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TO THE INDEPENDENT NON-ELECTORS OF THE EizPIRE . " Xo-w ' b the day , and noWg the hour , See the front of batUe lcttr , See approach proud . Chartist power—Dt&m to slavery . " Fcstia > " Jackets , Blistxred Hasds , a > d tjnsbors CHI 5 S , —While £ he dealers in human flesh are jemiing forth their appeals to the corrupt and dependent voters , I address you as the physical , the moral , ud TaluaUe staff of British liberty .
ft i : 2 i w much to say , how or -where shall I commence ? I hare it I will begin by reminding you that , for six years , I hare been telling you that the existent * of three political parties in a Slate is incompatible ^ rith the existence of peace , order , and prosperity in that State , and that our whole force should be mustered , narshilled , and directed to the one single purpose of , firstly , beating one of the parties and then the other . 1 care told joa that in tie pursuit of any great political object , the national will must go through three distinct
operations ; firstly , the creation of opinions to be acted apon ; secondly , the organization o ! those opinions ; and , thirdly , the direction of the united power of prudently-created , and thoroughly-organistd opinions . We are now in the latter stage ; and , if hitherto I hare been a mild apologist for many errors which we h » ve been compelled to commit in » ur imperftct and Bode state , while undergeing the two first processes , I now tell 3 on that all future failures must be ciutrge abie npon ns as crimes ; because vx are novc the balance tJ power .
Let me now see if , taking the last half century &s a fair test of action , I shall be warranted in drawing from it good and sufficient reason for the course I am abont to recommend . Fi / r forty-one years of that period , the people , unSer the n * me of Reformers , suffered death , igneminious and premature death , insult , torture , starvation , and degradation of erery sort and kind , for tb » mere purpose of crowning their friends with the measure which ¦ was to crown the wishes of s Tery moderate , a very industrious , and aTery peaceable people . They foughtthey bled—they conquered .
Well , for nine years hare the Whigs been in possession of the measure—the very measure asked for by thsmlelres ; and observe , so well satisfied were they with it , and so complete did they think it , that their leader , after six years" trial , called it a fixal meastre . Now , obsenre , Lord John Russell called it a fin »] measure , while the democratic Brougham said , in the third year , that they had gone too far and should retrace their steps . In 1 S 32 , the people joined their " natural protectors , " u the Whigs hare been called -, and they , the people , believing that the existence of even two rival parties in a State was incompatible with good government , placed their " natural protectors" in the Tery situation to which , for mow tbsu forty yens , they had aspired . They armed them with their own weapons for the destruction of Toryism . Thus , the people haTe giTen the Whigs nine years of a fair trial ; and who will venture upon their behalf , from their first act , the Irish
Coercion Bill , down to the dying grasp at the poor man ' s pocket for a quarter of a million , on Thursday last , to put a dassert upon the table of those who can now sit down to three courses , at the expense of those who must be satisfied with the parings from the rich man ' s table ? On Thursday , the Whigs , without the confidence of the country or even of the gang , voted £ 250 , # 00 to some English merchants , who were cautioned against venturing their goods upon the high seas pending a war . This was robbery I downright barefaced robbery ! Reform commenced in blood , progressed in war , desolation , tyranny , starvation of the poor , weeping , wailing , gnashing of teeth , and has now terminated in plunder ! and well may the Noble Lord Palmerston ptcImto '' we will die game J" Expiring in th * act of plunder was a most characteristic death for Whiggery ! 1 wish H . B . would sketch a dying Whig Ministry with their hands in a poor hand-loom weaver ' s pocket . '
Thus I show that the people nobly stood by the Whigs ; and now , pray observe . The Tories , who eeuld not successfully resist Reform nine years ago , could now , after bo long a trial of it , actually repeal the measure to-morr » w ! To what purpose then , have we aided Whiggery , if , at the end of nine yean the power which it was to have annihilated , has acquired strength sufficient to do in 1811 , what it could not effect in the palmy days of rotten borough supremacy ? The Tories are stronger now than they were when hundreds carried their title deeds to their seats in their pockets .
Why are the Whigs now in their melancholy , mean , and prostrate condition , aad why are the Tories in their full plenitude of political power ? Simply , because the Whigs invited the Tories to join them in destroying their own measure of Reform , for the purpose of making merchandise of your labour . The House , as regarded the Whigs , was a Souse of Masters , and as regarded the Tories was a House of Tyrants ; and tbe Tyrants fcare actually surfeited the Masters b / y the pSancy with which they h * -re acceded to their every application for the legal means of torturing and plundering the working classes . I will not iasalt your understanding by recapitulating the sad catalogue of " Whig-reformed -and refined cruelty and oppression ; " but I shall start with a finisher—if I may be allowed the expression . Let as then for a moment pass over erery single act if iniijuity , and judge them by their " new birth unto righteousness . "
Hear me , then , you starving millions ! bear me . When the Whigs had plundered till they left nothing in a tangible shape to be plundered , they required a new license to prowl in quest of treasures yet unknown ; and , in the nineteenth century , the financiers of the great nation are compelled to play hide and seek , and a fame at speculation , for the means of supporting their own tyranny . Well , what do they do ? Just listens They , who in 1134 threw you upon your " own resources , " in 1841 have bowels of compassion for yeu ; and Lord John Russell actually has the matchless audacity to speak of the sufferings of the Bolton operatives , whose squalid and wretched appearance in 1839 was made matter of derision asd ridicule , by his northern supporters , the Manchester Guardian and Leeds Mercury . Will they aow turn to tbeir columns and reprint what they said of the Bolton operatives on Kersal iloor ? Well , but we must not stray .
In the beginning of May , Lord John Russell proposes certain measures for the relief of the starving people , and he says , that they , the people , must be afforded tim * and opportunity to speak out upon the subject Sow that is all right and fair , and bespeaks a repentance for the past , and also gives us to understand that the people are to decide . Well aad good . But now mark ! npon the 25 th of the same month , and up to that time , abov * 2 , 011 , MO of the same people petitiou fcT a very slight measure compared to the one proposed by Lord John Rosstll ; and what is the result ? Why just **»« - TLcJe are sixty members in one scale , and sixty members in the other scale ; thus balanced , the 2 , 0 »» , uOO are threirn into the scale of justice , and in pops the Speaker into the scale of oppression—and be tceight down ike vckole / ores of popular % rill thus protiaitned . ' . ' . '
¦ Sow , l ask you , what respect has the House eracw for the people , when one man , who ought to be neuter , has more power than 2 , 000 , 000 ? Let me tell you why I use this argum-nt : J use it . firstly , to prove that I was right when I told yon , over and over again , that our whole force could net effect any , the slightest , administrative change ; that we could not insure the discharge of a pilace menial , nor of one policeman ; that we could cot cut the tail of a single royal horse or dog ; in short , that for all , save the acquirement of a great organic change , onr force is wholly inoperative . 1 use it , firstly , with that view ; and , secondly , to express my utter conten pt , and the contempt of many brave comrades who honour me with their confidence , for those who profess Chartism and go about aiding Whiggery , by catechising the very men aa individuals , who , as a body , have committed all these atrocities .
This is the practice . The wretched , miserable , groping , groveling eavesdroppers of working men , go about to War £ meetings and election meetings , putting the following queries to the very aevils "who have been doins all the mischief . " Will you vote for the restoration of Prost ?" " Will you vote for the liberation of the Chartist prisoners ?" " Will you present petitions for Universal Suffrage ind support tb « ir prayer ?" Bah ! Go te , yon wretches ! ask them , if you want information , " Wtre you one of the five who did
t&e f « r the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones v " Are you not one of the 658 who did incarcerate the Chartists , and allow them to pine , like felons , in their dungeons ?** " Have you not declared you determination to resist Universal Suffrage to the death ?" Hymen , my fustaius , hear my brief catechism . Are you » Whig ? Answer— ' Yes . " Then fo to the devil . ' Are you a Tory ? Aaairer " Yea . " Wen , you wait awhile till it suits my purpose to send Jon af ier the other rascaL
Let that be your catechism . That ' s orthodox ; *** Pi scriptural -, that ' s flat . Are they net the very |* rtie » who , *« nine years , as a body , have done all . «* aiachief , who now eosne before you trying to ¦» "vidle , individually , out of the mud by spattering te * . ir neighbours T . Heytell you that " the Tories would not allow them te a . 'ry good measures . " Ask them when their majority in . ' « two hundred what measures they carried ; and ttey mi ^ t answer , " coercion , starvation , and taxation , * Real p liice and arm ' bill , and Canadian slaughter ;" Hie tht ' kave left the poor little children white * S * ves jag * where they found them , and have sunk ^ Power-lo . " ™ weavers in still deeper poverty ! * o ' ¦ if you "want to get a lessen in practical politics , * the Twet ^ and ihow me one single Tictory that ~* brave Scot ^ h have allowed the enemy to gain . 5 oi one . Good God I love those fellows who de-5 ° * as 8 all talk a bout fighting , and yet would £ &ce Oe a any shape . * a * the Charter .
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> Lg&in : when the fools , or rogues , go abont thus catechising the enemy , one would really suppose that Englishmen owed no higher sense of duty to themselves and their country , than the mere return of a parliament pledged , individually , to undo what , collectively , they have done . Mind that , common-sense Chartists . Those fellows who have for nine years done all the mischief asa body , now come before you in their individual capacity and actually have the matchless effrontery to lay claim to yeur confidence , upon two grounds ; firstly , that they will undo everything that they have done , ( for that is what we want , ) and , secondly , that the Tories , wonldnt allow them to give you good measures . Was there ever such puling nonsense ?
My friends , let me just tell you a skort story . One day last wetk , a Mr . Yorke , a firm Whig , was address ing the people of York as a candidate for their " sweet voices ; " and finding it necessary to say a word upon religion . and . politics , he commenced with religion , when a veteran fustian cried out , " thou fooil , ( fool , ) what has religion to do wi' it ? " This made the pious side of his . jaw cease to wag ; and he then turned to the Poor Law , and charged the Tories with having aided the Whigs in the support of the measure , when a jolly tar roared out , " Thou b—g—r ! who launched it ? - "
Again : as to mj liberation , my Mends , allow me to juuge for myself . Very many newspapers have seized one passage in a long letter of mine , in which I protest against a COMPROMISE with the Tories for the purpose of insuring my release . Now from the number of pspers that have picked this ( to them ) plum out of a long letter , it appears that the enemies , eyerr one of them , read all my neglected addresses . It gives me great pleasure that I have never written one which they could tnm to their own service . But as
regards tkat passage ; what I said was , tkat no COMPKOHiSE should be made with the Tories for the purposa ef insuring my liberty ; and the Whigs , with characteristic ignorance , assume , or would make it appear , that I am consequently friendly to a junction with the Whigs i The use made of this passage by the press , and the turn attempted to be given by Mr . McFarlane , at a meeting lately held at Glasgow , to my former declarations against the principles of Toryism , in favour of Whiggory , have induced me to mention the subject here .
The difference , then , is just this . I will not be a party to any compromise ; neither will I allow my liberty to be made a question of compromise ; because" such a course would naturally degrade us in the eyes of Europe and in our own estimation . But , though I object to be a party to a compromise with either faction , yet am I willing to lose my liberty for tiie purpose of creating a proper understanding of ay oin party , to join among themselves without compromise 7 to use the Tories for tha purpose of beating the Whigs . Every blistered hand held up for a Whig is a nail in the coffin of liberty ! every fustian jacket that votes for a Woig , is a willing slave and bondsman , and should work in irons in a slave-gang for the remainder of his existence ' . Every unshorn chin that does " not - » rag in defiance and denunciation Of smooth-ficed Whiggery , Is a hairy-faced enemy to Us country i
Let me place before you the system now pursued , and of which 1 complain . A set of rascally Whigs declare themselves to be Chartists , and in their assumed character , they throw themselves acddentally-on-purpose , in the way of Whig prowlers' in quest of prey ; when the catechists , with an apparent surliness of aspect and desire to confound , proceed as follows : — " Mr . Stick-in-the-JIud , if elected , will you vote for the reiteration of Frost , Williams , and Jones ?" Answer— " Thatii a subject upon which I have not made up my mind , and is entirely a question of detail . " ( Hear , hear . ) " Wiil you present a petition upon the subject , if required by your constituents to do so ?" Answer— " Most certainly , I shall consider it my duty to do so . - ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) ' ¦ Will you vote for the liberation of all political prisoners ?"
Answer—" Why , I think that a wide distinction exists between those whose crime 3 amounted to open violence , and those whe were merely the dupes of others —( hear , hear )—and I should certainly vote for the liberation of the latter class . " ( Cheurs . ) " Will you v » te for Universal Suffrage ?" Answer— " I do not know what tke term means . 1 would vote for extending the right of voting to all those who from character , education , and stake in the country , could be safely entrusted with the franchise . " ( Disapprobation . ) " Would you present a petition upon the subject , and support its prayer ?" Answer—** I would undoubtedly present the petition , but I must be allowed to exercise my own judgment as to supporting the prayer . " ( Cheers , and "Right" ) " Will you vote for a repeal of the New Poor Law Amendment Act ?"
j " Why—why—why—why—that is a subject upon ] which the best informed appear to differ most widely ; i but I certainly would vote for any modification in its ¦ details where the working pressed unequally upon the j destitute poor . . ( Lond cheers . ) I bave always thought that the measnre might , with great safety , n » ve been j divided into two branches or beads ; the one for the ! willing , and the other for the un-willing idler;—( long continued tSheeringj—and to this branch of tbe subject ' I shall devote my best attention , and fhall at ail times be most happy to confer with my constituents upon the : subject" ( Cheers . )
auw , suppose this examination to have taken place at Leeds , or A the Isle of Wight , where Gisborae , a notorious hack , has been catechised by i Whigs in tbe character of Chartists . Let us suppose ! Leeds . At the clsse up starts poor little Smiles , [ to ! vrhom I gave the professional name of Doctor , and which , by Jove , be has kept ever since : ] j up starts this liberal member of the Fex and t Goose Club , and congratulates the people of j Leeds jipon the earnest of liberality given in the i foregoing answers ! Now , p # or little Smiles knows just I as much abont politics as he does about physic , and i that ' s nothing at all ; but be imagines that the sufferers ! from Whig treachery are al ! as ignorant as himself ; and therefore he , for one , adopts in June , as nearly perfection , what , in January , he denounced as worse than heretical , a Tory-Whig , or rather a Whig-Tory .
Then comes Marshall , in whose mill scores of murders , cold-blooded murders , have been committed ! a Tnaw -whose every shilling has been coined out of the heart ' s blo * d of prematurely slaughtered inf&Bta ; up gets this graceless monster , in the presence of the parents of those little ones who are either no more , or living monuments of his hist ; aad after congratulating the meeting , he moves that Mr . Aldam ' s answers aro quite satisfactory ; and tbe travelled tourist , Hamer Stansfeid , who " loves his neighbour as himself , " seconds the proposition ; and thus the opini <* ns of this tir-jue go abroad as tbe opinions of the men of LseCs ; -whereas , if the men of Leeis bad pride or spir-t , they -would kick every one of the blood-suckers who cis . r& < 1 to mock their poverty by appealing for their support , from their presence .
Now , as Joe . Hume is a unique specimen of Whig tad Liberal , let us subject him to exunrnation : — " Did you support the Poor L-vw Amendment Act ?" " Yes ; I supported the Bill , as proposed by the TVhigs , for the benefit of the industrious class- s , but not the workings of the measure as carried on by the Tauries . " HeaT ,. hear , and loud che-er > . ) " Have you not supported the Whigs in all their struggles for confidence , while you profess yourself opposed to their entire policy ?" "Yes ,- because I knew that if the Tauries came in , that they ¦ would commence a rei ^ n of terror , and especially in Ireland . " ( Hear , hear . )
"Did you-not , on Thursday , tbe 10 th of June , vote JiioO . OOO of English money to pay what is called the claims of some English merchants tracing with Denmaik , and who had snch notice of therisk they run , ( the underwriters refusing to insure their cargoes . 1 that they were mere smugglers ? " Did yon not do this at a time when six in every ten of the operatives of England were actually j-tarving , an . 1 when that amount ¦ would nave giTen £ 2 10 . < to one hundred thuus-md heads oT families , which , at the rate of five to a family , would have partially relieved half a million of destitute hand-loom weavers ' : "
Answer— " I did ; but the honour of England , am ! the faith of Parliament was pledged—( loud and long continued cheers *—and two other classes of claimants bad their demands previously discharged by a vote of the HouEe , and by the Tauries ;—^ vehement cheering )—arid is there an Englishman with 3 drop of English blood in his veins , who would rob the honest speculator of the just reward of his enterprise ?"—( Renewed cheers . ) Now , I put it to the good sense of working men , whether or not they must not naturally expect to remain for ever a laughing-stock or bye-word of reproach and emblem of scorn , so long as their enemies have nothin / to do but to insult tbeia , plunder thtm , shoot them , hsng them , entomb them for nine years , as a party , a . nd then , as individuals , receive their forgiveness when they ask far a new lease of tbe period to be tyrants ? Once let tbe working men renew their lease of Whiggery for seven years longer , and farewell Charter without bloodshed . '
Horse was too liberal for tbe second stage of reform , id , jeonsequfcnt ! y , be had to go to Ireland ; butnowHume as softened down to electoral heat , and he comes as le new champion of retrogression . Perhaps , it is not generally known that for many ears Hume was an ultra-Tory , more violent than either eel or Stanley ; and now he fights his old associates ith " all tbe fervency of s renegade . " This con-Eirsion we might pardon , if he had not been one of the tost reckless supporters of Whiggery , and oce of tbe iost constant and determined upholders of the Starrs .-on Act in all its hideousness .
Now , brother Chartists , hear me for my cause : for Ine years have we been persecuted by tho Whigs ; and ith their hands reeking with the bleed of those whom ley have starved , they appear as scpplicaBts for a reswal of power . - For four years you have panted for le v = ry crisis which has now arrived . The eyes of le Ilcpublicans of France are now upon you ; the tyes ' iiifact Spain , gorged with her lung msai of blood , ¦ e npon you ; the eyes of Ireland ere upon you , and r your performance you will assuredly be judged Some humbugs , I understand , say that the WhigB lly transported Frost in 1840 , -while the Tories Ltuug aimttt in 1813 . Was there ever such nons ^ m : ? Arc
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we to make no account of thirty-seven years of improvement , and nine of these of reform ? And are we to make no distinction between a riot in open day , and tbe admission of tbe murdered patriot , Emmett , that he had contemplated an entire change of Government ? Are we to lose sight of the fact that th * gallows were made , and the hangman paid , to butcher Frost ; and thai even after a decision of all the talent on the Bench in his favour ! The Whigs would haveslRUshUred not only him , but also Williams and Jones , but for a few hints about the torch and dagger men ; and it was only in the eleventh hour that they gave way , in fact , to what six able judges proclaimed an ac-• uittaL
For fifty years the old hsve been struggling , for nine tbe young have been sighing ; asd now hold out but one meuth , and , as sure as God rules over us , the day is our own ! Bear in mind that until we annifeilate the Whigs , as a party , they will n » ver join us in annihilating Toryism . We have tried them . In fact , call any ruling party what you please , under the present system , they must rule upon Tory principles . As the Whigs will not then join to beat the Tories , let us use the Tories to beat the Whigs ; and that done , let us turn to with the Whigs behind , instead ot before as , and beat the national enemy .
Mr . M'Farlane has very truly said that I called the Whigs devils , and the Tories devils in helL Well , does any m&n who arns his bread by the sweat of bis brow doubt my hatred of the devils in hell ? If any such there be , let tfiem also suppose me & monster , a brute , a savage , inasmuch , as I have accounts to settle with the Tories that no other man alive has to settle with that party . I believe even the Whigs will admit that I have had one man ' s Bhare in bringing them to the scratch ; and now attend to me . No mortal man has ever begged , drudged , worked , and toiled in any struggle as I have in the national struggle , against the enemy i » m © 4 iately in power and in front ; and yet have I done comparatively nothing . You must defer
judgment upon one mans performance , perseverance , and zeal , until you see me at work with the Tories in front . I tell you now , and hate ever told yon , that I hate the Tories even more than the Wbigs ; and I tell you more , that if the power were vested in my hands to-morrow of bestowing the Government of this country for twenty years upon Lords John Russell , Normanby , and Palmerston , or upon Wellington , Peel , and Stanley , I would not hesitate for one single instant I would , without a moment ' s delay , if I had but the alternative , confer the power upon the men who sent me here . But , if I had the power to give one pears lease , I would give it to Wellington , Peel , and Stanley , for the purpose of annihilating them for all time to cornel
Comrades ! hear me ; O hear me . Think of the last moans of the murdered Clayton!—think of the devotion of the slaughtered patriot Shell !—think it the groans of our brother weltering in his blood in the streets of Monmoutb , when no hand would stretch the dying Chartist a drop of water l think Of the expatriated Frsst , Williams , and Jones ! think of the entombed Holberry , Peddie , Carrier , Ashton , Crabtree , O'Brien , and O'Connor ! think of the many Lroken hearta pining in the cold bastile , and looking to you , as their trustees , for release ! think
of the veteran Wheeler , who has fought for fifty jears in the good figfet , now lingering betwixt life and death ! think of the pallid face of the prematurely aged , and of the twisted limb of the factory infant . ' think thit you cannot stir without beholding a spy , paid by yourselves , to goad you into resistance , and then to torture you if you do resist ! think that the whole course of nature , both at home and abroad , has been opposed by the very devils who would now call you angels , till they had once more used you to your own destrsction ! think of these things , and give power to the monsters again if you dare !!
Why does not Sheffield , that has suffered more th&n any town in England , take that position which , from its importance , it ought to take ? Why stand dilly dally , shilly shally , with tbe knowledge-monger and BcuUion-man-of-aU-work to the Whigs , George Henry Ward ? Ah ! fie ! shame upon you , to listen to the hypocrite ! Fustian jackets , stand up for yourselves and scout him and Parker , and the Russian Urquhart—all , all , one and all—from your presence ! I have now only to add my request , that some plain blunt man , who has worked all day in fustian , will , in each town , read my whole letter to the noble fustian Chartists , and I ask them to decide for themselves ; and when they decide , to put a stop to all hurubug of cross-questioning a lot of devils who would swear the moon was made of green cheese to get one vote . Remember , my friends , they are now in the retail market trying to pick you up in ones so as to sell you wholesale
In a little mere than four months I shall meet you in a full suit tf fustian at my prison gates . I hope to meet the petition carriers in fustian upon that day . Let ue then , in one dress , and in one mind , be able to embrace , and return thanks to God that Chartism has survived that first campaign , and is now ready to tak « the field to conclude the battle ! Get a House Of WWgS , and neve « r again -will yon see the benign countenance of our beloved Frost ; get a House of Tories , and THEN indeed speak to the Whigs , when they are at the same side of the hedge with you , about the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and their restoration to offic * being one and . the same question . Get a House of Tories ; and If Frost , Williams , and Jones are not back , or on their way , in twelve aenths , 1 will suffer my right hand to be cut off .
Comrades , you once spoke of a sacred month ; let this be our sacred month for work . Be true to one another for one month , and the Charter is the law of tiie land . Comrades , in our weakness we defied the oppressor ; shall we court him in our strength ? That my days are numbered by faction no man doubts ; but show how one willing victim can "wipe the brau 4 cf slavery from the brow of free born man—and welcome torture ! Yes , I shall be sacrificed before tyranny will yield to justice , but yet will I not abate one jot of my demand , nay not a jot ' s point even to the addition of one day to the age of the voter . It would be more prudent and expedient for me to begin now to woo the raging power ; it is another fine opportunity for commencing a retreat 4 but , I pass it by as the rest , and repeat , ¦ ' no surrender ; death or liberty . "
Men of Sheffield , and men of all places , you have told me that you will stick ta me like wax and follow whithersoever I lead . I askco such devotion . I merely ask you to follow principle , ' and stick te the holy Charter . Sow , comrades , I thus s « m op ; for forty-one years the Whigsused you for obt&S-alng political power ; for nineyears they bava had that powtr ; and centrist England , during that period , wiii any other nine years of her history , and say has n-jt the ] ower been most blasting . ' They bave insulted yon , betrayed yau , despised and loathed you ! They have courtud your
enemies , and divided with them the honour of oppression ! For nine years you have had no opposition to their lust and wi ! L A Tory minority never will oppose tyranny ; a Whig minority must do so to acquire popular support , as the means of plundering . Therefore , if you get a . House of Tories , you get a good working Whig Chartist opposition . If you get a House of Whigs y # u get a Tory minority so strong that the Whigs will justify another reign of tyranny by their weakness and Tory strength . What is this but a b : ise admission tbat they -will cling to office , and be forced to do mischief rather than abandon it and prevent others from doing it .
> ow hear my advice ; leave all your unmanly , childish , and nonsensical pledges ftbout the Poor Law , and release of us poor devils , ( who would ratliwrroJ in prison than gain our liberty at the exptnea of our parties' honour and their cause . ) The Tories have no notion any more than the Whigs of re-pealing the Poor Law Amendment Bil ! . Put no question , ask no pledges , hold no iotercourse ; ketp your numerical strength apart from theirs , and after work 011 euch day parade your physical power through the street with your - working men calculates for your hands imicd , only for your hands , this time ) at your head . Return your men by a show of those hands , and then all -who have voles , vote boldly » . gaiust the devils , by voting for the devils in hell ! By that means you wiil , in less than six , aye , leas than three raontks , see as pretty a piece of fun between the lival factions , 1 b the St . Stephen ' s cockpit , as ever was witnes-. ed at bull bait or dog fight !
Just get the Whigs ones off the percb , the golden ptrch , and little Jack and tha Big B ^ ggtrinin will froth at the mouth like mad blocd-houncl . « , and we shall be taunted with omr moderation . I conclude , in the brief but eloquent language of the Guneral to his troops upon the eve of battie : — " Comrades , there ' s the enemy ; if you don't kill them by G—d they'll kili you . " Let this letter be read at the head of every regiment in the service , and let those who work , think speak and act fer themselves . If you support thfc Whigs , may jou live in slavery and die in want . Amen . Erer , your faithfulfritnd , Feargvs oConnor .
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THE " LEAGUERS" AND THE TRADES . The ladies' shoemakers of Manchester having received an invitation to send s deputation of their body to the anti-Corn Law League , accompanied by a large bundle of tracts for their enlightenment , the trade held a meeting to consider it , and then returned the spoiled rags in a lump , together with the following letter : GENTLEME . S , —Having received a circular , purporting to emanate from the Corn Law League , inviting ns to send a deputation , in conjunction with other trade ; , to confer with a deputation from the said body , and considering , as we do , that the o' -ject of the meeting is to enlist tbe Trades' Unions iu tha o-i ' atlon for a repeal of the Corn Laws , we , the Society of Laiits " Shw makers , beg ! e ; ivo to state th ^ t we decline engaging in any ucitation which does cot guarantee to the mechanic and artifcau that protection fir his labour which his ustfutat .-- ., i ^ rciety so jotlly demands .
In exaniimng the voluminous documents with which you have been pl eased to favour us , \ re find » multiplicity ot u : ;\ Tanama . Ue assertiuiiS , winch to the superficial observer would lead to the conclusion that a repeal of the Corn Laws would make our common , country a perfect Elysium ; for instance .
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tothe tract headed " What would a repeal of the Com Laws do ?' The third paragraph asserts "that it would coneequently increase the employment of our artizans and prevent their wages coming down . " We -would ask , has the increase of trade hitherto produced such results f Reason and sad experience compels us to answer no . From 1792 until 1815 , during which period there were no Corn Laws , and when we had a supremacy of commerce over the whole world , and that our trade bad increased ( as shewn by the consumption of cotton ) from thirty millions of pounds weight , to ninety-two millions pounds weight , 01
three-fold . During the self same period , wages in the weaving department had been reduced from thirty-three shillings and threepence per cut , twenty yards in length , to 1 Is . per cut , twenty-four yards in length , same fabric of work ; and from 1815 until 1832 it had increased from 92 , 0 * 0 , 010 lb . to 256 , 090 , 001 lb ., or nearly threefold , while in the same period wages had been reduced two shillings out of three ; and from 1832 until 1840 it had increasedfrom 256 , 000 , « 001 bto nearly 6 « 0 , 000 , 000 lb , or double , yet even during these eight years the reduction in the power-loom weaving department alone would be sufficient to purchase bread for all the weavers in Manchester .
But further , if a repeal of tbe Corn Laws increase trade and wages , how , in the name of common sense ; will the manufacturer be enabled , under the disadvantage of high wages , to compete with the foreigner , when at the lew scale of wages paid at present they complain of the evils of foreign competition ? With respect to the idea that the foreigner would cease manufacturing and resume agriculture is absurd , inasmuch aa the former is the most profitable speculation . We beg to be distinctly understood that we do not wish to uphold the infernal tax , but we certainly do think that the proposal of the league , smacks too much of political dishonesty to be entertained fey working men , being convinced that their design la to reduce the wages of the highly-taxed operative of this country , to the same rate as the low-taxed operative ot the continent .
We now ask where is the guarantee for the protection of labour ? an echo answers , Where ? Let us remind you that the same parties w . ho now raise the cry of cheap bread and high wages are the parties who transported our brethren of Dorchester and Glasgow ; and who endeavoured , by every means , legal and illegal , to bring the charge of conspiracy , intimidation , incendiarism , and even murder , home to the door of Trades' Unions , for the crime of uniting to protect our labour—a protection which ought to be guaranteed to us by the Legislature of the country . With these facts before us , we decline agitating for any thing less than , full and effective justice to all , based upon the immutable principle of a pure and unsullied democracy . We remain your ' s , In the cause of truth and justice , The Society of Ladies ' Shoemakers , ANDW . BEEAJO , Sec .
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NATIONAL TRIBUTE TO O'BRIEN . Brother Chartists and Fellow Countrymen , —We , in comraoniwith you , feel the degradation of being slaves ; we feel , amidst the abundance raised by our own hands the pains of grinding poverty , we suffer the pains of disappointed hopes , and grieve for the generous friends who are suffering persecution , because they sought to rescue their country from ruin ami their brethren from oppression and living death . But we are still full of hope , still determined ; our cause is sacred , and rendered more so by the virtue of those who have suffered in its behalf , and we are still resolved , and that quickly , to emancipate ourselves and
our children from slavery , and to be no longer oppressed by a vile and useless aristocracy ; but to this end something must be done to serve as a rallying point , and to gather all into a mighty and irresistible band of patriots . With this view we again beg to call the attention of our countrymen to Brouterre O'Brien ; it will give us sincere pleasure to see the country rousing to a sense of duty towards thw genuine patriot ; our country would be eternally disgraced if , even amidfit the multifarious calls that are now made upon its recourses , such a man as O'Brien should be permitted , unhelpcd and unheeded , to be a victim to the ire which his virtues had provoked .
Brother Chartists , if you wisbjfor that freedom for which O'Brien has fallen struggling , answer , and let the tyrant factions see you are able te work out your own political salvation . If you expect other men to risk their personal and domestic happiness in working out your deliverance , arouse , and lend us your aid . If you would expect other loaders to emerge from obscurity and lead you on in your agitation for the Charter , or if you hope that your tried friend , now suffering the bitterness of political persecution , will a < ain take you by the hand when his term of suffering has expired , do what you can to lend us your aid in placing him in a position which will enable him to commence his crusade with redoubled vigour against tyranny , oppression , and
misrule ; individually , it may not be much , but combined in your masses , the assurance of being supported by your moral influence will sweeten the bitter fate ha baa endured in your cause ; and the slight pecuniary aid which narrow circumstances may allow you to make wiil enable him to assail , with certain success , the strong holds of corruption , and , finally , to be instrumental , iu conjunction with our brave and beloved O'Connor , in leading us to honour and victory . We rrjoice te see the iaine holy zeal which influenced the Barons in demanding the Magna Chart * , sword in hand , which impelled the suns of liberty to estort the petition of rights from Charles the first , and to dethrone htm as a traitor to his country , which urged Englishmen to obtain tbe Bill of Rights from William
aud Mary ; that holy zeal still lives in some of their posterity , and still points for the admiration of the age , to men who are determined to live and die unflinching patriots . We certainly conclude , from the knowledge which the people possess of Mr . O'Brien , and from the effects produced by his mental labour , that a lengthoned appeal to the Chartists on hi « behalf is altogether unnecessary ; we need -ouly propound our objects to our brethren , to ensure their adoption . We state , then , that we are anxious to show the enemies of our weal that we forget not our friends , and we are desirous of showing our suffering friends , that we not only know our duty to them , but that we are resolved to perform it ; therefore , we call upoH our fellow men to aid us in raising the funds sufficient to enable our now incarcerated advocate to
commence his fire upon the enemy , immediately after his liberation ; our object is to furnish him .: as a national tribute , -with prtss , types , and other materials , that he may not only preserve himself and family from the jawa of starvation , but that he may promote the general good uf the community , by being enabled to give a full , free , and uncontrolled expression to his opinions ; such men ought not to be silenced by the power of despots , nor by the weight of poverty , —they must not ; therefore be up and doing ; let us vie with each other in the accomplishing this nect-Bsary and important object ; lose no time ; and what we do , iet ns do well , and quickly . We need add no more , being conscious tke nation will respond to the call . John Ogden , Secretary . Committ ' . e Room , ; Leeds , June 14 th , 1841 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE NOUTHEBN STAR . Sir . —I am desirpd by the Committee to request the insertion of tfie enclosed balance sheet , in the next Slar . By so doing yon will confer a favour on Yours , &c W . A . Main . 4 , Margatet-Btreet , Wellington-square , June 13 th , 1841 RECEIPTS . £ b . d . For 39 donble tea tickets , at 2 s . 6 d 4 17 6 „ 71 single ditto , at Is . 6 d „ 5 17 d „ . 37 double ball ditto , at la . 6 d 2 15 6 ^ 66 single ditto , at Is 3 0
Total Receipts ... 16 10 0 Ditto Expenditure 12 11 8 Balance £ 3 18 4 The balance of £ 3 18 s . 4 d . is appropriated to the benefit of Mrs . Frost .
EXPENDITURE . To use of the Social Hall ... 10 0 ,. furnishing tables for tea ... 1 0 „ attendance in dressing rooms 0 4 0 _ ] 57 teas , at 9 d . each 5 4 8 -. band 1 16 0 „ printing ; 15 0 ^ rent of committee room ... 1 1 0 „ advertisements ... ... 0 14 6 „ stationery , postage , &c 0 6 6 £ 12 11 8 William Balls , ) An < ntn . W . H . WEST 0 N , J Audit" * . W . A . Main , Hon . Secretary . Committee Room , June 10 th , 1841 .
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OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM CHINA . Despatches were received on Friday at the Admiralty from Commodore Sir J . J . Q . Bremer , C . B ., relative to the late successes of British arms in China . The whole of the defences , one after another , have been destroyed , and the second city of the pbinese empire , is now under British domination . We subjoin nn abstract of Captain Herbert ' s letter to Commodore Sir J . J . Q . Bremer , detailing the destruction of the last defences of the city : — British Factory , Canton , March 18 , 1841 . Sir , —This day the force under my orders carried and destroyed in saccession all the forts in the advance and before Canton , taking , sinking , burniug , or dispersing the enemy's flotilla , and hoisting the union on the walls of the British factory , the guns of the squadron commanding all the approaches to the city from the . westers and southern branches of the riverthus placing in our power the great provincial capital , containing upwards of one million of inhabitanta . I
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found myself forced to make this attack without your instructions , for the reasons so strongly expressed in her Majesty's plenipotentiary ' s note herein enclosed , Utth Match , 1841 . ) considering it my dnty to resent , -with all tbe promptitude in my power , the insult offered the day before to the flag of trace Bent with a chop to the Imperial Commissioner , at the desire of his Excellency . I forward the accompanying sketch , placing yon in more immediate possession of the line of concentration ¦ which led to snch an immediate result In detailing the
operations of the day , I feel myself inadequate to do justice to the gallant officers and men employed on this occasion . The flotilla of boats , formed into fcmr divisions , under the immediate charge of Commanders Barlow and , Clarke , and Lieut Coulson , of the Blonde . Her Majesty ' * ship Hyacinth ( to whom too much praise cannot fee given f » r the exertion displayed by Commander Warren , his officers and crew , in getting her through the intricate and difficult passes of the river , piloted by Commander Belcher , to be in readiness for operation , and a division of boats , under tbe command of these
officers , was placed at the southern entrance of the river recoMimunicating with the main stream of Fa tee , to meet any retrograde movement of the numerous flotilla that bad taken part in the agresslons on the 16 th instant . Every arrangement having been completed and understood , the whole force moved in advance abont noon , the vessels , marines , and three divisions of boats from the northward of the Macao fort , and within gunshot of the enemy ' 8 advance batteries , engaging them for about two hours aud a half , when all opposition ceased , and the factory within the d'fences was taken ppsaession of . Tfie Mo'deste was placed within three hundred yards , in front » t the principal battery , and shortly gave proofs of her well-directed fire , flanked by the powerful gunB of the Madagascar , Capt
Dicey , with artillerymen under the direction of Lieut . Fonlis , Madras artillery , and Nemesis , Mr . W . H . Hall , R . N ., commanding with artillerymen under the direction of Captain Moor , and Lieutenant Qabbett , Madras artillery , who handsomely volunteered their services upon the occasion . The Algerine iLieutenant Mason , ) and Starling ( Lieutenant Ksllett . ) passsing a head , cut ting through the rafts on the right bank , and engaging a part of the war-junks , the Hebe and Louisa tenders , taking part , at the same time , under cover of the ships' guns , the flotilla with tho marines was brought up in admirable order by Captain Bourchier , and , upon the signal beiujc given , stormed and completed the capture of this part of the enemy ' s works , notwithatanding a most determined resistance on the part of the Tartar troops . — From this battery the vessels and flotilla moved forward , and carried the other defences in succession , amounting in the whole to i 23 guns . By the great care
of Captain Nias , his officers , and the ship's company , the Herald was brought over tbe flats , and entered the reach during the engagement , which must have bad considerable effect upon the enemy , by dividing their attention , not knowing what other force might be in reserve . Of Captain Bourchier , whose high character is so well-Snown to yon , sir , and the service , I cannot speak sufficiently strong , for the manner in which he conducted the forces under his immediate command , not only leading them into action in admirable order , but keeping them together in readiness for any outbreak of the immense population of such a crowded city ; and I cannot refrain mentioning his conspicuous and energetic exertions in towing off the burning junks , which were drifting upon the suburbs of Canton , and soon would have evidently set fire to that part of the city , and involved the destruction of the whole , in which , he reports , he was ably assisted by tho officers under his directions . —I have the honour to be , &c .
( signed ) T . Herbert , Captain . —Commodore Sir J . J . Gordon Bremer , Kt ,, C . B . K . C . H ., Commander-in-chief ,
&c . Jcc . fcc . Lists of the Shipa , Steamers , Boats , &c , employed at the Capture of Canton on the 16 th instant . —Her Majesty ' s ship Herald , Captain Nias ; her Majesty ' s sloop Modeste , Commander Eyres ; her Majesty's sloop Hyacinth , Commander Warren ; her Majesty ' s brig Algerine , Lieutenant Mason . Tenders—Her Majesty's schooner Starling , Lieutenant Kellett ; her Majesty ' s schooner , Hebe , Mr . ( Juin , mate ; her Majesty ' s cutter Louisa , Mr . Carmichael , mate . Steamers—Hon . Company ' s steamer Madagascar , Captain Dicey ; Hon . Company's steamer Nemesis , Captain Hall . Boats—First division : Commander Barlow : Lieutenants
Williams , Stewart , and Drnry ; Lieutenant Dewes , acting ; Messrs . Walter , KendoJl , Purver , Woolcorabe , Baker , and Kator , mates ; Mr . Comber , midshipman ; Mr . Scott , volunteer first class . Second division : Commander Clark ; Lieutenants Hamilton , Beadon , and Saute ; Mr . King , master acting ; Messrs . Millet , Fitzgerald , Pearse , Read , and Tumour , mates ; Mr . Crofton , midshipman . Thir * . division : Lieutenants Coulson an * Ingram ; Messrs . Christopher , Walker , and Anderson , mates ; Messrs , Purvis , Coke , and Lyons , volunteers first class ; Mr . Stanley , assistant-surgeon
Western division : Commanders Warren and Belcher ; Lieutenants Haskoll , Watson , Hay , Morehead , P'Eyncourt , Wood , and Hayes ; Mr . Airey , master ; Messrs . Daly , Rivers , Jeffries , Le Vesconte , Egerton , Drake , St . Leger , and Bryan , mates ; Mr . Brown , master-assistant ; Mr . Butler , M . D ., and Mr . Tweeddale , assistantsurgwns . Volunteers—Lieutenant Mackenzie , of her Majeatys 90 th regiment , acting military seeretary to the naval conunander-in-chief ; Mr . Johnson , master , her Majesty ' s ship Conway ; Mr . G . Ramsden , clerk , her Majesty ' s ship Calliope ; Lieutenant GHffard , Hon . Company ' s 12 th regiment
Return of ordnance destroyed in the defences near Canton : Lower battery , left bank , Macao passage—22 guns ; upper battery—9 guns ; Sand-bag-battery on wharf—9 guns ; western fort , Canton suburbs , < Shaween\—10 guns ; red fort , opposite Canton factories—20 guns ; Dutch Fally— 25 guns ; Sand-bag battery , above arsenal—13 guns ; two junks moored off admiral ' s house—15 guns ; total—123 . Besides those destroyed in Lin ' s and the mandarin ' s war boats . ( Signed ) Th « s Herbert , Captain . A list of casualties in the force employed in the attack and occupation of the defences of the city of Canton , on the 18 th day of March , 1811 : Lieutenant Stransham , royal marines , Beveiely . Calliope—2 wounded slightly . Hyacinth—2 wounded ; 1 slightly , 1 severely . Modeste—2 wounded slightly . ( Signed ) Thos . Herbert , Captain .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday , June II . The Sugar Duties Bill was read a third time and passed , on the motion of Lord Ditncannon . The Tithe Composition ( Ireland ) Bill went through committee . The Earl of CLARENDON laid on the table hie bill for regulating the law relating to principal and factor , which was read a first time . In answer to a question from the Marquis of Londonderry , Viscount Melbourne said , measures had been t ;> . ken preparatory to informing the Spanish claimants when the instalment should be paid . But no claimants had been paid at present . Tho Marquis of Londonderry said he should not let this matter drop in the present Parliament On the motion of the Marquis of Bute for the third reading of tiie Jews' Declaration Bill .
The Bishop of Llandapp opposed the motion , and moved as an amendment , that the bill be read a third time that day three months . Lord Lyttleton seconded the amendment . The Earl of WiNCHiLSEA opposed the bil ) . The Bishop of St . Davids supported the measure , and denied that it would alter the Christian character of the institutions of the country . The Bishop of London opposed the bill , contending thero was no anal » gy between the admission of Christian Dissenters to the councils of the nation and tbe admission of Jews to the same privileges . He believed that a very few Jews only were interested in the measure , and that the mass of the people cared nothing about lb .
After a few words from Lord Galloway . Tbe Marquis of Bvte replied , and said he considered it his duty as a , Christian to vote * for the bill . Their Lordships then divided , and the numbers were —For the third reading , 64 ; against it , 98 ; majority , 34 . The bill was consequently lost Lord Brougham moved the second reading of the Punishment of De ;< tb Bill . The Marquia of Normanby g&ve his hearty support to the motion of his Noble and Learned Friend , and intimated that it had been his ewn intention to move the second rending . Lord Brougham was not aware of that , and cheerfully resigned the charge of the measure to his Noble Friend
The Marquis of Westmeath said that , if he stood alone , he would divide their Lordships , when in committee , against any clause which would take away the protection of helpless women against the ruthless violence of man . The hill was then read a second time , and 'the committee fixed for Monday . The Tithe Bill then passed through committee . The Administration of Justice Amendment Act was read a second time . Their Lordohipa adjourned till Monday . Monday , June 14 . The Militia Pay Bill , and several other Bills , were brought up from the Honse of Commons , and read a Erst time . On the motion of the Earl of ClarbnDON , tiie Bills of Exchange Continuance Bill ( for one year ) was passed through all its stages , the standing srdera having keen suspended for that purpose .
A great number of Bills were forwarded a stage , without any opposition . Earl Fitzwilliam , in reply to a question from Lord Wharncliffe , said ttiat it would , he understood , be very inconvenient if he brought forward his motion respecting the Corn Laws > n Tuesday . Every other day except Friday was occupied , but upon that day his Noble Friend ( the Duke of Wellington ) could not attend ; and under these circumstances he feared he could not , in its present substantive shnpe , bring his motion forward ¦ luring tlie present se&aiun .
Lord Hatherton presented the report of the committee upon Sunday trading on canals , and said it was the unanimous opinion of the committee that the strongest possible case was made out for legislative interference ; but that it should be of a permissive rather than of a prohibitory character .
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Their Lordships then went into committee on tho Punishment of Death Bill , and a lengthened discussion took plac-j npon the third clause , which was opposed by the Marquis of Westmeath , on the ground that the punishment of death should be retained in cases of violation . . " On a division , the clause was carried fey a majority of 42 to 38- The other clauses were agreed to , and the House resumed . Some petitions were presented for and against the Corn Laws , and their Lordahips adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fridat , June 11 . Sir R . Peel obtained leave to bring in a Bill to embody an enactment adopting the amendment of the Chairman of the Contested Elections Bill . The Right Hon . Baronet stated the reason he brought forward this motion was merely to get the Bill printed , in order to give an opportunity to Hon . Members to consider the subject before the next session . Mr . Ward movedi that instructions he . given to tho Attorney-General to prosecute the Hon . Manners SuttOD , and his agents Long and Swan , for bribery , alleged to bave been-committed at the last Cambridge election . :
Sir tiHARLES Lemon , as Chairman of tbe Cambridge Committee , said , that although he felt Convinced that bribery had taken place , yet from the evidence it could not be brought home to Mr . Sutton- As to Mr . Long , one of the agents , he " had no doubt that if a prosecution had been instituted he would have been convicted . The Earl of Darlington also defended Mr . Manners Sutton from the charge of bribery , and , therefore , should vote against ithe misfcion as far aa regarded that gentleman , but would vote fer prosecuting the agents . Mr . Ward then withdrew that part of his motion regarding Mr . Manners Sutton , and , after considerable discussion , it was decided , by a majority of 78 against 46 , that proceedings should be instituted against one of the agents . Mr . Hume , in the absence of Mr . Easthope , withdrew the Bill for the abolition of Church Rates .
The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned .
Saturday y June 12 . The Gainsborough Small Debts' Bill was read a third time and passed . The Hawklmrst Junction Road ( No . 2 ) Bill was read » third tiwio and passed . The Canterbury Pavemement ( No . 2 ) Bill was read a third time and passed . On the motion of Lord John Russell , the Bribery at Elections Bill was read a third time and passed , after an amendment had been proposed and inserted by the Solieitor-Gi ; neral ,: to the effect that candidates , as well as others , should ba liable to ba called before committee to answer for tbeir conduct The Appropriation B \ U passed through committee , and was ordered to-be reported on Monday . The Election Petitions Trial Bill was then read a second time , and ordered to be committed .
The County Bridges ( No . 2 ) Bill was read a third time and passed . The Wicklow Harbour Bill was read a third time , and passed . Warriner ' s Estate Bill was read a third time ' and passsd . Col . Sibthorpe moved for a return of the nurabera of Commissions issued , by order of tho Ctown , in the years 183 G , 1837 , and 183 . 8 . —Ordered . The House then adjourned till Monday .
Monday \ June 14 . Sir R . Peel presented several petitisns , some of which prayed for a total repeal of the Corn Laws * On the report of the Appropriation Bill being brought up , Mr . Hume contended that the landed interest in this country was too highly favoured , and that the proposed tax of 8 s . a quarter on wheat would be an onerous jaud grievous tax . Mv . G . Paxmeb . said that the land tax , the tithes , and the poor rato were taxes pressing on the land . The Elections Petitions Bill went through committee . The House went into committee on the Registration
Voters Bill but Mr . Walter moved that the House sbonid be counted , and there being only 30 members present , the House adjourned .
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From th * LoTidon Gazette of Friday , June 11 . John Porter , Wiggenhall , Norfolk , builder , to surrender June 24 , July 23 , at eleven , at the office of Mr . Pitcher , King ' s Lynn . Attorneys , Mr . Pitcher , Kind ' s Lynn ; and Messrs . Clowes and Wedlake , King's Benchwalk , Temple . WiUiuu Henshall , Newcastle-umler-Lyme , Staffordshire , silk-throwster , June 25 , July 23 , at twelve , at the dstlo Hotel , Newcaatle-under-Lyme . Attorneys , Messrs . Price and * Bolton , Lincoln ' s Inn ; and Mr . Bishop , saelton Hall , Staffordshire Potteries . Henry Sidebotham , Manchester , cotton-manufacturer , June 21 , July 23 , at twelve , at the Commissioners ' Rooms , Manchester . Attorneys , Messrs . Walmsley , Keightley , and Parkin , Chancery-lane ; and Messrs . Humphreys , Cunlifles , Charlewood , and Bury , Man-Chester .
William Hutch inson , Dronfield , Derbyshire , winenierchant , Juiio 21 , July 23 , at one , at the Town Hal ! , Sheffield . Attorneys , Messrs . Hutchinson , Chesterfieiil ; and Messrs . Smithsonand Mitton , Southampton-buildings , Chancery-lane .
DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP . J . Atkinson and Gt . Atkinson , Halifax , Yorkshire , grocers—H . Scudamore and J . Ball , Manchester , oilcloth-manufacturers—J . Pye and J . Pye , Preston , Laacashire , slaters—J . Boothroyd , J . Kilburn , D . Milnts , J . Hudson , B . Scargill , T . Spedding , S . Mitchell , J . Lister , T . Blakeley , B . Bailey , J . Greaves , S . Newsome , jun ., J . Ward , jun ., P ., Hiist , B Rothery , j ; Ward , sen ., J . Greenwood , D . Ramsden , T . Fczird , G . Ward , T . Clegg , T . Ward , Batley Caw , YoTkihire , Bcribblingmillera ; so far as regards J . Boothroyd , T . Ward , ' and J . Kiiburn . —J . Field and T . H . Syers , Liverpool , grocers—C . Brook , J . Brook , and W . Tosvneiid , Yorkshire , fancy manufacturers ; so far as regards J . Leech .
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From th * Gmzeite of Tuesday , Jtene 15 . BANKRUPTS . James Brook , victualler , Friti street , Sobo , to surrender June 23 , at twelve , and July 27 ,. at . eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Official Assignee , Mr . Johnson , Basinghall-street ; Attorney , Mr . Field , Finchley . John M'Intyre , oil cloth manufacturer , Manchester , June 28 , and July 27 , at the Commissioners ' -rooms , Manchester . Attorneys , Mr . Appleby , Aklermanbury , London ; Mr . Grundy , Bury , XaucasBire . James Leary , coffee-Iiousekeep' ^ r , Quadrant , Regentstreub , Jane 20 , at twelve , and July ' 2-7 , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Official Assignee , Mr . Gibs ^ u , Basingballstrcet ; Attorney , Mr . Lewis , Arundel-street , J \ traJidY Charles Hopkins , miller , Stapleton , Gloucestershire , June 29 and July 27 . at the Conimercial-roonis , Bristol . Attorneys , Messrs . Jones and B ; ax ! and , Crosby-square , London ; Mr . Peters , Bristol .
JohnDaints , joiner , Stafford , June 26 and July 27 , at twelve , at the Star Inn , Staffovd . Attorneys . Messrs . Clowes and Wediake , King ' s-bcnch-walk , Inner Temple , London ; Mr . Bell , Stafford . Adam Thwaites , brewer , N 6 Wcastle-upon-Tyne , July 1 , at eleven , anil July 27 , at two , at the Bankrupt Commission-room , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Attorneys , Messrs . Bell , Broderick , and Bell , Bow Church-yard , Cheapslde , London ; Mr . ! Seymour , Newcastle-upon-Tyn « ; Mr . Kenmir , Gatesbead . John Sudden , machine-maker , Leeds , June 22 , at three , and July 27 , at nine , at the Cominissioners ' - rooms , Leeds . Attorneys , Messrs . Dunning and Stawman , Leeds ; Messrs . Smithson and Mitton , Southampton-buildings , Chaucery-lane , London .
Thomas Pitt Stokes , builder , Dudley , Worcester . June 26 and July 27 , at eleven , at the Swan , Wolverhamptom . Atttorneys , Mr . Biggs , Southampton-buildings , Londan j Messrs . Hayward and Webb , Birmingham ; Mr . Fellowes , Dudley . Thomas Dixon , grocer , Kirkgate , Leeds , June 22 , at two , and July 27 , at one , at tha Commissioners' Rooms , Commercial-buildings , Leeds . Attorneys , Messrs . Wfcjlesworth , Ridsdale , and Cradock , Gray ' s Inn-square , London ; Mr . W . T . Smith , Bank-street , Leeds . Cuthbert Taylor and Thomas Hawkey , ship-builders , Wearmouth ^ shore , Durham , July 5 and 27 , at eleven , at the Thompson ' s Arms Hotel , Sunderland . Attorneys , Messrs . Swain , Stevens , and Co ., 6 , Frederick ' splace , Old Jewry , London ; Mr . Wilson , and Messrs . Wright , Sunderland .
Joseph Barker Abbott and Denis Sl'Gheane , wine merchants , June 3 D and July 27 , at one , ut the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool . Attorneys , Messrs . Lowndes , Robinson , and BateBon , Liverpool ; Messrs . Taylor , Sharpe , Field , and Jackson , Middlesex . James Lunn , ship broker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , July 9 , » t eleven , and July 27 , at two , at the Bankrupt Commission-room , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Attorneys , Mr . Hewison , Newcastle . npon-Tyne ; Messrs . Carrie and Woodgate , New-square , Lincoln's Inn , London . Samuel Rayner , engraver . Friar-gate , Derby , June 28 , at two , and July 27 , at eleven , at the Court ef Bank ruptcy . Official Assignee , Mr . Graham , Baalnghall street ; Attorney , Mr . Vailance , Essex-street , Strand . William Burton , upholsterer , Boho , Middlesex , Jane 22 , at one , and July 27 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Official Assignee , Mr . Whitemore , ^ M ^ rghftllstreet ; Attorney , Mr . Oliver , Old Jewry .
Antonio Joaquim FreireMarreco , merchant , Newcas tle-npon-Tyne , July 8 , at one , and July 27 , at eleven , at the Bankrupt Commission-room , Royal-arcade , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Attorneys , Messrs . Watson and Wix , King ' s Arms-yard , Colemao-street , London ; Messrs . Brockett and Philipson , Newcastle-npon-Tyne . Thomas Lamplugh , grocer , Great Driffield , Yodubire , July 5 , at the Beverley Arms , Beverley , and July 27 , at the George Inn , Kingston-npon-Hull , at eleven . Attorneys , Messrs . Walmsley , Keigbtley , and Parkin , Chan eery-lane , London ; Messrs . Shepherd and Tonge , Driffield ; Mr . Thorney , Hull "
John Morriflh , liquor-merchant , Bristol , June 25 and July 27 . at one , at the Commercial-rooms , BristoL Attorneys , Messrs . Hicks and Bralkenridge , Bartifctt * buildings , Holbora , London j Messrs . Hlnton , Bristol
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 19, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct711/page/7/
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