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FACTORY QUESTION .
AHOTHEK THKOE OF THE EXPIEING " ELEVEN HOCKS'BILL , " On Wednesday afternoon , a kalf-wnispercd rumour obtained a very partial currency in the lown of Leeds , that Mr . Wriggtes'corth , and his clique of select overlooker ? , were aboHt to make one more efftrt to upset the decision of the . Public Meeting held in the Court House , a few weeks ago on this important imestion . Not content with the thr ; ishing thev then received , and with tbe total rout of their neat little concern , * t ( he Saddle Inn , on Satains ; evening , rajoitsi in oM seventh page , tlwj intended , it was said , to have a . snujj coterie at the Queen ' s Htad Inn , Mill Hill , " v \ ednenday evening . Other reports said , " The Saddle" to he again honoured with iheir deliberations . Sonio difficulty was osperienced in ascertaining where the meeting was to lie ; thoug h it was still believed Out a meeting was to be holden imneirAe' -e , at which some nalf-doiten overlookers intended to enlighten the eyes of the Legislature on the capabilities of little children to undergo eleven hours' daily toil , which enlig htenment would , no doubt , iave heeu iasned forth ss " the general op inion of the operatives of Leeds- " A more crnftj ninde of proceeding could scarcely have been adopted . It was known that Mr . O'Connor was out of tuwa . The great meeting at Bradford was naturally presumed to have drawn ' away most , or all , of the more active and prominent friends to the Buffering factory child , and every thing seemed to promise an easy fulKlment of Mr . Wriggtcmeorlh ' it prediction , that " l . he decision of the public mooting would be reversed . ' The cottyja assembled at a little after seven o ' clock , when it turned out to lie not Mr . Wriggleswirrth and his three flax-spinners , hut a few woollen slubbers , with Mr . Liititlty , tlie manufacturer , at their bead , , in the true ( spirit of patriotism , bad congregated to tbennmher of , at least , n dazen , for the laudable and pious purpose of supporting their Calverley brethren in procuring a bill for 6 b' hours' labour per week , for a ][ children above nine rears of age , and , in case of hindrance , by accident to the machinery , one hoiif perday extra , for lour months , if necessary , to make Op the last time ! A . immlier of indmduids wfea had by chance heard of the meeting , but who happened not to be woollen slubbers , made their appearanei ! in the room , and were told that this wag a slubber ' s meeting to vrhich no other could be admitted . This was met by a reply , that as all pardes were likely to be interested in the legislative interference , whieb was to be sougbt by the meeting , all parties had n rig ht to partake in the discussion . To this doctriuc some of the slubbers assented ; while others disavowed it . A chairman wan at length appointed in the person of Mr . EtiDEaisoS , an operative , whose trade we did not learn . A portion of the slubbers thwn left the room , while another portion of them remained aud took part in the business of the meeting .
Mr . Gborde White , itn operative woolcomber , then addressed the meeting at some length , in a very animated style . He denounced the attempt of the woollen slubbers now made , tn get up a paltry meeting like this , palm it oo the public as the opinion of the factory operatives of Leeds , and as a villainous attempt at fraud ; and the idea of little children brans ; compelled to wort eleven hoars daily ; is inhuman aud barbarous . He commented very strongly on ftie parties concerned m Be 11 ™ 1 !! UP t ^ ese hole and corner meetings , and intimated chat the ¦ inly possible mode of accounting for the extraordinary uertitiacUy with which they pursued so deadly and disreputable an object , must be the supposition that they were influenced by pecuniary considerations , either in the shape of direct bribes , or in the expectancy of increasing their own weekly earnings by the suMl&roal tail thus imposed on the infants whilst labour was necessary to them . He concluded by moving— " That in the opinion of this meeting , no child ought to be employed in any factory under nine years of » ge ; and that 110 child under thirteen years of nge ought to be permitted , under any circumsfauces , to labour mure than eight hours daily . , Mr . "William ftn > £ B seconded the motion , and observed that he had no notion of fighting with the air . He should , therefore , make no remark further than to throw down l . he gauntlet of discussion . If any person present was prepared to advance any argument why eleven hours should be preferred to ten , he challenged him to do so , and would try to answer him . —( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was carried unanimously . MY . Hn . i ; , one of the JZilitorsofi / ieNjrtfH'ritSttir , wno had entered the room during Ife ^ White ' s address , then ro « e , ; ind whs received with simultaneous cheers by ( lie whole meeting , which uow amounted to about a hundred persons . He said it had been observed , that the devil , in his journey towards bum an destruction , stops at no style ? . Snch an he . can he overleaps at once , and where be finds them too high for his power of spring , be looks out for a device to eiee ? through . —( Cbeets and mars of laughter . ) The proceedings of the parties who had the . credit of baring gotten np this and other equally reprttnlik inimtings , afforded no bad illustration of thifl saying . They bad tried their capability in . an endeavour lo spring over the fence of public opinion by calling a meeting of all the factory operatives and inseters in the United Kingdom , to settle a great legislative question at fonr days notice ill a single newspaper . —( Hear , hear . ) This was « prettv bold- spring , hut the fence was loo bigh . They failed to overtop it , and . knocked Iheir heod * against the wall—fell crest fallen and humiliated to the earth . ( Cheers . ) This , however , seemed nol to have abated their determination to carry their object ; and , therefore , nulling it impracticable to leap iiver , they began instantly to look out for some place to creep through . Heo . ce the meeting o ; Flax Spimiers , at the Saddle Inn , on Saturday evening , where the gap through which the monster had intended to emerge was etiectually utopped by his excellent friend and coadjutor in the service 01 the public , Mr . O'Connor , supported by the brave men uf Leeds , who had evinced their capability and readiness , not only to meet force by force , ill the
Woodless war ol words , but also to rebut the stratagems of cunning hy activity and prudence . ( Cheers . ; Thuh foiled in their attempt to creep through by u meeting , convened at i few hours' notice , l > y a six lines paragraph , at the bottom uf a column , they now tried a still smaller aperture , and called a meeting without any notice at all . { Cheers and laughter . ; He ecrtaiulv gave them credit for considerable tact in . seating ; the areacBt evening : on which to huki their little tcia-u-letc to legislate for the whole nation . Such , however , was the importance , and wicb the universally attractive character of this great question , that the more wthisprriitg v / 'il ' m a manufacturing town like Leeds , was sure to bring together many who nere interested in its olscuwsiou ; and hence the gentlemen who had concocted this meeting were likely to receive the assistance "f a math larger deliberative body than it was probable they hue i-, tlculsted on . ( Cheers and juughter . ) And though the assistance of himself and his friends might be unwelcome and unwished for , he trusted that it would not be le ^ s valuable on that account , ( Renewed cheers . ) He observed , that in the resolution which had been adopted by the meeting no word was said of persona above thirteen years of age . Now , he watf no convert to the doctrine of Che factory Commissioners , that children of twelve years and upwards should be accounted free agents . Moreover he considered the nmn of thirty or forty to be no more a free agent than the child , if the social and commercial arrangements of sneiety were Boch as tn leave him no iiltcmotive between such an amount of toil fls may deatTAy his comfort and injure bis health , arid at ; toa \ fftmvncj tVtrougb the want of amployment which could be procured on no other terms . He thought , therefore , that the meeting cuubt to consider the necessity of protecting those above at well as those under thirteen years of age . And he would move u that , in the opinion of this meeting , no person above thirteen year * of age , ought , under any circumstances , to be allowed to labour in uuy mill or factory , cime tSian ten hours daily , and eight hours on Saturdny , ei--. 1 _! J 1 1 ff . _¦_ J J _ _ _ - _> inn J
* Ub ? l > C Ul XeSV , HIMU , LllIU LGCIUUUUll . The motion ivae seconded by Mr . John Smith , an operative , and curried with one disstntient . Mr . Joshua Hobson then rose and said , that he could not but esprets bis great surprise at the conduct of Mr . Wriggtemuwtit and his compeers , towards their frlmul Mr . Bainks . The persons who now heard him would very well recollect thar Mr- Baines had , himself , petitioned for a H Ten Hours' Bill ; " and his friends Met&rs . Wrigglesworth iiml Cs-t instead of sending petitions to back that of Mr _ Baines ; whom they professed ho highly to venerate , wanted to loud the table of the House of Common ? with petitions against it—with petitions for an " Eleven Hours' Bill . " He felt assured that Mr . Ba _ ik : e £ would feel eitreniely obliged tn the few persons who were at the trouble to ferret out , and runt , those gvifi friends of his who wanted to oppose him and his j / i'titiuit ! With this idea , and for the purpose of strengthening the hands of the "Ten Hour" Mr . Baises , against tfae l * Eleven Hour" intriguers , he would move , " that a petition , embodying the resolutions then passed , l » e prepared ; signed by tne Chairman on
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behalf of the meeting ; and tmnBmitted to Mr . Hiines for presentation in the House of Common * , at the same time that hit own pclitiun was presented by Lord Ashley . " This motinn was seconded by three or four persons , pat from the chair , and passed unaimously . ¦ uni'i . * : loud laughter and cheers-Mr . HtLI . ngain rose , to move " that a committee he appointed hy the meeting , t . > dnm-up the petition , and p lace it in the hands of Mb . BaINeS , for presentation . " The motion was peconded by an operative present , and carried unanimously . A committee of three persons was then appointed . Mr . Hcibson moved , " that this meeting do now adjourn xitic ifie ; which was seconded hy Mb . White ; when Mr . Rideb again rose and enquired , whether , before the meeting mljimrntd , any of the slnbbers , whoever they were , by whom it had been concocted , were ready to defend their own scheme . He had brought a . bundle facts under bis arm , hut aeeminingly be was not to be put to the tronble of referring to them .
Mb . BiiNJAMis Matthews , an operative slubber addressed the meeting in * short , but Tery good speech , in which he stat . A he had , on some oeeasious , found himself obliged , by the circumstances in which his employment placed him . to esaet from children o / a tender age , sis and thirty continuous hours oflaboor , while his heart was hreiikingfor them ( a great sensation was here evident in the meeting . ) He s . vw « ed his eMmction » s a pvacticul Him . tSmt the extreme baii state of trade now , was entirely owing to the long hours which had heretofore been wrought , and that no effectual remedy could ever be applied without shortening the hours of labour . The motion for adjournment was then put UJid unanimously carried . Thanks to the chairman were moved by Mr . HilL Seconded aud carried by acclamation . After which Mr . White said before they lieparated he thought another ifuty was ini-uiulsnt on the persons who had constituted the meeting ; aad that was to . render their warm and hearty thanks to Mr . O'Connuu and Mr . Hill , the Editors of the Northern Star , for the prompt and manly manner in which , for so many years in their individual capacity , and more especially in their public capacity , as Editors , ainee the commencement of the Star , " they had . "h ewn themselves ready at all times to fight the battles of the people . Mr . JIartin , an operative fiax- ' spinner thought that another name should also be included in this motion . Mr . ' Hobson , the Publisher- of I / k Northern Star , had been well known , among them for many years , and was eminently deserving of their thanks . The motion as thus amended was carried by acclamation . Mr . Hill in acknowledging the resolution < in bcbu . ll' of himself and his friends and coadjutors Mr . O'Conner and Mr . Hobson , reminded the meeting , that if any adventitious circumstances educational , or other , had enabled them to be of service to the public—they hid their reward ia the conseiousucis of doina good ; while the unlv elVicient way in which the people could testify any approbation they might please to accord to them , would be in the strength * cniug of their hands , and not leaving them to wear their fingers to rhe stumps , or their Inuge into a consumption in fighting their battles alone . The meeting then separated ; tt ten . o'clock . Thus ended aHother throe ; whether the bet of the poor little eleven hours hantliop , remains vet to be seen .
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—A p- ¦ He most willingly trsve hin decided approhaion to the resolution which applauded the brave conduct of the military who acted so nobly and orbearingly on that occasion . They were a . party of the same regiment who were brought into the ^ eterloo Field at Manchester , on that memorable jceysion , but who instead of destroying life in thaf . iloody field ! i ad been the mean'of saving many . He jot only bore his testimony to ihepreat valour of the . Sfh-Hussars , but he beb'eved it to he uprevailing opinion amongst the military of this country yc-ntTiiltv hat though they toot arms as soldiers they were mill noxious to be considered as citizens of England . Aj * this was the general feeling in the army , was it j > be thought that British soldiers with such sentiments in their hearts bad not feelings lite men , and > ore not as much affection towards their wives and amilies as any other class of mankind . Was it to » c thought , that they would like to go into a bastile if pine for want and die so slowly ihat no one dared to call it murder ? The British army in . times hat are past have gained many glorious triumphs , and is it to be thought those triumphs were to he avnifhed by foiling into i V > astile their fell ™ countrymen ? I answer in the name of the British army ; no . Tf thesoldiers are often culled to witness ucb proceedings as these , there can be little tinuht hat in the eyes of the soldiery the Poor Law will lecome as hateful , a' its Euppnrtera are insignificant . Mr . Joksthan Seed seconded the resolution . The motion was carried unanimously .
Mr . Hdssev wat < then called ujoti , who was eeeived with cheers . He said there had bean sonia nnversstion about the soldiers ; but for his part ho was no lighting man . He did not like to be whoru here wa « fighting for there was surelv tu bn somelody either killed or tamed ! ( laughter , ) I vronld ight the authorities of the country , if they dared to transgress the rights of any citizen , and 1 iun pretared to li ^ ht them morally—not physically—for be id nut like the colour of noldiers' coats . Sir , it is n very important subject that has brought us together n the present occasion' —a subject which we urighl ery properly tevm till—important—a subject which lositively embraces this question— " Have ton poor a ightto live from the land u-hich gave them birth p " am ucrfcetly aware that this law is , according o the iTinguage of the resolution repugnant to the awa of humanity . ( Cneers . ) That the advocates of he measure , never contemplated a humane ineaureh When they contemplated this one , he was onvineed that tbev would flat say that it contained j particle of kindlv feeling , and that it vvoulil never ui-ve been attempted to be brought into operation , n the country if those who supported it , had duly aken its arbitrary and oppressive nature into their eriays ca ^ ssdetatiw * . No , ftity ware prejiwed . d& ill occasions to declare that the bagtile , under the operations of the New Law , is uot a place of rest or the weary worn out life destroyed operative ; but as a House of Correction , and a place of punishment , ( it is , it is from every voice . ) Those men who have contended for the excellence of the measure , are ever ready to aeknov , le . dge that it I « not is ^ ed fltall on the principles uf humanifcy . ( Hear , icar . ) Onu great argument in favour of the new la . w was tile mal-admirdstrabon of the old law , nasmneb as it was frequentlv found 10 be the case hat the man who was prepared to blaeiguard and Hilly the acting overseer , bad often obtained relief , while the modest , though deserving , Iiud keen negeeted and put to one side . But docs the new law raw the line of demarcation between , the virtuous and the vicious , the deserving and the undeserving , when they axe immured in a Eastile ? No . Here -ciu Hull that deserving o ! J age , which has stood a eries uf calamities for nearly half a century , is compelled to mingle amongst the most vicious outcasts that have plagued society , and the treatment f the one is cquallv the same as tlie treatment of he other , —( hear , hear , )—and both remain theie as dons ™ a common gaol . And ougbl iwthumanity o be consulted in cases of this description ? If not . elf me why ought stotjttittiee to ? tep in and interfere petwceii the fell destroyer and the oppressed?—Hear , hear . ) Ought it not to arise and defend the nnneenl against the M . H-eiioroacliiug puiver pf those who would raise themselves upon the miseries of hose whii have fed and clothed liieui so to speak , jnd vaiwiii them ( f ) die eminent in which they now tand . —( Hear , hear . ) Upon what principle ij this jill based P ^ 'by , upon the murdering principle of jutting out of existence those who are no longer ildc to contribute their labour towards the luxuries n whieb the-other part of the community rioted . — Hear . ) Then was there nor a necessity tr . it justice hould step in ? Ought not the poor tn have some claim on the land in which they first saw tlie light P Lord Brougham fasul said that they hud the first rlui'K upon the soil , ^ nd yet when he too ? j his bill nto ihe House of Lorils , he said that ha wes u-ep ^ red to go down on his kiiucs to solicit their Lordships to pass this bill , and if they did not uass t , the pour n-iiu ] d "ot up all rl" V ( ind I Hi- fatm mentioned the five thoosiuu .. _ ii . i Ch ; meellor .-hii 3 ,. —YCbeers . l fr
way of doing business \ Pm av ,,.,. £ u . ia ^ * . aJ& ' things smne day . He contended that + lie poor have 4 common right in the sni ! , and that no rnan , whatever might be his circumstances or his title—by vbatevcr name he might he called , whether Knight , or Lord , or Dufcc , or any tbin ^ else—no man had a riijht to take as his exclusive propertv any portion of the soil . Ma , Hottty proceeded to Speak on a variety of topiea , in v ; b \ iA . be dtpreciiWd tlie miinued power grajiti-d to the ccinmissiuuiTS , —the unwarrantable oonduct of Lord John Kunss-1 ] , sending the troops ott his own -responsibility , and litimated his wish to see the people in popsc ^ Bion of ¦ --uch an extension of the franchise as would Constitute a barrier Egniitst the inroads of such nppressive measures . He thought it advisable to iu ? n ? i- tn lay poor-rates unless Llje rutt-payers bad the con-, r « ul of these rates , and a power In their distribution . Ho thought that the povicr gWett to the yuardians wjm merely nominal , inasmuch as they viere obliged tii conform to all the orders uf the commissioners , and were to act merely aa their tools to carry their arrangements into eSecntion . —( Hear . ) He read Copions extract * from the iusiructions of the commissioners to the gtiarcians . in which the entire s mount of their power was proved ta amount to no / Aii ^ : It was stated in his resolution , that the introduction of theprikvisioneof th > " ntejtsure into the Bradford Union was to be recorded asmerely inserting the point of tile wtdge . which , wlieu nnte insurted would It driven to its ver . head . However , il might be said that tba same rijjour wnulil nut be manifested in tarriing out the provisions of the law in the Bradford Union ; 6 uch profess ' ioUH were notto be regarded in any other light thnn - is an ineiiliuus attempt to roll them of their native pr iviicLiE ^ , ; mJ it could be tirfle ilouliled tEat the sajne rigour tvould hp enforced iu everv respect , if They once allowed ri-tact to obtain a footing amongst them . Tot : speech throughout w ; as cljamctcrized hy a good deal of humour and considerable force of argument , in which the sueakflr maa ^ feswd 1 "l \ zs aauu&UEtd dii 4 appiob : itinTi ft the New Poor Law , and which were responded to by the loud and sincere approbation ol the meeting . —Kis resolution v . as us follows : — " That , in the opinion of tins meeting , the Poor T . Kw AmemhiKiil Act , as it is denominated , is utterly repugnant to humanity in its penersil tendencies , is n . inott unjust invasion of the rights of ol tne tne
: nc poor , anu raiepayEte , wxwx ylaces ra liunds of certain Conjioissior . trs , iwd of the txctutive Governmunt a power which , of right , neither hath , nor ought to have any existence under ihe Con ^ titnlion of this ConcTry— -that the pretended mitigation of its rigour in these parts is a deoep' , i >^ _ -in > i' ^ u < i . ' ur the purfofe of inserting ( he paint of ' /«¦ wc-lge , jnd that while ! our ugrieuJ [; , iai and rurnl 1 ' ellowcouutrymen are greanin" uiu ' er its oppress ! w- cnnctment and . power , we wiD ritit be bribed ioio ennrentment by a less severe application of it liuvani ^ ourselves—that we abhor , anil ever shall ditoEd , it * ll-cottcealed dereffir , as well as its muniffSt Griteifji' * —thp . t in the use of all Constitution a ! nierrtis uv eillgivc England no rent tilt it te rymitkil , ttnd Act tie passed in ii ^ jilaoi : wLich shall tiilly ruLAi ^ iS ^ c joth the moral and legal f'ght of the poor to relief rovn Ihi 3 Nationsl lossitotion , to wbicb they ore ill required io pay directly nr otherwise—and lurthw , that this meeting deems the present occasion the Host proper for openly asserting these sentimunts , when , with an evident pnrpi ^ c to intimidate and = ilence ns , a Military force is thrust in among iig . The Iicv . G . S . Tjr ' i . urelated an affecting naft-jitive if a wouTan ^ lin hn * neeii in >' iii-Hn [ -j . rmi Wnrl- ^ 10 Use , anil dt ; l : ^ i ! e'l ^ harrl ^ T ^ jt nTuxtv ^ t- n iY ^""^^ 1 ^ j sufferings tu which she enti her famil yh ^ 'l bn eii , u 1 yir [ -iti 3 ; ± tii hiiii had i = n intervirw wifl ) W , ""^ had Laken notes of what & ! i ^ had ^ i ^ id . The relaj . inn was most atfectine ; . iiTiJviji ^ ni ^ iiiv oj [ ] fi > - . ' [ tTJ inn 1 ^ eveif ~ tt > tears , siid inori . ihan uuce a voice waj acitrrl to nay , in tones ir _ d : cr . tive t ^^ ie _ Ek ^ £ ] jEsl ihhorrenco of the meiisnre . ' [ - U * K ?^? f ^ systi ,. m . L ITia ^ ^ * ijfc | T : > " ijfln inirir tc t t' : n- ? rii ' Ll iiTTliis week ' s r * i > JK-mj-iI-nlU . li ; - l * Hi-JI in u-jr nast . ^ ff ^ nff ^^ TJocT ^^^ TT ^^ renrose to second Mr . Bnssey ' s resolution . Hu said , this much hoasten ueasnrc has been said to be founded oji the princi p les of eternal justice ! This we are told by the advocates of this measure . This principle they wish to impress upon the jninds of the working people , that they may be nblc to convince them that they are their friends intleed ' . ' If the iiiBtancesof the
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working of the law which have already been giTan you nre evidences of the principles of eternal jittth-e , I tannot . understand how tbnse principles , m thus eipounded , cao bo founded upon auy right . It has been told you this evening that the poor have a right to the wil : I , as one , belong to that class ; and I nuw etand up to issert those rights , » nd to declare dint we claim a right to a relief from that soil which bus borne upon its bosom our forefathers , from jjeneratioQ tn generation , aud has home us , their children , upon its bosom abo . ( Cheers . ) We will assert that ripu with our whole piiwtr , and raise our voice- * in determined' resistance to this vile and uncwlled-for innovation . It Is troe , that we mean not lo assert that right , physically , if they do npt drive 'is tlius to assett it ] we Tiill assert it morally : and '* e tpll Lord Jnua RussEel and the Commissioners , that we will have the principles of eternal juntice ^ carried out . ( Chetirs . ) IJutwe shall not stop here with Lord 3 ohs Russell , or the class to which be belong ? , but tliey shall he carried out through the length and breadth of tlie laud , ( Chcsra . ) Are we , the people of the nineteenth century , to be moeted . wirti \\ -a name of . tbe ptioriplg * of Ktemal justiw , while our forefathers , who lited in tile tonth and eleventh centuries asserted their elaiitu , merely to the iinme , bnt to the roality of those principles ? And slipll we , when the progress of the people has been fining on ever since that period , when
we are told-that we are tlie most enlightened nation n the world , —shall we be obliged to call upon the Legislature of Uie country to tell us what are the rights of the poor ? "Where were those principles mnnitetcd when HbsilV the Eighth seized the jroperty of the church ? "Wher-j were thev manif ested when the ancestors of Loku Jouk Russell leeame partntei ^ of the spoil which the tyrant deivered to them p SlialI be not be brought to the Ii : tr of his country , and answer for the principles of eternal justice ? Yet lie would stand up in his uiace n the House of Commons , and nay . that he had seen enough to convince liim of the necessity of enforcing his hill upon the people of . Bradford at the point of the swurd ! But vie stand up to assertthe rights of the poor . We have appealed to them time after time to do ustiau to the poor . Yes , we have appealed to tlie Throne , and horn has it been answered ? Why they aak us what can Royalty du ? And then perhaps tliey make an ostentations show of their charity , and subscribe perhapa a thousand pounds towards ' he establishment of a fnnd for the poor , attd thus rive them to understand that Ttoyalty has some sympathy for them . Eut let us ask where came : hc money from which they an cliuritubfy subscribed ? Where indeed but ouE ot the blood , and bones , and sinews of the people , whose rights we are met here a night to asseft . —^ HcftT , hear , and tttceYs . )—It it top Lad that there should he no kind of concern manifested for the poor , when a million of money is to bfl spent on : m ordinary occasion to support the trappings uf Koyalty . I do not say that ihe dignity of the kingdom should not be supported , 3 nt if it is to be supported by maintaining the i ^ ueen in all her splendour , let it be supported likewise in maintaining the eonifijtt of the cottage-. — We hate also appealed to Parliament , and
what has it done for us ? It has been told lo you to night what it has done . It h ; io given you tfie New l'oor Law aftar it has brought you to the owest state of degradation hy its oppression !!—¦ —( Hear , henr . ) And who else are we to appeal to ? Have the officers of the Crown come forward and asserted their rights ? Yes , Lord Brougham has done it with a vengeance .- —( Hear . ) And now he is trying to enligh [ i : n ( he people that they may understand hit iinmd vrini : iplsn uf eterittit j / cstk-e ! He is going to give us national education after hav ? ing ihlu ; 'ill in his puawj' to afford us time to h'ttrJt ! And where are the judges of the land ? When do : hey stunrl forward io advocate the rights of the joor ? Speak to them , ye men of Dorchester ; speak to iiein ye injured men of Glasgow and tell them liow hasely they have deserted the rights of tlie poi > r , But where shall we jro P Shidl we visit Wellington , or Peel , or auy of deir faction ? Yes , the papers record day after day the justice which : hi ? y deal out to the poor . Shall we go to the Tiinist . ers of the Gospel ? Yes , we Wtfgo to them . 1 Tjiev ^« j-t ? stood in the gap between thu oppressors &SL& the ypyrttfied - , tlie " iVi&da of t \ ie uviirik'md as KathcortiiHU spgak in behalf of the manner in which ths Ministers of the Gospel have spoken in livh : ilf of £ hj ? interests of the poor . And where shall wo go ? to the manufiieturera - '—( Hear . ) No < lit ? v have uol . hiug to dj with humanity ; all their employment is id the accumulation of wealth . Speak to them ye factor ; - slaves ; and tell thkm Iiow rtrev nssert this brojd principle of Eternal justice . ( Hear , hear . ) To whom then are we to go ? Shall we go to the funtl-hoiders of this country V Yes , we will go lo thi ? m , those worshippers of Mammon : -iiid v . ~ ill they deliver ns ? Speak to them ye sons of Africa nnd tell them how they have whirled the whip across your naked backs . —( Cheers . ) fiat who are we w go to ? I know u > whom we are to come .
We are to come to this assemhly ( hear and cheers ) ; w 2 ( Vii- " L appi . ' : i 1 [ i ] the poor of the ! : md ; they knowhow thi-y BaVe had to I oil fur their follow-mert ; they know who baa ground them to the 3 » st . Shall we not appeal to The Cotton Spinners of Yorkshire and Lancashire—to the the wretched inhabitants of unhappy Ireland ? \\~ hat did ihe LegislatQre do for them ? Where was the landed Aristocracy nho when they niidc the poor peasantry of Iteliind , ( cheer *) , houseless , homeless , clolbesiess , nnJ buugri " , without a houie to go to , or n nienl to save them from starvation ? Where , were they to go to ? The Emigration Committee said they were to go to the wilds of Auslralia ? . nd America . ( Shame , shame . ) Yes , bere was the principle of Eternal Justice . Those who built the temples were the worshippers of mammon , and mucked the God of e . ver ! &stUi £ equity . But it c&anot be horae . Working-limn cannvty ami will hot bear to have their yrives and families torn from , them , after they have strnng their nerve * to the highest pitch , sweat , anil groaned , and toiled to produce the unparalleled wealth of this country , to have their pnverty mocked and made a orime of , by those whom , they have enriched . I appeal to the wisdom of the country io come forward . irnl do that for the poor H hEcb has never vet bten done . Tf they do nut conie forward and do it , I tell them that they will be fttrved for thtir own safety tn concede the Dght . i of the poor . If they do not cuiae forward to guide the affairs of this country , with something like wisdom aud justice , they "ill be overwhelmed in destmction and bloodshed , that ? 'oall bury them gad their progeny in mevitable ruin . ( Lond ( beers ) . 1 honour and respect no cla 3 a of men more than another ; I honour no man fur his title , or his property , or his name ; 'I tiilie man in his awn sovereign character as nature ling produced him to the world ; only give him his line , —only permit him opportunities hy irhich his
mental and physical condition tnav bs impruved , then 1 am sure that every t ^ " will lie happy . We ¦ will E ^ t ( pttmA with incm anont tlieir Wins ; we will not talk to you ; ibont having your wives and families taken from you ; we shall then be "We to sit under our own \ ine and fig tree , ( hear ) and neither have Lord Juhk Kuspeli . vagabondizing the people uiih his Poor Law , nor the wealthy niCLiunMuiists coining tlinir ( iold from the blood and tones nf tibe people of the first and most enlightened country in the world , ( loud aud . Cotttmucdchizera . ; Sir , I tieg to move- — "liiar the ( bi : lits of every lover of his Country , aud of Us kind , arc due to the "Honourable Earl Stanhope , &c ., to John Fkililen , Ebi ] ., M . P ., and ¦ ta--all the Members of the Legislature whii have acted « ith them , for their bold and steady opposition to this 1 ' a . incly called Amendment of the Poor Laws , and that we pk'di ^* ourselves to support Mr . J'iclden in the motion for its repeal , which li « baa given notice , and that the following Petitions be nr . st read , and tlicn put from the Chair for the adni . tiiin of this meeting .
Mr . U Conkoii wfls then called upon hv the ' "" ,, iimian and was received with rouuds of cheers . Ui- BBidg lam pleased beT' ™ 'L expression at meeting you in yfini' own honsci . ( Hear !) The legislation » 'i&i \!\ flie walls of ilria Ivdildin ^ tf jwa ; vm traitu yourselvtis , will npsut the bnd legislalifin within lh « wullt ol a much greater hons ^ . This net b ; i > ^ been called lie Poor Litw jVinendmtnl Law , hut . as it has beensuown yon . b yMr . Bussey , and from the iiistniotions ^ is cn under Tbp hand and ^ eal , notuf our l \ iii ^ ur iii our Qm len , but of three Kings , this is mi l ; iw nt nil ; il is a mr > rt £ agcn | iui ! the ite .-Utii , the industry , and the labour nf this louhtrv . to be dealt witll -Ac . c » rd \ i _ ig to Ilia -wiQ i « id ( lie piiasnie of the thrpeiufiQ fitting in SoiniTaut lloose . ( Hsm . ) 1 hiite tfl thnnk von for jnort' til / in inviting me- ti become one uf ' the purty witliin tlieae ivnlls , and I liaivuot less to [ hnjikyon for your noble nets nntsitlo these wzJli . It i . " mit . sir , formefo ad \ is < or ivconuneiid the manifestation of any impropor Rulings in t-his assianhlnne , jvr 1 must confess that r J Ijope yon will all uniteiji yooraiiimosifyHgflinsta h ^ Hwv- ' T& % u * tl ^ iv sit ilnfr ^ v iiuiwi ^^ ntly , ^!^!!!^;* thv * Comialssiiiiiers chouse ; o tell you like slaves to obey it Eormy own ynri , i cnliflidtfr thnt . I air * perfectly ju ^ tilled ill lr ] Jp ^>^ iut . ' it hen . ' , linvina voted ufinmsC every I'huise J * T ttnit measnre while it . was pnssins throntrh Ihe IIuUSl of ' . ' ommiius . Tliis , sir , is no Irish rtue&-norii and . thweforc , I cannotbe supposed to nave soogtll iMjjmlarity in oppwdn ^ it . In tbiit re . yjoct , " havl 1 rally ilou ^ whnt 1 runsidcrud 1 ( i he my ilutyti ifo ; und I tars iiM viUat a mmi ' a crKefl , or toluur , ot
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climate maj ^ be , provided lie is n man . lie ia my brother , nfid it is mv duty ta defend liiiit . (( Jheera-J The i'i- ' . t-itv . rr ' m- :- iUi- hjgisl&tnre Iia- nutd <» . awny with in passing this law , wss nut Iheira tu give . It urns , indeed , wondrous kind Ei > giv ^ what was mit tlj .-n" -. ; but it watF yours , and thercfure , [ bey fiave it . It was wid , Hal ns idlusiou had been made to Lord Jolm ftasseH awl lus aDceators , \ i .- < Miul * L b « g \ a - ~ . \\ -- . i . v .: a grent pjirt uf the property wliicb he held in Ilia possession , original !) Iwlungcd tu tlie pour , utid was Utteu Iruin the poor itiid the church j > y Henry thu ftli ami bis advisers . ( Hear * liear . ) It appeiired bi b '" i ] however , that notwubstmidiug Hie tyratmy of Heary tlie Hth , they had more forethnuj ; ht for the necessities of the poor in those days lluui [ hey baJnuw , fur the !) tike of Bedford bc curding to the tfcnuTi' by wlndi Ue W \ d ^ ii priyperty Tas l > mind lo tee ]) fjinn-houst' , and to show hospitality to tho stranger , 'he widow , and the oruhaii . Hi- wondered what the Duke "f lied lord would think if the 15 thousand men of Untdford . were to go to liim and sny" My ) -vrJ wo luivo comf to ask [ he penalty of this bond by which you hold vonr property ; we have X en thrown out of employrflent , ajid as you nre thu Lessew nnd we tho Leasors , we have come to detuann . ivEia > rJi \ ig \ o urigiiial contiutt , G ^ roi-huHBe . mdhos | iitJility . " ( Cheers . ) BatitissaidtoatHenrj * : be Sth fiMi rubbed tbu church . Tho feet , hultever . s simply this , —the church lirst robbt . il ( lie iio < ir , and Henry M robbed them both , ( i-iiugbter . ) 1 'heprojerty called church jmiper ^ ' was not originally ^ ven to the church , but it was given by charitable lersous an a provision for ill * puor , and the crown and die church took it nwav . But . in- would ask , did Lonl Jo \ oi Rnssi- ' il uc unl tWe Ministers of Ilie Crown think that ibis law would be foisted on lie peopltr : lUt says now that it sbnD only lie ntroduced wheru there exists a fjioility for its ntrodnctiiin . Yes , iind if we afford him any fuciity for its introduction hen ; , then let him ilamo us . ( Cheers . ) Thitt Lord Jolin ltussell had aid down thi ? principles upon wbich tho bill a' ^ w o bo earned into Btlbct in the manofaclurini ; owns of tno ImstUj , and Mr . liussey liad t"ld vliem of all CKct'llimt plan tj resist it . Ho would not pludgH himself for ilw meutniji , lint he llinuglit as flu inbiibijimt of the town of Leeds that if they dnriid to introduce this infernal law into tlint own , there would uot long bfl wiHiting snflkii'ut infl-e'r to resist it miii success , for iii so doiii ^ , hey would he struggling ui thtr caiise of justice ? aud the liause of justice is tlie cause of Qba . liearuud eYieer * , ) Syeakins oi liw insipuilicaucy of the power of the guardians , he said—they , the ¦ onunitnouers , gave you ( he lnw , bnt they likewise ell yon how it is to bt" adininislerad ; simply
according In their dictation , aud thw supreme v-ill and corouiBiid . ( Hear . ) The Govtniuitnit 1 nuked around and saw thai tni < country was abont to be le&troyi"d , uot so much hy inaobincry as by tho nisapplication of it , and" ( he great ntuouul of vreallb . flwt uad been madn under mncbinery . And now that hummi labour has li ^ L'U snpnlantt'd , and . is no longer found t » be in su < : fi liirgu demand , y"u are to hi > driven , to the bastile . s wh ^ re you : in > ti > have your lives made as irksome as tyranny can make , and where yon are to eke ont a orrowful esistence en the must miserable pittejice hat ever was assigned lu th « ino ^ I luifortuiiah' of mriiikinii . Is thure : i man amoHg you Ibat would uotratner wull ; juto a prison thau mtj aWstilethere \ it bo separated from all that can console and comfort vou , jind be conipL'llcd to endure tlie disngreealjleness of cunfiuejuent fur no other criiti ^ tiiaii poiorty . ( Heur , hear . ) Ob , good G « d , hnw trairge it ia ^ thnt wliil » these men are punishiug ™ tor yunr puvortj' , they should liie upon youj ' ndustry I This is indeed H uiockea- of biunan lettircr . The sun shines and the rjiiu » scends upoH lie earth . Mbich by the blessing ^ rhL'iiven , and your liiliour , remlcrsitsfrnilsad yourrenari . l , and vet you are nut allowed I'i taste it . lShann-, flLami" . ] 'Ihe puorlnw wiistolje fori ^ ujjoii yon a ! Ihf point of tie bayonet . « tid the Mutrnpulitaii ]> olic «* i'ere to cowe lowji to clfer the vcttv fur the opt-rntipus of tbu solliery . I ihitv thiit some of tbjseSpies are nowin bu rtjum . J ^ cisb thejn to bt- 'jr l -t ' ¦ ¦ my coinpjimmts to i . iTTS |^ . nii ] i JoHi-, nud t * him , t fintii hu send the " ¦ hule ^ hovi ' cr of [ he Mnropolitan police force , and the whoi ^ power of llur jpm-y into the bar-Sain , Ihe iHi : ictmenltoill cease ifith their absence ' . fLoud clieefs . ) Altho ^ kli they Jay . for n moment , keep the people in sabj&ijiiiik rii / ' n ' ever would oblige tiuaa to ubuy tho law ; aiXwc An- now too strong tu beircaUeto submit to il bVfo / ci ; . ( Clicers . ) They never yet gavejon any iljiii ^^ iertly for your moral foice , Liucuuseitwasaucb ; l ^ t v . Len it became but it jtliiii mist , through whi ) 3 VtraB ^; irv'iicy your uliysical force was sejrn , theti ^ Liie rVii :- tliut . they will gii ' c yon something for yo * miirnl nStt' . The } kumv thatso long as you silig / lu > irpraiseiSl ( vy tan turn yon tit tlioir will ; bit they kuo « TBi , for I hav « told them that tile pairing of this Rl ^ boa sealed , their doom , an / iliirt il Aidl ni ;; er ""'" "" \ - - "j ± ( / 'iifWyjcH 1 | i ; i ) ' 7 :: } 'ji'rlinii ' - rIl ; -c 1 lid-. ' lti I" occasion to-dre ; J the seviTitiiis of this bill , as I Lope I am Uot lively m > como within ifs uuwer , aifd wlion I roakoit upoifthe priftiriple that tbe man who withholds bis assisUnci ? from us iusnlted and
oppressed people is undeserving of the name if man ( Cheers . ) A great many aiti'iuyts inve been inade V ^ imlune us to try wLirtt i ^ eooil ^ if this law . We are told ( . hat it works ss icell { Yes and you may try one Ml of it mill then sfpliuwyon ike Oit ; next . ( Honr . ) Let lliulawlial yetocoiujlete tbotfiia iil tlu > coiiutry aud tlieu llirrewillbo . mt a iirifHt dill'pxence between the dungeon and flu ; fallows . ( Hrar , hear . ) Yon may rely ipoi ] il that you , bravo men , who presented your naked breasts to tlte soldiers Imve d ( fli ^ uoru fo put a stop Tu , the career of this measure than nil tlie mprnl force fhattvur cuuld h live been used in Lhe cuuiitry . ( Cheers . ) ^* i " ¦'"' ¦ those-who now would have consiilered themselves a . s being contemptible and mean fur condescending to ji'iii with you in your demands for reditss , wili ere lung Ijemadtf to join with you in baui . Hliiut : this measure fmin our slmri's . It is not only tu the authorities Ihiitl lonV—it is not only tothi . ' rale payers who tave a right to liispose of the fuuJ tlioy raise for the maintenance of the poor , but 1 look ulao to tlioae who jave been jjlacedin anomaluns condition , anil who liavenorijjlil ; to bu tuaiited with their poverty by thrise through whone machinations they bnve bceu rudut-ed to tiifirpreiontstntnofwimtBJindestitntioii —I sny it is tu QiL-te ulgu that I look lo opliose tliin inffnml low . " We ate told iutleed that it suves somecbing to the rate payers—that the rates V : hu estnblidimcijt of ( Us liW will be lessened i and is that tlitf ri-nsoii why ire shonld nppi-ovi . > ol' it , and eufter it tu be biDught iiito our towns anj liiv roughs : The mure it gims tu Hie rutt' -payers , the more it tnkes from Sie BeuplBj tl : ert-Forf-let tlicm louk lu this in limp . Mr . O'Cminor thought that while improvements were- continually buins niade in everv iltfpnj-tnient of adence , we ahuuld not losssi ^ lit of till- impl'rtaiicL' of Qaiiiif ImiJrmvmKntf iti Ic ^ ishil-ion ; aud that the 43 rd of Elizabeth , whicli had been so much Inurled , made only a very imperfect provision for the poor , nud was liable to many objections . If \ vf ! are togo hack to We 43 rdof Kliztib ^ tli , let tiia nrislucra ^ y gu b ; u-. k t" tin . * tame statf thL-y were in in tlioss days . U'hnt wjjs it . In .- would ask , tliat was thi 1 cause- nf fhreti-fuurtlis of the crime oJ M-hi .-h we lit-nrj su much ? It was the want of an efficient ijroiisinn tor the poor . There was no dtfticultv inWislntin" fortliosi : who hud an nbundun ^ . is
Xothiti ^ " -anting ta promolL' the yastmies and aum = um ™ ts of the n-ealihy ; but . when anytliingis to be done fur the poor , oh 1 tliere is then set furlb , in all its lbnuidnblenqss , thu iropructicpbility uf tak-Lip any steps to ameliorate their couditiun . But the sole cause of the passing of this law was the want o 1 ' iiivursal Suffraue ; fur " had tbe RudicaJs biu . l that thuy would never liave scut 653 men to Parliament to pass the Kew Ponr-laiv Act , wliich regarded tlie ] iuor iis being positively worth more wliun tU'Hil iWiJirfng , inaauaiali as the ovweers could yroctire from tho surgeons Hi . . per corpse ^ find thus sav « the espeusi' of burial . He was uf opinion , that the great design ( if the Poor-law w : 'Sto bmis dowli Wages to tile lowest posidble scale , anil thustoWve working men completely at tlu : mercy of Ibeir maslurs . That this was its teiiiit'iievUe bail not tlie slightest donbt , tor i lie law made the bnatiii's so Uatcful mid tevolttug totliKfe'i-liiigsofpVL-ryindlistrioU-Jlnun , that by would submit to any iiiirilahip . any ilicunvenietjce , afiv Mu-rificc , rather limn surliir hiiiiself tolie nhutup ill a busrile , and rendered liable W such hrnrfloss trantment . Tlmt if we looked to the present , stata u ! trade , might see the maimer in wbicli wages had lieen rcducutl , and to uiiswlt' us n substitute for thi reduction of wages , we hn . nl got [ . he Ne ^ Poor-law ! Who , he wnuld » sk , made the Poor-lnw necessary ? The capitalists , who have refused you tbi-justaniount due fur your Ufiouv . Listen tu tliia , yemen of Bradfurd ; mark it weB , anil learn it thoroughly . The rniiuufKctuii * who uuipluys fnur thgusaml hands , raid works tlieni for two tours pur dny exCcn , at ( he rate of 3 d . per hour , in the ^ lirse of on r year , reiitifles thu euormoussum uf £ ' 3 I , 1 !( K ) wrung from their labour . Now , if flint £ 31 , 000 . was vested in some fund fur the rL'lipf of a cronmuuity of fonr Ehousand there
would be no nccessicy tor nny pnwr laws ul ult . * 1 r . O'Connor cuniludeil by saiying thnt the former speakers hitd pre ^ uted to their attention a serii ^ ol scenes which went the result of Elie "Now Tuor Law . and which were most distressing in their dctdils-Dni ^ ai iy tiling iiisdtv fcaislaiici ;; Are yon to be woTJetuTirTiho bnito bea , & and to ndmit of every indignity tluit can Lt offered you r Ur um 1 out * ol those who would recuminL'inl you to go u certuui length and Uy behind !» y = elf . I hnvi ? never yel iL . '* i < ir ! j ? d . vdu ^ aud I ue ^ ec iuull d « 5 urt you ' , vuid wheu the voice of tbe people eflHsnpou me , wbetbet st ljewabury , ur a . t Bradford , or at Leeds , ur nil ) wheru eke , in any part of thu dominions uf Iter Mnjtsty , you will iind roe coining to the miifltaiiw of the people its speedily as possible-. Weuuwstai-t in a different position to any weliaic hitlieclo occupied . Thu people nre begiiuung to arous * [ iiem ^ thes , mid are determined to bo iuflolted to longer ; laUaur uicsthe urukcted tcomllut ogyjieasiun
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of th « capitnlisT , nnil the fnor i , * w n-juMled from thefbUntute book . I ' m iudeed m » v wo expent Ui h--.- ' the herald aonnding the tnimjiet of victory—auJ then jhnll we look for Ubour to hv nriiicn an it were * from Hi grave , and be ready to resume its rank , us a w « leome guest nt uataru's tab lit . ( 1-iHid . LU . liunitii ; ¦ .-. ¦ . cheers . ) Mi . OASTLan being djacovcred to be in the gallery of tha hall , a loud cry was maitB for him [ .-¦ ¦¦ ft . i inHii and address the meeting . He was /} ubeered willi enthuaiasm an he miido hisway through r ^ the densely pricked mnlritude , and when he mountecfe W *** f tlie stage , he was hailed with much applause . He-A / addresscil the meeting at some length , in which he-jlfe 1 i- ^' ^ reiterated the story Inld bv ^ tm Rpv . Mr . Ttml , -ho-JI , / fflr . UStWrjnUWhi . : » lva uf ll . e imillllli ^^* Ti&& J gig , ns he was coining towards Bradford . H « depre-j »^^^ cateu the Poor Law Amendment Act in tho taoutw vioifnt terjn-j , and would nes-er submit to it so long as he had breath . He spoke particularly of the hardship of the . separation clause , and was moved , we believe , even to teare , wheu he spoke of that lardest of all measures , the reparation of a man from lis -wifc ^ and the parent from thu child . He , however , would never submit to be separated ' , sooner vrould he die ; and indeed he -would either kill ur be billed before any set of Poor Law CommljisioneT ?* -f , i "i . l divide him from bis wife . He made- an iruiregsive appeal to Che ladiea to lift up their ' voices against the law , and concluded amid rounds qf applause . He inovird that 11 That an . Address to the Queea be read * anu ben put from tlie Chair for the adoption of the meeting , > ftlr . Brook seconded tha reaoludnn with a . few appropriate remarks . Mr . lVCun ^ or mads a concluding addreto * trr vhich he drew forth the applause cf the meeting . te concluded by reading the Devh * sbury resolution , which is given in another column . Mr . BdffEB tben moved an aatlrp ^ s to tbe Queen-j wbieh was eecondfd , and after a vutc of thanks to ¦ he constables of Erailford for convening the uif * tnp , aud to the President and tbe Itev . Mr . Bull . or their servides , the business uf the meeting con-Inded with giving three cheer * for Mr . O'Connorhree tor the Badical A * sotiation—and three for Ihe men who behaved so nnbly aud peacefully on thtt n ; of rint . Thi : matting Kom ;!\» lud at a quartti last tweh-p oVlock .
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' On Wednesday Jiiyrbt last , a meeting was held in the O&l ¥ eilo- « s Hall , Eiadforn , , tu tnqaite into the causes of the late riot , and to petition for a total repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act . The meeting was announced for f ^ even o ' clock , atwhich time the room was nearly filled , and at about halfpast seven it was crowded to esce ^ . Mr . Willijim Sharman , an operative , was called to Ilie chair , who . after having read the requisition halting the meeting stated , that so far as he wits himself concerned in the Poor Law he rntertnined the opinion that the same course should be pursued iu reference to it , which was recommended by "Earl Fitzwilliam , then Lord IHlton , in reference to tbe Iteforni Bill , i . B . either to have our wishes in r ( £ [ iecl of tho bill , or tj pay no taxes . ( Hear , hear . ) He would not occupy their time longer than ' state that he should be glad to hear any resolutions tliai any gentleman had to proposein reference to the object of the meeting . Mr . O'Connor at this moment entered the room mid was received with the most enthusiastic approbation . Mr . Edwahd Milkes was the" called on to move the tirAt resolution . He said there ivera nth persons who regretted more than he did the late unpleasantness that had occurred at Uradtbrd , and thai if we wished for the rcpeidof tbta-ttvfe must do it by lawful measures ; but that we certaiijy ought to endeavour by all constitutional means to remove such a law from the statute bowk to which it was and ever would be a disgrace . He learned from a paper which had just been read that Mr . Fielden in the House of Commons had brought forward that question in thu House of Commons , and that the sole answer he hail got from Lord . John . Eussell was that lie tool ; the whole responsibility of the matter upon i > i ui Heir , and would condescend " to give no other explanation . Wu are wet this night , for the purpose of asking him for an answer io out enquiries , I trust that our solicitation nill not hi * in vain . That Lord John Russell had taken this respoflsiinri I . ' .. ' * -3 .-J __ ... ¦ .. ^ 1 ^ . 1 . _» t— l ? lin ii iiiicrseiiHit ? motto i jiuiii
y UH' , ' . : 'uj e *< uem he fact that one of the Magistrates in Bradford was : otally ignorant that any troops were coming until hey arrived . He thought therefore Ibey had a just cause for complaint , and a right to demand from lim the reason why he had sent the troops into the town . If he had sent thtiu to keep tlie peace , he was perfectly satisfied that they were able to keep he peace wiihout tbem , ( hear , hear , ) for had it not leen known that Mr . I ' owtr was there , the guardians might hnvc walked in and ont of the Court-House as long iis they liked without being molested in the east . He begged therefore to move the resolution . " Thnt this meeting deeply regrets the excitement and riotous proceedings which toot place in Itradbrd on the 20 th November last , and Is of opinion , hat tbe sudden and uncalled for introduction of a military force into a peaceable and loyal town , iu which no mierrnj > riMH of Ihe CpnatitoiionJ ^ enforcemeut of the laws of our country hss been made for wore than ten years , demands a = evcr « judicial nvestigation . Mr . Joseph Brook rose to second , tbe resolution . Ee had thought deeply upon the measure on which hey were then met to consult . As an individual , and as one of their own order , he respected them , md stood up in their defence , and Uc should always w ready and happy to do so , so long aa they aCtcc leaeeably . The resolution which he bad tu second mentioned tbe circumstance of tbe military coming o Bradford . He regretted their presence &e much as any nian could do , and thought that there was nst as much reason lo read ihe Itiot Act on the day of the disturbance , as there was to road it In the room in which they were met . ( Hear . ) He stood within a few yards of tbe horses' heads , and all that Qufcplacofor-25 minut eswashissingand groanin 3 , ami f the Riot Act was to be read because a few of the working classes choose to utter 11 few hisses , he thought they might be employed in doing little else , especially when public meetings vt ere pretty numcous . He certainly did not like this mode of esire * sing their disapprobation , and . for his own part le conld bear what any person had to say without nanifesting his disapprobation , and judge of it afterwards . He believed the chief cause of all the nisehief arose from the circumstance of fifteen or eighteen lads throwing stones . He did not believe at all that the people were generally disposed to iot , and thought the presence of the magistrates was quite sufficient to quell any little ebullitions of wliug that might nave been inanifisSuS . l here read ihe i who
Mr . > rooK case > j Colney , was brought before the magistrates at Leicester , for escaping out of the workhouse . He ' trusted that the affair at Bradford woold be investigated as far as possible , and that the meeting would lend every support in its power to Mr . Pick !™ in his endeavour to obtain all necessary information respecting the affair . —( Cheers . ) Thi- Try , ft M Btti . i . then , with the permission ) f the l _ hairman , reiJ rtie hist debate in tbe House if Commonson tbe question in which Mr . Fielden ook a very prominent part . The resolution was carried by acclamation . Mr . Hawkins roae to move the seeomi resolution . " That this meeting feels it to he due 10 tbe Officers and Privates of the troop sif tbe I 5 th Regiment of Hussars to bear testimony to tbe forbearance and pfttienew with which they endured the insults of an aggravated people—insults which this meeting siiieerely regrets , but which was to be attributed to the impres&ion upon thu minds of the people that this force was brought into tbe town to coerce them into submission to the uuconstittttioiial power of tbe Poor Law CtrmmWioners .
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Many applications have been made to usforsoma iformation , relative to the present occupation t £ he incomparable patriot , whose name stands at the lead of this article , ill answer to all , we have much pleasure in stating , that his valuable time and oweriug talent : , are uow devoted to the wriiing of works for the advancement of democrnriv , and the nstruction of his numerous and admiring diselplej . Vc shall havemueh pleasure , at the fitting tim « , n announcing them to his numerous class of sohoare . Tbe people of England owe more to Brontei ' re . him to any man living .
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- !_ -. r < . ., v . = u , On Thursday la « t , one of the most triumphipt meetings ever held in England , toot place in theS ' own-Hall of Sheffield . If was convened 'for th-. mrpose . of petitioning Parliament for the Ballot .. ilr . Ward came from London to a ^ sistin the debate , nd Hr . Feargus O'Conuor attendi-il upon , the iu ' vi-Citiou of the working men to assist in opposing th « - u-onosHtion . The main resolution was proposed bjrespeetable gontlemau , admitted hi be an old anoi : onsisttnt reformer , whose nnnie wo regret we mi \ A not letirn— " £ n& "was s&eimAeA ^* y an ininvidciiL of whose name we are also ignorant ; nn Hxneniiment was proposed liy Mr . EbeJie ? . er Elliott , the eloquent advocate of popular rights—to the effect bat the sufVrape should be extended to-all clnsses . l"he speech of Mr . Elliott wns one of those bcitutifnS tFusiuns , dressing facts without obscuring them , which we have frequently heard from tint eloquent Jnd uucainm"ouiisiij £ gentleman -, it was 3 ecoude < i iy Mr . Gill , a working man ,, wbone speetb , wouljl lave done honour to 11 statesman . The amendment win opposed by Mr . Palfreyman , in tie able&j poech made opon ihe Whig side , which waa , tuna ever , more than answered by Mr . Ironsides , and other talented eperatives , wVose names we did not : earn . A discussion now arose tis to whether Mr . rVard , 3 I . P ., or Mr . "Feargus O'Connor should irst address the meeting . All skeined anxious for lie latter gentleinun , and Mr . Ward gave way . ^ Ir . O'Connor was received with the most rnptnrous applause , and addressed tlie meeting at considerable length , heiuR heartily cheered all throiwb . wild csptrcioliy by the-Hun . lVleiubpr for Sliefo-. iJ . : 1 c advanced uiany and powerful orgumentn against he Ballnt , and then applied himsplt to the priiiciib 1
lorlion of Mr . Pallreymaii's speecli , which went 0 show Ihe present intimidation under which : . he figricultural voters acted , and an npnea ^ 0 leave their consciences free .- —Now , tald Mr- - ) 'Conrior , together with the many gtucral ob- - ections which I have urged , I tate the declaraion of Mr . Piitfreyman , and thosi ! of the A ^ rieulnral Preo School , aa the basis of my prmcijial : ob ^ ciilioii—u ^ ve tht E- *\ lwt , said tc T aari : v .-U ^ t "wilt !«; the ruio of conscience lor the guidance of thefarmer ; why , a surrender of all thought and conscience tn that candidate who will pledge himself to support the value of his existing contract , mni . * miiier the faith of the corn laws . On the oilier side you will have the capitalist contending for chuari jread , as a means of cheap httour ; hut thfap labour at all events , —tlius will yuu divide
thvlionslituent body into two irresponsible parties , making their respective titles ' to monopoly tin ) all absorbing consideration ; while all thought uf the uraducer' —having no representative puwrr—will be Imt sight of , the speech of Mr . O'Connor and the gloriou .-working men produced a powerful effec ; , which Mr-Ward in a long and laboured , hue unargumcntative ' speech coold not distuib . U | ii > n the amendment being put , nearly every liand seemed to be cshitated , and a very large show was also made for the original motion ; the master Cutler , who is the chief officer , . aud who presided , decided that the aiuendtmmtwasu lost ; upon this announcement a general try for . 11 division took place , and then another show wit demanded but refused , and thus tsruiJuated a battle , each party claiming a , triumph . We assert thai ihi people liad . a majority , however let tbe ballotmongers claim it , aad they may say " But one Bucli victory more , and they are lust fnr ever . " Wist , regard to the proceedings , wo are bound to admit , ( hat they were creditable to nii parties ; never was there a more orderly , peacable , and RcntleniHuly mEeting , fair play was given to all , and well would it be for the worting classes generally , if tlwy "Kfluld Kinulate tt . e noble , An upright , lii the manly example of the good peoplo-of She 8 ickJ _ We Lxperieneed nn inespressihle delight in seeing the producing orders martialed « iid moving with Li one intelligence , '' dt'Evering pure principle iai elotiuent ti'tin ^ , nnd with logical precision . Tim men , the working men of Shei ^ ietd , now stand -first among the foremost , for eloqnencPi knowledge , an& resolution ; the representEitive of the privilejiw order seemed nmaied mill delighted with their hold manner of expression , H » d so sure was he and his of iletcafthat to the amend
part ) ' , prior putting - ment , he proposed to Mr . O'Connor the propriety of introducing tlie word extension for the more defined declaration ; utld that in such case he would support it . Mr . O'Connor , however , ai ' ti-r a coniiuliation . uith the working men , . refused ,. Baying , " th : it , stjnd or fall , they would fight under the ' standard of priu-. ciple . " Our renders must recollect that Sht ! neld l \ V 8 a constituency of between four and five thsu-^ jeciiI , and being less dependent upon labour thev had : i greater facility in attending upon a question , wbieh appears to have interested them uinch . Tile ineetiug at Sheffield will prove , however , that another and a more atioeioua Reform trick shall not bi praLtised upon the non ^ eWctors i >{ this conntry ; fchi ^ r qiiestmn of the Ballot shjill not lm made one of our minor ditferenDiS . Wo must in justioo slate iiun Mr . Palfreynmn and his party pledged themsolves lo sign a requisition palling b miietiiig tn petition foe " UNIVEltSAL SDPFKinE . " l ^ t the "Whigs JOJEus upon tbe two question ! , nnd they arc earri . i-i at once . Thanks , thimts , thanks , Ctemni thanks to tht toeiii &f Steftwld . OU ! they * tt worth fighting for ; It was 4 Meeii . \ b !!! Vfe shaQ give aomt of thu speeches in oar next , public opinion muss lie set right upon the question of tlie Ballot .
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Swing . —On Thursday week a valuable stack of wheat , belonging to J . Martin , Esq ., of "Bainali . 7 . was fired by some incendiary , who h : n hith' . iir escaped detection . Fifty pounds reward is iiliere * hy Mr . Martin , for the apprehetisiun df the ? oFfeniler . Hui'RiBi . E Scicide . —On Friday weeV , Gti ^ gf Dyiiia , of Hoyland , near Batnsley , put an end to his esistenee by ripping up his bowela wtlh a raz-jr . The unfortunate man haa heeti ill a state of mifli ? bordering on iniSHiW for acnv . « tiaw , nn * eertuiaioaght to have been t ; iken bj-tttr Ciira of .
Gkeat A?Vti-Poor-La\Y Mket1ng W At Bradford.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1837, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct986/page/5/
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