The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-28 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

The Thike of Hamilton, from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-
street, for Euston Park, Su(lift; Sir Richard and Lady Ity.
croft, from ditto, on a tour; the Lion. C. Ashburnharn, front
the Burlington Ile)tel, for Paris; Dr. 'Wolff', ftom ditto, for St,
Petersburgh ; Furlong, Esq. from ditto, for Ireland; Sir
James Wright, Bart. train ditto, for the North ; Captain Grit.
fits, from the British lintel, Jermyn.strivt, for Brighton;
Hawkins, Esq. from ditto, for Oxford"; James Gibbons, Esq.
and Mrs. Gibbons, from the ilyde.park Hotel, Hyde.park.place,
for Ireland ; Baron Von Herat, from ditto, for Holland; Mr.
and Mrs. Meynell, from ditto, for Statiiirdshire ; John Quick,
Esq. and family, fro.n Long's Hotel, Bond.street, for Devon.
shire; Edward Quick. Esq. and the Rev. A. Quick, ftom ditto,
for ditto ; Samuel Worrall, Esq. from (alto, fur Bristol; Archer
Butler, Esq. from ditto, for Ireland.

MANCHESTER GENERAL TRADES'

UNION.

(FROU OUR MANCHESTER CORRESPONDENT.).

On Tuesday evening the 26th instant, a meeting of
about twelve hundred persons, principally operatives, took
place in the theatre of the Mechanics' Institution, Cooper-
street, Manchester. Mr. TURNER was called to the Chair.
He felt proud of the honour conferred upon him, and said
that the principal object of the present meeting was to
devise means for establishing a new weekly paper, in the
room of the Trades' Journal, recently suppre,sed. The
sportsmen had their periodicals, the religious world had
set the press at work, and he did not know why the
Unionists should not have a paper of their own.
Mr. JONATUAN HUDGINS began by observing that it
was never more necessary than at the present time for
the people to take their cause into their own hands. They
did not want any interference from the Noble Duke at the
head of the Administration. A revolution had occurred
in France, and such scenes as were exhibited in Paris
must he prevented here by timely concessions on the part
of the Government. It could not be denied that great
distress existed; he had been lately in Staffordshire, where
the truck system existed to an enormous extent. When
he arrived in that district, Mr. Ileatheote was haranguing
a large company, 10,000 at least, upon the evils resulting
from such a system ; but he did not go far enough, he did
not strike at the root of the evil, and propose Parliamen-
tary Reform. If the people were fairly represented such
evils would not exist. But we must not be discouraged.
France has its La Fayette, South America its Bolivar, anti
England may again have her Russells anti her Sydneys.—
(Bravo.) Earl Grey had told the astounding truth that
a majority of the Commons House of Parliament was re-
turned by the Peers, and a few influential Commoner,.
Let the Noble Duke look to the gene d'armes he is about
to establish in Manchester, and see if they are likely to
heal the wounds of the country. Of late days every act
of insubordination was attributed to the Trades' Associa-
tion, and the vilest of papers, the Manchester Guardian,
had taken the lead in these foul attacks. Acts of violence
never took place from those who were members of the So-
ciety.---the Society's object was to instruct the mind, anti
not inflame the passions. Reduction of wages do not
benefit the public, and in asserting so Mr. M'Culloch was
right. For his part, he recommended union, and depre-
cated, anarchy and bloodshed. Ile lamented the imposi-
tions practiced upon the labouring classes in Stockport by
means of the truck system. Already there were 13 Acts
of Parliament against it, and still these violators of the
laws called themselves loyal men ! He did not believe the
tales told about men controuling their masters in giving
out work, and he hoped the masters would cease to con-
troul their men in the expenditure of their earnings.
Every one ought to he able to go to market and lay out his
motley to the best advantage. At a recent tneeting, Mr.
Halliwell, of Leeds, an eminent manufacturer of that
place, bad supported the Union, and thought it would be
productive of good. The greatest of evils was the want
of knowledge, and this had enabled influential characters
to pass law* inimical to the interests of the people.
Mr. Seinen, of Stockport, then addressed the meet-
ing in a very eloquent manner, and was repeatedly cheered.
Ile said that the shatneful pressure of taxation, and the
shackles placed upon the freedom of the Press, called
loudly for radical reform in the Common. House of Par-
lisment. This was exemplified by the recent fact of the
suppression of the Co- Operatives' Trades' Journal.
Before the art of printing was known, the world was in
darkness, bet since its introduction, many improvements
bad taken place in the lower and middle classes of society.
Freedom of the Press was the boast of the country. The
moral and intellectual itnprovement of the country bad
been thereby
fort and peace promoted. King George wail favour
increased, and the advancement of our com-
fort
to education. If people were well educated they
knew how to obtain a redress of grievances by peaceable
means, but if debased by ignorance, violence and blood-
shed ensued, when the band of the oppressor lay heavily
upon them. The oppressors, however, were inimical to
knowledge. It is through the medium of a free and fah
Press that knowledge is to be obtained. Should this source,
the organ of information, he contaminated, it must prove
the rum of the oppressed. The Tredve' Paper had been
an excellent one, but it had been *oppressed. It would
rniriotielts of fi
'aveik'cpuprbeyinpuritLssetiTlitiue t for the aristocracy, and the
Friends
poor man has nothing to de-
tend upon for his support but the amount of his hit)

earnings, anti for mead improvement but the Press. Its
here drew a fearful picture of the distress and prematur.
old age brought on by over-hours of hard work, and close
confinement in the manufacturing districts. They had not
time to attend to the moral culture of their children's
minds. Should the system be carried further it must lead
to desperation in the working classes. Now the object et
die Association was to prevent this—it was defensive, not
offensive. They wanted to preserve present or filir prices,
not to urge extravagant advances. The Manchester
Guardian had misrepresented the objects of the Associa-
tion Its premi.es are bad—its conclusions false. 11,
strongly recommende i the tteablishment ofan Independent
Weekly Newspaper ; one that might instruct the people
end advocate their cause. The evils that now afflict
4113 not from the hand of Goi, but arise front the arts of
mati—it is he who afflicts his brother man. He was glad
that the schoolmaster wes abroad, and that the march of
intellect could not be checked.
Mr. liamxs advocated the cause of Iladical Reform. A
nation hail only to will to be free, and freedom ensued.
Thu meeting was held in the theatre of the Mechanics'
institution, he wished it had been called by the members
thereof, as giving it a more influetifial character. lie ex-
patiated at great length upon the beneflte derivable from
the 'aunty of the Press, and from the diffusion of know-
ledge. Our submitting to its shacklse, says nothing for
our patriotism anti our courage. Ile then read a long
.irtic!e from the Manchester Times, in which the Editor
has censur.d the suppression of the 'trades' Paper. lie
was of the opinion that despotism would ultimately draw
destruction upon itself. He thought that if the great
would give up the privilege of franking letters, it would
make up for taking tiff the stamps on newspapers. But
the Government willies to say to knowledge, as Joshua did
to the sun, " 'nand still." lie concluded with a tirade
against the Manchester Guardian, which was opposed
by all the other Papers in the town, however differing
among themselves on other points.
Mr. DOHERTY then spoke at great length in favour of
radical reform, and proposed that a subscription should be
entered into to establish a new Weekly Paper to be called
The Yoke of the People,—Carried una voce.

Mr. M.GOwax (of -Glasgow) explained the principles
of the union, and went over the arguments previously
used it; the other speakers.
Some other speaker', addressed the meeting in a similar
strain, and, finally, five members present were appointelt
to present petitions to both Houses of Parliament for ra-
dical reform, and for the taking off the stamp duty on
newspapers and all fetters to the press. The petitions to
the Lords to he entrusted to Lord King, and those to the
Commons to Daniel O'Connell, Esq.
At eleven o'clock this immense meeting separeted in the
best order. '