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      IMPORTANT DISCUSSION ON FREE TRADE AT ROTHERIIAM . i It was lately mentioned in the Star that ihe visit of the " League" to Rotkerham had been a " great " failure , notwithstanding the seductive eloquence of the lion , member for Stockport .. In order to "keep appearances , " and if possible prevent the public from getting into the secret , ' Mr . Falyey , decidedly the cleverest lecturer of the League , was specially sent for , from the South , to try his hand in removing those obstacles which Mr , Cobden found so very perplexing and obstructive . Application was made for the use of the British School and the Corn Exchange for the occasion , but both places were refused : and on Friday placards appeared announcing that Mr . Falvey would deliver two lectures on Friday and Saturday ,

      in the large room of the Three Cranes Inn ., As the whole of the . proceedings had been conducted with the greatest secrecy , and the placards riot appearing till late in the day , the Chartists were taken by surprise , not having time to . make , arrangements for a discussion in defence of their principles if it should become necessary . However , several attended the lecture as a corps of observation . At seven o ' clock Mr . Falvey commenced his address , the room not being half full ; he said his lecture that night would be on the agricultural part of the question , and on the following-night on the manufacturing part . He then , atgreath length , gave a history of the various enactments respecting the admission of foreign corn contending that as they had failed in effecting the object their promoters had in view , that of kcepinoup prices to a certain rate , they ought to be repealed " Alter the usual denunciation of the landlords , which

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      constitutes a considerable portion of the stock-intrade Of the League lecturers , Mr . Falvey challenged discussion , saying he was prepared to meet any man on the following evening . Mr . Lessons , a Chartist : " I accept your challenge , and will find a man to discuss witn you . " "Mr Falvey : " Very well ; I shall be happy to see him . ; Several persons in the meeting cried out— " Who is he % let ug know his name . " Mr . Lessons : ' It is Mr . West , of Sheffield ; I dare say Mr . Falvey knows him well . " Mr . Falvey : " 0 yes ; I have met Mr . West several times ; and since he is to be my opponent , on second consideration , I will deliver my lecture , ' and at the close Mr . West may make what remarks he thinks proper . " OnSatarday the Leaguers wai-a vflrvbusv in mustering their lorces ; and ; we .... ..

      hare been credibly informed'that Mr . Badger , Jim ., went round to the different factories , requesting the foremen to induce their hands to attend and put down the Chartists . " Shortly , after seven 0 clock Mr . Maehinwas called to the chair , who openedtne business by observing that lie should act with ' the strictest impartiality , and . sceure for all parties lair play ; ' All he had to reojSest was , that the various speakers would' confine themselves to'the question , and not indulge in personalities or individual recriminations . He then introduced Mr . Falvey , who commenced by observing that last evening he had laid before them the history of the Corn Laws , and , he thought , dearly proved that they were unjust in principle , and that to remove a positive injustice must be a nositivc trood . Those laws were enacted at

      tliopointof the bayonet , and four years afterwards the bloody massacre of Peterloo was perpetrated by the bread-taxers - on the defenceless thousands who were assembled to petition for their repeal . But we lived nowin more enlightened times ; and the support the League received from all classes of politicians'was an earnest that better days Were in store for the under-fed millions . It was' most surprising that the greatest opposition came from those who professed to be advocates of freedom . It was difflenli to conceive how those who advocated freedom in scienceand freedom in legislation , should oppose freedom in commerce . Mr . ' West , who was present that night to lend a helping hand to the monopolists , would , no doubt , explain it . They tell us that we ought to have no connexion with foreigners ; but

      what can we do without foreigners ? Mr . Addison , years ago , in the Spectator , had said that thore was nothing indigenous to England but the wild plum and the wild apple ; All our necessaries , and even the arts and sciences , were of foreign origin : ¦ and yet wo are constantly told " stay at home , and never mind the foreign trade . " What was the foreign trade but an extension of the home trade ? and now are we to judge of-the merits of any question but byiriductivc reasoning ; from known facts . Let these bawlers for freedom look at America . There the democrats have elected Polk as President , because he was for Free Trade . And if we looked back to the conduct of the great leaders of Radicalism in England , Cartwright , and Hunt , and Cobbett , they all opposed the accursed Corn Laws : 'but of late a race of mushroom

      Radicals , calling themselves Chartists , led on by Feargus O'Connor , have leagued with the monopolists in limiting the supply of food . Lord . Mountcashel said theCom Laws were , necessary to enable the landlords to pay their marriage settlements ; and Mr ., West was there that night to enable them to do so . -The : Chartists had made themselves the most contemptible party that ever appeared ,- by their'divisions , their bitter hatreds , and . denunciations of each other : and could they believe that a party torn to pieces by faction could effect any change , or induce any one to place confidence in their movements ? They were powerless , except now and then to offer a puny opposition to the League : But even that was last lading away . TheXcaguc were a powerful body ; and since -their commencement never had a . quarrel

      among themselves . The Northern ' Star , after living seven years in the country , had removed to the south ; still preserving its name , which was a misnomer . That paper had always endeavoured to make the working classes believe that cheap provisions meant low wages : now he would put it to the working men present , whether , as provisions had lowered in-price , " their wages had been reduced . ( Several voices , ' My wages have been reduced . " ) He would not take isolated cases , but he would take the sense of the meeting on the subject . Mr . Westi "In that case I propose that no person vote on the question but those who are actual workers and receive wages . ' . ' Mr . Falvey assented ; and this had the effect of making the grentfemeii keep their , hands in their pockets . Mr . Falvey ' then put

      the question : 'All who are of opinion that as the prices . of provisions , fall , wages are reduced , hold up your hands . " The great majority of the meeting held up their hands . Mr . Falvey : I see you do not understand my question ; " all who arc of opinion that as the price of provisions has fallen this last two years , wages have not been reduced , hold up your hands . " Mr . West protested against that partial way of putting tho question . If they are to decide the question , as to whether wages had been reduced , let them take the last forty years , which would * be a fair criterion . Mr . Falvey persisted in putting his motion in his own way ; and after three ir ' uvs , during which lie could only get six persons to vote with him , ho gave up the contest in despair . Ho continued : Wo have got this fact , that during tho last forty

      years wages have been reduced ; but we had not Free Trade then . Tho reduction was under a system of monopoly ; under Mr . West ' s favourite system of protection . No doubt , bye and bye , that gentleman would tell them Free Trade would reduce wages ; but the real cause was the'Com Laws , which crippled commerce , and would not allow them to exchange the produce of labour for what foreigners could give us in return . With an . increasing population , if the people were not employed ' on the land , how could we Una employment for them , except by extending our markets ; and if by doing so wages should come down , let tho price of food come down to the price of labour :-and as the higher and middle class ' eshad at present a sufficiency , of bread , let but an increased fllinnlv enrnt * infil 't . he * nmiriti'V tin ^ thnea jvhn nnnr

      live oh potatoes would get their fair share . Tlie rent of the landowners must come down ; for Mr . M'Gregor had proved that the corn monopoly added millions yearly to their income . After some further remarks on machinery , Mr . Falvey sat down . The chairman introduced Mr . West , who said , that having been invited'to attend the meeting , in consequence of Mr . Falvey ' s challenge , he ' oxpected that the question to be brought under their consideration would be the merits or demerits of Free Trade ; but ho was surprised to find that Mr . Falvey , instead of entering on the question , had indulged in such gross' personal attacks on the Chartists as a body , on the Nortfiern Star , on Feargus O'Connor , and on himself . He knew that was not Mr . Falvey ' s usual manner ; and

      therefore hemust attribute it to his ( Mr . West ' s ) appearance ; : but whatever-the cause ,- it argued alack of argument , and was an unworthy attempt to excite their passions , instead of appealing to their judgment and reason : an attempt which he doubted not would be frustrated . ^ But as tho attack had been made , he trusted that before he entered on the question of debate , they would allow him briefly to reply : to the slanders that had been uttered . Mr . Falvey had insinuated that he ( Mr . West ) was amushxoom Radical ; and that he was an advocate ; for the landlord ^ This he ( Mr . Falvey ) knew to be untrue ; for his first appearance as a public speaker , was some three months before . Mr .- Falvey himself ; and for the fifteen years that he had taken part in public affairs , he challenged Mr . Falvey to . show one . instance in which he had not

      advocated , the principles of truth and justice , and struggled , under odium and persecution , on the side of the toiling millions . ' Mr . Falvey had alluded to the dissensions among some portions of the Chartist body , in order to throw odium on the princi ples of the Charter . No one regretted their dissensions more than he ( Mr . West ) did ; but there had been a separating of the chaff from the wheat ; and those who went from the Chartists only did so because they were not of them . The Chartists were now a firm and united body ; and though . they were sneered at as powerlessexcept for mischief— they were feared by all nostrummongers , who would not dare to meet the public lest tho " disunited Chartists" should appear , and scatter to the winds the humbug and delusion with which they sought to deceive the people . Mi- . O'Connor had been

      charged with mconsistency , because lie voted against an unconditional Repeal of the Corn Laws when in the House of Commons ; and still continued to maintain the same ground . , That specimen of logic he would leave Mr . Falvey to explain as best he could . But the crowning charge was the removal of the Northern Star to London ! That was hot to be easily forgiven . Monstrous impudence that the organ of Lab our should take its stand , side by side , with the organ of the League—and the prostitute press-gang of both Whig and Tory ! But there it was ! That was a great fact ; and , however bitter the potion , swallow it the League must ; and , as they said in Yorkshire—grin and abide . ( Tremendous cheering . ) When the League removed the Anti-Broad Tax Circular to London , no one brought that as a charge against

      them , rjuttheychangedits name , and the Star had not been changed . Ah , there was the rub ! Tliey hated the name not less than they hated tho principles it advocated . That name had been a terror ! to evildoors . That name had been the hope of the onprcsscd and ^ n sulted millions . It had ! cost the Government hundreds qf thousands of pounds to put downi one ¦ Northern Star ; and no doubt but many of Mr . Falvey s employersi would gladly subscribe tiieir thousands if they could . sink the existing Star beneath the political horizon : but while it continued the fearless advocate of the rights of man , it would blaze with redoubled splendour , illnmh * + ;„„ Ti ~

      minds ottlic toiling masses , and cheering them cm their mighty and glorious straggle for their couivhVs and Labours emancipation ; ' ( Loud cheers . ) And now , continued Mr . West , let us examine some of the statements which Mr . Falvey intended as arguments '" S ° Free / fradc . lie says that all tEings in England owe their existence to foreigners except the cRAB-Arpi . and the ¦ sloe ; that the aits and sciences were cradled abroad ; and that we are yearly importing fresh additions . Well , that admission was of some worth It used to be the en ' , that foreigners had not skill and ingenuity to compete with Englishmen ; that we were destined bv God to be the

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      " workshop of the world . " If foreigners were formerly so capable of inventing and improving , pre we to suppose that tho present race has degenerated from their fathers , or that all the brains have taken flight from those lands , and settled in the craniumsof Englishmen , but-more particularly 'in those of j fcno Anti-Corn Law League ? The Chartists always contended that foreigners had . the capability to manufacture for themselves , and would always do so when they deemed it advantageous to themselves , lney were doing so now ; and the only chance the manufacturers of this country have of competing with , them is by underselling them ; and he ( Mr . West ) was there that night to prove , that that could not be effected but by reducing wages . ( Cheers ;) There ... „ .. „ fhwin Vn-nnt olomonfji in nrnnuction—the raw .. - .,.-,.:- ^ - - -J xi . ' ^» ' Tf faTAJimi ^ i

      material ; the capital invested in machinery , & c . ; and the wages of labour ; and it was only in one or more of those that a ¦ " cheapening" could be effected , so as to enable us successfully to compete with ; foreigners . In the raw material foreigners had ¦ the decided advantage , for they-were the growers of it ; of silk , cotton , anda great portion of the wool , lliey had it on the spot , whilst , we had to import it , arid pay the costof freight and carriage ; so that no cheapening could'bo eftected . in that department . In the investment of capital in machinery , what little advantage wo formerly had , had been lost by the-free exportation of machinery ; but even if it'were no }; so , foreigners have the advantage in their water power , the cheapest of all motive power . The only other

      stem remaining . was the wages of labour ; and he challenged Mr . Falvey , or any other man in England , to show how a " cheapening , " so as to enable us to undersell foreigners , could be effected but b y " ai reduction of wages ; But Mr . Falvey says , "it wages must come down ; bring down the price of food to the price of labour . " Will the adoption of Free Trade principles do that ? No ! and Mr . Falvey knew it . All the great authorities of the' League—Mr . Greg , Mr . Cobden , Mr . Whitstone , Mr . Acland , cum my itis aliis—all agreed that the effect of Corn Law repeal would'be , " not so much to cheapen provisions at home ; as to raise them abroad . " That-humanity was quite of the Alderman Brooks school . It is tyrannical , anti-christian , and murderous to taxi tho bread of the people of this country , but quite a

      matter of " policy" to make it dear to the foreigners Was ever humbug so barefaced as" that ? iMr . Falvey said the rent of the landlord must come down , and -he quoted Mr . M'Grcgor . as anj authority to prove that the corn monopoly adds millions to their income . But what said Mr . M ' . Gregor in his evidence before the Import Duties Committee , when ; asked if a repeal of the . Corn Laws would cause rents to fall ? Ho said NO ; on tlie contrary , j think the rents of land would gready . iiKrease : Pretty-way that of . bringing ; . down rente , if Mr . M'Gregor was to bo taken as an authority . - Mr . Falvey talked a great deal about wages , and said , thoug h wages had fallen during the last forty years , that was under a system of protection , and not under Free Trade , because wo have not had it .. He ( Mr .

      West ) denied that the working classes had " jprotectios . " It was for the want of it that , they were bound hand and foot , and laid prostrate at tho feet of blood-cemented capital . And though they had not what Mr . Falvey called Free Trade , they had some of its anticipated benefits in yearly extensions of commerce ; and what did those prove but that each year we were impoverishing our own countiy to bestowthebenenefits onthe' foreigner ; reducing the wages of labour , to cheapen the cost price of the article exported ; giving increased quantities of export for decreased amount of value in return ; destroying the . home market , and only conferring benefits on the rich consumersthefundholders , pensioners , and tax eaters of various kinds . And this was the ¦ system Mr . Falvey wished to extend , and to persuade them would be a great

      benefit . ( "JN o , , no , " from Mr . Falvey . ) Well , ; it it were not so , perhaps Mr .: Falvey would tell them of some of the benefits to be derived from Free Trade ; for as yet he had most guardedly avoided the subject . Mr . Falvey said wages were not regulated by the price of food , and that the terms clveap and dear Mere merely nominal ; the ability to purchase being the real question . In that he perfectly agreed I ; but it is a most complete destruction of the clap-trap cry of the League—'" cheap bread 1 " As a proof , inuSOl , when wheat was 115 s .. lid . per quarter , a weaver of a six quarter cambric , sixty reed , Bolton-courfc , . could purchase with a week ' s wages at that pi-Ice , lSSJpints of wheat ; whilst in the last six years , with wheat under 60 s . per quarter , with his week ' s wages for the same description of work , he could only purchase sixteen pints of wheat ! i

      Mr . Falvey : Where is , your authority for . that statement ? - .-.. - , . . ¦ i Mr . West handed him Mr . Hobson ' s Poor ' Man ' s Companion , and pointed out the table , " Tho Free Traders' Looking-glass . " ! •• Mr . Falvey : I dispute that authority ; it is a table without a name to it , and might be fabricated by Mr . West or his friend Mr . Hobson , to suit their own particular purpose . ' Mr . West : The table is compiled from Mr . Marshall ' s celebrated , statistical work , the Digest ofWvblic Documents . i Mr . Falvey : I dispute Mr . Marshall as an authority ; ho is not considered one . ! Mr . West : It was the first time . that . he hadjheard the authority of that man disputed ; but Mr . Falvey said he was no authority , and therefore all tho world

      must believe so . But he would lay before thojnieeting . the claims of Mr . Marshall to authority , anil then they would ; be able : to judge between liim and Mr . Falvey . ^ Ms . Marshall y / as engaged by tho I Whig Government to make a compilation of 700 volumes of journals and reports on % \ vs Trade , Commerce , and Finance of the country , which had been presented to both Houses of Parliament . That Herculean task took him two years of arduous and unremitting labour to accomplish . , As a reward for , his . services , he was to have had the place which Mr , Porter now fills , as the head of the statistical department of the'Board of i Trade ; . but it was found that Mr . Marshall was too honest , and in some of . his notes to the tables he placed the Free Trade policy in its true light , as ruinous and destructive to British interests ; and

      therefore he was placed on the shelf , —his work was limited to about ; l , 300 copies ; but of . that number , by an unanimous vote of the House of Commons , a copy , at two guineas a- volume , was purchased for each member . . That . work , and his : blowing up I of the scheme of the sinking : fund—for which , after six montha' ^ Muug > . he made Joseph ' Hume his linstruuiout-T-will hand his name dowji to posterity as an authority—and one , too , that will not suffer much by not being "believed in" by the , " political prigs" of the school to whicli Mr . Falvey belonged . Mr . Falvey , claimed ^ Cartwright , ' Hunt , and Cobbett , as belonging to hit ' school ; but the world know that those great men and " nobles of nature " , were advocates of the principlesiof the Charter . The massacre of Peterloo was perpetrated

      on those who met to petition tor Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , and Annual Parliaments , and not , as Mr . Falvey would make you believe , for a repeal of the Corn . Laws . Cobbett always contended that , before you could attempt to have Free Trade , there must be an equitable adjustment of the debt , and a reduction of the national burdens . The same doctrines the , Chartists hold at the present day . Those great moii were their teachers ; and they could not-be considered "mushroom Radicals . " How many oi Mr . Falvey ' s school would come forward to advocate the , principles of the men , whose names they wished to pirate to serve their own selfish purpose ? Mr . Falvey had denounced the landlords : but the question & as not to be decided by such means . Were he ( Mr . West ) inclined to recriminate , he could a tale"

      unfold of the robbery , oppression , and absolute murder , perpetrated by the manufacturers and their systema tale that would make even landlords , with all their faults , appear as gods in comparison . Both classes were equally the enemies of labour ; and whenever its claims came under their consideration , they forgot their differences and united together for the purpose of keeping the poor man down . In conclusion , he . called on Mr . Falvey to point out some of the benefits that would arise from tl-v- adoption of principles of Free Trade . Mr . West sat down amid enthusiastic applause . Mr . Falvey : Mr . West has told you that I insinuated he was an advocate for the landlords . I now distinctly charge him with it ; for at Blackburn he moved and carried a resolution in favour of monopoly , and never mentioned the Charter . Ho finds fault

      with me for bringing the conduct of the Chartists forward . I had a right to do so , as a Chartist was my opponent . Mr . West appealed to the chairman as to what was the subject tor discussion ? The Chairman : The question is , "Whether Free Trade would bo beneficial or injurious , " and my opinion is that Mr . Falvey should not introduce extraneous matter . - Mr . Falvey : I am asked to point out the benefits of Free Trade . Cheap bread , and plenty of it , is a good thing ; and good wages is a good thing . Mr . West has talked a good deal about his "threeelements , " . and challenges me to prove how we can undersell foreigners but by fallingupon wages .. There are other ways . We pay twenty shillings a quarter on wheat ; if that waa abolished it would be absorbed

      in wages and profits , and would enable us to undersell them . It was the same with sugar and other things . In Switzerland they had Free Trade , and they found it _ to work well . In America the democracy were m favour of it , as proved bv the election of Mr . Folk ; a tact Mr . West had not noticed . The duty on wool had been abolished , but the price had risen , lhese ^ are faets ; let Mr . West reply to them . Mr . West had not told them any thing of the past ; he jumped into futurity . The Corn Laws had not Kept up wages ; and if it were not for the late abundant harvests trade would he in a wretched condition . Ho thanked them for the attention they had paid to Mr . West and himself ; and it would not be long before he would visit them again , when he would enter into tho question more fully than he had done .

      Mr . West . Mr . Falvey Las charged me with being an advocate of the landlords , because in the discussion at Blackburn I did not introduce the Charter ; but he has not the honesty to tell you that he positively refused to hold tho discussion if I mentioned the Charter ! So much for his

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      honesty- ' : MrV ; Falvey has-told vouuthat if the duty on corn and sugar were repealed , wo could then un . dersell . the foreigners ,-because thp 4 raw . material would be cheaper .: . Does he-jmean , that if TO . inipo rtroorn and sugar , thatit wai-change . uito'cottons , W 00 IW and silks to be exported : ? ,- IW * h « t is ha argvai ^ Mr ! Talvey said , tliey lmd Fre ^; lYade m Switze rl and ; but he forgot tojoll you thatjthey ; had . UmversaLSuf .. frage there also . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Falvey had referred to the election of Mr . Polk in America ; but lie forgot to tell you thatit was the , " Agrarian L eague "the Chartists of America , who . are struggling to make the public lands public : propefty ^ -that' secured bis election : a party who ' cared little . about the fudge . honesty , i ' MhlFalveV has- toldyoujiat if the ' dutr

      ography of Free Trade . They were told that tho duty on wool had been repealed , without depreciation in price ; and that , therefore , Free Trade must'be a good thing : but Alderman Batesonj of Leeds , had published a state of the transfer of our woollen trade to the continent . In 1824 , the export duty onj Bri tish wool was removed , and from lS 2 i to 18 i 0 , the exports had increased from nothing \ in 1 S 24 , to 4 , 810 , 387 lbs ., in 1840 ; while the exports of British woollen cloths , of all sorts , had decreased from 567 , 317 pieces in 1824 , to 258 , 962 , in 1840 ; and i n Vcrvicr and Aix-L a-Chapelle , where ' we exported most of our wool , in 1840 they manufactured 76 , 283 pieces more than England exported to all the world . '' Let Mr . Falvey note those facts . We were told the Corn Laws produced' all 'the evil hi the country ; but would Mr . Falvey explain one fact ~ thatunder the ' Com Laws we had had trade ' and good

      trade , cheap provisions and dearprovisions , higher wages and lower wages . One cause could not produce these opposite effects . But an abundant harvest had made trade gOod—a proof , that if we cultivated our own soil we need not depend on the caprice of foreigners . As Mr . Falyey had promised to . visit them again , he would assure them that when ho did come he would find him ( Mi * . West ) there also . ( Loud cheers . ) They had heard the . arguments on both sides , as far as time would permit , andNvhcu ho ( Mi * . West ) next came among them , after they had calmly reflected on what they had heard , - he would ask for their opinion ^ He had to thank them for the fair play thoy ' had shewn , ahd the attention with which they had heard Mm . —A vote of thanks was earned by acclamation to the chafrman , and thus ended one of the most important meetings ever held in Rotherham . Chartism has received a great impulse . Too much praise cannot bo givon to the bravo nien of Rotherham for their conduct .

      LONDON . Metropolitan District Council , , 1 , Turnagainlane , Skinnor-etreet , December 29 th . —Mr . Simpson in the Chaii ' . —Several membera having delivered in thcir ' iroporte respecting the projected Dunconibe procession , Mi-. T . M . Wheeler said communications of great importance had been received from some oi the Trades . He , therefore , would suggest the propriety of suspending all operations as regarded the ; : Duncombe procession for a short tinio , in order that the Trades might have sufficient time to perfect their arrangements . The Secretary also read a letter from

      Mr . T . Barratt , Secretary to the Associated trades of London , breathing the best- spirit towards Mr . Dunconibe , ' and promising to bring the matter officially before the Associated Trades at their next meeting . Mr . Pattenden moved , " That the Committee forgetting up the Duncombeprocession suspend their operations for the present , in accordance with the suggestion of Mr . Wheeler . " The motion was seconded by Mr . Stallwood , and carried unanimously . The Committee for gettingup the late Soiree reported progress , and steps having oeen taken to effect an immediate ' settlement of that matter , the Council adjourned .

      NORTHAMPTON . Grand Chartist Tea Party and Ball . —The Chartists of this town held a Tea Party and Ball on Friday , December 27 th , in the large room at the Saracen ' s Head Inn . The room was inconveniently crowded . After the good things of ^ life had been disposed of , that sterling Chartist , Mr . Geo . Watson , was -unanimously called to the chair , and opened the meeting in a clever and appropriate speech , which was warmly responded to by the assembly . The chairman then proposed the Mowing sentiment , "Tho People , the legitimate source of all power ; may . they speedily obtain their just rights through the enactment of the People ' s Charter . " Mr . Gammage responded to the sentiment , and was loudly applauded . The next sentiment was , " T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P . F . O'Connor , Esq . ; Dr . P . M . M'Douall ; James Leagh ; James Bronterre 0 'Brien , Esq . ; and all who honestly advocate the people's cause : may . they , live f to see

      their exertions rewarded by the success of the cause for which they have so arduously struggled . " Mr , Henley responded to the sentiment in an eloquent speech . 3 rd sentiment , "Frost , Williams , ' jJones , and Ellis : may they speedily be restored to their families and their homes . " Mr . Hollowell responded . 4 th sentiment , " The Democratic Press : may it bo a beacon light to guide the people on the path to freedom . " Mr . Crawford reeponued in a sound Democratic speech , in which he ably ahewod tho'advantage of an unshackled press . 5 tn sentiment ,, " The immortal ' memories of Tell , Wallace , Washington , Emmett , Fitzgerald , Hampden , Pini , Cartwright , Hunt , Cobbett , Beaumont , Taylor , and all who have struggled and died in the cause of liberty . " Mr . . Mundy responded to the sentiment . 6 th sentiment , "The Ladies : may they be found hearty co-operators in the political and social regeneration of our country . " Mr . Gammage -responded . Dancing then commenced whiclnvaa kept up till a late Ueur ,

      BRADFORD . Working Men's . Movements . —Perhaps there is not a town in . England where the operatives have a bettor knowledge of the cause of their degradation than they have hero ; but , by some means it is found hard to create as good an organiKVtion among them as ought to exist ; and although Chartism is the darling theme of the masses , scarcely one in fifty are enrolled members . What is the cause ? The working men arc disgr . ^ d with the trickery , shuffling , and empty-headed vanity of some wouldVbe leaders , who remained in their ranks just long enough ., to create discord and division by endless quarrels and bickerings . At length , finding

      they could not . succeed in foisting themselves and their little nostrums on the people , they vented their spleen on what they , term the O'Connorites , and set up as Free . Traders . Now that the intellectuals arc gone , the . ' organization improves weekly . Lectures are delivered at ButtonvortVs Buildings on Sunday evenings , which begin to draw public attention , and tend . to add to the numbers of the enrolled ; and it is shortly intended to engage one of the public halls for the use of the Chartist body . Etzlkr ' s " Tropical Emigration Society" has gained a largo accession to its numbers here , over one hundred shares being taken up , the main part by , Chartists . The first instalment , amountir ^ to £ 60 , was paid iip this week .

      TO THE CHARTISTS OP NORTH LANCASHIRE . Brother Chartists—The time draws nigh when our esteemed , friend , aud fellow-worker in the cause of democracy , Thomas Tattersall , will be released from that dungeon whicli for two long years has entombed his body and separated him from those who are struggling for the principles whicli the dungeon ' s gloom will not have estranged him from . No , brethren , wc venture to predict that 'ie will return from his dungeon with a , stronger impress on his mind in favour of the cause he so patriotically embarked in , and lor which he has suffered . > Believing that those principles are still held dear by you , and believing that you have a lively hone of their realization—a hope that the unhallowed Vouch

      , of tyranny cannot extinguish , —we venture to solicit jour aid in providing a suitable testimonial of our affections' towards the persecuted sufferer / not only for supplying his immediate wants , but to prevent tho opposers of our g lorious principles , those who fatten and luxuriate in the sunshine of class legislation , — -from reproaching us with ingratitude and indifference to those who have suffered lor advocating the cause wc are mutually embarked in . To attain the above desirable object , a " Testimonial Committee" has been formed in Burnley , arc collecting subscriptions for the pumose of

      providing Mr . Tattersall with a good suit of clothes , and otherwise to" give to him marks of ettcem ; an J bfilieving . that the Chartists of North Lancashire will not be backward in aiding the good work , wo have thought proper thus to call your attention to it . And we beg further to state that the time being short , wc arc desirous that parties collecting subscriptions should lose no time in transmitting tho same to the Secretary / together with the names of the subscribers , thaUhasaniefuaybe laid before Mr . Tattersall for his inspection as early as possible after his release , which will be on the morning of the lSfh-February , 1845 .

      Communications and subscriptions should be transmitted to the Secretary of the Committee , Mr . John Place , Winn Hill , Burnley . „ Signed on behrJf-of the " Testimonial Committee , John Place , Secretary-Jons Heap , Treasurer .

      SCOTLAND . .. ., Alva . —A public meeting of the inhabitants Of Alva was held in the People's Hall on the evening of the 21 st inst ; , for the purpose of memorialising 1 " * Majesty for the return of Frost , WiUiams ,. and Jones . Mr . James Walker was called to the chair . Mr . "• Harrowcr moved , and . Mr . George Rattray seconded ,. a memorial in behalf of the suffering luariyr ;? , which was unanimously agreed to . The memorial iuts hecn sent to Sir J . Graham for presentation to her Majesty . A social meeting wasi held here on Tuesday

      evening , the 24 th inst ., tor the neneht or Mrs .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 4, 1845, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04011845/page/2/