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Fire \ lt Market Weighto > j . —On Thursday •{ reek , three staeks of excellent wheat -were consumed Ij ^ gre ,. ^ ^ er fftaaiwa of Mr . -Bms , of Market "Weigbtoh . The fire was witnessed by the guard sad" coachman of fee"York mail ( there "were no ; passengerz ) . The premises' are situate at the end of Market "Weigflton , on the Beverley road . An engine was promptly on the spot . The property was insured . - -n « . — -M- . W ^ imi . "W-B-tn-BTnx : —(\ n TTiirrsd-jT
Mubdeb at LixcoiK . —Attempt to Poison a Fakelt . —On Saturday and Monday week an inquest wa ? held at Lincoln , before Mr . Hitchins , coroner , on the body of Mr . John Brace , a respectable butcher , who died shortly after taking his breakfist—three members of bis family were also taken ill afteT their meal . It appeared , from the evidence , tbat the apprentice of deceased , named Samuel Kirkby , bad , out of revenge for being , chastised by his master , and not suffered to go out on Sunday , in consequence of neglecting a lamb , which bad diedobtained arsenic , and put it into the kettle . The jury returned a -rerdict of " Wilful murder" agaj ^ t Earkby , and be was committed- * .
Bcli . Sunday School TJsioK- —Monday last , being Easter Monday , the nineteenth anniversary of this union was held ; on which occasion the children of the town and several of the country schools , with their teachers and friends , were assembled in Waltham-street , Salem , and Holborn-street chapels , where suitable addresses were delivered . Hymns , composed for the occasion , by Mrs . Gilbert , of Nottingham , were sung by the assembled
thousands of the rising generation , who afterwards returned to their several school-rooms , to partake of the temporalities provided for them . In the evening , a public meeting was held in Fish-street chapel ^ James Henwood , Esq ., in the chair . Mr . Eden read the report , from whieb it appeared that eleven country schools had -been admitted during the year , six of which were new ones , and had been assisted with , books to the amount of £ 6 4 s . 6 d . A braneb
union bad been formed at Drifficld , embracing seven miles round that town , including 16 schools , with 1030 children . The schools in Hull , connected with the union , were stated to be 17 , including 530 teachers , 2 , 882 children , and 103 adults ; in the country 84 schools , 1 , 877 teachers , with 6 , 747 children , and two adults ; in Driineld branch , 16 schools , 372 teaehers , 1 , 030 scholars—total 117 schools , 2 , 779 teaehers , 10 , 559-children , 105 adults , increasing during the year 13 schools 306 teachers , 1 , 002 children , and 29 adults : 17 * scholars bad become teachers , and 81 had joined various churches daring the year . The depository continued
prosperous , the number of books issued from i \ during the year was 15 , 55 / , from the effect of whieh a vast amount of good was calculated . The parent society had furnished during the year to schools in this union 70 libraries , containing 4 , 590 volumes , at a cost to the schools of £ 146 Is . 3 d ., the retail price ef whieh would have been £ 397 10 s . A number of reports from individual schools were read , as were also the treasurer ' s account ? . The receipts , chiefly from the sale of books , amounted to £ 339 5 s 6 d . andtheyaymiaitsu > £ 35833 . 9 d ., leaving £ 18 18 s . 3 d . due to the treasurer . The meeting was addressed by the Rev . Messrs . Daniell , Stead , Jackson , Aston , &c ., and a collection was mace .
Slip betwxex Cup axd Lip . —On Monday last , a couple whose sames had been entered in the Superintendent Registrar ' s book , for tbe purpose of getting married , attended at St . John ' s Church , in tin city , to "have the ceremony performed ; but before it could take place it w ' as necessary they should produce a certificate , trader tbe hand of the Sn ^ erictecdent Registrar , that the rules prescribed by ' aw had been complied with . This the man had act obtained , and a considerable time elapsed before he could procure it ; and when , at last , be came with the certificate in his hand , it was so near twelve o ' clock that the minister hesitated for a
moment whether he would venture on marrving them ; but at their earnest solicitation he commenced the ceremony , and proceeded so far that the man had taken the woman " for better for . worse , " but at the moment the woman had taken the man fcv the hand , and "begun ber part , the church clock began to strike twelve , tie minister immediately closed bis book , and refused to proceed any farther , but desired them to come the next morning in propar time , tbat they might begin , as the lawers say , dt neon . The nest morning the person who had acted as father , by giving her away on the previous day , made bis appearance in the church—but , alas , it was to say the lady was safely delivered of a little pledge t * mutual love . —Cocentry Standard .
PONTEFBACT TEMPEBAXCE FESTIVAL . —On Good Friday evening , a very numerous party of ladies and gentlemen partook * of tea and ibe nsual el eettrat , a the Town Hall , at Pontefract , which was tastefully arranged and decorated for the purpose . The chair was taken by Mr Levison , of Doncaster , who was ably supported by Messrs John and Joseph Andrews , of L * e&j , Messrs . 3 ie « er and Thompson . ( "Wesleyan Local Preacher ? )
Mr . Atkinson , of Leeds , &e . &c . A very excellent tee-Mai baud played Temperance Hvmns ' and selections of sarred music , and what with the harmonv of rseet sounds , the enthusiasm of the speaker ? , ' the warm and energetic responses which followed , the fflubng faces of the company—it was a scene on which the philanthropist could look with the greaten pleasure . The meeting lasted six hours ; manv ei ' . cllent speeches were delivered bv tbe chairman
and other gentlemen , whieh want of room prevents w noticing at greater length . _ A Settler fob Kisg -ErxeSt .- —Mr . Hume has given notice of a motion for the 1 st May , lor leave u > bring in a bill to suspend the payment of the annuities of £ 6 , 000 and £ 15 , 000 held bvhis fioval Highness the Duke of Cumberland , " now ^ 4 ° f Ha nover , = o long -as he shall continue to be King of Hanover . Transporting Feloxs to England . —At Uie Uoyal Conn , Jersey , on Thursday , William ^ nmn was found gilty as an accomplice , ' and Elizabeth . Harrington , his wife , as principal , on her own eHMsaon , of hiring broken open a letter , and ^ ien taerefrom certain " bank notes . Advocate Hammond , for the prisoners , addressed the bench in
autiaoon of punishment . He said Caey had been irtnpted to tare the notes from &eir poverty . It ^ tBe fi rst rime they had been presented to tee -o = rt , and he besged to observe , that if they bad - « c aav criminal intention , they would not have acknowled ged possession of the notes to so many |« sons . Tne Attorney-General demanded that -nuta and bis wife sboald be botb imprisoned for f e itm Oi one year , Smith to hard labour , and at U * expiration thereof , tbat they should both be ranisfeed ( tbat 5 ? , transported to ' Ensland ) for five year ? . The Court granted the demands of the Jswaey-General , modifying the imprisonment to {•* P " ^ instead of a year , and ordered that the f as cotes be delivered up to the right owner . — Jrrtfv paper .
•* Civil Lad . —The Hertfordshire peasant ? are -itonons for their want of nrbanity . A lady , while _ * a visit to a friend residin ? m the country , had , p Kng cer rides on horseback in the neighbourhood , wvome perfectly aware of the boorishness of the i * asantr y . One day , wben riding unattended , she ^ Ee to a bye-gate of her host ' s pari , whieh bad * s a lod ge . A cbnbby boy was swinging to and r * o = pon it . Sae ventured to bee that he would bold ^ o ? rti w hil e she passed . To her utter am azement , * aid so ! Delighted with his complacency , she sare cjm a smiling , observing , " It is qmte ' clear , f / u \ Irom - Tonr clvmt ? , * & * y ° K are not a native « tiemorashwe . " ¦ Tie reply was this— " Thee ' a liar— Ibe !"
p Hull 3 Iecha ^ cs' Ikstttute . ' - On Thurs-^ J «« ang week , Mr . J . D . Sollitt delivered to --- m-aotsrs c f laii in < tltution ^ interesting lecr ca - "ineraiGi-y . . t ^ vicTirx 0 F T ^ -Watchmes roa bCT p A p - ersok by Leaving him withrn- ' ^ ° 0 ^ The ? ri 5 oneis in this case , George i 4 r ^ - ? ller HiIK a ^ Thomas Bease , were V r * ° . * « W and slaying a person unknown , ei ^ T 2 ? ™ - ^ Eaat food . The facts of this xtraordinarj case will be coHeeted firom the
, SSA v ^ ^ ^ ef Justice . _ The ther « lT ' ^' lordsaip ) were indiefced for that Ja £ -a ^ J / 6 ^ ? - nuar J and till the 10 th of Lad " cUl T ^^ en of the town of TeoTilj and * aknown , % ha l ^ vrate 1 hoil ! e 7 and-that a person ttew ^ : ^ J- ^ k ^ d sick , wasj , la £ din * aa thev maJLoW' \ ° mlonned them of i ^ fleeted their"S ^ | : ? e ' ^ &at they «*«* iromVeiS $ & *** ** . * f ™ & to remain wiriout rel ^ f Jfl „ , > and ^^^ 1 " ^ ^ t . drink . « £ d £ s £ BteBa £ ' andwithont ^ ect caused his dea ^ gV wjto ^ Eafcfaction iiiat the two ^ ^ ^^ the of the
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. The Leicestershire Twrxs . — There were born on Sunday morning week , at"Woodhouse Eaves , near IiOnghbro ' , two children , completely united at the greater part of the chest , in front , and along twothirds of the abdomen downwards . Had they lived they would have absolutely . eclipsed the Siamese twins ; they lay like the babes in the wood , enclosed in the attitude of love . The arms were pressed a little upwards during the birth , but they soon resumed the posture in which they had perhaps been TflV . T . TCTC'ESTERSHTR'E TwiSS . —There Were
gradually moulded . One had his arms round the neck of his brother ; the other had one arm round his brother ' s neck , and tbe other round the left loin . They were both well-formed seven months' males , and both born dead . From the state of the lungn they had never breathed ; they appear to have died in the birth . They had bnt one heart , one spleen , one liver , one stomach , and one set of bowels . They were in other respects remarkably perfect in their general structure and form . The mother is doing well . ' ' . ¦
Ikqtjests . —Hydrophobia . — On Saturday an inquest was held at the Silver Cup , Cromer-street , St . Pancras , on Mr . "William Brown , aged 38 , a cow-keeper , whose death was caused by that truly dreadful malady bydropbobia , nnder circumstances of a very appalling nature . It appeared from the evidence , that in ^ November . last , the deceased was bitten in the hand by a favourite spaniel bitch , wbieh was considered to be free from madness . The . wound was cauterised at the time . The deceased , however , felt great anxiety upon the matter Subsequently the animal died in pnpping , and the body was sent to the Veterinary College for the pnrpo » e of dissection , the result of which was that
the gentlemen attached to the said institution expressed their decided opinion that the dog had nofe died hi a rabid state . On Monday last , deceased was seized with a sore throat , and was unable to swallow liquids . Messrs . Skinner and Hayman , surgeonj , were called in , and prescribed for the patient , who was suffering from great excitement . On Tuesday symptoms of the dire malady were apparent by the unfortunate man being attacked * ith paroxysms , during whieh he foamed at the mouth and howled like a dog . Dr . Roots , assisted by the above surgeon ? , held a consultation upon the case-, but their united exertions were unavailing ; the deceased , after an immensity of suffering ,
expired in convulsions about ten o ' clock on Tuesday night . Dr . Root * , as well as Messrs . Skinner and Hayman , gave their opinions that the death of the unhappy man was caused by hydrophobia . In answer to questions from the Coroner , tbe medical gentlemen said that by making a post mortem examination they should not be enabled to obtain further information ; the dreadful malady was wrapped in impenetrable gloom , no internal appearances developed themselves upon such melancholy occasions .. ¦ Verdict , " Died from the bite of a dog which was in a rabid state . Deceeased has left a widow and family . On Saturday an inquest was held at the Board-room of the Union " Workhouse . Kensin the bod
gton , on y of a new-born female infant , which was found under the following circumstances : —From ibe evidence of the witnesses it appeared that , about five o ' clock that morning , as police m * an Elderken , T 54 , wa 3 on duty in the workhouse fields , he discovered the body of the deceased , in a sitting position , on the top of the bant , covered over with brown paper . The umbilfcal cord was cut and untied . Mr . "Wool ' -ey , the surgeon of the union , who examined thebodv . and made a post mortem examination , while the jury were -sitting , expressed it as his beli f that the deceased had been born alive , but said he could not throw any light on the cause of its death . Verdict— " The deceased child wa ? found indecently exposed ,, but by whom or how its death was occasioned there was no evidence before the jurors to
show . " On Saturday an inquest was held at the Hero of "Waterloo Tavern , " Waterlooo-road , Lambeth , on the body of a new-born infant , which was found under the second arch of "Waterloo-bridge , on Monday momiD ? , wrapped up in a brown paper parcel , and attached by a string to a brick . The left irm ; left leg , and thigh were separated from the body , whieh was very much mutilated , and consequently it was impossible to say whether the child had been born alive or not , or what was its sex . The jury , after a lone consultation , returned the following verdict : — " That the deceased child was found dead in the river Thames , with the left arm , left leg and thigh separated from its body ; that there is no proof as to its sex , whether it was born alive -or not , or by what means it came into the water . " i
HlTLL , LlXCOtN , AND NOTTINGHAM RaILw -iY . —We learn that this Railroad is now fairly afloat . Upwards of 2 , 000 shares were taken in twelve hours on Thursday week , and there have been hourly demands for them since . It was anticipated that in a few days they would all be disposed of . "
CAtTTloN-TO THE Fair Sex . —On "Wednesday -wetk , a spinster , aged 29 , with an infant in her arms , applied at the Halifax Board of Guardians for relief . She was from Sowerby ; and almost before she got into the room , she thus began to state her claim . * : — " When he caize a cooartin ? to me , yoa knoa , he said that he wor David o' James Greenwood ' s , and he turned aite to be David o ' David Greenwood ' s ; that wort ' -nay he deceived me ; I thonght it had been his cousin ! " ( instead of
whom , it appeared he was a married man . ' ) BeiEg asked why she told that tale , she replied that she came there only to tell the truth . It appeared from her subsequent examination , that she had been confined within six or seven weeks ; that her isfar . t was Illegitimate ; and that she was now living with her mother . She was requested t 3 retire , and she did st , s- ying that her sedueer would pay a shilling a week , provided he was made to do it ! After a brief debate , it was agreed that she should have Is . 6 d . a week , until further orders .
Important to the Press . At Liverpool Assizes , on Monday week , Mr . Griffith , proprietor , and editor of the Wigan Gazette , brought an act : . on against " Mr . Fegan , a magistrate of that borough , aiid Mr . "Whittle , the chief constable , for an assault and false imprisonment . It appeared that Mr . Griffith attended the town-council to report proceedings ; when Mr . Fegan complained that some cases which had occurred before the magistrates bad been omitted to be noticed in tbe WigT m Gazette , and he said Mr . Griffith must either rep ort all or none . That
gentleman , refused to he dictated to , and said he should exercise his own discretion in giving the Reports . Mr . Feganthen ordered him to leave the table where he was tntting notes ; and , after some dispute , directed "Whittle to take him into custody ; and he was lodged in prison till he found sureties to keep the peace towards the Magistrates of "Wigan . Mr . Fegan had afterwards endeavoured to compromise the matter by an offer of £ 5 , which was refused . The Jury returned a verdict for tbe plaintiff , with £ 7-0 damages .
Lo >» pox axd Chester Mail . —The old London and Chester Mail to Liverpool Ly "Woo&side is discontinued . Horth Union Railway . —The spirited contractors on this line of railwav , whose labours have been go much impeded by the protracted frost of tbe winter , are straining every nerve to effect an opening of the line into Preston , in August . We hope that they may be successful in the attempt , we understand a premium is dependent upon its realization . —Preston Chronicle . .
Railway , to Sotjthport axt > Prestok . We understand that it is in contemplation to maie a Tailsraj- from this town to Southport , and to continue it afterwards from that watering place direct to Preston . "We believe - surveys were made last . week to the-projeeted Ufe between this town and . Sonthport . 'It is intended to pass through Waterloo , Crosby , and Fomby . —Liverpool Times
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. TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERS STAR . TT Hull , April 16 , 1838 . ^ entlemex . —Having seen in one of your recent publications a most gratifying report of the proceedings at tae opening of the -Bradford Temperance n i 4- af ^ s ncel to ^ end yon an account t > f our Good Fndav Tea Party , which I doubt not will be perused wr . h interest by all yonr Teaders who rejoice ur the prosperity and happiness tof their fellow-men , whatever views tkey may entertain as to the peculiar sentanentf and principles entertained by the Tee-Tetal Society . -Much excite " ment had prevailed foi a considerable tone nast , as to the approaching treat ; and many members of the Society bad been actively engaged in preparing for the intended festivity . Aiuch
inconvenience , on several accounts , bad been felt on prerions ^ occasions ^ to remedy . which , many of the reclaimed-characters ( whose grateful hearts , cheerfnl countenances , and happy home « » evince most powerfully the operation of our principles ) set about to ebviate ) i » the utmost " extent of their power . The tinners and blackgmiths who had Veen recovered to the paths of sobriety , volnnteered" to make a large kettle , in- which to' prepare the" tea , giving their labottr withont feef or Tftward ; - A "friend lent the money to purchase material ? , and after three months ' labonT dnring . tb . eiri . dnrs of teisnre , and at a sacrifice ofmany personal comforta , the-wotk kas been accomplished tp the admiration of the hundreds wfio have nad-an opportunity of inspecting it The Vessel eonsists oTa large fcetfle , or xather boiler , consrracted . of
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tin , and placed on an iron apparatus for heatidg the water : the fire is of charcoal , and the smoke is earned by atro fine into the chimney « f the room . The * & * & $ * $ & * fjtf&Sfl-irf watei ;* md is the work of Mr . Bell , Mr . Firby , and others . A set of tables las abo been in a similar manner prepared by Mr . ^ powersj Mr . HalsUwd , and other reformed characters , which will comfortably accommodate 350 persons . This also has been a work of labour , and much praise is due to those who have thus with honour to themselves , and credit to the Society , executed the design . On the Thursday evening , the worthy _ secretary and a number of Ibe members , met m the Freemasons' Lodge , Myton Gate , to clean the room and decorate it with evergreens , whieh had been riven from "" inii ninrrii rin nn 11 mii ii i ' "' i * r I- ' i - ' ' i ¦
kindly the Botanic Garden for that purpose . I looked in about eight o ' clock , to see how matters were going on , and never shall I forget the scene while >' memory holds her seat . * 1 have be ' en m many societies , and seen many assemblages , for vanons pnrposes ; but -such a scene of kindness , rood , will , and harmony , ithad never before been my lot to witness : aU seemed to be actuated by one wfll , mind , and spirit . The gentlemen { for if words have any meaning , these houest , sober , intelligent nrbzans are truly gentlemen ) appeared all anxious to assist each ofher , and the ladies were not a whit behind them . Truly , if those who call the industrious , sober classes degraded and base , had seen , what ' l * saw , they would have been compelled , spite of themselves , to alter their opinions . On Friday morning all was again hustle and preparation . : The room was splendidly decorated with an evergreen arch , with artificial flowers and
oranges , over the platform , and a transparent picture ocenpied the sides ; behind the chair was the words Tee-total , and other devices in laurel leaves ; the whole had a most pleasing effect . On the ri ^ ht hand side of the room was a Targe sloop , hnng with flags ofraribus colours , and a little lower down , a picture ef a jolly toper , that had formerly adorned a beer-shop , in Barton , the keeper of which had joined the Temperance cause , and given his sign as a token of victory to the Society . This worthy we considered as a pirate , and placed over . him a black flag , and scull and cross bones . On the opposite side was a banrier withl a death ' s head rising , out of a wine cup , "and Jthe 'mptto f ' death ' . fa 4 nmkeohess ;" ' and also a Targe flfig-bri « KhSch'wds . inscribed peace and good-TSUitoaH . ^ OnrexcellentTreasurerfurnished us with cotton to cover the tables , and wnentht ? preparation * -for partaking of the really social cup were comp lete ^ , a scene more simple and sublime bas rarely "been presented ^ to the contemplative
mind . Five o ' clock was the hour announced for tea , and the sale of tickets was limited to S 49 ; such , however , was the anxiety evinced to obtain admission , that the committee were compelled to issue nearly one hundred mare , and this occasioned some little confusion and annoyance , bat this was rectified in the best manner possible , and air was social harmony and peace . The tea was excellent , the provision ample : the mala waiters were rather more numerous than was needful ; and the ladies , God bless them , with their > -miles of innocence , their faces of beauty , and their forms of grace , gave a zest and a reliuh la the whole , which the richest and choicest wines c 6 nld never produce . Two bands of music enlivened the festivities of tbe evening , and played several airs , some of which were accompanied with words by the delighted audience .
At the appointed time John Wade , Esq ., president , took the chnir , and the company standing , raised their voices in supplicating a blessing on the cheerful repast ; music blended its charms with the notes of praise , and the responsive air bore oa its wings the grateful and accepted offering to the skies . The same was repeated at the conclusion of the feast , and then began the intellectual banquet . . The chairman gave a short and appropriate address , rind strongly recommended the excellent principles of the . < ociety . Then Messrs . Clappison and Chapman , from Barton , addressed the meeting , declaring what toral abstinence had done for them ; and the former- arraigned the hearty good fellow of high enrues and misdemeanors by tba effects of intoxicating drink , and as nobody tvotiH undertake lii «
defence , he was condemned nem . con . He also recited some . rustic poetry of his own composition , which did him great credit , and gave high delight to tbe audience . Mr . Grbbb , of Preston , next presented himself and was received with loud cheers ; he expressed his pleasure at being again amongst us , aud gave a brilliant and forcible address in advancment of thf total abstinence principles , arfa * of the necessity of their universal adoption . Mr . Firhy and Mr . Spowers , two reclaimed characters , briefly stated " their continued approval of the cause , and Mr . ilewir , an old man , and also a reformed drunkard raad , ° excellent and pathetic speech detailing the good effects of temperance in bis own case , nnd exposing in a very forcible manner -the evils of moderation wnien said
neju ^ tly wasbotheiation altogether . Mr . GRi'BBon being called for , again presented himself and gave another thrilling and heartstirring address . He referred to the commencement of the tee-total society in Lancashire , and stated that for a principle which had done so much good , and given so mnch satisfaction , and been productive of so much happiness , the country was indebted , under bod , to the energies and perseverance of the working men of Preston . They , at their own expense , had travelled from place to place to propagate the cause , and from them the hallowed fire bad reached our own county , and some of its blessed frnits were before the meeting . Mr . G . went on to state the effects which had been produced in Preston bv the
total-abstinence cause , and in particular referred to tnefact , that there was a strong undercurrent in their favour , which since Christmas last , had manifested itself in a very pleasing and extraordinary manner . Two influential members of the Methodist Soc ety had become converts to the principle , and such had been the effects of their activity and zeal , that an auxiliary branch to the Preston Tee-Total Society had been formed , which was conrincted oh the plan of a religions meeting , and numbered between seven and eight hundred men - bers . The talented speaker then related some most affecting instances of the evils of intemperance , tending to * demonstrate that its effects were of the demoralising and degrading character ; he recolleciea tn
at on one occasion , Mr . Law , a gentleman ot Preston , hearing a noise in the passage of bis house late at night , went to see whnt was the matter , and found that it proceeded from a man in a beastly , state . of drunkenness , whom his wife and a ? ed mother were endeavouring in vain to induce to go home ; the man got away and Mr . Law commenced a chase after him and at length overtook and brought him back ; he then set food before them to which their famished aripetites did ample justice , and having partially restojd the degraded drunkard to sobriety by strong tea , he spoke to him on his conduct in the kindest manner—told him he could point him to a remedy for all his misery , and produced the pledee-book which the noor rr «» ntnr » he then to
^ o ; strov e procure him a situation , and that man and his connections are now one of the happiest families in Preston . The evening ' s treat was ffpnclnded by the band playing and the company singing in beautiful style a temperance ode to the tune of God save the Queen , after-tfhich . arramber signed _ the pledge and the happy group separated insobriety , peace , and love , about eleven o ' clock . Un Saturday evening , the committee , waiters , and some other fr . ends sat down at half-past seven o ' clock to another social repast , over which Mr . Levens and JMr . Firby presided , it being thought advisable to gather up the fragments that remained that nothing might be lost- This meeting like the other was distinguished by the most perfect social harmrmv .
and when we had together shared the cup that cheers , my friends , did me the honour of calling me to the chair , which I took withont hesitation , ^ u jirAf ? 0113 ™? supported on the right and left by Mr . Leven , and Mr . Spowere , two reclaimed characters , clear headed and warm hearted working . , who would do honour and credit to any so « ety . Air . Brown of Dewsbnrv gave n * -a hmnorons address , and Mr . Firth , our excellent secretary and the father of tee-totalism in Hull , gave ns the most effective and eloquent speech t ever heard him deliver , and which the repeated plaudits it called forth proved ; to be in perfect accordance with those present . We were also highly gratified by the statements of Mr . Harling , a native of the sister islwho
e , came npontis -unexpectedly , hot not the lesii welcome . We then united in singine " Praise bod from whom all blessings flow , ' ^ arid " Sign tee-tot a ^ " and about half-past ten retired to bnr homes to prepare for the solemnities of the Sabbath , in the evening of which we celebrated our temperance JoveTeast , which , was i ndeed a feast of love , and thus has terminated the mogt delightful festival which it was ever my lot to witness . I cannot ¦ prevail upon ' -bnseSto ^ wmclnde ibis acconntwrthont caHing theattention of my brother reformers td the silent bttt certain influence which societies like onrs will ran must have upon fbe < ~ desnmes of our country . That tiieindnsmons classes are in a degraded and servile condition , no one will venture to deny , and that this senility and degradation is in a . greatmea « ire to he attributed to the use of mtoxicatajgbqnors , is a . feet equally- beyond dls > ^ , ? , 8 tate , » % tj-that-IhenTare « ja Hullwhowhen
men , , they were drunkards , often , did the work for a glass of grog , for whicri , « n 4 they became ^ Bober men , they hav e asked aud' obteiried two or three shqi gigs , and I have not the least hesi-5 r . °° i £ ?^? 6 ^? a ¥ -a * workin ^ men ofIttot mted Kingdom would hecome total abstainers , the pohUcalnghteofihe industribus millions would be obteinea with far more ease ^ and in a muoh shorter time than ra ; der present tarenmstances the most 8 angmnewinTen 6 Qretohopefbr . To these coiisiderataons I d p most 'aflectionatelT invite the attention of > y brother ; reformers , sensible , as I am , that no ancere lover of Ma . cotmtiy and his kind , can , when thoroughly acquainted with , the subject , persevere in the use of that which is the main instrument ofcorroption mThe hands of our Oppressors . ' ' - Itan , Genttemen , Your sincere and V liral ' fellow-lahonrer , T . B . SMITH , ¦ ' :
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y - RADICAL DEMONSTRATION AT DEWSBURY . . The Radical Association of D . cv .-sl-iry Imve this . ^ eek againgiveTi evidence of their r . ^ -hmyut to the cause of truth and justice ,, by'the nil . lie <> xprossion of those sentinients by wh ; oh \\ .,.- . \ ili'icMl salvation of the country-is to be efTec-ti-.-l . ' Om Momlay last a public meeting was held for P : r pnrp ^ se of petitioning ParHament for Univivs ; : ! S'llh-age , Ballot , short Parliaments , « fec .,-, and in t ! e fvenin" of the same day , a large party dii ^ l ; . . ^ . ivr in the School Room , belonging to . flic Invl • f > nV . ents .
THE MEETING Was held in a'field abutting i : u Cu > tiiwu , aud a very short distance from : the ?•' . , v Tmr , at which place a convenient platTuiTn v i KTied for the accommodation of the ? p r ' i r . A uranbur of Radicals were present frora '• ' '"" ¦ . . \ Jruij , . ii . u other places , and iriany yfh ; " ¦ ' ¦ •¦ ¦ > V . os irn , c > At one o ' clock the speakers : V .- ' '; ' -. (• ror . imittee proceeded from the New Itjd . ' - 1 , - ; -, f r . - ei't ing , precededby hands of l , ' . - . 'M , r ,, r iV ,, nr .
had - kept the : town pn stir . ' ' - < ' - \ -vod several banners , some of . which v . r r . -r . ^ d as haviiie before been used in the sc ? v" - i ¦? . ¦ . ? p ^ oule , hih ] on- which were inscribed- ' ^ ^ ; ai Buffragei V < te . by Ballot , Annual Par - : y-, ¦ » ( on tn * £ ) l " Men ; of Dewsbury ! r : ^ -.- ; ;( & omai : aipated , or for ever be slave ? . T " : .: r- -x' t ^ c afairs of our own Poor -witir- ; t " ... " . i ' r . arptiori o '< Commissioners . " ^ Pewslbr ' ' r ^ " r-roen ) ci the reverse v Cannons an- V , ¦ . ' . ¦¦ ¦'¦¦•¦ of ^ cRpnts let . Tmthand Justice dec :. - i .-.,- r ; ni ' (\ " ( Jreeii
§?§— ' Universal Suffrogf , " „ •¦ tb-v reverse . , "No Aew . ; Ppor Law Amendmcwf ^ : < . •* .- . v Jirutish piin-^ "S ? ^ » IIe tnafOuprLV .- : : ! . ' I ' .,, r reproaches his Maker . " Although the -. ; , ' ¦ thr - was not- so numerously attended as some v . o ;; A \ e se ; n in Dewstmry , yet , considering tin ; ' :.: ¦ 1-. ^ lcii-cy " of die weather , avery large nimiher of i \ - ^ -l . < W ,- . preterit : lneir numbers were variously sujUv 1 -, ; it flum fto tuonsaiid to five thousand ; we tliluT : tVc- fcrracr nearest the troth . ; It is also worthy ¦ of --c- ^ i-rV . th ' ht the meinbers of no less than tiit » e--i » ! "Vr-. 'iit dnfis ' ' t down to dine on that day at their r ^ wrHve clnhhqusfcs , — -afact which ¦ - . rendered it astri : i : * iiijj that the m > mber should have been so great . ¦ Tf jv&AB Todd , Esq ., was '^ unanimously ¦ cnWA inen tne
k u " c * iT • v-O | jiirman- reaa nonce oy which the assembly had been convened and called upon - . J ^ l ^» eo * B to move the first resolution , flavln ^ reaa" the same as follows ,-r- ' That in the ireedom ^ anoVhappineBs of the . urunt'ljodyvbr the pebiilu connste Ae dignity and ^ . uvhy rf tLo StatojtSut such freedom andhappino ^ ^ :: ik * l , c either . obtoned or ^ preserved . . excoj-t 1 y the yc ^ le btiug ^ ^ J&K ^ &iU ' ¦! i ;» P .-rliim / ritV-jie steted that he had alwa ,. r .-jt ^ . lod that : ifwns *^; 4 Sht i Of every man-a-Iio I :--,- , to h five-a . share in thechoice ofhisrepresetj ; : * ¦ ¦ ¦• V- ^ ' -m ^ rMhefir beat , hear ) , of themdividurl r ^ ; V
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Ip-mtsi ^*^ l ^ t o *> Constita « e 4-&-8 i - preSlt--TK ha ^ trqg « 3 ed ; hard in the dause of wforS \ - » nS many . whQ had supported them oh uMnoni ^ oDn ! atone on the platform-Mr . Todd ^ and himseffi lH « ar i ^ ear- ) Many of those mOk-ahd-water Reformers had deceived them , but the cauW ^ ev ^ re . «^^^ iirwag the ^ w .. orjn » tMse ;" - Midwlien - they saw him shrmk from it , they might designate him what Jir Francis Burdett & . ( LaughSrand cheers . )^ ^ ThepresentParh- amenthad ^ beenreturned with a great deal of enthusiasm , m the hope that it would - be Jbetter than the Parliament which it
preceded ; he had never thonght so ; his opinion vvas , that they would have worse Parliaments than they ; had since the passing of the Reform Act . This had turned out to be so , for a worse Parliament , so far as the interests of the great mass of the people were concerned , never was elected . ( Hear , hear . ) The real representatives of the people were few , and in proportion to the smallncss of their number , they were reviled undinsultedhy those who ought to snppbrtthenu ( rlear ^ hear . ) It a , ppeared that Cobbett ' s opinion of the Whigs was a very correct ^ one ( yes ;) he , from the very moment that so much enthusiasm Was manifested by the people on their behalf , pointed out that they would do notidnff for theconntry , and that we might depend upon it m proportion to the number of years they had been kept outof the good things of government , the harder would they stick to them wbea they got possession
or mem ( cneers and laughter ;) and although the I ones had done a great deal of evil , and had trampled on the nghts of the people , when , the Whigs got snugly seated in power they wauld be Worse than the Tones . ( Hear , hear . ) This opinion no man of commpn sense , who had paid attention to the proceedings of the day , could not but admit frad been venhed by the past . ( Hear , hftar . ) TJfiey could have no full and free representation of the people without every individual in the cornmunity participating in the choice of dose who were to represent them . He contended for the right of Universal SuP friige and that mind ought to be represented , and not along purse ; but in this country it unfortunately happened that wealth , and not intelligence , was represented . ( Hear , hear . ) These were his views , and as there were many other speakers to address them , he would not longer detain them , but at once move tlw resolution . V Mr . John Pabbitt seconded the resolution .
Mr . ThoRxtoat , from Halifax , supported the same . It breathed a sentiment which must ever be cherished by all who wished to secure the happiness and enjoyment of the great body of the cornmunity . However the Whigs might contend that by the present partial system of representation the happiness ot the people was secured ^ and that it was the best which could be obtained , it was full of the greatest absurdities which ever floated in the bewildered brain of the greatest political jobber in the known world . ( Hear , hear . ) Why when the people only sought their rights , and were msnlted when they asked for them , to talk about the dignity and security of the state was allnonsenge ; they might talk about national systems of education
for the people , it was all well , but let them give tltem their universal rights . ( Cheers . ) Let tliein give them that which by nature belonged to them , and which the constitution claimed for them . ( Amen . ) If it was in the freedom and happiness * rf the great body of the people , that the dignity and security of the state . con s ists , what was it that created in the mind a disposition to produce organic changes , but a sensibility of ' the . wrongs which they were suffering . Give the people freedom , then there would be attacnment to the constitution , and happiness would result from it ; ( Cheers . ) At present a few bricks , ( itoneu , arid mortar returned members of parliament ; for ^ supposing any of them occutoied a building worth only £ 9 , 15 s . a-year they could not vote : hut if thev
built a pig sty at the end of it worth 5 a . a-year , it would qualify : thern for a member ; yet whether ^ would it be their intelligence or the habitaticms of the pigs which . ^ aye the vote . ( Laughter and cheers . ) This pprtentapiis discovery had been left for the genius of the Whigs to find out . Instead of measures being pass *! for the good of the people ^ they heard of « nclosure hills , poor law amendment acts , ( aye lad ) the Calthorpe xtreet affair : but if they were represented , then there would be some respect paid to theirwishes and sentiments ; at present they treat them as rabble , at the same time that the higher classes were indebted to their intelh ' gence and genius for every thing which contributes to their splendonr . And there was in the country a degree of splendour
which was unparalleled , hut at the same time there was also a degree of poverty which was appalling . This arose from a class of individuals aiming at their own interests instead of the public good , and so long as the people remained not fully and fairly represented , so long would the locusts devour what oilght to administer to the comfort of the people . ( Hear , hear . ) The remedy for these evils was therefore in representation . So long as representatives refused to be pledged , so long should we have faith-8 S servants , for those who were sent toP&rliajuem always represented the \ ievrs , the feelings , and the wishes of those \ vhp sent them . Thus , when the lories in
were power , the first tax their servants took off was the property tax ; and the first tax taken off by the Whigs was the inhabitant house duty ( laughter ) : and wh < m the people returned representatives they would serve their interests . The resolution was then put from the chair and carriedunanimously . Mr , 1 ) ibb , of Dewsbury , proposed the second resolution— - " That the people being put in possession of the suBrage , every person possessing this right , ought to be able to exercise it in a free and unprejudiced manner , unswayed by interest orfear , that therefore the voter ought to be protected by the ballot . "
Mr . Robeiit ^' iLKrasoM , of Halifax , seconded the same , and in so doing observed , that if ever tile people obtained their rights it must be by their own exertions . Would the Tories protect the people ? Those who lived in 1816 , during the era in which that faction were the dominant party , had felt enough of Tory rule ; and those who lived in the days of Castlereagh , and of the Manchester Massacre , could look with no confidence to the re-instalment of Tories in bfrice , for the protection ofliberty . ( " No , no . ) And would the Whigs do any thing for them ? ( "No . " ) Had they erer shewn a disposition to grant the people , any redress of their grievances ? "Justhelp us , " said they to the people , " to get the Reform Bill , then we will help you to get what you want afterwards . " The people
did so , and did their duty like men ; hut as soon as the Whigs bad got as far as they wanted , they shut the door , and said , " Good night , Mr . Radical . " ( Hear , hear , and great laughter . ) He Uad come to tell the people that they must do their own work themselves ; they had sufficient energy and talent to accomplish all they wanted , nnd if they did not unijte together for their own protection neither Whig nor Tory would do any thing for themi They must endeavour to make Universal Suffrage a rallying point , meet . together , unite and they would be sure of success . As he came along that morning he saw a hand bill about a conjurer performing the gun trick : the Tories bad had this , trick tried on the |
people with great advantage ; ( Laughter . ) This bill stated that Mr . Anderson was the only inventor of the gun trick . Why the Tories had ^ practised it upon the people , and had catched the ball for 20 years to his-knowledge ' ; there was just this differenw betwixt the effect of the gun trick ofMr . Anderson and that of the Tories , —the former had a hole iu tlie end of Ins ram-rod into which he put .. the ballj whilst the Tories always took care that it was made of gold i and catclied it in their breeches pocket . ( Lavighter , and cheers . ) The speaker then went on to deplore the ihdilrerence manilested by the middle classes to the interests of the working classes , pointed out the certainty of the interet-ts of the poor man , or . d called upon all to unite together for their own protection .
Mr . J-v ^ rrs Tavlou , of Rochdale , supported the resplutioi ) . He : had done himself the high honour pf .-p . ayiwg . tvvisit to ' . his part of Yorkshire . He wag ( i he . of the . -Lancashire boys , and had . always "been ^> roud of the county of his birth . He had alwayg considered that it" Yorkshire and Lancashire met together tQ <' ¦ . ¦ n : ' tlvtir rights , neither the Govern- ' ment of I ^ ng lund , nor e 11 the despotism of Eurbpef could ewi «> TectuaUy resist them . ( Hear , ; hear . ) IIu iiul oi / x / lylieved that they had thepower ^ \ mt liv believed tliat , more than any two counties in this linguoBi , they hiul the iritl to demand fcheir rights . ( Cheers . ) . I ' ! . o believed there was irore intelligence rai pn iTfifpl mp . iters in these two counties than in all the othor- ' prtnT'tifS' of Enrfahd or in Europe : for he
consifJeredthnt the political intelligence ot England , and the political force of England , lay in the coiin-, ties of Yorksh . re and Lancashire . ( Hear , hear . ) They -were assenibled there that day to speak on the great prinpipks of tlieir political creed , anditwas-\ vitk ; gv ^ t siitiafaction . that . he appeared amongst thein on sucih uii occasion . All othbr questions v . tU' , corupuiutivtly a ,,. nlang , of minor importance to Xliat -of : Uiii ; v .- > xiat Suffrage .. ( Cheew . ) If . every oil . - -law that was no \ V uponthe StatuteTbOok could V / C rr : * seti that TT ' Tn"'n > . ( hey would have no security fcr ftpir ^ perm ^ nivjterasrire , unlessI the people were in the possession of their political rights . ( Hear , lienT . ) The men of the AVest Riding of Yorkshire
had stood forward against the Poor Law Amendment Act-kbat damnable , abominable Whig enactment —they had stood , forward like men of-brains , like men who ought to be free | but if they were to get this law Mused iioux Hie Statute-book :, they would have iio stcurity ngaiustits re .-enacmient ,, jmless they . ijo . sjetiiod the Bun ' rage . ( i ; jear , hear , and cheers ' . ) The Haiiiu of ; : ^ Ti > n honf Bill ( if thejr bad : itto-day ) , . iiiid . ' of every other questions Tfiongh the' resolulicu vrhichbnl just been sp , oken to was , confinedtp t !) e Bniloti h" ^ onl > l rfinke a reinark or two on' the CTpat ; . lenrliiig principles ; fbr the ; Ballot : a ^ d : the length of Parlinmentri- were only ^ tbe iworking' out : s ,. ? : ' . . ^ car , hear . ) Ihe Radicals of
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Lancashire and those of Yorfesbire were the same-. they , the Rttdicals of Rochdaae at all evente , conr- tended : they shQuld ask for . what wa * fpart ; of thai consti ^ ition-r-that was only ibe expreiisioiiiof th 4-opinions of one age dictating to that whichwas to toUow it .- . It was the constitutionY itnairked out by Ward the Confessor , that had beei retained by Wenry I y confirmed by John and the : Great Charter , £ 2 r »^ 2 ** 1 snb « equefn % by Charles I ., and consented toby the Bffl of Rights , though aHthia were considered as the ^ onstitntion ^' m part of Sawitf SSS ^ iJ a | Act eof Parliament shoug acts ^ no ^^ ^ Radicals , contended that the Pfifii i cheery And when they spokeiliSfeS consatuoonal
y ™» uemg , it was because their orjr > nuents were always talking aboxit threat conid tobon ^ or the country , and contending tW £ v abided by . Very well then , ( hey ( the : Radicals would meet them on their own grduid , aKS of their ownnxouths convictthem ; they asked nothing but wjiat the con - strtufcion-has placed before uf One of the great principles of law-laid down by all law . commentators a » part of the coias . titution , was that np man should be taxes without his consent , either brhimself or his representative ; ( Hear , hear . ) -Was that right ? ( "It is lad . " ) IM they , the ^ men of Yorkshire , agree with that ? ( yes , yes . ) He thought they did or he would hot hnve come there . Well then , the . principles they sought to establish were the fundamental nrihrintat
ot the constitution ; they said no man bught to he taxed wWJiout his consent . But had the people , either th ^ selves ^ or by tiieir / representative ^ givea ^ their cons ^ t to the taxes imposed upon them during the last thirty years . He had not , and the Radical ! m his part of the country had not ; they contended Wat they had no chance of consenting to , or rujecting those enactments by which those taxes were ^ poBcd upon them . ;"• Further than this , they ( the Radicals ol Rochdale ) held that no man owed allfepance to ^ ny ^ nt such as he ; had given his consent to ; and they believed that insuch a ense a man who opposed the law he had m > opportunity of consentme to , wasnotjusdy punishedas a criminal fbrhreakrnl that law . . ( Loud cheers , ) These then were the principles , they had laid down , Tased as they were niversal
u ^ ou u auttcage , which they should demand because it was an universal right . Well , but what sort of . suffrage had they got ? ( " Hunger and doesops , laughter . ) They thought when the Reform pill was passed , that their bberties would be protected and they should get a , better representation , and they would all remember that at that period there was a host of candidates of liberal opinions came forward , ' who would promise to do anthing if they would only send them to Parliament . Very well , they n § w fonnd that by this suffrage a great many respectable men in the working classes had got the Suffrage , and he knew a great many who were at that time good Radicals who had now turned nasty , dirty Whigs ( hear ); they had forsaken the
Radicals , but in doing so they had forsaken their principle . ( 'VHad chey ever any . " ) What had that suffrage done for the country ? Had it sent bread to the working men ? He did not know how they were in Yorkshire , but in his town and county he did not find there was one man who possessed a penny a week more , or an ounce more bread , not-Withstanding all that the Reform Bill had done . But the beauty of it was , it did not do very well for the Whigs themselvesf--they ( the Radicals ) had that consolation after all . ( Langhter . ) When the Whigs got that suffrage , they said , " Now we have got the . intelligence of the country , and now this intelligent middle class , who are in possession not only of the . intelligence , but of the 'intesjritv and
lncorruptibihty , are pulled within the pate of the constitution , th-jy will stick by us through thick and thin . " They were the money-seeking classed and would sell both soul and body to the d——> i if they cpuld but get by ft . The Whigs were not sware of tins , or they never would have put them in possession of the . suffrage—and'how had it answered ? Why they could just keep in office , and hardly ; ( laughter and cheers , )—and some of Uieimpudent 1 ory prints said they could put them put any day , and he would be hanged if the Whigs had not put up with it day by day . ( Laughter . ) The Radicals exciiuineawnatan inco
meu , " rruptioie , respectable , consistent ^ et they are . " ( Renewed laughter . ) Bat it was no joke for the Radicals after all . The speaker then proceeded at great length to notice the frivolous objections raised by the Whigs against an extension of thft suffrage to the working classes , such as their want of intelligence , their intemperance , which objections he replied to , and ridiculed very effectivel y . He then argued for the necessity of the Ballot to protect the working man from the influence of his tnasteT , and the tenant from the influence of his landlord ; and after some remarks in favonr . of ^ nnual Parliaments , he concluded by supporting the resolution . ¦ .
Mr . Mbr . RiTT Mathews , of Liversedge , moved the third resolution : — " That the character of the representative should be independent , and incorruptible either by the Crown , the Court , or the Ministry , that therefore he ought to Ve brought frequently before his constituents , and that for thi 3 purpose the ejection of representatives ought to take place-every year . " ¦ '¦ : /¦ [„ , ¦ ' . ' - . .. . ; , ¦ Mr . Peter Bt'ssEy , of Bradford , seconded the resolution , and obsened that it reminded him of the old adage , that the best way to keep a man honest * was not to give him a chance of becoming a rogue . ( Laughter . ) According to the present law of representation , it was almost morally impossible for men to be honest : but by adopting the ereat nrinciole
alluded to in this resolution , it would make hi m so ; for he would know that in coining to settle his accounts with his constituepts , that if they were not , on examination , found correct , he would have their support no longer . ( Hear , hear . ) If they took a retrospective , \ iew of the various enactments of Government which pressed with such force upon the people of this country , especially upon the stomachs of the working portion of the community , they would be led to ask , ¦ * " could these things be if annual Parliaments existed ? " (" No , no , " and cheers . ) If they looked back for a number of years ? , they could find no enactment passed by the British legislation , but what ought to have had put upon it in large characters , " This law passed purposely to
protect property . " Yes , whenever one of thes& laws was introduced in the House of Commons , it ought to be ushered in with the shout of ^ tp protect property ; " the interests of the working man ' s wealth was never considered for one moment in that House . Mr . Taylor had anticipated him by going over all the principal topics which had any reference to the resolution he had to second , therefore he had butlittle toad < i on thatsubject . Radicalism was a very simple subject , easy to : be learjaed-j ' -and it was astonishing , when they took the capacities of Eng Hshmen into .: consideratibn , that every labouring man iu England had not become acquainted with it j and had not determined to set up business on his own account as a Radical . When he looked at the great mass of human beings who had to toil from
Monday , monring to Saturday night with very few hourR of rest he was astonished they should thus toil , arid labour , and slave , to ^ Xeep a parcel of idle villains who composed the British legislature , and who are supported but of the public purse , without resenting the injury . ( Hear ^ hear . ) He had obsened one thing in society , that a man who held a comfortable situation of ^^ 20 s . Or 30 s . per week , h , aduo idea of assisting a poor fellow . who had oirly 10 s . pr 15 s ., and he believed if this state of things continued , and representation continued on its -present basis , a atate of things was approaching -whicri would place themnearly on a level , and those jnh . were now labouring and suffering sucka degree of privation from the mal-admiriistration of laws , would looked
oe upon with dirlereHt eyes when their neighboufs , now in comfort ,, -were placed along side of them ( hear , hear ;) therefbreto raise others to the same comfort and enjoyment as themselves , ought ¦ to . be the first most-lrnportaot consideration of all those in more comfortable circumstances . From the .: same cause , the small tradesman , who now got a littlemore of thecQinforts of . Hfe * would suffer also , 'hujc he was all fear lest a sadden turn in the mpnetarj-. affairs of St . Stephens shoril ^[ reduce him to labour audtor ruin , and the wdrkiiij ? classes were afraid of heing _ shot iip in a feastile . V-Werevthey $$ English men to submtttp this ? ( No , n 6 . ) It was , time for them to look about and : enquire into the cause 6 f all this . ' Then let ^ bem set about it in t'wd earnest ,
and let the 20 s . or 30 s . a week men ; come and help those who had only 20 s . or 153 ., and , tmited to-, gethfrT bin the great princibleij of Radicalism they wouW soon , putthingBtto . ingh ^ by &e placards that they , were ; going to petition Parliament . It was useless ' doing " sp ^ They had beenVpnt to great trbnWe and expense in , getting up and attending the . meetirigv 1 ) nt it would aft amouhfc to nothing ,, but ; let them get firmly united and they wouM let the rascals see whether they would hear . them . nbt ; they had temperedwith tbein . lbng . eaouoh , a&d they thought the Jahpuring classes had no spirit in them ,- ^ ar id if they aflpweo them . 0 i $ Whigs ) to : gb on much longer , they " would have nbije . ¦ ¦ , The rights of the oebple were taken from
tneta by the swqrd , and he was ' going t 6 , ? ay they , ^ oiild pSly be regamedby the ^ swurd , but he thought . & « jviljauia wcmld have more sense . ; He thought , ^ heh ^ ey &&yi : ah . united and deterin ^ ed people , they :, wpuid reason in this way— " If we . figfi ^ them they will beat us ,- ^ -a great many of hs w 3 V hate ttH run hp&j and leave all our property ! which they , ( the people ) wiU take . " .. .. . Nowi they 5 j U , jE * y ^^ ^ e had better concede these men their nghtsi ' andkeep our estates . " The speaker then annonhped that at Br ^ fo rd he and othe rs had determined . to pay no more poor fates till the NeVr Poor Liaw Act wa * *^* pealep ) ahd ^^ ^ they were ^^ iffl get&jp ^^ aowrbliida ( smaQ plftcardB , with ; Ae . wpjd ^ ^ nonmorejpotfl rates-paid , here until ^ J&Wrtaw kjftp *^* " ) and he should r ^ TOinmend ^ all % 6 could to do « i 6 samei V- -j- .- - ^ '¦ ¦ . ¦ :- ¦ : ¦ ¦ - •¦¦'¦ y :. - ' , K \\ s , ' . > iM . ^} : ; y : r ) X $ '• *¦ ' ; j V . ^ . T ;?} - ? : v v , ( Contfouedfotfir Stith'Piige *} ^\ ^¦''^ y :
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: PUBLIC DINNER % JgC ^ BECK , ' J w ^ fe ^* W &e ¦ Anniversary of- the Ho ^ eck-OperatiVejReformV Association , and also ^ ttt . Anniversary of the day on whidi Sir . W ; Molesworth made : his first appearance before the lnbabitai tsx of Leeds , " the ^ members- of the Association celebrated it by a Public Dinner . Upwar ^ s or one hundred persons : sat down ib partake of the " good cheer ; " a portion of them ^ at the bouse ^ of Mr . John Drabble , the Commercial Inn , a Ptner at the Checquer Inn . When the eatables had been disposed of , the company assembled all together in the large room of the Commercial Inn , and then began the real business of the evening . 5 ! ; Jph * Whitehead officiated as Chairman , and Mr ; W . VabIET as Vice-Chairrnah
. _ The first toast was "The Queen ; " three times ^ Glee , Hail Smiling Morn . M ? M--Sf ?* K ^ ga ^» " Ourweleome guest , Mr . Middleton , the Hunslet Poet . " Mr M in returning thanks , spoke at considerable length ' in repudmtion of that cant which prates about Black Slavery , while the parties using it could so ; conveni"gy , *« t their eyes to the sufferings of the Factory Children , and the victinis of the New Poor Law . He declared that it was folly to expect any thing in thei shape of amelioration from Ihe hands' of ^ ¦
, ¦ 1 X 71 ; mi . ¦"¦» ¦ . ¦• » " v" ¦" in- uauuB- ¦»!¦ : me VMiigs . Xhe working people roust do their own W *' ^ nJeferPce t 0 the New Poor Law he remarked , that that measure alone was sufficient to stamp the -Whigs with indelible ignomy and shaine . Butbe had no doubt the execrations of the men of \ orkshire and ^ Lancashire against that measure would shortly be re-echoed ^ the whole English people , and the stain effaced from the statute book of the country . He would however caution the people to look to 'their leaders : the apostate , Burdett , was a proof that such caution was necessary .
speatcmg ot . Local Politics , he observed , that the conduct of Sir William Molesworth , since his return to Parliament , as Member for the Borough of Leeds , was , such as to entitle him to th « confidence of every good Radical . Sincerely wishing that he might long live to be a representative of the peopJe , and the people soon enjoy equal rights and equal Jaws , he would give "The People , and their just rights arid privileges . " Mr . T . Brown next gave # Sir W . Molesworth , and ^ may he long continue the representative of Leeds . He observed that Sir Vf . Molesworth bart
fully justified the expectations of the people . His whole aim had been to extend the liberties and maintain the rights of the people . His very first attempt in the present Session had that object in view . He seconded the amendment to the Address , proposed by Mr . "Wakley : and this proceeding of theirs , if it did nothing else , wa § Sf great value , inasmuch as it laid bare the hollowness of many professed friends . It had unmasked Whiggery . The conduct of the ¦ Whi gs on the questions of the Ballpt , the Suffrage , and many others , was such as to justify the le in them
peop renouncing , and their sway . Have we not seen many enormities committed in themuneof Liberty ? Has not the repeal of the Corn Laws been opposed by the Ministers ? Has not the emancipation of the Slave also been opposed by them , and a new Slave Tsade opened under the auspices of the very same Ministers P Nay , indeed , might we not ask , what good have these * ministers eSected , or tried to effect , in the late Parliaments ? Any thing for Ireland ? Any thing for England ? Nothing ; absolutely nothing , either for Ireland , or the country at large . Indeed faction in that House
eat up all ! Speaking of Sir W . Molesworth ' s motion of censure on LordGLENELG , Mr . Brown said , that tbat motion ought to have been a general one : it , ougM to have included the whole of the Ministers , for they richly deserved it . No confidence coulS be again placed in them ; and no good could be done until the people took the loaves and fishes out of their hands . He was not so very fearfulof a return of the Tories to power . "We know tliat they could not retain office a single month , as Toi-ies ; they- ' must comply with the spirit of the age—that spirit which
was unshiping the Whigs , becase they refused to make the reforms which that spirit demanded . He well knew how the " Great Captain of the Age " was forced to bow to the " Spirit of the Age , " and grant Catholic Emancipation : and he had no doubt ,, that , were the Tories to again come into power , they would be forced to give something which would be to the people a stepping-stone to something more , unless the Whigs were again to occupy the ground and prevent the concession . The toast was drunk with three times three , and one cheer
more . The following toasts were then severally g » " -en , and responded to by Messrs . Wadsvvorth , " Spted , Smithson , Jackson , Mann , Buckley , Atkinson , Dean , Sunderland , Walsh , Buttr-rfiejd , Craven and € arr . -. _ .. ¦ . . .. . , ..... . ' . "The Town and Trade of Leeds , " " Extension of the suffrage to all sane pefyons ' * bo pay direct or indirect taxes , with the protection of the Ballot , and short Parliaments ' . " "A well-defined and written Constitution , instead of the law of Primogeniture and Entail . " " A speedy repeal of the Com Laws , and all restrictions upon the Trade and Industry of the country . "
The Liberal Electors of the Borough of Leeds . " " May the right of reason effect that , which the sword has hitherto failed to accomplish—the equality of the people before the law . " " The Labourers of every country in the world , and may they soon learn who they ought to labour for . " " The Liberty of the Press , —the bane of tyrants , and the antidote for the people . " " The Immortal Memory of William Cobbett , M . P . for Oldham , and the exposer of the moneymongering juggle . " " The Memory of Robert Nichoi , Esq ., late Editor of the Leeds -Times . "
After the health of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman had been drunk , and they had returned thanks , the company separated , highly satisfied with the evening ' s proceedings . The above is but a mere outline of those proceedings , and conveys a very imperfect idea of the spirit evinced . The " rriy'ri of Holbeck did their duty ori this occasion , p . * men , and especially Radicals , ought to do it . * The sentiments breathed by them did them honour ; nnd the determination manifested by them , to truckle neither to this party , nor that party , but boldly to mnirtnin their own position , reflects greater honour upon them still .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 21, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1002/page/3/
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