On this page
- Departments (3)
-
Text (10)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
HSmpmaJ 3ParJtam*m
-
€tatti$t $ntelUzexice.
-
TO THB -rvjvcprRATOBS" WHO PRESORTED THE 00 PEACE OP THE COU^TBT.
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
Mr TBIK 5 DS , —I *»?» not been able to a 5 **** ' e » ci < fcj upon -which tie trial of the anri-- ^ LBigne and the Government for backing £ . wll take place ; and in troth the whole affair ^ perplesns from its uncertainty and jour * arr Keejang defendants and -witnesses at 2 ^ pense ln Lancaster is too bad , when the J > tere isal 5 O another very perplexing feature in that few of
aCboteI case of" conspiracy , " namely , ^ " conspirators" were known to each other before St nict vo conspire , " and np to this moment they for the most part strangers after the conspiracy 2 iow I shall tell you why this is perplexing jvjMBse it-compels mo to address the '' conspirators ^¦^ D lJcly through ihs press . Wnile sailing in « L common boat there might be many fl Les nec essary ior them io know which the ^ wgecntors shonld Dot knew . However , there r ^ ne drcamstance which I may state— Nose S THS " COSSPrS ^ TOBS " SEED APPSAB . 15 LaSCASTKB is msaxb
G jas tbial : it by so kecessaby-^ HEIB BiH , 15 TOSCHABGED BY THE StBSEQTJEKT wockskscs IHK Q . tjeek * s besch ; and they are «• required to be present . Judgment will be passed ! L verdki of gaakj in precisely the same way in gieir absence as though they were present . Now , it - imtxfftBat that all should know this ; for the ex-! L , se of coming to and stopping at Lancaster would Wcrei * , wherea 3 , if convicted , they will be travelled £ g 7 * t the country ' s expense . The best counsel flal can be procured has been retained ; and all that W i ngenuity can do will be done . There is one
K ^ pti < ra , « B ( i only one , that I know of , to this ; that iBurstOFi it must appear in person and for this = an , beeaaS 3 he was arrested and held to bail onstilj to the forms requ i red for removing jjjjjs io the Queen ' s Bench . Hs case is singular -TAjuiliii eipences should be paid to Lancaster ; -wgissD the funds in hand would not pay the —gregg of all . Some may wish to defend them-^ SZT jaJiB all such cases J hold the jost course to ^ , -galib expense of snei delegates to Lancaster , j ^ yje paid by the constituencies who elected them f g ' Jg Craference of the 17 ih of August .
flB 3 loBdsy nextMr . Kobert 3 will be at Lancaste tniij Tnesday will be in a position to commu-^ je iri th the several defendants , wio desire to iSai themselves . Let all letters for him be greeted to the care of Mr . A . Hej wood , 60 , Oldham ^ jeet , Manchester , and let tha writer take 4 iritness with him to the Post Office ykea he post 3 it , and show that it is . fldj labelled with a penny stamp , and let the witness Esen make a no : e of ihe day and hour at which it tjs posted , and sign his name to it . 31 r . Roberta will be able to communicate the time when it will he necessary for those wishing to appear personally -Jo ie it Lancaster . I trnst that eTery man in England will
jo < i the speeches of Lords Brougham and Saniope and 31 r . Ferrand % there they will find one irfcole -case . If Bronsham had not dabbled in the Jim Poor Law Bill , he would now bs the greatest Ban that England eTer saw . Of coarse , you b 21 hsTe learned from all thai has transpired in parliament , that the prosecution is now a $ 07 ernn > Enl prosecution : persevered in for the T&ere ¦ purpose of removing all opposition to free trades » ihii ike unopposed League may kick Peel into subjE ^ on to their and bis PiXAsrRE . Mark thai ! Fed can ' t yitJd until he is jxmpei ' -cd ! he can ' t be tftsjxlled so long as the question of ihe Charter holds On mandaii ever Free Trade ! I
I told yon upon the first announcement of the luiff that the Free-traders would cot allow it to -saeeeed ; and J told yon that if it failed , persscntion Trsraid be had recourse to , to direct attention from pisdiy ; erects . That I was iigh » is now fully proTed ; howeverall attempts to st « p the agitation for ihe darter will fail , as I trust will all attempts of fh&L * ape to force the people into another outbreak , jrHei Jf&r ? «« , is in contemplation , and wonld if yon yrtn foolish enough to be led by them , be saddled apon the Cbanist Trials .
jitrw , how often have I warned yon . and how ¦ sftea hive you regretted not having taken my i&rice . Let nGt tbe following be lost upon yon . A frte-trader , observed to a friend of his ai Miton , that the Chamsts were cowards to jHow their friends to be so bulbed : and lennlly proposed another delegation to North Laneshire , so to convince the people there . No" * hear Bsj advice . Look upon every man who would endacour to prrsuade yon lo sacn a course as oxsttSo B mploted to txiCBE C 5 t We have had enough of ihe spirited eondnct" of those " moral-force " Trartoie&
1 esacot conclude withont expre ? siEg my regret Jiat J iad appointed tomfet Mr . Roberts , at Jlandiesia , oa Tuesday , before I saw the advertisement amiDHEciii ^ the free trade meeting , in the Riding School , is Marjleboce , tor Tuesday next . But if ererthe mm of London , gentrally , and 3 Iary ] fbone Jld St . Pancras in particnlar , were eallsd upon io perform a solemn duty , it is on Tuesday Bex *' Jj wo there was an opportunity for reading facfira a lesson , that opportunity trill present itself
oa Tnescay . They cannot talk of dictatorship , « of being led astray . Will they do their work Bk mm upon that day ? will they iseet in their wrer *! localities on Sunday , and marshal themselves , ^ £ 0 and move an honest workins man of Mary-Moiie , xo tie ^^ aitd rLeti tfee p . traders with Sttnd ar ^ niuent , and test the two questions ? Of all * & = £ B get yonr cliairman . ' and 6 o not be whedled 1 HiT enoEoothjg , no sbonthig , but fair arguments . This tr 3 i jfcow pee ] t > , a ! { here is eo nse in
removing us from ms p ^ h ; that others will spring up rendered acre hosiile by our treatment . Surely " ^ e i » ve a right to expect this at your hssd 3 . For fiiffiOEfiis the brave-workies of Manchester have **« thmhbg them in their strong hold ; * w ^ aS they dare to boast of a triumph && &u . ' Good men of London ¦ do your duty on ^ aisj ] and let i ; not be said that the League dust ™ EKffito your eyes . All England will be looking result Let be as
^ iKtbE- h such you can boast «• Recollect that it was in Maryleboce we sowed us £ m seed of Chartism ; and surely it ha ? nos de-^ oated . Agahi , then , 1 say , meet at your several ~^? s oa Sunday and Monday evenings . Read = 7 daEajge to the League ; propose your Cbaii-™* * B 0 jow principlea . For ifyov don ' t beat the . ^* i &ey ' U leal pou . If you find any of your y , . * P ^ posing a trimming policy , suspect him Ut 3 tt 0 « lMed with the dust .
I am , my friends , Your faithful friend , Feaugcs U'Coxnos . , ^ ' ^^ Ph 10 SSTCM 3 persons \ rritmg me io ttt ft peOjfle Xt £ eTCJa 3 P ] aces ^ J iaveonly to fite-9 ^ ^ rationed the sudden appointment of 2 ««!« I 4 non : a ^ our trials as a reason why « anro ? n \ g 0 3 ny" 5 rhere 5 and I mesnt tkat as M i shonlrPr nTn 2 LtiQn froin I > w : k-head , otherwise ¦ "unave nsnjed it .
Untitled Article
et » v ^" ~^ authorities have , at last fc'wfirtv len t 0 lne £ IarTJEg operatives , but JS toito mfca ? t 0 txte ^ d the means of relief is fere fe 7 Proved ; Vaether from a desire to act Sacral ^ fl 2 J iy the poor , or to destroy their JK ^ . 7 ? ? J separating them . J believe the SEjitoJgl *!** ** dolis "" ^ at never was done before ; itj 3 J , ~ L * * P P £ r on the city from Gorbals ^ U ?^ ^ d on Monday evening requested a ^ tfio-frrS ? " ** " > ars wishing for onidcor labour ; ci aioto v nt Ao 5 e "wio ma ^ EOt be ahle ? or ^ Ht » tu m > 1 y . females and widows with fotia ^ LJfe ^ ottmldee of the unemployed have % iStT ^ o " ^ ast labour , a Btaastical report of
^ tig ^ H ** this ; but the committee , determined a ^* 45 Jed if ! ^ ide wind , on Tuesday night SKJ et -i ^ ^ . QeputatJon to wait en the relief com-^ ° eonlrl tt 5 pire "wnai 'ffas to be done for those ?* JB b , iaoonr < " * > out the result of this is k& iaii ° vF- Ata meeting of the unemploved toJ » ftd t * ^^ b Arena , ou Tuesday—it was re-* a e ^ y ?* H * pablie meeting in the City HaH , on ^ ^« u ) lSi * ' -S OT < 5 er ** Jay the state of poor before ^ la * ni tTnst the ? & > p } e of Glasgow and h i £ lj » ~ . ieiWa the hall on that night , and prove ^ bretC ^ tbat tteT feel for the wrongs of ** m tW ^ oniet > r flie taction press have already ^ fical ^ v t € rieB ^ Sai ^ a few disinterested m-** H Ml Te taie ? P 311 ^ A anemployed taa * toJ \ £ z t ™ their purpose , some of them art ^ t be &n ^ r ? , ? casfigations administered both ^^ IJ % ebng ud at the Citv ConncU .
Untitled Article
HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tuesday , Febbuabv 14 . The Duke of Wellisgios moved the vote of thanks to the officers and men employed in the military operations in China . He sketched the hiatoiy of the -wax , and gave his high testimony and approbation to the merits of those eugagei in those brilliant services . Lord ACCK . LA-ND concurred in all that the Duke of Wellington had uttered . He also praised the conduct of the Indian troops who had been aloug with the regular army in China . The Majqusss of lansdawne , Lord Brougham , the EarJ of Haddington , and tbe Eari of Aberdeen spoke to the motion ; tbe latUr Noble Lord eulogised Sir Henry Pottinger ; after which the vote was agreed to , and the House sojourned .
Untitled Article
HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Tpesdat , F £ B . 14 . Mr . G . A . HamDton took tha oaths and his se 3 t The Speak ^ u announced tha * the Clerk of the Recognizances had reported that the sureties in the case of the . Nottingham Election Petition "wtre unobjectionable . Lord ASHLXT presented petitions from DaTbam , Glasgow , SunderlaDd , Darlington , Carlisle , Newcastle-on-Tsne , and North and South Shields , againsi any abatement of tha provisions of the Colliery
Act-Mr . Q . W . Wood appeared at the bar with a special report of vbe Committee » n Petitions , and he stated that a petition had been presented to the House on the 9 th ibst . ( as we understood ) , complaining of the conduct of Lord A . binger at the late special commission , and the committee recommended in the report , which he then held in his hand , that tbe said petition be printed for tbe use of Members only . Ordered to bs printed accordingly . Sir A . BKO 0 K . E presented a petition from Fermanagh , praying for an inquiry into the operation of the Irish Poor Law .
Mr . T . DtTNCOMBB presented a petition from a society of working men , at Bermondsey , stating that they had seen , with great disgust , the wars that had been carried on in China and Afghanistan . They had read also , with great disgust , the accounts that had appeared of the merciless treatment of the population during the retreat of the troops from Afghanistan , and they prayed the Home to institute aa investigation into the whole history of those wars . The same Hon . Member presented a petition agreed to at a public meeting in Liverpool , which * xpreswd the
deepest sympathy with the sufferings of the working classes , and complained of the charges delivered by Lord Abinger at the proceedings under the special commission btld in Lancashire and Cheshire , and stating that his coEcnct on that occasion was considered to have been usjaEt , unconstitutional , and calculated to deprive the prisoners of & fair trial The petitioners prayed that tha House might institute an immediate inquiry into the allegations made on this subject , and if they proved to be well-founded then the petitioners prayed tbat the House do present an address to tbe Crown recommending the removal of the Noble Lord .
Mr . WitLiAJts gave notnee that on Tutsday , the 28 th instant , be would move for an account of the public money expended upon the Royal palaces and theii appurtenances , whether arising from Parliamentary grants , the Crown lands , or any other source whatever . Also , on the same day , he would move for a retnrn of aH monies which had been received from the Crown lands , strays , * c , which were given up to the general revenue of the country upon the settlemect of the civil list at the accession of William IT . ; also , on the same day , he would move for a return of the ordinary revenue of tha country , together with the expenses of its collection . "
On the motion of Mr . WALLACE , the following gentlemen weTe appointed as a committee to inquire into the causes of the distress in Paisley : —Mr . Wallace , Lord Robert Grosvenor , Mr . M . Sutton , Mr . F . Mau ^ B , Sir K . H . Inglis , Mr . Young , Mr P . M- Stewart , Mr . Hastie , Mr . Pringle , ilr . Smolleit , Mr . Borsman , Mr . Duncan , Mr- Acland , Mr . Co ' qnhoun . a d Mr . Wyse . Mr . Waed gave notice , that on the 28 th instant , be would move Iot a committee to inquire whether any special burdens pressed upon the landed interest , and if eo what are their e a tare and extent—( cheers ) .
Lord Stamjt moved a vote of thanks to the officers end men emp ' . oj&d in tbe na-ral and military operutioDB in China . He wonld nrxno disputable topics with this motion ; nor had he any party feeling connected with it , the commandi-rs having aD been appointed under the late Administration . Tbe commencement of tbe war in China might . be properly dated from about February , 2 S 41 , the operations ie 1 S 40 having been on a very small ami partial scale . In that month it bad been judged expedient to adT&nce our naval force into the interior-waters of China , under the very walls of Canton . The foTTancations there were of greit strength : but , almost impregnable as they seemed , they were forced by a comparatively insignificant squadron , which in little more than one hour , through a navigation
unknown and 5 : mcnlt , and in many parts unattempted before , and without the aid even of a native pilot , took up its position and retained it . A second attack on Canton was afterwards rendered necessary by the misbehaviour of the Chinese ; and whereas the former had been chirfly a naval operation , this was principally , though by no means exclusively , a military one . By a force hardly amounting to 3 . 000 men in all , a line of hills was occupied , aad tbe forts captured , in the manner described in Sir Hugh Gough's despatch , against a body of from 35 . 000 to 45 000 Chinese troops . Lord Stanley mentioned with especial honour the conduct of a company of Sepoys , who , cut off from all assistance bad , in circumstances of great difficulty , kept at bay a force of many thousand Chinese . He
tbes described the SEbseoueBt expedition to Amoy , and eulogised the skill with which the Captains laid tfceir ships in line within the harbour , and the gallantry of the escalade by which tbe troops possessed tbemselves of the town . Kot Itss gallantry and ability had been exhibited in the capture of CMnghai and Ningpo . The good order and discipline of tbe troops , naval and military , British and Indian , had merited tbe highest praise , and had left among the native popnlation a deep sense of respect for the British name-He then proceeded to give a narrative of tbe txpedition tip the Yang-tse-Kiang , su . d of the capture of ChiDg-Kkng-Fo . So desperate was the Tal « . ur of the defenders , that a large body of the Tartars , ignorant of the mtrcy which follows British victory . set fire to a pile , on which they bad heaped their effects , their families , and themselves , and perished in the flames . He enlarged upon the difficulties and
important consequences of this achievement , which bad placed in our power Nankin , the second city of China , and forced tbe Emperor to a final pacification . Victories there had been which ha'l in 7 olved more blooilsbtd—never any which more merited the thanks of the country . It bad been usual to vote separate thanks to the naval and the military forces ; but here both had been so generally and so zealously combined in their services to their country , tbat be thought it beat to conple both ir tbe expression of her gratitude . There were several fficsra whose names , nut enumerated in this vote , he vonld gladly have included , but tbe piactice bad been to mention by name these individuals nly who held a certain rank of command . On tbe consequences of these events be would not enlarge ; be wonld only laution tbe mercantile world against a too sanguine expectation of immediate resnlts te our commerce from tbe opening of markets in Cnina .
Lord PalMEBSTON , in seconding a motion upon a subject with which it bad been bis lot to be connected , ¦ would introdnee do topic tbut could cast even a shade of difference . He applauded the skill and courage of the British , ana did jusice to the personal valour which had dUtinguiEhpd the Chinese amid thtir utter ignorance of tbe arts of war . He gave especial credit to our officers for their restraint of all license on the part of \ he troops—a forbearance which had much conduced to . establish among the Chinese a favourable opinion of and disposition towards , the British . He agreed in deprecating premature speculation for the markets of China ; but txprtssed bis persuasion that in process of time a considerable exchange of produce would Uiie place between the two countries . Sir Chab . i , e 5 Napieu bore testmony to th « merits of several of the officers mentioned in the notice of
motion-Sir G . STArjfTO > " desired to add to tbe enumeration oi tbe advantages likely to accrue from those successes , the probable introduction of Christianity into China . He wished to see justice done to tbe merits of Sir Ee'JV Pottinger , who was not named among these officers . ilr . BtmE also desired the introduction ef Sir H . PottmgK ' s name . Sir R . Pexl declared hia cordial concurrence in tha general praises © f our officers To Sir H . Pextingei he bad before paid his tribute of applause . He wished it had been consistent with usuage to introduce the name of that meritorious functionary ; but precedent did not sanction the mention of services merely diplomatic in votes of -this nature . He was happy , however , to acquaint the House , tbat the Government , sensible of Sir H- Pottinger ' s high services , had offered to him whatever official employment in China he might be Trilling to undertake , with the assnrance of theirentlre confidence in him .
The vote den passed , including by Dame Sir Hugh Gongb , Sir W . Parker , Sir Gordon Bremer , nnd Generals Lord Saulton , G . Burrell , Sir R , Bsittey , and 3 ir J . H , Schoede .
Untitled Article
Mr . Mackinnos moved for leave to Introduce a BUI prohibiting interments within the limits of towns . He proposed to exempt certain suburban cemeteries from tbe operation if the Bill . The principle of his mersure Bust Eooner or later be carried , though he felt that there was a good deal of difficulty in the details . Mr . Htjme seconded the motion . The measure was very important to the health of tbe poor , and would require the best assistance of the Government to uphold it against probable opposition from private interests
Sir J . Gbaham approved tbe principle of th 9 Bill , but had great doubts abcul details . Hoping , however , as he did , for further information which might enable the Government , perhaps in this very Session , to bring forward a measure of its own , ho must decline to undertake for its co-operation in the present Bill . As to drainage in general , he intended to recommend the appointment of a commission cf men of sc ' -ence , for the purpose of fully considering and advising upou this matter . Sorr-e objections were made by Mr . Hawes and Mr . Escott , but Mr . MacKinnon , with the utmost disposition to attend t <* aay remedy proposed by the Government , declared his intention to proceed with his own Bill for tbe present . Sir W . Clay , Dr . BowjuNG , and Mr . M . Philips endeavoured to dissuade him , but he persevered , and leave was given to introduce tbe BilL DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY . —ADJOURNED
DEBATE . Mr . EwiBT commenced tbe adjourned debate . He laid before tbe House a series of details , from which he inferred the evils of the restrictive system . He afterwards cited a variety of retnrns , for tie purpose of showing the increased competition which our increased manufactures have now to sustain from those of the continent , and the consequent necessity of soraa measures which may enable our own manufacturers to produce at a cheaper rate , by a reduction in the duties on raw materials—namely , the duties of Customs and Excise—and by a diminution in the price of food . He pressed , therefore , for tbe repeal of tha Corn Laws : and expressed bis hope that Sir R . Peel would not long be able to resist that repeal .
Mr . Liddell apprehended tbat thiB motion was neither morejiur less than a questien of confidence or no confidence iB the Government . He controverted the inferences drawn by Lord Howick , from the depression of Sunderland , attributing its condition sot so much to the general circumstances of tbe times , as to the rapid growth of the neighbouring ports of Hartlepool and Seaham , which had attracted a great portion of tbe coal trade and coal craft , once tbe staples of Sunderland . He attested tha successful "Working of tbe new duty on coai The noble lord contended that tbe prevalent distress could not be attributed to the N ew Poor Law . Now , from the information which he ( Mr . Liddell ) had received , it would appear that the New Poor Law , with
its intricate &nr expensive machinery , had added in a very great degree to the distress of the country , by considerably augmenting the amount of the rate , and it was deeply to be lamented that the new law had bsen carried into operation in tbe north of England . Where tbe law was necessary to correct abuses , he ' Mr . Liddell ) h-ad no objection to its being earned into operation ; but , in places where no fault could be found , it stood to reason that the * nforcement of a law involving such expensive establishments must be greatly increasing tbe rate and tend to impoverish the community . He mentioned this circumstance for tbe information of his Right Hon . friend the First Lord of the Treasury , who , be hoped , would give it a due consideration—( bear ) . The noble lord argued that tbe real cause of the distress
was to be found in tbe narrow and restrictive field offered for the industry and enterprise of the country , and as a remedy urged the enla gement of the market—( hear , hear ) . The manufacturing power of the country , however , was so "very great , that let the market be extended ever so much , we could work up our manufactures to au over-production . An intelligent friend of his once observed to him , tbat if a railroad could be formed to Jupiter , Tenus , and Saturn , and that the inhabitants were in want of every necessary of life , tbe productive power of thfa country would soon glut the planets with the requisite articles —( laughter ) . Tbe noble lord had net established his case , and
he bad neglected two or three important points . One of the leading causes was the aeries of bad harvests preceding the last year . Another , and still subsisting one was the deranj > Hm « nt of American credit i and the vast const-qnent diminution in our commerce with tbe United States . Ha would not now enter upon what was not tbe proper question before tfce House— tae question of tbe Com Laws . On tbat brad be was satisfied with the declarations of Sir R . Peel . It was in Tain to assail tbat Right Hon . Baronet's character either by insinuation or by direct attack ; the gentlemen of Eagland wonld rally round him , and support him by their voices and their votes .
Lord Wo&sley denied tbe alleged confidbnee of Ihe agriculturists in the Minister , and affirmed tbe existence of considerable distress in his own county . But , if tbe House should go into committee on this distress , would any remedy be found there ? He feared tbe result wuild be only a Corn Law-debate ; aid he should therefore , though thus differing from those with whom he usua-ly acted , oppose both tbe motion and tbe amendment-Mr . Gai . i . 'X Knigut combated the opinion expressed by tbe mover , tbat tbe distress was unconnected with over-production . The reason why the agriculturists bad desired last year , and desired still , to prevent further alteration in the Corn Law , was not tbe selfish fear of diminution in rents , but the belief that general injury , —certainly and immediately the ruin of a large portion of those classes which are employed by the land , —would be the consequence of withdrawing protection .
Mr . Ward called on Government to relieve distress by liberal measures . He did not regard this bs a pa . ty question . It would not do for the Minister to let hia opponenU have only the benefit of his principles , and give his adherents ihe benefit of bis practice . He would beg to call the attention of the Government to the facts as they regarded tbe town of Sheffield . He did not want to exaggerate or over-state : the case—he believed tbat exaggeration nevtr helped a bad case , and did jjreat harm to a good one . The . facts which hf should state , if the Right Hon . Baronet and the R ght Hon . Gentleman were sincere in their princip es , would make them consider the possibility ol their taking their stand on the poor pittance of commercial refom . hitherto given to the country . When he had first known
Sheffield , in tbe year 1836 , there was not , he believed , a single able-bodied man of good character out of eruplo > - ment ; there were 300 bouses building , and comfort and respectability wer « s generally diffused ; the payments to the casual poor , which must arise in all parishes of a population of 100 , 000 , amounted to £ 13 15 s . weekly , and no more ; and he asked whether there was then in England a working population possessed of the same means ? He would now pass over three or four ye its . Undoubtedly the financial embarrassments of America , to which ahusion had been made , bad bad a good deal to do with the distresses which arose in the course of that time—( bear , hear ) . But he would ci / me now to the year of 183 S . That was a very bad year , and 13-J 0 was worse ; and just at tbe very moment when the
price of bread , now increased to nearly double what it had been three years before , the demand for labour was reduced , and the rate of wages became , consequently , proportionately low . In January , 1842 , wheat was 65 s . 2 d- per quarter ; a sum of v £ l . 400 was raised by voluntary subscription ; tbe wetkly payments to the casual poor , in tbe month of February , amounted to £ 178 ; in March , to £ 194 ; in April , to £ 278 . In tbe month of May there were in tbe Stuffiaia poor-huustJ 580 inmates ; and the payments to the casual poor amounted to £ 333 ; and at the same time payments were going on by all the trades" unions which were possessed
of funds , with a view to the parishes feeing relieved of the immense burthens which must otherwise have fallen on tbem , and from this source £ 29 , 000 were paid during the year . In July , whaat was at 67 s . &A . j the weekly payments to the casual poor reached £ 441 ; iu August wheat was at 65 a . per quarter ; tbe weekly payments amounted to £ 192 . and there were snpposed to be st this time 3 . 000 adult men and 1 , 560 wjmen unemployed . In September and October the following reports were made , and they came from a gentleman whose authority Hen . Members opposite would not dispute , for he was as good a Conservative as any of them —( bear ) .
" SEPTEMBEH , 6 th . Average pries of wheat 52 s . 4 d . —7 th- Sheffield poor : In the house , 585 ; casual poor , week ' s payments , £ 503 . Ecclefall poor : In house , 374 ; outpayments , £ 132 .
" OCTOBER . " 5 th , Sheffield Poorhouse : Inmates , 536 ; casual poor , £ 467 . Ecclesall Union : In the house , 442—against 258 last year ; out-poor , £ 121 . Report of bettering society ; Since the year 1837 , there has been manifestly a most disastrous turn in trade and manufactures here , not the consequence of a sudden shock from violent and temporary derangement , traceable to obvious causes , severe and heavy for a while , as on former occasions , for which , if slowly , yet surely , amendment followed , but a progressive decay , like the fatal and insidious symptoms of consumption io tbe human frame , tending towards inevitable destruction . The oldest inhabitant of Sheffield cannot remember a crisis of calamity so general , and apparently so hope * lees , as tbat which baa come upon us . The labouring cluiBes have been goiug down into abject uestituuo . il >"
Untitled Article
These were the reports of Mr . Montgomery , whese name and reputation were known to tbe House . —( Hear , hear . ) In November a sum of £ 250 was granted by the London Manufacture ^ ' Relief Committee , and some little relief was afforded by the fall in price ef wheat , which now reached an average price of 46 s . ; but there weTe on the 19 th of the month in the Sheffield poor-house 615 inmates , besides 1 , 083 casual poor ; the payments to the casual poor amounted to £ 420 , and tbe trades unions stated that their funda altogether applied to tbe relief of the unemployed poor amounted to £ 29 , 356 during the last fuur years and a-half . In December wheat was 47 s ; the weekly payment to the casual po » r were £ 412 in amount ; a Bum being thus paid , in one week only , £ 212 short of the whole amount paid in oae year in
1836 . ftow , had things improved in the last year ? At -a meeting of the ShtflMd Banking Company , on tbe 27 th January , a report was read , which stated " The period comprised in the report which the directors have now to Jay before you has been one , as yeu all know , of continued commercial embarrassment and depression , '' The Sheffield and Rotherham Banking Company were furnished with a report containing the following paasaee : — " In presenting tht saventb annual report of tbe sffiirs of the bank , the directors have again to deplore the continuance of commercial depression and embarrassment in every branch of trade ; " and this was signed by six directors , all of whom were good Conservatives . So much for the middle classes ; and now withoregard to house property in . Sheffield , and the building mania io tbat town . In 1837 there Were 300
honses building ; in the present year there were 3 , 400 houses untenanted—( hear , hear ) . And a gentleman in whom he bad the greatest confldonce , and whe was possessed of many bouses , had written to him in the following termsi : — " I have not at this momenta single tenant who is not in arrears with hia rent—some two , others three half years , and I believe this to be tbe general condition of the town . " Another leading merchant wrote , " 1 am sorry to say that the affairs of this town are worse and worse , and no appearance of improvement . The distress is intense , and increasing . The sums raised for the relief of the poor are , 1840 £ 26 000 , 1841 £ 35 000 , 1842 £ 52 000 ; and if we measure what this year will be , by what the months of November , December , and January last have
been , 1843 will give £ 64 , 000 : I fear it will give more , not less . It is positively fearful . " Bat beyond these returns , ho had received letters from working men in tbe town , who stated tl . e atffdiinijs which they had new to undergo , which showed the hopeless state in which all classes were , and which txhibited a state of misery and depression of the most heartrending character . One of these letters said that there was nothing but " increasing misery , increasing pauperism , increasing crime , with decreasing employment , decreasing capital , decreasing hope , and , above all , decreasing religion and morality ; and the industrious classes see not merely their domestic comforts and respectability annihilated , but their power to purchase the commonest articlo of food pr clothing destroyed . '
Upwards of 1 000 families were stiil supported by their trades in lieu of receiving parochial relief , and from this source they obtained eight shillings per week , which , however , was to pay their rent , fhfir rates ( for in Sheffield every man not actually receiving patten , relief was rated ) , and to procure the necessaries of life ; " andyet , " it was said by his informant , " this they prefer to parish relief , and to th © wretchedness of wandering over the roads and streets with a broom or rake , with empty bellies , in storms and cold , and what is even worse to tbe sensitive and once independent mind of a skilled mechanic who has lived in comfort and respectability fur twenty or thirty years , the degradation which they actually feel . " These were sensations , in which he thought that every Member of that House , on whichever side he
sat , must deeply sympathise—( hear , bear ) . They disagreed as to tbe nature of tbe remedy to ba afforded , but -would they any longer avoid giving tbe people tbat relief which , they wera entitled to demand ? E [ e believed tbat it was tbe anxious wish of Her Majesty ' s Government that some remedy should be devised ; but was it consistent with this desire , tbat a motion like the present , directed to the very object which all must have in view , should be met and got rid of upon a miserable ground of technicality , that tbe committee was not the best means of attaining tbe desired end—( bear , hear . ) Tbe distress was now reaching all parties , and those who not long since bad deemed themselves secure from all apprehension on this score , now found themselves deeply and seriously affected . P . ven the agriculturists
found that they were- not proof against its attacks . How did tbe case stand ? Tbe trado and manufactures at Sheffield were of a nature to attract many of tbe respectable orders of society ; and tbe sons or relatives of agriculturist * had found their way to tbat town , and bad joined in its manufactures . They bad deemed tbe trade to be dependent upon the opulent and the home market only ; but they now found tbat tbis market was unsafe . Of the silver-platers and saw-makers , who had been formerly in employment , not one-fifth could now find work , and many of these only for a few days a-week . A re-action was found to take place with regard to land . An informant wrote to him"These two trades are generally supplied by tbe sons of respectable families from country
districts , well educated , and who give premiums with them . Of fifteen young men , who have just served their time , three are partially employed , four are upon the parish , and eight have returned to their parents or friends . Of fifty-one who have come of age in tbe last two years , only seven aie partially employed—tbe rest are living either upon 'the parish or their friends . There are ten other trades still supporting their own poor , 1 . 000 families , averaging four in each , subsisting upon Is . 3 d . per week per head . " Thus it was that tbe agriculturists , wbo bad Bought to engage in this species of trade ' , had been disappointed , aiid Were driven back by the wants of their fellows to seek relief and support from their relations , or from their own parishes—( bear , bear ) . He thought that , with these
facts before tbem , Honourable Gentlemen would agree with him tbat the proposal made was for an inquiry into tbe gravest subjects which could bo brought before tbe Honse . They had told the people of England that Parliament was omnipcJtsnt—that there was nothing tbat it could not do , and that when difficulties arose it was the duty of Parliament to remove them . Did they now abjure these principles —( hear , bear )? Unhappily they had the power to do mischief as well as good . They had the power , as tbe people believed , of standing between them and ihe wages of their labour—(' fear , bear;—they had the power to cripple the hopes and the industry of the people ; and they now refused to enquire into the consequences of their own acts—( hear ; . It was represented that the mover would have done better to make seme definite proposal . He then criticised the speech of Mr . Gladstone , whom he charged
with having slipped into involuntary admissions with respect to the Corn Law , embarrassing to himself , and by no means palatable to his leader , or his party . Much was said about the impracticable tariffs of other states , fo&instance , that of America . But those tariffs were proaucfcd by our own j America imposed duties of 34 per cent . ; but our present duty on American Corn amounted to about 90 per cent on the costof that article in that country . For his own part , if he were suffered to go into the committee , he would go into it , not with vagoe views , but with a reiy definite one . Allusions had been made to a , late attempt at assassination , as connected with the Anti-Corn Law League . He concurrred in the strongest condemnation of such attempts ; but tbe responsibility of them must lie on those whose policy produced the despair which led to them—that despair which was always generated among the people by tbe feeling of injustice ,
Mr D'Israeli apprehended the real question to be , whether our markets could be so extended as to afford relitf for © ur distress ? There were three districts of markets—those of Europe , of tbe East , and of the New Worid . The British Government had failed in their endeavour to establish commercial treaties in Europe ; but their failure did not arise from our own fiscal regulations , nor from any indisposition of tbe European Powers to negociate such treaties . In the present French Chamber there was a majority prepared for , an 4 disposed to , a commercial treaty with England ; but there existed among the French people , erroneously perhaps , a feeling that they had not been candidly treated by England , and especially by the late Minister for Foreign Affairs . A trtaLy with France would do
more for Sheffield than both tbe Americas ; the demand for English cutlery in France would soon people tbe untenanted houses of Mr . Wards constituents , A treaty of commerce might have been obtai ed with Brazil , and wby had it not 1 The Sovereign of Brazil bad felt himself slighted , if not insulted , though perhaps unintentionally , by the Foreign-office of Eagland ; our nation , alone of the European Powers , having neglected to send a speeial mission to Rio on the Brbzilian Sovereign's coming of age . Again , in Spain , we had raised a general feeling against England by our constant interference with Spanish dissensions . Then as to your Eastern markets . There , neither diplomacy
nor special commissions would help you to commercial treaties . But the population in tbe East would give you , in the Levant , in India , and in China , a vast outlet for your goods , provided you would put your monetary system on a proper footing . Last , there were the markets of the New World . Toe cause of yonr ill-fortune in America and Australia was pot your own tariff or Corn Law , but the character o £ those new societies , with ( heir shifting and speculative habits . He was persuaded , considering our solid resources , that oar present policy was to gain time ; and , meanwhile , to impose our burdens , not upon labour , but upon property . The Noble Lord said something must be done presently . A treaty witb France would create , a trade wh ) se exQhaoga would , ' presently , ' '
Untitled Article
amount t « £ 12 , 000 , 000 sterling j . er ; annum . Tha * would do much more for our country thin repealing Corn Laws and examinh l S witness * s in a Committee of the whole 1 louse . Before such a Committee could have « oti half through itB work tbe evil would be past Thetj Teat barrier Jo tbe progress of those principles of free trade now so loudly asserted by the advocates of this ; co mmittee had been their own Reform Bill . Those principles had been originated by Mr . Pitt in 1787 , had be > n opposed by Mr . Fox and the Whigs , had been a ^ van&Hd by Mr . Wallace , Mr . Huskisson , and Lord Ripon , do '^ n to our own time —and the Reform Bill had then come in » ad checked tfeeir progress . As to the existing Corn Law ,
he did qot pledge himself to assist for eVer in mainvairv ing it unaltered ; he had not yet bad sufficient experience of it to take such a resolution ; but to this he would pledge himself , —to assist in maintaining that preponderance of the lande" interest which Lord John Russell himsolf had justified . He did not taiieve that the other great interest , that of our commerce , was in a hopeless state ; but , at all events , he would list consent to a remedy for one class by the ruin of the other . He could not forget the sayi : g of that Djge of Venice who , when he looked on the commerce of the world then anchored in the lagunis benea'h hia windows , exclaimed , " This Venice , without tetiafinma , is but an eagle with one wing !"
. Mr . ROSS would rpj » ict > f Mr . DTsraeli ' s favourable anticipations of British commerce should b 8 realized , bat feared that the Huuse weuld not arrive at such a result by pursuing tha policy recommended on the Ministerial aids . Mr . D'Israeli had talked of tbe Reform Bill as tbe great check to tbe principles of free trade ; but he had not pointed out what members the Reform Bill had let in who had opposed themselves to free trade principles . The only free trade which the Reform Bill had marred was the trade in veaal boroughs . When the principles of free trade first began to shoot from the old Tory stock , the nation had been much surprised to see them grow there ; . the stock itself scarce knew its own , —
" Miraturque novas frondea , et non sua poma . " He saw no reason to be content with the existing Corn Law . It did indeed check , but it had uot extinguished speculation ; and it deprived the labourer of his just reward . He should wish a gradual abolition of the law , by the remission of one shilling ] per annum in tbn duty , till the whole should be extinguished . Mr . Beresford Hope , who spoke aniid much noise , from Members leaving the House , said that the chief subject of discussion wua the everlasting Corn Laws , while tbe distress of the people , which was real and extensive , was kept in the back ground ; The cause of tbe distress was that system of over-population and excessive luxury , which hjd called together vast masses of human beings in tbe manufacturing | districts under circumstances which made tbem little better than machines . Tbe Honourable GntWnian was understood to say that he would vote against the motion .
The debate was then adjourned on the motion of Dr . Buwring , and tbe Houfe adjourned at a quarter-past twelve Wednesday , Feb . 15 . Sir Robert Peel , in r ^ ply to Dr . Bowrins , Baid that a recent despatch from Colonel Sheil confirmed the rumour of the deaths of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly in Bokhara . The adjourned debate on Lord Howick ' s motion was resumed by Dr . Bowring , wbo culled on Sir R ; Peel to direct his attention to these things , which were a disgrace to a Christian nation . Other nations were adopting a restrictive policy under the delusion that that which was working our ruin was the cause of our prosperity . But the great principles ! of fvee-trade , being associated with the interests and the civilizition of the human race , must ultimately triumph .
Mr . Stuart Wortley thought if the Corn Laws were repealed to-morrow , their removal would not produce the effects attributed to them . The meaning of Sir Robert Peel , in his reply respecting the alteration of the law , was obvious to any man who did not wish to distort it . He had declared that he considered the Corn Law of last session the best under all circumstances ; and that he Would not change it until he became convinced of its inapplicability to our commercial condition . The causes of the distress in that portion of the manufacturing community connected with America , were clearly referable to the collapse of the extraordinary speculations in the United States , and not to an assertion , resting on mere assumption , that we ; did not take their corn .
Mr . Wallace was satisfied that good would come of an inquiry into the general distress , the amount of which he believed that Ministers and their supporters were anxious to conceal . ; Mr . Esc > tt admitted the distress , and that it ought to bs remedied , and denied that the ma j > rity of the House refused to inquire into its nature and extent . But Lord Howick's motion pointed to the Corn Laws , and was neither more nor leas thanaschemefor obtaining time , in order to adjust the terms of a moderate fixed duty and to induce the advocates of total repeal to support it . No remedy had yet been suggested but an alteration of the Corn Laws , although the difficulty between the advocates of a fixed duty and of repeal compelled a resort to generalities . But if the
effect of a repeal of the Corn Laws would be a cheapening of provisions , how com > s it ihat while recently prices have been reduced one-third , the distress had also increased oneytbird 1 Mr . Ferrand had attacked tbe free-trade measures of last session , for which he himself had voted , and which had led him to exclaira , " God bless Sir Robert Peel for cheapening oatmeal ! " The promoters of the motion , no doubt , calculated on the discontent of the agriculturists in order to effect their object of damaging the Government : but that agriculturist was a short-sighted , man who was
discontented with measures which were calculated to benefit the entire community . Believing that Sir Robert Peel had done right iu his free-trade measures , and his alteration of the Corn Law , he had supported , and would support him , and he believed that the bulk of the agricultural interest would do so also . But the Anti-Corn Law League , instead of being a safety-valve , was a boiler to excite the steam : it irritated the passions of the people . Had Sir Robert Peel been so foolish as t © bind himself to any Corn Law , he would never have again trusted him ; bat he disapproved of enacting such a law one session and repealing it the next . i
Mr . Charles Wood affirmed that the distress was more general aud more severe than had ever occurred in the memory of the oldest man ; and produced statements respecting the condition of Leeds and its neighbourhood , where bankruptcy , loss of employment , and consequent demoralizuion , had produced fearful effects . . Sir James Graham admitted that the great falling off in our commerce demanded the attention of the Government and the Legislature ; but the representatives of the people should pauso before they held up tha condition of the country as one of permanent decay . Thus , in contradiction of ouo assertion , returns exhibited a positive diminution- instead ol
increase in the amount of mortality > n all our great manufacturing and commercial town ? . An unsound system of credit was amongst the causes of our present difficulties ; and , under the unhealthy influence of fictitious credit , there had been an extraordinary increase ; in mills and machinery . Bvii though the influericelof , that state of things was not yet over , there were indications of improvement , and a gradual increase in the demand for employment . The changes which had be » n effected by the new tariff wore unquestionably the greatest wnich had ever been made a . ' , one time iu f . he commercial legislation of this country ; and though sugar had not been included , on the distinct principle of maintaining our faith , in the face of the world ,
on the subject of slavery , yet the pricejof tbat article had slightly fallen , stocks were increasing , and demand was improving . | He admitted the great importance of our commerce , and the necesnity of of providing for our increasing population by extending the field for their | employment ; and none were more interested in ] this than the landed interest . But the utmost caution was requisite in measures affecting that interest ; other ^ wise agricultural might be superadded to manufacturing distress , and the greatest and most widespread misery result . He cited Colonel Torrens and Mr . M'Culloch in support of his argument ; and contended that no law that could be devised could prevent speculation in corn , forjthat depen < Sed on the nature of tha seasons . It was the duty of a
statesman to apply principles to particular instances ; and though not setting up the home against the foreign market , nothing could be more disastrous to the manufacturing interest than sudden changes in the domestic economy of this country . Mr . Labouchere had said that when the regular pilot idid uot undertake to cany the vessel of the state in a given direction , a caauce passenger might undertake the duty . But it was requisite , in the first instance , to dispossess the regular pilot of the rudder ; and if the opposition sought a change in the Administration , 'lei them frankly avow their purpose , and try the issue of the question . He concluded by a general defence of the measures of the Government , and anticipated the rejection of the motion by a commanding and decisive majority . i After a few worda of explanation , from , Mr . Wallace , the debate , was adjourned .
Untitled Article
LONDON , Bekmondsey . —The Chartists of Crucifix-lane locality , have been in the habit of meeting at the house of Mr . M'Crae , the Horns , Crucifixlane , for several months past , have always paid him for his room , independent of what has been consumed in beer , &c ; but this wonld not do for mine host of the Horns ; he told them broadly they did not drink enough for him , so out they must go J Our friends in this place will , therefore , meat for the present , at the Black Eagle , Parish-street , every Monday evening . Business of the greatest importance will take place next Monday evening . Mr . Jeanes , hairdresser , Snowsfieids , will be happy to * receive subscriptions for the General Defence Fund , Now or never ought the victims to bad lawa to be supported in the coming struggle .
The Camberwell Locality met as osual at the Cock Inn . After the regular business , BJr . J . Sewell lectured to a very respec ( abie audience . Three new members were enrolled . Mr . Sherwood lectured at the Chartist Hall , 25 , Star Street , on Sunday last , and gave greifc satisfaction . The Lakd [ the Land !! the Land ! 2!—Fergus O Connor delivered a lecture on Tuosday evening , at the Hall of Science , late Rotnnda , Blaokfriars- ? &ad , on this interring subject : the price of admission was t-wopence to the body of tbe hall , and th . ^ epence to the gallery , the proceeds to be devoted to
the wirf » w of the veteran reformer , George . Shorty after seFen o'cloct , the place waa crowded to esy ce 3 s ; Mr , Rose was called to the ehair . and briefly ? opened tha business of the meeting , and Mr . O'Connor on entering the zoom was- received with themosbeitthusiastic-applause , which w * 9 revived at intervats throughout the lecture . At the conclusion , Mr . Pa * her moved a vote of thanks to Mr . O'Connor for his able services , and aiso returaecf him thanks on beh&if of the widow George . Mr . Dron seconded the motion , which was carried amid great applaus ^ , Mr . O'Connor briefly replied , Messrs . Snow , Brewer ^ Miss Walker , and others , addressed tbe meeting' , and a handsome collection was made at the door .
Clexken-well , —The Clertenwell Chartists held a meeting at the Patriot Coffeo House on Monday evening . Mr . Balls being called to the chair , read to the meeting a copy of a petition for enquiry into the unjust and partial conduct of Judge AbiDger , which , after some discussion , was carried unanimously . The subject of the election of a aew Executive , being the nest business brought before the meeting , a discussion ensued , which ebded by Mr . Sharp moving the following resolution . ** That this meeting is of opinion , that the nominations for the n < xt Executive should be postponed till the termination of the forthcoming trials . " Seconded by Mr . Weedon . and carried .
BIRMINGHAM . —CoPNCTL Meeting . —The usual meeting of the council of the Birmingham Chartists was held at their room , in Aston-street , at three o ' clock on Sunday afternoon . Mr . James Mavitty in the chair . The Secretary ( Mr . G . White ) read over the names of the councii , after which the minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . Tfte Secretary reported the state of the books , and collecting districts , and the various collectors handed in their books—tbe result was most satisfactory , the subscriptions being double the amount of the previous week , although the whole had not been received , and there is a good prospect of the progressive increase of the funds of the union , thus proving that the conncil has the . confidence of the Chartist public . A long conversation took place
on the manner in which the districts should be laid out . The map of Birmingham , purchased for the use of the council was laid on the table , and it was ultimately agreed to adopt the Ward system , as carried out by the Municipal corporation . Arrangements were then entered into for providing minute and other books , and getting up an address to the working men of Birmingham , after which the following resolution was unanimously agreed to" That a Conference oi the Chartists of Birmingham be held at the Royal Oak Inn , Little Charles-street , on Monday eyening , at seven o ' clock , for the purpose of laying the proceedings of the Council before the Chartist body . " The other business of the meetingwas then disposed of and a vote of thanks given to the chairman , when the council generated .
Aston-street Meeting . —A meeting was held in tbe Chartist Room , Aston-street , OB Sunday evening last . Mr . Joseph Reece iu the chair . Messrs , White and Mason delivered addresses on . the State of the cause , to an attentive audience . Ship Inn , Steexhoose-lane . —At the usual weekly meeting of Chartists at this place on Tuesday eveninglast , a subscription was entered into for the General Defence Fund , aad is was determined to keep it open till next week , when all friends are requested to attend and give their mite . The Shoemakebs at Pejk-lane held their usual weekly meeting on Monday evening , and voted ten shillings to the General Defence Fund . Redditch . —Mr . E . P . Mead lectured here on Sunday evening last to a very attentive audience .
GLASGOW ~ -The directors of the Charter Association met in their Hall , College Open , on Friday < vening , Mr . Ancott in the chair . After considerable discussion it was re solved that the directors meet in future on Monday instead of Friday , and their next meeting to take place on Monday evening next . Mr . Lang drew the attention of the meeting to the case of their friend who attended their last meeting , but who was now away to England to take his trial along with O'Connor and their other friends at Lancaster . He ( Mr . Lang ) , would move that the conduct of Sit Ross in advancing ( his gentleman £ 1 , be approved of , and confirmed , as an act of the directors ; this being seconded , was , after a few observations , all commisserating the sufferings of their patriotic friends under the iron hand of despotism , carried uuanioiously .
HUDDtiRSFIELD . —Oa Sunday last the District Delegate Meeting was held in Mr . Dickenson ' s Room , King-street , when delegates were present from Hudderstield , Honley , Holmfirth , Almond bury , Kirkheaton , and Yew Green . Mr . John Kelso was called to the ctiair . After the usual routine of business had been disposed of , the following resolutions were carried : — " That in the opinion of the delegates now present , representing the Chartists of Huddersfield , tho present plan of organization is superior to any other hitherto promulgated , inasmuch as with one or two slight modifications it may be made wholly efficient for its purpose , and possesses the rare recommendation of being in conformity to all the requirements of the law . "— " That the
delegates comprising this meeting recommend to the several members and councilman of the several localities , the propriety of taking proper steps to encourage native talent , that may present itself in , the shape of local lecturers or expounding of Cfiartist principles , by giving such credentials of their fitness for such important post whenever satisfied that they possess the requisite qualifications , all due oare being taken to prevent the encouragement amongst us of indiscreet zeal or improper sentiment . "—** That the delegates uow present recommend to their brother Chartists throughout the kingdom , to consider the propriety of deferring all nominations of persons to fulfil the importantoffice of Executive committee-men for a week or two until the result of the government
prosecutions be known , as this course will enable the people to see who of their friends will be at liberty to serve them , should they be nominated and chosen . " " That as the Chartist trials are hurried on sooner than was expected , and that as it is of the utmost consequence that the Defence Fund should be large enough to secure , a ? far as money means can secure , justice for the Government prosecuted Chartist advocates , and this meeting suggests to each locality the immediate necessity of attending to the collecting of subscriptions in aid of that fund , both from the members of the Chartist body and other friends of the caase . " A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting was adjourned to that day fortnight , to be holden at Yew Green ; chair to taken at one o ' clock .
Halifax . —Mr . Hanson , of Elland , delivered a lecture oa Sunday evening last , on the origin , rise , and progress of governments , which gave great satisfaction . Lower Warley . —Mr . Butterly lectured here oa Sunday last , " On the present state of society . " The lecturer gave the utmost satisfaction , from the maaner in which he handled the subject . At the conclusion , Mr . B . was requested to deliver another lecture on Sunday , the 26 th instant , at six o ' clock in the evening . Derby . —Mr . Thos . Cooper , of Leicester , lectured here on Tuesday week .
Bury . — The Chartists of this town held their weekly meeting in the Garden Street Lecture Room , on Monday evening last , when a friendly conversation took place on various topics connected with the Chartist agitation . The letter of Mr . Oa , 3 tler from . the Fleet Papers , and other interesting artwles , were read from the Star . A committee waa chosen to raise means towards defraying the expenses of a brother member , who was to appear at Lancaster . Idle . —The Chartists of this plaee met in their room , Stansfield-buildings , on Suudaylast , and voted three shillings to the defence fund . Cljtheroe . —Mr . Beesley leotiaed here oa Wed * nesday , February 8 th .
Stockpobt ^—On Sunday evening , Mr . Brown * of London , lectured to a numerous audience and gave general satisfaction . —On Monday evening , Mr . D . Ross , of Manchester , lectwxed oil the principlea of the Charter . At the cloas , he challenged discussion * but none accepted it . Duckenfield . —Oa Monday , evening last , Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , lectured aere , on tho Corn Laws , to a large aad respectable audience . SuNDSRXAND . —Mr . P . M . Brophy , of Dublin , delivered two lectures in the Golden Lion Long Room , on the nights of Tuesday , the 7 th , and Thursday , the 9 th of February , to very respectable audieDcea . At the conclusion of each lecture , several members we ? Q enrolled ,
Hsmpmaj 3parjtam*M
HSmpmaJ 3 ParJtam * m
€Tatti$T $Nteluzexice.
€ tatti $ t $ ntelUzexice .
To Thb -Rvjvcprratobs" Who Presorted The 00 Peace Op The Cou^Tbt.
TO THB -rvjvcprRATOBS" WHO PRESORTED THE 00 PEACE OP THE COU ^ TBT .
Untitled Article
Y 0 t . YI . ] N 0 . 275 . SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 18 1843 PBICE POUR * E * CE * ' •*««««<* *
Untitled Article
— JJ V / C _ y ; " . - — Jr , y AID LEEIB GENERAL ADVERTISER .
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 18, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1200/page/1/
-