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THE NORTHERN STAIl. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 22, 1840.
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HOTJSB OF LORDS .-J / owfe * FOmary 17 . The Earl of ErroU stated that b « Majesty Wad * eeem tlic iDM « on the nuarJagei frofcff < m **» y , i ** BBefaagJjam Patoee , at two • dock » is
-Tbo Manpris < rf Leadonde— said thai he anenld tafcr Ms mftfotmiattag to the treaty of Bergara for a 'V « d ( , la eosseqaearar af tie absence through illness « t * - £ hff T > ok * of fPeBfeagfcm . The 2 ? oble Marquis ex-| WEsed » bepe tb&t Id * fBtee ' s health would be tsrOattnatnBteed . * te Sfcft <> £ of Exeter asked Lord Me ' . bcnrne whether fc Jaly last be reesheil a letter from the Rer . And . IHfce , ol St . Margaret ' s , Leicester , stating that So-^ UBpm . was oa ttie increase in Leicester , and expressing Jfca « pe thsi the Xob ' e Viscount -would take the subject ftio his serious consideration . He " should liie to feonrfrom the Noble Viscount whether h « bad received tfceletter ? tosd Melbourne—I did receive the letter . fee Bishop « f Exeter—Did the Noble Xisoount take « py steps in consequence * f that letter ? " Lord MeTboanie—Na
do Bishop of Exater—Did the Noble Viscount QDsuur ihs&acj steps -were or were not necessary to Jwtatea ? Yi <« ount Melbtrane rejoined . Nowyonseethia Trill lead iu an xMomaat on the whole subject , into which lam very unwilling to enter ; but certainly , in my pinion , it was not necessary to answer it Indeed , I very Hiaeh question the prudence of the ' course whkhthis Eoose has adopted with-respect to that sjuauipn . ; The Karl of Aberdeen observed that the Uarqnis of Whatxaasisy had rt-bnked a -clergyman for not sending fcfcaiiiirarTBatioTi , instead of favouring others with it Iic-rd Jdeiboaroa declared that he was much obliged to the gesgetBaa foi hi »« Hninnnieation , but he had not MUTFSTcd it because he was 4 eslrwi » of = avoiding a controversy npoali ; » m tm wao dnidib * Bi ^ t Reverend Erdite would frustrate his object .
^ The- Bishop of Exeter afterwards presented a petition from > iUe-end for the adoption of measures to pot down Socialism . " Xonl Strangfurd gave notice that on Thursday he wtffiiJ submit a motion regarding " inland wareboa ^ .- ; , ; . " His Lord&hip also directed attention to fee Tretehel sta t e of British commerce on the COOft of AMcs ; and to the fact of there being 250 argot- cf Bntah goods now " retting" at Buenos Ayrcs , ia consequence of the unjust blockade by the RrercL . L rd Donman brought in a bill restricting , in cases « f lii ^ I and tresp&ss , -srtjen ; the Terdict did riot exceed forty sr / . YlivgK , fcat thej-ost « recoTerab ' . e should not mo ?? " > -aeh amount It vna read the first time . Their Lordships then adjourned ,
Tuetdcy . Feb . 18 . Tlie House of Lords met yesterday , but chiefly for 1 fce vnrpose of proceeding with the address tc the Queen . Their Lordship * , however , before adjournment « Q 1 iharsday . forwar-ied the Transfer of Aids Bill asd tie Prison Act Amendment Bill ( with an amendxsl . 1 ; 3 stage .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Monday , February 17 . After the presentation of many petitions for Church Brieiikn , for the Free Pardon of Frost , & . c , for the Bckoso cf the Sheriff , &c-, Lord J . Russell stated , at the bar , that her Majesty bbd Ix-ea pleased to intimate that shewonld receire the ddrt ^ at Buckingham Palace this day , at half-post two ' . \ V > -Tt . Sir J . Hobhonse , in zjiswer to Mr .- ^ gsme , said that ~ b& - "Tas not aware of any decision having been « ome : r . respecting the procealinga at Bombay and the Eajah of Sattaraa ; and that he was desirous of commrtki . dDg with the Eaet India Directors on the subject He added that he would communic&ie papers « od iiiTurmttien oa the subject as soon as he possibly ¦ cou ' -i \ io so .
Id ? . VillieTS , in annrer to the Hon . William Duc-«« nbc , said that he should brin ^ forward his BMfe- - > 3 oa the Corn Laws on the first open day after tke 2 tili inai . Ht . Fcs Manle , in answer to Sir E . Kcatchball . said tbat i « bad bseu in error in stating that the Tithes OomiHuistion Act Amendment Bill proceeded from all Sbe Cemjuiasionen . It had been sanctioned by two out « f three of the Tithe Commissioners . Lord J . Russell presented another petition from Meters . Hansard . These gentlemen had been served - with another notice cf action in the Court of Quecas Bench , and they . prayed tha House would direct them M to tiij course which they ought to adopt 8 ii E . Sugdea inquired whether Howard , Stocidale ' s QikU 3 ? . had n&t brought an action against the eergeanttt ii son * ¦ .- "
Lvrd J . Buraell said that he had not " official" 4 nfor-¦ Jatii en the subject . His Lordship then . moTed , on the ps . atioa of Meagre . Hansard , presented on the 13 th fesst , that ' any sheiiff , unaer-slu-riff , bailiff , or others , who acted in the prosecution of actions against the ser"rscre of the Bams , would be guilty of a breach of pri-TFflers , and won 5 d inror the seTere censure and high dfrpiea ^ ure of ike Homse . ** 8 ' nr B . Sugdra entered hi » decided pretest against so « w « tping and mdefinite a resolution , Tlsc- Boose iSrided . The motiou was carried byl 4 S to 7 i—Majority 71 . It -r . is afierwards ordered that Howard ' s son , aud Feerc . z . cleix , attend the House this day . Tbt Hcnso was afterwards " covrded oaC oq Mr . Hftir . i- ^ ' motion regarding " First Frniu . "
Tuaday , Fib . 18 . The Commons met shortly before two o ' clock , and also proceeded to present a congratulatory address on ba iiijeityl marriage . The Speaker ( the House ha-ring resumed * t _ flye « Mc : k ^ stated that her Majesty had beeo gracioiial ? pleased to reb » m the following answer : — " I toaalt yon- for this dutiful and affectionate addr-ss . It with great eatisfaction that I find an creut ia vhich my feelings are so deeply interested has beea » tteadc-d with so many manifestations of loyalty on the y&rt of aiy people , and has ailed forth such sentimsnss « f lojal attachment from my Parliament " Lv . rd Ashley gare notice that , on the 3 rd of March , is Bhc-uld moTe the appointment of a select committee t * inauire in > o the act regarding factories .
Sir K . Pael moTed for retnrns settog forth all penaion- oa the evril lirf granted since the 18 th day of February , 1 S 34 , to the present time ; specifying the Bsiiu .- of the party to wliom in each case a pension has ¥ © en granted , sad the amount of the pension granted ; aad th « total amount of pensions granted in each year « idi-ns t&e 20 th . day of Jtsub , 1 & 35 , \ iZt , 1 S 37 , Ibi 8 , acd 1 BS 9 . Lord J . Ruraeil proposed as an ameadment also like retains from Jan . I , 18 S 8 . Tht rt turns , as smcztded , were ordered .
Sir Itobert Ptel then moved fox accounts of the mrah-. r of marines now employed on shore er afloat oa ttia co&rt of Spain , in any serrioe ctmoected viih . the itcution of the Quadruple treaty ; also of the totil Talue of the stores of all descriptions adranced tJ ^ sin uade * the pro-risions of the Quadruple treat }; aad of tiie 3 am iif any ) receired from Spain on account « f such adTaactS , and of the arrangement made with Spain in respect to ttie ultimate repayment fer » uth advances . The letarns were ordered . The Eail of Lincoln presented the aaswow of his Royal nbjhneH Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent , VpressiTe of thinks to tfc « messages Toted ^ . — Mr . i'endarrea presented a repeat cc-nnected with tfce trial of contested elections , fi-ripg March 12 ih for ¦ fcfce hearing of the Ludlow and Ipswich poti ' . ions ; aoJ March 16 th for those regarding TtAuess &nd
Cambridge . Lord Palmostoa . in answer to Sir Jamea &nxLam , stated that tha papers regarding China w « e in course « t preparaUoo , acd would be laid brfore the Houic -M * xt wtek . LOTd jr . RasBelL in answer to inquiry , said that he wim M&dy to giTO the ful ' est information respecting the Hill " Coolies who h& « I been engaged at Mauritius . Mr . Lebouchepe , in answer to Mr . Lake Wlite , siid « hat he admitted the importance of ¦ om « measure oa the •¦ hjec * « f '' pilotaLje , " but that after tiis failure X ; Mi . P . Thomson ' s efforts on that subject , he thought ¦ ft would be a needless waste of the time of the Houic k * briTig forward , at present , any bill on the suijeet .
O& the moUoD of Lord J . KusseU , tlie question of * ' pzirilege" was then onoe mot * resumed . Thoiaas Howard iVho son uf Howard , Stockdalc ' s atlorneri > r ^ s snmined at the bar . The youth , i * ry unceremonious } f jsanrered questions put to him , by declaring that h * had ssrred the writ for a further action { the SfUi ; on Vftmn . Haasard ; that he had done so " forming a ioiarable near guess" at the nature of it ; amt that he was aware of his father ' s commitment , but that w&it srt had done was in obedience to his faihsfs orders . * Th * Attotney-GenerEl therenr > oo nwred th * t rjch « soduct was " a breach of pririJege . " Carried by 1 S 7 ayes , 37 BOta ; majority 1 * 0 .
Thsnext qscstioB , that b «* be committed to the custody of 3 td SergeBBt-st-Arras , was al * y ctrried by 134 afw , « «« s-, majoaity 93 . J ' eaHB& . the elers , was next examined , and harlns sytatiltedfert he hid serr ^ d notices and Trrits in tsi sasitiex ^ ls w « a morwi tJiat' lie had boea guilsy of vjfeSKeb of pririjfgd . " Tfeshoufo diyidwd . Tb * question vss carried by li £ » yaa , 53 soe » , maj « ity 82 , thai th . rs baJ beei ¦ taBteh of priTiiege . ^ Ba BoUcitor-Ueoeril then moved ihzi Peajce he eamJtted to the custody cf the serguant-iit-arms . That wascaniwi fay 1 st ayes , 5 i noc ;; mijorhy t-::, in &Toor of the BJOtionfor cominitnicn :. ? peiiUsa was predated from ilr . yranea , the uEder-Jkeriit praying for tiu w « kcUoa ot ' . La Il&aw « s far
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u he aisj | t | , ^ e affected by ( he actions bow pxooeed in against Messaa . Hansard . Mr . Fox MasflelhenmoTod for , and , after some conversation , obtained kare to bring in a UOto amend the Constabuhry Act of last eetaioik - , ~ &t . Leader deferred ioa raotfonTPgatiBns ; Frost , ate ., for an address for free psfd <« t 91 flmrs'iay , hoping that , in the meantime , the prisonfits would not be sant out of the conntry . The thanks of the house were added to the perricous vote * , bo as to include General Wiltshire , & 6 > ' ° ' the rictory of Kelat : * Adjourned . JjJ ^^ J ^^ ± * " at * i 0 n" aDW IBOoeed -ta
The Northern Stail. Saturday, February, 22, 1840.
THE NORTHERN STAIl . SATURDAY , FEBRUARY , 22 , 1840 .
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THE PEOPLE AND THEIR PROSPECTS , Whoever , hsrbg but the feelings of a man , looks abroad upon society , as we now have it , most sicktn as the eye of observation turns from Bide to side . The extremes of wealth and wretchedness strike to the heart a gloom ; feeling which blushes for humanity—¦ which gares on the present as it hinka upon the p&Et , and 8 'ghB for the improvement of the age . Improvement which , from a state of wholesome approximation to equality , has caused the millions to give forth their life ' s , blood , gradually , in the fields and factories , for the ' advantage of a
sordid few , who neither know mercy nor practise justice . Our towns ar » piles of * i 6 e and povertymere accumulations of oppreejire exaction and unrequited labour—the batpsof tyranny ; in which " Wealth accumulates aad men decay *—the charnel-hou £ C 3 in which living shadow * of men , women , a&d children are , by whole generations , steamed into eternity , that the worshipper of wealth may point the foreigner to the huge piles of buildings in which the process goes on ; and to the mansion ? , | arks , and luxuries into which the sweat and
blood of Bsilliens have been changed , as evidence of British grcatness . Pride and hfaxtlassness fill the mansions cf the bullfrog merchants ; corresponding pride , and yet greater heartlessnesfl , ensconce themselves within tho compting houses and behind the compters of their spawn ajid progeny , the midway , miduie-clafismen ; while want , and wickedness , and crime , the consequence of destitution and neglect , pervade the dwellings of the humble ; crowd the poor man ' s hearth , and prowl about the streets to carry terror to tho consciences of those by vrh ( jpi they hare been driven to despair .
" God made the country j man the town . " Never was sentiment more true than this of tho poet . Man has made the towns , and the towns have nearly unmadem&n . They have left us for our contemplation bat a monstrous form of mischief , growing hourly still more mis-Ehapen . And if this be true of towns , the country is just coming to a like condition . The labourer who cultivates the soil is frequently less cared for , and les . 3 comfortable than the horse who Eharea his toil . The horse , when his day ' s , work is orer , has hU stable , his corn , bis hay , and his bed of clean straw ; for it is his owner ' s interest to provide him -well , that his capability for labour may not be diminished ; there is no Poor Law for him ; but the
care-worn labonrer , in whose toil alone the ini 6 ter has a beneficial interest , to the exclusion of his person , throws his Vfeary limbs , with Mb hunger half unsatisfied , upon a bed of rags or a chaff pallett , and his children nestle round him as sleepless as himself for want of food . And with this state of this © is it likely that property can be safe , oar that the people can be contented ! How then is this state of things to bo remedied ! We answer , it never will or can be remedied until the laws which govern all shall be made by all , so that each may have his fair voice in the enacting of those measures by which his labour shall be exacted and appropriated . It never
can or will be remedied until &e great principles embodied in tho People ' s Charter shall have been universally acknowledged and acted on . We would fain believe , in the excess of oty charily , that those principlcsarenot well apprehended by the" Liberals " who oppose them , while profosei be friends of justice . We have never seen them more clearly aad yet briefly expressed " fhSa . language , thw in a little pamphlet , lately published , under the title of , M What can the Chartists do ! What hava they done ! What ought they to dot" In pity , therefore , to the ob ; useness of intellect of the middle claas " liberal" enemies cf justice , we extract thesfii plain words , that tfeey may no longer have the plea i of iterance for their misrepresentations : —
" The Charter is based upon the principle that Taxation without "Kepreeeatation ia tyranny . ' 1 . Evtry mn i » tared , and every man should therefore hvre a vote . Heneo tha necessity for Universal Sufrcge . 2 . la elsv-tin ^ a representative a man is entitled to exercis ; hit right of -voting without fear of danger , pt-rse .-u'J . on . or annoyance . Hocce the nocessity for Becrecy fced for the Ballot . 3 . If a representative does not do his duty , beonghl to be quickly discharged from his trust Hence the necessity fur Annual ParliawnU , at which good members would be re-electefl -with thanks , and bad ones kictL-d out with reprowh .
4- A -nias having a right to { -lest a representative ought to e ' : * ct -whom he pleases . This he cannot do if a iaw ^ ays , * yon shall not ekct any but a man with so Uiucu H 0 OE . OT . Hence the necc-shy for the abolition of all Properly Qualification . 5 . Men having a right to vote , have a right to exerim that voie M-Uh as little trouble to thtmsrlve * as possible , and -with fuil freedom from the" ikflnense of oibera . Hence the ntd . &iiy of having ' Equal Voting Districts . '
d . No man has a right to expect that anyinan will do anything h-r anybody for uotlring . Men , wLo have work d- - -nt for thi-m . u « 5 ht to pay for it , and tlwse who do the irovk ought to i > e p&id . ik-nce the necessity for PaiimciJ oj Members . Moreover , besides bt-ingjust , this is politic , because- th « pi' . jer has tLe greater control o * er th * paid . Tnpaid logi > -lators , ' and ' unpaid magistrates , ' have bceo curses upon ttis laud . Keither Russell nor Lyndhurst , nor Stanley , nor Sugden , nor Munti , ncr any of them can deny , that if there is a principle in our Constitution , it is tlut " Taxation vrilho&l rvpresentiiion in Tyranny . " This is tha great
principle of tLe Peon's CLaiUr . If any aristocrat , or bull-frog middle man can c ' . ap his perfumed finger upon the shoulder of any loan , and prove to us that lie is not taxed , we-will agree ti . at he shall not , and ought col to . h&Te a vote f « r the election of tho *; who fix the t ^ rcs . In saying this we admit mors than wo ought bvcouse , aa legislate rs make Iutts affecting men ' a lirea and liberties , as well as their purses , any man who is to be controuled by laws , ought ( unless he is a base , » eaa slarfej to havo a voice . io ~ the making of those laws ; b ; it this , notwithstaai . UDg we again rt-peatifc *—for ¦ > uv pour , and iatho tvrce of justice , we repeat it—show a man wl . o is not tixei , asd we will consent to a
rjiinm of franchise whieh denies him the right to vote . This concession hangs upon an if . But this -ire kuow , that every man vch <> eats , or drinks , or wear * clothes , ir walks , is taxed . Sleeping or waking—working or Paying—eating or drink ing— burying the dead or U-ing buried—taxation , ruth : fcs 5 , robbing , unequal taxation is the doom of every man . The poorer he is , the heavier is h s burden . Every man , by tbb Constitution of this country , is to tax himself . How canh « do this ? is i : no : a gross sirir . diing humbug to say that he does this , when men whom he never aaw say what taxes Le ia t-o pav ; and when , if he docs not pay them th » y han . 1 hiui over to tho auctioneer , cr the flltliy debtor ' s icison ?
These are tb « p » i = ts of the Charter , who can gainsay tlieiu ? Ctmt i 3 ono thing , reason is another . Let no l > roud lordling or popular apostate deriue the Charter . Lc ; him show that it is bad , if he can : lot him show ^• ttUUins that is better , if heis able , but hard namea wilj n-cVcr aikuatc the pt ^ p ! 6 from what they believe , an-3 know to be , the Ofcarter of their right ? - Such Uien are the poinU of the Charter . They are sTurth labouring for—they are etca worth dyivtj for . WLu Uie po-jple wish n . tiat be con « alecU To Xx iiv-e , a nation baa only to will it . An effective demoastritioa of the ptojiie "will , must , and cannot but suM *« . ; i . "
Tho only question is , how can our demonstration bo ma' 1-3 . . Secure \ We suppose that the maddest t-f the iu : d have befyr-j now cotn that there is no hepo of tbc-ir being rendered efi ' ectirc by tlse bullet or tue niko as afr ^ essivc weapons in the people ' s haids . i ' ro ^ i the bckinuir . g of our vrholc caiccr to ihia tirae , Lavo we c « ns-sully urged the poojlo to beware of . kia isck 01 wiiiclj we ioresaw the danger of their
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splitting . Again and again havB we told them that aggressive violence would rniti all , and that whatorer of psteney might rest in Ae physical capwitj « f the mnltitnde , would be anpinilated in the Mt of marshalling . Again and * # ain have wetoldtiwaa that their enemies knew this , and would seek therefore to entrap them to their own destruction . Our warnings have been unheeded by a few whose demeutedneBS has now entailed difficulty upon all . Bat from all this the people may learn good es 3 ens . They require some time for education ; and though the knowledge of their right * : . be ^ 8 PH »«>« - Again and againhaTB we told them that
simple of acquirement , the knowledge of all the mean 3 and subtlety of those by whom they are withheld , and of the best means of coping within * enemy is another thing . We are not surprised , therefore , that a few have been goaded by the sharp thorns of wretchedness into a » attempt to gain the goal of justice by the shortest road , over hedges and ditches though it might be . They have beep foiled ' la their effort ; as wo always knew and iefa them that they would be ; and their fallen carcases now hang round oar neck . 3 as an additional d / awback on our progress . Still are we not disheartened for tr
moment . There is in moral force a Eighty engine , whose power is irresistible for good ; thiB engine lias never yet been adequately worked ; and we n » w feet that this power mast and will be seen aad appreci ? ated by the people , in a manner which has never yrt been . Sectional agitation and divided objects have ever yet kept us as a rope of sand . In ttwring ihe bark of expectation aiMp fefoe , the political rowen have pulled long " end ^ strongly "it ia true ; but they have never yet pulled cordially M all together , " We have never yet had any organisation worthy of the name . Our powers have nevix yet been
cordially and unanimously directed towarda aay one point in our progress . True it ia , TbrffrTfirQMj time back , the people have bent all they 3 jipghta ^ D Universal Suffrage . Collateral SB ^ Bt ^ aWt minor grievances , arising out of nnjoik ^ jrars , nave given way before a deep and general conviotion ^ tiat the only pi oper remedy for all the evils of a cor t ^ pt system was at once to level down the tree ; but wa have never properly agreed on the dirtction of our blows opon the hateful trunk . A number of wo * d > men workiDg in a foiest would fell a tree mach sooner if their hatchets all fell on the same spot of the trunk than if they struck promiscuously , some high and others low ; some on one aide and some on
another . This , then , is the great point to be now attended to—unanimity of purpose—which , with a great people , is irresistible . There are many ways in which the people may make their power and influence fully known , and by which their enemies may be compelled to acknowledge tho operation of their might ; but every one of them requires unanimity , organisation , and reciprocal support . W « have never yet seen tho full developement of political combination . Many partial attempts have been nwJe , but they have all failed , because no one coarse of action has been universal . They have all done good , because thoy have demonstrated the importance of this great principle of action .
Let us not , then , sit down supinely , but rise with uew vigour to the prosecution of our glorious purpose . Let us grasp hand in hand , and , joining heart to heart , let shoulder be laid to shoulder , and the full strength of all at once put forth ; and the ear of justice must progress over all obstacles . Without such an unanimity , no physical force effort can ever be successful ; with such an unanimity , no physical force will bo required .
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A ROLAND FOR EDWARD'S OLiVERgAND A SMASHER FOR THE MERCUSfT Dhak Nbddt , —Upon the first quarterly rotwn ^ relating to newspaper stamps , upog wWefe / Wr ; Star seemed to hare soared much above ydurlit ' tliJ god , in your astonishment you put a civil question to us , much after the custom and the usages of society . We were a&toniished at any thing so gegWl coming from , the Mercury ; and , having expressed -our * prprise , ire as civilly answered the qAffltim ., Wi . answered it trulyr - and yo « 4 ^ d > ^ ji ^ jpr ^ W , Q Sa&Tm * fcuBleTrte ¦ Q * & * M . jA-j WJ 3 wm
of tl » surrc ^ nder ^' a jpoWon arthe &st ^* r «| L ferrod upon you by Mr . CooBBfl , wuea h « elevaj& youto the state and dignity of- "the Great Li at ' of the North V' Upon receiving jour flat contradic tion , we told you that you xfbunded ns of the . dirty old gentleman , who , though very anxious to be present at a masqaenide , would net go list he should be recognised by his friends . The cause of disinclination being communicated to a lady friend , she observed , " Oh , go counsellor ; you may with perfect safety ; If you only shave yonrself , akd put on a clean shirt , your nearest friends won ' t
know your Inow we had nicer discrimination that * the lady gave those friends credit for , for we very soon discovered that thesoaeked gentleman in the Mercury was no other than the old sweep with a clean shirt . Since , then , Edward , now nine quarters gone , we have , quarter after quarter , been iesbeningyoi ; r surprise by increasing our own ascen ? dancy ; and before we come to the pith of this communication , let ns in passing observe , that the Mercury , in the first instance , having by prediction limited our existence to ono quarter !
scouted the idea of forming any judgem 3 nt upon so short au acquaintance . "Wait , " gaid the Mercury , "for a year ; the stamp returns are fallacious ; pictures are given to make up tho value of the money ! " Well , wo have waited for the year , and the last year too ; and by the returns we discover that we have printed , published , sold , Neddy , aye , and got paid for , too , at full price , more papers than the ci-devant leading provincial journalist has sold , single , and by the pound , given away , and sold at half-price , since the passing of the Reform Bill !
Jiowwe come to dress you , Niddt , aa a dish fit for the gods—now for the " calf ' s head surprised . " Here ' s the Bauce , Neddy , prepared by yourself , and taken from your own stew-pan : — " The Leeds llercury continues to have the largest circulation of any provincial paper , except the Northern Star ; and it wiil bo seen from the above Return that tho stamps issued to thoXortfiernStar declined from tho enormous nuiubir of 223 , i > 80 in the month at July , to 55 , 000 m the month of December , —that is , to one-fourth 01 tho former number ! Of course the present circulation of that paper ia rather to be judged of hf thjjjsaas ^ tHjjjj month of the year , or at the least > y ^ t » . laA ^ months , U . r . u by the average of the while six inouuSK
Now for a bit of vulgar arithmetic Edwabd ; ara as you judg * so shall you be judged . a Of course , *! yon say , "the present circulation of thatpapfffjfe rather to be judged by the concluding mouth oftke year , or , at the least , by the last two tnonthe , than by the average of tho whoio bix months . * ' Well , Edwabd , " what ' a sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander . " Now , to test the Mcreurn by tho Mercury ' s proof . Here follows the return of stamps to the Mercury for eighteen of the twenty-six woeke : — July 45 , 0 S 0 August 4 . 7 , 000 September 36 , 000 October 3 G . O 00
Total for the four months ... 162 , 000 which , divided by eighteen , the number of week * comprised in the time when those Btamps only could be used , leaves the Mercury a weekly avenge of ° , 000 . The Mercury Bays that their weekly average has not beeu as large as it ia shown by the returns , and that at least the two concluding moctlis of the year should constitute tha best average . Well , then , for the last two months ; and our reason for taking one week of November in the averago of the four previous months' return : — November 54 , 000 December 58 , 050
Total for the two months ... lliJ . cOO The ^ rerkiy average for the eight weeks is exactly 14 . 0 Hi . Thus , then , though the Mercury prefers the las : Uto months , vhicb . vso . ild ^ iv # him an avewo
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of 14 , 600 , yet he is obliged to onfess that upon the half-yearly wtnrn he is overrated by nearly one tfiouflaffd per week . The Mercury will , doubtless , say , Why ^ diviiion of the half-year into eighteen and eight weeks f The answer is plain and simple . In the first place , because eighteen and eight make twenty-six ; and , in the next place , because the four months of July , August , September , and . October , and the first week in November , comprise eighteen weeks ; and by no possibility whatever could the Mercury have wed one singie one of the 112 , 090 slampt delivered \ nthe last two months in the preceding eighteen weeks . of U ^ 00 , yet 1 » ifl obliged to aonfesa that upon the
And now for the proof . Saturday , the 2 nd of NoYember » was the flrat publishing day in the month ; and , therefore , the stamps for that week must have been issued in Ootobw . The Mercury went to press on Thursday , the 31 st of October , with the issue for Saturday , the 2 nd of November , therefore the stamps must have been issued in October , except indeed , the Mercury holds , with the Attorney-General , that the 31 st of October and the 5 th of November are "the same time . " Friday was the 1 st November ; and stamps leaving Manchester by the quickest route would not be delivered in Leeds , until Monday , the 4 th of November . WiUEj > w * nD tell us that Stamps delivered
on the 4 th of November , would be wet down and prepared for use on Tuesday , the 29 th of October , whieh , is the latest day at which it should be done ! Now ia the Afrrcury bothered 1 or will anything bother his thick skull ! We have proved by the retornafor the eighteen weeks , that the Mercury has only had 9 , 000 a week , and for the eight last weeks the very deadqgjt in the year , we allow him the same average ; t $ luud « cking 40 , 000 from the 112 , 000 , and thereby leaving him 72 , 000 , or 9 , 000 a week for the entirelime . So far so good as relates to 9 , 000 ; but now , in / mercy to the Mercury % we must * tock hinvstill further , so as not to leave him an atom 6 ffe » tffor the IrilelUgencer to hang ita ^ harge
upon . The Mercury has taunted as with the Bale of pictures—with the Star being sold at the low price of a penny , and so forth . Now , let as Bee how this matter stands . The Mercury made an attempt at a royal gallery of portraits for its readers ; and so completely failed in the onset , that he wa 3 obliged to apologise for the bungle , and finally to abandon the project . Secondly , the Star is the only provincial paper in England which never has sent from its office one single copy upon sale or
return ; and not one single number of which has ever been sold under the usual price ; while the Mercury agents , to our own knowledge , have received orders to sell the " cold pig" on Monday morning at twopence , rather than return it to the stall . Add to this , while there has not been expended upon the Star in general posting bills , or bills containing the " weekly contents , " the sum of one pound during the whole twelve months , every spare corner of Lancashire , Yorkshire , Cheshire , and the surrounding counties have been plastered over with the Mercury ' s lamentations .
Thus stands the account . EowAnD says that he has some stamps on hand . Why didn't he tell us the number . He had over 70 , 000 on hand at tho close of the year ; which , divided among the twentysix weeks , wonld reduce his circulation to somewhere about 7 , 500 per week ; while we assert , without fear of contradiction , that for the last has half year , the Mercury ' s bona fide circulation has not averaged 5 , 000 per week .
We all know that monoy , to tho part-proprietor of Chat Moss , is not worth more than , five per " oent ^ aud . therefore a stock of £ 1 , 000 worth of stamps 'would only bo a loss of £ 60 a year ; while the ^ absence of that number from the retnrns would ienj ^ il a loss of at le ast £ 20 a week in advertisements . aland ,. ; Now , Edward says , the Star fell from ? ' 22 & * # &Hn July to 55 , 000 in December ; but the stupid dolt must have known ( hat we did not
prof * a to publish iu July at the rate of 54 , 000 per week ; bufcj oqr circulation being so enormous , we would ta £ f anigladly take , 500 , 000 stamps at any sBonxent' tbe ; AOtfld be fur&is&ed to us . Let the Mercury take the fat and the lefe ^ ttwnrsfciefo the last months of the return , and lie will find that the 223 , 000 of July , and the 55 , 000 of December , will give us less than our weekly average for the six months .
It appears , then , that while the Mervury hzs been laying up stock at the end of the year , the Star has been clearing off ; but as tho Mercury takes its average from its position as regards the whole provincial press , tnththe single exception of the Northern Star , let us , throwing the Mercury and all into a general average , see how we stand . We shall take , without a single exception , the whole of the Manchester and Leeds papers for the tart six months : — Manchester Guardian ( one publication ) 160 . 750 Manchester Courier 116 , 000 Manchester Times 72 , 000 Manchester Chronicle 81 , 000 Manchester and Salford Advertiser 80 , 000 Leeds Mtroury ' . 274 , 000 heeds Intelligencer 86 , 000 Leeds Times 60 . 000
029 , 750 From the above deduct 70 , 000 in the larder of the Mercury , and we have the total for these eight leading papers , for the six months , of 859 , 750 papers , bein ^ wi thin that period 19 , 250 fewer for all these than the Northern Stor has published . Tne Manchester Guardian , iu a jealous squabble with two of its rival advertising contemporaries , very ingenuously says their sudden rise " is perfectly irreconcileablo with anythiug in newspaper statistics that has ever come within our knowledge , except the alleged case of tho Northern Star ; we are not aware that the whole history of the country periodical prcsa
contains an instance of more extensive and rapid success than is supplied in the case of this Journal" ( meaning the Star ) . So much for the leading provincial journalists ; and now let us teke the whole of the Radical press of England and Scotland , Ireland has none : — Weekly TrueSua ... ... 92 , 750 Champion ... ... ... 57 , 000 Charter ... ... ... 70 , 000 . .-Glasgow Patriot ... ... 43 , 600 fcr ^ Lec ^ Times ., .. _ .. ,..,. ... 60 , 000 ^ * Npr ( h « ru Liberator « .. ... GSjM * - TraeSepteman ; ... ... 40 , 200
> i-. -.. ' $ * •" ¦ ¦ - „ ¦ . -: ¦; .: ' ¦ : /;¦ - ¦ ' i ^ f ^ i ;; - ^ Total 425 , 950 * jlf - " ' « ... " which , being deducted from the circulation of the Star , ( 879 , 000 ) leaves a balance in favour of the Star of 453 , 050 , or more thau double the circulaiisn of all the metropolitan and provincial papers , English 0 * id Scutch , that advocate the question of Universal Suffrage . The Star exceeds by about 100 , 000 in the six months , the whole : issues of the London daily Sun and Courier . It has circulated nearly a 3 much as the wholo provincial press of Ireland within the last year j and , with the exception of Sounder ' s News Letter , and the Dublin
General Advertiser , which ate not newspapers , it tfk& within the same period exceeded in circulation tho wholo of the Dublin press . Now , Edwabd , are you satisfied ? or , if not , what will please you . Hit you high or hit you low , there is no pleasing you . We tripped your heels , and bit you in the bothered-skull , and you were not satisfied ; but now that we have hit you in the pocket , we have hit you on the raw , and ahall often touch you upon the sore place , and hit you again , for you have got no friend . Merge calmly into the settled waters , where the small fry Bwim , and with them you may be a leviathan ; but when you venture in tho " vasty deep , " you are sure to be devoured by the larger fleh . We are , Dear Edward , Your obedient Servants , H / aF-YEARLY THUKDBUBOiT , AHD Eight Hundred AMD SSfHCTT-JHSB TttOW 3 AM > -PQ » KDER .
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THE FIENDS AND THEIR MODE OF DOING BUSINESS . All ' s fish that comes to the oppressor ' s net . An oligarchy bent on mischief will , through its myrmidons , accomplish , by whatever means , the destruction of its victims ; nor does its malice stop here ; but the harmless wife and guiltless children are not unfrequently compelled to drink the bitter cup . This has been strikingly exemplified at Sheffield , in the case of Thomas Penfield , who is now a prisoner in York Castle , implicated by the hireling spy Thompson . The case of his committal is this : —He was dragged from his bed in the dead of the night , from his family , and secured , as being James
Mackettrick . The officers , right or wrong , had him ; he was an object for political revenge . When brought before Thompson , he proved to be Thomas Penthorpe , and he owned him by his proper name . Pkmthork knew nothing of Mackextrick , who he was , or where he lived , any further than ho might have seen such a person at the public meetings ; but no matter : he was iu custody , and though apprehended by mistake , the spy found no difficulty in eo much hard swearing as was necessary for his implication . The poor fellow was committed , and being at the time in absolutely destitute circumstances with a
large family , his wife was of course reduced to the last extremity . The miserable destitution of her wretched home , and offspring pining for want and sickness , has been described to ns as truly horrifying . Two children at the point of death , and two more in a feeble state for want of the necessaries of life ; all the things in tho house not worth eight shillings ; their bed nothing but miserable rags on the floor : and this Btate of destitution not caused by want of management or industry either on her part or that of her husband , who is a poor journeyman shoemaker j and who , some time ago , was laid up nearly
six months of a lame hand , and not being able to work ( and other privations to endure ) their things were ^ soldup for reht , an «( he , and his family , were in the d | f * riuou 8 e . tt i £ aot long sinoe they came oat , and noV being able to procure proper necessaries , or even tools , to complete the regular process of his business with , he has bad to put up with the worst kind of work for making wages of , and anpport himself , wife , and four children . Such was the condition of this poor family when its pnor prop was sent to York to answer the offended dignity of the law for feeling this state of
suffering like a man . After his committal , his wife applied to the overseers , relieving ofilcer , &c . of the Union of Rntherham , and was ordered by them to go to Mr . Croslamd , at Sheffield , who gave her four shillings ; she went again the following Thorsdav , and he gave her two shillings ; which is all she had for three weeks to support herself and four childron . Only for some humane persons around her , they would have beeu pined to death . She again went to Mr . Crossland , because she could not leave her sickly infant to go to Rotherham , and told him the distress and want they were in , and the sickness
of her children . He told her he would not relievo her , and he wished both her husband , herself , and tho children were all dead , and every other Chartist ; and that he would not relieve them if they were dying !! Shortly afterwards one of the children did die , and the wretched mother , thus released from her attendance on it , went to Rotherham , and received a note , directing her to go again to the benevolent Crossland . She did so , telling him that his wish was now obtained , in so far ae one of her unhappy children was
concerned , and was soon likely to be realised as to another of them ; that she wanted a coffin and burying fees . These he provided , but treated her with a harshness and brutality at which the mind sickens . Such is the treatment by the minions of brutal power of those whom they have brought into the position of widows and orphans , by their infernal machinations . Our readers remember that we had a word on this case last week ; we again beg to press it on their notice , and to implore that this family may not be lost .
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ROBERT OWEN , ESQ ., AND THE SOCIAL BISHOP . Persecution , ever has been , and ever will be , tho high - road to promotion in this and in $ very other country ; and never , perhaps , was the truth of the assertion more fully proved than in the extension of Socialism , promoted in a brief period by the intended persecution witb > which the Right Rer . Father in God threatened the communicants of the Social creed . The principal attack was upon that organ through which the Socialists have expressed their principles ; and the result of that attack has been an increase in the circulation of the New Moral World , of at least
2 , 500 per week . Now , does the Right Rev . Prelate know , that to dam the water is the Bore method of flooding the land ! or was he not equally aware that public opinion , would burst through any limits whieh he in * his wisdom , could prescribe to it ! Did he imagine that a community so wealthy as to be enabled to give nearly £ 109 , 000 for land , when a suitable purchase should present itself—that a body which has , in the short space of one year , reared stupendous meeting houses throughout the land—that a body which had become lessees to every important place for holding public meetings throughout the ceoatry
—that a body which expends more in the publioation and circulation of tracts than the whole of the Bible Societies put together ; does the Right Reverend Prelate , we ask , imagine that the suppression of the New Moral World , and the dismissal of Mr . Pare from an insignificant office , will close the mooting-houses—will withhold tno tracts—and stop the tOBgnes of the Socialists ! 0 , no { Ha has dono more for them in one short eriod than they could have accomplished in centuries for themselves * and , more grateful thanthe Right Reverend Prelate , the Socialists havo decided upon prisentins him ' with a Bplendidly-wrought medal , representing the
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Churchin 4 anger , aad the Right Reverend ( feud * , man taking refuge ia the twaa of Robot Owe * Esquire . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ , ¦ "¦'¦ -: ; '' : ¦ ' ¦ " ¦ - ^^ i ^ ltoi pw !* . .,, P « l » i « tea magnificent entertainment at Manchester ' , npoa which occaakn RobbmOwAuv % has promised to honour tk * B ^ 1 ^ .. IM ^;^ . ^ i ^> r «; . ^ o&catfom Of presenting this splendid medal , to inetal the Rkb Rev F * lh « r 4 n God as the ^ highest dignitary ; jf the Sftoial Churob , a new service is being wtilitsi fer | be a ^ proyal ^ fJ ^ Social dignitary . Upon Qm doti b ^ ta ^ vea , the Biihep witfsing , no , ma veto ; after which , the : o * dinatioa ofseveral > fljw geatEMteft ^ wjH take place : their , with « h » : gj |^ . tary , the whole coDgregafioi wiil proe ^ toirft « isB 111 Orarchin ^ anger , and the Right » evw ^ ^ ii ^
SS ^^ th * Bishop , rf ^ § oditJ ^ tn ^^ fhtebJsaow nearly perfected ^' "; ^ Jllfc ^** ' - * B «* ed one ^ of « nr oolomfta ^ ¦ w « $ | $ i »»» fo » i or advance ment of Socialism and tft | $ « jiali 8 U are indebted to a& ha * s ? 3 f oppression-and not to approval of their pting . ples , rfor ihe ; notice which Jnstice may ^ compel i » (» tak&pf the means resorted to for the suppression of their doctrines . ' ^ Holy Fafber Eunjporrj , Pmtporo , fnitRnn t wherefore art thon Phjlpotts ! " ?* a £ i | i £ ^ iettr foot in it at last ! Couldn't yo » leave wluiabac , yon theologufcl Merty Andrew ^
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: —¦*" •;¦ - ?» ¦ - ¦' + ; ' - ¦ ¦ ; - ¦ - ^ ' . THE WEI ^^ sg ^ l r ^ ~ r In another part of oar p » o » ^^ v * _ ib ^/<^ owtea intelligence from the -ffiim ^ w ^^^^^^ j ^ cering these brave and good men , w ^^ w |* n ® fOpOftt m" ^ . - " . ¦¦ ' . * . ' .. ¦¦'¦ " " Frost , ^ Williams , and Joi ^ art ved tere this me « . taggriy , to the Uifcsteam ^^ fteralxHsteTons i ^ of tWrteend ^ y . frm Oat ^ ^ r ^ whfeh ttee ^ S come , Padatow , and St Iresi Ther atH ^ in J ^ health b «^ ln W * r ^ : ^^ pSf ^^^ jiariousl / tomiredif the ^^ eiHuwi S © aoed m «^ &enr oa taa ^ arriage . TheJ ^ w iwxa ^ m ^ S fewed to the Torfe ho * , and plaSse ^ in a wart ^ SSI selves , wblcb had been prepared fife the piirposeTaa that they mar hold no conununlcation wf&ibJrtaiaw
convicts ; and , though they were immediate !* clothed in convict apparel , they will not be sent on shore to work without further instructions from the Seeretaif of State ' s office . Under the usual regulation , however of their letters being unsealed , they wni be permitted free communication with their friends , but not one . from idle curiosity , will be suffered to intrude oa them , " So then ; thbt ark speedily to be set to wore
and THEY ARE ALREADY ATTIRED IN IHE CONVICTS' GARB . Now , then , will th » festidioua « Trades" of London acknowledge then as " workins ; men !! " And what is the probabl » destination of the victims \ We will tell the people . They will be sent to the penal settlements ; % iwl tet the people pictnre to their imaginations , if they possibly can , Ae-horrorB of these infernal hells ; where life ia insupportable to the most hardened and abandoned of our fellow oretitures : where seoiea
of wretched beings have sacrificed their miserable companions in the agony of despair , for no other purpose than to be sent either to Sydney or Hobari Town , to end their miserable existence on the gal * lows—where ( as we have been assured by one who knows the country well ) in their dying moments , h « has seen the Rev . Wic . Bedford put his hands up to the mouths of the murdered victims ( whilst Qfc executioner was adjusting the ropes ) to prevent the Ul-fated wretches from disclosing the horrors of those damnable places of torture .
To this hell of horrors are our friends doomed , not for one or two years , but for eight or twelve ! unless the ceaseless energies of the . people do for them as for the Dorchester labourers-make the House "hot , " and the throne uneasy , till justice b # accorded . The people must do this themaelvw , They have no aid . The middle and the ' ? higher " classes are against them . The Press , corrupt and venal , is m the pay of these classes , and is therefowr against them too . Even in that portion of ft * public Press which professes to be RadieaLapt a single word have we seen in repr obation ^ Mh atrocious transportation scheme ; while the feeUag of the mock House of Commons may be well learned from the following JuU report on Mfc Leadsr ' s motion on the subject .
THE CONVICTED CHARTISTS . Mr . Leader begged the House would allow him to present a number of petiUons praying for a free pardon for Frost , Williams , aad Jones . The HonTMember then presented petitions from G ! a 8 gow , Kilmar-^ fo'St ^ ^ ° > tod «**** to ^ Sme ^ n < i Mr " G 04 SOa P " 6611 ** ^^ Mr . Fox Maule was sorrr to interfere in a ease fits the present , but it was quite dear that if theHon , Member entered into ^ lengthened statement of the cast of these persons , he should be obliged to reply at some length , and looking at the state of tbeHoase , and to J ? ^? 1 ii H ?*' ' » W 0 Uld *» ^ P ^ lMeTor them to enter satisfactorily into such a discussion . ( Ho * hear , hear . ) . v ^
? 1 . \ , Lfder 8 aid ik W » only twelve o'dock , andne thought two or three hours would be sufficient for tbe purpose . If the Hon . Gentleman would afford bin * an opportunity on Thursday next , and it was unders ^ d t he . P 2 soners v WonM be ¦ *» t »«« wl till thenat PortftoS he had no objection to postpone the motion for aa address to her Majesty till then . ( Cries ot "Go oa ™ Mr . Hume really did not think his Hon . Friend could go en at tbat hour , although he ( Mr . SmejwM anx > ous to second the motion . 'Ho did nofSSS c ^ asi ^ SBL- " - - " — ^ «» JtS ' tiffJ * ? he dic l conte to ¦* th « Govern StL % ** ° f mercybnt ° f J ^ ttce . He supposed , & « on ^ rTh ^ da D ; . aIternatiTe ' bttt to . * S-
Had the question been that of the naturalizattoa of a German panper prince , or the building of an additional stable for the Queen , the House would have found no difficulty in sitting till five o ' clock m the morning , and would have been crowded : but this was only a matter touching the fate of three patriots , in whom the whole nation fe more warmly interested than it has been in any other subject since the famous butchery of 1819 . We really think the honmrabJes have enjoyed their olium cum dignttatc too long upon the people ' s benches , and that it is high time for them to turn out , and mafci room for honest men .
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PROGRESS OF THE SYSTEM . ¦ A correspondent writes us that the master moulders of Staleybridge have determined on making a very serious reduction in the wages of their workmett . Ut esemito congratulate Jrimselt on the f » et of the moulders having •» a good stiff fnnd . " Weteiltha Staleybridge Moulders , and all other working men , that all their funds can never successfully cope by turn-outs with thesyrtem of chsale islation . That the only power which can hdp them is the power of law making , and that till they have thsj , they have no security against being all reduced to the level of the Hand Loom Weavers .
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EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENT . Under this head we publish elsewhere the first of a series of letters on the funding and banking system , ; from Mr . R . J . Riohabpsok . The present letter is well deserving the m 08 t eerious attention of our readers .
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LITTLE LORD FINALITY . Lobd Jobm Rcsseu-had better look sharp after a peerage before the apple cart breaks down , for wo apprehend there will be no chance afterwards } and bis recent conduct to his friends , the Dissenters , has caused them to grow sick of hiau A public meeting of the olectors of his pocket Borough of Strond has been held—at which it was determined that the little Lord shall turn out , let the consequence be what it may . It is all but certain , therefore , that if he do again sit ia the House of Commons , it must be alongside of Mr . Humk for some Irish Borough , a * Mr . 6 'Cohsbll ' s nomiuoo .
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MORE WHIG PERSECUTION . TWO XOBB IKDICTXKNTS ^ FOB SBDITIOH XQAlJttfl SOL '" . ' tihcjjktI ; . ; :. '' . ' ;¦; ¦ . - V ; .- ^ . - Wb informed oar readers a few week ' s ago , that Mr . Yixcbnt had been served with % notice of trial in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , for attending public meetings in Monmouthshire ; but we hare since heard that his Whig persecutors have changed their MORE WHIG PERSECUTION .
muds , and that he now expects to be tried at the ensuing March Monmouih Assizes , and by a Special Jdby . Mr . Vincekt has been engaged fn preparing for his trial ; and one would have thought that the liberal Whigs" would , at least , be satisfied with two prosecutions of one man for " spoken sedition . " But it appears we were mistakea ; for Mr . Vincekt was served , on the 13 th of this Month , with copies of two ho&b imdictjikmis fob
ATTENDISO MEETINGS IX THE COUWTT OF WIW 3 . The charges contained in the indictments , now over a space of a year and a-half of time , and the indictments , contain a series of bare-fac ^ i falsehoods . This is persecution with a vengeance ! Vincent is determined to stand his ground like a man . He is not to be intimidated by this heartless cruelty . Any fbibnds , who have collected money to aid Mb . Vincent on his trials , abb requested to forward it to Mb- Vincekt immediately , addressed to MR . OWEN , SOLICITOR , MON .-MOUTH , MONMOUTHSHIRE .
There is not a man in the whole army of martyrs to the cause of freedom , who has devoted himself with more untiring energy , and more honest and disinterested zeal to the cause of liberty than Vircemt ; nor is there one more talented , more virtuous , and more every way deseoring of support than he is . If he then be JttBf ||| B be sacrificed for the want of a deiMPPHMBH at once conolude that
there is little of tbat feeling in the English people , which ought ever to be their pride and glory ' ? : but We will not believe that this can be so until we have seen it . ' \ ' . ' . ' ¦ . . ' ,. ' „ " ; ¦ . ' - - , - < - ^/ : ¦ In the meantime the people ought tcrJcnow that he- is now in close confinement : his trials abb RAPIDLY APPROACHING , AND HE HAS MO FUNDS . We need not say more .
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THE CORN LAW REPEAL HUMBUG . . We beg to direct the attention of our readers to an excellently reasoned letter upon this subject given in another part of our paper .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 22, 1840, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2672/page/4/
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