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BIRMINGHAM DELEGATE MEETING . ( Concluded from our seventh page . ) Mr . Moselet stated that Wolverh * mpton , Bilston , and Wednesbury , would contribute their share in support of a leciurer , and would want one every fortnight . Mr . Ksight said Coventry and Foleshill would pay their quota , and wanted a lecturer very much . The Chaikvah delivered a statement with regard to Stburbridge , aid agreed to pay , on their behalf , whatever was deemed necessary . Mr . Whits said that a great number of his constituents -were present . He had no doubt that Bir-HiiBgham would pay their share of the lecturer ' s expeaees . It . was then determined that a lecturer should be appointed as soon as possible , and that the secretary should correspond with the "various towns , " requiring them to forward their money as soon as possible .
A convocation then took place as to who the leebarer should be . The delegates wished Mr . White to mention the mines of parties who might be applied to for the purpose . Messrs . Mason , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Bairstow , of Derby , and Martin , of Bradford , were then severally proposed , and as it was doubtful whether they were disengaged , it was determined that any of the three who could attend , should be appointed , giving them priority as they stood in order of nomination . The following persons were then appointed by the delegates to act as a committee for the management of the lecturers' fund—Messrs . Hopkins , Nisbett , Cresswell , Corbett , and White .
Mr . Chabltos then moved the following resolution : " That the delegates present recommend to the towns in this district the propriety of hold- ' ng another metting on that day month , and regret that so many places haTe neglected to send a delegate on sseh as important occasion as ihe present . " Mr . Ksight Beconded the motion , which was unanimously agreed to . Mr . Cobbltt was appointed treasurer to the lecturer ' s fund , and Mr . White secretary . After which Mr . White proposad and Mr . Chorlton seconded & vote of thanks w the chairman , for Ms praiseworthy conduct on that and former
occasions . The Chaikjll . v returned thanks in a neat and effective manner , after which the business coneluded . All towns requiring the assistance of a lectnrer » re requested to lake particular notice of the following arrangement : —Such places as Bromsgrove , Stourbridge , and Waisall are expected to pay 2 s . 61 ¦ weekly , as their associations are not numerous . Birmingham 5 a . weekly , and other places are expected to pay as their circumstances will admittaking Birmingham io the largest , aud the other towns as the smallest sums . The lecturer will be expected to publish his route in the Xorthern Star a week previous , and connect the towns he means to visit , so as to avoid heavy travelling expences . Each town will bs pleased to send a fortnisht's money in ad ranee as soon as possible . All lenero to be addressed to the secretary , M ? . George White , 3 , Court , Esstx-Etree ; , Birmingham .
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Public Meeting . —A public meeting was-held in ' the Ginrtist Rjom , Freeman-street , on Monday evening i last , Mr . J . Williamson in the chair . The meeting i * as addressed by Mr . George White oh the struggles j lint had taken place in all countries in favour of liberty , j and the tact and cunning resorted to by the middle 1 classes to render their exertions of no effect . He traced j the conduct of the middle classes of Great Britain , ! eince the passing of the Reform Bill , and shewed how j tbey had injared the c * Bse of liberty by their time-
serving policy . He then poiated oat the bad use which bad been made by the Whigs of the power with ¦ which ths people invested them , and shewed the impertaot positiou which the Chartists would hold when the Whigs should have iost their hold on the public purse , and exhorted all present to work incessantly to augment their numbers and extend their principles . The meeting was afterwards addressed by Air . T . P . j Green , and Mr . Wilkinson , the sub-Secretary , after 1 TrMch several persons enrolled their names as members I of the Association .
Repeal of the Umox . —The usual meeting of ! parties favourable to a repeal of the unholy alliance j between Gre »; Britain and Ireland was held at MrsI Cateley ' s large room , in Old Metting-street , on Sunday i evening last . The room was crowded with a body of \ Vfcll- < Jre 83 ed Eaglish aud Irishmen . Mr . Stone was j appointed chairman ; afier which the meeting was ad- i dressed in eloquent speeches by Mr . Murray , and several : other inVeliigent Irishmen , whose language pourtrayed ! ths fervid love they held towards the laud of iheir ! birth . A'ter the Secretary bad read the names of the ' membess , Mr . George AVhite enroiied hia name as one of the advocates of reptal , ar . d addressed the meeting ' on tbe "WTonfis of ' green Erin . " A nUcassion , "which '' iras conducted in perfect good humour , afterwards took
place , in which the Chartists , Feargus O'CouEor , and \ Daniel O'Connell were the chief topics . " * The company ! afterwards separated in & friendly manner . The mett- ing is held every Sunday evening , -when all persons j favourable to a Repeal of the Legislative Union be- ! tween Great Britain and Ireland , are requested to attend : it commences about eight o ' clock . ' Gram ) Tea Pabtt and Ball . —It has been de- ! ierminec by the Council of the 2 f aiional Charter Asso- j elation of Birmingham , that a tea party and ball * hn \] j tie previded to honour the members of the Executive on \ their arrival in Birmingham . Tickets will be printed j this week , and there is every reason to hope that it ' will be the most numerous gathering of the description j which has been witnessed in Birmingham for some j time- Further notice will be given next week . t
SUXDAT ETESrSG ' S MEETING IS FREEMAN ' S- ' Stseet . —Mr . White addresewi a meeting at the Char-1 fcs :-room , Freesian-strest , on Sunday evening last , oa ¦ Taricus topics connected with the Chartist movement . j The meeting was well attended . An address is de- ; livered every Sunday evening at half-pasi six o'clock . -I Fbost , Williams , a > d Joms . —At the usual ireeSly meeting cf this committee held on Tuesday : evening last , at the "Xatiocal Charter Association I Room , in Freeman-street , Birminghiai , Mr . Blake in i the chair , it was unanimously resolved , " That as no ; g nawer has been received to the Memorial sect by this Cominitoee to the Home Secretary of State , tbe Secretary of this Committee be requested to write to his
Lordship requiring an answer to the same . " The lalanee sheet being comp et ^ d was ordered to be printed as early as possible . The Committee as Chartists and Reformers , being taught by dtai-bonght experience to place more confidence in actions than professions , and being a-ware that this feeling preTails g&nerally among their ewn order , the ¦ working people of tHg country , they therefore conceive that an account of their stewardship ¦ will be the best guarantee lor the pnrity of their motives and tte integrity of their actions . —By order of the Committee , Thos . H . Sbaw , 1 , . . o v . JoH . NWiiKi . vso 5 , } Jomt Secretaries .
All-commnnMitions for ihe Committee to be addressed to Mr . Guest , bookseller , Steelhouse-lane , Birmingham . BRADFORD . —The weekly meeting of the ftmales took place on Monday evening last , in the room over tbe Chartist Provision Shop , Threulneedle-sLreet , Goodmausend , Mrs . Smith in the chair , "wha after the lousiness of the meeting had terminated , read a portion of Bowitt's History of Priestcraft The Cbabtists of tuis place met at the house of B . Carrodis , North-street , on Sunday last , Mr . Clark
eon in the chair . The committee appointed to inquire lespectLsg the Victim Fund gaTe in their report , stating 1 that on inquiry at the Post-office , they found that j Henry Burnett , of Reform-street , had received on the \ ESih of May , £ 2 19 s . 6 d-, and oe the SOth of June , i 19 i &d . from Peter Shorrocks , of 70 , Gun-street , Man- i chaste !; and on applying to Burnett for the satne , he j denied receiving the money . He afterwards left Brad-1 ford , and his name ¦ was ordered to be expunge J . Mr . Jchn Arran was appointed to represent Bradford at the j Cfc ' . egile meeting to be held at Hebden-Bridge . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ I f I I j ; -
Paddock . —Mr . Haroey lectured here on the evening of Thursday week . Ripponden . —Mr . Harcey visited this place on Friday ; he delivered an tscellent fiddras * . and the Chartists there formed an Association ; the following were named oa the Geceral Council : —Thomas Bugtes , Joseph Wrigley , Isaac Simpson , James Crossley , and William Mackerel . SalrTreasurerjL Joseph R . chardson ; sub-Secretary , William Barrett—Address , ¦ W illiam Bsjrart , spinner , care of Mr . Pia . lt , Co-operatov £ -store , Bippouden . Xvddem > e ? Foot . —Mr . Harney addressed a numeroas meewg here ec Saturday last , _ from which excellent rosuits are anticipated , SLTX 05 i > " -Ashfield . —Mr . Dean Taylor visited this place on Wednesday , where he delivered an excellent lecture .
Midbletok Fields —A meeting was held at the Three Pigeons last we * k , for the purpose of forming an association for t > " « district Several names were enrolled , and a committee appointed to ( uperintetend the affairs cf the association . BOWLISG . —A meeting of the femaks of Ihis township took p ' ace in the Chartist meeting room , on Monday last , Mrs . Holt in the chair . There was a good attendance , and the following resolution was put and carried : " That ft is the opinion of this meeting that though it is essential that Local Associations should be
formed , yet it is expedif nt that we should art in conjunction with our sisters in Bradford for the attain meat of our objects , ifbich are to do honour to our Xtvered patriot Feargus O'Connor , Esq . and to compel the aristocra tic and middle class legislators to adopt the People ' s Charter , we therefore propose that two drlegaies-beappointed by this Association to represent Mns townehip in tbe Gtneml Committee at Bradford , : md tt- ; AJis . . Hi * iy a-od jirs . Symea be the delegates . " A rote « f thiui » ha-ring been moved to tfie Chairwoman for her able conduct in the chair , the meeting adjourned to Monday next
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Quee > " 5 HBad . —On Tuesday 6 Tening , August 10 th , a lecture was delivered in the School Rv > om , Amblerthorn , by Mr . W . Bell , from Manchester , upon exclusive class legislation and its dire effects upon , the working portion of the community . The lecturer , from historic facts , showed that just in proportion as the people of this country exercised their physical powers in the production of wealth , in the same proportion had the government taxes , the rent of the land , and the txacUons of the middle class been augmented , Tbe lecturer was listened to throughout with marked attention , and gave general satisfaction .
White Abbey . —Lectcbe On Tuesday evening last , a public meeting 'was held in the Chartist Meeting Room , Grace church-street , for tee purpose of bearing Mr . Martin lecture . Mr . Suteliffe having been called to the chair , was surprised that working men did not act together in the present advanced state of society more than they had done . He had been told by some of the mediocrity that the people were not prepared for the Suffrage ; hut it was not to be wondered at that such expressions Bhonld fall from men whose interests were directly opposite to theirs—when working men were so bass and hypocritical as to unite with them for a repeal of the Corn Laws and Household Suffrage . Where were their Household Suffrage Associations now ? Ask not that question in Leeds ,
and tel ! it not in Bradford . All honest men would get rid of their crotchets , aud go the whole hog for the Charter . He believed that tbe combers , who were not members of the Charter Association , would Bee the necessity of joining , for , if a change did not take place , and soon many of them would be combing in the workhouse . He would take up no more of their time , as he was aware they were anxious to hear Mr . Martin . Mr . Martin , in rising to address them , observed that his object in coming there that evening was to create a good feeling among the working men of that district . He knew there were many obstacles to the diffusion of political knowledge ; they arose from tbe circumstance of so many msn exiting who derive wealth , who possess power—aye , and even claim infallibility in
consequence of tbe notions they are in the habit of disseminating among the people ; but if the industriousclasa would act together , they could soon remove those obstacles ; if they would but take a view of the several orders in society , they could not fail to become Chartists . Let them go to the most important branch of morals , legislation—to tbe most important limb of this branch , the Constitution , ( that which determines who shall make , aPPly / and execute the laws ) , and they will find it every where in tbe possession of & parcel of mountebanks , who -will admit of so reasonings , -whose whole support and never-varying reply is , it " is establishedit is the Constitution ; we bare power , and like any other pirates , we'll keep -what we have as long as we can . " On the utility of the powers which these men
exercise , they will permit no discussion . Sometimes tbey publish their will in the shape of aa edict or law , ( as in the case of the poor fellows -who are imprisoned in NorthaUerton and Wakefield , ) consigning to torment those who point out the evils arising from their sjstem of rule , He would ask , had not men as great a right to discuss freely the utility of a political existence of a jury , a king , a lord , a member of parliament , as of the culinary convenience of a copper kettle ? Suppose , said the lecturer , that people were liable to be thrown into prison , toru : ented to death ¦ with cold , damp , and privations , bereft of the earnings of their industry , because they endeavoured to convince as many as they could , in all possible ways , that copper * kitchen utensils were pernicious to health and
happiness , and suppose that tbe makers of these utensils had tbe power of punishment in their hands , would there be much chance of the improvement of culinary vessels ? Yet , such is exactly the case with the holders of political power in these countries . The lecturer then proceeded to shew that the advocates of the corrupt systems which existed in tbe world were tbe bosza , tbe mufti , and the European priest , and lawyer ; all of those became indignant when any part of their systems are called into dispute , and they all are ready to unite ( as in the case of the last war against the French ) for tbe purpose of staying the progress of democracy . He then referred to the morals and habits of tbe rich and the poor . Do they ( said he ) ever associate together—the very rich with the poor ? For -west purpose should they associate ? The pursuits and tbe conduct of tbe rich man , if follewed one day
by the poor ma& , would involve him in ruin for life ; while to tbe rich it is but a day ' s pastime . If it were not fcr the present unconstitutional mode of legislation , such a state of things could not exist It then behoved every man to exert himself for the attainment of the Charter , -which -waB the only 'basis upon which the happiness of sccitty could be built Tbe lecturer concluded &is address with an appeal to the females to use their exsrtions in that locility , for the purpose of giving Mr . O'Connor a good reception in Bradford . Mr . Keily having niuved a vote si thanks to the lecturer , which -was carried amidst thunders of applause , the meeting separated , highly pleased with what they had heard . It -was announced thnt & meeting Of the females would take piece on Sunday next , in tbe room , Gracechurch-street , to form an Association . Mr . Martin will attend .
STOCKPORT . —On Monday evening , Mr . R . K . Philp , from Bath , member of the Executive Council , delivered a leeture in the Chartist Association-room , Bomber ' s Brow . The worthy lectnrer having explained the principles of the People ' s Charter , made a p «\ rerfnl appeal to the audience en the alarming condition of the country . After a vote of thanks being given to the lectnrer , and cheers for O'Connor , J . B . O'Brien , and all political victims , the meeting broke np . Seyera ! persons were enrolled as members .
SAMES OF THE COMMITTEE Mr . George . Broadburn , shoemaker . Mr . Chaiies Davis , beerseller . Mr . John Convray , shoemaker . Mr . Caarles Rogers , stripper . Mr . John Ellison , -weaver . Mr . James ProualoTe , wearer . Mr . Wm . Wi ll iamson , weaver . Mr John Mansfield , Sub-Treasurer . Mr . Joseph Carter , Sub-Secretary , residence , Water street , Portwood .
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TEE TEN HOURS' FACTORY BILL . On Thursday evening , a very numerous and respectable meeting , composed principally of the working dasses , was held in the Picture Gallery of the Mudc Hall , Albion-street , called b y the following notice , which was only issued three or four hours prior to the time fixed for tbe meeting : — " THE TEN HOtaS' BILL . " Lord Ashley will meet the Short Tims Committee , and other Friends of the Ten Hours * Factory Bill , at the Music Hall , this evening , at eight o ' clock . The Working Classes are respectfully invited to attend . " Jos . Hobso >' , Sec "
! Soon after eight o ' clock his Lordship entered the : room , and was cordially greeted . He was sccom' paoied by S . Jowatt , Esq ., B . Sviler , Esq ., Wm . I Walker , Esq ., of Bradford , and several other gen' ilemen . ' Mr . Joshua Hobsos , publisher of the Xorthern I Star , was called to the chair , and briefly introduced j the business of the evening . ! Lord Ashuey after having been introduced by the i Chairman , made a few observations , in which he said he had come amopgst them f jr the purpose of ! hearing from them their opinions , their grievances ,
¦ and the evils under which they laboured ; as well as j what they proposed as the remedy . He knew that ! if he wanted a knowledge of themselves he must go to them for it , and not take it at second hand . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Wherever he had sought information from the working classes , he had never been deceived , never misled , and their demands he had always found reasonable ; and he entreated them to give him their opinions with candour , and to deal with him in the spirit of frankn& « s . He would first hear what they had to say , and then give them a detail of his plans .
1 Mr . G . A . Flkmisg was then called upon by the i Chairman to move the first resolution , and was ! greeted by cheers . He said it was only Eince he ; entered that room that he had had the resolution ! which he was about to propose put into his hand , ¦ and , if he felt any difficulty on account of the ehortl tees ' of the notice , how must that difficulty be en' hmced after having heard tbe remarks of the ; Noble Lord . The Noble Lord said he came amongst i them for information , and he expected them to speak ; the truth ; he wished them to state to him the evils ' under which they laboured , and to tell him what in their opinion would remove them ; he wished them I not either to mislead or deceive him . ( Hear , hear . ) j Ha was happy to find that the legislators of this thu
country " ^ ere s inquiring—that a nobleman who rank 3 hy > h , and who had the ear of influential persons , had taken this method of ascertaining what the opinions of the working classes really were—( hear , hear)—he wished that others of the same class would take the same method . There would then be less of jealousy , less of distrust , and less of the alienation of feeling and interests amongst the different classes . ( Hear . ) His Lordship agreed with them in the justice of their chums ; he observed and admitted the patience and good temper with which they endured their distresses , and the calmness with which they argued their cause . Mr . Fleming , after a few other observations , read the resolution which he had to propose , and which is as follows : —
" That this meeing is fully convinced that a great portion of the distress , disease , vice , and immorality , so prevalent in tbe manufacturing districts , has its origin in the abases of the factory system , which loudly call fcr an immediate reformation . " He then proceeded to say that the resolution stated 03 a general principle , that distress , disease , vice , and immorality , were tbe results of the abuses of the factory system , and that snch a state of things demanded an immediate remedy , leaving it to the meeting to declare their opinions as to the nature and extent of that remedy . The object of his Lordship was to consult them how fax the Ten Hours '
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Bill would meet the wishes-and improve fha condition of the people in the manufacturing districts . That the passing of that measure would , to a certain extent , have a beneficial effect . there could be no doubt , but it would not now produce the results . which its bestowal ten years ago would have realized . The boon had been too long deferred . ( Hear , hear . )—The reasons for this opinion Were , that in the interval new elements had been introduced , new circumstances created , which totally altered the aspect of the country and tbe question , and materially added to the difficulties which originally beset it . He would take the liberty of briefly alluding to a few of the more prominent of these circumstances . Acoording to reports laid on the table of the House of
Commons by the inspectors of factories , showing what number of horse-power was in work previous to March , 1836 , and its increase to February , 1839 , it appeared that in the first case the number of horse power was 52 , 703 $ , and in the second return it was stated to be 102 . 073 A—an increase in the number of horse power in a period of about three years of 93 per cent . Another fact of equal importance was the small inorease of hands which had been required to work the great increase of machinery . According to the first return , tbe number of hands employed with 62 703 $ horse power , was 855 , 373 ; and according to the second return , the number of hands employed with the 102 , 073 } horse power , was 423 , 636 , being an increase
of 63 , 263 hands , or 19 per cent . This great increase of mechanical productive power had materially added to the complication and difficulty Of the question ; and if for its regulation a ten hour's bill was necessary previous to the introduction of these new powers , he left it to the meeting to say what description of a bill would now be an efficacious remedy ? ( Hear , hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) It was not alone , however , in out own country that circumstances had arisen to inorease the difficulty of legislating upon the subject . Within the last few years , manufacturing ingdauity and machinery had increased abroad as well as at home , so much so , that many markets formerly supplied by us , were now entirely taken away from us by
the supply of home manufactured goods ; and a still farther diminution of these markets was in progress by the competition now going on between us and our former customers for the possession of neutral markets . ( Hear , hear . ) A third cause of difficulty , of as much weight as any to which he had alluded , was the rapid developement of manufactures in America , more especially in cotton . According to the evidence of Mr . Montgomery , an intelligent practical man , who had for some time been superintendent of factories in Maine , and who afterwards devoted consederable time to acquire a correct knowledge of manufacturing industry , in the United States , it appeared that , notwithstanding the greater cheapness of labour , the superiority of machinery , and the
greater economy in management , in this country , which gave , at starting , to the British manufacturer , an advantage of 17 per cent ., that the American manufacturer , in consequence of having the raw material grown at his own door , and an abundant supply of water power , had an ultimate advantage of 3 per cent , over the British manufacturer in all the lower description of fabrics . The increase of the population , the improvement of machinery , and the greater economy of management whioh would naturally and necessarily take place in the further development of American manufactures , would have a constant tendency to lessen the existing disparity between us and the Americans in these respects : while it was impossible that the British
manufacturer could ever overcome the permanent and natural difficulty of having to bring the raw material from that country to this , and re-transport it for sale in its manufactured state at the price the Americans could manufacture it . ( Hear , h ' ar , hear . ) Our manufacturing system was thus , it would be seen , menaced alike from within and from without ; and it required no prophet to predict , looking at the facts to which he had briefly alluded , that unless comprehensive and radical measures were speedily adopted , the manufacturing supremacy of Great Britain was drawing to a close . Mr . Fleming here rapidly alluded to the present condition of the people in the manufacturing districts , in support of the statement in the
resolution , that distress , disease , and vice emanated from the abuses of the system . He then proceeded to enquire what these abuses were , and pointed out the long hoars of labour , the effects of whioh were , in connection with machinery , to produce more goods than could be disposed of , and reduced , at on ? e , the rate of profit oh capital , and the rate of wages for labour . ( Hear . ) He next alluded to the separation of families , by which the dearest ties of nature were completely broken , and their order reversed , the children having to labour for the support of the parents , instead of the parents for the children . The coneeqaences of this unnatural state of things was to produce a general recklessness of mind and conduct , to lower the standard of moral
feeling , and prevent the growth of intellect . With respect to the physical effects of the system , Mr . Sadler had shown that the average duration of a generation in the manufacturing districts was twenty years , while in the agricultural districts it was forty year 3 . —( hear , hear , )—and according to the returns of Dr . JohnB , the superintendant registrar of Manchester , it appeared that one-half of all the children born in Manchester died under the age of five years , while in Birmingham , on the contrary , where the labour was less monotonous , exhausting and continued than in the cotton factories , one-half of the children died under the age of 16 . Here was an immense difference between two manufacturing towus ; and the greater mortality in Manchester could only be mainly attributed to the existence of that evil which that meeting sought to remove ; and it was fnrther proved , by medical and statistical data , that but for the infusion of fresh blood from
the country districts , the unchecked operation of the system would , in three generations , reduce its victims to idiocy . ( Hear , hear . ) He could tell his Lordship that the working classes had been thinking upon this subject , —thinking long and anxiously ; they had been led to sift the question thoroughly ; and although they would have accepted of the Tea Hours' Bill before with the best bow which their deficient accomplishments in that respect would permit them to make , yet they were now looking for more , aud would not bo satisfied until they had accomplished a total , radical , and fundamental change in the entire system—( tremendous cheering)—a change which would not injure either one party or the other , but would benefit all ; a change which would strike at the root of their distresses ; and at the root of the diseases of the entire system . ( Hear and cheers . ) The Conservative Member for Leeds had found out only onehalf of the truth when he stated that
over-production wa 3 a cause of their distresses , because along with thid over-production , the wealth-producers were not half fed , half clothed , nor were their houses properly furnished : some means must therefore be devised by which a beneficial , equitable , and profitable distribution of the products of labour could be assured to them . Mr . Sharman Crawford and Mr . Feargus O'Connor had proposed a plan by which this could , to a considerable extent , be effected , and by which agriculture and manufactures could be united , with equal benefit
to landlords , capitalists , and labourers ; aud by which the latter would be ensured a plentiful and cheap supply of the first necessaries of life . ( Hear , hear , and cheera . ) Mr . Fleming then turned to his Lordship , and assured him that they would go with him to get the Ten Hours' Bill , but they would not promise to stop there ; and they hoped that as they should have his company so far , that when they got to that point he would not desert them , but accompany them still further . Mr . Fleming concluded a long aud eloquent speech , of which the preceding are only the leading points , amidst loud and repeated cheering .
The resolution was seconded by Mr . Hutton , and on being put was carried unanimously . Mr . T . B . Smith rose to move the second resolution . He said that he was sorry that he was not more conversant with the details of the important question they were met that night to discuss . He had spent nearly all his life in a seaport town , where little was known of the factory sjstem ; but the men of Leeds had taught him some most important lessons , and as be now entered the field of factory strife , he would take care to make himself acquainted with the whole question . In his resolution , be found the system proclaimed as inhuman , unjust , impolitic and unchristian ; and surely a system of which such things could be said and proved , called
aloud for a speedy and an efficient remedy . Mr . S . then spoke at considerable length , and with much feeling on theTarious atrocities of the factory system , showing that it was inhuman , inasmuch as io destroyed the physical , mental , and moral powerB , upon the proper culture and developement of which depended the physical , mental , and moral well-being of generations yet un-born . Bnt the resolution declared the existing state of factory labour , not only inhuman but unjust ; and , indeed , this would follow of course , as whatever was inhuman must , in the very aature of things , be unjust , because all the rights aud claims of humanity had been stamped upon it by the Creator , and to deprive it of any of these rights , must be , therefore , an act of the greatest injustice . But the system was also impolitic . To
whom were we to look for the future strength and glory of the country , but to the young persons of the present generation ? and if they became , as under this system they must become , physically and morally degraded , the consequences might be of the most disastrous character . Mr . S . then proceeded in a . clear and forcible manner to demonstrate the unchristian character of our factory arrangements , and concluded by showing that a return to a sound and healthy state could only be effected by removing our yoHcg men and maidens from the factory hells , and suffering them to breathe the pure air of heaven ; he wished them to become located upon the land , and thus to be enabled to enter into the nuptial state with a fair prospect of enjoying the comiorts and joys of domestic life . He would support the Ten Hours' Bill to the utmost extent of his ability . He concluded by proposing : —
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" That tibta meeting considers £ fc Inhuman , unjust , impolitic , and uuchiistian to work the immature portion of oui species beyond their natural strength , as ia now the case In the mills and factories of the United Kingdom ; we , therefore , pledge ourselves to support , to the utmost of our power , a bill restricting the operation of the moving power to ten boms per day . . Mr . Hdtton , Jun ., seconded the resolution , and like its predecessor , it was unanimously carried , as were also the whole resolutions of the evening . The Chaieman then called upon William Rideb to move the next resolution . He commenced by saying that he was glad the Chairmanhad called upon him to move the resolution , without expressing any desire that he should address the meeting upon the
subject-matter thereof , as the , elaborate and argumentative observations of the' preceding speakers were such as to leave little ground for him to tread upon ; however , there was one or two points to which he would direct the attention of the meeting , which , though not expressed in the resolutions , were , nevertheless , remotely connected with the business of the evemng . Drowning men were wont to catch at straws , and , no doubt , now that the question was again agitated , the opponents of the measure would attempt to injure or letaxd the progress of the cauBe by pointing to the present meeting , and exclaiming , " Behold another coalition of Chartists and Tories . " Now , for his own part , ho denied the existence of any . the slightest ,
coalition ; for were they met ou political matters , he would tell the Noble Lord , and those who professed like political notions , that he , as a Chartist , detested _ their creed—( hear , hear , hear ) —and , as a faction , should ever war against them ; while , on the other hand , he should ever be their co-worker in the cause they were then met to advocate . ( Hear , and cheers . ) He had fought side by side with one now no more amongst them , the immortal Sadler ; he had fought side by side with one now entombed within the walls of the Fleet , at the instanoe of an aristocratic master , to whom he had been a good and faithful servant—he alluded to the King of the factory children , Richard Oastler ; and to the honour of both , as Tories , he
would say , that in no ono instanco had they broached their political opinions in his presence , much less evinced a desire that he should subserve , directly or indirectly , the political p » rty to which they were allied . He would tull the meeting that , on the present occasion , he kuevr not Chartism , though an ultra Chartist ; they were mot to promote a cause in which all purties and sects could and ought cordially to unite—thp cause of humanity ; that was a focuB in which the feelings of every right thinking man would be concentrated . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) With respect to the resolution he had to move , he would , in reference to the former part , adopt the very apposite remark of Mr . Fleming , that" tho records of our hospitals and hifirmaries furnish sufiicieKt and irrofragablo proof of the many and devere accideut 3 which occur under the present Factory System . " He then adverted
to the necessity of the mill-owner being made responsible to the laws of the country for all accidents originating through a negligence of not having their machinery properly boxed ; it being his opinion thit where life was sacrificed , the employer , under such , circumstances , ought to be indicted for manslaughter , if not for wilful murder , and dealt with accordingly . Their ill-gotten gains ought not to shield them from the arm of tho law , as the life and limb of a factory worker were no less valuable than were those of the idler who lived in affluence at the expeuceof such sacrifices . He concluded by conjuring the meetiug to use every possible exertion to accomplish the manumission of the victims of that hydra-headed monster , the steam giant , and to unite hand and heart with all who in sincerity advocated tho cause , regardless of the cuckoo cry Of " coalition . " The resolution
was"That this meeting is aware that many severe and fatal accidents occur in mills and factories , through tho parsimony of the employers , who , to avoid , a trifling expence in fencing their machinery , jeopardise the lives of the employed . It is , therefore , tbe opinion of this meeting that the owners of all mills in such condition ought to be made amenable to the laws of the country for such wanton neglect . " Mr , Temple seconded the resolution . Mr . Wm . Hick moved the fourth resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Dyson : — "That this meeting is of opinion that no female * ought to be employed in mills and factories who have entered tbe marriage state . " Mr . MATTHEw CBABiREEand Mt . TRobert Perking moved and seconded the last resolution : —
"That the thanks ot this meeting be given to the Right Hon . Lord Ashley , for his disinterested and indefatigable exertions iu promotion of the interests of the productive classes . " Mr , Moseley then , in a few words , expressed his fears that Lord Ashley should go away with a false impression on his mind ; he thought his Lordship ought to bo told that they wanted something further than tho Ten Hours' Factory Bill—that they wanted the Charter ; and he therefore put it to tho meeting whether they would not have the Charter in preference , calling upou them for a show of hands .
The Chairman immediately interfered , and was supported by the bulk of the meeting . He said Mr . Moseley was clearly out of order in the course he was then pursuing , he was at liberty to speak , and to say what he pleased ; and was also at liberty to move any thing he deemed proper , either as an amendment or as a resolution , and it should be submitted to the meeting . But he demanded that order and regularity should be observed in all their proceedings . Mr . Mosloy therefore withdrew . Lord Ashley then proceeded . He alluded in the first place to the expectations he had formed in his first address—he had asked them for information , and he had not been disappointed ; he would confess that ho was struck with the regularity with which
they conducted their proceedings , the beautiful manner iu which they expressed their sentiments , the extent of their information , aud the simple and hearty eloquence in which they enumerated their propositions . ( Cheers . ) They had met not so much to discuss questions which were remote , as those which were immediate . In the assembly were men of all opinions , and in the expression of those opinions they had all thrown some light upan the subject ; they had done this with much forbearance—had stated their differences of opinion with great judgment , and in a good spirit , so that it was impossible their observations should not have their due weight . ( Hear , hear . ) The question on which they had more particularly met , had now attained a
degree of importance which it never attained before . ( Hear , hear . ) They were not told now , as they formerly were , that their interposition on behalf of the factory slave had not the sanction of the lawon tho contrary , it was now shown to be sanctioned by every principle of law and justice , that they had a right to interfere to limit the hours of labour . It was not necessary to prove now that a child should not work twelvo hours a day ; they had only to prove that ten hours were better than eleven , not that eleven were better than twelve—that ten were better than either , and by tea he would stand . ( Cheers . ) One of the speakers ( Mr . Smith ) had remarked , that when they begau to plough the soil , they must expect to encounter great trouble and difficulty
before they reaped the perfect crop ; they hud had their inconveniences , and had on former occasions being met by difficulties at every turn , * but it was now his firm opinion tba > henceforward nothing but bent fits could accrue . ( Cheers . ) His Lordship contended that what would benefit the maw weultl never be deterimental to individuals—thai no man would deny twelve hours uninterrupted labour would not tend to lower aud degrade the physical condition of the species , to say nothing of the moral effects which must be produced upon females by their plunging into a vortex where they learned nothing but ; vice , by being compelled to spond the beat portions of their life , from twelve years of age to tweuty-six , in a manner which
totally unfitted them for maternal duties , and for all the most endearing ties of nature . Children , in their earlier years , were but too frequently left to the care of hirelings , in many cases little older than themselves . He had been told of an instance where a mother , shortly after ker confinement , had beeu hurried to the mill , where in order to find support for herself and her iamily , she was doomed to toil for twelve hours a day in an upright position , which she had not strength to support ; whilst her child was deprived of its natural protector , of her who alone could administer to its wauts ; and , after being dandled for hours in the arms of its idle father—necessarily but not wilfully idle—was carried to the mill to
receive from her that support whioh she would gladly have given if she could . / Hear , and cries of shame . ) The Ten Hour ' s Bill would , if it accomplished nothing else , give the mother two hours more for her duties at home . The present system reversed the order of Providence ; it turned man into woman , and woman into man ; it placed them in the way to produce an offspring , but neglected to provide the means tor bringing them up . His Lordship went into statements as to the religious and moral education which ought to be provided for the factory children ; and went on to inquire what they could possibly learn , either in the way of domestio duties or otherwise , while they
were confined as at present . He had learnt recently , in a Sunday School , while inquiring as to the absence of the scholars in the forenoon , that several of the girls were kopt away by their mothers , in order that they might learn to cook . It was unnatural that children should be deprived of the benefits of early lessons from their mothers . In Lancashire , parents were maintained in idleness by the earnings of their children—a reversal of the order of nature , by which they were taught that it was tho duty of the parents to lay up for tho children , aud not tbe children for the parents . ( Hoar , h « -a ) From the official returns laid before Parliament of the number of deaths iuthe manufacturing
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districts , it was shown that there were as many died under twenty years of age as under forty in any other part of the country . ( Hear , hear . ) The scheme he proposed had no political object ; they could unite oh neutiaV ground for the purpose of carryiHgout a great national question . His own political opinions were " Blue , or Conservative ; but his ! Conservatism taught him to look upon station and property as not given to him for himself alone , - but as a trust reposed in him for the benefit of his fellow-men ; and if station and property were not thus used , he would say let station and property go down to the level of the working classes . ( Hear . ) The Noble Lord proceeded to an analysis of the intended Bill , embodying
several amendments upon the present system , which he expected would be laid hefore the House of Commons , at the earliest opportunity , and to the preliminary enquiries in which that measure had originated—the report of the committee on the factory question which he had moved for , and whose labours had been drawn to a close by the dissolution of Parliament . The first of these was that it would be advisable to extend the protected age from eighteen years to twenty-one years ; that was , that parties from thirteen years of age tip to twenty-one , should not work more than a prescribed number of hours per day ; and that the master should have no power to compel the making up of lost time by accidents to
machinery—a power which had been greatly abused . ( Hear , hear . ) The number of hours would be altered ; at present the mill might be set a-going at half-past fire in the morning ^ aiid continue running till halfpast eight at night , a period of fifteen hours , out of which the master , deduoting two hours for meals , could work the hands twelve hours ; but this made the "factory day , " as it was called , fifteen hours long . It had been proposed tolimit tho hours of running from six to eight—a period of fourteen hours . But he intended to propose an amendment on this clause , and to engraft on it a limitation to ten hours . Then mills would be opened at seven in the morning , and closed at seven in the evening , which with two hours for refreshment , would leave
te . n hours for work—as much as any employer had a right to ask , and as much as the labourer had a right to give . The advantages pf this to the children would be that they would not have to leave their beds in winter before half-past six , instead of halfpast four or five . With regard to accidents in mills there were degrees of difference , from the slight laceration to the I 083 of life and limb . ( Hear . ) There was a difference also between the poor and the rich , one might live as usual after losing a finger or an arm , while the other it would deprive of the means of obtaining a livelihood ; and the neglect of fencing of the machinery should be punished . ( Hear , hear . ) He mentioned the case of a young woman at Stockport , twenty years of
age , who was caught by the machinery in a mill in which sue worked , and , after being whirled round , was dashed to the ground , with her ancles dislocated , and one of her thighs broken . He would not say all that be beard about her employer , though it might be well enough known ; but this he would stala , that her wages were due on the Wednesday , aud the accident happened on Tuesday ; it might be supposed that he paid her her wages , and several weeks in advance to support her under her distressing circumstances—( hear , hear)—but did he do so ? No ; he calculated what the time would come to from the accident U > her wages being due , and deduoted eighteen-pence from her earnings . He ( Lord Ashley ) knew that the
principle of the law was favourable to the workman ; aud determined to shew that it was so , he instituted a prosecution against the factory owner , and he had the pleasure of recovering for that poor girl £ 100 damages , besides which the man who refused 43 . to box his machinery off , had all the expences ou both sides to pay , amounting in all to nearly £ 600 . ( Cheers . ) It was now proposed that it should be directed by law , that all machinery should be fenced or boxed off , or raised so as to prevent injury ; if this was neglected it was the duty of the Inspector to see that it was done , or to subject the offender to heavy penalties . ( Hear . ) If any man were to refuse to do this , and an accident were to occur from it , it was proposed
to make it the duty of the Inspector to bring the subject , not before the magistrates , but before the judges of the land , and to prefer a bill of indictment before a jury of his countrymen ; to pay the expences out of the Government funds , and to give the penalty , whatever might be the amount recovered , to the injured party . 4 Hear , and cheers . ) He had called this novel legislation , and it was so ; but it was only an earnest of what they would yet get . He then called attention to the friends by whom he had been assisted in his endeavours , and enumerated Mr . Sadler , Mr . Oastler , Mr .-B . Jowett , the Rev . G . S . Bull , Mr . John Wood , of Bradford , aud Mr . Wet . Walker , of the same place ; and amongst those Members of
Parliament whom he had ever found sincere friends of the working classes he mentioned the names of Mr . John Fiejden , of Old ham , Mr . Brother ton , of Salford , and Mr . Hindley , of Ashton , men who , though differing with him in politics , he admired and respected . His LoidBhip returned thanks for the patience and kindness with which he had been heard , and retired amidst great cheering . At the close of his Lordship ' s speach , a deputation from Bradford presented an address to him , which was read by Mr . Matthew Balme ; his Lordship accepted the address , and made a suitable reply . Referring to the latter paragraph iu the
address , in which it states that they had heard with plcasuro the declaration of his Lordship , that under whatever changes of administration , or otherwise , he would never desert the cause he had espoused , his Lordship , in an emphatic and pointed manner , said , Never . " He thanked them for the address whioh they had done him tho honour to present . After a vote of thanks to the Chairman had been proposed by Lord Ashley , seconded by Benjamin Sadler , Esq ., and supported by William Walker , Esq ., of Bradford , and carriad by acclamation , the meeting broke up at nearly midnight .
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Leeds Cohn Markkt , Tcesday , August 10 — There is a large arrival of Wheat to this day ' s marke " , other kinds of Grain email . The weather has been rather showery since Friday . Wheat has been Is . per quarter higher , bat the demand rather limited . Oats havo been id . to id . per stone , aud Beans Is . per quarter higher . THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEES ENDING AUG . 10 , 1841 , Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beam . Peat Qrs . ftrs . Qrs . Qw . Qrg ; Q ' 5299 73 ( 312 - ^ 49 so
£ s . d . £ a . d . £ s . d . jea . d . ' £ s .-d . £ sd 3 -12 9 i 1 14 3 J 1 5 4 | 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 6 § Leeds Cloth Mahkets . —On Saturday there was a good share of business done at the Cloth Halls : on Tuesday rather less , but still not a bad market . The demand is principally for heary low-priced goods . York Corn Market , August 7 . —The weight of rain which has fallen in this neighbourhood during the past week , has not been great , yet there ha ! been little sunshine , and crops come forward slowly The / ew samples of Wheat shown to-day , command a ready sale , at advancing prices ; and for all deecriptious of spring corn there is a better demand and prices improving . White Wheat 72 s to 76 *
fanes * to 783 per qr . Red Wheat , 70 s to 72 s ; finest to 74 s per qr . Oats lid to 13 d per stone . Beans 38 * to 44 s per qr . Flour has advanced 3 s per sack . Hull Cosn Market , Tuesday Aug . 10 . —There is a generally prevailing opinioa here that the duty on foreign Wheat will be in the course of a weeks come to a low , if not the lowest point ; this combined with the known and positive smallness of the stock of free Wheat throughout the kingdom , has caused a good deal of excitement and speculation in bonded Wheat , and many parcels have changed hands during the week , at daily advancing prices , fully establishing 4 s . and 53 . per quarter more m » nev
than was paying last Tuesday . The weather also has beeu very unfavourable ; at intervals we have had heavy showers with very little sun , thus keeping back harvest , which is not expected to be general of fuliy fourteen days from the present . Spring Corn , under lock , has met with more inquiry , but there is little here of any description ; for prices , I refer to my quotations . There is both a home and export demand for Linseed , and the advance noted last week fully supported . But little passing in Rapeseed , and the little old Seed here is held at high -prices . The late accounts from the continent are unfavourable to the new crop .
Liverpool Corn Market . August 9 . —We have this week had very small arrivals of Grain , &o . coastwise , and from Ireland . Those from abroad are comprised in 2 , 245 quarters of Wheat , and 3895 qrs . of Beans;—all placed under tha Queen ' s lock . Continued unsettled weather , and unfavourable accounts from the agricultural distriots , have kept our market for bonded Wheat and Flour in a very active state ; large transactions have occurred daily at advancing prices ; 9 a . 2 d . per 70 lbs . has been paid for Baltio red Wheat , and 32 j . to 3 . 3 d . per barrel for general brands ef United States Flour ; as high as 3 U . has been obtained for a very choice parcel . The free market has not been influenced to the same extent , but we quote Wheat 4 d . to 6 d ., 0 * ts 2 d ., Flour 2 : ) .-per sack and barrel , and Oatmeal 2 d . per load higher than on this day se ' nnight . Barley has also brought more money , aud Beans and Peas are Is . per qr . dearer .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Mondat , Aug . 9 . — The supply of stock at market to-day has been very large for the season of the year , and the quality on the average only middling . Good Beef met with a tolerable ready sale at 6 . 3 d . ; second ditto , 6 d . ; but the middling and ordinary qualities were not much in request . Best Wether Mutton may be quoted at about 6 id . varying from that down to 6 d . ; ordinary and Ewes from 5 d . to 6 d . ; and Lambs , about front 53 d . tofrVd . per lb .. sinking the offal . Although the market was tolerably brisk , there were many Boasts as well as Sheep and Lambs left unsold at the close , but those were of an inferior description . Number of Cattle at market—Beasts , 1 , 103 ; Sheep and Lambs , 9498 .
Newcastle Corn Market , August 7 . —For the seasoii of the year , we had this morning an unusually large show of Wheat at market from the neighbourhood , which , meeting liberal arrivals from the coast , our millers were enabled ( 0 supply themselves at about Is per * quarter advance on the prices of this day fortnight . Bonded Wheat is much enquired after , but the high prices asked prevent business . Fine Rye is in good demand , and is Is to 2 s per qr dearer . Barley is scarce , and meets with a ready sale . Beans and Peas are more enquired after , and the tew sales made are at an advance of Is to 2 a per qr . Malt is a little more ia request , but we can as yet note no improTonJent in price . We had a moderate supply of Oats today , and we must note them fully at Is per qr dearer . The change of wind has brought us in a good supply of Flour , which , however , meets with a fair sale at an advance of 2 s per sack .
Lcxdon SMrTHFiEi . D Mabket , August 9 . —The arrivals of beasts fresh up to our market this morning , from the whole of those districts whence the principal portions of the bullock supplies are usually derived at this period of the year , being considerably on the increase , and the weather somewhat unfavourable to slaughtering , the beef trade , notwithstanding the attendance of provincial dealers was tolerably numerous , ruled heavy , at an abatement in the currencies noted on this day week of 2 d per 8 Ib and a slearance was not effected without difficulty , fcrom Scotland about 300 beasts and 320 sheep came fresh up b y steamers . Sheep , which came freely to nand , experienced a sluggish inquiry at a depression of fully 2 d per 81 b ; the highest price obtained for the best downs being 43 lOd . In iambs exceedingly little was passing , and the currencies declined from 2 d to 4 d per lb . The veal trade was firm , at a trifling improvement in the value of calves . Pigs were unaltered in value .
Manchester ConN Mabket , Saturday , Aug . 7 . — Our import list this week shews only moderate arrivals of all articles both coastwise and from Ireland ; those from abroad , with the exception of 7585 quarters of Beans from Egypt , are also small ; and from Canada thero are only 1638 quarters of Wheat . The duty on Foreign Wheat has again declined to 21 a . 8 d . per quarter , and on Flour to 13 a . per barrel . A moderate business was transacted iu Wheat at our market this morning at 2 d . to 3 d . per 701 b . above the rates of last Saturday . For Flour we raise our quotations 2 s . per 280 ib . with a fair demand . Oats and Oatmeal were each free pale at an improvement of 2 d . per 451 b ., and Is . to Is . 6 d . per 240 ; b . Malt , Beans , and other articles , were in moderate request at fully the previous rates . r
London Corn Market , Monday , August 9 . —The quautity of Wheat on sale this morning from Essex was pretty good , but only moderate from Kent aud buffolk , with a limited supply of Barley , Beans , aud Pea 3 from all these counties . The fresh arrivals of-Oats , were trifling for this day ' s market , as well English and Scotch as Irish . The imports of foreign Grain have been only moderate during the past week . Since this day week the weather haa been variable , mostly unfavourable ; rain yesterday , but fair this morning , with a low barometer and unsettled appearance . There was a fair steady dem e nd for English Wheat , at about the rales of Friday , being Is . to 2 s . per quarter above the currency of last Monday . The choicest qualities now left of
free foreign obtained a similar improvement in value , whilst all descriptions of bonded must be quoted full 4 a . per quarter higher , with more disposition evinced to buy than to sell . The town millers have fixed the top price of Flour at 65 s . per sack , and good marks , ex-ship , were Is . to 2 d . per quarter dearer . Barley was rather higher than last week , with a moderate demand . Malt was held for more money , which checks business therein . Beans , from their scarcity , were again Is . per quarter dearer . Several samples of new Peas were offering , of moderately fair quality ; prices were much the same as last week for old , but scarcely fixed for new . There was ; a good steady sale for all prime Oats , and last Monday ' s currency was consequently fully established . -
Richmond Cokn Market , August 7 . —We had a good supply of all kinds of Gram in our market to-day . Wheat sold from 93 to 11 s ; Oats , 3 * to 4 s ; Barley , 4 a 3 d to 4 s £ » d ; Beans , 53 6 \ i to 63 per bushel . Rochdale Flannel Maeket , Monday , August 9 . —The market to-day has shown some improvement upon that of iast week . Indeed we have not had so brisk . a demand for flannels aiace this year c » me in as there has beeu to-day , and the manufacturers have obtained a little advance in price . In the wool market there has not been much alteration , ' the dealers have asked higaer prices , but have taken those oflast week .
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O'CONNOR , Esq ., of Hammersmith , County Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at his Printing Offices , Nes . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggate ; and Published by the said Joshua Hobso > S ( for the said Feabgus O'Connor . ) at his Direl * liug-house , No . 5 , Market-street , Briggate ; an internal Communication existing between the said No . 5 , Market-street , and the said N 03 . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus constituting the whole of tho said Printing and Publishing Office one Premises . All Communications must be addressort , ( Post-paid ) to . J . HOBSON , Northern Star Office , Leeds . Saturday , August 14 , 1341 .
From Our Second Edition Of Last Week.
FROM OUR SECOND EDITION OF LAST WEEK .
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On Friday morning several members of the Short Time Committee had an interview with Lord Ashley , at hia hotel , when they again pressed upon his Lordship ' s attention the fact , that remedial measures of far greater scope than the Ten Hour ' s Bill , wero required by the present condition of the operative
population ; though their opinion as to the necessity and beneficial operation of that measure , for the protection of the infantile and adult female factory workers , had undergone not the slightest change . They informed his Lordship , that the agitation of the Ten Hour's Factory Bill , had been of the most essential service to the working classes themselves ; for it had opened up to their view the whole question of labour and capital ; and they had attentively considered the subject , thought deeply upon it , and arrived at conclusions which they deemed just , because they were based upon first principles . The result of thO 3 e inquiries were , that they were satisfied that the only mode of saving this country , and rescuing the people from
their present misery and degradation , was by giving a ucw direction to the industry of the producers , by getting them upon tbe land—to produce a " big loat " and a " cheap loaf" for themselves . They further told his Lordship , that while there Were 15 , 000 , 000 acres of waste lands in this kingdom , and so much unemployed labour ; and while the union of the two would produce food and comfort in abundance , it was tho height of folly not to 30 unite them . It was also intended to make a formal demand on this head , to the proper parties . The intentions of the working people were , to ask for a grant of some millions of money , either to be raised by direct loan , or in Exchequer bills , for the purpose of drafting the unemployed out of the Iargetowns : to locate them
under proper arrangements upon the land , ( either wasteot reclaimed ); furnish them with the means of existence for one year , and a small capital to enable them to farm their land ; and thus give them the means of working outtheredemption of themselves and the country . A grant of £ 20 , 000 , 000 had been made for the emancipation of the black slaveswhich , £ 20 , 000 , 000 had been raised from the working people of this country ; surely it would not be too much for these same working people , now that their condition was declared by the Ministerial Leader in the Honse of Commons to be worse than that of the black slaves , to ask for £ 20 , 000 , 000 , or so , for their own emancipation . They also thought that their reasonable demand would not be refused .
Lord Ashley expressed himself in a friendly mauuer respecting this " new move , " and said that in many of the points alluded to in their conversation , he should he happy to render them every aid in his power . The Short Time Committee , in explanation of their views respecting the question of the Land , handed to his Lordship Mr . O'Connor ' s letters to the Landlords of Ireland , as far as they have been published . They also took occasion to call his serious
attention to the horrible revelations contained in this day ' s Star , respecting the operations of the silent system" in Wakefield House of Correction , with a view to moving for a Select Committee of the House of Commons to inquire into the truth of tho statements contained iu the letter we this day publish , and into the effects and operation of the " silent system" generally . His lordship promised to give tha case nis best attention ; for it was one of the most diffirult and important questions&at cauld ba considered .
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This was the fifth meeting of the kind which Lord Ashley has attended : one at Manchester ; one at Bolton ; one at Ashton ; one at Huddersfield ; and the ono at Leeds . At all and each of them was the same hearty feeling for the cause of the infant factory slave evinced ; and at all of thein was Lord Ashley told the truth respecting tho condition of the working people , and their proposed remedies for existing evils .
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