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U jCR . DIJNCOMBE'S MOTION . ti" Dpscokbs h » d a gretS number of petition i iTfaToer rf tbe motioo cf whkTheiad ffi iaadhe tboogfat fce aiwcld bertotorit SSsse rfthe Hocisefc *** A »«^ i » rftEe ^ m « . merely stating ta » numbers bj ~ which SS ^ ed , the places whence they came , and "CT ^ yex . ThTlw ^ wt petiBOB be had Sr Swfer to the House was ajsned by rather ? £ ¦ 1 , 300 , 00 © of-ifce industrious classeshSr—a * " * * & o * ber petitions , signed by Keeled from Manchester , Newport * Chor-&ESL ConeletOB , Cardiff , Nortbalrerton ,
Bfc ^ jgKtt ose . Newcasile-upon-Tyne , Daventry , K ^ Tqurta" in fttrrftj Blaekwood , Newbury PE ^ n ^ y . Siroud , Bristol , and Northampton ; gS / Sn 4 r was first , thai an humble addrees SH ^ STto her Majesty poking that she would PjSfeesJy pleased to give immediate directions pg ^^ ition of all prisonera now confined ia the k ! 3 j » 3 s in G «»* Britain for political offences ; KSwthki a **** P 4 " * 031 ^ granted to Frost , USi . and Jones , who were now saffiTinjt expasSffa a pa ** w ^ " * * 5 " »
-lfcrsome small talk aad some sneering , by a big ^* % Ld buffoon , who affected to be aaxiocs for the ISfofibe National Petition to be read , though P ^ micani > e had assured him and the House ft g ^ g jnst the same as on * which had been read , fKBoctacsE S&id , the Hoa . and Gallant Genifriiad disavowed any intuition of treating the S « with levity , and be was" bound 4 o beiiere CBat fee amst eay that be had never seen a fji » it * tian of levity , or anything whioh looked Etta tnraiag the ^ etition » jM thf peopla into a [? f wUerei vo ^ A to the fate of the petition Bkfewir brftto kram ^ dij ^ gmtt
fSjurar dec ^ M ** o HsasV feight come to , it SfiH beeoae M »» baring presented a petition 5 it between 1 , 30 # , 000 aud 1 , 400 , 000 of the toiMS inhabitants of this country , and it would tease that House to receive such a petition , aai sQthe allegations it contained undiseussed , i ^ pnyer ieiaSy unheeded , by those who . called ^ &t&ih 6 representatives of the people . He , Ser e , earaeetll solicited the attention of the je » to the eoBtents of that petition . He was wt . II m , « f the difficalties of the course he had prc ai 4 o tike , aad that he might be told he was C ^ eav on ths BrerosatiTes of the Crown . Bui
H aathority far stating that there were times j | 3 t 1 > s « Hie the duty of the representatives of jy » U toadvfee the . Crown « n ths exercise of its Spare . Theri was a difficulty in fading a Btwai exactly in peinH-btrt ie-fihow that there ir cans in which the Bouse might interfere and on tbe Crown to exercise its prerogative , he prefer to the case of Sir Manasseb Lopes , who i « BTicied of gross bribery and corrtfprioa by iHoose , aB * sentencedtotweycaTs'imarisonnierit B 36 tie Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies mi-far an address to the Crotra , praying for HK 5 SM 1 of the sentence . The motion was inter
Sated to by the Tories of that day , as an - tajjwith the prerogatives of the Crown ; and » 5 obfe Lord argned this and said , that as the wcafctra had been institntea by the House of ¦ Ba -H &nd Sir M . Lopez had been guilty of a btdoftfespriTilegeaof the Hoc ? e , therefore the ine ' irajthe proper party to interfere . But how iilte Koble Lord met 1 He was answered by kWyiB , who was always considered an authority ifeHetoe , and he regretted that the Hon . ftf tWrm was not in his place on the present iM& Mr . W ' ynn said , " he felt that it was eximij mpkssant to oppose a motion of this de-Stioa , aad to endeaTour to thwart the disposition iiah which the House might feel towards any wish
H « wkT o ^ ida . Erery gentiemsn m > jsi to Iwaerey asd forbearance , as far as justice would jnci , bat the case in point was not one in which , m&ea&j with their duty , with the forms of Par-JmaA , snd « th propriety , they coeld interfere Obb » klii exist in which the House might inju 3-iiW called on to advise the Crown to interpose its fnptive ^ f mercy , in the same way as they might 4 r » d ™ a with respect to any other prerogative ; fc&eBoase had a right to advise the Crown on Mies amnected with ail its prerogatives . "ftn , tear . ) Thai was the opinioa given by Mr . •* n , aad it was supported by Lord Castlereagb
Jib ; Canning . The Isoble Lord withdrew his # txo . Bat it appeared th » t tha individnal in |^ i -was liberaxsd before Ae expiration of the nef his iiapri > onment upon the payiaeu ; of a fej fee , although he had been gm'ity of that gross i | te , * tkat grossest of ofiences—brjbtry . There Ik&o ^ an&e warrant fyr the motion ha was Ht !* EK&BUt to the H < mse ; and he conceived ffe&s'Hoase was called upon to interfere , because fcSmiranjeiii eould not of its . own impulse liberate prisoners more than they eould Sir AL Lopez . paoti » u , he would observe , was confined to home tiBers , persona conSnsd in the gaols of En ^ and ,
BEd , aad Wales . Bat the penticners went sa than t 6 « , and prayed for the liberation of a , Wliliaas , and Jones , aad that tbe House ki adopt the ptinciples of the Charter . He told iEdrriduals who wished Mia to present the Sevtbat if tbey mixed up the case of Frost , foss , and Jones , and the Charter , they would % . prejudice the cause which he believed tbey sofcnen at heart . Last year , whea tha Hon . sber for Westminster brought forward his aa ior tha release of Frost , " Williams , and b , it was negatived by a large majorky , ouiy aeaber * , he believed , voting in favour of it .
waeatly , he had told the petitioners that it « be of no use to propose uny ruotion of that 5 * s -i ia reference to the principles cf tha toe , is had made the mildest piopasuions ¦ with tf to the extension of the franchise , which ateo rejected by large majorities . ( Hear , ) He wished there had besn such majorities »» those Eseasure 3 ivhich had tended to disease el ^ wsrs . He trujted , then , that the petiw » rid be discussed in re . er ^ nca to the home MR alone . Many of these per = ons bad suffered s &u twelve months' incarceration , and had objected to the severest rijioars and tbe most
VuO&g ireitment ; eren felons Were not v : sited * fflch crjeltks and indignities as they were ¦ ? s 3 ed to eudure . The ptv . ti ~ - . iers ailudea to tbe ¦ s efvarions parsons , cc-ntras ; iag them with the * s tf tie impris-Dtfid Caartisis . Tbey spoke of a * d the realm having been latdy axd justly ac-Ssdjis they said , by a jury of poars , upon a charge of * T » " Because it wa ^ so loosely broa ^ ht as to bs in-We of jasiifying a verdict against him . They Gl ^ t ^ seuteaee pas-ed upon some of the '" iS ! wi : h the sentence passed upon Lord WaJF »* eKd Captain Doff . ( Hear . ) It had come ™« fa » - ! rl £ dge of some of the relatives of Captain VHai his name had baen meutioned in the
peti-• i a « 4 irithin the last hoar he ( ilr . Duncombe ) '• esred a memorandum from some relatives of fflstfjeman , statiu ? that though Mr . W . Daff ' " ^» senteaesd in the Conrt of Queen ' s Bench to ** 8 ii 3 ' imprisonment and to piy a fine of £ 25 & alleged -oSenee of bein ? a party to a brutal * & apon a policeman at Tmckeuham , he w&s ^ J innoceai of the grave part of tbe oaeLce , but 1 wis coald no : be made mauifest at the trial > His aa-srillingue 3 s to expose other parties to " k ^ snt . The memorandum weut on to state ttioagh Captain Duff was present a : ihe firs ; *^* Lihe affair , be was not at the second dis-9 * . ' -asr at the third occurrence : tnat the
P PwJheproceedings were at present uccergomg gJSi A investigation , and that it would be fully PN tEat two gentlemen who had escaped were RWiu who had been guilty of the assault . He Pk lien , that no advantage would be taken of RiftKion in tha petition relating to this gcntleg |_ Se believed , however , that considerable gteitt prevailed in the public mind upon this mjj * $ and how could it be otherwise ! From the P « aa * ry , 1835 , there were 444 individuals con-P ~ rf political oSences- Of these twelve had B ^ ias pDried , 393 iiad been released , oue had i ^ ifter his coauacaent , and jhirty-threc were g ^ t in prison . What had tended chiefiy to f ^ PaWic sympathy were the accounts which the fOen ¦ jjfo jj . jj jjgg " - re ; eiSed had ^ iven to their r ^^ 'iae iadigniues and cruelties to which e * ere subjected during their confinement . It B werabre , most uacurai that the friends of those S * prison should mike an effort , and a great ?« ieraiaed effort , to save them from the s * true ! treatment to which , those other r * had bean subjected . ( Heir , hear . ) r ? of those who had been relieved £ *?? relieved chiefly on the ground of extreme fS ^ - One of them named Hoey had been sen-. r * . two years' imprisonment in Wakefield
r * j correction , bet he remained there but one P *** staled that he was liberated in consequence JT ^ e er in big leg , which was brought on by Sf aud bad diet , and he had become a confirmed rr * a r the remainder of his life , though he never Sf . * day ' s illness before he went into gaol . [ V ^ we the inmates were made to rise at balf-, " ^ e 0 clock in the morning and go into an open ^* « re oae bucket of witer was made to serve rr ^ i ng of fifty individuals , and the towels J ^ a fit for nse after the third or fourth person jvjr ** ' Th * allowance was one pint of gruel | Tf * pouud of bread for breakfast , dinner , and fww % i . ^ ^ I ^ Te ounces of meat were r * £ The most cruel restraint was imposed it ** Pr ^ oaers , so that that tbey could not attend l *** t imperative wa . at 3 withtmt permission of |! g >« , and for theshxhtst deviation from that ** ai ^ rable mppcr would be stopped , and s 7 « Sf ement added for a repetition of the ^ - WiUjaai Henry Smith , who was confined t *" House of Corr' ction , gave an account of 2 * quantities of medicine he had taken , and § £ r £ ohsten acdplaki ^ rs that had been ordered |~ ™ saol ; he was at length released on bail to ' V 1 V .
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the * moxmt of £ 70 © . Now , in requiring snob exorbitant bail from snch persons , it would seem that their conditionm life wasenUrely forgotten . ( Hear . ) Why , higher bail eould scarcely be asked of Sir F Bnrdett , or some of those other gentlemen who had * been confined in former times for political offences than had been demanded of these working men . ( Hear . ) Another ease was that of an individual named Love , who was now confined in the Penitentiary , and whose chief ground of complaint was that he had been misled by a solicitor to plead guilty to the charge of high treason . A petition had been , presented . in favour of this individual , Eigned by one hundred aad fifty clergymen , bankers merchants , and others of the town of Newport
. This man was sentenced , along with five others , to transportation lor . life , which was commuted to imprisonment for five yeara in the Penitentiary . He had still three years and seven months of his time to go through , and had always borne an excellent character for sobriety and honesty , until he had been seduced in an . evil hour by the Chartist leaders to join in the aitack on the Westgate Inn at Newport , iffeere he waa severely wounded . The name of the solicitor was Geaojby who had since been transported for forgery ^ He Tukd adYised his client to plead gtulty , telhcg him that he would get off with Beren months' imprisonment , bat the nufortnnate prisoner bad been sentenced for five years . H e asked the House if it was right that persons imprisoned forinerelv
political offences should be treated in a manner worse than felons ! When horse-stealers , forgers , and utterers of base coin were condemned to imprisonment , it wa 3 limited to a term of one year , but political offenders were kept in prison for from twelve months to three years . Felons when released were not asked to enter into any surety to keep the peace , but the persons for whose case he entreated tbe consideration of the House were bound in he ivy recognizances after tbey had fulfilled the term of their confinement . ( Hear , hear . ) He wanted to know if anything could be gained by keeping those individuals any longer in prison- The severity of punishment ought to bo regulated by the test of public opinion , and he would maintain that thai-was opposed to tbefurther imprisonment of these persons . H * thought they had suffered punishment enough , and he was sure the House was too enlightened te » expect that parsecution could put dowa public opinion . It was tbe neglect of the
Hou&c to tha complaints of the people that had produced Chartism . He begged the House to recollect that this would probably be the last occasion on which they would receive a petition signed by so many thousands of their countrymen . He had discharged his duty by etatiug the prayer of the petitioners ; he should leave the case in the hands of the House , trusting that . the opinions that would be expressed , and that tbe vote that would be come to , would cause general joy and satisfaction to thos « countless thousands throughout the country , who were waiting whh breathless hope and anxiety the results of their deliberations . He begged to move that an bumble address be presented to her Majesty , praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to take into her merciful consideration the case of all persona confined for political offences in England and Wales . Mr . Lbadeb seconded the motion .
ixr . F . Maule agreed with hi 3 Hon . Friend who had just addressed tho House , that the motion related to a subject of deep interest . He wished , in the first place , to advort to a sentence in the prayer of the petition which had just been presented , bringing a charge against the House of having treated with levity and frivolity the petition for the National Charter . He had beeu in the Houso when that petition was presented , end he coold bear his testimony that no si ^ ns cf levity or frivolity had been shown by the House on that remarkable occasion . The attention of tbe House had been ably directed to the petition by the iben Member for Birmingham , in a manner which insured tho approbation of all parties in the Honse , howtver they
might differ from him 03 to the prayer of the petition . He Wis glid to see that tbero wa 3 every disposition in tao House to receive the present petition with that gravity which the subject of it demanded . It was the petition of a large body of tbe working classes , of whom he might say , that whatever their faults had been in the unfortunate situation in which they had bean placed , they had at least conducted themselves duriDg the late mouths of privation and suffering in a manner that insured the respect of their countrymen—( cheers)—even though many might think that tbe demands which they made for political privileges were somewhat exaggerated , aud-cedd-noi now be conceded . With regard to the interfereace of the House of Commons
with the prerogative of the Crown , his Hon . Friend had quoted a case which he did not think had much beariDg on the present . He alluded to the occasion on which his Nobfo Friend near him had taken an active part in favour of Sir Mauasseh Lopez . He certainly did not dispute tbe right of the House of Commons to advise the Crown on the exercise of any of its prerogatives , but be much questioned the expediency of interfering frequently , or under asy but the most argent circumstances That House had the greatest interest that the prerogative of mercy . should not be exercised indiscriminately , or for any bad purpose , bat if the House were to adriss the "Crown to exert the prerogative on special occasions , he was afraid that
circumstances might arise in which parties out of doors might be encouraged to the commission of offences under a hope of impunity , which could not , and would not , be realised . ( Hear , hear . ) Under these circumstances he conld not reconcile himself to the course proposed by his Hon . Friend . With reference to the treatment of tbe persons confined for politic :. ! effences , in , no case had any sentence been carried into effect more severely than was preEeribed by tbe judge , aud required by the regulations of the prison of which they were inmates . There had been no desire on the part of the Government , the judges , the juries , or the magistrates , to inflict punishment on those misguided individuals for the sake of revenge . ~ ( Hear , hear . ) If any attempt bad been made by the Executive Government to curtail the privileges of the people , to interfere with the
right 01 meeting in public , which they possessed , and he trusted always would possess , and to prevent them from making known their grievances to the authorities of their country , then there might have been some excuse for the proceedings resorted to in 1839 and 1840 . . Bat no such disposition had been manifested , and it was with regret that he saw those meetings , begun in a constitutional manner , gradually assuming an unconstitutional appearance , and leading to outbursts of sedition , which at last rendered indispensable the interference of Government . Government then made use simply of the powers which" the law confided to them ; they called for none of an extraordinary and dangerous kind , but resolved to depend on tbe integrity and impartiality of the judges and juries . If ail the relics of the punishment which tha various offenders had incurred
were now to De swept away , it would be by no means an encouragement to jurymen to discharge their duty fairly when the hour of difficulty again came , althongh he hoped such an hour never would arrive . Ii was hardly jnst to call snch Crimea as high treason and serious breaches of the peace by the mild name of political ofiVncesi which was generally understood of matters 0 ! a less grave nature . There had been 450 offences connected with Chartism , and in 379 cases the parties had been convicted . Not one of these had suffered the extreme penalty of the law ( hear , hear ) , and nine of the more atrocious offenders had had their sentences commuted to transpertation for life . Where the sentence conld be mitigated , conformably with the exigencies of justice ,
Government had not been reluctant to exercise tbe prerogative of mercy . To four persons a full pardon had been granted ; four others were excused from finding recognizances after the full term of their sentence had expired ; two h&d had the time of their imprisonment shortened , and four had been removed to gaoh where the discipline was less severe . With respect to the three individuals of whom so much had been said , and whose proceedings he believed had tended so much to retard the advancement of civil liberty , he should be deceiving the House if he were to hold out any hope that he should be a party to advising any remission of the punishment they had inenrred . With regard to those three individuals , he could hold ont no hope whatever that the Royal prerogative of mercy would be extended to them . His Hon . Friend who had brought forward the present motion had alluded to the Charter ; but he ( Mr , Fox Maule ) thought that his Hon . Friend
would have done better if , instead of asking the House of Commons to pass it , he had given the House an opportunity of discussing it . There was one part of the Charter for which he ( Mr . F . Maule ) had given his vote in that House—there were other por tions of it , however , to which he could not give bis support . At all events , the Charter embraced topics not now to be discussed . As to the question at present befcre the House , he trusted his Hon . Friend Would feel , that having awakened the attention of the Government to this matter , it was not necessary to " press his motion to a- division , which could Dot improve the condition of the individuals whom it was the object of his Hon . Friend to benefit . There was a complaint that his Hon . Friend had made to which ha must advert . It had been Baid that Mr . Feargus O'Connor and Mr . Bronterre O'Brien had not been sentenced to hard labour , whilo others not etastiing in the fame position
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in society had been condemned to that additional punishment . It was to those sentenced to hard labour to which the motion of hia Hon . Friend had reference : ' and aUusioit had beenmade to the case of Hoey . Wow , though sentenced to hard labour , he had onlyHbcen tw » wrecks on the treadwheel , and after thai , time alihisHtabours had been confined to tho keeping * a certain portion irf the prison olean and in proper order . His Horn Friend had drawn a comparis » n between the punishment awarded to Captain Plunkett and Captain Duff , and that by which those to whom the present motion had reference wen decreed to expiate their offences . It was sufficient for him ( Mr . F . Manle ) to state that , outrageous as had been the eondact of one of those individuals , he had suffered more than the mere
Benttnee pronounced , by the fact of having been twice passed over , when , if ont of custody , he would hare been tho first for promotion . At all events , both tnose gentlemen received no more indulgence than Mr . F . O'Connor enjoyed while in the custody of the Marshal of the Queen ' s Bench Prison . It did not occur to him that there was any other point upon which it was necessary for him to make an observation . He deeply regretted the circumstances under which the ^ -i&dividuals to whom the present motion had reference were placed ; still he' couU not consent to be a party to address the Crown in their bebalf . and therefore betrustedhisHon . Friend woald not compel him togive a vote against this proposition . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'CoxKEii supported the motion .
Mr . Leadeb supported the motion . There was a growing opinion in the country , an opiuion which he had heard maintained in the many public meetings he had recently-aitended , that in this country there was one law for the rich and another for the poor . This feeling was justified by the results which had followed , the trial of Lord Cardigan in the Houso of Peers , aud of Lord Waldegrave and Captain Duff before another tribunal . Compare their sentences with that pronounced upon and suffered by Lovett and Coliins . The latter had suffered all the horrors of tho stringent ruks of a Warwick gaol , while Lord Waldejrrave ar , d h '" s
frknd were outside the walls of the Queen ' s Bench Prison , entertaining their friends , and suffering no other inconvenience than being prevented attending tho Derby . ( Hear , hear , and a laugh . ) The Government had carried the Reform Bill by agitation , and it was too bad that tbe working classes , who were still unrepresented , should , for their agitation with a view to reform , be subjected to these punishments . At all events , guiliy as they had undoubtedl y been according to the strict letter of the law , their sentences were about to expire , and it would be a mere act of grace if the Government would now remit the remainder of their
incarceration . Mr . Gillok was of opinion , that the majesty of tbe law had been already sufficiently asserted iu the persons of those now under confinement ; no evil could arise from mitigating the sentences by a remission of tbe remainder of the punishment . He concurred with the Hon . Member for Fiusbury in relying on tha good sense of the working classes , and he was satisfied such as act of clemency would open their eye 3 , and induce them to dissolve the disgraceful alliance into which they had entered with the Tories . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Hume considered that the law had been too severely exercised in the instance of the Charrists , who wore now aware that they had acted unconstitutionally . He trusted the Government would reconsider the sentences which were parsed , for he was of opinion that a well-timed act of mercy now would give satisfaction to millions . ( Hear , htar . ) Mr . Wabbubton thought it was not right to confound the general class of political offenders with particular individuals whose crimes were of a more atrociou 3 character . Tix » nanias of Frost , Jones , and Wil ) iam 3 should not be mixed up with tbe present motion . The peRotjl in whose favour the present motion was made had been treated with a r igour formerly unknown to . , jho law , and with that consideration he thought the Government ought to consent to shorfcea-4 b * -period of their imprieonmeat . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Waklet could not help remarking the silence which had been observed on this question by Hon . Gentlemen on tbe opposite side , when a word from theRi ^ ht Hon . Barecct would prove so effective . ( Hear , hear . ) The Hon . Member the Under Secretary of Stats , alluding to tbe working classe 3 , said that they should seek redress of their grievances , not by violence , bi ^ t through the legitimate channel of an appeal to their representatives . He would , however , remind the Hou . Gentleman , that the working classes had no representatives in that House—( hear , hear ) , —and that was the reason why they were so feverish and restless under tho evils which they endured . Those who made the laws made them light and easy to themselves , but pressing heavily upon the working classes .
Sir R . Feel denied the right of the preceding speaker to call on him for a statement of his opinion ; but be should not shrink from expressing it . It was , that the House of Commons ought not to interfere with the prerogative of the Crown in the administration of crimiBal law . On that constitutional ground he must resist this motion . He opposed no obstacle to the due consideration of these cases by the Crown , although he hoped that in that coubideration the Ministers would not suffer themselves to be warped by a desire of popularity . Sir De Lact Evans ( supported the motion . Sir B . Hall and Mr . Aglioxby supported the motion .
Lord Savdon conceived that there were good reasons why the house should not carry out its sympathy in this case . A question of the very highest importance was involved in the motion , for nothing could be more dangerous than on the eve of an election to use such a question as the means of cauvassing for votes . Lord Jojin Rcssixl opposed the motion , on the ground that the prisoners had not been convicted on prosecutions by the House . Colonel Sibthorp opposed the motion .
Mr . Wabd pointed out that the length of time during which this petition had been in preparation was an auswer to the suspicion that it had been brought forward byway of canvass for the approaching election . But he entreated Mr . Duncombe not to take a division , lest he Bhould injure tbe chance of the prisoners . Mr . T . Duncombe replied . The House then divided , when the numbers appeared— For the motion 58 Against it 53 But the Speaker having given his casting vote with the " uoes , " tbe motion was consequently lost .
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GRAND CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION AT
THE CROWN AND ANCHOR * « Last Monday was a great—a glorious day for the people , who on that day proved to their tyrants and oppressors that Chartism was as strong , &s vigorous , and as influential , as when those brutal tyrants attempted , in Birmingham , to bludgeon and sabre the people out of their rights , and into tame submission . Tha country 1 b aware that Monday waa tbe day appointed , by the Chartists of London , to hold an aggregate and public meeting . The timid aud tbe wavering predicted that tbe meeting would be a failure . The
enemy prayed that it might be so . F ^ eudo friends ridiculed tbe idea of holding such a meeting in London . But the Chartists felt confident that it would prove such a demonstration as would teach a sound moral lesson to their rulers , and would tell them in accents of thunder , that the men of England—that the strength of the country—that the real and only faithful supporters of tbe Throne and Constitution , and that the bone and sinew of the laud , were not to be trampled upon by tyrants , or crushed to tbe earth by oppressors . That demonstration proved that the metropolis u one of tbe strongest holds of Chartism .
Seven o ' clock in the evening was the hour appointed for taking the chair . Shortly after that hour the great room of the Crown and Anchor was crowded to suffocation by as respectable an assembly as ever met within its walls . At half-past seven there could not be less than three thousand persons in the room , while the stairs and avenues leading to it , aud even the Strand , were crowded with others anxious to witness the proceedings . At the close of the proceeding * tha proprietor was asked how many attended there that evening , when he replied that not less than from 10 , 000 to 12 , 000 persons passed In and ont of the room that night . Tbe galleries and platform were crowded with ladies .
Tbe meeting was no more remarkable for its numbers than for its peaceable and orderly demeanour . During tbe whole proceedings the slightest disturbaHee did not take place , nor was tha least interruption offered . This feature in tbe meeting of " the miscreant Char * tists , " presented a strong contrast to the one lately held in tbe same place by Dan and his myrmidons . Mr . James Edward Nagle , a working man , and an Irishman , was called to the chair , amidst load and reiterated cheering . Silence having been obtained , The Chairman rose aud said that on looking at the bill which contained the business of the evening , he ascertain *! that their duty ol that evening was of a
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tkreafoM character , yet It struck him that they had another Jmxntant duty to perform . ( Hear , hear . ) Tbey metg&ere to declare , in the face of Europe , that Brito «' - sort and shall be free . ( Cheers ^) They sh » ttldW » Recede one step aside from their rjatage grotef , whKb was gained for fchamyby the tortures , the » uff « ring | . an < I the Wo # « Bw iaattyrs . ( Cbeets . It was a gtertoo * jfpect » eferj $$ ehord bo large a meeting , con » p < a * t titMjjjg ^^ ward to ^ riBw ^ ft ^ a % ctIdn , but V discharge a fcl ^ aod-fwtorfcat duty . He hoped that there was no Iri *^ ate | i ;« jaViaeeting . ( Hear , hear . ) It ul
was In th ^ jpjiffe t iut down any party who would ^ Aemi ^^^ 0 Bti ^ an- ( Hear , hear . ) He canta forwai ffitt | ituft < £ «!* party feeling , and determined to do jaK |;; If ^ orie wished to addresj the rrfeife ing , h « v | fcfed b * heart , whcthtr he opposwj ^ rf faTOPfnmBii . ^{| fa ^ jheaV ) { All aaotUd r * Usffjj to ^^¦§ $ 0 $ Htt | BjMi > f astentlon . The Cbartpsf at ^'^ hK ^ P ^ 018 wt *' irtiiehtorae « tt ^ * ° PP ^ I ^^ H ^ W ^ fa eOHCrwrton , he iiaplored of all whSHHUt ^ meeting ^ i ^ 'jproceed vriUt * h » attention , ^ H |( liAM , ^ ial ^ Mi ^ Md thr t'ileW Deration wMiW ^ ^ reaolatl o ^ ' ^ pfch they bad to propose required . . iMfttfpbiar . } ' '
Mr . Bosb , a delegate , proposed the first resolution , " That it is the opinion of ttji 3 meeting , that no Government is deserving of tlie confidence of the people , who have unconstitutionally broken down the spirit of the law by introducing an army of foreign spies and bludgeon men , who have 4 ej * IvaA the poor of all protection , and under pretence of relieving have imprisoned them in tbe accursed bastiles , who have denied the workman the constitutional shield of the suffrage possessed by their ancestors , and who , white contemplating other acts of aggression , treat tbe petitions of the people with studied indifference aud contempt" ( Cheers . / He most cordially supported that resolution . He never knew so imbecile a set of men as were tho present ministers and tho present members of the House of Commons . [ Our spico compels ui , however reluctantly , to omit the speeches , which were of the most stirring and yt > t i-j' . ional acd sensible character , and produced on the immense audience an effect of the most lasting and gra-Ufs ing kind . ]
Mr . Smart , a delegate , seconded the resolution , in a speech replete with humour and sound sense . In tbe words of the Church liturgy tbey may exclaim , ¦ " . Wo have done the things which we ought not to have done , and we have left undone those things which we ought to have done , and there is no health in us . " ( Cheers . ) Dr . M'Douall next presented himself and was received with the most deafening cheers which continued several minutes . He said it was not necessary for us te plead at this time our right to revenge upon the Government of the country . All were aware that their lives aud their liberties , had betn sacrificed by thu Whigs . ( Hear , bear . ) But a change had taken place . Too principles of the Charter bad spread through tho land , and Chartism , had entwined itself around the necks of
the factions which would die in its _ grasp . ( Cheers . ) He need not till them that the Chartists havo got in their haud * the electoral power . He need not tell them that tho Chartists had within themselves that balanca of power wliich enabled them to say what Government shall rule the destinies of this great and mighty nation . ( Hear , hear . ) We bad to deal with a coldblooded heartless Government , that deprived us of the right of petition , trampled upon us when we complained , was indifferent to our distresses , and which has sacrificed the best interests of the country at tho ' altarof avarice . ( Hear , hear . ) The game' that has been ao long played
on the land by Whiggery , has received its death blow . Tbe petition of one million of meu has been refused , to be presented to the Queen . ( Hisses . ) Is there an instance on record of such tyranny . In Rnssia ; even in Turkey , that seat of despotism , the King or Queen receives and hears the complaints of their subjects . ( Hear , hear . ) Petition , which by the constitution is the just right of every man , has been denied to the country by the Whigs , and thus they attempt to deprive the ,, V&pte ^ Sf- * right , without which life , liberty arJ )| v * RuaeStee not only unsafe but actually destroyed . > jHew , near . ) But he perceived amongst the working mm of the land a principle arising—a 01 vnuui
principle uoer » L M-watnga ^ BGW » AWHHIM ^ nn ^^^ v ^ mi ^ tf ^ f ^^^^^ ' ^ ywf and in evory * ottag * ia principle that lias aroused tbe spirit and unfurled the proud banner of freedom , aud which lias infused into the minds of the people , a determination to follow that banner to the overthrow of opposing ' obstacles . ( Hear , hear . ) The people have a power in their hands which they will not abuse—a power which the Whigs and Tories fear and hate . ( Hear , hear . ) They dared not listen to the complaints of the people , but ere long tbey will be compelled , not only to listen to them , but to redress them also . If we look into the interior of the House of Commons , we Mill see on one side the representative of the landed interest , and on the other the repre ^ sentatives of bricks and stones , while there is not to
be found one representative of labour—of that which produces the wealth , the affluence , and the luxury with which the land abounds . ( Hear , bear . ) Is that fair representation ? ( No , no . ) Thus it is that their oppressors are enabled to steal frqhi the peor nma his wages—to oppress him , aud to deal in every wanner most cruelly and unjustly with him . ( Hear , hear . ) Speaking of the police force , the Doctor said—If we turn to Lord John Russell ' s history of 1 tbe British Constitution , we will find him saying that liberty is not endangered by a military power , but that liberty could only be endangered and despotism established by the introduction of a police force . ( Hear , hear . ) Vet Lord John Russell , tho determined friend of liberty , introduced that very force , for the purpose of
crusiiiug liberty . ( Hear , hear . ) Yes , with his Coercion Bill for Ireland , which , at the sound of the curfew bell , compelled the inhabitants of that country to keep within their homes ; and that curfew bell will , ere we close our eyes in death , be also , I am afraid , heard in England . In Ireland the people were obliged to keep within their homes after eight o ' clock , or death was their lot They could not , after that hour , even have lights in their houses . ( Hear , hear . ) On one occasion , a party of dragoons , who were scouring the country , observed a light in a small cottage . They approached the window , and without inquiring ¦ whether watch was keeping at the bed of sickness , or over the corpse of some dear frieud , four of those ruffians levelled their carbines , and without giving the
order for extinguishing the light , fired in upon the family . ( Dreadful sensation of horror . ' ; When the day dawned there was seen the innocent child dappling its little fingers in the grey and ensanguined bair of its murdered grandfather . ( Cries of " horrid , horrid , shame , shame . " ) I do not speak without facts to support me . In the Bull Ring , Birmingham , I witnessed the despotism of the police . A grey-headed officer of three-score and ten years of age , was on his way home towards the Bull Ring . He was stopped by the police who asked him where he was going . Pointing to his house , at the door of which his wife and children were anxiously awaiting his return , be said , " I am going to my bouse , my home , to which I am eutitled to go as it is my castle , which it
is the right of every Englishman to have . " The policeman immediately struck him down , and left his grey hairs ^ pTB red with blood . ( Cries of " horrid , horrid , sname ^ jhame . " ) Tbe moment that I witnessed that act of brutality , I raised my hands to heaven , and swore eternal vengeance against the man who introduced that foreign force , and that accursed system into the land . ( Loud cheers . ) The worthy Doctor next fell foul of the New Poor Law , and then passed to the " free trade " policy , and to the corn , sugar , and timber clap-traps of the " bloodies , " continuing a most merciless and raking , but skilfully directed fire , upon the factions for a great length of time , amidst the hearty and reiterated plaudits of the meeting .
Mr . Sankey , late Member of the old Convention , supported the resolution in a most able speech . Tbe resolution was then put and carried amidst loud cheers .
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SUSDEHLAND . —On Sunday afternoon , Mr . G . Binns lectured at the Life Boat House , to a good audience . His subject was , tho duties of the people at tbe approaching elections . Naiional Petition— The petition from Sunderland was despatched on Sunday with fW 58 signatures attached , and one from Bishop and West Auckland , with 780 rignatures . Election Paosrans . —The liberal Whig and Corn Law Repealers of Sunderland are in a pitiable dilemma . They have no oandidate ia the field to represent their sentiments , and none availablewith
, the slightest chance of success , unless they would start a Chartist Corn Law Repealer , snch as Col . Thompson ; against this the pride , prejudice , and ilUberalvty are powerful obstacles . All , however , most eventudly succumb to interest . Andrew White retires . Aldwman Thompson and David Barclay , of London j hav « declared themselves candidates , and their mends aaem disposed to coalesce . Both of them are Tori ^ differing only in the shadow of a shade . Extinction is therefore the doom of the liberal Whigs , unless they will unite their interest with that of the masses .
DOR ^ A 15 I ~ AU Parties ate actively stirring here . The Tones have two , and the Whi ^ one candidate in tbe field ; will the ChartistB do their duty , hating issued placards , calling on the electors to withhold their votes for the present , and announcug their iuteution to bring put a Chartist candidate . Let other places imitate the priest-ridden city of Durham .
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V * m ^ TO » rA meeting ** held her * b : by thap * pl [ ji $ j ^^ Apu ^ a »« tin « wi Ube *» £ tii therCiwrtiat itoon wfUb ^ d ^ Tettd ^^ J ^ es I ^^ wrtirt MiB riwiy of Jl ^ KPi Charter over trw fallacies oi m ^^ B ^ m ^^^^^ S ' k ^ STsLftAr ^^^^^ m ^^^^ ^^ ^ Mui ^^ ei ^ £ * & bla LSiL ^ SlW ^^^^^ Mw MHI
an K <^ mmmjj ^* r «< wMi | i ( u mfin wmM ^ w ^ p ^ p menced ia a strain of unanswerable argai&tgtt which lasted for an hour , proving the fallacies ' of the Corn Law repealers , and said that it was not the Corn Law * that ruined the working classes , but machinery that supplanted their labour , and a cruel and unjust competition between masters to undersell one another . He proved , previous to the Corn Law . being put on in 1815 , the wages decreased in a corresponding degree to what they have done since —that nothing but the People ' s Charter was calculated to benefit tho working classes , as a means of
giving them their just rights ; and advised ali present j © be 110 more gulled by Whig and Tory agitations and promises , bat seek their own redemption , by making the Charter the law of the land . During tliu admirable lecture he explained the competitive system at full length ; ho exposed the factory system iu all its horrors ; ho exposed Whiggery in a ludicrous style , which made a deep and sensible impression ou the working men present . Mr . CrosfieJd , a Corn Law repealer , got on the platform , and Raid that he was for Universal Suffrage and Vote by Ballot ; he was a friend of the working olassed , and he did not see that , a repeal of the Cora Laws would be detrimental to getting the Charter .
He argued that England was calculated for a manufacturing country , and the workshop of the world , if the monopoly in corn were abolished , aud a free trade givou to manufactures . Mr . Leech replied that those-who wero not with us for the agitation -of the Charter were against us ; and , for hw part , he thought the people of England had too much work already , and cautioned the people against being the slaves 01 ' the whole world , by our working population being confined in those hell-created steam-mills and factories , which stunted our rising generation , and was the means of degenerating his countrymen to a diminutive stature unparalleled in the history of man , and advised them to look after tilling their
owii laud ; and if there were any beauty in the fields , tho hills , the meadows , the smiling vallies of corn in our own dear country , let them enjoy the healthful , invigorating occupation of cultivating our own lauds , instead of being confined in cotton-traps . Mr . Crosfield appeared satisfied with Mr . Leech's reply , as he adopted the usual mode of his brethren of the saintish faith—silence . The next champion of the repeal was Mr . Rylaud , tha Secretary of the Wavrington anti-Corn Law Association . He asked Mr , Leech whether cheap bread was not preferable to dear bread t—whether a repeal of the Corn Laws would not stop foreign manufactures aud foreign competition ?—whether it would not give increased
^ stimulus to the trade of this country , &o . 1 Mr . LeecJi answered in an argumentative 6 peech , which occupied half a . i hour , and said that cheap bread was far preferable to dear bread ; a child would know that . He quoted different authors in support of W 3 position ; aud their own writers contradicted and condemned their own proceedings . He successfully rebutted the fallacy of our competing with foreigners ptfthQUt bringing the wages of this . country lower than what they are , with the present taxation over our heads . He concluded by advising every person present to enroll themselves members of tho Society . This meeting was decidedly tho best ever held in Warrington , and will do much good . After the lecture , three cheers were given for the lecturer , and
three cheers for Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., after which the meeting quietly separated . _ CARDIFF . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists of this town , the following resolutions wore passed : —1 . "That we continue to place full confidence in Feargus O'Connor , and the Northern Star . " 2 . " ¦ That the ExecutU t Council be requested to give their best attention to * exclusive dealing , ' as noticed and recommended by Feargus O'Connor , in the Star , of the 15 th of May . " 3 . " Though the endeavours of the Convention , to have a personal interview with the Queen at the presentation of the memorial , have hitherto been with little success , yet j we are satisfied they have done the utmO 3 t in their power towards effecting it . "
DUBLIN . —The Charter Association of this place , held their aunual weekly meeting on Sunday last , Mr . O'Malley iu the chair ; he opened the business of the meeting , by pointing out the duty which Chartists had to perform . He said 'bat 6 very Chartist ought to inako his family circle a ( Jhartist meeting , to expound to ihcia Ha principles , and by such means to form a new race of agitators , adding that " a 3 the old cock crows the young ones learn . " The following resolution was moved by Mr . O'Connor , and seconded by Mr . Woodward , " That the thanks
of this meeting are due and hereby given to Messrs . Martin and Cleave for their manly and patriotic conduct at the Repeal humbug meeting , in confronting , charging , aud convicting , to the satisfaction of every honest man , the author , and now the enemy of Chartism , Daniel O'Comiell . " A letter from Mr . Clark , of Stockport , was read , relative to the base , brutal , and physical-force conduct of the antiunionists of Manchester , on Monday , the 17 th inst ., which , to say the least of it , would be disgraceful to men , even in a savage state .
DEWSBURY . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists , held in the large room , over the Co-operative Stores , on Tuesday night last , the following resolutions were passed : — " That we hereby tender our best thanks to Mr . William Martin , and Mr . John Cleave , for the manl y manner in which they met the base traitor , Daniel O Connell , in his own den , at the Crown and Anchor , Strand , London , in showing him and his friends when and where he acted as a traitor to the people ; also tha t we pledge ourselves , individually and collectively , to support our unalterablo friends , Feargus O'Connor , and theRov . Wm . Hill , editor of . the Nortliern Star , so Jong as they pursue that straightforward course , from which they nave never yet deviated . "
TCYDDXiSSBRO ' . —A spirited meeting was held here on the 20 th , in behalf of Mrs . Frost . Addresses were delivered by Messrs . Hollinshead , Sutherland , and Moir . Chestebfield and Brampion . —The Chartistfe of these towns have voted thanks to O'Connor , and the Editor of the Star , for their unceasing exertions in the people ' s cause . OtDHAM . —Messrs . Cartledge and Leech lecture here on Sunday , in the afternoon and evening .
HANXiEY ( Poiteries ) . —The faction is thoroughly thrashed here . A tremendous meeting of not fewer than 30 , 009 was held on Monday . Every moans , fair and unfair , had beon resorted to for the purpose of ensuring a Whig triumph at this meeting . Whig masters marshalled their workmen on their own premise 3 , and marched them with musio playing and banners flying straight like cattle to the ground . The Hign Bailiff took tho chair ; but in spite of every effort , all their resolutions were rejected , and the people's amendments carried by triumphant majorities . The first amendmont , denouncing the
Corn Laws , but declaring their repeal to be useless to the people , even if effected , without the Charter , the Chairman declared , in spite of a most palpable majority , to be not carried . The second one , declaring the Ministers to be unworthy of confidence , ho was compelled to admit was carried by a large majority . To have denied it would be too barefaced . Tho third resolution was— " That this meeting protests against the partial conduct of the High Bailiff , ia substituting the mitority for the majority , and orders that copies of this protest be sent to M . P . ' s , and to the Star and the Times for insertion . "
LEICESTER . —Our ineotiugs continue to be increasingly attended ; and , in addition to seeing Chartism prosper in tbe borough , we have the pleasure of knowing that a revival of its interests is tatting place in the villages . Last Sunday , Mr . Cooper , editor of the Illuminator , delivered addresses at Belgrave and Thurmaston—two considerble villages in the neignbourhood—to attentive audiences ; and , on Monday , he addressed a large crowd at Wigstou , V : populous village , four miles from Leicester , abounding with half-starred stocking weavers ; the poor fellows feel their miseries keenly , and are Setting about forming an association .
XUBDPrrcfl . —A corn , sugar , and match-wood meeting for ministers , was called by placard for Sunday evening . When the time lor holding it camo , tho ooncoctors dare not bring forward their resolutions , but were glad to obtain leave from tho Chartists to adjourn one die . —Pwi" Plague "
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IPSWXCH . —Mr . Gosltn lectured here on Tuesday , " Oa . Jh * progress of event * and the state of part ^ ;^ fB - prodncedago © deff « et . - WAJje ^ riciK .- ^ -The petition was signed here by MSttales ' aod ^ JS ^ les . : ' : [ ¦[' . : ^ v ¦ ¦ ¦¦ -, : - ^ o ^ i ^ Q ^^ A ^ y-Mm ^ i ^ f ' P * o * Lair Guardians have resolvi ^ " Utd |« awpe " lte Union ; to stop tbe clerk ' * saJarj , jmj ^ i ^^ r ^ aiasaoaeaM defiance ! Brawl Nottjngifcam ^^ vf-STOCKJPORT .-The Rev . Mr !*»*• is delivering leetures here on ancient lawsandWKianient .
PxmeyTH < - ~ Th < s : Pti ^ 'fo&m * n plagued here to their hearts' content . - l | Sw « PP » ' mid-day corn , sugar , and matchwood i nteetlajr ^ l Moudaj . The workiea mustered and camethm adjournment to the evening . Evening « june and the plague men did not , venture even 3 ? shdw tferaeelvesj 'hey- leiVthe field , to the people , who carried all their oira waj . Alaa , poor-fiaipre I ' i RADCytOFFE : BH 10 « B . —Excellent adfarases wtve delivered hero on Sunday-, bf Messrs Barney and Clarke , of Manchester .
OEPTFOF . U ( Kent ) . —Ob Sunday last , tfce first oigaaised , body of Chartwto in the county ofcKeni " was lorjned at DcptfbidL The meetiug waikaddreised by Messrs . Williams and Rose , oj the S ^ l ^ g ^^ i nd by . Messrs Jfaynard , of Surrey , and ^§ gB ^ j ^ p ;; . an' imprisoned ChartiBi . ^ It was re-« TOa . ^^ 5 f « ' : iie Chartists of Dopflprd in the Nsklonal Charter Aascciation . i ^ tf : «^ wW ^ UWRMK ^ "w ^ t ^ e . effort § j ^ being mado . here to bring out " mfcfljndbread JJpeph ;" but '' it won ' t « lo ; " th « Cha 5 TsS *^ fi ^ pRte , ' 4 ior allow themselves to be bitten . - ' NEWCASTLE .- O'Briek . The Chartists of Newcastle aud Ouseburn have appointed a Committee to manage the O'Brieu fund . The Nattobtai . Petition ' has . received in Newcastle and Gateshead , 20 , 698 signatures .
The C 6 »\ V £ ntiok . — -Thirty shillings have been sent from the Chartists of Newcastle and Gatesht'ad , for tho Convention , addressed by post-office order to M'Douall . KOi'TXKGHAHt . —Tho Chartists here Lava voted thanks to Cleave and Martin , for tht « r iffjits at Dau's Repeal meeting . LEEDS . —At tho weekly meeting of the Chartist Association a discussion took place as to the propriety of nominating two Chartists at the forthcoming eleotiun . One feeling seemed to pevvado every
member—that it was incumbent on them to bring two forward , but no resolution was cocie to upon it , on account thai it would be better to have a public meeting in some part of the town , so thai every individual might havo the chance of eayiiig > vho they shall be . —After this , a discussion tt > ok place upon exclusive dealing , and a resolution was adopted upon it , " That we , the Chartists of Leeds , do pledge curseives to support na person ; who does 1101 support us in obtaining our rights . " The meeting to determine upon Candidates will take place upou St . Peter's Hill , on Tuesday evening . .
A meetikg took place on Wednesday ii ) ght , in the General Washington , West Ward , to determine what steps should be taken , and to see whether the Chartists there were in favoutf of bringing out two Candidates . Mr . Harris was called to the chair , when Messrs . Briggs , Clayton ,. Westlake , Gardner , Roberts , Walker , and Brook addressed the meeting . Yarious resolutions were submitted to tho meeting , and among them was thefbllowing , which was adopted with the greatest enthusiasm : "That this meeting pledges itself to support ' two Ch&rtiat Candidates to represent thin borough in Parliament , being satisfied that no Candidate who comes short of lbs Charter
will ever endeavour to benefit the working classes of this country ; and we call upon every honest man to tlo the same . " - —On Monday , ^ the tea for the benefit of O'Brien take 3 place , whon several tafeuted friends will be piesent and address the meeting . The Teetotal Chaktiwts meeting in Council at Mr . Joseph Oldroyd ' s , Quarry-hill , have determined upon doing their utmost totannihilate Whig influence as the approaching election ; that if no other means of accomplishing this be in their power , they have determined upon advising others , and voting in a body for the Tories . They know not how biirBciently to express / thoir disgust at the late decision of tha House of-Commons , in reference tQ the Chartist prisoners , and if , ever zeal and enthusiasm burned in the-breast of maa for the destruction of tyranny , this additional insult to their prison-bouud friends
shall stir them up to tenfold more , and irresistible exertion , to conquer the basest faction that ever cursed the shores of any country . It was also ' determined that Messrs . Parker and Hisk should deliver Christian addres £ O 3 to the Chartists and other friends , onr Hunslet Moor , en that all-importanfc doctrine , as laid down in God ' s Holy Book , "Onr duty towards our neighbour . " Service to commence at sir o'clock , on Sunday evening , weather permitting . It waa further resolved , that Mr . Hick do give a lecture , in tho Spitalfield Chapel , Bank , on Wednesday evening next , to . commence at eight o ' clock , on "the comparative merits of Household and Universal Suffrage , if applied to the town of Leeds . " The working men , miiiule classes , and all grades of society are respectfully invited to attend . Admission free . Discussion is challenged .
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CHARTISTS OF MANCHESTER . I appeal to you on behalf of an individual who has suffered severely in consequence of' advocating your rights ; the person to whom I allude , is Mr . William Butterworth . Mr . Butterworth has not been enabled to procure employment at his trade , namely spinning ; the fact is , the factory despots of Manchester will not employ him on any consideration whatever . It is his determination to commence selling newspapers on Saturday the 5 th of June ; now what I want ia this , that the readers of the Northern Star should immediately commence to purchase their papers of Mr . Butterworth-, by doing this they would servo him without putting a . single penny out of their own pockets . I would ask the Chartists of
Manchester whether it would not be wiser to assist such 4 a man to obtain a livelihood , than to do as a great many of the Chartists do by buying their papers from Whig and Tory newsvendprs ? Bear in mind by pnrchasing your papers from Mr . Butterworth , you will enable him to go on advocating your cause , and also recollect that your indomitable champion , Feargus O'Connor , has recommended to you that you ought to deal with your friends ; hoping that you will take the remarks I have made into your most serious consideration , I subscribe myself , your brother Chartisr , John Campbell . Salford , May 26 th , 1841 .
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Sunderland . —Oa Sunday afternoon , Mr . Binns will lecture at the Life-boat House , and Mr . Williams in the evening , at half-past six , at the Golden Lion room , Queen-street , Sunderland . West Riding . —Mr ., Harney will lecture during the next week , on Monday , at Sowerby ; on Tuesday , at Keighley ; on Wednesday and Thursday , at Halifax ; on Friday , at Queenshead ; and « ri Saturday , iu Mount Zion school-room , Bradford , ^ Nouthampion . —On Wednesday , the & £ day of June , the Rev . J . Jenkinson will deliver 4 Chartist Total Abstinence Lecture , at the Guildhall , which the Mayor , Mr . Williams , has kindly lem us for tha occasion . Mr . Julian Habnet lectures at Middleton in the afternoon , and again in the evening of Sunday , ( tomorrow . )
LiriLK-HoBTON . —A Chartist Temperance mee ing will be held on Sunday next , at Little-Horton Green . To commence at two o ' clock ia the
afternoon . -. ¦ . . Manchester . —Messrs . Charles Connor and C Doyle will lecture in Brown-street Chartist-room , Manchester , on Sunday evening , ( to-morrow , ) May 30 th . Mr . James Cartledge will lecture at the Chartist Tailors' and Shoemakers' room , on Sunday ( tomorrow . ) . Halifax . —Mr . Harney will lecture at Halifax on tho evenings of Wednesday and Thursdayj the 2 d and 3 d of June , and at Queenshead , on Friday , the 4 th . .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Thursdat , Mat 57 . Sir Robert Pe ^ l rose- pursuaut to his notice given on Monday evening , ! : to move : — " That her Majesty ' s Ministers do not sufficiently possess the confidence of the House of Commons to enable them to carry through the House measures which th » y deem of essential importance to the public welfare , and that their continuance in office , under Buck circumstances , is at variance ; with the spirit of the Constitution . " Sir Robert was left speaking and had said but little when the Sun ' s reporter came away .
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EPSOM RACES . Thb Debby Stakes of 50 sots , each , for three-yearold colts 8 it 711 > , and fillies 8 st 21 b ; last mile and half . The second to receive £ 100 out of the stakes , and the winner to pay 100 boys , towards the police , &o . i&t . < subi > . Mr . Rawlinson ' s b 0 Coronation ... ( P . Connelly ) 1 Lord Westminster ' s b 0 Van Amburgh ( Holmes ) .. . -2 Twenty-nine started .
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