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THE COFFEE TAX liEPEALED ! MESSRS . CROW and T YRELL beg to call the attention of the Chartist ^ Pub' . ic to . the liEVERAGE pr . eparod by thorn , as a Cheap and Wholesome substitute for Taxed Coffee . Its nutritious qualities aro equalled by none in the Market ; whilp its mode of Preparation renders it vastly superior to the 7 VaiA offered for Sale by those who regard not the health of the Consumer . As a Means of supporting the "Executive Committee of the National Charter Association , " and as a Means of .. crippling the Governmental Exchequer , it may be made a ready . and powerful weapon in the hands of the Sons ofToji , :- ¦ ¦ ;¦ ¦¦ ¦ - ¦ ; ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ . , : : ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦;; : ¦ ' -: ::. . - ¦ ¦ ¦ : , ; A . single Trial will prove i ts superiority over other Preparations of like pretensions .
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GRAND PROCESSION . TEA PARTY AND BALL To eclehrdte the completion of the Monument now in She course of erection hi memory of thai dislinffuished patriot and defender of the rights of the miliiotis , Henry Hunt , \ Esq . . : THE Public are h&reby respectfully informed , that the Procession will tako pla . ee on the 16 th of Ay oust next , to assemble in some placa which will be afterwards agreed upon . The Tea Party and B : ili will bo held in the Carpcater ' a Hall , dlanchester . The Committee feel great pleasure to announce to the Chai-tiats of Manchester ; and of England , that tho successor of Huntj that noblo of nature , that illustrious , persevering , and disinterested patriot , he who is now the man of ' the millions ^ Foargus O'Connor , Esq ., will be present to take : , his unbought but justly and virtapusly merited posifcioa , on that important occasion . '"¦;'
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WHOLE HOG CHARTISM . T BRONTERRE O'BRIEN respectfull y * 3 % announces to the Chartist public that ho is now SOLE EDITOR and PART PROPRIETOR of the Brituh Statesman ; which paper shall , henbefofward , under his management , advocate genuine Chartism , and no mistake ! No FACTIOUS POLITICS >—but REAL DEMOCRACY ! Office I / O , Fleet-streetj London .
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Losdon — Gold Beaters' Asms , Somebs' Tow-x —Mr . DowUrtg will lecture tere en Sunday evening , -CASPEfTTEES' AH 3 I 5 , BRICK-LAXE . —Ml . IHillgwwkh will lecture here on Sunday evening . Hit or Mifs , Globs Fields . —Mr . Andersoc will lecture awe on Sunday evening . Cakjjo . v CoFFEE-EorsE , Old street—Mr . Ferguson Trill lee-ure fears on Sunday evening . - £ tab CorFEE-Hoi-SH , Golde . n-La . ve . —Mr . Huffy Eidley will lecture here on Sunday evening . Clock-Hocss , Castle-Street , Leicester-Square . —Mr . Farrar ¦ will lecture here on Sunday evening next . , '" Three Ceowss , "Richxosd-Sireet . —jIt . Sewell wiil lecture here on Sunday eveuisg . Caowx Coffee-Hocsv , Beak-st . —Mr . Wheelei will lecture here on Sunday evening . Albion Coffeehouse , ShortditcHj—Mr . Balls will lecture on Sundsy evening . BrcK . ' s Head , Bethsall Grekn . —Mr . ¦ Dafisld will lecture here on Sunday evening ,. Fugas ~ Lq - \ t , Chuece St . Mile ~ Ext > , Ne-w Tows . —Mr . Fn ; s- ; 11 Triil lecture on Sunday evening . ! F-ose axd Crovx , Cajie ^ f . well . —Mr . Whe : lei will lecture hi re en 31 ond :-. y eveniag . Stag Taters , Fcleam Road . —ilr . Ridley wiU lecwe here 02 Monday evening . 35 , Old Bailet . —Mr . Mania mil Jecinre here on Tuvsdaj evcii :: ^ . Me . Parser will Ircture , On Tuesday eT 3 s : ' ii £ , at th :- Schooi-r -cm , Kis . ^ Jrcei , Clrriienwell . r-B . Mabti . n will lec- ' -irc * , on Monday evening , at th Fearers' Tapirs , Warrea-s . r * . ? s . > In . yiAHJi : * ~ . vi ~ u i-cureat ib . 3 . "Victoria , 3 , ColtstTi-:, Hjx / Loz ^ :, un Wednesday tTciiinir . C ^ jiberwi ll : — Mr . Lnrkius , of WaJworth , will address ihe nun-ocrs of tiiis- locality on Monday evc-nits next .
^ j . . Cbi >' a Tvalk , LAX 3 riH . —Mr . R : ? ry Siiiiey Viil IfecLTiTt > iu L . id of the far ia of the Carter HaU , on Tnwday vTc- ; r ;; Lest , nt Bight o ' elui , mi ti-= Dr-iria , its imp 'rrarcs end ufcil ty es 3 school cf virtue is tie haads of a good government . - A LECrraE will be Slivered at t ! ie above place , on'Sunday , July the lihh , at ei ^ ht o ' clock in tEe ertni ^ g . Bsem » 'D 3 et . —A special general meeting ttL ! 2 take place ar the Hor ^ s , Crurifix-lane , Bormor . d ? e-y . on Mom : ay mxt , a ! ei ^ h : o \ . 'Loek , wfi ! l upib /? vs . e-in { ries in the Council , -nadc by those who have left the iocaxity , and o : hfc" impar : av . t business . A Eieciing wiii-be he held at I . ower-Mitcbaro , on Sunday n ghiat fou ' o ' clock , und seTeral members of iheSurrey Couucii vnll anend ^
Fixsbuby . —Tao- ( Thirties e- ' lM ? locality ? . re p-rticu . ar . y rtqce « icd t 0 3 t ; fruat -. lc Ayle » bury C . jii-e hou ^ e , on Monday eTtnin ^ cest-Halif-VX . —A dtl-r-gate niectlns of this district will be " "fcid ai Upper Wsric-y , on Siic-iay nesr . to commevce a- iivo oVlo ? k in the aftt-rroon . Beletates from each locality are pardeaisxiy xequested- -io att-n-J , 23 business <> i ixportaHoe has to be la : d befcrs them . SrrroK-LN-AsHFifLD . —A public meeting Trill bo helo in th , s Chari : s ; rt =. dir ^ room , at hn-i-poit fix , on Monday ev = ni ¦ - ¦ % next-, to arcertain how w-. ; ca * a bc = ; iiew our re ? pec : to ths : " QESiaching d . 4 vocal ' s of i > -e working cis ^ eFj Fear-iis O'Connor , E ^ q .
Vv axsall A d ^ : c « a : e n ;^ :: rig ll ha held in ihs yfalssll Association Ro . . ni Biae-Iaue , on Snnoay afternoon nest , a : three o ' clock precisely . Dei-sates from the f-j-Ilowin ^ places are requested to atifnd . as rhere is b ^ Ec ? .- of imp r :: > Ece to be ; tran-ac : ed : —Bils : on . Wa 2 > aU . W ^ dnesbury , iOarleston , Tiuon , Dudley , Costby , Birmingham , ai > d Wol-Terhaoij . ton . ; Ma ^ pield . —A Chariirt meeting will bo held b the Associaiion Rv : m , Union-street , on . Moaday nigst , at half-past s ^^ en o ' clock , fer tho purpose of nominating members for the General Council and other important business . Oa Tuesday night ihe demonstration committee V 7 » ll meet at ihe same room to receive the subscription in aid of the demonstration foad In honour of F . ~ O'Connor Tfho will Tiat this disttiet on the 2 t > ih of JuIt ,
Mb . Mead ' s Hocte . —On Sunday and Monday , at Sntt-on-iu-Ashneld ; Tuesday , as Hucknall-under-Huthwaite ; Wednesday , at Kirkby Woodhouse ^ Saturday , at New Lenton , Sotjeblakd . —Oil Sunday evening , at six o ' clock , Mr . WiUiami will ] ec :-urs on the Town Moor , on persecution . After Trh ' ch a collection will be made for Ma-on ' s defence Oa Sunday , ihe 17 : o insrant , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , Mr . Williams will speak at the same place , on the death of Hoiberry , after which a collection will be made for the widow and family of the Chouus martyr . Bollingworth—Mr . Cooper , Gf Manchester , will lecture here on iasd ^ v afernooD , & % half-pait two .
South Shields- —Mr . J . Williams , of Snnderland , will preach a funeral sermon for the late Samuel Hoiberry , on the E-sn ; s , 5 aath SMelds , on Sanday next , at two o ' clc-rk in ihe afternoon , ¦ vr hen a collectiou will Le made for : ae widow . ' THCKST 0 XLA 5 O- —A iteinTS will l > 3 delirercd at Thm- ^ onlaiii , on fcnnday , ( ro-morro 5 v ) by Edward Clayton . Chair to t-e taken a ; sis o ' clock ! Discusson icTiteed . Htdderstiei-T ! . —Th = oir ' rict d ? lrgate meeting of the G ^ r ^ ral Counculc-r = w ill be he'd in the houss cf Mr . Jo = i-ph Brsv , Upperhead-row . Chair to be tak « ri at on 9 o ' clock . LiPrc > -, Kjekheato . v , and Daltos , are requested to hand in the Petliion Sicets which they bare .
TJTew Lzkvs , Beadfoed . —James Bewhursfc wili deliver his farevrell lecture to the Chartists of New Lee <] ^ and its neighbourhood , on Sunday , July lGth ; in tbe Chartist meeting room , DswssrsT . —A district council meeting will be held at xhe honss of Mr . Charles Brook , Littletown , on Sunday , the i 7 : h of July , at tiro o'clock in the afternoon . NoiTisGHAH . —Mr . Q arke , from Stockport , " will prearh itvico on vat Forest , nezt Sunday , at the nsnal time , 3 nd on Monday eTcniug ensuing , at eight o ' clock , in tke denivcratic chapel . Oldhasl—Oa Sunday next Mr . Brophy will leeturain the Cnsrtist room , Greaves-street , at six o ' clock in ibe eTcains .
Kollisgwocd . —ilr . Henry Smethurst , oF Oidham , will lecture jn-the Roiph Green Chartist room , on Suiday evening next , at six o ' clock , Mr . Campbell , the Gen . Sec , will lecture in Xynn Kegi * , on Ta- ^ day , Juiy lS : h ? in Wisbeach on Wednesday , the 20 A ; in Norwich , Thursday and Friday , the 21 s ' - and 22 ad ; in Harleston on " Sunday . 24 h ; in Ipswich on Monday 25 th ; ia Bury St . EjouU-igs , ^ Tuesday * 2 Gih ; in Cambridge , Wednesday , 27 th : and in . Iloyston , Thursday , 28 . h of July . V ; r . William Be > -bow will lecture at the Workine Mtn " s Hill . No . 5 , Circus-street , New road ; M-tryieboE-e en next Sunday evening , at haif-past seven
o'elock-_ E-. sr axd Noeth Riding . —Mr . Dean Taylor-will Tir . t the follcwijig places during nest * veek . tamely , Mo-. day , Jnly lltb , at Doneaster ; Wednesday at L « d . s ; Thursday at Seiby ; Friday at Howden ; Saiurday ai York . Sir . Wheeleh will lecture next Monday erenin ? , ai ' the Rose and Cro ^ n , Walworih Road , chiir to be tiken ai ei ^ ht o ' clock . A public meeting will be hifi-i at the above house on Monday evening , the 38 li i ;; st ., to fcitct a deiesate to the London District Council . The Chabtjsi 3 0 ? Wfstsitssteii are earnestly requited to attenci at the Charter Cefi-. e house , Sir- aoa-Ground , t ) n Wednesday eTenins , onbnsiness of iEV r ! naTice . "
¦ J * FJrr . —Mr . Jonsthsn Bairstow , a member of the Ex ^ - ctir -, will deliver a lecture in the Garden-street lectnrt roOB . on Monday evening at eight o ' clock . Bis-MisGHiM .-The Council cf the Coriwaineri ' CL-r > * -r A = soc : atii . E , TespcctfuiJy invite . tie attentioL of iii the operativ-s connected wiih the above branch &f irade * and who are friendly to the People's Ch-ir'tr . 10 £ t"eid a iseeung , which will be held at Mr ? . M _ arsh , si ^ n of th « Britannia , Peek-lane , at s ^ ven o ' clock on Tuesday eytmng next , to take into couiiaera ; ion business of importance . Bbadfod . —A Charti ? t Camp-meeting Trill ie held « a Yeadon-moor , on Sunday-next , at two o ' cio :-k ,. er in an out-building ( should the weather prwe nnfavcura . blc ) -which a , fanner kindly offered at ' , Le last meeting . Mr . Aldercon and others from Bradford will attend .
Ms . vv . fsr ' s bout . —Monday , Derby ; Tuesday , Chesterfield ; Wednesday , Heaner ; Thursday , Ilkinston ; Friday , Breasion ; and oa Saturday , at Bowcrash . Desbt . —Mr . Thomasen , from the Yale of Leren , win preach a funeral sermon for Holberay , in the Uarkei-piace , to morrow ( Snnday ) morning . Debbt . —A public meeting will be held in the Market-place , on Monday next , to adopt the memorial to ler M&jesty , and protest to the House of Commoss . Chair to be taken at half-past seven . Mr . West , Chartirt lectnrer , and Mr . Thom&Eon will address the meeting . Rochdale . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , there will be a c-imp-meeting at Lobden , near Whitworth ; to oommtiice at two o ' clock . Mr . Lane of Manchester , trill ad dre 3 S the meeting .
BiACKsroTfE-EDGB . —On Sunday , ( he 17 th instant , a camp meeting will be held on Blackstone-Edge , to comm-nw ai tvro o ' clock precisely ; Mr . Bairstow , an ^ other talented speakers will address the people .
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Manchester . —TheR « v . J . Scholefield will preach tbe funeral sormoa of Samuel Hoiberry , m his chape ! ynrd , Evsry-sireet , Manchester , on Monday evening , July 18 h . One penny will bo charged for aca = 3 sioa towards defraying the expences of tho niOLumciit . SourH Lancashire . —Mr . Bell's route . —Monday , Jr . ly 11 th , at llaiiashaw-moor ; Tuesday , Tnrton ; W- ^ dn- 5 lay , Shaw ; Thursday , Denton ; Friday , h > yczs-huim ; Sanday . Miles Plotting ; Monday ,
18 . h inst ., Tvldesley Bauks ; Tne ? day , Lane-head , Lowtcn ; Wednesday , Asltoa-le-Willows ; Thursday , Wigaii ; and on Friday at Blacknod . Mr . Bell niott respectfully calls attention to the General Council in those places where the association is fcrnKJ , to ihe necessity that , exists of their making his v " slts known amonjist the inhabitants of the adjacent villagts , where there are no members enrolled , so that they may be apptiz . d of the time when he ma y b : esptcted .
Blidwobth . —Mr . Georgo Morrison , of Calvertcr ; , v ? iii lecture here on Sunday morning at ten o ' clock . Waisall . —The members are requested to mpet on Su ^ o ay morning Kext , in their room , Bluelane . Sheffield— "Mr . Harney will addrosa the friends of tho thai-. 'er at lutik , on Sunday afteraocn . ( tomorrow ) at half-past two o ' clock . Up . IIarxey will address the Sheffield Chartists at IX >? U / r's Fields , on Sunday evening at seven o ' clock . ' A Public Meeting will ba held in the Fig-Tree L-. ue r ;> oin , on Monday ev ; : n : n £ , a : ei ^ ht o ' clock . of
3- ! V :. r . pj-OL . — A general m etiu ^ members wul be held next ouuday evening at half- ;> a ~ t t : vvn o ' clock to take iuio coiis ' -dtratiou tho ca . ^ e of Mrs . Hole- rry , and likewise the cs ^ e cf Mr . John i : a > on ; al-o to make arraiuenier . ti for memorbiiz in- - h r M j := ry , and reino ! i ^ r . ; tinK with the ll . Vuse of Cvn : nio-is on thar r . j .-ction cf the Naiioaal Peiiti-jn , It ii hoped that a : l the meinbars will at : ci . d . OpsrsitAW . —Mr . Jra ^ s Cartltdj-e vriU lecture h ? ro on jjmniay tvciiin ^ . H £ T ^ -oor >— . Mr . i ^ irsiow will lecture hero on Tuiitiav eTenins : v . txx .
Nur ; cs . —Mr . T . B Smith havins completed his engagement- a ? ienturer for iho Leeds Di > trict , will sddrt ^ s iiis Chartist brethren and the public at the fc-iioTVin !* places durins tht en ; nii } ^ wc .-k : —Rotherhain , on Saturday tVcUliiir , ( i : iis ¦ day , ) oa the nec € » iiy of a union oi the vrorkinsj ar . d middle classes 10 eain tbe Chur > t ; Srninld , on Sunday , Ui' -morruw t-vening . ) c . i ihe Political _ Institute , he r . iil i ; r _ ach a funeral sermon for th-j victim Hoiberry :
Menu ay , at tho s ^ me place , h « will ke . ture on the ncc .-s-iiy of all classes " taakii : 4 S ' . i exertion at ; he pre ? en-. crisis ; Wednesday , at Bsrn .-l-. y , he wiil cdlver a funeral oration oa -he d . ' ^ ti rf Hoiberry , ia the School Room ur . der the Odd Fellows Hall ; Friday . 31 Morl ^ y , a fune-al sermon for Hoiberry ; and 21 IiorhweH , t n Sund 3 j , i ' - ' . e 17 : h ii 2 *> au > , ae tvJii preach in the afternoon aud evening . The sermon in the evening will bo in reference to the death tff-Holberrv .
" " Mr . Baij-. stow will dilivfr lecture ? , by ppe < -ial rcqici-i , iii Carptutci ^ sH : 1 , Manchester , on Sunday ar ' . tracon ; tnu a Middjtsion , in the Democratic chnp .-l , ai stren o'dirk in the f-ver-ing . On Monday , at B : ry ; on Tuesdsy , at H-. ywr . od ; on Wednesday , at , E : c ! -. s ; oa Ta ! irsaay , at Ti-. imordtrn ; 011 Friday , at lJcWtbury ; p . ad w "; U atitn-i the Yorkrhi e slid Larea-hire ' caap mtetiiig at BiacksJono E $ gc tn fcaii- ^ ay " -veek . LrDDEXDEX . Mr . B-rjiTn . n Rnsht ^ n , of Oveiicen , will prtach a sennon ou . Sunday , at 3 vo o'dock ia the evening . Af : e-r th ^ Mmon a pnMic meeting will he- hrl'i in tLe Cbartist room , wlicn Mesars . William Wallace , Joseph Green woud , and othys , ¦ will addrts 3 tbe inettinz .
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VERSUS THE LEAGUE . -It is our pleasing task to communicate this week : he most complete and d ^ ci ? ivd victory ever ye ; achieved by the Charti .-t bouy over their bitter and implacable foe , the Corn Luw League . The " Plague" sought to steal a march . Our renders will rs member that at ihe comnjpneement of iaiv week , Mr . U ' i onnor piid a very brief Visit , and , ccccispauied by West and others , had proceeded on his tijur ; on Wednescay , thertJore , imagining ihey tvon'd be quite secure from any thing like Chartist atteuti m , Jarsje bills were issued , aiinouncin « that Mr . Acland would deliver three lectures in the Odd Fallows' Hall , on'he evenings of Ihursday , Friday ,
andSaiurday . A small aioaeypayni-.-nt was demanded for a ^ mitsion into th- ; Salcan . a > : d Sixpence t-uch inr the Orchestra . Tais was to secure ' * rc-specratility . " Of course the menibers of the League , and all who : i-upp ' srt its v ; ew 3 are re * p £ ctable . auo . they were quite ] sure to go and hear Mr . Acisnj at any price ; bjsides I which ofrhs naughty Cairtists couid raise sixpence ? : WcJ ] , aii went on quite sansfacicrily ; tha l 'la . es , ' tbou ^ a making nooutwaid show , wire no ; idle . Th » : y ! met , thry consulted to ^ e ' . htr , th < y deierciined to at I tcL-d ' sir . Aland's L . cjure 5 , at kast : o see fair play , : and to form an audience tor him , being quite c .-nvmcrd that his own fnmd 3 wtre " lew aud tar bfc-ween . ' Mr . West bcin ^ in the immediate neighi biiUihood , was apprit-ed oi the affair , and at onto
I cff-Ted his service , and the Chartist force ? , ' at tb-a appointed i : our on Thursday night , went I to tbe Hall . Mr . Acland doubtiess thanked his stars : wht-n he saw so large an audi \ ory ; and at ha'f-p 2 r > t ; seven o ' clock rose t <> commence kis lecture . But this i irregular way of uoingbusiuess was uot properly un-, der ^ iood by the " workit 3 ; " they had been accustomed j to have all things done decentlj aud in order ; and for ! this purpose , insisted upon hanng a chairman . u A I chairman , " &aid Mr . A ., " why , what is tbe use of a I chairman 1 I came here to tell you only about the j Corn Laws , asd to show you how you can get a big ' loaf -or little money ; I want no ccairman . " "No , I no ; " replied tbe lads , " you want no chairman , but ! we do . " Mr . Acland tried several times to proceed his
i but it was " no go ; " and h&'vin ^ resumed seat ¦ until the n ^;? e cosed , a Chartist stood up and pro-\ pose d that Mr . W . Cockcroft do take the chair This i was 3 .:, once seconded , and carried unanmonsiy , I amid thunders of applause ; and the Chairman tocki . is ¦ tea * - The League looked '' uau : terab ! e things ;" j they did not at all relish a fustian jacket I pr : siding over one of their meeting * . They r protested against such an assumption , — \ said they had paid for the room , it was ; theirs—nobody but themselves had auy business ; there—it was a piece of pret-umption to interfere iu their business 1 " Softly , softly , good geDtlemen of ;' . he League , " replied the Chartists , " you invited us ¦ here ' ; we have paid our money ; \ ou have taken it ;
aid therefore we have an equal right with you . " Well , after all , the League tnought it best to submit wiih as good a grace as ihey could ; so afcer a consultation they condescended to a :-i advice of Mr . West , and after tome sqiabblin ^ , terms were arrantitd lor three ninhts uucur £ ion , alternate bali hours , for two hours th ^ £ r = t tisht and ihree . houis the other two ; a chairman to be appointed for each side . Mr . West at once named Mr . W . Cockcroft , and Mr . Aeland ncminated Mr . Morris . The discussion was continued wiih ^ ood humour byboih parties during Thursday , Friday , and Saturaay , Mr . Acland contending stoutly lor the " big loaf , " " plenty to do , " and" *^ ood wa ^ es ; " Mr . West ably showing the fallacy of his reasoning Cif reasoning it could be
called ) , and smshhiog his erery position , point by point , to the entire tatisfaction of tha numerous and appbmding auditory , inciudmtr those who had professed to couse a 3 niends of Mr . Acland , as we ; i a the Chariists . The discussion did not-terminate uttll half past eleven on Saturday Bight . After these three night ' s , however , Acland declared that he'had not eveu yet emptied his sack ; and , so great a glufon was he , that he desired a repetition of ihs druLbic j he iiad received from West ; the la ' . ier gcatltman , howevtr , being professionally en ^ ag ^ d in the ChanLt service iu Derbyshire , could uol regain ac Halifax , whereupon Air . Acland ch-JUifcBi . o :- jzaj otb-r man of the ^ ' nurtist patty to toacludt the discussion ; aud tLe Kcy . W . 7 . Jackson
behg preheat , Acland said , '" perhaps Mr . Jack > on wili have bo objection to tupply the piace 01 ' 2 \ lr West ; " to which Jackson , with the fitting boldn » - < - of a Chartist , at once assented . L-iigz bi : ' . 3 w . re published , . suEouncin ^ the discussion for Wednesaaj night lasr , the 6 tii icst ., to comm-nce at eigbto'ciock By that Lour the Odd Fellows' Hail , £ ti iajmenst bu'lding , was & : led in every corner ; watu just as tht batiie was about ta commvnee , Feargus O'Connoj msde his appearance , upon the platform , and waj hailed with cheers , which made the building shake It was soon arranged between the Chartist boay—& 3 Mr . Acland had challenged aay of their menthat Mr . Jackson should permit Mr . O'Connor U
assume his place . To this proposition the RfcTeTeni Gentleman most cheerfullj assented , and Mr . Ackm and his friends having acquiesced , it was put to thi meeting and received with a general burst of ap planse . The preliminaries were speedily concluded They were , that Mr . Acland should open the debate and that it should conclude at eleven o ' clock , eaci speaker occupying a quarter of an hour alternate ! j Acland commencing and his opponent concladii g Mr . Martin , formerly proprietor of the Halifm Express , was appointed chairman for Mr . Acland and Mr . Benjamin Rusnton presided on Mr . O'Con nor ' a behalf ; and now we proceed to give a mti > epitome of this important three hours' discussion .
ROUND I . Aclakdcommenced by declaring himeelf aChartis but contended that the middle classes could not b organised under the Charter banners , while the were ready and willing to join the Chartists for
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total repeal of the Bread Tax . That the repeal of the Corn Laws was indisponsible , as our own land DOES NOT produce a sufficiency of food for our population . That their repeal would insure a larger supply of wheat—would increase wages by extending manufactures , and give to our home trade a great impetus . That all foreign countries were by nature agricultural countries ; that our ' s was not . That our prohibition or restriction affecting the importation of foreign corn provokod other countries to make laws hostile to our trade .
Mr . O'Connor commenced by congratulating his party upon the opportunity then afforded to all classes for judging between their respective principles . Ho denied that Mr . Acland had opened any discussion , but he would , by broadly asserting that a repeal of the Corn Laws , so fat from baing a beaeSc , would be a positive evil to the working classes , until they had accomplished the Charter as a meana to turn them to general , instead of class or party benSt . That as to the soil at home » ofc producing enough , Mr . Aclandhad endeavoured to slip the qne-tiou by asserting that it DOES NUT produce enough . True it doo ? not ; but is that any proof that under wife laws and a . better dispensation it would nor ? The same was averted in the rt ign of
Heury IV ., when the population was not two millions ; but from Hiury ' s time to 1815 , it so happened that tho s : imo land bad ' . been iound capable of supporting annually tbe increasing pppiilauon . And what did Henry do ? Why , when the growth of wool was inducing tho landed proprietors to hold thrir vast estates in crass , disinheriting tha agriculturist , the Kiu £ , with the consent of tho Legislature , decreed that it was a monopoly tending to create unwilling idler 3 . He restricted the grass land , increased the agriculture of tho country , and very speediiy restored peaco through abundance . T it ) very sanao pernicious monopoly exists now by the occupation of l&rgo farms ; but ho would , in the course of the debate , prove the fallacy of Mr . Acknd's
a ? s . rti'n even to ) iis ( V ] r . A . *) satisfaction . As to increased trade giving an impetus to tho labour market , he-was in a good aud tenable position to n \ r = ly contradict the assertion ; he found by tho most recent returns , that tbe importation of cotton had , up to the present period of the current year , cor . siderabiy rxcecded thai of the Bi ' iffieperi ' . 'd . oi-hut j ^ nr ; ai d , tlierefore , if tho full measure of free trade is to produce the labourer's miH'iiiium , enre'ly the pru ^ rtSfciv ? iuiprovc iu -. ut or increase \ 3 to present . its rtlaMve value . That ia , Ironi a vast increase in consumption cf tho raw " ma-orial , we are justified in lor
lookiiii ^ labour ' s boon from that amount of increase ; But what did we discover ! \ Vliy ' that tho dismissal of hands lius ^ one on increas'sg in the same or even a . # s filter ratio than the iijcrease of production ! Mr . Ac- ; iiu asserts that ail foreign couiiirits are uatuially agricultural . Ho admits this is nature ' s wo ; k ; but , in Heaven's name , why should use of ihe vidi ^ t ,-: ! i . i uio-z improvid countri ^ is in agr . cdiiure ( Eiu-. laut ;) be bLit d vutoi' Laiuit / s maw ! tni ; lau (( has r . m material in htr hud , her miiu-s , her mineral . ; , and h ^ r fisheries ; but wone ^ kct 1 Ikm , and hence cur dependence on foreign cauuiricH for wiiat we could bttrcr produce at home .
ROUND II . Mr . A cland * aid thut Mr . O'Connor had taunted the L ^ aj , -. - . rs with pei-itioaniig in vain , and with not j iii- ins the Chartists , v , i : o had also petitioned in vain lie had al ^ o tEuut-jd m . Ti and the League with disho- ; nesty , ia iiot ioc-k ; i ) g u > r the means to accomplish th-: ; if own pivfej-cd olj .-ct , and told thrm that they had but a uii .-r . ib ;^ yj ! -i ^ riiy , 93 , to snpp- ^ ri' th < : m ; why not , then , j"in the Chartists for the means which wou- 'l at mvc accompiish th 8 cud ? In reply ho mi ^ lit say to Mr . U'Counor , that thero were n-. t more thaa tix Chut list . iltitbcrs in tho Ho \ isp > ; ani
was n . » i ninety-ihrte : t better staff tbs ^ i mx ? a'id why not back ihe uiuety-three 1 As to the incrp . nscd inipjrUiijn of cotion , what did that prove ? Why , that Amerioa , ih-t owed' U 3 £ 12 , 0001 ) 00 tttirlin- % was paying GffoOmoor her . debts : that was all ; but it did no ; amount co proof of more manufacturing . Free Trade would insure RECIPROCITY , tad give increased eraployuient ; whereas now , the mills were working , many of them , half-time , and a number of mili-owtcrs were in the Guzette ; but Mr . U'Couuor had not shown ho . ? an increased supply of bread would irijnre the-- labouring classes .
Mr . O'Co >> ob said , that the b : \ aging of questions by Mr . Acland proved at ouce his lack of arKUlfieiH ; whtreap , when be did stick to the question , ho invariably answered his own absurdities . Now , a 3 to tho advantage of ninety-three Repealers for six Chaitist Members ; what could be more disingenuous , or iar-teSched 1 Should ho not have firstly established the fact that th-, re exists an identity of Feinimcnt , opinion , and feeling between us and the Rrpealr-rs ; and between the ninety three and the six inside ? or does ho suppose us ready for any thiuij or any change ? Why , the Repealers are our dt ad } y eiumieh I the men pgainst whom we arecont . nding , and by whom we have been persecire ! Is it not tquivalent to paying here are ninety three assassins
who insist upon me committing murOer ; and hers are six virtuous men who would induce me to go to church ; but I am bound by the majority to eschew the moral advice of the six , and to follow the evil dictaiesi-i the niiit-ty-three ? Why not join the other £ t& liundred and ftii ^' -fivo in re-3 istiu _ sj all change ? for they aro the big maj > rity ! But as to America ezi'y payiDg a p--r-.: o ? i of her dzh ' a" to account for the if'creaseo impor-ation of cotcon ! Ah J kind and thoK ^ hiful Mr . Acland ! what generous souls the couon i-rowers cf Anierica are to pay other mtn ' s dt-bt- *! Tho d-.-bt was not incurred by tho crtan gr-iwtr-: ; and by the sarai rulo I pri- > ume thaMf our paC "/ -q'lor become bankrupt , the lariie manufacJurc-rs aud landowners , kind and
ger . trous fcuU ! wi . nld p » y off all the foreign holders of s : ock . No . vo , Mr . Acland , you must bo pinned 10 the argument ; wo mu .-r not have assertions incapable of pr-jof . Frco trade , said Mr . Acland , would insure RECIPROCITY . Reciprocity indeed ! \\ hy , thefiae avA undefinedtivm , Reciprocity , means barter upon M » m-. thing like equal terms ; but witre was the c-q << a ' -it ; between a nation highly taxed , and a natiuii siiglitly tsxed , or not taxed at all ? W ; iat Recij-rocity was therein receiving the untaxed curn , or other produce , of foreign countries , and giving in exchange our labour , which was not Reciprocally protected I Mr . Acland forgot that wh « n foreigners bought Euglish fabrics , bishops , parsons , foreign kiugs , standing army and navy *
placemen , pent » ioni-r > =, and idlere , were ail wrapped up in the bundle ! and t '; o-e were the dra-W-hacks to commerce or compeiinon ! Well , but how dees Mr . Acland answer hiuuscli ? Why , while facts and returns prove an increase of production , and while complaiut and uii-ery prove increase in the number of displaced baud * , he says that the mills avt many of t > . em working ouly half time . Why , what a blow at "iree trade' ' . cud what a slap in the facts for the Le ? gue ! So , thin , whik ) we have been doing more work , we have b en actually at the same time net only diriplating iriannul labour , but improvoments are pu-ting old machinery as , well out of use fcrwehav « ih ^ ad&i-sion that many have stopped
wo ^ k , and are m the Gazette , while few are working more than bait ti-ao ; ai . d yet the few remaining successful < pf eulaiors are able to glut tho world with Urici-h proauco ' . but , j-avs he , Mr . O'Connor has in t sh" Fa that an ii-. en a * ed supply of bread would injure the working ola ^ ts . Rather stretching it that No ; lut let Mr . Ac ; a-: d prove—( for we want the sffinrai ' . oiijUoi the lii- ^ tive—we want certainty ,-hot chiTict)— U' \ hiu piovethat an increased supply oi wheat would bt nefii c » cii who are idle , while machinery is et-ihiug " ihe exchange , and I v / iil thar . k him ; or let him prove that an increase in production would # m- a con \ , spo : j-ling increase iu tue employment ci labour .
ROUiND III . Mr . Acxa . vd now acknewkcied the powers of his oppoii ' -ni , aj ; d derlaivi ¦ himself as good a Chartist as any in ! -h « - i » om ; but as they could not achieve aptr . ect R c-. proc : 'y , k-t them endeavour to get as fair a KtcimociTY as THEY could : and as to the tt--sump'i . ui that the fact of increased importation of cottoi ; vva ^ proof of an increased trade , he denied ii ; b' -t-auso it miglu only be speculation upon the part oi ihe Wd ^ -itTg , as it was well known that the warehouse * Were ovi-rsttscked with goods while the ptopk couM Jo : aff ; . ! to buy them ; but this-was no proof »> t" tht >; 0 O'is leaviiit ; tlie country . lie said ; hut a -. v ] 1 rinxt > 'd ¦» tua'i « _ 'll ECDt up by tho middle
and weriwig cl-- ;! ss < s woui : I frighten the Ministers aini the P . iTlum « 'nt into ¦ Repeal of the Corn Laws , -. the HOPfc : < JF ST \ VliS . G OFF THE CHARTER ! ho M »; 'o » c r ¦ ¦ : ' > i - . Mnst Mr . O'Connor ' s notion umi a par'v v . -hi / c ul < - i .: > t achieve any . administrative iuipiovcriiiTf' i ' jii a eiiJ ' .-rca an organic change , — -v-i-dv . ^ Catholic < i 7 i : nicpa " . ion . He denied that Mr . tr ( ' -n : or luni \ -. c proved the capability "t the land a * ii < - > iii- ; to yield a sufficiency of food ; sn > J oMwiur :: that the repeal of the fmaa iax woulri j > iaoe the people in a better po .-i ' . ion to f .: ain tn-j Charter . It appeared afu-r ail that the orly nifference between him and his hon . opp-jiic- « t wa ? ju-t the difference between rationality and irrationally . "
Mr . O'Con . nok Piid that , contrary to all the rules ana form- * of t-iveussion , ho would deal with Mr . Acland s lav . assertion in the first instance ; and in it he fully concurred—that the only difference was , as Mr . A . Stated , JU 5 ' , that between rationality artel irrationality ; but tho . meeting should judge upon whose side wa ? th * rationality , and upon whose the irratio !> cV , ty . But how we must all have hailed the admission of Mr . A . e ) arid that he was a Chartist ! And ho . v his friends must have sorrowed at seeing him lioip'ng so lamely through his last quarter ' s r » ce ! ** At you cat-not get real Reciprocity , " says he ,
" get as / air a Reciprocity at you cart ; " but he has failed to k «; il us where even the first instalment of this " a&- fair-as- you-can-reciprocity" is to come from : while he well knows that you hare to power now whatever to work the slightest chaiige in public aff « rs . How happens it thathis friends and the Leagne do not , by olabbiag their purses to reduce general taxation , placemen , pensioners , and ihe church , smooth the way for ttio " # s fair-Reelprocity-as-you-can-get . " But , says he , wa all Jri > ow that the warehouses are crammed : and thkeefdbe—mind , therefore—the in-
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creased importation of cotton is no proof of increased trade . Ahi ! -what does he mean by increased trade 1 Dpe 9 hemeaii that the produce-hagi not yet been disposed of , as the last step in barter ? For what signifies to us whether it has or not j the admission made by himself that the fabric is made and warehoused , proves : that ill the labour that will bo expended upon it , has been expended uponJt . There is the rub 1 Lapour has been employed to a less amount in 1842 in manufacturing a gretiter quantity of goods than was manufactured up to the same period of last year . Let him answer that . Buthe shall have 110 excuse ; for now I refer him to the dock revenue returns of Liverpool , and by those he will find that there has been a corresponding increase in the export and import trade , that of tho exports
holding balance with the imports 1 Now what will he say \ But what else did he admit V Why only just this : tbat a woll-directod ' . " agitation of the middle ' . and working classes would -induce the Parliament to grant 0 , repeal in the hopb op- ' staviis g opf THE CHAR . TER . Here then we have him at ouce , aud here is the price bid us by tho League ; ' ¦ Join 11 . 5 , " say they , " to frighten the Legislature into a compliance wich us , for the purpose of annihilating YOU . " A very j » enorous appeal to the Chartists truly to commit " suicide ! " No , iio | if Repeal is tho lesser good in their minds , it must be iutouded as such ; and , thereforej we wjII not abandoji the greaterTov the lesser good 1 But says he , you cui force an administrative change ; witness emancipation of the Catholics . Nonserisa ! this ha-i nothin < r
to do with the question of the Corn Laws . But as all should ba replied to , ho begged to reunud Mr . Acland , that he had de-iroyed his o-. vn argifmant , inasmuch as while the Catholics sought for administrative change , they were ; mocked and laughed at : buv when they sought for what , was in reality aji , organic change , ( because it altered the system of representation by admitting Catholic Peers into the Lordp , and Cataoho Members into tho Cirtimons-, who wore theretofore excluded , ) t-ven that mciisuri } was long denied tojuRti'Vjj buc tardily surrendered to fear ; so will it oa with the Charter .
HOUND IV . Mr . Acland took off his coat and Said , that he was fcowy liiatiMr . O'Comior had tauutad him with limping lamely through his task , that' he did not so taunt Mr * O'Connor . ( Cry of "rationality and irrationality . ") Well ; but suit ho thought that the people if placed . in . an improved state , would be better- 'able , to battle for their political rights , than in theiir ' present istai'vod oondiiion , which made foreign ' --hations deal witJi their government as they ploascd , as tiiay had no fear Of a sta . rviugf disconu-nted people , who in their misery couid do , nothiiig to assist ihetnaolvea . Mr . O'Connor had attempted to classify tho uificrent orders of society . He should like to know what an aristocracy meant—what the middle classes meant , and who we re the other clashes of society ? Surely we were indubied | , to thoso nianufacturor . s who Mr . O'Connor contended' did not belong to tho middle classes , frr the R . form Bill , little good as it had
done . But yet he had not shown our donaestic capabilities . As to machtnery suppianting manual labour , who ever heard of a lady being denied the use of a tliimblo and her needle ? and yet they aro machinery older than that of which he coraplaiijs . We have not heard one word of ¦ philanthropy , from Mr . O'Conn > r for the sufferings of tho people As to tho most not being made ot ' ourland , surely it is the inte-te .- 't of tho farmers to make fie most they possibly can ; and yet it does not after all produce enough . But he would advise them , even if they got ii repeal of tbe . Corn La > s , to goon with their agitatipu i ' or the Charter . In conclusion , ho would say that he wished tu God thait tho Government would double , treble , nay quadruple all our import and export duties ,, because . THEN poverty would make the people powerful , arid able to wring their rights from the oppressor .
Mr . O'Connor said , tho last quarter of an hour lias furnished me with a spiendid specimea of reasoning , philintvophy , and of tho tact of our opponents ! Just Compare Mr . Acland ' s beginniHg , with Mr . Acland ' s coiicludiiig . He says that your present .. impoverished ' . ' . 'Stave makes you incapable of doing anything for yourself ; while he conolnies by imploring that misery , want ^ and destitution may be doublrd , tripled , nay quadrnpled , in order that you ir . ay . be enabled to do \ aiiyt . liinj : for yourselves ! Strange philosophy this ! but as lio had strayed altogether from the arguineni ^ T will ' -bring him back ' 0 the question ofhomo produtiou . And now let him attend and reply . I contend as follows : —that a farmeisholdingone thousand acres of land . wiil not ,
according to . general custom , culrivate upon that quantity more than fifty acres of wheat . 1 contend ior it , that the very process of manuring an acre with a view to foll'W with a wheat crop , at sogrea ' , a distance , costs £ 4 per acre , at the least ; and allowing the benefit to ba intended for th * wheat crop , that alone puts a home-taxof £ 1 6 a 8 d . per quarter , at three quarters to the acre , upon the wheat . Tiie drawing home would put a tax of lour shillings , —one half the Russell standard . But the one thousand acres hflld by t « n persons at one hundred acres each , would bo dovoted to wheat culture as ibllows : —each would have ten airea of wheat , thus til-it subdivision would double oui * produce . Subdivide ic again into
allotments of twenty acres caoh , aud each holcier will grow three acres of wheat , or . fit'tc n to the one hundred ; making a further iucrea so of fifty per ccir , in consequence of tho more profitable Bub-uivision .. But bring it within the couvtnient Iiequs of individual labour ; subdivido it into farms of . t « n acres each , and each lot will produce two acies of wheat , making a further increase of twenty-five per cent , over tho twenty acre allotment . Tho pre ^ sent . allotment stands thus : fifty acres of wheat produced frbm 1 , 000 acres , while •• • tho subdivision-would m ^ ka it stand thus—200 acres from the ^ amo . 1 , 000 acres brought withiu the reach of individual labour And let Mr . Acland uudcrstaud that it co ^ 3
comparatively nothing to m ' auure an acre , or to draw home the produce of an acre ^ at »• diatanco of a few yards ; whereas the sauie process swallows up all the profit at a great distance . And let this illustration be taken for an answer to his apertiou , that farmers produce as much as ihsy possibly can Yes ; as much aa they profitably can under tho gystem of letting largo farins with a view to ensttre the holder ' s vote to keep up Churcli and State and tho idlepaupers , which could novbe ' so . effectually accomplished was the land in tho hands of what he would call producers and consumers . Let him answer that . Mr . Acland wishes for a classification of society An aristocracy ineansmen who live 1 without iiidustry or labour upon - accumulated wealth . Middling classes means that body who acts as agents between Wholesale producers aud - retail , consumers , an < i indeed may be extended to mean &hhpkcbptrs , who are absolutely necessary to circuiiae production
iu convenient portions for retailers . The other class is the working class , of whose labour the employers make profit , and of whose coiisuinptiou shopkeepers make a living ; aad whoi-e poverty was now occasioned by a party of wealthy speculators supplanting their cus'omers by self-aomig mules , oast-irou moti , ar . d improved machinery . These men constituted tho smokeocray ; and had no pr&tensious to the honourable title of industrious ttmiale-clat-s men . Mr . Acland says they guve us tho Reform Bill : — thaub them for npthiog ! We'll take care they don't give us such another 1 A burned child dreads the fire . As to philanthrophy , he looked not for commis-seration , but for justice ' : and as tor the " thimble" big he had nothing to do with that part of the machinery—it was to ihe lady just what the spade was to the man . He did not mean that tho agricultural communitita bhuuld dig with their nails or reap with their teeth , auy taoro than thai a , lad > should sew without needle and thimble .
ROUND Y v Mr , Acland contended that the question of subdivision of land had nothing whatever to do with the argument . He was not prepared to reply to that portion of the argument : is was sufficieiit for him to know thatj tho land did nox produce enough—to pretjuaitt that ( we required an importatioa from other countries in aid ot our home produce , Mr . O'Connor had spoken of free trade in labour , and of regulating t ^ ie price pf labour . Ho hoped Mr . O'Connor
did not mean by Act of Parliament . The labourer ought to be at liberty to Sell and buy wher « he pleased , But , after all , while . Mr . O'Connor contended so nobly and so peracveringly for the whole oi the people ' s rights , - caa he deny that taking fifty millions sterling per annum from the co ^ t of the people ' s food would be an advantage ? Aud why not . contend for that ? If would give plenty , a 11 u increase tho price pf wages . Tim remainder of this quarter was occupied ia declamation about tho hard-hearted landlords .
Mr . O'Connor said that it appeared to him rather strange fat Mr . Acland fihouid have opened the discu&siou by challengipg him ( Mr . O'C . ) to the proof that the land at home , if sufficiently Cultivated , was capable of suppljiug all our wants ; that in each quarter of au hour he should have taunted him ( Mr . O'C ;) with not having replied to this portion of the argument ; and that when he laid . it "' before him so that none could misunderstand it , Mr ; Acland BayB , " Oh , ' but this has nptbing to do -wit ) i It . " Then , why did he introduce it 1 why did ho press it , and then designate if as irrelavent ? Now he ( Mr . O'C ) contended that it had everything to do with it . He contended that all foreign governments , by their tariffs and laws of commerce , were capable of
influencing the price of manual labour in England under its present artificial commercial system , while by overlooking out own raw material ^ we also ren ^ dered our people dependent upon foreigners for food . The land was the only thing with which foreign governments could not interfere ; and which our rulers alone neglected . Now , mark the fate of the Peel tariff . The card house is built ; it is to insure and regulate more especially trade in three of our great staple commodities-All other of it ? provisions are but srippl& mentary to that purpose—namely , to support our woollen , cotton , and thread fabrica . Well , up jumps the King of Prussia , and takes a puff at the woollen ; up jumps France , in compliance with the desire of a email constituent body— ( O , what a fine
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thing to be repres « ntod !)—and takes a puff at the thread ; and the Yankee will jnosfc . probably take a puff at the ooUon ; and bo away goes the tariff ! but the three per cb . ztt . on income must remain , with a prospeot of an addition , to make up for our depeu dency and Reciprocal dealings with foreigners !! Mr . Acland knew that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) never con- ; tended foir legislative intorference with labour . What W said was , " enfranchise labour , and it will soon find but its value , and regulate ita price . " Bud , says ; he , "buy and Bell where you can . " Very fine theory ! But howwrsit to be carried out in practice .
Mr . Aclaud admitted the desirableness of making the people great at home before they could be gredt abroad , but affected ignorance as to the mean ? . He would point ouf the means . Discharge your filthy aad pestiferous cities of thoir squalid beggarly inmates ; send your people from the unhealthy rattleboxes to ths hill side , the valley , and the hill top ; let them Work for themselves instead of starving for others ; and when the foreigners know th ? fe your land 13 studded with the sentry-boxes of 2 , 000 , 000 of freemen Wlio cau live without thoir aid ,.. 'then , you may speak of terms of " Reciprocity . "
SIXTH AND LAST ROUND . Mr . Acland—Mr . O'Connor says " cheap and dear are relative terms , and that we must have tremendous maw .-i to give such an impetus to foreign trade as to set ail the' world ' - producing food for a little ipland ; whereas , says he , five or six mills would purchase ait the diff-jrenc 3 that the worst harvest would require * " Why , he knew all thai ; but then why not go on looking for t ' o ^ d I and with . tho agitation why not seek to take £ 50 , 900 , 060 sterling off your bread f Surely r it would bo good to try
and' r : duc ° the breud : tax , which now presses hardly upon the people Who are not capablo of producing enough . As to the . flour said id be used in . 'thickening , clotli and '' fustians , why , if wb want that , Int us teve it also . Ida thanked , the audience and Mr . O'Connor for t ^ eir kind and courteous hearing atid demeanour ; but denied that he had a right to be . made . answerable for the , aces or words of tiie LoaguH . He alW denied that they were in confusion atid disorder amo ?!? r themselves , as stated by Mr . O'Connor . Tney NIvVER sanctioned an 8 i . fixed duty , but always contended for a total repeal .
Mr . O ' Connor now roso to wind up , and in the lx ? fc fifteen minutes so completely annihilated every vestige of gro ' . ind on which his opponent sought to stand , that "Mr . Acland huug his head , while his backers looked woc-begono and chop-falleu . Mr . O'Connor protested against Mr . Aclaud . separating himsrlt frota the Loaguo , while lie was dojiig thoir business , lie exposed the discrepancies which , existed between Colonel Torrens , Mr . Hume . Mr . Acland , and all the ' - 'leaders upon the subj ; ct . Colonel Torrens had movod for the Repeal in 1834 , declaring that it would increaso reins and double tho
price of food ; whU- > Hume , who seconded it , asserted that it would reduce rents and ch . ! U . p ' e . n .- food . Em , saya Mr . . A ' clan ' ol .,. reduce £ 50 , 000 , 000 ¦' sterling aiinualiy from the people's food . What sophistry what nonsense ! what fallacy J Why , suppose that according to Dv . Bjwring ' s Wish , every persou ia Englaud interested ia cheap brfad got plenty , as ho says , a quarter ahead , man , woman , and child ; and fiuppoae those interested to amount to 10 , 000 , 000 , way the whole price at a quarter for fiach , at COj . the quarter , would bo but jf 30 , 000 ., 000 sterling ! Throw in oven the idler , who would bo bentfitted ; and say wa wane 20 , 000 000 quarters ; why the whole price would bo but ^ £ ti 0 , 0 i > 0 , 000 1 Keep thepriceas the Whigs propose- ^ to ' . fifty shillings a quarter i and fh « wh ' . iie increase , came from where it nJig ^ t , would bo but £ 10 . 000 , 000 sttrlthg per annum I We aro told tlut population presses - 'hardly- upon ( he iQieans of subsiatoiifif . So it docs : but not tha
fl « shand blood populaiioit ; but the self-acting mule —; hocast-ironman ; the iicproTod machinery which in producing capability equals 600 , 000 , t 00 , "hands " or more than the population of the civilized world ! That presses hardly upon man and upon the fihopkeeper . If a Manchester trader pays lfd . for a pound of flour , and selh it in fustian tor Is . 4 J . per pound , and puts suvpn pounds to a piece Of seventy yards , aud brings 3 . 0 CO of these into the market ; that too presies liardiy on living man ! for he brings ovisr TEN TONS Weight of flour in that s ' ate into the fustian market in one week ! Increase trade as you will , and the then amount of machinery , with nogrtater number but fewer hands employ cd , will leave a surplus after consumption , as
now . But while thoso philanthropists were so joudm demanding a remission of the bread tax , how happened it that the Reformers of ¦ ¦ that . school never rubbled at tho church , the dead weight , the army , the navy , tho . ' placemen , and the pensioners 1 An ! unshackle their tr&de ; and let all others keep labour in chains . If the change is to bo beneficial , get the means of making it generally , instead of partially so . Let us bo broken ap now ; and will their friends , the Leagnej rally us again when satiBfied themselves , for the prinoip ' e for which we have so long and so nobly 8 truggiod j Reforsi promised the peoplo a share in ail the great iaa provements of the ago . Had it given it to them ? No ; and now add another change to the niaay which in their day had
promised thi m xeliof ; and , as all others had , so would that be turned to their disadvantage , instead of to their benefit . Tiie League were in London agaia ; they had becathc-ro b fore . While ticketed he could , not &ye th < : iu ; but so soon as they put their horns out of the ehcll , so soon did he meet them in Southwark and Marykbone j and he would bo thero again next . . week , and would beat them to their heart ' s content . Mr . O'Counor then wound up , amid the most breathless silence , with an appeal to all classes to join for the Charter . Ho expounded its principles arid meaning , and concluded the proceedings in a speech which will never be forgotten so long as memory lives . Ho then ? at down amid cheers which
lasted ibr several miuutee , and came from all parts of the spackms and densely crowded meeting room , while Mr . Aclaud was looked puifully upon by his old as-ociates . That portion of Mr . O'Connor's appeal where he accused the reporter with not reporfciaj ; one word that be had uttered , while he wa 3 busy all the timo that Acland was speaking , produced a rapid torrent of eloquent indignation and saroasm ^ at tho manner In wmch the guardians of public principle treated the people's friends . The whole meeting had watohed and noted the fact , and instantly all moved towards the impartial scribbler , and asiailed him . with pointed finger aud thrilling yells of scorn . .... ¦' -... ¦'
At tha close of the debate , the Rev . Mr . Jackson moved , and the meeting seconded , the following resolution : — " That we , the inhibitants of Halifax and its vicinity , composed of working people , shopkeepers , and tradesmen , having heard the question at issue so ably discussed , do pledge ourselves to agitate for nothing iests than the People ' s Charter , being convinced that no oilier measure can produce permanent bautifit ; to tho working classes . " Mr . Martin put tho resolution from the chair , when every hand was raised aloft for its adoption , and not a single solitary one against it . The chairman then declared that the resolution was carried unanimously , which was followed by the most deafening cheors .
A vote of thanks was then cordially given to the chairmen , as they richly merited it . Three cheera were then given for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the Charter ; and thus ended a meeting , whibb , to use the language of one of the most zealous Repi alers , " has finished , and for ever , the . Corn Law question i « Halifax . " Thi 3 We heard with
our own ears . Never since Acland undertook the advocacy of the League did he got such a drubbing as he received within the last- week at Halifax . West cut him into pieces , and ' xhn Lion devoured him . We but speak tho language , of Acland ' u own friends in repeating that he was but a plaything in the hands of his opponents .
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5 tbqud . —The cause of the people is almost for ^ gotten but by a few . Sonie who would be thought Chartists have taken out ¦ "bards" and subscriptioa books , and are no more aeBn at the rooms . It will betho painful duty of the Council to make known the names of the individuals ^ if the books are not returned . Application has been made , and the books , together with the subscripMonsi refused to be given up . Want of employment discourages a great many from coming , not haying the cash to pay subsjoriptions . Tradesmen are every day drooping into the slough of despondency , and are hoping for a change . When the dolts will learn to be wise , we cannot tell . ;; - ; ' . - .- ¦ - . : - . ¦ - ' ; ,. - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ;; .. ; . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ;¦ . . ¦ :
OTAJTCHESTER . -Hunt ' s Monument Committee . —The above Committee assembled on Wednesdiy . evehing , July 6 th * in Christ Church School , room , Every-street ; present , thirteen members . Air Thomas Ranton was e ' ected chairman . In answer to the resolution passed June 22 nd , — "That the Secretaiy be directed to write to Mr . John Cleave , of London , solic ting him to insert the Committee ' s address in the Chartist Circular , and to send five hundred copies for distribution , together with the bill , " thp Secretary read the following letter :- ^ " 1 , Shpe-lane , Fleet-street , London . / "Jul y ^ h , 1842 . ' ¦ -:
: " Dear Sirj— I raceived your vote rulative to the address from the Mdnument Committ" 9 , who have don «) themselves so much credit in supsrintendinK the erection of a Monument for my mucn lamented friond , Henry Hunt . ' / "¦ My best aiisWer is , that the excellent address has been inserted , ' ' that five hundred copies are enclosed in friend Leach ' s parcel , aud that you will be pleased to lay them before your Committee . as my second donation , to be distributed in such way as may to them seem best . . " Yours truly ,: : ¦' ¦ ' John Cleave . "
The following resolution \ vas passed nemeon , — fi That tho best , thanks of th ' 13 committee be respectfully pressnted to Mr . Gieave for . his attention and insertion of the address in the circular , and likewise for his very liberal and unexpected donation of the Chartist Circulars in aid of the Monument Ftind . " Arrangcmcuts wera then mado ; for a splendid tea party in Carpenter ' s Hall , on the 16 th of August . A good deal of business was gone through tending to forward tho object ; of the coramittee . ; Air is going oa well . The meeting adjourned till Monday evening . " '' .. ¦ ¦ . '¦ . ' : ; V . . " . -. ; .- ¦ . ' ' ¦ - ¦'¦ . ; . ' ; .
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' Gospoiuv—Francis , the young man who pointed a pistol at the Queen , arrived at this ; placs , by the Rail . w . a y , '' on Wednesday ai'ternoon , in charge of the jailor of Newgate . He is a ; genteel , smart little feilow . He wa ' s heavily iruried , aud walked arm in arm . to the beach with the j iilor * who appeared very kind to him . He was taken oh board thelLeviathan hulk . A great many people were assembled , who sympathised with him . When he took tho last step , as "he thought , on British ground , tears ran down his chceksi Although thia is a government place , there is : very little ioyaltv here .
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Leeds Corn Market , July . 5 . —The supplies of all kinds of Grain to this day ' s market , are smaller than , last week . There contiaues a fair demand for fins fresh Wheat , at ah advance of Is per quarter , but no improvement in other descriptions ; the inferior very difficult to quit . Oats and Beans very little alteration j the weatner continues showry .
THE AVERAGE PRICES OF , WHEAT FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 5 , 1842 . . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peas . Qre . Qrs . Qre . Qrs . Qra . Qtb . 525 G . H 723 — 170 11 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ a . d . 3 5 6 I 9 $ 1 4 0 ^ 0 00 1 15 ? 1 15 / 101 Leeds Woollen Markets . —The state of the markets this . week is described to ^^ have been worse than they have ever been known before , and that is going far enough cei-tainly . We believe , however ^ that never within the recollection of any of the regular attendants at the Cloth Hall 3 , was so small a quantity of goods known to leave those places as on Tuesriay last . ; ; . .. / . '• . ' ;
Kubdebsfield Market , July 5 . —The business at tha Cloth Hall continues of the same dead character as it has been for someweeks past . The amount of business was . about tha same as last . The sales were chiefly confined to heavy goods ; yery little inquiry was made for flno gooda ; The trade still continues in a melancholy state .
WAKEFIELD COJRN MARKET . Friday , July 8 th . —Our arrivals of Wheat are moderate this week ; fresh qualities are scarce and Is . per quarter dearer , but there is no variation in other . sorts , which Bell slowly ,: Barley nominal . Oats and Shelling steady . Beana and Other articles as before ; :
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O'CONKOK , Esq ., of Hammerismith , (^ vn ^ f Middlesex , by JOSHUA BOBSON , at hia BrlmV ing Office ? Nes . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggate ; and Published by the said Joshua Hobson , ( for the said Feargus O'Connor , ) at his Dwal ling-hpuse , No . 5 , Market-atxeet , Briggate ; an internal Commuaication existing between the said No . 5 , Marketstreet , and the said Nos . 12 and 13 ,.. Market-strtet , Briggate ^ thus cbnatitnting the whole of the said Piinting and Publishing 0 f 3 « ¦ one-Premiseai ¦ ¦ -,- ¦¦ ¦ : ¦¦! . " ¦ ¦ ¦''" : : ¦'¦ ¦;; . ' •; A . 11 Communications must be addressed , ( Post-paid ) to ¦ J . Mbmoii , Northern Star OfiSce , Leeds . Sakardayv Jnly 9 , 1842 .
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Mason's defence fund : — £ . s . d . S . Cook , fiiiston 0 17 0 J Stafford ... ... ... 0 1 2 " Sutton-in-Ashfield ... ... 0 1 0 Gloucester-street , Commercialroad , Lone * on •• ... 0 9 2 Coventry ... ... ... 0 15 9 King street , Long Acre , Marylebono ... ... ... 0 10 0 Kettenng ... ... ... 0 5 0 Walsall ... ... ... 0 10 0 Dudley ... ... ... 0 19 Cr . seley ... ... ... 0 5 0 D * rlesum ... ... ... 0 1 0 Mr . Mason , per Mr . Cleave ... 0 15 0 Birmingham ••• 1 8 9 £ 6 0 7 h Chartist Beverage . —The proceeds due to the Execntive from the sale of Messrs . Crow and Tyrrers Chartist Beverage , —from the 18 th to the 25 : hof June : —
Mr . Joshua Habson , Northern Star Office , wholesale Agent for Yorkshire ... ... ^ ... ... 14 2 Mr . James Ltach , Manchester wholesale Agent for Lancashire ; .. ... 0 18 O Mr , John Walker , jun . King-st ., Paik , Stockpprt , Cheshire ... ... ... 0 1 G Mr . Sweet , Nottingham ... ... . „ 0 1 6 Mrs . Smith , ditto . ... ... ... 0 1 6 Mr . Crowther , Gharlestqwn ... ... 0 1 6 Mr . Yates , Hanle > , Statordshire Pot-„ ^ f ' " n , > V " ¦ ' — — 0 6 0 Mr . Vickers , Belper ... ... ... 0 3 0 Mr . G . Juhan Harney , Sheffield ... o 3 0 Mr . Hibbard , MansBeld ... ... ... 0 16 Mr . Carter , London ... ... ... 0 3 0 Mr . Starkey , StokeStaffordshire ... 0 16
, Mr . Moon . Stnff « r < 1 n 1 « Mr . Moon , Stafford .. ... ... 0 1 6 Mr . Furneval , Bury ... ... ... 0 1 6 Mi ; Robinson , Derby ... ... ... 0 0 9 National Charter Association , Hull ... 0 3 0 Mr . Thomas , Stookpbrt , Cheshire ... 0 16
' . ' , " , ¦;¦; .: ; '¦ : ... " :. . . . - . . ' £ Sli 5 The snm accruing to tho Executive From the sale of Messrs . Crow and Tyrrell ' s Beverage , up to the 18 th of June , was ^ 21 lQs . 6 d . I I
Peel's Taripp'odtdoite!
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Leeds ' — Printed for the Proprietor FEABGU 3
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct761/page/8/
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