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THE COFFEE TAX REPEALEP I MFSSRS . CROW and TyRELL beg to call ihe . '' attention of the Chartist Public to the BEiyERAGE prepared by them v as a Cheap and IVfioleaarne subatttats for Taxed Coffee . Its nutritious qualities are equalled by none in the Ma , rket ; while uy mode of Preparation renders it vastly superior to the Trashoffered for-Sale by ^^ those whore ^ ard not the healtH of the Consumer , As a Means of siipportiiiK the '' Execufive Committee of the National Ch&nor Association , " and a 3 a Means of crippling the Governmental / Exchequer , it may be . made a ready and powerful weapon in the hands of the Sons of-Toil ; ; ... ; .:- . ;¦¦ ¦ ¦¦; . '¦ : ' -- .. . - ¦' :. ' . ¦ . •;;• • ¦ :, . ¦ ¦ . ¦ , ¦' ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦' •' ¦ A -single . Trial will prove its superiority over other Preparations of like pretensions . v The Proprietors have just prepared a Beverage to sell at 6 d . per : ' -. lb .,: ' wh " oh they warrant to be euperior to any hitherto offered at that price . . Prepared and Sold by the Proprietors , 81 , Belgrave Gate , Leicester . / The Proprietors have great pleasure ia annouiicihg that Mr .: J . H 0 B 3 ON ; Publisher of the Northern Star , has become Genebal Wholesale A gent for tho Chartist Breakfast Powdeb , for the ^ District of Yorkshire . He has now a large quariwty in Stock * , both at Leeds and at Hudders-Held ; from which he is authorised to supply the Associations and other Retail Vendors at the same Prices as the Proprietors themKelves . Orders addressed to him will meet with prompt Attention .
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WHOLE HOG CHARTISM . T ' BRONTERRE 0 'BRIEN respeotfniljr « J annoianceg to the Chartist public that he is how SOLE EDITOR and PART PROPRIETOR of the Britinh Statesman which paper shall , henceforward , under his management , advocate genuine Chartism , and no mistake 1 No FACTIOUS POLITICS !—but REAL DEMOCRACY 1 Office 170 , Fleet-street . London .
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Loxdok . —Golb Beatebs' Aiois , Somers' Tow * —Mr . Dolling frill leeture here on Sunday evening . Carpenters' Abm ? , Brick-lane— Mr . IUiniworth will lecture here on Sunday evening . Hit or Miss , Globb Fields . —Mr . Anderson Kill lecture here on Sunday evening-Gaxson CoTFEE-HorsE , Olb-sibeet . —Mr . Ferguson will lecture here en Sunday evening . Stab Coffee-House , Golden-Laxe . —Mr , Ruffy Hiuley will lecture here on Sunday evening . - C-LOCK-HOT-SS , CASTLE-SlilEET , LKIC 2 ST Sa-SQCAIIE . —3 Ir * Farrar will isetore here on Sunday evening next , . * Three Cbotv > -s ; "Ricitmoxd-Street . —Mr . Sswell will lec : ore here on Sunday evening . Csottx C-OFFEE-HorsE , Beak-st . —Mr . Wheeler will leclnre here on Sunday evening .
Albion CcFFEE-HorsE , SboreditcHj—Mr . Balls ¦ Hiii kcture on Sunday evening . Prcn s Hfak , Beth > -ai . l Gbeen . —Mr . DuSeld Trill iecuire here on Sunday evening . Sugab LoiF , CfiCEcnSr . Mile Era , New Tews . —Mr . Fusscll will lecture on Sunday evenicg . Pose axd Crown , Cambsh-well . —Mr . Wheoler ¦ will lecture . hs-re on Monday eTcniz ^ . Stag Tatesx , Fvlhaji Road . —ilr . PJdley will lecvu-e here en Monday evening . 55 , Old Bailey . —Mr . ilorric will lecture here oa Tuesday tYcuii ;^ . JIr . Fahseb xr ' iVi lecrnre , on Tue = dsy evening , at the School-room , Kiu ^ -irircet , CirrkenwelL i- 'R . SliKTi . v vrl ' il lecture , on Monday evening , at th--Feathers' Ta ^ cm , "Warreu-sirret . at
iis , Ma 3 . ti 5 wih lre ^ ura : ao \ ic-. om , 3 , Cc-li-Btr-: ct , Lirni-hou ^ -, < - = n svedn . Miay evening . _ Cambekwu . i _—j » Ir . Larkins , of "Walworth , vill address the m-. iabsrs of this localhy on Monday evening next . . " Jv ' i . 1 , CniSiT . aK , LiUBtin . —Mr . Ii . fly Rji ' iiey yr ' M lecture in a : d of the faa-is of the Glister Ha . l . on Tuesday ir = r 2 nz , rtxt , at € = ; tt o ' clcei , on tho D .-a-ia , its Iron . rtanjs and utility as a school cf Tinue in tie hands of a g ^ od ^ oTcrnment . A Lecttse "will be delivered at the above place , on Sand ^ y , July the 10 ; a , at eight o ' clock in the ; evening . - j BiBii- ^ 'DSST . —A special general meeting wi'I t-ike j placo at the KvTrrs , CraciSs-lane . Bermond ?( . * y . on '¦ Alcucav nts ? at ai ^ ht o ' clockto fill npthev-araaeie ? ; ~^_ i —~ - i ~ - ^ « & t
, , ~ v v ^^^ ~_ — — ^ — — — — — — r j - ^— — — — — r * — ^ _ . in the Council , made by those who have left the 1 locair . y , and & : cer _ imponant basicess . A meeting trill be he held at Lower-Milcham , on Sunday night , at four o ' clock , and several members of ihe Surrey Coci : cil will attend . . ¦ ¦ ' j Fixsbcbt . —Tns Chartists c ihis locality jn-e p-r- i ticu . ar ; y requited toat ; cvdat T . ze Ayksbury CcSW- ; hon ?« , on . Monday e ? £ ni :: g next . ) Halifax . —A dekgate m-eting of this district will
bs held at Upper Wariey , cu Sunday nest , t >? com- ; Jnerce a ? two o ' clork in the afternoon . D .-lejistes from taca locality a ~ e particularly -icqu ^ tad to * atT ^ ad , a 3 tu 5 : cess of ieportaSCQ lias to ba laid , before ibens . j Scrrovix-ASHHrLD . —A public meeting -svill be : helo in the Chanis ; reading room , at half-past six , on Monday evciiii . g sex :, to ascertain how we can : bes : shew cur respect to that unflinching advocate of the working dieses , Fear -u 5 O'Connor , Esq
..-"Walsall A delegate ED .-etbg will he held in tho Waball Association Roam , Blne-laBe , on ScEday afternooa nes :, a-: three o ' clock precis-ly . Dckjrates from the following p ? aces are " request ? d to attend , as there is bsilne ^ s of imp nance to be tran ? a . cted : —Bilsron . T . " tiNa : i . Wednesbnry , IbrleEton , Tifton , Dudley , C ^ stby , Birmingham , and Wol-Terhaapt <; a . Massfield . —A Chartift meeting will be held in ihe Association Rorin , "Union-street , on Monday nig ^ t , at half-pa ? t seven o'clock , fer the purpose of nominating , members for the General Council an 3 other impoitaat business . On Tuesday night the demonstrauon committee will meet at the same room to receive the conscription in aid of the demonstration ftiad in honour of F . O'Connor who wiii Tisit thi 3 district on the 26 : h of Julv ,
Ms . Mead ' s B . octs- —On Sunday and Monday , at Sutton-in-Ashfield ; Tuesday , at Hacknail-under-Huthwaite ; WedneHday , at Kirkby VVoodhouse ; Saturday , at Kew Lenton . SrA"DJERLA 5 D . —On Sanday evening , ai six o ' clock , Mr . Williams will leciore on the Town Moor , on persecution . After which 3 . collection will be made for Mason ' s defence . Oa Sunday , tho 17 A insiant , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , Mr . Williams will epeik a » the ssn : e place , on the death of Holberry , after -which a collection will be made for iho widow and tmiiy of the Ckanisi martyr . Hoixi-ngwobxh . —Mr . Cooper , of Manchester , will lecture here on Sunday autrnoon , as half-pa * t two .
StCTH Shields . —Mr . J . Williams , of Snnderland , ; will preach a iunersl sermon for the late Samuel Holf > eiry , on the Bents , i ; outh Shields , on Sunday ; nex * , at two o ' clock in the a : emooi :, when a collec- tion will te made for tLe widow . inxrssiQKL ^ y rD . —A lecture will be ddi ~ ered aj ; Thr . r-tonl £ . E- ' , on Sunday , ( : o morrow ) by Edward ] Clsy ^ on . Chair to te taken at six o ' clock . Discus- - sioi ; isviteed . ' ¦ j Hvddeesfield . —The district delegate meeting of i the Gcsersl Councillor .- will be held in the hoas 3 of Mr . Joseph Braj , Upperhead-rovr . Chair to bs i taktn at one o ' clock . j Lrprox , Eikkheatox , and Daltox , are requested to h ^ nd in the Petkion Sheets which they have .
Hew Leeds , Bbadfoed . —Jatne 3 Dewhurst will deliver his farewell Ic-ctore to the Chartist 3 of Kew * Lee ^ - and its ne ^ hbeurhoodj on Sunday , July lOih , in the Chartist meeting room . i Db-wsBCET . —A district council meeting will bej held at the house of iir . Charles Brook , Littletown , j on Sunday , the ITih of July , a , two o ' clock in the ifiernoon .. j ^ oi tixgham . —Mr . Clarke , from Stockport , will j preach twice on onr Forest , next Sundayjat the ! usual time , and on Monday eveniDg enauing , at eight ; o ' clock , in tke demotratic elapal . j
Oidjuh . —Oa Sunday next Mr . Brophy "will ] ec .: r . ; in the Chartist room . Greaves-street , at six i o'd > . ek ia "Ji 6 evening . j HoLLEiGwocD . —r . Ir . Henry Smethurst , of Oldham ,-will ieciure i ' a the iisiph Green Chartist roonij on '< Sn :: day evening nest , at sis o ' clock , 2 tJr . CASp-BELL , the Gen . Sec , will lecfure in- ; Lynn Kegis , on Tuesday , July 19 rh ; in Wisbeach on Wednesday , the 20 th ; in Norwich , Thursday and Friday , the 215 : and 22 nd ; in Harlcston en San- [ day . 24 h ; in Ipswich on Monday 25 th ; ia Buiy Si . Edmunds , Tuesday 26 : h ; in Cambridge , Wednesday , 27 th : and in Boyston , Thursday , 28 : h of Jniy .
iir . WiLLiAii Be > bow will lecture at the Working M ^ n ' s Hill , I ^ o . 5 , Circus-street , New road Hiniebo ^ tr en rext Saaday evening , at half-past seven o ' clock . " E > . si ash XotTH RiDivG . —Mr . Dean Taylor will Ti = ' : t the follow ; ng plates duripg nest week , Esmely , Monday , Jaly 11 th , at Doncaster ; Wednesday at Lwds ; Thursday at Seiby ; Friday at Howden ; Si ^ urday al York . Mr . Wheelek wil ! lectnre next Monday evening , attheBose and Crown , Walworth Eoad , chair to be liken at eight o'clock . A ptblic meeting wiil be h " -i at the above house on Monday eveniagj the 18 h i : st ., to elect a delegate to the London District CcunciL
The Cbaetists of W £ stmi 5 steb are earnestly reqjr .-fed to attend at the Charter Ccfiee-honse , 5 t : -. ton-Grouud , on Wednesday evening , ou business of Importance . Puf . t . —Mr . Jonat ' nan Bairstow , a member of the Exec Ltir . will deliver a lecture in the Garden-street lecture roo n , on Monday evening at eight o ' clock . Bilmikgham . —The Council of the Ccr ^ wainers ' CL ^ rter Association , respectfully invite t ) e at tention of all the operatives connected with the a"bove branch of trade , and-who are friendly to the People ' s Ch > rrer , to siiezd a jseeiiiig , which will be held at Mrs . Mar ^ h , si ^ a of tbs Britannia , Peck-lane , at & < rven _ o ' clock on Tuesday evening next to lake in * o coGsidtraiioii business of importance .
BiiADFOJD . —A Chartist Camp-meeting will be htid tr-a Yeadon-moor , on Sunday next , at two o ' clock ,, er in an out-bnpding ( should the weather prove unfavourable ) which a farmer kindly offered at the ls * t meeting . Mr . Aiderson and others from Bradford wiil attend . - ¦ Ma . Rest ' s eoct . —Monday , Derby ; Tuesday , Chesterfield ; Wednesday , Heanorj Thnrsday , Hkinston Friday , Breaston ,- and on Sa-turday , at Bowcrssh . . Debbt . —Mr . Thomassn , from the Vale of Leven , will preach a funeral sermon for Holberry , ia the Jlarket-place , to-morrow ( Sunday ) morning .
Deebt . —A public meeting will be held in the Market-place , on Monday next , to adopt the memorial to her Majesty , and protest to the House of Commoss . Chair to be taken ai half-past seven Mr . West , Chartirt lecturer , and Mr . Thomason will address the meeting . Rochdale , —On Sonday Oo-morrow ) , there will be a camp-meeting at Lobden , near Whitworth ; to commence at two o ' clock . Mr . Lane of Manchester , will address the meeting . Bljsckstokb-Edgs . —On Snaday , the 17 th instant , a camp meeting will be held onBiackstoue-Edge , to eososunce si two o'clock precisely ; Mr . Bairstow , an «* other talented Bpeaiers wUl address the people .
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Manchester . —The Rev . J . Soholefield will preach the funeral sermoa of Samuel Holberry , in his chapel ysrd , Evrry-sireet , Manchester , on Monday evenine , July 18 : n . -One penny will be charged for adrn ? 5 ion towards defraying the expences of the monument . , South Lancashire . —Mr . Bell's route . —Monday , July 11 th , at Hallashaw-moor ; Tuesday , Tnrton ; Wednesday , Shaw ; Thursday , Dsnton ; Friday , L ° -Tec 5-bulm ; Sunday , Miles Platting ; Monday , 18 . h inst .. Tyldesley Banks ; Tuesday , Lane-head , Lowt-on ; Wednesday , Ashtou-le-Wiilowa ; Tanrsday , Wigan ; and on Friday at , Blackuod . Mr . Bell most respectfully calls attention to the Gpneral Council in those places wbcra the association is fc-ra ; -J , jo ihe necessity that t-x ' st 3 of their making his visits knviWn amongst the inhabitants of the adjacent villages , where there * are no members enrolled , so that they may be appriz . d of the time when he may b ; expected .
Blidwoeth . —Mr . Geor ^ o Morrison , of Calvertcc , will lecture here on Sunday morning at ten o ' clock . Wai ^ all . —The members are requested to meet on Suacay morning EexE , in their room , Bluelane . Sheffield —Mr . Harney will addres 3 the friends of the Charter at Intak , on Sunday afternoon , ( tomorrow ) at half-past two o ' clock . Mr Hakxet will address the Sheffield Chartists at Doctor ' s Fields , oa Su-naay evening ai seven o'clock . A Public Meeting will be held in the Fig-Tree Lane re-jib , on Monday eveniue , at eight o ' clock .
Ln"i . m \ oL . —A general m etiug of all tne membcr . s wiii be held ncxi Sauday eveuiuir . at half-past 5 oca o'clock to take into coaa . deration the ca-e of Mrs . Hulb'jrry , and iikew . se th-s case of Mr . John Ma ^ on ; j : * o t * ~ - make arranteinei . ts for memoria . ' iz ini ivr M--j .: ~! y , a : id rtiiioiihvrjtjng with the House of Commons on thtir rij-.-v'tion cf the National Petition . It io hoped thai , ali the members will atctLd . Ope > . shavt . —Mr . James Cavtledge will lecture here on Sunday evening . HET - wr . nD . —Mr . iia : rstow will lecture here on Tuff-iiv evc-niutr r . ext .
Notice . —Mr . T . B . Smiih having completed hi ^ eEgsgruaentr as kcturrr i ' f-r iLe , Lf-eds Di ~ tiict . will address his Cbar ' -ist brethr-ni a : id the public at the following plact . - during the ensu . ng week : —Rotherham , on Saturday cY . n : i > jr . ( uiis day . ) on the Eecebsity of a sjuion oi the R-crking and middle classes lo jL'Jtin the Clar -r ; SfitS Id , on Sunday , ( to-morrow evening , ) - " . t the Political Institute , he will pruich a faiera ! ^ eimon for the victim Holberry ; iloiu ' ay , at the same plac-. ' , he will k-cture on the D-: cc : ? ny of all claries m-Aiui an exertion at tbe presenc crisis ; Vr ' e'Jneiday . ^ c Banisley , he wiil oeliver a funeral oration on : he dcat ' n cf Holberry , in the School R-Otn ur . dc-r the Odd Feilow . s Hall ; Friday , a ? Morky , a fn : ie-al sermon fur -Hoiberry ; and at It ^ hwel ] , tn Sunday , the 17-h JBS'am , h < 3 will preach in the afternoon a ^ i evening . The ? ern ; on in the evenieg will b ; in reference to the death of Holberry .
Mr . Baikstow will deliver lecture ? , by Fpecial r . quest , sii taTpcuier ' sH ) 5 , Manchester , on Saudav jj .: ' . c-i'ij !>>> a ; and . a : MiciuiotOii , in the D ; tcocr& . ic j cbap . ^ l , at SL-ren o ' tl ^ ck in the evering . On Monday , at B : ry ; on Tn-: * uay ,-rii Ht-ywoo" ; on Wednesday , at Eccics ; on TnuraUay , at IVrimordf-n ; ou Friday , < s . i DvW .-bury ; and wiii aueu ^; the York ^ hi'o and ' Lizca .-hire caiap meeting ml BUckstonc Edge , en j fcuiiJay week . i LVODESDEX . Mr . Benjarain Rasbton , of Ovenctn , t ? U 1 preach a sermon on Suaduy , - at five o ' clock in the evening . Af " -U tho Kruior . a public meeli :: ^ wiil , be beM in the Ccartist room , wL < in Metsrs . William ' . " \ raliace . Josspii Greenwood , aud othtra , will addrtfis : the meeting . ;
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It is our pleasing task to communicate this week ; h-3 most complete and decisive victory ever yej achieved by the Chani-t bouy over tbeir bitter and implacable foe , the Corn Law League . The " Plague" sought to &ieal a march . Our readtrs will remember that at the commencement or last week , Mr . uVonnorpud a very brief visit , and , accoEipauicd by W «; a . id others , had proceeded on bis t ^ 'ur ; on "Wedncscay , therefore , imaginiDg they would be quite secure from auy thing liKe Caanist Etttruti . m , iarge bills were L- ^ ued , announcing that Mr . Acland would dc ' avcr three lecture * in the Odd
Fellows'Hall , on theeveninjr-i of Thursday , Friday , andSa : urday . A small money paym-.-nr wasdtniauded for a' ? m i £ i " on into th-- Saloon , ai ; d Sixpence each ior the Orchestra . T . ns was to secure " rijspscisbiiity . " Of couv = e the meiubers of tue Leas . ue , and all who support its viewssre Tctpcctuble . dua they were quits sure to jjoaoid heal ilr . Aviu . ua at any price ; b ^ ti Jes which or ' the na-j ^ hry Cii-. rusts Cuiald ra . se sixptnct ? Well , ali went en qjite satis ac ; orily ; tho " la . < is , ' thouih u . aking no outwaiu snow , wcrc no ; idle . They met , they eoasuued ic ^ erher , thry deieruiined to attend iir " Acland ' s lv . cturi- _ =, &t hast ' 0 see fair pla . y , and to form an auuience { or him , being quite convinced that his own frieuds were " iew and far
be * = ' . veeu . ' Ilr . Wc ^ v " a ^ ia ^ , iu ihts immediate neighbourhood , W 23 apprised at Dae affair , and at once offered his Eervicss , aud the Chartist force ? ,, at the appointed hour on T mrsday night , went to the Hall . Mr . Acland coubUess shanked his stars whsnhc saw bo large an auduory ; and at ha'f-past fceveu o ' clock rose to comtuence Lis lecture . But . this irregular way of doingbusiness was iiot piop ^ rly under-tcod by the " workies ; " they had been act : us ! umed to havs all things done decently aid in order ; and for this purpose , insisted upon bavins a chairman . " A chairman , " ? aid Jlr . A ., " why , what is the use of a chairman 1 I caiae here to tell you only about the Ccrn Laws , and to show you how you can get a big joaf f c ? little mosey ; I wans no chairman . '' "No .
no ; " replied the lads , " you want no chairman , but we do . ' Mr . Acland tried several times to proceed , buz it was " no goj" and ha-mjl resumed his seat tint ;] the noise ceased , a Charusu stood up and proposed tha ; Mr . W . Ccckcroft do take the chair This was at oneo seconded , and carried unanmous ; y , amid thunders of applause ; andtfae Chairman took tils sfa :. The League looked ' uuuittrabie tbJDgs . ;" they did not at all relioh a fustian ja .-ket prisio'Hg over one of their meetings . They pr . oteit-jd against such aa assumption , — ss . \ d they had paid for the room , it was theirs—nobody but themselyes had auy business there—it was a pieeo of presumption to interfere in ( heir business ! " Softly , softly , good gentlemen of the League , " replied the Chartists , " you invited us here ; we have paid our money ; you have taken it ; ard therefore we have an tquai right with yeu . "
Well- aflet all , the League taought it best to submit with as good a grace as they could ; so after a consultation they condescended to ask advice of Mr . West , and after some squabbling , terms were arraD £ ld jOT three niiihus-uLeu .- « Jcji t ajteruaie half Lcuts , for Iwo hours th ^ fir .-t jj . - ^ ht and three hours the other two ; a chairman to be appointed for each side . Mr . West at once u ;> mtd Mr . W . Cockcroft , and Mr . Acland nominated Mr . Morris . The discussion was continued with good humour by both par ; ie « during Thursday , Friday , and Saturday , Mr . Acland contending stonily ior the " big loaf , " " plenty to do , " and "good wa ^ es ; " Mr . West ably showing the fallacy of his reasoning ( if reasoning it could be cabled } , and smathicg his every position , point by point , to the entire ratislaction of thj numerous aud applsuding auditoiy , incinduic those who bad professed to come as triends of Mz . Aclaod , aa weH athe Chartists . The discussion did not iermhia . i . e
uctil half past eleven ou Saturday tiight . After these three night's , however , Acland declared thai he had uot even yet emptied his sack ; and , so ^ reut aglntron was he , that he desired a repetition of ths drubbing he had received from West ; the latter gen ' . kican , however , being professionally ensagisci in .-the Chartist service in Derbyshire , could uot reinain at , Halifax , whereupon -Mr . Aciand cha . 1-lenge ^ auy otiu i- jnan of the chartist pat ty to conclude the discusa ' oD ; and tte Kev . W . T . J ^ ek ^ r . * be :: gvrei . eat , Acland said , ' * perhap 3 Mr . Jack . wili nave do objection to supply the piacu of Mr . West ; '' to which Jac ^ Bon , with the fining boldness of a Chartist , at once assented . Large bills wrr < - published , announcing the discuss-ion for Wednescay night last , the 6 th inst ., to commence a-t eighto'ciock . By thai hour the Odd Fellows' Hall , an immeuss building , was filled in every corner ; whtn ju&t as the batiie was about te commence , Feargus U'Concor
made his appearance upon the platform , and wa 3 hailed wi ? h cheers , which made the building shake . Ii was soon arranged between the Chartist boojas Mr . Acland had challenged aay of their menthat Mr . Jackson should permit Mr . O'Connor to assume his place . To this proposition the Reverend Gentleman most cheerfully assented , aud Sir . Acland and his friends having acquiesced , it was put to the meeting and received with a general buret of applause . The preliminaries were speedily concluded . They were , that Mr . Acland shonld opea the debate , and that it should conclude at eleven o ' clock , each speaker occupying s qnarter of an hour alternately , Acland commencing and his opponent conclading Mr . Martin , formerly proprietor of the Halifus Express , was appointed chairman for Mr . Acland , and Mr . Benjamin Rushton presided on Mr . O'Connor ' s behalf j and now we proceed to give a mere epitome of this important three hours' discussion .
ROUND I . Aclind commenced by declaring himself a Chartist , bvil contended th&t the middle classes could not be organised under the Charter bannere , while thty were ready and wiliiug to join the Chartists for a
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total repeal of the Broad Tax . That the repeal of tbe Coin Laws waB iadispensible , as our own land DOES NOT produce a sufficiency of food for our population . That their repeal would insure a large * supply of wheat—would increase wages by extending manufactures , and give to our home trade a great impetus . That all foreign countries were by nature agricultural countries ; that our ' s was not . That our prohibition or restriction affectiDg the importation of foreign corn provoked other countries to make laws hostile to our trade .
Mr . O'Connor commeuced by congratulating his party upon the opportunity then , afforded to all classes for judging between their respective principles . He denied that Mr . Acland had opened any discussion , but he would , by broadly asserting that a repeal of the Corn Laws , so far from boing a benefit , would be a positive evil to the working classes , until they-had accomplished the Charter ao a means to turn them to general , instead of class or party benfit . That as to the soil at home not preducingeaough , Mr . Acland had eudea . vcur . ed toslipthe question by assorting that it DOES iS OT produce enough . True it does not ; but ia that auy proof that under wise laws and a better dispensation it would not ? The same was a-sertod in the reign of
Henry IV ., when tho population was not two millions ; but from Henry ' s time tol 815 . it so happened that the same land had been found capable of supporting annually tho increasing- ' population , And what did Henry do ? Why , wheu the growth of wool was inducing the landed proprietors to hold their vast estates in gras ^ disinheriting ths agriculturist , tho Kin ? , with the consent of the Legislature , dicreed that iD was a monopoly tending to create unwilling idlers . Ho restricted tho grass laud , increitr . d the agriculture of the country , and very speedily restored peaco through abundance . Tiie very same pernicious monopoly oxiais now by The occupation of larg ? farms ; but h-j would , in tbe . course of tho debate , prove the fallacy of Mr .-. ' Aciand- ' s-
asscrtir-n even to his ( Air . A . ' .- ) satisfaction . Aa ta increased tradp giving an inijictus to the labour market , he was in a good aud tenable position to flatly contradict tho apportion ; ha found by the most recent returns , that the importation of cotton hid , up to the present pt rind ol' tho current year , considerably exceeded that of the s « me period , ovlwt year ; and , therefore , if the full uiea = ureof free tra . de is to produce tho labourer ' s millvnium , surely the proii-essive improvement or increase is to present its rt-lafive raluo . That is , from a vast increase in consumption of the raw ma-crial , wo are justified in
looking for labour ' s boon from that amount of increase * But what did we discover ! Why that the ci&missal of hands has goue ou increasing in tho ssme or eveua-gri-ater r . i ' cio than tho iu crease of production 2 Mr . Acl-nid asserts that all foreign countries- are naturai . ' y agricultural . He admits this is nature ' s work ; but , in Heaven ' s n a me , why should one of the oiUt . nanil ' moat improved c <> untrii . s in agr culture ( England ) bo blott d i > ut of iiature ' s mai »? £ . r : i ; laod ha .. s raw material iu her 1-au . d i her mines , her minerals , and her fisheries ; but wone ^ 'ltct t ! a-m , a !! d hence our dependence on foreign couutries for what we could btttu produce at homo .
ROUND II . Mr . / . cland faid that Mr . O'Connor had taunted the Lca . j . u < - -rs vrnh petuioiuiig in vain , and with no ; j jirilis ; the Chartis's . xvhahad also petitioned in v . iin tie had also tauntod aim and the League with disho- ; nesty , in not looking fV . r ihc meaua to . acconipii > h their own pr ? f > j .- - ; u ol j ct , and told them that they had but a miwrjble tmu ^ rity , 93 , to support them ; why-not , then , joia the Chartists for tha means which would at ouee accomplish tho end ! Iu reply he mkht say ia Mr . O'Connor , that there wero n t more than ; -ix Chartist Miir . bers in the House ; auJ was not ninety-tbrte a bt-tter staff than Fix ? and why not back ' . he ninety-three ? As to tho increased import : tion of cotton , what . did tlsnt prove \ Why ,
thut America , ih < tt owed us £ 12 , 000 , 000 fternng , was paying off ^ . oaio of her debts : that wa ^ all ; bntit did noi amouui ; o proof of more manufacturing . Free Trad . ; would insure KECIPHOU 1 TY ,-end give increased employ . cjvnf ; whereas now , the mills - were working , many , of them , half-time , and a number of mill-owfiars were in t ' ne Gazette ; but Mr . O'Connor had not shown ho * an increased supply of bread would injure the libouring classes . Mr . O'Connok ^ aid , that the b : ggiDg of questions by Mr . Acland proved at once his lack of argument ; whereas , when ho did stick to the question , he invariably answered his own absurdities . Now , ' as-to tho advantage of ninety-three Repealers for six Chaitist Members ; what could be more
disingeuuons , or far-fetched ? Should he not have firstly established the fact that thtre exists an identity of Bentiment , opinion , and feeling between us and the Repealers ; aud between the nino-y three aud the six inside ? or does ha suppose us ready for any thing- or any change ? Why , the Kepealnrs are our deadly enemies J themen pgainst whomwearecojittnd ing , and by whom we have been persecue ' •! Is it iiot equivalent to saying h ? re are ninety three assassind wno insist upon me committing murder ; and hero are fix virtuous men who would induce me to go to church ; but I am bound by the majority to eschew the moral ad ^ ico of the six , and to follow the evil dictates t i the ninety-three 1 Why not join the other five hundred and sixty-fire in resisting al ? change ?
ior they are the big m : ij > rity ! But , as to America ' * Oh ) j payiwg a pi-rnoii of her dfb ? a ' to acocunc for jhe ii . creaseo importation of notion ! Ah ! kind and thoughtful Mr . AelanJ ! what generous souls tho cottou growers of America are to pay other men ' s _ debtn ! The debt was not incurred by the co . tjn ^ T-jW «? r »; . and by the sam ? ru 2 o I presytne thaf if our eACitqaer become bankrupt , the lar ^ e mannfaeturers anu landowners , kind and generous sculs ! would pay off all iho foreign . holders of stock . No , no , Mr . Acland , you must be pinned to theariunjeiJt ; we must-not have assertions incapable of pruof . Five trade , said Mr . Acland , wou ! d insure RECIPROCITY . Reciprocity jndetd ! Why . the fine an ; l undefined iixm . ReciprocUy ,
means barter upon bom-thing like eqial terms ; but whtre was the cq ^ a'ity between a nation highly taxed , and a nation slightly tsxed , or not taxed at all ? What Reciprocity was there in receiving the untaxed corn , or other produce , of foreign countries , and giving in exc ^ aiii . ' ^ our lab our , which , was not Reciprocally protected \ Mr . Acland forgot that wh ^ n foreigners bought English fabrics , bishops , parsons , foreign kingt > , standing army and navy , placemen , pen&ionrrs , and idJerp , were all wrapped up in the bundle ! and fioie were the draw-hacks to commerce or com petit ion I Well , but how does Mr . Acland answtr hmi * cin Why ,-, while facts and returns prove an \ i ; cri ase of production , and while complaijit and mi-ery prove increase'in the number of displaced hands , he says that the mills arc many of them working only half time . Why , what a blow at "free trade . ' ! and whatasiapin the face for
the Le ? gue ! So , then , while we have been doing more work , we have h en actually at the same time n » , t only di .-placing manuul labour , but improvemeuts are putting old machinery at well out of use for we have theadffii-.-ion that many have stopped wok , and are in the Gazelle , while few are working more than half time ; aud yet the few remaining successful speculators an .- able to glut the world with British produce ! But , says he , Mr . O'Connor has n ( t sh' -wu that an iKcrt-a ^ ed supply of bread w ^ uld injure the working classes . Rather stretching it that Is ' o ; but let Mr . Aclaiid prove—( for we want the EffirtEation . nov 'he iicgalive—we want certainty , not chanct)—let him prove thai an increasftd supply oi wheat , would benefit men who arj 9 idle , while machinery is cuiiiing the . exchange , and I will thank him ; or let him prove that an increaso iu production would giv . ^ a corresponding increase in the employment ol labour .
ROUND III . Mr . Acland now acknowkded the powers of his opponfnt , and declared himself a 3 good a Chartist as any in tho ' room ; but as they could not achieve a pii ect Reciprocity , let them endeavour to get as faib a reciprocity as thky could : and as to the a ^ sump'iun that the fact of increased importation of cotton was proof of an increased trade , ho denied it ; because it might only be speculation upon the part of the masters , as it was well known that tho warehouses were overstocked with goods while the peopk could -Jo ! afford to buy them ; but tliia was no proof ' of . the goods leaving ihc country . Ho said that a well riirectrd ayiiaion kept up by the middle
and working classes-would frighten , the Ministers and the P ^ rli-inn-m . into -. > Repeal of tbe Corn Laws , m the HOPE OF STAVING OFF THE CHARTER ! Ko contcn'te . ! pujinei Mr . O'Connor's notion thai ; i par ' . y Whu « VUld uot achieve any administrative iiaprovenjt'iit cju'ti enforce an organic change —^ 'itncs . ^ Cutho ; ie euiancipaiion . He denied that Mr . O'Connor bad yet proved the capability of the land at hoiiin to yield a sufficiencyof footf ; and coDteiided that the repeal of the br * ad tax would piaee the people in a better pot-i-ion to vain thi Charter . It appeared after ail that the only difference between him and bis hoD . opp ^ ucDt was ju ? t the difference between rationality and irratiouaii-y . : ' ¦¦¦"
Mr . O'Connor said that , contrary to all the rules and turmi of tiiscussion , he would deal with Mr . Acland ' . s last assertion in the firat instance ; and in it he fully coiicurred—that the only difference was , as Mr . A . stated , just that between rationality and irrationality ; ' b \ it th . ; meeting should judge upon whose side was the rationality , aud upon whose the irrationality . But how we must all have hailed the admissiHa of Mr . AcJand that he was a Chartist And how his friends isust have sorrowed at seeing him limping so lamely through his last quarter ' s race ! As you cancot get real Reciprocity , " says he l
get as fair a Reciprocity at you can ; but he has failed to veil us where even the first instalment of this " aB-fair-ap-you-can-redprocity" is to come from : while he well knows that you baye no power now whatever to work the slightest change in pubiic affairs . How happens it thw his friends and tbe League do not , by clubbing their pure ' -js to reduce general taxation , placemen , pensioners , and the church , smooth the way for the "» 3 fair Reciprooity-as-you-can-get . " But , says he , we all know that the warehouses are crammed ; and TutHEPCUB—mind , therefore—the in-
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creased importation of cotton is no proof of increased trade . Ah 1 what does he inean by iaoreaBed trade 1 Does he mean that the produce has hot yet been disposed of , as the last step iu barker ? For what signifies to u 3 whether it has or not ! the admission made by himself that the fabric is made and warohoused , proves that all the labour thai , will be expended upon it , has been expended upon it .: "There is the rub ! Labour hasbeen employed to a less amount in 1842 in manufacturing a jajreater quantity of goods than was manufactured up to the same period
of last year . Let him answer that- But he shall have no excuse ; for now I refer him to the dock revenae ret urns of Liverpoolv and by those he will find that there has . been a corresponding increase in the export and import trade , that of the exhorts holding balance with the imports ! Now what wiii he say ? But what else did he admit , ? Why only just this : tl at k well-directed agitation of the middle arid workinc classes would indtica the Parl : anie ; it to grant a reoeal in the hope of stavi . ng opf THE CHARTElR . Here then we have him at
once , and nere is ; the price bid us by the League ; ' Join us , " say they , ** 'to frighten the Legislature into a compliance with us , for the purpose of annihilating YOU . " A very generous appeal to the Chartists truly to commit" suicide ! " No , no ; if Repeal is tho . lesser good in their minds , it must be inteiided as such ; and , therefore , we will not abandon the greater tor the lesser good ! But 6 ays he , you enn force ' an administrative change ; witness emancipation of the Catholics .. Nonsense I this has nothing , to do with the question of theCorn Laws . Bui as all
should b « reylipd to , ho begged to reiiiind Mr . Acland , that he had destroyed his own argument , inasmuch as whik tho Catholics sought i ' or administrative " . change , - - they Wero mocked and'laugrted at : bu ; when they sought for what was in reality au organic change , ( because it altered the eyatem of representation by . admitting Catholic Peers into the Lordp , and Cuthoiio Members into the Canmoos , who were therotoforo excluded , ) evon tha ? mv a sure was lon , i !; denied to JMstieo , ; but tardily surrendered to fear : so wiil it be with , tho Charter .
ROUND IV . Mr . ActAND took off hi . 9 coat and slid , that he was horry that Mr , O'Connor had tau'itsd him with lixnpinj . ' iamcly through hid task , that he did not so taunt Mr . O'Connor . ( Cry of " -rationality and irrationality . ") Well ; but still he thought that tue people if-placed in an improved state , would be ' 'better-able to battle for their . political rights , than ; -in ; their present starved condition , which made foreign nations deal with their government as they pleased , as they had no fear i > i" a starving , disoont v Uted people , who in their misery csuld do nothing to assist themselves . Mr . O'Connor lu-. d attempted to clasgify the different orders of socior . y , He should liko to know what an aristocracy meant—what the midclio classes zneant , and who wero the ot-licv-clasocs of society ! Surely we were indebted to tliose iiianufactururw who Mr . O'Connor oontended did not belong to the niiiidio classes , for thu Reform Bill , little good ad it had
done , but yet he had not shown our Jo . Tie ^ tjc ¦ capabilities . : As to machiucry supplanting manual labour , who . ever-- heard- of a lady being denied the use of a thimble and her nes'dlei aud yet they aro machinery older than that of Which he complains . VVe havo not heard Oiie word of . phijaiuhropy- 'from- Mr . O'Conn'T i ' or the buffcriuga of the people As to tha nv > sc n . ot being nn . de oi ' oui- la . nd , surely it is the intere-1 of tho farmers to make tie most they , possibly . can '; and yet it docs not . after all produce enough . But ho would adviao them , even if they got a repeal ot ihe Corn Laws , to go on wiih thoir ' -agication i ' or the Charier . In conclasion , he would say that he wished to God that tho Government would double , trebie , nay quadruple all oar import and export , duties , because THEN poverty would make the people pp- » vi ; riui ,-and able to . . ' wriajf thtir rights from the oppressor . :
Mr . O'Gqnxor said , the last quarter of an hour has furnished me ' - 'with a spieudid specimen of reasoning , philantrqphy , and of the tact of our oppO ^ nents ! Just compare Mr . Acland ' s bogmujBg , with Mr . Aeland ' e concluding . He Siiys that your present impoverished state makes you incapable of doing anything for yourself ; while he concludes by imploring that misery , want , and destitution may be doubled , tripied , nay " -quadrupled , in order that you n . ay be enabled to do anything for yourselves Strange philosophy this I but as ho had strayed altogeiher from the argument , I will bring him back to the question of home pruciuuon * And now Jet him attend and reply . 1 contend . ' - as follows : —that a farmer holding one thousand acres of laud , wiil riot ,
according to general custom . -cultivate . ' - ' upon thas quantity more than fifty a « re 8 of whttat . 1 contend for it , that the very process of manuring an aor 8 with a view t 9 foll'wvvich a wheat crop , at so great a distance , coats £ 4 pjr acre , at , the least ; atid allowing the benefit to bo intended for the ivheat crop , that alone puts a home-Ux of £ 1 6 i 8 d . per quarter , at three quarters to the acre , upon the wheat . Tho drawing home would put a tax of four shillings , —one halt the Russbil Biaudard . But » the one thousand acres held by ten persons at one hundred acres each , would bo devoted to . wheat culture as follows : —t-. ach would have ten-. acres of wheat , thus that subdivitjioa would double our produce . Subdivide is again into
allotments of twenty acres each , aud each holder will grow three acres ot wheat , or fiftern to the one hundred ; making afurthor increase of fifty per c ^ n ' j in consequence of tho more profitable sub-division . But bring it within the convenient limits of individual labour ; subdivido it into farms of ten acres -each , and each lot will produce two acre 3 or ' wheat , making a further iiicrease of twenty ^ five per cent , over the twenty ficre allotment . Tho present -allotment , stands thus : fifty acres ' -of wheat produced from 1 , 000 acres , while the Bubdivisiou would make it ' .. stand' thus—200 acres from the same 1 , 000 acrtsbrouiiht within the reach of individnal labour I And let ; Mr . Acland liaderstand that it - coats '
comparatively nothing to manure an acre , or to draw homo the produce of an acre , at a distanco of a few yards ; whereas the eauie process swallows up all the profit at a gretit distance . And let this illustration be taken tor an answer to his assertion , that farmers produce as much as ' . tiisy ' - possibly can . Yes ; as much as they profitably can under tho system of letting large farms with a view toensure the holder's vote to keep up Churoh and State and the idle paupers , which could not be bo effectually accomplishtd was the laud in the hands of what he would call producersand 'consumers . Let him answer that . Mr . Acland wishes for a classification of ; - society . An aristocracy VmpanB men who live without in * dustry or labour upon accumulated ^ wealth ; M . i ddliiig c ! a « ea means that body who a , ctB as agents bctweeii wholesale producers and retail consumers , aud indeed may be extended to mean ehnpkeopers , who aro absolutely necessary , to circulate production
in convenient portions for rotailers . Tho other mass , is tho working class , of whoso labour tho enoployerd mako profit , and of whose consumption shopkeepers make a living ; and whose poverty was now occasioned by a party of wealthy speculators supplanting their customers by self-acting mules , cast-iron man , and improVi-d machinery ; - Theso men constituted the smokeocray ; and had no pretensions to the honourable titie of industrious middle-class men . Mr . Acland says they gave us tho Reform Bill : — thank them for nothing ! We'll take care they don ' t give us such another ! A burned child dreads the fire . As to pliilauvhropViy ^ he'looked not for commisseration , but for justice i aud iw lot the " thiiiblb" rig he hftd nothing to do With that part of the machinery—i * was t 0 tho lady just what the spade wa j to the man . Ho did uot mean thai the agricultural communities ehould dig with their nails or reap with tlioir teeth , any morii than that a lady should sew without needle and thimble . '
ROUND V . Mr , Aci-AND contended that the question of subdivision of land had nothing whatever to do with the argument . He was not prepared to reply to that portion of the argument : it was sufiicieut for him to know that the land dip not produce enough—1 . > presume that wa required an importation . From ofher countries in ( aid ol our home produce . Mr . O'Connor had spoken of free trade in labour , and of resalatin ? tie price of labour . He hoped Air . O'Connor , did hot mean 'by Act of Parliament . The labourer ought to be at liberty to Bell and buy where ha pleased . Bu % after all , while Mr . O'Connor conteuded so nobly aud so persoveringly for the whole pi the people ' s rights , can he deny that taking fifty
millions sterling per anaum ii * om the coct of the people's food would be an advaataso ? Ai ? d why not contend for that i It would give plenty , ami increase tho price of wages . The remainder of this quarter was occupied ia declamation about ; the hard-hcatted landlords ; ^ Mr . O'Cos ' xoR said that it appeared to him rather strange that Mr . Acland shouid have opened the discussion by-challenging him ( Mr . O'C . ) to the proof that the laud at hoine , if sufficiently cultivated , was capable of supplying all our wants ; that in each quarter of aii hour he should have taunted him ( Mr . O'C . ) with not having replied to thia portion of the argument ; and that when he laid it before him 60 that hone could misunderstand it / Mr . Acland saysj" Oh , but this has nothing to do with it . " Then , whydid he introduce it ! why did he press it , and then designate it as irrelavent ? Now he ( Mr . O'CV
contenaea tnat it had everything to do with it . He contended that all foreign governments , by their tariffs and laws of commerce , were capable Of influencing the price of manual labour in England under its present artificial conamercial system , while by overlooking our own raw material , we also tendered our people dependent upon foreigners for food , The land was the only thing with which foreim governments oould not interfere , and which onr rulers alone neglected . Now ; mark the fate of the Peel tariff . The card house is built ; it is to insure and regulate inore especially trade iii three of : our great staple commodities-All other of : its provisiphs are but supple , mentary to that purpose—namely , to support our woollen , cotton , and thread fabrics . Welli up jumps the King of Prussia , acid takes a , puff at the wool' en ; up jumps France , ia compliance with the desire of a small constituent body —( O , what a fine
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thing to be repreR « nted!)—and takes a puff at the thread ; and tho Yankee will most ^ probably ta ' sea puff at the cotton ; and so away |[ oes the tariff . ' but the three per cent , on income miisli : remjiin , \ vith a prospect of an addition , to make up for our depnn dency and Reciprocal dealings with foreigners !! xMf , Acland knew that he ( Mr . O'Corinor ) never contended for legislative interference with labour . What lie said wa ? , " enfranchise labour , and itwill soon find out its yalue . and regulate its price . " But , says he , "buy and sell where you can . " Very fine theory ! But how wrfi it to be carried out in practice .
Mr ; AcJand admitted the desirableness of mnking the people great at home before tfey could be gr « at abroad , but affected ignorance as to the mean- . Ho would point out the means . Discharge your filthy aad pestiferous cities of their squalid beggarly in mates ; iend your people from the unhealthy rattleboxes to the hill side , tho valley , and the hill top ; let them work for themselves instead of ' -startingfor others ; and when tho foreigners ; "know- ' ¦ that your land id studded with the sentry-boxes of 2 , n 00 4 000 of freemen who cau live wi ' . hout their aid , -then you may speak of terms of . " Reciprocity . "
SIXTH AND LAST ROUND . Mr . A cCand— Mr . O'Connor says " cheap and dear are rolative terms , and that we must have tremendous maws to give such an irnpe-tus to foreign trade as to set all the world producing food for a littie ' island ; whereas , says : hoj five or six mills would purchase tttl the diffirencs that the . worst harvest would require . " Why , he knew ; all thai ; but . then why not go on looking for fo > d ? and with tho agitation why net seek to take £ 50 , 000 , 000 sterling off your bread ! Surely , it would bo guod to try anil reuuc «» the broad tix , which now .. presses ' hardly upon the people who are not capable of " producing enough . As to the floiir said to be used ia thickening cluth aud fasti ins , why ,-if .. wo--vvatft that , hit as iiave ic atea . ITj tha . uk . j < l , th < 3 . audience and Mr . O'Connor for t ' eir kind and
courteous hearing and demeanour ; but . denied 'f-h-a't he had a right to be made ausworable . Tor the ; tC 53 or wordsot ' tiio Loaguo . Ho al > o denied that they , were in confusion aud disorder anJoi !? f aemaelves , as stated by Mr , O'Connor . Tmy NLVER sanctioaed an 8 i . fixed duty , but always contended for a total repeal . ilr . ' O'CoNiVOJi now rose to wind up , aud . iii the last fifteen minutes ? o completely annihilated every vcst ' go of -. ground on Which 'his : opponent' sought t ?> stand , that Mr , Aciand huug hi 3 head , while hia backers looked woa-begone and chop-falleu . Mr . O Conrior protested against Mr . Acland se <; arating hiin 3 i If from tho L-jstgue , while ho was doing their business . He expos id th-i discrepancies which existed btftween Colonel Torrens ,. Mr . Hume , Mr . Aciand , and all the leaders upon the subj ' ct . Colonel Torrens had movefi for the Repeal in iS 34 , declaring that it Wi / aid increase rents and double the
price of food ; whil ^ Hume , who seconded it , asserted that it would reduce rents and ch-. spen food . But , says Mr . Aoland , reduce £ 50 , 0 lil 0 , 00 Q sterling annually from the people ' s food . . VVhat sophiotry what nonsense ! what fallacy ! Why , suppose that according to Dr . Bjwrtng ' s wish , ovory person in England interested i ; i cheap bread gos plenty , as he saysy a quarter a head , man , woman , and child ; and suppose those intereoted to ' a ' mouut to 10 , 000 , 000 , why tho . whole price at . a quarter for each , at GOj . the quaner , would be bu 5 430 , 000 . 000 SUTling ! Throw in even the idler , who would be bone-Sued ; and say we want 20 , 000 . 0 ^ 0 quarters ; : why tho Whole price woutu be but j £ o 0 . 000 , 000 ! Ktep the price as the Whigs propose , to fifty shillings a quarter ; , an < l the whc-le . increase , come from where it toiglrtj vft > uid bo but £ 10 . ( 100 ^ 00 surlaig per annum . ' Wo are told th : it population presses hardly upon the means of subsistence . So it docs : but not the
floshaud blood population ; but the s-jlt ' -acting . mule —iho cast-iron man ; the . in ; proved machinery which in producitig capability equals 600 , 000 , 000 , " hands '' or more than the population of the cml . ted world 1 . That presses hardly upon mart and upon the shopkeeper . If a Manchester trader pays . ]| d ; for a pound of flour , and sells it iu fustian for Is . 44 . per pound , and puts sevrn DOunds to a piece of seventy yards , and brings 3 000 of these into the market ; that too presses hardly on living man ! for he brings over TEN T £ > NS weight of flour in that s'ate into the fustian market in one week ! Increase trado as you will , and tho then amount of machinery , with no greater number but fewer hands employed , will Itave a surplus after consumption , as
now . Bat while those philanthropists wtre so loud in demanding a remission of the bread tax , how happened it that the Heformera of that school never nibbled at the church , the dead weight , the army , the hayy , tho placemen , and the pensioners ? Ah ! unshackle their trade ; and let all others keep labour in chaina . If the change is to bo beueficial , get tUe means of making it generally , instead of partially so . Let us be broken up now ; and Will thoir friends , the Lcagne , rally m again when satibfied themselves , for the princjp-e for which we have so long arid so nobly struggled A Refokm promised the people a share in all tha great iaaprovements ; of the age . Had 'it . fc iven .-it to them V No ; aud now add another change to the many which in their day had
promised thi m relief ; and , as all others had ,, so would that be turned to their disadvantage , instead of to ihelr bnieat . The League were in London . ' agaiti '; they had been thero b lore . While ticketed he could , not see them ; but . so soon as they put their horus © us of t-ha shell , s > » oon did he meet them in Southvvark and Marylebone ; and he would be theroa-ain next weak ' -, ; arid would beat them to their heart ' s content . "Mr . O'Connor then wound up , amid the most breathless svl * mce ,. with" an appeal to all classes to join for the Charter * He expounded its principles and meaning , and cOncHrded tho proceedings in a speech which will never be forgotten so long as memory lives . Ho then sat down amid cheers which
lasted for several minutea , and carne from all parts of the spacious and densely crowded met ting room , while Mr . Acland wasf looked piufully Upon by his old associates . Thai portion of Mr . O'Connor's appeal where he accused the reporter with not repoi'iitiz one word that ho had uttered , while he wa ' 3 busy all the timo that Acland was speaking , produced a rapid torrent of eloquent indignation and sarcasm , at tho manner in wuich the guardians of public principle treated the people ' s friends , The whole meeting had watched and noted the fact , and instantly all moved towards the impartial scribbler , and assailed him with pointed finger aud thrilling yells of scorn .
At the close of the debate , the Rev . Mr . Jackson moved , and the meeting seconded , the following resolution i —? " That we , the inhabitants of Halifax and its vicinity , composed of Working people , Shopkeepers , and tradesmen , having heard the question at issue so ably discussed , do pledge ourselves to agitate for nothing loss than the People's Charter , being convinced that no other measure can produce permaneutbantfit to the working classes " Air . Martin put the resolution from the chair , when every hand was raised aloft for its adoption , and hot a single solitary one against it . The chairman then declared that the resolution was carried unanimously , Which was followed by the most deafening cheers .
A Vote of thanks was then cordially given to the chairmen , as they richly merited it . Three cheers were then given tor Frost , Williams , and Jones , and tho Charter ; and thus ended a meeting ; which , to use the language of one of the . moht zealous Rept-alers , " has finished ; * . m > pok evhr , the Corn Law question in Halifax . " This we heard With
ourowneam . Never since Acknd undertook the advocacy of the League did he get such a drubbing as he received within the last week at Halifax . West cut him into pieces , and the Lion devoured him . We but speak the language of Acland ' s own friends in repeating that ho was but a plaything in the hands of his opponents .
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Mason ' s defence fund : — £ ¦ »• d . S . Cook . Bilston ... ' ,.. 0 17 OA Stafford ... ... ... 0 12 Sutton-in-Ashfield ... ... 0 10 Gloucester-street , Commercialroad , London ... ... 0 9 2 Coventry ... ... ... 0 15 9 King- street , Long Acre , Mary-: lebone ... ... ... 0 10 0 Kettenng ... ... ... 050 Walsall ... ... ... 0 10 0 Dudley ... ... ... 0 19 Guseley ... ... ... 0 5 0 Diii'lestan ... ... >( . 0 1 0 Mr . Mason , per Mr . Cleave ... 0 15 0 Birmingham ... ... 1 8 9 m on
Chautist BEVEKAGE . ~ The proceeds due to the Executive from the sale of Messrs . Crow arid Tyrrel ' s Chartist Beverage , —from the 18 th to the 25 th of June ?^ r ' - . " Mr . Joshua Ilobeon , Northern Star On ^ ce , wholesale Agent for Yorkshire ... ... u . ... ... 1 4 2 Mr . James Ltach , Manchester wholesale Agent for Lancashire ... ... 0 18 0 Mr . John Walker , jun . King-sfc ., Park , Stockport , Cheshire ... ... ... 0 1 6 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham ... ... ... 0 16 Mrs . Smith , ditto . ... ; .. ... 0 16
Mr . CroWther , Charlestown ... ... 0 1 6 Mr . Tates , Hanley , Staffordshire Potteries .., ¦ '• ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ :... ' ... >• -. " ... ... 0 6 0 Mr . Vickers , Belper « . ... ... 0 3 Q Mr . G . Julian Harney , Sheffield ... o 3 0 Mr . Hibbard , Mansfield ... ... ... 0 1 6 Mr , Carter , London " : ' .. ' ... ... ... 0 3 0 Mr . Starkey , Stoke , Staffordshire ... 0 1 6 Mr . Moon , Stafford ... ... ... o 1 6 Mr . Furneval , Bury ... . ; ..- ... 0 1 6 Mr . Robinson , Derby ... ... ... 0 OS National Charter Association , Hnll ... 0 : 3 0 Mr . Thomas , Stockport , Cheshire ... 0 16
- ' - . - . V ; . ¦ . ¦ . - ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ '' . - - ' ¦ - ¦ : .. £$ u & The sum accruing to the Executive from the sale of Messrs . Crow and Tyrrell ' s Beverage , up to the 18 ih of June , was £ 21 lOs , 6 d . ! !
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Stroud . — -The cause of the people is ^ ahaaost forgotten but by a few . Some ; who would bethought Chartists have taken out cards and subscription books , and are no more seen at the rooms . It vnU , be the painful duty of the Couucil to make known the names of the individuals , if ihe books are not returned . Application has been made , and the books , together with the subscriptions , refused to be given up . Want of employment discourages a great many from coraing , not having the cash to pay subedriptjous . Tradesmen are every day drooping into the slough of despondency , and are hoping for a change When the dolts will learn to be wise , we cannot tell . r
KTAN'CHESTEB .-Hira . T ' s AIonument Com-MjrrEE . —The above Committee assembled on Wednesday _ eveniDg , July 6 th , in Christ Church Schoolroom , Every-street ; present , thirteen members . Mr * Thomas Railton was elected chairman . In answer to the resolution passed June 22 nd , —*? That the Secretaiy be directed to-write to Mr . John Cieave , of Loiidon , solicHing him to insert the Committee ' s address in the Chartist Circular , and to send five hundred copies for distribution , together with the bill , " the Secretary read the foilbwing-ietter ' i-- ' ' " 1 , Shoe-lane , Pleet-sireet , London . "July 5 th , 1842 : / , '
" Deau Sir , —I received your vote relative to the address from the Monument Committee , whohave done themselves so much credit in superintending the ereotion of a Monument for my much lamented friend , Henry Hunt . : > , 'V My best answer is , that the excellent address has been inserted , that five hundred copies aro enclosed in friend Leach ' s parcel , and that you will bo pleased to lay them before your Committee aa my second donation , to be distributed in such Way as may to : them sccvn best . ¦ -. ' . .. ^ " .: ¦'" ' - .- : . ' * . Yours truly , - - . " Jo « N GtEAVE . " The following resolution waB passed ^ nem con . — , " That the best thanks of this committee be respectfully presented to -Mr ,- Cleave for his atteutiou and insertion of the address in'the circular , and likewise for his very liberal and unexpected donation of the Chartist Circulars in aid of the Monument Fund . "
Arrangements were then made for a splendid tea party in Carpenter ' s Hall , on the I 6 ih of August . A good deal of business was gone through tending to forward the objeot of the committee . All is going on well . The meeting adjourned till Monday evening . ' ; : . . ¦'*';¦ ¦ ' ' - . ¦"¦ : - - . '¦ ¦ ' . -.:: " . - " - " '
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GpspORT . —Francis , t ' ne young man who pointed a pistol at the Q , | i 3 ehyarrived at this place , by the itail way , on Wednesday afternoon , in charge of the j . uio ; r of Newgate . He is a genteel , smart little I ' eilow . He was heavily irped , aid walked arm in . arm to the beach with the jiilor , who appeared very kind to him . He was taken on board-the Leviathan , hulk . A greaS many people were assembled , who sympathised with him . When he took the last step , as he thought , on British ground , tears ran dowa his chesks . Althouglv this is a government p ^ ace , there is very little loyaltv here . : ¦ :
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Leeds Corn . Market , JtiLY 5 . — -The supplies of all kinds of Grain to this day ' s market , are smaller than last week . There continues a fair demand for fine fresh Wheat , at an advance of Is per quarter , but no improvement in other descriptions ; the inferior very difficult to quit . Oat 3 and Beans very little alteration ; tho weatber continues shovvry . THE - A , V £ BAGB ; PBICES OF JWHEAT FOB THE WBEK .- ' - ¦' . ' : EKDiNCJ JULY 5 , 1842 . V Wheat . Barley . Oats , Rye . ' Beans . Peas Qrs , Qrs , Qrs . Qra . Qrs . Qrs . 5 ? 5 & li 733 — 170 11 ' £ s . d . £ s , d . £ si d . £ s . d ; £ b . d . £ s . d . 3 56 19 8 141 : 0 0 0 , 1 15 9 I 15 103
' Leeds Wooixen Mabkets . —The state of the markets this week is described to have been worse than they have ever been known before , and that is tfoing far enough certainly . We believe , however , that never within the recollection of any of the regular attendants at the Cloth Halls , was so small a quantity of goods known to leave those places as on . Tuesday last . : /; \ : -. ' : ' :. Kr » bEBSFiEi . D Market , July 5 ,-rTtiQ busines 3 at the Cloth Hall continues of the same dead character as it has been for sonie weeks past . The amount of business ' . was about the same as last . The sate 3 were chiefly confined to heavy goods ; v * : ry little ihCLufry was made for fine goods . The trade still continues in a melanchdly state .
¦ WAKEFIELP CORN MARKET . ¦ FBibAYj July { | th . —Our arrivals of Wheat are moderate this , week ; fresh qualities are scarce and Is . per quarter dearer , but there is no variation in other sortai which sell elowlyj Barley nominal Oats and Shelling steady . Beans and other articles as before . - . - ;¦¦ '' . ' -. . '¦' ''• ' . - - ' ¦ ,: ' ¦/ ,: ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ' : , : ^ - --.... ¦ . ¦ -:
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fliiaaiesex Lbeds : — Printed for the Proprietor FEARGIIS 6 'CONNQB , E » q ; , of \ Hammersmith , Count |
, Dy JUSiiUA JUOiiaON . atlua rniu > ing QfflcesT Ifes . 12 and 13 , Market-atoBei , Brfa » gate- and JPublished by the said Joshua Hobsoh , ( for the said FKAttous O'Connob , ) st hl « Dwd * lingjiouse . No . 5 , Jdarket-atreet , Briggate ; an Internal Commuulcation existing between the said No . 5 , Markei-street , and the Bald Nos . 12 aai 13 , Market-street , ^^ ^ Brigj ^ te , thus cbnsUtating Uje yhple of the said Brlntiag and Pn |> tt « t iing Qgo e ¦"¦ ¦ one Premises . ¦ , -, "• ' ' - : " : ¦ : s ' ¦ ¦' - ¦ .- ' .-: i ¦ . ; ' ¦ . , ' : ¦ - ¦ All Communications must be addressed , ( Post-paid ) , to J . Hobsok , Northern Star Office , teedfl . Satardayy Joly 9 , 1842 .
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Peexi's Tabirz Outdone!
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct606/page/8/
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