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March 7 1?46. THE NORTHERN STAK, ^ *
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fhatan organised agitation could be continued from ¦ ear to year without ultimately extending to our _jaost yarned institutions ? Silly man ! We thought gist having so recently abandoned his "finality " _B otions , and joined the League , he would _havelearned humility , and not again exhibited himself in the character of Dame Partington . The great and paramount questions will all press for settlement as soon as this Corn Law grievance is swept away . It is but the advanced guard of a host of agitations , which , will force inquiry and achieve success . The questions of the justice of our present electoral and representative system ; of a Ten Hours' Bill—and if tbat be net sufficient to
make the balance even between machinery and labour—of an Eight , or a Six Hours' Bill ; the question ofa scientific and proper cultivation of the land we live in , whereby it may be made to produce more ihan abundance for all its inhabitants ; and the important question of the relative positions of labour and capital—all press for solution and settlement . Like the shadowy kings of Banquo ' s race , they pass before the eyes of the present possessors of powers ; and though they may exclaim with Macbeth— " Another , and another—I'll look no morel" they may rest assured that their rei _» n is certain .
Lord Johs Masxers has made another ineffectual attempt to repeal the Law * of Mortmain , and been defeated . Whatever his motives may be in thus persevering in bis attempts to alter the law on this subject , we own we cannot but wish his efforts were more successful . The origin of the statute was , no doubt , most laudable ; but times have much altered during the century that has elapsed since its enactment , and while we should not much dread clerical influence in this age of railroads , steam presses , and cheap information , tbe law does stand in the way of these associations , and of that assistance , which are so necessary to permanently improve the condition of the labouring classes . The debate on the Corn Laws has formed a sort of
running bass to all other subjects . It was renewed on Monday night , on the amendment of Mr . _Yuxiers ¦ for immediate repeal . Two nights were occupied in the discussion of this amendment , and on a divi-• _sion there appeared for it , 7 S ; against it , 265 ; majority for Peel , 1 S 7- Thus , in spite of all the bluster of certain Protectionists , the party has been glad to escape under bis wing , for even the three years' protection he holds out to them . The Premier has again shown his _aeuteness in judging of what will and what will not go down with the people at certain stages of progress—the difference between the practicable and the impracticable . Because he has beaten the high-Protectionists on the one hand , and the ultra-free traders on the other , we are not ,
therefore , to infer that all danger to hi 8 measure is past . Wc may exclaim , with the sorely pressed Richard at _Bosworth , "Methinks there are six Richmond * in the field to-day . " He has slain two already , but there yet remain four other opponents to be despatched before the bill can emerge from the committee ; and then the Lords—what will the Lords do ? All we can say in reply is , that it is well ' not to halloo till we are out of the wood , " and that the Protectionists intend to contest the ground inch bv inch .
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March 7 1 _? 46 . THE _NORTHERN STAK _, _^ *
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Mr. Coopeb (Author Of "The Purgatory Of ...
Mr . _Coopeb ( author of "The Purgatory of Suicides" ) begs to inform several localities from which he has received applications , that he has made positive engagements for Sunday evening lectures to the commencement of May : namely , March 15 th , at the Parthenium ; 22 nd and 29 th , at the City Hall ; April 5 th , at the Parthenium ; 12 th and 19 th , at the South London Hall , "Webber-street ; April - Cih and May 3 rd , at the Johnstreet Institution , Tottenham Court-road . _Yeteeas Pateiots' asd Exiles' Widows axd Childkes's Fcsds . —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of 2 s . froinF . S ., Chartist seaman of Stockton-on-Tees , and of 6 s . from the Birmingham Chartist Co-operative Land Society , meeting in Kea-street ( per Mr . Walter Thorn ) . The half-yearly public meeting , for
presentation of accounts and election of officers , will be held in the City Chartist Hall , Turnagain-lane , to-morrow < Sunday ) , at three in the _aft » rnoon precisely . —Thohas _CoofEB , Secretary , 184 , Bketfriai s-roa 4 . J , _CiBiXEOCE , Plomjh-street , Upper Hanley , addresses us thus : — " Respected Sir , —We are opposed to taking any steps that would give you auy unnecessary trouble , anxiety , or EXPENSE ; " and then goes on to say , "thatour reply to Mr . Buck , of Sheffield , with respect to Mr . Lancaster ' s essay , was not satisfactory . " We are not sorry for it ; hut repeat the same to the Hanley Society , with the additional comment , that if -we received no better encouragement to aid the working classes than comes from that section , our a .-dour would be damped a bit . We suspect that the sympathy ibr
Mr . Lancaster comes from the Emigration Committee . However . be that as it may , this is our last answer . The fault lay with Mr . Barratt , and the Trades Committee , not with ns . However , if we are forgiven this fault , we shall never again commit the folly of offering a prize for labour essays . J 03 EPH Powell , Colehas , _Shbewsbckt . —The subject npon which he has addressed us has occupied much of our attention , and we hope shortly to put his "Home , sweet home V view into practical operation . Edwabd Hodgkixson , Bolton , states , that the Chartists and Laud members have unanimously agreed to the suggestion of calling a Convention to sit in London . Auy recommendation of our Bolton friends as to the employment of persons at building cottages for the
Land Society , will insure their employment . _Mascsestee , Goon _FiuBif . —Mr . O'Connor will have much pleasure in accepting the _iuritatios of his Manchester friends for Good Friday . Yfa . Baows . —We must refer him and our other friend to Mr . Roberts upon the law point . We really cannot _jctjti open our columns to discuss the Odd fellow question . Stephen S ., _Daelesios . —Yes ; _thelandlord can distrain for the whole rent . < J . P . K _—So ; he cannot be imprisoned again for the same debt . Sce akd Car . —We give the following as it eame to hand . Any Chartist being able to furnish an answer will do so : — " Dumfries . —There is a fellow here from
some place in Wales , acting as _superintendent 01 the police , who is the cause _oftonsidrraWe trouble lo tke _iuhabitants . He was brought from London to this place , and report says he was a spy during the troublesome times ofiS 39 . If you could furniah his history you would very much oblige . Perhaps some of your correspondents could give you the necessary information . He fs five feet eight , slender made , fresh faced , about twenty-eight years of age , rather ignorant , with a good deal of the puppy about him ; answers to the same of John Jonas . " The Geeat Cbimixal , _Macauxet . —We give the _follows ing , as a specimen of numerous letters we have received upon the same suVject : — "Paisley , March 1 , 1 S 16 . — Respected Sir , —1 trust you will have the gooduess to
pardon the freedom I take in thus addressing you , when I state , thai I have endeavoured in vain to repressing strong impulse 1 felt on reading jour letter to BabUing Macauley , to thank you for the well-merited castigation which you have given to that fellow , who seems so intimately acquainted with the working classes , as to be fuUy warranted in proclaiming their total ignorance of their own interests . I had read his two letters in a Glasgow paper , previous to the arrival of the _AVrtfarn Star , and it is with feelings of inexpressible satisfaction that I acknowledge , that for the disgust which I felt on looking over thein , I am compensated more than a thousand-fold by your able _dissection of them , and of the lose libeller who penned them . Accept , then , of toy acknowledgments , and
with the full assurance , that when the day arrives thut you are to meet him on the hustings at Edinburgh , poor though I am , I shall endeavour to make one of the thousands who on that occasion shall hold up their bands in favonr of the _uncompromising advocate of the rights of the toiling millions . —Excuse thi 3 freedom , and believe me , with profoundrespectand esteem , your disciple and _admlrir , Dcncau _ItOBEkTsox . — Feargns O'Conncr , Esq , " « ohh Bodden , Sunderland . — We are sorry to be obliged to say that he is liable to " the poor-rate , and there is only one way of relieving himself , and that is by the working classes of England insisting upon such a government as will not leave a pauper in the land .
"Z . Y . Z . —A promise of marriage before a person has attained the age of twenty-one is not binding in law , bat if no good reason exists for breaking it off , it should te in honour . J . L . —Yes . The girl can force her seducer to maintain the child . Debbi The Chartists of Derby , Kochdale , Oldham , and of many other places , fully acquiesce iu the propriety of holding a Convention . Halifax . —On Monday , the Chartists of Halifax held a meeting , to take the subject of Mr . O'Connor ' s letter into consideration ; and when it was fully discussed , the feeling was of general approval , but that twenty members would be sufficient , or tbat rather the distressed state of the operative class would not support
more . _jWe must have fifty this time , and the nation w . Hl repay the expense , but have them we will . If we are not prepared to become substitutes for the regular army _. whoavetobesent to shoot tlie Americans , and if the League are not to have it all _ihdr own way when the struggle comes . ] V . W . __\ v * e don ' t remember receiving the "lmts" you speak ol
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South _Lahcasbise _Misees . —We received , on Thursday , a letter from Little Lever , detailing the paiticu . _lars of the strike , or rather deprivation of employment , under which great numbers of the miners of South Lancashire are suffering . The letter , in the shape we received it , could not appear in print , but if the miners think a statement of their _casa in this paper , in addition to what has already appeared , and what appears in our columns this week , would be of service to them , our columns sore open . We hare only te request that the Lancashire ( miners ) Secretary will draw up _ the statement , clear and concise , and it shall be inserted Mb . Milne is informed that Mrs . Frost and her daughters still reside at Bristol ; the report of _thar having gone out to Sidney is false . We contradicted it at the
time . G . Spencer . —The lines will not do . Edwabd _Dickak . —Weare satisfied . The " Song to the Poles" shall appear next week . " The Death of Wallace" we may re-publish on a future occasion . David _Snell . —If you would send us anything in reason , anything that we could read within a reasonable time , we should then be able to decide whether we could publish your correspondence ; as it is , we have really not time to even read your apparently endless letters . G . Gook , Southampton . —The lines will not do . Alva and Tilucoultbt . —Seeing in the Star an urgent appeal to the Chartist body , by Mr . Thomas Cooper , in behalf of our veteran patriots and law-made widows and orphans , we , the members of tlie Chartist Co-operative Land Societmet , and after iome friendly
disy , cussion ou the subject , selected a committee for the purpose of receiving subscriptions to aid in furnishing our friends with an adequate sum per week . Subscriptions for this purpose will be received by _AWlliam O'Brien . Tillicoultry- — William Whitehead , Sec . The Following jj £ TTEB is _fbsM America : — "Dear Brother , —I received two Stars by this packet , and was g lad to hear they were going to recognise the Chart ist body . I was afraid they were going to fall through ; but , let me tell you , liberty is a thing worth struggling for ; and I hope aud trust the Chartists will not despair , as their principles are just , and becoming more popular . You may give 5 s . to the Chartist cause , from an exiled Chartist , of Massachusetts , America . I read the letter of T . S . Duncombe with much interest . He is the best man in the Chartist ranks ,
_Feargus excepted . Don't fail to send me as many Stars as possible . I wish I had one every week , as I used to have ttem when at home . —John Scott . " Geobge Gods , _SoOTHAJtfTOS . —Refer to the Star of the 10 th January , 1840 . The Miners , Newcastle-on-Ttne . —To the Editor of theA _' _orttern Star—March * . 134 C—Sir , —in the notice to correspondents in last week ' s Star , you inserted a letter from a Lancashire miner , detailing tlie circumstances of an extensive strike of the miners in the neighbourhood of Bolton , Bury , ic . Sir , the writer of that letter professes to attach considerable importance to the absence of any report of the said strike in the Star ; inasmuch as some ofthe knobsticks from the neighbourhood of Bradford , distinctly stated that they
perused the Star , to find oat whether the men were o » strike or not , and seeing nothing-of the land noticed , they took it for granted that the story of the person engaging them was nntrue . The jnst and proper inference is , that bad any account ofthe said strike been published in the Star , those individuals would not have eome to supplant the miners now on strike . There can be no doubt that such would have been the case with respect to the individuals in question , but it is also very questionable whether the publication of _^ such things do not bring upon the parties the very evil they desire to preveHt ; at least such was the opinion of many ofthe leading men in _Lancashire when the present strike commenced ; therefore , the sole reason way the strike was not noticed In -the Star , was to prerent
an evil , which past experience had taught us to fear , and not , as is supposed , through any ill feeling towards the Star or its conductors . Sir , there is in your comment on the above letter , evidence of considerable misinformation on the subject of the strike in Northumberland and Durham . " The colliers—thatis , the leaders of the colliers—have professed to attach more importance to a finger ' s length in any other paper , than to columns in the Star . " We can scarcely hope to be exempt from the censure of men , who having provoked a premature strike in Northumberland and Durham , then turned round on the man who had given strength as a party , and gained triumphs that were almost incredible , to cover their own folly . " Sir , we should feel much obliged by vour explaining to us whom the above
paragraphalludesto _. andwhoarethepartiesimplicated Yours , on behalf of the Miners' Executive , Mabtin Jcde . —P . S . Sir , we have had furnished U 3 to-day , a statement from one of our lecturers , that he forwarded to the Star many important documents , and that they were not only not inserted , hat no notice taken of them whatever . —M . J . [ In reference to the above postscript , I beg to say , as " one of the conductors ofthe _Xorthern Star , that oW " documents" from the miners which have reached my hands , have invariably been inserted or noticed in some shape . When nly noticed , it has been because the ' * documents " were either so written as to render their curtailment and revision absolutely necessary , or because they have been receWed at a period of the week when it was
impossible to give them in full . 1 beg also to say , that I have ever given to tlie misers my first attention , before attending to any other trade . If articles have been sent to the Sf 4 ir , of which no notice has been taken , they have not reached the Star office , or at least not my hands . Perhaps , however , the non-reception of communications by " the Editor , " may arise through the parties sending them neglecting to pay theposta gp The clerk informs me , that many letters are refused ( and very properly ) because not pre-paid . It is rather "too bad" for correspondents to expect the eolumns ot the paper to he applied to their uses , at the same time throwing the cost of double postage upon the proprietor . The above letter from Mr . Martin Jude teas received unpaid , and would have been refused , but that the seal having been broken before the
nonpayment was noticed , and the letter being found to be from a friend , the clerk paid the postage . —G . Julian Habset . ] [ As conductor and proprietor of the Aorthcm Star , I can only say that my inTariable order has been , to insert _anvthing that comes from the Unions . As to Martin Jude , he trill not require much from me to convince Mm tha _» no reference was made to him in the notice of last week ; while I know , from my own personal knowledge , that a meeting was got up bysomeof the managers ofthe colliers' movement . ; but I am not going to open wounds which tbe good sense of the men have long since healed . In justice to Martin Jude , I must say that in his second letter he enclosed two stamps to pay the postage of the letter , but he must bear in mind that this was very like tlie Irishman ' s blunder , who put tha address inside the letter , but forgot it outside . —Fkabgus O'Cossoe . ]
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GLOKIOUS SEWS FOR THE WORKING CLASSES . AN ESTATeTuRCHASED ! . We stop the press to _announce the purchase of an estate by the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , in the county of Herts , about fifteen miles from London , c & _nsistiag of 103 acres of capital land . The purchase-nionev for this estate—tlie _nrst landed property possessed by the working classes—is £ 1 , 8601 Being at the _rataof £ 18 per acre , just 15 s . per acre less than the sura stated In the rules . HURRAH FOR THE LAND AND THE CHARTER !' .
Receipts Qg The Chartist Co-Opebatite La...
RECEIPTS Qg THE CHARTIST CO-OPEBATITE LAND SOCIETr .
8 HA 3 E 3 . 8 E 8 . SB . O ' COSHOB . £ s . d . Ashton-under-Lyne , par E . Hobson .. .. 8 1 lo Toubridge Wells - « •• * \ ° Mr . Foxton , "Woburn Cottage , _Tavistock-square o 4 4 Brighton , Artichoke locality .. .. .. 003 George Hedfearu , Somerset Chapel .. .. 5 4 10 Aberdeen , per J . Fraser .. .. .. 0 9 0 _Cjiton , per Wm . Brown .. .. - 0 1 4 Jnnics Powell .. « i « » " " * "\ V . J . O . Wilkinson , Esq ., Exeter .. .. a 4 4 Plymouth , perE . Itobertson ~ .. .. * « U j
Notting ham , per J . Sweet .. .. ~ 2 j ; : } I ! urv , 4 > er Dennis Wilson .. ~ .. 200 LluiicUy , per Thomas Dee .. .. .. 0 _« 0 Sheffield [ secretary ' s name not mentioned ] _~ » _« » Norwich , per Jonathan Hurry .. .. .. 3 18 8 Kochdale , per Edvvard Mitchell .. .. „ 2 0 0 lfowsmiry , per J . House * W lo Derby , per W . Crabtrec „ Stockport , per Thomas _AVoodhouse - .. - Manchester , per J . Murray « f 7 Lecd _* . per W . Brook »» » 0 Glasgow , per James Smith » *» * Colne , per James Holgate - , i _* i Kirli , per Thomas Hull .. -- - " . . _, S * XewcastlMm . Tvite . per M . Jude « v . 1 _{ i * Northampton , per W . Muuday z _" _» _Jiradford , per J . Aldeismi _? u » ' South Shields , per John Patrick .. _? « " Todmorden , per . Iame 3 ilitchell ~ " n l _« ¦ AVigton , per Thomas Cell ° * ° The sum announced from Glasgow last week would
have been 15 a ., and not lis . LEVI IOK THE LAND _CONFEBSSU . FEB HS . o ' CONNuB . Gcor ? e Redfearn .. ~ ® J C Aberdeen , per J . Fraser ° „ _^ rivuwuth , per E . Kohcrtson „ d Norwich , per Jonathan Hurry _.- 0 o t Dewsburv , per J . House tt „ _S Wigton , per J . Bell - ° ° 9
LEVI FOB DIBECTOES . FEB Xa . tl ' CONNOB . James Powell .. .. .. .. " ° } , ? Sunderland , per William Dobbie .. .. - - Nurwich . per _Jonathan Hurry .. .. .. 0 0 10 _llewrfbury , per J . _Koust ; .. .. .. 0 0 4 Wigton , per Thomas Hell .. .. « 0 ( J Id NATIONAL _CHAKTEK ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . PEB MB . O ' COSSOE . George Gouk , Southampton .. „ „ 0 3 3 Northampton , per Thomas Kerns _„ .. 0 14 6 Joseph Hague .. '„ „ „ _ OlO Jouu Scott , _Massachu «« t 3 _, America lt ,, 090 _Shelton , p er John _Muss .. „ m M Z 8 0 From tho Chartist * of _GreenwichandlleptSord , per Mr . Waghora .. „ „ _ 0 10 0
_VICTIS _FCHD . FEB MB . O ' CUS . _IOB . George Goals , _Softthamiitoa „ „ ,, 019
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_YEIEBAN FATBIOT 8 AND EXILES' WIDOWS * FOND . FEB MB . O ' CONKOB . Keighloy _. perD . Weatherhcad .. .. .. 100 BBYAN _SEEBI ' S WIDOW , PEB MR . O ' COSNOB . Messrs . Welch , _Eirmiiigham 10 0 John Shaw , _Coromercial-road .. .. .. o 2 « NATIONAL ANTI-MILITIA FUND . FEB MB . o ' CONNOE . J . Sweet , Nottingham .. .. .. ,. o 0 9 Thomas Good , Jlouut Aettcrmg .. .. 5 0
RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . SHAKES . PEB OENEBAL 8 ECBETABT . £ _° - „ £ 8 . a Camberwcll _. Secrc- Rouen .. .. .. x 12 0 _tiiry . 3 0 0 Dorking .. .. 050 Oxford .. .. 3 h 0 Hobert Bell .. .. 2 12 + Carriugton .. .. 020 Mr . Elliott .. .. 2 p > ¦ > Rotlierham .. 4 15 8 Colliinipton .. .. 4 a 0 Westminster .. Gob Oxford .. .. 050 Crown and Anchor 0 5 4 Dunfermline .. 0 4 U Charles Foley .. Oil Mottrom .. .. 2 ( J 0 Devizes ,. .. a 11 0 Sudbury „ .. 200 Jlerthyr _. perMorganl 0 6 Hull 8 0 0 James Morris .. 0 5 0 Todmorden ., 020 Halifax .. .. 169 Trowbridge .. .. 0 S 0 CABD 3 AND BULES .
Dorking .. .. 0 1 4 Norwich .. .. 0 0 10 Oxford .. .. 010 Oldham .. .. 044 LEW TOE THE LAND CONFERENCE . Brighton .. .. 009 Dorking .. .. 01 6 Elderslie _ .. .. 0 2 8 Westminster .. 0 0 « > ' » r « ic , » . 0 0 3 Oxford 0 0 3 Lower _Parley .. 009 Sheffield .. .. 0 0 « Carrington .. .. 0 2 6 Todmoiilen .. .. 0 0 3 Devizes .. .. 003 Secretary .. .. 0 1 0 _levv fob directors . Brighton .. .. 0 : { « Stalcvbridgo .. 017 Carlisle .. .. 0 1 3 Stockport .. .. 0 7 5 Darleston .. .. 006 Westminster .. 0 0 « Boulogne .. .. 024 Camberwell .. .. 0 1 0 Norwich .. .. 006 Brighton .. .. 0 2 0 Lower Warley .. 014 Lamberhead-green 006 Bury 0 0 7 Rochdale .. .. 0 1 3 Newcastle-on-Tyne 0 13 Oldham .. ,. 0 1 8 Brouisgroee .. 009 Pcrshore .. .. 040 Dorking .. .. 0 1 2
NATIONAL _CUAKTEIt ASSOCIATION . TEH GENEBAl _SECRETARY . Carrington .. .. 0 4 0 Crispin , UotherhithcO 1 0 Brouisgrovc . .. 0 5 0 Sheffield .. .. 0 2 8 W . Salmon , 1 month 0 0 6 Leicester Shak-T . Salmon , ditto .. 0 0 6 spearians .. .. 030 Westminster .. 030 Do , profits on Star 010 Mr . Clark ' s lecture , Brighton .. .. 030 _TurnagainJ-ane .. 0 5 7 i Several sums for the Exiles' Committee will appear next week . Thomas Martin Wheeler , Secretary .
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MONDAY . "Wasted . —A liberal salary will bo given to any RESPECTABLE GENTLEMAN who will undertake to furnish us with , say one column of manufactured news for Mondays ; as , really , the morning papers have been recently wholly destitute of news on that day . The Gustlemex of the House of Cojlmoxs . — We are told that we should receive our pronunciation from the senate , the bar , the pulpit , and tlie stage . lt is fortunate , however , that we are not directed to receive our manners from , or to adopt the language
ofthe senate—as liar , blackguard , cheat , bloodhound , ruffian , monster , cold-blooded villain , appear to constitute tlie stock in trade of the polite Commons . The row , the blackguard row , between Ferrand , Roebuck , D'Israeli , Dr . liowriug _, friend Bright , anil Saint Harry lnglis , would have disgraced a brothel , but was in perfect keeping with the decorum of the house . Of course , as our object is to paint men iu their real colours , wc give the debate as we found it , while we feel some apology due to our virtuous , simple hearted readers for being compelled by the fashion ol the day to turn their paper into a chronicle of blackguardism .
The Cons Trade . — " Not all the king ' s horses , nor all the king ' s men , can put roley poley on the wall again . " Tumble , tumble , tumble , is the order of the day , and the patriotism of the millers will not induce them to give one farthing beyond the necessity price for corn . . Trade . —From every manufacturing town the accounts are most gluomy , and Leeds , which used to furnish the one bright speck in the black table , has now been overcast . We learn that iu that town trade grows worse , and that more men are unemployed now than at the same period last year .
Monet asd Shake Market . — these branches ot traffic keep the wits of the jobbers upon a continual strain . Nobody dares to sell , and nobody ventures to buy—in fact , a greater dulness has pervaded 'Change than has been remembered for some time . Of course corn stagnation , trade stagnation , and plunder stagnation , are one and all attributed to the uncertainty and despondency created by the great debate .
IRELAND . The Murdered Seerv . —The case of Bryan Seery . the unfortunate Catholic , who was recently murdered atMullingar , continues to occupy tlie attention of the country aud the house . We have this moment received a Post-office order for £ 1 from two excellent brothers of the name of Welch , of Birmingham , for the wife and family of the murdered man . The virtuous grand jury for the county of Westmcath have scut an indignant resolution to the virtuous Home Secretary , denying that a deputation ot bloodhounds from that county had waited upon the Lord Lieutenant to demand the blood of poor Seery . Those gentlemen knew full well that the deputation consisted of gestlemex from the county of ltoscoiumou—a fact which has not been denied , and must not be forgotten . We are making every inquiry to discover the names of these gentlemen , in order that we may hand them down to posterity as a pack of
blooduocsds . Coercion . —The Irish press is now beginning to make a little splutter about coercion . It is the practice with those patriots to tolerate an abuse in its infancy , in order that they may profit by noisy opposition to its further , growth . While the press and the patriots are indignant , the Liberator and the joints of his tail , that have followed him to Saxon land , arc lisping soft appeals to the Saxons , and allowing the coercion government to gain strength . Qh-M ' or a dozen Irishmen in the House of Commons who would take the first bench upon the floor , opposite the Minister , ou the ni >; ht that the Coercion Bill is introduced , and who , upon the monster being read a first time , would rise simultaneously , .-mil , witli clenched fists , say to the minister , " Then Ireland shall rebel against your tyranny ; as a high Tory authority has left it upon record " That it is as much the duty of the people to rebel against a corrupt Parliament as against a tyrannical Prince ! ' "
TUESDAY . The first news that presents itself this morning , is the unanimous vote of thanks _passed in botn _Uouses of Parliament to our officers and soldiers , who have slaughtered the Indians in their own country . We wonder that some honourable gentleman was not struck with the propriety of moving , us an amendment , that the thanks were due to the native Indians for their just aud courageous attempt to repossess themselves of the territory we stole from them . We presume that friend Bright , at a _! i events , absented himself from this unbecoming ceremony ; but perhaps the honourable member for ltochdale views it as a portion of commercial policy , aud is in favour of FREE TRADE IN BLOOD .
Lord _Lixcoljt Aoai . v . —Ihis noble lord is determined upon making an egregious ass of himself . Being well thrashed in South Nottinghamshire , lie has allowed a Mr . _Bayley , of Mansfield , to make a tool of him in the northern division , where the further defeat of the noble lord will tend to give increased confidence to the Protectionists throughout the country . Peel and the Parsons . — We learn from many agricultural districts that each pulpit is fairly turned into A drum _ccclesias-tic ,
and that the meek and mild followers of Christ everywhere vow lire-and-faggot vengeance against the apostate Peel , for his audacious prc _> utuptiou in attempting to arrest a threatened famiue , the result of which may be a sweeping investigation into the general causes of distress , and the discovery that it arises from the fact of the shepherd eating up ah that belongs to the flock . Tue Land Society . —The most important news 1 f this day is , that Messrs . O'Connor and Doyle devoted ten hours to travelling to , and examining a freehold property of 103 acres , beautifully situated hi Hertfordshire , and pre-eminently calculated to commence
operations upon . It is to be sold by auction , ou Friday next , and if to be had for the value it will he the people ' s by Friday night . There is one circumstance connected with this farm , and not of a peculiar nature , for all others are similarly circumstanced , but which we cannot forbear mentioning . The value of the land is , as nearly as possible , £ 100 per annum , and the amount of tithe rent charge is nearly £ 25 a-year , _shoeing that tke parsons have one-fourtii of the rental of the country . We mentioned this circumstance to a friend who recently purchased a property worth £ 90 a-year , anil he observed that it was lower than his tithe , as he paid over £ 27 a-year , or nearly one-third of the value .
IRELAND . Qualification of a Peek . —Poor Lord Lincoln , bciug drumncd out of the several divisions of Nottingham , is , it appears , to be elevated to the peerage , or , as some say , yet to come in for a pocket , borough . There are various rumours , some asserting that he is to go back to the Woods and Forests , and not tc Ireland as chief secretary , and others , that he will b « pitch-forked in for a borough . Now , let us sec whether this fabrication of peers is constitutional , and if constitutional , whether it is constitutionally practised . Let us , for argument ' s sake , admit that it is constitutional , then , as to tho practice , it ought not to be in violation of common decency . The elevation to the peerage ought to depend upon qualification , and not upon disqualification , as we shall shew . Manners Sutton lost the Speakership and the con
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fidence of the _houso , AND , OF COURSE , OF THE COUNTRY—as the country represents the houseand he is sent to the Lords as Lord Canterbury . So with Abercrombie , the rummest Speaker that ever the world saw ; he loses the coniidence of constituents , house and all , and he goes to the Upper House as Lord Dunfermline . So with Sir Henry _Parnell ; no constituency would have him , and he becomes my Lord Congleton . Sowith Paul Methuen ; he is heat in Wiltshire , and goes to the Upper House as Lord Methuen . So with Littleton , the most unfortunate secretary that Ireland ever saw , and he becomes Lord Uatherton . So with Spring Rice , Lord Monteaglc—Beilby Thompson is beaten in Yorkshire , and he becomes Lord Wenlock . But the eases are innumerable , and perhaps wc may shortly have to add Lord Lincoln to the number . Now , wo will shew how this is unconstitutional . The electors declare them unfitted for the initiative process of law-making , and the Crown declares them fitted for the more
important duty ol revising , reconstructing , or rejecting laws .
FOREIGN . America . —No Vote ! no Musket !!—Wg have often told our readers the story of the old lady who complained so often of being ill that nobody would believe her , and at last she said , " she was sure she'd be obliged to die to convince her neighbours that she was sick . " Now , wo hope that we shall not be obliged to die to convince our neighbours that we were right . It is now more than a year and a half since we confidently announced the fact , that the Oregon question would lead to a rupture between England and America ; and it is some months since we further announced , that the non-intervention question was the topic in the President ' s message to which the league of kings aud their tools would take
exception . We stated this a fortnight before M . Guizot made his celebrated declaration . We closel y watched the proceedings of Congress and the American people , and we laid our conclusions , based upon the facts of the case , before the country . We cautioned the people against the attempt of the newspapers ( one and all of which were written for Stock Exchange and trafficking purposes ) , to Jull the public wind into a calm . We told the people that that calm was necessary , as well for the furtherance of Sir Robert Peel's commercial policy , as ftr the furtherance of the interest of the jobbers . Many of those jobbers have since sold their stock . Upon the subject of the Militia Bill , we announced , that of course government would postpone its final operations for two reasons—firstly , from the fear of apprising the Americans ; and secondly , from a disinclination to incur the expense unless it became absolutely necessary . VVcfind , from the
communications that have taken place between Lord Aberdeen and the American ambassador in London , Mr . Buchanan , that Lord Aberdeen has been telling lies as fast as a horse could trot , and that poor simple Jonathan has either been deceived by him , or has _deceived his government at Washington . Lord Aberdeen assures Mr . Buchanan that the increase in _oua annv and navy was not in consequence of any anticipated rupture with America . What a lie ! Why it was for that , and nothing else . However , be all these things as they may , it now appears decided that we are to have a war with America ; and it is equally clear that we are to have a militia , and it is as clear that our eyes were open when the people's eyes were shut , and that we were telling them the truth , while the press was telling them lie 3 for the mere purpose of keeping up the funds , and for the pleasure of deceiving the people . We shall now have the Militia Bill . We shall now have the
SO VOTE ! NO MfSKKT ! I question agitated in the _< St < ir , whether the people _agitate it or not , and then let every miserable wretch , whose own apathy shall have been the cause of his own suffering , blame himself if he finds himself under the lash of the drummer , under the fire of Americans fighting for tlie democratic principle , or under the torture of his wounds , fighting the battle of oppression and misrule . Again , we say NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET !! Folasd . —We call attention to the attempt being now made by the brave Poles to throw off ihc yoke of their tyrant .
WEDNESDAY . Free Trade . —By the division upon Mr . Villiers ' amendment for free trade , it will be seen that the Protectionists yet cling to the lingering hope of rallying the country against the progressive free trade policy of Sir Robert Peel . The Lords and the Prime Minister . — The speech of Lord George Bentiuck , lout night , gives awful warning of what the country is yet to expect .
" _jSutnis—pas vainu I " Subdued , not conquered—or rather betrayed , not conquered—appears to be tho motto ofthe Protection pavtv . Lord George savs— " We are not beaten , WE LL FIGHT THE BATTLE FROM POST TO PILLAR . ( Bravo , QUI TAM . ) Why not from distance-post to winning-post ? Why not from heat to heat ? And then he says— " We'll go to the country and fight it there . " We wonder if Lord George has calculated what he'll get from the country Now , we would give those gentlemen one bit ot timely advice ; it they are to come to the country , we would recommend them to agree upon " A CRY , " and a good cry—a better cry than " Church and Protection for native industry . "
1 he r _ranciiise . —By reference to the debates in Parliament it will be seen that at last the Protectionists are beginning to discover the deficiencies , the follies , aud imperfections of _thu Reform Bill ; and are now looking out for protection through an extended franchise . Brown-bread Joseph has again revived the HOUSEHOLD SUFFRAGE STANDARD , and all argue the necessity of establishing some defined standard wliich all will understand . In our letters to . Mr . Cobden upon the franchise portion of free trade , it will be borne in mind that we stated the effect that free trade in com would have upon the present franchhe . Wc showed that it would disfranchise the £ 50 tenants at will , numbering 107 , 000 ; that is , that it would disfranchise all who now pay
exactly £ 50 a year , or even AGO n year , or £ 70 a year , because the farm held now at £ 70 , and giving a vote at £ 50 , will not be worth £ 50 when the Corn Law is repealed ; so that the franchise then would be a £ 70 , and not a £ 50 tenancy at will . Well , one of two things must occur to remedy this evil ; the landlords must cither look for a £ 20 franchise at will , or must knock their present £ 50 farms into larger holdings . So with houses . We showed Mr . Cobden that every house worth now only £ 10 , would be disfranchised , and upon the whole , we have not the shadow of a doubt upon our minus that one of two _things will occur—either that the Lords , headed by Stanley and Richmond , will
throw out the bill , upon the pretext that the country should be tested upon the principle of free trade ; or that Peel will resign , and that the Whigs will attempt to delude the country with the promise of a vastly extended franchise . The country must therefore be prepared , while it avoids Suylla , notto fall upon Carybdis ; while it refuses coalition with the Tory lords , not to fall upon the worst rock of compromise with the Whig Commons . We know outvessel , sho is as tight a bark as ever weathered a gale ; we know the soundings of the river , and every rock in the channel ; we know our crew , and are ready to go to sea with the certainty ofa prosperous voyage , if those for whom wc embark only cheer us with their counteiiance-BUT VICTORY WE WILL HAVE
THIS TIME ! The Farmers and the Price of Wheat . —In our letter to Tom Crone , in 1 S 41 , we laid down what the price of wheat would be in tho English market if the Corn Laws were repealed , and we stated it at 25 s . a quarter . Last night Lord George Bentinck read statistical accounts furnished from experience , by persons who had been in the trade for forty years , showing that wheat could be imported into this country at something under 25 s . a quarter , is it not curious how noble lords and squires are obliged to do justice , tardy justice , to our superior knowledge ' : ¦ and for publishing wliich we were branded with the stamp ot" folly . We now tell Lord George Uentinck , that when the Corn Laws are repeated , that wheat , both English and foreign , will be sold UNDER _^ _TWENTY-FIVE SHILLINGS PER QUARTER ; and we tell the labouring man , that if he does not force OTHER CONCESSIONS from
government , that he will find it more difficult then to purchase a quarter of wheat for 25 s . than he would now find it to purchase a quarter of wheat for 05 s . ; and we tell him more , that in the midst of this new distress the masters would make more profits while wheat was at the lower price . " Then , why support the measure ? " says some wiseacro . We do not support the measure further than as a means to an end —the only means by which we could secure the only profitable eiid-the People ' s Charter and the Land . It this blow had not come , the operatives aud
trades would have gone on muddling and growling , growliug and compromising , compromising and brawling , brawling and threatening , threatening and surrendering , until politics at last settled down into this disgusting course of compromise , This measure is the spur . This measure is the general invitation of the industrious of all classes , shopkeepers , mechanics , trades , operatives , artificers , and labourers , to unite as one body against tho griping capitalists , who , through tho . uncontrolled power ot machinery , absorb all that should be divided amongst all .
_CoiiOEN and the Country . — Last night , in the House of Commons , Cobden threatened to come back to the country , iu tlio event of the Lords throwing out the government measure . Were we not beforehand with Mr . Cobden ? Did we not tell the country last week that that was the very emergency we should be prepared for ? And we now tell the country , that if the Lords do throw the incisure out , and if Cobden and the League do attempt to rouse the country upon tlie mere free trade question , tho country must call upon THEIR LEADER ( Duncombe ) to take the field upon the country ' s principle , and thus to test the country ' s principle against the League principle . Wo will hold his hat , aud bo satisfied to holdup one hand , aye , both hands , for our _owivprmcinl- es . If the country is to go to an election , in order that the Lords and Commons should be advertised oi the country ' s feeling , it shall not be
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confined to Church and Protection Upon the one hand ! or free trade and corn upon the other . Chartists ' dissolution threatens , war threatens , coercion threatens , faction is in danger ; a nation can t be subdued except bv its own folly , a people can t be conquered but by themselves ; they can ' t couquer but tor themselves ; call out your loeal leaders , re-decorate your banners , re-paint your Petorloo slaughter flag , refresh your household mottoes , for , believe us , that you will be caned upon once more to rally under them , or to crouch under the banner ol LOW WAGES ; _-oheap bread , too much to do , dominion oj capital , extended commerce , deserted hear th , and eub _/
tuij _ojtivci . Peel and Stanley . —In 1840 we wrote a dream for Peel , and in that dream we represented him as lamenting the recovery of Lord Derby , the father ol Lord Stanley ; and we represented him as most anxious to shelve Stanley in the House of Lord * . That ' s another of our prophecies that has been fulfilled ; and now we represent him as full of regret fin * having furnished the old fogies with so reckless a young leader , and with having furnished the old dotard Wellington with so dangerous an antagonist . Again , we r _^ _ptiat that it is more than absurd that Irish lUmine should be made the ground of the _present measure , while the whole season is likely to be exhausted in debating it .
Money Market . —In spite of the profligate press , the American news has knocked the funds down more than one per cent ., while all other interests , share market and all , partake of the general despondency . " When will England be great abroad ? " Answer : " When she is great at home . " " When will that be ? " Answer : " When ail who arc disinherited by machinery shall be able to possess themselves of land enough , at a fair rent , for the employment of their own industry ; when there are no pauper laws , and when England will increase in wealth in proportion as she increases in population ; when machinery shall be man's holiday instead of man ' s curse ; and when the People ' s Charter shall be recognised as the fair , the legitimate , the only mode ' of developing thuresoarces of the country , of adjusting its necessary burthens , and of distributing Its productions . "
IRELAND . Bryan * Seery . —The country is not forgetting that the Irish Catholic was murdered by Protestants , and we are determined that the Saxons shan't forget it . Conciliation * Hall . —Nothing worthy of comment took place this week . The amount of rent was £ 204 . See amount of Land-rent advertised in our columns . Did we not say that the steady devotion of Chartism would beat the trafficking excitement of Repeal in the long run ! Lord _Mkluourne and the Repeal Association * . — The following letter was read at Conciliation Hall , from the late Whig Prime Minister : — _South-street , 1 ' ub . 24 .
Sir , —I beg leave to acknowledge your letter of * the 28 th uist _., aud to Inform j ou in reply , that it is my decided opinion that the measure now before the Housu of Lords , which has for its objtet the more effectual prevention , and the more certain discovery , of tho frightful crimes which prevail in many parts of Ireland , lias clearly been delayed too long , and cannot now be pressed with too much celerity . 1 remain , Sir , your faithful and obedient servant , Meluoukne . The Disease in tue Potatoes . —We take the following from the Tralee Chronicle : —
Owen Moynihan , of Minish , in the vicinity of Killarney , an industrious farmer , and a tenant to Mr . Daniel ( Jronin , of the Park , has communicated to us the result of an experiment tried by him , not only on his lastputatoe crop , but on those of several previous years . In tlie middle of August lust , he states , wanting fodder for his cattle , he cut down the stalks of nearly two acres of potatoes , leaving a few patches , at the ends of some of the ridges uncut . The result was , that , while the people of ( he country round lost a large portion of their crop by tlie rot , he has had potatoes of the finest quality and iu the most healthy condition—with this exception , that those dug where the stalks had not been cut all rotted . He states that he never had a failure since he adopted this course , lie thus accounts for tins _favourable result last season . He says that there was a severe frost in the middle of last September , to whicli he and many practical men attribute much of the fearful epidemic . 13 y de .
straying " lite m the stalk , " he argues the channel of communication by which the frost would have acted on the potatoe crop was cut off . Whatever may bu said ol the theory , it is quite certain that the practice has proved eminently efficacious , Now , by reference to our work on " Small Farms , " it will be seen that we estimate the value of the stalks of an acre of potatoes at more than a year ' s rent . There h only one observation that we shall make upon the above : it is this—that , by earlier planting , the stalks may be cut down in July , which would save the chance of a month ' s damage from frost . We never had a damaged or a had potatoe when we planted whole seed , and we have sometimes had as much as from forty to lifty acres a year , and always sold under the market-price , and planted for the p _' urpose of keeping prices down during the scarce months .
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The Chairman said it was nearly two years since he was their chairman on a similar occasion to tlm present . He could assure them that no change whatever had taken place in his mind on the subject . He still thought as he always had done , that a man toiling for ten hours a day at any labour was quite as long as human nature was able to bear , or ought to bear . ( Cheers . ) [ At this moment Lord Ashley was announced , and ascended the platform amidst tho simultaneous and protracted greetings ot * all present . After the cheering hail subsided , the chnirmaa resumed . ] It was not individuals of the present that they blamed , but the system . The ' millowners _, taking them generally , were kind and considerate to their workpeople as any body of tradesmen possibly
could be . ihc practice of working long hours had got so firmly established that nothing would put it down but the strong arm of the law . ( Hear , hear . ) He really believed that if the millowners consulted their own individual interests , they would find just as much work accomplished hit he ten hours as twelve , and of a far better kind , for the reason that the opera tive towards the close of tho day , would not tind himselt so thoroughly worn out as lie does at the present . ( Hear , hear . ) He concluded by remarking that the object of the present meeting ' was to endeavour to persuade the government to _listun te their prayer , and to grant the operative cotton spinners a Ten Hours' Bill . He doubted not that truth would prevail at last . ( Cheers . )
The Rev . W . Huntington then moved , in a speech of much earnestness and force—That this meeting deeply sympathizes with the factory workers of this district , many of whom are of tender years , and are compelled to labour in lactone , for a period in each day wliich is incompatible with the development of their physical strength , aud the cultivation of their minds . The Itcv . R . Hutchinson having seconded the resolution , it was carried unanimously . Considerable interruption took place during the * delivery of the rev . gentleman ' s speech , arising from the overcrowded state of the room . ( Cries of " Outside , " "Adjourn , " " Can ' t hear , " and " Oastler , " mingled alternately amidst the uproar , which lasted for several minutes , notwithstanding the endeavours of the chairman to restore quietude . ) After order had in some degree been obtained ,
The CiiAiniiAN said he was very sorry that the room was not . large enough—indeed , had it " been ten times as large , it would , he had no doubt , have been crowded just the same , ltwas quite impossible to adjourn outside that time of night ; if they were to do so , it would be so dark as to render the assembly being seen quite out of tke question , and the crowd would be so large that there would not be any possibility of hearing better than in the room . Mr . T . Fikldkn moved , and J , Scholfield , an operative cotton-spinner , seconded , — " That in the opinion of this meeting , the present system of working long hours in factories is prejudicial to the best interests of the country , inasmuch as it retards the progress of moral cultivation , and the extension of a good understanding between masters and men , nJiich is essential to the welfare of the rising generation . " The resolution was supported by
Lord _Asiilkv , who , on rising , was greeted with deafening aud protracted cheers . Ou silence being restored , he said , some of their excellent friends who had undertaken the arrangements of that meeting had desired that he should come forward at that period to support the resolution which had just been proposed to them . He was very happy to accede to that request ; and he would tako that opportunity of saying a few words in explanation of the progress ofthe measure , and the hopes which were entertained for its final success . ( Hear . ) He was exceedingly
sorry that they should be so greatly incommoded by the extremely crowded state of the room , and that there should be so many who were not able to obtain admission at all . He was sorry and he was glad ; surry that they could not aceedo to the request that they should adjourn outside , as that would be hi ghl y improper , and glad , because it showed tho va _.-t number of those who felt a deslro to be there , which was a universal argument that the question had not , nor should not , lose anything of its permanent , its deeply-rooted popularity . ( Hear , hear . ) He was in-
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_vited by them to come down to Manchester to communicate with them ou the ' present stall ! of affairs . Ho confessed he was very glad indeed to receive that invitation , because it showed that their affection , and their confidence iu him , remained unabated . He was glad , too , In cause he wished to come down here to communicate encouragement to them , and from them to receive some himself . ( Hear , _iiear . ) _Relieving it tube hii duty to support the abolition of protective duties , lie could not in his conscience either vote against tlie measures introduced by her
Majesty s Minister , nor cohIiI he take the undetermined course ot absenting himself from the house and not voting at all , as the question was far too vital to tl ? e interests ofthe great community . to bu treated like a question that might be pawed over in ti \ _a-re . la the year _IS'll , when he was a candidate for Dorset , he did , both in writing and speaking , hold out Mich language that created in the minds of tlie electors such an understanding , that if he were returned to Parliament lie should pursue a certain line of conduct until he saw a sufficient reason to change that line of
conduct , and his constituents saw no reason to _change theirs . How , then , under those circumstances , could he regulate the balance otherwise , than by resigning his scat and placing parties in the same position that they were iu 1811 , by allowing them to seek another representative ? lie knew full well that it would expose him to the hazard of a retirement from public life—he knew full well that it would prevent him , for _acinic at least , from the support of the present question , to which he had given , he might say , the greater portion of his life , ( llear , hear . ) It was not without much pain that he came to tue conclusion that such a course was necessary , but he rejoiced to say that he did come to that conclusion , and he thanked Cud for it , for so far from having iijurod
their cause , at no time did it stand . so well as it now does in the feelings , the estimation , and the opinion of all classes of society . (" Hear , hear , " and loud cheers . ) He would tell them another thingthat had he remained in Parliament he'had no means of serving them and others in their condition—he had no means of preventing the maintaining nf this great and social question , except so far as lie had to stand upon a _omwactev for honour and integrity , ( llear , hear . ) If he had done anything that would in the least degree have directed suspicion t . > his motives , anything that could have _almwcil parlies to cast upon him the slightest , imputatii . n that he was not acting an honourable part , he _miuht , it was true , have remained in the House of Commons , have
made his speech , and taken a more resolute stand hut lie should have felt that his power was none from him , and a coii > cieiitiousness that he should have been , to all iiitcnts and purposes , a paralyzed , impotent man . He did not lies rate to say that that had a very material effect on his deliberations , and he felt thankful for the course he had adopted , although it had cost him his seat , ( llear . ) He hoped , however , by God ' s blessing , that , the time was not far remote , when he should recover it , that he might return with ten-fold vigour and zeal to serve their cause than even if he had not for a time been rejected . He would observe , that wherever he went he found the opposition to the Ten Hours' _question verv considerably abated , and he rejoiced to sav _. tliat alt ' _uougii
many would not give entertainment' 10 the full consideration of the question , yet he could observe that there was a great inclination tu abate tlie stringency ot their former _^ position , bv _offeriii " something like a middle term . ( Near , hear . ) It . -howed that they were preparing to depart from die ground they had originally taken up , and the meeting might depend upon it , that a departure from that ground they had conceded to them the principle , and pretty nearly the whole of the argument . ( Hear , ' r ' ; l _rihe Wi , s om su ,, Ject Particularl y that he should like to brin _^ before the meeting " , because therewere certain ignorant—he would m . t sav malicious—persons , who supposed that he mich ' t have been induced to resign his seat from a desire to
disengage _tuniaelt tiom the present question , iimling his opinions were changed , and that he was wearv of the labours which attended it . flow , could they suppose that- a public man , having so much to lose , having so much stuck , would take such an opportunity to abandon his seat in Parliament , and to retire altogether to private life , lor the purpose of gettinc rid of such a question as the present , which had reached , the summit it had , and which , to every thinking mind , appeared tu be at no very great distance from its final consummation ? He heard a Minister say , and he dare say that those words had not been overlooked bv the prosent meeting ; if so , he would request them to dwell attentively upon them . That Minister said , ' that he was determined no further concession should be
made ; that no alteration of the Corn Laws , nor the introduction of other enactments , would induce him to abate in the least degree his stern and lasting opposition . " Mow , he ( Lord Ashlev ) hoped that ' they would let this be their consolation , —that Ministers might bu led to change their minds . That was one thing . ( Hear , hear . ) Another thing was , _lu-r Majesty might change her Ministers , and then thev might probably get a Ministry with _wkr _heillls _iillli better hearts on the subject . Bat , whether it _Illicit be the present or any future Ministry that was to rule the destiny of this realm , he trusted that tlie operatives would hold fast to their determination . ( "Hear , hear , " and cheers . ) He _premised them faithfully , that either within the walls or without
the walls of Parliament , he would ever go heart and soul with them , and would not uive in for one moment till they had obtained the full meed of all that justice , morality , and humanity required . ( Loud cheers . ) He begged them to refresh their uiemwies , and think ot those men who had at the outset of the business borne tho heat and burden of Urn dav . ( Hear , hear . ) His great and good friend Sadler was one who had done much , hut who had now gmie to his rest . There was another good and sincere friend ot theirs , on whom only a minute ago his eve chanced to tall , and he would mention him with tilat title he so richly deserved , he meant his friend Richard pastier . ( Loud and protracted cheers . ) In conclusion , Lord Ashley called upon them to persevere in
the course which they had bosun , in that moderate , that dignified , that forbearing course ; in that decency and dignity of language and manner towards the employers , which would raise them in the estimation of their countrymen and all civilised Europe —to progress in that course with daiJv and earnest prayer to God that lie would restore harmony , ami linally establish justice amongst all classes " of tin , cumnumitj \ In pursuing such a course , 1 m bad no doubt that m a very short space of time he should stand there , or , he hoped , in a room five times aa large , to hear them say that they had obtained at last , by God ' s goodness , a complete and a final triumph . ( His lordship sat down amidst loud and continned plaudits . )
The Chairman then put the resolution , which was carried amidst hearty applause . _ Mr . G . Hood next moved , and Mr . II . Green , both operatives , seconded the following : resolution : — That ten hours a day is the utmost possible period to which the labour of y < . un ~ persons in factories should be extended , and therefore this meeting pledges itself to use every legitimate means in its power to procure a limitation of working hours to ton per day . This was supported by an excellent speech from the Rev . W . B . Flower , and curried . Mr . Daniel Donovan , an operative , moved , and Mr . W . Worsley seconded a resolution ;— . That the factory workers in this meeting are quite prepared to accept the Ten Hours' Dill , regardless of its effects upon wanes , leaving the price of labour to be _rejjuhited by circumstances . This was supported by Mr . Richard Oastler in a lengthy and appealing speech , and carried .
lt was thtn moved and seconded , * ' that a petition on the _foregoint : resolutions be prepared and circulated tor signature in Manchester and _Sallbnl , " which was carried . A vote of thanks _liliving been passed to the chairman , the meeting broke up about a quarter to eleven o ' clock .
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iiiK Tkx-IIouks' Bill . — Lord Ashley attended a numerous Tun Hours' Bill meeting at Preston , on Tuesdav evening , and was most warmly received . Resolutions were passed to tlie sameofieet as at the Manchester meeting , aud tho noble Lord was especially thanked tor his past exertions in the cause , and for his attendance on Tuesdav .
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_l'ATAL _ACCIDKNT ON THE _lllVKU . —Oil _TllCSllay aftcnioon two persons , nanu-d Christopher Keedand James Dunn , were sailing a small skill ' , with a main and foresail set , off Battersea , the wind blowing very strongly from the S . W ., when suddenly the boat capsized , and a loud cry for assistance was heard from the two unfortunate persons , who were _struggling for life in tlie water . A fisherman , iinmed Jones , rowed with all > pu « l to tho spot , and succeeded with great difficulty in rescuing Mr . Durm from a watery grave , but his unfortunate friend Mr . Reed was drowned _, _jjoth parties were perfectly sober , and experienced in the _inaiias-eiiieiit of beats .
J . hk Explosion seak Dover . —On Friday Mr . r . De Lasaux , agreeably to his resolution , held ' an in- nquest at the Royal Oak , Folki stone-road , parish of of _liougham _, on view of the bodies of the eight men _L-n who were killed on the spot , of the several names of of _Hatton , Cook , Russell , _Pavne , Wilson , Richards , is , Ruck , and Kendall . Verdict- " Killed by the ex- meplosion ofa large quantity ol gunpowder , but how it it became ignited there is no evidence to > _-how . " A A subscription in behalf ofthe bereaved families of the he unfortunate men , headed by the directors of the , he South Eastern Railway Company with the sum of ol one hundred guineas , has been opened at the banks , b , libraries , ttc .
A wkbtch in Hvman Fobm . — On Wednesday lay week a fellow was driving a donkey between Brighton ton and Shorebam , and in consequence of the animal nal turning sulky , he took a truss olatraw and burnt tho tho poor thing to death in the road . This was witnessed scd by several persons , and we do hope that some one line will bring the wretch to justice , and that he will meet cct the punishment his brutality merits . The poor Ueast _'ust was a _complete cinder , — Cm-respondent . _JWha ; were ere the " several ' persons" about , to permit this atrocity V _tyV Why did they not knock the ruffian down , and take ike him , bound baud and foot , to tho nearest gaol (|
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