the matter or
the ideas which he gives utterance to would merit. He
is certainly not deficient of nerve, and his conduct
througout the day was such as must have won for
him the approbation of those disposed to admire him.

MANCHESTER.
BY EXPRESS.

GREAT RAD I CALDEMONSTRATION

Another meeting of the Radicals of Manchester took
place this evening (Thursday) at Carpenters' Hall, which
was, like the meeting of last night, attended by several
thousands. _ _ _

Previous to the Chair being taken, Mr. Wheeler came
forward and stated that he was happy to announce to them
that their friend and champion Mr. Stephens had been that
evening released on bail, and he (Mr. Wheeler) had left
him taking tea at Mr. Richardson's.—(Tremendous cheer-
ing for some minutes.) He would be there in a few mi-
nutes, to address them.—( Reiterated cheering.)
Mr. DEEGAN wished to address a few words to the
meeting, before the chair was taken. Until the people
had a voice in the making of the laws, they would ever be
slaves ; and their labour, the most valuable species of pro-
perty, was not protected. The time was come when either
the Legislature must redress the condition of the people
and give them protection, or, instead of having Irish red-
herrings and brown loaves on their spears, they would
have Lord John Russell, Lord Melbourne, and the
Poor-law Commissioners hoisted on them. (Great
laughter and cheering.) Nobody minded what he was
saying, he was merely amusing them before the commence-
ment of the proceedings. He did not advise them to treat
the Commissioners in that way ; but if he had the power
he would treat them so. Pikes were manufacturing in
various parts of the adjacent districts ; and such was the
demand for them that the people were making a
fortune by them. It was disgraceful to them that
the people of Manchester should be the last in the
race. They ought to be the first in leading the people
in the battle and to victory. Why had Stephens been in-
carcerated—not because he was Whig, a Radical, or a
Tory, but because, being a Minister of the Gospel, he had
preached the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth. He had toldthe tyrants of the people that sooner or later
they would have to answer to an avenging God for the
crimes they had committed on the people. The Whigs
were a more despicable, a more bloodthirsty, a more in-

famous faction than the Tories.
Mr. F. O'Connor, Mr. Oastler, Mr. Richardson, and
several others here entered the room, and were received
with deafening and long-continued cheering, clapping of
hands, and waving of hats.
Mr. R. J. RICHARDSON was then called to the chair, and
said that he was happy to announce that the Rev. Joseph
R. Stephens was once more nt liberty.—(Cheers.) Al-
though the recognizances were legal yet they were most
oppressive—he was bound over to keep the peace. Act-
ing, therefore, on the suggestions of his Counsel and his
friends, he had abstained from attending the meeting.—
(Hear, hear.) He would now call upon Mr. Feargus
Connor to address them.
Mr. O'CONNOR came forward and was received with
loud cheering, He equally, with Mr. Stephens, was bound
to keep the peace, but the surest way to preserve peace
was to prepare for war.—(Great cheering.) He hail been
present in a Court whera all proceedings of a legal cha-
racter commenced; they knew the characters that attended
that Court, and as ho was 4bit of a phySiogaOiniStile flied his
eye upon one man named " Fat chops.") He meant the
prrier.—(Cries of " Kenworthy.") He saw that great
waggon-hofse to-day 4ttempting to depide upon a case of
which he knew literally nothing. The Putch gentleman
who attended as Crown prosecutor had stated that there
were the warrants and other parties to be impli-
cated ; and although there was no band,wothq op the
wall, he saw Feargus O'Connor plainly written down
in his 50041:41 Taut he had been with them last night
before the battle—he wan will thfirp that flight apd ha
would be with them whenever the battle was to 1)e really
fought._ (treat cheering.) The great object of the Pres,
and the Government, of the 10-00i7,8 Chronicle, the bull-
dog of the Whigs, of the g/o4e, the terrier of the Whigs,
and of the Weekly .Chronicle, the kitchen-maid
of the Whigs, was to prevent the people obtaining a voice
in the representatipn. Lord Melbourne was making love,
Lord Normanby was in a mess, Lord Brougham was in. a
fright, O'Connell was in a puzzle, and the people were in
the bastiles. He however would never cease agitating, and
if the Poor Law Bill was repealed to-morrow he would roar
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to adopt. They were in a glorious position, and he would
tell them why. In 1831 the people were all roused up,
and their agitation had been termed, constitutional. Lord
Althorn did not disdain to enter into a correspondence
with the Birmingham Union, and while towns were fired,
and the ji..ing'§ bead exhibited with n a;e over it, the
People were encouraged by the Whig Government to go on.
Mr,O'Connor then proceeded to comment on the proceedings
at the trial to day, and denounced the conduct of the presid-
ing i‘legistrates. The fat and the lean man-rthe fat, big-
head of the one not being able to eontA all that was
stated, he' required the assistance of the'Other. The wit-
ness brought up was crammed as full as a turkey, .and he