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GLORIOUS' PROGRESS OF CHARTISM IN LEEDS.
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How are they to prevent it ; or how are they mixed npwithit * t aIU "We will show them . They know , in the first place , thai the practice is unlawful ; and therefore they are bound to discountenance it , and to adopt zaeans to pat it down , if seed be : for being practised on their Sne , they will be sure to , ba mixed up with it in public carnation , and their character , and possibly the interests of the shareholders , will suffer .
In the second place , they know that this Is & systematasedsoJBZRT committed by one over whom they have both control and influence ; and it is their doty io use both control and isflaenee to PBOTKCTthe men from the rapacity of their law-breaking employer . In the third place , he has to depend on their aid and assistance to " carry oat ' his nefarious scheme . He has a van , whioh he travels on the line from Leeds 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 Bin ' s being put into a cumbered bag , and delivered -out lo Mm , instead of wages . Now , the Directors « an say -whether this travelling Tommy-Shop Bhall trarel on thdr line or not . They can Interfere here * at all events I They can Tefuse " power" to carry the scheme out- This they can do j and if they do aot do it , to say nothing of the other means by which they could interfere , it -will be evident to all that they wink ni ihe practice .
"We shall keep an eye on this matter . It is rather a novel ease . It is one of tho most impudent and shameless cases of Trod : that we hare heard of . Generally the practice has slunk intooorners and almost unheard-of places : here it is interwoven into a great pnblic undertaking , in the fall blszs of day . "Wffl it be tolerated , or connived at" ! We shall see .
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ftS * Sine © the above was in type , we have learned of another case of Tbecx , in Leeds , which we deem It necessary io expose , in the hope that either pnblic indignation , ot actual prosecution , may force it ont of existence . About a mile ont of Leeds , on the Bradford road , stands a large newly-bnilt Machine-making estai > lishment , belongin £ to a firm trading , we believe , under tb& designation of Whitixm , Brothers . ' A little farther on , on the opposite fide of the road , is a Grocery and Provision Store , kept by a person
named Hobsexaj * , brother-in-law to the Whittahs , he having married their sister . It is understood that Hobskmajt has been "helped" into his shop by the Whitiims ; he having been in low water , and dependant on them , for a long time . Nay , if his own declarations are to be believed , it would appear that the shop actually belong 3 to the firm z for he has been heard to say , that he derives bo profit from it 5 bet ihaitjbie has to account every week , taking his books to the Counting Home of
{ he " Concern" every Monday ; where , among other things , it is ascertained whether , or not , each one in their employ has complied with the obdeks given , and "traded" at the Tommy ^ Shop for his " prog . " An instance oc--Carred very recentl y , of a man who did not go to the shop for geods : and he was waited on by one of the * Brothers" and given to understand that if he teas employed in their concent he MUST go . io the shop . "
In this ease , as in almosi all the cases of T&CCK , the goods supplied at the Tojoct-Shop are charged far above their market value . The evils of the Tbuck system -would be unendurable , even did the Tbuckstebs supply their " things" at the real price : for still there would be the absence of freedom ; the tying ap of a man ' s hands ; the chaining him down to one counter , ^ hat a profit may be made of his earnings , over and above the profit accruing from the application of his labour : bat when , as is almost invariably the ease , and certainly so in this instance , advantage is taken of the necessities and position of a dependant workman ; BsrsrbAKi on the Employer for
" Leaveto ton ,- " when advantage is taken of this , to fores npon Hm things at fall 25 or 30 per cent , dsxess than the market price , ihe system becomes one of DOWSSIGBT ROBBEBT J and the parties practising it are , to all intents and purposes , He-LKXLES TfiTETES . Let ns hope that Justice" will soon overtake them 2 It shall , if we can be at all instrumental in mending her pace . < 1-u-ll-r-l- i ' iii »»^^^^ W ' I' ' i" f- r * ri * ir
« FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE " VKXXS THAT CONSCIENCE SHOULD BE FREE . BBEF 1 SH = " I > AIK 3 ANI > 3 > B 2 f A 1 TD 33 " -O 2 f THE
ECFBESSION OF THOUGHT . Otb readers will have read in last Saturday ' s * Star the report of the trials of Psebsoh and Robissos before the High Court of Justiciary at Sdinburgb , on a charge of "blasphemy . " Jt will be recollected , that these prosecutions were originated in consequence of the publication- of a work by Bobissos , entitled The Bible an immoral book , dangerous io the easily excited brain ? ' This book we have never seen . It may be a piece o £ profound criticism and well-sustained argument ;
or it may be trash and nonsense . To as , as regards the right of free discussion , it matters not which . Tr * e proclaim that men have a right to publish tneir thoughts on all questions of morals , religion , and polities , no matter even though the embodiment of Bach shonld he the vilest trash ever penned . If falsehood and folly find an outlet from the press , let truth and reason be bronect to their correction . The only safety agaiu 3 t fraud is to allow of the enfettered , unlimited exercise of thought , speechi and publication .
The appearance of the hills announcing the publication of the above work , immediately led to as ontrageous a violation of *¦ the liberty of the subject , " as we have ever ( at any rate of late years ) heard tell of . Stirred np by the clergy , the harpies of the law entered Robissos ' s shop without any notice or warning ; seized his person j and carried cS about £ 150 worth of his goods . Here , let ua ask , was this conduct of Prole 3 tanLs in accordance with the principles of " civil and " religious liberty" ! "We are told that it is one of
the fundamental principles of Protestantism to read the Bible and judge for themselves . Now , we suppose the author of the book above-named had done so ; and arriving at certain conclusions , fcoldly stated them to the world . What wSs there in thh inconsistent witb the spirit of Protestantism 1 The author in question had as clear a- right to arrive at his conclusions , as Johs Kkox had to ^ disbelieve in the infallibility of the Pope ; or
DrChauikes in the right of patronage ; each deriving hi 3 disbelief from the studying of the Scriptures , Bnt these Scotch Protestants , while they are ever ready to defend the principles of " cirfl asd religion ? liberty" for those who go no farther than themselves , exhibit , at the same time , a spirit of persecution toward all those who would advance beyond their opinions , " worthy ; of fthe worst days of priestly tyranny .
After the prosecation of Robiksos , the man P&ZBBS 05 ™ went down from London , and opened a shop in Edinburgh ; where he publicly announced the sale of the works , for the vending of which Robissos was under the baxm * f the law . The conftequeDoe was , that Patkrsoh was seized- likewise . In the meantime Rosmsos had been brought up for
trial , * when it w&s found thai the indictment against him was wretchedly defective ; that it could not be sustained . The consequence was that the trial was then abandoned , Rosixsok being hound over on another warrant io meet another trial ! On the 8 ih of November the trial came oft ,. when -Patkbsok was sentenced to imprisonment for fifteen calendar months , and Robksos to twelve months .
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On the trial , the witnesses who appeared against Patebson 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 so 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 Pathbsos , calling himself Gbobgr R . D . H .
JLLckEjt 2 iB , Esq ., admitted , in the conrs © of bis Moss-sxamination \> j Patebsoit , " that his motive for purchasing the hooks was to get him imprisoned , for he thought he deserved three years . " "In acting as yon have done , " said" Patebsojt , " did you consider you were doing your duty P * ** Yes , " said this puny soul , " as a citizen and as a Christian . " Patkesos , of course , thanked him for this candid admission .
Patebson also asked this witness how he reconciled his oath-swallowing with the ipj emotion in the New Testament , Swear not at all 1 " but was interrupted by the Court telling him they could not allow such a question to be put : " They sat there to administer law . " Most consistent defenders of the " gospel ' . " If to "briDg the Bible Mo contempt " bB " blasphemy , " let us ask whether the Lord-Justice Clerk , and Lords Medwtn and Cockbubn , ( tt the Court , ") were not guilty of that vffeace when they so shamefully spit upon the utjoscnox-ot their M Lord and Master ; " giving PiTEBSONto understand that they oared not a straw for the " gospel j" they sat there only to administer law" f !
"We gave of Patebson ' s defence , which oeenpied nearly eight hours , all that the reports in the Edinburgh papers enabled us 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 "ZIberal" papers of Edinburgh have sneeringly remarked : —** That it was oha * racterised 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 Stuhgitb ' s , and advocate of " religious liberty . " We have not seen the Witness , tee organ of the Non IntrosioniBts ; bnt we are informed that a more foal and brutal spirit wss 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 tfeo power , or discover that there are any who differ from them in opinion .
We now come to that prscious piece of composition , " the Lord Justice Cujai * s address in sentencing Patbrsox , 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 Patbbsom ' s defence or not , it will show that there is nothing his " Lordship" dreads more than that men of Patekson ' s stamp should be possessed of talent . It shows that the high and mighty are as much as ever in lore with ignorance as an engine of perpetuating slavery—* loving
darkness rather than light , because their deeds & » evil . " Hi 3 LordBhip not content with inflicting immediate punishment , threatened Paterson that if he resumed his " trade" on the expiration of his imimprisonment * either in £ Gotland or any other part of Great Britain , " " there was no extent of punish ment by imprisonment and fine , tchich it would not be the duty of the Court to aicard . " Now we beg to remind Joh > Hots that he is not Lord Justjck Clkrx on this side of the Tweed ; and God forbid that sueh 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 presume to meddle with us os this side of the border * If be does he will only be laughed at for his pains . His " Lordship" stated that he considered it "a most proper and fit prosecntion 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 Patkrson 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 ? ' " What are those books for which Paiebsojt is condemned to a felqn ' s fate—* felon's fare , for fifteen months ? " It has often been remarked that blaspTiemy ' -pTOsecationB , 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 frnit , 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 , the writings of Thomas Pahtk are a signal example .
We now come to the cream of the Lobd Justice Clirk ' s address , when , after sentencing Patbetson to fifteen month ' s imprisonment , he proceeded : " Whatever you may think of what I now ray—I say te yea , that in the prospect of the . solemn and serious fluty of pronouncing judjfmBnt on a fellow-creatnre , I frayed io Viz Almighty God in whom J believe , that in his infinite compassion . He would yet . vouchsafe io you the comfort , and the peacey and the hope , and the joy of believing in that < tdorable Redeemer , whose mercy you hare hitherto socontemplwuslyneeded " There , " gentle reader , " what tbiak yon of that ? Now look on this pictnre .
Patersos wished to know what sort of treatment he was to have in jail ! and the Lord Jostjcb (? lzrk replied that the Court had nothing to do with the prison regulation ? . He said : — "If you wish to make any application on the subject , it must be made to the Directors of the General Prisons in Scotland , of whom Jam one ; but with regard to any application yon may make lor the relaxation of discipline in the prison , or foi exemption from th « only inatmcticn \ rhicn yon will be permitted to have , I CSfl ieU yovthaiyoa have nvt the least chance for setting any relief . " " O for a forty-parson power To sing thy praise , hypocrisy !"
His " Lordship" had just been praying to " Almighty God " f 6 rhi 3 compaision" and " MEP . CY towards the prisoner at the bar . But when that prisoner applied to the " praying" Judge for " compassion , " the reply wa ? : — " Yes ! I ' m the party to whom you must apply for any alleviation of suffering ; * but don't you wish you may get it ! M' 111 " prey" for you , but 111 punish 3 ou to the utmost You msy " apply "; but u I can tell you that yon have not the least chance of geiting any relief" O most Christian Judge !!! His vl Lordship" had s great deal io say abont MOSAiiTT in connection with religion , in the eourse
of his address . Now were a question or two to put to his " Lordship "; not as " Lord Justice Cl ^ ek " , but plain John Hope . We want to know whether Johm Hops believes in that passage in the Scriptures , which tells us that "Feraicators and Adulterers shall have their portion in the lake that burneth for ever and ever" ! W « want to know whether , when he was Dean of Fatfulty , and before maniage ; before he doffed the Bachelor ' s jacket for the gown of the Benedict ; whetherhe was not exlra-intimately-acguainted with his
housekeeper ? Whetherjsuch intimacy did not draw down npon him the oengnre of his family 1 And whether he was not glad to gloss over the sin" by making of the said honsekeeper an honest wtman ? we have heard of such tbiBgB , and we should be glaa u . know whether they are true . And waeiaer Jens Hope " prayed" as fervently then , as he assured Patersos he had just done before sentencing him to fifteen months' imprisonmeat ! Will John Hops \ be judicial defender of religion and " moralU } answer these qaeiieE ? We pause for a 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 uttsr degradation , contained in another page , 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 , "Resulla of Machinery , *' " Free Trade . " The details are horribly sickening We are as degraded and cowed in spirit , as we are degraded in condition , or we shoHld not permit , for one single hoar , such things to be ;
" And overcome ni like a summer ' s cloud Without our speslal wonder" J Time was , when a tithe of what we record to day would have been sufficient to nerve the arm and bare the breast of every Englishman , to reECue 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 na to exist .
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. Swallow—The parties can have the Star seat direct from the offic 3 , by sending a quarter's payment in advance , and the address of the party to whom it is to be sen * ; The Coventry Murder—A correspondent writes us that the verdict of the isicester Jarjr , given in our 7 th page has ( "Uisc 3 great exaiiameat in the city of Coventry . Sills were issued by the Guardians calling a " Pnblic Meeting" of their body for Tuesday last , to consider what steps should bo taken " in this most painful and melancholy affair ; " when , according to onr correspondent , the following resolution was agreed to : — "That this meeting recommend that the directors of the Coventry Workhouse
do allow the medical men and other officers of the workhouse , an epportunity of rebutting the charges coDtainadin the -rerJict of the Leicester Jury , before the Guardians of the city . " Cumberland Colliers . —We have no room for their address this week . The following sums have been received , deducting £ l 3 a for tbo Percy Main men : — King Pit 17 s ; Hebburn £ 2 4 s 4 d ; Terpeth lOs 6 d ; Walker £ l 14 s ; Bedlingtou £ l 17 s 8 d ; Spittletongue £ 1 17 a ; WiUington £ 5 3 s 3 d ; Kibblesworth 18 s 6 id ; Sonth Hetton £ 2 Is 4 d ; Washington £ 1 ; " WaUbottle £ 1 ; Woodslde 18 s IOJ ; Saghill £ 7 16 j lOd ; North Elswick , 153 9 d ; West S > inley 8 s id ; Wallsend £ 1 ; East Holy well £ 128 2 d j West Holywell 16 s 3 d ; Ssaton Bam £ 2 Os 9 d .
John Murdoch , Sheffield —HU letter arrived only on Thursday too late toi us to make any use of it this week . NexiiNGUAM Framework Knitters . —We could not possibly find room for their address this weekwe will give it next Me . Geokge Whixk . —Received by the committee in JBizniingham , per Mr . W . Ball , from the Chartists of Oldbury , 8 & ; per Mr . George Freemen , from the Chaitt&ts of : Coventry , & * . 6 d . MR . JOBN WEST is unavoidably compelled to post *
pone his visit to South Lancashire until Mr . O'Connor ' s visit to Sheffield ; but he will give due notice to the men of Bury , Dnkenfield , Mowley , Oldham , and the other places , he intends to visit Any of the lonliUei wishing to correspond with Mr . West will rddress , 20 , Lambert-street , Sheffield . Jonathan Parks , Sutton . —We fear that he can be siade to pay . Many communication's 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 Ion /? time pant being much incommoded by the want of sufficient room in tbeir late plsce of meeting , have been on the look ont for one more fitted for the increased and growing strength of the democratic party ; and at length happily succeeded in obtaining a place , whioh , 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 ' * 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 , » nd would be opened on Sunday , Nov . 19 th , by a lecture from Mr . David Ross in the afternoon , and one from Feargus O'Connor , E-: q ., inthe evening . This announcement immediately following the Holbeck triumph , created no little sensation ; infusing new life into the hearts of all good patriots , aud 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 , whioh is estimated to hold comfortably fifteen hundred persons , was crowded ; a large portion belonging to the fair sex . An excellent choir filled the orchestra , and their performances added much to the harmony aud eclat of the proceedings . As noticed above , Mr . O'Connor was announced to lecture in the evening . Half-past six was tbo hour notified ; but long before that time the Ball was filled in every part ; and finally when every one bad got in tbat could possibly find standing room , no matter where crammed to , many hundreds had to tarn back , wholly unable to gain even a glimpse of the interior . We have been in many crams of the
sort ; but certainly never in one equal to this . The heat wa 9 intense , streams of moi tore covered the walla aud ceiliag , 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 size would not have been too large to havo 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 ; aud when the vocal and instrumental performers struck np their glorious strains of harmony in praise of the " good oldcau 5 e , we felt that never had we witnessed so noble a spectacle in connection With the Chartist cause before-Mr . Brooke having again iaken the
chair—Lo we answer , see we come , Quick at freedom ' 3 holy call " was Eung m 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 time the train would have arrived . In the meantime he would address them—( applause ) . Mr . Hobson then at great length t mered into a luminous exposition of the value of labonr . as orored by the facts " evidenced" by Mr .
John Marshall of Leeds , before a commutee or the House of Commons . We are compelled to omit Mr . H . 's speech ; bnt in another shape our readers may depend npon having Mr . Marshall's evidence laid before them . ; While Mr . Hobson was ppeaking Mr . O'Connor arrived , and with some difficulfy procured a passage through his ecsbasiastio and deiighCed frientls to -the platform . At the conclusion of Mr . Hobson'a address , Mr . O'Connor , who appeared to be almost astounded by the magnificient sight before him , came forward and delivered an address 0 about an hour's duration .
The length at which we have given the proceedings of the Soiree held on the folio wiDg evening prevents ns 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 when this veritable Temple of Truth was opened for the gathering together of the sons and daughters of freedom .
SOIREE ON MONDAY NIGHT . Th « Festival in honour of the return of Mr . Councillor Hobson for the Holbeck Ward , and Mr . Councillor Jackson for the West WaTd , took p ^ aoe on Monday evening . Tea was ou the table at seven o ' clock ; and to an excellent and plentiful provision , set out on three loag tables , capabJe of seating comfortably many hundred persons , a very large and respectable company of both sexes , sat down . la the orchestra was a table for the Chairman and the
guests . The good things having been freely partaken of , the tables were speedily cleared away ; and the large room was soon afterwards crowded—numbers being admitted after tea on payment of twopence each . Previous to the tea being partook of , Councillors Hobsoh and Jackson , Mr . O'Conmor . and Mr . Pitkeihxy , of Huduersfield , entered the room together , and were loudly cheered both on their entrance and on taking their seats at the table appropriated for them . In commencing the bnsiness of the evening .
Mr . Joseph Best , of Holbeck , was called upon to preside . He felt honoured , he Raid , by the distiiustion whioh had been conferred upon him . When he saw the array of talent by which he was surrounded , and reflected , upon the anxiety that existed to hear tbe addresses , which would be delivered * he was sure ha should be spared the aeceesity of making a
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saSSwaas ^ was ^ mthil ^ i " ^! 1011 ¦**>¦ ¦<»<» . to which « ¦! £ ? * if * - y woald all heartily respond— " The ? rrfti ^ - X ^ Mm ^ amwo of all power . " KtSirS ^ I ^^ * ^ ^ ? ™^? t > Ii ^ n la ^ jnpe ^ to ¦ tt * - * Mk whioh had been S t « Z r hla 1 ' ? P ly because the people themralers Tt ^ h ? ^ i ^ t « BJWta »<» -to their JS £ ' we festivals of the great , it was the fashion to applaud those who had !*« m rfti 9 fid to
En 6 Ui K ° - Ma * P * of the foundation « n « ftt rtf fl , 80 clety , was based . He would ^ L ^ rSW 0 he < i cottaKe » whwa were to bo found Sin * S ? ° , exalted virtuea than were exhi-S ? - ! SJ £ ? *^ of prince 8 or the mansions of wS ^^ he spoka of them as the power n ^ n * ^ h , f K »«^ great iu the field and oa the SJ& t hera » beuefifc . He would point to the ^? j ^ rl- mple \ of ar * and science , mi the seats k- Kh S uVlh whiclj tha « H » t * y abounded , which had all beeu erected by them , bat of th « use h ? nfc ? V T be ? " * " * ffom which they had It * PiSS h Ias iJ Ue of * nJ » however knowledge l ? f , hfa oVh road ' the P 60 ^ *" been told of their rigms , and were now convinced that they must have political power without which they were as a vesssel without a helm ; as slaves bound down by tne mercenary mill-owners of the wmntrv .
auct trampled upon by a despotic oligarchy , hL- ^ w ^ er 8 triyinS to disunite them , in order that tbey might coutinue their bondage . He would speak of the people , as the body by whose labour all things were created ; from which all th » t wa r ?" Stt ( I 8 Wat had emanated ; by whose skill and , toil all things hud arisen , aud who , nevertheless , bad nothiBjr that they could call their own . Their forefathers had been much happier than they ; but nedid not wish on that account that they should go backward . No I " onward" was the motto ; aud , by the spread of knowlege they would obtain the victory . In conclusion he hoped the time was not distant when the people of every town would have a temple equal jto the one in which they were then assembled , and in which they might learn their rights , and knowing , be able to maintain them . Mr Ross resumed his seat amidst loud cheers .
Tha Chaikhan said the next toast was one in which they would all coincide and . rejoice to hear . It was"The healths of Messrs . Hobson and Jackson , the Chartist councillors recently returned at the Municipal Elections . " The toast was drunk with three chaera and one cheer more , and great applause Mr . Councillor Hobson was received with tremendous applause , aud when the cheers had subsided he . addressed the meeting as follows : —Mr . Chairman—It is usual for individuals occupying the position iu which I now find myself , to say , ' this is ihe proudest moment of my lite . ' I shall not cemmenca with any such hackuuyed phrase ; but I shall
say that the return of . the Chartist candidates at the last eleotiou was a triumph of which wo mayiwell be proud ; and on that account I do most sincerely rejoice ; not certainly on account of the men who were returned , but ou account of those who returned them . ( Hear , hear . ) To tho 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 tbe honour bo Ki \ eni ( ChecrB . ) Who , I should like to know , would havo said only some threo years ago , looking at all the circumstances of the case ; who would have said then , that the working men of Leeds would so soon send two men of their own into the Council Chamber ? Who would have been bold enough .
three years ago , looking at the state of the Wnig 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 I ( Hear , hear . ) But what bad been done , was only an earnest of what they would do in future . ( Loud oheera . ) They had only got in the small point—the thin end of the wedge ; but so sure as that thin end had been got in , so sure would the wedge be driven homo . 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 ia another council , the great council of the nation as it is called , to which we will yet send a member for this borough . ( Hear , lioar . ) And how lone
willit be before we shall meet to celebrate that triumph 1—How loug shall wejhave to wait before we celebrate the return of a Chartist candidate to Parliament!—( hear , hear ) . Will it be three years before we havo to do that \ - ( cries of "No , no . " ) . Will any one venture to predict that if , in coueequenoe of a dissolution of Parliament , or from any other eaose by which a vacancy may occur , an election should take place ; will any one say that in each case we should not have to meet in this -room , or ia a larger placoj for this would scarcely then hold us—to celebrate : the triumphant return of a Chartist Member for this Borough ?—( heart hear , and cheers ) . Hut I , will again revert to the present triumphthe
, triumph of the working men , who have succeeded , in spivo of all the opposition which 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 , thej 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 numerouB instances , both at the election and since ; and none more bo than in the Council Chamber , at our first meeting . Previous to that ; meeting , at which there was much and vtry important business to transact , the Whigs and sham-Radicals met io secret , in a small back room in the
Commercial Buildings , and there they determined that " the Councillor ibr Holbeck" should find Ilia level—( laughter . )—that he should not sit on . any of the committees under the Municipal Aot ; but only on those under the Improvement Act , where it was well known there was a great deai of work , aud no power : and after thus agreeing ; after thus appointing the members , and constituting all the committees , they came aud Bat as demurely in the Council chamber , as if the business was then being doue!—( Hear aud laughter . )—But this nice little plot was rather spoiled ; they were not permitted to have every thing tneir own way . My friend , Mr . Jackson , was present at that private
meeting ; and after having got an understanding of what ihfty were abouty he told them plainly that ho would be no party to any sueh method of dopng business , but would lay the whole matter before the man they bad maligned . Mr . Jackson did so—( cries of "That was honourable , " and loud cheers ) . It was honourable . Nay more , it was a 3 > roof of great tt-oral courage , of one in Mr . Jackson ' d position , and we ought greatly to respect him for it —( cheer ?) . Mr . Jackson had acted th . 03 ; and tbat was the key to my conduct in the Council chamber—( bear , hear ) . A great deal has been said in many places , and in tho newspapers about my conduct on that occasion ; and therefore , as this is the first occasion on which I have since had the
pleasure of addressing yon , I wilL take the opportunity of setting myself right . Much has been said in tho newspapers , and especially in the Leeds Mercury , about my " feeling "; about my " manners ''; about my "modeaty "; and about my "taste , " Sor having exercL-ed my right as a Councillor , and asking , in a case where I had been given to uudvrstand that a legal dhqual'Jicution existed , whether fcuch was the tact , or no . It is true that in doing so I had to refer to a bankruptcy or some years standing ; but in ooing 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 , & 3 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 baii .-fied , and expressed myself so . But I am told ^ 1 ought not to have raked up this bankrup t cy of twenty years' date ; aud my doing so is represented as a proof of my " good taste , ' ** manners , " and " feeling . " Sir , I am not the oniy one that has raked up old bankruptcies . 1 am old enough to remember the late William Cobbeit being returned to Parliament . I rememb > r tbat Mr . Baiaes put into his paper , the Leeds Mercury , tbas Mr . Cobbett could not take his Beat btcausa la > waa " an uncertificated bankrupt " of Bomo twenty years ' standing . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Baiues , tnerefore , has been the model for my " manners" ; and he , 01 all men in the world , should be the
iast to question my " taSiV or to quarrel with my ** feeling . " Had I not bad good aad sufficient , reason for what I did ia the question itself * 1 had tha Mercury ' s example to rake up a " bankruptcy of twenty years' standing" to " insult" a political oppo- , ntnt . " but m doing what I did , I did not copy the I 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 j as one of the parties in whom the right of the . ele ' c ' . ibn waa . vested , and on behalf of those who had deputed me . ( Cheers . ) Much has been said about 1 Mr . Hamer Stansfeld . We have had his " honour " his " integrity . " his " consistency of character ,
his " mercantile knowledge , " all paraded before us . But his friends had better " sing small " on those subjeots . I happen to know ratker more than they imagine , I am in possession of a rather remarkable " corregpofldeuce ; " consisting of a circular letter from Mr . Hanaer Stansfeld himself , and one also from his brother Thomis ; both in relation to thiB very bankruptcy , twill net say . more at present ihan this : that Mr . Hamer titanafeld s brother , Thomas , gives rather a curious Account of his ( Hamer ' B ) " honour , " integrity , " and" mercantile knowledge "; aud that account I am ready to give ; Mr . StanBield himself , if he wishes . I say again tbat his friends will do well to say little about thia samo " honour" and " integrity" * for Mr . Hamer S&aagfeld will kuow whebk I am : aud it
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might be inconvenient to be forced to "teU . alf one knows "—( laughter ) and cheers ) . But there was another objection I then urged . I told him that he had attended two j meetings of a Board , of which I was a member . He was also a member . He was an Improvement Comaiissioner , ar officio , 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 tho people ' s money—( hear , hear ) . The Whiga did not like being reminded of this . It was to them as bitto ? a pill to swallow as even " Holbecb" was ; and amongst all the spe : 3 h . es which they made npon the subject , not one of them at all ] attempted an answer to this charge—( hear , hear ) . 1 did not hesitate to tall them
that that money was voted for an illegal purpose : At the time I bppoaed its application ; and that I was right | was proved to be trae j fot before the Commissioners went out of office , they twkec / e to pay bacjt thai money , because they knew that if * payment could have been compelled out of their own pockets , had any one taken their accounts into the Queen ' s Bench . Sot the slightest explanation has been given' of this part of Mr . Stansfeld ' s public conduct ; and my conviction 19 , that any man , be he who Ke may , who would lend himself to an act of this kind , is unworthy to fill any office , even that of Mayor —( laughterj&nd cheers ) . Bat there vrore oth&r matters which osin ' e before the Council on that da . y upon which I must beg io ire
allowed to make & few remarks . My friends wished me to have been placed upon the Watch Committee , because thero they thon ^ ht I might have been of some &erviti . The members of that committee have a great deal of power . They have tho cite of the police ; and yoa know how that force requires keeping in check . They have the power to spend £ 8000 a year . They give the polico thfir orders . They suspend , dismiss , and appoint them . To them complaints against tho police ate preferred . My friends thought I could bo very useful there ; they thought I should listen to tho complaints of tbe poor men , and ] be as ready 10 believe them , as I should the statements of the police—( hear , hear , hear ) . I thought myself I might have been
useful on tbat committee ; and for these reasons many wished to seeme placed there . But not so . The secret conclave determin d that I should not be on it ; and consequently the motion that I should be appointed was not ] even seconded . Now mind ; all the momberB who thus met in private were not alike . Mr . Hornby did his duty there ; for he moved that I should be on the committee ; Mr . Jackson also did his ; but when he found th ? determination of tbe major portion of the Whigs and Shams , be left the room , aud gave mo the inforxnation—( 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 . Ho is a great Economist . He has , it seems , been sent
into the council to p ] ay tha Economical fiddle ; and he said , " It will ! never do to have Hobson on that committee . You know we have occasionally periods of great excitement , euch , for instance , as Occurred in August last year ; Hobson if a very dangerous perse n ; aud in such periods of excitement it will not do to have < nen like him 00 the Watch Committee , to have the ordering of tbe Police . " This was ; the reasoning of Mr . Yewdall ; the Economist . ( Hear , hear . ) I am too dangerous £ man to bo on the Watch Committee , because there may be another period of excitement . Just attend to me here . I will relate to you semsthing that came under my own knowledge , which will show you what kind of men have been oa the Watch
Committee . You all remember tha 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 . Y < . u will also remember that an Him . Member of the House of Commons offered to prove , if a committee were granted to him , that that Strike originated with the Anti-Corn Law League , He stated that he had in his possession abundant proofs of this ; and when he had called for such committee , a respectable tradesman of this town , a master machine-maker
wrote to the Hon . Member ia London ; and in his letter he stated that be 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 statt i ho 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 wa 3 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 necessaiiy , the
MSN WOULD EVEN K . tOW 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 sent by some one of the League , to get him into a mess , by making use of unauthorised statements , he Bent 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 &mazed . I did not personally know tbe writer ; SO I inouired of another master machine-maker , whom I do know well , if he knew anything ef him , ; and I received for answer , that there was not a' more honourable or truth-telling man in the whole town of Leeds "—( hear , and cheers ) . I then sent for the gentleman himself ; I put tbe letter into his hand ,
and inquired if ho was the writer of it . He said he was . 1 then inquired if the statements it contained were true . " True I aye , " said he , " every word of them ; and I have ! more revelations t » make still "—( hear , hear ) . And yet I am objected to because I am " adangerous man "—( laughter ) . Just contrast my conduct with the alleged conduct of this Alderman and Watflh-Committee-maa . While he was procuring men to be turned out , in order that they might draw plugs , and if necessary blow up boilers , I was persuading the working men all I could against tbe Strike , as many hero present could testify , if nc 3 d be . Which of us was the moat dangerous man of the two I —( hear ) - I have related this fact 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 name was proposed as a member of the Watch Committee , in the council Chamber , that Mr . 'Councillor Yewdall would Jiava urged his objection ' s to me there , as he had done in private and behind my back ; and then this would have come out- ( cheers ) . But though I had not that opportunity given to me , for he held his tongue , I hope the press { will take notice of it , and that through that mediyim it will coma under the Alderman ' s notice As these " liberty loving" gentlemen have determined that they will not have me pa the Watoh Committeei I hopo « jvery 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 officerg , 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 thorn both most unmercifully with the heavy stick which ho generally carries with him ; and 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 propensities . A poor ! little girl was one day standing in Bricgate with a few boxes of lucifer marches for sale . She had her wares in a basket suspended from her necfc , and when Child saw her , he ewora at her , struck the baBket fiercely with his stick , by which all the lucifers were driven into the Btreet , and the poor child , ! frightened out of her wits , dare not stay to gather them up , but was glad to run off , leaving the only source of her livelihood mixed with the dirt— ( renewed cries of shame ) . Were I on the Watoh Committee , I would take care of such
cases as this—( hear , hear ); and although I am not on the Committee , il will tako care they shall not get rid of such cases . I hope when you , any of you , witness them , you jnili let me have them , and then they shall hear of them in the Counoil Chamber itself , and wo will see if ] we cannot compel tbe Watch Committee to take cognisance of them—( hear , hear ) . Another reason adduced at the private meeting why I should not be admitted on any of the Municipal . Committees was , that I am juot respectable enough . Aud here 1 must remaik on the queer notions that gome folks have about " good manners . " It is all fair and right to insult me ; it ia allowable even to insult my constituents , by telling them that they are a disarace to the Borough ; it is even right tor a
portion of men sent to the Council like my self , —no mobe there , nor no less , —to meet in private , and sit in judgment on my character and coaduct in my absence ; nay even to canvass aud assail my " respectability " : all this is fair , and right , and proper . But when I ask a question to satisfy my mind onia legal point ; when 1 pursue the coarse that duty points out , before I exercise the trust reposed in me ; when I do this , I am assailed on all hands , and ! a loud yell is raised about my w taste" , and feeling " , and * manners " . I am represented as having insulted in " honourable trades
man "; and that too by som » who had been objectors to me , because pf | my want of " respectability ? ' ! Bad 1 acted on their grounds ; had I been prompted by motives as low ) as their own , I shonld certainly have been justified in repelling the insult given to me and to my constituents in the canvass of my " respectability" , by taunting the " respectable" men par etcellenee , with their of ta " respectability" in choosing from their dwn ranks , a man to preside as Mayor who bad not paic twenty Bhillinga ; in the pound , and v » h& had creditor * sitting under him as Councillors , who had not received their full dividends . Had I possessed the taste" and ** feeling" oi gonjej people ,
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—as exhibited towards me , —I should have done ttiia . But I did not do so . I did that whic ' i it was my duty to do : and whieh , if it wvre to do again . X would repeat . Let me ask , if I had not paid twenty shillings m the pound , whether " t » stc" or " fseling ' would have prevented the canvassers of my ** respectability" from telling me f * f i * . f ^ eti thnrieh ik bad been of twenty years standing ! And when speaking of tho conduct of Mr . Bumes , wiihr ^ tof enca to the raking up of Mr . Cbbbett ' s bankruptcy , aad pHinl ' y ' catlinR'him an ' * unceriiflcated bankrupt , " 1 ought to have told you that he would not contradict it , until Mr . Cobbett entered an action at law against him to compel him . Thera' was "taste " and "feeling" for you ! 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 ; and 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 bis success in life—( loud cheers ) . Leaving this portion of his subject , and referrinft again to the real triumph gained at the election . Mr . Hobaon concluded by proposing the healths of the 570 electors of Holbeck , sad tbe 445 electors of tho West Ward , who had by fcbeir free and nnpurcbased votes returned himself and Mr . Jackson to the Council , aud resumed his seat amidst thunders of applause .
Mr . Councillor Jackson then rose , and was received 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 hoc accustomed to public speaking , and should be very sorry to allow his farthing rushlight to twinkle ia the presence of the bright luminaries by whom he was surrounded . He could not forbear saying , however , that he had been taunted by the Whiga that he had neither a ri ^ ht , nor any pretensions to represent the large Wost ward , for which he had had the honour of being returned . He would remind these carpers that he did not send himself into the Counoil
Chamber—( hear , hear ) . He had been strongly urged to allow himself to be put in nomination ; and by the honesu votes of tha electors he had been placed in the position which it was his pride to oscapy . Since he bad 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 . J The Whigs had ( old 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 election this time , because they said he was a joint of Jo 3 ' s tail ; he was the 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 tbat I can say ia , that I will always second him in anything tbat he may bring forward for the benefit of the public ; but if he brings questions forward of a purely factious nature , I shall desert him . ( Vlr . Hobson— "I hope you will . ") I did differ with Mr . Hobaon , with regard to his proposing Mr . Marshall , as Mayor ; and 1 shonld 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 he had a doubt that the election would be illegal ; but having been unfortunate in business myseif , I should hesitate long ere I reminded others . But I can assure yon thai ail
Mr . Hobson ' s other measures were most businesslike ; and I have been told by others that they were ot that opinion . Mr . Jackson referred at some length to ihe manner in which business had been transacted by the Streets' Committee ; and after stating they had been served with notice from the Aire and Calder Company , to restore a dam in 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 mako worse Councillors than those who had constituted that Committee , at the head of whom was Dr . Baker . In fact , the whole machinery of the Improvement Aot , which had cost the borough between seven and eight thousand pounds
was declarod now to be not worth so many shillings : in fact the Town CJerk said it would not hold water ; aud Alderman Pease said it would be absolutely necessary to get another act of Parliament passed to amend it . Mr . Jackson then avowed Mmself in favour of all tbe six points of the Charter , but confessed that he was obliged to differ with them on their conduct respecting the anti-Corn-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 , ha again thanked the meeting for the patience with which he hav been heard , and for the hanour which had been conferred upon him , aud sat down loudly applauded . The Chairman said ihe next toast was " the
Charter ; and tho health of the persevering and patriotic-Feargus 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 rivettect the atention or his audience for upwards of an hour , interrupted ODly by repeated bursts of applause . It would be impossible for us to furnish even a moderate outline of of M 3 excellent address , embodying , as it did , every point to which he could extend his comprehensive mind , as connected with the movement . The CHAiaM * Njgave the next toast , " The Northern Star and the democratic press . "
Mr . Julian Habnev , in rising to respond , waa 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 : — " Tbat 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 would be of immediate benefit to all classes of society , but particularly to the working classes ; and as Mr . Feargus O'Connor has now had ft challenge to Messrs . Cobden and' Bright , the agents
of the Anti-Corn Law League , to discuss this verj question , for many mouths 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 reasons this meeting , composed as it is of a great number of the inhabitants of Leeds , REQUIRE of Messrs . Cobden and Bright , that they meet in fair , feee , and OPEN discussion , Mr . Feargns O'Connor , ia Leeds ; in the Cloth Hall Yard , and that this resolution be transmitted to those two gentlemen , by tha Cbainnaa , on behalf oft tho meeting . "
This was seconded , and carried unanimously amidst applause , The Chaibmaij then gave the coccluding 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 worJj to enrol names , and safe 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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Mr . O'Connor will be in Nottingham on Monday nexl , the Q 7 th inst ., and will address the Chartists at eight o ' clock in the evening . On Monday , the 4 th of December , he will be at Liverpool ; on Tuesday , the 5 th , at Wigan ; on Wednesday , the 6 fch at Hyde , at seven o ' clock in the evening ; and at nine the same evening ; and on Thursday , at Manchester . Route cf Mb . Kydd , of Newcastle , for next week : —Monday , Bradford ; Tuesday , Xeighley ; Wednesday , Bradford , in the Temperance Rooms ; Thursday , Devrsbury , and Friday , Birstil .
Bradford . —On Wednesday evening , a public discussion will take , place between Mr . Kydd , of Newcastle , and Mr . Greenwood , of Bradford , in . the Temperance Rooms , Cheapside , on the following subject : — "Is drunkenness the greatest preventaiive towards the people getting the Charter ! " Mr , Greenwood , the affirmative ; Mr . Kydd , the negative : to commence at bait-past sevea o ' clock in the evening . The Chartists of Little Honon will meet in the Show Room , Park Place , on Sunday morning , at ten o'clock . The members of the grammar class are requested to attend in the afternoon , at two o ' clock . A writing class will be formed , and meet every evening , from eight to ten o ' clock .
Thb CHARiisi&of Bowling Back Lane will meet in their room , on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock * and two in the afternoon . Th « Ca * BTi&tfto | Thompson ' s Houses will meet on Sunday , morning , at nine o ' clock * in tno » xooia . Ltsedsv-Mr . David Ross Will deliver two lectures to-morro > w ( Sunday ) afternoon and evening in the Bazaar , Briggate , to commence at halt-past two and half-past six o ' eloek . IiKSSTOM . -The Chartist Association < tf tins towft wilSmence their weekly meetings «* November OTth ^ t sevea ia the evening , and every subsequent Monday % r the purpose of fading in * Northern JS ^ ffi « S £ « Ti&w , Chartist , Cir ^ ry and other democratic publications , tin their Room , at Mr . Stocks Balh-streeWllkeston . _ _ .
, A 9 HTON-UNDER-LY . NE-M . * . Wffl . BelU « f ^ Hejwood will lecture in the Chartist Association Room , Cavendish-street , on Sunday , 26 th last , atsix 0 clwfc in the evening .
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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-ncseproduct829/page/5/
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