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LONDON AND PARISIAN FASHIONS . % ion ^ oti gf , toji cf Kn ' ssatc , % ? && . EMFOEirjM FOE SlTPETtFTNE WEST OF ENGLAND CT . OTHS AND KERSEYMEBES , ; GENOA SILK VELVETS , SiCHLY-FIGPRF . D FKENCH SATINS , SILK , ftp . B JOSEPH , 'Biii . ojt , Whoi . es 3 j , e nnd Retail Diupkh , andGBMEHiL Otrr-FiTrtit . to Cmw and all Parts of the Globe . B . J . negs to iender hin sincere Acknowledgments to tbe Nobility , Gentry , and Inhabitants generally , of Yorkshire and the adjiicent Counties , for tbe vtry liberal and extensive Patronage hia Establishment iaui ruceived ; and he begs also to inform them that , mringto the severe and unprecedented Pressu . ro on tlie ll ^ iey Market , whieh ohligcd Manufacturers to submit to unlieard of Sacrilices in tbe Sale of their Goods , that they might meet Obligation : ! incurred during Prosperity , he I iiih lieen enabled to purchase Goods for- Catii at Prices wholly unpar ; ilk-lea , und he is detehnfned hrt TalnftBle and extensive Connection shull enjoy the Advantnjns whieh tie hai ten enabled to reap , through hitting the Ability to purchase Grfodi from Persons who have been obliged to dispose of them nl un remunerating Prides , —bo solicits tbu Favour of an Insiiwtion . and he is confident it will be found that be mates uo Asssrlion without FoundAtbn , ami ao Profession but what may be realized at bi . i iistablisbment . Tbe Proprietor takes the Liberty of drawing the Attention of those Gentlemen , who have hitherto ipund it necessary to pay extravagantly hiyh Prices for their Clothing , totha annexed List of Prices , and which , higuaranttes to be of the . b . cat \ Vest of England and Saxony ' CLOTHS , ivool-dyed , and warranted not to spot , of any Colour : as atytiah hi nut / te , ns limltfiU ami talented ia cut , ami at goot / in ' futility , M any bearing the names of the moM expensive and fashionable Houses at the Vfest End of tho Metmpalis _ and «/ tos than one-third uf ( heir Cha rgt . B . JOSEPH'S LIST OF PRICES , FOR CASH PAYMENTS ONLY . SWW < M « r Clothing made io order in the most fashionable and elegant Stgle . COATS . £ . a . i . £ . s . AGentlemen ' s Fine DiessConts , from 1 13 0 Do . Kerseymere ( of any Colour ) 0 15 n Snsony Do . 2 2 H Do . best tnasrofecEnied 0 19 O ImpLTinl Di > 2 8 0 Kerieymort' Gaiters . 0 ? S liitra linnerinl !)•> . bi'S * iiualitv lnannfnL--tured ' . ' . 2 12 , 0 WAISTCOATS . SnperJine Frock emits , or Surtout ? , with Silk Splendid Silk Valentin , Ten Shillings each , Faciaes ~ 115 0 or . Tbre . ; for \< S ( T Sft > ronyl ) u -2 6 0 K ^¦ m : ;^ u ^¦™ U ' nisltoats . bnm 6 8 6 Imperial llo 2 12 0 Kim- Quality Pu .. „ 0 10 S lixlra Imperial ]) o ., Uil-liest Quality mauu- Silk Wuistconts , from OH ft fiictnred - 2 16 0 CLOCKS k ^ w ^ S * \ * * t ? In * » Clofii Opera . Oosks from " . . ' . 1 10 9 PObt Cloth F « a . C 0 « fl 110 0 Sp ^ i ^ Hulf Ci roukr Do 2 5 0 ^ Gentlampn's Putecsham GreaS Costs ( doa- Do . a complete Circlp ofSJ Yards rouud the b ! e brpristetij 1 12 0 bottom _ 3 3 0 ' Superior tjuahty Do 2 2 0 Velvet ColInrs . Ac . estro . Suporfine Quality Do 2 2 0 Youth ' s Cntnlet Clonis from 0 9 0 VerybestDo ; 2 S 0 Do . ClothDo . ftom 0 11 S . Fine (;! otii Great Coats ( of iinv Colour ) ... 3 2 0 i ivl ^ niF 1 ? Superfine Do . ( double milled ) " . * .. _* 16 0 . ,,. U "'""" „ ,. _ Madtiutosli mid Co . ' s Patent Wataipruof SuiW of Livery - 2 IS 0 = ( Jrent Coats , made to Measure 1 12 0 Best Until Uo 3 10 tt . TROM'SERS . rae S ™ ' e ! Ctta " Bnokskfe Trowaers , mi Ii . Joseph ' * New CHftDRES'S DllESSES . Pruicip le of Cutting , esppcially remni- Superfine Pluin Cloth . Dresr , cousisting of a , mendud to Sporlmg Gentlemen 1 I 0 Tunic , Vest and Truwsers 1 I » Kerseymere . Trowsers , from 0 15 0 Dittii , superior Qualitr , liB ! idsomelybniidfd , FiooQtuiJityDo 1 0 0 faced * -iiUSilt .. „ t 8 a VerylJcst 1 4 ( I Youtbs'Dres-, of any Culour , cowmtiitg o { ¦• HRE 1 CCHES . Jackb-t , Waistcoat , and Trowaern , mad « Gentlemen' 3 Cotton Cord Breedica 0 S 0 tc miy PnlU-rii 1 i ff " Dp . Woollen Cord OU < i Do . superior Quality , ut-fttly braided 1 12 0-Tb&fe nil ! bs found of fjial CharacWr which has raised B . J . ' o " Estttblizhintmt to surf ] Eiaicenee iu he Estimation of the tautest Cirelra , » "here nothing short oE eiwjr Gentlenuiniy Elopinc * could he o ! cruU ? d , CONTRACTS by the Year , originally intindueed liy B . J-, and having gained him such uneu ^ i'lfti ¦ " ame , bis Prfans btanc tho Lowest ever offered , he still roeommenii « it to every Gentleman , to whom , ^ ashton , EconbmJ , and Itegnhiricy , are tin Object . Sbcokd QuAi , iTY . "Two Suib of Superfine Clothes , any Colour , £ C < . I 0 j ., Three Ditto Ditto- ,. £ 9 . 10 s . ; Four Ditto , Ditto , £ 12 . JO . BEST CjfiLlTY .--Tivo Suits of West of England "Woo ! Dyed , £ J . 10 s ., the best Quality that can emaile ; Three Ditto , Ditto , £ lfi , 10 s . ; Four Ditto Bit to , £ 14 . ggf" Velvet Collars , &x ., E ^ tra , and so on ia Prajiortion for each Suit . Each Suit to be returned on tlie Eecei p l of iia Successor . Oeulilcincii Contractii ^ fur three or more Suits are nllowed Two Suits in Wear during the whole-Cenn . The largest anil most extensive Stuck of Mackintosh and Go ' s . Patent Waterproof Cloaks , Cape % ( ursiiig Aprons , Jtc , 15 per Cent , under the regnlar Price . N . B . A SUIT OE CLOTHES MADE AT FIVE H 0 UE 3 NOTICE . . . . . . i .
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^^¦^^^^^^^^^^ P ^^^ HI ^^ BaiH ^^^^^^^ HIM ^^^^^^^ HHIII ^^^^^ HBIIM ^ i ^ P ^^ H * COLONIAL WHAKF . WM . 8 'RETWELL , Whoiesalk Grockr , &e ., No . 23 , Upper head Row , and Colowiui . Wkarf , SfWPSON ' s Fold , Does Stbeet , respecjfiilly begj to inform bis Friends , and tlie Trade in general of Leeds and the Nei g hbourhood , that in illditSoo to his old Premises in Up ] ier head Bow , lie has [ alien the large and cotitenieat Warehouse , luttfly creotCd W the Aim and , aide Company , ailjuininp tbetr "Wharfs ia Simpson ' s Fold where lie intends to ktep a Large und well selects &EncL of every Article in tile GKOCERY TRADE . And where tlie "VTholesale Department will be conineted on tlie -. in ; .- Princi p les which , during the > » paee of Half a Century , have acquired for hia Predecewors and liimself « nch a liberal Share of * P « bIio-Patrona ^ e . "W . F . having been fortunatn in hii PiirehMes , previous to the late Advance iu Colon ( n Produce , ia enahied to suppiy hfe Friearia on equaJ , if nu £ ou more ndvanfHgt'ote Term * than any House eiibtr at London i-t Liverpool . ¦ W . F . has » l « i un hand a Stock of Petctsliurgh Yellow Candle Tallow , and of Kuntani Soasei : HOPS , purchaneu previously to thelata Advances in thess pame Articles . I .-.-1-, Dec . Ut , is : ir .
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MINERAL TERUA METALLIC , F' jr Filling Derayea Teeih , witlimd Heat , Pain , or Pressure ; and Inmrroiilile JUineraf Teatk \ fixed without $ i » iny the least Pain , or slewing any fastening whatever . LEEDS , BRADF 0 BD , AND WAKEFIELD . MR . ESKELL , SUSGEOZJ- DENTIST , OF NO . \ % , PARK-ROW , LEEDS , TJ ESPECTFTJLLT announces that hi > is on a Professional Vifit to Bradfsrd and WakaSald , aad for JAi the better Aetoramodntion of bis Friends , ha » Tn ; idu ArrangemontH to attend thosa Places , and . may be consulted in all the Branches of PESTAL SUHGESY as Fullows , until further Notice : — Every Wednesday am ! Thursday , at Mrs . Briyg ' x , Well-Street , Bradford ; every Friday * ai M . H < isl : /( jraue s , Senltvnan , next to the Theatre , Wesigaie , fFakeJieltl ; and every 31 onilar / Tuesday , and Saturday , at 7 / U Residence , \ . % \ ' , Park-How , Leeds . INCOEHODIBLH KIJTEEAL TEBTH , T -c : ii One to a complete Set , wtiicb are not only Ind-T ^' .-utt . ble . but also incapable or Discolouration . Amongst the advantages of &Ir . Estell's Systrtn , one of ihe principal ip , that it oonfera th ? powers of lie most rfintitiet Articulation , nnil aubmits ( his as really an advantage ot the utnawr important ?; , hat vhea to it is added tlie capability uf biting thu hardest milistancc , without pain , though laul , not least , that it ivta the appearnncc of juvenility lo coun iu nances othorwisa of an . agolappenranee . Mr . K < t .-i ! wishes to irapresj upon the Ladies and Gsntlamtn not to have tlie least prejudice agaimt hi ? Artificial Teetb , for they ore both useful and omimontal ; hi » principle ia quite different from any other , t conduces tn both beauty and comfort . Anew Description of Mineral Teeth that closely resembles nature ; these . Mineral . Teetb eminently losaesa every superiority that cun be desired over the various substances offered to ibu public for similar lUrposes ; their colour in unchangeable , and they may be had in c ^ cry gradation of shade , to BuJt any , hat may be remaining in tha mouth . In point of economy flu ; Mineral Teeth will bo fuund highly advantageous to the wearer , u in durability . Mr . Estcll availn himself of this opportunity to explain the tarioui species of DiseaRe to which tlieinoaifc * lisble , according to the princi p les laid down by Ibe monD eminiint mnliual men , convinced that ea oipartaffC a condition R 3 pc-r ^ Dnal appearanfv cannot fail of bein ^ interesting . SotliAg Hit Teeth . —This operation whan performed by n skilful Dentist , causes not the least pain , snrf a effected ' « ri « T to pruBerve Ihe Teeth from tartared efflmin , to keep them pure and white , and to frea lit breot . it From ; : uy di b | il cusant odour ; " this operation should take place occasionally . Cattlwtehtg Ihe Teetli . —The operation i * hni reooiir . ie ! i > upon tfw fiwt symptoms of decay , in order to arrest the progress of disease , and vrliieh , provided it be done in due time , prevents thst acntepain followed > y ultimate extraction . ' Tilting the Vacuum of Decayed Teeth . —This process , simple in Itnalf and susy to endurs , preserve * he enamel of the Teeth in their primitive state , nod entirely preVeati any portion of ailment or foul air Vom entering the cavities ^ theueneral source of offensive effluvia . Separating of ihe Teeth—Tbe Teeth , from want of proper attention , are ant in most penons to clow and connect thcinaelTcs with e » th other , which is generally the chief caune of decay ; in such canes it i » lartieulady advisable to Separate them . Great cure is required in this opera . tion . Fastening Loose Tteth . —Mr . E . during hie course of study has adopted n mode of fastening lotaoTeetb . particularly of aged persons , whether arising from neglect or any other Gauge , wbich be 18 happy to —y > das proved successful to the full extent ofliis eipectatioiu ^ Regulating the Teeth . —Tt is well known tJiat Teeth will ofUn grow too lonn , and ouwtretch Bifii other , Boindinies obtruding themselves beyond the" bounds prsseribed by ( he circular formation of tinmouth : under such < irouui * tai ! ee « ttey require regutjituw , which f-reatly » dd- » to tho agreeablo sppearanoeof the countenance , in the laugh , and gives facility to the artiouUtinn . The benutie ? of a well-regulated set of Teuth are sogfliierally acknowledged and a ' drolrsd , that to offer further objerration on this head , would be aiiperfluous . Firing ons vr mart Teetli . —The muthoJ adopted in tbi . J process of replacing Teeth , rondew it impossible to discern the artificial from tee natural , without wir » spring Or showing suy fastening whatavor . Ertractien of Hie Bfit or the Fangs nf the Trrtft . —Although this operution U often drt ^ ded by tlia aiHieted , fiom the facility which eharacteri-uia tho performance of liis operation , Mr . E . has been muse successful in removing all fearful apprehension . '" . Firing complete Sett of Teeth . —Complete sets by the assistance of a new invented mring , which * operates with the action oftlie jaws , in nm . iti cation , ice . will be found , in every respect amply oomp « tent to supply the place of their predecessors . Attendance fram Ten till Four , at Mr . Brigg't , Watt-Street , Bialford , tiers Wcdntsday mut
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let But the villains , vrho can condescend to acts like these , reckon too freely on their secrecy . Our means of information are more extensive than many of them are aware , aad we deem it our M gh privilege , as well as our imperative duty , to combine at once the argua and the cerberua in our character , as guardians of the rig hts ol P ^ erty . . . . . „ . „
The Calverleyplot , having gone offwituont explosion , was followed up on Saturday evening hi 3 t , l > yI \ lR . Wrigglesu'ORTH ) the Eleven Hours' Champion , who immortalized hid name , at the Leads meeting , on the 9 th Nov ., hy a&sertiug that a child eleven years of use , was as well able tu enduro eleven honrs' dail y labour as a man . This creature who so ill becomes the form of man , induced three Flas Sp inners to go with him to the Saddle Lin , to form " a meeting of the Leeds operatives concerned in Factories" tocjcpresa to Parliament their humble d&sira to be permitted to indulge in tiie innocent amusement of child murder . To give a colour of jmMtcitj" to the affair , k six lines paragraph was iiiserted at the bottom of a column , iu the Leeds Mercury , whieli , as am reporter observes , " might have been placed in the insignificant corner which it occupies for the purpose of escaping observation , " It was observed , however , MR . Wrigglesworth and his ihree friends , were met by a number ol other / rienda , Flax Spinners , &C ; amongst whom whs one of thelilditorsot ' the Noriherzi Slar . Their deliberations were kindly guided to a more rational and benevolent conclusion , mid the issue was a petition , that the present Factory Law may not be altered , except by the enaction of an effiicient Ten Hours' Bill ,
Un \\ ednestiay , anotuer section ot tue walkers in darkness , supposing that the great Poor Law meeting , i > t Bradford , would have taken away all the " Hmaanity Mongers " team . Leeds , made another attempt to rall y their discomfited forces on behalf of their GaJveriey brethren . The greatest care was taken to keep the place of meeting secret from all but the " initiated . ' Still however it became known to mauy whose interests were deeply concerned in the promised deliberations , and who therefore determined to render their best assistance ui the council . The Northern Star was again at its post , in the persons of its publisher and one of its conductors , and again the voice of the meeting responded to the call of justice and demanded a Ten Hours' Bill . We take these two meetings , unimportant as they were , iu point of numbers , to afford good evidence that the men of Yorkshire are noi lucking in that alacrity of character which enables them effectively to meet an unexpecled enemy , to whatever point the attack nay bo directed . They leave no point unprovided for—bo contingency imrcckoued on from which mischief might arise . Following temperate and skilful leaders and loti ? g pimnltaneonsJ y , their force la irresistible and their will must be obeyed . Tbul they are beginning to be aware of thU—that they already feel their strength and know their consequence is manifested by the enthusiasm with which the concluding resolution w ;» s carried , at the Dewsbory Anti-Poor Law Meeting reported in our third nno-n .
in For proof that the men of Yorkshire are not ignorant of the position hi which they stand—that they know then- wrongs and can trace them to tlieir propersource—tliat they are capable of estimating their own value and importance in society , and appreciating rightly the absurd distinctions arising out of adventitious circumstance ^ we refer to the several speeches at the Bradford meeting , reported in our lilth page and particularly to that of Mr . John Douthwatte , a working man ; a speech replete with sterling eloquence and manly feeling . And yet such us he are the men whom onr putrintitr , liberal ) In-Tories , conjoin with their partners in political delinquency , the Out-Tuiies , in declaring to bo well enough taught to pay taxes and obey the laws , but far too ignorant to exercise any power or influence directly or indirectly in the formation of those laws , by whose- operation their lives , then- labour , and their property are eontiuuaEysportcd wuh . It is because of the growing intelligence of the country—it is because of the intellectual power and moral force , possessed by such ineu as Douthwaite , among the poliliuidly- proscribed , that we see sneh ^ desperate exertions now making by the most corrupt of all Factions to cover the corruptions of tlicir supporters with the mantle of secrecy . Why is the country tnttde to ring with tlie cuckoo note of Ballot ! Ballot ! Ballot ? Simply because the toiliiig bees in the live of society are growing wise—because they are finding out . that while they work for all the honey , the droaea devour it . But in this , too , i ! ie iiyjwcritiea ] In-Tory plunderers have reckoned without their host . The meeting ot Sheffield , reported in oar fifth page , evinces beautifull y , flint even on this subject , which has been ao much nijnsiiflyKJ and sophisticated , the eyes of the people are open . They see tliftt the Ballot without Universal Suffrage would be to them an injury and not a good—that it would rivet the chains of political thraldom , which already hung round their necks , while at the ssme time it placed nutnacle . s upon their hands .
Oa all these several occusions the high tone and independent bearing of the people , the real patriots ; out of doors , contrasts finely and proudly with the measured p hrases , cautions feelers , and timid steps ot the pretended patriots iutlie House . While the would-be leaders of the movement party , and month-pic ces of the people in the House of (" ominous , ^ re beseeching and imploring that above all , and before all , the Ballot may he given to the ten pounders , the peop le are crying " Ballot us ao Ballot till we have that which the Ballot is to protect . " While they , in the House of Commons are scrambling to get money from idle pension-
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era ,. that they may bestow it upon mischievous Commissioners , aa children chuek a ball from hand to hand , till every one has had it , the people out-of-doors are desiring that their grievances may be redressed—that their food may be increased , and their clothing bettered , and their wages made higher . And as the first step towards tin : accomplishment of this object , they demaud to be liberated from political thrnldrom ; that they may be able to exercise their fair , and natural , and legitimate influence on . the making of those laws by winch the distribution of the wealth which they create is effected . They ask nothing more than this , and they will he content with nothing less . They know that this right , had they possessed it many jearsago , would hi iU exercise have prevented the perpetration of many wrongs which have for ever tarnished the honour of the British name , and disgraced the annals of humanity . The ) ' know th : tt had this Tight beeu holdeu by ihe- gresit mass of the people in this country four years » go , that most glaringpiece of robbery and inhumanity , the Xegro Apprenticeship Law , could never have beeu enacted . Twenty millions of British money could iiever have been given to the tticjst ruthless of all human harpies for the privilege of making the lash state of Ilie poor African worse then his first . A meetiug on this subject was holden in Leeds on Thursday , a sli g ht , report of which will be ound in our fourth page . We would most gladly have given more space to it hfld not our eolumus been so completel y filled with anterior matter . On the whole , this has been a week full of hopeful promise , and we have only to bid tbe people go on , peacefully , but determinedly , to persist in the demanding of tlieir ri ghts , and they shall speedily obtain tliem .
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NEOBO SLAVERY . AT b PUBLIC MEETING of ilie INHABITANTS of the BOROUGH of LEEDS , convent by the WORSHIPFUL Ihe MAYOR , anrl held in the Music-Hall , ou Thursday , December 14 th , 1837 , THOMAS WILLIAM TOTTIE , Esq . Ma \ oh , in the Chaik . The fiiliovring Resolutions were unanimously adopted : — Moved by Rev . Thomas Scales ; Sscooilea hj- Mr . J . S . Listeh ; That after stll rhc humane anil persevering efforts of tlie Friend ! - of the Negro Race , all the "Statute ? of this British Legislature , trained arowedlj in tlltir behalf , and notwithstanding the payment » f the exhorbitant sum of Twenty Millions la purchase their Redemption , -this Meetin ;; learns with mingled emotions of surprise , rt-yiet , anil indignation , that Shivery , ostensibly abolished by the imperial Act of 1 S 33 , yet Estate in i large portion of the Bril ^ h Colonies , . and that the unhappy NegroD * arc alill doomed tn a giilling and Tesatioos yode of servitude , altogether mcnm | arihle with , ( heir Rights «* Freemen , and their rank as British luhjeets . Moved by Mr . Robert Jowitt ; Seconded hv Rev . Ws *_? evf = BS :
That tliis meeting is convinced tliat the West India . Proprietors , setting up , an unnatural and revolting claim to a right ofpraViertif ill tieirfrlli . ™ men , have received their ciinpe ) Ration ; ever ; ' je n-Kacreinent rande wiih them hn ? tg hirn fulfltk-I tn the Ictte , — 1 ml lUM on . 11 " ' - * '' - :: ; has in » i a criiTiiiutl' infri-ction of all ' jUitabte ^ r nn'rpiful provision of tlie iy : fiirour of ihc Negroes ; and asystet ri , ami ton aueeeisful attempt , in hye-l&i . a ; ihJnca in fie Colonial Lejri . ilnture ! , and executed hy partial tod inefficient Magistrate . , 10 nejrrivo them of nece ^ anry food , to extort from thtro an undue , and excessive amount of unrequited labour , find to haraes them by severe and brutal punishments , calculated Eilher prematurely to wear them oat , or to goad them ou to deaperafioti ; that ftis Meeting , tierefore , is eompelleii to denounce the condact of the Planters in general , as a positive 3 nd insufferable violation of the soltnin comuiiut into which ihCT entered , aft insulthiji to the Britiah Nation , us ii is injuriQus to the ohjecta of their humane inierjiosition , and entitling the JJationto demand the iininiiliate rcle . ise of the Apprentices from their linudii-o , and their nctunl admisflion to the tonatUatianai righta und privilege of Freemen . Moved h . v Itev . 3 , K . Giles ; ' Seconded by Mr . H . Ricbabdjon ; That , as thp evidence of thtse evils in the Colonies i = nlrirady ahundant anj notorious , .-nnd rests noc onvagite ruinoura—on raitremf ; aiiii" isolated eqees , ot the eiaggei'attd-stateinscts uf mtereated parties , but hns been supplied ftoui aullicntie sources , and is found Id official documents , this Meeting would depreento the appolntim-nt of " ao . ' "" lu-liamantary Committee of luqnirj " , as ix itA ^ lf uuni _ Tjcssary , und in its tendency most injurious , leading to delay and disappointment ; but would caH upon tliu Le ^ 3 * l ; iture to Uttt' the most obvious and ^ nilv adeijti . iti ; CoureiC for reOreasing the Wronga of the Kegroes , by terminating the Apprenticeship nf Iha I'r ^ edial or Field Slaves , aud Kecuring to j&em the Blessings of 1 'ieedoni , on or before the iFt AupiiVt , \ S : iS , the Day nlEoody appointi-d by Lnw fnr the Liberation of the Non-Prffiifial or Domestic SIsves . Moved by Geosbe Walus , Esu . i O 3 . JL -H . ¦¦ •** 1 iii
OBCouotiu ny ixev . . -. > i ^ i-y ; Tli * t Petitioua to Parliament , feumled on these resolutions , lie ndppti'd by this Meeting , submitto 3 for Signature to the Inhabiiwifci of the Doiough ; and forwarded for presentation to tlie House of Lords by Xor < $ Braii ^ ham j uiid to tie House uf Coimnoufi by the Represeutativea uf tliw ISurou ^ h ; nnd that they and the Mcmbeia for th , We- ^ t Siding be respectfully tequwtml to rupyort ine prayer of the same . Moved by Mr . Ald * rman Ci . aph >« : Seconded by Rev . S . Wood ; ? That the following Gentlemen be a Cwinnitiee for carrying out tbe intentions of this Mi-cting , with power to add to their number : — - ^ ei'ijic V » ailea , Rev . W . Veverc , Ker . J . E . Giles , JoWh Kaye , Win . S ! ade , N . P , Simas , lt / V - _ . T ! ,. & $ &s . Rev . J ^ mta Tlrtw . ion , Robt , Jo ^ v ¦ dmrd Sergemit , J . S . Lister , "Wm . Weat , Tl born , ChriRtniilier Dove , Siimuel Priest Hamilton RiehardBOn , Bev . Vr . HudKKull , i Whiillpy , Jon . Shaetleiou : —and thst a . Kulft-iiiption ht opened [ o meet the Eij > e [ ises of petitioning , printing , and in aid of the Negro Emancipation , S ( c ., and that the Committee he requested to promote such Subscription without deliy . Moved by itr . Alderman ScaBCJ ; Seconded by Eev . W . L . THORN , That :. Copy of the Resolutions and . Petitions be advertised , » afl printed , and forwarded to such Places ai the Committee may di * m necessary fur ( he Purpose of drawing Attention Xo the present deplorable Condition of the Population of the Colonies , and of eiciting to active ec-. ujieration in l-htir lldhplf .
Moved by Mr . J . S . Barlow ; Seconded b « Mr . B . Goodman ; That Ihe Thanlisorih * Meeting be Riwnto the Worshipful the Mayor , fnr his obliging reartinc . i * In culling thi Meeting , and the able and Impartial Manner in which ha has conducted th > V . *\ , $ U nl thii Day . N . B . Copies of the Petitions will bfl left for Signatures at the Four Leeds Heirgpapec Offict-o , and at the Cornmeieial Bnilding ^ . PETITION To the Honoursble the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland , in Parliament auemblcd . The Petiriiin of the undersigned Inhibitanta of > he Borough of Leeda , SsbwrihIi , —That your Petitioners adoWs voar
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St > CIALISiM 'The CHAiiACTER of Man is Foumsd FOB . , iNKHTBV HiasKLr . "
THE SOCIALISTS of Leeds heg to inform the Public that , having engaged ihe Hall nf the 1 Leed 3 Wortiug Men's AMooitttion , " situate- in the Black Boy Entry , Top of J £ us £ atb , Leeds , they will Open tht same : u n SOCIAL INSTITUTION , on SUNDAY NEXT , on which occasion , Three LECTURES will be delivered by Mr . 8 . DuchjN-in , frcan Huddemlic ) d . To etijDjnenae in the Morning at Hvlf-pmt Ten ; n the Afternnou , at Half-unst Tvp'o ; and iu the ¦ . '' . 'iiiiiLi at Half-paHt Six . Hl ^ L'SSIHS AFTER EACH J . KCTl-RF . INyITED . N . B . The Entrance to tho Boom is situutcij m tic Blact Boy Passage , Top of Kirtgate , Lee * . Lfcdt , Dee . 14 . 1 S 37 .
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LETTER OS SIR WILLIAM HOLESWORT . H . AT a very numtrom slid hijrhly respeciahle MEETING o ( the BiirBesse-s fit the South Ward , "held on Thursday Ereiling , Uee . Uthj in he Large Koom nf thy Hou .= e of Mr . t ' raci'en , tile Victoria Inn , Menduw Line—Mr . AUeriuan ¦ uodman in the Chair—for tbe pur |> oao of taking nto consideration the reuuininundation uontained in he letter of Sir William , Mok > sworth to . the Electors f Lcedp , — -the feltowfng Resolutiontf nere uniinii"uaty adopted "Proposed by Mr . Crates . Seconded hy Mr . Councilor DkrHasi . 1 st , —That it has lieCQ admitted by the mnjt enightened Statesmi . il , tliat the Bnniw of Commons hoidd be Representation und not Nomination , and hat Uik Reform Bill was p ; nsal for securing lUai esirable Object , lint tJiat it is found insufficient without an Extension of the Suffrage . Proposed by Mr . Andertos-, Seconded Uj- Mr . Coldbkck , 2 d . ^ -That the "Votii by Ballot is essential to the He Exercise of that Right which the Brform Bill rave to the Constituencies of the United KiOpdoni , and that if adopted , would prevent a . Repetition of h ; it moRt ISngrant Injustice to th * j People , which was esercKed at tbe )««( EJedions , by IntiniidstiOQ ) Secret ; and open Bribery , and Corruption , ibereby enilering the E \ nc tive franchise , in u vast number uf nnlinces , a Fraud upon the People , and subversive of tiie Principles of sound Moi : iii ! y . Prnpow . il by Mr . Counlutlnr Dickinson . Seconded by Sir . Humphrey Boyle . 3 rd . —That although under peculiar Circumstances here have been from the Year I 82 !> frequent new 1 srliajnents , yst the period by the present Jawa , for which ths Repr « eutatives Me elected iting seven Years , and viewing with Peelings of Lread the Statft to which this Country was irought hy Pariiameats so el&jted t we *^ n > yder hat under any Cifcnuistancus , we should , not dele-[ Ute to any one the Protection of our flights and liberties for so long a period , and that such Rights snd Liberties cannot he bttter secured tliaa by burtening the duratiuu of Parliaments . Proposed by Mr . Councillor Derham , Seconded by Mr . John Rroadhead , ^ th . —That we vien the Cgnduct of Sir VT . Molcsvorth in the present Pariiament as highly praise-Worthy lor the bold , manly , cni'rgdtic , and libettyi tenth ing Sentiments expressed in his Letlar of the SSth Not . ) « o his Constituent in thia llorough , and we tender him our warmest Thank . ! . Proposed hy Mr . GbiMSUA-W . Seconded by Mr . K . 1 KIC , 6 th , That ii Copy of these Resolutions bo forwarded to E . Baiuee , Esq ., M . P ., and Sir . "Wm . Molesworth , Bart . M . P ., and that if it T > e signed by the Chiirman on behalf of the meeting . Proposed by Sir . CollBtT , Seconded by Mr . Jackson , 6 th , Thut these Resolutions be Advertised in all the-Leeds Neivspapets . Proposed by Mr . BnoAUHEAD , Seconded'by Mr , Rawnkl" ! ' . 7 . Thnt the Cordisl Tbiuis of thia Meeting are erninentlv due , aad are hereby given , to Mr . Alderman Goodman , for Ms promptitude in colling thii Meeting , and Mb * Vilitf in presiding at it ; and also , 'hut the Meeting tenders its acknowledgments tn Mr . Councillor Dcrhain , and Mr . Councillor Dickinson , for theii attendance on thia occasion . GEORGE GOODMAN , Chairman .
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This has been a week , rife with iiiteresti ing exhibitions of the growing intelligence , awakening apiril , moral force , anil cool determination of the people . The proeeediiiga of uo fewer than six meetings are reported in gut present number ; fourof which were convened by requisition , from a number of the leitding inhabitants , in tbe respective towns in which they were liolden . The other two meetings , though more humble in tbeir origin , were perhaps but little less important in their character , as nffording the most intelli g ible indications that the people are alive aud alert , as well as aroused and determined—that they are aa little to be overreached b y the exercise of cunning as to be overawed by the display of force . Tbe time for trifling ; with the people of England has gone by . Joiia Bull will neither be ballied nor bainbowJed any longer . Tlercia a limit Co th' extreme ot patience ; B'joni which to go , becomes stupidity . The people of England have begun to perceive that they have fully reached the , point where iUey may say , with truth and lllOtl / iO j uviivv
, " All that becomes a man to bear , ¦ We ' ve born : he who bears more is none . " When men have been made , for a length of time , to feel all tbe horrors , and smart under the multip lied wrongs , of oppression , they leani naturally to watch , wiili lynx like eagerness , tlie movements of those to whom tiloy conceive their selves indebted for the infliction , or continuance , of their sufferings . This may perhaps aecotmt for tbe quietness with which the operatives of Leeds detected and defeated , since tlie publication of our last number , two different secret and sinister attempts to rob the toiliitg little Factory-slave of the very partial and imperfect protection against actual amrdsr which is afforded to it by tbe present Kautory 1-ia . w .
It will be in the recollection of all our readers that , on the 9 th . oi' November last , a grejit public meeting , on this question , was liolden in the Court House , Leeds , called by a few overlookers , we have no doubt , at the instance of their employers , tlie mill-ownera ' , for the purpose of Petitioning for an Eleven , Hours' Bill , aud for taking children into tlie mills at eight years of age . They will remcmbeT how the people of Leeds nnd its vicinity en maw ? ., and those of Bradford , Halilax , HuddersfiuM , Manchester , Ashtou , and every other considerable manufacturing district , liy tlieir delegates , met this fell proposition , und at oncefiimihilated it by the fiat of tbeir determination to stick by the present protection Tor ¦ sldl ^ ren under thirteen years of age , imd to siuictioii . no infliction of more than ten hours dail y labour oa those abuvc . Thus foiled in their purpose to give sometliiu £ Uke a colour ol' public sanction i" fchob . hnltctti designs , a , private meeting wag holden shortly afterwards , by tbe creatures of Moloch , in some corner of the village called Calveriey . At this colloquy of spirits from the netW regions , with their " associates
meet and fell , " it was determined to rib what might be done towards counteracting the effect of the deadly wound which the mooritrous ( jiodiicdon of avarice aud tyiieltj - had received ot the public meeting , in tbe Conrt House , by getting up secret meetings , at whieh petitions were to bp fabricated , as though they bid emaaated from the general voice of the operative elnsses , praying for an Eleven Hours' Bill . Certain resolutions were adopted stud recommended to tlieir brethren iu iniquity , throughout tbe 1 ' actory districts , for adoption , the gist of which was . that ah act should be sought for imposing ' eleven , hours daily toil on till children between nine and thirteen , and twelve mid a half hours , oa all above thirteen , wiili an . extra hour every day , for four months if necessary , to mAe up the time lost by any damage to the machinery . So secretly was this diabolieal p lot against the lives and happiness of "England's hope and glory " hatched b y its sanguinary projectote , that mot ft whisper of it became knowu till some weeks afterwards , when the resolutions were advertised iu the -Beech Mercury . For some time we were surprised how this extraordinary secrecy had been kept up , inasmucii as the resolutions stated the meeting to have teen one of operatives , We have however obtained some little information which accounts for it very satisfactorily ; and which proves that the devil can try to keep bis own counsel Lhongh he cannot always succeed . We hear of a mill proprietor Laving drawn up one of these precious resolutions with his own ] i ; i ud , ofliis ordering one of his bond slaves to go down to the meeting and propose it , while lie went disguised as a working man , to to second it . We hear of another mill proprietor , of the same firm aud fiiinily , also condescending tt > mingle for a brief period , with " the greasy rogttes" whose boues and sinews , form his wealth , that he mi ght support the " resoludou" to enhance their bondage and render it eternal . Thus were the infernal resolutions concocted ; and thus was the " meeting of operatives " constituted . And this monstrous villany was to have been mimed upon the public .
the legislature , aud the sovereign , as the deliberate opinion and resolution of the Factory Operatives ! As a reason wh y their innocent and help less babes should be subjected to an . amount of misery , too great for human sufferance ! ' ¦ ' ¦ Let uo one suppose tlmt we talk here at random . We know the parties^—are in possession of their names , and , unless they put away at least , aome portion oftiie evil of their doings , we will yet drag them forth to the ignominy of public cogiiizaiee , and g ibbet them Iwfore the world , There shall be no tricka of this vile description , p layed off within the knowledge of the Northern Star , without obtaining at least some portion of the notoriety , to which they are entitled . And
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HonDur » W « Hurisu umler atrong emotions of surprise ami rfgret no learning , frum indubitable teatimony , ilisit tb « cril ut Slavery , which was oateusiblj » biilithod by tht Imi * rial Act of 1 S 33 , fltill waatsin Iha Briiiflh Colonies;—and thnt , after all the hiunam- and perii'rcring eftbrL ; uf the Fri ^ nis of tlie : Negro Race , —all thr- Statute ! , of the British 1-i- ^ iBlaturfl framed iivoH-idiy in tlicir lii&alf , —and nutwithstandill !? the payment of tht : exnrt > il : int "i : it "f Twenty Millions to pnrehsse their Kcdcrnprjon , thsit injured "ami unhajtpj' nice i ? « till doomed tu a fulling anil vesatlnua joke of servitude altogether :. ¦ ¦ , !(!) .. uiiilr- with their rights us men . Sad their r-mk ,-is subject * of tbe Cruirn uf these Hciilms . 1 'hxtike Wcrf Indfa Proprietors , netting up no unnatural and revolting elojm to a right of prouertj ii [ heir fcllo \ r men , hava already received their iomnensarion , eTCrj engagement made with ihenl v . < via )> lieen serujiuionslv fulfilled to the letter ;—but l"it on thoir part there have been a criminsl infracr ion of almost every eqaitablfc or merciful provision h njitained in the Imperial At't for the protection and ifcneiit if rli" Staves , and a systematic , fraudulent , and too successful attempt in bjr-faws framed in - ¦ "luniH ] Legiafeinres , and esetnted hj- pHftia ! nnd nelSnent Magistrates , to rleprive vTwin uf necesssrj ¦ « inl ;^ to ciWri'frDin them an u » , 1 ue and txee == ivL > iinonntof uurcquihsl laiiour ;—and tu b . imuotliein y severe nnd 'itiitnlpuniafirnenta , ( -alcalntcii eitlier I \ "iLntiii 4-int-tiI ¦ - ( vs ii-bi'ir thorn i ^ if nr ti \ unon ' ' !¦ ¦ -- . ai . t
''¦ -LHIl ^ UI ^ IT t , h F % ¦ Vl ^ i ' U ^ \ rULI Uh I ' . > -, KJ I IL 1 L L 1 V ' ' ' KJ l £ to desptrntlon ; thnt idor P « tition « r « , looting caloi ! j- and dispassionately at thvun nctmiaas and agg ravated doiinqiiuttcics , -ire tonatrained to p / ononrice the conduct of die Planters in gcneTaJ , a KwWve and insufferable violation of the compact n [ o whioh they entered , hs insulting to the British Nation , us it is eruel aud tnjurion ^ to th ' e objecisi uf htir kumaiie intfrimsition , nnd enfttii ' ng thnSatinu W demand tbe instant relense of the aggrieved Apprmnifces from their yoke of Bondage , and their Wtuai admission tu the Hights and Pri ^ -itcgea of ITrpcmen . That ffc * the evidence of the evils adduced is already : Lbundant and apparent , and renb not ou fogne rumours , on exfftine and isolated f ?; ises or M ^ gerated statemente of interested parties , but las been supplied from authentic sources , and 13 Found in ofixcial . doeumonW already before your Honourable House , your Petitioners wonld earnejil . v ucpreeati : the apHnintment o ( any Parliamentary -ommittee of Enquiry , as in itself unnecenaitry , anil n its teniluney most injiirioHs , leading to delay and disappointed in a case where delay may be iaa&L in Uttny of the sufferers , and where disappointment nmy awafcen only resentment and rVcenjje in those ^ bo survive their accumulated wron ^ . That should proof be demands ^ of the policy and tofety of any measure which goC 3 to the full and Uiiitediate Afeolition Of Slavery , your Petitioners refer with pleasnre and confidence tu the Islands of Antigua and BermunH , ivhrre thry declined to adopt Chi' Aiiprenticeship system , imd at onee p : ive Freedom to the Sla ^ eH , not only without danger and taischinf , but to tlio mutual benefit of the Master and Labourer , anil to the grovinR proS ] jeriTy of ¦ hQ $ e Islauils . Your Petitioners therefore niimnlated to tirge this Aplieal , by tlie flagrant violation- of a compact which was so solemnly made , and so dearly purchased ;—resting their claim lo be heard on the eternal principles of ri « rht and justice ;—fortified by i reference to the upirit and laws of our own frep -onstdiotion , [ aawiAl as to the policy am ! afltan"l { ts of the Measure which they recommend , and ^ nsiou-s for tbe character of the Nation , which suferg and ia under a stain , w iong ys Slavery exists n any 'part nf her Majesty ' s dominions;—would ' atnesrlj and respectfully call upon"your Honourable 3 t ) Use , to tufce the most obvions , and only adequate course fur redressing the . wrongs of the Negroes in our Colonies , and securing to them the enjoyment of Freedom , without any inviiliuna and unnatural liftinotion between the two ¦ chases of ioroestfc 1 and i » ld BIbtm , —6 y ternitnntin ^ the Appreiiciresliip yatcm on or befiirt" tbe Idt of Augu ^ i , 1 S : 4 S—the Ay already appointed Ijy law for the liberation of ht- Nnnprediats . And your Petitioners , &e .
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AND LEEDS GENERAL ADVERTISER .
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Ha = 5 == ^ ^^^ ^ ! == ! ^ ^ ^ ejTiTRmv nrrFWnpp ift t « st Prick Fouupence Halfpenmv , Vol . I . No . 5 . SATURDAY , UfrCfeMBEK 16 , 1837 . Or Five Shillings Per Quarter .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1837, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct986/page/1/
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