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GLORIOUS PROGRESS OF CHARTISM IN LEEDS.
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Heir are they to prevent it ; or haw are they mixednp TrifliS at all ? We will show them . They know , in the first place , that the practice is unlawful ; and therefore ihey are bound to discountenance it , and to adopt Beans to put it down , if need be : for beingprac-Msedon their Ivne , they mil be sore to be mixed up with it in public estimation , and their character , and possibly fhe interests of the shareholders , « aD suffer . Iq the second place , they know that this ib a systexaatised bobbery , committed by one over whom they hare both control and influence ; and it is their dnty to use both control and influence to pbotkcx the men from the rapacity of their law-breaking employer . In the third place , he has to depend on their aid and assistance to carry onf hisnefarioas scheme . Me has a van , which he travels . on the line from ieeds to Masbro '; and , as we understand , at the expense of the Company . This Tan is employed to transmit the goods to all parts of the line , * each
man s being pnt into a numbered bag , and delirered « Qt to him . i instead of wages . Now , the Directors « an say whether this travelling Tommy-Shop ahali travel on their line or not . They ban interfere here at all erents . ' They can refuse u power" to carry ihe scheme oat . This they can do ; and if they do Bot do it , w > say nothing of the other means by which ihey could interfere , it will be evident to all that they irini M the practice .
"We shall keep aa eye on this matter . It is rather s norel case . It 1 b one of the most impudent and EhameleES cases of Track that we hare heard of . Generally the practice has slunk into corners and almost unheard-of places : hk&b it iB interwoven into a great pnblic undertaking , in the fall blaze of day . Will it be tolerated , or connired at ! We shall see .
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4 ^ Since the above was in type , we have learned of another case of Tbttck , in Leeds , which we deem It necessary to expose , in the hope that either pnblic indignation , or actual prosecution , may force it out of existence . Abont a mile ont of Leeds , on the Bradford road , stands a large newly-built Machine-making esta-Jlli 3 hlDeDt , l > e 3 oiigmg to a firm trading , rre baliere , under the designation of Wsrnxji , Brothers . " * A little farther on , on the opposite side of the road , Is a Grocery and Provision Store , kept by a person named Hobsehas , brother-in-law to the Whittam 3 , he having-married their sister . It i 3 understood that Hoeskhas hasl > een "helped" into his shop by Ihe Whtttjlms : he having been in low water , and
. dependant on them , for a long time . r » ay , if his own declarations are to be believed , it would appear ihat the shop actually belongs to the firm : for he lias been heard to say , that he derives no profit from It , but that he has to account every week , taking his books to the Counting Hou > e of file ** Concern" every Monday ; where , among other things , it is ascertained whether , or not , each one in their employ has - complied wiifa the obdeks given , and "traded" at Sie Tommy-Shop for his prog . " An instance occurred Tery recently , of & man who did not go to the chop for gcods : and he was waited on by one of the B Brothers" and given to understand that "if he ttas employed in their concern ^ he XCST go to the shop . "
In this case , as in almost all the cases of Truck , ihe good 3 supplied at the Toxxt-Sho ? are charged far above their market valne . The evils of the Truck system wonld be unendurable , even did the Tbcckst £ BS snpply their " things" at the real price : lor still there wonld be the absence of freedom ; the lying op of a man ' s hands . ; the chaining him down to one counter , that a profit may be made of his earnings , over and above the profit accruing from ihe application of Ins labour : but when , aa ia-almost invariably fhe case , and certainly bo in this insiance , advantage is taken of the necessities and position of a dependant workman j dependant on the Employer for
"Leaveto toBf Trhen advantage is taken of this , to force upon him dings at full 25 or 30 per cent , dsabeb than the market price , ihe system becomes one of DOW 5 K 1 GHT ROBBEBT J and the parties practising it are , to all intents and purposes , Heabiuss Thieves . Let U 3 hope that " Justice" will soon overtake them 1 It shall , if wb can be at all instrumental in mending her pace .
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a FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE " XEJLNS THAT CONSCIENCE SHOULD BE FREE , BRITISH "PAINS AND PENALTIES" ON THE EXPRESSION OP THOUGHT . Otb readers will have read in last Saturday ' s Star the report of the trials of Pazersox and Bobiksos before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburghj on a charge of " blasphemy . " It will be TecoHetted , that these prosecutions were originated in consequence of the publication of a work by Robcssos , entitled ** The Bible an immoral look , dangerous to the easily excited brain . ' TM 3 book we have never seen . It may ba a piece of profound criticism and well-sustained argument :
or it may be trash and nonsense . To us , as regards the right of free discussion , it matters not which . We proclaim that men have a right to publish their thoughts en all questions of morals , religion , and politics , no matter even though the embodiment of such should be the vilest trasih ever penned . If falsehood and folly find an OHtlet from the press , let truth and reason be brought to their correction . The only safety against fraud i 3 to allow of the unfettered , unlimited exercise of thought , speechs and pnblieation .
Toe appearance of the bills announcing the publication of the above work , immediately led to as outrageous a violation of ** the liberty of the subject , " as we have ever ( at any rate of late years ) heard tell of . Stirred up by the clergy , the harpies of the law entered Hobessos ' s shop withont any notice or warning ; seised his person ; and carried off about £ 150 worth of his goods . Here , let ua stk , was thiB conduct of Protestants in accordance with ihe principles of •* civil and religions liberty" ! We are told that it is one of ihe fmndamental principles of Protestantism to read the Bible and judge for themselves . Now , we suppose the author of the book above-named
iad done bo ; aad arriving at certain conclusions , boldly stated them to the world . What was there in this inconsistent with the spirit of Protestantism 1 The author in ^ pestion had as clear a right to arrive at his conclusions , as Johs Kkox had to disbelieve in the infallibility of the Popej or Dr-Chamess in tae right of patrenage ; eath deriving iis disbelief from the studying of the Scriptures . But ihese Scotch Protestaati , while they are ever ready to defend the principles of " civil and religion ? liberty" fox those who go no further than themselves , exhibit , at the same time , a spirit of persecution icwaTi all those who would advance beyond their opinions , worthy ; of ftbe worst days of priestly tyranny .
After the prosecation of Robiksoh , " the man Paikksos" went down from London , and opened a shop in Edinburgh ^ where he pnblicly announced the sale of the works , for the vending oi which JLbSISSOX was under ihe bann of the law . The con-« egn < -nce was , that Patbbsoh was seized likewise . In the meantime Bobissom had been brought up for trial ; when it was found that the indictment against him was wretchedly defective ; that it could not be sustained . The consequence was that the trial was ih en abandoned , Rosntsos being bound over on another warrant to meet another trial ! On the 8 ib of November the trial came off , when Patebson was stirtenced to imprisonment for fifteen calendar Booths , and Bobusos to twelve months ,
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On the trial , the witnesses who appeared against PaTERSon consisted of policemen , Sheriff ' s officers , and "informers who formerly belonged to the police . " These wretched tools admitted that they had purchased the books because they were instructed to do bo by the Sheriff : i . e ., the Sheriff , by his tools and " secret service" money , encouraged the circulation of blasphemy" 1 One of the witnesses against Paikbsom , calling himself Gbo&gb R . D . H .
Mackenzie , Esq ., admitted , in the conree of his cross-examination by Patebson , " that Mb motive for purchasing the books was to get him imprisoned , for he thonght he deserved three years . " " In acting as yon have done , " said Patersou , " did yon consider you were doing your duty V " Yes , " said this puny soul , " a ? a citizen and as a Christian . " Paxkbsox , of course , thanked him for this candid admission .
Pateksos also asked this witness how he reconciled his oath-swallowing with the injunction in the New Testament , " Swear not at all ! " but was interrupted by the Court telling him they could not allow such a question to be put : " They sat there to administer law . " MoBt consistent defenders of the " gospel I" If to bring the Bible into contempt " be * blasphemy , " let us ask whether the Lord-Justice CLEBK . and Lords Medwyn and Cockbtjbn , ( " the Court , ") were not guilty of that offence when they so shamefnlly spit upon the injunction of their u Lord and Master j" giving Patebson to understand that tbey cared not a straw for the ** gospel ; " they eat there only to administer * ' law" ! 3
We gave of Paiekson ' s defence , whioh occupied nearly eight houre , all that the reports in the Edinburgh papers enabled tis to give . We are informed by a correspondent that it was " a highly finished piece of composition , breathing the purest spirit of humanity and philosophy ; containing many profound and valuable thoughts on the folly and wickedness of prosecuting for opinion ' s sake . " Yet the "Liberal" papers of Edinburgh have sneeringly remarked : — " That it was characterised by a pompous display of learning and gross mispronunciation . " So much for the liberality of such papers as the Edinburgh Chronicle ,
the organ of the Sivuqitsb , and advocate of " religious liberty . " We have not seen the Witnesst the organ of the Kon Intrusionists J but we are informed that a more foal and brntal spirit was never exhibited by any apologist of priestcraft . See the consistency of this party , who whine about the persecution they suffer at the hands of the Scottish aristocracy ! But all sects are the same . No matter how fiercely they may denounce persecution when they are the sufferers , they immediately turn persecutors of others the moment they have the power , or discover that there are any who differ from them in opinion .
We now come to that precious rt piece of composition , " the Lobd Justice Clekx ' s address in sentencing Patkrson , in which the speaker stated that it was " a satisfaction to the Court indeed to find that the panel in his defence had shown not the least trace of talent" ! Whether this be a fair char - acter of Patebson ' s defence or not , it will show thatihere ia nothing his "Lordship" dreads more than that men of Patebson * s Btamp should be possessed of talent . It shows that the high and mighty are as much as ever in love with ignorance as an engine of perpetuating slavery— « loving
darkness rather than light , because their deeds are evil . " His Lordship not content with inflicting immediate punishment , threatened Paiebeon that if he resumed his " trade" on the expiration of his imimprisonment " either in Scotland or any ether part of Great Britain , " a there teas no extent of punish , ment by imprisonment and fine , which it would not be the duty of the Court to award . " Now we beg to remind John Hope that he is not Lobd Jcsticb Clebb . on this side of the Tweed ; and God forbid that such a personification of cant and cruelty ever should be . It is going a little too far to threaten us in
England with the terrors of his puritan inquisition . Thank God , they are but " empty words , " or we should be tempted to raise the cry of "Repeal , " not alone with Ireland , but with Scotland . Let John Hops " keep his breath to cool his porridge , " and not pre . sume to meddle with us on this side of the border . If he does he will only be laughed at for his pains . His " Lordship" stated that he considered it " a most proper and fit prosecution f and he had no doubt of the effect that would result . Nor have we * The effect will be to more widely diffuse the principles and opinions for which Patebson is now suffering . In many a Scottish village where , in the local papers , the villagers will read the account of these prosecutions , for the first time .
will the young and enquiring ask : " What is this blasphemy 1 " w What are those books for which Patebson is condemned to a felon ' s fate—a felon ' s fare , for fifteen months I" It has often been remarked that llasphmy- 'pTosecuiionB , instead of putting a stop to the demand for the interdicted works , have invariably increased that demand . Public curiosity is stimulated ; an anxiety is felt to clutch the forbidden fruit , which is eagerly devoured . Experience proves that the best method of giving publicity to a book is for the clergy to denounce it ; the best plan to procure for it a good sale is to prosecute its author or publisher . That this has ever been the ca . e , tho writings of THOMiS Pains ore a signal example .
We now come to the cream of the Lord Justice Clebk ' s address , when , after sentencing Patebtson to fifteen month ' s imprisonment , he proceeded : " Whatever you may think of what I now say—I say te ycu , that in the prospect of the solemn and serious duty of pronouncing judffmeat on a fellow-creature , J prayed to ihe Almighty God in whom I believe , thai in his infinite compassion , He vcwld yet vouchsafe to you the comfort , and the peace , and the hope , and ihe joy o believing in Vial adorable Redeemer , whose mercy you have hitherto so contemptuously rejected . " There , " gentle reader , " what thiok you of that f Now look on this picture .
PiiSRsoN wished to know what sort of treatment he was to have in jail ? and the Lord Jdstjce Clerk replied that the Court had nothing to do with the prison regulations . He said : — " If you wish to make any application on the subject , it most be made to the Directors of the General PriBona in Scotland , of whom lam one ; bat "with regard to any application you may make for the relaxation of discipline in the priBOB , or foi exemption from the only instruction which you Trill be permitted to have , J can tell yo * that you have not ihe least chance for getting any relief . " " O foi a forty-parson power To sing thy praise " hypotrisy !'"
His " Lordship" had just been praying to " Almighty G&d'Verhis " companion" and " MEBCY " towards the prisoner at the bar . But when that prisoner applied to the " praying" Judge for " compassion" the reply was : — " Yes ! I ' m the party to whom you mu&t apply for any alleviation of suffering ; * but don ' t you wish you may get it !' " I'll " pray" for you , but 111 punish } on to the utmost . You may " apply "; but " I can tell you that yon have not the least chance of getting any relief" ! 0 mo 3 t Christian Judge ! 13
His " Lordship" had a great deal to say about kobalitt in connection with religion , in the course of his address . Now we ' ve a qnestion or two to put to his " Lordship" ; not a 3 " Lord Justice Clerk " , but plain John Hope . We want to know whether John Hope believes in that passage in the Scriptures , which tells us that "Fornicators and Adulterers shall have their portion in the lake that burneth for ever and ever" ! We want to know whether , when he was Dean of Facility , ana before montage ; before he doffed tha Batehelor ' s jacket for the gown of the Benedict ? whether he
was not e ztra-intimately-acguainted with his housekeeper \ Whetherlsuch intimacy did not draw down upon him the censure of his family ? And whether he was not glad to gloss over the " Bin" by making of the Baid housekeeper an honest woman ! We have heard of such things , and we / hould be glad to know whether they are true . And whether John Hope a prayed" as fervently then , as he assured Patebson he bad just done before senteDcmghim to fifteen months' imprisonmeat 1 Will John Hops , the jndicial defender of religion and " morality answer these queries \ We pause for ft reply I
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THE CONDITION OF ENGLAND . With shame and with sorrow do we call attention to the burning record of England's uttkb degradation , contained in another pago , under the above head . There the reader , if he be an Englishman , will have enough ! He will need no more to tell him the condition that his once highly-favoured country has been brought to » by high taxation . Infernal Paper Money , "Results of Machinery , " and 11 Free Trade . " The details are horribly sickening I We are as degraded and cowed in spirit , as we are degraded in condition , or we should not permit , for one single hour , such things to be :
" And overcome us like a summer ' s cloud Without our special wonder" I Time was , when a lithe of what we record to-day would have been sufficient to nerve the arm and bare the breast of every Englishman , to resoue his country from the hands of the despoiler of her honour and her fair fame : and had their degenerate offspring but one atom of spunk in the whole mass , they would rather sink the whole Island beneath the ocean , than suffer the hideous enormities that now surround us to exist .
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. Swallow— -The parties can have the Star sent direct from the office , by sending a quarter ' s payment in advance , and the addresB of the party to whom it is to be Bent . The CovfiNTfei Mcbdee-a correspondent writea as that the Terdict of the Laicester Jury , given in our 7 tb page has caused great excitement in the city ot Coventry . Bills were issued by the Guardians calling a " Public Meeting" of their body for Tuesday last , to consider what steps should be taken " io this most painful and melancholy affair ; " when , according to our correspondent , the following resolution was agreed to : — " That this meeting recommend that the directors of the Coventry Workhonse
do allow the meaical men and other officers of the workhouse , an epportnnity of rebutting the charges contained in the verdict of the Leicester Jnry , before the Guardians of the city . " Cuubkbland COLLIERS . —We have no room for their address this week . The following sums have been received , deducting £ l 3 s for tho Percy Main men : — King Pit 17 s ; Hebburn £ 2 4 s 4 d ; Terpeth 10 s 6 d ; Walker £ 1 14 s ; Bedlingtou £ 1 17 s 8 d ; SpittletoDgue £ l : 17 s ; Willington £ 5 3 a 3 d ; Kibblesworth 18 s C ^ d ; South Hetton £ 2 Is Id ; Washington £ 1 ; Wallbottle £ 1 ; Woodslde 18 s 101 ; SaghUl £ 7 16 a lOd ; North Elswiok , 158 9 d ; West Stanley Bs id ; Wallsend £ l ; EastH 8 lywelI £ I 2 a 2 d ; West Bolywell 16 s 3 d ; Beaton Burn £ 2 © a 9 d .
John Murdoch , Sheffield —Hia letter arrived only on Thursday too late for ns to make any use of it this week . Nottingham Framework Knitters . —We could not possibly find room for their address this weekwe will give it next . Mr . Georce White . —Received by the committee in Birmingham , per Mr . W . Ball , from the Chartists of Oldbnry , 8 a ; per Mr . George Freeman , from the ChartUts of Coventry , 5 * 6 < 1 . Mr . John West is unavoidably compelled to
postpose bis visit to South Lancashire until Mr . O'Connor ' s visit to Sheffield ; but he will give dne notice to the men of Bury , Dukenfleld , Mossley , Oldham , and the other places be intends to viBit Any of the localities wishing to correspond with Mr . West will address , 20 , Lambert-street , Sheffield . Jonathan Parks , BUTTON . —We feai that he can be made to pay . Man ? COMMUNICATIONS we are unable even to acknowledge , at the present . Will try what next week will do .
Glorious Progress Of Chartism In Leeds.
GLORIOUS PROGRESS OF CHARTISM IN LEEDS .
OPENING OF THE NEW CHARTIST HALL . The Leeds Chartists having for a long time past being much incommoded by the want of sufficient room in their late place of meeting , have been on the look out for one more fitted for the increased and growing strength of the democratic party ; and at length happily succeeded in obtaining a place , which , if ought can silence the filthy lies of our local lights of Whiggery and Sham-Radicalism , will surely effect such a consummation , and convince even the Baines ' s and Smiles ' s that Chartism is neither " dead" nor sleeping ; though we confess we are somewhat doubtful as to such a result , when we remember the old
adage" A man convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still . " Large placards , not quite so large ( but very near ) as a church door , posted through Leeds , announced that the Bazaar , " a large building in Briggate , had been taken by the Chartists for the holding of their meetings , and would be opened on Sunday , Nov . 19 th , by a lecture from Mr . David Ross in the afternoon , and one from Feargus O ' Connor , Esq ., in the evening . This announcement immediately following the Holbeck triumph , created no little sensation ; infusing mew . life into the hearts of all good patriots , and a corresponding amount of dismay amongst the factions of all names and colours .
On Sunday afternoon Mr . Ross delivered his lecture , which was , as usual with that gentleman , a sound and excellent discourse . The room , which is estimated to hold comfortably fifteen hundred personBjWas c-rowded ; a large portion belonging to the fair sex . An excellent choir filled the orchestra , and their performances added much to the harmony and eclat of the proceedings . As noticed above , Mr . O'Connor was announced to lectnre in the evening . Half-past six was the hour notified ; but long before that time the Hall was filled in every part ; and finally when every one had got in that could possibly find standing room , no matter where crammed to , many huodreds had to turn back , wholly unable to gain even a glimpse of the interior . "Wo have been in many crams of the
sort ; but certainly never m one equal to this . The heat was intense , streams of moisture covered the walls and ceiling , and descended in huge drops upon the audience , who appeared as if they were fixed in a vapour bath . We believe we are under the mark when we say that a room three times the Biza would not ha . ve been too large to hare comfortably held those who could not get admission . Hundreds of the fair sex crowded the orchestra , intermingled with the vocalists and band , and filled the numerous rows of seats facing the platform ; and when the vocal and instrumental performers struck up their glorious strains of harmony in praise of the " good old cause , '" we felt that never had we witnessed so noble a spectacle in connection with the Chartist cause before . ' Mr . Brooke having again taken the
chair" Lo we answer , see we come , Quick at freedom ' s holy call " was sung in full chorus by the performers in firstrate style . Some impatience being manifested for the appearance of Mr . O'Connor , Mr . Hobson came forward and entreated their patience for about twenty minutes , by which tims the train would have arrived . In the meantime he would address them—( applause ) . Mr . Hobson then at great length enured into a luminous exposition of the value of labonr , as proved by the facts " evidenced" by Mr .
John Marshall of Leeds , before a committee of the House of Commons . We are compelled to omit Mr . H . ' s speech ; but in another shape our readers may depend upon having Mr . Marshall ' s evidence laid before them . While Mr . Hcbson was speaking Mr . O'Connor arrived , and with some difficulty procured a passage through his enshusiastic and delighted frienus to the platform . At . the conclusion of Mr . Hobson ' s addreBS , Mr . O'Connor , who appeared to be almost asteanded by the magnificient sight before him , came forward and delivered an address o about an hour ' s duration .
The length at which we have given the proceedings of the Soiree held on the following evening preveDts us giving even an outline of Mr . O'Connor ' s speech , suffice it to say that it was in his usual forcible and eloquent style . The proceedings concluded by the performers giving in full chorus , the
anthem"Spread the Charter through the Land . " Long in Leeds will the 19 th of November be held , in remembrance , as the day wken this veritable Temple of Truth was opened for the gathering t' / gether of the eons and daughters of freedoa .
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? £ nTo t £° * * ' t ^ r ? fore ' merely requeat atten-Esr ^ sRs ME ^ r ™^™^™ Mr nivw b ^ To thi 8 toast he Should call upon m £ ^^ s 3 <*> respond . -aMhSSu ^ Reived with loud applaHse . He SSJSl nnnJ ^ W ^ nt to the task which had been Svta IK !? ' ? ply ^ ause the P ° <> v le themrnllr « If fk S * much wPerior importance to their rulers . At the festivald nf th * a **** , •* » .- „ * va
. , 25 ? . }? aPPfrl those who had been > aiTed to nn * Ju \? houId > his io speak of the foundation « Lfe 1 $ .. ° « ety wasAbased . He would ? EnL £ f « . 4 u F * * M h <> found them in ™!« £ 1 i batohed 00 « a « e . where were to be found hf ^ fin ^ mT exal t ed Tirfcues tbai » were exhi-!«! f ! riLiJ £ P ac ? P ™ 063 or the mansions of JwS > iJ h ? P ° k « ° f them as the power ££ «?* Jr ^^ f « reat iu the fieId and on the h « n \ ^^ ^ ey had fought for what bad never « 3 Lim ? em H nefit ' ^ e would point to the splendid . temples of art and science , and the seats v ^ J *» i ! rith whioh the country abounded , W K a if 1 I bee ! xereoted bv them , but of tho use and benefits to be derived from whioh they had beendepnved . In spit © of this , however , knowledge had gone abroad j the people had been told of th , ir
rights , and were now convinced that they must have political power without which they were as a vessel without a helm ; as elaves bound down by the mercenary njill-ownera of the country , and trampled upon by a despotic oligarohy , wh ° w « re ^ e * striving to disunite them , in ? f '„ \ a th « y m * 8 ht continue their bondage . , ™» P ? ^ «> f the people , as the body by whose laboar all things were created ; from which all that was rich and great had emanated ; by whose skill and toil all things had arisen , and who , nevertheless , badOortuns
- that they could call their own . Their ioretatners had been much happier than they ; but nedjd not wish on that account that they should go backward . No ! " onward" was the motto ; and , by the spread of knowlege they would obtain the viotory . In conclusion he hoped the time was not distant when the people of every town would have a temple equal jto the one ia which they were then I assembled , and in which they might learn their rights , and knowing , be able lo maintain them . Mr . Ross resumed his seat amidst loud cheers .
The Chaiboun said the next toast was one in whioh they would all coincide and . rejoice to hear . It was— - "The healths of Messrs . Hobson and Jackson , th « Chartist councillors recently returned at the Municipal Elections . " The toast was drank with three cheers and one cheer more , and great applause . Mr . Councillor Hobson was received with tremendous applause , and when the cheers had subsided he addressed the meeting as follows : —Mr . Chairman— -It is usual for individuals occupying the position in which I now find myself , to say , »* this is the proudest moment of my life . " I shall not cemmenco with any such hackneyed phrase : bui I shall
say that the return of the Chartist candidates at the last election was a triumph of which we may | well be proud ; and on that acoount I do most sincerely rejoict ); not certainly on account of the men who were returned , but on account of those who returned them . ( Hear , hear . ) To the worthy working men of Holbeck , and to the worthy working men of the West Ward , are our thanks in the first instance due ; and to them let the honour be given . ( Cheers . ) Who , I should like to know , would have said only some three years ago , looking at all the circumstances of the case ; who would hare said then , that the working men of Leeds would 80 soon : send two men of their own into the Council Chamber ? Who would have been bold enough .
threei years ago , looking at the state of the Whig and Tory parties in the borough at the time , to have predicted that even now the working men would have had to meet ia celebration of their triumph ( Hear , hear . ) But what bad been done , was only an earnest of what they would do in future . ( Loud cheers . ) They had only got in the small point—the thin end of the wedge ; but so sure as that thin end bad been got in , bo sure would the wedge be driven home . Yes ; the point is in ; and through it must go . ( Cheers . ) It is not only in the Town Council that we must be represented , but in another council , the great council of the nation as it is Called , to which we will yet send a member for this borough . ( Hear , hear . ) And how long will
it be before we shall meet to celebrate thai triumph f—How long shall wejhave to wait beforo we celebrate the return of a Chartist candidate to Parliament !—( hear , hear ) . Will it be three years before we have to do that]— ( cries of "I ^ o , no . ") Will any one venture to predict , that if , inconsequence of a dissolution of Parliament , or from any other cause by which a vacancy may occur , an election should tako place ; will any one say that in each case we should not have to meet in this room , or in a larger place , for this would scarcely then hold us—to celebrate tho triumphant return of a Chartist Member for this Borough ?—( h « ar , hear , and cheers ) . But I will again revert to the present triumph , the
triumph of the working men , who have succeeded , in spite of all the opposition whioh has been arrayed against them ; in spite of all those means and appliances whioh our enemies knew so well how to use , and have so much at : command ; in spite of all these things , they have succeeded , to the great chagrin of- the whole body of Whigs and sham-Radicals — ( loud cheers ) . The chagrin and disappointment of these parties has manifested themselves in numerous instances , both at the eleotion and since ; and none more so than in the Council Chamber , at our first meeting . _ Previous to that meeting , at whioh there was much and very important business to transact , the Whigs and sham-Radicals met in secret , in a small back room in the
Commercial Buildings , and there they determined that " the Councillor for Holbeck" should find his level—( laughter)—that he should not sit on any of the committees under the Municipal Act ; but only on those under the Improvement Act , where it was well known there was a great deai of work , and no power : and after thus agreeing ; after thus appointing the members , and constituting all the committees , they came and sat as demurely in the Council chamber , as if the business was then being donel—( . Hear and laughter . )—But this nice little plot was rather spoiled ; they were not permitted to have every thing their own way . My friend , Mr . Jackson , was present at that private meeting : and after having got an
understanding of what they were about , he told them plainly that he would be no party to any such method of doing business , but would lay the whole matter before the man they had maligned . Mr . Jackson did so—( cries of "That was honourable , " and loud cheers ) . It was honourable . Nay more , it was a proof of great moral courage , of one in Mr . Jackson ' s position , and we ought greatly to respect him for it—( cheers ) . Mr . Jackson had acted thus ; and that was the key to my conduct in tho Council chamber—( hear , hear ) . A great deal has been said in many places , and in the newspapers about my conduct on that occasion ' , and . therefore , aa thiB is tho first occasion on which I have since had the pleasure of addressing you , I will take the
opportunity of setting myself right . Much has been said in the newspapers , and especially in the , Leeds Merciiry , about my "feeling "; about my "manners "; about my "modesty "; and about my "taste , " for having exercised my right as a Councillor , and asking , in a case where I had been given to understand that a legal disqualification existed , Whether such waa the fact , or no . It is true that in doing so I had to refer to a bankruptcy of some years standing ; but in doing so , I only did my duty : for having an impression that the proposed election would be null and void from legal reasons , I had a right , as one who was to elect , to satisfy my own mind before
I exercised my power . I did so . I put the question to our legal adviser ; and with his answer I was Batiffied , and expressed myself so . But I am told I ought not to have raked up this bankrapj-cy of twenty years' date ; and my doing bo is represented as a proof of ray " good taste , ' " manners , " and "feeling . " Sir , I am * not the oniy one that has raked up old bankruptcies . I am old enough to remember the late William Cobbeit being returned to Parliament . I remember that Mr . Baines put into his paper , the Leeds Mercury , that Mr . Cobbett could not take his seat because ha was " an uncertific&ted bankrupt "
of some twenty years ' standing . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Baines , therefore , has been the model for my ** manners" ; and he , of all men in tho world , should be the last to question my "taste , " or to quarrel with my "feeling . " Had I not had good and sufficient reason fomhat I did in the question itself , I had the Mercury ' s example to rake up a "bankruptcy of twenty years' standing" to " insult" a political opponent . " But in doing what I did , 1 did not copy the Mercury ' s example ; I did not let the election pass over , and then raise the objection to Mr . Stansfeld . ( Hear , hear . ) I did it before the election . I spoke as one of the parties ia whom the right of the election waa vested , and on behalf of those who had deputed me . ( Cheers . ) Much has been said about Mr . Hamer Stansfeld . Webave had hia " honour , " hiB "integrity . " his " consistency of character ,
his " mercantile knowledge , " all paraded Defore us . But his friends had better " sing small on those subjects . I happen to know rather more than they imagine . I am in possession of a rather remarkable "correspondence ; " consisting of a oir > cular letter from Mr . Hamer jStaasfeld himself , and one also from his brother Thohas ; both in relation to this very bankruptcy . I will not eaj ; more at present than this : that Mr . Hamer btansfeld's brother , Thomas , gives rather a curims account of his ( Hamer ' s ) " honour , " " integrity , " and " mercantile knowledge "; and that account I am ready to give Mr . Stansfeld himself , if he wishes . I say again that his friends will do well to say httle about this same " honour" and " integrity" : for Mr . Hamer Stan&feld will know fBSBS I JM ; and it
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might be inconvenient to foe-forced to "tell all one knows "—( laughter and cheers ) . But there , was another objection I then urged . I told him that he had attended two meetings of a Board , of whioh I was & member . He was also a member * He was an Improvement Commissioner , exofficio , by virtue of his office as a magistrate . He ought to have attended all the meetings ; he only attended two ; and then it was for the purpose of illegally voting away the people ' s money—( hear , hear ) . The Whigs did not like being reminded of this , j It was to them as bitter a pill to swallow as even "flolbeck" was ; and amongst all the speeches which they made upon the subject , not one of them at all attempted au answer to this
charge —( hear , hear ) . I did not hesitate to tell them that that money was voted for an illegal purpose . At the time I opposed its application ; and that I was right ; was proved to be true ; for before the Commissioners went out of office ,, iet / look care to pay back that money , because they knew that its payment could have been compelled out of their own pockets , had any one taken their accounts into the Queen ' s Bench . Not the slightest explanation has been given of this part of Mr . Stansfeld'd public conduct ; and my conviction is , that any man , be he who he may , who would lead himself to an act of this ] kind , is unworthy to fill aay office , even that of Mayor—( laughter and cheers ) . But there were other matters which eame before the
Council on that day upon which I must beg to be allowed to make a few remarks . My friends wished me to have been placed upon the Watch Committee , because there they thought I might have been of some service . | The members of that committee have a great deal of power . They have the care of the police 5 and you know bow that force requires keeping in check . They have the power to spend £ 8000 a year . They give the police their orders . They suspend , dismiss , and appoint them ; To them complaints against the police are preferred . My friends thought I could be very useful there ; they thought I should listen to the complaints of the poor men , and be as ready to believe them , aa I Bhould the statements of the police—( hear ,
hear , hear ) . I thought myself I might have been useful on that committee ; and for these reasons many wished to see me placed there . But not so . The secret conclave determined that I should not ba on it ; and consequently the motion that I should be appointed was not even seconded . Now mind ; all the members who thus met in private were not alike . Mr . Hornb y did his duty there ; for- he moved that I should be on the committee ; Mr . Jackson aJso did his ; but when he found lh <; determination of the major 1 portion of the Whigs and Shams ^ he left the room , and gave me the information—( hear , hear , and cheers ) . And now I will give you one of the reasons adduced for not putting me on that committee . You know Mr . Yewdall . He
is a great Economist . He has , it seems , been seat into the council to play the Economical fiddle ; and he said , "It will never do to have Hobson on that committee . You know we have occasionally periods of great excitement , such , for instance , as occurred in August last year ; Hobson is a very dangerous person ; and in such periods of excitement it will not do to hare men like him on the Watch Committee , to have the ordering of the Police . " This was the reasoning of Mr . Yewdall , the Economist . ( Hear , hear . ) I am too dangerous a man to be on the Watch Committee , because there may be another period of excitement . Just attend to me here . I will relate to you something that came under my own knowledge , which will show
you what kind of men have been on the Watoh Committee . You . all remember the Strike of last year , when " the plugs were drawn" ; when we had soldiers parading the town in all directions ; special constables sworn in ; and policemen armed with cutlasses on duty night and day , under the control of the magistrates . You will also remember that an Hon . Member of the House of Commons offered to prove , if a committee were granted to him , that that Strike originated wi'h the Anti-Corn Law League . He stated that he had in his possession abundant proofs of this ; and when be had called for such committee , a respectable tradesman of thiaftown , a master machine-maker , wrote to the Hon . Member in London ; and in hia
letter he staled that he was ready to make oath at the bar of the House , that an Alderman ef Leeds , a member of a late Watch Committee , and also a member of the Anti-Corn Law League , knew of the Strike a fortnight before it took place . The writer of that letter stated he was sent for to his counting-house ; by the Alderman , who then told him that the Strike was contemplated : and told him also that when it took place , he was to turn out the men in his employ , as they would be exceedingly useful , because they knew where the plugs were situated , and would know how to draw them > Nay , he said more ; he said , if it was NECESSARY , THE MEN WOULD EVEN JKNOW HOW TO BLOW THE BOILERS up . When the Hon . Member received that letter ,
not knowing the writer , and conceiving it possible that the letter had been seat bj some one of the League , to get him into a mese , by making use of unauthorised statements , he sent it to me to inquire into the credibility of the writer , and into the truth of his statements . ] When I read the letter I was amazed . I did not personally know the writer ; so I inquired of another master machine-maker , whom do know well , if he knew anything of him ; and I received for answer , " that there was not a more honourable or truth-telling man in the whole town of Leeds" —( h 6 ar , and cheers ) . I then sent for the gentleman himseif ); I put the letter into his hand , and inquired if he was the writer of it , He said he was . 1 then inquired if the statements it contained
were true . " True ! aye , said he , " every word of them ; and I hav ^ more revelations t < s > make still "—( hear , hear ) . AnB yet I am objected to because I am " a dangerous man" —( laughter ) . Just contrast my conduot with the alleged conduct of this Alderman and Watch-Committee-maa . While he' was procuring men to be turned out , in order that they might draw plugs , land if necessary blow up boilers , I was persuading the working men all I could against the Strike , as many here present could testify , if need be . Which of us was the moat dangerous man of the I two t—( hear ) . I have related ' thiafaot here for the first time . I had intended to have done so at the council meeting , before the Aldermen's face . I { was prepared to have done this ;
for I expected I should have had an opportunity , of doing it . I expected when my same was proposed aa a member of the Watch Committee , in the council chamber , that Mr . ( Councillor Yewdall would have urged his objections to me there , as be had done in private and behind my back ; and then this would have come out- ( cheers ) . But though I bad not that opportunity given to me , for he held hie tongue , I hope the press jwill take notice of it , and that through that medium it will come under the Alderman ' s notice Asjthese "liberty loving " gentlemen have determined that they will not have me on the Watch Committee , I hope every working man , who may receive any injury or insult at the hands of the police , will take care to pen down an authentic
statement of the facts , with the number of the officers , and make me acquainted with them . I know there are brutes in that force , who deserve to be flogged out of the town . An instance has come to my knowledge , in which Child , —not very child-like in his nature , —but in which Child , Jemmy Child , I believe —( cries of" Yes ; we know him ")—met with two little lads in ) Kirkgate ; and because one of them , quite by accident , touched some part of the great man ' s coat , he struck them both most unmercifully with the heavy stick which he generally carries with him ; iand to such an extent was his violence towards them carried , that their screams called forth the expostulations of those who happened to be passing along
the street—( cries of shame , shame ) . I have another instance of the same individual ' s child-like prspensities . A poor ] Httle girl waa one day standing ia Britgaie with I a few boxes of lucifer matches for sale . She had jher wares in a basket suspended from her neck , and jvhen Child saw her , he swore at her , struck the basket fiercely with his stick , by which all the lucifeis were driven into the street , and the poor child * ! frightened out of her wits , dare not Btay to gather I them up , but was glad to tun off , leaving the only source of her livelihood mixed with the dirt— ( renewed cries of shame ) . Were 1 on the Watch Committee , I- would take eare of such ca 36 s aa this—( hear , hear ) J and although I am not on the Committee , !! will take care they shall not
get rid of such cases . 1 hope when you , any of you , witness them , yo » will let me have them , and thea they shall hear » f them in the Council Chamber itself , and we will see if ; we cannot compel the Watch Committee to take cognisance of them—( hear , hear ) . Another reason adduced at the private meeting why 1 8 he * ld not be admitted on any of the Municipal Committees was , that I * m | not respectable enough . Aad here I »« st remark on the queer notions that some folks have aboat " good manners . " It is all fair and right i » insult me ; it is allowable even to insult my constituents , by telling them that they ar& a disgrace to the Borough ; it is even right for a portion of aea sent to the Council like myself , —no more there , nor nd less , —to meet in private , aad sit in judgment on my character and eonducfc in my absence ; nay even to canvass and assail my " respectability " : all this is fair , and right , and proper . But when I ask a question to
satisfy my mind on a legal point ; when I pursue the course that duty points out , before I exe ^ oise the trust reposed in me ; when I do this , I asx assailed on all hands , and ; a loud yell is raised , about my " taste " , and " feeling " , and ** manners' * . I am re * presented as havieg insulted aa " honourable tradesman "; and that too by some who had : been objectors to KB , because of ! my want of ^ respectability , " ! Had I acted on their grounds ; had I been prompted by motives as / ou > ia £ their owa , J should certainly have been justified in repelling the iNstus given to me and to my constituents in the canvass of my " respectability " , by taunting the "respectable" men par estcellente , with their own " respectability" in choosing from their own ranks , a man to preside ' &a Mayor who had not paid twenty shilling ., I in the pound , and who had creditors sitting under him as Councillors , who had not received their full dividends . Had I possessed the . » taste * ' and "feeling" of some people ,
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—as exhibited towards me , —I should hard done this ; But I did not do so . I did that wbicJi it was my duty to do : and which , if it were to do again , I wottld repeat . Let me ask , if I had not paid twenty shillings m the pound , whether > k taste' ^ or "feeling * would have prevented the canvassers of ray "respectability" from telling me of it , even though it had been of twenty years standing ? And " when speaking of the conduct of Mr . Baines , with reference to the raking up of Mr . Cobbett ' s bankruptcy , aad phinly ' callingihim an " uncertificated bankrupt , " I ought to have told you that he would not contradict it , until Mr . Cobbett entered an action at law against him to compel him . There was "taste " and "feeling" for you I His "taste" was also exhibited on another occasion . Mr . Baines
"insulted" another good friend of the poor man , by taunting him with his misfortune in business : and in that case it was a pure taunt ? aad as cruel as it was ungrateful . He so taunted Mr . Richard Oastler ; and the cheeks of Mr . Baines ought to have burned with very shame , when he so taunted that gentleman : for it is to his father , Mr . Robert Oastler that Mr . Baines is mainly indebted for his success in life- —( loud cheers ) . Leaving this portion of his subject , and referring again to the real triumph gained at the election . Mr . Hobson concluded by proposing the healths of the 570 electors of Holbeck , and the 445 electors of the West Ward , who had by their free and unpurchased votes returned himself and Mr . Jackson to the Council , and resumed his seat amidst thunders of applause .
Mr . Councillor oackson then rose , and was reccived with deafening shouts of applause . He said he felt highly flittered by the enthusiastic manner in which he had been received , and thanked them most sincerely for the compliment . He was not accustomed to public speaking , and should be very sorry to allow his farthing rushlight to twinkle in the presence of the bright luminaries by whom he was surrounded . He could not forbear saying , however , that he bad been taunted by the Whigs that he had neither a right , nor any pretensions to represent the large West ward , for which he had had the honour of being returned . He would remind these carpers that he did not send himself into the Council
Chamber—( hear , hear ) . He had been strongly urged to allow himself to be put in nomination ; and by the honesi votes of the electors he had been placed in the position which it was his pride to occupy . Since he had been in the Council , he had seen a vote of that body introduce Mr . Baines into the chamber on two occasions . [ Mr . Hobson— "I'll try it on with a working man next time , " —laughter and cheers . ] The Whigs had told him that he was a very useful man on committees ; but when he got up to speak , he found out that they did not like him . They found fault with his eleotion this time , because they said . ho was a joint of Jos ' s tail ; he was tha first joint ; and they said Dr . Craven was the second —( laughter ) . They tell me ( said Mr . Jackson >
that if I had not got in this time , Mr . Hobson would have had nobody to second him . All that I can say is , that I will always second him in anything that he may bring forward for the benefit of the public ; but if he brings questions forward of a purely factious nature , I shall deBert him . ( Mr . Hobsoa— "I hope you will . " ) I did differ with Mr . Hobson , with regard to his proposing Mr . Marshall , as Mayor ; and I should not have done , I think , as he did , with respect to Mr . Stansfeld . I admit Mr . Hobson's right to ask the question for his own satisfaction , if ho had a doubt that tha election would be illegal ; bnt having been unfortunate ia business myself , I Bhould hesitate long ere I reminded others . But I can assure you that all
Mr . Hobson ' s other measures were most businesslike ; and I have been told by others that they w 4 re of that opinion . Mr . Jackson refewed at some length to the manner in whioh business had been , transacted by the Streets' Committee ; and after stating they had been served with notice from tho Aire and Calder Company , to restore a dam ia Sheepscar Beck to its original state , which had cost about £ 80 in removing , he inquired if it was possible that either himself or Mr . Hobson could make worse Councillors than those who bad constituted that Committee , at the head of whom was Dr . Baker . In fact , the whole machinery of the Improvement Act , whioh had cost the borough between seven and eight thousand pounds * was declared now to be not worth so many
shillings : in fact the Town Clerk said it would nofc hold water ; and Alderman Peasa said it would be absolutely necessary to get another act of Parliament passed to amend it . Mr . Jackson thea avowed himself in -favour of all the six points of the Charter , but confessed that he was obliged to differ with them on their conduct respecting the anti-Cora-Law League ; but so far as the whole Charter went , he went , and he would go with them for its enactment . The wickedness of our present rulers have made the goodness of God of non-effect . In conclusion , he again thanked the meeting for the patience with which he had been heard , and for the honour which had been conferred upon him , and sat down loudly applauded . The CHAiEMANsaid the next toast was "the Charter ; and the health of the persevering and patriotic Fear sub O'Connor , Esq . "
Mr . O'Connor immediately rose , and was received -with deafening shouts of tumultuous applause . In one of his most eloquent speeches , delivered in his happiest manner , he completely rivetted the attention of his audience for upwards of an hour , interrupted only by repeated bursts of applause . It would be impossible for aa to furnish even a moderate outline of of his excellent address , embodying , as it did , every point to which , he could extend his comprehensive mind , as connected with the movement . The CHAiRKAN&ave the next toast , " The Northern Star and the democratic press . " Mr . Julian Harney , in rising to respond , was received with great cheering , and made an excellent speech , which was throughout well received , and gave much satisfaction . At its conclusion , Mr . Hobson proposed the following resolution : —
"That as the Anti-Corn Law League profess a perfect readiness to discuss the question of a repeal of the Corn Laws , and to maintain that their repeal woald be of immediate benefit to all classes of society , but particularly to the working classes ; and as Mr . Feargus O'Connor has now had a challenge to Messrs . Cobden and Bright , the agents of the Anti-Corn Law League , to discuss this very question , for many months unaccepted ; and as it is of the last importance that all means should be afforded to the people to form correct opinions * more especially upon a question of such confessed import : for these considerations and these reaaon 3 this meeting , composed as it is of a great number of the inhabitants of Leeds , REQUIRE of Messrs . Cobden and Bright , that they meet ia fair , free * and OPEN discussion , Mr . Feargus O'Connor , in Leeds , in the Cloth Hall Yard , and that this resolution be transmitted to those two gentlemen , by the Chairman , on behalf of | the meeting . "
This was seconded , and carried unanimously , amidst applause , The Chairman then gave ihe " concluding toast" The speedy return of Frost , Williams , Jones , and all patriots . " To which Mr . Pitkethley , of Huddersfield , briefly responded ; and it being now half-past eleven o ' clock Mr . O'Connor went to work to enrol names , and sat for some time longer at this work . Many cards were taken , and it was turned midnight before the work was concluded .
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Salisbury ELEcnoN . —On Wednesday , the nomination for a Member , in roc , m of Mr . Wyndham . deceased , took place in this old Ciiy . Mr . Bouverie was nominated on the p ? rt of the League , who have determined to # arry the election , if it be possible ; and Mr . CampbeJ l was the Tory candidate . The show of hands was in favour of Mr . Bouverie . Oa Thursday , the polling took place . The Sun , in a Third Edition , give / j the numbers up to tea o ' clock , when they stood—Bouv'jrie 186 Campbell 161 He adds that Vir . Campbell was gaining ; and that bribery had been resorted to daring the night .
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SOIREE ON MONDAY NIGHT . The Festival ia honour of the return of Mr . Councillor Hobson for the Holbeck War A , and Mr . Councillor Jackson for the West Ward , took place en Monday evening . Tea was on the t Able at seven o ' clock ; and to an excellent and plen £ ful provision , set out on three loag tables , capable of seating comfortably many hundred persons , a -very large and respectable company of both sex ^ , sat down . In the orchestra was a table for th 6 Chairman and the
guests . The good things having " teen freely partaken of , the tables were speedily c ' . eared away ; and the large room was soon aftexws ^ is crowded—numbers being admitted after tea r ^ payment of twopenoe each . Previous to the tea being partook of , ConDcillor ^ HoBsoN and J kso » , Mr . O'Connob , and Mr . Pitkethly , c £ Huddersfield , entered the room together , and wer ciOudly cheered both on their entrance and on ts ' ^ ng tQeir seats at the table appropriated for th ea . In commencing ? , ' business of the evening . of
Mr . Joseph ^ Bj ^ Hoibeck , was called upon to preside . He fel t noBoure ( j , he Baid , by the distinction which ha ^ been cou ferred upon him . When he saw the arra- Of talent by which he was surrounded , and rtnecte j upon the anxiety that existed to hear tbe adore . ' ^ es wh jcJj won j , j be del ivered , he was sure he &t ^ a ^ ^ d t necessi ty of making a
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OASTLER'S LIBERTY FUND . The meeting we announced in our Second Edition of last week , as arranged to . be holdenin Huddersfield , took place on Wednesday night , when there was a goodly muster , and most enthusiastic proceedings . There were present , John Fielden , Esq ., M . P . ; Bu&feild Ferrand , Esq ., M . P . ; John Walter , Esq ., Berkshire ; W . Walker , Esq ., of Bradford ; William Pollard , Esq ., Bradford ; J . Scholefield , Esq ., Rastrick ; Mr . T . S . Brooke , Dewsbury ; Mr . W . Cooke , Huddersfield ; and a host of others . The speaking was most , cheering ; particularly the speech of Mr . Ferrand . At the close of tke meeting the followiug subscriptions were announced : — J . Fielden , Eiq , £ . s . d . £ s d M . P . 50 0 « Mr . Brysoa .... 1 0 © J . Walter , Esq . 10 0 0 Simuel
Glenden-— Pollard , Baq . 5 0 0 mng ... ... 1 0 ft W . Hulbe ... 1 0 0 J . Habergham ... 10 ft Cteo ^ Mitchell ... 0 10 0 Jonathan S oho-Mr . Gatliffe ... 1 0 0 field , E = q . ... 21 0 « W . BnsflWd Fer- J . R . Tatham ... 10 ltt * ran * , JBsq M . P . 5 0 0 J . Inraan l 0 , 0 W . Walker , Esq . 20 0 0 A working man , T . S . Brooke , York ... ... 1 « 0 Esq & 0 0 Mr . Sagden ... & 0 . 0 The geed work has indeed wf , 11 begun I God speed it I May we soon see th' i " Old Emg" at "liberty . " This meeting is but f , he beginning . Wa trust a similar owe will be ho ) den in every town . Leeds is preparing .
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urn SONDEFtLAND . —Mr . Thomas Dickinson lectured on the To' wa Moo ; , on Sunday , morning lost , on the Bights of Man , to a very attentive audience ; and , ia the evening iuthe Chartist Room , oa the Wtdngs ot Woman .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 25, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct678/page/5/
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