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    • GLORIOUS PROGRESS OF CHARTISM IN LEEDS. OPENING OF THE NEW CHARTIST HALL.
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      g = Ih > yrsr 8 &ey io ^ preyent it j or how are ihej mixed * np ^> i& it xi aJU . . We wall show them . Kiej ; know , in the first place , thai the practice is unlawful ; and therefore they are bound to discountenance It , and to adopt jneansto put It down , ifneedbe : for . being practised on Their Hne they irill be sore to be mixed np with it in pnblic estimation , ana their character , sad poaablj thB interests of its , shareholders , wHlsuSer .

      In . the second place , they know that this is a systematised bosbeby committed by one over whom they hare both control and influence ; and it is their duty to nse both control and influence to pbotect the men from the rapacity of their law-breaking employer . In the third place , he has to depend on their aid and issistance to ** carry out" hi&nefariottS scheme . Se has o vans wiicil h . B travels on the lias from Xeeds to M&sbro ' : and . as we understand , at the

      expense of the Company . This Tan is employed to transmit the goods to all parts of the line j each man ' s being put into s numbered bag , and delivered out to him , instead of wages . Now , the Dibbctobs can say whether ihi 3 trarelling Tommy-Shop shall travel on their line or not .- They can interfere here » at all events ] They can refnse " power" to carry the scheme ont Thi 3 they can do j and if they do aot do it , to say nothing of the other jneans by which they could interfere , it will be evident to all that they trink at Ae practice .

      We shall keep an « ye on this matter . It is rather a noTel case . It is one of the most impudent and shameless cases of Truck that we ha * e heard of . Generally the practice has ihmk into wafers and almost unheard-of places : hebb it is interwoven into a great pnblic undertaking , in &e full blaze of day . Will it be tolerated , or connived at * We shall see .

      £ T Since the above was in type , we have learned of another case of Thtjck , in Leeds , which we deem it necessary to expose , in the hope that either public indignation , or actual prosecntion , may force It ont cf existence .

      About a mile out of Leeds , on the Bradford road , stands a large newly-built Machine-making establishment , belonging to a firm trading , we beliefs , underihe designation of " "WhitiaJI , Brothers . ' A little further on , on the opposite side of the road , is a Grocery and Provision Store , kept by a person named Hobskh a * , brother-in-law to the Whjttams , lie hating married their sister . It is understood ihat Hoesbhak has been "helped" into his shop by the Whttxucs ; he having been in low water , and -dependant on them , for a long time . J 5 ay , if his own declarations are to be believed , it would appear ihat the shop actually belongs to the firm : for he

      has been heard to say , that he derives no profit from it ; bat that he his to account every week , taking his books to the Counting Home of the H Concern * every Monday ; where , among Other things , it is ascertained . whether , or not , each one in their employ . has complied -with the obdebs grren , and " traded'' at the Tommy-Shop for iia prog . " An instance occurred very recently , of a man who did not go to the shop for gtods : and he wa 3 waited on by one of the K Brothers" and given to understand that if he teas employed in their concern Tie mcst go to the Aop ?

      In thi 3 case , asm almost all the cases of Tbcck , the goods supplied at the Tommy-Shop are charged far above their market value . The evils of the Tbcck system would be unendurable , even did the TEtrcKSTKBS supply their things" at thejreal price : for still there would be the absence of freedom ; the tying np of a man ' 3 hands ; the chaining him down to one counter , ihafc a profit may be made of his eanuP £ 9 , over and &bora the -profit accruing from the application of his labour : bat when , as is almost invariably the case and certainly so in thiB ins&nce , advantage is taken of the necessities and position of a dependant workman ; dependant on the Employer for

      "Leaveto toil f when advantage is taken of this , to force upon him things at full 25 or 30 per cent , dsabeb than the market price , the system becomes one of Dowxeight Robbery ; and the parties practising it are , to all intents and purposes , Heastless Thieves . - Let U 3 hope that H Justice" Trill soon overtake them I It shall , if we can be at all instrumental in mending her pace .

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      On the trial , the witnesses who appeared against Paxebsoh consisted of policemen , Sheriff ' s officers , asd "informers who formerly belonged to the police . " These wretched tools admitted that they had purchased the books because they were instructed to do so by the Sheriff : i . e ., the Sheriff , by his tools and " secret service" money , encouraged the circulation of M blasphemy" ! One of the witnesses against Paisbsok , calling himself George R . D . H .

      Mackekzib , Esq ., admitted , in the course of his cross-examination by Patebsom , " that his motive for purchasing the books was to get him imprisoned , for he thought he deserved three years . " " In acting as yon have done , " said Patkbson , w did yon consider you were doing your duty I" u Yes , " said this puny soul , " as a citizen and as a Christian " Patebsoh , of course , thanked him for this candid admission .

      Patbbsow also asked this witness how he reconciled his oath-swallowing with the injunction in the New Testament , Swear not at all 1 " bnt was interrupted by the Court telling him they could not allow such a question to be put : " They sat there to administer law" Most consistent defenders of the " gospel ! " If to *• bring the Bible into contempt " be "blasphemy , " let us ask whether the Lord-Justice CiEBK , and Lords Mkdwtn and Cockbubn , ( " the Court , ") were not guilty of that offence when they so shamefully spit upon the injunction of their " Lord and Master ; " giving Patkbson to understand that they cared not a straw for the " gospel ; " they sat there only to administer " law" !!

      We gave of Pjltebsoh ' s defence , which occupied nearly eight hours , all that the reports in the Edinburgh papers enabled us to give . We are informed by a correspondent that it was " a highly finished piece of composition , breathing the purest spirit of humanity and philosophy ; containing many profound and valuable thoughts on the folly and wickedness of prosecuting for opinion ' s sake . " Yet the "liberal" papers of Edinburgh have sneeringly remarked : — " That it was characterised by a pompous display of learning and gros 3 mispronunciation . " So muoh for the liberality of such papers as the Edinburgh Chronicle ,

      the organ of the Sidbgite ' s , and advocate of u religious liberty . " We have not seen the Witness , the OTgan Of the Ron Intrusionists ; but we are informed that a more foul and brutal spirit was never exhibited by any apologist of priestcraft . See the consistency of this party , who whine about the persecution they suffer at the hands of the Scottish aristocracy I Bat all sects are the same . No matter how fiercely they may denounce persecution when they are the sufferers , they immediately turn persecutors of others the moment they have tha power , or discover that there are any who differ from them in opinion .

      We now come to that pracious " piece of composition , " the Lobd Justice Clerk ' s address in sentencing Patebson , in which the speaker stated that it was " a satisfaction to the Court indeed to find that the panel in his defence had shown not the least trace of tales * " I Whether this be a fair char " Acter of Pjltrrsp ^ s defence or notj it will show that there is nothing his " Lordship" dreads more than that men of Paiersoh ' s stamp should be possessed of talent . It shows that the high and mighty are as much as ever in love . with ignorance as an engine of perpetuating slavery— " loving

      darkness rather than light , because their deeds are evil . " His Lordship not content with inflicting immediate punishment , threatened Patebeox that if he resumed his " trade" on the expiration of his imimprisonment" either in Scotland or any ether part of Great Britain" " there teas no extent of punish , ment by imprisonment andjine , which it would not be the duty of the Court to award- " Now we beg to remind Joss Hots that he is not Lord Justice Clerk on this side of the Tweed ; and God forbid that such a personification of cant and cruelty ever should be . It is going a little too far to threaten us in

      England with the terrors of his puritan inquisition . Thank God , they arc but " empty words , " or we should be tempted to raise the cry of " Repeal , " not alone with Ireland , but with Scotland . Let Joh * Hopb " keep his breath to cool his porridge , " and not pre . sume to meddle with us on this side of the border-If he does he will only be langhed at for his pains . His Lordship" stated that he considered it "a most pToper and fit prosecution ; " and he had no doubt of the effect that would result . Nor have we The effect will be to more widely diffuse the principles and opinions for which Patebson is now Buffering . In many a Scottish village where , in the local papers , the villagers will read the account of these prosecutions , for the first time ,

      will the young and enquiring ask : What is this blasphemy 1 " •* What are those books for which Patebsojj is condemned to a felon ' B fate— % felon ' s fare , for fifteen months ? " It has often been remarked that blasphemg-VTOsecntionB , instead of putting a stop to the demand for the interdicted works , have invariably increased that demand . Public curiosity is stimulated ; an anxiety is felt to clutch the forbidden fruit , which ib eagerly devoured . Experience proves that the best method of giving pnblicity to a book is for the clergy to denounce it ; the best plan to procure for it a cood sale is to prosecute its author or publisher . That this has ever been the ca-e , the writings of Thomas Paise are a signal example .

      We now come to the cream of the Lobd Justice Clzbk ' s address , when , after sentencing Patebtsojv to fifteen month ' s imprisonment , he proceeded : " Whatever you may think of -what I now say—I « ay ts you , that in the prospect of the solemn and serious duty of pronouncing judgment en a fellow-creature , I prayed to the Almighty God in tchom I believe , tint in his infinite compassion . He would yet vouchsafe to you the comfort , and the peace , and the hope , and the joy of believing in thai adorable Redeemer , uhese mercy you have hitherto so contemptuously reeded . " There , " gentle reader , " what thiak you of that f Now look on this picture .

      Paxebsos wished to know what sort of treatment he was to have in jail 1 and the Lord Justice Cleek replied that the Court had nothing to do with the prison regulations . He said : — " If you wish to make any application on the subject , it most be made to the Directors of the General Prisons in Scotland , of whom J am one ; bnt "with regard to any application you may make ior the relaxation of discipline in the priEon , or foi exemption from the only instruction which you -will be permitted to have . I can tell you that you have nef the least chance for getting any relief . " " O for a forty-parson power To sdz thy praise , hypocrisy J "

      His " Lordship" had jnst been praying to " Almighty God "| ferhis " compassion" and " MEBCY " towards the prisoner at the bar . But when that prisoner applied to the " praying" Judge for " compassion , " the reply was : — " Yes I I'm the party to whom you mn&t apply for any alleviation of Buffering ; bnt don't you wish you may get it ? '" I'll " pray" for you , but I'll punish 3 on to the utmost . You may " apply "; but " I can tell you that you have not the least chance of * etling any relief" ! 0 most Christian Jndge 111 *

      His " Lordship" had a great deal to say about hobalitt in connection with religion , in the course of his address . Now we ' ve a question or two to pnt to his " Lordship "; not as " Lobjo Justice Ci / kbk " , but plain Johm Hors . We want to know whether John Hope believes in that passage in the Scriptures , which tells us that "Pornicators and Adulterers shall have their portion in the lake that burneth for ever and ever" I W « want to know whether , when he was Dean of Faculty , and before marriages before he doffed the Bachelor ' s jacket for the gown of the Benedict ; whether he

      was not es lra-intitnately-acquainted with his housekeeper \ WhetherU&ch intimacy did not draw down upon him the censure of hia family 2 And whether he was not glad to glosB ^ rer the " a- . n" by making of the said housekeeper an honest , woman ? We have heard of such things , and w « should be glad to know whether they aretrue . And whether John Hope a prayed" as fervently then , as he assured Patebsos he bad just done , before sentencing him * ° £ ite « i months * impTisonmeB * ! Will Johb flora , the judicial defender of religion and * ' morality ' answer these queries ! W « pause for a reply I

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      THE CONDITION OF ENtfLAWP . With shame and with Borrow do we call attention to the BURNING BECOBD of ENGLAND ' S UTTBBDBGBADAtion , contained in another page , under tha above head . There the reader , if he be an Englishman , will have enough ! He will need no more to tell him the condition that his once hig hly-favoured country has been brought to , by high taxation , Infernal Paper Money , "Results of Machinery , " and " Free Trade . " The details are horribly sickening ! We are as degraded and cowed in spirit , as we are degraded in condition , or we should not permit , for one single hour , such things to be :

      " And overcome us like a summer's cloud Without our special wonder" J Time was , when a tithe of what we record to day would have been sufficient to nerve the arm and bare the breast of every Englishman , to rescue his country from the hands of the despoiler of her honour and her fair fame : and had their degenerate offspring bnt one atom of spunk in the whole mass , they would rather sink the whole Island beneath the ocean , than suffer the hideous enormities that now surround ua to exist .

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      . 5 WAIL 0 W—The parties can have the Star sent direct from the office , by sending a quarter ' s payment in advance , and the address of the party to whom it is to be Bent . The Coventbt . Mubder—A correspondent writes ub that the verdict of the Leicester Jury , given in our 7 th page has caused great excitement in the city of Coventry . Bills trere issued by the Guardians calling a " Public Meeting" of their body for Tuesday lut , to consider what steps should be taken " In this most painful and melancholy affair ; " when , according to our correspondent , the following resolutlon was agreed to : — " That thfs meeting recommend that the directors of the Coventry Workhouse

      do allow the medical men and other officers of the workhouse , an opportunity of rebutting the charges contained in the verdict of the Leicester Jury , before the Guardians of the city . " Ccmbebxand Colliebs . —We have no room for their address this week . The following sums have been received , deducting £ 1 3 s for tho Percy Main men : — King Pit 17 s ; Hsbburn £ 2 is 4 d j Terpeth l ' Os 6 d ; Walker £ l 14 s ; Bedttngtou £ 1 17 s 8 d ; Spittletongue £ l 17 s ; WiQington £ 5 3 s 3 d ; Kibblesworth 18 a 6 £ d ; South Hetton £ 2 is 4 d ; Washington £ 1 ; " Wallbottle £ i ; WoodaMe 18 s IOj ; Sagbill £ 7 16 s lOd ; North Elswick , 15 s 9 d ; West Stanley 8 s id ; Walkeod £ 1 ; EastHolywell £ 12 s 2 d ; West Holy well 16 s 3 d ; Beaton Burn £ 2 0 s 9 J .

      John Murdoch , Sheffield —His letter arrived only on Thursday too late for us to make any use of it this week . Nottingham Framework Knittebs . —We could not possibly find room for their address this weekwe will give it next . Mb . George White . —Received by the committee in Birmingham , per Mr . W . Ball , from the Chartists of Oldbwry , 8 s . ; per Mr . George Freemen , from the Chartists of Coventry , 5 s . fid . Mb . John : West is unavoidably compelled to

      postpone his visit to Sontb Lancashire until Mr . O'Connor ' s visit to Sheffield ; but he will give due notice to the men of Bury , Dukcn&eld , Mossley , Oldham , and the other places he Intends to visit Any of the localities wishing to correspond with Mr . West will address , 20 , Lambert-street , Sheffield . JONATHAN PaEKS , BUTTON . —We fear that he can be made to pay . Many communications we are unable even to acknowledge , at the present . Will try what next week ¦ will do .

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      The Leeds Chartists , having for a long time past being much incommoded by the want of sufficient room in their late plsce of meeting have been on the look out for one more Sited For the increased and growing strength of the democratic party ; and at length happily succeeded in obtaining a place , which , if ought can silence the filthy lies of our local lights of Whiggery and Sham-Radicalism , will surely effect such a consummation * and convince feven the Balnea ' s and . Smiles ' s that Chartism is neither •* dead" nor sleeping ; though we confess we are somewhat doubtful as to such a result , when we remember the old

      adage" A man convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still , " Large placards , not quite so large ( but very near ) as a church door , posted through Leeds , announced that the " Bazaar / ' a large building in Briggate , had been taken by the Chartists for the holding of their meetings , and would be opened on Sunday , Nov . Ifith , by a lecture from Mr . David Ross in the afterdood , and one from Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., in the evening . This announcement immediately following the Holbeck triumph , created no little sensation ; infusing new life into the hearts of all good patriots , snd a corresponding amount of dismay amongst the factions of all names and colours .

      On Sunday afternoon Mr . Ross delivered his lecture , which was , as usual with that gentleman , a sound and ; excellent discourse . The room , which is estimated to hold comfortably fifteen hundred persons , was crowded ; a large portion belonging to the fair sex . An excellent choir filled the orchestra , and their performances added much to the harmony and eclat of the proceedings . As noticed above , Mr . O'Connor was announced to lecture in the evening . Half-past six was the hour notified ; but long before that time the Hail was filled in every part ; and finally when every one had got in that could possibly find standing room , no matter where crammed to , many hundreds had to turn back , wholly unable to gain even a glimpse of the interior . Wo have been in many crams of the

      sort ; but certainly never in one equal to this . The heat was intense , streams of moisture covered the walls and ceiling , and descended in huge drops upon the audience , who appeared as if they were fixed in a vapour bath . We believe we are under the mark when we say that a room three times the size would not have been too large to have comfortably held those who could not get admission . Hundreds of the fair sex crowded the orchestra , intermingled with the vocalists and band , and filled the numerous rows of seats facing the platform ; and when the vocal and instrumental performers struck up their glorious strains of harmony in praise of the " good old cause , " we felt that never had we witnessed so noble a spectacle in connection with the Chartist cause before-Mr . Bbooke having again taken the

      chair" Lo we answer , see we come , Quick at freedom ' s holy call " was sung in full chorus by the performers in firstrate style . Some impatience being manifested for the appearance of Air . O'Connor , Mr . Hobson came forward and entreated their patience for about twenty minutes , by which tinw the train would have arrived . In the meantime he would address them—( applause ) . Mr . Hobson then an great length entered into a luminous exposition of the value of labour , as proved by the facts " evidenced" by Mr .

      John Marshall of Leeds , before a committee of the House of Commons . We are compelled to omit Mr . H . ' s speech ; but in another shape our readers may depend upon having Mr . Marshall ' s evidence laid before them . While Mr . Hi > b&Gn was speaking Mr . O'Connor arrived , and with some difficuliy procured a passage through his enshusiastic and delighted frieacs to the platform . At the conclusion of Mr . Hobson ' s address , Mr . O'Connor , who appeared to be almost astounded by the magniftcient sight before him , came forward and delivered an address o about an hour ' s duration .

      The length at which we have given the proceedings of the Soiree held on the following evening prevents us giving even an outline of Mr . O'Connor's speech , suffice it to say that it was in his usual forcible and eloquent style . The proceedings concluded by the performers giving in full chorus , the anthem"Spread the Charter through the Laud . " Long in Leeds will the 19 ih of November be held in remembrance , as the day when this veritable Temple of Truth was opened for the gathering together of the sons and daughters of freedom .

      SOIREE ON MONDAY NIGHT . The Festival in honour of the retuvn of Mr . Councillor Hobson for the Holbeck Wa . rd , and Mr . Councillor Jackson for the West War d , took place on Monday evening . Tea was on the table at seven o ' clock ; and to an excellent and plentiful provision , set out on three long tables , capab ) a of seating comfortably many hundred persons , a very large and respecuble company of both s ^ xes , sat down . In the orchestra was a table for ' . he Chairman and the

      guests . The good things having been freely partaken of , the tables were speedily cleared away ; and the large room was soon afterv / ards crowded—numbers being admitted after tea , on payment of twopence each . Previous to th ' j tea being partook of , Councillors IHobson ar . d Jackson , Mr . O'Conkob , aod Mr . Pitkethlt , of Huddersfield , entered the room together , and w . Te loudly cheered both on their entrance and on talcing their seats at the table appropriated for t ' . iero . In commencing the business of the evening ,

      Mr . Joseph B ^ sr , of HoJbeck , was called upon to preside . He fejt honoured , he said , by the disticction which had beea conferred xipon him . When he Saw the O Trav Of talent by which he was surrounded , and reflected upon the anxiety that existed to hear the addresses which would be delivered , he was sure he should be spared the necessity of making a

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      Sit iftLW whioh " ould be proposed , and « K iltoem to listen attentively to the gentlemen whfahXft 1 W ihm' The first toast to WwiR l ^* K lddraw , Jlt t ? lit'on WM 011 ° to which SL » £ £ f T oald * hearty respond- " The ?( S . P T t ho . onlyr Minute eoarce bf all power . " Mr TiVviHR ^ To * nis toast he should oall npon » i Z - O 8 S * ° WBpohd . saWhXi ! r ** "fc ^ M *»* loudapplaHse . He said he felt incompetent to the task which had been

      S Sed Upon , « 8 ' mPly because the people themrf , w If ° '*<>«»« ch superior importance to their ffi * th f fcstfrala of the great , it wa * the fashion to applaud those who had been raised to ™ Lt- ifhould be his speak of the foundation « n » ot nf h ,,. B 06 iet y was based . He wou'd ? K , i * w \ P ° P ! e as ne found ^ em in tne straw- thatched cottage , where were to be found hf ^ i « il f ex » u ^ ™ tue 3 than were exhibited m the palaces of princea or the mansions of the aristocracy ; he SDok « of th * a « th « ™™ J iu

      Kan . ? 4 ? a « 1 ^ great th 7 field and on the oceau ; where they had fought for what had never ^ a ° a I " * , * benefit « He would point to the Tw . ^ Pks of art and science , and the seats 3 , « ihT !? ii ^ which th e country abounded , 7 }} v ha aI 1 been erected by them , but of thn ute and benefits to be derived from which they had been deprived . In spite * of this , however , knowledge had gone abroad ; the people had been told of their rigai 3 , and were now convinced that they must have political power without which they were as a ve ssel wuhout a helm ; as slaves bound down " S by the mercenary mill-owners of the country , and trampled upon by a despotic oligarchy , S , w ! u Btrivin S t 0 disijnite then > . in order that they might continue their bondage . He would speak of the people , as the body by whose labour all things were created ; from whmh nil fW

      wa ™ and great had emanktid ; by whose skill and toil all thmgs had arisen . aUPwho , nevertheless , hadnothmij that they could call their own . Their loreiatners had been much happier than they ; but he did not wish on that account that they should go backward . No ! " onward" was the motto ; and , by the spread of knowlege they would obtain the victory . In conclusion he hoped the time was not distant when the people of every town would have a temple equal | to the one in which they were then assembled , and in which they might learn their rights , and knowing , be able io maintain them . Mr . Ross resumed his seat amidst loud oheers . The Chairman said the next toast was one in which they would all coincide and . rrjoice to hear . It was"Tho healths of Messrs . Hobson and Jacksou , the Chartist councillors recently returned at the Municipal Elections . "

      The toast was drank with three cheers and one cheer more , and great applause . Mr . Councillor Hobson was received with tremendous applause , and wheu the cheers had subsided he addressed the meeting as follows : —Mr . Chairman—It is usual for individuals occupying the position in which I now find myself , to say , ? ' this is the proudest moment of my lite . " I shall not commence with any suoh hackneyed phrase ; but I shall say that the return of the Chartist candidates at the last election was a triumph of which wo mayjwell be proud ; and ou that account I do most sincerely rejoico ; not certainly on account of the men who were returned , but on account of those who returned them . ( Hear , hear . ) To the worthy

      working men of Holbeck , and to the worthy working men of the West Ward , are our thanks in the first instance due ; and to them let the honour be given . ( Cheers . ) Who , I should like to know , would have said only gome three years a 30 , looking at all the circumstances of the case ; who would hava said then , that the working men of Leeds would so soon send two men of their own into the Council Chamber ? Who would have been bold enough , three years ago , looking at the state of the Wiiig and Tory parties in the borough at the time , to have predioted that evea now the working men would

      have had to meet in celebration of their triumph ( Hear , hear . ) But what had been done , was only an earnest of what they would do in future . ( Loud cheers . ) They had only got in the small point—the thin end of the wedge ; but so sure as that thin end had been got in , so sure would the wedge be driven home . Yes ; the point is in ; and through it must go . ( Cheers . ) It is not only in the Town Council that we must be represented , but in another council , the great council of the nation as it is called , to which we will yefc send a member for this borough . ( Hear , hear . ) And hovr lo » . # will it be before we shall meet to celebrate ihat

      triumph !—How long shall wejhave to wait before we celebrate tho return of a Chartist candidate to Parliament !—( hear , hear ) . Will it be three years before we have to do that ! - ( ories of "No , no . " ) Will any oae venture to predict , that if , in consequence of a dissolution of Parliament , or from any other cause by which a vacancy may occur , an election should take place ; will any one say that in such case we should not haye to meet in this room , or in a larger place , for this would scarcely then hold us—to celebrate the triumphant return of a Chartist Member for this Borough ?—( hear , hear , and cheers ) , fiut I will again revert to the present triumph , the triumph of the working men , who have succeeded ,

      in spiie of all the opposition which has beea arrayed against them ; in spite of all those means and appliances which our enemies knew so well how to use , and have so much at command ; in spite of all these things , they have succeeded , to the great chagrin of the whole body of Whigs and sham-Radicals — ( loud cheers ) . The chagrin and disappointment of these parties has manifested themselves in numerous instances , both at the election and since ; and none more bo than in the Council Chamber , at our first J meeting . Previous to that meeting , at which there was much and vtrv important business to transact , the Whigs and sham-Radicals mot in secret , in a small back room in the Commercial Buildings , and there they determined that " the Councillor for Holbeck" should fiud his

      level—( laughter)—that he should not sit on any of the committees under the Municipal Act ; but only on those uuder the Improvement Aot , where it was well known there was a great deai of work , and no power : and after thus agreeing ; after thus appointing the members , and constituting all the committees , they came and sat as demurely in the Council chamber , as if the business was then being done !—( Hear and laughter . )—But this nice little plot was rather spoiled ; they were not permitted to have every thing tneir own way . My friend , Mr . Jackson , was present at that private meeting ; and after having got an

      understanding of what they were about , he told them plainly that he would be no party to any such method of doing business , but would lay the whole matter before the man they had maligned . Mr . Jackson did so—( cries of "That was honourable , " and loud cheers ) . It was honourable . Nay more , it was a proof of great aoral ccmrage , of one in Mr . Jackson ' s position , and wo ought greatly to respect him for it—( cheers ) . Mr . Jackson had acted thus ; and that was the key to my conduct in the Council chamber—( hear , heat ) . A . Rteat deal has been said in many places , and in the newspapers about my conduct on that occasion ; and therefore , as this is tnc first occasion on which I have since had the

      pleasure of addressing you , I will take the opportunity of setting myself ' right- Much hay been said in the newspapers , and especially in the Leeds Mercury , about my "feeling "; about my " mauners "; about my " modesty "; and about my " ta ^ to , " ' for having exercised my right as a Councillor , and asking , in a caso where I had been given to understand thsbta legal disqualification existed , whether suoh was the fact , or no . It is true that iu doing . so I had to relVr to a bankruptcy of some years standing ; but in doing so , I only did my duty : for having an impression that the proposed election would be null and void from legal reasons , I had a . ri ^ hi , as one who was to elect , to satisfy my own mind before I exercised my power . I did so . I put the questiou

      to our legal adviser ; and with his answer I was satisfied , and expressed myself so . But I am told I ought not to have raked up this bankrupjey of twenty years' date ; and my doing so is represented as a proof of mj " good taste , " " manners , " and "feeling . " Sir , I am not the oniy one that has raked up old bankruptcies . I am old enough to remember the late William Cobbett being returned to Parliameut I remember that Mr . Baines put into bis paper , the Leeds Mercury that Mr . Cobbett could not take his seat because he was "an uncertificated bankrupt " of some twenty years ' standing . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Raines , therefore , has been the model for nay * manners" ; and he , of all men in the world , should be the

      last to question my "taste , " or to quarrel with my ' "feeling . " Had I not had good and sufficient reason for what I did in the question itself , 1 had the Mercury ' s example to rake up a "banKrupccy of twehtv years' standing" to " insult" a political opponent . " But in doing what I did , I did uot copy tho Mercury ' s example ; I did not let the election paaB over , and then raise the objeotion to Mr . Stansfeld . ( Hear , hear . ) I did it before the election . I spoke as one of tho parties in whom the right of the election was vested , and on behalf of those who had deputed me . ( Cheers . ) Much has been said about Mr . Hamer Stansfeld , We have had hia ^ honour , " his "integrity , " his " consistency of character , ' his " mercantile knowledge , " all paraded be ; his " mercantile knowledge , " all paraded » 6

      ; fore us . But hia frionds had better " sing small " on those subjects * I happea to know rather more than they imagine . I am in possession of a rather remarkable " correspondence 1 , " consisting of a circular letter from Mr . Hamer Stan&f ' eld himself , and one also from his brother Thomas ; both in relation to this very bankruptcy . I will not sajr more at present than this : that Mr . Hamer Stansfeld's brother , Thomas , gives rather a curious account of his ( Hamer ' s ) " honour , " "integrity , " and " mercantile knowledge "; and that account I am ready to give Mr . Stansfeld himself , if he wishes . I say again that bis friends will do well to say little about this same " honour" and " integrity" : for Mr , Hamer Stansfeld will know where I ah ; aud it

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      might be inconvenient to be forced to "teJlall one knows "—( laughter and cheers )* But there was another objection I then urged . I told him that he had attended two meetio £ ; s of a Board , of which I was a member . He was also a member . He was an Improvement Commissioner , exofficio \ by virtue of his office as a magistrate . He ought to have attended ail the meetings , ' ha only attended two ; and then it was for the purpose of illegally voting away the people ' s money—( hair , hear ) . The Whigs did not like being reminded of this . It was to them as bitter a pill to swallow as even . " H&lbcok" was ; and amongst all the spc el-.: - which they made upon the subject not one of them at : all attempted an answer to this charge —( hear , hear ) . 1 did not hesitate to tell them

      that that money was voted for an illegal purpose . At the time \ I opposed its application ; and that I was right was proved to be true ; for before the Commissioners went out of office ,, they took care tO pay ] back that money , because they knew that It 3 payment could have been compelled put of their own pookets , had any one taken their accounts into the Queen ' s Bench . Not the slightest explanation has been given of this part of Mr . Stansfeld ' s public conduct ; and my conviction ia , that any man , be he who he may , who would load himself to an act of this kind , is unworthy to ihl any office , even thaj of Mayor—( laughter and cheers ) . But there were other matters which cime before the Council on that day upou which I must beg to be

      allowed to maka a few remarks . My friends wished me to have beenjplaced upon the Watch Committee , because there they thought I might have been of £ . oni 8 service . { The members of that committee have a great deal of power . They havg ^ he care of the police ; and you know how that fijree requires keeping in check . They have the power to spend £ 8000 a year . They give the police their orders . They suspend , dismiss , and appoint them . To them complaints against the police ate preferred . My friends thought I could be very useful there ; they thought I should listen to the complaints of the poor men , and be as ready to believe them , as 1 should the statements of the police—( hear , hear , hear ) . Ij thought myself I might have been

      useful on that ^ committee ; and for these reasons many wished to see me placed there . But not so . The secret conclave ( determined that I should ? . ot be on it ; and consequently the motion that I should be appointed was not even seconded . Now mind ; all the members who thu 3 met in private were not alike . Mr . Hornbv did his duty there ; for . he moved that I should be on the committee ; Mr . Jackson also did bis ); but when he found the determination of the major portion of the Whigs and Shams , he left the room , and gave me the icfor mation—( hear , hear , and cheers ) . And now I will give you one of { the reasons adduced for not putting mo on that committee . You know Mr . Yewdall . Ho is a great Economist . He has , it seems , been sent

      into the council to play the Economical piddle ; and he said , "It will never do to have Hobson on that committee . ! You know we have occasionally periods of great excitement , £ uch , for instance , as occurred in August last year ; Hobson is a very dangerous person ; and in such periods of excitement itj will not do to have men like him on the Watch Committee , to have the ordering of the Police . " This was the reasoning of Mr . Ycwdall , the Economist . ¦ ( Hear , hear . ) I am too dangerous a man to be on the Watch Committee , because there may be another period of excitement . Just attend to me here . I will relate to you something that came under my ; own knowledge , which will show you what kind ! of men have been on the Watch

      Committee . You all remember the Strike of last year , when " the | plugs were drawn" ; when we bad soldiers parading the town in all directions ; special constables sworn in ; and policemen armed with cutlasses on duty night aud day , under the control of the magistrates * Y > . u will also remember that an Hon . Member of the House of Commons offered to prove , if a committee were granted to him , that that Strike originated wi'h the Anti-Corn Law League . Ha stated that he had iu his possession abundant proofs of this ; and when he had called jfor such committee , a respectable tradesman of this town , a master machine-maker ,

      wrote to the Hou . Member in London ; and in his letter he stated that he was ready to make oath at the bar of the House , that an Alderman ef Leeds , a member of ; a late Watch Committee , and also a member of the Anti-Corn Law League , know of the Strike a fortnight before it took place . The writer of that letter state i he was Bent for to his counting-house by the Alderman , who then told him that the Strike was contemplated : and told him also that whon it took place , he was to turn out the men in his employ , as they would be exceedingly useful , because \ ( hey knew where the plugs were situated , and would know how to draw them . Nay , he said more ; he said , if it was necessary , the

      MEN WOULD EVEN KMOW HOW TO BLOW THB BOILERS up . Wbea the jHon . Member received that letter , nut knowing the writer , aud conceiving it possible that the letter had been sent by some one of the League , to get him into a mess , by making use of unauthorised statements , he sent it to me to inquire into the credibility of the writer , and into the truth of his statements . When I read the letter I was amazed . I did inot personally know the writer ; so I inquired of another master machine-maker , whom I do know well , if he knew anything of him ; and I received for answer , " that there waa not a more honourable or truth-telling man in the whole town of Leeds "—( hear , 'and cheers ) . I then sent for the gentleman himself ; I put the letter into his hand ,

      and inquired if he was the writer of it . He said he was . 1 then inquired if the statements it contained were true . •• ' Ti * ue ! aye , " said be , " every word of them ; and I have more revelations to make still "—( hear , hear ) . And jet I am objected to because I am " adangerous man "—( laughter ) . Just contrast my conduct with the alleged conduct of this Alderman and Watch-Committee-man . While he was procuring men to be turned out , in order that , they might draw plugs , and if necessary blow up boilers , I was persuading the working men all I could against the Strike , as many here present could testify , if need be . } Which of ua was the most dangerous man of the two 2—( hear ) . I have related this fact here for the first time . I had intended to

      have done so at the council meeting , before the Aldermen's face . I was prepared to have done this ; for I expected I ' should have had an opportunity of doing it . I expected when my name was proposed as a member of the Watch Committee , in the council chamber , that Mr . Councillor Yewdall would have urged his objections to me there , as he had done in private and behind my back ; and then this would have come out-- ( cheers ) . But though 1 had not that opportunity ! giveil to me , for he held his tongue , I hope the press will take notice of it , and that through that medium it will come under the Alderman's notice As these " liberty loving" gentlemen have determined that they will not have me on the Watch Committee , I hope every working man , who

      may receive any injury or insult at the hands of the police , will take care to pen down an authentic statement of the facts , with the number of the officers , and make me acquainted with them . I know there are brutes in that force , who deserve to be flogged out of the town , j An instance has come to my knowledge , in whichj Child , —uot very child-like in his nature , —but in ! which Child , Jemmy Child , I believe —( cries of " Yes ; we know him" )—met with two little lads in Kirkgate ; and because one of them , quite by accident , touched some part of the great mail ' s coatj , he struck thorn both , most limnercifuJJy with the heavy sticfe which ho generally carries with him ; j and to such an extent was his violence towards them carried , that their .

      screams called ! forth the expostulations of those who happened to be passing along the street—( cries of shame , shame ) . I have another instance of the ! same individual ' s child-like propensities . A poor Jittle girl was one day standing in Urinate with a few boxes of JuciJer matches for sale . She had her wares in a basket suspended from her nectt , and when Child saw her , he swore at her , swuck the 'basket fiercely with his stick , by which ail the lucifers were driven into the street , and the poor child , frightened out of her wits , dare not stay to gather them up , but was glad to run off , leaving the only source of her livelihood mixed with the dirt— ( renewed crieaot shame ) . Were I on thu Watch Committee , I would take care of such

      cases as tlsis—( hear , hear ); and although I am not on the Committee , I will take care they shall not get rid of such oases . I hope when you , any of you * witness them , you will let me have thefti , and . then they » h » ll hear of them in the Council Cnaniber itself , ana we will see [ if we cannot compel the Watch Committee to take cognisance of them—( hear , hear ) . Another reason adduced at the private meeting why 1 should not be admitted on auy of the Municipal Committees was , i that 1 am Jnot respectable enough . And here 1 must remark on the queer notions that some folks haveiabout " good maunere . " it is all . fair and right to insult ME ; it is allowable even to insult my constituents , by telling them that they are a disgrace to the ( Borough ; it is evea right for a

      portion of men sent to tae Council lifce myself , —no MORE there , nor po less , —to meet in private k and ait in judgment \ on my character and conduct in my absence ; nay even to canvass and . assail my " respectability " : all this is fair , and right , and proper . But when I ask a question to satisfy my mind on a legal point ; when I gursue the course that duty { points out , before I exercise the trust reposed in me ; when I do this , \ &m assailed on all hands , and a loud yell is raised about ; my " taste " , and " feeling" , and " mannas " . 1 am represented as haviBtf insulted an " hjwour& ' ole tradesman "; and that too by Borne who . had keen objectors

      to he , Because ot my want cuE Wtepectabiiity" ! Had I acted ou their grounds ; had i been prompted by motives aa low aB their own , T should certainly have been justified iu repoUiag the insult- given to me aau to my coaal ^ Qents in the canvass of my respectability , by taunting the "respectable" mea j par etceilenee , with their own * respectability ' m ooooamg from their own rauks , a man to preside aa Mayor who bad not paid twenty shillings ; in the pound , and who had ciedttors sitting under him as Councillors , who had not rtceived their full dividends . Had I postes&ed tlis ' * taolie . " and " feeling" of some people ,

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      —as exhibited towards me , —I should have done this . But I did not do so . I did that which it waa my duty to do : and which , if it were to do : again , I would repeat . Let me ask , if I had not paid twenty shillings m the powd , whether "taste" or ^ feeling would have prevented- the caiiva 3 ser 9 of my * ' respectability" from telling me of it ., even though it had been of twenty years standing 1 And when speaking of the couducs of Mr . Baines , with reference to the raking up * of Mr . Cobbett ' s bankruptcy , and pliiDly ' cailingJhim aa" uncertificated bankrupt , " I ought to have told you that he would not contradict it , until Mr . Cobbett entered an action at law against him to compel him . There was " taste" and " feeling" for you ! His " taste" was also exhioited on another occasion . Mr . Bainci

      " insulted" another good friend of the poor man , by taunting him with , bia misfortune in business ; and in that case it was a pure taunt ; and as cruel as it was ungrateful . He eo taunted Mr . Richard Oastler ; and the cheeks of Mr . Baines ought to have burned with very tfhame , when he so tauntld thai gentleman : for it is to bis father , Mr . Robert Oastler that Mr , Baines is mainly indebted for his success in life —( loud cheers ) . Leaving this portion of his subject , and referring again to the real triumph gained at the election . Mr . Hobson concluded by proposing the healths of the 570 electors of Holbeck , and the 445 electors of the West Ward , who had by their free and unpurchased votes returned himself and Mr . Jackson to the Council , aud resumed his seat amidst thunders of applause .

      Mr . Councillor Jackson then rose , and was received with deafening shouts of applause . He said he felt highly flittered by the enthusiastic manner in which he had been received , aud thanked them most sincerely for the compliment . He was not accustomed to public speaking , and should be very sorry to allow his farthing rushlight to twinkle in the presence of the bright luminaries by whom he was surrounded . He could not forbear saying , however , that he had beeu taunted by the Whigs that he had neither a right , nor auy pretensions to represent the large West ward , for which he had had the honour of being returned . Ha would remind these carpers that he did not send himself into the Council

      Chamber—( hear , hear ) . He had been strongly urged to allow himself to be put in nomination ; and by the honest votes of the electors he had been placed in the position which it was his pride to occupy . Since he had been in the Council , he had seen a vote of that body introduce Mr . Baines into the chamber on two occasions . [ Mr . Hobson— "I'll try it on with a working man next time , " —laughter and cheers . ] The Whigs had told him that he was a very useful man on committees ; but when hp got up to speak , he found out that they did not like him . They found fault with his election this time , because they said he was a joint of Jos ' a tail ; he was the first joint ; and they said Dr . Craven was the second —( laughter ) . They tell me ( said Mr . Jackson )

      that if I bad not got in this time , Mr . Hobson would have bad nobody to second him . All tnat I can say is , that I will always second him in anything that ho may bring forward for the benefit of the public ; but if he brings questions forward of a purely factious nature , I shall desert him . ( Mr . Hobsou— " I hope you will . ") I did differ with Mr . Hobson , with regard to his proposing Mr . Marshall , as Mayor ; and I should not have done , I think , as he did , with respect to Mr . Stansfeld . I admit Mr . Hobson ' s right to ask the question for his own satisfaction , if he had a doubt that the election would be illegal ; but having been unfortunate in business myself , I should hesitate long ere I reminded others . But I can . assure you thai alt Mr . Hobson ' s other measures were most

      businesslike ; and I hare been told by others that they were of that opinion . Mr . Jackson referred at some length to the manner in which business had been transacted by the Streets' Committee ; and after stating they had been served with uotiee from the Aire and Calder Company , to restore a dam in Sheepscar Beck to its original state , which had cost about £ 80 in removing , he inquired if it was possible that either himself or Mr . Hobson could make worse Councillors than those who had constituted that Committee , at the head of whom was Dr . Baker . Iu fact , the whole machinery of the Improvement Act , whioh had cost the borough between seven and eight thousand pounds , was declared now to be not worth so many

      shillings : in faot the Town Cierk said it would not hold water ; and Alderman Peasa said it would be absolutely necessary to get another act of Parliament passed to amend it . Mr . Jackson then avowed him * aelf in favour of all the six poiuta of the Charter , but confessed that he was obliged to differ with them on their conduct respecting the anti-Corn-Law League ; but so far as the whole Charter went , he wont , and he would go with them for its enactment . The wickedness of our present rulers have made the goodness of God of non-effect . In conclusion , he again thanked the meeting for the patienca with which he had been heard , and for the honour which had been conferred upon him , and sat down loudly applauded .

      The Chaibhan said the next toast was " the Cnarter ; and the health of the persevering and patriotic Feargus O'Connor , Esq . " Mr . O'Coshor immediately rose , and was received with deafening shouts of tumultuous applause . In one of his most eloquent speeches , delivered in his happiest manner , he completely rivetted the attention of his audience for upwards of aa hour , interrupted only by repeated bursts of applause . It would be impossible for us to furnish even a moderate outline of of his excellent address , embodying , as it did , every point to which he could extend his comprehensive mind , as connected with the movement . The CHAiBMANjgave the next toast , " The Northern Star and the democratic press . "

      Mr . Julian Habney , in rising to respond , was received with great cheering , and made an excellent speech , which was throughout well received , and gave much satisfaction . At its conclusion , Mr . Hobson proposed the following resolution : — " That as the Anti-Corn Law League profess a perfect readiness to discuss the question of a jrepeal of the Corn Laws , and to maintain thai , their repeal would be of immediate benefit to all classes of BOciety , but particularly to the working classes ; and as Mr . Feargus O'Connor has now had a challenge to Messrs . Cobden and Bright , the agents

      of the Anti-Corn Law League , to discuss this very question , for many months unaccepted ; and as it is of the last importance that all means should be afforded to the people to form correct opinions , more especially upon a question of such confessed import : for these considerations and these reaaons this meeting , composed as it is of a great number of the inhabitants of Leeds , REQUIRE of Meaars . Cobden and Bright , that they meet in / air , free , and OPEN discussion , Mr . Feargus O'Connor , in Leeds , in the Cloth Hall Yard , and that this resolution be transmitted to those two gentlemen , by the Chairman , on behalf of ithe meeting . "

      This was seconded ,, and carried unanimously , amidst applause , The Chairman then gave the ! concluding toast" The speedy return- of Frost , Williams , Jones , and all patriots . " To which Mr . Pitkethley , of Huddersfield , briefly - responded ; and it being now half-past eleven o ' clock Mr . O'Connor ? went to work io enrol names , and sat for some time longer at this work . Many cards were taken , sod it was turned midnight before the work was concluded .

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      "FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE " HEATS THAT CONSCIENCE SHOULD BE FREE . 33 BmSH " PAIN ' S A 2 TD PENALTIES" ON IKE

      EXPBESSIO 2 J OT THOTJGHT . Oca readers will have read in last Saturday ' s ^ t ar the report of the trials of Paiebsos and Sobissos before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh , on a charge of " blasphemy . " it -priB 1 » TecoHected , that these prosecutions were originated in consequence of the publication of a ¦ w ork by Robissox , entitled " The Bible an immoral book , dangerous to the easily excited brain ™ This book we have never seen . It may bs a piece of profound criticism and well-sustained argument ;

      or it may be trash and nonsense . To us , as regards £ he right of free discussion , it matters not which . "We proclaim that men have a right to publish iheir thoughts en all questions of moral 3 , religion , and politics , no matter even though the embodiment of sach should be the vilest trash ever penned . If falsehood and folly find an outlet from the press , Jet trnth and reason be hroueht to their correction . The only safety against fraud ia to allow of the unfettered , unlimited exercise of thought , speech and

      publieationxfae appearance of the billg announcing the . publication of the above work , immediately led to as outrsgeons a violation of " the liberty of the subject , " as we have ever ( at any rate of late years ) heard tell of . Stirred up by the clergy , the harpies of the law entered Robixsok ' s shop without any notice or warning ; seized his person ; and carried off -abont £ 150 wor ^ h of his goods . Here , let us atk , was this conduct of Protestants in accordance with the principles of " civil and religions liberty ' ? We are told that it is one of

      the fundamental principles of Protestantism io read the Bible and jndj ? e iot themselves . Now "we suppose the author of the book above-named had done so j and arriving at certain conclusions , boldiy stated them to the world . "What was there in this inconsistent with the spirit of Protestantism I The Author ia < jnestion had as clear a right to arrive at his conclusions , as Johs Kitpx had to disbelieve in the infallibility of the Pope ; or Dr .

      Chaijiebs in the right of patronage ; each deriving his disbelief from the studying of the Scriptures . But these Scotch Protestants , while they are ever ready io defend the principles of " civil and religion ? liberty" for thoss who go no further than themselves , exhibit , &i the same time , a spirit of persecution toward all those who would advance beyond their © pinions , 'worthj : of . ihe worst days of ^ priestly Jjranny .

      After the prosecution of Robissos , " the man Paikbsqk" -went down from London , and opened a shop in Edinburgh ; where he publicly announced ibe sale of the -works , for Jhe ^ 'ending of which HoSLXSDS was nn < 3 ar Ikek&zm ot the Jaw , The conseqai nee was , thai Patebsojt was seized likewise . In the meantime Rqbissok had been brought np for

      trial ; when it "was found that the indictment against him was wretchedly defective ; that it could not be 5 U 5 iained . The consequence wa 3 that the trial was tfc ? n abandoned , Robusos being bound over on anxr . htr warrant to meet another trial . ' On tha 8 ; h of November the Trial came off , when FaTEBSQK -p n > > c ! 7 tenced to imprisonment for fifteen calendar BOEihs , and RoBtNsoif to twelre months .

      Glorious Progress Of Chartism In Leeds. Opening Of The New Chartist Hall.

      GLORIOUS PROGRESS OF CHARTISM IN LEEDS . OPENING OF THE NEW CHARTIST HALL .

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      OASTLER'S LIBERTY FUND . The meeting we announced ia our Second Edition of last week , as arranged to be holden in Hudders- ^ field , took place on Wednesday night , when therewas a goodly , muster , and most enthusiastic proceeds ings . There were present , John Fielden , Esq . M . P . ; Bubfeild Ferrand , Esq ., M . P . ; John Walter , Esq ., Berkshire ; W . Walker , Esq ., of Bradford ; William Pollard , Esq .. Bradford ; J . Scholeifcld ,. Esq ., Ra 3 triok ; Mr . T . S . Brooke , Dewsbury ; Mr . W . Cooke ,. Huddersfield ; and a host of others .. The speaking wasnios $ cheering ; particularly the speech of Mr . Ferrand . At the close of the meeting the followiug subscriptions were announced

      ir-J . Fielden , E « q , £ . a . d . & . > s d MJSi 30 © O Mr . Bryaaa ... I f 0 O J . Walter . Esq .. 10 0 0 S-uauel QUnden-— Pollard , Esq . 5 . ft 0 ning ... ... 1- 0 ft , W . Hulke ... 1 0 0 J . Habergham .. ^ 10 0 . Gt-o . Mitchell ... a 10 0 Jonathan Sena * Mr . Gfatliffe ... 1 0 0 field , E * q . ^ . 21 ft ft W . Eusfleld Fer- J . K . Tathata . „ 10 M . fr rand , Esq M . P . 5 0 0 J . Inraan ... .. " . ' 1 0 . f t W . Walker , Etq . 20 0 0 A working rg ^ a T . S . Brooke , York .. „ .. * X Q , 6 Esq . ., „ ... 5 0 0 Mr . Sugdcfl . ... 5 0 0 The good work has indeed we ! fc begun I God speed ic ! May wo soon see th « b" Old King" at " liberty . " Thia meeting is but t ^ e , beginnin g * We trust a . similar oae will be hol&a iu every town . Leads is preparing .

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      SiJUSBBftT Exection . —On , Wednesday , the nomination for a Member , in rc&m of Mr . Wyndham , deceased , took place in thiRold City . Mr . Bouvcrie was nominated on the § art of the League , who have determined to car ? t the election , if it fce possible ; and Mr . Campbell was the Tory candidate . The show of hands vvas in favour M Mr . Bauyerie . On Thursday , the ( MJling took place . The £ «»* ia a Third Edition , gives the numbers up to ten o ' clock * when they stooi—Boarerie ... 186 Campbell .. 161 He adds that Mr . Campbell was gaming i and that bribery hatd been resorted to daring the

      nifiht-5 ^ NP £ R IiAN D . —Mr . Thomas Diciiason kefafed on the Town Mtior , on Sunday morning last , on the Rights of Mau , to a veiy attentive audience ; end , in the evep ' og in tUe Chartist Boom . QB tb . 8 W » o ° g * ot Woman ,

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      NORTHERN STAR

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 25, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct972/page/5/