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10 TEX XDIWB . 0 T THB BOBTHKRJf SIAi-__^ n ibe 4 th of July , the Follower rtausat JITibM ob tbe annivei » ry of 1776 , in New York , in ooo Saadiy wbool ehlldrea : bj its Insertion is * tawla&ble journal yoEWiU oblige a TeetoUller—^ "i jeiTe months a Cbartu * ud Repaboean , * WALSIKGffikX MAJtTIS . " f AlHEB , lOOk HP Mi « e * that flag , Bow graeefullyHfiiM ; Those pretty stripea , they wem to be A rainbow in the akiea . It ii oar country ' s £ af , my bob , ^ jid prcuily fjrinfc-ii the Tight O ' er ocean » wave in foreign dim * , A ijmbol of our might
pjiber , "what fearful soiae is tint , I , ifce thandering of the eloud * ? yflj do the people wave their bate Aad nsn along in aow&a ? It ii the voice of canaary , Tbe gl » d sionta of the free ; jjua U the day to memory dear , Tis freedom ' a jubilee . I vish that I ¦* as now a man , I'd fire my cannon too , And cheer a » loudly as the rest , Bat , father , why don't yoa ? rm getting eld and weak , bat itffl My heart ii big witkjoj ; pro witneaied many a day like this , Shout ye , aloud , my boy .
Bnna , lor freedom * jubilee J God bleu ear satire land ; And may I live to hold the * word Of freedom is my hand . Well done , my boy , grow up and love The land thai g » ve 7 °° ^ i *** 15 A home where freedom 1 ot 8 | to dwell If paradise on earth . SO > 'GS FOB THE MILLIONS . M if-min * ride * i * mps £ t o ' er all Cha land , ^»» e biitthedione « can his power withstiad iiBdutricma bees that prodnee the wealth l-hiivfctinu alone aad he kill * I *; stealth ;
Z ibe Touadi which he makes they never bleed , « 2 » waited form , when the ioul is dead , vfc t 2 » tale that it died for want of bread . Ob , gradoaa God , that gorenu all , Thy attributes ire wi * e aad good ; Arise , and make the txruta fail , That rob the poor of life and food . L r bsd i * the fate of the fnffering poor , fat toil , and privation , and pain they endnre ; Li «( tbey are patient , forbearing , and kind , Mpjb tbs drones ot the earth are agusst them [ oombin'd ; tasisj sha&den with grief and despair ; fnm h t ) r" *« and reflects on their woes and their
n ; jjje heart of the patriot bams with desire , i 2 tf dayi of their thraldom may quietly expire . Ob , gracious God , tbst go ° r « ma all , Thy attributes an wis « aad good : Arise , aad mike the tyrants fall , That rob the poor of life and food . ( polist * . oespets , and tyrant * are strong , ' r tesp on the poor oppression and 'wrong , [¦ atcb from the hanger * d the fruits of tbe sod , m&m abortive the blessings of God . teas on the priest that would cast and would
PB 7 > pasade the sad ™ tiHnn « to yield to their sway ; srsed be the traitor whose ton / raecan beguile , ian plnadtr and rob and betray with a amile . Ob , gracious God , that goTerna all , Thy attribota are wise and good : Arise , and make the tyrants £ aU , That rob the poor of life and food tesmfs be poured en the patriot ' s head , In fire to see tyranny practn . te and dead ;
trfta heart wOI exalt with a godlike delight , mjoUee shaS conqcer tbe power of miiht ; ttinds of msakiad who axe atxiow to aee toy of redemption when all shall be free ; rf , ] gnd y » ar assistaaoe , chained liberty eri **; its , and tbe spirit of tyranny dies . Oh , gtadons God , that goreraa all . Thy attributes are wise and foed : Arise , and make the tyrants fall , That rob the poox of life and food . Bexjakis Btoit Sw-stRet , Manchester .
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kCE PERMANENT AND UNIVEESAL : ia Practicability , Value , asd Cqi sisteacy with Krine ReTelation ; a Prize Essay , by H . T . J . Mactaxuii . London ; Saundera and Otley , Cadoit-Btreet , 1841 . 5 a is one of the most eloquent and powerful bjj spon the sabject on which it professes to anrhich has erer issued from the British press . > vu composed in coaseqaence of a eircalar pubsei bj the Conwiittee of " The Society for the
W fm Of PeraAneai tsi Universal Peace , " sii | a prize of one hundred guineas for the best bj , um [ twenty guineas for tke Becond best , on tWowiagmbjeets : — 'Pas—To show that war under all cirenmsiances Kesutent with the precepts of the Gospel and e ^ cit of the Chrisaan dispensation . 'Swsnd—To point out the duties of magistrates ifaee officers in cases of tumultB , insorrections , ¦ i snsioiii . with the most effectual method of "bSm such calamities .
\_ nird—To shew the best meanB of settling all ^ s et betweea nations without recourse \ o annB /' f & prises were to be adjudged by the Her . J . Pye jK 4 , ihe ReT . T . liomas Pvne , and the IUt . John ^ lsd tbe first prize was awarded to the essay *«« . In accordance with the plan laid down * Society ' s eircalar , the work is divided into ** parts , the first consisting of ten chapters , em-^ 62 ? the following subjects of consideration : — / Qapter 1 st—Causes of insensibility to the horrors * k » pier 2 nd—Cause of a want of actiye exertion . feiwt . s Oipter 3 rd-ETOs of war . «^ iter 4 th—Answer to objections froa the Old "Sw eat . Qapter 5 th—Prophecies and erents prerioms to ?^ ingof Jesns ia faTour of peace .
Qapter 6 th—Spirit ot the Christian Religion in J « of peace . . Qiapter 7 th—Letter of the Christian Religion * s * offeasiTe Tvar . Paptar Bdi—Tbe Cbrispaa Religion forbids de-Sire ww . * G * pter 9 rh—Opinions and practice of thePrimi-^ Canstiaas for the first three centuries , j-kipiei 10 th—Summary and review , and effects V present conduct of professing Christians on sr religion . ' " ' '¦ km tae 5 e sntjecte the anthor has addnced much cs irguoejj ^ enncing , at the same time , acntesof obserration conpied witk brilliancy of colouri tad ttach refinement in taste and expression .
V j ^ s arst and second chapters he has fear-* Ji and with a becominf determination , * « re the several causes which operate to * Jodaction and continnanee of the giant evils m fieadiih desecration of human activity * oargy . This is followed by a lncid exposi-2 tf the evil effects of war , both physical ? » onl , in which its enormities , aad the fearful —^ Qoa of every good and virtaouB princi ple F » allows in its train are depicted with a start-Hsritratbful fidelity . ?^ f onrth chapter , the author has been pe-^^ felicitous in showing that the cases of * " ¦ "W arfare and the practised
wars now are 1 * ° ni which no parallel exists . The Jewish > ^ s on the subject haTing been expressly j I ** * by the Divine Founder of our holy reg * - We are next presented with a simple , ganged , and copieus array of prophetic an-^ a « ns , and historical events , delivered and oo-^ previous to the first advent of the Lordy * ^ to establish the fact , that that great ; *[ asould be the precursor of general and unig | ? eace . Tee three next chapters exhibit a Fj * out comprehensive view of the peaceful r **« of Christianity , both as to its general Pf PJfSi special precepts , and those political
rf « nund , aad exalted virtues , which it iacul-^ aa a approves ; and which are in the succeed-= clapter exhibited practieally to oar view , » reference to the sentiments , lives , i wnduet of Cnristians dnriag the earliest ? purest ages of the ehnrch , We have ^ eetation in retomm ending the sixth , seventh , ff , and ninth chtpters of this part of y ** y , to the most careful and snpregudioed * tf ^ of aU w ^ o bear tie Chxistian name . The g-f ^ te are plain , cogent , aad convincing —^ the O we interested , while ^ ie jadgment is in-^ j and he who tax rise from the perusal goat breatbing a soieH * tow thenceforth , to r * f a fcerald and a votary of peace , must either pc a Terr obmse undersjandiDg-, or a very vicious
. second part is divided kito three chapters , **«¦ - £ : the folio-wing tepics : — ^» Pter 1 . —The prevention of invasion by the * QDuaaice of internation » i war .
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M Chapter 2 . —The prevention of tumults and riots and " Chapter S—The dnties of magistrates in cases of invasion aad rebellion . " In this part , the author has shotm that the object enjoined by ChristiaQity and contemplated by the Peace Society , is not one of enthusiastic theory , bat of practicability ; an example of which is afforded by an interesting narration of the proceedings of the venerable William Penn , in his ever-memorable treaty with the Indiaaa of Pensylvania . The work before as . proposes to accomplish the great work of universal peace . First—By the discontinuance ot international war ; Second—By a national religious education ;
Third—By improvement of the people ' s physical oonditio *; and Fourth—By appointment of conservators of the peace . All these means are treated of with precision aad clearness , aad enforced by correct reasoning and convincing argument . Those who may feel disposed to doubt the efficiency of conciliatory measures ia quelling popular tumults , will probably find their ioaUa removed by a careful and candid ciaaunation of the cases cited from Roman , British , French , aad Irish history , ia the third chapter , which we especially recommend to the attention of the goYerame&t and magistracy of this country at the present time . The third , part of the work professes to point Out the best means of earryiBg tie aforesaid objects into effect . It consists ef eight chapters on the following subjects : —
* ' Chapter 1 . —A congress and a court ef nations . rt Chapter 2 . —The congress , organization , and duties . u Chapter 3 . —The court . u Chapter 4 . —The executive power . w Chapter 5 . —The poasibility of effecting our plan . - " Chapter 6 . —The preference due to our plan . " Chapter 7 . —Prospects of success . " Chapter 8 . —Appeal to all Christians . " All tirese 8 Hbject 8 are treated in a rhetorical and eonTincing manner , and the powers , legislative , judicial , aad executive , necessary to be exercised by the proposed congress and court of nations are clearly pointed out . The arguments in Chapter fifth , will produce various effects on different minds ; some wih be sanguine , others will remain doubtful , to these latter we recommend a most
careful attention t » the contents of chapter six , the facts and reasonings of which are at once calculated to interest , instruct , and please . The advocates of peace will be glad to find themselves in the company of some of the best and wisest men of bygone days , and they win be cheered with the delightfa . il prospects of success everywhere opening upon them . Let them , however , remember that hitherto scarcely anything has bees done ; they are but jast girding on the harness fer the mighty and the holy conflict —a conflict of light against darkness , of good against evil , of the spirit of the gospel of lore and peace against the spirit of worldly ambition selfish-H 688 and war . Bnt , though fearful the contest and formidable the foe , yet to the faithful persevering Christian combataat , th » victory is certain as the Baccession of day and night .
The concluding chapter is an energetic , powerful , aad well managed appeal to the Christian public , on the importance of the subject under consideration , and the claims of the Peace Society to increased sanction and support . And truly sueb an appeal is eminently necessary at a time when eur temples , decorated with the trophies of war , appear more like the shrines of Mars than the sanctuaries of tbe Lord Jesus ; and when the ministers of religion supplicate tne God of Peace to smile with approbation upon the field of blood . Truly the Christian Church needs a trumpet-call to awaken her from her worse than death-like slumber . When a society devoted to the promulgation of the doctrines of universal peace can only collect from all her various sections less than £ 1 , 000 annually for the accomplishment of its godlike design .
We most cordially recommend the work before us to the deep and serious consideration of every friend of man .
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COST OF "CRIME . " [ We extract the followias ; graphic picture of one of our " glorious Institution * , " from the Poor Man ' s Companion for 1842 , a work which we are glad to learn has been appreciated as it deserved by those for whose use and service it has been compiled ] Transportation of convicts ( Irelsadl £ li , l 90 Freight of ships to convey coavicts to Tan Diemaa - B Land and New South Wales 45 , 000 Grataities , it to surgeons , master * , &c of convict ships 5 , 000 Fitting convict ships 4 , 000 Bedding , and other stores , for convict service ... 7 , 060 Provisions , medicine . < kc on the voyage 30 , 000 Convicts' expeoditore , New South Wales and
Van DieQian ' s Land ,. 265 , 000 CoHvicts at home and Bermuda 78 . 860 Charges hitherto paid out of the county rates ... 173 , 000 Sheriffs' expenses , Great Britain 13 , 450 Criminal prosecutions , and ether law charges ... 88 , 060 Mint prosecutions 48 , 405 Printing proclamation * asd statutes ... , 4 . 150 Jastiees in slave eoloslea 58 , 709 Inspectors of prisoners ( England ) 6 , 200 Inspectors of prisons ( Ireland ) 1 , 071 Penitentiary , Milbank „ 22 , 221 Prison buildine , Isle of Wight ( second grant ) ... 6 , 185 Model prson ( third grant ) 30 , 000 General prison at Perth . , 5 , ooo Criminal lunatics .., •¦ ...,.. 8 , 390
906 , 7 * 2 Add county rates , &e ... o ... 147 , 080 Total cost of crime £ l , # 53 , 762 What evidence of stupendous folly ! We parent a system which make * xhe people poor^—then vicious . ** Crime" is the result : then we screw more money outof the poor to keep the " criminals" in idleness in large expensive establishments , called Prisons and Hnlks , where the old hands have every opportunity of . teaching the young ones to become adepts in tlie art and mystery of thieviog ! Then we " punish" them by sending them out of the country at S . U enormous cost , and h&va to keep tbem abroad at an annual expense of £ 265 , 000 ! Verily , wt are a wise people ! Oee-balf of the annual sum
expended in keeping " crime in the land , would , if judiciously applied , Bpeecily extirpate it . —But if that were done , what would become of the Judges , Sheriff * , Criers , Barristers , I * awyers , Hangmen , Gaolers , Turnkeys . Policemen , Constables , Prisons , Jails , Convict Establishments , and all the other machinery relating to crime ! What could the officials do J The new machinery would supersede them ! TLey would hare to take their stand with the handleom weavers . And O ! think of the ornaments of the bench coming to sach a pass 1 Think too of what would become of those saintly men , the prison
chaplains , who bo assiduously attend upon the poor wretches whose crimes'' have been such as to preclude all hope of mercy from their erring fellow-men , and who , therefore , are taught to look for and expect mercy from Him who has promised to " forgive us onr trespasses as we forgive thek that trespass against us : " tnink what would become of the Parsons thus employed , if * ' crime" were extirpated ! They would be out of work—and would have to work ! No , no ; we cannot do without " crime !" It is an essential to our admirable system . The poor may think it very expensive ; but it may be some consolation for them to reflect that it finds
" good work" and comfortable livings for a vast number of indivicuals , who would otherwise have to handle a rpade or attend upon the loom . Judges and parson ? . lawyers and hanemen , cannot do withont " crime 1 "—Poor Man ' s Almanack .
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IiONDOK . —Tradbs' Delegate Meeting . —On Wednesday , Dee . 1 st , a meeting was held at the Craven ' s Head , Mr . Wartnaby in the chair . The minntes were read and confirmed . £ 2 . was handed in from the Souihwark Society of Carpenters ; from four gunsmiths , Is IOs ; a few men in Mr . Lindsay ' s employ , 8 s ; a few engineers , per Mr . Potts , £ 1 3 s 3 d ; a few jewellers , 63 ; tailors , Red Lion-street , 9 s ; a few frieBds , Carpenter ' s Arms , Catharisestreet , Pimlieo , £ 2 2 s . ; London aad Westminster Society of Carpenters , £ 5 ; paintera and glaziers , Crown and Sceptre , Brompton , £ 3 ; Phoenix Society of Painters , £ 2 17 s ; United Society ot Plumbers , £ 30 ; Mr . Hatten , 83 ; a few friends at Quten Victoria , 43 ; a few friends , per Mr . Wale , 19 s 6 d ;
tailors , King ' s Head , £ 2 8 s ; saddJere , per Mr . King , £ 1 12 s ; Mr . J . Campbell , Secretary of the National Charter Association , 5 s ; carpenters , Blackman-street , Borough , £ 2 ; a few friends at Deptford , 18 s 9 d . Mr . Wilson reported , that the deputation appointed to wait on the London M . P . s , had written to them to appoint a time for an . interview , but had not received an answer . Mr . Dunning reported that he had waited on tbe surgeon at the Westminster Hospital , and that on examining , the books it was ascertained that Hickey was admitted on the 25 th of February , and left the Hospital on the
30 th of March , bnt that he wu a considerable tune n out-door patient , bat how leag no record was kept ; the Secretary said it was inpessible the above could unite in the time specified in Allen's letter in ike Aaveriiser ; they had also waited on the Editor of tbe Morning Advertiser , and he utterly disclaimed being against tbe working classes , and would have inserted any statements , if they hid been Bent direct to him . Mr . Short gave tbem an account of the various meetings in the country * n behalf of the m&sont : they had held a large meeting on Monday , at Cheltenham ; Mr . Glenisterwas to have lectured that cTeiiing for the Chartists , but kindy postponed it . Mr . Walton stated that he had written to the
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qHarry men , wishing to know if they thought their striking would benefit the masons 1 He received for answer that it would greatly benefit them ; and the quarry men had , in consequence , Btruok ; they were almost immediately set to work again at a different description of stone , but bo more would be quarred for Grissel and Peto , until the strike was over . It was hia opinion that the strike would be a protracted one . Messrs . Grissell and Peto , thinking that the trades woold relax ia their support daring the winter season , were endeavouring to starve them out , thinking thus to get the pick of the men , but he was convinced that the liberal rapport they had met with , and the support they should receive after Christmas was over , would show to Messrs . Grissel ] and Peto , that winter would not last for ever . Sinoe
their last report they had received £ 50 from Edinburgh . Mr . Wilson detailed the manner ia which they had entrapped a man from Derbyshire . Allen wished him to write to twenty-four men that were working at the same job with him in Derbyshire , requesting theji to come to London , m most of his men were of but little use . They had sinoe paid the passage of this man back to Hull . Mr . Wilson also stated that although they had fifty-one tt « n at work at Nelson ' s monument , in place of the thirty-two that turned ent , yet they bad only set up oae stone . ( Laughter . ) A delegate suggested that one of the minor theatres should be taken for a benefit for the masons ; the bricklayers cleared last season £ 43 by a similar entertainment . This was ultimately agreed to , and a committee of twelve persons appointed to carry it oat . The meeting then adjourned .
CABLISLE . —Pdblic Breakfast . —On Monday , the 6 th instant , a pablio breakfast was given to John Dixon , Esq ., late Mayor of the borough of Carlisle , in the Coffee-house Assembly-room , in consequence of his Bervioes aa ohief magistrate for the last two years . Abeut eighty gentlemen sat down to a most ramptuonB repast ; after which , the Chairman , G . G . Mounsey , Esq ., Mayor , gave several loyal toasts , which were warmly responded to . He then gave " John Dixon , Esq ., late Mayor ef Carlisle , which was received with the most flattering tokens of respect by the company . Mr . Dixon returned thanks in a neat and appropriate address . Several other toasts were given , after which the company broke up .
Anti-Cosh Law League , Caklisle . — This ailbut defunct body have been honoured during the past week with a visit from a Mr . Curtis , of Ohio , United States of America . Oa Friday , the 3 rd instant . it was announced by the following handbill that Mr . Curtis would leoture on the Corn Laws . "American bread in exchange for British labour . John Curtis , Esquire , of Ohio , Uaited States , will deliver a leoture , at eight o ' clock , in the Tabernacle , Lowther-street , on Friday evening , the 3 rd instant , oa tbe Great Capacity of America for supplying food , in exchange for British manufactures , and the advantages to be derived therefrom if the Corn Laws were repealed . Admission , Twopence . " Before proceeding te make any remarks on the leoture , we
cannot but notioe tbe v « ry anomalous conduct of the committee of the Tabernacle in granting the use of that place for a political leoture , which , bat for the charge , would in all probability have led to discussion , and perhaps dissension , more especially when we recall to oar remembrance the refusal of the same body to allow the use of the Tabernacle to the Rev . Mr . Forsyth , one of their own body , to Sreach a charity sermon on behalf ot the Rev . oseph Rayner Stephens . Suoh conduct on the part of the committee is , to say the least of it , ntterly disgraceful , and likely to lead to considerable diasention among the members . In regard to the leoture of Mr . Curtis , we intend to say little . If Mr . Curtis is paid by tbe Aoti-oora Law League ,
they have made a very bad choice ; for Mr . Curtis is one of the most feeble and unimpressive speakers we ever listened to , as a public lecturer . The charge of two-pence for admission , was evidently made to keep out the Chartists , so that the League might have things all their own way ; and so far it proved effectual , for there would not be more than about three hundred persons present . Mr . Curtis does not even possess the advantage of being a good deelaimer ; a qualification which many of the league lecturers possess to a great extent ; asd ot which they make a most unbounded nse . Mr . Curtis assumed a great mass of false data , from which he reasoned , and finally arrived at most nnwarrantable conclusions . For instance , he stated that " tbe Americans would take all the manufactured goods
we would send—providing we would takft their corn in return . " Now , we would ask , is this at all likely , seeing that the Americans have a strong desire to be independent ef other countries for their clothing , and are at present engaged in a sort of rivalry with Britain ; and it ia certain th * t they are lust overtaking it , both in the excellence and cheapness of their products . Let us for a moment look at the facts , and we will then readily discover that it is not at all likely that America will either neglect « r give up her present system of manufactures . The cotton manufacture was introduced so late as 1790 , and in 1832 , the number of mills in twelve states was 795 ; of spindles , 1 , 246 , 503 ; power looms , 38 , 506 ; persons employed , 57 , 466 ; amount of
capital employed , £ 9 , 375 , 000 Stirling ; being one-fourth of the capital invested in the same branch in Britain . They can procure the cotton much cheaptf than in England . All improvements in sa « ehanism speedily find their way to this spot . Household manufactures of woollen , linen , and cotton are made to a great extent . It is supposed that nearly twothirds of domestic clothing is made in country places . Attempts are making , with great success , to introduce the manufacture of silk . The mulberry tree grows spontaneously in the middle States . Under these circumstances , is it not more than probable that Aoerica will shortly be able to produce a sufficiency of goods to supply its own wants , so that it is not at all likely she will take our
manufactured goods to any great extent . Mr . Curtis argued that by taking American corn in exchange for our goods , that wages would rise in this country ; a statement wholly at variance with truth and probability ; for supposing we had twice the demand for our manufactured goods , is there not power of machinery sufficient to produce it , without extending hand labour to any great extent . Moreover , were it even as Mr . Curtis would have it , that America could supply us with a sufficiency of corn , and take the whole of our manufactured goods , would it be prudent so to act I—thus throwing our own land out of cultivation , inundating the manufacturing towns with hordeB of agricultural labourers , who would have the effect of still further redueing
the wages of those engaged in the produce of manufactures—thus causing increased misery and destitution , in addition to the frightful extent to which it at present exists . Were the Corn Law repealed to-morrow , and all the benefits anticipated therefrom realised , still we question if the working man would be a gainer , for his labour is not protected , and the increased power of machinery , would be more than adequate to the extra demand , and what would become of our farmers and agricultural labourers under such circumstances ! Why , they would be driven into the manufacturing districts , ( already too densely populated , ) to starve , or take up their abodes in the Poor Law Bastiies . The land , in place of being neglected , must be improved—must be made to produce more —a greater number of people must be domici ' ed upon it . There is one fact alone , ( says Mr . Hollis ,
in his admirable lectures on the progress and resnlts of machinery ; , which demonstrates the cause of Swiss prosperity , and that is , that they are not only a country of producers , supplying the nations of the world with their products , but that they are at the same time consumers , and from the subdivision of the land—there being an intermixture of agricultural and artizau occupations , and that a great portion of the inhabitants prodnee a portion of their own subsistence . The Swiss peasant goes ob his plot of ground , and produces what will secure him from hunger , and returns to his loom to provide the means of other comforts , and some of the luxuries of life . "The loom , " says Mr . Symons , speaking of Switzerland , which in England is an exclusive * nd starringoccapatfon , "is ttiere a pastime of supplementary occupation . " And , speaking of the Poor Laws , he says , " the sums raised for the relief of the impotent poor are very trifling . "
ABERDEEN—Strike of the London Masons . —A public meeting of the inhabitants ot Aberdeen was held oa Friday evening , Dec . 3 rd , in the Temperance Hall , George ' e-street , for the purpose of laying before the public the whole of the circumstances connected with tbe strike of tbe masons , lately employed at the Houses of Parliament and Nelson ' s Monument , London , and Woolwich Dockyard , and then determining whether they deserve tbe sympathy and support ot the operative classes of Aberdeen , for the stand they have takon agaimt tyranny and oppression . Mr . Mackay , moulder , was unanimously called to the chair . The minutes of a previous meeting of delegates being rtad , the Chairman briefly addressed the meeting , and called upon Mr . Carter , a London delegate . He said , however diffident he was in addressing a meeting of such magnitude , a thing he was not accustomed to do , yet it was a seuree of gratification to him , to have an
opportunity of divesting the public Bind of those false statements , caused by the misrepresentation of the London press . It was a duty incumbent on him to lay before that meeting a statement of facts as to the cause » f the strike , and leave then to jud f e for themselves . He then entered into a detailed account of the charges made against Allen , which appeared in our former numbers . He »! & » showed the meeting the futile attempts that had beea made by Grissell and Peto tarefute those charges , and the manner in which they had shrank from pvblie investigation ( which seemed to give grsat satisfaction to the meeting ) , and retired amidst the Most enthusiastic applause . —Mr . Archibald M'Donald , flaxdresser , traid he came forward with muck pleasure to address a meeting of this kind , when he knew their cause was just . He reprobated the conduct of Allen , for he thought he had tseated the men worse than beasis , as bo o » e would refuse his horse a drink of water when he was in need ot it , and he hoped it wauld ekow tc the work-
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ing classes generally the necessity of uniting in the grand struggle , as the only sure means of protecting themselves from the inroads of SUOh tyrannical employers . ( Cheers ) He entered mildly and oehberately into the merits of the case before the meeting , and concluded by proposing the following resolution , namely , " That this meeting fully justifies the proceedings of the masons who lately struck at the two Houses of Parliament against the overbearing and tyrannical conduct of their foreman , and pledges itself to nee every possible exertion in order to secure their trinmph . "Mr . Duncan Nicholson , wooloomber , seconded the resolution , and after reading a letter from the Dundee Chronicle , eonfirming the charges made by the masonsthe
resolu-, tion was pnt and carried nnanimoasly , amidst long and loud oheeers . —Mr . John Legge , mason , then roae . ( Cheers . ) He came forward with much plewnre to propose a resolution which he held In his hand , because he knew th » contents of It were i °£ " He ^ ntw > ed in a qualified manner into the effects of disorganisation , which was the cause of suoh meetings as these : was it not for the unprincipled of their own class , they would not be under the necessity of calling for publio sympathy and support , and he waa happy to say they had not called in vain ; but he hoped still further , that it would be a lesson for those who had not yet united , and cause them to come forward , and put their shoulder to the wheel in the common cause .
( Cheers . ) After a leng thened ani able speech , he proposed the following resolution : — "That it is the opinion of this meeting that the conduct of those individuals who have been so unmanly and unprinoipled in supplanting those masons who struck from the employ of Messrs . Grissell and Peto , London , against the tyrannical and overbearing conduct of their foreman , George Allen , is highly reprehensible , and trust that at no distant period they will meet with that contempt their base conduct so justly merits . " Mr . W . Donald seconded the resolution , whioh was put and carried unanimously . Mr . Mitchell , bookseller , next rose amidst long and loud cheers . He entered in a clever manner into the ease ; he had never
seen a case more clearly made out in his life than that against the tyrant Allen . He then in an eloquent and characteristic speech , exposed the truth-perverting , renal disposition of the London press generally , but particularly the Times , Weekly Dispatch , and Morniug Advertiser . He said if tbe Times had said anything in favour of the masons , he should immediately have concluded that the masons were wrong , for he never knew them to advocate a just cause . As for the Dispatch , it was easily explained , as it generally grappled at the whole market . He would say but little of the Morning Advertiser ; it could not be expected to advocate the cause of so temperate ft body of men , it being the property of the publicans . He entered warmlv into
the necessity of supporting a paper that would advocate their interests , or they might always expect to meet with similar treatment to the masons . He then concluded his able and appropriate speech , amidst loud cheers , by proposing the following resolution , viz . " That this meeting reprobate the conduct of a portion of the London papers , viz . the Times , Weekly Dispatch , and Morning Advertiser ^ and pledges itself only to support that portion of the press which advocates the rights of the workiug classes , and withdraw it from those that acts against them . " Mr . M'PhersoB , comb manufacturer , in a neat and appropriate speech , seconded the resolution , which was put and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting separated .
BHYWEY . —Strike at Rhtnet Ibon Works . —The workmen at the above iron works have returned to their work , and there was not the slightest breach of the peace . It ia now understood that the great cause of complaint arose from the tommy or truck shops being upheld in auoh force ; the _ gooda being sold at the highest possible price , aud of a very inferior quality . The state of the working classes in these districts is truly shocking and lamentable , and from every indication , it is more than probable , we shall ovre a winter of dreadful suffering .
CONOLETON . - « Babbt" Meeting . — -On Thursday week , the Mayor called a public meeting to agree to a congratulatory address to the Queen because she bad given the nation a son . The Chartists attended and proposed an amendment , acquainting her Majesty with the distress of the labouring population . A long discussion ensued , which ended in the Mayor declining to pat the amendment , and declaring the meeting dissolved . UVfiRPOOXi .-Corn Laws . —Col . Thompson . —A placard having appeared on the walls of this town , announcing that Colonel Thompson would deliver a lecture on the Corn Laws , on the 30 th of November , and farther , that he would prove that all the evils of society were the result of those laws , and their operation the immediate cause of our
labourers and artizans being without employment . The Chartists were not a little surprised at this public pledge to the people of Liverpool on behalf of Colonel Thompson , they having hitherto entertained an opinion that as he ( the Colonel ) had assisted in drawing up the Charter , and having subsequently avowed his adherence to its principles , that he ascribed the evils of { society to their true source , namely , class legislation , although at the same time he was laoouring for a repoal of the Corn Laws . But the Chartists were soon to be undeceived , as the sequel will show . A deputation from the Chartists consisting of Messrs , M'Cartney and Laurie , waited on the Colonel previous to the meeting , in a room attached to the Qaeen ' s Theatre , the place where
the meeting was about to be held , for the purpose of learning personally from himsalf whether he was prepared to redeem the pledge which the Cora Law Repealers had given on his behalf . Having with some difficulty gained an interview , the deputation requested to know whether he ( the Colonel ) ascribed the evils of society and the present national distress to tbe _ Corn Laws , and whether those laws were the cause in themselves of so many of our operatives wandering the country in a state of destitution and unwilling idleness . To the first question a very evasive answer w& 8 returned , the Colonel saying " that tbe Corn Lawa were the grand link in the chain of monopoly . " To the second question he replied " that no doubt existed on his
mind but that those laws were the immediate cause of so man ; being out of employment . " The deputation were about to ask if he thought uncontrolled maohinery had nothing to do with the non-employment of oar operatives , when James Harvey , Esq , addressing himself to Charles Holland , Esq ., both of whom bad accompanied the Colonel , said , " Mr . Chairman , it is quite time that the meeting was opened , " and this previously to having entered the place of meeting , much less a Chairman proposed . This was evidently done for the purpose of abruptly putting an end to the . interview . All parties then retired to the Theatre , when Mr . Holland , having taken the chair , introduced Colonel Thompson to the meeting . The Colonel was received with the
plaudits of the whole assembly , the Chartists who were present still believing him to be a friend to their cause , and ignorant of the result of tbe interview . The Colonel delivered a true Corn Law address , abounding with the usual fallacies of the benefits resulting to the working classes from a repeal , and , in the course of his epeooh , denied that machinery had been productive of evil to the working olasses . At the conclusion of bis speech , the Chairman said that if any person in the meeting had any questions to ask the Gallant Colonel , now was the time to do so . Mr . Barnard M'Cartney , a working man , then camo forward , amid loud * cheers , and stated that he was desirous of asking the Colonel a question or two . He said ho
had not come forward for the purpose of offering aoything approaching to the nature of a factious opposition . He had merely risen for the purpose of having certain impressions which he had imbibed removed , or more tully strengthened . He had understood the Colonel to Bay , that if our manufacturing trade increased , the wages , and consequently the comforts of the working man must increase in the same ratio . Now , he ( the speaker ) had found that in the year 1737 we manufactured twenty-three million pounds of cotton . The average wages at that period in the cotton department were 26 s . 3 d ., whilst in 1840 , we manufactured 460 million pounds , and the wages in the cotton spinning and weaving department averaged 5 s . 6 d . Now , be would appeal
to the experience of those present how far the Colonel had been borne out by facts . Let their comforts and present condition answer the question . The Colonel , in reply , said , that all was owing to the Corn Laws , but with regard te Mr . M'Cartney ' s observation of thehandloom weavers he ( Colonel Thomson ) denied that the hand-loom weavers were badly off . This declaration was received with the marked indignation of the meeting . Mr . M'Cartney said that he had another question to atk . Tbe Colonel had stated that machinery had not been productive of injury to the operatives « f this country , and in support of that assertion instanced the printing business in the metropolis . Now he ( Mr . M'Uartney ) wished to know what had caused 1 , 200 connected with the printing department in London alone , according to the Weekly Dispatch , to be waaderine the streets of
our vast metropolis without employment , even when the people at the present tine read beyond calculation more than at any former period . The Colonel was quite at a stand still , but recapitulated something whioh he had previously asserted , amid tbe mingled hisses and cheers of the meeting . Mr . John Ambler , another working man , wished to know if we possessed a power in this country equal to 600 , 000 , 000 humau beings , and the world contained but 800 , 000 , 000 inhabitants , where we must obtain a market for all that our machinery was capable of producing even with a Repeal of the Com Laws ! The Colonel in reply said that Mr . Ambler had asked a question very difficult to answer , but still that was no reason why tbey should not go on for a Repeal of the Corn La > we . Mr . Ambler then wanted to know , and he hoped the gallant Colonel would be better capable of answerine this question than the former « ue . Why we
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must travel ta the uttermost limits of the earth in search of agricultural produce , when , eur own country contained 76 , 000 , 000 of acres , only 26 , 000 , 000 of which was in a state of oultiva ion , and our population treading the surface ot that very uncultivated soil , without employment and without food ? The Colonel seemed in as perplexing a predicament as before , and denounced the Chartists for their interferenee , after having been invited by his own chairman to ask questions ; denounced the Chartist leaders in a mass , charged them with designs of throwing the country into anarchy and revolution , declared that he had withdrawn himself from them for ever , and regretted having assisted in drawing up the Charter . During this delivery he was assailed with cries of •* traitor'' " renegade , " " deceiver , " from all parts of the house . A Corn Law resolution was moved and seconded ; but the Chairman , for obvious reasons , would not put it to the meeting .
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Uhiied Statbs . —The next candidate for the Presidency of the United States is already named , and American writers take it for granted that he will be the President . General Scott is favourably known to the English public , as a man Who unites to a reputation for talent in his profession a considerable share of popularity among his fellow-citizens , and a very high name for blended discretion and courtesy , in the somewhat delicate diplomatic duties which have been incidental to his employment as a commander on the border . The canvassing circular whioh he has issued will not add to his reputation here . It is written in a loose a tyle , meant probably for frank and saldierly familiarity , yet disfigured by
that diaactio air which is perceivable to a greater degree in the composition of Mr . Tyler and General Harrison . It expounds no new views—gives to none of its yetj trite subjects the smallest relief ot novelty . It expresses no very decided opinions . The General , indeed , asserts & positive conviction on one or two points * but only in accordance with the popular bent ; while he uses mild and general terms . The impression whioh his address is calculated to produce is , that with an appearance of soldiery independence , he will prove as accommodating a politioian as General Harrison ; and there is nothing to show for it that he will not display as much want of purpose as Mr . Tyler .
Distress im the Country , —The iron-masters of Scotland have resolved to blow out for six months one-fourth of their furnaces . This 13 a resolution of dire necessity on the part of the masters , and will , of course , be felt with great severity by the numerous body of operatives in connexion with this br . > noh of industry in the west of Scotland . Again , the early severity of the winter throws completely idle , considerably before the usual period , that industrious body the masons , and other out-door workers in connexion with them . The calico-printing business is in the most hopeless state , and we are certain we do nat exaggerate when we say that in the west of Scotland one-half of the workers are idle , and that the same number of masters would be bankrupt had they not capital to fall back upon . As to the weaving population , they have for so long frequently had occasion to state the helpless state they are come to , that we do not feel inclined to say more about them . —Glasgow Chronicle '
Mb . S . Crawford , the honourable member for Rochdale , has been confined for the last fortnight at his residence , Crawford ' s-burn , by very serious indisposition . The Gosport branch of the London and Southwestern Railway was opened on Saturday , by the Directors and other gentlemen ; and a grand dinner was given at Goaport in honour of the occasion . The wbole line of railway from London to Gosport was opened to the public on Monday . A detachment of troops , pait of the reinforcement destined fot China , were conveyed by means of the railway to Portsmouth .
Switzerland . — -Switzerland has taken another instalment of revolution . A theologico-political dispute in the Canton of Argua has given occasion for dissensions in other Cantons ; the Aristocracy of the Protestant provinces siding with the turbuleHt and oppressed Catholics of Argau , the Democrats with the excessive austerity of the Argovian Anti-papists . In the central legislature , the deputy of the metropolitan Canton voted for tho Aristoorates and the Catholics , against the suppression of the Argovian convents ; and his conduct has brought about a revolution in Geneva—the expulsion of the Aristocrats from their little remaining power , and the promise of a thorough change in the constitution .
Canada . —Mr . Johnson , a Lieutenant in Colonel Dyer ' s Corps , and one of the parties implicated in the Grogan affair , had been tried at Montreal , by court-martial . He did not deny having participated in the attack on Grogan , but he addressed the Court in mitigation of punishment . He wsb cashiered . Some petty quarrels had occurred oa the Northeastern bonnaary , in consequence of the American ex parte survey . The American Commissioners had drawn a line of boundary which , as it affected the rights of private property , was very ubpopular . Ia one instance , the observatory temporarily erected was destroyed by British settlers , and the surveyors were assaulted .
Burglart ard MuBDSB . —An old man , upwards f seventy years of age , named Adams , residing near the Windmill , Walsall , waa brutally murdered by a party of burglars , on the night of Tuesday last . The unfortunate deceased derived a small income from several houses ; and it is supposed that the circumstance of his having collected his rents a day or two before the deed was perpetrated instigated the murderers to their diabolical act . They effected an entranoe to his house through the roof of a low brewhouse ; but the noise they made having disturbed him , he made resistance with a stable fork , the appearance of which indicated that one or more
of his assailants were severely gored by its prongs . A woman , living in the adjoining premises , heard the noise and saw the men ( who are said to be four ) , and by calling eut to them caused them to decamp , leaving their aged victim bo deeply injured by their violence that he died on the following day . The ruffians were disappointed of the expected booty ; the deceased having deposited his money , £ 10 , in the bank , oa the previous day . A person named Johns was taken into custody , on suspicion , on Thursday evening , having upon his person , or premises , a pistol corresponding with one which the murderers had left upon the premises of the deceased . —Staffordshire Examiner .
Shocking Accident in a Factory . —On Saturday aa inquest was held at Liverpool , before P . T . Carrie , Esq . . to inquire touching the death ef Mary Mulvey , aged 6 ixteen . It appeared , that the deceased worked in the cotton factory on the canal bank . On Friday afternoon , at half-past one o ' clock , she was leaning on a strap whioh had been thrown out of gear . By some means or other , the strap was caught by the maohinery , and the poor girl was caught up , feet first , carried over the shaft , and pitched thence a considerable distance , till she alighted behind her own frame . She was taken up insensible , and carried to a room below , whea , on examining her , it was found that her leg was completely severed at the knee , and that she had received other shocking mutilations . She was conveyed to the Northern Hospital , where her case was at osice pronounced hopeless . She never rallied , and died at six o ' clock . The jury returned a verdict of accidental death .
Rival Auctioneers at a Fair . — " Here you are !" cried one genius ; " here ' s a beautiful brass-mounted two-foot box rule , with slide and all completeagoin' for the small sum of one shillin—only one shillin— think of that ! ' Why , it ' s worth the money , if \ i was taly for the purpose of pawning it for eighteen pence , and selling the ticket for two shillings . What ! none of you give a shillin ! Why then I must take ninepence , that ' s all . Goin'fer ninpence . I see a genl ' man afeeling for his money ; out with it , Sir , don ' t be afraid . This here rule 'U measure the extent of yonr sweatheart's affection for you—it 'H measure the integrity of a Jew , or the virtue of a woman—it ' 11 take the breadth and depth of all the professions of friendship that a man makes
when he wants to borrow money of you ; and ' 11 give yoa the square and cube of the promises that a candidate for a seat in Parliament makes to the voters at a contested election . What , nobody give ninepence t Why then I must take iixpence , I suppose . Agoin' for sixpence , the smallest coin but one in her Majesty ' s dominions . You'll never miss it out of your purse , Sir . That ' s your sort ! Hand np the browns , if you hav ' nt got silver ; one ' 11 do as well as t ' other . Thankye , Sir ; there's your rule ; do you live by it , and you'll live wisely . " " Here ! ' ' cried his competitor , who now began to make himself heard , " here you have a bran-new watch , chain , and seals , and all for the low sum of 6 s . It keeps time surDrifiinely . for it never varies : it ' 0 just the
thing for a genl ' man what goes a courting , for whenever he pulls it out , if it ain't quite correct , his sweetheart ' s sure to think it ' s 'the time o' day ' at any rate . Look at the seals . Here ' s on onelet me B&e—* Too joer Jiddel . That meane ' a lass and a fiddle f and on the other , ' Sem per Idem * which means , " Years , I'm damned . " If they don't take any girl ' s heart by storm , why then it must be harder than Bells metal generally is , that ' s all I ' ve got to say . Who'll say 5 s . for the lot Look at the chain . It's like qnt of Cupid '*—eo airy you caa hardly feel it , and yet so strong you can ' t
break away from it any more than a prince can break his word , and k ' s proverbial , m that ' s a thing they never do : oh no , net at all I As for tho watch , whea you ' re all wound up to the bidding point , all I can say is , the sooner it goes the better . Don't let me put it back again ; it ' s the cheapest watch that ever west up # n tick . Come , say 4 s . for the lot . Going' —goia—tfone ! for that young genlman in the smock frock , and the green ribands in hia straw hat . Yen ' ve got a dead bargain , Sir , and one that'll censekintly never trouble you with any complaints . Thank ye , Sir ! Hope you ' ve got plenty of brothers and sisters . Dea ' t forget to wing 'em with you to the fair to-morrow . You ' re a nioe family , I'll be boud .
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Tbrkm Deaths trow Eativq Putrid Greens — Much excitement has been caused during the last few days in the ordinarily quiet village of Malvera and the neighbourhood , by the sudden seizure ot a whole family of the name of Joaep , father , mother , and three children , with violent sickness and purging , after partaking of some bacon and boiled greens , on Tuesday se ' nnight . Suspicion immediately arose that poison had been mixed with the food of which they had partaken , bat nothing transpired to confirm such a supposition , and the caHse of the malady had therefore to be sought in natural causes . It was at length ascertained that the greens they had dined off were in a half-frozen state , and were put into warm water before they had properly thawed by
soaking them in cold water , the consequence was that they became , through decomposition , of a most pernicious and putrid quality . To this fact the illness was traced . Mr . Morison , of Mai vent , was the first medical man called in , and Mr . J . N . Gardner , also of Malvern , was afterwards sent for , but in three out of five persons attacked , all their exertions have pioved fruitless . Two of the children died on Friday , and the father on Monday . An inquest was holden upon the bodies of the two little girls before W . S P . Hughes , Esq ., coroner and a very respectable jury , at the Somers Arms , Leigh Sinton , on Monday , when , after examination of the witnesses , the jury returned a verdict , " That the
deceased died irom exhaustation produced by violent sickness and purging , cauoed ifc is supposed , by eating greens . " . An inquest will be held on the body of the unfortunate father , —Jones , this day » Wednesday . M . Pierpoint , Esq ., surgeon of this city , has been employed to make a post mortem examination of the body , and will report the result of it to the jury . The mother remains exceedingly ill , and is not expected to survive . Great consternation prevails in the neighbourhood on account of the fingular nature of the malady , the unusual cause from which it is inferred to have resulted , and its awful and extensively fatal termination . — Worcester Chronicle .
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THE I R O N DUKE A ND THE S T A RV I N G PEOPLE . Much has been said and written about the Duke of Wellington , but there is one remarkable trait in the Dake ' s character which has never been noticed publicly , out of deference , we presume , to his fame \ which trait is , the strong desire of the duke to get possession of as much money as possible , and his equally strong desire not to part with what he has once got possession of . Muoh as the ceu&try has heard of the Duke receiving , in the way ot pablio grafts , high pay , liberal pensions and equally liberal sinecures , te use one of his own favourite phrases " nobody , " nobody has ever heard of the Duke making himself famous by heading publio subscriptions . We have an excellent illustration of the character of the Duke of Wellington in this respect
from the following correspondence which took place between his grace and the deputation 1 lately sent to London from Paisley to solicit subscriptions for the buffering people , whose petitions the Duke turned so deaf an ear to before the late prorogation of Parliament Almost immediately on the arrival of the deputation in London , the Rev . Dr . Burns and tho Rev . Mr , Baird addressed a note to the Duke of Wellington , stating the object of their mission , the urgent nature of the sufferings of the people there , whioh had induced them to leave their charge for the purpose of soliciting tbe means of keeping them in life . The note , at the same time , most respectfully solicited an interview with his ftrace , for tho purpose of laying ; the condition of the people of Paisley before him . To this request the deputation received the following laconic reply : —
• * Walmer Castle . Oct . 26 , 1841 . —Field-marshal the T ) uke of Wellington presents his compliment ? to Dr . Robert Burns . He is much concerned that , being out of town , it is impossible for him to find time to receive the deputation . —The Rev . Dr . Burns , 21 , Manchester-buildings , Westminster , " Two days after receipt of the above note , through the medium of the public papers , as well as from the stir about Apsley- house , the deputation were made aware of the Duke of Wellington having returned to London , when they lost no time in forwarding the following note to his Grace : — " The members of the deputation from Paisley and
the neighbouring places in Renfrewshire , most respectfully solicit , an interview with his Grace the Duke of Wellington , now that he has returned to London , for the purpose of submitting their subscription sheet to hia consideration , and for the purpose of affording his tfraoe som « important information regarding the condition of that unfortunate portion of her Majesty ' s subjects , whom the deputation are sorry thus to represent . —21 , Manchester-buildings , October 29 , 1841 . " To the above note the Duke of Wellington forwarded the following curious reply , which , take it all in all , we are sure will be read with astonishment over the whole country : —
" London , Ootober 30 , 1841 . —Field-marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to the members of the deputation from Paisley . It is true that the Duke returned to town the night before last , in order to attend at Buckirgham Palace when her Majesty will be confined . The Duke ' s time has been and will be muoh occupied while he will be ia London , and he must again decline to receive the visit of the deputation from Paisley . He pays every at tea . ion it is in his power to give ta the distresses at Paisley as well as elsewhere . A meeting to discuss them is not necessary in order to draw his attention to these distresses , and his other occupations render it necessary that he should decline to receive the deputation . He begs tho deputation toobserve that he is not in the Queen ' s politioal service
—that he does not fill any political office , and exercises no power or authority . —The members of the deputation from Paisley . " By the time his grace came to write this singular epistle , he seems to have got rid ef all the " concern " ha had felt when writing his first note , at wot being able to receive the deputation ; owing to his distance from London . With the same ease , however , as he seems to have got rid of the " concern , " he also managed to get rid of all allusion to the subscription for the relief of the " distress at Paisley , he was giving every attention in his power to 1 ' If the Duke was giving his attention to the distress , he took special care to give nothing more than his attention . The following letter , next addressed to hia grace by the deputation , was not honoured with an
answer : — " My Lord Duke , —The undersigned members of the deputation from Paisley and Renfrewshire , have to acknowledge the receipt of the card from your Grace , dated tbe 30 th , in answer to their application for leave to wait upon your Grace with their tubscription-sheet , and for the purpose of stating personally to your Grace the wretched condition of many thousands of the sober , industrious , and most ingenious tradesmen in tbe town of Paisley and neighbourhood , owing to their inability to obtain employment . We regret exceedingly that your Grace should not have found it convenient to admit of an interview for the purpose referred to . Aa a deputation , we were appointee at a late joint
meeting of the most influential resident magistrates of the county , with the magistrates of Paisley , and other gentlemen , who take an interest in the relief of the suffering workmen . There were present at the said meeting the convener of the ocunty , several of her Majesty ' s deputy-lieutenants , and the Sheriffsubstitute of the district , as well as the magistrates of Paisley ; and the instructions specially given to the deputation by the meeting were to lay before the heads of her Majesty ' s Government a statement of the condition of the inhabitants , and to solicit their aid and patronage to a subscription . Having , therefore , been appointed by such authority , and for such a purpose , the deputation will feel themselves most awkwardly situated if , after travelling front
four to five hundred miles , they are obliged to return homo without being permitted to lay a statement of their case before your Grace personally . Because whatever may be the nature of the appointment J 0 QI Grace may hold as a member of the Government , we , as a deputation , and the whole country , consider your Grace ono of the moat influential of her Majesty ' s advisers , and one of the principal heads of the government . We feel justified in entertaining this opinion , from the public declaration lately made by your Grace from your place in the House of Peers , that , ' you would take on yourself the responsibility of advising her Majesty to prorogue Parliament . 'In again soliciting an interviewwhioh we hope
, your Grace will be so kiad as to grant , we hare most respectful ] ' / to assure your Grace , that we do so for no-other purpose but to lay before your Grace a true statement of the unprecedented and almost incredible destitution of the large manufacturing town we come froia—such as we have seen and can vouch for personally . We may be permitted to add , that nothing is farther from our imtention than to trouble your Grace with any party views whatever , or to propose remedies for the evils complained ot . Hoping your Grace will reconsider our application , we are , most respectfally , your obedient servants , Ah * bb » Baibd , minister . —John Hxndebsom . " 21 , Manchester-buildings , Nev . 1 , 1 S 41 . "
Without much further remark , we leave the correspondence in the hands of eur contempraries , perfectly aware that it requires no comment from us to exhibit the Duke of Wellington in a more ridiculous light than he has done himself , under his 01 m hand . The country will be astonished 1 *© learn tfcaf the Great Duke—the Iron Duke—w * o boasted b » would take on bimself the whole rejspoisiblity ef advising the prorogation of Parliament , should , for the sake ot a paltry twenty or twenty-Bvo pounds is the way of subscription , shrink from meeting the representatives of those people he had so heedlesalj handed over to / bur months' starvation in winter * The country will also be anxious to know if he does not "fill any political office , " or if he " exercise no power or authority , " what was bis business at Buckiiigham-hoase at the confinement of the Queen . Are we to understand the Duke that it was only in hia character of field marshal that he claimed the privilege of being present aa a peeping boy to watch the . oroaem ot events behind ike soeaee t
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