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      THE MILL MEETING

      tfo sooner had the great Meeting on Holbeck Moor broken up , than the delegates , and the bulk of those preseat , repaired to the new mill of Messrs . Marsh *!! , in Water-lane , at which was to be held the demonstration of the Leeds Reform Association . A . portion of the BUI was partitioned off , a platform sad a gallery ereeted , and the immense space , capable of accommodating 6 , 000 or 7 , 000 , was fitted op -with a degree of tatte which we hare rarely seen equalled ; ana , large as was the space in the centre of the room it wa » filled , the great majority being < frartttrti -ife *^* platform was a large ornamental chair , Sfiffpe accommodation of the president ; this was *• ? raised dais , and orer it was a star lighted with

      _ - jctKfwa&tt , at the back , in well-formed large letters , ai *» l « h t « d with gas , were the words , " Justice to one mi to all . " On the panels , on each side of Has Chairman , were painted the mottos , "No property qualification for members f " Household Suff % ej »« Tote by Ballot and Triennial Parliaments ;" " ( £ a » dts £ ributian of Representation . " t » guests and members of the Reform Associawere seated on the right of the Chairman ; the tist delegates and their friends on the left . -James Gabth Mxesball , Esq . the president of the Leeds Reform Association , was called to the chair , and , after be bad stated the objects of the meeting , and entreated for all a fair and ^ Impartial hearing , - "

      Joseph Hot , Esq ., M . P ., ( Kilkenny ) tben rose amidst great cheering , at twenty-two minuies after five o ' clock , Tne trumpet having sounded to order , the Hon . Gentleman thus commenced : —Gentlemen , ( noise ) it is quite impossible that I cmj expresa to you any of those opinions that I entertain , if this is to be tne manner m which I am received . ( Cheers aad hisses , and some confusion . ) , Mr . PrmETHLY , of Hudder&fLeld , theii cwae fc > Tward and said , Gentlemen , I entreat the meeting to hear Mr . Hume , and when he has spoken , then to hear one on the opposite side of the question . [ This speaker was also interrupted by cheers , groans , catcalls , hooting , and various discordant noises . ]

      • Mr . Comxs , of Birmingham , next came forward and exclaimed , are yo men ? X a ? k the question , are ye men ! If go , prove it by your conduct . ( Hear , hear . ) Listen attentively ^ It is one of the QQ& important subjects that ever could bring you together . Hear every speaker . ( Cheers . ) By so doing yon will affwrd the best proof that you are true patriots , aud lovers of your country ,- ( Applause , foll owed by comparative silence . ) Mr . Hcks resumed : —I hope , Gentlemen , that the appeal which has been made to you will be successful . I assure yon that I appear here an old and a tried Reformer—( hear , and applause , succeeded bj groans and hootings from the Chartists ) —one who would not have appeared at this meeting ,

      if-JE had not a hope of seeing ail classes of Reformers nailed in furtherance of the gre « object of . Parlia-^ fteaiary Reform . ( Hear , hear . ) I hare , therefore , ^ ifejj ^ ^ anxious that every mm , whatever opinions he' may entertain cu this impbrC&Bt question , should be fairly and fully heard * -Kbeai )^ -ibr -which purpose 1 have bfeeninstruxaental in aefctojthose gentlemen ( advocates of TJni-Tersal Suffrage ) here to attend , in . order that we nught have the benefit of their opinions ; in order that-we might express oar opinions ; and thus see tchs&er there is not one common general object on ¦ which we can agree , in order to obtain for the people of this country that great and important elec * tire , franchise , on which the best of our liberties

      wast ultimately depend ( applause ) . I come not forward here , gentlemen , to propose any restricnon od that which I know to be the ardent desire of millions . i « 4 his country . Oa the contrary , my opinions are so will known on that subject , that t am only anxious en this occasion , at a meeting which , if we fifcouM conduct ourselves as I have b ? en fondly expecting we should , may be the commencement of an agitation ior that , whieh we &S » ail anxiOBS to obtain . [ Some noise , and . njiBy individuals were seen running out of the mill , aslftb * greet some new arrival outside . ] Gentlemen , we have one common object in view , —good govern-JBest . We . want equal laws and equal justice to all ej *« a of the oomaoniiy . Up to this hour we have

      not csjoyed , we do not enjoy these . We are met today foV this object , and 1 am pleased , beyond measure , to find that bo important a community a > that of Leeds should s « t the example of calling together Reformers « £ ail classes to see whether there is not •* e common ground on which we can meet , and proceed together , until we shall obtain that which shall give us , I should say , that increased suffrage , so that every maa 'who pays taxes in this country should be wpsteented , and ought to vote himself for his repre-MOfcatifss . Gentlesaen , I have come here for another parpw f than in the hope that L may be able to assist ill promoting that onion amongst Reformers , with * cut-which we must coa % \ is lo be trampled under f « t br tSexriato 2 » fl ^ w ^> ~ ftS ^ rnrrr oWfriSL ^ Sa CNo ^

      t ^ i ^ pi . at large . «> the Qiirmin ^ nfbt , in o » e eonwr ^ f tbApe ? " 6 g-XI am exiremriy sorry ijggjatX-J&Mii jB ^ thefct ^ cornHLPft ^ tet > sow n ; the ¦ steigfgeme boarai-Bess junderwEich I labour , and that ' £ eta hardly fSS&finy v ^ ewsnffieiently to be heard ; Md ' miTiah'fL ^ d » atg Ow nTO « r * ^ f 1 > e lBg as quiet as passible , i t will be utterly- < iat of my power toexpwas r » y sentiments as I am desirous to do . . The Cnairrnan has placed in ay hands a resolution to lay before you . To thai resolution I hope to find the oaaaiBOss ooBctrrrenee of this meeting ; and I am cmte satisfied that 1 here is not ene here , the foreatoet foead of freedom amongst yon , who is more desirous than myself togo on rapidly , provided that we go on securely , and provided we can obtain

      the great and important object , which we are on this oesasioa met to promote . ( Loud applause . ) I sounder the step whieh the Leeds Association ha * taken as one of immense importance , as abeginnirjg ; for it is only a beginning , ( Chartist applause . ) It is as euch we meet . ( Disagreeable sensation . ) Gentlemen must know that to finish any object we most have a beginning ; butthat which is well begun , they Bay in my country , will be well finished . Now here is a point upon which we are now met . In a constitutional government like this , certain fundamental principles hare been recognised" by our forefathers for age * past—that so man in this kingdom has-a-rigirt to be asked to rapport the Government taxation of this country , unless be shaft , by iumgelf ,

      or by his representative , give his assent to tbat taxation . ( Applause . ) I come , therefore , gentlemen , to call your attention to the circumstances msder which we meet . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Those ¦ who have watched , and have attended to my proceedings for -the last thirty years , know that I have serer turned my back to the people ' s rights— ( applause ) ;—but that I invariably stood to demand for the oullft&fi that whieh they have not the opportunity by themselves to demand or to obtain . And although we hare been unfortunate , in that we hare »» t been successful in the efforts that we have made , wetj chat U not any reason why we should be dis-• poraged . Ought we not , on the contrary , to redwible ear attention—to renew our efforts , and to

      treat in the justice of our cause , that we shall ultiia * Je ^ obtain tbat for which we seek . ( Applause and noise . ) I shall , indeed , be obliged to the gentle-2 & 6 Df if they will only liaten to me . I will be as hnef ae ppeaible ; bat I can assure you I am anxious that _ we should now meet in this immense assembly tp-ooosider these matters ; and I tell you that the eyes of the whole of this kingdom are npwi your proceedings to-day , to gee if yon ahonld conduct yourselves ( as has been properly stated by Mr . Collins ) so as to prove yourselves to be n&n worthy of the Suffrage . ( Lond applause . ) For which purpose I mm here , if you will , do me the favour to listen to me while I endeavour to express by what means , u I think , we can best

      attain it . Ltnwt we are ill actuated bj one object - ^ -to ^* ee good government ; to see happiness spread through this land as widely and broadly as it * re-• Durees are eap * bl « of extending it . ( Applause . ) Ho man can be ignorant of what is , unfortunately , every minnte before our eyee—tbs state of difficulty , distress , privation , aod -want , that eovers the land simost at all qoarten . Is it not , therefore , a Stand proper question to diseoss while so many men are offering while others are at ease I ( Applause . ) But let as a 0 be more at case , or be more suffering ; let ¦ s see if we cannot unite to go to obtain those advantages and that relief which must result from good government to the millions who a » now offering by what I pronnnee to be bad and

      imperfect government ' ( Cheers . ) Such being the case , EitkHJen , what is it that we have to consider ! We ve to consider andex what rironnstances , living ¦ ader » representative government , we are placed . Are we represented ? Are the millions represented I say no . ( Cheers . ) Who dare deaf this ? Who can pot Ms hand to his heart and Bay that the million * are represented—tbat they have a Ftficenf tea assembly called the Commons House of ParKammft ! Ikk , therefor * , too mnoh to ask yea to listen for s &wrmo » eats to on * who has now devoted a large portion of ids life to forward those great and mifkty objects 1 ( Applaase ami confusion . ) Gentlemen , I xepea * we have batose ^ bjeet , —> tbose of us who are

      Bineere Kefcrmershavs fcut one object in new ; and ^ " ^ rfffnftt nnnwan inthirmanahly thorstnicit onn sdob that bench ( the one assigned to tbft tdxoyfjft of Cjuyersal $ s&ag » , be * idee « ja h « ra , ardent howerar as they are of freedom , whom . I can alk > wto ^ ar An oouuon more favQurabla toihe maeti of the comj anwiy than I myself have . ( Hear , heir-siid W » n »» . ) And , fterefore , I ask yon to be qafcl , aslI may explain to you my objccts-thatl , may be able to do the dnl ^ r whieh the committee navi TeqTteeMdma to fulfil . And I will sow read the resolution which has . been pat into my hands , and then -J ; wfll point out , if you wffl . » Qow me , the noiepf which we ought to arrrKat fteresults which uas resolution points to . TheaSBetionia : —

      " That the great experiment pai&e bfWfau of the Balonn BUi , to lspR > T « the eoofitfon at t&Ef < juatry JmXh . failed to attain the end decked by ^^ eopk . ; and , a farther Reform having therefore becoae Ueces-, sary , it ia the opinion of thia meeting that the nnited efforts of all Rerormea ought to be directed to obtain

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      Foxitb Faith . —We have to-day ( Thursday ) had j a notable example of the good faith and honest deak , ing of the foxes . It is a usual praotioe amongst ., newspapers publish « d in the Bame town , witho ut , ' reference to politics , to accommodate each other ' 1 with reports of public proceedtng ^' as si mutual i convenience . In accordance with this very just and ' o roper usage , we have never hesitated to affjrd , at . all times , to any of our contemporaries , slips of any matter of public interest that they might wish : to have , notwithstanding that it might have cost us " some trouble and expence , to procure it ; nor . have we ever , until bow . found a contemporary mean « , enough tp hesitate in affording w the like coarteay . This afternoon , the Editor of the Leeds Times sent

      his reporter to our office , to request slips of the * Holbeck Moor Meeting . We at once gave him those ; " and requested him , iu return , to oblige us with slips , of the Mill Meeting , . which might Bave our reporters ' some trouble in writing out . Thia was promised , aud our slips of the Holbeck Moor meeting taken away . Not merely did we do this , but actually took ' the trouble of correoting the proofs , which were sent to us from tha Leeds Times offiae for that purpose ; and When these proofs were sent bank to the Editor , with a request for the promised slips , the ' dirty blackguard told the messenger , that the report 5 of the Mill Meeting had been attended with some ; expenco , and bo could not , therefore , send it us 1 In Justice to the Leeds Mercury we feel ! bound to state , that the Times' reporter , when requesting slips of the Moor meeting from us , wag '¦ ' * accompanied by the sub-editor of therLeeda Msreun /^)

      who asked alike favour ; to whom we of oourse gav * them , making the same request as to the times . ' , He , hot having consulted his principals , did not ' choose to promise , bat said he would see . From the " Mercury , though not promised , we receiv ed them ; i notwithetanding th > t the ditty Doctor had actually , : not content with the ungentlemanly and dishonest trick played by himself , sent down to them to re- ' quest that they would not furnish them to us . This * which could have been , afforded of the feeling of thi - foxes , on account of the "heavy blow and sore . dis > -. , coura ^ ement" they have received this day in their . own den . Poor Fox Smiles ! how angry he must ; have been at the Mercury ' s ^^ refusal to aid him in so- laudable an nndertakingas that of inflicting a few < j hours' needless labott u » 0 n . Jhe r ^ portewMpiim ? ' '¦*¦ wmporarypjiper , !/ . ; -. , ; ,.. ^^ ' ? -. ¦ ; : ; .:: :. ^ t -: [ : ' %

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      Registered at Brighton , three weeks since , William Frost Kingsraore , son of Mr . and Mrs . Thomas Kingsmore . Also , William Feargaa OOonnor Frost Ellis , son of Mr . William George Meecham and Jira . Helena Ellis . Mr . Martin Griffiths , of Worcester ^ ,. , had a child christened on the 20 th of December ^ Tane Vincent Griffiths . > ' ¦' - ¦ At MansSeld , on the 7 th of January , . John and Sarah Stafford had a son christened James F « srgas Stafford . ' . On Wednesday , December 9 th lart , the wife of John Goyle , late of Wigan , a thorough-going Chartist Teetotaller and Rechabite , was safely delivered of a eon , which was duly registered Feargos Frost Goyle .

      A few weeks ago , the wife of Mr . Jessa Green , of Eforbury , was delivered of a fine girl , which has been duly registered Jane Frost Green , in honour of the exiled John Frost . John and Ann Lucas had a son bem 3 rd of December last , whom they have caused to be named Feargus O'Connor . : At Zion Chapel was christened , on the 10 th of Jannary , by the Rev . John Thorpe , the founh son of Charles and Eleanor Willden , by the name of Feargns O'Connor . The wife of John Coles , of Compton-street , Northampton , wa ^ lately delivered of a son , which was duly registered Henry Fearans Colea .

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      roch a further enlargement of the franchise , m should mike the interests of the representatives identical with those ef tbe whole country , and by this means secure a jmt go verzuneat for &U classes of the people . " Is there one man in this assembly who looks forward to an honest exercise of the power of the representative , who can wish more than that those men who are Bent to Parliament to represent the people in the House of Commons should act on feelings identical with the people ; that they should consider their wishes , wants , and interests , and make the measures to which they consent the means of carrying out those great objects which we are striving for . This iB the resolution which I am now requested to propose . It will be seconded by one of the steadied

      friends of the people from Glasgow , a delegate from the people there ; who will alw , if he differs , from me , have an opportunity of pointing' out how he would proceed , if he thinks that the path which I point out is not the proper path . Gentlemen , we have ample means of discussion here ; 1 in not afraid of discussion ; from it truth must be elicited ; and if there is one question uDon which I place more reliance than another , it is in the justice of the cause . The people demand that they shall not have their pockets picked by persons not authorised by themselves to take money from them ; but , on the other hand , they are willing to consent to all taxation deemed necessary by men enjojing their confidence and esteem . Lord John HnsselJ , on a ^ kin ^ for leave to introdnce the Reform Bill in the House of Common . " , sa : d , " The ancient constitution of our country declares that no man . " shall be taxed for the support of the btate , who has not consented , by himself ur his represent alive , to the imposition ' of

      taxes V 13 there any man here who denies that proposition % No ; none . On the 24 ih June , 1831 , Lord John Russell , in introducing the Reform Bill , said , " I propose a Reform ia Parliament to put an ead to the nomination of the representatives of tha people . ( . Hear , he& ? , hear . ) I pTOpose that they should send into this House their real representatives ; they shall hava in fact that whioh at present exists only in theory ; I promise you that lavrs shall no longer be passed for the benefit of governments , of classes , or interests . " Gentlemen , what more would the most adrent Reformer wish ? He further promised— " We will identify this House with the people of the three kingdoms , and wo will extend to thia great , powerful , aud enlightened peuple , the right of havinjj their legitimate representatives a ? 3 emlled within the walla of Parliament , to protect the right ? , the liberties , and interests of tbe nation . " These were some of the benefits which the

      Reform Bill was intended to c&Try out , and fie said further , that the House of Commons so reformed , was to " consult for the interests of the people , to consider their grievances , and to attend to their desires . " Now , I have heard complaints , that we , the Reformers , supported an inefficient bill ; but if the bill had carried out those expectations and promises which were held out by Lord John Russell , aad which I , as a Reformer , was anxious to see realised ; and having heard those promises aeld ouv ^ ho could be blamed for having consented to give it a fair frial how far it was possible to rtauee them . Did Lord John Eussell alone give

      them these promises ! No , he was also borne out by Earl Grey . And this 13 very important ; that if any gentlemau goes with us , it is necessary for him to understand what was attempted to be done , and how the failure took place , and in what we were ¦ wrong . Lord Grey , on the 3 rd of October , 1831 , uttered these memorable words , " I believe the present bill to be a measure of conciliation . I believe that on ita acceptance or rejection depend on the one hand tranquillity , prosperity , aad concord , oa the other , tbe continuance of a state of political discontent . I believe that a change is necessary , to infuse new vigour into the constitution , and to unite the states of the realm in the bonds of a sacred

      and happy union ; to make the House of Commons that which it 13 intended to be , and professes to be , a full , vigorous , arid efficient representative of the people of England . " ( Hear , hear . ) Now , had 1 stated these as tbe promises then made by the authors of the bill , I ask any man present whether he is not prepared to af sent to the first part of the proposition contained in this resolution—that those magnificent prospects then held out to us" have altogether failed ; and tnat we are warranted to proceed to the second part of the proposition—how best we can carry oat that agitation te command and obtain those reforms which were promised to us , ^> ut have failed . It ib necessary here , that you should bear ia mind the story of the old man with his sons , whom he told , " If you take tb&t bundle of sticks , and break them

      one by one . you will completely destroj theirstrength . Be united and firm , and you will be able to resist that which otherwise you could not oppose . "Gentlemen , the middle classe ? , or the represented classes , have not acted with that cordiality towards the unrepresented , which they ought to have done . ( Loud cheers . ) They have neglected them—( he&r , hear)— -thev have not put themselves at the head of - ^ Tgr&ii ^ iOTe ^ BBf ^ twhiehUB takin g place ; and it fe > Jw ** foB # I * to ' se ^^ w f ^ mjeaiaVhy aeordiai nnioB o £% ni efforts , by each part ; yielamgla muoa ie «« fthatwhich . may be objected f bj- » h « yihjfo and fix on some one common ground by whieh to renew the agitation , and to prevent the aristocracy from further oppressing us , which now wields that great power by which oar taxation goes on ; I will not s » v with no check at ail , but certainly

      with very slender check , I assure you , from that House of Commons which we have at the present moment . It is for us to see whether we cannot again awaken that union of moral force and influence by which we carried the Reform BilL which we then thought would be productive of all the blessings promised and contemplated , but in whieh we were disappointed . I Bhould not be one to tend myself to what I see has been called "a humbug association , " to deceive the people . I regret to see a want of confidence between the represented and tbe unrepresented . I am one of six millions of men of full growth , and ^ of twen ty ^> ne years « f age and upwards ; and when I look at those ^ whe have the power of electing the men who are to sit in Parliament , and to pass laws affecting our liberties and property—and when I find that

      these electors are not more than one million out of six ; that there is not more than one man in every six who has a voice in the election of the representatives of the peoDle—what is tbe conclusion I come toi ( Hear , bear . ) That we have given to the few a vast power ; i don ' t blame that few ; I say it is the vicious but the necessary results of their possessing this power ; for if you entrust to a few individuals nachesked power , you make them dishonest . ( Hear , hear . ) And I would take the same number of the most ardent friends of liberty , men who think they alone are the friends of liberty , and put them in that situation ; they are men : they too would be corrupted , and you would soon find tbat you could not trust them . And ,

      Gentlemen , I trust the time , is fiwt coming when you will trust Any men without keeping them under that check and controul whichii necessary in all societies in every part of the world ; For such purpose I want to see why it is that we have so few electors . It is because toe middle classes are alarmed . at the idea of placing confidence and power in the hands of the many . ( Hear , hear . ) I think that that is one of the greatest vices of the age , and especially of those who call themselveBLiberals , that they have not placed confidence ia tbe people . I can only say , for my ownpart , that I have had proof from experience , which enables me to say , that there is not a man who earns his daily bread , upon whom I could not place confidence , provided there be nothing to

      corrupt him or lead him astray . And for twelve years I stood the representative of the trades of my own native country , and I never found any of them but what proved , beyond that of the higher classes .. ( Hear , hear . ) Let the middle classes weigh welt these facts . They are suffering ; they will Buffer more ; for an irresponsible government is at this moment carrying on war , and it moat be supported , and for this new taxes will be required . Will they ( the middle classes ) get relief without the people ! No ; Let tkem , 1 to $ n , aek for that support by the aid of which alorfe they can eome with any chance of sneeess before the legislature as at present constituted . ( Hear . ) . Again , I say to the working menu You are suffering ; you want relief ; will you get . it alone ? " No . You may get additional suffering by a continuance of misgovernment ; but you

      cannot alone obtain redrew ., if both parties should come to that oonolueion , that it is only by union that you can obtain relief for the ; suffering of the country , is not that a ground , —ought not that to be a motive , —for burying in oblivion all that is past , and let us meet ' each other as reformers . Having said thus natffc , Jet me ask you whether any state of the representation can be more absurd than that which we nave at the present moment i 1 have in my hand statements in proof of this ; but I will not trouble yon with the details , becaose I have elsewhere taken pains to place them on record and before Parliament , with the view of calling the attention of parties to it . But this I will tell yon , that instead of that eqoal distribution that ought to take place , and which was promised to us oy the Reform Bill , —on . my conscience I believe tbat the present House f Commons is as mneh under influence , aad is

      ia : JBUtk * ^ M |» ination Parliament , and as little in inuw } $ 2 with the people , as the unrepresentative Fgnwuit was , which we ant down In 1831 . When JmoTtotfa one borough . 152 voters should elect two MmaiHriy and in another , 16 , 000 electors hare o » ly power iy < to 4 be tune ; if I find that in five korongto 1 ^ 0 &J » r 1 , » Q electors chose ten members , aad that in Ibftjgaxae number of boroughs 2 find fifty tixnea Ihe niupper of electors , only electing the same number of members , —I ask , is it possible for any » an W s » V ftafrtiie-results expected from the Reform . Bill haw oot completely failed 3 Again , I ask , is the geprtujmt ation of England , Scotland , and Ireland , oa . » , footing to be herne ! Ought we nor , therefore / lo ' see whether we cannot in Scotland , England , and " Ireland , bring together all those who see the need of tmkw , to commaad from the legislature that change which is so essential , and which must take place before we can obtain the required reforms . 1 hope it is not necessary for me to say more than tha ^ fthat inequality is apparent to all .

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      Then , does the preMpt House of Commons attend to the requests and opinions of the people any more than the former Hoiise did ! Not one bit . ( Hear , hear . ) They hear roar complaints t they may be laid before them ; out M to considering them or acting as the representatives gf the , / people , that is quite another matter . ' ( Hear , hear ; I am not here to support , for I tell yon candidly that I am sot satisfied with what is called House hold Suffrage ; for I hold that Household Suffrage would exclude a large portion of the men who are . « B ? 4 he first importance in the country ; it would exclude three-fourths of the mechanics of the country .. ( Hear , hear . ) I think it right to tell you what I hold a Radical Reformer to be , —one wao wistes to keep and honest man at his post . I call a Radical Reformer sn n ' onest man , who does not . wish ~ to meddle with any man ' s property . Radical

      Reformers have been charged with wishing to meddle with the property of other people ; but no such thing will take . place ; and it is merely alleged by those who are anxious to throw discredit on them by giving them a bad name , in order to prevent what the well know must be the result , Gentlemen , I thank yon for the manner in whioh you have listened to my long , and necessarily desultory , discussion , because it has introduced what it ought not to have done . I will again read the resolution , Gentlemen , which will be seconded by Mr . Moir , of Glasgow , who will speak to you of the- views whioh he takes of the present condition of the people . Having again read the resolution , the Hon . Gentle ' man concluded by saying , in reference to its lost clause , " Such , I hope , may be the result , " and sat down amidst loud cheers , having spoken exactly an hour .

      Mr . Moir , of Glasgow , in rising to second the resolution , expressed great pleasure that he had to do so under circumstances of so auspicious a character to the cause of Universal Suffrage . The demand of the great principle for which they conteuded W&s not a thing entirely new , as those who were aware of the exertions of the patriot Muir , and others iu Scotland , and of Cartwright in England , knew perfectly Well . Circumstances had again called it forth in England , and on the carrying of it out , depended the happiness of the great mass of the working population . How waa it that the vario \ i 8 plan * which had been adopted with the view of ameliorating the condition of the people had failed ? I t was simply because they bad not a voice in the

      representation . And why had they not 1 Not because they had not a natural right to be heard in the legislative councils of the nation , bat because the people , forsooth , were not sufficiently educated 1 Not learned enough ! Did they not find the Tories coaxing the operative Conservatives ! Aye , aud when the blaek-faoed lads were shouting out fo Church and King , " they were then the intelligent working men of England—the elite of the working classes—the very men . to judgo what system of policy was best adapted to promote the interest of the country . Then there were the Corn Law repealers . l > id they call upon the householders only to support themiu obtaining the measure which they were so wishful to

      accomplish ? No ; they called upon the whole- people to bear testimony to the injuries which had been done to all by their enactment . They did not suppose that they ( : he Chartists ) were an exception to a general rule ? No j they always appealed to the people—the whole people , and they did it in sincerity . The speaker then went into a review of the transactions of tbo Melbourne Ministry , and the chance afforded to Lord Melbourne , if he had been so disposed , of carrying various measures of sab-Etar > tial reform , -when the old King William was obliged to recal him to office , after thefttesignation of Sir Robert Peel ; and also to his opinions on-the Corn Law , as well as the declaration of Lord John Russell , as to " riaality . " To these two circumstances he attributed the establishment of Chartism in Yorkshire . The people were disgusted at the policy of the "Whi g * , who , instead ot retrenching , had laid on fresa taxes , and increased ; thts

      Debt , since their accession to offi ; e , five millions of poundB . The middle classes of Englaud were beginning to feel the effects of bad Government , and wished to alter a state of things which was likely to be fraught with mischief and ruin . They could hot do this without a union with the . working classes . They must be united together , and there was a motto on the- wall , which led him to hope that a nuion would take place at no very distant period . When that took place legislation would be conducted on a more feasible footing . People of common sense would discover that there was nothing to be admired in the fact of the President of the united States receiving six thousand pounds * -year , for hu really responsible situation , whilst the Queen and Prince Albeit were receiving as much per week . ( Cries ot "Shame . ' ") These things must be attended to ; but he anticipated no great beneficial change until Universal Suffrage could be obtained . Mr . Moir then read to the meeting a resolution which had been come to by tbe Cbartietsof Glasgow ,

      expressive of a determination to opposAany axtta-Ifep whicTi mjglrt . Jy jatydad witjujwpit ^ C jg o-« SsjS 33 « vVtoiJio which he had pTeVioflS ^ Nottobed ¦ pon in a speech of the previow day , and which need not , therefore , be mentioned here . He concluded by once more urging upon the middle classes to support the Chartists in endeavouring to obtain the suffrage ; as they might be assured , if / a urjfon did not take place , the Tories would soon have their feet upon their necks , as it was quite evident they v ? era struggling for the ascendancy . ( Cheers . ) Sir GeoegbStrick . la . vd , Bart , then came before the meeting to express his abhorrenoe and contempt of tbe Tory doctrine called Conservatism—or the standstill and do nothing principle . ( Hear . ) He belonged to a party who would concede all they dare , and would give all they could . He was favourable to an extension

      of the suffrage , expanding with the intelligence of the people . ( Loud hisses , and faint cheers from the Whige . 1 He could ' not kelp saying they forgot the prudent maxim of Uking all they could get , for fear of losing everything . " He bad been a friend to the Reform Bill , —the whole Bill , and nothing but the BilL The speaker then tpoke in favour of this measure , and adverted to the various Whig schemes that had been brought forward and passed . He was la favour of Household Suffrage . ( Loud and repeated cries of " Universal Suffrage . " ) He thought they should unite as Mr . Hume * &id , on the principles of Household Suffrage , and the Tote by Ballot He concluded by saying that they wbo hud read the constitution of the country aright , would not be afraid of giving power to the people . ( Applause . )

      Mr . Jouh Colliss came forward , and was received with loud and long-continued cheering , After expressing his great pleasure at the magnificent spectacle before him , and the importance of the meeting , he said he would reply to an observation or two of the gentleman wbo had just Bat down . He had said he was an advocate of an extension of the Suffrage to those who were intelligent enough to be entrusted with it . ( Cries of " Hear , hear . ") Now , the question was , who was to be the judge as to the intelligence of the individuals ! ( Hear , hear . ) That gentleman had sat down , after Concluding his speech , by advocating Household Snffrage . Now , he ( Mr . Collins ) would ask whether all those parties who would have votes as householders

      ware intelligent 1 ( Loud cries of " Hear , bear . " ) Would the advocates of extending the suffrage to the intelligent , tax only those persons ! He mentioned that those who were taxed were entitled to vote for the man who expended their money . Were not all called on to obey the laws ! and was it not right that all who were called onto obey them should have a voice in making them 1 Disguise it how they might , the man who was called upon to obey those laws without having a voice in the making of them was a slave ; and those who made them were tyrants . ( Loud cheers . ) He was anxious to defend thYclass to . which he belonged , from the calumnies and slanders heaped upon them . Mr . Collins then r ^ capittU lated the several points of his speech on the moor ,

      which answered the absurd imputauonsof the levelling doctrines , extraordinary oriminality , and iunotance of . the . working people . ( Hear , hear . ) A ! leging these misconceptions from the limited intercourse subsisting between them and the middle classes ^ whose opinions were formed in general , not from observation of a personal character , bat from magazines , and other publications , in which , the working man was introduced as a foil to set off the rich man . He insisted that if the balance should be fairly struck , there weald not be found a greater proportion of criminals among the working than among any other class ; and he referred to the provisions of the Charter , for excluding the convicted felons from the ' franchise as evidence of the anxiety of Chartists for the due protection of property .

      He thanked the preceding speaker for alluding to negro emancipation . Thia was another argument in favour of the Charter . It had been predicted , that the slaves , when invested with their freedom , would most surely use it for the destruction of life and property . Bat this had not been so : though , if it « ven had been so , tbat would iiare furnished , no just ground of argument against emancipation . If he ( Mr . C . ) sbotOd keep a man for a long period bound hand foot , and then set him at liberty , and he should knock him down , he ( Mr . C . ) should not refer it to his being at liberty , but because be had been kept in slavery so long-. ' ( Applause . ) He exhorted the meeting , by the love they owed to their wives and children , and to their country , not to rest

      till they had emancipated themselves from the bondage in which they were . ( Load applause . ) The gentlemen who had preceded him had delivered many excellent sentiments to which he ( Mr . Collins ) heartflr responded . All they ( the Chartists ) wanted was , - that all should have the same rights they claimed for themselves . They had been invited to join in the attempt for Household Suffrage ; but how coald he look npon his fellow-men who had not houses , and say , " Yon do not possess a house , and you have , therefore , no right to « * ote ! ' * How could he ask for a right whioh be would withhold frctn iis brother ! ( Load applause ^ How could he do this , and lay claim to the title of a-Christian , a Briton , or a patriot j They had heard absolution which had been passed Jbv the men 4 f- £ rlasjpw : he

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      bod been also entrusted with n ftddrws , . which would be read by Mr . Q'Neff . The Birmingham pedple took their sUndnpoh principle . Some would sayi Hlf we cannot get * U we- want , let as get all wecan » Would W one , apply thia principle to the recovery of a debt , and . take less than was bis due ? The doctrine of expediency had been much Insisted on : he held that there was no expediency , but that of right—and , as the Charter was Ji |{ Bt , it was expedient to have the ^ Charter . He mentioned the identity of interest , bqtween , the middle and tbe operative ^ classes ; and that it would therefore be an evidence not less of prudence than of patriotism in the former , who were invested with the means of Belf-protection by the franchise ,

      to extend that power to their poorer fellow subjects , with whose interests : their own were inseparabiby bound up . It was now three years since the , commencement of the agitation which bad placed the Chartists in the position they now occupied ; they then ple dged themselves that no crotchet , nor any specious offer of a lower rate of franchise should alienate them from the steady pursuit of that one object ; to that pledge they had hitherto adhered , and he felt quite certain that they would not desert it now . Tiie principles of Chartism were those of houesty and justice ; they needed but to be undorstood to be adopted by tho just and rational . The more closely they were sifted , the more perfect they appeared , and they would most certainly , ere long ,

      become the principles of all thinking and honest men . Let those who feared to give power to the people , look to America . For the lasc fifty years the whole world had poured the scum and refuse of its redundant population into that country ; and all whom the uusocial arrangements of their own laws drove to poverty and ruin , sought refuge in its friendly arms ; and yet this population , originating thus iu , poverty aud crime , and admitted to the exercise of electoral privileges at the expiration of six months from their first location on its shorc 3 , maintained and flourished under a system of government ' which , for efficiency , as well aa cheapness ,

      was unequalled in the world . ( Hear , hear . )—What country bad produced abler statesmen , civilians or generals ? Democracy was immortal in its principks , ! because based on truth ; and while the princi » le § . of ancient Greeoe and Rome were daily more and more honoured' aad . revered , the pyramids of Egypt , and the pillar of Poinpey the monuments oi princely folly , were crumbling into dust , and being forgotten of mankind . Mr . Collins concluded his address with an energetic appeal to the beat feelings of humanity , on behalf of the principles . of Chartism , whioh he contended to be those by which alone tho continued , blessings of prosperity and peace could be insured . »

      Mr ; John Arxhdr Roebvck was received "with cheers . He said a number of smart things , -which occupied a conslderabl length of time , bub bad little in them besides evidence of the orator ' s ability to fence with straws . He insisted principally that they were not assembled to advocate any fixed principles at all , but merely te talk . They were all agreed that tbe attempts hitherto made to reform tfce constitution had been abortive ; but differed widely in their opinions of the ; proper mode , to be employed for ef . fecting that change which all . -desired . One contending for Household , another for tJniversal , another for Charter , and another for Tea Pounds' Suffrage . I say , " said he , " that we are not prepared at once to determine what is right and ¦ what , ia wrong . ( Hear , bear , ) . We . ' are come here to

      throw our opinions amidst this great sea ; let them bo tosB&l about ; the ship will find her haven ; truth is her cargo ; let God direct her . " ( Hear , and cheers . ) He declared himself to be for the ^ Suffrage of the Charter ; but entreated that all might be patiently and for vourably attended to . In . allusion , to tbe Governmental campaign ^ againflfc Chartism , he said . " I have seen ' , during the last ye ^ , the poor workinjr men , who may have' been' misled , ' > andv chased through all the meauea ,, of . the , la . « rt with nn engerness and cruelty , . tbat . 1 . have felt to . . be somewhat di / sgactful to my conntrytnen , and . in "the bi ^ terntss of my spirit , I have sai ' si , '" ' put up a game ctfcK , and say he had crowed Guartism , and ho -would by a magistrate be given , t * o years ' ' Imprisonment . I lay the mischief to the middle class man ' s door . He has wanted the sympathy ho ought to have had . " iLoud cheers . )

      Mr . O'Neil , from Birmingham , after reading an address from the men of Birmingham , affirming the principle of Universal Suffrage , and inviting the Leeds Parliamentary Reform Association to cooperate with the Chartists , proceeded to say , that the question of expediency required to be understood ; he , believed tbat expediency was not always righthe meant the expediency of their enemies . He had read of an occurrence when democratic principles prevailed in Athens , and when it was stated to the Albanians that a measure of great importance might be accomplished , Aristidea was deputed to ascertain the secret , and he reported that the plan was expedient , but it was not just , and . therefore , the people at once abandoned it : that plan was to

      burn tbe Laoed » moniaa fleet in the night . ( Hear , hear , ) It wW ^ righ *«* » l » t » u » thefraauhiwfoc overy sMutaadolt * andlit . was net expedient to take from any man bis just rights . The people not only asked was the measure expedient f but , was it right and justt He should like to have the meaning of the word expediency righted . In one meaning right waa always expedient , for honesty was always the best policy . But , in the world ' s sense of the term , expediency was not always right . He now presented the address to the Chairman , as containing the principles of the men of Birmingham . The Suffrage they demanded was not of the Constitutionthe glorious Constitution which had been so much lauded . The law was , that every mau paying his

      scot and bearing his lot should bave a vote . Every man but the insane or the criminal ought to have a rote . He knew no reason why the householder only should have it . Why should he himself and thousands of lodgers be deprived of it ! Therefore , he could not Bupport Household Suffrage , and , said he , I cannot conceive that you can get it without us . I am not expecting you will come to us yet . . This is only a step to a further advance , aad we are determined ; that wo will , by all the means in our power , render ourselves worthy of youroo-operation , by increasihgour intelligence , by ennobling and purifying our moralp . But we will never depart from tbe nigh

      position we bave entertained in the Charter . I call upon you , as men who desire commercial prosperity , to join us , I know you are etarving , because others are starving in India and Ireland . But yon doh't want to be mere well-fed slaves . You desire your rights , You desire to cultivate the noble faculties of your minds—to place man in the proper position that he ought to fill in creation , that he might not be merely an animal , but a noble and intellectual being . Join us in the noble struggle . Nothing can be done unless you immediately join us , and go hand in hand for the full measure of justi « e . ( Loud cheers . ) .

      llr . SirxRMAK Crawford spoke throughout amid great disturbance , Which rendered him inaudible , excepting ¦ within » very limited circle . He begged tbe attention of the meeting for a few moments . He appeared in the cause of the rights of the people , as an Irisbman , He came to support their rights , and those also of his countrymen . He should eoy out few words on the important question that had already' been spoken to . It was the most important question that could be raised . Wlien he was . in Parliament he acceded to tho'principles of tho Charter—( ebeers )—and whenever called upon to enforce , those principle 8 , he would not flinch from them . ( Cheers . ) But he did not consider himself to be debarred from going to any length to which he had got others to join

      him , in favour of the rights of the people . He contended that the suffrage should be extended so as to take in all the working classes , and that no suffrage could be satisfactory * that did not give to every honest , industrious , working man , the right of voting for members of Parliament It was not his duty to point ont . to Englishmen the course they should , pursue to aUainr . ^ bat object : But if Household Suffrage were adopted , it should be in such a way as to Include every working man who was a lodger , as well as every occupant » f a house ., Another important point was a new distribution of tha electoral bodies . They could not have just representation unleas' the electoral districts were so apportioned as that no one part of the kingdom should have an undue weight

      beyond any other part To this questtoa he claimed their particular attention . It was by redistribution alone that they could prove their desire to do equal justice-to Ireland . Ireland' had nearly one-third the popur » tto » , and little more than one-tenth of the r © - preientatlon , As long as she was is that position , she eould ^ ot te satisfie d . (" Give her repale th en . " ) He did not ask for repeal . Be asked for justice , and he believed that the sense of justice of the English people would render it unnecessary to ask for repeal . England wanted redistribution as wall as Ireland . Was it just that Ripoh with 6 , 735 inhabitants should have as many representatives as Leeds with 126 , 000 . ( Hear , hear . ) He , therefore , contended , that England herself needed redistribution , ;» od that

      without it justice « ould « ot be done .. It ; was also necessary that voters a&o ^ ld be PXotected ' . from undue infiuence , and , therefore / he recommended the Ballot for the safety of elector * . He ' corftended thai the middle classes never oould have secutitT themselveB bat by atking the franchise for the working elataea . So h > ng as there were any portion of the , comraonitj ^ Uiat had not a due power in voting for Members ' of Parliament , that cuss wat a class of slaves . And if one cuua ' were slaves , the other murt be tyrants . The people of Ireland were slave * while they had not their due weight in the representation of tbe . country . He demauded equlity for Ireland , tbat tbe same improvement we demanded

      in our own institutions , we' should also ask . foe net . Let them then go forward in endeavours to obtain the people ' s eights , They were told they should take all they could get Bat bow were they to get anything ? By moral . power—by the voice of tbe people . The mass of , the community must be combined with the mtddW classes , and thus only would they have the power to influence the Legislature to grant the improvement they demanded . They could not have it otberiyifa , but by the united power of the people , with the other classes of the community . Let , then , these classes concede something to each other . isbs «» « &&& Ws ivaa could not be heard ,

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      hfl would not further occupy their time , bat to express his anxious deaire to contend for . equal rights to the people—for equal power to all classes , without Which we could enjoy neither peace nor order . ( Hear , hear . } ¦ •¦¦• ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - . ' ' . .. ¦ , . " ¦; . Mr . LoWEBT , of Newcastie-apen-Tyne . He appeared before the meeting as a working man and a Chartist , not as a nun who obtains his right from riches , but from nature . But though he was attached to htti class , he bad no enmity to any other . It wa * one of the proudest days of his life , to set the two classes , which bad been supposed to be so much opposod to each other . toet together to bear of each other ' s wrongs , and to consult on the question of suffrage . He meant to sar tost no suffrage was just that was not

      universal . There bad been some talk about the meaning of expediency—was it nofc a matter of expediency that a certain person was not present on that occasion . ( Cheers , hisses , and laughter ) . Where was their security , if they entered on a question of expediency . It was found necessary to disfranchise the forty shilling freeholders of Ireland on a question of expediency , and it might perhaps happen in England on similar grounds , aud difficulties migbt even arise as to the question of what was a household ? He liked to have fair discussion , as it tended to croate friendship when properly conducted , and to elicit truth . A franchise to suit the whole population was the point which was wanted , and a point which muat be had ! ( Cheers . )

      Mr . Williams , M . P ., ( Coventry , ) was received with partial cheers . He said he had always been a Reformer , and traced the history of the great , and manly endeavours which had been made to carry the Reform Bill , which , it was to bs regretted , had failed iu obtaining a redress of the grievances uuder whioh the people laboured . He thea entered into some calculations illustrative of the present system of representation , and said that while Leeds returned only two members , there were twentyone towns returning thirty -seven members , the united population of which was not much greater than the population of Leeds . The West Riding also returned two ^ members ; and there wero twenty- eeven towns in

      England , which returned one hundred atid twenty mem-¦ b ' ^ rs , the united population of which very little exceeded that of the West-Riding ; there being in the former , at the Jast cens ^ 'i S 0 , 229 , and , in tho latter , 30 , 142 . There was * therefore , no wonder that the measure had failed , and the question arose as to how these detects could be removed . It appeared that on mo 3 t points both the Reform Society and the Chartists wero agreed—on all , in fact , except that of the franchise . For himself , he had voted for every measure for extending the suffrage , which had been brought forward since he had been in Parliament ; he had voted , on the presentation of the National Charter , that the House should resolve itself into a oommiiteo to consider its details , being

      sure that th § people were asking nothing wrongnothing but what they were entitled to—when thej asked for the most fiill and extensive right of the suffrage . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Yet , we saw numerous differences existing ; oue party was for Universal Suffrage ; another for Household Suffrage ; and there was a # reat aud powerful party who were opposed to all change . With those who advocated Universal Suffrage , he would say that every man had a right to vote for those members of the legislature by whom the laws were made , by which he was governed , and the taxes were laid which he had to pay . From all the statements made , he argued thai there was in the state , oue class too powerful for any of the

      other classes single-handed ; aud that , therefore , union was clearly pointed out as the only chance : of ultimate success . He then pointed ous the objects intended to be promoted by the meeting , and this led him to refer to the effect which might be produced by Household Suffrage . He would instance thetowaof Leeds , not because it might Buithim , but because he happened to be in it ; and he found that in 1829 , the number of voters on the Parliamentavy register was 6 , 102 , and that in 1831 , there were 25 , 456 inhabited houses , or more than four times the amount of the present constituency . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) The increase , eince 1831 , had been great ; but admitting , for the sake of argument , that the number of inhabited houses was

      upwards of 19 , 000 more than the registered electors , it was not too much to say that , out of these there would be 15 , 000 working men—or the " unwashed' ? if they chose to call them so—and better than 4 , 400 smalt shopkeepers , whose interests would doubtle&B lead them to unite with the working men ; and , consequently , it followed that they would have a decided majority over the middle classes and the present £ 10 electors . Why , therefore , would they aak for Universal Suffrage ? Surely , if they were not already represented as they would wi&h to be , it would then be in their power to return other representatives who would serve them better . He thought that Household Suffrage would produce good and cheaD irovernment . and justice to all classes ; and .

      as they loved their country , he conjured them to unite in opposing the- common-enemy- ( Loud cheers . ) . He referred to Birminxham also , as exhibiting the same results aa to the franchise , in the number of Us inhabited houses , in comparison with the Parliamentary register , and then proceeded to show that , in America , which bad been pointed at , the Suffrage was not so general as had been supposed , particularly in the state of Virginia , where no man had 9 . vote , except he was the occupier of a real estate , of twenfy-five dollars , or had rented a house for five years , at twenty dollars —( hear , hear )—and in Massachusets , the best educated of any of the states , there was a direct property qualification till the year 1820 , since which

      this had been removed ; but to constitute an elector , it still requires a payment of direct taxes for two years . ( Hear , hear . ) The real question for consideration , then , was no . t what' they wished or desired ; but what they could obtain . He for one would not advocate any suffrage which did not give to the people a proper controul over their representatives in the Commons' House of Parliament ; and if they could show to him that they had any better chance of carrying Universal Suffrage than Household , he would go with them ; but , if not , he called upon them to go with the Leeds Association , for Household Suffrage , because , then , they would he sure to succeed . The . speaker resumed his seat amidst very loud and general applause .

      Mr . John Masoh , delegate from the Midland Counties , next addressed the meeting , in a short , but energetic address . He said he had heard the arguments on both sides , and felt convinced tbat the only way to decide a political question of thia nature was by calm consideration , giving each party a fair heating . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) It was now about ten years since the middle and working classes united together for the purpose of carrying the Reform Bill . At that time it was universally expected that something would have been done to alleviate the distress of the country , and it was generally thought that the Reform Bill was the most likely , and , perhaps , the only measure , to accomplish tbat object . ( Hear , hear . ) How much

      they bad been disappointed they themselves could feel . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) - The passing of the Reform Bill , by the determined energy of the people , had enfranchised 'the present constituency by whom the Ministry bad been ever since buppoxted . And he would jw-k if distress and misery had not gone on increasing during the whole career of that Ministry ! This was a consequence of bad legislation—legislation for the interest of classes , and not for those of the ; whole . The middle classes were mainly blameable for this ,- because the parties were elected who made all the laws . Sir Robert Peel bad once said to Mr . O'Connell that the Peers were responsible to God and their own consciences , for the manner in which they exercised their

      functions ; now the middle classes were only responsible to God and their own consciences , for the manner in which they exercised tho power , confided to their hands by the Reform Bill . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Williams had referred to America—to the different states there ; what the Chartists complained of was the attribution of liberty to property , and not to the person . Mr . Mason referred to Switzerland , where the people made the laws } and the . middle classes did not complain of thepower being iu their hands ; for prosperity aad happiness Were the consequence . , What was the appeal made in behalf of the Reform Bill , and now in favour of Household Suffrage \ It was that it would give : the people confidence , and a stake in the

      property of the country . That was what the Chartists sought in their agitation for the suffrage . They were charged with being ignorant , and their reply to the middle and higher class was— ' * Yon have robbed us of education , and you want now to deprive us of our rights . " When the wealth arid prosperity of the country were products of their industry , ' were they not to be entrusted , with political power t Lord Abinger , in bis address to the fox-hunting Grand Jurymen at Leicester Assiaes , bad said the Chartists aimed at taking the property from tbe middle and higher classes , and sharing it up amongst the

      people .. Did they ( the meeting ) wish to interfere with the rights , of property ! ( Cries of " No , no . ") He hoped the middle cjaasei would see the propriety of uniting with the working classes to invest them with political righCi ; for , to witBhold them from those who produced thejw , ealtb and reaources of the country was too horribl | to contenplate , ( Applause . ) He must differ from Mr . Huibs , when he said the working classes were unable' to obtain their rights without the aid of the middle claeses ; he believed they could , for tbe attempt had been Bnade often aad jmcoeedetL Mr . Miion sonoladed alter » few more observations .

      COL . P . Thokpson next rose and very briefly addressed title meeting , congratulating hinutlf upon hating to epeak at so late . an notur , because he had heard the opinions of all the parties who differed in that large assembly . He contended that Uatversal Suffrage waa the only means by wkich a fair representation of . the opinions of the people could be made in Parliament / although he should not be against House hold Suffrage if it could be obtained . He adverted to the Corn Laws—the exertions he bad made to obtain

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      their repeal , and the great good that would tetolt fe the community at large frem free trade in food . 5 there were any differences between them h the accomplishment . . of any measures they ¦ irltWto attain , it was only in the manner in . wbiA they set about it .. If . they were uiuW ^ in one view , with , one heart , and one purpose , Uur * * ' i could be no question that ail they could wish wonM ^ be fully , accomplished . They had not got more ; be .:, cause they bad not gone the right way to work . fi » ^ advised them to show their strength at the next elec * tion , come when it might , and then see if no conces . > sions would be made to them . ' He would not shriok ¦'¦ ' from avowing ! himself a dwpised Chartist—he wag ftit Chartist . He had advised them which way to ¦» ,, about their business , and it was for them to act T % ¦' G » llant Colonel sat down amidst the most enthasiagy * . cheering . ' '• . ¦¦'' ., ' . '' . ¦"¦ ' . . ¦ '¦ ¦ '' . '" + '

      Mr . DbeqaH , of Sunderland , wu next called npos . * He was glad of the opportunity of speaking before « such a moating as that then present , and he hoped they would agree in the excellent motto which hs saw behind him , " Justice : to . one and to aU . " Be ( bailed that meeting as the sign of a better feeling towards the working classes . Who would hw *^ thought , twenty years ago , of members of Piirlisniant • • •) And working men- standing on tbe same platform tog& » ' tber to discuss a question of Sufirage ?; . ( Cries ' - « i . ^ " Who would have thought it ?) It was the evidenca /' ' of a mighty advance of the cause of the people , on which he must congratulate them all . ¦ iGhKrs . ) - ^ 2 Many ' of- Mr Daegan ' s remarks were inaudible , owiag ¦;! to some confusion near the platform . n

      The Chairman then rose , and , after stating-thai ; > the whole of the speakers had been heard , aud the y evening was far advanced , said he should put thev proposition , which had been moved by Mr . Hums . and seconded by Mr . Moir , to the meeting . He theij ? called for a show of hands , and the relation 1 wa ^ fei carried unanimously , amidst the most enthusiasts and rapturous applause .. ... .... " „' The Chairman having yacaied the chair , it wsi- * taken by Mr . Williains , ' and a vote " of / *' thanks to Mr . Marshall , ' for bis handsome & and impartial conduct iu presiding over -the *

      meeting , aud to the firm for their generous- ; loan of the mill for the use of iho festival , wag , moved by Mr , Williams , M . P ., " eecoaded By Mr . i Moir , and carried by acelamatioh . Previous to the immense assemblage separating ,- ] the working men gave three tremendous cheers for , Feargus O'Connor , three for Frost , Wi lliams , and ; , Jones , and three awful groans ! for Daniel O'Connell . Mr . Marshall having acknowledged the " cooi-: pliinent paid to him , the meeting separated abonfcJ ten o ' clock . 3

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      O'CONNOR * Esq ., < rf Ibmm&maiih , Couaif Mlddlawx , by JOSHPAHOBSONf athliPrint ing Office * , Nos . IS * ad-18 , Maikot-ftraft . Brif gate j and Publiabed * j tb * said J « 8 HOx &Q * V >*» ¦ . ( for the said F * a » gds CConjiob . ) at his DinI llngrhouse , No , 6 , Market-atraet , Briggate j •»' internal Communieation existing between the said No . 6 , Market-street , and toe t » id Nos . IS «« i IS , Market-street , Briggato , thus constitnting the whole of the said Printing and Publishing Offioo one Premises . . / .. . . : AU Communications must be addressed , ( Post-paU ) to J . Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds . ( Saturday , January , 23 , 1841 : )

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      WAKEtlELD CORN MARKET . ( bt express . ) . n ' Fbidat , January 22 . —The state of the canab still prevents vessels getting up . The buyers , in . consequence , take only a limited quantity of any ; articles , * prices nomimally as last week . > Leeds Cloth " BIlEKErs . —In the Coloured and : White Cloth HaUs , during tha past week , there has been a very extensive demand for every description . ' of manufactured goods . The individuals employed-,

      m the warehouses are very actively engaged . The numbers outjsf wiErk are graduiUy diminishibg , aad under the pMsent' favourable auspioes , the period ' will soon arrive when there will be no complamts of . scarcity of labour . . Leeds Cobn Market , Tuesdat , Jan . 19 . —Thesupplies of Grain to this day ' s market is Tery small . , Th « navigation is now open , that we may expect ' good arrivals for next weefc . There has been a thia " attendance of buyers , and prioes scarcely so good M last week for all kinds of Grain .

      • THE AVERAGE PBICBS FOB THB WEEK * ¦ ¦¦; ENDING Jansaet 19 TH , 1841 . if heat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peas .. Qra . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qxtu Qxs ., 2128 1538 350 10 112 0 £ » . d . £ b . d . ¦ £ a . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . i . 3 4 7 1 15 0 1 3 3 J I . . 17-4 . 2 2 0 0 0 0 Leeds Fortkight Fatr ; -Jak 13 . —There was * fair average show of Cattle at tbis ^ markett and tha t principalportipu was . disposed of at the , followinft : prices .- —Bee ?; from 7 s . § d . to fe ^ Sd ^' per stone } . Mutton ; from 6 | d . to 7 d . iJeV lb . ' Nnmiier of Cattle ' at the market : —Beasts , 220 ; Sheep ; 3 , 0 » 0 . ' Pigs , 50 . ' Prices of Hay and Straw—the former from 6 ft . to ' 7 d ., the latter 4 d . per stone . -., ¦¦ . :

      Skipton Catctls Jfi » KB » , Jaw . 18 ;—We had * very : excellent supply of fat Cattle , * nd ; buyer * being numerous , the whole wijs reiadily' s old at the followingprices : —Beef , Ski . to 6 ^ i ; Mo jton , Sd , to 6 jd . perlb . - ; . . '; ¦ -,- ¦ " " ' •' ¦ - •¦ _ Ort Sitpwu ) CATTut Maeke * , WxaaatM't ^ r . — Tbfrewas a mucKsmaller Bnpplj of atffi % ^ l than there was last we > and as U waf mu ** , ^ . ! the demand , beef sold at £ l per be « tt or "i" 7 i per . Ib dearer ; and mutton broagnt Jdpe * lb above last cttrnsnci . Everything was early soW . Best beef , 6 | d to 7 id ; inferior , o ^ d to % L rrime mutton , 7 d to 8 d , and middling and ewes , 6 d to 7 dperlt > , sinking the offal . ' '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 23, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct363/page/8/