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Dokasax besg asked by a wag , How many pounds of smoke might be obtained from a hundred weight of weed f calmly replied , " Weigh the ashes , &nd what is wasting is smote . " Maste * - " Sam , where's the hoe V Sam— " Wid the harrow , massa . " Master— " Well , wliere ' s the harrow ! ' » Sam— " Wid the hoe . " Maeter— " Well , then , where ' s the hoa and harrow both I" Sam—M Yy both together , m&ssa . What do you want to bolder poor Sam dat way for ! " Master— " Go to the . " Sam— " Arter you , massa . " The People . —The greatest scholars , poets , orators , philosophers , warriors , -statesmen , inventors and improTers of the arts , arose from the lowest of the people . If we had waited till conrnera had invented the art of printing , clock-making , navigation , and a thoosand others , we should probably lave continued in darkness to this hour .
Srs Rjchabd Steels , the celebrated author of The Tatter , who represented Boroughbridge , in 17 U , cartied his election against a powerful opposition by the laughable expedient of sticking two apples full of faineas , and declaring to the electors , before who m fie held them up , that the largest should be the prize of that man whose- wife should be the first to bring forth a- boy after that day nine months , and that the other should belong to him who should become the father of a girl within tbe same period . This finesse procured him the interest of the women , who are said to commemorate Sir Richard ' s bounty to this day . They once made a very strenuous effort to procure a resolution thai no man should ever be received as a candidate who did not offer himself to their consideration opon the same terms .
Ths MntisTBB and his Mas . — " Well , John , " said the minister , on being called upon by his beadle one of the late stormy evenings , "Where hare you been this wirdy nigh ;? " "Oh , Sir I"' replied the lacquey , I was aw& , seein' gif I could catch a stipend . " "Catch a stipend ! " rejoined his revexence in surprise ; " what do you mean , John ? ' ' Oh , Sir 1 " was the answer , " ye ken our nonintrusion ministers tell us , they throw their stipends to the wind , and I was just out to see gif the wind wad blaw aae my way .- " "Ah ! John , " was the advice of the minister—Moderate , we opiue— "don ' t believe the half you hear in ihese times ; you would sooner catch a butterfly in December , than a stipend in the wind . "—Dundee Advertiser .
Japakese Uses of ths Fas . —Neither men cor women wear hats , except as a protection against rain : the fan is deemed a sufficient guard from the sun ; and perhaps nothing will more strike tbe newly-arrived European than : h « fan , which he will behold in the hand or the girdle of every human being . Soldiers and priests are no more to be seen without their fans than fine -ladies , \ y Lo make of theirs the use to which fans are put in other couutries . Amongst the men of Japan i ; serves a s . reat ¦ va riety of purpose ? : visitors receive their daiutie 3
offered them upon their fans ; ne be ^ ar , imploring charity , holds out his fan for the aim ; his prayers -may have obtained . The fan serves ths dandy in lieu of a wholesome switch ; the pedagogue , instead of a ferule for the offending sehooiovy ' s knuckles ; and , not to dwell too long upon the subject , a fan , presented upona peculiar kind of salver to the highborn criminal , 13 said to be the form , of announcing bis death-doom ; his head is struck off at the same moment as he strttehes it towards the fan . —Siebold s Manners and Customs of the Japanese .
Population of the Uxiied States . —The Xeic York Sun remarks that the total population of the United Sta ; e 3 , according to the late census , will stand about as follows : —Whites , H . 250 , C 00 ; free coloured , 400 , 0 lw ; slaves ,-2 , 354 , 000 . Totaii 17 , 000 , 000 . Cardixals . —There has been a cardinal of every nation , except an Irish one ; perhaps lest he should encroach upon the authority of the Pope in making bulls . —Sicirilum ' s Courts of Europe . Ws sbovld not care 10 lire if the Court scribe Were to die ; our sides would have 3 . sinecure , for he I 3 the most mirth-pro > oking rosu ' e that ever took pen in hand . Let our readers but read the following paragraph from his effusions of Wednesday , and each and every one trill crow like chanticke- " : — * Her Royal Highness the Princess Rojal was taken aa airing , yesterday afternoon , ia a carriage and feur , with oairideri ! I ! " —SatirUL
Klxble ' s Blcides , or , the Horse a . vd the Lajjt . —A ludicrous circumstance occurred one Morning during Kemble ' s management at Covent Garden . A gentleman was shown into me { jTcen-* oom , whose objeet was to treat about an engagement for bis daughter ; bu ; as about this h jur a horse dealer had been appointed ' . o . call , the manager , whose head ran very mucn upon his ssud , mistook one for ihe other , and began by asking the father of Melpomene , " How old is she VI" Sixteen last May , Sir . " " Oh , she ' s aged , then , and won ' t do for the hard work ; pray is she quiet ! ' " Perfectly , I never knew a gentler creature . 'l " Has she been long in town ! " " I only brought her up with me a week ago from East Grinstead / ' " Has she been properly handled V " Mr . Thelwall has given her some lessons . " " Has she been ever between the
pillars 1 " " Sir , I don ' t understand you . " Well , well , no matter ; if your terms are moderate , I dare » y we shall not differ . " " Sir , that I leave entirely to yourself ; she is below , shall I bring her up to you ! " " Bring her up ? oh no ( smiling grimly ) , give her to my groom ; he'll put her into a stall till I come down to look a : her . " " Into a stall , Sir V B Yes , Sir , into a stall to be sure ; and as you say she is quite gentle , and , I presume , perfesUy sound , I am determined to try her myself . My friend Morton , U writing a melo-drama , in _ which 1 am to perform ; and I am determined , should we close
the bargain , to make my entree upon her back . ' " TJpou her back—upon my daughter ' s back , Sir ! Sir , do you mean to affront me ! " " Sir , I beg ten thousand pardons , but don ' i you come from the Csmberlsnd-mews V " Ko , 1 come from East Grinstead . " " With a mare !'' " No with my daughter . " u Got by Skyscraper out of Andnsnache . < "' " No , she is the first-born of my own and my ever-lamented wife , Mary Muggins ' s loins . " a Bless my soul , Sir , I have been betrayed into a great mistake ; bat I am glad we happened to be alone—( solemnl y taking a pinch of snuff J—such meetings should be private . "
A . Ca . m . nkPost-bea&e& . —A very interesting scene Biay be witnessed any day on the road to Derby . It appears that the Derby mail is met every moming , at ten , by a dog from an extensive iron-work at Worksop , waiting to be the bearer of the letterbag for his master , which is regularly dropped by the guard , without wailing . If , however , the canine Bftessenger is not somewhere about at the hour 01 ten , the horn is sounded , and the dog is immediately Observed in the distance coming along the road with all speed to meet the mail at the lane-end ; bu : this is very seldom the case , as the dog usually seats itself upon the wall 3 &ojoining the works ,
listening to the approach of the mail . When the bag is thrown down , the faithful-creature , without ¦ delay , invariably takes the nearest way home , through the hedge and over the fields : Later on in the day , the empty bag is bronghr by the dog , to ffleet the same mail to Derby ; but , in consequent of the guard not getting off his seat , it is necessary to Eead a person with the bag , who can throw it opon the mail while it is going . The dog , feeling its inability to supply this deficiency , denotes his anxiety by barking and howliEg- With this exception , the animal performs all the duties of a lettercarrier for his master with " punctuality and despatch . "—Mandiester Guardian .
Db . Fbaxklct 05 D celling . —In a letter from the American philosopher to Dr . Thomas Percival . of this town , dated Passy , near Paris , July 17 , 1784 , occurs the following passage : — " It is astonishing that the murderous practice of duelling , which you so justly condemn , should continue so long in vogue . Formerly , when duels were used to determine law-suits , from an opinion that Provideuce worud in every instance favour truth and right with victory , they were more excusable . At present they decide nothing . A man Fays something , whkh another tells him 13 a lie . They fi ^ h ; ; but , whichever is killed , the point in dispute remains unsettled . To this purpose they have a pleasanf . etory here : —A gentleman in a coffee-house . desired another to sit
farther from him . ' Why so ?'— 'Because , Sir , you smell offensively . '— ' Thai x 3 an affront , and you must fight me . '— 'I will fight yon , if yon insUt upon it ; bat I do not see how that will mend the matter ; for if you kill me , I shall smell too .. ; and if I kill you , you will smell , if possible , worse than you do at present . ' How can such miserable sinuers as we entertain so much pride , as to conceire thai every offence against our imagined honour merits death ! These petty princes , in their own opinion , would call that sovereign a tyrant , who should put one of them to death for a little uncivil language , though pointed _» t bis Eacred person ; yet every one of them makes himself judge in his own cause , condemns the offender without a jury , and undertakes himself to be the executioner . ''
Parses Albert ' s hunting stud , besgles , and greyhoaads , cost the country somewhere about four thousands per annum I Hia Rayal Highness has been out during the season about five times , which , calculating two hours each time , gives , on a rough calculation , four hundred pounds for each day ' s sport , and something under four pounds p « r minute . The four thousands per year is equal to the pay of one hundred poor curates , and the support of two hundred poor families 2 Cat o ' xike-tails Cakdigas , when he ordered corporal punishment to be inflictedon tbe soldier on the Sabbath day , adduced , in defence of the act , the old maxim of ** the better day the better deed ; " bus the strongest reason of all was , that hi 3 owa soul had received such a lashing that nu > rnmg from the pulpit , ii ¦ wo-ild , he vhoaghi , oper&le in effect as a companion picture to order the lash to be applied to the back oJ tbe poor ] devii singled out fortorture of the must degrading kind .
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THE FACTORY QUESTION . If humane and reflecting Englishmen could only be familiarized with gne half of the practical barbarities which , ereo in the best conducted factories , are inseparable from the present system of Infant labour , we feel persnaded that not another month would elapse ere this monstrous national disgrace were sentenced to complete extinction . We are none of your fancy philanthropists ; we have no taste for overcharged pictures of any ssrt ; nor do we forget that there is hardly a better "way of perpetuating an abuse than by giving its advocates the advantage of being able to show that its evils have been greatly exaggerated . Opposed as we are , however , to tbe false sensibility as well as to tbe stupid impolicy which would unduly magnify any grievance that really deserves ledress , we are prepared to show , from an infinite variety of
authentic evidence , that the labours imposed upon children in the manufacturing districts ( sanctioned , we blush to say , by a British Legislature ) are generally attended "with & systematic sacrifice of human life , compared with which the carnage of cannibals , or the immolations of Juggernaut , are almost tantamount to mercy . Apart altogether from the testimony of the better class of factory owners , and factory inspectors , and factory victims , -which , though-varying in its inculpatory character according to tbe interests or intelligence of the -witnesses , uniformly represents the cotton mill as a dismal instrument of infant torture , -we would ask any parent in civiliied Europe to say whet thei children from nine to twelve years old can be subjected to the confinement and labour of factories for ticelve at even ten hours a day , without involving a course of privation and suffering at which humanity must absolutely shudder ?
Talk of spending twenty millions for the emancipapation of the West India slaves—talk of forming juvenile reformation schemes at tbe Cape of Good Hopetalk of philanthropic devices for the protection of the aborigines in British colonies—talk of organizing fine civilisation societies foi Africa , and jobbing expeditions to the Niger on a grand enterprise of beneficence—we sav it is an utter disgrace to the display geidry who nave clamoured for these Lumbng humanities , that , while mustering in thousands to perform the sentimental on behalf of doubtful and visionary projects , the wretched condition of the factory children , pining and perishing at their ovm door , and hurried in a frightful ratio to an early tomb , has never -wrung a tear from their phari-Baical eyes , nor quickened one dormant sympathy iu their benignant breasts >
As fsr as regards the shansefnl indifference of dissenting minUUrs to this object , we cannot say that we are much surprised at iu Considering their exclusive predeiic ' . wn for such foreign or domestic labours as bear more directly upon their own sectarian aggrandizement , we did not expect that any interests apart from those which are strictly denominational -would for a moment receive the - •¦ Hgtitest place in their regenerated hearts . But -w . th leaped to the Buxton party , who ars composed of a son of Church and Quaker coalition , we certainly did anticipate , notwithstanding the beavj mill-investments oi the D-rlington and Durham Frit-nds , that something like a dectnt consistency would have impelled them not to confine their philanthropy to mere platform parades
in favour of savage tribes , but to take a prominent lead in extirpating that wholesale system of infant slaughter which demands their interference at home . In this , h » -wcver , we have been painfully disappointed . The sympathies of the Buxton party are too sublime and generous to be occupied with anything so tamely common-place as the sufferings of factory children . What exclusively concerns them are the hardships of negro cherubs , and the misdemeanours of foreign slaveis . X ) H ] y give them a tale of Guinea abduction ; and , for ail that ihey care , the infant population of the manufaciaisg districts may be banded over t » tbe tender merries of demons . We hold up these self-perfuming coxcombs to the contempt of the entire kingdom ; and , by God ' s blessing , the great work of factory reform shall speedily triumph in spite of tkem .
On this subject , as on every other , the conduct of the ^ Yhigs , too , has been infamous . During their ten years" tenure of effiee , sad long before they got it , they have incessantly prated about the necessity of emancipating negroes , Papists , Dissenters , parochial ratepayers , hulk convicts , and what not ; but with reference to the crying abominations of mill-infanticide , as demonstrated by the evidence of their ovrn Factory Inspectors , particularly by Messrs Stuart and Homer , corro ' ioratrd by the reports of Parliamentary Committees , not one thing have they done towards arresting the biitcberirs of the cotton-shambles , except indulging in regrets , promises , and evasions , which , till this hour , have been utterly unproductive of a single substantial improvement ,
At length , hotrever , "we can faintly ptrceive the dr > -wn ^ ngs of better days . The factory atrocities which have heretofore Veen winked at by the Whigs and tbe 2 > rofessed philanthropists , seen * likely at last to receive un effective cheek from the manufacturing districts themselves . In tardy unison with the humane and intelligent views -which have long been expressed by a ffc-w df the more eminent mill-owners , such as the Messrs . Fielden , of Todiuorden , and Mr . W . R . Gre ^ g brother of the Member for Manchester ) , a large meeting of manufacturers has lately been held upon this subject at Bra ' . ford . We are not without a sanguine hope that this Bradford movement will be extensively followed up thro-nghont the factory districts- The inhabitants of those localities , being best acquainted with the evils of the present system , must , if they will only unite in denouncing them , pesaess a resistless influence in obtaining their speedy extinction . Indeed , it would seem in the present day that the country ' s ln-iin reliance "for the redress ef grievances is to be piaceJ
chiefly on the very parties who are supposed to have the greatest interest in upholding them . This has been equally exemplified at the Nottingham election , -whfera the rate-payers , -who are said to be the greatest profilers by the New Poor Law , have done themselves immortal honour by electing its most distinguished opponent The other manufacturing towns of England , unless we are greatly mistaken , will , sooner 01 later , follow tbeii example . Among such constituencies as those of Manchester , Leeds , Huddersfield , Ashton , Rochdale , and Salford , the great questions of factory reform and Poor Law repeal ought to be the testing points in regard to which the pretensions of cindid&tes should be disposed of . We are happy to understand that the sentiments of Sir George Murray and Mr . Hardy on tbe Poor Law controversy corrtspond very nearly with those of Mr . Walter . It ia well that it is so . The factory communities should now let the . ii voice be haaid . It ia a very potential one , which Parliamentary candidates must feel themselves compelled to respect . —Times .
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The Pigs . —An Irishman was observed to feed his pig one day to repletion , and to starve it the next . Oii being asked his reason for doing so , he said t" Och , sure , and isn ' t it I that likes to have bacon with a strake 0 ' fat to the strake 0 ' lane equallyone after another . " Discharges fbom the Army . —The Hon . Col . Cavendish arrived at the Cavalry Barracks at Windsor , where the life Guards are stationed , a few days since , preparatory to the discharge of several of the privates , of extremely bad character , for disorderly conduct . This mode of proceeding was resorted to in preference to pnnishiD ^ the men , and then suffering them to remain in the regiment , to ' old out bad and dangerous examples to others . Upon several -who were dismissed former punishments which they had been subjected to had no beneficial effect in inducing them to alter their conduct .
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HOUSE OF LORDS .-Feiday , Apbii . 30 . Tbe report on the Drainage Bill was agreed to , and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Tuesday . The South Australian BUI passed through a Committee , and their Lordships adjourned .
Monday , May 3 . The Sake of Buckingham presented 120 petitions against any alteration in the Corn Laws . In consequence , he said , oi an announcement in another place , he had received several communications from many of the petitioners , -who were exceedingly astonished at the intentions of the Government , and expressed their regret that the Noble Lord at the head of the Government should have united with his colleagues in favour of an alteration of the Cora Laws , thus risking every thing that was valuable in the country . For his ewn part he had h « wd with equal regret and astonishment .
the declaration made elsewhere , but he hoped that both Houses of Parliament would express upon the subject an opinion so decided that the fears of the agricultural population might be dispelled , and that they might " be enabled to enjoy their own properties in peace , and give employment to the labouring classes , who would be deprived of tie means of existence if those laws were repealed . The Noble Duke quoted a former speech of Viscount Melbourne ' s , when opposing any alteratidn of those laws , and said that the Noble Viscount and his colleagues would be answerable for the results of an attempt so dangerous and alarming .
Viscount Melbourne said that in all his former opposition to any change in the Corn Laws , he had always rested that opposition upon grounds wholly temporary . He now felt convinced th » t the time had arrived -when a change became necessary , in order to meet the financial difficulties of the country . ^ The Earl of Ripon regretted the course taken liy the Noble Viscount for the sake of his own character , because , if he had no better reasons than those put forward , he would not stand justified in the eyts of tbe country . He wished to kn « w if the measure was to be regarded by Governim nt as one of protection or taxation ?—if the latter , it wou ' . i . l le the most cruel act evexioicsd upon a reluctant LetfMnture . Viscount Mei . nui ' KSE , aniidit laughter and cheers from the Opposition benches , said he was not prepared to answer the question .
The Earl of W ' inchilsea said , the measure wai one of taxation , and he would give it every opposition in his pawfr . He hoped the people of England would rise as one man against such a tax . Tfce Government was not acting honestly . The cumitiy condemned them on their foreign , domestic , and commercial policy , and they now resorted to the cheap bread cry in the hope of serving their electioneering interests in the event of a dissolution of Parliament . The petitions were laid on the table . Lord Di'NFKRMLlNE presented a petition from the seven clergymen of Stratbln > gie , who had been suspended , praying that the indictment against them might bo laid before their Lordships . A discussion t » f some length respecting the difference between tbe legal and ecclesiastical couita of Scotland ensued .
The Earl of Glen gall then drew the attention of thtir Lordships to the case of the falsification of tLe returns from the Clerimel Union , and moved a resolution to the effect that Mr . Stanley , in making those returns ; had been guilty of a grosa contempt of the authority ef the House . The Earl of Wicklow thought the resolution was stronger than tbe justice of the case required IUr . Stanley could hardly have been guiity of contempt , for , in his opinion , be hid been actuated by no improper motive whatever . Even if he was culpable , he was certainly nut the person most culpable , for he was only the secretary to the board . He was of opinion that Government was not warranted in dismissing Mr . Stanley from his situation , or rather in accepting his resignation , until the decis ' . un of the House of Lords teas htard upou the suljfct .
Lord Elle .-oroigii t , u \ il Mr . Stanley was selected , because he w « the only peisou against whom the House could proceed . The Marquis of Noiimanby said that no one could deny that the falsification of the returns was a contempt of the House , although it was clear that the only motive which influenced Mr . Stanley was that of concealing a defalcation of duty . The Duke of Wellington wns of opinion that the Houso must agree to the reso . ' utiuu , though the Poor Law C ; minis 8 i'jnera were the really culpable parties , for they ihouM havo prevented such an occurrence . The case should be probed to the bottom , for in several other cases there had been corruption , aa well as in this . Aft # r some observations from the Marquis of NORMaNuy and the Marquis ul W ' esstmeaTU , the resolution was asrreed to .
The Eirl of Gle . ngall lhun moved that Mr . Stanley be ordered to attend at the- Bar of the House on Friday , the 14-hof May . The Marquis of Norm an by thought th « dignity of iLe Hn > v h . iJ been oufliciently consulted in the resignation i . t Air . Stanley , and hoped that in bis present * Uie nf health he would not be called upon to attend at li-. e Bar L'jrd Ellen borough suggested that It would anawer the purpose if it was entered upon the journals that , owing to Mr . Stanley's state of health , their Lordships -would not pres ^ his attendance at the Bar .
This suggestion w > is acceded to , and the Earl of Glkngall accordingly withdrew his motion . Their Lurd * Lips then adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fmdat , April 30 . The Chairman of the Committee on the King ' s County Election reported that Mr . Armstrong kad beeu duly elected as member for that county . Lord J , Rtssell gave notice that , on the first ordej day after thu 31 st of May , he would move that the House should rtsol ve itselHnto a Committee of the whole House to consider the laws relating to the trade in corn . Immense cheering from the Ministerial benches , with counter-cbeeriug from the Opposition , followed this announcement . The House having resolved itself into a Committee of ways and means , '
The Chancellor of the Exchequer brought forward his financial statement for thu year . He , in the grst instance , drew tbe attention of the House to the expectations he had formed last year of the expenditure and income of the country . The expenditure he liad estimated at £ 4 < j , 499 , 000—the income at £ i- < {) i 1 , 000 , leaving an estimated deficiency of £ * 5 S uoo , which he had proposed to meet by a vote of creait . The actual results , however , proved to be that tbe expenditure amounted to £ 49 , 285 , 000 , and the income to £ 47 , 443 , 000 , leaviug a dtfleiency larger than he had estimated by the sum ef nearly £ l , cou , ooo . By comparing the estimated with the actual income there appeared to be a deficiency of £ 1 , 188 , 000 . This deficiency arose , not from any unfavourable result of the additional taxation which boil been imposed , but
fr / iM a falling off in the revenue , which , under any circumstances , would have taken place . The produce of tlw live per cent , duly on customs ai * d excise bad betn calculated from the returns of tiiu year 1839 , which year gave a great increase on the ye * r before ; and , as that increase did not continue , the additional duties were on many articles unproductive . The articles upon which there had been an increase , both in quantity and duties , were butter , cheese , cuffee , olive oil , pepper , silks ( raw and thrown ) , timber , and cotton wool . The articles upon which there had bten a decrease in quantity but an increase in duty wtre raisius , tallow , tobacco , tea , and American deals ; and the articles upon which there had been a decrease , both in quantity and duty , were currants , molasses , spirits , sugar , wine , wool , and European deais . The falling off in the duty on spirits In Ireland amounted to £ 354 , 000 , which was
no proof , ho felt pleasure in stating , of the decreased resources of the country , for it was entirely owing to the increased habits of temperance in the people of that country . On the other band the payments into the Irish exchequer showtd an increase in the amount of duties on tea and coffee . Tbsre had beenalsoin Ireland an increase in the auction duty , and an increase in the duties on bricks , glass , ground glass , soap , soft soap , malt , vinegar , and in the post-horse duty . Tiie stamps and taxes exhibited an increase beyond the estimate of £ 6 Q , * i' 0 . With respect to the decrease in the postoffice , it was not ilhe result of a decrease in the number of letters , but was entirely owing to the increased expenditure - which it -was found necessary to incur in thnt department . The Right Hon . Qeatleman then proceeded to give ths following stalfciueut of his expectations of the lerenue , and of the expenditure for the ensuing year : — ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE . ' Interest of the National Debt ... £ 29 , 420 , 000 Other charges on the Consolidated Fund 2 , 400 , 000 The army 6 , 587 , 000 The navy 6 , 805 , 000 The ordnance 2 , 075 , « 00 Miscellaneous 2 , 935 , 000 Cinada 108 , 000 China 475 , 000 With respect to China ,- there were some charges in the account sent in by the East India Company which would be to be paid by tbe Company itself , and he would therefore put that item down at only £ 4 § 0 , 000 and this deduction would give a total amount of
expenditure of £ 50 , 781 , 776 . In estimating the coming revenue , he had endeavoured to take a very sober view of the suliject Ths customs last year , which was rather an unfavourable one , prodaced £ 21 , 700 , 000 . He estimated them to produce tbe ensuing year £ 22 , 100 , 000 . The excise produced lost year £ 13 , 673 , 000 . He estimated the result this year to be £ 14 , 000 , 000 . Stamps produced last year £ 7 , 183 , 000 . He t # ok them at £ 7 , 000 , 000 for this year . The assessed taxes produced last yew £ 3 , 889 , 432 , but , as the increased 10 per cent had sot come into operation for a considerable period of tbe year , he thought hinuelf justified in estimating them to produce £ 4 , 306 , 000 . The Post-office he estimated to produce £ 450 , 000 , Xb » Crown landB £ l 8 O , oyo , and miBcaUneoua £ 23 b . # 00 , making a total of £ 48 , 310 , 000 . This gave a deficiency . of income to meet the expenditure of no less than £ 2 , 421 , 000 . From thia deficiency hs should
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deduct the charge for China of £ 400 , 000 and the navy debt of £ 191 , 000 , as not being permanent annual charges « & the revenue , and for which it would not be advisable to make permanent provision . This would leave the deficiency to be provided for £ 1 , 8 * 0 , 000 . Under the circumstances he had stated , he deemed it necessary to increase tbe revenue of the country to £ 50 , 000 . « 0 « , which would leave £ 1 , 704 , 000 to be provided . In order to raise this amount it-would be necessary either to fall back on some of the taxes they had repealed , such as the house tax , or the tax on coals ; or they must bring in those parties who had hitherto beeu exempted from taxation by imposing a legacy duty upon real property , or they must take away those exemptions by which certain classes were now benefitted , such as the exemption on horses used for
agricultural purposes . If they adopted nene of these , they must tax those new articles gas and steam , or lastly , they must resort to a tax -which had now become popular—an extensive property tax . If they resorted to taxation at all , they must adopt one or other of these courses , and it was their doty to turn to those which would throw additional burdens on the people . In order to increase the revenue be proposed to alter tbe duties on timber and sugar . Colonial timber now paid a duty of l # s . a load , while Baltic timber paid 55 s ., being a protecting duty of 450 per cent He proposed to adopt a suggestion formerly proposed by Lord Althorp , of raising the duty on colonial timber to 20 a and reducing tbe duty on Baltic timber to 50 s . By this alteration the consumer would be greatly benefitted , and the revenue would be increased probably to the extent of £ 750 , 000 ; but he would be content to
take it at £ 6 « 0 , 800 . With respect to sugar , which , if not an absolute necessary , at all events might be esteemed the poor man ' s cheapest luxury , he proposed to leave to colonial produce a protecting duty of only 50 percent The present duty on foreign sugar was 63 , and on colonial 24 , and he proposed to reduce the former to 36 . This he believed would produce a revenue of £ 900 , 099 ; but he would take it at £ 700 , 000 ., which , with the produce from timber , would give a result upon which they might rely to the amount of £ 1 , 300 , 000 , leaving still a deficiency of £ 400 , 000 . ThiB £ 400 , 000 ho did not propose to make any provision for at present , because of the motion respecting the Corn Laws , of which his Noble Friend had given notice , and which if carried would amply supply the deficiency . On the other hand , if the proposition of his Noble Friend should not be agreed to , be must make provision for the £ 480 , 00 * by direct taxation .
Mr . Gouluurn would not give any opinion upon the plans proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for supplying the deficiency in the revenue , bnt would reserve his sentiments until each measure should come before the House for discussion . The Right Honourable Gentleman reviewed the conduct of the Government since the year 1835 , showing that they have been every year adding to the expenditure of the country , -while its income had been constantly diminishing , until they at length crowned its embarrassments , by the delusive institutions of the Fenny Postage . Mr . Hume regretted that not one word had been said that could lead him to hope that there was to be any
reduction in the heavy expenditure wliich had led to this great deficiency . He had always warntd the Government of the result of kteping up the enormous expenditure of the country , and he had a right to taunt them when tbe difficulties he predicted arose , a right which gentlemen on the other side of the House did not possess , for they had been always Urging the Government to increased expenditure . The Hon . Member then contended at considerable length for the necessity of au alteration of . the Corn Laws , and defended the Penny Postage , though no system could work well -when not governed by a man of business inskad of by a peer , who , from bis habits and station in society , must be unfit for such a situation as that of
Post-Master-General . Several Hon . Members on the Ministerial side expressed their concurrence in the views of the Chancellor of the Exchequer respecting the duties on corn ; after which Lord Francis Egerton expressed his astonishment , not that the Noble Lord ( J . Russell ) after the strong expression he had used on a former occasion upon the subject of the Corn Laws should have now proposed the subject for discussion , but that ho should have postponed tho subject for five weeks to come , instead of at once enabling the House to re-asaure the agricultural interest by a single vote upon the subject Lord J . Russell , in rt-ply to a question from Lord Saruion , tsaid that the proposition he intended to bring forward upon the subject of the Corn La-wa -would embody tbe principle ) of a moderate fixed duty , and the question would be brought forward by the Government as one upon which the Cabinet was united .
Sir R . Peel was surprised that the Noble Lord sbouUl have postponed his motion on the subject of the Corn Laws for five weeks , more particularly as he had connected the subject with the financial circumstances of the country . The Right Hou . Baronet defended his side of the House for the course they had pursued in supporting the foreign policy of the Government , although it necessarily led to very considerable expence . Lord J . Russell said that , owing to the Important measures before the House , he did not see any possibility of bringing the question of the Corn Lawn before tbe House sooner than the period he had named . Mr . JVakley hoped that the proposed alteration in protective duties would not bo cunfined to the Corn Laws alone , but would be extended to every branch of manufacture and commerce .
Lord HOWlCK advocated the proposal of a fixed , duty , and would give his support to the Government when the question came for discussion , AfUr a few observations , from Mr . M . Philips and Mr . Chapman , Mr . Labouchere advocated the principles of free trade , and said be could lay his hand npon his heart and declare that if he could be satisfied tkut these principles , which he hud been endeavouring all hia life to promote , would be taken up by Gentlemen on the other side of the House , on their coming into office , he would moat willingly and cordially support them ; because thoso principles were essentially national , and bad been advocated before him by deputations from all classes of manufacturers aud mercantile meu from all parts of England , and of all political persuasions .
Mr . Herhjes said that the deficiency appeared to be about £ 2 , 400 , 400 , and tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed to provide for £ 1 , 700 ^ onlj ^ leaving a deficiency of £ 700 , 000 . This alarmed him , for he feared it might be the intention to meet it by enlarging the sinking fund through the medium of the Savings' Bank Act . This was a dangerous and most unconstitutional step , and if there was any such intention he should most certainly oppose it . The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that such a power was one which no Miuister ought to possess , but do long as he did possess the power of funding Exchequer Bills through the medium of the Savings Banks Act , he should not hesitate , if necessary , to exercise it . Mr . Villiers expressed bis gratification that the question of the Corn Laws was at last taken out of his hands by tbe Government , and pledged himself to give them every support upon tbe question when it was brought forward .
Mr . Alderman Thompson contended that the shipping interest of London were not favourable to the removal of the restrictive duties on timber and sugar . After some further discussion , the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , which was one of mere form , was agreed to , and the House resumed . The other orders of the day were thtn disposed of ,
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and the House adjourned . Monday , May 8 . A new writ was moved for the borough of Sandwich , in tbe room of the late Major-General Sir R Donkin . Lord Stanley , in reply to a question from Mr . W . S . O'Brien , said be did not intend to proceed with the Registration of Voters Ireland Bill on Wednesday . Mr . HaNDLEY complained of an inaccurate report of his speech , on Friday night , in the Morning Chronicle of Saturday . He was made to say that he would support Ministers in their measure respecting the Corn Laws , whereas he had really said directly the reverse . Ho could scarcely believe sujh a misrepresentation to have originated in mistake , and be therefore moved that tbe printer should be directed to appear at the bar of the House .
Mr . HUME hoped the Hon . Member would be satisfied with tbe explanation he bad given . Sir De Lacy Evans said it was absurd to supposu that the mistake of the reporter could have been intentional . Mr . HaNDLET , believing his object , that of correcting tbe mistake , to have been obtained , withdrew his motion . Lord J . Russell announced that , on Friday next , ho would state the amomnt of duty which he should propose to lay upon foreign corn Imported into this country . Lord SaM > on said he would on the same day give the House aa opportunity of pronouncing an opinion npon the contemplated change in the sugar duties . The House then resolved itself iuto a committee upon the Punishment of Death Bill .
The second clause was opposed by Lord J . Russell , Lord Dungannon , and Sir R . Inglis ; and supported by Mr . Hume , Mr . O Connell , and Mr . Sergeant Talfourd ; and on a division it was defeated by a majority of 122 to 110 . On tbe proposal of tbe fourth clause , abolishing the punishment of death in cases of violation , Sir C . Douglas moved an amendment making exceptions in certain cases . The amendment was withdrawn after some discussion , and the clause itself was negatived by a majority of 123 to 61 ; Sir R . Peel declaring , that in vases of murder , attempts to murder , and violation , be could not consent to abolish capital punishments . The next clause , which proposed to abolish the punishment of death in cases of attempts to murder , led to some discussion , but was ultimately negatived by a majority of 83 to 76 .
The sixth clause was also negatived by a majority of li ' D to 73 . Mr . Kelly saVd that he could not press bis Bill further that evening , opposed as he was by the Government , nor would be press it further that session if the Noble Lord ( J . ''ussell ) would proceed
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with the Government measure npon tbe subject without delay . ' Lord J . Russell said be would certainly proceed with the Government measure with the least possible delay . The House then resumed , and ihe Chairman obtained leave to sit on the 17 th of May . ' Tbe House then resolved Itself into Committee on the Criminal Justice BUI . Mr . W . Patten proposed two clauses , one to confirm , in some particulars , the Charter of Manchester , and the other to provide compensation for certain officers . Mr . M . Philips thought the proposal an Insult to the people of Manchester . In fact , they were now asked to buy off the opposition to the Charter by giving some thousands of the money of the ratepayers to those who had so long persisted in opposing lt >« .... _
The Attorney-General arid Mr . C . Buller opposed tbe clauses , which were supported by Mr . Cresswell . ' . ; After some discussion the first clause was withdrawn , and tbe Committee divided upon the second -clause , which was negatived by a majority of 128 to 73 . Lord F . Egerton moved a clause to exempt Bolton from the operation of the Bill . After some discussion the Committee divided , and the clause was negatived by a majority of 75 to 31 . The House then resumed , tbe other orders of the day were disposed of , and the House adjourned .
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MR . NEESOM ; HIS ADDRESS TO THE EDITOR AND WILLIAM RIDER ; It will be recollected by our readers that the name of Charles H . Neesom was appended to the document issued by Lovettand Correlative to the " New Move , " and , as will appear from the following , Mr . Neesom sent us a letter in justification of his conduct , which , along with a mass of other correspondence , was given into the hands of Wm . Rider for examination , previous to being placed in the hands of the compositors . Mr . Rider , it seems , believing that his friend had not sufficiently reflected upon the steps he had taken , immediately wrote to Mr . Neesom , conjuring him to reconsider the subject , and if , after such consideration , he was still anxious to have his letter published , be would give it into our hands for a decision . After a lapse of five days , Mr . Neesom sends the subjoined reply to Mr . Rider : — London , May 3 d , 1841 .
Friend Rideb , —I am much snrpnsed to learn you have caused the publication of my letter to be delayed . I consider it an unwarrantable interference on your part . My letter requires no reconsideration ; in looking over th « copy , I don't 868 anything that can be fairly objected to . It asks questions which may not be vary palatable to Mr . O'Connor , if that gentleman is not prepared to give the answers . You say the Chartists will give me no quarter . Many who call themselves Chartists I am aware will give abuse and display a spirit of intolerance and despotism , which none but dishonest men will countenance .
You know well that had Mr . O'Connor written or spoken in favour of Lovett ' splan it would have been applauded to the skies by those who now condemn it , many of whom , no doubt , have not examined any part of the views and objects set forth therein . O , for a large supply of knowledge Chwtism ! Again , I request thnt my letter may appear in the Star without delay , as I am not to be diverted from my purpose by the threats or coaxing of any man or set of men . I never have nor never will act intentionally wrong in the cause I have so long espoused . " An honest man is the noblest work of God . "
In conclusion , I am compelled to view this interference as a very unfriendly act on your part , and altogether at variance with strict justice , leaving out anything of " Auld Lang Syne . " Yours respectfully , Chas . H . Neesom , 76 , Hare-street , Bethual Green . The following is the communication alluded to : — TO THE EVITOR OF THE \ OKTHERN STAB . London , April 25 th ,-1841 .
Sir , —As there are strango reports abroad respecting my conduct in relation to my name buing appended to what is called the " secret move , " or Lovett ' s plan , I beg the insertion of the following letter in theforthcoming Star , aa it will be an answer to tbe many letters and inquiries that I have received , unil also an act of justice towards me , which I feel confident you will not deny . I am , Sir , your ' a respectfully , Chas . H . NEtsoM , 76 , Hare-street , Bethnal Green .
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it Is not for me to say , *» it wa » - »* TM | I 1 , Rev . Wm . Hill j aa such it must have vm / t i ^" your hands . Thia , Sit , looka very nueff . ? ^ move ;" at all events It Is an actef gniHnLJ withhold from the public any thing that * J-2 * •*» to make known to them the views and InteS ;*** person charged wiuTfceing a traitor , iS b 2 . ^« letter contained any thing like what you « iTwf " 9 to call repentance , escape from the Rat Tra » 5 *** doubt not you would gladly have causedttJih / Jj ?*' I should not then have been asked to reS ^ - ' letter . * " «« ^ Sir , IJrast I am capable of judging for nrji-itS spurn with indignation any attempt made to Jw » my mind , though it be made under th « V » ?** friendship . ™ m » 4 « Trusting to your high sense of justice , I aaain ^ ' that the letter may appear without furtherdrf ., ^ * I remain , Sir , yours respectfully , ' ¦ ' 76 , Hare-street , Bethnal Green . a ** £ o * In placing the above letters in our hands v » i » , accompanied it by the folowing . — ' ; H u »
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB Sib , —I hav « now , according to the pronnVw to Mr . Neesom , given" his communication into ^ T hands , yet , as a Chartist , I cannot allow it to » * 2 to the public without remark , however " imtwkwS those remarks may be to Mr . Neesom . lainagtiitAil affect * the interests of the working man Ib * m ? regard friend nor foe , nor shall I hew the rou « h « Sl ! offmy words to please any individualwhateVw 8 h ? Mr . Neesom object to the tone of expression ' £ ? S * do so , as I : shall « call a boat a boat , a fish \ fff [ tool a tool , and a traitor a traitor . ' - First , allow me to say a tew words in renlv i » vl letter to me of yesterday ^ date . ¦ ** He states his surprise to learn that I fcaW f ^ the publication of his letter to be delayed , and conSS it an " unwarrantable interference" on my nut ; insinuates , in his letter to you , that there is sWuSI ' secret" about my doing so , as the letter S 2 " addressed to Mr , Hill , must have passwi-tlirourtS hands . ' * - ^*^"" .
Now , in answer to this , I ask Jlr . Neesom Jf h » ui poses that the labour attendant on preparing aotteir a weekly paper is only equal to that of * taai ** makes a suit of clothes per ' week ? Jf he does h » t strangely mistaken . One tailor and one a&op&anfi ! quite sufficient ft > r the suit , but it requires nroratfcu one pen Or one desk to do the work at the Sturm * To assist at this work is a portion of my flatt Mr . Neesom's surprise at the circumstance of hia " letfe ' coming into myhands , may be obviated by iofomtor him of the ordinary course of business cormpmdeiMr 1 at the offiua ; which is that all letters a 4 dr « Kdte " the office , either to the Editor , to the Publisher tntW Clerk ( Mr . Ardill ) , or to Mr . O'Connor , go firstintofohands of , aud are opened by , either Mr . Hobswfor jS
Arum , just wmen may nappen to be m the way TSik gentlemen , wken they open the letters , pass thoss si ? dressed to the Editor , and all Rent for . publication « news , &c . into the hands of Mr Thompson , the Assistant Editor , who loeks them through , and prepares webi .: are on ordinary business for the composites , iDtowlji i hands the " copy" thus prepared frequently panes wiSw out beingseen by the Editor . Such of tbe correspondence as needs to be seen by him is reserved for bisimp « twfcS and decision . I occasionally assist Mr . Thompson . V thus preparing " copy , " and in the eonrse of my so doing , I fell in with the letter of Mr . Neesom ; sad
having a respect for Mr . Neesom for " anld lonrsrne * and feelingfor his present position , I determined to writ to him as a friend , to implore of him to reconsider hii letter before I gave it into your hands , telling him , thai if , after such re-consideration , he still felt determined on its publication , it should be handed to you . I acted on this determination ; and this explains the manaet bow the letter came into my hands , and shews that Mr . Neesom ' s insinuation of " secret move" ' ? lecaud the letter addressed to you , must have passed throorii your hands , " turns out to be , that Mr . Neesom has cut off his first button .
He says his letter " asks questions which may not * be veiy palatable to Mr . O Connor , if that gentleman- ii no » prepared to give the answers ; " A very sage id& , Mr . Neesom ; " if that gentleman is not prepared to give the answers . " But , suppose , he it prepared to give tbe answers , will those answers be " palatable 1 " Look at that bole , Mr . Neesom , and see if a pitcaii not very necessary . '• His next remark is an echo of the discomfited Leagues and sham-Radicals' cuckoo note—" Many wBo caD themselves Chartists , I am aware , will give abuse , tai display a spirit of intolerance and despotism uhid
none but dishonest men will countenance . " - Thaj when men turn traitors to tleir country and proponnr schemes to stultify and disorganise the people , thtf must be overshadowed with the mantle , silence . KV . Mr . Neesom ; that will never do ; you were not-wojt lo promulgate or practice any such hetorodox tenets ;' and the Chartists will hot subscribe to tkein tbrongl fear of being stigmatised with " intolerance " or "< ji . potism . " Error must and will be opposed . Treacherj must and shall be exposed , and , depend upon i ^ "honest men" will countenance the crusade against ili renegades and impostors .
He then proceeds thus— " You know well had Mr O'Connor wrote or spoke in favour of Lovett's plan , it would have been applauded to the skies by those who now condemn it . " I know do such thing ; neither do I believe it possible for all the political agitaton combined , to divert the attention of the people from tl » pursuit of tbe full measure of their rights . For ' ay own part I shall oppose O'Connor , and shall call ops » the people to aid in such opposition , the verymomfflt he calls upon us t « strike the flag "Universal Suffrage , ' and hoist that of a more limited standard . Tho asser tion is a libel upon tho Chartists—they are not led bj men , but by principle ; and I repel the insalt thus given .
I shall not dwell much upon his devout prayer— " 0 , for a larger supply of knowledge Chartism ! " I am one that would rather figbt for the fruits of Chartism than fall down and mule and pule for " a larger supply of knowledge Chartism . " Who would supply the knowledge ? Why , the " New Movers , " when they get hundreds of thousands of our nionef ; but they have not got the NEW " tint" yet , and , to their grief , they never will . What kind of knowledge wonld it be ? We have the sample , and , consequently , may judge of the stock yet in the sack .
I did think , Sir , of making same few remarks on his letter to his " fellow countrymen j" but I leave it untouched and open to others , though , ( is a Chartiit , I claim a right to give utterance to my views ; but , perhaps it would be " an unwarrantable interference on my part . " Yours , truly , WM . RlDEIt . Leeds , May 4 th , 1841 .
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TO THE EDITOK OF THE NORTHEBN STAB . Sir , —Having sent the Siarto Ireland for some time past , 1 thought it my duty , -when Dan O'Coniiell made use of the base assertions that he did respecting Cbwtism in Ireland , to test th « principles of the parties t <> , whom I sent it , -when 1 received a letter , of which the following is a copy . By your giving the same a place in the people ' s paper ; you -will greatly oblige Yours , a constant reader , And one of the oppressed , JOHN PULLERS ,. ] Secretary to the Manchester Petition Committee . . ' Manchester , May 2 d , 1841 . Sib , —I received your letter of the 10 tb , a day «**» , since , and feel grateful for your kindness hi sending UM Star to one , who , though a stranger personally , i * «* . so I hope in principle .
As to your question concerning my receiving the Star regularly , I beg to say , it is sometimes detained tUi three or four weeks after its publication ; bnt , » " ever so old , it is read with eagerness by all iuto W ™ J * . hands it may falL As to your other question , wan regard to Dan driving Cbartiam from Ireland , I > «* one am not the least uneasy on that point ; for thew ji here a growing spirit of democracy , that will « nl very distant period , baffle the deceiving cant of . Dal and Co ., or the power and tyranny of those who ar jumi authority , though backed by the gibbet , tfca bairn an-l tlie bayonet When we Irish are once convinced that we ha « been humbugged , wa don t withhold our far jids fro the readiest means of settling accounts witt . those wl have deceived us ; and surely we bava bw n ^ ece 'T ^ by as base a crew of cut throat and prater . ding p » trio » as ever this earth suffered on its groaning boson *
Again , in answer to your question * w nether * e baj « a Chartist Association formed here o ' .-no , I can < W say that in such an aristocratic tewr , as Lisburn , U « formation of one would be attend' -d with « t »* « j gculty , as most of the working pe' jpie are tenants ^ will to the Marquis of Hertford , and if Any pe « F allowed a meeting to be held in r . is house , it womdl ' followed by immediate ejecisaen ' . ; for I can assure y that tyranny exists here to a r «» t extent , as t&aT * at this present time making q % of their P * ?^ drive me from , my preseat ' abode , and if po ** * * " ?
the town . ^ .: Again , the pnblieus' and the sh # p keepe »¦• either Whigs » r Toadw , and are only waiting -. lot * opportunity to vent thV . r spleen as jurymen on ij first Chartist victiatty ^ t may have the honour P « » j peoring before aJad / , e at the assize ; *> " *• """^ f . ? disadvantages , a society could , and 2 io i * J ^ y formed , whencvar ' a place of meeting can be V * y ~ 7 * without endaagfi' . jng any person who has the mw » rn » tobe at th « the disposal of tyrannical landlord * ¦ j In cow * m 4 o / ,, their everyday doings aw «* PP >! their em foundations , and lending the dem «»^ helping nw ' d topnll the fabric of corruption »*** their , wurs . : T Touw , hi the cause of troth , „ , „*•'< iUkura , April 25 th , 1841 .
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PRESIDENT HARRISON . Old President Harrison—we beg pardon , that is not quite it—we should , perhaps , say young President and o'd Harrison , has hopped off his perch . Twas a pity , that with all his exquisite knowledge about the Greeks and Romans , he should not have been allowed to shew ns what he meant by that unmerciful long yarn that he spun us a week or two before he took his departure . 'Tis a thousand pities that so very soon after he had sei np business in the President line , he should be obliged to hand ali his customers over to bis journeyman .
What could the free and enlightened citizens mean by choosing a man * who bad not four years of life in him ? Positively , it is a great impugnment of the wisdom of the great unwashed on the other side of the Atlantic , and we think that some free and enlightened Member of Congress onght to make some motion about it Every future President ought , we think , before he is elected , to give four surgeons as his bail that be is able to live out at least three of his four years of office . It is reaUy excessively , we may say outrageously , disgnsting , that after taking all the trouble of speechifying , canvassing , bribing , and electing , and all in order to get a man who is thought to be a capable man , that at the end of a month or two they should find that they have enly got a soit of under deputy , whom nobody knows anything about , and nobody would give a fig for .
Who is this Mr . Tyler who now conies ont with his declaration and calls himself President Tyler ? Does his Christian name happen to be Teddy ? Because , if it does , perhaps he might bo useful to give us some information as to the fat-i of tbe other President , whose pre- ^ nt situation is at this time so doubtful . Of all the lives on board that bofct , we confers we should most Hie to heaT of tbe safety oi poor Power ; and if Teddy tie Tiier cjuld just teli us what has become of him , it vr ;; -aVi only be returning many a good turn which poor Power has done for him . We really are sad about President Harrison ( although not half bo sad as we are anxious about our own
countryman in the other President ) because Harrison did sttm to be a steady , honest , hearty old fellow , and more of a gentleman than American Presidents generally are . We promised ourselves a great deal of amusement in the old boy ' s future lucubrations about the Greeks and Romans , and we thought we might possibly get ou pretty well with him without coming to blows . As to this Tyler we don't much like him at first sight Ten to one but what he will want to show his independence of his predecessor , by undoing the very little he has done-, and , perhaps , he may hang M'Leod , and invade cur boundary , just for the sake of distinguishiag himself . — Satirist .
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" Prove all things , hold fast that which is good . " Fellow-Coentiiymek , —The above motto ought to be ever kept in view , in order that we may come to right conclusions . I deem it my duty to address , the following observations to you , in order that you rriay judge respecting my name being appended to Lovett and Collins ' a plan of organization . I consider tbe plan will be calculated to establish a system which nil men who wish to see a great and beneficial change will apptove of . I do not call it a perfect plan , but tbe best I have yet seen , according to my judgment . I will not attempt at present to enter into its merits ; and as tb its practicability , that must entirely- 'dopend on tbe will of tbe peoplo , as all the efforts of the few to better the condition of the many have been , and will
continue unavailing until the people see the necessity , of giving those intended benefits their due consideration . I feel certain that until we can bring the above plan , or some part of it , or something similar , into operation , we never can obtain or enjoy our political rights . Those being my views , I huve signed the nddress ; and so convinced am I of its goodness as a plan , that I would , if needful , add my name to it again and again ; and I beg distinctly to state that I have acted entirely from my own views in this matter , and without consulting with any person , or holding any conversation with anyone on the subject previous to my name being attached thereto . I am neither an O'Connor's man nor a Lovett ' s man ; I am what I wish you all to be , namely , a man of the people , alias a citizen of tbe
world . It is not my business to condemn or justify the conduct of other men at tbe present . It is stated this plan has been brought out in opposition to the plan now in operation—that it is done for tbe purpose of destroying ths Shir , and to bring about Household instead of Universal Suffrage , && 4 c . Now , if Mr . O'Connor , or any other person will prove to me that &ueh is the fact , and that the euewy of the -working classes , Daniel O'Connell , is at all concerned in this affair , then I will withdraw my name immediately . I believe that Household Suffrage would ( if given ) keep us in the back grounds full fifty years ; as such I never will , directly or otherwise , give my support to anything short of tbe principles of tbe People's
Charter . As I have been as long in the field as most who are at present engaged in the great struggle for liberty , I have just cause to know that assertions are one thing and proof is another—that it is easy to denounce men aud measures—and I am sorry to add that recent events have shown that it is still more easy to get a number of people to act on the bare word of another . It may be said what proof do you want beyond what you have respecting Dau being one of the clique ? Has he not spoken in favourjof Lbvett ' s plan ? He may or may not , for ought I know ; and if so I think he must have done so to injure rather than forward tbe design , as his praise is calculated to damn any man or measure , be it ever so geod .
You will say , why bring this " New Plan" out at present , as it has caused disunion ? No one regrets more than I do that there is so much disunion in tbe Chartist ranks ; I should have been glad to bave seen the plan earlier in the field , and tbongb it may be ill-timed , yet it doea not follow that tbe planners bad a bad design in so doing , and if it is not approved of by the Chartists generally , it might be safely left to its own fate . I contend that any person has a right to " bring forth a " New Plan" every day , aud any person may add their names to it who think proper— motive is everything . Shall a man be assailed on every side for acting according to the best of his judgment ? Is it Democracy or Cb&rtiam te say a man ia a spy , a traitor ,
one who has sold himself to the Government , because he appends his name to a document which have ior its object the obtaininent of the People' 5 Cbarter ? As regards the base insinuations which has been made against myself , I cost them back with scorn and contempt , as I know the parties making tkem are unworthy of notice . If Chartism consists in abuse , in denunciations , in intolerance , and their despotism , coupled with the aid the base faction are receiving at this time at the hands of some of its advocates , in order to turn out the other equally base faction , then , indeed , is the cause in a very prosperous state—bnt if Chartism consists in brotherly feeling , sober thoughtfulness , and a desire to come to just conclusions , then I regret to say , 1 am afraid it is at a very low tl . b .
In conclusion , let me impress on your minds the necessity of Knowledge Chartism and Teetotal Ghartism , as I am quite certain until the working classes are better informed and entirely weaned from the pothouse , we shall never have them with us . For my part it shail be my business to show thdiu by my example to the latest period of my life , that tbe enemy is not to be overcome bat by perseverance , firmness , and union . I remain , fellow-countrymen , Yuurs , In the cause of universal happiness , ¦ G H . NeesojT . We have also a second letter from Mr . Neesom , as follows :- — ¦ '' ¦ ¦
TO THE ED 1 T 0 H OF THS NORTHERN STAB . London , May 3 rd , 1841 . Sib , —I received a letter dated Leeds , April 28 th , from Mr . Wm . Rider , informing , me that the letter I sent you on last Monday for publication bad come into his bauds . It appears he has thought proper to prevent its uppearance , on account , as he states , that I would reconsider , it In looking over tbe copy , I do not M « one Kord I wish to alter ; it does not contain any thir . g an honest man can objeet to , and if it had , I should think you , aa the editor of the paper , wopld . have pointed it out In your comments on tie wne . How Mr . Rider bna got Poweaalon d H ,
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