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      JTDOUALL , COLLINS , AND WHITS , AT LBETJ& . : The liberation of Dr . M'DmaB ted Mr . CoIBa * fromaiegrMportiwir-tyrmt i , » d « tffl » OM , pCT . laps , the « u » cip « ion of onr nIfe # « towBM&AB , Mr . < Worge White , from a tortr ^ trap , wh « e his treatment has thrownunrndi disgrace oti hishetrtW persecutors as it has reflected credit on kig own « mstancy , h * re . JBsi pyen the men of Leeds » o op-Ipor tunity of allowing whether they really have any attathme&i to the prmciplee of the Charter or whether then * is any truth in the Motion , thai there are oot half-a- < ioua Chartuts ia Leeds . And nobly , most nobly , h * re the mea of Leeds ? railed themselves of this opportunity ; and most hantland most a i

      triump y unequivocally did they , on Monday last , give the load be to the accusation of th « ir opponents— » Th at- the few Chartiato there wife in Leeds had afca&doned tb « r leaders !! r That day , in the faoe of their masters , and under the risk , many of them , of losing their situations , thocsakbs of * ood true Chartists quitted the town , and assembled on Holbeck Moor , to show at one and the same time their unshaken attachment to those who had suffered in the cause of the people , and their . devoted attachment to the glorious princip les of the Charter , by publicly escorting the distinguished" patriots into the town . All the neoessary arrangements having been made by M ** B » . ^ ted *» e « a * d Coeking ^ the marshalBl the process ** entered the town from the Moor : at ah * at nightfall , in the following order : — o

      ORQBS OP THE PB 0 CE 8 SI 0 N . Two Trumpete , to sound -when to halt and when to

      move on . Two Marsbainen oa hoiBebaek , with gnea attic aub . Portraits of Frost , CoIB a * , aod M'DooaM , OBlMffited with tmranftg Trt-eciomred flag . Men , six abnaat .

      Brass Band-Beautiful silk banner , with Harp , Base , and Thistle , in gold . Men , six abreast V Large silk banner . Motto tin goldfcjtan )— "Lwfe National Charter Association of tfx ^ tBritaia . " ' Me » y * lx abreast " r ' ' Two gceen silk asjarol the Hnnafeiinl « S * ksM Warda , done in ittrer . Man , six abreast . Tarious TJther flags .. Men , six abreast . The Leeds East and West Ward Sags , ' Men , six abreast Large band of music , in splendid uniform . Two small white banners , bearing the motto *— " Then ahait neither rex a stranger nor oppress him , " "I was ack and in prison , and ye came nnto me , " done in gold and silver . A nuriber of young women in white , bearing garlands

      of flowers . Carriage , drawn by f onr greys , containing the three Champions of Liberty , and a deputation , Messrs . IUingworth and Roberts . Men , sir abreast , with Tarious flogs . Carriage , containing the Committee , drawn by greys . Carriage , containing the Council of the Leeds Charter Association , drawn by greys . SeTeral carriages , containiug Friends , drawn by greys . In this order the procession passed over Leeds Bridge , and entered Briggate , when the immense numbers who walked in it appears to Lave asvomshed every one ; as we h ^ ve had an opportunity of conversing since then with men of all parties , and ail

      agreed in expressing their opinion that the number and respectability of those who took pan in it quite exceeded the . r expectation . It woujd be difficult to calculate the cumbers who walked ; but some idea of them may be formed from the fact , ihat when the head of the procession was opposite our- office , tiie earriagea which dosed it had scarcely quitted Dewsbury-road end , a distance , we saoula guppjse , of about three quarters of a mile . The Chartists who belong to the Association fels astonished themselves at the immense numbers who openly avowed their respecs Ui the victims by walking iu the procession . As the -arrive passed the office of our neigh boar , the Mercury , there was some yroxnin ^ , but a ^ reatmany good C ^ iiirvKis thought ll bttier taste not w > do so ; bai the cheers opposite ihnXori ^ m 6 ta r office was unanimous and enthusiastic , thxeo loud oheers being given for Feargus u'Cunuor . Tae

      prooession-iaeJi wens aioug Kirkgare aaa entered Vicar Lane , when there wa 3 much gro&ning opposite the hocSBS of two ex three of White ' s persecutors ; while the cho-ering opposite iix . iiiingworih ' s , the White Horse , was of ihe mos ; animated ana enthusiastic kind . , The numbers in ine streets were Tery greui , go &e greidj ; o impede the process of the proceEsioa ; but it is certain that aU the spectators were not friendly , as two or ihree drunken ruffians ( no doubt tools of the factions : ) were unmanly enough tonse insulting expressions towards the emancipated p&ums , ' which were soon drownedamidst the cheers uf the people . The procession then parsed along Lowerhea-J Row , down part of Briggate , and along Commercial-street aaci Park Row , to ihe Hail of Science , where a substantial dinner b * d bee& pro-Tided for iheir welcome . Oa arriving there , they Were warmly welcomed by an immense crowd , and with considerable difficulty made their way into the

      The arrangements made for the dinner reflected ! the highest credit on every one concerned ; but not- j ; withstanding tbe tablet were laid for as many guests j " as the Hail eould possibly hoid , the Committee were \ obliged to refuse many applications for tickets ; and when the hour arrived , there ttas = ro great a number ! id visitors from the adjoining district , that maay i members of the Associawon ^ ave up their seats to '¦' them , and ret . red to tne gailery . fhere were five tables extending the whole length of the Hall , and occupjins ; tvery inch of grouiiQ that could be made < available , while a cross-Uble was laid out in the

      orchestra for the Chairman and the distinguished ' ¦ visitors , at which table , aL *> , covero were courteousij ' laid for ihe gentlemen of tae pre > s . The Hall was ' ¦ most tastefully and profu > eiv decorated with ffowers I and evergreens , in arcbeo , festoous , wreaths , &c ., 'j trhiie the walls were flucc with ponraiis of the j grea-. and gooa men who have at various times stood forwarc in the cause of lit > erty aud equality . Tne whole presented a most im&osinf ; appearance ; while the waLre table was graced by the presence of * a number of ladies . A brass band was stationed in the orchestra , and played a variety of popular airs : during th * evening . 1

      Shortly before nine , Dr . M'Douall and Mr . John } Collins enured the room , and were most cordially t received ; they were shortly followed by our feiiow- ( townsman , ilr . George White , andthe long-continued i * nd enthasia 3 uc cheers with which he was greeted by the whole company , must have convinced him , at j * U even is , of the sympathy of the Leeas patriots for j iis unmerited Hufiermgs . i % Dr . M'Doaall and Mr . White were seated on the j * teh * of the Chairman ( M . r . Brook , grocer , of ! Bri > : gaie ) and Mr . Collins on his left . We also ob- ] served Mr . Pitkethly ( of Huddersfield ) and Mr . , Qirkson , and Mr . Bairstow ( West Hiding lecturer ) ; * t the cross table . ;

      ilr . Joseph Staxsfield haviDg said graee , the ., TOuser was immediately discu ^ swL It was pro- 1 ? ided , we uDderstood , by various members , of the J Leeds CharfcC Association , and gave jjeat satiafac- ¦ faon . It pas ~ ed off with much le = s confusion , owinj ; * o the admirable manner in which it was served up , ; ¦ &U has been observable at some of ihe late demuu- j trations . ' After the cloth was removed , the Chairman read i letters Irt-m John Wa ; kin * , E ^ q ., of Aaslaby Hall ;' Capt . Wo .-, d , of Sandai ; Coi . Tn ^ mp ^ oa , Mr . FielJen , ' , M . P ., ana Mr . T . Dune < . mbe , M P ., excusing them- J selves fn > m attending for various reasons . - The Chaibmak then said that there wonld be no j ' ^^ essij } for him to remind them that they w . ere ! assembled there that evening to congratulate the ' Boole patriots around him tn their release from their ; ^ hi g duu # eon 3 . The people of Birmiugham and .: Of Manchester had already done their duty to the ; canse ; and the men of Leeds had now come for- !

      Ward , and bad made a denioustration that day that ! Woidd be remembered for years to come . ( Cheers . )! They had shown , by their conduce that day , that wey were ready to join heart and hand to obtain Lniverwl Suffrage ; bnt while they looked forward * Hh hope to the fnture , they should not forget th-P&st . Tirey had been deceived by men who had Mvocated physical fi . rce , and who , in the hour o ! | ¦ nal , had declared against the Charter ; and he | ^ ttsfed that they would note do « n as a traitor every \ ton who advocated force instead of reason , j icheerv . ) Suppose they obtained the Charter by ! pysieal force , the next question wonld be , j ? ow thf-y were to keep it ? They must ^ P it as they had obtaioed it—by force ; 101 Physical force made no converts , and it might But if to

      ^ ke opponents . they wished gain the ' garter and to keep it they must convince th » world ! Wat their principles were just and ritiht ; and then j « ey would speedily overcome all difficulties . Bj ! Bafaag ase of physical force they would only make f * enues , but by nuking use of reason they woula be ** e & make friends . ( CheerB . ) If the middle c j *® es consulted the signs of the times , they would Pje way to the just demands of the people ; but , in-!?**« of this they were now going for Household j ^ tffrage in place of a repeal of the Corn Laws , j And why ? Because they could not obtain a repeal f the Corn Laws , and , therefore , it was that they i * ° w Went for Honsebold Suffrage . He Sloped , howler , that the working elasses -would stand aloof from ¦~ £ muvement , aDd that they would go for Universa ! r ^ frsge- Let "Universal Sulffraiie and no surrender "

      "B their motto— ( cheers ) - —and let them act upon ™* great and humsjiising principle— " Do unto i *» 8 ia 5 as yon would have others do nnto-yon , " aad ** had no doubt whatever of their ultimate triumph . ^* nd cheering . ) He then announced that a lady " ^ 'd present tne guests with three rosettes . „ "& »» Peppeh , an interestic ^ -lookiug young lady , ^** came Jorward , and haDg a handsome rosette **» cbed to a broad ribbon , around the neck of each « we distinguished patriots , amidst the enthusiastic

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      ? 5 SS 2 fi | S ! r - ^^^^ ^ uced « ud the first toast he had to propose wal , « The * ¥ & *! . % * legrtimate source rf aft po ^ er . * ^ . ^ M'DoDALL-Three cheers for yourselTes , Jhe The toast wm then drank with three eheers . « W H ^ f u * 5 J *** ** to the caH of the &Jh £ i J eH t ^* Mn » iB ° ed honour had oeen conferred on him that ewming , in bein K called on to tate part « p one of the most important ocf * ?* m * Ltods ever 8 * jr . When he looked round oei the retMctable assemblage present , he felt his ioabi % to do justice to the toast he was called npon to respond to . He wonld . however , iust sav a .

      tew words . He was sure it was quite useless for him to pomt oot to those present the source from which the evils which afflicted them Bprang-thev knew them well ; a ^ knowing them , ft wm theftdnty te remove theft : ^ fear , hear . ) From their weent defeate they h » tf beeu taught a usefnl lesson—to ply npon themselves , and to get rid of uf «!! r ? e fnendB . They had now a CollinB and a M IKmall to Jead them on to glory—( cheers)—and ineir rery names were now the dread and scourge ' ? v 7 ** * < * K hont the land . It was no gain for tte Whigs or Tories to depreciate their merits , for U » re was not a man among the political factions who conld Tie with either of them . They had stood erect within the cold &ad pestilential walls of their

      » - OTOgWB , bTtTely , aobly daring to die for the sake -vrnsonit ttom the tyrant ' s angs those who « miaftrtunehad thrown within their grasp . ( Cheers ;) This had erwt « d for them an imperirfwbie jnon * - ment : and it was on this account he advised them to follow those men , for they would lead them on to certain victory . ( Hear . ) The cause in which they were embarked was a holy one , and each man ought to consider himaeir a soldier , and be prepared to brave all bazardB . They had the power , and the strength , and tKe hardihood to effect their own liberties ; but if they trusted to either Whigs or Tories , they would deceive them a ^ ain as they had done before . They wanted good sound political i information and unanimity of action—and if they J were united , freedom and success would crown their j efforts . He thoueht it would be presumptuous in i mm to trespass farther on them , on account of the I other individuals now before them , and with this 1 remark he begged t 9 retire . ( Cheers . )

      The Chairman said the next toast was "The Charter , and nothing less , though our gaols be filled with victims . " Mr . Clarkson , of Bradford , responded to the toast , and was enthusiastically received . He related several particulars with respect to the firanpss and energy displayed by many of the victims of Whig persecution when put upon their trial . With respect to Mr . George White , he said that ho ( Mr . Clarkson ) had advised him , in the discharge o his professional duties , to plead guilty ; but he had refused . ( Cheers . ) The other individual ( Wilson ) charged with the same offence had pleaded guilty , and he ( Mr . Clarkson ) understood that per ? on bad been scouted for it . It mitiht not have been rightp * rh ? psbut still he

      , , had done so by his advice , and he wis-hed others had done the same . It might have been difficult for them , perhaps ; but he really thought it was useless to nil the garls vfith good men . ( Hear , hear . ) In Lancashire , when twenty-five men wrre to be tried for one offence , one of them came from America to bo * r ; ed , and the moment the leenl arraxiK ^ meiits were over , off he set . asrain to America . ThU . and many other equally striking \ nfidenle , showtd there was no wsnt of moral courage on ihe part of the Chartists . ( Cheers . ) This roan ' s name was Ravrson , X ) i Bury , and he was indicted , with 24 others , for "meeting to make arr » n 2 ements . for a Poep-green meeting . But this affair icll through ; and , after three or fonr tiials , the jud' -e directed that the

      priri'uer-i , who were deie ^ aicd from din \ - -n-iit parts of the kingdom , 3 hould be released on enteric mto their own recognizances . From B-irnsky there had betn twelve indicted , and three had been sacrificed to their principles—Crabtree , Hoey , and Ashton . It was arranged they should stand their trial , and the res t should be sent home . They did stand their trial ; and the result was , they got a long imprisonment in Wakefield , in a dnua' ^ n of which they would , no doubi , hear something from Mr . White . He had first thought the silent system an improvement ; but he was now undeceived , and convinced that nothing was more enormous than that system , This system , he was sorry to eay , was copied from lie Americans ; but the Whigs and Tories only

      ¦ copied from the American Government what could suit , their own base purposes , and he sincerely wished they would copy from them in other respects . As to the Sheffield men , when a charge of high treason was hanging over their heads , they did not seem to care about it , and appeared only to wish the success of the cau e . And the same mipht be said of Drake and Peddie , at Bradford , who wers accused ol the same crime . If there was no other evidence , this was quite enough to show that the leaders were possessed of high moral courage which enabled them to bear up manfully in the hour of trial ; and he trusted it would be eventually for the benefit of them

      all , a .- ' he was sure the cause of the Charter was advanced by it . Messrs . Collins and Lovett , who had received an offer from the Government to leave their dungeon a short time before the term of their imprisonment had expired , refused to make the concessions required of them , and remained till the expiration of the time . He had aleo visited the Doctor ( Dr . M'Douall ) while in Chester Castle , and found him looking quite happy , and actiug as lawyer and senitr surgeon of the establishment . ( Laughter ) "At Macclesfield , a poor man , named Weaver , could not be persuaded over , even by the Doctor , to plead guilty , and he was therefore sentenced to two years' imprisonment . ( . Shame . ) From Leeds two men had been imprisoned about a begging petition , which had been made out to be an attempt against her Majesty ' s crown and dignity . Mr . G-eorge

      White , one of these men , wa 3 here present , and he keartily congratulated him on his being once more at large . ( Cneers . ) Sir . White had wished to conduct his own case at York , and he was quite sure it would have been better had he doue so , as well as ike Barnsley men , lor it would have phewn the quality as well as the quantity of the Chartists . He had endeavoured to persuade Mr . White to plead guilty , but he had firmly refused ; though he ( Mr . Clarkson ) thought he would have been better at borne with his family . In conclusion , he wonld observe that he might be accused of interested motives in being there ; but he could assure them the advocacy of the Charter was not the high road to promotion , ana that he had been attached to its great p rinciples years before the Charter was put forward in its present form . ( Mr . Clarkson then sat down amid loud cheering )

      The Chaipmas then rose , and said he now had the honour to propose the health of Dr . M'Douall . ( Cheers . ) He certainly felt himself honoured in proposing the health of a gentiemaK who had sacrifir « d health , and fortune , and liberty , to the cause of the people—and he was only sorry to add that the Doctor W 33 not well , and therefore they would not , perhaps , have a long speech from him . - Mr . Claekso . v—Three cheers for the Doctor . The toast was then drank with prodigions enthusiasm , the band playing the air " Scots wha

      Dr . M'Douall was received with clapping of hands , waving of handkerchiefs , and every mark of esteem and respect . He said he was proud to have an opr > ortunity of addressing the men of Leeds OD that occasion , although he laboured at that moment under a great disadvantage , having , in the progress of the present glorious agitation , caught a severe cold . Nor would they wonder at this , when he informed them that this was the twenty i fourth meeting he had attended during the last three week 3 , in the course of which he had travelled 450 miles . If It had been 4 , 000 , he would willingly Lave done it to serve the cause—( cheers)—and bo long as it was m his power te attend any public meeting , and embody , with the advocacy of its principles , new

      proofs of his attachment to the Charter , so long wiHiJd he proceed , in defiance of Whig prosecutions and Whig dungeons , to address the people on the rights of labour . He did not expect that that friend of the people , Mr . Clarkson , would have alluded to hi 8 conduct in Chester Castle ; but he could assure them he bad been found quite as troublesome inBide the gaol as he had been on the out--side . ( Laughter . ) As he h&d managed to have thkgs a good deal his own way there , he had taken care that his fellow-prisoners should have as much of the benefit as was possible ; and so long as he had hie own way out of prisoD , so long would he take care that the people should have the benefit of that

      al > o . ( Loud cheers . ) He offered them bis hearty congratulations on the splendid display they bad made in Leeds that day ; not so much with regard to it as a mark of esteem towards Mr . Co lins , Mr . White , or himself ; but as by it they nad cow fully demonstrated to the world their firm determination to stand by their principles , and that th £ y were deicrnuned to have the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing less than the Charter . ( Cheers . ) And not only was this the det-eraination of the men of Leeds , but he bore a testimonial ronnd his neck that this was also the determination of the women of Leeds ; asd he knew them to be the best men—( laughter)—and the b « gt Radicals ; and he

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      was g > d to see them come forward in a cause in which their huBbands . their brothers , and their children were so deeply interested , and waye the banner of the Charter above the beads of the men . ( Cheers . ) He more especially congratulated them because the Whig hacks had Baidthat Chartism was dead in Leeds—and that they would not be able to come up to the mark , or get up the steam . Bat they had that day found out their mistake . ( Cheers . ) When he looked at the victory they bad that day obtained , » nd when he looked at the demonstrations at Manchester , Birmingham , York , and other places he was convinced that the people were determined to be free , to seek their own-interests , establish their own rights , and never to rest satisfied till they had secured them all . ( Loud cheers . ) In coming

      forward on this occasion , he only came aa one of the manysufferers—only as one man who had suffered among the rest ; and if he had done that which had obtained him their esteem , still he had bnt done that which it was his duty to d » . < Much cheering . ) The worthy Doctor then went on to explain thai it was on account of the oppression of the working class by masters and by Government , which he had witnessed , that he had come forward , and he was determined the working classes should have their rights established . He had Been that all the workin * ciasaeB required was a fair day ' s wages for a fair day s work ; and it wa * contrary to reason and justice that they should have anything less . He tten referred to the Scriptures , and said that he did » t Sad tiie first traits of the earth given to kings and aristocrats , but iber were Kiven to the worfclfiV

      man , and then , when he haoV had enough , and there were any fragments left , that then the do . nothinge might-enjoy them—and ior this reason he thought the present system was contrary to the law of JeSus . He had never read in the B : ble that the tbuiiig classes were ^ ^ j ondemned to toil for ever , and for ever giTo their labour to another olass of men . Man had introduced an amount of misery into the world much greater than any which sprang from natural causes . He was not aware that God had ordained any obstructioa to happiness but those which sprung from nature ; but when he came to examine for himself he found that man had thrown much greater obstructions in the way of his fellow man than all the natural scourges which afflicted him ; andtherefore .

      , n was that he came forward to claim for the working classes flafficient to support themselves , and feed their wives and families . When they saw so many thousands perish through the factory 8 )* stem , it must be admitted that they ought not only to have plenty of food , but that they ought also to have time to consume it ; for this was equally esseatial to happiness . He had , therefore , demanded plenty of food tor the working classes , and plenty of time to enjoy it . When be found , also , the aristocracy ruling the country for thoir own interests , and neglecting the interests of the working classes , he was disposed to seek for the working class not only food and time , bnt political power to keep both , by makingthe laws by which they were governed . But

      be went further than this . He saw it was not only necessary that the working classes should have food , time to enjoy it , and political power to protect both , but that at the same jtime they ought to have a greater social power—a power of regulating the law of the country , to support the rights of labour , and the rights of labour alone . ( Cheers ) He saw no claim of the crown , the church , or the aristocracy , and therefore he demanded the establishment of the principles of \ he Charier ; aim seeing that there were so few men among the leaders of the people who conld explain tne views , and the wants , and the f ' . 'ohngs of tbv people , he ka < l come forward as oue labourer in that cause which would only end in justice being conceded to the working men of this

      country . ( Loud cheering . ) The Charter was not intended to rob the rights of any man , but to er-tftllish the rights of laboor ; and . the working men had come forward on the occasion to , show their respect for the principles which he had ; auvocaied , a » d ¦ which he should 61 ) 11 continue to ad * vocate . Dr . M"Douall then referred to the demonstrations which had taken place in every part of the country ; and the determination of all those who had been imprisoned to continue the agitation , to show that the Whig prosecntiona had done the cause more good than harm . Such conduct ( he said ) had mads people inquire into the merits of the case ; and when the various Chartist meetings were held in the Assize Gourts—the Judges taking the ohftit On

      the occasion—that moment they were enabled to lay the principles of the Charter before the" whole country—which principles he had been punished for advocating—and which principles he was deter » mined to carry out . ( Cheeis . ) In returning him thanks for thi ? , they did but thank , him for doing his duty ; and so long aa he believed the principles of the Charter to be founded on justice and equity , so long should he persevere in the cause he had hitherto pursued , and bo . long should he persevere , im despite of Whig authority , ia defiance of Judges and Juries , and in contempt of Whig dungeons , to advocate thoKe principles . ( Loud

      cheeriDg . ) It was now eleven o ' clock , and he would not detain them longer , especially as he Bhould addresB them the two following nighta ; and as Mr . Collins and Mr . White had not yet spoken , in whom they would find the self-same spirit which had animated all who had suffered . ( Cheers . ) The worthy Ductor then bestowed ' a parting benediction on " irresponsible Neddies , brutal Whi ^ s , dancbgmaster Konnanby , fishwife Melbourne , < onstitutional Jack , ' and plainJonn ;" and concluded amidst enthusiastic cheers , after calling on those present to resolve —in the words of the air ( Scots wha hae ) which the band had but now

      played" By oppression ' s woes and pains , By her sons in servile chains , We will spend our dearest veins , But thou shall be free !" The Chairman said the next toast on the list was — " The speedy return of Frost , Williams , and Jones . "

      The toast having been drank with three cheera , Mr . Parker said he should think himself destitute of the common feeliny of humanity , if he did not come forward to respond to this toast . He had given the evidence , in the case of those men , every attention , and he felt convinced that , instead of having been sent abroad , they oujiht to have been restored to liberty . What could be their feelings with respect to these men t Would they not charge the blood of these innocent men to the account of the Government ; their blood was attached to the skirts of the garments of these men , and already did they repent their actions . A friend had called on him and said he thought the party was exposing themselves , and calling those traitors who did not come

      forward in their cause . But they had no reason to call persons traitors and renegades , for who was a greater traitor and renegade , than long-earned Neddy ? ( Cheers and laughter . ) The present proceedings had attached him to Chartism more than ever , and especially when he saw it conducted on his favourite principle—cold water ; and be went on to contend , at some length , that the new police had been introduced through the assertions that decent people could not go through the streets without being insulted by drunkards . As working men , they oujiht to avail themselves of every moral means in

      their power for the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Junes , and there was no better moral means than the following out the temperance principles . Their oppressors were fast taking away the small degree of liberty they had left ; but he trusted that by advocating and carrying out the principle of moderation , a stream of cold water would wash away the bulwarks of tyranny . He again expressed his great gratification at what he had witnessed that nitfht ; because he saw in it a promise of a union which would bring back those victims of tyranny , Frost , Williams , and Jones , to their native homes . ( Loud cheers . )

      The Chairman then proposed the health of a gentleman who , he said , had earned for himseif the title of a martyr in the cause of liberty—the health of Mr . John Collins , of Birmingham . The toast was drunk with loud cheers , the band playing " Rory O'More . " Mr . Collins was received with the greatest marks of enthusiasm . He commenced by asking to what he was indebted for that very interesting and gratifying reception from the people of Leeds ? How was it that he , a working man , a hundred miles from home , Bhould meet with such a warm-hearted welcome from his fellow working men then present ? It was because through an humble individual like himself they had an opportunity of expressing their disgust at the conduct of those men who had

      consigned him to a dungeon for advocating the principles of the Charter . ( Cheers ) This it was that had procured tor him bo gratifying a reception , and not any particular merit which he might possess as an individual . He did not suppose that any man possessed merit which would entitle him to such a splendid reception ; and he returned them his Bincere thanks for their attachment to principles which had given him an opportunity of showing his own devotion to the cauBe . Mr . Clarkeon had said that he might have left his dungeon a short period before he did do so . But this was a slight mistake . It was not a short period ; it was a period of much more than two months ; and when it was remembered that during this period he was shut out from the society of his wife and children , and compelled to mingle with felons , and with the very refua * « f society , he

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      ibonght they Wonia lgft »' -Wfih * ikim that more than two months thug passed was not a short period . Neither was he' called upon to provide a heavy bail , but it was onlyio entef into recbgnijancea to keep the peace . " Buf ( continued Mr . C . ) I had never broken the , peace —{ tremendous cheering)—and if tbebail had been much lighter than it was , and if I htd known that it would have ended in my death , I would have Btill suffered the remainder of my imprtfionment , rather than hare acknowledged myself gmlty of . :. crime I had not committed—( loud cheers)—rather than have had my mouth shut up , and not have been able to advocate the principles I suffered for . and for which I am ready to suffer again . " ( Cheera . ) Mr > Collins then went on to enumerate

      the causes whioh had led him to commence his Career of agitation in the people ' s cause . He had seen many of his neighbours at Birmingham deprived of the necessaries of lift ; and , through a decent feeling of pride , pawning their most neceS ' way property , and which was less likely to be missed , in order to conceal their poverty from an unfeeling world . He had found thousands of his fellow workmen in a similar situation to this ; and When he had mentioned their miseries , with a view to obtaining some alight alleviation of them , he had been told * O , it is the natural result of the panic , AMin a commercial country like this we must all expaot panics . " These'fcariics pot hint -very much rwmind a the situation of a toad under a harrow . 5 * " a ¦ m «**»^ ¥ « w ** vi m wvu uuuor a lutrruw *

      < Lm « hter , ) In the first Jilaoe , the harrow passed o ^ W « hack , aa *? % ensconced in the field ; and « Sre . he reooYer ^ d ftom the tortare . back came the harrow again from . the end of the field , and went over him again ; and , on its return , passed over him once more , perhaps ; and thus , in the case of the poor , toad , one panic was succeeded by another , and then by another . ( Laughter . ) It wae precieely the same with the working inen ; in the commercial world fh& panic was brought back again and again ; and no sooner was one over than it was succeeded by another . When he had witnessed all this misery , he then took the best steps he could to remove that misery . He had done nothing by force , and in no way , directly or indirectlv . 1

      had he' encouraged thepeople to remove their grievances by physical foroe- ; and he had not done so because he knew the remedy would be worse than the disease—and that if anything was gained by physical force it must be kept by despotism . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , then , tie memorialised the Govern * ment on the ' subject , and the Government said they could do nothing in the matter ,- for the House of Commons had set its face against all improvement-Then he b * d said , "Let us changethe House of Commons— ( cheers )—and when the people met to petition for a change , ' ho # wero they met ? B y bludgeonmen and riflemen , who attacked them in the Bull Ring of Birmingham ; breaking heads of men and arms of women ; ( Shame , shame . ) He was not

      present at the time ; but ro grievous was the outrage , that he could not in conscience keep his tongue silent , and he had denounced it as bloody and brutal . For thisi he was imprisoned , but he was of the same opinion still ; it was a bloody and brutal act , and Would eternally remain a blot on the eecutheon of the Whigs . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Clarkson , in alluding to Dr . M'Douall , had said , that when he-visited him in Chester Castle he had a happy look But what was the reason he looked happy i , The principles -of eternal truth and justice , rightly understood , would make a man happy even at tht stake : and if men were as honest as Dr . M'Douall . they would not forego the happiness of acting according to their conscience . Men who knew

      what the principles of the Charter were , and who knew what the law of nature and justice required , and were resolved to act up to that knowledge , experienced the happiness arising from an internal consciousness of having done their duty ; and here-it ' would be perceived how it was that M'Douall looked happy in his dungeon ( Hear . TietLr . ) He khew that he was suffering for righteousness * sake ; and that , though his enemies nught ; triumph for a season , yet that the principles for which he then suffered would eventually triumph . ( Cheers ^ He hid been often told that no demonstration in favour of tho Charter could he gotiipin Leeds ; and therefore he was proud to witness the contrary , and proud of -seeinUr the Deacoful

      demeanour of the people of Leeds , who were Willing to show 6 bedieB 9 e . to the Government which afflicted them , atraTeftp ^ fctto those prhM . iples ' wliich :-the persecuted victims of that ^ GoVernment had advocated , fie theu Bai 4 that » i flrsttheenemied of the people had treated as fanatjosantl crack-brained those who advocated the principles of the Charter ; but finding their laughter of no avail they trTed"to % orkip 6 n the prejudices of the people . They knew that even in childhood the very toys put into their hands were swordB and guns ; they knew they were taught from infaucy to admire as benefactors of the human race men who had saoked towns and villages , and made ten thousand widows and Orphans ; they knew they had even mixed these things np with their religious cere >

      monies , and that they were taught to offer up thanks to Almighty God when they had obtained the victory at one of those wholesale murders , and therefore it was that they sent out emissaries , and got those principles acted upon . But when this was done , and physical force had been appealed to , they said , " Here ' s a parcel of turbulent fellows ! these are dangerous fellows ! wo must put them down ! ' and then they laid hold of every harsh expression , and treated cruelly those who used thorn and those who did not , and Btrained every nerve to obtain verdicts against all who advocated their principles . ( Cries of" Shame , shame !") But they torgotthat the bloodof the martyr was the Beed of the church , and that that which was true in religion was also

      true in politics , and that , therefore , the blood of the political martyr would be the basis upon which their liberties would be built . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Collins then stated that when he was in the dungeon , two or three gentlemen visited him , to endeavour to get him to oome to some arrangement . They said they had been trying a meeting to petition for Household Suffrage , but the people would not listen to them—. ( roars of laughter)—and aBked him whether he COuld not lay down the terms of an arrangement . He had replied that he could ; and that those terms were a full , free , and impartial representation of the people in their House of Parliament —( loud cheers)—Vote b y Ballot , Annual Parliaments , No Property Qualification , and Payment of MemtaHrs .

      ( Much laughter and cheering . ) ' Ah , " replied they , "but these are the things you have long been talking about . " ( Continued laughter ;) This Household Suffrage party had lately been trying to move the country through the men of Leeds ; but for himself he could not 6 ee how a man was less qualified to vote , because he did not happen to bo a householder . The question was , was it to he the house or the man who voted —( hear , hear , )—and if it was the man how could they talk about Household Suffrage ? " Olbut , " they said , " surely you would not give all the tagrag and bob-tail , and the thimble-men at the races , a voice in the representation of the country ? " This question had been put to him in prison ; to which he had replied , « Well , then , if yVu think that an

      argument , l ask you whether there are no swindlers among the £ 10 voter si" ( Cheert . ) He could not see , for his part , why a rich rogue should be treated with more favour than a poor rogue . But the Charter made an express provision against this , while at present every rogue who paid his rent had a vote ; and therefore the argument applied well when brought against the present system , but was of no use whatever when ur ^ ed againBt the Charter . ( Lheera . ) However , he felt perfectl y satisfied that the working men of ' Leeds had intelligence enough not to be cajoled by this flimsy pretext for misleading them—( cheers)—and it gave him a delightful anticipation of future success , whenever he witnessed the same feelings manifested that they had so

      unequivocally shewn that night , and everywhere he saw the same determination to carry out ihe object they uad in view , although the gaols w « re filled with victims . ( Cheers . ) This imprisonment had been a lesBon to them ; and he begun to think that , notwithstanding the misery of the people , they would be able to discriminate between their real and pretended friends . Mr . Collins then expatiated at some length on the necessity of unanimity of action and organisation , and stated that Lovett and himself , while in prison , had endeavoured to lay down a plan of agitation , snch as would enable the people to obtain their rights . It was now in the course of publication , and he expected that in a few days copies would be sent , not only to Leeds , but throughout the land . He was not so egotistical as to suppose that this plan was the best that could be devised ;

      but he wished the people to see it , and to talk it over among themselves . He cared not , for hie own part , whether he was in the front or the sear of the agitation—whether he advocated the principles of tke Charter in one place or suffered for them in another ; and if by aiiy effort on his part , he could assist , even in the slightest degree , to obtain the people ' s rights , he should tnen be satisfied and contented . He should have liked to address them at some length , upon the principles of the Charter , but time would not permit . He then went on examine iuio their various argument * and assertions which , were brought against the great principles of tl ie Charter , aud triumphantly Bhowed that there was not au assertion or an argument that could f or a moment invalidate the strength of those principles . He trusted they would meet and consider t hose principles and adopt

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      them , and do all they could to carry them out , and expressed his own xfetermination to devote all his Slfl * ^ * , ** - , He thea apologised for hanng kept them so long , and said there was another m ii ° i . j ! re 88 th » to , who , he was certain , they would be happy to hear ( Mr . White ) ,. and - wW he had seen that day / or the first time ; and he there ! fore would conclude by reminding them , that there were still many victims in prison , and that thev 6 O . uW not show their attachments to the principle of the Charter better than by supporting " tCS suffering wives and families . Mr . Collins ^ hen sat down amidst prolonged and enthusiastic oheering . The Chairman then , proposed the next toast—The speedy liberation of ail incarcerated Chartists " which wa » dtank with three cheers , the band playing— "See the conquering hero conies I" r ^ Mr . PiTKEjHtT rose to respond to the toast , and w « * ****** with three cheers . . He said at that Jate

      ^ period of the night he thought it would not be-right for him to detaim them lone especially * they had yet to hear another ticrim Of Whig tyranny ( Mr . George White ) . Still he could not avoid alluding to a letter , which a sufferer in the House of Correction ( Mr . Smith ) had written to him , to endeavour to ameliorate the condition of another victim i » another House of Correction ( Mr Duffy ) ; and he thought thai when snch fine feeling WJW Bhown bj one victim towards another , there was ^ occasion , for him to endeavour to press upon themt the necessity of doing their utmost for the relief of thosfruahappy men , and their Bufferimj wives and families , ifmi cheers . ) - * A persdn in < heWy-of the meeting here proposed three cheers foi Peargus O'Connor ^ which were given with the greatest enthusiasm . The Chaihman then proposed the health of Mr . George White , which was drank with all the honours .

      Mr . Geobge White met with a most enthusiastic reception , while his person , and hisjvoice the moment he began to speak , gave evidence of the torture to which ho had been subjected . He commenced his address , by throwing himself on their kind indulgence on account of the sufferings to which he had been subjected , and also with respect to the splendid speeches of those who had gone before him . He seemed to treat his imprisonment very lightly , and said he had never felt happier in the whole eourse of hislife ^ than when he was with twenty criminals in York Castle . He never met a nobler set of fellows since the day he was born . Tney called a public meeting m the Castle Yard to consider what wa 3 to be done—( laughter )—for they were told that

      Chartism was dead ; and it was unanimously determined that the agitation should be carried on again the moment they got out . The next question was who would get out first ? The answer was " White . " It was then moved and seconded , and carried unanimously , that White commences his agitation the day he gets out ; and that if he finds the principles of the Charter are three parts dead , he must just raise them to life again . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Ho had acted in accordance with this resolutionand if they were going on so gloriously now , what should they do when the rest came out ? He was told at Wakefield that Chartism was dead ; and the moment he got out he got into a coach , where hornet with a Tory ; ana as he had been used , for the last six months , to the silent system , he suddenly found himself up to his neck in politics , before h « knew how to talk . ( Hear , and much lan uhter . )

      The silent system had almost made an idiot of him ; aud there were somo in Wakefield now who , if the BilenJ system was not done away with , would soon be silent under thesod . He should take an early opportunity of inserting an account of the doings at Wakefield House of Correction in the Northern Star ; but he would give them one instance , and that should suffice for that night . The prisoners there were in a low sort of shed , as large as that room . They were placed towards the roof , which was divided into four compartments , with their tacea all one way and for the slightest offence they were sent into solitary confinement for twenty-four hours , with nothing to eat the whole of that time but half a pound of bread . This particular course of punishment , to which he was about to allude , would prove the discipline to be murder and nothing else . When any one came down from the solitary cell for a breach of discipline , he

      eenejraily came down about supper time ; and as he had been starving on half a pound of bread a day , he need not say he must be very hungry . On this occasion it was a poor lad , who had bee n confined and he looked round the room , and saw them at supper , wnen ho himself had nothing to ear . Another lad ( No . 478 , there are no narae 3 used there ) gave him a part of his loaf , and for this dreadful offrnce , the kind-hearted lad was himself sent to Eolitary confinement for three days ! ( A great burst of indignation pervaded the meeting at

      this announcement . ) Now the rules of the prison distinctly stated , that no prisoner should be punched with more than three days' solitary confinement at a time ; but mark how they arranged to evade the rules . At the end of his three days No . 478 came out ; and being very hungry , as they might well suppose , and as he had given a part of his loaf to another under similar circumstances , he na t urally thought others -would do the same b y him and he took some bread from one of the other prisoners . For this he was immediately sent back for three days more ; and when he came out he ( Mr . White ) was not sure that he had a second meal before he was again placed in solitary confinement . ( Shame , shame S ) Thus the poor lad suffered nine

      days solitary confinement ; , with half a »' pound of bread daily , for nine days running ; while the prison rules said it should not be inflicted for more than three days at a time . When the lad came down the last time , he was so ill as to be put under the care of the surgeon ; and he saw no more of him . He trusted they would do their utmost to get their friends out of a place where he himself , for looking pleasant at William Ashton , was aent into two days' solitary confinement and starvation . ( Shame , shame !) Mr . White then alluded to the case of Robert Peddie , whom he had seen in York Castle Yard . He said he thought Peddie was an honest man ; and that he trusted that , at all events , as much would be done by the people for him as for any of the other victims . ( Hear , hear . ) He then cautioned tho men of Leeds aaainst the sham Radicals , who , he said

      , were more to be feared than the Tories themselves . He understood a few men had left the Chartists , and gone over to the sham Radicals , and he was glad of it , for they were always a trouble to them . ( Cheers and laughter . ) He reall y thought that , such was the intelligence of the working men , and such their knowledge of the tricks of the factions , that the present generation would lay the foundations of English liberty ; and that for the future they would not respect men for the situation they held in society , but that they would esteem them only for their honest j and worth . He trusted that at the next election they would return two working men to Parliament , in the piace of Baines and Molesworth ; and he concluded a humorous speech ( which was listened to with the greatest attention ) by thanking them for the testimonial with which they had presented him .

      Three cheers were then proposed and given for George White . v - The Chairhan then proposed "The immortal memory ot Paine , Hunt , Cobbett , and the illustrious deadof every nation . " Mr . Baihstow said , after what they had heard that night , it would be bad taste in him to come forward to inflict upon them any speech whatever . The toast he was called on to respond to included every patriot of past ages ; and they were called on to honour these men as well as those who were their

      guests that night . The names of many of these men had been blackened and vilified ; but the ultimate object they had in view—the doing good to the whole humau race—would account for their being called atheists ; revolutionists , and for all the other Billingsgate which had beeu heaped upon them . Their reputation had survived , and would continue to survive these attacks , and their glorious doctrines would assist in erecting the temple of freedom , in which he trusted all nations would dwell together in peace and happiness . ( Cheers . )

      The Chaibman then proposed— " Feargus O'Connor and the Independent Pr « Bs of Great Britain . " Tne toast was drank with tremendous and longcontinued cheering . Mr . Chilton briefly responded to it ; after which the cheers were renewed for Feargus O'Connor till tne roof rang again . The Chairman then announced the last toast"The ladies . " Mr . Staksfeld acknowledged the toast , previously to which , Mr . Pitketjilt proposed the health of William Lovett , which was drank with three cheers .

      Tho thanks of the meeting were then successively given to the Chairman , Mr . Clarkaon , Mr . Pitkethly , the ladies who had honoured them with their presence , to Mr . Bairstow , and to the gentlemen of the press ; af er which the company broke up ; and thus closed the proceedings of a day which will be long remembered in this town as one of the most important in the annals of Chartum .

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      _ _ .- j £ S-.. .: . ; .- . ¦ , ;• .-: ¦ yi : » ¦ ¦ .. - ¦¦¦ ¦ .. . . . . ¦ ¦ * . J Lm ' *? *^ --A poblifl aweiing was held fct KieamoiMi * ; HyjL , «» uosdayV erto&ins lilt , to w « £ $ *** ** $ «*;' ¦ fce ^ KHitfrt before th « J § ° ** SJ ^ BTenMoa , and tittaksaRangemeuTs for ? M iMw

      *— TrTY * . - . ' - >* vs > ajnp »| . 'ar . ' ju ^ . ' .-r anon 8 districts ? £ Sparing jn well for this object Mr , O'Neill , of Sn , ^^* & * M ^* j r tdrSsrf Meeting ? " con ^ ttees fbrth « , a ^» obje 6 % io » nec ^ ed with ttte demonstration , were appointed . " Mr . O'Neill * wwj 5 been invited id Jdeliiwrr Aao&er lectuw-Wedneaday was appointed as the evening , and ! after haying returned from Fenwiok * cwhere he had lectured on Tuesday , he delivered , to a crowded meeting , a lecture on the "Commercial state and prospects of Britain . " He was aeoQmpani&d by a nqmoer of the stiff hands to Kilmauts , where an excellent meeting was held on Thursday . On Saturday , he lectured on Total Abstinence , in th « Reformed Presbyterian Church ; and , at the close , the Rev . Chairman intimated that , to-morrow ( Sabbath ) a teetotal sermon would be preached at

      the Cross , by Mr . O'Neill . At * ix o ' clock a large number of people assembled at the Cross , but , no sooner did Mr . O'Neill and the Teetotal - Committee make their appearance on the ground , than the superintendent and two of the police marched up , and intimated that the meeting could not take place . In vain did the committee explain the object of the meeting , and the precedents that almost every Sabbath took place of other individuals preaching in the same place , the meeting could not be allowed . The chair was taken up by an individual who lead the way , gatherjug a large assembly as he conducted the committee without the police bonnds , where Mr . O'Neill and the Rev . Mr . Hamilton addressed a large meeting much to the satisfaction of allwho

      , felt strongly the want of prinoiple that prevented a Chartist from addressing the people on a moral subject , although that same day , at six o ' clock , the Rev . Mr . Hamilton spoke in the same place on the same subject unmolested . At two o ' clock , and at 6 ix , Mr . O'Neill preached to large assemblies in Richmond ' s Hall , and thai * ended among us a series of moat interesting meetings . BRIGHTON . —At the fltadlcal Association , on W ^ eB ^ yeTehiDg . AngBlt ^ eth , 1840 , Mr . Page in the chair , it was K 8 ohredAhat ; tbe following resolution , adopted by the Managing Committee of this

      Associatios , be approved of and acted upon : — That thi » Committee fully : approve of tlte plan of 'National Organisation ,: Asteec-mmended by ; tbeDelegates assembled at Manchester , ' And they recommend to the members or thli Association ita adoption at the earliest opportunity . "— I believe that , ew another . month has passed , Brighten will have formed her classes . Though the obstacles that surround , na are numerous , Whigs , Tories , and Sham-Radicals Opposing ns in our every movement , ho innkeeper dors allow us to hold our meetings in their houses ; but we fear them not A Union , a strong and powerful Union , will yet be formed in Brighton .

      EDINBURGH-The Rev . Archibald Browning , of Tillicoultry , at the request of the committee of the Edinburgh Charter Association , delivered two lectures in WhitHeld Chapel , on the evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday week , on the following subjects : — " The foundation oFbur knowledge of rights , " and , '' the obstructions to the progress of papular freedom . " The Kev . Gentleman , in his first lecture , entered into an examination of the sources from whence we derived our knowledge < if right and wrong , and proceeded to show that we must have a standard to appeals for a definition of right and wrong , and divided the subject uiuier the following heads : —1 . General custom . 2 . The Jaw of the land . 3 . The opinions and creeds of men ; and , 4 . From the will of God . On the first point , he

      remarked , that if we took general custom as a standard of right it would prove fallacious , as hitherto , under all Government !) , discontent had prevailed , and ruin had followed as the natural consequence . Heteniarked on the second head , that , if we appealed to the law of the land , to man being able to comprehend ifall from the bulkiness of the statutes , and as the opinions wore so variod in Reminds of the judges and professors of the law , on what really is the Jaw , each psrty or indivi'iual claiming superiority | o their own views snowed clearly that this could not-be a proper standard to repeal to . . On the third head , the lecturer stated , tfaat if we appealed to the opinions and creeds of men foi a staridant , we would find it equally fallacious from the fact of the existence of an immense variety of

      doctrines in the minds of men , each having an innumerable hoatof supporters , and all maintaining the soundness of bi 3 own principles , and denouncing the opinions of others . On the fourth head he proceeded to state that ihe will of God , as revealed in the Bible , was the only course from whence we could derive a knowledge Of right ; that hook containing all that was requisite , if properly understood and acted on , as it contains strict iajunctions to act honestly , do justly , and love mercy , which , construed with the inherent nature of man , unfolds the acting principles- whose legitimate functions are to perform those duties which God requires of man . The lecturer admitted that thu Bible was not , in all . cases , Sufficient for the exigencies that mav occnr ; but stated that if we acted up to the

      golden rule , of doing . nnto others as we would that others should' do unto us , we -would not go very far wrong . ' . SecondLecture , on Wednesday evening , ' -On the obstruction to the progress of popular fretdom . " The lecturer took up the subject under the following beads : —1 . The obsrructions thrown by Governments . 2 . By political economists . 3 . By the middle classes . 4 . By the literary and clerical professions ; and , 5 . By the working classes themselves on the first head . He stated that with the Government might he clasaed the aristocracy , and from the fact of these basking in the sunshine of a court , and having a desire for all the luxuries of life , and being determined to have that desire gratified at whatever cost to the nation , provided thi-y could get it out of the people by hook or by crook

      and the contempt they entertained for the poor , with the effect such conduct had upon the minds of the toilworn sufferers who ministered to their vitiated appetites , which , if persisted in , would have a tendency to arouse the indignation of the people to such a pitch , that it would lie as easy to prevent the bursting of . an overcharged steam boiler , with the puny arm Of man , as to arrest the progress of anarchy and ruin , which is sure to follow as the natural result of such a reckless course ^! conduct . On the second head , namely , the doctrines of the political economists , as tending to enforce a desire of wealth to the total subversion of the finer feelings of our nature , and the utter neglect of the denunciations of Scripture against usury , tae lecturer remarked , that , although the Founder « f

      Christianity has declared that it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of ; v needle , than a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven , they showed clearly by their conduct that they were inclined to take their chance , their cry being grasp , grasp , and the word " enough" beingeniirtlybanished fromtheirrocabulary ; all these tending to create fetlings of cupidity , aristocratic , and exclusive . The lecturer then , took up the third head , and remarked , ihat ihe middle classes were too apt to imitate the manners and habits of the aristocracy , to whom they were cringing and subservient to a disgusting extent , and expecting the poorer classes to be alike subservient to them , and looking down on their poorer brethren with contempt and scorn , as being of an inferior caste , without ever thinking that they made much in the form of

      were as God as themselves . The lecturer stated , on the fourth head , that literary men wrote generally to suit the taste and feelings of those , who could afford to pay them bust . The lecturer , was particularly severe on the religious instructors of the people as pandering to the tastes of the wealthy , and preaching . to the poor submission to "the powers that be , as ordained of God , " and doctrines that tend to mystify and mislead their hearers , appearing to have no other object in view than to kill time , and make the people pay dear for the murder ; blazoning forth the fsu \ ta of tbe poor , and exhorting them to peace and contentment , which injunction be ( the lecturer ) would also enforce , hut no further than was justifiable by the laws . of God . The Reverend Gentleman dwelt verv the fifUi head

      fully on , namely , tbe obstructions by the working classes themselves , as fully displayed in their want of union ; and shewed that without union they were defenceless , and at the mercy of every one who chose , to oppress them . He then divided them into four classes , shewing the first to be those of a superstitious . or religious turn . He did not find fau . t with them for being religious , but that their religion waa of a negative kind , having a dread of all innovation or change , except on the other side of the globe ; being the mere tools of their religious guides , and entrusting both soul and body t « their guardianship . > The second class he described as expectants , who looked forward to a small share of the enjoyments of the middle classes , and would not join in any movement

      that would tend to injure them in the estimation of their supposed superiors . lie described the third class as composed of those who had few , if any ideas at all , who are complete nonentities , or inert matter . The lecturer then shewed that the fourth class consisted of those who give themselves np to the entire gratification of their sensual appetites , utterly regardless of anything further than the indulgence of their vitiated propensities . The lecturer then stated that by far the most interesting portion of the working classes were those Who were engaged in the present movement for liberty ; And stated , that , although he attributed the ignorance and errors of the various classes he had enumerated to the present vicious system , he believed there were many upright and honourable men in all grades , and concluded by a powerful and eloquent appeal to bis hearers , calling on them to unite for the purpose of

      overthrowing tyranny and oppression , in whatever form it was to be found ; , and that they would do so most effectually fey obtaining knowledge , and acting on the principles of teinperanco and sobriety , as they were only supplying their rulers with the mean * of oppress , ing them , by indulging in the use of iatoxi « atinij liquors ; The lecturer concluded amidst loud cheering from all . present Mr . P . Anderson then moved a vote of thanks to the Reverend Gentleman , which was seconded by Mr . Jenn Duncan , and carried by acckniation . Previous to the meeting dispersing ; a gentleman craved a hearing , and expressed himself in terms of the highest approbation of the lecture , stating that he considered it would b « of great advantage to the clergy and middle classes , to be in possession of a copytf the lecture for their Instruction , and proffered a sovereign , to assist in defraying the expeaaes of printing Sghly ^ S * ' WUdl * " «»^ . «^

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 12, 1840, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2701/page/1/