The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-03 00:00:00

THE DORCHESTER UNIONISTS.

G SAND MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM
On the morning of Monday last, the day appointed
for the meeting, the utmost activity and bustle prevailed
by the assembling of the Trades' Lodges, who were
seen mustering in all parts of the town. Shortly after
eleven o'clock they had all arrived at Beardsworth's
Repository: The Repository was quickly crowded to
excess, and although capable of holding at least twenty
thousand persons, it was soon found much too small.
A cry of " Adjourn to Newhall-hill" was immediately
raised. The vast multitude, consisting of not less than
40,000 or 50,000, then re-formed, for the most part in
procession, and proceeded in the most orderly manner
through High-street, Bull-street, Snow-hill, Stc., to;
the place of its destination. On the re-assembling. off
the meeting on Newhall-hilt,
The CHAIRMAN opened the business by reading the
placard calling the meeting: He said it would be
for that meeting to tell the government that they felt
deeply the blow aimed at them, in the cruel and vin-
dictive sentence recently passed on the six men at
Dorchester, for the crime of meeting, with their fellow-
labourers, to protect themselves from any further de-
preciation of their labour.—( Hear, hear.) And, he
would ask, was it not time to unite for such a purpose
when their wages did not average 7s. per week each ?
—( Cries of " Shame.")
Mr. HANSOM then presented himself amidst loud
cheers. He confessed that, after healing the news
last night from London, he could scarcely trust him-
self to speak upon the subject, for the consideration of
which they were assembled. A lett& arrived in Bit,
mingham late last evening, stating that it litrit been de=
termined the six unfortunate men should sail-for theii
destination on Monday morning, should the wiliftprove
favourable.—( A loud murmur, and cries of "
Shrliex
shame," here burst from the assembled thousands'..y
New, considering the- excited state of the country on
the subject, was there, he asked, any decency shown
in this haste ? What could it mean, but that the go-
vernment were resolve 4 to rase against them that power,
which the very men whom he, latt before him had given
to them a short time ago on that for the benefit
of the whole community ?—( Loud effes of " Hear.")
The sentence passed on these innocent aiiiitt:2offending
men was enough to make the blood freeze' in their
veins. He trusted that the cruel sentence, which tiy the
solemn act of that meeting was about to be condem:ileli
would have the effect of arousing the productive rah,
lions from one end of the kingdom to the other, and
make those unions which it was intended to put down
ten times more numerous and determined than ever.—
( Tremendous cheering.) He hoped that the workmen
in Birmingham, and the other manufacturing districts
of the country, would come forward and boldly declare
their determination to stand by their brethren, the
agricultural labourers, among whom he was glad to
find the principles of union were fast spreading.—,
( Cries of "We will, we will.") Let them for a filo=
ment cast their eyes over to France, the government-
of which country had made an affectionate league wilbt
our own rulers, and thus entered into a kind of Trades`'
Union of their own. —(Laughter.) The French go-
vernment were getting a law passed through the
Chambers rendering it criminal for even twenty men
to associate together without their leave. This was
certainly a bold measure, and yet our own government
seemed to be determined to outdo even that.—( Cries
of " Hear, hear.") Were they disposed to submit to
treatment like this ?—( One tremendous shout of
" No.") Then if they were not, they must see the
absolute necessity for forming the most complete and
extending associations to protect their labour from
further depressions, and to enable them to take it to'
the best markets.—( Great applause.) Mr. Hansoni
concluded by proposing a resolution in accordance
with his speech.
Mr. WATSON seconded the resolution.

Mr. MORRISSON had not arrived many hours from
London. Such was the excitement which prevailed,
in the metropolis, and other parts of the country, that
the government would be compelled in deference to
public opinion to remit the sentence.—( Loud cheers.)
To-morrow the answer from the King would have been
received, and if that answer should be unfavourable, it
was the determination of the whole lodges in London
to have a grand holiday, which, it was expected, would
be followed by other parts of the kingdom. All
England would stand still. Every hammer would
cease to beat, and every shuttle to move, until justice
was conceded, and the rights of industry established.
Tremendous applause.)
The CHAIRMAN put the resolution, which was car-
ried unanimously.
Mr. FLEMING, a delegate from Edinburgh, proposed
the second resolution. He looked upon the sentence
as a violent and unwarrantable outrage upon the rights
of the people. A man closed in the judicial ermine
had dared to pronounce a sentence which, if carried
into execution, would unsettle the very foundations of
society in this country. —( Cheers.) Let the pro-
ducers of wealth in every corner of this great kingdom
arouse and prevent this ; theirs was the task to restore
the husband to his heart-broken and disconsolate wife,
the father to his children,•the master of the house to
his own fireside, and to his duties as a British subject.
—( Cries of " We will, we will.") Mr. Fleming
concluded, amid loud applause, by moving the second
resolution.

Mr. GEORGE CONOLLY, delegate from Belfast, se-
conded the motion. The united voice of the nation
must speak loudly. As the representative of a large
number of individuals in Belfast, he could say that the
working classes in that large and important town, and
through them the workmen throughout Ireland, would
do their duty.--( Applause.)
Mr. HUNT supported the resolution. He strongly
recommended that petitions should go up to the King
and the parliament from every lodge, every town, vil-
lage and hamlet in the kingdom, and let the petitioners
speak in a voice which should command attention.—
( Loud applause.)
The motion was put and carried unanimously.
Mr. BLAXLAND moved the the third resolution.
Mr. SHOVELBOTTOM seconded the resolution, which
was carried unanimously.
Mr. KING proposed the adoption of a petition to the
House of Commons, in doing which he observed, that
if the laws of England sanctioned the punishment which
had been inflicted on the six men at Dorchester, the
sooner the people had done with such laws the better.—
( Cheers.)
Mr. BLADDER seconded the resolution, which was
put and carried.
Mr. HETIIERINGTON moved a resolution which ap-
plied to Mr. Hardy, the member for Bradford, who had
recently spoken in the House of Commons against
trades' unions.

Mr. STOKES, jun., seconded the resolution.
The CHAIRMAN put the resolution, which was car-
ried unanimously.
Mr. SMITH, a delegate from Coventry, moved the
next resolution, which was a vote of thanks of the men
of Derby and ;Norcester. Let the reporters then pre-
sent tell England that they courted the utmost publi-
city and notice ; they wished not to be bound together
by secrecy ; they were not a band of revolutionists, but
men determined to promote the best interests of huma-
nity, though at the risk of transportation, or even of
death itself.--( Loud cheers.)
Mr. BUCKLEY seconded the motion.

The resolutions having been put and carried, thank,
were voted to the Chairman, and after three cheers for
the Dorchester labourers, three for the men of Derby
and Worcester, and three for the cause of trades'
unions, the meeting dispersed in the most peaceable
and orderly manner.

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