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      PUBLIC MEETING AT BURY . On Thursday , March 8 th , a PnHie Meeting of the members ol the Trades' Unions was held at the Hope and Anchor , in this town . The large room vas crowded ' and hundreds were taxable to obtain ada £ ssion , none bnt working men took part in the actsai business of the meeting . - Air . Thos . Koreis was caEed to the Chair and and opeaedthebusnessb y detailing the steps which bad been taken by the trades' committee , composed of delegate ! from twenty-one organised societies , in caBing the meeting . Mr . Thos . Ci . bqo , shoemaker , raid that he repelled withcontenrpt and indignation the charge ef assassination " -or of abetting assassination , which the «* w « nt O'CenneO : had brouzht against the union-PUBLIC MEETING AT BURY . ¦ -. ¦ ¦ - ¦ - . " .

      ists . Mr . Qegg ^ had belonged twelve years to an union , and ha&iieverneard such a suggestion , and was convinced that no one present had . He looked with as much horror and disgust on the crime as Mr . O'Connell himself could ( aye and more ,-from the crowd ) . Ever since the murder of Mr . Ash ton , of Hyde , the enemies of the working men had been endeavouring to fix the imputation of . that and other murders upon them , bnt they had not , in any instance , broDgntforward anything nke evidence to support their slanderous assertions . If there had been such criminal proceeding , in the unions , Cotemment would nave been in jiossession of the feet long ago , for they had no doubt spies in the fTTiiongj as they had everywhere ^ They had now

      . renewed the ( marge in a more serious form , in order to create a punnc prejudice against tlie nnions which ¦ the capitalists were determined to break down , as the only means of effecting their object of reducing wages . - A letter from Mr . Wilks , the member for the borough would be read , in which he said that in his experience he had always found the conduct of the irniQT ^ during strikes , peaceable and respectable . 1 $ . S . Clegg moved the iirst resolution , expressive of disgust at the charge of assassination , &c Mr . J . Taylob seconded it . Mr . BPRGOTXE , Millwright , hoped they were met with a sincere determination to gyve the lie . to Lord John Russell , who had said in the debate on the Poor Law * that the excitement was kept up by about a dozen agitators ( groans ) . This meeting had been got up by the efforts of the working men . They were not come to-night to hear Dr . Fletcher or

      Feargus O'Connor , Mr . Stephens or Mr . Oastler —they were come to repel the foul charge of assasanation , to prove that there was a good feeling towards the masters , as well as towards each other . If there had been lair legislation to protect the interests of labour , there would have been no need for unions , for trades or secret societies . Some of those present had probably been accustomed to say what have we to do with politics . They would soon ijnd that it concerned every one to understand politics , every one , however , onght to know how he stands with society . A blow would soon be struck at the working men ; a committee were now sitting , and a pretty set they were , to determine on the rights of labour . He read the names , including the Lord Advocate and Mr . P'Connell . ( A laugh . ) It was no laughing matter . The people had a weapon in their hand * 3 they would use it , especially ihe Trades and Secret Societies . The bill would no doubt be

      so formed as to include the Secret Societis . { Hear ,. hear . ) Run to the banks for your money concluded Mr . B . When the Reform Bill was agitated a Whig gentleman told him to button up up his breeches pockets . They must now take their own money into theirown hands . He concluded by a resolution , declaring that ^ they who were not represented—had not sufficient legislative protection . "

      Mr . G . F . Twtdaioe seconded the resolution . Mr . Robeet Creightox , stonemason , strongly maintained , that without union it was quite impossible for the working men to avoid being ground down . He would take an individual . Work Is falling off , and his master tells him he must be rednced a shilling a week . He holds out . He is told that such an one has consented to the reduction , and why not he . He must submit or be sacrificed He may wander off through the country to seek work in vain . He mav hear of the wretched

      condition of his family , without any means of support . He may come back and find them starving , and his wife will implore bfm to submit that lie family may not be bastfled and separated . For-, merly , men were afraid to speak . They said if my toe be not pinched 1 won't shout ; ( a laugh ) but they now iound that their toes were pinched . The workmen were accused of being murderers and fire-raisers . The capitalists were proposing measures which would drive them to fire-raising , when they had caused a state of things in which no man would desire to oppose the mandate of his master . ( CheetK . ) There were unions of Tories and unions of Whigs , but there was not so much union among Radicati or Trades * Unions would not be much

      needed . ( Hear , hear . J He ( Mr . Creighton's ) experience in unions was not confined to thv » district , and he wenld assert that no man could have dared to hint at such a thing as assassination in any onion to which he had belonged . Strikes are said to be-evils . They are so , but the less of two evils . The capitalists wanted all the working men to be like themselves , bachelors , but they would in that case soon want Ktdepiecera , ( A laugh . ) They had found Trades' Societies stronger than they expected , and therefore they were determined , unless a decided stand was made , to pull them down . He concluded by moving the third resolution to the effect that in the present state of society , combina tion was absolntelj necessary to TnMTit « iTi the interests of the working classes .

      Mr . Tboxas Stoker , "blacksmith , rose to repel with indignation the calumny which was disgraceful to the nation in which it had been put forth . He would be there first , if he knew of a case of assas sination , to bring the offenders to justice . ( Hear . ) If the working-men 's wages were reduced , it wag not so much their employers , bat the merchants who got the ^ benefit When the Unions were put down , and fhe New Poor Law introduced , all moral power would be at an end , and an armed police would be employed to keep the people in subjection . He seconded the resolution . Mr . Hetbt Lobs said , that while they were not represented , their Unions were the only means of shielding them from the tyranny and oppression of capital . Some oppose combinations , because , they ray , If the annhmed trades were brought to their own level , the articles they manufacture would be

      cheaper . It was the interest of the capitalists , and not of fiie poor , which was sought in grinding down wages . It was to keep their iannlies in splendour . If there were no Unions , and any man dared to oppose his employer , he would be turned adrift , and if he sought work elsewhere , he would be asked for his certificate of character , and without that would be bandied about till be was obliged to return . If his fanrily went to the parish , they would know all about the matter , and refuse rebef on the ground that the man might have work if he would conduct himself properly . So he must come back to his master , and down on hia marrow bone * , when , perhaps , he might be permitted to go to work again This would drive men to distraction . The Unionist could confidently leave his work , and when ne had got his card , could tramp with merry heart in search of fresh employment . He then moved the fourth resolution .

      Mr . Ricbahd Txtlor called on the meeting to resist manfully , and not have their rights trampled on . It would hue been better if O'Connell and hu set hod got a committee to inquire into the cause * of ^ istaress , instead of their present proceeding . They tav the condition of the hand-bom wearers , and other workmen . If the Unions were broken up , they muit com * to BastDe gruel . Those who were not already united , ehoulf immediatety combine . He seconded the resolution . Mr . Tbomas Bud , cotton spinner , said that

      different speakers had . adtised resistance , but how did they mean to resist They were not going to shoulder their muskets . O'Connell and the Whigs knew they were not prepared for that . Before be aid more about resistance , he would state a lew nets which he tbotuji& would throw some light on the necessity Jbr # ¦§§** , tad the rendering them TTifn riTtrniirr iiithi ^ PjHiriilinn He had had a great ceaKodowita Unions , and had suffered for it ; and , fettdiwe , he pretended to know something about them . Mr . Bird £ ben drew the attention of the meeting to the impcatani facto put forth pome time

      « u * ce by Mr . J . Rejden » showing the depredation in we nine of labour , as a greater quantity of food * were manulaetured . We should woo work our own nimbjWOTKaf-too much . AB trade * bad * ifcred ? we ortni from thesaine cause * Asunproveinents a macMnerj went c % Jf )* people kept unking into P ° vertj tag crima . * rhi » jfp wm ¦ njpf » mipg mfliraThr jtttBtf . It was necessary to hare Unions , but he S ^ yRt ute y should be juaced on a different footing . i ^^ W ^ tolookTnwatjwuiics . The cry was _ wo ponacs—&o notifies , " when , any one in those Z ? ^*^^^ arijtSing which bore on the causes afte evfli they were suffering . He had ^ SSS ^ fe % ¦ # the 3 T ? wnot going to S ^^^^ J ^ rtif erory one had a musket fe ^^ J ^ % * tf ** * e Government would iiwiitB twrs

      ~~** T w *» w xaey passed . Sauce taeT » e « not pKawed * ft fi ^ it , now ^ would they iwisti » r taey eonW not Jmagbe mat this petition would |« fe ? Ss ^ < moaeyJn fce banks , and most of the am-S" ^ P «? aea * awof secret societies , and they , SS ^ i ?^ * n d lent it to their em-P ^ est ontof t 3 iejrla > wir . Go to theiwnks . ani SXlSF ^ % & 1 & * & T ieWwork " ¦ AaffOIUnxnif KnatoVuT SmtlmA n * A T ~> 1-J 7

      _ Sgrin * Go to work immediately , or yonwa ^ toa » land : meet ^ to * danger in 4 e « ceT ^ GSSLSl ^ ^ o ^ ks and the mMdle-claM uo * wwttent , Hitsj ^ ria «« & you . Mr . Bird con-

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      ^^^^^^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^^^^ B ^ ^^^^^^^^^^ s »^^^^ s »^ s ^ s ^ ^^^^ s ^^^ i ^^^^ M ^^ s ^^^^^^ B ^^ MI eluded by moving that the petition read should be adopted by themeefingj Mr . Wm . Chossi ^ t , tailor ^ seconded the motion . Sir . Fletcher , who was in the room , was called on to address the meeting . He saii that , as to the course he would advise them to adopt * he could only enforce the recommendation of Mr . Bjfd . At every great crisis to the interests of ths working classes , he had advised them to withdraw the large sums which they had deposited in the savings' banks and hi other banks . It had , on some occasions , been partially carried into effect ; bnt now was the time , when so deadly a blow was aimed at those who had deposited a large part of this money , to take out of the hands of their assailants the weapon with which they were prepared to crush them . Those of the supporters of c ^^ n ^ vmg ^ At the petition read should be adopted by the ^ neetm&

      ol capital , wjQO nad written on strikes , Lord Brougham , Mr . Quaker Ashworth , and . others , had not Tentured to deny the right of the working men to withhold their labour , but they had > roved by statistical returns , the enormous sacriices , which the working men had made , and the impossibility of their withstanding the capitalists who could afford to let his machinery lie idle , while its living associate , as he bad been called , was . perishing with hunger . And where did the capital , which enabled the employer thus to starve his workmen into submissive come from . Why , from those very men themselves—and they would still allow it toTemain in theT ) ankers and capitalists , hands till Government had contrived by some , insidious measure , just as they gave authority to the Commissioners of Savings'Banks , to find the money deposited in them , they ¦ would in the same creeping way , nail up tharesotirces of the ¦ unions if thev were not

      promptly withdrawn . ( A cry of we'll take it but . ) You won't , said Mr . T . ( we will ) you won't—you dare not—you are too much the slaves of wealth . — Many of you , who would not hesitate , at the word of command , to fire a shower of grape-shot , dare not do that which wiD draw down on you the displeasure of your masters , and your masters * masters —the bankers . ( Loud cries of we'll take it out ) I dare venture to put my neck in to the noose of that halter , which my kind Whig friends so often hold ud to me , if any great number o £ you do . ( We will . ) Then I must be hanged—but I hope you will . Mr . T . reminded them how often he nad urged on them the necessity of possessing arms . If the people had been armed , no such measures as the Kew Poor Law , and the bill now in contemplation , would ever have been thought of . After some remarks explanatory of the right of resistance , and the . necessity of being prepared for it . Mr . T . sat down amidloud cheers .

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      ——^^ p THE VICTIMIZED COTTON SPINNERS . To the Working Classes of Englaxd axn Scotland . Tie Edinburgh Committee appointed to assist the ncrvs-victimized Glasgow Cotton Spinners to obtain justice , feel themselves warranted in attempting to arrest general attention to their present address . I ) unng the many weeks these unfortunate men were in Edinburgh gaol , we bestowed on them every attention which the rules of their prison wonld allow . We did every thing to support their minds—beguile their wearisome hours , and add to their every comfort . For many a week our Committee sat almost nightly , in furtherance of these duties . Onr sympathies were powerfully enlisted on their behalf : our

      visits to and lone correspondence with the men , led us to form a high estimate of their intelligence and worth ; and to take a deep interest in their impending fate . Judge ye , then , of our consternation—our horror , yea , even agony itself , when after nine days ' wretched suspense , we saw the men cruelly and unjustly consigned to the soul-depressing and heartbreaking punishment of seven years' transportation ! The men who are so doomed , were not half -so concerned as ourselves . ~ The power of hope and of innocence supported them to the last moment ; and held out to thenv the fascinating prospect that the hour of their deliverance was drawing nigh ; when , alas . ' the word Guilty" sounded on their ears , and then all the horrors and the bitterness of

      disappointment dispelled the long and to-the-last-cherished sweet illusions of hope . It is not to be denied ( for the poor men did not attempt to conceal it ) that they sunt into a slate of misery and distress : theirhearts , previously strong , now sunk within them . Thrust back again to their loathsome prison , instead of being where they expected to be , and ought to have been , in the bosom of tiieir rejoicing friends and families , they were subjected to the most rigid surveillance , ana all onr wonted intercourse with them sternly prohibited . It was on a Thursday night when they lay on their prison beds , condemned convicts , wetting their pillow for the first time with their tears . By the lime Sabbath arrived , they commenced writing to theirTelatives , expressing their sad . disappointment

      in _ tne most touching terms ; and requesting their wives and children to come and pay them a visit , perhaps the last for seven long years—perhaps , indeed , the last for ever ! On Monday night , the amiable , the intelligent wife of Richard M'Neil arrived in Edinburgh . On Tuesday forenoon , she got a card of admission from a magistrate , to see her husband . For a few minutes she enjoyed the mournful privilege , subjected to the gazeof mffiaps , the peering of turnkeys , and with an iron gate between her beloved partner and herself . The Governor , struck with the Iadv-like andliighlyjespectable appearance of Mrs M ^ Kefl , asked her if her husband was a common fpf / ujer , not understanding how such a genteel woman could be the wife o ? one of those frightful

      beings , the Glasgow Cotton Spinnert I On Wednesday morning , she called on the Lord Advocate , to ask the privilege of visiting herhnsband during the few days she remained in Edinburgh ; and to state that , as the counsel were preparing a petition , in the name of the prisoners , praying for the mercy of the Crown on their behalf , which was to be backed by the minority of the Jury , she fondly hoped he would favour the application . * He said— " That being prosecutor , he could not do that ; " but he voluntarily gave her his hand and pledged his ' honour that he would not oppose the application . To secure Jier the solicited admission to the husband ,, he gave her a card to the Crown agent , who immediately went with her to prison , about twelve o ' clock ; but , notwithstanding , the

      Governor would not relax the rigidity of his regulations . He would only permit her to see Tmr > daily , under all the repulsive and heart-freezing circumstances already mentioned . The poor woman letired grievously mortified and disappointed . In one ioor after this , the men were in chains , and sent off to Leith to be put aboard one of the London steamers , to convey them to the hulks . One cannot help suspecting that in these transactions , the poor woman was made the dupe of the parties in question . Let the public mark well the volnntary pledge of the Lord Advocate . Let them watch his conduct from that tune to this in Parliament regarding those men , and that Lord J . Ruisell has no doubt regulated his conduct towards them by the representations of this

      same Lord Advocate : and let working men know that not only has Lora John disdained to give any answer regarding the Council ' * Petition to the Queen , but that the Lord Advocate ' s solemn pledge to Mrs M'Neil ought to be as binding on him as if made to the Queen herself . \ ~ / Friend * of humanity , you can eanly estimate the brutality , the barbarity , the cruel harshness and inhumanity which bo prominently and so shamefully Spears in carrying off these men so suddenly to shulk > without an opportunity of arranging their jamil y affairs , giving their last advices to their children , enjoying the mournful privilege of seeing them laee to face , and in the bitterness of those pure burning affections that exist in their bosoms , saying tahewzu . 1 No , no ; on the heada of united work

      men the rials of legal wrath must be poured out The furious majesty of the law most open its capacious mouth , show its iron teeth , quick , ready , and greedy to devour them . Crime no doubt is the pretence , but the propelling cause is the union and consequent power of the labouring many to protect themselves from the most dread monsters m the creation of God ; the most deadly foes to human nappinws , the greedy , grinding , all absorbing , capitalist !! We beg to mention to the class we are addressing that on the day the spinners were taken off , we fortunately got aletter communicated tothem , giving them all the consolation we could ; pointing out the best and wont of their condition , and pledging ourselves , solemnly , deeply , arid ferrentlj to agitate from time to totoe on their behalf so long wthw captivity lasted working men of England and Scotland , weinagre * ^ 2 ? . ^^ A . ?)! f ' •*• V ^ . »«» itime uie

      gcuwuuuig co mmons on tneir Deaaii , ana lor the fintfame , the Lords . We ibmerifaddressed the Qoeen . It is useless to do so again , for my Lord John , nnder the influence of that contempt he feels tor the opinions of working men , disdains to notice the reception of our petitions ; "It-Hm the use of that . gentlemanly ana obligator courtesy towards petmoners which should ever characterize the condoctjrf those who hold his responsible office ; bnt 76 KHgPH responsibility to the people is too pore and good a principle to "be acted on by such a corrupt , contemptible Whig . We would glory to hear the voice of Scptland and England again resounding on brtiaJf of &b -victims . Need we remind you seven mea of the jury nobly straggled for the liberation of these mea ; other seven erringly decided on their guilt , and one remaining undecided io the last , whom both parties were anxious to gain , first gave Ms roiee in agreement with the dictates of law and mercy for the benefit of the prisoners : bnt suddenly and most unfor tunately he afterwards recorded his

      vote against them , and thereby sealed their fate . Again , the judgment of this majority on the natiire of the indictment and the evidence , cannot be said to nave been more clear and therefore more to be trusted than tne judgment of the minority , for this very minority warned the majority of the contradictory verdict uieywem about togive J a verdict which stultified itself try its both convicting and acquitting the accused of certain crimes : a verdict , to which the council for the defence nobly and successfully objected , compelling the court to obliterate apart of the finding , so as to make it consistent .

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      ^ Friends of justice and . hmianity . look at these incontrovertibfe facts . * aid tell us if ftBepossJble to putthe slightest confidence in the accuracy of the verdict ; tell us , if the wpjiihers be not virtuallyand morally acquitted . Tell us if this benotacase that powerfull y calls for the applicatioii of royal mercy I TeU . vis , Englishmen , "What you think of our abominable , inhuman jury system to which , ' ttere . can J > e no doubt , hosts are made victims ! leuns of the appalling disparity of punishment to which these men are subjected because they were tried in Scotland , when compared to the three Jionths unpnsonment , all they could havereceived , had &f # been conyipted , in England ;! Lookat the « efacts / lookafc theirprospective banishment fbrseven yeirs S * & _ the ,, ™? 9 ^ . imprisonment they have ooicttuyreceivea T" I \ J I" ' \ _ I " Y J ^ rTT Tnrmiti [ TliTii U tm nil I Tt f it n i i

      ; ana aoubtless the heart of Engiisnmen will once more fire with righteous indignation at their unmerited sufferings : their mighty energies will again be Called forffi , and their nght arms raised to strike another national and fearful Wow . at the chains of the miserable captives . The question as to their guiltiness or innocence is not the P ^ discussed ; now , it is to paralyse and arrest ^ the perreenhng vengeance of seven years expatriation and ignominious slavery . We now call you toacbon ! for already they have sufferedfarmore manjuBtice demanded . English agitation triumphed over the despotism of that judgment seat which transported the Dorchester labourers . English agitation cannot be less powerful in the present case . And elevated as we are by that imperishable hoDe .

      anaxm shateen confidence we have in the irresistible power of public opinion , we feelingly call on you to ? i ? y ^ 8 nn s ^ ^ : * - ^ S ^ achieve another glonous victory over Scottish tyranny and oppression in the case of these brave men : We nave to remind you that in presuming to address so large a portion of our fellow men we reside in the city where the trial took place . Some of us attended it lrom beginnmg to end ; saw the crushing machinery in motion . The words and language that proceeded from the witnesses we could not onlyestimate in the same manner Counsel would , we could" do more , because from our position , our searching enquiries , our extensive and accurate means of obtaining information from those who knew the history and character of the whole proceedings , of the -whole important witnesses we could eo far down

      below the surface of vcords , and form an estimate of the motives by which many of them were actuated , and of the amount of credibility due to thenevidence ; and in forming this estimate , we boldly assert that the conduct of many was a concentration of baseness and infamy ; and that theirhearts were as rotten as their criminating , well-concerted inventions were fabulous and false ! On such testimony we would not have periled the life or liberty of even a fly . But even granting their evidence to have been as pure as the light of heaves , we maintain its utter insufficiency to convict the men of the three paltry—yes , paltry charges of which they were technically found guilty . Wait men of England , till you read the whole of the evidence published by the Glasgow Committee ; and above all the splendid , the masterly speeches of the Counsel for the defence , and yon then will be convinced there was not a particle of evidence to bring home the charges to the

      prisoners . We glory in the exertions England has already made in their behalf . We c cknowledge them with pnde , pleasure , and gratitude . But if we so highly estunate theparriotic spirit of England , that estimate willbe vastly increased to hear iti thunder again pealing in the ears of the enemy , —need we say it is the continuity of human action and human exertion that ever commands influence and power , and strikes terror to the foe . The men may speedily be wafted beyond seas , ann hence our anxiety to see another demonstration in then- favour , expressing the unshaken determination of the people , whose power ,, when systematically and determinedly put forth , is higher thau that of kings , courtiers , or judges , to obtain , even now , the freedom they deserve .

      Many of the notorious crown witnesses on this trial are at this moment lodging in Edinburgh getting weekly wages from the public purse—from the people's pockets . This has been the case for weeks with some , and for months with others . The precious jewels , their country ' s glory and ornaynent , are thus carefully cooked and nursed by the crown , no doubt , for the purpose of being taken to London , to illuminate the union committee of the Commons with their heavenl y inspirations regarding the cotton sphere ' conspiracy . That ' s a precious sample ol the kind of witnesses that will be chosen by the house of faction , in which wholesale charges of perjury have lately been made against its members and committees , —from whose examinations it were utter madness to expect justice to working men on any subject , and infinitely less ox the subject of

      THEIKraiOX 8 ! In drawing to a conclusion , as Scotchmen , we rejoice to witness the progress of public opinion and of sound political science throughout England . The numerous meetings and intelligence of its working men cheer our hearts , and lighten our way to the temple of liberty . Though not- emancipated from tyranny , you are giving daily proofs that its base character is understood , its days numbered ; and that the God who made us ushered us not into being to be beggars , dependents , and oppressed slaves ; but to be free , that we may be independent , and become physically , mentally , and morally strong by the moderate and regular exercise of every faculty ^ and the consequent securement of the full felicity of existenceThrones

      our . have hitherto been the dear bought toys of grown up children ; kings the admiration of fools ; courts the huge manufactories of national crimes , home and foreign oppression ; state factions the common game for state plunder , state religions , or state tricks—to keep the people in vfle subserviency to the powers that be ; aristocrats , the surrounding wall that encompasses the whole system of iniquity , on the battlements of which you have standing armies licensed to kill the people who lift their voices against their lordly privileged oppressors . Like you we rejoice at the tumbling down of the whole system of iniquity , and at the uproar and confusion now manifest in the great political rookery of the nation . Honest men will yet get their own . The millenimn of the laborious many is no dream of fancy , but a comine realitv .

      Let uh join heart and soul to beckon its approach . Oh , for a thousand O'Connor ' s grants of democracy , incorruptible chieftains in the cause of suffering man , to lead us through the dreary wilderness , to the desired land of liberty , with its fruitful vines and fertile fields , on which the curse of granny shall never rest , and in which the cruel spoiler shall have no dwelling . Oh , for a thousand Brbnterres , with theirmasterlypens , to unmask the saintl y hypocrites , the political inaves , the squint-eyed philanthropists , the Daniel delusions , and foes of working men . Oh , for a thousand Northern Stars to diffuse their golden radiance over the benighted minds of men Oh , for the Union ! the livin g fire of earnestness , and the loud voice of the millions . '—For never till we see and hear these , shall the millions be blessed , happy , and free !! ( Signed ) JOHN TORRANCE . JAMES PURVES . WILLIAM MITCHELL . WILLIAM WATSON . JOHN DUNN . DAVID GILMOUR . MR . M'KERRACHER . JOHN FRASER . WILLIAM HUSBAND , Treasurer . DONALD M'ANDREW , Secretary .

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      THE VICTORIA STEAM SHIP . —BURSTING OF A BOILER . A most unfortunate accident occurred yesterday morning , on board the new steam ship Victoria , ot Hull , which arrived in our river for the first time on Sunday night last . This magnificent vessel , which has been pupt expressly to run between London and Hull ,, is of 813 tons old measurement , and supplied with two engines of 350 horse power each , with corresponding boilers and machinery . Some defect in the machinery was discovered during the first trip from Hull to London , and it is said that she performed part of the voyage with one engine only at work , and that the pumps were faulty , and conld

      not supply the boilers sufficiently . Thursday afternoon toe Victoria left her moorings , near the Custom House , and steamed down to Blackwall in fine style , her large dimensions and appearance exciting great attention . It was resolved to have an experimental royage to the Nore and back yesterday moming , and accordingly a select party of ladies and gentlemen ; were invited by the managing agents of the company , among whom were Captain Cook , Captain Ayres , and other masters of steamers , who had an opportunity of observing the capabilities of the new ship . She left Blackwall soon after nine o'clock , andjier progress as far as Erithafforded much satisfaction to the comoanv . owners , and

      crew . AtEriththe intended excursion to the Nore was stopped by a deplorable calamity . She was going at the rate of ten knots an hour , the wheels making seventeen revolutions per minute , when , in an instant , the vessel was filled with steam , which ssned from the engine-room , and was sothick on decs : { hat the people were completely enveloped in it An alarm was instantly given that one of the boilers had- burst , and the utmost consternation prevailed on \ board , which was increased by the engineers and stokers crawling npthe hatchway scalded in a dreadful manner . The vessel was brought up in a safe berth in Erith-reach as soon as

      possible , and let go her . anchor . As soon as the confuuon had in gome degree subsided , the wounded were attended to , and it was discovered that an nnfortonate man * a MtntftT j Tmyni ^ A ) rnn T \ d thw ^ bftg n killed by the explosion . ¦¦¦ He was standing close to the furnace opposite the starboard boiler , when a sudden escape of itesin took place , blowing out the scaldins ; water , burning coals , and not ashes directly upon nun , mutilating us body in a dreadfal manner . He was thrown down by the force of the steam , - and never moved or spoke afterwards . Mr . William Allen , the chief engineer ; Thomas Walker , second

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      SLfriS ^ ^^^ e / ngine-rdoin , and although most frightfull y scalded , he succeeded in stopping sfemS ! , ^ ^ yt nted t ^« aanger . ^ the steam was blown off through the regular channels A lew minutes afterwards the Fesper Gravesend waaer , Capt . Bnsby master , wiich was just below ruraeet when the explosion took place , and bore i iue / icivrm / i ¦ , uain > i » . n » i ^ nt ^ fflrrr - nmT Th i nl

      ««« nu « WnruB r - , Ynaau posgiple speed , came along aide , and the wounded ^^ engineers and stokers were removed into the Fesper with all possi-D ^ xare . They wem nearly naked , their clothes aav" » g been blown off by the steam , and were all scalded ini afrightfulmatinerV Capt . Busby andCapt . iisdell , the master of the Stan another Gravesend sreamer , who was onboard the Fesper ^ ^ requested ol _ the passengers toi go aft , : and provided a Wn » W ^ f ? ? ° ? l ? forward j anS blankets having been hoistedbefore : them to prevent the Tfind b ^ wui g upoh ^ em , / as many of -flie crevr : of the / esm-aa could be spared were engaged in Hprink- fe ? ? r 0 V ^ . > ° ^ s , ofthe four 4 n , and anftying their suffering , until they arrived almiiraido tL tal

      ^ reaanoughthpsp ship , . The medicalofflcer ^ f s ^ r ^ r ^^ ? ^ ^ ^ tended to ! ti £ snflerers and applied the proper remedies , ' Their moan ^ ere mpst heartren < iin ^ : and the : bodies of topooraeato es m ^ uch a state that they could scarcely bear the ; application of the dressings necessary in such cases ; and their condition required the u ^ t ^ andte ^ erness on ^ epartof ^ the sur . geon ^ of the Drekdnought , Last -nightVinouiring into the sta ^ of the four men , ; we were informed that ^^ oneofthem , GeorgeBrock ja ^ stoker , had died ot the injuries about aniiour and a half afterhe was brought on board . He was subjected to the whole force of the steam ond boiling water , and his face , breast , and throat were baredT by the heat . Allen , Walker , and Robinson * ere lying in their berths

      envelQDed in soft cotton aiid pintment , suiFering excruciating agony , and their recovery- is at present considered very doubtful . Five other men who were in the engine-room escaped with very trifling injuries ^ A few Becdnds before the explosion - took place it was proposed by . seyeralgentlemen on board to go below and visit the stupendous machinery and engines of the , , vessel ; and had the accident haPP / ned f / ew minutes later , a more frightful loss or life would most probably , have been the result . ¦ None of the passengers received the least injury , with . the exception of'Mr . Thomas Hall , ofthe firni of Wm . John Hall and Co ., the wharfingers ^ of Custom House Quay , the ; agent of the Old Hull bteam boat Company , who , while allavinfr the fears

      otthe company , fell do ^ -n and sprained his ankle . Ihe Messrs . Hall were unremitting in their attention to the sufferers ; and great praise is due to Captain Busby for his ^ romptitude iu hastening to tbe assistance of the Victoria , waii hiai humanity to the wounded men , in which he : was cordially assisted by Captain Tisdell and the crew of the Fesper . A majority of the passengers came upwith the J esper ; the remainder stayed by the f idtoria until the evening , when she returned to Blackwall . The wounded men can assign no cause for the accident , which doubtless originated in some-defect in the boilerwhich was overlooked in its construction . The rent is a very small one , and the explosion made so little noise that the passengers on deck

      would have been in : ignorance of whathad happened , had they not suddenly found themselves surrounded with vapour . There were ahundred reports in circulation last night a « to the cause of the accident , whichitwould at ihe pregeuttmie be unfair to allude tOjasalegalmquiiywiir take place . The vessel has not sustained any injury by the escape of the steam . The "Victoria- cost upwards of £ 44 , 000 , and ahe had been visited by ah immense number of persons during the week . The saloon or chief cabin is a magnificent apartment , 50 feet by 20 , fitted ~ up with costly furniture , and decorated with paintings . There are . 7 . 6 gentlemen ' s sleeping cabins , and the vessel altogether make * up 150 beds . —Globe of Saturday . : : v

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      THE NEW POOR LAW . : [ The following letter comes from a highly respectable clergyman in the county where the mischief has occurred ] : — „; .. ¦ CASE OF MARTHA SMITH , HARTISMERE ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ : - ' . : ¦ . ¦ ¦ : ¦'¦ ¦¦ U-NIONV . ¦ - ¦' ¦ : ¦¦ = . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ : ¦ ¦ '

      TO THEEDITOR OF ' THE TIMES , _ Sir , —I saw in the Bury Post of the , 28 th of February last , it is still asserted , that it was impossi ^ bleMartha . ' -Smith couldhaye had vermin on herheiad , because her hair was all cut off , and her head was washed with soap arid flannel . In justification of ray own and neighbours' characters , I beg you will : give the followingya place in your valuable paper i—Elizabeth Abbott \ vent for Martha Smith to the union house at Eye , oh Wednesday ^ the 13 th of pecember last ; they left the house ( as stated by Mrs , Abbot ) about half an hour after one one o clock , and arrived at Abbott ' s house between four and five . She put her to bed between seven and

      eight , and solemnl y declares the lice fell from her head upon the pillow case . Aiiother person also states , that she has seen them drop from her head , and the p 6 br pitiable object cracking them upon her cap , between her thumb-nails . Another has also seen Mrs . Abbott combing her head upon the bellows , and the vermin scattered ¦ ¦ ' all about them There are also other persons in the parish who can certify to the state ^ her head was in . The doctor also must know that the neglected and jll-treated woman was in that state , because he gave Mrs . Abbott ointment to destroy the vermin . : I also do solemnly declare , that I have seen the filthy condition her head was in . As for the -assertion that her

      hair '' wap-all cut off , it is a / so false . I now leave the case in possession of the public , and they ihay judge whether it was possible for tho poor creature to collect such a swarm of vermin by going froni Eye to Stoke Ash , in about three horirs . J . W . : Stoke Ash , Thwaite vSuffolk , March 12 , 1838 . Another case , of a poor industrious labourer , who says—I have a wife and seven : children , and have not had constant-, work since the 17 th of November last , and have only earned £ 3 . 4 s . 6 d . | I became so reduced and weak that I could hot perform a day ' s work . On Sunday , the 11 th of February last , Iwas taken ill , and on the 12 th nay wife went tp the reliering officer , to reqiiest-he would give her an order for me to go to the doctorf likewise toput my name

      upon the sick hst , that I might attend ; at the board pi guardians on the following 4 aX : he said her haSband was not a pauper . She ( my wife ) returned home and told me so . I then went and requested a recommendation to the dispensary , after which the relieving officer called at my house , and when he was informed I had procured one , he left ah order for me to go to the doctor of the union y but I did not make use of it , as I had received a recommenda tion to go the dispensary : he then iasked me how I was off for victuals ; he saw all Lhad ; there might have been 6 ft ; of bread , certainly not . more , ' nor a farthing in money : he said " You can makeshift until to-morrow ;' r made answer , ' It must be a

      poor smft . " On Tuesday the 13 th ; the following day ,-1 went to the board of guardiai « , and was allowed three stones offiour and 2 s . in money weekly for two weeks . -The reneving officer did hot give me the order for the flow on the Tuesday , I had to liend for it on Wednesday , and ; the jte . thr ^ e times , : about twenty-one miles , which I did not receive before Saturday . -When I returned home from the board of guardians on the Tuesday , I had no provision whatever in the house , or a farthins ^ in money . Tomorrow is the < lay to receive my ^ alwwance ; I nave not a morsel of any kind of provision in my aonse , oranymoneT , v ' :- ; ' ... ' : ^\ ^ .. V '' . ¦ ' .. V ^ x / . - .-. s ¦ ; : ^ .-Pray how ^ Ibng is this system to continue ? Thursday , March 8 . ' ¦ . ' ;

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      The Poor LaW' works JwjjLTj . '—VVe pledge ourselves for the truth of the foilbwing fact connected with this accursed measure : ' : A poor man but of employment who has a ^ who can only move on crutehes ,. was compelled to apply to" his parish ^ - which is conneeted ¦;; y « ith one of the Holdernes 8 unions j for relief . He was sent from one guardian and officer to another ^ and it waW after a walk of abontjixly miles that he ^ obtainedffie ^ owr of 3 s . 6 d . The week following , after another . Ions walk '

      , he got an order for a' ^ Btpne ^^ ofi . ffew ^ acc ' enVr . panied by a notice that he need not apply again ^ as if he did he would get no ^ rejief ^ = Tijeyj ho ^ 4 * i ^ offered ^ m < Uhe boon ' of parish work at a distonce from hiB home at eightpence per . dayj , out of which he was of course expected to provide food and lodging for himself and his family'as an independent labourer The farmers , however , in Holderness , do not like the ; boon . ; they ; say they h ^ ve ,, instead pt paying £ 100 ! to pay £ 600 , and the ^ poor ^ ^ are woree off than gyef . ; . ; ¦ . ; -. •¦ - ¦ ; : . ¦ ¦ . ; . ¦ I ';' -.: ¦ ¦ "V V > ' ; -. ' ; ;* .. ' ^ - ;; ' : ; . " ; ' r- ' ^ - - ' - ^^ : ¦ : ' - ¦• ' ¦¦ : ¦ ~ . ¦ > : ¦¦ . ' : ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ '" ' . ? .:. ¦ ¦;•»'' -i ' ; 'H : " v . - ;¦ y'i ( tf ? v :. / - ? . - ' i

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      : '¦> r ;;' ; . ;; :-: ; tHE ; : cditK : ^^ i \^^ : i The Cori ^ Iiaws , althougii not the most ; important question just now beforethe pubUci , yet jn ^ perjiaps be looked ; upbn r with more immediate : intmat , > t the present moment , in consequence of its more matured state for iwe . ^ more thwi in any other covav ^ agitation requires the countenance of those who seldom join : in the popular ranks ; and hence it

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      happens , that tlfe people are always successful when they receive the Msfc countenance from the distingnished . order : ; thai ;^ - they ; success ^ ^ Phsh the work in hauij wMch , however , seldom or never produces the anticipated ^ sttlt . It is , neverlirst say a word upon the question of the Corn Laws andihen let us next consider what the greatvalue of then- repeal would be to the cpmnmnify at large apart from their immediate effect upon the price of bread ,, Thelandlord has all the benefit of the Coni = ^^^

      LSWS : liP ll" )!! lli ' o Jr >« ..-., « J lii . i . ' : I i ^ awa ; he has his increased rent ^ as well as the profit which all dealers in taxes have upon the taied article ;; The landlord is therefore a strong supporter of the Corn Laws . The tenants , save those who have old takes , atwar prijees / are not in the sli ghtest degreei benefitted by the tax , but on the contrary mtrcli injured , but yet ^ ther , join ^ the landlord upon the questipn , because ; a bargain exists between them , which has been made upqh the faith ottheilaWi The landlord , if the law was repealed , as theprice 6 f land is ^ iot regulated by an exact scale , might deal as

      ^ ethoughtproperwithbistenant- inshort ^ ebarg ^ n is made , and the farmer supposes that he now knows something of : his position ^ whereas , if the protectipn for his produce was taken off , and the whim of his landlord allowed to remain ; on , he imagines ^ at hei would be giving up-th e certainty ^ for an uncertainty . The same discrepancy whiph pervades all classes of political economists , in the ^ uiexplored science ,-of ttieir ^ art , ia / mprestrikingiy evinced upon * he question ^ of the ^ % n Laws , than upon any ptter of their dogmaa . Some assert that it would

      raise the ; price of land ; while others , stumhliri guppn the / more probable effect , admit that it would reduce theprice of land . In' fact , if ; it does not reduce , theprice : of produce , the hope ; of the people vvould be destroyed , and we must , therefore , take the side of the reduetiou-economists , and argue that a repeal of the Corn Laws would lower theprice of produce aiid consequently lower rents . Few will argue that meat being cheap would raise the price of live itock in the market , although some contend that the diminution of the price of produce would not

      tend to lower the price of land to any remarlcable extent . This position will appear at first view rather paradoxical ; but how is it supported ? Thus ; that LABOUR , and all other commodities used by the farmery would be reduced in a corresponding proportion ; hence it follows , that one of the contemplated effects of the repeal of the Corn Laws , is a reduction iii the price , of labour . Indeed Mr . Clay ingenuously admitted as much in hisi opening speech upon the question last Session , when h ^ demanded the repeal of theCorn Laws as a means of contending with foreign manufacturers , by a reduction in theprice of British laboxjb . Labour , then we

      must suppose , would be reduced in price ; that cannot be denied j nor shall we cavil with the admission , and for this general reason , namely , because the price of labour , and the reduction of taxation , never can be regulated by any certain scale , and inasmuch as taxes prey upon industry , the fewer the better ^ As we shall return again and again to this subject ^ let us now consider what the immediate effect of the repeal of the Corn Laws would be . The people require the countenance of some influential party to carry any measure with speed . This countenance they caD have upon the question of the Corn Laws . The imposition is a breach of

      national faith , a set off against the injustice of the debt , and has been acquiesced in by the fundlord as a quid pro quo and has been given to the landlord as a sop to stop his mouth upon the question of taxation generally . Before the Heform Bill , the landed Arisv tocracy governed the / country , and took care of themselves , and Gastlereagh and his crew gave the landed proprietary the Corn Law- as a scabbard for the PiTTdagger . B y the RefbrnvBill , howeTer , the money and labour-morigers have got into Parliament ; and they not only wish to preserve the funds ,

      but also to be placed in a position to double their already ill-acquired capital . Our object , therefore , is to set the capitalists fighting , and to place one of those bodies on the popular side . Now , Vas the Church must always have a finger in the pie its " kingdom being of this world , '' the parsons and their Government supporters have furnished the people with the means of . bringing : thei landlords over to the popular side . Let us-. recollect that a tithe composition has been established for England , the effect of which is to disturb the old order of tithing

      produce , and of substituting in its place an acreable assessment , which assessment has been laid on according to the increased value of land under the Corn Law 8 5 * n act which has increased landed property b y nearly one third ; and under the present value has the tithe been adjudged ; so that the landlo rd , who now receives £ 7 , 500 a-year , and for which he pays a Certain amount of tithe , Would , if tbe Corn Laws were repealed , receive about £ 5000 per anuua / for which , hpweverj he would still be liable to the same amount of tithe . As soon as the

      landed aristocracy shall have discovered this hoax they will immediately say that no Govern ment has a right to legislate for posterity , and furthermore Aey will add , that no wonder such an outcry should be raised against clerical ; injustice " we never felt it before , laut now it i ^ manifest . ^ And still further they would en-^ lire , wherefore the fundlord . should , be supported upon M national faith '' wjhen the same faith v ? a 3 broken withi the ? landlbrds . ^ nd thus we should have the landlords taking tte sicle of the Radicals , and

      standinjg np against every species of taxation , of tifhichtyeycouMndifav ^ d ^ This may be called m ^ re asserton ; ; So it ^ ^ ^ fa ; but we snjall strengthen our assertipn and almost parallel case . In the ^^ year ^^ 1735 , the Irish Protestant landlords being members of the Irish Parliament , pawed ' . ' a ' ,- . ii . ll . ^^ entitled the Tithe Agistment BUI , exeinptiiig all grass land from the payment ofti ^ esj this grass lan ^ : tants , : who offered ; up their untaxed prayers at the ; expence of the Qa&olic paupen Uhder this Bill did the landlords of Ireland ; both Catholics and

      Protestants ,: for nearly a century , hang , shoojt , and transpbrfcthe popr Gat ^ j r ^ toBqet ^ titbjBS . | n 1824 ^ hdwever y Mr .: GQtrt . BTJRN induced hjs Irish > Tithe Composition . Bill into the Souse of Commons , the effect of which Bill ft as 16 eigtablish an ^ acr ^ le t ^ e ^ snient in lieu ^ f the 1 ^ W ^^^^*! 1 ^ TMa wasdone by Mr . 4 ^ vj , ' ^ m ^^ - ^ i ^ m ^ mgrsaa land ha 4 thr ; bwn ^; J ^! P ^* ° ^^^ i ^ ** culti ^ on , andhad | fl » reby '• a ^^ dh si ^^ . ' ijee ^ ri ^' of the Irish pars ^ i ^ l ^ ma ^^ at fli e object was , the effect iuise

      D 0 be ^^ to : a , huer and ^ cry against the-Irish jparsbna f- fi ; has placed the : very BOpportersof diebitd ItitiSe ;^ fce ^ %$ aLn ' ead : offte people ; ^ >* re find ^ for the flfst time , in the History of Ireland ; ; tTO ^ , i | pti e ^^ i ^ giSl ^^ a- ¦; 'feAitesbnt ^ eKur ^ .: Such is ^ e ease . [ A ^ j | s ;{ pjrol »*^^ (^^ ; for after all , it is not the ¦ fabiic or fte cbnmiunica ^ constitutes the Church , in- the mind . of the parson and ! ' thelandlftrd .. iHoweyer , we have used the ; case as

      an j ^ te ^ on ^ f wir argument , which we shall con * elude by assuring our readers that the repeal of the ( potniiawsiEi to be looked uponasamore i ^ prtant measure than &e mere m ean 8 of cheapening bread , it must be considered m the oid y means of siting ti lordjmndlord , landlord , and labourlord fighting , and when they fall out , honet men may come by iheir own . One thing let the , public tmderstand , namely , that cheap and dear are relative term ?; and it is difficult without money or employment , which is money ,

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      to purchase bread be it ever 8 o cI ^^ Agan ^ the ? Public : must understand , that ^ e-funoBrd fiis ready made money , ; which would be increased iii valne by a reduction in the value of produce ^ while the working man has to make his money before he canbu ^ hig ^^^ Letthepebple a ^^ g ^; ^ mind the diftereuce the vast difference beWeenhav ^ Woney . to Wbread with , and the necessiiy a : first making money to lDy bread ; If the Com ^^ m ^^^^ very speedil y have ; searching investi

      a gatipnintb aU thefiriaucial depart mente of the state ., ^ way go the parsous- ^ ay gothepensioners ^ away go the trebly paid oKgart chul creators , who have ^ n liying ^ ni and away go the means of govermng the people with bayonets paid for b y ^ the public . ; But while thepeopie speik of ^ the ; Corn Laws , let theni always " bearin mind that we merely recbmmended the agitation and adjustment of the measure , as a means to aa end j being firmly persuaded , that so long as a certain nranber of persons have to pay a ^ certain amount of

      taxation , any « Uef from one description of faxes will be met b y another equally oppressive ^ burden . Let them not " lay ^ the / Battering linction tp taeir souls , " that the inoney-mongers are going to agitate- ^ for the repeal of a law Wbich is hot to confer a beiaefit upon jthemselyes . Therefore , all that the peoplecan expect in point of saving , is just ithat profit ^ which dealers in taxed articles make ^ upon those articles .. But inasmuch as the phalanx of wealth , united by ^ the difierentshades of ^ aational faith ; has acquired ; an overwhelmin g legislative power , boundv by the adage ; " scratch me and I'U ^ rjrtch , youi" it lias become / necessary to cause a division in this

      natioual-faith-Tnatidn-robbing ^ community , which S ^ nnot -be so speedil y , so fotecA ^^ , : or so success ^ fully accomplished by any measureias by a repealof the Corn Laws , Every man living upon a fixed income would be considerabl y enriched by a repeal ; of the Corn Laws ; every shop-keeper who does not deal : in buman food , would be enriched by a repeal of the Cora Laws ; every officer in the armyand navy would be enriehed by a repeal of the Soni LaWs ; every fundlord would be considerably enriched by a repeal of the Corn Laws—that is , enriched by the Amount b y which bread was reauced , and by which its reduction affected other

      cbmmeoities i and bread being the staple ; commodity ,: its price must ever have a ; considerable effect ^ upon ^ all other articles , whether for consumption or ; the other ordinary purposes of life . ' Now , if all those elassca are to be enriched , it follows , as a matter of course , either thai some Whig magic spell must be performed ^ by which ; Spring Bjce will put his magici

      wand to the State coffers , and say '' Open , sesame , *; andgive us comfort-money for the idlers ; or elsehjei must put that wand to the sinews of the worker ani ' say , come , give us a pull or two gratis , to keep up > the national faith of old England . " In speaking thus , We refer to the impossibiliQr of gaining ona particle of benefit by a repeal of the Corn Lawsi save so far as ( the repeal would tend : to a reductioii

      of general taxation . It has been by the nicebalance of national faith by an equitable adjustment of the bribery and corruption money between our Iegisl ators ; that injustice has so long prospered . It can only be by making taxation exactly coinmensurate with the honour , dignity , and want of the state , ( Which means the people , ) that the repeal of a badtax can have a ^ beneficial tendency ; It can only be by Universal Suffrage that industribus men can be made to consider themselves protected

      and that idlers ^ willing idlers , can be made to feel that they are the reckless authors of their own destitution and disgrace . All former agitation uponi the subject of the Bepeal ; of the : Corn Laws has been , " Oh , give the people cheap bread I" Some old hen in London begins to cluck ^ Cheap bread , cheap ] bread ! '—and the igaping chicks ; in the country begin to chirp , "Cheap bread , cheap bread !?'—and poor hungry people begin to : think of " Cheap-bread , cheap bread ! " God ^ help the poor ; people , they really are most easily gulled .

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      THE DAMNABLE ACT . Tyranny has now done ite worst Neither charityj justice , nor humanity seem to be characteristics of our rulers . "Whi gs , Tories , and Snam Radicals have proved that it is the ^ rich oppressor against the poor oppressed . "; A mixture of Tory countenance to Radical agitation against the Poor Law Amendment Actj was , calculated to give to theTory party in the : House of Commons , some apparent popular support ^ as being generall y ^ hpstile ^ . to ^ that measure ; but the recent division proves the absurdity of placing justice ^

      in the opposing scale with monopoly . ^ The landlords ^ whether / Whigs , Tories , orfeadicalSjarebeginning to find that the parings from the platter of the Workhouse , garnish the rich man's table-and they hold fast by this iUgotten gain . Never having recommended the mode \ of petition , save ,- in compliance with the desire of that noblest of men , Mr . Fielde ^ we are not silenced ( by the decision of the devouring , selfconstitijted-capitalists . No , It , is not vrithin the ! crumbling : walls of St . Stepheiis , but ^ nder the canopy of the broadbluesk yi that gaunt death anj

      starvation must receive the death blow . ; Leeds , ini common w ^ th other towns , is ere long to be made tha theatre of another trial ; and need we say that having ; preached execration , we shall not tamely submit td > the injustice which the infliction of this enactment would . ; entail upon us . Let Anti-Poor-Law an * Universal Suffrage Associations be formed in every cityj town , and viuage ^ Hive / ;• We shall ; shortly call upon each to > send a representative to Leeds , in order to meeV deliberate , and discuss those several questions of

      importance to ^^ the industrioug classes ; after which we shall expect to see the biye swarm , when Summer comes , in order to sting the drones ; Common Law is founded upon custom , sanctioned- by weakness and / non-resistance , and should we follow thedecoy cryof give the Bill a . fair trial , we' sh ^ l by jcustoin ^ and hoh-re 8 istance , sanction murder , torhire ^ infanticide , robber ) r , ingratitude , sedition , mali g * nit y ^ suicide , and . - . allthe deadliest vices to wlnci frail nature is prone , and to which man ia incited by the damnable Poor Law Act . Never Jet jtrestl Allow it no time or repose to gain ^ strengtat ; After

      your children shall have prayed to God at night , teacb them on bended knee , and with uplifted handsj to iin r plore strength for youyand for'feemselvea jtoc ^ sh th ^ sjerpent ' s head , and to rid tbi ^ land of the dead ^ men * st ^ v Every man who dies in constitiitiprialty opp b ^ mi toe ruffian Act , should have a nionument to hwniemory » arid engraven ^ 6 n ^ tion i 0- Here : xkbth ^ Ma ^ j > hq died m DEFiNiuNa God ' s law * AoaiNsr a band of Bob 5 jebs . V Let every town briefly address the ^^ fc y ^ ong li the medium of the : 2 V ^ er « Stor ± and XfA one and all know pur streng ^ n , bur unions aadbw determination tb die freemen rather than

      liveslavesi 1 v : ' ; : - : / - " i .-: ' : \ ' ^ ¦ . : ¦'¦ ¦'¦;¦ . ¦ , '¦ : '¦¦;¦¦' . :. " - ' .. •' / What is life but ^^ liberty ;? aridI what ; is liberty bit the fullest enjoyment of Me ? We n » w trust that those humane and excellent , but disappointed , individual ^ s . Who rested the ^ ^^ ^ l ^ pathy , " w ^ iave ^ en ^ bitibn upon Mr . ^ FiEtpEN ' 8 motion , aiad that they : vrill at once ^ f since ^ in thi ^ and equal ^^ oin ^ ¦ ¦ & ?¦ ^> ^^^ yi ^ ngonieloud arid uirersal ^^ TW ^^^*****'** *«^ orilybope ofreiiis ^ g ^ aiiin bis natural position , as jorai arbiter intbe several enaotmenta by ^ wbicH bis lifei h ^ lAerty , ^ nd ln > property , are ; to be ; affected . ; What does Kagbley do ? Have her sons slept ? * Or we they : satisfied with their position ? i

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 24, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct998/page/3/