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jO THE INDEPENDENT NON-ELECTORS OF THE EJdPIRE . « ymrs the day , and noWg the hoar , See the front of battle lour .
See approach proud Chartist power—DeatA to Eatery . " yr 3 Tiis Jacxkis , Blistmjid Hands , akd tjs . SBoiN Chxks , —While the dealers in human flesh are jgndiDf forth their appeals to the eorrupt and depended voters , I addraa yon as the physical , the moral , ^ n Juakie staff of British Uberty . ffitfi w much to « ay , how or where shall I « om-^ 366 ? I have it I wiU begin by reminding yon ^ t , far six years , I have been telling you that the exj ^^ ae of tfcreepoliticalpartiea in a State is incompatible ^ fcfc tie ex istence of peace , order , and prosperity in gai state , and that oar whole force should be mastered
j ^ jshilled , and directed to the one single purpose of , gjatlr , besting one of the parties and then the other ! j have told yoa that in the pursuit of any great political ^ ect , the national will mast go through three distinct pperiiiona ; firstly , the creation of opinions to be acted tcpon ; secondly , the organization of those -opinions ; jnd , thirdly , the direction of the united power of pj-jdeBtly-created , and thoroughly-organised opinions . We are now in the latter stage ; and , if hit herto have been a mild apologist for many errors which we l ^ n b een compelled to commit in mat imperfect and crude state , while nndergeing the two first processes , I now tell jou that all future failures must be chargeable upon us as crimes ; because tee are aoxc tke balance
if power . l et me now Bee if , taking the last half century as a fjir test of action , I shall be warranted in drawing from ii good and sufficient rea » on far the course I am about fc > recommend . For forty-one years of that period , the people , under £ be name of Reformers , suffered death , igscminioos ¦ % s& premature death , insult , torture , starvation , and . degradation of erery sort and kind , for th « mere purpose of crowning their friends with the measure which tsi to crown the wishes of a very moderate , a Tery industrious , and a vny peaceable people . They f oughtrtijey bled—they conquered .
Wf& > f « nine years bare the Whigs been in posses sion of themeasan—Su very measure asked for by tbemt ^ T » j s » d « i * et » , «> weil saaafted w « e they with it , sod so eompteie did they think it , ifcat their leader , , flB six years' trial , called it a vis ax X £ as ¥ Sx . Now , obssrve , lord John Russell called it a final measure , whiis the democratic Brougham said , in the third year , that they had gone too far and should retrace the& atepe . In 1852 , the people joined their " natural protectors , " as Ae Whigs bare been called ; and they , the people , believing that the existence « f eren two rival-pwiaes In » State was incompatible with good government , pbeed tbeir " natural protectors" in the very situation to which , f - * more " than forty years , tiwy had aspired , Sbey armed them with their own weapons for the 4 estraetia 8 of Toryism . Thus , the people bare given fi > e Wbiffs nin « yean Gf a fair trial ; and who will Tentsre upon tbeir behalf , from their first act , the Irish
Coeroco JK 11 , Sows to the dying grasp at the poor man ' s pocket for a quarter of a million , on Thursday last , to put a dessert upon tha table of those who can now sit down to three courses , at the expence of those who must be satisfied with the parings from the rich man ' s table ? On "Zhntsday , the Whigs , without the confidence of the country or even of tbe gang , voted jC 250 , « 00 to some English merchants , who were cautioned against ventaing their goods upon the high seas pending a war . This was robbery ' . downright -barefaced robbery J Reform commenced in blood , progressed in war , -desolation , tyranny , starration of the poor , weeping , wailing , gnashing of teeth , and has now terminated in plunder ! and well may the Noble Lord Pabnerston exclaim " we will die game ! " Expiring in theaetof plunder was a most characteristic death for Wkiggery ! 1 wish H- B . would sketch a dying Whig Ministry with their bands in a poor band-loom weaver ' s pocket !
Thus I show that the people nobly stood by the Whigs ; and now , pray observe . The Tories , who esuld not successfully resist Reform nine years ago , could sow , after bo long a trial of it , actually repeal the measure to-morr » w ! To what pupate then , hsn we sided Whiggery , if , at the end < j midyears the power which it was to have annihi-Jgtadfmts acquired strength sufficient to do in 1841 , wfaatit cools' not effect in fie palmy days of rotten borough supremacy ? The Tories an stronger now than they were wbea hundreds carried tbeir title deeds to their seats i » 4 beir pockets .
Why ate tbe Whigs now in their melaneholy , mean , -isd prostrate eowiMon , sad why are the Tories in their -fall plenitude of political power ? Simply , because the Whigs invited tbe Tories to join them in destroying -their own measure of Reform , for the purpose of TTmfring merchandise of your labour . The House , as regarded tbe Whigs , was a House of Hasten , and as regarded "ike Tories was & House of Tyrants ; and the Tyrants bare actually surfeited the Masters by the pliancy with which they hare acceded to their ererj application for the legal means of torturing and plundering the working classes . I wfil wot insult yoor anderstandiag by recapitulating fee sad catalogue of " Whig-reformed and refined snetty aad opp™—inefrfeja * J jtb » H start with-a finisher—if I may be allowed tbe expression . Let as then for a moment pass otbt eTery single act of iniquity , and judge then by their " new birth unto righteousness . "
Hear me , then , you starring millions hear me . when tfca Whigs had plundered till they left nothing in a tangible shape to be plundered , they required a new license to prowl in quest of tre&sues yet unknown ; and , in the nineteenth eentnry , the financiers of the great nation are compelled to play hide and seek , and a game at speculation , for the means of supporting their own tyranny . Well , -whit do they do ? Just listen : They , who in 1134 threw joe upon your " own resources , "inlMl hare bowels of compassion for yen ; and Lord John BusseD actually has the matchless audacity to speak of ths ssfferingB of the j >^ ion opera :-ive » , whose . 'qnalid and wretched appesiracee in 1 S 3 & was made matter of deriiion and ridicule , by his northern supporters , the Hazcheaier Guardian and Leeds Mercury . Will tbey now turn to their columns and repnnt what they said ¦ o ? the B-alton operatives on Kersal Moor ? We ll , bet tre must aot stray .
In tie beginning sf May , Lord John Russell proposes certain measures for the relief of tbe starring people , aad he E 3 js , lhat they , tlie people , must be afforded Urns aad opportunity to speak on * upon the subject 2 » * i > w that is all right and fair , and bespeaks a repentance fur the past , and also gives us to understand that the people are to decide . Well and good . But now mark ! cpon the 25 th of the same month , and np to that time , above 2 . 009 , 9 * 0 of the ease people petition fur a very slight measure compared to the one proposed by Lord John Russell ; and what is the result ? Why just this . There are sixty members in one scale , andsxty members in the other scale ; thus balanced , the 2 , oe « {; OO are threwu into the Bcale of justice , and in pops the Speaker into the scale of oppression—and ie ire ^ hs dc-jrn ihe ichoie fore * 0 / popular will thus procUi'tnci . ' . ' . '
Ko-w , 1 aik you , what respect has the House evinced lor the people , when one man , -who ought to be neuter , has more power than 2 , 000 , 000 ? Let me tell you why I use this argument : I Ese it , firstly , to prore that 1 was right when I told yon , OT = r and over again , that our whole force could not effect any , the slig&test , administrative change ; that We could not insure the discharge of s pJace menial , Her of one policeman ; that we eould not cut the tail of a single royal horse or dog ; in short , that for a ll , save the acquirement of a great organic change , our force is wholly inoperative . I uso it , firstly , with that view ; and , secondly , to express my utter conten . pt , and the contempt of many brave comrades who honour me with their confidence , for those who profess Chartism and go about aiding Whiggery , by catechising tbe very men aj individuals , ~ bo , as a body , have committed all these atrocities .
Toia is the practice . The wretched , miserable , poping , groveling eavesdroppers of -working men , go about to Ward meetings and election meetings , putting tie foil owing queries to the very devils who havs been fioicg all the miEchiet " Will you rote for the restoration of Frost ?" " Win you vote for the liberation of the Chartist prisoners V " WiU you-present petitions for 'Universal Suffrage vxi support th « ir prayer ?" Ban ! Go te , yon wretches ! ask them , if yon want information , " Were you one of the five who did
t «?« fsr tbe restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones ?" •' Are yon not one of the 65 S who did incarcerate the Chartists ., and aDow them to pine , lite felons , in their rungeons ? " " Have yon not declared you determination , to resist Universal Suffrage to the death ?" My men , my faitoLos , hear mj brief catechism . Are yen a " Whig ? Answer— " Yes . " Tnen fo to the devil . ' AreyraaTory ? Answer— " Yes . " Well , you wait awhile till it suits my purpose to send you af ver the other rascaL
Let that be your catechism . That ' s orthodox ; Kat ' s scriptural ; thsfs fiat Are they n # t the Tery Parties who , for nine years , as a body , have done all tbe mischief , who now come before you trying to *» 4 dle , individually , out of the mud by spattering Mieir neighbours . They tell you that " the Tories would not allow them to carry good measures . " Ask them when their majo-* itj » & 3 two hundred what measures they carried ; and tbey nrut insTrer , " coercion , starvation , and taxation , a rural police and arm ' 3 bill , and Canadian slaughter ;" while they isre left the poor little cMldren white laves jast -where tbey found them , and have sunk * e pover-loom weavers in still deeper poverty !
Ail ! if yon -want to get & lessen in practical politics , Toa the Tweed and show me one single victory that fi » tr ^ Te Scotch h , iTe allowed the enemy to gain . ^ ot ose . G-&& God J I love those fellows who de"oonie all talk abjut fighting , and yet would face < & * & ia any shape for the Charter .
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Again : when the fools , or rogues , go about thus catechising tbe enemy , one would really suppose that Englishmen owed no higher sense of duty to themselves and their country , than the mere return of a parliament pledged , individually , to undo what , collectively , tfley nave done . Mind that , common-nenae Chartist * . Those fellows who hare for nine years done all the mischief asa body ,, now c ome before yon in their individual capacity and actually have the matchlws efeontery to lay claim to ysur confidence , upon two grounds ; firstly , that they yrfn m ^ eTerything tha t they have done , I for that is xrhst we want , ) and , secondly , that the Tories , wculdnt allow them to give you good measures . Was there ever such paling nonsense T
My friends , let me just tell you a short story . One day last week , a Mr . Yorke , a firm Whig , was addressing the people of York as a candidate for tbeir " sweet rofces ; " ard finding it necessary to say a word opon religion and politics , he commenced with religion , when a-veteran fustian cried out , " thou foo il , ( fool , ) what has religion to do wi" it ? " This made the pious side of his jaw cease to wag ; and he then turned to the Poor Law , and charged tbe Tories with having aided the Whigs in the support of the measure , when a jolly tor roared out , •¦ Thou b—g—r < who launched it ?"
Again : ai io my liberation , my friends , allow me to jndge for myself . Very many newspapers have seiZad one passage in a long letter of mine , in which I protest against a compromise with the Tories for the purpose of insuring my release . Now from the number of papers that have picked thla | to them ) plum out of a long letter , it appears that th& enemies , every one of them , read all my neglected addresses . It Rms me great pleasure that I have never written one wfcico tbey could turn to their own service . But as
regards that passage ; what I said was , tkat no compromise should be made with the Tories for tbe purpose of insuring my liberty ; and the Whigs , with coaraeteristio ignorance , assume , or would make it appear , that I am consequently frkndly to a junction with the Whigs ! The use made of this passage by the press , and the turn attempted to be given by Mr . McFarlaue , at a meeting lately held at Glasgow , to my former declarations against tbe principles of Toryism , in favour of Whiggery , have induced me to mention the subject here .
The diSL-rencc , then , is just this . I will not be a party to any -compromise ; neither will I allow my liberty to be . made a question of compromise } because such a course would naturallj ^ aegrade us in the eye * of Europe and in our own estimation . But , thoogh I object to be a party to a compromise -with either faction , yet am I willing to lose my liberty for the purpose of creating a proper understanding of my own party , to join among themselves without compromise ; to use the Tories for th-j purpose of beating the Whigs . Every blisttre < f hand held up for a Whig is a nail in the coffin of liberty ! e- » ery fuBtiau jacket that votes for a Whig , is a willing slave and bondsman , and should work in irons in a alave-gang for the remainder of his existence : Every unshorn chin that does not wag in defiance and denunciation of smooth-faced Whiggery , is & hair ; -faced enemy to iU country I
Lst me place before yon the system now pursued , and of which I complain . A set of rascally Whigs declare themselves to be Chartists , and in their assumed character , they throw themselves accidentally-on-purpose , in the way of Whig prowlers in quest of prey ; when the catechuts , with an apparent surliness of aspect and desire to confound-, proceed as follows : — " Mr . Stick-inthe-Mud , if elected , will you -vote for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones ?" Answer— " That it a subject upon which I have not made up my mind , and is entirely a question of detail . " ( Hear , hear . ) " Wiil you present a petition upon the subject , if required "by your constituents to do so ?" Answer— " Most certainly , I * h » M consider it my duty to do so . " ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) " Will you vote for the liberation of all political prisoners ?"
Answer— " Why , I think that a wide distinction exists between those whose crimes amounted to open violence , and'those whe were merely the dupos of others— ( hear , hear }—and I ahould certainly vote for the liberation of the latter class . " ( Cheers . ) " Will yen v » te for Universal Suffrage ?"' Answer— " I do not know what tke-term means . I would vote for extending the right of voting to all those who from character , education , and stake in the country , could be safely entrusted with the franchise . " ( Disapprobation . ) " " Would you present a petition upon the subject , and support its prayer ?" Answer— " I would undoubtedly present the petition , bnt I mnst be allowed to exercise my own judgment as to supporting the prayer . " ( Cheers , and " Bight" ) . " Will you vote for a repeal of the New Poor Law Amendment Act ?"
" Why—why— -why—why—that is a subject npon which the best informed appear to differ most -widely ; but I certainly would Tote for any mortification in its details where the working pressed unequally npon tbe destitute poor . ( Loud cheers . ) I have always thought that the measure might , with gre > t safety , have been divided into two branches or heads ; the one for the willing , and the other for the unwilling idler ;—( long continned cheering )—and to this branch of tbe subject I shall devote my best attention , aad shall at all time * be most happy to confer with my constituents upon the subject" ( Cheers . »
Now , " suppoBe ~~ ffiIar " e 3 ai&& 5 ! loB $ » Iisto ' ia * nr placa at Leeds , or at the Isle of Wight , -where Gisbcrne , a notorious hack , has been catechised by Whigs in tbe character of Chartists . Let us suppose Leeds . At tbe elese up starts poor little Smiles , £ to ¦ whom I gave the professional name of Doctor , and -which , by Jove , he has kept ever sine * : ] np . starts this liberal member of the F « and Goose Club , and congratulates the people of l ^ eds npon the earnest of liberality giren in the foregoing answers ! Now , peor little Smiles knows just as much about politics as he does about physic , and that ' s nothing at ail ; but he imagines that the suff . rers from Whig treachery are all as ignorant as himself ; and therefore he , for one , adopts in June , as nearly perfection , what , in January , he denounced as worse than heretical , a Tory-Whig , or rather a Wiig-Tury .
Then comes Marshall , in whost ; mill scores of murders , cold-blooded murders , have been committed ! a man whose every shilling has been coiBed out of the heart ' s blo » d of prematurely slaughtered infants ; up gets this graceles * monster , in the presence of the pireDts of those little ones who are either no more , or living nionunient 3 of his lust ; and afttr congratulating the meeting , he moves that Mr . Aldam ' 3 answers are quite satisfactory ; and the travelled tourist , Haratr Stansfeld , who " loves his neighbour as himself , " seconds the proposition ; and thus the opinions of this clique go abroad as tbe opinions of the men of Leeas ; wlfereas , if the men of Leeds ha 4 pri- ' . e or spirit , they would kick every one of the bloo ; l-suckers who dared to mock tbeir poverty by appealing for their snpixirt , from their presence .
Sow , a 3 Joe Hume ia a unique specimen of Whig and Liberal , let us subject him to examination : — " Did you support the Poor Lvw Amendment Act ?" " Yes ; I 8 u £ pcrt « d the Bill , as prsposed by the Whigs , for the benefit of tbe industrieus class s , but not the workings of the measure as carried on by the Tuvries . " ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) " Have you not supported the Whigs in all their struggles for confidence , -while you profess yourself opposed to their entire policy ?" " Yts ; because I knew that if the Taurits canse in , that they would commence a reign of terror , and
especially in Ireland . " ( Hear , hear . ) "Did you not , on Thursday , tho 20 th of June , vote £ 256 . 000 = of English money to pay whit is ca . iled tbe claims of some English merchants trading -with Denmark , and who bad such notice of therisk they run , ahe underwriters refusing to inaaie their cargoes , ) that they -were mere smueflerB ? " Did you not do this at a time when six in every ten of the operatives of England were actually starring , and -when that amount would have given £ 2 10 s . to one hundred th ^ usiud heads of families , which , at the rate of five to a family , would have partially relieved half a million of destitute hand-loom weavers ' : "
Answer— " I did -, but the honour of England , and the faith of Parliament was pledged—( laud and long continned cheers )—and two other classes of claimants had their demands previously discharged by a vot * - of tbe Bouse , and by the Tauries ;—ivebement cheering)—and is there an Englishman with a drop oi English blood in his veinB , -wlio would rob the honest speculator of the just reward of his enterprise J "—( Renewed cheers . ) Now , I put it to the good sense of working men , whether or not they must not naturally expect to remain for ever alaughifig-stock or bye-word of reproach and emblem of scorn , bo long aa their enemies have nothing to do but to insult them , plunder tLem , shoot them , hing them , entomb tliem for nine years , as a party , and then , a 3 individuals , rfective their forgiveness when they ask for a new lease of the period to >> e tyrants ? Once let the working men renew their lease of Whiggery for seven years longer , and farewell Charter without bloodshed I
Hume was too liberal for the second stage of reform , andjconsequently . hehadtogo to Ireland ; butnowHume has softened down to electoral heat , and be comes ss the new champion of retrogression . Perhaps , it is not generally known that for many yean Home was an ultra-Tory , more violent than either Peel or Stanley ; and now he fights his old associates with " all the ferrency of a renegade . " This conversion we might pardon , if he had not beea one of the most reckless supporters of Whiggery , and one of the most constant and determined upholders of the Starvation Act in all its hideousness .
2 fow , brother Chartists , htar me for my eanse : for nine year ^ have we been persecuted by the W higs ; and with their hands reeking -with the bleod of those whom taey have starved , they appear as supplicants for a renewal of power . ; For frur years you have panted for the very crisis which has now arrived . Tbe eyes of the Republicans of France are now upon you ; the eyes of infant Spain , gorged with her long meal of blood , are upon you ; the tyts of Ireland are . upon you . ; and by your performance yon will assuredly be judged Some humius * , I understand , say that the Whigs only transported Frvs : in 1 S 40 , ¦ w hile the Tories bong Es : mettin ls » 5 . W as there ever such nonsense ? Are
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we to make no account of thirty-seven years of Improvement , and nine of these of reform ? And are we to make no distinction between a riot in open day , and the admission of the murdered patriot , Emmett , that he had contemplated an entire change of Government ? Are we to lose sight of tbe fact that th » gallows wet * made , and the hangman paid , to butcher Frost ; afii Wai even after a decision of all the talent on _ th » Bench in his favour ! The Whigs would havesl * ugh * nsi not only him , but also Williams and Jones , bf * for afewbints aboutthe torch and dagger men ; vatt it was only in the eleventh hour that they gasfj way , in fact , to what six able judges proclaimed an jut tuittaL T "
For fifty years the old hare been struggling ; for nine the young have been sighing ; amd new hold out but one mouth , and , as sure as God roles over as , the day is our own 1 Bear in mind that until we annihilate the Whigs , as a party , they will never join us in anni hilating Toryism . We hare tried them . In fact , call any ruling party what you please , under the present gyste .,, they must rule upon Tory principles . As the Whigs will not then join to beat tbe Tories , let us use the Tories to beat the WHgs ; and that done , let us turn to with the Whigs behind , instead of before us , and beat the national enemy .
Mr . M'Farlane has very truly said that I called the Whigs devils , and the Tories devils in hell . Well , does any man who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow doubt my hatred of the devils in hell ? If any such there be , let them also suppose me a monster , a brnte , a savage , inasmuch , as 1 have accounts to settle with the Tories that no ether man alive has to settle with that party . I believe « ven the Whigs will admit that I have had one man ' s snare in bringing them to the scratch ,- and now attend to me . No mortal m »« has ever begged , drudged , worked , and toiled in any struggle as I have in the national straggle , against the enemy immediately in power and in front ; and yet have I doM comparatively nothing . You mnst defer
judgment upon one mans performance , perseverance , and zeal , unttlyouaee meat work with the Tories in front . I tell you now , and have ever told you , that I hate the Tories even more than the Whigs ; and I tell you more , that if the power were Tested In my hands to-morrow of bestowing the Government of this conn try for twenty years npon Lords John Russell , Normanby , andPalmerston , or upon Wellington , Peel , and Stanley , I -would not hesitate for ope single instant I would , without a moment ' s 4 elay , if I bad-but the alternative , confer the power upon the men wb . o .- sent me here . But , if I had the power to give one year * lease , I would give it to Wellington , Peel , and Stanley , for the purpose of annihilation tfaem ^ or » U tim e te come ! - ¦ , . ¦ * . -
Comrades ! bear me ; Ohearine . ' Think of ; the last mo&nsof the murdered Claytoni—Uimkof the ievotioo of the slaughtered patriot SBfeBi-&thirkief the groans of our brother weltering iff mV $ ood in the Btrettg of Momnouth , wtei JttoP hand would stretch the dying Chartist a drop of water f think of the expatriated Frast , Williams , knfc j onesl think of the entombed Holberry , PeddleTjJarrier , Ashton , Crabtree ; O'Brien , and O'Connor J' think of the many iroken hearts pining in the cold ^ astile , and looking to you , as their trustees , for release l , think
of the veteran Wheeter , who has fought for fi / tf yean in the good fight , sow lingering betwixt life and death I think of the pallid face of the prematurely aged , sad of the twisted limb of the factory infant . ' think that yon cannot stir without beholding a spy , paid by yoaV eelves , to goad you into resistance , and then to torture you if yoa do resist ! think that tbe whole course of nature , both at home and abroad , has been opposed by the very devils who would now call you angels , till they had once more used you to your own destrmctlon ! think of these tilings , and giro power to the monsters again if you dare i !
Why does not Sheffield , that has suffered more than any town in England , take that position which , from its importance , it ought to take ? Why stand dilly dally , Bhilly shally , with , the knowledge-monger and scull ion-wan-of-all-work to the Whigs , George Henry Ward ? Ah ! fie ! shame upon you , to listen to the hypocrite f Fustian jackets , stand up for yourselves and scout him and Parker , and the Russian Urquhart—all , all , one and all—from your presence . ' I have now only to add my request , that some plain blunt man , who has worked all day in fustian , will , in each town , read my whole letter to the noble fustian Chartists , and I ask them to decide foe themselves ; and when they decide , to put a stop to all humbug of cross-questioning a lot of devils who would swear the moon was made of green cheese to get one Tote . Remember , my friends , tbey an now in the retail market trying to pick you up in ones so as to sell you wholesale .
In a little mere than four months I shall meet you in a full salt * i fustian at my prison gates . I hope to meet the petition carriers in fustian npon that day . Let us then , in one dress , and in one mind , be able to embrace , and return thanks to God that Chartism has survived that first campaign , and is now ready to tak » the field to conclude tbe battle ! G « t a House of Whigs , and never again will you see tbe benign countenance of our beloved Frost ; get a House of Tories , and THEN indeed speak to the Whigs , when they are at tbe same side of the hedge with you , about the restoration of Frost . Williams , ana Jones , and- ibeir restoration to office being one and tbe same question . Get a House of Tories ; and if Frost , Williams , and
j oins mb BPrroet' , 'tff va theigwayy-ttt-twetTe- , I -will suffer my right hand to be cut off . Comrades , you once spoke of a sacred month ; let this bB onrBacred month for work . Be true to one another for one month , and the Charter is tbe law oi the land . Comrades , in our weakness we defied the oppressor ; shali -we court him in our strength ? That my days are numbered by faction no man doubts ; but show how one willing victim can wipe the bran 4 c-f slavery from the brow of free born man—and welcome torture ! Yes , I ehall be sacrificed belore tyranny -will yield to justice , but yet will I not abate , one jot of my demand , nay not a jot ' s point eveu to the addition of one day to the age of the voter . It would be mure prudent and expedient for me to begin now to woo the raging power ; it is another fiaa opportunity for commencing a rutr ^ at ; but , I pass it by aa the rest , and repeat , " no surrender ; death or liberty . "
Men of Sheffield , and men of all pUces , you hava told me that you will stick io me like wax and follow whithersoever I lead . I a ^ k do such devotion . 1 merely ask you to follow principle , and stick to the holy Charter . Now , comrades , I thus sum up ; for forty-one years the Whigs used you for obtaining political power ; for nine years they have had that power ; aud contrast England , during that period , with aLy other uine years of her history , and iay has not the } ower been most blasting ! Tbey have insulted you , betrayed you , despised and loathed you ! They have courted your
enemies , and divided with them the honour of oppression ! For nine years you have had no opposition to their luat and will . A Tory minority n-ver will opposs tyranny ; n Whig niinority must do so to acquire popular support , as the means of plundering . Therefore , if you get a Housa of Tories , youseta good working Whig Chartist opposition . If you get a House of Whigs you get a Tory minority so strong that the Whigs wiil justify anther reign of tyrmuy by their weakness ami Tory strength . What . 3 ttis but a base admission that they wid cling to office , and be forced to do mischief rather than abandon it and prevent otber 3 from doing it .
r » ow hear my advice ; leave all your nnmanly , childish , and nonsensical pledges about the Poor Law , and release of us poor dttiis , ( -who would rather rot in prison than gain our liberty at the fcxpecce of our parties' honour and their cause . ) The Tories have no notion any more than tbe Whiga of repealing tbe Poor Law Amendment B ii . Put no question , ask no pledges , hold no intercourse ; keep your numerical strength apart from theirs , and after work , on each day , parade your physical power through the street with your working men candidates for your hands ( mind , only fur your hands , this time ) at 5 our heid . liiiutn jour men by a show of those hands , and then all who have votes , vote baldly against the devils , by voting for the devils in hell 1 By that means you will , in lets than six , aye , less than three niontis , see as pretty a piece of fun between the rival factions , ia the St . Stephen ' s cockpit , as ever was wiiDts * et 1 at bull bait or dog fight !
Juit get the Whigs once eff the perch , the golden perch , and little Jack and the Big Beggermun will froth at the mouth like mad blood-hounds , and we shall be taunted with OMrmoderation . I conclude , in tbe brief but eloquent language of tLe Gsntral to his troops upon the eve of battle : — " CoJiiraJts , there ' s the enemy ; if you don't kill them by G—d they'll kill you . " Let this letter be read at the head of every regiment in the service , and let thosa who work , thinfc speak and act far themselves . If you support the Whigs , may you live in slavery and die in want . Amen . Ever , your faithful friend , Feargcs O CONNoa .
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THE " LEAGUERS" AND THE TRADES . The ladies' shoemakers of Manchester having receired an invitation to send a deputation of their body to the anti-Corn Law League , accompanied by a large bundle of tracts for their enlightenment , the trade held a meeting to consider it , and then returned the spoiled rags in a lump , together with the following letter : — Ge . ntlehen , —Having received a circular , purporting to emanate from the Corn Law League , inviting us to send a deputation , in conjunction with other trades , to confer with a deputation from the said body , and considering , as we do , that the object of the meeting is to enlist the Trades' Unions in the agitation for a repeal of the Corn Laws ,, we , the Society of Ladies ' Shot makers , beg leave to state that we decline engaging in any agitation which does not guarantee to the mechanic aLd artisan that protection for his labour which his usefulness in society so justly demands .
In examining the voluminous documents With which you have been pleased to favour us , we find a multiplicity of uuwarrantable assertions , which to the superficial observer would lead to the conclusion that a repeal of the Com Laws would make our common country a perfect Elysium ; for instance ,
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in the tract headed " What would a repeal of the Corn Laws do ? " The third paragraph asserts "that it wouM « qneeqnently Hkitesae the employment of our artizani and prevent their wages coming down . " We % tmld ask , has tbe Increase of trade hitherto produced tifCh result * r Beaton aad sad experiwnee compels us to * MW « r no . From 1793 until 1816 . during which Pe riod then wen no Corn Laws , and when we had 8 jjpremacy of commerce ow the whole world , and it § at our trade bad increased ( as shewn by the con-* junption of cotton ) from thirty millions of pounds 4 Mght , to ninety-two millions pounds weight , or
t $ H * -f old . Daring tbe self same period , wages in the wjsiring department had been reduced from thirty-three amUUngsand threepence per cut , twenty yards inlongth , $ 9 14 * . pet cut , twenty-four yards in length , B&me fabric ** w ^ rk ; and fro m 1815 until 1832 it had increased ftois ) ^ 2 , 0 » 0 , 000 lb . to 256 , 000 , 00 « lb ., or nearly threefrld , * rhile in the same period wages had been reduced twosiillingfl out of three ; and from 1632 until 18 < 0 it hadhwreatedfr om 256 , 0 i 0 , t 00 lbtoneaTly 5 t 0 , 000 , 0 Q 01 b , or doable , yet even during these eight yean the reduction in the power-loom weaving department alone would be sufficient to purchase bread for all the wearers In Manchester .
But farther . If a repeal of the Corn Laws increase trade and wages , how , in the name of common sense , will the manufacturer be enabled , under the disadvantage of high wages , to compete with the foreigner , when at the low scale of wages paid at present they complain of the evils of foreign competition ? With respect to the idea that the foreigner would cease manufacturing and resume agriculture is absurd , inasmuch as the former is the most profitable speculation . We beg to be distinctly understood that we do not wish to uphold the infernal' tax , but we certaiDly do think that the proposal of the league , smacks too much of political dishonesty to be entertained by working wen , bgutg convinced that their design ia to reduce the wages « $ he highly-taxed operative of this country , to the san $ rate as the low-taxed operative of the continent ,.
Weaqwask where is the guarantee for the -proteetiQjb . of labour ? an echo answers , Where ? Let us remind yon that the same parties who now raise the cry of cheap bread and high wages are Jhe ^ jjisotles who transported our brethren of jOasmf 8 hi |^ tod Glasgow ; and who endeavoured , by eTiSf meana ^ legftl and illegal , to bring the charge of < Km * iraey , Intimidation , incendiarism , and evon / BBrdflr , home to tho door of Trades' Unions , for the erfajft of uniting to protect our labour—a protection whiflj onght fo be guaranteed to us by the Legislature © Py * country . With these fact * hefpre us , we decline agflfcing for any thing less " than full and effective justpe to all , based upon the immutable principle of a pur « And unsullied democracy . - I We remain your ' s , I In theVotuse of truth and justice , f . The Society of Ladies ' ¦* " , ' , ' . ; Shoemakers , * ANpw . Bread , Sec . ' - - ^ tw ^? ' ^^^^^^ MArtntfSjBBBBBBBBBMP * 0 ^^^ t 4 s ^ . A ^ t ^ utd
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^ Mgyr iOKAL ^ ireiTTE O'BRIEN . tjMnVfjl Hi 1111 u 111 and Fellow Country-Kin » lf % , Jp « ommoo with you , feel the degradation of b « i s&res ; wefeefi , amidst the abundance raised by UHIlffMhands the palna of grinding poverty , we suffer the ] pM of disappointed hopes , and grieve for tbe gwwnflr friends who are suffering persecution , because ttiy sought to rescue their country from ruin wad theqr brethren from oppresssioa and living death . Bat we art s $ ilj full of hope , still determined ; our eausejs fl | ere 4 , and rendered more so by the virtue of tfc& 0 who bavo suffered in its behalf , and we are still resolved , fend that quickly , to emancipate ourselves and
our children fiom slavery , and to be no longer oppressed by a vile and useless aristocracy ; but to this end something must be done to serve as a rallying point , an , d to gather all into & mighty and irresistible band of patriots . With this view we again beg to call the attention of our countrymen to Bronterre O'Brien ; it will give us sincere pleasure to see the country rousing to a sense of duty towards this genuine patriot ; our country would be eternally disgraced if , even amidst the multifarious call % that are now made upon its resounes sueh a man . as O'Brien should t > e permitted , unbelpsd and unheeded , to be a victim to tbe in which his virtues hod provoked .
Brother Cwurtiats , if you wish for that freedom for which O'Brien has fallen smuggling , answer , and let the tyrant-factious sfe you are able te work out your own politMal salvation-If you ejepect other men to risk their personal and domestio happiness in working out your deliverance , arouse , and lend u ) your aid . If you would expect other leaders to emerge , from obscurity and lead yoa en in your agitation for the Charter , or If you hope that your tried friend , now suffering the bitterness of political persecution , will again take you by the hand when bi « , term of suffering has expired , do what you can to lend us your aid in placing hi a in a position which will enable Mm , to ' commence his crusade with redoubled vigour-against tyranny , oppression , and
misrule ; individually , it may not be much , but combined in your masses , the assurance of being supported by your moral influence will sweeten the bitter fate ha has endured in your cause ; and the slight pecuniary aid which narrow circumstances may allow you to make will . enable him to assail , with ertaln success , the strops holds of corenption , and , . finally , to be instru-Hugital , in conjunction with oar brave and beloved QjCofnor , in leading us to honour and victory . W » jLiolce ttuMefthe 1 saine ' holy zeal which influenoed the 4 arons in den&n&Ng tho Magna Chaft * 7 » Wor ) i in hand , which impelled the sons of liberty to extort the petition of rights from Charles the first , and to dethrone him as a traitor to his country , which urged Englishmen to obtain the Bill of Rights from William
and Mary ; that holy zaal still lives in somo of tbeir posterity , and still points for the admiration of the age , to men who are determined to live and die unflinching patriots . We certainly conclude , from the knowledge which the people possess of iMr . OBilen , aad from the efi ' ecU produced by his mental labour , that a lengthened appeal to the Chartists on his behalf is altogether unnecessary ; wo need only propound our objects to our brethren , to ensure their adoption . We state , then , that we are anxious to show the enemies of our weal that we forget not our friends , and we are desirous of showing our suffering friends , that we net ouly know our duty to them , but that we are resolved to perform it ; therefore , we call upon our fellow men to aid us in raising the funds sufficient to enable our now incarcerated advocate to
commence his fire upon tbe enemy , immediately after his liberation ; oar object is to furnish him , as a national tribute , with press , types , and other materials , that he may not only preserve himself and family from tho jaws of starvation , but that he may promote the general good of the community , by being enabled to give a full , free , and uncontrolled expression to his opinions ; such men ought not to be silenced by the power of despots , nor by the weight of poverty , —they must not ; therefore he up and doing ; let us vie with each other in the accomplishing this necessary and important objtct ; lose no time ; and what we do , let us do well , and quickly . Wo need add no more , being conacloua tke nation will respond to the call . John Ogden , Secretary . Committee Room , Leeds , June 14 th , 1841 .
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HETHERINGTON FESTIVAL . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHEBN STAR . Sir , —I am desired by the Committee to request the insertion of the enclosed balance sheet , in the next Slar . By so doing yon will confer a favour on Yours , &c . W . A . Main . 4 , Margaret-street , Wellington-square , Juno 13 th , 1841 .
RECEIPTS . £ s . d . For 39 double tea tickets , at 2 s . 6 d . 4 17 6 „ 71 stogie ditto , at Is . 6 d — 5 17 0 „ 37 double ball ditto , at Is . 6 d 2 15 6 „ 69 single ditto , at Is 3 0 Total Receipts 16 10 0 Ditto Expenditure 12 11 8 Balance £ 318 4 Tbe balance of £ 3 18 s . 4 d . is appropriated to the benefit of Mrs . Frost .
EXPENDITURE , To use of the Social Hall ,. ... 10 0 ~ furnishing tables for tea 10 6 ^ attendance in dressing rooms 0 4 0 « . 157 teas , at 9 d . each ... 5 4 8 „ band 1 16 0 ,. printing ... 1 5 0 „ rent of conmittee room ... .,, ... ... 1 1 0 v . advertisements 0 14 6 m . stationery , postage , &c 0 6 6
i-12 11 8 William Balls , ) A ,,. Htn-. W . H . WESTON , | Audi * » - W . A . Main , Hon . Secretary . Committee Boom , Jane 10 th , 1841 .
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OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM CHINA . Despatches wen received on Friday at the Admiralty from Commodore Sir J . J . G . BTcmer . C . B . relative to the late successes of British arms in China . The whole of the defences , one after another , have been destroyed , and the second city of the Chinese empire , is now under British domination . We subjoin an abstract of Captain Herbert ' s letter to Commodore Sir J . J . G . Bremer , detailing the destruction of the last defences of the city : — British Factory , Canton , March 18 , 1841 . Sir , —This day the force under my orders carrii-rt and destroyed in succession all tbe'forts in th « advances and before Canton , taking 1 , eiiiking , burning , or aspersing the enemy ' s flotilhi , anfi hoisting the uniou on the walls of tho British factory , the guns of the squadron commanding all the approaches to the city fiom the -western and southern branches of tiie rivorthas placing in our power thu great ' 'pvovincfol capital , containing upwards of one million , of inhaMtiuts . I
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found mysfc If forced to make this attack without your instructions , for the reasons so strongly expressed in her Majesty ' s pla "potentlary ' s note herein enclosed . ( 17 th March , 184 I t | considering it my duty to resent , with all the prompt ! tude in my power , the insult offered the day before to tfc « flag of truce sent with a chop to the Imperial Comma "doner , at the desire of his Excellency . I forward the ac <* irapanying sketch , placing you in more immediate possess . Ion of the line of concentration which led to such an immediate result 1 b detailing the operations of the day , I fee ) myself inadequate to do justice to the gallant officers and men employed on this occasion . The flotilla of boats , formed into £ >« r divisions , under the immediate charge of Commanders Barlow andjdarke , and Lieut . Cbulson , of the B ' outia .
Her Majesty * ** ship Hyacinth ( to whom too roach praise cannot be given to * the exertion displayed by Commander Warren , his officers and crew , in getting her through the intricate and difficult passes of the river , piloted by Commander Belcher , to be in readreew for operation , and a division of boats , under the command of these officers , was placed at the southern entrance of the river recosumunicating with the main stream of Fa tee , to meet any retrograde movement of tins numerous flotilla that had taken part in the agresdons on the 16 th instant . Every arrangement having been completed and understood , the whole force saoved fat advance about noon , the vessels , marines , and three divisions of boats from the northward of the Macao fort , sad within gunshot of the enemy ' s advance batteries , engaging
them for about two hours and a half , when all opposition ceased , and the factory within the dtfenees was taken possession of . The Modeste was placed within three hundred yaids , In front « f the principal battery , and shortly gave proofs of her well-directed fire , flanked by the powerful guns of the Madagascar , Capt Dicey , with artillerymen under the direction of Lieut Fonlis , Madras artillery , and Nemesis , Mr . W . H . Hall , R . T ? ., Commanding with artillerymen under tbe direction of Captain Moor , and Lieutenant Gabbett , Madras artillery , who handsomely volunteered their services upon the occasion . The Algeiine ( Lieutenant Mason , } and Starling ( Lieutenant Kellttt . ) passsing a head , cut ting through the rafts on the right-bank , and engaging a part of the war-junks , the Hebe and Lou i » a tenders , taking
part , at the same time , under cover of the ships' guns , the flotilla with the marines was brought up in admirable order by Captain Bonrchier , and , npon the signal being given , stormed and completed the capture of this part of the enemy ' s works , notwithstanding a most determined resistance on the part of the Tartar troops . ;—From this battery the vessels and flotilla moved forward , and carried the other defences in succession , amounting in the whole to 123 guns . By the great care of Captain Nias , his officers , and the ship's company , the Herald was brought over tbe flats , and entered the reach during the engagement , which must have had considerable effect upon the enemy , by dividing their attention , not knowing what other force might be in reserve . Of Captain Bourchier , whose high character
is so well-known to you , sir , and the service , I cannot speak sufficiently strong , for the manner in which he conducted the forces under his immediate command , not only leading tUein into action in admirable order , but keeping them together in readiness for any outbreak of the immense population of such a crowded city , and I cannot refrain mentioning his conspicuous and energetic exertions in towing off the burning junks , which were drifting upon the suburbs of Canton , and soon would have evidently set fire to that part of the city , and involved the destruction of the whole , in which , he reports , he was ably assisted by the officers under his directions . —I have the honour to be , &c . ( signed ) T . Herbert , Captain . —Commodore Sir J . J . Gordon Bremer , Kt ,, C . B . K . C . H ., Commander-in-chief , Ac . 4 c . fcc .
Lists of the Ships , Steamers , Boats , &c employed at the Capture of Canton on the 16 th instant . —Her Majesty's ship Herald , Captain Nias ; her Majesty ' s sloop Modesto , Commander Eyres ; her ' Majesty's sloop Hyacinth . Commander Warren ; her Majesty's brig Algerine , Lieutenant Mason . Tenders—Hor Majesty's schooner Starling , Lieutenant Kellett ; her Majesty ' s schooner , Hebe , Mr . Quln , mate ; her Majesty ' s cutter Louisa , Mr . Carmichael , mate . Steamers—Hon . Company ' s steamer Madagascar , Captain Dicey ; Hon . Company's steamer Nemesis , Captain HalL Boats—First division : Commander Barlow ; Lieutenants Williams . Stewart , and Drury ; Lieutenant Dewes , acting ; Messrs . Walter , Kendoll , Pur ver , Woolcombe , Baker , and Kator , mates ; Mr . Comber , midshipman ; Mr . Scott , volunteer first class . Second division : Commander Clark : Lieutenants Hamilton , Beadon , and
Saute ; Mr . King , master acting ; Messrs . Miller , Fitzgerald , Pearse / Read , and Tumour , mates ; Mr . Crofton , midshipman . Tbiri division : Lieutenants Conlson an 4 Ingram ; Messrs . Christopher , Walker , and Anderson , mates ; Messrs . Purvis , Coke , and Lyons , volunteers first class : Mr . Stanley , assistant-surgeon . Western division : Commanders Warren and Belcher ; Lieutenants Haskoll , Watson , Hay , Morshead , P'Eyncourt , Wood , and Hayes ; Mr . Airey , master ; Messrs . Daly , Rivers , Jeffries , Le Vesconte , Egerton , Drake , St . Leger , and Bryan , mates ; Mr . Brown , master-assistant ; Mr . Butler , M . D . i and Mr . Tweeddale , assistantsurgeons . Volunteers—Lieutenant Mackenzie , of her Majesty ' s 90 th regiment , acting military secretary to the naval commander-in-chief ; Mr . Johnson , master , her Majesty's ship Conway ; Mr . G . Ramsden , clerk , her Majesty ' s ship Calliope ; Lieutenant Giffard , Hon . Company ' s 12 th regiment . ¦
Return of ordnance destroyed in . the defences near -Canton : Lower battery , loft bank , ilacao- passage—22 guns ; upper battery—9 guns ; Sand-bag-battery on wharf—9 guns ; . western fort , Canton suburbs , < &'bawecn )—10 guns ; red fort , opposite Canton factories—20 guns ; Dutch FalTy—25 guna ; 8 and-bag battery , above arsenal—13 guns ; two junks moored off admiral ' s houae—15 guns ; total—123 . Besides those destroyed in Lin ' a and the mandarin's war boats . ( Signed ) Tuts Herbert , Captain . A list of casualties in the force employed in the attack and occupation of the defences of the city of Canton , on the 18 th day of March , 1841 : Lieutenant Stransuam , royal marines , seveiely . Calliope—2 wounded slightly . Hyacinth—2 -wounded ; 1 slightly , 1 severely . Modesto—2 wounded slightly . ( Signed ) Tuos . Herbert , Captain .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday , June II . The Sugar Duties Bill was read a third time and passed , on the motion of Lord Dunxannon . The Tithe Composition . ( Ireland ) Bill went through committee . The Earl of Cx-auemjon laid on the table his bill for regulating the law relating to principal and factor , which was read a first time . In ansu-er to a question from the Marquis of Londonderry , Viscour . t Melbourne said , measures had been taken preparatory to informing the Spanish claimants when the instalment should be paid . But no claimants had been paid at present . The Marquis of Lon son derry said he should not let this matter drop in the present Parliament . On the motion of the Marquis of BUTE for the third reading of the Jews' Declaration Bill ,
The Bishop of LlandaFF opposed the motion , and moved as an amendment , that the bill be read a , third time that duy three months . Lord Lyttleton seconded the amendment . The Earl of WiNCHiLSEA opposed tbe bill . The Bishop of St . Davids supported the measure , and denied that it would alter tke Christian character of the institutions of the country . The Bishop of London opposed the bill , contending there waa no analsay between the admission of
Christian Disgerttera to tbe councils of the nation and the admission of Jews to the same privileges . He believed that a very few Jews only were interested in the measure , and that tho mass of the people cared nothing about it . After a few words from Lord Galloway . The Marquis of Bute replied , tuvd said be considered it his duty as a Christian to vote for tke bill . Their Lordships then divided , and the numbers were —For the third reading , 64 ; against it , 98 ; majority , 34 . The bill waa consequently Joet .
Lord Brougham moved the second reading of the Punishment of Death Bill . TUo ilarqula of Norm an by gave his hearty support to the motion of his Noblo and Learned Friead , and intimated that it had been his own intention to move the second reading . Lord Brougham wns not aware of that , and cheerfully resigned mo charge of the measure to his Noble Ftiend . T . he Marquis of Westmeatji said that , if he stood alone , ha would divide their Lordships , when in committee , a : ; ain « r . any clause which would take away the protection 01 helpless women against the ruthless violence of man . The bill was then read a second time , and the committee fixed for Monday . The 'LiUie Hill tUen . passed through committee . Tiie Administration of Justice Amendment Act was read a second time . Their Lordships adjourned till Monday . Monday , June 14 . The Militia Pay Bill , and several other Bills , were brought up from the House of Commons , and read a first time . On the motion of the Earl of CLi . RBNDON , the Bills of Exchange Continuance Bill ( for one year ) was passed through ail ita stages , the standing « rde » having Seen suspended for that purpose . . A great number of Bills were forwarded a stage , without any opposition . Eatl FiTZW-iLiiiAM , in reply to aqnestloa from Lord Wharnclifiij , eaid that it would , he understood , be very inconvenient if he brought forward his motion respecting tlie Cura Laws « n Tuesday . Every other day except Friday was occupied , but upon that day hia Noble Friend ( the Duke of Wellington ) could not attend ; and under theae circumstances he feared he could not , in its present substantive shape , bring his motion forward ciuring tho present session .
Lord Hatherton presented the report of the committee upon Suudsiy trading on canals , and said itwas the unanimous opinion of the committee that the strongest possible case was made out for legislative interference ; but that it should be of a permissive rather than of a prohibitory character .
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Their Lordships then went into committee on tha Punishment of Death Bill , and a lengthened discosskns took place upon the third clause , which was opposed by the Marquis of Wefttmeath , on the ground that the punishment ! of death should be retained in cises of violation . On a division , the clause was carried by a majority " of 42 to 38 . Tbe other clauses were agreed to , and the House resumed . Some petitions were presented for and against the Corn Laws , and their Lordships adjc / urned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fbidat , June 11 . Sir B . Pj ? ei , obtahwd leave to bring in a Bill to embody un _ enactment adopting the amendment of the Chairman of . the Contested Elections BHL The Right Hon . Baronet stated the reason he brought forward this motion was merely to get the BUI printed , fa order to Riv » an opportunity to Hop . Members to consider tha subject before the next session . Mr . Waju > moved , that instructions be given * o the Attorney-General to prosecute the Hon . Mansers Sutton , and his agents Long and Swan , for bribery , alleged to have been committed at the last Cambridge election .
Sir CHAifc £ E » Lemon , as Chairman of tbe Cambridge Committee , said , that altlae « gb he felt convinced that bribery had taken place , yet from the evidence it could not be brought home to- Mr . Satton . As ta Mr . Locg , one of the agents , he- had no doubt that if a prosecution had been instituted he would havs been convicted . " ¦ The Earl of Dablington also defended Mr . Manners Sutton from the charge of bribery , and , therefore , should vote against the metien as far as regarded that gentleman , bat would vote for prosecuting the agents . ' Mr . Ward then withdrew that part of hte motion regarding Mr . Manners Sutton , andT after considerable discussion , it was decided , by a majority of 78 against 48 , that proceedings should be instituted against one of the agents . ' ¦ ,. Mr . Hume , in the absence of Mr . Easthope , withdrew the Bill for the abolition of Church Rates . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the Housa adjourned .
Saturday , June 12 . . The Gainsborough Ssnall Debts' Bill was . read * third time and passed . The Hawkhnrst Junction Ro » d ( No . 2 j Bill was read a third time and passed . The Canterbury Pavemement ( No . S ) Bill was read a third time arid passed . .. . - — - S \; .-. ^ On tho motion of lord JOHN RussstL , the ^ Bribery at Elections Bill waa read a third time op d passed , after an amendment had been proposed and inserted by " the Solicitor-General , ' to the effect that candidates , as well as others , should be liable to be called before committee to answer for their conduct '' : !• ¦ "' ¦ Tho Appropriation Bill passed through committee , and was ordered to be reported on Monday . . The Election Petitions Trial Bill was then read a second time , and ordered to be committed . ¦ The County Bridges ( No . 2 ) Bill was read a third time and passed . The Wicklow Harbour BUI waa read a third time , and passed . Warriner ' s Estate . Bill was read a third time and passad .
CoL SiBTHOHPE moved for a return of the numbers of Commissions issued , by order of the Grown , in the years 1836 , 1837 , and 1838 . —Ordered . The House then adjourned till Monday .
Monday , June 1 . 4 . Sir R . Peel presented several petitlsns , some of which prayed for a total repeal of the Corn Laws . On tlie report of the Appropriation Bill being brought up , ¦ ¦ ' .. ; Mr . Hume contended that the landed interest in this country was too highly favoured , and that the proposed tax of 8 s . a quarter on wheat would be an onerous { and grievous tax . Mr . G . Palmer said that the land tax , the tithes ; and the poor rate were taxes pressing on the land . The Elections Petitions BUI went through committee . The House went into committee on the Registration Voters Bill but ; Mr . Walter moved that the House should be counted , and there being only 30 members present , the House adjourned .
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From tin London Gazette of Friday , Jum II . John Porter , Wiggenhall , Norfolk , builder , to surrender June 24 , July 23 , at eleven , at the office of Mr . Pitcher , King ' s Lynn . Attorneys , Mr . Pit « her , King Lynn ; and Messrs . Clowes and Wedlake , King's Benchwalk , Temple . , William Henshall , Newcastle-under-Lyme , Staffordshire , silk-throwBter , June 25 ,. July 23 , at twelve , a * the Castle Hotel , Newcastle-under-Lyme . Attorneys , Messrs . Price and Bolfron , Lincoln ' s Inn ; and Mr Bishop , Shelton" Hall , Staffordshire Potteries . Henry Sidebotham , Manchester , cotton-manufacturer , June 21 , July 23 , at twelve , at the Commissioners ' Rooms , Manchester .. ' Attorneys , Messrs . Walmsley , Keightley , and Parkin , Chancery-lane ; and Messrs . Humphreys , Cunliffes , Charlewood , and Bury , Man chester .
William HuteTilnson , Drohfield , Derbyshire , winemerchant , June 21 , July 23 , at one , at the Town Hall , Sheffield . Attorneys , 'Messrs ' . Hutcbinson , Chesterfield ; and Messrs . JBrotthson And Mitton , Sontbampton-buildings , Caancery-lane .
DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP . J . Atkinson and Q . Atkinson , Halifax , Yorkshire , grocers—H . Seudambre . and J . Bail , Manchester , oilcloth-mannfacturers—J . Pye and J . Pye , Preston , Lancashire , slaters—J . Bobthroyd , J . KUbum , D . Milhes , J . Hudson , B . ScargiU , T . Spedding , S . Mitchell , J . Lister , T . Blakeloy , JB ; Bailey , J . Greaves , S . Newsome , jun ., J . Ward , jua . 'P . Hirst , B . Rothery , J . Word , sen ., J . Greenwood , D . Ramsden , T . Fczard , G . Ward , T . Clegg , T . Ward , Batley Carr , Yorkshire , scribblingmiUera ; eo far as regards J . Boothroyd , T . Ward , and J . Kilburn . —J . Field andT . H . 8 > ers , Liverpool , grocers—C . Brook , J . Brook , and W . Tovinend , Yorkshire , fancy manufacturers ; so far as regards J . Leech .
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, — —? From th « Gmzette of Tuesday , June 15 . BANKRUPTS . James Brook , victualler , Fritlt-street , Soho , to surrender June 23 , at twelve , and July 27 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Official Assignee , Mr . Johnson , Basingball-street ,- Attorney , Mr . Field , Finchley . John M'lntyre , oil cloth manufacturer , Manchester , June 28 , and July 27 , at the Conmiis 3 ioners ' -room 8 , Manchester . Attorneys , Mr . Appleby , Aldermanbnry , London ; Mr . Grundyj Bury , Lancashire . Jamea Leary , cofFee-housekeeper , Quadrant , Regentstreet , June 20 , at twelve , and July 27 , at . the-Court of Bankruptcy . Official Assignee , Mr . Gibson , Basinghallstreet ; Attorney , Mr . Lewis , Arundel-street , Strand . Charles Hopkins , miller , Stapleton , Gloucestershire , Juno 29 and July 27 , at the Commercial-rooms , Bristol ! Attorneys , Meesra . Jones and Blaxland , Crosby-square , London ; Mr . Peters ; Bristol .
John Daines , joiner , Stafford , June 26 and JHly 27 , at twelve , at the Star Inn , Stafford . Attorneys ,. Messrs . Clowes and Wedlake ; King ' s-bench-walk , Inner Temple , London ; Mr . Bell , Stafford . Adam Thwaites , brewer , Newcastle-uppn-Tyne , July 1 , at eleven , and July 27 , at two , at the Bankrupt Commission-room , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Attorneys , Messrs . Bell , Broderick , and Bell , Bow Church-yard , Ckeapaide , London ; Mr . Seymour , Newcastle-upon-Tjne ; Mr . KenmnvGateshead . John Sugden , machine-maker , Leeds , June 22 , at three , and July 27 , at nine , at the Comm&isioners ' - rooms , Leeds . Attorneys , Messrs . Dunning and Stawman , Leeds ; Messrs . Smithson and Mitton , Soutbampton-buildinga , Chancery-lane , London .
Thomas Pitt Stokes , busldtr , Dudley , Worcester . June 26 and July 27 , at eleven , at the Swan , Wolverhamptom . Atttorneys , Mr . Biggs , Southampton-buildings , Louden ; Messrs . Hay ward and , Webb , Birmingham ; Mr . Fellowes , Dudley . . ; . ¦; . ¦ Thomas Dixon , grocer , Kirkgate , Leeds , June 22 , at two , and July 27 , atone , at the Commissioner ** Rooms , Commercial-buildings , Leeds . Attorneys , Messrs . Wiglesworth , Ridadale , and Cradock , Gray ' a Inp-square , London ; Mr . W . T . Smiths Bank-street , Leeds . Cuthbert Taylor and Thomas Hawkey , ship-builders , Wearmouth-shore , Durham , July 5 and 27 , at eleven , at the Thompson's Arms HoteJ , Sunderland . Attorneys , Messrs . Swain , Stevens , and Co ., 6 , Frederick ' splace , Old Jewry , London ; Mr . Wilson , and Messrs . Wright , Sunderland .
Joseph Barker Abbott and Denis M'Cheane , wine merchants , June 3 « and July 27 , at one , Ut the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool , ¦ Attorneys , Messrs . jLowndea , Robinson , and Bateson , Liverpool ; Messrs . Taylor , Sharpe , Field , and Jackson , Middlesex . Jamea Lunn , ship broker , Newcaatle-npon-Tyne , July 9 , at eleven , and July 27 , at two , at the Bankrupt Commission-room , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Attorneys , Mr . Hfcwlson , Newcaatle-upon-Tyne ; Messrs . Curria and Woodgate , New-square , Lincoln ' s Inn , London . Samuel Rayner . engraver , Friar-gate , Derby , June 28 , at two , and Juiy 27 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy . Official Assignee , Mr . Graham , Basinghallatreet ; Attorney , Mr . Vallance . Essex-street , Strand .
Williani Barton , upholsterer , Soho , Mfddusex , Jane 22 , at one , and July 27 , at eleven , at the Ctoort of Bankruptcy . Ofacial Assignee , Mr . Whitemore , Basinghallstreet ; Attorney , Mr . Oliver , Old Jewry . Antonio Joaquim FreireMarreco , merchant , Newcastle-npon-Tyne , July 8 , at one , and July 27 , afreleven , at the Bankrupt Commission-room , Royal-arcade , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Attorneys , Messrs . Watson and Wix , King ' s Arms-yard , Colenian-street , London ; Measra . Brockett and Philipson , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Thomas Lamplngh , grocer , Great Driffield , Yorkshire , July 5 , at the Beverley Arrus , Bevorley , and July 27 , at tbe George Inn , Kingston-upon-HuU , at eleven . Attorneys , Messrs . Walmsley , Keightley , and Parkin , Chancery-lane , London ; Messrs . Shepherd aaU Tonge , Driffield ; Mr . Thomey , HulU '
John Morrish , liqnor-mercliant , Bristol , June 25 and July 27 , at one , at the Cominercial-roomsi Bristol . Attorneys , Messrs . Hicks and Braikenridge , B&rtlett'sv buildings , Holborn , London ; llewa . Hinton , BristoL
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^ THE NORTHERN STAR . 7
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 19, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1114/page/7/
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