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      GREAT RADICAL AND ANTI-POOR LAW MEETING AT HALIFAX . ¦ ¦ * » ¦ - On M onday last * one of the most numerous and miniated meetings ever known , to have "been held in H aBfes , was convened in the Old Assembly jtoom at lie Talbot Inn , and subsequently by adjournment to the Large Area behind the said inn . There were" two bands of music , and several fiajrs , with appropriate inscriptions . The speakers , wilh the exception , perhaps , of tLe chairman . vt-s all - ( forking men , such as weavers , shoemakers , * V c . ; and noiTrirhstanuing the taunts and boastings of TOL-gs and Tories , as to the ignorance of the mu-- ^? , r . u ; l the sup / rinr . education n > " th : ? hicher elates , there ne ^ er w . < bt » srd such native elrquencv , snch forcible and c-. ^ Tinriz : ? unrunent , an- snch ^^^ ^^^^^ ^ nTJI ? AT * R AT ) Tn 4 Ti A 1 CTJ A"NF'I * I -PfirVR

      beauty and strength of espressien , from either middle class "HTiiEs or Tories , as -was contained in the speeches delivered on this occasion . If s-jch intelligence were every ¦ where called into action by tiie miiliciiis of toil-burdened artizans ; then—then forever wonld the recreant TVhigs cease their bumburthen would the iron-hearted Tones cease their hellish ; oppression , and the death-knell of the lactions ttil in solemn grandeur , -while the people , nerve ! and invigorated by their WToi-irs , wouli rise from their grave of tyranny and despair to derj o : ; t ¦ nmnirisated destruction to those principles and practices which , have entailed so mnch misery npon - the "human race .

      We give underneath a brief sketch of tl |> rcceedinirs . From the coldness of the day , and the iranr of accommodation , it was impossible to talce a rerbn ' an report , but thonsrh mnch of the e ' oqrence must necessarily te lest in an endeavour to give tu * > snh-tance of the proceedings , it- is hop _> i thnt noih ' iis is omitted , so far as the sense is concerned , whi < -h rouli tend to place " the meeting in an m \ - Jsvunnible lisht . THREE HOURS and a HALF did Iwween " THREE and FOUR THOUSAND MEN stand amid sbow and Tain , to listen to thccuaresses of their jteixow-workixg men . of -. vDicii adJrc-M . 's they testified their approbation by the louirst cheers . There was not -what is commonly callea " a man of vijluence' amongst them . . Men of ilnsiand ! renieniber that .

      At a little nfter twelve o ' clock , the Assembly Room , - was completely file- ? , and . theycrdue :: ea * . li ¦ was also crammed -with those who could not rain aiimntauc-e , Mr . Vj ' iru-JM Kidsox Thortuks was called 1 o ihe "hair . _ _ He opened the business by Teaming lhe bill by whicli the meeting was called , 1 : e > iti « i- us iras proud in Laving ihe honour of beinir chosen chairEian of that meeting for the principle . * -which they were then met to advocaxe ami the rights for ¦ which they intended to petition Parliament , were those TvLici . lie had advocated during the whole of his life .- —Hear , henr . —Hp considered tiiat every man , "when he entered into social compact , lal an truu ~ risrhi to have a voiciJ in ihc rcrrese ^

      Li-¦ uoh of Ms country -with his neighbour—Le-ir—nud he £ LbO considered that it "was the duty * ¦>• ' every npn to concede tLat right . For his own parr be lieniei laar lie-- as an elecror of Haliihx haa any Tight to ¦ c ? n ~ - any atitliori ^ r over "hi * neighbor , nor -. hi -: e claim avy paHnrad privilege for himsrlf which te cisuu ^ d not fur every man . \\ lieu he cou > i-iered " the erect number of " th ; popnlction in ilie parisli . vhich ainoTin ted To so many ihousa-a -3 s . nnd routm > tea them with the ncniber of electors , vriiicli amnnnied tc 3 y * u > about eiii"ht or tine Luncred he really felt iips / if obliged to confess ifcat "teblnsn ^ d vrS-i iV . ashsriel to represent bricks ard morirT . which ) e cert inly did -wiienhe voteJ as a ; -10 honxehjider . —Cheers . —As it regarde-J Annual Pani . un = -u ; .- : e considered them necessary to the jest adrniiiistr . tion oi tiis la-rs of trie conatrr . —liear . —T-iat they should hi conceded , "was m perfect ucc >> raauce -with ¦

      : tHe mies ana mssims oi" all cominerciai lErii . frr at certain periods of . the yecx they ini ! C ^\ n : iheir accoiu . ts , tiieir s-iocks'Wt .-re Uikeu , aru they eu .. ea-TOure ' t )) uie a " tr-sv t-f i ;" -cr iheir : in :: i ; s » ij <> c . Tbey -all knew ibe masim •"• That short tsc ^ v ' . ii : i ma * : e luun iriend ^ : " and . tin ' re at C Jiiistsmis- _ M -,-iii-| iv ri of P ^ rUanieutTr ere seiii iiuine to e » i _ , i > y Lo . i < --ay > , \ 1 # riirtugii ; . ilmt wcull b' j ' . lie ilite ^ -: time for tLe :: ; ti > raDleria their accounts cud tool-tiiiic * -ontinn : ; i : ce oftu ^ ir office in . case-they had . done their iuiy . — HtaiA . Lear . —As it regar . ed tlie Jiai ^ oi he c ; uv-i Ettle about it - ^? an in ^ iviinl . but he ^ oald n < n ha"e it upon an ~ conditions withont the saffcise . —Load dkrcis . —Thrn "when tae sunrage "K-as pro ]> er-y esieu-eil Le > uoulu . desire the Baiiot to protect t .. e poc-r vjter from the infvnence aisdinthiiidadon t > f tin * rich , -vrho unJer t ' ae pr ^ seat system oiten lead them to the poll more like Leasts of burden luan j ^^

      -rstiunai beiugs . —iiear , Lear . —Anoiuer right 5 ? r ihic-i they-were met to penti ^ ii -was the abolition d ti .-e property quaiincation for members of Par-Ecm ^ pt . A gr ^ Lit dtral hed b een > iiJ about lrelaaia daiiniug the ss ^ it" rights with tho people of England —a . ni he thonght thai the people of Eiio ] aii ( l Uaa a right to the sauie privile » c- > as the people of icotiaiid . —Cueeri—for there they liad no property qnaiirication : they cucld vik . e a pauper froia the wo ; Khonre ¦ vcitiioat either coat , hat . shoes , or stockines , au < i send him to Pariiamt-iit if they thuBjiLi- i rojei ; aad he v . as of opinion that it tvus L-iii ¦ fee the people of JEngland -were put in jn . s-* ef ? : oii o ; ' the same privileges as t ^ e peop e of that country .: CLeers . ——l ^ T ^ e room uciug uott so : rainmed saa there beirsr such a rush bv the

      p 2 rr : es ooi ^ ce obtain admitiance , a motion 11 sdjcuniiLent -yves made and carried , after -which the pec-ple -Trent into the area below , and part tlinainei in tae room loosins from tue TTiiido ^ s wai ch tere thrown open so as to let these insiue bear . The spirfeiers occnpied a balcony . ] The meeting laving been adjonrued the Chairman resumed his aiireis , suiting that there trere several resolntious ta 1 e snbmitte-i to ti-eix ctiei : tion -vraich tronld be spoken _ npon by their feiio \ s--vorkmen « -who he ia ^ ea Tvould be temperate in their language tha ^ 3 u ? r-aud the meeting might prove to Loth Whigs »! i Tories that "working iien were capable of znaliiginz the bnsiness of a meetiug as weil as the ]« Uwes of tliese factions—that the / know their nrlis aad felt tL = ir grievances , antl thai they were not-aBacqnainted "with the mode in which ' they ODghc to seek redress . —Loud cheers .

      • Mr . RoErBT Sutcliffe , a hanJ-loom weaver ¦* 2 » cillfd npon xo move the Sr .-t resoliitioii . He sol he had been called npon to move- a reso ^ ntion * &icii spoke about ? ome grievances . —Hear , hear . — Xcir , it was a Tnnxim among the old -women in his iskiiiiorrrhood , that a knowledge of a disease -sniGtiated to one half of ihe enre- ^ hear , hear—talciaftiiatfor granted he thought he might say-with ¦ Sifery tLat a knowledge of tne caaie of a ui ^ RasR ¦ Sdsli accomplish another fourth of that cure , und &si a knowledge of the remedy would eSect its E ^ -re eradication . —Cheers . —Snch was all tLat they Sssred—they wished for a complete Radical enre o ) £ fcar grievances , and then he-was satisfied they -wonld ^ iw more re ^ soa to complam . — Cheers . —tie « 0 uld . th « n , proceed to point out a few of tho-e l ^ ev-jjces . One of them he might state as the 1 feniniiou of all the others—that the country had I leen governed bv an olirarehv w"ho in titne * nasi

      I tad waged war with the rising Hberues of amiost I < reiT nation in the world—in someinstances directiy ad in others not only by wlthholaing their intef-I , ? S * PJK v-nt despotism , bnt also by secrrtly I S 2- ^ 1 ? their power and influence in its support . I To -liaerica _ they might refer in one instance , and I t > i _ . e desolating war that was carried on in France I i Biiotaer . —H ^ ar , hear . — -In that country murders ii ~ umerabie h-jji been committed—miserr indescfbabls had been endured—ocssus of blood had I fe * u shed—and in England an enormous debt had teen contracted to pay the -expenses , and -which I * as now weighing Engushinen uom to the ground . I —Hear , hear . —This was the leading evil under I thlcb . they laboured , and he was sure that nad the People of the country been fairly represented in I Parliament that evil would never nave existed ; had I tixey hid a voice in the legislation for the country I iiifT never -woulJ have sanctioned snch

      bloodshedtuch misery—and snch an enormous debt—Lond I ciseers . — \\ ar having ceased , in ord ^ r to TPaiT > T ^^ Arttocratic influence , the peopla were burdened iRth the bread tax , -which amounted sometimes to 150 percent , upon the poor man ' s loaf—hear—for T ^ sre a poorman now got one loaf he might then ¦^ ve got three , and was it to be expected that the I Jwpie wonll thns have taxed themselves , had they M *« 2 i fairly represented ?—hear , hear , and no , no . — V f i > e . speaker proceeded to enter into a lengthened * fca of the policy of the Whigs , since they had Ma iii office . Their first act was the Reform Bill , ^ waich the people were led to expect a redress of Ut ^ elr grievances , and after that , the -very next m **? of the Wteas was the nassins of the Irish

      ^ sndoaBDL >> ext carn ^ the misnamed Poor Law taeadment Act , and which was more properly ^ naiatea the Poor Man ' s Starvation Act , which r 5 che people had the franchise , would never have iJf ted . That was followed by the Combination , "C onspiracies Act . The money monger , said he , rj ^ ^ aliy conspire as they pleased to undervalue ^ " ^¦ aijd crush the working classes ; but if they S ^ f-r tbe protection of their labour , they were I ^ f * trans ? orta ti i a 3 might be seen in the IS ^ ° ^ ^ P ° rcb-ester labourers , aaid the Glasgow I ? aers ' ^^ latter had been tried and sentenced w ^ 11 years transportat : on : but if there was a

      * £ » ' . man m Englam ' , who did not raise Jiis I tzn ?^ si this unjust sentence , be ^ deserved to be ^^ rted along- with them . —Loud cheers . —He I ^ o stri ct and impartial Justice , and be deared ^ 2 " ^ e ^ TiiS ^ bad said that the working S ? T ere Jlot ^ tQ enjoy the franchise , because IW f ? £ u 2 icient iiitelbgence j but the real ^ 5 ^ i tlie case was , they were afraid that if too mW * e ^ ° ^ iad the franchise they would f eL * - ^ ' - to thtfirmonopolising system . —Hear , fe ^* ~ c e WC 3 IJ ' ld take C 58 of the working classes fc ^* P " - ' ^ ^ if more real intelligence , and B ^ sm rr- ^ tical wisdom , were not found amongst * S ~ . ^ amongst ki the collected wisduw of Vie J ^ ... would forfeit his existence , withont a " - ' or a agh . —Cheer ; . —Expecting Ms friend

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      who would follow him , wojld speak niore largely on the resolution , ht * wo ^ ld not longer , detain them tbr-T ! ' Ly morinff it . —Cbper < . ; ¦ _ A ! r . Benj . RrsnTor : was ca ^ eJ to second the resolution . He said tht-y were once more met to lay their grievances before , the Aristocracy . They bad been petitioE 5 ?; ff for the lpst forty or iifry years for Universal SniTrng-e—f !;;> Ci-un . jiaiis had * been ¦ petitioning for " eighteen v ^ ats for . a redress of tfcair grievances , and the Vi'ings wera now sending men to cut their throats , because they would not allow therrfhuds-to he applied to snefi . pnry . o «? s '' as the v might think proper . —Hear , hear . —He felt satisfied that until the people were put in possession * of the ^»* fcX- '^^^^^^^«^ Kg ^^^^^^ p . y .- ^ y ^ J w >> n ti-nni / i fnHnrr him - wfrilH siv » ak mnre : lnr ! rrfv on

      . STiffrsge , the Aristocracy would rob them , and the pafx- ^ p - rcrvnlr ! h ^ .-re ¦ nn TPvneny . Lori J . Russell by Lis condact had plainly declared that the systtan of chi- government in lvufiand was plunder—he had snid-trtat Rlform should progress no fnrt er—and afrer the declaration of Sir fl ' m , Blncksforie that taxation wit ' . ^ nr - .-prr-rTitnii- ' - 'ii "vrns tn : itnr - : > ' ;] nt to plunder , it mr , t W t-virns thnt Lnr . l J . " : ;< s ? H ' s policy was nothing less thnn p « yunJ to robbing a ' Tnnn of his money in the street . —Hear , hear . —It was said by some who objected to this nsscrtion thnt Lori J . Rusyell -was only an individual , and riot the whole Min -try ; ' but those who made this objection ought tt > remember that be was the montli-piece of the

      Ministry , nnd tliat he would not'bnve ventnred to make such nn n > s rtiop unless it had been iurreer \ hlt » to his colleagr . es in office . —Hear , henr . —Universal Snf : ' fagt > was thr » object tht * y had in view , nad if they worl 1 give tl ; em that they wonltl soon obrniu all th « T other wishes . —A voirs—they knmv it . —Yes , th : y knew it wpll ; they knew thr-t with Universal 5 nrTr-re their leaves vtA fish $ would - < lw ' n- 'le int-o nnl'Sir'E ' . nnd it ne ^ ici ^ o l ^ c Xr > prove tint th < v tbouEJit "< nly bow theyjsbonld secure"tb » prijovrnerjts ofH ^* fp f ihemselves . nai-i patient and obedient starr"t ' ev . for the pe ^ p ' - - * - —Cheers . —How 7 r . ; iny of them w ^ r- there thar mnld only earn tive "'< b : lHnffsa weeV , u : of which they ha-1 i « i pry for taxes , rent , fo . > d « ¦

      tr \ hr'u . clr-thi's and •• - : r : cn ^ . Mi ! - An i - " . us it not a Tr-. »] :-ltnnwn fsct th " . t ev n nt that _ pn . "o . Inb . onr "oy > l not 1-e obtained by tbonsan . ls ! And vet the rorer : *^ -- nt c ^ l vnt 5 « wsy the p ^ l'lic money br thoTjsnnds and milli ^ r . s . t a tim-e with the greatest iiidiflvrerce . — ¦ fh -7 T 2 je , s ? jrjne . —Mr . Rushtnn then putere-l zv . 'n a lonsr dei ? il of ibe wars which had or . i-Tol lipf . v . . - ; n Kiislr-: A nn-3 Fmnce , and to support which-the -n ^ tioTinl r !< -l't hrsd been in ^ urr-:. ^ Tie -: iv ^ rted to the . v . efficieiicy of the Rpinrm Bi ] 1 . the i' ! "V- ? .- ? it h ' ! j-mdrced , : md the circumstances under

      which it was ya .--r . ~ "—' up mnfonn ivraujsy of the W * h - < w \ t > . p t r . ^ -rver .-norj of jn > 'ice v . liiVh trns w or ? e than t ^ nt of'he Tories , imsmtich ns thf Infer md ? z \ - > r .-A- ^^ . o " .- ^ ' . v' - ; i- the oih ^ r pronised . ev ry-thing wl : i ] e ont nfnlfic . and did nntbins when in . l *? e cou' * r- e ! v . n i-ionneTir : d- ? re- > bv " ^ fe * v r- ^ mrks on the 13 r ;]] o' pnd Aimnnl Parljn ^ e-nt .: . Tlie resolution l . i'ii : ^ v ' - 't vrr . s carried n : > :: iii ) o ; : s ] y . -Mr . Ae- ! . Hansox Ta < cnll ^ J upon to : n ' - > v » t !?^ c ? st-- ^ orntrnn . He > = iil they we ' - e met nnnn r most im nfsvr --Tih'e . -T ^ n ^ n irost iinportiut o .- < - > " - f

      «" :: : tutrjf > :-rirh ^ a ; :, * - ' i g rbis . iwp- ^ n ! T : ; - . ' r- ; t for ibfui t- "> " vtifw l :-t v-l ; pn ) : e v-ork rc cln .- ? : s < U-ter-: nii > . d cn ^ n' - ^ rli ^ ertv -b . » v won ! . 5 Irvn i : ii :- " -t . ' of Vv . ^ r . - . wyv , - e i fct " or > . —Ch . ^ rs . —Thn > Roforrn YVl . ; hr > i-iil wV > h wr ;< sni . ' to Iv a * -, art . 'r « : f t ^ e I'V ; rti ~ - of Krr ! i > "l"tr :: ; p . hn ' 1 <\ ° n rr ^ iifed bv the V ^ L-i ^ s ns an nnri-jote to ml tiieir sarTpri nrs : 1 'u ' r ' r w . t ~ r , i > - xin win m r-r : ' » it : for the re > ple ]•¦ d Iin : 2 T . £ o l-. f-cv . ii '«•> se- - * ' ::::: < > 1 one as re ;> re-t'n :-rion was- ? a e . l up » n rr--pe : ry . th "? y wor . 1-1 have -, - ;> - >• rry 1 : w-mel-: ers r .: ! a pro- -. -rry jr . ' ' res , an " 1 ther .-snlt o " ¦ ¦ " ii ¦ ' . > :: !' ¦¦ of t ::-ivl-s rijipht -. ' asilv i ., » si ' .-u to e . n : l i 7 J r ' . e f ? i .-.-sr opp' - ! -- - < : ' > n . —Hear , h * > r . ! —V . 'i th : \ tlie Tr . ^ -iir . T *; " ! : ? of ( j ^ wrcment thev "> - ] kTio-rn or rer . 3 of .-w :-i-: iruo * « l-. in X'mi . it w > " hut tvrannv

      svfc-f * i- "i r . ff rvKviTiY f : 1 oTip-e ^^ iort b . :: r' - ' " l i 5 « i > n oppr ; -- > : o : ! . — \\< - ^ h ^ r . —Xv , ! wln . t t > tVe cause o ' " ail the-* e ' evils " nnt r > r : t he wckinsr classes hi i p . nt " * vr > ?/ in tb ^ rt .- re < i : :-r : on . —ll .- ; ir . —>"¦ : o : u' ro : iLl denv that ; be h-. d arii ; It Xn t ' : is v * j > .- ;¦> and none r .- « : 3 , l i-V'sy ; th- ' t " wif-ont it th :-y wer ? sl-W :-:. C 'I .-eers . —1 Lr" oi : ; er-iirt' l-etwet * n a * T . ive nni r fr - T > :-Ml ^ a-= I ::- —1 sliw we . s c ^ ii tr -Vie- * - ;•• t"h . « v-ii ] n a fr . « frr ; r > : ? . ^ ib- tho 'e- ? TT . : ' -- -: i ^ ::. itt"i crjt"t'rfT : ] l . - ti > \ h- ? laws of liis conn : ry berausp ] ik > hn . ) n vnv v in ¦ n : a ] . ii < c T ^ ein . — Cheers . — Iftlie ;; thpy -, r .-r ;> fre ^ niHn . no r .: 3 Til ; : i-Vr riclu to r > : t ' :: ! - - -r > w : t .: ovt theirronsfiit ; * Tto i ! rt ? orr . $ ir > r- " » H t ; < : ' - " of th *» ir liirt ' j- 'irhT . : m < l plT * r » rhftri on a L-v ^ l Tith the behsts of the tie .-. ! . He ™ , h .-r . —pow , tVo : i . - ^ ere fwx to ol > t : > : n

      represen ~ Tioi : r Th re was ? ut ovc ronrs . " which c--nl-l be snft-ly .-Vr-. ^ Ti J ed Tipon ; th ^ v Tnr . strely « Wnu their o ^ rji ujrited ex' _ rt-: or ! s—tV . ev v , v , s be . cov . rilvnt uf their own ^ ower?— : h- " r-- > - t ' rinh well of Tb" : n--s- ! v .-s . fi » r hitbvrro ? V eyh- -- ! 1 : fe ^ . jr : ir' ! it to think tlmt rr-ocey wns ev ? r-T - " : ir i : ; - ri . 'fv . ar . 1 ihrr . t -1 vmv was' p . ciima- —He ? r . h--: t . —T : -y were t = > think no mrii suT ^ 'H ^ r tr > tVfein-= e '» -e * i :: ; V > i > he w-s 5 ^ i , vr ' or in virrct " 1 —Lord cl ^ epr- 1—tbpy wtre to hono u r no 2 H 2 : i-bt-ransel : e wore a goodVrnt , or was spoV-rmf asnTmn-of p ^ n ^ j ^ rry—hnr " ^ iioi-v ^ r practi > .-d rirtne an-1 a-dvoT-ted therisrhts-of man . to him they wee chefrfullv . ^ iind thcrikftilly , ai ; d re ? pec * fu ]] y . to rive the ° richt hand of fellowship . —Cheers . — Lef thi < he . the - ^ n ' e of their condurt . nTj' 1 thev wtv . ild

      ? oj-it ! . i -tr : 3 Ti such a nnr . onnl re ^ hrmnrion ns wonV ! clai ' . ' en ail their hearts , ^ nd for ever relieve tl em from ail their on ^ res .- ^ o" -. —I . oti'l cheers . —Bt : t *• wh : st shnU Te do ? * ' wrs too often the crv of ihc pftiT j -le . And . «\" I- « s . this li w ! ct shall we do " did but ' rhr ? iji them the more spmrel y to tbo cli-. riot w "; : e ?! s of . ce > pnri > Tn . —llenr . —Thev ]; v . ilt the tyrants' m * a- -Jcm-: —tVcy -cre ? . * -- » d them Vjxnries they provided them with every comfort—th ° v fed the : n—cloLH rbem—sh ^ lt ^ rea them—^ meh ' t for them—ble-1 ipr them— dit-. ! f < -r them—and yet they werainrh cowards rnd slr . v ^ s as to snv . YA"l " nt shsil we do ?"—Long nud mntinued cheers . —Thus the people were every thing in a physical axid pri ^ ltictive spnyp—they were the chief pillar . * in the serial fibric—mannfoctares wc-ald pprish withont their

      labour—and the land wonld be a bnrren waste without their toil , —they - were wptv thine in z ] : ] iys : cal and productiye - en .-p , but they wpre nnthin ? " in a poli-ic ^ l sen ? e but the mp : ra slave ? -and serfs of the ; : ristnrracy of the land . r , nd the aristocracv of the spindle ; and they wonld never have dared " to treat them thus , had they not thoncht they were a set of cringir . 2 : cowards , ready to lich the dnst fn . 'm their feet , and to 3 d ? s the rod that srsote them . —Lorid cheers . —^^ Tiat bad the nristocracy done ? Whv , they had eiven them the >* ew Poor Law . whir ' h they never woujd have drre j 10 Think of , knowing as they did that every poor mnn had as cood a riphr as the proudest peer ' of the realm to live from the land that gave him birth . —Cheers . —The aristi-crary opposed the-p-ople ' s riffht ? . b :-can e they were ienorant . What did thev mean by i tr norarce '

      —Hmi . —Were they ignorant hec-ansr il'py could not jabber a few Greek and Latin words , the me-nins of Tvhirh few of the ari < tr > cracy understood . Cheers . — "W ould he b ? justified in * savin" that a weaver was ignorant because he coud not make r . pair of « hoes /—Continued cheering . —His notion of tae knowledge of a nation was . that that knowledge was the best which made every class of societv happy . —Hear , hear . —Did it lequiru a man to be an exquisite grammarian , or a profound rnathe ? riaticinn , to understand the people ' s wants ? Hear . bear , and no , no . —Pid it require him to be an i . onesl man : '—Loud cheers , laughter , and clapping of hands . —Alas , honesty wa ? totally disregarded in the questio ::. and rJl that was

      required was whether he could pay a rent of f ] 0 , and ihns instead of the representative qualification beins htis ? i upon int ~ I ! eft'jal capab : 3 itip 5 and moral worth , it was brs . ed upon pounds ., shill j ; gs , nnd pence . —Hear , bear . —Had money wants ? No . Property wanted -no protectior ! , it was its own sa f ety , for it was seldom sven that men w <» nt aw ? r ¦ with fields and "houses on their backs . —Laushter . — Property was safe in America , where the Suffrage wa « universal ; and why might it not be so in England . —Hear . —Let them then imitate ihe example of the Canadians , and be united in their demands for their

      rishts . -If they were determined to be disunited , tiey might be always petitioning without obtaining redress , while their grievances would be handeS down to posterity in all iheirri gour . —Hear . —Let not therefore their children hnve to say thesp are the legacies which jour dastardly forefathers have left us ; but let themloo"k to themonuments of plorverected to the honour of ' the men who broke those chains which would still have bound their children , and who . interested themselves in the welfare of generations that had not yet begun to exist . He moved the resolution and withdrew amid lend and continued

      cheers-Mr . Robert "Wilkixsox seconded the resolution He said if ever there was a time when the energies of theworking classes were called for to obtain their riehts that time was now . —Hear . —There existed a determined unanimity between the two great factions that the labouring classes should be afflicted , impoveriilied , and degraded ; and the only remedy that remained for them to adopt was the power they had in their own hands . —Hear . —He felt it as a cause of severe regret that those men who for years had professed to be the leaders of the people should now shrink froni _ advocating their cause , and this would furnish him with a sufficient excuse in standing forth in the glorious can * e of -liberty . But they wouli now endeavour to withstand the frowns of the Aristocracy , and the insolent jeers of the Whijrs , — Hear . —When it was considered that the neonfe

      were taxed and -not represented they would be degraded slaves , and deserve to remain in that position if they did not aronss themselves , and endea-Your to saake off tbe chains with which the two factions endeavoured' to bind them . —Cheers . —The Whigs told thsm they were not fit for the franchise ; if this was the case , " let the Whigs take away the taxes—hear and cheers ;—if they were not -fit to enjoy tbe one they were not fit to submit to the other —Hear , bear . —Was it so that they were exempt from taxes . —^ No , no . —No . He would tell them that the whols burden of taxation pressed upon the industry of tlie people . / There was a time when the people could have borne some taxation , but now . waees were reduced to so low a state that they were obliged to perfonn . a double amount of labour for a

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      much less nrnoun t of . ^ t * Snc , m order to ^ a able them to pay tins enormous amtHlnt 6 t taxation , ' iv . id yet thev were told they hod nd"interest in ilie-nation , and were not worth y of the franchise because ; -they were not able to payiMO a year for ahouse . —Shame . There were hundreds of men who did not earn more tharr-Cl ? a « yenr , with which they had to snpport their fnjr . ilies , aad conld these men however intelligent they mil lit Lp . be expected to pay such a sum for the ^ privilege of a vote ?—No , no . —The fact was that Totitig was ft mere property , concern—thns if a-man . r > : iid £ 5 ) a-yerj for a shop in which to bake brand , he could not rote ; but if ne had occasion to enlarge his jjremises a little , so ns to enable him to make mumns , and ' from which eulareement he bad to pay -tnii ^ T , " i . > nCT «~ i .. r ^ o * ,. , ; -,: « wt o i . ja J , « nKi ' . \'* i-. « , «

      another pnnnd . hecwnld then vote . —Lnughter . — "W ^ bat then was it that voted ? theman or the inurlinplace ? —The mumns tbe muinns , and laughter—and yet the men who haw the franchise taunt Us by snying we are not fit for it . —Hear , bear . —Mr . Wilkinson in a powerful address proceeded to show that the laws of ih ? country were entirely made for the protection of the rich—the corn law , for instance , was not to protect the fanner but the land proprietor . Suchhadbeen the conduct of tbe Whigs who talked about the finality of reform : he hoped however that thr"v would soon experience a final quitting of office . —Cheers . —I 7 e deprecated in strong terms the

      conduct of those who on former occasions had been rendy to assist them at tbeirmeetings , but who having now pot the Reform Billhad deserted them , Those inen havine now got all they wanted , "had not n sisrh for the snflTerines of the people , not a tear for the miseries of the distressed , and nothing of sympathy for the enre worn arti / . nn . —Hear , hear . —They had deserted the people , and not only had ; they deserted them . b \ it | tbey taunted their poverty and mocked ntth < Mr sorrow . —Hear , henr . —But the people had moral energy in themselves , and their principles would stan ! as long ns rruth . and he doubted not that their enerries worild ultimately obtain their

      success . He concluded by recommending them to inite and refrain from using excisonble articles , to l ^ y by if bnt a sovereign , and that would furnish tii :-Tn with a wi-npon which when-the time came , wo- > ild ennble them to plnrk up the system at once rnd win for them the blessings of their country and th- en 3 oymeuts of freedom . —Cheers . Mr . John * Crorsland moved that a petition finbndying the resolutions , be adopted by the meeting . ' Mr . Cj-irrn Feconded the motion . / He had not mnch faith in the snfre-s of the petition , but it was the only constitutional means that wasieft for them io n .-lopt . He was glad 'hey b : id heard no violent irTgiiflgp . n- ; the reporters conld not go away Plid - nv thev had henrd any-thine of thp kind . —A " yoip « .

      iw I ' uliftu- Ejprefs will lie . —Never mindI . ' . the Hti !>/ a . r E-i / jn-ss . they conld do very well withont it . mid n-. > hody bnt Wbigs would ever think of belipv ' njr nny th n « it . snid . "He had snid he lv . \ d little firith i : i the sn •• - " >?> of their petition . He knew th-it as soon as it ^ . as rend , if indeed it was read nt all , it wo'ild be throTTj ) tnid . ^ r a table , and a fellow with a bacwonld . take it awny . audit wonld never bo h-. »; ir « l of v . -, nr , \ "Bnt still they were to petition : th ? vri .-e of justice could not thus be always hushed , n .-r would its demands always be so easily met . — I . ¦ rehear . —Iltjcongratnl . it / d t ] iem on the conduct of the poYennTent , for ho was j-ure if tbt'y did not - •» on niter their conr .- '»» . the d : iv wor . ld sohn

      c . - > : ne that wonlJ eiTect a complete and Radical ohr . nce . —Clieers . —V . 'bnt . 'Yor hnd yi-t l . c ^ n done iiMbe way of tliv Rcfunn hnd bpoi : done , tliouch not for the people , yet tlinmgh the . people ' s ii . flucv . r ,-, And what Vi > re the " thanks t ' jey received r " » v . i tho-e in workins . t : 1 io * -v » benefit they had been i' ^ tnimentn ] ? Mr . D . Aixrs'hari told them-to" meet in tens and hundreds of thousands at Wiikefield , to rarry in th- * V , " } iijr- . who wonld do every ibinjj-for tbe p » T . pV « . The people did pii , and in 183 f ) . at the rtii ' t-tlus : > . ; P-. H > p Creeh . ibes : nnere : itle : nan declared tbnt it v ., -i < hij-hly irnprjiperfor the penplH to meet in M 3 " -h ^ -rirj ^ ers . "—fih'uns for ISIr . BaiiH's . —He r- » Tir— : lt » d to the rt'Oide whether it vns not ? o . —W « .

      y-sfn > ma thfiisand voices . —Fr . ch was the conduct ¦ " . ' .- \ rr « n < : ste : iry of tb " Vi b ' gs . and snch it would be till on- ~ e mure theyweiv ont of office . Bntlie hoptfd the day would ! - ; ion coine when these things wonld b-: > .-trane-pl y nltt-r-. l . and when every Eu ' dishman would havi » tho-e risht . * .- which ns" freemen they > ' -2 ; : t _ to e ;; jov . —rLeers . A vote of ' thanks was ih ^ -a river , to ~ S ' r . TivinnTnN for bis ser \ -ic . s in the e ' nir . to whi h he repli * " ! . tlmt on nil orcr . sions he ? bo : ilil be rendy to advance the happiness of his fellow town : ner . and whenever he wn < called upon for Iljnt purpose hi * porker , and ns-i ^ -ince . sn Car as lis means would allow , would always be ready . A _ new rr . eetinr was then nnnouncel for ' the purjjose of p ' t : tioninj . ' -f « ir a reneal of the Poor Law .

      Mr . Bk . vjavix Rrsn-rax wa- called to the chair . He said that the law nr ^ in . ^ t which they were about t > p .-iition was one which was calcub . te ' d to drive old y eo-.-le to prison and youn ? ones to t ^ e jrnllo-vs . He tho : i £ rbt it hard tli-t after a man had labnnr .--d -hard for n livelihood for 40 or 50 year ? , he should be sent to spend the rest of hi * d :: ys ' in a Poor Law -dungeon : 15 } d . per head p ;> r week was the sum allowed by the Poor Law CoTnrriisKnrje-r . "' , for able-bodied meiishnpe—there th ~ ee fellows , who knew as much nbnut their 1 < vp . ] nflair .- - as the man in . the moon . —Hear , ber ^ r . —lie thouelit thnt-when a nation execrated a law ns much " " the English people ' . h-ite-l this law , the Gowrnrnent onrlit no longer to insitt on its beine carried ont . Civil society was formed for the rood of the whole , and not n , pnrt—the greatest good ^ o thp £ rreate < t r : T : ml > er . —Hear , hear . —Efjnal ' rijrhts for all men was nil they desired : with this they wonld be content—without it they would never cease -tn neitate . —CheeTS . "

      Mr . William Tunr . XTnx moved the first re ^ oluti"ii . lie said the New Poor Law was such a pet witli the fraitor-h ^ Prted Whins , that they found one of tlu'ir greatest pleasures in everlastingly exhibiting it-as oneof the most . surprising developments of bnnian wisdom that bad ever been presented to the hrjnan miml . —Cheer ? :. —It appeared they took a s- ' 7 ^ n > me delight in adding insult to misery , and ^ tarvatjen and denth to poverty . —Hear , hear . —It had be-: i said that the New Poor Law was a preat boon to th . » people : a boon to the people , forsooth . ' When by the increase of micbinpry , the enereies of the country were wasted in contributing to the luxuries of tbp aristocracy , the people-were to be blessed with a bul to amend the -J 3 d of Elizabeth !! The New - Poor Law , however , instead of amending the 43 rd of Elizabeth , was s . total repeal of that measure , and it

      was notonly a repeal of what had contributed somethinsr towards the comfort of the distressed , but it was in i ts-elf a most tyrannical ennctment . It was founded m tbe grossest injustice , and its end would be bloodshed and death ; for it had been proved before the Poor Law Committee of Enquiry , that the Poorhnnse basriles were conducted on . surb , miserable principle of economy , that fevers had been engendered that had terminated in death . —Hear . hear . —The power of the Commissioner- ; was unlimited , and therefore unconstitutional . It was nothing less than a . transfer of the whole power of tbe British Constitution into the hands of thrfemen , tliat they min-ht act in dire . -t opposition to all the principles of the Constitution , and do as they mieht think right with tbe sufferins pnrt of ' the ' coTjnnnnity . —IJenr , iiear . —The poor in the bp . stile * were treated worse t .: an men taken up f . * r hisbway robb ' srv and murder .

      —Henr , hear . —Yet ; b , > Whks boasted » prfcat deal of th : s measure , and eulogised it as one of tKe best of their nets . Mr . Thornton referred to tlie Halifax Express , in proof of this as ? ertii > n , relnling a story abont its being _ a play tiling for pnps nndkitteBs ; nn ' d he thonght while it occupied no more important a . sphere , it could not . do much harm to their cause . He spoke at considerable length relative to the power delegated to representatives in Parliament , which he said it was unconstitutional again to delegnte to others . _ He adverted to the pompous orders of the Commissioners , which he said were as binding on the Guardians as those laws passed by both Houses Of Parhn-me-nt , nnd ricTie-lby tbe Queen . lie read several of the dietary tables which had been greatly

      extolled by the Halifax Express , as fn . rnish . ing an ampie prorision for the poor . He then entered into along detail of the conduct of the Whigs since their taking office in 1831 . He reviewed their several acts and denounced the most of them as unjust and tyrannical . He concluded a long address , in which he was loudly cheered , by recommendin g the people to pay their poor-rates , and apply thom as they thonght most conducive to the interests of the poor . Mr . Robert Wiikinsox seconded the resolntion . He said that it bad been observed by the Duke of Sussex , that the New Poor Law was a great boon to the people . What a shame it was thnt the working men of England wonld not accept such a boon from snch a kind and feeling Government as that which

      aad ottered it—Hear , bear , and laughter . —This boon gave them two pints of gruel per day : and they ought to remember that seven pounds of oatmeal would make 150 p ints of gruel . —Continued Kv'T ? 16 Duke < " S' -ssex and the order to which he belonged never refused a boon : they had oontaTed to get not merely . * few , but also all the flesh and blood of the people . —Hear , bear . —But lie wished more particularly , in addressing them , again to wipe off a stain from their characters with which they had been shamefull y and unjustly stigmatized . Lord Brougham had said that the female part of the working classes had no chastity ! There was a pretty mralt offered to their wives and daughtersan insult which they-ought to repel with all the power of which they were capable . —Shame . Khnme .

      w as this true?—Here the indignation of the multitude was strikingly obvious . —Were they willing that their daughters should be called prostitutes by a Government pensioner . This he would say , that whatever might be the conduct of the poor working Jemale , there was scarcely such a thing as chastity among the higher orders . —Hear , hear . —He appealed not to them only , but to the world , if this was not a fact ; did not every page of history record it to their shame ; and did not every day ' s experience verify the disgraceful truth . —Hear , hear . —What had the Ivew Poor Law done to promote the chastity of the working classes ? Had it not given to the seducer of tbe fair sex the most ample protection . —Hear ,

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      ^• ""^ " ^''^ "Mi ^^ ait tue . Ua < l passions of . hiimau natutVf unrestrained wtherb y justice or the iuw ?~ -tf * ir , h $ ii ^ piA it ¦ not a Mow ^ ah—nay " , ; not only jfjll 6 . iv . Uito > bu { p < jrl ect ] y . Justify him in ruiuing bis defenceless d » A confiding victim who ^ as thus left ; a prey io ei'ery sorrowy and whose end wds too often despair arid aft cntjmelyjjfl-aye MHear , hear . —And ' would nbttue jnen ot-irlahlux wipe away this fojrl stniri from t&ftir dearest friends , ¦ ¦ ' . and ' accord to ¦ their ; wivS and daughters that protection which they were unable / to exercise for themselves ?—Cheers . —He ; wotld tell the motheri and daughters Of England that whatever might be . the result , tlie men of Halifax bad come to the detenninntibn ( to protect their mothers , wives , and daughters at eyeiy cost—they had de-^ rajuied it should never be said that Englishmen in jjfpry * py ^ jfXSS ' imi ^ it ^^^ m imi ^^ ¦ ' i ;' - ' - , " \ ' r ' - ¦ - ' ' - ^ /> ¦ : - - ¦ ¦ - I .

      Halifox were so callous to every feeling that cpuld dignity mankind as tamely to see the fairest flowers of creatio ^ withered by a beastly Actof Parliament , which would have done honour to a Council in Pandemonium . —Loud cheers . — -As for Brougham , his opinions were as false ns the fa . ther of lies . He had lost his moial character : be was no more the . Brougham of England : never more would lie rise in the estimation of the hardworking men of this country : he might try as he would and prate till doomsday : the deed was done—he was no morehe was politically dead , and he ( Mr . Wilkinson ) would read them his epitaph .- " There was a mault that . lie was n man- ^ not that his manhood could be called m question : —be died politicaljy in the land that gave him-birth" ,.-as much detested ns ere was locust on the land it blasted . ' —Loud cheers

      , Mr . Templeto n moved the next resolution , which was seconded by . •¦ : ¦ ¦ . F- , ^ - Culpham ^ He regretted that England shouHl be disgraced by such a law as that against which they were met to petition-iEngraud , that had been so instrumental in sending religion to every nuatterofthe-globe ;'' .-Biit ,:-Ue-rejpiced ' tosee-sucli a demonstration of popular feeling ctgainst it ; and be thought the voice of the people could hot always be unheeded by the Governnient ,, It appeared , from that , meeting ^ that humanity had not entirely fled from tKe ¦ country , that there -were still in the hind

      many men of mnch kihdfeeling to wish well to their felloiy-creatures , and to manifest their detestation of such a cruel and unjust enkctment .- ^ Hearf hear ^~ H was upon this ground he seconded the ; resolution . Mr . James Gr . KENMropD moved the adoption of a l ) etition , embodying the resolutions , which was seconded by Air . Rkuben Bakchovt , The resolutions , which were similar to those-passod at oth « r mi ? etm > sof a like nature , were all carried unanimously . A Vote- of thanks wns given to the chairmnn . and after tlvreii cbeeTS for the Riulicfil cause , nntl three for the repeal / of the New Poor Law the meeting dispersed .

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      PUBLIC M RET 1 NG AT HUDDKRSFIELD , ON BEHALF OF THE GLASGOW COTTON SPINNERS . On MonJay evening a spii ' itt'd aiid-ivelj attended mi'L'tin ^ to . ) l <' n'lace'iii-thfliirjie room of tho Pociai , iNSTiTt ; . Ti (! . \ , M ; inclie * tiT ¥ tm't . trtjjetiiionthi'Qucen and both ilouses of Pai : li ; irn « nt , for tlie liberation ot those persecuted individuals ^ vho have been sentenced to seven years tr . vnspttrlution for the JiUrijcious crime o f- seeking-to protect their labour . Mr . Eziia Piulsti . ev was culled to the chair , who briefly opened the business , by "¦ statiuar the deep importance of tlie object fur which the meeting- hail been convened . fr

      . - ^ . K'i-UT or . i Mr . Oastlev , whicli -vtnted . bis Inamlily to attend the inootiug was read , after ' . vhich , Mr . PjTKKT ' ni . KY . - ' snid he- ' had been cnlled on to move ihe fir ^ t r ^ ol utinn , but as he way lnbouring under a severe cold hp hoped the nit'eting woulJ excuse iijjn if lu did nut say " much . The resolution describi-d tynuiny , which ' was disgraceful to any chilizwd country , and--barbiirity vhich oiifrht not tli be subrrnUi'J . to ; it \ vn . « clenr that-thc Whigs wore resolved to reduce thivpeople' t » t \ w lowest jjossible state . of : existence . That , this was one of their acts ' , and in perfect consonailce j with Stivtv-at ion Law , the R :: r ; il Police Law , nud' the transporting of the Diirchesterldbouvers , and ilioso five virtuous . '" -riie-n , tbe coerciiis of the Irish and the Cannd-ians , left it

      impossible for us to be astonished at any net which thi'v inight perfjjrm , " and-exhorted , tin * -meeting to p lace no - confidence- in tlu-ni . whatever ; but to u ' niteij be firm , di'pend upon their own enurpit'S , or they must remain slaves .. He Ihen read some extracts from speeches indent a ineoting held at Newcastleupon-Tyne , last \ Vedriesday , <> ni the siinie > -subject ; which showed that Sir Robert IVel had got his £ 100 , 000 from Cotton Spinners ^ that - 'Brouirhhrn had provided- Bastiles'for' tht'in , that they weredetermint'd t 6-fi » bt with their ' . tongues , : but- ifthat Avould not do they would use their arms ; that one speaker said he would rather than see those , men leave Britain ' s Isle lu- would lose hii life , and added now is the time to plunire your swords into the Whiff

      and 1 bry faction ; ' those profit-mongers must be consumed in an universal con narration ; and asked if they would . permit ., them to lerive Britain ' s Isle , ( and was answered no , no ^ by the rn ^ etiug . ) and it ' so sent , then war to the knife ; and that another speaker nt-the some , meeting , said the time was arrived when the exhortation once given in the land of . Tndea should be followed iji this country , he that hath nosWord let him sell his g : inn « nt and buy one . After stating th ; it rather than see the men leave . the country , hti would throw a firebrand into tbe bastilc , and see . . them perish in the flames ; that ho-ntpreeil to petition with reluctance ,- cohciuded bv

      asking what an awful ' condition they \ yould be plare ' d iii i I those men were transpnrtedi : and " tliat ! Vrural ] joliee will be established to watch them in t . li < iir \ valk » ,. }» nd assassins would be hired to butcher their fellowcrontures ; that he objected to revolution , bnt rather than submit to live n -slave , 'he would die . lie tlien moved , a resolution pledging ; the meeting to obtain by every possible means the total omission of the sen tenci'on their five unfortunate brethren of Glasgow . Mr . . P . said he had read those few extract * to Show that the men in . the north were not less -. . determined th . an the men of Huddersfield , and concluded by reading the resolution , ¦ -. . . ¦ ¦

      " 1 hat the seizure of the whole of . the Spinners Conjmi ttee ( eighteen in riuinber ) their imprisonment m damp cells—some of them shi pped and left witlaout bed or bedding all night , and afterwards liberated ' without tnnl or recompense , is a gross violation of justice . But to select five of them for the purpose of victimization , is the extreme of tyranny and injustice , nud ought to excite the utmost indignation m the breast of every working man . " . The resolution was . seconded by Mr . Joshua Goriiunn , and o-rmed unanimously .

      Mr . Samuel Binns moved the second resolution , in a maiden speech , which wns . well received . —He dwelt on the trying situation of the' poor victims - — on the identity of their cause with that of labour , and generally gave fi striking anal ysis of the refwmed House <> f Comrnons—shewing the proportion of Lords , ftlarqn . ises vBnrone ts , \\ ononrablej alitl Right Honourable ¦ Gentlemen , Lawyers , , < fec . ^ < fcc :, vRll , ~ of ¦ n early so , inimical to the rights of industry—whence h <; inferred that it was not to be wonrlerecl at that unjust laws should be . enacted against . the working men by such a race of beings .

      Mr . . Wm ; -. Cunningham ,, ( an iri . slimnn , ) -secQiuded the resolution in a speech which elicited considerable applause . He stated . to the meeting the ^ hardships he had to encounter in his own country , but that he had left father nnd mother , sister and brother ^ rather than submit to the tyrannical schemes of the Irish masters , lie denounced .-Mr . O'Connell ns among tlie deadliest enemies of the- working men , and ex-S-essed his pleasure in finding that the Tiiades of ubhn were beginning to new his charncter in its true light Mr . C . concluded by calling upon the

      meeting to attord every assistance possible to the wives and children of the unfortuntito : vjctiihs . The resolution was hnaninijDiisl y carried , ' , " ¦ T ^ , the adjourning of the trial three times by to e : Whig- Lord Advocate , the immense expence to which the ^ persons were put by the Crown , the payment of the real prosecutors ( tie master Cotton Manners ) law exp ;> nces , the impntinelling of a jury of masters and capitalists , ^" of gentlemenqf the middle class , instead of their peers , working men , are separately acts at once unconstitutional , illegal , unjust , and unmerciful . " , ^ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ '?

      The resolution was nnaniniously carried ; The _ Rev . Wm . Wood moved the third resolution j lnat as the same law and the snme justice ought to exist on both sides of the Tweedjarid that as on this side ot that river , a verdict of guilty could not have been recorded , except by an unaniTnous jiiry , according to the justly lauded English trial by jury , the men ought to have beeii acquitted by seven honest men , and . only-convicted 'by eight tyrannical dunces . " . - ' - ¦ .-. r . , . .:- . . ,. -. ¦ .. ; .. ' . . .. ;¦¦; ,-: :- . .. Mr . Wood expressed tbe deepest sympathy for the Cotton Spinners—he said that he felt ' pained at heart , —that sleep had fled from his eyes , and that on Sunday he had preached from the placard calling that meeting , which he produced and laid upon th « desk . From that document helearoed ( lie said ) that the men were condemned for cons piritc )/ L :- —well * ah < 3 if they were—wasthere not a . sufficient cause for it ?

      \ es , and be wonld state a few of those' causes , for it wa * only a conspiracy to save tliRmselvs from the starvation point ... One cause , said Mr < W ,, was the yq £ t : in , cr « 3 ase of : jn ^ ebjnery whicb . took away their laponT ; 4 aniwdueed . tb . eir wages . -Another cause was the unfaithfulness of the ministers of the gospel ATho neglected their flocks , nnd preached to please s « ch men .. ¦ They su ffered human laws , to contravene the ^ dmnelaw , and even took part with the rebels instead of tnltmg the red hot pincers of God ' s word to tear oft the-festering gangrene of sm and worldlymindedness , they made soft plasters to quiet their guilty consciences . —Loud applause . —They suffered tyrants ( sai d Mr . \ Y . ) to nass such laws as ' the Poor Law Amendment Act . The gospel denounced such a law . Jesus Christ was a Poor Law Comrnissimier , not like the Three at London—the Aposties were

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      ¦ ¦ JiSJaT' ^*^ ' !?' ' ^^^ iiicatioiy wasto ( Jo . good to thy bodies . au . d soulsof men Tht ; ^ n ¦ " pertain : man , wlJ ( , wantedto be a Poor Law ( imi-. * te . * uU ^ . . do to inherit eternal life : « i : li'H W&wmi&hwe . l kept from my youth un vrtv ^ ncM vet : ^ , I ^ " ai « T , if thou wiltVe $£ & $ g 0 : and selltUat tlidu hast , jrnd give to the poor , &c . ^¦ C tr Ueu th"e-totmg : Tpaa-heard . tlia-tsh . y ingvHe ' went away wrrowfol ; for he Had great possessions . - Ah , tatnd Mr Wood ) if these were file terms of the three l-Gmmissioners , they would Hot have one Guardian . nor Assistant Cpmmissioner . --yeheri : ent cheering . T ^ Slr . ' Wood said that twelve montks ago he thouglit it a sin to read a newspaper , btr t ;( sai ' d- % ) the Bible teaches me to denounce tyrants , andtbenevrsDaners

      tell . me- who ; are the tyrants : Tto three CcmiTOs-. sipners . aJe ' wbrse ' . t ^ n-the-aevih'ior' ^ e . hattt- ' only . the power of suggesting , ; that which is evil r but they have the power of carryingit into execution ,, and the whole system : made men worse than infidels , for . it preyented them from providing the things necessary for the comfort of their Bousehbld , and the ¦¦ parsonsr ^ nis brethren in the gospelr-followed a soul-sa \ ing and a body damning system , which Mr . W ' ood shewed to becontrary to Scripture . The speaker was Tehmently chnered at the conclusion . . ; Mr . J . Hanson , in seconding the motion said , be uriderstobd it to be a part of the constitution of this country , that , those who were intrusted with power wereneither to deny , hot sellnor delay justice ; but

      , in the ca « e of the poor Cotton Spinners , the aiithorities ^ had both delayed , sold , nnd ultimately denied justice—for . it was upwards of six months since the men were apprehended , and their trial hail been put oft several times in order to create expence and exhaust : their funds , while their prosecutors ha 4 been relieved attbe public cost . —Shame , shame . —Arid what was the . crime of these men ? Why they had been accused of murder , and other -offences ' , but , ' ( said } he speaker . ) I will tell you whnt the hateful oilenci ! J * ' —it is the attempt to raise wages , or to prevent a reduction . No crime like this now-a-clnys , —this is always treason against the Majesty of capital , — capital sits on the high place , and ; with a sceptre of iron crushes to the earth the industrious classes . —

      Mnrdof indeed ! what care , the tyrants for tlie rmivfler of a poor man ?—nothing ' They bold . liumnri life cheap , —they care much less for a poor man than fora horsn . or a > dog ;—but to seek to protect wligcs is n rnostunpardonable crime . Why is notmroippoly a crimp ? Why is not the profit . monger ' . guilty for . seeking to extend his profits ? These are tlie classes who swallow up the . ¦ fr uits of labour and impoverish the labourer , yet there is no criminality in those parties '; but the producers of all wealth are to be driven to the stan'ation point : yen mnr . h below Irish beggary—for their lot will bo intense exertion with extreme . privation . All are bearing Hown upon the labourers for"their degradation . The Now Poor Ta \ y has been mentioned ; letme notice ( snid Mr . H . ) a , i

      nrgnmcnr used by Mr . Roebuck regarding thntlnw—Tlosays there nfe two sorts ' of poor , tbe i'lk-Wl tbe ii ) dffsfrio » .

      concems of person and chnrncta-, nnd asked why sbr . ubl not they on the other side of the Tweed have tbe benefit of the earne law rwhenthe " eight -tyrannical dnncps "; would hnve : boen overruled hv the seven honest men . —Mr . II . . concluded . by calling on tbe working men to stand by their order , find never tn cease embbpning the deeds of their tyrants before the eyes of the world , —Cheers . The resolution passed . unanimouslyi Mr . R . . Buchanan-- moved the fonrih rpsolution , "That this ^ meeting views , those acts of tvnmny a _ s a new series of oppressions , by a middie-clnss Government—the direst curse which ' can be indicted upon any country—in order to subjugate ' totally . the minds nnd bodies of the people : and we . lu ? r <* by

      warn our fellow-workmen throughout-England , that unless they . rouse , ¦ th emselves , '' and . resist to the ¦ utt ermost , that a Rural 'Police , and evpry other means of degradation , will be impose *! -upo ' a them by the enemies of the ridits of industry . " lie said if there were one individual more than another who ought to feel acutely on the fate of the Glasgow Cotton S pinners , that individual , was himself . If early impressions and associations , and all the other charms , which lie in the name of country , had . inspiration abont them , he was bound to raise his voice figainst the partial , cruel , and unjust sentenre which had been passed upon men of the same nation , and of the rajne district ^ with , himself . "But away with such considerations ! This was im question of country . It was a question of life and death-r-of wea , ! th ngainst poverty- ^ of ciipif al acalnst

      labour—interesting to every class , but especially the working cbiss , who ,, in the pervons of the Gla ' sg-ow Cofton S pinners , had been barbarousl y and wantonly ins . uHod . —Cheers . —Mr . Buchanan -proceeded- at considerable , lenirth in ' cteiionncing a middle-clnss fioverhitnent as ' the direst curse thnt could be lnflicteil upon any country—contrasted them with the ariftocnvry ^ who , h

      Mr . S ynrHKN * Dickinsox , in seennding the resolution , said -he ¦ was not a spyechifier , b ' ut a . man of deeds . . He was . ever at bts post . Mr . Bncliannn had said something about . raiddle-clnss government , and he would a , * k when did any of the ten-ponndpvs attend any of their meetuit's , or do anything for the working : classes .. Mr . T ) . said he bad been always against the Reform , Bill , sn called , and had thought with that , great man , Mr . Hunt , that it was biita mere hoax upon the people , and as such wonld never do any good . He then cohciuded by cordially seronding the motion . Carried unanimously . . Mr . ; Pmcimiiuy moved the sixth resolution , k

      _ Fliat a ]) etitioni , founded on the foregoing resolution s be speedily prepared by the committee , and forwarded for presentation to the Queen and the House of Peers , to Earl Stanhope , and to-the Commons , to General Johnson . " And also that a comrnittee be appointed to prepare the address and . petition : ? , ¦ to obtain signatures , to collect subscriptions , and to correspond with a central committee , which would no doubt be immediafely ' formed in Glasgow , Manchester , or London , and so be fully prepared to assist in ngltating the country from one end to the other , from-the land ' s-end to the Tweedand from the

      , 1 weed to John O'Groat ' s ; and also the Green Isle . now that its inhabitants had had their eyes opened t < v the deception :- and designs of the arenrtraitor , O'Connell , who , no doubt , had gone toTJublin on purpose , and by the instruction of the Whig Government , in order to give a mortal stab to the interests of Working men , and justify the hanging or transporting of the Glasgow Cotton Spinners . The petition was passed unanimously . The Chairman was then moved out of the chair , and Mr . L . Dickinson was called to occupy it ; A vot * of thanks was then carried by acclamivtion to Mr . Prie . stley for his services in the chair .

      Mr . Dickinson was voted into the chair while the affairs of the Canadians were taken into consideration , it being thought that the meeting-ought not to separate without entering their protest against the wnr which now rages in that country-, ; Mr . Buchanan rose to , niove the following resoiuhon cjonceming Canada .:-r- *> That this meeting viewing with feelings of indignation , the present attempt of-the Government to put down liberty in Canada , deeply sympathize with the much-injured inhabitants of that colony ; aiid consider , that to increase the national debt , or to appropriate any portion of oxir natiotial revenue arising from the sinews : of ah overworked andinsulted population , for the purpose of parrying on that unlioly war , to be a wanton

      violation Mjusttce and national right , and ought to b e resisted . " > He said , that as they bad met that night to denounce tyranny at home , they might as well , before parting , enter their solemn protest against carrying on a war of exterminatioiv against tbe Canadians * Whenever despotism presented ltself ^ -whether at home or abroad , it was our duty to . ra . ise our voices against it ; but iriore ; especially wtieri our labour would bave to be . additionally taxed to pay the mercenaries vboAvpuld nave to do the work . It had been said by some of the government newspaper-hacks , that the Canadians had no reason-for , revolt , that they were seditious French rebelsyAvho were impatient to throw off our parental government , ar id rob the British settlers ; of their property . Let Us , however ; examine the causes which have led to this calamitous arlair . In Lower

      Gv . nada the House of Assembly represented the great . mass of the , pe (« plej while the legislative council Nvas , very limited m numbers , and composed of mere government nominees ; hirelings , ready to d < i any species of dirty ^ work ^ to pleasei me Goverhor and his masters : - —Cheers .-T-A number of Bills " were introduced into the House of Assembly ; anVongst which was one for a system of Natibhal Educatibn , another fora proper system of Trial by Jury . Tiiere Was also a Bill to limit the number of emigrants in each ship , and to provide a sumcient quantity of provisions on board for them ; it being a practice to send out rotten ships , stowed full of passengers , with scanty provisions , which produced disease , and thousandBOi poor wretches , were cast naked and desolate every ; year / upon the shores of the St . . . Lawrence , aad which , but for the charity and benevolence of the inuch-abused French Canadians .

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      would have died , of hnngtr . All these salutary n ^ asures , \ Htl » " mauy others , such ; a * tlie Abolitioa of the timber mohopply , which cheated this country , annually out of £ 1 , 500 , 000 , and improvements or the colony Generally ,: were , after being passed Y \ ¦ * * . - 9 e of Assembly , thrown but unceremoniously by the ; Governor and Legislative Council , because ^ Ihey . were supped to infringe upon the 2 Tk - ? f ftose speculating officials and jobbers wS ^^ r ^ - ^ ' P yiand " -whicli--hiuig ' , like locust on . fte : - ¦ mdustty o ( the people . The Governor- dissolved the : House of % SSemW gver al Ume thinking by Governmeut ^ nutS aV % j elections to weaken the popular : party , and ^? gtue . iuhe : ^ oirJ pt ppw . er ,.- : if l , {; . cMtr ary ; -h ^ p \ er ^ . was ' the resDlt ,: aud at the last ireneral ^ riL

      wL ¦ Wer ^ ? V ? nt of « g % -ei » ht Member ^ who compose ; the . HotBe of Assembly , onlyS were iorthe Governor arid seventy-nina for Mr . Pant neau . ^ Cheer ^—By an Act of the British Parliameat , p ; issed in . 1799 , it was settled that the . revenue or the Colony should only be applied by the consentr aiuTwitli the approval of ihe House of Assembly . The Canadians acting upon this law of theirconstitiitiqn . ( seeing . that all their ¦' good measur e s were thrown out hi this manner , ) stopped the supplier , which they had a jnst riglit to ,: do , until the Goveruor and his-clique came ; to their " senses . ^ "What fiien' was the conduct of our ' liberal acd enlifh 1

      m .. defiuiic . e- of tb « : people ' s tepresontatiyes , who were the legitimate guardians of the public pursep . iumei Mlieii the atrocious revolutions ^ reached Canada they caused one universal burst of execration—the ^ Colony was in a terinent- ^ publife nieetinn ' s were heW nil over the country to dwiouhce this tyranny ; and the Government , taking advantage of the exciU'iiieiiis ,. and the ' language made use of by some of tlie . leaders of the people , had a number : of persons Wized for treason . The Canadians-rescued them -by force from the-fangs of the-tyrants . —Cheers . —Such was the beginning of those active hostilities , winch led to such .. disastrous- ' consequences , and which indeed- stamped" the- character ot our Government ; ( if mere facts were necessary ; to prove their base

      perfidy ) as - ' , bloody , and brutal . " Were not then , the Canadians . jyitih ' eii- in . rising up ngainst Has . despotism , —cries of : yes . yes—aud siiall your industry bu-mortgaged . to i / ews and stock-jobbers for gcMierauons . to conu > , in .-order '' to " shed : the blood of these patriots who are merely seeking justice witu yourselves iram- a base and tyrannical- ' Government . It shall not !; I ? ut Uie blume is not con fined to l << i ^ 'T Car . ifla alone ; in all cinr North Ameri can ' C ' . 'louies tin ? pw ]) le have been , or ' are now , at loggerheruls witli _ the mother countryy and in Upper Canada revolution has also made its appearance , but to what extejitis not nltogitherknown ; the yoke ' sits uneasy on tbeir sbqulders ,- and they setnl ueteruiiiscil to bear it no loiter . Tht ; ColonialGpvemnient not coiitc'iit ; on . oiie or two occasions to root what

      they have Iktii ple .-ised to call Luii rebels , havy resorteil'to-tlie liiost barbarous cruelty in their treatniont of th .- ' vnn . qufs'hetf ; . Look to St . Cbnrlys where above one . bun tired , porsons ' win * roastocl alive in oiu' bouhe by the . British soldiery , and where the i \ eai \ worn lL'ftuinbr . rie . 'l , lminbars -of-: which wer ^ efiU-n by th « pigs ,- ^ Siia ; i )' o , sha ' m ' e . -Look to * heir fr . vitiUHnt of ; lJi ) nchette , late Editor of tbe Quebec Liberal , who , af : er having , a leg liroku at the . s > kirl . m .-li nt Missiqup , was Ji % u ged by the Ttoyivlists , with a baiter round his neck , in triumph through tin ? streets of the \ ill ;) gti ,- ^ siiame , shame—and . ultvrwards , thrown into a waggoii arid couveyect inn .: ))* niiles wklutut any aUkiUon being paid to hi * w : jiiha «! , -. - tlie ne « lect . of . wliicb : iuiheted

      up <* n bun the ' . inpst dreadful agony . —These- were only isoluted hi-tftiices out of many barbarities coniiivittel b y our sohiiers find ' tae brutal Volunteers , who nre-tliQ lowest filth of ( ifiicial in the Colony , sucli : are ' the fruits of tho' rnrruptioii Bill , the whole Bill , and uothiisjr but the Bill . " U ' e are bound in a security of iSO 0 , 00 O , 0 UO to keep the peace , and that boiid inrist iiot . be- broken . —Cheers . —The cause of the ( attaaiaus is our owucause , and if we can not give them artive support they shall nt least liLLVe pur sympathy and liust wishes for success in their ^ lorioiisstruggle for-free . doin ..- rChee rs . —If justice were nioted out to all -accbrauig to their deserts , her Miijesty ' s Alin ; sters would ere now have Been cnlied to account jmd . pnt . on trial for tha mnr . iers and horrors both at

      homo and abroad ,, to whicU they have been a party . Hie wrong . of-tbe Dorchester Labourers—The Wood or . the mnrlered widows' sons at- Rathcormac—Tuts Orend effects -- ' of the Poor Law starvation Bill—The insulted- and trampled upon labourers of the Britisli LriipiTe , who have been rirtually doomed as felons , % th- ' persons - of the perverted Cottou S piunsrs of ( i lnsgow—The ^ arsousj treasons , - and murders in ¦ . Canada , shall all' rise in awful accusation agahi « t these . bloodstnin'd myrmidons of liell . Their time shall . come ; ami if they pnussi not iu their career a clitinge shall comeon the spirit of their dreains which will teach them in « tarn and unbending chiirdcters a

      dreadful lesson , and . may call upon their blood foe retribution . Tliesuu of liberty ih Canada may for a monieut be eclipsed , but it shall yet arisa with , renewed splendour , and scorch to death those ^ gilded flies that are baskingin the sunshine of a court to Fatt eii on its corruption , " while . the conduct of tlie lsnlish Govenuiieut will be a tieacori to Warii lutura statesmen , of . the shoals on which they have been shipwrecked ,, and the fmitlessnes . s " ot" strugofiii ' o ' against a peo - ple . who are detemiiiwd to be free . ° " For freedoins battle onoe begun , BeqneatheiUVom bleeding sire to son , Though biifUer ! ofcis ever one . "

      —Loud cheers .. —He begged leave to move the resolution . , . '• Mr . Haxkox said that ns Mr . Buclianau had ably and eloquentl y pleaded the cause of the Canadians and as counsel had' convicted the , British Government of three heinous and capital crimes- —treason , arsoii , and murder , he ( Mr . lJ . ) would only appear before them , in the character of judge and sum up checase , and pronounce : the word gwifty . ' . He tUun said ; that if the same-law was meted out to tbe rich as to the poor , her Majesty ' s / Ministers would have to bo hanged , —And now , all you who are of the sameopinion put -up ,.-your hands , —when instantly every hand was held up . .-.- ¦ " , The meeting appointed a Committee to carry into effect the resolution respecting the petition , tfcc , and sidpnvate'd in peace . and gooa order .

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      KOLMFIRTH ANTI-POOR-LAW MEETING . ¦ ' . ' - ' - ; - , m ' « P— ' - . . ' . ' . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ A little before going to press last week we received a part of the report of this important meeting , and were told that the rest would come . The remainder however , has not come tphand . We are ^ therefore under the necessity of omitting any iiot ' ce of the speeches ; we have the less regvet on that account , : is our readers will find an excellent : letter in our 7 th page , referring to thtiineeting , and characterizing the respective speeches , we have ho doubt , with eceat accuracy . . ¦• ; /' . ... ° : Mr . James Bransfield , Constable of the O . ra _ yes ; hip of Holai ^ e , ¦; was in the . chair , and the following resolution * were carried unanimously •—

      Resolved ,- ^ -1 . Tha t this meeting denounces the miscalled Poor Law ¦ '" A . "iendrnent" Act as despotic , unconstitutioEal , and . illegal , inasmuch as it takes from the rate-payers , the - spending of tlieir own moHey , and places itin the hands of three CominissioneTs , who are riot responsible to the people ^ and ought not to be ' submitted , to by . ! them . — -Moved by Sir . Taylor ; seconded -by . Mr . Dickinson : supported by Mr . Midgeley , Poor Law Guardian . : ' 2 , That this meeting declares the Poor Law . [ ' Amendment" Aefr to be cruel ; , ' inhuman , and ; Tuijust j as under its- provisions workhouses / are ' -bpilt like prisons , making :-poverty a crime-rtreatiDgthe poor , the aged , and infirm worse than felons , they being worse fed and more harshly be ' aayeil t ? ihtxn if committed for crime ; ---M <) ved by S . G . Arinytagej Esq . ; seconded by . Mr . j . Hinchliff ; supported by Mr ., Hirst , Popr LawVGuardian .: , : ;

      3 . That the principles of the Poor Law ^ VAmehd ^ ment" Act , ' -if fully carried out , would aggravate the evils whica it purposes to amend , as the so-ealVed relief is given under , such revolting cireumstauces , that , rather than receive . it , people will be iaduced to labour for the merest pittance : ; thus <« ijjsing an inereased competition , for vvorkj which ;" will produce a great lowering of wages , and consequeBtly ^ a corresponding increase of poverty , pauperisation , vagrancy and crime . —Moved by : Mr . S . GpiwerL surgeon

      seconded by Mr . Mattaews , PoorXaw ' Gruardian , : 4 . Thbt ^^ the Poor Law : " Aniendment '' Act Would not " work well" for this part of the coon try , seeing tliat the people of this ' district have a deal of their work at their own homes , and that if their work-tools were sold , throtigh temporary distress , it would ( to them ) be an irreparable loss , as they could not be replaced by a great niany ever after .- ^ - ! M oyed by Mr ; Bullock ; : seconded Ay Mr . Htfyle ; supported by Mr . Stephen Dickinson . ; V

      5 ; That this meeting vieWs the Poor Law Ameait--ment Act as the beginning of an insidious attempt to plaqe this coubtry under a system ' of continental esi pionage and armed police-despotism . ^—Moved b y Jlri Pitkethley ; . secondedbr Mr . T . Beaumonti 6 . That the Poop Law ; Aniehdment Act is cohipletely repugnant to the'principles of teli gico , as inculcated -by ChristiaQity , which teaches us to assist our poorer brethren ! while the Poor Law- Act treati them with great cruelty and seventy ^ i ^^ gj ^ y ¦ Mr .-A . Kaye ; seconded by Mr . E . Bamsden . - * the

      7 . That netitions : to ; bqth Houses of Parliament ^ e ° a ^ ' ?? f ?^ g ^ S Dg resolutions thereon , and that to the Lords to be presented by Earl Stsitxhope , ^ that to the Commons by J . FieldenV : E « u ~ Moyed by Mr . Midg ' eley j seconded by Mr ^ vDicXvnso u . . : - ' ¦¦ ' - . - . ¦ - . ¦ ¦¦ .. '" - . '¦¦ ¦ ¦' - ¦ . - .. - . - . : ¦ :. ¦ - ¦ ¦ . - '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 27, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct990/page/3/