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LONDON . Saint 1 ' a . nciias . — -Justice avp Hi-man-ity . — A publiu meeting ; was held on Monday evening , iJecvmi > er 2 , 1844 , in the spacious building known as the Riding School , Hidborougu-stm't , Burton Crescent , to memorialize her Majesty for the restoration of Frost , "Williams , nud Jones , ilm -UYlsJi Martyi-s . The meet in * : was both numerously ainl respectably attended . At t ? i < : ht o ' clock , J . (' . Salomons , Ksq ., a vestryman , was unanimously called tu the chair amid fonsidenible chemuji . He said the object for which the meeting was vailed was well known . A numerous meeting on Mich an occasion was expected , and he was happy to lind the expectations niore than realized . ( Cheers . ) In respect to Frost , Williams , and . lones , it was to l > e regretted that such good meij had fallen into the dilemma they were in—they mosl certainly had no intention of conmiittinir a breach ol
the peace . ( Cheers . ) Evidently they Were much more ' . sinned against than . sinning ; and had justice been done , they would have remained in their own country , useful nieinbei-s of society , and highly re ? -pecteu as they ought to be . ( Loud cheers . ) ilad tin- offences with which they were charged been proven , they would have been justly punished : but after the division among the judges " on the matter , who would say they had had a "fair trial < "' | Hoar * hear . ) T > ut the question was , how shall we brin * them back ' . ( . Hear , hear . ] He thought no one could -object to memorialize her Majesty for Mich a merciful purpose . He was decidedly ofopinioii thai tlie ] . unL > liineiitaci ~ l . i s \> -. \\\\ exceeded the oll ' eiMc (( "lieej > . ; Mr . Knrry Kulh'V niim- forward to move the lirst resolution , and said it would only be an act of . justice to restore those ni < ll to their limni- * 1 : 1
the same amount of justice iiad been awarded tluin as had month been dealt out to the leaders of the i ! iuch-opprcs .-ed sistei- isle—iivianil , they would e \ en now W at lilxTty . ( Ci ' . eers . ) Why were thej banished : Bci-ause their hearts o \ erilowed with the milk of human kindness ; because they feljt for and endeavoured to remedy the grievances of their fellowmen . | , ( heel ' s . j If we looked at their motives we -hould find that these men ' s mindjs were not imbued with hopes and aspirations in favour of revolutions ; . If the ^ Morkin ; , ' classes nj : i < li' Imt a united and determined stand , lu > had i » u doubt but tbeir efforts would be crowned with success . ( Loud cheers .-1 Why were they punished : Because the dignity and pride of a Hub lord had been offended . < Cheers-1
The peoj ) le owed a d < bt of gratitude to those men '¦; and they ou < : ht never to rest satistied until their retiim was « -ffit-tei . J . The IJome Secretary , the lettcr-•• jvu .-r—rloud hisses )—] 1 ; id . in his " lithographed replies , admitted receiving all the memorials , but stated that "he could see no reason" to recommend the suffering patriots to her Majesty ' s favourable consideration . Now , it was the people ' s duty to continue their righteous agitation until they compelled the Home Secretary to see reason . I Loud cheers . ) Mr . Ridley concluded by moving the following resolution : "That in the opinion of this meeting the banishment of John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William . lones , fur high treason , in 1 STJ , was an illegal act , inasmuch as the forms of law applicable to such rases
were ' not adhered to : and the late division in the House of Lords in the ea . « cs of ( it-Ay- , O'Connell , and others , entitles ns to hope , and justifies us in tho expectation that the same measure of justice will lie awarded to Frost , Williams , and . loues as lias been awarded to others . We , therefore , resolve to present a memorial to her Majesty , praying for a free pardou for and restoration of John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , to their homes and families . " Mr . Laurie seconded the resolution . The chairman then called on Mr . Feargus t ' 'Connor to support the resolution . Mr . O'Connor came forward amidst tremendous cheering , waving of hats and handkerchiefs V hen silence was restored , he said he had no ordinary pleasure in following up this agitation to the close
He was one of the tii- st to commence , and should be the last to leave it . {( Sheets . ) As he entered the building he heard the chairman say that he never would sanetion a bivath of the law . * . No more would he ( Mr . < _ >'< _' . ) However , the chairman had one redeeming clause . He said , " statutes were veVy voluminous . " ( . Hear , hear . ) Now , for his part , he had-quite as much respect for the constitution as for the laws ; and the judge in passing sentence on Frost had violated the constitution . ( Hear , hear . ) But laws ainiconstitutions , to bo respected by all , should j be made with the sanction of all . ( Great cheering . ) I Tiiat evening ' s papers told them that the Canadian reWls , thnse who i \ ise with arms in their l ^ ands , had ! received a free pardon : and were at that moment in | , !
the London doc ' .- on iLtir way home to their native country . (( . Inns , j Some of the " rebel" Canadian leaders weir in high office in Canada . ¦ i Hear , hcai ) . Yes , horse steak rs , pickpockets , and reiitlcmeiMif alljsnrt * could lie ! iU ruted , l » ut the lionet ) men , Frost , Williams , and Jones , still laboured under 1 sentence , of transportation . ( Loud cries of shamei . i He repeated there was no analogy between the cases . of Gray and < I ' Connell and others , a ; ul that of Frost , Williams , and Jones : the lirst " olfendcrs" had an apiieal to the Lords—the English ones onlv to the lu . ljres—ihear , hear ) ; and had not the 'f louse- ot Lords Ixn-ii reduced to a few l > y that old Tonv Fox , Lord Wharnclitfe , O ' I ' oih'ell and Co . would have been in the Richmond I ' enit-entiarv iit this time . ; I ' j
11 lear , hc-nr i . The y oung T 017 Lords thought , as they were all bom hereditary law-makers , so must they be all . burn Lord Chancejlors —( loud laughter and applause)—liut vrharnoliffe had taucht them it was not so . Had the English iK > ople been so united and determined as were the Irish , Frost , Williams , and Jones would never have gone beyond the walls of Monmouth goal . ( Hear , hear . ) They were not " fairly tried . " lie would tell them why the jurymen did not know what they were about . Une of them did not know his , own name , and on being asked why he had found Mr . Frost guilty of high treason , he replied , " I did not find him guilty of treason at all—I onlv found him guilty of being down in Newport , when lie ought to have been at home and a-bed . " ( Loud laughter . )
Runy Ridley had stated the true reason why they were transported . It was because Frost was a just magistrate ; because he was a father , and a good father ; because he was a citizen—a wise , humane , and just citizen . ( Loud cheer * . ) He did not say that Government had concocted the " outbreak ;" but he did say that they wore aware of the intention to parade the strength of Monmouthshire , in favour of better treatment for the then ( hartist prisoner Henry Vincent . He thought the tvo lawyers , Philips and Prethero , who held a deadly hatred against Frost , caused , through spies , the " demonstration " to be turned from its original intention . ( LIear , hear . ) He had suffered more than any man ; yet he never had violated the laws . Sir R . Peel admitted that he had a surplus of £ 3 , 000 , after all the wants and exigencies of the Government were . supplied ; then he
was the greatest oi plunderers . ( Loud laughter and applause . ) If the man , or men , who stole the £ 41 , 000 from Rogers , the other day , were taken , they wbuld be transported ; but Sir R . Peel , who wrung £ 3 , 00 . 0 from the starving people at the point of the bayonet was a ' -great financier . " ( Cheers . ) True it was , " one murder makes a villain , millions the hero . " We are not suffering now under an aristocracy , but under that worst of all tyrannies , an irresponsible iniddle-class tyranny . ( Loud cheers . ) He wished all who held power to be made responsible ; to-all . ( Great cheering . ) He wished to see a fair and equitable distribution of the proceeds of industry ; and he thought the working man entitled to all he earned . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Townaend ' s child had asked his father , " was Frost sentenced to be hung for Chartism ? " "Yes . " said the father . — " What is Char -
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tjsm ?''^ askedthe : cmlq . — - * Every riian . Rooking for his own ! " was the reply . ( Cheers . ) Pttblic opinion , through the great . ; labours of Mr . Duncombe ( loud cheers ) , had worked great changes in public men since 1839 . If a gentleman should be taken before the " Walbrook book-keeper" for refusing to render a proper account , no doubt > hc would be discharged and told not to do so any more . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Although some judges had been read severe lessons —( hear , hear )—trying-Frost before the Monmouthshire jury was as bad as trying Mr . O'Connell by a jury ot Protestants . ( Hear , hear . ) O'Connell could not use language too strong . [ An Irishman in the body of the meeting here shouted , " But Mr , O'Connell never did use strong language . " ] Mr . O'Connor , in continuation : If the friend in the
meeting would only wait a , moment and hear , he would find that no one found fault with O'Connell for using strong language . At White Conduit House he had-heard Mr . O'Connell ask " what was the use of petitioning i" and in reply to his own question he said , "When petitions run thus , ' we , five hundred thousand men , all capable of bearing arms ; ' yes , when petitions were thus drawn , and backed by the men , then—and not till then—would they be o ' f service . " ( Hear , hear . ) . Now he ( Mr . O'C . j never said anything half so strong ; yet was he sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment . Let his countrymen not rejoice that an Irish Sergeant Daly , and a corps of Irishmen , cut down the people in Newport . ( Hear , hear . ) Let them rather rejoice that there hud arisen
amongst them such glorious patriots as Lord Kdward Fitzgerald and Robert Kniniett—whose greatest merit was , that they died - struggling for the right * and liberties of their common country . ( Immense cheering . ) His countrymen were now beginning to learn that it was the oligarchy of England that were their enemies , and Hot the people of England . ( Great cheering . ) lie would nut deceive them . He did not expect the return of the Welsh Martyrs until the Charter was obtained ( hear , hear ); and he did not think that measure so very far distant . A little circumstance mig . it again happen in France . " Three
glorious days , " as they were called : —when the French people knocked down a tyrant and nut up a despothad helped us to the Reform Bill ; and the next "turn-up" there would inevitably lead to great changes here . America had just obtained a glorious triumph in the election of Polk , the Chartist . ( Loud cheers , and cries of" Bravo , Polk ' . " ) He ( Mr . O' ( -. ) was not a disloyal man ; but , like Japhet in search of a father , he was looking for somethiug to be loyal to . He could not be loyal to a policeman ' s staff that knocked him down ; he could not be loyal to a prison , nor to a magistrate , nor to a judge that eon vieted him ; he could not bo loyal to a rattle-box , that exacted labour without remuneration . The workman wanted
to live by his labour on his own laud , resitting in his own cottage , surrounded by his own happy family ; and then would he have something to be loyal to . Labour never could be protected until the people ' s Charter wan tho law—its " six points , " " name and all . " ( Great cheering . ) Mr . O'Connor resumed his seat amid loud and long continued applause . The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr . John Arnott then read and moved a memorial in accordance with the resolution , which was seconded by Mr . ( iarduer , and carried uiianiinouslv . Mr . Ilonibv moved that
the memorial lie transmitted to T . S . Duiicoinbe , M . P ., for presentation , which was seconded by Mr . Hodge , and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was unanimously , and amid loud cheers , awarded to the chairman . Mr . Salomons , iu responding , suid he had been pressed to take the chair , and had consented , lie appeared to have given the meeting satisfaction , arid in so doing was highly gratified . ( Loud cheers . ) Thive cheers were then given for the Martyrs , three for the Charter , three for Feargus O'Connor ; and the meeting quietly dispersed .
Metropolitan District Coincii ., Dkc 1 st , 1 S 44 . —Mr . Price . Jones in the chair . Messrs . Simpson , Wheeler , Dear , Pattciulen , and Arnott , were deputed to fill the various otfiees on the night of the Soiree to the conductors of the Northern Mar . A letter was read from Leicester , respecting the Cooper Testimonial , and it was unanimously resolved that the subject should be laid before the localities , and that the members of the Council should report the result at the next meeting . A letter was also read from Mr . W . . lones , of Liverpool , recommending Francis M . ugarete , the Spanish democrat , now on his road to France , to the warmest sympathy of the Chartists ot London . Mr . Arnott then brought under notice the distressing case of the Chartist widow Knee and her family ; when some silver was immediately collected for their relief . Air . Stallwood moved : " that the Council recommend their brother Chartists , and
friends in general throughout the United Kingdom , to pour in short petitions to the House of Commons , on its re-asseiuMing , on behalf of Frost , Williams , and . lones , and the other political victims , " which was seconded by Mr . Arnott , and carried unanimously . Mr . Stall-wood also moved , " That this Council recommend their Chartist brethren and friends throughout tile United Kingdom , to pour in short petitions to the House of Commons , in favour of the abolition of the rate-paying- clauses in the Reform Act , and thus aid and assist Mr . T . S . Ihincombe in his patriotic Parliamentary labours . " This was > o < () H ( Ii- ( l liy Mr . Simpson , and carried unanimously . Messrs . Gathard , Penrcy , and Law attended as , a deputation from St . Olavc ' s and St . John ' s Locality , with some resolution respecting the plan of organization . It was moved : " that the report-brought by the deputation be received . " Carried unanimously
Walwobth ' - . —On Monday last a public meeting was held at the Montpelier Tavern , to memorialize her Majesty to grant a free pardon to Frost , Williams , and Jones . Mr . James Rhodes wus unanimously called to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . On the motion of Messrs . Simpson and Marshall , a resolution and memorial in favour of the " Welsh martyrs " was adopted , and ordered to lie forwarded to T . S . Hum-ombe . M . P .. for presentation . The case of the South London Chartist Hall and the Imncnmbc Testimonial having been alluded to , the following sums were received by Mr Simpson on behalf of those objects : —^/ uth hmdon Chart-Lit Ifall : Messrs . Halliday , Is . fid . ; Marshall , Is . ; Rhodes , ¦ Is . ; htirrani , Is . ; Pigtrott , 7 d . ; Reeves , <> d . ; Mallett , Id . ; Mrs . Mallett , 4 d . : total , tis . 3 d . /> mjiron . ln Trftimoninl : Mr . Richard Sewell , / is . ; A few Coppers of Cambcrwell , 2 s . : total , 7 s . A vote ot thank . s was given to the chairman , and the meeting dispersed .
UlSDEK . Cuartist Revival . —On Monday evening the'Dundee and Locb . ee . Western District Chartist Association he (( i a meeting in Mr . Stradian ' s School ({ oom , foot ot ' thc Ilawkhill , William McKenzie , ropemaker . intbe chair , when the 'following resolution was passed . — "that we lent this room for one quarter , and enter into a hearty co-operation with the Eastern District Association in an endeavour to revive Chartism once more iu Dundee . " We anticipate great good will result from this step .
EDIMH R ( iII . Tin : AiilTMinx has been at a low obbhore for some time , being kept" alive by a few only who are unalterably wedded to the princi p les , ami determined to keep the standard always aloft . Some had licgun to crow wearv of working for the sake of posterity , ethers had moved into higher society , ¦ ind become so enamoured with the condescension of dukes and viscounts , who have promised to pay fw a plentiful supply of water to them , as almost to cause t em to turn their backs on democracy—their patriotism evaporating beneath the sunshine of nobility and the prospect of the warm bath . We have , however , been roused a little by the visit of Mr . Clark , who lectured in Richmond-court Chapel , on Thursday last , on the " Present position and future prospects ot political parties . " Mr . (' . handled his subject in a
mnstorly stylo , showing tip the tai / acies propagated by the League , the leaders of the Repeal movement , and others , wlo try to divert the people away from the one thing needful , the franchise . At the conclusion of the lecture several individuals enrolled themselves as members of the National Association . Mr . Clark lectured again on Saturday night , in the same Hall , on Trades 1 ' nivns . He defended t ! ie unions , attributed their failure to the redundancy of hands in the Labour market , and recommended , as the best way to beat the capitalists , to light them with their own weapons—capital . lie advised cooperation ; but not to waste their funds in strikes , but to manufacture , take in work , and sell for themselves , iiic lecture was warmly applauded . Mr . Clark ha « won the good opinion oi' the Chartists generally , both by his manners and abilities as a public speaker .
NORTHAMPTON . The Rate-paying Clapses . —The members of the new locality met on Monday evening last , when the subject of raising an Flection Fund again came before the meeting ; and , after considerable discussion , it was unanimously resolved , that Mr . < Jannnag . e should take a tour through the country , for the purpose of addressing the people in the various localities on the subject . The report of the meeting of the Metropolitan Delegate Council was then read from the Xurthem Mar ; and after several membei-s lind spoken
on the subject , the following resolution was proposed by Mr . Gammage , seconded by Mr . Watson , and carried : " that having seen a notice of motion before the Metropolitan Delegate Council for petitioning Parliament tor the repeal of the rate-paying clauses in the Reform Bill , while we fully admit the right of any individual to bring such a motion before the Chartist bodv , and their ri ght to adopt the same , we arc nevertheless of opinion that the Chartists will best promote the success of their cause by refusing to petition Parliament for any measure " of reform short of the People ' s Charter . "
ROCHDALE . The"Noriheun Star . "—Mr . Donovan . ofManches ter , delivered two lectures on Sunday . At the close Mr Edward Mitchell , in a brief speech , moved the foj . lowing resolution , seconded Mr . "Win . Williams ¦ — M That this meeting views with delight the remova of the Northern Star from Leeds to London , and ait determined to support the same with every possible means in their power as long as it continues , as it ha hitherto done , to contend for Labour and Libertv . " - Unanimously carried .
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j V : BARXSLEff Frost , Williams , axd' Jo ^ es . —A very spirited public meeting has been held at Burton , near Bamsley , at which the following resolution was passed unanimously— " that it is the opinion of this meeting that the sentence of transportation for life passed upon John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , in 1840 , was cruel and unjust ; this meeting , therefore , pledges itself to use every legal and constitutional means within its power to restore those martyrs to their country and families . " A memorial to the Queen was adopted , which was ordered to be forwarded tb Sir J . Graham for presentation to her Majesty . !
MANCHESTER . Cmu'esters' Hall . —The usual weekly meeting of the Manchester Chartists was held in the above Hall on Sunday evening last . Mr . John Suttar was unanimously called to the chair ; lie introduced Mr . John Smith to the meeting , who read Mr . O'Connor ' s letter from ilie Stnr of Saturday last ; and amid the pi audits of the assembly , Mr . W . Dixon then delivered a short adilrcss ; after which Mr . Janie . s Wheeler exhibited ajplan of the site -of ground which the s ! , arclmMeis bad l > miuht , upon which to build the new Chartist Hall . The land is freehold for ever , and will qualify ten votes for the county members : the plan was hiuled with loud cheers . A collection was then made for Mr . Muns , the Spanish refugee , resident in Manchester ; after which the thanks of the meetin ' , ' were g ' hen to the chi'innan and speakers , and the people quietly dispersed . i ' imiGHTOV
The ChaIitists Aw . uu :. — The Chartists of this town held their susual weekly meeting , at the "Cap ot Liber ty , " Portland-street , on Monday evening , the 2 nd inst ., and after the ordinary business had concluded , Mr ] Kidd ' s letter was read from the Xarthem Shir , and a liberal subscription entered into for Mrs . Duncan . 0 ur much-esteemed friend Dr . Marriott then addressed the meeting in his usual eloquent manner , and impressed upon the Chartists the necessity ofi being prepared to strangle the proposed Hill of Sir James . Graham . A committee was then formed to jwatch ti . e introduction of Sir James Graham ' s Bill , land to take the necessary steps for its defeat . Mr . jM / uriott then gave " the health of our indomitable leader Feargus O'Connor , and success to li . e . ViirtJnru . Star in its new hcinisphree , " which was heartily responded to . A vole of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting broke un .
j NORTH LANCASHIRE . - . 15 araford . —LiscTniK . —Thursday evening , the 2 * th ult ., the Social Institution was crowded to hear a lecture from Mr . M'Grath , expository of the principles and objectsiof the National Charter Association . The mind of tlui meeting seemed to be thoi-oughly imbued with the justice of the principles . At the conclusion of the lecture a locality was formed . . ' ? s . Id ., the remain * ofj the collection after defraying expenses , was voted t ' v the Executive . Maksipkv . —Dkixat oi- the Le . m . i-e . —Mr . M'Grath lectured heij-e on Friday evening , the 2 Hth ult ., on t . e absurdities land fallacies by which the League orators endeavour to delude the people into an agitation for the repeal <| f the Corn Laws . A Mr . Charles Owen , of liurnley , who has earned for himself an unenviable notoriety iii consequence of his opposition to the Ten Hours' Bill , stood forward for the purpose of
discussing the subject with the lecturer . He very soon convinced the jnuvliug of the extent of his knowledge of the sulyectf by assuring them that there wore only 72 f * , nuo persons employed in agriculture in Gnat Ilritiuii ! i'J'he discussion was kept . up till twelve o ' clock , when a resolution for " The Charter , and no surrender , ' was moved by Mr . Mooney , of Colne . Mr . Owen moved an amendment in favour of Corn-Law repeal . Four hands only were held up for the amendment ^ , the whole meeting , with the exception of those four , voting for the resolution . Twenty-four cards of membershi p wen- disposed of . The meeting , having given an exulting cheer for the Charter , separated , highly pleased with the evening ' s proceedings . Ha («; ate 1—I . ECTiHK . —Mr . M'Grath'lectured on Saturday evening last in the Methodist Chapel here , much to the satisfaction of a crowded audience . Fourteen members were added to the association .
Hihm . ey . —I > is ( cssiov . —Mr . M'drath lectured on Sunday hint to two o'f the most numerous-and spirited meetings that have been held here for some time past . At the conclusion of the evening lecture Mr . Edwards , a Socialist , made some objections to the lecturer ' s arguments , which led to a discussion , which was eoiiduc-U'd with the strictest decorum and good feeling . Several cards of membership were disposed of , and very liberal collections made to . deftay expenses . ¦ B . m it .-A LKfTrRE was delivered in the Chartist Hall by Mr . M'Grath , of the Executive , on Monday evening , hi a very full meeting . Dr . Smith , of TodmordcH , oe ' eupied the chair . The lecture < rave the most ample . satisfaction . Several new members were enrolled , and fis . collected for the defrayal of the expenses « f the meeting .
Hasu . \( , i > en . —LiiciiKK . —Mr . M'Grath paid us a visit here on Tuesday evening . Our meeting was a capital one . The address of the lecturer was lon < i and powerful . On concluding he received an unanimous votepf thanks for his services in the cause oi democracV j ' Thirteen members were enrolled , and os . Id . was collected for the Executive . I GLASGOW . Sekiois ; IxDisrosino-N of Du . M'Doiaix . —Dr . M'Douall jwas to have lectured here on tlie evening of Monday and Tuesday , the 2 nd and 3 rd inst ., but owing to severe illness , which appeal's to be an attack of scarlet ; fever , the Doctor has not been able to proceed on his route farther than Irvine , where he was laid up on ! the evening of Wednesday , Nov . 27 th . In
Dr . M'DouaH ' s absence , the committee secured the services of their old friends Main , Adams , and L . PitkothlyJ who is here at present . On the motion of Mr . Suerrington , Mr . J . Ancott was called to the chair , wh p calleu on Mr . J . Adams to address the meeting . '¦ Mr . Adams read a letter received from Irvine , announcing the illness of Dr . M'Douall . Mr . Adams then spoke at considerable length on the necessity of ( acquiring a thorough knowledge of those important ; subjects connected with the progress of lik-rty . Mr . Main followed , and made one of the happiest ' speeches we ever had the pleasure of hearing from him—it was , in reality , a telling one on
the necessity of union and the power of the people , were they but properly organized . Mi ; Colquhouu read an address issued by the council of the N . C . Association , accompanying subscription books which are in course- of bei / ig isssuod , for the /» m-pose of rai . sina monies to assist the " Executive . " Mr . L . Pitkethly sp ^ ke upon the right of the people to an ample sustenance tor themselves and families from the soil of the country that gave them birth . Mr , Pitkethly ' s address wiis enthusiastically anddeservedJyapplauded . Mr . S . Kidd , of Arbroath , who is at present in Glasgow , also' addressed the meeting . After tho Usual compliments to the chairman , the meeting broke up in the best possible liarnioiiv .
¦ Dl'Dl-KY . Df . i . ec . vtk Mf . f . tixi ; . —A district delegate mooting was heldihereon Sunday afternoon , w . en delegates from the- ; following places attended : —Birmingham , Mr . . loin ) Beale , Mr . Francis Mottram , and Mr . William ; Bcale ; liilton , Mr . Linney , and Mr . Pea . rce ; tNetherton , Mr . Dunn ; Diulk-y , Mr . Watts , Mr . Copleley . and Mr . Wright ; Wolverhampton , Mr . John Dunn . Mr . Du : i : i of Nelherton was called to the tiijiir , and Mr . Mattram was appointed secretary . Mr . I . hinev inovediind Mr . Peaive seconded " that w « j form a district of the following places : —Birmingham , Bilston , Bromsgrove , Dudley , Uedditeh , Wolvei-Laniptou , Lye Waste , Nethcrton , Walsall
Wednesbiiry , Darloton , ami such other pl . ues a .-t chose to send delegates : " carried . Mr . Linney moved and Mr . ^ Wright seconded " that Mr . Francis MaUr . uH ! v district sc ( rotary ; " carried . Mr . I'ean-e moved 1 and Mr . j . l . Beale seconded " that this meetiuy beadj « uiiml ihll Sunday , ltee ember 13 , at one o ' clock ; to be held at Mr . Griil . ' th ' s , Lamp Tavern , Walsall , 1 and each delegate to eome prepared wiili a list oi 1 person ^ Sv . II ' uvj : t <> become local lecturers : " carried . : Mr . Duiiii , of WolvcrliMinpton moved , and Mr . 1 Pcarce seconded , " that we , the delegates , now assemt bled highly approve of the removal of the Xortfu rn I *! " >¦ from Leeds to London : " carried . After a vot < I ofihniik . s to the chairman , the delegates separated .
i I OLDIIAM . I Li : c-Tc > iE . — 0 n Sunday last Mr . P . M . Brophy lectured ; in the Chartist Room , Greaves-street . The audience was numerous and respectable , and listened to with great attention .
! YORKSHIRE . West ; Ridiso Dj . i . euaie . Mj £ i ; tixg . —This meeting was held , according to notice , in the Workiiur Man ' s Hall , Halifax , when delegates appeared from the following places : —Bradford , Mr . T . Cole ; Dewsbury , Mr . J . Fox ; Littleton , Mr . A . Seholefield ; Halifax , ; Mr . J . Grassland ; llebdenbridge , Messrs . R . Suttliffe and T . Dawson . Mr . Cole was elected to preside . The minutes of the last n-icetiuir having been read over , it was resolved that they be confirmed . 1 he following sums were handed in from the following localities : —Bradford , 3 s . 8 Ad . ; ditto , collection , 7 d . ; I ) ewsbury , Is . Sd . ; halfpenny levy , Kid . ; Halifax ^ 3 s . V > d . ; Little-town , 1 b . I 5 d . ; llebdenbridge , 8 s . ; ditto , -cards , Is . After the transaction of tht business ^ the Secretary- said that he , believed tht principles contained in the People ' s Charter to b (
just and true . This king the ease , and one of the grand princi ples contained in that document being annual { elections , he wished to be consistent and practise : what lie professed . He therefore gave notice to the delegates to come prepared to the next meeting to eject a West Riding Secretary , as his term of othce would expire between that and the next meeting . One of the delegates said he hoped the present Secretary would have no objection to be re-elected . In repl jj , he said that would depend on the delegates then present , whether they approved of his conduct as W . R . Secretary during the time he had had the honour Ho fill that oflice ; and further , whether they bad a more efficient person to propose to fill the office , in which case he would very willingly retire . On the Jnotion of Mr . Fox , seconded by Mr . Dawson , the meeting was adjourned to the second Sunday in January . 1845 .
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Cobden ano Bkioht ' s New Plan for Mahufao tcrhvg Political Serfs , —For some days the walls of Huddersfield have been placarded with large bills aa « pouncing a meeting of the Anti-Corn Law Association in the Guildhall , on Tuesday evening at six o ' clock , when Messrs . Cobden and Bright would attend as a deputation to explain the new plan of operation of the " League . " The admission was by members ' tickets and printed circulars , and " lucky was the wight" who , not belonging to the " favoured few , " could obtain one . Shortly after eight the Leaguers of the surrounding towns ,, with their foremen , bookkeepers and other dependants , nearly filled the room ; and the deputation , accompanied by several of the
committee , entered , and was received with cheerg . Mr . W . Brook , a magistrate , very deliberatel y walked into the chair , and said he was glad to see so large an attendance , as he was convinced , fuom their airanffements , that they were all Free Traders ; and ns th . it was not , . strictly speaking , a public meeting , te hoped they would listen attenthciy to the hon . gentleman who would now address them , fie introduced Mr . Cobden to the meeting . Mi * . Cobden commenced by observing that he was glad to meet the V P ' ° * Hudderstield . There was always to he found among them a pri ¦ i / . in that was worth strang ling- for . He had merely expected to have met the committee , but as this vas rather a
large working committee , he would enter . 1 , little into public matters . lie referred to Frame , where they were about to establish a Free Trade uo .:- . «* pcr , that would contain translations of their speches . and the ureat meetings at Co-. ent-i'arden . In America they had all heard that Mr . Polk , the Free i rade candidate , was elected by the votes of tla : working men over Mi-. Clay , a great . statesman , but r . protectionist and a father of that doctrine in America . The working men did not like the child , and therefore they would not have the father ; and it was well known that the working men of America wero far more intelligent than the people of England . After some remarks on shiverv , Mr . Cobden continued ; "No
douht this election will have a great etlect on the tariffs ; but if they repealed the whole of their Tariff Laws it would be of no service until we repealed our Corn Laws . But how was this to be do . - . e ? Not by talking , but by working . They must win tfec counties by attending to the registries , 'i'l . rre was a democratic clunk in the Reform Bill—the forty-shilling freehold cause ; and they must take advantage of it . What was the use of their going to Parliament as long as the West Riding returned two mouopolists to that house ' . IS ' o Ministry would be justified—nor would they dare to propose any measures without the support of the members of the West Riding . And whv were monopolists members for the ' . Vest Riding ?
It was not because the Riding was not essentially liberal—but it was because they were neglectful . Thus did it happen that they were Ijelnnd the men of Lancashire . "I ' m Yorkshiie : " used to be a password for shrewdness and intelligence . He hoped there was an end to their apathy . Let them iret the-county safe on the registry , and then it would be sale at the election . Let them si-ek out bad votes , and . strike them off , and place good ones on , which ' ould easil y be done by purchasing forty-shilling freeholds . This would give them a fair return of interest
011 the capital invested , and the votv for nothing J and if they could not purchase freeholds in the towns , there were plenty iu the villages . Let them buy them up . No plan that had been proposed | by the League had met with such response as this . They hadrastly overrated the power of the landlords . They imagined because lie had the acres he had the votes ; but he knew an estate of £ 14 , 000 a-year , the purchase-money of which , attfO years' purchase , would be nearly half a million , and yet there was but sixty-eitrht votes on that estate . Most of the farms were let at £ 200 a-
year rent , or an outlay of purchase-money of about £ . 5 , 000 for one vote ; whereas , by investing in small freeholds , you might purchase a vote for from £ 30 to £ 40 . This was a great advantage ; and if they -were to tight the battle legallv , this must be their line of policy . Mr . Bright , of Rochdale , was the next speaker , and , at great length , endeavoured to prove that this was a working man ' s question . He referred to the statistics of emigration , of crime , and mortality , shewing that in years of depression there was an increase in the several departments : but it was the poor that eriifrated , and not the s <{ Uirts or the aristocracy . it wa * from the ranks ofthe poor that our gaoLs wen- tilled , and it was the poor and the wretched that -wi 'led the lists
of those who were sent to a premature grate for want of the common necessaries of life . Mr . Bright , at great length , went over the ground taken by Mr . Cobden , and was loudly cheered . After forming a committee , a vote of thanks was voted to the honourable gentleman , when a working man said , before tAat was put , he would ask Mr . Bright why he voted against the Ten Hours' Bill ? Mr / Bright said , when the business of the meeting was concluded he would answer that question . The motion was put and carried . Mr . Bri ght said he voted auiinst the Ten Hours' bill for many reasons . One was , he thought Parliament had no right to interfere on any question of labour , or profit , or wages , or trade , ns he believed
all such interference would be injurious to the men themselves . Besides , Lord Ashley WA made statements the most ridiculous , and had lil >< .-iU : tl the factory operative . He had besides employed persons to write misrepresentations and lies agalv . st the factory masters : and he voted to take a slice of the poor man ' s loaf for the support and bene ' . ' - t of monopoly , whilst his own serfs in Dorsetshire were in a state of unparalleled misery—and yet he never brought their case before the country . Let him direct his philanthropy to that county whose acres he represented ; and let those who best know each other ' s interests , masters and their workmen , settle their ov / n affairs . The workmen knew that such meddling would-be
injurious to them--wQuld produce turn-outs , routs , and tumults . ( " No , no ' . " from Mr . West ) He said , yes , yes ; for they all had experience enough of the hist strike . He had voted conscientiously ; and he would not vote against his conscience to catch the applause of any man , or set of men . Mr . Weatthen presented himself to the meeting , amid considerable confusion , the gentlemen taking up their hats and preparing to go . At length Mr . West proceeded to say , he wished to remove a false impression , that Mr , Bright intended to convey to the meeting on the Ten Hours Bill . lie was sorry Mr . Bright should hate been so severe on Lord Ashley—a nobleman whom even his opponents admitted tb be actuated by tie most humane and benevolent motives . A great
number of the - working clanaes and manautettuvn were a favour of a Ten Hours' Regulation Biil ; hat thej were met by the theorists , who told them that it would reduce wayts and banish trade . Now , SheJH ^ n'fts the tiidy tvwn in England where ihit ' / nestion M » lii ' t'n prai'ticaUu soloed ; and what did it prove ? Thai the fears of the political economists won- < rroonclfes . ' that wages did not fall ; that profits did not decrease ; that the markets had not been lost ; but
thecontrarj-As each trade had regulated their hours of laboff . trade became more steady ; wages increased from fifteen to forty-five per cent . - , employment became more extended ' ; pauperism to be hardly known ; ^ the condition of the middle and working classes generally improved . Now them' facts could not h < t " icitown tn the two honourable member *—for Mr . Uw ' combe stated them in the House of Commons * am Mr . Briirht had not the same ohjc ; ik . us to m that he seemed to have to Lord Ashley . J "
Ward , too , the member for Sheffield , was compelled to add his unwilling testimony to the tflitt of these statements , ft was true Mr . Ward had eftdeavoured to mislead the country by a Mory of **• Muntz having to send an order abroad be * . uuse it cOBJ not be completed in Sheffield at his prices ; hut sn sequent events had proved that thnt ¦ - ¦ / . / ¦ had cm-Lack , and been completed in Shejftvld . K , therefore , the svstem worked well in Sheffield , why not ¦ * < & well In other places ' . But Mr . Bri-iit s - ii «\ ' ?« " * ment hiid no ruiht to legislate on wnj ; cs , labour , W
tits , or capital / or trade . " Well , if that doctrine *^ true , n-h"t did he and Mr . Cubden uo to /'«« w f > l . fur r If he understood anything of human legj ^ tion , it meant hemxatiox and pr otection ; and required the application of those' principles so W as the working man s labour i After ¦ i ' ' lt 5 ' Livarious branches of the Sheffield trade , and me <*^ ous regulations they had adopted , Mr . ^"• ¦ itsa ., ai , Mr . (' olKlon i-oso to re ^ ly to Mr . West . I Ie said J had not come there lor the purpose of " lscU ~ f ^ i but as some of the statements of Mr- West we lacies , he thought it right to reply U > them . L ivjK im doiiM hat . fliat sMioflMd was in a moreir
perous state now than in 1840 and 1 * 41 : ft U had 14 , 000 paupers on the parish . But " ^ J ?« iy had not effected this improvement in s ' wttC c A . more than they had effected it in M anchester or ^ j port , where they had no existence . But sU PP ^ j that Mr . West said was true , what did it p rove . that the working men could do these tliiw ^ « f ^ selves , without going to Parliament . It - »»• ^ were to get up in a meeting . iu A merit ;' . t <> w ** re restriction or protection , they would sf "' n ^ ^ him from his elevation , and there the worKiflo . ^ had the franchise . Here another move was nu . - the respectables ; but Mr . West called on -Mr .. | - « to hear his reply . If , lie said , wh . n m If * { Jwi « were 14 , 0110 paupers on tho parish m MiCtnti " i ^ who were working sixteen and eighteen lioui ^ day for less wages than tliey now receive tor ^ had adopted the system of regulation , ^ " ^ uj ^ us have been a considerable diminution m tiiar aU ^ nn . n . v ^ t A * ' oiiff « . > . ; nrr T ? n * Mr folnldl WlKU ""• . , in \> i ciuiiviiu ^ j- ^ wu * .- » .
uuuuv . . - rue ** - the men of Sheffield regulated their own aflau * . ^ fore no other should apply to Parliament , ' _ ^ was this difference . In Sheffield the » " , ^ lSparativdy independent of their mas ters . u » e ^ ing tools were their awn ; their -workshops "" -. ^ themselves ; and they paid tor their 0 ^ 1 ^ power ; but the fcctoiy masters owned t ne «¦ ^ the machinery . All things else were "" jVdj ; the poor slaves had nothing but their naneul ^ and therefore were they compe led to » WPfai&l ment for protection . ( Mr . Cobden : shook J ^ gfi lfi Mr . Brisk in rejoinder , referred to Ir eland , w ^ , said Daniel O ' Connell had informed him tha * # Unions and restricting hours of labour haa _ yt f , trade out of the country ; and he hopet J » - ^ whom he had often met before , and ^^ u ** the best humoured of his opponents , wo * , ^ pir SENSE ESOVOK TO SEE THE FOU-T OF TKAl t - Tioxs . The meeting then broke up .
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2 THE NORfHEBN STAR ., I December 7 , 1844 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1844, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct836/page/2/
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