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TREATMENT OF MR. O'CONNOR.
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THE " WULCOME-TO-DAN * DEMONSTHA tConiirued fivui our first pajc . ) THE PEOPLE'S MEETING ON THE
. TWENTY-FIRST . The much-expected morning armed , when the sood men and < rue , "from their various localities , arrived in Leeds . Considering the severe state of fte weather , their enthusiasm was astonishing . On the day previous , the snow had fallen rather dear for tbe season , was ushered in by a sharp heavily ; the night was eold ; and the morning , rather wind The sun , however , rose to bail the patriot ! with " a glorious welcome , tnd by eleven o'clock , aiDT of the processions h » d arrived , with excellent Sands of music , and banners wavin * intbe breexe , ind immediately assembled m Vicar ' s Croft , Is ear twelve the whole of the immense assemblage eom-2 S& tMr nMtsh to . Holbeek Moor , through and oiner renieoosaput evi
dirty streets ujcon ; - dently these things- were beneath their thoughts—Seheart vu in . the rightplace , and right merry were their faces . After proceeding down Briggate , " j Meadow Lane , as far as the Church , they were met bv the Dewsbury procession , whieh gave-a S 2 h impulse to their energy , and determined Sem on giving ** Whig Leeds" an extra benefit . TorihiB purpose a wheel was made lo the right , and « Ter the new Victoria Bridge , up Saville-street , vast the Court House , where they observed stationed [ nthe yard the whole host of ** blue bottle" gentry and watchmen ready for active service ; this sight roused their risibJes a- liuie , yet on they went in nerfcet order , np Park Row , down Upperhead Row ,
-nd then down iSnggate once more , 'inis new movement evidently astonished the natives , and carried dismay into the soul of many a Whig-mongrel ; for now the glorious orb of day gave them the full benefit of his rays ; and it was truly a glorious sight ! A * far as the eye could reach thisimzaense street vru erammed , from ecu to end , with men who knew their business , and who were np to the mark . " In this gunner the whole mass proceeded to the moor , where geir presented had Wen expected somewhat sooner . The Delegates and Demonstration Committee ascended the hustings , while the immense mass of patriots ranged themselves as densely as posjible , on the gronad beneath . The peculiar state ot the weather had made the ground on
the moor very wet and uncomfortable . The living forms of patriotism , all anxious to catch the words of inspiration from the hustings , crowded on each Other as closely as it was possible to stand , and the space they occupied was measured by the writer of this report and it amounted to something more thaujthwe thousand square yards . This , however , is by no means to be taken as affording any dae means of estimating the numbers of the meeting , as budy , very many large bodies cam * bb afterwardi > , from divers district ? of the "Riding ; besides the many slaves whom the dinner bell released at one o ' clock from their occupation of making wealth in different travs for their oppressors .
"We were too much occupied m contemplating the aoaest fronts , intelligent countenances , and earnest demeanour of the brave sons of labour to h « ed much the usual paraphernalia of great meetjBgs . We noticed , among many others on the ground , flaga , banners , &c , bearing the following inscriptions : — . Kingcraft aad Priestcraft have lor all ages laid tbe world in blood . Universal Suffrage and Vote by Ballot liberty and Equality . Taiverssl Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , Tote by Ballot , So Property Qualification , and Payment ' to Memben of Parliament . More Pigs and less Parsons . Britons strike home . Justice t % aH : Privilege te cone . Sheffield Worirez Men's Association .
HunjlBt Ward ?\* ti » nal Charter Association . - ¦* Dewsbury and Earlfibeaton—Labour shall be ' repre sented . A Tricolour , surrounded by & Csp of Liberty . Brethren . Union ! The People * Charter . Equal Laws and Equal Justice . Great Barton Northern Union . Qoeea ' auead Northern Union ; liberty is oar ¦ birthright . Qaees ' sheftd . Bowling Lane , with Mr . O'Connor . -- ( rre&t Hortoa : Whoso rtoppsth his ens at the cry of the poor , lie also himtelf shall erj , and not be heard . Toe Wapplng District : The lion of Eogland aroused ; Both with Oppression , and
T * a . th to Tyrants . Whoa God hath joined together let no nan pat asunder . Leeds Xaiional Charter Association of Great Britain . * "Wao deveur widovra' houses » Wolves in sheep * dotting . Universal Sttflraga Annual Piiriiaments . No Property Q&ali&atuft . Eqnal Representation , and Vote by Ballot Each for all , all for each . Laboar the source of all wealth . Salford Branch of the United Charter Association . . North West Ward vLeeds District ) National Charter Association . . TTeuJbro' Common ( Bsmsley District ) Rational Charter Association . - ..
P * ople " it 3 aster . Equal Laws , Equal BifBts . Who devour Widowa * houses tnd make long praym ! % ( The portrait of a Bishop HnderneathJ Wotresin sbeep ' j clothing : Kir&gatff Female Badlcala . We demand our Bights . Freedom is the birthright ef man . The greatest happiness to the greatest number , and for the greatest length of time . Whoso stoppeth hi * ears at th * cry shall also err
tutnseJf . Dowawiih oppression , tt Flock to the Standard of Liberty . Leeds National Association . Britons , strike horns . Universal Suffrage . Queeoshead Reform Association . Leeds Xational Charter Association . TnivBraal Suffrage , Annnal Pariiamenta , >* o Property Qualification , Equal Representation of the People , Tote by Ballot
As soon as the first bustle of settling to their places had subsided , Mr . Joseph Jojces moved , and Mr . Aitdbbw Gib-Dtxeb seconded the motion , that Mr . Jotnvx Hod-» os , pabli&aei of M » Norther * Sl * r , ihould take the Mi . Joshta Hobso 2 » was caUed to the chair by the raiuiniona voice of the meeting , and was received with loud and continued cheers . ) He opened the proceedings by reading the requisition calling the meeting . It had been addressed to the Lt » rd Lieutenant of the West-Riding , the Earl of Hardwood , and wa » signed "bj fifty inhabitant householders of the Biding . Hia Lorc - ship hvring , hoireTer , declined to eomply with the Tequisitioji , the meeting was subsequently called to tike pkee on Holbeck Moor . The working men of
York-¦• fcire icontiEUed the Chairman ! were aware that some abort time ago tax . Members of Parliament , mnnely—O * ConneH , Roebuck , a-ud other adTocatea of Liberal . ffleasnrea in the House of Commons , drew up what ¦ they called the " People's Chapter , " baaed on Universal Suffrage , and -what were known &s the other five points « the Charter . This document they sent forth to the world , and called on the workiag classes to agitate in its aepport . The commands were obeyed , and the forking classes did agitate the land from the centre w the circumference , until thej aiaed sneh a storm « agitstiou as terrified those who called it into ex-«««»¦ Then those gentlemen began on another tack "
« W , thbkiEg that Universal Suffrage would be too naeh , they thought it better only to look for Houseowd Saffrage . , ( Cries of It wont de . ") The first « &rt on that new tack was to be made , he waa « famed to aay , in Leeda , and from that moment tbe "fends ef UniTeml Snffirag& were resolved-to meet It Jf ite outaet , and hence waa the present meeting of •*» working cl « se » of the West-Ridins of Yorkshire «* d to take place in teeda , too . The meeting »« been called tor the West RHini ; of Yorkshire , but WKT had alao dttarmmed vp « n making it * national oswwutra tioa ; forth ** purpoa » delegates from all ' parts *** Pfeaest . He woold read tbe list of delegates to
Mr . James Mwr , Glasgow ; - John Collios , BinsingitaBi ; - J ^ M * m » t ilitimJCcaatit * ; ~ J * m * Imuk , MMa&mta ; - WHS—Tfflmit , M » nrfa < wterand London ; - Cimstopbei Doy ^ Msaehester and the Metropoiuaa Diatnets ; ~ John Deegaa , Parfaani County ; - W . G . BwBi ^ Hull ; - Samuel Heaiey , Ditto ; - John Pedt , Ditto ; - William Wor ^ dale , IHtto ; ~ Lawrenee PitketbJy , Hnddertfield ; - Edward Clayton , Ditto ; « John Wright , Stockport ; > G « ttg 6 Halloo , PreMon ; - Job IB ^ riey . HeWe * Bridge ; - Jmim > 1 cianBa ^ Halifax ; - James Graav ^ OMk&m :
- Waiiam Beeriey . Baraley ; - EoVeri Lower ; , fleweaatle ; . ThoffiM Baldwin , Coloe ; . Thoaa * B . Knowle * , H » f hlfy ; . John Sawdon , Great Hortoa ; - J . B . Baiisww , Liverpool . EaaidenU of tb » Wsat-Biding would move nd **? tad the Tsiiofn retoiutiont , aad toe dalegatw from ' war . parU would speak mpom tbn . He wonld fixtt « D upon Mi . Clarkaoa . Vz- Clabjk&os came forward , and . waa well received ¦ Aa friends froaa all parts of th » kingdom wan pre-- ent , he would confine biuifclf to propoains ; tos "flrat *» otetioQ , aa follow * : — I- EeaoWed— " That we , \ & ^ ra&xag people of the W « at Riding of the County VBfefk , & > well aa of the «* of Bnglanrt and ScotiajaHSpreseDted by tteir Wreial delegates , in pubiia meeting assembled , do « ere » y resolve , froia Ihia d * j forth , cot tojpia in , or . tOBstenasee , tnyagiutiaa tat any meastae , otter tban .
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the sccompliahmest of Unirenol Suffrage , and the other five principles ast forth in the document called the " People ' a Charter ; " being Well convinced , that eo long as one mtn ' a property constitutes another man ' s title to vote , tbe owner of such property will have it is Ms power to exercise a destructive influence over the elective franchise i thereby ( however apecioualy right may be said to be conferred , or however secretly its use may be exercised ) learinx aa unjust cont .-oul in the hands of the owners of Suffrage property , and which , in point of fact , waa the oue evil principle sought to be abolished by tbe Reform . BiU . "
Tire right to Unireraal Suffrage waa now a settled right—tbe right of every Briton . Tbe tight of Toting granted by the Reform Bill , k&d become a close corporation , aa he might term it The Reform Bill had been a failure —( applause )—and it waa evident something must now be done . Mr . C . told the meeting , if they went for anything ahort of Universal Suffrage , they wonld be a * long in obtaining the " short manure " as if they west at once for the light He conclu « ed , after a few more remark * , by moving the resolution .
Mr . Kitowles , at Kelgbley , In a few appropriate observationa , seconded the re * oluti » n , » lao adrUing the meeting , ¦ whiterer Daniel O * ConneU might attempt , to g « for nothing less than the Charter . Be concluded by saying , that he had nerer seen a meeting so well conducted in bis life aa the one held that day . The shopkeepers said , as the procession moved up the Briargate , that the meeting waa well conducted . It waa sufficient for them ( the Caaxturta ) they willed it ; they nut have the Charter . The CHA 1 B . MXK then introduced
Mr . Joan Colliks Idelegate for Birmingham ) to th » meeting , who waa received with , loud cheera . He commenced by stating that he bad never met with ao many plesaing circumstances ia tVe course of the « ame time , aa he had dune dnring tbe l&at forty-eight hours . He w&a delighted to see tbe working men persevering , prudently , but energetically ; thatthey werenotcontented to be any longer made the aerfa and slaves they had Deen ; and that they had obtained a knowledge of the righu of freemen , and wtre determined to obtain them . ( Applause . ) He had heard the gentleman who moved thia * resolution express hia pride that be waa among an association of working men . There waa a time since be had been among working men , when , if a man got & decent coat on hi * teck , sway from home ,
he tried to pass for a gentleman ; but a chaDge had taken place since that time , , owing to the diffusion of Chartist papers and publicationa , to tbe missionaries , and to the public meetings and ducusaions that bad taken place . ( Hear . ) These had enlightened the people , Knd had taught them to look , not on being gentlemen , but on performing their dutiea to themselvfs and to aocitty . ( Applause . ) Now , however gentlemen songht to be asscociated with working men , these were not his only causes of nrjoioing . He bad been appointed by the working men of Birming ham to represent them in all the meetings that niLjht take place in Leeds . This resolution so accorded with the one he waa now supporting , that it ruigh : have ; been drawn up at tbe same time , and he
would read it . It said— " That we Yiew with intense interest the approaching meeting * tojbe field at Leeda . and being fully sensible of the great importance of a perfect understanding among the various classes to be there assembled , of the principles and intentions of each , declare , that having , after mature consideration , adopted aa the object of such political strangles the ' principles contained in the document entitled the 1 People ' s Charter , " we will neither countenance aot assist any body wh « shall , through expedienaj , seek any enactment short of the full measure of rights tkerein contained . " ( Load and continued applause . ) Thia resolution had been put and carried with grt » t enthusiasm , and they wonld hold a public meeting in Birmingham that eveniag , to receive
aa much newa from Leeda aa they i Messrs . Col Una and O'Xeil i could aend them of the day ' s proceedings . They ( the meeting ) would ob » erve that the resolution nrmiy , but prudently , and properly , expressed that they would not take anything ahort of the full measuie of their rights . ( Hear , hear . ) They were promised , on the passing of the Reform Bill , that tbe full measure of thtir rigbta ahould be preserved to them , but they were much ^ leceired and disappointed in their claim * for justice by those very persons whom that Bill had enfranchised . They said , therefore , that they would not add to tbe number of those who are already opposed to them : they said , Why ahould not & man who lived in a hut , have aa much right to a vote as aui&n who lived in a htaae , or one who lired in a room , as
one who lived in a hut ! " They knew alao that others had a right to & vote aa well aa themselves ; and they therefore sought to gain what they knew waa right for thtmselve * , and also that it might be extended to others . They felt that they could not be acting &a honest men , if they got what they could for themselves only , and keep those rights from those who could not get them for themselves . iHe&r . ) He knew slander had been heaped upon them , and that they had been charged with being destructives , and with being advocate * for a distribution of property . They who asserted thia cahrmur , knew well that they ( the Chartists ) advanced no such thing ; they knew well enough that if there waa no security for property , there was none for labour . ( Hear . ) It waa tbe security of property which
made labour of volus . ( Hear and app ' ause . ) It was said that the Chartists were desirous of as equality of property ; why , theyknew well enough , that if all were equal " to-day they would ' not be equal to-morrow . He knew also that they were slandered aa being guilty of aB the offe&ees committed ; but these who committed crime belonged to the working clusea no more than to the . pawana ia the >* oaiitry . Ttrey bad as much right to charge crime upon tbe parson * aa anybody else . Mr . Collins then adverted to tbe charge of the working classes being devoid of the finer feelings , and showed that the poor man , who worked bard six day * to get a better dinner on toe serenta , and who sent a poorer neighbour a share , bad more fine feelings than tbe rich wh » gave sums to charities , which were trumpeted abroad in
the newspapers ; be then alluded to tbe conductors of the meeting to be held at Marshall ' s Mill . After a great deal of deliberation , he understood that thty had abandoned the idea of proposing resolution * far Household Suffrage , and bad drawn up resolutions upon which ail parties could speak , and which all could support . ( Hear , hear . ) They had alao originally intended that nearly all tbe speeches should be on one aide , and one or two on tbe « ide of the Chartists . ( Hoar . ) Now , however , they had agreed that howver many might speak , there should be as many on their ( the Chartist ) side at « n their own . ( Criea of " ThaVa fair . ") They had also actually agreed that the ChartisU ahould have a certain share ti the hustings to speak from . They seemed exceedingly desirous tba * something should be done . They had learned that they could do nothing now , and the » me cense bad mored them as that which moved tbe Cbartiata . They
could not do anything under the present system , or they would nut have moved an inch . He ( Mr Collins ) wouU tell them what they wantedit waa that every man who lived under a roof shoaid have a vote , whether he liTed in the top room , or the bottom room , or any room , so nutter which . It was not a Household Suffrage , but a suffrage of regintration that they wanted ; if they could get that it would give them pleasure to ebt&in it The men at Birmingham had pledged themselvea some time ago , that they would nQt be direried from the Charter . They had bitlurto kept that pledge ; he had kept that pledge ; and he knew they ( the meeting ) would . ( Ckeers . ) By tbe help of that God , who aJways nulled upon a righteous cause , be fenew they must , and would , and should aaoceed . ( Mr . Collins retired amidst loud and prolonged cheers . )
Mr . O'Neill ( the delegate for Birmingham ) then came forward and was receiyed with lond applause . He conld not have the pleasure of addressing them at length , on tbe present occasion , as he would have to speak more fully elsewhere . He intended to take up litHe of their time , as he would afford to his brother delegate , Mi . Beesley , an opportunity of speaking at length . He waa rejoiced to see » o many friends present to stand forward for tb » Charter . ( Cheers . ) It was now a long time since first the men of England and Scotland took up tbe principle of tbe Charter , and be trusted they would go on and peraevere in their advocacy " throngb good report and through bad report . " They baS been assailed , and coaxed , and wbetdied , and threatened , aye , and persecuted too ; and some were
is dungeons—( cries of " shame , shame" )—and aeme weray * ant far away : and . all for advocating and enforcing those prinSpie * , and endeartmrtng to act pott them . He trust *! teas / * Q *» tteetiatf -would atfil eail tbeat brothan he treated fbtj would not teaake them ; and be hoped they wooM ttill ttsad ira to the principles of the-Charter , tmtQ they had -obtained tbe sovereignty—until tbe whole body of the pajsyle were sovereign—and util liberty , their goddest , -wmt Qneen . ( Load dma-a . ) If the people remained « ata , noble , aad inteUseteal , they would retain the power they bad already gained . He appealed to them to ^ preserve their dignity , to abide by their order , and to lamas * their intelleetaa ! and moral power , aad pemrrtg * until they had obtained their righto .
Mr . Besslst imniedirtfij' come forward , and expressed hia hearty coneafomce in the sentiments which MI from the teat peak * . H * hoped t * 7 « ee them eame forward in a detamitttd manner tomatetain the Ml Btmn of thsir Tight * , and to be tttttfed with ifctUnz ela * . If at , be teA eonviaewE « A < 3 harter would wia is * widenM *; way , is * pf *> o £ a ) B opposition . IU trusted that bo trap vfafcb waa # m set to eatch thmn would torn tarn turn , their object ; aad b » bettered tb » working oua of Torfcafair * w « r « not to be io auQj otdgbt , tboagfe the gn * t Daalsi O * Cobb « U fataaeif fejurfitea fritted —Tonga * than . That ida » t they woaU xaeethto , aad *» bop « I Hxy woald five even him a bearing , aittoMgate attt prevented cut of their dalagttra , Mr . Lowatjr . The Chartiata would lose noftdag by lair dlacuMoa—they deaired it ; and he felt cwriBent that oa that oecasioa their antago&iata would be floored . ( CbeeraJ
The CHAiitMAK then put the resolution to the meeting , obierviflg , before he did so , tho affirming of it by the working men of England and Scotland then present in person and depoty , would be tbe moat important act they ever perfeimed : for it was , in fact , dselaring that they were- resolved never again to place titemfelre * under tto . guidance of the middle classes , but to trust entireJet to tteir own exertions , and carry os their agitation . t $ zc « 3 o / thetx own clasa . He . there-
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. , a . —r—n ; v . ; : > . — nr fore , wished every cne to r « fi « ct wall before he acted Tbo Chairman then ^ after emphatically reading the resolution , riealreif evfa ipo& \ ng miy . iinA re ^ waeniativfe of working menpreaent to u « co « rr to hold vp b ^ i band , and if he approved of the inqtion , , to siy «• AYE . " The immenae assemblage did « i deaired ; every head waa uncovered , every hand uplifted , and the tremendous shout of " xye , * ' which fotlowea , Uterany renl the air . In that about waa heard the death-knell of faction . . ' ! " "
Mr . Pitkethlt , fto » H . ^ detafield , roa « to propoas the next resolution , < It t haA , been arranged ,. v « ry- properly , that ? st&e . B r ^ diaj ; In tbn West Riding , honld mov »« n 4 second thei ^ aoJqUoflA , and the friend from a greater distancft-should aspport them , ^ ho being atrangera , they would moat naturally ( be glad to hear . He « h » nld , therefore , briefly move tbe . ^ aolotlon ; hut he hoped they would . t » k » tie advita wbiob micb ipeakera would . give themfc , wd tar » ugbout the whole proceeding * of tbe dajr , oontinne toconduct ; themselvea with propriety .. The reaoluUon wu a sjtrong one , but not atronger than the circumatancea , called for . Mr . P . then read the resolution , which , waa received with loudcheen : — .
t . Beedved— " That tbia ineetiBg cannot look upon Mean . ManbaU , 8 taBafeld , . and otkercapiUliata . who nave dared to introduce Mr . Daniel O'ConneU among us , ( the moat profligate poliUcaa ever known in thia , or any other age o * country , ) without feelings of diaguat and contempt ; waU knowing , u expreaeed by their organ , that the aaid Mr . O'Connell has abrunk ' from every aoand principle , and sold to a corrupt government that political power , which the circumstance of being one of an oppreaaed religious creed , coupled with tbe great Igaorancein which hia poor countrymen have been sedulously kept , haa conferred upon him . Thus proving to us that the contemplated end is monopoly ; aa tbe proposed meaaa of acquiring it an * base , bloody , brutal , ' and treaoheroua in tbe last degree . "
Mr . Weathbrheat > , of Keighley , seconded tbe reaolation . So far as be waa concerned in relation to that brute of a fellow , Daniel O'Connell , be ahould recommend thoae who did sot like him to turn their backs , and give him three groans . When Mr . L » wery , the delegate for Newcastle , visited Ireland O'Connell prevented him from being beard , and told him that he ought to be thrown into Liffey . Tbe men of Yorkshire , however , would set ' . a better example , and turn their backs upon him who sold their children into bondage .
Mr . Lowxsr , of Newcastle , said , it was now two yean since the Charter waa first propounded , and everything that could be put ia requisition to oppose it , and retard its progress , had been resorted . 4 o . They bad used threats and Intimidation , oadxajDlery , and , last of all , imprisonment ; and that man who first engaged in the struggle without expecting to meet a dungeon was a fool . They-had not , however , quitted the field ; no , tbetr tHutner was still left floating in the breeze * and it wonld ultimately triumph . With Chartism be identified the people of Eogland , for he could not suppose the working , classes to be opposed to the Charter , for the man who was bsB 9 enough to oppose it , branded hlsaaelf aa a slave ( Chee r * ) The time had eome when" tha rights of tbe poor must be consulted , as well as those of tbe Tien . The working daw ** were the producers , of the wealth
of the country , and if they did not possess any of it , it was plain th&t they had been robbed . ( Cheers . ) If there were no comfort for tbe poor , there-should be none for the rich ; if there was no liberty in the cottage , there should be none in the palace . ( Renewed , cheers . ) If they wtre obliged to have a bastardy and starvation law , Prince Albert must be made to support Mb own offspring , and not burden the country with their maintenance . ( Laughter . ) But tbe rich * were now beginning to feel the effects of bad government , and that was tbe reason they were sow crying out for on extension of the Suffrage . He would conclude by reminding them that were then were rigbta there were duties , and no man should utter that with hia tongue , which be was not willing to do with his hands . It only remained for the people to say , " we will , " and tbe mill ions must succeed . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Hatfield , of Hockmondwike , moved the third resolution , sa follows : — 8 . Resolved— " That Ihia meeting , constitutionally representing tbe working classes of Great Britain , is heartily in favour of & repeal of the legislative nakra between Great Britain and Ireland ; while they will not stir , aid , or join in , any plan for its acjompllshmeut , recommended by Mr . OConneli ; wbo ,-while be has made it a source of personal wealth , baa endeavoured , by all tbe artful means iu bis power , to deter England from acquiescing in the measure ; and wbo , though he blusters , vapours , and repeat * his oft-told rigmarole to bis staff , has just now refused to meet Dr . Cooke in fair discussion upou the question ; thereby proving , either that he ia not a friend to tbe measure , or that he feels hia inability to defend it : while he must be aware that , if successful , such a triumph would be worth ten thousand meetings , where none are allowed to dissent from him ond * r pain of political excooiamuiottion . "
He expressed tbe gratification he fait at addressing so wtpeetable a meeting , and said that thongh he had beard that ChartUra was dead in the West Riding , he wu glad to see it have so glorious a resurrection ( laughter and cheers . ) He felt a destre to do all in his power to aid ike heavenly cause of Chartism ; and though , on account of ill health , he could not do as much aa he wished , he , however , called on them to be united , and then , he could aasure them , the Charter would soon be tha law of- th « land . . Cheers . ) After shouting first f » r . Tories * nd . & «* , 4 » o 4 *? feig « r 4 M labouring cl&oses had at -length set up for themselves , and he doubted not that the little stone cut out of the mountain , would increase , aad gs on increasing , until it reached a glori » i » cobsoBuaatioa , and they would be able to shoot with truth , " Britons never will be slaves , " He concluded , amidst great applause , by cordially mor ' mg tbe reaolation .
Mr . Geo . White , of Leeds , was received with hearty bursts of chetra . He said the inhabitants , or , he might say , tbe working classes of the West Riding , had thia day done themselves great honour , by walking , as they had done , some of them , as nueh as twenty miles , and others , more , at this inclement Beason of the year , to shew by their presence there , their attachment to their principles . Although he had been long a resident in this Hiding—ami they most of Uieni knew that be was a resident of tbe Rising , for he had bad the honour of apending some of bis time in Wokefield college , he was a natire of Ireland , to which country he wished well , and should be pleased to see his
countrymen going hand iu hand with tbe people of England , in obtaining their just , their inalienable rights ; butbe was sorry to » ee them humbugged by such a man as San . O'Connell , who had advocated at times every shade of political opinions , aud had at invarisb / y turned his back of them as soon as he had uttered them . He detested the crocodile tears of such a man , who , wbil » he was speaking in favour of the liberation of the factory children , from their infan ^ boddage , was at the sasua time bargaining with tbe Manchester cotton lords for tbeir grvater humiliation . tA voice in the caowd , " Aye , he got a thousand pounds for that . " Cries of " Shame , shame . " ) He concluded by seconding the resolution .
Mr . Mom , of Glasgow , said , that at such an unolement season , he could not think of detaining them any great length of time in so uncomfortable a situation as that in whieh they were placed . He read the resolution of the meeting at Glasgow , at which he waa appointed to represent his countrymen , and he oonld assure tbo meeting they took a worm interest in tbe remit fif that day ' s proceedings ; they were determined never to cease agitation until they obtained tbeir rigbta ; and tbe only reason , he could tell them , why these rights were opposed—namely , the granting to the working classes political power—was lest they should be induced to make the same use of it as its present possessors had done . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He then commented on the resolution which be had to support , aud made some severe observations on tbe Irish people , who were led by the nose by Daniel OConneli—to whom be could promise , if he came to
Scotland , a warm reception . ( Cheers . ) He said the working classes were demanding justice , in a calm and orderly manner . His countrymen were pursuing tbe same path , without a single shadow of anything like outrage , or disorder . Lately a public meeting jhad been , held in Glasgow , in tbe middle of the day , and the working classes , in spite of the partiality of the xbiel magistrate , gained the day , and had thus shown what they were capable of aecomplishiagL Sia » s ;* INB titoy -bad besn differently looked upon . In concjttsio * he < aid " tmt oolouxa an aaikd to the mast , and * cone light on that man who would be the first to strike them . " ( Cheers . ) He called on them to stick tnte to their object , and the middle classes woold soon be at their feet , and when tbe Tories once more go ( their feet on the necks of the Whigs , they would Bud them all Tery £ © od boys . He very cordially supported the resolution , and retired amidst great applause .
Mr . Greaves , of Oldham , said his townsmen had come to th « resolution not to leave to Daniel O'Coonell or any other man , the advocacy at the principles of Radical Reform in which they were engaged . They deprecated strongly physical force , and would sot lay their hands on a eiagle portion of the property ait any man or set of men . ( Cheers . ) This country , a * said , wae sinking under aa immense load U taxatiomv which was like a mill-stoue round her Beck . This was the tSeet of our going to war . Bat More the clot * of the war , the landowners of the coantry were sjaajtct to a property tax , which they bad yernaded th « House of Commons to take off , to the amount of £ 1 « . 0 # 0 , 00 « and in additio * to this they bad gW a ' . Col * Law Itid on them , which pat av fastacr anua at
£ 30 , 000 , 00 © into tbeir poe * e * s > all wok * had to be wrung from th « hard . jearoUg * « f the a *** . ( CrUa of "Shame , shame . " ) Hellie » ssfer » d lotbeeondaetof Mr . O'Connell toward * tavs- Ja , te HeMjr Hunt , who , because that high-minded man refused to bow to the supremacy of the great agitator , aftei his election for Preston , waa rewarded bj © an with all the ixault aud contumely he could heap upon him . Mr . Hast refused to bow before either the shriue of O'Connell , Burdett , Hobhouse , or any other man , being determined to serve his country faitbfally , although Dan was patting him on tb / d back to coax him , and for thia he was sacrificed by t " ae great Irish agitator . Mr . Greaves conducted on excel ) , ent speech by supporting the resolution-. He was raj- . turoualy eaeextd .
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Mr . Bairstow , « f Qaeenshead , moved the next resolution , a * follows : — 4 . Resolved— " That this meeting considers the Government of Lord Melbourne as the stoat cruel , ineompetant , reckless , immoral , blaod-thirsty , and profligate , that has ever held office within the memory of man ; and that therefore we pledge ourselves to use all the meanainoar power to relieve her Majesty from the disgrace , and tbe coantry from the danger , of being longer governed by the present administration ; and that ,
in pursuance of such resolution , an . address be presented from this meeting to her Majesty , praying / that her Majesty may be graciously pleased to dlamiaa her present advisers , and call to her councils men who will make the support of Universal Suffrage a pledge of their fitness for office , as the only means of pmexYing heoountry from all | he horrors of civil war . " He contented hiroseU bf merely reading it , and left it it to those who weitto follow him to speak more fully to its merits . Mr . Smith , of Br adford , teoonded the resolution .
Mr . Djkeoav , of Durham , sa ! d tile people of the county of Durham concurred entirely in the sentiments contained in the resolution which he -had the honour to support . He hoped that as they all were advocates for a thorough reform In Parliament , they woald also determine for a domestic reform ; in order that no excuse might exist for the further withholding from them their just rights . He was sure the men of Sunderland and Durham would not rest satisfied till Universal Suffrage was the law ofthe lana . He cordially supported the resolution . Mr . John Auban , of Bradford , moved the adoption of the following address : —
TO THE QBEKS ' S MOST EXCELIBM 1 UJKSYT . The Loyal Address of the Working Clatses of the Wett Riding of the Count ]/ of York , in public meeting atsembled , and in which Delegate from most parts of England and Scotland , tent for the pwpote , fully agreed . May it please Ybra Majesty , — We , your Majesty ' s industrious subjects , respectfully beg to lay our complaints at the foot of the Throne , and there to state , that for years the sophistry of the fow haa held the many in the trammels of ignorance ; but , at length , knowledge has dispelled the mist , and opened our eyes to the several acts of unconstitutional aggression practised against oar order . ¦
We have heard of Reform ; while we have been in vain'looking for its advantages . We daily behold the most gigautio improvements and startling inventions , tending to lessen the labour of man ; but ia vain do we look about and ask for our share . We have seen the luxuries of the rich made more easy of acquirement ; while we have seen tha necessaries of the poor rendered more difficult to be obtained . We have asked for bread , and we have received stones ; we have cried " Peace , " and we have beett answered by
an increased war establishment , for which we have to pay ; we aowy but reap not ; we toil through a long and wearisome life of absolute slavery , and behold ! idleness , brought about by the caprice of those who , by tbe possession of exclusive political power , rule us , is treated aa a rime;—yea , as the worst of crimes—by preserving a miserable existence in a cold repository , uncomfortably arranged , for the over-wrought and care-worn slave , who is denied the consolation of the society of the wife of his bosom , and the children of his loias .
Within the year , we have witnessed royal nuptials , and the birth of a heiress apparent to the throne ; but toua the tidings give no comfort , and , therefore , we solemmzd them * not with deceptive rujoiciugs . The wealthy , the titled , aad the idler , may approach you with the language of flattery ; while we apeak the bold and becoming language of truth . They tell you not of the wants , tho grievances , or the manifold complaints of the working classes . If we do not petition the House of Commons , we are told that we have no grievances to complain of ; and , if we do petition , our appeals are insultingly scoffed at , and our honesty turned into intoxicated derision !!!
We appeal to you as the last link ; we stand np in defence of your prerogative , while we claim our own full measure of right ; for , be assured , that , the fall of monarchy must very speedily follow the ruin of the working classes . No armies can contend against an united people—no chains can bind a nation ' s will—no fetters can be forgod strong enough to link reason to the tyrant ' s chariot wheel . Taxes have , been capriciously measured according
jto the necessities of the idle , and raised by brutefatihmmi > lanaayniMsuiocnrf ii . liii hiliiintniiH How la it that ' the order of aatare ehoold be bo inverted in this age of civilization ; that he alone who toils should not be partaker , while he- wfeo-toils not , sboald leave for the slave but the scanty parings of his bounty , aud thoso inott insultingly offered and unnaturally administered I We will not longer endure it . We have horns till endurance has
become crime ; and , while we thus suffer , jour throne becomes weak ; for , believe us , your , best strength is in your people ' s hearts—stronger , tea thousand times , than cannons and swords which produce not . We are created equal ; we equally depart in poverty for eternity ; why , then , thisatrongdisparity , this galling distinction , this marked difference through life ! Towards your Majesty , as head of the nation , we fed the utmost respect ; we regard your sex as ehiv * lrousTUan should do , while your youth inspires us with compassion , it is to guard that youth from
suffering ; to promote respect for your person , and to ensure for you a peaceful reign and a happy old age , that we now approach you . We biamo you not for any act which has been hitherto perpetrated by your Ministers ; because we believe that they have withheld our complaints ; while , in order to prevent the dire effect of your remaining ignorant of matters wkrch should be known to the head ot the nation , we have resolved , henceforth , to send our appeals by ambassadors of our own order , and by them alone . We wish to see your days many and bappy ; we wish to see your righteous desires gratified ; we wish to see you exalted above all the other Monarchs of the earth , by being tha Monarch of the freest , as
you are of the fairest , and most industrious , people ; we wish to see your enemies' few and humbled , and your friends many and powerful ; we wish to see your family growing up in strength , in righteousness , and in wisdom , gleaned from those lessons which virtuous and prudent advisers shall iatstil into their young and susceptible minds : in fact , we wish to s « e you " every inch a Queen , " and therefore da wo humbly pray : — That your Majesty will be graciously pleased to djsmise ^ rom your pr esenod men who h ave by& aght Up throne and the country to the brink of rain * and ths ) t you will call to your councils good and vktuous men , who will carry pat the most noble principle in that cosfstitatfon whose servant you are ;—namely ,
bat u taxation without representation it tyranny nd should be retUted ; " and we , your Majesty's oyal subjects , will become responding boasts to uch a head , and unitedly defy the strtngth of aeign power and domestic faction , and . stake yon , rbattne Sovereign of a great , a brate , aad a free , alias shoaid be , the head of all . equal- with tbe iw ; fad the Monarch of a nation inBtaad of the toeea of a eoart . And your Petitioners , as in duty \ eaxA % will ever pray . Signed oa behalf of tho KhUbV ? . , Mr . CRoasuJts seconded tWaddrM * v after WiMfe . was resolved ,
* . JtesolYed—«\ That the address now . read W dgned by tb » CbsSnaan on b » Jjall ot tbSa meett&g , ana presented to > er Majesty , ty those pejaons who alwll be appointed to preaent Ow addresses on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jone a , and at th » same titm . tkhat Irto tay , vpem ^ at ¦ - ««««< --dbir , ) -- ' a ^" --i * at . 1 Wr-- «« iliBf pledges itself to . support the delegates ia thiaomr trat and aoWe ens ) ei | vour Ao open ftf pure Rndsnauliied channel of coaMBWrie / jion -between the Moaarch and the jdajale . " . " /? - . f / Mr . Masoh , of fine / Midland Counties , supported thexao ^ onjinanfaktBpeechi iawhiQa he said , that baa tke working y ^ atf-the Jiidlau ^ Counties <«»«» he had been as » missionary ) were determined that neither O" Cony ft « uor any other , man should longer deprive them of their justright | . He ^ a 8 glad to witaB » 4 th » t / Mhe wtokittH mea of the West Rjdjflg
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were up to the mark , and determined to their duty . Mr . MoBRia Matthews moved the sixth resolution : It was aa follows : — 6 . Resolved— " That this meeting of the Operative Population of the West Riding , and of the Delegates from all the principal districts of England and Scotland , speaking the minds of their coustituents , express in terms the most distinct aad unqualified , their high sense of the untiring xeal , the unflinching courage , and the diunterested and generous patriotism , with which their rights have ever been
asserted and supported by FcarguB O'Connor , the poor men's friend ; their regret that he is precluded by the tyrannous control of faction from mingling his Voice with them on this occasion , and their fervent prayirs that he may long live to be the Boourge of tyranny and dread of tyrants . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . Bws , of Huddersfield , and on being put by the Chairman , was carried in the most enthusiastic manner , and amidst very hearty cheering , as Were also all the other resolutions . The Chaibmaj » then put the last resolution , which he said it was not necessary to either move or second . It was this : —•
7 . Resolved— " That the foregoing resolutions and address be published In the Times , the ^ m , and Morning A&Krtiter , daily , and in tbe Dispatch ^ weekly , newspapers . And that'the Northern Star , Scottish Patriot , Dimdee Chronicle , and Perth ChronicU , be requested to publish the , same , free of expence . " Previous ( o th * meeting breaking up , a vote of thanks was earned by acclamation to the Chairman , tor his very judicious , able , and impartial conduct ; and three cheer 8 -vrere then proposed for the Charier , three for Mr . O'Connor , and three for Frost , Williams , and Jone * , which having met with a hearty response by tbe assembled multitude , tbe Chairman returned thank ? , and ; the meeting quietly dispersed , at nearly half-past three o ' clock .
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Friday Night , January 22 nd . ADDRESS OP THE CHARTIST DELEGATES TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS . The Chartist Delegates from all parts of England and from Scotland , appointed by their several constituencies to represent their views and feelings at the great meeting at Leeds , on the 21 n , assembled in the Committee Room of the National Charter Association , Leeds , this day ( Friday , the 22 ad inst . ) , and unanimously agreed to tbe following
ADDRESS TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Friends and Fellow-Cocntrymen , —Appointed by your suffrages to bear the expression of your sentiments to the great gathering at L-eds , we have endeavoured to perform our duty . We have made known to the collected representatives of wealth and rank , the purposeof the people of this kingdom to enforce and to uphold the right of every man ' s equality before the law—the right of every man ' s just influence in the ordering of the law—the right of self-government and self-taxation , fairly exercised through the medium of representatives fairly chosen . And we find great reason , in the events which have attended on our mission , to congratulate ourselves aad you on its success .
Your voice—rthe voice of , Chartism—the voice of honest and benevolent reason , has been heard among those whose minds have long seemed to labour under misconception , in reference to your objects , views , aud principles . They have been taught to kuow that you are not the votaries of anarchy and confusion ; that you are uok the slaves of ignorance , and cannot be , again made the dupes of treachery . They have learned that your purpose is to respect property , to conserve rignt , and to do justice . They have learned that you understand clearly what you are about , and , that as you ask no more than justice , you will bo content with nothing less . We conceive it to have beca a great step , taken , in the advancement of our cause , to Bring the middle and the higher classes , as they are denominated , within
the sphere of calm investigation . Man naturally inclines to truth and justice , and , whenever his cool faculties can be induced to look them fairly in the face , there ib great hope of his espousing them iu spite , even , of the counteracting influence of prejudice . Sensible that the whole power of the whole people , as it is irresistible for good , is also necessary for the accomplishment of good , we rejoice , most cordially , to see the spirit manifested by the representatives of those classes of society who have , till now , opposed us . They seem fully sensible that without us they are powerless , as , with us , they would be aU-powretfu \ . And the prospect , to your delegates , appears bright aud cheering , that a beneficial union may be , probably , ere long accomplished , between the working classes and the honest advocates of right of every other class .
While , howjgjer , they rejoice in this prospect , and while they congratulate you thereon , they at « determined , tor themselves , aud equally warn you , to keep your ' eyes open , and let no specious promises , or fair pretensions , draw you , for one moment , from tftff futraiCserUon ' of ^ t ! Be ' whole undivided principle , In fttfl 4 it | 4 r 4 nd _ pMratJoh , of the People ' s Charter . "Let that # aumwora ~ -pf--T < mr lib *» Ly . k ^ f ixnjl !?^^ " ^ upon your colours , and let your colours bonjnff * upou the mast-head , and an universal malediction fell upon him who first essays to strike them . While , at the same time , we expect you to take all just aud prudent means , by the avoidance of unlawful aots , aad of all unnecessary harshness
in your language and your manners , to convince the other classed of society that you deserve their confidence ; that , while your uncompromising firmness , shall convince the overbearing that you both know and mean to have your rights , and while your well sustained measures , dictated by intelligence and prudence , show equally the cunning and the deceitful tbat you are not to be deceived , your peaceful air and calm deportment shall satisfy the timid and well disposed , that you are not mad , but a sober , thiukiug people , who may be safely trusted with their rights . The middle classes do not know yon ; they have
b en led to regard you aB desiring the destruction of property , and the abrogation of others' rights for your personal advantage ; show them , by your intelligence and . general conduct , that they have all this time mistaken you , and that- yon desire not less their interests than your own ; since all art equally concerned in the establishment and maintenance of good and cheap Government . So shall the ark of our Charter come to be examined aud approved as the beat refugo of the hoas * Jt and patriotic of all grades , from the evils of au ill-arranged and misgoverned condition of society .
Signed , on behalf of the Delegates , upwards of thirty in number , from various part of £ nglaatt and Scotland . : James Greaves , Chairman . Samuel Healei , Secretary . Leeds , January 22 , 1841 .
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Daniel O'Cokkkll . —The patriotic vapourer , who dare not face the subjects of his vituperation , wbo yesterday expected htm , sneaked into Leeds soon after noon to-day , with as little noise a * possible , that he mifcht slip quietly away to the seveo-aad-sucpenny dinner of the taotiws brood . There let him go-r-the reptilel He is beneath contempt ; and s » bwg as he did not dare toinsult tie working people , by thrusting his hateful carcase upon their observation , publicly , we thank *' the beys '' sincerely for tbeir patience and good sense , in not treating biio , aB was , we believe , talked of r to a dish of tar , and a bag of feathers , in th » way of a dessert . Let him go ! Let him go ! . a contemptible poltroon !
Lebds Municim * Election . —In the Court of Queen's Bench , yesterday , the . rale against Mr . Wbitehead was niade absolute , ; Me . Justice Patteson holding thafe the business of the returning officer" is to sum ap the votes , aad to say who is elected , and not to- object to votes ,: and say which he may strike ofi ? Y and which retain ^
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COBRE 8 PONDEISCE BETWEEN THE DEPUTATION APPOINTED AT TUB LATE WHITE CONDUIT H < MJSE MEETSSO , ANJ > THE MARQUIS OI ? NORMANBY . It will be recollaeted , ( hat at she recent mtstina ; at White Conduit Souse , a msmorial to th » Borne Secretary was agreed to , relative to the iacrtased « melties and tinjttt treatment batped on M » Feargua © Conaor , in the e » ol of York Cfcstle j and tbat a deputation of three persons , cooBiatma ; of Messrs . Spurr , Meesom , and Po ^ gis ? was app « teUd to wmt oh the Marquis of Noraaanby with th » memorial a » agreed to , in conformity ^ dth thf reaoltrtabn passed Vy tbe above meeting ; , Th * deputatioa aAdreased a tettet to the Marquis , requiting flls tbrdahip to ap | oint an early day to weeiw ^ them , whw « ' tit * following reply was T '"" •* WhitehalU Jan . 12 , 1841 .
•• Sm ,--1 am dlreeted % y the Mwquis of Norjnaaby to mekmmie ^ t «» teeelpt of jom letter of ^ llth l » sta » t , and , in Kply , to aoctoalat yon , that Lord Normarrbyls nbt able-to fix anytime far receiving the deputation with a memorial ; but , if yon will send the membrial . Lord Normanby wUl not fail to give it his careful conBideration . "I am , Sir , your obedient servsat , " 8 .. M . Phillipps . " Mr . Richard Spurr , " ¦ 91 , SL John-street , Smlthfleld Bar . " This letter being deemed by the deputation very un satisfactoryj they , through . Mr . Spurr , again addressed his Lordship , as follows : —
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' , § " ? l , St . John-street , Jan , U , 1841 . " MtLobd , —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from Mr . Pbillipps , yonr secretary , iu reply to mine of the llth inst , wherein it Is stated your jlordship * cannot appoint a time to receive the deputation ; but , if the memorial is forwarded ta you . yea will not nit to give it your consideration- ' ¦ " Yonr Lordship does not say you viU not , bnt that yon tmuti' appoint a time . I am , therefore , led to h « pe , that , as no individmal is in precisely th * same trfrcumaUnees to-d » y that he « m in ye « terdar » your ^ Lordship may be able to io , on the fourteenth or flfteentn , what yon were « nable to do on th *
18 th . I bes ; to Inform yoar Eordshlp , that the memorial was passed at a meeting of not leas than 1 . 500 of the respectable inhabitants of Lenden ; that it hat reference to the weU-being , nay , the life , ot a WgbljfrespectedfeUow-anbjf « V ; aad that the deputation was appointed for the express purpose of personally " , presentin ; and supporting the prayer of tbe same , which they will be able most feelingly to do , if your Lordship will do them the honeur , by giving aa opportunity . Waiting yoar Lordship ' s reply , "I remain , your Lordship's "Most jobedieot servant , Richard Spcrb . "
"Tothe Mort Noble the Manuia ot Normanby , *" ' ¦ ' . ' ¦ * * . *?• . ' ¦ ' ¦ Ia reply to the foregoing , tbe deputation received tfi * subjoined : — . i " Whitehall , Jan . Id , 1 »« . " Sib , ^ -I am directed by the Marquis of Nonaanby to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the ; 14 th inst , and to inform you , tbat aa bis Lordahip . does not see any good purptse that woald be answered , by receiving tbe deputation for presenting tbe memorial referred to in your letter ; and aa the usual course , is to transmit to the- . Secretary of State , in writing , any memorials and statements of aach a nature , Lor& Normanby most decline oomplying with your applioatioa tor an interview upon the subject "Jam , Sir , "Yourobedient servant , "S . M . PaiLLiPPs . " " Mr . B . Spurr , itc "
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FT ! HE Commissioners in a fiat in Bankrnptcy , X awarded and issued forth against JOHN DEALTRY , of No . 1 , Middlefold , in Mabgate , in Leeds , ia the County of York , JNNKEfiPEB , Dealer and Chapman , intend to meet . on the Fifth Day of February next , at Nine o'clock in tho Forenoon , at the Commissioners' Rooms , in Leeds aforesaid , in order to take the last examination of the said Bankrupt , when and where he is required to surrender himself , and make a f « U discovery and disclosure of his Estate and Effects , and finish his examination ; and the Creditors who have Hot already proved tbeir Debts , are to come prepared t » -prove the same , and with those who have already proved their Debts , are to assent to , or dissent bom , the allowance of his Certificate . By order , WM . THOS . SMITH , Solicitor under the Fiat . 4 , Bank-street , Leeds , 18 th January , 1841 .
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BALANCE SHEET OF THE . FESTIVAL AND BALL , given at the Social Hall , Joha Street , Tottenham Court Road , January llth , 1841 , by the St . Pancraa Political Victim . Protection Committee . DR . £ b . d . To amount Beceived . To 84 Double Ticket * for Festival and Ball , at 2 s . 6 d . each ... ... — 10 10 To 65 Single ditto , for ditto , at la . 8 d- ... 4 3 fl To 66 DooMe Tickets , for Ball only , at ls . 6 d . each ... ... » . — * To 78 SingJ » ditto , for ditto , at la . eastt 3 18 O To Money saceived on Evening of Ball , by ^ Check lakers ... ... 10 0 To amount £ rom Mr . Knee ... — " 1 3 To ditto tot Tickets taken and paid for , but Mat presented ... 0 5 g £ 24 19 *
£ g , d » By Expw * twre . ¦ " Hire of BaU for Festival and Ball ... 8 1 Z Attendants and Organiat ... ..- ¦ — . ** By amount paid for 225 Person * taking T ** , at Sd . per head ... ¦— ¦ .-... ' 7 10 0 By astona * paid for Priuting 15 ft Bills ... 0 10 0 By dittos paid ditto , « 0 * Cards of ; Adn * Usi « n , atls .. 84 . perlW •« 0 10 0 By amowat , paid for Blbbona fer Ck > ni . aiittee-men ... . » ¦••* • ** By ditto paid for Ribbons ... 0 3 « J bJ ditto ^ wid for Five , Maticiani , at
to . 64 each ... ... ... » . IU 6 ReJieibment for Musicians ,.. • * « Brditto ^ aid for four AdwrUsements in - the" Northern . Star , at 1 * M * each , ' » nd Post Ord « f , Ac . ... ... ,.. 0 fl « Loss for Musiciana'Ticket * ... ... 3 Ditto fprTick » t . Mrs . Vincent , presented ^ toher . V . ... ... ... ... 0 9 Ditto Deductions « n TltkeU for Familiea 0 1 10 Advertisement of Balance Sheet ... ... 0 1 € Post Order , and . Postage . „ . * . , » » * Balance in hand Of Treasurer ... ... 10 V H
. ' " , £ U 1 C 2 Audited and found Correct this . 19 tb A D » y of January , 1841 . - > £ ' * : ' * ; I : Ssl ^
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Again the deputation applied to the Marquis , in the following terms : — :
" 91 , SL John-street , Smlthfleld Bar , <• Jannary iethytl 84 L > "MT Lord , —1 have the honour to icknowledg * the receipt of a letter from your Secretary , in reply to mine of the 14 th , from which I am sorry to learn , that yoar Lordahip decline * an interview for reasons therein assigned ; first , that your Lordship does not see asy good purpose that woald be answeted . '; and , second , that it is tie uaual course to tranimit things ot aa « h nature in writiog . , ¦ "I > esj to assure yoar Lordship that I woufd not again have trespassed oa yoar time , kut oa the presumption that you regard as , in oar individual capacity , and not as the servants and representatives of a great meeting , wbo have committed to oar keeping a ^ acred and important trust . ' "
" My Lord , from the perusal of this epiatle , y ^ u will readily conelude that I am not oue of those Vithont hope in the world . No ; I reason thus . If a poor widow , by Tier importunities , got an unjuit Judge to avenge her of her adyeraaries , and if Daman and Pythias , by a display of friendship , changed the mind ot the tyrant of Syracuse , it by may not we get my Lord Normanby to accede to our reqaeat i I beg yoar Lord ahip ' s permission to reason with you ; asd as the letter says you cannot * e « , it follows tbat you cannqfcjbiotr , whether any good , pnrpose might or . , might riot b « answered . I therefore submit that the reason assigned against , ia in my opinion In favour of , the interview ; for then the people , aa well as yourself , would both sea and know—which ia very desirable at the- present moment—whether any good purpose might or might not be Answered by such an interview with yoar Lordship , as her Majesty ' s Secretary of State .
" Year Lordship cannot see , nor know , nor telL Who ; then , ca » tell what good purpose may be answered by a deputation of three working men , appointed by a meeting of fifteen hundred of the inhabitants of London , personalty presenting a memorial to her Majesty ' s Secretary of State f Surely , nobody . If , however , yonr Lordship grant an interview , mxrybodit will ( know then what nobody knows now . Does your Lordahip fear , by anticipation , the too powerful effect which may be produced by the uncultivated eloqueuoe of thre working men f Fear not , my Lord ; the memorial w « have the honour to present nquirtu no taeriJk »—» A % no MERCT ; but , aimply , PRAYS-. FOR "JUSTICE . And taa deputation ( who for some time wore : tight shoes themselves ; are desirous of being permitted to support that prayer . ¦ -
" Bat the letter a » ys , It is the-mashvosrse to transmit inemerials , and khinga of that nature , to the Secretary of State in writing . ' Of " the uiual course , my Lord , I am ready to acknowledge my ignorance ; but thia I know , that the deputat oa was appointed by the meeting to pntent the memorial , andoi » t to transmit it And , in saving that my oolleagnes agre * with me in thinking , we have not the ^ power to do so , yoar Lordahip will see ihtti no blame is to be attscbed to us ; bat to the meeting by wbieb we were appomted ; for , if the meeting intended its tranamdasion fey post . It would have done to , throagh its ehsinbao . * We cannot . aTeid thinking , my Lord , that if ttoee-of the city aldermen had been appointed in oat . sJt ^ a 4 ( ,, attd "toad taken on them our duties , your Lordahip would have granted Uum an lnterriew ; and , althoasjh w « j have no such ' blnahing hononra' as those , to bear be * fcrejrqu . ¦; yefc beiag . 'djgui&ed by the name of stsn , w « "ifeel we have « v >| it- « Uiaa- on _ joor , Lordahip' * attention , ~ -- ' —
"Mr Lord , allow me to «» y , in eonelaaion , tkat , if your Lordahip positively refuse an interriow , the only honourable coarse we have to puraue , ia to call the meeting together , and restore the trust reposed in as . But , still hoping that your Lordahip will do away with tbe painfal necessity for such a course , and waiting jour Lordfoip ' sfiflsi reply , "I remain , " Your Lordship ' s moat obedient Servant , , " Richaed spuaa . " [ The " fixai , beplt" had not reached the deputation when our correspondent's coaimuoicaUon left town ; should any be made , it will , however , appear itt our column * . ]
Treatment Of Mr. O'Connor.
TREATMENT OF MR . O'CONNOR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 23, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct363/page/5/
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