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XO THB SD 1 T 6 S . OF THB SOiXSSBS STLBL clRj on the 4 th of July , the following stinz * a * gnng on the umrraafy of 1776 , in New Yoik , wTiO OOO Sunday school children t by its insertion in Zta invaluable journal you will oblige a Teetotallerte tirelve sontliB a Chutist and Republican . Walsingham Mabtis . Father , look up and we tint flag , Bow gracefully it Qie *; jbo « pretty stzipea , they wem to be A rainbow is tbe ikies . It is our country ' s lag , my son , And proudly drinka the light O ' ei ocean ' s wstb in foreign dimes , A s ymbol of our might
Father , wh&t fearful noise is thai , Like thundering of the eloodi ? yny do the people ware their hats And rash along in crowds ? It i « the voice of eanonry , The glad shouts of the free ; Ibis is the day to memory dear , Tib freedom ' s jabilee . I wish that I was now a man , I'd fire my cannon too , And cheer as londly as the rest , But , father , why don't yon ? I ' m getting eld and weak , but still My heart is big with joy ; I * re witnessed many a day like this , Shout ye , aloud , my boy .
Hnrra , for freedom ' s jubilee . ' God bless cur native land ; And may I liTe to hold the sword Of freedom in my hand . Well done , my boy , grow np and lovt The land that gave yon birth ; A home where freedom lores to dwell Is j ^ r «^' on earth .
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SOyQS FOB THE MILLIONS . gjjmt femine rides rampant o ' er all the land , ind none but the drones can his power withstand ; nit industrious bees that produce the wealth in bis victims aione and he kills by stealth ; ja the wounds which he makes they never bleed , 3 b 1 the wasted fora , when the soul is dead , I ^] i the tale that it died for want of bread . Oh , gradous God , that governs all , Thv attributes are 'wise and good ; Arise , and make the tyrants fall . That rob the poor of life and food .
jg * hard is the fate of the suffering poor , vfeit h > il > &nd privation , and pain they endure ; Asd jet they are patient , forbearing , and kind , Qpogh the drenes of the earth are against them eomban'd ; gjaiaity shndder * with griaf' and despair ; fbea it thinks and reflects on their woes and their ore ; i » i the heart of the patriot burns with desire , Qtf the days of their thraldom may quickly expire . Oh , gracious God , that governs all , Thy attributes are wise and good : Arise , and make the tyrants fall , That rob the poor of life and food .
JtaopoEsts , despets , and tyrants are strong , Jbey heap on the poor oppression and wrong , Taj match from the hunger'd the fruits of the sod , isd render abortive the blessings of God . fa Jn-mf , oa the pries !; that would cant and would pny > Islpemiade the sad millions to yield to their sway ; isd carsed be the traitor whose tongue can beguile , lio can plunder and rob and betray with a smile . Oh , gracious God , that governs all , Tbj attributes are irise and good : Arise , and make the tyrants fall , That rob the poor of life and food .
Xiy blessings be poured on the patriot ' s head , Itsj he live to see tyranny prostrate and dead ; in his heart will exult with a godlike delight , Then justice shall conquer the power of might ; Ti Mends of mankind who are anxious to see Qe osy of redemption when all shall be free ; lad , lend your assistance , chained liberty cries ; Bifizm , and the spirit of tyranny dies . Oh , gracious God , that governs all , Thy attributes are wise and go # d : Arise , and make the tyrant * fall . That rob the poor of life and food . Besjamijt Stoit g iver-street , Manchester .
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FIACE PERMANENT AND UNIVERSAL : its Practicability , Value , and Consistency with Divine Revelation ; a Prize Essay , by H . T . J . MaC 5 axa £ a . London : Saunders and Otley , Coaduit-street , 1841 . This is one of the most eloquent and powerful flsys ipon the subject on which it professes to trm which has ever issued from the British press . It tie composed in consequence of a circular pub-Hsed by the Committee of The Society for the Premotien of Permanent ud Uijversal Peace , " Seringa prize of one hundred guineas for the best Soy , xnd twenty guineas for the second best , on fl » following subjects : — " First—To show that war under all circumstances is mcoussSeot with the precepts of the Gospel and ik spirit of the Christian dispensation .
* Second—To point out the duties of magistrates ¦ d peace officers in cases of turn alts , insurrections , ad invasions , with the most effectual method of ptreniing such calamities . B Third—To shew the best means of settling all fepttes between nations without recourse to arms . " The prizes were to be adjudged by the Rev . J . Fye « hh , the Eer . T . Thomas Pyne , and the Rev . John Sims , and the first pnza was awarded to the essay wore us . In accordance with the plan laid down a lie Society ' s circular , the work is divided into fcee parts , the first consisting of t « n chapters , emfc » cmg the following subjects of consideration : — ' Chapter 1 st—Causes of insensibility to the horrors « war .
" Chapter 2 nd—Cause of a want of active exertion giiast war , " Chapter 3 rd—Evils of war . Chapter 4 th—Answer to objections from the Old Tegument . Chapter osh—Prophecies and events previous to « coming -of Jesus in favour of peace . " Chapter 6 th—Spirit of the Christian Religion in atftmr of peace , " Chapter 7 in—Letter of the Christian Religion t S * insi offensive war . " Chapter 8 ; h—The Christian Religion forbids de-« DHTe war .
Chapter 9 th—Opinions and practice of the Primiw Oaistians for the first three cenruri-B . Chapter lOih—Summary and review , and effecte « Ae present conduct of professing Christians on "K ir religion . " Oa all these subjects the author has adduced much *> ard argument , evincing , at the same time , acute-I £ S of observation coupled with brilliancy of colonr-^ 5 and mnch refinement in taste and expression . « the first and second chapters he has fear-J ^ 7 » and with a becoming determination , j ^ a bare the several causes which operate to ~* production and continuance of the giant evils « this fiendish desecration of human activity tttt energy . This is followed by a lccid exposi-& of the evil effect 3 of war , both physical * tf moral , in which its enormities , and the fearful Fietrarion of every good and virtuous principle »» t follows in its train are depicted with a starting and truthful fidelity .
In the fourth chapter , the author has been p&-J ^ ift J felicitons in showing that the cases of Je wish wMf&re aad the wars now practised are r . ^ which no parallel exists . The Jewish ^ rae on the subject having been expressly h ™ £ ed by the Divine Founder of our holy reagjon . We are next presented with a simple , « eJ- arranged , and copieiis array of prophetic an-Mncationa , » Bd historical events , delivered and oc-, ? f ^ , frerioos to the first advent of the Lordm wading to establish the fact , that that great event should be the precursor of general and univeml peace . The three next chapters exhibit a oncise
c but comprehensive view of the peaceful character of Christianity , both as to its general principles , special precepts , and those political Ritas of mind , and exalted virtues , which it inculcates and approves ; and which are in the succeed-« g chapter exhibited practically to . our view D reference to the sentiments , lives , * ad conduct of Christians during the earliest and purest ages of the church . We have no hesitation in recommending the sixth , seventh , « p * 5 and ninth chapters of this part of « ie tssay , to the most careful and u nprejudiced attention of all -who bear the Christian name . The V gwaents are Dlain . e ^ eent . and convincing—the
leelmgg are interested , while the jndgment iB iniormed , and he who can rise iiom the perusal £ imkw breathing & Eolemn vow thenceforth , to Bec ° nie a herald and a votary of peace , must either j ^ ssess a very obtuse understanding , or a very vicious The Eecond part is divided into three chapters , Embracing the following topics : — u Chapter 1 . —The prevention of invasion by the ascoEtmuaace of international war .
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" Chapter 2 . —The prevention of tumults and riots and " Chapter 3—The duties of magistrates in cases of invasion and rebellion . " In thb part , the author has shown that the object enjoined by Christianity and contemplated by the Peace Society , is not one of enthusiastic theory , but of practicability ; an example of which is afforded by an interesting narration of the proceedings of the venerable "William Penn , in his ever-memorable treaty with the IndiaHS of Pensylvaoia . The work before us proposes to accomplish the great work of universal peace . First—By the discontinuance of international fc £ ^^ TL . _~ * 1 ~ * ^^ ^^^^_ . L— ~ _ ^ M L . - ^ X . ~— ~ 3 ? i
war ; Second—By a national religious education ; Third—By improvement of the people ' s physical condition ; and Fourth—By appointment of conservators of the peace . All these means are treated of with precision and clearness , and enforced by correct reasoning and convincing argument . Those who may feel disposed to doubt the efficiency of conciliatory meapares in quelling popular tumults , will probably find their doubts removed by a careful and candid examination of tbe cases cited from Roman , British , French , * nd Irish history , in tbe third chapter , which we especially recommend to the attention of the governmeat and magistracy of this country at the present time . The third part of the work professes to point out tbe best means of carrying the aforesaid objects into effect . It consists of eight chapters on the following subjects : —
• ' Chapter 1 . —A congress and a court of nations . " Chapter 2 . —The congress , organization , and dHties . " Chapter 3 . —The court . u Chapter 4 . —The exeontive power . " Chapter 5 . —The possibility of effecting our plan . ** Chapter 6 . —The preference due to our plan . Chapter 7 . —Prospects of success . " Chapter 8 . —Appeal to all Christians . " All these subjects are treated in a rhetorical and convincing manmr , and the powers , legislative , judicial , and executive , necessary to be exercised by the proposed congress and court ot nations are clearly- pointed out . The arguments in Chapter fifth , will produce various effects on different minds ; some will be sanguine , others will remain doubtful , to these latter we recommend a most
careful attention te the contents of chapter six , the facts and reasonings of which are &t once Cilcnlated to interest , instruct , and please . The advocates of peace will be glad to find themselves in the company of some of the best and wisest men of bygone days , and they will be cheered with the delightfull proBpects p / success everywhere opening upon them . Let them , _ however , remember that hitherto scarcely anything has been done ; they are but just girding on the harness for the mighty and the holy conflict —a conflict of light againBt darkness , of good against evil , of the spirit of the gospel of love and peace against the spirit of worldly ambition selfishness and war . But , though fearful the contest and formidable the foe , yet to the faithful persevering Christian combatant , the victory is certain as the succession of day and night .
The concluding chapter is an energetic , powerful , and well managed appeal to the Christian publio , on the importance of the subject under consideration , and the claims of the Peace Society to increased sanction and support . And truly such an appeal is eminently necessary at a time when our temples , decorated with the trophies of war , appear more like tbe shrines of Mars than the sanctuaries of the Lord Jesnsj and when the ministers of religion supplicate tne God of Peace to smile with approbation upon the field of blood . Truly the Christian Church needs & trumpet-call to awaken her from her worse than death-like slumber . When a society devoted to the promulgation of the doctrio . es of universal peace can only collect from all her various sections less than £ 1 , 000 annually for the accomplishment of its godlike desien .
We most cordially recommend the work before us to tbe deep and serious consideration of every friend of man .
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COST OF "CRIME . " [ We extract tbe following praphie picture of one of our " glorious Institutions" from the Poor Man ' s Companion for 1842 , a work which vre are glad to learn has been appreciated as it deserved by those for whose use and service it has been compiled ] Transportation of convicts ( Ireland ) £ 14 , 190 Freight of shi p * to convey convicts to Van Dieman ' s Land and New South Wales 45 , 000 Gratuities , 4 c , to surgeons , masters , < kc of convict ships 5 000 Fitting convict ships 4 , 000 Bedding , and other stores , for convict service ... 7 , 000 Provisions , medicine , ic . on the voyage 30 , 000 Convicts' expenditure , New South Wales acd
Tan Diem&n's Land 265 . 000 Convicts at home and Bermuda ..,,......,. 78 800 Charges hitherto paid out of the county rates ... 173 , 000 Sherifla expences , Great Britain 13 , 450 Criminal prosecutions , and other law charges ... 88 , 000 Mint prosecutions 46 , 405 Printing proclamations and statutes 4 150 Justices in slave colonies 58 700 Inspectors of prisoners ( England ; 6 , 200 Inspectors of prisons ( Ireland ) 1 . 071 Penitentiary , Milbank 22 . 221 Prison building , Isle of Wight ( second grant ) ... 6 , 185 Model prison ( third grant ) 30 , 000 General prison at Perth 5 , 000 Criminal lunatics 3 , 390 906 , 762 Add county rates , &c 147 , 060
Total cost of crime £ 1 , 053 , 762 What evidence of stupendous folly ! We pursue a system ¦ w hich makes the people poor^—then vicious . " Crime" is the result : then , we screw more money out of the "poor to keep the " criminals" in idleness in large expensive establishments , called Prisons and Hulks , where the old hands have every opportunity of teaching the young ones to become adepts in the art and mystery of thieving ! Then we *• punish" them by sending them out of the country at an enonnoas cost , and have to keep them abroad at an annual expense of £ 265 , 000 ! Verily , w « are a wise people ! One-half of the annual sum expended in keeping " crime" in the land , would , if judiciously applied , epeenily extirpate it . —But if
that were done , what would become of the Judges , Sheriffe , Criers , Barristers , Lawyers , Hangmen , Gaolers , Turnkeys . Policemen , Constables , Prisons , Jails , Convict Establishments , and all the other machinery relating to crime ? What could the officials do ! The new machinery would snpersede them I They would have to take their stand with the handleom weavers . And O ! think of the ornaments of the bench coming to sneb a pass ! Think too of what would become of those saintly men , the prison Chaplains , -who so assiduously attend upon the poor wretches whose " crimes'' have been such as to preclude all hope of mercy from their erring fellow-men , and who , therefore , are taught to look for and
expect mercy from Him who has promised to " forgive us our trespasses as we forgive thlm that trespass against U 3 : " thick what would become of the Par-Bonsthus employed , if " crime" were extirpated ! They would be out of work—and would have to woek . ' Is ' o , no ; we cannot do without " crime I " It is . an essential to our admirable system . The poor may think it very expensive ; but it may be gome consolation for them to reflect that it finds " good work" and comfortable iivings for s vast number of individuals , vho would otherwise have to handle a spade or attend upon tbe loom . Judges and parsons , lawyers and hangmen , cannot do without ** crime !"—Poor Man ' s Almanack .
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LONDON . —Trades' Delegate Meeting . —On Wednesday , Dec . 1 st , a meeting was held at the Craven ' s Head , Mr . Wartnaby in the chair . The minutes were read and cen&Taed . £ 2 . was handed in from tbe Southwark Society of Carpenters ; from four gunsmiths , Is 10 s ; a few men in Mr . Lindsay ' s employ , 8 s ; a few engineers , per Mr . Potts , £ 1 3 s 3 d ; a few jewellers , 6 s ; tailors , Red Lion-street , 9 s ; a few friends , Carpenter ' s Arms , Catharinestreet , Pimlico , £ 2 2 s . ; London and Westminster Society of Carpenters , £ 5 ; painters and glaziers , Crown and Sceptre , Brompton , £ Z ; Phoenix Society of Painters . £ 2 17 s ; United Society of Plumbers ,
£ 30 ; Mr . Hatten , 83 ; a few friends at Queen Victoria , 43 ; a few friends , per Mr . Wale , 19 s 6 d ; tailorB , King's Head , £ 2 83 ; saddlers , per Mr . King , £ 1 12 s ; Mr . J . Campbell , Secretary of the National Charter Association , 03 ; carpenters , Blaekman-street , Borough . £ 2 ; a few friends at Deptford , 18 s 9 d . Mr . Wilson reported , that the deputation appointed to wait on the London M . P . ' s , had written to them to appoint a time for an interview , but had not received an answer . Mr . Dunning reported that he had waited on the surgeon at the Westminster Hospital , and that on examining the
: books it was ascertained that Hickey was admitted ! on the 25 th of February , and left the Hospital on the 1 30 th of March , but that he was a considerable time ' on out-door patient , but how long no record was fkept ; the Secretary said it was impossible the above j could unite in the time specified in Allen ' s letter in : tke Advertiser ; they had also waited on the Editor j of the Morning Advertiser ^ and he utterly disclaimed j being againtt the working classes , and would have inserted any statements , if they had been 6 ent direct i to him . Mr . Short gave them an account of the Tarions meetings in the country on behalf of the masons : they had held a large meeting on Monday , j at Cheltenham ; Mr . Glenisterwas to have lectured ! that eTening for the Chartists , but kindly postponed j it . Mr . Walton stated that he had written to , tho
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quarry men , wishing to know if they thought their Btnking would benefit the masons 1 He received for answer that it woold greatly benefit them ; « nd the quarry men had , in consequence , straek ; they were almost immediately set to work again at a different description of stone , bnt no more would be quarried for GrisaeJ and Peto , until the strike was over . It was his opinion that the strike would be a protracted one . Messrs . GrieseH and Peto , thinking that the trades would relax in their support daring the winter season , were endeavouring to starve them out , thinking thus to get the pick of the men , hvA he was convinced that the liberal support they had met with , and . the support they should receive after CfiriBtmaa wa 8 over , would show to Messrs . Grissell and Peto , that winter would not last for ever . Since _ . . . . • M 9 A « k * B . Ak-.
their last report they had received £ 50 from Edinburgh . Mr . Wilson detailed the manner iu which they had entrapped ft man from Derbyshire . Allen wished him to write to twenty-four men that were working at the same job with him in Derbyshire , requesting them to come to London , as most of his men were of but little use . They had since paid the passage of this man back to Hull . Mr . Wilson also stated that although they had fifty-one men at work at Nelson ' s monument , in place of the thirty-two that turned out , yet they had only set up one stone . ( Laughter ) A delegate suggested that one of the minor theatres should be taken for a benefit for the masons ; the bricklayers cleared last season £ 43 by ft similar entertainment . This was ultimately agreed to , and a committee of twelve persons appointed to carry it out . The meeting then adjourned .
GAttUSXiE . —Public Bbkakfast . —Oh Mondav , the 6 th instant , a publio breakfast was given to John Dixon , Esq ., late Mayor of the borough of Carlisle , in the Coffee-house Assembly-room , in consequence of hiB services as ohief magistrate for the last two years . About eighty gentlemen Bat down to a most sumptuous repast ; after which , the Chairman , G . G . Mounsey , Esq ., Mayor , gave several loyal toasts , which were warmly responded to . He then gave ** John Dixon , Esq ., late Mayor of Carlisle , which was received with the most flattering tokens of respect by the company . Mr . Dixon returned thanks in a neat and appropriate address . Several other toasts were given , after which the company broke up .
Anti-Corn Law League , Carlisle . — This ailbut defunct body have been honoured during the past week with a visit from a Mr . Curtis , of Ohio , United States of America . On Friday , the 3 rd instant , it was announced by the following handbill that Mr . Curtis would lecture on the Corn Laws . " American bread in exchange for British labour . John Curtis , Esquire , of Ohio , United States , will deliver a lecture , at eight o ' clock , in the Tabernacle , Lowther-Btreet , on Friday evening , the 3 rd inBtant , tbe Great of America for
on Capacity supplying food , in exchange for British manufactures , and the advantages to be derived therefrom if the Corn Laws were repealed . Admission , Twopence . " Before proceeding to make any remarks on the lecture , we cannot but notice the very anomalous conduct of the committee of the Tabernacle in granting the use of that place for a political lecture , which , but for the charge , would in all probability have led to discussion , and perhaps dissension , more especially when we recall to oar remembrance the refusal of the same
body to allow the use of the Tabernacle to the Rev . Mr . Forsyth , one of their own body , to preach a charity sermon on behalf of the Rev . Joseph Rayner Stephens . Such conduct on the part of tbe committee is , to say the least of it , utterly disgraceful , and likely to lead to considerable dissention among the members . In regard to tbe lecture of Mr . Curtis , we intend to say little . If Mr . Cur tis is paid by the Anti-corn Law League , they have made a very bad choice ; for Mr . Curtis ia one of the most feeble and uuimpressive speakers we ever listened to , as a public lecturer . The charge of two-pence for admission , was evidently made to keep out the Chartists , so that the League might have things all their own way ; and so far it
proved effectual , for there would not be more than about three hundred persons present . Mr . Curtis does not even possess the advantage of being a good declaimer ; a qualification which many of the league lecturers possess to a great extent ; and of which they make a most unbounded use . Mr . Curtis assumed a great mass of false data , from which he reasoned , and finally arrived at most unwarrantable conclusions . For instance , he stated that " the Americans would take all tbe manufactured goods we wonld send—providing we would take their corn in return . " Now , we would ask , is this at all likely , seeing that the Americans have a strong desire to be independent of other countries for their clothing , and are at present engaged in a sort of rivalry
with Britain ; and it is certain that they are fast overtaking it , both in the excellence and cheapness of thtir product ? . Let us for & moment look at the facts , and we will then readily discover that it is not at all likely that America will either neglect er give up her present system of manufactures . The cotton manufacture was introduced bo late as 1790 , and in 1832 , the number of mills in twelve states was 795 ; of spindles , 1 , 246 , 503 ; power looms , 38 , 506 ; persons employed , 57 , 466 ; amount of capital employed , £ 9 , 375 , 000 Stirling ; being one-fourth of the capital invested in the same branch in Britain . They can procure tbe cotton much cheaper than in England . All improvements in mechanism speedily find their way to this spot . Household manufactures of woollen , linen , and cotton are made
to a great extent . It is supposed that nearly twothirds of domestio clothing ia made in country places . Attempts are making , with great success , to introduce the manufacture of silk . The mulberry tree grows spontaneously in the middle States . Under these circumstances , is it not more than pro * bab ! e that America will shortly be able to produce a sufficiency of goods to supply its own wants , so that it is not at all likely she will take our manufactured goods to any great extent . Mr . Curtis argued that by taking American corn in exchange for our goods , that wages would rise in this country ; a Btalement wholly at variance with truth and probability ; for supposing we had twice the demand for our manufactured goods , ia there not power of
wacbinery sufficient to produce it , without extending hand labour to any great extent . Moreover , were it even as Mr . Curtis would have it , that America could supply us with a sufficiency of corn , and take the wholo of our manufactured goods , would it be prudent so to act ?—thus throwing our own land out of cultivation , inundating the manufacturing towas with hordes of agricultural labourers , who would have the effect of still further reducing the wages of those engaged in the produce of manufactures—thus causing increased misery and destitution , in addition to the frightful extent to which it at present exists . Were the Corn Law repealed to-morrow , and all the benefits anticipated therefrom realised , still we question if the working
man would be a gainer , for his labour is not protected , and the increased power of machinery , would be more than adequate to the extra demand , and what would become of our farmers and agricultural labourers under such circumstances * > Vhy , they would be driven into the manufacturing districts , ( already too densely populated , ) to starve , or take up their abodes in the Poor Law Bastiles . The laud , iu place of being neglected , must he improved—must be made to produce more —a greater number of people must be domici ' ed upon it . There is one fact alone , ( says Mr . Hollis , in hiB admirable leotures on the progress and results of machinery ) , which demonstrates the cause of Swiss prosperity , and that is , that they are not
only a country of producers , supplying the nations of the world with their products , but that they are at the same time consumers , and from the subdivision of the land—there being an intermixture of agricultural and artizan occupations , and that a great portion of the inhabitants produce a portion of their own subsistence . The Swiss peasant goes oh his plot of ground , and produces what will secure him from hunger , and returns to his loom to provide the means of other comforts , and some of the luxuries of life . "The loom , " says Mr . Symons , speaking of Switzerland , which in England is an exclusive and starving occupation , " is there a pastime of supplementary occupation . " And , speaking of the Poor Laws , he says , ** the sums raised for the relief of the impotent poor are very trifling . "
ABERDEEN—Strike of the London Masons . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Aberdeen was held on Friday evening , Dec . 3 rd , in the Temperance Hall , George ' s-street , for the purpose of laying before the public the whole of the circumstances connected with the strike of the masons , lately employed at the Houses of Parliament and Kelson ' s Monument , London , and Woolwich Dockyard , and then determining whetherthey deserve the sympathy and support of the operative classes of Aberdeen , for the stand they have taken againft tyranny and oppression . Mr . Mackay , moulder , was unanimously called to the chair . The minutes of a previous meeting of delegates being read , the Chairman briefly addressed the meeting , and called
upon Mr . Carter , a London delegate . He paid , however diffident he was in addressing a meeting of such magnitude , a thing he was not accustomed to do , yet it was a source of gratification to him , to have an opportunity of divesting the publio mind of those false statements , caused by the misrepresentation of the London press . It was a duty incumbent on him to lay before that meeting a statement of facts as to the cause » f the strike , and leave them to judge for themselves . He then entered into a detailed account of the charges made against Allen , which appeared in our former numbers . He also ehowed
the meeting the futile attempts that had been made by Grissell and Peto to refute those charges , and the manner in which they had shrunk from public investigation ( which seemed to give great satisfaction to the meeting ) , and retired amidst the most enthusiastic applause . —Mr . Archibald M'Donald , flaxdresser , said he came forward with much pleasure to address a meeting of this kind , when he knew their cause was just . He reprobated the conduct of Allen , for he thought he had treated the men worse tban beasts , as no one would refuse bis horse a drink of water when he was in need of it , and he hoped it would show to the Word-
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ing classes generally the necessity of Hniting in the grand struggle , as the only sure means of protecting themselves fr © m the inroads of such tyrannical employers . ( Cheers . ) He entered mildly and deliberately into the merits of the case before the meeting , and concluded by proposing the following resolution , namely , " That this meeting folly jnstines the proceedings of the masons who lately Btruok at the two Houses of Parliament against the overbeariDg ^ and tyrannical conduct of their foreman , and pledges itself to use every possible exertion in order to seoure their triumph . " Mr . Duncan Nicholson , wooleomtwr , seconded the resolution , and after reading a letter from the Dundee Chronicle , confirming the charges made by the masonsthe resolu-Hd _ d .
, tion was pnt and carried nnanimoasly , amidst long and loud eheeere . —Mr . John Legge , mason , then rose . ( Cheers . ) He came forward with much pleasure to propose a resolution which he held in his hand , because he knew th « contents © f it Were J "«* - « e entered in a qualified manner into the effects of disorganisation , which was the cause of such meetings as these : was it not for the unprincipled or their own class , they would not be under the neoesBitv of calling for public sympathy and support , and be was happy to say tfaej had not called m vain ; but he hoped still further , that it would be a lesson for those who had not yet united , and cause them to come forward , and put their shoulder to the wheel in the common causa .
( Cheers . ) After a lengthened ani able speech , he proposed the following resolution : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the conduct of those individuals who have been bo unmanly and unprincipled in suppltnting those masons who struck from the employ of Messrs . Grissell and Peto , London , against the tyrannical and overbearing oonduot of their foreman , George Allen , is highly reprehensible , and trust that at no distant period they will meet with that contempt their base conduct so justly merit 3 . " Mr . W . Donald seconded the resolution , which was put and carried unanimously . Mr . Mitchell , bookseller , next rose amidst long and loud cheers . He entered in a clever manner into the case : he had never
seen a case more clearly made out in his life than that against the tyrant Allen . He then in an eloquent and characteristic speech , exposed the truth-perverting , venal disposition of the London press generally , but particularly the Times , Weekly Dispatch , and Morning Advertiser . He said if the Times had said anything in favour of the masons , he should immediately have concluded that the masons were wrong , for he never knew them to advocate a just cause . As for the Dispateh , it was easily explained , as it generally grappled at the whole market . He would say but little of the Morning Advertiser ; it could not be expected to advocate the cause of so temperate a body of men , it being the property of the publicans . He entered warmly into
the necessity of supporting a paper that would advocate their interests , or they might always expect to meet with f imilar treatment to thb masons . Ho then concluded his able and appropriate speech , amidst load cheers , by proposing the following resolution , viz . " That this meeting reprobate the conduct of a portion of the London papers , viz . the Times , Weefk ' y Dispatch , and Morning Advertiser , and pledges itself only to support that portion of the press which advocates the rights of the workiug classes , and withdraw it from those that acts against them . " Mr . M'Phenon , comb manufacturer , in a neat and appropriate speech , seconded the resolution , which was put and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting separated .
KHYNEY .-Strike at Rhynev Iron Works . —The workmen at tke aboye iron works have returned to their work , and there was not the slightest breach of the peace . It is now understood that the great cause of complaint aroso from the tommy or truck shops being upheld in such force ; the goods being sold at the highest possible price , and of a very inferior quality . The state of the working classes in these districts is truly shooking and lamentable , and from every indication , it is more than probable , we shall have a winter of dreadful suffering .
CONGLETOW . — " Babby" Meeting . —On Thursday week , the Mayor called a publio meeting to agree to a congratulatory address to the Queen because she had giveu the nation a son . The Chartists attended and proposed an amendment , acquainting her Majesty with the distress of the labouring population . A long discussion ensued , which ended in the Mayor declining to put the amendment , and declaring the meeting dissolved . LI 7 BBPOOL .-Corn Laws—Col . Thompson . —A placard having appeared on the walls of this town , announcing that Colonel Thompson would deliver a lecture oa the Corn Laws , on the 30 th of November , and further , that he would prove that all the evils of society were the result of those laws , and their operation the immediate cause of our
labourers and artizans being without employment . The Chartists were not a little surprised at this public pledge to the people of Liverpool on behalf of Colonel Thompson , they having hitherto entertained an opinion that as he ( the Colonel ) had assisted in drawing up the Charter , and having subsequently avowed his adherence to its principles , that he ascribed the evils of Society to their true source , namely , class legislation , although at the same time he was labouring for a repeal of the Corn Laws . But the Chartists were soon to be undeceived , as the sequel will show . A deputation from the Chartists consisting of Messrs . M'Cartney and Laurie , waited on the Colonel previous to the meeting , in a room attached to the Queen ' s Theatre , the place where
the meeting was about to be held , for the purpose of learning personally from himself whether he was prepared to redeem the pledge which the Corn Law Repealers had given on his behalf . Having with some difficulty gained an interview , the deputation requested to know whether he ( the Colonel ) ascribed the evils of society and the present national distress to the Corn Laws , and whether those laws were the cause in themselves of so many of our operatives wandering the country in a state of destitution and unwilling idleness . To the first question a very evasive answer was returned , the Colonel saying " that the Corn Laws were the grand link in the chain of monopoly . " To the second question he replied " that no doubt existed on his
mind but that those laws were the immediate cause of bo many being out of employment . " The deputation were about to ask if he thought uncontrolled machinery had nothing to do with the non-employment of our operatives , when James Harvey , Esq , addressing himself to Charles Holland , Esq ., both of whom had accompanied the Colonel , said , " Mr . Chairman , it is quite time that the meeting was opened , " and this previously to having entered the place of meeting , much less a Chairman proposed . This was evidently done for the purpose of abruptly putting an end to the interview . All parties then retired to the Theatre , when Mr . Holland , having taken the chair , introduced Colonel Thompson to the meetim ? . The Colonel was received with the
plaudits of the whole assembly , the Chartists who were present afcill believing him to bo a friend to their cause , and ignorant of the result of the interview . The Colonel delivered a true Corn Law address , abounding with the usual fallacies of the benefits resulting to the working classes from a repeal , and , in the course of his speech , denied that machinery had been productive of evil to the working classes . At the conclusion of his speech , the Chairman said that if any person in the meeting had any questions to ask the Gallant Colonel , now was the time to do so . Mr . Barnard M'Cartney , a working man , then came forward , amid loud cheers , and stated that he was desirous of asking the Colonel a question or two . He said he
had not come forward for the purpose of offering anything approaching to the nature of a factious opposition . He had merely risen for the purpose of having certain impressions which he had imbibed removed , or more fully strengthened . He had understood the Colonel to say , that if our manufacturing trade increased , the wages , and consequently the comforts ot the working man must increase in the same ratio . Now , he ( the speaker ) had found that in the year 1797 we manufactured twenty-three million pounds of cotton . The average wages at that period in the cotton department were 26 s . 8 d ., whilst in 1840 , we manufactured 460 million pounds , and the wages in the cotton spinning and weaving department averaged 5 a . 6 d . Now , he would appeal
to the experience of those present how far the Colonel had been borne out by facts . Let their comforts and present condition answer the question . The Colonel , in reply , said , that all was owing to the Corn Laws , but with regard to Mr . M'Cartney ' s observation oftheharidloom weavers he ( Colonel Thomson ) denied that the hand-loom weavers were badly off . This declaration was received with the marked , indignation of the meeting . Mr . M'Cartney said that he had another question to ask . The Colonel hr . d stated that machinery had not been productive of injury to the operatives of this country , ap . d in support of that assertion instanced the printing business in the metropolis . Now he ( Mr . M'Cartney ) wished to know what had caused 1 / jOO conneoted with the printing department in Lo' adon alone , according to the Weekly Dispatch , to V , wandering the streetB of
our vast metropolis with ' jut employment , even when the people at the presen t time read beyond calculation more than at any f ormer period . The Colonel was quite at a st « ind still , but recapitulated something which he had previously asserted , amid the mingled hisses a' ad cheers of the meeting . Mr . John Ambler , ano ther working man , wished to know if we posses ? eu a power in this country equal to 600 , 000 , 000 hu- beings , and the world contained bnt 800 . 00 , 000 inhabitants , where we must obtain a markr t for all that our machinery waa capable of protf ucing even with a Repeal of the Com Laws ? The Colonel in reply said that Mr . Ambler had a 8 iced a question very difficult to answer , bu ' , still that was no reason why they should not g 0 on for a Repeal of the Corn Law * . Mr . Anm ' . er then wanted to know , and he hoped the gallant Colonel would be better capable of answering thi'j question than the former ene , why we
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must travel to the uttermost limits of the earth in search of agricultural produce , when onr own country contained 76 , 000 , 000 of acres , only 26 , 000 , 000 of which was in a state of cultivation , and our population treading the surface of that very uncultivated soil , without employment and without food ? The Colonel seened in as perplexing a predicament as before , and denounced the Chartists for their interference , after having been invited by his own chairman to ask questions ; denounced the Chartist leaders in a mass , charged them with designs of throwing the country into anarchy and revolution , declared that he had withdrawn himself from them for ever , and regretted having assisted in drawing up the Charter . Daring this delivery he was assailed with cries of traitor" " renegade , " ' deceiver , " from all parts of the house . A Corn Law resolution was moved and seconded ; but the Chairman , for obvious reasons , would not put it to the meeting .
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United States . —The next candidate for the Presidenoy of the United States is already named , and American writers take it for granted that he will be the President . General Scott is favourably known to the English publio , as a man who unites to a reputation for talent in his profession a considerable share of popularity among his fellow-citizens , and a very high name for blended discretion and courtesy , in the somewhat delicate diplomatic duties which have been incidental to hiB Employment as a eommander on the border . The canvassing circular whioh he has issued will not "add to his reputation here . It is written in a loose » tyle , meant probably for frank and soldierly familiarity , vet disfigured by
that didactic air which is perceivable to a greater degree in the composition of Mr . Tyler and General Harrison . It expounds no new views—gives to none of its very trite sabjeots the smallest relief of novelty . It expresses no very decided opinions . The General , indeed , asserts a positive conviction on one or two points , but only in accordance with the popular bent ; while he uses mild and general terms . The impression which his address is calculated to produce is , that with an appearance of soldiery independence , he Will prove as accommodating a politician as General Harrison ; and there is nothing to Bhow for it that he will not display as much want of purpose as Mr . Tyler .
Distress in the Country . —The iron-masters of Scotland have resolved to blow out for six months one-fourth of their furnaces . This is a resolution of dire necessity on the part of the masters , and will , of course , be felt with great severity by the numerous body of operatives in connexion with this bnnch of industry in the west of Scotland . Again , the early severity of the winter throws completely idle , considerably before the usual period , that industrious body the masons , and other out-door workers in connexion with them . The calico-printing business is in the most hopeless state , and we are certain we do not exaggerate when we say that in the west of Scotland one-half of the workers are idle , and that the same number of masters would be bankrupt had they not capital to fall back upon . As to the weaving population , they have for so long frequently had occasion to state the helpless state they are come to , that we do not feel inclined to say more about them . —Glasgow Chronicle .
Mr . S . Crawford , the honourable member for Rochdale , has been confined for the last fortnight at his residence , Crawford ' s-burn , by very serious indisposition . The Gosport branch of the London and Southwestern Railway was opened on Saturday , b y the Directors and other gentlemen ; and a grand dinner was giveu at Gosport in honour of the occasion . The whole line of railway from London to Gosport was opened to tbe public on Monday . A detachment of troops , part of the reinforcement destined for China , were conveyed by means of the railway to Portsmouth .
Switzerland . —Switzerland has taken another instalment of revolution . A theologico-political dispute in the Canton of Argua has given occasion for dissensions in other Cantons ; the Aristocracy of the Protestant provinces siding with the turbulent and oppressed Catholics of Argau , the Democrats with the excessive austerity of the Argovian Anti-papists . In the central legislature , the deputy of the metropolitan Canton voted for the Aristoorates and the Catholics , against the suppression of the Argovian convents ; and his conduct has brought about a revolution in Geneva , —the expulsion of the Aristocrats from their little remaining power , and the promise of a thorough change in the constitution .
Canada . —Mr . Johnson , a Lieutenant in Colonel Dyer ' s Corps , and one of the parties implicated in the Grogan affair , had been tried at Montreal , by court-martial . He did not deny having participated in the attack on Grogan , but be addressed the Court in mitigation of punishment . He was cashiered . Some petty quarrels had occurred on the Northeastern boundary , in consequence of the American ex parte survey . The American Commissioners had drawn a line of boundary which , aa it affected the rights of private property , was very unpopular . In one instance , the observatory temporarily erected was destroyed by British settlers , and the surveyors were assaulted . Burglary and Murdrr . —An old man , upwards of seventy years of age , named Adams , residing near the Windmill , Walsall , was brutally murdered by a party of burglars , on the night of Tuesday last . The unfortunate deceased derived a small income
from several houses ; and it is supposed that the circumstance of hi 3 having collected his rents a day or two before the deed was perpetrated instigated the murderers to their diabolical act . They effected an entranoe to his bouse through the roof of a low brewhouse ; but the noise they made having disturbed him , he made resistance with a stable fork , the appearance of which indicated that one or more of his assailants were severely gored by its prongs . A woman , living in the adjoining premises , heard the noise and saw the men ( who are said to be four ) ,
and by calling out to them caused them to decamp , leaving their aged victim bo deeply injured by their violence that he died on the following day . The ruffians were disappointed of the expected booty ; the deceased having deposited his money , £ 10 , in the bank , on the previous day . A person named Johns was taken into custody , on suspicion , on Thursday evening , haying upon his person , or premises , a pistol corresponding with one which the murderers had left upon the premises of the deceased . —Staffordshire Examiner .
Shocking Accident in a Factory . —On Saturday an inquest was held at Liverpool , before P . T . Currie , Esq . to inquire touching the death of Mary Mulvey , aged sixteen . It appeared , that the deceased worked in the cotton factory on the canal bank . On Friday afternoon , at half-past one o ' clock , she was leaning on a strap which had been thrown out of gear . By some means or other , the strap was caught by the machinery , and the poor girl was caught up , feet first , carried over the shaft , and pitched thence a considerable distance , till she alighted behind her own frame . She was taken up insensible , and carried to a room below , when , on examining her , it was found that her leg was completely severed at the knee , and that she had received other shocking mutilations . She was conveyed to the Northern Hospital , where her case was at once pronounced hopeless . She never rallied , and died at six o ' clock . The jury returned a verdict of accidental death .
Rival Auctioneers at a Fair , — " Here you are !" cried one genius ; " here ' s a beautiful brass-mounted two-foot box rule , with slide and all completeagoin' for the small sum of one shillin—only one shillin—think of that ! Why , it ' s worth the money , if it was only for the purpose of pawning it tor eighteen pence , and selling the ticket for two shillings . What ! none of you give a shillin ! Why then I must take ninepence , that ' s all . Goin' for ninpenoe * I see a genl ' man afeeling for his money ; out with it , Sir , don't be afraid . This here rule 11 measure the extent of your sweatheart ' s affection for you—it ' 11 measure the integrity of a Jew , or the virtue of a woman—it ' 11 take the breadth and depth of all the professions of friendship that a man makes
when he wants to borrow money of you ; and 11 give you the square and cube of the promises that a candidate for a seat in Parliament makes to the voters at a contested election . What , nobody give ninepence ! Why thea I must take -sixpence * I sup-) ose . Agoin' for sixpence , the smallest coin but one in her Majesty's dominions . You'll neves miss it out of your purse , Six . That ' s your sort ! Hand up the browns , if you hav ' nt got silver ; one 11 do as well as t ' other . Thankye , Sir ; there ' s your rule ; do you live by it , and you'll live wisely . " " Here !' cried his competitor , who now began to make himself heard , " here you have ft bran-new watch , chain , and seals , and all for the low sum of 6 s . It keeps time surprisingly , for it never varies ; it ' s just the
thing for a genl ' man what goes a courting , for whenever he pulls it out , if it ain't quite correct , hia sweetheart ' s sure to think it's ' the time 0 ' day ' at any rate . Look at the seals . Here ' s on onelet me see— ' Too joer JiddeV That means * a lass and a fiddle ; ' and on the other , ' Sem per Idem , ' which means , " Yours , I ' m damned . " If they don't take any girl ' s heart by storm , why then it mast be harder than Belle metal generally is , that ' s all I ' ve got to say . Who'll say 5 a . for the lot ? Look at the chain . It ' s like one of Cupid ' s—so airy you can hardly feel it , and yet so strong you can ' t break away from it any more than a prince can
break his word , and it ' s proverbial , as that ' s a thing they never do : oh no , net at alii As for the watch , wheH you ' re all wound up to tho bidding point , all I can say is . the sooner it goes the better . Don't let me put it back again ; it ' s the cheapest watch that ever went upon tick . Come , say 4 s . for the lot . Going' —goin—gone ! for that young genlman in the Bmock frock , and the green ribands in his straw hat . Y « u ' ve got a dead bargain , Sir , and one that'll censekintly never trouble you with any complaints . Thank ye , Sir ! Hope you ' ve got plenty of brothers and sisters . Den't forget to bring ' em with yon to tho fair to-morrow . You ' re a nice family , I'll be bound .
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Three Deaths fro « Eatiho Putrid Greeks . — Much excitement has been caused daring the last few days in the ordinarily qniet village of Malvera and the neighbourhood , by the sudden seizure of » whole family of the name of Jones , father , mother , and three children , with violent sickness and pnrging . after partaking of some bacon and boiled greens , on Tuesday se ' nnight . Suspicion immediately arose that poison had been mixed with the food of which they had partaken , but nothing transpired to confirm such a supposition , and the cause of the malady had therefore to be sought in natural causes . It was at length ascertained that the greens they Had dined off were in a half-frozen state , and were put into * warm water before they had properly thawed by
soaking them in cold water , the consequence was that they became , through decomposition , of a most pernicious and putrid quality . To this fact the illness was traced . Mr . Moriaon . of Malvera , was tho first medical man called in , and Mr . J . N . Gardner , also of Malvera , was afterwards sent for , but in three out of five persons attacked , all their exertions have proved fruitless . Two of the children died on Friday , and the father on Monday . An inquest was holden upon the bodies of the two little girls before W . S P . Hughes , Esq ., coroner , and a veryrespectable jury , at the Somers Arms , Leigh Sinton , on Monday , when , after examination of the witnesses , the jury returned a verdict , " That the
deceased died from exhaustation produced by violent sickness and purging , caused , it is supposed , by eating greens . " An inquest wril be held on the body of the unfortunate father , —Jones , this day . Wednesday . M . Pierpoint , Esq ., surgeon of this city , has been employed to make a post mortem examination of the body , and will report the result of it to the jury . The mother remains exceedingly ill , and is not expected to&urvive . Great consternation prevails in the neighbourhood on account of the singular nature of the malady , the unusual cause from which it is inferred to have resulted , and its awfcl and extensively fatal termination . — Worcester Chronicle .
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THE IRON DUKE AND THE STARVING PEOPLE . Much has been said and written about the Duke of Wellington , but there is one remarkable trait in the Duke ' s character which has never been noticed publicly , out of d-ference , we presume , to his fame ; which trait is , the strong desire of the duke to get possession of as much money as possible , and his equally strong desire not to part with what he has once got possession of . Much as the cour . try has heard of tbe Duke receiving , in the way of publio grafts , high pay , liberal pensions and equally liberal sinecures , to use one of his ewn favourite phrases " nobody , " nobody has ever heard of the Duke making himself famous by heading public subscriptions . We have an excellent illustration of the character of the Duke of Wellington in this respect
from the following correspondence which took place between his grace and the deputation lately sent to London from Paisley to solicit subscriptions for the buffering people , whose petitions the Duke turned SO deaf an ear to before the late prorogation of Parliament . Almost immediately on the arrival of the deputation in London , the Rev . Dr . Burns and the Rev . Mr . Baird addressed a note to the Duke of Wellington , stating the object of their mission , the urgent nature of the sufferings of the people there , which had induced them to leave their charge for the purpose of soliciting the means of keeping them in life . The note , at the same time , most respectfully Bolicited an interview with his grace , for the purpose of laying the condition of the people of Paisley before him . To this request the deputation received the following laconic reply : —
" Walmer Castle . Oct . 26 , 1841 . —Field-marshal the . Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Dr . Robert Burns . He is much comcerned that * being out of town , it is impossible for him to find time to receive the deputation . —The Rev . Dr . Burns , 21 , Manchester-buildings , Westminster . " Two days after receipt of the above note , through the medium of the public papers , as well as from the stir about Apsley-house , the deputation were made aware of the Duke of Wellington having returned to London , when they lost no time in forwarding the following note to his Grace : —
" The members of the deputation from Paisley and the neighbouring places in Renfrewshire , most respectfully solicit an interview with his Grace the Duke of Wellington , now that he has returned to London , for the purpose of submitting their subscription sheet to his consideration , and for the purpose of affording his orace som « important information regarding the condition of that unfortunate portion of her Majesty ' s subjects , whom the deputation are sorry thus to represent . —21 , Manchester-buildings , October 29 , 1841 . " To the above note the Duke of Wellington forwarded the following curious reply , which , take it all in all , we are sure will be read with astonishment over the whole country : —
" London , October 30 , 1841 . —Field-marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to the members ef the deputation from Paisley . It is true that the Duke returned to town the night before last , in order to attend at Buckit gaam Palace when her Majesty will be confined . The Duke ' s time has been and will be much occupied while he will be is London , and he must again decline to receive the visit of the deputation from Paisley . He paya every attention it is in his power to give to tho distresses at Paisley as well as elsewhere . A meeting to discuss them is not necessary in order to draw his attention to these distresses , and his other occupations render it necessary that he should decline to receive the deputation . He begs the deputation to observe that he is not in the Qaeen ' s political service
—that he does not fill any political office , and exercises no power or authority . —The members of the deputation from Paisley . " By the time his grace came to write this singular epistle , he seems to have got rid of all the " concern " he had felt when writing his first note , at not being able to receive the deputation ; owing to his distance from London . With the same ease , however , as he seems to have got rid of the w concern , ' he also > managed to get rid of all allusion to the subscription for the relief of the " distress at Paisley , he was fivin g every attention in his power to ! ' If the hike was giving his attention to the distress , he took special care to give nothing more than bis attention . The following letter , next addressed to his grace by the deputation , was not honoured with an
answfr : — " My Lord Duke , —The undersigned members of the deputation from Paisley and Renfrewshire , have * to acknowledge the receipt of the card from your Grace , dated the 30 th , in answer to their application for leave to wait upon your Graee with their subscription-sheet , and for the purpose ot stating personally to your Grace the wretched condition of many thousands of the sober , industrious , and most ingenious tradesmen in the town of Paisley aad neighbourhood , owing to their inability to obtain employment . We regret exceedingly that your Grace should not have found it convenient to admit of an interview for the purpose referred to . As a deputation , we were apoointea at a late joint
meeting of the most influential resident magistrates of the eounty , with the magistrates of Paisley , and other gentlemen , * who take an interest in the relief of the suffering workmen . There were present at the said meeting the convener of the county , several of her Majesty ' s deputy-liemenants , and the Sheriffsubstitute of tne district , as well as the magistrates of Paisley ; and the instructions specially given to the deputation by the meeting were to lay before the heads of her Majesty's Government & statement of the condition of the inhabitants , and to solicit their aid and patronage to a subscription . Having , therefo ? e , been appointed by suGh authority , and for such a purpose , the deputation will feel themselves most awkwardly situated if , after travelling from
four to five-hundred miles , thay are obliged to return home without being permitted to lay a statement of their case before your Graee personally . Because , whatever may be the nature of the appointment your Grace may hold as a member of the Government , we , as a deputation , and the whole country , consider your Grace one of the most inluential of her Majesty ' s advisers , and one of the principal heads of the government . We feel justified in entertaining this opinion , from the public declaration lately made by your Grace from your place in the House of Peers , that , ' you would take on yonrself tbe responsibility of advising her Majesty to prorogue Parliament . — In again soliciting an interview , which we hope
your Grace will be so kind as to grant , we have most respectfully to assure your Grace , that we do bo for ho other purpose but to lay before your Grace a true statement of the unprecedented and almost incredible destitution of the large manufacturing town we come from—such as we have Seen and can vouch for personally . . We may be permitted to add , that nothing is farther from our intention than to trouble your Grace with any party views whatever , or to propose remedies for the evils complained of . Hoping your Grace will reconsider our application , we are , most respectfully , your obedient servants , Aechd . Baibd , minister . —John Henderson . " 21 , MancheBter-buildings , Nov . 1 , 1841 . "
Without much further remark , we leave the correspondence in the hands of our contempraries , perfectly aware that it requires no comment from us to exhibit the Duke of Wellington in a more ridiculous light than he has done himself , under bis own hand . Tho country will bo astoniBhed to learn that the Great Duke—the Iron Doke—who boasted ha would take on himself the whole responsiblity of advising the prorogation of Parliament , should , for the sake of a paltry twenty or twenty-five pounds ia the way of subscription , shrink from meeting the representatives of those people he had so heedlessly handed over to four mouths' starvation in winter . The country will also be anxious to know if he does not "fill any political office , " or if be " exercise no power or authority , " what was his business at Buckingham-house at the confinement of the Queen . Are we to understand the Duke that it was only in his character of field marshal that he claimed the privilege of being present as a peeping boy , to TfSttob the progress , of events behind the scenes !
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 11, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct872/page/3/
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