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" ^ a ^ SE OT COMMONS , Tussdat , Mat 25 . MR . DUNCOMBE'S MOTION . ^ f DtwcoKBE had * gw * t Jinmber of petitions zLib A in &Tonr of the motion of which he had " ^ Sifle . and he thought he should beet oonsult & * ££ & *» « f the House by , ai this stage of the •• Sais , merely stating tae " numbers by which if ^ Z ^ gimed , the plaees whence they came , and Wj ^ l prayer . The largest petition he had *^ = £ nr to offer to the House was signed by rather than 1 , 300 , 000 of the industrious classesff * ^« j ) ;— and the other peti tions , signed by JELnroceeded from Manchester , Newport , Chor-^ Sockton , CoDgleton , Cardiff , Northallerton , ^ T Morose , heweastle-upon-Tyne , Daventry , *« £ Ch ester-le-sireet , Blaekwood , Newbury , jSS Derby , Ssroad , Bristol , and Northampton ; er
^ yr prav was nrst , «"" * ° nxtmoie aaoress J ^ Zagited to her Majesty praying that she would SfMioasly pleased to give immediate directions 'S ^ bera tionof all prisoners now confined in the * S nols in Great Britain for political offences ; * St that a free pardon be granted to Frost , EEjjL md Jones , who were now suffering expa-* rZ ?\ L & penal settlement ; and thirdly , having ** tTj ] this , they prayed that the House would adopt tttLk ' a Charter without any alteration . kfia Bome small talk and some sneering , by a big ££ gsi buff oon , who affected to be anxious for the *! rtrofthe National Petition to be read , though SjDaneombe had assured him and the House Id h « s jnst the same as one which had been read , i L DrscojreB said , the Hon . and Gallant Gen-JzL hid disavowed any intention of treating the * 5 Sm with levityand he was bonad to believe be he had
, l ^ jat must say thai never Eeen a limitation of levity , or anything which looked ilUke turning the petitionB of the people into a Zl Whatever might be the fate of the petition fit * be now had the honour of commenting upon , S ^ Ttf decision the House might come to , it 5 u ill become him , having presented a petition Sk 7 between 1 , 306 , 000 and 1 , 400 , 000 of the Scions inhabitants of this country , and it would fteeBM that House to receive such a petition , ttag aflthe allegations it contained ondiseussed , « i i » P » y « totiUT uah *** * * bj UiMtahMriM Jgselrestae representatives of the people . He , 2 « feie , earnestly solicited the attention of the toe ts the contents of that petition . Ha was wtll f ae of the difficulties of the course he had pro-S to tike , and that he might be told he was _«* i 3 g on the prerogatives of the Crown . But
¦ , fed Minority for stating that there were times ^ s jt became the duty of the representatives of jcople to advise the Crown on the exercise of its fugitive . Ther 3 was a difficulty in fiadiug a bedsit exactly in point ; but to show that there { peases in which , the House might interfere and tfa the Crown to exercise its prerogative , he grid refer to the case of Sir . Manasseh Lopez , who O 5 eoavicted of gross bribery and corruption by sjBoase , and senienced to twoy ears'imprisonmeiit . 3183 the Noble Lord the Secretary for the CoJonits yred for an address to the Crown , prajing for , leaisaon of the sentence . The motion was peeied to by the Tories of that day , as an interface with the prerogatives of the Crown ; and
aSoHe Lord argued this and said , tnat as the jseention had been instituted by the House of JJbboh ? , and Sir M . Lopez had been guilty of a jndt of the privileges of the House , therefore the Jaae was the proper party to interfere . But how w tbe Noble Lord met ? He was ansn-ered by fc Wjr a , who was always considered an authority jsbt House , and he regretted that Hie Hon . fr » Ann » n was not in bis place on the present easa . Mr . Wynn said , he felt that it was exaatlj unpleasant to oppose a motion of this degjjeaa , and to endeavour to thwart the disposition rfiadtj which the House might feel towards any jeacaliT offender . Ev # ry gentleman must wish to w wnercv and forbearance , as far as jasiics would
jsej , but the case in point was not one in which , { Kastmily with their dnty , with the forms of ParjaKai , and whh propriety , they could interfere , fee night exist in which the House might injas-BthtuBed on to advise the Crown to inierpo 3 e its png&ave of mercy , in the same way a 3 they might * r » dTiee with respect to any other prerogative ; fa she Hoase had a right to advise the Crown on « aes connect * d wiih all its prerogatives . " — { Bax , hear . ) That was the opinion given by Mr . I ' m , and it was supported by Lord Castlereagh Hi Mi . Canning . The Noble Lord withdrew his asm . Bat it appeared that the individual in qa&on was liberated before the expiration of the tea of his imprisonment upon the payment of a
Wit fine , ahbougb he had been guilty of that cross c £ sse , ihat grossest of offences—bribery . There O | tfi « , some warrant for the motion he was last to submit to the Honse ; and he conceived so ; tas House wa 3 called upon to interfere , because ib Government could not of its own impulse liberate &K prisoners more than they could Sir M . Lopez , fintotion , he would observe , was confined to home vsohtss , persons confined in the gaols of England , fasixnd , and Wales . Bat the petitioners went fatter than tha ; , and prayed for the liberation of Ing , Williams , and Jones , and that the House nsH adopt ihe principles of vhe Charter , Ho told is mdrridual 3 who wished him to present the Ration , that if they mixed up the case of Frost ,
I 2 Eams , and Jones , and the Charter , they would treaty prejudice the cause which he believed they adsomnca at heart . Last year , when the Hon . Member for Westminster brought forward his I mods for the release of Frost , Williams , and [ Jows , itwa 3 negatived by a large majority , only [ he members , he believed , voting in favour of it . [ . GmsHpenuy , he hid told the petitioners that it ivpdd be of no use to propose any motion of . that Sad ; and in reference to the principles of the PQarter , hs had made the mildest propositions with : S * ard to the extension of the franchise , which Jra * also rejected by large majorities . ( Hear , mu . } He wished there hao" been such majorities 3 nmst those measures which had tended to
disanehi 3 e electors . He trusted , then , that the petiira would be discussed in reference to the home taraars alone . Many of these persons had suffered me thin twelve months' incarceration , and had een subjected to the severest rigours and the most ssrvfcg treatment ; even felous were not visited di seen cruelties and indignities as they were sapelled to endure . The petitioners alluded to the us of various persons , contrasting them with the « a of the imprisoned Chartists . They spoke of a ee of the realm having been lately and justly acsitied , istheysaid , bya jury of peers , nponachargeof jSonj , because it was so loosely brought as to be m-* P ** le of justifying a verdict against him . They E'irasted the sentence passed upon some of the
iuasB wi : h the sentence passed upon Lord Wal-« pa 7 eand Captain Duff . ( Hear . ) It had come » tbe knowledge of some of the relatives of Captain ? sff that his name had been mentioned in the peti->« , xad within the last hour he ( Mr . Duncombe ) » d recerred a memorandum from some relatives of •** Jtoaieman , stating that though Mr . W . Duff ? d bscn sentenced in the Court of Queen ' s Bench to a acaths imprisonment and to pay a fine of £ 25 « &s alleged offence of being a party to a brutal B »« it ppon a policeman at Twickenham , he was F ^ J innocent of the grave part of the offence , but * ws could not be made manifest at the trial «¦ his unwillingness to expose other parties to feB&meni , The memorandum went on to state
littoagh Captain Duff was present at the first Hod of the affair , he was not at the second disease , Dor at the third occurrence ; that the * fe of the proceedings were at present undergoing ierongh investigation , and that it would be fully Wed that two gentlemen who had escaped were 'Parties who had been guilty of the assault . He W , then , that no advantage would be taken of B * llega . rionin the petition relating to this gentle-¦• He believed , however , that considerable ? &saent prevailed in the public mind upon thia * jsa ; and how could it be otherwise ! From the !» f Jaunary , 1839 , there were 4 + 4 individuals con" ^ of political offences . Of these twelve had * transported , 398 had been released , on 9 had
* isooa after his confinsaient , and thirty-three were ^ ainin ^ ia prison . What had tended chiefly to 5-kwiblie sympathy were the accounts which the *> oa wij 0 jjjd oeea released h 3 d given to their ^ &as of ' . he indigniues and cruelties to which ^ Jwers sabjecied daring their confinement . It % . tiaefore , most natural that the friends of those * jj in pris-sa should make an effort , and a great 8 : 1 determined effort , to save them from the 1118 cruel treaiment to which those other ** ms had been subjected . ( Hear , hear . ) l of those who had been relieved j-a t » esn relieved chiefly on the ground of extreme *« a ' . ti . One of them named Hoey had been sen-*** & to two years' imprisonment in Wakefleld ^ s of correction , bat he remained there but one ***• He sta ' ^ -d that he wa 3 liberated in consequence « anicer in his leg , which was bronght on by and bad
^ J diet , and he had become a confirmed *** Ja for the remainder of his life , though he never S * saa a day ' s illness before he went into gaol . * ™| were the inmates were made to rise at halfj * ~ Sve o ' clock in the morning and go into an open rs where one bucket of water was made to serve Jl ^ e washing of fifty individuals , and the towels 2 * ^ o fi t for use after the third or fourth person Sv ^ " *** - The ailowance was one p int of gruel r * j * a a pound of bread for breakfast , dinner , and j ^* ; on Sundays five ounces of meat were r ** M . The most crnel restraint was imposed jr * t&e prisoners , so that that they oould not attend ^ ** most imperative wants without permission of U »^ f » ^ for the slightest deviation from that **«« miserable supper would be stopped , and * s * 7 " ^ eaent added for a repetition of the ip *^ " uli am . Henry Smith , who was confined L ^ ston House of Corrf etion , gave an account of J ^ fe quantities of odicine he had taken , and JT «^ £ ohsters and plaisters that had been ordered ** iagaol ; he was at length released on bail to
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theamoontofiroe . Now , in requiring such exorbitant bail from eueh persons , it would seem that their condition in life was entirely forgotten . ( Hear . ) why , higher bail could scarcely be asked of Sir F Burdett , or some of those other gentlemen who had been confined in former times for political offences than had been demanded of these working men ( Hear . ) Another case was that of an individual named Love , who was now confined in the Penitentiary , and whose chief gronnd of complaint was that he had been misled b y a solicitor to plead guilty to the charge of high treason . A petition had been presented in favour of this individual signed by one hundred and fifty clergymen , bankers merchants , and " others of the town of Newport . This man was sentenced , along with five others , to
transportation for life , which was commuted to imprisonment for five years in the Penitentiary . He itad still three years and seven months of his rime to go through , and had always borne an excellent character for sobriety and honesty , until he had been seduced in an evil hour by the Chartist leaders to join in the attack on the Westgate Inn at Newport , where he was severely wounded . The name of the solicitor was Geach , who had since been transported for forgery . He bad advised his client to plead guilty , teUing him ihat he would get off with seven months' imprisonment , but the uufortunate prisoner had beensentencedfor fiveyears . He asked the House if it was right that persons imprisoned for merely political offences should be treated in a manner worse than felons \ When horse-EteaJers , forgers , and ntterers of base ^ coin were condemned to imprisonment , offenders were kept ia prison for from twelve months to three years ; Felons when released were not asked to enter into any surety to keep the peaco , but the persons . for whose ease he entreated the consideration of the House were bound in he wy recognizances after they had fulfilled the term " of their confinement . ( Hear , hear . ) He wanted to know if anything conld be gained by keeping those individuals any longer in prison . The severity of punishment ooght to be regulated by the test- of public opinion , and he would maintain that that waa opposed to thefurther imprisonment of these persons . H 9 thought they had Buffered punishment enough , and he was sure the House was too enlightened to expect that persecution could put dowa pnblic opinion . It was the neglect of the
House to the complaints of the people that had produced Chartism . He begged the Housa to recollect that th : 3 would probably be the last occasion on "srhich they wonld receive a petition signed by so many thousands ' of their countrymen . He had discharged his duty by stating the prayer of the petitioners ; he should leave the case in the hands of the House , trusting that the opinions that would be expressed , and that . the vote that would be come to , would cause general joy and satisfaction to thoss countless thousands thronghont the country , who were waiting with breathless hope and anxiety the results o : ' their deliberations . He begged to move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty , praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to take into her merciful consideration the case of all
persons confined for political offences in England and Wales . - Mr . Leadeb seconded the motion . Mr . F . Mavle agreed with his Hon . Friend who had just addressed the House , that the motion related to a subject of deep interest . He wished , in the first . place , to advert to a sentence in the prayer of the petition wh-ch had just bean presented , bringing a charge against the House of having treated with levity and frivolity the petition for the National Charter . He had been in the Housa when that petition was presented , and he could bear his testimony that no sicn 3 of levity or frivolity had
been shown by the Honse on that remarkable occasion . The attention of the Honss had been ably directed to the petition by the then Member for Birmingham , in a manner which insured the approbation of all parties in the Honse , however they might differ from him as to the prayer of the petition . He was glad to Bee that there was every disposition in the House to receive the present petition with that gravity which the subject of it demanded . It was the petition of a large body of the working classes , of whom he might say , that whatever their faults had been in the unfortunate
situation in which they had been placed , they had at least conducted themselves during the late months of privation a :: d suffering in a manner that insured the respect of their countrymen—< cheers)—even though many might think that the demands which they made for . politics ! privileges were somewhat exaggerated , and could cot now be conceded . With regard to the interference of the House of Commons with the prerogative of the Crown , his Hon . Friend had quoted a case which he did not think had much bearing on the present . He alluded to the occasion on which his Nobls Friend near him had taken an active part in favour of Sir Manasseh Lopez . He certainly did not dispute the right of the House of Commons to advise the Crown on the exercise
of any of its prerogatives , but he much qnestioned the expediency of interfering frequently , or under asy but the most ¦ argent circumstances . That Hcose had the greatest interest that the prerogative of mercy should not be exercised indiscriminately , or for any bad purpose , but if the House were to advise the Crown to exert the prerogative on speeial occasions , he wa 3 afraid that circumstances might arise in which parties out of doors might be encouraged to the commission of offences under a nope of impanity , which could not , and would sot , be realised . ( Hear , hear . ) Under these circumstances he could not reconcile himself to the course proposed by hi 3 Hon . Friend . With reference to the treatment of the persons confined for
political offences , in no case had any sentence been carried into effect more severely than was preseribed by the judge , and required by the regulations of the prison of which they were inmates . There had been no desire on the part of the Government , the judges , the juries , or the magistrates , to inflict punishment on those misgnlded individuals for the sake cf revenge . ( Hear , hear . ) If any attempt had been made by the Executive Government to curtail the privileges of the people , to interfere with the right of meeting in pnblic , which they possessed , and he trusted always would possess , and to prevent them from making known their grievances to the authorities of their country , then there might have been some excuse for the proceedings resorted to in
1839 and 1840 . But no such disposition had been manifested , and It was with regret that he saw those meetings , begun in a constitutional manner , gradually assuming , an unconstitutional appearance , and leading to ontbursts of sedition , which at last rendered indispensable the interference of Government . Government then made use simply of the powers which the law confided to them ; they called for none of an ' extraordinary and dangerous kind , but resolved to depend on the integrity and impartiality of the judges and juries . If all the relics of the punishment which the various offenders had incurred wexe now tobe ' Bwept away , it would be by no means an encouragement to jurymen to discharge their duty fairly when the hour of difficulty again came ,
although he hoped such an hour never would arrive . It was hardlv just to call such crimes as high treason and serious Breaches of the peace by the mild name of political offences , which was generally understood of matters of a Ies 3 grave nature . There had becu 450 offences connected with Chartism , and in 379 cases the parties had been convicted . Not one of these had suffered the extreme penalty of the law ( hear , hear ) , and nine of the more atrocious offenders had had their sentences commuted to transportation for life . Where the sentence conld be mitigated , conformably with the exigencies of justice , Government had not been reluctant to exercise the prerogative of mercy . To four persons a full pardon had been granted ; " four otters were excused from
finding recognizances after the full term of tbeir sentence had expired ; two had had the time of their imprisonment shortened , and four had been removed to gaols where ths discipline was less severe . With respect to the three individuals of _ whom so much had been said , and whose proceedin . es he believed had tended so much to retard the advancement of civil liberty , he should be deceiving the House if he were to hold out any hope that he should be a party to advising any remission of the punishment they had incurred . With regard to those three individuals , he could hold out no hope whatever that the Royal prerogative of mercy would be extended to them . His jlon . Friend who had brought forward the present motion had alluded to the Charter ; but he ( Mr . Fox Manle ) thought that his Hon . Friend would have done better if , instead of asking the
House of Commons to pass it , he had given the House an opportunity of discussing it . There was one part of the Charier for which he ( Mr . F . Maule ) had given his vote in that House—there were other portions of it , however , to which he could not give his support . At all events , the Charter embraced topics not now to be discussed . As to the question at present before the House , he trusted his Hon . Friend would feel , that having awakened the attention of the Government to this matter , it was not necessary to press his motion to a division , which could not improve the condition of the individuals whom it was the object of his Hon . Friend to benefit . There was a complaint that his Hon . Friend had made to which he must advert . It had been said that Mr . Feargua O'Connor and Mr . Bronterre O'Brien had not been sentenced to hard labour , while others not otanding in the same position
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in _ society had been condemned to that additional punishment . It was to those sentenced to hard labour to which the motion of his Hon . Friend had reference ; and allusion had been made to the case of Hoey . Now , though sentenced to hard labour , he had only been two weeks on the treadwheel , and after that time all his labours had been confined to the kenping a certain portion of the prison cleau and in proper order . His Hon . Friend had drawn a comparisen between the punishment awarded to Captain Plunkett and Captain Duff , and that by which those to whom the present motion had reference were decreed to expiate their offences . It was sufficient for him ( Mr . F . Mauie ) to state that , outrageous as had been the conduct of one of those
individuals , he had suffered more than the mere sentence pronounced , by the fact of having been twice passed over , when , if out of custody , he would have been the first for promotion . At all events , both those gentlemen received no more indulgence than Mr . F . O'Connor enjoyed while in the custody of the Marshal of the Queen ' s Bench Prison . It did not occur to him that there was any other point upou which it was necessary for him to make an observation . He deeply regretted the circumstances uuder which the individuals to whom the present motion had reference were placed ; still he conld not consent to be a party to address the Crown in their behalf . and therefore hetruBtedhis Hon . Friend would not compel him to give a vote against this proposition . / Hani 1 tianv \
\** v . »* , iivaii ; Mr . O'Connell supported the motion . Mr . Leader supported the motion . There was wgWwrng opinion in the country , an opiuion which he had heard maintained in the many public meetings he had recently attended , that iu this country there was one law for the rich and another for the poor . This feeling was justified by the results which had followed , the trial of Lord Cardigan in the House of Peers , and of Lord Waldegrave and Captain Duff before another tribunal . Compare their sentences with that pronounced upon and suffered by Lovett and Collins . The latter had suffered all the horrors of the stringent rule 3 of a
Warwick gaol , while Lord Waldegrave and his friend wcro outside the walls of the Queen ' s Bench Prison , entertaining their friends , and suffering no other inconvenience than being prevented attending the Derby . ( Hear , hear , aud a laugh . ) The Government had carried the Reform Bill by agitation , and it was too bad that the working classes , who were still unrepresented , should , for their agitation with a view to reform , be subjected to these punishment ? . At all events , guilty as they had undoubtedl y been according te the strict letter of the law , their sentences were about to expire , and it would be a mere act of grace if the Government would now remit the remainder of their
incarceration . Mr . Gillo 5 was of opinion , that the majesty of the law had been already sufficiently asserted iu the persons of those now under confinement ; do evil could arise from mitigating the sentences by a remission of the remainder of the punishment . He concurred with the Hon . Member for Finsbury in relying on the good sense of the working classes , and he was satisfied such an act of clemency would open their eyes , and induce them to dissolvo the disgraceful alliance into which they hud entered with the Tories . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Hume considered that the law had been too severely exercised in the instance of the Chartists , who vrere now aware that they had acted unconstitutionally . He trusted the Government would
reconsider the sentences which were passed , for he was of opinion that a well-timed ao ; of mercy now would give satisfaction to millions . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Warburto . n thought it was not right to confound the general class of political offenders with particular individuals whose crimes vrere of a more atrocious character . The names of Frost , Jones , and Williams should not be mixed up with the present motion . The persons in whose favour the present motion was made bad been treated with a rigour formerly unknown to the law , and with that consideration he thought the Government ought to consent to shorten the period of their imprisonment . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Waklet could not help remarking the silence
which had been observed on this question by Hon . Gentlemen on the opposite side , when a word from the Ri ^ ht Hon . Baronet would prove so effective . ( Hear , hear . ) The Hon . Member the Under Secretary of State , alluding to the working classes , said that they should seek redress of their grievances , not by violence , bat through the legitimate channel of an appeal to their representatives . He would , however , remind the Hon . Gentleman , that t \» o working classes had no representatives in that House—( hear , bear ) , —and that was the reason wfey they were so feverish and restless under the evils which they endured . Those who made the lawa made them light
aud easy to themselves , but pressing heavily upon the working classes . Sir R . Feel denied the right of the preceding speaker to call on him for a statement of his opinion ; but he Bhould not shrink from expressing it . It was , that the House of Commons oaght not to interfere with the prerogative of the Crown in the administration of crimiBal law . On that constitutional ground he must resist this motion . He opposed no obstacle to the due consideration of these cases by the Crown , although he hoped that in that contideration the Ministers would not suffer themselves to be warped by a desire of popularity . Sir Db liter Evans supported the motion .
Sir B . Hall and Mr . Aglionby supported the
motion . Lord Sandon conceived that there were good reasons why tbe hon 9 e should not carry out its sympathy in this case . A question of the very highest importance was involved in the motion , for nothing could be more dangerous than on the eve of an election to nse such a question as the means of canvassing for votes . Lord Joh . n Russell opposed the motion , on the ground that the prisoners had not been convicted on prosecutions by the House . Colonel Sibthokp opposed the motion .
Mr . Wahd pointed out that the length of time during which this petition had been in preparation was an answer to the suspicion that it had been brought forward by way of canvass for the approaching election . But he entreated Mr . Duncombe not to take a division , lest he should injure the chance of the prisoners . Mr . T . Dujjcombk replied . The House then divided , when the numbers
appeared—For the motion 58 Against it 58 But the Speaker having given his casting vote with the " noes , " the motion was consequently lost .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —THuaSDAY , May 57 . Sir Robkkt Peel rose pursuant to his natice given on Monday evening , to move : — " That her Majesty ' s Ministers do not sufficiently possess the confidence of the House of Commons to enable them to carry through the House measures which they deem of essential importance to the public welfare , and that their continuance in office , under such circumstances , is at variance with the spirit of the Constitution . " Sir Robert was left speaking and had said but little when the Sun ' * reporter came away .
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[ FB . OM THE LONDON PAPEES OF FB 1 DAY . ] HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Thursday , May 27 . WANT OF CONFIDENCE . Sir R . Peel said he had felt it impossible—after the intimation of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that Government meant to proceed with the public business , an intimation unaccompanied with one explanatory word—to refrain from bringing thus to issue the * question whether they should bo suffered so to proceed . He had judged it better to take that issue by tbepresent motion , than to obstruct the supplies , or try the disposition of the House by any side-wind . The first of his two propositions was , that Ministers did not possess that confidence of the House which was necessary to carry their measures ; and it was a fact which would scarcely require } any detail of proof . The evidence of it was recent and continuous ; aud if it were nndenied , then the other proposition
necessarily followed , that their continaance in tffice was at variance with the spirit of the constitution , such as it had been ever since the accession of the House of Hanover . In affirmance of his view he could cite the authority of every important writer , and the practical conrseof every Administration . In every case where the House of Commons had indicated that its confidence was withdrawn from the Ministry , the Ministry had retired . So had acted Sir R . Walpole —so Lord North , although with a majority of ten still supporting him—so Lord Sidmouth with a majority of 37—so Lord Liverpool on Lord Wharncliffe ' B motion—so the Duke of Wellington on King William's civil list—so the Ministry of Sir Robert Peel himself in 1835 . The doctrine that Ministers were bound to defer to the House of Commons upon the question of retaining or resigning office , was that
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of all the great constitutional authorities of thia country : and to that effect he cited stringent passages from Mr . Burke , from Mr . Fox , and from Lord J . Russell ' s work on the British Constitntion . He would refer to three events in the history of the present Administration , which peculiarly illustrated the evil of attempting to govern without the confidence of the House . The first was the appropriation clause , which , after so much exoitement . the Minister ? finally abandoned .- The next was the Jamaica Bill , on which these Ministers themselves expressed a strong practical opinion of the unfitness of retaining office without the confidence of the House . The third was the budget . Let it not bo supposed that tbe strength of tho Crown was evinced by a specimen
of its power to carry o n the Executive Government against tbe House of Commons . The interests of the crown and that house were identical , and you could not intrench on the one without injuring the other . It was contended that Ministers possessed tke confidence ot the country , if not of the house . It was a dangerous resource , as Mr . Fox had observed , to assume the sense of the country from auy evidence except the votes of their representatives ; but this he knew , thai there had been 20 eleotions since the beginning of the present parliament , ouly four cf which bad J > een won by Ministers , and 16 by their oppon * nts , ? "who had then a clear majority of 12 upon 20 . | t would not avail to , talk of special circumstances * s the excuse of the Ministers . They
were not fit judges of these circumstances , when judgment o *« B to be given by thorn in their . own cause . 'H was pleaded that they meant to appeal to the people . He felt that great mischief must arise from such an appeal in the midst of an attempt to excite the various classes of . the population on the great question of subsistence . Government were about to stir that question in the House of Commons , well knowing that they had not the power to carry it ,. They Lad abandoned the Poor Law question , which they had themselves professed to consider of paramount importance ; aud Lord John had given as a reason that there would be protracted discussions without final result , and long speeches , calculated only to curry favour with particular coustituer . ci . e ? . Why , these were
the very events he expected from the announced discussion of the Corn Law : and if his present motion would avert that discussion , that would be an additional reason with him to persevere inhis course . Ho believed that their weakness was the main cause of all their embarrassments . The Post-office revenue had been given up only to conciliate those of their friends who had shown symptoms of defection on the Jamaica Bill ; and he believed it to be the same sense of weakness which had suggested the new schemes for the removal of protection upon corn and upon timber . He had been asked to bid against the Government for popular favour . He would do no such thing . He had on various former occasions expressed his opinions upon all the great
consitutional questions of the day—upon ballot , suffrage , duration of Parliament ; but he would not precipitately and prematurely venture opinions upon temporary questions of finance . These , he repeated that he would take time deliberately to review . On Tuesday last he had supported tbo prerogasiye of the Crown against the interference of tho House of Commons , when the manly and consistent conduct of the Speaker had succeeded in rescuing the constitution , bat tho slenderncBS of the force brought down by the Ministers on that occasion was a token that the prerogatives of the Crown were not safe iu their hands . The present House of Commons had been elected under a new constitution of which Lord J . Russell had been the author , and under the auspices of a
Government of which Lord J . Russell was a leader ; aud it was this house which had indicated its want of confidence in Lord John ' s Government . If tho House had upheld the Ministers , they would have insisted ou the reverence due to it : now that it declined to sanction their Administration , it was equally their duty to respect its decision . iluch " talk" followed , in which Lord Worsley , Sir John C Hobhouse , Mr . D'lsraeli , Mr . Hobhouse ( Rochester ) , Mr . Liddell , Sir H . Fleetwood , and Mr . Walter took part ; after whom came " Lucky Tom , " whose sixth effort at a speech will not , we presume , fetch suite so high a price as some of his preceding ones . He tried hard to be logical , and to place his ministerial chums upon the midway of a see-saw . He said , suppose 320 members on each Bide , and suppose a body of 17 or 18 not attached to eituerp&rty . but able in thisstateof thinga ' to control the balance . These few persons might throw out the financial measures wnd ifeaoir
of one Gorernmeat- ^ fter-mnoither r- - woro bound to resign on finding itself in a minority , the country could have no Government at all . He would distinguish between a defeat of Ministers in the administration of tbe existing law , and a defeat of Ministers in the attempt to carry somo now law . The former check might call for a resignation , the latter would not . A Government was entitled also to consider whether its probable successors could carry on the public affairs more efficiently than itself . The Reform Bill , too , had materially altered the principle : for since that Bill , opcasional defeats of Governments had become matters more frequently to be expected . If , therefore , this abstract resolution should pass , and Sir R . Peel succeed to power , there would be few months in the year in which he would not be disagreeably reminded of his own precedent . Now , as to the second part of the question , he thought that , up to this time , the Ministers had been justified in retaining offioo . "
The " talk" was then adjourned till the next day , ( Friday . ) After th \ s , some further " lalk" took place about bringing in a Bill against bribery .
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GRAND CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR . Last Monday was a great—a glorious day for the people , who on that day proved to their tyrants and oppressors that Chartism was as strong , as vigorous , and as influential , as when those brutal tyrants attempted , in Birmingham , to bludgeon and sabre the people out of their rights , and into tame submission . The country is aware that Monday was the day appointed , by the Chartists of London , to hold an aggregate and public meeting . The timid and tbe wavering predicted that the meeting would be a failure . The
enemy prayed that it might be so . Pseudo mends ridiculed the idea of holding such a meeting in London . But the Chartists felt confident that it would prove sueh s demonstration as would teach a sound moral lesson to their rulers , and would tell them in accents of thunder , that the men of England—that the strength of the country—that the real and only faithful supporters of the Throne and Constitution , and that the bone and sinew of the land , were not to be trampled upon by tyrants , or crashed to the earth by oppressors . That demonstration proved that the metropolis is one of the strongest holds of Chartism .
Seven o ' clock in the evening was the hour appointed for taking the chair . Shortly after that hour the great room of the Crown and Anchor was crowded to suffocation by as respectable an assembly as ever met within its walls . At half-past seven there could not be less than three thousand persons in the room , while the stairs and avenues leading to it , and even the Strand , were crowded with others anxious to witness the proceedings . At tbe close of the proceedings the proprietor was asked how many attended there that evening , when he replied that not less than from : 10 , 000 to 12 , 000 persons passed in and out of the room that night The galleries and platform were crowded with ladies .
The meeting was no more remarkable for its numbers than for its peaceable and orderly demeanour . During the whole proceedings the slightest disturbance did no take place , nor was the least interruption offered . This feature in the meeting of "the miscreant Chartists , " presented a strong contrast to the one lately held in the same place by Dan and his myrmidons . Mr . James Edwaed Nagle , a working man , and an Irishman , was called to the chair , amidst loud and reiterated cheeriog . Silence having been obtained , The Chairman rose and said tb . it on looking at the bill which contained the business of the evening , he ascertained that their duty of that evening was of a threefold character , yet it struck him that they had another important duty to perform . ( Hear , hear . ) They met there to declare , in the face of Europe , that Britons must and shall be free . ( Cheers . ) They sheuld not recede one step aside from their vantage gronnd , which was gained for them by the tortures ,
the sufferings , and the blood of 500 martyrs . ( Cheers . ) It was a glorious spectacle to behold so large a meeting , composed of men of all religions , who came forward to co-operate , not for faction , but to discharge a high and important duty . He hoped that there was no Irish rebellion in that meeting . ( Hear , hear . ) It was in their powet to put down-any party , who would attempt to create disunion . ( Hear , bear . ) He came forward divested of all party feeling , and determined to do justice . If any one wished to addresj the meeting , he should be heard , whether he opposed or favoured them . ( Hear , hear . ) All should be listened to with the same degree of attention . The Chartists at all times had argnroents with which to meet their opponents . ( Hear , hear . ) In conclusion , he implored of all who addressed the meeting , to proceed with that attention , that steadiness , that calmness , and that deliberation which the resolutions which they bad to propose required . ( Hear , hear . )
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Mr . Bosk , a delegate , proposed the first resolution , " That it Is the opinion of this meeting , that no Government is deserving of the confidence of the people , who have unconstitutionally broken down the spirit of the law by introducing an army of foreign spies and bludgeon men , who have deprived the poor of all protection , and under pretence of relieving hare imprisoned them in the accursed bastUes , who have denied the workmen the constitutional shield of the suffrage possessed by their ancestors , and who , while contemplating other acts of aggression , treat the petitions of the people with studied indifference and contempt . '' ( Cheers . ) He most cordially supported that resolution . He never knew so imbecile a set of meu as were the present ministers and the present members of the House of Commons . [ Our space compels us , however reluctantly , to omit the speeches , which were of the most stirring and yet rational and sensible character , and produced en the immense audionce an effect of the most lasting and gratifying kind . ]
Mr . Smart , a delegate , seconded the resolution , in a speech replete with humour and sound sense . In the words of the Church liturgy they may exclaim , " We have done the things ¦ which we ought not to have done , and we have left undono those things which we ought to have done , and there is no health in us . " ( Cheers . ; Dr . M'Douall next presented himself and was received with the most deafening cheers which continued several minutes . He said it was not necessary for as to plead at this time oar right to revenge upon the Qovemment of the country . All were aware that their lives and their liberties had been sacrificed by the Whigs . ( Hear , hear . ) But a change had taken place . The principles of tbe Charter had spread through the land , and Chartism had entwined itself around the necks of the factions which would die in its grasp . ( Cheers . ) He
need not tell them that the Chartists have got in their hands the electoral power . He need not tell them that the Chartists had within themselves that balance of power which enabled them to say what Government shall rule the . destinies of this great and mighty nation . ( Hear , hear . ) We had to deal with a coldblooded heartless Govemuient , that deprived us of tbe right of petition , trampled upon us when we complained , was indifferent to our di&tresses , and which has sacrifieed the best interests of the country at the altar of avarice . ( Hear , hear . ) The game that has been so long played on the land by Whiggery , has received its death blow . The petition of one . million of men has been refused , to oe presented to the Queen . ( Hisses . ) Is there an instance on record of such tyranny . In Russia ; even in Turkey , that seat of despotism , the King or Queen
receives and hoars the complaints of their subjects . ( Hear , hear . ) Petition , which by the conBtitution is the just right of every man , has been denied to the country by the Whigs , and thus tlaey attempt to deprive the people of a right , without which life , liberty and fortune , are not only unsafe but actually destroyed . ( Hear , hear . ) But he perceived amongst tbe working men of the land a principle arising—a principle of liberty which is wafted across the broad wave—a principle which is inculcated at every fireside and in every cottage—a principle that has aroused the spirit and unfurled tbe proud banner of freedom , and which has infused into the minds of the people , a determination to follow that banner to the overthrow of opposing obstacles . ( Hear , hear . ) The people have a power in their hands which they will not abuse—a
power which the Whigs and Tories fear and hate . ( Hear , hear . ) They dared not listen to the complaints of the people , but ere long they will be compelled , not only to listen to them , but to redress thorn also . If we ook into the interior of the House of Commons , we will see on one side the representative of the landed interest , and on the other the representatives of bricks and stones , while there is not to be found one representative of labour—of that which produces the wealth , the affluence , and the luxury with which the land abounds . ( Hear , hear . ) Is that fair representation ? ( No , ne . ) Thus it is that their oppressors are enabled to steal from the poor man his wages—to oppress him , and to deal in every manner most cruelly and unjustly with him . ( Hear , hear . ) Speaking of the police force , the Docter said—If we
turn to Lord John Russell's history of the British Constitution , we will find him saying that liberty is not endangered by a military power , but that liberty conld only be endangered and despotism established by the introduction of a police force . ( Hear , bear . ) Yet Lord John Russell , the determined friend of liberty , introduced that very force , for the purpose of crushing liberty . ( Hear , bear . ) Yes , with his Coercion Bill for Ireland , which , at the sound of the curfew bell , compelled the . inhabitants of that country t « keep Within thqir . home * ; * ad that curfew bell will , ere we " close our eyes in deatb , be also , I am afraid , heard in England . In Ireland the people were obliged to keep within their homes after eight o'clock , or death was their lot They could not , after that hour , even have lights in their houses . ( Hear , hear . )
On one occasion , a party of dragoons , who were scouring the country , observed a light in a small cottage . They approached the window , and without inquiring whether watch was keeping at the bed of sickness , or over the corpse of some dear friend , four of those ruffians levelled their carbines , and without giving the order for extinguishing the light , fired in upon tho family . ( Dreadful sensation of horror !) When the day dawned there was seen the innocent child dappling its little fingers in the gr « y and ensanguined hair of its murdered grandfather . ( Cries of " horrid , horrid , shame , shame . " ) I do not speak without facts to support me . In the Bull King , Birmingham , I witnessed the despotism of the police . A grey-headed officer of three-score and ten years of age , was on his way home towards the Bull Ring . He was stopped by the police who asked him where he was going . Pointing to his house , at the door
of which his wife and children were anxiousiy awaiting his return , he said , " I am going to my house , my home , t which I am entitled to go as it is my castle , which it i s the right of every Englishman to have . " The policem on immediately struck him down , and left his grey hairs covered with blood . ( Cries of "horrid , horrid , shame , shame . " ) The moment that I witnessed that act of brutality , I raised my hands to heaven , and swore eternal vengeance against the man who introduced that foreign force , and that accursed system into the land . ( Loud cheers . ) The worthy Doctor next fell foul of the New Poor Law , and then passed to the " free trade " policy , and to the corn , sugar , and timber clap-traps of he " bloodies , " continuing a must merciless and traking , l » ut skilfully directed fire , upon tbe factions for a great length of time , amidst the hearty and reiterated plaudits of the meeting .
Mr . Sankey , late Member of the old Convention , supported the resolution in a most able speech . The resolution was then put and carried amidst loud cheers .
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WARRINGTON . —A meeting was held here by appointment on Thursday night ; it was convened by the following placard : — The People ' s Charter . A public meeting will be held in the Chartist Room ' , Union-street , Bank-street , May 20 th , and a lecture will be delivered by Mr . James Leech , Chartist Missionary for South Lancashire , shewing the superiority of the People ' s Charter over the fallacies of the Corn Law repealers , and will bo glad to meet any Corn Law repealer on the above subject . The chair to be taken at half-past seven o ' clock . " Mr . James Savory was appointed Chairman . The Chairman , after reading the notice of the meeting , said that he felt highly gratified , as a working man , in being selected to fill that office , and after a few more preliminary observations , he introduced Mr . Leecb ,
who said that he would give an opportunity to any Corn Law repealer present , at the close ot his lecture , to ask questions relative to what he might say , or if they cho 3 e to discuss the subject with him , he challenged any Corn Law repealer to step on that platform , and he would discuss the question with him half an hour alternately , and he would give his opponent the choice Which of them commenced . No person accepted the challenge , and Mr . Leech commenced in a strain of unanswerable argument , which lasted for an hour , proving the fallacies of tho Corn Law repealers , and said that it was sot the Corn Laws that ruined the working classes , but machinery that supplanted their labour , and a cruel and unjust competition between masters to
undersell one another . He proved , previous to the Corn Law being put on in 1815 , the wages decreased in a corresponding degree to what they have done since —that nothing but the People ' s Charter was calculated to benefit the working classes , as a means of giving them their just rights ; and advised all present to be no more gulled by Whig and Tory agitations and promises , but seek their own redemption , by making the Charter the law of the land . During this admirable lecture he explained the competitive system at full length ; he exposed the factory system in all its horrors ; he exposed Whiggery in a ludicrous style , which made a deep and sensible impression on the working men present . Mr .
Crosfield , a Corn Lavr repealer , got on the platform , and said that he was for Universal Suffrage and Vote by Ballot ; he was a friend of the working classes , and he did not see that a repeal of the Corn Laws would bo detrimental . to getting the Charter . He argued that England was calculated for a manufacturing couutry , and the workshop of the world » if the monopoly iu corn were abolished , aud a free trade given to manufactures . Mr . Leech replied that those who were not with us for tho agitation of the Charter were against us ; and , for his part , he thought the people 0 / England had too much work already , and cautioned the people against being the slaves of the whole world , by our working populaion being confined in thosethtll-created steam-milla
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sr ~ . cofTze ^ [ and factories , wto * Mroted ear rWng naenitau and wm the mew » « f dtgtooraWhi ?^ c ^ Strtr ™ to s diaunutive . stature unparalleled j o theSo ^ 3 n » n , and advued them to look after tiUte ^ Sdr ewn Jand ; and if there were any beaatj in the fielS the lulls , the meadows * the smiling ' wllin oi'Ton w our own dear country , let them enjoy the heaUh-| fed , invigorating occupation of cultivating our own lands , instead of being confined ia cotton-traps . Mr . Crosfield appeared satisfied with Mr . Leecb ^ repjr . M he adopted the usual mode of his brethren of we sainiish faith—silence . The next champion of the repeal was Mr . Ryland , tho Secretary of the Warrin / rt <» B anti-Corn Law Association . He asked Mr . Leech whether cheap bread was not preferable to dear bread !—whether , * repeal of the Corn Laws would not stop foreign manufactures aud foreira
[ competition ?—whether it would sot give increased stimalos to the irade of this coantry , &o . I Mr , heeeh answered is an argumentative speech , which occupied half an hour , and said that cheap bread was-¦ If * i *™ VT le *» dearbreftd i * cnHd would know that . He quoted different authors is support of his position ; and their ewn writers contradicted and condemned their owe proceedings . He successfully remitted the fallacy of eur competing with foreigners without bnaging the wages of this country lower than what th « y are , wkh the present taxation over our heads . He concluded by advising every person present toenroll themselves members of the Society . Ihis meeting was decidedly the best ever held in Warnngton , and will do feach good . After the lecture , three cheers were given ftr the lecturer , and three cheers for Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., after which the meeting quietly separated .
BROMEGROVE . —The Chartists here have voted thanks to Feargas O'Connor , to the Petition Convention , and to Mr . Dean Taylor . ^ STAPPORDSKSRE POTTZSUES .-Mr . Bairstowhas been lecturing and preaching here with great success during the pasfweek . TH OWBRxpG 3 a-A triumphant meeting and tea party was held here on Saturday , for thereception of Mr ; Vincent . ' . a Ip SWXCH . —Mr . Goslin ketured here on Tuesy x' V , n * h « progress of events and the state of parties . " He producedagood effect .
EEFTFOFD ( KjHn ) .-On Sunday last , the first organised body of Chartists in the county of Kent was formed at Deptford . The meetiDg was addressed by Messrs . Williams and Rose , of the Convention , and by Messrs Maynard , of Surrey , and Powell , late an imprisoned Chartist . It was resolved to enrol the Chartists of Deptford in the National Charter Association . DEWSBURY . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists , held in the large room , over tho Co-operative Stoves , on Tuesday night last , the following resolutions ?
were passed t— * That wo hereby tender our best thanks to Mr . William-Martin ; -and Mr . John Cleave , for the manly manner in which they met tho base traitor , Daniel O Connell , in his own den , at the Crown and Anchor , Strand , London , in showing him and his friendswhen and where he acted as a traitor to the people ; also that we pledge ourselves , individually and collectively , to support our unalterable friends , Feargus O'Connor , and the Rev . Wm . Hill , editor of the Northern Star , so long as thoy pursue that straightforward course , froa which they have never yet deviated . "
LEEDS . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartist Association a discussion took place as to the propriety of nominating two Cliartists at the forthcoming election . One feeling seemed to pervade every member—that it was incumbent on them to bring two forward , but no resolution was come to upon it , on account that it would be better to have a public meeting in some part of the town , so that every individual might have the chance of saying who they shall be . —After this , a discussion took place upon exclusive dealing , and a resolution was adopted upon it , " That we , the Chartists of Leeds , do pledge ourselves to support no person who does not support us in obtaining our rights . " The meeting to determine upon Candidates will take place iipcn St . Peter ' s Hill , on Tuesday evening . -
A meetikg took place on Wednesday night , in the General Washington , West Ward , to determine what steps should be taken , and to see whether the Chartists there were in favour of bringing out two Candidates . Mr . Harris was called to the chair , when M * ssra . Briggs , Clayton , Westlako , Gardner , Roberts , Walker , and Brook addressed the meetiDg . Various resolutions were submitted to the meeting , and among them was thefbllowing , which was adopted with the greatest enthusiasm : " That this meeting pledges itself to support two Chartist Candidates to represent this borough in Parliament , being satisfied that no Candidate who comes short of the Charter will ever endeavour to benefit the working classes of this country ; and we call upon every honest man to do tho same . "—On Monday , the tea for the benefit of O'Brien takes place , when several talented friends will be piesent and address the meeting .
The Teetotal Chartists meeting in Council at Mr . Joseph Oldroyd ' s , Quarry-hill , have determined upon doing their utmost to annihilate Whig influence at tbe approaching election ; that if no alKor nieana of accoinpliBb . i 0 g ~ tn > s be in their power , they Save determined upon advising others , r . nd voting in a body for the Tories . They know not how humoiently to express their disgust at the late decision of the House of Commons , in reference to the Chartist prisoners , and if ever zeal and enthusiasm burned in the breast of maa for the destruction of tyranny , this additional insult to their prison-bound friends shall stir them up to tenfold more , and irresistible exertion , to conquer the basest faction that ever
cursed the shores of any country . It was also determined that Messrs . Parker and Hick should deliver Christian addresses to the Chartists and other friends , on Hunslet Moor , on that all-important doctrine , as laid down in God's Holy Book , Our duty towards our neighbour . " Service to commence at six o ' clock , on Sunday evening , weather permitting . It was further resolved , that Mr . Hick do give a lecture , in the Spitalfidd 'Chapel , Bank , on Wednesday evening next , to commence at eight o ' clock , on " the comparative merits of Household and Universal Suffrage , if applied to the town of Leeds . " The working men , middle classes , and all grades of society are respectfully invited to attend . Admission free . Discussion is challenged .
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CHARTISTS OF MANCHESTER . I appeal to you on behalf of an individual who has suffered severely in consequence of advocating your rights ; the person to whom I allude , is Mr . William Butterworth . Mr . Butterworth has not been enabled to procure employment at his trade , namely spinning ; the fact is , the factory despots of Manchester will not employ him on any consideration whatever . It is his determination to commence selling newspapers on Saturday the 5 th of June ; now what I want is this , that the readers of the Northern Star should immediately commence to purchase their papers of Mr . Butterworth , by doing this they would serve him without putting a single penny out of their
own pockets . I would ask the ChartiBts of Manchester whether it would not be wiser to assist such \ a man to obtain a livelihood , than to do as a great many of the Chartists do by buying their papers from Whig and Tory newsvendors \ Bear in mind by purchasing your papers from Mr . Butterworth , you will enable him to go on advocating your cause , and also recollect that your , indomitable champion , Feargus O'Connor , has recommended to you that you ought to deal with your friends ; hoping that you will take the remarks I have made into your most serious consideration , . I subscribe myself , your brother Chartist , . John Campbell . Salford , May 26 th , 1841 .
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Sunderland . —On Sunday afternoon , Mr . Binns will lecture at the Life-boat House , and Mr . Williams in ihe evening ,, at half-past six , at the Golden Lion room , Queen-street , Sunderland . West Riding . —Mr . Harney will lecture during the next week , © n Monday , at Sowerby ; on Tuesday , at Keighley ; on Wednesday and Thursday , at Halifax ; on Friday , at Qneenshead ; and on Saturday , in Mount Zion school-room , Bradford . Nobthampton . —On Wednesday , the 2 nd day of June , the Rev . J . Jenkinson will deliver a Chartist Total Abstinence Lecture , at the Guildhall , which tbe Mayor , Mr . Williams , has kindly lent bs for the occasion . ¦
Mr . Julian Harney lectures at Middleton in the afternoon , and again in the evening of Sunday , ( tomorrow . ) Little-Hoeton . —A Chartist Temperante mee ing will be held on Sunday next , at Little-Horton Green . To commence at two o ' olock in the
afternoon . Manchester—Messrs . Charles Connor and C . Doyle will lecture in Brown-street Chartist-room , Manchester , on Sunday eve » ing , ( . to-morrow , ) May 30 th . Mr . James Gaitledge will lecture at the Chartist Tailors' and Shoemakers ' room , on Sunday ( tomorrow . ) Halifax . —Mr . Harney will lecture at Halifax on the evenings of Wednesday and Thursday , the 2 d and 3 d of June , and at Queenishead , on Friday , the 4 th .
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