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ME K0ETHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MAY 11.
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g ^^ = BTATE OF P 01-ITICA 1 . FtELlN ^ , E ^ SGLaSD . BotTOU . —A public meeting of the Chartists of this town was he . d in the Town Hall , Litik Boltoa , on "Wednesday evening . 24 th of April , Id aid of the Rev . J . B . Stephens ' * Defence Fncd . Mr . Daniel Digreie was called to the chair , aBd opened the proceedisga of tb < t-veniujr in an energetic speech ; ift ^ r which Janes Brouterre CHBritn , t . « q ., wa » introduced to the meeting , and was received with deafening chetrs , and dtlivfivo a spirited lecture upon tke rights acd liberties of t je working claw **; he was ii > tecid to throughout ¦» nh tbe BO * t intense interest ; indeed , but one filing Feemed to pervade the whole assembly , and that a firm determination to rapp « rt tbe persecuted friend
of the poor , and the Charter wito their purses and rieht arms , if it mart eraaie to that . Tbe teetot&i tasi -rolanteerei their valuable wrviee * OB the oecA * : on : in return , ihe Working Men ' * Association tendere-i to them their heartfelt thanks . The receipts of the evening , after deducting the expenses , amounted to £ 1 U . —The * ame evening , the . Associatian received from tbe Charti . <* of Howick , £ 1 for National Rent , and £ 1 for Stephen *' * Defence Fund , and 14 * . 9 £ d . to-night per Mr . John Ton * , whicn make * £ 1 14 * . 9 . } d . for Mr . Stephens ' * Pefence Fnnd . —The subscriptions for the Defence pund and the National Rent axe going on in this town with great spirit ; this shows that the people are alive to their tree interests .
Heywood . —The feUowicg resoretinB wa « ursa-Einoa > lT carried at The Democratic A . *» OLiation , on Monday evening , April 27 th . — That we , the m ^ is * ers of the Democratic Association of Heyirood , will stand by and support that great asd glorious champion of liberty , Fear ^ ras O'Connor , E # q . to the de&'h , if it bs Teuaired , and all tbe other firm , orfiinchine , and uicorrupted members of the people ' s parliament . " Northern Mission . —Me # * rs . Thcraa ^ cn and
McBean heid three district pub'ic metrirgs at ilorpeth , on Wednesday , the day of the hiring , and cb Thursday night , a spirited meeting a ; the Working Men ' s spacious Reading Rorm * . The many pi ' jking 3 arising frria Moor and Corporation , & large qaota cf -which is erpjea by the freemen , have net , we rejoice to find , corrupted the public jp ; rit of this town ; and , though late in the fir-id , the eneTgy and spirit of its " -villase Hatnpdeiii ' , " will soon place it in the high position i : ou ^ ht to occupy . —Sortkern Liberator .
bHKBlFF HlLU—On Tuesday evening , Mt * sr > « R . Ayre and J . Blatey attended at this viii = ; jt > pursuant to appointment of the Coni ; cil . Mr-Devyr also attended . On the arrival of ihe taisrtearie ? , they found , teat in eoiueqntuce of a Eistale in the time , they were just a wctk too coon ior the meeting . Piace . i in these awkward tdrcoaijracees , they procared the ereen and w hue har . Dtr of tbe Workingtnen ' s Association , and a gaiiiLt JeHow named Cbar : t-r volunteered to earrvit rhruuaii
ihe village aca procmim the approach of lil ^ rty . In a short time , mos : of the male population wa > i *« embl » -d in the "very iar ^ e and « padaus noa of the Queen ' s Heaa Ins , the use cf which wasofftred is the rno » t hand . oaie manner by Mr . and Mrs . "Wuher * for ; he occasion . Mr . was cabled to the chair , and the meeting wn * addre ^ ti in Messrs Erablet ^ n , Hammond , Parkins , aad tLe Newcastle missionarirs . Tne most prcfeaad attention was p 2 id , as the rotten « vstem .-book beneath
wnsensg sarcasm ana megcant a < -nuctmuot : cf rbei < ptalters . ShtriS" Hill hi- certainly not bet-ii forecost in the onward march i'f justice , bet ' weT . wad a plack , " as Baras * ay ? , that it wils Tery Joen tak « \ t $ pace in the most forward ranks of the movfment . —I '< id . Northern Political I " n : os . —The Cocncil held its ws-t-kly meeting on "WedDesday evening . Mr . Embieton , iti the alotnce of the Pre * idect , txik tbe chair . Mr . Jdiilar reported from rbe committee appointed to collect money fnr Mr . Harney , that there bad been transmitted to fcim £ 4 , by Mr . Horn ; £ 2 of which was contributed by that gentleman him « t ) f . ( Applaase ) Tke President reported that a large meeting vcaj held la . n night , at Winlatcn . at which Messrs . Horn and Charlton
were elected TepresetitaQTrts of VTinlaton Union . Tne Secretary read a letter from Morpeth , ecclo ^ in ,: 10 ... for National R * nt From Staacope in "SVeardale , dctailiDJj the systematic- atd oppre ? . * . ve per-• etaaon practiced among the ct > orVunate mir . e ^ of those extensiTe districts . Another from Bec ^ ir * - toa , asking the advice of the CuUEeil in the s ^ lecccn of Delegates , from Spr ingweU , with 3 * . lud . of National Rent , and assurance of assisrsEce on a 1 occasions . The Secretary also read the copy of a letrer transmirxed by him to Mr . Lowerr . ot tie subject of inviting members to the Convention to artrnd it the great popnUr meeting on Wk-i iiosday . Mr . E . mh ) eton reporred iaM the
Gatrgirad meeticg , beid on Monday everizg , occ-cpitd a . fpace of twenty-five y =.. - d * bj lif : y . Mr . Ms * od and M'Bein addressed the crowd zwb . inoch tffect ; iZii so enth ^ i asti c wtre tike men and youth present , ihit after the proceedings were cWeB by the chairman , they would not separate , but proposed ancarried a vote of confidence in the Convention , ani corclcded by giving thret cheers for O'Connor , t ; ree for S ^ rpneni i , ^ iree for tbe Northern Liberator and three groans for the Gnteth ; ad Vbti-rcer . ( Loud Issghter and cheer * . ) Mr . CbarHon reported from the W ; Dlaton meeting , held on Tce-day ; at which almon the whole popnlatios , man , woman , and ebfld , rarned ost . The bans , with their u « aa !
atuviry and pamoa « m , contnbureu tD in > pirit the jrocesding-. Mr . Heine , Mr . M Bean , and himfcif ( Mr . C ) addressed tb « mecr ' nz a : great lengtn , imidsta display of the greateit eatha ? . asm he had ever wimessed . Mr . Ma * on reportea from the Dcn * tan meeting on Tuesday . There was an excellent meelins-and the cameroas yocth of ihat "fith ^ rrarhood were preparing ihem « e ] vfei for the wcr ? L , ( Applause ) Oce and al ! pirdged tiem-Jtlrrf to eoaae forward ar the great pnblie meeting tc be hfeld on Whit McEday . Mr . Ayr reported that ce had visited th . 1 * town , where Qe found a number of the mo > t staanch Democrats , who wished f- -r a conv-poL-dtnee with tbe Northern Political
ciioa , wiib . a view to get up a meeting of that dl-tricc Tne Presiient and Mr . Charl ' . on vrere of isi ^ iya that as Darlington formed z . part rf the £ :: r 2 a : ii Charter Association , the Cocnc-1 conld not app-. int any meeting in that town . Mr . Blakey repcrtvd that he bad received a letter from West A ^ fndale , enelojing £ 1 7 * - 6 d ., and staring that though the workmen dare not rts-cria .: e in a body , they wereready to defend the Cantenti ^ n , snd forward the can . ee borh with purse and person . ( Loud applause . ) Mr . Devyr then 'aid , that as the committee appointed to digest a more efficient plan lor erT-ecdng tne funds of tne Udiod , could not , from tbe activity of tbe azitation this week , nseet to
prepare their report , he should move that tbe plan laid do-in in the pamphlet of " A Tyne Cb * rti « t , " he recommended by tbe Council forgeneraiadoptisD . That p . an ( pablished two weeks ago ) recommended that fctir collectors be appointed in each ai ^ rict , to go ojt of place monthly , and to wait < eekiy upon tbe denibera for the pnrpore of cailectisg their half peace , and was already in fell operation in Blaydon . SeeuBtied by Mr . Mason . Tbe chairmm obstrved , that VTinlaton , Blyth , Hartley , aod otier branches ban determined to adopt this plan , aod he believed i : would be followed bj the bt »« t results . Tbe re-Kl ^ noa was unanimously agreed to wj-Ji an addition —that the branches be eot limited : o four collector ,
tcr appoint &s many a « may seem good to each , and reccired under their particular ci . ccm ? : ances . Here a member observed , that be did not wish to be called cpon fer subscriptions , as it mi ^ nt injure him in his eint ) 5 oyflient . The chairman said , that such & circruistknee could be effieetaally guarded against by tbe p&jment being regokrly made at the plxce of EeeLcg , Mr . Alderwa Uid before the council a re ? o ; at ion , recommending that the Newcastle delegates to the Convention , be instructed to abstain from all personal dispcter or recriminations . Mr . Chariton Eoved it » adoption , whidi w *« seconded by Mr . Aldcr « m . Mt . M «« m objected to the mocod . He admitted tilt tie © opnlarity of G . J ,
Hamey was becoaiDg iaagaons to the repre « entatives of the London dutrict * . H « tiiewht ? bit tbe rtiolctioH was a censure upon tba-concoct- * f-tk * ir kl--gatea , or Bnme » ne © f them . H * ebonld write cut an ameDdtnent and «^ Jiaitit * gsiii * t tiie moties . Mr . Ayr would leswt Ae ^ aoriOB , ¦ «* - W" «* f tteir delegutw to abstain from pertonsl defence , fn ab « uld tbey be p « wm * liy - - -attacked . Mr . Elliott supported the resolution , * nd be Hi bo cpon tie grounds on wikh Mr , AyrTelt btnmd to oppose if . Mr . Cockburn said , tbsU tbe reeobafiou
* y levelled « t Mr . Haraey . Tie gahjeet vrsa di * - "JJed at a former period by the Ctrancils when ! -nie credit was attached to Mn- Harvey for tbe ^ egea iattmperance of his conduct , be belitt « d ^« it vks intended to-put Mr . H . from defending i-ffiielf , if attacked by those men is tbe ConrendoB , * com be ( Mr . C ) tamt denomiDate ** Moral Force tsmbugs . " Mr . Kinner tboagb inrtrneteo by hfa ^^ Jtitueca to role for ' the motion , should rote *?* in « it , and take bU clranee of thfir dinpleasnre "f . Miller was in tbe same predicament , and ' -jcdd aUo take" tbe same eoorte . By ihts time & ' . Mmdh produted bis- amendment . tC- ' . ne efieci
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that the Convention gent-rallv , be requtMrd to ah-• tou » -fra » per # oaai alur « ui .. . Mr . De » yr »« ., that the . amendment opened a qoite mw fi-id o ! debate , a * it amoouted to a vote of c-nsu-e m 'b Coavec ^ on , ^ nd be wa * . « ure that of even rho ^ wbo ^ 8 pole - - aRain « t tbe ori ginal rwnlntion , not a hano wouH be held up f- > r ^ u c-h a vote , he there fore \ ra-teithat Mr . Ma » on would tte the nice-« tj of withdrawing iu To this Mr . M . would not aswnt , a . nd ; the amei dment was seconded by Jh-Ajr . On thr Kgce * ticn of Mr . Cockburn ' both motion and amendment were withdraws . Mr Gray a-kea , was he ai : d every man wh , advocate the use of moral meanoto be stWrr . atis ? d a « *
, . bntnhug anohypocrite ? Such bad been tbe Hti ^ m - hurled out b y Mr . Cockbo ™ , hurabcv and hyj . o . riu meant tae same thing . He , Mr . Gray , Ld not been a hypocrite in hi < advocacy of ju / tice , and it the Union permitted ? uch epithets to be ajipiied ;« 't « member * , he could not remain a iKt-mber of the U p ion . Tbe Chairman said that tbe .--pint and principle of the Union was , Universal Suffrage , and the other points of the Charter , and it dL-3 not ! -pe < ik cne word of moral force , or physical force , atd whilsthesat in the chair , he nhcu ' ld not allow the f « -lin £ * of any member to he outraged , and the Union in « ultt < J by individual ? miking a Jwir . etioi ) that the coBsritcaon of tbe "Union never imended
to make . Mr . Ayr ana fome other Coucciilor ! ' propoffd that the Demonstration be held on the Towu Moor . " Mr . Blakey , Mr . Cbarltnn , and other * . were ef opinion that the Forth would suit the purpose better , asd tbe Forth was -. elected by a majority of ttnto eight . The Council then adjourned , havpg givtn tbe cuvomary vote of thanks to the cbairmaii . —Northern Liberator .
SCOTLAND . / From the True Scotsman ) Chaetjst Meeting at Strathuak . —A peblie meeting of tbe inhabitants of Scr « Jhu-in , wa > held ia the Secession Church , at tight o ' clock , p . m . Mr . Barn-- was unanimou » ly tailed to the chair , who briefly optced the meeting and inHo ^ uied Mr . M'K . 'y from Gliiggow , who addrts > td the audience at some length . Mr . Doual . i , from Airdrie , uext iddre ^ -td" tbe meetiDg . Mr . H ^ tniltr . u , from Stonehnu * e , followed in a bold and eloquent address , and
was warmly cheered . Several other gentlem , n belonging to Strathuan followed . A motion of eonndeaee in the Convection was moved , and carried atnid great cbe . ring . A vote of thanks wa « aluo given to Mr . Moir , delegate for the county , and to Bailie Cmig , of Kilmaruoik , lor coining * forward at the pre > ei t -t ' me to content the couuty of Avr . A . \ ote ol ih&nkii to the Mrmigerx , aua to ' the chairman . Tbis wa » one « t the mo . t ^ enrible aud > rjirited meetings we have ob ? erved for a lent t ime .
Chartist MzETrxo at Cir . LfKE .-A pub-• ic mrcticg uf the iuh-bitants of CarSuke way hi- ! ^ . ia tbe Con ^ rxercia : Iun Hall , on Friary , April -2 i } : ^ , o bear Mr . Cnarles M'Kay , dc , et-a . te l . om u ,.-UniTernal Suffrage A-SHr . iiioLof Gihsguvr , eipnunu The p rinci ples of the Nation . il Charter . M . - . j , im e = Brw-iii las t-alied to the c-nair , who opened the bu > ine # * of tbe meeting , and lamfntec that no ; i > so-{• iation had yet been e . * rabii ;< r > Q ihere . He cnuc ' . uded b y lutroduciEe Mr . M'K-iy . Hi < « -, iti- ! was o ' ten interrupted wits ioud cht- ^ rinj ; . He ihc-n read a copy of tbe >> ' arional Pt-nrion , wbicn w-. » unaniroocsly adopud . Mr . V > " il > on thtu moved
, that tbey form Ut-mv-lve * into aa < -v . «< oNation in Carluke , for the jj-jrpo » - of co-opir ? . 'in / wi : h the other tewns and villages in favour of : i , ^ t ; reat and i c * t principle * laid down ha tbe Na ; im < jl ' Perition . rne m ^ tioo , being seconded , vtas una : iimo > jsl \ carried . A comruit ee was tterj a : j . rirtej to carry oUt the foregoing o j-ct . Thrre chi-er « were g-. veu for . Mr . M'Kay , tnree cheers for UniTercai Sutfr ; ige , tsree cbe « r $ for the Convention , and three uheerfor tbe Chairman , wfcen the mee'ing div » o ! ved . Mr . M'Xay proceeded next TnorniEsr to V >" i » ha-. vtiwn . These three meetings were most numeromU attended .
Bathgate . —In con ? tqctnce of a ccmmun c 3-tioc from Loucon to the mstdscrate : * here , tne to-an was advertised on the 17 m ulu , that a general meet ing cf tbe inhabitants wouSd be held in ine Hipetoun Lod ^ e , on the evening of Friday , the ldtb , at seven o ' clock , for the purpose ef taking into consideration tbe propmt \ of ; . e : ; : ouing Parhameni for a uniform penny posta ^ -, <> cci < rdiug to th » - plan ; a ; d down oy Rowland Mil ;—Mr . J < iiBf .- < Biack , ^ eii icr bailie in the chair . The c ! . airman haviu ^ read tbe -petition , endeavoured to iraprew upon the meeting the benefi t * to be drnveJ ! rom such & measurB . Biibe r orre ^ trr rc ^ e , aud , alter a very few wordx , moved that the ^ -etnion ui > v » read be adopted , which was .-econdnJ t . y Counclinr Miller .
2 n T . A ;>! 98 , I >«* roiiiDi , ! iif « i »< r sut-Vc : n I . iTour o ' iDf ^ eilt On . . Mr . liooert M -A » r t : i = n r < -e i ' or ibe purp :-ie of moviiij an amtinhurbt , aud . oke »<• loilews : — Mr . Csairmaa , in rising to move u > . sm-ndmeDt , i . beg leave to make a remark or two on th « --past conduct of tbe WkiJ * . [ He ; v Mr . Angus rose aDd « pcke with EH ^ -h wsrmin . He said , speak to the paint—; t is fort ' gn to tbe subject- be uouia not a .. low j- , & . . A sct-ne filloviea which Li . fflrs all 2 fempL * a : desrripti "> n . Crirs ol '' Down , iio * u , put hnnou ; , put him out , chair , cDa ' . r . order , order , " is-ued frr . m ail parts of the room . Order bt-iEk' a : length restored . Mr . Miiler n-sum- ; ] They ( the Wei )! ' ) took cffi : e pledgee to K : f' : > im , ecocon : \ , and peace ; but nave tbey actt-d up . " 'n : bat piinc-ipJc ; No . Their conduct toward * lirrain ? nd Irclam
nas been illiberal , d > - > ponc , and i xtr .. v ; -gant . [ Hert Mr . Anc ' i-s aga ; : ; rc » t-, ace , in a furious m . iniier , straefcrd tbe « pe :- » i . r ia a tirearen ; rir arnt-jQe , ciiding dtfisDce to t : e whole ineeUDg . Mr . Arg'j »" s wrath beinjr finally expende ;! , he made his way lor the door , Baijie Foue > ter fo'SowiDp in hi « wake , amid tbe hi * se ? of tb ' e meeting , wr . ich their imprudent conduct so JB ^ t ' y merited . T ^ e speaker again re ^ unud]—I hope tbt time ii not far d : * unt wtitu the voice of rbe millions shall be bearJ ir > th ^ ir demand for liberty and j . st : ce , when Universal Sui-Irsge shall become tie law o ! the land , and the rigct to tbe Suffrage shall be b ^ td , tot c . n the
stone atsrl'limi ijca ' : . fication , but ¦ upon the rigiibi oi man . Before readise tbe ani-THlrcent , I wou'd have the met- 'Hig di ? tinctly to understand , tba : we do cot oppose the measure for which this meeting was called on it ? owe rEt-riL- ; , hut simply on tfie ground that all . reforms should be bcid in abe % anct until that great measure be carried , tf . hich Mr . Alexander Dick seconded : — Resolved , "That thin metting deem it quite ii : txpeciei . t to petition thi prerest 'H ^ use ef Cf mmons lor any reduction ot the portage . of lettirs ; tfee determined fppositior of a majority of tbe memners of that House ic all measures- calculated to iirpri > ve tbe conditioi
of tbe people , shew them to be the enemies oi aJi salutary reforms . Tbis meeting , therefore , is ol opinion , that i-gtil tbe Htu'e oftommous be elected on the principles" of Universal Snlfrage , it is ntterlv j u * ele > B to petirion for any other measure . " — Mr . Alexander Dick said , ia risisg to second tbe amendment , I beg ieaTe to state that 1 do ? o frum a well-grounded conviction of the futility nf petitioning the Honse of Cernmons for tbe reiir-s ? of any grievance , while two-tktrds ef ib < meoil'ers are elected by the corrnpj inflaence , and legislate under the i direct contT » u \ , of a haughty , tyrannical aristocracy , j The country has had ample opportunity , since the j pacing of the Reform Bili , of awrtaiuirg the tone elected b
aud character of a House of Centners y tbe constrtuenr-y brought into existence by that Act ; and by itn feeble , if not vicious mode of actioi ) , during that period , it has shewn it'elf to be worthier and inefficient a * a body designed for tbe grea ; purpogwi of lioeral and enligbtered legislation . The present Government ( at one time known by tbe popular appellation of the Reform Administration , but in rea . ity nothing mor » than tba : section of the aristocracj known by tbe naroe of V * nig , and dietin | -oUhable only from ihcir irieDds , the lorie « , by their hypocritical professions of liuerality)—they , 1 say , at one time bad the power ( possessing , as taey did , the confidence of tbe peop le ) of doing all that was necessary to renorate tbe sinking etergies of
tbe coHBtry . And Ixwr did they use it ? They waated it ob a ny « em of policy troHHn ^ and Tarillatiag , which so cut up and skeletonised their &Lr . eQgtb , that . now they are ueabte , though ' -ihey had tbe will , to carry any measure of real puolic utility . J ^ o C ^ b ntry , Mr . Ch ' airrcan , on tbe face of the globe surpasses . Great Britain in tbe means of prcduc * ties , and why'bas it § uc-h an amount of poverty and dwtitatioB ¦ amoBg the working clawa * ? The cau « can only , be- found in tbe many burdens iB the ahape of taie * -asd Diocopolje ? , which pre * s exclusi ^ fi j ob tbe producUve classes , Tbe speaker , after exposing many uf tbe evils of tbe country , conelodwJ hr fupponing ' the amendment , which waa carried ^ iibout opposition .
Hamilton . —A public mtetlag wa « held here , on Thvridsf trtniog . tbe ? 5 jb uHinr > , in the Beliel Cbcrcb , 3 d _ uir-sireet—Mr . Robert Robinson In the cb ' sir—for tbe purpose of bearing an address frem Mr . Mbir " onr fsithfalrepre- 'entarirein the People ' s Pwliaiw nr , and to render an account of hi « rtewwdAip . A resolction n » put to : ho ^ meeting of fnrthe / cogence in Mr . M-ir , wb , cb was carried by acebm ^ ioc ; unc aKo a resomoon to support fbe Xatior ^ l C »>™ r * n to the ufjw * txtent of"onr power .
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Perth . — 4 ^ t > . ^^^« ufCodntv Deli . gates —Ua T « tndaj , ihe 3 Oih ultimo , » jdk « uiik oKdelega ' w from the county wa » held in the Balchristie Meeting House , to consider the projrittj of el cting another delegate in loom of TWr . Mat'hew , I to represent their interesti * in the General Cou-| veutioH . Delegate * were pTwmt from Dunniup , Cr f-fl " , Mt-tbven , Errol , Bankfoor , Blajrgnwrie , and j Cnuj . ar Angus . It was thtn agretd to recommend j : bac a delegate should be elected , and seut from j thie county 10 represent it in tfce Coiivehtion . It **« alt . 0 agreed that a public imsi-tiuy >>«• held on the North Iuch of Perth , on tkt 22 d ot Mjt , snd il it wtt s then understood that the Convection was to ciintihue to * it in London , or elsewhere , that h delegate be fleeted at this meeting . Tbe proceed-H'gs of tie dt-le ^ at «> during tbe day were ^ bmitted 'o a liieeting oi Radical s held in thf f >» r . e place in the truing , aud ttuerHlh apiirovtd » t
Galashiti-s . — At tWG < il ^ V . ;; lsV . VrkiT > g Men * > Association wetting , held on "Wcdiiemlay evening th » 1 st of May , a vote nf coi fidenee in the General Convention wa- passed unanimou ^ lv ; thi most f-uthusiastie spirit of determinatio ' n pn \ ailed . Meantime , they vvait impatient to do their share in the next meisvres that may be deemed ntcessary to insure success . Fokkab . —A meeting of delegates frf . m thr various pmlitical uuions in Forfar-bire , was held in the Masons' Hail , for takicg into consideration what steps ought to be adopted in case the National PetirioH and People ' s Charter be rejected by tbe rlnuse of Commons . Delegates were pre-ent ' from
torfar , Dundee , Montrose , Brechin , Charleston , Letfcam , ar . d Cara-hurrecks . A later was read from Kirriemuir , suting that they bad the fdh . Ht ceuSdeDc-e in the Convention , and had reoolved to support tbero id &ny measure which they , along with their con » tiruencien , may propose . A letter was also reaa trorn Arbroath , entirely disapproving of physical force , and earnestly recommending a continued course of agitation . After ranch deliberation , the following resolutions were severally moved , ^ econded , aud unatiimously egreed to :- 1 . " That rhis meeting is determined , by all povible mean * , to carry into effect the principles contained in the National Pennon and People ' s Charter , and would
beg to recommend to the members , of the Convention to adjourn , lor a limited perio 3 after the present tation o ; the Peiirion , to give an opportunity of agitating their d . fferent locaiitits previous to ' the introduction of the Charter to tbe House of Common ? . " —2 . "That while we agree to continue moral agitation , for the purpose of-spreading tie principles contained in tke Petition and Charter , » e it tbe s ^ niH time declare , iu the event of the Government making auy attack upon the people iu the course of that agitation , ibat we recognise the ri ^ ht i >! the
people to oppi . ne ioree . by force . "—3 . u That th ; y meetiEg a ^ ree to recotnniend to the tiiff nut unions throughuut the cooniry , the absolute neees-^ ity of txertiug theniselves , to tbe utmost of their power , to earn cu the agitation , by reading deoutdiions tu tbnse place witbiu their locality that hanot yrt bi * u visited ; an > i that voluntary contributions b-- entered mio for the purpose of raiding lan d " , the more , ett ' cctually to enable them todo » o . " 4 " Thai ibi . « meeting has the fulltf . it confidence in M-. . G . Burns , Delegate for Forfarsbire , to tbe Gtnernl Convention . "
HiTfiCK .- At a meetii g of the Hawick Working Men ' s A > sociatiou , held April "f > , tbe following reflations were agreed to : —1 st . " That the General Convention of the industrioas classes have , h \ tbe eiuT f -y , talent , and derermination they have evinced -luce the time of their nm-ticg in London , euutled themselves to the coutidenee of the people . ' 2 nd . ll Th . t mi lon » as tbey continue to couduo : thta-ehe « in the sams wi * e , iitm , ind temperate manner , this Association hereby express their de ^ erminatio ; i u . sopport them in any ulterior measure . - they iuh . ) detin requisite to .-ecure the adepfon ol the Charter a . t tbe law of the land . " 3 rd . " That this As ? ociaij . - . u resohe to } e--tvere . in doing all in thjrir power to arjuse , enlighun , aud organise the friei ; . i » of libtrty in this neighbourhooduntil the
, Pe ' - . pic ' s Charter bei-nine » tbe law of tbe land . " 4 th . '' Tnat a Hireling of tbt liadic-alt inrthe Border district- * be hr-lj on or about the 18 th May next , and that tbe Convention be 'equeBted to instruct one or two of tht-ir number to attend . The place to be afterward .-fixt-r . " 5 th . "That John Frosr , E * q ., ur . d Mr . Lo-f-rv , be particularl y JEvi ; ed toat ; . nu the said m ^ et . n ; . " ( Hh . " That , baviug viewed with leeiicjjs o ! di .-pust and abbotrencv , the condu .-t oi rhe Home Stc . 'eUry , in removing Mr . Fro-t Irou the nugistrac ; , we , tne rnrm' - jers of ibi . s Association , cousidi-r it wcuid be a sta'n 'jpci ; our character if we d-d nor take this npportunn ; . of Hating that we re ]) fwe the inmost conn . ituct i ;/ Mr Frost , either a- a patriot , a magistrate , or as .. private gtn-IK mad .
io L- * f > . —SOIUKE . —The- Kel-n Vi ' orkinjr Meii ' n Afsociatioa gave » > oiree ou the e ^ cD ) ng ot the 15 u , lUBtant , iu the yaeen ' s Hr « d Ljd Aesembl y Room , ih honour of the Charter ' s chaiipiou on the ' burdvr . * . Mr . Jnro » -H Dodos , for the manly aud straightforward manner in wr-i-h he ha * advocated tbe peop l * s c . iu-e . Abuut 220 iciiividaals of bo : h sexes sadown to tea at seven o ' clock , Mr . William Aitehi-? od , prt- * idcnt of tbe Workma Men ' n Assoiiation iu
the ciiftir , supported ( as u-e and worn bns i" ) on the rijjtn air ! ! e ! t " hy ceuutntiuns from the R ; uiic : > l Assov-iaiioi ; .- it , JejLvrgh , Hawii-k , Selkirk , GaU-^ hWl « , ficc . vJn ' -oiiunaieW , Mr . A ¦ od . « was prevcLttd from > it . r . g present ; hut , no : witb 5 taDdiMg , ; be uiglt was .-p , nt iu a very happy and agn-table manner . 1 ht cfcai , m < tD , 'he sptaki rs , the singer ? —aye , and tr-. t- heare r " , 'oo , perlorming their respec'ive bd . rL < Hi t iiiv-ner that TitirCled at once
honour on Ui--n > i > ve- , aDd tbu cau-c which cHlltd them mijethr . ' . Sneral individi . aU , unconp . ecttd with the A ^ fciation , ard ratbtr uosnle to the Charti .-t p rincipi . y , attendeH ; and so much pleased were even thty wj- . hthe- rr . oderatin ; . wtiicb tharaeteTi > eu the . « pedkef . « , utid with the g . rne . al good ltehii ^ which prt-vniled , that some o ! then : bai- e alread \ ejprtsst-d a de > i'e to have tbt ent-.-rtainment repeated ; and we have bren credib'y informed that 'SucceM to tne Working Men ' s Aosociation" has , since ihat tiuie , been more tb ^ n once propo-ed as a toa « t , and tavouraUly received al wjie ol the Vv ' hig ' swalifTfint iiVirc-hes . " Tht party broke up about tw-ive "' clock , '' bapjn io " meet , sorry tu part , " &-.
Talk ui UVES .- Ihe i ' oliowing is a brief exhibition or the tiacsaction- ! of the '' Vale of Levt-n NVoikiig Men ' s As « ui .-iatiiti : "—Our A >? otiation was liiHtnutrd November 4 , iM £ . Since itformation , its affairs buve hem : eondec ^ ed with a spirit and eiierjzy worthy of the momentous struggle tnar is now agitating the country . Vie have laboured zealou .-l y and interruptedly ) E coui'tr-tratirif ; the p-pular energy ia this quarter-with what success , the fuHo ^ icg stati ments will evince : For tlie .-upportof Dr . 'l aylor , our delegate and representative , we have already contributtd £ 17 . As on « contributinn to the National Rent , we riniiitfd to
Paisley £ 10 , which wv ? ent along with the Renfrewshire petition . We have likewise sent away our petition with Mr . Moir , containing above 1 , 500 signatures , and slung with it £ 15 , u * a further contribution to tbe Nariocal Rent . We have , funhermore , subscribed ar . d rimitud i'T- 12 s . i ' or the defence of tbe Rev . J . R . Step h ' ns-which sum will be handed over hy Dr . Taylor , onr delegate , to the fuiid instituted for that tn ? riiorious purpose . We received a leuer from Dr . Taylor , announcing thnt James Fensey , ohe of tbo ( ' -lygntes to the Cnnverition , » nd a most fXc-tl !> -iH itembcr , would
be obliged to retire , m coD ? i-qucneti of theinability of his cnnstitcentR to support him . The Doctor ' s letter likfiw-ee xtsred , that the delt-uate « , unwilling to lose Mr . Fenney s service * , had commenced k subscription to i » oppnrt hiitf , aid coucluried by callicgcpirn us , as we ra ' ued tfie ' vxertions of an able it . d talen-. eti member of tW Convention , to contribute something for bis irapport To tbis call we immediatrly rexporded , and transmitted £ 5 , to endble Mr . Fenney to r « nafn in tbe Convention . Of the result of thi- * matttr , we hart i » jtt received no information .
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nisarrest , and r » hen he saw that lie was in the hutu * of tbe Jaw , hemadexip hi « mmd , as an EnglNhniftii and a Christian , upon cinstitutionsl and Chri .-ti . m grounds , to withdraw himself from public nocici-. He 1 elt it v as due to the i-aertd character of the ! a < - that he should , as far as possible , abxtiin from doi « g any act which might tend to excite popular sympathy in bis behalf . He had mane up hi * ninid to tuke the field against all o < mer-, for he knew it was a good cause in which he wag engaged—( cheers)—and he had resolved to abide the tin . e—to await tbe a « -izcn at Liverpool—and wh * n there , before God and hi » country , try the issuue of tbe great question betvveeu the Government aud
b'm--elf . ( L'ud tht-prs ) That Government however , cowardly nnd trencherous aa it had been in eveij -tep it h . < d takea .-ince it had become the Government . if this country , had endeavoured to deprive him at once of hi * liberty , by requiring exees (» i » c bail , , fnitiug in that Attempt , it had haras-eri him by postponing his trial , and removing it by ctrtiorari . ( Hrar , hear . ) He had known nothing . if the nature of the < U ' eticf with which he was charged uudl within n few days of the Liverpool assizes , although that offence was alleged to have been committed six . months previously . He knew not what be-was to be rri ' . d for , or when or where his trial was to take place , l . ut he had still remained
silent . ( Hear , VearJ Now , however , he was placed under different circumstances ; he had paid the debt which he considered wan due to the law he had paid that deference wl . ich he felt was due to the constitutional law of the land ; but , a * an Englishman , he did not choose any longer to be bandied about from pillar t « post as Lord John Ruy * ell wight think proper—( hear , )—in tbe hope , no rh . ubt , entertained by the Government , that for another six month * he would still continue to be silent ; he would Y > e silent no longer .. ( Loud cheers' ) He would with pleasure accept the invitation of the committee , and would addrecs the public of the city of London at the Crown ar . d Anchor , nt tbe earliest
period , and this he did for the same reason that he would actept an invita ; ion to preach a Hetmon on Kenuington Common , or even in Smitbtield , where the mariyis of eld had . suffered for the cause they espoused . ( Cheers ) But with regard to elher invitations to attend public meeting * , he regretted the state of , bis huaith would not permit him to accept them . The Rev . Geutleman then went into a history of the commencement of his agitation against the factory sys-ein . Ke had begun it , he said , simply because there was no other man in the neighbourhood in which he dwelt , who would , or could , or dare come forward in the c . iuse . ( Ht ! ar , hear , and chetrs . ) It was impossible for any Ohe
who had not lived in nnd urea hed the foul ntid pestilential atmosphere whicb surrounded the factories—it was impossible for any one who had hoc dwelt with the pet . plo , and visited and communed with them in their heart of hearts , as he had done , to have the least conception of the heartless and remorseless tyranny to which the victim * of thefactory system were subjected . ( Hear , War . ) It was because he saw , on the one hand , the rich factory lord oppressing the poor —whilst , on the other hand , the poor man wa ^ unable to lift himself up to his proper level , that he Lad stood as an umpire and mrdtatnr between them . ( Cheers ) He had appealed to th * aia-tor in the first iusrauce but
in vaU ; he had incited the masters to meet tbe mep , but his attempts at mtdhtioa wee ne ^ lmed or despi » ed by ibe former ; anJ an they had refused to concede nny thing to the men , he had become corvinced that the cau-e of the m : \ sters must be a bad one , and then , but not till then , did he throw himself over entirely to the cause of the men - ( cheers ) anci , therefore , though he might have nothing but those p . ior men ' * prayer * to assist thtm , ami nothing but those poor nien ' n hearts with him , h . would still continue to fight the battle—aye , and with the blessing ot God of battles , till the ' victory -hould be with him . ( Loud cheers ) The itev Cicnt . tiien give an arc . iunt of the origin of his
anti-pnor-law agitation , whicb , he . said , rmd grown out of the other agitation , hi * atttmion Wius * first dra * n to the atrocities of that inhuman Poor Law-Amendment Act whilst attending the n . eeTings on the Ten-hours' Factory Bill , in the course of which be hud learntd the system which was adopted ol inducing the poor people to nvgra ^ e under the expt " .-tatioi :.-, falsely held out to them , of netting more work aid hetter wages elsewhere , thai ) they c-o . i ! d Ht home . AgaitiMt thtse atrocities tie had felt it bis duty , as au En ^ lishinnR , arid as a Christian pattor , to life up hi * voice in his pul pit . ( Hear ) Thi * course of proceeding CTUirry wa / conoid * red new to thi * countrv , bu ~ t he would assert it whs not new to the S ; uved * Scripiure htarhen ir
- » - ( , r . )—was not new to the sacred DHok which inculcated tbe principles and pnetice ol thc reii g i .-n of peace , of lov e , and chanty . ( Cheers . ) It wa * not new , he wou'd jissert , to that pnnoipW ' which he held to be correct , nRuu-ly that law and religion wereciae and the same thing ; for whin : was true in the one was true in the other , ami , therefor , » i » Ht Wis . false . iu f . rit >» no wu « fnls . in tbe other . ( Hear , hear . ) He had expostd the inhuman atrooiries of tbe , f onr . Law to fh « t >« s ( of bis humble ability , und he bar ! impngTied tb « wisdom ol the Legislature in inflicting thi ^ uieasuri- upon the country , and f « jr this he lud af first been c-onsiqereri raad- ( inughrei ) -fnr the ' people could pot at firs : believe that The L ^ gislHttire of thw great tountiy , cin » stini < cf King , Lords , and Commons—th .- H ' U-
( fin / g , wit ot the nation- ( Inuiihter)—coulil , by pj ^ -ibility he mistaken ; but , alas , experience bad at length taught the people' that the terms ' inf .-rual " and " devili < h , " which bftd been applied to » hnt measure , tell tar , very lar nbort of a : iy rhioff adequate to d ' scribe its real character . (» Hear , " tuid chit-r ^ . ) T hP Rev . G ? i ) ' ! emf-n sairl he felt- prnnil of the i ? . vitstion which hud hem pivpn to him rhit evening , snd for the minner in which he h-. ui been r * 'ceivfd ; for him-e ! ' " , lie said , he had from tbe firs ' made up hi .- ) mind to " suffer bond * " in the cause ol the oppressed poor . He frit tbnt this was nol a tribu'e paid t >; bis ptr-onal charafter , hut a tribute o f patriotic virtue pan ) to a mm w h . i wa * proviiourally , he could not hel p feeling , made a Hcapegoal t the sins and
> r ofience * ol the nation . ( Hear and loud chrer <) The R-v . Gentleman continued ' at < ome lmuth , and in a truly eloquent and impie ^ ive st-ain , to coinm-nt on thr utrocities of thu New Poor Law , s'afed bis fixed determination to persevere in the c . Tise in which he had enjjagvd himself , Mid expressed b-s perfect readiness , having firm ! , m iJe up his mind to do so from the first , to suffer bands and imprisonment , and even death , in the furtheuiuee of his object—for , irdetd , no man c-ould lake up tbe cause of ' he people wkru . ut heing prepared to make < uch sneririces—until he should witness , what , lie wr . s determined should be tbe result of his exertions viz , the people of England declaring with one voiet that they would h . ^ e no Poor Law Amendment Act in this c-ouMry . ( Loud eheers . )
A vore of thanks for Jlr . Sn-phe n ^ for his abK and untiring advocacy of the ri ghts of the oppressed poor , was unanimously passed , and the meeting then separated . — Champion .
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Mns . Fnv .-Mrn . Fry , the philanthropic quakeress , i- < now in Paris . Recbuits . — The monthly average of rei-ruits in Ireland enlisted for the arrJiy , within the lane four months , is 800 . Obdku of St . Patrick . —Tke Earl of I . istowel ; s to be the new Knight of Si . Putriek , in tfairoom of tbe late Earl of Ca edon . ¦ Cape Houn Widows . —The PaciRc whalem-n nre absent on their voyages from three to four and a half years , and in Nantucket their wives are termed " Cdpe Horu widows . "
The New Improvement Society . —At the la . < t meeting Mr . W . Harles attended , we htar , to enlighten ihe playgoers on the ei-ltglitened and humane spirit of the "Whi tf Government . It will naturaly be asked what part of the world did he go to for his evidence of their humanity p To irelacd—Ibe land of Coercion and exuruiiuatinu ? No . To England—tbe desert of factories and Poor Law Ba « riles ? No , no . To Canada etn aming with the blood of butchered Patriot , bu » rh «> red in cold bloorl
by the rutklecs crawler ( serpent ) of wbiggery ? 'ffu — no—he dare not ! Bur . in order to prove the humanity of tbe bloody and brntala be . told the wondering listeners , that they—the bankrupt-butcbers aforesaid—were too humane to go to war . with the Republicans of America . ,. Ah ! Englishmen , here is a lesson for you , put yourselves in tbH position of tbe Republieaus , get rifles and ybii will at occe develop all that U humane iiM the character of the "basis bloody , and brutal ^"— Nurl / ur » Libnratur . :
Lord Meldoobke at Ghtjuch . — A great septation was created at tbe Temple 'Clurcri , on Supday lasr , by the appearance of Lord Mtibourne among tfcp . bearew of l ) r , Bea > op . Si qce tht Queer * , in tbe earlier days other reign , expressed her ( surprise at never seeing Lord Alt-ibjurne atefcurch , his lordship—who after that attended for two or thrae Sunday *— has relapsedjntobJs former babitofttbuepting himself altogether from public wornhip . We fear ibat euriosityj not conviotii : n , w . ' » tbe cause » f Lord Melbourne ' s fondect on Sunday , * . N' . rthawpt-. n Hcvuld . . , '¦ ' . ' .
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Dukation uf Lifk , in a p ,. ira . — At Senegal the natives consider forty as a wry advanced term if liiV , and ^ ererally die of ( . . | d Hg ' e at fifty . "Can ' t afford it . " - Tb * Glasgow Chamber of Commerce has petitioned for a repeal on the duties of cotton wool . Mr . Sp ; ing Kice says he cannot afford it . Tithe Arrest . —On Mom ' ay weelc , Mr . Corneliun Dempsey was arrested at Couk-lnll , Meath , at the suit of the Rrv . Mr . 'Vaudelfur , of Julianprown , and was carried off to'lriui j til . The . debt for spiritual instruction never rnceived , h . < d be « a 16 . 0 * ., bur it was swelled hy law cost * to upwards of £ 300 .- Dul'lin Font .
vVholv : » ai , b . Smashers . — Two women have been app .-ebt-nded at Leicester , wbile in the act of driving a RuooewstVil trade in base money . Upon one of them was found a bag with 85 counterfeit sixpences .
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FACTORY LEGISLATION . Towards the clo » e of sur last article on thin subject , we avowed our opinion that the framers of the Bill for Regulating Factory Labour , now before Parliament , never intended to go on with it . We wereindaeed toformthwopinion partly by thefact that tboBill i * , on the whole , a measure of amelioratfon—^ an imprbveinent on tb 4 preseRt law . Vitb the conviction qn our minds that the present law , had been
purposely so framed that its evasion by the Mammon wprsb ) pper 3 sVralrl ' be easy , wbile the deteetlon of the offt'iider was difficult , and bis punishment sli ght ' an * with a knowledge of the fact that the present law was deemed by \ U supporters an impracticable inea- ? urr- , - even before its eoaotroent , and that * ome of them avowedly supported it because they kneiv it to b » impraeliml'te , wewere not very sanguine about measures of improvement originating with the same parties . , ' The whole conduct of the Government and the Msllocrac-y , « iDG ? the bringing in of the Bill , have
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satisfied us that this Bill waft noihing more tbaa part and parcel of a jilot-coBspiracy tetvteu : fWe Milloerat * and the Goverr . oient , by the' "itrw . of which the former were , if pissill' ^ . to be let loo « e from tbe trammels of law , in so » ar as the livfs , HmW , and happiness of their slaves were -concerned , on condition of their ministering ali tbtj &s ^ p in their power to the tottering pow « r « f the latter . With the thorough knowledge wlich we possess of the perpnual inclination of the Whig character 4 o » ice aid tyranny , we could not account for tbe inc-reHsed power « given to the inyjtctors by this Bill , and for the t-xc-ellent rtir . edit-a it provides for several of the anomalies of the present Act , if we supposed that they ever intended to mac * it .
The Whig Government and their most choice friends and supporter * , the Millecrato , are cunning rogues ; but past experience has st ewn thtm that thty cannot always have everything their own way . They iut ^ nded to have b . en rid of the present law long before thi .- time . They thought to have it repealed " hit by bit" ; hut they have been to . closely watched . They thought by the maay gratuitous inconveniences introduced into it to Bicken the people of all Factory legislation , and so get their full fling at the request of the people themselves ; feut they have been disappointed : the people prefer ever an inconvenient law which imposed come restriction on the Demon of mischief and , murder to the free
licence of remorsetas wk-keda .-ss . Learning tberefo-e from experience , that sort of wisdom which befi - s their character , they have calculated in . the drawing of this Bill the chances of their being , xornehow or other , obliged to paw it into a law , and have according ly taken care to edge off the inflictions of punishment upon the guilty in the best manner that so untoward an eveut would admit of . For this purpose an opening i- first made fer bribing , ' and Uippering with , 1 bspectors , whose power , as we have already intimated , this Bill considerabl y increases . By the 20 tk section of the Bill , it is provided that
All th « inside walU , passes , and ntt . irra . sp 8 of every factory which art- not painted with ul . and the cilii . gK of all mom , then ki . h . ll be wHt . wa , bed uncB iu ibe « une of . ¦ very twelve calendar months ;" And , by a subseo . uent section , the peralty for not complying with this rtquisition is fixed at " not less thaa £ 20 ; " but the 38 th stction provides that " Atvj- Inspector may , if he shall think fit , . lispcnsP , from year io year , or lor any shorter time , with tiie whitewashing of th ,- whole or » P » rl « . f a fa , tH ry whi . h « hall appear to i . im riot to no . su to be white washed so often ad u required b ; thU
Again ; it ix provided by section 56 tb , ' ¦ fhat . il' cvcr > '" '" ' in « 'h ) ch any person who > ha ; l be chi . rf ? cable with any . fl ' -m ,-. iipaii . « t ihu . U-t , not bring a care or Jlag . anl ,, ffenc ~ , shall to willing to Hutscrib .- lowludt tne fua . i loriiie eitablwh ( n ' * nr . und improv . m-. nt of fcc . urv * ch . » vU . such sum as to tht Insect ; ,- shuV scm reusonubU in con |» dL . rati ( .,, o ! . lot b .-in prgwc-ui « it l ., r st . ch < ll-i . c-. It nhall bt- lawful lor U . e lnso-cMr , if he shall tliiiik lit , to n-ceive and ajiply such sutu f ,. r the Pl ii-. > o «>» s- ^ resaid , l-uil tru'reuuon to iortear from pms-eming Kiirh purann f ,. r tl-. at . iff-ncw ; -. ml no per-on who shall liav , ; nai . l «„< h ^ Ull . t . f ., ro » ny n . liirniati n shall har « been laid avai , 1 , 5 m tor such ofl-nco , Khali lie liable to be |» ri .--i ' i > ded a ^ -aiiisl for the n&mo lltfiice on account ol which ilm sum wus unul . "
Now here , then , is a direct invitation , on the vfry face of the Bill , to bribery and corruption . The Inspector is , of cour > e , . to be the judgp of wbr . t offence shall or shall not be con > idtrtd Ki it grave an , l jlagrant iffenv ? ; " and , he is also to determine how much shall be paid to the school fund by nn ? scoundrel who may have incurred the penalties ; a villain , therefore , who determines to set the law at
defnnce , has only to ingratiate him * If with the Inspector , by m- * ns probably of a dinner or two and a little wine , and he may then commit almost any cfl ' ence with impunity , Or nearly so . For iu . « tance : the penalty for working children at ni Kht is , at the lowest £ 5 for every child . . Now supple a villain who has run a mill at night , but who knows thar Uie Inspector is his" friend , " snugly seated tele a Me with hi < friepJ , the Inspector , ' his o « n man-siou . The r ; r . aer cloth has betn drawn andtbewond botrle of-wine is being di . cu ^ eM Ihe j . vial Inspector , is flighted with its colour , twte , and quality ; ' , i , rich and cer . « rou 8 . hw «« d
auyttiliig he e ^ er kuew , except the" friend " to whose hospitality he is indebted for it . In tbe very midst « f hii good humour , while his eyes are twinkling and his good nature expanding , and he is s rearing that he who keeps such excellent wine must be the best hearted fellow in the world , hi . s friend draws kii chair a little nearer , softly intimates himxpwstatio * that his " friend" will help him over the little mistake he made in Fanning his mill a little loo Inn * one night I ^ t wetk . " You see , my , dear In , pMfor , it wiw very necessary for my bmine . * . * , and H Jidn ' : hurt anybod y , for you know nobod y has kinder fedinas than I have . "
Right , by G—" . ays the drunk * .-, Inspector "You are the best fellow ia the wotll- _ j 0 u are the j . Jliejt cock I know / I 8 ee how iti » . Don ' t be alarmed my dear fellow-you shan ' t be hurt-This . ff . nce of yours " not . bei . g a grave or flagrant otience "I 3 an let youoff-so just giW-n ^ another bottle of thi , excellent wine , and -a : Borereign far uaes-uhool and make yourself easy . "
Now , not onl y is this a case which may easily be opposed , but we verily believe that cases v-ry nearly- approximating this which we have m , ppo « d would frequentl y occur under this bill if enacted r . itoa law . It mi ght happen however that an Wctor-Foot against the power of wealth and corruption"as strictl y determined to do hi , duty in the enforcement Of the law- and in ca < e such an event sk . u'd happen , the framer * of this Bill have taken care that if the worst cou »« to the worst , their " friend" the " vampire , " . hall not be n , u-h hurt ; for they ha « provided in Section 52
that—•^ ggssssses A more gross aad flagrant violation of all fb « pr . nc . ple , of equity and justice ro never attempted under the gufc * of lawr than is contained in this sec Hoo . In ail matters of offence , the common Ken « of mankind teaches that the more " p , tt aDd fla . grant the offence , the heavier should be puaUl > ment awarded ; but here this order i , inverted ; the Sinall Render , „«; , be pumsWd- to the extreme rigour of theUw , but a field is ! thrown o , er tbe wnol « I . volater of humanity aad deency , who laughs at ! L ^ " . ? " ^ «™ ponWanenr , by the Htatme that he
very . derides . We » ^ ro ( ec e / , „ / . «»**»«/ for tbe effect of thi , eW would Z requent ^ r b . thai of causing the " varnp i ^' to make a , arge prnfit on tbeir ^ ^ Z tweTT WM < sa - rffroni *« «^ 2 B 'of « hich be expects to derive a cleargairj of t « thousand poond- ; but the goods TO 08 t t j £ wubm ^ y ^ . ^ _ liieh he caDnot aw _ p ) . ah otberw 1 S ethan by . VbonJng Jiis machinery night «»« day-which of them would herfute ' to brave the t ;?^ ^ ~ h » P 8 ^» 9 saving cliuse before them ? . liere may be oddl one , vrho are ' -strong . n koi *« Tr' . -imt ouroonvfertoh wrth ^ cf tJ J -Ule iAWrt great m ^ r tty wo » l ^ ampifiue ^ under their fQ «* » l ¦ ¦ . ¦ . _ ¦ . . ^ der mr m > tt
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THE KEY . ME . STF . PHE . NS-THE COMMITTEE OF THE DEFENCE FUND . On Thursday evening week a meeting of tbe general ccrcmittee for orgaui-iog and eullecringsubsuripiions in aid of Mr . Stephens ' * defence against the Government proBxciuion , was held at the Dr . Johagon Tavern , Bolt-court , Fleet-street , Mr . Saul in the chair . Several collectors hacded in the sums received by them , and attbc ^ loee of tbe proceedings it was staled that the total amount received was £ 12 . A resolution to convene a Eseeting .. at the Crown and Atichor en an eailj day , for ihe purpose of affording Mr . Stepfceea an opportunity of refuting the calumnies acd di-peHing tbe prejudices which hare been ca »; t upon bim ^ 'lf and bis cause by the provincial prew , " wv . « QDanjmously agreed to j and after tbe termination of tbe routine basintss of the
evening , Mr . STEPHENS , who bad entered the room shortly before , and -Jra * received with great applause , rose to address tbe committirt ! > n reference to ^ tveial invitations he bad received to att- ad p . / r ;! io meetings ! U \ h ? m » tropoliii . He -an ! tba' fioff ' . hr moiueutof
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THE " VOTE OF CONFIDENCE" PEERS . Eijfht new Peerages hate been created ; for a reason which few would have discovered by their own unassisted sagacity , but which i * than revealed by ihe G ' obe : — " We understand that when the Gorernment decided to ask a vote of confidence from rhe House of Commons on their Irish policy , they at the same rime determined , that if that vote should be carried , the friends of Liberal Government , and especially of those piinciples which have guided the Executive in Ireland , should be strengthened by some addition to ( he Peerage . " Now , if parties were so nearly balanced in the upper House , on Irish questionsthat Ministers
, could secure a majority there by adding eight Lords to their force , we sh . > uld perceive the connexion between the House of Commons vote and this creation . If ministers had said to tht-ir snpport * r . « . in the Commons— " Carry u * through tbis difficulty , declare your adherence to our Irish policy , and we will take measure * to give practical ffftot to your votes by overwhelming ihe hostile Tory Lords "and forthwith had created the required number of peerages , theu something like sincerity and sense would have been apparent ia this proceeding . But eight Peers !—why , the Tory majority approaches two hundred : ar . d how are " the friends of liberal government strengthened h y tbe addition , " when no -ingle measure has a better cnance of being carried in con < iquc--. ee of it P
Pisi-ing , however , from the assigned cause , we admit that Peers are sometimes made with othtT views than to party necessities : important national » ervio « s are sometimes rewarded by a paten , or nobility ; and great wealth nnd mark in the country have been held to constitute a fair claim to the came distinction . Perhaps the gentlemen selected on the prexenr occasion can prt- ' er one or both of these claim * . Let us glance a * the list . 1 . Lord Taihot De Mala ^ ide , now Paron Furnival of Malahine , an English Peer . Tfii-t nobleman ' s iiaiiiB we have recent ' y observed at meetingheld in Dublia
on ministerial behests . Margaret Tvilhot ( we presum ? the mother of tbe new Pee ) was created Baroness Talbot de Malabide in 18 : J 1 . Ot the wealth or poverty of this family we know nothing ; but as rej-peefs inijiortaDC services to the country , it is sae to conclude that they have not been rendered . According to Sharpen Peerage , a Lady Talbot , who flourished in the fifteenth ceaturv , was '' maid , wifp , and wid-w in one day , " one oi her three husband " , Lord Galtrim , ha ' ving been n-. unlen-d on his wedding-day . This appears the mo ? t remarkable cireum-tance ' in th » kistcrv of th-Alalah de Taibots .
2 . Sir John Stanley , of Alder ' ey , "Baronet , Baioa Stanley . Thus there will be ' two Lords Stanley—as there are two Lords Forte .-que— one the clever Lord Stanley , in the Commons , the otht-r Lord Stanley nf Aklerley , in the Lord * . ' The new Peer is father of the Treasury Secretary and Whipper-in ; who wiil now be " Honourable , ' and in the course of nature " my Lord . " Sir John w u respectable old Y \ kig . When his son sat for the Marquis of Westminscsr ' s borough , Hindon , thciiaronet toadied the Grosvenor family , —as tb ^ y who witnessed ihe proceedings at a county meeiiug at Northwieh , in 18 J 1 , remarked . Except in his own Hfluiedute neighbourhood , few persons ever henrd of Sir John Stan lev .
3 . Henry Vil . ieru Stuart , Baron Stuart , de Defcie * His brother , \ Niiliaiu Vtllierw Stuart , is meniber for Wateit ' . rd e-ouuty . Tbe steady aad valuable aid givm by this f . unily to the Wbi « u , cuun-terat-U the iniere . ' . r m tne Mrtrquis of Watt-rferd . 4 . CharU-H ¥ . Brownlnw , Knrun Lurgan . « ' The glorioux Charlei Brownlow , " h- » he was called , * hen , fw-r-lve years 8 go or tnfre , he de ? eTted orHTlt ;^ - i . Tn and joined the pro-catbo !; c pnrty . He is the chief supporter of the liberal interest in Armagh . 5 . Arthur French , Baron De Freyne , belrngs to a family who tor several generations have pofse .- ed predoniiuant iuttrt . t ia the . county of Eottcommon . TLey are said to owu 40 , 000 acres iu ihe c -unfits ot Roscciuinon ao . a G ^ tway , wbicii descended to them fr » iM an ancestor wt . o went to IreUnd with Sjlfoi'g ' -. ow . ' ¦ *
b \ Ch ipdo' Leig Vi , Barou Leigh . The Stand nil inquires whether tb s U the same u-entlemen of w '* oin the Airorney-Gt-nernl of the time s ; iid , in a Peeagc ease— " My Lord , you wfll a-rer with me that Mr . Leigh hm fully esUb'is \ ied iv cUim V . y the evidence he hasadducrdji ; poHndced a , c | aiin . to the Peerage , but— " However Mr . ' Leigh ha . s now got hi ^ Peerage ; whi < rb he has earned !* y the support ol ¦ Wh igs iuAVarwick * h're , 7 . Paul . Bieiby . Thoaiuaou , Baron Wenlock . Mr . Thfiinp ^ cn . di . « tiu . Kuish « d hi nse , lf by speaking and voting agHiiwt " Appropnarmn , " when fuch a course was esteemed trewbery to the liberal cause . Is it for iht * 8 uperior sagacity be exhibifeii on that occasi m , that th » Whigs- now reward htm with a
coronet j or to console him for his de ' eat iii Ea > t Y ork > hirt ? He is a tnan of large pos e . vions , and a very quiet , inofftnsive person . 8 . Niuholas Kidley Colborne , UaroH Colborne . A bruther of the late Sir MatiLe * Eiiley , who joined Peel in 1833 . He foimeriy rtpresentid WelU in narliiunent , and was always cousid ^ -red a very moderate literal , with strong con ^ rvatiw tendenties . He was named chairman of ihe ltaphael-O Connell C . inm'fee of ir quiry , tn the "Hti .-ifuc ion of both parripx , for b-. ith thought they mi ^ ht have hi . , vote . Should h ^ be found in nppo- » iti- " n o his patrons , no ody wo ' . ilJ be much surp wd .
The li .-. t \* txhanstcd : and it will he seen that , perhaps withsut exception , the nnv peers are respi-ctable men ; also , that they owe their elevation gen- - rally to electioneering interest , not t « their i-r ^ t weulih or s'atiun in the country--still les ^ to valuable [ jnbliu Kervit-e . M . There- is not a name in the catalogue which v * ojld have suggested itself to the public inquiring for men of mark tor the Quten to h « n . ur . Ibe ttitmluril mentions—and we presume
aceuratt-ly —that th » - Whigs have created sixty . om ? Barons since th-ir accession to p-wer iu 1830 , and promoted several of their party who wt-re Peers before ; the promotion * and creatbn * tope her beinfi eighty-one . Yrt it is doubtful whether upon a pu « i ^ in ^ : question ikiey could muster a hundred votes . The liheral parry fan scarcely he said to derive strength tnm new Peerages r-on . erred on A :. ti-Torj Commoners ; for the tendency in Peers , new and old , is strong towards conservatism .
But what renders any iofuwon of liberalism iuto the House of Lords of less conseqjence , is the fact that the House oF Commons is conservative . Were the House of Lords fwamped with liberals , the People ' s House Would maintain '' Fcsa ' tfy . " When th <» pppalar cause is efficiently represented ia the Commons , and in the Ministry , it will be time enough to think of liberalizing the Lords . —Spnctcitur . r
Me K0ethern Star. Saturday, May 11.
ME K 0 ETHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MAY 11 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 11, 1839, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1056/page/3/
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