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      HOUSE OF LOKDS . ~ Fridayi June 22 . Bpesob Atkes . —I « rd ASHBURTON presented a petition from aerchrrnta <> f Liverpool , complaining efme detriment wiAcUBrifish commerce sustained in consequence of ihe blockade of the ports of M * ac « and Buenos--Ayres by the Rrench , and caBing on the Gorernment for its active interference to protect-British rights . > ¦ ' . £ eFS MELBOURNE saia lie could assure-&e Noble Lord that the subject had not « scaped the

      attefttion ot lifer Maje 3 ty ' 3 GoverstnBBt He conadered- it a- matter of - '" great importance , and one that -deserved t $ * e utmostconsideration . •

      Scov" Ijora-MELBOURNE answered , feat , " under " -existing circmnstaBces , it was not conceited to be " « att > edieiitrto-prd € « ed with any measure -on the Wfie « TiB Bfcrt session . " - c * AaMHoOfesafiCTT h ) f * * hk Hopse . —Lord ^ MEt-•* ^ BOURJf fi observed , " that it- was originally intended rthsl ' tbs House should-adjcmrn , on-account of the ^ -C&rbnafieayfiomTne * day next till-the following -Monday , btrt thatj-HnSonsequecce of the business Hkefy to come up from the Commons , he intended T to propo . ^ e tbat-th&Htrase 1 should meet on " the day 4 &er-tae Coronation- ( ftiday ) . The Irish-Poor I aw Bin wentthro-ogh committee , aad was ordered to be reported on Monday . ;

      -HOUSE OF LORDS . —Monday , June 25 . Lord LYlfDHURST moved for the appointment of a committee to inquire into lie appointments of Sheriffs in Ireland- do ring the years J 835 , 1 S 36 , 1837 , and 1838 , and to report the result of their inquiry to . the House . After « protracted discussion , the motion was agreed to , with the omission of the words " during the years 1835 , 1838 , J » 57 , 1838 , " inns msvkirjjjthe inquiry more extensive tLan Lord LrEdhust lad proposed . The House adjonmed " at a quarter to one o'clock .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . Friday , Junel 22 . Lord JOHN RUSSELL maderhesame statement that Lord Melbourne made in the House of Lords , respecting church accommodation in Scotland , and intimated that the Hon ? e of Commons , lite the House of Lords , would meet the day after the Coronation . Business or the House . —A conversation tuok place on the state of the business before the House . m tie ctrurse of which it was recommended on ail land . - * , that members should nid icaste the time of the House wih discussions upon bills that were not likely tobe passed . - Lord ASHLEY proposed as an amendment , that "file Hou . * e proceed with the ibst order of the davthe second reading of the Factories Regulation

      Bffl . After some spirited debate , in the course of which Lori ASHLEY , . Mr . GOULBURN , and Sir R . PEEL condemned the conduct and apathy of the Government on this important qnestion , The House divided—the numbers were Tor the Motion .... " ...... .... 1 ] 9 For the Amendment . Ill Majority for Ministers ... ' . 8 The Tithes ( Ireland ) "Bill was read asecond time . The Glass Duties Bill went through a Committee , and vra < ordered to be reported on M onday . The Vacation Sittings Bill was read a third time ana passed . The Intrrnational Copyr ight BUI was reported witii amendments . ' . - The Party Procession ( Ireland ) Bill went through Committee .

      The Juvenile Offenders Bill was read a third time and passed . Tiie Har-iney Carnages OBiD iras reported , and ordered to be read a third time on Monday . On the motion of Lord John Russell , the Counxj CourtsBiil and the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill were ordered to be read a second time " this day six months . ' The second reading of the Malls on Railways Bill and the Committee on the Sugar Duties Bilf were postponed till Monday . One of the reporters present state ? , that ** several Bills were . dirposed oiproforma ; but it was impossible , from the hurried manner in which their titles were read , and from the confusion of the House , to make out tbeirfafe . Several Bilh were committed , and when they were just coming out of committfe cries were heard of What Bill ' , what Bill ? ' but so reply was ever ' made to these queries . " - The House adjourned at nine o ' clock , till to-mortow , ( Saturday . ) Saturdmy , June 23 .

      Toe House assembled at twelve o ' clock . —Dr . Nichol ' s Church Vestries Bill is te have precedence en Saturday next . —The third reading of the lrisu Corporations Bill is to be moved on Monday , when it is expected the sense of the House will be taken on the qnestion . " - r The House then proceeded into committee on the Prisons Bill s and after considerable discussion oe the various clauses the House resumed ,- and the repon was ordered to be received on Monday . The Kingston and Dublin Harbour BiB-was read a third time and passed . The report of the Party Procession ( Ireland ) Bill was brought up . —The Arms ( Ireland ) Bill was postponed . —The Church Building Act Amendment Bill was read a necoad tune . The other ordera of the" day were then disposed of and the House adpurned about half-past four o ' clock .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Monday , June 2 D . 1 BISH MCXICIP . AL CORPORATION ACT . Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the order of the day for the third reading of this BUL Lord FRANCIS EGERTON said it was with much regret that he rose to _ oppose the modem of the Jsoble L , ord . He nad been among those who , in the earlier stages ofthas BflLTiad indulged a warm aad eag « r hope that they on -that ( the Opposition ) = ide ot the House might ultimately be able to give their consent to the measure as " propased by the Government ; and no member had felt that hope more . warmly than himself , nor was any member more reluctant to oppose this measure ; . 'but be found himself under the necessity of meeting the

      motion of the Noble Lord opposite by as direct a negative as tie forms of Ike House permitted . ( Hear , hear , from the Opposition benches . ) He was ?» ware that in adopting that conrse he was exposing himself to theiropntanon ,: n 0 t , perhaps , of any larking desire to prevent the adjustment of those differences upon this subject which had long divided the parties and distracted the councils of the empire , butoi at least someindifierence towards thatjconsuinmation which ! -was so warmly desired by gentlemen on botbLsides of the House . " Bat he had been trae of those who , from the commencement of these iiscujwions , nadesnenrredm thfcview * taken by his Right Hon . Friend the m mber for Tamworth . He still concurred in those views : and now that he found

      himself called upon to assent to the measure of the Noble Lord in its present shape , he begged to expl-un the reason * why he could not d ? otherwise than oppose the third-reading of the Bill . His right lion , friend ( Sir Robert Pepl ) had , in consenting to this bill , laid it down as his first conation , that there should be a £ 10 bona-fde franchise , to be tested by the payment of rates . Except by those who advocated Tunfersal suffrage , the principle , if not toe degree , of * uch qualification had been uniformly ainkted . Itwas for these reasons that Eis rigUt lion , friend and other * on this ( the opposition ) ade of ^ tne Honse liad" thought fit to a ^ ihere sreadDy to " ihat condition , which was the first stipulation , of lis consent to the establishment of a franchise

      to the amount of £ 10 . Having entertained fliese opinions , henowfonndon the table the bill of the Jsoble Lord , tott 31 y ~ ftee from ertry element and sbaoow -of esmcessbnr ( Hear from : the opposition . ) He , &ertS 6 r& , feltlnBiSelf compellftd to adopt the only £ onT 3 A wild * , in consistencr , itwas possible for trim tb adopt ^ Tie fqrnw of the House would permit Imn ^ ariiiTesrome p bstptmement , which would nave'ft ^ 'tendencjrto jirodix OT xhe settle men t which mosttir kH of then * desiiiedl His answer io proposi feons-oT iSat natnre was , * that ; tinder the present circnmsemees of tie bill , he "believed tie prospect of concuiaaon would-fail , and the attempt at adjust ^^ " ^ fruitless ; ( HearO Still less ^ would , con «* t . tf sica a state ' of thingj as ' relying upon any dther-Bodr m the cnriKHtnS ^ Ti ronifH ^ o ^ HW 1 ) a

      : «^ w rt ^ H " ^ . ^^ t it would be more t ? ^^^^? feJne ^« pi * osite aid those belirid lim , lo a *» pl ^ e wnrse he was aboatto do " , namelrV to md « e-est ^« bOl should be read a third Sa- a 1 ^'^^ 42 h l ? R osition of ^ e Noble Lord'to afee % ib « fec 6 i » e , instead of £ I < V / Was not * ht > t ?^^ Sl ^^^^^ &g ° «» ^ Me / hber ' ftr Dtitttm . yisted . tie : ^ 10 ^ frknchisa ' ' to exi ^ t , but without the test of rating ' . " " ( Hear , hear ) Xtrav&jffiat fee iieyef couli cohstmu There was another 8 ti £ « Sat 5 fe madeib j ius' Hotfoiifable Frienii -wllcii ^ was olfly * eti ^ iSlary in importance ^ tb t haj ^( the franchise-r-h ^ alluded to the compulsory obljga ^ tioa of retSeiBng tfief ^ fen ^ l bit ffie jblirby the inhaoi : «* mseftowiifc = ApetifiWi'lMiii ^ ^ r ^ Bled'ffoni Ballast , staJing thai the desire fc ^ efcfiiige' ln ' nmnt . cipal ^ n ^ fiMtwhs Tras iot ' eo Moleht' as had Ijeeii

      •* magineas slntj-he fUiri l f ! 7 &efton ) fe ! t > strong s ^^ eftjeetio&itb-f&e Tnaadnr'tf 5 * lmpulsVHJf Tipoo' ^ J * iiawxw o : Ireland to rec « iv « tnfe ; tfepen 1 s © r Uas ^ iiki ^ - " twrt ^ ra * » tairfpom fiirfeBp 6 * ef ' ofcadnuni » te > SftSH * * fr ^ l « 5 e ^ 1 fefidr « atfeTred' tppn ¦^ e ' iponiPgh : ^^ g ^^ m yTfemiaidj % Go % nmeijfcJ » i : _ -: ?• ¦ yBwPWTOfi ^ t "ConJtabublf'V 'ferc ^ * vesting $ b . s comr - ^^ ttftP | fi '' thir 8 xifcotive ^ MiJRn' 'fie case of the city . -3 * f ^ maOTinlntentioriiad * * eea announced to ta ^ e . " , . ^ ni the toagirtrstes ' bf'tliaTcity the maaagement of

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      the metropolitan police . ( Hear , hear . ) Was that to be designated an . ^ iBsult" in Ireland , which - war considered quite regular in England ? ( Loud cheers . ) It was * tat ^ d as a main condition on which the assent of this ( the opposition ) side ot the House should be given , that some : settlement should be known and understood to have taken place qn the subject of that bill , which so intimately , concerned ' the Irish church . . ( Hear , - hear . ) The iJoble Lord coocluded by moving , that the bill be read- a third time that day three months . .: Mr . E . TENNENT rose to second the motion of the Noble L ^ rd ;¦ but at the same time > he must say , that lie deeply regretted that it . had . been fonnd impossible to come to an amicable and final

      settlemant on this question * ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) No one felt a greater deaire to pass a beneficial measure ; but it was impossible for him to assent to such a Bill as thb ^ which would be productive oftheigreate « t misfortunes to the country . He concluded by seconding the motion . ¦ , ;' . - Mr . BARING WALL said , in the . course he was about « o tate be had nothing to explain , He Dad attended bo aneetings , and never expressed himself otherwise &an he did now—that he was , in favour of an extensha measure of muniapal reform , and that he thought it had been too long delayed . - ( Hear , hear . ) - Medid : nqt come ^ own to-this flonse to dr ive a hard bargain * ( Cheers from . the ministerial b ^ nchen . ) He did not wish to try . najrilittie he- could give , bat how ? much-r ( hear)— -and . Jhe thought the people of Ireland as nuicb entitled tq a foil measure of justice-as the people-of any other portion of the

      empire . ( Loud caeer&J five pound , ^ jght pound , or tea , had no magic for him : all he wanted ; was inquiry , and in the absence of that , he felt bound to give the benefit of the doubts he . entertained to the more liberal measure . ( Cheers . ) . He trnsted the- ' Koble Lord opposite would give his > sanction to no measure , that would not give perfect justice to Ireland , which he felt convinced one day . or other she would possess . / ( Loud cheering . ) He . thought the more manl y course would be to take the £ 5 franchise and he could not but regret that gpme compromise had not come from bis side of the honse . He thought the offci of the Noble Lord ought -to have been met in Vtie same spirit in which it was given , and on that ground lie would vote with the Queen's Government . ( Cheers . ) Cries for a division now became loud and general , and the galleries were cleared , but no division took place .

      On our return , Lord ELIOT said he had hoped some modification would have been made by government , so as to secure a bona-fide qualification . Not having done so , they drove him to the alternative of voting against the third reading of this bill . ( Hoar , hear . ) - { Continued in our Sth Page . )

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      The Editors of ** The Kert / iern Star" tcish to be distinct y utidtrrst-yod that in affording a vehicle Jor the ditcussion of ? val _ Public Question * , iktt / are not to be Mortified tri / A the 3 *» limemls ttr the Lannmin * of their tuceral CorrenwiulenU .

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      TO the RT . HON . EARL or HADDINGTON . My Lord , —1- ou ^ bt pe rhaps to apologise to your Lorisbip , for taking the liberty , thus publicly to address you , seeing that I am an entire stranger to you ; The fact , however , that you are a Legislator , is , in these eventful times , in my opinion , reason enougb , to fcutliOTise any oDe of her Majesty ' s subjects to take such a liberty . I do not even know whether you are a Tory , Whig , or Radical . It matters not , however , for on the subject on which I am about to write , all those parties , as mere political sects , are alike guilty . -

      Your Lordship shall Know what my political sentiments are , there will then be " no mistake . " I am an admirer of the Old Constitutional arrangements—I hate innovations—I am an ardent supporter of the Three Estates , and would maintain the dignity , power and authority of the Crown and of the Peers—in order that they might be able to defend tbe People or Commoners , from violence and oppression . The Church , I would defend in her original purity , and I would lengthen her cords , and strengthen her stakes—and thus enable her to become in deed , as she is now only in name , The National Church . Her abuses I would remove with a friendly hand , and thus enable her to appear to the people , what she professes to be—the Holy and Apostolic Church of Christ .

      -From these views , my Lots ! , I have never been led away by tbe false light * of the new JPJnlotophy ^ or the plausibility of Reform . I bave never listened to those Patriots who taught the people to insult and threaten the Throne , and to impoverish tbe Treasury , if they were refused all the unreasonable and unconstitutional demands , which , to suit their own party-purposes , they have thought proper to advance . No one has ever found ; bat I have eutertaiaed a wish to abolish your Lordship ' s house , or to remove

      one prieelegeftota your aoblt " order . " . When the Bishop ' s have been assailed , and their expulsion has been demanded , I have never united my voice to that of their tradueera . No . my Lord , I hare unflinchingly , in the very heart of the manufacturing districts , during the very mania of Reform , ever attempted to uphold the rights and privileges of the church , the throne and the nobles , because I am the friend of order and of peace , and I believed that the Church and the Peers , were , after all , the best friends of the people .

      I had hoped that the rights of tbe poor would have been held « acred by the Peers ,- —and that the Troths of Christianity would have been boldly maintained hy the Bishops . Late events have almost made me despond . I have seen night after night , in your Lordship ' s house , that it has beeu maintained and insisted upon , ' ^ that the poor hare no right to relief . " . That they have no natural or constitutional connexion tzith the soil . It has been asserted by the Prime Minister , that "labour and poverty are inseparable . " Another Peer has even-declared , that to grant any legal relief to the poor , " is attempting to ' overturn the decree of the Almighty ; " and whilst' these monstrous principles have been propounded by the temporal Peers , the Bishops , with one exception ,

      ( Exeter ) have been silent , or uniting with the enemies of Christ . N ay , my Lord , bo bold has Infidelity at length become , that one noble Lord is reported to ba ^ e declared , " NdTHrNG CAM BE MURE RUINOUS than FOR A LEGISLATURE TO ENTERTAIN CHARITABLE VIEWS . " And still , tbe Bench of Bishopg is silent . ' If the RIGHTS of the poor are thus to be despised and trampled npou by the Peers—why should the privileges of the . PBBRS be any longer respecteS by theTObR ' and their n-iends ? If charity is ruinous to a Legislature—why should Christian Bishops be Legislators ? tX ' Charity be ' fn'deed that worm which gnaws at ' theroots of bur Tnstiiutioh ? ,, why should there be any longer aunion between a' Christian tJhurch and" the State of -JJngland ? ' . " ^ ,

      lly ' Lord , I have marled with" attention the > everal . debates which have recently taken ' place in ybttr'Lordshi jp ' s House , on the subject , of the- Poor Laws , and , ij _ I niDstale noti ' ihe' senthnenU which haWbeen ftefe ' uttered £ and . iEe jmnci p lfs which liaye ' been % & fe ' . 'in jjaataine ^ d , " are at deeidedly opposed' Jto'Christian ancl Const ! tufional principles , as any which harefeee £ fty jeen advanced in that lower p lace , which of ls $ e years'it has not been cpnsiderea pr «? per ^ eyen Jto ' name in . any respecta&VB c ? mpauy . . ' , ¦ . .. . ¦ It "has , howeyer ^ een re serr ed to yoiir Lordship , ^ to ' imraortaUze yo ' ur name , by ' uftepng a sentiment , whichif imp' must nnseat tKe BwhoW—

      demolish-, "the rauTra ^ anirMrwt-. ' CfiKitdHiinEj ; . ' . ~ t Th : ege -are y ? ff ^??^ if ^— - ^ NOTHiN ^ CAN B « JmG ^ E KUiNbr / B j' ^ TH AN ' rpi a ! LkpiSLfTukB to " dicfe . o ^ ll , the Juage * ,, it ia estaB ^ soed tfiar « . || HBiSTiiLNjTT . | # > ar / dndpaheioUhe ktii * % Ei % l aneL , i \ and . ; Si , Paui ^ wlth ^ eifere ^ $ Charity , his said , « ' > To » abiieth Tatth , ] Mope , Chantg , these three ; but the greatest of these is Charity . "

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      Your , Lordship will , no doubt , be ready to reply , " the Charity of which St . Patjl heire speaksyi 8 not the principle to which I alluded . " No doubt , my Lord , yours was a more limited and less expansiye virtue , and had reference only to that particular Christian principle , which teaches pan "io open his hands wide unto his brother , to the poor , and to the needy , in the land . '' Thus to obey Gop , 'yon declare , " to-be most ruinous to a Legisiature . " Judge Blacks ! one tells ua , however ,

      that '' * Charity if reduced to a syftenij and is interwoven in our very CoNstiTUTioii . "' We now understand one another—^ -at once , you have removed Christianity " from the foundation' of the Constitution ; another foundation you have laidrr selfishtiess , oppression , and cruelty . The only question now is—are the people of England ujilling that tjbeir Governors" should * , ( without , their ^ cmsentj nay ,, against their petitions and remonstrances , ) destroy the old Constitution ,, and banish Cbristfanity from the laws of England P

      , My Lord , it i * flow evident , as I bare always « aid it would an the end appear , that this accursed New Poor Law it only the '' first step" < a »; the Earl FJtzwilliam has it , ) towards the'destruction ' of the OJdCfl . 'RtS'riAN Establishments , and the introductioo ' of an ' Infidel principle into the laws of England . It is the standard of Safari , attemuting to Wave triuinphantly over that of Jesits Chr ' tst ! I leave your Lordship to decide which is likel y to prevail , ' —Christ or Beliajj . . ! - The crisis is evidently at hand ; remember that it

      has . notjbeen ¦ provoked by the people . The > legislature has proved treasonable to the constitution ; it remains then to be seen , whether their decrees arey : er are not any Imiger binding upon a loyal and a Christian people . I am not about , my Lord , to propound any plans of resistance for the adoption of the people of England at this eventful period ' , were I to do so , I should , no doubt , be answered with " You are an incendiary or a . madman ; " and there the argument would for the present rest .

      I will , endeavour , however , to searchvfor facts Sin&princip / es , and lay them before your Lordship and tbe people , and theil , leave you and them to decide , if these things be so , is not that man a traitor to his God , his queen , and his country , who does not note resolve to stand by the throne , the constitution , aad Christianity , and to resist , if uetd be , to the death , that treason , which is now em bodying itself , eten t '« tte sofemn Acts OF THE Legislature . To the Bible , then , my Lord;— you will there find a nation , oppressed by the rieh apd the great---¦

      enslaved ay the nobles—burdened with rents and taxes , beyond endurance—at length , contrary'to God ' s "decree" the people were even uisinheritt'd- ^ - and declared to have no right in thesom . What then ? They complained—and were turbulent . An " agitator , "—not Stephens , my Lord , not OASTLER , —butNEHEMlAM , the prophet of God , raised a mob -and , proceeding , at the head of this vast assemblage of the people , to the rulers—he overawed them-he ^ persuaded them equitably to adjust to "NATIONAL DEBT , " " and to restore the people their ancient rights . Then all was well . You will find the whole account ; in the

      book of Nehemiah ch . V . from 1 to 14 v . I particularly request that your Lordship , and irij' readers , will not neglect to read over , very carefully , every word ) just an it is recorded by God himself : Now that the crisis is arrived , I ad vise all persons most carefully to read and study the oracfei of divine truth : but perhaps your Lordship thinks that the BiWe is now all u-e ' less rubbish . —Believe me , rny Lord , you will not find it to be so . Our constitutional statesmen of former age- * , were wont to gather nuc of that Boot , the soundest principles of political ei onomy , which they incorporated into the statutes , thereby securing the happiness of the people , on the only sure foundation laid . by Eterual Justice . . .,. Beibre I trouble your Lordsuip ¦ with a few quotatiorsselected from the works of . those who have not

      hitherto been branded as ' madmen ' or ' incendiaries , ' I beg that you will remember that th « people of England have petitioned by hundreds of th-jusauds , ( I have seen 300 , 000 persons assembled in one place at onetime , allunanimousin their opinion , ) for the total and instant repeal of the New Poor Law . Those petition * have been presented—and one of her Majesty ' s ministers has sneeringly pointed to them , and declared that they were valueless , because the people were orderly—and because there were no fire * , uo murders . It is , therefure , uselesH to peti ? tion any more . That door is shut . - —The safety valve which our forefathers so wisely appended to the constitution is closed ; and it becomes the duty

      of the people to do that which our upstart Legislators h * ve hitherto bee » too prpad to do— to entiuire of the wise and learned authorities on Law and Government—what is the duty of the People—when their petitions are rejected- ^ rarid when the Legislature has ceased to abide within the iimils of the Constitution ? As I said before , my Lord , I am not about to dictate any plan—I will simply give the words of you men who were wiser thsn either M . ALTHTJS , Chadwick , or Brougham ; of man who will be remembered ' and revered when that Trini y of nothingness shall have been eithrr forgotten— or shall be remembered only to be despised and execrated .

      One more allow me to assure yaur Lordship , that I have ever been a supporter of the privileges of "¦ your order . " —When the people have appeared to me , to be your enemies , I h \ ve never shrunk from reproving them ; and now , my Lord , when I see the Lords , uniting with the Atheistical philosophers against the Rights of the People , 1 am not the man to be afraid of rebuking them ; I will notstandby silently with folded arms , saying , "It is no business of mine . "—Once more , my Lord , I warn you of your danger—I know hovr weak , and naked j and dtfeueelesfl the Nobles are , when they lean upon injustice- —I know how strong that people must be , whose cause is upheld by the omnipotent and unerring arm of Right , and of Eternal Justice . Before the cry be heard , in the length aDd breadth of the land . — " Toyour tents Oh Britons !! " Hear tbe words of the wise , and prudent , and Christian and constitutional authorities which I have seleetedf for your Lordship's , and for the peoples' perusal .

      " In the great machine of State . there are found THHEK principal POWERS . The FIRST of these princhm ) 1 'OW'KRS 18 the pon'ER OF THE PEOPLE ; the B ^ cond the j ) qw ? r b » the Cunntitution ; the tKird the power of tlic Law . Now , the puwer of the people ia the first , becanae without PEOPLE there cuulj be neither constitution nor law . The power of the CunstitutkiD w second , for it is the in » meduite effect of thin first cause ; and if the people and the constitution make the Aral and second power , tbeh : u no ne « d to prove that the law is the third poifer of the Bute . It folluwa in the order lluive laid liown , as from the pen pie there ia derived the constitution , B 0 irom the COnstitnt-On i » derived the law ; the constitUtiuD and the law being iu a due course of consanguijiity the descendanu of tUe people . "— The Earlof Mingdun ; _ ' ¦ - "In the late yeam of Henry Vlll . tlie royal prerogative wan

      strained' to > a Very tjramncal and oppressive heigtitv and , what was the worst circumstance , "—( now mark this , jay Lord , )— " its encroachmentB were established by law , under tbe lanction of those pudilLiniinoos parliaiu « nts , oue of which , to ix » eternal disgrace , passed a statute , whereby it wae enacted that the king ' s proclamatiuus , "—( not the rules , orders , and regulations of tliree traitors , caltinjf theujsejves commUsioneTg , but the king's prpclaiuatiun , )—^ " should . have tlie power of Acts of Pailiament ; and others concurred in tLicrenuun of that aruazing heap of wild and Aew-faiigli'd treasonswhich wereafterwards totally » brogaU !( l . "—i ?; acA-. v . o ;; e . " i'he legUUitiire cannot transfer the power of , mukiiig laws to any bthcr hands . For , it being but a delegated p ' awer frmu the people , they who have it cannot pass it over to others . When the people have said » we wdl aubmit to nil « Si : anii be

      guverned by laws , made by « nch nien , and in snchToriun , ' nobody eUe can « ay , ' other men shall make laws for them . ' The power of the legislators bring derived from the people by a positive rolontary jqraot aad ipstitaUon , CRft be no uifawr thau wh » t tjhat positive grant' conveyed , which being only to make laws , and not to make legislators , the legulatore can have no power to trungfor their ' anthority of niaking laws , and place it m other Imnds . The Iftgulatctie neither must » ur can transfer ate power pfjnaking laws to any body else , or place it any wharabut A * : heretke . people iave . " - ^ ioc /(;« . - . , 14 Whenever a qnestion anaeaijetween the society at li * rge and any magistrate vested with ' powers originally delegated by thatBoeiety , it must be decided ; by the roiee of the society itself ; there is not npon earth any ' other tribunal to resort to . ' —Blackttone . . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - -

      "The people heard with astonishment doctrines preachad front tl * throne ( Jama * 1 . ) ttud the pulpit subversive of liberty and property , and all the natural T « bt 8 '' of ( buiDamk j ' . j They' . examinedinto tne divmity of tbistetaimjandfound it weakly i *» 4-&UacioU 8 ly suppfrteof , "—{ they weffruot such fools as our legislators faAcy vw to be , )—" and common teaaon assured them , that if ; it were of . hnman origin , ao constitution could establish , it , without jpower of « vocation ., " jrBltJxkfUme . S ) l ] pon these ' two foundations , the law . of nature and the law' of revelation , depend ull bunian laws , —' lbat is to « ay , no "huroan law inonld pe suffered to contradict them . Nay , if any human law should allow or enjoin ra > to commit moral guilt , we are bound to trantgreffi thut hurdau law , or else we iaus > offend both ^ he nataral and ; divine . —BiacJutone . . ;' . Laws affainst , natural jusuce . are vojd in theuiselyes . " - ^ nk ;' -r t . / m ^ z nu '/ j .-f ' ¦• ¦¦¦ •• ¦ , \

      * ' ^ tstdtei c ' annot exist against reason or the law divine , for flj&fe'tWo liiwAciinnot abate or torn ' aside . "—Doctor and Sta * dent . Ed . 188 a , :-. / ¦ :, ¦ . ¦ . ¦ :: ¦ . ; : ¦ ¦;¦ ' . .. . ¦ " ¦; •; ¦ ¦ .. ; ¦ . ^ JSeiivt ett omnia mala pati , quant mala consentire , is aa ettfebliahgd ' ruaxiiu of right ; hwoniuch that a kin ^ cannot lepa ^ y ^ hiipenae with rnoiwm , in » e , nor can ' the ' ommpotence orParliainenV establish » tby ktatute , because , - by t , he reno-Tating priiai p lp of tbe comjnonlaw , any such statute must be di * mt > a Muv * ni' t »» tf—in itself a mere corrvvtela , and no * UWf& ' - ' - ~ eramitte . Sltarp r ' ; . ' ., \ . ' ; " 4 g » iaa ^ tki ^ Jaw {^ w of nature ) preBcription , statute , nor eu « uim , jnay ^ M > t ^ rail ; and , if anj be brought in against it , tbey _ be nt ) t ' prascrjptibBjJ ^ statutes , nor ' customs , bnt coiniptlons , —tKuijrs' void' and ' akainstJtuHce ' . ^ - ^ -iibcfor and $ tud < mi ~ 72 && . 1688 .: " v . "•¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ , - ¦ - ' ' ,. ;;¦;¦; ' "AccoVdxiig ' to Scripture ' and reasoh , us far is magistrates ate anpipbaeAto ^ eri ** tberratrtnoritv from the Supreme Being , » tdr t uaquAtionabiy , thayongbf ionil . tiling ,, to . be [ obeye 3

      » m m ^ yv ^ Hte wfi % S ^ . ? K ? Jfi ^ v 3 ike i ^^ J ? tine , oa . tne ay « ie j HnciDi % tba ^ w ^ en tb # « ood w ma eoni- ' munit ? may be visibly prata « t *! d or rfecurtd by resistaneBV « may then be a * justly thought agreeable to the will of the Sapreme Being , that alt neceeeary resistance ga » old be made . " —Bithep EUyt . '¦' - "' . '

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      '• The legiaLiture'i » empowered , only to make LAWS not Legi&LATOBS , nor i > tbe executive to govern otherwise than by promulgated and estabUiihed . laws , not to be varied in paticularcases—buttohaveonerulefor rich and poor , for the Favourite at Coon and for the Countryman at Plouitli . '' ---Loeke ^ :: ' ) : :- - '¦ r < v-: ; . ; : ' . - ^ - ' . ' .. \ : I - - -r . . ; ' :- < ^^ , ^; "if authoritr may be given b y the Sovereign to any Commia ^ one tot other , to govern otherniae than , by known and published laws , then the sovereign confers a greater power than be himself possesses . " '• ' And the CommwaioaeViJ who will not administer jnstice by law , but by their- oirn wfll , may seem rather to desire to be K 5 » gi than to role thW people tturtwr the SorwriyujfeKn ^ iB -wing gnch authority , tbe King ordains , not ¦ subordinate Magistrates , but ABSOLUTE KINGS . " -Iord Baeofi , ' V '

      " With respect' to ? the Poor Law Commissionera , I am decidedl y opposed to the ' union of the Legislature and Executive Power , which 1 can never bring myself to » UoVr . "— -Lord Chief Baron of , the Exchequer . ' :. ;¦ > ¦ - ¦' . - ¦ : " It appeaM in our Books , that , in many cases , the Common Law will contronl acts of Parliament , and wmetimes adjudge them to be utterly void . "^ Iord Cake . ^ Referring to the abbve ^ Ghief Justice Holt 8 ays ^ - f What my Lord Coke « iy » , i » far frpin extravagancy ; Parliament sometimesdpea ttUngswhich are ^ pretty oad . " - ~ LordChiM ' Justice Holt .: v- J ' , ' : \ ' . - \ . ^ Tne law of Engl an d will hot endure an ' absurditr- " - ^ - lardmn : ¦ ;; .- /; : ' 4-- > ' .- - ^ -: . '¦ - . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

      j * iMh » tev « r . iai destructive of tbe Constitution , cannot itself be the Constitution ; for then the Constitution would be felo ] de te . " - ^ -Atkin s ., ' . ¦ - ¦ . ' ¦ . ' ' * LtWf « incompatible with tbe Constitution-are ini themselves voiAr' ^ Efein&tiUefUriiiL-rsalLate . . ''What the Parliament doth shall be holdeu for naught , wheiwoeverit shall enact that , which ia contrary to the rights of nature , or tK * principles of the Constftutien . " Sharp , and LordjColaf . : ' ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ "' - ' : ¦¦'¦' '¦ ' : ' ' . - ' : ' - ' ¦ ' . ;¦ ¦ "Treason ilsanetrayingr of < the » tate , aiii the first and hig hest TTeaBon is tbat which is committed against the Con-HtitutionJ ' -rLord Chancellor Soniers . " The Law of Nature-being coeval with mankind , and dietatod by ( Jod himself , is of course superior in obligation to an / otber .- ' No human laws are of any validity -if contrary to tl&S ' -rBlacUtotu ! . :

      ''To say that ,. rf Parliament will positively enact a thing to be done which is unreasonable , there 13 no authority to controftl it , foT that which has been done by Parliament can only be undnn : by Parliament , ia really childish , andimplies an absolute ignorance of the natural rkbto of mankind . For aurely the ataunchest advocate f pr arbitrary- power will riot deny , that since Government is constituted for the good of the community , should either the : Legislature tr executive branches yiolaU the powers either expressed or implied , with widch tliey hav «> been entnteted for tbe management and direction of public aff . iir 3 ( auch , violation amonnts to . a farfeitnie of the terms of the compactbetween the governors and governed , and consequently authorizes a resumption by the bitter of the delegated authority . " ^— Williams' Commentary on Blackstone . ' . ' ' . ' •¦'¦ - ' . ' • ' ' ¦ - . . ¦ ¦ . ' "

      " It is a ( rreat evil , even jf tolerated by a Statute Law , to remove a wife from her husband , ; when the parties consent to such removal ; it is nnlawful altogether without their consenti "—7 / ird Tehdirdeh . " [ ant of the game opinion ; it is against public policy and good morals to permit the separation of husband and wife « ven witK . tVieiiconsent . ' —Mr Justice Bui / ley . " 1 fully concur . " -r £ t » rf fPynford . -. "In cases of unconstitutional oppression on the part of tbo ijov ^ reign powers mankind will not bo reasoned out of the feelings uf humanity , nor will sacrifice tlieir liberty by a bctupuloiw ; iidlierence to those political rnuxims , which , were oiiginally established to prevent it . "—Blackstone . " " When James II . attempted to enslave the nation , he found it yvris beyond bis power ; the people both coilld and did resist hiin , and in eonseVjuence oi such resistance , obligl'd biin . to quit his enterprise a » d his throne together . "Bhicknii / ne .

      "As it : is on implied condition in the delegation of the po \ yws of Government and legislation , Jbat they shall be exercised for the good oif the community , it follows as an un-( leniableconsenuence , that whenever they are exercised to the . prejudice of natural justice ^ there cannot bo any obligation , either moral or religiens to obey them ; and , therefore , they are iw V 4 lid . ' " -r- f filliams' Commentary on Blackstohe \ '' Natural nnalienablc rights cannot be surrendered , since man is an accountable being . Nor is it possible to annul the obligations of thelaw of natnre , It must therefore be conceded , that the great lawof nature , sell preservation , authoriiM's the people of every' state to recal- that power which is employed foT counteracting the ends for which itwa * cpnferreJ ; anil justifiosiheir attempts to xvresi their delegate power from haiulg vvhicli employ it tor purposes nifferent from those for which they were invested with U . "—Williams' Commentary on liinckatune . ' '

      " Though , ma constituted commonwealth , standing upon lU own basis , and actinp according to i'tn own nature , that is , iictinpfi . r the preservation of the community , there can b « but one supreme power , to which all the rest are , and must be , snViordinate j yet the Legislative , being only a fiduciary power to act ' . for certain ends , there remains still in the . people a sujireme ppnerto remove or alter the Legislature , whwh they find the Legislature act contrary to the trust reposed in them . For all power given with trust for attaining an end , Vm < r limited by that etui , whenever th « « h& ia munifestly negle' ted or opposed , the . truat must necessarily be forfeited , and the ponur devolve into the hands of those who gaveit ^ who may place it anew , where they may think best for their safety and security . And thus the community perpetually retains a supreme power of saving themnelvt > 8 from the attempts and tWrirn » of any body , even of their le ^ ialators , whenever they

      shall be so foolish or no wicked as to lay and carry on designs against the liberties and properties of the subject . "— -Locke" Obedience in due to the law * , when founded on the constitution : but when th <> y are subversive of the constitution , then ilisobedwnce \ i » tead of obedience is due , and Tesistnnce becomes . the law . of the \ aai" ^ -EarltifAbiru } don . "To vindicate their rights , when actually violated- or attacked ,: the subjects of Euglaud are entitled , in tbe first placff to the regular administration and free course of Justice m the courts of law ; next , to the right of petitioning King and J ' arliaijjeH . t for redress of grievances ; and lastly , to tin ; right of having and using arms for . self-preservation and deferict * . And all these rights andliberties it is our birthright to ejiwy enl \ re . " - -Bl ( ick ! tto > ie . " lo bear arms is . the distinction between a freeman and a slave . " — Fltfielurr . .

      " \ Vh « ro the Goverment only 13 armed , there despotism is established . "— Yomuj . . ; " The proaching or promoting ofoassiive obedience . isamucb . greater crime thiin the encouraging of rebellion : because civil . wary , though very sharp , cannot continue long , and a nution m < iy Mcurishand be happy again . But if orice aibitniry U . i v . 'thiricnt be iritrodnced upon the principle of passive obedience , people ' s miseries are endless . If he , by God ' s command , was to be cursed that removed his neighbour ' s landmark , what curses may tbey ; deserve , that make it their busim'Sn to preach or pwiwoie abiolute passive obedience . "Lord Cftaricellor S / tmers . "It may ; be as . mncb a duty , atone time , to resist government , as it mat another to obey it . " —Paley . " Neither Lords nor Commons , nor King , no , nor the whole Legislature together , are to be considered as possessing the power . to enslave the people of this country ; they might separately or unitedly do such acts us might justify resistance

      from the people . Is this doctrine raise c Is it necessary tot urge any a ^ ument to support its truth ? It is a doctrine \ yhich 1 hiVve leainedrrom fny early youth . Ibave been taught it , not only by Sydney and by Locke ; but by Sir George Ssiville and the late Barl of Chatham . If there were no autlio rity to sunport it , I would maintain i * niyself . I trust , bowever , that the spirit , the energy , the vigour of the English character , is not to be depressed , and that there will by always found in the country uien bold enough toaa-iert , aye and to limiutaih also , that King , Lords , and Cojnmons , unitiug'to coiiipose si Lief ? L ? laturc , niay so conduct tlieniselved , as to justify ' rc * isVaii < ¥ on the part of the pi'opla . "—Rigid Hon . C . J . Fox . " , When Legislators , who are set up for the sen-ice and protection 6 t "; the . people , ineit libeiues and properties , snail atteiivpt to enslave the nation , or by force or fraud , or unconstitutional legislation , to' take a \ vay those' liberties or properties , such Legislators , in that case , are' properly , and with the greatest aggravation REBELS . "—Locku .

      Let not your Juordship be Received , these declarations are hot the idle , vajjid declamations of ignorant , enthu 8 i' ! stic visionaries ; they are the sober , thoughtftil opinious of raeiti , who atudied the Law of God and who were well acquainted vvith the Laws and the Constitution of Eugland , and there have been times when they were acted upon . Read , my Lord , the following from one of our Bishops ;—"The oppressions of Euroson anil Oudley had been founded on a stretch "ofpower * usurped anijuitificd oil the pTwei p Vea ef thu civil law ; by which , these MISCHKANTS" ( fCommissipners , my Lord , i " had been enabled to viulatea , funi ! a , meutalpart of our Constitution i the wayoftriiil by juries . The idfec ' tori the people was tjrendfvil . Accordiiigly in * the enlrance of the next reign , though the anthority by which they had : acted , had even been Pariiamentary , these creatures o ' f-Tyranhy , were indicted l ' i > r High Treasonj were condemned , and executed , lor havine been ' instrumental in subverting tegem terra , ¦ and tlie extorted : Statute under which thev had hoped ' to have

      sheltered them 8 elves > was , witha . just indignation repealed-—Bifhop Hurd . Read again my Lord" When Colonel Axtelwas tried in the Teign of . 'CharleaJl * for . having , mounted guard in the HigHGotnitiisiwh Court , which condemned Charles I ; he pleadeathat he only , acted « s a military man jw ^ W ' tlie Parliament which was then obeyed by the three Kingdoms ; and said , ' I am to sprve and obey all my superior officers—that is my commission—if 1 do not , 1 die by the law of war . ' He was answered by the Court , 'Yon are to obey them in their _;«*( comrrisiniM ; all unjust command * arei invalid . ' i * n'd he suffered Death . "—Cart ( Crty / i / .

      My Lordj there is no need that I shQnld occupy your time , with an arguinent to prove that the New Poor Law is 'I'unconstitutional legislation '' and consequently' " nuu find void , " because Lord Bkouoham , who is , so far as I know , tlie duly ¦ Imw authority in favour of that " \ Vili ) and new fangi-ed treason , '' admitted ' that it is XJNCONSTltUTIONyl L . your Lordship has now read from men , wiser than ouWelves , where pour delegation beginS' ^ -a . nd where it ends . The duty of obedience—and the right , nay the ! duty of resistance has been asserted , by men to whom your Broughams , and FitzwiUiaHis \ sxid iiadnorst , And your Lordship ' s self , must listen , with rWerence and attention . Do not , my Lord , deceive yoprselfj-iUe people of E ^ g larid are now studying these aritliors , aud irom their works are learning to know and to value tlieir bights . If you doubt thijir feeling and deterininatiop , wi tlv

      f « spect to tne New Poor tows—Jet that doubt be SOlvedWi'CSAIiiiTM ^ tUBtIC MEETINGS IN EVERYCOUNTV . If tbe people do reaUy apprpye of it , the ?^/ . will say so * Bytheiu decision , / amc ^ tiented to abide ; And ilow , my Lord , in cokiclusion ^ - ^ permit me to aisk » yoQr Lordship ^ Who ire the " traitors , '' the ' yirebrand ^" : the" reb « l » , ' * the " incendiaries , " the ^ madmen ' ? --T ^ The persoos from whose works I have been extracting ? , Thfe Britons who will ' avail themselves . of their acknowledged and inalienable BlfijjHiiiaJHT ^ and - ' re w ^ ' ^ need be , by force ofarms i tKe v ^ coNSTiTUTWNA ' t ai ^ d unnatural' law ? Or , iny Lord , are they jipt rather thoie persons who have dared to usurp a ptiwer v which wajj never delegated to them , ar ^ th ' « y . « , Df > t Hie authors of the Poor Law AmendnientAci ' J ! , •" .. .: ::,:, '' . HfleaTe ' the question to be answerediby your Lprdahip and the public : and I have the honaur to remain , ...- ' . ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦' ., ¦ : Wy Lord . -. ' ¦ ' . - . ; ¦ . :.. ¦¦ .- . . Your Lordgbip ' a most obedient Servant , ¦

      . . - RICHARD OASTLER . Fixby Hallv near ^ Huddersfield , ( / J > ine ; 16 , 1838 . - P . S . —A word or two before we part , about that '¦ " uhtpwar ^ " event ' near Cantebbuky ; There is ihore wi that ^ mr tord , thin / meets jthe eye . I want 1 » 'tin ^ ertfendau k 1 ) ontit . ' We tare told , th > New-Poor Law had nothing to do with it , " May , that "in that district , the people are rerf fond of the

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      New Poor . Law , and do not wish to have it repealed or the Bastiles removed 'Wand thafc—^ theaJI about it i » j CbuRTEN Ay was mad—and the people wer ^ only 40 , 6 nd that they were all dap ^* ' Ail H&tt& ( hfngs matbeTeiytrae , for any things I know . Bnfemyliprd , if tfaey are , , is it not add , tltat one hundrea infftQtry should surround thein , end fire pell mell into them without any ccremonyr nay , without wailing to have any orders to fire from , the imgisirates , - or « te » having had the riot act riadf To me . this aeemi Very odd . Then how odd , that the Sunday after the funerals , thej ) arwh c ^ \ vith persons in mourningi a «^ 'to represent

      aebngregationaffera royal death r' It-is indeed < gtranget that a few poor silly labouring dapes , should be thus respected by persons of ^ quality * ^ .. Aiiaivxtty Lord how ia . it , that the respectable inhabitants of the Union have petitioned thp boiled t of Guardians to relieve the / ' widows and children ' , qf those ,, rioten ^ out' ¦'¦ of Me' Bdstile M fw feikr of muwig excUe ^ nt , if they are ^ taken into the Howe ?/ ' Tni | ii eactlets a good ^^ d ^ al out . iaf hoifX ; th's trtrth % Mej * Mjj / e neither cari ; -iior < will eridUreiti This th&respectable rate paying people knmo very v / ell , andthatit ' s all aboutW Y&sX'tnJay deceive ^ yourselves , my Lord , but you cannot deceitre the Nation . ' 3 '• ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ' ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ' - : ' : ' ' ' ' ¦ ' : ¦ "¦ ' . ¦ RO

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      THE 0 ASTLERN ATI 0 N AL TESTIMONIAL . . , ' . / . ' EUNDf . ^ v , • : ; . " ¦ ; : ¦ ; ¦ ; ¦ ¦ - ' , :... ; TO THK BDITORS OF THE NORTHEBN STAil . ' GENTtESiEN , —It is . well known here that the determined opposition of Mr . Oastler : to / the i mandates 6 f ; Mr . Thprnhill , regarding -the enforcement of the Bastile System ^ in Fixby townships has led to his expulsion from his stewardship , in which he succeeded his late father , and which hehas . octTipiedfor the last 16 years , with honour mi satisfaction' to all concerned . Never was a tenantry , so devoted to a landlord or a steward , as those on the Fixby and GalveTly estates , are to Mr , Oastler . r In ^ . proof of which many have not ceased their weeping since the command of the Squire that they should lose their counsellor , their fnend , he to whom in every case of difficulty or danger , ther hastened and

      received the best assistance and advice . / And in further proof of their affection ^ n subscription amongst the tenantry is now m ^ rogressv for V . e purpose of purchasing a piece of plate , which will be presented toMr ; O . with all convenient speed . Here is the best possible test of true benevolence , here at home , is the man revered by the poorest , : and looked tip to by the richest in his own immediate neighbourhood , and . although the Whig press has designated him as a lunatic , an incendiary , and a madman , in the district where he dwells , not the vilest . of them dare to ' point to him the finger of scorn , for there he lives in the hearts and ( although only in : middle age ) is looked up to as the father of the peoples In Huddersfield the circumstance of his removal has aroused

      the most lively sympathy . Several select meetings have been held for the purpose of devising the best means by which to mark their highest esteem j and also to secure a continuance of his services in the public cause , and in' furtherance of those objects two committees have already been forwarded , each of which has resolved that a national subscription shall be opened for the purpose of providing the necessary funds to purchase a freehold estate or other investment , and / thus to place Mm ; above the power of his enemies , and at the sametime to secure liis splendid talents and undivided energies to Ins country ' s cause , to the service of the people . As a tribute ; of this kind was neyer more worthily earned , as no one ever displayed for a long series of years , a

      higher decree oi ' independence and disinterestedness ' , neither was ever any object entered upon more cordially , orwith a greater degree of enthusiasm Oastler shall be independent , is the general sentiment . The determination is unquenchable . It is certain tlie empire will follow our example thait the nation will rush , to our aid ; already in the distant town of Hull has the press anticipated pur object , and pledged that they shall perform their share of the great work . The tocrin has gone the round of the Metropolitan and local press . Already are the country aware of the change ; we therefore , call upon tlie friends to justice thronghout the country , te form committees , and to commence the great work without delay . ' ,:- ¦ ' ¦

      John Whitacre , Esq ., has accepted the treasure / ship for one committee , Win . Stocks , jup ., Esq ., has accepted the treasurership for the other , either of which gentlemen will be glad to receive a » iy communications upon the subject . It is intended that each subscriber shall receive an elegant earcl expressive of the object , and the amount . subscribed by the individual . Those cards are in preparation , as the subscription will not be formally opened . till next week ; the cards , &c , will by that time be ready for

      transmission to where they may be required . Bankers names will be announced who will receive subscriptions , and the various committees will name such other as they may think tit . The various towns , and districts of the West Riding , are particularly requested to come forward without / any delay Some have already put down their namos for large sums , but the niiie of tho j «><> r msu and poor woman , or of the factory cbild , will be accepted with tbe same pleasure as a thousand pounds . from a nobleman .

      Then with a long pull , and a strong pull , and a pull altpgetbser , our object will triumph . I am gentlamen , with my best thanks for your able article of-last week on this subject , AN ADMIRER AND CONSTANT READER

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      TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . 1 , Shoe Lane , Fleet Street London , April 24 , 1838 . Dear Sir , —I rind by the Northern Stur of Saturday last , that you have been pleased to " censure the encomium of Mr . Cleave upon the Whig Sun newspaper . " This is in commenting on the Dorchester procession of the previous Monday . Surely , Sir , when you undertook to thus question my conduct , you ought to have allowed your readers to judge of what that couduct had re ajj y been . 'Where is the encomium ? Or , hpw . isit that iriholding tneTip to the myriads of the lS orth , as having done that wnich I ought not to do , you did not allo * a little space to at least some of the words I uttered

      ob that occasion ; however , let that pass . When the True Sun was incorporated / with the Sw / ijthe " Working Men's Association" appointed threa persons to wait on the Proprietor of the Sun to ascertain if he would continue to aflbrd the same facilities for publishing addresses or commentaries from organised bodies of the Working Men , as had been afforded by the True Sun . I wasone of that deputation ; we were perfectly satisfied with bur receptiou , arid highly gratified with the assurance we received thatsplong as we needed the . columns of a daily paper , the Sun ^ should be open to us ; and that faith has been kept—let the papertestify . . Why , Sir , the delegates from Glasgow , on behalf of the " cotton spinners , " can testify to th « readiness with nicu lvii aicenaua io

      w- r . oung every auggesnop maae in respect to the report of the great meeting held in the "' Mechniiics' Tn . « titute" here ,-on behalf of the "Scotch patriot ^ i" Indeed , on erery occasion when publ . city has been needed , there harf not been the least shrinking from the promises made .. Then , Sir , came the Dorchester procession , during the week previous to which the whole of the daily press Were oeichiiig . forth their condemnation of all the parties who were labouring to give eflect to the entrance of tieir persecuted friends into the metropolis . I mistalie , there wjis an exceptioni that was the ' ' 5 k ;?; it published entire the programme ; and morp , its editor cheered on the Dorchester Comrriittoe , ' and asserted ( lie propriety of the course

      marked , with the certainty of every man who joined in the ranks conducting himself as becarai ? the occasion . This was no small favour— -nor are others which might be pointed Out small favour . I migJit , for instance , hrve named " The Address of the Trades'Coiubiuation Coihihitk-e " whichr- the Sun published as soon as sent , but which has / not , I fear , appeared yet in any provincial paper , not even"in tp ' e Northern Sta-ri Now , Sir , those who ' . ieard the " encoiriiuin " that has given you offence , heard me state , that ray praise was given for the justice" done as an orgnn of communication , and notas the 'tVEig Sun . ' This was made distinct enough , and , as suchy I fe •! myself fully justified in every word that r uttered . —Yours truly , . ; . JOHN CLEAVE .

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      TO TKE EDITORS OK THE NORTHERN STAR . Gentlemen , —In a country in which a man and his wife must , on an average ^ both , work three thousand hotirs in a year , to obtain one hundred poundsi and if ^ in the same country , oneliuindred pounds a-year wi ? l supply all things necessary for the comfortable subsistence of an , average" working family , can it be either necessary or just to j > ay to our publiq servants one or more thousands a-year for ttieir public sehices ? Ought not . every man ; to be rewarded according to his w . ork ? . Can it then be just to pay to one nian ten ' y twenty , or even nlbre , times as muchfor his services iis the average of his <> wn eduntrymen obtain for theirs ? If it tie said that . to .-qualify a per » pn forapiiblic stuatipnreqnires more learning ; than / aJcommon manual labourtr , ' ! should , answer that almost every sort of employment

      requires , a series of practice ,. during which t ^ me oi learning their earnings ,-will amount-.-te : /* eiyj liitle f pesifies j every man , an 4 woman ^ Jiiould Jeatnia epifi siderable portion ^ of rfiadipgtiwritings and arithmetic * j whieli . j eulafge'a , ' forms the fj ife feiFnmg pf , fthe public ' omcer , m th&Vthe ; reaI dittMence ^ Pf tt , e , sx- ; : ndne , < * qf trdinnig : is 'hot very great ;; apd ,: th ^ reforp , ; I do nht see why bur jpublic men ; shouW ^ feVe inoj-e . than double the ^^ wages of > a cimwri' ^ yrft ; - ^; were tms the ca ^ ej and nff-oiie p ' aid'Virho % » 8 nttt ' actnally , and psefullj enlployed , this of ifcself jworH ^ . greatlyjeduce our public expenditure , an d * const ^ quently , ournational taxation . " L i ; ; a ?' r jAgawi , Gentlemen ,. if ^^^ a . hdndted poundft be neces - sary tor / the proper . snpport of an average working ; family , Vhat innst b » the condition of such a family as has not the power ' . or opportunity of obtaining or

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      earning ninety , eighty , tseventr , mx / tr * or * m » i ^ poond 8 , a-year ? Andyet ^ eiiM ! auige ^ ofS * % ; "P * f ^ " ^^ IX feWre to : a P « or famitoD ' 'msm * ^* Mwes tow ai ^ and as 5 » to ^^ *» *? F m **? and . lww a ^ re , are acciwirie 6 ^ 3 ^ h&ve made a law for the pjnr ^ dse' of tatt ^ S 5 * creironary ^ p ^ wer of grantuigteHefito the ^ doff ? ^ the nknda of onr p ^/ ofitcew ^ TOa ^ lfef ppwerln certain coinmisaioneifa , ; of the GwitoiJ ^ own appbmtingi to which Coramisaonere tSw ^ given £ LJSOO ^ veii « Mnm-each > l- Is tais ^ i ? % thiseqtatdblef A » . tnchmen ^ 8 thesefitto -mL * the-affairs & a / great nation ? Every noateH ! intelligent , man must answer N 0 , ^ and ^ ^ yeuira , - - - ¦ ' . ; . . . ; .. '¦ /¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦ . ' . - , . : ¦; r- - - ; ,. - - ' .-ir . ' ^ i . ; ,-i JOHN KNIGH 7

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      TO THB ^ IT 0 R 3 OF THE / NORTHERN STAg / .- [ -BALAHINE .-: ; : - ¦; - ¦' ; : --r . / h- Preston ^ h of June , issi ; laws relating to the bv 8 ine 89 and coverm ., ' : ¦ , - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' - :... - ¦¦ , ; of the / society . - . /// ' />¦ . - * The Society to > e governed ^ and its l ^ transacted by a committee of nine memberg . fo ? ^ osen half-yearly by ballpt * -b y all the adult jw- * bersj tnal ^ mifemale . . The haUptlinta tooontiiB ^ least four df the names of the last cpninMttee .-. v % the ^ ttsiness olfti Socjefy , be ; dirided » ^ - . ^* nW- % » g ^ fc- ; - 'TPSh ^ iAgriOTBni 4 S Gardening . . Sefedrfd , — -MarJufaetdreB and TraA ? Thitd ,--rColniiiefcial trabsacfiihs . : FourtJL ^ irnesfic Ec 6 npmy . ^ Rftl ^^ Edricati ( Mi ; ^ " That , for the superintendence of these gevai department 8 J the committee shall appoint sub-eot mittees , fromtheirownnumber , er irom the o ^ members of the society ; whoshall give reporfcu

      thej [ eneral committee . when required . The cpnunittee to meet every evening ; and fl » fransactionsi- ; to be regularly entered in a n ^? book ;/ . the recij > i 6 ilitioii " of \* Hch , is tobegiyjjjr : the society's weekly general meeting , by the \ cretary . - '• ¦ " - - ; -- ' . /'^/" ¦ ¦ --. / . ; -v /// v ' '•' ¦ ¦¦" : That there be a weekly -general meeting of | society . That the Treasurer ' s iccpnnte be audk bjr the committee , and read over to the soci ^ That the suggestion book be also read at *! meeting . " ¦¦¦ .: "' :: ; . ; '¦ , // : /; ¦ ¦ .- i-..- ; .. - . - . ; . •;/ - ¦ .. The boota and accounts of the society to be opa ( or the inspection of all the xnembers . - / The naif-yearly general meetings to be held oo ^ Fir « t _ of May , and / the First of November , for ^ election of officers , as by rule 37 , and for the trg ^ action of suca other business as may come before ^ i meeting . ^ .. ¦ ^¦ - ¦; : ^ " * . - -. : /¦ \ : ¦¦ .:- - . -,::...

      That any qi the foregoing rules and regulation with the exception of those r elatingto the : agreeiaaj with Mr . Vandeleur , may be rescinded , altered , i additions mi * de thereto , with the consent of tfes Fourths of the members , in general meeting assg , bled for this purpose . EXPLANATIONS AND BBACTICAL EFFECTS OF TEJj .- ¦ ''' . : ' - - 1 . AVVS . V . ' , ' ' ; - " . - : . : ' / By referring to laws 6 and 7 , you will see , 1 ^ Mr . Vandelenr was always president . of the socfe and of the committee , and , ua & matter of coc * chairman at all their meetings—that he chose b secretary , treasurer , and storekeeper ; andthatifc president , secretary , and treasurer , were alvr » j

      members of the committee , by virtue of their ofis , This gave Mr . Vandeleur greats ^^ power in the cog ! mittee , but still not a inajority of votes , contisy to the will of the society ! When we consider jj ignorance , and vicious habits of the membera , ! the beginningi it will be seen , that it was neceajr lor his protection , and for the good of tlie sbc * that he should have ¦ such , power . Andit wili necessary , that : the governors of all -purfirst ; a * - ' -, munUies , should have nearly equaLpower wilh i Vandeleur ; and that they should continue to psss it , until we have all the members out of debtiBi well trained , practically as well as theoreticalj / , n our principles . All will then govern / and fill pn

      Oihce » without' election or selection , yrhpa % arrive at the proper age . to govern . ¦ 1 wish ; ' ' tp i press these last remarks strongly upon the Tmini my Radical social friends . A eommunityis alsp family , the govei nor is the father of that familjjijj all the members are his children . Let the childna of that family then take care to choose a pant , in whose wisdom , virtue ^ disinterestedness , kindis , knowledge of social principlPs-r-pf human naas , and of all the departments of human society , !^ can place implicit reliance ; and then , let theaiu . vest him With all the authority « : ¦" ¦ a paat . After all the consideration I have , been able togit to the subject ^ Radical as I am , and convinceial am , of the strict justice ef Radical principle . !* , Ifel

      quite sure , that an ignorant , prejudiced , driuiaL and Vicious Democracy would be themost tyraiBa and miserable form of governmept in the vta& ; and I am equally sure , that we cannot , at prwal , with the bad training we have all had , select M Hcient number of proper persons to fcrjn a cm . munity who are thoroughly acqnainted witt on prinoiploo j and , ihoroforw , anleBs : tliQ triembenof our first communitiesi will submit to- parentjlK . thor ity , such as 1 have described , they will be fee to fall to anarchy and ruin . But if , on tie coutmy , they will subinit to the authority of the parent & f have adopted , and steadily proceed with uiiii ; i purpose , council , and action— -like children of m iaimly- ^ -intelligencf ! , virtue , wealtii , and happiMS will be the certaiiirejults . -

      Domestic economy comprehended—arraDgemfiiti for / heating , ventilating , lighting , / cleaning , ul keeping in repair the dwelling , houses and poblk buirdings ef the Society ^ the arrangements connected ^ vitli the : kitchen and dining-rooins—toa for furnishing furniture , clothes , linen—for was % drying , ipending , —and for the , management of tie dormitories . ' - ' \ ~' - ' - : r ' ¦"'• ¦ . .- " ^ : ; . /' ¦ - It was the invariable practice of the conamto , as it was the interest of all , to place in tiesssV committees , the cleverest and most expeiiaffli members pf the society in every department ; nd this will be the case in every community fonad upon our , rational principles . And when the wtefe

      kingdom is formed into communities ,, as It art assuredly and shall be in a few year } , ' every W and'everyicpman of superior abilities , thatcaiiiefiti , willbe imperatively called upon to exercise those trilti to > thtigreatest'e £ tent , Jm ' their owninterest'ssakt $ . for the good of all . This is / Unother saaafaefcrjrotation , of that constantly repeated , and seated objection to our -system * ' , thatthe hunictnnunii ^ at least remain stationary , ifMotteirograde , woife of community . -The very opppsitBvmnst necessity be the fact , because ^ in ^ the communities wepropse to establish , - 'in the first place , the most cbhveniait number of individuals wilUje united togethCTin ejA communityfor cbnibining such a variety of trd&s

      , and employments , and such a proportion of eBi as shall enable thein , in the cheapest and most efficient manner , and / with the least / amount , of laboor , to provide themselves iu abundatice , witli thegteiw ' variety of the best kind of iood ; with , habitation ' the best descriptiou , containing the gpeatftdtnamba , of con veniencesand comforts , for every member tint * are now to be found in the houses of the most weaiufwithtumitufe of : the mostuseful kind , rnadeintK best manner , apdpf the best materials \ with clot ^ iiig most conducive to health and comfort , of the fen fabr ics ,- aud the Tuost durable , useful , and elefaw as shall enable them tddisjtribute these articJw , a such amanner amdiiff themselves , that every in ® -

      ber . sh ' aJi be abuhdjihtly supplied with all ff blessings as sliall ' enable them to educate thenisi 1 ? 5 physically , iiitelleclually , and morally , in sacif manner , Jiud upon sucn principles , a ) ready to 0 *" and already practised , as shall call into ^ a ^ f . exercise / and kee ^ i in due " subordination , 8 " ^ ; animal propensities , ititnllectual faculties , ^ moral feelings of manjias shall . ensure ¦ z . ' Pz of Government , that shaU , to the greatest P : sible extent ^ promote ; the ; intelligence , ,: f ? A liberfyv and-happmess , of every member ; ana ** secure- all these blessings to all future f ^ tipns . In the second place , every ^ improy ^ hitherto made , in agricultiire , architect'jxe r ^ " .

      cianism , cheinistry , / manuractures , eqncw- , s ^ iendes , politics , domfistic and'political ec ^ ' ' andab 6 veall , inniorals ynllbeadoPte . * lP S j under ^ such dirc ^ mistance ? i as % ill infalbbly *^ success , in spite of all cprnpetiti 6 n , and PPM J from whatever quarteritmay-comei } And ^ i ) a L dares tomy ^ fhatanypart ofthis statement , v * " ^ , Mopiunor visionary , i Lets / iim cameforth aio f . ^( meetings and confront ns face to face , or ^" -jgf ufitfspen a ? iduri / c against us , ¦ n eichaiUnge »^ tlie world , / Pqb . hc / discussipnM courted at . *' meeto&ppiiprpqe ' edjngs arepU open , W ^^ u , ; Wnd / danottun ^ . ^ ¦ and upon the . pnchangeabje ; iaw 8 of httm ^ ^ }¦ He tpfetdbethSift , ^^ nateth'thelight , ne « hef ^ ^^ ^^^^ W ^ l !^ - coiuetu io tne

      ugnw ttrat itmay oe jiujv ^ -r ^ thatibii deed ; s , Jar 4 ^ rQngttin God . " Rea ^ . the , jnpjst . snre , principles , of philosopiiy arepaf * ^ Wje ^ expept no e ^ eci ^ ojak e . - placetwithoat ad ^ catfse ; we look tor no mirklulobs iaperpp ^^ i patiavpuir . « u ? elyihtr emh'Ivrill ' ' &W ™ . & produce t ^ w m ' alfeials for- wg if we . laboflj' ^ dsforothers '; « ntttry * fl * 6 se Mtfr coWvate tte ^ j , and grow-forfd- fJr o « S ^' cafl < dd- seK ' for . tft ^^ andrthbsexrh 6 ^ ibnildthtraaes , and . imake < w ^ t , jtod / dbtbjfe others ^ ca ^ idp-these thingsfor « i ^ ^ SuisBlypnr mechahics anA . attizans , vt ^ ^ i aoce

      ^ C 5 euc | 5 . and : ( Sk ^ l , iffl ( r , the ! ir , 0 wnjbenetif , ^" . ^ the a * . ya ] bftbK ^ c ^ bepefitof-D ^ bers , jp afw ? <* e < $ JWW ^ £ ] & * aM f urely ^^ Le working , classes , from * fi ^ a alprieVOie wants dfevery other class , ™ fVi& ik&i t 6 elr : own ^ ^^^ ilpimed , ^ . Srt | iprial anibn ^ on | ffi 6 mielrW cohbm * & tlieniselveVi 9 n «<* tenty ¥ ^ em ^ V ^ 0 ¦ ie * amsiWismiUersSi&cher * mi « »^^ < theydret ^ pe 1 ledh s \ ppo ^ ut ^*^ t / whenithese'lndividualBihall . hreiin ttesa * ; iaf themselves . v ; / . - ¦;' . - ^ ' ^ i ' - ^ ,. ; ; . '' ' ¦ : " - "; ; V "; : ; ..- ¦ ¦ ¦ : ; /¦; :- /" - ' I * mf iwpecOT iiy » ¦" JOHN FI ^ 11 '

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      TO THE EDITORS OK THE NORTHERN STAR . TO THE EDITOR OK THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Being fully aware that the columns of your vrUuable jonraal arc always open to receeive what-« vrt is calculated to promote the interests of the wealtb-prodncingmillion < , without regard to locality or other circnmsfcmtial distinctions , we take thi < opportunity to solicit you to state Jn'yournfXt number that a deputation from the Norwich Hand-Loom Weaver ? ' Laiou has arrived in Leeds , and is proceeuiug to accomplish iu intended object , which is , to -i -iyit the principal manufacturing to was in Yorkshire , in order to obtain pecuniary assistance ro maintain an importaut strike in ^ Norwich agaiust

      a proposed reduction of wages on camlets ; to establish an efficient corTi . * ponilence ¦ vriih the weavers of \ lie North , and to be able , after personal invest ; - ? arion . to refntp the argainent by oue of our manufacturers , namely , " that Yorkshire comes in successful competition against us in the production of the fabric in question , or an article which supersedes it , " By a compliance with the above request you will § rearly oblige , Sir , yours respectfully . On behalf of the Norwich H aud- Loom Weavers ' Union .

      H . BRIGHTWELL , Ex-Chairman J . LOWE , Treasurer . Leeds , 27 th June , 1 S 38 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 30, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct351/page/6/