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^ m . . . HOUSE OF LOUDS . TUESDAY , Feb . £ 7 . Lord BROUGHAM pretested Tarions f * fidon » ag » i » t fc ^ AOTra * £ « % , faHfao tee *»* the Benero tent SoSetf < $ ^^ farTndBgrtaon ol &e sentence o » the Gla * t our Cotton Sprnprrt .
house of commons . tCJESDAYv ^ B . 2 T . After 8 ome"bn » aess of smaEindtoeat , the f > "ConDrB debite -was ' lesnmea in ^ pretty inutJi'&e « wne style . as la * t night-Sereral Hon . Members & £ StfO 0 & . themselres , and Lord Maidatcme ' s modtufiiiying Dintcnstrred tras pot and carried by ¦ a mj ^« atT of 24 » Mr . GSATTAS msTed , J > r w » Tof amendment , that-words to&e foQotffajf effect "be ndapS ' to the motion : —" Notwithstanding that the Members Tor the conntv and < ity"of Cork , SarSigo , farLiskeard , BJoifeFalkirk , nave avowed in Umr -y ^» f ««> in tiasHcnise wr 35 Ktenta ° ™^ " to . ihcee exOTessedb j SeMemberjfar tM cJ ^ oTDulilia , and though tUsHoase has ¦ permitted topuiViB&fianred and even Tmnotjeeda published charge of the Bightsp oTExeter , nrr ""™; lie Roman Catholic ilembers of thigBctSa of a disregard of their oaths , and of "manifesSngjfin f&r& £ crdse of fa * rr rights as Members of Parliainent , treaAery ^ aagravated Dj perjiny . " The ** stomwu -againawed for a while , and the-mohon -waslostliy iasgBrlSj-w 29 . On ear rethrn tome gallery we fonnd ^
able and I&UK&I Member for DnbTin ( Mr . O'Conndl be rtered to attenrf in his p lace in the Honse to-morrow . The qneetMBtteving been pnt , ¦ " ,,. ~ Mt . HUME said that if the Honourable and Learned Mem"ber for DnHii'fcere « Datf- ^ -ifhe -srere-worthy of punishment— . there were otirr Members on that side of the Honse eqnaU > snStT . ( Lofi&cneaof " order , " " chair ! " andchSerM There Trere ' ether Jkfcsnhers who adopted the words of the Hononraile and Learned Member for Dublin in the letter and spirit-( GreatwmfaaDn , and cries of " chairP and " order ! " If they were t » be gtvemed hy -what appeared to be the majority of "that Hcmse , Hon . Gentlemen -were equally p rilty -with the H < nKninfcle and Learned Member for Dubim . ( "Order , -order V "" chair , chair'" and great confusion . ) He would call the ^ ittention of the Honse to -what had "been done , and he Tronld then kare it to the Hononrable Gendemen opposite ¦ to carrr the proceedings fnrfher if they -wished it . ( Cheers
zxntTgrest confusion . ) - The motion of Lord Maidstone was understood to hare "been agreed to . - . Mr . GILLQNiwe and said , Mr . Speaker , I adopt thesentiments and expressions of Mr- O'ConntJL ( Loud cries of ¦" order , orfierl" " chair , chair . Mr . HUME rose amidst tiemeadtras -uproar and . said , I oeg -that the yraTd £ " ~ at the Honeraralle memher for FalldrV ( Mt . < HDon ) be taken down . They are these : " J adopt the senti-3 neats and expressions of Mr . O'Connell asrapresed . " ( Great -laughter , anfcriis of " order ; " and " chairJ'O I am onlr anSons to be correct . { Renewed lan ^ hter and uproar . ) ft -was not correct before , and . I do not wish to leave the matter "half done . The Ho * . Gentlemen opposite hayp been left in the torch , and let the * get out of it il they can . ( Loud cheers and langhter . ) I wish to inow whether the / words of the Honourable Member fcr Jalkirk hare been taken down ? The words , as already stated , having been read by the deri at ihe talite . - ' . " - - " - '' '
Mr . HUME said , I more that the w « rds be token « are oL ( Great confusion . ) The subject here dropped . A sleepT debate fhen JbDowpd , npcn the motion of Lord G . XKNNOX— " That an htunble address be prnsented to her Majestr , praying her Sfejisty will be gradouslypleased to tate Jntoher bototb consideration the erpediencv of adopting some Tilan to accelerate promotion generally in the corps ofRoval \| gr ? npB go that it may keep pace in a fair ana eqaitabk degree with those'bTamiea of her M ^ e ^ y ' s forces -whose system of promotion is proeresave ; and also to take the case of -the captains of the RoyaTilarines into her Mnjesty ' s consideration , with a . view of placing them on the same footing as those of her Majesty's regiments of the line : and likewise to jfforide some afeasore for the benefit and reSief of those first lieutenants of the Royal ilarines who served during the Lite ¦ rar . " . The motion was iost by a majority of IT , and the House sdjocrned . . HOUSE OP LORDS . WEDNESDAY , Feb . 2 S . "The Honse of Lords stands adjourned tifl . to-morrow .
HOUSE OF C 03 DI 0 XS . ¦ RTEDXESDAY , Eeb . 5 S . The SFEAKES took the chair shoTtlTbefuxe four o ' eiocL Mr . WAKLKY pBesentea . ^ Tpetition _ . acned by 304 honsc-¦ painters of the Cur of Doblin , denying th * charges "Srocght against rtiimj erpiaEdns the state ol their trade , and i 2 _ Wu # i ! inquiry into the whole of their pTo «> edaii ; s . The pctkiv'Eerb stated that instead of a uniform rate of wages tiding established , there were firar rates , and that anr mister Tuight take an ¦ Balisnited _ n-uiobei of apprennces . —Referred to ' " Trades ' JCcinhiiiatifis Coxxzznittee . The HOX . MEMBER then presented p ? tjtk » ns from the "Working Mea's 'Association of Sheffield : from BuLUestone , in the County ofYwi , and from the "Whitesmiths of Louden , ipraymg for aanitigatien of the sentence passed on the Glasgow Cotton Snxn& £ 7 s . ^ Lf « W TW ^ rWYVJ UL * - ^^ J ) * V _^ V ™ l . n . 1 - > -.-j-t ^ r i _ ^* iiiiii /
;» > . t . iL'UAvuiKUuuijiLiu ; iMuii ucuuuu uf u . ntrui irosn the parish of BudSersfielil , in the "VT « st Ridinz of Yorkshire , to which -he would wish to have called the attention of ¦ t he Undersecretary of State for the Home Department , b-at ie was sorry-to find " that he was not in hia place . The petition Teferred to the -meetings of Gcardiana which touk place in £ ndders £ e 2 d on the 5 th and 12 th of June last , on the siilject of the Xew . Poor Law . The importance of the street exerted « onsderable excitement in . the town in consetjnence of which the magistrat es were called on by certain indiridnals to biinsi 5 a the mUkary-, which they , in th ' e exercise of their disov . tknV xefnsed to do . A -representation was immediately for * aiJed to the Under Secretary of State by the parties , who had suggested the gr-TK-ng oat of rW miniarv . conUdninij calumn es and ims
-rggesentations with re = pect to the condnct f i ' .-. p ^ nagistratesnpon thatoeeasicm . Now , the petitioners stat , ?^ "that the magistrates acted wisely in refusing to call ont the , military , _ as . ihe -peace of theconnty Teas not disturbed , and they expresed generWBy their warm approml at the manner in whichahemagistrates had conducted themselves . ( Hear . ) The prayt ! r-of the petition Wis , that the Motive would order the prcdasion of any correspondence which might have taken place in reference to this subject , between the I > urd Lieutenant and masdstrares ^ of thecccnty , and the Undta- Secretary cf State- Tie Hon . Member begged to attta ia conclnsioii , that Ite had submitted this petition " to die Secretary of State , but le was sjct to say that he had paid no attention to it . The © etiricfi was ordered to lie en the
table-BREACH OF PR 1 TILEGE . —ilr . O'COSNELL . . On theaiotion-of Lord MAHSTONE . tLe Order of the Dav ibr the attencance of Mr .-G'Connellinliisplace ivasnowreai The SPEAKER inquired if Mi . O'Conndl was in his plat * . Mr . 0 "CQXXELL rose aad said— -1 am here , Sir . The Bon . and Learned Meniber then sar down . The SPEAKER—Please to stand np . Mr-OCUXKELL then roes . The SPEAKER—Mr . O'ConneH yea hare permittal yonr-Belf to be bd ^ ayea in the use -of expresaens at u public ineetinz ¦ wii respeccitD which jthis House has come to the folio wins resolutions- — ' ¦ 'That the expressions in the said speech coiT taining a charge - $ f foul pexinry again = t the 3 IembeiB of t > i ^ Bouse in tbescischarge of their ofhcial duties , are a fonl and scandaloBs iBg « te . ui 7 a- on the-honour and character of this - Honse .
" jThatJfeiSrConnell haviae avowed that he nsed the said expressions , k . guilty if abreacn of tbeprivilegeiof tE 5 s Honsej therefore' that lie ie reprimanded in this place . " The chaKfrof Jtmlpnjnry je one of tie heaviest that can ie made . Ya&cannot-be suipiised . th&t Isaxsag ca * so gia-ve sm impctaiion . an the Members of this House , that it has ¦ aroused the . indiao&tion of . those against whom it has been ¦ directed , a * S thet yon have exposed yotrrself to the Bererest < ensnre an ^ disjjcasnTe of this Mouae . You have endeavoured to -vindicate wiur « 0 ndnct'hsTirging that you were impelled by a strong sense of tha defective constitution of the present to-Imnals for the triai of controTerted elections , and fliat you « ocght to pr « no&M reaedy iai ihat evil i j sthnnlating public opinion . lti « nssscsssary for me . to remind von , that at the imewhenyoEuseHifcese expressions which " hare been conoemned , thss Honse had recoiniiapfl . unfh «« itt . « . 1 » ?» tit- iiflW . of opi
^ ee nion , tie ferpedimrr of attempting to apply a real Temedy to the e ^ . oTwh 5 s 3 i , yoaiconrplainea , an ^ Sat-your . « MTOes and talent ivonM not have found a more useful « nptoyment thaa-in- «* dearonnnj . to forward that meaBore . Ton iave also aUe ^ ged ia z excuse , and it is true , that ? tners have used " esp » esaon . s as strong as those which yon - « npiDyed with reject Ao tbiv-Hoase . In general this House J ^ B iecn of opinio n that it . Toasaltea its real dignirv , and **^^ the dictates efjprode ** , in -rcving lor it » protection ana deieiice agaJBst . misirgffei snilajifm ^ ma . olumBy , in the > OT 3 csousness of the zeal and fidelity with -which it ha « dis-Aargea its duties . -2 i »« se ,. howaaer , £ 3 -tEflerent when one < £ the ^ Members ofthi * House a ieks ^ o djspaSJge and degrade ^ is Bonse in puMir e « tiiiatio » hy-ehargmg « number % i its JttembeeB " « th-fonl perj « y . Xj one Janavs ierter than you ^ o , the laws andiconsdfition »^ f thk conntry hure mvested
this Hosae with a ^ xwree-and aulhoritv so large t" ^ at Its acts ^ inst al ways have an impoiant t Sect on < hc-TreB-i eing of the State , and that no power can be Jwnefidafly exerci * ed , unlass ^ rnmisteed by those wts ^ jgoj the respect ana coa fiance of ttepubbc Itisthe first dntr of 4 he JSembea ofth isBaase ¦ to contnbote by all jirope r means v » sustain Ihatd ^ aracler ; Trhichisa « 1 essentjalto . tb 8 ipteBest 8 *> fiia > Sooseita -Kaait *« to the istwesti of tie coaptry . If , nnbappfly th s time ^ a mld arrrctjrheatbffl H «» se « na ] lbe stripped ' rf iu moral ^ nflnea ee « 4 * haj » ct& aBd-. tJie remect of Ae »« e , its neao . rf n&tozce yM be ^ enwakened to resist ^ . « de-*™ J * *?** & ** & tem& ty everyjmcce « ve cumaj-to * J » -great prqudice oj . d > e yibfc wtaoL I ahoaH bymwW' thr sawhateTercan tau&or aSeet ibe tZtancter nr * Z wTil > . . gt > .
il ^ fT * " J 2 &&& * P »» Ji » td 4 » re been eompeneoTa * he f aiarge of a » r itor , . flm , ^ jnadrert on thVWad ^ eachmg contact afkdTioBqur o 7 i % rge Tportioa "VS JJemoers . Itsor < a $ j remairis . iha ^ in obedience to the ^ gj . 411 ® 1 ^ I * h « fld i ^ Lana , as I bow do , ^ «> : OOWJELf then roi ^ aimmtichcheami , andad-^ nssea th « Bow : «»**»* ,-.- ^ sb , it * aaM to inetfckt iii JSsssjflteftft
aaaferaRSmffiggB&m morality . Itsaot , ffir . keeanae » ea » Saato » fwm jwre , that the connby btojndgeiw tobeso . YQhesa . 1 It £ !! fi& £ ?^ am ^ onty ^ rl , or 29 , or 200 , iavede 3 kred " *»!«» j / CWaa . ) Am tojBjsel ^ Sir , the maram or immonhty of the EtKmmwmxmg betiti . mostimjwrSntto « e true admnigtratkaJ of justice , that all detdsionB andpro-^ frg of tbaa Houae shoiddoe free fijompolitTealandpartT ^? d _ T * % T * JQBi . ffe » 'Wdia ^ b * tjx > dwfc > t of > % eonalrf , tiaa Botut does not vindicate Itieirby such a resoln tion as the Jtwent . aaymoa ^ tMA& » jn ^ asSi ,- whoret& » * 3 { betBto more the a&amtment of ^ 'Commirtee of mnib % Gon , Ilbad not aa
TJ ^ < wcBhaat ? it 3 aag * etoi& Jjatnkraeet y ^^ toraiJ > evdoice . ( Loud cheer * ) Qin m * a Cwn-. fflittee-let it be selected in a = way yonflun * mo ^ fcelT to ^¦ mite oiBMoii of the public-it thel « dii « me ** i > ch £ a » r 23 ? J T' ^ eas . ) Lrtitbe ndaunat . > d ¦^ Sfflassfe * ^ ^^^^ g ^ s ^ t ££ Z % bt ? jrwhirwft yotrona-Bteiee . SteVinef , SSsSS ^ SSSssw ^ tti-^ T ^ f ^?*^ ffi ^ L ^ f ) ***!** what I hav « ¦ no , tat I ^*^ i Lcxa ^ a anitenns las q&nsive in themaelTe » «» 4 fl « nanj Miitot . ^ HeaS Eear . ^ Tam bounotoj ^ ' *• ? " ¦ **** i » we " saw . foxX An convinced of nothing by » " Cbmiaataf rar * ' I J > OTrmoye foflKtjjKjiarmentof
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-The S ^ KBB—Mr . CConnett , itil eoutrtr | to ^ the rulet jf the House to more for-a CoBMoittee wiAWrt wring giraj . ^ Mr . Q'COMffiLL—W ihMt is tolttfe , Sr , I anreire n ^ Jce thatI-w 31 moTefertte < Jdnflni « e 6 t «> . moErow . ( HeK . j Lord CASTLKREAGflAeji fote , but gave way to . . Lord . JOHN RUSSStL = ^ r , Itj » tomoTe thatvotor addrea beinserteiiatheiaoMsSioftheHoinse . , .
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TO THE LONDON "WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION . < m ' _ . ; — ; ' ¦ ¦ ' . _ ¦ _ ¦ " ; Gentlenien , —I now do myself tbe honour of repljing to your commtmicafion of last -week ; and , in doing so , allow ms to observe , thAt . after a very Irasy life of political agitation , for more than fire rears , youliave been the first body to hook me into a controversy -with mao , "wlio profess to be in quest of the same object with myself . I shall now proceed to reply to yoiir several remarks ; for substantial charge there is none , save that to -which I at onceplead guilty ; namely , fee charge of vanity ; and had yon added ambition , I should have pleaded guilty to that also , leaving the country to judge of its nature . Yoh proceed flms— " Yon said that the first step in this deadly course was taken by the Working Men ' s a-. * - "A I"H TL _ _ * —¦ — - * ** rt ^^ £ > T"A 1 » **«
Association , oucn was iuj " ^ - ~ ..- » , yon state the feet of that course having , in the first instance , originated with the Committee of Trades Delegates . Of this circnmstancelwas wholly ignorant , and von have not laid any data before the public to whichl can refer ; nevertheless , taking your assertion for feet , I oeg to offer youmy appolegy for that error , and to assure you , that had 1 known the fact , I should Sfc nnnesitatjngly nave charged the Committee with an error of judgment ^ which , bear in mind , was my only charge against yon , and you were bound in making your charge against me , to iave given it in full and to have added the following words , contained inmy letter to Mr . Fraser : — " My dear Fraser , I state facts . I merely arraign the Judgment of those who have thus put their finger into the lions den . "
Now , gentlemen , I "humbly think , that any vanity which the publication of my speech exhibited—and which was called by Mr . Hetherington and the Chairman of the meeting " a Touser , "— " a capital speech , " " calculated to d o much good , " —was but a slight shade of vanity when compared with this implied prohibition against 3 ny arraingment of your judgment . Surely you are notinfaBible , and , surely , I had a perfect right to question the policy of rourproceedings , and if the coarse was impolitic in the Committee , as the originators , it was no less so in yon , to have trodden in their steps . Bj thus quarrelling with me , for having merely arraign & your judgittetif , yon defend the policy of your proceedings , while you seem wholly to have forgotten the fact , that the petition adopted , by the meeting of Trade . * , had a clause to the following
effect : — "Although we deuv tne right of your Honourable House to interfere . ' ] This I incline to thiiik , was a much more severe stricture upon the petition of thft working men , than any thing I have said . There is one sentence , in vour addressto me , upon which I shaH make a single comment . You say " now it » o happens , that you do not speak the truth . ' . I mighthave called ' this a charge , and I do not know , that a grosser charge coulcf be brought against auv man , and yet , I was present at a debate relative to the publication of tns correspondence between Messrs . Harney and O'Connell , when Mr . Lovett assigned , : is a reason for its suppression , that Mr . llaniey ' s letter contained epithets , which if publishe : .. would reflect discredit , upon the association , for having such a member . " And yet , I pledge mvself . that throughout tuere is not one sentence , so
vulgar , or so deadly wounding , as that winch I have quoted and winch tou published . As to the propriety of petitioning Parliament for th ? appointment of a Committee of Capitalists to judge of die rules and acts of Trade Associations , I ani still unshaken in my opinion , : md must persist in xaTlrng it a " deadlv coursev" by vrliomsoever originated or pursued . Time will prove , whether or uo lam rislit . You say . ** You appointed a Deputation io wait " upon Mr . ' O'Connell to coufer with him upon tbe subject of Ms intentioB . -sviili respect to Trades Unions . " Now . after Mr . Lovett ' s declaration t > f having lo ? t all confidence in O"Council , 1 call tliis an injudicious course , to say the least ofit , but we have uot had the benefit of . the interview . Jam anxious to know the re . * nlf , and rrast that it may not be consigned to the dead letcer box with Hnnier aforre > poiidence .
You s ? v that many of your body bplong to Trades Unions ; " why , zouuiis , 1 don't meaa to infer , tliat there art * w > t in your Association as good , valuable , patriotic and upnulit meu as breatlie ; but , when you charge me with vanity , and that you deerv leadership , may I ziot he allo-n-Ktl to retort and ^ ay that vanitv or leauersh : ]) in a portinn ofyonrb- _ dy , may be equally vS- tious and even more so than in th * case of an individuaL * 1 say , muck mere so , because tbe individual is answeniMe , wliile tlie body is not auswenvble for any act of vanity or leadership , by which the As . ^ iciaririii may be compromised or led astray . 1 no « give a paragraph from your address . " lint do , tout own vain self must lie supreme—^ rou must l » . ? ' - "the itMuVr of the pe . jple , " und from til- ' hrst moment that \ tr re-clv-.-d to form an Associitiou uf wtTkinjjmen , anl r . iil ^ il o , < a tbriji toumniige their oim affairs , and dispense r > ilh c ? d rs / J j' nf r ?? ry d ^ icrijition ; we have hid t / f < ii , ' &ii&j * JAuls of yburJ ^ eUngs , contintiiiv ia sxms against n £ . "
When you speak of haviaj ? me and patriots of my eeliru ; = coustaiitlyin arms against you , you ousiit in all jnstice and fairness , to state what tho .-e iee 5 ii ) 2 ? aud who those patriots are . You have failed to Jo s « . allow " me therefore to mention the ' names of tuosc persons whom you equally charge with ir . yst' 1 : O'ijRirx , and Eell , whom you summoned to appear belbre yoa—^ but whose motie of treatmeat yon Jlu « ot reh ' sb—Dr . Taylor of Glasgow , and the evt-r-to-belamented Beaitmotvt . Now , gentlemen , as a prom of my disinclination to be the means of attaching suspicion to your body , allow me to state win t-was saia by Mr . " Beaumoxt aud Dr . Taylor , and not publi . « Led in the Northern Slur . Mr . Beaumont at Neiccasile and Leeds , spoke thus : —* ' I' ' tricing
men , I caution you agauisl the rotten icorkiug men ' s association of London , fellows icho never do a day ' s work , and pet would persuade the working classes that tiicy are i / ieir friends , while they are continuall'i looking for jous from Mr . O'Connell and other JFIiigs fur themselves , —in fact , they are a mere middle class set . " Dr . Tatlbb said : — " They sent me . a d d humbug thing about Canada , fur which 1 had to pay postage , and any one coidd hare it Jor a Laubee . Isaac ' s , 1 think , was near doing a d— -d deal of mischief , by trying to break up fhe Radical Association of Scotland , telling the people , that they icerq all humbug , and asking them to establish working men ' s associations ; but by the . living Jingo , as my father —raUier than have me idle—bound me to
a trade , I urill never be a member of any ansociution , in which I can't have a vote . " You charge me with many disappointed attempts to get up associations in London , of which I sought to be the leader . To that I reply , that my acts are before the people of London , and I defy any man or body of ^ men-to create a prejudice against tho > e associations which you have so shamelessly aud wantonly attacked . You say that I have dubbed rnyself the missionary of all the Radicals of Londou . I Ojd , and rightly . 1 b " old their commission unsullied , wr itten -upon parchment , signed with their names , and sealed with , their seals ; signed by nine , forming the committee , treasurer , and secretary of the Great Radical Association , of -Marylebone : fiated
and recognised b y the several Radical Associations of the Metropolis , and passed unanimously at a -crowded and respectable meeting of labouring men . Mj * commission is at -Leeds ; you shall have the names . —Those of Thomas Mtjhphy , Dr . Wade , GoiiBeriHX , R-dbseu , and Savage are amongst them . The fulfilment of their directions , hag been complied with to the letter , without one farthing cost to them or ¦ to thecoDntry . andiamreadytostandmytrialforany a « t performed in the dj * cbat £ e of my iigh , sacred , and unpaid office . And i * it you iriio—after the gloripus , and unparalleled' exertions of the several Ra&cal Associations , ( diirinsr-the years 1835 anc
1836 ) now join Lobd John Russell in pointing the finger of " contempt atlhe meetings -of the : 'humbler . ' classes : ^ " The press which shonldhave supported us , t _ and " wHcli « hould liave been made capable by your exertions of jenderisg « e 4 hat rapport , has for want of that suppojl either faded , or been transferred to i '^ o ^ aebAa ^ . Cf&e QmXihdioiua , the True Sun , ^ nd London Jiespaick , which j'oa proclaimed -as your je' cognised wgam ^ jtaetwo formerliare . p « iiihed , while ^ - lattRr ia cesjuictibn -with the Eonest London } f a -- « CTy , naipa « sa 4 iBto , flieiaBd « ofiMr . GLEN » y , a Tt > TX of " « Lnidknr > t schooL What then conld we hi ^ don ? ? ^ trtjdu chargeme < 9 rith speaking out forth * firs' bmei 3 iQ , sny fault was notinspeakine : I
¦ m } ght have spaten , tSl 4 < yacke 4 * fce head " of my bi&drtt . ¦ " n ' " " " *** ' * i ? ^ l > Ks ^ edmj opinions . A MT . Wiu ter ^ ° ? W * - 0 ? 08 tried and . sentep ced to the pIDott 1 c T ^ i ps pnb ] iaie 71 a "" dreaia .: " Some one jgjQa ^ gjT that it » as hard a man s ? hb ' « id be-punish ed for ^ k ™ S >> V ? iP *? i * 0 " N ^^^ ob ^ wed , that he mie ^ ^ * dre ^ jnei for aver , with , jmptmi ^ r , if he nadiooi jrabHaftM-fiBrft&m . - . _ _ As to my h 3 nf ° r- nst ^ s 3 ° ^ ^ e ^ mi aetM RaSi ^ calAssociarick s , letthecpnutrjiai | e ; btttfougive inea feir aajm to a poitEon bi v the honor , foc ^ urely tf it - « ta » , n fiuni " divi ^ Ifc' in its \ " ^ ture , - and not the act of one man & , a yon pAve by rK ; nung the inmortalCartwrightjHi ^ aada ^ JAdtkVoa ^ j ef ^ d
. ! ¦ tbe glory from tfc ^ departed fe ? nzQriraie ^ ^^^ living renovator tb ^; become an adjunct { ihj ^ n 0 Y quadruple alliance . - - ¦ - -- ¦ .- * ' .. ' You charge me wi * th wblishlng what I ia ^ J ? tiie mankness to utter . foh « Nonsense , ' MyspeefcO m&jnot hare been exai - % as literal as if it h ^ fbee-u > in ; type bef « M « it wat spoken ^ or withont beine - J spoken ; but I pledge m Taelf to- its substance . As 19 what Jb&re done in 1 -onddn , let the Londonerg ju ^ d gejrf ^ rhsa I have demand am ' doing irTthe , mratryletfljeconnbyjud t Te . - Vba say that Ae , countiT , « hall judge of onr re- ' spec-tive proceedings , and , w £ b > ier or no . you . or 1
those wio make funons appeals * o taeur t ^ s » ° ns , tBreat ^ nng with fire and swoird , are ; the leufri ^ is to-the vcause . This is anotiier echo fii ^ Q theT press of ' Lancashire and Yorkshire , cuckooed brTj
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Lord John Russell and Mr . OlCpnadl ip AeHbn * of CommoM , but never made even by them against GeD . t 3 Jemen » iB . cendtuaon , I beg to stetfe , that court public penserdup , and if I na » e erred , I am ready to "be tried / at jay « wn'expen » e ; ited for that , purpose , I hereby offer yon , ; at toy own expense , the lug * room ; in thd ^ Ctown and AncW TaveTn , ' wtere ; I shall appear from day to day and nonr to hour , singly and alone , to , answer any charce , trhich tte worlf in its envy majr bring agaiiist me . 1 AalVfluow my > elf npon the country for a verdict , eiflwr to confirm my nsefelness , or to denounce my apostacy . I am ready at a moments warning . -All other business beinglaid aside ; wuai
in your repiy , pray miorm me uuu-nuu *^« j have denounced ana what good man hai ^ efl ^ ed your censure . A Tilling slave is tightly Mnoi d ^ n gentle fetters . Partakujg of no pleasure ^ saye .: that which the society of worldng men affords ine , you—as I predicted—nave followed me into my retreat , charging me with inuendos end enigmas , which ^ however , seem to have been- so fitting , that yon have assumed them and dressed yourselves in them . Why put on the cap of *> MaUhusian Whigs , and working-men coadjutors ?" What silver tones have changed your warlike notes from proclamation of deadliesthate to recommendations of calm philosophy ? Was it always thus , or is the Rotten House of Commons" bow more to yonr taste , than when the " Isle was affrighted from its propriety" by yonr reward * for royal " sharp
shooters ? " When your shop windows presented deadly figures of expiring monarchy , typical of-what an untaxed press was to realise ? Has Lovbtt forgotten the celebrated anti-taxpaying declaration ^ relative to ballot for the Militia for national purposes , such as he then described them ? Have Cleave and Hetherington ceased to sound the clarion of defiance , because they are now represented in the "Rotten House of Commons . " Gentlemen , I have not sought this battle , nor shall I shun it , now that it has come . You must fi g ht it out ; you shall either crush me or I will annihilate your association . I leave this at the London Dispatch office , on Tuesday evening , in order that slips may be sent to those papers to whom y onr address was sent last week . I have the honour to remain , Gentlemen , Your most obedient servant ,
FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Founder of the Radical Associations in conjunction with the immortal Cartwright , Hunt , and Cobbett ; Missionary of the Great Jladical Association of London , and President of- the National Radical Association of Scotland . : Denham Cottage , Hammersmith . Feb 27 tA 1838
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THE . " RABBLE " ¦ HOUSE OF COMMONS . "England will never be ruined but by a Parliament , " quoth the great Lord Treasurer , Burlei gh . It is now somewhere about five years since we reminded the House of Commons of this celebrated apothegm of that celebrated statesman . We used the words upon the presentation of a petition in favour of the Dorchester labourers . That the rabid desire for party ascendancy , instead of an honourable competition in acts f » r the advancement of social happiness and national aggrandisement ,
is rapidly hurrying the Reformed" House of Commons to the fulfilment of the sad prediction , no man out of the influence of the insane atmosphere of that assembly can for a moment doubt , —after the verdict of 19 / members of its own body , pronounced on Tuesday night ; wherein theybave recorded a verdict against themselves of perjury by expediency , —themselves the jurors , —themselves the judge ? , — themselves the witnesses , —and themselves the traversers . If the value of a . seat is worth the sacrifice of truth , will not the country be naturally led to the conclusion , that ' -the prostitution of it to
infamy will be the inevitable result ? Our readers will'bear in mind , that under tbe bead of the " Rabile House of Commons , " we , not long" since , adduced the very arguments used in the celebrated debates of Monday and Tuesday in support of our position . \ Ve stated that one-half of the House accused the other half of perjury . Were we not right ? Aye—and before we proceed further with our subject , we now predict , that however insignificant iu its immediate result , the verdict of Tuesday may be , thai that verdict will be the foundation of a new charter , and will form the basis of a new constitution . It cannot be otherwise . Merciful
Heaven ! "Convicted Cotton-spinners—victims to perjury ^—mark , —if tbe voice of truth can find its way through the gratings of your prison bars , —oh ! mark ! the source from whence your judges dt . lve their authority ! The fountain being thus declared impu-e I how can one clear stream of unsullied justice or purity flow from such a quarter ? With the propriety , or discretion , of the motion of Lord Maidstone , we have nothing to do ; but with the yerdict and debate we have everything to do .
"With Mr . O'Connell ' s faults we have always dealt manfully ; but God forbid that personal animosity , or political difference should induce us to withhold from him praise for that great prospective benefit , of which , by Tory rashness , he has been made the instrument . Yes , in . the truth of every word uttered by him , and for which he has received the glory ofa miniature martyrdom , we fully accord ; but , lest a dungeon should be our unrepresented lot , and lest our incarceration should be a loss to our
party , we speak of the last Parliament , and allow the country to judge how far the sins of their predecessors have worked repentance and change in the present Honourable Gentlemen . "We have served upon committees , and after the brains have been knocked out , which is the parliamentary term used upon the striking of the tribunal , and which means the rejection of eleven upon each side , of the most conscious and able members , —no great compliment , by the way , to ourselves and others , who have been allowed the honour of acting ; and if the reply to ,
' . ' How do you vote ? " has been— " According to % iy conscience , of course , "—the invariable answer touj —" What a damned fool ; won't you yote with your party ? " We have been witness , to more than one instance of this kind ; and now , not according a triumph to either party , we ask , was not Mr . O'Conneli / Mly justified in Ms declaration ? And can a majority of 226 plead for them « ely « j » any exemption from that censure , which the Terdict , and , indeed , the confession , of the wounded and insulted majority , have entailed upon themselves
equally with the resigned minority P No . The minority acted the part of bold avowere of their , own necessary pet fidy , while the majority coiifcssed their sins , but shuddered at the publication of their iniquities . For the information of the poor and siitoouB sufferers for . Srhom we write ( and who are , foaaak . God , untutored in the aet of expediencypegmy ) 7 it may not be amiss to state the mode of "ballatiing-for , and appointing , Election Committees . The names of all tne members are taken , from a box , -wiki' is kept closely sealed ; aa 4 when thoW
namea are placed in several glasses ; the elerttJra «» taemj ^ and h \ "mds- them in convenieat lots to tiie Speaker , who , calls them aloud , till to the number of thirty-three Sv ^ JaU hayaanswered , Those present _ istanswer . AfvCT the ' thirty-three shall liaTe been _ ^ natedj the fiieacb of theparties retire for thepur " % o ^ t ^ triiing tieconift . " « jtteej whichis doneby knock-^ ^ eleven ^ teaefcride , ' the ele / en remaining mem ^ lg C Sim the ctmmdtieey * V « pponit a chair-— * v v > 4 tten , T » ving « 4 rbn * 9 ^ made up their "i «*> . - . - - ^ oKef , * iiiey werf (« r the last tindsastb * 4 e-..:-. ~ -W ^ Vpn ^ the moci Cte ^ w . T mj ^ - - < ^ - - - _ ¦ ¦ ^ jr _
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cerftmon ^ nteBTing ^ « iJid » nce , iniS : ; then ' deciding . Such , rtacUr , i * thertillaily . ¦ ¦ f pr' ^?^> x ^ 08 ur ' e-- ' . ' 0 f ^ IiicnVMr * O'GdNNEl . t has undergone the eerf ^^ of a body , riot one of whom had the tffyjttery to deny < : » . single allegation | n the , ;(* a ^ ^ jj ^ q 6 w travel ftm ib * ^ « cm < rinto ; a wide ^ sp here , an ^ apply the w ^ ngs of ' the system'tp the . ta' ^ t ^^ d ^ pp ^ r / Irelana ^ Wipse ^ green-fields arejet cr 5 ^ sOned wi ^ i the blood of her innocent children . * fo that land , where the tombs of the Martyrs , permaturely consigned to the cold
grave , nirD ^ b . so many monuments of the fell corrujption j- < vhich v the poisoned source has . communicated to tiie several channels ^ of legislative ^ and administrarive justice ; we apply the whole debatfe and yerdict . ' to that countrywhich has beeti ^ the victim to this Becessity for preserving a religious ascendency . Can it , then , be longer matter of surprise , that personal vengeance should supply the place of justice withheld , and that a virtuous and prescribed race , loving , truth- and--. hating ., perjury : should deny the
competency of ypur Parliament to . inculcate ; : moral instruction—to enact equal laws—to ^ legislate with honor , and administer with impartiajity ? What , then , has * been the consequence of the corruption and perjury of all former Parliament's ? In Ireland the pulpit has , been a watch-tower , from which , war , and desolation , and damnation , has been preached by political fire-brands , sowing a religious dissention , as the best means of preserving a political ascendancy ; as the rudder of the Church , The lips of the apostle have insulted the creed , and scoffed at the
religion of those by whose yrearied hands he has been clothed ^ and housed , and , fedi ^ Forgetting his duty . - towards his God , he sinks ; the mild character of the mediator into the wild ferocity of an exterminator ; and the altar , instead of being the footstool of God , has become th ' e couch of Mamriion . The Bench , whereon pare , unsulled , and even-handed justice should take her seat , and reign triumphant , has become a receptacle for poHtic | arisy ' whose respective merits are canvassed according to the comparative pretensions of the candidates in acts of political
proflicacy and party subserviency—whpse precedents become la ' Wj and j whose judgments are the result of political bias rather than of deliberation and solemn conyictiou . The Bar , till partially opeced by enlancipation , —nor is it much better now , —was ^ composed of a recruiting party , where profiicacy furnisbed the best claims to the vacant judgment-seat ; and where , by combination , the poor man was served with the black letter of the law , while the mild spirit was reserved for him who could purchase it-The Dock is the condemned cell where the
prejudged Catholic victim holds up his hand in honour of his religious martyrdom , arid as a Victim to the ascendency of a Law Church . The Magistrate is the administrator of prejudice , whim , and caprice , instead of being the mild expounder of the mild spirit of the law : his authority flowing from a perjured source , he looks upon the triumph of truth as insignificant , when compared with the triumph of party . The jury-box is a place where the worst passions rally—there deter , mined to uphold the ascendancy of Orangism , so
long as a foot of resting ; ground shall remain . If " passive obedience and non-resistance" be , indeed , a doctrine meritorious in its obseryance , as propounded by Archbishop Mu r ua y , well a nd good ; but , on the other hand , if there be a point beyond which human endurance cannot go , the * House of Commons has at length e-stablisbed it . And our only astonishment is / that , with offices so . filled , ' justice so polluted , religion so defiled , and reservoir so corrupt , the Irish people have not long since exterminated their oppressors , —not the Protestant religion , but all tyrants , whether Catholic or Protestant , who use the authority which corruption affords for
the prosecution of their A . scendeucy . Mr . O'Connell has once more to thank the malicious ingenuity of the Tory party , for this other prop Which they have placed under his tottering : popularity . Willthe \ Vhigs and Tories longer run ; in the same harness ? Can the V » higs hold office without the assistance of the . Tories ? No . Then prepare for an election . Place Universal Suffrage upon your banners , and let us endeavour to instil the spirit of truth into the councils of the nation , by opening the doors of the sanctuary for the admission of the poor but honest representative , whose motto is , "Do unto others as you would they should do unto ybu . "
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to the editors ok tthe northehk star . Gentlemen , Having briefly noticed last week the appalling statements made by Mr . Eielden , in support'of bis motion , for a repeal of the 'New' Poor Law Act , statements on which your Star of last week , " shed the additional light of a vivid arid searching commentary , allow me now to draw your readers ' attention to a few characteristic features .- ' : '' . ' of the debate—characteristic , I mean of the ' ^ rabble "
assembly which figured on the occasion . Mind , I designate the assembly rabble , riot through disrespect , but in deference to its own supreme wisdom —that wisdom having decided to reject a petition , because it simply and respectfully said , — " We do not say there is a rabble of your honourable house *' The right of exclusively appreeiatirig its own character and composition is , doubtless one of the privileges of the honourable house , and if , on the occasion referred to , its appreciation of self was tantariipuni to a confession that there tvas : a rabble of their
honourable house , I am the first to bow to its decision , and to a ^ mit , that in this instance at least , it did not abuse its ¦ privileges . It may have refused justice to the petitioners , but it cannot be denied that it did justice to itself ., Now for the characteristic features—these , for brevity sake , I will call lying , shufflirigj and misrepresentatioii . A 'brace . . ; or two of facts will illustrate the appUpability .-of- these epithets . Lord Howick , yoa reinember , was Very hoity-toity in defending the Workings of the New Act . Amongst the miracles of good it had wrought , that young
Lord had the modest assuriince to include the suppression of the Agricultural Riots of 18 $ 0 . He asked— ' ¦ -. : ' ... - ; ¦ - . ; - [ . . -:, ' ' ¦ . . ¦ - '¦ "' ¦¦ = . . ¦ " Had the Hda . Member forgotten the alarming state of th * country in 1830 ? Did the Hon . Member , forget that the in-Bnrreotion in the agricultural districts approached almost to 4 he capital ?¦ ¦ - Wd he forget the outrages which extended from north to soutii—the raightjr fires , and the state of alarm in which tide fanners thronghont thecoutitrj' were Icept duruig the irinter of t ^ ttaiyear ? Ithe-state of things was' now very different , ana that difference he ( Lord Howick ) contended wwunainly to be attributed to the New Poor Law Act . " If old G » EY were dead , Lord Howick would
step into his shoes ,, arid then Lord Ho wick's word of honour would be , in law , equivalent to another man ' s oath .- Yet here i « this Lord , upon whose veracity so much is presumed , coolly and deliberately uttering what every one miist know to be a self-evident falsehood . What is the fact ? The fwjt is , that the riots in question ( stackborniagj niachine-breakingyj&c' ) ioofc place just four years ( 1830 ) before the Nevr Act wa « tifiought of , ( 1834 ) and were suppressed sot onl y ; in the same year , but : within a few \ weeks : after they had
been committed—not by the slow workings of the ftarmtion Law—but by the expeditious workings of the Gallows and the Hulksi Who can ever folrget the Special Commissions of that epoch ? Ay e ^ Special Commissions , for the law's vengeance wippld not await the ordinary Assize tribunals . ^ fiho can forget old Gre y ' s boasted " vigour " which ; on that fatal occasion , made upwards of 200 widows orphans ?—which consigned to the hands of the hangman the unfortunate Bristbl and ^ Nottinghajn rioters , after having ^ first ^*"" to phrenly " for th * ^ - * - ootiaW - * " - -- ' ^ 'V . . - ; - ' ' •¦'¦ " ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : V . ^ ¦ ¦¦" ' .. ¦ - '¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ : : : ' : . ; :
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^ ^ " hanged poot Cook , of Micheldeaver , for striking BinghAM Baring a blow :, from which the said BingHam suffered no hurt or harm whafr . ever ? Such was the remedial ' process by which the : riots 6 f 1830 were suppressed . It was the tine old ; Sanobado prescript ionr-ifeietfjng «^«? hot water— the true Whig ^^ and Tory panacea for all political cliseases affecting the lower '; orders , ITes , yes , Lord Howick—it was the bleedin ^ ND hot water ; which . did your business then , —•
- ^• not the bastiles and water gruel . Your mistake is simply this : instead of ascribing the suppression of the riots to the Bastiles and water gruel , ; you ought "" -to have ascribed the Bastiies and water gruel to the suppresfcibn of the riots . The " reform" of Parliament , I know , interyeried between the . two events ; but not even the '' reformed" moneymongers' Parliament would hare dared to enact the Starvation Law , had not Swing's legislation been suspended in the interval . So much for Lord HowrcK . Now for a specimen of the other side
of thehquie . Sir Robert Peel—as if to prove that a Tory lie can match a Whig lie any dayasserted that the " experiment" of the New Poor Law Act was determined on by Parliainent " with , the universal assent of the country !"—It is easy to see what these gentrj' mean by the country . According to their statistics 201 millions out of 25 millions form no part of the country at all ! The million dore or golden million , as the French call it , is all they think about—a pretty good reason by the way , why all who are not of million ( lore should set about thinking of themselve . ' ) . But to compare Sir Bobby ' s assertion with facts . The
assertion has manifest reference to the Poor Law Commission of 1833 , in whose report the measure was originally framed . Now , notwithstanding that that commission collected its evidence from the rich , or million f / ore . exclusivel y , aud not a word ofit from the 20 millions composing the productive classes ; mark how Sir Bobby is refuted by his own test . The jobbers composing the commission alluded to , sent a circular into all the counties of England and Wales , addressed to 1 , 717 persons , ( a pretty considerable number of witnesses it is true , and more than sufficient to furnish the requisite evidence , if fairly chosen from all classes of society , ) which said circular contained the two following
questions : — 1 st . —Has agricultural capital increased or diminished in your neighbourhood ? 2 nd . —Do you attribute such increase or diminution to any cause . connected with the Poor Laws y or their vial-administration ? " ¦ NoWjobserve!—these questions were not addressed to the labourers , or even to the farmers and gentry taken promiscuously , but to 1717 persons selected from amongst Lords , Buronets , Squires , Rectors , Overseers , and Biif Farmers—the selection being
made on a knowledge or calculation of the predisposition or bias of the parties selected . Observe , next , that the first question refers to capital exclusivelvj and asks nothing about luuges—whilst the second question omits to enquire whether rents and taxes had any effect on the farmer ' s capital , or whether Peel ' s fraudulent Currency Act of 1819 bad aftected it!—and confines itself solely to the operation of the rates . You see here , Gentlemen , the whole secret of the Starvation Act in bold relief . The object was to prevent the
rapid diminution of the farmers' capital consequent on Peel ' s Bill—but the diminution was to be stopped , not by a new Act depreciating tbe Currency—not by an abatement of rents and taxes—but by a two-fuld attack on the property of the labourers— -a , direct attack on the yutes , which was their only inheritance in the soil , and an indirect one on their wagex—this being an inevitable consequence of the other . A pretty Commission of Enquiry , to be . sure ! Pretty fellows , these , to be entrusted with the getting up of evidence for a measure which was to decide the
destiny of labouring millions ! But with all their stealthy management , the answers to the circulars only made confusion move confounded . Instead of Sir Bobby's Universal assent of the country , " the result was this ; 1710 out of the 1717 , certified that agricultural capital had dbniiiishcd , but there were only 159 individuals out of the entire lot who had the hardihood to ascribe the dimunition to the Poor
Laws ; or to their mal-administration . And even of those 159 , 14 were anouymoics ( so : ashamed were they of their turpitude , ) and two others were ascertained tohave come from Majexdib the Poor Law Runner , and BishopBloomfield , who was one of the Commissioners anoVwho has since so fully justified his fitness for that office by his unchristian , or rather anttTcbristian speeches iu favour of the Bastardy
Clause . Nay , so far from responding to , the damnable suggestions of the circulars—so far from ascribing the ¦ diminution of their capital to the Poor Laws > nearly all the fanners who answered the : queries , had the sense and honesty to state , that the poor tvere no burden at all to the farmer , seeing that if they did not pay the money in rates to the poor , they must pay the same amount in an increase of rent to the landlord . And the farmers of the
parish of Broadway , in Worcestershire , went so far as actually to state as follows : — "Agricultural capital is diminishing , but not on account of the Poor Laws , which rather tend to keep capital in the parish , but because the great landowners spend less in the parish , by carrying , the great bulk of their incomes to London , where it accumulates in the hands of Usurers , Stock-jobbers and the , like , and consequently does not return to the parish . "
Such , gentlemen , was the authority on which the infernal Starvation Act was bottomed , and which Peel has the effrontery to call " the ^ universal assent . ' of the country . "^ -Why , the fellow mi ght as well g ay , that it was with our universal- assent his father realized three millions of pounds sterling by Cotton Spmningy or rather by getting others to spin for him , for old Sir Bobby , like young Sir Bobby was , after all , only one of "theiilliesofthe valley who toil not , neither do they Spin , yet Solo ? nonin all his glory was not btig / iter arrayed than they , "
: Sir Robekt said nothing of th « indecent haste with which the bill was hurried through the House . Sir Robert did not , to use a contemporary's language , describe the violent process by which it was thrust down the people ' s throats , and the no less violent means by which it is kept in their stomachs . Sir Robert did hot explain the lies upon lies , the false promises upon false promises , by which the Country was imposed upon during the passage « f the bill . -He did not state ; for instance , that during the dbcussibn on the motion for leave to bring in tb , e bill , honest Althorp said , in answer to some
objections by Sir Sam-del Whalle * , V thatiehen a parish is really well-regulated , it weed npienfer * tain tne slightest apprehension of interference uppk theptirtoftfie Qominissioiiers , "— -a ^^ protoise o £ ex * pectation ; whfch- hasj in every possible case been egreglousiy faisifiedir-nQt excepting Sir Samuel's own ; par ? sh of liarylebonei ¦' Sir ; RoBERT ^ iJlio ^ state , that in the debate on the seco ^ £ «^ $ g , the ' saihe honest Althor p did tben ^ mt ' - 'tKrire ' declA ^ that ^ it was said that the intention of *' went wholly to prevent the gro "" of the work-house wall * there was w a * - ^
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into pUpy the dut'door system of reli ^ m ^ MM 4 pVANTAGEOUSLY LNCRiA ££ D , rather thari otherwise !!¦/? . ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ Was this holding forth no false expectations P Was this : hoisting felse > colouttj y 6 r wasitnotP Yet Sir ^ Bobby takes nb ; notice at all of these frauds oil ^ public feeling—^ -not does he seem to recollect Lord Brougham's miserable d (? claration , in which he doubted " whether any < nu had ever even dreamed of separating husband from their wivesy or parents from their children in workhdiwes "—\ wtag / ii&m tne
quired . for that purpose—just asif ^^ classiflcatiptt rendered necessary by the neVrsysteni would noifc , producerthe same effect as a positive enactment for tie purposes . If all , or nearly all ; the poor are , to be thrust into Workhouses , before they pecomr entitled to relief , the separation of husband from wifey and parent from child , becomes irievitaible , fot howelse can accommodation befoundfor a tithe of the * parents and married couples consigned to these dens o ? infamy 7 without turning them all into brothels , or '
sinks of bestiality , which even pigs would run iiway from . —No , no—Sir Bobby— -you did iiot -ftHcget these thiriga more than the people -of England will forget your impudent assertion when this day ; of reckoning comes . Thai that day , Sir Bobb y , ^ riay come much sooner than : you suspect , but not a jot sooner than you deserve , is the Bincere prayer of your cordial enemy , and the cordial enemy , of the infernal m ; ohey-mongerim > crewj of which you are the reputed chief . ^ ' BRONTERRE .
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BIOGRAPHY OF ARTHUR : : iyComOR . ( Contimted from our last . ) No doubt the glorious spirit which the FrenchV revolution had communicated toithe people , of ; eyery ; European State , had a considerable effect upon , the conduct of Arthur O'Connor ; and , after having * looked in vain to tiie English and Irish House of Commons for the emancipation of the Catholics , ; and the concession Of Universal Suffrage , he at length , formed the resolution of applying to the French I ) irect 0 ry ; for aid to crush the domestic tyranny . As the propriety of introducing a foreign .
force into Ireland has been canvassed by featherbed generals and trafficking politicians , it should ' be understood that Arthur ' s terms with the Directory were , that after the conquest of the faction , the- ' ascendancy of the people of Ireland was to be ; achieved , by the restoration of the sacred right of voting' to every man of full age aiid arms . It is : ^ matter of history , however , that the fleet which bore General Hoche , and the arms destined for Ireland , was dispersed and prevented from , accomplishing those ends for which it was
destined . O'Connor was an avowed foe , boldly took-/ up arms , stood several trials , suffered years of dnngeon-iiiGarceration , defied , torture to extract coiifeW sion or inculpate others , and , finally ^ after haying been tried and acquitted at Maidstone , and upori . be- ing again immediately arrested upon ..- . ;• anothercharg-e i'harrassed , and his party vanquisliedY te signed what is . called a voluntary ¦ '¦ ac t of banish- merit , under , certain stipulations guaranteed byLord Castlertr . irii , not one of which , however , has been
fulfilled . Arthur soon became a general in the French service ; hu married the " only child of the celebrated -Marquis Condorcet , by whom he had three ions , only one of whom now lives . In the last revolution . uf France , expecting a very different result , liiri bouse was oi > en for tlie . refreshnierit of the exhausted patriots , his wife administering to their wants , his two son ' s ,- '' with Irish , double-barrelled gun * were" iii the ranks of freedom , wliile the patriarchal ¦ warrior was engaged in the not less useful occupation of casting bullets for the warriors .
Such is a sliort newspaper sketch of a man agaiwst . wh . oJn even slander lias never dared to aim a single" shaft . Sucli is the man whose principles we avow-to .-the letter , and in the same cause as that iu .. \ y-liich lie nobly embarked we would enlist to-morrow , to free England , Ireland , and Scotland from the , dominion of tyranny ; and , in its stead , to erect t be . temple of Democracy , based upon
Universal Suffrage . If a never-ceasing wish ; if an anxious desire , to see the , Irish representative a sitting iii tlveir own kingdom , legislating , for their people , be trieason ; if love of country , arid- ; . detestation- of tyranny , be treason ; if a determination to die in the assertion of right , rather than submit to the dominion of wrong , be treason , —then do we , too , glory in the name of Traitor .
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¦ : . ' ,- - . "• . ¦ . " . ¦'¦ ZiEEDS . ..... . . ¦• ; .. . , f \ - Subscription for the Poor . —On . Sunday , the Mayor and the princiual portion of ttie corpbratiqn , atteiided J 3 i \ inei worship-at the parish churchj when an eloquent and impressiye sermon was preached by the Rev . Vicar , after which a collection was made , amounting : to £ 60 . 12 s . 8 d . ; In ; the evening ' another collection was made , amounting to £ 30 . 12 s . 4 d . The whole of the proceeds are to be applied , through the means of the Church Visitins Society , for the relief of the distressed poor pt aH denominations . :
Stealing a HANDkERCHiEF .- ^ Or i Tuesday , Eliza Garsid ^ w ; as brought up at thei Court House , charged with stealing a handkercliief , the property of Mrs . Spencer , ' who resides in Eberiezer-street . The article was found iu pledge for Is . 3 d ., where it had been placed -by the prisoner . In defence the prisoner admitted stealing the article , but stated that she had gone to the house to ^^ borrow sixperice , and there beibg company in the housie at the tune , she took the h an dkerchief , and pledged it where it was found . She was committed for trial to VVakefield House of Correction ^ ,
Caution . To Keepers of BEERSHOPs .- ^ -On Tue sday , Benjamin Hanley , keeper of the Paul Pry beer shop , in , the Leylandsj was brought up at the Court Housej charged -with . having ^^ company "in" hishouss after the hours prescribed by . law .- He was fined 40 * . and expenses . ¦ ¦ - , ¦ -: ; , "¦' . - ; ¦ - ' ¦' .. : : ¦ Steam ^ g Beads . — -On Tuesday , Joseph Homer was charged at the" Court House , with "having , on the night previous , stolen a quantity of beads , the property of Mrs . Charlotte Blundel , of the Central
Market , lhe prisoner was suspected ,. and apprehended with the articles in ' bis possession . He wa « remanded for further ^ examination . ¦ Assaults . —On Tuesday ; John Benson and TTnu Douglas , two of the 15 th hussars , stationed at our barracks , were brought up at the Court House , charged . with having , on Saturday irlght ni 6 st grqssly ' assaulted two ; yonri § iheh t in Lady-lane ; by knocking thein down , kicking , arid otherwise treatiinj them , with great personal ; violence . They were handed over to be dealt with by then officers ; V-:.. v : ¦ " . ;; . ' , : ¦ ' --. ¦ ' . ---:. ; , . : . ' : 'r .,.: : -. ' ¦
-.-A Sleetpy T * ' —Two persons named Shaw arid Westerman ^ were broughtbefore the magistrates j : on Monday ^^ last , charged \ fith taking a tin case , containing ¦ ; . the tramping , card and certificate of a ^ member of the Odd Fellows' ; Society , Awhile sleeping ¦ on the bench of a publican named Cos ^ The pri- soners were not seen topake the case bUtof thaman ' s ; - pocket , but they ^ wer e in theToom whil ^ he . wa ?' - asleep , and on ms waking his case was missed . ^ ; A
search was made for it , and , it _ was . eventu . ally found : ¦ to have been put up the chimney . •• ¦ ¦ : ' ! ft was obtained ~ with considerable difficultyj ani much , to ihe satisr faction of the brother of this ^ ^ ; excellent order . ; There ' being . no proof , of the guilt of ^ the - prisoJLers- ! . they ' | X were discharged . . ' ^ : . ; ! " ' <~ * ' > > 4 * [ i Stealing Shoes . —On Saturday ; laafc two \ ajl&- : " . named Birk and ^^ Harker ^ weje broufih ^^ fdre ( fte * ^>^ Magistraties / .. charged with stea ^ iig ^^ air of - shoaJ ^ ttteproperty ^ f Mr . ^ jgj * ti ^ wife
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The Koetheen Stae. Saturday, March 3, 1838.
THE KOETHEEN STAE . SATURDAY , MARCH 3 , 1838 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 3, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct341/page/4/
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