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      'Die CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER mid , thsl i" complianco with the rnie < of the House—( heiri bear . )—it would be impossible to introdtiee a liiit founded in this resolution that went to grant in- fraction more Uuui the . 1 . 200 per annum . Mr . HUME said if tluit wai the role he had no objection lo offer ; but hi * held it to be perfectly understood that the [ 1 i . n . f were not by this retriutiun to be pnmiuied from reducing the stnouuL

      The reiiolanonwM "Breed to . The Clerk then read the rum ruiolutiuii , which was— "That aJl the hereditary rates , dues . iuhI revenue * of the crown , in Englaud , Ireland , and Scotland , toce'iher With' an amnu "brwachui of tilts hereditary casual revenues derived from wardships , rtw . and ihe surplus revenues i > r nny other po * se « sions of her Majesty in this country , and all revenues from hor fart-ign possessions shall , during the life of her present Majesty , be esmed to , and made part of tlis Consolidated" b ' und . Mr . HUME—1 liUl not hear any word of the Ruehics of Cornwall nnd Lancaster . Are they included in these raveflne&r ¦ TheCriANCEt-LORoftheEXCHKyCEK—No ! Mr . H L'ME—Then I submit tiiat thfy are . bj- the terms of that resolution , rerenuues nf the crown , lo be conveyed by it . The CHANCELLOR of Ihe EXCHEQUERUndsr Hie terms of tin- resolution they were not speeiHlly convened , nor had lie ever lold oot' that they were . They did not Enme under the cliss of revenues described "by tli 1 * resolution . Mr . HUME sail ! he remembered the time vrlien Hip liiuht Hon . Gentleman , on a aimiiar occasion , hiinteli objected to the revenues of thine duchies not being included in such a resolution , Witli respect Ur the droitof ( he Admiralty . Ho hoped the lime had now arrived - » he" the [ louse nf Commons had resolved to do awav with these droits , under cover af which . aa much high way robbery was committed on the seaa , as had ever been i ^ uimitted on Ihe ICngljtih highways . Thu I ' nited States had made : i proposition , too , liui I as private property taken from an enemy was always safe , jo ought property parsing froai place to place ; and he hoped tliatniCKSHn'Swwui ] 1 h , t-km dnring the prssent session to relieve the country from Ihe opprobrium and disgrace of auch transactions . The [ louse theu resumed . Mr . HUME ga \ c notice that in fhe committee _ on the civil list lie would move that it be an inBtriictiun to Lhe committee in fixing the salaries of the Lord Chancellor , Uie Lord Slewnrn . and tie Lord Cliainberlain . Refer ™™ should be had to the charge tor these departments for the year 1732 , with n view to bring the scale to lhatat wliich it stood between 17 S 6 aud uaa ..

      n * TTl : E of EiunFoan . BTr . JOHN K 1 ELDF . N-moved fora return of the p . iiii . of F of the metropolitan policeman , which Hum have been sent to Bradford in Yorkshire , Since the 1 st of October last anil up tofhe-22 d of November ; the number of days that tliey had bt-en so employed , together with Ihe order oi the eoinmi& * ioncrs of police , and the precept of Hie magistrates eorainaiiilin }; and authorising tins attendance of such police constables at Uradford . Alsii » similar account relative to the policemen sent from Leeds to Bradford . Alsocnuies of any correspondence between the Poor Law CoiumiBaonei-B mid their assistant commissioner . Mr . Power ^ and \ hn Hoard 'if Guardians ( qt hstwtpii . these parties anil any otlier person or peraone ) relative to the sending of Uii ; London police nnd the military into the town of Bradford , together with uny corespoodence that may have taken place relative fo tha MOie may eishetwetjo Me ¦ l- *< wer and tlic I loVQB Officr < ir between the Hoinc Omce , or between nny otlier person or jjer * w * ri and 'lie Home Ol ^ ice . Thf men id Hie « ijldiery to ' -dhuothere , ' * unit there they ^ tood with their hresBts open . ( Hear , ) They might pxcite honest and industrious in . en to violence nnd outrage ; aiiil he wished to fcnow w ] io it w . is that directed thu atBtctiipon n peaceahlfi and ij ^ iiiet people . A more on warrantable attack nover wnt made upon auy aei of men , aud he wna therefore itnxious for the namea of l . bose uersfins who called upon tile metwjiolit ; ui police tu interfere with the p .. opl £ of the quiet ti ? wn of UnidforJ . ( tleor . ) 'I'be Hon . Gentlfymui then referred ty a ijublic meeting which was held in thp ta « n of Bratifotd 'ju tiw 6 tli fif & *! flrc . U last ^ ^ ht oj jjettof which iv . ts u ulitjiJii ii re | ie ; il pftht Poor Law Ajnendmeut Act . At that meoting . n magistrate nameil Thoinjison . liJudr n £ peec ! i ur which , he deprecated the alteration innde in Dhel-. w . Tht Hon Gtutlenian , iifier some ob ; en , itions whieli were in-; iii . ' - ' " ]' .- moved for the following r ^ turtLa : —The names of an ? of the metropolitan policemen wSio may have been sent to Bradford , in \ orkshire , since the ' 1 st of October lasl . ond npto tlm 22 d ofNuvcmher the number of doyt that they have , been so eiupluyeii toaether with the order of the commissioners it police , anil the precept uf Hie magistiates , ajmmmiduif and iii ^ thonidng the &tU : nd&nc ; £ of iirth poliot . oonstables at . Hmdforii .

      Also , a similar acemmt relative to tlie policemen lent from iirsedt ia Bradford . Aku co ] ii t of any uorresiioiideji !*) between { he pour Ltw co . Hujufe . jH hiers and their assblaiit ^ i'ocnmLS-¦ : ' \ iw « 4 if , to . afia « ii , { ex . ¦ . . ¦ ¦ . ¦ , ! .. , nil iiny 'ith ^ -r piTsoli < 'T per toot ] ftAndva to the E « udiug of the London police and the . tniutnrj' inlo the town of Bradford , togcthi : ivifh iiuy rtirreaponHipnce that may have taken place refrttivi ! to the same jnatters between Mr . Power auc the Home , Office , or hetween the Poor Law Com lni&louerFf juid l % n Home Office , or between au ; otlier person or persons anil the Hume Offii-e . Mr . WAKLEY , in seconiling the nmenduient , too occasion to-make this single remark , that as a commit tee was now sitting ou the subject of the poor-laws , h trusted thnt tfvery person at Bradford who had an ; oomplainta to maKe would titke core to conriinmicaJB them through that medium to the House of Commons . Lord JOHN RCSSELL said that he had ! io objection to these returns , but dint there were some alterations whiuh he . would wish to * have made m Ihe terms of the motion , the . most importitnt of whicli was the omission of filenames o 5 the policemen employeil & Bradford on the occasion described . His rensnn fo ¦ nijhing this to be done was , that u very strong fcelin , osisteii in tlit ! neighbourhood upon the subject , anc that placards had ev + ta been put out by the opponent of [ he Poor-law Act , calling upon 'he people to mar ' every ¦ ji : ii :. hid uG . me and hi * address , who had tftkei an active part in . caiT ]™;? into effect thentw law ; an < froin these nnnonnrt'liients he apprehended dial thu pnhlicatjnh of the names of any of the parties em ployed on fiiis occasion would lend lo their injitr ; , if not even to their assassination . With respect to th toivn of Uradford , a imion had certainly been fbnne < there , and n board of g ' narrtiens appointed ; but D regn \ atiiHi 6 WaA been sent down Sryrfi the COTmnis sjonerafor the pun ) J > ae of confining paupers in Hi workhouse . He ( Lord John Russell ) Iiad said !;¦ » year , in answer to an inquiry on this gubject , that ¦ Uic appucation of t ] ie new law were to be resiEtei Ijv force in any part of the country , he should lee cnlled . "npon to oppose such forcible resistance . Ac cording ^ -, when lie iinund thil lhe board uf ^ wanlian fltBnvHortlliHi ! hteu obliged to pifstpone their meei ing in conseqnenceof the . popular clamour , ho though it uecessary that a military force shooljl be sentdowi to co-operrtto with the civil authorities . He hat no hesitation in aTisweriwg the ([ utiiioii of th Hon . Member on this point , by declaring that the if Sinnsibility of this step rested w-itli himself ( Lord J ussell . ) ' Communicationfi were made to him o the subject , elating that one man , who had been par tacuJarly marked , wits confined lu the aouee byth mob , utiil he immediately mtw it necessary , in orde to relieve him from hi * situation , that a mifitaiy force sho nM be called in . It was then that au unfortn

      nate collision took place between the soldiers ant the mobj with the factsof which the House was ahead acquainted . Since these occnrreuccs he was glad to state tlrere had liee-n no further difltnroanedd in th district , and a meeting of the hoard of guardJans hac takea place . He wodd not now enter into th « question whether the newpoor-lnw ^ ystom shmihltMiftp vli ^ d generally to the inHimlactnrinKdistrictfi . Thoug he "was certainly prepared to admit that the nbuaeKo the old system did not prevail in the North of Englnnt tothe saineex . tHiit that that did in theSuuth , yet ( her were district ?! which rttood much in need of ameur Taent . He thought , therefore , iViat if a board o gnardinns . weiv ( ouiet ? t and inquire into the manage mentof local aflairs in eacb of these districts , witli view to promote nniformity aa Jarus possiulu , with out introducing alterations which were not absolute ] requited , the reeult would be higMy HdvantBReons t the country . He had already stated tliat he did no object to these retnnm . He had two nmeiidments howevur , to propose in them , to to which he hoped thi Hon . Geutlenmu woald agree . The first was , thi tins number instead of the names of the police shoul be given . With regard to the last motion , no recorc had been kept of [ he rorro soon deuce between M Power aud the honrd of gusjdiuns either in the offic of the cominissioners or any where else . Hcshoult tlierefore , propose to add these worda , " so far ns can lie given without injury to the public service . He was not aware whether this precaution rioght be come necessary or not , but aa tue cmrespondence ii question miglit include Home nami-s aniT mutters o : particular information * it mig ht be adviajthle ) undi exiMting circuniHUnices , to withhold them . The Nobl Lord concluded by withdrawing the original raotio for the order of the day , and the amendment was theil put as the msin yuedtiun . Lord John Ruu&ell' £ tirst amendment having bee made in it , Mr . BRTSCOE said that one statement in th su ^ eck of the llonourahh : Mt-iulie : Lor Gldliam ha < : struck him very forcibl y ^ nmnelv , that tJiifre were twenty- five thousand hand-loam weavers nt Bradford who eanied on an average ^ e miserahlo pi ttitice o 4 s . 66 . a week . Under each circumstance * he thongh it would be impossible , under the new law , to anon any relief to the indigent without bringing the who : of lliein into the workhouse . He had every desire to afford every possible relief to these poor peopli but he thought tliat it would be impracticable tii d so 1 ) V continuing them in a hue of business fron which they could nnt receive any snbslantjal mean of support .

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      i " ¦ ' Mr . G . F . YOUNG thought ihM thnoeh the new aw wnukldog if at service in the Bg r icultnral distruls . w : is not eqnally appiicablf to ihe manufacturing btricte . He objected also to the practice of sending te . metropnlitan po ^ ce , for which a heavy rate waj «» W upon the parishes of Loud ™ , ci dislout parts " Ihr connrrv . Hl ¦"'¦

      Mr . IIROtHF-RTON obrerved ; th « t-however cTi'iniigenut the bill might be ( bufid in some re-HpwtE . it had been , hu tliought , proved that it would lot be foUBdapplicabletoihemnnufiictHniisdistriitn . le was . confide lit that with proper instructions the it-uplf in tho * e parts uf the coiintiy wdold be found ul \ j cojnpeti'nt to man . ge their own affairs-Mr . CIUM . SD 1 TCH wns fully aware that tins tnportant- question irnf to be lluposed of only hy act * . It was , ¦ ihi-refor * , his inti _ -ntion to place : ! i <[ f- the House such 1 act » an would show that it wns utterly impossible that the Poor Law Amendment Act could work in inanufacturmg districts . Ie- wnnld not resort to secondary evidonce , but state what he knew to be the situation of the town f Lancaster . The measure liad Been in operalion enrly tivo year * , but he held in his hand three ocumeots , being quarterly account " , showing the umber of persona to lie relieved , and the ninney iipended , which would , he thonght , satisfy the louse tint lhe estent of pauperism to be met etiiiered it ntterly impossible lo make tUcworklouie njstem ap ]) lic » ble . 'l'he _ distri ' 't t ( l which he illuded comprised 41 towiiBliips , was spread over H , 50 il acres ' , nnd its pojraiirtioi ] iuiloimted LoljO . OOO . 'he first return to which lie denireJ to direct the Mention of tlie lionse was mode up to the 35 th of \ hirch . l 83 r . - Exdusiwofthi-TeherdlTordcdin the nion workhouses , it showed ( he numher relieved to moant to 3 U , uit > . ' In ' Jnn ' u there were ^ , 4 *? , and in ieptember 4 , 58 ? . He put it Uieai to her Majesty's ioviirnmeut , tosay whetherit was possible lor any union to accommodate such a mass of misery , or wliether it was expedient . tlAt such , a number of jersons shonld bir , conni ( ed in one buihliup ? IJe should movathat night for a return which he hoped he Poor Law Commissioners would take into their ferious consideration , as ii would , prove , ' in his opision , how compleiely impractirntile it wit * u . apply this law to the inaiiofoctTiring districts . Hear . best . I

      Mr . DARHVsiwgesteiUhat , as it seemed lii tended that the law should undergo some change in the numufacturtng di ^ trints he hoped th ^ t an amendment . could be made in il to meet the cases of those who in the agricultural parishes Imd large families about them , having married iiTider the old system . He bud taken part in managing a large parish for nearly three years , and hi ? had been since thakman of a hoard of guardians , t lis esperiuniM proved to hi-m that there were many persons who had married under tlie old svstem , and now found themselvei nnaMe ta mainyuii their families , a great part of the relief which they had fonuerly ubtainet ! being A > suddenly cut ott . The cousei | ucnce was , that while tlio children weuL out to pilhige , the old couple were left to suffer in poverty , or to Uke the alternative of breaking np ihi . 'ir httle establishment » ncl going into the workhouse . If this rule were not relayed he should give notice uf a bill tu alter the lnw in this respect . He did r , ot a * k for anything uew , huL wislied that lhe test of the workhouse system should be continned , only leaving it to the board of guardians i . ip sny what est'eptions should be made to that regulation , ( llear . ) Lnnl J . RUSSELL observs'd , that the llouourithh- Iieutleiuaji . i * -Uy ^ pote Ui ^ t didnotKtrem . to have well considered the soggesiiou . ] te hw * l made . The propi' ^ itiou which he made , if acceded to , instead of being an RpptScatiou of the v-orkhouse test , wottlJ prove a recurrence to tile old sysiem of m-iking allowance to part'lita . He owned h (! was afraid oi ii relaxation *> l' this rule , particularly f ' om tho elt \ 'cE wbiih he apprehended it would have of lowering wages . Mr . DARBY explained . He did m > t intend thai i !\ e scale for attorning relietj such aa giving it to hU children above live years of age . shinild be observed , but thai when the pELients who had maimed under the old law were nut able to maintain their cbildreii , the board of euardiaus slwuU aa . ve the discretion oi iissistma thinn .

      Mr . BROCKLEHirrtST said he had listened with no suiiill degree of pain to tlie sta , lemants made by eever . il Hon . Mumljcrs in rtiferetice to the working of the 1 ' oor-law Acliu the Northern manufacturing districts , and he felt himself compelled to rise when he heard Ihe lamentable oviuuitioii o . 35 , 000 weavers mi hastily disposed uf bj" Honourable ( ii'utlemen below him . Now wtiat did all those compbinls iiud opposition prove but that sometlung was \ hery wrong ?—vet ^ in nil that he hnd heard toiiit - 'ht , no one had referred to -whiU hi ? believed to ht the rtn ) t of theenl . In all tJie attacks matlt in that House nnd on hustings the remedy hai been always kyet ont of light , persons hityl contented tiiemwli-es ahotit wgulatin ^ dietary tables and the separation of the members of Eimiliiia ; but woulu ' ¦ - ' - ¦ -ffhl' . '" : ' unite ha pay ? . - ' .- . ¦ =- ¦ the |> ro >] " . . . pieced oj print mv 4 cnhcu tiiev vjqj > pr [^ 'i j alaa ! nnw they estimated it by Ihe niilUuns of pounds uf I ' -itfn twiyt ; in other words , raw ni : vb : rial i ^ ter the Mrs Srucess ; and when t ; ElVinp of 25 o 0 fl ruined weavers id it not seern more becoming a leaisl ^ ture to in ijuirr whnt became nf this twist—did it goto eoun tries at great cost and inconvenience , to he woven b ; chetper-fed lafemrers ? His belief ivas , thai if the ; put their own artisans on any ihing lifcu a fair grnuur to compete with their foreign rivals , that they woult hear no more about the hardships of the Poor Law Art . From all he saw going nil the time was approivcJiing when necessity would drive them to inquire mto that tender subject ; they should , then , berigh rt'ady to give reiiruss ; but i ! it vienlong dehiyeu might they not und that their [ oo resirictive laws hai compelled those foreign coru-growors to resort uj vnimufattarii ^ g . Mid un'ftiWisig to rclin ^ uisli tliei v'Jtntage ground ? The motion as amended was then agreed to . After some conversntion reliitive to the Sheriff ' Cdiirt and Conrt of Session ill Scoll 3 . no , the Hons adjourned ,

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      n thetWrfi . VTCFiri / . inU'iidi-d thin lobe a "holt- nnd comer meeting , " fiir the nuiw parties who ^ ntleaoured to foist their stale resolutions , on tiie public netting held a few weeks agn at the Uourt-l ! -. ^ .-.. 'here enn be ;* dooctthatat Cm raiMing : uiniuL-r an wns inter ui'd to "be got np j and there caai hv ts little doubt ihnt those panit' 3 have been employed < j Mr . Baisfs for this purpose . th : n h ? mighl he lahler ! to jiiake some ifweeping stsiement ^ in I'arament in this se «^ ion as he did in u former wssiou . —that he mifrht rujireiHint the people of Leeds in [ Iifes of Lh « whole nation a ? being favourable to au eleven Houn' ttili . aud thn > tell , in ( In ; faci ) of lhe whole countrv , what m-fti c \ io ^ e * him , a b-ii ; -heers . ) Mr . WriKRle * wonh . aiultnoor three-of hr creatares of the masters uf ihiitown , bait uii'l ogether evidently to put forth the opinions of rhi niiisters , and theu to snddle them on uur backs , and end them' to Parliament as tho opinions of the working men of Lwittls . —( Hear , hear . ) 1 deny , howver , that such ere . onr sewtiraeiity , nnd think that ft-. ' ff'rigg / egtiwrt'i , above all men , ought ti > be ashamed to show his lace- on auph au occasion . — -lijr lulqr I

      Mr . O' (; on-ioii . ro « e to order . He said that when ie etiended a meeting , he expected that uttenrion oqIJ bo given to business , and wlien any one juxienially fell into error , he alwaya endeavoured to uivince thfm of that error , and to lead them to re ^ ula ritv and ordi / r . He Eru £ ltxl that Mr . n'rigglvxort / i and the other persom ; who hail ailendeu the meeting for th ^ purpose of petitiuning Parliament ! ¦ i nar . t a law for the benefit aud satisfaction of all 1 STIEE , would , in the end , have to thauk his ( Mfr . ^ 'Connor ' s ) fiieiids for having come to their tad , fir ie diii not see how it would otherwise have been i-.-iir - for ' ' . i- i lo have got a ¦> ; i ' i . i . , i unmber of ittendants even of the ( iax-spiuners tbematlvea , out f whom thev would hsvp been able to select a chairman . —( Hear , hear . ) It appeared to hmi that tie entlemeu wlm had originated this meeting irete noi ilisfted with the chaatlsemcnl thejf had . received ill ie isle meeting , when the question of the Eleven lours" Bill for the cotton iipimwrs was taVen ( iiio onsideru ^ tou . They come here now , and fiend-like , th-mpt to reverse tbL' iW : * iim jvhirJi wras comi : in n that nccaiiibn , and in a uKint lite thw .

      Sir . If'riggletit-Brth ;—It lew be so . ( i . ei , thedeoilion will br reoersed ) . Mr . O'Consoh : —It sbao t . be sn . —( Cheers . ) ft liall never be so . so long as I am able to hold ti foot in Leeds . —( Cheers . ) Such is lhe beastiality of your nature , —anob is 'be determination with which you appear resolved to carry into effect the objects of your wishes * . —such is tlie brg ^ enness of your face , that you will not iillow me even to be a gentlemanly advocate of the rights of the labouring tnim . When 1 cnjne inj ; o . this room . I offered you-no insult , ga % e yon . no ennse of oflence . I merely asked 3 Eiuiple question in a civil manner , without receiving a civil answer , aud yet you frown upon me , and say that your voice shall be iminsmtive , and that you shall lie the sole dictator as to what course-shall ' be pursued with [ be question before us . I tell you , tir , that sooner than submit to lliis . I would see all the mills m the kingdom crumliling into roins , and tho ohilven standing laughing at them . —( Cheers . ) Yes , 1 would rather i * ee Iheni famishing for lack of fnoil , and refused bv th « Creator of tlie world a sufficiency ven for the taw maintenance of hfe itself . [ am jojry , sir , thnt 1 was not allowed to go on in the argumetitatii'e course I was about to adopt , wheu I would have shown to this "meeting the folly itiid impropriety of lending its suni ^ iou to those propositions which were about to Ise put f"tth hy tha onL'iliators of this meeting . It appears that these men finding that fhey have , not already a punicienl mteri'Stiu the loliglnhour of iliilJreu , finding alsii , that the stream of infant industry has not siillicienl buchyancy to bearthejn upon its surfitce ; iheyAvoulJ Jirst make au enactment to compel ^ hitli-eti ol thirteen vearsof ;! ge to work eleven lionrs' a day , aud then in order to prove ffint this isnot sufficient , tbev hnve recourse to a sum in the rule ofthree , ta prove thar the voughl to work chiMri ? n of seven ty-tfwo months old afsn . tt e httve proof enougli to show ,

      tlifil . maaiv children have been certified as being thirteen vears old , w-hen they have ouly been eleven , and there is little doubt that the same time jerviug doctors Vill underfcike to pruve that chikluen of seventy-two mouths : ire Clgut years oh ] , in order that thWma-y sen'e the overlookors imd the maslera . But io tell n * eihatit shull hi 1 so i Iharldefiance : it the assertion . Mr . O'Connor would appeal to the moral force of the L-hildren UiLriosfhes , m ronuesiun witli l . he . umtecU'rs of their interests , tht'ir fathers and mutiiurs . and thus shnutil their int . msti be protected from the fell grasp of fhe rootUrs , aurl those who wereTeady on even' occa ? ion t « do ( hoir dirtywork . He thankeil Roii for Lhe iaku rfthu children , that he had seen the paragraph in the fifert : t / r }/ , forhadhenet sen it and" ntlenrjtd the meeting , he did iioedoulit btit the four or five whu intended tofunn it , wonldhaye hail it trampL'rted furlti to the world a « il meetW of tlie overw-frs . and ^ s owe of the ni » ater » ana oper&uvei also . ( Ch&ffa . ^ Mr . O ' Conuorshould , therefor" . proppEe . t . r' - ^^ bji . uiij . C . 5 C th * t onuul ^ nijij "" .. ' ' ¦ - ¦ . - ¦¦' ... # ini rfj . Scing . a * , Jn . " * UOA jir ( i } HP * mu Tf . Iil ' .-I ¦ . n ' ' !¦ l ' In- ciincmsive nr satisfactori- ; b ' . utcel the case a ^ ir r" ^ i-, : ! iiil i fjcuileineu fruin yeudijrg furih fieir '<¦ - ' wodd . Hop ™ pi . ™ d' -T ' -. < " ¦¦ * -, ¦ . !( tir . t sanction any Bill to imphtai ? a'yr ^ y . L ., nm , r labour upon children helow thirteen year- ' of nge , than that to which they are Kt yreseat liMiJe , and tliat , no mm shiill be obliged to work in thu ' -lpilli murt ' than Ten lloor ,- ' iiday . ' ( Loudcheers . ) , IJe hoped that other geutlemeu present would folluv-him up with the eante enthusiasm that liad hither t . i been manifested , and that they would eviime then" ^ 'termination to shed the hist drop of their blond b ? Jijre they would allovr their chiMren of ninetv-sLs mnnths to submit to their infernal machinations , and lhe damuable projects which are contemplated , under this oruinfyin ^ system . ( Tremeujliius chaats ) . I beg lewe tii ranclude by moving thr resolution now proposed , and I have no hesitation in . saving that , if tfiBt resroloSoD be adopted , this ineeting will be converted into a shield tor the protection of de&-nceless clnldren , instead uf being , it * it was uitejnled to be , a dagger witli which to iassassinate Iheiu iu the dark . There ure some persons , it Li struuge'lo snv , who walk as it wem , blindfold through the wnrld without seeing the traps that are laid for their destruction- —who jniiLglc with society , day lifter day , ami year lifter year , without gleaning from thnie with whom they associnte , the lee it inlnnnanoS tliat can benefit the-l" . Some of them , liowevp ; - inixed in suciet y to nig ht ftoufwllicll thcymcy hiWv&furu .-ed a lesion , audit is to he hoperl lluit that lesson will not be lost upon them . Whim thsj are rSacfli-en to act in denance , too , both of justice anil btirjiftuitv . they will find the people their euerak's and me at their head , a firm . HLppovter v £ thv lib- 'ilies trf tW people . ( Cheew . ) Mr . O'Connor again re ^ &iu . 1 the resolution , and concluded by Saying , thai ifithese gentlemen had miy rt * pect either tor llc : u .-- ! ¦ ¦ - r flieir connesiont , they would tbroucc jod f&ri ( ye , "hold up theii hitnds for " the resolution , and dzas wipe awity their former sins , and admit tlint tlrey are cunvinced tint the labour at pteseut . implied liorh npun cliildreu and men is rou ijri . *; ii to in .- ! eudured , anil th « y themselvia will from lieM ^ lh , employ their energies in » better cause , aii ; l dir . ir then- footsteps to a better path - Mb . White seconded the resolution ,, hop ing that Mr . IFrigglesi'iorih would indeed ,, either cha ( ge liis course or sltiy at home , and not allow Ids 6 h \ - Where he was not wanted .

      Mr . White ieii rose to movetb . it n-W ' tinn be prepared by thii meeting desuiiig Parliiuiient in enact no law for the alteration of the present I' ^ ft *}^' SyBtttm , luilesait enact iui KBivitfntTeu Hoibs ? Bill ' : and llmlthe perition beHrned by thu Chnimum oi behalf of the rueering . The urotiou beiiiti ^¦ . ¦ ¦^ ii . li 'i . tlie Chairman said thnt be fore putting the wsnln he should be glad to hear any thing thalMr . M ^ 'li I .---worth or nuy otln-r geutEemai ] had to on } <> . subject . Tor ' his ( iwn purt he cunldtmi i'iit cbiiiess his great surprise that Mr . WrijfHlesBMrrti sUoulxMit conducted himEclfiu no disonterlv n ninniii'i ::, Mr . Wrigglesvryvtli , BgFn ( fcm « n < -, f t-h ' v- ri' ^ jsn ¦ ' ¦ ' . rfiVno person couldenteTta'it thi : slightisnt dtjjM ' Nr . vafioji beiuginaJe , the motion was put ., m ! . ¦ unaiiimoufily . Mr . Ifrigglesicorlli then said that tub ' inn should not be said to 1 * carried unanin and therefore he should hold lip his hand fipaiiisirij if he stood nlone in his opposition . He thea Jiciil up liislinndui ojiposition to the motion , when TIDtEE others followed liis example ! so thnt thert « , « ere FOURwho objected tome motion for thep » 'TiUiln Theuisnner in which tliereiwlu don wasc » rnml , ur ^ iv from the meeting the most enthusiastic a |) plan ; it . Mr . U'Connor Baid lie was glad that ffie two parties in the meeting had now become amajgamittd andtiint us the oppositionista bail nnw sntlnicntlj idendnefl themselves with the proceediugs of iIil meeting he Bnped that the next step would , bh to rnovt" tor au adjournment . It was than discovered ^ gt Richahi > OisrLr . n Esq . wns iu the room ^^^ ho was loudly im , rapturoQKly called npoji to address the iniieting . W ' e regret , that the great press of hiilut with which our culunms are lilled prevents us 1 ' njtn giiing even an . oo iliim ofhiu eloquent and tfiiergeBi speech . Mr . O . adverted ,, with feehngs of itidigaatiiiu , to Mr . Wrijjglesworth'ii ussertton , when he slid , the late decision im the Factory Question shouhi Inreversed . He siiiil , it has lieeu declared in n Cl . rtinii town , and in tuy presence , that in Jefii'j nature , imd in detinnre of God , "h shall be so . " It ha * lreen declared by ivmiin who calls hinwelt a , fuitrtr ttat "it sliull be so , "—that histhild . fi ! eight ye . trii of age , shall work for liis "living ! I Mr . ilriggkiu-iFlh iulernipt « rt , and said he bad no children . Mr . Oastler : Ah ; but I liappru to know you have thonfth ; but 1 did uotsay luuj ' ully heguttcn ( TremeudoD * cheers , ( Uld Innghttr . ) ; It shall !» * j' say 9 || an operative of England , tluit my child—jay little cWldot eight venrs old . whose little nng ? ps ar ^ niiTely mnde of skin nnd bone shall work for iny

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      ivine ! i ' es , he * im it ? liall he so ; anil then he ssid , you . miiy settle yn'ir hurfuess . imd when yon lavejisne ir will nettle nors ; nnd at that niometit lie dtivil can ^ ht him , undmiule him hold up hii ^ hand with hi .- iIim fftaidi . n ; ninjt the petition . ( Much . iKi : ' : LiL . 'r . J If T am mrl nustakfu . UiiAine ^ tinghua n ? e . n snecjfltJ m he ti miWCing of the operative Hbx-^ jiihii . Tfi , f-. r pafjin . e * resolution in favour of nn liluvRii H ! UflL I h ( in * nol seen Mr . Bnines ' s [ inper . heard , by mere chunce , that n uiii'liu-. ' ¥ held in thu T < ip-r < " > ni of thi . " hoiT . ntd-nitrht . M ^ ^ '' -btlerui"U-rstjii ( l it tu be a meeting ie . n ! ¦ *^ , af . iliiics of rliildren for a certain miniunti'i ni-djn , « erp to be discussed , Ulldlte thought wherever thai question waa iisitnted . he ha 4 » right u- In- tin' n :. ( 1-lfyr . hi : ar . ) llecliuu ^ bt the nuesnon waaseUled thpotbi-r it ay at tlie Court House , at least to far as I , L'i ds was cont'ernexl . . Ur . irrijm ! is < fOFlh . ~ - \ will agitate the question [ 111 ill IE . . » t . iiisntji . —Through spite ! Oh ! jon are suoh a kooa-netvmi Sallow , that I ain sure you liave no sptfiu jou . ' ( Horn- ofhiaghter . ) He thouRht the . ide ; i of nicreusing the labour of children , sfter tile manner in nhii-h tlie whole system hnd been Exposed , tasmcBt ' mnuslrouB . " ^ Ind do tliey , ' > aid he , "do . heitiaBterflJind their nnnions think that Englishmen KillalKi . w lln'in the liberty of once more fixing their Vaiopir * daws iii the ) ieartof Ktigluiid ' apVBtr . efls ? or , remembi'r . thut England's greatness Is in KnguikI'b cradle . And do they think—tt few xnauufacluiinn liO ig iirclis—il o tfi tii think tb nt . tJio' they cttn b ri be au iudiviilual so to degrade himself as tusisy , thnt . it fli 3 ¦¦

      nu ur " , Mr . ll ' r ^ lesa-orHi—That's ii LIE ! Mr . O'Com ^ ok demanded that Mr . lVri gg lesworth vdtlidrew that Desertion . Mr . It ' riggtesieurth f . iid that if Mr . Oitstler woi'ld aAaore him thai his remarks were not npplied to him he would make an apology . Mr . OaaTLKa . —1 niri . J .- a cap which might lit Mr . O'Couuu : ol Mv . VVrUjqlet-i-orui . t Ju not luinvi ' wbith ,. bnt I [ hrw itacjdii ^ you . and let the man -wear it whoiJi'ii liia . —( Al uch laughter . ) Air- fJ'ringffwixirtft . —1 iiipau to saj that the cap Ji > er not tit me . . \! .-. t ) . isTij ; n . —1 aai imre Mr . O'Connor did cotrisi ; to ^ venie the lie . Mr . H- ' riggtesworth . —Then the cip was intended for jrte . —( 'I remendous cheers and laughter . ) Mr . OanTt . En .- ' — As Mr . Wrigglesworth flays tlie cap wa ? iuteiuk'd for him , I hope , if he wei ^ s it , it will stion make . hialiend . ache .- ^ LauKliter . ) 1 certainly knew one man in the . roum whom the cap Koiild fit . but [ did not say who it was . Mr . Oasflet wenDun to speak at considenihle length , and conctuiled by sayine , that as there was a reporter in thertiom , he would acite that he kui-w it to tie a frjet that some of tiie mitl-owuers of Leeds had "begun . tii run thiar iiiills on Sntnrdays , from six o'clock in tlte morning till three , in the aFiernoon , without stopping at all , > and Le desired thnt reporter to give his ( Mr . Onstler's ) i-ompliuients to Mr . Baker ami tell him , thai if he would nut look after the mill-owners he would luuk after him . —( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor . —lu Order that the proceedings of tliis meeting may be complete 1 rise to move another resolution , and however I may be considered a stranger in the town of Leeds , I h'Tpe tint the su ]> - uoitfis df the facto ; , children will Ii * & \ ilo to prave not only tu those persdna who ha ^ e a direct interest in tyraimifflHg over them that they " are running their heads against a wall , hut thai they will prove to ever ) ' class of society that they are advocating their jEAertsii iiiso . 1 ilaivi . it -nijnld not teqoireimirii talent raiysreat . furee ofaigument , ormuch time to per&nade fb" shi . ipkei'pers of Leech :, and the lumlfurils . and optTiiiivos iind masters , " and soldiiJii ) aiid notirenien , ami Indeed every class of society , iuid t ?* en the factory lords tlieinsetves , thnt the position in ivhii-h iihi ; faetnry diilrlran are now left , moat tend to the dest rile lion of every other vlass of 6 o < -iety .- { Hea . r . ) Upon tins very question of over-lahourin ^ children lins arisen the necessity nil ihe part of Government for the Poor taw Amendment Bill , which is now

      ¦ peHigesaoiujnea enronsnout tne country -tiy rorce oi arms , ynd is the means of riusiug the . hftnds of lathers ajr < Ljnst fathers and brothers against brothers iu cWsuily strife . Thf- pUrpvlieepET ^ s , to& , who w *? re lorou'rly satisiied with then- little political distinctiojffi . ap . bLigiTini (* g to see ihe coneequp | 1 f : ei of the mor . ojioly of wealtJi , and to rliscov « r thnt tltej are Ultugether loft out nf lie market . Tbeywill Hnd lit' ! very little compensation for thir Iriningpolitjcul dstiisction to winch they wore elevated bj the Reform Bill , when they oine to dicover their Brapty alls on a Sattinlay uiglit .. They will then lparti that it is the penieo ' f the intllitius aifd not thy pfjuints nffhe monev ^ hunter tnature most coiidoci ^ t . o thfirproiit . Will ninliing iirtmse theni from their lethargy ? ATe . tbey slill satislied Trith their ]> olitical distiiiction ? Will they srill gn nn blindfolded ? Shall we always hi' t « Hcliing rhani in these ihfttterG ? And wimply hi'rjiiiHt- they think they are more respect-( tbli- will they still refa-ie . to join the honest cJbss of ofenitives in the nsserlion of their rights . —( He ^ ir . | t > ar . ) We have n .-ad u lesson to tbnse men claiming - -ii " , i : hjjk-j * ine ^ iiLTuticu and talent and * ' *? have . . i 1 -, ^ j Elinl tit , i ! r : irtiiir Jlnttiital * . irt M il Liotam a dL ^ ussion without resorting to nrl ^ ar and .,. ¦ . < -: < nt hf . i'ii !!; - .. and hax'e been aljle to leach . i | rs » n of tiitidnfSi and politeness to those ¦ a-lro have matle all the laws thnt govern ns . T aifi I'Jippy to have met with a person whu seeona to have LeeE pre-eminent in the legislation of tliia great question . \ Yebave I > een called fool * jvnd fcnavea by Air . Wri gg les worth nnd his party . If 1 am fi fool , I can hi'ie my folly in retirement ; but how miserable initslthiitoiiuntrvbe wlmsr laws ate made by fiiijls , n . nd adnijnisterert by ancli knawj as Mr . Wrio- gK ^ - \ vorth and his party . S \ fr . O'Connor concluded with an oloqnent appeal to the middle classes , in which be utgcil them to unite with the operatives in aiding them tn obtain political iunuenei-, find showed , in a clear aud forcible manner , tlie advantages whifih would result from such a union . The speech , which is too hmg to "he reported here ! was enthusiastically received , and the business of tlie inertiBK was ended by the adoption of a motion for adjournment nine tfie . ¦¦

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      the Druids' Arms Inn , Hndderslleld , nnd were addressed in vinleni ; ind . iitftni ! i ) iiiittjrii language by Mji . Oahtuek . " Now , Sirs , tliia charge agiinal me is either true or false . Tim'hitig was not dpuijn a corner ; there were thousands present . To those thousands 1 api « al , from 'Ma . William Swim ' s n- [) ort , ( . « hi ) I inrily bijlieve was not present , ) yea , Sir * , let tbosu thonsanus answer , did [ nddrest to them , on that occasion , one " cjufcii / , " one inltmmitatuT ]/ " expression ; The object of iluit address was to pai'ifj" the people , to induce them to assist the magistrates to keep thu peace , in defiance of the Whigs , who « ere bent thai day upon haviua a riot . Every woro 1 uttered wiw calculated to nlTay tbe angrv fuelingsof thi ? ptiople to induce tliem to place confidence in tlie magistrates , und to assist them iii preserving the peace uf the town . At the inclusion of my address , I requested those who were determined' to Veep the peace— to give three checn for the magistrates . " wliich were mriicnpliy nnd li « artily jnveu . t leave itto thojawho heard me , to cuntrjidiri onf word that I have slated , if iheyCHii . ' . Tims have you been fmiltv of printing at the public expense , a direct falsehood against one who risked his life , on that day to save your "" Cliairman . " Afterwards you infer , Hnd lend J ' oor reader ^ to nappose , that I " exhorted and directed the assemhlngtto prpoetd to the Workhouse , " and you seem wialiful'So to express yourselves , as to lead Your readers to suppose lha ' t I wjs connected with all the mischief which fi'llowed ; -even with the " violence of n scrioos nature used towards the Chairmun . " If it is uoasiLlnfitr Wflliau Swii ^ J ^ jleelcillnpnnction , hewill do so . when ho reads my statement of that >;• - ¦ .- . " - ¦¦¦ *¦ -. !¦ :- _' .- ; which , in jnstice tu myself , ainl to ' tftiri , I am uow bound to couununlento . Ilalbrr-I do that , I will state ruy solemn conviction , that tlie Whigs would not have beEunhleto have caused a dircnrbimce that Hay ^ i / fhe ( rutirfhaimhuti not defer mijictl to wc / titte t / iepeojttefrt / m tttcir » icW ( V ; if , mi not e \>; u iiitimurfi Wiu . \ vm Sw . stN was uhairoiiu ' , 'lbc

      people of HuddersJield are not yet slaves ; they still teel thut they have a right tio be present , whsti yifestiohs rctttfini * to their proptrltt ami thuir liberty arf uttttrFdiMiiMinJt . They kavo not yet learned t < i submit their lives and property , to ihatecrrt di ^ osal oi Wilmau Siv'ais < fe Co ., althuugh they may be acting u uuder the cmttrovl and by th ** urilen" of Messrs . LewM , Lefevhe , and Sicholb . Of i / oh , they wi ^ h to know nothing : —t < I fiiiu ^ they alrniady know too much . As j-oq have given Parliament your version of that diiv ' s uroceediugs , 1 call upon you , if indeed out- spark of houtiur still remains uuextmguished in yourbrraasts , in your nest' ¦ report , " to give mine . As soon ns 1 had addressed the pcupie from the Drain '* Amis , I called at the George Inn , to ask the magistrates , if I could render them any assistance ? nnd to receive their commands . 1 was in formed , that they were" eone to the workhouse , where the people were collecting . My friifud , Mr . William Stocks , juii . immediately proweded with me to tfiftt place . Before -we arrived , the iron gates were thrown open , some few persona had got into the yard and were collecting rouinl the workhouse door ; Mr . Stocks wentto th'isepersoHsandpacilied them ; whilst 1 remained in the gateway and persuaded The peoplu to remain outside . I succeeded ; —unly ^ wo yersnne , ( "tU QTasaud W 5 ugs , > jiUianpitfd to force past me . They tohi me , ^ piat I had no right to stop llieiii . " —' ITie } ' seemed determined to lead the people iwto file yard . —I . told tliem "if ] suffered thi'in to pass , 1 could not keep others out . '' 'they , however , seemed resolute—so I to \ d the GrOwd to B . HsistmB . I said , "these lire two Whigs , who are determined to have a row , do help me to keeii them out . " The peoplo then , pulled thi-in ) ji ± eit , and all remained 4 uiet and peaceable . In a few minutes the Guardians came out . As William Swais passed me in the gateway , a special oouatuhle said tome , " Ostler will yon take Mr . Swain under your protection : " I replied , ; l Yes , sir , 1 will ! " " The suuciiil said , '" That s a good fallow , I wss sniiM-ou woul'l . " Frrrmthatmomelitl resulvtd to lose my lif . » , rather than tliat Sw £ ra slmulil be hurt . I succefded in preventing tho people from seising him , nlthoTAgh they -were very angry with ine , sni \ aeeiiieii \( i abbor ; inu detest lue man wliuin I had eugjiged to protew . At loosrth . wht ? n we liad , as I thought escaped ail danger , just at the door of ¦ tbe Albion Hi . » tt > l Swai « was seized . I saw- no bstua- way id rescue hiiu , than to W . kjs him in my arms , which 1 did , tMlino his elii'inles , ' ¦ Vou jiall not Lutt Swais , withcra ! killini ; imr . " " It' SwAls-istndie t . i-day , so wnll . " On tnis , tit- people gruiphletj and gave way , and niiii'd by the HiiddL-rsfield piilice , I landed him safely in ' thehotel . The special constable who piu « me charge tu protect Sh-mx . thanked me for my esertio-is ^ and wr did tbu Klptain of the police and . ' iiso aftiTiwrTis , the Chief Constable . But the man wiioin 1 saved froin the vengeance of ati insulted jiopohiue nt the risk nf my own lifr , did not say . thank you . " but on thu contrnry , iie . hus attempted to Slob -my character in the dbrk by sending you u f iIph : [ iipt lnyimiinnj ^ fi » I ^ TT , flnt nt vni' iiriii ' i . nj 3 iniru Tin , ' - - - m-r » Ul r v LI L

      . ™^ .. ... .......... ^ . — ... v ^_ J r .. ^^ ........ ^^ . . 4 ay . . . bonuil t ,. it . iii . irujc tin- IvttBjil'il . II . } ' i > pli- towards ^ u rM , s _ tiitl not [ qjpeur to an ? e out of his office of Chairmau to the Board of Gusfdiana ; and this , Sirs , is a very nutterial uuint , in the history of thot day ' s proceeedine- \ Vliether the charges pubh'dy made sgrtiust Swaia , as we lassed from the poor hnuse o > the Albiun Hotel . B . houtBmile ) were true or false , Iknoiv not . It is lowever Uoe , that they were nut then . cnutrodicted jy Swain , nor , hitf nny refutnti ^ u since theti been mbiished . lie was not assailed as " Cliairninii " lorwas the Poor 1-aw mentioned , in my hearing by lis op ] iom ? nti 5 , —Shouts of ""Ned Lud . ' " M'ho broke Silly Hirst ' s sWars ? Su-Ain . " "Who stole a great hammer to break them with ? Sw . u . v . " "Who j-as at Rjiwf » lrli . " ^ -Wtrn e-nght to have heeu hanged along with his Smther and qousiur Swaih . " These , Sirs , and a luudred other ejqiressious relating tu Luddism , and notto tip New- Poiir Law , werecoustantly vociferated by the crowd , a . « we passed aliinp . ^ 'hether then ; lie any truth iu tlniso allusions I Iitiow not , —I do know that Swain Hid not contradict them . [ do knowtliat hehas never publicly since then cratrndicted them , nor have I hpjmt , that'hi-has done no Erivalely . It is needful , tiir ? , that yon should now the whole truth . Swais shouhi have savedmu this trouble . I appeal to } iim , whethur what I Ila * e stated is not the truth . Hp will nnw have an opportunity of contro flitting tlie charges , "which were that , day made agnindt him in my presence , by many persons , provided there be no tnithinthem . When I had aafrly bowsed Sv / aik , the people soon bi . c 3 me enrnged , oecause the t ? nardinus wnuld not admit them ( a t ] fcir room , fanrl / iir ml olher cause . ) I iv 'l . i iinmn ^ i t . " f > i-m-mI . ; i' ] f | n-i-l eit-rj eaiirt :. far ify thepif / ¥ j ? $ 5 ^ 1 however , determined not t ) lu » o thcifliriernes ^ fijltedwitllin secret— -. rad they be-all to throw stones ' at the police aurf sppcial consttinles . Seinf tliat . roy entreatiLis were unlieedpi ! by the people , I determined to take my post i ";; fruiil of t 3 ie police officers , on the steps of tfieflotd . Tke people tried to pu'l me iiwn . y , I maintained niy post , and told the crowd , that L-if any person were ' lillec thst day , I would be the msji . "—I reeeivi'd a few sti'nes : —but the crowd soon desisted . When one ol" the special constables was seiced by thu people . I was requesteil by the captain of the Colice , to go and rescue' him , — -which 1 did ; nnd rottght him safely to the Hotel . Indeed , so much did I exert myself to preserve order , tliat somfi base wretches of the WhiKparty , went amongst the crowil , . ¦ . . : ' I — . ... I ' .. .. r . ^^ .. . 1 ri -. 4-1 . im ' I . . " . r . ¦ I . 'I .. Mi ..- . T-j . .. I . ... 1 . — . i 1 lli lHIAc WlkllVl Cl l / . .

      'IJI . I . ( : ij C'J IJI . 'H'J' : L 11 CIU , I . LI II \ ' ..- ' _— ^ IIULI by theWliigs ^ ancl w ; is turned traitor to iheponjjle , ''A tew r-trangers . iPho did ? iot ktvi'i' ni' \ believed tlie Whig lie , and beijan to insult me— -they were however soon convin' ^ d of tlieir error . Afterwards , atone wretches exnressed their si . irrow , tiiat * LI was not killed . "—1 am far from blaming all the Whigs . in thnt da . r , many "f them behaved to me with greni kindness , and thanked me fiir my esertiins . The chief cnnslable , Mr . M At LisHos " vra 3 , ^ ijT ] oiigst . otherr ! , Ter ^ k hid and attentive tirtne , I did not have the Albion Hotel until requested « dn so bvlIr-Di'EK . ; , the Captain nf Police , whr > liar observed hit exertions , aud waa afraid that 1 shouti . ba overcome by fatigue . I then left ,, nnd told liim I should wait his call nt . my brother's house . Iretjra there , tliankimr Ood that I hail bcun nariTrrmiejitJi insm-ins the lifeof nnenemy ; and iJso thru He hac mercifully protected me fruin the malice of those base , T ^ looiiy , and hrutjl men , who had endeavoured to ? 3 . cit « tWpeopletumut&Eri&e * Such , Sirs , is the true , account of the proceedings n ! Hudderstield , onJune the SUi . I fearlessly npp ea to nil who were present , to friends and foes , it the foregoing staiemeut be not strictly true , iinw different from your ovra ! Audyetit is needfulthnnla truth were told . YonrfaUelwd * have compelli . 'd nt ? to publish facts , which 1 had hoped would \> e buried in oblivinn . I call upon yon in your next " report , ' to It'll the Parliament the truth-But . say you . "false statements" on tho part o : tlie opponents of ( lie New Poor Law , are die cause of all these disturbances- hideed ! When : Where > How ¦ Let us know all about it—what fnhc statements , Sirs ? / Ie make no "false statements "—we do nut deceive fhe jieopk—u-e toll them the truth , tlie naked truth—we asson- them [ Jilt yntt want to have the control of the rates nnd rif the { snipers—Ssat y «« tlRim the jokiiv t » tux . imprison and murder the people—tluit tlie l ^ Eiurt of Gmiruiius is only intended to be nn instrument tn be worlteu miller your orders ami control These are the truths which we tell the oeople Your frienrli ; who want to enslave the people , wonhl deceive thl-m by ' false statementri" —by tellinff them thn-t the Hoard ot ( iuurdiaus is uidepenilant of ymr cimlrul—that they will have tin -power to use their Men discretion m the rohef o the poor—that you will never interfere . I appea to yonr own ci-port , to continn ont statemeiits , ; md to refute the Jecbiriitious nf i / B » r friends . Not to be teiuoua , I will ciipy h . iuw espressions from

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      only one page , ( pngf 75 , ) "f your - Ittporl native to the HuddiT , sHi : lii Union . Line 20 . —™ Ti \ cortIcr of onion . LineJ 24 ami 26 . —'" Culled upou an we are to ussomit tlie com'hul af the rrtitf of t / ie ^ uot-. " l . met 2 H , 2 Taii ( 12 S . — We conld not uxercist-that cos-Tnoi . in an * ( ither way witli ac mnc / i orfrastaae us t / iro <> gA the meithim of these reprewntatiic boards , and . in the- Hjip / tctrfwii of those tfKwn poiivri which hiul beiii crealud fur otiii adoptioir . '' Lines 3 U . nnd ; fl . — -And in proceeding to amimi : the conthOL of the relief nf tlte pwr . " Lines 43 and ti . — " To depend upon oos fiituro oRiiEas nnd with iterance to sucli rults aster mpg JUiit it expedient to isbik reiiarding tlie itrtual ditpeutiiift of relief . ' Now , Sirs , thuso expressions nx ^ all y * mr o ^ ni , all copied from tmc page , nil in rofl-rtinci ! to the llnddersfield l . ' niun !—Let the public judge , if ice Jute deceived the people . The people ot Huddersiield havo duttinnined not to become your sjnves ; neither Limdon pc > licu , nor IFhig magistrates can force them : ntid Os fiir . tlie mildiers—tha mure you . send us , the better we shall besatutied . iJothow isit ^ Sirs , tbatyou hnvpnot pnbuslioddia correspondence , about thnLoiiiiiui police , ( yuu would liear that they went liome witt . brokea tlendj , vary deservedly \) and about the Ruswll spy ; and about , the dragoons and tho lrjs . siits . I'm . ate , eU doubt ,, ashniiieilol ynut own actinus ; indeed yon nmy wull he , because they are illegal nnd animn *"'" utiuHiJ [ Then there is Mr . Lewis ' s corresi .. indeiin ; with a certain gentlinnun , about hit steiTard andliia tenants . Why not publisli that ? 1 will tell you why , Sirs . because ytut durr not . But how mean , how paltry , liuw dastardly , haw like a Whig—for you , who have the army ami pidii * at your conunand , and th' . i secret service mojie . y as well , how cowajdly , 1 say , to intrigue ' fitA a nuista-. tu fertf or tt iirliurgc liix stvmiit ' . —with u . laudlnrtt , Iv font tr ducliar # e Ms teunisls ' . I—VmHwIi tliatooirKispuHdeiwaif j « udiwe . Let there be no more mistakes hetween us 1 deny the authority of yt'irr laws—I resist yuiir diHoiuioii ever my property and person . Let file magistracy and the Rrmv he nu more 013-. ^ eil by dairciiig itltciidnuce iin VOOR . ^ OKDEna . '" II resist your tyranny , anil if you wish to know ,. and a .-k me respectfully , wlum yon have ^ ivefi mo a copy of the secret corresyinideiice abmu alluded to , I will tell you Aw . So 1 st ui liaYa no more bother i , j abaut it— no ouu ran hnj « 3 « me—SO 'loy » ur wont ; j prepara the gallows for-une Who ileiic » you—imly I I take care to let the beam be long ennuHU tu haiig f I three cemfortabl v , else it may be WBdt * Hl . —8 e ^ Esthkk , 7 ch . 10 V . Jf If yon intend t » deal justly with tlie IlndJersfield casi ' , you willinsett this letter in your nest report to Parliament , thnt the members may see lio . w ( jroiely you have misrepresented the prncce . lings of 5 th of June , and how prone you ma to publisli , for the purpose of deception , ^ ftttue statements . " i am , Sirs , the nu who fears you nnt , K 1 CHARD OASTLEU . Fixby Hall , near Hiulderstield , betemner 13 th , 1 ^ 37 . P . 5 . ^—You may inform your frieud Lord Sunn RrssHi . L , tliat i sliall , nest wes'k , ( iddress a Icttur ti > his Lordshi p , about the " CftmliriJge cuse , "—/¦ fhe UradKiidcaa « ' — "UieSiivcase' — " tl « I'oliMeiuiK , " aiid a few other " cases . ' I hope he wili retain iv s seat till then , that Xiosu- hive the Uonour to adiiico . one of her Majesty ' s Ministers . R . O .

      The Factoily Question.

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      ^ WIUGGLESWORTH AGAIS —AS 0 THEK SETTLKIl . On Saturday night last , Dec . !) th , a meeting w » . held at the Saddle Inn . which wsj convened by Xonpareit paragraph of six lines , which appeared a ihehoftmit of oueoftliecolamusoftheirffW ^/^ Tt ^ rj and which apparently might have been placed in th in significant corner which it occupied , on puryosetha it might be overlooked by every body who inigli happen to look at the paper . The paragraph statec tint "there will be a meeting of the Operative Fla Spiunern , at the Saddle Inn , t ( H-night , ( Saturda ; it suven o ' clock , for the purpose of finally determia ing to support tin ! Cakerley Operatite * , and to join in petitioning Parliament for such an I ' -leven Hourd liill as will be conducive to the wants and benefit 0 all parties . At a little after seven o ' clock there wer present four orfiyepersons , amongst wliojajl / r . / frig glcswarth occupied a very prominent place . From tliat time till lalf-pntf seven was spent in desultor conversation between the parties who came into th room . There would theu be present probably fthou a hundred , but in all we belitve there w « re uotmor than five or sii flai-spinne ™ present . It wns proposed that Mr . Wrigglestcorik should take the chair Mr . H ' rigglesti-ortk , however , replied , that he shouh nnt accent my office ta whicti he inigUt lie calladh ; the present company , inasmuch aa the majority < them were not flux-spinners , and had no right to ii terfrru in any way with the business lorw-uichth meeting wm couvened . It was here lisked , if tb present meeting hud nut been called for thepurpo :. of petitioning Parliament , and if all parties were no allowed to have a voice in attempting to effect an alteration of tie laws ? Mr . It riggttsn-ortlt , sail they wished only to legislate for themselves , nnd tnjL as fliey hud some private husiitess to settle which di not concern any but Iliose who were immediately ii terested in it , Qiey should nu t commence the pnhli busbiess of tie maetiug niitfl their private matter had been disposed sf .

      Mr . O'Connor rose to propose that Mr . Wriggle , worth audthoie gentlemen with him who had priva business tu settle , rfionld retire lo a private ^ mom Nothing waa said in the advertisenivnt calling tl uujetine WAMHitpriveW Uusmesa " , imdotAiims £ hi > u ! iBduce . hiin tolend his sanction to the postpoucmtu of a meeting thus called , merely because some two o three gentlemen had yet to arrange some private bnSL tie *? . As this meeting wus tohemadetliegriiuudof a application for ati Act of Parliament , he had i notion of giiing to them the exclusive privilege o legislation . Let them , therefore , retire tothatpn vai-y wliich wan best suited to their wishes and leav tltose who were present to confer as to thu best mean of "settling the cjnestion" which they hail than assembled to discnas . . Ur . If ' riggtesteorlli . —VTe have culled amoetin ! iere to be held among onraelves , and we will not b driven out of die room * Mr . Kobekt M . tjiTix , » flox-Buinner was then called to the chair , who said that [ lie reason why s many had assembled here wa . i in conseuuence of paragraph which hod appeared in that day s Meri'riry Hnd ht shimW \ re glad to hear any observations -whiidi any person had to mukc relative to the object of the meeting . Mr . White , amemherof fhe " Lpeds ^ Workin Men ' s Association , " said . —as rtn . anerative of the town of Leeds , he wished to ask the persons wl were the originators of the paragraph already re ferred to , for what purpose the ? had culled th meeting ? Was il that they might come to a linn determination respecting thia long agitnted question —( A pause . ) As it appears mat no answer is likel TO be given to the question , I look upon it thnt th parties who caused the insertion of that paragran

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      . WiPf . —My highly respected Kend John Fielden Esu ., M . P ., has tavonred me with ii copy of a Parliamentary report , entitled "Third Ke ' port of foor LnwComnusgibners . " Tiiit book , ( had youlieonatal fonvermint with the courtosies of civilized society ,, you would liave felt bound in honour to have seni to me You bait not yot obtained a patent from the fiovertimeuI , tostab , withimpunity , t ] ie characters ijThBT Mrfestr'sluyal snlijertsintho dark ; but sucli is tho bunding , and hardening , and de ^ rading nntnre of jrour employment , thatit would s « em yoi f . mcythiit yon are oleviiied above your fellow mortals : undthink that you haie a ri ght , in defiance o liononr luidoljnstire . lo publish at the espensf v Hie pniAk-. the mpstfa ) s « oud imnrioiis stateraente respecting any Individual who dares to deny your riglit to usiirpttie | llaoi > of tlie British LeeiHiiiture . r . i iittAr lawj fur tile pt-rignsaud pii ^ periy « f all hei . M ; ijc ; tyV loyal ftibfecta id Enslaiul ciid Wales ; anil iifterliavmg dntit-su , yon njeui to think thai your tiifili and lniphty station , wiU prutect yen fi-on ihe charge of meanness , from those individuals whciQi you think proper thus to mulisn . Imito wliom you mve not the manliness WsenSo ui . py of your Blunders . 1 am lead to make these remarks , because 1 , i | i-ervc lhatiit 73 ofthe " . Report , " you have heei induced , "n doubt for sp « cial purposea , in state Jiat which ixfulsc respijcting nlysel £ ThefalxthvOh is of n very malignant character , and I have no hesitation m asserting , that persons who could be irnilty of such lneiinness . vtickednes " , and cowardice bave forgotten all the rulea of houour , which an . ( ilisfirved iu civHiml society . I have nut betm able tn read the whole of your report ; if , however , the rest of it be of the character of that portion which rehitesto 1-Iunntnafield , there , can tie doubt tha you have rewlveij lo fence around vour unconstiEiutioual oflics , with" ruisronrescutatioil , BlsudOT , ani fitlst'hood . Wlio your luformimt may have been you do nut tell the Parliament . I have taken , somt . Ssins to . nscertain hisnnme , and if I am not deceived , _ Ir , Wilijaii Sn-. iiN , the unhappy ( . ' uairinan of the lit jinKft !{ riELT > ilo . ird of Guardians , it * thtf mail Ifl am mi .-uiif- > rrueil . he will have an opportntiitj of cuntradictiiij ; mton this , aa well as on othei points , as I phidl tilts care to send him a copy o tins letter . It ' , however , it be true Uiat William Siv . iin is your informant , ofwhich I have no iloiiht , then nmstl ever resrel that human nature shoulL he fiii degraded , lhnt , even ufter cvnvemion , on ; man can Ije-fjuiid sn wicked and « o ungrateful- ss til backbite and slander his neighbour , whose ouli ¦ nuiH was . that on the day iu u , uestion , he risket liistiwnlili . . Td » ivy the lii ' eof Mb . Wilmaji Swjis Sir ^ . it is right that you should kuow the character of yiinr " Ctiairraan , " tliat in future you may know bow ni apurecmte Iheir te .-tim . iiiy . Willui Swiisin" Iiis ; h pro&iwQr of llelij-kra—liu is a 1 'ilUir . in that Ughly respectable cUnrcli , denomi nated IFadnyiin ftletlwdista ; whiit else lie is , ym p-ill leiiru when you hare read this letter , aud hi reply to It . Vuur report stiites . ¦¦ that on the . itli of June , a large assraublage of persons collucteil iu front o

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      TO THE BDITOBS OF THE NOHTHKRN 3 TAR . Gent . —I have to request a place in _ v , mrnext paper for some ustracts of a letter , written by : i nephew of mine , wlio went ( jiotir ) to Americu , abuut eigliL vears a ^ o . —\ oiir ' tf , itc-Oldharo , Doc . 6 , l&tf- J- KNIGHT . "Mnskingmn County , Salt Creek . Chmidlersvill . Ohio , . lime 15 , l&i " . " Dear Father mill Mother . —Vuur welcome letter enme saMy to hand , after a lonpj delay , as wp bav « left tbe Factory , and ail : now limr nnndird milfii from Baltimore , and twenty from ZaJiesville , which is am liraiKst . market to « u . WKMttheiaf-turyviboit . ' t ^ e lvo months Bgfh nnd arrived hera , after a tedioti ^ journey of twenty-two dnys , mid hnvis been living on our own lami ever since . ' It is a very pretty piaue . Jind we have thirty-eight flcrtjs uf cleared laud , ainL fortj-. tbree of wood luntl . We have agoudloghonsi ; , barn , ami stable ; alm > a beautiful 3-ouiig orvhsrd , and "what is more desirable than all , a delightful spring of pure water . I cannot describe how TnrtrK better I fcol satisfied in my mind since we came herL' . and if you ivaa here , my happiliesa would In : complete . More ttiaiinyeurhiis olajised siiico I sawu factory . : ind In ^ verwiah to &e anuilicr , liir Uiere is no cwmparisun whaU'ver lietwyeu lhe independent fumtir , wbo hreathas this puru uir , and those who are obliged to wurt in 1 ' autories . 1 hnd tinnhlliirta-d'iy uttered me beibni i Wt Aiaryland , and could Dam bin ! my own way iu alniont every flung , but I kll < hi coinpk-l- ' : dfii ernini .-ii ¦ . . ., _ . Smm 9 RICWnv Bd * rrMbMny ¦ - ' .. - ~ -. and lie wus vorv sorry to part with tni ' i but I fult mrselfgrnwinc weaker every year , to tltatMt luat 1 was scarcely sibh ) to stand my work , but my b .-- 'i ! ih . ii much impruvBd siuce I crane hen ! . In fact . 1 feeL ijuitoajiother man , and wns never bettor m my life than I am at tlie prudent tim « . 1 will nov .- give you ait account of the produce of my farm last year , and of uur present proojiecta . There was twenty ar / res of wheat sown lust fn . ll , but one , which produced bIjouI three ' hundred Uushels of wheat , at adollsrto ] and 1-otli per buabef . Alsosii . acres uf unts , which produced about two hundred nuishelH , nt . twenty-live centa each . Some ttax was aJsosown for domestic use , 61 r abnost every farmer hna : i apiniiHig wheel in lie house , and some of them a . loom also . We had also , a ^ reat deal of fruit ; ne gatHKipd nWut liilEe Srawilred bushels ol aji ]) les . aud two hundred and fifty bushels of peaches . I never saw soch lurae upplea in Ensluitii . We have a fine prospect for fruit tliis year also ; tha trees are all very full , both apples , and peaclies ,. aud plumbswliidi is . the moiB sntpriamg , ns ( he oldest settlers say , they never saw so tiatd a wiuter as tlie hist . I sowed fourteen acres of wheat myself last Fall , and it looks very w'ell ; and yuu oaimot iioa ^ ine howproud J feel of it , for itiathe nrst H'heat 1 ever sowed m my life . \ ploughed one field of five acre « this spring lor oats , the trrst ploughing I ever did , and I have * Usi » ploughed three aiTes for com . I hnve also rented ceven acres to be pnt in corn , nrui imri \ ol the ( rrflin will be my sliare . I plajili'd three "bushels of potatoes tn * t . year , mid got about fifty bushels . 1 have planted Bve-and-ii-half bnibels this spriBgi tind 1 think , the aceiiunt will satisfy you that tf . e land ii prodtietive .

      Wulinve alai gut a little stuck of cattle on our farm ; wo bate two cows « ud a cull- I had twenty dollars offered for one of tUeiu le- ^ t week . Wt refused it . We havo two horses whioii cost me eighty dollury , and the nture had a eolt » few weeks ago . We have ten pigs . 1 bought a siw obout nine monlhs old lost year fur five-and-a-half dollrns . We haw also twenty alteep , they an ; worth two dollars ( - ¦ ach . U ' e liav-B a . great mnny he » s , tliey are-worth about eight centa eitch : we raised about one hnndred . last summer , and now 1 see no four nt all of getting ou , for we hitve plenty of every tiling we could wish . We havi ? afso about twohimdn * dsu £ iir cane treej on our farm , whicli would make about two hundred anil ii fly lbs . of sugar in it year . We mode some suf > ar and molassi ^ s this spring . Sugar ig marie by boiling thi ^ - juice of the trees , tliirty-Tivo gallims ¦ >[ which will make idiout . sis pouniLi uf sngar . Thus yini tee we have scarcely nny fhinu to buy but ciiffet- and tea . TIJ 3 is Lhe cauntry where a pour mnti Jna . y iivt- independent , and I have every reason to believe that it is a . very healthy place . I have no rent to pay , nor firewood Do , buy , having plenty , on our own lanil . My land-tasu uotmore than three-fonrtb ^ of a dollar per year . It is now three yours sinca I bought tutiurni of eighty-one wires- for four hundred suid Hfty iloliurs . It cosr m' abunt si . xty dollurs hi travelling eipraees « hL'n I bought il . ' and S'i rapid t the advance in the price of land hflBJ , 'hnt I could now pell it fir one thpustmd rliillws any il .-vy . Dear father , my farm auri stock an : all paid for ; there is laud enough fur ns both ; -jll I wnut now in for you to come hither , and 1 am almost sure you would never want tn come W old Rowland again . 1 remain , Jour antoioimtf aim , JOHN KNIGHT . l ? i . B . This is thi ; progress whicli a poor young man , nu overloolwr of power loomS ; near Lefiils , iu Yorkshire , bus made by transpl ^ iEtin ^ r himm-Jf from . Bnglnndinto the MfcWr of Ohio , in North America > in about eichl years . Query—How many of tlioaer who remain iii Queen Victoria ' s doniii . ious have succeeded : so weli 111 the same perind . J . K—t .

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      From vJTttouS Lett Has which we have received , itappears that Sorlishire and Lancashire are now ripe for action , and but wait the fitting opportunity to declare what public opinion ill these two great counties reall y is ; for that purpose , a great mcetiuj ; of delegates , chnsett by the inhabitants of the several towns , will bj liolden at Leeds early in February , in order '¦¦ iM-i 11 ,- - those questions of most importaneciti Uiu nulliooK , awd to -v . - ^ \^ p a hill ot Tights for the urestsut generation . Due notice will be given of the time of meeting , and committees will be formed fur the purpose of carrjing &e object into elfect . O'Cnnnor , BeaumHni , Steptieus , ani Oistler will o course attend lis the virtual , if not the actual , represeutotives of Preston , Newcadtle . Annum 3 n& Hujldjyifield . Everything vtill he preiiared j - ' to ' . ^ tf *' ¦ opmnt .-tiible reception of the delega ( e ^ - >^( l , ! ili (^ M several towns nhould now be movW Ijrf flip ^ 0 "' i' ^ y cause . It will be a glorious me 5 ' | lK 1 '*^ 0 < t { (^ . j ( uiestion of indoatry will be there ( L ^ adi , ^ rii-iifn- . J ormtiel . ' , ' ' - . ' ^ - > .-S f- " ' A \ — 1 & ¦> : Un

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1837, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct986/page/7/