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      MJL OASTLER'S DEPAETTTRE FEOM FIXBY HALL . On SatQToay last . Mr . Oastlertootlus final leave nf ¦ i iat l . iwlv Kpot ( F . xbv ) which , lo u * e Ms o * u word ? asmstLave bffu " rendered twice dear to lim from ^ tjaiMEDiT « f his father , and the recollection of hi > WLoot , where he used to spend" hia hohdays . ' - * 5 That mast have been his feelings on the occasion ~* a- » fd nut attempt to describe ; every one , bowever . Za 3 > tlmre perceived that he was ceeply afft-cte .:. ^ w-ilnu- fro m the circumstance of leaiiug an abode sn&enrod xohkn by all his early associations , as well ; a * t > f a long We of ardnotw exertion , or whether Jjois the overwhelming niaiiiie » -ta . rinns " of public iiiniuts < and attachment ,, it is impc-able to « suy " . _

      2 ? . uring the greater . part of the day pivvions to the siuc appointed for Mr . OastlerV leaving Fixby , Hudi 22 f . s £ rla exhibited an unnsually bru « y appearance , abiiii ^ Teat num ber .- of persons were seen walking ab . -u t ^ e vt reft < , eviuentlywaitiiig » itlimncbaijxiety till the iaxir eiiould arrive when they should constitute & jjordiHi of that assembly which waj 1 nor merely i o » ho « * ja-- * iug mark of respect to a man , in every way . Trorhv ot being esteeraed and loved , bnt to receivr 3 n& jidool him for iheir own friend and father , and j * Tht&- _ leader iu that mighty struggle against % HH »>* 4 un in which he ha * already fiven such signal i&fex&nl his constancy and valour .. From three to 3 be o'clock . ( the time appointed for the procession to iroee Fiiby . Park . ) . the several roads leadinf to the

      iLdl srrre covered with people , mating the best o . iijtar tray to the place of general muster . Dsdng this time the spaciou * green in Jbje £ ¦ of ibe -Jiall ^ ra » covered with the -azmuos , fliough-affwuorAle throsf , many of whose 2 ac < ss betokened a degree of sorrow which perhaps sasid alone be excited by the recollection that they 3 Re » ( in a sense ) about to lose a friend endeared to lisaa by almont every tie * that binds humanity—a irLeud in whose bosom they could always meet witu 2 kirtenderei . tsyrapathies—whose kindness audfrank-22 ta . < > a * g nch as almost to win every . heart , and in ^ isGse loss the y sustained a calamity which be alone , xiijUl ilia manifestations of his undeviating lriendieljijv , conlu possibly avert . Early in the afternoon , s ^ -cr-A volnuteer bauds were in front of the Hall ; an : the airs which they played sometimes seemed to ; fEi a melancholy sadness to the scene , and t > adu t . ie the

      ' * J ^ acn ^ uess to anxiety ot sorrowin e 2 i «; Qtnde ; while at other tunes lhe ' rjsweepi-. g tuner , . TjJimg along the valley , and echoed from the hills , ¦ £ t * snr \ l to indicate the glorious triumph of honesty auo Sm-a »> m + » ver tjra uj an . i oppres-inn . fiefore the - f i- j ^ iita . number t >} flats were carried , on which were ^ jiOiimiieu utscriprious testifying ti . e high esieem in JEiiklt Mr . Oa » t er was h .-l . i by the people . A siiihIi iSisiiuu was placed on the top of one of the eminences ssi tbe park , which saluted the several bo . iirs of meu 2 * 2 ! i-y came iuio the park to swell the mights iir- ^ Jiig . T ;; p s ; ne at tins time was pt ^ cB-i iriy : nitST-jidiig Meu . "Women , « nd chilireu were moving -iUtiui iu ail uirr-cuous : inir . ~^ s wvie prancing wit u Cl-tIt rivirr . s ; flag . * , hu . osI iuuniuerab . e were flutisa g iu the lireeze ; a tiwt Dumber of bands « er » r TJl-ijiuir in diffeivni jjart > of the park ; many-pi-t > il > 3 * . « lir-t-dj auJ lhrt L > ad roir of , the caxmon ¦^¦ -J * and theu liinudered on the ear . A <

      jjsSS . tue muuieLt arrived when Mr . 0 a > llei 2 iaie iiis a , pearauce at the door of the hall . A xi- ^ ii tij ^ -u c -Triage-. 111 ¦ w hich wt-re Tokrd four ~ ' -U-i-- "ir > e « re _ vs , was urawu Tip ^ to \ iK dl ) Or , but 3 » lr .-Oi-dt-r r « .-4 De > teU-that the two lt-ader * unsjhi , i » - uiken out . lie then mounted the carriage , i ^ oujpun ied l . y ^ Jrs . Uasder , Mi > 5 Tati : atii , aim Jwr .- ' . ^ i . linm i > i «> ck . < , jn :., w : ; en the people ga » t"S . ion i iiu-i fUL ' ur . s ' . a .-iic cherr , which was sewrnl " ^ i ^^ s r ^^ r ate- ! , and t : r clipping of Tiauds vrLie-h uH . »> .-. r-d vra-i lirerariy as : oni ? h . uji . The proct-yssou xcii tlje . i fiinut-. i , and pTocet-cleil ihrnush the Park is z ± x * i Lchigf . ti . e several ban ^ s " pltyiiig . *• See ihe i »< iqiierii . g hero omes . " In the priiOrS ion were e \ = r-.-r » .-d -ji _ . ijina !» er ot criTr . age * , ph ' artons , gigji , fiiu

      teuileinen ou hors-l > ack . When Mr . Uastlr-i ^ im-. v ! at the Lodge , i . e ro > e in the carriage , ; l * ii * s take a last farewell of the belovtM spot where he " ^¦ •• 1 ? pt-nt so many of his early , -au . i hi * m « turer ' 3 'TS- -11 * -looked . He sigije " . Ue wept ; aud -i-ias-iiics ' wiih him wept . For a few inoiuenr * &sis vns a sjlemn , > -iieut panse- Scarcely a ii&ddi faj he : ird . Then burst ilie loa , i— -b-nzza , ' " -Jai ti ; t : procesvinn nioivJ i > ii , . going duwn Ligiu-^•^ LiUie , amidst loaJ aud c < Jutiirned bursts oi -4 i » y ] arj < e . Ricn and ^ oor , and young and old , 5-idr Irom their habitations to salute the unfliucbrng advocate of coustitu imaL liberty . Vast ^ a ^ iVrs were seen iu ti . e di-tance , a . ivaucing to siTi aud join the procession , which was now

      * iirudB-G to a sorprising length , and in which , we ^ pre p ron-l to sav , was a gjvat many additional ¦ » uas , all of whom voluiiterred their st-nices tree ^ ch--. rge . On arrinng at Clough House , Mr . ' ^ i £ jsU ? r was salu : ed by the iniabitants , who came Sarih to me-t him , and again the air was renr -sf h ciit-t-rs . Many of the cottagers , on bothsides ( ' -i .-. r . iad were either at their doors , or looking ^ r » ra tarir -windows , whilst they cesw-d not to xi ^ rr ihs raau for wlunn ihey euteriained such an ^ -a J ^ ut respect- Mr . Oasttr received similar iV ^ QiUL ^ n-dUO ^ S _ of attacliint-nt irom t he iu-5 ^ i : ; ai . ts of Hill Hunse , which he acknowledged ^ c suitable manner , as indeed he did all the othrr -iif ^ . ju- ; nid nsof -attachiueiit . The view oi the ur . > ^ eisuia in Hilihoase Lane was truly imposing , the being in

      ^« . ^ s . thronged r wry part w \ th auxions aud . " 5 < BiJ « T . ng spectator . On entering-into Hndder * - -i ^ d , wii - . ch was n » > ont > even o ' cl .. > ck , the scene br--I 2 l = l trnlj bScc . * , *; the multitude cluvred , the ¦^ n « c pr- ' . jec . aud every spot , even the honSf-ti » us = is c-jv ied with people . As the procos . on entered X ; i . osr Market , it was wtdcomed by aunmber of riildren , who Wc-re placed oa an elevation , and who ^ iji'av , TeetutTie piece called "Oastlrris the Man " . ' . i , Last ^ gate tbe cheering was tremvndous ; =. n d t ' e - ^ iovrs on all sides were ihronged with spectators . - ^ ± ¦ 3 waved their handkerc : deis in token of syinpati . v ^* u aileci ^> n . The procession then moved alotg ¦ ¦ f- ^ ig st reet and ^ ewSm-et amidst coHLnned chet-r--is-i Many ot the windows were occupied by ladies * rsua wared-iiejr handkerchiefs as Mr . U is tier p ! lSit-d . T ^ z ^ roce- ^ . m then move d aloug H : gh Street , Mai-¦ - 1 A Suet-t . and Kukgate , intu Cros Chnrch Street . i i ! iitv into

      ^ _ a- a spacious plot of ground near 10 St . : ¦ - -ca . ! s Church , wiere a hustings was erected . For a ; * : us " i : e .-able time before the procession arrived , great Xitiibers of people were congregated in this place" ^ Yheli the procession csune up , the ru > h w ; Ts tn 4 -Sii-iiaucs . . Mr . Oastier then mouut > d the platform ^ i w , -au » hailed with the most enthusiastic ^ trt-nug . Alter the applause had SHbsided , ilr . . 1 itkl-thlt . stepped forward and said he had ^ siortaidress trom the people of Hudd ^ rsMeld to -S ** « r ' : he would rt ? ad - I-Mr . Pitketbley Jiea rea J an address , expressive . if the people ' s svid 3 « h 7 wiii , Air . Oastler , Ld of the conSS w £ t ± ry r-po ^> d in him , as the euemy of oppress on 1 & £ < aid dial there •« anumber ot sfmilaf ffie ^ i t £ ¦ v " 7 ° ^ V v " Di » w ^> k * . an . ! ^ . eauyh co min g dark , and as they might prooablv a * ^ aied with t . . eir great esertions- ^ veral nick ho h S ° on 5 read the addresses , we shrill not be S"S 2 r& S 0 Dgllt - BWbe adrisablt : «> « £ Jr ** P ? . ? K . the present , as t . ey would - nml ™ hi * Tb

      ZZZSgSZXSSF- " msta ¦* Mr . Uj . stler then wme forward and was ^ rci ^ u with the most enthusiastic cheering , which ^ os ™ aunn d for a length of time . We give ' uuderi « i « . h t-. ss aadre ^ s , which is as nearly verbatim as ^ nt ^ ta ° n lalflirm and the 2 S . S « u Jie night woold allow our reporter to take it . He ^ oestolvocc h for its accuracy in every ^ ord , nor - ^ r its conta-. uiug everything-ihat he £ * . - at the ¦ ¦ sane nme noAm - ff is omitted which it was possible le takennder the cirennwtouicM . Mr . OJ 1 ^ ° ? d-

      a iiEj JNci-i : oarsanUmy Fr . eud >; I haw lor ^ v ^ tL , . ^ Ee ^ Biuusi lathfully endeavored to sene an arisaiCTat shorn my iatber had ^ rredTor ' eiirhtwn years *» ef * e , aud he hss cast me oft . and you , mv neigh-.- ! : «« , who kupw me , have thus received wJth open -tasa ,- an indindual w ho this day -j cast out from a i 8 ^ wui ch has been twice de ^ r to him from the T ^ r- > llec : ion of his father and "his Whood where he •^ to *? end his holidays at that place . ( Hear -iew . ) i on see me thi < » day the victim of a passionate ^ au , and yon , the people , have received me with ¦

      ' . -u arms , m such a manner as no steward who was ^ mied out for dishonesty was everTeceived before - ; cji--r « _ » nd groans for Thornhill}—and you have x < topted me for your own . ( Cries of " Yes , and for "« er . ) ^ ou have ado : > ted me because you know a * . Ion know , and if you . could read my ¦ 3 = art , _ v ,, could not know it more surely chan you " w n 7 J °° ^ alwa 5 " 8 fleard my hewt from my " v . TTTfi v me ' J 011 love me because ^ H S ^^" - ^^ fsBSi ^^ - ^^—Chichi waiiot aiSf ^ susr ^¦ " 5 nf ( ^ Ibded all those poL , . lilch ^ ' t ? 2 ™^

      owa teart . \ ou have a laded to mv ^ r • • -I ^ onr of the poor blacks , Sd ^ h ^ XS tamj ^ sertioiuiin favor of the poi » kw ^ , nded -We al ^ o alluded to my litter' ^ teS& ^ J f i ^ rrence of the metropolitan anci SSStiSrionJ ¦**** . ( Hear and cheers . ) You haw ^ SffS ^ t my e ^ e mons against the damnable anU infeSj ^ tT ^ ^ ^^« 0 You have reSS ^ \ I ° » l * Aat every man ha »< a right , & Jrtf i " . fv h ^ y . to stab the dwpwaan of parrv ¦^ S ^^^^ iffiajSJftiid

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      wbenall tb » power that con : d be wierU-d again > i me was against me—if I have been laithtul to you ana to yonr cau > e , when my linng was at stake , and 1 knew it . > urely now when you and I aTe joined logetherin 'he holy bauHn of matrimony , you will not suspect me , I am yours from this night , . » e are mine .- ( Three loud cheers . ) Now , my friends , though it is late , you know that my bu 3 ine > s is y ^ rj important to nigfit . I am not going to talk about difierent disputed points ( if politic ? , or any thing of that sort ; but 1 am going openly anil and fearlessl y , . and in the face of the world , to tell you whatl have been . 1 have been appointed the steward of Thomas Thornhill , because I wa » my father ' s son . J was then , a poor xoau , and had been ,

      irafurrnnatein the world ; and 1 esteemftd itihe grf-atest Windness in Mr . Thornhill to entrust his name- ( as he told me , ) and bis pnree into my hands . My ' ather had been his steward for many years before , aud had trained me tip to honour * Mr . Thornhill . I came to that place determined to do every thing that « ould be doiie for the benefit of my master , and for the benefit of his tenants . ( Lona i-heers . ) The affecting manner in which Mr . Thoruhill had conferred that trust upon me , made me vow that I -would never make money by it , but that whatever nwans I could use , or whatever money 1 conld make , should be devoted to the good ol his tenants ^ his estate , and his name . ( Hear , hear . ) I have been there eighteen years . There are now

      hnndredi of his tenant * before me . 1 ask you all , have you not , ever rince you knew me—have you not heard me boast of the honour of Mr . Thornhil ? Have yon not heard me boast of his kindness ? Have not I told yon that he was the best landlord in the world ? 0 ex , y «? j , trom several voice * . ) A » d to him I have written that jou were the best of tenant )* . If there be an individual in this vast assembly that ever heard from my lips a single word derogatory to Mr . Thornhilrs character , Jet him tell ' me of it now before the face of this people . ( A voice , "You were always impartial ; 1 am one oi his tenants . " ) Yes , and I will be a friend to you yet ; I have got an interest in that estate yet . It was my determination to make-every tenant hapuv far

      as as I cuold ; and if there was ih '* least quarrel I made it my dnty to interpose as amediatorbetwt-en the conflicting parties . ( Hear , hear , and you have . ) 1 have acted tbe character of a magistrate , a clergvmnn , and adoctoraniongstthem ; 1 have endeavoured in going ontaudiu amongst them , to breathe nothiug but cheerfulness and love ; and 1 thank God , that upon the whole estate I don ' t know above two or iliree-persona who dislike me , an > i I don ' t know * ha . t it Ljl . » r } tLon ^ L they have been no worse off for it . None of them ever knew me show ^ a ' avour at Mr . Thornhill ' s expeirse . rHenr , hear . ) Mr . Thornhill now charges me withha \ ingneglecte . i his bnsiue - - » . 1 will a ^ penl to every person I . efore me . anJ I will ask you fearlessly , did Yod ; ever hear

      be . ' ore vi . n saw it in the newspaper , that I hmi neglected Mr . ThonihilFs business : It is true ] was not always bn > y , hut then the fact is , 1 can do us much business in five imnuies as many others could do iu au hour . I was not always throng ; but let auy m « u tell me where , wheu , or how 1 haw ueglected Mr . Thornhill ' s business . 1 have sacrificed my life , my health , and my fortune f r him ; uiii ! . after all , he wanted to tear mrsood name Irom me ; but it sticks so close that 1 ibiuK it will ruin his . ( Hear , hear . ) I -would appeal to any servant whe lias e \ er W «> rked fur Mr . ' 1 hurubill , whether hefounil me a hard mnsier ? 1 bad one servant weeping hefore u . e , a : i old man who Ins been there ever since 1 or my Irtiher went to tbe place , and bis father aim

      h . s ar nd ' ather before him . 1 asked him why he Wi . s weepiuj . ? And be ^ a \ d , " 1 have been under your Intiier a : l his lifetime , and under you , and wtuave never once bad a mug word . " But 1 appeal to auy .-en-ant whether they ever found me enJeavt ) unng to injure tlfeiri , or wliether ] Imve not tioue all to accommodate them iu their difiereut vi ws and wishes and hiibits ? J hiive btvu repres-nied as a tyranuical and oppressive man ; but 1 a > k any man " , inon the nchest to the poorest , « iid he ever find in me any desire wLntevt r io interfere either with his politics , or bis philosophy , or his rrliainn ? But lias he not , on the contrary , always perceived tuat 1 have w \> n ^ d that wery inoividnal ou tne estate should luve every liberty he

      lUltht desire . Is that true ? (" Yes" irom st-veral voices . ) 1 tbnulv ( iud 1 linvo jiovp got fr .. in under tae cnuopy of Mr . Thornhil ] , aud that 1 am u .. w uuder the cauopy of Ivaveu ; and I take you all to wiiness whether ' auy one can ju > tly say 1 bate not done nil that a man could do to- exalt my master ' s character , to increase , by every Ja : r means , bis estate , to make every tenant-haupy and comfortable , hs far as possible , suit ] the same with every servant : i appeal to every professional man who ever had to do with me , whether he ewr found niea mcksterr ( Hfar , hear . ) Whether they ha . \ e not always found me to be a gentleman with them , and ready to transact in a fair manner any bu « ine . -3 on every tiling relating to matter- of property between th-m

      . nd Mr . Thomhill ? I can tell you that notwithst iii'ling Sir John Ramsien and i have had ins au . J > uts ; so f-ir as the estate ol Mr . Thomhill lias been OonCerued , we hav « - always l » t-eu able to ~ etile evt-r \ thing iu the most klraigh ' ufnrward and dc-u-rminate mauiit-r . Having doiin ibis ; md snid this much , what can I come to next ? It pleased God to pur a letter in my hands which , Mr . Tuornbiil i . ad ordered to be pr inted , intending that timt letter should come out this morning iu the Manchester and Leeds papers ( and but for this I s . ould not have known any ihing of its couteuts till it was in the papers ) charging me with haung coinerteil bis mouey to myo * u u .-er—with having neglected hibn ^ iu-a . " , stud mv < lurv , m , d with iillu « i » g smiie

      prrsmis under me to cheat him . 1 take it us aspecial act of providence that 1 saw thai letter before Saturday momiiii ; , so as to be able to put another under t , iud perh * p-, by tais mems to quell tbep / opie a little . 1 ! eel cominced tb-. u if the plot which ha > been laid tor m » » ( it God bad not uiterposed to prevent it ) had not been Uis .-overed , 1 feel conduced that Fixhy Hall would no longer have existed . 1 think ( Jou for having prevented them from falling iuto their own net ; aud I nopr ; that in intnre they will he more careiul . It is no joke io trifle-witti ihe character o ! a man whose character is of mure value than all the estates of Mr . Tho nh 11 , and whose influence is greater than that of either him or all h > s order . ( Loud ch ers . ) 1 have , now

      fold yon , my friends what have been iny feelings while I have been Mr . ThoruhiU ' s servant . 1 will now tell you what my feelings were when 1 received his ui > charge , ft > r I had not he ; ird a word of it—no reason whs given to me—no fanlt was fouirl in anyway before-it came , and whi-n I received his discharge , I was too p : oud to ask for a reason . Since then I have written several times to him iu the most kind « nd respectful manner . I ha * e writ-Um—my very last letter which 1 seat to him—more as if he were roy pairon than my euemy . I have spoken of him a- the most honourable man . 1 have told him that I believed him to be the best aud the proudest man in the world . I have told him that th - littl cloud which has now intervened between

      us will be dispersed before the expiration of thir . yeight years . _ 1 appeal to the tentleiuan whom he ha * appointed as my successor , wbeti . er 1 have not always spoken of him as a respectable and honourable mwi ; and 1 now sjeak of him , the steward , as an honourable man—a man who will no all he can to make the tenants-happy , and Mr . Thomhill respectable . But if be is determined to dig a grave lor his own reputation , and put a' s > tone upon it with his own baud , neither RamsboUom , nor Oastbr , nor ( Jailer ' s fathVr , enn make his name respectable . ( Hear , hear . ) Stick to the steward , tenants ! aud I advise him to stick to you ; and do you prove to Mr . Thornhill when he comes aiuoiig > t yon , that yon desire to do every thing in yoar power for the good of his estate , au \ i iry lo forget the name of Oastler . ( Great emotion , and cries of "Never

      never , never . ") We are now entering upou a new era ; we are only begiuuiug to-iiay —( cheers)—and 1 wish those newspaper gentlemen who have made so light of the New Poor Law would halt a litrle . ( A yoice ^ - Is Neddy that ? " "Aye , and the Leeds Times ') It is no laughing matter , l his sight to-day has not been on account either of my name or of Mr . Jhomhills ingratitude , but to shew the deteuninauon of the people ol these parts not to submit to the three traitor kings . ( Loud cheers . ) Thrre is iiow a dead set maJe ajme ; they have taken my Dread , but the ravens have wings , dud thatis enough lor * v " J ^ ' DeArani cheers . ) Lastweektuev thought they had taken my life ; they hought they had taken it . Just now inmost place * in England th ,-y think 1 in in the tower ; but I know the pigmies dare uottouch me . fj ^' v ^ j " iritc « m « to mtirderioj :, 1 teliilnm that the day my murdered coruse is r . rised nu ™ .,

      bier to be earned to the grave ,- that day w ill be the d . wnfall of that infernal system of treason which they are now carrying on under the name of phi ' osjphy . That infernal system of delusion whicii- ihey are now carrying on under the name ol eulighteut-u principles will die , as soon as my coffin , with iny murdered corpse , is raised upon men ' s shoulders and earned to the grave . ( Loud cheers . ) I whs talked to a short time ago by a ^ Vhig , a treat friend of mine , who said be wondered ' ho w I dared go on so : they would be hanging me . If they do I shall only ' get-to * heaven se inany days * oouer ; but let them do that if they dare . ^ ( Cheers . ) I understand that the metropolitan police are here ; for I know that Lord John Rus .-ellsent twenty two of them from Dywsbury to attend upon ^ his majesty lo day ; but 1 wish those policemen ( for I have no doubtth . re are some of them here ) would tell Lord John Russell that Oastler Lj a verv different fellow to what he

      taongut he was . i do not want the trouble ol going much farther ; but be : or « I will havr a bastile built ^ Q Una -auipn . I will go a good deal further . ( Cheers . ) i > t ! i ° ' * l L-, * ' have " > e board of guardians diciateu J ? " , ™ * Brooke , I will go a great deal further . ( U > ud che .-nn , and cries oj " we will follow vouv ') ^ dc-n ; want to go muchturther : but 1 will go a good . JeRlfuither before I wiU alW those traitors whahave token away my bread , who have sought my bfr ^ and wh <» have this day anticipated that they ha-1 pi ! ler .-d ! : off me n - ,,., d umui—U-iu « 1 will let th se men . tate any more lih .-r . ie < v , i :=, me . I snlltell them ex . crly what o ' clock it ' i- . " ( CLe-O

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      I vm 1 tell them that 1 know as well ii * iueyu »> , or a » well as Lord'John Russell dori » , how many soldieri * there are in England , and how many policemen there are in the country ; and that I know thatMr . Iughnni , the Dewsbury magistrate , wants titty or sixty time ?' more than his share just now , u > help him to go to sleep . ( Ch ers . ) 1 will have tho . ^ e soldiers and policemen more equally distributed than they are at present . 1 could make a stir in twrnty or thirty parts ofthe country at -one time if I choose ,, and it ' I did so , where would the soldiers and the policemen be ? But I will not do so . I want nothing bnt peace and quietnuss ; nevertheless I will hAve jd . " > tice . ( Loud cheerd . ) The Whias have got the Squire to lie about me ; they thongut they had done

      me when they had got the Squire to tnrume ' off ; they thought they could then drive me out b' the town . Oh what afoul was Mr . Tho- 'ub . iH tolkllintothatsn > ire . He savs I was not discharged on account ot the New Poor Law ; I can prove to a demonstration that I was discharged on that account . 1 have been quiet about that . Decause I have been wishtul to do nothing to set the minds of the people against Mr . Thornhill . But I have been warned hy persona . Who have been in Mr . Thornhill ' g presence For the last two or three years , that he could not put up with me any longer . And that if I did not give up this Anti-Poor Law Agitation , he would discharge me . I know that Mr . Franklaud Lewis and he have had correspondence on this subject ( hear , hear ,

      hear ) , for I have copies of the letters , aud they caunot deceive me . ( A voicer- * put that down . " ) Many an one has heard me mil oi these things , and seen the letter ; and therefore , now to say t-. at I was not dischhrjred on acconnt of my Rcitation against the New Poor Lax » , ii » greater he than whut be said about cheating him . there is one thing 1 have to say about Chadwick : if 1 have a « nend itis Joj > eph Chadwick . Mr . Thornhill > ay « tome one under me has been cheating hini . I was afraid Chadwick might be Huspected , and thus his character be ruined ; but I am well persuaded that he is as honest as Squire Thomhill himself . ( Hear , hear . ) Then Joseph Fox was suspected . There was a charge that he had stolen three piecesofwood . Were the trees entered ? Yes they were . Then tbe price might not be right ; but it was all right . Hut tuen be had not paid the money . No : because be

      had not received it . Now gentleiuen I beg to assureyou that J this night shall feel myself as having entered entirely upon another era o ' i my life . I am iu your hands for all purposes that are good * I am in your hmi- s to promote « very object that can ctindute to tbH hiippine ^ of man . 1 ain in your liandti tp fndeavour to soften party , and to eu . leavour to overcome spctRriau prejudices . lam here among you to-uieht—your own chosen one—your own Oastletyour cast off steward . ( Loud cheers . ) Now you have made me the man oi tuu loyal people , of J > uglaud ; and 1 cannot conceive oF any man being loyal who will not allow the meanest ot the queen s subjects lo be well led , aud well clothed , » ud 10 dwe ) l in a comforttble haiiitation . ^ Very loud chet-rs . ) There i ? one thiug more I must do . You have seen the correspondence between Mr . Thoniliili » tud the newsuapers , and iny letter in reply . Now , 1 ha \ e to tell vou that he ims found o > it his mistake . He

      w s either drunk or in a pu- > siou when lie wrote it . The Whigs ha ^ e told me that he has now sent a . liriereiil Version oi" the : ale , and he says , h « was nlilv afnrid that 1 should have so inuc-h basinet i . n nand thiit 1 should not he able to pay hi .-a . He owes n . e , however , a good dfal more than 1 owe tiim . As nccouuu are > eitled in Newmarket , 1 should want somewhere about-i . ' 20 , 0 'JU ; us they are settled iir law , I might owe him .-ometiiing ; but as they are st-tt . ed in . heareu : — - ( We did not Cfitch the latter part of tiiis sentence . ) I have devoted all my money to his service . Tru- » . T would live like a geiillemaD , t . ec . iu > e 1 was the Squire ' s representative . I found my income was-notetmujih , and 1 -borrowed money to make up my accounts

      « ith him . He hesan to suspect one ot my uudiT-> tewards . Tiieu 1 told him 1 had got over much in i-. ebt with being his steward , ana I told him 1 could not live at Fixby upou 4 . 300 a vuitr . 1 told him that uheu geulleineii came to his . house on his bu > ii . e > s , 1 treated them as 1 thought Mr . Thornhiil w .. uli tieat them . 1 ook them lo my table . and 1 gave them of my wine . If they came < n their carriages , l gave their horses of my liny and my cum .. Hi snid , " I dou ' t wiiul my sk-ward lo do so ; " but I said , lfyou have me lur yr-ur stcwari I must do s . i . " ( H-riir . ) 1 thi u resigned ; and he j : iive me i ' iOO . a year more to stop . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) You shall have it all now . 1 then tola ban 1 could not bear to be nt Fixby and see the poor people come there and t

      urn thein ^ awny when . they came without giving'them-a 2 d . or a 6 d . or a bit ol meat . He said 1 had no occasion to do so . I replied , 1 cauuot live at Fixby aud not do it ; aud having resided there , 1 hiive spent my own money iu his service and for his u > e . And he charges me with hiivmg spent bis money for my owu use . ( Shame , suaine . ) J have made no secret of this . I am poor , —thimk Godnght down poor ; but if Squire Thorm . 'ill would pay me hall" of what be owes me . I should be Hire and rich . 1 exerted myself in the mnrter of the Huh lax t thes ; and ill tlirtt 1 spelit £ 200 of my o ^ 'n money nud the sellltf . ment . wait to him worth A 20 , 006 ; J . ir which he never said " tiiauk you . '" Then I have been at flections . . You Tories ,-let me have a word with you . You have seen me very active atelection .-, aud you know that ! have spent < i good deal ol money iii that way . And why ? To keep up Mr . ' 1 h « rnhii ' s nanu . ; but I . uevvr got a bawbee irom Mr .

      1 hornb . ll f .-r it . I tot him to lemi me some money , which 1 will nay him ; but be shall pay me for tt (» t le ter which iib hits imblisln . / l , miriii y <> u , ( cK « -r . ) we will j-ettle mutters in a raiher ditlerent way to what 1 first intended . 1 was going to say something about Mr . Thornhi'l , which I will not say at present . ( A voice—" yes , out with it . " ) No , I will have mercy . But if Mr . Thornhiil does not come out like a man , and either prove me to be what lie says I am , or humbly apologise , and make me a handsome remuneratiou , 1 will tell something about niiri whicu 1 wout even hint at now . Bull will let him know- 1 am m > t going to be plity ^ d with . ( Cheers . ) Now then , my Irienus , 1 am not going to write am more letters to Mr . Tbornhiil from bis bouse ; but 1 have got a letter for him here , dated from tbe people ' s hustings , Huddersfield , August 25 . ( Cheers . ) Auu to th-. s letter 1 expect an answer very soou . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Oastler then read the following letter , many parts of which were loudly cheered .

      THOMAS THORNHILL , ESQ . Sir , —I have betor ' e me your letter to the Editor of ihe Leeds Jnltlfye / tcer , dated Cowes , 1 / th August , lBote . Yon therein charge me with " having converted your money to my own use , " and with " having paid so little attention to your . concerns and my duty that the persons employed , under me have •• heated you ; " aud these you state are the reasons '" why you discharged me . " 4 k Now , Sir , in the most positive terms that the Euglish language can supply , 1 declare , that every one of those assertions , solar as they relate to me . are untrue . J demand of you plain , straight-forward answers to t , following questions : — 1 st . When did ! convert your money to my own use ?

      2 nd . Where did I convert your money to my own user 3 d . How much of your money have I converted to my own use ? 4 th . To which of your concerns have I neglected to _ pay att ention ? . ' " 5 th . What part of my duty towards you have I neglected ? 6 th . Who are the persons employed under me who have cheated you ? "th . W'hen did they cheat you ? 8 th . Where did they cheat you ? 9 th . What was the aniouut they cheated vou out oi ? J

      I might also ask you , Sir . why you discharged me without a m ' . ment ' s ' notice , and without giving me any reason ? And why you laid so deep and treacherous a trap forme , by ordering this letter of yours , dated the 17 th ot August , to be pr inted without my knowledge iu all the local newspapers , eu Saturday , me 25 tn instant . J ask you not , however , Sir , bec . ms . e every honest man can answer those two questions without your Hid , But I tell you to go down on vuur knees uuu thank God that he revealed

      your deep laid plot to me . Had your base attempt succeeded—had your letter appeared this morning unknown to me , I know not what cause you might have had to reuri't your cowardice . Thank God , however , all is now saie , and 1 hope all will remMin so . You wish the public te understand that lam not discharged ou account of the opposition 1 have maintained against the New Poor Law . J am in a condition to prove that your reason tor discharging me was because of my opposition to that law . all

      x I . upon you to publish the correspondence between yourself aud traukland Lewis ., - the Poor Law Commissioner , on that subject , particularly that letter wherein it is stated " that the Commissioners are much annoyed by your Steward , an ' d reciuestmg you to take means to stop him , < fce . " ot words to that effect . Do not say you havo had no such letters , I know that you have . 1 arn ^ Sir , Your obedient servant , RICHARD OASTLER , Not from youk House , Fixby H all , but from THE PEOPLE'S Hastings , Huiiderstiela , August 26 th .

      Mr . Oastler continued—M r . Thomhill has writen another letter to _ « . ome other uewspaper 8 , » and there be has dug a pit and tumbled in tu it him 2 Tu rr V ^^ one ^ to cover himselt . H ^ S tol . l them that 1 owed him a bit of money , and he was atraid 1 could not pay him without he Snied me off . Now if you Tories wont back me now , you are a shabby set . I have suffered plenty . but am not going to be crashed by such fellows as tho J turn are -W the New Pm . rLar . ThYy are deteruiiued to enlace that . law .- 1 -trfl tt . eni that theV cannot do it . II they fall the whole West Riding

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      wi . h soldiers in poncem-ui , I win kick up a row in Kent or in Soiuerset i and what will they do for soldiers ? ( Loud cheers . ) 1 know 1 can beat them , and that for these reasons . First , God is withme , for it is a law against h » own most b * Jy word . Nature i » with me , for it i ? a law against all the princT&les of UHture . The' army 18 with the . ( Loud cheera . ) I know it i » r- ( contiriwBd cheers;)— -but the infernal police are ou the Devil ' s side * ( Laaghterand cheers . ) Let them ever bring the army i . gamst us wlien w ^ understand each other , as we are getting to do more and more every day , and then I kaow where they will be , ( Cheers . ) , But I don ' t want to see that : I unl . y want the constitutional rights of the poor , and I Will have them , < Cbfter « . ) Another reason whv

      l Bhould beat them is thin— I know they are frightened p ! me and I am not afraid of them . ( Chrers . ) Allow ine now to thank yon for the goodwill you have Hhewn me to-day ., If any : man should say t « nie again that the people are ungrateful , I will tell them of this eight which I have beheld to-day---a sight calculated to repay a patriot for the labour of an age-ra sight calculated to nerve the weakest heart—a sight , this ^ calcnlaten to make even the icy heart of a philosopher boil within him . And if , in >< uch -acase « uch effectsi would be vrpduced , what is it calculated to do with me ? Why , my friends , it make * me love you more than ewr I lovwl you—( chrere )—and it makes me Bwear that I shall be still more deserving of yonr love t and I will Drove it bv

      making the Whjgs hate me more than they dp , and trembUj pftener than they like . ( Very ; loud cheers . ) I hope the demonstration of this day will satisfy the three skilly magistrates that ,-: thejr shall not be the inastero . If they will have Hudcler 8 ii « ld burnt down nw not my will ; I willtery to pre » ent it . But rather than submit to hai ^ the people of Huddersfield the slaves of Billy Brooke , Sutliffe , and the two Starkies ~ before I will submit to see the people insulted by having the London police ^ and dragoons broug t iji to deprive us of our Christian and constitutional rights , before I will submit to see this I will die fighting against it . ( Tremendous cheers . ) Now , gentlemen , the London police are here . I tell you boys , you are not at B . twsbury , you are not at

      . Bradford , you are not at Leeds , but you are at Huddersfield , —( cheerx)—and if you begin to break my boys heads , they shall break yours . ( Cheers . ) Now . gentlemen , to prove my loyalty , let the first cheers winch I ask in this new eia of my life , be three . beers for the : « Qiieeri of England , ( Three loud cheers were then given . ) Three cheers for our four ti'wd old magistrates . . ( Likewise given . ) Now then thffe unutterable curves for the metropolitai ) police ; ( riiegroaniug was treuieudous . ) 1 go now , -wishing yon * o . id ni ^ bt , thanking you all , aud telling you that I « m still ready to ! ser \ v you , aud that it I am omen out of another post by the enemy , I can istih go Kiuon ' . ght the people ; and it the Tori-s will not ¦ g ivH- me aglasspfwine and a bit of roast beef , 1 shall

      .-till have a bit of bread and cheese among the people . ( Very limit cheers . ) The kinsr will uow give three cheers lor his owu people . ( Mr . Oas . ler then gave three chrtTs . ) Three times three cheers and " one tihi-er more , were then given for 4 i tile Kiug , " after winch Mr . Oasrlerretired from the hu liii ' jss , evidently six . verpowered by the kin-. ness of liis friends as to lie unable lunger to look upon the scene . Indeed , durmg . tlie whole time ol bis address he appeared to be so much MY . cted as to be unable to collect atld arrange his thoughts ; and tunny times his utterance quite seemed to -foil . After he had iett the hnsting .-, Mr . Vi . nceat theu rose , and was loudly cheered . He said- — Meu ol HuddersKel ; i , you have met to-nigu lor a truly laudable and praiseworthy purpose , not to lvaiicH

      a .- any purty or petty object , but to do honor to the man w ho has fnlien a victim to his own « -xer tiotis in d . feiice of the little factory ch . ldren . and his resistance to the Whig aud Tory Poor Law . ( Louu cheers . ) You have shewn him to-day that however bitter may \> e th « per ' secudou of his an i yonr oes . that you ake him to your heart and adopt him as your own . ( Loud cheer . } . ) For his advocacy of the can > e of th « "friendless child—of those wlumi-bitter neitssity has driven into early slavery , h merits mid rnceives your waimestthHnkjtpbrhisurraigbttorwar ! , htiiesT , and . manly resistance to the New Poor Law , ke is emitted to your eteruivl gratitude ; ami it wants but one other thing to make him entirely your own . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) 1 allude to the . question ot

      U'lnyersml Sullraga . _ ( Loud cheering and cl ? ippiiigot blinds . ) Yes , my fii . nds , then ? is a canse lor every evil—a cause for-factory oppression—a cause lor the New Poor Law—a cause tor the evil effects 6 ! a rapar : ous . monii-u und landed aristocracy—n cau > e for all ibe manitold evils that crush us into the earthand that cause is , the masses want political power . ( Tremendous cheers . ) Yes , Universal Sunrise now becomes the question of ijii ' eittioiis with the people . [ Cheer * . ] The eueraies pt the people rtt enthroned in the Lower House of Parliatnerit , and issue edicts , sanctified by the name of law , that area disgrace tu the

      era m which we live . [ Hear . T To have security we must destroy this House of Commons , —( immense cuKerhig ]—auil-tp destroy this House ot Commons we mn-t have Universal Suffrage . [ Great ch mag . ] How stau s it with you men of HuudetsftVlu ! shall we have your assistance to obtain thjsiifeat uiea . surr'f | You shall , aud cheers . ) Mr ; Vincent here expl'iiued the efforts now making by the-.. London Working NIen ' s Association and the Birm . njinam PnHticti Union to organise and rally the whole population in defence of UniversalSuffrage . We have , continued Mr . V ., been amusing ourselves a long lime in petitioning the Commons for a redress ot

      grievances—we have I ' oui d the utter folly and waote of time so to do . [ Hear . ] The present House of Commons ! posse ^ se * neither the will nor the r " | u » t ri' < ini-it > . t <> remedy our ' wronjjo . [ C'hsrro ] Did I say talent ? I beg the pa .-don of its honourable members . They ; an ? all talented uimi . ( Cheers . ) They inust be talented , because thuy represent all the virtue , all the knowledge , all the morality , all the religion , aud all the chastity of the nation , ( Ironical ch t'ring . ) Yes ! they represent mud , monar , bricks , money . ( Cheers . ) They are all moral men , too ; let them get money , and the y get all . ( Che-rs . ) Prince ? , priests , pimps , parasite . *! , landlords , and money ' aristocrats , including the keepers o respectable brotbels , andfashipnalilegamiug nounes

      • kf » e he yout moral and in tellectual rulers , y epeople ! ( Immense cheering . ) But ye are ignorant men ! Ye cannot dmce , or sing , or cheat , or lie , or drink , ot swagger like the Aristocracy . ( Hear . ) Ye can only bmld houses and erect palaces—ye only are t . h « inventors or all the various mechanical improvements of society ; ye merely have devised and laid down the mighty modern innovation of the railway aud the steam-engine ; -, ye only create all that ministers to the enjoyment , the wealth , the luxury—nay , the very existence of the Aristocracy . ( Loud and continued cheers . ) Look at your hands—they are dirty I ( Laughter . ) Look at your faces— they are careworn and haggard ! ( Hear . ) Look at your clothes , they are not superfine—they are coarse and tattered

      ( Hear , hear . ) You soil your hands with work—you try to live by your own labour— -you try to pay your way . Oh , ye are ignorant people ! ( Tremendous cheering . ) But , friends , this state of things shall cease . ( Loud cheers . ) Th . 'Se who woik shall eot . We will no . longer tolerate the arrogant pretensions ot tht ? Aristoirucy . [ Mr . Vincent here referred < o the election of delegates to meet in the General Convention , lie pointed out the immense importance of electing wise -men , good men , bold men , but prudent inen . He dwelt upon the necessity of the . people . laying , aside all their .-jealousies and . bickerlijgsj . aiid unite lor that alone which could jever tend to lilt up tue people—their .- .. political- rights . H « adverted to the necessity of every town to be Weil and coinple . tely organiied-T-and above all things to dissemin

      they were ate sound political opinions amotigst the people . ] ^ Ir . Vv resumed . How much of the tyranny under which we labour is to b « attributed to ourselves ! ( Hear . ) It i ? not the musket or the bayoaet that props up . he tyrants power—it is the damning apathy and' division , and vice of the . people ^ ( Cheers . ) For the first time we have got into the right path— -we are revolutionizing the mind ! ( Cheers . ) We are spreading opinions that will defy the physical power of your enemieswe are preparing the way for that great moral outburst that will entirely destroy the system that has so long crushed our energies- ^ -and we will erect upon its ruins that system of social and political science that will promote aud protect the happiness <> f the whole human family . ( Loud and coutiuued cheering . )

      Mr . L . Pitkethly thun moved , and Mr . R . Buchannan seconaed a series of resolutions which are given underneath . . ' Mr . Buchanan stated that he would not have sunken rtt-that late hour in the evening , bad it not been that the Leeik Ajercury had slanderously imputed conduct to : him which the writer must have known to be utterly false . He had come last night from Sheffield , in the first place to show JBaines ano Co . tUathe had not ^ absconded , " and secondly , to witness the demonstration . about to be made in favour of the man , " whom the people delight , to honour . ' The writer of the paragraph knew that he was writing a libel , because , coward like , he mentioned no uiimes , but merely circumstances , so as to leave the public to form their false inf ' ereucea , without laying the libeller open to the consequences which othnr wise

      might ensue . The parties who were tlius ready to talsify other men ' s characteM , were generally men of no character themselves ; and * bunkspearesays , " suspicion always haunts the guilty mind , ' it was no wonder that they measured other men s morality by the sordid standard of their own . ( Cheers . ) He challenged Baines aad his company of slaudernrs ; he cliajlenged the Mercury V licksp ' utieij . aud - 'lie •' , '• manulacturers in Hudderefield ; he cnall . nged the xvprld to prove that he had evet , by direct or iniiirect means , misapplied a single larthmg belonginR to any sociHty , but more particularl y that ot the Socialists ; for the fact was ; instead ot abscowling Irom amongst the Socialists , he was engaged by one of . these societies in Sheffield as a regular lecturer-thathe was goinicto lecture in the Huddershttld In s titution the folio wing da v ; therefore , this was circumstantial evidence amounting to disproof ol theiiying paragraph which appeared in the colunnis t » rthe rng belongingt (> the ' ( Jnat Liar ot the North . With this exposure of the " misre-

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      preseutaiions au-i slander * of the Meteufffi «« woulri conclude with a few words iu support of the resolutions . After some eulogistic remarks npon Hb » character of Mr . Oastler , and the sulendid demeostfation nowgiveahim , the speaker concluded amid lond- ' ctaeers ; . ' / ' .. . .. ^ -. . ;¦/ - . ' / : \ ' : '¦ ; - ¦; : ¦ ¦ ' ;; . - '¦ - . ¦ Resolved r- ^ lsfc That we are thoroughly convinced that any man who engages in th ? defence of the riuhts of tbe poor will be persecnted by the middle and richer cli *«» ro all possible ways and lneaus , that nothing which the oppressor * can devise will b « left undone to-effect their fiend-like nurposea . ' . 2 nd . That MK Oastler ' a services in the present disjointed and distracted state of the conutry ard indispeiisible . ¦ ' : ^ 3 rd . That his connexion and correspondence with

      all parties—his powers of language : and other acquirements will enable him to do niueh more thau could he-effected by any other man , tpwarda breaking die- trammels of mere party spirit—in resU » ring peacv and concord andinheahng the bleeding wounds of onr common country . n : 4 th . That no man having taken up the qaestion of the vested ri ^ httt Of the people in the soil with so innch Hrmuess , perseverance , talent , and effect , as Mr . Oagtler , it is therefore essential that his services should be retained for those and other important purposes . . '¦¦? : ' ?• 5 th . That a general snbicription be immediately opened throoghbat Great Britain , for the purpose of purchasing a freehold estate , or such pther investment as a general committee appointed bv and

      irom the Mibscribera aha . ll deem most advisable , to be presftnted to > l r . Oantler , to enable that gemleroau to devote himself entirely to public liferaa the equal fneud of tlm rich and of the poor , on the principles of equfll justicei and humanity . ' ¦ Those resolutions were passed unanimously . Mr . Quabmbt , from Gldham ; next addressed the meeting , urging ihem to a continned perseverance in opposition to the New Poor Law , and described ; he means by which the people nf Oldhatn have " etlectually opposed its introduction into their union . Mr . Higoins , from Staly Bridge , next stepped forward to state that be was one of a deputauun seut

      irom the followers of the Rev . Mr . Stephens , who are being persecuted and discharged from their employment on account of their support of that geutlmiian . He informed the meeting that very many had been turned off , and that about two tumilred were now out of employment . He leunWi ) a . train of hardships and suSerings of a very serionSmid alarmingnaiiire , and concluded by sa . \ . iiijf that a meeting would be held on the eveninu of the lollowiug MondHy , for the purpose of more fully explHinuig the circuinsti . nces Couuected therewith , and to crave the aid of their brethren oi Yorkshire .

      Mr . Clauke , of Glosspp , next addressed the assembly , and expressed the pleasure h « had that day felt at the glorious demonstration in honour of their iriend and champion Mr . Oastler ; and remarked that ulthough he hud travelled much dunhg a long Tile mid had seen much , he had never witnessed such a meeting for numbers , order , or intelligence . He stiite . i that he had been deputed to attend there by the working men of Glossop on their behalf , and that they wouL be delighted with the report-which he Would carry home to them . Mr . Vincent again came forward and ur ^ ed the people to perseverance , to a ware fulue . ss of their own niterest , aud above ail to watch tiie siiopkeepiiig iribe , and not to go and gorge their enemies , hut to

      let the grass ^ r w herore their doors , and above all to support tiiose who supported them ; and if there w ; en- uoue friendly among the shopkeepers , headvised them to cominenre > hops on their « iwn account . He then prop sed three t-heex * for the natiouul petition and the people ' s charter , which were given * ith ^ r .-at eflect . Ti . ree cheers wt-re then given lor the Xorlhern Star , for the R .- > v . Mr , Stephens , fhree lor the people , jind three groans for bastiles and bHsulers , and three for the W ) i ; gs . The meeting theu separated , in the greatest order . Tiri * demonstration will long , very long , be remembt-red by all who witiussed it ; the nuuiber at one time could not be less than Irom 40 to 50 , 0 lK ) leople were there from BoUon , Bury , Rochdale , Manchester , Oldhain , Ashton , Stalybridge , Glossop , nnd Ha . idleworth , aud froin all the towus and districts ot the West Kiuing and from other parts of the counties

      ot LanrHshire . Cheshire and TJerliv . All vieu in their eudenvours to dp honour to Mr . Uastler , and never was theresnch a display on such an deca--l'U . It must have given pleasure even to fueSquire liimselt to see his steward with 50 , 000 attendants . 1 l . us endei one of the most splendid demoustradohs ever witnessed in Huddersrielrf .

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      u . T i " . 8 is th « '" tter referred to as it appeared inthe HulijaxGuariitan : — rr f (> THE PKUPRlEtOR OK THE HALIFAX GUARDIAN . Sfr , —Havinv jiwt received a printed paper Which I consider tfnds ti > lower me in the estiruatuni of my temtntry , L think it in proper to nay . that my reusuii lur ilisehar ^ iiijt Mt . R . Oastler , my lute atew . irtl , wunthut I feareil Iriiiu nw tmtering « odeeply . ntotVif iH , Hti ( M of th « a-y , that he yvoul . t not have it in hla I'owerto settle certain Bum * uf moucy that he is in my debt , . ¦ n . l I did not iMnk lie ( raid suQicii'lit atteiitiuu to my business . —1 sliali Irel much nhliueil hy your publwlnnft thw , at lmusi consider 1 liaou been insulted by the tt udderstielil placard now beluie me . r Your obedient Servant , „ . ,. THOMAS THORNHILL . Cowes , August I " , 1838 .

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      GREAT MEETING AT KIDDERMINSTER . ( From our oto / i Reporter . ) In consequence of an invitation from the reformers of Kiiiderminster , Mrs » r . < , Douglas , Hadley , aud ^ iik attended a public meeting in that town on Monday lust . They were met at the Black Horse Inn , by a numerous committee of reformers , all respectalile and intellijjeut workiiig men . Not one master manufacturer attended : they appear to have been otherwise occupied . The week previous to the ineetiug , the Ten 'lowns '' Messenger bad been lavish ot-. 'heti and scurrilities on the gentlemen from Birmingham , an . ) the Tory party had issued placatds ^ citing , the hostility ol the people against them . Uut the Tories did uot trust to these measures alone . A body ot several hundred ruffians had been kept together and plied with drink the whole of the morning , for the purpose of interrupting the meeting . ' At four o ' clock : tue reformers pioceeued to the Lion Field , a large square space surrounded by houses at

      the edge of the town , in which hu > tings had been erected . The Chairman had beeu nominated , but bad not taken the chair , when the body of halfdrunken rulnans , hejuied by a man pf the name of Boycot , calhug himself a eemlemau , and accompanied by Brutt . the editor of the Tory paperramved . Boycot instantly scaled the hustings , aud this was the sigiial to his followers to commence a chorus of tuiinierrupted yells ; Boycot hiiuself vociferating , hooting , dahciug , and playing off the most incredible vagaries ot a uvaU druiikard , perpetually applving to a great jug of mighty ale , to krep up this strange exciteihent . The Atheuians made their slaves drunk to disgust the Grecian youths ; the Tories of Kidderminster , it appeurs , follow the same plan to excite the scorn of all rational men . After a Very considerable time spent in ineffectual efforts to obtain a he-ring , Mr , Douglas and Mr . Hadley retired to their hotel ;

      Mr . ^ ALT w oil' the mass of the people , and having obtained a welcome admission into a poor weaver ' s house , ( for all weavers are poor ;) he addressed the reformers from an upper window . He told the people that lie was not , -as the Tories- had styled him , a stranger and an enemy , but a neighbour and a friend . He had been throngh Scotlaud and England , advocating the cause of the bpnest working man , and however the Tories might ' style h ? m , there was no honest labourer that did not . call him his friend . They said he had come to disturb the peace of the town . He would ask what peace there was in Kidderminster ? Could the weaver eat his meal iu peace ?—could he lay his head at night , after a day of toil , on a peaceful pillow ? or did want

      and care dog him night and day through life , restless aud remorseless till their work was done , and the poor weaver , for the first time , found peace in the grave ? He came among them because there waV no peace . Would the Tories again inquire why he came , among them ? He would remind them of the terrible winter just past—of the annihilated tradethe breaking down of the wages and the lifting up oF the food ; and he wouid tell them that it was because Messrs . Boycot and Bruff , and their Tory gang , who could that day outrage all sense and decency , had done nothing to prevent ttoBe scenes of misery , that he ( Mr . Salt ) came to Kiddenniuster . Let tuein come forward like human beings , gifted with speech , intelliKeiice , and feelinK . in 8 t « iul M

      howlmg like savages , and say tbat they would head and guide the people to obtain a recovery of their rights , and he ( Mr , Salt ) would depart contented . It was false that he came to sow dissensions bfttweeh masters and men . He waB ^ maiiufactnrer hi mself , and a large one ; he had up interest in dissension . He bade them look at the ruined dwwlling of the labourer--count the multiplied hours of his toU-Ttell over his constantly diminished wages—look at the famine price of food , caused by accursed monopoly—at all the multiplied wrongs ' that cried out for redress ; and then look at « yery master , standttig alool , or supporting tbe infernal system , and there they would hud the source of all dauter and ai «^ ord .

      He came that day tp move the working men of Kiddenniuster to stand bv their order—to join tht ? great gathering . of-their leUow-meii , in demaniilinfcthp right ol protecting theinselves by Universal SuWageu t the masters would assist th ' em in that lightfion ^ object , there should be no discord . Friendahip wak the iruit of justice done and seh'ice rendered ; that was the : price of it ; if these duties were forg « tten , then let discord come . It might be , asked , what would lIuAwT » a \ Stinrage do ? He would answer * thai it would give the poor man tin . power of making lawsi and he woulaV assuredly , use that power to make all laws needful for his protection , and to remove all laws injurious . to him . Let them lo > k a little at the Use made of that power by the wealthy , * They had

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      jH ^ hjted prwerty-ta x ^ 09 ^ 900 off ^ S 9 ^^ Sffis |; people have the power of makinr the law * . anW ViT * wlf just take «« tL breaa- ^ ai ^ iaV i 5 ? the big loaf oa thit ; flag ; that ii ^ e- ^?* * - sW fl ^ drunken ruffians , who .. uueiroS " ££ feUpw labourers , UwUferange couirwt ^ f ™ oJ& JY ^^ ** i « fl * g ^ ^ rrfed the Tor y c £ K ^ dead before it . Ca »' you tet the % ' g ^ loaf ^ tK ^ UniversalSnfito ? ^ Ja d rSS y ^ S htate aecreta . Vonr ma * te « sometimi * t ^ on * tmik witlv ^ and urge me , to desi ^ tfronx agjtetujr ?! but I reply look at the » tate of tfo omm ^ rS" ?»

      Yon have broken down their wages , aad v { m V& them by ernel taxe * of more than half the scalS pittance left them . I will not eudnre it . Tni * would have hot for your ^^ cruel tax es ale at ^ d r ^ i quartj tea at la . ? d . perlb . j sugar at 3 d : pt-rC ? beef at u . prr lb ; and the big loar ; and gooj trTil into the bargain . I pledge you I gireyou th& ennstant answer truly . Oh , saj th » y don ' t to « * ee we do it for their good * If . we did not take aw *» their earnings * ey w ^ uld get drurilt ; iii , iir jj their good ; it keepi them sober . Whit gdbd wS yon hope for from a faction who peraiit in pinnderuiii your puree and murdering your character ! , f ( Hearf But before ; you make ail the . sacrifice * poiiiQl P WUi io

      .--.-. ^ ijuuw , < v ncu jvu BUoqra . iDif 4 * B , e » tain of theeftect Universal Suftrag ^ would ha . n te yonr welfare . I will tell you * tacu-rAn excellent tonale « ervant of mines mancwd Jan * cti * e , hpaWL and industrious man ; uniortBnately , he wva bqor ju a w ^ ver . He could only eainV at M wagesf twelw shilhnKS per week , and lie was ; oitea cmt ; orwort Hwaverageearmngs migtlt be takeaiatihei otitwde at ninejihillmgs ^ per week of taied motiey ; thatlt to say the wealthy have rnled that fife shillirigS d « of the nine , shall be taken away in taxea to pr .-reafc the poor man from injuring himself by aettu » ¦ . w ^ j ^' r ^ d ? ftwo y « « he found the ;^ 3 that had left him a blooming bride , sitting iniIfa kitchen a haggard and worn-out creature : and wh «»

      he spoke kiudiy to her , her reply was choked with conyuls ^ sorrow . She told him her hnsbau d wg « steady an d industrious , but Could not earn a living * that one week they starved to pay the rent , aiia tS next ^ week they starved without beiug able to' piy it ; tbat they lived in cohsiant privation and in cohsunttmor , tbey ^ at the meal that scarcely would . support life , trembling at every sound and shadow , lest it should be the bailiff coming to seize for rent , and health , and strength , and cwirage , and liboe were gone from them . ( Hear , hear ? aud sham ^ 1 said to my . humble friend—" Besay BeuueW I will not . stand , by to see you 8 p cruelly murdered ^ go and ^ hmig your lmsbattQ . " He came , and inVa lm t ? lg -h ^ 8 eUt ^ f m ! * y from the laud of Whig and Tory They had now been gone sixteej months , and lie had received letters from them'from which he would read them extracts ; The first k

      . wag thus :- > We are both in good health , and in want of nothing that money can purchase . Beuhet « ot work in three weeks alter we landed , aiid had fifty shilhugs yer we « k for the first month , but he wit lortnaate in- meeting with a sober and ihdristrions man , and they have taken a brickfield to get up the bricks , at so much a thousand , and they give tha men under theui fifty shillings per week , and they clear for themselves tour to five pounds a- * eek eaco , aud we get plenty of provisions of all sorts , to mabS ourselves comfortable , at moderate prices , and ttiii is a beautiful climate , " &c . Now , my friends . I would ha \ e you lay to heart that these fifty shilliilw wnges are paid in uutaxed money , and laid ivat xa untaxed food , au-t thatakhwugb . the people are not oi but tour

      roouea au ¦ rtiilhngs a-week to keep th-m Irom drinking , that Bonnet lound a sober mau t » . assist him ... But it might be said , brickmakiug Wai m that laud a specially good trade . He would read tliem auother extract from this correspoudeuce Ihe kind and grateful writer says— "Oh , my dear friends , ma / we expect you to come ; if so , how anxious shall we wait for the time of your arrival • and if it should please God for us to meet you al $ safe here , 1 cannot express tKe joy -we shall recwa you with . Be not afraid of coming ; you have no cause to fear ; only take courage , aud come . You will be far happier here than in England . Th . r « is nobody going from door to dopr here to ask for a bit of bread , —all have plenty that seek for it : and the

      an people we are : acquainted with are seiidinr lor their friends to come , and long for them to be here , to be made as happy as they are themselves . " You see , my lnend « , that pther people thrive ia that land besides brickmakers . Now , let us look a little at-the circumstances of the case . There ar » in this country about two thousand families , all of them driven from England by the impossibility of getting a liviug ; and here we find them all at mice —all of them thriving in the enjoyment of abu 4 dauc , and freedom from care . What gott -of » couutry , then , can this country be ? Why , my gboi Inend " , It is . not half so good a country aV England , It is not so fertile ; it is not so highly cultivated ; it has not the multiplied facilities of production as 8

      thousand years of civilization have accumulated ; iV has not the roads and canals , to make easy the distribution of its produce . These L'a ' ppy' people are dwellers iu the unreclaimed wilderness ot : nature—( hear , hear , hear , and loud cheers )— -yet even here there is abundance for all naturefi chiluren . How * comes it they starve in England where earth ' * treasures are gatheivd and made plastic to the Cullvpnianeu and tbo u-ill of mow ? Th « r » i » one sirrji ) l& reason Euglaudis not the people ' s ,, itis the land of the Whig and Tory , and those locust * have gone up orerall the land , and they have rested in all the coasts , very grievous were thev , before them there were bo such locusts as they , neither after them shall be such , for they covered the face of the whole

      earth , so that the laud was darkened , and they did eat the herb of , the land . and all the fruitof the tr « e . buchwas England now-rlet us see if such men as Boycot and BruftV ruled , what' England wouM become . There was no mercbant who did tioi acknowlege that our trade was breaking down before the competition of the untaxed foreigner . Witliin the last tew years our exports to Ebroue had fallen from 26 " to eighteen millions , while our population and productive power had intrea .-ed . Tamiiiiitain and share this remnant of our trade , a frightful competition amoug ourselves was carried on , which broke down prices , and all habits of life , and all decent comforts and all honest independence , but if the pressure of our burthens broke down the whole

      of our trade , what would be the effect of the whole burthen pressing pn our diminishbg resourcM . 1 he mind shrunk with horror from such a prospect ot rum and misery . He might be asked , was tuHW any remedy . He Mr . Sail , had enquired of a- ' Otf « man , who was telling him of the ; certain lall ol England beneath the competi : ion of his couutryiiien , whether the Germaus were more skilful or industrious than Englishmen , whether they had any greater facilities ? H e replied , their industry , their skill , and the facilities they possessed , were infinitely less , but , said he , your burthens ; crush you ; freed irom tbrse you would staud absolutely seenre aud unrivalled . And , now 1 come to ask you to stand true U ) yuar ord » r , and to join the holy league of your couuu-yineh to make industry in England secure aiid unrivalled . The destruciive process has been goiug on lor years , and your masters haye-neither -had tie honesty nor humanity to take anv sinele steu to stop

      it , arid when we come peacefully to deliberate upon matters so grave and important , they turn loose upon us , a fool , and a madman , and a liar , and a libVlM to disturb our meeting . Aly . '' -good , friends , T will come again among you , and when ; 1 do , 1 will soiinstruct your fellow-labourerH , that all the resources of the Tories , shall not bribe them to repeat the . d « - gracelul scenes of this day . Mr . Salt coiiclcdei his speechamid deareniug cheers , and the' whule ineeuiig accompanied bite to the Bla ^ k Horse . ' Here the Mdyor , waited upon the deputatidn , to request them , as a favojr tp himself , to hasten tniir departure , as he could not fix the bounds to Ity : piurage . In a short lime the depufatiou ' ¦ proceetfe ' i accompanied by a Very ; large processiotii of workm « P , with band and banners at the ; turnpike ; all three again addressed : a large and : Te 3 pectabie meenuf of enthttsiHsric and ; attentive / hearers , and departed amid / prolonged andcordial cheeriugs . - ¦

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      BIRMINGHAM WQAIEN'S POLITICAL ¦ :- - . " \ ' : ' X ! n % on :, : /¦ : ¦ :. ' : ' . - ' ¦ : ; - , . ' ¦ :- ¦;; - .: Gn Wednesday evening week , the Women ' s V ^ f met at the Public-office ; thelarge room was crowfl ?« A chairwoman having been- apppiuted , it was , » n ? nottneed that ii ^' wards ~ of thitleeri ! hundred ucs «« had been disposed of . The-announcemejit was receivedwith applause . One of the females pre *^ J hrietty addressed the meeting . She said *** . *?• lately been very Violently attackediby some < rf . »« Tory acquaintances , who had demandi » d to W ° ™ what right she had to busy herself about pw'ff She replied , jthat she would not ; have done so , nw she not suffered by politics j aiid had : she not fouOa that , bv leavinp- Dolitics enurehr to thfrmen . her

      cpndition , and that of her neighbours , [ . wa ? getting ' . wor * t She considered the women had a right to interlere j for the purpose of procuring eu « h changes as wow | imprbve theirsitTiation . The lordsandladit-s offW land enipyed alh the good things of the creatio" ' whilst those who procured them ^ cduld xibt toiJp » them . She had long since given up the practiwoj repeating tlxat part of xhe grace before meals « tow ™ thanked the Alniighty forhia ; " gobdereatares , " becauiie seldom or nerer d } d it happen that good crya * tures came to her humble : table : ( Henii ¦ ' ) & ' ¦ *) She hoped the women would persevere , now ' ?« they had bes-un , and il they did so , things' wouia sooii be altered . Mr . Salt and MrVGoLUNsaddressed the meetirig » aod were loudly cheered ; »; ' -

      Each of ' the members of the committee wassnPplied with cupies of . Mr .-SaltVlast address to ^ o women ! for distribution . The ticket monejyaB ^ " J ing ^ o « qme poanCf , yashantfed in veryin ^ elv , «»» there wasJno lack of spirit . It was ruled that ,, on 7 t )« ose having tickets would , in future * be adnu ( tea w these meetings . : /¦' : '

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      6 t fi THR NWTflKRy STA 8 . , : ; ^^^ im ^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 1, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1021/page/6/