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SOUSE OF COMMONS Tubdat , - Mat 25 . ^ B . BUNC OMBE'S MOTION . T t ) t 5 coxbb had a great number of petitions *^« t in * &voar of the motion of which he h * d i ^^ - aad he thought he ahoatd best oonsali ifl ^ Sice # f the House by , at this stage of the *! S ; nes . merely Btating tne numbers by which e ^ ffTaened , the places whence they came , and * f tSeral prayer . The largest petition he had *^ 5 » nr to OS " 61 1 ° &e Hoase was signed by rather ^ *? £ a 1300 , ^ 00 of the industrious elasaes—0 f yZ * ry •—and the other petitions , signed by P * ^ mceeded from Manchester , Newport , Ghor-^ P ^ Confteton , Cardiff , NortnaJJerton , £ WJAoiitrose , Newcastle-npoQ-Tyne , gentry , ? 5 ? Cbester-le-street , Blaekwood , Newbury , orioiui i was
» L& > r Derby » Stroua , , » uu . iuruuuupwi ** . ; 9 ^^ _ er first , that an humble address Pjested to her Majesty praying that she would «« 2 c « sly pleased to give immediate directions **>» 3 iber * ti 011 of all prisoners now confined in the j * " 5 « ols in Great Britain for political offences ; t Sn that a free pardon be granted to Frost , r ? RuB 5 . od Jones , who were now Eofitfring expa-• v « S * peoa 1 settlement ; and thirdly , having ^ ™ * ihis , they prayed that the House would adopt ^ Ws Charter without any alteration . itZtZme snail talk and some sneering , by a big j ^ red bnffocu , who affected to be anxious for the Tflftbe National Petition to be read , though u Tteneoinbe had assured him and the House £ * «? jast the same as one which had been read , ^ Br wonsE said , the Hon . and Gallant Genof
, ^ i s » d disavowed any intention treating the . Si with leTity , and he was bound to believe £ * Bot be must say that he had never seen a Visitation of levity , or anything which looked 2 S » Eke turning the petitions of the people into a £ f Whatever might be the fate o £ the petition 5 * 1 be now had the honour of commenting upon , SStb decifioa the House might come to , it _ 5 d 2 I become him , having presented a petition Sbr between 1 , 301 , 000 and 1 , 400 , 000 of the IJSriwis inhabitants of this country , and it would fKaHe that House to receive snch a petition , Loin * , all ths allegation 3 it contained undiscussed , f * & prayer totally unheeded , by those who called i ^ elres the representatives of the people . He ,
? Pere , earcestlv solicited the attention of the feg » the contents of that petition . Ha was wtil ZlZ of tie difficulties of the course he had pro-Uij to take , and that be might be told he was £ « Woa the prerogatives of the Crown . Bu : w ' BSMthorityfor stating tha * . there were times ^ a ii beca me the duty of the representatives of 2 j 5 ci > p 5 e to advise the Crown on the exercise of iis —Iwiave . Tiers was a difficulty in fiudiug a Stoss txactly in point ; but to show that tnere ^ Teases in which the House might interfere and SO * the Crown to exercise its prerogative , he n ^ refer to the case of Sir Mauasjeh Lopez , who K MBTicied of gross bribery and corru ' ption by a Boose , and sentenced to two years'imprisonment . obie Lord wie cretar tor tne
lilSDil ^ Se y Colonies Brtd far an address to the Crown , praying for j > SESsJon of the sentence . The motion was jfe&d to by the Tories of that day , as an interfcsa -srith the prerogatives of the Crown ; and at >' oM « Lord argued this and said , that as the peratian had been instituted by the Hoase of teEffi-sand Sir M- Lopez had b £ en _ guilty of a jack of the privileges of the House , therefore the B ^ e wis the proper party to interfere . But how re-it Xoble Lord met ? He was answered by IiFjm . who was always considered an authority bb « Hoase , and he regretted that tie Hon . fff-Wmi was not in his place on the present
lasts . Mr . ffynn said , ** he felt that it was exfcs&Y unpleasant to oppose a motion ot this deesesn , and to endeavour to thwart the disposition imsn which the House might feel towards any pnkfiar offender . Ev ^ ry gentleman must wish to arasrey and forbearance , as far as jus : ic 9 would jai , baj the case in point was not one in which , ea&otiy with their duty , with tiie forms of Par-Eiia 2 S , * ad with propriety , they could interfere . [ bb night exist in which the House might injusitWeilled on to advise the Crown to interpose its B ! S « ifiTe of mercy , in the same way a 3 they might jgrimee with respect to any other prerogative ; k & House had a risht to advise the Crown on
2 S 3 S connected with ail its prerogatives . — Bar , bear . ) That waa the opinion given by Mr . ffjajed it was supported by Lord Castlereagh wHi-Cannbg . The Jfeble Lord withdrew his Him . But it appeared thit the individual in { stskz was liberated before the expiration of the astf ha imprisonment upon the payment of a an fbe , althonga he had been guiltj of that gros 3 £ hs , ihat grossest of offences—bribery . There ts , m& , some warrant for the motion he was ike » submit to the Honse ; and he conceived a ; as H < fcse was called upon to interfere , because BaoTsrnsieiit could not of its own impulse liberate as edsoners more thin they could Sir M . Lopez .
SaoBfla , he would observe , was confined to home O 52 SK , perBons confined in the gaols of England , issicd , and Wales . But the petitioners went ptber thia that , and prayed for tiie iiberatioa of fjss , Williains , and Jones , and that the House s&i idop ; the pricciples of the Charter . He told i iadrnduils who wished him to present the sacs , iai if they mixed up the case of Frost , Sims , ami Jones , and the Charter , they would sb 3 j prejudice the cause which be believed they isonaeh at heart . Last year , when the Hon . acber for Westminster brought forward his Ksn for the release of Frost , Wiiuams , aud fis . iiFis neeatived by a large majority , only
JiKfflbers , he beliered , voting in favour of n BcCMctly , he had told the petitioners thai it lid be of no use to propose any motion of that i : and in reference to the " principles of the tK- ' . bs had made the mildest propositions with td v > the extension of the franchise , which ^ also rrjected by large najorities . ( fre ar , *) He wsiied there faai been sach majorities i tel iioi 9 measares which had tended to disfeiia electors . He trusted , then , that the petikiroaid be discussed in reference to the home fteers alone . Many of these persons had suffered | fe tban rn-elve months' inearcrration , and had !* ?* bjccied to the severest rigours and the most
^ iine treitmeut ; even feious were not visited ^ such craeities and indignities as they were ^ iled io endure . The petitioiiers ailuuoa to the * of various person , contrasiing them with the ^ o ? the imprisoaed Coarturs . They spoke of a J * h" ike realm having been lately and justly acf ^ i's they aid , by a jury of peers , upon a charge of % , bseaase ij was so loosely 6 ron ? flt as to be in-^• le of iastifyiEg a verdic : ag ^ nst him . They j ^ siai the se ntence pis = ed cpon some of the ^ - -5 inui tie seEVence passed upon Lord Wal-^ e aad Captain Daff . ( Hear . ) It had come ~ j ! knowledge of some of the relatives of Captain X Mxz his name had been mentioned in the
petiv ** * within the last hour he ( Mr . Duncombe ) r ^ c ^ ived a memorandum from some relatives of gRcdenaa , rtatiag that though ilr . W . Duff ^ « a sentenced in the Court of Queen ' s Bench to ^ * nths s imprisonment and to pay a fine of £ 25 * s alleged offence of being a party to a brutal g *? upon a pohceman at Tsvickeniiam , he was j ^ J iaaosens of the grave part of the offance , but r ^ ftju id no . bs made manifest at the trial J * . ciiwillinjrQess to expose other parties to jj ^ seaL The memorandum went on to state r ^^ gh Capi 3 in Duff wa 3 present at the firs t g £ oi the sjffair , he was not at the second dist ? ^ ! nor a ; the third occurrence ; that the
4 to ? proceedings -were at present undergoing j ^^ l h iaTesiigation , and that it would be fully Ej * j ^ a * tw o gentlemen who had escaped were J ^ e who had been guilty of the assault . He S ^ 5 that no advantage would be taken of ^ Svaim in the petition relating to this gentleg * H * believed , however , mat considerable ^^ ai prevailed in the public mind upon this k * y" and how conld it be otherwise J irom the ^ January , 1839 , there were 444 individuals con-Kr Polnscai offences . Of these twelve had K ^^ Pj " ^ ) 393 kad been released , one had Jj 2 » 2 after hu confinement , and thirty-three were K ^ ? , ? Prison . What had tended chiefly to Kf WiBiie sympathy were the accounts which the Kj ^ a who had beeu released had given to their E ^ tao indiimiriss and craekies to which
W £ subjected' daring their coiifiaement . It j ^^ o re , most narural that the friends of those C j £ * pnson should make an effort , and a great fey » ermined effort , to save them from the C ^ crael treatme nt to which those other jjj ^ had bean subjected . ( Hear , hear . ) b ^ of those who had been relieved iEW ? relieved chiefly on the ground of extreme t ^ a- One of tliem named fioey had bee n senbsajj two yearo * imprisonment in Wakefield tejjj 0 QTr « tJon ) ba ; he remained there but one * » S ^"* : - at ae wis liberated in consequence PWV ^ k ^ ° ^ whicn was brought on by ia » 6 r , d djet J an : i he had become a confirmed la ^ 'or tne remainder of his life , though he never IW ^ * oar ' s Ulne 33 before be went into gaol . P ^ JrT ^ i i ? iaa : e 5 "fere made to rise at half-BW J ° ^» . in the morning and go into an
; open br | * ~** ° w bucket of water was made to serve * aj ^*^ a | of fifty individuals , and the towels a ^« at for use after the third or fourth person &j 5 * f * ' The ailowanca was one pint of gruel Bfc ^ P ^ d of bread for breakfast , dinner , and Be ^ 'Jj * Sundays five ouncea of meat were f ^ ine most cruel restraint was imposed f HviLn ? oners ' ? o that that they could not a-tend * ik ^ ^ Peruive wa . nts without permission of ^ er , . andfor the slightest deviation from that KNbJri ^ - ^ rapier would be sto pped , and fc ^ eo ^ aement added for a repetition of the fce wiuum Henry Sjnitijj who was conSned Fsr ;? « , « f Comction , gave an account of fc ^ qaantibea of modicine he had taken , and IHkiT , B ^ 1 andPlM 6 tcrs that had been ordered m f 6 » 1 ; he was at length released on bail to
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UbeaBK > nntof ^ 706 . Now , in requiring such exorbitant bail from such persons , it would seem that their condition in life was entirely forgotten . ( Hear . ) Why . highet bail conld Bcarcely be asked of Sir F . Burdett , or some-of those other . gentlemen who had been confined in former times for political offences , than had been demanded of these working men . ( Hear . ) Another case yna that of an individual named Love , who was now confined in the Penitentiary , and whose chief ground of complaint was that he had been misled by a solicitor to plead gouty to the charge of high treason . A petition had been presented in favour of this individual , signed by one hundred and fifty clergymen , bankers , merchants , and others of the town of Newport .
This man was sentenced , along with five others , to transportation for life , which wa 9 commuted to imprisonment for five years in the Penitentiary . He had still three , years and seven months of his time to go through , and had always borne an excellent character for sobriety and honesty , until he had been seduced in an evil hour by the Chartist leaders to join in the attack on the Westgate Inn at Newport , where he was severely wounded . The name of the solicitor was Geach , who had since been transported for forgery . He had advised his client to plead guilty , telling : him that be would get off with seven months' imprisonment , but the unfortunate prisoner had been sentenced for fiveyears . He asked the House if it was right that persona imprisoned for merely
political offences should be treated in a manner worse than felons ! When horse-stealers , forgers , and utterers of base coin were condemned to imprisonment , it was limited to a term of one year , but political offenders were kept in prison for from twelve months to three years . Felons when released were not asked to enter into any snrcty to keep the peace , but the persons for whose . case he entreated the consideration of the Hoase were bound in hewy recognizances after they had fulfilled the term of their confinement . ( Hear , hear . ) He wanted to know if anything could be gained by keeping those individuals any longer in prison . The severity oi' punishment ought to be regulated by . the tes : of public opinion , and he would maintain that that was opposed to the further imprisonment of these persons . H * thought they had suffered punishment enough , and he wa 3 sure the House was ioo enlightened to expect that persecution could put dowa public opinion . It was the neglect of the
House to the complaints of the people that had produced Chartism . He begged the Honsa to recollect that this would probably be the last occasion on which they would receive a petition signed by so many thousands of their countrymen . He had discharged bis duty by stating the prayer of the petitioners ; he should leave the case in the hands of the House , trusting that the opinions that would be expressed , and that the vote that would be come to , would cause general joy and satisfaction to thos » countless thousands throughout the country , who vrera waiting with breathless hope and anxiety the results of their deliberations . He begged to move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty , praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to take into her merciful consideration the case of all persons confined for political onences in England and Wales . Mr . Leader seconded the motion .
3 dr . F . Maxle agreed vrah hi 3 Hon . Friend who had just addressed ihe House , thai the motion related to a subject of deep interest . He wished , in the first place , to advert to a sentence in the prayer of the petition which had just been presented , bringing a charge against the House of having treated with levity and frivolity the petition for the National Charter . He had been in the Hous-j when that petition was ' presented , and he could bear his testimony that no sit ; ns cf levity or frivolity had been shown by the Hoase on that remarkable occasion . The attenuon of the House had been ably directed to the petition by the then Member for Birmingham , in a manner which injured the approbation of all parties in the House , however they might differ from him as to the prayer of the petition . He was glad to see thas there was every disposition in the House to receive the present
petition with that gravity which the subject of it demanded . _ It was the petition of a large body of the working classes , of whom he might say , tbaS whatever their . fault 3 had been in the unfortunate situation in which they had teen placed , they had at least conducted theinselvcs during the late months of privation aud suffering in a manner that insured the respect of their countrymen—( cheers)—even though many might think that the demands which tney mace for political privileges were somewhat exaggerated , and could not nov / be conceded . With regard w > the interfereEce of the House of Commons ¦ mth the . prerogative of the Crown , his Hon . Friend had quoted a case which he did not think had much bearing on the present . He alluded to the occasion on which his Nobls Friend near him had taken an active pan in favour of Sir Alanasseb . Lopez . He certainly did not dispute the right of the House of Commons to advise the Crown on the exercise
of any of its prtrogatives , but he much , questioned the expediency of interfering frequently , or under aay but the most urgent circumstances . That House had the greatest interest that the prerogative of mercy should not be exercised indiscriminately , or for any bad purpose , but if the House were to advise the Crown to exert the prerogative on special occasions , he wa 3 afraid that circumstances might arise in which parties out of doors might be encouraged to the commission of offences ucder a hope of impunity , which could not , and would not , be realised . ( Hear , hear . ) Under these circumstances he could not reconcile himself to the course proposed by hi 3 Hon . Friend . With referense to the treatment of the persons confined for
political offences , in no case had any sentence been carried into effect more severely than was prescribed by the judge ; and required by the regulations of the prison of which they were inmates . There had been no desire on the part of th < j Government , the judges , the juries , or the magistrates , to inflict punishment on those misguided individuals for the sake cf revenge . ( Hear , hear . ) If any attempt had been made by the Executive Government to curtail the privileges of- the people , to interfere with the right of meeting in public , which they possessed , and he trusted always would possess , and to prevent them from making knwwn their grievances to the
authorities of their country , then there might have been some excuse for the proceedings resorted to in 1839 and 1840 . - But no such disposition had been manifested , - and . it was with regret that he saw those meetings , began in a constitutional manner , gradually assuming an unconstitutional appearance , and leading to outbursts of sedition , which at last rendered indispensable the interference of Government . Government then made use simply of the powers which the law confided to them ; they called for none of- an extraordinary and dangerous kind , but resolved to depend on the integrity and impartiality of the judges and juries . If all the relics of the punishment which the varion 3 offenders had incurred
were now to be swept away , it would be by no means an encouragement to jurymen to discharge their duty fairly when the hour of difficulty again came , although he hoped sueh an hour never would arrive . It wa 3 iiardly just to call such crimes as high treason and serious-breaches of the peace by the mild name of political offsnees , which was gener » lly understood of matters of a less grave nature . There had been 450 offences connected with Chartism , and in 379 cases the parties had been convicted . Not one of these had suffered the extreme penalty of trie law ( hear , hear ) , and nine of the more atrocious offenders had had their sentences commuted to transpertarion for life . Where ; the sentence could be mitigated , conformably wnh the exigencies of justice ,
Government had not been reluctant to exercise the prerogative of mercy . To fonr persons a full pardon had been granted ; four others were excused from finding recognizances after the full term of their sentence had expired ; two had had the timo of their imprisonment shortened , and four had been removed to gaols where the discipline was less severe . With respect to the three individuals of whom so much had been said , and whose proceedings he believed had tended so much to retard the advancement of civil liberty , he should be deceiving the House if he were to hold oat any hops that he should be a party to advising any remission of the punishment they had incurred . With regard to . those three individuals , he could hold out no hope whatever that the Royal prerogative of merey wonld be extended to them . His Hon . Friend who had brought forward the present motion had alluded to the Charter ; but he ( Mr . Fox Manle ) thcught that his Hon . Friend
would have done better if , instead of asking the House of Commons to pass it , he had given the House an opportunity of discussing it . There was one part of the Charter for which he ( Mr . F . Maule ) had given his vote in that House—there were other portions of it , however , to which he could not give his support . At all events , the Charter embraced topics not now- to be discussed . As to the question at present before the Hoase , he trusted his Hon . Friend would feel , that having awakoned the attention of the Government to this matter , it was not necessary to press his motion to a division , which could not improve the condition of the individuals whom it was the object of his Hon . Friend to benefit . There was a complaint that his Hon . Friend had mada to which he must advert . It had been said that Mr . Feargus O'Connor and Mr . Bronterre O'Brien had not been sentenced to hard labonr , while others , not standing in the same position
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in society had been condemned to that additional punishment . It was to those sentenced to hard labour to Which the motion of his Hon . Friend had reference ; and aliusion had been made to the case of Hoey . Now , though sentenced to hard labour , he had only been two weeks on the treadwheel , and after that time all his labours had been confined to the keeping a certain portion of the prison clean and in proper order . His Hon . Friend had drawn a comparisen between the punishment awarded to Captain Plunkett and Captain Duff , and that by which those to whom the present motion hod reference were decreed io expiate their offences . It was sufficient for him ( Mr . F . Maule ) to state that , outrageous as had been the conduct of one of those individuals , he had suffered more than the mero
sentence pronounced , by tho fact of having been twice passed over , wheD , if out of custody , he would have been the first for promotion . At all events , both those gentlemen received no more indulgence than Mr . F . O'Connor enjoyed while in the custody of the Marshal of the Queen ' s Bench Prison . It did not occur to him that there was any other point upon which it waa necessary for him to make an observation . He deeply ^ regretted the circumstances under irhfoh the individuals to whom the present motion had reference were placed ; still he conld not consent to be a party to address the Crown in their behalf . and therefore hetrustedhisHon . Friend would not compel him to give a vote against this proposition . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Conneu . supported the motion .
Mr . Leadeb supported the motion . There was a growing opinion in the country , an opinion which he had heard maintained in the many public meetings he had recently attended , that in this country there was ona law for the rich and another for the poor . This feeling was justified by the results which had followed , the trial of Lord Cardigan in the House of Peers , and of Lord Waldegrave and Captain Duff before another tribunal . Compare their sentences with that pronounced upon and suffered by Lovett and Collins . The latter had suffered ail the horrors of the stringent rules of a Warwick gaol , while Lord Waldeiirave and his
frisnd were outside the walls of the Queen ' s Bench Prison , entertaining their friend ? , and suffering no other inconvenience than beiDg prevented attending the Derby . ( Htar , hear , aud a lau ^ h . ) The Government had carried the ReJbrm Bill by agitation , and it was too bad that the working classes , who were still unrepresented , should , for their agitation with a view to reform , ba subjected to these punishments . At all events , guilty aa they had undoubtedly been according to the strict letter of the law , their sentences were about to expire , and it would be a mere act of grace if the Government would now remit the remainder of their
incarce . Mr . Giixos was of opinion , that the majesty of the law had been already sufficiently asserted in the persons of those now under confinement ; no evil could arise from mitigating the sentences by a remission of the remainder of the punishment . He concurred with the Hou . Member for Finsbury in relying on the good sense of the working classes , and he was satisfied such an act of clemency would open their eye 3 , and induce them to dissolve the disgraceful alliance into which they had entered with the Torie 3 . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Hume considered that the law had been too severely exercised in the instance of the Chartists , who wtre now aware that they had acted unconstitutionally . Hfl trusted the Government would reconsider the sentences which were passed , for he was of opinion that a well-timed act of mercy now would give satisfaction to millions . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Warbueto . n thought it was not right to confound the general class of political offenders with particular individuals whose crimes were cf a more atrocious character . The names of Frost , Jones , and Williams should not be mixed up with the prssent motion . Tho persons in whose favour the present motion was made bad been treated with a rigour formerly unknown to the law , and with that consideration he thought the Govornmeut ought to consent to shorten the period of their imprisonment . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Waklet could not help remarking the silence which had been observed on this question by Hon . Gentlemen on the opposite side , when a word from the Ri ^ ht Hon . Baree ^ t woul d prove so effective . ( Hear , hear . ) Tiie Hou . Member the Under Secretary of State , alluding to the working classes , said that they shouM seek redress of their grievances , not by violence , but through the legitimate channel of an appeal to their representatives . He would , however , remind the Hon . Gentleman , that the working classes had no representatives in that House—( hear , hear ) , —and that was the reason why they were so
feverish and restless under the evils which they endured . Those who made the laws made them light aud easy to themselves , but pressing heavily upon the working classea . Sir R . Peel denied the right of the preceding speaker to call on him for a statement of his opinion ; but he should not shrink from expressing it . It was , that the House of Commons oughi not to interfere with the prerogative of the Crown in the administration of criminal law . Ou that constitutional ground he must resist this motion . He opposed no obstacle to the due consideration of these cases by the Crown , although he hoped that in that consideration the Ministers would Dot suffer themselves to be
warped by a desire of popularity . Sir De Licr Evans supported the motion . Sir B . Hall and Mr . Agliokby supported the motion . Lord Sa . vdon conceived that there were good reasons why the house should not carry out its sympathy in this case . A question of the very highest importance was involved in the motion , for nothing could be more dangerous than on the eve of au election to use such a question as the means of canvassing for votes . Lord John Russell opposed the motion , on the ground that the prisoners had not been convicted on prosecutions by the House . Colonel Sibtuobp opposed the motion . Mr . Waed pointed out that the length of time during which this petition had been in preparation was an answer to the suspicion that it had been bronght forward by way of canvass for the approaching election . But he entreated Mr . Duncombe not to take a division , lest he should injure the chance of the prisoners . Mr . T . Duncombe replied . The House then divided , when the numbers appeared— For the motion 58 Against it 58 But the Speaker having given his casting vote with the " noes , " the motion was consequently lost . .
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GRAND CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR . Last Monday waa a great—a glorious day for ths people , who on that day proved to their tyrants and oppressors that Chartum was as strong , as vigorous , and as influential , as when those brutal tyrants attempted , in Birmingham , to bludgeon and sabre the people out of their rights , and into tame submission In s country is aware that Monday was the day appointed , by the Chartists of London , to hold an aggregate and public meeting . The timid and the wavering predicted that the meeting would be a failure . The
enemy pr&jed that it might be so . Pseudo friends ridiculed the idea of holding such a meeting in London . Bnt the Chartists felt confident that it would prove such a demonstration as would teach a sound moral lesson to their rulers , and would tell them in accents of thunder , that the men of England—that the strength of the country—that the real and only faithful supporters of the Throne aod Constitution , and that the bone and sinew of the land , were not to be trampled upon by tyrants , or crushed to the earth by oppressors . That demonstration proved that the metropolis is one of the strongest holds of Chartism .
Seven o ' clock in the evening was the hour appointed for taking the chair . Shortly after that hour the great room of the Crown and Anchor was crowded to suffocation by as respectable an assembly as ever met within its walls- At half-past seven there could not be > less than three thousand persons in the room , while the stairs and avenues leading to it , and even the Strand , were crowded with others anxious to witness the proceedings . At the close of the proceedings the proprietor was asked how many attended there that evening , when he replied that not less than from 10 , 000 to 12 , 000 persons passed in and out of the room that night . The galleries and platform were crowded with ladies .
The meeting was no more remarkable for its numbers than for its peaceable and orderly demeanour . Daring the whole proceedings the slightest disturbance did not take place , nor was the . least interruption offered . This feature in the meeting of " the miscreant Chartists , " presented a strong contrast to the one lately held in the same place by Dan and his myrmidons . Mr . James Edward Kagle , a working man , and an Irishman , was called to the chair , amidst loud and reiterated cheering . Silence having been obtained . The Chairman rose and said that on looking at the bill which contained the business of the evening , he ascertainni that their duty of that evening was of a
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threefold character , yet it struck him that they had another important duty to perform . ( Heat , hear . ) They met there to declare , in the face of Europe , that Britons most and shall be free . ( Cheers . ) They sheuld not recede one step aside from their vantage ground , which was gained for them by the tortures , the sufferings , and the blood of 500 martyrs . ( Cheers . ) It was a glorious spectacle to behold so large a meeting , composed of men of all religions , who came forward to co operate , not for faction , but to discbarge a high and important duty . Ha hoped that tkere was no Irish rebellion in that meeting . ( Hew , bear . ) It
was in their power to put dowa any party who would attempt to create disunion . ( Hear , hear . ) He came forward divested of all party feeling , and determined to do justice . If any one wished to addrcsj the meeting , he should be heard , whether he opposed or favoured then . ( Hear , hear . ) All should be listened to with the same degree of attention . The Chartists at all times kad arguments with-which to meet their opponents . ( Hear , hear . } In conclusion , he implored of all who addressed U » meeting , to proceed with that attention , that steadies * , that calmness , and Uutdali Deration wbicV mMmt&aitoit wttlch they bad to ¦ p ropose required , ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Rose , a delegate , proposed the first resolution , " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that no Government is deserving of the confidence of the people , who have unconstitutionally broken down the spirit of the law by introducing an army of foreign spies and bludgeon men , who have deprived the poor of all protection , and under pretence of relieving have imprisoned them in the accursed bastiles , who have denied the workman the constitutional shield of the suffrage possessed by their ancestors , and who , while contemplating other acts of aggression , treat the petitions of the people with studied indifference and contempt" ( Cheers . ) He most cordially supported that resolution . He never knew so imbecile a set of men as were the present ministers and the present members of the House of Commons . [ Oar space compels us , however reluctantly , to omit Uie speeches , -which were of the most stirring and yet rational aud sensible character , and produced en the immeusu audience an effect of tlia most lasting and gratifying kicd . ]
Mr . Smart , a delegate , seconded the resolution , in a speech replete with humour aud sound sense . In the words of the Church liturgy they may exclaim , " We have done the things which we ought not to have done , ami we have loft undone those things which we ought to have done , and there is no health in us . " ( Choers . ; Dr . M'Douall next presented himself and was received with the most deafening cheers which continued several minutes . He said it was not necessary for us te plead at this time our right to revenge upon the Government of the country . All were aware that their lives and theiT liber ties had been sacrificed by tho Whigs . ( Hear , hear . ) But a change bad taken place . Tho principles of the Charter had spread through the land , and Chartism had entwined itself around the necks of
the factions which would die in its grasp . ( Cheers . ) He need not tell thorn that the Chartists have got in their hands the electoral power . He need not tell them that the Chartists had within themselves that balance of power wiiicli enabled them to say what Government shall rule the destinies of this great and mighty nation . ( Hear , hear . ) We had to deal with a coldblooded heartlets GrOYernnient , that deprived us of the light of petition , trampled upon us when we compiained , was indifferent to our distresses , and which has sacrificed the best interests of the country at the altar of avarice . ( Hear , hear . ) The game that has been so long played on the land by Whiggery , has received its death blow . The petition of one million of men has been refused , to be presented to the Queen . ( Hisses . ) Is there an
instance on record of such tyranny . In Russia } even in Turkey , that seat of despotism , the King or Queen receives and hears the complaints of their subjects . ( Hear , hear . ) Petition , which by the constitution is the just right of every man , bos been denied to the country by the Whigs , and thus tlwy attempt to deprivo the people of a right , -without which life , liberty and fortune , are not only unsafe but actually destroyed . ( Hear , bear . ) But he perceived amongst the working men of the land a principle arising—a principle of liberty which is wafted across the brood wave—a principle which ia inculcated at every fireside and in every cottage—a principle that has aroused the spirit and unfurled the proud banner of freedom , and which has infused into the minds of the people , a
determination to follow that banner to the overthrow of opposing obstacles . ( Hear , hear . ) The people have a power in tD 9 ir hands which they will not abuse—a power which the Whigs and Tories fear and hate . ( Hear , hear . ) They dared not listen to the complaints of the people , but ere long they will be compelled , not only to listen to them , but to redress them also . If we look into the interior of the House of Commons , -we will see on one side the representative of the landed interest , and on the other the representatives of bricks and stones , while there is not to be found one representative of labour—of that which produces the wealth , the affluence , and the luxury with which the land abounds . ( Hear , hear . ) Is that fair representation ? ( No , no . ) Thus it is that their
oppressors ore enabled to steal from the poor man his wages—to oppress him , and to deal in every manner most cruelly and unjustly with him . ( Hear , hear . ) Speaking of the police force , the Dacter said—If we turn to Lord John Russell ' s history of the British Constitution , we will find him saying that liberty is not endangered by a military power , but that liberty could only be endangered and despotism established by the introduction of a police force . ( Hear , hear . ) Yet Lord John Russell , tho determined friend of liberty , introduced that very force , for the purpose of crushing liber ty . ( Hear , hear . ) Yes , with bis Coercion Bill for Ireland , wLich , at the sound of the curfew bell , compelled the inhabitants of that country to keep within tbeir homes ; and that curfew bell
will , ere we close our eyes in death , be also , I am afraid , heard in England . In Ireland the people were obliged to keep within their homes after eight o ' clock , or death was their lot They could not , after that hour , even have lights in their houses . ( Hear , hear . ) Oa one occasion , a party of dragoons , who were scouring the country , observed a light io a small cottage . They approached the window , and without inquiring whether watch was keeping at the bed of sickness , or over the corpse of some dear friend , four of those ruffians levelled their carbines , and without giving the order for extinguishing the light , fired in upon the family , ^ readful se nsation of horror !) Whe n the day dawned there was seen the innocent child dappling its little fingers in the grey and ensanguined hair of its murdered grandfather . ( Cries of " horrid , horrid , shame , shaina" ) I do not speak without facts to support me . In the Bull Ring , Birmingham , I witnessed the despotism of the police . A grey-headed officer of three-score and ten
years of age , was on his way home towards the Bull King . He was stopped by the police who asked him where he was going . Pointing to his house , at the door of -which his wife and children were anxiously awaiting his return , he said , " I am going to my house , my home , to which I am entitled to go as it is my castle , -which it is the right of every Englishman to have . " The policeman immediately struck him down , and left his grey hairs covered witii blood . ( Cries of " horrid , horrid , shame , shame . " ) The moment that I witnessed that act of brutality , I raised my hands to heaven , and swore eternal vengeance against the man who introduced that foreign force , and that accursed system into tbe land . ( Loud cheers . ) Tbe worthy Doctor next fell fool of the New Poor Law , and then passed to the " free trade " policy , and to the corn , sugar , and timber clap-traps of the " bloodies , " oontinuing a most merciless and raking , but skilfully directed fire , upon tbe factions for a great length of time , amidst the hearty and reiterated plaudits of the meeting .
Mr . Sankey , late Member of the old Convention , supported the resolution in a most able speech . Tbe resolution was then put and carried amidBt loud cheers .
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WABRXNGTON . —A meeting was held here by appointment on Thursday night ; it was convened by the following placard : — " The People's Charter . A public meeting will be held in the Chartist Room , Union-Btreet , Bank-street , May 20 th , and a lecture will be delivered by Mr . James Leech , Chartist Missionary for South Lancashire , shewing the superiority of the People ' s Charter over the fallacies of the Corn Law repealers , and will be glad to meet any Corn Law repealer on the above subject . The chair to be taken at half-past seven o ' clock . " - Mr . James Savory was appointed Chairman . The Chairman , after reading the notice of the meeting , said that ha felt highly gratified , as a working man , in being selected to fill that office , and after a few more
preliminary observations , he introduced Mr . Leech , who said that he would givo an opportunity to any Corn Law repealer present , at the close of his lecture , to ask questions relative to what he might say , or if they chose to discuss the subject with him , he challenged any Corn Law repealer to step on that p latform , and he would discuss the question with oiljl hajf an hour alternately , and he would give his opponent the choice which of them commenced . No person accepted the challenge , and Mr . Leech commenced in a strain of unanswerable argument , which lasted for an hour , proving the fallacies of the Corn Law repealers , and said that it was not the Com Laws that ruined the working classes , but machinery that supplanted their labour , and a cruel
and unjust competition between masters to undersell one another , lie proved , previous to the Corn Law being put on in 1815 , the wages decreased in a corresponding degree to what they have done since —that nothing : but the People ' s Charter was calculated to benefit the working classes , as a means of giving them their just rights ; and advised all present to be no more gulled by Whig and Tory agitations and promises , bst seek their own redemption , by making the Charter the law _ of the land . During this admirable lecture he explained the competitive system-at-full-length ; he exposed the factory system in all its horrors ; he exposed Whiggery ia a ludicrous style , which made a deep and sensible impression on the working men present . Mr .
Crosfield , a Corn Law repealer , got on the platform , and said that he was for Universal Suffrage and Vote by Ballot ; he was a friend of the working clashes , and he did not see that a repoal of the Corn Laws would ba detrimental to getting the Chatter . He argued that England was calculated for a manufacturing country , and the workshop of th . 8 world , if the monopoly in corn were abolished , and a free trade given to manufactures . Mr . Leech replied that those who were not with us---for-the * agitation of the Charter were against us ; and , for bid part , he thought the people of England had too much work already , and cautioned the people against , being the slaves of the whole world , by our working population being confined in those hell-created steam-mills
and factories , which stunted our rising generation , and was the means of degenerating his countrymen to a diminutive stature unparalleled in the history of man , and advised them to look after tilling thoir own land ; and if there were any beauty in the fields , the hills , the meadows , the smiling yallies of corn in our own dear country , let them enjoy tho healthful , invigorating occupation of cultivating our own lands , instead of being confined in cotton-traps . Mr . Crosfield appeared satisfied with Mr . Leech ' s reply , as he adopted the usual mode of his brethren of tho saiutish faiths-silence . The next champion of the repeal was Mr . Ryland , the Secretary of the Warrington anti-Corn Law Association . Ho asked Mr . Leech whether cheap bread was not preferable to dear bread !—whether a repeal of the Corn Laws would not stop foreign -manufactures and foreign
competition ?—whether it would not give increased stimulus to the trade of this country , &c . ? Mr . Leech answered in an argumentative speech , which occupied halt' aa hour , and said that cheap bread was far preferable to dear bread ; a child would know that . He quoted difforont authors in support of his position ; and their own writers contradicted and condemned their own proceedings . He successfully rebutted the fallacy of our competing with foreigners without bringing the wages of tins country lower than what they are , with the present taxation over our heads . He concluded by advising every person present to enroll themselves members of tho Society . This meeting was decidedly the best ever held in Warrington , aud will do much good . After the lecture , three cheers were given for the lecturer , and three cheers for Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., after which tho meeting quietly separated .
CARDIFF . —At the weekly meeting of tho Chartists of this town , the following resolutions were passed : —1 . " That we continue to place full confidence in Feargua O'Connor , and the Northern Star . " 2 . That the Executb 3 Council be requested to give their best attention to * exclusive dealing , ' as noticed and recommended by Feargus O'Connor , in the Star , of the 15 th of May . " 3 . " Though tho endeavours of the Convention , to have a personal interview with the Queen at the presentation of the memorial , have hitherto been with little success , yet , we are satisfied they have done the utoO 3 t in their power towards effecting it . "
DUBLIN . —The Charter Association of this place , held their annual weekly meeting on Sunday last , Mr . O'Malley in the chair ; he opened the business of the meeting , by pointing out the duty which Chartists had to perform . He taid that every Chartist ought to make his family circle a Chartist meeting , to expound to then its principles , andby such means to form a new raco of agitators , adding that " as the old cock crows tho young oueslearn . " The following resolution was moved by Mr . O'Connor , and seconded by Mr . Woodward , " That the thanks
of this meeting are due and hereby given to Messrs . Martin and Cleave for their manly aud patriotic conduct at the Repeal humbug meeting , in confronting , charging , aud convicting , to tho satisfaction of every honest man , the author , and now tho enemy of Chartism , Daniel O'Connell . " A letter from Mr . Clark , of Stockport , was read , relative to the base , brutal , and physical-force conduct of the . antiunionists of Manchester , on Monday , tho 17 th inst ., which , to say the least of it , would be disgraceful to men , even in a savago state .
DEWSBTJilY . —At the weekly meeting of the ChartistB , held in the large room , over the Co-operative Stores , on Tuesday night last , the following resolutions were passed : — " That we hereby tender our best thanks to Mr . William Martin , and Mr . John Cleave , for the manly mannor in which they met the base traitor , Darnel O'Connell , in his own den , at the Crown and Anchor , Strand , London , in showing him and his friends when and where he acted as a traitor to the people ; also that we pledge ourselves , individually and collectively , to support our unalterable friends , Feargua O'Connor , and tho Rev . Win . Hill , editor of tho Northern Star , so long as they pursue that straightforward course , from which they have never yet deviated . " mxX > X > Ij £ SBH 0 ' . —A spirited meeting was held here on the 20 th , in behalf of Mrs . Frost . Addresses were delivered by Messrs . Hollinshead , Sutherland , and Moir .
Chestebfteld and Brampion . —The Chartists of these towns have voted thanks to O'Connor , and the Editor of the Star , for their unceasing exertions in tho people ' s cau = e . OIiDHAM . —Messrs . Cartledge and Leech lecture here on Sunday , in the afternoon and evening . STANLEY ( Poiterie 3 ) . —The faction is thoroughly thrashed here . A tremendous meeting of not fewer than 30 , 000 was held ou Monday . Every means , fair and unfair , had beeu resorted to for the purpose of ensuring a Whig triumph afc this meeting . Whig masters marshalled their workmen on their own premise j , and marched them with music playing and banners Hying straight like cattle to the ground . The lliga Bailiff took tho chair ; but iu spite of
every effort , all their resolutions were rejected , and the people ' s amendments carried by triumphant majorities . The first amendment ; , denouncing the Corn Laws , but declaring their repeal to bo useless to the people , evenff effected , without the Charter , She Chairman declared , in spite of a most palpable majority , to be not carried . The second one , declaring the Ministers to be unworthy of confidence , ho was compelled to admit was carried by a large majority . To have denied it wonld be too barefaced . Tho third resolution was— "That this meeting protests against the partial conduct of the High Bailiff , in substituting tho minority tor the majority , and orders that copies of this protest be sent to MJVs , and to the Star and the Times for insertion . "
LEICESTER . — -Oar meetings continue to be Inore&singly attended ; au ^ , in addition to seeing Chartism prosper in the . ' oorough , we have the plea-Bure of knowing that Sk revival of its interests is taking plaoe in the " villages . Last Sunday , Mr . Cooper , editor of tb e Illuminatory delivered addreasea at Belgrave and Thurmaston—two considerble villages in then ' jienbourhood—to attentive audienoea ; aud , on Monday , ho addressed a large crowd at Wigstou , a populous village , four miles from Leicester , aboa' jding with half-starved stocking weavers ; the p r fellows feel their miseries keenly , and are settlor about forming an association .
REDDITCa . —A corn , sugar , and match-wood meeting tor ministers , was called by placard for Sunday ^ ev ening . When the time for holding it came , tha concoctors dare uot bring forward their resolutior , , but were glad to obtain leave from the Chartist- j to adjourn sine die . —Poor Plagxu . "
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oZg-t- ' . ^ £ ? w " t BROMS 6 ROVJS . —Tbe Chartist * her © have roted thanks to Feargus O'Connor , to the Petition Convention , and to Mr . Dean Taylor . STAFFORDSHIRE * OT 3 T * RIES . —Mr . Bairstow has been lecturing and preaching herewith great success during the past week . TBOWBRXDGE . —A triumphant meeting and tea party was held hero on Saturday , for the reception of Mr . Vincent . IP 3 WICH . —Mr . Goslin lectured here on Tuesday , "On the progress of events and the state of parties . " Ho produced a good effect , WARWICK . —The petition was signed hereby 513 males and 73 females .
NOTTINGHAM ^ . —The Board of Poor Law Guardians have resolved to dissolve the Union ; to stop the clerk ' s salary , and set the Commissioners at defiance j Bravo ! Nottingham ! STOCKPORT . —The Rev . Mr . Morris is delivering lectures here on ancient laws and Parliament . PLYMOUTH ;—The " Plague" bave been plagued here to their hearts' content . They called a mid-day corn , Bugar , and matchwood meeting oa Monday . The workies mustered and carried an adjournment to the evening . Evening came and the plague men did not venture even to show themselves ; they left the field to tbe people , who carried all their own way . Alas , poor plague 1 RADCHPPE BRID 6 S . —Excellent addresses were delivered here on Sunday , by Messrs Harney and Clarke , of Manchester .
DEPTFORD ( Kent ) . —Oa Sunday last , the first orgaaised body of Chartists in the county of Ken * was formed at Deptford . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Williams and Rose , of the Convention , and by Messrs Maynard , of Surrey , and Powell , late an imprisoned Chartist . It , waa resolved to enrol the Chartists of Deptford in tbe National Charter Association . NEWCASTLE . —Abortive efforts are being made here to bring out "brown bread Joseph ; " but" it won ' t do ; " the Chartists ? " wonV bite , " nor allow themselves to be bitten ., NEWCASTLE , O'Brien .- The Chartists of Newcastle aud Ouseburc bave appointed a- Committee to manage the O'Brien fuud . The National Petition has received in Newcastle aud Gateshead , 20 . C 98 signatures .
The Convention . —Thirty shillings have been sent from the Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead , for the Convention , addressed , by post-office order to M'Douall . NOTTINGHAM . —The Chartists here Lave voted rhauks to Cleave and Martin , for their ( ftjrfc at Dau's Repoal meeting . LESOS . —At tbe weekly meeting of the Chartist Association a discussion took place as to th « propriety of nominating two Chartists at the forthcoming election . One feeling seenied to pervarfo every member—that it was incumbent on them to bring two forward , but no resolution was come to upon it , oa account that it would ba better to have a public
meeting in some part of the town , eo that , evory individual might have the chance of saying who they shall bo . —After this , a discussion took place upon exclusive dealing , and a resolution was adopted upon it , " That we , the Chartists of Leeds , do pledge ourselves to support no person who does not support us in obtaining our rights . " The meetiug to determine upon Candidates will take place upon St . Peter's Hill , on Tuesday evening . . A meeting took place on Wednesday night , in the General Washington , West Ward , to determine what steps should be taken , $ nd to see whether the Chartists there were in favour of bringing out two Candidates . Mr . Han-is was called to tho chair , when
Messrs . Briggs , Clayton , Westlako , Gardner , Roberts , Walker , and Brook addressed the meeting . Yarious resolutions were submitted to tho meeting , andainong them was thefollowing , which wasadopted with the greatest enthusiasm ' : " That this meeting pledges itself to support two Chartist Candidates to represent this borough in Parliament , being satisfied that up Candidate who comes short of tha Charter will ever endeavour to benefit the working classes of this country ; and we call upo . n every honest man to do the same . "—On Moud . ay , the tea for the benefit of O'Brien takes place , when several talented friends will be present and address tho meeting . The Teetotal Chartists meeting in Council at Mr . Joseph OJdroyd ' s , Quarry-hill , have determined
upon doing their utmost to annihilate Whig h / fluence as ihe approaching election ; that if no other means of accomplishing this be ia their power , ihey have determined upou advising others , and voting in a body for the Tories . They knownot how bufliciently to express their disgust at , tho late decision of the House of Commons , iu reference to tho Chartist prisoners , and if ever zeal and enthusiasm burned ia the breast of man for the destruction of tyranny , this additional insult to their prison-bound friends shall stir them up to tenfold more , and irresistible exertion , to couquer the basest faction that ever cursed the shores of any country . It was also
determined that Messrs . Parker and Hu : k should deliver Christian addresses to the Chartists and other friends , on Hunslet Moor , on that all-important doctrine , as laid down in XSpd ' s Holy Book , " Our duty towards our neighbour . " Service to commence at six o ' clock , on Sunday evening , weather permitting . It was further resolved , tliat Mr . Hick do give a lecture , in tho Spitalfield Chapel , Bank , on Wednesday evening next , to commence at eight o ' clock , on "the comparative merits of Household and Universal Suffrage ,-if applied to the town of Leeds . " The working men , middle classes , and all grades of society are respectfully invited to attend . Admission free . Discussion is challenged .
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CHARTISTS OF MANCHESTER . I appeal to you on behalf of an individual who has suffered severely in consequence of advocating your rights ; tho person to whom I allude , is Mr . William Butterworth . Mr . Butterworth has not been enabled to procure employment at his trade , namely spinning ; the fact is , the factory despots of Manchester will * iiot employ'him on any consideration whatever . It is his determiiiatioii to commence selling newspapers on Saturday the 5 ih of June ; now what I want is this , that the readers of the Northern Star should immediately commence to purchase their papers of Mr . Butterworth , by doing this they would serve him without putting a single penny out of their own pockets . I would ask the Chartists of
Manchester whether it would not be wiser to assist such ,- * man to obtain a livelihood , than to do as a great many of the Chartists do by buying their papers from Whig and Tory newsvendors ? Bear in mind by purchasing your papers from Mr . Butterworth , you will enable him to go on advocating your cause , and also recollect that your indomitable champion , Feargus O'Connor , has recommended to you that you ought to deal with your friends ; hoping that you will take the remarks I have made into your most serious consideration , I subscribe myself , your brother Chartist , John Campbell . Salford , May 26 th , 1841 .
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Sunderland . —On Sunday afternoon , Mr . Binns will lecture at the Life-boat House , and Mr . Williams in the evening , at half-past six , at the Golden Liou room , Queen-street , Sunderland . West Riding . — -Mr . Harney will lecture during the next week , en Monday , at Sovrerby ; oa Tuesday , at Keighley ; on Wednesday and Thursday , at . Halifax ; on Friday , at Queenshead ; and on Saturday , in Mount Zion school-room , Bradford . Northampton . —On Wednesday , the 2 ud day o £ June , the Rev . J . Jenkinson will deliver a Chartist Total Abstinence Lecture , at the Guildhall , which the Mayor , Mr . Williams , has kindly lent us for til © occasion .
Mr . Julian Harnet lectures at Middlefcon in , the afternoon , and again in the evening of Sunday ^ tomorrow . ) > ; Little-Hooton . —A Chartist Temperance nee ing will be held on Sunday next , at Little-SHorton Green . To commence at two o ' clock ia tha afternoon . Manchester . —Messrs . Charles Connor and C . Doyle ' will lecture in Biown-street Cbariiet-room , Manchester , oa Sunday evening , ( to-morrow , ) May 30 th . Mr . James Cartledge will lecture at the Chartist Tailors' and Shoemakers' room , oa Sunday ( tomorrow . ) Halifax . —Mr . Harney will lectoore at Halifax on the evening of Wednesday aud Thursday , th » 2 d and 3 * 1 of June * and at Queenshead , on Friday ,, the 4 th .
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HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Thdbsdat , May 57 . Sir Robert Pkel rose pursuant to his netico given on Monday evening , ! to move : — " ¦ That hot Majesty ' s Ministers do uot sufficiently possess tbe confidence of the House of Commons to enable than to carry through the House measures which they deem of essential importance to the public welfare , and that their continuance in office , under sueh circumstances , is at variance with the spirit of the Constitution . " Sir Robert was left speaking and had said but little when the Sun's reporter came away . . . . * - ; *' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ *' ' .
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SUNDERIiAND .--On Sunday afternoon , Mr . G Binns lectured at the Life Boat House , to a good audience . His subject was , the duties of the people at the approaching elections . National Petition . —The petition from Sunderland was despatched on Sunday with ( 1558 signatures attached , and one from Bishop and West Auckland , with 780 signatures . Election Pbospects . —The liberal Whig sod Corn Law Repealers of Sunderland are in a pitiable dilemma . They have no candidate iu the field to represent their sentiments , and none available , with
the slightest chance of BUccess , unless they would start a Chartist Corn Law Repealer , such as Col . Thompson ; i&inst this the pride , prejudice , and illiberally are powerful obstacles . All , however , must eventually succumb to interest . Andrew White retires . Alderman Thompson and David Barclay , of London , hate declared themselves candidates , and their friends seem disposed to coalesce . Both of them are Tories , differing only in the shadow of a f ?_ . _ Exklnction is therefore the doom of the ^ Wh ? V BIlles ' tbey wiU unite their interest with that of tbe masses .
i . ^?^ £ ~ : A 1 i Parties are actively stirring here ' he Tonfs have two » aQd 'he Whigs one candidate in the field ; will the Chartista do their duty , having iamed placards , calling on the electors to withhold their votes for the present , and announcing their intention to bring out a Chartist candidate . Let other places imitate the priest-ridden city of Durham .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct551/page/1/
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