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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1840.
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HOUSE OF L 0 RDS-7 W . * , Ftbnufi 4 . Lcrd Aberdeen pK notice , that lie would en Bmrsday pat & qmestion u to the intention of Her Majesty ^ Government with " reference to the clmrch of BcotTand . Lord Btraagfoid observed that in consequence of eontsnunicatioas from various commercial bodies , and of a bill having been introduced into the other house , en the subject of inland warehouse * , precisely similar is its provisions to the bill of last year , he wished to know ¦ whether the Government "would hare any objection to produce any opinions that might hare been given by any of the fiscal boards in the country as to the probable operation of that bill on the revenue . icnJ Melbourne answered that he -would inquire whether there -were but such docmnenti .
Lord Brougham presented further petitions regarding the eases of Froit , < fcc . ; also - a petition from the abKtaa now fai custody for contenpt of the House of Commons . Lord Melbourne moTed thanks to the Governor-General of India , and to the officers and men , for the military operations to the -westward of the Indus . In obedience to precedent , the political merits of the transaction ¦ were entirely kept out of Tiew . The motion -was agreed to nevtine cpntrodicexte . Ike Bishop of Exeter brought forward his motion on the-r . it . j ect of " Socialism , " and moTed an address praymg her Majesty to direct that steps be taken to prevent the diSusion of blasphemous and immoral doctrines by printed publications , and by other illegal means . The motion was agreed to , without a divkion , and their lordships adjourned .
Wednesd ay , Feb . 5 . Lord Clarendon presented several petitions for a repeal of the Com Laws . Mr . Bernal , &&d others from ihe Commona , brought up a bill making , her Majesty to grant an annuity to Prince Albert of Saxe Coborg and Ootha , which was road a-first time , and ordered to be read & second time to-morrowi Or . the motion of Lord Melbourne , the Standing Orders were ordered to be suspended ae retarded this biiL Their Lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tuesday , Feb . 4 . 8 everal petitions -were presented for the Repeal of the Corn Laws , far the extension of Church Accommodation , ic . -
Mr . Erie presented a petition from an individual who bad suffered from the promulgation , in the printed reports of the House , of evidence taken before the committee , and praying that some means of protection ftfiinst incorrect etc parts statements so adduced might be devised far the security of the public . Mr . Warburtoa presented a petition from the Birmhigham Registrar of Births , ic . ( Pare ) , for inquiry into file allegation * regarding Trim . Mr . Labouchere presented a petition from Glasgow , eompiaing of the manner in which the "private bill " basines of the House -was conducted . Sir 3 . Peel msved that the committee appointed to eonsider " controTerted" elections hare power to send for persons , papers , and records , -which was ordered .
Sir K . Inglis gave notice that on Tuesday , the 18 th , he -would moTe a resolution declaratory "That it is the duty of this Honse to provide further means for the religions instruction of the people , through the medium of the Established Church . " llr . Labouchere gaTe notice that , on the nth , he Would more that in future all " diTorce" bills be referred to a committee of seven members , thereby superseding the examinations at the bar of the House thereon . Mr . Hume said that he should on such occasions take "the-Sfcsse of tt » House on the propriety of remoTing " drroree" bills from its jurisdiction . Lord J . Russell said , in answer to inquiry , that it was intended by Government to introduce a Bfll for the Reform of Ecclesiastical Courts , but he could no . specify the period of its introduction . ill
Mr . Fox Maule , in answer to Sir B . Hall ' s inquiry , laid ilat Frost , Williams , and Jones had been remoTed from Monmouth to the hulks—because the commutation of the sentence passed on these individuals having )» en determined u ^ on , it was considered right to remove tnem out of the kingdom as promptly as pos-• hle . Mr . Labouchere , in answer to a question , ' said that he should deferth * second reading of his Bill , to allow the importation of foreign fiour into Ireland , in order that Hon . Members might obtain the amplest information on the subject Mr . Leader intimated that he should to-day direct particular attention to the petition regarding Frost , Wiliiam » , and Jones . : Prmoe Albert * Naturalisation BUI went through all ill remaining stages .
On the motion of I / ord J . RusselJ , Mr . Howard { Stockdale's solicitor ) was ordered to be taken into Wstody by the Sergeant-at-Arms , Jdx . Stanley moved for a Select Committee to inquire into tbeooBe * of the discontents and difficulties of the labouring classes , 4 c . Mr . Smith O Brien seconded the motion . The motion , he-wever ,-was eventually withdrawn . Mr . Packington then , brought forward his motion for a bill to amend the laws regarding the Bale ot beer . He ¦ obtained leave to bring hi such a bilL Sir B . WQmot obtained leave to bring in bills to tnttwirise the summary conviction of juvenile offenders in eenain cases of larcency , and to authorial trustees ¦ vf ttee grammar aehools to enlarge the system of dotation therein pursued , under certain restrictions .
Mr . Vernon Smith obtained leave t » bring in a bill . to extend to the British Coloniee in the West Indies the Act 5 th and 6 th Wm . IY ., for the regulating the ? amage of passengers in merchant vessels . Mr , Strgeant Talfourd moved for leave to bring in a Ifil " t « amend the law of copyri ght ;"—a motion that led toconsiderable diseassion . Me . Wakley moved ae an amendment that a select « Hamittoe be appointed " to inquire into the operation « f the existing laws of copyright , and to report -thereon to the House . * Mr . Sergeant Talfourd said , seeing that the hostilily to IbU motion was unmitigated , and that no inquiry was likely to abate it , he should press the motion to a division .
Tna HOTM& divided , aatthe nnmhen were—ayes , f 5 ; noes , 5 S ; majority in Stout of the motion , 22 . Mr . Gillon moved for leave to bring in a Wll to enable persons holding license * to sell beer , spiriU , and other scoseable liquon , to obtain a renewal of their licensee from the excise of 8 ootiaad . After remarks from Mr . Pringle , Mr . Oswald , Mr . Xoekhart , and Mr . Goultmin , The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he would not ehjeet to the Introduction of . the bin , although he was pot prepared to concur in all its provisions . ¦ I * rr » wat then given to bring in the bolL Mr . LabbBchore than moved for , and obtained , leave to bring in a bin for establishing " Inland bonding war ehouse * ; " it was precisely the same bill as pre-Tiwuly introduced .
Lord J . Russell moved the appointment of a select eejomittee " on the publication of printed paper * by tier of the House . " Agreed to , and committee nominated . The remaininf business being disposed of , the House adjourned . Wednesday , Feb . i . THE CASE OF FROST . Mr LEADER said he had a petition to prefect from John Frost ; but as he had a motion to bring forward on the subject to which the petition referred , . he thought it would be advisable Mtto present the petition in the absence of her Majesty ' s Miaisters and the law offieers of the tXVWQ . _ Mr . HUME ¦ ubsequently stated tkat he had a pft ^ bon to present from Jonet , who , with Frost and 1 & !™ 1 * £ wntenoed to deathand were
^ , mbout to usdergo the wiuiutei puniahmea * of trans-« rUt » a for hfe . But a * none of her Majesty ' s Mnuiten were present , he thoaght it aenfidvigj&e U pve notiw thtt he would pmeot the petition tomorrow , ia order that the ditcusaion- ^ poB it mieht « ** ** * £ * 5 * Sf , time ^^ tt" u I » n the peti . « Lku of Frost aad Williams , which HonV Friend * of Bts naa toprAMnu Mr . Hutt pmented a petitioa fro . ewUinScial-SSr AsioiuSo ** aa ^ uirT iato the prineiples of
CASE OF FROST AND OTHERS , llr . LEADER cud he had to preeen * a petition fNB J « h * IW MMbK forth th , . ireunSuBoea ( wiieh wwe kwwj w the How ) of hii trial , and ftt * obiMtioa Uk « by bis Coonari ; bat ihere w » 8 •¦* £ " *\ f ^ P ** 1 ^ *• P ^ itwa to wkisi , he S ^ £ S S !! w ! S ^ ofth e fi «^ Thepetition Mated Out tiw tkne Jadnswko tried tbem eiprwiW . 4 « kre 4 that htakwialiav , tke saaifbeVXwSn * s time » f ku tnal , aad that twtof those Jud « e » tad sum dtelared th « r opudon that the obwekoa was a g » oi aad valid one , and that , there-Sre , tb » pnsoaer w » ght- to U aoquitted ! The
petiuoner , therefor * , prajed fer a free pardon . Hs ( Mr . Leader ) had been iafbrmed tkat it was the atention » f Hon . Gcatleme * opposite w apply for ones of the short-hand notes taken at the trial , wiwin it would be seen what had passed 6 a the pan f the Jadges aad tht Counsel for the prisoner . As tbe atatt « r was of vital importane * to the prisoner , v v ^^ V * - ^« way to Y » Diemetfs Land , hs should sabnut to the House a motion on the petition of which he had given notice yesterday , aad should move that anhumble address be . presented to her Majasty , praying that her Majesty -would be ttaciooaly pleased , under the special circumstances of the case , to grant a free pardon to Frost , Williams , and Jones .
Mr . HUME said he had a similar petition to prejpnt from William Jones , who stated that he had relied < m the truth , faith , and unimpeachei justice a * d integrity of tlie Judges , and that two of them
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' , ¦ II II I J M haying decided * hat the prwoBera onRhi to b © acquitted , the petrtioner hamolf cravedthe performance of their promise . Mr . DUNCOMBB vrtmotei a petition from Zephaniah WiliiamB , t 6 the sase effect as that presented by the Hon . Membersfor Westminster and Kilkenny . It was signed by 18 , 420 individuals , all praying for the pardon of the unfortunate individuals . He had another petition from Finsbury to the same effect , signed Dy 4 S 0 individuals . He had another from the parish of St . Lake ' s with 288 si gnatures , and another Bigned by 6 , 000 persons in the vicinity of London ; it bad been signed within the last twentyfour hours , in consequence of the intention of the Ministers to commute the sentence to transportation for life bsing known . They all prayed the interference of the House in behalf © f Frost , Williams , and Jonea—first , because a majority of the Judges thought the objection waa a good
one ; secondly , because three Special Janes recommended them to mercy ; thirdly , because 200 , 000 petitioners had prayed the Crown for mercy ; fourthly , because the opinion of , the Judges rendered the trial invalid ; fifthly , because no power of the Constitution could award a punishment without first granting a &C"w le « ai trial ; sixthly , because the legal officers of the Crown had no right to punish the prisoners with a commuted punishment more severe than that to which they were sentenced . They therefore prayed for a free pardon . Colonel SAW LEY presented a petition to the same effect from certain inhabitants of Finsbury ; from certain inhabitants of Whitechapel ; from St . George ' s in the East ; and one to the same effect from Westminster . He had also one signed by 6 , 320 inhabitants of London .
Mr . LEADER said—Considering the position of that Learned Gentleman with regard to the prisoners , he would agree to his suggestion for postponement . After presenting some other petitions to the same effect , the Hon . Member paid he hoped the Government -would not deal with the prisoners while the matter was yet pending . On thepetitions being ordered to lie on the table , Mr . KELLY suggested thatthe Hon . Member for Westminster would postpone his motion for a short
period . It might have occurred to the Hon . Member that the House at that moment was not in a situation to entertain the question . They had nothing now to stand upon but the unsupported allegations of the petitioners . He thought that some measures would be taken for bringing the fiacts of the case before the House , when they could decide whether they ought to addsess the Crown or not . He therefore suggested that the Hon . Member would postpone his motion until that information had been laid before the House .
Lord J . RUSSELL . —Of course I cannot presume to doubt the discretion of the Hon . Gentlemen , but as they seemed to presume that further information will be laid on the table , 1 think it necessary to state that so far as ihe Government are concerned , they are not prepared to lay any farther information before the House . Mr . LEADER ( after a paase of a few minutes ) said , after that declaration , unless the Learned Gentleman declared that he might be in a better position hereafter to forward his object , he should persist in bringing forward his motion aow . Mr . F . KELLY said he did not feel himself now
called upon to answer the observation of th » Noble Lord . The Government could not oertainly have made up their minds to refuse papers , of the nature of which they were not aware . No Member could be stopped or precluded by what had fallen from the Noble Lord . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . LEADER would then postpone hia motion tfurther papers were produced , or further opportunity of discussion were presented . Mr . EWART presented a petition from Birmingham , Bigned by Be ? eral thousands , in favour of the prisoners , and he would call the attention of the House to it on Tuesday next .
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THE "N ORTHERN STAR" PORTRAITS . Thb specimens of the Splendid Portraits of Oastler M'Donall , and Collins , are now in the hands of our Agents , and will bear comparison with any which the art can furnish . The disagreable situation in which we were placed relative to Stephens ' s Portrait has made us cautious , and , therefore , we resolved not to fix the day for the presentation of the above-mentioned Plates until they were at full work , whereby we are enabled to avoid all chances of disappointment . Our arrangements areas follow : — We allow till Saturday , the 8 th March , for receiving Subscribers' Names . Subscribers from that period will be entitled to a Portrait in six weeks ; to a second in two months from the period of giving the first ; and the third after another interval of two months , which is the very earliwt time at which they can be perfected . In one month from the last named period we ehall present to our readers the most Splendid Plate that an can furnish of Frost , Williams , and Jones , together with Sir Frederick Pollock , and Messrs . Kelly and Thomas , Counsel for tht prisoners . We pledge ourselves that this Plate shall be of the most splendid description . We | shall then complete our promised series of Portraits by giving full-length ones of Henry 5 Vincent , William Lovett , and Fear / jus O'Con-| nor ; and when the entire is completed , the | value ef the Star Gallery of Portraits will far j surpass the amount expended in the purchase of the Paper . It must be distinctly understood that none but Subscribers will be furnished with j Portraits at any price .
The Northern Star. Saturday, February 8, 1840.
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ANOTHER CHANCE . From the moment that the Whigs got into offiee till the present time , their every aot has reminded ui of the bhinder of the poor foreigner , who , when drowning , exclaimed , " I will be drowned , and nobody shall save me I" From the moment that the Commons acceded to the Amendments of the Lords U the Corporation Bill , in 1835 , dowa to the present instant , they have refmsed all popular assistance to ensur * the eoupleU destruction of Toryism ; and now , no doubt , in conformity with Whig notions of
iadepandene * . our Ministers will be indnoed to miss the eha&M which presents itself of proclaiming a general aanessy . If , iaBtead of being governed by the Tories , aad of fceimg dragooned in *» Tory satasurea , th » Whifs had said to the natioa , We will be the representatives of » & popular will , whea you destroy that barrier whish so strong a Tory oppositien presents to us , " it would have beea dons in twenty-four hours ; but the people must first have had a iistiaot understanding as t # th « beasfits to r « 6 ult frost such a step .
The questions which we wish to have solved are firstly— " Will the Whigs throw away the oaanoe of gratifying th « urgent request of the whole nation on behalf of three parsons iaformally tried , aad , therefore , illegally convicted and unjustly punished !" Secondly— " Is it becoming the character of Statesmen to act upon false notions of hoaour , and turn sulky witL a whole people , for the gratification of rabid party feelings !"
That the Tories have dragooned the Whigs into those fatal measures of coercion which have been practised against the Chartists , is evident from the vrhole tenour of the debate , upon Sir John Buu ^ a ' s motion ; more especially from the speech of Mr . Fox
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MiTTLB . ' While the Wfcigs , thus , a $ a « k the "pressure fruit wiihaat , " , tapca which . Mob * they cab safely rely—if their measures woa& justif y gueh reliance—do they not see that the conn ^ if lories , while denouncing popular support , hawtfcair organs abroad , endeavouring to prooare that support by the denunciation of Whig measures ! Has the effect produced upsn the country by the transportation of the Dorchester labourers been forgotten by the Whigs ! And are they vain enough to imagine that the people are now less aJ | ve to the sufferings of Frost , Williams , and Johbs , than they were in 1833 , to the sufferings of the Dorchester labourers ! Let them reflect upon / taeva « t advan . ee
of public opinion , and upon the great inipiov ^ ineat in the mode of circulating that opinion through the extended means of communication by the press . Do our rulers imagine that , with the clearance of the transport from the shores of Britain , British sympathy will vaniahl No ! Let the ' thought periBh ! The banishment of the fathers , and the sufferings and lamentations of the wives and their lovely daughters , will keep irritation alive , and at last compel the Government to take steps regarding Frost , Williams , and Jones , similar to those , which public opinion compelled them to take in the case of the Dorchester labourers .
Let us for a moment consider the only pretext open which so fatal a step tan be taken just now ; on the very eve of the Royal marriage . The liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones ( say the middle classes ) would lead to greater daring upon the part of the people . The transportation of those men ( say the Tories ) must and will lead to the complete destruction of the Whigs . To the latter proposition we at once assent ; whil « t we havt ho hesitation in saying , from oori > wn . knowledge of the feeling of the people , that a frospattfon-wofia fce regarded as an earnest of Whig determination no
longer to surrender to Tory influence ; -and would therefore do much to restore the Government to their place in the affections of the people . Are they not desirous that the next whole month should present one scene of joy and satisfaction ! Wish theynotthat every subject in this realm may be ableto join in the national demonstrations and thanksgiving ! And can it be so ! No ! Already has it gone forth that while a small portion only of society will join in the revel , the millions will be meeting in sullen sadness ; offering no thanks , but sending forth anathemas against laws which , having no share in making , they are thus oompelled to denounce .
Let the Sovereign calmly put these questions to herself , and ingenuously answer them I * . — "Are my people ungrateful , and do they merely ask a favour that may diminish my authority , and lessen my popularity , by granting it ! Does my heart as genuinely exult in the great change which I have undergone , as it would do if all my subjects , for whose benefit I should reign , had joined in the exultation ! Who * -should be my especial care — those who are by circumstances made partially independent of all law , or
those for whom , from the absence of those circumstances , I am called upon to exercise an especial act of grace ! ' If the Sovereign had now the benefit of wise counsel , she would be recommended to throw open the prison gates to all political offenders , and to say unto the prisoners and captives— " I have entitled myself to your allegiance by this my kindly interposition on your behalf ! " Let this be done ; and then let us see whether the brilliant flame of patriotism , burning in every peasant's breast , can bo equalled by the artificial illumination of aristocratic houses I We
earnestly pray God , that this may be done , which in our conscience we-believe would do mote for the stability of the throne , the' security of person , and the protection of property , than any other act which human ingenuity could devise . '
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On Tuesday , January 28 , 1810 / Sirfi Bvllkb brought forward his motion declaratory of th 6 want of confidence entertained by the country towards the present Ministry . He acknowledged that the nation is in great distress , and that much dissatisfaction everywhere prevails ; these evils he attributed to the Whig Government . The Ministers , he saicj , bad eneouraged agitation—had connected themselves with the Great Agitator—had attacked the Church-Thad squandered the publie money—had admitted Maca » lat , the advocate of the Ballot , into the
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Cabinet—had patronised Owen , and had proposed a system of Edu cation available by Dissenters ^ as by Churchmen . Alderman Thompson seconded the motion . He spoke of high wages in Wales , and asserted that the attack by the Chartists was for political purposes entirely . He sapientfy * nd skilfu l l y declared that the object of Chartism was the " equal dittribuiitn 0 / every dfpeription of property ' . " What a pity it is , when menwill talk upon things , of which they are wholly ignorant ! The learned
and civic functionary railed at Lord John for his appointment of Frost , lamented the deficiency in the revenue ef £ 1 , 000 , 0 * 0 , which h « expels ' will be followed by a similar loss from is * Petvijr&OBikge ; to the trade with China he adverted , saying that the revenue gained the sum of £ 3 , 500 , 000 by the tea trade , which must shortly be destroyed , and he also said that British commerce was excluded from Buenos Ay res . Sir G . Ghet , placed in the van-guard , first met the attack . He contended that the
greatest praises were doe to his party for their conduct regarding Parliamentary privilege , for their exertion of liberal principles in releasing the Dissenters and Roman Catholics from their respective burdens , in repealing the Test and Corporation Acts , and in the enfranchising 809 , 000 negroes . Lord G . SoMBRsra , in referring to the Newport Chartists , remarked , that their conduct was signalised by extraordinary honesty ; they took nothing without paying for it . They never betrayed the slightest disposition to abandon the mam object , for whiok they first set out .
Mr . Hawks next came up to the defence of Government , and entered into minute statements . According to his authority , 41 JLatJwAjr Acts have been passed up to UttO ^ sin ce that time 103 had passed . In 1830 , Revenue was £ 50 , 000 , 0 Q 0 ; in 1838 , it was £ 47 , 000 , 060 , although £ 6 , 060 , 000 of taxes had been repealed . He wished to know whether the Tories , if again in office , would repeal the Reform Bill , the Catholic Emanci pation Act , and the Municipal Corporation Aot ! We can assure the Learned Gentleman that they never will—ion this plain reason , that they never « an .
Mr . Colquhouk eame in the Tory ranks and took op the subject at the depression of foreign trade with regard to this nation . " France , " he observed , has made encroachments * u our trade ; Spain and Pertugal have made encroachments ; Poland , with 31 , 000 , 000 of population , is blotted from the map , as far as our trade is concerned ; Craoow is no longer the depot of ear manufacture *; and Germany , with
at least 25 , 000 , 000 of inhabitant * , is shut out ' from free trade with this country ; Russia is against us ; and the Dardanelles—the key . of { he Black Seamay be shut against omr entrance at . a moment ' s notice ; Persia formed an effectual' bjirrier -against Rweia , but even now we hare rendered her hostile oy attacking Affghanistan ; France has destroyed se&e of omr most important trading sources in Africa and America . "
Mr . D ' Israeli descanted on the growth of Chartism . " Is there no apprehension , " he eaid , * that the Chartists will find out that their revolutionary views must be backed by aris tocratical aid , and that treason , to be successful , must also be patrician , and having learned this , aiay they not find some desperate Noble to lead them on , who would make the Noble Lord ( Russell ) acknowled ge thatthe existing disquiet is of more importance than he imagines . Though Wat Ttler failed , Boungbroke effected the change of the dynasty . Jack Stkaw headed an insuirection and was hanged , but
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an icanrreotion headed by a Lerd Johr Sxsaw might prove successful . " ^ On Wednesday , M * ,: Littow renewed the attack npon the Ministry , showing how O'Cohnrw . had
always advocated physical fbree in Ireland , and had endeavoured to excite a revolt from this country . Mr . ' MffifTZ made hia maiden speech in the House of Commons , avowing that he was a Republican in principle , though , in the present constitution of the country , he would oppose the introduction of that form of government into England . Lord C . Hamilton took an opportunity of declaring , that Mr . Feargcs O'Connor is the High Priest ef Chartism ! Lord Howick stated his reason for resigning his post in the present Government to hare been the too rapid march in Reform made by his colleagues !
Sir Jambs Graham observed— " The principles of the Government being the Ballot , Extension of the Suffrage , and the shortening of the duration of Parliaments , what , in principle , is at this moment the distlction between the Chartists and her Majesty ' s Ministers ! " He mentioned the names of the Members of the present Government who had once voted for No-Property Qualification ; and among these waa the Attorney-General ! He then read a report concerning Lord John Russell from the Northern Star . [ We thank the Learned Member for his attention to our columns , and advise him to study their eontents with the greatest assiduity , and in time we shall make something of him . ]
Mr . Maoaulet considered agitation as a thing absolutely necessary to the existence of a free Government , unless , indeed , they adopted the principle of Bishop Hoasunr , that the people -have nothing to do with the laws except to obey then . Speaking of the fall from the heights of leyalty by the Tories when out of office , he said" We now have a monster of a party , made up of the
werst part of Cavaliers and Roundheads ; Tories , with the airs of the pikemen , who puffed their tobacco smoke in the face of Charles I . ; Tories , who , pretending to the loyalty of Strafford , abused their Sovereign in the fashion of Hugh Pjwkrs . " We must concede , and we willingly do so , that the speech of this learned gentleman contains a wellmerited disseotion of Tory bigotry , and that the whole style was eloquent and impressive .
Thorsdatv—Lord , Powerscourt said that secret service money should have been applied at Newport . Mr . F . Mauj . h displayed , as a specimen of the Government ' s industry and strength , their numerous prosecutions of M'Douall and Stephens ; Vincent , Edwards , Jones , and Williams ; Lovett and Collins ; Dr . Tatlor and Fbarqus O'Connor ! Truly a fine sign of strength ! Mr . Ward , in the course of his speech , declared that some measures must be resorted to , in order to conciliate those vast masses of our
fellow-countrymen now placed beyond the constitutional pale , whose passions were excited and embittered by exclusion . Chartism began where the franchise ended . Would they , then , draw the line of demarcation between the slave class and the privileged still stricter ! He alluded to the articles written in the Northern Star , and marked the strict analogy prevailing between the principles once professed by Sir James Graham , and those now entertained by Feargus O'Connor , " the Chartist candidate for the West-Riding of Yorkshire . "
Lord Stanley inflicted on the House a very long speech , from which we can find nothing worthy to be gleaned and set before our readers . Friday , the l ast day of this important and lengthened debate , was marked by the rear-guard coming into action , and among the ranks appeared the Generals on each side . Viscount MoRPBTH , in a long eulogy on the W ^ igs , observed that they had passed a measure for a reform of English Corporations—for commutation of tithes in England—for establishment of Poor Laws for Ireland . &o .
Mr . O'Connell said the character of the debate was not ealeulated to raise the Parliament in the eyes of the foreign and domestic audience beholding the combatants . They were called upon to decide on what princi plea twenty-five millions of human bei p gs . were to be governed , and the opposite gentlemen , had scarcely spoken of anything but where he ( Mr . O'Connell ) had dined ! ( alluding to his dining with the Lord Lieutenant ) . Ho deservedly abused the infuriated bigot , the Rev . Mr . M'Neile , who hurls the most uncharitable denunciations against the Roman Catholics ; but Mr . O'Connell miserably erred when he stated that no Irishman in this country had joined the Chartists ! This assertion we have before refuted .
Mr . Bradshaw , the loyal Tory , expressed his deep regret at having abused the Queen at Canterbury ; but declared that the words escaped him in the excitement of the moment . Sir Robkry Pehl shewed how much inferior was the present condition of the country to that of 1834 , when Lord Grbt resigned his office . He protested against the practice of leaving the most important subjects open ' questions , and ridiculed the economy and retrenchment of the Ministers , asserting that , in 1335 the expenditure of the Army , Navy , and Ordnance Establishments was £ ll , 40 » , 000 , and in 1839 , £ 13 , 565 , 000 a-year during peace time ; that the charge of the National Debt
had moreased , &o . He then indulged in a violent tirade against Chartists and Socialists , but observed , as Lord Palmerston was not now tn a situation to hear him , he would not enter into foreign policy . This created great merriment , as his Lordship was fa&t asleep ! The Right Honourable Baronet seemed to feel the impossibility of ever repealing the Catholic Emancipation Aot , and wound up an elaborate , though eloquent , address by eulogising the Duke of Wellington and the principles of Conservatism . In connection with Sir Robert , we cannot refrain from extracting the fine description of Belial , the fallen angel , as given by Milton—( Paradise Lost , Book 2 . ) : —
" He seem'd For dignity composed and high exploit ; But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropp'd manna , and could make the worse appear - < The better reason to perplex and dash Matures ! counsels . " Lord John Russell , in his address , praued himself and Company , for only exerting the law , not exceeding it , and for the two hundred and ninety prosecutions instituted by them . He was opposed to every change in the representation beyond the Reform Bill , and thought he had gone far enough . The division took place , leaving a majority of twenty-one in favour of the Ministers .
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When Barbaud , who had meditated the death of Louis Philippe , was under sentence of death , his sister , as a last alternative , made her way to tke royal presence . In making her appeal she battled the Monarch ' s hand with her tears . When the functionaries afterwards applied for the King ' s signature to the warrant for Barbaud ' s execution , upon being pressed on the neeeessity of the measure , he , called a tyrant , indignantly exclaimed , " What ! shall that hand which was yesterday bathed with a sister ' s tears , to day sign the warrantfor her brother ' s execution ! No , gentlemen , Barbaud is pardoned . "
THE QUEEN AND MRS . FROST .
Our Monarch is called gracious ; is a female , imbued with all the soft and kindly feelings of her sex ; and could she , upon the day after her marriage , refuse the application of Mrs . Fkobt and her lovely daughters , when imploring pardon forhusbandsandfathers ! No ! we will not believe it , until the experiment has been tried , and shall have failed . Let them , then , instantly make their -way to Lord Brougham , who will , we have no doubt , present them to the Queen , and 1 st them plead for a free pardon for Frost , WiLLUM 3 , and Jones . This , we expect , would do more than all the memorials which meet the Royal ear through the tainted channel of palace mediation . What the eye sees not , the heart feels not for . The
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Queen has already felt the bitterness of parting from a father by the ordinary course of nature : lei her be taught to think how fearfully the bereavement must be augmented in its poignancy by circumstances like those in which Mrs . Frost's daughters are placed ! On Tuesday the Queen wffl be a wife , and then she -will be capable of appreciating the value of a husband , and of entering by thought and refloctioni to some extent , into the feelings of Mrs . Frost . Let all the people in the neighbourhood supply the means for this experiment , and let them start the calvacade with blessings on their mission and prayers for their success ! But let it be done 1
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Mr . Robert Douglas , delegate from Edinburgh to Manchester , has requested us to state , that upon the appearance of Mr . Peddie ' s name as a public lecturer , the Association of Edinburgh came to a resolution which . stated that they had no confidence in Mr . Peddib . This was done before the outbreak at Bradford , and was sent to the Northern Liberator for insertion , in which , however , it did not appear .
MR . PEDDIE .
The Association of Edinburgh hold themselves wholly and entirely irresponsible for any act done by Mr . Peddib . We can only wish that all the working classes were as particular in reposing confidence in public men as our good friends at Edinburgh . We think the soundness of their judgment has been amply confirmed by the disclosures of Mr . Rider and of Messrs . Cliffs and Thornton at the delegate meeting at Manchester .
We also have received in reference to the exploits of this Gentleman , a letter from the neighbourhood of Newcastle , which we give below : r-
TO THE EDITOR OF THB NORHTBRN STAR . Sir , —After perusing Mr . Rider ' s letter , edneerning the villanous traitor Peddle , it is the duty of every honest and upright Radical in the kingdom to publicly thank that gentleman for his manly exposition of a fellow who is made up of deceit and lies—who is going round the country trying to entrap honest men . You will always find him where there are known good men , ingratiating himself into their favour . Scout the fellow from your ranks , for he will deceive you in the end . Were I to tell you ho , w he has been trying to delude the people in and about Newcastle , especially in the village where 1 live , you would not believe me . The scoundrel
nearly sacrificed upwards of a hundred of the bravest men in the county of Durham . This is his plan of operation ; he will come and give you a lecture , then a sermon , 'and will tell you be has forgotten where his text was , but , whenever you hear him preach you may be sure his discourse is from the tenth chapter of Isaiah , v . i , it , iii . | there you will see the fellow , lecturing en an old beaten crack , trying to stimulate his audience into expressions of violence , and then , when he thinks he has got them up to a certain pitch , he leads Bis victims on to destruction ; which was nearly the case in my district ; but , thank God , five or six of the leading men , began to think he was deceiving
them , and two were deputed to go to a certain place —and well they did , for the fellow ' s villany was at once found ; and had those deputed but fallen in with him , he of all likelihood would have get a good hazel stick laid over his shoulders . However , the women promise that if ever he comes to the village again , they will strip him stark naked , and whip him out of it Fellow Countrymen , beware of such men—you will always find the traitors are strangers—come from nobody knows where , deputed by none . living in splendour , and , at the same time , making people believe they are
from hand to mouth ; telling this one they hardly know how to get their breakfast ; another , they had to leave such and such things in pledge for their nights lodgings , —a third , they have so maay men ready for action , and after they have led them into a snare , they bolt , and leave their dupes behind , either in the hands of the " blue-bottles , " or very near to it ¦ Let me impress this upon you once more , to have nothing to do with auch fellows , for most assuredly they will-lead you to destruction . P .
The writer of this letter has given us his real signature , and expresses his readiness to meet , and answer any reply of Mr . Peddib ' s . Will the people sever , never , learn to mind what they are about . We have again and again cautioned them against the sutblety of the factions . The Whigs , but for the disagreement of the Judges , would have made these outbreaks a pretext for hanging the Welsh patriots . They do now make them a pretext for transporting them .
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Received £ 1 5 » . from Mr . Skevington , for Mr . Pitkethlyy which now awaits his order at our office . TiLLioowntr .- ^ Otw subscribers at Tillicoultry , who have been denied . the Portraits to which they were entitled , shall be furnished with them , together with the Specimens of Oastler , Collins , and M'&ouatt , when their claim is transmitted to Mr . JohnArd . UI , Northern Star Office . Lovett , Vincent , ' and Collins . —In consequence of an application made to Mr . O'Connor by the Glasgow Committee to the fund for the above Patriots , he begs to say that they cannot deposit the money in the hands of a more honourable man than Mr . Watson , of London , bookseller ¦ , who has been appointed General Treasurer to the fund .
Thb Welsh Prisoners' Dbfencb Fund . —We wait the receipt of the accounts of Messrs . ( reach and Crossby , in order /• enable us to lay before the country a correct statement of the receipts and disbursements . We were promised Mr . Geach ' s account early in the week , but have not yet received it . The last general account which we furnished shewed receipts to the amount of £ 789 Since then there has been received the following sums : —From Mr . Rogers , as Treasurer for London , £ 109 . Second subscription from Glasgow , £ 50 ; and about £ 80 in small subscriptions . The sums which Mr . O'Connor has now paid are : —To Mr . Geach , £ 80 % ; Sundries ,
about £ 70 ; making , in t he who l e , £ 873 , whith , deducted from the sum reteived , mbout £ 1 , 019 , leaves a balance in hand of £ 149 . to meet the accounts of Mr . Geach , Mr . Crossby , and Mr . Owen , whose account we received last night , and which amounts to £ 174 19 « . Id . ; and we should say , uptn a rough calculation , that there will remain unpaid about £ 1 , 100 . When we are furnished with all ihe accounts , we will lay a clear and distinct statement tf the receipts and disbursements before the country . The Old Defence Fund . —Mr . O'Connor has received applications from the prisoners at Fork Castle , as well as from several parts of the
country , to apply the residue of tht Old Defence Fund to the Defence of those persons who are to be tried at York , Liverpool , and other places , at the approaching Assizes . From Sheffield they state that they are too poor even to send a Delegate to Manchester , and in several places the poor fellows state that they have already " pawned their clothes to subscribe towards the Defence Fund , and that it is impossible to expect a defence for those persons who art to be so speedily tried , if the above fund is not applied to that purpose . The Barnsley men are ,, many of themy to be tried , and are wholly deprived of the means of procuring a defence . Mr . O'Connor htu t in consequence , dnected that two counsel shall be retained for tliose charged with high treason and
, that each of the prisoners tried for minor qfenoes shall have one counsel engaged for him . We beg that the parties will confer , and engage one . solicitor for all the prisoners , with whom Mr . O'Connor mmy confer inasmuch as , if each man appoints his own solicitor , £ 10 , 000 would not meet the expense . Mr . O'Connor has had so many conflicting directions as to tht appropriation of the surplus of the / und in question , that he requests that it maybe put in some shape and form tyorc the several meetings which mre to bt lutid on Monday next , as by that mode only eon the united opinion of those who subscribe it furnish him with a right as to Us disposal In fact , is vets tarty in ths Monmouth trials appropriated to tht defence of tht Welsh prisoners , but has been since refunded , and now awaits Out general answer of the tountry .
Wt are anxious that this business should now be brought to a satisfactory dose ; and ws again implonmU Oho * who can spare * shilling or * penny to devote it to the defence of those several poor fellows wht ytt remain uutried . Namwich . —T . Dunning—It was received correct . Llewellyn Williams—It has been potted rtoularlv ap p l y at the Po * Office . ^ Mr . T . Me . Pherson—His order was too Hue U was not received till Sunday . ' Johm Smith , Raylelgh , Essex . —The whole of the Portraits due have been forwarded to P . Youngman London . ' Me . Pherson ' s papers have always left here with pra ters when he has ordered in time .
Robert Owen and the Bishop of Exeter , —We cannot find room this week for the manifesto of Robert Owen , which appears in the Morning Chronicle of Wednesday last . We shall insert it next week ; in the meantime we must congratulate Sir Robert Peel upon his new antagonist , Mr . Owen , who promises to be a more formidable opponent than even Sir Robert ' s otvn hungry crew ; tclio , for the purpose of prematurely obtaining office , are likely to devour the carcase of their great leader .
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EFFORT . We point in the strongest manner we aql able , the attention of our readers to ihe i * l portant proceedings and recommendations « fl the delegates of the people , at Manchester
last Monday . ¦ Let ^ e ? ery possible effort be now mal | l Let the people manifest , * t 9 t . ee > , ; tibeir energjl and their prudence . A simultaneous efiotfl may yet save them : a false step or aparticM of violence will certainl y destroy them . I
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USEDB . ' ' The Leeds Memorial received 7 , 000 sienaturJ in one day . ;
pbost ' s defence pond . Smelt ... ... 0 S Do . „ .. i .. 0 1 Friend 0 2 Firth 0 6 Abbott ... ... 1 0 T . Ellis , 2 nd . sub .... 16 Mr . B 0 6 Henderick ... 1 € S . Smith ... 1 0 Smelt 10 Two little girls at the Northern Star j Office , 6 d . each ... 1 9 D . B > ... ... 1 0 J . B ., a Republican 0 6 J . 6 . ... ... 0 6 I Joseph Smith ... 10 I
11 9 ¦ Sudden Death . —On Wednesday morning Joalfl Thomas , cabinet maker , aged 47 years , fell ba&B wards while employed at his bench , and died imam diately . ¦ Curious JIobhery . —At an early hour on Taul day morning , the warehouse of Mr . Carver , carries in Sidney-sfreet , was entered , the desk broken omB and a cash-box , containing £ 139 13 a ., ineoldajlH silver , and two £ 5 notes , were stolen . The ufl were employed in the warehouse until two o'ctoSH at which hour they locked it up , and hid the keyiS a stable , from whence they were afterwards takafl evidently by some one well acquainted with thetttfl mises , for nothing was disturbed about the deskifl which the cash was deposited . ¦
Burglaries . —Daring the night of Sunday lasfl the residence of Thomas Motley , Esq ., at Osmonfl thorpe-Hall , near this town , was entered by thievsS and a silver pint , a plated tea urn , six plated candbl sticks , a small rosewood voting desk , a brafl kettle and stand , a small gilt ornament , and variovH other articles -were stolen . A reward of fiftesfl guineas-has been offered for the apprehension ifl the thieves . —A few nights ago , the house of Mm Ellishaw , of Meor Town , was broken into , aadfl pair of silver sugar nippers , a silver tea-spoon » ifl crest , a silver sugar spoon , and a silver thimble we * stolen . These premises are situated beyond tiM police boundaries . ¦
Thb Distressed Poor . —Amongst the numerafl aids to the fund now raising for the relief of JM distressed operatives of this borough , we have graH pleasure in noticing that a concert , for the saafl benevolent object . has been got up at the house <¦ Mr . Edward Porter , the RaUway Hotel , bottom * Kirkgate , which is to take place , on Monday eveninjB the 17 th instant . A great number of professioulS gentlemen have kindly offered their gratuitous sflffl vices ; the performance jrill be divided into twM parts , the first to consist of sacred music , and tifl second a niacellaneona selection of glees &c ., * s / M from the . patronage it has already obtained , tbfl price of the tickets ( one shilling each ) , and the qjfl nted manner in which it has been arranged , we esfl have no doubt that a liberal sum will be realised The entire of the proceeds will be handed over »¦ the Mayor . m
Street Robbery . —On Mondav , two men of vl | tonous character , named Brown and Tracey , * nm brought up at the Court House , charged with stealufl a watch , and about 13 s . in silver , from the person m an aged nan , named Robert Raper . Raper deposfl that he went into the Scarborough Castle , in Hondfl Lane , onJSeturday night , and was soon afterwarfl followed by the two prisoners ; he stayed for sosfl time , and when he went out they followed him , tffl at a . short distance one of them held him whilst dH other robbed him . They were both committed fifl trial . ^ M
Wrst Rhhho Ovpicb . —On Tuesday , four vM whose names are Francis Austin , William Auttm Thomas Ptanm , and Joseph Hudson , ( who M been remanded on the previous Friday ) , were finaH examined and committed for trial at the next W ( H Riding Sessions , oh * charge of having stoleftfl quantity of beef , the property of Mr . John FarkJM son , butcher , of Pudsey . The prosecutor depotfl that during the night of the 24 th of January , * shop was broken into , and a fine beast , which m had left hung up ready Cor the market , was mutilat * the flesh being cut front the bones , and carried «¦ and the bare skeleton was all that remained . SB gave information , in the first instance , to the BiaM
lord oonstables , thinking that the meat mighi o » j gone in that direction , but not having been sacceasH m finding it , he sent for Messrs . James and Child , m the Leeds police , who , after obtainingalittle infonM tion , went to the hoases of the prisoners above-naaMH in each of which they succeeded in finding as na * meat capable of being identified , by the manner * which it corresponded with the bones , as to leav e * doubt fhat they were the thieves ; they were , therefi * taken into custody . A fwatg woman ( the daaffl ter of Hudson ) who lives with Frank Austin , ! ¦ also taken into custody , and though diachsHM from any . participation in the above robbffl property was round in the search , which it ia a * posed will implicate her in one or two robber *
which have been recently committed at Nevrf * in this borough , aad she consequently stands * manded to give time for the case to be rabstanti ** against her . The four men were commit ** for trial , but Hudson waa admitted to bail . Fn * Austin ( the most notorious of the sang , for they * all related ) was further charged with having stf * a quantity of tools , the property of Mr . Matt ^ Carlisle , wheelwright , of Rawden , whose abop ** broken into during the night of yesterday week ; «¦ tools were found in hia house aad identified . * was committed for trial on this charge also , and * understand there are other robberies , in which N 9 he aad the others are implicated . 1
Rumoured Death bt Yiouwce , at Hbnsij ** On Thursday last , John Blackburn , Esq ., Corel * held an inquest at the George the Fourth , at Hu « MB on view of the body of John Weotf , who died o »* previous Tuesday , after a short attack of ihflaw tion of the brain . A quarrel haring taken m between the deceased and his son , the gossips mw Tillage were not backward in stating that the * had b een the cause of his father ' s death , a ^ f inquiry was therefore instituted , Mr . Betff surgeon , deposed that he attended the decesawf his illness , and since death had made a post tntri ' examination of his head , and he had no heeitatiW Baying that death was caused by effusion of Wg nDtin th « Ivrain arinincr frnm na . tiir * . l A&U 1 DS . ..
accelerated by habits of Intemperance , to wlu «» 15 deceased had been addicted . From the tefltimflgjl other witnesses , it appeared that the violence toyjjB he had been subjected , was merely a drunken ** £ ¦ about a dog , when the deceased , without being ellM struck-at or pushed , fell backwards ; he JIB however , capable of following his employmewJ 9 some days previous to being taken ill , and there ?¦ not tb e slightest appearance of external injury . * J * jury , under these circumstances , returned &vtf ? £ jfl •? Natural death . " The junior Woeif , who baa ^ H placed in custody , was discharged * after being f ^ H manded by the coroner . - >' W
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agents will furnish us , without an hour ' s delay , with condensed reports of the several meetings which take place on Monday next ; setting forth the computed numbers , the general feeling expressed , where the meetings were held , the hours at which they assembled and broke up , and whether or not the resolution to meet again on thefol-• lowing Monday , to receive the Queen's answer - to the Memorial was adopted , and cordially acquiesced in .
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I wish some person to communicate to — Fishhr , labourer , of Moneytrualawn , held to bail to appear at the Special Commission , at Monmouth , that his recognizance will not be estraated , but that he mast appear at the next Assists at Monmouth , and answer to the indi ctment , when he will be discharged . F . O'C .
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Mas . PabbT received . , * Walter Todmorden received . * Oue Boukn correspondent must excuse tu . ffe doJM think the inertia * of hu letter would be w 3 | just now . Bi . ' ¦ . ' m
VINCENT'S DEFENCE FTJND . 1
£ s . d . i From Shulford , near Banbury , Oxford , IS ¦ for the defence of Vincent , per T . 9 Page Wrench , -. ~» ~ 1 0 » 1 FROSTS DEFENCE FUND . 1 £ . « . A 1 John Gilley , Tailor , Pontland , is 6 d M Poor Middleton , Ouseburn , 2 s 6 d M Per Camthers , Newcastle . " 5 a M From the Working Men ' s Radical M ' Reform dsspciution . Brtchin , ^ 1 6 © H Fromthe Universal Suffrage Teetotal M Christian Community Society , per M Mrs . Oldroyd , after a lecture by ' B Wm . Dean , _ ~ . ¦ ¦—• UU ' . 1 From KnaretAro' , per Wm . Johnson , ¦ H Tailor , _ ^ ^ ^ 0 S S M From Perth , per J . Mc Olashan « . 0 13 2 ¦ From JBishop Auckland , per P . J . ^ . 1 0 e H From Ayr ; per J . McWAirnie ,-. ' « . l 1 S ¦ Small sums received at the Northern ¦ SUroffice , _ JL . « - « . oil t ¦
The Patriots:—The Last!
THE PATRIOTS : —THE LAST !
Notices-To Correspondents.
NOTICES-TO CORRESPONDENTS .
Leeds And West-Riding New|
LEEDS AND WEST-RIDING NEW |
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MR . O'CONNOR . Mr . O * Conxcr regrets that he will not be able to visit his Bolton friends this week .
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¦ 4 TH * ypRTHEEy STAB . 1
We Have Most Earnestly To Request That Our Several
We have most earnestly to request that our several
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 8, 1840, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2670/page/4/
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