The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-09 00:00:00

THE REFORM DEMONSTRATION

NATIONAL SUNDAY LEAGUE
For the OPINING of the NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL
LNSTITUTIONS on SUNDAY AITILINOON& Orem 4, Beaufort-
buildings, Stroud. 1
The following are the Satealptions for the various dames of
1

IN WI

WEST RIDING.

members: -
Ordinary Members. per annum .. is. Od. and upwards
LEEDS, Ifotrnse.
Associates do. fa. Od. do.
Fellows do. 10e. Od. do. The promoters of the reform movement deter-
Honorary Members do. E 2 L. Od. do. mined to spare neither pains nor expense to render the
Subscriptions commencing in the winter quarter are now due,
and tickets can be had at the office. demonstration of the West Riding reformers on Wood-
The Sunday Evenings for the People, to which the members of house-moor, near this town, as complete and successful as
the League will be admitted free, are now in course of arrange- possible, and the day being fine, although somewhat foggy,
ment.
A new Breach and Crystal Palace Share Club for South London as far an numbers and the seal and enthusiasm with which
is now opened at the Star Coffe•heEle. 109, alaskfrims-soadc the working classes of the West Riding have entered into
Simony evenings.
A City Branch and Crystal Palsos Share Club wi'l be opened by the movement are concerned, their efforts have been. or -
Public Si cetWg, J. B. Langley, Esq., in the chair, at the Rose and doubtedly crowned with moons. With a few exceptions,
Crown, Barthokmew-close, Tuesday Evening, Oct lath, at 9.
the members for the West Riding and the towns within it
The Clerkenwell Branch and C. P. Club will hold a Public
Meeting at the croon and can, Bt. John-street (opposite Comp- either declined or were unable to attend. The prone-
street, on Tuesday Evenln& Oct. 22rd, at 5.30. sion was entirely composed of working men. The
By order of the Council. I •
R. M. MORRELL, Hon. Soc. directors of the local railways refused to grsnt special
facrlities, but from an early hour in the morning the depu-
tations from Bradford, Dewsbury, and other towns began
to arrive ; many of them had given proof of their seal
and earnestness by having walked the whole of the way,
and at one o'clock an immense body, composed of the
trades unions, the friendly and other societies, political
and non-political, had assembled in front of the Town-
hall, whence the procession started for Woodhouse-moor,
where, including the spectators who also lined the route
in great numbers, and judging from the rosettes and party,-
coloured emblems which most of them wore, evidently sym-
pathised in the movement, there could not have been less
than 80,000 peewee present, sad in the procession itself
I there were probably from 15,000 to 18,000. On Woodhouse-
moor five platforms were prepared from which the follow-
ing resolutions wen simultaneously proposed, and they
were caned by acclamation :
"1. That this meeting enters its solemn protest
against, and its denial of, charges of venality, ignorance,
drunkenness, and indifference to reform brought against
the working chums during the last session of parliament,
and hereby pledges itself to advocate for the future regis-
tered residential manhood suffrage and the ballot as the
only just and proper basis of representation.
" 2. That this meeting desires to acknowledge the ser-
vices of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Mr. John
Bright, Mr. John Stuart Mill, and all those who have
supported the people's claim and vindicated their cha-
racter in parliament, and further expresses its confidence
Mr. John Bright as the champion of the national cause
in the House of Commons.
" 3. That this meeting expresses its indignation at the
conduct of those members of parliament who have refused
to aid the working classes in their endeavours to obtain a
fair share of the franchise, and hereby pledges itself to
unite with the men of London, Birmingham, Manchester,
Bristol, Northumberland, Glasgow, Dublin, and elsewhere,
in their determination to press the question of reform to
an immediate settlement, to maintain the peace, and
(1110T2R'S TiL10211111.) secure the contentment of the country."
INCORPORATION OF FRANKFORT-ON-THE t The Chairmen at the platforms were Mr. Woodheod,
MAINE. I Huddersfield; Mr. Robert Kell, Bradford; Ald. Carter,
FRANKFORT, Oor. & Leeds ; Mr. Clarkson, Dewsbury ; Mr. Illingworth, Brad-
I ford. The chief speakers were Mr. Forster, M.P.; Mr.
The law incorporating this city with the PrussianScotsaa, ficoteon, Leeds ; Mr. Geo. Potter, London ; Mr. Edmund
monarchy was solemnly promulgated here to-day. Males, London ; the Rev. W. H. Bonner ; H. Mules, H.
After the reading of the royal patent in the 1m- Watt. ; J. H. Morgan ; J. Myers ; Mr. Ernest Jones,
perial Hall, in presence of the officers of the Manchester; Mr. finowdendialifax ; Dr. Thornton, Dews-
garrison, the members of the Senate, and the bury ; Mr. Firth, Kei,ghley ; Mr. Hodgson, Bradford ; Mr.
municipal authorities, Herr Von Patow, the Milnes Edge, Manchester; Mr. Croft, Huddersfield, &e.
The proceedings, which were admirably organised, were
Prussian Civil Commissioner, requested the
conducted throughout in the most paceable sad orderly
authoritiee to continue in the exercise of manner
their functions until the introduction of the
In the evening a meeting was held in the Victoria-hall
Prussian constitution. Herr Von Patow then
the Town-hall, and the whole of this magnificent
made a long speech, in which he did chamber wee densely crowded long before the hour ap.
justice to the grounds which existed for the pain pointed for the commencement of the proceedings, but
felt by the citizens at the loss of their independ- owing to the incomplete arrangements of the parties in
once, but contrasted with that loss the advantages charge, there was a great deal of unnecessary confusion,
and no little struggling at the entrance. Mr. Alderman
which they would derive from their new and
CARTER, Chairman of the Leeds Manhood Suffrage Al3O-
powerful Fatherland in matters concerning the
ciation, presided, and was supported by Mr. Bright, M.P.,
constitution of the army, the administration of Mr.W. E. Forster, Mr. IL R. Leathern, ex-M.P. for
justice, and the general government of the town. Huddersfield, Mr. Ed. Beals, Mr. Ernest Jones, Mr,
The Prussian flag was hoisted amid cheers for Potter, and a number of the leading liberals of the town
the King, a military salute, and the playing of the and West Riding, who, as they appeared on the platform,
',erg, crowd, sum_ were received with enthusiastic cheering.
Prussian National Anthem.
The
.CHAIRMAN in opening the proceedings said they had
bled on the Romerberg, but the inhabitants re-
two things to perform that night ; the first was to declare
mained quiet. their own views on the question of Reform, and the second
INCORPORATION OF HEssE CASSEL. to thank Mr. Bright and the friends in parliament for the
°Amyl, & steadfast manner in which they had supported the cause
tßutltheydi.dnote desire to pledge
The royal patent, taking possession of Hesse of
people.!free theiparicuar views H regretted the absence of
Cassel, was solemnly promulgated here to-day. so many members of the West Riding, but from all of
All the members of the Estates were present at them with the exception of the radical member for York
the ceremony, and great enthusiasm prevailed. (Mr. Leeman) they had received letters expressing their
The members of the choral guild of Cassel formed regret at not being able to attend. The letter of Mr. Lee-
man, however, who stated that the question of Reform
in procession, with their banners flying, and sung
a festive hymn, specially composed for the occasion. opugarrhiatmtoenbet lebfet
cowhnesriedeit w
red as&
ddouringwn.
rightthe
inslautelt. It session
lighotf
Before reading the royal patent, the Prussian also be gratifying to the Irish residents in the West
Commissioner Moller delivered a speech, in which Riding to know that a letter had been received from The
he said ;--" The thousands assembled here to-day O'Donogbue in which he stated that the Irish liberal
are a proof that the people of Hesse Cassel know members would join heartily in passing a well considered
how to appreciate the immense importance which and extensive measure of reform. In conclusion hestrongly
denounce
d the conduct of the directors
.of
.the railway
the event of to-day possesses for the welfare of the
companies in refusing to grant special facilities to enable
country. All will one day bless the change which the reformers of the adjacent towns to attend the demon-
is now being effected." I 'tuition ; but they must not think that they could thus
arrest the progress of reform.
The Rev. W. Trion," of Leeds, moved the first resole-
, tion:—" That this meeting enters its solemn protest
against, and its denial of, the charges of venality, igno-
rance, drunkenness, and indifference to reform, brought
against the working classes during the last session of
II parliament, and hereby pledges itself to advocate for the
future registered residential manhood suffrage and the
ballot as the only just and proper basis of representation."
Mr. E. A. LEATHAM, who was loudly cheered, seconded
the resolution. He regretted the absence of the members
for the West Riding, whose letters of apology showed that
they had enjoyed a special training in framing plausible
and ingenious excuses. Ho however, could not bring him.
self to adopt that course, and after having witnessed the
magnificent demonstration that morning he was glad that
he had been present. To some minds the very words
" manhood suffrage" conveyed as terrible an idea even as
the charge of being a poacher. He however was not of that
opinion, and was prepared at once to vote for manhood
suffrage. With manhood suffrage he felt that his per-
sonal liberty would be respected, his property safe, and
his country prosperous and happy. On the contrary, if tire
101. franchise was to be declared perpetual, and
all the power of the law and all the force
of the government was arrayed in its defence, he
was profoundly convinced that neither liberty nor pro-
perty would be long safe, end that both law and the govern-
ment must themselves eventually perish in the attempt to
enforce this shameful and perpetual silence of the people.
(Cheer.) If they once broke down the barrier of the 101.
franchise, and admitted that intelligence rather than occu-
pation or property should be the passport to political
power, where was the man who would engage to fix a
point short of manhood suffrage at which, with the per-
petual march of intelligence, he was prepared to take stand
and say, this is the final goal beyond which the suffrage
must not be advanced' (Cheers.)
The resolution was unanimously agreed to.
The following address to Mr. Bright was then moved by
Mr. Robert Kell, of Bradford, and seconded by Coun-
cillor Gaunt :
"To John Bright, Req., M.P.—Sir, the advanced re-
formers of the Weet Riding of Yorkshire desire to take
this opportunity of acknowledging year services as their
champion and advocate in the House of Commons. As
you, sir, have frequently and forcibly pointed out, that
house does not represent the nation at large, inasmuch as
only one-sixth of the whole adult male population has the
power to elect members of parliament. It in this unsatis-
factory and anomalous state of the British constitution
which has caused the people to assemble in hundreds of
thousands, and peeesably but firmly and unanimously to
declare their desire to share in the electoral re-
The Bishop of Peterborough yesterday presented vonsibility of the country proportionately with its other
at Northampton the university certificates to the successful duties and taxation, To von, sir, in conjunction with
candidates at the last Oxford and Cambridge local exami- your oeadjators, the British nation owes its freedom from
nation, and the prises awarded by the local committee to those oppressive and unjust protective laws which until
those students who had obtained honours. The - recently virtually deprived the country of cheap bread.
tation took place in the Town-ball, which was well filled, We cannot forget how fiercely the tory party fought
and great interest was taken in the proceedings. against your efforts when you were advocating free trade,
ADMIRALTY, Ocr. 8. —ArnorinnenNT. —Master and with what bitter invective you were airmailed ; but the
and Pilot R. H. Liddell, to the Vixen. cause of right and of justice triumphed over all. The same

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THE INCORPORATION OF NASSAU.

WID3BADM, Ocr• 8.

The ceremony of formally incorporating Nassau
with the Prussian monarchy took place here to-day
with great solemnity.

VIENNA, Oce._B. _ i