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TO THE FRIENDS OF RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL LIBERTY IN DUNDEE AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY.
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THE OASTLER LIBERATION FUND . A PUBLIC MEETING of the Fr . ends of Mr . Richard Oasxler will be held ta the Corn ExcHANG& , Hanging Ditch , Manchester , on Thursday Evening , the Uih instant , for the purpose of considering the best means to be adopted to raise funds to procure his release from Prison . The Chair to be taken at Half-past Seven o'clock . John Fielden , Esqi , M . P ., W . B . Ferrand , Esq ., M . P ., John Walter * ( Esq . and F . O'Connor , E ^ q ., R . S . Sowler , Esq ., L . P . tkethley , Esq ., and many other gentlemen will attend to address the meeting .
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ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING AT iEEDS IN AID OF MB . OASTLER'S LIBERATION . Op Monday- 3 a » t , one of the most Dmueroos and tathuriastic meeting -which have for Boine time been lidd in the leedB Court House , took place there , in order % o enter into arrangemeta for carrying ont the subscription so auspiciously commenced lor the release or the *• F * ctory King" from the dungeon in which fee Iim bsen » long confined . The meeting ttm called by placard , to be heli at tevsn o'clock in the evening ; and soon alter that hour , the building -was crowded in every j > art , by men of - all parties—Chartist , Tory , Whig , and Radical . It had been announced that "WnLBoafieidTerrand , Esq ., M . P-, ¦ would be present ; ind on that gentleman entering the Hall , ha wasre celved with tumultnouB applause , and three cheers for lum w £ re proposed , and heartily responded to . On the motion of Mr . JoHK Begewith , Mr . John C&wood was unsnimonsly called to the chair .
ThB ChaismaS , in opening the business , said he hid no idea , when he entered the room , of being called upon to take any part in the proceedings ; he came merely as a spectator , and to hear something of Ms old ftiend , Richard Oastler . Bat having been thus called upon , lie -would endesvonr , so far S 3 was in his power . 'to discharge impartially the duties of the office to which they had elected him . He then read the placard calling the meeting ; and , aft ^ som e observations 1 b praise of Mr . Oastier and his late father , resumed his seat - j Mr . Joseph "Lees moved the first resolution . He ;
said had tiat dnty not cave been assigned to him—an < arrangement of which he was unaware when he en- j tered the room , —he should have solicited the oppor-7 femity of making a few remarks in the course of the 1 proceedings—of speaking in favour of an old friend— i 01 behalf of one -with -whom he bid spent the happiest , momenta of his life , and -who had become incarcerated lor doirg good . He had known Mr . Oastler ' s father ; he bad been acquainted with Mr . Oastler himself far i thirty years . He differed widely from "him in political \ sentiment ; but he believed that he -was a true pbilan- j thropist , and that he would advocate , as he ever had ¦ done , those measures , and those alone , which his reason
told him -would secure to all classes the greatest possible amount of happiness . He then entered into a detail of the circumstances which had led . to Mr . Oastler ' s incarceration , and paid a high compliment to him for the hospitality with which ha had always upheld his office , tnd the exertions which . lie had undergone on behalf of the factory slaves , together with his opposition to the Hew Toor law . Mr . Iiees condnded by saying -that be was only a poor man himself ; l > nt though he -was so , he was happy to have it in his power to show that he did sot propose the resolution in words only , hut by way of beginning be begged to hand in a sovereign as his subscription . Mr . Xees sat down loudly cheered .
2 &t . JEdtfabd ScBtJios secoflded theresolution , it was ss follows i" That this meeting , conscious of the invaluable services render&i by Sir . Oasfcler to his country , and aware of tbe priTaeons he must necessarily endure in consequence of bis protracted incarceration , deem it a duty 8 B Christians , ss friends of humanity , and sb fellow countrymen , to aid in procuring his liberation from prison , and in securing his future services in the establishment of peace and good will among men . " ¥ m . Btsfikid Tskbxsd , Esq . "M . T > _ rose at the request of the Chairman to address the meeting . He "was received by three roundB of cheers . After they had subsided , he said—That in appearing that evening before a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of
Leeds , to address them on a question which he was thoroughly eonvineed , from the enthusiasm which had already been displayed during the delivery of the speeciiBs of the gentlemen who bad preceded him , they deeply regarded , lie should sot appear before them in any other light than that of an " Englishman advocating the claims of a persecuted and ill-used man —\ hsai ) . And If there was any one present who differed from him in politics , he believed , nay , he was sure ttat that person would give him credit for coming forth in the cause of humanity . Though there sight be many piesent -who differed from him and Bich&rd Oastler on the great political questions which agitated fiie country—and he 4 Mr . Perraud ) coincided in every political sentiment which Richard Oastler had spsten
Or written that he ine w of . —yet he was glad to tell such persons that the cause which , he had come amongst them to advocate had been supported in all parts of , the factory districts by a unanimity of heart and a j warmth of generosity - ? hieb England alone could fur-: jush— { cheers ) . It was gratifying to aee public chaiscters in this and other to-srzta laying aside political : feeling and generously coming forward to aid this good ; cause ; and no man merited more approbation on this account *>»» " did Mr . Baines— { hear , hear ) . Mr . Oistler , and Mr . Baines had long been opposed to each ] other in political sentiment ; both honestly believing ; their own opinions , to be true ; both appealedI to the intellect of their fellow countrymen ; ' and ' . "both with some decree of success . He was '
sorry that Mr . Bnnes s views "were bo favoured , ; not thit he would prevent his arguments from being ] brought forward , for he i > elieved they were brought i forward and maintained with honesty of intention . If ihej were true , be trusted they would be triumphant ; iflit ii ttto poetical principles of Mi . Bainea and those w ~ ho acted with him , were found to be false—and those ; of Mr . OasUer Were proved to be those on which the constitution of onr nat've land was bnilt , he hoped Mr . Oastler would have the victory . But to . give to both parties fair play , let them have a fair field and freedom , and God would give the victory to the right—{ load applausei . In coming 1 * 610 X 6 tile meeting to ai-Tocate -tbe liberation of Mr . Oastler , lie -woul d appeal to their better feelings , their sentiments , and-their
judgment ; for be should Bcorn to appeal to their pas- sons . It W 3 S his duty to call their attention to some j tjf the great questions on -which Mr . Oastler had ap- peared in a public character . Mr . Oastler first raised j his humble voice in favour of the freedom of the black ; slave , —that freedom which this country finally achieved by a grant from Parliament of many millions of money , j Mr . Oastier advocated the cause of the poor black j slave -until that gloricus victory over oppression was obtained ; and he had tcaicely laid his pen aside , when he beheld slavery at home more cruel , more oppressve , more lasting torn that against -which , a "Wllberforce tad so nob 3 y laised his -voles , and for the abolition of which the country had paldjo large a sum of money—ihear , hear ) . Mr . Oastier -saw that white
slavery at home was worse than black slavery abroad ; and he came forwaid as the unflinching advocate of the emancipation of the white sUvesy of this country . It was highly creditable to llr . Baioes , feat he allowed the columns of tbe Leeds Mercarg to be open to the denunciations of white slavery in Great Britain—( great applause ) . Me . Oastier supported the great struggle for the emancipation of oar factory children from the slavery in Trhich they were held , and to a certain degree his exertions were suecessfol ; but before ie had achieved the triumph that he expected he should , the New Poor Jaw became the law of tbe conntry . jGroans . ) He ( Mi , Fenand ) -sronld not -weary the attention of the meeiisa by details , which he * onld bring forward
against that infamous law j for scarcely a day passed that the public prints did no * - record the cruelties , the oppressions , the hardships—nay , the murders committed by that act—( hear ) . Bat that very day , in Ms capacity as a magistrate of the West Riding , he had attended a Coroner ' s inquest , sitting upon the body of a woman who was only one more victim to that infernal law . It appeared that four months ago , a poor woman , of the same of Martha Robinson , seventy « eazs of ace , along with her daughter , who was the mother cf two children , the youngest of whom was only two months old , was leleased from tbe Union Workhouse at Bradford , on condition that they wonld all lire on three shillings a week—( cries of Bhsme *) . They had been accustomed
to freedom and the enjoyment of the light of heaven , and to mingle asiongst friends and acquaintances , and Ujey cbeerfdly accepted "the Ixxra oSjtred them , and settled down in an hovel . ai Harden-Back , near Bingley . They belonged to Wilsdrfi to- ^ nship , and lived beyond the boundary but some few yards . They continued to receive the relief every Monday morning from the relieving officer , who lived six miles ff em the place , and had to attend to tbe poor of six different townships , having altogether one thousand one hundred and fifty persons to attend to—{ cries of " shame ") : The daughter of this poor woman told the relieving officer soon after £ bey had gons to this place that they were very badly offl and fh »» 3 a a Treti : was Ssx too iitrle tax them to
live upon . After this the Board of Gnardiana at Bradford , in their mercy , granted 6 d . a week more ; so that this family of four persons had but 3 a , 6 d . a "week for them all to exist upon—a sum scarcely suf-^ cient , after the payment of rtnt and coals , to keep soul and bo 3 y together for two days . The daughter was a half idiot , not capable of earning her daily bread : Bhe applied to the relieving cS = er ior more assistance . trot tie turned a deaf ear to her spplicati-n , easing teat tbe" Board- were his masters , andhehad no power to relieve fceT . The Gaaidian of Wflsden passed by S ? i . *? ^« * ? « whea her mother *» ? iD S ***?** i * f" ° he ca ; Ehs wiled ** him to come and " aharae , ahamer' and decp sensa ^^ . On Monday U £ . Bbe applied once more to the relieving officer ! and ¦ "Jl ™ ^ f ? " ** ***** »« ** her mothfcr that he had "
HerepHtd no opportunity £ gcto the honse , or to grant evai as mcch as 6 J . nx ) re relief hu * they might move themselves to the workhouse * t Brad ' lord . She replied- " What ' * the use « , £ ? £ , dyingmother to tiia worihoEse ? - — ( hear , ieai ) . She asked him for relief ; but bejold he could aot give it . Be said she waa to go to the relieving officer rf Singlcy Vhojived about a mile from the place w ^ ere the pool woman was dying ; aad that relierin ^ oficer had excoaed himiell that day before his ( Mr . Farnad ; for i » k going to ' see the poor woaan , by . aajiitf that be had nfideat to do bi relieving the poor of his own diitrict and finding his way home after dark at night —( cries of " shame , fihame ^ j . This half idiot , having been refused relief at her own township , thoight it nseless to apply to Bingley . On Tuesday marnicg last , several of the seighbours went into the
house , * nd found the poor aged mother , laid npon some dd Iooem , wrapped np in an old sheet , giving up her soul toner Maker , and not an atom of food or fire in house , and ba daughter going about to seek for ne ^ ghbours to do that which her native town refused to dolond eries of " £ hsme , « hame" ; . Por a month WDaien hai been without a medical wan is the town : and the
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last medical man _ there advertiBed his pill-boxes for sale . These Believing Officers and Poor Law Beards , only acted according to law , as they were amenable to the regulations of ! the Poor Xaw Commissioners in London . The coroner ' s jury had that day against their own consciences , returned a verdict— ? 'That the death of the deceased had resulted from natural causea accelerated by the want of the common necessaries of life "" —( a voice— "It ought to have been a verdict of murder * ,. Residing at some few mUes distance from the poor creature ' s dwelling , he did not know anything of the case till he was asked , as b magistrate , to nae his public authority that an inquest might be held on the body . He asked if it were possible even for the Christian religion to be inculcated among our
countrymen , or the laws to be enforced , if such camel oppressions as those inflicted under the New Poor L » w , were to be allowed to go on—Jhear , hear ) , ? They were Englishmen , living under a Christian dispensation , told by every page in the Holy Bible to feel for and pity the peor ; and to whom were those poor to apply for suocour and comfort ? Richard Oastier , who was now in prison , bad always faithfully opposedithe New Poor Law , and shown that it was contrary to the spirit of the British constitution , fie e&ed them , therefore , to nnits cordially and unanimously to obtain the release of Richard Oastler , that he might exert his energies to raise the public voice against an act that was a disgrace to a Christian land—{ cheers ) . Another great question on which Mr . Oastier appeared before the public was
tbe factory system—( loud cheers ) . He ( Mr . Ferrandj did not wish to bring anything relating to his own personal conduct before the meeting , further than he could help ; for united as they were in the cause of that good and patriotic man , he would have them rallying round him ( Mr . O&stier ) also ; but he might tell them , without vanity , that the fiwt time that he nppearedin public , as t 3 > ViTig part in those great questions which bad agitated the public mind for the last thirty years , was at a large meeting called by Richard Oastier , on Wibsey Low Moor , te discuss the factory question . Twelve months before that meeting he ( Mr . Ferrand ) happened to rise between five and six o ' clock in the morning for the purpose of amusing
bimseif by Wild fowl shooting on tbe banks or the river Aire , near the town of Bingley where be lived . It was in the depth of winter , with the snow two feet deep covering the ground , the wind blowing a hurricane , and more snow falling . He proceeded on a lane , and he there traced the foot-marks of three children . He heard the stifled cries of a human being j and after going a short distance he found the footsteps of only two children .- He turned back , and there , on that cold winter ' s morning , joat at the break of day , he dragged out of a snow-drift a female child , who was on her way to work at a factory . ( Hear , hear . ) He asked bimseif—Can England not become a great nation without tbe sacrifice of her ekildren ? He entered from that time into an
investigation of the factory question , and as long as God gave him health and Btrength—unless a ten tioura factory bill become the law of the laud before his life closed , he would agitate / or that just law . < I * oud applause . ) After remarking on the present bill , which all admitted had Effected some amelioration in the condition of the factory workers , the Hon . Member said that he was told by men in his own neighbourhood , whose labours had been suspended through the txtenaion and application of machinery , that they were Jiving upon tbe wages of their children—in fact , they were living by the murder of their own offspring , { Hear , hear . ) He spoke adviiedly when he used these terms : for the highest medical men is the country had declared that to work women and children in factories for longer than
ten hours a day was to work them to death . He intended to bring by creditable witnesses a body of evidence before Parliament on the present factory system , and to ask the legislature and the country , and the ministers of tho gospel , if Christian England is to jmbinit any longer to this system ?—igreat applause ) . There were many other evils connected with the present factory system besides its working the poor children to death ; and whilst he would have an investigation into tbe whole of that system , he would also not overlook the working of the New Poor Law , or at all events the circumstances of tbe case of the victim of that law which had that day been brought before a Coroner ' s jory ; for although tie law cleared the Poor Law officers , he declared emphatically in the face o ! that numerous
and highly respectable meeting , that the New Poor Law had been guilty of the manslaughter of tbat -woman —( hear , hear , and cheers ) . The Hon . member next related a case , which had ceme before him within the last few days , and which showed the baneful effect * produced on the rising generation from the vant of paternal care and attention caused by tbe operation of the factory system . At the time that the deputation songht him to bespeak his aid In the enquiry respecting the cause of the death of Martha Robinson , be was engaged in taking evidence against a poor child , only thirteen years of age , whose case was illustrative of one of the workings of the factry system . The facts of the case were these . A family named Murgatroyd , living about two miles from Wilsden , the father , of
which was a labourer employed at out-door work , and the mother and her two children worked at a factory , leaving their house locked up from six o ' clock in the morning , when they went to work , until eight' at night , when they returned . A boy of the name of HalEeld , about thirteen years of age , whose mother was a widow arid also -worked at a factory , knowing that Murgatroyd'a house was locked up , determined to break into it and rob it On bis way to commit the robbery , he met another boy Bbout seven years of age , whom he persuaded to accompany him , and these lads , one thirteen and tne o-ner seven years of age , b * oke into the houBe , and robbed it- of a sovereign , ssme copper , and other articles . Information ef the robbery was given to tbe
constable of Bin ?! ey , and he found tbe two lads entering a beerhouse . They were brought before him ( Mr . Ferrand ) and the younger was made a witness against the elder . They admitted they had cemmltted the robbery . On the younger being asked if he had ever heard of G ^ d or the Saviour , or of heaven or hell , he replied , " No , never . " His mother said that she was too much benambed with labour to educate her children , and the only comfort she had after leaving her work at the factory was to roll into bed —( "It ' s a shame" ) . Here the child was left to wander all day -where he choose , the mother beuig compelled to forsake those dntiea -which the revealed will of God declared to be incumbent upon her , and which the law recognises , she oni ; ht to have the pewer to fulfil , and
which the voice of Nature declared she ought to fulfil , and which society , for its own welfare , ought to demand of her . She left her home , ai-d the poor child was forced to wander about like ft vagabond , and never heard tbe name of God from priest or parent , and he was now an inmate of York Castle , and would have to take his trial for the heinous crime of house-breaking —( hear , hear ) . He appealed , then , to their better feelings , to their humanity , to release Richard Oastler from his confinement , that he might have ful ! scope to exert his talents to remove the evils of the present Factory System , and put an end to such cases as that just related —( cheers ) . We ofien found ministers oi state and other public characters pointing to the extent of oar experts as on evidence of tbe
improved condition of the people ; but it would b ? ¦ well if these parties would look more into the interior ; if they weuld examine ana see really what ii the condition of the working classes . This country was now in a very dreadful state ; a great many of tbe labouring population were now disaffected and di& contented . He knew snffieient Irom the history of th < English people and from bis personal knowledge , tba 1 they are loyal at heart and honest in their assertion oi their principles . All they asked for was , " A fair rtay ' i wage for a fair day ' s work "—( cSeersi—and the govern ment of this country was bonnd by the constitution U provide them with it —| rene-sred cheering ) . If the ] would not do so , they were utterly powerless—( chews ) He cared not who the man was who held the reins o
government in this country—it mattered not wha political sentiments he professed—tho line fo his guidance was marked oat by the con stitntion ; it was , equal protection to all classe of persona and of property —( hear ) . The propert ; of the poor man was as much entitled to protection a was that of the rich man —( hear , hear ) . It was to th property of tbe poor man that we owed the wealt ] and ' . he grandeur of the land . The building in v ? hicl he was then addressing that large assembly of th inhabitants of the important town of Leeds Was the resul of the labour of tae working classes , and their labou vras their property . It -was to the same source that w owed the origin of all the various edifices erected t the glory and honour of God throughout tb . 6 la ad . J
had made England a mighty nation , which she wouli continae to be if she followed the laws which God bac declared to be just and right—{ applause ) . He was toh of improvement in the state of the country—of increase ! wealth , and better trade ; but there would be no im provement that could be lasting unless employmen was givtn to the adnlt male popnlation—unless *» thi busy bees" were kept at work- At present they wen turned adrift ; they were drones against their will—( cries of " We are" ) . Machinery had deprived them o doing that duty -which God himself declared the ; should do—< hear , hear ) . They were to earn their breat by the sweat of their brow ; but the present state o afiairs in this country had deprived them of the oppor tnnity of fulfilling that divine law . Therefore they hat a right to appeal to the Government ef the country and intist that it should rescue them from tbat poaitioi
in -which machinery had placed them —( loud cheers ) He hoped that in addressing the meeting he had only so far as in his power , and that bnt feebly , yel henestly , broaght before them the great principle ! -which Richard Oastler professed . If they W « te trne ; they -sronid stand t&e test of pnMc opinion ; if untrue then tbe honesty of Eaglianmen woald never allon them to believe than , or to be tbe slaves of the political opiniens * f any aam or tet of men , when they believec uuir opinions D . t to ie true . To place the politi « I Benumenu which he believed were essential IL rml- WeUiwe of tte eoaafay fcWy -Wok trie , pubac an ^ tempt was to be made to pay the deb > ™ - ™ f / Ti ° " erTant . BDd releasThim from r ^ oT tW ^^ ^^ S h « ""^ ^ P i ^ iSS ^ £ A £ t Member —^
The resolution was then put to tbe meeting , and was unanimously adopted , M Vtre ^ ^ ££ J , SJ Geobge Bplkeb , Esq . in proponing the next iesolubon , said that he Was unacgnainted persocaUy with
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Mr . Oastler ; but he was aware of -tbe-effort * which that gentleman had made on behalf of the public welfare , and by which he had injured his health and made many pecuniary and personal sacrifices —( applause ) Though the meeting was met for the purpose of rawing money for the payment of a debt , he felt , inbiaown conscience that thai debt , so far as Mr . Oastler was concerned , though a legal debt , was not owing in equity —( bear , bear ) . Bat "whether the debt xns really owing or not , if they took into account the Indefatigable , the almost superhuman efforts which Mr . Oastler had made on behalf . of the public , they would pay that debt and liberate him from prison . The committee had determined to pay the debt , release him from incarceration , and then make some provision for his aupport ; and if those for ¦ whom be bad so Ions laboured would
not raise the amount received , they were utterly devoid of- * ratitudtj—( hear , bear , and applause ) . But be knew sufficient of the working classes to lead him to believe that they would raise sufficient to set their old friend at liberty ; and then the contributions of the more affluent might go towards a provision for hire for the rest of his days—( hear , hear ) . He should rejoice to see Mr . Oastler' liberated , simply because he would be enabled more effectually to promote those principles and accomplish those objects for which he had so long laboured . It was true that he was not idle in prison ; he had sent forth a weekly pamphlet which had well maintained his views ; let him have his liberty again , and the chance of standing forward publicly as he used to do , and he would soon give the finishing stroke to what he bad so much at heart—( applause ) . Mr . ' Bulmer concluded by proposing the following resolution :
" That subscriptions be forthwith entered into by all grades of tbe inhabitants of this , Mr . Oastler ' a native town , for tbe purpose of procuring his liberation ; and that the friends of humanity throughout tbe Borough be requested to lend their assistance in the accomplishment of tbat laudable object " ., Mr . Joshua Hobson , who was received with loud cheers , said be had great pleasnre in seconding theresolution . He did so because be knew Mr . Oastler well ; he sympathised with him in his aflioUon , and was determined to do his part to get him oat of prison . He was rejoiced to hear the sentiments expressed by preceding speakers ; particularly the sentimentB which which had been uttered by Mr . Lees , to whose head and heart those Bentlments were an honour , and who
had frhewn great moral courage in advancing them . He was able to bear out moat ful : y tbe statements made by Mr . Lees . His ( Mr . Hobson ' s ) family had resided on the Thornhill estate for a long period of time ; his grandfather had occupied a farm on that estate some eighty yeara ; his father had also lived on it , and afterwards bis brother . Toe altered circumstances of the tenantry , however , had eempelled his brother to give up possession of the farm on which his fore-fathers had been enabled to live in comfort , and even in some degree of effluence ; and with the wreck of his fortune he bad been forced to go to America to seek for the means of existence which -were denied to him here . He ( Mr . Hobson ) bad intimately known Mr . Oastler both as a politician and a steward ; and he could bear testimony
to the fact that his whole study was turned to the endeavour to make the tenantry on his employer ' s estate comfortable and happy , and also subserve the true interests of the employer . When the tenantry Bought advice of him , they had no ftes to pay ; though It was well known that in this way the stewards on other estates contrived to amass from the tenantry large fortunes . He kept up the hospitality of an old English mansion . Toe poor were never turned empty away from his gatss . Whoever sought him on business had never to regret his conduct towards them ; wherever refreshment was required it was always there to be had . On these grounds he put in the claims of Mr . Oastler to the sympathy of the working men . It bad been said by some parties that Richard O / stler waa
the first who commenced the recent agitation for limiting Factory Labour . That was not correct Mr . Oastler did not commence the agitation It was commenced by Mr . Hobhouse , M . P ., who introduced a measure -into tbe House of Commons to amend the Factory Act of the late Sir Robert Peel , which waa known to be inefficatious ; so loose and vague , tbat * ' coaches and six" were driven through it in all directions ; and the Short-tima Committees were formed to render aid and furnish information to Mr . Hobhouse , at the instance and strong recommendation of Mr . Bainea of the Leeds Mercury A committee of tbat sort waa formed in Leeds , and another in Huddetfleld ; and on that Bench stood the man who called the first meeting to form a Short-time Committee , at the direct instigation of Mr . Baines himself . It was thus thnt the
Factory agitation commenced . It -was true that Mr . Oistier ' s attention was soon directed to the question ; anifthfit he entered into it with all his soul , bringing to its advocacy an amount ef energy and hones ; determination that soon made it the question of the day ; and the meagre measure of Mr . Hobhouse was soon lost in tbe " Ten Hours' Bill . " As soon as Mr . Oaitler was told of the actual slavery existing in the factories , he wrote his celebrated letter « n the factory system which was published in the Leeds Mercury . That letter led to Mr . Oastler ' s connection with tbe factory operatives . The Hudderefleld Short-Time Committee , formed as he bad before detailed , read the latter of Mr . Oastler with much gratification ; and a deputation from their body was appointed to wait upon Mr .
Oastler to solicit bis cooperation in aid of Mr . Hobhouse's Bill . He ( Mr . Hobson ) accompanied tbat deputation to Fixby . They Were coriHally received by Mr . Oastler , who , when be had enquired as to their object and intention , frankly and warmly pledged himself to tcork for the emancipation of the factory slave . At tbat meeting tbe foundation of the " Union'' between Ht . oastler and the -working people to effect practical good was laid . He atated to the deputation frankly and freely what his political tenets were ; be ascertained what theirs were ; and an understanding was come to tbat on the Factory Question tbey would all tcork together , totally irrespective of political or party considerations . In tbat spirit tbey commenced tbe work ; in that spirit they had continued tbe work ;
and in that spirit they would work tbe matter out . Tbe constquecces of that meeting at Fixby were not yet known . There , on thai day , had a lever been foTged which bad already heaved England to her centre ; and which would set her right at last Into the history of the Ten Hours agitation be would not further enter ; except just tossy that -what Mr . Oastler did on tbat question , so far from being distasteful to the owner of Fixby , received his positive commendation . The case , however , was different when Mr . Oastler opposed the "Coarser Food Enactment , ' the atuocious N « w Poor L * w . Then he was deprived ot his stewardship , and for political considerations , cast Into prison .
Reference > bad been made to the fact , that Mr . Oastler would value tha penny of the poor man more than the large contributions of the rich ; be knew this was so ; he had Wr . Oastler's own authority for it ; and be called on the working men to come forward to the help of one who bad done so much for the amelioration of the condition of the poor . He then alluded to tbe exertions which were being made in other towns , and hoped that the resolution of the meeting would be practically carried out . In allusion to the handsome donation of Mr . Biin « s , Mr . Hohson read the following extract of a letter which ho had received fronr . Mr . Oastler on tbe subject . —
" I cannot tell you -what feelings overspread my soul at this sudden ebullition of love , and respect , and sympathy for me . It almost turne my braw . I can stand opposition with most men ; but sympathy melts and snbdnes me . Mr . Baines's donation has very much surprised , and considerably excited me . Well , one thing i 9 now certain—the persona ] contest is ended ; but now for the war of principle . Am I rieht , er am I wrong ? that is the qnestion . That question mast , and with God's permission shall , be solved 1 I am delighted that personalities are ended . Wben I see Mr . Baines I shall thank him . " After some few other observations , Mr . Hobson seconded the resolution , and resumed his seat amidst loud cheers .
Mr . Chabib 5 Walker , of Bradford , supported the resolution in a neat speech . He spoke as a manufacturer who had had much experience of the working of tbe factory system , and he was in favour of the limitation ot the hours of daily labour to ten , in which he was backed by the opinions of the moat eminent medical men of tbe day . As an individual he was tired of tbe present system of factory discipline , by which be was compelled to attend to business the same hours as those whose labours unfortunately were so much more irksome tban were his , and with these hours be was really wearied . Mr . Oastler had nobly' combatted on
behalf of the factory workers , and he rejoiced that the fiat had gone forth that he should once more ha free . Tbe good work was going on in Bradford ; and from tbe enthusiasm which he saw exhibited at tbat meeting , he was convinced that at Leeds , the native town of Mr . Oastler , his friends would not be behind . He looked forward with pleasure to tbe time -when Mr . Oastler should be once more at liberty ; when they should aeehim amongst them , ( teaching the duties the ? owed to each other , in connexion with tbe welfare of society and the safety of tbe institutions of thecouutry —( cheers ) .
Mr . Roberton said that he was the person who got tbe meeting together in Leeds on Mr . Hobhouse ' a Bill ; and both Mr . Oastler and Mr . BaineB were in favour of restricting the hours which factory children were employed . He was one of the deputation who waited upon Mr . Baines last week , and felt highly delighted at the way the deputation were treated , and with the handsome donation of £ 6 which Mr . Baines gave to ward ¦¦ the liberation of Mr . Oastler . Mr . J . Summers , in allusion to a remark which bad fallen from Mr , C . Walker , said that the first step taken in Yorkshire for tbe release of Mr . Oastler was taken at Leeds , namely , the holding of a meeting last year , at which wen present Mr . Atkinson , Mr . Porring , and himself , aad at which a committee was appointed to promote the object far which they had assembled . Much did not result from thatineeting ; but he was very glad that a new effort had bees made , and that there wu every prospect of its being crowned with snoee&i—( applause ) .
SiM . Smith , Esq . came forward to propose the third resolution . He was received with cheers . He said that he bad been highly gratified at the statement just made by Mr . Summers , tbat the town of Leeds , was tbe first to raise subscriptions on behalf of Mr . Oantler . He was proud to call Richard Oistler hi * friend ; for he had known him in infancy , boyhood , and manhood , and in the whole , course of his acquaintance witb bin be
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never knew htm do a Bingle dirty action—( applause ) . In boybood , Richard Oastler was known for bis adherence to the truth , and as a young lad of strict morals and religioua principles . He bad known Richard Oastler Intimately ever since they went to school together , now forty-seven years ago , and in all that time he had never received an unkind word from him ; and ha felt it a privilege to come forward and . move the resolution which had j o « t been put Into his hand . He believed that in all he bad done . Mr . Oastler bad been guided by correct and honest feelings and had done the best he could ; and though the factory question might have been first taken up by others , he very early devoted hvB great mind and active exertions to that subject , and gave it that success which it would not have had from
any other Individual—( applause / . Many persons thought tbat Mr . Oastler exonerated some of the statements which he made in reference to the factory system ; bat he ( Mr . Smith ) , knew be did not , for he furnished many of the facts on which Mr . Oastler argued—( hear , hear ) . Mr . Oastler , whose first letter on the Factory Question appeared lathe Leeds Mercury , went into the subject with great energy and Zdal , and spent both a great deal of time and a great deal of money ; and whatever might be the event in future , he would have the consolation of knowing that he had done a great deal of good . The present Act had done an immensity of good . The condition of the factory children waa very much better now than it was eighteen years ago ; and such eventually , he believed , would be the effect of the measure , tbat the masters would be
glad to pass a Ten Hours' Bill . Many of the masters were in favour of such a BUI now ; and no doubt , in the course of a year or two , a Ten Hours' Bill would be carried—( hear , hear , and applause ) . Whether the subscription commenced should prove sufficient or net for the accomplishing of the object for which It waB intended , he knew that a time would come when Mr . Oastler would have great happiness / and enjoy sweet consolation , in the remembrance of the good he had done for his fellow-men ; and no doubt he would receive his reward hereafter for bis virtuous labours—( applause ) . He felt it his duty to subscribe to the fund for the liberation of his old friend , Mr . Oastler ; and ho Bbould be very glad to solicit subscriptions in aid of the same noble object —( hear , hear )) . Mr . Smith concluded by proposing the following resolution ;—
" Tbat ; a Local Committee , with Treasurer and Secretary , be now formed , ( with power to add to their number for the Out Townships ) to carry out the object of this meeting ; the Bald Local Committee to act in conjunction with the Central Committee already appointed . That the following gentlemen do constitute a committee : —Mr . Cawood , Mr . Alderman Goodman , Mr . Samuel Smith ) Mr . Joshua Bower , Mr . Maitin Cawood . Mr . Henry Cborley , Mr . Joshua Hobson , Mr . John Jackson , Mr . George Bulmer , Mr . Edward Balnea , Mr . W . Atkinson , Mr . Edward Scruton , Mr Jas . Green , Mr . D ivid Roes , Mr . John Smithaon , Mr . Joseph Lees , Mr . Wm . Brook , Kirkgata , Mr . — Clarke , ( solicitor ) Mr . William Heywood , Mr . John Summers , Mr . John Beckwith , Mr . John Button , Mr . John O'Roarke , Mr . George Roberton , Mr . William Rider , and the other members of tbo Leeds Short Time Committee .
Mr . D . Ross , late of Manchester , seconded the resolution , in an eloquent speech , in the course of which he denounced the Iniquitous Now Pooi Law Bill , and passbd a high eulogy on tbe labours and character of Mr . Oastler . James Queen , Esq ., in moving the fourth resolution , said that there were many shades of difference between his and Mr . Oastler ' s political sentiments , but be had much pleasure in aiding the release of Mr . Oastler , because of that gentleman ' s strenuous opposition to the New Poor Law Act —( hear , hear ) . Some persons had said that Mr . Oaatler was mad ; and true enough . An examination of tha New Poor Liw was enough to turn him mad—( hear , hear ) . Through that Act , he believed , many had been turned mad ; and if it were continued , many more , he feared , would be in the same condition —( hear , hear ) . He begged to give hia humble mite of one sovereign , to testify bis approbation of Mr . Oastler ' s exertions in reference to that
Ac »; and he cordially moved : — " That booksellers and others be requested to receive subscriptions , and that collections be made in tbe various workshops and manufactories hi aid of the Liberty ; Fund , ' by persons authorised by the Secretary for that purpose . " Mr . Clarke , solicitor , seconded the resolution . He said that our immorial Sbakspear had observed " That some men were bora great , so mo men achieved greatness , and some men bad greatness thrust upon them . " In the last predicament he appeared before the meeting ; for he had no more thought , when coming there that niguti of t&Kiiig&ny prominent part in the proceedings than he hod of being summoned to the empire of China . He was but an humble individual , but he was a friend of
his country and his county ' s friend—( hear , hear , and applause ) . And If he did appear to take part in a public meeting so soon after he bad become a dentzan of Leeds , he determined tbat it should not be one for political or polemical discussion , but a meeting like the one ho v ? as addressing , to forward the best interests of humanity by paying a debt of gratitude , and liberating the incarcerated and the oppressed—( load agplause ) . ! He only knew Mr . Oastler from his denunciations of the New Poor Law ; and his blood curdled witb horror at those denunciations and tae details of the working of that law . He felt that if anything would justify a rebellion that law would be the cause —( bear ,: bear ) . Since the passing of that law , be felt tbat the air was not so free , that there was not that
freshness about it there used to be , and that the sky was leas blue and the fields less green —( hear , and applause ) .: The resolution which he begged to second was of a practical nature , and aa such the meeting would- hot stultify its other proceedings by lefusing to pass it . It had been siid that the noblest spectacle on earth , and that which gave the most delight to the gods tiras to see a good man struggling , and bearing up in his difficulties with an inward consciousness of his own integrity ; but it had also been observed tbat another object of greatness and of delight waa to see another man , trying all in hia power to relieve the
former —( bear , hear ) . If they relieve Mr . Oastler , they would be doing that which was lovely in the sight of man , and acceptable to the sight of God—( load cheers ) . Mr . Councillor Jackson said that he hoped tbat Mr . ThornMU would be aski&d for his subscription . He could not think that Mr . Thornhill , when he saw the unanimous feeling which existed in favour of Mr . Uastler , would condescend to receive the debt which it was proposed the public should pay . If Mr . Thornhill would only forgive the debt , the subscriptions would go to purchase an annuity for Mr . Osstle * so as to provide for him during the remainder of hiB life —( Applause ) . The motion was put and carried .
Mr . Hobson proposed a vote of thanks to the JJayor for having granted the Court House for holding the meqlinz in . Mr . J . Smsihson seconded the preposition , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Hobson announced that Mr . Wood , of the firm of Wood and Walker , of Bradford , bad authorised his name to be put down for . £ 100 towards the subscription—( loud cheers ) . * - '; Martin Cawood , Esq ., said that before the meeting separated , they hud a duty to discharge , and which they would gladly pay , and that was to give a vote of thanks to tho worthy Member for Knaresborough , for attending on that occasion . They had heard the noble sentiments delivered by that gentleman , and had shewn by the cordial way they had responded to them , that he bad spoken to the hearts ot Englishmen ; and they would enthusiastically award to him a vote of thanks , for they were all much indebted to him for coming amongst them and addressing them that night .
Mr . Summeks seconded the vote of thanks to Mr Ferrand , and the resolution was carried by acclamation . Mr . Feurand returned thanks , and assured the meeting that bu felt gratified at the reception he had met with in his advocucy of the cause of Mr . Oastler , whom he hoped soon to SQe in hiB own native Yorkshire . He concluded by proposing a vote of thanks to the chairman , congratulating the meeting on being presided over by the generous hearted Briton , Mr . Cawood —( loud cheers ) . The . resolution was carried by acclamation . Mr . Cawood returned thanks , several subscriptions were received , and . the meeting separated set half-past tea e ' cloctt .
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man associations : they ] also survey onr general movements with as watchful an eye as tbe most ardent and comprehensive minds in our cause . Have we then placed onrselves above their exultation ? Have we been the guardians of those families who have lost for a time their natural protector by the Injustice of that Government which enslaves onr country ? Tbe Spar * tan women boasted when their husbands fell in their country ' a cause . Bat { then the Spartan rulers were their saored guardians ; and the public tables , eovered with the bounty of Nature , were free to them and their children . Do the wives of our exiled or imprisoned fellow patriots boast ef their husbands ' sacriaces in tbe cause of freedom ? No ; because they have been neglected . Nor will I . the patriot long feel prond ,
though consoiooa of the justice of hia cause , while surrounded with the degrading horrors of a prison , when he knows that those on whom his hopes of future freedom rested , and who bad as loudly execrated tyranny aa himself , had failed j to shield his wife and helpless children while suffering in the common cause . Arouse then every honest , veritable patriot ! We cannot expect justice if not just ourselves . From our humble means let us contribute a share of their general support to the families of our suffering fellow Cbartiats Every one can do a little . We have reached a position of public importance , as a party , which subjects oar every error to the perverted criticism of tyrants and
their degraded instruments . It is however a serious and eulpable neglect of duty to abandon the victims Besides ; the members of last Conference were required , in almost every instance , by their constituents , to take their case into consideration . They did bo : and how has their appeal been responded to ? We have re desire to boast of what we have done ; yet we can say with gratification to our feelings , tbat we ever have regarded their cases as a paramount duty to the character of onr cause , and have , therefore , made them a subject Of consideration , j And , although but few as a locality , yet we have contributed for National purposes since August , 1842 , upwards of £ 21 .
We do not state this from any motive of vanity ; bat witb a hope that it may stimulate every portion of our body , however humble in point of numbers or condition , to make , from time to time , an effort on behalf of tbe victims . j In response to the appeal of the Committee , we have forwarded the earn ofj £ 2 . Let every locality , therefere , move in thia matter ; and let our generous efforts to support their families light up tbe prison gloom with the proud and tranquil consolation that they are not only suffering for a most sacred cause , but tbat their sacrifices are appreciated . On behalf of the Ship Inn locality . i David Pens . i Samuel Da vies . I John Follows . Birmingham , Nov . 29 , 1843 .
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Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Deo . 5 . —Our supplies thia week are good . The Wheat trade to-day is slow , and all descriptions , except the finest , mast be noted Is . per qr . lower ; really fine qualities of white Wheat being compraatively scarce , firmly maintain last week ' s rateg ^ phe proportion of fine malting Barley in this w © ek * e supply is small , in its value we make no change ; but all other sorts are dull pale , and Is . per qr . cheaper . Oats , Beans , and Shelling steady in value , with a moderate demand . THE AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT , POR THE WEEK ENDING DEC . 5 , 1843 , Wheat . Barley * Oats . Rye . Beans . Peas Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qra . Qrs . Qr * . 3298 2701 525 0 689 5
£ s . d . £ s . d . £ 8 . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . 2 12 4 i 1 H % 0 19 Si 0 0 0 1 12 75 1 14 6 Leeds Woollex Markets . —The season of the year which is drawing to a close , has an effect on the woollen markets of this distrioc , and there has not been the usual amount of business at the Cloth Halls on the two last market days . This depression is not viewed as at all likely to be permanent , it being known that very extensive orders for goods are yet on hand , which , must come out on the turn of the year .
Liverpool Corn , Market Deo . * 4 . —With the exception of about 20 , 100 loads of Oatmeal , and 6300 of Flour , from Irelaad , we have this week had moderate supplies of each article of the Corn trade . Within the last two or three days increased firmness has appeared amongst the holders ef Wheat , and rather higher prices have been asked generally , but have been complied with in only one or two instances * for fine Irish new red , which has brought 7 s . 3 d . to 73 . 4 d . per 70 lbs . The business has , on the whole ,
been of moderate amount . No change in the value of Flour . Oats have continued to meet a fair demand , and must be quoted id . to l < i . ner bushel dearer ; fine mealing , of which few have offered , have brought 2 s . 7 d . per 45 lbs . A considerable quantity of Oatmeal has changed hands at 20 .- * . 9 J . to 2 ls . 3 d . per 240 lbs . fur best runs of new . A little fino English Chevalier Barley has been sold at 37 a ., good mealing at 343 . to 36 s . per quarter . Beans and Peas are held at . full prices , A few hundred barrels of United States Flour have been sold at 23 $ . in bond .
Malton Corn Market , Dec . 2 . —Wo were well supplied with Wheat aud Oata offering to this day ' s market . ; of Barley we have a tolerable supply . Wheat without alteration . Barley the turn dearer . Oa « s &ame a 3 last : week . Wheat , red , new , 50 ^ . to 56 * . ; Oj' ^ , 56 s . to 62 s . ; white , new , 53 * . to 58 s . ; old , 58-i . to 64 < . pr . qr . of 40 stones . Barley , 30 i . to 33 s . per qr . cf 3 J stones . Oats , 9 d . to 9 ^ d . per stone . Newcastle CoR ? f Market , Dec . 2 . —Oar farmers brought a « ood supply of Wneas to this day ' s marfcet « but we had trifling arrivals fiom the coast , and a fair
extent of busmuad was transacted , on similar terms to last Saturday . -In free foreign samples there was very little passing , but holders would not accept of less money . Tiio arrivals of barley exceeded the demand , aad even the finest qualities scarcely maintained their value . Oata were ia good supply , and too tarn cheaper '; Rye met a-fair * sale , at late races . Malt rul&i a » nade lower . la beans or peas no material alteration * caa be quoted . We had quite a stagnation iti iho flour trade , and toeifect sales to any extent , very low prices must hava been submitted to .
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET , Friday , December 8 . —The arrival of Wheat to-day id moderate , all descriptions of which must be quoted Is . per quarter lower . Barley in limited request , at a declme of It . per quarter from the rates of this day se-nnight . la Oats and BeaM no material alteration . Shelling , free sale , at aa advance of Is . per load .
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O'CONNOR , Esq . of Hammersmith , CounfcJ Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at bis Print * ing Offices , Nob . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggttti and Published by tha said Joshua Hobsoi ? , ( for the Baid Fea ^ kods O ' Conmob , ) at hia Dwel « ling-house , No . 5 , Alarket-etreet , Briggate ; « infernal Cemmunication existing between the said No . 5 , Market-street ' , and tha said Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thua oonatltating th 0 whole of the said Printing and Publishing Offlo ona Premises . All Communications must be addressed . Post-paid / W Mr . Hobson , Northern Star Olfice , Leeds . ( Saturday , December 9 , 18 * 3 .
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THE VICTIMS' SUPPORT FUND TO THE CHARTISTS OF ENGLAND . Fellow Patriots , —No cauBe has ever been successful without great sacrifices . The rich , under every regime of social power , fear and oppose change . Tyranny has , therefore , in all states , not only its military slaves at the instance of command to execute its decrees , but it also relies with equal certainty on tha sub-tyranny of wealth to resist the efforts of all reformers , whether political , religious , or inoral . Neither wealth no * popular sympathy at tbe origin of a cause offars a check to the crimson arm of persecution ; yet the immolated triumph in the fears and cmelty of their persecators ;
and time while its unreceding waves sweep in unrelenting fury aver thrones equally with the humblest domiciles of unmerited poverty , still it consecrates the immutable basis on which both nature and human unostentations rest . Tiutfa is that basis ; it is the spring of every exalted sentiment and endearing feeling ; it is tho foundation of justice * and justice is tho foundation of liberty . It inspires the love of freedom ; animates the patriot , as he struggles to free hia conntry , even in tbe night of her oppression . It confers durability on the human character—it is an attribute of the human mind and the passion for liberty .
We have now passed the ordeal of a severe persecution . The victims of freedom In no ag « have presented a more stem resistance to tyranny , or a more dignified resignation to their fate , than the leaders and friend * of our movement . They have sustained honourably and nobly the cause for which they now stiflfer . The prisons of England have been to onr oppressors the Unholy instruments with which they hoped to atrangle British liberty . These have failed . We shall triumph Our hopes are still ardent , in tbe prospect of success . Our exertions are still vigorous , because we behold in the necessity and misfortunesi of all dosses , the groaning desire for democratic reform ; and on ( be other band the rjting intelligence of our own . Victory ia therefore , certain , provided we are just to ourselves Our enemies know tbtt this in the strength of all fan-
To The Friends Of Religious And Political Liberty In Dundee And Surrounding Country.
TO THE FRIENDS OF RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL LIBERTY IN DUNDEE AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY .
Local Markets.
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Leeds :—Printed For The Proprietor, Feabgus
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 9, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct831/page/8/
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