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LEEDS BOROUGH SESSIONS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next Genebai, Quartkr Sessions of the Peace for
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Just Published , Price Two Shillings , Cloth , PAPER AGAINST GOLD , containing the Hfs-L tory of the Bank of England , the Funds , tbe Debt , the Sinking Fund , and the Bank Stoppage ; also showing how Money is raised or lowered ia value by alterations in its qualities ; and the evil effects of the whole upon the Community . By Wm . Cobbett , condensed by Maksabei Chappelsmith . Price On © Shilling , GASKELL'S POPULAR COMIC SONGS , Complete . This Edition contains the whole of the Songs tnat were published in five former Numbers at Sixpence each . Price Three Halfpence , RULES AND PRINCIPLES OF AN INSTITUTION FOR THE FORMATION OF COMMUNITIES BASED ON CHRISTIANITY , intended to be known as the Christian Co-operative Joint Stock Society , instituted ia Manchester , September , 1840 . Price Sixpence , BRIGHAMfs REMARKS on the Influence of Mental Cultivation and Mental Excitement upoa Health . ¦ . Every man who values his health ought to be ia possession of this Book . Price Fourpence , CHANNING' 5 LECTURES on the Elevation of the Labouring Portion of the Community . Price Sixpence , THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF GHOSTS , DEMONS , AND SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS , Generally , fully , and familiarly Explained and Illustrated . By R . Buchanan . Price One Shilling , Originally Sold at Five Shillings , MUDIE'S EMIGRANT'S POCKET COMPANION . To those who are about to Emigrate , thi 3 book contains much Information that is highly useful and important . Manchester : Hey wood , Oldham-street ; and may be had of Cleave , London ; Hobson , Market-street , Leeds ; and all the Agents of the Northern Star .
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MEDICAL ADVICE . MESSRS . WILKINSON AND CO ., SURGEONS , No . 13 , Trafatgar-street , Leeds , and -34 , Prinet Edward'street , Fox-street , Liverpool , HAVING devoted their Studies exclusively for many years to the successful treatment 01 the Venereal Disease , in all its various forms ; also , t « the frightful consequences resulting from thai destructive practice , "Self Abuse , " may be Personally Consulted from Nine in the Morning till Hen at Night , and on Sundays till Two . Attendance every Thursday at No . 4 , Georgestreet , Bradford , ( from Ten till Firo . ) In recentcases a perfect Cure is completed withia rt Week , or . no Charge made for Medicine after that period , and Country Patients , by making only one personal visit , will receive such Advice and Medicines that will enable them to obtain a permanent and effectual Cure , when & 11 other means have failed . Theyhopethat the successful , easy , and expedition modetheyhave adopted , of eradicatingeyery symptom of a certain disease , without any material alteration in diet , or hindrance of business , and yet preserving the constitntion in full vigour , and free from injury , will establish their claims for support . As this Disease is one which is likely to be contracted whenever exposure takes place , it is not like many other visitors , once in life , but , on the contrary , onr infeciion may , scarcely have been removed , when another may unfortunately be imbibed ; therefore , the practitioner requires real judgment in order to treat each particular case in such a manner as not merely to remove the present attack , but to preserve the constitution unimpaired , in case of a repetition at no distant period . The maa of experience can avail himself of the greatest improvements ia modern practice , by being able to distinguish between discharges of a specific and of a simple or mild nature , which can only be made by one in daily practice , after due consideration of all circumttances . In the same manner at birth , appearances often take place in children , which call for a proper knowledge and acquaintance with the disease , ia order to discriminate their real nature , and which may be the-means of sowing domestio discord , uuies * managed by ' the Surgeon with propriety aud skili . Patients labouring under this disease , cannot be too cautious into whose hands they commit themselves . The propriety of this remark is abundantly manifested , by the same party frequently passing tne ordeal of several { jractitioners , before he is fortunate enough to obtain a perfect cure . The followwi are some Of the many symptoms that dist nguisn this disease : —A general di bility ; eruption on the head , face , and body ; ulcerated sore throats , scrofula , swellings iu the neck , nodes on the anin bones , cancers , fistula , pains in the head audr . bmos , which are . frequently mistaken for rheumatism * &c . &c . Messrs . W . and Co . ' s invariable rale istoi ? ive » Card to each of their patterns * as a guarantee for Cure , which thoy pledge tfteui . ^ eiv es to p norm , or return the fee . For the accommodation of thoae who cannot conveniently consult Messrs . W . and Co . pefKonwlfi they may obtain the Purifying Drops , price 4 s . 0 U 1 at any of the ' following Agents , with Printed Directions , so plain that Patients of either Sex m » y < £ >* themselves , without even the knowledge of » bedfellow * . Mr . Heaton , 7 , Briggate ; and Mr . HoMbw , Times' office , Leeda . Mr . THol | f BjOtlkb , 4 , Cheapside , Londor Mr . HAKrra * fSQQkseller , Halifax . Mr . Dewhirst / SF , New Street . Huddersfield . Mr . HAKKisosiBoGk 8 ener , Mark ' etPlace , Baam » ler Mr . Hargrove's Library , 9 , Coney Street , York . Messrs . Fox and Son , Booksellers , Poutefract . Mr . Harrison , Market-pl ;«« c , Kiuon . Mr LANODALE , Bo 6 ksd ' . f-r , KnareSbro&HarTog * ' « Mr . R . HuBST , Corn .-Mar . " « , Wak > -fieW . Mr . Davis , Druggist , No , 'i . . Viatket-Place , Manchester . Mr . Johnson , Bookselk-r , E- 'ver ey . Mr . Noble , Bookseller . ' Rn ^ ton , Jaaoo ? n * birv . Mr . Noble , Bookseller , Mar ' cef-piace , Huli . Mr . H . Huston , Loath , Lincolnshire . " . Ms Office , Sheiiirfd . Chronicle Office , Lord Sireet , Liverpool . And at the Advertiser Office , Lowgate , Hull . Jj
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TO THE ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS j OF THE ! WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . Friexds asd Cottstryxsx , j TTaYING been solicited by the delegates of the ] XI unrepresented people ( assembled from all parts i of the Riding ) in Dewsbury , this day , to allow [ myself to be put in . nomination as a candidate for j the representation of ihe West Riding , I haye i deemed it my duty to at ouoe comply , and m f responding : o the call made npon me , see the necessity i and propriety of miking known the principles in support of-which I claim your suffrages . i I appear before yon as the humble advocate of j of that great body of onr conntrymen excluded by j the present legislative system from all partieipa- ) tion in those rights and franchises held and exer- i cised by the other classes of the community . f
I see around , me the men of my own order ( the -working class ] cresting ( under God ) all wealth yet eBjoying none—earning that bread id tho " sweat of their brow , " which they themselves do not eat , bat -which is devoured by the drones , the schemers , and plunderers of society . From personal connection , correFpondence , and , communication , I cm speak to the universal spirit of discontent existing in the breasts of ihe labouring many . I know that disaffection toward all existing * institutions pervades the mass of the working classes . I kr . ow that they regard with scorn and contempt the miserably delusive measures
of Reform lately propounded to the country by the present Advisers of the Sovereign . What will the proposed trifling redaction per pound in the price of Sugar ; the proposed alier-»; ion ( for the worse ) in the Duties on Timber ; the proposed alteration in the Corn Laws , intended solely to bolster up a decreasing Revenue ; what ¦ will these changes do for the wretched hand-loom weaver existing upon 2 s . 9 d ., 3 = Id ., and 4 * . 6 d . per week ? For the miserably-paid agricultural labourer ? For the ien 3 of thousands of the destitute of England , Scotland , and Ireland willing to earn by labour their subsistenco , bni unable to find it ?
A change is required , not to keep one faction in xnd another faction on : ; iut a change that will socially benefit the mighty mass—that shall guarantee to him who toils the fruits of his labonr . How is sach change to be effected ! Will titled Aris : ocra : s or wealthy Commeners do that for you ¦ which would ameliorate their class-usurpation Not they indeed . How then i 3 such change to be " trough ? abont ? By the destruction of ciass-le ^ isiatien and the representation of the oppressed wealthproducers . Seeing , in the present system of legislation , the cause of the political debasement and social wretchedness of the working class , I seek for the enfranchisement ( politically and socially ) of thai class by the recognition and adoption of the principles of the People ' s Charter .
I demana the extension of the Suffrage to every male that shall have attained the years of manhood . First , on the ground of right , believing that " all men are born free and equal . " Steond , on the ground of proiecti -n , that isi > jur m 3 y legislate for labour , aad that the rich , through clas 3 made laws , may no longer grind the faces of the poor . Opposed in principle to secret voting , I would nevenheJess g ; ve my support io the Billot 43 a means of protection to the weak against the tyranny of the strong . Annual or Sessional Parliaments I would moil
cordially support . A more equal division of Eiectorai Districts is absolutely E-io ^ ssary to avoid the gross anomalies of the presens system . The Property Qual . Siatioa at present required on the part of Kaglish and Irish Representatives is a j ^ ross insult to every principle of justice , the people ' s approval should be the only qualification of the legislator . Each Representativesaosld receive wages fur attendance , that he may be truly the servant ot ihe people , they ( the pecplc ) having the po ^ er to dismiss him from iheir ssrvice when failing to fu'Sl lie duties of Ms mission , •^ Only when the people are represented will legislative measures be adopted for the good of all . £% But , in the meantime , it is perhaps necessary that I should srata briefly my sentiments upon certain great quesnons connected with the welfare of our common coin try .
I am sternly opposed to the New Poor Law , both in principle and detail , and will seek its immediate * nd to : al repeai . Regarding wr . h horror and indignation the wholesale mu .-der of the children of the poor in the ma . nufao :. irln = { districts , tha Ten Hours Bill shall have icy hiiriy support ; and I will seek by every means in my po «" er io promote a complet * reform of factory labour . Seeing in local government the best palladium of national hber ; y , 1 am opposed to all schemes of " crntrali ^ auoa . " I am ' hostile to any schema of Rural Police , and consider tha : : hs complex eonironi over tha police of towns and boroughs should be vested ia the hands of tlie inhabitants . " I aia opposed to all resnieiious upoa knowledge , iud mil seek ih ? repeal of all laws and taxes fettering the pre * s .
xne aavocate of religious as well as civil liberty , I contend agnins : the existence of a iiate church , or compulsory exa : tic ? os for the support of any sect or creed . I will snppors a total repeal of the Cirn La ^ vs accompanied by such a reduction of taxation as will allow the British farmer to compete wita tho foreign corn grosver ; and give to the manufacturing popular ? oa , the benefit of such repaai withon ; iuniciiDg injury upon the agricultural classes . I am 1 ' jr the repeal of all '" monopolies" bj the repeal of the B monopoly" of legislation . With resptct to Ireland , I am decidedly in favour of a Repaal of the Ls . ^ Ulitive Umoa , believing that it wjz ^ d be for the iste .-esi ; and welfare of both counties that Irelaad should constitute and legislate for har « if .
If elected as your Representative , I shall use evary exer ; i :, n to proc ire the libjraiion and restoration of all tho ; 3 suff . rir . g iu prison or in exile for ' their advocacy of the ri ^ -r . * of man . Electors , —I aa ^ e briefly but explicitly stated my principles—the grounds upon wh : ch I hope lor your Suffrages ; iu you is reposed a weightv trustj me that yon exercise t . ia : iru-. t far : he gjoi of all . We are oa the tre of a chva ^ e , which no eirmly pow ^ r can aTeri , it Is :-. « r y ~> u to sav tow tba ' . change jhaD be eff-eted . W ; are on tho very larcshoid of " Re-Tolunon , " it is hr you to decide whei-er that " Re--Tu , a ;; oa"' shall bi peaceably brought abont wiih joar a-xist-ance , or wi-jin ? r ihe d .-franciis ^ d manf shall be complied to ri ^ b .: theia-jeives in spue of jour opposition—in the Jaiter ca ^ e the consequences are frightful to contemp ate . B ^ iiove m-i , mere brute force cannot much longer st : fb the voice of the oppressed and the er ^' aved .
Noa-EleciDrs . — Ihe pr . nciples set forh in this adaress are no new x , r ^ iy \ zi ajopt = d ; Vr ihe occasion j for years I Lave s : nis : ^ 2 . ; d for th-ir triumph ; my nrs : services in your cau ^ e entitle me to k > uk for tba ; stsppon of which I ? eel co-i 3 dent . ineiids and Ojunt-rjTncn , —Now is ihe time to assert Tonr ^ Ciaim w th-i : uffrage ; long di-. r ^ ncnisei —loDrf eas ^ aTod , c ^ as .- to b _ : iae wiil : ;) g &sr : s of fze-Aon . Atiend iu voir th- ^ saads and tens of thoisasds , on liie d- ^ j ut nsm ^ an . ^ , ana once , and for ever , set a . ? ide t ,-ie oii ^ a ? a-J \ r : ek- ; j distmccion of ihe " priTil «» d-f-- " . '' &-ad xhe v- -abiec : many . " Deiaa-ad joac naha , and praeiicaLly Wert your demand .
I M , I our ci = vo - ei Fr ^ ad and Ser T 3 r . t , GEORGE JULIAN HaRN'E ^ Dewsbarr , June 20 . 1841 .
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TO THE ELECTORS AND NON- £ LECIoKi OF THE BOROUGH OF LEEDS . HA TING beea invited : o beoomi a Ci ^ di-Iate fur i-s Representation of yjur Hot- • a ^ h , I che- ; rfuliy cimpiv , aad rest my mpa , of ^ uce-- < upon the coins : i&n ? -e b ; : weea mj principles and obi-c = ana your ; .. t-res ? aai ciat e =. Tn :-ro are periods n- the history of na-ion =, when events cn ^ r : o oraly :. 2 a crU : 5 , ia -Brh-ch attention to ; . ii C 3 u :: nai ! oa ana workings of Govimment , the eii : w i j / ineir frrirvaaceinrvwimu w f VL ? ¦> in
' ;; ° JQs p-e , . - ' - /' , —' '" -.- >* , ^ ' grirvaace-, opiaiou * in _ i ^ rjiin ;» s , become ice tacred daiy Of all . rhe prii . ? u ! : s * : ch a pennd . The rofce of di-eontent Ti 2 g < tirongn the laao , a-: d tho cry of the o ? pre 3- * ci piereeta the heavens . M-rcaaacs aad Maasfac turer ; , Masters and Workmen , all , in fact , except tn : > -e pr : vhe « ced to live oa the re .-ources developed and w-. a ;; h produced by rhe mind , skill , and labjar Ol me people , are dis ? a ::-fi ? d wiih thingt as they are Oppression and fraud increase daily . R ^ in an duaenJ nr ^ ble misery are fraits of tbing 3 a 3 : hev are therefore , a change is deminded . " '
Bat Trha ; change ! What change is adequate to the emergencies of the case , and capable of eff-ctaaJy eradiciting existing evils ? Wim change will make Eaglaad and Englishmen what they ongh ; to be J Various schemes are offered ov parties cl » im ' . 3 g your Suffrages . Which is the " best 1 Toatjs tae question , tho " Qaestion of Questions , " irhtch you mast now deeiie ! As aa Engiishman attached to my country , and a man dt « iroa ^ of advancing tha conditioa of my rac I r ? 5 peetfaiiy submit my Tiew ; of X " u 3 meins by W 3 K . 1 the hanoar » nd happiness of bOLil Would b ? s : ; urei . - iJsja-T , aad fear no : / ' That 13 my remed y : the lorniiaiioa of my political creed . Ciiss 1 ,- ^ liiauoa , and Irrespansible Power , are opp :-.: i v > this . I believe them , therefore , to be the- ??¦ - ?? of our miseries—Gavernaeat lv - ^ d for tae propie , the only Ten-4 v . J
^ ^ ' ^ -j" To : 53 PeD P-s requires that the voice of t- - - ? ?' ^ v . atires be heard in the Le-i ^ rare rri ^ , !?* ^" - aifMlin « r ^ eir live ; , " meaas of « XBt 8 n « 4 and happiness . This Justice to the Peop ^ a nc i oaly compatible tnth , bat inseparable S 2 ?» - V rD real - ^ PP " 1653 of all - I am , therefore , no PobasaiPanizin , uor P 4 r-y Siare .
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| My Principles are embodied in tho People ' s Charter , and are admitted , by all , to be abstractedly , just ; but I hold that where Justice is an abstraclum , Injustice must be a reality . The Principles of the Charter woald rest the Government nf the Country in Man of Mature Age and Sound Mind ; tbe present system enfranchises and legislates for Bricks , Mortar , and Money . The former is a Living Soul , the latter a Dead Matter Suffrage , I am not only for tbe Repeal of ihe Corn Laws
but the abolition of all Duties upon Imports and Exports . I would make Trade sa free as the air we breathe , and abolishing all ether Taxes , would provide the needful expences of a jast Govemmment by a Tax upon Property . 1 maintain tb * righ : of the Unemployed Labourer , aa well aa the Aged and Infirm , to a subsistence from ihe soil of his native Land ; and shall , therefore , ofrpose the present Poor Law as insufficient in its provisions , as well as insulting and despotic in its administration .
My opinions on other subjects I shall hare an opportunity of submitting to you shortly ; in the meantime , I assure you your Choice shall be my Qualification , your approbation my reward , and the promotion of your universal Interests my highest Happiness . 1 am , Gentlemen , Ycur Friend and Servant , JAMES WILLIAMS . Sunderland , June 12 , 1841 .
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TO THE ELECTORS AKD NON-ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF LEEDS . rpHE time has arrived when anew Government J _ has to be formed out of the Representatives of the National Mind . In the strnggle for the selection and election of such Representatives Leeds has to take a part ; and already are four Candidates , in the respective interest of the two great factions who have ruined our country , claimants for your M sweet voices . " To meet the usurped pow ^ r of faction , yon have , in Public Meeting assembled , called upon me to become a Candidate for the Representation of your Borough , associating me with a noble colleague—one of Nature ' -s Gemtlemen . I have great pleasure in responding to your call ; and hopa to prove myself worthy of your confidence by exhibiting the incompeteney of our opponents to legislate for the present enlightened race of "ignorant" Englishmen .
I am a plain , blunt man ; so " ignorant , that I am not considered worthy of being trusted with the power , or even the right , of judging of the respective merits of those who plead for your Votes ; while you consider me worthy the distinguished honour of standing by their side as a Competuor . My opinion on the questions of " the Suffrage , the Ballot , and the Church , " are not " in process of formation" ! They are fully matured and confirmed . I trust , therefore , that I shall not require "drilling " to ' render"me " sufficiently acceptable to the Electors" on these points !
I am & firm and uncompromising advocate for the immediate legislative adoption of the People's Charter—a document draws up by Dan O'Connell , Mr . Roebuck , Mr . Hume , and others . This measure duly provides for the just Representation of the whole People ; secures the free exercise of the Franchise ; and puts an eff-ctual stop to tho practice of Bribery and Corruption which now so notoriously prevails . Under its provisions the House of Commons could be no oiber than a true reflex of the National Mind .
Belonging to the people j having no interest but in common with the people ; working for the people ( in Parliament if sent ) as 1 have hitherto worked among the people , I shall be free from the trammeis of part / or faction ; and shall not have to sacrifice honour , honesty , truth , consistency , and character to maintain the ascendency of any one set of miscreants over anomer . I shall never be obliged to vote that " black is white" to preserve my-friends in oSee !! I make no difference in the creeds of Whig and Tory . The whole ( if any ) consists in their position relatively to the two little monosyllables— " iu" and " oui !' "' The Whigs in are Tories : —* he "Whig ? out , are anything that you wish to m 3 ke them to secure their "' innings" !!
As a charge has lately b ; en made by the hired press against that body to which I have the honour to belong—" the Chartist-paid Missionaries , "—a word here , perhaps , may not be opt plice . We have been called " Trafficking Politicians . " For tho present I shall rest quietly under the charge ; but upon the day of Nomination I shall take the liberty of questioning both " the noble soldier , " and the u prostituted barrister"' as to the difference of our respective callings : and I think I shall be able to show , that while I still eat the bread of honest toil . thai one of my competitor- is a tool ready to be hired at so much per day for the honourable service of indiscriminate slaughter , while the other is ready to prostitute himself , for pay , to the indiscriminate support of riubt or wrong—the first comer beiDg the obi ^ ct of his protection and support .
Electors and Non-Electors !—A great and mighty change is at hand ! and it behoves u 3 to t > e prepared with the proper machinery for wirking out that change . Hitherto all Revolutions have failed , because tho people have : ; oi . been prepared wiih a new , system to roplxce the old one ; the intermediate space between : he deathof one system aad the establishment of another having generally been one of Physical Revolution , in which the paramount anJ general good of the people has beeu overlooked . To constitute a email cog ia the required machinery I take to be the purpose to which you mean to app . ' me and my honourable colleague should you ek-ci us ; that is , we snail form a portion of the National Representation of the National Will , ready to act for the Nation when society shall be conrulsed , cas in all probability it will be ) by the interested struggles of the two rital factions lor
supremacy . Whatever danger may be consequent ai > on that position , I willing y undertake it ; and shall not shrink from any honourable task impo .-ed tipon ire by my Consiitutents . We are in the midst of a . mighty struggle between Laxd and Machinery . The q jesnon of the rightful and harmonioui application of these two elements of production is one of paramount importance , though few understand its bearings . I flatter myself that I know some little on each branch of the subject , having had practical acquaintance with both . We must return from a too-artificial , » a more natural staie of Society . Tnen will each of these great sources of Wealth and Happiness find its true place in the estimation of Sjcie' . y . and produce its natural results . Agricultcbe will then be fostered , and not di > cuurased ; ana Machinery will be made to work for man . instead of working against him , a 3 at present .
Looking anxi-.-urly for the cay when unprotected Labolt . ^ all mee > protected CapiiaJ , before an unprtjadiced jury of Englishme ?) . I am , Your devoted Friend and Servant , JAMES LEECH . Manchester , J :: r . e 14 th . 3841 .
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TO THE ELECTORS AND INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF ROCHDALE . Electors and Ijtuabitakts of Rochbale , I COME before you , at this great Crisis , as the caad / . via . c for your r-ure-eniatiuu , net assumiug tha : pe , > r . h > n at my own seeking , but under the comcai . d of a K reat body of your ElecvoTs , si ^ rn ned to me by : beir wrtten requisition , and since sanctioned at your late Meetim ; , by the unanimous approval of your a * j' -mb : ed Cv . ' z-n?—not a- ~ tmbltd m privacy , or within w ^ ils , -svh ^ r-j eppon-ms could be excluded —but in an open .-pace where every individual had
the unrestricted p ; jwer to truer , auera Procession thrqn ^ h your Street-, which gave the greatest possible publicity is the object . I am not so presumptuous to cun-ider this proceeding as a manifestation of personal favuur to myself ; I hold it as a declararation of your adhesios to that great Canse which we jointly supper ; :-that Cause is , the Abatement of Monopolies . Political , R J'g ' ous aad Commercial ;—it was this cause \ vhu- ' : i , at your Meeting and Procession en Saturday evening , produced &uch unanimity and erithus' ? i > m—that through the extended ran- ; e of ihut Pr-j .-ession , a : ; d a-t ihat Meeting , not one mnrniur <• : . Jis .-eni « -js 'hf-. ird .
When I avow my « eif the ( J p ^ Kie .-t of all . Mono poaes , I procla : m ; ' .-. e advoirjtcv " ' . tT ry Measure which can produce PoJhicii , litigious , and Cotnnaereistl Freedom . I desire , by th « jn-t Esn ? j : siou of the Suffrage to all Classes of the Corrnnnity , pn . t . cted by the ballot , to de .-trvy the M > ,:-np - ; y ., f Hvpresenution t > y wnieh the few hare o-tu u . ih- r .. oti > bied tomDiie "Liiv 3 to ; he K . j-iry of ih- many . —aiM 1 hoid this Monopoly of RcpreiJentati . nj o t . « 'he -rand -o . iice irom which evrry o-her M j ^^ l v bd 6 derived its existence and support . I t * t ° E ^ Mish ReHgiou * Liberty , hx Abolishxng Church Rates and all Co-npwso , y A >\ e * menUt turough the means ol wh . cb a wan mav Ou jt-q . nrea to pay for the Ministry or Ordinances ' ,. » Caurch > vitn which lie is i ; ytjjined in coaiinuiron
I desre to establish C-jmni-rc -m Liber ; y , by Repeiling all Danes impend fur tne Pro-. ^ cu on oi CiassInterest 3 , amongstwhichI . ; o ; : i-ider ; iieD ;;;' eson C ; rn to be the most grevinu ? , eppre ~ = i p , a : ; d uiijHist , —aad rendered ftill more i :: tn ] t-rabie . wh ;! .- ;! thro : 'fi h the means of the . NVb- Pojr La vr , the proVi-i-. u 1 ir ihe Poor has been cr . rfaf ]» d , a :.: til .: terms of ic- ! u t rendered so hard and cffrusjve t ; the hou-. ' -t feelingcf English Indepe :: d ' : ; .- ? a ^ : ? . induce r ;• ,.. suffA-erl to sabnait , in ciisy c ^—s , : - ; e 1 x : i a " .- ? i : 0 ; ' Ji ; e through waat aad di .- - ea » o . !• : ¦ : - r ¦ .. j ; i jr ; av > le r ^' . emsclves to the _ do-r ^ . aii :-4 cuiH-. .. r , » . a Workv . j ' use . By these n-ju ^ t en-d- ; ;¦¦ - - . ¦ .-, ,.-. , _ ¦ . t r . a ^ - b ? e \ s generai-d , in * s-ta-.-Lnie *; t : rl- ' ^] :.-h ; n . ; : ro < . \^ constitution of their L-.-v ,:: " - ; "; . s ' .- . e ii ' . v-- -tkc-m- 'i . outrage his bscn iLc : vs .--ir :-- ' - . . * -.- _ ¦ > : i ? q ; ,: ¦ -. * $ our Jl'h hh . Tal > : i .: \ dil' . ' i \ - .. : 1 .. ; : -: 1 vj ^ ..: ; ^ r ; , j . ii ^
unaer prcic :. ce .:: *••; ciuj 1 . J- ^ . ,. r , ;— : contii ; ujional Co- ^ csb ' i ha 3 u- ^ n ¦ x . Auhtz ¦ for ihe hired . Puiicemen—the noble ia-ri .-uuouc ui your Great Alfred ^ have fciwn canceiitj *—En ^ iishmen are na longer tu be the unpaid tuardlans 01 their own
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peace—and a body has been formed under the name of a Rural Police , for the support of which , your Taxes have been increased , and an instrument has been created , which , in the hands of an arbitrary Government , might speedily be converted intoi , Standing Army independent of the control of Parliament , and applied to the subversion of all the Constitutional rights of the people . My desire is to restore yonr country to good order , not by the continuance of imprisonments and punishments , and despotic establishments , but by such improved Laws and systems of policy as will secure the attachment of the People to their form of Government , and their obedience to th « authorities of the State , by a sense of the practical benefits secured to them .
With reference to Ireland , I claim for that portion of the United Kingdom , Equal Rights , and Privileges , and Franchises with Britain , and I desire to incorporate the interests of tho two Countries by the communication of mutual adtantaKes , through the means of just and impartial principles of united Legislation . Electors and People of Rochdale , g-ich is an abstract of my opinions , my well considered opinions —which I have more fnlly explained to you at your public meetings : —I have told you also , that I will not go to Parliament to support the objects of iny Party or Ministry , or any Leader , but to sustain to
the best of my judgment , by my honest votes , tho combined interests of all Classes of tho Community : and impressed with the evil of the lengthened duration of Parliament ? , I reiterate the pledge of annually submitting my Parliamentary Conduct to the test of your decision , and if called on , at any time , by any considerable number ef the voters who supported me , I promise to re-place iu your hands the trust of your Representation . If I go into the House of Commons in a capacity to serve you , I must go there by your free , unsolicited , and unpurchased voices : —On no other terms can I consent to be yo « r Representative .
Electors of Rochdale , I feel there are no personal grounds on which I could solicit the position of your Representative . We come together with a view of acting for tho common good of our Country : we desire , at this great Crisis , to take the best step 3 to promote those Reformed Systems which the National Interests imperatively require . For these objects our connection must be founded on pnblio virtue . Electors and Inhabitants of Rochdale , I am informed that the friends of Monopolies will attempt to make a stand against us , by nuans of tho power which tlie monopoly of the rights of voting supplies them . That they hope , by private workings and undue influences , and , abo ^ e aU , by creating divisions , to swamp the votes of the Liberal Electors , and defeat that power which would be impregnable to their attacks if the Elective Franchise- were
diffused to a just extent through your Working Classes . Be on your guard , therefore . Recollect "That united we stand—divided we fall . " Think not of tho individual Candidate , but of the cause , —think of your wives and families—think of your working fellow townsmen , the Non-Electors , and then ask , — will you ghe your votes ia support of those monopolies by which the sources of employment are closed , whilst at the same time the prices of food are raised 1—Electors , recollect that tho more the franchise is limited , the higher are the responsibilities of those who hold it . Permit me , in conclusion , to call to yonr mind the memorable words of Nelson , — " England expects every man to do his duty ! " Acting upon this motive aieae , I offer myself to jour service . Your faithful Servant , WM . SHARMAN CRAWFORD . Rochdale , June 7 tk , 18-il .
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TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF BRADFORD , n ENTLEMEN , —You are about to be called apon IX to exercise the impoi taut Trust which you hold in common wiih the other Electors of this Kingdom , of returning Representatives of your opinions to Parliament . The preseut Political Crisis is perhaps of m re importance to tho industrious and productive Classes of our Countrymen than auy that has occurred in our history . A struggle is about to ensue between the two great Factions of the State for Political Power . —They are so nicely balanced that it will require but a very few Independent Men in Parliament to turn the scale on whatever side is most favourable to the People .
It behoves you therefore to exercise the Elective Franchise wiih caution and discrimination ; Have a clear understanding with the Candidates , and endeavour 10 return , at least , one independent of party ; for the great advantage of having only a f « w such men in the ensuing Parliament is obvious . They all hold the Balance of Powsr , and the cause of the People must progress . In responding to your call , it is but right that I should give you a candid statement of my political principles . Tiity are , adopting the maxim of Binih . im , to secure to the People the greatest happiness of the greatest number ! To arrive at that des rable end , I b < lieveit necessary to give to them Universal Suffra ^ s aud increased facilities for acquiring
knowledge , by a National System of Education founded on liberal and enlightened principles . I am for restoring to the People their ancient usage of electing their representatives Annually , and that tkey should bo paid for their Services , believing those measures te be ot the utmost importance in securing arealRepre ^ entationot ¦ ilio People in Parliamcntjby establishing , ou a firm basis , that dependence of the Representatives upon the Represented , which is essential to good Government . I am also tor a division of the Kingdom into Electoral Departments , depending in their divisions upon an equal amouut
of population , as one of the means of getting a fair Representation of the People , by destroying the present corrupt and iniquitous system of permitting Boroughs wnh a popuianon of 4 , 000 to exercise the same influence in the State as those containing 100 , 000 inhab . tants . I am an advocate for the Vote by Ballot , not from principle , but expediency , looking upon it under the present confined arrangement , as the only means of destroying the corrupt system of influence and bribery at Elections . The foregoing I consider fundamental principles called into existence by the increasing intelligence of the age .
With regard to those Measurosnow exciting public Discussion , I am fora Total Repeal of tho Corn Laws , believing thtm to be an iniquitous tax upon the many for the be ; . t ; ti ; 01 the few : and an impediment 10 the Extension of the j ; reat Resources ol this Csuntiy , her Minulaeturiug Industry and Capacity . I am fi > r a Repeal of all those Laws which prevent ihefree-t Imereonr-e of nations in their Cdmaierciul Transaction .-, believing such Restrictions to be disadvantageous to the great mass of the People in this Country , and an Impediment to the Advancement of ihe Civilizi ' . ion of Mankind . I am in favour of a Graduated Property Tax , as the fairest which can be levied , to supply tbe deficiency of Revenue which might be occasioned by an alteration of our CotnmerciaJ Code .
I am opposed to th « New Poor Law , considering it Unchristian and Inhuman , in s .-icrifir-itig the nearest and de 3 rest Ties of Humanity to Pol . ticai Economy . I am for the AboUttou of Cisun'h Rates , looking upon them as ojpr ^ sive and dishonest inwards the l } i ?* euier ? , iu c : > , iin % uyou them to contribute to the support of a Structure in which they \
never congi > gate . This is the- general outline of my Principles ; not taktn up : or the occasioii , but winch I have held throUirhuu . life . 1 huve Iiuk-eem : ci ; Ce and Leisure , both essential for the proper performance of the duty of a Rsorescntat-ive o ! tke People in Parliament .. If you think my Principles claim your support , my time and energies are at your service . ; but , by " bribery or Intoxication , ( oeing a decided friend to the Temperance Causo , ) will I compromise my Principles , or er . deav-ur to corrupt you . I shall then have the sa-tisfsctinn , in ci :: e of my Election , of entering upc > n my dunes bold and fearless , in
having been returned by Honest aud Independent Electors . On the otiier band , in case L should not , be cho < en by a . Majority of you , I shall have the ? atishc : ' or ; < f rrfr-: v into private lite without a sin ^ l- ' r unp ' ^ RFam I'Mimr . but with tho consciousness of havi ; iu honestly offered to nay supporters the means of rc-ordi \ t t ''> v opinions in favour of the Political Principles y- wlv . ch I am the humble Ad-Toca'e . I remain , G-3 ; r :: inen , Your "? , faithfullv snd sincerely , ' W . SIMPSON . Bradmore-Hoiiso , Hammersmith , Jane 12 . li . 1041 .
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TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF PERTH . p ENTLEMEN , —I have been solicited by a nu-VX rnerous portion 01 your fellow-citizens to allow myself to be put in nomination as a Candidate for your suffrages at the approaching election . And , gentlemen , I assure you , that nothing but a high sense of pubuc duty , and the hops of preventing the represeniaiiuii oi your city from falling within the pale of Aristocratic or Ministerial influence , could have induced ine to come forward . It is a matter of imperious necessity that some thorough Radical Reioimei c ' uouid si&jid forward to vindicate the purity ut your principles , the freedom of your election , turn the iutitpendcuee of your character .
I aecci > i- iL- iiiviLfi-. ioa with a determination to . assist you in ueie-uui , ; tho unconstitutional inten-1 , ' ons oi lue p . e-en ; Government , in thus attempting ff , tor * - ? upon you a Placeman as your representative , —a P , j itaia ;! , coo , vfko already pats iuvo hi 3 pocket £ 3 o "( U P-i ahiium out of the public taxes , wrung frvin . '«< - industry 0 : tho poor . Your object islaudable . mi . A I ii- ' b *' - y ^ u wiii suceeed in frustrating their ut .= i-u u . " * v *^ ^ h iz'j uauie at the head of the poll I make ' i . 'o l- 'f' -y pretensions , —I can boa ^ t of no aristocrat ; , *^ connection , no family influence , no corrupted u 'Etruments of power , —I depend entirely upon the re 3 . ' * nce you may place upon the honesty of my principi * s and the integrity of my actions .
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I solicit your suffrages as a thorough Radical Reformer of the old Bchool , —unused to the new fangled doctrine of " Expediency , " or to the claptrap theories of the present Government , —I am opposed to " Finality" principles in every sense of the word , and I am therefore determined to ro on radically reforming the Commons House upon the principles of Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , and Vote by BaHot . As a Radical Reformer I am opposed to every species of Monopoly , whether of power or of wealth . I am opposed to the Monopoly of the Bank of England , because I conceive that its connection with the Exchequer is dangerous to the commonwealth—its power over the monetary interests of the country injurious to trade and commerce , and its influence over the whole property in the country , an evil which demands the serious attention of the Legislature .
I am opposed to tho Corn Laws upon principle ; because 1 conceive them to be unjust , impolitic , inhuman , and unchristiau ; and am therefore opposed to tbe Government plan of a fixed duty , iu the full conviction that any tax upon food is an injustice that ought not to be tolerated . I am an Advocate for their Total Repeal ! I ooncoiye that the question of Free Trade as brought forward by the present Ministry is a scheme to ga ' . n popularity—a mere stalking horse to delude the people with new promises , which , like all the rest , are sure to be broken—a speculation to gain a little strength to uphold their rotten and rickety administration .
I am in favour of Free Trade ; but would also free the industry of the people from the enormous amount of Taxation they are called upon to pay for the support of the State , and supply the deficiency of the revenue by a tax upon all reai and funded property ; then , instead of merely revising the import duties , we could safely abolish thorn altogether . Tho industry of our people , combined with oar natural and artificial resources , would enable us to compete with any nation in the world . Why then should we fear competition t If we had a cheap Government , we should not . We ask it—we demand Free Trade , Free Labour , Free Institutions .
As a Radical Reformer , and an advocate of self government , I am opposed to the grand scheme of centralization—a scheme sec on foot by the present Government ( of which the Hon . Fox Maule is an active member ) to subjugate the people and destroy every vestige of Constitutional freedom that our ancestors have fought for and defended with their lives . To the Rural Police scheme , for filling the country with Gendarmerie , I am heartily opposed ; and also to the principle of the New Poor Law Amendment Act . Though its baneful and destructive influence has not toached your land , recollect England is already cursed with it—Ireland is under its ban—Wales is falling beneath its deadly blight . You , people of Scotland , cannot expect long to escape from its poisonous touch . Be prepared , then , and return to Parliament one who wili use his
endeavours to resist the iuvasion of the Poor Law Commissioners upon your constitutional right . I am opposed to the connection betwixt Church and State . I hold it wrong in principle , and utterly a % variance with the precepts of Christianity , to tax a man for the support of any religion with which ho does not conscientiously agree . As a Christian , were 1 in Parliament , I would vote for the abolition of clerical imposts , of all stipendiary ministers and high church dignitaries , all exactions , oblattous , fees , and emoluments , levied by the clergy in the name of an established religion , whether in the Church of England aud Ireland , or in the Kirk of Scotlaud , and throw religion upoa its own merits , and its support upon the voluntary contributions of its adherents . I am also opposed to the existonce of our English Ecclesiastical Courts , believing that such institutions are not compatible with our sacred religion , whose precepts teach us " Peace on earth , and good will towards all men . "
These are my views . If you agree with me , I hope you will give me your cordial support . And , Gentlemen , depend upon it , if I succeed at tho Poll , I will serve you faithfully , honestly , and honourably , so long as I maintain your confidence . And farther , I pledge myself , in accordance with my views of Annual Parliaments , to appear before you onco a year , and give you an account of my services in your cause . I have the honour to be , Gentlemen , Your most obedient servant , R . J . RICIIAUDSON .
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TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE . p ENTLEMEN , —A dissolution of Parliament is Vj at hand , and you will bo shortly called upon to exercise your most valuable rights as freemen . Permit me , on this occasion , to solicit your suffrage ? . The Sju of a Member of Parliament , my attention has been early directed to the science of Politics , aud I have there learned to recognise the great principle of equal rights and equal privileges . 1 therefore boldly , unhesitatingly , uncompromisingly avow myself the advocate ) of Universal Suffrage , which shall secure w every adult raalo the right to tlie vote in the locality wherein he resides . The recognition of that rignt I believe to be tho best security for tho rich , as it is tho only guarantee for the poor . _ . „ _
I am decidedly opposed to the N « w Poor Law Amendment Act . The principle which has been avowed by its advocatos , that no distinction shall be made between poverty , the effect of misfortune , or tho fruit of crime , I detest , aa equally abhorrent to tho feelings of Humanity and the dictates of Christianity . Tho centralized authority of the Poor Law Commissioners I look upun as unconstitutional . Its exercise heartless and tyrannical . My best tiForts , therefore , would be directed to its repeal , and a return to those principles which shall secure ihe benefits of the Act of Elizabeth without the abuses . Having successfully , after obtaining the highest academica honours , stuiied in the three faculties ot Law , Medicine , and Theology , I venture to hope that my services might prove useful upon many questions connected with theso subjects that come before tho Parliament .
Being a resident in the Borough , its Looal Interests must necessarily engage my boat attention . Should you do me the hijjh , honour to elect me a , 9 your Representative in Parliament , I trust you will ever find me active in business , unromittiugiu exertion , and unwearied in application . Neither Whig nor Tory , it shall be my prsud botisi to be , indeed , and in truth , the Representative of tiae People . I have the honour to be , Gentlemen , Your most obedient humble Servant ,
WILLIAM VILLIIiKS SANKEY , M . A 30 , Harwood Street , June 15 , 1841 .
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TO THE ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS OF CLACKMANNAN AND KINROSS-SHIKES . REQUISITION , signed by a number of the electors XX anil all the Chartist Associations , ims been put into my hand calling upon wie to become a candidate at tbe forthcoming election tot Clackmannan and Kiuoss-shire . I feel honoured in such an invitation , and accept it with the determination of prosecuting the cauvass to the utmost extent the people may < i « em it right . Iunderstand that Col . Anercromby is already in tlie field upon tbe Whisr interest It is currently reported that a candidate for the Tory interest will also make his
appearance . It is rktht that tho Chartists , wuo are nine-teiittis of the populatiou in these districts , ought also to have their candidate upon the present occasion . To the Chartists 1 have , ujion innumerable occasions , explained my principlts , these are all contained in that ¦ well known document called the People ' s Charter , and I have unhesitatingly declared that I will countenance no other agitation until thia Charter become tbe law of the land , as , in my opinion , those who do so sacrifice their birthright at the shiine of sonw of the factions who hu . va alt in their turn deceived , aud afterwards pillage : ! and opprw si . d , the British people .
To the electors of tkesa counties—Allow me to point out shortly your pr < .-83 nt position in connection with . the great body of the people ; you are divided betw . en the manufacturim ; and agricultural pursuits * a wise and enlightened government ia nect's . sa-y ax a . protection to tlfeju interests . But government in this country has never held in the legitimate path of its duty , it has continually . interfered to regulate . tUoye i ; t « rests which it ought to have only protected . A uithrf has now increased to such an extent under its long continued maladministration that the whole resources of tho people are absorbed to satiate its deinai . ds . and even now , in the midst of profound peac « vthe resources <> f the most ingenuous and industrious people in tho w irld ar- in adequate to supply its wants -Upwards if two millions of its industrious labourers and artsius toil from morning until mHnightt and have not a titne of the b
ordinary necessaries of life . Our wan-uses are groaning with the fruits of tho people ' s industry , aud yet they are -wandering about ill fed and cioiUrd ia ra ^ is . Tho people are now convinced that these pwrniunetit evils result from bad goverr . ir . eut . You the electors of these counties , are called upon to send forth a representative who will either augment or remove theso evils . If yonr election should unfortunately fall upon i-ither a Whig or a Tory , you will then have extinsruUUud the last vestige of hopu among thtj people , of iiieir condition being improved through your patriotism aud wisdom . If you elfct a representative who will ylylw himseif to use all his influence in the House oi Cfinuioii . > to pass the People ' s Charter into law , y ¦ ¦ ' •¦ . ' * ii » in-p ' tre tbe people with renewed CMififlencd in you > - ii-. ttfiiri-y nnd wisdom , aa they feel coufl . kut that fiia . country is doomed speedily to be tlie iceni of . auarehy : u \ d
revolution / To the Chartists of fieso countu-. s—Yi . u ;< ro no-v called upon to perform a sicred n . id itupor-. ^ H duly to yourselves , your families , and your country . The pu-. m « are the legitimate source of political power . You have now an opportunity to prove it liiu vVliy . s ami To : lea are your bitter and uncompromising enemies- -usa ^ that power by harrassing them iu all poasiWe mean 3 under the constitution—use your constitutional rights
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at tbe day of nomination , and after recording yonr decision there , trust to God , aad the means He will discover to you for the securing and establishing of your rights in this land . ¦ I am , Electors and non-elecfors , Yours &c , Alva , 14 th Jane , 1841 . Abeahah Duncan .
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TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF LEEDS . GE NTLEMEN , —A Requisition has been presented to me from a large and influential Body of the Electors of Leeds , calling upon me to become a Candidate , in conjunction with Lord Jocelyn , for the Representation of the Borough in the event of a Dissolution of Parliament . The character of the Appeal with which I am honoured , whether I regard the number or respectability of the parties who make it , is such as will not permit me to hesitate between the inclination of private feoling and the dictates of public duty ; I , therefore , G entlemen , respectfully announce to you my intention of comply ins with its request .
I u declaring myself a Candidate for so great an honour , and in purposing to undertake so heavy , a responsibility as that of watching over the Parliamentary Interests of this extensive Borough , I wish I could offer to you the benefit of Parliamentary as well as Commercial Experience in tbe consideration of all those great questions which bo deeply absorb the public mind . Never have we stood more in need of the ability of an energetic Government or the wisdom of an enlightened Legislature than at the present moment ; and I confess that 1 do not recollect tho period when the depression of every branch of our Commercial Interests has been so appalling as it now is , nor can I concoive any duty so imperative upon Parliament as that of a most patient yet prompt endeavour to devise aubatautial means of relief .
What may be the cause or the combination of causes which has produced this paralysis of our commercial strength , or what may be the best means of restoring us to activity , admits of much discussion , and deserves to be discussed with moderation and temper . To those who ascribe our present distress to the operation of the existing Corn Laws , I can admit that a reduction and modification of the present scale of duties would not be attended with injustice to any class of the community ; and to the advocates of Free Trade I caa equally admit that our Commercial Code requires deliberate investigation , and that many obstacles which now impede the current of Trade may be removed without injury to any other existing Interest ; but ia the pursuit of this object , I hope that England will not be compelled to abandon those exertions which she has so nobly begun in tearing off the hideous badge of Slavery from tho human race .
Upon the subject of the Poor Law , the provisions relating to what is called out-door relief appear to me to have been made by the Commissioners in utter ignorance of the precarious employment of a manufacturing population , of which not only individuals , but masses of individuals , are , at a few days' notice , reduced from a state of industrious competency , to helpless destitution . Relief so restricted is wholly inapplicable to the wants of the dense population of a trading district ; besides which , there are other parts of this law that evidently require amendment . It is needless for ma to dwell in this address upon my devotion to our Church , or upon the importance which I attach to the Religious Education and Moral Improvement of the Poor . It is equally needless for me to express my reverence and admiration for ail those institutions comprised within the pale of our unequalled Coastitution , calculated as they are to
entail blessings upon all classes of the Community ; but I am persuaded that these blessings cannot be permanently enjoyed by any class , or in any rank of life , unless duo regard ba paid to the means of subsistence and to tho " contented labour" of the great body of the People . Whatever may be the estimation in which the policy of tho present Administration has been held by its supporters , thoy must acknowledge that that policy cannot be successfully applied to the exigencies of tho State except it be based upon the Confidence of the Nation . They must see that this Confidenae has been withdrawn ; --a general dissatisfaction with the measures of our Rulers , and an increasing suspicion of the Honesty of their motives , are fast growing upon the public mind : I concur in these apprehensions , and should hail their removal from Office as the first step to the restoration of our National Prosperity . I have the honour to be , Gentlemen , Your faithful Friend and Servant , WM . BECKETT . Kirkstall Grange , 8 th June , 1841 .
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TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF LEEDS . n ENTLEMEN , —The honour you have done me in \ X presenting to me the flattering Requisition I have just received , proposing that I should offer myself as a Candidate for you * Suffrages as one of your Representatives in Parliament , demands my most cordial thanks . I am fully sensible , likewise , of the additional value which is stamped on that Requisition by your having associated my name with that of your honoured Townsman , Mr . William Beckett ; and , with such a call and such a colleague , I cannot hesitate to accept your invitation , and to profess ray willingness to fight with vou the battle
of the Constitution in this great Crisis of the public affairs . With respect to the principle on which I now come forward , I have already had some opportunity of explaining my self to you personally ; but in accepting your Requisition I am bound to state explicitly to all the Electors what those principles are . In one word , then , they are strictly Conservative ; that is to say , they are such as will lead me to consult the interests , not of one class to the exclusion or prejudice of others , but to advance the well-being of th' ; - entire Community , adhering as closely as possible to the old Landmarks of tbe Constitution .
I shall not bid for your support by promising to root up and destroy every Institution that may be found to require Regulation or Improvement ; bat with due respect to the existing Laws and Usages of the Country , I would labour to preserve whatever is useful , and honestly to correct and reform whatever is amiss . As to the immediate questions which now occupy the public mind , I believe yon will agree with me in thinking that , howover important they are in thAn-8 elve « , and deserving of the most serious consideration of the Legislature , they do not constituto the real print at issue at this time , which is 110 less than the formation of an efficient Government in place of the weak Ministry which has for the last few a . disastrous years exercised the responsibility without being able to wield the powers of the State .
That the unexampled depression of the Comm ? rcial and Financial affairs of the Country requires a searching investigation inta its cause , and great wisdom and firmness in applying the fittest remedies , no man cau doubt ; but it is equally obvious that , the in < Jispeusa . b ! o preliminary to this is the formation of a strong and tfiEectivo Government , wise in counsel , and possessing the confidence of so decided a majority of the Reprcsentativoo of the peoplo as to have the power of carrying through the measures which they may de . em the exigency of the times to require .
To the support of such a Government , if eleoted as one of your Representatives , I shall consider it my duty to render my assistance , believing entirely that it can be formed only on Conservative principles ; and whilo thus sesking to accoiaplibh what I consider necessary to the safety of the Country , I will address myself assiduously to the protection and advancement of your own varied interests , and to the consideration of those great and complicated national questions which involve on the one hand the greatest extension that can safely and profitably be made of the Manufacturing and Commercial Exertions of this . Country , and on the other the protection of the large and important interests of the Cultivators of the Soil ; the supply of Food to all classes free from the influence of Foreign Jealousy and the dangers of Foreign War ; the removal of all the hanh and needless severity of the New Poor Law ,
rendering it applicable ( which at present it is not ) to the vicissitudes of the trade , and tho wants and comforts of the MaEufacturing Population ; the maintenance of the great and truly glorious effort made at so large a cost by this Country to strike off the bonds of Slavery throughout the world ; and the extension of thosp means of a moral and religious National Education which can alone insure the safety of th 9 State and tho well-beinst of all Classes among our rapidly-ificreasiDg Population . Upon these and all other subjects I shall be happy to afford you every satisfaction in my power whenever the proper period arriveafor my again appearing amon £ you , and in tho meantime I shall rely on the continuance of those efforts upon your part to which you havo bo generously pledged yourselves , and which , if continued , cannot , I believe , fail to be crowned wish th .: ; desired effect ,-I havo the honour to 06 s Gentlemen , Your most obedient , humble servant , JOCELYN London , June 7 , 1810 ; iho Committee fo . j ; promoting the Election of Mr . W . Beckett and Lord Jocelyn meet at No . 17 , Albion-Ssreet , every- day at Eleven o'Clock in the Morning and Seven in the Evening . Any information will be willingly afforded to the Electors at any timtmtheday .
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2 THE NORTHERN STAR .
Leeds Borough Sessions. Notice Is Hereby Given, That The Next Genebai, Quartkr Sessions Of The Peace For
LEEDS BOROUGH SESSIONS . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That the next Genebai , Quartkr Sessions of the Peace for
the . Borough or Leeds , m the County of York , will be holdeu before Thomas Flowsr Ellis th © Younger , Esquire , Recorder of the said Borough at the Court House , in Leeds , on Wednesday tht Seventh Day of July next , at Two o'Clock in th « Afternoon , at which time and place all Jurors Constables , Police Officers , Prosecutors , Witnesses ' Persons bound by Recognizances , and others having business at the said Sessions , are required to attend And'Notice is hereby also Given , That all Appeals not previously disposed of will bo heard at the opening of the Court , on Friday , the 9 th day of July next , and that all Proceedings under the Highway Act , will be taken on the First Day of the Sessions ; By Order , JAMES RICHARDSON , Clerk of the Peace for the said Boroueh Leeds , 10 th June , 1841 . * '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 26, 1841, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct555/page/2/
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