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THE KORTHERSf STAR, SATUBDAY, JUNE 22, 1839.
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PBICE HAS ENGAGBD MlSS I > VSRA * ITY , gs . MartyB , for the Park Theatre , New York . The H erbixg Fishikg- "has commenced at ffciireo under fa * ourble appearance . Te » t Lasge qnantities of lobsters , crabs , and -grisriiile ? are now exparted from Berwick , by the Ifi zfoz steamer ? . HrRDKR 0 F ^ a- Wbstwood . —No intelligence w jet been discovered of \ hs murdtr of tku gee tinman . " Hr . Thesigir and Mr . Austin a * e reuiced , 5 cocnsei for Mr . CHtc , iu in ,. - Ladlo * elvcaon pedrien . It is reported that Lord Hill is abint to rota * from ihe Horse Guards , acd that his place will Hg taitn bT the Marqui * of Amgltsea . ¦ PiiicK has esgagbd Miss IwSRAaiTY , now _/ * w ; , tnr a . P » rV 'n . A ^ rrp . Kmw York .
The sum realised at Dbtjry-Lanb Thia .-iee for the benefit of tiie widow aed family of the ls » Mr . Havnes Bailey , exceeded four " hundred pounds . Tbe HoV . Charles G-ohb , private secretary to L » rd John Rn ** eil , lias been appointed Commisfloier o : " "Woods and Forests , in the place of SirB . Step hens-os , deceased . Pbixte Milosch is stated bj the dvgtburg Ga zelle , to \ &re crushed a still-born projected lerolcrics , the object ef which waa to hive dtclared tim ibrciate . A Torso Man , of the npjue of Seton , has been tito up for swindling . He assumed the name of is brother , Lieut , W . C . Seton , of the 94 th ( Irish ) reg iment .
MSCLAIR MADE HIS debut at the Park Theatre , >~ ew York , on Monday , April 29 , in R * dweJl ' s opera of the Lord of the Isles , and was well received . lH 5 EXPESSB INCURRED BT M . ACBSA'DY in geaicg up King Henry the Fifth , is not " less than £ 2000 . TftE LOSG CONTEMPLATED M 2 ASUP . E of abolishing the Palace Court is about being- carried into ff ^ , ia consequence of the great failing uff of iasisess in the Court . We axe happy to axkotjxce the capture of i Radian ^ lave-ship by one of her Majesty ' * cnnsirs . The prize is now safely moored in Ports-Eouth harbour . — Ghie .
At THB cosclusios of the grand Maryleboae tad Sussrx cricket match , in Lord's Grounds , a » plencid archery medal was shot for . Some of the ks : archer * in England contended for this prize ; it Ti * woa by Mr . Betty , the celebrated actor . A COMPA . X-Y of the 4 th . battalion of Royal Artillery rmbaried last week far America , on board the Siz-1-e . 'ly transport . Tee troops uoicg oct are to fin cp the casaakies in the duferest detachments Btacssed oa the American eonricent . Akother lamentable accident his hapr ; = ed on the Danube . A letter from Viecn ?
jcnonnees , ce 3 sa : ! ine packet , with sixtybzr pisscsircrs on board , the preater part of whoa were d : owDcd , bat the tpoi where tnis s * d occurlesci tcok place is no : specified . — Galignani ' s iLiUzitger . Thsss is at present a prsrritv of ?* aEen in L ^ r pwl . The * carei tr is chi = 3 y " owiue to the siding hiring been noraeroc » and the arrivals few , the easterly wines bariag new preva ! ed for several veeks . We have hea ^ d of orrjr&rd-bonnd ve ?* el * i ' . Tirg been prevented from sailing for several days fr ; E a wast of hand- * .
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ETATE OP FOU ? lCAZi TSBSJOFQti HeBTETB TTLTIL , GLAMORGANSHIRE . —The a ^ riionicent of Mr . Tinccat and his fellow-patriots hi * been derr : 71 V ] £ D _ r th »; workmen of this place-It is aaraiy a week since the collection tu ? r&rdrf their defence fund has been commenced , and the ViiTzni has at present in hand abon : £ 60 . It is raet to state that many of the middle classes , srch as shopietpers acd publicans , have subtcribrd most ha ; i * 3 ae ! y cowards this case . Indeed these are Terya : asT of them , who are not adrocate * of the Ci 3 r : er . yet 2 are ^ . -iveB msaev towards the defence
ar ^ e se n , aencjr on tne wtlJ known spirit of the _ Et > g ' people of seeing fair-play done , l ^ a no doubt btiicvinfi- there was an earnest tesire on tne part of the great unpaid , to p . ea >« Lord f iaali-y in ta i * matter . Indeed , we Eight say of the cointy of ilonm- ^ uth , that if the loyalry of great folfcs is to be meamred by swagger tn ta . s , aa ; activity and zeal 10 do dirty work , E--a zo ecanry bu ; itself can be iU parallel ; not tag ago one of the worthier , who ia very valiant as 1 = a = of so-= e staadiajt in the connty , coneioded a pinposrG ^ T speech wi ; a these rem . irtable words—I 2 &X . k was necessary to keep their powder dry , and isani thei r horseato stand 5 re .
STocETON-rPON-TEES . —The Chamsts of this ! j : ri := d uwn having presented a requisition to the sayor to ca ' . i a public meerisg ftr the purpose of ask ? tie state of the connty " into consideration , ui his worship havieg thought fit to decline comp . jin ^ with their req-est , t-ry immediately decided c : ea : liag the rneedng themsehes , when thefollow-Js ? re ? 3 ladons were unanimously adopted : —1 . "That this meetjn ? adoo : the Manifesto issued bv
fis General ConTendon- " 2 . " Tbat the past coai-ci sf the Ministers of this country , both Whi « r ^ Tory , ha * been guch as to deprive U 3 of ail eonfideace in them in future , acd we pledge ourshrs to endeavanr to Temove , by all lawful and peaseful meaas , eTcry Ministry that will * ot erast tie just demands of the people . " ' 3 . " That " thi * oeetiag reeoa : nieads : ae immediate adoptioa of extwve d = aliniT , and the instant witkdrawaJ of all oonita from : be Savings ' Banks . " 4 . " That this
C-Sctn ? is ol opinion that th . ? plan of the De ' eg-ares * £ the Geaeral Convention are best calculated to Wore intemal peace , and insure protection from te horrors of foreign invasion . " Bedlikgton . —Toe long-eared gentry who fat-Ss on the labour of the people in this seighbocri » a , seem to have thought that the movement * wid weir itself out and the people once more Kae quietly down into ulav ^ ry . Recent erents , li ^ TeTer , are beginning to convince them that th « E'Tetnent will sot cease nil justice is done to th « the which the blooa
^^ stry . Hence ferocity w-un - 1 pikers are beginning to attack , the champiouB of j ^ e people ' s can * e . " Mr . Cronin baa been die lir > t I Tieim <> f persecudon , so far as the p « tty power of j t « en > ploy era extended , be has been dismissed from 1 ts toiployment ; but even here ? re are gLia t « find tiaiths writhings of the tyrants only place them in * * or ? e position than before , 2 . 4 Mr . Cronin has ^ 0 created Radical schoolmaster , and in tiat opacity will be able to exercise a much greater lad more widessread mflaesee than ever he
"s rcjed before . Onver , too , the fellow at whose fc ^ use the Democrats usually heid their meetings m ke ? a « the said Oliver thought the agitation wouid *} & is j » te , this Oiirer has deprived the people of ^ u « ef his reem , but ia doiaz so it is somewhat *> i * olatory to reflect thai he ako deprived himself ^ the pence of ins people . The viUage i * in a state excitement rarely wirnessed . A fraction of the ^ -called respectables , hoUing midnight conclave to fe ~ ise dark schemes for putting down the spirit of i whil vi
pstr , - ; haaareds of the proinctives tiit in C& light of heaven the shops of every species of ^ ieanen , giving them to understand thai if they a ?« t the support of the people they must not pre-*~ as to set themselves against the people ' s rights . J& >» t of tie tradesmen have become members of the ^ sba and promised to tote for Chartist candidates , *^ affairs are likely to resume their wonted Ci * tcel of quietness , but not that kind of quietnes * * -ich tae " respectables" anticipated . —Northern 1 -&traior
SotTH Shields Female Democbatic Tea . —Oa Tuesday evening la * t , tb « Pemale Political ^ aoa of this place gave a public tea to the friends * & advocates of the People ' s Charter , to which *« stb . Harney , M'Bean , Byrne , and other ? , were CT : 'ted . It having been announced that Mr . Har-Ee T T 5 nld address the people in the Market-place , u « ght o ' elocl , long before that hour a large con-^^ rse of people had assembled , Mr . James Aaams , ^ rrier , was called to the chair , who briefly opened ^ proceedings , and the meeting was addressed * j aack length and with great ability by Messrs . 5 « S * t . M'Bean , and Byrne . The long room be-^ fi f to Mr . Young , in the Market-place , where ^ tea was given , was crowded to excen , » nd T ^ j aad t « go away wh » coald notg&in admittan ce . ^ 4 e motion of Mrs . Greives ; seconded by Mrs . ¦ "f 5 * , Mr . James A . Anderson . chemiBt , was to the
^ a chai r , and the foliovring sentifflents T * given and responded to in . the most entha-2 *^ manner : — " The People , the only legitimate •^ ee of s ^ Tgreign power . " — " The Contention , aud j S *« iy termination to its labours . "—" The Bev . ^*? n Rayner Stephens , and maj he teiumph orer ^» ai oar enemiea . "— " Peargus O'Conaer , Esq . ^ » ay hs defeat his persecutors , the bise , bloody , ^ hrota . 1 Whigs . "— " Dr . John Taylor , and the ? * Deaocrats of Scotland . "— " George Jnlian ^* J > "d the People ' s Representatives of Kew-^^•"— "The immortal memorj of Augustus
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Harding Beaumont , Carlwright , Cobbett , Ha n ^ atld » d depHirfd patriotg , who h ? , ve strcgaljed in the eaase . of the people . "—( D ^ ad silen ce . ) - " The Qui * n , aid may she soon sr-e the nec »* sity ofdi * . nussi . g from Vr Councils both the factor , and of calbngto her aid her petple . " These tenements were responded to b y Me- « rs . Byrne , Hareey , and M'Bcau . A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman , who briefly returned thanks . A violin tand w * a in atteoaauce , and dancing commenced ana wa . s eoautted till a late haur .-2 fevMe / vi Liberator . HaidiacBeamnont C&rtwrsht PoVi >> ptr Hnnt o ,, ^ ^ i nJt ^^ A r ^^ lr . . **!"' 1 * 1 n ? t » ?
Sta » ho ? e -On Frdnr , June 7 , Mr . Knox , deteRite to the General Convention f : r the counrr of Darham , and Mr . Rttves , of Sunderland , held a Cnartist demonstrauon at Stanhope , at the Market Cross , &t eight o'clock . Mr . Reevea opened the business in a speech of impassioned oratory . "With sarcastic bitterness he depicted the wrongs and de-Kradatkn of the toil-cn ^ hed sons of Albion , infiieted by a . heartless , worthless , brainless , moneygrubbin ? , blood-suckiBg , rime-serviDg , plundering , pocket searching crew , the Aristocracy of England . He wu loudly cheered throughout , and clo . « ed an impressive address by introdufisg to the gathering" of 400 the M . P . for the " canny pit-lads , " Mr . R Kdox" of Durham . ( At this stage oi the proceedings a would-be Jack the Charus , kilier
hissed , hooted , and grinned , when the raeetinc , vrith aytlllike terrific thunder , dumb-lounded the ^ Tory - iim-prai « np , moon-struck piece of frail humanity . ) Mr . K . nox stood , he said , the humble but zealous advocate of one of the largest estates in the nation - » he working men , and the determined , unflinching den ^ ancer of the maw-worms who prey acd fatten on the toil of unrepresented industry . In a speech of nearly two hours he traced , in an animating and masterly style , the working of the " system , " with the measure * and objects of ihe Convention . The '' sacred month , " the " run for gold , " and exclusive dealing were powerfully recommended and responded to . The meeting teen separated , acd the white slaves departed to their respective homes " resolved to meet seme itfcer dav . "—Hid .
In-timidatiok—The foil-wing notice to quit was seat to the Political Union of South Shields , on Msnday afternoon : — " Dear Sir , —Two or three persons have hinted to me this morning , -which hint I have every reason to believe is from an influential quarter , that if y « ur meetings are continued at our house , that in all probability onr license wiil he suspended ; therefore , consulting our own interest , we will feel obliged by your providing yourseives with another room elsewhere . I am vours tra y H . A . Bottley . " » Mr . Greivcs . for the folmca ! UBi- > n . "—On Monday evening , the ruom in question was garrkonvd by Mr . Robb , captaih of the police , in South Shields , Rtd a number of middle class men . - Northern Liberator .
Seasam Hakbocr . —A meeticg wu held ic this place , at th- froc : of the Terrdce , on Tuesday l =. * t . Tot-re was a large attendance , and the me 5 u 'Eg was ably acdrrs-ed by . Mr . Mon ' a . ue , of Seahair > , Mesirs . Binns and OTs ' eii , of Suudcriaze . Ibid . GATESiiE ^ D .-On "Wednesday erecinp , a large siteung nf the workirg cl ^ . 'Si-s w ? .. s held at the ue ? . d of Oakweilgate . " Ths meeting was ab ! v addressed by Hr . Embie ' . on , who went over t > ie pohita of the Charter , and ckariy explained their justk-i ana r-ectsjity . Mr . Cleugh , local Baptist Preacher , followed in a splendid strain of eioqoenr-e , and -hewed -the base injustice and crueln ,- of tho § e
wno at preseat arrogae the entire c ;> ntroul of the pebiic bi # " iDe ? 8 to them selves . Mr . C . brought the whole artillery of the Bible and Chri-. tin .-iry to .. ear again , t the Gud ! e » s oppre « sor !< of the poor , with is ability acd effect wbicb we have rarely ^ c en eQ -iiLed . Toe o ! 2 rottei ; sjs-em of corrupr m ^ y wel l tremble in its darkest recrfse * Evtry locality ii pouring out it > thou * acis xr , tb « combat o : ' righteou ? i ) Ps « , whilst from th * coal pit and the farnaee men start forth and display power * to rou * e , and intellect to guide the people '? efiergiss . "VVe can hardiy heip laaghint' when ire find the poor "Whiij and Tory paid hireling , of the ^ ress tt llicg tfct-ir delcdf-d foliowem that rhe
aeitation i « subsiding-. V »' hy , the men of the Tyn-Tand Vieir never prerented » uch a front of deUnnination a < 5 they present at present ; and so convinced are they of their po- * -er to have everything honrstlv aad « peed : iy settled , tha- the very womea ar ^ ex " - claiming against u » for trifl rj g so iouz . Tbe soonsr Lord Fir . aiity sets about eoF . cedine Universal Stffrage the better for bimself , as nothing It ?? - not a ^ sir git jet—will do , and that , too , rifkt sai&enly . Mr . Harney wa ^ alsa presenr , ai : n addressed the meeting at con-icerable l-ct'th . whic . i gto-d firmly to the end of the proeeediosrs , loudly cheering at int . rvaJs , though the Tain tame down sma-tly on their unshcitfirec : h ^ ad * . — Kvrfhern LibrrclijT .
Ol '» £ bcbx . —On Thursday evening a lar ^ e cutdoor meetiDi : of rhe inhabitants of this disrrict was held a- tbe Baila-t Hi ' : l < . A waggon surmounted bt bancers , & ., formed a platform , fr ^ m whicn the speakers sddre .- « ed the numerous and enthu-ia < 'tic i c-roffd . Mr . Soutbtra , lo : g and creditably dijtin-, paished a > Srcref ? . r _ v to the Shipwrights' Union , was ; unanimously called to the chair , and opeccd ice ; roeeedmg * in a clear asd argunientitive ad .: re >» , l and wag followed by Mr . Armstrong , in a « ; eech : little calnciated to serve t > e tvracts . Mr . Harru-v
then adcreised the assetr > b ! a ? e for a eosv . derabte time , and was loudly cheered torougbout , though the rain was descendin g in copitfu ? i'ho ^ rer !' . He moved a resolution in favour of exclc-ive dealing , which was seconded by Mr . Thora&son . At tbi' perioJ the shovrer became a torrent , and tbe mettin ? we « adjourned to Mr . NichoUoii ' B large room , where Mr . T . resumed his discourse , and with great ability reco nun ended the resolution . Mr . Devyr Fpok » in support of the resolurion at considerable length , which was put from the chair and carried unanimously . Toiinks having bt ^ n voted to tbe oSairihat active and democrat returntd
man , lone-tried thanks in energetic terms , aiid the meeting quietly dispersed . We should here remark , for thf hon-ur of tbe chairman , that at a « early stage of tbe proceedings , a drunkard , probably charged fcr the occasion by some Tory-Whig , frequently att-mp ' . ed to int « rrupt tbe speaker * , and kick up a row . The chairman , hovrerer , cau » ed the servile delicqu ^ nt to be haudea to the police , by whom he was iju ' -e-Jy trsnsferred to " durance vile" in the Stationhouse . We must add , that the democratic . spirit of the men of this district is rapidly en the improve . — Ibid .
Swiltell . —Oa Tuesday evening , a thuadering meeting of the ha . rfiV productive * of tins important village was held in the open air . The pauiouc band was put in requisition , together with Sum *! half a dozen banner ? , a procession was formed , and marched through tbe various streets to the sound of martial and patriotic airs , whilst cannon were fired at the procession rcicaed different points . The whole village was on the alert ; aad when crowded in front of the platform , the dense mass occupied a rpact of forty yards by twenty-seven . Mr . R . Ayre , of Newcastle , council delegate for Swalwell , took the chair , and Mr . Turnbull , local preacher and Mc-retary to the union , moved the first
resoluiion . In the course ef his eloqoent observation . " , Mr . T . detailed the cruelty of the iocal Guardiauc of tbe Poor in removing the a ^ ed paupers from th-. ir village , aad immuring ; hem in a prison workhouse in the parish of "WMekkazn . I vi-rited the aged nurer&blts a few nays afterwards (> -aid Mr . T . ) , and when ihey saw me they burst into tears . 1 kno * not , he continued , whether taey have met their deaths by foul mean 3 ; I know not whether they were poisoned by amixture of ski . ly and ro ^ in ; I knovf not whether the foui air of their prison-house acted upon them as apestilenee ; I ksow not whether their heart * were broken by being parted for ever from &U they loTed on earth ; but this I know , that
few of them at thi 3 moment snrme to tell their unhappy tale . ( Great sensation . ) Mr . T . concluded a speech of much force and purity , by moving the following resolution : — " That this meeting has full confidence in the National Convention , and pledges itself to assist them in obtaining the People ' s Charter— peacpably if we can , forcibly if we must . ' " The resolution was seconded by Mr . Bell , and carried unanimously , amid load acclamation . Dr , Hume ' , in a speech of great vigeur and perspicuous reasoning , moved the second resolution , as follows
— " That this meeting is determined to adopt the system of exclusive dealing , and aot support any shopkeeper who sea himself in opposition to tbe people ' s rights . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . Devyr , and carried amid loud cheer * . Thanks were then voted by- acclamation to the chairman , who briefly and appropriately replied , and the meeting left the ground with band playing and colours flying . The Newcastle visitors partook of the hospitality of that thick-and thin old Democrat , Mr . Rob * on , and returned to Newcastle at a late , © r rather an early hour . —Northern Liberator .
" WiiiLATOS . —On Saturday evening , the hardy aad determined men of this place , assembled to receive Dr . Home , Mr . Haraey , and Mr . Cnarlton . As oeaal the patriotic band was at the post of duty , aad the whole village was on the qui rive . Even the shepkeepenj gave various signs of compunction for their evil doings . Probably they have been awakened to a sense of their foiiy by a jiint-Btcck shop , which has existed for ma » y weeks in
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the village , and which affords every man who pat ? in ] 0 . « . no less than 12 * worth of hou * ehoid stuff " a : the shopkeepers' prices . However th' « mav he , we are giad to nete that the haughty soeer of the middle class has faded to a serious , bordering on the woe-besoti * , expression of countenance , as if their boldest thought were as Burns has it ** a hank ^ nDsr sw ither To stan' orrin . " A p' » ee « Mon was formed , and , when Rrrived at the ptece r > f mteticg , there were over 1 , 000 people <> n tke p-ouKil . who listened with the greatest attention acd enthusiasm , wbiint the foilnwiug rcsoloti > n < were abiy recommended b y the respective ' ¦ peakf-rr : — 1 . " That this meeting hereby express tbeir determination to aid and anxitc in obuinin " L ., ,, , tne vlll ? - ? e- and vrhieh affords every man who nat ?
the People ' s Charter without dtiuy , pt-r . e-. fullT if they can , but forcibly if they must . " 2 . " That in order the more fully to carry the foregoing resolution into effect , this meeting deems it advisable to form a Female Political Union ; and the females present hereby pledge themselves to kecome members of and to support the said union . " 3 . " That the men and women of Wiulaton having tbe most uabounded confidence in G . J . Harney , do hereby re ^ crn him as their representative in the Convention and are determined to support him by all pecuniary and rcoral means , or by their right arms if neces ' - Bary . " The above resolutions were all carried by acclamation . Thank * being voted to the Wjulaton band , and the chairman , ( Mr . Wilkinson , ) the meeting wpiraved . — Sortktrn Liberator .
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HOUSE OF LORDS .-Thursday , June 13 . Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from trie Lanao-m prisoners , complaining of the arbitrary ana illegal manner in which thty had been treattd . Lord REDESDALE proposed the second reading of : he Clerks' of th * Peace Bill , but it waa opposed scd negatived . r Lord DEN . MAN said that , in consequence of the amendments made b y the Commons to the 'Borough Courts Bill , be should not pras that ^ easuie , but that he should introduce anothe r BiU in a form which he hoped would be lees exposed to objection . ¦ .
Earl STANHOPE then presented important penuoiH from clergymen of fivrt adjoining parishes in the coiinty of K ? nt , from Thomas Coombs , &c , c . mpldimn i of the provisions and operation of the 1 o ;» r L-iw ArcecdrDeiit Act . His LorJslii p entered into mtereeting and impressive details upon the subject . r _ The petitions gav ? rise to some desultory discussion , m vfi-icb the Dr . kfsof I < ic ! iinon . i aud U'dlington . Lf . ri BroBahaia . < tc . took part . 1 Lfii Lordships af : ervrards ttdjonriied .
Friday , June 14 . The rsyai assent was given , by commission , to severai B . l ' s . ch : » rlv private . Lord MtLBOL ' K . NE , in hniwer to an inquiry fcvm Lora yrougbam , said that be still entertained : i lio ^ e that pence m iLe Kist wou'd be preserved na ^ H f f tla : co intelligt-ncc uf auy collisiou had oeou rt-reiv . J , although affnirs wore a more menacing ttutude . the r . . .: i v . f II ALDINGTON , a petition fenvi ^ g be ? u r ; -.-uUd .-- ! j . iruiire ; t&e printiug of tho Bible macoibn-.:. a * k-.-. i . aft .-r the expiration o ! thp txisting patent , wbai 0 jurs * - : hc Guvi-rumeat inteadedto niir-* ne on tt ;> fiiV-jfct .
LjrdMKI I ; -Jl HNE repeated , what was heretoforo * i ;; t .-d i : i tin .- ( . \> niniv ^» l > y Lord J . IIuk-bII , that . Y- aii ? enients would b j made to secure the purity of tile pan tine and it- eh-apnes .-. by meats oi a . corporation commuted icr th . ic purpose . eon-sL-tiag o f ihe UrJ A ^ vi-au ' , the Moderator or th G .-neral Aslemoly , ; vo diviueb , aiid two laymen ol the Church ofSscotlaud . etc The Mnrqui * c NORMANBV , in answer to Lord l * roug .. v . r . f inquiry , i-mi that tne Government h&a airecieu .-. ttcntioa to the ; condition of tho .-e neTod ^ who vere ucable to t mik ; r * te to p ) ac-, s where ampler wi . ges w .-re to br » yrocu ; ed ; but it win * Imped that tne ioc « u a .-- < e ; c ' w : ie « ^ oiid be induced to revise their law < on the jiubj-ct . Tnsir Lor-Js ^ . p ^ thtn adjourned till ^ Monday .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Thvrsdny , June 13 . Mr . DILLON BROWNE presented a petition from the " Archbishop of Tuam , ' « fcc . Mr . LAW obj-cted to tha petition on th « ground of me iileganty ot \ hc deycnpiiou , as no koinan Catholic i > allowed to assume tiictuieol Arclibiahop i / r Jtiirhup o ; iny diocese . Mr . D . HRO ' . VNE .-aid that the eigttatura wa < "Jonn M-Hu . e , ' and inat lie had erased , with the doctor ^ kaw , thft i : ccjnif . ariyiug deecripiion of Arcnbl ot lean
: > -.. p , ' in or . ier to give m > cause f . -r-idieiucBsiioa ; " bac , lie snbsequentiy stateu , ut'tadun autiumy jrom Dr . M ' rlale Ij withdraw : iic ) a :: a 10 tht- tjLt ; < i Archbish p of Taam , the a ^ enpf . " -. ! that tvasretaiut .-d in tbe hcadin" of tne petition . ° Lord J . RUSSELL opposed its reception . After coLeiderd . b . 0 di-a-assiua on tl ; e point , the tide bring thus ciaiiced , the House divided on the que » Uoii " tba : ttc petition do liv ? oa the table , " and me motion ww negatived , tlio nucibcrs being
AJ ^ 82 Noes 1 G ., M . - . jority against it £ J Th <» petition vfa * co ^ se-iuentiy rejected . Mr . LAW gave nouco th . it ou Monday next , as the ordrr o [ tLe day , he fhnuld movo " that tho Metropoii-. ari Police Courts B . ll be committed that dav > -ix months . Lord J . RlSsELL , in answer to inquiry from Mr . Hodijes , said that it was the intention of Goveroraett to introduce a Liil to amend and explain the TitL « f ( Jommutatioa Act . < Lord J . RUSSELL : > aid that he wonld move the third reading of the Jamaica Enactments Bill ou Monday , instead ot this - ' ay , as previously arranged , aud tiiut i ; e wculd propose the "Education Vote " on Fridav .
Lord STANLEY afterwards £ -a * e notice that on that occasion ho wouid move an addroas to her Mfijeny v > rf \ cka tbe order in council for the formatiuii o' a bcaru lor ihe superintendence of national education . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER , in answer to Sir \\ . Somcrville , said thftt it was his ictentioa to introduce a bili on the subject of bankicg ( Ireland ) as soon as b . y had tie opportunity . vv Sir H . PEEL stated that the sense of tha Houne would be t * k' -n , ou the third reading of tbe Jamaica Bill , to omu : ne whole of the first clause . Lcrd J . itUSfeELL , aiter fvbantioisiDg th 9 two resolution * , move q lor leave to bnng in two bills oil the subject ol tie Canada * , consi erabl y ditferine however , from what was previously inteuded
. lue .. letropoiis Police Biil was cousidered in commiitee at gwui length , occupying a large portion of the remainder of the silting . The report wrj presented . r The House went into committee on the Imprisonment for Dobt Act Amendment Bill , in which proviaon wm made , on the moti on of Mr . JBA 1 NES « econd .-d by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL , "to ' give opportunity for insolvent debtors to tender snreties in the places where they had been imprisoned , instead of bcin fc' compelled to attend in London . 1 he Windsor Castle Stables Bill went through comiaittee ; and the other orders wero diaposcd of alter wiacL tht House adjourned .
Friday , June 14 . The gallery was Dot opened until twenty-fivo minutes pait lour . The object which immediately attrac : ed _ attention was the National Chartist Petition , which had been previously brought into the House , and placed on the iloor near to the lower end of tbe iront opposition benchrg , where Mr . Thomas Attwood had taken his seat . It appeared ' to have the circumrerence of a carriage wheel , and was rolled soholy round a strai ght axle , supported Dy transverse uprights at each end . " Mr . T . ATTWOOD nwe , and was received with cheera . He said , in riding to present thia very extraordinary aud important petition , he was aware that the rules of the Hou ^ e would not allow him to
enter upon any general statement on tke subjeel to which it referred , nor to go into a defence of the great principles which were there set forth . ( Hear . ) He BbouW , therefore , endeavour to kee ' p strictly within the rules prescribed by the House , as the proper lice of conduct to be observed by Members on presenting petitions , and confine himself to a statement of the eubstaixe and contents ; and then perhaps , the House would indalge him by permiu ting him . to Bay a few -worcb ( cries of " no , no !"; a lew words only—in explanation of tte circumstances as regarded his own personal position in connection with the Petition . ( Hear , hear . ) The Petition originated in the town of Birmingham . It was adopted there at a very numerous meeting on the
b : h ot AHgu « t , last year . Having been so adopted , it was then lorwarded to Glasgow , where , in a short time , it received no less a number than the signatures of £ " , 000 hones r , industrious men ; and it afterwards received the signature * of nearly the same number at Birmingham and the neighbourhood of that town . He held ia his hand a list of 214 towns and villages , in different parts of Great Britain , where the Pcution Lad b * en deliberatel y edopurd and signed ; and it was noir pre ^ -nted to that House with 1 . 2 b 0 , 000 signature ? , tie result ol not less tkftn 500 public meetings , which had been held in support of the principlas contained in tins Petition . A t each of thoie ia ^ etisgi there had been oue universal nnxions cry ef distresis—distress , he must say , long dkr ^ rde-i b y tLat House , ye : ex-
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istingjfor many year * --dijtre& . wV . icn'fcad cati ^ eJ mack discontent amongst the working people , and which discontent waa created by tLo long ' sufferings and grievances which that claaa of the people N hd endured , and so long utterly disregevrfied by the people ' s representatives in that House . ( Ordrr . order . ) He hoped the House wonl 4 listen to wJ-at he said , and would afford due attention to & Petition so universa . ly signed ; that the Hous * wouW not say , becau » e the potitioners wera merely .-humble working mm , that their opujiong ghould ' bri disreg « rded , and that their grievances should not be considered and redressed . ( Hear , hear . ) Htj sincere v trusted that such would not bo the cas * . Jt wou ) d brt a most H-rioii * grievance and offence to thr-H people who eigned tta PeUrion , if such were to be the result in the presence oftheirdel-sateAwho had . ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ whng-for many yeari-dijtress wWcW ' fcArf oa ,, i » . i
, been allowed to b . " present to witness its presentation : and it would be most painful for him ( Mr . Attwood ) to have to state ? uclt a result , and to carry back a . report to those who had entrusted the Petition to bw hands , that it had been treated with any symptoms of disregard or < iisr cpe » t by that 3 ouse . The men who signed the Petition were honest and industrious—of sober and unblemished character—men who have uniformly discharged the duties of good membars of society and loyal subjects , and who had always obeyed the laws * Gentleman enjoying the wealth handed down to them > y hereditary descent , whose want « were provided or by the estates to which they succeeded from their forefathers , ootild hnv © no idea of the privations suffered the
by working men of this country . Yet at all the meetings which had been held , the persons attending them had confined themselves strictly to the legal pursuit of their constitutional rights , for the parpose of remedying the extreme sufferings which they had endured so many years . They had 3 een no attempt to relieve them , whether hand . loom weavers , artisans or agricuUurs . Uo . boureTH —no matter what they might be , still there was no Telief . They met with no support , or even sympathy from that honae ^ and therefore they felt themselves bound to exercise every l « gal and constitutional effort within their power to recover the whole of their constitutional rights . AH that those honbst men said was , that the members of that House bv
birth , parentago , habitttof life , wealth , and education , had not shown that anxiocy to relieve tha KuflVrings and redress the wrong * of the working classes , which they believed to be their rights , ea enjoying the privileges of British Hubjects . Therefore they had adopted the extreme course of entering upon that separate course , with the view of endeavouring to recover thofie ancient privileges which they believed to form the original and constitutional ngbt ef the Commots of Engand ; For many years they had hoped and trusted that t , uch an ellort ou their part would not be needed . They hoped it might be spared , and they placed thuir coundence in that hopw to the protection which they looked for , and which they were tauifht to exDect
they should receive at the hands of the gentlemen of England . ( Hear , hear . ) He should now read a brief extract from the petition . It stated that they only sought a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work ; ana tUat if they could not « ive them that , and food and clothing for their families , then " they said they would put forward every means which the law showed to change the re presentation of that house : that they would uss every effort to act upon the electors , acd that b y these means ultimately , reason tha . working upon ii'flueuce , they should prodnce such a change as 'vonld enable them to succeed in the accomph-hraeat of their news and wishes . Ht » trusted in God they would » um-ed aud obtain rII tho objects sought lor ic the petition . ( H ar ) The
. first thing sought for by th-se honest men , every one of whom produced by his labour four times more to the country than they a >» ked for in exchange , was a fair subsistence—and yet their country refused them one-founh of the value of their labours . Notoulv did the country do that , hut-some of tham had only three days' wages in the week , and hundreds o , ' them wero p « ymg 400 per cent , increa *? an debt * and taxt-s . Such bteiug the case , the hous * would not be aurprioed that these honest mm should have used rather strong language under trying cireuwstances . The first clause of th -i peliion was f'r Unireraal Suffrage ; that representation should be co-equal with taxation—the ancient oonBtitutioii'l law ol Eugland . It said that they had been bowed
down to the earth for a series of year * . That capital produced no profit—tbat labour afforded no remuneration . They came , therefore , before the House to say that the ca pital of the master must not be deprived of dne reward—that the labourer must nave a retarn in wages for his labour—aad taut the laws which made m . m-y dear and labour cheap myg t be abolished . The petition next demanded Universal Saflrage , in the laujcuage of their forefathers , a . s expressed in tho celebrated petition of right . Then it showed that the constitution guaranteed freedom of election , and contended that to secure freedom of election , Vote b y Ballot waa absolutely necessary , and therefore Vote by Ballot was a constiratioual ri ght . ( Cheers . ) It fortht-r declared that agreeably to ta « act * of settlement , Parliaments were ordered to be triennial , Or more irequent ; and therefore the petition aski > rifnr Am . ii » l
Fwhamentn . Th * n it declared that members should be p * id for their attendance in Parliament—( lftnghter )—as wjw the caS < r in the days of AmirewMarveL end as he might i > ow easily establish if he thoueht proper in Birmingham . That was the ancient law Members were paid by those who sent them to Pur- " hament , and the petitioners were of opinion , until that right was restored , they should not Have members who womld properly fcel and understand the wants and real interests of the people . The fifth demand was thatthe Property Qualincation of member * should be abolished . In all taesa iive points te ( Mr . Attwood ) most cordially agreed , and ho most . sincerely hoped that by the progress of public opinion the day might not be distant when the wnole of those iive points would be granted to tlie people : and that they would have them in full weight and measure , and no mistake abuut the matter . ( Cheers and laughter . ) '
Sir G . H . SM \ 1 H rose to order . Tha Honourable Member had transgressed the rubs of the House . 11 was a distinct rule of tho House that no ft ] ember should make a speech on presenting a petition- ( oh , oh!)—and he could not believe that any Member , wiia that ridiculous piece of machinery , wonld be permitted to adopt a course that had been uniformly refused to himself and others . (* ' Chair , " a n * " order . " ) The SPEAKER , as the Honourable Member had appealed to him , must certainly say that n-Member had a right to speak at any length on--presenting » , petition . But whan the House considered the circumstances of the case , and the position in wnich the Honourable Member was placed , perhaps they would see that there were grounds for Kraniiiii ? some indulgence in the matter .
_ Sir G . H . bM \ TH , as an individual , must enter his protest against the course adopted by the Hon Member for Birmingham . ( Oh , oh . ) . Mr . ATTWOOD said he w * , thankful for the indulgence extended to him , and would only trespass a few minutes louder upon the attention of the House . ( Hear , hear . ) But he wished to say a tew words m explanation of his own peculiar situation . Although he most cordially supported the petition , was ready to support every word contained in it , and was dBtermiDea to use every means in his power in order to carry it out into a law , he must say that many reports h * l gt > n « s abroad in regard to arguments said to have been used in support of the . petition on different occasions , which he distinctly
disavowed . ( Hear . ) H « never , ia the whole courss of nis ute , recommended any means , or inculcated any doctrine except peace , law , order , ' loyalty , * arid union , and always in good faith , not holding one face out of doors and another in that Hcm . se—( cheers)—but always in the same manner , and in the same feeling , lairly and openly doing all that he could as a man , a patriot , and a Christian , to work out the priuciples which he maiotaiaod and to support the views of the petitioners . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He washed his hands of any idea , of any appeal to physical force . ( Cheers . ) He deprecated all such notions—he repudiated all talk of arms —( hear , hear !)—he wished for no arms but the will of the people , legally , fairly , and
constitutionally expressed —( cheer *)—and it tha people would only adopt his views aad respond to his voice—if they wouldseud up similar petitions from every parish in hngland , and go on uising every argument which justice , reason , and wisdom dictate , they would create snch an action ou th » public mind , which would again act upon the members of that housethat giving doe allowance for the prevalence of generous feeling among English gentlemen and the English people , if the people would act in that wanner , it they proceeded wisely and discreetly , washing their hands of-all insolence and violence—he was confident they would ultimately secure the attentive consideration of that H ouse . Having said so much , he should now read the prayer of the petition which was to the following effect : — " That it might please their honourable house to take the petition iato tkeir most confede
sonous ration , and to Bge their utmost endeavour to pass a law granting to errry man of lawful age , sound mind , and uncontaminated by crime , the right ef Voting for Members to serve in Parliament ; that they weuld caase a law al » o to b « passed giving the right to Vote by the Ballot j that the duration of Parliament * might in no casa be of greater duration than one year ; that they would abolish all Property Qualifications to entitle parties to sit in their honourable house ; and that all members elected to sit in Parliament should be paid for their services . ( Cheers . ) . He would trespass no longeron their time , but moved that the Petition be now brought up . This produced loudlaughter , from the gigantic dimensions of the Petition . Thehonovtrable . member then speedily unrolled a ^ snmcient portion of it to enable him to place ono extremity of it on the clerk ' s table .
Mr . FIELDEM supported the prayer of the petition . . Mr . ATTWOOD raced that the pod lion be printed , —Agreed to .
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Tha SPEAKER asked if the Honourable Member lut ^ nred to found acy motion on the petition ? Mr ; AT J WOOD said he did ; and bagged to < rive npfico that in che conrse of text we ^ k , on the first opportunity , and on ths question of going into ft coiniriittee ot supply , h » should move that the House re * o ] v , » itself mto a coiumittee of tiie whole House , for-the . purpow- of taking the pptition into consider . iijon . Thtt petition was than taken from the Honse , and it required twelve or fourteen men to carry it . Many petitions w--re afterwards pre « emed , chit-fly agaiast the Government Plan of National Educatir ) ii . vi ,, ' ebritrb -.. i . i .,.,., ,. ..
Lord ASHfiEY / iRid , with reference to the " call of the House , " his object had been answered by securing a full attendance of members ; he , therefore , would not trouble the House by enforcing the call . ¦ - - ¦¦ ' . Lord J . RUSSELL , "instead of moving that the Hoase , at it * rising , do adjourn till Monday , moved that it be till three o ' clock o . u Saturday , to enable the Select Committee on Printed Parliamentary Papers to make a report . Lord STANLEY , on the question that the House resolve into a Committee of Supply , moved , by way of Amendment , that an address be presented to he ' r Majesty to revoke the Order in Council of the 10 th of April ., 1839 , appointing a committee of council to superintend the application of any sums voted by Parliament , for the purpose of promoting publie education .
Itled to an extended debate . Lord MORPETH opposing , and Lord ASHLEY anpporting the motion . 'They - were followed by Lord F . Egerton , Mr . Slaney , * n <* Sir W . Janes . Mr . WYSE , at midnight , moved the adjournment of the debate . On which the galleries wore cleared for a division ; but , though the strangers were but for some time , none took place . Th © debate , however , was adjourned , after much conversation , until Wednesday next . The Houi < e wa « , after having disposed of several orders , counted out . " Saturday , June 15 .
Lord HO WICK presented the second report of the printed papers committee regarding th-j ca * e of " Scockdale v . Hansard . " The substance , so far as it could be collected from the clerk ' reading of very defective manuscript , appears in tha Parliamentary Report .
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THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE AND THE BALLOT . For some time past this beldame ban been so big with the fate of England , and the Whigs , that , upon her confinement , we were led to expect the ctroing of a second Daniel . The event has taken place ; and behold , however , instead of a Daniel , or even a meuse , the mountain has produced a rattrap . "We could be facetious with the Chronicle
upon the subject ; but really , when »« consider that George Henbt Wahd is Editor of that Paper , and also a Member of Parliament , whom report would palm upon us as a Liberal one , we must merge ridicule in reflection , and ask , seriously , whether or not this gentleman is a specimen of that class upon whoie faith we aTe to " sink ill minor differences , and uuite as Reformers for one practical object . "
Upon the questions of the Ballot and Triennial Piuments Mr . "Ward now asks us to unite with the most liberal section of the finality-mongeT *; and we have a right to hit him hard ; for though vanquished at Shtffietd , be has challenged us once again to the « ombat . We had some difficulty in rescuiDg tee conficing working clashes from the snares which were laid for them in the paper calling itself " The People ' s Paper ; " and as we have happilj rescutd them from the danger , it is but right that we should point tut tha fate which they haye bo narrowly
escaped . For seme time past Vr aed -and his party have been beating about the busb , how they could ubuse the Whigs , without weakening them , and vote for them without being liable to the charge » f inconsistency . The point if at last hit , upon which all can agree , without compromise ! And what is it ? Why , that the Rasters will allow their alaYes . to openitheir mouths , and the Ballot is to be an ope ^ qujBStion , while the-Whigs are to remain a clo » corporation .. But mark ; the
most flattering anticipation of tbe unmuzzled « rew "It will be most disgraceful to tha Liberal patty if the minority falls short of 235 , 'Vquoth Mr . . Ward . What then ; we are to commence with flattering minorities ; and when the farce has beeu twice or thrice repeated , w « are to have the swagger of disappointment , as a rallying point . lor another more practical section of Reformers . We have given above the concluding sentence of Mr . Ward's Ballot-bait , and let us now comment upon the first paragraph .
" We stated last we * k , " says the Member for Sheffield , " that after a period of painful indecisioB , the course of tha Government was at length decided ; and we added , with infinite satisfaction , that it was a course in which we could cordially concur . " What , than , is the course in whioh « ' we cordially concur" P Why , nothing more or less than the
determination of a Whig Government to hold oflioo by allowing a set of knaves and trafficking politicians to hoodwink the country , by supporting a Ministry in general deprarity , which has merely changed its opposition to the Ballot from ipwtixt to a negative character ; thus ensuring certain damage for mere speculation ; and which , if Buccessfuf , we would scout as a Whig mask .
It never has been our lot toread amorewi 9 hy-washy piece of rubbiuh than , th « . article upon which we are reluctantly compelled to waste our time . As the Whigs naye not the turns to practice one goed delusion at a time , they invariably weaken it by th « addition of a bad juggle ; as in tbe present instance Ward has mixed up the Ballot with Triennial Parliaments . Now let our readers bittow a little reflection upon Triennial Parliament * . Frequency of settling
accounts is paraded a » an / essential : and we agree , provided we had ' any sTiarfe in the settlement ; but inasmuch' as we , who ' are creditors t « a large amount , we , upen those settlements ' , invariably made to appear as debtors , we rather prefer their postponement' according to Whig " arithmetic . Elections since . th » , - , Reform Bill . have been more frequent than triennial , and let us test their value by the result . The Parliament of 18 S 2 was more Radical than the Parliament of 1835 , and tbe Parliament of 1885 was more Radical than that
of 1837 . Here then are three Parliaments in foor years and six months , from December 1832 to July 1837 , and what has been the affect ' ? ... Why the very best men who were returned upon the eream of the Reform Bill were ousted upon the first opportunity ; and their defeat has operated as a powerful corrective and sedative upon those who were previously Radicals . The best were ousted , and the second best were made Whigs by example . So much for frequent elections with the present el « ctors . We have always stated that the'House , bad as it is , and Heaven knows it is as bad as needs be , in
more than a liberal representation , of the opinion ef the constituent body . Year after year they have been pruning . In 1835 ; Shabman Crawford was expelled , or the fouHdatioa . of hig-expulsion laid . Roebuck waa otafrd ;¦' F ^ rrHjhi . t was ousted ; Major Beauclerk was ousted ; and those were the four most Radical members in the House . In 1837 , many were intimidated from earning forward ; and many more changed their tone from a dread of the charge of liberality . Iu 1839 , Mr . Smith O'Bridn , one of the most uprighc infen in . existence ! ' . is threatened " with ex-
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pulsion for having , manfully done hia duty ; and therefore before . any . defence can be set up for trienninl parliaments , advance ia liberality must he proved upon behalf of the tiectOTg ^ "We' very freely grant that ' a . diisojutrpu upon , tbe question of the Ballot , would . fee a- popular measure , if we Radica l * were out at the way ; Because as a natural . consequence , / tne electors '" voting : for their own di * - Kuine would be very liberal to them « elves ; but the adoption of the Bai-Jot by the constituent body rather proves their desire for irresponsibility than their love of liberality . Mr . Ward anticipates that a dissolution and an election upon the rat-trap , would give the Whigs an accession of 65 , thereby inerea . * * v . mm mnnn n iiwurwa - ¦ - ¦ ¦ ^ ~ " ^~ ¦ - —¦ J ¦ - ^
» mg the Ballot « minority" to 300 . ShaUow Mr . Ward ! Do you , either imagine , that we are going to reit satisfied with minorities upon delusion , or that the country maybe tricked into confidence in old offenders by the refuge which love of office has eeropelled them to seek in deception . Try the country , and mark if the jsword will not prevail against the scabbard . We regret that onr opponent did not wait for our article « f last week , for therein he would have found his flimsy advocacy of the Ballot anticipated , and mnasbed to atoms . We Bhall hare insert three badly written paragraphs from the Chronicle , all being repetitioii of the old twaddle about " union of Reformers , " « Radical measures , " " fitting time , " and God knews what .
They go on thus : — » k " . < * ? " ? f > rte w > a satisfaction to tu to reflect that , Iroiu « he hret hour of ito birth until the last ofita dwastr # u » exwu-uce , wohave wsged war against this heresj , in wh » tev « r , hape it ha . appeared . We were the fir t to ' d " nooace Lurd Juhn KttaseU ' . aBciaratHm jn 1 K 37 . yVeexprewed it * . *?! " ^ . ' , mthont « qu > vocalioR or reaervs , our conviction £ L « T ? conwqnence . to whicfc » pe / scv ^ wnw in tha " " h * I 1 ? led 1 ?? * 81 »~ never » aidor ihoughtor ¦
,,, , :.. , . , , r ^ ih ? " h « n » ? ! adiU ^ »» v * uu «* nbould bectaSliahed , by whioh all KeWeTS . hould fee bound . Thui wonld be to Lutntltttie tioality iq another shape for the finality of which vve havejust ™ t nd , « ig to wt up a Badicl Uox / agaiMt the doxy ot the Whig * . W » wi , U toi uoiixiug ol the kind . We wwU to hud out , hot the l > oim » upou which Reiiwiauw diner , batitt . point , upon which they can agree ; aud to induce all to atiie w-. tu us in the endeavonr to carry certain Jhingswhicu we believe to be atonca practicabU , andesaential tu the advance of the poimlar cause .
Jn this there must be wme « yttem , —soina concert , —some rule . JSn |< laadunotacoantr / U which great ciiancea can be effected at once . LordDurhaw , whom vreregara as the hoiUMtMt , and boldest of that Liberal Ariitociac / , to wanv nie . Mberaol which Kngland owes a debt ol gratitude , which < mght not to be ellaced by an errors , or ' obstinacy , 011 the part of that br « ich of the Legislature collectivdy , lo which th . ; y bel ^ uft .-hos always opUeld the necesaity oi njakiutf mutual conceanlun * where dificrences of opinion , exist amongae Menwho ct their neral
, coB » r m gc- principles , alihciigh tney niay diflerm- degree . In this Lord Durham is riJht ; but practical men , wishing to act together as a parly , luust d « more . 1 1 * , moat 100 k not merely to their own opinions , aud desires , but U tho thmgs , for which the country !* prepared . In stnviug to l . ad opinion , they must not t > ro < wv $ with so much VTL-wpitauon , as to throw opinion back . They laoat give time for facts , and experience , to work ; anu d « moi « tnto D ^ the adviniages of the one step , the desirableness of those that are tu come .
Lpon this principle , we are prepared to maintain that those whogofarthmtui their nllenor views . -those , who look to ihe kelortu Bill as but a first atop , . , a wm . il » tep i ,, the greater chaLges , which they desire , and deswn , —may with perfect consistency become parties to an union , the first object ol which u to reform the Retwni Bill ,-t 0 improve its maibinery ,-tog » ve greater , scope to its operation , fcy modifying the cl&iu » , wjueh paw make the franchise OB inatrumeut tur collecting the Ku . g ' s Uxe . in » u the L . rg * towoa .-to do » Vay 7 ., ' « afl « o . ance 8 of aunual reguirati ^ .-and t » cot £ pie all ihcse things with a free discusiiion and a free vote npou th « two KreavquejtiBiwoI Ballot and Triennial Pariia S ^ i SsS ^ " ?^ ' *^ - *»•«»*«»
^ ow can anything be more childish and disgusting than to talk to us about collecting opinion , and reforming the Reform Bill , after seven years of woeful experiment ? -No ; it is a tree which has borne unwholesome fruit and we will hew it down ; and cast it into the fire . The engineers who have worked their own machinery ao clumsily , cannot bs expected to work ours judiciousl y ; and therefore , with Mr . Ward ' s permission , we will maHufactiire and work our owa in future . "Whac ; begin agaia to be bamboozled after seven yeaw-villany ? No , no ; bait your hook for simple fbh as you please ; but none but the universal
fly shall ever V have a nibble from us . We challenged your party and , beat yonr best juggler upon the question 'of the Suffrage ; and now we challenge you all , Upon the qutstion of the Ballot and the " shortening" the duration of Parliaments , without tie ; Sufirage . Ycur party may as well give in , Mr . Ward ; for you are dead beat , andean only live in an artificial atmosphere . Let the working classes be assured that henceforth they have nothiag to expect but from thur own exertions for themselves ; and tbat before any law
can make them more , comfortable , they must make the law for themselves . Wa would not to-morrow give up Universal Suffrage , if yen expacged tbe National Debt , repealed the Pcor Law-Amendment Act , disbanded the army , and abolished all taxation ; and for this simple reason ; that what has been may be , and yon would soon substitute some other as poor-grinding property-defending system . This is very piaia speaking , and must be answered to the satisfaction of the millions , before they unite with old offenders , or are converted into Whig dupes .
Is it not extraordinary that the Ballot , which ia an innovation upon the Constitution , should be thus attempted to be forced . tipon the country , while the Francbife , Sessional Parliaments , Aboliti n of Property Qualification , aad Payment of Members , which form the basis of the Constitution are obstinately denied . The cheers which followed tbe mention of the Ballot upon the presentation of the National Petition , by Mt . Attwood , would lead us to suppose that Honourable Gentlemen , will pick the pie and leave us tho crust , or rather the pie ditto ; but we beg to remind them , tbat our demand is for a principle which mu * t be obtained before we allow them the sekctioa of tho machinery by which it is to be worked out .
Nothing is so necessary for the fame . of a statesman as an undeviatiag , straightforward course ; and it would appear to us as though the Hon . Member for Sheffield had too many strings to his how to produce the desired eoncord . Should the Baronet and the Pake assume the reins of Government , the presentation of their Portraits to their slayes may be pleaded for their patrouage : if Duhham , Macao lay , and Company come in , then the columns of " the people ' s paper" will be referred to , while popular approval will be claimed , from tiie ardent desire ever expressed by Mr . Ward , that the people attained sufficient knowledge to qualify them for the appointment to office aud disuosal ef place . " : , '
Soms men require training , which , no donbt , will be accomplished by the Whig Corporate Normal Schools , preparatory'to entering the national kennel . Tbxwe schools are te , politicians , what the mountain cover ii to the aportamaa . There th « puppieB , bfcfore entrance to the pack , are trained to the dodge and the trick ofthe cnbj before ., they are considered qualified to run the traverse of old Ueyaard ; over the wild heather they may fling with impunity , ai . d riot ob the nose , but when once promoted , they must be keen on the scent , steady at their werk , ' ready to lead in tbe entapia , or follow in tbe cry . Bat when they skirt , and fling ,- and babble , in the rear
, they take the staunch ones from the chase , till repetition lea < 3 s to their expulsion , and causes them t ; o be cast . We would ; conclude by strenuously recommending the consideration of tii « -fsiie of the babbling hound to sportsmen and pol-iicians . Let thea , like ibe ysell-nosed . dog , ^ never- givv tongue upon a fa '^ entqeat ; . and , -the paci f confident in their truth , wiil aeknowledge their ehc ^ and follew to whither so ever th * y sball load , bdog sure that the game is a-head j whiju . ihe babbl-j-of the offending puppy but causes the staunch ones to throw up their heads , to discover the quarter frca whence the information proceeds . i ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦ - . - J . -:: ¦ -, 6 , - : ¦'' .- ' m Pack ! up , and ' ware babbling , " Mr . WarS ,
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The Korthersf Star, Satubday, June 22, 1839.
THE KORTHERSf STAR , SATUBDAY , JUNE 22 , 1839 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 22, 1839, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1062/page/3/
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