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?.1EETI^G AT DEWSBURY. GLASGOW SPINNERS.
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the demands of justias . This case he -neaped as somewhat sfmflar to thw Dorchester JabonwiSy but much more unjust in the one casetban in the ? other , inasmuch as the indictmeat hod renewed tire conduct of tSese men for the last twenty years to find ovt something upon -which they might be convicted . It behoved thero , then , to stand forward in the case of theanen of Glasgow , in order that they might st the same time protect themselves . Labour had a right'to be properly remunerated j for if an English workmen did not receive an adequate remuneration for his toil , the country could not oe said to be worth living in . ( Hear , h «» r . ) It was equally the interest of the master and workmen that tiie latter should receive good wages , for by this manufactures would "be increased—the profit of labour would not be so much thrown into the hands of the foreign purcbasv of our manufactures , and there would therefore be no lack of employment in the country . From these considerations , then , he thought it necessary for the people of Dewsbury to sympathise with the unfortunate " spinners , and to iise every exertion on thenbehalf to restore them to tlieir liberty and their disconsolate friesds . ( Hoar , hear . ) lie therefor * £ Js exeat pleasure in moving the resolution which wasw u That ' this meeting views ¦ with deep repret the unjust sentence passed upon" five of their feliowmen of Glasgow , for no other crime than that of uniting together for the protection of what they only possessed , viz their labour . " . I \ lr . Stzphex Goodall seconded the resolution , which was put from the chair and carried
unanimously . - - 51 r . * TEM ? iETo > -Tfas then introduced to the meetin ? , and was received with cheers . He delirered an address of considerable length , in which he deeply regretted that the meeting > honld be obliged to be cajled lor snch a purpose . ~ He had not much iaith in the saccesn of their petition , y e : it was their duty . He said the case of thest ; unhappy men was too well known to require a fresh recii : J from him . The oppressions to -which they had been subjected had been . Bounded from village to village , from city to citv , from province to province , _ uad from ' shore to Miore . Patriots had p leaded their cans-j wh ' a eloquence and sincerity , aud the loud response of a .-y : npsihisiiig people had been heard and reachoed from every corner ct tb-j country . And "what was their crime ? W : is it murdvr ? No ; but the probability was that the murder vriih which these mei- were originally charged , had been p erpetrated b y the hand of some rade assassin irlrei-.-for ihe purpose , b y the raen who combined t o-reduce io the lowest possible scale ihe meagre supply of those who laboured wiih unceasing 1 oil ior thi-support of them ^ elvtrs and their families . yir . T . they proceeded t <> show the varied way . - * in vrliicU capitalists consume 5 ;> r their own protection : and loudiy tlenounc ^ d ilie iijjuscce of the . sentence of the Glasgow C »» iton Spiv . nor * . lie drew an intere . -. "ing c . ud aii .-ctli : g represcnt-itioii of the sufferlines . ef tL-sj n * e-n and tiu ir families , which had j great efTect upc-n the meeting . He concluded with i tae fo 33 o . -vru : r . WL = rdi : — " ] vrii ] not , Mr . Chairman , attempt ro-tnios ? the cou ^ wjuences oithis Uiij : " . it sentence in all tlieir details to the ineu themselves , to ! their families , t- » rhe spinners as auouV . io Trades I Unions in general , ana 10 tJa nation at ia . rge . ; but S it s ^ ei ; little discrhuinutivm to perceive ia ; u this j sei ; t < . -ucc is iutcuc-a as a blow to every attempt 01 j " working ' lien to protect tut'iusvlves frmn ibe oppresj sion ol i ' : io 6 C wikss : ? God is their gold , ( iloar , utnt . ) j Let Eujriaii ' i quietly saui-ti-. m tUis act , anvi she is b-Tuna f . > xcver ia cb . -i-QS i . f iiie rr . ost -abject slavery—I chains thrown nrom : d the necks i > fher Miljecis by the I veryjiieu Tri .-ohave i-ejii f . \ i ai : 1 clothed mi'l elevated ; ' roil povcTtj to 2 .-8 lufcuce l ~ y the toil of \ lie indui-I trioui , ¦ wh- _ se only reward h- ^ s lx-eii a miserable i subsistence , doled out to them wi : ii the . iao ^ t t > i ; gruJk'izig-liand . —( Iie : ir . ) Jle ; i 01 ' Dewjfbury , this is u tiirrici a truck upoa your r ; gh : s . It uiru * at rednciu ^ von to the lowest s ; . u ; oi o ^ vaiatioi ) , tiiiri
if ypu i-unVr it to pn--. s wiihou : cx ^ rang jver be ^ t ¦ " .. frgirt I' oppose Jt ? d . 'jx'iaa u * -o : i it tke case of the Xjltisrow-Siiliiiifrs " > Tiii ver » " sovin be yours . —( Hear , he-ir . ) " 1 k-T-i is a c : nrJrIuu-: ion agrvirst you—u comlk . - . 'irlou iewsted "kvith all the p . > wer which ve-J ' . h can j . r-e ii—a conibinaiion which live * and fat : i-:: s on human bl- 'Oa . and -which is never iraiiVffiii xiil'iz . Las pur ^ uei i'o vicrim to the shades < -i de : rih . ' Up . then , Sr ^ : n your 1 ^ -iimr ^ y . Slumber no i ^ ngfr- in the camp of your de : tdiicst enemioj . 1 bey ure seeiiug for your blood , tuey watch iujii opportunity to feast upon your carcasses , and if yo j prepare net they will be >; : i you beum ; you ari uwure . finmber not , then , whils your enemy is ^ o near . G- ' > at ouca ta the Tlirouc , an-i de : auud a rev ; x— : 5 o 3 of this iwquitous si'm ^ nci ; as tiiut aloae uponw ^ ichyouruile ^ . acce cu : i for lhep _ re-i * nt Jepeud . —{ rhtir . i : ear . ) These are trying tlir . ei . —( hear . ) Taeiitertfes of Canada are about to be crushedlr < rlandisrobbed , p ; cnder ^ 1 i ,: jppre > . sedand degraded ; ilie VVhius > ire aiiowiiig ov . r other colonies iv befoul us 2 a every possible way . Twenty miiiious they hare ; paid ht a riirht wiiich tlitv azg ' ac long ago to Lave-demanded at tue point of the sword , " and ¦ which tb _ * y have not yet obtiu :: ed .- A new scene of < ipph-si-: 5 n-havt * ihey opeiie i in Scotland , and , like Sxils and insdmeii in a r : zf , thev seem de-¦
terrrruied to" root up anJ ^ xremjiuuti- tlie very source of all their power and j ; . I thi-ir plunr i ^ r . \ . lie . ir , hesr . ) St-n ^ , theE , your pet : tiwii to tne Ut ; i * en , bvnie upon tie ' -circle o ; : r of tunus .-si ; -is of voi-. vs . ; aud if siie heeds not you ct-mniid , let Lrrreiusal ! . e thf signal f . > r fr ^ sh op erations , ( fie . ir . ) Away tien , with tue Wiii ? ,- ; ivno Lave i : aa tiiuuj . h t > : p : u ^ : IcT ; aii i let us : elect , and re-eit-c :, ; u-d t-l-.-ri ng : vii : aud ch ' ange , and chsu ' Cf , aiid cl . ange- —auu agi ;; iie « ftu-, ; cjitatJ , and a ^ i-t ^ if , nil r > .. - 'iar . 1 ii ; lm :. v-a to her vt ^ ry ct-ntre—till the throi ; e of < i >' s ;> . > ii <) n shall trembje" and fall , and the iinivtryr . I sluuii of a victorious people proclaim , r . niid tie dyiu ^ jrroius of their " ? t > re » - * pr . -j il :: ic the d-. '> troyrr of tJcir iiocrties has breathed'his last . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Samuel Healet nest liroved— "That this meeting considering thai juries c- : np" < f d oi " the middle clnsJ , or lkaster ? , « idi ) e on l _ - e tr ; al of the ^ Glasgo . r Cotton Sp itmers , is ui : co : is = ; itut : oiia ] , inasmuch cs- ?* Iagiiu CLirts . ex ^ r ^ si . y iiftlarfs 'that uo-mzn slialf bJ tri ^ u but It a jury of his
Peer-=. '" .-5 r . JcnS Di 23 seconded this resclution . and it was also CErried unaiiiui ' msly . Mr . T . 5 . Enoos moved the thirl resolution- — " That the ivpeatei postponements of the trial of these iujiired men full y demonstrates the diabolical intentions of the authorities under thu crowii to exhaust the means of defence , . so that iJirv laight with greater facility accomplish their \ -illauous pur-}> cses . "' iir . 13 ru . ^ k expat iitei n . t considerable eugxh on the lEconvc-aieacv-s tJ wLich-tLe > pis : ijers had been put-by the freyaKJt pystponi-ffiful of the trial , end xegretted that the s ^ e > 2 V aid not exist in Scotland in referer . ee to juries that e > uswd in England . Had ynrh l > e ? u the caf :. he was sure thes 3 men would hr . ve be ? : j Lo ^ oumViy acquitted . As it "was . the-fate of these men seern ^ J : ? s it were to-depend upon the judgment of oue iiuiiviuu ? . ! , by whose decison tbe . 'je five unhappy men were transported for seven yeiirs . ( Shame . * sham . ? . ) Mr . Jc sh . ivEi , i _ N 5 HAY >* L-econotii tins resolution . Mr . Joii , v XnrsojjE tLen jovei— "lh : U the unrelenting persecution inflicte-l upon vrorKin ? men will never cease until they are reaiiv rouivsT-nteJ , which can-only \> s by t :. e aJopti' -Ji ' of Universal Sufiroge . And that this njevniiV ple . " £ *" s it * eif to u ? e every leffaimeanii in its power to jra ; ii the total remission of the unjust sentence passed upon live of out . Trnfortniir . ie JVlloW ir . en of Giaitrow . " ^ ilr . Gecp . ge Cole Lad great pleasure in seconding tins reiolution . __ Mr . liuciiAx-xx felt gr ^ at pleasure in making his first appearance be . ' ore tLe inhabituuti of Dew . il bury , to advhvi * tbe ; n on a qae ^ non of --uch vital imporcacce—a - qui \ sticn v . hich iuvoived the Tijibts of labour and'whicii ought to excite the interest and dei . 'p . attenrJcu of everyVorking-inan" who lived by his toil . Tiify r . - -ere ub ; : ! red nljain to assemble to express their opposition to that system of tyranny which vrss graiiualJ y undenniuing tie interests of the _ British labonrer , and was about to prrvtrare the artizans of this vnipir ^ at the shrine of Mammon , and make , them the slaves of Capitalists . They were ciet tojlfiend their sympathies with the sunVriugs of the Glasgow S pinners " whosetreatr 3 eiito :. 'ght to eicite the feelings and " opposition of the ' working- ¦ mesof tliis country , who by the treatment of these Spinuersjhad theaiselres bw ? a iusultec ? , and trodden under foot . It was not the Spinners alone that had been thus persecuted , but they hed been their ( the men of Dewibury . ) representatives , and in their oppressfon the men of JDewsborj had been persecuted , ibT * by transporting : th .-m thev had inflicted a death-ulow ta the people ' s liberties , and they as EugHshmen ought to stand up in defence of their rig : it . to protect against tuis unjust sentence , and Siy to the Government " thus ixr shall thou go and bo farther" '—( Loud cheers . ) The conduct of the authorities when the Spinners -were first arrested had been most cruel and despotic , and at the trial with which they were tantalized , they had exhausted all their wickedness and ingenuity ill attempting to rakenpeTidence b y which they might be convicted , and Dy their conviction make out a case rgainst all the Trades' Unions of the country . — ( Hear , and cheers . ) That evidence merely proved that a Trades ' - Union did exist , bnt ths charge of murder had been blown to the -winds . ( Hear , hear . ) The assaults and fire raising -with which they were charged had nerer been proved against them , for though these things might har « existed , there was no evidence to prore that these men had any connexion trith them , and their only crime , if a crime it could be called , was that of uniting to protect themselves and families from starvation . ( Hear , hear . ) 3 ir . Buchanan then proceeded to detail the advantages of Trades Unions which he'eulogised as having an object in view which every man of common sense must admit to be virtuous , and be showed that the nien of Glasgow -were transported because they were thus virtuous and intelligent , and because by their union they were combating the oppression ol the money mongers who were anxioas to subjugate them tvneatlf their power . He then , entered into a . Tnoie particular decsil ol the stake- of the
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Ula # g ( tv * iSpuuittrtfy ami jusutleti uivu } in rutusnig P snbmit t » a rednstion of 50 per cent Smia tfia : wageir fids he ti » aght Vras spfficient tv ' toous them to the highesf f ftch of indignation . 0 ear hear . ) AS this too he-considered as the effe * tu > f t ; midcU « cfess GoTernroent- . T 6 ey coiild eqjeci jnothing better from a Government , of shop-oa » oy When lie spiie of this class of men he referred tO > a ] body of profit inntew , amoegsfc wfenn , it was traei there \ rere maay honorable tmd virtuous excepSione * —but these in general were tie- men against whoa the -working classes had most to- contend . Thes « wera the men vrbo sent men to Parliament to moke the very laws by which the Glasgow S pinners were transported , nad they w « re therefore- the most deadly enemies to labour . Mr . B . then illustrated the effect of a middle class Governmenlin France , showed the influence-it had had in the suppression of general libertjr and its direct tendencj to reduce the yalae of labour , and GOnsequenfly the comforts rfihe woA-ing man . That Government wasprotected by the ballot , and this they had effectually used to stab the liberties of the people . The ballot was only sought how to protect the middle classes . In proof of this assertion , he would taik if they had found the present supporters of Government bring forward any measnies calculated to r remote the good of the people ? The ' sen- - tenceof the Dorchester labourers might answer that question . . Mr . B . referred to the Poor La ^ r Amendment Act , as another illustration of the Gwerhment of the middle class ; the Coercion Bill for Irelandthe £ 20 , 000 , 000 for . the-emancipation of the ^ West Indian slaves , and the present proposition for destroying the libertiet of Canada . Mr . B . proceeded , in an eloquent and interesting manner , to detail theunhappv consequences of many of the Acts passed by the « fifes , both for England and Ireland , and he -particnlarly deprecated the late conduct of the Irish Agiutor iu . Dublin . He concluded nn addres ? , trliich was loudly cheered , b ' y " . advisinjr the people not to support , in any war , those who would not support the rights of labour , " aod the comforts of theindustrious . Air . T . S . Bitoos . then read the petition , which he accompanied with a few remarks relative to the importance of having their petition numerously tigned . The CHAinMA . f then begged leave to address a few words to the meeting . During Ms address he related the celebrated fable of jEsop , relative to the oldLirk , and its young ones in the ^ ay field , which he forciulv used to illustrate the necessity of labouring men doing their own work , and depending upon their own energies ; : ¦" -,- ¦
Mr . Joshua Hobsos , Publisher oi the Aorfnern Star , then rose , at the request of the meeting , to relate what had transpired at Huddersfield during tliiV dij relative to the appointment of a Clerk to the board of Guardians . Before , however , he proceeded directly to the relation of . the " -event * , of the day nt HiiddJrsh ' eW , he begged to make a remark or two regarding the case ol the men vrhose case they were then more immediately met to consider . They nil remembered tlie transportation « f the Dorchester bbourers ? No working man conld possibly be Ignorant of that fact ; though many might have been njr . chpuzzled to discover a reasonw / iy they had been tnin . jported . If they reflected for a monient , they TniuW xfuieinber that , at that tiipp , the Whigs were r . bout introducing into Parliament , that most famous of all their famous measures , the Poor Law Amendment Act . If they reilscted again , they would also remember that Trades' Unions were rife in every part of the kingdom . The Whig ? , daring as they were , dared-not . to " propose the . iCevv Poor Lair in the face of the Trades' Unions —( hear ,- hoar)—because they knew that if they did so , working . men , by ineiins of these Unions and Associations , would immediately become acquainted with its nature and tendency , - and such a burst of indignation \ rould have been manifested as would have swept the Whigs nndlheir law from off the face of the earth . ( Cheers . ) Thrr . transported the Dorchester labourer ? , therefore , ' for the purpose of breaking up Trades' Unions . That trail jpnrtution answered its purpose . They all knew that Trades' Unions crumbled to nothing before it ; and while working men were thus paralyzed , the Poor Law Amendment Act was passed by the Whigs with such shameless haste , that the very evidence on which they pretended to found their bill , was r . ot laid upon the table of the House until that bill hud become , law ! ! ( Shame , shame . ) " Of the
nature of that act it was not forlum to speak :-no working man could-be unacquainted witii it : no working m ; in but must remember the fact , that that Act was p-. issed . for the purpose of "redncing the people ol . England to live upon a co .-irser .. sort of ibuj" —for the purpose of getting at the \ va £ es . of labour wherowath to enr . Me our bankrupt aristcj . cracy to pay their jews and stock-jobbers , the interefts of those mortgagees upon the estates of the country for which they ( t ! : e jews ) ht ? ld the title deeds . ( Hear , hear . ) Since that ' tiinu the Whi g * had been trying to bring thnt Act into opi'r . itiou—( hear , hear)—but , notwithstanding their ¦ effort ' s , ihe _ people , perceiving- its tendency , and knowisg its object , had figain begun to unite , and form taemselve * , very extensively , into Radical and Working ' Men ' j As .-oriations , and had had the temerity to oppose the introduction of this " loon" of Whig Legislation . This did not suit the purpose of the li'higs . 1 'ho wages t ; f labour musi besrotat . ( Hear , hear . ) The people of Eugkiia murt be reduced to livo on a coarser sort of food . Therefore , the exertions of working men must be B ^ Rin paralyzed , and lalour bid prostrate in the dust , in order to euable them . to bring their " Coarser food Jet , " info full operation . ( Loud cries of hear , hear . ) They would remember that , notwithstanding the destruction of the Trades Union * in Ensrland , taey still existed in-Scotland and Ireland ; but the AVhigs were now attempting to put them down i : i both of these countries , nud thus put down the Unions in England also . ( Hear , hear . ) For tlus ] 5 crpose they bad seized upon the men at -Glasgow- ; and the lying Whigs , and Tory press had rung the changes upon the char ^ e . 5 of murder and arson , which had been raised niiaiust them , and strange to say , though , the jury unanimously ucquitted them of those cliivrgus , still they were reiterated by that lyii : g Whig and Tory pfi ' . s ? . ¦ That ¦ archimpo . « ter , ' and double-distilled hypocrite , and apos- _ tate , Daniel O'Connell , wis also doi ! : g this- dirty Tvork-cf the Whigs in Ireland , by raking up the same charges » gp . inst the Trades Unions or -that city . And tc / i >/ , was all this done ? In order to enable the Whirs to re-enact the hateful combination lairs : in order to-pave the way for another Green Bag Conspiracy , and the passing of mother Gagging Bill . " ( Hear , hear . ) leg , yes ,-thesetransporting * were hat the prelude to more despotic measures . We should-next hear of the adoption of jome other Whig atrocity , for tbepurjior-e of eiTectually putting ; down all opposition is v . \ f " Locrser Food AclV ? And if they stood silently by , and penn . tted these jueu to be quietly transported across the ? Das ; tht * y might depend upon it , that rome of their patriotic friends and defender . * , "would next be seized upem . and their blond iril ] be dcmaifJfd , at the price oi ' their disinterestedness . ( Hear , hoar . ) iJad not tbe br . se press already begun to ' -clamour for their Wood ? 13 ad not the Leeds Mercury already begun to talk of " Aal / rrs . " ( Sh .-. me , shame , it has , it has . ) And had not the 'bloody tiuardian of Manchester asked for tho life of thy eloquent , disinterested , and p atriotic-Stephens ? and all this was to be done fur Uw purpose of getting at the wages of the labourer , and ultimately compelling . the people to live upon 3 . " ctarscr svrt vf food . " _ ( Hear , hear . ) iir . IIoeson tbeT ! T ; ri ; ceededtof ; eteil the events of the day at Hiidcerstield , which will be found in another part of our paper . The relation excited the greatest interest , the deepest disgust at the conduct . of the chairman and th * e magj ^ trate ? . and the loudest nnd most euthr . EisLstic apphmse at the brave generosity of thf > ' lads' in treating their friends the toluiers , vr . z \\ so much courtesy and friendship . All the resolutions were unanimously . . passed , " and . nfter n vole of tbauks had been given to the chairman , ' -and ' tbr .-e cheers for "King Richard' and . his Iluddersiield lad . s , '" the meeting separated .
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, : tural uerf vaad to ebaia ^ their tojiixessire trrahts tt ¦; beat ilowra , vpages a * their kill- ^ Cljeew . ) H « ^ trasted , howHvei ^ thattfc men of feglftod had ye I raerffjr sufficient to prove-ip . the Jkctions vrho t | wswld tread wpon , ^^ tiieiirnecK ^ that SSev were yet 'men who , though * petieiicof ^^ injustice jteuJ of wrong , ' were still nble to- vindicate their rig&fh ( Loud ¦ } cn »^ -ajm ( kiw ! UoU > tIie-c ^ nnaii .. 8 at d » n » D . ) r ; Mf . J ^^ . H ; : CiuvvR ^ : tit ^\ -c ^ e foi ^ EYd . idpr 4 > - ' jpose a resolution ,, tfae- langoage of whichi , though ^ j somewhat strongj Se ; feared iibt to jnstiiJ * before ¦ . sitting down . It read thus ¦ •^ - * i That , m the- opinion of thie mOeting ^ the- Saw Pbcar : Lj ^ yr is oppo » i » d to [ the law of God and inotarejv and a subversibn ^ of the oonsUtuMon of socapt ^ ;; and . tJiat it calk fc « the determined opposition * of tJiia people of thege iirigdoih ' s ^ . who ought nevec to ceas& fro m agifatitrfe'till tfiis-law . has been erased . from . the statute bp 6 k , wlych ; it pollutes ^ and an efiicient protDctioh for the poor bejanactedin its « tead . " ; X ; ¦; : ' . . y ¦¦ ' ¦'¦¦" : ¦"¦ .- . V :. ' . ' . Ma-Crabtree then in a very long . arid energe ^» speech ^ which wasirequeadycheeced by the meetiu ? ,, proceeded to justifyj the tsfrdns-bf liis resolutidn ; He ^ . aniinadveited with great- and w-ell detserved severitr upon the purpose , tendeney and operation of the : law ^ He lnactseen it in operation ^ ona large scale . Hehadhsen mtroduced to a passing and ' casual i acquaintance , with the -. bleffiinais'ofa . Bautile duringn visit to li > ndon . He described the internal arrangements . " of Maryleborie Uhioa Wprkhoiise with , much feelma , and produced thereb y a considerable impression ujon the meetings ' . - ¦ He had also opportumty .. of knowing something about its workings in in the Agricultural : 'districts . ' - - " He had riotlong since conversed with a poor man , wrhom ill fortune had driven to take refuge jh' one of thpsereceptacles of suffering foe a considerable Bumber of xviselcs . Wearied however with the rigours of the eysteni , and preferiug the chance of stanation ; With liberty , to the certainty of sta ' rraddu with imprisonment , he had solicited ,, and obtained his release . Qn being liberated from his prison house , he had enquired for his wife , whom , he- had never- ' seen since the day she entered the ' balefulprecinctsi iu company with himself ,- and was told : she had been dead and buried four weeks I ! ! ( An indisW cribable thrill of horror Iierci pervaded the wliole meeting , aud in & ' few Beconds vented itself in burst ? of execration . ) After many other pertinent : and tvell applied observations , Mr . C . proqeeded to com > Jj » at by a humourous but appropriate : illustration , Oie b terually recarring argument of the W hig faction " that half a loaf is better than no bread . " Th e ^ vere aware that tliey had recently had an ahttslavery meeting in iBarnsley , At that meeting nmch ebqueuce was eipeuded upon the wrongs undsufftsingo of pur black brethren far away . H e " found no fault with » hat . It ; was highly -creditable-, to the gentlemen thiia ta sympathise ^ With , humauity in any of its forms of sufteriug ; but he had yehUired on tint occasion to draw tho attention of those benevolent gentlemen to the fiict fli ;* t slavery and suffering were not exclusively endured by the ? swarthj * sons and daughters of ttiose fovei ^ n climes . -Hehad uskod vhetht-r the tearing of the beautiful white , babe from tho breast of its distracted mother in the Bastiles of our own country , wasnot aii act of atrocity to be regretted , and . lamented , and for . which a remedy should be sought , when a " Gentleman '' in that ' iu ' eeting ; cried out , '' . Dock him off , and save Jack Ketch the trouble . " Now , be would suppose this " Geiittemivn ' js ' . " charitable wish to be accomr ; phshed . He would suppose himself on the platforiy , und Jack Ketch approaching liim tvitfl the kind : JVhig beiiev » leiice of mivnner , saying , i iPoor Grabtree , j'ou un > jusS going to be tossed off , bnt I will do it vct > - geijtly . - « I'll let you dbwii very grad-. mlly . " What would be his reply . ? " You thief , don ' t half hang me , but get it donel" ( Roars / of laughter . ) Now ,, tiiis he maiutaiued was a counterpart of the senseless cry , thutbalf a loaf was better than no bread , ( lleaf , hear , uiid cheers . ) - '"fwis no such thing — 'twas not half so good . Let them do the thing efl ' ecrually and take away the whole loaf at once and the people would know what they were about—' twere better to die at once than to pass through the lingering process of statvutiou for
years . —( Cheer . ' ) . ) Mr , 1 ) avid VtCTCHER spconded the resolution in a speech which provoked roars of laughter . .- . Mr . Hill , wlna at the request of tlieVCommittee had staid to iiddreitethe . -lneeting ., avid supported the . resolution in his usual nervous and . animated style ; speaking for nearly two / hours amidst the frequently . recurring acclamations of the assembled multitude , who huiig upon his lips and . devoured every word . The speech as well as " that of the- previous ; evening , will , we have no doubt , be eagerly looked for ; b y many ; bat . we love to see tho working in-sii do ' their o \ vn work , and ¦ ¦ therefore we ouiitit , tliut us much rootn as our columns will possibly allow iaay be devoted to the glorious ' -speeches of the labouring-men The inost enthusiiii-tic cheering was kept up ibr several minutesafterRlr . II . had reSini « d his seat . When the cheering had subsided the- chairman , put the resolution which was carried unaniuiou . sly . The next . ¦ resolution—" .. That a petitian iounded ; on the foregoing , rpsolntion be prepared and signed by the Chairman on -behalf ot tlvis . irtecth . ig , and tmuMnitted to Mr . 1-ielden for prosentaJioii to the 5 louse of Commons , and that Lord Morjjeth and Sir G . Strickland be directed to support its priiyerV was ; moved in an . excellent , speech hy , Mr . I E'ii : n . MoEY ivnd ieconded by Mr . JoiiJi ' LAiVSON , the perison from whom a letter , descriptive of some . sinall portion of the bast He mercies of Cluypolc , . wasihsertod in oiir last . The ( Speech of this poor iiian detailed a tissue of facts that mig ht have harrowed up a heart of stone . Never was the villrmy of the - . system , the murderous character of its . "tendency . , mfd the henrt-3 ess ; css of the miscreant ^ who lend themselves to its perpetration , -more horribly depicted ,- ^ In additiini to the fact * stated in liis letter , the poor fellow related Others of a -. still- more awfully atrocious kind , which came under his notice during the few days that he inhabited' -the deVil-hole of Clivypole * T , lie resolution .. having , been jUnanimously cjirried , thanks vrere voted to the chiuruiuu , to Mr . Hill , and to the females , - for their Jissiatance . Mr . II . acknowledged tlie cotnpliment , and reminded them tit-it the only - . efficient- way of " tlisinkiiig tlieir friends was by sirengthening their hands . Tlie meeting sej ) ara " ted at u lace hoiir in perfectly good order .
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Itihe ; " Chairman "t J put any motion for an adjourn-Iment of tljewefini ' , or against the hppomtmeht of f . a Clerk . < 6 roan *) ; ' Now then , " *< id he , ** ye I Whigs comee ^ grtam . yot » hadiBg places , andteUtis I ^ pt ypti meam . Har ve yon Eot deceived the people ? Wjii I notright w ! j « i .: I told tliesa that the Board of ; . ljuardiari « wenrnotbaui - but th » iqols of theCdmmissidusrs } And did * &ot , vou say I -ivas a deceiver ' and jet : I have liisd- ip * ^ e the day when your own . r >( ' 'Cburaan ' . ^ h » 1 et'tW ^ at . ' out ' of :. t ^ . bag . and- tolt the Guardian that- he- ' -wa r forbidden , by the . CoinmisisionRrs to put aay i ^ tvfn ag ainst the appoihtmentof a Clerk . JSowyfiien > judgefciryourselves : is it I that have decei ^ wi jon ? ( No , np ^ ifris the Whigis , the blo ( jdy Whigs ;) He ceKntmued , — -It appearec that Floyd had got the ; m > p » in tmerit of Clerk by a miaority of Guardian * , who had acted entirel y under [ the dictation of : ther CpnHnij ' sioners j but that 1 appointment was no appointment at ; all . ( Cheers . ) ; He knew : it -wasnot . . it might answer the purpose of Gbvernmeat to kee |> tfai »«| Ti ^ tidD upon its legs a ^ little lpugerv ^ ot tbat would be aB . They were evi-: dently nnxiou * for a royr •; bnt thej saonM not liave , ! one . C ' No , no . " ) He would tell theirij and tliey ^ would find it to be tme ^ that not one act atr deed of ¦ A l r . Floyd would ever be vrtkth a * iraw —( hear ^ liear ;) !^ -and that every one of than , had equally as much , right to go home-and say thattKey were " Ckiik '' & 3 Mr , -Floyd" had . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Hoyd would begiii t ^ appoiiit , Itegistiar ^; to cajiy into operati on the N * w -Marriage Act ; and tliey ; < jtte meeting ) miglit hif well every one © t Uiem set >|) . tegistvar shops - and he-was sure that any wedding that they splemsiKed ' wonld be just as valid as any sdemuized by jVIr . i Flpjd ' B Registrars . ( Cheers and langhter . ) So < ho wonld exhort the women to bsWareV ( Laughter . ) : - Thiihe stated upon very high legal authority ,. Ma-:, t Oastlev stated that it might suit the despicable i ' ac- I tioh who had that day appointed a Clerk , arid who y were ; in faA-prir of the New I ' ooir Law , to entrap "; young women , and preteiid touiarry tlvem . thrtiugiv ¦( the agency plVMr . Floyd and others , and then tobb- ; i tain a ^ chaiigeofwives * to 8 uittheirconvenience . But / : for -liis- part he entirely disajppfo-wjd of entrapping fj young women in that \» ay , arid advised them when they I were married , to - ' have-the ceremony performed . ' at tn& | churcli . until this busiheHS was settlttd , at all events , the Whigs , might tell them that tbis was all fudge . He knew whether or not it was fudge ; for if lie was heir fo a very large estate , and . the ipresent holder of it was to be- iharried : at the haitd ^ ot Flpyd , he was , well aware that his children would all be bastards ^ and he ( Mr . Oastler ) would get the - property . ( Hi ^ ar / i hear . ) If , tbiai , a minority
was to rule , there was an end to aociety . ^ ( Hear , hear . ) It is not we that oppose th& law it is the cioininissiouers and their tools . The law ex-. pTesslys : ^ s : that the clerk must be ap p ointed by tlie board of Guardians . The board of Guardians to-day had refused to •' appoint s ' and had voted against thei-appointment of , a clerk \ and yet they Were told thnt a clerk was appointed bya Hiiuorityl I tell you again that oity one of you is just as much Cleric as Mr . Floyd ; lias just as mach right : to solemnize marriages ; and : justas much right " -to . lay or collect rates ; thf-refon ; you will know what to do when Mr . Floyd applies to you for the ''"brass . " ( Cheers . ); They , then , were " supporting the law whtni they opposed this decision ; they were against tha . rebellion of the . three traitor kin if s . They had . heard him say something about the soldier- ? : he loved to see hue brave British soldiers ; and he was thankful they had been sent to Iluddersiiold to take , cam that-he ( Mr . () . ) Wns not assasinated . Mr . O . then related a story in which he hud beeii followed by n . soldier , in Lcvcb , duri ng a riot , when a very little boy , and driven into a house where the soldier strictly * charged the old worann who opened the door to keep hiin in till the riot was quelled . Mr . 'Oastler therefore had occasion to love . soldiers , and he Bhouid like . the-. *' . /«/ &"' to get up aper . hy -subscription to pay the brave fellows their marching money , whicli th ' o Whigs ha ; l taken from thein . He then enrncstly requested them to go home in peiice . Nothing woulu please thoir enemies _ so much ns a -rpw , siiid . he Wiifiiiureiiothuigwouldgrieyi ) he ? oldiHrB . more . ( Hear , hoar . ) The soldiers did not want a r «> '\ v—the Whigs diJ , but thsy should not have it . He was sorry the soldiers , had so much trouble as they had , bat it was caused by a set of Ludditesv and informers , nnd false witnesses , and such like base ' -ami immoral wretches . ( Cheer ;? . ) About a dozen of tV . em had caused allthesa disputes . Tlie great body of the . Whigs , were respectably _\ but there xyere about a dozen of th \» bfisest wretchesmen whom , he had heard in that place threaten ,, that if King .-Williamthe "Fourth did not do as they wisiic-d him , they would help him off his throne— -that the iiishojis were a set of monsters and hypocrites—tha . anriy a sot of cut throats—and th-se v . ere the men thatwere keeping the counti-y in ; i state of agitation , hud who were degrading , tlie British army in order that they might trample upon the necks of the people . ( Cheers . ) But he knew that the strengtti of their cause was in its truth , and they would never sabmit to three Commissioners . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Onstlet then proposed three cheers for the soldiers , which were given with much-enthusiasm- ; and thiw cheers wert ; also given for King Richard . _ , Mr . ' ¦ PiT-sjmnjiV' then proposed the following resolution : — " That tlie ilrst duty of every township ; is to meet aud select , as CJuavdians , tlvu most . strenuous opponents of the law , who are qualified in their several townships ; nnd , if none . aiv found within the township , then to search the whole Uniou for tic nnd proper persons ; to let-it be well published , and by this , and other amuipeinCTit ?; , inaKe sure that every Gnardihn will be a sUunvh opj-wiit'iit-. of the law . " Mr .. Jauva Br . ooKi : seconded the resolution . He said that next March was the tiine when tfe ( guardians would be again elected , and it wonld be their duty to . ' endeavour to elect men opposed to the
law - .. . ¦ ' . '" . ¦ " ' . ¦¦¦ -. . ¦ . ' . ' ¦ . ' Sir . Q astler , ' j'thori returned and told the meeting that he had becii to see the -olncors of the troops , to-state to them what was about to bu done for their ' men ; he suid lie lisd never met wirh nicer gentleiuen in his : life . He had asked whether it would be allowed to pay the soldiers the inarching money ; to which tliey answered that the service snid nothing , iiboutit , and . they ( the meeting ) would therefore iininedjately get lip a subscription . Sir . Jo / hn- ' - ' Smitiu of ' Lepto ' n then proposed : — " . '" . That Messrs . Oastlerand Pitkethly be nppoiuted delesates t () attendi the great meeting of the An ' ti-¦ F ' o . or ' Law As » oei ; ition of South Lancashire , to be held at Mauchestor , on Monday next , the 5 th of Febvuary . " ¦¦¦' . ¦' The Itev . Willm-m Woov seconded the motion , wliicl ] , as v . - eil as the former one , iffere curried ¦ unanimously .-. Three persons were then appointed ^ to collect subscriptions-. ' for the . ¦ ' : soldiers jnarching money . They went through the meeting with their hats , . •• im . . l in ii very short time received as much as paid to each of tlie * men one shilling . This was given to theinby Mr , dastkT , to do with as they liked ; and the meii determined to have a supper with it , and drinlc the healtii of the "Lads" of Huddersiield . Accordingly , u supper was pro . vided at t \ ro inns of the town , and the soldiers spent a merry evening ; froin the bounty cf the men whom the Whigs intended . -to be sacrificed as victims to their tyranny . This movement on the part of the ' ¦ . ' * Lads , " has coHipletely astounded the Huddersiield Whigs . ' 'They know not what spell has come over thorn . . ' Tjius . ended the proceedings of this eventful day . There was iio riot , nor indeed any appearance of a riot . All vrns peaceable . There wasuodisturbance of any kind—no person apprehended for a breach of the peaca during the . whole day , escept W . M . MUQllE , Esrj + Posi-Master i ipui reputed Whig Spy . This redputabie . personage , in the moment of hw frenzy at the peaceable conduct of the inhabitaiit . s , aiVd -their ® ene « wity towards the soldiers , . ' tt ed . tp . t . hC ' ' . so . othin « " iiinuencesbf his bottle , which , however , failed to soothe , and did but more effectually stir up his " pious and hol y teal" for peace ' and good . order . ' This lie evinced'in . the most . k > striking" - manner ; for in the course of the evening he sallied forth , completely intoxipated , accompanied by Mr . Thomas Nbh'Spme , the Reporter for the Leeds Mercury . The peaceable disposition of Mr . Moore \ ras so " strikingly" mjanifested , that a constable , -who was passing at the time , felt it . his dutyto . approherid hinii " The Christian love" of Mr . Moore was hereupon evinced towards his kind keeper in : sundry eJiprssBipns and actions , with the recital of which we will not soil our pages . He was even tually lodged in rhe Globe Inn , but , at the request of his brother constables , the officer Who had him in charge released him ori his promise that he would go peaceablyhbine .. . 'Instead ,, however , of performinghis [ jroinisp . he wns shortly afterwards found" stripped aud fighting with oiie fawcett , a draper . ! Whither Mr Moore went after this adventure we are not able to say , nor dp we know what beeame of the " reporter . "
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: them of ; the chargestof mur ^ der e ^ iirairaisinff ' H ^ . concltfcled by reading the resolution—* That float meeting . wews . with atibqrrence an * edirteniptittfaL conduct of the ^ WOiig Cfewmment to-w ^ ds the ^ GIte- * go \ v : cotton spinners , seeing , as we doy tie vanoam > attempts msde by the aristocracy arid themaa&B& S ^ . ^ the right o ^ Iabpnr , whiefeiT ^ fe ^ mp hfiedin their uniU 9 « conviction and enielse ^ -I-*? 2 S p Camcd * but « k » dissenting voic& ^^ T ^ mmmmm IrelaBd , and the ^ comiction of the men of ¦ Gh £ ™ T " was ^ t of aresular *) stem , pmsned by the ^^*" ¦ S ^^ . ^ ? - ^^^^ ' » t »««^ ' ^ WiS 2 t : ' '; their pektical rights . : >« iiaui , ocaQ ^ . . Mr . Wfwpjr . moved the * ecoMdesolation iW « .-short speech , and Mr . f ^ wso ^ secdndedSS ? TW ¦ = ; hSS'f ^ tl ? indignatio ^ the ctueSI harsh trea » aent , in forcing awR y the-poor anibrStuate cotto ^ j ^ nners ; unparalleled iu ^ nistor ^ S , the ^ exceptwiiof the Dorchester ^ labourers ? -S ^ ¦ W- ™ e ? bW deems' it necessary . t « r jpetition : fifc * ; douse . i Cosremons , that Duncan M'NeiEand FatricKr ivobiflsoj ] , tsqrs-Advocateiin their aweybe-Beani ; ' atthe bar of the House in thijir behalf . ^ ¦ : ' . ^^" : _ A « . Covven moved v and Jfe Ubas seconded , ifca *' third resolotioa , ^ - w Tliat this ineeting : de ^ M ^ necessary ^ to petition the Queen , praying M ^ rMoato- ^ ^ racious Maj « ts to remit th ^ sent ^ c ^ passed «^ U ^ g ^ spinnai ^ and restore them to th&riaiailjp-vf - Mr . PeC ? ^ h ( k moved the fo ^ ng res ^ utions ^ —^ llmt petitiptk 3 , vfounded oh the above- reseto . - ^ ^ ' ^" g * * ' a , adpresented , a * soon aswssiWew ^ r ^ « ^ . of Coinmoiis , by Thomas Wakle irJE ^" W-V . for Ro ^ ryl . aad to the Queen , by ' L «^ ^ ou ^ harn ^ ; Curn « d ^ nauimdusIy ! ^ TharaTOS ¦¦ ¦' at ^ ks iS due , ; yad hereby : given , to KearS * U . Couno ^ Esu .. and ; Thomas Wakle > y ' . Esq ,,-l ^^ ' ^ or , their unwearied exertions in advocatinc tfaST « - nghfo of labour . " Carried with thsee times thra » " ¦ " ^^^ Colonel ; Thompsor . , the Eeconi AiS ^ - " Marvel , ' wiih three timea three ; ' ... ' .,. - -
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GLASGOW SPINNER& .--PUBLIC MEETING AT HULL . A rery nnmerous meeting of the Hull "Working Men ' s Association , and other inhabitants of Hull , was held in the freemason ' s Lodge , ; Mytsn Gate , on Monday nishtlast T at half-pn . st seven o ' clock , for tie purpose of petiiioning the . Qneen for a renaissioh of trie sentence passed upon the unfortunate-cotton spinners ; and also-for the ^ purpose pf petitirininig the House of Commons , that l ) rthcan M'Neil and Patrick Robinson , Esqrd . v Advocates in tho case , be henrd at the bar of that House in thew behalf . ; : Mr . Wili > e was : called J o the chair , and opened the business of the evening in a very appropriate speech . " ' ' - ¦ :. ' : ¦ :.,. '¦ : ¦ ' -. ¦ . . . ¦'¦ .. ~'¦' . . ' . ' : " - \ - . Mr . Stvjjb 3 proposed , and Mr . Pkk seconded , the first r esolntiori , in a very pewerfuL speech , in which he went into andexplained the eafise ef . ' . ih ' e cbtton spinners being taken up . He also P ° . mmeated on the manuer in which the public mind had been prejudiced by the venal press ; and dweit upon the tactm tlie Jury ' s xmrmiuiously acquitting : I
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- ^ jLVX \^ x ; , VUiKLiVllXTiiill EOB-THBT RELIEF OF THE DISTRESSED TN BRABi ^ . SOllB , Jauuaby a » , leaa-wr ^^ Hi- 'iKssasiiat ^^ i . ; ' ; . '• ' - ' " . ' . " ' .. ^ a .: ' ; : ' ; ; " ¦ r- - ^ -f ^^ : . ; -. - ¦' : " ¦ . At a Meeting of the subscribers to the KellefK Fund , held on the Gth of this month , ¦ ( JanWarp ^ wssft ¦ were appointed a' ^ ^ committee to dispose of the ^ ba laimaiP ^ i : of £ 47 vrhich vras augtnehted by a libeial flonatioaiv •; ' of £ 100 from Charley Harris , Esq . The en < iuiriesfc " that had been made , aridvthe reports presented to n * ; . { at that : tiine ^ lied us to epnelude that very consider--abk suffering existed in some quarters of thetowtt ^ : ' : in cdnsequfiriee of the resent nobd . ;; To these ease * . our , 3 ttent"i 6 . h- ; Va ' 8 . -fi ' rst- . directe ' di " . and-:. in alle ^ iatiagri them we were principally assisted by a few beriero—Ipnt ladies- , who had previously interested themselre * - . "•' iii those cases , and had personally visited them * :.. ; - . In prosecuting tliese visits , it hpirever appeared ^ - that a considerable destitution -of . tedding and . hlaakets existed , even among industrious and repiitabfe :, families , who had / never yet pvereoiae ; the eifects o £ the depressed trade In : the iastyean s A very care&L - ' iuvestigation ' of ^ these cases has been made , : audt upwardis of 240 families wiU have been supplied witit-¦ ¦ blankets , coverlets , and in som » ca ^ es with a few ^; -- "' ¦ ^ smaller articles of wavm clothing . * We have now ' to report that our fund is exhausted ^ 170 pair * . of blankets and 120 corerlets will barer : haen . dis > triliu . ted . in all , ar . d still -there are . nearly ^" 200 caees in the coarse of investigutien . On th « e whole we feel it our duty " to lay these facts before Vthe public , and to solicit contributVons to our ex < - hnusted fund ; which will' be . tlianlciull y received : t «* - the account of the-Committee . ( Signed ) ALFRED . 'HARRIS , Treasurer , JOHN RAND , R . CATONj M . ILLINGWpUTH r T . HOL 5 IE ; S ^ ; The following- Subscriptions have been received rr Mr . H . Harris , £ J 0 ., Mr . A . Harris , £ 10 . y .. iKEr ^ . " Goo . Osburn , £ 10 ., Mr . D . Peehpyer , £ 5 ., 'Mr .- 'J ^ ' IT . linmjbpttpiti ,. . £ l . Is ., Mr . CharlesSkelton £ 1 ^ and Miss Harris ^ £ 5 .
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. STARVING A SICK WOMAN TO . ' - . , ' , . - ; . : -DEATH , > : y ; : ;; y ( Extract of a Despatch from Lord Glcnefg to thtr \ l&rqtiti ' oy . r Sligo , dated'ZSth : Jims ,, 1336 j "In pursuance of- the intention expressfed in . mj : despatch of this date , I proceed to advert to tfe& trial . of WiiliriKj Martin , as reported in your lordshin ' ife :: despat 6 hof the-25 th , of April . ¦ " . ' -Martin was indicted ar . d tried for inanslaaghtei ^ .,. : ' As I hate not before . me any copy of the iridietmeiifc . -I can only infer tho nature of its contoutg ftoni tafc ¦ evidunce p ive . n on the trial . From that . evideneelv learn that Sophy was an apprentie ' ed . labourer otean . en ? . te called ^ ' Berkshire Hall ^ " of which Martia .. ' .- ' was the overseer . ; that , while shswas labouriDgr under diseases of fhe -inpst : distrc <;? ing and dangerous , character , and had , ori that account , declared . hccV inability to work ; Martin ordered her to . be locked . up , first' in f place describrd as an hospital ^ , and . afterwards , in ' a " -room described as a store ; thatia : theseplaces she continued for five days and ni ghte-j ... : that she was- released on Sunday , and was agaia locked up ori the following dr . y ; that during these ' succesiiive coniinemepts , she was not supplied ^ either-, with food or water ; 'thyt an attempt vras . made by a ; feliqiv-apf / rentice to conrey food to her through an ^ aperture in the door , which ivas thereupon inunedi- ' ateiy closed up by Martin ' s orders ; that as a fiirtherpunishrnent for : attempting to draw attention to iier . sufieririgs ., ' Jlartin struck" her with a . cord , and tied . her for a &hort ; ttirne t ° a ladder ; that an applieationL . was made to Martin on behalf ? t tKe prisohery . tha'tfood might be sent . her , which replication he at first :. evaded , arid afterwards refused ; r . nd : that , finall y ^ the prisoritT efiected her escape , by breaking through ! the roof of the . place cf confinement . It appears ,, that within -a few days afterwards she died . : ' -- \ . "Thode oscurrences took : place between Christnia *; ' : and the 4 th of Janusry ; . About two or three moaifi * ¦ before , the medical attendant on the estate hadipEescribed medicines for herdisorder , wliicb , hoirever ^; were administered to her only pnee ^ She wasburied . without any coroner's' inquest . : . -. i " Martin was ¦ acquitted of ^ the man sl aughter , but found guilty olthe ' a 3 ? aulr , and of riot suppying the ? medicines . It does not appear what was tbp senteiice of the coiirt . " .. - : . v ; ' ¦ ' . '¦ . - ' ¦ -. ' : ¦ ;; ' -. ' .. ' . '¦¦ - . "' -. ' [ NoTE . ^ -We believe the sentence was to pay iEt . ¦ fins of £ 30 cuixmcy . ^ - ^ Ed : ]— £ lri { isA EmancijtvdQr ^
Comical Accident to a Country Bajifc .. ; PRV . ^ -The foilowiDg ludicrous , though somewhat . alarming adventure , happened to a gentleman iit the course of a late visit to the celebrated . cathedrnl :. of St . Pauij tor idon . . In his investigation of thaseveral curiosities of the place he arrived atthe tur-- ; -, rot which contains the inachinery of the clock . Here :: ; : ¦ the dial-plate is . accessibleyaind on its inside is a ' small square aperture , for the Convenience of toe . persons shifting the hands of the clock .: Our fciend ; : being of a decidedly inquisitive disposition j and . particularly fond pf thrusting himself into every stranga . and out-of-the-way corner * immediately popped , hl » head through . the- inviting openingi He was in— " ¦ . stnntly absorbed' in the . enjoyment of the view hi * . elevated situation ¦ afforded liini , his position in , re- . ferenqe to the hands of the clock never . costing bint r a thought , when , giuUotme-like ,. down comes th * ponderous bar which-coriititutes the larger handy right over his . devor . ed head . A gentle and gradoaL pressure ori the spine soon gave him a hint of thfr predicament in which ; he stood . : J 3 ut the organ : o £ philo-progeniti veriess heing very' strikingly deyelopcd ^ it was top late . To draw his head out . w . as impossible , arid it became ¦ ' . " an unavoidable fixture , whiles the powerful and steady riiotipri of the machinersp--yras scarcely at all : Impeded . Decapitation in its . most lingering arid shocking form must have beent ineritable , had not the bell-ringer in the exercise o £ . '¦'¦ : ' his duty at this . mpmeflt arrived . He instantly per— , ceived how matters stood , and with the quickness , at ' thought stopped the mpchiriery . The bar wa « shoved up by : cieaus qf levers , and the terrified and astonished man released from his periL It id saidlws ; has ever since been very shy of trusting his head off the perpendicular ^ arid given 'an involuntary shudder when , in looking out of yv ' mdpwy his neck by acci ~ dent touches the frame .-rGreenock Advertiser . : The Shabdy G ; prERNMEJjT .--At four o ' clock ^ yesterday , the time for the Speaker taking the chauy there -was not one official subaltern present ; with the exception > e thirii > of Mr . Parker , a Loni of ^^ Treasury . There were in- addition twelve » I , P . * of the Radical section , who had petition ^ to presenfc .: v on the Mmisteriar side . Fortunately , ^ he Upuos ^ - tina members , who now : appear to be -fully .: aware of , ; the tricks of the shabby GoYernmtnt , mustered § f before four o'clock , and by that attendance secaredt : ; a house , and defeated , thedelay which was intendecL ' to give breathing- tiine eta r the Cabinet , y / Uch vita , ; then sittirig in Downing-street . One < rf their official * ¦ who was moving in ; theprecmcts of the house , hurriei . : up to i ) bwaiBg-8 treetj , and eominunicated ihe appal-. ing factv that the ^ Speaker was in the chair . 'Xljft Ministers doubtless , desired to put off the re-assem--lalingo ! the house till Monday , in the hoTO f ^ i ^ jf that ^ ay their auxiliary legion—^ the Irish lirijSler ^ ; Wovild have arriTed by the raihv < i > j to their a ^ nsfc ^ &nce . —Times * ¦ - ¦' . . '' .: ' . : : " -:, ¦ / : ' :-. ¦"¦;' : ¦
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( From the Mercantile Advertiser , Pec . 27 . ) LATEST FEOM UPPER CANADA . 3 ' n ? and potcer / tif position of the Patriots—frezh accessions of Men , Muskets , and Military Stores . ievriston , Dee . IS . A rendezvous was opened on Friday last , and the patriot standard erected on ^ a-vy Island , cbcni thrse miles above Niagara Falls . The l .-la ^ d entraee ; about 6 QV acres , asd is within the dominions < if her Majesty . The shores are marshy mih tut cae practicable landing-place near the head of the Island , . so that a small body of men could repuls ; say force that could , be sest against them . A azdeos wss ibnned on Friday last } of sisry well-. ancedinan . On Saturday , at 11 o ' clock , ajn ., the force consstcd of 140 , and yesterday 400 . Id'Keszie is there ia a subordinate capacity . General Van Rensselser , a distinguished graduate of West Point , ii £ r > : ia command , and Colenel Sa ; herland second . They are well provided -with arms , amnnininoi :, sad miliiary stores . General Jlensselaer vras yesterday presented with c elegant sword and military dress . . Much esciter ;? i !; and alarm irere e ^ perieac-td on tbe other side tE Saturdav ca the reception cf this intelligence . Yesterday afternoon a rceonnGiteriug party of 15 F ^ ned froin Chippcwa to row round the island . Her irere haSe-d , nnd ordered to h " e to ; cot obeying tie order , a G-yound irtssenger was sent zi . er then . This snlute , so unexpected , caused the hauc * of the csK-ara , it is sdd , to drop pc- ^ tTless . The barge £ oated uvtstu , and it is probable they tvccld have fcEeu irto the rapid- ? nnd beea precipirar ^ d orer the is ! is . had not Captain Ttiich , by threatening an appeal to hi ? mufker , roused tbrm to celf-pQS < es » : 02 . They snec-eeded in caining the opposite shore , and ± sr reflect to obey the order irom the ilr . nd is erldence : hat tiey were una ' -rsre of the aezns tia ; trrr ? at h 2 nd to enforce courpliauce . "We li-ara thai the Patriots only desicmed to cite the P ^ oyaiisti in tie boat , " as -weU as those ca shore , seme small evidence of rlieir means cf defence , should tLty atteajpt sz . attack- : Accession ? are hourly been xasae to their number , S 2 O . from -srhat ire have seen aad heard tc-dey , ttc feel curcslves authorised to say , that their number c 2 EEot be less than 500 . It is understood tl > artvro feld-pieces have > eea transported acres ; to the island since last "nipht j -which Trill make sis—four 13 Slid t ^ o 6-pourders .
( Ftoid the Rochester Daily Democrat . ) l ^" e learn from a lady Tvho r-rrivea in this eir , la ? t i inclit , and who left London , Upper Canada , oa J . Friaay isomingr , thzt TOO Hoyzliszs from Gcderich , j Es-ier the c&mmaiid of General LarsgTvortiy , arnTei j at tuat place on Thcrsday morning , the 14 th . to j gaara ice Courr-hon ^ e and eaol , Trhich it -was sup- j ja ? eG die Patriots -srould attempt to destroy , for tie i jHupose * of liberating' several cf their inends who j vers iffiprrisoned . j On Friday morning the company proeeecea to St . j Thccms for the avepred purpose of arresting the ; JZ 2312- of the St . Thomas Liberal , and all other ? arsinsi ¦ whom they co-aid disroTcr srrht cf 5 n 5 pJe : on . j - Osr iaformaiit tells us . that during several niphts j previous ro Iriday alarm-guns -n-ere fired at J J-O 2 LO 3 , under apprehecsion of attacks from the Patriot , ' . - ¦ ¦ " - lu rhe totra oT Oxford a cempsry <> f 300 men , j Tzdiz the command cf M ' " 2 s abb , vras prcceeding to j Oikiand , where a portion of the Patriot army ivas I ¦ eBC- asped . Car informant stopped at Brentford during Friday , di - ^ ras told that an ecK . ger / ieiit had taken place bita-eer the Patriots and " Eoyal : ? t 3 at Oaklarad , ssd the former ^ ere dri ^ ea back with a loss of tires iiiL-J . This information the lady derived from a Terr source . It is said that in their retreat the Patriots vrere joprj ty several hundred Isdians , and with this riEioreemciit trere intending-. to attack the EcyuIL ^ . At Branrford a number of Patriots are in garrisen . At Aacaster en . Saturday an expre * . * brcnjrht the iEten : gei 2 ce that Mackenzie vras encamped on Navy leicEi , _ vrilch caused ihs unacst alarm and consten : aiio 2 . All -r- ss quiet at Hamilton and St . Catherine ' s , esre ?; : the alarni produced by the news & 03 Z !\ avy MatS . It is generally supposed the principal jris-men ; trculd be shot . _ Ocr infennanr . tras told that M lsabb had offered fc ^ 103 Indians under him a regard for ever } " scalp . fci s ^ ' uiequendy recalled the oner , as the Indians bi- « izse turbulent , aad they left him and joined the Hrrlcts . Orj Monday night ^ MtiCienzie iras at X . ewistori on i ^^ ress respecting' tis « amp . Two caurcn vrere JE 2 : iroa there to XatT Island , and others Tvere < K « : ted to foUo ^ r . g * ^ -a-w J ^«^ . mJ ^ ^^^ . ML ^ . ^ xJgJ 3
?.1eeti^G At Dewsbury. Glasgow Spinners.
? . 1 EETI ^ G AT DEWSBURY . GLASGOW SPINNERS .
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Orj Z-. Ionday evening last , a rjurnertro ? nieerincTras ^ cnvt-iieJ ar Dewvbury , in the large School Room of ts Vrei > yc . n Methrxiist Ke-sr Connexion , for thj I iruirjoEs of peunonic * Parliament for a remission of &e sentence of the Glasgow Spinners . The room -was crorroed to excess , ani much ansiety Tvas evinced " 7 tie meeting on behalf of these unfortuiicire nctfcis . Mr . Dattd SniKPE . an intelligent wortinsmBn , ¦* as unanimously called to the chair . He brie" v f ^ -d the object of the meering , deprecated the in-Jj ^ cce of the sentence passed upon ihe Spinners , and » ped that every exertion \ rould be made by the . ~ en of DeT 75 bnry to obtain its revocation , that ther 3 ^ ga ; be seain restored to their famalies and thefr CKuirrr . He felcproudof the honour that had been CEif sTred upon him by choa-gng him as a chairman ttithat occasion , an 3 he begged that peace and eooi ^ er might-be msintained , and that erery person ~ prj 1 ^ 4 jjjjj Qfixg to ggj ^ ^ ther for or against the 4 Sf ^ Spinnerv miirht be iairlyheaid . It iras ; ^ oriast that the qu ^ tion should ' be faithihUT caa-^^ ia order not only to jnrotect . if possible , ' those ' -. ^^ " \ n" from the addition of dander to their l ^^ psnishment , but ahw in order to protect the - S ? f ^^ l ^ hour -naiversally . npd to shavr that irorkin » -TbL \ ** f ^ * ^ ° inter ^ i * 1 tae pretection of that j ^ j ^ " 3 ^ their only prppertj , as the capitaHst had f fn ^ fictins the properrj -which he had aniassed ^ iae eso rbitantproSts of labour . ( Hecr , hear . ) . ' -nf pnrpose , therefore , lie begged a caadid hear-: ^ £ * & > for he thocsht if this vzs not granted " S 2 " t ^^ fering bis , call to the chair as an g T ?? -. he could not otherwise regard it then as a ^ p * - ( Cheers . ; He then called upon ] Ql : f ? -ooe to move the first resolntkjn . 3 fr . iv ^ ' taat thongh not so Tell acquainted -with % & ^\ ¥ ^^^ oppresdon as many in W ^ ff ? . ^ ^ " sufficiently scEable of its in" - - a r £ - ¦ milQced to lend his assistance to effect j ^ son of their sentence . A part from everr * h * 7 ^ . ^ sderati anhe considered the question Cfc v \ ^ aff ected the rights ef labour , ^^ near . ) Capitalists combined whenever they ^^ zz nd . m ^ fhat manner ftey p leased , to protect - S H ^ as already « nfirciently protected : «« borirers aared tounite , theeyes oftheGoveral fe ^ c-. % * P them , and if , through any inadver-: ^ siivn COElmnte < l « i » 7 ' ^^ e crime , they vere &fe ^ T ~ ' P OIaced npon and punkhed rrkh much . - . 'w seventy than -was at all consistent * ith
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^^ j ^ " ^ i ~ ltf c Jif ^ i ^ J ^^^^^^ fcgST ^^ i *^ . ^ M » ^ T ¦ ^ i gl ^^^ J ^^^^^ ^¦^ jfcrB ^^ TT THE JVE ¥ POOE Il ¥ —GEE AT MEETITia AT BAE ^ SLEY . ' - — "o » — On Tuesday evening , a large meeting of the inhabitants of Bnrnsfey was holden iu the Odd Fellow ' s Hall , for the purpose of agreeing to a petition for the repeal of the l ^ ew Poor Law , The large' building , capable of holding , we suppose , near 2 , 000 persons , was filled . A large , number of females occupied the gallery , in coiijnnction -with the chairman and speakers . Mr . ARTHtn Colmxs was unanimously called to the chair , the duties of which he discharged in a manner highly creditable to himself and Ins order . He said he resarded the occasion of their meeting , together as one of such importance to the industrious classes of societv , thut the torm " solemn " might , with propriety , be applied to it . They were met to consider the operation , and to pray that they might be relieved from the pressure , of the darlcest act of legislation that ever disgraced any country . Tins was a matter in which they , aud their wives , and their children were all personally interested . This luiquitous l ? vw aiuied at the severance of all the dearest ties of nature ; at the _ tearing of the husband from the embraces of his wife j the separation of the infent fh > m the , mediate fountain of its life , Ihemother , and ihe consigning of helplesspoverty to the direst pitch of hopeles 3 wretchedness .- — ( Load cheers . ) Its aim was to bring down tke hardy rustic and toil-worn labourer of happy England to the same level of destitution , and snnerin ? , and stan-ation , in which the wretched inhabitants of his country ( Ireland ) hnd been immersed for 300 years . Had a jtist provision for the poor , sudi as was afforded by " the " 4 iJd of Elizabeth , existed in Ireland , the market of the English labourer vould not have beta crowded with Irish emigrants , looking for a Uving amongst strangers , becasse they conld not find it at home . ( Loud chews . ) The object o / this Act \ cas to bring the maaulactuBiig laboorer to tiie le'cel of tho tiuricut-
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HUI ) DERSJ ? iELD ailEAT MEETING IN THE IMARKET-PLACE . _ ^ - — - ^ tsc - ' - . - ¦ ' - v ,. ' :.. ' After the meetinir of the Gnnrdians , the proceediiie ' s . of . which willbu ..-found in another ; -. part ¦ of our . papc r , thousanJs of persons assembled in the Miirket-piaco , to hear th . e-.-result -of . tlieir di-lilieratim ^ s . T he day . Tfasd " rea ufu » y storrhy , ' ' --supw mhiglfd vritliraii-i fell for several continuous hpiir ' s . '; - but not-. \ Vith > -taudiii'g the severity of thoAreullu'r , thepeb ]) lu listened with the groa ' test attention , \ vhich Mr . Oaitler , Mr . Pitkethu-y , ) and other- ! addressed , tLero . . .. ¦ -. ' -. Mr . STE'piitx Pickkxson was ; , called upon ; to . preside on the occasion . Mr . . ' I iTxnTiii-. Ev then ? m <\ thnt Mr . Poucr had written some ' time ngo , to say that-tlio I-Iudderstield I ' n'j ' iwi v ,-ns not to be" tiividi *( l ¦ iiiitlijoined to any oti ' i . er Union ; but that there would : he ja clork apnpintt" ! whetlicr the Guardians -sppoitired one or not . ( liinir , hear . ) This was anotli ' - 'r exi ^ nplificntiou ' - ; of this inonr-trnus arbitrary system , for it appearedthnt whatever the Gunrair . r . s n-fasoil to do . 'thtj Coni-7 r .: s ^ ioners had full p ower to c ; : rry info ejiect . Today the power of the Gunrdians . had . bee ' r i triod- , and fmin the announcement of tiu-ir chainnai ^ it nppeared their- povrer amomited -to nothin * . ; they - had resisted the ' nppointuu'iit of a clerk , ; but ha Jieoded nut to reinin . 'i tlie meeting Hi at th ^ y lately .- got tvro now ir . a ; istrates , mid Lord J . llu ^ seli h ud tol d them that tha crn ' stonce of tlie present ; ministry entirely depended upon thii nppoinnnent of a cierk ; f « rifu Ui \ ivm ' -was uot formed in lluddersfield , the whole ' of England would re . sisttl : e . Ne \ v Poor Law , and government would not atwug eiieughibr the people . ( Cheers . )'' " Eight ( Junrdiuus had voted that day for Mn 'Flo ; d , of HolmHrth , and the Huddersfteld Whigs hiid be .-n greatly ( Hsnpppinted that they had not got " their . per ^ 'hit . H , esii . For his own . part-he , was satisried that the ¦ wh 6 i 3 ' 'hu . sine . ss at the Court Houie vras a rocre farce—the p . ppointteerit was altogether illegal , aud it would therefore never bepnt in force in . Huddersiield . ( Cheer . ^' .:-R- he . fides ihe Gu ; irdiaris-r . the " ¦; ¦ '•' ¦ - 1 ; uuw = i'jnec 3 ¦ ft-bicU forbad " I . - -: ¦ ¦ ' ' ' , " , - ' . : : ' ^; ' - . - ¦ ¦'¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ' .
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AMEBlCAI s PAPEBS—THE CANADAS . --. ' - - ^ — By the packet-ship Siddons , which left 2 ? ew Tori in company with the pactet North America , and srrived off LiTetpool yesterday , -we haTereecived i \ ew "Sork papers to the 2 d inst . incluaTe . Xhe advices from Canada state that the rebels are still sctfre on the shores of Lake Erie and the isou ' aer adjacEnt . Buffalo , norsrithstanding the proclamation of the Sheriff , is still a place of rendezYvasfor the partisana of Mackenzie . By the last ad-rices it appeared that some strong opinions isd beea expressed cm the above subject , but they do not appear to Lave been atrended with much effect . The expressed opinions of ihe more politic of the American citizens and the official proclamations have been alike disregarded . The in . « unrents appear to be making the most of their position at KaTj Island , of which they have recentl-r taken possession , and which is the only p lace of safety which they possess ca the British side . Itdoes hot appear , how-erer , that even here their force is parfieuiEzly strong . If we nay trust the accounts of the Buffalo papers , they are well supp lied with arms and ammuniticn , and hai ? e a few p ieces of artint-rr . Governor Head has a strong Tolnnteer force in the vicinity . He has thrown up breastworks opposite to Xavy Island , and was preparing for a vigorous attack , with the intention of dislodging the xebels from , their -position . A rumour had reached Netr York , that Governor Head had passed np the river on the 26 rh to attack 2 \ avr Island . It was aleo said that a heavy csnao ^ ading , wEch continued several hours , had been iesrd in that direction . Tae Uochescer papers mention a report that Sir George had attempted to land on the Island , but tid been repulsed , and that one of his boats had b 2 tn sunk .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 3, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct339/page/3/
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