The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-05 00:00:00

MANCHESTER-THURSDAY.

TO THE ED I7' 0 OP' Tilt:
St.,-Having I,ell in your Paper of the 2:: -lust a
nication,- purporting to be from your Repo, t,
it is statA, that in consequence of the proceedings gong on
against Mr. Stephens, the town is in a state of alarming
excitement, and being an eye-witness the perfect tranquil-
lity of the town, I cannot think that the respectability cf your
Paper is likely to be promoted by the insertion of intclli
genes so much at variance with the truth.
With the exception of a small gathering about the New
Bailey, the town has not presented any appearance that could
justify the statements of your Correspoialeilt ; and for the
sake of the character of this large community, and that of the
cause of truth, I trust that, before you publish his communica-
tions in future, you will a3certain whether they are founded
in fact. A CONSTANT SUBSCRIBER.

bece,

[Being desirous of conveying only correct information to
our Readers, %ve willingly insert the above letter ; but, at the
same time, it is due to our own Reporter to state, that he is a
gentleman of close and accurate habits of observation, quite
incapable of stating any thing but his own honest convictions.
The fact, probably, is, that the people of Manchester and its
neighbourhood have got so used to the excitement caused by
continual meetings of masses of people, operated on by elo-
quent orators, that the excitement which appeared frightful
to a person accustomed to London, was thought nothing of by
those who live amidst that, which to others appears like the
smoke and running lava of a volcano.]

:TONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY (THIS DAY", TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Arrival this morning—A French mail. No ship letters.
LIVERPOOL. COTTON•MARKET, YESTERDAY.—Since the
report was made of the stock on the 31st ult., the business
doing, with the exception of to-day, was moderate, but evi
dently with a favourable impression on the market, and symp-
toms that it would not be long before activity again prevailed.
To day has verified the latter position by the sales being upwards
of 8,000 bales, at least 6,000 bales being taken on speculation,
at prices full as high as on Friday last, and if not quite at the
highest point again, as near as may be. Speculators have
taken 7,000 bales—American 1,100 ; Carthagena 300 ; and
Bahia 100. We had written this when we found that 4,000 bales
of American had just been sold (not included in the above re-
port), 3,100 of them in one line to a speculator. A Philadel-
phia paper states that about 400 boats, laden with produce,
valued at one million six hundred thonsand dollars, had been
detained on the Erie Canal, by the doing of the navigation.
We have no arrivals this morning of any description, with
the exception of the French mail and express from Paris, and
they are void of interest. The Lisbon and Mexican mails are
still due—it is feared that the former has met with some acci-
dent, and has been obliged to put hack. It is looked for
with some anxiety, to ascertain it' the report which prevailed
yesterday be correct, that the Emperor of Russia has recog
nized Donna Maria, Queen of Portugal.
There was no alteration yesterday in the rates of the Con-
tinental Exchanges of the North, but on Paris they were
quoted rather lower.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 94 to I, for the opening,
are not quite so good ; at present may be quoted at 94k, with
little business d. ,mg as yet. Exchequer Bills, 65 67 ; India
Bonds, 63 65 ; Bank Stock, 202 i 2031- ; India Stock,
262 263

In the Foreign Market Portuguese Stock has rather re-
ceded, closed at 331, at present 323 ; Spanish Active also
lower, closed at 16} 17, now 16. i; Belgian, 99+ h ; Bra-
zilian, 77i 78; Colombian, 20i ; Mexican, 23 24; Dutch
Two-and a-Half per Cents., 54+1; Five per :Cents., 1011
102. Portuguese again improved to 334.
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY ATONE O'CLOCK.

Bank Stock 203 India Stock
3 per Cent. Red. 931,4 % Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent. Cons.
3,0 per Cent MON Old Annuities
Ditto Red. 1009g4 New Ditto
New 34 per Cent — 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751...
New 5 per Cent.
Bank Long Annuities to expire Ditto 500 pm.
Jan. 5, 1860 I4Y, Ditto Small .. 65 pm
Oct. 10, 1859
Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Advertised
Jan. 5, 1889.... ............. ~... Bank Stock for Account —
April 5, 1880 —l India Stock for Account —
Jan. 5. 1870 —l Consols for Account 944
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds —' Peruvian Bonds .
Belgian Bonds
Ditto Account
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds
Ditto Account ......... ........ I , Ditto Account 2l 'i, % 1/s % 'ie
Chilian Bonds
Ditto Account
Columbian Bonds — Ditto Account —
Ditto Account — i Ditto Metallic..
Columbian Bonds, 1824 "6% y 4 , Spanish Bolids..
Ditto Account
Danish Bonds
Ditto Account — . Ditto Accet it.
Greek Bonds — • French, 5 per cent. —f —c.
Ditto Bonds, 1825 — 4 per cent ... ...... —f. —c.
Ditto Account — 3 per cent. —f —c.
Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — Exchange. —f. —c.
Ditto Account
Ditto, 0 per Cent I Ditto Account 54%
Ditto Account
N'eapolitao 1 Ditto Account ...... .....—... 101%
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share.
British Iron Company
Cobre Copper.
Brighton Railway
Condors and Croydon Railway Consparty 2O 13 IA
Manchester and Leeds Railway Company 5O 0%
London Joint Stock Bank. lO 13 ti
Union rank of Australia. 1214 17 in
Worthing Tontine
COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY.
insterdarn . C.F. 12 44 I fllbralta- 44

Ditto, at sight
Rotter.,,in 2 U. 12 4%
Antwerp...
Hamburg . ......... ...... M.B l3 10
Altona .'.. , l3 10
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 35
Ditto 3 Ms. 25 65

Leghorn :11
Genoa 25 80
Milan .1
Venice 4B
Naplei .., 40
Palermo per oz. 118
Lisbon rf3s

Marseilles.
Bourdeaux
Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M 151 14
?etersbut gh, ruble 3 Us. 1034
Berlin
Vienna, effective fl 2 M. 10 7
fricste ditto lO 9
sladrid 36U

Oporto -'-:11/2
Rio Janeiro 25;,
Bahia 26
Buenos Ayres
New Yurk, 2i days' sight
PhiLidelphia 46
PIUCE OF BULLION, PFEt OZ
Portupsal (401.1,
.coin £0 0 0

Cadiz....
Bilboa ....
Barcelona
Seville 36 )Silver.bars, standard 0 5 07;,,
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS.DUi'ILIN, JAN. 3
'

3 per Cent. Ceniols
314 per Ceir. Stock -
Ditto Reduced - Hibernian Bank
Ditto New, 153i1 ...... ~... 1 0% i City of I;ublin Steam Company -
314 per Cent. Debentures .. 92,A ; Nation it Insurance Company._ -
Bank Stock .... ............. ... 196 ; City Debentures, 4 per cent -
Royal Canal Stock -
.... . ..

r.lrnd Canal Stock
HALF-PAST ONE.
We have no further arrivals to the present hour, and for
some time past we have not had so blank a day for intelligence
as the present.
It is expected that on Monday we shall have numerous arri-
vals from all quarters of the globe, as several mails are now
over due.
The 15th of January is fast approaching, the period allowed
by the five Powers for Belgium to give her consent to the
ultimatum agreed upon by them ; in the meantime the Prussian
and Dutch troops are drawing nearer to the Belgian frontier,
no doubt to be prepared for the event.
Consols at present may be quoted a shade better than in the
early part of the morning, 94i 1 for the opening ; Reduced
934 ; Exchequer Bills 67 ; India Bonds 63 ; Bank Stock
203. The Government Broker purchased 11 thousand Re-
duced at 93k.
In the Foreign Market Portuguese have improved since the
morning to 331 i ; Three per Cents 211 Belgian 991 4 ;
Brazilian 77k; Colombian 25 26 ; Mexican 23+ ; Dutch
Two-and-a half per Cents 541 ; Five per Cents 101 a k;
Spanish 16i 17k.
The Share Market is scarce worth noticing—prices much
the same as yesterday.
THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bank Stock .203 1 India Stock —
3 per Cent. Red 93%Ditto Bonds 63
3 per Cent. Ccits I Ditto Old Annuities —
lili per Cent 100VDitto New Annuities
:t per Cent. Red ICO%!Ex. Bills, I,COO/ *4,1 67 pin.
New 31 per Cent O2 Ditto 590/ (,7 pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 67 pin.
Jan. MI
Oct. 1350
Jan. 1860
FOREIGN FUNDS

Austrian, 5 per cent ' Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent.. 701,4
Balgian, 5 per cent — Ditto New Ditto 34,
Brazilian Bonds 77% , Prussian, 5 per cent
Buenos Ayr, s, 6 per cent — 'Russian Bonds, 5 per cent —
Chilian, 6 per cent !Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per cent 215/BlSpanish, 5 per cent 171;
Ditto, 1824 26N Ditto, Consolidated —
Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent —l. —c.
Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange —C --c
Mexican, 5 per cent — French, :3per cent
Ditto, 6 per cent., 1895 24 Dutch, 2% per cant.
Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent !Ditto, 5 per cent. IOIA
(CLOSING PRICE OF SHARES.-(THIS DAY.)
Great Western Railway,...--

A talented Contemporary has pronounced the
Oriental Herald to be one of the most extraordinary. pub-
lications that ever appeared ; we can cordially re-echo the
sentiment. Its information upon every subject that relates
to India is unbounded, and the diligence which is dis-
played in its colections is worthy of all praise. At this
particular time when parties are anxiously looking for ac-
counts from their relatives, it must be invaluable. Private
correspondence, if in fact now much less requisite than for-
mely, is very ample in its details ; in proof of this we
have had the curiosity to count the following items in the
current Number for January, and find under the Bengal,Ma-
dras, and Bombay Presidencies alone 1,075 appointments,
prcmotions, changes, &c., 193 births, 60 marriages, and
135 deaths.

LONDON DOCKS.—Yesterday the half-yearly
meeting of proprietors in this establishment was held at the
Company's house, Prince's-street, Bank, for the purpose of
receiving a report from the Directors on the state of their
drairg, and for the declaration of a dividend. T. Cattley,
in the chair. After the minutes of the last Court
had been read, Mr. J. D. Powles, the Secretary, read the
Report of the Directors. The balance-sheet was thin
red, and the Directors recommended a dividend of
1/. 7s. 6d. per cent. on the capital stock of the Company
for the last half year. The Report was adopted, the disi-
dend agreed to, and, after some discussion relative to the
affairs of the Company, the meeting adjourned.
The identity of glanders in the human subject and
in the horse has recently been demonstrated by Mr. Rayer.
A patient in Mr. Roux's ward, at the Hotel Dieu, had con-
tracted glanders while examining a second horse. Mr.
Rayer took some puss from the patient, and with it inno-
culated a healthy ass. The animal died with all the signs
of acute glanders nine days afterwards.—Lancet.

MA NCH ESTER.

(FRIPAY.)

)

Ali is quiet in this town and its neigobourhood.
apprehunsious entertained that there would be a riot, or
breach of the peace of some kind yesterday, have happily
proved to be unfounded, and I believe that there were not
more than 4,000 or 5,000 persons added to the ordinary po-
pulation of Manchester in the course of Thursday. This is
to be attributed to she judieioos advice of Mr. Stephew,
who, it is said, dis Approved ef the direct iovitation of Mr.
F. O'Coliaor to the people of the adjoining • districts, to
come into Manchester, and of the indirect sanction given
to that proceeding by sonic others of the Radical leaders,
and that letters were despatched by his advice to the Se-
cretaries of the various Unions in the neighbourhood, point-
i:g out the impropriety of any display on that occasion.
However that may be, the result has been that no de-
monstration of physical force, with the exception of the
few thousands to which I have alluded, took place, and
everything passed off in the most peaceable manner.
The statement made by Mr. Brandt, the gentleman who
appeared for the prosecution at the New Bailey yesterday,
that the warrant against Mr. Stephens had been so framed
as to embrace r.charge of conspiracy against other parties,
will show that my information as to additional warrants
being issued, was correct. Another proof that further
proceedings are meditated, will be found in the fact that
Goddard and Shaekell, the Bow•street officers, are still in

the neighbou,hood, although their locus in quo is not gene-
rally known. The friends and counsel of Mr. Stephens
have acted, I think, with good judgment, in advising him
to refrain from attending any public meetings for the pre-
sent. There c:-7n, however, be no interdict upon
Lis addressing his congregations at his Chapels at
Ashton, Staleybridge, or Duckintield, as usual, and that I

I believe he wol do as usual on Sunday next. Although a
great number of special constables had been sworn in here
for the last few days, and although there were five or si%
troops of the 2d Dragoons in the town, with other military
detachments in the neighbourhood, ready to act upon any
emergency, the gallant officer in command of the distric',
Colonel \Vemyss, very properly kept his forces in the back
ground, so that there might be no risk of any accidental
collision with the people, and not a single soldier was.seea
in the streets of Manchester during the whole of yes'
terday.
At the meeting last night, of which I forwarded a brief
report by express, a Mr. Deegan, an Irishman, made use of
very absurd, and, I may add, very violent language, pre*
iiously to the commencement of the regular proceedings-
There is but one opinion with respect to addresses of this
nature ; they are calculated to do more injury to the cause
of Radicalism, which they profess to advocate and promote,
and to estrange and disgust moderate and rational men,
than all the efforts of the Tories and their organs. It
would not be fair, however, to judge of the entire party by
this sample. That the Unionists in the manufacturing dis"
tricts are firm and determined—that their addresses are
bold and occasionally violent—that arms have been pro'
cured very extensively by the working classes—and that
the organization is most complete, and widely ramified,
are all undeniable ; but that any overt acts of outrage
or violence against the persons or property of any
party are meditated, as has has been roundly asserted,
is, I firmly believe, without any foundation. Let tG
not be supposed, then, that the circumstance of no po•
pular demonstration having taken place here on Thus"
day, argues a want of sympathy in Stephens' favour among
the Raicals of Lancashire. On the contrary, it only
shows how complete and widely extended is the influence
he exercises over them.
Mr. Stephens left town last night an hour after he 1181
been liberated on bail, for his residence at Duckinfiela'
His address to the Magistrates at the New Bailey was
extremely temperate, and has given rise to much discussion'
A public dinner will be given this evening at Oldharao
about ten miles from this, to Mr. Fielden and General
Johnston. (Feargus O'Connor, Mr. R. J. Riehardsoat
and several of the leading Radicals, have gone over to at'
tend it.) I shall, if possible, forward you a report, in tie
for to-morrow's paper, by express. A 'meeting of the Rae"'
cals of Bolton will also take place to-night at the Too
Hall, Little Bolton, of which you shall have a report.

BY EXPRESS.
OLD 11 A M.

FRIDAY NIGHT.
„ cal
There was a very numerous assemblage of the na,a;-,t
electors and inhabitants of Oldham to-day, which was attend
by Mr. Fielden and several other gentlemen. Some very off
mated speeches were addressed to the assembled thousands'
which I must pass over, and come to the more immediate
business of the day, a

—PUBLIC DINNER
given by the electors of the borough of Oldham to their
Representatives, John Fielden, Esq., and General Johnston,
At half-past five the party, which included most of the reg
spectable inhabitants of the borough, sat down to dinner s_
the Albion Hotel. Mr. John Nairs presided ; and after
good things which had been provided for the entertaininell
were discussed,
The CHAIRMAN rose, and having apologized for any lueTl;
ciency which he might exhibit in the arduous position in wh'"
they had placed him, gave—
The Pespl a the source of all legitimate power."—(Draw
with much cheering.)
Mr. KNOTT having been called upon, observed that ther:
was much truth in the sentiment which the toast embodieus'
All laws derived their existence from society, and ..gb•
to be framed for the benefit of all classes in societii
Circumstances might for a time deprive the people b°o
their just rights, and others might enjoy them Iss,
had no legitimate title to them ; but justice would u'
mately ba done. It might be asserted that it was 3
surd and wicked or, the part of the people to claim them;
and that every effort made to demand them should be de,:
nounced as an act of intimidation and rebellion, Such is;
the course pursusd by the parties who had unrighteoualy P°
sessed themselves of power, knowing the punishment tls.so
awaited their misdeeds. Much odium was cast upon or
people who advocated the principle embodied in the toas L
1
but no man who understood human nature, or the 'le
man race, could feel himself easy in his consciell
who denied that ri iciple. Whenever any nation bad dee;
iterated from that principle, it had sunk into decay. The ditt,
of its destruction were marked out by the limitation of tt,
.
Suffrage, which denied the people the power to correct t',
abuses of the laws. If Englishmen were not put in posseo
sion of their just rights, the time was not far distant when t.ove
oppressions they were subjected to would render their ustlo,
as insignificant and worthless as she had been great and g`
rious._(Much cheering.)
The CHAIRMAN then gave " Universal Suffrage, Mild
Parliaments, Vote by Ballot, and No Property Qualification
Menibers•of Parlian en t. "—( Vehement cheering.)
tho
Mr. R. J. RICHARDSON having been called upon, spoke -
toast. He had no hesitation in declaring his sentiments uP,°th
the great questions which were agitating the length and brew' a
of the land. He would take away the other two points, Wit,
go to the first, and that would include the whole of the subjee•
The last speaker had shown them that the people had a la
tural right, a legal right to make the laws, and unless they 'I
so, the abuses of which they now complained would continue;
It appeared to him that the question of Universal Sugrago
was well understood now. When he recollected who were to
address them after him—the real representatives of the pe°P..,,,
and the real champions of Reform—he felt it would not 1J;
right to trespass long upon their time. Universal Suffrage to
not only the natural right but the constitutional right of "t
people. It was founded on the law of nature—upon she firsa
principles of civil society— and on the immutable all,
unerring law of God. Being a rigid Constitutional's
he would go to the letter of the Constitutle,.°;
but no further. Believing that Constitution to I'o
the best safeguard of society in England—believing it via
enough for their safety to know that their excellent represelv
tives, Mr. Fielden and General Johnston were for the Colv
stitution. He, for one, would be ready to defend it if neer,
sary. It had, however, been rather Tory-fied of late, but h
would call upon the Radicals, through the public Press, to adl,
cate and demand the right of the people to Universal Stl
Gage as one of the great fundamental principles of the C°ll,l
stitution, which declared that evory man of sound mind, le
mature age, untainted by crime, had a right to vote in t
making of the laws—( Loud cheering )_that the P°.„
$
liament was the best safeguard of the Constitution, and the
Juries of 12 were the best safe guards of the hives, and libe,r;
ties, and properties of the people—( Hear and cheers)--t1
the people had a right to meet and take cognizance of the 5
fairs of the nation, and that every inhabitant, being a Protegi
tant, had a right to have arms for his defence.—( Veheruel!
cheers.) These were the four principal points of the constl:l
tution, and upon these, the first Parliament had been eleell
by Universal Suffrage ; by the second, Juries were to proteee
the rights of the people ; by the third, they had the privileg
of holding free assemblies ; and by the fourth, they were altdig
tied to arm for the protection of the whole community. He wad
of opinion that if thevhad Universal Suffrage to morrow,their 0t
step would be to follow the last maxim, in order to prevelli
those wild and newfangled treasons which had been batuhea
against the safety of the Commonwealth being effected, 8°,,,
to arrest the course of those dangerous incendiaries who
trying experiments as to how much it was possible to make t"
~
people endure. He was aware that there were a set of men,
who while they advocated Universal Suffrage, were hatehitif,
dangerous plots ainst the safety of the community and tu,„-
Throne. He knew Associations which, while professing ,°
Throne.
advocate Universal Suffrage, and while issuing addresses ,t;
the people of Ireland, and asserting the right of every man t;
his vote, denied relief to men even in the land of their bitti;
He and the Radicals of the North would contend that I
was the natural, universal right that the poor should have re;
lief. What mattered it to them if their glorious institutio
by which relief was extended to the poor was destroyed by
these would-be Reformers ? England, indeed, would be r,e;
clued to a desperate state if the poor were to °
sent from their native land—if they were' to be`
torn from their native homes under the preteuee
that the land was not able to maintain them, for the purpes!
of gratifying the beastly, filthy doctrinaires, who advocated the
Malthusian principle. It was most important to the rising

e"'"tinn, although they ro.-bs. not i;. :cs
,1",
;;:nakt strain all their(lrocts to nbtain -->uf-
fr"ge• If moral fere- wi.uld not avaii. h trY
physical force.—( Vehement cheering.) Let them recolle,t ;
that good old Charter, which was a confirmation of all their
Anzio- Saxon rights and liberties—Magna Charta. That pro-
vided that no man could be sent beyond the seas—and yet Lord
J. Russell had dared to bring in a Bill to transport children, after
being torn from their mothers'arms (their parents being immured
in the Bastiles)—to the Cape of Good Hope and other
British colonies. If resistance to that law be not worth
struggling for, of what value would Universal Suffrage be to
them? If they sent Representatives to the House of Commons
what answer was it to the people to be told by one
of her Majesty's Minsters, when these honest men asserted that
Magna Charta did not authorise such a proceeding, to be
told, pointing to the Treasury Benches, These are my ser-
vants, and they shall not vote with Mr. Fielden or General
Johnston, who wished to preserve the race of English-
men entire.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) What would their
representatives do in such a case? They would come back—
they would throW up their trust, and they would be sent back
again by their constituents. The consequence would ulti-
mately be, that they would obtain what they asked for ; be-
cause if such a thing as the Poor-law Amendment Bill was
continued in operation they would be bound, by every moral tie,
and by every social tie—by the laws of God and of man,
and of their country, to resist such laws to the utmost of their
Pnwer•—(Loud cheers.) Mr. R. then alluded to the con-
temptuous manner in which the petitions of the people upon
this subject had been treated. They had been signed by not
less than three hundred thousand persons, and had
actually been crammed under a table by a fellow
in a big wig ; and what was the result? A proud Northum.
brian scion of the house of Grey, got up an opposition to
their prayer, because, forsooth, the petitions were not traced in
letters of blood ; because they were not written in " characters
of fire," The consequence was, that the petitions of the
people were rejected ; they were treated with the
utmost contempt : and was not the argument of the Noble
Lord an inducement to the people to fire and destroy pro-
perty ?—( Hear.) The Constitution directed them to petition,
then to remonstrate, and finally to arm. And if they expected
anything for themselves, or if they expected the gene-
ration that was to follow them to be free, they must
adopt those principles to the very letter. They were au-
thorised to arm for the defence of the Constitution, and they
had a right to arm for their own defence. What were the
men of Birmingham doing upon this subject ?—( Hear,
hear, hear.) They were about to join the men of Man-
chester, and he trusted that some general organization
would take place. If the Birmingham people were for moral
force and the Manchester people for physical force, in the
name of God let them go half way to meet one another, and
the thing would be done effectually. Mr. Cobbett had said,
give me the Birmingham motto, " arms and men," and if the
Birmingham people won't come to us, he hoped the people of
Manchester would go to them, for without a union of all par-
ties they never would obtain Universal Suffrage.
Mr. Wm. FITTON then rose to propose the health of one of
their most worthy guests and fitting Representatives. He
begged to make a few observations with respect to the position
in which that borough had been placed efter the passine, of the
Reform Bill. It was a matter of pride and self-congratulation to
him that Oldham had from the first moment asserted its indepen-
dence. They were all aware that long previous to the pawing
of the Reform Bill the feelings of the majority of the inhabit-
ants had been in favour of Universal Suffrage, Annual Par-
liaments, and Vote by Ballot.—( Hear, hear.) That
constituted Major Cartwright's constitution. It was be-
lieved, after the passing of the Reform Bill, that the
ten-pound enfranchisement clause would afford the people
the means of having their sentiments fairly represented in the
House of Commons. That Bill had been obtained after great
exertions in the year 1832, and the first thing the borough of
Oldham did was to act upon the principle which had been se-
cured to them of an extensive reform in the repre-
sentation—to look cut for men who were fairly entitled
to their confidence, and who were calculated :o carry
into effect the great changes which an unfortunate
Combination of circumstances, and the blind policy which for
!,9_ long a period had been pursued, rendered necessary. Mr.
Fielden was the gentleman whom they selected, and it was a
matter of pride and satisfaction to him that he (Mr. Fitton)
Was one of the deputation which bad waited on Mr. Fielden for
that purpose. Since his return he had fairly justified the
sanguine expectations of his friends.—( Great applause.) Since
the first entrance of Mr. Fielden into the House of Commons
lie had never been found wanting when a bad measure was to
be opposed or a good one promoted. Whenever any attempt
was made by the Minister of the day to interfere with the liber-
ties of the people he had always resisted every such attempt—
he had denounced everything in the way of entravagance. His
constituents could not forget his speech upon the occasion of
the grant to the Queen, and afterwards to the Queen's mother.
The Constitution of England knew nothing of such extrava-
gance. There was a King of Hanover receiving 25,0001.
a-year ; there was the Queen Dowager receiving about
00,000/. a year ; there was King Leopold, another tributary
Prince, with 50,000/.--all a parcel of petty German people,
who had turned Protestants for the purpose of riding on the
neck of John Bull ; there was the Queen with 380,0001., and
yet she could not provide for her mother, the Duchess
of Kent, who received 30,0001. per annum.—( Hear, hear. )
Why, under the new, and even the old Poor-law Bill
the children of indigent parents were compelled to
support their families. Their Hon. Member, Mr. Fielden,
had on these and every other occasion advocated the cause
of the people, and realized all that could be expected of an
honest and independent Member of Parliament. He had in-
tended to make more reference to the conduct of Mr. Fielden
regarding the New Poor-law Bill and other circumstances,
but these topics Mr. Fielden would, be was satisfied, comment
upon when he addressed them. He believed Mr. Fielden had
done much good and peevented the doing of very great
Cheers.) He would conclude by proposing the health
of John Fielden, their worthy, patriotic, and independent Re-
presentative.
The toast was drank with three times three and much
cheering.
Mr. FIELDEN then rose, and was received with renewed
cheering. He regretted that his efforts had not been attended
with better results, but it would be as " bread cast upon the
waters, which may be seen after many days."—( Cheers.)
When he had been called out of his quiet mode of life, bad he
known the difficulties he had to encounter, and the great
exertions and sacrifices, both pecuniary and personal, w hich
he had been obliged to make, he thought he should have
refused their call. He had accepted it because he felt
it was his duty. Nothing besides a consciousness of
it being his duty would induce him to continue their Repre-
sentative any longer. When he first came forward he had
published an address, and he never did, and never would, put
forth any other. He had stated that the difficulties of the
country had been caused by excessive taxation, by improvident
expenditure, by the prosecution of unjust wars, and that had
been followed by Peel's Bill. He had stated that unless some
remedy was applied to remove the cause, these difficulties
would continue to increase. They had increased.—( Loud
ceeries of " Hear, hear.") There had been no abate-
iient of the expenditure since the passing of the Reform
there had been no reduction of taxation. The expendi-
ture of 1837 had been more than that of 1835 by two mil-
lions and a half..—( Hear.) In 1838 the increase over 1835
was four millions. The sum required for the service of the
year 1838-1839, was fifty-three millions. When they saw
that, they could not expect that the public mind could be com-
Pesed or the people contented. Their difficultiss increased
with the increase of taxation, whether they were engaged in
trade, commerce, or manufactures ; the money was ab-
stracted from the pockets of those who laboured, and
given,t to those who were the cause of all their difficulties.l Fielden here went into a statement of the consumption of
cotton in the years 1815, 1831, and 1838, for the pnrpose of
showing that the manufacture of four times the quantity had
been furnished for the same money as it had required to work
the smaller quantity, and argued from thence that the com-
forts of the labouring classes had been curtailed in'the same
Proportion. He then referred to the condition of the agri-
cultural labourer and the hand-loom weaver, and to the evi-
dence before the Parliamentary Committee of last year on the
,alleject. It was proved by the High
labourers were working 118 hours
Fee,:z(ihty, at the wages of 2d. per day for each member of his
-11""Y.--( Shame 0 What did the new Poor-law say to them
!veuen in this condition If they were compeed to ask even
"le relief of the bastiles, it was denied them, because they
Were in employment.—( Shame l) Could they expect men to
ne Peaceable and quiet in such a state of things, and when
Minister of the Crown, Lord Howick, said that the people
Were quiet, because he saw no blazing ricks, or pro-
perty destroyed. Was not that a direct inducement
i° the people to do so ?—(Hear, hear, hear.) He
‘,ed heard Loid Abinger declare, that the power given to
(ake Poor-law Commissioners was an imperium in imperio, which
never not be submitted to ;' and he ( Mr. Fielden) for one
-ever would.—( Great cheering. ) Lord Wynford, in the
course of last Session, had said that the Poor-law Bill
btas opposed to every principle and maxim of the British Con-
Hear, hear.)- Was it wrong, then, to use hard
batr with respect to it ? Lord Lyndhurst, in the same de-
rei had said that it was only an experiment, which the
reernrnent dare not carry out in many places.—( Hear,
and cheers.) Were the words of Oastler or Stephens
himself to be seized on when he quoted such authorities as
these?—(Hear.) If they were to die let them die like men.
di (Immense cheering.) He was prepared to play his part. He
~ not want to set the people rioting because he knewr
lwtahat
WWUId give strength to the advocates of the accursed Poo - •
i.° man, therefore, could suppose that he had anything to do
Zth the riots at Todmorden, which he believed would never
" occurred if the had not been instigated by the adve-
Zates of the Poor-lady Men as honest as the day was light,
d been sent to York Castle' for doing what was right
tie
Camwould not, however, prejudge their case. Others had been
Cam
from their beds and dragged before Justices, he (Mr. F. )
e" them Just-sses, and no evidence was charged against
eine—their ironsa were knocked off, and without a word they
l'7ere sent home. And that was called the law of England,
ut
g.)
b- The law said there was no wrong without a remedy;
sil;leteth„e case would be yet decided in a Court of Justice whe-
stiff "ey were to have justice or not. If these things were
ered he would be unworthy of being their representative.
It had been just stated to him that Mr. Brandt had yesterday
at the New Bailey said that the prosecution of Stephens had
bbeen undertaken in consequence of a deep conspiracy against
e Poor-laws. For anything he knew he (Mr. F.) might
beent Neither Stephens nor any other man had
dame louder in its condemnation. lie might not have used the
language. He had some times thought Mr. Stephens in.
Wretcheddown, cruel, iniquitous, unjust, unconstitutional law.
--(Hears hear, hear.) No, people of England, it was

rot come to that yet, at least in Oldham !—(Great ap-
plause.) Lori Altitorp had told them that
ould be eio_eferei eith whcrc the ClOl,l, !;.;,3
managed, That, like all other Whig promises, had been
broken. Was it likely that he (Mr. F.) should be engaged in
trying the right and validity of the Board of Guardians ap-
pointed at Todmorden ?—( Cries of " No. no.") If he could
prevent them they should never have a Board, and the pre.
sent was, he contended, manifestly illegal. It was intended
next year to renew the power of the Commissioners ; he hoped
they would all petition against it, because if they took away the
Commissioners they drew the teeth of the rascals.—( Cheers.)
He should continue his exertions to obtain an extension of the
Suffrage as embodied in the Charfst petition.—( Hear, hear.)
Were they all of that mind ?—( All the company here rose and
shouted " All, all.) He was glad of that unanimity. Another
question likely to occupy the attention of the House next
Session was the Corn-laws ; he would leave the people to
judge for themselves, and, if they thought proper, they might
petition for their repeal. They could not, however, ob-
tain a repeal of those laws without a considerable re-
duction of taxation, because they could not at-
tempt to reduce the price of corn so low that it would not
pay the cost of production. Another question would be the
introduction of stipendiary magistrates, and a rural police.
That was an attack on the liberties of the people that ought
not to be permitted. If a rural police was introduced, the
liberties of the people of England were gone perhaps for ages.
Let them, therefore, be on their guard. It was said that
these police were to come from Ireland, but he must
say that did not look well coming from Mr. O'Connell.
Let him not attempt to introduce either police or army to sup-
port the Queer, for they would all rally round her Majesty,
and he (Mr. F.) would never submit to them. Another
prospect before them was an attack upon trial by jury. Thus
attempts were making, year after year, to fritter away the most
valuable institutions of the country. The standing boast of
the Whigs was " The Sovereignty of the People, and Trial
by Jury," and these were the very men to bring in such an in-
famous measure. He hoped they would watch the progress
of that measure. As something had been said about arming,
he would say a word upon it. It was the right of every
Englishman who chooses, to possess himself of arms for his
own defence. It was a right which ought never to be
given up. He was far, however, from recommending a re-
sort to arms at present. If any mark thought it necessary to
procure arms for his own defence, Jet him purchase them
without making any display of it. Those who intended to
fight kept it secret till they were ready. Men who acted
wisely acted cautiously ; and if he (Mr. Fielden), intended to
fight, he would not tell of it, but would take his opponent
when he was not prepared. After recommending the people
to stand together, and merge all minor differences, so that the
moral-force men of Birmingham, and the physical-force men
of Manchester, would; pull together, Mr. Fielden concluded
amidst loud and general cheering.
Mr. JAME?. HALLIDAY, proposed the health of Gen. John-
ston, their worthy and patriotic representative.—( Cheers.)
He believed there was but one sentiment with respect to that
toast. Many, with him, had regretted the disappointments they
had experienced in the progress of Reform, and the little
benefit they bad derived from the Reformed House of Com-
mons. He was satisfied that it would be for the peace, the
happiness, and the prosperity of the country that the House of
Commons should be established on a more democratic prin-
ciple. It was a consolation to the borough of Oldham, that
its representatives had never disappointed them, but that they
had always been the advocates of the rights and liberties
of the people at large.—(lmmense cheering.) Much
obloquy was thrown ion persons associated with the cause
of Reform. It was said that they were Levellers and De-
structives, and irreligious; but he denied it. Notwithstand-
ing what had taken place with respect to Mr. S'ephens—not-
withstanding that a mob should arise and destroy the borough
of Oldham, or Manchester, or Ashton, or Rochdale, or any
other place, he would still have confidence in the principles
he' advocated. When did they hear of riots, and burnings, and
destruction of property, when the people were contented and
happy ?—(Great cheering.) He believed they would never
have peace or solid contentment until the labouring man re-
ceived the due reward of his labour. It was stated by some,
that Mr. Fielden was to blame for the riots that had taken
place at Todmordcn, but be denied that. He had the same
confidence in his priociples, and he hoped that he and General
Johnston would long continue to be their advocates. With
respect to the Corn-laws, much had been said about the people
of other countries being able to cultivate the soil at a lower
price. Would it not be better to have a policy introduced
which would increase the value of the labourer's property?
The thing was nothing but a mass of absurdity, to suppose that
that country should rise in proportion as other countries de-
clined. All the countries on the Continent /might prosper,
and England be nothing the worse—that was his opinion, pro-
vided a proper system was acted upon. The Whigs and
their Journals were trying to intimidate them by the report
that the Russian Bear was about to invade their shores. He
believed that was all absurdity; and what the people wanted
was more civil liverty and independence at home. Mr. H.
concluded by proposing the health of General Johnston.
General JonNsToN, M. P., returned thanks. After the
able speech of his esteemed colleague, his observations would
be brief. Among the principles enumerated by Mr. Richard-
son as involved in the Constitution, was this—that no man
should be taxed without his consent. That was a proof that
their Constitution originally contemplated Universal Suffrage.
He felt much hesitation in saying anything with respect to
the subject of arming. He believed the recommendation to
arm had done serious mischief to their cause. If the
people were all as enlightened as the men of Old-
ham, he would have no fear of such recommendation ; and
as they at present stood he thought this subject ought
to be dropped, until every other means had failed. He
would advise them to agitate until they bad obtained Univer-
sal Suffrage ; and if every thing else—( A voice, " The Bal-
lot")—including the Ballot, did not follow, it would be the
fault of the people. The people of London had taken very
little part in the agitation of these principles, but they were
dazzled by the display of rank and equipage, and they saw
more of soldiers than the people of Oldham. So much the
better for the latter, because it was not right in a free country
to see armed men interfering in any way with the legitimate
rights of the people.—( Hear, and cheers.) :General Johnston
then referred at some length to the case 'of the Glasgow spin-
ners who had been lately tried there, and condemned the
principle of finding men guilty on a mere majority of the Jury.
He had the pleasure of waiting upon Lord J. Russell with Mr.
Wakley, to interfere on behalf of these unhappy men, who had
been sentenced to transportation, and he had some reason to
hope that their exertions would be successful.—(Loud cheer-
ing.) The Gallant Gentleman then alluded to the absurd
manner in which legislation was conducted in the House of
Commons, and condemned the practice of midnight legisla-
tion. He trusted the session now approaching would be of
more benefit to the people at large than the one immediately
preceding it. He should at all times be most happy to attend
to their call, whenever they required him to do so, and he would
conclude by drinking all their healths.—( Loud cheers.)
The healths of Mr. Fielden and Mr. Johnston were then
given and responded to.
The CHAIRMAN next gave the " Immediate Repeal of the
Unconstitutional Poor-law Act."

. .
Mr. FIELDEN spoke at some length in reply to this toast.
Some other toasts were afterwards given, and the company
broke up.

BY EXPRESS.
BOLTON.
(FRIDAY EVENING.)

ARREST OF THE REV. J. R. STEPHENS.

A public meeting of the inhabitants of Bolton and the
neighbourhood was held this evening, in the Town Hall,
Little Bolton,! for the purpose of taking into; consideration
the present critical state of the country, and of deciding upon
the movement to be taken by the Radical Reformers, in con-
sequence of the arrest of Mr. Stephens. Attached to the
placards summoning the meeting was the following address :
" Radical Reformers ! upon the firmness or the inactivity
which you display upon this occasion will depend the success
or the failure of the struggle in which we are engaged. Be
up then and doing I Let the promoters of this PERSE-
CUTION see that your friends must not be sacrified
with impunity. Assume an attitude worthy of the
votaries of freedom. Let not their machinations betray you
into acts of violence; but show them by your peaceful, yet
irm demeanour, that the time has arrived when no power on
earth can resist your immediate enfranchisement. By order
of the Working Men's Association."
The chair was taken 1:1) Mr. Woon, one of the Delegates
of Balton, at eight o'clock, by which time the Town Hall
was crammed, and there must have been two thousand per-
sons present.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the meeting,
said the time bad come when it was necessary for the Radicals
of England, and all men who were favourable to universal
liberty, to step forward and arrest the progress of tyranny.—
( Hear, hear.) He had always considered the present Govern-
ment weak, but he had never thought it wicked enough, after
the declaration Lord J. Russell made at Liverpool, to proceed
in the manner it had done against their leaders. A better
hearted rr an—a better husband—a better father than the man
they had made their victim, never breathed. The little errors he
aright have committed in heated moments tae Whigs had taken
advantage of, and hadendeavoured to crush him, and through
him the whole of the leaders of the Radical party.—(Cries of
" They shan't do it.") That moving piece of inconsistency,
O'Connell, had been allowed to talk treason or anything else
he pleased, without being interfered with by the Whigs, for
upon him they depended as a Government, and almost as a party.
Anything Mr. Stephens might have said in a moment of pas-
sion, that meeting would not recognise as their sentiments, but
they were determined to support him in his advocacy of Uni-
versal Suffrage, and the legal and constitutional means by
which that right might be obtained.—( Hear, hear hear.)
Ile had yet to learn what authority it was that
knounced the possession of arms in self- defence. He could
not for a rnoment supposethat any one present wished to be
in possession of arms either to thrust their views down the
throats of any person against his will, or to take his property
prom him. They wished to act peaceably, and gain their rights
constitutionally ; and he had not yet seen a Radical who wished
to go further than that. If a man came up to him for the pur-
pose of committing- a robbery, and told him if he did
not deliver up his money his brains would be blown out,
,urely be had a right to defend himself by similar
weapons.—( Hear.) He had never heard O'Connor or Ste-
t.hens urge the possession of arms for anything else than tint
.revention of robbery, to be used defensively, and no man
would deny they had a right to the possession of arrn,
for a constitutional and defensive purpose. —( Hear, hear.)
If they did not stand forward in the defence of
p Mr. Stephens, another of their leaders, would be taken.

Feargus O'Connor might be the next ; or, perhaps, poor
e),,,vjer, who was called a madman, and whom, he had no
e lit 4 :';.t:, :1 1; could, zith,'ll,-gli
it was said a madman could not be hung.—( A laugh.)
They ought to speak out, but be peaceable, and by their
peaceable behaviour, show they were determined to persistin
their demands for justice. It was necessary they should act
cautiously, constitutionally, and peaceably.—( Hear, hear.)
Some of the resolutions that would be proposed, would
express strongly a disapprobation of Mr. O'Connell's
conduct—( Hear, hear)—and he (the Chairman) must
say that if ever there was a being more degraded in the eyes
of the honest men of England (what the Irish thought of him
he could not tell), or more worthy of the universal contempt
of mankind, it must be Old Scratch himself.—( Much
laughter.) There never was a man who had been guilty of
such truckling, base, abominable, and malignant conduct as
O'Connell.—(Cheers.) The worst man that ever lived was
an angel compared to him.—(Cheers.) No man had ever
possessed more power, which he might have turned to
the good of the whole community—( Hear, hear)—
and no man had ever so disgracefully and so abominably
abused that power.—( Cheers.) He trusted Mr. Stephens
would think it better to be a victim of Whig perseeutic
a lord in the camp of Toryism or Whiggism—( Loud cl
The following letter, addressed to the Secretary
of the Working Men's Association by Mr. Oastler, was then
read by the Chairman
" Manchester, Jan. 4, 1839.
" My dear Sir—Last night I had the pleasure to receive
your very kind letter. Nothing would have given me more
pleasure than once more to have met my friends the people
of Bolton. lam bound to them by the strongest ties of grati-
tude. But it is impossible that I can be with you to-night.
My duty to that victim of Whig and sham-Radical vengeance
—your friend and my friend Stephens—demands my presence
here. This I neither can nor will neglect. Mr. O'Connor
desires me to thank you, and to express his sorrow that he must
be absent, having previously engaged to be at Oldham.
" I rejoice that you are determined not to allow the enemies
of God and man to triumph over Stephens.
" His enemies may chuckle over the arrest of the man who in
Ireland, Scotland, and Birmingham has been denounced as
a traitor, an incendiary, a devil ! Yes, they may chuckle
and pocket the blood-money, and think that they have crushed
the wretch ; but the day of reckoning is not far
Idis-
taut, and in the end you will see that all will be
right. Be calm, resolute, and ready to keep the peace,
but ,make ready for the worst.—(Loud eieers.) Depend
upon:it the Threne is in danger. Be ready, I say, to drive back
that host of death's-head and cross-bone Precursors which
O'Connell has threatened to lead against England ! Be
ready, I say, to defend yourselves and the Queen. You will
be delighted to hear that Stephens is well, arid happy,
and calm, and confident.— (Cheers.) Deegan, the bearer,
will tell you all about the soul-stirring events of the last few
days.
" Remember me to the good people, and say that.l am right
happy. God bless you all.
"„Faithfully and constantly yours,
" R. OASTLER."
Mr. LLoYD in moving the first resolution, said that every
Radical should feel as though the blow aimed at Mr. Ste-
phens, had,been' made ati himself individually.—( Cheers. )
He could scarcely express the abhorrence he felt at a Go.
vernment who took office under the plea of peace, order, eco-
nomy, retrenchment, and reform, following the very course of
these men (the Tories), whom they used to denounce.
HA the Radical Reformers stood by the principles
they first advocated, turning neither to the aright nor the left,
with respect to physical or moral force, and had the leaders of
the Radicals not been denounced in London and Birmingham,
Ireland and Scotland, the Government would not have felt

itself powerful enough, and dared not have commenced this
campaign against the liberty of the leaders of the people.—
( Hear, hear.) The Government appeared to think the mid-
dle classes countenanced their despotic acts. Look at the
means by which the Whig achievement had been carried ?
—( Hear, hear, hear.) In all cases of this kind it was
necessary to collect a few tools to work with,
Tne individual who laid the information against Mr. Stephens,
after the speech he made at Leigh, from which the words not
quite palatable to the Whigs were selected, actually
on the same evening (as he was informed) invited
Mr. Stephens to take tea with him I—( Shame, shame,
shame.) In 1819 that individual had to fly from bis
native land, and was for some four or five years a voluntary
exile in America, to avoid the fangs of the law; and in the
latter end of 1838, he was found avenging himself on a fellow
victim.--( Shame.) He would impress on them the necessity of
scarcely letting their right hand know what their left did. If they
held any companionship let them be careful with whom they
communicated. The other individual, Scotch Johnson, was
the vilest character, except Daniel O'Connell, he ever came
near in his life. Mr. Lloyd then reviewed the evidence that
had been given against Mr. Stephens, and said that it was only
by getting the public opinion to bear against the malpractices of
individuals, that they could be induced to reform their con-
duct. The object of the Government was to deter the mem-
bers of the National Convention from meeting together in
London, knowing that they would stand in opposition to the pre-
sent pretended House of Commons.—( Cheers.) It was a blow
levelled at their Convention; and if the Government succeeded
in inducing any of them to commit a breach of the peace,
the Convention might not work well.---( Hear, hear.) Mr.
Stephens would be at liberty till March, and he hoped
that by that time the Convention would have done its
Rork.—(Cheers.) They should, therefore, reserve the ulte-
rior expression of their feelings, until they knew to what
extent the Government was inclined to go. The resolution
which it was his duty to propose was this:—
"That this meeting denounces, in the strongest terms
which language can express, the tyrannical proceedings of
Government against the Rev. J. R. Stephens, and calls
upon all honest Reformers to brand them with their uncquivo-
calreprobation." .

He trusted that every honest man in the country would
sand by the Rev. J. R. Stephens, the eloquent asserter of
the people's rights, and oppose the proceedings of the vaga-
bond Government.—(Loud cheers.)
_ _

Mr. BOOTII seconded the resolution, which was then put
from the chair, and carried unanimously.
Mr. KEN YON moved the next resolution :

" That this meeting pledges itself to support the Rev.
J. R. Stephens, by every means in its power."
And observed that something fell from the last speaker
about not letting their right hand know what their left did.
Now, though he had a very great respect for the last
speaker and his sentiments generally, yet he must give
them directly opposite advice.--( Hear.) He would say
that whatever their proceedings were, make all known—let the
Whig and Tory parties know all they did, and all they meant
to do. They had nothing to fear or to be ashamed of—they
merely advocated the rights of man. Radicals believed all men
had a right to be happy, and that happiness depended, in a
very great measure, on the nature of the laws by which
the people were governed—( Cheers.) But to come more
particularly to the object of the present meeting : If he had
the head or the tongue of a Cicero, or a Demosthenes, he
perhaps might be able to expatiate on the merits of the
Rev. J. R. Stephens. If any mortal man ever ap-
proached more nearly than another tojhuman perfection, that
man was Joseph Rayner Stephens.—( Cheers.) If that man
had a fault or a failing, it was his too great philanthropy—too
sincere love of his fellow-beings, and his urgent desire for their
happiness.—( Cheers.) He called upon them to support Mr.
Stephens as a maligned, persecuted, heaven-minded man,
and to protect him from the iron arm of the law. This
might be done without very great inconvenience. It was
true they had to contribute to their sick funds and their
political associations ; they had to give the capitalist his
profits, the priest his pay, to bear heavy taxes, to sup-
port pampered Ministers, and a whole host of idle
people, yet sufficient might be gathered in Lancashire to de-
fend Mr. Stephens against his persecutors, without the in-
dividuals contributing scarcely feeling it. A penny per quar-
ter would scarcely be felt even by those oppressed sons of toil,
who earned on'y ss. or Ge. a-week.—( Hear.) There need be no
apprehension of the Government inflicting any injury on him
—they no more dared to punish him than they dared to part
with their right arm—the army.—( Cheers.)
Mr. WARBURTON seconded the resolution.

- -- -
Mr. DEEGAN, (a Delegate from Hyde,) supported it.
This was an eventful crisis—these were trying times—and it
required all the deliberation and the fortitude they could
command to beat their enemies. The Reverend Mr.
Stephens had been arrested, not because he was a
Whig, or a Tory, or a Radical, but because upon all oc-
casions he had exercised his extraordinary and glorious abilities
in defence of the poor man, and because he had on all occa-
sions, in his own inimitable language, denounced the bloody
tyrants that had so long trampled on the people. It was be-
cause he had not spared the tyrants, and because he had in his
own withering► language terrified the blood-thirsty-Ministers,
and because he had brought the constitutional laws of his
country and the Word of God to bear against these men, that
he had been arrested.—( Loud cheers.) But he praised God
for it, because the arrest of that man had done more to
accelerate the progress of Radical Reform than if they
had had meetings, and had been speechifying for 50 years.—
( Tremendous cheering.) The Whigs, and Tories, and sham
Radicals, were the real firebrands and revolutionists of so-
ciety.—( Continued cheers.) Never since God made this
lovely world had the people of any country done a millionth
part of the mischief and injury which the bloody Whigs and
Tories had done to the people of this country. If they had
the power, as they had the inclination, they would pull God
Almighty from his everlasting throne in Heaven, and place a
damnable Poor-law Commissioner in his place. The people did
not desire to deprive the rich of any of their prerogatives;
but unless they did, every thing they could do to better the
condition of the poor man would be fruitless, and they and
their property would be destroyed.—( Cheers.) Let them rally
round the Heaven-born Stephens. He believed God had created
J. Rayner Stephens for the express purpose of protecting
and advocating the rights of the poor man. He never
knew a man so humane and benevolent as that Christian.—

(Cheers.) What he was on the platform, or at public
hustings, he was at his cottage fire. His cottage
was
besieged day and night by the poor. If a
tottering, grey-headed, old grandfather, over whose head
sixty winters had pelted their pitiless storms, applied
to him and stated his complaints, the heaven-gifted
Stephens would go to the Poor-law Commissioners and see
irn righted.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) A poor factory
child who might have been ill would have only to go to
that kind hearted man and tell its " plain, unvarnished
'ale and he would see the child redressed..—(Cheers.) What
contrast between him and O'Connell !—( Cheers.) There
was a time when he had thought Mr. O'Connell had the in-
terest of his country at heart.—( A cry of "He has now,"
responded to by cries of " No, he has not.") Perhaps
he had, but he (Mr. Deegan) was himself an Irish-
man, and he was compelled to say he did not think he