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Radicalism . —The ei ^ bt proposition * eoBtained l » y the Manifesto , issued by tke Convention , have been taken into consideration b y the Eadicals who meet at tbe Labour and Health , Soutbgate , in thi * town , and was last Saturday nigh ' , brought t » a close , all of which was assented to ,-8 ao « ld they be finally recommended fe y tbe Convention , save * i 6 except the sacred month , in which ease they thought we ought first to try what abstaining front the nse f all exciseable artidea w « uld da , such as tea , coffte , tobacco , spirits , &c , and such as eould bt the easiest Subcased with , and if il »* t « ljould fail <* obtaining out righta , thea at once to adapt it
Hlflm ^ AT Sobbsrt . —As Mr . Robert H ? Tie , woolstapWr , of Trafalgar , awr this town , ' w * g Wta \ iningh ©«» early ob Thursday morning , from fialifrx , he was attached by six meD , near King-• fosa , asd thrown into the ; o&rt , and otherwise illtoeatti . by them , when he ecmaaenced shoating a » tend as be e » ald ' Murder , mnrder , for several time * , which eawed them to desist and ron away ,- talicg a knife oat « f l » i * pocket , hia bat , and a poeket hand kerchUf . He had upon bis person £ 80- aod a good pate at lever watch , which fortunately eBcaped the villains ' cJuteW
Sibiocs Accidbkts—On Saturday last , a ?• ing nan named Edmondson , aged 16 year-, apprentice whh Mr . Lowe , lailor , In Kiug-cro «» - lane , Halifax , w * s residing in H " op wood-lane , acd aa the horse was proceeding at fuU gallop , he was thrown off into the road , pitching bis head against a sioDe which caused Ms death a short time afterwards . On the svaii day a poor man who wa ; ridiag in a cart Dear Lee-bridge , same in esntaet with another cart , which cubed the wkeeU ta get ntangled , mi ¦ whilst endeavDunog to rejeaae them he-fell , when the tart pawed over him , breakio ^ both his legs 5 * a shoekiag mainier . He vis tak «> to the Infirmarv .
BoBBBBlEs .- Ob Friday ereninr , as a p ^ or ms » residing at Haley-Hill , Halifax , was passing orer tbe North-bridge , about eleven o ' clotk , he was stopped by fonr mea who succeeded in takiag 13 s . fro » bin , being the amount ef his wetk ' s wages that he bad that day received . Another man named Holt , living at New Bank , had his bouse broken iffto ai > d robbed of nearly tbe whole of their wraring apparel doriBg their absence from borne . On Saturday , in the fair , a eoontry woman , who had aeeom-Basied bvr husband aad brought all tbe cash ther cad with riMBjWUugbtMjed of £ 7 out of her packet , wh | efc ah * "had considered to He safer with her tbaa if ah * hsJ left it at home . A short time previous t » this she b * d been into a shop baying something , and had had her money out to get change .
TP ^ gT ^ TTf T « ry | Wobxwo Mks ' s HajiU—Tbe osenisg of this saleable Radical loxtitoooa , we are informed , is to take place on Soaday ^ t ^ morrow ) by holding pshlic worship . M «** r 3 . TtH > mton asd Arran , ef Bradford , » re to officiate oc th » occasion , by preachinit three seraaww , wboa eoUectioos will be made on bphalt of the iiutitaQon . Tke piroh&se of this building Mds fair to do more food to tbe caose of the labe-nrmf class is Kugblcy aod ricxBity , than any ttdag el » e « f s > load aatare yet aU ^ mpted , by afiordinf them an o ^ portmnity , » t aQ times , of meeting togeth » to discuss theii wraogs and gner&ncea . The rapid prcfre ** ef moral and political knowledge
azaongit them has rsaderei suitahld pUcrs ! or holding pnblk B « etiBg » , lecrares , &c ~ , rf the fiwt uaponaaee—acd tike want of such institutioEs mtist t all time * dutiBfaufe them in every town and « Il » fe , wkere sneb w * nt « xists ky a corr « po » dia degree of ignorance and diwrgxuiz&ticm . Before the pnrciaae * f ibis building , tbe -workiag men of fLtig bley , like too many of their oofertnn&te bretkren , kad to meet in the open air , aad often nader m nicitTnent sky , every place capable of affording -mitable &ceeminadation being shut against them . Tae chapels Tfita which the towm aboaiids , when ypiied for ia eases of emergency , werc > d » oiad von fca plea th&t they were only intended f © r the worshi p I God , and not to discus * matters connected with fee tempsral jrood of his creator ™; and the Mecha-1
ni c * Ir-s-titntioQ , the only public buildinr in tbe twn , was refused , on pretence that it was onlv bait far scientific purpose * , ani wa » forbiddea bV U laws to admit of politics , especially those of a fcdicai catore .- Tha purchase of thi * bailding wiii ccaeqtjently obriate all those difliculr . et , and give tcthe labouriaq ? elan a place where tkey e&a meet ¦ wtfeoHt ianng to wooed the feeling * of the saiau , o retard tKe jrogreM of scieatific discovery . It u tfere&re to be boped that the working men of feijal « y and nrignbonrboo ^ will com e forward rth spirit en tbe present occasion in support of an Lirirotioji , the benefits ef which are almost incaldabfe—aad sec * nd , by all tbe asdstasce in their Kcr , the eiertwns of their fellow Radical * , who i ventured ob the nndprtaking for the benefit a all .
Pusuc AfiBRfss . —On the erenisg of Thursday w « k , Mr . Colluu , of Birmingham , gsreaa ad ires * iitte Working Men ' s Hall , *• On the origin , press * , aad prospects of the ChartiiU Cac » e . " NtwrtkiUading tbe » heTtnes 8 ef the notice , the hU was crowded oat , when aftur two sensible aad suited speeches by Mr . Thsmaa Kaowlrj , who P ^ r 'ded as ehiirraan , and Isaac ConstantLae , an iteili * eat working man , Mr . Collins commenced a adores * * hich 1 arted betwixt two and threehouri i the delivery . His plain manner of describing le erili of the present system , and the shrewd » ture of his remaiis , drew forth repeated bursts of » piaa * e from the- » adiracp , and frequently eonti *» d it witi Isnghter . After tbe speeeb , which was to of the plainest and bs * t we ever heard fer sening the eyt » ef an audience , the na of I . 7 b . was eolidctad on behalf of the National teveation . ASHTON-TJ 3 TDEa-LYlTE . Meetis © . —A jnaetinr ef the operative * of the awton Heath Cotton Mill , took plae 3 la » t week , fter hating made arrangeraeau . to collect weekly , id passinj the most lively r ^ olBUcms ia favour of ve People ' s Cbarter , a eallection was made , mounting to 10 « . 7 oL , ant remitted to toe loeai reasorer at Ashton . Stephbss ' s Dipxsce Fdxd . —Tbe Ceatral iommittee , A < hten , respectfully inform their fellow abscribers to the Defence Fund , that the following Stter and items have been received fros the geiiefai rr e * SBTer , b y tie Central CotamittM : — G-entlemeD , — According to your request I « nd bu aa acc 3 unt of tbe iconey received by me , up to te preeeat time , in aid of the fund for the Defence / tke E ^ tv . J . R . Stepbtns .
I am , Gentlemen , ^ Yours retpf ^ tfully , Thomas Fieldik . April , 24 , 1839 . £ t d . Radicals of Hyde 10 4 9 £ Bo . Asbton-BEder-Lyie 50 0 0 " Proprietors of Northern Star .. 50 0 0 Stalybridge 13 0 0 Rochdale 10 0 0 Females of Leizh 20 0 0 Radicals of Colne 5 0 0 Po . J > o 12 15 6 Do . Hy dp 15 16 04
females of Hv < le 2 O 0 Bedford Bridge Print Tfork * .. 2 16 10 . ) Radicals ef Wigton 1 16 o Feailes J > a 1 16 0 Hoylani's "Wane 0 14 0 "Worsbro' Common 3 0 0 Barniley 16 6 0 Cbri * risn Radical * of Sheffield .. 1 JO 0 Rooden L * oe , Prestwicb .. 4 10 9 Lrngfi # y Do 3 6 5 Radicals , Skaw Chipel ¦* 4 0 Histb Crow *** , near Do . 1 6 3
Radical * of Keighley 15 0 0 Do ...-, GJwsop ^ 11 0 0 Do .... Midileton 10 0 0 OpeaAaw ' * weaTers 3 6 &f Xay ' s Foundry 2 4 3 FreeTown .- 1 8 8 Shopmen & Co '» fonndry ...... 0 13 7 Female * , Pitwro-Meor ........ 0 5 0 VTilker '» foandry 0 12 5 Hsywood 10 d 0 B- » nwbothain 5 15 0 w osvorth «• . •*•»» . ••••»••>• o u I A « ringroit 1 15 0 Dislry Vale print work * . 110 Uuttan 0 11 0 Bury , per Join Faulkner 24 8 9 . } Total for Bury £ 65 7 1 Dedoct . for expenses .. 5 2 ll £ £ 5 i 4 1 ^
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« o . 1 , DSb-iet , Iffanchestef . . ;> o 16 dh - ' P * rr , iod Cortis ' -i workmen ,, late - -t % ( JnVV" *" - "" *'"" - 1 11 6 .. . . . J avj . ailock .... i 6 gi .. . Sundry places ib and near Leeds . 49 9 8 . i From Carlisle > aa o o „ Bradford ind neighbourhood ... . 25 0 0 T « mHull ..... .... " . & 0 0 Lmle ; HortoB , near Bradford .. 12 13 2 , , from Halifax > 24 0 0 - i Bory and neighbourhood ., « ... 5 J 4 9 A ^ romiemales , No , 1-, District ; . 2 0 0 - Colne Radica ' s 2 7 6 RatcJiffe-bridge 83 0 Radicals of Mansfield 5 0 0 Hampson ' s Mill , near Bury S 1 6 ' Halifax , per J . Butterwenn 15 10 0 Manchester , per J . Richardson . 5 16 0 Total reteived by Mr Fielden tip ta April 24 tb £ 504 9 5 March 27 th . —Paid to Mr . Ste-Pbew 100 0 0 April 23 rd . — Do 50 0 0 Balanee in hand , April 24 £ 354 9 5 Another sheet has been received from Mr . FWden * nd one ajs « from Mr . Willis , booWler , of Manchester , one of whith will be published every week , until the whole of the subscriptions are brongbt before tbe pubHc . By irserting the abeve you will greatly oblige the Central Committee . Timotht Higqins , Secretary . Arrest op Another Chartist . —On Sunday morning last , about two o ' olock , Robert Newton , Dtfpsty Constable of Asbton-uuder-Lyne , proceeded to the bouse of Timothy Higgina . in Brook-street , in that town , » cd having gained admittance , proceeded to search tbe premises , without either warraDt or authority from the
Macintratw , acd eventually took him ( Higgin *) into custody , asd also removed thirty grand of aria * , c » ns » nrg of double-barrelled gans , riHe * , fowling pi ^ es , musket ? , hayonet * , pis ; o ] g , bullet mould ,., Sic . & . e ., to the Police Office , aud theDce to the temporary barrack * in the town .-bip of Dukinfield It appear * that George Tbompsoa . gun , &o ., nunufacmreTjOf VThittle- street , Birmisgham , had appointed Higgins as his agent in Ashton , aEd the goods o « ly arrived on Friday evening , and veu removed ro H > ggiE ?> boose on Saturday morning ; asd the Deputy Constable sot only touk the arm * , but every description of bonks , family papers , &o ., that fell into his bands , in the course of bis search
through Higglns ' ^ house , after he had con ^ e ^ ed bim to tbe Police Office . Od Monday , he was Wousht before tbe Magistrates , acd Mr . R . B B . Cobbett , « f Manchecter , attended on the pan of Hi gsnns , and all that he coeld elicit wa ? , that Newton was of opinion that these a-tru were in the possession of H » ggi »» for illegal pnrpt-. es , although he produeed no evidence whaHver to support the aUegaooa , except the Queen > Proclamation ; and the sapient jnstice * decided that Newton wi ? right , is in virtue of his authority he had a power vested in him to act as he deemed necessary . It was decided that Hiijgin ^ sh ould find two securiti es iti £ 50 each , and hini 5 e ! f in £ 100 , to answer any charge that may be breaght against him ou Sahirdiv July 13 .
" Wa wish to ask Mr . O'Connor if such wholesale robberies cam be permitted or justified in the eye of tbe law , as the Cocstable produced no witnesses , nor yet any proof , except bis opinion that Higginx wan acting illegally , altfeeogh he produced the certificate of his appointment as ag « nt , a copy of his agreement with Mr . Thompson , inv « ices , &c .
Yours , &c ., Timothy Hioqins . The following U , we believe , a verbatim report of the * e extraordinary proeecdingi [ before the Alagistratfs ] furnighed by our own reporter : Robm N ? wto » . a ^ pxitT cpns ' a ^ le or Anhton , » tat « J , lhat in wt »^ nrr , c « of informing wkicb he had rewirH , he Dro-W fw ° \ I u " ° f Timo ; r Biggin ,, m Swxiay morning Iwt , » hout h » lf-past one o ' clock . *» a ther . f « n /> nU » b ^ " v " *} ' " 5 ? , ' v sr ^ n . <" k't » . with b » joncU filed to tn « n , font QoablebiTTplUa irnns , » na « ix pi-toi « . He asked Hi / rfnn . how he h »^ come fey th » . » » m . » . He k >\ A thtr h » d come from Mr . Thr . m » n ' * , of BirmiB ? h » m . I told ' him eon-id ^ red it ay duty to t » ke him into « n * ti > dv , widiUothe inns . * * Mr . JOWgTT : Whst hnmne * , « h * ? Npw-tnis \ io nr > » . Viinw whst bcrinew he is doinp now . I proe ^ ded to tak e him into crauxi y , » nd also the arm » . Tki » nisnung I appear before yon to tare him re . mmdpi , t » ec « i » 9 we are not ready to g ? t op the cm at present .
Mr . JOWKTT : Hew ao « n do jon rappoae you will bt » bl « to get endenee * Nevrton : In tke eonrge ef a weeV or ten dar « . Mr JoWBTT ¦ Wo ean rewarM h : m iiU We ^ nejiar nn-Im = s he cap find unretiea for a longer time ; and if «> . we c * n remind hvm foT « . longer time . Mr . COBBKTT : I appear her » on behalf of Hi « iM ; «» d wnat it ij of which he H accu »^ t . It ii quite right that a T ^ ner thov . \ i be remsaded if , when he iAeeuJl , there t , e « me r «» i . u , l . pK ^ nd to lUppo . W that he i * guUtT . But I » ae » o ch » rg » ajiiT ^ t the prUoner aa yet . Mr . JOWETT : I uuJmtini it it for haring illegal p ,,. * r * si * a » f armi . * s ' f »» Newton : For iariag them in ki » pcwc 8 sion for illegal
pur-pose * , a r MAQ 1 STRATK : Are you apprphensire of the pnhlie pew ^ being owtnrbeo ? r m "" " ^ - ^^ i * 7 * P ^^ ' ^ en to fear it . sl ' Jt ¦ ' \ I'I ' ' r ° ' P relleIia t 115 P *<"" ' ? Mr- C ^ BBK rT : Hare yon { ro t the warrant br which you apprehendtd him ? ' ^ Newton : I have got the authority t > J which I apprehended Mr . COBBETT : Let me see it . N » wUn : 1 do not think 1 am Vonnd to do » o . Mr . COBBBTr : ( To th » Ma « utrat < . ») I claim a right . Gentlemen , te aes the authority by irhieh my client h * j been » p > 'ehen 4 ed . ' Mr . JOWBTT : He has no warrant .
Mr . COBBKTT : He says he Km apprehended him on B » th » nty . rr ^ " iSL ^ JX : * "PP * »» i « tT Ae antbority of hu office . Mr . COBBETT . ( To Newton ; By what anthority diJ yon apprehend the priwnw ? Newton : 1 appTcB « jde « him under the Qtt « # n '» Prcelanuktioa . Mr . COBBETT : 1 » thatyonr authority ? Let me see it—if you h » re rot it . Mr-JOWBTT : I think he hai anthority encueh . 1 think he ought not w be qu « 6 tj « Bed in that way . Mr . COBBETT : Sir , 1 only a * k kirn for the thing whieh ¦ e aay « he has got . Mr . JOWETT : It ij high time something » hoctd *»> done . Mr . CUBBETT : I do nst orjeet to lhat , tret hi tells me thit he is here tader aa authority which he ha * got . He says he his no warrant ; 1 tharrfore merely uak . what ftu wthonty u , ud that that aalhority may b * pro dceed . ' r
Mr . JOWETT : We think b * it jwtified in what he ban done ; being a Ma ^ table i » sufficient authority . Mr . COBBBTT : The fact v . t hii being a constable U nr . t » faet which he can tarry in hi * pocket . [ Hear , hear , and laughter . ] v rt \ T FBrT : He ai 3 nst aay he had it in hi * pocket . [ Husin ^ . J Are there no officers there . Wo are not K <> ii > K to hare this work here . The qneition is , whether he his . ureVieg t » appear kwe at 4 future iiy . If not , we silt remind him till \ T * e&ue * d » y . Mr . COSBBTT—< l « king at Newton ) -May I ask who thu man u ? Mr . JOWRTT : HLi name 13 Robert Xewton , deputy-cen ttabl « of A » ttoa . Mr . COBBETT : The wei ght of the eharpe u , that he fooad certain thin f * in the po * w « ion ef the di-frndant . He misht aa well ha * e apprehended aay other man for hiring a pi » tol in hu p » ss <^ sion ^ Mr . JOWETT —( to New »« n > - Upon your oath what did y » afin 4 ?
Ks * fom t > . en polled oit hii not * bvok . and having » penl » onie time m turnirg orer the- le » Te « bfgaa to read , when Mr . CftBBETT » ai 3 : Srop , stop ; tbi » it a document . VTW « -writin g i * that ? Ne *' . en ; It is » y o ^ n ; 1 feonj ia Biggie *' * hon » e two che * ut or boze « , in hi » bedroo » a ; teveau-en gusn , eighteen bayonrta , and four fowling piece * in one ; ia acotb . tr boa 1 foand four dohble-Varrell-d gun *; foar tingle-barrelled gun *; four rifle * , snd three piatolg . In another yart of ihe chamVer I found one horae pUtel , and kbto a br » c « of putol * . Mr . COBBK TT : Should you know them again if yon could
see them 7 N- * te » : Ye * . Mr . COHBETT : TThere are tbfj ? Seirimo : J hmre them safr enongh . Mr . JO WB fT . I suppose you hare them in your care . JSewton : Yc « . Mr . COBBKTT : Thi * w the £ r * t use ef this sort on which the fnaii are » ot proJueed on the examisatien . Mr . JOWKTP : Th « prUoner i « not aceuaed of stealing . Mr . COBBKTT : The whole foundation of the chirg * , whatever it i » , we hare nst y » t heurd it—the whole foundation of the tharge ia , that these thing * are in hi * po »
• rtWIOD . Mr . JOWiiTT : With as inUntiun to duturb the public peace . Mr . COBBRTT : Thai i » not y « t proved ; but if it ahould turn eut thatlhey were not in hi * ponnnon ? Mr . JOWETT : That we hare no doukt abret . Mr . COBBKTT : He tar » they » re * e , bat the » e * t evi denee w W irrodute the things . Mr . JOWBTT : 1 fcm ' t thinks * . . .. Mr . COBBgTT . Surely hi * atory 4 * not eorroborited withont hi * producing the good * whta be » ay » hs ha » got them . Mr . JOWETT : That he has got them w « hare no donbt . To Nawtoa : Y » nh » ve fonud thosft goods , oa his prasaiso * and Lave thma in vour *» ie custodv ? Newtoa : Y . # . Mr . J 0 W 8 TT —( to Higgin *)— You hav » aothing to t » y , I tnppoie ? BiicgiBS ' -I doa ' t aee that there U Rnj charge sgaiajt me . ( ievernl rt-lee « , "Tb < re u «» stiarg * . " ^ Mr . JOWZTT : Are yon at liberty to fiad btil—two tur « - tif * ui JiO each , aad yonrself in . rlUO 7 H ' iBgin » : I'll try : am Itehsve tbi goods r » tu »» d ?
* Mr . JOWBTT ; Certainly n » t Mr . COBBETT You won ' t have the £ *> i § retoraed at presc&t , tsthe ti « » tin 4 i remanded . Mr . KUCKLBY : I unquteof y ini » j » that the coastahle i » joJtLfie-d , in&ssmeh a * s quantity of arm * i « found ia th « posKsiion ef an indiridot witho-at iny porpose . The constable in justified in lh"i « * p he hat v aken . Tbe bail o * t being farta » OBiiDg e » u « d a little delay . In tts i&eaiKitte ,
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* Sfi-. COBBCTT , i > ttodreMiDg the- B « ncK wid . -iWfill ^ yw » ar « waiting for ths b j il , J » A » pt yen will allow au M taafce th » applurstion . The CBMUble » Utei that It ' ni taken up thrfrismer upon th » gronn' 1 tkithe b . » 4 , mtthki time in bit powe » sion arm » iur » n illegal purpose ; antiaSroa think he ought to bt remanded on jho praaumption mat * am » evidence awy fee brong&t tbrvr » rd , you win perhaps orJer him to « tat « whet illegal pnrpow it i » tkat Iu > raean »; became it U but reuonaMft whtn a pruoner i * brooght op » nd remanded , that the prawcutor should sUta the crime of which he accuses him . ' New , constabln stating that , in bis opinion , * man hu arms in ki * pouetaion fof an illegal pnr-¦ pOM 4 ms not make it illegal . Itdo « . not follaw thattht conjtakle ' j notion » f aa illegal parposo must make th « pur . pe » e « fegai ; _ * na > v «» i if b . e were th » best lawyer ia tb > worW . lie might k » rwst » ke » . He might , a * I mid before , upon eqBallr « o «» d ground * , mak « the aanao aeeusation asainit
any man who ha * > gmn or a pirtol in hu p »» ie *« l « n . Hr ought , therefore , before you remand him , to state for what pmrpoBt he aeenaeg him e £ having arm * in his ponseuion . Axd thfn I think , al * o , I am eStUUa to have it ordered by you that Newton » Wd state whatevidenee it i » -ovia « ne « of what it , u thathff relieve * he hall be able to prodnte : because I thi » k I can » ay it paver aw yet been tae » r » cUci anywhere that a prisoner should be remanded , for the parp « M of gmns ; th » proseeutor time to hunt up evideneeof fac t * , or which facts he h » s no knowle dge when the visoner U remanded , ff be will state what it is he intend * w prove exaetly , tken I think it i * rea * onable that ha should hav « time to neareh for persons and document * to prove thow faets , I uon t mean that he aheuld state what witnes » es he js going to bring , but merel y what he i » going to prove . He should gtra you same reasonable-ground for nuppming that he is reaUy irsing to bring evidtttfi * ., before y « ra a * eid » upon retnanduig tb « prwonar . . .. /¦ -. ' . Mr . JOWgTT : We e « n * ider it is aprima facia eate , hav mg tttesc arm * mkii poiseasion . A man having twenty-seven » Undofann « who ha * no fcuiinert for them , it Ui prima facia nt without aay further evidence . The unstable i *
mUadiBg to prove that he had them in his poweuien tocomm it a breach » f the peace . Mr . LORD : We h » ve all made up our minds to remand the prisoner , and giving him an opportunity or finding » nr « - lw » . With r »« pact to Neirten girmg the substance « f hi * e « aen « e ., it » quite irrelevant—a thine » e » er required in any eonrt that a constable shonia give the imbalance of any evidence hei * going to bring forth . He stated on oath lhat he is prepared to giv « evidenw at a future time , a . n . d an . thai graund tbe prisoner is remanded . Mr . COBBETT : What I meanbj the sub » 'ance of the evide ? ce u thi < : —If he has gooi reason to believe lhat he can jroduee evidonee in the eooi « e of the time you mar appoint , to prove that Higgi n * had those anus ia hu posseuion f-r me porpese of « c « mitting a breach of tho peace , he then states what I mean by the « uh * Unce reQiiirfld . He ha « not stated that yet . AU he aay * is that he has not had time to get u » . t > n evidence . Mr . BUCKLEY : He at&tod th » t before . N . wton : ThatwaswhatI stated . Tk « Ma gistrates th-. « Tetircd into their private room , aeeomp&nied by Newton , thu constable , and only witness in She ease . They returned in about twenty minute * , and admitted the prisoner to bail .
The banfiamen wpra John WiUiMnsoB , priater , and Wm . A . Hken , fcctoolm »> tnr . b » th of Aahtea . The matter passed off without any aisvurbance , and the people ^ taetl / separate , wkem the M » gUtr * U » luft the Bench .
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HOUSE OF LORDS .-Fn , /« y , June 28 . R-n * ^ .. ^ of Lord * , thi > proposed Amendmeat ia th « suit ol hxch » ng « Bill were moved and adopted . Tk * LORD CHANCKLLOK . in answer to the Marquu of S » lw » ury , said lhat he « honia en Thursday week more the aeeoRd reading of the Pruon * Bill . The Bi » h » p of LU . VDOH prewnteij petitions , praying tho adoption of a regnlatiou requiring public houses to U cloMd en Som 3 »\ - « . Lori BROUGHAM said that he dertbted not that pabliean * generally wouH approve of some mich regulation ; and he woulg direct hi * attention to the framing of a clause for ptirpote . He the * deferred hi » Education Bill till Tueiaarweek . to make way for the eennideration of the Jamaica ? ill . The M . a ^ u » of 3 AH 3 BURY inquired what Lord Brougham intended to do with his * eer Bill . Lord BKOCeUAM said that he should pits as much of it *\ ? oo . ia . He knew nothing about the Beer Bill in the other U « w , utueed their Loraships bad only to do their Jaty with tbe measures beforn them .
On motion or the Maf qnU of NORMANBY , eounwl were called IB ob th > - Jamaica Bill . Mr bURGK wa * then M at gr . jat length , a * agent for tna uland of Jamsiej , against the bill mI ^ kv ^ m ? 4 ing 7 ! fixe 4 b 7 the M » fq «« ° f nqr-MA . MSY for Monday , and the Committee » n it lor Tuesday .
Monday , July 1 . The Roval a «» ent wasgivep , by *» mmissio » , to f > rty public and prurate BilU-namely , two pu » lic-the Buhopi' Residenc e * and the tf mdaor Ca * tle Subles BiU : and thirty pnrate sill * . ' The ArchbUlwp « f CANTgRBURY moved for varion * papers , return * , ttra « ury minntes , *« ,., avlr ^ . dy submitted to the Houw of Cmwon * , on the aulject or National Kduca-W T w % BOtt R" »« "O / relate intimated , moreover , tfeat on Knday nrxt he should « nbmit a motion thereon . Lord BROl / GUAM olwerved that , as hi , B 3 nc » t » n Bill differed frrm tbe GerernraBnt plans , he should defer its M ? £ h . k ? £ , A- — ™ ^ rU »/ nnt » Monday , in order that it might W kept distinct from those plans , and ftom the Arehbi * bop of Canterbury ' * aaetien . The Marquu . f NORMAN BY mov , d the swond reading of the Jamaica Enactments Bt 1 . * The Karl of HAHRWOOD opposed the motion , and moved ¦ J an Amendment . that the Bilf should be read that day three months . ' Lord BROUGHAM urged that the Nuble E » rl ' s opposition would be uettef directed in the Committ « e » n the bil \ as it was necessary that Parliament should do something in reference to Jamsiea . *
The Duke of WELLINGTON said that he felt bound to < app < rt tbe s » cond reading , aad all maanurea calculated to C 1 rry » ut th » t emanci patien of the Begroe * which had boen er . acted by the Bm * h legisUture ; but he con * idered the iWarqnia of Normaiiby '« speech a * threatening tbe destruction ul tfte M « u * e of A »» embly , and consequently aa ill calculated to conciliate or dvate eoofideaee . After some remarks froa L « rd Oleneltf , The KarJ of HARSVTOOD . ou » nui t « withdraw hia amendment , and to reserve hu opjxwitiou till the bill waa in commitwe . Th » Bill wa * then read tke second time , aad their Lordships adjounmd .
HOUSE OF COMMONS .- /' , iday , June 28 . SirW . JAMKi witWr » w the Hull Decks Bill , and then meved to latroduce a new Bill in its ste » 4 , but that moiign wai negatived on a diruion . < jT ? v i £ v Sa w ni : e ° » ^ e ° nversaUon , riginatod fcy L « d STANLKY , the men ! Committee * on thn Small UebU Bill * » ow befort tbe House , were postymnsd till Monday week 19 afford tbe Commiuee enga « el in preparing »» me seaeral mea » ur » on the subject , to make their report . Mr . hUMK moved for various return * regarding the number of persons now confined fer debt in Louden , Middle » ex , surrer , * nd throughout tke eountry , with the vi » w of ascertaining the working si the Imprisonment for Debt Act . They were ordered . Lord J . RUSsRLL , ea tbe » ubject of the Canada Bills , said that it was not the inteation of the ( Jovernrm-nt to proeeed * l ,. tDCI "« « -xeept oa the roatarest eonsiJeration , after affording the amplest opportunity fsr iaquiry ; it was . therelorn , intended to send the bill for the union ol the Canada * »« erits « eeo » a rearing , to thos * provinces , that it might be luily kbowri and oi * Ctt *» ed .
hU . » U . U £ inquired * rh « n it wm intMded to brin * r-rw * rd the question « o » B « cted witU the B * nk •( irel « vnu . , J . K CHA , NCELLOIl of the EXCHEQUER answered that he wa * demrous of submitting hi * statement on the subject , and he would do so as early as poaaibln . Mr . O'COSNKlL observed that an , bill on the subject , brought forward at so late a yeriod ef the session , would a-ve aoyihuig but satigfaction in Ireland . It would , therefore be muck better to deferittUl next sevsion uereiore , Be LirilSGESTRlBUquired whether information had beea r-eeif . a at the Admiralty of anotker outrage upon the British tl » g ia the Mexican seas .
bir T . TRuUbRlDGE said en M important a subject he . hould not hke to trait to memory , uo notiee having been itivrn of the intention to put such ' a question , he hll not looked particularly at tha documents . LordINGK » TRIK gave notice that he should repeat his luestion oa Monday . *^ Mr . HAWKS inquired when the subj-et regarding tke eollection of poor rate * wovld be brought lorwardf the fa J' BUSsELL nii that he W 9 Qld 8 "" a » ple aotUi of The Blection Petitions Trials BUI wa * eoasidered ia tommittoeai groat l » ngih . The Houm then -went into' Committee en Publit Works U'tlMd ) , and a grant of X 58 . 000 wa » agreed to M ^ wTijV 1 theluKttT Do " D « l "ere « J a thiM time , air . BWAR r moredan amendment to tho eBeet that sugar which was the promote of free labour should be admitted at the same rata of duty as that produced in the West India
After some dujeuMion , in whirh the Chanerflor , f the Kx-* T A ? J ^ -T' Mr" f- Thomson , Mr . Hume , Mr . H H » d , Mr . Thornley , an . ? Mr . M . FhUlps took part , the motion was withdraws , and the Bill also read a thiri tia « aud fMktAdd . The C us tody « f ItfanU Bill was aUo read a third time ana passed .
Monday , July 1 . M ^ T- D P' ^ : VfBE Pan ted a petition fr . m JohnTto-PhTS ? r i f * nn » 8 . *«»*» t tix month . among felon * b , Chelnuford G > olfer 5 * . 6 d . ckureh » ates ; and asked whether t ni with the ** netnn of her M-je * ty '« Government that * urti a pn « nner was eonfised amsag » ueh persons ? Mr . POX MAULK declared thafhe had ne ^ er before K-ard ot the case . M B-t 1 N i . J rem " . *»* t * i' wa * extraordinarv , ina « - much u he h » d some tune » presented a p « tition from » " « me John Tboirgood— a petition which h * 4 airen rise to eoui : er » b ! e diKus-non . °
Mr . WOOD { in answer to Lord Ingestrie ' . inquiry ) entered into explanation * regarding an alleged outrage on the British flag on the coast of Mtxieo . Mr . P . TllOMSON ( in answw to Mr . G . Palmer ) » aia that as the Ust report on « hlpwre « ks had not yet be « n pA « ted , he could not ttate whether it would be ros » ib ! e to intreduee . this itunD , any measure en the SHbject . , ° ^ f" " ^ KLL On an » v rer to Mr . Mil ,, ) ; a that he intended to defer the further proceedings on iheSumwarv Jurisdiction Bill until the week after next ^»"" « ary The Heuse then weat into Committee en tha F » ctories Regulattoa bill . Mr . BROTHKRTON » oveaan amendment to the second clause . He , wuhed ( ha Mid ) the pr * tection of the aTex tended from the age of 1 » to that o ? 21 . He oon » cientiOT » ly believed that tea hour * of l »» our per day was quit * enouah for aian , wosnan , or child ; sad he thonght that , bv enterino into aaah ma mrraage »« iit , the tra ^ e of this eou . try aiiht be earned op with perfect aatisfactioa to the masters . W movea that » the second elsuse , instead " 18 years af ago " the wo » a * » 21 years of age" be inserted . J "™»« "gOi This » B > eudiB « nt was lo » t b y a mnjority of forty-three .
Otb > r » mendBerit . wtsre dwposed 8 r , aad t h * eommitto * came to th « » th clause , whub . is as fellows . —« A nd be it exacted th » t no young person shall be employed in % fatter * more than nxtj . aijienour . ia »» w ^ k , or won » than tw * l »« » oun in tay « oa day , aave i » the caw , hereiuaftw « orated a Lord ASHLEY prepoaea te cubfttitaU " fifty , * iAt honrs " for » exty-nine . » A dwossiw followed , but tn *^ enda 7 n was ^ timatel r rejected by a m » jority of 92 . The consults * tben proceeded with the bill to the 18 th clauaeineluave . " " * The Hou » e then resumed . Several bills were advaaee * a stage . Cftr 4 J . RU 83 BLL obtainea leave to bring in a Ml r or iIu . p-nding appomtmenU to dignities in etthodraU , which had beome necessary u eonaeqm »>» c < of a former bill hankir keen dropped . e The Boom then adjourned .
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GREAT MEETING ilxT YORK Ft > R THE ¦ ; - . ; - . ;; ' . i ^^ ;? i , "J ?^ i | K . ; : ; - : ' ;\ ' [ :- ^ The oMtet tahaWtiWto of tWti * arf « tt rfty do zio ] t remembar atrr ctrebm * tshce that ever created grdster excffeiftettt audintenBe anxitty , thantbe meeting whicb took place on Monday etenlng , in the Market P ) a « e » , opposite to , the Alblen ftrfte ) , in favour of the Peopled Gharlier , and We flatter oHr ^ elves with the idei that the Vfoat ilidjng delsgates will lo » g , reooeinber , the ; kind and ; enthu « a » tJo re ^ Bption they net whh from av numewftv anit respectaMtt body of Chartiata . In fwry ihe ^ Whig and Tory faction * were quite astonished a * Behelding the immense number # f ItadioalslbatYerk iontains .
Hitherto this portion ef the inhabitant * of York hare looked on tbe- -proceedings of the different faction * with dixgust and apathy , but no * the spell i * broken , and ere many days pass away , the city of . York will be able to boast ef a Northern 17 rjoh that will number hundreds efbrave apd ihrjependent men , detenpiaed to , assist in the regeneration of their commen country , Innnediately on the arrival ef the delegates , Mewra . Ashtoh * « nd Bairstow , the inn at wbicb they-stopped waa crammed fall of reipeetmbis tradesBm and » ther » determined to awUt in making known , to the fullest possible extent , the princi p les of the People ' s Charter , and in the oonrte of an hour , a nnmerously-tigned of
re ^ nisitien respeotable tradeamen was forw arded to the Mansion House , requesting the Lord Mayor to convene a public meeting for the purpose ef considering the prdpriety of adopting the Charter , but in ojaaequence of bis Lordship being from home , the requuitioni 8 te were compelled to call the meeting thejn < elves , which they accordingly ]* did , aad the same evening , ( Saturday , ) Urge placards were posted up in every direction ealiiag a meeting of the citizen * , on MondAy , the 1 st instant . From this time to the meeting taking place , the intended Chartist meeting was the topic of eVery man ' s conversation , and . it soon became evident that tbe Radicals would make a grand display , both ef ij umber and respectability , as immense numbers of
electors , we might s . ay nearly * thousand , declared tbat they would vote for a Chartist Candidate at the next election . O'Connor is their favourite , and almost every person declares that be would be returned . However , thi * is a mere matter of speculation at present . At the time appointed , the dele- * fate « , » rrda number of friends , took their statien in tbe large front rpost « f Gibson ' s Albinn Hotel , in P * rli » m « nt-Rtrk'et ) from a window of which the spiiakm address the meeting . Or tbe vast number that attended , we u * n scarcely speak with accuracy , as they were variously estimated at from 5 to 12 , 000 . One gentleman , a reporter for a Tory paper , dwjUred that there could not be less than 10 , 000 persons present . However , we will leave that point for the Whig and Tury papers to settle .
Mr . William , Cordeux was unanimously elected chairraan , and he opened the busines * of the meeting , by reading the requisition convening the satne ; after which , he called upon all pr «» ent to give a fair and impartial hearing to all speakers , however diffirent their sentiments might be from their own . Mr . William Pvllkyn proposed , in a neat and appropriate speech , the following resolution : — " That it is the opinion of thin meeting that every male adult of this kingdom ought to have a voice in the making of the laws by which he is governed , und this meeting pledges itself to use all and every legal means in its power to cause the People ' s Charter to become the law of the land . "
Mr . T . PulleyN , Jun ., said , Gentlemen and fellow citizen ? , I raise my voice against the present corrupt system , ia consequence ef the wicked jind oppressive proceedings of our present Government , who pay no regard to the Word of God . I raise my voice against that system which consigns so many of my fellow countrywomen to the tender mercie * of the millowners aud the local oppressors , without any regard to the divine injunction of our Saviour , who said , " protecc the wank and innocent . " I raise my voice again , against this abominahle aystem , td consequence of the wicked and diabolical Poor I > aw Amendment Act , which separates the child from ths mother , the husband from the wife , and the
children from thei ; parents . He concluded after making several other remarks on the unjust laws of the country , by seconding the resolution . Sir . Wm . Ashton , then came forward amidst continued cheering to support the resolution . He commenced by referring to tbe general state of the country . He said , gentlemen , we appear here this niaht delegated by upwards of thirty towns and villages in the "Weit-Riding of Yorkshire , for the purpose of making known the principles of the u People ' s Charter , " and the firm resolve of nearly 2 , 000 , 000 of men , who have declared in the face of Heaven and earth that this unnatural state of clans legislation , shall cpqjp to an end . Oh ! but we are
denominated by the Whig and Tory press , blood thirs . y revolutionist *; but now I stand to challenge the whole of the combined factions to prove one act of violence against the Chartists of this country . Can they say the same . Let them remember the horrid butchering * , burnings , ani devastations that have lately occurred in Canada . [ Cheers . ) Let them remember Manchester Massacre , * nd their more recent proceedings at VTestbury and Deviwa , with the outrages that occurred in tbU city , when the tffigj of the Arehbiahop of York was publicly burn « a , with the outrages that taok place at Bristol * , Nottingham , &o ., and the speeehes about King *' heads rolling in the dust , and the groaning * for her
Majesty , and then say who are the violent and blood thirsty . ( Tremendous cheering . ) But gen . tlemen take a clear and dispassionate review of the late unparalleled moral demonstration * that have taken place in almost every part of the Kingdom where millions have resdved to sink all minor differences , and net to petition for the repeal of any oppressive law , until Universal Suffrage is the law of the land , and I feel confident that the inhabitants of this ancient city will nobly come forward to remove this sink of iniquity , and assist in establishing general liberty and equality in its shattered ruiw . ( Cherrs , and cries of " We will . " ) Bat some will say we have a " Liberal Administration . " Yes , gentlemen , in name but not in practice ; they like the Tory 'Governmentwken liberty wag
, attempted to be established in France , raised the cry of ' no popery" to crush the same , when myriads of Englishmen sacrificed their live * ia support of despotism , and this country wa * cursed with the addition of upwards of £ 600 , 000 , 000 of a National Dabt . By this abominable delusion ol " no popery" they enlisted your sympathy , and the the present government and its hirelings have stigmatised us as torch and dagger men , for the same purpose , but this imposition like tbe cry » f " bo popery" is pasoing away , and they themselves we becoming exposed in all cruet and unjust proceedings . The country at large declares that our demands are jucr , let the Whig and Tory press stifle it at < they may . But we have a Liberal Government ! Look at their conduct relative to Poland : takes
retrospective glance at their conduct in tbe House of Commons ! Remember that this Liberal Government has prevented tbo ancient right of the presenter of a petition speaking in support of tho prayer of the petition , or exposing the grievances under which the petitioners may labour . Remember thiffr ourned and abominable Poor Law Bill , with the Tenement Bill , and the intended Rural Police , with ^ their late conduct a « to Sir Heuketb Fleetwood ' s motion for aa extension of ibe Franchise , and the eubeequent decision on the Ballot , and then say are they liberal ! ( Loud cries of " no , no . " ) But they are economical ; yes , by granting £ 70 , 000 to repair her Majesty ' s stables , whilst thousands
are starring . Here Mr . Ashton brought forward several items i » the Civil List , and a list of expenses allowed to her flpyesty * attendants . ( A . t this part a drunken T » ry attempted to ereate some disturbance , k-nt ranch to the credit of Mr Pardoe , the chief of the police , he told thisblaek-Ru&rd if he gave farther annoyance , he would oonnne him in tbe lock-up , for which kind interference he received the cheers of his fellow-citizens . ) Mr . Ashton tben referred to the effect that religiou * sectarian doctrines had upon the cause of general liberty , in consequence of the doctrine ef passive obedience and aon-rtsistance , together with the idea ef men suffering misery and poverty in this
world t « fit them for Heaven , whilst those who preach , tfeis dogma lived in idle dissipation , and enjoy all tbe good things of this earth . He then explained the five grtat principles of Radicalism , and pointed out the efftet they would have on society , eontraiting them with the present system . During this time be was continually cheered . Thousands repeately called « nt they would h » vfe the whole » f them ; namel y , Universal Suffrage , &c . He concluded by referring to the doctrine of moral and physical force , and said . I am demrons
that the People ' s Charter should become the law ef tue lr . nd by moral means alone ; for this reason we desirt th « co-operation of the kingdom at large ,, and when the whole of this nation shall demand those great and ja ? t principles of legislative government to become tr - law of the land , that government must be in . v ne that woald dare to refnse ; and for this reason I recommend the people jto be in pofflessiom of arms ; for if the demand is just , and nearly 2 , 000 , 000 of men have declared them « o , is it to he tr e ated with contempt ?—( loud cries of " no , no , " )—
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are we to go onjwa . ioning to eteraityia poverty « na starvation ?> ( Load riea ef " no / ' and V )» f ; will have oar rjghv . V ) Shall government be allowed to put dotvn oar yeaceable demonstrations ; aid bring their hirelings itoahed the Wood of-thwir fcllowf e ' reahires , - and incarcerate the advocates « f'freedom at their will ? ( Great excitement prevailed * t this time , ana *^ h > Mairir shouted " we will not aUrnr Jt , ' ) Gentlemen , to preretit this state of things , rt rtx&mi miend the people jto . be "• in nosseesipa ; pf arm » , fk « t they ! a * ay in a onirat ahd , d « t « r ^ in 44 m anneT fcr mpnd their rjgt ( t » , and b » in a position ^ to bbtaii
them . After thanking the audience for their patient bearing , ha sat down amidst loud and ooHtinoed cheering ; after wnieb the resolution was put to the meeting , aad was paused altooet unanimously , only two bands bein ? held vp against it . <* ! & £ * Mr . Judson propossd the foll » wing resolution r"That this meeting have perfect confidence in the wisdom ani integrity of the General Convention ef tbe industrious classes , as shown in" tb . a reeommendation of ulterior m « a . < iares < , eatitkd the manifesto , which , if pat into practice generally , by the people , cannot fail to secure for the miHions a speed y and bloodless victory ! " Second « tM » y M r » Fletober « ¦ :
The Chairman then called upon Mr ; Bairstow , one of the West Biding Agitattsg Delegates , who was received with loud and repeated plaudit * , clapping of hands , and when throwing off bis coat , ¦ bouts of laughter burst from every part of the meeting . He spoke nearly as follows :: — Mr , Chairman and Fellow Working Men , brethren of , the human race , —It is most congenial with my . feelings , when assembled thousands in this manner meet in solemn convention to assert and demand their rights , that I addre ** you . The huwis of . temporary excitement die away shortly after lingering on the lips , and leave scarcely any impression ;¦ b » t the exposure ef a wicked and iniquitous Grpwrntaent in all their treachery , tyranny , and treasonous- acts of petty authority , tracing the political and social evils
of society np to their original nourcc , with the recommendation of a broad , ampl * remedy ,, practicable ia operation , salutary and wl « e in itsintta « nce , will live when the excitement of the instant subsides , and leave behind en the assembled thousands here , an ialluence , not evanescent , but'durable in its permanence , and glorious in its lasting effects . < Ch « ers . ) Met a * we » re here for . -the assertionVfand defence of principlea in . voUi « g . the interests , the property and liven , of miliiuns of the defenceless poor , and sweeping in their range the welfare of not this kingdom only , but probably of every European dynasty , nay of every nation on the globe , empires of colossal magnitude , imraeme wealth , and indisputable prowess ; but empires , many of who ^ e liberties have sunk into the tomb , others tottering
on the verge of extinction , while anarchy and insubordination in the rest , threaten , in the retrograde march of despotism , unless speedily arrested by the potent hand ef popular Radical Reform , to enshrine the last fragments in sepulchral shades . ( Tremendous Cheering . ) With this nation suffering itn liberty and its rights to be remorselessly trampled upon by murderous factions , jobbers , and commercial bloodsucking vampires , the rich unnaturally ele- » ate < J above the proper sphere of mortal man , and the poor crushed beneath the Alpine mountain weight of taxation , misrule , aud oppression . I am glad to meet the brave men and fair women of York , mustering your thousands to aid the death-struggle between the rich oppressor and tbe poor oppressed . ( Loud cheering . ) An agitation , unexampled in its extent and depth , now pervades this " sea-girt isle , " and our work this evening is to expound to you our
principles , defend them by rational argument , and make the appeal to your judgm « ut ; not by bullet or steel , but by saund reasoning ana * undisputed fact * . Our object is te enlist your sympathies ea behalf of this noble cause—to deitroy unfounded prejudices ^ - ( hear , hear)—to da away with the false aud calumnious aspersions thrown upon us as anarchist } , firebrands , revolutionists , and to demonstrate that our principles are deducibie from all that is convincing in reason , all tbat is majestic in truth , all that is sublime ia eternal justice , all that i * h Ulowed and honourable in patriotism , aad all that is commanding in philanthropy , and thus be enabled to call upon the whole population of this ancient city f > r their adherence to our principles , their indefatigable and untiring exertions . ( Loud cheering . ) Honourable gep . tiemen , I mean by this name the working class only
—( laughter)—it is an undeniable fact that this country labours under evil . * , ever increasing in their magnitude , and deepaning in their fell malignit ) — these evils chiefly of a political and social cast arise from on « source—class legislation . ( Cheer * . ) One class , and that tbe richest , being exalted to supremacy in the state , while tbe other , the lab uring cla 8 it , are regarded as a cipher in importance , save to rob and plunder , and are excluded from the pale ef the franchise . ( Hear , bear . ] One party being in exclusive posseraoa of power , the other m ' uVt necessarily sink in the same proportion that the other is unnaturally elevated . [ Loud cheering . ] Oar oanntry has been so long accustomed to this xtate of things tbat it creates bat little surprise - were it not so , that some other class of beings should
alight upon some eminence in England , surveying atone glance all the laws and institutions of our oountry , with ail th « inequality , injustice , pauperism , anarchy , beggary , cruelty , licentiousnefs , crime , madness , debauchery , and Murder , of which they are the causes ; what astonishment must teize their minds , and blind their vision , bow must the blood cardie in their veins whan taking into account the vast amount » f wretchedness aad misery , » f oppression , of starvation and death , of which they are so prolific . [ Loud cries of " Shame , " " shame . " ] No language can pourtray , nor fancy csneeive the sad reality . Tbe demon aristocracy , throned en a p innacle of elevation , tricked out in splendour ana magnificence wruBg Iron ) the blood and team of toe defenceless poor , unfeelingly exultn
with infernal malignity , while he sees , a * , in York , the myriad * ef the labouring class , patient and nonresistant under their nnmerout ills . [ Loud cheers ] With the starvation , infernal Corn Law , whose annual cost to the country amounts to 40 million * sterling , which has raised the price of provisions , ruined our manufacture , destroyed our trade , and reduced us to utter impotence and contempt in the estimation of other nations—foreign productions fettered by fiscal regulations and withheld from the reach of tue working man , while home produce is recklessly exported abroad for the profit and aggrandisement of foreign competitors , while destitution in horrid form stalks through street , lane , and thoroughfare , in all its sickening outlines , ail its appalling aggravations , all its emaoiated frames , its haggard
features , its raided elotfaine , its instiflitieney of food , its skelc ton-like , ghastly aspect , followed in tbo rear by heart-rending cries , inonfferaWu despair , the bursting heart , tha muffled roiea of burning inward madness , th « infuriated rage of deajwration , the < ud habilirapats of mourning , and th « toll of th « death-bell over tke famished victim of monopol y , se * the scene . _ ( Dreadful groans and execrations . ) I * this a state of things in yrhieV ; pa »» iv « obedience should 09 preached ? V ith an hstabluked Church , tricked in tinseV , built in . injustice , and nurtured in blood , whose greedy and rapaciom maw svrallewa annc »\ ty nine millions ef the public revenne—to upheld « tatef « J , thick-skulled , BUhops— ( laughter )^ -surpluswearing , scarf-be-dtMki'd deans , prtbenu , and uoare « idcnt pluralis t * , with imraaW anlaries , while living in foreign nations —( cheer *)—gsd-drankon bloated vicars and ineanaben t * , reckless , » f tha flock , while they fleece them m quietl y ? ( Cries of "Aye , that ' s it , lad . " ) Is pawiv * obedience to be DTBichud ? ( No . m . nnnr . V WitK n Htnvurutk civil
list ofueaTl y jt ' 4 QQjOOO j > eT annum , to kaep ia puikcely p « mp ayonngfrirl , of 20 years o ^ age—riding in splendid magaiticence a coach / fjf ^ sta ^ e . ; Revere * witn gold , seated ob a throne whoae appendages , trappimri ) and rncmsats , would preserve alive all- 'tbe paupers ef Britain for yvars , wielding tb » rod of empire over \ M > million of human a * ing « , while herself U but th « mftre poppet of faction , waving th » wand of terror over a mighty and chivalroos Kingdom , the slightest breath of whose united opposition woald crumbifl her throne to dust . ( Tremendous cheering ; . ) Shall t pr «* ch p « si * iv obedience ^ with an innumerable host of pea » io »« M , plat ' - lUCn . official jackals —( laughter)—in inn ; , B » ry , S ) D < 1 « ta < c , chirflj comprised of lordlings' brats , wb kare been quietly pocketing their xaUries , while entirely ignerant of their duties—ChaneellorB , Secretaries at Home , at War , and for the foreign Department of Qovornmant , and cndUas sther state drones ,
•• Black , white , and grey , with all their tmapsry , " Nomerons and destrnctiva ss the swaimirig clouds of Eastern locusts ? Is thu a state of things that ia to be final ? ( Leud cheering . ) With an immenw g tandiag army , and an intended rural polio , the curse of the country , whose annual expense amounts to four luillinna of money , for the purpone , and with the intent , to awe a free people into slavorv—to Vnttwss thf citadel el arUtycratie domination—[ hear , near , and cheers ] —to scour the country through every nook and cranny of its extent — to swamp the physical Bergy of the people , and rendar poweTlna their attempts at rewtanceto keep in authority , maujrre all the opposition , and in d » - fisnee of the people ' s consent , a despicable , destructive , find damusbla faction , sitting in ailkea repose on the couch of pntiid insslenea , or actively employed only in a b stracting from the people the fragments ' of their liberties yet remaining—who draw , as by magic , all tna wealth of the Matien into their pocket *—to uphold by physical force * sytten which haa consigned its mvriadsoi millions to a nreroature
grave—has wruvg thousands of bleeding widows' hwarb with pierctDp anguish—ha » niaed tha ovphatn ' a voice to Heavnh erring for vengeance aa its merciless m » rdanr»—haa erased tho last traces of Qoi ' i image on man's , physical ferm—haa hlastea beantv in ita germ , stroek th # working population with disease , d * ercpit « ae , a « d untimely deaih— h »» withered to ashea ^ tbe energy of ttte kbour «'» arm—haa . tBstru » jr tke very nerve * « f inddatry—has swept' aa with a whirlwind ' s . dog ,: the : jjadaaa of Briton's mremdeat , beast— the ; honourable , induattwos labourer , to misery ana starvatioji ; and not oont * rrt wiftr « al Ats when alive—pnmuea him td the bed of death ia a . bloody boatile , rent asunder from every one be halds dear on earth—and even rashes beyond the oreciHcta of this mortal stage , consign hit last remain * to thu diasector * * knife , and ei « cU itself on hi » tomb , pening its earth quake ' s raoath , houting , "" give , py « , give . " ( f remendeus cheering , mingled with bnrstt of AMT » ti 6 n . ) Is this code of institutions , aided by that miltstoneoii'lhe nation's neck , tho miscalled national debt , ta remain much longer ? ( Shouts of No , »» . ) Than , bravo men- 'tSoui fair wonum of Y « k ,
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# f U jvu ... ' . ^ , wr » u .. ^ Z ^^^^ aSfc ^ ffi ^^?^!^!!^* cer- ( laqgbterWor the Pncoaiv ^^ uu ^ u ^ w . U ZZZu £ tbh ef the parh 6 t throng 1 who fca *« Wnu Ky ^ him . tbit U »^ ¦ ¦ . •' . «; i" » e > . **»»» .. *> KJr . wfll bare tb » . Pexn » le '« Charter , or the * MV « the « ru ^^ % »^ fco ^ Mffi t * r mil save th » kwj ^ m . fwBiTSJswg W tbe w « nw » jtrav * of Bation ^ -inU elevate tA ; e # j * vmeatof political equality , social eoarprt , and domestic Jbafiplaeaa—will 8 » curafcr the notxlug man « R ire ask , aad what we # 31 have " a fair % '*;**««¦ for » Uif p * f * wofk , » it is the forerunner of other measures whmH will further accelerat * the march * f rlrform—will subvert all gradation * . « f »» nk ^ -aborbh tka army , dash , tten » ryd WB « ugars >' 4 « » ta ^ Mtv «^^» '» afl . Uom , demolish iukedamv , crash- the church by law ertai lUhvd , obliterate tho debt Cfoaa the national ledger , restore republicaaism , establi . h iqnalkf , and Visit the wliole world with tbe ewiden era of univ « r *« l Msee , naMtinew and wealth . touii
mnen 1 propriety will be Ike fetuve fleet » f tha » gUrh » nraw » s « r : * . For the parpose e * obtaining it , « Natkul Gonvewio * . dm met , and issued Our following : Maufce ** [ The- 9 i « itipn » at the end of which Mr . fiairatoir here lead and commented » pon at eonsideraM » l »»« tb 1 WeTea ' rtm 27 w ^ * »* «""« which tn » «) i , vi twn W r ^ 2 d out , beitgatrnwaithxt tbu will secure- »•• aeee 4 y and bloel tf&s . TiJ ^ ssaasafir * : * * ^ nt ^ p ^^^ i ^ A ^^ iSS ^ SiSt ^^^ ^^^^^ J « T k' . "H " ^? prnnto ihe Chairma ., Mr . Coi . d « ux , he briefly retnrwel thanke , wh * S ¦ - ^ deriymlSB ^! 119 mM tintf » P ^ »* l » mo » . t quirt and or-The resolutiena were paaed unanitnaosly . ' -
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TRIUMPHANT MEETINS AT HINCKLET IN LEICESTERSHIKE . ; On Monday , the 1 st of Jul y , agreeable to public untie * by placard , Megers . Smart ani Skevingtou , the delegat ? B foV lioughberoogh , Leicaiter , and Derby , assisted by Messrs . aiminens , Swain , Mellers , and other friends , proceeded ts ban Shilton , at the entrance of whicii ulace the d « l » jrate » were met with numerfnui banners an * a band of mttaic , aari escorted intp the town , attended by tb * greater portion of the inhabitants . A . cart wai placed in the open part » f th » tows where from 1 , 400 te 1 , 300 persarw wew ghortly aidresael by the del « gate » , after which , the processioa proceeds * e * Huaekkv , » dwt » nc « of > three miles , whew , ia A » open « D » i » called the Borough , frern 10 , 000 to I 5 j 9 <*» » wOn » werei 2 r ^ l'JI P $£ P hoTiti «* »*» place had weriously isanad handbills forbidding the meeting ; ana ,, after swearing in special couatablen , had expressed th « ir dMermin&tion to pat it down . JVothing daunted , however , br taeae threats . Ota
aeiegatw and their friends , having plated a temporary huitiBrgs , proceeded to elect a chairman , ani < mnaenoed tha busweas of the day . Resolutions were prowtsed , seconds * . «» d carried > y ^« clamation , approving of aa addrwa to tka Queen , -praying her to , dismisslier present Miniatere , aad call honest mea to her caancilg ; a vote of confi'lemte in theCmve « tioB , and a determination to support that body thotatty asd physically to the utmoat » f their power ; aad th * eleeCwa of Mr . Smatt as delegate to the General Convention for Shilten and Hinekley . The speakers Were loudly chwed by the assembled multitude ; and , at the concluaioa , the Beopla peaceably separated . In the evening , a large party assembled in tbe great r ** . at the Whit * Hart , and were addrwsed by the eTelnateflat eonsiderable length , explanatory of their ri ghts a » d duties . ' Itdeserve * to be noticed , that , at the entrance of Shiltea , a deputation from the female Chartists of that plaoe presented a bouqnel of fl iwew to each of the delegates , with thefollowimr written address : —
" Gentlemen , —A * a small token of enr eateem tor rear unwearied ex-jitionn in the cause of a suffering community , we , tho temale Radical * of Earl Shilten , do prpsent yon . each with a small nosegay of flowers , in imitatios of" the Te > maleg of th « French Nation , who hailed their deliwerers ia a similar manner . " . Let it bo further rpmarked , to the credit of the midland ladies , that , oa the previous Monday , Mr . Smart sweceeded . in . the formation of a Female Unioa at Leicesttr , which , at it * oommencemmit nauibered more than 200 members i a « d they _ unanimoHil / declared , that if tW malra became apatheiie , they would , by every moral , and even ph ysical meana , endeavour to arouse their sleeping patriotism . >
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THE PERSECUTED LONDON BOOK * BINDERS . TO THB EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . ' GENTiEUEN , —The suffvringa of persecuted virtue cafia aleud for i > wtieo , but alas for this once happy but nowasneb . injured country , the gr « at principles of justice and equity at * oefftat ^ d by the withering influence and wealth of rnnnopolv . The Bookbinders of London are Jiving witnesses of thi » lamentable troth . Sixteen jonrneymen have been indicted for conspiracy' by an association of master conspirator . Their trial has been pen jixg for the last five months , and time after time has been' stated ' whvn it would come on , but the monster Wealth has been traversing it each Huccesuive time uptoth * present moment . Two of tho men hare fallen raartTTs to tha harraaiR g manceuvrs * of the monopolilts , and the fourtsmt , with their unhappy wives and ftmilieg , are atill suffering all the torturing paugn of the law ' s delay . The 2 tjtk of Jane waa finally appointed foT the day of trial ; the men , conscious sf their iunecence , were annons for justice , but again were lniairablr disappointed by an announcement frem the lawyers that it was not nrobakle it would take place this term . 8 a « o .
base proceedings ^ such unheard of cruelty at this , u without a parnllol . The intentions'of the monopolists plainly appears to ha the protracting of the struggle to such a length as t * completel y drain the funds of the journeymen , and therein render them incapable of employing Counsel when the day of trial dooR come . If they can accomplish this , as it is evidentl y their otj ^ ct , they will sacrifice the defenceless victim * to tbe shameful gratification ot their vile passions . Already has this isonstroua affair cost the journeymen upwards of ^ 4 , 000 , s > jtreat part . tf which money has biwn subseribad b y the working men bJ" otfeer trfttlcs , who have nobly made common cause with the Bookbinders . The wholp case U now fairly before the public—Ut , therefore , the Bookbinders in all the large tuwus exert themselves to agitate the sufferings of their brethren in London . Their cauae needs only to bo known to fe « appreciated . Much haft been done in Manchester , Edinburgh , Dublin , dc . In Manchester there was a benefit in aid
or me c » use , at tnt * vuecn » 1 neatre , on tue evening of Jena 27 th , and we were proud to sen' the honegt , hard-working mechanics , of every trade , come in hundreds to blend amusement with charity , and tbe duty they owe to their * wn order , with both . This may be done in all the other large towns with equal success . The tyrant a hope to tire the Trade Societies of giving aupnort to the cause ; but let them not deceive themselves with « uch a miserable delusion . Tb » working men of thia Kingdo'n never will tamely look on , and let them oacrifica these innocent men . Every thiiiking operative in watching tha proceedings of the asaeciatad . masters ; thvir deedit neither can nor shall be pat under a Doahe * , Thanks to the Liberal press , the country ia ringing with their attempted seppremivn ef a Trade Society , which object they never will be able- to obtain . Again , then , we gay , kittfia Trade Societif h render thu Bookbinders every support , ' aoA the independence ol ' labour will soon be triumphantly estacV lished . ,
I remain , Gentlemeii j Your * ia sincerity , An Enemt to Oppression Manchester , July 2 , 1839 .
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LONDON . r I Election op a Dhleoate fo * Lambktb . —A public ineeting was held on Thursday evening ,. June 22 * tb , ou Kenningtou Common , for the purpose of electing a Delegate to the National Convention . Mr . Benjamin Huggitt in tke cbair . Th « following resolutions were earritd unaniBionsly : — - Resolved , " Thit thia rneeting , viewing ' the varioo * schemes proposed by the Whigs wad Tories ' for . tke proteetioa of Ufe and property aa mere pretext f ^ r continuing their tyrannical Hsurpa ^ ion of the High > a of the People , is of opinion that nothing short * f Universal Suffrage will ever seciife te tbe producers of all wealtb the just reward of their toil , or to d » e possessors of property , that protection which ., base 4 on the contentment ef tbe labouring dashes , will be the onlv -sure guarantee of peace , law , ana order , "
Kesolvei , " That having the moit unqualified confidence iu the NatioBal CoBveBtion , anabo 3 ; bf men determined to carry onttne principles contained in the People ' s Charter , this meeting pledges itself to support them , ky every means in its power 1 and as an earnest of ita fraternity , do agree to elect ' a Delegate to represent the democrats of the berough of Lambeth , in that assembly . " Mr . Bobtrt ^ Cilljr , « f Lambeth , was tben elected unanimously , Besolved , " That th » thanks of tkis meeting be gir « a to Mr . Attwoodfor the very able and spirited manner he evinced on presenting our National ; Petition , and also to Sir . Fielden for s « condiBg tb « sam «; ' * Thanks were then voted to the Chairman , and the meeting separated after havieg steod ftrm for fall two hour * , notwithstanding the rain fell v « ry kard the whole of the time .
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BBAtf BS . On Monday last , aged 37 years , Hannab , wife of Mr . Thomas Holey , upnoliterer , &c ., aad eldest daughter of the late Mr . William Wkterheuee , ftll of this town . ' Oa the 30 th alt , at Newtownbarrv , of « oiumap > tion , aged 26 years , Mr . Jowpb . Kennedy , of toe firm of Higgins and Kennedy , Manchester- - ¦ ' , On Saturday last , Robert Sugdea Darby , ' yona ^ fat g on of J . S . Darby , of thia town , butcher . , . ' -. '¦; . On Monday morning last , highly reapecte ^ i Mr . William Runton , timber merchant , and one of Ae Radical Town Cowicillore of Hnll , fpr the Hbld > r . Beaa Ward . ; , ¦¦' / ' . ¦ . . ¦•" - ¦; . ' '¦[ , ' .. / - " . '" . On Sunday , at Cheltenham , irbite he had cone for tha benefit of hu health , J . B , Le Marcl ^ JE s ' ^ ., morchant , and one of the Towa Councillors . of Hun . .. . . : ' . . ; . ; ¦ ¦;¦ " ¦ ~ ~ : ' ^ . ; :: .
. : Oa Monday last , after a lingering illne ?« , in . ( he 77 } h year of his age , Mr . John , Jacfaiohv painter . ' of this town . ' ¦ . ' . ' -,: . ., ¦"¦ . '' 1 \ . ' r , : ¦ ¦;;" ¦; : .: j-. Oh- TncsdAj- lait , aged 53 , jsreftfly" J ^ flne ^ l * * Haunah Momll , the wif « of Joseph Mot ««»;« PanoalL ' ' ¦';¦ ¦'¦ ^
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On Monday last , the wife . ef Mr » - John Stowe , ( overseer of tbia paper ) of a daughter . , V ) a Thursday -week , lh » wife of Mr . WiSwm Simmons , printer , of this town , of a , sob .
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AHABRIAOH . On Monday last , Mr . John Briggs hook and shoe mnker , to Miss Aan Stowell , hotk of AddirighEm . On Monday last , at St . John ' s Church , Wakefield , Mr . John Naylor , to Miss Martha , eldest daughter af Mr . Joseph Armatage Club Houses , all of Horh « ry .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 6, 1839, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1064/page/5/
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