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      TAMES MYLES Bookseller , 201 , Overgate , « i Dundee , has a Constant Supply of all the Liberal Books aud Pamphlets of the Day , both Political and Religious , including the Works of Shelley , Volney , Voltaire , Paine , Owen , O'Connor , &c . &o . ; likewise the following Newspapers weekly : —Northern Slar , Lloyd ' s London Newspaper , Pictorial Times , Mils ' irated London News , The League , &c . Above Forty London Periodicals arrive at his Shop every Wednesday Evening . Orders punctually attended to , and executed with the greatest regularity and despatch . Hobson ' s Almanack shortly expected . . N . B . All kinds of Stationery .

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      THE OASTLER LIBERATION FUND . A PUBLIC MEETING of the Fnends of Mr . Richard Oastleb will be held ii the Corn ExOHANGte . Hanging Ditch , Manchester , on Thursday Evening , the l ; 4 th instant , for the purpose of considering the best means to be adopted to raise funds to procure hisirelease from Prison . The Chair to be taken at Half-jpast Seven o'Clock . John Fielden , Esq ., M . P ., W . B . Forrand , Esq ., M . P ., John Walter , Esq . and F . O'Connor , Esq ., R . S . Sowier , Esq ., ' L . Pitkethley , Esq ., and many other gentlemen will attend to address the meeting .

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      THE BRITISH EMIGRANTS' MUTUAL AID SOCIETY . Established with a view of purchasing and settling 20 , 480 acres of land , at the American Government price of One Dollar and a-Quarter per acre , and forming a Colony in one of the Western States ; of North America ; in shares of Ten Acre 3 each . This scheme of Emigration is laid before tho Public wiih some confidence , as being worthy of the attention of a ? l parties wishing to emigrate with the greatest certainty of success , and under the most advantageous circumstances . A Branch of the ' above society hold their weekly meeting every Wednesday evening , at eight o ' clock precisely , at the Globe Tavern , Shoe-lane , Fleetstreet , for the enrolment of members , and where the Rules of the Society , and every other information may be obtained ; or on application to the Secretary , Mr . John Williams , hat maker , 2 , Sswell-plaoe , Park-street , Kennineton .

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      LEEDS BOEOUGH SESSIONS . N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the next GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the Peace , for the Borough of Leeds , in the County of York , will be holden before Thomas Flower Ellis , the Younger , Enquire , Recorder of the said Borough ; at the Court House , in Leeds , on Thursday ,. the Twenty-Eighth day of December instant , at Nine o ' clock in the forenoon , at which time and place , all Jurors , Constables , Police Officers , Prosecutors , Witnesses ,. Persons bound by recognizance , and others having business at the said Sessions are requested to attend . \ AND NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN . That all Appeals , ] Applications and Proceedings , under the Highway Acts , ( not previously disposed of ) will be heard and taken at the sitting of the Court , on Saturday morning , ( the 30 th instant , ) at nine o ' clock , unless any Felonies or Misdemeanors shall then remain ( indisposed of ; in which case , all Such' Appeals , Applications , and Proceedings , will be heard and takec asjsooii after Saturday morning , at nine o ' clock , a 9 the whole of the Felonies and Misdemeanors shall have been disposed of . JAMES RICHARDSON , Clerk of | tho Peace for the said Borough . Leeds , 3 rd December , 1843 .

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      THE LAND ! TtiE LAND ! ! Now Publishing , complete in One Vol . , neatly Bound in Cloth , Price 2 s . 6 d . A PRACTICALi WORK on the MANAGEMENT OF SMALL FARMS . By Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Barrister and Farmer . The desire of theauthor has been to furnish a valuable compendium at such price as would enable every workingmaa to become possessed of it . Mo . It contains all the practical instructions , together with Plates , describing Farm House , Offices , lank , Farm Yard , &c . ; with particular information requisite ( or carrying out all the operations . N . B . —The abovejWork may still be procured in Numbers , price 6 d . ; each . " I have , within the last few months visited every part of France , and I declare that I have seen more misery in ono street ! in Dublin , than in all France ; the people are well jelad , well fed , and merry ; they are all employed oni Small Farms of their own . or on equitp . ble takings !" Vide Lord Cloncurrt /' s Letter in Morning CAronicte , Oct . 25 ^ , 1843 . ] THE LANCASTER TRIALS . Now ready in handsome cloth boards , price 5 s . 6 d . A FULL AND ICOMPLETE REPORT of the TRIALS OF P . jO'CuNNOR , Esq ., and Fifty Eight others , at Lancaster , on a charge of Sedition , Conspiracy , Tumult , and Hiot , with Preface , and Remarks , bv f . jo ' connor , Esq . And Illustrated with a Splendid Portrait of tha " Just Judge "— Baron Rolfe . The Publisher acquaints those who have purchased the Trials in Numbers , that the cloth cases will " bo sold to them at Sixpenoe each , or the numbers bound and put into the Cases for One Shilling each . Should there be ; any negleot in supplying the Cases , the Publisher will feel under an obligation if the Parties complaining will make him aware of it , and it shall be remedied . Parties desirous j to perfect ihtir set 9 of this valuable Work , will do woll to apply immediately , as there is but a limited quantity of Bom . 0 of the numbers now on hand . Every Chartist ought to be in possession of this Record of the great Chartist Triumph over the Tory Government , jit was the best aud most successful legal fight the Movement party ever bad . The example then afforded may be followed , with advantage , by the Defendants in Ireland . A few Copies of that excellent Work , THE STAJTE OF IRELAND , BY ARTHUR O ' CONHOR , remain on haud , aud may be had in two Numbers , at Fourpenoe each . < No Man can understand the position of Ireland , or the bearing of Irish Questions , who is not conversant with this perfect picture of Ireland ' s Con » dition ; the causes © finer degradation , and the Remedies for her manifold evile . Also !* just published , A Letter from Feargua O'Connor to the Rev . William Hill , being ^ Reply to sundry Letters pnblwhed by the latter gentleman . Tne Letter consists of thirty-two pages , same size as Lancaster Trials , Price Fourpenco . \ ] Also , A Letter from Feargus o'Connor to John Hum- ; ttrey Parry , in reply to one recently published by Mr . Parry , and addressed to Mr . O'Connor . Price Threepence . i London : —Cleave , } Shoe-lane , Fleet-street ; Purkess , Compton-street , Hey wood , Manchester-Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds ; Guest , Birmingham ; Paton and Love , Glasgow j aad all Agents oi this paper .

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      HOBSON'S POLITICAL ALMANACK . NOW READY , and in the hwidsof the Publishers , PBICE THBEiSPBNCE , THE POOR MAN'S COMPANION , FOR . 1844 . / CONTENTS- —The Calendar . —The Eclipses in 1844 . \ J Table to calculate Wages , and other Payments —• Cost of Yeomattury Cavalry for every Year from 1816 to 1843 . ^ -A Re turn , showing the total Number of Mem . hers Bent to the House of Commons by the several Counties , Cities , Towns , and Boroughs , i ° England , Wales , Ireland , and Scotland respectively ; -with the Population of the Counties , Cities , and Boroughs . — An account of the Duties payable on the Importation of Foreign Wheat , when the Price of Wheat has been in this Country at 50 s ., 55 s ., « 0 s ., 65 s ., 70 s ., 75 s ., 80 a , and 85 s * , under the various Acts which have been passed from the Reign of Charles II . to the present time : or a legislative history of English Cora Laws from the yen 1660 to 1843 . —The Population Retokns , from the Parliamentary papers just published ; setting forth the entire Population of the three Kingdoms ; the number of Houses , inhabited , uninhabited , and building ; the number ot Males aad the number of . Females , under , and above , twenty years of age ; the Count ; of Birth , showing the number horn ia England and Wales ; in Schotland ; in Ireland ; in the British Isles ; in the British Colonies ; and the cumber of Foreigners and British subjects born in foreign parts . The Number of Persona living in England and Wales , distinguishing males and females . Under Eva years of age ; five and under ten ; and from ten up toone hundred , rising five at a time . —Number of yearly committals for Workhouse Offences , in every County in England and Wales , from 1836 to 1842 . —Return of the number of Acts of Parliament passed from 1834 to 1842 , Public , Local , and Personal ; setting forth tne number passed in each year for England and Wales , Scotland , and Iretand . —Taxea on Land , compared with the Taxes on Dwelling Houses , Mills , and Factories . —Amount of Military and Naval Forces ; with tbe number of Ships of all classes of the Royal Navy , and a Return of the Number of Officers and Men in each class . —Quantity of Foreign Wine and Spirits imported daring the year ending January 5 th , 1843 , distinguishing the quantity frem each country . —Population of Ireland , France , and United States of America . —Return of the Average Prices of Wheat * in the months of June and July respectively , as compared with those in tbe months of August and September , in each year , from 1774 to 1793 . —Return of the Sams expended for Education in 1 & 42 , out Of the Taxes , ia each County of England and Wales . —Statement shewing the Total Amount of Taxation reduced or repealed since Jan . 1 st ,. 1814 . —Number of Private and Joint Stock Binks registered in each year from 1820 to 1843 . Number of Emigrants who have embarked from the Various Ports of England , Ireland , and Scotland , during the year 1842 ; showing to what part of Hie world they have Emigrated . —Number of Quarters of Malt made in the respective years of 1840 and 1842 . in the United Kingdom , distinguishing the quantity made in each country , and the quantity used by Brewers and Victuallers ; and Retail Brewers . —The Statistics of Mortality in Eogland . —Number of Depositors in the SavingB" Banks , and the amount of deposits , on tha 20 ch November , 1842 . —Number of Waste Land Incloaure Acts passed during every ten years from 1800 to 1840—Rental of the Metropolis , as assessed to tbe Police Rate . —Number aud C 08 t of the Metropoiitau Police . —Justice Tindal's Judgment on the question of Church Rates . —Statistics op CRIME for 1842 , showing the increase and decrease in the respective counties ; the number of Capital Sentences in 1840-41-42 , with the specified crimes ; the number of Executions ; the number cf sentences of all sorts , ' death , transportation , imprisonment , whipping and fining , for the years 1840-41-42 ; the ages of the Persons committed ; the Degrees of Instruction of the Persona committed for each year , from 1836 to 1842 ; snd a Comparative Table , Bbowing the Number of Persons Committed for Trial or Bailed in each of tae last four years ; snd distinguishing the numbers for each County . Cost of Republican Government . J in America , both , in the several States , aud the Federal Union . Emigration during the last seventeen years . — Effects of the New Tariff ; or , FREE TRA . DE in Practice ; toft © has it beri ^ fi tedf NOBOBV , but tho T : > x-eater ! Returns relative' to Foreign Trade ; great depreciation of prices ; Manufacturers forced to sacrifice one-twelth of the value of the Export Trade ! . the farmer " tuined" ; tha landlord forced to reduce rents ; the shopkeepers without custom ; and the workers without wages : glorious effects of Free Trade ! The whole compiled from authentic Bouroes Bi Joshua Hobson . Only Three Penes ! Only Three Pence ! London : J . Cleave , Shoe-lane ; Manchester , Hey-1 wood , Oldham-street ; Birmingham , Guest ; Leeds and ; Haddersfield , J . Hobson ; Newcastle , France and Co . ; 1 Glasgow , Paton and Love .

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      EKTHUSIASTIC MEETING AT LEEDS IN AID OF MR . OASILER' 5 LIBERATION . On Monday last , one of the most numerous and tBlhiuJastic meetings ^ Rhich have for some time bees beia Intbe Lseda Court House , tool : place there , in order to enter into srrangemets for carrying out Ihe gntscription so auipidonily commenced for the release cl the " factory King" from the dungeon in which he tuu baen » o lonf confined . The meeting was called Jby plasard , to- "be held at raven o ' clock in the evening ; and soon after that hour , the building -was crowded in every part , by men of all parties—ChaitM , Tory , Whig , and •» «**»»» ¥ . It had been annottqeed that Win- BmSbM Perrand , Esq ., M . P-, wonld be present ; and on that gentleman entering the Hall , he -was received , with tumultuous applause , and three cheers foi friTn -were proposed , andieartily responded to . On theTnotion of Mr . Johs Beckwith , Mr . Johc Cawood was nnanimouslT called to the chair .

      The Ghaiuhas , in opening the basiness , said he bad no idea , when he entered the room , of being called upon to take any port In the proceedings ; ho came merely as a spectator , and to hear something of hi « did friend , Richard Oasties . But having been . thus called npoo , he -would endeavour , so far as 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 , after some observations IB praise of Mr . O&sller and his late father , resumed his seat

      ISx . Joseph Lees moved &e first resolution . He said had that duty not have been assigned to him—an arrangement of which he was nnaware when he enfcered the roora . —hs should ha ^ e solicited the opportunity of TnWWng a few remarks in the eonws ol the . pTOcee&ingB—of spealdng in favour of an old friendoj behalf of one with whom he had spent the hnppiest moments of his life , and who had become incarcerated for doii : g good . He had known Mr . Oastler ' s father ; he bad been acquainted with Mr . Oastler himself for thirty years . He differed widely from him in political Bentnnent ; trat h& believed that he was a trne philanthropist , and that he woold advocate , as he ever had dose , 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 eticamstances which hid led to Mr . O £ stler * B

      incarceration , and paid a high compliment to him for the hospitality with which be had always upheld bis cffise , and the exertions which he had undergone on behalf of the factory slaves , together with his opposition to the Uew Poor law . Mr . Xees concluded by saying that tie was only a poor man himself ; but though he was so , be was happy to have it in his power to show that be did not propose Its resolution in ¦ words , onls , but by ¦ way of beginning he begged , to hand in & sovereign as his mbscriptioa . Mr . Lees sat down loudly cheered . 24 r . EirwiBD SCErios seconded tie resolution , it was as follows : —

      "That this meeting , conscious of the invaluable services Tendered by Mr . Oastler to his conntry , and aware of the privations he innst necessarily endure in consequence of his protracted incarceration , deem it a duty as Christians , as friends of humanity , and as fellow countrymeDj to aid in procuring his liberation from prison , and in securing his future services in the establishment of peace and geod will among men . ' * " Wm . Bttsfield Terrasd , Esq . MJ . rose at the request cf the Chairman to address the . meeting . He was received by three rounds of cheers . After they-had subsided , he said—That in appearing that evening before a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Xseds , to address them on a question Whicb be tras Ibaroazhly convinced , from the enthusiasm which had

      already been displayed during the delivery of the speeches of the gentlemen who had preceded him , they deeply regarded , he should sot appear before tbea in any other light than that of an Englishman advocating the claims of a persecuted and ilKnsed man —( hear ) . And if there was any one present who differed from him in politics , he believed , nay , he was sure Hi it that person would give him credit for coming forth in the cause tjf humanity . Though there misht be many piesent who differed from him and Richard Oastler on the great political questions which agitated the country—and he { llr . Perrand ) coincided in every political sentiment which Richard Oaatler had spsken or written that be tnew of , — -jet he was glad to tell such persons that the cause which he bad come amongst

      them to advocate had been supported in all parts of HtB factory districts bj a unanimity of heart and a Warmth of generosity -which England alone could furnish —( cheers ) . It was gratifying to see public character * in this and other towns laying aside political feeling and generously coming forward to aid this good cause ; and no nrm merited more approbation on" this account t ^"" 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 qpinioea to be true ; both appealed : to tbe intellect of tbeii fellow » tmtrymen ; and both with some degree of success . He was ' sorry that Mr . Baines's views were so favoured , \ not that he would prevent his arguments from being '

      brought forward , for he believed they were brought forward and maintained with honesty of intention ; If ; they were true , he trusted they would be triumphant ;' ttH if the political prineSplBs of Mr . Baines and those . ¦ w ho acted -with him , "were found to "be lalae—and -those }¦ of Ht . Oastler were pro-red to be those on which the constitution cf our native land was built , he hoped Mr . ( Oastler would have the victory . Bnt to give to Voth ' parties fair play , let tbem have a fair field and free-. dom , and God wonld give the victory to the right— 1 ( loud applause ) . In coining "before -the meeting to ad- \ Tocate the liberation of 3 ir . OasUer , lie-would appeal j to their better feelings , their sentiments , and thtii judgment ; for he should scorn to appeal to their pas- j Bions . It was his duty to call their attention to seme j of the great questions on which Mr . Oasller had ap- j peared in a pnblic character . Mr . Oastler first raised j

      tis humble voice in / a-ronr of the freedom of the blaci j slave , —that freedom which this conntry finally achieved , ty a grant from Parliament of many millions of moDey . j Mr . Oastler advocated the cause of the poor black j slave until that glorious victory over oppression was j obtained ; and he had scarcely laid his pen aside , when ! be beheld slavery at tome more cruel , more oppres- i sive , more lasting than that against which a-Wilber- 1 force had so nobly raised his voice , and for the abo- i liiion ot -wtdcS . the country had paid so large a sum i of money—fliesr , heal ) , ilr- Oartlec saw tfiat White jslavery at home was worse than black slavery abroad ; i and he came forward as the un&iiiching advocate of j . the emancipation of the white al . vesy of this j country . It was highly creditable to Mr . Baines , ] that he allowed the columns of the Leeds

      Mercury to be open to the denunciations of ; white slavery in Great Britain—( great anplsnse ) . j Mr . Oastler snpported the great straggle fur the eman- j cipatian of our factory children from the slavery inj which they were held , and to a certain degree his ' eiErBons were successful ; but before he had achieved the triumph that be expected he should , the New Poor * law became the law of the country . ( G / oans . ) He ( Mr . Ferrand ) would not weary the attention of the meeting by details , which he could bring forward against that infamous law ; for scarcely a day passed that the public prints did no t record the cruelties , the i oppressions , tie hardships—say , the murders committed iy that act—theai ) . Bat that very day , in Ms capa- > city as a magistrate of the West Riding , he had attended j

      a Coroner ' s Inquest , Bitting upon the body of a woman j "Who Was only one more victim to that infernal law . It , appeared that four months ago , a poor woman , of tbe J name of Martha Robinson , seventy years of age , along ¦ with her daughter , who was the mother cf two children , lie youngest of whom was only two months o ^ d , "was j released irora the Union Woitsouse at Bradford , on condition that they wouia all live on three shillings a j ¦ week—leries of ' shame *) . They bad been accustomed j to freedom and the eijoyment of the light of heaven , j and to mxncle amonrst friends and acquaintances , and : they cheerfully accepted the boon offered them , and ¦ settled down in an hovel at Harden-Back , near Bingiey . They belonged to Wilsdcn township , and lived beyond \ fho bonndaiy but seme few yards . They continued to

      T 6 C £ lve the rdief every Monday morning frcm tbe Kliering c&ser , who lived six miles frsm the place , and bad to attend to the pcor 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 afttr they had gone to this plsce that they were very badly ofi ^ and that Si a -wctk -was fur too little for them to live upon . After this the Board of Guardians at Bradford , in their mercy , gixmiei 6 tL a week more ; 80 that this family of four persons had but 3 a . 6 d . a "Weti Jor them all to exist upon—a sum scarcely sufficient , afteT the payment of rent and coals , to keep sonJ and bogy leather for two days . The daughter was a half idiot , not capable of esrciug her daily bread :

      ahe applied to the relieving cEcc-r for more assisianco . Dul he turned a deaf ear to her application , saying ttst ae « saird- wtre his tosttsa , and he had no pawtr to leteve hsr . -The Qawdian ol Wilsden passed by ^ hlvT ^ , * ? Ui 2 S * S her mother »» ayfaj 52 ? sta ? Si ° 5 ^ edtoa oaMmt 0 «»»« " * «^ h ™ . . ^ l ^ e M « ^ * " ^ e by-tcries of il ^ S ^ ** ^^ «* sation ) . Oa Monday Sd ^^ i'f ^^^^^^ B officer , and Heieplifcd that he bad do opportrunty to bo to the hmos , or to grant eTen as mOch ^ &i . n ^ rTreUef III they ntfgbt move themselves to the worttolsTat Brad ford . She replied- " T ^ t ' s the JTZi ££ t dying mother to the workhoase' "—^ tear , hear ) . She askediim for reliefbutie ssid

      ; he « mld not giy e it He said she was to goto tbe relieviBg « £ eer ef Bingiey Who lived about a mile from the place where the poor woman was dying ; and that relieving officer bad excused himself that day before hia ( Mr . Ferrand ; for sot going to see the poor woaan , by JKjisg that lie had soficiut to do im relieving tbe pooi a ! his own district and finding his way home after darkatnigbt —( cries of "shame , shame" ) . Tin * halfidiot , having been refused relief at her own township , tfroBgbt It useless to apply to Bingiey . On Tuesday xaooiiBg last , several -of the neighbours went into the beuse , and fonnd the poor aged mother , laid upon some old lootti , wrapped up in an olfl sheet , giving up her » onl to her Maker , and sot an atom of food or ire in

      house , and htx dangfcier going about to veek for neigh-Jxrars to do that which her native town refused to doloud cries of " ahame , hame *') . For a month Wilsden ] tad been viti&ut i Jne 4 ieal mtn in the tows ; and the \

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      last medical man there advertised bis pill-boxes for sale . These Relieving Officer * and Poor law Beards , only acted according to law ,- as they wore amenable to the regulations of the Poor Law Commissioners in London . The coroner ' s jar ; sad that day against their own consciences " , returned a verdict— "That the death of the deceased bad resulted from natural causes accelerated by tbe want of the common necessaries of life "—( a voice— "It onght to have been a verdict of murder" ) . Residing at some few miles distance from the poor creatnre ' s dwelling , be did not know anything of the case till be was asked , as a magistrate , to use 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 cruel oppressions as those inflicted under the New Poor Law , were to be allowed to go on—{ bear , hear ) . ? They were Englishmen , living under a Christian dispensation , told by every page in the Holy Bible to feel fer and pity the peor ; end to whom , were those poor to apply for succour and comfort ? Richard Oastler , who was now in prison , had always faithfully opposedjthe N « w Poor Law , and shown that it was contrary to the spirit of the British constitution . He asked them , therefore , to unite 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 . OastleV appeared before the public was

      the factory system —( loud cheers ) . He ( Mr . Ferrand ) 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 canse of that good and patriotic man , he wonld haTe tbem rallying round him ( Ml . Oasllei ) also ; but he mighiiell tbem , without vanity , that the first time that he appeared in public , as taking part in those great questions which had agitated the pnblic mind for the last thirty years , was at a large meeting called by Richard Oastler , on Wibsey Low 2 ioor , ta discuss the factory question . Twelve months before that meeting he ( Mi . Ferrand ) happened to rise between five and six o ' clock in the morning for the purpose of amusing himself by wild fowl shooting on the banks of the river Aire , near the town of Bingiey where he 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 b human being ; 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 , just at tbe break of day , he dragged out of a snow-drift a female child , who was on her way to wort at a factory . ( Hear , heai . ) He asked himself—Can England not become a great nation without the sacrifice of her children ? He entered from that time into an investigation of the factory question , and ss long as God gave him health and strength—unless a ten hours factory bill become the law of the land before his life closed , he would agitate for that just law . ( Loud applause . ) Af tar remarking on the present bill , which all admitted had tffected Borne amelioration in the condition of the

      factory workers , the Hon . Member said that ha was told by men in his own neighbourhood , whuse labours had been suspended through the extension and application of machinery , that they were living upon the wages of their children—in fact , they were living by the murder of their own offspring . ( Hear , hear . ) He spoke advisedly when he used these terms : for the highest medical men in the country had dt clared that to work women and children in factories for longer than ten ioura 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 a&k the legislature and the country , and the ministers of the gospel , if Christian England is to submit any longer to this system ?—^ great 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 the whole of that system , he wonld also not overioofe the Working of the New Poor Law , or at all events the circumstances of the case of the victim of that law which had that tlay been brought before a Coroner ' s jury ; foralthough the law cleared tie Poor Law officers , he declared emphatically in the face of that numerous and highly respectable meeting , that the New Poor Law had been guilty of the manslaughter of that woman —( hear , hear , and cheers ) . The Hon . member next related a case , waica had ceme before him within the Isrt few days , and which showed the baneful effects produced on the rising generation from the want of

      paternal care and attention caused by the operation of tbe factory system . At the time that the deputation sought him to bespeak Ma aid in tee enquiry respecting the causa of the death of Martha Robinson , be was engaged in taking evidence against a pocr child , only thirteen years of age , whose case was illustrative of one of tbe -workings of tbe factry system . The facts of the case were these . A family named ^ luxgatroyd , living about two miles from WilBden , 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 ' clo k in the morning , when they went to work , until eight at night , when they returned . A boy of the name of Hatfield , about

      thirteen years of age , whose mother was a widow and also worked at a factory , knowing that Murgatroyd ' s house was locked up , determined to break into it and rob it On bis way to commit the robbery , he met another boy about seven years of age , whom he persuaded to accompany him , and these lads , one thirteen and the o ' -ber seven years of age , bn > ke into the house , and robbed it of a sovereign , s » me copper , and other articles . Information ef the robbery was given to tbe constable of Bingiey , and he found the two lads entering a beerhouse . They were brought before him ( Mr . Ferrand ) and the yonngtr was made a witness againBt the elder . They admitted they had c&mmitted the robbary . On tbe younger being asked if Pe had ever heard of G ~ id or the SsTionr , or of beayen or hell , be

      replied , " No , never . " His mother said that she was too much benumbed -with labour to educate her children , and the only comfort she bad after leaving her work at tbe factory was to roll into bed —( "It ' s a shame ") . Here the child was left to wander all day where he choose , the mother being compelled to forsake those duties which the revealed -will of God declared to be incumbent upon her , and which the law recognises , she ought to ha ^ e 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 , a ^ d the poor child was forced to wander about like a vagabond , and never heard the name of God from priest or parent , and he was now an inmate of York Castle , and would have to take hu

      trial fox the heinous crime ol bouse-breaking —[ hear hear ) . He appealed , then , to their better feelings , U their humanity , to release Richard Oastler from hii cenfinemfent , that be might have full scope to exert hi talents to remove the evils of the present Factor ? System , and put an end to such cases as that just re lated—( cheers ) . We of : tn found ministers o Btate and other public characttrs pointing to thi extent of our exports as an evidence of the im proved condition of the psople ; but it would bi -well if these parties would look more into thi interior ; if they weuld examine and see really what i the condition of the working classes . This conntry wa now in a very dreadful state ; a great many of tb labouring population were now disaffected and dis

      contested . He knew sufficient from the history of thi English people and from his personal knowledge , tha they are loyal at heart and honest in their assertion o their principles . All they asked for was , " A fair day ' wage for a fair day ' s work "— ( cheers )—and the govern meat of this country was bound by the constitution u provide them with it—( renewed cheering ) . If the ; would not do so , they were utterly powerless—( cheers ) He cared not who the man was who held the reins o government in this country—it mattered not wha political sentiments he professed—tha line fo his guidance was marked out by the con stitution : it was , equal protection to all classe

      of persona and © r property —( bear ) . Tbe proper of the poor man was as much entitled to protection was that of the rich man —( hear , hear ) . It was to ti property of the poor man that we owed the weal and ; be grandeur of the land . The building in whit ha was then addressing that large assembly of t ] inhabitants of the importanttown of Leeds was the rest cf tbe labour of the working classes , and their labo ¦ sras their property . It was to the Bame Bource that \ owed the origin of all the various edifices erected the glory and honour of God throughout the hind , had made England a mighty nation , which she won continue to be if she followed the laws which God hi

      declared to be just and right—( applause ) . . He was to of improvement in the state of the country—of increasi wealth , and better trade ; bnt there would be no ii pruvement that could be lasting unless ' employme ¦ was given to the adult male population—unless " tl busy bees" were kept at work . At present they we turned adrift ; they were drones against their will ' < cries of " We are ") . Machinery had deprived tbem doing that duty which God himself declared tbi should do—( hear , bear ) . They were to earn their brei by the sweat of their brow ; but the present state affairs in this country had deprived them of the oppc tnnity of fulfilling that diTine law . Therefore they ha a rigat to appeal to the Government ef the countr and insist that it should rescue them from that positi < in which machinery had placed them—( lond cbeer

      * He hoped that in addressing tbe meeting be had only so far as in hb power , and that but feebly , ye henestly , bronght before tbem the great principle which Richard Oastler professed . If they ware true they would stand the test of public opinion ; if untrue then the honesty of Englishmen would never allo * them to Ulieve them , or to be the slaves of the politica opinions of any »„ 0 P Kt ot maX t when ^ btOwvw * & «* opbdos , a , | tohttii To place the politl cal senumente whieh he believed were esaktla ^ T Mrasut . 'rSsi x

      The reflation Mb , pn , to „„ ^ ammiDout ' jr adopted , s . ¦» «„ ul tte ti ^ tami ones . H GEOitGE BmitEE , Esq . in proposing the next zen lotion , said that hs was unacQuainted { terscnally wit

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      Mr . Oastler ; : bnt he was aware of the efforts which that gentleman had made on behalf of the public welfare , and by which he had injured his health and made mapy pecuniary and personal Bacriuces —( applause ) . Though the meeting was met for the purpose of raising money foi th& payment of a debt , he felt , In bis own conscience that that debt , bo far aa Mr . Oastlet was concerned , though a legal debt , was sot owing is equity —( hear , hear ) . But whether the debt was really owing or not , if they took into account the indefatigable , the almost superhuman efforts which Mr . Oastler bad made on behalf of tbe public , they would pay that debt and liberate him from prison . The committee bad determined to pay the debt , release him . from incarceration , and then make some provision for : his support ; and if those for whom be had so long laboured would

      sot raise the amount received , they were utterly devoid of gratitude —( hear , hear , and applause ) . But he knew sufficient of the working classes to lead him to believe that they would raise sufficient to Bet their old friend at liberty ; and then the contributions of the more affluent might go towards a provision for him for the rest of bis 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 wouldsoon give tbe finishing stroke to what he had so much at heart—( applause ) . Mr . ' Bulmer concluded by proposing the following resolution :

      " That subscriptions be forthwith entered into by all grades ef tbe inhabitants of this , Mr . Oaatler ' s native town , for the purpose of procuring his liberation ; and that the friends of humanity throughout Ibe Borough be requested to lend their assistance in the accomplishment of that laudable object . *' Mr . Joshua Hobson , who was received with loud cheers , said he had great pleasure in seconding tbe resolution . He did so because he knew Mr . Oastler well ; he sympathised with him in his sfllicUon , and was determined to do his part to get him ont of prison , He was rejoiced to hear tbe sentiments expressed by preceding speakers ; particularly the sentiments which which bad been uttered by Mr . Lees , to whose head and heart those sentiments were an honour , and who

      had shewn great moral courage in advancing them . Ho was able to bear out most ful . y the statements made by Mr . Lees . His ( Mr . Hobson ' si family had resided on the Thornbill estate for a long period of time ; hia grandfather had occupied a form on that estate some eighty years ; his father had also lived on it , and afterwards his brother . The altered circumstances of tbe tenantry , however , had eempelled his brother to give up possession of the farm on which his fore-fathers bad been enabled to live in comfort , and even in some degree of Effluence ; and with the wreck of his fortune he had been forced to go to America to seek for the means of existence which were denied to him here . He ( Mr . Hobson ) had 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 hia employer ' s estate comfortable and happy , and also aubserva the true interests of the employer . When the tenantry sought advice of him , they had no fees 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 gates . Whoever songht him on business had never to regret his conduct towards tbem ; 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 had been said by some parties that Richard O-tstler was

      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 introdaced a meesure into the House of Commons to amend the Factory Act of the late Sir Robert Peel , which waa known to be inefflcatioua ; so loose and vague , that " coaches and six" were driven through it in all directions ,- and the Short-time Committees were formed to render aid and furnish information to Mr . Hobhouse , at the instance and strong recommendation of Mr . Baines of tbe Leeds Mercury A committee of that sort was formed in Leeds , and another in Hudderfield ; and on that Bench stood the man who called the first meeting to form a Short-time Committee , at tbe direct

      instigation of Mr . Baines himself . It was thus that the Factory agitation commenced . It waB true that Mr . Ojstler ' s attention was soon directed to the question ; and that he entered into it with all his soul , bringing to its advocacy an amount ef energy and honest determination that soon ma ^ e it the question of the day ; and the meagre measure of Mr . Hobhouae was moon lost In the " Ten Hoars' BilJ . " As soon as Mr . Oastler -was told of tbe actual slaxxry « xisting 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 the factory operatives . The Huddersfield Short-Time Committee , formed as he had before detailed , read the Utter of Mr . Oastler with much gratification ; and a deputation

      from their body was appointed to wait upon Mr . Oastler to Bolicit his co-operatton in aid of Mr . Hobhouse ' s Bill . He ( Mr . Hobson ) accompanied that deputation to Fixby . They were cordially received by Mr . Oastler , -who , when be had enquired aa to their object and intention , franklj and warmly pledged himseif to xcork tut the emancipation of the factory slave . At that meeting the foundation of the " Union 'between Mr . Oastler and the working people to effect practical good was laid . He stated to tbe deputation frankly and freely what his political tenets were ; he ascertained what tbeirs were ; and an understanding was come to that on the Factory " Question they would all xcork together , totally irrespective of political or party considerations . In that Bpirit they commenced

      the work ; m that spirit they had continued tbe iroik ; and in that epirit they would work tbe matter out . The const qaences of that meeting at Fixby were not yet known . There , on that day , had a lever been forged which bad already heaved England to her centre ; and which would set her right at last . Into the history of the Ten Hours agitation he would not further enter ; except just to say tbat -what Mr . Oastler did on that question , 80 far from being distasteful to the owner ot Fixby , received his positive commendation . The case , however , was different wben Mr . Oastler opposed the "Coarser Food Enactment , " the attrocious Naw Poor Law . Then he was deprived of his stewardship ,

      and for political consi-lerations , cast into prison . Reference had been made to the fact , that Mr . Oastler woold value th « penny of tbe poor man mote than the large contributions of the rich ; be knew this was bo ; he had Air . Oastier ' s own authority for it ; and be called on the Working men to come forward to the help of one who kad done so much for the amelioration of tbe condition of the poor . He then alluded to the exertions which were being made in other towns , and hoped that tbe resolution of the meeting wonld be practically carried out . In allusion to tbe handsome donation of Mr , Baines , Mr . Hobson read tbe following extract of a letter which ho had received fronr . Mr . Oastler on the subject : —

      " I cannot tell you what feelings overspread my soul at this sudden ebullition of love , and respect , and sympathy for me . , It almost turns my brain . I can stand opposition with most men ; but sympathy melts and subdues me . Mr . Baines's donation has very much surprised , and considerably excited me . Well , one thing is now certain—the personal contest is ended ; but now for the war of principle . Am I risht , er am I wrong ? that is the question . That question must , and with God ' s permission shall , be solved i 1 am delighted tbat personalities are ended . Whun I see Mr . Baines I shall thank him , " After some few other observations , Mr . Hobson seconded tke resolution , and resumed his seat amidst lond cheers .

      Mr . Charles Walkeb , of Bradford , supported the resolution in a neat speech . He spoke as a manufacturer who had had much experience of tbe working of the factory system , and he was in favour of tbe limitation of the boura of daily labour to ten , in which he was backed by the opinions of the moat eminent medical men of tbe day ; Aa an individual he was tired of tbe present system of factory discipline , by which ho ww compelled to attend to buainesa the same houra as those -whose labours unfortunately were so much mure irksome than were his , and with these hours be was really wearied , Mr . Oastler bad nobly conrtmtted on

      behalf of the factory workers , and he rejoiced ttut tbe fiat bad gone forth that he should once more b 3 free . Tne good work was going on in Bradford ; ai ;< l from the enthusiasm which be saw exhibited ut tha ' . meeting , he was convinced that at Leeds , tbe native town of Mr . Oastler , his friends would not be behind . He looked forward with pleasure to the time when Mr . Oastler should be once more at liberty ; when they should see bim amongst them , iteaching tbe duties they owed to each other , in connexion with the-welfare of society and the safety of the institutions of the couutry —( 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 . Baines 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 toward' the liberation of Mr . Oastler . Mr . J . Summers , in allusion to a remark which had fallen from Mr . C . Walker , said that the first step taken in Yorkshire for tbe release of Mr . Oastler was taken at Leeds , namely , tbe holding of a meetine last year , at which wen present Mr . Atkinson , Mr . Purring , and himself , aad at which a cqmmitUe was appointed to promote the object fer which they had assembled . Much did not result irom that meeting ; but he was very glad that a oew effort had been made , and that there was every prospect of its being crowned with snooesa—( applause ) . ;

      Sam . Smith , E ? q . came forward to propose tbe third resolution . He was received with cheers . He Baid that he had been highly gratified at the statement just made bj Mr . Summers , tbat the town of Leeds , was the first to raise subscriptions on behalf of Mr . Oastler . He was jsrond to call Richard Oastler his friend ; for he had known him in infancy , boyhood , and manhood , and ie . tbe wbolej course of hia acquaintance with him be

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      never knew him do a single dirty action —( applause ) . In boyhood , Richard Oastler was known for his adherence to the truth , and as a young lad of strict morals and religious principles . He bad known Richard Oastler intimately ever sine © they went to school together , now forty-seven years ago , and inall that time he had never received an , unkind word from him ; and he felt It a privilege to cone forward and move the resolution which bad just been put into hia hand . He believed that in all he had done , Sir . Oastler had 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 hia great mind and active exertions to that subject , and gave it tbat success which it would not have had from

      any other individual—( applause ; . Many persons thought that Mr . Oastler exggerated some , of the statements which be made in reference to the factory system ; but he ( Mr . Smitb ) , knew he did not , for he furnished many of the facts on which Mr . Oaatler argued—( hear , hear ) . Mr . Oastler , whose first letter on the Factory Question appeared in the Leeds Mercury , went into the subject with great energy and z sal , 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 was very much better now than it was eighteen years ago ; and such eventually , he believed , would be the effect of the meaaura , that the masters would be

      glad to pass a Ten Hours' BilL Many of the masters were in favour of such a Bill now ; and no doubt , in the coarse of a year or two , a Ten Houra" Bill would be carried—( hear , hear , and applause ) . Whether tbe subscription commenced should prove sufficient or net for the accomplishing of the object for which it was 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 hia reward hereafter for his virtuous labours—( applause ) . He felt it his duty to subscribe to the fund for the liberatien of his old friend , Mr . Oastler ; and he should be very glad to solicit subscriptions iu aid of the same noble object —( hear , hear ) . Mr . Smith , concluded by proposing the following resolution : —

      " That a Local Committee , with Treasurer and Secretary , be now formed , ( with power to add to their number for the Out Townships ) to carry out tbe object of this meeting ; the said 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 Choi-ley , Mr . Joshua Hobson , Mr , John Jackson , Mr . George Bulmer , Mr . Edward Baines , Mr . W . Atkinson , Mr- Edward Sctuton , Mr . Jas . Green , Mr . Divid Ross , Mr . John Suiithson , Mr . Joseph Lees , Mr . Wm . Brook , Kirkgata , Mr . — Clarke , ( solicitor ) Mr . William Heywood , Mr . John Summers , Mr . John Beckwitb , Mr . John Hufcton , Mr . JohnO ' Rourke , Mr . George Koberton , Mr . William Rider , and the other members of tho Leeds Short Time Committee .

      Mr . D . Ross , late of Manchester , seconded the resolution , in an eloquent speech , in the course of which be denounced tbe iniquitous New Poor Law Bill , and passed a high eulogy on the labours and character of Mr . Oastler . James GREEK , E ° q ., in moving the fourth resolution , Baid that there were many shades of difference between bis and Mr . Oastler ' s political sentiments , but be' bad 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 persans had said that Mr . Oastler was mad ; and true enough . An examination of tho New Poor Liw waa enough to turn him mad —( bear , 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 —( bear , hear ) . He begged to give his humble mite of one sovereign , to testify his approbation of Mr . oastler ' s exertions in reference to that Act ; and he cordially moved : —

      " That booksellers and others be requested to receive subscriptions , and tbat collections be made in the various workshops and manufactories in aid of the ' Liberty Fund , ' by persons authorised by the Secretary far that purpose . " Mr . CLARKE , solicitor , Beconded the resolution . He said tbat our immoral Sfaakspear bad observed " That aoine men were born great , some men achieved greatness , and Bome men had greatness thrust upon them . *' In the last predicament he appeared before the meeting ; for be bad jjo more thought , when coming there th ; it night , of taking any prominent part in the proceedings than he had of being summoned tb the empire of China . He was but an humble individual , but be was a friend of his country and his county's friend—( hear , hear , and

      applause ) . And if be did appear to take part in a public meeting so soon after he had become a denfann of Leeds , he determined that it should not be one for political or polemical discussion , but a meeting like the one ha was addressing , to forward the best interests of humanity by paying a debt of gratitude , and liberating the incarcerated and the oppressed—( lond applause ) . He only knew Mr . Oastler from his denunciations of tbe New Poor' Liw ; and hia blood curdled with horror at those denunciations and tbe details of the working of that law . He felt that if anything would justify a rebellion that law would be the cause —\ hear , hear ) . Since the passing of tbat law , he felt that the air was not so free , that there was not that freshness about it there used to be , and that the stcy was less blue and the fields leas green—( hear , and applause ) . Tae resolution which he begged to second was of i a practical nature , and as such the meeting would not stultify its other proceedings by refusing

      to pass it It bad been said tbat tbe noblest spectacle on earth , and that which gave the most delight to the gods was to see a good man struggling , and bearing up in bis difficulties witia aa inward consciousness of bis em integrity : but it had also been observed that another object of greatness and of delight waa to see another man , trying all in his power to relieve tbe former—( hear , hear ) . If they relieve Mr . Oastler , they would be doing that which was lovely in the sight of man , and acceptable to the sight ot God —( lond cheers ) . Mr . Councillor Jackson said that be hoped that Mr . Thornhlll would be asked for his subscription . He could not think that Mr . Thornhill , when he saw tbe unanimous feeling which existed in favour of Mr . , OdaUer , 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 . Oaitler so as to provide for him during the remainder of his life —( Applause ) . The motion was put and carried .

      Mr . Hobson proposed a vote of thanks to the Mayor lor having granted the Court House for holding the m&etins in . Mr . J . Smuhson seconded the proposition , which was carried unanimously . _ Mr . HoissOiV announced that Mr . Wood , of the firm of Wood and Walker , of Bradford , had authorised his name to be put down for £ 100 towards the subscription—( loud cheers ) . Martin Cawood , Esq . . said that before the meeting S ' piratud , they had a duty to discbarge , and which they would gladly pay , and that was to give & vote of thanks to tho worthy Member for Kuaresbotough , for attending on that occasion . They had beard the noble sentiments delivered by that gentleman , and had shewn by the cordial way they had responded to them , that he had spoken to the hearts of Englishmen ; and they would enthusiastically award to him a vote of thankB , for they were all much indebted to him for coming amongst them and addressing ; them that night .

      Mr . SUMM&iis seconded the vote of thanks to Mr Ferrand , and the resolution was carried by acclamation . Mr . Fehhand returned thanks , and assured the meeting that he felt gratified at the reception he had met with in his advocacy of the cause of Mr . Oastler , whom he hoped soon to see in his 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 wore received , and the meeting separated , at half-past ten o ' clock .

      THE VICTIMS' SUPPORT FUND TO THE CHARE 1 SIS OF EXGLA . ND . Fellow Patriots , —No cause Im 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 tbe SUb ^ tyranny of wealth to resist the efforts of all reformers , whether political , religious , or moral . Neither wealth no' ' popular sympathy at the origin of a cause offers a check to the crimson arm of persecution ; yet the immolated

      triumph in the fears and cruelty of their persecutors ; and time while its uuieceding waves sweep in unrelenting ; fury over thrones equally with the humblest domiciles of unmerited poverty , still it consecrates the immutable basis on which both nature and human unostentationa rest Tmth is that basis ; it is the spring of every exalted sentiment and endearing feeling ; it is the foundation of justice , and justice is the foundation of liberty . It inspires the love of freedom ; animates the patriot , as he struggles to free hia country , 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 friends of our movement . They have sustained honourably and nobly tbe cause for which they now suffer . The prisons of England have been to Our oppressors the Unholy instruments wifh which , they hoped to Strangle British liberty . These ha ? e failed . We shall triumph . Our hopeB are still ardent in the prospect of auccass ! Our exertions are still vigorous , because we behold in the necessity and misfortunes of all classes , the groaning desire for democratic reform , and on the other hand the rising intelligence of our own . Victory is therefore , certain , provided we are just t 9 ourselves . Oat enemies fcnow that this is the ttiengtft of all hu «

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      man associations : they also survey oar general movements with as watchful an eye as the moat ardent and comprehensive minds in our cause . Have we then placed ourselves above their exultation ? Have we been tbe guardiana of those families who have lost for a time their natural { protector by the injustice of that Government which enslaves our country ? The Spartan women boasted when their husbands fell in their country ' s cause . But then the Spartan rulers were their sacred guardiana ; 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' sacrifices in tbe cause of freedom ? No ; because they have been neglected . Nor Will the patriot long feel prond ,

      though conscious of tbe justice of his canse , 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 as himself , had failed to shield his wife and helpless children while suffering in the common cause . Arouse then every honest , j veritable patriot f We cannot ex pect justice if not just ourselves . From our humble means let us contribute a share of their general sapport to the families of our suffering fellow Chartists . Every one can do a little . We have reached a position of public importance , as a party , which subjects our every error to tbe perverted criticism of tyrants and

      their degraded instruments . It ia however a serious and culpable neglect of duty to abandon the victims Besides ; the members of lost Conference were required , in almost every instance , by their constituents , to take their case into consideration . They did so : ana how has their appeal been responded to ? We havecc deeiro to boast of what we have done ; yet we can say with gratification to our feelings , that we ever have regarded their cases as a paramount duty to the character of our cause , and have , therefore , made them a subject of consideration . 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 ; but with 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 the victims . ; In response to the appeal of the Committee , we have forwarded tbe sum i of £ 2 . Let every locality , therefere , move in this matter ; and let our generous efforts to support their families light up the prison gloom with tbe prond and tranquil consolation that they are not only suffering for a most sacred cause , but that their sacrifices are appreciated . On behalf of the Ship Inn locality . ' ¦ David Potts . I Samuel Davies . I John follows . Birmingham , Nov . 29 , 1843 .

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      Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Dec . 5 . —Our supp lies this 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 beinsf comparatively scarce , firmly maintain last week ' s rates . Tae proportion of-fine malting Barley in this week ' s 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 , JOB THE TfESS . ENDING DEC . 5 , 1843 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peas Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qra . Qrs . 6 xtt 3298 2701 525 0 689 5 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . 2 12 U 1 14 24 0 19 8 A 0 0 0 1 12 7 J 1 14 &

      Leeds Woollen Markets . —The season of the year which is drawing to a close , has an effect on the woollen markets of this district , and there has not been the usual amount of business at the Cloth Halls on the two last market days . This depression is nob viewed as at all likely to be permanent , it being known tbat very extensive orders for goods are yet on hand , which must come oat 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 Ireland , 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 of "Wheat , and

      rather higher prices have been asked generally , but have been complied with in only one or two ins t a noes , for fine Irish new red , which has brought 7 s . 3 d . to 7 s . 4 J . 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 Id . oer bushel dearer ; fins mealing , of which few hare offered , have brought 23 . 7 ii . per 45 lbs . A considerable quantity of Oatmeal has changed hands at 20 d 9 j . to 21 s . 3 i . per 240 lbs . f-r best runs of new . A little fino English Chevalier Barley has been sold at 37 s ., good mealing at 34 * . to 36- ? . per quarter . Beans atd Peas are held at full prices . A few hundred barrels of United States Flour have been sold at 23 $ . ia bond .

      Malton Corn Market , Dec . 2 . ^—Wo were well supplied wi : h Wheat and Oats offering to this day ' s market ; of Barley we have a tolerable supply . Wheat without alteration . Bjriey tho turn dearer . Oa * -s wme as last week . Wheat , red , new , 50 s . to 56 ^ . ; Oul , 56 a . to 623 . ; white , new , 53 j . to 58 $ . ; old , 58 i . to 64-.. pr . qr . of 40 etones . Barley , 30 s . to 33 a . per qr . of 32 stones . Oats , 9 d . to 9 . $ d . per Stone . Newcastle Corn Market , Dee . 2 . ~ Oat farmers brought a good supply of Wheat to this day ' s market , but we had trifling arrivals fiom the coast , and a fair

      extent of bufliuuss 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 . Tne arrivals of barley exceeded the demand , and even the finest qualities scarcely maintamed their value . Oaw were in good supply , and the turn cheaper . Rye met a fair sale , at late rates . Malt ruled a -. hade lower . Ia beans or peas no material alteration cau be quoted . We had quite a stagnation in the flour trade , and to effect sales to any extent , very low prices muat have been submitted to .

      WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . Fkidat , December 8 . —The arrival of Wheat to-day is operate , all descriptions of which must be quoted U . per quarter lower . Barley in limited request , at a decline of Is . per quarter from the rates of this day se-nnight . In Oats and Beaos no material alteration . Shelling , free Bale , at aa advance of Is . per load .

      To The Friends Of Religious And Political Ijiberty In Dundee And Surrounding Country.

      TO THE FRIENDS OF RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL IJIBERTY IN DUNDEE AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY .

      Local Markets.

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      Leeds-.—Printed For The Proprietor, Feargu9 O'Connor, Esq. Of Hammersmith, Countj

      Leeds-. —Printed for the Proprietor , FEARGU 9 O ' CONNOR , Esq . of Hammersmith , CountJ

      jmaaiesex , oy JOSHUA HOBSON , at his Frtiw ing Offices , Nob . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Brigg » ter and Published by th « iaid Joshua , HobsoH * ( for the said Feargus O'Connob , ) at bia DwsI * , ling-house , No . 5 , Market-rtwet , Bn * ggs » te » * ° internal Communication existing between the said No . 5 , Market-street , and the said Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus constituting tbe whole of the said Printing and Publishing Offio one Premises . AU Communications must be addressed , Post-paW » to Mr . HOBSON , Northern Star Office , Leeds , ( Saturday , Deoimier 9 , 18 * 3 . v ¦

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 9, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct958/page/8/