On this page
- Departments (1)
-
Text (5)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
3Eut|>mal ¦ ^ar-Uanwnu
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
6 ^ . ,. uaaBicl £ . z > ki&U ttniaiui ., j 2 i STASTS SOXAL € UtCTJS . t . , j . - * t-f Essuij la-nt . tbe Isrges * i =-aocr in- * tiB 5 that j ^ : _^ -a pJajs la iJrista ! form-nxy years , woa teld U 3 fk- ¦ ¦* ss ^ e ^ spaciijns iruQdisg , for the purpesa of ies—i-- - Mr . " Fe 3 is *» OGytser , Tfct hcddiBg is op 2-Ki * . iaing .-EtmsTB'hero nfeoz : ^ -x thoc- ^ Dti , acd trss CE - - ? in e * £ jy psrt . ? -- *>* OsE * 2 sr aa € 52 r . Kobeiis itn ^ ed precissly at eir : -iucfc , = sd TFtrs Jt-cerred wills it-- mart hearty g ^ - — ¦*• _ . . . chsir
X >* : jveT ? 3 nBB -Ota appointed to tsie the , s = d sB ~ r a feriif ai : d ajjwpriEtj-a-- « iw . » . introduced ilT Pe-r ^ sa O'Connor , wfco , " cps > n prs sraiiES iiiaseJi , -wj » 3 las-s-si-a iscthlend scd long cDniiimtd applause . Beiifir-5 a jjoodlyamiEber of ttc miadla cJaBset . there ^ bte ¦ box a few of tire aty a-ristocracj pi ^ nt . and Mr . OT-skjok , having ro » 5 ared the steff of -which bis an-lH-ikcs - ~ aos composed , divided Ms a ^ riress into severEl las *? -. ,: ieh stntiag the position , ** t 3 i 9 intcieEi , and the prisepifsof those sections to whom the ; were directed ; and is ins -xninxsaxji he proved to the middle accTlfae 2 ugfe « dasse ? , that fjTHi the enactment of the People ' s Charter , and I&atalone , could they expect so ; redress of tiiost ZJisvsrieBS "which si&'cted their order , and to
iBEBOTt which they vas now struggling in Tain . He erplaiarf iow iha several represented classes bad tivherto been enabled to insures redress of their own ptersQc ^ i ~ by using inflamed public opinion as a means «! txtractinjiedresa from thefean of the GaTsranent ; 3 r& thss BOWy public opinion -was too sound , too "highly co ^ tiT 3 i « 3 , tooTirtnous s ^ d united to be turned into a afcrmishiBf force to battle &r tbe interest of other * . Be fcsjiiained the "Land question from the beginning to Hie aid , ahowinjjTiow the political power that it created induced its owners to minue it , trhHe the very meanest possession cf a portion of it enabled the oppressed Irish people to stand out more fewkssiy for their rights than the JEBgHih Troiilng men , trho , "being ¦¦ rboliy denriTed of it , are conrr > tlled to live from hand
to aerKb , ana thereby Tendered dependent upon the ¦• ijj cf thdr twk-mjusfen . Ml O'Connor also entered fijwn ihB qnestion of a Bspeal of the Union , shewing its ineffic ^ bcy "unless accompanied hy the Charter , and * 6 pft > &a jngiiefolly el atsachiEg all-importance to the ineie existence of an Irish ParBsxBent . As far , said he , as Sl xaeie Parliamenl goes , soxzfy Ireland ha * do reason to Complain , as ^ 1 w > "h ?* . < fes United £ sliama&t all to heraelf 1 Kivauag but Ireland , lrhh landiorfla and IrMi parsons . Iriffc EisgisErsie ? , Irish poncsanes , Irish meebngs , and Irish Anns'Bui , being di ? cnssed in the senate house ; so ^ iat in fett , Ireland hss a great big Parliament Bittitv in LgsiLoB ; and E-qlaad has noParlisjnemat all ; sed if Iralarid isd a I » 3 rliaraent Htting in College G ? t * i > gnfl x ^ nnsed by thesam © standard of franchise
kJ- - - ^ l « ri PazJisment attins in londonia Tetnrned hj ^ > j in that case aU the difference wonld be , thai dbjswa—s sjxanla -boq ; j mannfectnre domestic chains for J . rir ' slaves ; wMie 'Bith a gtneial * acch * -qatr , ail fik- T ..-oej , oppression money , corruption money , ane bni > ^^ money Required tor gorging TVIiih mtDXhera , ires ; a © extracted from the industry of the English mi'i-j „ « id ^ rorlang clTgBes . Ths "rery same objections iole ^ ood s ^ ainzia fedeni alliance ; and therefore , aaic 2 dr . O Concur . I am for a distinct , independent , native 3 ^ ri « aaen $ retnmed upon evfay principle contained in ih » v--rfe % Charter ; and hence , I am a Repealer asd a Ch = zs » t—( this nssoaing tcss followed hy loud and loEi-vosxaiued tbeenng , the ^ TrixTitntn ^ x > I 'Whom a large jmsi ^ er vere present , joining lustily in the chorus ; .
2 to . O'Connor then entered at consideiable 4 ei « th xtp :- " ± e prerent state and prospects « f the Chartist tccy . frxjfiK \ TiYT \ g the benfefita that he anticipated frc- - ^ 3 xeoiganaoioij of ^ he parly , and leitent-5 nr hi deternanaticn to use his etery energy to xefe ^ -r . a all existing difi ^ rancesi to unite the party inr .- -i * -- ? greaz plsalaix , ana then to xe ) y spca the ^ iscrsi ; -3 a , the eonrag .. and the judgment froca such e 3 ~» --= &afion for ihe * nccwa of the democratic prin caj ' . While he Stisnjgly denounced the enlistment -of the Ct jfist body Tuuitr any sectional bsaner , hs a * * ti '« r ^ . i ; -, andTipon the snne , principle , repudiated any &J * ii . r- onnsciiOE "whatever , obserriii . g in ihe -wcrds of tic port—that if England -was nol strong econ ^ h to
kesp : t ^ dof from her own door , let her be worried BB « - inttsen . One of ins xreatest aifficulfies had bfcen Hizi -= f Jirrangicg ami cUanfying opinion at home ; and 2 ie h' -r ^ -i Qzit he vouid nerer lira to see ths day -when fij 2 T ; -hajHi , - Iii ^ nntxL , Seotdanen , or Welshmen , IHOB'i y i mad esongh to hszird their csa » p , by an sppjs ! zo foreign arbitrators , who , ha'nng a ^ jastea the qn 3 rr « a their own -way , -would then erect the standard of f-= ¥ icn zoiiidlfc-clan tyranny , to "which he much preferred fee tyranny cf " ths xogosB they knew . " At tfe >? cc--- ^ nson « f his address , the ipeaitr sat down , an : ; d the most rapturous and enthusiastic applause , IcBo « £ d by waring « f hata and handkerchiefs , which laii-- - fTTWTEral minutes .
A c-nlialTote « thanks was then accorded to Mr ., tX&a r .--2 ; jb xepij to which , Ab stated , that 4 he Deceimt ? : rr- ! osed upon him , of ztandin ^ so long upon his ' we = r <^ d-ieg , had gjYen haa cpnadeasble pain , snd psi . ' 51 io ifee ms ^ ing whether fijpy sronid not excuse fcis atter ^ snee spon the following sight , in const qufince of ' Sht -. rjcTy , sd 6 . npon a promise that In six weeks , he j Vf 2 : again address them . This apology was xeceiVed Tritl - ^ - «^ its of "don's come to-morrow , aad - wbII be giti " _< , see yon = gs 3 n . " Ths speaker » heo asked them if * H ( v had received any instrnction from his address , ' " wl- ~~ - * aj » Tesponded to with one tmanimous thoat of * '& ; - we hare that . " TVTt . OXJonnor then proposed , ' ast > ir- Simeon zeeonded , a -rote of tbsnfcs to the Ch _ t . . ^ n , after 'which the assembled thousands retired bib- - ? - eratified , and , as Mt ( TCjunor and Mil Bobsits dTt ' -i- - froai the Circus , they were greeted with load szd eciKz ^ s&sc cheers ; the brare Hibernians struggUsj hst- f- * a shake of their countryman ' s hand .
1 * . -irtild be impossible to . describe the altered tone of -1- sETsral parties sicce Mi . p'Cvnnor's Tint ; all < 3 a > a » » joining In the avowal , that he is neaolvad span tlouis « - > at lies in bis power for the amelioration of the - -Itrng daasea ^ -arinle ntey are ready to admit , thai tV ^ jhflTB ' beenBiisHkeo' in their opinion of him . Tbr : ^ Tishmen in psrtScnlaT express their thankfulntsss at Ti-Trr haTing joised in any abuse or denunciaiio 1 of lun ., -srhoa tt » y call the " BIGHT SORT OF AU raisHMAN- "
Untitled Article
w _ a . « -x irom "it I' * - " - ol lb" peupte that U » y saw bo a- »* licra that « svrt > in ? It was becsuse of the : r m-ve-Ti ? . A few yeara aRO , in that town ] twopence vronld hate been nothing to lie working i man . A penny , a Bbillins , or a pound , would have been nothing thai . Yes , a pound could have been better spared then thaa two penceeould now—( bear ) . The accursed system u&der shiehthey liTed had grourddown the poor to sneh a state that men could not come , for ; th . iir children -wtra crying at hums for the two penbyworth of bread— ( hear , hear ) . They bad co » b there for the pnrp-iifi cf considering that under which England was now groaning—distress ; and ha was sure that every honest , e-reiy r&issnable , * rer » just man that " wiBbes well
towaifisbisfelluw men . conld cot ohj .-cLto Aitcnas the best TT « = ns of lemoning Hf ram the shores of their lanrt—( chtrtj ^ i . He believed that all the evils under which the working classes were now groaning originated in class legislation—Jehetrs ) . "We look for j piospenty alone fr . m the enactment cf that document so much dt-pistd by the rich , but approved of hy the poor—the T » eopWS Charter—icheers ) . He "wonld reid to them ths resolntion he had to propose , embodying these sentiments , and which was as follows : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the unprecedented distress cf tbe labouring claasts is owing to class legislation ; and lie only remedy to recover happiness and
prosperity is the enactment of tbe Propie ' s Cimrter ; and this meeting pledges itself not to relax its irflutuce and po-art-r until that document becomes the law of the land" —( cbeezs ) . Now , he would ask I htm , was there * ver a time hi the history of Great Britain , wbwi distiess-fTEB so general as at the present time ? There -was not till the prtstnt time apeiiod in our history , but zhnt the ho&est and industrious man cou : d live by the fruits of his labour . Tbe man at the p ) oush used Uj 7 , o to the field with pltasura , and whistle whilst at work with a secret joy . And why did he do so ? It was btciuse when he rose in the merging , aud whilst employed in his daily labour , he could look to the
ev&n-i »^ , sbs' imo-vr ibst after his toil tor the day was ftoisbed he conld retnm to a good home to enjoy thtjcomfortable me&l ¦ Kiin his wife and little oaes . But now when the man rises in the morning , he proceeds to his labour with a gloom on his countenance and a heavy heart trithont a hope to cheer the day or raise his drooping spirit . He knows that whea his labour shall be completed , he has to return to a hovel that scarcely shelters him and his f&miiy . Such is the chaagb that has taken plaae . Instead of happiness and cheerfntaess prevailing , all is gloom and heaviness ; instead of warm and comfortable clothing he sees his wife and family in rags . There is jjo food in tfeat pantry that used to be fail ; the pig-sty too that naed xo contain 3 good p *? . is now without one aj » d has been » o for some
time as 1 b shewn in its ruined condition—broken , almost demolished ; the vsntry that tued to contain a good flitch of bacon and barrel of beer , now , contains no bacon , and the barrel withont the besr , and of" en tbe istrd is gone too . Tbe present distress made it hith time for Bogland to awake , to arise , to itqaire UiB cause that pressed her down— ( cheers ) . This is called a € hrxsr ) EJi land ; there is mere Christianity professed in this country than all the world besides ; but the beloved spirit of charity of Jestu had sunk ceep ? sto tbe spirit of forgetfulness amongst them , and this had made more infidels tssn all other causes beside * . It waB tl : e duty of Christians to awake ; it was thp dutj o * ministers to Btii op tberp hearers to action lest the flood-sates of infidelity he opened and oYerflow the land , r C ; aas legialatieD w&s the btiI that oppressed the worting man and brought aim into his present distressed condition .
i 3 ir . B 01 WEL 1 ., of Bsth , in secondicg the rtsoluiion , ; said , it voa a long time since be m&t them upon an occasion Uke the present , but though be bad ' not lately had an opportunity of attending' their meeti ings , te bad not forgot the many times he had eojjyed ; democratic fellowship with them . When- be entered i tbei ? IO 55 T ) he had no intention of taking ^ ny pstt in ! the prt-seediags of that » v > nicg . But since tbeir I fb airman had called upon him to second the ' rbsolntion whieh they had heard proposed , be . should feel much pleasnre in acc--rding -with ¦ bis request ; for as long as life animated kia frame , and 1 tbe b ' -eod flowed in his veins , whilst he had a duty : to perform in the cause of liberty , he ^ c . nld be found st his post to fulfil it ( Cheers . ) You have heard the
object « f the present meeting in-m yonr Chairaan , and also tha reeolntion moved by «» r iriend Mr . Ra » - JiDga , which shews the only means of removing the present distress of the counv y . Onr fritnd has res retted that many gentlemen whom he thinks should be here are not with us ; that many professing Chrietianjty are found wanting in real sympathy for the Wants of the poox . Well , they were absent , and where were they ? They were at home in tbeir parlours , or on their sofas . tHear , hear . ) Th * y know , yon know , I know , that the Chartist form of government wuuld bring happiness and prosperity to all cl&a « es of society ; and to selfish are they that they would not , for one moment , the working classes -were placed on the same footing with themselves . He had read of tbfii h&- * in « a larg ^ meeting in
Trowbrirtge to oppose tie Factory Bill , and thoae gentlemen who were now atsrnt were not sparing in tbeir condemnations of Sir Jaist-s Grchamand tyranny . ( Hear , hear . ) It then touched themselves ; but now a meeting -was called to eonsidtr tlu , t which more particularly affected the worfciug dassts , jhey were tot to fee found . The resolution they bad h * am proposed , rjter speaking pf the nni-ytisality oi tbe present Gistrt ss , stated tbe cause of it to be claps lejfis ation , and ? fce only remedy to recover happiness a tl prosperity was the enactment of the Peoplea Ciiartfci . This ivas bis opinion . Now , with itjitrd to tbe prtvahace , { the tiistrees . Th * y lelt ii—a » a msnnlactnriE ? people , they feh it more thaD others ; but tdey were not alone . Many of them might think th-i distress was unknown to the people of Bath
—that i % was a thing not to be fonud in : that aristocratic city . He would give thpm three instances to shew that poverty did exist even in Bath . A few months ago * boy Bud a ziri fell down in the streets from tXhznaUuD , is consequence cf want of footi . 4 Shame ) Another case wss urat of a poor woman , who bad dinl suddenly , A Coroner ' s inquest was held upon the bodj , and he was one < vf the Jury . , Prom what be beard in evidence , and from the' appearance -of the body he was induced to think the -woman had died of want . He ConBt-QUenOy uprtsssd his opinion to his brother jurors , anu thty requested i that a posl mortem t-x ^ mination should take plaee , and what did they thick was the result ? In England , in BJtb , the Queen of cities , and seat of the aristocracy—the Queen
of c ; ues m a eenstry boasting of being the glory of surrounding nations and tbe admiration of the world , the snr ? e «* ji 8 discovered nothing in the stomach oi this woDian . bnt a small portion of pudding ; an-1 what think ye , daughters of England , was tile covering of this p ^ » or woman ?—it - »» s nothing bu ^ the ragged remains of an old sha » l— ( ehame ) . Tea , there lay our sister in Bilh , the Qaeen of cuies , clothed in these rags , and dead for the want of the necessaries of lift ( shame ) - He did nor wish to excite their passions . He mentioned these instances nly tor the purpose of showing them that " distress wa * . not confined to Trowbridge , bnt was to be found 1 b Bath . Distress was nor to fee found : done in the agricultural or the nisnn-£ astcrixi £ districts , bn : everywhere . He > vroald ask
tbesa as men after this if there ' was no need of a remedy ? Whether or not . something ought to be done before we were annihilated ? What then , the question wonld be , is to be done ? Several remedies had been proposed by various parlies . Some were for the Repeal of the Com Laws , others for building churches , and a nnffiber of n ? iuedies besides had been proposed . belsevtd that the-only remedy to bring about permanent prosperity , aud restore England to that state she formerly was in vras tbe enactment of the People ' s Charter as the law of the land . But perhaps there were soma theie who did not understand what the Charter was . Its first principle was Universal SuftragM . Whas does this mean ? It means the power of eiirciiiia those men by -wbom they were to be governed .
Tbis was cried against by the middle class , and it v-as pTct-oded the working classes wcre net sufficisntij' tducated to possess a volej and that they -sronld elect s House of Gonimcns whkh would bring rain upon the conntry ; but he -would a ^ k them who bad got the power of voting at present ? It was impossible they conld have a House of Commons less qnalified than this present one . lei them elect them how they t ? oulc —( hear . hear ) . There was ! very little darker i » his opinion , in giving the Suffrage to the pcwple- Did they mean to say the peop' 4 would cot \ k-. c > w -who were tbe men best fitted to serve them ? Let them lock to their trade societies , their benefit socletu s , and all the other soriouts with which they were i connected , and see if they did not know how to elect I
t = e test men to fill the various t-fficta in them —( hear , b ' Xt > . Did they not know when they w « re hungry , ¦ e £ en they w « e thirsty , when they were nafcsd ? When tbxy icer < 3 tamited with beii g ura- rant he w ^ uld say give teem the Ptanchise asd it will make thrm tbiiik—it will liiate them wise- For instance , suppose John to be a very ignoTant m&n , but tbtn recoHfit Gfod has given him a miud . God has given every man a mind . -It is an in-nH to , it is trea-oa a ^ ainst . Deity to say a man has cot got a inic « i . At . d that mind is capable oi tiiintiag and of ii quiring . Well , you give John a vota . Be directly ii qu res what he shall < ¦ do with it ? He feels , he knows he has got something given him which he is required to use again . Well , he has got a
neighbour -who knows stmethisg about j politics—he goes to him and says—Tom , 1 have got something here , what is is ? Tom looks at the paper and says , it's a vote Jack . A vote , » j 3 John , wbatfs the' meaning of that ? Why , Jack , it 13 a vote for a Jlemjrer of Parliament—yon have the power to give your ivoiee for or against ths election of any man to the House of Commo s . Weil , here is the man led to inquiry , and the more the inao irquires , the greater importance will he attach to that -which he has bad given him , ( Hear , hear . ) S aves are always icm-rani , and willing slaves the most ignorant Bnt plait , man in a state of freedom , and yen will make him wise . ( Cheera . ) He had much pleasure in teconding the resolution
. MX . U'Coxkob then rose xnd was flondly and enthusiastically cheered . He said , Mr . Chairman and worinng men oT TrowbrWge , I draw a double inference from what I have teen to-Jacbi . The demonrtrafon onudue proves U me thai the people hold tie right opinion ; whilst the numbers inside Bhews tfaiu ifee people are too poor to carry out their priLCiplf *—( hear , hear ) . Before coming to their town L < aad heard ohBeriun ^ cconnts of ihe spirit ofihe ^ opie of lTowbric ^ and from -what he lad s ^ n that evening be was not induced at all to diminish tie fetjags and the opinion he had formed from taose accounis—tcheers ) . It was a stokinK faot
Untitled Article
wtuch bad been stated by the gentlemen moving the resolutiuu , iu animadverting on tlic distress of the country , of the' people ' s ability twenty years » go when coaparedtvfiththe preBent time . Twenty yeatB a ^ o we "were told £ 1 was not bo much to tho working man as two-pence was at present . Now bow do I turn this fact against yourselves ! I will tell you . Because when you were in a better condition you would sot ? pend the pound in securing your political rights , but 1 allowed yourselves to be cheated with impuimy , and the chain rivetted while asleep , nntil the screw became too tight , and then you began to awake and find you have not two-pence to assist in procuring them-r- ( hear , heaT ) . So it was with all classes ; they would not stir until they began to
suff r themfelyeB—( hear , hear ) . Now if it waa necessary that the pound should become two pence in order for . iiemocratio principle to gain the ascendancy over aristocratic principle , be rejoiced thai it had become so . if it waa necessary that the levelling system should take place bt-fore the mind could be roused to a sense of man's degradation , he for one would say the sooner that , system came into operation the better . ( Cheers- ) They had poverty amongst them in Trowbridfte . When be saw the thousands outside who had expressed their approval of the democratic principle , and when ho saw but the hundreds who were able to afford to come and take an exposition of those principles from a person in whom they had
oonfid nee , ho could not but , think that even that would have a good rfieot . Those who were without would bo led to inquire into the cause which had kept them onx , wnilst tbe favoured and fortunate , and like ! j the most iniquitous class , were able , by eupo rior circumstances , to gratify their inclination . If JQ . uice had been done to all , there would have been no-tteee £ . ?< ty of any one attending there that night , and his " occupation would be gone . " But . no ; justice bad norbeen done , and therefore it waa they had recourse to Iiib preaohwji to know the nature ot thelawa under which they were governed . It was Saturday night . They were paid their wages , and left their labour at an earlier hour than on any other evunug . And whv w ^ ro they paid earlier 1
Because they were to be allowed a little time to rest atter their week ' s work—because they wanted a short timf to spend their earnings to the best advantage—ueeause they should enjoy the domestic comfort , and make th- preparation tor their families ior the coming day . Then why were they called there 1 Why had any-roan a right to bring them from thuse nece-ssary engagements J It was because they haa Mi ihe t&rew of the vini ^ a , which made it necest-aij for them to come to listen to one whilst he compared the errors of tho system under which they were groaning , and the advantages of tho system de , -ir « -d to advance in its t-tead . ( Chci-rs . ) He would draw a lesson from their comparative situation in that ram . In the body of the room they
had paid 2 u . - . for admulance ; in the re-erved feats they bad . paid Gd ., and were in consequence more comfortably situated . Let th * m learn wisdom from this comparison . L-t them , take care lesl any little neglect of duty should consign them in a short time to the body of the hall , and those in the body of the hall outside tho door —( cheers ) . The existence of the distress was generally acknowledged ; butfewoi-nld be found to cell how to get rid of it . He believed in the People ' s Charter , as the only mears of bringing about an effectual change—( . cheers ) . When he sa > d the People ' s Charter he did doi mean a part of the Charter , but the whole Charrer and nothing but the Charter—( cheers ) . Their Charter 1 v ? a * like a pretty woman ; if yon
destroy her < ° ye or car < S her nose , you may mate her Ttry ugly—^ cheers and laughter ) . But you will a .-k hovf v , ill the Charter rt-medy tt 1 He would ask how bad the old synttm made them what they wpit . 1 He could tell them well enough . There w » . re many masters < u : ploying ono hundred hands in that town . Bui those masters wtro not to be found a . i that meeting . Tiiey -were not disposed to extend the Charier , bee rase ii would too much expose their iniquity . L * n item tako itm masters in the aggregate .. The trace of 'i ' rowbridge had been of some importanrr-. Suppose tb * profits of the masters to be £ 1 . 0 i ! 0 , 000 . Many had re ired from business , ana were now living in luxury and case from the capital amassed by the labour of the people . And
this capital was called Irgnimate property . This was one of the many causes of the present distress . This was whai had helped to impoverish th « m . The masters had robbod them by peculation , and then given them a poor law instead of their just and equitable rights . Tho present laws prevented men fr « ia reaping tho benefits of their labours . What would have been the case if the 10 , 000 inhabitants who contributed to the wealth ot the masters had possessed their own profits themselve why they wonld have had £ 100 a piece—( hear , hf-ar ) . Mr . B 6 ! we ; i had very jusily referred to the pervi-ru-d and prejudiced opposition to the Education Bill . They ( ihe oppos-rs of the bill ) mustered all ihe pr-judico and not the intelligence of
Trowbridge . Tuij fought your co operation when their own int « re *! s were touched ; but now your grievances are to be discussed they are not here to assist you . Now I whn ' . ' you : o Lara that if yon nave strength to opposo she ministers , if you are strong to resist power wiicii they require it , yon are strong in your a « nref * 4 ? tf power when you require it for yourself . We coat want them with na . Oar principles are iiOt f > f a t-la « t > r sectarian character . A oneness of mind nu-i MnK « ne .-8 o ; purpose for the good of the whole pc-. rvaovd the principle of their Charter . No power was now able to lead them one road or the oth' -r , but they continued m the strait path and there they were determined to abide . These deceivers fead been unmarked . The working classes had
becomo awake iu iheir raachinationa , and where was the power that would again close their eyescheers ) . We do not want them , he again repeated . They would prevent and diBtroy the principles of the People ' s Charier , as they did the Reform Bill—( hear , bear ) . But how conld men destroy a principle perhaps thjy would & * k ! He would tell them . By the introduction of details they could make the Charier as uebiess as the Re'orm Bill—( cheers ) . The People ' s Charier would extend to them what they were looking tor . He attached all importance to that measure , and would not it should be altered —( bear , hear ) They bad been told that education and information was noctssary for tbe possession of the Francois * j but they had never pointed what
the test was to be . He thought by a fair judgment the working classes would stand as good a chance a « the higher classes in this respect ; but if the men who taunted th ** m with being educaird w «« re to be tbe jodjex , why they would be educated sufficient for a To ' -e somewhere about Tib ' s eve , andjthat oame sometime neither before nor a'ter Christmas ( laugh ) . Men won ' i bo informed whilst they remain ignorant otihe education necessary for the enj-iyment of their rights . BurasMr . Bol well had shown them , give the man a ri ? jht and he would learn the way to use it . There was a power in the idea of a mau ' a being a freeman i )> a ' -r wonld make him determined not to brt behind liis iellow-nien ( cheers ) . THose big wigs who live in stone hou-es . cail me a destroyer , —with
having a da-ire to tak » the money from those who have it . I wish no « ucb thiut ; . I honour the man who m--ikes his'torrunf by his industry , s-o long as he makes that fortune in good game , and not by oppressing his fellow-men ( cb--ers ) . Bat as th . present pystem leads to pov < rty , 1 am not a conservator of tbe present system . Why are tho masters not here now . Where are the shopkeepers , those middle links betwepn the producers ana consumers , who thrive ol the well-being : of the wurkii'g classes . Some are here ; all ought to be hero . They were beginning to learn that an empty till on Saturday night made an ugiy wife on Sunday moi ning . There was no excuse for them . But if tfct-r < came an election to-morrow , th-y would hope to pa-s ov < . r tne present difficulties .
and vote . for the Whi , or the progressive Whig , raxber than for the nupfxirtc-r of the People ' s cause . lJ there be fifry d « voj : « ia this > own , owing ; £ 5 l ) , Q 00 each , the Charier would not take one fanhiag from one of them . But the Charter would prevent them Jrom making roor- then they ought by th © people ' s labouT . Ti . People's Charter would prev-nt taxation fmm bt ^ iug mad © a substitute for the land , or the Povr La » vs lor food . Mr . O'C . then spoke of the uppropri-uion of the land whioh onght to be set apart for ( he support of tha Crown . He spoke of the Inoomn Tax , of Sir Robert Peel who had-acied as r ^ cmuiug sergeant to their cause ' by the pa-sii > gof thi > roiai-ure . The middle classes were jealous of < heir own pockets . They cared not for
the fifteen shillings in the pound you were paying as long as you were in the cmcibie ; but when the law took three per cent , iroin ihtni they came forth and said we vjoe ' t stmid \ t any longer —( cheers and langbrer ) . We wvl not lei t ourselves to any party in England , Saoflana , or Wdlcs for any sectarian purpt > se . Wo wi ;* h justice to all . The present system has iaviyhly exp « jitif d the resources and dritdup the pores of the country . They have been expended for the benefit of the few w the injury of the many . Is there any hero will tell us ihe land is equally distributed , that : machinery io made as extensively benefiting as it vugbt , that we have need of our large standsjjairny in nmo of peace , or tho navy coating £ 7 , 400 ^ 000 per annum , or that , it is essential we pay £ 7 . 800 , 000 for a church establishment . These are abuses you never hear the middle classes complain of ; because they were seeking to participate in these abases . 1 willexpla . n what we seek to destroy .
We who bate ho inte li ^ enoe— we would destroy all in our laws thut is old and not for the good of the community . We woulo not desire to destroy the whole ; for as the tyrant may be sometimes philanthropic , so there may be some good laws among our legislative enactments whioh we would preserve . That was all we desired—the destruction of bad laws and the establishment of just ones in their stead % They say they 'don't like to trust the working classes . And why not ;! Why , because they know , and I know , that if there be one hundred classes , and ninety-nine be represented , and the working class not , then it is the interest of the ninety-sine to grind down that one . But if you enfranchise the working classes , they cannot do justice to themselves witbont benenttiug the other ninety-nine . In justice , labour shonld be allowed to produce all it can , with a fair protection of it to the labourer . It is upon the labour field all must depend . They have
Untitled Article
paralysed labour , and now they are in a state of bankruptcy , and eating one another like so many Kilkenny cats . Ye- > , those follows who are living from the profits of infant sweat , and old men ' s blood , and the toil , of women to support men ' s wants , would rather yoa were to the devil than that you should look to the land for relief . These are the men wKo proclaim cheap bread , high wages , and plenty to dp . There was a Stime when men had no reason t o quail before the master , when there was no need for subserviency ; -i but circumstances had rendered men wholly dependent upon their taskmasters ' , and he would confess he should look twice before li « left a master , wa& he a working man , at the present time , to attend a Chartist meeting . But
he desired to prevent the masters from possessing this power to tyrannise ovier the working people . Mr . O'iC . then exposed the Conduct of the leaders of the . League , and the £ 50 000 , the great part of which had been expended fin travelling expences , Sec ., for the leaders who boasted of their philanthropy and patriotism . Hejnever received anything except as a guest at their festive board , which he would ! rather attend than tho banquets of their tyrant 8 r- ( oueers ) . The Rebeccaites in Wales , tho ChurchUn Scotland , and the agriculturists and manufactures in England were all striving for their secular ! interests . But nothing would be gained for the ! people , until the People ' s Charter became law . E ( e might be considered a vain man , but he
thought he had done much , and the Chartist agitation had done a great deal ; yet they had done nothing to what would be done in the next throe znonths . They had been thought dead . Bat they would jifind the killed Chartists rising from the grave , jand with a hop , step , and jump , start from wh * re they were stopped in 1842 . Thty had been stopped by the late prosecutions ; but thanks to his friend jby his side , the Chartist Attorney-General Mr . Roberts , they were now able to go on in their good cause- Mr . O'Connor passed a high eulogium on Mrj Roberts , and the meeting gave three hearty cheers for that gentleman , which having subsided , Mr . O'C said , the carrying oufc of his purposes depended on themselves . They must unite for their
own cause and nothing elso . No sectarian quarrels would do . They had no interest in any of them . They must unite for that which would a ' one ensure their rights—the full establishment of the People ' s Charter . The change that Had already taken place fin the character of the people gavu him confidence and La him to rely on them for future victory . He rejoiced that in the present state of the people , reduced to tho lowest possible point , they were more difficult to be bought , more strong in their principles than in their more prosperous days . He rejoiced that the next change would not be brought about by physical force ; but would J& by the people ' s taking advantage of any opportunity for which they would be prepared . The Reform Bill failed because the
people knew not what they had to expect—they knew ; not for what they were coiuending . But now tho people Knew' they were contending for thaiSix Points , and that tho very first Parliament so elected would properly develop the resource of the country , and that if , in 1844 , tho Parliament did not follow out their wishes in 1845 , they could appoint another . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then warned the people against any physical outbreak , and fehowed the evil effects of them by facts from history . Ho then showed tl \ aA all ihe great inventions and improvements had been made to benefit a few instead of being used for the general good , and said it Wanted reform to give the proper * tffct to all these good improvements , and whilst
class-legisintien existed , it would be impossible to do j-ilatice . The bi&bopS |* and parsons told us it was necessary we should suffer trials and temptation ' s here for tho good of our souls hereafter . Now , if such was necessary , why did ihoy not take their part . ( Hear . ) What ; so dear to a man as his eternal welfare , and the salvation of his soul ; why not , therefore , allow the Bishops to take part in the tribulation , the weeping , wailing , and gnashing of teeth so requisite here ; why should not they be aliowed to put on the sackdoih and ashes , and doff tho ermine and fine linen . ( Hear , hear , and cheers ) It waa high time that the working classes should change their position . He wished to reorganize the public mind , to bring their feelings into unity , to destroy tho oppress'veiiess of class legislation ^ and make labour free . They must club together the intellect of the coumry , and then , with a jiood Executive , bring it to bear acaiDst all the citadels of corruption . Mr . O'Connor
then , in rcferenoe to the accident at From" , said that whilst tho Factory Bill was being opposed , every chapel in Promo would have been opeiwd for the purpoao of meetings , aftd ail would be on the tip-toe , to raise the suudard of liberty and charity aroand-them . But when the poor wanted to discuss their grievances , they were driven to a rotter , room , where he and many others were likely to have been killed . And if he had been killed , what acclamations and rejoicings would have been heard f . om those gentlemen who were the professors of so much charity . But he had one consolation left ; he should have the gratification of knowing , that had he been killed , he should havo left the world in a better slate than he had found it—( loud cheer- ) . But he was determined to combat and beat oppression—( -cheer * ! . )—and . the next thing was to make the victory of their enemies aa short as pot-sible . and for that purpose he had fixed on Monday nexe as thoitimo when he would a ^ am visit t ' rome ,
aud though contrary to his expressed « terminatioi » , he wouid on this occasion address tho people on terrp firma , in the open air —( oheeis ) . Principle was not a cock-shot , to be shot through with a bullet or out down with the sword . What so powerful as the decree of justice ? What so o in tn potent as right ? And ttiey had both justice and right on their side . We had abu ? -e and oppression arranged against us in various torms , but as long a ? it was Oppression , they looked upon all with equal di > t < ust . And they lookedjto God , the Charter , and their principles , as the only salvation from tht'ir cominun wieiny . Mr . P'Connor sat down amidst tremendous cheering , and the resolution having been read by the Chairman was carried unanimously .
An address was then presented to Mr . Feargua O'Comior , by Mr . Alfred iVlarchant , which having been adopted by acclamation , three cheers were given for Mr . O'Connor aud tho Charter , After a vote of thanks to tbe Chairman , the meeting quiutly separated . .
Untitled Article
HOUSE OF COMHONS—Fkidav . Lord J . Russell rose to bring before the House the general atute uf . the country . After defending the course he took as perfectly constitutional , he stated his reason ^ for not making a formal motion of want of confi . ience in the Government to be , thut tbe House bad already * expressed That confidence by the vote it cime to on the tiiotion of Mr . S . O'Brien , in reference to rhe state of Ireland . He theu referred to the legislative failures ; of the session , and askad what had buen the result of tho great majority possessed by tho Ministry ? Had all the measures they hsid abandoned been given up on account of the v . « Wi « 5 & . of the opposition in that Houbo ? Hj contended " that ib « y bad failed
Without any factious opposition Hu might wall ask what has been the result of that happy state of things ¦ which the Right Hon . Gentleman opposite announced when he went to his election ( is n Minister of the Crown and told his constituents that the majority in the House of Lords' being now agreed , the constitutional instrument would bv in harmony . O . mi ght well aak , now this instrument 1 » in tutfh harmony , what ia the music which it plays?—( Laughter ) What are the tunes with which our ears hare buen delighted in this happy state of musical concord ?—( Continued laughter . ) It h : is not betn , [ think , ' Rule Britannia '—( Loud cb > -er 3 and laughter ) . The agricultural gentlemen wouhi hardly say that it has been 'Tbe Roast Beef of Old England' The Irish Members are not
agreed iu stf > : > i : < ttiHt it is St . Patricks Day in the morning . ' I am not sure ( as we understood ) that it has always been God save the Queen . " Theon ; ytuno whicn occurs to ni « is one which wo sometimes hear from the gleo singer 3 at public dinners , 'We ' re a' nod . iin ' . ' Sued appears to me * a be tha result of this admirable harmony , which the Rigbt Hon . Gentleman gave out as such a . cteat advantage to the country . With respect to the foreign relations of the country , the Noble Lord alluded only to one question—the war carried on against the Ameers of Stitnde ; he described tbe conduct of the Ministry , in withholding the papers referring to the origin of the dispute with them , as most extraordinary . He then reverted to domestic affairs , and went into a minute examination of the sttvte of our
manufactures and exports , reading a number of tables to show that , in e ^ v-ral important brnnches of trade there 'had been an alarming" decrease . He pointed out tha error of the Government in introducing so uncalled-for a measure as the Canada Corn Bill , which had alarmed the farmers without bene&tting the community at luge , and strongly denounced the policy that excludes manu * factures of this country from the markets uf the United States , ( by our refiwal to take their agricultural produce . He stated the general financial scheme of the late Government , ami compared it with that of the present one , contending that the endeavour ought to have bs « D to increase tfae trade and consumption of tho people , rather than raise a revenue . froin direct additional burdens upon the country . He mentioned another means of supplying I the deficiency— retrenchment of expenses , a course rendered pus&ihle by the cessation of hostility *
with China ; but he recommended them to cany out their own principleaof tnide . "It is said . " continued the Nobie Lord . ?* Magnum vedigal parsimoniar—( laughtet ) --but I might say now , ' Magnum vccligal sapientia '—( cheexa and laughter ) . If you hau only recourse to those prlnciplea of trade ao ably expounded by tbe Bight Bon . Gentleman tbe President of the Board of Trade—( hear)—you might have done something to make up the deficiency ; but . notwithstanding your own incomparable skill—( laughter )—and though you taxed us with being miserable financiers— their , heat )—yon have not been able to overcame the difficulties with which lyon are surrounded' -picheefs ) . They had let the time for retrenchment go by . They might have reduced their expenditure considerably , at the dose of the Chinese war ; could they do so now ? Waa it now a state of quietness and peace ? Expensive es-
Untitled Article
tablishments were rendered still necessary , because they bad not adopted that line of policy which tended to preserve peact , oi-fler , and content . Hp alluded to Wales , and at much greater length to Ireland , and exposed the poverty of the answer he had heard given to statements of the' more satisfied condition of the people of that country under the late Government , in which the Ministry , ( qaotfDg from a speech of Mr . O Gannell , repeated bis preference of the present ruler of Ireland over either Lord Normanby or Lord Fortescue . " I say , givingjMr . O'Ccr . nell credit for patriotic objects ( I am not giving him credit for any extraordinary degree of virtue or indifference to power ) , I can-, not wonder he should prefer the present Government—( cheers from the Opposition)—when he flods bis rent
has risen from a few { hundreds to £ 15 000 the quarter , and ho has a fur tetter budget to produce than the Chancellor of the Exchequer . ( Cheers and laughter . ) When ho finds his [ power over the people of the country almost unbeonded in comparison with the Lord Lieutenant , I cannot wonder that exulting ia power , and seeing the means at bis disposal , be should rejoice he has to deal ] with such a Government . " He dwelt on the present state of Ireland at some length , and , referring to the j Repeal meetings , said he could not believe they were legal . And vere they to go on unchecked ? Would Jthe Government wait till O'Connell summoned a Convention in Dublin , and took the actual Government t f the country out of their hands , while the Lord Lieutenant sat idle in Dublin Castle ?
He recommended conciliation and the redress of grievances , rather than coercion—such a policy as should enable them to reduce their military strength in Ireland , and better enable them to meet their enemies in other parts of tbe world . The Noble Lerd concluded in the following words ;— "If I am well founded in the observations which I have made , we are now entering upon a most critical period of our history . If you pursue a large , a liberal , and ] a comprehensive system of policy you will increase tbe means ; you will arid to tbe material wealth of the cutiBtry ; you will augment its commeree , and you will enable this country still to mainttin its position as the most powerful ami free commercial country in the world . It is in your po wer , I believe , to wean the people of } Ireland from their attachment to the cause of Repeal , by inducing in them a belief tfiat this House is willingito do full jostica to any causa of
complaint , and to remedy the grievances under which they labour—( cheers ) . If you take this course , J beiijevo that your power in this country , instead of beim ; dirainisbed , will be immeasurably strengthened for the purpose of carrying out any system of foreign or of borne policy which ] you may have in contemplation —( cheers ) . But if you resolve to adopt ths other course—if you ropressnt , as I think you do , two distinct opinions , the one that of standing still and > 3-Histing ail change , aud the other that of going on with measures of improvement and conciliation—( cheersjif , representing these' two opinions , you make it your care to take no measures in support either of the oce view or of the other , depend upon it that the country will long lament that in the hands of such msa Unj destinies of so great and powerful a country have bten placed . " |
Sir R . Peel admitted the right of the Nob ! & Lord to attack tbe Government on a question of supply , without a specific motion of condemnation . But if that Government were as jco / pnble as the Noble Lord bad represented it , ho might well have concluded with a more practical censure . And if be bad really thought the proaptevs of the nation to be so gloomy as he had painted them , be would hardly have indulged in the levity with which he [ began his speech . The Government has endeavoured to improve the administration of the law , to extend the beneflzs of education , and to carry other measures ' of general benefit ; and why bad they Dot succeeded in these endeavours ? It was said
that they Were supported by a large majority ; but what cou ! d a majority * effect cgainst the opposition of a f »? 7 , resolutely bent upon adjourning Uebatt i ; fros-n night to night and so preventing the progress of public business ? On thrt' 6 questions , fifteen nights had been employed : on the Indian question , three nights ; and so on upon minor matUrs . There had hem seventeen ni « hts of discussions Bnd divisions upon the Arms ' Bill . Parliament had a strict right , no doubt , to occupy all this time in this way ; but ; after doing so , let them not taunt the Government with not having employed these nights in other ways . The Noble Lord had twitted them with abandoning tbe education measure . They had lone clung to the hope of accomplishing a system
of combined education , and at first the House seemed almost unanimous ia lita favour . But it soon appeared that there was sot that generally favourable disposition towards it which wa < inuispensib ' . e to ita useful working . To have forced it on , without tha cordial concurrence of tbe Dissenters , would but have aggravated religious animosity . The Noble Lord had passed very lightly over tb ' e subject of foreign Dolicy . He might , when b « s alluded to Scinde . have recollected in wnat situation other regions , not vary s emote from it , bad been left by the late Administration . The time would probably arrive when the policy of the Government respecting Scindo would ha fully stated to the House ; but in the existing position of that subject ,
the Government would not be justified in making large communications . He much regretted the present state of our commercial intercourse with the United State > . ; but this commerce hot always been subject to great fluctuations . He should not thiak it prudent on this occasion to express Ian opinion upon a commercial treaty with any power , thcu ?) i ctrtaioley the past experiments had not been very encouraging . The late reductions of import duty on American produce had not been so j met by corresponding roductiohs on the part of tho United Statea as to justify any very sanguine hopa in that particular quarter ; on the contrary , th&y had been followed by that high American tariff , which bad been the main cause of the decrease of Eacli ? h exports . He bad the
satisfaction to think that in the last sis months there bad been indications if improvement in some important branches of manufacturing industry , particularly cotton , linen , and woollen ; land this improvement appeared progressive , being greatest in the last month . Gould it , then , be justly eaid that the rneasures of the Government respecting the Corn Lvw and the Tariff bad been thus far unproductive of benefit to the country ? The Noble Lord had talked of the Canada Corn Bill as if it bad been eome now matter , originated in this year ; but in truth it had been a mere performance of an
engagement -made with Canada in the year preceding . Then , as to finance ; the cause'of tbe imputed deficiency was , that when tbe account was mode up , a large proportion of the proceeds of the incvme-tax bad not come in . There bad not yet been time to ascertain the full results ef the Tariff ; but . as far as they were known , they were highly satisfactory . Even the reduction of timber dnty , large as was tbe present sacrifice , wonld , be believed , be eventually beneficial . On the suijact of the Welsh Insurrection , he must aiy that the causes of it were
not chargeable upon the Government The Noble Lord might recollect what " h ' ad happened at Newport in his own time , and tbe cordial aid by which ha was then enaMed to strengthen j tbe bands of Government with 5 , 000 additional troops . The present Ministers , however , bail o <* ntttet ! no precaution ; and he hoped tbe same aid which they had given when in opposition would be returned to | them by thoae wbo bad then bMd office . Now , as tu Iceland , the course of ths Gavc-rnnient bad very lately been explained in full . They had declared their resolve to leave no means unemployed for preserving the union , bat to reserve to themselves tho choice at the same time when they might deem it necessary to apply to Parliament Meanwhilethtir forbearance had methe believedwith
, , , very general approbation ; though the removal of tbe magistrates had not jbaen equally well received . He bri < fly defended that removal , but declined to enter into the details of Irish questions . He admitted that tbe Government hud failed to conciliate owe party , and had loat the confidence of another ; but they bad thought it their duty to govern impartially , and without ref . ere . ucti to party feelings ; and he trusted that they w » uld ha rewarded by the final tranquillity of Ireland- Tbe Hou . se would not have forgotten the difficulties in which be and his colleagues had found the country . In forcian uffairs , in finance , in commerce , the
Government had made every effort , and their efforts were beginning to produce a pood result He hoped they had not forfeited the confidence ot their friends ; and with that hope they would ] persevere in their endeavours to secure to this country , the proud position to which she was entitled . | ' LORD HOWlCK , after adverting to the alarming condition of our great mining interests , and expressing his fears that the indications of improvemennt in the cotton aud woollen manufactures were of a fallacious nature , declared his [ decided opinion that it was not because nothing hod been done , that therefore nothing cauld be done- A laborious and unproductive session
w . is drawing to a close ; and the Government , baiting between two opinions , leaning neither to monopoly hot free trade , Beenied incapable of dealing with the difficulties with which we were surrouuded . He hoped that before another session they would make up their minds to a bolder and . moie decided course of policy . Mr . Hume expatiated on the importance of a freetrade policy . Sir Benjamin Hall , Mr . Mjlneb Gibson , Mr . Vernon Smith , Mr . E . B . Roche , and Mr . Wil-LIAMS having severally addressed the House ,
Lord Palmerston , alluding to Sir Robert Peel ' s referonce to his opinior about the probable restoration ef Ministers , in the event of their resigning , reminded the Houso that he had " recanted" that declaration , and bad advised them not to try the experiment . Sir Kebt Peel bad , in fact , admitted that it waa the strength of argument , and superiority in debate , which tUe Opposition evinced , by whioh public business bad been impeded . A similar complaint had been made that evening in the House of Lords ; but it was a tyrannical objection , and reminded him of the complaint of the man who , being eminently ridiculous hlmieif , was annoyed becaus «
people laughed at him . The measures of the Govern * ment 'were bo badly prepared , that they gave occasion to protracted debate ; and besides , there bad been numerous occasions during the session , in which there had either been "no House , " or the House waa adjourned at an early hour . The Government were incapable of framing measures capable of satisfying tbe country ; as in tbe ( cases of the Factories and Ecclesiastical Courts Bills | which had been stopped , from opposition not within but without the House . HiB Lordship , after some additional remarks on various points of domestic policy , turned to oar . foreign relations . Formerly the intentions ot England were to
Untitled Article
bo learned at London , but now the inquirer would discover them by application at Paris or Sc . Petersburg . Their policy abroad waa precisely that which they ought to adopt at home—that of concession ; and en the afftira of Scinde , they carefully refused to give an ; information which would commit the Government to approval or disapproval of Lord Ellenborough ' s policy-But Parliament should not be allowed to separata without ; a , distinct explanation on this important sabjtict Turning to other parts of the world , to TutfceJ and to Spain , whose independence it was peculiarly our business to watch over , he expressed hia regret afc the revolution which had occurred , and which ail tha
world believed to have been brought about by money and instigations from France . . Were they io sit by contented , and see a French prince sitting on the throne of Spain ? He did not doubt the good intentions of the tjovernment , but he doubted their capacity . The Conservative party still gave Ministers their support , bat hud they their personal regard and confidence ? Parliament was about to separate for a long recess , in a precarious and dangerous stato of the country ; bat if Government would resolve on a decided line of policy , they could at least calculate on receiving a disinterested support from the opposition .
Lord STANLEY doubted whether even the discussion of that evening were a very useful employment of that time , about the waste of which so much had been said . Tbe Noble Lord had assumed for his own Bide a vast superiority in debate . If be meant in point of length , perhaps it was so ; but the frequent faiiurea in making or keeping a bouse , chiefly on evenings not devoted to Government business , did look a little as if the House in general failed to appreciate the oratorical powers of that party . The Ecclesiastical Courts' Bill had indeed been postponed ; hut the same thing had repeatedly happened to the last Govertaent As to the County Courts'BUI , there had never been even an opportunity of bringing ; it to a second reading . The fate of the Factory Bill he deeply lamented ; bad it not been foe
the feeling out of doors , be believed that this bill would have been temperately discussed in the Legislature , and passed . Lord Palmerston had regretted the Whig deficiency ; bat all that the Whigs ever did was to regret it They did nothing to repair it , whereas this Government bad boldly , and at all risk of unpopularity , imposed an income-tax , the produce of which was only half collected at the print of time at which thedtfieieucy wusalledged byLoxiVulmeislon toesial . theuncollected half being more than sufficient to cover thatdeflciency . He controverted Lord Palmerston's statements respecting the Affgban and Chinese wars , showing tbe insufficiency of the arrangements and provisions made by the Whig Ministry . It had beon objected that tbo free trade principle * had not been followed out in full . No ; and any Government which should attempt any such thing in the complicated state of our commercial affairs , would britog the country into inextricable difficulties , but so far from making prohibition their war cry , the
present Ministers had brought iu the largest measure of relaxation ever passed . ~ Ha explained , with reference to an allusion of Lord Palmerston , the reason why the Scotch Church Bill bad not been earlier introduced ; and excused himself from going into the question of Ireland an 4 her churchT No doubt it was true , that when the Whigs were in office , people asked j on every movement abroad , what England was going to do ; because no stir ever happened in any corner of the world , but'Lord Pilnierston must needs interfere in it ; more especially he waa always haunted with a fear of French interference : Fiance waa absolutely bis bete noire . Lord Stanley then maintained that all possible support bad been given to the Spanish Regent , with whom he expressed hia strong sympathy . And lastly , referring to Lord Patmerston's anticipation of political changes , be assured him that if it was founded , aa it seemed to be . on some notion of division in tbe Cabinet , the hope bad nothing to sustain it .
Mr . Labouchere corrected what he considered te be a gross mis-stutem « nv of Lord Stanley , respecting the preparations of the late Government for concluding tbe war in China , and indignantly censured the Noble Lord for his recklessness in assertion . Though not indifferent to party considerations , he had listened with compara tive indifference to the mere patty portion of the debite ; the country was in a situation of extreme difficulty , and there prevailed a strong feeling of disappointment that the Government bad not followed up their own principles , by removing prohibitions from the important articles of corn and sugar . A storm was arising , both in England and Ireland , and it behoved them to be prepared . ^ - .. Lord StaNLEV said a few words in explanation , and offered to aid Mr . Laboachere if he would move for the production of papers respecting the despatch of troops to China .
Mr . Muntz thought that tbe people of England valued these party debates as little as he did . In his characteristic way be called upon tbo Government to provide for the present alarming condition of the country , promising them general support if they did . Lord Clements and Mr . Morris wound up the debate ; and then the Committee of Supply was postponed till Monday . The other business was then disposed of .
Untitled Article
Death from Exposubb to Wet and Cold om Dartmoor . —Lately , a poor boy , 11 years of age , who waa employed by afarmer , near Prince ' s Town , ; o look after some cattle , lost his way , and waa not found for three days , when be was found dead . Serious Accident . —On Thursday morning , as Samuel Bisdee , a farmer , was treating for the purchase of a cow and calf , belonging to a farmer of Gloucestershire , named Parfitt , in the Cattle-market , Bristol , 'the cow suddenly turned on him , and goring him in the abdomen , inflicted severe injuries . The wounded man was immediately removed to the Hope and Anchor Inn , Redciiff-hill , where medical assistance wa 3 promptly procured , and we are happy to state that he is proceeding favourable . The cow is said to Ii ive bet n a quiet animal , but whilst passing through Temple rtreet , on her way to the market , her calf was attacked by a ferocious dog , and from that time she was much enraged .
The Liege Journals give an account of a duel which took place a few days back in that town , and the result of which has caused great sensation , ia consequence of the severity of the laws in Belgium against duelling . An officer named Kant , in garrison there , was coming out of his quarters with a comrade , when a M . Dutilleux met him , and inquired " why he looked at him so insolently-T' ti / L Kant replied , that " so far from lookiug at him insolently , he had not even observed him . " The other , raising his voice , and seeming determined to insult him , mare words ensued , which ended in a challenge . M . Kant , as the insulted party , having claimed the choice of weapons , the sword was decided on . They met near the cown , aud after a . few passes , M . Kant having stretched out his arm , and his adversary , in rushing in , came right on it , and was transfixed through the right luog . He died on the 9 &h inst . A crimiu&l prosecution has been instituted against M . Kant .
Dreadful Precaution , and a-wfdx consequences . —During the late thunder storm which passed over Iukberrow , WorceMtershire , a poor wom * n , named Frances Hopkins , who was greatly terrified at'bunder and lightening , weat with three of her children to tho house of her mother , who resided near , for company , being afraid to stay at home . She sat down in the chimney corner , in a state of great alarm , and buried her head in her hands and Jap , and sat trembling and rocking herself backwards and forwards . While in this position the lightning struck the chimney , and the poor creature , who had run to this spot for shelter a , nd protection from the tear which haunted her at home , wa 3 instantly killed . There was a scorched lino down the spine , about a foot long , and another on the right side of tho spine about the same length , which were no doubt tbo effect of lightning , and the cause of death .
Choice op Death . —< A Court buffoon having offended his Sovereign , the Monarch ordered him to be brought before him , and with astern countenance reproaching him , " Wretch ! you shall receive the punishment you merit ; prepare yourself for death . " The culprit in great terror fell upon his knees , and c * ied tor mercy . - " I will extend bo other mercy to you , " said the Prince , ** except permitting yoji to choose what kind of tea-th . you *' will- die . Decide immediately , for I will be obeyed . ' * - " I adore yoar clemenoy , " said the eras ty jester , " tehoose to die of old age I "
Statistics of Lucifer Matches . —One of tho witnesses before the Children ' s Employment Commission stated , that he is a maker of the boxes for containing lncifer matches , and is in the habit of paying tha large sum of one thousand pounds a-year for American pine wood for their manufacture . According = to his belief , from twelve to fifteen thousand gross of such boxe 3 as he manufactures were made every week in London , during the year 1841 . Each box contains fifty matches . Upon these data the sub-commissioner calculates that the weekly consumption of lnoifer matches amounts to 97 , 200 i 000 or 5 , 055 , 000 , 000 yearly .
LOWELL . —They make nearly a million and a quarter yards of cotton ^ cloth at Lowell per week ; 6 mpley about 9000 operatives ( 6375 females ) , and use 434 , 000 lbs . of raw cotten per week . Tbe annual amount of raw cotton used ia 22 568 000 lbs ., enough to load 50 ships of 360 tons each , and of cotton manufactured 70 , 275 910 yards : 100 Ib 3 . of cotton will produce 89 yards of cloth —New York Expmss . Rebecca is sure to be " put down . " See THE steps adopted . —The Carmarthen magistrates have adopted a resolution authorising the appointment of one chief constable at £ 300 a jear , with an allowance ot £ 150 a year for two hones and a residence ; of six mounted superintendauta at £ 154 a year , including their horses ; of 10 sergeants at 22 * a weefe ; 20 firatclass policemen at 20 * a week ; and 20 more at 18 s . a week .
A few dats ago , as some workmen were employed In cutting up a log of cedar , at the High Mill , ia Thorathwaite , they discovered , nearly in tfae hear * of the log , two pieces of beautiful china . There were several iusliea of solid wood on all aides of tbe china ; and no defect whatever to be seen in the log in which the two pieces were so closely embedded . The only way to account for this very singular phenomenon ia to suppose that the china bad been grown op in the tree from a very early date . —Cumberland Packet .
3eut|≫Mal ¦ ^Ar-Uanwnu
3 Eut |> mal ¦ ^ ar-Uanwnu
Untitled Article
THE NORTHERN SITAft . - ;__ ,
Untitled Article
P . O ^ COXKO-R , ESQ ., IN TBOWBRIDGE . Bils having * bean distributed in this town and -ridniiy * . JumounrSnj a public meeting to deliberate un lit i -resent -distressed state of the eormtry . and tkat F - Ot 5591 , Esq . -would be present , at the time -appointed for tbe xmTal of tlirt distinguished patriot on SatCT'ia -y evening , crowds of tbe working closes -were to 2 » sera proceeding towards Bath from whence Mr . O'O-niiOT vras expected , and -waiting Ha' arrival on Iboui Common Ibetween TrowbridgB and Bradford ) , ¦ » herc an excellent baDd -was in attendance . ThecongregXti * C 3 ! CTCWdB SOOn "t ^^^ Tnn anTinna fhonopT ^^ B- acceiffioD ' at numbers continually srriviDg from the surrounding ^ iilajef . I&x . O'Coebdt sX length arrived and vras met -srith the most enthnsiastic greeting cf tbe assembled 3 nclt 3 tad& After tbe cheering bad somewhat
aibaidK " . tbe cznsage , preceded by the "baud proceeded towsrds tbe tcwa , tbe numbers increasing ss thej apprtaebfed , Wl on entsrin ? Tro-trbridge . the streets lead-Ing to the Inn st which Mr . O'Connor -was expected -to prct ap -sFers erasnned . and the windows of nearly eveij bttuse crowded with anxious spectators to see the great champion of the csuaa of toe people . The num-* ber » c ^ uid not have isllen short of 10 900 . Mr . O'Connor fc ^ Ting aZJgiiteii from tbe carriage , after remaining a short timo for refreshment proceeded to tbe place cf meethss . Hops Ghapel , which from the idea of many ( as -9 r-hesrd expressed %£ ex-wards ) that it would be Estr ' tss for them to come xo attempt an admission , or irom tie distress of othtra . tbe admission- being twope ot aad reservfcd seats sfxptnee , was sot so full as misL : tarebeen
dtsirfed-Mr . JistES Makcbaki taking been nnammonsly eleeu- ' to all ihecbair , said—L-rdieB and Gentlemen , 3 fo ; proud tliat yon hive sean proper to eltct a •*» Kki-4 man to Iks cLaii this evening . I -will proceed at < : <* - to read the bill e ^ liiog this meeting wMcIi is as £ oB »' * : — *• I JtosFBBiiHiE . —Tbe Charter , tbe League , and Ecj- a J—Ttsxgas O'Comutr , JS ? q—On . Satnrdsy , Jnr- 23 , a public mfcetin ? to fielibwate npon tbe pre-« ea' -vftrvaed stato cf tbe country , -will be held at " Bo ; - Cbapel , -crhen that indefatigable iriend cf the pet > 5 .-u- Fesrgus OConnur . E » q ^ -will address the nreeting Tat inhabitants tf tnt > xovm genHrfly . and its tic TiKj . si «« spectfnny fttrboa to tttend , wila open , cais ¦ := * . and sisj ^ rtjcfiiced minds . —^ Tbe chair will be tat .--, a- Eevai tfcloek precisely . The patriot , beta ? uns' i zo Jiptai in tbe op ~ n air , there mil be no pr « - oe& . -2 . 5 W 3 a bana of arnnc , to \ relcome him into the tov - Adnmtaiics Si each ; reserred seats 6 d ., t = o < ielrs > - -ae espaiEs . "
Tbs GhKnaaa proceeeo—My frienfis ; we are i ** - * ' bBi « - --3 tJeliberat * on a snlaect fnU « f imp » t to tv- tj am ; ^ sent—tbs d : s £ rsH * o state of the ' eoantry . As s Cds ' - > s body th = j -erera mate wqoire inte tae taas - of t-i » i ¦ iSstresSj and Inq ^ iin * - « rhs » iras ihe bsB » rr » Tiu-- > Jot ~ - - i-3 eni effects ol those caneea . ( Hear , hvaT ^) ' 33 it _ . tadnotcaSkathfttHieetiDi ; asatJcktHatstmi — ' as p-rss parties had done in toim ; but aa a nebde ' mBenng , vhsn evsry , or any one . -wculd have bright to esgreES Kb opiniou , and thp object of -which vras to discussttsegreat qosstion of -what -was the best means ! of TeBiOTOUt Bib present distress which exisbed ia -this ! © on vrg . ( " ^ sar , tear . ) They -would renisri ; also , * n d "hev » l-3 ieato impjeait uponQitirattenHonj-thit the ' Jnha * r . itsnt 5 "were inviteS to attend "with open , candid , ^ and r ^ -prt-jntiiced -minds . He hoped they -would act infui aecoedsace vnth this seqorat . though be -was '
xorrs iu say that since that ic-ratation had been p ^ l > - ! lisheS . eaieniies ot Qie people -wtra not -wanting -whol iad tr . ddvourcd to ^ reata the »< % > unfair prejudice In ¦ the Eiiuds " of ths people sgainst the gentkmen whom 1 thfcj « xsOd have the pleasure of bearing that evening . [ But he vraghappy So say they had not succeeded as in * j jnanifrsled by the numbers ? ho had welcomed the j jBtri «; © "Cotecot to t £ « 7 tavra that evening—tcbeen ) . ! pa -vonld call on Mx . Bawling * to stove tbe resolution . Mr . Ri . "WiIKGS zrdd , he -was proud to see . the enm-Iwb ijaonHed to listen to the gentleman -who had oame tbere to address them , bst he iras sorry there ¦ were nobmote . Ani -siy ^ rere thua not mqre ? It ma set becauBe thB hearts of the peopls -were not with ! tTptf p gectlOTan . 2 ft dej bad any doubts ' on that point let tb ? s& look t » tbepwscsslon pwvloua to that meeting . « nd those doubts "c-itiic be ^ ispell&d . There tl » y could 1 lats ttenHbe thou ^ sr-d&irlUi ^ ssing eyeeand with -warm j beerU , to weleooie the patnot to their town . No , it !
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct493/page/6/
-