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    • A<HTATI0N BEFORE AND SINCE THE ¦ BETOBM BILL.
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      In no feature does the prefect system of agitanon ¦ iiffer from all former struggles , itore , than in the wide liue of demarcation -dr .- ^ rn by the leaders of ibe day , between elective " power and non- » lectiTC Tpfl » p" « -p- In olden time * ire find , that society was i ! mde « into mere secmfnal disciple * of this or of &&t it-ndfT , each registering a blind submission aad eomple-te prostration -of judgment , to some accredited moulder of las opnrims , who was constitnted sole arbiter -and director of bis bKadfold follower : * . "W e fini that , formerly , popular leaders .

      anste ^ a ba . Tiiig'siiy defined principle of their own , * oug > : for some representative patron , who possessed - Ten a giimmenng to -which" attachment might be ionnt ^ or allegiance sworn . The most trivial xoijfn-- bt-Jd in common by the in and out Vader * , tren- sniEeieDt to produce an ideiitirjr of movement » nd s . ' -tion . The one shade of agreement obscured the many shades of difference . This anomaly pre-Taileil in coaseqnence of the maBy different parties irhit-ii txi > ied in the House of Commons antettr-. fleet . y to the Reform Bill , each and every one of Trait- , designated as Xaberals , haJ its eror-ehets , it * "xaeai ** , aod its intended , er rather avowed ends .

      Tinaiity seems to have Wen the goal of some , while jrOjire >> ic > n , V . ow and sure and safe , "was the wateb-¦ jr oi' aad rallying point of others . Those several « la »»* = s of variouslT ^ roloored opinions onlv lost ibeir pertr party hoe , Trbea brou ght to 4 > ear a ^ aicst the one common monster of corruption and monopol y , * rpon Die questinn of "Parliamentary Reform . " ilos : of : hoi * e wheels within whetls revoked upon some iiiteraal and extrrna . 1 nave , and were har-XLomzeu both » hhin and without in their revolution-, -i .. d were maisa&lltd severally under different

      leader ^ , till the several joints were thrown into one * ' bet- ^ ar " " dish" by the Htform Bill oflS 32 , when ¦ fe e Grey parry , being the strougtsr , andiu leader iavij . t > cec the resuscitator of tte try of Reform , 3 > eca : n-.- tlie ac-eepurd point into whicb all others "were for a season called upon to merge minor dif-Jereucc * . The manner in which the chaotic tieme :: r > speedily began to swell and burst is ample jro .: ;!* -. all Hetormcrs had no : identical notions as to the effects which the Bill was intended to jrodoi-t- ; bat howbeit a season ' s surrender of m-

      « 5 vidviji opinions was necessary to insure a success'U assault againsr the coiumon eLtmy . The mce :.:- ^ if » h . 6 different stream * sj trdih brokedown the ; i .:-rier of Tory J ? mj but when a > cendantv wa < ± o be . - -pj - .. vm ed according tn ibe iespccuve strength and ^ r . ; . rnvniee of the leaders , we . find that alter the fl . ra had subrfded , and tie agitated waters had partially receucd , there was yet no calm , "but eo ¦ OHer ^ y a rurface , as to allow the well manned haTt ef TorxL-m oucfciBore to float Mithiucreasedxecurity , gaiting strength not more by i-e union of its own crew tiau by the mut-ny in the enemj ' s vessel . The GiiEYS , lie STAXLETS , the U . USSKLLS ,

      the PacHMOsus , and the Broughams , too lastily pnt in their respective claims for preemi-3 i £ E <* ds the reward of service in the cause of Reform . Daring the first session they were strong , "bec-au-e - united .- They durri not quite so preefpitattlv evince those objref , for whitb , undrr th « aatue of Reform , they had been contending . } fever ¦ was jb } Government so nncoastitutioually , * o de-- » trnciivtl y , or so nnwholesoinely strorg as that of Xosb Geey , till strangled by the < -old hand of that xntbless and restless assa& 4 n— tht Law Church . " In 1834 , the "Whigs were still powerful , strengtberird only by the splenetic and malicious enmity which the aDti-iri-h geetion of the Gre-T Cabinet bore to

      -&e Irish people . During the session to which we prefer , the repeal of the Union and the Irish Church T > emoD , bonnd the otherwise dist-ordant elements by the strong ties-of inveterate barred and corruption ; and evpn y-et aJl minor differences were merged , for the purpose of preserving intact and entire all those Ttsources , whiefi the several parries loot upon as the hereditary fortBoe of any Government to whose dispel they may fall . The Irish Church , however , and the necessity for preserving corporate power as ibe great feeder aad preserver of imperial sway , threw their bombshells into the pati-h-work Christian camp , and so scattered the dino ' uant elements

      of which the army was comptvtd , that they fell a "Tery ea-y prey to the better oi-eipliue and organiza-¦ tion of the stauneh Wood bounds of the " Christian Chta-ch - - " and «) weU has ihe fire from the pulpit , : from iho press , anQ from the ' seuate-house , been ahic-e kept up , that the percb-and-rood- salvation preachers have notsincebeen able to rally their broken forces , even for the arrangement of a single skir-3 ni * h . Xb the endeavour toreeoneile these differences , and the attempt to form and harmonize a "Whi g party * pon one . general princij-Je of action , we cfeariy Tecognize the one great political blunder which hag oeen coHiinitted . Nothing is more satisfactory to ihe nnrepreBented than tu know that their interests

      are eventalied abont . anihenee by th& branching out of the several parties in the House of Commons , » o correspondingly branched out the unrepresented , each having its organ and ifc > mouth-piece , which acted as > 0 many safety Takes to carry off . ezober-»« JVelings . Bemedies for every description , of « ril were bought . for , while the petitioner ! entertained no higher hope or notion of justice than that « atsfacdon , which a strong poumaval of the case incapable of . affording . This system rf sectional ^ presentation , kepib ^ rant bv sectional leadershi

      p . Touted a piece of polidcal mechanism which wL aotcapable of > ing managed « cpt with the concurrence oj the several directors , who , seeing their lespeedre strengthin thegeneral disorganizatio n of the machine , were determined that it Should not be pntin working prderfor general parposes . Themerging of all di ^ enceshj the represeutativfcs of the people iMheen . foliowed , as fashion , whether for good or evil ' •»« " wOH ie followed , by a similar merging f sectioaal 4 iffcrentes npon the part of the people , and thuiluis ^ eqietj . been divided into the two classes

      M T » on- . elee | iie influence and elective " power Tory ascendancy , jorv prind piW f ^ i Tor / " dU-« pLne , y hich the b ^ nenng-ram of Eeform iw to iate former levelled , ^ ter a six years-siege , more flourishing than eTer > ^ j ^' ^^ . changeling that of ry ^ for ir ^^ j . 5 ty , of doin by willinp _ g € nt 5 j What , as party they formerly ^ accdmpruhed tbemwlve ^ -aBd of getting ^ id Df-AebdiQHi ^ whKh-the -Whi g * : would have ateiebed { athe-mere attempt at thewe things * 7 the-Tories which they th mse-lx-eshave mest comjlaisantl y done . A" an oppnsitioD , the "Whigs were out-aod-cyr Badicals ; i . 8 an administration , they

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      —^—^ M ^ iM ^^»^^^^^^ agg ¦ — are in-and-in Tories . The inducement to Bueh a line of policy is songht for , and in each new enactment and its machinery , the answer ia found . Instead of cheap and intelligible legislation , we have complicated enactments , in order that mystification and difficulty may justify expensive machinery , to which may be applied the wages of wuree than useless service as a means of maintaining die preponderance of an unprincipled and most profligate administration . Where formerly the agreement npon a xingle point produced something like a treaty between the rulers and the niied , now ^• difference of a p oint severe all connexion , the universal note being , " He who L « not for us i * against -us . "

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      " ANTI-POOR LAW AGITATION IN DISGUISE . " ' To whatever point of the political hemisphere our attention ia now directed , we find ample cause to congratulate ourselves ' , and the braie people with whom , and for whom , our energies are enlisted , on the position of affaire . Neter , within the period of our recollection , did the whole people progress so rapidly , so simultaneously , and so peacefully , towards the accomplishnieat of any great national object , as they now progress towards the greatest of all national objects—the regaining of their ju > t

      and natural position in society—a position which i * equally necessary for redress of grievance ? , and defence against aggressions . The dogged air , and troubled countenance , with which the leaders of oppression—after witnessing the utter failure t > f their several mauceuvres to ward off the general attack upon their fastness—survey the coming onslaught , forms not the least attractive feature in the prospect . The more wise and prudent ot the enemy are already beginning to stipulate for terms . "While those whom an inconsiderate rashnew , or a consciousness of demerit too deep to be redeemed , have led to

      eschew all safety out of the present system , affect , with the assumed courage ol a dunghill cock at bay , to despise the power before which they cringe and tremble .- The vessel of corruption has been lightened , or attempted tu be lightened , by the throwing out of various tubs upon the surface of the boiling sea . Municipal Reform for Ireland—emancipation for the slaves in "We 3 t India—permission to marry in Dissenters' chapels , or in no chapel at all : all these and some other half measures of reform , extracted with noufcb difficulty ^ have been launched ; in the hope that that unreasonable whale—' the people , would be amused therewith , until thn shi p ' s crew of corrnption could so anchor , and moor the vessel as to secure it against attack . But the whale was too

      sagacious ; it passed by the tub * with contempt . still aiming at the rotten hall of the shi p from which they bad been thrown . Discussion on the Ballot , the Corn Laws , and even Household Suffrage and Triennial Parliaments were next offered as playtiunys , and rejected with a- * lirle ceremony . In the last struggle for existence , the affrighted mariner hesitates not to throw overheard his most dearly prized effects ; and , as a proof that the Whig crew consider themselves to be now placed in this predicament , we have one of the most able of their writers now actually proposing that the monster which is pursuing faction to the death shall be at once propitiated , even though it be at the SACRIFICE OF THE NEW PouR Law ITSELF .

      - In the Monthl y Chronicle of the present month is an article , we believe , from a pen no less mi ghty than that of Sir El'Ward Lytton Bulweb , headed " The People ' s Charter . " In this article Sir Lyttox has discovered a considerable share of tact . He has shown himself to be a clever General ; one who can take the most likely position for success with an awkward squad of troop .- * , and disadvantageous ground whereon to fight . He makes no

      bold stand again > t that which he knows to be invincible in the People ' s Charter—the principle of Universal Suffrage—but be sounds an evasive parley , by refusing to discuss the argument , and offering , as an equivalent far the object sought by the " Cbarrist ? ,. " thp amendment , or i / nei-essary , the repeal of the H \ eic I oor Law . He asserts with . mut-ii gravity of faee- ; barrhts 1 s all the people want—thar the demand for the People ' s Charter is but the anti-Poor-Law agitation in disguise . His words

      are" The real fact is that , icith nine-tpnth . « of the advocates of ibis new . fanaticism , the l ' eople ' s Charteris but the atiti-Poor-Law agitutiojt in disguise 1—the re-ascendancy ot vanperisiii—the right of the . sturdy beggar to pick the pocket oi industry ; tht-s < - are thr real objects which , with a great majority ot the andience , and with most of their captuiii .-c , mask themselves under ihe uir . re bouip-niblt * . it liii uiure plausible demands of Universal Suffrage , Animal

      Parliaments , aud peinaoned delegates . We mav trace the triple geryou to the cradle of anti-Po ^ r Law association . It appears strongest in the towus where Poor Law rCimunisMioiers are the must pitilessly pelted , it breaks out—n di ? ea * r iu iisrlf , bnt the symptom of a Constitution to which alteratives nave been too sternly applied . This it is which mnfces common ground Detween O'Connor , the nltra- Livelier , and Oa > tler , the bemoaner of weakened aristocracy . " He goes on afterwards to say : —

      " This bping the ca > e , we think it becomes the duty of the Government and the Legislature lo support what is salutary in the pr inciple of the New Poor Law by ceding mjxoh of its mow obnoxious details . We are as much averse as the Commissioners themselves from repealing the new law ; nor do we deny the eicellont effects on the moral , aud even the physical , condition of the peasantry , which it has produced in the agricultural districts . To return to the old system is as idle a demand as a return to spade labour , or as the destruction ol thrashing machines . But a less rigid adherence to

      the principle oi incarcerating hunger , infirmity , and distress—a wider discretion in ont-ol-donr relief and a relaxation of that grim tyranny which even where no pretext * , such as want of accommodation . or the chance of Immorality and insubordination , can be found , separates often in the last extreme ot life those who nave hitherto fought against want side by side—which debars the poor man of his only confidant , his only comforter ; these mitigations of the system may not only be safely made , but " th «* y are concei * sionj < dne to the feelings—nay , evt-n if yon wHL to the " prejudices or the unreasoning ignorance .

      bnt deeply-seated sympathies , of so large a portion of the population . In agricultural districts , where the ^ magistrate or the overseer is placed almost alone amii . gt a population , on whose hatred , or on whose affection , his peace and often his property depend , the interposition of the Commissioners , their fixed and peremptory laws , are necessary to protect the independence of the administrator of the system . and to make the system itself work . Bat in large towns there ought to be a wide discretion leit to the local authorities , who are not liable , like the segregated squires of the hamlet , to be iatimidated , and whonu > 8 t be the best judges of the wants aud

      interests of the commTinityin which they live . ' Ihe system , in short , must be mitigated ^ And it" we are to be told that it cannot be miti gated without being abolished altogether , we should be tempted to ai £ swer , thatgreatas are the advantages of the Pour Law , we think they are dearly purchased by creating a . chasm between the Working and the Midole Classes , by engendering that deadliest of revolutionary pafsioas , a hatred to property itself ; and , by making men familiar with tne notion of armr-d resistance , till the wickedness of a lawless , hopt * le . « s . and sanguinary principle assumes the aspect ol hatred to oppression and sympathy with distress . " '

      Can the people desire better evidence than this , that they are now on the right tack ? that the supporters of corrnption and the livers upon spoil , feel the ground passing away from under them , while the tide of popular determi nation continues to roll onward in that equable and magnificently dignified manner which now marks its progress . Can we suppose that the last gem of the precious Why Coronet—the dearest of all u , e - . Jea-l y ht-loved enactments—for the enforcement of which in a * : j ) ile peaceable and loyal towri "" fr «>/ iy to any amount " were unhesitatingly promised that the " Battle' '

      migbtbe "fouglit' thr-ovgh "— Can ue suppse » he Sew Poor Law would he conlly > acr » fii-td } . \ - his fostering partn's and defenders , uuie .-s iurk-td u

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      M ^————MtlBfc——^^ 1——were a forlorn hope ? Truey this offer to p iteu overboard the New Poor Law , in order to nave the ship , is acct > mpan \ ed with a ludicrous effort of an expression of contempt for the movement , on account of frhicb it is considered necessary . But this is a little too much like a nurse trying to persuade a child that its wormcakes are all sugar , and ever and anon , as she touches one of them with her tongue , g iving the lie to her own eloquence by the wry faces with which she immediately spits out . What caused the notable discovery by Maithtjsian

      intelligence , that " a less rigid adherence to the princip le of incarcerating hunger , infirmity , and distress—a wider discretion in out-of-door relief and arelaXation of that grim tyranny which " by separating the sexes" debars the poor man of his only . _ confident and comforter" " are concessions due to the feelings and sympathies of the population ? " "What new light has broken in upon Sir Edward Lttton Btjlwkr and kis associates , that they har © discovered that "The system must be mitigated t They were not wont

      to hold this language respecting the '' Devils own . " They were used to describe it as ' calculated to effect great moral and physical benefits for society at large—to elevate the character and condition of the labouring classes—to be , in short , a great boon to thb pooa . " They were used when the horrsrs of the system were pointed out and insisted on , to point to the saving effected in the rates in some few parishes as a triumphant answer . They were u ? ed to deny publicity to the enquiries which were forced upon them as to the " working "

      of this infernal law , and to treat the petitions of hundreds , and thousands , ' and millions of the people , thereon , with insolent contempt—while now they characterize the " system" which before appeared in their Whiggish eyes all glorious as the sun and perfect as creation when it i-pued from the hand of &oS—as " obim ttrakny "—^" a system which must be mitigated ' . " How , in the name of all tliat is wonderful , has this " change come o ' er the spirit " of Whiggery ? The spirit of the New Poor Law is unchanged . It is still the same damning

      « pirit of all-devouring Mammon opening its huge jaws for the destruction of God > poor . The character of the people is unchanged—they are the Fame simple , oeaceful , and confiding people that they always were ; and the character of the Whigs is unchanged—they are the same selfish , grasping , subtle , cowardly , political gourmands that thejr always were . Through what agency , then , has this change of note in the song of Whiggery been effected . Even as tbeSocialist . « would say , by the force of circumstances . The people , finding tlu-ir

      p etitions for the repeal of bad laws , and the enaction of good ones , alike disregarded , were naturally induced to consider with whoin rested the right to make lairs , and hence from petitioning for alterations in certain particular laws , they demand now to be consulted in the making of all laws . Here is the change which menaces the reign of faction . viib an end ; and hence the change of tone assumed so suddenly by Whig pariuans . Like unskilful Cabalists , they hnve raised a npirii which they find themselves unable to lay—hence the secret of SlR LyttoX Bulwer ' s trying to

      persuade us that the " People ' s Charter is but the Anti-Poor Law agitation in disguise ! " And hence his magnanimous offer to pitch the Poor Law , Commissioners and all , to perdition , if the people will send the People ' s Charter " along with it . Hold a little , Sir Lytton . The people of England are a simple people , but they are not absolutel y a silly people . They have had ample experience of "Whig and Tory law-making ; they know that worse bungling can never be made of it ihan heretofore ; and they are dtteimiiied to try their own hands at it . If there be one man in existence who

      is yet absurd enough to suppose that the Whigs ever mtan honestly vvhat they say , what guarantee can Sir Lytton Bolwer offer even to this simpleton , that , the New Poor Law being repealed to-morrow , the same parties who enacted it before would not re-enact it next session ? And how jiarei * x-vtn a Whig writer to insult the common -ense of mankind with so clumsy a sophism—no , not a sophism , but a falsehood—as this , that the ilrmand for the People ' s Charter is but the Anti-Poor Law agitation in disguise ? The Poor Law is a single grievance— Herculean we admit ; but

      yet one gaevance only amongst many others—each one having its peculiar advocate for redressseveral ofwhichare , ia the eyes of their special champions , even of primary importance to the Poor Law ; and \ etSir Lytton Bulwer sees all these single grievances buried in one common cry—he sees Attvtood and the brave men of Birmingham linking for awhile the currency question . Elliott and his co-mates suffering the Corn Law agitation to sleep in ? pite of all the noisy bustle of the Whigshe perceives the " voluntary church" men ceasing fora little while their note—he sees ourselves and

      our honest coadjutors , foremost in the Poor Law cry—giving the three headed Devil King a holiday , that we may all join in one grand simultaneous struggle for a general measure , that shall serve as a means for the after carrying of all our specific measures . Hssees all this , and he quietly observes , " This is the Anti-Poor Law Agitation in disguise . ' Let the Poor Law be amended by all means—let it bs repealed , if nothing else will serve you . There now go home boys and be good . You ' ve got all you want—you ' ve got a Whi g promise that something

      shall be done to the naughty Poor Law . " Poor man ! how we pity bis dementation to suppose that any people could be so fat headed as to be caught with such abau as that ! Still we thank Sir Lytton for this offer to give up the Poor Law . If this doe * not shew the people their strength , nothing will . Of all the bad laws to which the \ Yhig 3 ever gave their sanction , the Poor Law is the most atrocious , and the niostdearly beloved by them ; yet even that are they willing to lay at the feet of an united people determined peacefully to demonstrate their strength .

      Let this be a sufficient answer to the timidgibberera who talk about the demonstrations of the people being powerless . If by peaceful but unanimou * and organiztd agitation the people are able to procure the repeal of the New Poor Law without even asking for it , what better evidence need we that by the same means they are able to do all that ix necessary for the good and welfare of the state ? Let it be an answer also to all the prating knaves who affect to fear the physical violence of the people .

      1 'be people need no violence—their strength is iu their nil ! , and their power in the voice whereby ; hat will is made known . An united people never jet spoke unheeded . Force was never yet needed wln-re unanimity was not wanting . And why ? Because the very existence of that unanimity proves thtm to possess a force which , they being too discreet to use unnecessarily—their enemies hive always been too prudent to - provoke . So much lor that portion of Sir Lytto . n ' s article which affects the l % Anti-Pour-Law agitation , in

      disguise . " There are suuie remarks in the shape of argument , upon the principles of the People ' s Charter generally , and "Universal Suffrage in ' particular , on which we had purposed , to bestow some rttteiition j but t ' h ' i * article is getting already too long . We must , ' therefore , - leave these till next weckj whtn , wsih ' . God ' s hle-sing , we will try to r-how how-. pueii ! e are the sopbi / ms , arid how gross thii"Vucousi .-ttuvir 1 ' " [ K . v * a }^ . clever " man , when he uinlr-iUi'kt-ti to difi-ud ' a loUeU A stern of dishonesiN -. aid misrule .

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      , ^^^^ Kj ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ , j ^^^^ aM ^ c 2 Jr ^^ Jj ^ -r T V'I ' - ' •* ¦ " * ' ) . * - ¦ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ SSSS ^^^^^^^ S ^ SSSS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ M ^ P ^^ BMM ^^^ BH TO THE H 0 NpEEt ) S 6 tf THOOSANB 8 OF GOOD MEN AND TRUE , WHO WILL MEET ON HABiTSHEAD MOORJ ON MONDAY N , EXT , ( 15 th INS £ ) London , Oct . 10 th , 1838 . Men op ttt& West Riding ! You : are hbout to perform a great public duty—no less a duty than that of 'determining , that the labourer shall be '' first partaker of the fruits . " The noble example of Ker * al Moor is before you—the eyes of the country ar « upon you . South Lancashire , and

      the Wrst Riding of Yorkshire are the two most important counties in England , because the most populous Atoil most industrious . The voice of these two -counties will , therefore in a great measure , determine the voice of England . South Lancashire has already spoken , and her voice has struck terror into every tyrant and tyrant ' s tool in the realm . Will you he behind the men of Lancashire ? Shall Peep Green yield the palm to Kersal Moor ? Forbid it , honour ! the " soul of combats ! " No ! my friends ; you must not suffer yourBvlvei * to be beaten

      by friend or foe . You must out-Kersal Kersal Moor , as Kersal Moor baa out-Peterlooed Peterloo . You must " demonstrate" on Monday- next , that you can beat the very best of your friends iu the glorious work of beatnig down your enemies . Dearly as I love South Lascasbire , ( it ba . i long been mv favourite county on account of its , unnwerviv ^ fidelity . to my revered friend , Henry Hunt , ) I « baU rejoice to cte you cast it into the shadt » on Monday next . Your famous countryman , Robin in

      Hood , ¦ would ba ^ e man his corps who was not able to beat himself . South Lanea » shmwould be a Robin Hood in this sen * e , if it could find counties ' to-beat it in Radi - calism . Do you , then , only beat it , and beat it well on Monday m-xt , and , take my word for- ir , that Robin Hood nevvr rejoiced more .-in a sound hilling from Little John or from Will Scarlkt than will my favourite county rejoice in being beaten b \ the men of the West R'dmg .

      I have just read a letter from Manchester , in whic-h my correspondent says , — Oul * p icture to yourself 171 ( urge banners and Hugs , and 132 5 null o n ** , from one vard .-quare down to one foot ccjiiare , -urrounding tbe meeting ou the hill , with 75 bands of mucic ! " My correspondent goes on toXaj — " The papers give only t-i ^ iit trades instead of eighteen tor Manchester . The Dyers' trade alone brought 2 , 200 then i , nto the fit-Id , and thev are not mentioned in any of the newspapers « , iahhou } ih thi y were rat her conspicuous , from having five beautiful

      large silk banners ! all new , and «< re o-corred bi the St . Patrick ' s b : md . I would not liitve | ioue iiitu partifularti of this kind , but thuuglit . it might hiuseful to you some future day as a represi-iitafive of the indastrious cljisses to know ihrse matters . While I am writing , a friend infortrs me that George William Wood , member f <> r Krudal , stated , when tbe ijue-nion was put to biui o ? i the Moor thnt he considered llinre wt * not ussthan

      • IoOjOOO persons 'present at the meeting- iNo * , if a Whig will admit this much , methiuks a Ratioi ! like me may well b « pardoned for pitching tia number at half a million , including tl . ose tiiat went away early in the day , " &e . &t \ Tiiis is the meeting which the base London Pie « s ba « not scrupled to estimate at u troin 20 . 0 U 0 to to 30 , 0110 , including women and childit-n ! " Win . from my correspondent ' * account , the men of tin , Manchester Trades alone Kiust have exceeded thdt

      uumber . i Alluding to this part of his subject , he says— " I think , as the trades came out so uobly , a letter to the trades from you in the iVar , would be a new stimulant to useful agitation , the mote especiall y as they joined the procession aini made common cause with us in other towns , a * well us iu this . The following is a correct list lor Manchester : — 1 st , tailors ; 2 nd , national associated smiths ; 3 rd , mechanics or machinists ; 4 th , smiths and lairiers ; 5 th , smiths and wheelwrights ; C . h , dyers ;¦ 7 th , fustian shearers ; 8 tn , lallenderers ; Ikh , joiners ;

      10 th , men ' s bsot and shoemakers ; " 11 th , ladiea ' shoemakers ; 12 th , painters ; 13 th , masons ; 14 th , marble masons ; I 5 ; h , marble polishtrs and sawyers ; 16 th , bricklayers ; 17 th , labourers ; and 18 th , spinners . Several more would have joined the processionj had they only had a little more time . The mechanics had but time for one flag , but it was a good one namely , a large green silk banner , twelve feet two inches by ten feet two inches , trimmed with white , with the words " Steam Engine and Machine Makers' Friendly Society . " Motto , my old

      favourite from Paine-- " Every-mun has a right to one vote in the choice of his representative ; it belongs to him in right of his existence , und his person is his title-deed" The mottos from the country were , I assure you , equally pointed and good , " &c . &c . I have made these quotations from the letter of an eye-witnesa of the whole , proceedings , simply to shew the rascality of the London daily press , which has misrepresented almost every important feature of the meeting , shamefully underrating the numbers

      present , and either distorting or suppressing all tbe concomitant circumstances which could not , with advantage , bei directly falsified . I know no language capable of describing the infamy of this press . At the time of the'Canterbury massacre , seeing the Satanic adroitness and concert with which it branded poor Courtenay and his followers as frantic fanatics and murderers , in order to justify or palliate the crime of assassinating ten or eleven unoffending

      Englishmen in cold blood , I said , " Let Oastler and Stephens look sharp ; let Fearous 6 'Connor look sharp ; let J . B , O'Brien look sharp 1 " &c . I stated then , as I now repeat , that every one of these parties was equally liable as CoTTRTEN ay to be branded as a lunatic and a disturber of the peace . What followed V Within a week after I so expressed myself , the Globe newspaper depicted the late Augustus Beaumont as a man that

      was stark raving mad ; and since then , more than one half of tbe London press has given a Rimilar character of Oastler and Stephens . Stephens ' s speeches are described as the ? ' outpoiirin ^ s of treason " whilst some of the papers have elaborately discussed whether Oastler ought to be proceeded against by a magistrate ' s warrant or by a writ de lunntico enquirando ! That he ought not to be "left at large" is a point they all agree upon . What ought we to infer from all this ?• That no honest public man ' s life j liberty , or reputation

      is a moment safe from the masked aggressions of those anonymous cowardly miscreants . Stephens aad Oastler may thank their star * that they live in a manufacturing district , surrounded by an immense population , to whom their virtues and intelligence are long and well known , and who , without waiting for judge or jury , would annihilate the first assassin who would dare to lay hands upon them , against the laws of the country . This has been , and ii , theii- only ^ jr ote c tion . Had they lived in Tolpuddle

      or near Bossenden Wood , instead of at Huddersfield and Ash ton ' , I know what-would have been their fate long ago . In spite of all their virtues , and caution , . they . ;• would have been trepanned into a collision with the local authorities . In that colli-Munth ' ey would have perished as Courtenay did —their memori ; s ^ would have been branded as bis is — the facts of the case would , be similarly falsified or perverted ^ and' what ; from the dread of puhVic opinion directed Ky the daily pres ^)—and what from the local terror inspired by- ' -tU-j- agents of-pjwer ,

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      ^ ittM ^ MBMli ^^^ i D Pt a hand—not a voice wou'd be rafetej to avenge their fate , or to vindicate their acdoiu . Do you , my friends of the "We-aRiding , ' . beon your guard against the perfidious statements of the London daily press . Believe not a word they say about politics , public meetings , or anything else that concerns your interests . Their egregious lies respecting the Kersal Moor meeting , must convince you , that they will as « ert anything to make you believe that the present glorious movement for Universal Suffrage is but the work of a few

      itinerant agitator * , and confined to a few scattered dwirict 8 . They tell you that the great majority of the country are opposed to Universal Suffrage . They lie—and they know it . Nine-tenths at least are decidedly in favour of it ; for to nine-tenths , at least , Universal Suffrage would be liberty , prosperity , and a new existence . They aiso tell you , that Universal Suffrage , even it attained , would do you no good . They lie again—and they know it . Universal Suffrage ( with Annual Parliaments and ihe Ballot ) will make you the perfect arbiters of

      your own destiny , so much so , that from within twelve mouths after it is carried , you need never again know what privation is , unless it should be jour own fault . With Uaiversal Suffrage , you whtain a power over the tenures by ' 'Which land is held and occupitd— # power over the monetary affairs of the country—^ power to establish a national bank of issue , and as many credit , or loan bauks , a * you / hint proper , for the accommodation of industrious artisans and labourers of good character—a power over 30 , 000 , 000 of acres of land , which are now waste , or nnxt to waste , and 15 , 000 , 000 of which are capable of cultivation—a power o « er the Crown

      Ltttds in this country , and over the public lauds hi our Colonies—a power over corporation funds , charitable endowments , and tve . y other description of public property , including all 'he tithes and all the Church Lands , -now appropriated exclusively by the upper and middle classes—a power over NATIONAL TAXATION , as well as over loral ns ^ ssments of every sort , and , what is greater than hII the re * t , ? power to establish industrial communities of your own , in which you may command , instead of , as now , begging , employment , and in which there need be no other limit to your productions than the gratification of ^ our own want «

      If you think these , and the like advantages worth cent-nding for , meet in countless thousand on Monday next , on Peep Gret-n . If j ou do nor , or if you think Universal Suffrage inadequate to produce them , I must only deplore your blindness , and pray God that you may i ; ot die an you have lived—slaves . Yours , &c . BRONTERRE .

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      PEEP GEEEN DEMONSTRATION . The arrangement- for this grand display of tbe intelligence and zeal of the social bees have been made throughout the whole riding , on the mr >» t extvusive scale . If the weatht-r be but fine , Monday will present the proudest , spectacle ever witnessed in rhis county . In all the preliminary meetings , which have been holden through the country , the { rrt-utest fervour and enthusiasm have prevailed , yet moderated b y a prudential conduct which , in the most emphatic manner , gives the lie to the

      b ise alandt-rers of the people who would represent ihtrm as in love with anarchy and confusion . Lteds will to-i : i ht ratif y her vcv * of Monday , on Hunslet Moor . The meeting in WalionV Saloon on Mon . ¦ lay was i , o test of the feeling of Lt-c-ds . For the jun ple , to shi-w themselves ^ requires room , and therelore , with God ' s ble . ^ ing , the ihousands of Leeds working men will this ni fiht , on Hutu-lct Moor , show the voteocraiy that they know the rights of free men and purpose to obtain them . The meeting will be iioltkri at eight o ' clock , and , as the days are now

      getting short , a splendid Piiocession By Torch Light wi . l conduct the parties to the ground , l'hi * is an idea for which we owe everlasting gratitude to our friends at Stockport . "We can now be even with the Factory Tyrants . We have no need to ask them for permission to attend our meetings . The brave operatives know so well the importance of thts object whose attainment they are seeking , that they do not mind robbing nature of a little uecessary rest for its accomplishment . And the brawlers "—the'" anarchists "—

      tbe de 8 . trucpv . es" have too much regard for the social relatioh > hips in which they stand , to give the cause even for the sli ghtest murmur on the part ol task-masters that their work is neglected for politics . No ; no ; we have if now . The work shali be minded , and tbe meeting mindtd afterwards ; so let the tyrants bite their lip in disappointment : they shall not prevent us from peaceably meeting to

      petition Parliament for the restitution of our rights . We have a right to meet ; even Lord John Russell admits the right , and though the tyrants may prevent us from assembling by the light of day , by torch-light we can see to speak to each other , and to proclaim our wrongs ; and by torch-light hereafter shall our meetings to petition Parliament be holden . We will wait the convenience of

      the tyrant * . If they choose to confine their workmen nntil ten o ' clock , va will hola our meetings a : eleven or twelve o ' clock at night— but meet we wilt . Let the example , then , be set to-night . Let the torchlight procession this ni |» ht exhibit its hundred thousand men ; and remember we ineer peaceably to diBCuss our wrongs , and , by adopting the National Petition , constitutionally to pray for their redress .

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      The Peep Greek Meeting . —That our account of this meeting niuy be as full and accurate bh poosible , we rcqbeat thn Comraittee « of all the tereral towns and villages whence flags , banners , and ¦ proeegsioB * go , to Bend to onr office an account of their wvetal flags , and the uiottua on them . Let us nave as much of thia infurm » tion us poswible to-day . OUR AGENTS and HEADERS arc informed that a few hundred ojju-s oi tlje abrttract of Mr . Giles ' s firat lecture will be struck off in the shape of a pamphlet , » iid will be ready on Monrfwy oT Tuesday next . Price twopence . JOHN bEAt'WONT , WEIiTH ^ M . —We think ; it rather prematare to lecture the members of the National Convention on their several duties before the Convention has been formed . ¦ ¦ : ¦

      We DULY received and deliveredin person , th a copies of the » ddrw » to th « Irish peo p le , by the London Working Man ' s Association , to the several delegates appointed to tnuuxea Ihe Peep Green Demosutntioa . Thuie directed we ordered to be posted . Some more may bs profitably disposed of . ¦ THE NOTTINGHAM and GOLNE meetings taking place npon the mime Uay , has put it out of Mr . u'Conuor ' b power to uttend at Noltingham , ^ for several weeks he has been p ledged to the Colne people . Mr . O'CONNOR will have much pleasure in attending the Carlisle Demonstration .

      THE REASON assigned by Mr . CTarke , onr agent at Glossop , for the non-payment of hit account is not satisfactory , therefor * he will have the goodness to discharge the amount forthwith , to avoid co » t . Wa will not keep up a pap-r lor ; the amusement of speculatinR agenu , and at the end of the year we shall publish a list of defi » n tera , us a guide to other journalists . AGAIN we have to duappobt the nnreasonabls txpectations of hundreds of correspondents , who write upon subjects wholly unconnected with the affairs of tbe paper , and expect aiMwe-s from Mr ^ O'Cunnor . Wit h the best intentions to pleue all , it would be out of his power to comply . The _ Medal 8 for the Northern Union have beien for some time reaily for dnlirery , and may be had on application at our office .

      WE HAVE very gTeat p leasure in directing particular attenturn to thi ? notice of our CarlUle friend * , which will be found in our advertising columns . - : ¦••'¦ ' ¦ We ARE bappy to learn that the nurub * 6 of netr and beautiful fliigHoraereil for the Peep GreeaThtoaBa tratiopexfieeia one hundred and twenty . Welldon ^ b " '" Badicalii . SAMUEL GIBSON . —Wo must dt / cline his verses . P OKERT HORfiKPiK » . rii-His letter is inadmissible . KREEDOM ' 8 Oanmn t ,.. We should do the author of these rersivi ' ji very ill turn topuVwh thera . - . .,. . HevwoOd Rauical AsspcuT « O . v . ^ -We thank onr friep fls fur t ^ ieir | imidtipin ' ionaiideucunrag ^ mMlit * . Weeannotpn'd " room f « r thtfltttter . / ' ; ' : ; ' ¦ God -fi ^ xB th e Qt'EE . v . — thoughts on Coronations . — We Ccinnot insert either of these pieces .

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      HUi StV 5 rt ? l V ?* ^ « »» not ^ arntond onr Hud . prws earlv . in order to grtourlar ^ e iaipreiion ufif and yet ^ re seldom get a parcel fr . m Uiem ' iB time . ' ThS week we received from thrm , -n Friday , just before gott * ^ kT' " i -f" 1 * ^ lnn ^ n "nd ¦* hal 1 >> f valuable mSter . whichj . ad it com * in tun « , should have been uu « ted ' hut which we are compelled to exclude every line tof Lei them . not . blame us : vre are desirous to obUge , but ca » only have the paper full . ^* Batemam , Preston -The price of the medals is 6 d . eaclu . AU 8 TERLANI ) 8 . -Jlr . Greaves must say which portrait ft , wants . r « w R , WitKlNspN— Not correct . Mm . SMITH Received .

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      ^—LEGAL QUESTIONS . Th ° 3 ? K ° r ClaJ ^? ^ W form a Northern Unic * s ^ as ^ a ^ J . H ., T . H ., tt . S . —The widow U entitled to dower . Ji H ;» : H-t H < S . should file a bill against the admiaiste » i » for tKe non . performance of covenants , and tQ account W . TinmouthV letter wonld take more than an hour tarea * His papers ^ emam at our office , nnd are much too lomrbt perusal . We request they may > e « ent for * g ** PatT } 5 H M'Hnghes ' s letter ^ ntainsa longstatetont of a eaW S ^ a form ^ ° PmOn ' ^ mUJit Mndii » * ^ J . T . K ., Horbury . —No . A Constant Reader , Askton .-We never interfere betwe ^ fc man and wife . ^^

      a . B ., Lends , had better not marry till she is ef aae if afc » wuhes to perform all her intentions at once : as rnanr difficulties will lie in the way of doing before mania */ and Undoing after . **»" r A Lover of Fair Play . -If a bag is left at the office by maiL the Post-Mmress has no Tight to charge a penny . Constant ReaderH , Maccle « . field .-th « master has na lejral nghttobtop ^ apeunyintheshUliiig ; buthe has whatis stronger—that rmbt which the power of monopol y gire » rhomaa Qonlton .-An attorney wi ! I put him in the way of recpveii utf th « uionny ; the process is very simple . T » cannot le dune without an attorney . . V ^ A Creditor , Leeds .-We fear that the subsequent sale of tha

      ^^ Jund by it top will throw soiue iuipediiuent in the way of thecreditora ; but what it ha * done wrongfully is not stated j neither u it mentioued whether the purchaaa money in either case haa been paid . Charles V . Solbe / . —We never receive * the legal document * relerred . to in his conimuuication , nor « ould we have spared ame to read them . Neither do we ever undertake to receive money or property , or commence » uiu at la * for remuneration gf any kind . ¦ J . H . ^ Hudderaneld . —Yes ; and . the Magistrates have n » power . ¦¦ ¦ .-.. . ¦ *•

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      LEEDS . Armley . —On Thursday night , oar town wa visited hy Mr . O'Coanor in his recruiting excursion for Monday . Xhelaiye room . at the Malt ShoveL was filled with all classes of politicians , and after Mr . George White had addressed the chairman ( Mr . Birch , ) Mr . O'Connor spoke for more . than an hour upon the state and duty of the working men * He read both Whigs , Toriw , and Sham-RadicaU a lesson , which will not be soon forgotten in this village . ; 'the etlect has been the formation of an union , and a dwtermiuation to brave all opposition

      on Monday . The address has done a world of good - tor perhaps no part of the country has been mort masWr-ridden than Armley * fllf . O'Connor , however , has put the people upon the right tack , and one vrhieh tbey setin well disposed to follow ; "bul for his visir , few would have gone to the meeting or Monday , while now every heart seems full of ' tht notion , and we antici pate a good mnster from th « village . Th .-masters were shocked at Mr . O'Connor ' s attack upon their order ; and already the mett are beginning to work out the principles , as an aasociatio ' n was formed last night which promises to b « strong and determined .

      Thratre . — tlA change has come o ' er the spirit ** of our Theatrical entertainments . Tragedy has doffed his plumed cap , and " Music , heavenly maid " has been charming the hearts and ears of overflowing audiences during the week . Mr . and Mrs . Wood have appeared during the week , in Fra Diavolo , and in La Sonmambula . To speak in terms of adequate pra . se of this lady ' s acting and singing in the character of . Amtna , would be a vain attempt * The whole penormance is a volume of inteugity , passion , and vocal splendour , only surpassed by the departed Malibran . In the finale to the second act , where , she is discovered in the count ' s chamber , the audience rose and evinced their delight by cheera and a | iplau 8 e which lasted for many minutes . Mr

      Wood has decidtdly improved , and may be how considered the best tenor on the British Htage . We were surprised ac the effectiveness of the chorus—all ' the points were taken up with precision , and , what to us is the prime charm of chorus singing , the *(>/ # parts were not overloaded . The band was largely augmented , and adiii rably led . The entire mounting of the opera * could scarcely be surpassed b y any theatre in the United Kingdom . We perceive by the advertisement on our first page that music is to be " the order of the day" for some time longer . During the next wet-k full concerts are to be given in which the . splendid taleBts of the Diston lajriilyof Miss Kusbtll , of Miss Ro ^ ini Collins , and of the celebrated prodigy the Infant Violinist , are to t * brought into full play .

      Single Wicket Cricket Match . —On Mon . day last , a match at cricket , for £ 10 a-side , was played on the cricktt ground behind the JN orth- ^ tree * walls , York , betweeu Mess . Letby and Walker , of the York club , and MeKsrs . Court and Blatheru ltk of the Leed > club . The day was fine , but the specta . -ors-not very numerous . The betting at thu commencement of the game was 5 and 6 to 4 on York . Court took the bat hist , but waf soon bow ltd out by Letby , without a tuu : Blatherwick then followed aud only got ope from his bat , being caught by Walker . ' Afser an tlapse of about a quarter of an hour , Walker took the batand only rectmd five

      , balls , when his stumps were lowered b y Court : Letby then went in , and batted in a beautiful man- * ntt , when he was bowled out by Court , having got 14 runs . The betting at this time was 2 aua 3 to 1 on York . Blatherwick again went to the wicket arid played with caution for a short time , when he was bowled out by Letby : Court now ioliowed , and the 16 th ball from Letby ga * e him notice to quit : the York men winning at one innings . 1 hu battiug and bowling of Letby were greatly " admired ; but the playing of the Leeds men was much interior to that of their opponents . The following is a . statement of the game : —

      LEEDS . —FIRST INNINGS . Court ........ balls U .. hito 2 .. bowled by Letby .... 0 lilatherwick .. 25 .. 6 . . caught by Walke : I : ' Wideballa .... 3—I YOKK . —FIRST INNINGS . , Walker ...... balls 5 .. hits 8 .. bowled by Court .... 0 | Letby ...... 46 . » 27 .. bowled by Court . .. 14 ' Wide balls , &c 3 ^ -lT

      LEEDS . —8 ECOND INNING 8 . Bja . tfcerwick .. balls 46 . . hits 14 . . bowledby Letby . 3 Court 16 .. 4 .. bbwledby LetLy . 0 Wide balls ........ 9-1 ! iMPqsiTioN . —Oa Tuesday , Abraham Goodman and John Story , two travelling Jews in the trinket business , were brought up , at the Coun-House , charged wirh imposing upon a Frenchman of the same fraternity , on Mouday , at the hmise of Mr . Miehpkon , Yorkshire Arms , Woodhouse-litne . The two prisdners purchased a watch for 14 s . in pajmeiit for which they tendered a . pocket piece , rej , ttstutiDg it to be half a guinea , and gave him 3 s ( id . in silver . The . unsuspecting vendor received the amount and delivered the watch , but on going to a silversmith

      ' s s < hpp , he ascertaintd that the pictended half-guinea waH of no value . He then revurntd to the place , and found that the pn ' goners had put the watch up for a raffle , and they refused to give the Frenchman either the watch or tbe 10 s . ( id . A policeman was sent for who took the prisi . neis into custody . They there persisted in Dot giving up possession . The magistrates called upon ib « m for tlieir defence , when they prevaricated very much ai to how they had obtained the pocktt piece . It waa proved that they had grossly in .-ulted ihe policeman by threatening to strike ln ' m . The ni : gi . » i : rates bound them in their own recognizances in £ 20 each , with two sureties of £ 10 t-ach to keep the peace for six months . .

      Mansfteld Stockino . wkavers . —Thewhol » Qf this district has been 1 or some time in a moit pitiable state of distress . The . 8 tpcking-wtH \> rs are nearly destitute of fmploymt'ur ^ and are differing the . greatest privations . We have a private letter from a very intelligent Radical of the \ V '» wt Ruing ; whom ; business has drawn amongst thtih . stating , that numbers of these poor fellows purpose attending th * Ptep Green MeetiDg on Monday , hiillf . in » itb them stockings for , Kale , as the meatm of supuortibgtheir , expenses . We hope they will . be succt ^ luL

      . Caution to the : Inhabitaats of Leed-.-Jn consequence of a large-. quantity of unwhiilt > ome salmon having recently been reci-ivrd iu the borougn ! of Leeds , from Stockton , Thomas VVilliam Tottie , Esq ., Mayor , hay cautioned the inhabitant * against the purchase of any isuch fish , ant , tliat per-Hons . whooSferor expose for Kale any np-nrn fry , of hrood . of Ksjh , or auy unwbolteorne salrnon , will bfl liable to have the ^ ame Heized , and thenistlves ttten intocusttHlv . ar , d dealt with according to the utiiioiU rigour ot t lie law .

      Leeds And West-Riding Newft

      LEEDS AND WEST-RIDING NEWft

      To Beaders 8s Correspondents.

      TO BEADERS 8 s CORRESPONDENTS .

      A&Lt;Htati0n Before And Since The ¦ Betobm Bill.

      A < HTATI 0 N BEFORE AND SINCE THE ¦ BETOBM BILL .

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      i ¦¦ " THS NORTHEftN STA a ; •¦ ¦ ¦« : ¦¦ „ ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 13, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1027/page/4/