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The delegates of the Leeds Reformers, appointed to select a Li- beral candidate to oppose Sir John Beckett at the next election, have unanimously resolved to invite Sir William Molesworth; and it is the
determination of the Leeds Radicals, as we learn from their organ the Leeds Times, that if there be any shyness on the pait of Mr. Baines's friends, the Radicals will retaliate : they will teach the Whigs " fair play by bard knocks, if nought else will do." But the Whigs will know better, we suspect, than to play false in this instance.
The Council of the Birmingham and Midland Reform Association had a meeting on the 29th ultimo, and passed the following resolutions.
" This Council having considered the letter of Mr. Attwood, in reply to the resolution of the Council dated December 15, and more particularly the latter part of Mr. Att. wood's answer, in which the following just and striking passages occur, namely- ' Our country is yet in the hands orate Boroughmongers. At this very moment they are putting the screw upon the industrious classes, as they did in 1816, iu 1819, and in 18261 Shall this be endured? We must make up our minds to meet the great cir- cumstances which are approaching. We have assisted in giving to the people au in- stalment of liberty—a day is coming when we may have the opportunity of securing a full measure of liberty, prosperity, and glory for our country.'
"And this Council most cordially agreeing with Mr. Attwood in this view of the slate of the country, and of the great duties which it imposes; and being impressed with a deep sense of confidence and gratitude for the foresight and perseverance with which he has pointed out and advocated the great principles on which the prosperity of the industrious classes—the happiness, power, and glory of the country—depend ; and feeling the full force of the appeal winch he has made to us, and the necessity of vindi- cating the rights of industry, and of preventing the industrious classes from being again ground into the dust with impunity, do therefore unanimously declare-
" 1. That we will give our determined and cordial support to nil just and lawful mea- sures which may be necessary to vindicate the riyhts of industry, and to protect the Indus- Meta classes from plunder, poverty, mid oppression. " 2. With this view, we most earnestly recommend that all discord do erase among the industrious classes ; and that employer and workman do suspend all disputes and differences among themselves, anX do unite cordially together to prevent both from falling a prey to the cruel and sordid laws by which the corn oligarch and money oligarch have so long afflicted and distressed our country.
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"3. That measures be immediately adopted for placing the industrious classes iu a position to protect their own interests, and to recover that interest in the House of Commons, which justice and reason, and the national welfare, and their own safety, and the constitution of their country, all imperatively require. " 4. That the great constitutional rights of Household Suffrage, Triennial l'arhia. ments, Vote by ballot, Wages of Attendance, and the Abolition of Property Qualifica- tions in Members urine House of Commons, be' claimed; demanded.ond insisted upon: on behalf of the Commons 01 England. And this Council further add their deliberate opinion, that a thorough reform of the Douse of Lords is essential to the free working of the ,House of Commons, and the general welfare and tranquillity of the empire."
We gather from the Birmingham Journal, that this meeting and the above resolutions are intended to give an impulse to the popular feeling throughout the country, and to be the commencement of a grand Reform movement. In that case, it is to be wished that the objects should be more clearly defined : it is difficult for the uninitiated to cont. prebend exactly what is meant by the vindication of the rights of in- dustry, and putting the screw on the industrious classes.
The Town-hall being under repair, there is no place in Birmingham large enough to accommodate a very numerous droner-party; and it has therefore been suggested, that simultaneous dinners should be given throughout the town on the 16th instant ; on which day the Council of the Reform Association intend to give an entertainment to Messrs. Attwood and Scholefield, Sir William Molesworth, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Leader, and other gentlemen who may be able to attend.
The Birmingham Journal says, that the number of persons who dined at the late Conservative festival in that town was 550 instead of 3,000, as stated in the reports in the Tory papers.
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