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rpHE NATIONAL VINDICATOR , AND 1 LIBERATOR OF THE WEST AND WALES ; Edited by Henry Vincent aud Robert Kemp Philp , assisted by W . P . Roberts , Km TobePublished Every Saturday , Price Twopence . The National Vindicator , &c , is debigneu by the Editors to be a Bold , Firm , and Consistent Advocate of tbe People ' s Charter . It will adluit ; fiimuy to the People ' s Cause ; and procla . in ft-arlcsf-iV the Tyranny of Taxation Without Rspresentation . It will endeavour to promote luu Uni-m of tht Working CJasse 3 , that irju ? tice may le sucvctefuily rts eted . It wiil ttand upon the principle of N > « Compromise—its Editors enteriaijiing the iiiin conviction that nothing short of the cuac'incnt U the whole Charier , cau ensure such further reforms as are undeniably just trad utcesiiiry to promote the happiness of the People ,
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In the columns ; of the National Vindicator , &c , wiir b « r found inf ^ matian calculated to promote the spread of Chartist principles , and" create an enlightened public opinion in favour of the glorious principles of Democracy . . ** Knowledge is Power , " — 'It will be tho constant endeavours of the Editors of this Publication to diffuse knowledge of the right description ; to expose abuses wherever they may exist ; to contrast modern governments with first principles ; to point . out the causes of commercial depression , general poverty , and mental and moral degradation ; and to show the means by which the People may acquire political power , and the purposes to which that power shall be directed . The pa ^ ea of the National Vindicator will offer additional opportunity for the development of the hitherto despised intelligence of the people . Correspondence upon all matters pertaining to the political and social condition of the masses , will be thankfully accepted , and receive due appreciation . An inquiry ib being instituted whether the National vindicator may not , le ^ Hy , as one of the recognised organs of the CaartUt body , give reports of all proceedings in connection with the Chartist cau 3 e . Should the investigation terminate favourably , it will add to the utility and importance of this publication . The National Vindicator will be found an excellent advertising medium . Chartists , of all parts , wilt be affordei an opportunity of announcing at a small outlay , their public meetings , festivals , &c . The National Vindicutor will be half the size of the Northern Star , closely printed en good paper ; and as an extensive circulation will be absolutely necessary , at the low price of this work , to defray the heavy expenses of publication , it is hoped that the Chartists generally will bestow npon it the full amount of support to which its worth may render it entitled . Communications for the first nnmber should be immediately forwarded post-paid , "To the Editors of the National Vindicator , 1 , Chandos Buildings , Bath . " i , Printed and Published by H . Vincent , and R . K . Philp , 1 , Chandes Building ? , Bath ; to whom all communications are to be addressed , post-paid . London agent , Mr . John Cleave , 1 , Shoe Lane , Fleet Street . * * * The Chartists of the North of England , Scotland , and the Midland and Southern Counties , are solicited to transmit thoir ordera as early as possible to Mr . J . Cleave . Those of the West and Wales , may be supplied direct from the office of publication .
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CORROBORA . TION OF THE INNOCENT YET RELIEVING PROPERTIES OF BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS . TO MR . PROUT , 229 , STRAND , LONDON . Hawley , near Bagshot , Jan . 11 , 1841 . SIR , —It is now twelve months since I made you acquainted with the very extraordinary benefit I have derived by taking Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , which wero kindly recommended to me by Major Birch , of Crondale , near Farnham , who humanely came to my house to take my affidavit , that I might receive my half-pay , being then laid up with one of ray serious attacks . I thon forwarded to you the Garrison Order by which I was invalided home from Newfoundland after many years of great suffering . I now beg further to say , that , within the last twelve months , I have had several attacks , but have , thank God , with the assistance of tho Pills , been always ablo to ward it off without much pain , and have not once had a return of those weakening perspirations which formerly afflicted me , and am now in excellent comparative health . I have also to inform you that Mr . George Maynard , of Cove , near FarnborouKh , carrier , having witnessed the effect of Blair ' s Pills on me , and being himself attacked with Gout , tried the Pills , and obtained immediate relief . If you please you may publish this additional proof of the value of this medicine . . I am , Sir , yours , truly , J . Masters . GARRISON ORDER ABOVE ALLUDED TO . ( oi ^ RTlP \ C \ TK ^ St . John ' s , Newfoundland , 12 th March , 1838 . Conformably to a Garrison Order , dated tho 9 th of March , 1838 , for the assembly of a Medical Board , to tako into consideration the state of health of Lieut . Masters , R . V . C ., and to report accordingly , we . the undersigned , Staff Officer and Civil Practitioner , forming the Board authorized by that order , after a strict examination of the case of Lieutenant Masters , consider him as entirely unfit for military duty . Lieut . Masters has for several years been afflicted with Rheumatic Gout , which has produced serious functionary derangements of his stomach , liver , and other viscera , and finally giren rise to infirmity , weakness , and enlargement of tho articulations , especially of the ancle joints ; his general health and constitution is much impaired , and , therefore , in our opinion , he is incapable of further service . ( Signed ) Andw . Ferguson , M . D ., Staff-Assist .-Surg . Edward Kiei . lv , Surgeon . Sold by T . Prout . 22 * , Strand , London , Price Is . l ^ d . per box , and by his appointment , by lleaton , Hay , Allen , Land , Tar button , Smith , Bell , Townsend , Baines and Newsome , Smeoton , Reinhardt , Leeds ; Brotke , Dewsbmry ; Dennis & Son , Moxon , Little , Hardman , Liniiey , Hargrove , York ; Br « oke& C * ., Walker & CY , Stafford , Faulkner , Doncaster ; J « daon , Harmon , Ripon ; F « ggitt , Thompson , Thirsk ; Wiley , Easingwold ; England , Fell , Spivoy , Huddersfield ; Ward , Richmond ; Can » er » n , Knaresbro '; Pease , Oliver , Darlington ; Dixon , Metcalie , Laugdale , Northallerton ; Rhodes , Snaith ; Goldthorpe , Tadcu 8 ter ; Rogerson , Cooper , Newby , Kay , Bradford ; Brice , Priestley , Pontefract ; Cardwell . Gil ^ Lawton , Dawson , Smith , Wakefiold ; Berry , Dentou ; Suter , Leyland , Hartley , Parker , Dunn , Halifax ; liooth , Rochdale ; Lambert , Boroughbridge ; Dai ^ y , Wetherby ; Waite , Harro . ^ ate ; and ail respeotabie Medicine Venders throughout the kingdom . Price 2 s . fld . per box .
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HUS 3 A 2 T LIFE . TDROBABLY no theory can come rmre welcome X to the human mind than the one which establishes , on good grounds , a hopo for prolonged existence ; for , notwithstanding the trials , vexations , and difficulties inci . Jeufc to this life , the lova of life increases vvi'h our years ; it is one of tho innate principles of our nature , and cannot be explained away by any of the subiluties of the sophist , nor overcome by any amused dignity derived from a false philosophy . There are many of these inextinguishable principles in our nature—our love of freedomlove of oountry—lovi : of home , and many others , but the love of life predominates . At pres » nt , the popular opinion is , that the natural duration of humun life is seventy years , but this ia contrary to both tacred and profane history . Tins opinion is , no doubt , founded on a misunderstanding o ! a passage of the 90 ih Psaioi , where it is indeed stated , " That , the days our years are three score years and ten , and if by reason of strength they be lour scoro years , yet is their strength Jabour and sorrow . " Now , it m » st be remembered , that this Psalm is nsenbod to Moses , and that he is not speaki » k of the lives of men in general , but of what was occurring among Oho Israelites in the wilderness . Hia own life , as well as the lives of tho more eminent of his brethren , was far more extended ihan oven four score years ; and , as he complains of the people being cut off , through tho displeasure of God , it is reasonable to concluJe , that he is not alluding to the period during which men were capable of living , but simply to tho faot , that , owing to tho judgments of tho Almighty , which betel the Israelites on account of their sins , but few of thorn attained a more lengthciifd existence than tbat . of seventy or eighty years . " For we are consumed , " he saye , " by thine anger , and by thy wrath are we troubled . " Tney died not a natural death , but wars cut off for their sin and unbelief , by jwHcia \ dispensations . s The clover Dr . Farre maintain ? , that 120 is the last , grant ot God to man , and quotes tho sixth chapter of Genesis , and the third verse , where it is written , " My spirit shall not alwaya strive with man , for that ho also is flesh ; ye : his days shall be an HUNDRED . AND TWENTY YEARS . " Now , W 6 find this expressed intention on the part of God gradual ^ carried into effect—the -principle of vitality appearing tu become weaker until the close of the era in which the postdiluvian patriarchs flourished ; when , although . several centuries had elapsod since the delude , wo find that 120 years was about the average oi human existence . Supposing , then , that the theory of iong life is well sustained , the question naturally suggests how are wo to attain what is so desirable ? A wise general , on the eve of battle , makes a proper disposition of his forces beforehand , and does not wait till the enemy has made an attack , aud thus , by forethought and < lu « preparation , reasonably expects a victory ;—thus , ho who has a desire to attain a healthy , " and consequently , happy old age , does not indolently wait for the attack of tho enemy , which . is sickness , but is constantly on his guard against fhis insidious approaches , by payiug proper attention ' to the state of his health . Many would fain occasionally use medicine to assist nature in her operations ; but like a mariner at sea without his compass , knowing not where to steer , they first try this , and then that , and meet with nothing but disappointment ; to theso . how welcome must be the important fact , that Parr ' s Medicine is all that is required ; the nne tonic properties it contains invariably restore the stomach to a healthy longing for food , or , in other words , it produces a good appetite , so much envied , but so seldom enjoyed , by the invalid ; the ^ i . utly stimulating power it possesses , assists the btomaoh to properly digest the food it receives ; the balsamic powers it bestows on the system , produce that delightful feoliug of good spirits , so very desirable , and dispose both mind and body to healthy exercise ; everything under its influence soon wears a joyous aspect , and the varied duties oflife are performed with pleasure . It in addition contains a fine sedative quality , and instead of long and weary nights , gives sound and refreshing sleep . If the stomach and bowels require it , it acts as the mildest and most agreeable purgativo , aud by its cleansing powers totally eradicates a redundancy of bile , and compietely rtnuves ail obstructions of the intestinal canal .
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EVERY NUMBER NOW IN PRINT . BEAUTIFUL NEW MUSIC . To Flute , Flageolet , Violin , Clarionet , Kent Bugle , and Cornopean Players . That Celebrated Monthly Periodical , THE FLUTONICON , gives every beautiful Tune that becomes popular . In its pages will be found , for the small price of Eightpence Monthly , not only every Tune that is popular , but every Tune that is likely to become so ; all new copyright melodies of merit being inserted here . Nos . to 90 are already published ; any of which may be had at eightpence per Number , or sent , post paid , to any part of the Kingdom , by enclosing Is . As a specimen of the contents of some of the Numbers , the following is submitted , namely : — No . 1 . ll ' ue , Gentle Moon , Meet me by Mwnlight , as * seven others . 11 . Farewell to the Mountain , and ten others . 13 . The Seat the Sea ! and ten others . 17 . The Deep , Deep Sea , and seven others . 20 . The Brave Old Oak , and eight other tunes . 26 . Pretty Star of the Night , and ten other * . 53 . Happy Land , Laud of the West , four Quadrilles from Kory O'More , and two others . 64 . The hour before day , I loave you to guess , and nine others . $ 9 . Tbe celebrated Echo Quadrilles , Philomel Walks , Ac . 55 . My Beautiful Maid , Cherry Rips , and seventeen others . 56 . In the days when we went Gipsying , Blue Bonnets , Crusader ' s Waltz , and ten other delightful airs . to . Bless'U be the Home , Rory O'More , and nine others . 74 . Mr . Moore's popular soog , The Language of Flowers , Liuley ' s Lost Rosabel , and ten others . 75 . Mr . Moore's Musical Box , Cracovi . ' ik , and tenotherg . 78 . Where the Beo Sucks , Four Airs by Prince Albert , and twelve others . 77 . Eight Airs , by Prince Albert and Ernest , Tis tho Shepherd's Evening Bell , and five others . 78 . Oft in the stiliy night , Rory Tories ( Jack Sheppard ) , Jack Red burn ' s Solos ( from Master Humphrey ' s Clock ) , She Wore a Wreath of Roses , Mr . Loder ' s now song . Down in the Deep , and four others . 79 . The Dinois Quadrilles , Taglioui ' s new dance in the Gipsy , three famous Chinese airs , Mr . E . ilfc ' B new popular melody , The dawn is breaking o ' er us , two more Solos by Jack Redbun , and five others . SO . For July , contains Jack Redbum ' s Gallop and Race , in honour of the Darby , the whole five melodie ' s of the Falataft" Quadrilles , popular airs from Weber ' s Euryanthe , Sphor ' sFaust , and Besthovena Fidelia 81 . For August , contains Oh ! God preserve the Queen ; the Ctilobrated Tarantella ( the whole six move- ' ments ) : seven Airs from Gluck ' s Iphigenia ; and three others . S 3 . For September , contains My Dog and my Gun , We all lova a pretty Girl , He that loves a rosy heek , the whole set ( five ) of the Nightingale Waltcus aad six Airs from Gluck ' s Iphigenia . 83 . For October , contains— 'Twas Nature ' s Gay Day , the popular Song ; the whole five of the Tete " de Bronze Quadrilles ; the celebrated Doncaster St . Lt'ger Race , described in Music ; and six others . 84 . For November , contains Two Melodies from Auber's new Opera , Zanetta , I * nnerti Six Spring Waltzes , tho celebrated Marseilles Hymn , Claude du Val , and Three oflbeis .- ; 85 . For December , contains Sfis ^ SMtedies from Zenetta , I kn * w a Bunk ; and ¦ Kw-otbers . To purchasers of No . 85 is given gratis The Royal * Lullaby , the words and music printed on rose coloured paper . 86 . Happy New Year ; the whole BeC of L'Elizijr D'Awiore Quadrilles , by Mnsard ; Lovely night ; Tho Days that have Faded ; Fairy , lead them up and down , and others . 87 . The Ice Song ; Love in Idleness ; The Sleeper ; We are Spirits ; the two pepular songs of Miss Hawes , I'll Speak of Thee , and Thou art Lovelier , and four others . 88 . Ten « f the Witches' Songs in Macbeth ; Over Hill over Dale , in Midsummer Night ' s Dream ; Russian Air by Thalberg ; Ladye mine , Ladye mino ; Merrily goes the Mill ; and others , 89 . Three Airs from Mr . Balfe ' s new Opera of " Keolanthe ; " the whole of Jullien ' s Five Quail , Waltzes ; and Six more beautiful Airs from Macbeth . 90 . For May , contains tbe new comic cong called "Jim along Josey , " with the music , and whole eight verses of words ; the Royal Stag Hunt , described in a set of Quadrilles , and seven others . 91 . For Jun « , contains five graceful Galops and Race , in honour of the Derby ; a complete set of Quadrilles ; a Solo , ns played by Herr Konig on the Cornopean , and two others . No . 91 U for June , 1841 , and is the last Number published . Every wild instrument , aa well as the Violin , can play these tunes . Any number can be sent , post free , by enclosing la . to the Editor , pre-paid , 23 , Paternoster-row . CS * The Examiner says , 'No musician , whatever instrument he may profess , ought to be without this tasteful , correct , admirable , and cheap work . Such another collection of beautiful melodies does not exist in Europe . ' And the Heraiu , in » long article upon it , says , 'The Fiutonicqn is as much a standard work amongst musioians as ihe Penny Magazine , or Chambers' Journal , amongst readers . ' Publishedin London by Sherwoous , 23 , Paterno ? - ter-row ; in Liverpool , by Stewart ; in Birmingham ; , by Guest ; in York , by Shiilito ; in Manchester , b ^ Hey wood ; and uuy be had of all the Agents of U : i ' Paper ; in short , by order , of overy Book and Musicseller iu the kiugdoui .
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^ i ii i _ i _ — ^^~^^^^ MEDICAL ADVICE . MESSRS . WILKINSON AND CO ., SURGEONS , No . 13 , Trafalgar-street , Leeds , and 34 , Prinei Edward-street , Fox-street , Liverpool , HAVING devoted their Studies exclusively for many years to the successful treatment of th « Venereal Disease , in all its various forms ; also , ti the frightful consequences resulting from that destructive practice , "Self Abuse , " msy b « Pwrsonally Consulted from Nine in the Morning till Ten at .. Night , and on Sundays till Two . Attendance every Thursday at No . 4 , Georgestreet , Bradford , ( from Ten till Five . ) In recent cases a perfect Cure is completed withii a Week , or no Charge made for Medicine after that period , and Conntry Patients , bj making only OBi personal visit , will receive such Advice and Medicines that will enable them to obtain a permanent and effectual Cure , when all other means haft failed . Theyhopethat the successful , easy , and expedition ! modetheyhaveadopted , oferadicatinKeverysympton of a certain disease , without any material alteration in diet , or hindrance of business , and yet preserving the constitution in full vigour , and free from injury , will establish their claims for support . As tha Disease is one which is likely to be contracted whenever exposure takes place , it is not like maDj other visitors , once in life , but , on the contrary , on * infection may scarcely have been removed , wnea another may unfortunately be imbibed ; therefore , the practitioner requires real judgment in order w treat each particular case in such a manner aa not merely to remove the present attack , but topreserT * the constitution unimpaired , in case of a repetition at no distant period . , The man of experience e » n avail himself of the greatest improvements in modern practice , by being able to distinguish between discharges of a specific and of a- simple ; or mil * riature , which oan only be made by one ifl «* practice , after due consideration of all eircuimtaneeJ . In . the same manner at birth , appearances ; often take place in children , -which call for * ? r <> P « knowledge and acquaintance with the "'^ as lv ? order to discriminate their real nature , and -wnw » may be themeans of sowing domestifr discord , oiu «» j managed b y the Surgeon with propriety and bkw « Patientg labouring under this disease , cannot De w cautious into whose hands they commit themselves . The propriety of this remark is abundantly ; mmfested , by the same party frequently , pass " ? "" ordeal-of several practitioners , before he w " " nate enough to obtain a perfectcure . Tho fo » owl ? P are some of the many symptoms that diBtingui- " this disease : —A general debility ; eruption on " » head , face , and body ; ulcerated sore tnroawi scrofula , swellings in the neck , nodes on tW . Tj * bones , cancers , fistula , pains in the head ana hb" « h which are frequently mistaken for rheumatismi See . &c . - Messrs . W . and Co . ' s invari able rule wto . ftr Card to each of their patients , as a ^ "fZ , ot Cure , which th « y pledge themselves to perform , " return the fee . For the accommodation of those wh » canW » ^ . * veniently consult Messrs . W . and Co . P " ?^ . they may obtain the Purifying Drops , P . nce / f ;; rM . at any of the following Agents , with Fnnteo i" " £ tions , so plain that Patients of either Sex b » J * -, . themselves , without ev « n the knowledge ot » »»" fellow . Mr . Hkaton , 7 , Briggate ; and Mr . Hobson , Times office , Leeds . .- " Mr . Thomas Butlbb , 4 , Chea pside , Len tfoa . : Mr . Habtlky , Bookseller , Halifax . . Mr . Dewhirst . 37 , New Street , HuddersfieM ^ Mr . HARBiso » , Book £ elIer , MarketPlace ^»^ Mr . Hargrgve ' s Library , 9 , Coney Street , ^** Messrs . Fox and Son , Booksellers , Ponte&M * Mr . Harrison , Market-place , 'Si P ° * . tr . wart * * Mr . L angdale , Bookseller , Knaresbro &H » rr 8 g Mr R . Hurst , Corn Market , Wakefield . : ^ , . Mr , Davis , Druggist No . 6 , . Market Pl » "i" » V chesttr . Mr . Johnson , Bookseller , Beverley . ,. {_ . ' Mr . Noble , Bookseller , Boston , Lincolnshire . Mr . Noble , Bookseller , Market-place , H ull . Mr . H . Hurto . m , Louth , Lincolnshire . Iris Office , Sheffield . Chro i icle Office , Lord Street , Liverpool . And at th * Mvtriiw Qffi <** Lon g *** HuUl
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Cases of every description have been cured simply by the use of Park ' s Life Pills , thus showing , tbat what have been considered different disorders , and requiring different treatment , all originated in the same cause , and can be cured by one uniform treatment . Parr ' s Life Pills , although powerful in conquering disease , yet are as pure and harmless as new milk , and maybe administered with confidence to an invalid , however weakly from long ill-health , who will soon enjoy those delightful symptoms of a return to strong health ; viz , good appetite , sound sleep , and an increase of animal spirits . —To have produced a medicine so benign and mild in its operation and effects , and yet so effectual in searching out and curing disease of however long standing , exhibits on the part of Old Parr deep research and a thorough knowledge of his subject . Those who have been the instruments of restoring this long-lost secret to the world , feel confident when they make this assertion—that none need despair , that if only a fair trial be given , the result will be restoration to health and happiness . " Thus shall their humble labours merit praise , Ano . future Parrs be blest with honour'd days . " Th ' . s medV qne is sold wholesale , by appointment , by Edwards , * . . paui > Church Yardf , London . Price Is . lj | d ., < u 9 d . and family boxes 11 s . each ; the boxes at 2 * . 9 < i . > outain equal to three small , and those at 11 s . equal to q ve at 2 $ . 91 . Full descriptions are given with eacv box . Ohserve tho important C aution ; none are genuine unless tney have the Head » : old Parr on each box , and the words '" Parr ' s LitE Pills" on the Government Stamp ; to imitate which is felony .
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TO PIANOFORTE VlMtmrERS AND S 1 NGEBS ! JOHN BARNETT'S NEW SON <* i TO MISS COSTELLO'S WORDs I AND FIVE GRACEFUL " GALOPS" AND "RACE , " IN HONOUR OF THE DERBY 1 !! All for 1 « ., in the "Pianista" for May , No : g . Published Monthly , Price One Shilling , * THE PIANISTA gives all the Popular Songs , Ballads , &c , with Words , Symphonies , and Accompaniments ; and all the Waltzes , Quadrilles , Galops for Piano , &c ., which obtain , by their excellence , great popularity in London . These are given every month , at a price scarcely one-si * th of ih « charge made by Music Sellers ; as , for instance : — No . 1 , for January , 1841 , contains the Elizer d'Amore Quadrilles , " The Banks of Allan Water , " popular song , with words , and an Original Ballad , wordi by Miss Costello , and music by Lady Andover ! The whole of theBe are given in No . 1 , for Is . No . 2 , for February , contains the Royal Christening Solo , ( Original)— "The Old Oak , " with words , symphonies , and accompaniments—and two of Strauss ' s Waltzes . All these for Is . No . 3 , for March , contains the whole of the celebrated " Tarentella , " by JuHien , ( now the rage in London , and selling at 3 s . 6 d . )—an Original Song , by Thomas Moore , Esq ., with words , symphonies , and accompaniments —and two of Strauss ' s most popular Waltzes . The whole of No . 3 , for Is . The Morning Herald , of Thursday , March 4 th sayg : —* ' The Pianista No . 3 , outstrips our previous commendations . Every page is studded with gems . " No . 4 , for April , contains Jullien's Celebrated Quail Waltzes ; Charles Horn ' s last beautiful Ballad , with words , symphonies , &o . ; a new German Air ; and Musard ' s favourite Galop . " The Pianista is a charming work , and as cheap as it is charming . "—The Times . No . 5 , for May , contains Madame Veatris ' s New Song , Jullien ' s famed Nightingale Waltzes , and Tagiion's New Galop ! All for Piano , for Is . " The Pianista is a most tasteful and admirable work , which the Pianoforte player cannot too warmly encourage . "—Statesman , May 22 nd , 1841 . For contents of No . 6 , for June , sea above . Published in London by Sherwood and Co ., 23 , Paternoster Row ; and to bo had by order of any Book or Musio Seller in the Kingdom . Any Number , as a specimen , sent to any part of the Kingdom , free , for Is . 4 d . Address , " Editor of Pianista , 23 , Paternoster Rovr , London . "
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RULES AND PRINCIPLES OF AN INSTITUTION FOR THE FORMATION OP COMMUNITIES BASED ON CHRISTIANITY , intended to be known as the Christian Co-operakirt Joint Stock Society , instituted in Manchester , September , 1840 . Price Sixpence , BRIGHAM's REMARKS on the Influence Of Mental Cultivation and Mental Excitement npoi Health . Every man who values his health ought to be U possession of this Book . Price Fourpenoe , CHANNING'S LECTURES on the Election of the Labouring Portion of the Community .
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Price Sixpence , THE ORIGIN AND NATURE O * F GHOSTS , DEMONS , AND SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS , Generally , fully , and familiarly Explained ud Illustrated . By R . Buchanan . Price One Shilling , Originally Sold at Five Shillings , MUDIE'S EMIGRANT'S POCKET COMPANION . To those who are about to Emigrate , tin ' s book contains much Information that is highly useful and important . ' ,
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PUBLIC MEETING AT MACCLESFIELD ON THE CORN LAWS . C Abridged from the Maeverfield Courier . J In eons « qnenee of a requisition , presented to the Mayor , amefctinE ra rail ed for Wednesday lut , in tlie Toirn Ha ! i . for the pnrpose of passing a series of resolutions in favour of a repeal of the Corn Laws . Hie M * i oe , in opening the proceedings , merely-expressed a wish that a fair bearing should be given to ail . Mr . Jumper wared the first resolution , to the effect tbat it -would be far the interest of all classes that both &e Cora and So * xr duties should be repealed . Mr . 1 > . atid BowbothaM seconded the resolution .
Mr . Cha . si . es SaVaG £ next presented himself to Oppose the resolution , bat was received with so much clamour tLat he « ould not proceed ; and , in addition . be made ft mistake , on reading an extract , which excited so much langhler that he was compelled to give ¦ wsf , b-: ' s . ot before he had made a remark -which ttlled np Mr . Con 4 ron , -who , in reply to it , observed , tiat lit carne there merely from curiosity , being Heftier for the Com Lvw nor against it Mr . TWest ( a weaver ) commenced by observing that an both SLiiu > it -w&s agreed that the -workicg classes had a ^ Kunount interest in the question . The persons vho opposed the Com Laws said they oppr-std thtin because U . d interests of the working classes were at stake ; acd those trbo supported those laws did it on the same grounds . He had therefore a right te assame
that n W .-S a subject lor the consideration of the working clasf-s , and teat they outfit calmly to weigh il as en * beanug upon their interest * . He knew that it was contended that the manufacturing interest is the only interest to be considered in England . It was right , therefore , to put the question on fair grounds . He considered : hat il was a maxim , that it is the duty of eve / y coTcrnment in the first place to provide food and civili-Bg for the people ; in the second place , to keep si ^ Sic ' . ent employment for labour in \ he csunlry , tint Loth food and clothing may be properly uistribated ani ' -ng the people ; and in the third place , te afford to that labour , by means of which the distributiuc is ii . £ ae , the greatest protection possible , let thes ; sec \ hen whether Government had acted on these principles . He shou'd proceed first to consider the
two yc&r . interests of the conntry . They were told » grtai u-. al of . he agricultural and manufacturing interest- ? by those -who -were now traversing the OOuniTj . in order to get np an agitation in isvonr ot the i re-r . ' Government . The peopl * of England are eoinjx . *^ ¦ •{ a ^ JconuraZ labourers and toanufacturins laborers ; and he contended that the interests of the one class were as much entitled to the protection of tt-6 legislature and the government as the other . He cc - ftdrti tint it would be great partiality and grog's ir justice , thai the manufacturing labourer should be eLricied at the expenCa of the agricultural labourer —par :: cru ; : ; rly at he couid prove that the latter class fornu . ii tr . e m ; jorisy of the population . This stttemeE : Le d , d not make without authority . He was
anx ; -.. ^ s show that did not speak only on his own authority , lest he should fall under the castigstion of s < j'Ui of those talented gentlemen of the present day , -H- r . o s . r . swer those that differ fr « m them by telling them th ^ tthejare " peddling politicians ;"—( laughter;—and he would nquire that those gentlemen , who professed not to be peddling politicians , should bring authorities for what they asserted , and not merely state tfceir own opinions . From authentic documents it was iour . d , that the relative merits of the two interests ? t >> d thus : —Ihe total value of the land was aESj . ' .-. Co . rsS ; the tct&l amount of farmer ' s capital , £ 65 * > r . * . - s ; the annual produce of the land , £ bn > l'Zz- - 2 . 1 . He funnd that there was a power empb . jtd in it of at Jeaat three-fifths of the whole
popular-Ion , or 5 500 . 0 S 0 effective men . On the other . band , he I . vjj 4 that the capital employed in manufacture , was only ^ 205 , 773 . 872 , and that " its annual ; produce -vras £ 259 . 412 , 7 # 9—a very great difference . £ We cinr . t vouch fn the accuracy of our figures . ] ; Thus , ¦ when they cams to put things in their proper places , ihev found that interest , which was setting ' itself up as the gr « at and proper interest of the country , J fell v ~ ry short of ons-thini of the capital em- : ployed on agriculture ; and above three individuals j were eiupioyed in agriculture to one that was em- ; p ' . oye-l in manu ' actures ; for they must remember ! that am .-ag the parties engaged in agriculture , they ! must re-jk ^ n great part of the population of Ireland ; : and i : " ^ . a calculated that 686 in every thousand were I
employed in raising food in Ireland . They might wish perhaps to throw Ireland oat of the question ; but until the TTr . ioii should be repealed—icries of . " Question , question '"— until Ireland should have a separate Parliam ^ n :. Cries of " Question , " continued . ) Why did they ca : l question ? Their crying question now was & proof rhit they did not understand anything whatever of the y-icetion—until there was a distinct Parliament in Ireland , that country must be taktn into their con-Bidf ^ tion . He would show them that , if this measure irere carried into effect , it would throw thousands npon tli .. > ui ^ ads of the population out of employment It was the Jn : y of the Govenmisnl to keep the population , both a ^ ricuitcTalitid manufacturing , employed , but not t-o thru ^ land out of cultivation for the sak < 3 of .
exporting a little more manufactures . The whoieofour exports of : na £ ofactur « s s- 'Biy amounted to one-sercirtii v * * i ^» « r . » jMD ? ioa at horns ) and it was , therefore , of much zzlok importance to enlarge tha horna than the foreign den . vnd—particularly as be was prepared to ttiow that tais country was not under the necessity of depending ciH- 'n foreigners for its food . Im erder to Aoit tha : b ^ ma-ia no statement as to the capability of the cuur . tiy to produce enough of food for Its population , te - wcml-3 refer to authorities ; hs would do so , that , if L . 5 politics should be called peddling , I > T ceniis taJeated g-entlernen , they might know
Sifey TTcrr -R'A hia alone . \ Htar , hear . ) That the eouctry ..-:- not produce emugn . food , was no answer to his a ^ o meat . The question was , can it do ? It ¦ was u i r . 'of that he ( Mr . J . West ) could noi wsar a better coit . to say that he did not wear a better one . Now bi wf-uld refer to an authority which thtse gentlenira - > roa : 'i not dispate ^—to Mr . G . B . Porttr , who had g ; .= r . a a account of the cultivated land in the OOUi ; -. rj-. and of the Hncoitivated and cultivalable- [ Mr . "Was : th-a entered i . to some details on this subject ] If it » is sad then , that they had not corn ^ uough , ¦» hy -nd iLer n « t set about cQjtiratin * - thLsiinca ! tivated land ' : He knew the cause and he well kiww the
reme-ir . He kuew that tne cause was , that the people irere no * fairly represented in Parliament , and ha knew that uic remedy would v * ry sooa follow , if taey-were . Bat tiity uilgU" . .-ay , even if tiiis land ware pot . into enlti ~ dt-.-.. u . it Tuuld not prodacs enou ^ a for our inereasirg t -, t > u ! at : oa . He f > und from the same authority that the > ind of England is capable af sapporting a xnucL sivaier Eumber of individuals than is now upon it . He f :. « B prjeeeded to rsad an extract , from which it app-uraJ that if England were all as well cultivated as the c jantits of liurthutubcrland and Lincolnshire , it w . uiu pr-jdnc * donble wiiat i ; does now . Yet hs founi ::: it in these two counties there was uncultivated land . vr ; ., c ^ ^ is capa ilfc of cultivation . 3 n Lincoln-¦ tire "s- ; . e 160 . 9 * 0 acrtB ¦ uncuiuvated " , and in Norih-BinbirUad lSu . t ^ O . H . < w tLen could it be said that it
En ^ i ^ iiu . is a capabl e of producing f xxl for its inbab ; t ^ . i : i ? Tht / e was a very great danger in going ahroi-i : ^ r the-r corn ; and he trusted England would not tk r-. 'iuci to depend ca foreigners for her dai ; y bre-i-1 -, Irem 5 Edoii 3 applause . ) They ha 1 heard ft k ^ m-i . i 2 ics siil , thst & > i had ordained chat other Couarii ^^ sb-mi-i sspply E ^ : and with corn , while she * upK ; l ; - } thifin witii mannficrures . Bat he . might » pp = a : to the C- 'Uinion saying , th » t God never sends a mon-. 'a -sT iihoat m-at , and he brslieved that God did act allow a ~ y on ; to > e born in an island like this , without making ; : ci : « ' < . 3 of enpplyin ^ him with food . Dr . Cna : ir ..-ii hai t- " > S ; i them accordingly thai , if this ceunby «• =. - = ¦ sra . ' . ed roanci with aia : nint , it could produce fooi « - -j i ^ gh for ssven times its present number of inhabitants . He quoted authorities because he was
afraiii t . j trust to his own opinions in the presence of * ueh •• j :.-a ; n . miLe politicians—lid wa 3 always afraid of Bhewir ^ aimstlf a peddling po . itician in the presence of ^ - i-. : aen of sach astouudiag talents . He , therelor > . ;> ferred ; e Idr . Ha 5 iisiua aa an authority respecting -. .- iirair-age of a s . s ^ iy hoaas production . Mr . Ha ^ . j-. a had shown tijat i-. 'i a hundred years , with arr -r ,. nel impor ^ i ; ioa . Ea ^ . aad had supplied enough tOLiijj ^ a hci ^ .. ole popalatioa ; in good yeirs shr evea -ii > » rtctl u little ; there were never any great ft "" - ¦ . jf p : ' : e ?; and at th = ead of a century , during ¦ wh-- ; :. i it ; nev-. r impdrled corn , the price was actually lower -Ji ^ a at tiiO comm ^ nceuisat Since then , he ' r dep .:-. I _ :, ^ j upen foreign ou . itries had always bean incT-ri _" . rig . He admitted that , with a free tr » de , cern mig .-.: b-j eiicacer fora year ur two : but in th * end .
BUL ^ i . i ^ . jii n W'jul'l be uiiAbli to continus in their bui . u , ; . unprovsjine-ts wyu . d stand still ; Una would J » tL . - . vra out of cultivation ; and tli-J 3 wuges would fall evaa : u ? ± rapidly thin the prioa of com . The 3 e , said Mr . W ^ it , were the argunieuU of Mr . Huskiason—a nun ; ; it was considered an ' authority by Uie anti-C »_ Liw League . H * d thess arguments fcter been » ns . 7 crrJ ? They had not ; : « r it had always been allow = i tiut n ^ Uiing cju . d compensate a countrj for . i . ' uwing itself to depe d upon foreigners foi its fi .-. i . Ha always founj Lnat when this argument ¦ was ? : —>« . & ilisy endeavoar ^ i to avoid it . That was the t- - _ j s : parsasJ by Dr . Bj - * rmj when pr ,. ssai upon this - jiat in his evidence b-. fjr « the Committed of the Bou ys ji Oommom . Hd sai . l . be coacdved no beitej mode . > f praserving paaca tnan to extend commerce . When p .- cs * wi to « ay wha , % wauld be dona if a war took place , he could give no aitisf » ct > ry answer . He had beard it « aid , oh ! bat there will be nc war . But could they
calculate on having no war , wi ' . b the present sute of political goTernmeat , when wars were not undertaken with the coaseni of th « people , but at the caprice of individuals ? If the people weru everywhere fairly repre-Baate i , there might be a fair dectsvon of the difference : bei-wefz one people and another ; and therefore he xztait ! Gained that nothing could prevent wars , bat to give Lh = people that politic . 1 power which their greatest eneEv . & 2 could not deny to be their right It had been * rgucd by the preceding speaker , that the Corn Laws had b- ^ a injurious to tbe wo . km ^ classes , because they tid- > u . « d wipes to fall es t-aipired with the" period tefore 1315 , vrntn the Corn Laws were intrviiuc ^ d In repl . .- ; o tii < h ^ ststed in detail , the quantity of vrceai Vii 5 C ^ c > aV . W . puichased wul-. tu *> w ^ ges revived foi tfae icxti wo : l in li > 01 , tnd at i rt-. it In . 1 >» 1 , tht Wigti ior thb worh . m . ^ Etiucad w .-i wis . and tlte jrriw of wli ^ vv ii 5 % At present , tbe «' . ^^ for tte Eanit work was 5 s . 6 i . and the price ol wheat 60 s . ; fion
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which he shewed that above three tones as muoh wheat could be pnrchasfcd at the higher prie » as at the lower . Conld the Cfern Laws ba the cause of this ? He wished for a fair answer to the question . They might , perhaps , be told that the Corn Laws were the cause ; but he would refer them to authorities , which tkawed that tbe reduction of wsgos had been going on before the Corn Laws . He found from a table of the prices of weaving , from 1802 to 1 S 12 , laid before a Committee of the House of Commons , that a reduction in some branches of 150 per cent , had taken place before the Corn Laws . These facts shewed tbat they must look to some other cause than ihe Corn 1 aws to account for the reduction of wages . In corroboration ot thlM - uxguraent , he shewed that the actual quantity of wheat
h&ported during the ten years preceding the enactment of the Corn Laws , was 5 , 246 , 169 quarters , while in the ten years after that enactment it had been 7 , 609 , 875 quarters , thus shewing an increase of 2 , 363 . 000 qn ., notwithstanding the Corn Law * . He found also a remarkable difference in the price . In the period before the Corn Laws the price bad averaged £ i 18 s . 8 d . a quarter , whilst in the following ten years it had been £ 3 16 s . td . a quarter . He should wish them to take these facts into consideration before they came to the conclusion that the repeal of the Corn Laws would not tend t » the diminution of wage * He then proceeded to quote Mr . Porter ' s tables of tbe prioei of corn from 1760 to 1 S 35 , shewing a reduction of the price of wheat after the enactment of the Corn Laws . But ha would
next ge to another testimony to shew the actual inconsistency of the gentlemen , who . were now advocating that system . They accused those who opposed them as peddling politicians ; yet they would foTce us to take their authority , or the authority of their masters , without ques ti on . As he looked upon those who talked of peddling politicians , to be themsolves peddling politicians , he should go to their masters . Mr . M'Gregor said be believed that the rent of land would increase if the Corn Laws were repealed , in oonseqaence of the greater demand for labocr . Were they to believe Mr . MGregor when he told them that the price of com would become less , and the rente of land increase ? ( Loud laughter . ) He never knew before that inoroo « ing rants would bring dawn
the price of corn . ( Renewed laughter . ) But they told us again , that their object in repealing the Corn Laws would be to cultivate good feelings with other countries ; yet he found in a document issued by the Corn Law Lreaeue . » & . ! giving an account of the evidence of me Mayor ot Leicester , that the greatest advantage of the repeal of the Corn Laws would be its raising the price of faod abroad , and diminishing it at home . Was this the way to cultivate good feeling with other countries ? But did they really believe that the people of other countries were all fowls and all asses ? At all events , he weald not eat in the same manger with them . ( Laughter . ) He believed that the Governments of foreign countries would not allow them to raise the price of corn abroad ; and if they did , he believed that
the people of those countries would rise up against their Governments . It c < uld lead to nothing but distress , murder , and revolution . He had thus given them authorities for the facts which he had alleged . Now , let them ask , what wou ' id be the consequences of a repeal of the Corn L ^ ws ? Would they tell him that agricultural labourers would not be thrown out of employment ? "Would they tell him that the Irish would not be thrown out of employment ? Some person in the meeting said the Irish should eat their own corn . So said he . He wanted the people of Ireland to eat thair own corn , and the people ef England to be clathed with their own cloth . Mr . West then made several other observations , the effect of which appeared to be , that it would be nrnth better that both England and
Ireland should labour to augment their internal prosperity , than to ruin the country by running after such bub-Wes of foreign trade as could not be obtained withontths sacrifice of their domestic interests . He then proceeded to consider the case of the miaufacturdra . He saw the inhabitants of this town engaged in a manufacture that stood in a peculiar situation . It was their evident interest that no part of tbe population should bd forced into a sacrifice of tbat by which they lived . They had had practical proofs that every attempt to take off protecting duties had been attended with dL-tress . This was a fact which they knew , and would not be denied even by the gentleman -who answered Euah arguments by talking of peddling politicians . He never made use of any statements for
which he had not authorities and facts . Would those who were not peddling politicians bring facts instead of mere assertions and opinions ? What was the meaning of all the cry raised against protection ? What was all legislation but protection ? What were all lawB but lawj of protection for life and property ? If tbe system of protection is a system of robbery in the one case , it was a system of robbery in the other . If tliis system of protection were carried to its full extent they wouid not then be whiniBg about the exportation of machinery ; they would have no necessity for saying , you moil not do so and » o , or we cannot compete with fereigners . He did not know what they meant by competing with foreigners but reducing the price 3 acd wa ^ es . They had already reduced
wag « s so low that they said they were afraid if they were rtduced lower that the living machinery would produce ne more—that the machines would wear out ; and , therefore , they said they must have com made cheaper , that they might radnce wages without entirely Wearing out the living machines . It they did not say so in words , they said « o in facts . If they eould not meet foreign competition without repealing the Corn Laws , how would that repeal enable them to do it ? How but by reducing wages ? Let us hear how they answer this ? They give us plenty of assertions ; but was there ever such nonsense ? We al wayi want something more than assertions ; we have always been accustomed to cocsider those a ! truly peddling politicians , who deal in nothing but assertions :
bat what facts or authorities did they bring forward in support of their assertions ? None . Dr . Bo wring asserts that if we repeal the Cam Laws , foreign countries will give up xaaaufacturing and turn to agriculture ; that consequently au additional prediction , and additional employment would be required in this country , and therefore th « wages would not be diminished This was their opinion ; but they always lefs out of consideration the increase of inaehinery . He knew , and the meeting knew , that the increase of production would have but little effect on wages . The productive power that would be employed would bs mechanical and chemical improvements ; and if a double production were required , there would be more than a double increase of machinery . The working classes well knew
by this time , that increased production does nut mean increiseil employment for labour—far less increased wages for labour . During th « last forty years there had be = B an increase of production to the extent of t < 00 per cent ; but while production had increised 80 # per cent ., wages hai decreased in the ratio of 360 . Jso much for the infallible maxim of increased production causing increased wa ^ es . Mr . West then proceeded to ahew tkat from the earliest tiaitts tra ;! e hid b-jea pretected in England . Eyer . in the time » f Alfred tnere had been p . election to England , and in Ed ward the First ' s time a protecting tis had been imposed on ¦* ool Now whether that system had tended to increase our trade or not it had certainly been favourable to the comfort of thd people—of that
they had a ; nple proof . Judge Fortescue described the people of these tiin = s drinking no water , having plenty of fiih and fl-jsh , and being ciathod in goo ! wool , and that in great abundance . Thi 3 wis the state of the people under a s > s : em of protection , and lot t ^ iem remember they tM Universal Suffrage also ia those days . ( Great applause j Before he concluded he had a few renmks to mike on the speech of th « seconder of the resolution , who ha 1 referred to some observations , which he had nude the night before , on the persons who had gon-j up to Ljnion to advocate a system of protection , acd were now enemies of protection . He certainly had taunted thosa persons with their inconsistency . It certainly was a strange thing to sc-e that thess persons went up to advocate a
system of protection , before a Committee of the House of Commons , and that they mide the members or the committee enemies of that system . But what did the seconder of th-3 resolution now Bay ? Ha never would advocate monopoly . Now , he would go quits as tar against monopoly as any one . Hs would s . iy , do away with all monopoly—miud , h-3 saLl and meant all inonopjly . But they would never get rid of all monopoly , vrhile the people were not possessed of political power . Taey would recollect that , when Sir . W . lnghsru made a motion for diminishing the mait duty , the Whin Houso of Commons vote 1 the repeal of half the dut \ , and honest Lord Aithorp to : d thtm that , as such w ^ a the dtciiion of the House , he should abide by it . Bat lo I my Lord Aithorp gojs down again , and telis them
ho cir . aot well spare tae money , and asks them to put the repralen duty on again Aud they did put it ou agiin . Tuerefore , if the public had not political power , Le had a ngnt to tell those who talked of destroying all monopolies , that they are the true piddling politicians—that they are tha real quacks . Those were the qaiek doctors , who , without examining the ulcered leg , rutrely came and put their plaster on the ulc « r ; and two other ulcers broke out the next day . They were the real physiciaus , who wished to etfect a radical cure . He had made an assertion the other night , which had galled Mr . Murray . He would state a fact to prove it . The sLk trade in the city of D ublia hud been prosperous from 1800 to 1819 , when the protecting duty on Irish against English suks was removed . On the removal of that protection , the number of looms had declined from 3 , 409 to 2 , 000 ; and when foreign silks were let in , the number had speedily declined to 1 , 200 and had since gone oh declining , through foreign
competition , till , in 1833 , the number of looms employed was no more than 409 . Mr . West then prooeeded to read the evidence of au Irish silk manufacturer , who had removed from Dublin to iipitalfield * . From the evidence it appeared that the Chancellor of iLo Exchequer , before the protecting duty was removed , in 1619 , had given it as his opinion ( you see , observed the speaker , what it is to trust to opinions , ) that the manufacturers would employ ten times as many weavers after the duty was removed , because Irish poplina would then be allowed to come to England without paying duty . They had many similar opinions of Dr . Bjwring ' s and the ar . ti-Corn Law League . The Chancellor of the Eichequtr ' s opinion had not boen borne out by the facts ; he had proved a very false prophet . The Irish manufacturer , on whose evidence he was commenting , stated that Le had left men in Dublin Mho were wort ' a fw ; n £ l 4 , 0 ' . i'J to £ 20 , 000 who hart gone on manufacturing until thsy lout their property ,
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and were not worth to many pence . Thug , he bad the authority of & Dublin manufacturer to bear him out ia what he had said the night before . Even the advocates of free trade , admitted that come branches of the silk manufacture would be mined by It . John Deacon Hume , in reply to a question , said , he did not conceive that it was a " clear case that the » ilk trade ' would be annihilated ; but he did not doakt that , in many oases , it might lead to relinquishing some particular branches of the silk trade . It did not require much leas logic or tact to know what those particular branches to be relinquished were . They found , fromDr . Bowring , that France had peculiar advantages for the finer branches , in being able to rear the raw msterial , in the superior brilliance of its dyea , in the neater
exeellencyof its patterns , and in being able to produce cheaper . It was evident , therefore , that the figured branches were among those to bo relinquished ; and was there a branch of their trade now worth keeping but the figure trade ? Was there a branch in which they were more interested than that trade , which , if France were allowed to pour her silks into England , would be totally destroyed ? They knew well that such would be the case , and they knew well also , that so long as they paid heavy taxes , they were entitled to protection . Mr . West ntxt alluded to a resolution , moved by Montgomery Martin , that , so long as taxes were wrung from them , they were entitled to protection . A Lancashire manufacturer had stated in his evideuce , that in plain silk goods they did not fear any competition , because they did not pay
more for weaving them than in France . This was a pretty fair admission of the reasons for which cheap bread was wanted , in order to meet foreign competition ; it was , that they might reduce them to the wages in France . Nobody could suppose that the Lancashire manufacturers wished for a measure that would cause them to give high wages . The object of the Lancashire manufacturers was , by low wages , to increase production , and to make goods , like Jews ' razors , —to selL They told them that the Corn Laws had driven foreigners to manufacture ; but they knew that foreigners vrere just as capable of mechanical invention as Englishmen . They found that the first power-loom was invented by a foreigner , that the first silk loom , the first woollen loom , tlie
first Jacquard loom had been made by foreigners ; they knew that the Huguenots were the first to introduce a variety of manufactures into this country , and among the rest the silk manufacture of Spitalfleids , that the linen trade in Ireland was introduced from Flanders . And seeing that foreigners had formerly been so capable of inventing , were they to be told tbat they had since so far retrogaded that we alone are now capable of manufacturing ? Or did they suppose tbat nothing but our Corn Laws would ever have caused them again to exercise their ingenuity—particularly in the case of Germany which , Dr . Bowring , says , may boast of peculiar advantages for carrying on manufactures , —in cheapness of fuel , in the abundance of metals , and superiority in working them , in th * superiority of the natives in design , ice . His evidence also stated that
tbe repeal of the Corn Laws would not prevent the Germansfrom manufacturing . Mr . West next proceeded to examine the condition of the labourers in those countries where corn is cheap , a * deduced from the evidence of Dr . Bowring Mid others , in one part it appeared tbat the wages were from 4 s . CJ . to 6 s . a week ; in another , tfce wages were from 2 s te 2 s . 4 d . a week ; the workman lived on potatoes , and stole timber from the woods for fuel , or else they would be starved . Tet the workmen of this country were to be compelled to compete with men in such a condition , in order to gratify the avaricious disposition of the manufacturers . What thty wanted was universal suffrage ; and they would not waste their energies on thiscrotchet of the Corn Laws . Mr . West concluded by proposing the following amendment : —
" That whilst this meeting deeply laments and sympathises with the distressed condition of tbe working classes of this country , yet we believe that the causes which have produced it were in existence before the enactment of the Corn Laws , and that therefore a repeal would not remove them ; but that the prolific source of the social and political evils of the people is class legislation , and that in the opinion of this meeting , the only way to remove the direful effects of such legislation ii to give to every male adult of sane mind and unstained by crime , the power of making the laws which he is compelled to obey . " Mr . James Lowe seconded the amendment
It was arranged that the amendment should first be put affirmatively and negatively , and then the original resolution in the same way . No decision w » s given by the Mayor on the shew of hands for and against the amendment . After the resolution had been put , tbe Mayor declared that it had been negatived—an opinion from which we did not hear of one dissentient , tke majority against the resolution being evidently very great . Mr . Timothy FaLVEY said the result was the consequence of a most unholy alliance . [ This was intended to convey an insinuation that the Conservatives had committed themselves to tbe Chartist doctrines contained in the amendment , which h * wever was not the fact ] A vote of thanks to the Mayor , for his impartial conduct in the chair , having been passed unanimously , the meeting separated ; having lasted near five hoars .
Some of the anti-Corn Law party , we were told . collared West on his leaving the platform , and one of the parties accused of doing so was assailed with a tremendouB stotm of hiEsing and groaning , which , however , led to no further disturbance .
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From th * London Gazette of Friday , June 5 . William Birch Priee and John Edwards , bankers , Shrewsbury , to surrender , June 23 and July 16 , at ten , at the Shirehall , Shrew .-bury . Attorneys : Dean , Essexstreet , Strand , London ; Longueville and Williams , Oswestry . William Seller Guest , tanner , Chester , June 14 , and July 16 , at two , at the Green Dragon Inn , Chester . Attorney : Bowers , Chester . James Mackie , tailor , Liverpool , June 12 , and July 16 , ; it twelve , and the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Attorneys : Adlingtou , Gregory , Faulkner , and Follett , Bedford-row , London ; Froiisham , Liverpool . Ttnmas Smith , grocer , Newcaatle-upon-Tyne , July 2 , at eleven , and July 16 , at two , at the Bankrupt Commission Room , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Attorneys : Biakeand Ttruplin , King ' sroad , Badford-row , London ; ln ^ ledew , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ,
John Marshall , iron master , Bescott-hall , Wednesbury , Staffordshire , June 15 , and July 16 , at one , at tke Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Attorneys : Lowndesi , Robinson , and Bateson , Liverpool ; Taylor , Suarpe , Field , and Jackson , Bedford-row , London . John Amory Boden , razor manufacturer , ShtffiVld , June 12 , and July 16 , at twelve , at theTo . vn Hall , Sheffield . AtUrneys : Tattersall , Great Jamua-straet , Bodtorct-row , London ; PaUreyman , Sheffield .
DISSOLUTIONS OF PaRTNEKSHIP . J Bebbington and W . Kxauss , siza makers , Manchester . P . J . Pjpillon and B . Hainsvrorih , wine merchants , Leeds . V . Chaloner and J . C . Citton , provision vnerchants , Liverpool . C . GWmshaw , A . FilzHugh , and W . II . FitzHugh , merchants , Liverpool . E . D xon and D . Ridgway , pill-box makers , Newton-heath , Lancashire . J . Tankard and J . Atkinson , woolst-plers , Bradford , Yorkshire .
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?^ From the Gazette of Tuesday , June 8 . BANK . RU PIS . Einile Moriniere Demise and Henry Thomas Wooler , merchants , Buckiersmrry , to surrender June 22 , at twelve , and July 20 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Attorney : Turner acd Hensman , Basing-lane , City . George Evans , draper , Llanboidy , Qarmarthenshire , June 2 S , and July 20 , at eleven , at tbe Ivy Bush Hotel , Carmarthen . Attorneys : Holcombo 1 , Chancery-line , London ; Gwynne , T-nUy , Pembrokeshire . Au ^ ustuj William Hillary , iron founder , Cumberland , Jane 22 . and Ju ' y 20 , at eleven , at the Stnhou ^ e Anna Inn , Marvpurt . A'torn < = ys : Armstrong , Stap . e Inn , London ; Benson . Co kermoutb .
William D . iveuport . eabinet-maktfr , Ashby-de-la-Zouch , Leicestershire , June 18 , and July 20 . ut twelve , at the King ' s Head Hotel , Loutfhborough , Leicestershire . Attorneys : Fisher and Sherwin , or Dswes , Ashby-de-la Z > uch ; Austen and Hobson , Rijmond-buildings . Gray ' s Inn , London . m John Tayler , £ r » e * r , Carmarthen , June 28 , aud July 2 » . atten , at the Ivy Bush , Carmarthen . Attorneys : Poole and G < im ! in , Gray ' s Inn-square , London ; Livetts , Bri .-tol . Henry Birher Elwell , jnpanner , Wolverhamptnn , Staffordshire , June 21 , at ;« n , and July 20 , at eleven , at the Swan Hotel , U ' o ' , verh ^ nipton . Attorneys : Capes and Sta ¦ t . FieW-court , Gray ' s Inn , London ; Robinson , Wolverhampton . ^ BL William Munton , miller , Greatford , Lincol ^ Bre , June 17 , and July 20 , at twelve , at Standwell ' s uBM Stamford . Attorneys : Thomson and Son , Stam 9 Clowes and WtdlafeeKing ' s Bench-walkLondon ¦— —ii ^— -- —j —— — 3 — * rvuiA
, , , m """ ' - -m « » . . - -. ww » wu- y JLJUUUUU * ^^ B Joseph Miller , cabinet-maker , Clifton , Bristol , June 15 , at half-past twelve , and July 20 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Belcher , official assignee . Attorney : Bull , Ely-pUce , Holborn .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1841, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1113/page/2/
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