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      Just PubRshed t Price Sixpence ^ n HRISTtANITY PROVED IDOLATRY ; or \ J a Short and Easy Method with the Christians . By CHABLES SODTHWEIiU M To trace an error to its fountain , head is to refute ii . —Chief Justice CokeY Published by Paton and Love Glasgow , and sold by Mis $ Roa 3 fe , Eflinburgh ; J . Watson , H . Hetherngton , D . B . CouBina , and J . Cleave , London ; J . Guest , Birmingham : and J , Hobson , Leeds .

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      ME . OASTLER ' S "WELCOME TO YORKSHIRE . On Tuesday tat , tbe •* Factory 133 ng" made his pubic estree into tbe Factory districts . Tbe ransomed patriot , released from the rigours of a long and an unjust impnsotfmBnt , retisited the scenes of his former usefulness—he rene ' irea his acquaintance with thousands of cdd faKiiliaJ faces , who gathered roncd him to give him A right good Yorkshire welcome—a welcome to his Tone . - The Central Committee for mperintesding the fond raised for his liberation , although tbsy had not the fall annicnt subscribed , made such arrangements , is

      consderatioa of the state of Mr . Oistltr ' s health , as en&-Ked them U discharge the bond—to give the « actot Iris "pound of flesh , **— and on Monday week the ransom ^ asjfully paid . There waa hut one stipulation entered into—that Hnddere&eld should be the first town ha TiEited and there was hut one request Mr . Oastler nrgeu upon his friends and deliverers , and ikat wasthat BcdderEfield migkt be the town wherein he should first address the people upon hia release froin prison . And afHuddettfidd ^ atown associated with numerous endearing recollections , Mr . Osaller received on Tuesday a welcome of which he had so eaass to be aatssied—& right hearty Yorkshire welcome .

      Srfore taking Mr . Oastier there , however , it Is neces sary to " wait a wee , ' and to begin at the beginning . The •? Kin ? " slept at Brighonse on Monday night , and there , on Tuesday morning , he wbb met by tbe members of the Central Committee and by numerous other parties . . Indeed , it was expected he would arrive there by an early train on Tnesdiy foreno » n ; and some disappcintajent was experienced when it became known that be had " stolen a march . " But rest and repose were necessary , and Mr . Oaitler best consulted his own feelings , when he determined to remain in privacy until the latest moment . Oa 3 Ioaday , fears were entsrtalned that the weather would put a "damper ** on the Interesting proceedings ; but dcrir . § the night a sharp frcst set in , and Tuesday beamed bright and loTely , bet * harp and piercing—the day , in fact , might be called the King ' s own . " '

      Mr . Oastler filept at the house of Mr . Eastwood , the Bailwsy Hotel , at Brisbouse , -which house U had bein arranged should be tha head quarters of his com-3 DiU £ et and in the neighbourhood of which soon- after eleven o ' clock , several bands of renslc began to arrive , attended by nnmeroos bodies of operatives and factory workers . It had been p > evions ) y arranged by tbe © onucif . ee thai no banners or flags should be exhibited on the occasion ; notwithstanding several Union Jacks Vere unfurled , and scorer of children carried Email ¦ White fi «* having Inscritsd npoo them "Welcome good old King , ** and many mors with the lines—. " Our King is restored , the captive is fr ^ e , Long may he live , arid blsss'd may he be . **

      Tht-iiier&l crowds from the neighbouring -townships seeme-i to Tie with each other in their enthusiasm as they arrived opposite the BaQway Hotel . Mz . Oastler , oo t-ri = 5 introduced to his friends , looked pale' and care-wtro . We are glad to say that since his release from prison his health has rallied considerably ; hut he still bears visible marks of the effects which his ineareerataon has inflicted upon him . About half-past eleven o clock the members of the committee assembled together in the large room of the hotel ; Jonathan Scholefield , Esq . in the chair . The only business submitted to the meeting was the eonliberation of a suitable address to be presented to Mr . OasUti on i * ft * if of the central committee , and also on behalf of the Hnddersfleld committee ! It was

      determined to present the former before th £ procession started from Brighonse , and the latter -when Mr . Oastler arrived at HaddersteUL Both the addresses were tarried with loud applause . Strangers were . then admitted into the room , which was speedily filled . Among the company present we noticed the Bev . G- S- Boll , of Birmingham , Rev . J . Bowman , incunn-2 > ent cf Buttershaw , Rcy . W . I * Howarth , of Pndsey , Edmund Heeley , B-j , of Birmingham , James Moore , Esq ., of Boltcu , Mr . Denham , ot 'Wakefield , and eeTetai . other gentlemen from Manchester and th € nelgbouring towns . It being arranged thai the address should be presented in as few words as

      possible , tad that , in consideration of Hi . Outler ? health , and the Hiental Excitement under which he was labouring , he should be requested not to reply to it at that time , the Bev . Mr . Boll formally introduced Mr . Oastler io the meeting . The scene win not easily be forgotten by those who -serb privileged to . witness It Old men—weather beaten , haray veterans , were overpowered ; they strove , bat in rain , to restrain their feelings ; the struggle was a trying one , and at last fairly overcome , they fco&i into tears . The young and mere susceptible caught the Infection , and for a whila ihe restored and ransomed captive gaead silently upon bis friends and deliverers , and then auk in a chair overcome by his feelings .

      John Twsedjllk , Etq ., on presenting the address cf the Central Committee to Mr . Oastler , said whatever It might be in his power to say to testify the respect , esteem , and veneration almost unbounded , he should be glad and- ready to say on this occasion , but to do so be eccoaived would only militate against the judicious consideration of the labours which Mr .-Oa » Uer would bsve to undergo in the course of ths day . In condubIqu , as it was considered by the Committee that it ¦ wou ld be & tax os his { Mr , Oastler *) feelings to reply to the address , and also , to that at Hnddersfield , until bis health was restored , and bis feelings more com * posed , he hoped , on their behalf , that he would not distress himself on the present occasion . Mr . Tweedale Shea read and presented the following address , the sentiments in which were warmly responded to by all parties present : —

      TO JOL BICHAaD OASIXKIL Reteeed aitp BESPEcrED Sib , — -With feelinp of joy beyond the powtr of language to describe , -we fr * fl asd welcome your re-appearance amongst ns , to is-engage in the straggle for the full protection of helpless infantile industry , and for the re-embodiment of those principles In our polity , which , when in full operation made our country great and famed among tbe nations of the earth . Your former efforts in Oils glorious cause have won for "you as undying fame ; and thousand * have reason to bless the day that gave them an Oastxxb . to unfold Sheir wrongs and set forth ths right . The measure of protection consequent on your mighty and esergeQe

      exertions , though far from what was necessary and just , bi » jz . \ worked most beneficially to all concerned : so Tr" » f * so , that at this moment we find the legislature EBgtged in enhancing tbe measure of that protection ; Kid tbe nations of the Continent , with even the Bepnblic of America , are following tbe good example ; altogether foraiig & most important testimony to the irath and righteousness of the principles you have propounded ; and truly gratifying both to yourself and to those ttho have laboured with you so arduously and so unceasingly , to bring about that healthful slate cf society when tbe rights ol all classes shall be duly defined and respected , and ths dutiaol all tbeerfnDy performed . How would Sadler haye rejoiced to have seen ttiia < 3 ay !

      Constituted , as we have been , of different classes and parties , combined together on tbe common ground of hxusanity to obtain a tribute to public and privet * wrrtb , it is matter of tbe highest . grataiatios ro bb that oar efforts , from the noble and enthusiastic response of the people ; have bees successful ; and that we have been instrumental is lescnjcg from an unjust and undeserved confinement , one who has by his devotion to the people ' s good , and bis TpKK disinterestedness , endeared himself to the bjBartE of millions , and won the respect of all . That you may long live , JSir ; and that complete IBCCK 3 may crown your efforts for the establishment of $ be BJGHT , and the destruction of tie wsoss , u Hie aificss asd heartfelt wish of "your ardent friends , Tbe Central Committee . „ J 05 ATHA 5 Scholefixxd , " Chairman . 3 xi . "BrEKf « B Piikethxi , Secretary .

      Mr 0-15 TLEB . rose , labouiing under evident emoUon ; be "w :-s most enthusiastically received . He addressed ibemsembly as followsi—Mr . Chairman , Ladies , asd Gentitmen—Judge , if you can , x > f my emotions at the present moment . Issuing from a prison , is a distant part of the country , and ushered into the presence of Yfcrkshircmen , in Yorkshire , my own , my old , my fast , and my tried friends—yon who have bo long engaged in that strife which in this Bge has bad 4 o be maintained against so much opposition—the strife of humanity against crnelry ; of justice against injustice ; of truth against error ; of religion against impiety—{ bear , bear , and applause ) . Judge , my friends , what , os fBch an occasion , is each a place , in Yorkshire , my own home , my own eonnty , in my beloTed Yorkshire ,

      to find that after so long an absence , nnder such apparently snbappT circumstances , I should have been preserved by tbe Almighty hand of Omnipotence , and brought back again , sot to be hissed and booted as an enemy to mankind—f 3 pplau » e)—but to be received by fix hearty welcome of those who have watched me closely , and who bare known me * o long—( loud eries of bear , bear , fees *) .: It is well , my friends , that youhave warnedffle tkat on this occasion I am sot to reply to this kinS address , which baa been bo kindly presented to me by my ^ ld , my Tallied , my endeared friend Tweedale —{ applause ) . On a future occasion , 1 •• ill endeavour to mix the : thoughts of my heart with tbe thoughta of yours , and to prodnce « i answerwhich win I hope eventuate in removmg mnch miaapprehen Eion from those who have been too ready to suspect oar xnotrras , and will set us right before , mankind . Yon £ sow , my friends , that oar object-baa been simply this ,

      that labour should have its doe reward —( spplauss "We bare in many years , thinking differently on other ¦ objects , agreed to banish all those differences of opinion ; and we bare toeea KekJBg to ditorc * laboar xrtim poverty , and wed iaboar with pleaiy—( applamse 5 batl » tiie secret of all oar aorements ; aadnypre-Bence among yon hsre this day , onder tacb dreumi fimn , proT £ » io me that God has smiled « pon tmx ie » lntkm , aM that it U his will that the scriptural righU rf the poor should be hereafter maintained in the , land «—( applause ) . I shall have to Bay more upon tbiB subfeet wbea I arriTB at that town which is so dear to me ; •* k * 7 i I expect that aitbeagh I am mnrounded by bo jnany dear and toIu ^ . friends in this room , I shall aee tbe faces and talk to the hearts « f tbonsands who love lBe , aB ^ IoTCtbc » principles which they bsTebeen in fbe babit rf bearing from my lips , eTea , my friends , as yon dp » bp are in tiiis room—( spplawe ) . Xet tbie WBBx > , inj friend ^ at prewsfc I can on ^ » v , I ttunk

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      yon withja right Yorkshire heart for this , right Yorkshire welcome— { cheers ) . = " " . . " -, _ Some other business of minor importance was transacted by the committee , and it was . partly arranged to have a meeting shortly of delegates from the Taripus towns of Yorkshire and Lancashire , for the purpose of furthering the subscriptions ,, and obtaining an annuity fund . The meeting then broke up .

      PRO 4 E 8 SI 0 H ¥ & 0 X BHIfiBOUSB TO BUDDERSFIELD . About one o ' clock at noon , the scenoe at Brighouse was one of on exbilirating and exciting kind , Thousands of people were assembled , and several excellent bands of music The procession having been marshalled into something like order , Mr . Oastler and his friends entered an open carriage , and followed by numerous carriages and the mass of pedestrians , proceeded on the road to Huddersfield , which place is distant about four miles from Brighouse . Upon arriving at a road-side inn , called the New Inn , the procession was joined by one which had come thus far en the road to Hudderefleld . From this point , and

      from 2 f etheroyd Hill , the immense procession was Been to tbe best advantage . As the solid , living mass of human beings moved down the bill—the foaling white banners—the pealing cheers of tbe multitude—the infantile shout of " welcome "—tkeBWeet straina of the music , now swelling in full chords ,, and then dying away in distant melody—all these , combined with the absorbing thought that Richard Oastler was that day making his triumphant entry into bis own loved Huddersfield , made up a scene at once affecting and . spiritstirring . The sight of WoodhouBe Church produced an evident effect upon one who in yean gone by was wont to worship within its sacred walls .

      The procession entered Huddersfleld in the order in which it had been previously arranged . On passing the Collegiate School , the boys , who were drawn up in front , gave a hearty cheer as the procession passed by . Near the National Infant and Sunday School a bice flag was hoisted , evidently the work of juvenile bands , and inscribed " Borne Trade . " The procession was sgen to the best advantage as it moved along New-street ; it halted for a few moments opposite the George Inn , the windows of which were crowded with the gantry of the neighbourhood . The procession entered the town by way of Northgate , and passed along Cross Church-street , Queenstreet , 1 where it halted for the purpose of giving three cheers , this being tbe spot where Oastler took leave of his friends , hi 1838 . ) Bamaden-Btreet , Newatreet , Market Place . Westgate , and Temple-street .

      Tbe place selected for the delivery of the speech by Mr . Oistler , -era * the spacious area in front of the Druid ' s Hotel , on the Halifax read . The procession did not arrive upon the ground until after thret o ' clock , and as it advanced up the street it presented a most imposing appearance , ' We have pleasure in adding , that throughout the entire route , and during the whole of the meeting , there was not the slightest attempt at disorder or interruption . . . J . ScMOL £ riKLU , Esq . ( as chairman of the Central Comnittee ) presided on the occasion , and called upon the Ret . M . L Howabth , of Pndsey , who read the following address : —

      70 Hfc . BTCHABD OAST 1 ER . Patriotic a . sd PHiLASTHaoric Sib ., —We , the inhabitants of Huddersfield , and of the vsrioua towns and districts in the WestRiding of Yorkshire , assembled together to welcome your return to your native county , beg to present you with this Address as an bumble testimonial of the stnse entertained by OB of your public and private virtues , which have not only won for jou the lore of myriads ef your compeers , bnt will be found to have gained for you the admiration and gratitude of generations yet unborn .

      This Address , Sir , proclaims the sentiments of not merely a class , a sect , or a party ; but of a vast body of your countrymen , composed of every grade of society ; ef every religious sect ; and of every shade of political opinion : who , uniting as ENGLISHMEN , have voluntarily sacrificed every difference of opinion on the altar of duty and patriotism , to testify their respect far a man whose life baa been devoted to the interests of humanity ; and whose public labours have had for their end the protection , and therefore the haphmess of all CLASSES of tbe community .

      Tbe tongue of tbe orator and the pen of the writer , however eloquent , are inadequate to express our delight at this your restoration to liberty , and reunion with your fellow-countrymen . We Jraw , Sir , we fed , that it is for « yon have suffered . The philanthropy that bade you aid the afflicted , and tbe patriotism that induced yon to defend the oppressed , have been tbe chief causes of your long and painful captivity . Is it surprising , then , that after an absence bo protracted , nn > jnst to you aid cruel to us , language should fall to express our thankfulness for your happy deliverance , and the deep joy we feel st yonr restoration to freedom ?

      Upwards of fifteen yean have now elapsed since a portion of tha inhabitants of this town sought your aid in their stuggle for tbe Pbotection ot Infant Laboue . We sought your aid as a philanthropist , irrespective of any political predelictiona entertained by you , or by us ; and we Bought not in Tain . Though the dark and gloomy page of England ' s history , which records the wrongs and sufferings of hex infant factory children , can never be blotted out ; though the record of these crimes must bear witness against us as a nation , of our base subserviency ta a Moloch-like despotism ; though the past may not be effaced ; yet " the signs of the times" announce the dawning of a brighter and a better fstare . Though all is sot achieved that mast yet b « won , still glorious have been tbe triumphs obtained in the "holy war" in which we have contended . Tbe Legislature has been

      compelled , by tb * force of public opinion , to interfere between the factory master and bis helpless victims : and of all men , it is to you , Sir , that tbe working classes are principally indebted for the formation , enlightenment , and organization of that opinion , whereby these . victories have been gained . And most cheering must it be to you , Sir , to find , at the very time of your restoration to the people , tbe Legislature engaged in preparing a measure for ths further protection of Factory labourers ; not only the protection of children , but also for the protection of young persons , and even adTjLTS , thus acknowledging tbe great principle for which you have to arduously struggled ; and affording to you sod to us the cbsering hope that finally , and we trust speedily , tbe great principle of tboe « tion to labour will be fully established , and made to embrace all tbe ramifications of British industry .

      To your gallant , persevering , and unrleldb-g opposition to that disgraceful and un-English enactment , the New Poor Law ; a law enacted to deprive the working man of his right to a fair subsistence from the general wealth , whith he has been mainly instrumental in producing , and to which he has as clear a right as the landholder has to his rents or the capitalist to bis profits ; a law passed to puaish poverty as a crime , heap insult upen misfortune , and encourage viiUany of the vilest description : to your noble ( forts to procure tbe abrogation of that law , we mainly ascribe tbe years of wrong and suffering fron which yon have been so recenOr rescued . And , Sir , it affords to ns more than matter of congratulation , that of Ibis very time , the Government has prepared a measure to ALTER and AMEND that law . Tbe amendment proposed is immensely short of what justice requires and we demand : but " as a step in the rijht direction , " we bail it as evidence that your labours and srSsrings have sot been in vain .

      We have witnessed with extreme disgust the conduct of a portion of the press , in seeking , by tbe most atrocious calumnies , to deprive you of public sympathy , and prolong yoHr captivity . The result , however , has proved tkat the effort waa as powerless as it was base . Prostituted jnomals , bought up by an anti-Bnglisb faction , for the dissemination of falsehood and the propagation of fraud , can have no hold upon ths minds ot the mighty znass of Englishmen , by whom they are detested , scouted , and despised . It only remains for ns to renew our congratulations os your happy restoration to your family and friends .

      Accept , Sir , our prayers , that from tbe former yon may sever more be parted , but may erjoy with them prosperity and unalloyed happiness for many—many years to come . We , Sir , the thousands who present yon with this address , are proud to rank ourselves amongst the millions of Britons who are year devoted friends ; and trust that you may be long spared to battle for tbe RIGHT wherever xorong is in the ascendant , and to stand forth , as hitherto you have done , the chaupioh OF TfflS BOOB , and the terror of the oppressor . For ourselves , we earnestly and determinedly pledge yen onr support in every sense of the word ; and , on this spot , the scene of so many glorious and not unsuccessful

      struggles , in which , Jed on by yon , Sir , we have battled for old Enclsnd's weal , and the universal rights of England ' s " sons and daughters ; HERE , Sir , we solemnly reiterate our pledges of fealty never to desert you , ror the good cause of which yon are the champion j but to persevere , without ceasing , for the restoration of tho principle of Pbotection to British Iwdtjstbt , onshore and on ship-board ; in the factory and the field j in tbe mine aid the work-shop j belijviog , as we do , that only on sueh basis can the happiness of all classes be secured , and our ceuntry maintain that position among the nations of tbe earth to which the industry , skill , and valour of her children have raised her .

      . On behalf of the Huddewfield Committee , W . Cookb , Chairman , Behjamih Bbowm , Secretary . The address having been read with txcellenteffect , h was received by Mr . Oastler , whose feelings were visibly excited . His friends pressed around him ,-and by them be was warmly greeted , Bockley Battye ; B > q-, ft magistrate , seizing him cordially by tbe hand and exclaimed , " May God Almighty bless yoa , ^ Sir . " Taming to tbe immense man of people assembled , Mr . OasTIKB said—Sir , Irsceir « this address frtm Haddenfield with tbe » 0 * t heartfelt gratitude . You

      ball have mj answer , as the Committee have very kindly postponed it to a time when I shall be more at ease in my body , and may be more calm In my mind . Hen of Hnddersfleld , it is once more my high privilege to address you as more than friende . Yon are now my benefactors , asd I am your purchased advocate . Inagint fora moment , if you can , tbe feelings nnder which I now stand , in this town , the scene of so many of our labours , and at a time when yon have sot only emancipated me by opening tbe prison doors , but when the mind of England itself is being emancipated , and those rights for which we have , nnder so much obloquy , so long pleaded , are now being adopted by almost , every

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      civilised country on the faoe of the earth , and : our own Government are not only proceeding , to adopt those schemes which we have propounded for the protection of factory labourers , but they are also , —thanks be to God , —receding in that grasp with which they bad seised tke poor of England —( hear , bear)—and are moving ; backwards on . the Poor , Law Bill —( cheers ) . Allow me , my friends , before I proceed to explain myself , and to explain '' ourselves , —for I know that England is listening to what , shall proceed from this hustings this day—( bear ) : —allow me , in your presence , to thank that God by whose power I have been sustained in prison—( hear , hear )—and by whose spirit , moving on the minds of the people , I have been delivered from captivity— { hear , ' bear ) . " AndO / whilst

      I gratefully acknowledge that it is of Him alone that I have been preserved and delivered , I am bound to love you more , recognising you as his instruments and his servants ; and I pray most heartily , that He who has-brought me once more amongst you , may dispel all the mists of prejudice from the eyes of those who have hitherto been opposed to us , and may guide us into the path of truth . It Is my duty , my friendB , to Inform you that whilst I have been in prison I have lost ail that feeling of animosity which was wont to occupy a portion of my mind ; and I rejoice to stand before you not only purchased by my friends , bnt also by many of my political opponents —( bear ) . I therefore am bound , not only by every sense of honour , but by that willing homage of the heart * which yields

      to the law of love—I am bound hereafter to avoid every expression which is calculated to give personal offence to any ; and whilst I stand before you , animated by tbe same spirit , and pursuing the same object , and believing in tbe troth of the same principles as heretofore , I hope hereafter that passion will be supplanted by reason , and tbataltbongh 1 may differ from many of those who have assisted in purchasing my liberty , I shall express that difference in such terms as will not give them personal offence , and thus obtain more notice for those arguments which I may have to uphold , than has hitherto been the case . Allow roe also to make one observation with regard to the insinuations which have been spread among you while I have been in prison , and too doors have been unlocking . There was a time when I should

      have thought hardly of individuals who would have attempted to arrest the hand of benevolence , and to bury an Englishman in an English prison for life ; but I thank ; God that on this occasion I felt no such animosity towards any one . The only tffect produced by it upon my mind was this : — "Well / 1 I said , " now I shall test the truth whether God be far me or for my enemies ; 'if they sneceed in checking that flood of benevolence which is spreading over England in my behalf , then I shall know thaV it is God ' s will that I shall no more go out amdng the people ; but if , on the contrary , be should not prosper their t Sorts then I shall believe that he has work for me to do outside . " One more observation appertaining to myself and I have done . It has been asserted that

      when I came oat from prison I should come to spread fire , and haired , and malevolence , and breed up strife on a certain estate in this neighbourhood . I wish to inform all those tenants upon that estate , that may now be listening to me , —and I know there are hot a few , —that my advice to them is , to love one another , to respect their stewards , to revere and kenour their landlord ; and I would delight in endeavouring to increase that bond of union . I have come ont of prison without feeling enmity to a single individual . It is impossible that I can blame those who have been instrumental in sending me there , when I tell you that I know I have learned more in that prison than I could have learned in any place else . It is how , my friends , my duty to ask yon a question . How do matters fare with

      yen outside ? Are you in a better or a worse condition than yon were when 1 left yon ?—( cries of ?• worse , worse . " ) Have yon , by the experience of years , learned to feel , that I was wont to deceive yon ?—( cries bf " no , no , m ° ) Or have ypu learned the truth of what I -used to tell you ?— ( loud cries of "We have . " ) I have heard that matters are getting worse in England . I do know that persons are dying of want in England . I do know that class is setr agaisst class , as if in battle array , in Eogland—( hear , hear ) . I do know that tbe New Poor Law has not produced that peace and unanimity which was expected by those who propounded and those who supported it I am told that wages are very low in England , and that many industrious persons sre only half clothed and half

      fed . Is this all true ?—( cries of " It Is , it is . ' ) Welt , then , there must be a rearon for it . And whilst I have been in prison , I have been striving to find bat what that reason is ; and having , as I think , discovered why there should be so much disunion , so much disorg&nigntion , bo mnch destitution and poverty among the people of England—tbe Industrious people of England—having found out , as I think I nave , tbo reason why it is bo , perhaps you will listen patisntly to me whilst I endeavour to make you understand the cause . I would not offend any one . I may differ in opinion with many who are here . They may think that my views will jar against their interest ; bat if they will only calmly listen tome , and then think over what I have said , as I have calmly listened to the wisest

      and best of men I ever knew , perhaps they will discover that I am not their enemy , and that the only mode of perpetuating their prosperity is the same mode that will restore pours—( bear , hear ) . Well , then , my friends , understand this fact The constitutional principle of this country Is , that every social and domestic interest and right shall be regulated by law , so that one interest shall never interfere with or damage another interest ; and that no private interest shall be compelled to give way even to the public convenience , without having an equivalent for that which tbe public requires . Yob will understand me when I tell yon that if you have a field , and a road is required through that field , it cannot be taken by the public without paying the price wkicb is required for the pnrcbase of the quantity needed for the road . You

      will also be able to understand me when I remind yon of tbe eld Guilds , and laws of apprentices , and all those regulations of wages which existed under the old constitutional system of this country . But it so happens that new elements were introduced into England some seventy or eighty or ninety years ago ; and the people of England , from tbe highest to the lowest , tbe elergjr , the aristocracy as well as the people permitted these new elements to take what place they could find among the people , without ever thinking of submitting those new elements to the constitutional principle of regulation . And those new elements were permitted to invade the rights of others without being-made responsible for tbe damage which they did . ' That , my friends , is the sole reason of all the commotion , disorgnnSaatlon . and of all the distress

      which you now feel to be pressing npon you In all parts of industrious Engl-nd . Those new elements became larger and . larger ; larger masses of the population were drawn together , until large towns stood where small villages were formerly only to be foontL ; and so enamonred were the people , high and loiwot the wealth produced by those new elements , that it would have been thought madness if any one bad dared to propose any limitation to their power , or if any subtraction from their produce had beea required for the benefit of those who were injured thereby . They were allowed not only to destroy all the domestic manufactures which abounded in the agricultural districts , but afterwards they destroyed the domestic manufactures of our own districts ; they invaded the rights of the operatives In every class : and

      it was thought- to be right that the man who had to compete with the new or more rapid ' mode of production , should of course feel that his condition was deteriorated . That was acknowledged to be a great curse , which tbe public mutt bear in order to make room for those new elememta . Now if the constitutional principle had been introduced with those new elements , then , instead of our philosophers looking upon the people who bad to compete with those machines aB necessarily to be deteriorated in their condition , they would have turned their , attention to find out how tboau people should be protected , and those new elements be allowed to progress without doing damage to any one . Tbe co&seqsesca of this wast ol attention to thai simple principle has been mis to millions . It has been destructive

      of all order in society , for people were huddled together by tens , nay , by hundreds of thousands —( hear J ;—there were neither clergymen , nor schoolmasters to lead them into the way of truth ; nor if there had been , did those new elements permit them time to learn tbe lessons that they would haye been taught . The moral and physical powers of the operatives were sacrificed with impunity , and without remoKe . This system has progressed , until it has been found necessary to break through alt tbe other institutions of the country , until you now flud the Very persons wb * are in the possession of those new elements , attacking the aristocracy and the landlords , and endeavouring to deprive them of every particle of protection to the soil—( hear , hear ) . But the moment they find the interests of capital paramount to their

      own , that moment they assemble themselves together , and btrive to protect themselves from the gripe of the capitalists , by wbaTdo yduthlnkT ^ SfidSTf TIM ~ E ! Bo that , after all . onr , wars and all our fighting , whilst I have been in prison , and yon have / been patiently beating . those Bufferings which poverty and " d " 6 fltits ' tion bring with tbem , onr strongest opponents have asknowledged the truth of our principles by their late meeting is Manchester to proied' themselves b ? short time . 1 think , then , my friends , that I have come ont at the right time to make friends with alL I think it will not now be diffieult to prove £ hat theframersof onr institutions , who have been so much acoffed at who have been so much derided by the flimsy philosophert ot the present day ; X think it will not be difficult to prove , even to oar bitterest foes , that oar forefathers were wiser than the philosophers of thle onr day ; and trhen we have convlaced them of that ,

      we shall have no dimcnlty in explaining to them bow their interest can be secured , how jtheii property- can alone be' maintained , by founding it all npon the basis of a happy peasantry , a well-paid class of -operatives , and a contented : people—( hear , hear ) . It wilt therefore , my frlendsj be my d » ty , if I should have to appear among yon froin time to tine , to endeavour to destroy all thai asperity which formerly mixed in oar meetings ; and to prove , to demonstrate by proofs which . cannot be shaken , that the only wisdem of a government is to protect the interest of tbe people committed to its charge , by protecting . tbe Industry and property of ajll—( hear , bear ) . Yon know this is the principle which I was wont to teach you ; and you willrejoico to , find that although there is some alteration in my manner there is none whatever in my matter —( hear , hear ) . I have bad as opportunity , while I have been in ; prison , of exchanging thoughts with tbe wisest and best of men ; men of England , men of Europe , and men of tbe United States ; men of experi-

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      ence , of letters , and men of thought ; and f am happy to inf « rm you that from their lips I have been taught that those truths to wbioh you have been wont to listen with so much delight , are the truths npon which they are endeavouring to establish the manufacturing Bystera in their own countries ; and I rejoice to tell yon thaV whilst I have been in prison I have been instrumental in cemmouigating to the Governments of foreign powers the danger of permitting machinery to take cruel bold on them as it has taken bold on us—( bear);—and I rejoice also to tell you that my advice has been adopted , and that resolutions have been come to that in foreign countries machinery shall be the servant of man ,, and that man shall never there be the klave of tho machine—( hear , hear , and chests ) . I

      rejoice , my friends , to tell you that even aa regards our own Government , whilst I have been In prison , I have been enabled to make a more pewerful appeal to them than ever I did whilst I was amongst yon here . I know that they do not despise the observations which have fallen from , my pen ; I know that they read and murk what proceeds , or what did proceed , from the Queen ' s Prison ; and I have it npon good authority that the late step towards our principles has been a good deal accelerated . by those papers which I have issued from my prison—( here , hear , hear ) . I rejoice that any Government will take one step in the right direction—( bear , hear );—but whilst I rejoice that they are moving forwards , I would not deceive ( hem , nor Would I , my friends , deceive you , lsy leading either

      them or you to believe that the step which they are taking at the present time will satisfy—( no , no , )—the urgency of the case—( bear , bear ) . If they seek for peace , they must seek it in tbe path of justice —( hear , hear ) . The bill which the Home Secretary has introduced is three ateps in advance . I rejoice at it ; and they shall have my hearty help , my heurty assistance , wherever I go , in endeavouring to clench those three nails , although they are very little ones— - ( hear , bear ) . But I should do them injustice , and I should do you injustice , if I were to lead them to believe that there ever would be peace upon that question , nntfl we have secured the safe , simple , and efficient Ten Hours ' BUI—( cheers ) . Then again , my friends , with regard to the step which Government 1 b taking—a backward step ,

      tbtjnk God—upon tbeNew Poor Law . Irejoiceatit ; but it will be my business to remind them that if they take one . step back , they must pull the whole fabric down—( cheers ) . It was to have' been , if the principle of that bill were sound , only a step towards no Poor Law at all . It waa to improve the condition of the labourers ; it was' to create ao independent aristocracy of iaboar in England . O , it was to make the homes of tbe cot * tagera so happy ; to clothe their backs so warmly ; and to fill their stomachs ao comfortably—that there never was seen before such a race © f happy peasants as were to be by magic created under tbe irdtaenee of the New Poor Law Bill '; Where are they— ( laughter ) T Where are they ? Dying of want in the streets of London ; dying of ' disease and want in the poor nooses of London : and

      hurried with such baste to the grave , that before death had made them his own ; whilst the limbs are quivering and the lungs are moving , and the heart ia beating its last throo , they are dragged from the iron bedstead of your London workhouses , laid upon the undertaker's board , and covered with a winding-Bheet , whilst the muscles of tho expiring man are quivering In the hands and moving the limbs—( shame ) . There lies your New Pooi-Law-created independent labourer !! I have it from an eye-witness that it Is a common case in the "Union Workhouses in London , when they pass through the death-room , to find the windmg-sheot moved , and the hands which were placed strigkt by the side of the corpse folded over the breast , and tbe knees bent There lies ah independent British labourer , created by tbe

      New Poor Law —( shame ) . 'Well then , we must know irby it is tbatone step backward is now takes . I am -sot for moving except upon principle . Every prognostication which was made by the friends of the New Poor Law has failed—( hear , hear ) . Hear that After having upset all your lecal government ; after having made fools of the rate-payers ; after having destroyed the icflueuce and respectability of the magistrates ; asd after having brought in amongst as a mushroom set of (• fBcials called Poor Law Commissioners ; what have they done ? They have given the lie to their own principles , and are moving backwards—( hearj ; and backwards they shall move— ( cheerB ) . 0 , yes . my friends , there is no need how that you or I should be violent . There , was cause formerly that we should speak in

      strong language , when we were kaockiog at the door of Englu&d ' e heart , and England would not bear us . Bat now , thank God , the rights of the poor—their right to a decent , comfortable , living at home , is not only defended by tbe clergy of the country , but by tbe press of tbe country : and I beg to thank that press which has gloriously aided in emancipating me , for the efforts it is also making in emancipating labour from its thraldom—( hear , hear , hear ) . Well then , I would have the Government of England to understand that , as their friend , I advise them , before they take one step backward , before they deprive tbe females of England of that "boon" which they granted to them nnder the New P « ar Law Bill—( laughter )—I Would advise them to consider well what they are doing ; for

      my motto is , and I know it will be responded to by millions of my countrymen— " AH or none "—( hear , hear ) . Therefore , I advise them to go on , or go back . Don't make child's play of your measure by receding , and thus prove tbe entire fallacy of the whole , and then attempt to retain the remainder . I recollect once being in the presence of the Poor Law Commissioners , before I went to prison , and they asked uia what would induce me to give up : agitating against the New Poor Law I I said , " I will tell you in a very few words . Promise me tkat you will enforce the New Poor Law throughout England , and I will never say another word about it If the people of England will submit to you , they may , and I will bold my tongue . " But one of them said , " No , Mr . Oaatler , that would

      not do j" then I said , Why play bo chlldiBhly with the people of England , when you know that you dare not use the power that you possess bylaw ?"—( Hear , hear , hear . ) But now , instead of having taken my advice , tbe whole thing is recedisg ; asd I hope you will take my advice , and never rest until you have your old constitutional rights restored to you—those rights which are incorporated is the old Poor Law . (" Cries of "Never . ' ) And now , my friends , I must have a few words upon another subject , which : occupies a great deal of the public attention . You are aware that there are two great , mighty and powerful armies in England . I don't mean the Whigs ; I don ' t mean tbe Tories ; I don't mean tbe Chartists ; I don't mean the . Radicals . ( Laughter . ) I allude to the

      Aotl-Corn-Livw-League and the Anti-League gentlemen . ( Laughter . ) They are now about to meet in battle array , and I suppose I shall be expected to take port in the battle . I rather think I am expected to appear on some of their fleld-daya ; and I pledge you my honour that if I do , I will do my duty te those principles which have been so dear to us in Hudderefleld—in my own Huddersfleld—for so many years . ( Hear , hear . ) I understand these two questions , I think , as well aB most people . I have no interest—no personal interest —4 n either the one or the other ; and I shall endeavour to prove to those persons who march from Lancashire that they are Wrong , because I think them wrong ; I shall alto endeavour to prove to those persons who march from tbe southern counties that they are wrong ,

      because I also think them wrong . I don't understand how tbe landed interest can talk about protection for their property , and for the farmer ' s property , when they support the New Poor Law , and thus deny protection to tbe poor —( hear , hear ) . We will therefore have " all or riona" We will have protection for the rich , and protection for the poor , or we will help the other party that wast protection for nobody —( laughter ) . Yes , the landlords must be made to understan d that principle must no more yield to expediency . If protection be good for them , so is it also required for the labourer . Now , do you understand ? Let there be no mistake . If I were to help the other party , I would tell them how foolish they were in seeking their own destruction , by establishing the principle of universal

      competition , which must Issue in their fall—( hear ) . And now , my friendB , I think you perfectly understand that my prinolpleB are what they were ; but that I am determined on no occasion to have any personal quarrel with any individual Of any class or of any party . I will support any man who will support the rights of industry , the constitutional , the Christian , the natural rights of industry ; and I will suppert no man who denies them—( hear , hear ) . Yon know also , my friendB , for I am bound to tell you on this occasion , that I am not altered in tny old Tory views of the lights of the different classes and of the different ranks of the people in this country . Aa boldly as I will support the rights of the labourer , bo boldly will I support the rights of the

      Cr « wa , the rights of the aristocracy , the rights of tbe middle classes ; and above all the rights of the clergy—( hear ) . I would have all the classes in their right places , the places which the constitution of England bas provided for them , and then I know that all classes will move together in union and peace , and that there will be no want to the industrious anywhere . You understand me , then ; on that subject And now , my friends , I must ; bid you all farewell , thanking you , as I do most heartily , for the attention with which you have listened to me , and for the liberation which you faave wrought out for me . ' Whether I shall hereafter be a public man or a private man does not depend upon me . Both I

      never will be again . You now know the principles which it shall be my object te teach ; and it will te for ; you , my friends ^ and for the public to judge whether the propagation of those principles will be beneficial to the people of England , asd whether I shall bean efficient prepounder of those principles . WiththankB . I beg to retire from your presence , Wishing that that God-who has , once more privileged me to addressyou , my own people , —that that God would prevent mefrom ever leading youinto enor ; and that if it be bis will that I should contlntte to address yea , that my harangues nwy be useful and peaceful to yoa all—( hear , bear ) . Good night , my old fr iends : good night ¦ ( Mr , Oastler retired amidst loud eheering ) . \

      The Bev . G . S . B » Lt , of Birmingham , raid that some of tbe gentlemen who were not on the Central Committee had thought it right that the meeting should give some expression of thanks to those individuals Trhoeo peraeveriagly and unflinchingly bad laboured to effect the HberatipB of Mr . Oastlei —( applause ) . He therefore begged to propose , " That the thanks of this assembly are most due , and are hereby presented , to the Central Committee for their unremitting exertions , and in particular to tbe Bight Hon Lord Feversham . ( the President of the Londta Committee ) for bis noble con-

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      duct , to Mr . Walter , } Mr . John Fielden , M . P ., and to Mr . W . B . Ferrand , M . P ., whese exertions ( those of Mr . Ferrand especially ) have been so energetic and effective ; and lastly , to the twelve disinterested individuala who have guaranteed the sum yet deficient in the Liberation Fund . " —( applause ) . He could not propose this resolution without making oae remark . He believed there jwera many persona present who were aware that when he resided at Bradford , he was a fellow-labourer with Mr . Oastler in the cause

      Which he advocated ; and although bis ( Mr . Bull's ) face might not be known to those whom be was addressing , his name , being ; a pretty constitutional one , was tolerably well known in the neighbourhood . He hoped that Mr . Oaatler ' s future course would be more successful and more efficient than the past , as he was desirous not only that one class should be protected in their rights , but that all classes should be considered together , and not ; opart horn each other —( hear , bear ) . Is conclusion , ho heartily recommended the resolution for the adoption of the meeting .

      Dr . Mooee , of Bolton , seconded the motion . He said he had come to Hudderfield entirely on purpose to witness the kind and handsome reception they had given to Mr . Oastler . It did both them and Mr . Oastler great credit ; and as that Gentleman was now released from prison he would doubtless be a permanent benefit to them as ; long as he lived —( hear , hear , bear ) He ( Dr . Moore )! bad been a very great observer of the working ; classes ; and ha had witnessed that during tbe last twenty years their condition bad

      gradually gone down , and poverty bad increased . There waa something wrong , or that would not be the case , and Mr . Oastler , he believed , was well able to show them where the wrong lay . For his own part , he had seen that just as the wages of the working claisss were diminished , so did poverty increase —( hear , hear ) . He begged to cordially second the resolution moved by the Rev . Mr . Bull ; and he called upon the assembly , if Mr . Oastler needed farther aid , to come forward with subscriptions , and ] let him live contended and happy , and then he would make them happy —( hear . bear ) .

      The resolution was put to the assembly , and carried amidst loud acclamations . Mr . ScuolefiEld briefly returned thanks ; three cheers were given ! for Mr . Oastler , asd the immense assembly separated .

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      BH 1 GRTOM—Gap of Liberty , Portland-street , general meeting of members , Mr . Davey ia the chair . Proposed by Mr . j Flower , seconded by Mr . Fiest"That a vote of thanks be given to Thomas Siisgsby Duncombe , Es ^ , M . P ., for bis advocacy of the principles of Chartism at the late meeting of the Complete Suffragists held ati at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , London ; asd alaoito Feargus O'Connor , Esq . and the London Chartists for their patriotic conduct at the late meeting . " Carried { unanimously . ^^ - ¦ ) TROWBRIDGE—On Thursday evening last a lecture was delivered in the Democratic Hall ,, by Mr . C . Bolwell of Bath , on the present state of society and the issuffioieucy of the Repeal of the Corn Laws to improve it . He dwelt upon the subject in bis usual eloquent and convincing manner , and challenged ^ discussion ; bat no one taok up the gauntlet . After the lecture , as address to Mr . Duncombe was unanimously adopted . ]

      BOUINWOOD-At a meeting of the Chartists of Hollinwood held in their room on Monday , the 19 tb inst . tbe following resolution waa unanimously agreed to : — "That the thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given to that indomitable champion of the people ' s rights , T . S . Duncombe , Esq . for his manly conduct at the recent meeting bold at the Crown and Anchor Tavern ; London . " SrjNDERLANO .-The Chartists of this locality met in their room on Sunday morning , Mr . B . Raddley in the chair . The | following resolution was agreed to unanimously : — " That this meeting heartily concurs with the proceedings of Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , Esq ., at the Crown ; and Anchor Meeting , London , and tender him their most hearty thanks for the able manner in which be ( supported the principles of the People ' s Charter ; and this meeting returns their warm thanks to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., for bis noble exertions at that meeting . "

      GLASGOW . —The Whigs appear to have made up their minds to < make Ireland the field oa which to fight Peel ; and ; from present appearances , there is every reason to believe that the leaders of the Repeal movement are ready to make common cause with the old Whigs , on any terms , for the purpose of ousting the Tones . No doubt the people of Ireland have a long reckoning to settle with the Tories ; but have they uo scores to settle with the Whigs also t Should they join in an . endeavour to restore John . Ruesell and his party to power , on the mere plea of remodelling , or even destroying , the Church Establishment in Ireland , much as Lam opposed to ecclesiastical establishments of every denomination , 1 say they will deserve , in that

      case , to suffer jail tho oppression which that detestible faction is capable of inflicting . A meeting , called by the old " clique , " •* io consider the grievances of Ireland" was held ia the Trades' Hall , on Monday , atone o ' clock , p . m ., the Lord Provost in the chair . The platform was occupied by the leading Whigs of Glasgow and neighbourhood . The first resolution vras moved by Professor Thompson . It is necessary to add , that the resolution was little more than a re-echo of the old cuckoo cry of "Justice to Ireland . " The Learned Professor CwitU a wboie bundle of notes ) spoke at considerable length , bus appeared to know as little about Irish affairs as the writer of this does about Hebrew . The next resolution was moved by tbe Rev . Dr . King , and certainly in a very excellent speech , had the question been voluntaryism id religion . A considerable number of Repealers were present , among whom were some of their chief

      speakers , who appeared highly satisfied with the proceedings . In this I think they have deeply compromised themselves . —Some of the most influential of ( he Complete Suffragists are now fairly ia the field as the avowed supporters of the League . Mr . Malcolm M'Farlane delivered a lecture on the evils of the Corn Laws , in the Chartist Church , on Monday evening , when he endeavoured to show that a repeal of these laws is ca . lcu . ated to confer immense benefit on the great mass of the people . Messrs . Burrell and Lang spoke at the close of the lecture in opposition to the vi » wa of Mr . M'Farlane , and were followed by Mr . Colquboun . Mr . M'Farlane replied . It being then ten o ' clock , it was agreed that the debate be adjourned to that night week . Mr . Colquhoun to open the discussion . Mr . M'Farlane will now hare a fair opportunity of proving the superiority of the ] Complete Suffrage policy over " deluded Chartism / ' He will find that mere declamation will not do , however eloquent .

      Bibhinqbav . —Oh Sunday evening last , the usaal meeting of the members of the National Charter Association was held at the Chartist Room , Peck Lane , Mr . William Watson , of the shoemakers ' body , in the chair . { After some Council business was arranged , the Chairman called upon Mr . George White to address the meeting . Mr . White ptoceeded to explain the causes of tha total inutility of the revolutions whioh had taken place in all countries , aa far as tbe working classes were concerned * He repudiated any connection with tha middle classes in the struggle for real liberty , and cited various proofs of their dishonesty and

      double-dealing . The Chairman passed a high eulogium on the able and disinterested services which had been rendered to the Chartist cause in Birmingham by Mr . William C&iltoa during Mr . White ' s imprisonment , upon whiob Mr . j Wbite mored , and Mr . John Beale seconded j the following resolution , ** That the beatthauks of this meeting be given to Mr . William Chilton , now an inhabitant of Bristol , for his able and disinterested services in the Chartist cause during his residence in Birmingham . " The resolution was carried amidst enthusiastic applause , a proof of the high esteem in which the Birmingham Chartists hold Mr . Chilton . A vote of thanks waa given to the Chairman , and the meeting separated .

      Manchesteb , Cakpenters * HALL . ~ it having been announced that Mr . James Leach would deliver a lecture in the above Hall , on Sunday eve&ipg last , in which he would comment upon the unprincipled conduct of the freebooters on the preceding Wednesday , the spacious building was filled to overflowing , and numbers had to go away who oonld not procure admission . The article " What will the Leaguers do next . " was read from tbe Star . amidst loud cheers . The Chairman then introduced Mr . Leach , who in a masterly manner exposed the fallacies , and held up to public reprobation the yillanny practised by the hypocritical knaves who are continually bellowing out cheap corn , while they use every stratagem ] to plunder those for whom they professjmeb . a vast amount of sympathetic feeling .

      Mr . Win . Jieesley also spoke at great length , and related several acts of flagrant injustice practised by the Coal-Kings upon the poor Miners , such as cheating them of their earnings by fines and overweight . Mr . Beesley sat dowii loqdly applauded , and the immense audienoe quietly separated . . discdssion took place on Monday evening last » n . the Carpenters' Hall between Mr . M'lntosh , of Rochdale , and Mr . ; Leach , of Manchester : Mr . Leach , undertaking to prove that . a Repeal of the Cora Laws , under present circumstances , would not be _ of any benefit tp the working classes , and Mr . M'Intosh the contrary . Tbe attendance was numerous and respectable . Each gentleman occupied half an hour at the commencement , and » quarter of an hour alternately until haff-past ten , whoa the debate wad adjourned until Wednesday night .

      Greenwich and ; Deptpobd Chartists . —At a meeting lately held of the above body , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : "That the thanks of the Greenwich , Deptford , and Lewisham CbariBts is hereby given to Mr * Ross , member of the Exeontive , for the able manner he discussed with Mr . Campbell , at the George and Dragon , on the 24 th and 31 st ultimo . Bbadpobd . —The shareholders of the Co-operative Store celebrated theannivereary of that institution . on Tuesday . i ¦ '

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      Waterhead kill .. —Mr . Kidd delivered a lecture oa the 17 th instant , ia the course of which he gave the Corn Laif League a severe dressing . Olj > HAMi—On Sunday last , the Rev . W . V . Jack , son preached two sermons in the Chartist Room Greaves-street . Collections were made after each , sermon , the proceeds to be applied to the establish . ing of a Chartist Sunday School . Birstal . —On Shrove Tuesday , the Chartists of this place held a tea-party , at which tbe usual

      sentiments were given and responded to in eloquent speeches . Lowgton , Stafpobdshibb Pottbbies . —A public meeting of the Chartists of Longton was held in the large room at the White Lion , on Tuesday evening , to hear a lecture from Mr . Dorman . At the conclusion , the following resolution was agreed to : " That the thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., for bi 3 manly conduct at . the Crown and Anchor , and to the noble majority who supported him oa that occasion . "

      Alnwick . —At the weeklylmeeting of the As 3 oelation on Monday night , a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to T . S . Duncombe , Esq . M . P , for bis , noble advocacy of the Charter . Nottingham—The female Chartists met ia the Democratic Chapel , on Tuesday evening last , and passed resolutions of thanks to Mr . T . S . Duncombe and to Mr . O'Connor , for their general advocacy of the rights of tbe poor , but particularly for their coaduct at the Crown and Anchor Meeting . Dublin . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association met aa usual on Sunday last , in tha large rooms 14 , North Anne-street , Mr . P . Moran in the chair . Mr . O'Hiegins brought before the meeting two

      statutes to prove the truth of . a sometimes disputed fact , that Universal Suffrage waa once the law of the laud . The first was a confirmatory law of the reiga of Henry tbe IVth , to be found in Keble ' s Statutes at Large ; the other the well-known disfranchising statute of Henry VI . At the suggestion of Mr . Dvott , who said it was not ; the first time that that Association had taken tke initiation in matters of the kind , it was resolved to publicly deny the late false and ludicrous statement of Sir James Graham , that Ireland was "thriving " , since the conviction of Mr . O'Connell and his compeers . This contradiction on the testimony of the members of the Association has since been published , in the Freeman ' s Journal .

      STOCKPORT . TEIUJIPHANTl ) E ? EAT OV THE Renega . de Allinson . —Considerable excitement has been manifested in the " political world' *' of this town for some days past , owing to the appearance of bills announcing a public discussion between Mr . Thomas Clark , of the Executive , and Mr . John Allinson , once of tbe Irish Repealers , ' next of the Chartists , then of the Complete Suffragists , and now of tbe Anti-Corn Law League . The discussion came off at the Hall of Science , on Tuesday evening ; the subject being Mr . Allinson to prove the Chartist policy contrary to democratic principles . Mr . Clark , of course , maintained the opposite . At the time of meeting , eight o ' clock , the spacious building was crowded to overflowing . Oa the appaarance of Mr .

      Clark the meetlDg exhibited every sign of approbation of his consistency of conduct ; but the moment the nun of the League presented himself , notwithstanding that strict injunctions had been issued against either applaute or disapprobation , the smothered feelings of the people burst forth , and he waa met with a reception any thing but pleasing to his feelings . Mr . Joseph Carter acted ss chairman for Sir . Clark , and Mr . Qearge Bradbum lot Mr . Allinson . After a few remarks from each of the chairmen , Mr . Allinson came forward and occupied the first half hour in attempting to prove the Chartist policy a deceptive oh 6 . His attempt , however , proved a complete failure . Mr . Clark then came forward amid the vociferous cheering of the meeting , which was not at all abated by the hearty drubbing the renegade received for bis apostacy . Mr . Allinson , finding himself thus convicted , endeavoured to shirk

      the Questien by a defence of Cobden and hi * master , whom he did not fail to eulogise in the ' most extravagant manner , for reasons best known to himself ; but the meeting , seeing his design , would not tolerate his travelling so farwide of the question ; and amid the 8 houta of " time , " " question , " he gave / up the ghost , his time being expired . Mr . Clark decupled the last quarter of an hour in administering a well merited east ^ ation to Allinson for his treachery and baseness in selliag himself to the Anti-Corn Law League . He ridiculed the idea of such a poor tool , as his opponent , doing the . cause of Chartism any injury by his dtsertion , inasmuch aa the workingmen were too far advanced to be led out of the path of principle by any paid agent of the people ' s enemies . At 11 o ' clock : the meeting broke up , more than ever satisfied of the righteousness of Chartism ; and equally satisflsd of the dishonesty of tbe League and its miserable emissaries .

      NOTTINGHAM . On Sunday evening last , Mr . M'Grath delivered a lecture in the Democratic ChapeL Tbe chapel was thronged to suffocation ; scores having to go away unable to obtain admission . A handsome collection was made , and several members were enrolled . On Svxdav Etemns last , Mr . M'Grath lectured to a crowded audience , st the Queen Caroline . A locality was formed , and a council asd other' officers appointed . On Sunday Evening an animated discussion , on " National Education / ' took place in the large room , Swann ' B Coffee House , Brury HilL Messrs . M'Grath Morrison , Barber , and Duffy took part ' The subject was adjourned until next Saturday evening . ' A number of members were enrolled at the conclusion of the meeting .

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      WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . Friday , Feb . ? 3 . —There has been a good attendance of buyerss at this day ' s : market . The WHrat trade has ruled dull , and sales slow , at a reduction of Is to 2 a per quarter . Baried is heavy B ^ e ; - » few select samples sold at a decline of Is to 2 s per quarter bat the-general rans mast be nofed ls ^ , tp 2 a per qr . lower . In Oats , Beans , and Shelfiiiffliid material alteratipa . Bradfoed Mabkbts . —TT ^—There is hardly as much buainess doing as a lew weeka past , and the noldera are exceedingly ; firm , as they cannot replace their stocks at prices t hat will enable them to get cost

      prime on the . rates demanded by the growers and country dealers . rarnrrAIthough there ia not so much actual purchasing going on , yet the spinners are $ 11 very buSy with contacts entered info , and are not at all disposed to increase their orders , except at- fall prices . JPiecerr-Pkoea are in good request , and , the stocks very low for the season of the year , and pnce ¥ tending lupwatdB / ; ? BipK of iHOS .- ^ Eriglish bar , per ton , £ 5 Os . Od . to ^ O . ( faj ; naa > od 8 , i 6 Os / Od ; Hoop ,. £ r 10 s ; sheets , ^ SOafisargoiriWaleBi £ 46 s Od ; pjg , No . 1 , Wales , £ 3 5 s Od ; do . Clyde , £ 2 2 a Od ^ Foreign , Swedish , £ 10 Oa U { £ 00 Q& Russian ; cc » i > , £ 16 10 a ; m , £ O | Oa ; j ; Gourieff , £ 0 T ) s ; Archaniel , £ 0 Os .

      And Leeds :—P«Nted For The Proprietor, Fe4rqvs O'C O Nsob, Esqv-I Of&Gt; Hammersmith, County

      and Leeds : —P « nted for the Proprietor , FE 4 RQVS O'C O NSOB , Esqv-i of > Hammersmith , County

      xiuatuesex , try JOSHUA BQBSOSf , at Ids Prir ing Ofl ^^ i 2 l ^ ]^ et-s ^ t ;^ gg ^ a&d Published toy tte said Joshua Hobsok , ( for the Mid Eeabqm O'Conhoe , ) at hii Dwelling-house , No ; S , ; Harket-Btoeet , OMggate j an internal Communication exiflting between the said No . 5 , Marketatreet , and the said Noa . 12 and 13 , MarketrBtreeV , Briggate , thus constituting the whole of the aaid Print ng and Publishing Ofilc one Promisee . * All Communications must be addressed , Post-paid , to Mr . HOBSON , Northern Star OiBce , Leeds . ( Saturday , February 24 . 1 , 844 , . . ..

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      Last week our Lancashire and Yorkshire subscribers generally received the promised Portrait of Mr . Roberts . This week it will be distributed to the Northern and Southern subscribers . It is scarcely pecessary to say that the price of the paper , with Portrait , is sixpence ; as that fact is so well known .

      Portrait Of Mr. Roberts.

      PORTRAIT OF MR . ROBERTS .

      Notice To Emig&Ants. Thitzhugh ^ Walker * Aad Co., 12, Goree £ Piazzas, Liverpool, Beg Wto Inform Intending

      NOTICE TO EMIG&ANTS . THITZHUGH ^ WALKER aad Co ., 12 , Goree £ Piazzas , Liverpool , beg wto inform intending

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 24, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1253/page/8/