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TBS KDIT 9 B OF TBS SOBTHKk * SXtfU „ «» the 4 th of . July , th * following rtansu *^ i on the anniversary of 177 « , ia Hew York , " ?« " 000 Soadar oea cauWrea : by tt » toaertioD in ? ^^ lloaWe journal yea wfll oWig » a Teetotaller"" [ Stb s « st 2 a a Chartist and Republican . - * Walsirgham Mamis . » i 7 B £ B , look up and aee that flag , Bow gracefully it flies ; Those pretty strip ** , tfa * y « sem to be A rainbow in tbe ikies . jt jj nnr coanLry " s £ af , my » oii , &b& prcuily drink * the light O ' er ocean * wsre ia foreign dimes , a fymbol of onr might
y ^ er , what fearful aoiae is that , Lite th oxderiBf of tbe ekndi ? =-ky do the people wave their hats ^ sd rus h along in crowd * r n ii the roice of eanonry , The glsd sbouta of tbe free ; ThU is the day to memory d « ar , iB afreedom *» JHbUee . 2 wish th » t I ¦*»» now a man , rd fire mj cannon too , ^ nd cbeer a » londiy a * the rest , But , father , why don't yon ? I ' m setting « W and weak , bat atffl My heart i * big witts joy ; . ITi witnessed many a day like this , Shoal je , alood , my boy .
Hnrta , for freedom ' s jakDee . ' god blew » di native had ; Aad may I K ™ to hoW tte 8 Woti Of freed om la my hand . WeD done , my boy , grow up and lore The land that gave yon birth ; A home where freedem loves to dwell It paradise on earth . ¦ ¦ ^
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SOXGS FOB THE MILLIONS garf fioiine ride » rampant o ' er an the land , a wTbow but the drone * can his power withstand ; ftoiadustrious bees that produce the wealth iatiJ Tieiimi aloneud hekilisby stealth ; ftr tbe vx > UBdi -which he makes toey sever bleed , 5 tin waited form , when ihe bob ! is dead , * j ^ the tale that it died for wan t of bread . Oh , gracious God , that gorerns all , Thy attributes are wiie aad good ; Arise , and make the tyrants fall , That rob the poor of life and food .
jjwbard ii the fate of tbe suffering poor , wj » ftott , sad privation , and pain they endure ; iiiyet they are patient , forbearing , and kind , Qfffb the drones of the earth are against them eombin'd ; BBjsity shudder ! with grief and despair ; v ^ ei It foinVi asd reflects on their woes and theb can ; jjj the heart of tie patriot burns "with desire , Jfci the dxyi of tneir thraldom may quickly expire . Ohr gradens God , that govarns all , Thy attributes are wise and good : Arise , and make the tyrants fall , That rob the poor of life and food .
Maopoliiti , despets , and tyrants are strong , a ^ heap on tbe poor oppression and wrong , JfcyjMteh from the hangerd tbe fruits of the sod , ML reader abortiTe the Maermgi of God . ft , dame on the priest that would cant and would !*> y , Aripeosade the sad millions to yield to their sway ; Aid erased be the tr aitor whose tongue can beguile , fbo on plunder aad rob aad betray with a smile , Ob , gracious God , that governs all , Thy attribute * are wise and food : Arise , and make the tyrants fall . That rob the poor of life and food .
Iij Hearings be poured en tbe patriot ' s head , l ^ b » Htb to see tyranny prastrate and dead ; Bar ha heart will exult with a godlike delight , ffte jnstiee shall conquer tbe power of might ; Ti friends of mankind who m Skxiou to we Oi flay of redemption wbes all shall be free ; lad , lend year assistance , chained liberty eriet ; 2 i tra , and the spirit of tyranny dies . Oh , gracious God , that goYerns all , " Thy attribute * are wise and goed : Arise , and make the tyrants fall , That rob the poor of life and food . Besjamih Stoit Srrer-sbeet , Manchester .
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PEACE PERMANENT AND UNIVERSAL ; ita Practicability , Value , asd Coi sisteBcy with Divine Revelation ; a Prize Essay , by H . T . J . HiCsiXAiA . London : Sawders and Otley , Coadait-Etreet , 1841 . This is one of the most eloquent and powerful says spon the subject on which it professes to beat which has ever issued from tbe British press . Iitu composed in consequence of a rirealar pubfeW bj tbe CotRBiittee of " The Society for the PtsBtfkn of Permanemt aad Utiveraal Peace , " i&ring a prize of obo hundred guineas for the best Io » y , aad tirenty guineas for the second best , on & ¦ faUowiBg snbjects : — First—To show that war nnder all circumstances i iBeonastest with the preeepts of the Gospel and & > spirit of the Christian dispensation .
Second—To point out the datfes of njagirtrates ai peace officers in cases of tok nits , insurrections , ltd mr&sions . with the most effectual method of jrerentiDf such calamities . 1 Third—To shew the best means of settling all fepmes betweea nations without recourse to arms . " Tbe prizes were to be adjudged bj the Her . J . Pye Ssitii , the Rey . T . Thomas Pyne , and the Rot . John Bum , asd the first prize was awarded to the wsay were us . In accordance wiik the plan laid down ntke Society ' s circular , the work is dirided into toe paru , the first consisting of tfn chapters , em-Hiemg the following sabjects of considerauon : — " Qaptei 1 st—Causes of insensibility to the horrors ft mi . tt Ciapter 2 nd—Canse of a want of active exertion Huustwar . " C 3 iapter 3 rd—Evils of war .
Q » pter 4 th—Answer to objections froa the Ola " esument . " Chapter 5 ; h—Prophecies and events previoas to i « coming of Jesns ia favour of peace . * Chapter 6 th—Spirit of the Christian Religion in awar of peace . 8 Chapter 7 th—Letter of the Christian Religion * g » iwt offensive war . "Chapter Bit—The Christian Religion forbids de-KBsvewir . . Chapter 9 rh—Opinions and practice of the Primi ere Christiang for the first three centuries . " Ckapter 10 th—Summary andTeTiew , and effects rf the prtfenx conduct of professiiig Christians on «*» religion . "
On all these subjects ihe anthor has adduced mveh WBnd arguBent , evincing , at the e&me time , acute-? sb of observation coupled with brilliancy of colourag and much refinement in taste and expression , la the first and second chapters he has fear-* aly , and with & becoming determination , « d bare the several e&nses whieh operate to fte production and continuance of the giant evils « this fiendish desecration of human activity « w energy . This is followed by A lneid exposiwa of the evil effects of war , both physical tea BJoral , in which its enormities , aad the fearful *<* tration of every good and virtnoofl principle « at follows in its train are depicted with * start-% and trathful fidelity . the
^ fourth chapter , the anthor has beeB pe-• wly felicitous in showing that the cases of •*» isk warfare and the wars now practised are <* w in -which no parallel exists . The Jewish ¦ "jcttine on the subject having been expressly «« £ ed by the Divine Founder of our holy reagion . We are next presented with a simple , "" ¦ ej-arr&nged , and copi » us array of prophetic anattociatiofig , and historical eTents . delivered and oo-CBrring previous to the first advent of the Lord ail tending to establish the fact , that that great erest should be the precursor of general and uni-Tersal peace . The three next chapters exhibit a eoacise but comprehensive view of the peaceful 'haraeter of Christianity , both as to its general principles , special precepts , and those political oates
of mind , aid exalted virtues , which it iBcnleatee and approves ; and which are in the succeed-** £ ckapter exhibited practically to our view * T a reference to the sentiments , lives , and conduct of Christians during the earliest * ad purest ages of the church . We have bo hesitation in . recommending tbe sixth , serenth , tifBth , ind ninth chapters of this part of the Essay , to the mort careful and unprejudiced attention of all who bear the Christian name . The jrgrunents are plain , cogent , aad convincing—the feelingg are interested , while the judgment is inforaed , and he who cam rise from the perusal ^ nbout breathing a totems vovr thenceforth , to "eeome & herald and a votary of peace , must either PWEe § s a very obtuse understanding , or a very vicious bean .
The second part is divided into three chapters , etibraciiig the following tepics : — > # u Chapter 1 . —The prevention of kiTasion by the USContiEuaiice of interaaiion *! war .
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" Chapter 2 . —The prevention of tumults and riots and " Chapter 3—The duties of magistrates in cases of invasion asd Rebellion . " In this part , the author has shown that the object enjoiaed by Christianity and contemplated by the Peace Society , is not one of enthusiastic theory , bat of practicability ; * a example of which is afforded by an interesting narration of the proceedings of the venerable William Penn , in his ever-memorable treaty with the Indians of Pensylvania . The work before as proposes to accomplish the great work of universal peace . First—By the discontinuance of international war ; Second—By a national religious education : Third—By improvement of the people ' s physical oonditioa ' , and
Fourth—By appointment of conservators of the peace . All these means are treated of with precision and clearaess , and enforced by correct reasoning and convincing argument . Those who may feel disposed to doubt the efficiency ef conciliatory measures ia ouelling popular tumults , will probably find their aoabts removed by a careful and candid examination of the cases cited from Roman , British , French , and Irish history , in the third chapter , which we especially recommend to the attention of the goverameat and magistracy of this country at the present time . The third part of the work professes to point out the best means of carrying the aforesaid objects into effect . It consists of eight chapters on the following subjects : — ** Chapter 1 . —A congress and a court of nations . * Chapter 2 . —The congress , organization , and daties .
" Chapter 3 . —The eoari . * Chapter -4 . —The executive power . K Chapter 5 . —The possibility of effecting our plan . 11 Chapter C—The preference due to oar plan . " Chapter 7 . —Prospects of success . " Chapter 8 . —Appeal to * 11 Christians . " All these subjects are treated in a rhetorical and convincing manner , and the powers , legislative , judicial , aad executive , necessary to be exereiaed by tbe proposed congress aad court of nations are clearly pointed oat . The arguments in ChapUr fifth , will prodace various effects on different minds , Borne will be sanguine , others will remain doubtful , to these latter we recommend a most careful attention to the contents of chapter eix , the
facts and reasonings of whieh are at once calculated to interest , instruct , and please . The advocates of peace will fee glad to find themselves in tbe company of some of tbe best asd wisest men of bygone days , and they will be cheered with the delightfull prospects of success everywhere opening upon them . Let them , however , remember that hitherto scarcely anything has been done ; they are but jast girding on the harness for the mighty and the holy conflict —a conflict of light against darkness , ef good agamst evil , of the spirit of the gospel ef love and peace against the spirit of worldly ambition selfishness and war . But , though fearfol the contest and formidable the foe , yet to the faithful persevering Chrifitiaa combatant , the victory is certain as the succession of day and night .
The concluding chapter is an energetic , powerful , aad well maaiged appeal to the Christian public , on the importance of the sabject under consideration , and the claims of the Peace Society to increased sanction and support . And truly sueh an appeal is eminently necessary at a time when our temples , decorated with the trophies of war , appear more like the shrines of Mars than the sanctuaries of the Lord Jesus ; and when the ministers of religion supplicate vne God of Peace to smile with approbation upon the field of blood . Truly the Christian Church needs a trumpet-call to awaken her from her worse than death-like slumber . When a society devoted to the promulgation of the doctrines of universal peace can only collect from all her various sections less than £ 1 , 000 annually for the accomplishment of its godlike design .
We most cordially recommend the work before us to the deep and serious consideration of every friend of man ,
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COST OF "CRIME . " [ We extract the following graphio picture of one of our " glorious Institution * " from the Poor Man ' s Companion for 1842 , & work which we are glad to learn has been appreciated as it deserved by those for nhose ase and service it has been compiled ] Transportation of convicts ( Ireland ) £ 14 , 190 Freight of ship * to convey convicts to Van Dieman ' s Land and New South Wales 45 , 000 Gratuities , ic . to surgeons , masters , 4 c . of oonvict ships „ 5 . 000 Fitting convict ships ..... 4 , 000 Bedding , and other stores , for convict service ... 7 , 090 Provisions , medicine , < Sc& on the voyage 30 , 000 Conricta' expenditure , New South Wales and
Van Diemw ' 8 Land 265 , 000 Convicts at home and Bermuda 78 . 800 Charges hitherto paid out of the county rates ... 173 , 000 Sheriffs ' expeDces , Great Britain , 13 , 450 Criminal provocations , and ether law charges .,. 88 , 000 Mint prosecutions 46 , 405 Printing proclamations and statute * .. 4 . 159 Justices in slave colonies 58 , 701 Inspectors of prisoners ( England ) 6 , 300 Inspectors of prisons ( Ireland ) ... 1 , 071 Penitentiary , Milbank „ 22 , 221 Prison bull din e , Isle of Wight ( second grant ) ... 6 , 185 Model pr i son ( third grant ) 30 , 000 General prison at Perth . 5 , 000 Criminal lunatics 5 , 390 906 , 7 ( 2 Add county rates , < fcc „ ... 147 , 060
Total cost of aims £ 1 , 153 , 762 What evidence of stnpendons folly ! We pursue a system which makes the people poor—then vicious . " Crime" is the resalt : then we screw more money out of the poor to keep the " criminals" in idleness in large expensive establishments , called Prisons and Hulks , where the old hands have every opportunity of teaching the young ones to become adepts in the art and mystery of thieving ! Then we " punish" them by Bending them ont of the country at an enormous cost , and have to keep them abroad at an annual expense of £ 265 , 000 ! Verily , we are a wise pe ? pie ! Oee-balf of the annual sum expended in keeping " crime" in the land , would , if judicioasly applied , speedily extirpate it . —But if that were done , what would become of the Judges , Sheriffs , - Criers , Barristers , Lawyers , Hangmen , Gaolers , Turnkeys . Policemen , Constables , Prisons , Jails , Convict Establishments , and all the other
machinery relating to crime f What could the officials do ! The new machinery would supersede them ! They would have to take their stand with the hand-Icom weavers . And O . ' think of the ornaments of the bench coming to such a pass ! Think too of what would become of those saintly men , the prison Chaplains , who so assiduously attend npon the poor wretches whose " cr imes" have been such as to preclude all hope of mercy from their erring fellow-men , and who , therefore , are taught to look for and expect mercy from Him who has promised to " forgive us onr trespasses as we forgive them that trespass agaiust us : " think what would become of the Parsons thus employed , if " crime" were extirpated ! They would be out of work—and would have to woek I No , no ; we cannot dp without" crime 1 " It is an essential to onr admirable system . The poor may think it very expensive ; bnt it may be some consolation for them to reflect that it finds
good work and comfortable livings for a vast number of individuals , who would otherwise have to handle a Fpade or attend npon the loom . Judges and parsons , lawyers and hangmen , cannot do without " crime I "—Poor Afan ' s Almanack .
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XiONDOXT—Trapes' Delegate Meeting . —On "Wednesday , Dec . 1 st , a meeting was held at the Craven ' s Head , Mr . Wartnaby in the chair . ' The minutes were read aad confirmed . £ 2 . was handed in from the Soathwark Society of Carpenters ; from four gunsmiths , Is 103 ; a few men in Mr . Lindsay ' s employ , 8 s ; a few eugineers , per Mr . Potts , £ 1 3 s 3 d ; a few jewellers , 63 ; tailors , Red Lien-street , 9 s ; a few friends , Carpenter ' s Arms , CathariBestreet , Pimlico , £ 2 2 a . ; London aad Westminster Society ef Carpenters , £ 5 ; painters and glaziers , Crown and Sceptre , Brompton , £ 3 Phoenix Society of Painters , £ 2 17 s ; United Society of Plumbers , £ 30 : Mr . Hatten , 83 ; a few friends at Q , a « m
Victoria , 4 s ; a few friends , per Mr . Wale , 193 6 d ; Uilors , King ' s Head , £ 2 83 ; saddlers , per Mr . King , £ 1 12 a ; Mr . J . Campbell , Secretary of the National Charter Association , 5 s ; carpenters , Blackman-street , Borough , £ 2 ; a few friends at i Deptford , 18 j 9 d . Mr . Wilson reported * that the I deputation appointed to wait on the London M . P . s , had written to them to appoint a time tor an inter' view , bnt had not received an answer . Mr . Dunning ! reported that he had waited on the surgeon at the . Westminster Hospital , and that on examinin / 5 the ; books it was ascertained tkat Hickey was admitted ' ¦ ¦ on the 25 th of February , and left the Hospital on the
30 th of March , bnt tiat be was a considerable time ; © n out-door patient , bat how l * ng no reeord was ' kept ; the Secretary said it was impassible the above conld nnite in the time specified in Allen's letter in the Advertiser ; they had also waited on the Editor i of the Horning Advertiser , and he utterly disclaimed j being against the working classes , and would have ; inserted any statements , if they had been Bent direct i to him . Mr . Short gave them an account of the j T&rious meetings in ihe country » n behalf of the \ masons : they had held a large meeting on Monday , j &c Cheltenham ; Mr . Glenjsterw&s to have lectured ! that evening for the Chartists , but kinely postponed \ it . Mr . Walton Bt&ted that be bad written to the
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qiiarry men , wishing to know if they thought their striking would benefit the masons ! He received for answer that it would greatly benefit them ; and the quarry men had , in consequence , struck ; they were almost immediately set to work again at a different description of stone , bnt bo more would be quarried for Grissel and Peto , until the strike was over . It was his opinion that the strike would be a protracted one . Messrs . Grissell and Peto , thinking that the trades woald relax in their support during the winter season , were endeavouring to starve them out , thinking thus to get the pick of the men but he was convinced that the liberal rapport they had met with , and the support they should receive after Christmas was over , would show to Messrs . Grissell and Peto , that winter would not last for ever . Since
their last report they bad received £ 50 from Edinburgh . Mr . Wilson detailed the manner in which thev had entrapped a man from Derbyshire . Allen wished him to write to twentT-fonr men that were working at the same job with aim in Derbyshire , requesting them to come to London , as most of hie men were of bat little use . They had since paid the passage of this man back to Hall . Mr . Wilson also stated that although they had fifty-oae men at work at Nelson ' s monument , in place of the thirty-two that turned eat , yet they had only set ap one stone . ( Laughter . ) A delegate suggested that one of the minor theatres should be takes for a benefit for the masons ; the bricklayers cleared last season £ 43 by a similar entertainment . This was ultimately agreed to , and a committee of twelve persons appointed to carry ii out . The meeting thea adjourned .
CABUSLE . —Public Breakfast . —Oh Monday , the 6 th instant , a public breakfast was given to John Dixon , Esq ., late Mayor of tbe borough of Carlisle , in the Coffee-house Assembly-room , in consequence of his services as chief magistrate for the last two years . Ab » ut eighty gentlesaen sat down to a most emnptnous repast ; after whieh , the Chairman . G . G . Monnsey , Esq ., Mayor , gave several loyal toasts , which were warmly responded to . He then gave John Dixon , Esq ., late Mayor ef Carlisle , '' whieh was received with the most flattering tokens of respect by the company . Mr . Dixon returned thanks in a neat and appropriate address . SeTeral other toasts were given , after which the company broke up .
Anti-Corn Law League , Carlisle . —ThiB allbat defunct body have been honoured daring the past week with a visit from a Mr . Curtis , of Ohio , United States of America . On Friday , the 3 rd instant , it was announced by the following handbill that Mr . Curtis would lecture on the Corn Laws . "American bread in exchange for British labour . John Curtis , Esquire , of Ohio , United States , will deliver a lecture , at eight o ' clock , ia the Tabernacle , Lowther-atreet , on Friday evening , the 3 rd instant , oa the Great Capacity of America for suppl ying food , in exchange for British manufactures , and the ad vantages to be derived therefrom if the Corn Laws were repealed . Admission , Twopence . " Before proceeding te make any remarks on the lecture , we
cannot bat notice the very anomalous conduct of the committee of the Tabernacle is granting the use of that place for a political lwtare , which , but for the charge , would in all probability have led to discussion , and perhaps dissension , more especially when we recall to our remembrance the refusal of the same body to allow the use of the Tabernacle to the Rev , Mr . Forsyth , one of their own body , to preach a charity bermon on behalf of the Rev . Joseph Rayner Stephens . Such conduet on the part of the committee is , to say the least of it , utterly disgraceful , and likely to lead to considerable dissention among the members . In regard to the lecture of Mr . Curtis , we intend to say little . If Mr . Curtis is paid by the Anti-corn Law League ,
they have made a very bad choice ; for Mr . Curtis is one of the most feeble and unimpressive speakers we ever listened to , as a public lecturer . The charge of two-pence for admission , was evidently made to keep out the Chartists , bo that tbe League might have things all their own way ; and so far it proved effectual , for there would not be more than aboat three hundred persons present . Mr . Curtis does not even possesB the advantage of being a good declaimer ; a qualification which many of the league lecturers possess to a great extent ; and of which they make a most unbounded use . Mr . Curtis assumed a great mass of false data , from which he reasoned , and finally arrived at most nnwarrantable conclusions . For instance , he stated that " the
Americans would take all the manufactured goods we would send—providing- we woald take their corn in return . " Now , we would ask , is this at all likely , seeing that the Americans have a strong desire to be independent of other countries for their clothing , and are at present engaged La a sort of rivalry with Britain ; and it is certain that they are fast overtaking it , both in the excellence aad cheapness of their produots . Let as for a moment look at the facts , ana we will then readily discover that it is not at all likely that America will either neglect er give up her present system of manufactures . The cotton manufacture was introduced so late as 1790 , and in 1832 , the number of mills ia twelve states was 795 j of spindles , 1 . 246 , 503 ; power looms ,
38 , 506 ; persons employed , 57 , 466 ; amount of capital employed , £ 9 , 375 , 000 Stirling ; being oae-feurth of the capital rayested in the Bame branch in Britain . They can procure the ootton much cheaper than in England . All improvements in mechanism speedily find their way to this spot . Household manufactures of woollen , linen , and cotton are made to a great extent . It is supposed that nearly twothirds of domestic clothing is made in ceuntry places . Attempts are making , with great success , to introduce the manufacture of silk . The mulberry tree grows spontaneously in the middle States . Under these circumstances , is it not more than pro . bable that America will shortly be able to produce a sufficiency of goods to supply its own wants , so
that it is not at all likely she will take our manufactured goods to any great extent . Mr . Curtis argued that by taking American corn in exchange for oar goods , that wages would rise in this ceuntry ; a statement wholly at variance with truth and probability ; for supposing we had twice the demand for our manufactured goods , is there not power of machinery sufficient to produce it , without extending hand labour to any great extent . Moreover , were it even as Mr . Curtis would have it , that America could supply us with a Bufficiency of corn , and take the whole of our manufactured goods , would it be prudent so to act ?—thus throwing our own land out of cultivation , inundating the manufacturing towns with hordes of agricultural labourers ,
who would have the effect of still further reducing the wages of those engaged in the produce of manufactures—thus causing increased misery and destitution , in addition to the frightful extent to which it at present exists . Were the Corn Law repealed to-morrow , and all the benefits anticipated therefrom realised , still we question if tbe working man would be a gainer , for his labour is not protected , and the increased power of machinery , would be more than adequate to the extra demand , and what woald become of our farmers and agricultural labourers under such circumstances 1 Why , they would be driven into the manufacturing districts , ( already too densely populated , ) to starve , or take up their abodes in the Poor Law BastileB . The land , in place of being neglected , must be improved—must be made to produce more —a greater number of people must be domici'ed upon it . There is one fact alone , ( says Mr . Hollis ,
in his admirable lectures on the progress and results of machinery ) , which demonstrates the cause of Swiss prosperity , and that is , that they are not only a country of producers , supplying the nations of the world with their products , but that they are at the same time consumers , and from the subdivision of the land—there being an intermixture of agricultural and artizan occupations , and that a great portion of the inhabitants produce a portion of their own subsistence . The Swiss peasant goes ob his plot of ground , and produces what will secure him from hunger , and returns to his loom to provide the means of other comforts , and some of the luxuries of life . "The loom , " says Mr . Symons , speaking of Switzerland , which in England is an exclusive and starving occupation , "is there a pastime of supplementary occupation . " And , speaking of the Poor Laws , he says , " the sums raised for the relief of the impotent poor are very trifling . "
A BKRPimW—Strike of the London Masons . —A public meeting of the inhabitants 01 Aberdeen was held on Friday eveaing , Dec . 3 rd , in the Temperance Hall , George ' s-stroet , for the purpose of laying before the public the whole of the circumstances connected with the strike of the masons , lately employed at the Houses of Parliament and Nelson ' s Monument , London , and Woolwich Dockyard , and then determining whether they deserve the sympathy and support of the operative classes of Aberdeen , for the stand they have taken against tyranny and oppression . Mr . Maokay , moulder , was unanimously called to the chair . The minutes of a ' previous meeting of delegates being read , the Chairman briefly addressed the meeting , and called
upon Mr . Carter , a London delegate . He said , however diffident he was in addressing a meeting of such magnitude , a thing he was not accustomed to do , yet it was a seuroe of gratification to him , to have an opportunity of divesting the public mind of those false statements , caused by the misrepresentation of the London press . It was a duty incumbent on htm to lay before that meeting a statement of facts as to the cause » f the . strike , and leave them to judge for themselves . . He then entered into a detailed account of the charges made against Alice , woich appeared in our former numbers . Hr also showed
the meeting the . futile attempts that bad bees made by Grissell and Peto to refute those charges , and the manner in which they had shrank from public investigation ( which seemed to give grtat satisfaction to the meeting ) , and retired amidst the moat enthusiastic applause . —Mr . Archibald M'Dosald , flaxdresser , said he came forward with rnuoh pleasure to address a meeting of this kind , when he knew their cause was just . He reprobated the conduct of Allen , for he thought he had treated the men worse than teae'p , ss ao oae would refuse his horse a drink of water when he was in need of it , and he hoped it w * nld skovr tc the work-
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ing classes generally the necessity of uniting m the grand struggle , as the only sure means of protecting themselves from the inroads of such tyrannical employers . ( Cheers ) He entered mildly and deliberately mto the merits of the case before the meeting , and concluded by proposing the following resolution , namely , " That this meeting Tally justifies the proceedings of the masons who lately struck at the two ^ Houses of Parliament against the overbearing and-tyrannical conduct of their foreman , and pledges itself to nse every possible exertion in order to secure their triumph , " Mr . Duncan NichoU son , wooloomber , seconded the resolution , and after reading a letter from the Dundee Chronicle , confirming the charges made by the masons , the
resolution was put and carried unanimously , amidst long and loud cheeers . —Mr . John Legge , mason , then rose . ( Cheers . ) He came forward with much pleasure to propose a resolution which he held in his hand , because ho knew the contents ol it were just . He entered in a qualified manner into the effects or disorganisation , which was the cause of such meetings as these : was it not for the nnprineipled of their own class , they would not be under the necessity of calling for pablio sympathy and support , and be . was happy to say they had not called in tub ; but he hoped Btill further , that it woald be a lesson for those who had not yet united , and cause them to come forward , and put their shoulder to the wheel in the common cause .
( Cheers . ) After a lengthened an i able speech , he proposed the following resolution ;— «? That it is the opinion of this meeting that the conduct of those individuals who have been so unmanly and unprincipled in supplanting those masons who struck from the employ of Messrs . Griesell and Peto , London , against the tyrannical and overbearing conduct of their foreman , George Allen , is highly reprehensible , and trust that at no distant period they will meet with that contempt their base conduct so justly merits . " Mr . W . Donald seconded the resolution , which was put and carried unanimously . Mr . Mitchell , bookseller , next rose amidst long and loud cheers . He entered in a clever manner into the case : he had never
seen a case more clearly made out in his life than that against the tyrant Allen . He then ia an eloquent and characteristic speech , exposed the truth-perverting , venal disposition of the London press generally , but particularly the Times , Weekly Dispatch , and Morniug Advertiser . He said if the Times had said anything in favour of the masons , he should immediately have concluded that the masons werewroBg , for he never knew them to advocate a just cause . As for the Dispatch , it was easily explained , as it generally grappled at the whole market . He would say but little of the Morning Advertiser ; it could not be expected to advocate the cause of so temperate a body of men , it being the property of the publicans . He entered warmlv into
the neoessity of supporting a paper that would advocate their interests , or they might always expect to meet with similar treatment to the masons . He then concluded his able and appropriate speech , amidst load cheers , by proposing tbe following resolution , viz . " That this meeting reprobate the conduct of a portion of the London papers , vis . the Times , Weekly Dispatch , and Morning Advertiser , and pledges itself only to support that portion of the press which advocates the rights of the workiug classes , and withdraw it from those that acts against them . " Mr . M'Phersoa , comb manufacturer in a neat and appropriate speech , seconded the resolution , which was put and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting separated .
&H 7 NE 7-Strike at Rhtney Ibon Works . —The workmen at the above iron works have returned to their work , and there was not the slightest breach of the peace . It is now understood that the great cause of complaint arose from the tommy or truck shops being upheld in such force ; the goods being sold at the highest possible price , ana of a very inferior quality . The state of the working classes in these distriots is truly shocking and lamentable , and from every indication , it is more than probable , we shall have a winter of dreadful suffering .
CONOUGTOM— « Babby" Meeting . — -On Thursday week , the Mayor called a publio meeting to agree to a congratulatory address to the Queen because she had given the nation a son . Tbe Chartists attended and proposed an amendment , acquainting her Majesty with the distress of the labouring population . A long discussioa ensued , which ended in the Mayor declining to put the amendment , and declaring the meeting dissolved . LIVERPOOL . —Cohn Laws . —Col . Thompson . —A placard having appeared on the walls of this town , announcing that Colonel Thompson would deliver a lecture on the Corn Laws , on the 30 th of November , and further , that be would prove that all tbe evils of society wen the result of those laws , and their operation the immediate cause of our
labourers and artizans being without employment . The Chartists were not a little surprised at this public pledge to the people of Liverpool on behalf of Colonel Thompson , they having hitherto entertained an opinion that as he ( the Colonel ) had assisted in drawing up the Charter , and having subsequently avowed his adherence to its principles , that he ascribed the evils oflsociety to their true eouroe , namely , class legislation , although at the same time he was Iaoouring for a repeal of the Corn Laws . But the Chartists were soon to be undeceived , as the sequel will show . A deputation from the Chartists consisting of Messrs . M'Cartney and Laurie , waited on the Colonel previous to the meeting , in a room attached to the Qaeen ' s Theatre , the place where
the meeting was about to be held , for the purpose of learning personally from himself whether he was prepared to redeem the pledge which the Corn Law Repealers had given on his behalf . Having with some difficulty gained an interview , the deputation requested to know whether he ( the Colonel ) ascribed the evils of society and the present national distress to the Corn Laws , and whether those laws were the cause in themselves of so many of our operatives wandering the country in a state of destitution and unwilling idleness . To the first question a very evasive answer was returned , the Colonel saying " that the Corn Laws were the grand link in the chain of monopoly . " To the second question he replied " that no doubt existed on his mind but that those laws were the immediate cause
of so many being out of employment . ' The deputation were about to ask if he thought uncontrolled machinery had nothing to do with the non-employment of our operatives , when James Harvey , Esq , addressing himself to Charted Holland , Esq ., both of whom had accompanied the Colonel , said , " Mr . Chairman , it is quite time that the meeting was opened , " and this previously to having entered the place of meeting , much less a Chairman proposed . This was evidently done for the purpose of abruptly putting an end to the interview . All parties then retired to the Theatre , when Mr . Holland , having taken the chair , introduced Colonel Thompson to the meeting . The Colonel was received with the plaudits of the whole assembly , the Chartists who were
present still believing him to be a friend to their canse , and ignorant of the result of the interview . The Colonel delivered a true Corn Law address , abounding with the usual fallacies of the benefits resulting to the working classes from a repeal , and , in the course of his speech , denied that machinery had been productive of evil to the working classes . At the conclusion of his speech , the Chairman said that if any person in the meeting had any questions to ask the Gallant Colonel , now was the time to do so . Mr . Barnard M'Cartney , a working man , then came forward , amid loud * cheers , and stated that he was desirous of asking the Colonel a question or two . He said ho had not come forward for the purpose of offering atiVthing approaching to the nature of a factious
opposition . He had merely risen for the purpose of having certain impressions which he had imbibed removed , or more lully strengthened . He had understood the Colonel to say , that if our manufacturing trade increased , the wages , and consequently the comforts of the working man must increase in the same ratio . Now , he ( tbe speaker ) bad found that in the year 1797 we manufactured twenty-three million pounds of cotton . The average wages at that period in the ootton department were 26 a . 8 d ., whilst in 1840 , we manufactured 460 million pounds , and the wages in the cotton spinning and weaving department averaged 5 s . 6 d . Now , he would appeal to the experience of those present how far the Colonel had been borne out by facts . Let their
comforts and present condition answer the question . The Colonel , in reply , said , that all was owing to the Corn Laws , but with regard to Mr . M'Cartney ' s observation of thehandloom weavers he ( Colonel Thomson ) denied that the hand-loom weavers Were badly off . ThiB declaration was received with the marked indignation of the meeting . ^ Mr , M'Cartney said that he had another question to ask . The Colonel bad stated that machinery had not bees productive of injury to the operatives » f this country , and in support of that assertion instanced the printing business in the metropolis . Now he ( Mr . M'Cartney ) wished to know what had caused 1 , 200 connected with the printing department in London alone , according to the Weekly Dispatch , to be wandering the streets of our vabt metropolis without employment , even when
the people at the present time read beyond calculation more than at any former period . The Colonel was quite at a stand still , but recapitulated something which he had previously asserted , amid tbe mingled hisses and cheers of the meeting . Mr . John Ambler , another working man , wished to know if we possessed a power in this country equal to 600 , 000 , 000 human beings , and the world contained but 800 , 000 , 000 inhabitants , where we must obtain a market for all that oar machinery was capable of producing even with a Repeal of the Corn Laws ! The Colonel in reply said that Mr . Ambler had asked 1 question very difficult to answer , but still that was no reason why they should not go on for a Repeal of the Corn Laws . Mr . Ambler then wanted to know , and he hoped the gallant Colonel would be better capable of answering this question than tao former eae , Why we
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must travel ta the uttermost limits of the earth in search of agriculcural produce , when eur own country contained 76 , 000 , 000 of acres , only 26 , 000 , 000 of which was in a state of cultiva ion , and our population treading the surface of that very uncultivated soil , without employment and without food I The Colonel seemed in as perplexing a predicament as before , and denounced the Chartists for their fnterferenee , after having been invited by his own chairman to ask questions ; denounced the Chartist leaders in a mass , charged thorn with designs of throwing the country into anarchy and revolution , declared that he had withdrawn himself from them for ever , and regretted having ; assisted in drawing ap the Charter . Daring this delivery he was assailed with cries of traitor" " renegade , " " deceiver , " . from all parts of the house . A Corn Law resolution was moved and seconded ; but the Chairman , for obvious reasons , would not put it to the meeting . ^
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# United States . —The next candidate for the Presidency of the United States is already named , and American writers take it for granted that he will be the President . General Scott is favourably known to the English publio , as a man who unites to a reputation for talent in his profession a considerable share of popularity among his fellow-citizens , and a very high name for blended discretion and courtesy , in the somewhat delicate diplomatic duties which hare been incidental to his employment as a eommapder on tke border . The oanvassiBg circular which he has issued will not add to his reputation here . It is written in a loose a tyle , meant probably for frank and soldierly familiarity , yet disfigured by
that diaattio air which is perceivable to a greater degree in the composition of Mr . Tyler and General Harrison . It expounds no new views—gives to none of its yery trit « subjects tbe smallest relief of novelty . It expresses no very decided opinions . The General , indeed , asserts a positive conviction on one or two points , but only in accordance with the popular bent ; while he uses mild and general terms . The impression which his address is calculated to produce is , that with an appearance of eoidiery independeaee , he will prove as accommodating a politician as General Harrison ; and there is nothing to show for it that he will aot display as much want of purpose as Mr . Tyler .
DisTBBSS in the CouNTRy . —The iron-masters of Scotland have resolved to blow out for six months one-fourth of their furnaces . This 13 a resolution ef dire necessity on the part of the masters , and will , of course , be felt with great severity by the numerous body * f operatives in connexion with this br .-noh of industry in the west of Scotland . Again , the early severity of the winter throws completely idle , considerably before the usual period , that industriouB body the masons , and other out-door workers in connexion with them . The calico-printing business is in the most hopeless state , and we are certain we do net exaggerate when we say that in the west of Scotland one-half of the workers are idle , and that the same number of masters would be bankrupt had they not capital to fall back upon . As to the weaving population , they have for so Jong frequently had occasion to state the helpless state they are come to , that we do not feel inclined to say more about them . —Glasgow Chronicle .
Mr . S . Ceawfoed , the honourable member for Rochdale , has been confined for the last fortnight at his residence , Crawford ' s-burn , by very serious indisposition . The Gospobt branch of the London and Southwestern Railway was opened on Saturday , b y the Directors and other gentlemen ; and a grand dinner was given at Gosport in honour of the occasion . The wbole line of railway from London to Gosport was opened to the public on Monday . A detachment of troops , pait of the reinforcement destined foi China , were conveyed by means of the railway to Portsmouth .
Switzerland . —Switzerland has taken another instalment of revolution . A theologioo-political dispute in the Canton of Argua has given occasion for dissensions in other Cantons ; the Aristocracy of the Protestant provinces siding with the turbulent and oppressed Catholics of Argau , the Democrats with the excessive austerity of tbe Argovian Anti-papists . In the central legislature , the deputy of the metropolitan Canton voted for the Aristoorates and the Catholics , against the suppression of the Argovian convents ; and his conduct has brought about a revolution in Geneva—the expulsion of the Aristocrats from their little remaining power , and the promise of a thorough change in the constitution .
Canada . —Mr . Johnson , a Lieutenant in Colonel Dyer ' s Corps , and one of the parties implicated in the Grogan affair , had been tried at Montreal , by court-martial . He did not deny having participated in the attack ob Grogan , but he addressed the Court in mitigation of punishment , lie was cashiered . Some petty quarrels had occurred on the Northeastern boundary , in consequence of the American rx parte survey . The American Commissioners had drawn a line of boundary which , as it affected the rights of private property , was very unpopular . In one instance , the observatory temporarily erected was destroyed by British settlers , and the surveyors were assaulted .
Burglary and Mdbdbb . —An old man , upwards of seventy years of age , named Adams , residing near the Windmill , Walsall , was brutally murdered by a party of burglars , on the night of Tuesday last . The unfortunate deceased derived a small income from several houses ; and it is supposed that the circumstance of his having collected his rents a day or two before the deed was perpetrated instigated the murderers to their diabolical act . They effected an entrance to his house through the roof of a low brewhouse ; but the noise they made having disturbed him , he made resistance with a stable fork , the appearance of which indicated that one or more
of hiB assailants were severely gored by its prongs . A woman , living in the adjoining premises , heard the noise and saw the men ( who are said to be four ) , and by calling eut to them caused them to decamp , leaving their aged victim so deeply injured by their violence that he died on the following day . Tbe ruffians were disappointed of the expected booty ; the deceased having deposited his money , £ 10 , in the bank , © a the previous day . A person named Johns was taken into custody , on suspicion , on Thursday evening , having upon his person , or premises , a pistol corresponding with one which the murderers had left upon the premises of the deceased . —Staffordshire Examiner .
Shocking Accident in a Factory . —On Saturday an inquest was held at Liverpool , before P . T . Currie , Esq . to inquire touching the death of Mary Mulvey , aged sixteen . It appeared , that the deceased worked in the cotton factory on the canal bank . On Friday afternoon , at half-past one o ' clock , she was leaning on a strap which had been thrown out of gear . By Bome means or other , the strap was caught by the machinery , and the poor girl was caught up , feet first , carried over the shaft , and pitched thence a considerable distance , till she alighted behind her own frame . She was taken up insensible , and carried to a room below , when , on examining her , it was found that her leg was completely severed at the knee , and that she had received other shocking mutilations . She was conveyed to the Northern Hospital , where her case was at once pronounced hopeless . She never rallied , and died at six o ' clock . The jury returned a verdict of accidental death .
Rival Auctioneers at a Fair . — " Here yon areV cried one genius ; "here ' s a beautiful brass-mounted two-foot box rule , with slide and all completeagoin' for the small sum of one ehillin—only one Bhillin—think of that ! Why , it ' s worth the money , if it was taly for the purpose of pawning it for eighteen pence , and selling the ticket for two shillings . What ! none of you give a shillin ! Why then I must take ninepence , that's all . Goin'fer niupence . I see a genl'man afeeling for bis money ; out with it , Sir , don ' t be afraid . This here rule ' 11 measure the extent of your sweatheart ' s affection for you—it ' 11 measure tbe integrity of a Jew , or the virtue of a woman—it ' 11 take the breadth and depth of all the professions of friendship that a man makes
when he wants to borrow money of you ; and ' 11 give you the square and cube of the promises that a candidate for a seat in Parliament makes to the voters at a contested election . What , nobody give ninepence ! Why then 1 must take sixpence . I suppose . Agoin' for sixpence , the smallest coin but one in her Majesty's dominions . You'll never miss it out of your purse , Six . That ' s your Bort I Hand up the browns , if you hav ' nt got silver ; one 'II de as well as t ' other . Thankye , Sir ; there ' s your rule ; do you live by it , and you'll live wisely . " " Here !" cried his competitor , who now began to make himself heard , " here you have a bran-new watch , chain , and seals , and all for the low sum of 6 s . It keeps time surprisingly , for it never varies ; it ' s just the
thing for a genl ' man what foea a conning , whenever he pulls it out , if it ain't quite correct , his sweetheart ' s sure to think it ' s 'the time 0 ' day ' at any rate . Look at the seals . Here ' s on onelot me see—* Too jotr fiddtl . ' That means 'a lass and a fiddle f and on the other , Sent per Idem , ' which means , " Yeurs , I ' m damned . " If they don ' t take any girl's heart by storm , why then it must be harder than Belle metal generally is , that ' s all I ' ve got t » say . Who'll say Ss . for the lot ! Look at tho chain . It's like on * ot Cupid's— -so airy T « u can hardly feel it , and yet so strong yon can ' t break away from it any more than a prince can
break his word , and it ' s proverbial , as that's a thing they never do : oh no , net at all ! As for the watch , whea you ' re all wound up to the bidding point , all I can say is , the sooner it goes the better . Don ' t let me put it back again ; it ' s the cheapest watch that ever went np * n tick . Come , say 4 s . for the lot . Going '—goin '—gone 1 for that young genlman in the smock freck , and the green ribands in his straw hat . Ycu ' ve got a dead bargain , Sir , and one that'll censekintly never trouble you with any complaints . Thankye , Sir I Hope you ' ve got plenty of brothers and sisters . Den't forget to bring ' cm with you to the fair to-morrow . You ' re a nice family , I'll be bowi . -tr
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THtt « Deaths froh Eatiko Putrid Greens . — Much excitement has been caused during ihe iast few days ia the ordinarily quiet village of Malvera and thu neighbourhood , by tho sudden seizure cf a whole family of the name of Joaes , father , motier , and three children * with violent sickness and purging , after partaking of some bacon and boiled greons , on Tuesday se ' nnight . Suspicion immediately arose that poison had been mixed with the food of which they had partaken , but nothing transpired to confirm such a supposition , and the cause of the malady had therefore to be sought in natural causes . It was at length ascertained that the greens they nad dined off were in a half-frczen state , and were put into warm water before they had properly thawed by
soaking them in cold water , the consequence was that they became , through decomposition , of a most pernicious and putrid quality . To this fact the illness was traced . Mr . Monson , of Maivern , was the first medical man called in , and Mr . J . N . Gardner , also of Malvern , was afterwards sent for , but in three out of five persons attacked , all their exertions have proved fruitless . Two of the children died on Friday , and the father on Monday . An inquest was holden upon the bodies of the two little girls before W . S P . Hughes , Esq ., coroner , and a very respectable jury , at the Somers Arms , Leigh Sinton , on Monday , when , after examination of the witnesses , the jury returned a verdict , " That the
deceased died from exhaustation produced by violent sickness and purging , caused , it is supposed , by eating greens . " An inquest will be held on the body of the unfortunate father , —Jones , this day , Wednesday . M . Pierpoint , Esq ., surgeon of this city , has been employed to make a post mortem examination of the body , and will report the result of it to the jury . The mother remains exceedingly ill , and is not expected to survive . Great consternation prevails in the neighbourhood on account of the singular nature of the malady , the unusual cause from which it is inferred to have resulted , and its awful and extensively fatal termination . — Worcester Chronicle . ,
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^^ THE IRON DUKE AND THE STARVING PEOPLE . Much has been Baid and written about the Duke of Wellington , bat there is one remarkable trait in the Duke ' s character which has never been noticed publicly , out of deference , we presume , to his fame ; which trait is , the strong desire of the duke to get possession of as much money as possible , and his equally strong desire not to part with what he has once got possession of . Much as the ceuntry has heard of the Puke receiving , in the way of public gra tfl , high pay , liberal pensions and equally liberal sinecures , to use one of his ewn favourite phrases " nobody , " nobody has ever heard of the Duke making himself famous by heading publio subscriptions . We have an excellent illustration of the character of the Duke of Wellington in this respect
from the following correspondence which took place between his grace and the deputation lately sent to Londoa from Paisley to solicit subscriptions for the kufferittg people , whose petitions the Duke turned so deaf an ear to before the late prorogation of Parliament . Almost immediately on the arrival of the deputation in London , the Rev . Dr . Burns and the Rev . Mr . Baird addressed a note to the puke of Wellington , stating the object of their mission , the urgent nature of the sufferings of the people there , which had induced them to leave tbeir charge for the Rurpose of soliciting the means of keeping them in fe . The note , at the same time , most respectfully solicited an interview with his grace , for the purpose of laying the condition of the people of Paisley before him . To this request the deputation received the following laconic reply : —
" Walmer Castle . Oct . 26 , 1841 . —Field-marshal tho Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Dr . Robert Burns . He is much concerned that , being out of town , it is impossible for him to Una time to receive the deputation . —The Rev . Dr . Burns , 21 , Manchester-buildings , Westminster . " Two days after receipt of the above note , through the medium of the public papers , as well as from the stir about Apsley-house , the deputation were made aware of the Duke of Wellington having returned to London , when they lost no time in forwarding the following note to his Grace : — " The members of the deputation from Paisley and
the neighbouring places in Renfrewshire , most respectfully solicit an interview with his Grace the Duke of Wellington , now that he has returned to London , for the purpose of submitting their subscription sheet to his consideration , and for the purpose of affording his o ' race some important information regarding the condition of that unfortunate portien of her Majesty ' s subjeots , whom the deputation are sorry thus to represent . —21 , Manchester-buildings , October 29 , 1841 . " To the above : note the Duke of Wellington forwarded the lollowing curious reply , which , take it all in all , we aro sure will be read with astonishment over the whole country : —
" Londoa , October 30 , 1841 . —Field-marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to the members ef the deputation from Paisley . ^ It is true that the Duke returned to town the night before laat , in order to attend at Buckir guam Palace whea her Majesty will be confined . The Duke ' s time has been and will be much occupied while he will be is London , and he must again decline to receive the visit of the deputation from Paisley . He pays every attention it is in his power to give to the distresses at Paisley as well as elsewhere . A meeting to discuss them is not necessary in order to draw his attention to these distresses , and his other occupations render it necessary that he Bboold decline to receive the deputation . He begs th = > deputation to
observe that he is not in the Qaeen ' s political service —that he does not fill any political office , and exercises no power or authority . —The members of the deputation from Paisley . " By the time his grace came to write this singular epistle , he seems to have got rid ef all the " concern " he had felt when writing his first note , at not being able to receive the deputation ; owing to his distance ) from London . With the same ease , however , as he seems to have got rid of the " concern , " he also managed to get rid of all allusion to the subscription for the relief of the " distress at Paisley , he was giving every attention in his power to ! ' If the Duke was giving his attention to the distress , he took special care to give nothing more than his attention . The following letter , next addressed to hig grace by the deputation , was not honjored with an
answer ;—u Lord Duke , —The undersigned members of the deputation from Paisley aad Renfrewshire , have to acknowledge the receipt of the card from your Grace , dated the 30 th , in answer to their application for leave to wait upon your Grace with their eubscription-sheet , and tor the purpose of stating personally to your Grace the wretched condition of many thousands of the sober , industrious , and most ingenious tradesmen in the town of Paisley and neighbourhood , owing to their inability to obtain employment . We regret exceedingly that your Grace should not have found it convenient to admit of an interview for the purpose referred to . As % deputation , we were appointed at a late joint
meeting of the moat influential resident magistrates of the county , with the magistrates of Paisley , &ad other gentlemen , who take an interest in the relief of the suffering workmen . There were present at the said meeting the convener of the c « unty , several of her Majesty ' s deputy-lieutenants , and the Sheriffsubstitute of the district , as well as the magistrates of Paisley ; and the instructions specially given to the deputation by the meeting were to lay before the heads of her Majesty ' s Government a statement of the condition of the inhabitants , and to solicit their aid and patronage to a subscription . Having , therefore , been appointed by such authority , and for such a purpose , the deputation will feel themselves most awkwardly situated if , after travelling from
four to five hundred miles , they are obliged to retain home without being permitted to lay a statement of their case before your Grace personally . Because , whatever may be the nature of the appointment you Grace may hold as a member of the Government , we , as a deputation , and the whole country , consider yoar Grace one of the most influential ef her Majesty ' s advisers , and one of the principal heads of the government . We feel justified in entertaining this opinion , from the publio declaration lately made by your Grace from your place in the Hone © of Peers , that , 'you would take on yourself the responsibility of advising her Majesty to prorogne Pariiaaient . 'In again soliciting an interviewwhich we hope
, your Grace will be so kiad as to grant , we have most respectfully to assure your Grace , that we do so for ao other purpose bnt to lay before your Grace a true statement of the unprecedented and almost incredible destitution of the large manufacturing town we come from—such as we have Been and caa toucu for personally . We may be permitted to add , that nothing is farther from oar intention than to trouble your Grace with any party views whatever , or to propose remedies for the evils eomplaJned of . Hoping your Grace will reconsider our application , we are , most respectfully , your obedient servants , AMHBf Baikd , minister . —JoHif HwfPKBsow . ¦ ¦ ,. » 2 I , Maa « heBt « -buttdiBge , N « v . l , lt 41 . »
Without much further remark , we leave the eofrespohdence in the hands of ear contempraries , perfectly aware that it requires no comment from us to exhibit the Duke of Wellington in a more ridiculous light than he has done himself , under his owa band , the country will be astonished te learn that the Great Duke—tha Iron DnWf—who boasted In * would take on himself the whole respoiBiblitj of advising the prorogation of Parliament , should , fee the sake of a paltry twenty or twenty-five poands is the way of subscriptioB , shrink from meeting th » representatives of those people he had so heedlessly banded over to four months' starvation in winter . The country will also be anxious to knew if he does not "fill any political office , " or if he " exercise no power or authority , " what was bis business at Buckingham-house at the confinement of the Queen . Are we to understand the Duke that it was only in his character of field marshal that he claimed the privilege of being present as a paeping boy , to watch the prosrewofeyentsbehjadtaBseeAesi ¦ ,, ¦
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THE NORTHERN STAR . 3
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 11, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct577/page/3/
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