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rHE NORTHEEN STAE SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1842.
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Holliswocd — A Tea Party will be held on Easter Monday , in the Chartist Room , Ralph Green . Tea on the table at six o ' clock . IXewsbcby . —Mr . Brcphy lecinres to-morrow f tcrnooa and eTtniag oTer the Stores . North Lancashire . —Mr . Lund ' 3 route : —Monday , March 21 tt , at Blackburn ; Tnesdaj , the 22 nd , at Harwood ; Wednesday , the 23 rd , at Cluhero ; Thursday , the 24 th . « Barnoldswick ; Friday ; the 25 : b , at Sabden ; Saturday , the 26 th ,- at Preston ; Mccday , the 28 th , at Kendal ; Tuesday , the 29 th , at Chorley ; Wednesday , the 3 ( kh , at Burnley ; Thursday , the 31 st , at Colne ; Friday , April ls " t , » t Bacup ; and on Saturday , the 2 nd , a > Todlaorden .
Yew Green . —A concert and ball will be held on "Raster Tnesday , Stockport . —Mr . J . Cooper , from Manchester , ¦ will lecture here to-morrow evening ( Sunday ) at six o ' clock . Hazel Grove . —Mr . Thomas Clark , of Siockport , mil lecture here on Sunday evening , at eix o ' clock . Eccles . —Mr . Thomas Ci&rk , of Siocfcporfc , will lecture here on Monday night , at eight o ' clock . - Strocdwater —A county meetin g will be held on Rodborough Hill , near S : roud , on Goou Friday , to decs the delegates to the forthcoming Convention . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and Mr . Henry Tincent are invited to attend the meeting . Wilsdes . —Mr . Arran preaches on Easter Sun day , afternoon and evening .
Birmsghah Delegate Meeting . —A meeting of delegates "for the counties of Warwick and Worcester will be held on Tuesday next , at the Chartist Boom , Aston-street , Birmingham , at two o ' clock . Staffordshire Delegats Meeting . —A meeting of delegates from the various towns in StafiQrdshire wiil be held at Mr . Mogg ' s , Temperance Coffee House , Snow-hill , Wolveriiampton , on Sunday , the 27 ih % of March , when the business connected with the forthcoming Convention will be finally settled , . "Worcester— A bail will be held in the Hall of Science , on Easter Tuesday the proceeds to go towards supporting the Convention .
KEjGHLBr .- —Chabtist Sekiions . —To-morrow , Sunday , the 20 th instant , two sermons will be del > Tered in the Working Man ' s Hall , Sun-street , Keighley , by Mr . Candy , of Wolverhampton ; to commence in the- afternoon at two o ' clock , and five in the evening . Collections will be made for the benefit of the forthcoming Chartist Convention . Bradford . —On Sunday , March 20 th , Mr . Henry Hodgson , Mr . Ainl-y , and Mr . Borrows will lecture in the large room , Butterworth Building , at six o ' clock in the evening . Idle—Mr . Joseph Alderson and Mr . Rawnsley Trill lecture here on Monday next , at seven o ' clock in the evening . Shipley . —Mr . Joseph Brook will lecture at this place on Monday next , at seven o ' clock in the evening .
Bisglet . —Mr . Candy will preach two sermons in the Foresters * Court , on Easier Sunday afternoon stid evening , for the benefit of the Executive . Prestos . —A public meeting is to be held in Chad-Trick ' s Urchard on the 26 th instant , to take ia ? o consideration the alarming distress of the country , and to elect deputies to the Petition Convention , intended to be holden in London on the 12 th of April next . Ms . Jobs West , the East and North Riding Lecturer , will "visit ths following places during next ¦ week , namely—Monday , at York ; Tuesday , at Malton ; Wednesday , at Scarborough j Thursday , at Bridlinffton ; Saturday , at Beverley ; and on Monday , the 23 th , at HulL
Delegate Meeting . —The Ea > t and North Riding Delegate Aleeiing will be held at the Temperance Hotel , Selby , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) morning , at tea o ' eloek . Newtow ^ abds , Ihela ^ i > —A public meeting will be held in Newtownards in the county Down , Ireland , on Easter Monday next . Hugh Carlile will deliver a lt <' . ure on class legislation , at twelve o ' clock , noon . London . —On Sunday evening next , Dr . P . ¦ M . Sl'Doaali will lecture at the Star Coffee House , Golden-Jane , & % seven o ' clock in the evening .
General Convention . —The Teetotsl locality of Chartist ? , meeting at Westbrook's Ccffee . House , Waterloo-road , intend getting up a tea party and concert , to take place on Monday , April II tb 134 " 2 , to assist in defraying tha expenses of the fc-ribconiing Convention , " in order to ensure a gcod attendance , the price of tickets will be as low as one shilling . Tae members of the Convention who may n&ve arrived m town axe respectfully invited . Globs Fields—Messrs . Johns and lllinjrworth will aadress ihe Chart ^ ts of . tbe Hit-or-iJiss , Weststreet , on Stiaday evening next , ai eight o ' clock . lAsnTurE . —Mr . R . Cameron will lecture in the Hail 01 ihe losrimtej 55 , Oid Bailey , on Sunday , the 20 th instant .
New Road . —Ruffy Ridley will lectnre at the Archery Rooms . Bath-place , New-road . Subject— : " ¦ The iAlls of Machinery under our present System of Class Legislation . * To commence at seven o ' clock . Bkide Laxs . —All parsons desirons of enrolling themieives as Members of the London Chartist Lecturing Committee are requested to meet at ihe Dispatch Coffee Rooms , Bride-lane , on Friday , the 25 _ h innanT , at ei ^ ht o ' clock , to arrange a plan for more effectually supplying the rapidly increasing Metropolitan Localities with suitable lecturer ? . The at : tndance of uli favourable to thisobject is requested . Richmond street . —Mr . Fussell will lecture , to the T-iUoro meeting , at the Ihree Crowns , on Sunday evening next .
Towsb Haslets . —Dr . ilTDraall will lecture to tlie snor makers , a- * iheCrowu and Anchor , Cheshire- , street , Waterloo Town , on Monday evening , at seven o ' clock . SouiirwARS Bridge Road . —A genial meeting of the Cnaitiit Hatrers will be held at their room , Brown . Bear , on Wednesday , the 23 rd instant , at eight o ' clock . ; Marylkbons . —Dr . P . M'Douall will lecture at the Working Men ' s Hill , 5 , Circus-street , New-road , on SuniaT ermins . a : half-past seven .
Shoemakebs . — A preliminary . meeting of th-j Western D . vision of Ladies Shoemakers , will beheld at the Kiag and Q , ; een , Foley-street , Marylsbzne , en Sunday nex . ; , at s .-ven o ' clock in the evening , for the purpois cf tikiug icto consideration the . propriety oi" forming a Charter Association of the above trade . Tailohs—Red Lion , Kixg-sibset , Goldensquare :. —Mr . Farrcr will lecture here on Sun-nay evening next . China Walk . —The shareholders meet to-morrow . A lectiue en Tuesday evening .
Dr . Ll'DociLL will lecture to the boot and shoemakers at the Crown and Anchor , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Tovfb , on Sunday evening next , at seven o ' clock preciseiy . GOLDBEATE 2 S' ARSIS , OLD St . PaSCHAS ROAD . — Mr . Wheeler will lj ^ t'ire here on Sunday next , at eight o ' clock . Shoemakers . Clock Horss , Castle-street , Leicester-square . —Ruffy Ricley will lecture here on buiicby Best . * Liiishouse . —Ruffy Ridley will lecture at the Volunteer , Coinmereial R .-ad , on Wednesday eveuing E- ; xt . . ¦ » - _ Koxlet . —A delegate meeting wiil be held ia the Charrlsi Association Room , on Sunday , the 20 ; h inst . at one o ' clock in the afternoon . Delegates from the HudoerrSeld Poor Law Union are expected . ¦
Ashtok-l ' sdeb-Ltxe — Mr . Booth , from Newton Heath , will lecture to-morrow , at six o ' clock in the evtniag . Hetwood . —A ball is to come off on Good Friday , on behalf of the Manchester maimed and wcunded . New Leeds , Bbadfobd . —Mr . James Dcwhnrst wiU leciurs on Sunday evening , at sis o ' clock . Bubt . —Mr . Charles Connor will leciura here on iioiiday Bex ; . Raecliffz . —Mr . Roberta will address the inhabitants of this place , on Sunday ( to-morrow . ) Chorltoh-ox-Medlock- —Mr . J . Leach , President of the Executive , will address the inhabitants of this locality , on Sunday evening next . Mr . Tiliman will hold a meeting of Females , on Wednesday , the 23 r-l instant .
Pa ^ fobd . —A Chartist soiree will be held st the house of Mr . R . Charltan , on Easter Tuesday , NoTTiKGHAH . —A meeting will be held at the house of ilessre . Swann and Co ., Union Coffee House , Drury Hill , on Monday evening next . All friends totae extension of the Nanonal Charter Association are earnestly requested to attend . Kegwobth . —Mr . Pepper preaches to-morrow at ten o ' clock . LorcHBOBOUGH—The Chartists will assemble in their tooe , Uuicorn Yard , on Sunday -evening at half-past eIx . On Monday evening , at tao same place , Mr . Skevington will deliver an address on the principles of the People ' s Charter—discussion invited .
Ellanduppzb-Edge . —Mr . William North , of Norwood Green , will deliver a lecture in the large room , Black Bull Inn , on Saturday , the 26 ih ins :.. at half-past seven o ' clock in the evening . Rochdale . —Mr . Bell will lecture in th 8 Association Room , on Sunday next , at half-past tvro . MaKCHEBTEB . —Mr . Griffin will lecture at Brownstrett Ctartist Rocm , on Sunday eiening . DUKlJfPlELD .- —Mr . Doyle lectures to-morrow afternoon and eYening , in the room , Hall-green .
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The South Lakc * shirs Jeleg&te meeting will be held m the Brown-street Room , on the last Sunday m March . Every to ;^ a an ^ Tillage wishing to be npm the plan of lp . ' jturers , must Bend a delegate . Mb . Dbah T / Jrtofc will visit the following places the en 3 uingw eek ;—Nottinpham , Sunday and Monday ; Arnol'i , Tuesday , Radford , Wednesday ; and Rnddinfr ' ton , Saturday evening . Me , CiliDT ' S BtJDTE TOB TUS HEXT FOBTNIGHT . Skipjvn . on Saturday , the 195 h of March ; at Keign ley , on Sunday , the 20 th ; Shaw ( near Hawortb ) , on Monday , the 21 st : Keighley , Tuesday , the 22 nd ; AUerton , Wednesday , the 23 rd ; Clay ton , Thursday , the 24 th ; Thornton , Saturday , the 26 th ; Bmgley , Sunday , the ^ Jth ; Morton , Monday , the 28 th ; Cul-Hagworth ( public meeting" ) , on Tuesday , the 29 th ; Baildon , Wednesday , the 30 th : Shipley , Thursday , ihe SUt ; and Wilsden , on Monday , the 4 th of April . .
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THE ADHESION OF MESSRS . VINCENT , PHILP , AND OTHERS OF THE BATH CHARTISTS TO THE STURGE DECLARATION . The events of every day ihat pasee 3 convince ns more and more fully of the soundness of the " no surrender" principle , and of the certainty that thsonly effectual mode of exhibiting that principle is the one we have so often recommended , —of holding fast by our entiro Charter , whole and unmutilated , and avoiding even the appearance of surrender as to any single point of it . We cannot recognise this manifestation of principle in the proceedings of these
gect ' emen in reference to the Sturge " Declaration . ' That " Declaration" is at the best a vague enunciation of one principle appertaining to the Charter ; and that one principle is declared in terms so equivocal and unsatisfactory that they admit of almost every variety of interpretation from Universal Suffrage to a nine pounds nineteen shillings franchise . Of this the best proof that can be offered is the fact that Mr . Sxubge himself deems it Eeccesiary to furnish hi 3 canvassers with instructions as to themeaniDg of the " Declaration" ; those instructions being themselves liable to endless quibbling and disputation as to what they mean 1 They read thus : —
" The object in canvassing for names to the accompanying declaration and memorial is to gather together the seht ments of all those favourable to such an extension of Suffrage as will give to every adult male inhabitant of this country of sane mind , and unstained by crime , not being a burden to the State , fie right of voting for Members of Parliament , with such protection of details for it-3 exercise as will secuTC a fair , full , and free representation of the people . Joseph Stubge , Chairman . "—( " For the canvassers' use . "
Nothing can afford stronger evidence than this , that Mr . Stcbgs is perfectly conscious that his "Declaration" is defective in its expression of principle . If it asserted , in plain terms , the principle of Universal Suffrage , there could be no need for this explanatory accompanying document . That principle , however , is not asserted , neither in the " Declaration " itself , nor in this explanation of the "Declaration , " nor in the memorial which Mr . Sturge has issued , and with which Messrs . Vincent and Philp would have the Chartists to identify themselves .
What does Mr . Stubge meaD , in this explanation of his " Declaration " , by the phrase " not being a burden to the State' * ? Who are ihe parties here pointed at as " being burdens to the State" , and * therefore , to be exec-pled from the franchise ? Whom docs Mr . Stcbge reckon lurdensome to the State ? Are all those persons *• burdens to the State" whoiive upon the produce of the industry of others while they contribute nothing by their own exertions to the increase of the wealth of the State ?
If so , then , Mr . Stubgs at once excludes from the franchise the entire of the " upper" and a very large proportion of the " middle" classes of society . He must , in that case , give the franchise to none but working men ; and he must exclude from it , out of those working men , every man who is sick , every man who is out of employment , and every man who i 3 rendered incapable of work by age , accident , or inSnnity ; because all these are , of necessity , " burdens on the State" : willing-lv . or unwillinslv . " burdens on the State" ; willinglyor unwillingl
, y , they do " eat the bread of idleness " . Is this then Mr . Sicbge's meaning ? Does he intend to exclude from the Elective Franchise all the priests , and ministers of religion , all the lawyers , all the doctors , all the aristocracy , and all their tribe of servants , hangers-on , and dependants , all the fundbolders , all the bankers , all the rich merchants , manufacturers and shopkeepers , — all who live out of rents , profits , taxes , or
tithes ! We scarcely think this the sense that Mr Stcbge intends to convey ; and yet it is the sense which not a few would contend that they ha 4 a right to gather from his words . Well , then ; what is this " beiDg a burden to the State" ? Does it includa all the Government officers , placemen , and pensioners ? Doe 3 it mean every man who lives out of the money of the State , directly received ; but without working for it 1 Are all these to be excluded from tho franchise by Mr . Stukge's " Declaration" ? Not a bit of it . And
yet in g"od faith , they ought to be , if any exclusion at all is to be practised . Well , then ; what is this " being a burden to the state " ] Does it mean the paupers ? Aye ; that ' s the rub 1 The poor paupers ; no : the rich ones ! These are they at whom , at ali events , Mr . Stubge ' s friends and adherents point this " burden to the state" Etory . And to which of these paupcra does it apply ! Does it mean simply the man who is note a pauper , or does it include every man who at any period of hia life may have
been a pauper 1 All these and various other meanings may , with equal propriety , be attributed to this vague , indefinite , exception from the franchise , bj Mr . Stttbge , of every one who is " a burden to the State" ; while the memorial to be adopted and signed opens up new fields of dispute , by controverting every one of these positions and maintaining the right of every man and woman , whether criminal , sane , or otherwise , to the franchise . The memorial reads thus : —
"To Victoria , Queen 0 / Great Britain and Ireland , and the Dependencies thereunto belonging . " Mat it please the Queen , —The undesigned memorialists , belonging to all classes of society , and to every part of tae British empire , deeply impressed with the great erils to which this nation is subjected by class legislation , and especially of the sufferings thereby inft-cted upon it 3 industrious population , earnestly entreat that the Queen will be pleased to retain in her service , and take to her
councils , such Ministers alone as will promote in Parliament that full , fair , and free representation of the people in the British House of Commons , to which they are emitted alike by the great principle of Christian equity , and also by the British Constitution , under which , Blackstone says , * No subject of England can be constrained to pay any aids or taxes , even for the dcjcncc of the rcalme , or the support of Government , but such as arc imposed by his own consent , or that of his representatives in Parliameni . ' "
Now , tho plainest and most obvious sense of this memorial is , that every person who pays taxe 3 ought to vote ; but that is just the Eense which the Stubge men will not allow to be put upon it . This is just the sense which Mr . Stubge himself is anxious to avoid ; and hence his explanatory instruction about " not being a burden to the state" . We have said so much about this " Declaration" Mr . Stubge ' sj to draw the attention of onr readers to One fact . The Stubgi men affect to admit the
principle of the Charter , but say that its " details " are too complicated and offer too many points for disputation to be offered to the middle classes all at once ; that it is better to win their consent in the first instance to something tangible , clear , and simple ; and that then the " details" may follow more easily . And by way of providing this " tangible , clear , and simple" something , this " Declaration" is turned out ; which turns out to be a thing that will mean almost anything , everything , o r nothing , jusi as you please . The whole case , as far aa Mr . Stubge is concerned is in a nutshell . He is either hunest or dishonest . If he be honest , he wishes to propose something on the SnSr * ge question which Bhall comprehend the full and ordinary meaning of the terms
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" Universal Suffrage , " and which shall be so clear and simple , that it shall admit of no cavil or disputation . If this be Mb idea , he has shown by the production of this contemptible pieoe of vague and indefinite verbiage , that he is utterly inoapable of carrying out his own purposes , and , therefore , however good or amiable a man , utterly unfit to be a public leader in a great national question . If this be not his object ; if his purpose be merely to entrap the people into a by-path , away from the plain turnpike of the Charter Association , he has shown himself , by this eame smooth , wily , oily ,
slippery , something , any thing-or-nothing "Declaration " eminently calculated to flatter and .. betray . In either of these cases he is the last man to whom the people or their friends and leaders should afford any , the least , countenance as a leader . And yet it is to thia senseless , unmeaning "Declaration" of this foolish or bad man that Messrs . Vincent and Philp and their Bath coadjutors would have the Chartists of this great Empire to go over , in the hope of being able , by a severe fight hereafter , to attach the other principles of the Charter to the one which they suppose to be here recognised
We repeat , as we said last week , that we respect these men for the talent and the zeal they have hitherto manifested in the people ' s cause ; we respect some of them for the sufferings they have endured in the cause ; but we cannot in this case compliment their judgment . We doubt not that they err from the excess of their anxiety tb seize every opportunity of making converts to the Charter , and from their readiness to estimate the motives of others by their own , and so to give the middle-class Sturge men full credit for sincerity in their profession of Universal Suffrage principles : they suppose them to be eincero in wishing for Universal Suffrage , and that , therefore , they caw easily persuade them into
the adoption of the other points of the Charter . We think them much mistaken ; and we still opine that their error will not be found less fatal for being amiable . We foel some little difficulty in finding out the plane upon which the amiable principles of our friends operate . We are at a loss to know how they discover , in this " Declaration , " any distinct and unequivocal recognition of the principle of Umtebsal Suffjiage ; and if that recognition were even palpable , we are astonished that they , some of whom have suffered so much from middle-class treachery to principle heretofore , can have so simple a dependency on their adherence to principle now . We find in Mr . Philps speech , at the Conference , as reported by himself , the following sentiment .
" But suppose the worst—that the middle-classes were not honest;—that they signed this declaration as a false pretence _;— could they ever again sit in jury boxes and convict us as traitors and conspirators for contending for that principle which they themselves had declared in black and white to be the right of tho people . " Now , surely , Mr . Philp must have forgotten , in the goodness of his heart , the experience of all the last five years . Who have been the most forward in the jury boxes , and on the bench , to convict and sentence Chartists ? Have they not been the very
parties who have , over and over again , in the Reform Bill agitation , testified to , and contended for , tbe very same principle—the principle that representation should be ccextcHsive with taxation What evidence do the Stubgites now afford us that their " Declaration" is one of principle at all ' , that there is any principle but that of selfishness concerned in it ? Look at all their publio acts . Follow them to all public meetings . What reason do they assign for coming out on the Suffrage question now ? Do they even say that they do so because they think it right ? Do they not tell
us openly and candidly that they do so because they hope to make it the means of repealing the Corn Laws and turning out tbe Tories ? Does any one believe that if the Whig 3 had still been in office , and if the Government had not opposed Corn Law Repeal , we should ever have had this "Declaration" of Mr . Sturge ' s , or any of the cry about "Complete Suffrage . " If any man do think so , we must only ask his pardou for thinking him a ninny . However highly , therefore , we may respect Mr . Vincent , and we do respect him both personally and for bis services to the cause ; whatever opinion we may have of other parties with whom he
is associated , we cannot suffer those individual opinions to lead us into so fatal an error as that of suffering the people to bo misled without . warnings We thank God that they need little of warning from us . The resolutions that have been poured upon us from all quarters show them to be alive and awake . We bid them to keep their eyes open , and follow no leaders into a quagmire . If the Stubgites want something plain , simple , clear , and unmiBtakeable upon the question of the suffrage , they have it in the Charter . Let them stick to that , and to that only . No Declaration but fob the whole Six Points and all ihe " details . "
Messrs . Vincent , Piiilp , Roberts , and Clarke , v . oua Bath Cobrespondent . —We have seen in the Sim a statement bearing the names of the four gentlemen first named above , stating that our reporter ' s account of tho late " Conference" at Bath was entirely destitute of truth . We feel bound in justice to" say that several letters from highly creditable persons have reached us , fully confirming the reporter ' s statements . We think , also , that these gentlemen themselves confirm them quite sufficiently ia last week ' s Vindicator .
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FEARGUS O'CONNOR . In the MancTiesler Times of Saturday last , there appears a long list of questions and measures which were discussed during the three years that Mr . O'Connor waa in Parliament . Now , verily , it is a pity that the brains of Archy . Prentice , proprietor , editor , fabricator , and epoutcr for and of tbe above journal , were not exhibited in a gla ? s case at tho recent Female Baziar exposure at Manchester . This uncommon jolterhead lays before his readers the said list , accusing Mr . O'Connor for not having , spoken upon the questions therein enumerated , to the number of tweniy-six ; while he altogether keeps out of sight the fact that Mr . O'Connor voted upon all , or nearly * -all - of them . But . what had he to do with " army estimates , " and " opening the trade with China , " and such like questions , further than to vote upon the people ' s side , as he invariably did 1
But how foolish for ignorance to go beyond its depth ! Will the public believe , that Archy . Prentice , one of the hired tools of the Bazaatites , enumerates tho following questions a 3 some upon which Mr . O'ConDor spoke '' not o ; ie syllable" : —^ 'Repeal op the Union , " and " Irish Poor Law" ? Poor fellow ! how could he have so damned his wholo list by two such palpable blunders ? Upon the Repeal of the Union Mr . O'Connor presented petition after petition , day after day , and spoke to every petition ; while b . 13 speech , as seconder of O'Connell ' s motion , occupied nearly ihree hours in the delivery ! and this Archy . calls " NOT ONE SYLLABLE . " The Irish Poor Law : does not Arcby . know , that Mr . O'Connor , contrary to the express wish and desire of Mr . O'Connel ) , was the originator of the measure in the Reform Parliament , and brought it forward a ^ aiii and again ? and this Archy . calls " sating not ONE SYLLABLE . "
Archy . ! mend your hand , and try again ! T <> conclude the farce , Prentica gives what he calls O'Connor s « peech , in 1834 , upon the question of a Repeal of the Corn Laws . We extract from the Times as much of that speech as it Buited the animal to sekct , and here it is : — " Mr . Feaegus O'Connor said that he represented as large an agricultural constituency as any in Ireland , and he was decidedly of opinion that an unrestricted importation of corn would have tbe effect of throwing all the agricultural population of Ireland , and tbe greater part of the same class in England , into
the greatest distress . Before they determined upon new-modelling tb ^ se laws , they must , in justice , institute a new adjustment of all descriptions of property , so that all classes might be equally dealt with . Though he might ihaura popularity by voting for the abolition of tho Corn Laws , yet be must avow that he conld not do so consistently with that which he should always have first in view—the interests of those he represented . The abolition of the . Corn'Laws would not have the effect , immediatsor remote , of ben « - fitting tbe manufacturing interest , while it would utterly destroy tbe agriculturists . "
Now , coald Mr . O'Connor have been presented by hi 3 best friend in a more consistent view than : ha has been exhibited by one of the bludgeon organs Is not the above just what Mr . O'Connor stiS perseveres in saying ! But only imagine the above
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dozen lines given as the speech , which if given entire would occupy seteral columns of a newspaper-. 1 Let us , then , ask if the above is the be 3 t sample which Prentice could select for his own market , what the sack must have been for the people ' s matketI AU pearls are lost when thrown before such swine as Archibald Prentice and Co .
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TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . M * beloved Friends;—Is it not a most as * tonishing thing that the task of explaining the allimportant part of Sir Robert Peel ' s Budget Bhould be left to me . Yes , the whole press has been nibbling at what they consider the important portion of the question—the Income Tax . Now , that has little or nothing to do with it : OF that portion I would merely say tha , ' . Peel , finding that he could not reducer expenditure with a prospect of support from the expectants , has in so far put the bear's paw into the bear ' s own mouth . He lias told them that henceforth they must in part live upon their
ownfat . Peel has not made any attempt to reduce expenditure to the nation ' s capability of paying ; but , on the contrary , he has undertaken to create a surplus over all requirementsr of more than half a million ; andj belitsVe me , that for this surplus also there will be thousands of gaping months . The pros' * is very atigry about the Income Tax , and small Wlame ta-thenv ; but I am delighted with it , and still more bo with other portions of his Budget , which I shall presently explain . I am plr ased with the Income Tax , because the modo of assessment , —not of levy , -as the press complains , ^—carries tho war into every branch of the enemy's
camp . But here is the important part of Sir Robert Peel ' s Budget : he admits live stock into this COUNTRY AT A MERE NOMINAL DUTY . £ l for an OX ; I 03 . for a cow ; and lOo . ibr a calf , which , in Parliamentary language , means a young beast . There was a prohibition to this description of stock before , except for breed at an immense ; high duty . He also admits salt and cured meat at a duty oPldYper lb . Now this is the wedge . The fact of this will be that cattle , boch fat and store , will be sent from Holland , Belgiam , and parts of Franco , at one half of the present price . A Dutchman or a Frenchman can pay the duty and freight j aud send cattle into the English market at a ohcaper rate than Scotchmen and Englishmen livin « at a great distance from the market , and Irishmen can ; and America can send us store provisions for much less than half the present prico . . ,
Now , tho result will bo that much more land in the adjacent continental countries will be taken out of cultivation * and turned to pasture for feeding cattle for the English and Irish market ; while as corn is the produce most highly favoured in England , immense tracks of grass land in England , Ireland , and Scotland will be broken up for cultivation . This will reduce tho price of home grown corn much , very much below what an eight shillings , or eveh a four shillings duty would have kept it at . ; and it will reduce the price of all kinds of meat , butter , and cheese , beyond what any man can at present possibly imagine . This will draw thousands of operatives from tho mill lords , and create a certain competition in ttte two labour markets—that of land and ateam .
But now mark the effect . The landed propoity will be tremendously reduced in value , as it ought to be , and the ntbueED value will be taxed at three per ceht . v as it ought to be ; but this reduction in the ; price of produce will increase nearly double the value ¦ ¦ of funded . properly , and IT is only to be taxed by the same scale , according to its present net amount . Tithes will fall to one half , and -will thenbe 1 taxed to 3 per cent , on the reduced amount , and even the reduced amount the landlords will kick against paying , while both landlords and tithe lords , will very , very shortly array tlicmselveSj first . in moral , and thon , if required * in physical force array against the fund lords , and every mail having a fixed income . All tenants with leases for lives or terms of years * must be rained , as the landl > rds cannot afford , poor follows (! !) io make reductions which will Bert quired in consequence of Peel's measure .
In faoty if I was asked to frame a Bill for tne complete and entire dissolution of society , a 9 at present constituted , agricultural ; manufacturing , commercial , trading , governmental , fiscal , moral , and physical , I should gay I make not one single ALTERATION IN THE BUDGET OF THE RlGHT HoN . Bakonet . It . will sponge the debt—break the landlords—pay off the creditors-open manufactories abroad for the displaced agriculturists , whose places will be better supplied at home . It will make the smokeocracy o ' t England more observant of demand and supply , because it will take an immense surplus population , by which they now reduce the wages of their hands .
It will cause a shindy among the parsoaslaud it will , throw every injured or disappointed mau into the Chartist ranks . It will do all these things ; while , wltaouv the Charter , it will h » 'i be _ worth a pin * 8 point to the working people , and for { his simple reason . If general prosperity should be the result , that prosperity would bo taxed by class legislation for the support of a rising generation of paupers . But what has he dono more ? O ! glorious—thrice glorious , —he has had the courage to tax IRISH ABSENTEES ! OI how the devils will scamper home !! and so will I when Igotthe Charter . Now , believe me ; this was the prophesied earthquake that was to frighten the Irish .
Now , ray friends , bear in nv , nd that while I was in York I told you the Whigs would go mad . Well , they arc literally rabid—foaming at the mouth . Again , I told you that Peel would propose a far more sweeping measure than the Whigs proposed . Has ho not 1 Again , I told you that Russell would become a Tory . And won ' t , ho 1 I should like to know what the Irish farmers will now ^ ay tO ; Daniel CTConneU about Free Trade . By Jove , we shall have " the Davil among the Tailors . " Beasts already fallen above 10 per cent . Meat falling every day * A large quantity thrown into the rivers , while the people are starving , and only want the Charter to turn it to better account . Corn falling , chops falling , and the Ckartists rising .
But now , mark my words ; such an agitation never was seen as England and Ireland will present in less than one mouth from the day of the date hereof , lo ' th March j 1842 . Ycur faithful servant , Feaegus O'Connor , P . S . —I hayo not said a twentieth part of what I mean to eay upon the Budget . The Bombshell Budget . O ! the Absentccp . Will some one write a boijg upon them for the Star ?
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Mr . Rainsley . — We received a letter from this gentleman last week , but too late for notice in our last , slating that he formally withdrew his name f om : the list of candidatea for the representation in Convention of Kent , Middlesex , Essex , and Surrey , before the ballqtting commenced , and caused his resignation to be duly notified to the general secretary . A Regular Subscriber— -We rfo no J answer in the Star questions of disputed literature ' . if we did so we might ocr . upy our whole lime with them . A . Weekly Subscriber , Carlisle . —No . A Whole Hog Chartist strongly recommends the withdrawal of all money from the Savings ' Banks .
William Ashton , the newly-liberated victim from Wakeficld hell hole , requests us io slate that all communications for him mutihe addressed to the care of George Sedgwick , Railway Tavern , New road-end , Biirnsley . Wm . Crow . —All monies sent here by post-order must be made payable to John Ardill . Belfast . — We are compelled to reserve the long letter of intelligence from Belfast till next week . Wm . Brelsford may as well send to Mr . Cleave . G . M-. Babnabd Castle . —Up to the reign of Henry
VII . The Rev . Mr . St ^ fhens ' s Bradford Lectures . — Mr . Arran writes to correct a misapprehension of our Bradford reporter . lie says ( hat the Rev . Gentleman did not" abuse" either Whigs ., Tories , or Chartists . Mr . Robshaav , of Dewsbuby . —His communication is an advertisement . Edwakd Beedle must write to Mr . Heywood privately . There is no other expence in joining the National Charter Association than that of the card of membership . \ Joseph Morgan . —His address to the friends of the Charter is an advertisement . G . H ., Falmouth . — Thanks for his notice of Mr . foul ton ' s lecture . We have no room for its insertion .
Richard Hasl / vm . —Me have no room . William Cooper — We are glad to hear that he has (/ ola summons against the scoundrel who burnt his petition sheet : we shall be glad la learn how he comes on before the magistrates . Michael Roberts , BfcRY ; John Copp , Bristol ; Richard Ilaslem , W . H , Clifton , Gracchus , Charles Duncan , John Duncan , Dundee , J . Williams , John Campbell , of the Executive , and our respected Dublin and Bdfast Correspondents must ail excuse xis : we would gladly have inserted some of their productions had it been possible ; but ice have seldom been more deluged with that ter than this Kcrk . : The Manchester Victims . — -Mr ; Heywood hasisent us an account pj ' subscriptionsreceitea' b & / him up to Wednesday noon , amounting to £ 5 7 s . 2 hd .
Wehave [ not room fortha particularsthis week . Mrs . FKOsfi—Mr . Cleave has received Is , for this ¦ ¦ --.- lady , from T . ( Mittories . ) ' . Brighton . — -We regret that it is impossible to insert the election address on behalf of Mr . Brookes till our nexi . r
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Convention SirriNGS .--7 % c Executive' Ckmm ^ iee of the National Chartist Association app ^ tnted Mr . CUoni andDp M Dri ^ bab / e expense attendant wptii the sitting of the &Mventionin jtphrfon . . it has been ascertained It , them , that a ceiitfalcind commodious meeting roorn , committee room or : apartment for petition sheets , $ c \ , can be obtained for a rental , is moderate as equldbeexpeetedunder suiik cxroumstances in London ; and they ; give it an their opinion , that the meeting room , doorkeeper ,
sdlarieSi stationery , &e . would require a sum hot less than £ ' i % to % e placed at tM disposal of the Treasurer . Subscriptions ^ already received will be ' acknowledged ' next ' week . ' .. If John Mowbray , who left Durham , on Saturday last , will return to Durham , or send his address to his parints , immediately he toill hear of somethiug to his advantage . Wa are bequested to notify that Mr . William APDouall , bookbinder , late Secretary of jhe Dumfries and Maxuielltown Working Men ' s Association , is no longer a member of that
society , Mr . Beesley , of ^ North Laccashira , wtW oblige ihe Chartists of Bolton , by sending his address , to Mr . William Baird , No . 7 , Flash-street , Boltofi , as thfy veish to communicate with him upon business of importance . Mrs . Roberts , the Whig made widow , has received 6 s : ; 6 jrf : from Mr . Starliri ; 6 s . 0 ^ i ., collected at the White Swan N ? w John-street ; and Gd . from Mr . Cox , Lichfield-streetj Birmingham . Sheffield .- ^ -The ' resolution in the matter ofOtley v . Harney next week . A Real Democrat wishes very respectfully to ask if it is not time , according io the Plan of Organisation of the National Charter , Association
that a new Executive should be elected ? The Delegate Meeting at the Hop-pole Inn , Manchester . —We have received a letter from Mr . Campbell , the general secretary , staling thai the ¦ names of Mr . Cassidy and himself were published without authority or sanction , as though they had approved of the resolutions ; whereas he had himself erased his own name and Mr . Oasstdy ' s from the list , and refused to take any part in , or h ave anything to do with i the meeting , after the refusalio entertain the resolution which he supported , and which was one going for the whole Charter , unmixed with anyi other questioii . J . H . Shepherd has two weeks together sent us accounts of lectures without stalmpyyiieiiB .
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JV . J . —The postage of a newspaper for New York , United States , ia 2 < 1 . G-. Newall . —Send 10 d . to this office . Thomas Tomlin . —Emmett ' a portrait will cost 4 a . In postage . J . Kerr , Dumfries—March 5 th , 14 a . 6 d . J . Brook , Bradford . —Yes . Wm . Wildgoose , Mottram . —Apply to A . Heywood . FOR THE CONVENTION . £ a . d . From a Ridical of 20 yeara ... ... 0 10 „ do ., York ... ... ... 0 1 0 ^ D . Fryer , Halton ... ... 0 10 ^ John Bossey , Low Wortley ... 0 1 2
FOR THE EXECUTIVE . From Roger Pindar , Hull ... ... 1 5 1 1 $ « . '¦ the Teetotal CharUsts of Lower Moor , Oldham ... ... ... 0 5 0 _ twelve Chartists at Doncaster 0 7 0
FOR THE O ' BRIEN ' S PRESS FUND . From Dunfermllne ... ... ... 0 0 6 FOR MRS . PEDDIE . From the Chartists of Manchesterroad , near Bradford ... ... 0 5 0 FOR MRS . FROST . From Bradford , per W . Smyth ... 1 1 4 „ Rochdale , per J . Leach ... 17 0 , » Mrs . Graham , Grindon , Durham ... ... ... *~ 0 0 6 MRS . FROST , MRS . WILtlAMS . AN 1 J MRS . JONES From Bradford , per W . Smyth ... 0 1 11 _ W . Young , Witney , Oxford ... 0 0 8 „ the workmen in Mr . Bishop ' s shop , Leicester 0 5 6
FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . From G . Larkin , Wallworth ... 0 0 3 FOR THE MANCHESTER SUFFERERS . From a female friend , Leeds ... 0 0 4 -. G . Lartun , Wauworib ... 0 0 9 „ the Bristol Chartist Youths , per F . Gibson ... ... 0 10 0 ^ \ S . Stilborn , river , Desborough 0 2 li
four Chartists at Bristol , per B . Gibson ... ... ... 0 6 O twelve Chartists at Doucaster 0 5 0 the Shaksperean Association of Chartists , Leicester , per Mr . Coopsr ... ... 2 0 0 Exeter , per R . Milford ... 0 10 O Huns ' . et , near Leeds ... ... 0 3 4 W . M . Young , Bath ... ... 0 « 6 SUinton , in Cleveland ... 0 4 0
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tuesday , March 15 . Tbe House was for some time occupied in the reception of petitions and other misceUaueoua business ; Mr . Ferrand gave notice , that he should more a resolution to the effect , that any person inducing others to give false evidence before a Committee of that House should receive condign punishment . And he should also propose a resolution pledging the House to bear harmless every workim : man who gave evidence as to frauds in trades and manufactures . He should also move that a select coininittea should be appointed to inquire into the frauds of the various manufacturers , and also into those which they practice , directly or indirectly , on labourers in their employment . .
Long discussions followed on the various subjects , including questions to the Minister , on the subjects included in his budget , on all which Sir R . Peel preserved & studied silence . , A he . ivy debate took place on the Church of Scotland , and a motion for a committee to enquire into its consoitution , was lost by 139 to 62 . Mr . Ferrand rose in . pursuance to a notice of a mction which he had giren . He begged to say a few words relative to a declaration which an Hod . Member , whom hu did not see in his place , had lately alluded to i » that House . The declaration had been stated by that Hod . Member ii einatiate from Manchester , and to be signed by seventy-tsvo manufacturers residing there , Who were aubsaribera to the anti-Cam Law League , who
in that document denied that they had employed tho truck system in the payment of the wages of their workpeople , or that they paid t ' aem through any other medium than the current coin of the realm . Now , he ( Mr . Ferrand ) begged distinctly to state that the Hon . ftlensber had been most fully deceived in the representations which Lad , been made with reference to this declaration . Instead of those seventy-two signatures being the signatures of Beventy-two-Tnanufactaiers residing at Manchester , tuey were the signatures not only , not of persons residing in Manchester , but of persons who were many of them not manuf icturers at alL The first name on the list was the name of a man who had been proved to have paid his workpeople in milk , and who had also been convicted of gross tyranny towards
his workptople . In that list , too , were tbe names of five foreigners . Now , what right bad those foreigners to come over here and subscribe to a fund which was raised fi > r the purpose of btirring up excitement setting class against class , and giving support to a party which already was eudeavburing to overawe . the Government ? These persona ought to be aware , that by coming over here and carrying on their business taey we ; e depriving the British merchants : of their market ; and because our merchahta did not wish to dispute the right of these foreigners to . ' pursue their avocations hare , therefore they ought to remember tho forbearance which was shown , and abstain from proceedings like those with which he charged them . He was quite sure that if natives of
this country went abroad , and interfered as these foreigners bad done , they would speedily come under tho operation of the lawn of the cpuutries where they resided , and be obliged to leave : He protested in the name of tho wtirkpeople of tiie north of England , in the name of justice and decency , again 3 t these proceedings . The House , he waa sure , would "visit with condign punishment persons proved to be guilty of the offences of which he compJainedi and as he was . a living man hti would use every effort to see such welline ; ited punishment inflicted . He begged to read a circular which was dated "Manchester , March 5 , 1842 , " and was signed " J . Higgiris , Sscretary . " The person who signed this letter was the Secretary ef the branch of the National anti-Corn Law League estab ^
lished at Manchester , and the circular was forwarded to the members tf the League . Tne letter was as follows : — "Ddar Sir ;— -it has been suggested that a declaration by . the workmen In each est iblUhment would tend to complete the exposure of Mr . Ferrand ' s charges ; and as a discussion is likely to take place during the early part of the werfe , it mis ( ht be well to direct the foreman of works to obtain declarations signed by a few of the men ,-on behalf of the whole , and to forward them to ns at the earliest opportunity . " { Hear , hear . ) "Now , where are those declaratiena 7 " exclaimed the Honpnrabla Member . " Have they appeared ?"—they have not ; and what is the reason?—because the
working men have at list shown a : proper spirit , They have found that there has been a kind feeling expressed towards them in this House—they hate , many of themj written to me , telling me so—they havo rebellfcd against the attempt to make them sign what they knew to be false . This I can prove before any committee that may be appointed . They have had too much respect f o > themselves , and the position they hold , eyen ; as poor wotkiug men '; they would not sign tho declarations , which have not , thertfore , been presented ¦~( hear . ) And if they had been presented , I should have been ready for themrr- ( hear . j I say to those members who belong to the Anti-Corn Law Lsague , you cannot move an inch without my being ready to meet
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you ; and in a way , perhaps , yon may sot fee aware ot I have received anotiier letter : listen as I read it , and say if there ever ¦ was-r-in a country professing itself the : land of liberty—such a system of fraud and tyranny towards the poor as that which I am exposing . This it from a poor wprktag man : — "A statement wa 3 put into my tends ( Which X enclose } feona one \» ho holds a station in a cotton mill , which enables him to know that men are compelled to sign declarations known to be false . Your exposurea . Sir , have driven the grind , ing Anti-Corn Law Leaguers frantio , as they know every charge yon have brought against them to be true . Your « hibitiohs of their fraud and tyranny have delighted working men of all politics , for they know hew well founded they are ^ and they nave gone far to abolish
the infamous truck system , which is so notorious that the only wonderis , now Members can be hardyenough to deny it . " I h > ve a another letter to reiid ( continued the Hon . Member , ) still farther exposing this accursed system which prevails to a frightful extent , and baa been carried on by men holding a situation in society which ought to have rtiade them ashamed of such disgraceful proceedings . And I take this opportunity of repeating that it is my detenmnation fearlessly , in spite of all opposition , to do my utmost to ferret out the whole of : this cruel abominable tyranny , which is practised upon the working clwses . I care not by whpni-r-I cata not to / what ¦ . " pa'rty the guilty may belosgp-1 have but one course ^ a fair and open one ( to pursue , —that ia to search out witk determined resolution—as an
independent Member , to search out and expose this systnn : and when the day cbmea , after Easter , when I shall move for the committee of inquiry , backed by the enormous mass of evidence which I am daily receiving ; and when before that committae theirs shall ceme out all the robberies , and plunders , and oppressions , which have been ami are perpetrated on the mannfacturing Workmen , the complaints of these unfortunate men will find a resporise , not only within these walls , bat throughout the countty-r ' , " hear , ; hear , " and cheers . ) Sir , a magistrate of Liucashire writes to mo thus : — "A fiiend begs to state a few facts : a great m » ny convictions have taken place in this distiict within to a very short period for a use of the truck system . At one village where flannels are made , such is the extent to
which it is carried , that a man has been fcnown to go to a barber with a piece of candle instead of a penny , not fiaving even that Email piece of cein in his possession . It is hoped , that in order to a complete exposure of these practices a committee of inquiry may be appointed . " I have . Sir , another letter from Chorley , where the Hon . Member for Stockporfs works are aituated ( Mr . Cobden ' s ) , and where temusS have known —when the other night he so loudly denied the charges made—that the manufacturers were fobbing their men most infamously . The writer says—" The msgi £ - trafces have convicted some cf the chief manufacturers here in penalties to the amount of twenty-five pounds for robbing their workpeople , by paying them in goods instead of money . " The other
night the Hon . Member for Stockpert said he had inquired whether in his mills , or printiug works , ' the truck system prevailed , and that he bad found it did not ; whereas the fact was > that , the Hon . Member himself kept cows , and forced his people to buy milk from him . Sir , after the statements I have made , I am sure every one will see the propriety of facilitating the inquiry by furnishing the returns for which I beg to move— " Copy of all tbe convictions in the countiea of York and Lancaster by magistrates in petty sessions assembled , of persons who have been guilty of illegally paying the wages of their workpeople in goods , instead of the carrent coin of the realm , since the 1 st of January . 1835 , contrary to the provisions of the Act 1 st and 2 nd cV 37 , William IV . " r ;;
A'fcer a few words from Mr . Scbolefleld , the returns were ordered . —Adjourned .
Wednesday , March 16 . After the presentation of a number of petitions on a variety of subjects , and the transaction of some minor business , . > . Mr . MiLNEa Gibson said , he believed he had the permission of the . Eight Hon . the First Lord of the Tre vsury , to repeat the question this evening which he put yesterday . The question was this : whether it was the intention of the Government fo extend the Income Tax to those pensions which were charged upon t&e Consolidated Fund , under particular Acts of Parliament ? : . ¦ ' - ¦ :,- ¦ ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ¦ ¦ : ' . ' ¦" ¦ '¦¦ ¦' , " :. " ¦ ' , . ' . ¦¦¦ . ¦' Sir R . PEEii flpprehended that the m ^ sure which he had proposed would extend to all annuities or salaries received by any of her Majesty's subjects ; and ittherefoTOfollowsd that any annuities chargeable upon the Consolidated Fund would be subject to a reduction of three per cent . ,-: : ' .
Sir R , Peel then proceeded as follows : —Sir , 1 may tako this opportunity of makiDg a ; communication to the House , which I think the House will receive with great satisfaction . When upon the part of her Majesty ' s Government , jiatiniated to her Majesty , tliat her servants thought that the financial necessities of the country were auch , that it was desirable for tae public interests to 8 ubniit ina time of peace the income of the nation for a limited period to a charge of 3 per cent . ; her Majesty prompted by those feelings of deep and affect tionate interest which she has ever shewn in the welfaare of her people , observed that if the necessities of the country were such that in a tinifa of peace , Parliainenb should deem it necessary to submifc the incomo of the country to a nharge of three per cent , , it waa her VOLUNTARY DETERMINATION THAT HER OWN INCOME SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO A SIMILAR REDUCTiON—/ Loud and general cheering , ) [ Bah ! Bah !! Bah ! ! ! Bih ! . ' . 1 I Bah ! ! ! !
Oi O !! O ! ISO !! ! ! O !! ! ! . Fudge ! Fudge ! ! Fudge !!! Fudge !! !!! Cackle !! Cacsle ! M Cackle !!! Gabble J Gobble ! ! Gobble !!! Gobble !!!!] Another conversation then ensued respecting the " truck system , " brought on by Mr . ViUiera stating that he was in possession of a document from the manufacturers of Yorkshire , denying the *• truck" charges ; but the Speaker informed the Hon Member that it would be irregular to read the document . - Mr . Ferrand said he thought he could satisfy the HotL Member . If the Hon . Momber would publish the names of the whole of the Anti-Corn Law League , he would find that tbe majority of them carried on the trade he mentioned . ' Mr . ViLLiEES eald it was not in his power to publish the names of the Anti-Corn Law Lsaguf » He was not a member himself ; but be believed that the majority of them did not practise the truck system . . ' .: ¦ " ¦ /¦ ' . '¦/¦¦¦ , . . - . . ,- .. ¦ ¦¦ ' . " ' ; ' . '¦ this brought up Mr . Cobden , who , in explanation of the charge made against himself of supplying his workpaople with milk and stopping tbe price of it out of their wages , observed , that if the Home ' would allow hiin , ' he wouid just state very shortly ond or two facts with reference to the busineis with which he was connected . That business could not be carried on
without the consuraptioubf an immense quantity of without the consuraptioubf an immense quantity of < : ow-dung—he was letting the Hun . Gentleman opposite into the arcana of cotton printing— . and for this reason it was of ten necessary for amanufacturer to keep not less than a hundred cows . It so happened , however , that as his print-works were hear to a town , it was mere economical to buy Co w-dung than to k ? ep co ws ; and , therefore , not only was this' insinuation not true , but thtite wis not o . skidow o £ jfoaudatioa forit . " He / urther complained , in an . earnest deprecating tone , of the attacks that had been made upon the manufacturers , and tho strong language used respecting them . : :: ' . : ¦ : ' ' ¦¦ ¦ - . - ¦ • ' ... - ' ¦ ¦ •'¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ -. . ¦ .
Mr . Stewart Wortley observed that these complaints came with a very bad grace from Mr . Cobden ; for Hon . Members could not but recollect the lanjuage that that Hon . Guntleman had made use of , when speaking of the agricultural body during the course of the laac Session , They could not forget that . the words" monsters , " '' tyrants , " and " demonsj" had figured in his speecbep . ; ¦ :: Mr ; Cobden—I wa 3 speaking of your legislation . Mr . S . Woriley contended that the Hon . Member had ; applied those . terms to the agricultural cVassw . The Hon . Member for S ^ ockport on that occasion had diBtinctly said , thufc " the landlords interposed like
monsters and demons between the welfare and happiness of the people ,. and tie , prosperity which was open * ing before them . " While such language was adopted and promulgated through all parts of the country ; while those rancorous descriptions were given of the agricultural interest , H <> n . Gentlemen could not be so simple as to iniaisine that language of that kind could be used with ¦ iuipunity—rwithout bringing retribution on those who used it . Without taking upon himself to justify tho charges brought forward by his Hon . Friend the Member for Knaresboroojch , be would say that the Hon . Member for Stjckport was the last person in the world / who had any right to complain of his conduct . ( Cheers . ) ¦' ' ' ( : ' .: ¦ .
Mr . Ferrand said that the House would recollect thatduring the last and present sassion , the Hon . Member for Stockporfc had asserted that the Corn Lawa caused the distress of the country . It ^ was his ( Mr . Ft ? rrand ' S ; ' lot to conversa with-the-working classes in his part of the country , who said that they did not censider the Com Laws was the cause of that distress ; but they told him it was caused by the tyranny and the oppression of their masters , and he had used what be had been told zm anargumenium
adhominum-r-( Cries of " No , no . * . ) He ( Mr . F . ) saidhe had , and he was piepaied to give evidence of what he said ,- and when the Hou . Member for Stockport said he had brought those charges forward onanoaymousauthority , he ( Mr , F . ) begged to say be had done ho such thing . He naver brought any charges that hu was not prepared to prove ; and there was not a single charge Which he was not ready to prove brfjre a Bel 9 ct Committee . The second reading of the Designs Copjright BUI Was then moved by Mr . E . Tbnnent , and a discussion ensued not at all interesting to our readers .
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HoLMWeoD . —Mr . Wm . Bell , of Hey wood , lectured here on Sunday evening to a crowded audience . A reaolmtion of confidence in O'Connor and the ¦ ¦ S tar , was passed ; and 6 s . collected for the Manchester sufferers . ¦ ¦ . .. ' - ¦ ' . ' , " . . ¦ ¦; . . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ' ¦ .. ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ " ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ • ' '¦' . . . ¦ . ; ¦ -:, ' Halifax—The Halifax district delegate meeting will be held in the Charter Association room , Ripponden , on Sunday , Maroh 30 th , at two o'clock in t&d afternwnjtnose localities that have not haudbd in their levy to the Convention Fund , are requested io forward it bytheir delegate . AHthosa wishing to snbsoribe theii mite for the support of those who have suffered at Manchester , may hand it ia at the same time .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 19, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1153/page/4/
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