On this page
- Departments (6)
-
Text (16)
-
-^H •Jptttfljeomtwg; Gijasligt $$Utti\x
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
rflE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1842.
-
THE MANCHESTER TIMES AND MR. FEARGUS O'CONNOR.
-
SIJl ROBERT PEEL'S BUDGET
-
2?o &Ua&n*0 ant* @Qvv?$$QVtocnt0
-
Smptvial ^arliamfntV
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
-^H •Jptttfljeomtwg; Gijasligt $$Utti\X
- ^ H Jptttfljeomtwg ; Gijasligt $$ Utti \ x
Untitled Article
HoiiixwooD—A Tea Party wUl be held ou Easter Monday , in the Chartist Rood , Ralph Green . Tea on the table at six o'clock . . . Dewsbcst — Mr . Brophy lectures to-morrow afternoon and evening over ths Stores . North Lancashire . —Mr . Lund's route : —Monday , March 21 st , at Blackburn ; Tuesday , the 22 nd , at Harwoad ; Wednesday , the 23 rd , at Clithero ; Thursday , the 24 th , at Barnoldswick ; Friday , tho 25 vb , at Sabden ; Saturday , the 26 th , at Preston ; Monday , the 28 ; h , at Kendal ; Tuesday , the 29 th , at Chorley t Wednesday , the 30 th , at Barnley ; Tfeursdsy , the 31 stj at Colne ; Friday , April lst 3 at Bacup , and on Saturday , the 2 ad , at Todmorden . Yew Greek . —A concert and ball will be held on Easier Tuesday .
Stocbpobx . —Mr . J . Cooper , from Manchester , ¦ will leclnre here to-morrow evening ( Sunday ) at six o ' clock . Ha . zn , Grove . —Mr . Thomas Clark , of Stockport , irill lec ; ure here on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . Eccles . —Mr . Thomas Claik , of Stockport , will lecture here on Monday night , at eight o ' clock-. Stbocdwateb—A coanty meeting will be held on Bodborongh Hiil , near S : roud , on Good Friday , to elect the delegates to the forthcoming Convention . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and Mr . Henry Vincent are invited to attend the meeting . WiLSDiN . —Mr . Arran preaches on Eastsr Sunday , afternoon and evening .
Birmingham Delegate Meeting . —A meeting of delegates for the couctts of Warwick and Worcester will be held on Tuesday next , at the Chartist Room , Aston-street , Birmingham , at two o ' clock . ' Statforbshirb Delegate Meetisg . —A meeting of delegates from the various towns in Staffordshire -will be held at Mr . Mogs ' s , Temperance Cofiee Hotise , Snow-bill , Wolverhamptoa , on Sundays the 27 th * of March , when the business connected with the forthcoming Convention will be finally Bet tied . Worcester . —A ball will be held in the Hall of Science , on Easter Tuesday the proceeds to go towards supporting the Convention .
Keighlzt . Chartist Ssrmoxs . —To-morrow , Sunday , the 20 th insisut * two sermons will be delivered in the Working Man ' s Hall , Sun-street , Keighley , by Mr . € andy , of Wolverhampton ; to « ommence in the afternoon at two o ' clock , aDd five in the evening . Collections will be made for the bene £ j of the forthcoming Chartist Convention . Bradford . —On Sunday , March 20 th , Mr . Henry Hodgson , Mr . Ainl y , and Mr . Borrows will lecture in the large room , Butierworth . Boildicgs , at six o ' clock in the evening . - Idle—Mr . Joseph Alderson and Mr . Rawnsley will lecture here on Monday next , at seven o ' clock in the ' evening . Shipley . —Mr . Joseph Brook will lecture at this place on Monday next , at seven o ' clock in the evening .
BrsGLET . —Mr . Candy will preach two sermons in the Foresters' Couri , on Easter Sunday afternoon and evening , for the benefit of the Executive . Prestos . —A public meeting is to be held in Chadwick ' s Orchard on the 26 th instant , to lake into consideration the alarming distress of the country , and to elect deputies to the Petition Convention , intended to be nolden in London on the 12 ih of April
. Mr . John West , the East and North Riding Lecturer , will visit the following places during nexi week , namely—Monday , at York ; Tuesday , at Malion ; Wednesday , at Scarborough ; Thursday , at Bridlington ; Satnrdajj at Beverley ; and on . Monday , the 28111 , at Hull . Delegate Meetikc . —The Eait and North Riding Delegate Meeting will be held at the Temperance Hotel , Selby , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) morning , at ten o ' clock . Newtowsards , Ireland —A public meeting will "be held in Newiownaxds in the county Down , Ireland , en Easter Monday next . Hugh Carlile will deliver a l = c- ' ure on class legislation , at twelve o'clofk , nvon .
Losdox . —On Sunday evening next , Dr . P . M . M'Douail vtiU lecture at the Siar Coffee House , Golden-lane , a ; seven o ' clock in the evening . General Coxveittion . —Tho Teetotal locality of Chanibt ? , meeting at Westbrook ' s Ccffee House , Waterloo-road , iatend getting up a tea party and concert , te lake p 5 ace on Monday , April Ilih 1 B 42 , to assist ia defraying the expenses of the lorthccming Convention , " in order to ensure a good attendance , the prise of tickets will be as low as one shilling . Tse members of the Convention vrho vaaj have arrived in town are respectfully invited . Globs Fields—Messrs . Johns and Iilingworth will aaiiress the Chartists of the Hit-or-Miss , Weststreet , on Suaday evening next , at eight o ' clock .
IssTiTorE . —Mr- 1 L Carneron will lecture in the Hall oi the Institute , 55 , Oid Bailey , on Sunday , the 20 th instant . Nbw Koad . —Ruffy Ridley will lectnre at the Archery Rooms , Bath-plase , New-road . Subject" The Evils of Machinery under our present System of Class Legislation . " To commence at seven o ' clock . Bride Lass . —All persons desirons of enrolling themselves as Members of the London-Chartis : Lectsring Committee are requested to meet at the Dispatch Coffee Rooms , Brice-lane , on Friday , the 25 rh instant , at eight o ' cloek , t 5 arrange a plan for m- - > re effectually supplying the rapidly increasing Metropolitan Localises with suitable lecturer ? . The attendance of sli favourable to this object is requested . Rtchhosd street . —Mr . Fussell will lecture to the Tillors meeting , at the Ifcree Crowns , on Sunday evening next .
Tower Hamlets . —Dr . MTJanall will lecture to the Shoemakers , at the Crown and Anchor , Chtshiresireet , WaterLo Town , on Monday evening , at seven o ' clock . SotrrEWARK . Bridge Road . —A gcn ? ral meeting of the Chartisi Hatiers will bs held at iheir room , Brown Bear , on Wednesday , the 23 rd instant , at eight o ' clock . Mxb . ti . sboss . —T ) t . P . M'Douall will lecture at ifce Working Men ' s Hall , 5 , Circus-3 trett , Ntsw-road , on Sundav evening , a ; half-past seven . '
Shoemakebs . — A preliminary meeting - of th : Western D . vision of LadiesShoemaker ? , will behelc at the King and Q . iean , Foley-street , Marylebone on Sunday nex- \ at s-ven o ' clock in ahe evening , fin tha purpose of takiiig isto consideration-the pro prietv of forming a Charter Association of the above trade . Tailoes — Bed Lio >\ Kjsg-siseet , Golden SQ . UARK . —iir . Fairer will letture here on Sunday evening next . China Walk . —Tne shareholders meet to-morrow A lecture en Tuesday evening .
Dr . il'DouALL will lecture to the boot and shoe makers at the Crown aud Anchor , Cheshire-street Waterloo Town , on Suaday evening next , at sevei o ' clock preciitiy . Goldbeaters' Abms , Old St . Pancsas Road .-ilr . Wh ^ cle ^ will kitirc here on Suaday next , a eight o ' clock . Sholhakers , Clock House , Castle-street LEiciSTER-SQCARE . —Ruffy Riuley will kcture her < on Suiday iext . Lihehouse . —Rc 2 y Ridley will lecture at - thf Voianieer , Gommsrcial Rjad , oa Wednesday even ing next . Hoslet . —A delegate meeting will be held in thi Chartist Association Rccm , on Suaday , the 20 th inst at one o ' clock in the aiUrnoou . Delegates from th ; HcdderiSsld Poor Law Ucica are expected .
Ashtos-vsder-Ltse—ilr . i 3 ooih , from xsewtoi Heath , will lecture w-morrow , at iix o ' clock in thi evtniag . Heywood . —A ball is to come off on Good Friday on behalf of tho Manchester majmed and wounded New Leeds , Bradford . —Mr . James " Dewhurs will lecture on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . B 0 RY . —Mr . Charles Connor Trill lectareiiere oi Monday ncx * . Ravcutfe . —Mr . Roberta will address the in habitants of thi 3 place , on Susday ( to-morrow . ) Chorltjs-on-Medlock . —ilr . J . Leach , Presiden of the Execntive , will address the iBhabitMits o this locality , on &nnday evening next . Mr . Tilirnai will hold a meeting of Female ? , on Wtcnssday , thi 23 rd instant .
Ba ? ford . —A Chartist soirc-e will be held at ti house of Mr . R . Charlton , on Easter Tuesday . Nottingham . —A meeting will be heid atthchcus of Messrs . Swarm and Co ., Union Ccffeo Hons < Drury HiU , on Monday evening next . All friend to tie extension of the National Charter Asscciatio are earnestly requested to attend . Kegworth . —Mr . Pepper preaches to-morrow s ten o ' clock . Locghbdrocgh—The Chartists will assemble i their roars , UEicorn Yard , on Sunday evening i half-past six . On Monday evening , at thesam place , Mr . Skevington will deliver an address o the principles of the People's Charter—discussio invited .
Ellakd-upper-Edge . — Mr . William North , oi Norwood Green , will deliver a lecture in the large loom , Black Boll Inn , on Saturday , the 26 th hist . at half-past seven o ' clock in the evening . Rochdale . —Mr . Bell will lecture in the Association Room , on Sunday next , at half-past two . Manchester . —Mr . Griffin will lecture at Brown , street Chartist Rorm , on Snnday evening . Duki ^ fisld . —Mr . Doyle lectures to-morrow sfterzvon and eyenicg , hi the room , Hall-green .
Untitled Article
The South Lakc * . sihiie delegate meeting - ^ U be ' leld in the Brown-street Room , on the lairt Sunday n March . Every town and Tillage wisbj' jgtobe ipon the plan of lecturers , must send a de ]/ , gate . Mb . Dean Taylor will visit the folloving places he ensuing-week : —Nottingham , SuntJ ay and Moniay ^ Arnold , Tuesday ; Radford , Wednesday j and Ruddington , Saturday evening . Mr . Candy ' s Route fob tiib NExt Fortnight . — Skipt-n , on Saturday , the 19 i a of March ; at Keigh ley , on Sunday , tho 20 th ; ?* naw ( near Haworth ^ , on Monday , the 21 st : Kei ^ ' oley , Tuesday , the 22 nd ; Allerton , Wednesdaj . Vhe 23 rd ; Clayton , Thursday , the 24 th ; Thm-nto ? ., ' Saturday , the 26 th ; Bingley , Sunday , the 27 '' a ; Morton , Monday , the 28 th ; Culliagworth ( public meeting ) , on Tuesday , the 23 th ; Baildon , Wednesday , the 30 th : Shipley , Thursday , the 31 it i and Wilsden , on Monday , the 4 th of April .
Untitled Article
THE ADHESION OF MESSRS . VINCENT , PHILP , AND OTHERS OF THE BATH CHARTISTS TO THE STURGE DECLARATION . The events of every day that passes convince us more and more fully of the soundness of the " no surrender" principle , and of the certainty that thsonly effectual mode of exhibiting that principle is the one we have so often recommended , —of holding fast by our entire Charter , whole and nnmntilated , and avoiding even the appearance of surrender as to any single point of it . We cannot recognise this manifestation of principle in the proceedings of these
gentlemen in reference to the Sturge "Declaration . " That " Declaration" is at the best a vague enunciation of one principle appertaining to the Chaitsr ; and that one principle is declared in terms bo equivocal and unsatisfactory that they admit of almost every variety of interpretation from Universal Suffrage to a cine ponnd 3 nineteen shillings franchise . Of this the best proof that caa be offered is the fact that Mr . Stdbge himself deems it Heccesiary to furnish his canvassers with instructions as to the meaning of the " Declaration" ; those instructions being themselves liable to endless quibbling and disputation as to what they mean ! They read thus : —
" The object in canvassing for names to the accompanying declaration and memorial is to gather together the sentiments of all those favourable to such an extension of Suffrage as will give to every adult male inhabitant of this country of sane mind , and unstained by crime , not being a bnrden to the Stite , tie rigfct of voting for Members of Parliament , with such protection of details for it 3 exercise as will secure a fair , full , and free representation of the people . Joseph Stubge , Chairman . ''—( " For the canvassers' use . "
Nothing C 3 n afford stronger evidence than this , that Mr . Sturge is perfectly conscious that his " Declaration" is defective iu its expression of principle If it . asserted , in plain terms , the principle of Universal Suffrage , there could be no need for this explanatory accompanying document . That principle , however , is not asserted , neither ia the " Declaration " itself , nor in this explanation of the " Declaration , " nor in the memorial which Mr . Stfrge ha 3 issned , and with which Messrs . Vincekt and Philp would have the Chartists to idenufy themselves .
What does Mr . Stuege mean , in this explanation of his " Declaration " , by the phrase " not being a burden to the State" 1 Who are the parties here pointed at as " being burdens to the State " , and-j therefore , to be excepted from the franchise 1 Whom does Mr . Sturge reckon burdensome to the State ? Are all those persons ' * burdens to the State" who live upon the produce of the industry of others while they contribute nothing by their own excruon 3 to the increase of the wealth of the State ?
If so , then , Mr . Sturge at once excludes from the franchise the entire of the " upper" and a very large proportion of the " middle" classes of society . He must , in that case , give the franchise to none but working men ; and he must exclude from it , out of those working men , every man who is sick , every man who is out of employment , and eTery man who is rendered incapable of work by age , accident , or infirmity ; because all these are , of necessity , w burdens on the State" ; willingly , or unwillingly , they do " eat the bread of idleness " .
Is this then Mr . Sturge's meaning ? Does he intend tD exclude from the Elective Franchise all the priests , aad ministers of religion , all the lawyers , all the doctors , all the aristocracy , and all their tribe of servants , hangers-on , and dependants , all the fundholders , all the bankers , all the rich merchants , manufacturers and shopkeepers , — all who live ont of rents , profits , taxes , or tithes ? We scarcely think this the sense that Mr Sturge intends to convoy ; and yet it is the sense which not a few would contend that they had a right to gather from his words . Well , then ; what
is this " beisg a bnrden to the State" * Does it include all the Government officers , placemen , and pensioners 1 Does it mean every man who lives out of the money of the State , directly received ; but without working for it 1 Are all these to be excluded from the franchise by Mr . Stuage ' s " Declaration" ? Not a bit of it . And yet ia g ? od faith , they onght to be , if any exclusion at all is to be practised . Well , then ; what is this " being a burden to the Etate" 1 Does it mean the panpers ? Aye ; that ' s the rub ! The poor paupers ; not the rich ones ! TheEe are they at whom , at all events , Mr . Sturgl's friends and adherents point
this " burden to the state" story . And to which of these paupers does it apply ! Doe 3 it mean simply the man who is now a paupsr , or does it include every man who at any period of his life may have been a pauper ? AH these and Tarious other meanings may , wi : h equal propriety , he attributed to this vague , indefinite , exception from the franchise , by . Mr . Sturge , of every one who is " a burden to the State" ; whila the memorial to be adopted and signed opens up new fields of dispute , by controverting every one of these positions and maintaining the right of every man and woman , whether criminal , sane , or otherwise , to the franchise . The memorial reads thus : —
To Victoria , Queen of Great Britain and Ireland , and the Dependencies thereunto belonging . " May rr please the Queen , —The undersigned memorialists , belonging to ail classes of society , and to every part of tae British empire , deeply impressed with the great evils to which this nation is subjected by class legislation , and especially of the sufferings thereby inflated upon its iuauetrious population , earnestly entreat that the Queen will be pleased to retain in her service , and take to her
councils , such Ministers alona as will promote in Parliament ; that full , fair , and free representation ot the people in tbe British House of Commons , to which they are entitled alike by the great principle of Christian equity , and also by the British Constitution , under which , Biackstone says , * No subject of England can be constrained to pay any aids or taxes , even for the defence of the realme , or Hie support of Government , but such as arc imposed by his own consent , or that of his representatives in Parliament . ' "
Now , the plainest and most obvious sense of this memorial is , that every person who pays taxes ought to vote ; but that is just the senss whioh the Sturge men will not allow to be put upon it . This is just the sense which Mr . Sturge himself is anxious to avoid ; and hence his explanatory instruction about " not being a burden to the state " . We have said so much about this " Declaration" of Mr . STURGE s to draw the attention of our readers to one fact . The Sturge men affect to admit the
principle of the Charter , but say that its " details " are too complicated and offer too many points for disputation to . be offered to the middle classes all at once ; that it is better to win their consent in the first instance to something tangible , clear , and simple j and that then the " details" may follow more easily . And by way of providing this " tangible , clear , and simple" something , this " Declaration" is turned out ; which turn 3 out to be a thing that will mean almost anything , everything , o r Eothing , jnst as yon please . The whole case , as far as Mr . Sturge is concerned is in a nut shell . He is either honest or dishonest . If he be honest , he wishes to propose something on the Suffrage question which shall comprehend the full and ordinary meaning of the terms
Untitled Article
" Universal Saffrage , " and which shall be so dear and simple , that it shall admit of no cavil or disputation . If this be his idea , he has shown by the production of this contemptible piece of vague and indefinite verbiage , that heis utterly incapable of carrying out his own purposes , and , therefore , however good or amiable : a man , utterly unfit to be a public leader in a great national question . If this be not his object ; if his purpose be merely to entrap the people into a by-path , away from the plain turnpike of the Charter Association , he has shown himself , by this same smooth , wily , oily ,
slippery , something , any thing-or-nothing "Declaration " eminently calculated to natter and betray . In either of these ca 3 es ho is the last man to whom the people or their friends and leaders should afford any , the least , countenance as a leader . And yet it is to this senseless , unmeaning "Declaration" of this fooliBh or bad man that Messrs . Vincent and Philp and their Bath coadjutors would have the Chartists of this great Empire to go over , in the hopo of being able , by a severe fight hereafter ' i . t ' o attach the other principles of the Charter to the one which they suppose to be here recognised
We repeat , as we said last week , that we respect these men for the talsnt and the zeal they have hitherto manifested in the people ' s cause ; we respect some of them for the sufferings they have endured in the cause ; but we cannot in this case compliment their judgment . We doubt not that they err from the excess of their anxiety to seize every opportunity of making converts to the Charter , and from their readiness to estimate the motives of others by their own , and eo to give the middle-class Sturge men full credit for sincerity in their profession of Universal Suffrage principles : they suppose them to be sincere in wishing for Universal Suffrage , and that , therefore , they can easily persuade them iuto
the adoption of the other points of the Charter . We think them much mistaken ; and we still opine that their error will not be found less -fatal for being amiable . We feel some little difficulty in finding out the plane upon which the amiable principles of our friend 3 operate . We are at a Iosb to know how they discover , in this " Declaration , " any distinct and unequivocal recognition of the principle of Universal Suffrage ; and if that recognition were even palpable , we are astonished that they , some of whom have suffered so much from middle-class treachery to principle heretofore , can have so simple a dependency on their adherence to principle now . We find in Mr . Philps speech , at tho Conference , as reported by himself , the following sentiment ;
" But suppose the worst—that the middle-classes were not honest;—that they signed this declaration as a false pretence ;—could they ever again sit in jury boxes and convict us as traitors and conspirators for contending for that principle which they themselves had declared in black and white to be the right of the people . " Now , surely , Mr . Philp must have forgotten , in the goodness of his heart , the experience of all tho last five years . Who have been the most forward in the jury boxes , and on the bench , to convict and sentence Chartists ? Have they not been the very
parties who have , over and over again , in the Reform Bill agitation , testified to , and contended for , the very same principle—the principle that representation shonld be coextensive with taxation ? What evidence do the Sturgites now afford us that their " Declaration" is one of principle at all ; that there is any principle but that of selfishness concerned in it ? Look at all their public acts . Follow them to all public meetings . What reason do they assign for coming out on the Suffrage question now ? Do they even say that they do so because they think it right ? Do they not tell
us openly and candidly that they do eo because they hope to make it the means-of repealing the Corn Laws and turning out the Tories ? Does any one believe that if the Whigs had still been in office , and if the Government had not opposed Coin Law Repeal , we should ever hare had this "Declaration" of Mr . Sturge ' s , or any of the cry about "Complete Suffrage . " If any man do think so , we must only ask his pardon for thinking him a ninny . However highly , therefore , we may : respect Mr . Vincent , and we do respect him both personally and for his services to the cause ; whatever opinionwemay have of other parties with whom he
is associated , we cannot suffer those individual opinions to lead as into so fatal an error as that of suffering the people to be misled without warning . We thank God that they need little of warning from us . The resolutions that have been poured upon us from all quarters show them to be alive and awake . We bid them to keep their oyes open , and follow no leadera into a quagmire . If the Stuegites want something plain , simple , clear , and unmistakcable upon the question of tho suffrage , they have it in the Charter . Let them stick to that , and to that only . No Declaration but fob the whole Six Points and all ihe " details . "
Untitled Article
Messrs . Vincent , Philp , Roberts , and Clarke , v . our Bath Correspondent . —We have seen in the Sun a statement bearing the names of the four gentlemen first named above , stating that our reporter ' s account of the late " Conference" at Bath was entirely destitute of truth . We feel bound in justice to say that several letters from highly creditable persons have reached us , fully confirming the reporter's statements . We think , also , that these gentlemen themselves confirm them quite sufficiently ia last week's Vindicator .
Untitled Article
In the Manchester Times of Saturday last , there appears a long list of questions and measures which were discussed during the three years that Mr . O'Connor was in Parliament . Now , verily , it is a pity that the brains of Archy . Preniioe , proprietor , editor , fabricator , and Bpoutcr for and of the above journal , were not exhibited in a gla ? s case at tho recent Female Bazaar exposure at Manchester . This uncommon jolterhead lays before his readers the said list , accusing Mr . O'Connor for not having spoken upon the questions therein enumerated , to the number of twemy-six ; while he altogether keeps out of sight the fact that Mr . O'Connor voted upon all , or nearly all of them . But what had he to do with " army estimates , " and " opening the trade with China , " and such like questions , further than to vote upon the people ' s side , as he invariably did t
But , how foolish for ignorance to go beyond its depth ! Will the public believe , that Archy . Prentice , one of the hired tools of the Bazaarites , enumerates tho following questions as some upon which Mr . O'Connor spoko '' not one sellable" : —" Repeal of the Union , " and " Irish Poor Law" ? Poor ieilow ! how could he have so damned his whole list by two such palpable blunders 1 Upon the Repeal of the Union Mr . O'Connor presented petition after petition , day after day , aad spoke to every petition ; whilo his speech , as seconder cf O'Connell ' s motion , occupied nearly three hours in the delivery ! and this Archy . calls " NOT ONE SYLLABLE . " The Irish Poor Law : does not Archy . know , that Mr . O'Connor , contrary to the express wish and desire of Mr . O'Connell , was tho originator of the measure in the Reform Parliament and brought it forward a ^ ain and again ? and this Archy . calls " sating not ONE SYLLABLE . "
Archy . ! mend your hand , and try again ! To conclude the farce , Prentica gives what he calls O'Connor s speech , in 1834 , upon the question of a Repeal of the Corn Laws . We extract from the Times as much of that speech as it suited tae animal to seltct , and here it is : — " Mr . Feargus O'Connob . said that he represented as large an agricultural constituency as any in Ireland , and he was decidedly of opinion that an unrestricted importation of corn would have the effect of throwing all the agricultural population of Ireland , and the greater part of the same class in England , into
the greatest distres ? . Before they determined upon new-modelling thf se laws , they must , in justice , instilule a neto adjustment of all ' descriptions of properiy , so that all classes might be equally dealt with . Though he might inanre p-pularity by voting for the abolition of the Corn Lavs , yet he mast avow that he could not do bo consistently with that which he should always have first in view—the interests of those he repre § ent « d . The abolition of the Corn Laws would not have the effect , immediate or remote , of benefitting the manufacturing interest , while it would utterly destroy the agriculturists . "
Now , could Mr . O'Connor have been presented by his best friend in a more consistent view than he has been exhibited by ono of the bludgeon organs t Is not the aboro just what Mr . O'Connor still perseveres in Baying ! But only imagine the above
Untitled Article
dozen lines gwen as the speech , which if given entire would occupy several columns of a newspaper i X » e . t us , then , aak if the above is the best sample which Preinice : could select for hia own market , what the Back must have been for the people's market ? All pearls are lost when thrown before Buch swine as Archibald Prentice and Co .
Untitled Article
TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . My beloved Friends * —Is it not a most astonishing tiling that the task of explaining the allimportant part of Sir Robert Peel ' s Budget should be left to me . Yes , the whole press has been nibbling at what they consider the important portion of the question—the Iacome Tax . Now that haa little or nothing to do with it . Of that portion I would merely say th * v P | : el , finding that he could not reduce expenditure with a prospect of support from the expectants , ha ^ in ao far put tho bear ' s paw into the bear ' s own mouth . He has told them that henceforth they must in part live upon their
own pat . Peel haa not made any attempt to reduce expenditure to the nation ' s capability of paying ; but , on the contrary , he ! has undertaken to create a surplus over all requirements of more than half a million ; and , beliovo me , that for this surplus al fi o there will be thousands of gaping months . The press is very angry about tV . e Income Tax , and small fcjamo to them ; but I am delighted with it , and still more so with other portions of his Budget , which I shall presently explain . I am phased with the Income Tax , because the mode of assessment , —not of levy , as the press complains , — carries the war into every branch of the enemy ' s
camp . ¦ : ' . ; .-. ¦ . - ¦ ¦ - ¦ : .,- - ¦ . - - . - ¦ . - ... ¦ ¦ But herd is the important part of Sir Robert Peel ' s 'Budget : he admits live stock into this COUNTRY AT A MERE Nf MINAL DUTY . £ 1 for an OX , ' las . for a cow ; and 10 s . tor a calf , which , in Parliamentary ian / sruage , means a young beast . Thera was a prohibition to this description of stock before , except for breed at an ioiniense high duty . He also admits salt and cured meat at a duty of-id > per lb . Now this is the wedge . Tho fact of this will bo that cattle , both fat and store , will be sent from Holland , Belgium , and parts of F « uieo , at one half of the present price . A Dutchman or a Frenchman can pay the duty and freight , and send cattle into the English market at a cheaper rate than Scotchmen and Englishmen living at a great distance from , the market , and Irishmen can ; and America can
send us store provisions for much less than half the present price . Nowj the result will bo that much more land in the adjacent continental countries will be taken out of cultivation , and turned to pasture for feeding cattlefor the English and Irish market ; while as corn is the produce most highly favoured in England ^ immense tracks of grass land in England , Ireland , and Scotland will be broken up for cultivation . This will reduce the prico of home grown corn much , very much beloyr what an eight shillings , or even a four shillings duty would have kept it at ; and it will reduce the price of all kinds of meat , butter , arid cheese , beyond what " any man can at present possibly imagine . This will draw thousands of operatives from the mill lords , and create a certain competition in the two labour markits—that of land aiidftteam .
But now mark the effect . The landed propeity will be tremendously reduced in value , as it ought to be , and the reduced value will be taxed at three per : cent ., as it ought to be ; but this reduction in the price of produce will increase nearly double the value of funded property and IT is only to bo taxed by the same scale , according to its present net amount . Tithes will fall to one half , and will then be taxed to 3 per cent , on the reduced amount , and even the reduced amount the landlords will kick against paying * while both landlords and tithe lords , will very , very shortly array tliemselvep , first in moral ; and thon , if required , in physical forco array against tho fund lords , and every man having a fixed iiicome . All tenants with leases for lives or terms of years * mm t be rained , as the landlmis cannotafford , ^ poor ; fellows ¦ . ( It ) to make reductions which will be required in consequence of Peel ' s measure .
In fact , if I wag asked to frame a Bill for trie completo and entire dissolution of society , as at present constituted , agricultural , manufacturing , commercial , trading , governmental , fiscal , moral , and physical , 1 should say I make not one single ALTERATION IN THE Jj . Ui > G £ T OF tilK RlGHT HON . Baronet . It will sponge the debt—break the landlords—pay off the creditors—open manufactories abroad for the displaced agriculturists , whose places will be better supplied at home . It will make the
smokeocracy oi England move observant of demand and supply , becau-e it will take an immense surplus population , by ' \ v ) ii < ih they now reduce the wages of their hands . It will cause a shindy among the parsons ! and it will throw every injured or disappointed man into tho Chartist raflks . It will do all these things ; while , without the Charter , it will mt be worth a pin ' s point to the working people , and for this simple reason . If general prosperity should be the result , that prosperity would be taxed by class legislation for the support of a rising generation of paupers .
But what has he dono more T O ! glorious-rthrice glorious , —he has had the courage to tax ; IRISH ABSENTEES ! O ! how the devils will scamper home !! and so will I when I get the Charter . Now , believe me ; this was tho prophesied earthquake that was to frighten the Irish . Now , my friends , bear in mind that while I was in York I told you the Whigs weuld go mad . Well , they arc literally rabid—fbatning at the mouth . Again , I told you that Peel would propose a far more
sweeping measure than the Whigs proposed . Has ho not } Again , I told you \ tkat Russell would become a Tory . And won ' t he ? I should like to know what the Irish farmers will now aay to Daniel O'Connell about Free Trade . By Jove , we shall have "the Dovil among the Tailors . " Beasts already fallen above 10 per cent . Meat falling every diiy . A large quantity thrown into the rivers , while the people are starving , and only want the Charter to turn it to better account . Corn falliug , chops falling , and thfrlChartists rising .
But now , mark my words ; such an agitation never was seen as England and Ireland will present in less than one month From the day of the date hereof , 16 th March , 1842 . Yuur faithful servant , Feargus O'Connor . P . S —I have not said a twentieth part of what I mean to say upon the Budget . The Bombshell Budget . O ! tho Absentees : Will some one write a soiig upon them for the Star ?
Untitled Article
Mr . Rainsley . —We received a letter from this gentleman last week , but too late for notice in our last , slating that he formally , withdrew his name f'omthe list of candidates for the representation in Conventifm of Kent , Middlesex , Essex , and Surrey , before the ballptting conimenced i and caused his resignation to be duly notified to the general secretary . A Regular Subscriber ^ - We do not ansiver in the Star questions of disputed literature : if we did so we might ocwipy our whole time with them . A Weekly Subscribed , Carlisle . " -- //*) . A Whole Hog Chartist strongly recommends the
withdrawal of all money from the Savings ' jjanks . William Asiiton , the newly-liberated victim from Wakejield hell hole , requests us to state that all communications for him trmsthe addressed to this care of George Sedgwick , Railway Tavern , Newroad-end , Barnsley . Wji . Crow . —Alimonies sent here by post-order must be made payable to John Ardili . Belfast . —We are compelled to reserve the long letter of intelligence from Belfast till next week . Wji . : Buelsford may an well send to Mr . Cleave , G . M , Barnard CASThE . ~ Uptothe reign of Henry
VII . The Rev . Mr ; Stephens ' s Bradford Lfctuhes . — Mr . Avran writes to correct a misapprehension of our Bradford reporter . He says that the Rev ^ Gentleman did not' "' abuse" either Whigs , Tories , or Chartists . Mr . Robshaav , of Dewsbury . —His communication is an advertisement . Edw | aBD Beedle mtist write to Mr . Heywood privatcly . There is no other expence in joining the National Charter Association than that of the card of membership .. Joseph M organ . —His address to Ihefriendsofthe Charter is an-advertisements G . H ., Falmouth . —Thanks for his notice of Mr .
Poultons lecture . We have no room for its insertion . Richard Haslam . —We . have no room . William Cooper—We are glad to hear that he has got a summon * against : the scoundrel who burnt his petition sheet : ive shallbe glad lo learn , how he ' comeson before the magistrates . Michael Roberts , Bury ; John Copp , Bristol ; Richard Haslera , W . H . Clifton , Gracchus , Charles Duncan , John Duncan , Dundee , J . Williams , John Campbell , of the Executive , and bur respected Dublin and Belfast Correspondents
must all excuse us sioe would gladly have inserted some of their productiotis had it been possible ; but we have seldom been more deluged with matter than this werk . The Manchester Victims . —ATr . Heywood Has sent us an account of subscriptions received by him up to Wednesday noo ? i , amounting to £ 5 7 s . i ^ d . We have not room for the particulars th \ s week . Mas . Frost . —Mr . Clfave has received ' Is . for this lady , fromT . ( Minories . ) Brighton . —We regret that it is impossible to insert the election address oil behalj of Mr , Brookes till ottr next .
Untitled Article
GoNVETmoJi Sittings . — 'The Executive Gmmiiteeof the National Char fat Associationappointed Mr . Cleave and Dr * Aritoyall , to calculate the protable expense attendant upon the sitting pflhe Convention f a J ^ dori . h has been ascertained by ihemth ' ata central and commodious meeting room , corMittee room or apartment for petition sheets , fyc + can- ' be obtained for a rental , as moderate as couldbeexpected ' under such circumstands in London ;¦ and the $ give it as their opinion * that the meeting room , doorkeeper .
spjaries , stationery , &o-. i- would require , a sum ixot less than £ 30 , to oe placed at the disposal of the Treasurer . Subscriptions already received Witt be acknowledged next week . . Ib- John Mowbray , who left Durham , on Saturday last , will return to Durham ^ or send his address to his parentsiimrKediaiely he will hear of something to his advantage . : Wb aee requested to notify that Mr . William M'pouall i bookbindery late Secretary of the Dumfries and Maxwelltown Working Men ' s Association , is ho longer a member of that
society , :. ¦ Mr . Beesley , of North Lancashire , will oblige the Chartists of Bqlton , by sending his address , to Mr . William paird . No . 7 , Flash-street , Bolton , as they wish to communicate with him '¦ . ;¦ . upon business of importance . ' . ' ... - . Mrs . Roberts , the Whig made widow , has received 6 s 6 lJ . fromMr , Startin ; 6 s . 0 £ rf ., collected at the Whie Swan N < wJ <> hn-street ; andQd . from Mr . Cox , Lichfield-street , Birmingham . Sheffield . —The resolution in the matter of Olley v . Harney next week . A . Real Democrat wishes very respectfully id ask if it is not time , according to the Plo-n of Organisation of the National Charter Association ,
that anew Executive should be elected T The Delegate Meeting at the Hop-pole Inn , Manchester . — We have received a letter from Mr . Campbell , the general secretary , staling that the names of Mr . Cassidy and himself were published without authority or sanction , as though they had approved of the resolutions ; whereas he had himself erased his own name and ' :. Mr .: Cassidy ' s from the list , and refused to take any part in ; , or have anything to do withj the meeting , after the refusal to entertain the resolution which he supported , and which u > qs one going for the whole Charter , unmixed with any other question . J . H . ShIiRHerd has two weeks together sent us accounts of lectures without stating where .
Untitled Article
J . J . —The postage of a newspaper for New York , tfnited States , is 2 d . G- NEWALL . r—Send 10 d . to this ofBc * . Thomas Tomlin Eaunetfa portrait will cost 4 d . in postage . J . Kerr . Dumfries— March 5 th , 14 s . 6 d . J . Brook , Bradford . — -Yea . WM . WiLDGoosE , MoTTRAM . —Apply to A . Hey-¦ wood . FOR THE CONVENTION . £ h d . From a Radical of 20 years 0 1 0 do ., York ... ... ... 1 0 ^ D . Fryer , Halton 0 10 < . John Buflsey , Low Wortley ... 0 12 '
FOR THE EXECUTIVE . From Roger Pinder , Hull ... ... 1 5 ll £ „ the Teetotal Chartists of Lower Moor , Oldham ... ... ... 0 5 0 ^ twelve Chartists at Doncaster 0 7 0 FOR THE O ' BRIEN ' S PRESS FUND . From Dunfermline ... ... ... 0 0 6 FOR MRS . PEDDIE . From the Chartists of Manchesterroad , near Bradford ... ... 0 5 0
FOR MBS . FROST . From Bradford , per WV Smyth ... 1 1 ¦* ^ Roch dale , per J . Leach ... 17 0 ^ Mrs . Graham , Grindon , Durham ... ,. ... * ^ . 0 0 6 MRS . FROST , MRS , WILLIAMS . AND MBS . JONES From Bradford , per W . Smyth ... 0 1 11 ^ W . Young , Witney , Oxford ... 0 0 8 ^ the workmen in Mr . Biahop ' s Bhop , Leicester ... ... 0 5 6
FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . From G . Laikin , Wallworth ... 0 0 3 FOR THE MANCHESTER SUFFERERS . From a female friend , Leeds - ... 0 0 4 ^ G . Larkin , Wallworth ... 0 0 9 „ the Bristol Chartist Youths , per F . Gibson ... ... 0 10 0 ^ S . Stilborn , dyer , Desborough 0 2 1 }
four Chartists at Bristol , per B . Gibsop ... ... ... 0 6 0 twelve Chartista at Doncastet 0 5 0 the Shaksperean Association of Chartists , Leicester , per Mr . Cooper ... ... 2 0 0 Exeter , per R . Milford ... 0 10 0 Huns ' . et . near Leeds ... ... 0 3 4 W . M . Younu , Bath ... ... 0 « 6 Stainton , in Cleveland ... 0 4 0
Untitled Article
HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tuesday , March 15 . The House was for some t me occupied in the reception of petitions and other miscellaneous business . Mr . Ferrand gave notice , that he should move a resolution to the effect , that any person inducing others to give false evidence before a Committee of that House should receive condign punishment . And he should also propose a resolution pledging the Houie to bear harmless every worfeinc man who gave evidence us to frauds in trades and . manufactures . He should also move that a select committee should be appointed to inquire into the frauds of the various manufacturers , and also into those which they practice , directly ot indirectly , en labourers in their
employment-Long discussions followed on the various subjects , including questions to the Minister , on the subjects ibcluded in his budget , on all which Sir R . Peel preserved a studied silence . A heavy debate took place on the Church of Scotland , and a motioa for a committee to enquire icto its constitution , was loBfc by 139 to 62 . ¦ ; ,. ; ¦ ¦ ' . Mr . Ferrakd rose in pursuance to a notice of a met ion which he had given . He begged to aay a few Words relative to a declaration which an Hon . Member , whom he did not see in his place , had lately aliuded to in that House . The c ! eclaration had been stated by that Hop . Member to emaiiate from Manchester , and to be signed by seventy-t wo manufacturers residing there , who were subscribers to the anti-Cern Law Leaiiue , who
in that document denied that they had employed -the truck syBtem in the payment of the wages of their workpeople , or that they paid , them through , any other medium than tho current coin of the realm . Now , he ( Mr . Fervand ) begged diftinctly to state that the Hon ; Member bad been most fully deceived in the representations which had been made with reference to this declaration . Instead of those seventy-two signatures being the signatures of seventy-two manufacturers residing at Manchester , they were the signatures not only not of persons residing in Manchester , but of persons who were many of them not manuf jwturers at all The first name on the list was the name of a man who had been proved to have paid his workpeople in milk , and who had also been convicted of gross tyranny towards
his workpeople . In that list , too , were tae names of five foreigners . Now , what right had those foreigners to come over here and subscribe to a fund which was raised for the purpose of stirring up excitement , setting class against class , and giving support to a party which already was endeavouring to overawe the Government ? These parsons ought to be aware , ttist by coming over here and carrying on their business they were depriving the British merchants of their market ; and because our merchants - did not wish to dispute the right of these foreigners to pursue their avocations haw , therefore they ought' to remember the forbearance winch was shown ,, and abstain from proceedings like those with which he charged them . He was quite sure that if natives of
this country went abroad , and interfered as these foreigners had done , they would speedily come under the operation of Vx& laws of the countries where' they resided , and be obliged to leave . He protested in the name of tha workpeople of the north of England , in the name pf justice and decency , against these proceedings . The House , he was sure , would visit with condign punishment persons proved to be guilty of the offences of which he complained , and as he was a living man he would use every effort to see such wellmerited punishment inflicted . He bogged to read a circular which was dated . " Matucheste * , March 5 , 1842 / ' and was signed " J . Higglns , Secretary . " The person who signed this letter was the Secretary ef the branch of the National anti-Corn : Law ' League
established at Manchester ; and the circular was forwarded to the members ef the League . Tae letter Was as follows : —e" Di&t Sir , —It has been suggested that a declaration by the workmen ineachestiblixhment would tend to complete the exposure of Mr . FeiTand ' s charges ; and as « i discussion is likely to take place during the JBariy partiof the week , it might be Well to direct the foreman of works to obtain declarations signed by a few of the men , on behalf' ° f the whole , and to forward them to us at the earliest opportiinity . " [ Hear , hear . ) '' Now , where nre those declarations ? " exclaimed the Honourable Member . ^ Have they appeared ?"—they have : not ; and what is the reason?—because the
working men have at list shown a proper spirit . They have found that there has been a kind feeling expressed towards them in this House—they have , rnany of them , written to me , telling me so—they have-rebelkd against the attempt to make them sign what they knew to be false . This I can prove before any committee that may be appointed ; They have bad too much respect for themselves , and the position they hold , even as poor working men ; they would nut sign the declatattona , ¦ which have not , there fare , been presented —( hear . ) And if taey ^ had been presented , I should have been ready for them—( hear . ) I say to those members who belong to the Anti-Corn Law League , you cannot move an inch , without my being ready to meet
Untitled Article
yon ; and in a way . joerbapfl . yo « may notbe awate ot I have received another letter : listen ' as I read it , and say if there ever was—in a country professing itself tte land of libertv—such' systeia oi trand and tyranny towards the poor as that which I am expoiing . This f « from a poor working man : — " A » tatement was p ut into my hands ( which I enclose ) from one who holds s station in a cotton mill , which enablea him to know that men are compelled to sign declarations known to be false . Your exposnres , Sir , have driven the grind * ing Anti-Corn Law Leaguers frantic , as they know eveiy charge you have brought against them to be true . Your exhibitions of their fraud and tyranny have delighted working men ot all politics , for they know hew well founded they are ; and they have gone far to abolish the infamous truck system , wbich is so notorious that the only wonder ifl , now Members can be hardy enough
to deny it . " I have a another letter to read ( continued the Hon . Member , ) still further exposing this accursed system which prevails to a frightful extent , and ha * been carried on by m « n holditig a rituation in society which ought to have madei them ashamed of inch disgraceful proceedings . And I take this opportunity of repeating that it is my determination fearlessly , in spite of all opposition , to do my utmost to ferret out the whole of this cruel abominable tyrannyi wWch is practised upon the work ing classes . : I care riot by whom—I care not to what party the guilty may belong- - ! have but one coursej a fair and open one , to pursue ,--that is to search out witk determined resolution—as an independent Member , to search out and expose this system : and when the day comes , after Easter , when I shall move for the committee of inquiry ^ backed by the enormous mass of evidence which I am daily , receiving ; and when before that committee there shall come out
all the robberies , and plunders , and oppressions , which have been and are perpetrated on the manufacturing workmen , the complaints . of these unfortunate men will find a response , not only within these walls , but throughout the country ^—{" hear , hear , " and cheers . ) Sir , a magistrate of Lancashire writes tome thus : —? 'A friend begs to state a few facts : a great many convictions have taken place in this district within in a very short period for a use ot the track system . At one village where flannels are made , such is the extent to which it is carried , that a man has been known to go to a barber with a piece of candle instead of a penny , not having even that Email piece of cein in his possession . It . is hoped , that in order to ^ complete exposure of these practices a committee of inquiry may be
appointed . " I have . Sir , another letter from Chorley , where the Hon . Member for Stockport's Works are situated iMr . Cobden ^ s ) , and where he must have known —when the other night he so loudly denied the charges made ^—that ; the manufacturers were robbing their men most infamously . The writer says— "The magiitrates have convicted some cf the chief manufacturers here in penalties to the amount of twenty-five pounds for robbing their workpeople , by paying them in goods instead of money . " The other night the Hon . Member , for Stockpert said he had icquired whether in hiis mills , or printing works , ' the
truck system prevailed , and that he had found it did riot ; whereas the fact was ; that the Hon . Member himself kept cows , and forced his people to bay milk from , him . Sir , after the statements I have made . I am suta every one will see the propriety of facilitating tha inquiry by furnishing the returns for which I beg to move— '' Copy of all the convictions in the counties of York and Lancaster by magistrates in petty sessions assembled , of persons who have been guilty of illegally paying the wages of their workpeople in goods , instead of the carrent coin of the realm , since the 1 st of January , 1835 , contrary to the provisions of the Act 1 st and 2 nd c ; 37 , William IV . " j ^
Afcer a few words from Mr . Scholerleld , the returns were ordered . —Adjourned .
Wednesd * y , March 16 . After the presentation of a number of petitions prt a Tariety of subjects , and the transaction of some minor business , : \ : Mr . Milner Qibson saW he believed he bad the permission of the Right Hon . the First : Lord of th © Treiauiy , to repeat the question this evening which he put yesterday . The question was this : whether it was the intention of the Government to extend the Income Tax to those pensions which were charged upon tke Consolidated Fund , under particular Acts of Parliament ? '" : ¦ ¦ ••¦ . ¦ . "• • ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' . ¦ _ ¦¦ : 'V- : " ,-: " : ' . ' ¦' ' ¦' , ¦ "• .: . '¦ . ¦ '¦ ' ' Sir R . Peel nppiehended that the measure wbich he had proposed would extend to all annuities or salaries received by any of her Majesty ' s subjects ; and it therefore followsd that any annuities chargeable upoh the Consolidated Fund would be subject to a reduction of three per cent . ; : : . ' :
Sir R , Peel then proceeded as follows : —Sir , I may take this opportunity of making a communication to the House , which 1 think the House will receive with great satisfaction . When upon the part of her Majesty ' s Government , I intimated to her Majesty > that her servants thought that the financial necessities of ^ the country were such , that it was desirable for the public interests to submit in a time of peace the income of the nation for a limited period to a charge of 3 per ; cent . ; her Majesty prompted by those feelings of deup and affectionate interest which she has ever shewn in the welfare of her peoplej observed that if the necessities of the country Were such that in a time of peace , Parliament should deem it necessary to submit the income of the country to a charge of three per cent ,, it was HER V 0 LUMAR . Y PETERMINATION THAT HER OWN INCOME SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO A SIMILAR REDUCTION— - ( Loud and general cheering . ) [ Bah ! Bah i I Bab . ! 11 Bah ! ! ! ! Bah ! ! !!
O ! O O ! !! O !! ! ! X ) !! ! ! Fudge ! Fudge ! ! Fudge !! ! Fudge 1 ! !!! Cackle ! ! Cacftle ! I ! Cackle !!! . Gabble ! Gobble ! ! Gobble ! ! 1 Gobble !!! 1 ] Another conversation then ensued respecting the "truck system , " brought on by Mr . Villiersstating that he was in possession of a document from the manufacturers of Yorkshire , denying the " truck ? charges ; but the Speaker informed the Hon Member that it would be irregular to read the document . Mr . Ferrand said be thought he could satisfy the Hon . Member . If the Hon . Member would publish the names of the whole of the Anti-Corn Law League , he would find that the majority of them carried on the trade he mentioned .
Mr . Villiers said it was not in his power to publish the names of the Anti-Corn Law . League He was not a member himself ; but he believed that the majority of them did not practise the truck sys em . . ¦¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' - .: ' . '¦¦¦ . - ^ . - .. ' ¦ - .. ..:- : ¦ ¦¦ .: ¦ .. ¦ . . - ¦ - ' ' This brought up Mr . Cobden , who ^ in explanation of tha charge made against himself of supplying his workpabple with / milk and stopping the price of it out of their wages , obaerved , that if the Home would allow him , he . would just state very shortly one or two facts with reference to the business with which he was connected . That business could not be carried oa
without the consumption of an immense quantity of cow-dung—he was letting the Hon . Gentleman 6 p « posite into the arcana of cotton printing—and for this ieason it wa 3 often necessary for a manufacturer to keep not less than a hundred cows ... ' It so happened , how ever , that as his print- works were near to atpwn , it was more economical to buy cow-dung than to keep cows ; and , therefore , not only was this insinuation not true , but there was not a shidow of foundation for it . " He further complained , in an earnest deprecating tone , of the attaeks that had been made upon the manufacturers , and the strong language used respecting them . ' ... ' . ¦ ' . •• ¦"¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ " '¦• ' ' ¦ ¦'¦ -. - ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ •¦• -.: . ¦ :
Mr . Stew art "Wortley observed that these complaints came with a very bad grace from Mr . Cobden ; for Hon . Members could not but recollect the lanjuaije that that Hon . Gentleman had made use of , when speaking of the . agricultural body during the course of the last Session . They could not forget that the words " monsters , " « ' tyrants , " and" demons , " had figured in his speeches . . Mr . Cobden—I was spsaking of your legislation . Mr , -S . Wobtley contended that . the . Hon . Member had applied those terms to the agricultural classes . The Hon . Member ; for SSockport on that occasion bad distinctly said , that "the landlords interposed like
monsters and demons between the welfare and happiness of the people , and t&e prosperity which was open « ing before them . '' While such language was adopted and promulgated through all parts of the country while those rancorous descriptions were given of the agricultural interest , Hon . Gantlemen could not be so sii&ple as to imaging that language of that kind . could be used with impuaity— -withbut bringing retribution on those who used it . Without taking upon himself to justify the charges brought forward by his Hon . Friend theMeniber for Kaaresborough , he would say that the Hon . Member for Stiekpbrt was the last person in th ? world who had any right t ) complain of his conduct ( Cheers . ); : .. ¦?¦ ¦ ¦¦" . ¦" ¦ ' ' ¦¦ ' . . " ' : ¦¦ ' ' ¦'¦' . ''¦ ¦ :.. ' - "' .
Mr . Ferrand said that the House would recolleet that during the last and present session , the Hon . Member for Stockport had asserted that the Corn L » w « caused the distress of the country . It was his ( Mr . ' Ferrand ' s ) lot to converse with the working classesia his part of the country , who said that they did not consider tbe Corn Laws was the cause of that distress ; but they told him it was caused by the tyranny and the oppression of their masters , and he had used what he had been told as an argumentum ad hominum- ^ ( Cries of " No ^ no . ' . ) He ( Mr . F . ) said he had , andlie was prepared to give evidence of what he said ; and when the Hon . ^ Member for Stockport jsaid he hw brought those charges forward oninonymouaauthoriiyr he ( Mr . F . ) begged to say he had done uosuch thing . ^ nayer brought any charges that be was not prep » rw to prove ; and there Was not a single charge whfea he Was not ready to proTebrfjre a Salect Committee . ¦ ¦ ..
The second reading of ^ he Designs Copyright Bill was then moved by Mr . E . TennenTj auda diwnssion ensued not at all interesting to out readers .
Untitled Article
Holm wood . —Mr . Wm . Bell , of Heywood , lectttred here on Sunday evening to a crowded audience . A resol « tion of confidence in O'Connor and the Slur , *** passed ; and 6 s . collected for the Manchester anf * ferers . . : . ¦ .. . ' - . ¦ ¦/ : /; : V . , ; ¦ ¦ ' .. -. ¦; . ; . ¦ - ; ::.. Halifax ;—Tbe Halifax district delegate meeting will be held in the Charter Association room , B'PP **" den , on Sunday , March 20 th , at two o ' clock in tw afternoon ; those localities that have not handed m i ° ^ Z levy to the Convention Fund , are requested to forward « by their delegate . AH those wishing to subscribe O » ir mite for the support of those who have suffareo « Manchester , may hand itin at the same time .
Untitled Article
4- - - " " THE : N O IT H E UN STIR . - ., ¦; . ¦ . ; ¦;; . :, - ; . , _ ¦¦¦¦ ; . ¦¦ ¦ : " ^ y ^ r ^ :: ; - ^ - > T- K : t Z , k ^ -y ^> y- '¦ ¦¦
Rfle Northern Star Saturday, March 19, 1842.
rflE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , MARCH 19 , 1842 .
The Manchester Times And Mr. Feargus O'Connor.
THE MANCHESTER TIMES AND MR . FEARGUS O'CONNOR .
Sijl Robert Peel's Budget
SIJl ROBERT PEEL'S BUDGET
2?O &Ua&N*0 Ant* @Qvv?$$Qvtocnt0
2 ? o &Ua&n * 0 ant * @Qvv ? $$ QVtocnt 0
Smptvial ^Arliamfntv
Smptvial ^ arliamfntV
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), March 19, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct746/page/4/
-