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LONDON . S-VIST I ' aKCHAS . — JV . STKE ASD UfMAMTi . — A public meeting was held on Monday evening , December 2 , 1 S 44 , in the spacious building known as the Riding School , Bidborough-street , Burton Crescent , to memorialize her Majesty for the restoration oi Frost , "Williams , and Jones , the Welsh Martyrs . The meeting was both numerously and respectably attended . At eight o ' doi-k , J . * C . Salomons , Esq ., u vestryman , was unanimously called to the (; hiUr amid eonsi < lerab ] e cheering . lie said the object for which the meeting was called was well known . A numerous meeting on such an occasion was expected , and he was happy to find the expectations more than realized . ( Cheers . ) In respect to Frost , Willia m * , and Jones , it was to be regretted that such good men
had iallen into the dilemma they were in—they most certainly had no intention of committing a breach of the peace . ( Cheers . ) Evidently they were much more sinned against than sinning ; and had justice been done , they would have remained in their own country , useful memlxM-s of society , and highly respected as they ought to be . ( Loud cheers . ) Had the ofl ' euces with which th <\ v were charged been proven , they would liave been justly punished ; but after the division among the judges on tin * matter , who would say they had had a " fair trial ' " ( Hear , hear . ; But the question was , 1 ) OW shall we bring them back ' . ( Hear , hear . ) 11 ? thought no one could object to memorialize her Majesty for such a merciful purpose , lie was decidedly of opinion that
the punishmentaccorded greatly exceeded the offence . ( Cheers . l Mr . Ruffy Ridley dune forward to move the lirst resolution , and said it would only be an act of justice to restore those men to their homes . 11 the same amount of justice had been awarded them as had recently been dealt out to the leaders of the much-oppre ^ ed sister isle—Ireland , they would even now be at liberty . ( Cheers . ) Why were they banished i Because their heart * overflowed with the milk of human kimlness ,- because they felt for and eudeavoured to remedy the grievances of their fellowmen . 4 Cheers . ) If we looked at their motive * we should find that these men ' s minds were not imbued with hopes and aspirations in favour of revolutions . If the working classes made but a united and
determined stand , he had no doubt but their efforts would be crowned with Mim-ss . i Loud cheei-s . ) Why were they punished . ' Because the dignity ami pride of a littl < - font had been offended . ( Cheers . ) The people owed a debt of gratitude to those men > and they ought never to rest satislied until their return was effected . The Home Secretary , the letter-«/* ner — ( loud hisses ) — ban , in his ' lithographed replies , admitted receiving ah the memorials , but stated that " he could see no reason " to recommend the . suffering patriots to her Majesty ' s favourable consideration . Now , it was the people ' : ; duty to continue , their rigliUHHis agitation until they compelled theHome Secretary to see reason . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr , Ridley concluded by moving the following resolution : " That in the opinion of this meeting the banishment
of John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , for high treason , in 1 . S 39 , was an illegal act , inasmuch as the foi-ms of law applicable to such cases were not adhered to : and the late division in the House of Lords in the eases of Gray , O'Connell , and others , entitles us to hope , and justifies us in the expectation that the same measure of justice will l > e awarded to Frost , Williams , and Jones us has been awarded to others . AYe , therefore , resolve to present a memorial to her Majesty , praying for a free pardon for and restoration of John Frost " , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , to their homes and families . " Mr . Laurie seconded the resolution . The chairman then called on Mr . Feargus O'Connor to support the resolution . Mr . O'Connor came forward amidst tremendous cheering , waving of hats and handkerchiefs . When silence was restored , he said he had no ordinary
pleasure in following up this agitation to the close . He was one of the first to commence , and should be the Jarf to leave it . ( Cheers . ) As he entered the building he heard the chairman say that he never would sanction a breach of the law . ' No more would he ( Mr . O'C ) However , the chairman had one redeeming clause . He said , " statutes were , very voluminous . " ( Hear , hear . ) Now , for his part , he had quite as much respect tor the constitution as for the laws ; and the judge in passing sentence on Frost had violated the constitution . ( Hear , hear . ) But laws and constitutions , to be respected by sill , should be made with the sanction of nil . ( Great cheering . ) That evening ' s papers told them that the Canadian rebels , those who rose with arms in their bauds , had
received a free pardon ; and were at that moment in the London docks on their way home to their native country . ( Cheers . ) Some of the " rebel" Canadian leadei-s were in high office in Canada . l } le : ir , hear ) . Yes , horse > ten ] ers , pickpockets , and gentlemen of all ^ orts could l > e liberated , but the honest men , Frost , Williams , and Jones , still laboured under sentence of transportation . ( Loud cries of shame ) . He repeated there was no analogy between the cases of Gray and O'ConneU and others , and that of Frost , Williams , and Jones : the tint " offenders" had an appeal to the Lords—the English ones only to the Judges —( hear , hear ) ; and had not the House of Lords been reduced to a few by that old Tory Fox , Lord Wharneliffe , O'Connell and Co . would have been in the Richmond Penitentiary at this time . ( Hear , hear ) . The voung Ton' Lords thought , as they
were all born hereditary law-makers , so must they be all Ixirn Lord Chancellors—( loud laughter and applansel—but Wharnelitfe had taught them it was not so . Bad the English people been so united and determined as were the Irish , Frost , Williams , and Jones would never have gone beyond the walls of Monmouth goal . ( Hear , hear . ) They were not " fairly tried . " lie would tell them why the jurymen did not know what they were about . One of them did not know his own name , and on being asked why he had found Mr . Frost guilty of high treason , he replied , " I did not find him guilty of treason at all—I onlv found him guilty ot being down in Newport , when lie ought to have been at home and a-bed . " ( Loud laufehter . )
Rulry Ridley had stated the true reason why they were transported . It was because Frost was " a just magistrate ; because he was a father , and a good father ; because he was a citizen—a wise , humane , and just citizen . iLoud cheers . ) He did not say that Government Lad concocted the " outbreak ;" but he did say that they were aware of the intention to parade the strength of Monmouthsliir ^ j , in favour of better treatment for the then Chartist prisoner Henry Vincent , lie thought the two lawyers , Philips and Prethero , who held a deadly hatred against Frost , caused , through spies , the " demonstration " to be turned from its original intention . ( Hear , hear . ) He had suffered more than any man ; yet he npver had-violated the laws . Sir R . Peel admitted that he
' had a surplus of £ 3 , 000 , after all the want ^ andexi-: gencies of the Government were supplied ; then he was the greatest of plunderers . ( Loud laughter and applause . ) If the man , ormen , who stole the £ 41 , 000 from Rogers , the other day , were taken , they would | be transported ; but Sir 11 . Peel , who Timing , £ 3 , 000 I from the starving people at : the point of the bayonet ! was a ' great financier . " ( Cheers . ) True it was , I " one murder makes a \ IlMu , millions the lievo /' ; We are not suffering now under an aristocracy , but under that worst of all tyrannies , an irresponsible 'iddle-clas 9 tyranny . ( Loud cheers . ) He wished ^ who held power to be made responsible to all . j ^ i ^ at cheering . ) He wished to see a fair and equit lSe nJ ^ tribution of the proceeds of industry ; and he + t " l < Tfct the working man entitled to all he , earned . ) ? S » t Mr . Townaend ' s child had asked his fa-IL / . _
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turn ? ' aakwlthp ohild . — " Everyman looking for his own ! " was the reply . ( Cheers . ) Public opinion , through the great labours of Mr , Duncombe ( loud cheets ) , had ; worked great changes in public men since 1839 . "If a gentleman should be taken before the "WcUbrook bdQk-keeper" for refusing to render a proper account , ho doubt he would be discharged ana told not to do so any more . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Although some judges had been read severe lessonaMhear , hear )—trying Frost before the Mon-ISGuin 5 hirB jury was as bad as trying Mr . O'Connell by a jury of Protestants . ( Hear ) hear . ) O'Connell could not use language too strong . ( An Irishman in the body of the meeting here shouted , "But Mr . O'ConneU never did use strong language " 1
Mr . O'Connor , in continuation : If the friend in the meeting would only wait a moment and hear , he would find that no one found fault with O'Connell for using strong language . At White Conduit House he had heard Mr . O'Connell ask " what was the use of petitioning V and in reply to his own question he said , " When petitions ran thus , ' we , five hundred thousand men , all capable of bearing arms ; ' yes , when petitions were thus drawn , and backed by " the men , then—and not till then—would they be of service . " ( Hear , hear . ) Now he ( Mr . O'C . ) never said anything half so strong ; yet was he sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment . Let his countrymen not rejoice that an Irish Sergeant Daly , and a " corps of Irishmen , cut down the people in Newport . ( Hear , hear . ) Let them rather rejoice that there had arisen
amongst them such glorious patriots as Lord Edward Fitzgerald and Robert KmmeU—whose greatest merit was , that they died straggling for the rights and liberties of their common country . ( Immense cheering . ) His countrymen were now beginning to learn that it was the oligarchy of England that were their enemies , and not the people of England . ( Great cheering . ) He would not deceive them . He did not expect the return of the Welsh Martyrs until the Charter was obtained ( hear , hear ); and he did not think that measure so very far distant . A little circumstance might again happen in Frame . " Three glorious days , " as they were called—when the French people knocked down a tyrant and put up a despothad helped us to the Reform Bill ; and the next
turn-up ' there would inevitably lead to great changes here . America had just obtained a glorious triumph in the election of i \> lk , tbe Chartist . " \ Loud cheers , and cries of " Lii-iivo . Polk !") lie ( Mr . O'C . ) was not a disloyal man ; but , like Japhet in search of a father , he was looking for something to be loyal to . He could not be loyal to a policeman's staff ' that knocked him down ; he could not lie loyal to a prison , nor to a magistrate , nor to a judge that convicted him ; he could not be loyal to a rattle-box , that exacted labour without remuneration . The workman wanted to live by his labour on his own land , residing in his own cottage , surrounded by his own happy fainilv j and then would he have something to be loyal to . Labour never could be protected until the people ' s ( -barter was the law—its " six points , " " name and
all . " ( tireat cheering . ) Mr . O'Connor re . sunied his seat amid loud and long continued applause . Tlie resolution was carried unanimously . . Mr . John Arnotf then read and moved a memorial in accordance with the resolution , which wa « seconded l > y Mr . 'iaidner , and carried unanimously . Mr . Hornby moved that the memorial be transmitted to T . S . lJuncombe , M . P ., for presentation , which w ; w nevoi : ded by Mi-. Hodge , and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was unanimously , and amid loud cheers , awarded to the chairman . Mr . Salomons , in responding , said he had been pressed to take the chair , and had consented . He appeared to have given the meeting satisfaction , and in so doing was highly gratified . ( Loud cheers . ) Three cheers were then given for the Martyrs , three for the Charter , three for Feargus O'Connor ; and the meeting quietly di ' spei-sed .
Mktropouta . n District Council , lh . c . 1 st , 1 * 44 . —Mr . IVire Jones in the chair . Messrs . Simpson , Wheeler , Dear , Pattcnden , and Arnott , were deputed to fill the various offices on the night of the Soir 6 e to the conductors of the Northern . s ' tor . A letter was read from Leicester , respecting the Cooper Testimonial , and it was unanimously resolved that the subject should lie laid before the localities , and that the members of the Council should report the result at the next meeting . A letter was also read from Mr . W . Jones , of Liverpool , recommending Francis Margarcte , the Spanish democrat , now on his road to
France , to the warmest sympathy of the Chartists of London . Mr . Arnott then brought under notice the distressing case of the Chartist widow Knee and her family ; when sonic silver was immediately collected for their relief . Mr . Stallwood moved : "that the Council recommend their in-other Chartists and friends-in general throughout the United Kingdom , to nour in short petitions to the House of Commons , on its re-assembling , on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the other political victims , " which was seconded by Mr . Arnott , and curried unanimously . Mr . Stallwood also moved , " That this Council recommend their' Chartist brethren and friends
throughout the Vmtcd Kingdom , to pour in snort petitions to the House of Commons , in favour of the abolition of the rate-paying clsujses in t ) ie Hcform Act , and thus aid and assist Mr . T . S . iHincombe- in liis patriotic Parliamentary labours . " This was seconded by Mr . . Simpson , and carried unanimously . Messrs . G-athard , Pearcy , anil Law attended as a deputation from St . Olave ' s and St . John ' s Locality , with some resolution respeftinu the plan of organization . It was moved -. " that the report broutrht by the deputation be received . " Carried unanimously WAuvoRTn . —On Monday last a public meeting was held at the Montpelier Tavern , to memorialize her Majesty to grant a free pardon to Frost , Williams , and Jones . Mr . James Rhodes was
unanimously called to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . On the motion of Messrs . Simpson and Marshall , a resolution and memorial in favour oi' the " Welsh martyrs '" was adopted , and ordered to be forwarded to'l \ S . Iiuncombe , M . P ., for presentation . The ca « e of the South London Chartist Hall and the Duncombe Testimonial having been alluded to , the following sums were received by Mr Simpson on behalf of those objects : —South Lnidon Chartist II , fU : Messrs . llalliday , Is . ( id . ; Marshall . Is , ; Rhodes , Is . ; Ingram , Is " ; Pi < rgott , 7 d . : Reeves , lid . ; Mal-Ictt , Id . : Mrs ., Malfett , 4 d . : total , Us . : U 1 . Duncou , be Ti ' . ithnonial : Mr . Richard Sewell , "> s . ; A few Coopers of Camlterwell , 2 s . : total , 7 > - A vote oi thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting dispersed .
Dl-NDKK . OliAltTisT Revival . — -On Monday evening ' the Dundee and Lochee Western District Chartist AssBciatiun held a meeting in Mr . Straehan ' s School Room , foot of the Hawkhiil , William McKenzie , ropemakcr , in the chair , when the following resolution was passed : — " that we lent this room for one quarter , and enter into a hearty co-operation with the F . astern District Association in an endeavour to revive Chartism once more in Dundee . ' We anticipate great -rood will result from this step .
EDINBURGH . The Agitation . has been at a low ebb here for some time , being kept alive by a few onlv who are unalterably wedded to the principles , and * determined to keep the standard always aloft . Some had bc <; un to grow weary of working for the sake of posterity , others had moved into higher society , ami become so enamoured with the condescension of dukes and viscounts , who have promised to pay for a plentiful supply of water to them , a « almost to cause them to turn their backs on democracy- —their patriotism evaporating beneath the sunshine of nobility and the prospect of the wavnn bath . We have , however , been roused a little l > y the visit of Mr . Clark , who lectlll'cd ill Richmond-court Chapel , on Thursday last , on tins . " Present , position and future prospects oi political parties . " Mr . f . handled his subject in a
mastcm style , showing up the fallacies propagated by the League , the leaders of the Repeal movement , and others , who try to divert the people away from the one thing nmlfti ) , the franchise . At the conclusion of the lecture several individuals enrolled themselves as members of the National Association . Mr . Clark lectured again on Saturday night , in the same Hall , on Trades Unions , lie defended the unions , attributed ; their failure to the redundancy of hands in the Labour market , and recommended " , as the best way to beat the capitalists , to fight them with their own weapons—capital . lie advised cooperation ; but not to waste their funds in strikis , but to manufacture , take in work , and sell for themselves . The lecture was warmly applauded . Mr . Clark lias won the good opinion of the Chartists generally , both by his manners and abilities as a public speaker .
NORTHAMPTON . Thk Rate-vayi . \ o Ci . aisks . —The members of the new locality met on Monday evening last , when the subject of raising an Flection Fund again came tiefore the meeting ; and , after considerable discussion , it was unanimously resolved , that Mr . ( Jainmage should take a tour through the country , for . the purpose ot addressing the people in the various localities on the subject . The report of the meeting of the Metropolitan Delegate Council was then read from the Northern Star ; and after . several members had spoken
on the subject , the following resolution was proposed hy Mr . ( himniivri ' , seconded by Mr . Watson , and carried : " that having seen a noi ice of motion before the Metropolitan Delegate Council for petitioning Parliament for the repeal of the rate-paying clauses in the Reform Bill , while we fully admit the right of any individual to bring such a motion before the Chartist body , and their right to adopt the same , we are nevertheless of opinion that the Chartists will best promote the success of their cause by refusing to petition Parliament for any ineasure of reform short of the People ' s Charter !"
ROCHDALE . The "Northers Star . " —Mr . Donovan , of > ' nehester , delivered two lectures on Snndav . At the close Mr . Edward Mitchell , in a brief speech , moved the following resolution , seconded Mr . Win . Williams : — k < That this meeting views with delight the removal of the A orthern Star from Leeds to London , and are detevimned to support the same with every possible means in their power as long as it continues , " as it has hitherto done , to contend for Labour and Liberty . "Unanimously earned .
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, ; BARNSLEY . Frost , ( Williams , and Jones . —A very spirited public meeting has been held at Burton , near Baras-Iey , at which the following resolution was passed unanimously— " that it is the opinion of this meeting that the sentence of transportation for life passed upon John ; Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , in 1840 , was cruel and unjust ; this meeting , therefore , pledges itself to use every legal and constitutional means within its powe _ r " to restore those martyrs to ; their country and families . " : A memorial to the Queen was adopted , which was ordered to be forwarded to Sir J . Graham for presentation to her Majesty , j '
i MANCHESTER . Carpenters' Hall . —The usual weekly meeting of the Manchester Chartists was held in the above Hall on Sunday evening last . Mr . John Suttar was unanimously called to the chair ; he introduced' Mr . John Smith to jthe meeting , who read Mr . O'Connor ' s letter from- the Star of Saturday last ; and amid the pi audits odthe assembly , Mr . W . Dixon then delivered a short address ; after which Mr . James Wheeler exhibited a plan of the site of ground which the shareholders had bought , upon which to build the new Chartist Hall . The land is freehold for ever , and will qualify ten votes for the county members ; the plan was hailed with loud cheers . A collection was then made for Mr . Muns , the Spanish refugee , resident in Manchester ; after which the thanks of the meeting were given to the ehaimian and speakers , and the people quietly dispersed .
j BRIGHTON . The Cuaktists Awake . —The Chartists of this town held their usual weekly meeting , at the "Cap of Liberty , " Portland-street , on Monday . evening , the 2 nd inst ., and after the ordinary husiness had concluded , Mr . lvidd's letter was read from the Northern Star , and a liberal subscription entered into for Mrs . Duncan . Qur much-esteemed friend Dr . Marriott then addressed the meeting in his usual- eloquent manner , and impressed upon the Chartists the necessity of being prepared to strangle the proposed Bill of Sir Jame .- > Graham . A committee was then formed to 'Svatch the introduction of Hit-James Graham ' s Bill , land to take the necessary steps for its defeat . Mr . iMarriott then gave " The health of our indomitably leader Feargus O'Connor , and success to the Xt / ri / ir . m Star in its new homKjihreo , '' which was heartily responded to . A vote of thanks was given to the chaii-m . au , and the meetmtr broke up .
j NORTH LANCASHIRE . Baiiajfohd . —Lecture . —Thursday evening , theS ^ th ult ., the Social Institution was crowded to hear a lecture from Mr . M'Grath , expository of the princi ples and objects ; of the National Charter " Association . The mind of the , meeting seemed to be thoroughly imbued with the justice of the principles . At the conclusion of the lecture a locality was formed , . 'is . Id ., the remains of ; the collection after defraying expenses , was voted to the Executive . ¦ Marsukv . —1 ) ki kat of the Leaijii ; . —Mr . M'Grath lectured here on Friday evening , the 2 !> th tilt ., on fl . e absurdities and fallacies by which the League orators endeavour to delude the people into an agitation for the repeal of the Corn Laws . A Mr . Charles Owen , of Burnley , iwho has earned for himself an unenviable notoriety in consequence of his opposition to the Ten Hours' \ iili , stood forward for the purpose of
discussing the subject with the lecturer . He very soon convinced the meeting of the extent of his knowledge of the subject ; ' by assuring them that there were onl \ 7 ' 2 ^ , <» tu » pevson > s employed in agriculture . in-Great Britain ' . fl'he discussion was kept up- till twelve o ' clock , when a resolution for " The Charter , and no surrender , " : was moved by Mr . Mooney , of Colne . Mr . Owen moved an amendment in favour , of Corn-Law repeal , lour hands only were held up for the amendment , the whole meeting , with the exception of those four , voting for the resolution . Twenty-four cards of niembei-ship were disposed of . The meeting , having given an exulting cheer for the Charter , . sepa rated , highly pleased with the evening ' * proceedings . JhnoAtE . —I . fcTTt'RK . —Mr . M'dvuth lectured on Saturday evening last in the Methodist Chapel here , much to the satisfaction of a crowded audience . Fourteen meinbci > were added to the association .
Bikm . kv . t— Discussion . —Mr . M'Grath lectured on Sunday la > t : to two of the most numerous and spirited meetings that have been held here for sometime past . At the conclusion of the evening lecture Mr . EdwanLs , a -Socialist , made some objections to the lecturer ' s arguments , which led to a discussion , which was conducted with the strictest decorum and good feeling . Several cards of membership were disposed of , and very liU'ral collections made to defray expenscs . } Bacui ' . —A Lectiiu : was delivered in the Chartist Hail by Mr ! M'Grath , of the Executive , on Monday evening , toki very full meeting . Dr . Smith , of Todmoi-den , occupied the chair . The lecture gave the most amplejsatisfaction . Several new members were enrolled , and ( is . collected for the defrayal of the expenses of the meeting .
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Dr . M'Douall ' s absence , the committee .. secured the services of ] their old friends Main , Adams , and L . Pitkctlily , iwho is here at present . On the motion of Mr . Shen-i ' ngton , Mr . J . Ancott was called to the chair , who ; callea on Mr . J . Adams to address the meeting . Mr . Adams read a letter received from Irvine , announcing the illness of Dr . M'Douall . Mr . Adams then spoke at considerable length on the necessity of acquh'iiu ! a thorough knowledge of those important subjects connected witji the progress of liberty . Mr . Main followed , and made one of the happiest speeches we ever had the pleasure of hearing froin him—it was , in realitv , a telling one on
the necessity of union and the power of the people , were they but properly organized . Mr , Cohmhoun read an address issued by the council of the N . C . Association , accompanying subscription . books which are in course of being isssued , for the purpose of raising monies ) to assist the "Executive . " Mr . L . Pitketlily spoke upon the right of the people to an ample sustenance ' for themselves and families from the soil of the country that gave them birth . Mr . Pitkethly ' s address was enthusiastically and deservedly applauded . Mr . S . Kidil , of Arbroath , who is at present in Glasgow , also addressed the meeting . After the usual compliment * to the chairman , the meeting broke up in the best possible harnionv .
DUDLEY . Dklkcate Meeting . —A district delegate meeting was held here on Sunday afternoon , w , ; cn delegates from the following places attended ;—iiinniiigliam , Mr . John , ' ReaIo , Mr . Francis Mottnun , -and Mr . William Beale ; Bilton , Mr . Liuney , ' and . Mr Pearce . Nethcrton , Mr . Dunn : Dudley , Mr . Watts , Mr . Cfijicley , : w <\ Mr . Wright ; Wolverhanipfon , Mr . John Dunn . Mr . Dunn of Netherton was called to the chair , and Mr . Mattram vv ; ts appointed secretary . Mi-. ' Linm-y moved and Mr . Pearce seconded , " that we form a district oft he following places : —liirminghum , JBiNton . Hromsgrove-, Dudley , Ro < Jt ! itch , Wolverhaniptmi , Lye Waste , Acthorton ; Walsall
Wednesbury , Darnston , and such other places as chose , to send delegates : " carried . Mr . Linney moved and Mr . Wright seconded 'that Mr . Fi incis Mattram be district j secretary ; " carried . Mr . Pearce ' moved and Mr . . \ . \ Beale seconded " that this meeting he adjourned ti (| Sunday . December 15 , at due o ' clock ; to be held ht Mr . Griffith ' s , Lamp Tavern , Walsall , and each delegate to come prepared with a list ot person * willing to become local lecturers : " -carried . Mr . Dunn ! , of Wolverhan . ipton moved , and Mr . I'Varce seconded , " that we , the delegates ; , now assembled highly approve of the removal of the Xvrtlurn . Sfnr from Lwtb to London . " carried . After a vote of thank * to the chairman , the dcii-gates . separated .
OLDIIAM . Lkiti kk . ~ On Sunday last Mr . P . M . Brophy leffin-ed in . the Chartist Room , Greaves- * treet . The audience- \ va , s numerous and respectable , and listened to with great attention .
YORKSHIRE . Wi- > r IlioiNo Delegate Meeting . —* riu ' s meeting wan held , according to notice , in the Worldng Man ' s Hall , Halifax , when delegates appeared front the following places :--Bradford , Mr . T . Cole : Dewsbury , Mr . ; J . Fox : Littleton , Mr . A . Scholefield ; Halifax , Mr . J . Crossland ; Hebdeiibridge , Messrs . R . Suttliffe and T . Dawsou . Mr . Cole was elected to preside . ^ The minutes of the last meeting having been read over , it was-resolved that they be confirmed . The following sums were handed in from the following localities : —Bradford , : is . Sid . ; ditto , collection , 7 d . ; bewsbury , Is . « d . ; halfpenny levy , lOd . ; Halifax . 34 . i » d . ; Littletown , Is . Od , ; flebdenbridge , 8 . « ., ; ditto , ! cards , is . After the transaction of the business , , the Secretary said that he believed the principles contained in the People ' s Charter to be
just and true . This , being the case , and one of the grand principle's contained in that document being annual elections , he wished to be consistent and practise what he professed . He therefore gave notice to the delegates to come prepared to the next meeting to eject a West Riding Secretary , as ' his term of oftice would expire between that and the next meeting . Onejof the delegates said he hoped the present Secretary ( would have no objection to be re-elected . In reply , he said that would depend on the delegates then present , whether they approved of his conduct as W . R . Secretary during the time he had had the honour to ; fill that office ; and further , whether they had a more efficient person to propose to fill the office , in which case lie would verv willirigl * retire . On the motion of Mr . Fox , seconded by Mr . Bawson , the meeting was adjourned to the second Sunday in January , 1815 .
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COBDK . V ASD BbIUHT ' b NbW YlAX FOR M * WC ? AC turing Political Serps . ^ —For some days the walls of Huddersfield have been placarded with large bills announcing a meeting of the Anti-Corn Law Association in the Guildhall , on Tuesday evening at six o ' clock , when Messrs . Cobden and Bright would attend as 3 deputation to explain the new plan of operation of the "League . " The admission was by members ' tickets and j > rinted circulars , and " lucky was the wight" who ; not belonging to the " favoured few , " could obtain one . Shortly after ei ght the Leaguers of the surrounding towns , with their foremen , bookkeepers and other dependants , nearly filled the room ; and the deputation , accompanied by several of the
committee , entered , and was received with cheers Mr . W . Brook , a magistrate , very deliberately walked into the chair , and said he was glad to see so large an attendance , as he was convinced , from their arrangements , that they were all Free Tradere ; and as that was not , strictly speaking , a public meeting , he hoped they would listen attentively to the hon . gentleman who would now address them . He introduced Mr . Cobden to the meeting . Mr . CoBden commenced by observing that he was glad to meet the people of Huddersfield . There was always to be found among them a principle that wai worth struggling for . lie had merely expected to have met the committee , but as this was rather a
large working committee , he would enter a little into public matters . He referred to France , where they were about to establish a Free Trade newspaper , that would contain translations of their speeches and the great meetings at Covent-garden , In America ther had all heard that Mr . Polk , the Free Trade candidate , was elected by the votes of the working men over Mr . Clay , a great statesman , but a protectionist and a father of that doctrine in America . The working men did not like the child , and therefore they would not have the father ; and it was well known that the working men of America were far more intelligent than the people of England . After some remarks on slavery , Mr . Cobden continued : "No doubt this election will have a great eftect on the tariffs ; but if thev repealed the whole of their Tariff
Laws it would be of no service until we repealed our Corn Laws . But how was this to be done ? Not by talking , but by working . They must win the counties by attending to the registries . There was a democratic chink in the Reform Bill—the forty-shilling freehold cause ; and they must take advantage of it . What was the use of their going to Parliament iis long as the West Riding returned two monopolists to that house ? No Ministry would be justified—not would they dare to propose anv measures without the suppor t of the members of the West Riding . And why were monopolists members for the West Riding ? It was not because the Riding was not essentially liberal—but it was because they were ne glectful . Tims did it happen that they were ftehmd the men of Lancashire . " I'm Yorkshire ! " used to
be a password for shrewdness and intelligence . He hoped there was an end to their apathy . Let them get the county safe on the registry , and then it would be safe at the election . Let them seek out bad votes , and strike them off , and place good ones on , which could easily be done by purchasing forty-shilling freeholds . This would give them a fail- return of interest on the capital invested , anil the vote for nothing ; and if they could not purchase freeholds in the towns , there were plenty in the villages . Let them buy them up . No plan that had been proposed Jby the League had met with such response as this . They had vastly overrated the power of the landlords . They imagined because he had the acres he had the votes ; but he knew an estate of £ 14 , 000 a-year , the purchase-money of which , at 30 years' purchase , would be nearly half a million , and yet there was but sixty-eight votes on that estate . * Most of the fanns were let at £ 200 a *
year rent , or an outlay of purchase-money of about £ 0 , ( tOO for one vote ; whereas , by investing in small freeholds , you might purchase a vote for from £ 30 to £ 4 <> . This was a great advantage ; and if thev were to fight the battle legally , this must be their line of policy . Mr . Bright , ot Rochdale , was the next sneaker , and , at great length , endeavoured to prove that this was a working man ' s question . He referred to the statistics of emigration , of crime , and mortality , shewing that in years of depression there was an increase in the several departments ; but it was the poor that emigrated , and not the squires or the aristocracy . It was from the ranks of the poor that our gaols were filled , and it was the poor and the wretched that swelled the lists
of those who were sent . to a premature grave for want of the common necessaries of life . Mr . Bright , at great length , went over the ground taken by Mr . Cobdon , and was loudly cheered . After forming a committee , a vote of thanks was voted to the honoura ble gentleman , when a working man said , before that \ yp $ put , he would ask Mr . Bright why he voted against the Ten Hours' Bill ? Mr . ' Bright . said , when the business of the meeting was concluded he would answer that question . The motion was put and carried . Mr . Bright said he voted against the Ten Hours' Bill for many reasons . One was , he thought Parliament had-no right to interfere on any question of labour , or profit , or wages , or trade , as lie believed
all such interference would be injurious to the men themselves . Besides , Lord Ashley had made statements the most ridiculous , and had libelled the factory operative . He had besides employed persons to write misrepresentations and lies against the factory masters ; and he voted to take a- slice of the poor man ' s loaf for the support and benefit of monopoly , whilst his own serfs in Dorsetshire were in a state of unparalleled misery—and yet he never brought their case before the country . Let him direct his philanthropy to that county whose acres he represented ; and let those who best know each other's interests , masters and their workmen , settle their own affairs . The workmen knew that such meddling would be
injurious to them—would produce turn-outs , routs , and tumults . ( . - " No , no . '" from Mr . West . ) He said , yes , yes ; for they all had experience enough of the last strike . He had voted conscientiously ; and he woald not vote against his conscience to catch the applause of any man , or set of men . Mr . West then presented himself to the meeting , amid considerable confusion , the gentlemen taking up their hats and preparing to go . At length Mr . west proceeded to say , he wished to remove a false impression , that Mr . Bright intended to convey to the meeting on the Ten Hours' Bill . He was sorry Mr . Bright should have been so severe on Lord Ashley—a nobleman whom even his opponents admitted to be actuated by the most humane and benevolent motives . A great number of the working classes and manufacturers were in favour of a Ten " Hours' Regulation Bill ; but they
were met by the theorists , who told them that it would reduce wages and banish trade . Now , ShcjfiM ivas the , only town in England ivhere this question kid U-en practically soloed ; and what did it prove ' . That the fears of the political economists were groundless ; that wages did not fall ; that profits did not decrease ; that the markets had not been lost ; but the contrary-As eitch trade had regulated their hours of labour , trade became more steady ; wages increased from fifteen to forty-five per cent . ; eniployrn'Mit became more extended * : pauperism to be hardly known ; ana the condition of the middle and working classes generally unproved . Now the * e facts could w > l hut be hioieu to the twit honourable me > nl > : r . « —for Mr . Duncombe stated them in the House of Common ? , ana Mr . Kright had not the same objections to him that he seemed to have to Lord Ashley . ^
Ward , too , the member for Sheffield , was compelled to add his unwilling : testimony to the trutn of these statement ' .. It was true Mr . Ward had endeavoured to mislead the country by a story of M * j Muntz having to send an order abroad because iteoHJu not be eouifloU-d in Sheffield at his . price * : but "uksequent events had proved tlvnt that onh r had <~ omt buck , and bent completed hi SJiefifUl . If , therulorf , the M'stem worked well in Sheffield , why not v ; orK well in other place * < But Mr . Bright said , " Foment . had'x » ruiht to legislate on wages , labour , '
profits , or capital / or trade . " Well , if that doctrine were true , wh . il did he and Mr . Vol > ! .-n no t » Parliament for . - If he understood auythin ^ of human legislation , it meant kkoilatio . n and protection ; and * required the application of those principle * « J ^" as the working man ' s labour ? After specifying tne various branches of the Sheffield trade , and the various regulations they had adopted , Mr . Wi-st sat-dovfn . Mr . Cobden rose to reply to Mr . West . He said f 7 had not come there tor the purpose of diseu 5 *» J > - but as some of the statements of Mr . West WC J * "" j ku-ies , he thought it right to reply to tliein . inert was no doubt but that Sheffield was in a more proscn
perous state now than in 1840 and 1 ^ 41 ; ibr M tnej had J 1 , 000 paupers on the parish . But trades union * had not effected this improvement in Sheffield an ) more than they had effected it in Manchester or htoc ^ j port , where they had no existence . But suppo *; that Mr . West said was true , what did it prove ? »" - that the working men could do these things tortueiuselves , without going to Parliament . It Mr . were to set up in a meeting in America , to talk a restriction or protection , they would soon renw liim iVnin liw cl .-vntion and there the working « i
l . ad the franchir-c Heiv another move was m » iKi the respectables ; but Mr . West called on Mr . t *« to hear his reply , ll , he said , when 111 1 > U l" 1 were 14 , 000 paupers on the parish in Shefnelu , tn who were workint ; sixteen and eighteen hours in day for loss wages than they now receive tor ew - had adopted the system of regulation , there w » have been a considerable diminution hi that " 1 U ^ amount of suffering . But Mr . Cobden raid . w ««^ tlit ; men of Sheffield regulated their own attaire , « £ fore no other . should apply to Parliament ; but ™_ was this difference . In Sheffield the men 1 wore < ro paratively independent of their masters . 1 Be "" ^ ing tools " were their oirn ; ' their workshops tliey rw themselves ; and they paid for their ow . ' ^ power ; bin tin ; factory masters owned ™ . ~ Li : !) 3 ii __ _• i- ' « n \ i- „!„ . > u-firfi theirs , ~ "i fi / » ¦
itie macuinery . ah tilings »« - - •¦• - -- , > j , the poor ' slave ' s had nothing but their naked nan * and therefore were they compelled to apply to . 1 " ^ merit for protection . ( Mr . Cobden shook »« ^ Mr . Bright , in rejoinder , referred t "!™^' - ' ^/ said Daniel O ' Connell hml informed him tha * fa Unions and restricting kotm of labour had rt" . trade out of the country ; and he hoped Mr . whom he had often met before , and who ' - * . " ^ the best humoured of his opponents , vrovtD j * , ^ SBNBE ENOUGH TO SEE THE FOLLY OF TKAPSS l » rio . vs . Tbe meetinir then broke up .
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# ' THE NORTHERN STAR . \ ¦ _ December 7 , 1844 . . ¦¦ . ¦ -- ¦ . ^ ~> -L « X . ^ X % JL XX J
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1844, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct516/page/2/
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