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MT OLD COAT . ( Trm the Froxh # / De Beranger . J Sois-moi fidele , 6 pauvr * habit que j ' aime ! Ensemble nous devenons Tieux , " &c My dear old coat , I grieve to sea How time is -ereoring thee and me ; Eadi day , far years now half a seor * , iKotSoaatesliimself could more Have dene ) tt » tb thee from mishap With xiy own hands Vre hrnsh'd thy nap , Or raSher texture I should ay , For nap has long been "warn away- ~ Should Fate hare ; other rubs in rtor * . - * nd make thy bareness more and more , Resist with patience sage like me—Old Friend , we most not parted he .
WeH I Tememoer the first day 1 pot thee « n all new and gay—It was my * birBi-day , ten years past , lATasrthat time should fly bo fast ?) _ And such -was then the honour done th . es , My merry friends made songB upon thee I And still those friends as ready are To feast me now as then they were . 3 Iy lonest poverty is not By them Tegaided as a Hot ; . Though x > oop my / garb , theywelc # ine me J Ola Friend , we must not parted be ,
We good may out of evil drawl Thou bearst a scar , a patch ' s flaw ; It calls to mind one joyous day "When 1 with Lizzy was at play : J said twas time the girljM leaTe , Kit felt her hold me by the sleeve ; I tried tony , but ( sad mishap ! j She caught and tore my yielding lap . Then , while the mending-thread-she plied , 1 eat , delighted , by her side . Ormr Iter -werl : now great out glee ! Old Friend , we mast not parted be .
Hare I the looking-glass adored When-wearing thee ? at o *« r thee posted The rich perfume ? or made thee wail 1 t > * . -nWV « -m >^ rf fiy > EU'Wl . Exposed to each disdainful air Of eTery Jaek-in-office ttoere ? 2 * ot 11 -while courtias ha-M eoatakded . Par ribands , rtare , and crosses splendid liy small ambition all and" sole , A wild-flower for thy" button-hole , . Has with that prize contented me ! Old Friend , we must not parted be .
Fear not . my good old coat , thatliwa Buvelppest an owner now " Such as in wader 4 ay « of yore : Long siace their martdfTiiiig hours an o ' er Home which caprice so various made With joy and sorrow , sun and shad « . ' Tbeae graver days too hare their speed , If or long shall I a garment need ; My beings tide is ebbing fast , A little longer strive to last ; The end of both one day must see—Old Friend , we will not parted be I
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CHARACTER OF LAFAYETTE . ( From the Etudes sur lot Oraieurt Parlementaires J * y Txmon . J Opinion has its prejudices , and tons it has been said Of three Liberals , namely , Lantte , Dupont ^ del'Eare , ) and Lafayette , that Lafitte did not make hii o-wiTspeethesi-tiiai Dnpont wss-a-good- sort of man and nothing else , and that Lafayette was a ¦ Dipleton . Jiow Lafitte has the most extended and the clearest financial mind of-our time ; the good sense of Dnpont , 33 far as ii goes , could hew ont more speeches than one ; and then Lafayette Is only a simpleton—is he : I Oh , / very simple , I confess ; for he
confided , like a lot of-iis other simpletons , in the promises of the gntenuxracy of July . - " He has fancied ^ tiw ampletou !) that he coul d meet -withkings toafiymnlike other kings . ; that people liked liberty b&xeao they strained their throats in nnglng liberal brftTuras ; tliat the golden agelad returned , and that we should let the reins of power fall onits neck , and that it was perfectly fit to curb itself . Since then , when he saw the same piece still acting on the great theatre , andthat the only change « f decoration was the -substitution of a cock for a Ely , he repented , wept bitterly , beat Ma breast , and exclaimed , that" he had been tie dupe , asd not the deceiver . 2 sot the deceiver ] I believe it , but fk was too bad for Lafavette to "be duped .
There are fevr men to -re-hoax ^ Providence has given ttie means andthe opportunity of regenerating their ouniry and establishing liberty , and a neglect by these of this opportunity is a crime against their country- Lafayette has committed two great faults from which posterity ¦ will not absolve him . By opposing Napoleon-after the battle , of Waterloo , boih in the tribune and the Cabinet , h » divided our forces , and thus , vfithout willing it , contributed io the dismemberment of France . He did not perceive , like the great Carnot , that Is ' apoleon alone eonld save the country , whereas national independence ought so to possess the mind of a citizen , that ( pareis componere magjia ) I should net hesitate myselfin spite of my individual repugnance , to talk
, like 3 Janue ] , or to follow the ranks of a certain person , if it-were clearly demonstrated to me that that person , alone , under " certain circumstances , would preventive enslaving and dismemberment of France for the safety of the nation , as a nation , stands before all liberty- all forms of government , all social and political organization ; all interior power—in thort , before everything . ' Lafayette ' s second iault . was his fault of July 5 ie seat of Government -was vacant . _ - Xaiayette reigned over Paris on the third day , and Paris over France . Three parties ( I need not mention names ) were deliberating . What wa « expected by our
youth , our army , and our people , is well known . Lafayette , however , allowed himself to be twirled giddy bv the hands of the Orleanists . Visions of the tricoloured flag was made to dance before the old man ' s eyes , his hands were seized and covered with kisses , he was stunned by ihe sonorou 3 words , "Ijghtv-nine , " ¦ " ¦ Jemappe , " •* Yalmy , " "America /' " Liberty , " National Guard , " Republican , citizen bourgeois ?"^ nd - "Transatlantic monarchy , " and Heaven knows what . In short , in the Place de Gre ve , and before ihe people , the jugglers clapped him Eke a "ball under their cup , and played legerdemain tricks with him .
Lafayette , with Jus childish simplicity , never dreamed that he had to do with roues vrho were more roues than those of the Government . "When the patriots intrusted him Trith their apprehensions , he laid his hand upon his heart , and judging from his own fidelity to liberty , answered for that of others . In hi 3 deplorable state of blindness he left all to be done by the majority of the Chamber who had done nothing , and nothing to be done by the people who had done all . If the patriots had not trusted Lafayette ' s word , - who innocently repeated all that had teen told him , things wonid have been ordered very differently , and I ( for my part ) should not have been hindered "bv the laws of September from writing a
historv of " that political drama in which-all ' the members of the Chamber were actors , and which no one conld write more folly than myself , because the piece vras- played at the wing where I stood , and where I alone wasndt one of the player ? , "Ob ! tried La&Jrti ^^ V ^^^?^ Mm from the stage , and shoTmhim the door , -Oh . actors , vouonlvTravestie liberty ! This is not the ^ i lTt ^ , S ^ e , ^ £ ®^ J ? 3 S Z 5 £ S ? gg £ 2 a ^ £ i £ s& 3 £ - ^?« 5 B thTCar -b ^ ari . With " a diadem on thorr brc ^ . ** j recited pompons declamations against the mons .-er of aiiar ^ v / and drew applause from uie-nnpiu
At this fatal and decisive momeni , L jf - ^^ waBUUehara-Jta- ^ d ger / iM , and , iEde ~ i , « vrouW have bw Wtrcr f , r "s ard for Itaseir , Iia < i he n ^ - 1-en th « r . ' . 1 i- -rever . Vi * ill arwn-lasied Lat a cay fo ^ « a ^ v -s--o ?« r « r farther than he wherc-w-ev -eie Jed , snJ ivp ji > -. v . / -- ¦ " .- ± Li-J ^ r v < 1 ' - ^ « o t i > hiJ 5 U eXSKL-\ i .- = - : f 2 n . ' rv an : ; 1 c ^ A iTP ^ TEteful a-l oi trcacn-- -ry * iiti- ; i 5 cJ Cii a . m «* e vvi'k vv ; -. 'ivn .
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LafayrtU was no orator—if by oratory we meaa that emphatic and sonorous mode of speaking which Stuns the hearers , and lets nothing but wind enter their ears . He had i serious yet familiar conversa-*?« rtvlc , grammatically incorre « t , if you wiU . and i little diffuse , bat pointod and set off by felicitous tnrns of exprcBsion . He had a * figure * n « r highly coloured lmajes , but his inriarirtn just calculated to express Ma meaning jujd no mbr » . Thera was no PJ 50011 *** » cUbn , butJais discours » bore th « accent orconTicfion . His logii ttm not powerful , » ver--w nelmine , or . elaborate , but his argument * Trere well put together , followed one another without « ffort , ? 2 S l ura ; a y floiTed from th « : exposition of facts . When he ascended the tribune and said"lama , Jf ^^* 7 Pas no orator—if by oratory we meaa tnat emphatic and sonorous mode of sr > eakinff which
, Kepublic * a , " no one w& 3 tampted to ask what he meant by that , and whyhe : said it , for 6 T « rj one knew that th » friend of Washington could not be otbervrise jman a Republican . He spoke freely about theldnga of Europs , whom he unceremoniously treated as despots , kindling against them in his vast propaganda all the fires of popular insurrection . To the oppressed of all ountries ne opened his purse , his htuse , aadiis heart . He ebetinately opposed at the tribune tb . 9 towardly abandonment of the Poles and Romagnols . Then hii indignation , let loose , flowed forth in vast iwrenti , Tirtue held the place of eloquence , and his words , generally mild , were armed with fire and lightning . Lafayette had more than mere ideas : he had
principles , fundamental principles , to which hfc adhered with in » xtcnnma . ble obstinacy . 13 oth in theory and in practice he desired the Eovereignty of the people ; and , indeed , that is all . Bat he did not like the tyranny of the whole better than the tyranny of one . He considered foundation before form , justice before law , principles before governments , and the human race before nations . He wished for minorities to be- free under triumphant majorities . "When the strongest characters gave way ; , when the geniuses passed in mceession under the triumphal forks of Napoleon , and the nation , mad with glory and conquest , ran before his car , Lafayette resisted the stream of men and things , without violence towards
others , or struggle with himself , by th « firmness of hii convictions alone , resembling < % rock which stands upright amid the fluctuating agitation of the waves . . " - ¦ _ . His neat mind wil never tormented by the passion for gold , which can govern kings themselves . Tne vulgar ambition for a throne was' beneath him , and had _ he not been Lafayette , hs would nave dwired to be Washington . . " . ; ., i _^ - " . _' . -j-,: - : Even in his old age Lafayette wai beloved by everybody—the greatest delight of an . Inectionate heart . But this noble claim of being .-loved , which is so sweet in private life , is in political life nearly always hazardous . A true statesman should be able to sacrifice his friendship and even his popularity to the interests of his country . : ;
^ While he remained Commander-General of the National Guard of the kingdom , and thus walked nearly hand in hand with Louis Philippe , the Camarilla sheltered their own . fears under his popularity , and heard his words in respectful * ilence . * Bat when , after haying made all the use it « ould gEfiim , the Court dismissed him , together with Iwpont ( de TEure , ) Laffitte , and Odilon Barrot . these gentrv of the centre no longer restrained themselves , but turned their low whispers of indifference inio low murmurs . The hase flatterers ! The Opposition , however , which has not the ungrateful tour I memory , always retained its veneration , and when the venerable old man appeared in the Assembly , all the deputies rose spoBtaneo'asly to
pay him homage . In his face and person there was a happy mixture of French grace , American phlegm , and antitpji calmness . Lafayette was the moat really and resolutely revolutionary man of our time . He entered with ardour and impetuosity into every conspiracy which had for its end the overthrow of despotism , and life itself was to him a stake of small importance . Had he fallen a martyr to his political faith , h » would have mounted the scaffold and presented his head to the executioner with all the serenity of a young girl who falls asleep at the « lose of a banquet , with ! a wreath of roses on her brow . It is said that'it the close of a funeral ovation , some conspirators had the horrible design of killing Lafayette in the triumphal car in whica they were conducting him , and , like Mirk Antonv , of exposing his bleedin to the peopleand * thna
g eorpse , inciting uuuicmiug topw , wuw pewpre , ana » hub inciiing them . When this ivai told Lafayette , he only smiled , as if he bought the design natural and the stratagem ingenious . , : 1 believe , without positively affirming it ( for who can afBrm it or contradict it !) that Lafayette , on his death-bed , amid his last flickerings of thought , nattered himself that a popular insurrection" -would break out when bis ashes passed , woald reanimate liberty , and thuB celebrate his obsequies . There are stormy lovers of democracy who would he "very aristocratic if they had been born -among aristocrats . Their love of equality is but a vain jealoasy on account of privileges they have not themselves . It is difficult to discover whether they are
Liberals from epnvietion or from spite . But when great Lords turn Democrats , the people surround them with confidence , because it feels honoured by their abjuration . One of these was Lafayette . Qf theold aristocracy he had only prcservedsthat uprightly and refined na ' wele "which adorns discourse , and that elegant simplicity of manners which is no more seen , and will not again return . But his soul was entirely plebeian , be loved the people from the bottom of his heart , as a father loves bis children , and was Teady , every hour of the day or night , to rise , march , fight , suffer , conquer , or be conquered for the people ; to give up his lame , fortune , liberty , blood , aiid life .
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GENERAL CONVENTION . Monday , September 8 ! h . Mr . Fbost in the Chair ; Mr .- Smart , Secretary
FINANCE COMMITTEE . Mr . Pitkktiily read -the report of the finance committee , whieh was confirmed on the motion of Mr . O'Connor , with the exception of two items ; the former comprehending the charge of ilr . Richards , for which he held in his hands an equivalent sum . ( £ 14 ) contributed a 3 National Reut , until his d «« and upon the Convention vfas gcuk-d ; the next , the « laim of Six . Abraham Dancau ,- which was pronounced exorbitant aud unsatisfactory in the highest degree . Mr . Harnvell's a ' cecunts could not be passed from the difficulty uf reducing the items charged in his account with those of Mr . Guen and > lr . Cardo . Mr . Pitkethly pronounced the charges of Mr . Abraham Duncau double what they should be ; but that if ha were treated as other ielegatwi with a certain fixed weekly stipend there would not be a discrepancy so great .
A committee was appointed consisting of Messrs . James Taylor , Bnssey , Jackson , Kichards , and O'Connor , to investigato . all accounts , and to report to the Convention as to the Defence Fund Committee . THE DECLAR 1 TI 0 * OP HIGHTS—39 ARTICLE * OF THE C 0 SVE . NTI 05 . Dr . Taylor » oved that the Convention adopt th « " Declaration of Rights' which had been published some time ago ( 18 th Aug . ) in the London Dispatch . This document the Learned Doctor pronounced one of th « most masterly documentshe had ever seen , aiJ at the present conjunction the mo . it apposite . It was a CLaxter of Freedom to which the accused could always refer his accuser . Mr . Burns seconded the motion .
Mr . O ' Connor was in favour of its being recommended to the eonntry at large ; but at the same time contained principles which were by no means novel , on the contrary it contained the very principles for which the people were then contending . As to the publication of th * document , by the London £ Kspatc 7 i , he ( Mr . O'Connor ) would , if he-had , the opportunity have given it insertion ; however , he would extend its circulation , and undertake that 48 , 000 numbers would appear before the end of the week . ( Hear , hear . ) The motion for the adoption of the document was carried unanimously , Mr . O'Connor waiving his objections for the sake of unanimitv .
Sir . Schkoedek said that the document which he had the honour to present to the Convention vras the result of the anxious care- and investigation of twenty-five years . Mr . Schroeder explained the utility of " Declarations of rights" in former years , as were shewn by the religious Reformation in-Germany , and the " political Reformation in our own Mr . O'Connor moved the thanks of the Convention to . Mr . Schroeder for his diligence and research , and also for his patriotism in presenting the Convention with the document . Carried . The following is the document : — Declaration of Rights of the People of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , according to the Ancient Laws and Customs of the Realm of England . T . That the sovereignty of this United Kingdom is monarchical ; not despotic , but limited . —Vide Bracton on the Law 3 and Constitution of England , book i , and
De Corona , boot iu-I 1 . That the duties of allegiance and of protection , by means of good and just irovermnent , are reciprocal and co-ordinate duties . — - "Vide Grotias , I ^ oeie , Cote , Blacfestone ,-&c &C . ; 2 H Ed . 2 c , " original contract declared brolcen and throne vacant" This statute produced in parliament , 10 Rich ' 2 , lz $ * . III . That the sovereignty of this United Realm iJiould be at- « ll times " content toleare in a free and enu ^ parliament of the nnsgovtrnnicnt of the state of there'lnie and of the clairrh ; snd esteem "it to be ' -re-u-r ionurto rip up the ^ rk-vous ' . ilrt-rs thereof , and to cure them 1-y r tfe ™« ru - -3 : ' " 1 liVV : i - Uian to rftTO th-JU- - — Vide Coke O 7 > ' the ^ t-iiite-of W ^ aiihxst- r t' . ; c ara-2 Insthut" : i < - Eaw . ' 2 : H-aa . L , k t Il-. nry . ; . fhai- ! vs 1- and JruiiS 2 "Viiv u ^ ri td lor trti-. fl ' . 'f cvntrutt "with uu .- ix-t-pi ' . "
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IV , That the prerosa * ives of the imperiai : crown of this United Kinftfoia ant a e » Bstitu «*» al tniat veBtod in the persom » f the monarth , and maybe bntolled . » odmed , and limited » j tht wffl « f pafliinieni- ^ Vlde Bracton , book i $ hip . 7 th ; 8 elie »; Semrs ' s Btatutk ; Sydney ^ ice . ; ' " ¦ _ -. ¦ . . ¦' ; ¦; ¦ ¦ ;/ v ; , " - , ; .. ¦ .- ;¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ';; _ V . That the legialative power Is eseeatially and ri «» tty Terted in the monarob ^ 'the peers , and the duly elected common * « f th « r ^ kttt ^ pArliameh * wsembled , —Vide BlaekstOM , De Lolm % flwi ^ T .- ; IV ^ ^ That the prerogaKveaof tha ^ imperial : crown of this United Kina « om **« « . ' - ^ . tttbtiiMj w ^« t- «* ted
VI . That ih « House of P * e » k n «> misUfationallj hereditary of andent right ; but is subject to such aiodifications amd alteratioM &a %$ pm * i ( c goibfl may require . —Vide . " Henrjr i . " ^ e ^ Wo chattibeft . '—Bakert Chron ., p . 45 . Perfeit cc * T of all « un ^* bs to Pariiament , -sir t , v ,. Dugdale ^ -JuB Parliamcptoriuni , ( suppoied ) Selden ; Collection ef Writs ; W , ( P « tyt ; the Parliament at Salisbury , no : clergy ; 34 Hen . 3 / H 40-. 2 ; Bishops not in the full Parliainent of 17 Edw . 8 , J 343 ; « Edw . 3 , Bishops by themBelTes , > 6 fC ; Abridgment Sir R . Cotton . ^ : .
f u ' ^ * ttfle House ofCommom ahould be chosen by * vf ^ ' fair , and ancontrolled voice of tb » people « f this TJnited Realm , so that the will of the body : « f the people be , "in a free and equal Parliament ^ " fully and freely expressed and executed .--Vide Pise . > on « oYernment by Alg , Sydney ; Statutes of the llealm Coke , 2 d InstrWestStatlBi ^ VIII . That it if the inherent ,. indubitable . ^ and constitutional right , founded upon , the ancient practice of the realm of England , aud . sap |) orted by well-approved \ iW i !" ' " * ' * Ter : r ^ e inhabitant of thb United Kingdom —he being of sound mind , non-convic iof crime , and not confined under any judicial process—to e » rci « e the elective franchise in the eheice of uiembers to servo in the Commons HouBe of Parliament , " forthat which concerns all should be approved by all . "—Vide 7 Hen . 4 . 35 ; $ Hen . 6 , c . 16 ; LL . Edw the Confessor -Sax . Iuatit ; LL . WiUiam the Conqueror . Tacitus , de Mor , Germ . ; CeLRot Par ! . 23 Edw . I ., 122 ^ .
IX That the election ef knights of the shire toserve in Parliament is of ancient practice and uaoge , Vested in t ^ ie resident inhabitants generally , of : Uie several coud * tie ' jjyid not In the freeholders thereof exclusively .- — Vide ^ 7 Hen . 4 , c . 15 , kc . &c ; LL . Edw . Confcai ; Bta . Teot ; De nat Brev ., Rteberbert ; 5 ( i Edw . 8 ^ Knights shall be chosen by the common cenaenvvf every county ^ " . ¦ - . : - . - . : - ,. ' . /"'¦ " -.- - ; : -,: r * X . ^ hat the decMon of eitizew and hw * esse « to serein ' ParliMteet rests with the inhabitants of the eyen ^ cHlB * and borongns according to the . charter granted and the laws regulating the fTanohise . ^ - Vifla chartew and statutes 1 Henry « . c . 118 fienry , 6 | - . 6 1 ., ' .. ' ¦ - ¦ " ¦" . '¦ . - " - ' . " ¦ - " . ' . ¦'¦ . - ¦¦ ¦' . - ' - . ' „ . ¦ -,- "¦ ' XL That " inasmueh as elections ought to be free , no great man nor other , neither liy force of aims , nor by malice , nor by menace , " nor by other unlawful means , " should hinder ( distourbe ) to ; make frae elect ion , " and tbat all such hindrance is mostljatefulte the constitution , said de > riTO % nt « 4 to ttiewiYf ^ i of tlio state . —Vide Stai of West , 1 Ed . i , e . 541275 , * & 2 Ed . 3 . cl .
XII . That by the ancient ouBtom and statutee irf this realm , Parliaments , " should be held each" yfior ' or oftenerif occasionrequire , " a&i that by ancient phictiee , every such Parliament was called and held by new writs and elections 6 t the Oofomons House thereof . —Vide 4 Ed . 3 , 6 . 14 , 1330 ; 8 l Ed . 8 . e . 10 . 1362 V so eu . 3 . » .. PetiMon that Parliament be held each year , according to statuUi ; Perfect copy of summons , Sir W . Dugdele ; and writs in the Tower of London , " XI 1 I-. That the sheriffs ) ' i he eeveml counties , and the magismtea and other officers thereof . should ' be cho ^ n by the general voice of the inhabitants respectively , in county eoiirt a « embled , according to ^ ancient law « nd usage . —Vid » LL . Ang . Sak . Inst . ; Induction fr « n T Henry 4 , » . u , 140 S . ; ,
XIV . That the election of the sheriffs , nugistrates , and officers , of-the .. cities , boroughs , and bodies corpowAe of this realm rests in the inhabiteLnt « and elec tors thereof respectively , according to the several charters , statutes , - and ordinances , regulating the franchise . —Vide common and statute law ; charters and CUstOMB . " v ; ¦ ' . . ¦ . • :- ' : : ; . . : ¦; . - '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ XV . That » epteimtal parliamentii , and others pf long duration , are repugnant te tire ancient constltutlbn and practice of ih » reolm ; that they tend to bad golem-: m en *; that , by means of- them , ' the people have been otherwise treated than is due , * ' and that annual , or other frequent elections of free and equal parliaments , are the surest safeguards ef the righte and liberties of the people of this realm . —Vide . ' . " 3 Kdw . 1 , Wos » 1 ; 4 Edw . 3 , c ' 14 ; 36 Edw . S , c 13 ; and 1 « Charles 2 c 1 . : ' . - ¦ ' . ¦¦ : ¦ - ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ •'¦ ' . ' :- •¦*
XVI . That the statute laws of this United Kingdom can only derive their farce of ^ nj oral obligation upon tie people thereof , by virtue of their being enacted , in a full , free , and equal parliament , called and chosen by the general voice of the people , according to their ancient usage and right . And tha * the right of ; parliament to tax the inhabitants of this realm is only co-ordinate witK their universal Tight : to elect ft M free and equal parliament , " and is etherwiso diBclaiined , and has been disclaimed .- ^ Vide Stat de TiOl . 3 * Edw . 1 stat 7 Hen . 4 , 15 , ict , kc ; Rot Par . 17 EG& . 8 , 3 n , oi ) . « 0 ; by ande s * Count Pal . Chester , Rot , Part . 14 Hen . 3 j . by Connt Pal . Durham , 25 Chi ^ iea % 1672 .
XVII . 'That the people Of Scotland ancl Ireland ; by the respective unions of these TOUhirieS with Engiihd and W » lea , together now constituting the i ' nited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , are entitled to all and singular tfe » riglits . benefits , and adTatitages of the coasti ^ uWnn , IulljvfMely , and abeohrte ^ ras tho peogl * of the realm of England . —Vide Act of Unioh , Scot , 5 Anne , 1706-, Act of Union , Ireland , 42 0 eo 3 1801 . XVII I . That it is the undoubted constdtntional right of the people of this tJuited KingUom to have , iiae , carrr , practise , and train in the uso of nruis for their individual and mutual security , bo that the public peace be-not thereby disturbed . —Vide LL . Edwl Conf . Sax . Instit ; . JBill . of Hights , l W .. and " M .
xix . That it is the undoubted comrtitutionalright of the . people of the United Kingdom to meet fretlly , when , bow , and where they choose , in public place , peaceably , in the day , to discuss iheir griuviinces , and political , or other subjects , or for the purpose of framing , discussing , or passing any vote , petition , or reniunstrancev « pon any subject whatsoever . Vide LL . lndx . "; Sax . Instit ; Law of Tedthing ; Bill of Kighte . - . . ¦ '" . ' ., ¦ ' : . ¦ ¦' . ¦ XX . That the interference of any- civil or military forte or auth erlty for the purpose of suppressing or dispersing any meeting so peaceably assembled and conducted is highly unconstitutional and arbitrary . - ^ -. Viile Sup . St de Tall .. " 34 th Edw . 1 , c 1 . XXI . That the personal liberty of every inhabitant and subject of this United Kealm is sacred and in . vi 6 << lable , excepting by due process of law .- ^ -VideMagna ChartA ; « th Henry , 3 , and 35 , confirmed by statute . '
XXII . That any violation of personal liberty , without due process , conmitted . " under colour ef judicial authorityj or of any / usurped authority , " is espuciully hateful , and is conkmry to the spirit of the ancient institutions of the realm of England . —Vide Coke on Mag . Charta ; Stat'Westm .,-1 and 2 Inst . ; -De Tsillagio , < fcc . : XXIII . That the law of England is a law of mercy according to the spirit of the constitution , and should in all cases be no administered by the public ' . f-uhctionariesof the UnitedKingdoni . —Vide LL . Edw . foiif . ; Collection by Canute , p . 2 ; Reports , title , " Of justice inniercy ; -2 Inst 315— "No nian shall bO pursued to death , if the good of the republic can consist with lees punishment ;' LL . Canuti , Par ; 2 ; Coll . Colt Lib ., witli the other original copies of LL . Edward Conf . ¦ ¦' . '• ¦ - v " ¦" - ' ¦¦ ¦ .. ' ¦ - .
XXIV . That all inflictions of torture , "all cniel and unusual pauishmenta , " especially niilitary 'Hogging , is ntterly abhprrent to the constitution of this country . ^ Vide Declaratieu and Bill of Rights . XXV . That every man is by the law" deemed innocent . until " convict b f the judgment of his peers and-the law . ' of-the Lind . "—Vido Lecke , De Lolme , Peei « ions of Courta , Jfcupia Charta , c 2 i ) ,. &c . XXTV I . That the subjecting of any person non-convict to personal degradation or unnecessary hardships , or or iguominious treatment during his detention , under any authority , colour , or pretence vchatsoover , is hateful and repugnant to the spirit of the constitution ;—Authority the same as in the preceding'article . " . :
XXVII . That the taking : and imprisoning of the subjects of the United Ueahu without . lawful ; warEHit or other judicial process issued and served—excepting in cases of felony , escape from legal custody , anil' of hue and cry—are acts contrary to the law : s-aad constitution of this Kealm . —Vido Magna Charta ; Coie , 2 Inst XXVIII . That excessive bail disproportioned to the situation , occupation , and . means 6 f the party who nuwy be bailed is utterly repugnant to the constituUon , and ought not to be required .- ^ Vide Magna Charta ; St 51 Hen . 3 ; Stat Westminster , 1 ; . T Eil , a . XXIX . That cj- -qfficio informations for political offences charged , whereby a , subject is held to lxiil before presentment by a grand jury , are utterly repugnant to the constitution . —Vide Bill of -itSgb ' ts ' ; Ancient Ilead-: dings ; Letters of Vindication .
XXX . " That tlio heavy fining of the subject , under summary jurisdiction of revenue , and other commissioners of the crown , or of niag ' istrates , without the [ intervention of a jury , is a novel and dangerous ihnbyation upon the provisions of Aia ^ na Charta , and other ancient welbapproved statutes , and " that excessive fines ought not to bo imposed" under any colour of authority . —Vide Magna Chitrta ^ 9 Hen ,. 5 ; Hill of / Kiglits . XXXI . That every man ' s liouso in his proper defence and castle for the siiftty and security of hiinsetf and family , and resilient inmates . —^ Vido Coke " on , Magna Charta , &c . ic .
XXXII . That the breaking or forcible entry of a man ' s dwelling-house upon any civil process or pretence of nuthoritywhatsoever , or upon judicial or criminaV process , in" order to tate him or any Of the " usually resident imnntvs , vrithout VejraA wiirnint , excepting upoa cliarge uf felony , actual brc ; ith of t ! ie peace , of escape
from legal custody , or upon lute and cry . is 'Contrary i and obnoxious to the ancit'iit institutions of the realm nf Endand . —Vide Ancient law reading ; Coke ou 31 a ? na ( Tiarto . XXXIII . 'JTcvtn . . standing unny is contrary and ob-! n ^ icn .-i to tlie spirit of the constitution . —Vide " i ; c-] tV . ira ^ ion and TAW x >\ U- . ijlit-s . " j - XXX'iy . 'That " .-ill svliinu , . or . denial or delay o ; j _ iu-a " rt' an : l liji'Lt , " nJl -t-si-ieU » o ; ' jrnUciul iliscrit !;> n , j i . ' . ij-. rui--t > tLjin " t-. > ukceru liy tlie hiw \\\' . " . t is just . ' i a ' upjTc-.-i'jn uo : ; e uncer colour oi'jusrico , " U singa
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larly bAtefuTto the eensliteition ef this wklm . ^ trary ^^^ S ^ 'J ™* " **« ^ U-approved utotutes toereof , i ^ 4 « 9 tiocMv « ef lli , rlgii * i » f * epeop >_ Yide ; jgg ;| 5 * ij ?^ ^ lA ; » 4 iEaw 7 L ^ ^ 20 ' ; . ^ XW ^ bifcm $ -la ws of ; Bngland are the birthriBBt ol mm ^ beteoU and all kinfi or queins who shall ^* > W ^ one of this ' r « idt « , eught te . dminisUr ^ r ^ n ^ rthe jeme a ^ oniihg to tho saii laws ; m ± * U Wefeoffi ^ rs and lakigterii ougnt to serre ihem according to % Banie .--Viie 12 aad 18 , \ Villiii » I , e . 2 arV haWnl ^ t 6 : the- ' C » nBtifafeontf ' fcU ' r ^ m ^^ i& Ma £ ia ^ 'dhaifc : " - ' 'i « * !» T ° - .. Trif ^ r ; * ? ^
. "V RIGHTS OP PROPERTY . V ^ XXtl . That th « righto ef ! private preperW are eacredi ^ Mr ? lnvi 6 l * bi # , a » 4 aiaf net W tuestipnW er aiHtorbed but by and Jthrough the due adminigtraaion of the M ^ ba the esteibliahed cemrto ef law , eaulty , and appealv- ^ deCommot hvw . ¦ ¦"¦¦ ' - ; ¦ ^ XXVIL That all violence and injury done to property , ander colour of « nfereing or affecting poHticil "gqw . or changes , is utterly repugnant to the constitution of this realm , subvirsive _ of law and right 6 rder , hatefol to moral justice , centrary to reason , and destnicUve ^ pf the eocial . e «» pact . —Vide » 11 the above authorities . ¦ ¦'¦ - ¦ : ¦ : '¦ ¦ : ' . - "'¦¦¦ ' ¦ ' '¦¦ ' ' . ¦ - ¦"' . ¦ . ;
XXXVIII . That all corporate property Tested in hi trust for ^ public and general iis * . aiid all posseflaions and revenuM which oannot be inherited , nor descond of right to specWc . successors , nor be alienated > y . a deed of gift or by will , may b * regul » t « li controlled , and ipproi pnatea to its specifle uses bf Farliauicnt—tide SeU den ; Coke , 3 d Jnst , . ' ¦ ' . : XXXIX . That aii ' enationsi toi pritato persons , « md usefl niado at any time of possessiomfl aid revenue * anciemtly appropriated to pubU » » nd genonil uses , were a 6 qriijim utterly void , aid do to- continue ; and all such possessions , rcyenueSi rents ; and appropriationa may bo dealt with and restored t * their original public and general uses and purposes , b / and In full , free , and equal Parliament ,---Vide Hist of Tytiiea trBelden Coke on Lytt . Janwi Anelprum , Seiien ,
:- ¦;¦; -. ' . ' . ' , . ¦ ¦' . : . '¦ : FINARCB . . ¦ - . ¦ . ¦ , - . ' . ¦ . ¦ ¦ L > 1 ! . Taylou brought forward His motion , and protested very strongl j : agaiuit the ' delegates who eat as a provision ^ lcoun «; jlrewiviiig more than the dele ^ gates who went out m inissidnaries who were allowed £ 2 * weekv > Thereas some of the prbvisioiial co un « jilvotedtbx ! m 6 ely ( 8 sUrgeweefelj 8 tipendB ^^ either authority or vfarranty from the Converitipli T'he ; delegates-whp s » t in council , and who claimed merely the £ 2 vreekly , were Mr . Garpenter , and Mr . O'Brien . Mr . O'Connor had notliihg : to dp yfitli a single shilUife of the public money / Dr . Taylor complained ako there were ; vfords iaserted iu the nuiiutejjobfc of the council which wero not inserted v ^ hen that book was placed before him . : Mr . O'Conkor positively averreci that two pounds was all that the Convention yoted the prqvisibual council , aud lio could conscientiouely wear to that fact . - - ' ,- ¦ ' "¦ ¦¦ - .- ¦¦ ¦¦ ' . ¦ ' ' . "¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦¦ ' . ¦ •' ¦ ¦ - ' " ¦
, j ^? warm d 1 * cussi Pn took place , and to conclua % Uwinatter i it was resplved that the minute of $ . 'f ^ wWMon , purporting to have been made in the Cpnvon ^ pn v should be expunged , a > hot ever having been the act of the cpuncil , and the payment to the members of the couutil confirmed . . ; " . _ ¦ ¦' . , ' ¦¦ -. ^ AVbrifuio TH ^ AecoPirra , ' ; ' . ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ Mr ... Gfand move ^ ' for » ommittee , consisting of MrvBueaey , Mr ; NeBMih , Dr , Taylor , and Mr , Pitkethly , be ^ hotihnatiid to anidit thi accounte from the very commeueemeut of the session . Carried ,
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TRE MANNERS SUTTON FAMILY . From the ComWd ^ e- Advertiser . ) Jetton tub Sl ^ viiust . —Mr . ManrieM Sutton ( whose real pami ^ 4 gSrotin Henry Thomas Manners Suttpn ) holds the ifjfigflon of Registrar of the Office of Faculties , which , as * us » T he is concerned , is a complete sinfeeuii&-T-tbat is , other persons do all the work , whilst he reoeiyoB the greater partof the fees amount . lngto £ l , « b 6 : a ^ ye » r . : /^ : l ; ' v ' ' : . The office , was conferred uj ^ bn hlrn for hig : life > when he yraa little imore than i ourteen years old , by his grapdfather , the late Archbishop ¦ of ^ anterburyi who ludicrously enough Ithough sonieirkat blasphemousty ) states , that lie granted -it to him * ' having special confidence in the Lad , in his integrity , morals , cirbumspoction , iuduntry , and ability !!!!»
Dr . . Sutton , grandfather to our candulato , ^ : ; i >« ild Vko Bishopric of Norwich , and with it the rich Deanery of Windsor . He v « U 8 a ^ rw ^ ds AreHbishop of C ^ bury . He . jmay . lbo fairly said to have received froifa the re venues of tho Church at ioast . ^— i ; -,,- ~ ; , i - .,, \ ¦ - ,. ,., ;_^^_ £ « oo , oo # Lord Manners , the Arclibi 8 hop ' s brother , wassuccessiyely JBIarodpl the Exchequer in EnglanA , and . Lord Chirieellor of Ireland , froih which hitter office ho retired with a pension , Tho amount of public money received byhim is at least ^ u __ je 25 » , 000 ; LoruCanterbury , our candidate ' sfatUcr , - was for * inahy . years ^ ^ Speaker of the iHouse : pf , CQniiinpti 8 ; &iid 'has : . h « w a ' Tetii > iii | i . ' 'P | en * 6 i 0 a- ' or £ ' i 0 . 0 P ' : 'a ; . y . 44 r . ^ . ' A ' e . 'j ^ -heia ; the-Hogistrawhi p of Faculties for some 'years ! ^ He rewived of the public m « ney ' nip less tlian ; .- . ;;;> .. „ ; .. „ . ; . J ^\ ; ,. ., „ ,.. _ - ^ . ¦ £ l 50 , ood
£ 1 , 000 , 000 A' hiiilion . of moneyTeceired by throe persons of this one faniily . ' . '" ¦¦¦ . Mr . . ' Charles Sutton , the cMbr brother of onr candidate , hiis the reversion of tite office P ( Kegiafaar of the Prerogative Cwjrt of Canterbury , tlie duties « f which are exclusively perfonned by deputies , altliough the Sineijurist will receive £ 3 , 000 a-year for doing nothing- ¦ - ' . - .. '• - Mr . J . H . T . Manners Sattoji , the candidate , in the event of his eldwr brother ' s dying in the iifc ^ tiiue of Lord qanterbury , will be > . fchtitled to a pension of £ : t , 000 a-ytar . : , V ' . ' . - : " Dr . Peiny , wlio marTied one ef tlio candidate ' s aunts , holds the following preferinents in the Church : , . Bisliopric of tjaxli 8 lc ^^™_^ u » v ^«~ rwi £ 2 , 213 Prebend of F ' uisbury v in St . Paul ' s . i , 489 Chancellorship : of Saiisbury ^^^ v ^^ ... ^ , 250
Per Anmim ^ . ^^ wU £ 3 , 852 Before Dr . Pcirey was a ii whop , ho had eightdiffercnt preferments itv thii Oliurch . iu the / course of about iis many years ifojir of these preferaienW were given to hinj in ono year . ; ¦ . The Rev . James Croft , who married another of the candidate ' s aunts , holds the following preferments : ^—Prebendary Stall at Canterbury ™^^ £ l , 02 ( i Arehdeanery of Cant « irbury- ~ v ^~^ i ^ . 153 Rectory of j < altwood , with tlie Curacy of Hythe , Kent , ^™^^^ , ^^^ — ,,. 734 Kectory of eiiffo , at Hoo , in Kent . . 1 . 2 V 7 ; Per Annum : . ¦—^ . ^ £ 3 , 210
The Rev . J . M . Sutton , arelative , is Sub-Dean : tnd Canon Kesideatiary of Lincoln ^^^^^^^ . ^ . ^^^^^ ii , ^ £ 1 , 4 ( 53 . Kector of Oreat Chart ; in Kent- ^~___ 668 : Kectorof Tunstalli in Kentv ^ v .... ^ . ; 47 U Per Annum ....... ; . ~ £ 2 , ( ilO Can any one woncler Mr . Siitton ia opposed to reforni , and' the Libenil Guvernnient of our youthful Queen ?
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* MR . JAMES AYTOUN AT PERTH . Tliis . gentlemaii addressed a public meeting here on I'l'idu-y evening , tlie * 23 ni nit ., in tho TJoi'th Secession Gliurcli . His object , as stated oil the placards announeiun ; the ineeting , was " tho Uuioii of Reformers . " XVucthei- Alt . A . bp sincere in his intentiona or not , we will not venture to say ; but if his address in this place ia a spociineri of the logic . he ihteuded to urfo , iri uniting . the middle classes and the Chartists , wo jtesitiite noit to say , that / it will have altogether a contrary effect . After labouririg for a considerable tinio , iu the outset , to a ^ 4 uaiut the people with tho / naturo of their grievauces , hb 'fvanKly told them , that Universal Suffrage- was their only remedy . We believe this
assertion was a mere claptrap of Mr . Aytoun to gain tho ' favour bf the thiirtists ,. for it is a fact , that the ^ wliole of pur Whig Voluntary friends admit the , abstract ri » ht of fJniVoysai Sutfrage , but , liko Mr . Aytoun , would make tools of the peoplo to gain their insighifieunt crot « hetd , and wheii the people uve preparetl for TJijiversai Suffrage , they would then offer thus to get it . M . r . Aytdim denoiuicqd , iu no small rneasared terms , the Chartist leaders , and begin with Mr . O'Connor styling him : an aUvpcate of physical . " -force ; but , as Mr . O'Connor had been , here only a few days before , when ' ..-the . public had , au opportunity of - hearing :. hini explain his . views oil thivt question , Mi * . Aytoun got himself bisiied fot his
trouble , ; as he deserved , He then went on to dpiiotincc the members of the Convention , and read a paragraph from the ¦ . aiijfesto ; . we tliink , the . most , unfavourable he could have selected for his object ; He thqii attaoked tljo CUaiiist . nowspa-• pors ' wholesale , vtlqiilaviiig them iill - ' . traitors-, and said their interest was agitation , aud that they did ' not yvau ' t to gain the Charter ; for as soon as it was gaiued , their papers would fall ; a pretty compliment this to tho . ' . people , to say , tlVat as soon as thoy gained : their object , they would _' , tfc ' at > vith cotyteinpt' the very means that / gainod it . Surely , Mr . Aytoun does not . expect tho pc ^ plo to be biich
traitors to tlieir o \ vu ttieiids as he aad J . iis class hu * been to tlicm . lie also ;• insi > i-. id . that the l ^ du :, - lneraboi'S of the Couventioii- wore a set of ii . uVoIe . ut intevc ^ teil fellows ; iiitorested . / too , in kociiiug up agitation j . fo ? j ' as soon as tlio . -Charter v . was- e ' a . rri e *' .. they would bo out of their ti > per Aveek , and seat baek to work fur 10 h . or 1 Is . : thus , no said , tlv * - wovking dasiics Wt-ro gulled by tlioir leaders , and ' roeommonded tUmii to ' -thr ' ov / oit' attuxiaace to thoii . Ai . uiici , aud / juiu the riii > l < i ! e < hth . t =, ui <* i pctitioa fur tl' . u Ballot , C \) vh Liyt iiliolitiun , &o ., an < i get > .-iwiv assocfatioi . s , ¦ basc > i oti Lmvoi ' .-a ! ' SutiVa ;; c \ S : ' . i ' , n ! e . \ voyld cjpipel iho ivi- ' c ! I - \ >/ .. ; ..-es . ioj ' . »; ' ih .. i \ i Avhile / at tuo . > aiuq--tu : iu " ' l . o . -rqno'bated ' :. ll
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violence ; but inaisted upon eonvincing thorn of tlio justice of our claims , and th « n deuounted our press t&e onlyjioaaible ; mean * iin . or power : to convince the pnbho , or interest them in the m » tit # s of ur principles . VeriijV Mx . v Aytomn , ; yo * inmsi try your hand : on Borne othei ¦ than a Perth audionce . for ^ assuredly ; jou have Onl y got yourself laughed at by ? hft discerning portion of the public who b *» rd yon At the conclusioji of Msi address , / au individuai rose to prppose : a ^ ote of thaulcs to llr . A ; ytouu for coming here : to tell / the truth ; ( Laughter aud hissmgj and ; cries of threo cheers for ILr . O'Connor which was heartily responded to , ^ - -wlign Mr ' Aytoun slunk , awayy most assuredly , nowavs proud of his luccess in uniting the Bcformers" in tin ' s quarter . T-rrw Scotsman . „ . . . violence : but insisted unbn flon vinwn * tKnnr nf ¦•??;¦«
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. K f P > f "WH ^ vifQujtRE Wkix ofp ^ A certaimnau , ^^ . time of the Khalif of Bagdad ,: laid claim to who asked , him' What sayestthou i" He said . ' * Tlie angel _ GaW . cornea dew * to -W once nx every three . dayB . " .: "And what is the iniraculou * sign granted thee ! " « aid the Khalif . Tha man ro ^ plied , " lhat my ^ breatk should have odour of the be ^ muBk . 'V ^ The khalif pitied him ,: and said ^ - ^ The bram of this poor fellow is unsottlod : take himto kitchen
my , give him every day a pilaw ,-&ud a young and fat boiled fowl , and morning and eveninU let hiin . have perfumed medicated drinks . " — Afier ten days he ient for hinij arid' said " 0 dcry ishi liow ^ ia thy « tate ! " He said , > - VcrY gooiL' ' He said , "Does Gabriel yet descend to theeiF He replied , Yes ; formerly lie came once in tho three ^ y 8 ^* ^ "ringthe . ten dayi he only came once . " The fchahf asked , •" . What message did lib brine V Ho replied , "He « aidto mo , 'Tlipuarliniih excellent position ; take heed and move not A « stthpu lose it . ' " - ^ -Asiatic Journal . ' . ¦ ' ¦ -
Another Dando . — - ^ A man named Haalan waa brought before the Brighton MagiBtrates : on Tueaaay charged with having , obtained from } . Ir . Ede . who kcopsan eating house in North-rtrdet , * ( iuaniity of provisionis , for which he ha dnot the means ofpayimr Ho was diBcharged in coniequenco o : the nou-i attendance of Mr . Ede . Shortly after his deliberation , lie . went into aa cating-hpuie , kept by Mr Rice , in Little-CastleHBg . ua , re . and ^ asked for sixpeniiyvrprth of mea tand vegetables , and * pin "t ' our-Penny . " : Having dispatchiBd hi &r ¦ supply , lie c » lledfo ; r another , whitli was furnisbed- to him by Mre , Rico ,. \ vho at the same time ' asked , or the money . -He replied- ^ I ; wil ] pay you presently ; I shall want some tobacco , and I will pay vou af
together . He had afterwards a slice of plunl-piHlding and sbme tobacco ; on being furnished vrith . ¦ which / -ho said ho , had no money . "Then why did you . ask for the meat and beeii" laid Mr . Itice B » causel £ as hungry andxlm" was the prisoner ' s ausweri But , " said Mr . Rice , " if you are hungry , I xan't afford te keep you ; " and ho accordiTigly handed the prisoner to the Town-hall . " Where did you sleep last night ? " i nquired Mr . Wignoy . "In the Black-hole , " was the reply . " And AvKere the night before ? " "In the Black-hole . " "And the night before that ! " * Oil the beach . " " Tlien " said Mr , Wigney , " you mtifit go te th 6 : House of Correction , to hard labour , for a montli as a-vagra . Txt , " --nrightoh Gazette .
. &P 1 B 1 TWL Traffic . —The advoweoh of the liviW of Saint Alkmund ' s , Derby , has been advortised fo ? the laat ^ two or three week * iii the local paper ' s , by order of the Bc « lwia 8 tical Commissioners , Vwio itato its « WLU < a value to : bs iS 2 i ) .: Thu « the dominant 9 ect , withall thei * : pride , are keugtit and sold like an estate or a § tud of horses . Such is the degradation justly connected with the . unjust ascondanoy they persist in claiming . The Standard " recently contained the following infamous advertisement : — By Mr . Hoggart , at the Mart , the , perpetual adtow . son and next presentation , to the valuable rectory of North Iiynnjin the county of Norfolk , comprising the great tithes of the parish , extending OYei about WGp aeres of Land , with 20 acros of the
glebe . The tithes were commuted hi 1 » 37 , at £ 530 per annum ; and the glelje is worth £ & 2 per anuummaking a total ; income of nearly JE 600 per annum ' The age of the present incumbent is 715 ; it may therefore , be said to be almost in possession . There is no rectory honso or ehufch , and only one farinhouse in th » parish , so that the living is not subject io poor-rate pr clerical duty . " Thus liearly io' 00 a-year , originally drawn from the pockets of the people , and a great part of which rightfully belongs tp tl » poor , are paid tf a man for doing ¦ . ' . nothing , and this scandalous transaction U perpetuated . under the name of religion , and in a Church styling itself Apostolic ! " How long shall this " mystery of iniquity bo permitted to curse the ^ land!—Leicestershire Mercury . .- ' . . .:.:
^ WintESMitns . Tin-Plate Wokkf . us , &c , of EDi-suunGH . —These sections of the trade held a meeting on Wednesday se nnight , for the purpose of org ^ iitzing on tho principles 6 f the aiarteV ,-when a motion to the following effect was adopted : — " That we the tin-plate workers , &c ., of Eduibui < . > h do form ourselves -into'aiPolitiQal Union , for tlio purpose of obtaining the People ' s Charter by every lecai and constitutional me | in 8 ^ thinVoSiicreaclu we shall , ua % w ixwaia :: » th * ed till : su « i riglils be granted . ? The ^ meeting which was A-ery nuTnerous ^ adjourneitp the followingv ^ Tednesday , whenthe rules and ¦ rcfiulatjpnsagreeditb byr ' the cdmraifteewere to belaid before the meeting for its apmoval ... TtfB - WKs * London RadicalAssflciAxioN held a
spirited , mcetinj : at thei Cpsmopplito Coffee House VJ ^; , ^^ ^ oho j on Wednesday evening week ! Mr . Atkuison r ^ tW cliair . / .. The-tr ^ isui&viug announced that Mr . Home presented the Association with 10 s . for Mr . Lovett , Jie was / ' ordered- to pay tho fliim-. it the Charter office . An aniniatiug discusaoir then cns «* d , in vvhieh MessrH . Florencei Peat , Brown , and others , took part , on the best means to dissominato political information amoti ^ st ' the people , all expressing themselves layowablc ' ' to tho distribution of political tracts . The Chalrim ii then announced that apnbliclecture and discussion " would take place : next .. Wed . esdav oVenin ™ t eight o ' clock , the subject to be- " \ V&at are ' the fundamental causes that have enslaved and d .- "Tyded an 5 ire 1 , ? » rading and enslaving , the industrious
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TO pi E ELECTOKS OF YORKSHIRE My Lords and Gentlemen , . My right to solicit your support at tlio nest general election for the County of York , does not arise from territorial possession , or landed interest ; it is derived from a higher sonrco ; frotn -the onjoyment of public confidence and popular esteem . Under such title I shall at once proceed to explain wherefore your body is deficient in all representative qualitioF , and why you cannot , in your vast comity , and from your own order , select a single individual , in whoeo person can be united a laiithfui representation of tho county's sound opinions and interest .
Having carefully perused the history of this country , I find , m every page , of it , proof convincing that , to a certain extent , you arejrustees of the soil , for the benefit of the poor , ajad to your surrender of that trust is to be attributed the loss of popular confidence ; firstly ^ by an UHurpation of a portion . of tho property , and secondly , by your surrender of the guardianship of the scanty remainder , preserved under the provisions of the 43 rd of Euzabktii . From early periods of pur history , to the rei"ii pf
Hkxry the Eighth , during which time tho trustees ef the poor man ' s- inheritance administered , their trust justly , I fiiid that the ownorsof the soil were ever foremost in all assaults against monarchical ai : d oligarcliical / usurpationand monopoly . Identity of intbrest bound your ancestors and their wards in pile bond of indissoluble union , and so complete was that idontity of interest that the laws required the whole available population to be prcpnred rrith arms to protect the general interest ; and , tinder this wise dispensation of national right ,- ' your '
ancestors ,.- as trustees , never dreaded hostile aggression from tho peoplo . I state these facts , as an answer to the foolish charges brought b y your order against the peoplo generally ; and thereby I prove that a generally armed people were no terror to a just aristocracy ; while , from your unjust rule you have just cause to fear popular outbreak ! From the reign of Henuy VIII ,, to the present time , all laws havie been made for the prcsen-atiou in the hands of your order of that property , which an unjust Prince and a corrupt IIpuso . of Commons assign to you ; and henco wo find in the several
cnactraents , not only implied , but confessed , guiltand heuce your di-ead of " arms ' and popular vcirgcance . Tho transformation of tho mild- government of your just ancestors into the nfiUtavy d ^ o tlsm which jou havo been , compelled to cotublislifov the preservation of property \ vtouh docs not belong to you , has naturall y ' made you oK-e ets of detestation ' rather tliaii afleetion ; and- Relieve me , ero . lo-. g you wiil find ilml your ^ oper it < snuim-Uvuiou of your rust atquIU have coaling upon vo-. n-sdves , yoi : r properties , and your-conn try , more 'purity , povinaiicncy , aiid happiucrs tlia- \ - ™ -:.
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the common litfrights of Eriglisfimeato ;^ ttamplfci upon by pirir / enactnientB , -rimdered ; necesoary fot the support of - Tour ^ jpresent ¦ aortifipial ppsUionj Ypu trill , bear -in . - ' mind , ¦ that ; tho ^ comV mpn laws of a country consist ^ of ' : * : »»> eostiigcd iul ^ of , actien ^; anctibned and / ai ^ proved of * fter trial ; * nclexperience . / Tnoy / dd / noi partake of . the spiritof party ^ pr startil as a . test / of faction . They are the ? Le » nott scjiptaf' or / unr written law ,: which , ^ cariYmg justice : on ^ ^ their face , require no luditing to eonfirin- ^ ho / sealto enhance--- ^ * u . . „„„»_ i—_ _ -. i . ' -- ' w--...:. >'• - .:- ^ :- " -v ; ¦• ..
no military to enforce , their ^ injunctions . Caston » cannot be established -in a day , a year , or aiceign- and therefore , being established , ft- should not be violated in a breatl ^ as' •';» / the present -practice of your order . What , let nie ask , then' ia ^ the real cause of our present political chaps )¦} It ispCcafi 6 ned by engrafting bad laws , haatily made , upon the old and established Ia > r 3 of th « land . /; Havo we ; not witnessed a corrupt ; Efpuse of Con > mpus taking one Radical meeting--a seiitpncp from a Radical speech , or the apprehensipn of a weak knd accusing mind , as gromid and a ^ p le ^ y ^ tin ^ ationfot the fabrication of multifarious , absurij and ignorant Acts of Parliainent , hurriedwithunbeepmmg ^ rspidity through aa assembl y / calling / itself deliberative " ' ¦ / .- ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ,. ' .: ¦' : ¦¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - ?¦ ' " -:: - : - ¦' - ¦' . ' . ¦
My Lords an 4 ^ entlemeis , I look free ^ the privilege of saving : ypu . frpmybur orrn ^ bliy andihdiscretioa : You have / used a p ^ w ^ w ^ ia you usurped , for your oiir--destruction j . -. ani you have / proved yourselves , byryour exerciEe of " the elective franchise , to b « ^ holly . ignorant , of your own ri ghts as well a ^ th * rigiits p those whom ^ oa / ia ^^ 63 eirto govern . Deaf to the voice of ^ jiistice ^ yoiraave : at length horn roused from ; yout lethargy by / a ' senseof the danger in which your apathy : has / ledyou ; : Byyout lioaite d Refpxni Bill you / have so > blended art with nature , th at iiiture ' s children are . resolved to moe *
your artifice by nature ' s Jayr and nature ^ dictaieg-Havingrconceded the r ^ hfc of th « enipIbyM / ta opptesshis workman , you iiev ^ r / dreamed tha t th * authority whicE ^ dir ^ tod-against tlie / UtteVwaj ^ iuc 6 mplet 9 andt insufficien ^ until it shall / have ^ e ^ equally applied against youreeives ; and instead of meoting the usiirpationj- ^ pu / look for a corresponr diag means of ; ppprcssipn , *" Y ^ ur ; order / is in jeo - pardyv because those who live by buying cheap and selliiig dear , require tiie further . distribution of wiai
your political power has awarded to you , ; in tha shape of protecting jiiiti ^ a against the introduction of foreiga grain $ If you had : not : ; Med that i ' jhbi method , of Belf-protei | tipn , you > ertt sufficiently powerfdl to hay « rtdiiced expondituro and dekt * 6 r the standard of the real value of ypur land j but ybi prepared , by a fiction , ^ ' pre 3 er ^; monppoly : hy whi « h you raised ; jour / moanB' to-tho ipVel of abuses You eannot « uppose that * iiy saving from ; a repeal of tho Corn Livwi will ttUtisfyHhe ^ insatiable ^ tbirs * of the speeulatorg , w iteam-power and fictitiou * .
money , W , my Lords' and Gentlemen ; , is will b > but the ' first sacrifico ; and , falling in . its effect / the neit demand will . bp the surrender of the remainder to the , ulaihtenance of onir commereial and mitiuv facturing interest ? ^ as regards - not ? domestic ; / bwk foreign speculations . / : / ¦" '' ¦ . ¦ "¦'¦ : My Lords a « d Gentlomen ^ henceforth your land * must b < j thrown into gavel , and the > . Talup must be measured by foreign necessity , and foreign prb d-ticev . You havo cpmmittod tho error , of bfceakjiig do > vn your . national landmarks ; aid ; a ? Napo-LjsoJi ' s avarice lost him the possossioh ofacoinpact bo
kingdom , ^^ ypurthepry in legislation-has lost for ; yo « the secure ppssession of so much , aa you might haT » - righteously andjsecureiy kept ; had you administered ' the trust , portion equitablyv The Irish people ^ calm , -. while- the hew system ; 13 being . balanced but the ferthing of . tithe , ; mixed ! with ; tho / pound : of rent , will damage ; tb $ title to all ; andjsovwill the relief of your estates , from ; the / niprtgage ; to tho poor , as surely render ypnr title to all . ^ pre # carious , and make your ; possessions / i stake / to : be 1 played fpr in each session in / the /^ eat national Kell . Seeing the advantage that masters' and
mauuiactnrers have derived from / thc appli 6 ation / oif steara to . production , you : ; ndw seok / to apply fag same scionco to land , while you- seem to be ignorant of tlie . ; faci , that the . unrestricted application of steam power , whether to Jigrv culture or manufactures , must tend to : ^ lodgo manual labourers from their rightful po < = > - tipn in society . Mark , I say , . unrestricted application ; from , wluch the double evil : of . wljim ^ eal moderation and entire a ppropriation arigC g ; % j 9 landlord who has not yet lost his estato does not observe that , by each political movement , his powe- of
preserving is fast dimiuishing ; Your position is thisj-y on first borrow , then mortgage , and filiall y sell . It an estate is to be sold , who purchases-it ? A steam inanufecturer . TMs weakens your mt 6 re « t bee » use the new man who gives ^ 100 ^) 00 for ai estate has ; five times that sum vested ia inaiiufac ^ tures- and the political power which is transferred with the estate goea to the creditpf cheap food as it is called , and : free ; ; trado ,: b y vrhieh is mfeant domestic dependency domestic starvation , andthe complete subjugation pf every working Wn in this Kmgdom to domestic and forei ^ spoculatiou / " ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦
My Lords and Gentlemeu , I have , thought lona and : deeply on your ; pment . position . - ¦ I- hat « fought , almost single-handed cf my order , against the assaults which havo been recently mnde upon what is called / the landed interest ; hut not more with tho desire of protecting your frightful p-operty , than from a e ^ incluK . tiou to allow the obstacles which , stand between the people and tha occupation of the « oil being multiplied : bY niakinff tlio land of England , Ireland , and Scotland , > nd consequently the people of those / countries , subject to the . whim , tho caprice , and tho speculation of loreijrhers . ^
. Aly Lords and Centleruen , as words are nowa-days Of va ^ t importance , and as the ch aracter of a party may be pledged by the ^ expression of an ¦ wdindttdi you will bear in mind tliat 1 U 3 e th word " occupation . " - ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . / " ,. - ' To correcttlie maniftld evilsinto which you havo ^ yourselves , I sec na remedy but that of taking e otti ^ l of tho whole iiation , wh ; icli can only be don by giving to every , matt of twenty-pne year * of "ace of sound mmd r and to all w ^ ows M ^ 1 ^ thelikeage , a . Yoicein the ; nomination : pf tbo 5 c shajlfflake Jaws togovernjhe whole , corimumt ^ M property Of that conmunity , with justice ail
eqmty , from whicb would speedily ' follow ttS ^ - ablishment pf your ancient landmark ^ lhe ^ tofa . tionof alUuatis v ^ luabla of your : ancientcli 3 t : thp protection by law of as much property as ri ^ ht ^ fuUy bo ^ to you , theiimitation : of your nghtMf Monyl ^ x ^ ,, and pf the peopled ^ ; 1 ^ erefpre pledgp myself to increase your security by essenmg . ^ -im ^ i ^^^ :: ^ eart , and allmy spnl , and allmy mi ^ . t WppS La great princi ple of , Universal lu ^ J SS ul T W ^ eseiltat ^ the powo& mih S such . admimstrative imprpyements as that orS change may warrant . " »« . Pr an , p .
tin ¥ Lor ^ , aijd G ^ tlemen , as I purpose : to ConmuQ mv ;^ re weekly , in which \ » Li W rf tho several questions appertaining io-yo ^ r c-Uer S ** . ™® youare likely to b ^ frecil ,: i ^ oS « jnth th . working ; cla ^ t ; coacLub ibM present . with an apology tbriny inaT > ilitv ; : from the Yu ^ t extent of , your ; Countyi / t o : pay iny respects por oiially . I . shall therefore proceed ; ^ coidi t& nncient eustom . to canva ^ the electors- of Yorkshiro a , P ^ l ^ ineeiings , called fbr the purple , of which timely notivo shall be given , and whicli tho nonelectors areinvitcd to attend . At those . meetings t snuil . tearlcsslyvEjtato my opinions , , anxi witor fully mtp the reasons , why you are np > capable PfrepreseiHing yoursehes . /; ' - ¦; . I have the hononr to remain , : ¦ ¦' .- ' . ' - ¦' .- / ¦¦ .- ^ C ! iv obedieiit Steva !; C , V . ' / : .: . . : _ : ¦ '¦ . ¦ '¦ ¦ ' ¦ i-Eim&Ef& ^ -cUKlCQR ; :- - ' : N : > rtlieriv ' Sl-ar Oface- - / . 3 ¦ ' // : J / - ; ; /;/ . /\ - / /;/' ' Lceii ? , ^ ri ) . t :.-l 3 th .-JBS £ > . '' ,. ¦; .- . V " . / / ' .. - "' ' ' ^ yi . '
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CHARTISTS' APPEAL TO THE QUEEN . Hirk 1 to the distant cannon ' s roar , Ihe "widows '— -oxpb&nV czies ; Has Justice Bed the enaacgutn'd shor » , jM 4 ilercy Tefl"d lot eyes ? ¥ « ipxBin -srtldfl and antres hoar , ¦ Jfeath Cyprew' shadows deep , — Ah Jnhen , her tresses stain'd vrifli gore , j ^» ll Freedom ceaae to weep ? -- ^ Mjfflwa ** theJ ^» thquaie ? " -woaldrt tcoa guide / 7 be "battle and tbestdrm ? Let not the iron arm of pride God's noblest-wort dEfarm . Queen of the Tempest ! dost than skrint rrom Pay ' s sacred tigh , Tor these -who jrond Tesolve to fo ^ v * Cr tavely dare to die t
How sad -would the historie page _ Hand down to distant Tears , Youth , innocence . dJsdain'd f assuage " " A nation ' s burning tears , let- " Metij teuiper Jnsfice "—^ Lotc Theto « m shall fond repay ; And trright thj- s ^ int soar above , To realms of endless d » y . BLDrapieb .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 14, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1074/page/7/
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