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PUBLIC . MEETING AT MANCH ESTER IN SUPPORT . OP THE FUND FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE REV . J . R . STEPHENS . I Ancflier aiost crowded" meetinr took since on & £ * £ * && 'S ***'«***« * 5 S ffiS . 2 ^ m « d , of the fond fottbe defence of this perse-SaL ^ S ^ ' JP * « t ?« . « composed wholly a toe worinnf closes , mdoding a number ol fe-Sft * * ™ f « t » ort order and good feeling pre-E 5 ?«« £ * nunote * »»«¦ « ght , the speaker * j ^ SS ^ 06 on ** p 1 *** ' were L ° 5 ^ LJ ? ? S « a of Mr . J . BaoADiE , seconded by aelte j
? Ly- ' ack » os , the Rev . James Scholetield y *** * ° &e chair , amidjt three distinct round * ^ , gF » n * . j f ^ g <»^ ulAK , in opening the trurfne * 8 j begged 'SJBi ^ S * ° * "e e tto g * and assured them gWlySafa afeonid not be relnctantiy brought * f % !*? 7 $ Ifr ^ ibe rafare wished their assistance , by jfPy / wtjfr every speaker a fell sad deliberate *? " ** % m « ast YBknemfed'e be felt prood at IBng placed m the nthation he held . He wag « me ^ SJ ^ rT ^^ S **^ * » 4 &e principles cjfiw Bible —{ heaAhear ) ;_ aud be was sovtiM * W offer hu test ferae ** , h » » oa *< HjJBtereri 2
* a * jr * o &gd not been hroB | % tnp i * tfc sckooTof atctantsuamor bigotry , andhe wonld give Ms hand fgdb ****^ By-man who . ^ edared t £ trnfl . Tear-Igm " ™ P «««» 5 § f especially when that truth w ^» Erect ed against eyfl ^ Ioere , and commended the p |« toDrotectiotL ( AppWe . ) Mr . Stephens himfiTf ^ e t MJ D ^ tber lVhi ? ' 7 ' Radical : iat then should they call him ? ft e was bone o tfieirbone , and flesh of their flesh ; they would therefore , call Turn brother . ( Applause . ) He had fearlessly and independentl y come forth to the hrlp of ^ p oor ajpBBtt t& ini ibty , to meet oppression , Hid , if possible , to burl It back upon themselves . aid w deliver the *} that were oppressed . ( Applause . ) conseoBsntlr nndftW Aanrt f came oncer character
we earns > r -T n » v = *^ ^^^ aauuj tne of the poor man a frieai—^ reat applause);—and on that «» onr . ttbe iichta «^ hiZ ( Rear , hear . ) SucS was Mr . Steph » rt tfcaraeter ; and they were not gathered together ihat evening simply on account ofiua political principles , but becausehe had opposed , to ? the utmost of hu power , everywhere ,-at great } p * sonai risk , inconvenience , and sacrifice , the op-! pressors oi the people , had endeavoured- to open the 1 e / e \ - " ^ I « opl » » the dangers and cruelties that i tne > ew Poor Law was intended to inflict upon { them . ( Applause . ) It to becausehe had reacted 1 and exposed that wick e d bill , and the ms-n who were > endeavouring to carry it into execution , that all their raje , malice , and deadly ewnity was > broncht intn
play . It was incumbent oa every Briton to come ) to ha assistance . ( Hear , hear . ) It seemed the Government thought . him worthy of their atteBtioD , t —( hear)—their kind notice , they , who had the hmde ofthecountryin their handling , weieabonttomanifest their power against an individual . This-individual mjiinwelf was weak , bat the truths he had told were Eke a two-edged- sword , that had cut against both Whigs and Tories . . ( Load applause . ) Therefore , there was a c « nhiaed determination on their part to crfeh him if possible . The caen who Ww had in ther hands the power the fond * , the secret-sernce money of the country , had beea dpscnated , long ago , by one of their companions , their &o * om friend I >» ny'l '—( bear , hear . )—* ba « e , bloody , and brutal Whig !" . " ( ApplaHse . ) That was a tn » eharacu ^ -:
they were men of blood ; nothing satisfied them onfeas they had some victim to hunt down , and they n «* er ceased 611 that victim was sacrificed . ( Never . ) H « had read that the wild buSalo hunter of America , en 9 eavpured to alarm the animals , and caute ( hem i to run in a particular direction , where were already pWted men with rifles and dogs ; and aa the herd rallied past , they did not fireindL * criminately among them , but each man took um at one in particular : i and having | iv « i him the ball and wounded him , thjfli dogs were set on to fimsh the rem * iwleT . ( Loud apgUtue . ) The sppHcatioa - «^ th « t was obvioos . M |^ Stephens had had a rifle fired into him by Ld | d John RosseD , aai the three cominisraioner - ' aai their does were a Dn * uit of hua to hunt him
i down , ( Applause . ) Sat when * . jgeck of sheep : were attacked by a wdrdggga , 4 flfc ^ a » did they do ? They brought all rlaijgjaifla ^ la ^ Tltf j j , met int * the centre , anJTaiinfesfetBMliA . nng on the outadde , ready , in whaierer direc&on we attack was - made , to dme off " tlSe " asia 3 anX ~ XHear , hear . ) He i wosld entreatthem , on tha occasion , to come around ] Mr , Stephe n * , (^ reat applause , ) to stirr « ind him , with their kindness , affection , and support , ^ "We wifi , : i ) with a determination to meet the foe , in f -whatBTer . direction , or . whenever he might appear . ( A § plau !< e . ) The result depended entirely upon thefcselTes . The truths he had told had mortified government to the cora , a&d nothing would satisfy them but his sacrifice . Let then the people of
' Mancfi # ster come ar » oad him , protect and guard i hin ^ hy their confidence aad support , and , by their [ Tinrtwirrn . overawe the few that would dsre to pnnis'h | him . ( Applanse , and " they never shall . " ) Mr . Stephens ' s trial was to have taken place , and might still take place in Liverpool ; but it hid been postposed , and if a true bill were found agains : him , woold probably be removed to London . For what motive , did they think ? . Oat- of indulgence or love to Mr . Stephens ? ( No , no . ) It could not be from S kind feeling : they knew he wag bn t a poor man ; they were trying to nrin him with expenses , . and , by tedious delays at last to tire the people . ( Hear , and " they neter shalL" ) He knew they were not . e&srr tired ; but as a brother , as flesh-of their
fle » b , and bone of their bone , he hoped it would not fee considered egotism in him to offer his opinion . Wi » wa » TM > t Mr . Stephens at once brought to trial , thai he might be preyed either g-jilty or innocent ? ( Hear , hear . ) He suspected they had uotyet got sufBeienc hold of hhn they only had hnay as it were , between their finger and thumb , and bj a sodden pinch he might escape . ( Applau * e . ) But the delay was meant to draw out the people into what they would call % breach of the peace , - aad then , under the pretext of preserving the peace , Mr ; Stephens and his friends woeld be brought into greater danger , and they would fix their face * upon him . He , theretore , cautioned them , publicly ll « j ;« J « antf «* h k ^ mm *^ - - * ^ - ^ tnm «!«»»*« n ^ 'Wt imurai iuoiu mi ucii
ulttittlUHiMuu ^ fW -vu \ inu sakr , -and for Mr . Stpphens ' s sake . ( Loud cheers . ) These men that had thought Mm worthy of their , kiad notice , were men of blood ; they would rejoice to here a fair chance of getting a aoone round his sack , and stretching it a little longer , { Hear , hear . ) The Whigs were good servants when ost of office ; ' but j a * v they were most tyrannical and despotic . 1 But $ e best way was to giro them a little more : Kbertj , to givB them rope enough ; and instead of hangmg . Mr . Stephen * , he had n » doubt they would hang themselves . ( Great cheering . ) The Chairman I then read the placard by which the meeting had > ]» eeat ; onTened , atLd observed that the business was faEy before them .
Mr . Hodcbttb , of Manchester , m rising to move ' th * nwt resolution , was received with applause . | He said the first resolution was to have been moved ! try Mr . Cobbett , who , however , had been unavoidi ably prereatad a . Uending ; and it had only that ' mprnfflt been pat into his hand * . He should , h therefore , be excused making many remarks ^ ; especiall y as there were many gentlemen from the countn , whom they would be better pleased to hear , thin the' men whom they ^ might hear any day . i They"hid met on a most important occasion , to ' decidi whether the charge , so often thrown at their beads , rf gacrificiDf those who boldly . came forward to defend their righb , was well fonnied ; whether they were the peno&B to desert the m&n . who exposed himself to pei ** nal danger in the cause of the people , and did wfcat ^ ir . Stephens in ao great a fegtee had done , in his hour of need . ( Never i aever !'') If ever then was a man on earth who
stooped to personal inebnveaipnee and danger , who lost Ms lortmie , hazarded his life , destroyed Ids i reputation for a time , afad risked its utter destruction in th « i people ' s eaoiief " that fean was the Rev . Mr . ^ > hens , ( H « r , . hear , andlood applau * . ) Of » U ; -publwchar * etor * 4 iiat had ctw eonWonlie stage , tie would My , and bad always * a * d » 44 . a 4 no man was ever a tenth part so belied as that man had been ..: They all knew he had beea an ardent atr * ' zealousminwter « ft ^ Weaieya » connexion ; audit was a matter of certainty that in time hejionul ha » e been lanaelf fte pffsCirat of Conferenee . ( Hear , hear . ) ' . AH this glory and reapectabllHy in life , ail these prospects so tempting to * man ijke-fam > . he -cast altide as anwprtby a moment's connderaaon conpared wi& the dojy of defending th ? rigkts and liberties of the pebpky He wa » fiwt koowrn to the public by his animated conduct on the sabjectof the lactory question —( tear , luparj—iot he nadbeiom < iat ? ttpped a liule iuio public life , on tbe qoea&oo
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of the separatioa of church and state . On that question be was joined by all the rich dissentera ; m ] nft » y was subscrioed , cLapels were found hira ,. aJd « B sareer was opened to him which must haWfedito nches , independence , and honour . ( Apprattse . ) Bat when he came to know the real trills of the interior of these factories , to understand their joberadon ^ pon the poor—reckless of offendifl * trench , reckless of lsrsing all his connexions , atid-parting jn £ « ery friend whom he held dear—he stepped boldly forward , and not only denounced the system a * others had done befnro him . Knt ilaiuvnTTAui ) k «
name the men who were perpetrating thU horrors of that system , ( Hear , hear . ) T > ay by day , in his naave town , he arraigned those men at the bur of pubhc opinion ; he brought dbwn upon himsell the vengeance of all the -wealthy in'that town ; his chapels were taken from him ; his resource were all stopped at ence ; acd he was thrown upou the people . The New Poor Law then came upon the carpet , and they knew how he had acted upon that . Heagam put himself at the head of the people , advocated their rights , and denounced , in tiie nsf > st traneadons terms that ewr eloquence brought forth , not only the bellkh miem ihuAt . W ik . ~^^^~
, SWf » W | P ^ l ' jft ^ fWBBBBCt ¦ t Wt . 'ifcajij hn aalfeii tae » - « wy wtongtBem , " 1 on are oppresKOis ; there is my evidence to wopport the charge ; and if 1 am ? Ion ' wiU °° 7 on ampla justice . " ( Hear , hear . ) Was it sot natural that he should be marked out by the rich and powerful for destruction ? \ Va * it not equally natural that the people , when they round thnt he was the mo * t independent champion they possessed , should JoDow and support him as they had done ? ( Applnnse .- ) Hewoaldnoigointohr * history , which was well known to most ; but would remind them that when the masters of Asht < mh « d combined to turn out ev « uy working man , woman , and _ child into the street , if any member of the family wa 3 known to go and hear Mr . Stephens
expound the scriptures aa a Sunday , he had said that if they were to suffer , it was right that he .-liquid suffer ,. and he had refused to receiveaooJh-T lurtliing tuna the poor till their masters rescinded that resoution . ( Applause . ) And fur several quarters he had . refused to accept their quarterly ¦ > ub < cripiioijs . censide-ririg that the men being out " of employment would want them for the tupport of their whit and families . ( Applause . ) What had the government done ? Thty had surrounded him with apies and informers . He delected their s < pies , denounced them by name , charged them with corref-pondine witli government , and proved it : and government " iuew not what lo do . At last wheu Messrs . Ukgiul > ottom ' s mill had been burnt down in Athton . aud the
owners had puolicly declared in print that they hud proved the fire to be the result o : ' accident , no : the work of an incendiary . not « ith > tnudiiig this , Mr . Fox Manle , a nn-mber oi the government , was , -eiit all the way to Scotland to denounee Mr . Stephinas the canse of the mill beinjf burnt . ( "Shame . shame ! " ) That was the first blow they struck at him ; soon after , the valla of Ashton were covered wivh bills , offering a reward for the discovery of the author of that which , they kn- * w had occurred by accident . in this war , he had beeu surrounded hy all the meshes which the power and sabrlety of government could spread around kirn ; until , at last , tfet-y kuew how he had > een takes at Ashton . hurried off to Ij-iffh on oeen takes at Ashton , hurneU off to Leigh on
a trumpery charge of words uttered at a meeting , at which no reporter was present ; they ail knew the perjury of the two witaesses at th « New Dailey ; and had they been real ma ^ Ls : rates who were in the judgment-seat , had they * hi with any intention ot doing justice , they mnn have released aim . ( Applause . ) He was , however , held to bail , and brought np again , whei ) , H > wretched was the charge preferred against him , that their own counsel was compelled to acknowledge that they meant to txv Him on a totally different charge , thu . t Ue and others were to be tried for a conspiracy against the New Poor Law . Aad had it not bt » f n for the mct-tiug-. of the men of Mancl *«« trr , and the whole of Lancashire a * i , Yorkshire using up es th ^ v
had done , there could have beeu et least ^ evea other persons taken up on that charge . ( Hear , hear . ) But they had stopped then ; they had not taken aay ene el » e ; and they would now give half they possessed to be able to drop Mr . Stephens again . ( Lond applause . ) It reminded him of a dog running into a shop and picking up n hot bone , wkich he gladly dropped in a very short time . ( Laughter . ) But they co \ tld not drop Mr . Stephens in this way : they knew not what to do wi ^ n h im . But the public . having the matter ia view , they could n « t now liberate him , whether they would or not . They had gone on with the matter . and Mr . Stephen * ought to have b * en tried tbLs very month . And why was he not tried this very month "
Because the people had taken such an attitude tiiat they dared not try him . ( Applau . « e . ) All depended on their subscriptions for Mr . Stephens , who was the champion of the working elates , and from them alone thecabseription * would coini- ; they would never come from the pur .-e ;! of the rich . That was the only « "ay to bfilrle Government : if their exertions and meetings like that belore him were continued , it was his firm crmvicrion that they would not dare , to try at all . ( Applause . ) But if there were the slightest relaxation ol their exertions ---if there were the ulighiest hope that they could with impunity try , convict , and pwnHh him , so surely would they try , comict , and punish him . ( " >»» , never . " ) Now was the time when the question would be solved—whether they were the rcen to forsake and run away from him who h&d done more
than any other maa to bring them forward in the great caasein which they were allunited—who had exposed himself to ten times more obloquy and -danger than any other man had ever done . VVouid they allow this man to be sacrificed ? ( "No , never . ' ) They had the result in their own power ; by the amount of their subscription * , and the mimber and enthusiasm of theirmeetiug . s Mr . Stephens ' s fate wonld be determined . ( Applause . ) He would conclude by moving— "That this meeting views with abhorrence the tyrannous conduct ol the present Government towards the- Rev . Joseph Rayner Stephens ; and also expresses its indignation at ihe despotic actions of an affected Liberal Government ; ana hereby pledges itself to use every legal means to aid the Rev . J . R . Stephens in his struggle with the present Government . " ( Applause . ) The Rev . W . V . Jackson was received with loud
cheering . }{ the duty of seconding this resolution devolved on one individual more than another , it was Tjpun himself , inasmuch as he laboured as a minister of the same truth 3 as Mr . Stephens . ( Hear . ) He had preached the same dunes and the same doctrines for which Mr . Stephens had been apprehended . ( Applause . ) And he had : he happiness to be at tbe ,. JBeeting at Leigh , which Mr . Stephens addressed ; he had listened to his speeches in the afternoon and evening { or three hours ; he had addressed fiie same meeting , and was told he was to go with him , and share the same fate . ( Hear , hear . ) However , he supposed ons was quite plenty at a time . ( Applause . ) He was reminded , by Mr . Hddgetrs , of a fact he had seen recorded in the
Northern Star , a short time ago . A man who was very fond of picking up thiDgs in the street , saw a p iece of iron laid on the steps of a smithy where it had been placed to cool ; he picked it up , and it stuck so very fast to his fingers that he could not throw it dowa so fast as he wished . ( Hear , hear . ) And if the Government could lay down Mr . Stephens , with anything like cemmon decency , they would say , " Goand come no more . " ( Great app lasse . ) Notwithstanding the predicament in which Mr . Stephens appeared to stand , and althongh there was a determination , if possible , to condemn and to ponish hrm , the predicament of those men who had taken Mr . Stephens , was ten thousand fold greater than his . ( Hear , hear . ) He believed they felt morn concerned , and passed more sleepless nights , than he did ; and would willingly and gladly say to the people , " Take yonr preacher , and never let us have
hua again . " ( Applause . ) They saw the position in which he was placed , and on their determination and the manner in which his fund was augmented , would depend in a great measure the fare of that man , so dear to him , to them all , to his country , and especially to the factory children . ( Applause . ) He « ipwed with the utmost abhorrence the eouduct ol those men who had apprehended him , the brightest star U > be found in England at the present day , a s £ a ? more brilliant thaa any otUer , whose rays of influence had enlightened more people on the subject * f their rights , than « uy other man this nation baa prodared . ( Hear , i * w . ) Ought not such a man to be surrounded with the greatest respect ? Theriad already declared that they would support him ' by their persons and thsir packets , that if ueces--sarv , H do other means tr-unid save \ xvm ( and hv commented them = fcjr the _ Kiolupuu ; they would
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defend him-with their right arras ; and their blood . ( GreatapplaQS « i > He kcew-not what might be the general Jreuu ^ ofthemembew ofjChristian Churcljes on hi > interfering * ith subjecTs ' of this character , in reference to their- using the « wqrd , . tke gun , and things of Chat nature , neither Aid he caro ; iu what position he . stood to phurchesrjthijt , preached not the gospel of Jesus Christ , but d « 4 « r £ d , directly or iniirecUyv that those doctrines JWold . not b « preached . ( Applause . ) He cwed _ uOp 0 Ptb ' ey neaprd upon his" head all the indignation of ( hose churches . He had assumed his present position- oa- the t > iusi . <
of the Bible : by that blessed book he was rasolveii to « tand or fall . ( Hear * bear . ) He had bean much affected yesterday by the relation of a fact which had occurred in one of those liberal Sunday ! schools ' , termed Sunday schools for all sects , those of the Association of Methodists . A boy had told him that he had been expelled from the school for goipg : to hear Mr . Stephens preach—the teacher -haviiig forbid him , and called Wr . Stephens a madman . ( " ¦ Shame , * b . arae , " ) Here was the liberality of the Christian cbarcbe * j so long as-he- waa a . iniawter « i the trutlir , fte was-resolveo , wherever "he went w **>» C * fcMawiiA « fclt > M iiWM the < ioBdoctof « flf % M mj miifor
& ^ wmam * mi &isi * * mr tBMi -ewimry , uot ono came nearer the truth m his doctriBes than Mr . Stephens did . ( Hear , hew . ) He . ndmilted the Bishop of £ xeu .-r aad the Rev . Dr . Wade had come oiit warmly and pointedly on thi * subject ; aad he was glad to find that the Bishop of Ex-eter , the other day , sad refused to administer the sacrament to the Queen ( because , thirteen hours befon * , she had been m the play-house . ( Applause . ) ! Lord Wellington , to be sure , had interfered , like one ! oF those dogs of Lell that had been devouring the country —( bear , hear)—and told the Bishop that he h « d done wrong in being so conscientious ; mid the Bishop of London , with , lees conscience than the Bishop of Exeter , willing ts dabbks iu all
dimme- * SfS , had administered the sacrament . But the Bishop of Exeter had told the Duke of Wellington that he neither eared for him nor the Queen , he wonld Dot be put down by auy one . ( Applause . ) There were few such men , besides those he bail mentioned , in tie c # uiit ) y —( "Mr . Bull" )—lie knfw there were some , whom he supported and coincidtd with in opposing the present system of Government ; they decided ; y agreed v . ith the present resolution , they treated with the utmost abhorrence the present system of Government , and were determined to stand by and support tke Rev . Joseph Rnyiier Stephens . ( Applnnw . ) As he said before , he ' baa heard Mr . Stephens ' s address at Leigh ; and , if he knew anything about right and
wrong , he knew not that , iu oiie single case , he hfsd deviated frrnn the laws of the country ; he had not * aid a single word sufficient to criminate him according to the present state of the laws of this country . ( Hear , hear . ) But they know the three men , —Pargou , the Scotch academi . it , Dale , the Wesleyancluss-leader , and the deputy-constable of the place , who lunl outdone Judn>—those three men , there was no doubt , had been bribed to go to the New Bailey , and swear anything , if by any means they might share in worshipping the golden god . ( Applause . ) The deputy-constable , after Mr . Stephens " * tirst address , had imited him to go and take a cup of coffee , and reiresh himsell : if Judas , who betrayed Chr . at , was a traitor , was not that man a
huiidred-Wd more so ? ( Great applause . ) Two ot the .-c mcu were Wesleyaus . ( Hear , hear . ) Ifthete were any of that body present , he would ask theni if tbey cou'd agree with these proceedings , and sanction them as a" body ? ( No , no . ) From th . ir Pope , Banting , down u > the lowest order of their minister * , l . e had last night put them all into the scale * , and hu was sure ewry Methodist who heard him would see tbey were short of weight . All-sects ol Methodists universally deviated from the truth ot C » od . and condemned Mr . Stephens for preaching it . CouU vl . ey , then , support those men , their missionary societies , th"ir Sunday schools , chapelbuilJing fnnd , or Centenary fund : ( No , no Stephens shall have it" ) He wns ilad to hear it ; let theni support tlie in « n who would preach tbe troth , nnd
stand by them , whether they livei or died . ( Great applause . ) He had fully made up his mind to this course , notwithstanding the opposition of his relatives and connexions , some of whom feared that he should be committed to prison , and share the same iat « as Mr . Stephens ; he had made up his mind to live and die in tu » cause . ( Applause . ) Rather than shrink from Mr . Stephens iu his difficulties , he would go with him to death itself . ( Grent - applause . ) He said not this on the ground of individual acquaiutance , on the ground of Air . Stephens's eloquence , or his extensive information , but because he was a man of principle , who had a feeling heart , was living for his counrry , was willing te die lor his couiiTy . ( Lool applause . ) He would support himself , and do all in his power to gv't others ; o do as
much as they c « uld ; and he trusted their labours would not be in vain . ( Applause . . , ) It mattered not what position the Government might tak «; they might determine on committing him , or imprisoning him for two years , if they liked ; he cared not what little , crawling Jtfhn , or any other , who toxik tut dirty a part in the matter as he had do » e , intended ; he cared rwt whether Lord Brougham , who had called the Government fools for assuming their pre « - » ent position iu regard to Mr . Stephens ; he cared not whether the Duke of WelKugton , and the other aristocrats by whom they were surrounded , all took one decided part against Mr . Stephens . They might convict him ; bat , after all . it rested with the people to say what should be
done with him , and what should- not .- ( Applause . ) If he was committed , let them nay they would fetch him out ; if he wns put into prison , let them say the walls should come down . ( Great applause . ) Let them say that the man who dared to lay a finger on him . should feel the weight of a cold piece of lead . ( Applause . ) He conjured them to defend their champion « ven to the death . ( Great applause . ) Mr . Tono , ot Bury , was received with applause . He was happy to see that there was the same spirit in Manchester as in Bury . The people of Bury were determined to a man that if Stephens full they would fall . ( Applause ) He had . toe pleasure of informing them that the collection m aid of Mr . Stephens ' * fund was going on most wonderfully
( Hear . ) Yesterday , be and a fnendof Mr . Stephens's had addressed the people in his behalf , and collected upwards of £ 10 for him . On Ihe previous Sunday , he had addressed the people in' the small village of Ramsbottom , and had collected in pence nearly £ 6 for him ;—( applause)—so that they had raised altogether in Bury nearly £ 40 for him . ( Great applause . ) Why was it that Mr . Stephens had been arrested ? Ittu becaaie he loved the Bible ' , and the Bible taught him . y > love the poor ; because he had read in that book , that when God spread forth the earth as a banquet , he had furnished it with provisions sufficient to maintain aj ) the human species—that when God had declared unto Abriiham , Isaac , and Jacob , that their seed should be more in
number than the stars in the firmament , or the « and » on the sea shore , he had promised that there should be enough for all , enough for each , and enough for evermore . ( Applause . ) It was became Mr . Stephens had denounced the present system of Government , which made virtue a crime , and rewarJed rice ; - ( applause)—because hehad declared , openly ana candidly , that the children of the poor ought not to be called out to Work long before the sun had risen above the horizon , and ground to dust long after he had set ; becausehe had declared that women ought sot to labour at oil * -that their duties uHght to be confined to their hcrosehold ; that little boys ought to play about the Country at hop , 6 kip , and jump , " and girls ought to he brought np under
the immediate control and instruction oi their paxentH , to be taBRhtto ww , knit , bake , and brew ; because he said that every Englishman ought to be in possession of as mUcti wages as would make his family comfortable j— ( hear , kear , )—because he told the tyrants to their teeth , that their money was blood-money , and that God Almighty had sworn an oath that he would draw his sword of vengeance and slay the 'Oppressors of the poor . ' ( Great applause . ) He would relate one single instance , out of many which be had heard , which took place a fortnight since , . of the oppression of the
poor . A little girl , inTiuJ neighbourhood , only ten years of age , went to work on Monday morning at six o ' clock ,. and remained in a room heated to ninety degrees , withont being permitted to go home to pMtalsj till eleven .. at ni ght . ( Shame , shame . ) She weiit next morning at six , was at work ail the day . iirihe night , and , till eleven . o ' clock the next night , mtiout being permitted to go home at all . ( Shame . ) Sae went sg « iii-na Thursday morning and remained all day , bboI * 4 e « ren at mght , withont being perinitted to o «* ine hoaae ; and again on Friday morning , jshe remained all Friday night , and till ten o ' clttck on Ss : urd . -y . 'morning , when the machinery
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broke . down , or she would have > . ad to nave re-Diuin ** , / iltt twelve at night . : i ( H «* , -Ifcar , abd shame !); JH ^ had seen her xhtpi she , enroe home at ten o ' clock , and he had ne * er seen such " fijtobject of pity ; hor stomach was retching , a * wmgb ^ er hevt-would come out . Her parents sent , &f up stairs tfttiBfcU jonjethinsr and , sUe tell on tbe lippr , and could not possibly be ! awakened , ^ iKey , were obliged to put her to bed immedintely , where sia lay tiUfeund *? moraiug . It was because JM [ r . S e * phenssaid tliatswh scen ^ aiihM : ough t not to exist , that he was persecuted ; noj ^ onld th ^ ev exfflt , if thosw jfho oalledT taemwdv . - * Chrisdan ^ nwjititers , had . done their duty . ( Load applause . ) Had they preached as Mr . Stepl ^ ns ; hiufc preached there would have been no need of that meetiiij ? . ( No .
no . ) Hud they done a « . Christ did , -wtwu he told King Herod that he was a foi ; had they done us Joliu the Baptist did , when he- 'toW-tbe same kipg that h « was ft whoremonger ; tfe « things would not have happened . Kings at the we « . ent day might be whoremongers ; but . vrfiere WB ^ . the parso n who durst tell them bo ? ( H ^ aryhejirVand "Stephens ^ , ) Stephena wa » xUe ^^ ah ^^ Jfmgrly so . John the B ^^ trteWi ^ t bis head fo ^ w » atla » haarsafa , alia ' so ^ would Mr . Stephehs if the people did not rally round him . ( No , never . ) Those iniscftlled ministers hnd been receiving £ 70 , 000 ; annually , for the purposn of instructing the poor people ; and had they done their' duty , their oppressors would now have , been able to turn round and taunt them with
their ignorance . ( Hear , hear . ) These base panderers to iniquity , who were rotting in luxury , and had sworn a league with tha base faotion of the factory bng gentlemen , —^ xnon who ' Wished to grind the .. people to powder throughout « tf daya of the week ^ and . on th « seventh , preach to them nubruisjijon or else etwnnl damnation —( great applause)—had these ; men acted as Mr . Stephens Imd acted , where was the mnnf where was the faction , where- the people , tkat durrt have . said it whs wrong that Stephen * was doing ( Applause . ) No : it was becnuse these men , the factory masters , the parsons , and nil the men in power , had joined in a lesiKiie against Stephen ' s ' . ' ( and' fcycrushing Stephens , they wer »? determined to crush thri neotrteV :
it was on account oi this that meetings like these hnd- to be called : and these men how began to ouake . ( Applause . ) Tli ^ y had been talking about dogs dropping hot bones ; but When any one asked him what they intended to do with Stephen ? , his answer was- " fan you tell me what Stephens intends tod <> with them ? " . ( tirea ^ cheering . ) That was the position things stood in just now , —he verily believt-d they would pive all they possessed to iwop places with Mr . StepUena . ( Hear , he » r . ) But the blow was not aiinea particularly at Mr . Stephens , but at the people . ( Hear , hear . j , It wns * et ; n that his preacliiiix had elrvafed the yeopje in a moral seu ^ e , by dtawing out those nobler fueling ! 1 , which distnigui ? ht'd man froni the brute ' creation : ' and
because they found flint the men abcJut AshWuj and Stalybridge , who formerly did ' liot ' loye their yives as they ou-ht to do , yei ; e no * fearjy ton ^ htand die iu-their defence } 'because children were beghimngto obey their parents , and woold ' not be the slaves of » tvf-ant , but told hitntb his facethatlie wasatyrant : bec ^ usie tfc ' ey said thht ' the people having the feif pf God in tfii'ir nearte , ttew not how to fear either Jrien or' devils '— ( a ' p ' pTan ^ eV ^ tfeese were the true ' and ' JJlriin facts ' wlfy Mr . Stephenshad been arresteit ; « nd , ' k-nowib g this to be the case , he would say riir one , ; if Step Bens fell , ' h » would fall , they all wouldfill ; ( Ap ^ aose . ) Tte rnen ofBi » ry wpre determirit'i ? , ' to a / roan , at whatever risk , at wuatevt
-r nnzanty eittter taat Mr . S \ ephen 5 should be Quit , or rtatthby with him would die . ( Great appiaow . ) Mr . AftEt Heywood , of Manc ^ estor , said he considered sympathy- for the oppressed to be one of the bf Ht « ud noblest feelings of our > nature —( bear . hear)—and those who wore endeavouring to press with nnhydraulic pressure on Mr . Stephens , wonld see by that rneeting , that the people were determined to support him to the utmost of their power . ( Applause . ) The-fCRHtion we * h * wfar couW'they s'ipport , with their money and th ' eir person * , the Kev . Joseph Unyner Slepheus ?• The money of the workiLj ? men would be wanted ; it was absolutely necessary , for carrying on the war against the power of Govenmwot , that he 4 iouM be enabled to go to trial , and if possible . Uk beat
ibose who were oppressing him . : ( Heah ) It was an inherent feeling jn the breast of e » ery h-nglislitnan and CTery Englishwoman , to oppose tyranny in every shape ; and he was siinrnothing would prevent the poor protecting Mr , ttteohenu to the u tmOHt of their power . He was really the friend » f the people—he was ono of the people , and on that account had be *! n selected by Govw » nw > nt a * an instrument upon which to work ; and if they succeeded in destroying his efficiency , they would nltimately destroy the power of the people . ( Applause , and ' -They never shall . " ) In order to protect themselves , they must protect Mr . Stephens . It w « idle to talk of what they intended to do ; they must begin that eveniue , and show that thev m « anr
to work for his good , not by idle assertions but bv coming forvf ard with their ineney . If they did that , H would be the Dest possible proof that they would be forward witb something else , if . necessary . ( Applapse . ) He had long watched the course of Air ; Stephens , and had always found him the opponent of tyranny in every shape . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) He- had seen him when under excited feeling * , from witnessing oppression practised on others , when his eyes gleamed- like lightning darting through the clouds , and the . expression of hjs . countenance was Uke that of some being of a higher , order : and the men in power had taken advuntage of the slronif expressions be med when undor tliose excited feelliigs , to grind him to powder . ( Hear , hear , -and " 1 hey never shall . ' ')
The Chairman then put the resolution , which was cam . d amidst the most unbounded applause . Mr . CuaisTOPHKn Dean , of Manohestjjr , a working wan , said that he had come there without auy intention of speaking ; but being one of those on whose behall Air , Stephens had laboured , he felt called on to come forward on every opportunity , and delend him to the utmost of his power , now that he was oppressed ; He had felt great pleasure in witnessing the display of » ympathy by which he was surrounded-in fituling , ^ hatMr . Stephen « had friends who would stand by him ,, in the hour of trial . He rejoiced that the . peopte-. ef .- England were determined ou taw occasion ; toco ^ e forwar d with their money , and the use of their right arms , if necessarvr . and . «*
an mdividuaj y ho was determined , to do his share m the greit work . ( Applause . ) He hod determined toliYG no longefunder the trammehj of tyranny ; he wan a mai > , and bad aright to support , as well as the greatest in the land . ( Hear , hear . ) These were the doctrines they hnd beard delivered by their champion . Mr . Stephens ; and as he was how in the hands of tyrants , he felt proud in bringing forward a resolution for entering into a subscription for his defence . They must be aware that Government had sufficient means in their hands to enable them to tamper with justicoon all occasions —( " It ' a none of their own "—laughter;)—he fully agreed with tlmt : but they had that whioh was wrongfully taken from the people , and they had the power to aDDlv it
to bad purposes , If the trial were removed to Londoa , a vase snm . of money , would ba required to take witnesses Uiere ; h * saw by the -N orthern Star of Saturday last , that . no lessi than £ 600 would be required to dc / ray the expenses of thirty witnesses . It was , therefore , ! highly necessary that the people of thia country , the working ptfople—for he called none other the people—they were nothing bat a nuisance—( laughter )—^ f they were determined to support him , should come forward , and lend what assistance they could in the way of money . On the trial of the Glasgow cotton-spinners , he had been engaged in arousing the working classes , and had seen the shameful waste of money thattlbVe ' rhftdnf ¦
caused to be expended ; that trial cost iipwsvrtis o 1 £ 2000 —( shame , shame )—nnd if they were ^ allowed they would run up the trial of Mr . Stephens far beyond that ; it rested ' withthe people to * ay whether should do so or not . (" They shall not" ) U they showed a bold and determined front to the tyrants , and told them that he should not be incar . cerated in n prison , th » t not eyen a hair of hw bead skould be injured , he felt assured the Oovernment woulJ , as speedily as possible , g ^ t rid ofbiin . He concluded by moving that « ubscri ptionH should be received at the Manchester Advertiser office , and several other places ; Mr . J . Bkoadie seconded the resolution .
-Mr . Rawso : * , of Bury , was received % ith great cheenii ^ . He said he had be-on told that day , bv a ' gentleman , ' that if Mr . 3 u ? pliens w » 8 hfen ^ GH ^ " it would be a great-service to the peoplle .: ( Shame , fcfoame , ftnd " hc was no gentleman . - ') But to njideretiuid the term people , they inust inquire into
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MHiHHHHHBHIHiM ^^^^^ the character of the individuals using it ; and they would irot be snrprised , when he told them that the ind'iviun » l Be Teierred to was a master mauufacturer and a-Whig ,-At his using that term . ( Cheere . ) According to ihe Whig vocabulary , that term did uot menn the . rabble , those who prod , ce 'verythinft -and were ; plundered of nearly all . jl iy produced- — ( hear)—but it signified " thtwu sleek an « uovmjrKqutlemtn who voluptuously lived upon the earnings of the people , who were , in poasession of th « p lunder of the people ; and , aio doubt , if Mr . Stephens , weie hung , it would be very beneficial to those- genUprhen . ( Applatisc , ) N . ' itliiiig would gladden their hearUiomuch as the hsngiug of Mr . S tephens . Why ? .. . » . 1 | was . not his person they were tit enmity with , for uot long since ? be waV ' a great wvoiimewiineffluiere
^ ; was spme thingT . else ; it was because the people had spoken thrown . Mr . StephertRjit ^ waS fediiuse they wanted ' to hang the rights and liberties of the puople that they were wishful to hang Mr . Stephens , the people ' s protector . ( Applauise . ) H « had exposed , their villany , had stood ovjt as the champion of U » e people ; he had concentrated the power ot' peoplttv »» U nnless a 8 top cou ! drbe-put to t ) ie cxweii& - ;«! C- ' uwlL : fi 9 . * er , i it would * fl « ct the destruction « f thg inoney-grab'beys * ( Applause . ) Yes , Muld they efftct the destruction of Stephens , and aii who had taken the same part a * him , they would make an eaky prey of the people : they would continuii to good thein tit fresh tasks , iu 6 r ; der that they might kwell out their coffera more abundantly ; they wauld with impunity lock them
up in their factory hetts , and stain the floors of these slnughter-bou ^ es with the sweat and blood , not orilv of Englishmen , , but of EngiiHrrwomen , of English mothers , and Elijrlish children too . (( Jrcat applause . ) And when they had toiled in those hells—ior no better name could be given them—till their strength was exhausted , the poor would have nothing to fall bftclc upon but theirbasrile * , 4 h < jir skiily , their prison dre ^ es , and their prison'discipline . ( Cheers . ) They would have flbthihg to ' gokcc-mein in . 'thoirtieclhiing healthy nothing- to smoothtbeirfpitsMage to the tomb ; they would have no sympathetic ?• ye ,- no tender wL'e to sootb . fr themiiu their snfferifagn ;; vtbr an iron hand would tukeawoy that sootliet ot ' . thftpoor mau ' a aflliction . « . ((> rent applanse . ^ They would Ujivu no child io h » ng over Weir bed of deafh ^ no . little banos to
cj ^ jp t ; r ^ ttvr , neck * « nd kw ? i them ^^ fpre they' died —( unbounded applause)—thyj- iy ^ uW have none of thc « e . things to eoothe their , 8 > ^ $ e ^ i ^ gs ; none but a siKiDger , and that stranyer ,. tLe mosthateful being that ctrnld intrpde uponta ^ irpresence , would ba the only visitor , in . « uch a , pcene as this . U * a * because thwr oppressors were wishful to Uuwdu ^ e fiito-England , in opposition to the Brftfsli cc > nstitbtion , this Uifarnal and . uhcohittitntibual measure , j < nd were wishful to . destroy every one wliq stood forward to oppose tlie » . that , " Mr , Stephsiri ^ was persiicuted . ( Heur , hear . ) But would they eftect ' hfs de ^ fHWion , wcreitpoj . * ible / ortliepeoplv togivetip tho ^ hamuidu of their rights , were it in . thepQWer of ih ' el'Ovenimeii to hang Mr . Stephens to-mrtffoW ^ 'if ¦ ¦ ' thpiisaud SteDhense'S would start inf-A ( . VKianvU ^ J A ' » t \ r i-V . ^
, power . ( TrC'mendou : ! cheeri « g . t UiitVas they could sub-iae ev ^ ry working man , ' un 1 fe' g . s tliey could hang tliern all upj-rand they'if bald find that no easy taak-j-Jhey wotild never enforce this measure , they could ? nojt' everi hang" ! Mr . ( Stephens . ( i ? r ^ l aJ > e ? H ! ¥ - > ; T % ywdnH-protect the chainpi 6 u oftheirrrgh ^ , nde onlyJVlr . Stephens , but every onewhotodrati ' activeiport ih sating them from becotmng a pray to these vampires- ; they Would iiot only lend their aid to him , but to every one x > i like principle ' s | they would : continue , tt > oppose and couibat their ^ opprAj ^ o rs till they Were eilectaally destroyed . ( Applause . ) It' > rai < riot only in the place where Mr . Stephens vraa more' parrleulttrJy knowD , in the * puere ot life active Kfe { tiot ttnly tho » e who
naa oeen warmea by Bt * eloduence , but those who bad never heard his » sotrt-stirring appeals , from one end of the conntry-te the other , were coming out to his assistance ; and-neither the Whjg ^ overtjment , nor any otlw government , could ^ stand in opposition to the cymniunity . - 3 , ' be will of < the people was l « w ; that law woaW be seen , felt , and carrwd into y fleet . They talked about tbe-folly of the . people in threatening to cot-rce them into submission , and and affected to laugh at what they called their imporent freaks ; but , ere many days passed over , unless they hearkened to the voice of rea .-on and the dictates of jaetice , and gaveto every man that which belonged to him , they might be convinced of their error , when it was too la to for them to eiijoy the things which they might have enjoyed had-they
dealt equal justice to all . ( Great applause . ) Jt wat'said that they were destroyers , and had no respect for property , however acquired . They were no Such thing r they acknowledged that property wodW h * v # irs legitimate iufiuence , that a m * n of property-fwoold have more influence than a man withoirt ;; but onp individual ought not to have more vote * thari another— ( hear , hear)—because a man who possessed property had numbers dependent ou niini-and if he acted the part of a good master or a good landlordj and fulfilled all his relative duties , ¦ they wijuld'go along with him , aud support him in every thing he undertook ; ani tlwa tus property would have its legitimate influence . Instead of being destroyers , they were the conservators of property : no good Radical would , for a single moment
, entertain the idea of doing injury to the properryof any man , ( Hear , hear . ) They would n 6 t retaliate on those who had inflicted great injury upon them , who had taken away what the laws of the country gave them ; they would not follow such aft example . All they-demanded was justice tor the time to come , and they would forget and forjgure the eviU that were past . ( Applause . ) But thoy would no longer , tamely and like slaves , submit toniinstice . ! They had something within which told them they were men and had the power of men ; and they had determined to act unitedly in vindication oJ their rights , and to free themselves from tuat oppression under which they had so long struggled . ( Hear > hear . ) In this every good man would render them assistance , and go along with them ; and if , as was possible , they should fall into error , it was the duty of those who saw a clearer course , to point that CouTse out to them . But would those who affected to treat y them with contempt , who were daily endc to raise
-avouring a laugh ut their ignorance , come ei ! t and discuss tho question with them , and stake their knowledge against the limited knowledge ol the people . ( Applause . ) If these men would set them right , and tell them when they were demanding more than was just , he was wire they would receive a fair , patient , and candid hearing : and il they would otter anything like lauffictent argumen ts to iaduco them to abandon their- errors , he was _ suro they would give < their . errors to the wintfs . Buc these gentlemen knew tueii weakness , they knew the people had taken up a strong position from which their plausible sophisms could not drive them . They never would be driven from it (" Never" ); they now knew their rights and would support them . No individual had a greater claim on them than the Rev . Joseph Rayner Stephens . ( Hear , hear . ) He was sure the men of Manchester would support him , all would support him ; and , being thus supported , he was sure to come on more than conqueror . ( G reat applause . )
Mr . SmittH , of Manchester , next addressed the audience . It was to save their sons an I daughters from becoming cri ppled , as he was , that Mr . Stephens : was now suflering . It was because he had exposed the tyranny of the factory system in all Ms bearings , which was a disgrace to any Christian land , that he was to be incarcerated in gaol . For two year . « , he had been obliged to be carried to the mill , and he was flogged daily because he could not perform the task impost-d iipon him . ( " Shame ! " ) Was it not disgracelul that the men who built altars to God , preachers aud class-leaders , were oppressing women afld children in their mills , and actually punishing , tormenting , and wtrking them to death ? They had long reasoned , remonstrated , and tried all moral means in vain ; the rulers of the laud were determined to crush them , but they would not dp
cnijiaed . ( Applause . ) Until they obtaiued a voice in the House of Commons , their liberties would be trampled on ; they were like the children of Israel when in . bondage ; but they would shake it off . Jiiuce derived encouragement from the example of the spider ; and they had ample gronnds to inspire them ¦ ¦ with confidence . The labour of reform siinparted the rich in extravagance , profusion , Ac . was S- « ng to say idleness , but they were- not idle ; they were busily employed sinking them deeper in slaveiy . ( Applause . ) They now sought , by thi > introductiou ^ oi a rural police , to strike a fa ' al blow at . th « ir liberties . Ik- would let Lord John Russell 4 Hgw tUat- . he hod a p »» tol over his chimney-piece , a ^ dwhen , it was required , it should come out ( Great appluu . o . ) Me would sit down by 6 mmg tiiat wheacycr he . was needed , he was ready
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TO THE BDITOR 3 OP ThI tfORTTHEliN STAR . SiR 8 ,-T- ; \ Vill yoa have the kindness to state in your paper of . Saturday next , that the Manchester Committ «^ e . fop conducting the Rev . J . II , SteplreBs'a defence will feel qb ^ iged by all partlB »^ h . o haveanj funds in hapd for the ;« id of the Rev . J . B . Stephens forwarding such funds on . or before the 25 th of the pre ? ent month , to the treasurers , Menr , * . Xhoma * Kelden and Matthew Fletcher , at Mesars . i Fiehien and Brothers' warehouse , P&el Street , Bl « nche * ter ; in order thet all rtirpa whjeh'have beenysabaciibed may be publicly ; annoanced thnMtghthe neif ^ pap ^ re , for the satisfaction of all partre * . . % ;_ . . : Iam ,-Sirt , ;¦ -. ;¦ ¦ ' ' " . ; ' Vonr obedient servant , :. WiLMAM VVellis , Secretary to tbe Committee .
P . S . Wul you also have the kindness to announce that the following places have this week contributed the sums an Hexed for the National Rent , and paid them tothe Manchester treasurer : — A 1 i £ B' d « Altnneham 0 16 0 Newton , Me . ston , and FaiJsworth 7 0 0 Ditto for the South Lancashire Demonstration .................... 10 O
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVE ?* ,, that tbe next GEff ^ RAL QUAttTEB SESSIOXS of thr Peace for trie JBorough of Leed * , in the . County of York , will be holden before Robekt Bayne * AuMSTtioNO , E ^ quire , Eecorder of the said Bonongh , at the Court-House , in Leeds , on Monday , the Fifteenth day of April , 18 * 32 , at Nine o'CIock : in the Forenoon , at which Time and Placfr all Jurors , Constables , Police-Officers , Prosecutor * , Witnesses ' , Persons bound by Recognizance , and Dthers having Business at the said Sessions are required to attend .
Ami 'Notice is hereby also given , That entries of all 'intended Motions , or Application * , relative to the maintenance of any UU ^ itimate Child , or Children , must' be made with the Cleik of the Peace , some , Day prior to the holding of the Session ? . That Applications in Bastardy , will be heard k&-mtdiately . on the opening of the Court . Taat ' . JilJ Appeals will he heard immediately after the Application * in Bastardy ; and that all Proceedings unrler the Highway Act will be taken on the First Dar of the Sessions . ' ' "
JAMES RICHABDS 0 N , Clerk of the Peace for th * said . Borough . Leeds , Uth March , 1839 .
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MORE NOVELTIES THAN EVER ! LAsf ~ WEEKv ( Large Room , Commercial Buiidings , Xeedtl ) WIGELSWORTH'S - - » ovju-, TB «|« M' -prA ^ a «^ - - OPEN THtS PECts ^ fTt 5 TENiNG , SATijBday , March 16 U » , 183 ft , ai * iewry Ewuojr rluring Next Week , when tbe following CHANGE ^ OF PERFORMANCE will take Place . E . W ., in returning his heartfelt Acknowledgments to the liberal Inhabitants of this town , for tfe * - handsome manner in which they have been pleased to support his Exhibition , begs to assure thera tbat their indulgence wilt still further Htimulate him t » Exertion during the short Time of his remaining ia Leeds j' . as a proof of which he begs to submit Twr » entirely NEW VIEWS , Painted ; expressly Cor t »» Occasion . . ' •¦•'/ ' , ' Part 1 . —A most Beautiful View of ' 'l'V / -: " ^
CONSTANTI ^ OM ^ Capital of the Turkic Em ^ o - 111 In this piece will be introduce ; a- Variety of Mechanical FIGURES , ( never brfbrtf exhibited here . ) ¦ . 4 Part 2 .-. A view of ' ¦ ' ¦ ;; - > i'i : ' -BAMASqus ^ - ^' . V '" iv , ¦ " I will break also the bar of « pamaseu ? . ¦ . Amos V . - -5 . - ; ' ¦¦ : ' - '¦ "•¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ Painted from Finden ' s Laadscape Illustrations otf thfj Bible . Part 3 .--Buonaparte Crossing the Alps , With an Army of 30 , 000 Men .
Leader of the Ban 8 , Mr . Patterson . _ Doors open at Half-past Seven , and the Exhibition to commence at Ei ght o'clock . Front Seats , 2 s . ; Pit , Is . ; Gallery , 6 d , . S chi > eJ * and Children under Ten Years of Age , Half Priestto the Front Seats and Pit only . ¦ -,. ¦; - ^^ Mr . W . begs to announce that he is appointed Agent for the Sale of Roe ' 8 Improvsx * Brass Musical Instruments . Orders , puntiu-<» lly attended to . Specimens may be seen by applying at tbe Exhibition .
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SHILDON TUNNEL . Notice to Excavators , Coritra ' ctors ,. Masons ; &c . TVTOTICE is hereby given , that the Plans , Spsei--Ll h ' cations , &c . for the A pproach-excavation * , Embankments , and other Works connected tberewiti .,. may be seen at the office of the Stockton and . Darlington Bail way Co . any time before the 20 th inK ., on or before which day , Tenders for the Execotioa of the Work , must be addressed tpjgH ' N Harris the Company ' s Engineer ,. Darlington . ' * S . BARNARD , „ ,. •' ,, ' Secretary , Darlington , March 9 , 1839 .
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COTTON LORDS , MONEY MONGERS , LAK 9 SHARKS , READ THE PENNY FACTORY LAD !! PUBLISHED WEEKLY . Leeds : ~ J . Hobson , Star Office { Manchester A . rley wood ; London , J . Cleave , 1 , Shoe Lane .
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LECTURES ON GHEMISTRY , rpHE Foarth Lecture of this Coorsewill be 1 e-X Hvered at the Hduse of Mr . Btenkinsop , tie-Junction Inn , Mottram , on Saturday , the 23 d < & March instant ; instead ; of Moudav , as announenf previously . To commence in tUeE " veDing , at Efeba . o'Cloek precisely , - - ' ¦ '¦ '
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TAMES G . OOKE , Genebal Nsvfs Assist * . « l begs to iuform the Inhabitants ef Leigh a « d 3 te > Vicinity , that on Saturday , March 16 th , he intesd » Opening a Shop , next Door to the Cross Key * , Market-place , for the Sale of Books , StatioiieTy , Newspapers , Periodicals , " &c . | and he hopes , V ? striqt attention toall Orders that : may le entrnaUsS to him , tp merit a- Share of their Snpjjart . V Bookbinding' in every ' style and "' . variety .-......
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The reso' . ntioa was then nnanitaon { ily agreed to . 1 he Chairman announced that on Monday e ^ ning nexrr . the Rev . W . Hill , of Hail , would ' preacfr a sermon in that place , in aid of Mr .- Stephens '* - fond . ( Applause . ) " 1 ' ° ? tDa"H ^ of . the ipeetirig > ere thea voted to the Gamrraan , earned by acclamation , and ihe proceedings . tenninated .
Leeds Bokough Sessions.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 16, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1049/page/1/
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