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I -MEETLXG AT DEWSBURY. 1 GLASGOW SPI^KERS. ¦ -«!> —AMEBICAN PAPERS—THE CANADAS,the demaads of jijstisa. This case be -nawwd as somewbat similar to tb^r Dorchester laboDJtRS r but in the tban inibef othen uisw^H* Spuue rs, ma jusuiiea Uieujm roiusing to snbmit to a rednation of 50 jer cent isom their ¦ -TOhe ti fficient S d!^^^ :-^BHig^Y-3,.T83 . 8.:. iV • : - - ¦¦ „.- - , ¦- - :- : - :; ' / :-; ' ;-;:,.: ' /-:; ; .. ' . ¦ . ' ' TB^ ^ WO-mTHtM^ AMERICAN PATERS-THE CAKABAS. *^ z~™^*. »f i~*i~ - t^q r^, ^ o ™*^ . . ' lil3*g»>xSDm.itt r*-*n\\ .ilm^, ,>...>. r .,.. ,,.;..^. r >.. ¦ ^ V * T'~ 1 r JM '* i ~'" TO1 " 1 '' "" ' "' "—«¦»—¦¦¦ii " " " itimm^^ ^^ Q , „ : , ¦' ¦ ¦; „„ ' ' ¦¦: ¦ ¦ . :- * f '^y V V' / -' -v- - ¦ ' ¦ ;: ¦ -: ' ; :" :^^;?&- ^
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AMEBICAN PAPERS—THE CANADAS , By Hie packet-skip Siddons , which left ISew York in company with the packet North America , and smved off Liverpool yesterday , \ ce have received 2 Cew York papers to the 2 d inst . inclusive . The advices from Canada state that the rebels are still active on the shores of Lake Erie and the ^ rentier adjacent Buffalo , notwithstanding the proclamation of the Sheriff , is still a place of rendezvess for the partisans of Mackenzie . By the last advices it appeared that some strong opinions had been expressed on tie above subject , but they do not appear to Lave been attended with much effect . The expressed opinions of the more politic of tie American citizens and the official proclamations have been alike disregarded . AMERICAN PATERS-THE CAKABAS .
The insurgents atrpear to he making the most of their position at JSavy Island , of which they tare recently ^ taken possession , and which is the only p lace of snfety which they possess en the British side . It does not appear , however , tbat even here tiieir force is particularly strong . If we may trust the accounts of the Buffalo papers , they are well supplied with arms and ammunition , and have a few p ieces of artillery . . - Governor Head has a strong volnntter force in fhe vicinity . He has thrown up breastworks opposite to Xavy Island , and was preparing for a vigorous attack , with the intention of dislod ging the rebels from their "position .
A mmoar nad reached Xew York , that Governor Head had passed up the river on the 26 rh to attack 2 savy Island . It was also said that a heavy ccnaceading , which continued several liours , had been heard is that direction . The Hochester papers mention a report that Sir George had attempted to land on the Island , but iad been repulsed , and that one of his boats had h ? tm sunk .
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( From the Mercantile Advertiser , Dec . 27 . ) LATEST FEOM TJPPEB CANADA . 2 \ ar and powerful position of the Patriots—fresh accessions if Men , Muskets , and Military Stores - Lewiston , Dee . IS . A rendezvous was opened on Friday last , and the patriot standard erected on ! Xavy Island , cbent three miles above Niagara Tails . " The Island ea-Iraee ; about 60 U acres , and is within the dominioP-< tf her Majesty . Tbe shores are marshy with but roe practicable landing-place near the head of the island , so that a small body of men could repals say force that could , be sent against them . A -sac-ens was . formed on Friday last , of sixty wellarmed Trn-n .
On Saturday , at 11 o ' clock , a . m ,, the force conssted of 140 , and yesterday 400 . M-Ke ^ zie is cere in a subordinate capacity . General Tan Eensselaer , a distinguished graduate of West Point , ii erst ia command , and Colonel Sutherland second . . Tsey are well provided with arms , umnmnitioi : , sad military stores . General jlensselaer was yesterday presented with e elegant sword and military dress . . Much exeitecent and alarm were experienced on tie other side cm Saturday on the reception of this intelligence . Yesterday afternoon a rcer-nrciteriuc : psrtr of 15 cried frora ChJppcwa to tow round the islcad . They were haile-i , and ordered to lie to ; not obeying the order , a G-sound iressenser was sent if : er then .
Tsis srJure , so unexpected , caused the hands of the csrsnien , ii is said , to drop pc-rrtrless . The barge ficate-d down , and it is probable they wccld have Sa irto the rapids raid been preei p iatfd over the Ms . hed not Captain . Twit-h , by thrcatcninsr an appeal to his mufke : , roused thtm to self-possession . They saec-eeded in gaining the opposite shore , and thdr neglect to obey the order from tbe islr . nd is ' evidence tbat they were unaware of the neci ^ tha : Trr ? at band to enforce compliance . "We lisra taar tie Patriots only desipned to civs ihe HovaHsts in its boat , - " as well as those on slicre , scaie sraall evidence of their means cf defence , should ttrv aitern ^ t sz attack .
Accessions are hourly been msae to their-number , ssd . from what we have seen aad heard tc-dsy , we feel ourselves authorised to ssy , tbat their number cannot be less than 500 . "Ivis-Bnderstcodtb . at . twc I feld-pieces have "been transported acrc ; s to the island since last tri ^ bt , which will make six—fo-cr 13 Slid two 6-pounders .
( irrom tee Rochester Daily Democrat . ) yre learn from a lady wbo r . rrived in this c-irv las-. light , and who lefc London , Upper Csrssda , on Trjoay morning , that 700 lo yalists from Goderich , m-ier tbe command of General Langwortliy , arrived at . iLat place on Thursday momica , the " 14 th . to guard the Court-house and gaol , which it was supjosed the Patriots would attempt to destror , for tie Purpose of liberating several cf their fronds who vers innmsoner ? -
Os Friday morning the company proceeded to St . ibcozs for the avowed purpose of arresting tb » printer of the St . Thomas Liberal , and all others apin- ^ whcm they ctKild discover t-c ^ ht cf suspicion . Oar informant tells us . that during several niebts pevious ro Friday alarm-guns were fired " at -Loslcu , ender apprehension of attacks from the ratr ; o *_ - - . ' . - ¦ ¦ la the town of Oxford a company-of 300 men , cder the conmaid cf ii'TNabb , Tras proceeding to Oj ^ iand , where a portion of tbe Patriot armv was ecasped . " '
u = r jmormant stopped at Bnictford durinc Friday . sl * was told that an engagement had taken place i-etweer tbe Patriots and Eoyali ? t 3 at Oakland . St 7 ° ^? . " 57 Ere & * back with a loss of thres ijuL-u . This information th& lauv derived from a -Tcry source . . __ It is said that in tbeir retreat tbe Patriots were joiEtj ty serertil hundred Indians , and with this raniorcHac-Bt were intending . to attack the . ikyuasts . . . - - _ At B raatford a number of Patriots are in jrar-¦ " Hscn . - ' ' - - s . ^ . Aneaster en . Saturday an expre ? . - brcu ^ bt tbe ttt ? i :: gence that Mackenzie was encamped on Xavr - £ : ^ ± , _ , which caused ths utmost alarm and con ' - sternsiin- ^
Aawssr .-aiet at Hamilton and St . Catherine ' s « re ? v me alann produced b y the news from > Tavy - " at-. It is generall y straposed the principal JCBcnere weald be shotf- ?^ - ? ^ 233111 " tola fi ^ t K'X abT ) bad offc-red «^ i OJ Ictxlans under him a reward for ever } - scrJ . p vzi snaiequend y recalled tbe oner , as ths Ind ans fee-ape turbulent , aad tbey left bim and joined the -rcrrjo ^ . I ~ \ p- ~ 3 iona : i - ? ? Iackenzie was at Lewiston on . ^ Rr _ ess respecting Hs-camp . T ^ canrcn were I I ^ ~ tbere to - ^* aif 7 Islaai and oiers were I < Ei * eted to follow . '
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I J ^ - ¦ ? ? : ? 2 last , asTiiner ou ? m 9 eriD £ rwas I ST-1- ¦ Le ^ , 7- f iielar Se SchodRoom of -I ^^^ f ^ . ^ et ^ -t N ^ Connesiom for th . » m etf icufence of tbe Glasgow S-pinners . TLe rooni was crowded to excess , and much , anxietv was evinced M "J : ^ e meehug on behalf of the * umorimiure ; Tien- is . I ^ - - * - Tn SniiiPE . an intelligent working man I * as UEmimoasly called to the chair . He Vlei ' v 1 i ^ T ' ^ object of the meetin g , deprecated tLein * - ' I > c f / - sentence passed upon she Spinners , and I fe ^ ^ ery /^ rdon would be made by the -. --a or Dewsbnry to obtain its revocation , that tbev
r ¦ £ ? asain" restored to their fainalies and tbe : r I c ^ f ^' T lie ' I )™ u'iof the honour that bad been : atw Bp ° - ty chP <>^ g him as a- chairman ^ . aat occasion , and be begged that peace and sooi j I Vv ?• ^" v OeTnamiained , and that every person 1 < rC , ^ 7 ^^ *» sai , « ther for or against the I w ^ S ?™^ - * , might be iairlv heard . It was ' I S ^ ^ tbe < iv ? s&m sbould ' be faithfaBT can-- ' I' S ^ J ° ^ Project , if posable , " those ^ I * SnT ^! J tlie addition of riauder to their l * M ^ £ ? f hmenl - i bnt 2 lso iQ order to protect tbe -l ' ^ V ^ OTTmr - ' rS !| B r !« ndtosliowtlat » arldn » - I ^ Sw f ^ ^ ^ te ^ t in the protection of that ;¦ 1 ' «> P » m ^ , : r P ^ P ^ ' «« ^ capitalist had » . r ^ vtec tms tbe uroT » rtr-w ^ ir-Ti vQ t ,, A «^;» j rinta
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the demaads of jijstisa . This case be -nawwd as somewbat similar to tb ^ r Dorchester laboDJtRS r but mxicb more unjust in the cue casetban inibef othen , inasmuch as tbe indiconesvt had reviewed tits ? conduct of tSese men for the last twenty years to iind out something' -upon which tbsy xoigbt be convicted . It behoved thsio , then , to stand forward in the caae of the men of Glasgow , in order tbat tliey might at the same time protect themselves . Labour had a rijbtto be properly remunerated y for if an English workmen did not receive an adequate remuneration for his toil , tbe country could not oe said to be worth living in . ( Hear , hei » r . ) It was equallytbe interest of the master and workmen tbat the latter should receive good wages , for by this niairafacttnvs would *^ z ~™^* . » f i ~* i ~ - t ^ q , ^ ™*^ . . '
be increased—the profit of labonr would not be so mncb thrown into tbe bands of tbe foreign purchasor of our manufactures , and tbere would therefore be no lack of employment in the country . From these considerations , tben , be tliougbt it necessary for the people ofDewsbury to sympathise with tbe unfortunate " spinners , and to iise every exertion on their behalf to restore them to tlieir liberty and their disconsolate frieads . ( Hear , bear . ) lie therefora f ^ Is great pleasure in moving tbe resolution which wasvi Tiiat " this meetiug views ¦ with , deep-Te . siet the unjust sentence passed upon iiva of their fellowmen of Glasgow , for no other crime than that of uniting together for tbe protection of what they only possessed , viz tbeir labour . "
Mr . Stzphex Goodall seconded tbe resolution , which was put from tbe chair and carried unanimously . - - ¦ " . ' ¦ Mr . Tempxetox ttos tben introduced to the meeting , and was received with cbeers . He deliTered an address of -considerable length , in which he deeply regretteil tbat the meeting > honld be obliged to be cajle < l lor sacli a purpose . ~ He had not much laitk in tlie success of their petition , yet it wad their duty . He said tbe case of tbest ; unLappy men was too well known to require a fresb recit : ^ from him . The oppressioiis to Trhich they lia < l been subjected bad been . Bounded from village to viiiage , from city to city , from province to province , uud from sbore to snore . Patriots had plea-Jed their cans-j \ riVa eloquence nad sincerity , aud the loud response of a .-yinpstliisiug people had been heard and reechoed ironi every comer cf the coumrv . And what was their crime ? Was i ; xanrd ^ r ? No ; but
the prohability was that the murder vriih which these mev were ^ originally charged , bad been perpetrated by tbe hand of so : ue rade assassin irJed-. -for Ae purpose , l > y the men wbo combined to- reduce ¦ to the lowest possible scale tbe mer . rre supply of those wLo laboured wiib unceasing "loll UiT tli- ; - support of tbenl ^ elvrs : v : ; d their families . 31 r I . iheii proceeded t . ) show the varied ways in wlucli capitalises coniliiie 5 ;> r their own protec ; iL > n : and louaiy tlenoaaced tue rujusuce of tue sentence of the Glasgow ^ Cmton Sph : nor » . He drew an iniere .-mig cnu au .-c : l :: g representution of thesufferincs . efjl-s . i ii . cn and tii-ir fa : ni : ies , wlncli had great e&st npc : n't ! ie meeting . He concluded with ue idUvxrmgyrvrds : — - lwul not , Mr . Clroirniau , ane : apt totr .: ? e tbe coui ^ iieiiccs ouhis mij :-. it sentence in all their details to tbe men themst-lvea , to tbe : r fainiiies , to tbe spinners as a uouV , to Trades Lnionsin geKenil , aaa to tl :-j nation a . i L ' . rge ; but it s ^ eds httle discrhuinL . ti » . » n to iicrcelve luat this
: as mtenca as a ij ; o » t to every attempt oi "horsing r ^ en to ^ roU-ct tlit- ^ selves fruin ihe oppression of t : was vrhtfsa GoA is their gold . ( 1 iear , u ** ur . ) Let Eucrlan ' i ncietly saui-tu » u tUis act , aiivi slie is LiTuna f- >; erer in cb :-ins ; . f tUe uuwt -ai-ject slaverychains thrown nromid : lie lie-.-ks ofher Miljecisby ' the \ exymen w :: ohave h-ejn I ' . 'd au 1 clotheu ii ; i < i elevated . ' roua poverty to aillutuco Ly tLe toil of xbe inaustnoai , wh . < e only rewarJ " has bven a miserable suosiste -j ctf , doled o-at to i ' hem ¦ witli tlie liio ^ t
iv ^ ruJgmg - LanJ . —( Hear . ) Me : i oi Dew ^ bury , this is u tiivsc ; atr ^ -rk upon your ncucs . It uirus at rednciiii 1 you to tlie lowest t ; . te oi oe ^ vaJatioi ) , taid if ypu tuner it to pn- » . s withou : exeru . ; : g your best •" .. ergit-s t j oppose it . 'i . ' i : e : ia u--o : i ii tke case of tbe -GL'Srow-Sp . iiners "> vi ] i very soon be yours . —( Hear , Le-ir . ) - Tlitre is a c : Mnb : uu-: ion against you—^^ a ccmlk :. i :: rii _ icvestvJ -vrith all ih-2 p . iwor * which weJih can j . ive ii—a combinannn winch lives and fafc « : s oa ^ Lruian bi- 'od . and wliica is never taurfied tiil"it . Las pzrsuei its ncrim u the shades < -i ce :: th . ' Up . then , from vo-ur L-tb-arcv . Simnber in
u o ^ . camp o : your aeuciiicst eneinies . 1 Ley are -Seeking for your blood , tueV watch tu j-if opportunity to fea ^ t upo : i your carcaiees , and ii yo-i prepare net they will be v ; : i yon beiore you nry aware . Slumber not , then , wbile yonr enemy is ^ o near . G : > at on to the TJiroae , and deiuuud a revoccnon of this iidqiutous sfr > ' > Ktt , as that aL > ae upoiiwuiv : byouraile ^ . ai : ce cu : i for ihepre .-entdepend . ^ Criynr . i : _ ear . ) These are tryiij ? liii-. ei . —( hear . ) Theiiberces of Cnnauc are aoout to be crashedlrr ! and : sroboed , p ; endere 1 i ,: jppre . s ;; edand degraded ; iae ^ iirr » are ai ; owi i ; g our oilier colonies to befool uj ixi fc-yerv possible way . Twenty million * they iiave paid ior a right wliich -tL * y ougiii long ago to Lave- deznnnJed cit the point of the sword , aud
wiucn they luive not yet uhimzicl . A new scene ^• opp " r * -si- ; 6 n-Lave . iL ' ey opened in Si .- < u : and , and , like fix ? . * and msQiueii in a vizs , thev seem ueterrnuied to" root up and eitena : y-tt-- the " very source of all their- power and ml iiit-: r pluisatT . " ( . Hear , hesr . ) ben ^ , tbcE , yonr perititm to tile Uvvev , bt > rne upon tae * -ciai ^ o ; : r of tunus-wis of voi ' vs ; and if siie heeds not you dtm ^ nd . let Lt-r reiusal i . e iliv sigualf . T S-esh operations . ( Ile . ir . ) Away tLen , wiih lae Vtinss ^ wno have i : a-i eiio < jj . b . o : plu ^ -. lcr ; aud iet us elect , and re-eiecr , ; md ek-ci a ^ :: i ::, aud caauge , and change , and c ' .. ante , —ana agi : ; iie , au-, ;
-gitate . and aci-ta-e , nil Ei-iar . 1 ii ^ bai . v-n to her vtrry Ct-ntre—till the throve of < i =-s : i-.. tis 3 n snail trerib } e" and fall , and the univeryr . i slstiut of a victoriocs people x . rocl . dnj . r . iuid t '! . e dyii : ^ jfroans of tbeirnp ^ ressc-r ^ . that the d-- > troy ? r pfoJir iiuerties tas breathed bis last . ( Loud cbeers . ) Mr . Sakutl UrALET next ia : > ved— " That tbis meeting considering tbat janes c ; zi ± - p <> d of the liiiddle -clasi , or liiaster ? , siidij ? on ue tnal oj tbe ^ Glasgo . r Cotton S piLiuers , is uucoasutuLoiiaL luasmucli as- ilacna Charta ex ^ r ^ ' . v uedares that uo = 22 cn sliail be tri-d but It a . jury of bis Peer ; . '"
- lr . ^ Jcn ^ I > i 23 seconded this r ? £ cladon . and it was also carried unaniuMiTelv .
- * . Ir > T . S . Enoos moved tbe tliirl resolution"Thattlie repeated postponements oi tbe trial of these injured men rally demonstrates the diabolical intentions of the authorities under tka crown to exhaust the means of defence , so tliut iliev mipbt with greater facility accomplish , their viiianous purpeses . "' iir . _ liro-. k eAparated at considerable length on the inconvc-nieuevs to wLich-tLe > pii : iiers bad . been put-by the freuuent posfpont-nienl of tbe tra ^ . and regretted tbat tbe S oine > aw < £ d uot exist m Scotland in . reference to j ;; ri' ? s that existed in Eaeland . Had snch bc ? 7 i ths ens- ? Le was sure t ! ies 3 inen would have le ? n ho ^ nur ^ i y acquitted . As it was . the-fate of these men seemed ss n were to-depend upon the judgmein of one iiiaiviuual , by whose decision . these five uuhappv men were transported for seven years . ( Shame . * sham- ? . ) IMr . Josh . Xeli _\ 5 Uav » - secon-ied t ^ : s resolution .
3 lr . Joks Xnr . = o ; j E tLen 2 iz > mi— "That tbe unrelenting persecurlra inilictt-I vvm vrorKin ^ men wij never cease until they are reaiiv r-uivAiteJ , wiuca can-only be by t :. e a-ioimou ' of Universal » cllrage . And tbat this meedi :- ; p ! e : "? . » s itieif to u . « e every lesai means in its power to pain tbe total remission oi tbe unjust sentence passed upon five ox ourT ^ orturiaie IVil . ^ w ir . en of GiasL'ow . ^ ilr . Gecp . ge Cole bad great vleasure in seconding tiisTeiolut-. oa . - * . . J" BccHASis felt great pleasure in making nis nr < t appearance be . ' ore the inbabitunt . of Dew- - bury , to aivir ^ s * them on a question of ^ uch vital imponacce—a- qn ^ ncn v . lucb . involved ibe jishts
of labour and-wLicIi ought to excite tlie interest and deep , attennoa of every working-man who lived bv his toil . Thfy srere obr . jred a ^ ain to assemble to express tlie : r opposirion to that svst .-m nf tvrannv *^? z * eracuolly nadenainine tie iutefests 6 i the untisa labourer , and was about to prostrate the arnzans of tins empire at the shrine of . Mammon , and make .. them the slaves of Capitalists . They were met to blend their -sympathies with the snficrings of ths Glasgow Spinners " wiiose treatmeut ought to eicue the feelings and opposition of the worku % men-of tins country , wbo b y tbe treatment of these Sjpauiers , had diemselves b-Jen insulted , and trodden tinder foot . It was not the Sainners-nlc ™* th-, t ^ a
been thus persecuted ; bnt they liad been their ( the men of Dewsbury . ) representatives , and in their oppressron the men of Dewsburr bad been persecuted , for -b y trsaspprdn ? th .-m th ' ev bad inflicted a deatb-Dlow to the people ' s liberties , and tbev as iJig ^ imenougutto stand up in defence of ibeir ngat , to protect against this nnjnst sentence , and f ¦ ' ? - % G 0 ^™^™* 4 i thn « rar sliall tbou go and ^ JnT ^ er - ^ ai ch eers . ) Th « conduct of the auOion ^ es wben the Spinners were first arrested 55 , vw ° ™ el aaU " g > ° ^ "" and at tbe trial withwbicb . ^ iey were tantalized , they had exhausted ail their wickedness and ingenuity in attempting to rake up endence by which thev nnVbt hf » ™™ J aA
and _ by their ^ comiction make out a case igainst all the Traaes' Unions of the country . — ( Hear , and cheers . ) Tbat evidence merely proved tbat a Trades ' - Lnion did exist , but tbe cbarge of mcrder had Been blown to the winds . ( Hear hear . ) Tbe assaults and fire raising with which they were charged bad never been proved against them , for though these things might baT « existed , there wasnoeridence to prore thivt these men bad any connexion with them , and their only crime , if a crime it conld be called , vrai that of uniting to protect themselves and families from starvation , ( Hear bear . ) Sir . Buchanan then proceeded to detail the advantages of Trades Unions which he eulogised as having an object in view wliich every man of
common sense must admit to be virtuous , and he showed that the men of Glasgow were transported because they were thus virtuous and intelligent , and because by their union they were combating the oppression ol the money monce * s who wtsre anxious to subjugate them beneath " tbeir power . He then entered mto a . moTe particular decsil oi the stake- of the
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uisw ^ H * Spuue rs , ma jusuiiea Uieujm roiusing to snbmit to a rednation of 50 jer cent isom their wagesv ¦ - -TOs . he ti » ajbt was » fficient Wnrovse them _ to ^ the highestfltch of indignation . . ^ Hear , j J < ^ T ttus to ° ^ e cooffldesedi as the effe « tof » middto cfess Goveraraent , They could expect nothmg better from a Government of shop-ocaaW . When he spsie of this class of men he referred tt >> a oody of proM hunters , amoagst whom , it was truef toere \ rere mtiay honorable and ^^ virtuous excepiionKi --bnt these in general were tie- m < m against whom theworlung classes had most to- ewtend . Thes ^ wera the men who sent men to Parliament to mokethe very laws by which the Glasgow Spinners were transported , nod they w « re therefore- thl ^ most AenAW B . lil 3 * g »> xSDm . itt r * - * n \\ . ilm ^ , , > ... > . r .,.. ,,. ; .. ^ . r ..
enemies ^ . ^ b opr . Mr . then illustrated the effect of a middle class Governments France , showed the influence it had had in the suppression of general ibertj and its direct tendency to reduce the value of labour , and consequently the comforts of the working man . I bat Government was protected by the ballot , and thi ^ they had effectuall y used to stab the liberties of tnepeopk ( . The ballot was only sought how to project the middle classes . In proof of this assertion , lie would twk ii they had found the present supporters ot _ Government bnng forward any measares calculated tor remote the good of the people ? The sentenceof the Dorchester labourers might answer that onestion . . Mr . B . referred to the Poor Law
Amendment Act , ns another illustration of the Gwemment ° r ^ - middleclnss J the Coercion Bill forlralandy \> i i 20 , 000 , 000 for the emancipation of the West Indian _ slaves , and the present proposition for aesfroying the liberties of Canada . Mr . B . proceeded , m an eloquent and interesting manner , to tletai ] the unhappy consequences of mauy of the Acta passed bj the Whigs , both for England and Ireland , and ne particularl y deprecated the late conduct oi the Irish Agitator in " . Dublin . Hp concluded an address , wliich was loudly cheered , b ' y " . advisinsr the ' people not to support , in any way , those wbo would not support the rights of labour , " and the comforts of tue industrious .
¦ Mr . . T . S . Bnoos tben read the petition , which he accompanied with a few remarks relative to tlie importance of having their petition numerousl y signed . The Cbajrmas then begged leave to address a few words to the meetinff . JDuring hi s * address he relaU-il the celebrated fable of'JEsop , ' relative ' to the oldlart , and its young ones in the "hay field , which be forcibly used to illustrate the necessity of labouring men doisg their own work , and depending upon their own energies . ' : ;" . . . ' Mr . Joshua Hobsos , Publisher of ' tine'Northern Star , theii rose , at the request of the meeting , to relate whathad transpired at Huddersiield dtiring tliiv uij relative ' uv the appointment of a Clerk to the board of Guardians . Before , however , he proceeded directly to the relation of the events of the day at
Hiiddersfield , he begged to make a remarlt or two regarding . the- cage of the men whose case they were tJL'U more immediately met to consider . They nil remembered tlie transportation « f the Dorchester labourers ? No working man conld possibl y be lsnorant of that fact ; though many might have been mnchpuzzled to discover a reasonic / ty they had been transported .- If they reflected for a moment , thev - Tt ouM" remember that , at that time , the AVhigs were r . bf . ut introducing into Parliament , that most famous of all their famous measures , the Poor Law-Amendment Act . If they reiWeted again , they would also remember that Trades' Unions were " rife in every part of the kingdom . The Whigs , daring as they were , dared not . to propose , tk Xew Puor Law in
the face of the Trades' Unions- ( hear , - hear)—berause they knew that if they did so , working men , by means of these Unions and Associations , would immediately become acquainted with its nature and tv-ndency , and such a burst of indignation would have been manifested as would have swept the Whigs nnd their law from off tbe face of the earth . ( Cheers . ) They . transported the Dorchester labourer ? , therefore , for the purpose of breaking up Trades ' -Unions " , That transportation . answered its purpose . They all knew that Trades' Unions crumbled to nothing before it ; and while working men were thus paralyzed , the Poor Law Amendment Act was passed by the H Ings with sach shameless haste .-that the ' very evidence on which they pretended to found their bill
, was r . ot laid upon tbe table of the House until that bill had -become " , law ! ! ( Shame , shame . ) " Of the nature of that act it was not for him to speak : no working man could be unacquainted witli it : no working man but must rememtar the fact , that that Act was p : issed for the purpose of " reducing the people of-England to live upon a coarser sort of ! ° v "—^ 4 ^ P P ° f getting at the wapes of labour wherowith to enr . ble our bankrupt aristo . cracy to pay their jews and stock-jobbers , the interests oi those mortgagees upon the estates of the country for which they ( tt : e jews ) held the title ' deeds . ( Hear , hear . ) Since that time tbe Whi g * had been trying to brinsr that Act into operationhear
( , hear)—but , notwithstanding tlieir ellbrtg , tue . people , percemug its tendency , and -know , lsg its object , had again begun to unite , and form tiiemsel ve * , very extensively , into Radical and Working Men '» Associations ,- and had had the temerity to oppose the introduction of this " loon" of Whig Legation . This did not suit the purpose of the U'higs . Tho-wages ' - of labour must begot at . ( Hear , hear . ) The people of England muct be reduced to live oq a coarser sort of food . Therefore , the exertions of working men must be a-ain paralyzed , and lalour laid ' prostrafe in tae dust , in order to enable them . to bring their "Coarser food Jet , " into full operation . ( Loud cnesof hear bear . ) They would remember that .
notwithstanding the destruction of tbe Trades Lnion * in England , taey still existed in-Scotland and Ireland ; but the Whig * were now attempting to put t Jt-m down in both of these countries , nnd thus pnt down the Unions in England also . ( Hear , hear . ) For tlus ] jurpose they had seized upon the men at ( ' 2 p . 5 gow ; and tbe lying Whigs , aud Tory press aad rang the changes upon the charges of murder and arson which had been rajsod nirainst them , and strange to say , though the jury unanimously acquitted them of those charge > v * tilf they were reiterated by tnat lying Wh : g and Tory press . That archlinposter , aud "double-distilled " Lypocriu ? , ' - and apo . state , Daniel O'Connell , was also doii : ? tan dirty work cf the Whigs in Ireland , by raking up tlie
« ime charges against the Trades Unions of that city . And irAy , was all this done ? In order to enable the Whips to re-enact the hateful combination laws : lnordi-r to pave tbe way for another Green Bag Conspiracy , and the passing of another Gag"ing Bili . ( Hear , hear . ) Yes , yes , the ^ e Iransportings were but the prelude to more despotic measures . We should next hear of the adoption of some other Whig atrocity , for tbe purj > or-e of uffectually putting ; down all opposition to th •• Coarser Food Acl ' . ' And if they stood silently by , and-perm , tted thesi ? men to be quietly transported across the-seas ; they might depend upon it , tbat some of their patriotic friends and defender . * , would next be seized upon , and their blood will bft demanded , at the price ot their disinterestedness . ( Hear , hoar . ) Had not tbe base press - already begun t » clamour for their Wood ? Had not the Leeds Mercury already begun
to talk of " - / . alters . " ( Siir . me , shame , it bas , ithas . )' And had not the blo&dy Guardian " of ' Manchester asked for tbo life of the . eloqui-nt , disintwosteJ , and patriotic Stepbens : and alltiii ^ wa ^ tb be done 5 br tiic > purpose of getting at the wages of the labourer , and ultimately compelling the people to live upon a tl narser svrt of food . " ' ¦ ( Hear , hear . ) xMr IIoeson then proceeded to' -otsil the events of the day at Hudderstield , which will be found in " another part of oar paper . The relation excited the greatest interest , the derpest disgust at tlu- conduct . of the chairman nnd the mnjristrate ? . and the loudest nnd most enthusiastic applause at the brave generosity oftbB ' ¦ lads' in-treating tlieir friends the ioldiers , with so much courtesy and friendshi p . All the resolutions were unanimously .. passed ; and after a vote of tliauks bad been given to the chairman , and tar . 'e cbeers for "King Richard' and his lludilersiield lad . s , '" the meeting separated .
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THE 3 \ EW POOE IA ¥ —GEEAT MEETING AT BAEKSLEYOn Tuesday evening , a large meeting of the inhabitants , of ' Barnsky-. was holden in the Odd Fellow ' s Hall , for the purpose of agreeing to a petition for the repeal of the New Poor Law . The large' building , capable of holding , we suppose , near 2 , 000 persons , was filled .. A large , nnmber of females occupied the gallerv , in conjunction with the chairman and speakers . Mr . Arthur Colmss . was unanimousl y called to the chair , the duties of which he discharged in a manner highly creditable to himself and Ins order . He said he resjTirded the occasion of their meeting together as one of such importance to the industrious classes of society , that the torm " solemn " might , with propriety , be applied to it . They were
met to consider tbe operation , and to pray that they might be relieved from the pressure , of the darkest actof legislation that ever disgraced any country This was a matter in which they , and their wives , and their children were all personally interested . This iniquitous law aimed at the severance of all the dearest ties of nature ; at the tearing of the husband from the embrn / es of his wife ; the separation of the infant from the / mediate fountain of its life , lhemother , and the consigning of helplesspoverty to the direst pitch of hopeles 3 wretchedness . — ( Loud cheers . ) Its aim was to bring down tke hard
y rustic and toil-worn labourer of happy England to the same level of destiTOtion , and suffering , and starvation , in which the wretched inhabitants of his country ( Ireland ) had been immersed for 300 years . Had a jest provision for the poor , such as was afforded by" the " 43 d of Elizabeth , existed in Ireland , tbe market of the English labourer would not have boea crowded with Irish emigrants , looking for a living amongst strangers , beensse they could not find it at home . ( Lo * d chfews . ) The object of this Act was to bring the manutactotjng labourer tb the letel of tiw ti ^ ncul-
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S d !^^^ ^^ & % &mss ^ s ^ & ; « f ^ Jo r tho ^ pataencofinjustdce ^ of wrong ; wer ^ sull nble b ,. vindicate their rigfeft , ( Loud Ich ors , anndst wSicli . tlie dteirmaa * atd <> m ^^ nn ^ f ^ «** w * SB ; t&ei caine forward to ^ pro-^^^^ bon . ^ e-lan gomge of whi ch , , though somewhat strong , 68 ^ feared not to justii ^ before Mttagdown . Itreadthugi ^^ That , inthe-9 inion o ^ hu muetmg . the ; « w Po ^ ^ i ^ oppo yS ^ n -ft ^ ^ 4 witorei , and * snbyersio ^ of the oonbUtuiion of socipfly ;;; anA tbat : it calls fc « the de ^ ennued opposition of tie : people of these hh ^ ^ ~ r '' "" "'
, «« nsv . wuo < yught nevecto cedsejfrom agitatio ^ tSl OvJaw / haa been erase 4 from . the statute book , which it p ollutes ^ and an eflicient protection for the boot be ; enactedin its « tead ; " ; v ;;¦ " r *^ M . n .. erabtree then in a very long arid eheree * bspeech j wbich was frequently ^ cheereefby the SeeSn ? Sf'S f tlie t ^^ of liis reilutioS' oraoutatttd with great : and well deserved severite l ? J S 2 ™? ° ^ te * ten < V * and operation of the H * W wf ^ , ?» ° y ftrati « 11 ou ' ^ e scale . He had ^ en introduced to u passing and casual wvia ^^ . jSth ^ .. Ue ^ g P fai 3-dSia Msit to London . He described the internal ar ? mucn te ^ ms . and produced thereby a coiisid » rn 1 , l «
luipressiwi upon the meetings He had also bonor tuintjr of lenowing 6 omethin | about i ^ workinK in the Agncabiraldistricts . "; He had JoTlSS'fiS convey ^ th ; a ; poor man , Wlwm ill fortune lmd dmen to take refuge »¦ one of those receptacles of offering for a considerable number of wulcs Wearied however with the rigours of the systenIS prefenng the chance of Starvatioa- with liberty ; to the certatnty of starvation with imprisonment , ^ he had solicited ,. ' . ' and obtained his release . On being liberated Ironi his prison house , he had enquired for his wife , whom , he-had never seen since the day she entered the hiUeful precincts in company with himself ; and was told : she had been dead and buried lour weeks I ! ! ( An indiscribable thrill of horror herd pervaded the whole
meeting , and in a few seconds \ mted itself in bursts of execration . ) After xnariy other pertinent and well applied observations , Mr . C . prijceeded to com-J ^ at by a humourous but appropriate : illustration , uie , eterually recarnngargument of the Whig faction " tliathalfa loaf is better than no bread . " They vere aware that tliey . had recently had an ahtislavery meeting in Barnsley . At that meeting much ebquence was eipeuded upon the wrongs and suffaiugs of our black brethren for away . -H e found no fault with that . It ; was highly -cfeditable- to the gentlemen thus to , sympathise ^^ with humauity in any ef its forms 61 " . ' Buffering ; but he liad yehtured on tint occiision to draw tlie attention of those
benevolent gentleroe-n to the fact th ;* t slavery and suffering were not exclusively endured by the swarthy , sons and --daughters of those 'f oreign ., climes . ;¦ : :: Hehad askjdwhethtr the tearing of the beautiful whity babe from the . breast of its distfacteii mother in the Bostiles of our own cpnntry ,- ' -wasnot . aii aipt of atrocity to be regretted- and . lamented , nnd for which a remedy should be sought , when a " Gentleman '' in that " lue ' eting cried out , '' . Dock him off , and save Jack Ketch the trouble . " Now , lie W'otild suppose this "Gentleman ' s ¦ " ' - ' charitable' wish to be accomT plished . II a would . suppose-- himself o » the platfttriu , and Jack Ketch approaching him with the kincl
IVhig beuevoleiice otnirumer , saying , >^ Poor Crabtree , you ar « jusiJ going to be tossed off , but I will do it very geiitly . -, I'll let you down very grad ; mlly . " WLat would be his reply \ " Vow thief , don't half bang me , but get it done ! " ( Itoars : of laughter . ) Now , this lie 'maintained was a counterpart of the senseless cr > vtbuthalf a loaf was better than no bread , ( llear , hear , iiiicl cheers . ) - " "fwas no such thing —' twas not half so good . Let tKum do tbe thing eflectunlly and take away tile whole loaf at once and the jj . 'ople would know what they were about—' twere better to die at once than to pass through the lingering process of starvation for years . —( Cheers . ) '
Mr , David Fletcher seconded the resolution m a . speech which provoked roars of laughter .: ¦ - ' - Mr . iliLL , win !) at tbe recjnest of tlie Committee iml staid to addreSB , tlie nieetiug , avid supported the resolution in his usual . nervous- and . aniniated style ; speaking for nearly two / hours amidst tbe frequently recurring acclamations of the assembled multitude , who hung upon his lips and devoured every word ; The speech as well as ' that of tlie previous ; evening , will , we have no doubt , be eagerly looked for Ijy many ; but / we love to see the working jhcjuuo their own work , and therefore we oiriitit , tliat as much roum as our columns will possibly allow may be devoted to the glorious s-peeclies of the laljouring-inen The most enthusiastic cheering / was ' kept up for several " ininytes- ' after-Kir . II ; had resSinied his seiit . When the cheering had subsided the . chairman , put the resolution which was carried unanimously .
The next resolution— "That a petition founded on the foregoing . resolution be prepared and signed by the Cbairinan on behalf ot this- inpeting , and transmitted to Mr . Fielden for proseutntii ) ii tp tbe . ' . louse of Commons , and' that Lord Mpijiotli and Sir ( j . Strickland be directed to sii ]) jjort its prayer ^ " was moved in an . excellent , speech bv . Mr . PE'JDa IIoey iind seconded by Mr . Jojin > Lawson , the person- from whom a letter , descriptive of . some small portion of the basli ' . e mercies of Claypolc , was . inserted in on-r last . The speech of this poor nian detailed a tissue of facts tlnit miglit have harrowed up . a . heart of stonp . Never was th j ? villnny of the system , tbe Murderous character of its . " ¦ tendency / , and the heart-, looS' ! t-s ' s of tbe miscreants , who lend themselves to
its " perpetratioii , ' : . mon ? horribly depicted , ^ In addition to the fact * stated in bis letter , the Tpoor fellowrelated others of a -still more awfully atrocious kind , which came under his . notice during the few days that-he inhabited the deVil-hole of Claypolei , I'he . resolution ., B : ivil ) g . been jUnanimouslv carried , iliank * ' - were voted to the chuirmau , to hir . Hill , and to the females , ' for thdr assUtv \ ncu . Mr . II . acknowledged tlie colnpliment , and reminded them that the oi ; ly- . efficient- way of th" . nkiiig tlieir friends was by ' . strengthening : their hands . The ineiJUug separated at a lace hour in perfectly good [ . order ;
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HUDDERSiTlELE ) GKEAT MEETING IN THE MARiCET-PLACE . ———" < ^ ' ' ¦ ¦' . - //¦ : . After the meotinjr '" or the : Guardians , the proceedings of which will be found in auother pnrt ot our paper , - ¦ thousands , of ¦ persons assembled in the Miirket-piace , to hear -the result of tlieir ck-liheratim ; s . The day was dreadfully stormy , snow minglt-d withraiii fell tor several ¦ coiitimious honfs . ' j but notwitbstundinc the severity of tho . weather the-peion-lt listened with the proates ' t attention , which : Mr , Oaitler , Mr . Pitkethu-y , ) and bther-v addressed tltem . ' - ¦ Mr . Stephex ' DicKtessos ¦ • was ; , called upon . -to preside on the occasion .
Sir . . PiTSETHi-. E-y then . ¦ 'nid that 3 Tv . Power liatl written some ' time ago , to say that tho Ilndtlersfield I ' nion vrns not to be tiividwi ¦ niicl y oined ' to' aiiy otii . er Union ; but that there would be u clerk ' ¦ ¦ appointc ! whether the Guardians r . ppoiuted one or not . ( 11 ear , bear . ) This \ v ; is anotliur exemplification of this mfiur . tro . us ¦ arbitniry system , for it a ]) pti ! tredtint whatever tht > GuRruip . r . s-n-f-iisoa / to do the 'Commissioners had full power to carry into . elibct . Today the power of tlie Guardians . 'tiiul byen tried , and fruhi the aniionnceniehf of tin-ir-chainiian , it . appeared their- power amounted to nothing , ; ihey hatl resisted the ' nppointfcont ofa clerk ; , . 'bu t htf neoflod not to remind the meeting tiiat th ^ y lately . - got . two now i ; ia ;; istrates , mid Lord J . } lu- ^ e ] l h ad : told thera- . lhfvt . the- e : ; istencp of tbe present ministry entirely depended upon ' thei np | ioinnneut of a clerk f » rifn Union was uot formed in lluddersneld , the whole nlEii ^ land woylJ r esist the . New- Poor Law , and
government , would i : ot strong-viitfugli . for the people . ( Cheers . ) Ki * : lit Giiardiaus had voted that day for Mr . _ "Fiord , of Holm firth , " and the Huddersiieltl W lugs h : id bc .-n , greatly disappointed that they had ¦ not got ' the ' . r - pet , iMr . H , esp . For his o \ rn . part he Tvassatisfied that the :-wlidla biuaness at tbe Court Houfe was a mere . ; - . farce—the p . ppointteent was altogether illegal , and it would therefore never he put m force ln . Huddersfield . ( Cheers . ) A minority of an elective bod y couldjiot : rale a . majority in any case ; 5 or if it could in a Board of Cuardialis , it cotila also tit ah . election , for'members of Parliaineht , and also in tbe House of Goimnoiis , Bnt as lm ^ was not nt the ineeh ' uy of Guardiau ^ vhe . wpuiil not enter into tiie matter , as there were soirje of the Guardians present who would explain to / the meeting how the business had gone on at the Court House . / Mr . Oa 8 Tlt : r then made his appearancfi fit the meeting and was hailed with loud and enthusiastic cheers . ¦ ¦ . '¦ . - . ' ' , •¦ ¦ - . - . ¦ .. ' • :
Mr . Miugley , one of the Poor Lnyr Guardians , then detailed to -. the meejing-. 'the ( proceedings at the Court House , the relation or which was responded to by loud bursts of disgust and indignation at the nisolence , ignorance ^ prqsiim ^ tion , andslavishness ot the Magistrates and Chairman . /¦ ]' ¦¦' : Mr . Oastler then addresseil the meeting ; ^—He said be _ had told them that morning that , if they wished it , he would appear aniongst them after t he Gmirdians had ended their bnsjness . He was there at their bidiUng , and he-should ahvfiys be ready and to
giaa De amongst mem . They ha ^ d heard the proeeedirgs of-the meetiug froro one ef the Guardians ¦ they had bpentola that tliere , was one ^ Guardicm benstlj drunk , andiaat he had proposed a Clet'k-Ta ? s , wns a ^ eir goofl beginniug . ( Laughter . ) They hrul been told also tliat his old friend ^ the informer , nad false witness , was there ; who was appointed to pnt the . nposo around - ' ( the peopled ) necks . ir , % ¦ '' T ^ ere was also " n CftvmnaUr there ; lie know a . plnce wruld havo : suited uiuimnch tetter twentyyeax ^ ago . ( Hear . ) IlLvwa ^ t « W too that tuere TrasRonwr !« h ? -pV ^ < : '' r-rl-. k-4 acs . iheGuardians—the " '' ;'¦/ - . ¦ ¦" . ¦ ' . " ' - :- .: aiuussjpneca which forbad ,
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W& ^^^ m what you meara , Hawyoti ^ dereivedthe DPhnT ^ Wasfnot right wn ^ ., 1 told them Sit SKEurf siousrs ? And did liot . you say I was a decpiv ^? aiidyet ; I hav ^ li ^ d to- i ^ e the ^ day whenydu ^ own Ch ^ rman . ' . ? haslettfacc atbutodoeS 3 missioners . to put any mpti » n against the appointm «« t ^» Clerl , JSo ^ ihen > iv ^^ y ^ r ^ fg i 1 that J ^ e ^ ceiyedyon ? CNo ; no , iSs ^ eWhi gV ge WoQdr ^ Whj gsv ) . He c « ntinued . -4 t appeared that Floyd had got the-rtppOTntment of Clert by a minority of Guardian * . \? ho bad acted entirely under the dictation of : th « t Coxamu'sionera ; but that
.. agpoinrmen * - was no appointment at all . ^ Cheers V ; H ^ uew it was riot , it might aiaswer the purpose f . ^ Vovernmeat to keep , this qnestidn npoa itt legs a Artie longer , ^* that wctald be all . tL were S * gntly ^ aimbu * for a ro ^ ^ hut tey should not have i ^ 'VC ' Nft-ao . ? - ' ) . ' He would tell them , and they iwould find it tabe true , that nofrone actVdeed of j Alr . Hoyd would ever be worttattraw —( hejnvHear- > i-and that every one of than , had equally •« : much r ^ ht ^ o go home-and . say thafcthey were 'VCkrk ^ as Mr . Floyd had . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Floyd would begixi tg appoint , ltegiatrar ^ :, to cany into operati * nThe N * w Marriage Act ; and tliey ^ the meeting )^ might j ^ l every one oCthem set ^ , tegistmr sho ^ si ^ d he-was ^ ure that any ^ weduing that they solemsked £ rtH ? as v ^ any solemnized irrMr Flovd ' Registrars . ( Che « rsknd U ™ h * £ x % .: ? &
This- he stated upon very high legal authority : . & ? Son&r ^ S ^« ? ^ d ^ picaole ^ tion who had that day appointed- a Clerk arid wh » we- Ui favour of the ^ Poo ^ Law ^ o ^ itrin young women , iujdvpretend ¦ -. tb " ahany them througu the , agency 6 t . Mr . Floyd and others , and then to obtmn ^ cUaiige of wives to suit their convenience . But lor hw part he entirel y disapproved of entrappin- * young women in that way , arid advised them when they were married , to -have ; the ceremony performed at the church y until this busiheus was settledi at all events the Whigs , might tell diem , that this was oil fudge * He knew whether or nofc it \ yaa fiidge ; for if lie was heir to a very large estate , and ; the present holder of it to bemarried at
was . - the Handd of Floyd , he was , well aware that his children would ¦ all . be bastardy and he ( Mr . Oastler ) would get the-property . ( Hearj hear . ) If , theai , o iniiionty was to ¦¦ ¦ r-ul e , ; . there was an end to auciety . ( Hear ^ hear . ) It is not we that opjyose the law ; it is the ( jomihiEsiduers and / their tools . The : law exprossly says . that the clerk must be apppinted by tlie board of Guardians . The board of Guardians to-day had refused to appoint and had voted Jigaiiist the . -appointment , of , " a clerk ; and yet they ¦ were ' ' told thfit . a clerk was appointed by a miuority I tell you again that anyone oi you is ; just as much clerk risMr . Floyd ; lias just as much right to solemnize marriages ; and : just as much right to lay
or collect rates ; ' thereforeyou- will know wdiat to do when Mr . Floyd applifs to you for the '' brass . " ( Cheers . ) . They ,. , then , were " supporting the law whtni they opposed -this decision ; they were against the rebellion of the . three traitor -kings .. ' They had heard him say . something about the soldiers : he loved to sea hue brave British soldiers ; and he was thankful they had been sent to . I-IuJdewfield to take cam that-he ( Mr . () , ) wns not assasi-riaJted . Mr . O . then related a story in which he hud been followed by n soldit'r , in LiwcU , during a riot , when a very little boy , and driven into a house where tlie soWier strictly chargeu . tbe old woman- ' who opened the door to keep hiin in till the riot was quelled . Mr . Oastler therefore had ocension to love soldiers
, and he B . hould like . the-. * Y « rfs"' to get up a penny subscription to pay the brave fellows their marching n \ piu i y , which tho Whigs had taken from thein ; He then earnestly requested them ^ to go home in peace . Nothing would please their enemies so much ns a row , andhe wii . snura-nothiugwouldgrievo he ? oldiHrB . more . ( Hear , hnar . ) Tbe soldiers did not want a r ' -Sw . —the Wings did , but thay- shpulilnot have it . He was sorry the soldiers : had so much trouble ns they had , but it was caused by a set of . Ludditeg | and iufornieiv , find false witnesses , and Buch like base and immoral wretches . ( Cbeers . ) About iv dozi . » u of them had caused till theso disputes . The great body of the Whigs were respeclabl «; but
there Ayere about a dozen pf thu basest wretchesmeii whom be had heard in that place threaten , that if King Willium the Fourth did not do as they wished him , they would help him- off liis throne—that the .. Bishops were n . set of monsters and hypocrites—tha anhy a -sot . of- cut throats—and tli .-ic ' .- . ere the men thatwere keeping the country in u state of agitation , hud , who were degrading , the British ' - army in order ¦ that-they might trample upon the neck ' s of the people . ( Cheers ^) But be knew thut the strengtu pi ' their cause was in its truth , and they would never submit to / three Commissioners . ( Hear , hear . ) Air . Oastler . then proposed three cbeers for the soldiers , wliich were given with much -enthusiasm \ and thiw cbeers wen . " also given for King Richard .
Mr . PiTSKTin , KY then proposed tlie following resolution : <— "That the first duty of every townsliip is to meet and select , as Guardians , the most strenuous opponents of the law , who are qualified in-their stiyeral to . w ' nsuips ; and , if ' none . an * found within the township , then to search the whole . Union for lit nnd proper persons ; to let it be well published , and by this , and other arrai ' igeineuts ,. mane save that every Guardian will be a sUtinch opponent of the law . " Mr . Jamts Biiooks : secoiiued tlie resolution . He said that next Alnrch v ; as the tiino when tlie Guardians would be again elected , and it would be their duty to . ' endeavour to elect men opposed to the law . - ¦ ,. ¦¦
/ ?> Ir , OASTi , ER / then returned and told the meeting that lie liad beaii to see the officers of the troops , to state to them what was about to be done for thuir mc 2 i ; Ijosuid lie liatl never met wirh nicer gentlemen in : his life . He had asked whether it would be allowed ; to pay the soldiers the inarching money ; to which they answered : that the service suid nothing about it , and . they ( tlie meeting ) would therefore iininediately get up a subscription . Sir . John Smith , of Lepton then proposed : — "Tliivt Messrs . Qastleraiid Pitketbly be appointed delegates to attend . ' the- great meeting of the Anti-F'Jpr Law Association of South Laucushire , to be . held at M auchestor , on Monday next , the 5 th . oi February , ' The Ilev . Wiluam Wooh seconded the niotioh , wliicli , as veil as the former one , vrere carried unniiiimnisly .
TUreu persons were then appointed to collect subscriptions for the soldiers marcbing money . They , went through the meeting with their hats , an . i in ; i very short time received us much as paid to e ; icli -of "the . men one shilling . This was given to thwivby Mr . Oastler , to do with as they liked ; aud ilia meii detenniued to have a supper with it , and drink , tlie '' health , of tae "Lads" of Huddevstield . Accordingly , a supper vas provided at two inns of the town , and the soldiers spent a merry evening from the bounty cf the men whom the Whigs in tended to be sucrificed as victims to their tyranny This movement on ' the . part of the ' ¦ . ' ¦ ' Lads , " has coihpletely . astounded the Iluddersfield Whigs . They- know not wlmt spell hns come over thorn .
Vbus ended the proceedings of this eventful day . There was no riot , nor indeetl any appearance of a riot . All vras peaceable . There wasnodisturbance of any kind—no person apprehended for a breach of tlie peaca during tbe whole day * except WM . MUOUE , KsfaPos ' -Masler i and reimtedlHig Spy . This redoutable , persori . ape , in the moment of bis frenzy at tlie peaceable conduct of the inbabitaiit . s , and -their generosity towards the soldiers , ( led to the soothing iuiiuenees of his bottle , which , however , failed . to soothe , and did but more effuctu-nlly-stir- np his " pious and holy teal" for peace ; ind-. . ' good , order . ' This lie e \ inced inthe most | striking" manner ; for in the course of the evening he sallied forth , completely intoxicated , accompanied by Mr / . . Thomas Newsome , the Reporter for
the Leeds Mercimj . The peaceable disposition of Mr , Moore was bo " strikingly" ¦ ' manifested , that a constable , who was passing at the time , felt it Ins duty tp . apprehe . nd him / wt The Christian love" of Mr . Moore was hereupon evinced towards his kind keeper in sundry expressions and actions , with the recital of which we will not soil our pages . lie was eventually lodged in the Globelnn , but , at the request of his brother constables , the officer who had him in charge released him on his promise that he -would go peaceably home . / Instead , however , of performing his promise , be ¦ was shortly afterwards found : stripped aud fighting with one f awcett , a draper . Whither Mr Moorii went after this adventure we are not able to say , nor do we know what bepame of the " reporter . "
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GLASGOW mNNE ^ S PUBIJC MEETING AT HULL . A yery numerous meeting of the Hull Working Men ' s Association , and . other inhabitants of Hull , vras held in / the Freemasoh'is Lodge , iMytsn Gate , pn Monday night last , at halfrpnst seven o ' clock f ° r the purpose of petitipuing .-.. fhe . Queen for a reniission of ^ the sentence passed Tipbn the unfortunate cotton spinners and also for the purpose of petitioning the House of : ( dpm . inonv-: tnat . v'Pttncaii '; M-. 'N eil and Patrick Robinson , Esqra . i Advocates in tho Gase , be henrd at the bar of that House in their behalf . : Mr . WiLnK was : called ^ t o the chair , and opened the buaness of the evening in a very appropriate speech . / :- / - :.,. ' .: ¦¦"¦¦ : ¦ . . '' - ¦ : ¦ : . ¦' ¦ : ; •' ¦'• : /'¦ ¦ Mr . Stvbb 3 proposod , and Mr . Peck seconded ,-the first resolntibn , in a very powerful speech , in wliich fee went into and explained tha eatse ef the cotton spinners being ; taken up . He nlsp commented on . the nifmner in which -&e public / mind had been prejudiced by the venal press ; and dwelt upon the ' -tucV-Oi " , die Jury ' a / oiRjiimpusl y ficqnittlng
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'¦ Sri ft ^ Pfnmrder a ^ fire-raising ^ fS ^ . V readi ng the resolfii ^ on—« That ^ nieetmg . news , with abhorrence an * contemb ^ S S ^ St ^^ ^ i g ^ miinent SSSfefe Snpt " niS ^ , ^ ^ ' ¦¦ * - ^^ *« -. ASC ^ mssm O'Conneir Sd ^ goue 1 ^^^ ^ 1 ^^' tradesmen of DubKn .. M ^ ftS ^ r } ° * ^^ «* - conrtacea the meetsag S M ? O ^ f , ?^ , ""^ - IrelaBd , and the co » vlrS * f ^ ^ ^ && . ** . -
was pattof a regular ^ stenVpuTsned ^ . ^ 8 ° "** ^ $£ s ®^*^ & $ 8 $$ l ^ i ^^ SSi i ^ mmmmm
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JS&OIrt OF THE COMMITTEE E 6 rS ? ERELIEF OF THE DISTRESSED TNBRA K ^ . : kobd , j « . *» , x ^ ... - ¦»'»» . ' ^ . ^ r . ^; fe ' - ^« is 3 a « i ^ &ii - ¦ ¦ " - , . " - . '¦ ' ¦ . - .. / - ' ,. . - . ¦ " .. ' ¦ *< " ' : ' . ¦¦ ' ; •! ¦ - ' : -- ¦/;/^ -r ?;/ - / /¦ At a Meeting of the subscribers to- ^ theKeEefr I ' -und , held on . the tith of this month , ( Januam ) w » = were apppinted a committee to depose of the ba ' tonBieof : £ 47 which was aiigmented b y a liberal ftdiatio ^ - of £ dOD , frpmvCharl ^ Harri s , Esq . The ^ enauitie * . that had been made , and the repprts prajented . ' fo-iii * -. / at that time j : fed us to Icwielude that very consider- abb * sufferingexisted in eome quarters of thetpwnv . in consequenee of the recent flood . To these caaw . our attention was first directed , / arid in alieTiatinz--theia / we were principally assisted ba few benero ^ '
y lent ladies , whp had previously . interested / themselre * in those cases , and had perscaaliy visited them-iv in prosecuting these visits ^ it-hpirever appeared * - that a considerafble destitution . of Reading : and , hlaa ^ kets existed , even among industrious and reputable families , who had never yet overeotae / the effects oF the depressed trade iti the last yean vA Verj - . carefii investigation of these casss has been made , : safe upwards of 240 families will have been supplied with . blankets , coverlets , and in soma Cases witha fevp smaller articles of wavmclothinc-. ' . : V
\ S ' e have now to report ^ hatour fund is exhaustearr 1 / 0 paiw ,. of blankets and 120 cpTcrltts will haser-. been distributed in all , and still -there are . nearlyr 200 caees in tbe / -course , of investigatien . Gn th « r whole we feel it our duty to lay these facts before the public , and to solicit contributions to our esi hnusted fund ; which will be thankfull y received , tatthe account of the- Committee . { Signed ) ALFRED HARRIS , TnEisuRER . ; JOHK . TIAND , b . : CATON ; M . ILLINGWpRTH . T . HOLMES .
The following Subscriptions have been received - Mr . H . Harris , £ 10 ., Mr . A . Harris , £ & , Mrl Geo . Osburn , £ 10 ., Mr . D . Peeboyer , £ 5 ., Mr . J _ IT . llanfcibotcoin ,. £ 1 . Is ,, Mr . Charles Skelton » £ 1 and Miss Harris : £ 5 . ¦" •¦ ¦ ¦ / '
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STARVING A SICK WOMAN TO ; DEATH . ( Extract of a Despatch from Lord Glcnelg to th Mar / fiiis - of Sligo , dated 28 t / i : June , 1336 . ) ; "¦¦ "In pursuance of the iptciition . expressed in . jajr despatch of this date , I proceed to advert to th 4 trialof Wiliinnj Martin ,, as reported in your iprdshin'i despatch of the 36 th , of April . '¦ ' // ' //• ..: ' -: - ' ' - Martm v ,-as indieted ar . d tried for manslaughtei'U As . r . ha . T . e not before me tiny copy of the indictmeiifc I can only infer tho nature of its contents frtini th «
¦ evidence given on the trial . From-: that eyideneel learn that Sophy was an apprenticed . labourer otiiaa . ejty . te called ¦* + Berkshire Mali ; " of vvhich Martux was the overseer . ; that , while shs : was labounDgr under diseases of the inpst distrcsjing ; and dangerou * . character , and had , on that accnunt , declared , her inability to work ; Mjirtifi ordered her to be locked , up , iirst : in f place describod as aa hospital ^ soSl afterward ? , in a-room describsd as a store ; thatia these places she continued for / five days and nights--tbat she was- r-eleasea on Sunday , and «¦« »™ iZ i « ai . sue was- released on Sundayand was agai »
, , l . ocKed tip on the following dry ; that during these ? successive confinements , she was not suppliecl ¦ eitherr with food or vvater ; 'that an atternptvras made by W fellow-apj . rentice to cprirey ; fond , ' ,- . to her through an ^ aperture in tb 6 door , which was thereupon iminediateW closed up by Martin ' s orders ; that as a fiirtherpunishment for-attempting to draw attention to iicr suuerings , Martin struck ; her with a- cord , and ^ tied her for a Ahof riiroe to a ladder ; that an applicatioit was made to Martin on behalf of : the pRsouer ^ . that food mi ght be sent . her , which Explication he at first evaded , and afterwards refused " ; r-nd : that , finall y ^ the prisoner effected her escape , by breaking through : the roof of tbe . place cf confinemeiife . It appears ^ that within a few . days afterwards she died . - ¦
'' Therfe oscurrences took place betwGer . Christhia » : and the 4 th of Janusrj-. About two or three month * before , the medical attendant on the estate had / pxescribed medicines- for her disorder , wliich , howey er ^ were administered to her only once : She waiburfecL without any cprorier ' s inquest . " Martin was ; acquitted of the manslaughter , hafe iound . guilty of the / assault , and of not suppying thfr medicines . It does not appear what . was the sentence of the court . " / : / . . - - . - ¦ : ,., ¦ - ¦ ¦¦
[ ISote . —We / believe the sentence was to-payit fine of £ 30 (^ rcacy , ^ Ed : ]^ BritishSmancrpaior ^ CdMic-AL Accident to a Country ' ; : £ ilvtL ' "Pp-Y . —The following ludicrous , though somewhat alarming adventure , happened to a gentleman inr the ccurse of a lat ^ yisit to the celebrated . cathedral of St ;; Paulj Londpfi . . In his investigation pf thaseveral curiosities of the place he arrived at the turret which contains the inacbinery of the clock ; Heres : the dial-plate is . accessible , ^ and " . on its inside is a small square aperture , for the Convenience of th » persons shifting the hands of the clock ..: Our fxiend being of a decidedly , inquisitive . dispcsitipn and .
particularl y fond of thrusting himself into every strange ; and out-of-the-way cprner ^ immediately popped : bi » head through . the- inviting openingi . / He . vras -instantly absprbed' in : the ' .. enjoyment of the view hi * elevated situation afforded iuui , his ppsition in . reference ip / the hands ; pf the clock / never , costing hint a thought , when , g \ uUotme-like ,. down comes ; th > ponderous bar which : cpnititutes the larger hand ^ . right over his .. devoted head . A gentle and gradoaL pressure on the spine sopn gave him a hint of thfr predicament in which be stobfl . / But the organ . o £ philp-progenitiveness . being very" strikingly deyeloped ^ it was too late . To draw his head out vras
impossible , and it becanie an unavoidable fixture , whiles the powerful and steady riiotiph of the ; machinerjr-\ vas scarcel y at all impeded . Decapitatiott in itat most lingering apd shocking form must have beent inevitable , had not the bell-ringer in the exercise o £ his duty at this ; moment arrived . He instantly perceived how matters stood , and with the quickness ot thought stopped- the machinery . The bar wa » shoved up by means / of : ^ levers , and the terrified and astonished man released : from his peril . Itid saidhe has ever since been very shy of trusting his head off the / pei-pendicular- and givenVan involuntary shudder when , in looking out pf wihdo \ y ^ his neck by accident touches the frame . —GrireMoeA Advertiser .
: The Shabdy GorERNJiENT . — -At four o ' clock ^ yesterday , the time for the Speaker taking the chair ^ there was not one official subaltern present ^ with tha exception we think , of . Mr . Parker , a Lord of the ^ Treasury , There were m addition : twelve MVP . V of the Radical section , who had petitions to present ; pn the , Ministeriar side . Fortunately , tbe Opjositipn members , who now : appear to be fully aware of the ^^ tricks . - of ^^ the shabby GoYernment , mustered §? before four o ' clock , and by that attendance seenrei :
a house , and defeated the delay which was intended to give breathiag- time to r the Cabihety which , ypsa , then sitting in Downing-street . One pf their official * who was moving in _ thepreciHcts of the house , hurriedr up to Dbwning-streeti and epminnnicated-the appaling : fact that the Speaker was in the chair . 'Xlufe Ministers dpubtless . desired to put off the re-asaemblingof thei house till Monday , in the hopia tnaiiiTthat ^ ay their ai asiliary legion—4 he Irish ^ brigSfer-i would have arrived b ythe railway totheir aisiat ^ &nce , —Tinies % ¦ - ¦ / -. ¦ . ¦ /¦ ' : // -. .. ; -,
I -Meetlxg At Dewsbury. 1 Glasgow Spi^Kers. ¦ -«!≫ —Amebican Papers—The Canadas,The Demaads Of Jijstisa. This Case Be -Nawwd As Somewbat Similar To Tb^R Dorchester Labodjtrs R But In The Tban Inibef Othen Uisw^H* Spuue Rs, Ma Jusuiiea Uieujm Roiusing To Snbmit To A Rednation Of 50 Jer Cent Isom Their ¦ -Tohe Ti Fficient S D!^^^ :-^Bhig^Y-3,.T83 . 8.:. Iv • : - - ¦¦ „.- - , ¦- - :- : - :; ' / :-; ' ;-;:,.: ' /-:; ; .. ' . ¦ . ' ' Tb^ ^ Wo-Mthtm^ American Paters-The Cakabas. *^ Z~™^*. »F I~*I~ - T^Q R^, ^ O ™*^ . . ' Lil3*G»≫Xsdm.Itt R*-*N\\ .Ilm^, ,≫...≫. R .,.. ,,.;..^. R ≫.. ¦ ^ V * T'~ 1 R Jm '* I ~'" To1 " 1 '' "" ' "' "—«¦»—¦¦¦Ii " " " Itimm^^ ^^ Q , „ : , ¦' ¦ ¦; „„ ' ' ¦¦: ¦ ¦ . :- * F '^Y V V' / -' -V- - ¦ ' ¦ ;: ¦ -: ' ; :" :^^;?&- ^
I -MEETLXG AT DEWSBURY . 1 GLASGOW SPI ^ KERS . ¦ - «!> —AMEBICAN PAPERS—THE CANADAS , the demaads of jijstisa . This case be -nawwd as somewbat similar to tb ^ r Dorchester laboDJtRS r but in the tban inibef othen uisw ^ H * Spuue rs , ma jusuiiea Uieujm roiusing to snbmit to a rednation of 50 jer cent isom their ¦ -TOhe ti fficient S d !^^^ :- ^ BHig ^ Y-3 ,. T 83 . 8 .:. : - - ¦¦ „ .- - , ¦ - - :- : - : ; ' / :- ; ' ; - ; :,.: ' / -: ; ; .. ' . ¦ . ' ' TB ^ ^ WO-mTHtM ^ AMERICAN PATERS-THE CAKABAS . *^ z ~™^* . » f i ~* i ~ - t ^ q r ^ , ^ ™*^ . . ' lil 3 * g »> xSDm . itt r * - * n \\ . ilm ^ , , > ... > . r .,.. ,,. ; .. ^ . r .. ¦ ^ V * T' ~ r ' * ~'" " '' "" ' "' " —«¦»—¦¦¦ ii " " " itimm ^^ ^^ Q , „ : , ¦' ¦ ¦; „„ ' ' ¦¦ : ¦ ¦ . :- * f ' ^ y V V ' / - ' -v- - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ -: ' ; " : ^^;? &- ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 3, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct991/page/3/
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