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rHE N0ETHER5 STAE SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1842.
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Hollywood-A Tea Party v * nll be held on Easter Monday , in the Chartist Room , Ralph Green . Tea on the table at sis o ' clock . Dewsbcbt . —Mr . Brcpiiy lectures to-morrow afternoon and eftning oier the Stores . North Lahcashibji . —Mr . Lund ' s route : —Monday , March 2 ht , aj Blackburn ; Tuesday , the 22 id , at Harwood ; Wednesday , the 23 rd , at CVuhero ; Thur .-day , the 24 th . « Barnoldswick ; Friday ; the 25 : h , at Sabden ; Saturday , the 26 th ,- at Preston ; Monday , the 28 th , at Kendal ; Tuesday , the 29 th , at Chorley ; Wednesday , the 30 ih , at Burnley ; Thnrsday , the 31 st , at Come ; Friday , April 1 st , at Bacnp ; and oa Saturday , the 2 nd , as Todlaorden . Yew Gbee * . —A concert and ball will be held on Easter Tuesday ,
Stockpobi . —Mr . J . Cooper , from Manchester , ¦ will leciure here to-morrow evening ( Sunday ) at six o ' clock . Hazel Grove . —Mr . Thomas Clark , of Stockport , mil lecture here on Sunday evening , at eix o clock . Eccuss . —Mr . Tnoma ? Ci * fk , of Stoctport , will lecture here on Monday night , a > e . ghs o decs . - Steocdwateb —A county meetin g will be held on Rodborough Hill , near S : roud , on Goou Friday , to ekct the delegates to the forthcoming Convention , leargus O'Connor , Esq ., and Mr . Henry . " \ mcent are invited to attend the meeting . Wilsdes . —Mr . Arran preaches on Easter gun day , afternoon and evening .
BrRMSG&AM Delegate Meetikg . —A meeting of delegates for the counties of Warwick and Worcester will be held on Tuesday next , at the Chartist Roc-m , Aston-streetj Birmingham , at two o ' clock . STAFFoaDSHiBE Delegats Meeting . —A meeting of deiegates from the various towns ia Staffordshire wiJ be held at Mr . Mogg ' s , Temperance Coffee Hcnse , Snow-hill , Wolverhampton , on Sunday , the 27 ih % of March , when the easiness connected with the forthcoming Convention will be finally settled ., WoBCEsrsa . —A ball will be held in the Hall of Science , on Easter Tuesday the proceeds to go towards supporting the Convention .
Kejghlby .- —Chabtist Sebiioxs . —To-moTrow , Sunday , the 20 th instant , two sermons will be delivered in the Working Man ' s Hall , Sun-street , Xeighley , by Mr . Candy , of Wolverhampton ; to commence in ths afternoon at two o ' clock , 3 Dd five in the evening . Collections will be made for the benefit of the forthcoming Chartist Convention . Bradford — On Sunday , March 20 th , Mr . Henry Hodgson , Mr . Ainl-y , and Mr . Borrows will lecture in the large room , Buuerworih Building , at six o ' clock in the evening . Idle—Mr . Joseph Alderson and Mr . Rawnsley Trill lecture here on Monday next , at seven o ' clock in the evening . Shipley . —Mr . Joseph Brook will lecture at this place on Monday next , at seTen o ' clock in the evening .
Bisglet . —Mr . Candy will preach two sermons in the Foresters' Court , " on Easier Sunday afternoon and evening , for the benefit of the Executive . Pkestos . —A public meeting is to be held in Cbad-¦ wick ' s orchard on the 26 th instant , to take itno consideration the alarming distress of the country , and to elect deputies to the Petition Convention , intended to be holden in London on the 12 th of April next . Mb . Johs West , the East and North Riding Lecturer , will visit the foliowiag places during next ¦ week , namely—Monday , at York ; Tuesday , at Milton ; Wednesday , at Scarborough j Thursday , at Bridlinston ; Saturday , at Beverley i and on Monday , the 28 A , at HulL
Delegate Meeting . —The Eai-t and North Riding Delegate iieeting will be held at the Temperance Hotel , Sslby , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) morning , at ten o ' clock . Newiow ^ aeds , Ikela ^ i > —A public meeting will be held in Kewtownards in the county Down , Ireland , on Easter Monday next . Hugh Carlile will deliver a Itxr ' . nre on clas 3 legislation , at twelve o'clock , noon . London . —On Sunday evening next , Dr . P .-M . il'Douali will Ieetoe at the Sxar Coffee House , Golden-Jane , a ? seven o ' clock in the evening .
General Convention . —Toe Teetotal locahry of Chartist ? , meeting at Westbrook's Ccffee House , Waterloo-road , intend getting up a tea party and concert , to take place on Monday , April Ilth 134 " 2 , to assist in defraying ths expenses of the forthcoming Convention . In order to ensure a gcod attendance , the price of tickets will he as low as one shilling . Tae members of the Convention who may have arrived in town are respectfully invited . Globs Fields—Messrs . Johns and lliingworth will aaciress the Chart ^ ts of . tie Hit-or-iliss , Weatstreet , on Stiaday eTeniag next , a » eight o ' clock . Institute . —J > Ir . R . Cameron will l ? cture in the Hall oi the Instuutej 55 , Oid Bailey , on Sunday , the 20 th instant .
2 isw Road . —Ruffy Ridley wiil lectnre at the Archery Rooms . Bath-place , New-read . Snbject— •* The ivUs of Machinery under our present System of Class Legislation . * To commence at seven o ' clock . Bride Laxe . —All persons desirons of enrolling themselves as Members of the London Chartist LecKLrin : ; Committee are requested to meet at the Dispatch Coffee Rooms , Bride-lane , on Friday , the 25 . h in-tan-, at ei > > ht o'clock , to arrange a plan for more effectually supplying the rapidly increasing Metropolitan Localities with suitable lecturer ? . The at ' . tndance of itli favourable to thisobjecvis requested . Richmond stbeet . —Mr . Fussell will lecture , to the T-i : lor 6 laeeiing , at the Ihree Crowns , on Sunday evening next .
Towsb Haslets . —Dr . M'Draall will lectors to tlie Snor makers , a :, the Crown and Anchor , Cheshirestreet , Waterloo Town , on Mouday evening , at seven o ' clock . Southwabk Bridge Road . —A general meeting of the ChaTti = t Hat : ers will be helii at their room , Brown . Bear , on Wednesday , the 23 rd instant , at eight o ' clock . ; Mabyllbons . —Dr . P . M'Douall will Jfcture at tto Working Men ' s Hall , 5 , Circus-street , New-road , on Sunc ' ar errcicg , a ; half-past seven .
Shoemakebs . — A preliminary meeting of tho Western D . vision of Ladies Shoemakers , will beheld at the-Kiug and Q-een , Foley-street , Marylsbjne , on Sunday ntv , at s .-ren o ' clock in the evening , for the purpose cf taju ;? into consideration the propriety of forming a Charier Association of the above trade . Tailors—Red Lion , King-stbset , Goldensqcare . —ilr . Farrex will lecture here on Sunday evening next . China Walk . —The shareholders meet to-rcorrbTr . Alfectaie en Tuesday evening .
Dr . M'DoriLL will lecture to ihe boot and shoemakers at 'he Crown aiid Anchor , Cheshire-street , Waterloo To . vp , on Sunday evening next , at seven o ' clock precisely . Goldbeaters' Absis , Old St . Pa . xchas Road . — Mr . Wheeler will ls ^ t'ire here on Suadaj next , at eh : h : o ' clock . Shoemakes 5 . Clock Horss , Castle-stbeet , LEiCiSTEB-SQUABE . —Ruffy Ricley vfill lecture here on ^ uud ^ y next . - LiiiEHorsE . —Ruffy Ridley will lecture at the Volunteer , Coinmereial R .= adj on Wednesday evening EvSt . ¦ . ' _ Honlet . —A delegate meeting wiil be held ia the Chanisi Association Room , on Sunday , the 2 Qjh inst . at one o ' clock in the atteruooii . Delegates from the HudderiSelfl Poor Law Union are expected . ¦
AsHT 0 N-t ' 5 DEa-L"s : > -E—iir . Booth , from Newton Heath , will lecture to-morrow , at six o ' clock in the evtinag . Hetwood . —A ball is to come off on Good Friday , on behalf of the Manchester maimed and wcunded . I * ew Leeds , Bradford , —Mr . James Dcwhurst wiii leciurs on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . Bubt . —Mr . Charles Connor will lecture here on Monday nex ; . Raecuffb . —Mr . Roberta will address the inhabitants of this place , on Sunday ( to-morrow . ) Chorltos-on-Medlock . —Mr . J . Leach , President of the Executive , will address the inhabitants of this local-. ty , on Sunday evening next . Mr . Tiliman will hold a meeting of Females , on Wednesday , the 23 r-l in stant .
Pa ^ fobd . —A Chartist soiree will be held st the Louse of Mr . R . Charltan , on Easter Tuesday , Nottingham . —A meeting will be held at the house of Messrs . Swann and Co ., Union Coffee Ho , use , Drury Hill , on Monday evening next . All friends to tae extension of the National Charter Association are earnestly requested to attend . Kegwobth . —Mr . Pepper preaches to-morrow at ten o ' clock . Locghbobough—The Chartists will assemble in their roozn , Unicorn Yard , on Sunday -evening at half-past six . On Monday evening , at taa same place , Mr . Skevington will deliver an address on the principles of the People's Charter—discussion invited .
ELLAND-TJPPra-EpGB . — Mr . William North , of Korwood Green , will deliver a lecture in the large room , Black Bull Inn , on Saturday , the 26 ih iiistat half-past seven o ' clock in the evening . Rochdale . —Mr . Bell will lecture in the Association Room , on Sunday next , at half-past tvro . MaXCHESTEB . —Mr . Griffin will lecture at Brown-Street Chartist Eocm , on Sunday evening . Dukixfibld . — -Mr . Doyle lectures to-morrow afternoon and evening , in the room , Hall-green .
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TiteSotjth LAMusmns . afe \ egate meeting mil be held m the Brown-stree ; , Room , on the last Sunday in March . Every to ;* a an ^ TUlage wishing to be up ^ n the plan of lp ' ^ turers , must send a delegate . Mb . Deak . IV fton will visit the following places the en 3 utngw eck : —Nottinpham , Sunday and Monday ; Arnol- ^ Tuesday 5 Rad ford , Wednesday ; and Ruddinj ^ ton ,, Saturday evening . Me , Caj « dt ' s Roxttb fob the next Fortnight . — Skipjvn . on Sitorday , the 19 ih of March ; at Keigh ley , on Sunday , the 20 th ; Shaw ( near Haworth ) , on Monday , the 21 st : Keighley , Tuesday , the 22 nd ; Allerton , Wednesday , the 23 rd ; Clay ton , Thursday , the 24 th ; Thornton , Saturday , the 26 th ; Bmgley , Sunday , the ^ Tth ; Morton , Monday , the 28 th ; Cullingworth ( public meeting ) , on Tuesday , the 29 th ; Baildon , Wednesday , the 30 th : Shipley , Thursday , ihe 31 .-t ; and Wilsden , on Monday , the 4 lh of April .
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THE ADHESION OF MESSRS . VINCENT , PHILP , AND OTHERS OF THE BATH CHARTISTS TO THE STURGE DECLARATION . The events of every day that pasee 3 convince ns more and more fully of the soundness of the " no surrender" principle , and of the certainty that ths only effectual mode of exhibiting that principle is the one we have so often recommended , —of holding fast by onr eDtiro Charter , whole and unmutilated , and avoiding even the appearance of surrender as to any single point of it . We cannot recognise this manifestation of principle in the proceedings of these
gect ' emen in reference to the Sturge " Declaration . That " Declaration" is at the best a vague enunciation of one principle appertaining to the Charter ; and xhat one principle is declared in terms so equivocal and unsatisfactory that they admit of almost every variety of interpretation from Universal Suffrage to a nine pounds nineteen shillings franchise . Of this the best proof that can be offered is the fact that Mr . Sturge himself deems it Eeccesiary to furnish his canvassers with instructions as to the meaning of the " Declaration" ; those instructions being themselves liable to endless quibbling and disputation as to what they mean I They read thus : —
" The object in canvassing for names to the accompanying declaration and memorial is to gather together the seiit ments of all those favourable to such an extension of Suffrage as will give to every adult male inhabitant of this country of sane mind , and unstained by crime , not being a burden to the State , tie right of voting for Members of Parliament , with such protection of details for it 3 exercise as will secuTC a fair , full , and free representation of ihe people . Joseph Siubge , Chairman . "—( " For the canvassers' use . "
Nothing can afford stronger evidence than this , that Mr . Stubgs is perfectly conscious that his "Declaration" is defective in its expression of principle . If it asserted , in plain terms , tho principle of Universal Suffrage , there could be no need for this explanatory accompanying document . That principle , however , is not asserted , neiiher in the " Declaration " itself , nor in this explanation of the " Declaration , " nor in the memorial which Mr . Sturge hasissned , and with which Messrs . Vincent and Philp would have the Chartists to identify themselves .
What does Mr . Stusge meaD , in this explanation of his " Declaration " , by the phrase " not being a burden to the State' * ? Who are the parties here pointed at as " being burdens to the State" , and * therefore , to be exctpted from the franchise ? Whom does Mr . Stubge reckon lurdensome to the State ? Are all those persons ?• burdens to the State" whoiive upon the produco of the industry of others while they contribute nothing by their own exertions to the increase of the wealth of the State ?
If so , then , Mr . Sturgs at once excludes from the franchise the entire of the " upper" and a very large proportion of the " middle" classes of society . He must , in that case , give the franchise to none but workiDg men ; and he must exclude from it , out of those working men , every man who is Eick , every man who is out of employment , and every man who i 3 rendered incapable of work by age , accident , or inSnnity ; because all these are , of necessity , " burdens on the State" : willinelv . or unwillinelv . " burdens on the State" ; willinglyor unwillingly
, , they do " eat the bread of idleness " . Is this then Mr . Sicrge's meaning ? Does he intend to exclade from the Elective Franchise all the priests , and ministers of religion , all the lawyers , all the doctors , all the aristocracy , and all their tribe of servants , hangers-on , and dependants , all the fundholders , all the bankers , all the rich merchants , manufacturers and shopkeepers , — all who live out of rents , profits , taxes , or tithes ? We scarcely think this the sense that Mr Stubge intends to convey ; and yet it is tho sense
which not a few would contend that they had a right to gather from his words . Well , then ; what is thi 3 " being a burden to the State" ? Does it include all the Government officers , placemen , and pensioners ? Doe 3 it mean every man who lives out of the money of the State , dirtcUy received ; but without working for it ? Are all these to be excluded from tho franchise by Mr . Stuege ' s " Declaration" ] Not a bit of it . And yet-in g"od faith , they ought to be , if any exclusion at all is to be practiced . Well , then ; what is this " being a burden to the state" 1 Does it mean the
paupers ? Aye ; that's the rub 1 The poor paupers ; no : the rich ones ! These are they at whom , at ali events , Mr . Sturge ' s friends and adherents point this " burden to the state" Etory . And to which of these paupers does it apply ? Does it mean simply the man who is noir a pauper , or does it include every man who at a . uj period of Ms life may have been a pauper ? All these and various other
meanings may , -with equal propriety , be attributed to this vague , indefinite , exception from the franchise , bj Mr . Sturge , of every one who is " a burden to the State" ; while the memorial to be adopted and signed opens up new fields of dispute , hy controverting every one of these positions and maintaining the right of every man and woman , whether criminal , sane , or otherwise , to the franchise . The memorial reads thus : —
"To Victoria , Queen 0 / Great Britain and Ireland , and the Dependencies thereunto belonging . " Mat it please the Queen , —The undesigned memorialists , belonging to ail classes of society , and to every part of tae British empire , deeply impressed with the great erils to which this nation is subjected by class legislation , and especially of the sufferings thereby inn-cted upon it 3 industrious population , earnestly entreat that the Queen will be pleased to retain in her service , and take to her
councils , snch Ministers alone as will promote in Parliament that full , fair , and free representation of the people in the British House of Commons , to which they are entitled alike by the great principle of Christian equity , and also by the British Constitution , under which , Blackstone says , * No subject of England cari be constrained to pay any aids or taxes , even for the defence of the rcaime , or the support of Government , but such as arc imposed hj his own consent , or that of his representatives in Far Hament- ' "
Now , tho plainest and most obvious sense of this memorial is , that every person who pays taxe 3 ought to vote ; but that is just the Eense which the Sturge men will not allow to be put upon it . This is just the sense which Mr . Sturge himself is anxious to avoid ; and hence hia explanatory instruction about " not being a burden to the state " . We have said so much about this " Declaration" Mr , Stubge ' Sj to draw ihe attention of oui readers to one fact . The Stubge men affect to admit the
principle of the Charter , but say that its " details " are too complicated and offer too many points for disputation to be offered to the middle classes all at once ; that it is better to win their consent in the first instance to something tangible , clear , and simple ; and that then the " details" may follow more easily . And by way of providing this " tangible , clear , and simple" something , this " Declaration" ib turned out ; which turns out to be a thing that will mean almost anything , everything , o r nothing , just as you please . The whole case , as far aa Mr . Stubge is concerned is in a
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w" Universal Suffrage , " and "whioh shall be bo clear and simple , that it shall admit of no cavil or disputation . If this be his idea , he has shown by the production of this contemptible pieoe of vague and indefinite verbiage , that he is utterly incapable of carrying out his own purposes , and , therefore , however good or amiable a man , utterly unfit to be a public leader in a great national question . If this be not his object ; if his purpose be merely to entrap the people into a by-path , away from the plain turnpike of the Charter Association , he has shown himself , by this same smooth , wily , oily , 6
lippery , something , anything-or-nothing "Declaration " eminently calculated to flatter and betray . In either of these cases he is the last man to whom the people or their friends and leaders should afford any , the least , countenance as a leader . And yet it is to this senseless , unmeaning "Declaration" of this foolish or bad man that Messrs . Vincent and Philp and their Bath coadjutors would have the Chartists of this great Empire to go over , in the hope of being able , by a severe fight hereafter , to attaoh the other principles of the Charter to the one which they suppose to be here recognised
We repeat , as we said last week , that we respect these men for the talent and the zeal they have hitherto manifested in the people ' s cause ; we respect some of them for the sufferings they have endured in the cause ; but we cannot in this case compliment their judgment . We doubt not that they err from the excess of their anxiety to seize every opportunity of making converts to tho Charter , and from their readiness to estimate the motives of others by their own , and so to give the middle-class Sturge men full credit for sincerity in their profession of Unvsersal Suffrage principles : they suppose them to be sincere in wishing for Uuiyersal Suffrage , and that , therefore , they caw easily persuade them into
the adoption of the other points of the Charter . We think them much mistaken ; and we still opine that their error will not be found less fatal for being amiable . We foel some little difficulty in finding out the plane upon which the amiable principles of our friends operate . We are at alos& to know how they discover , in this "Declaration , " any distinct and unequivocal recognition of the principle of Universal Suffrage ; and if that recognition were even palpable , we are astonished that they , someof whom have suffered so much from middle-class treachery to principle heretofore , can have so simple a dependency on their adherence to principle now . We find in Mr . Philps speech , at the Conference , as reported by himself , the following sentiment .
" But suppose the worst—that the middle-classes were not honest;—that they signed this declaration as a false pretence ;— could they ever again sit injury boxes and convict us as traitors and conspirators for contending for that principle which they themselves had declared in black and white to be the right of the people . " Now , surely , Mr . Philp must have forgotten , in the goodness of bis heart , the experience of all tho last five years . Who have been the most forward in the jury boxes , and on the bench , to convict and sentence Chartists ? Have they not been the very
parties who have , over and over again , in the Reform Bill agitation , testified to , and contended for , tbe very same principle—the principle that representation should be coextensive with taxation What evideace do the Stubgites now afford us that iheir Declaration" is one of principle at all ; that there i 8 any principle but that of selfishness concerned in it ? Look at all their public acts . Follow them to all public meetings . What reason do they assign for coming out on the Suffrage question now ? Do they even say that they do so because they think it right ? Do they not tell
us openly and candidly that they do so because they hope to make it the means of repealing the Corn Laws and turning out the Tories ? Does any one believe that if the Whig 3 had still been in office , and if the Government had not opposed Corn Law Repeal , we should ever have had this " Declaration" of Mr . Sturge ' s , or any of the cry about "Complete Suffrage . " If any man do think so , we must only ask his pardon for thinking him a ninny . However highly , therefore , we may respect Mr . Vincent , and we do respect him both personally and for his services to the cause ; whatever opinion we may have of other parties with whom he
is associated , we cannot Buffer those individual opinions to lead us into so fatal an error as that of suffering the people to bo misled without warning . We thank God that they need little of warning from us . The resolutions that have been poured upon us from all quarters show them to be alive and awake . We bid them to keep their eyes open , and follow no leaders into a quagmire . If the Sturgites want something plain , simple , clear , and unmistakeable upon the question of the suffrage , they have it in the Charter . Let them stick to that , and to that only . No DECLARATION BUT FOR'THE WUOLH SlX POIMS AND ALL THE M DETAILS . "
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THE MANCHESTER TIMES AND MR . FEARGUS O'CONNOR . In t \ e Manchester Times of Saturday last , there appears a long list of questions and measures which were discussed during the three years lhat Mr . O'Connor win in Parliament . Now , verily , it is a pity that the brains of Archy . Prentice , proprietor , editor , fabricator , and spouter for and of tbe above jourual , were not exhibited in a gla ? s case at tho recent Female Bazaar exposure at Manchester . This uncommon jolterhead lays before his readers tbe said list , accusing Mr . O'Connor for not having spoken upon the questions therein enumerated , to the number of tweniy-six ; while he altogether keeps out of sight the fact that Mr . O'Connor voted upon all , or nearly all of them . But what had he to do with " army estimates , " and " opening the trade with China , " and such * like questions , further than to vote upon the people ' s side , as he invariably did t
But how i ' oolish for ignorance to go beyond . its depth ! Will the public believe , that Archy . Prentice , one of the hired tools of the Bazaarites , enumerates tho following questions a 3 some upon which Mr . O'Connor spoke '' not o . ie svllable" : — ' "¦ Repeai , op the Union , " and " Irish Poor Law" ? Poor fellow ! how could he . have so damned his wholo list by two such palpable blunders ? Upon the Repeal of the Union Mr . O'Connor presented petition after petition , day after day , and spoke to every petition ; while his speech , as seconder of O'Connell ' s motion , occupied nearly ihree hours in the delivery ! and this Archy . calls " NOT ONE SYLLABLE . " The Irish Poor Law : does not Arcby . know , that Mr . O'Connor , contrary to the express wish and desire of Mr . O'ConnelJ , was the originator of the measure in the Refurni Parliament , aud brought it forward a ^ aiu aud again ? and this Archy . calls " sating not ONE SYLLABLE . "
Archy . ! mend your hand , and try again ! To conclude tho farce , Prentics give 3 what he calls U'Connors ^ peech , in 1834 , upon the question of a Repeal of the Corn Laws . We extract from the Times as much of that Fpeech as it suited the animal to sekct , and here it is : — _ . . . ¦ , " Mr . Feargus O'Connor boM that he represented as large an agricultural constituency as any in Irel&nd , and he was decidedly of opinion that ah unrestricted importation of corn would have the effect of throwinj all the agricultural population of Ireland , and the greater part of tbe same class in England , into
the greatest distress . Before they determined upon new-modeliiDg th ^ se laws , they must , in justice , institute a new adjustment of all descriptions of pro perty , so that all classes might be equally dealt with . Though he might insura popularity by voting for the abolition of tho Corn Laws , yet he muat avow that he conld not do so consistently with that which he should always have first in vievr—thu interests of those he represented . The abolition of the Corn Laws would not have the effect , immediate or remote , of ben « - fitting the manufacturing interest , while it would utterly destroy the agricuituristfi . "
Now , could Mr . O'Connor haTe been , presented by his best friend 111 a more consistent view than : he has been exhibited by one of the bludgeon organs Is not the above just what Mr . O'Connor stilt perseveres ia saying \ But only imagine the above
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dozen lines given SB the speech , which if given entire would pooupy several columns of a newspaper \ l Let us , then , ask if the above is the be 3 t sample which Prentice could select for his own market , what the sack must h ave been for the people's market ? AU pearls are lost whea throwa before such swine as Arohibald Prentice and Co .
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TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . Mt belovkd FRiENDSi—Is it not a most -. as . ' tonishing thing that the task of explaining . the allimportant part of Sir Robert Peel ' s Budget Bhould be left to me . Yes , the whole press has been nibbling at what they consider the important portion of the question—the Income Tax . Now , that has little or nothing to do with it . Of that portion I Would merely say tha . v Peel , finding that he could not reduce expenditure with a prospect of support froih the expectants , has in so far put the bear's paw into the bear ' s own mouth . He has told them that henceforth they must in part live upon their
own fat . Peel has not made any Attempt to reduce expenditure to the nation ' s capability of paying ; but , on the contrary , he has undertaken to create a surplus over all requirements of more than half a million ; and ; belitsye me , that for this surplus also there will be thousands of gaping months . The pros'" ! is very atigry about the Income Tax , and small tlarne to them ; but I am delighted with it , and still more bo with other portions of his Budget , which I shall presently explain . I am plf ased with the Inoome Tax , because the modo of assessment , —not of levy , as the press complains , ^—carries tho war into every branch of the enemy ' s
camp . But here is the important part of Sir Robert Peel ' s Budget : he admits live stock into this COUNTRY AT A MERE NCMINAI , DUTY . £ \ for an OX ; las . for a cow ; and lOo . i ' or a calf , which , in Parliamentary language , means a young beast . There was a prohibition to this description of stock before , except for breed at an immense hif ; h duty . He also admits salt aftd cured meat at a duty of Id . per lb . Now this is the wedge . The fact of thfs will be that cattle , bothy- fat and store , wilt be sent from Holland , Belgium , and parts of France , at one half of the present price . A Dutchman or a Frenchman can pay the duty and freight / aud send cattle into the English market at a cheaper rate than Scotchmen and Englishmen living at a great distance from the market , and Irishcioa can ; and Atdetica can send us store provisions for much less than half the present prico . . ,
Now , tho result will bo that much more land in the adjacent continental countries will be taken out of cultivation * and turned to pasture for feeding cattle for the English and Irish market ; while as corn . is the produce most highly favoured in England , immense tracks of grass land in England , Ireland , aridi Scotlaud Will be broken up for cultivation . This will reduce tho price of home grown corn much , very much below what an eight shillings , or even a four shillings duty would have kept it at . ; and it will reduce the price of all kinds of meat , butter , and cheese , beyond what any man can at present possibly imagine . This will draw thousands of operatives from tho mill lords , and create a certain competition in ttte two labour maiktt 3—that of land and ateam .
But now mark the effect . The landed propoity will be tremendously reduced in value , as it ought to be , and the bsdvced value will be taxed at three per cent ., as it ought to bo ; but this leduotion in the ; price of produce will increase nearly double the value of funded properly and IT is only to be taxed by the same scale , accordins ; to its present net amount . Tithes will fall to one half , and will thenbe 1 taxed to 3 per cent , on the reduced amouist , and even the reduced amount the landlords will kick against paying , while both landlords and titho lords , will very , very shortly array tlicmselvesj first * in moral , and thon , if hequibbDj in physicaUbrce array against the fund lords , and every mail havib g a fixed income . All tenants with leases for * lives ' or terms of years * must be rained , as the landl tiis cannot afford , ^ poor fellows (! !) io make reduction ' s which will be Tt quired in consequence of Peel ' s measure .
In faoty if I was asked to frame a Bill for the complete and entire dissolution of society , as at present constituted , agricultural ; manufacturing , commercial , trading , governmental , fiscal , moral , and physical , I should say I make not one single ALTERATION IN THE BUDGET OP THE RlGUT HON . Baronet . It . will sponge the debt—break the landlords—pay off the creditor 3 ^ -open manufactories abroad for the displaced agriculturists , whose places will be better supplied at home . It will make the smokeocracy o ' t England more observant of demand and supply , because it will take an immense surplus population , by which they now reduce the wages oi their hands .
It will cause a shindy among the parsons ! and it will , throw every injured or disappointed mai into the Chartist ranks . It will do all these things ; while , '' ' without ' - the Charter , it will rist be worth a pin ' s p&iht to the working people , andfor this simple reason . If general prosperity should be the result , that prosperity would be taxed by class legislation for the support of a rising generation of paupers . But what has he dbno more ? G ! glorious—thrice glorious , —he has had the courage to tax IRISH ABSENTEES ! 0 ! how the devils will scamper home 1 !! and so will I when Igottho Charter * Now , believe me ; this was the prophesied earthquake that was to frighten the Irish . Now , ray friends , bear in mind that while I wasin York I told you the Whigs wouldgo mad . Well , they arc literally rabid—foaming at the mouth . Again , I
told you that Peel would propose a far more sweeping measure than the Whigs proposed . HaB ho not 1 Again , ! told you that Russell wouldbecome a Tory . And won ' t , ho ? I should like to know what the Irish farmers will now say to , Daniel 0 "Connell about Free Trade . By Jove , we shall have " the Devil among the Tailors . " BeMta already fallen above 10 per cent . Meat falling every ¦ day * * A large quantity thrown into the rivcr 3 , while the people ana starving , and only wain the Charter to ; turn it to better account . Corn falling , chops falling , and the Ckaitiats rising . But now , mark my words ; such au agitation never was seen as England and Ireland will present in less than one mouth from the day of the date hereof , 16 th March * 1812 . Ycur faithful servant , Feaegus O'Connor .
P . S . —I hayo not said a twentieth part of what mean to pay upon the liudger . The Bombshell Budget . O ! the Abaeutcc . i . Will Borne one write a soiig upon them for the Star ?
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Mb . Rainsley . — We received a letter from this gentleman last week , but too late for notice in our last , staling that he formally withdrew his name f ^ om the list of candidalex for the representation in Convention of Kent , Middlesex , Essex , and Surrey , before the hallotling commenced , and caused his resignation to be duly notified to the general secretary . A Regular Subscriber — We do not answer in the Star questions i \ f disputed literature : if we did so we might oaupy our whole time with them . A Weekly Subscriber , Carlisle . —No ' . A Whole Hog Chartist stront / ly recommends the
withdrawal of all money from the Savings Banks . William Ashton , the newly-liberated victim from Wakefield hell hole , requests ' its to slate that all communications for him niust he addressed to the care of George Sedgwick , Railway Tavern , New road-end , Barnsley . Wm . Crow ;—All monies sent here by post-order must be made payable to Jolm ArdilL Belfast . —We are compelled to reserve the long letter of intelligence from Belfast till next week . Wm . BKELSpORD may as well send to Mr . Cleave . G . M .. Barnard Castle . — -Up to the reign of Henry
VII . .. ' .. ' ; -:. :... - ¦ The Rev . Mr . Stephens ' s Bradford Lectures . — Mr . Arran writes to correct a misapprehension of our Bradford reporter . Tic says that the Rev . Gentleman did not ¦ " ' abuse" either Whigs , Tories , or Chartists . Mr . Robshaw , of Dewshury . —His communication - is an advertisement . Edwaud Beedle must write to Mr . Hey wood privately . There is no other expence in joining the National Charter Association than that of the card of membership . \ Joseph Morgan . —His address to the friends of the Charter is an advertisement , G . H ., Falmouth . —Thanks for his notice of Mr . Poulton ' s lecture . We have no room for its insertion .
Richard Hasl / vm . — Me have no room . William Cooper — We are pjad to hear that he has ( jot a summons against the scoundrel who burnt his petition sheet : we shall be glad la learn how he comes on before ( he magistrates . Michael Roberts , Btdry ; John Copp , Bristol ; Richard Haslem , WV H , Clifton , Gracchus , Char ! c 3 Duncan , John Duncan , Dundee , J . Williams , John Campbell , of the Executive , and our respected Dublin and Belfast Correspondents must alt excuse us : we would gladly have inserted some of their productions had it been possible ; but we have seldom been more deluged with mat ter than this tccrk . : The Manchester Victims .- ^ Mr . Hey wood , has sent us an account of subscriptions received by him vp to Wednesday noon , amounting to £ 5 7 s . 2 hd .
We have not room for the particulars this week . Mbs . FKOSTi—Mr . Cleave , has received Is , for this , lady , from T . ( Minories . ) Brighton . ^ - We regret thai it is impossible to insert the election address on behalf of Mt . Brookes till our next .
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Convention Sittings . — 'The- Executive Comm ^ iteeof the National Chartist Association apjyf tnted Mr . ¦ Cleave arid Dr . M'DoUaU , to cal ^ aiate the protable expense attendant vp&i the sitting of the Convention in London , it has been ascertained ly them that a , central and commodious meeting ' room , committee room or apartment for petition sheets , d % c ., can be obtained for a rental , as moderate ascouldbe expectedundersue Heireumstdnees in London ; and they ; give it as their opinion , that the meeting room , doorkeeper , salaries , stationery , &o ., icould require a sum not less than £ W , tol > e placed at the disposal of the Treasurer . Subscriptions ; already received wiU be acknowledged next week , ;
If John MowbraY , who left Durham , on Saturday last , will return to Durham , or send his address to his parents , immediately he will hear of something to his advantage . : Wb are -requested to notify that Mr . William APDouall , bookbinder , late Secretary of the Humfries and Mgxwetttown Working Men's Association , is no longer e member of that ' .- . ¦ * " society , ' y : ' ' ; ..- > y - ¦ - ¦/¦ . * *' * . ' y * ' .. ¦ ¦ Mr . Beesley , of North Lancashire , ¦ ' ¦ ¦ will : oblige the Chartists of' Botton , by sending his address , to Mr . William Bairdy No . 7 , Flcuh-sfreet , B 6 ltori \ as thty < xeish to ' communicate with him upon business of importance . Mbs . Roberts , the Whig made widow , has received 6 s , 6 jrt . fromMr . Startiri ; 6 s . 0 ^< 2 ., collected at the White SwantNfwJohii'Streel ; and 6 d . from . Mr . Cox , Lichfield-street ^ Birmingham . Sheffield .- ^ -The resolution in the matter ofOtley
t . Hamey next week . A Real Democraton ' sAcs very respectfully to ask if it is not time , according to the Plan of Organisation of the National Char ten Association , that a new Executive shouldbeelected ? The Delegate Meeting at the Hop-pole Inn , Manchester .. —We have received a letter from Mr . Campbell , the ' general secretary , statingthat the names of Mr . Cassidy and himself were published without authority or sanction , as though they had approved of the resolutions ; whereas hie had himself erased his own name and Mr . Cassidt /' s from the list , and refused to take any part in , or have anything to do with * the meeting , after the refusal to entertain the resolution which he supported , and which was one going for the whole Charter , unmixed with any [ other question . J . H . Shepherd has two weeks together sent us accounts of lectures without staling vrhetf ) .
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3 . 3—The postage of a newspaper for New York , United States , is 2 d . Ct-New all . —Send 10 A . to this office . Thomas Tom li n EmmeU ' a portrait will cost 4 d- in postage . J . Kerr , Dumfries— March 5 th , 14 s . 6 d . J . Brook , Bradford . —Yes . Wm . Wildgoose , Mottram . —Apply to A . Heywood . FOR THE CONVENTION . £ B . d . From a Radical of 20 yeara 0 10 do ., York .. ... ... 0 1 0 ^ D . Fryer , Haltou ... ... 0 10 _ John Bossey , Xow Wortley ... 01 2
FOR THE EXECUTIVE . From Roger Pindar , Hull ... ... 1 5 llj « . '¦ the Teetotal Chartists of Iiower Moor , Oldbam ... ... ... 0 5 0 „ twelve Chartists at Doncaster 0 7 0 FOR THE O ' BRIEN ' S PRESS FUND . FromDunfermUne ... ... ... 0 0 6 FOR MRS . PEDDIE . From the Chartists of Manchesterroad , near Bradford ... ... 0 5 0
FOR MRS . FROST . From Bradford , per W . Smyth ... 1 1 4 ¦' „ Rochdale , per J . Leach ... 17 0 „ Mrs . Graham , Grindon , Purr ham ... ... ... . ~* 0 0 6 MRS . FROST , MRS . WILLIAMS . AND MRS . JONES From Bradford , per W . Smyth ... 0 1 11 _ W . Youngs Witney , Oxford ... 0 0 8 „ the workmen in Mr . Bishop ' s shop , Leicester 0 5 6
FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . From G . Larkin , Wallworth ... 0 0 3 FOR THE MANCHESTER SUFFERERS . From a female friend , Leeds ... 0 0 4 ~ G . Larkin , Wall worth ... 0 0 9 ~ the Bristol Chartist Youths , per F . Gibson ... ... 0 10 0 „ S . Stilborn , riyer , Desborough 0 2 lh
four Chartists at Bristol , per B . Gibson ... ... ... 0 6 0 twelve Chartists at Doucaster 0 5 0 the Sbaksperean Association of Chartists ,. Leicester , per Mr . Coopsr ... ... 2 0 0 Exeter , per R . MUford ... 0 10 0 Huns ' , near Leeds ... ... 0 3 4 W . M . Young . Bath ... ... 0 « 6 Stain ton , in Cleveland ... 0 4 0
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tuesday , March 15 . The Honse was for some time occupied in tbe reception of petitions and other miscellaneous business ; Mr . Ferrand gave notice , that he should move a resolution to tho effect , that any person inducing others to give fake evidence before a Committee of that House should receive condign punishment . And he should also propose a resolution pledging the Houeg to bear harmless every workiat ! man who gave evidence as to frauds in trades and manufactures . He should also move that a select comniittfea should be appointed to inquire into tbe frauds of the various manufacturers , and also into those which they practice , directly or indirectly , on labourers in their eraployment . .
Long discussions followed on the various subjects , including questions to the Minister , on the subjects included in his budget , on all which Sir R . Peel pre served & studied silence . A he , ivy debate took place on the Church of Scotland , and a motion for a committee to enquire into its constitution , was lost by 139 to 62 . Mr . Ferrand lose In . pursuance to a notice of a mctiori which he had given . He begged to say a few words relative to a declaration which an Hon . Member , whom ho did not see in his place , had lately alluded to in that House . The declaration had been stated by that Hop . Member t 7 eiii ' aiiate from Manchester , and to be signed by seventy-tsvo manufacturers residing there , who were subsaribers to the anti-Cam Law League , who
in that document denied that they bad employed the truck system in the payment of the wages of their workpeople , or that they paid them through any other medium than the current coin of the realm . Now , he ( Mr . Ferrand ) begged distinctly to state that the Hon . Member bad been most fully deceived in the representations which Lad . been made 'with rtfiirence to this declaration . Instead of tliose seventy-two aienatttres being the signatures of seventy-two manufacturers residing at Manchester , they were the signatures not only , not cf persons reaidingin Manchester , but of persons who were many of them not manufacturers at all . The first name on the list was the name of a man who had been proved to have paid his workpeople in milk , and who bad also been convicted of gross tyranny towards
his workptople . In that list , too , were the names of five fpreigners . Now , what right had those foreigners to come over here and subscribe to a fund which was raised fur the purpose of htirriog up excitement setting class against class , and giving support to : a party which already was eudeavburing to overawe . the Government ? These persona ought to be aware , that by coming over here and carrying on their business they we ; e depriTing the British merchants : of their market ; and because our merchahta did not wish to dispute the right of these foreigners to pursue their avocations hare , therefore they ought to rt'inember tho forbearance whick was shown , and abstain from proceedings like those with which he charged them . He was quita sure that if natives of
this counti'y went abroad , and interfered as these foreigner ' s bad done , they would speedily come under tho operation of t ! ie lawo of the countries where they resided , and be obliged to leave : He protested in the name of tho workpeople of tae' north of England , in the name of justice aud decency , again 3 t these proceedings . The House , he was sure , would visit with coudign punishment persons jproved to be guilty of the offences of which he complainedi and as be was . a living man hti would use every effort to see such wellmentcd punishment inflicted . He begged to read a circular which was dated "Manchester ,-March 5 , 1842 , " and was signed " J . Higgiris , Secretary . " The person who signed this letter was the Secretary ef the branch of the National anti-Corn Law League estab " -
lished at Manchester , and the circular was forwarded to the iflembers cf the League .: Tae letter was as follows : — " Ddar Sir ;—It has been suggested that a declara tion by the workmen in each establishment would tend to complete the exposure of Mr . Ferrand ' s charges ; and as a ' discussion is likely to take place during the early part of the werk it mijjhfc be wel ) to direct the foreman of works io obtain declarations signed ; by a few of the men . on behalf of the whole , and to forward them to ns at the earliest opportunity . " { Hear , hear . ) "Now , where are those declarations 7 " exclaimed the Hononrable Member . " Have they appeared ?"~ they have not ; and what is the reason?—because the
working men have at l * sfc sho wn a * proper spirit . They have found that there has been a kind feeling expressed towards themin this House—they have , many of them ; written to me , telling me so—they have rebelled against the attempt to make them sign what they knew to be ' false . This I can prove before any cbmmittee that may be appointed . They have had too much respect fot themselves , and the position they hold , even as poor workiugmen '; they would not " sign the declarations , Avhich have not , thertfore , been presented ¦ 7- ( hear . ; And if they had been presented , ! should have been ready for them-r-ihear . ) I say to those members who belong to the Anti-Cbrn Law League , you cannot move an inch without my being ready to meet
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you ; and in a way , perhaps , yon may not be aware o £ I : bave received another letter : ¦ ' listen as I read it , and aay if there ever was---in a country professing itself the land of libettv—Huch a Bystem of fraud and tyranny towards the poor as that which I am exposing . This it from a poor working man : — "A statement * wa 3 put into my bands ( wjiich I enclose ) &om one who holds s station in a cotton mill , -whidi enables him to know tbit ¦ m an . are compelled to signdecIaratioiiB knowato be false . Your « spo 8 ures . Sir , have driven the grind-Ing Ahti-Cprn Law Leaguers frantic , as they know every charse yon have brought against them to betrue . Your ^ hibitions of their fraud and tyranny have delighted working men of all politics , for they know hew well fjunded they are ; and they have gone far to abolish the infamous track system , which is so notorious that the only wonder is , now Members can be hardy enough letter to read continued
to deny it . " I have a another ( the Hon . Member , ) still further exposing this accursed system which prevails to a frightful extent , and has feeen carried on by men holding a situation in society Which ought to have made them ashamed Of such disgraceful proceedings . And I take this opportunity of repeating that it is my deternnnation fearlessly , in spite of all opposition , to do my utmost to ferret out the whole of this cruel abominable tyranny , which is practised upon the working cUwef . I care not by -whora- ^ I cate not to what party the guilty may belong—I have bat one conrsej a fair and open onet to pursue , —that is to search out wM determined resolntion—as an independent . Member , to search out Mid expose this systam : and when the day comes , after Easter , when I shall move for the eommittee of inquiry , backed by the enormous mass of evidence which I am daily receiving ; and when before that committse their * shall ceme out
all the robberies , and plunders , and oppressions , which have been ami are perpetrated on the manufacturing workmen , the complaints of these unfortunate men will find a , response , not only withm these walls , bat thronghout the ¦ ¦ country- ^ v" -. hear , ; . ' hear , " and cheers . ) Sir , a masiistrate of Lancashire writes to me thus : — " A , fdend begs to state a few facts : a great many convictions have fciken place in this district within in a very short period for a use of the truck system . At one village where flannels are made , such is the extent to which it is carried , that a man haabeen known to go to a barber with a piece of candle instead of a penny , hot naving even that small piece of cein in his possession . It is hoped , that in order to a complete exposure of these practices a committee of inquiry may be
appointed . " I have . Sir , another letter from Chorley , where the Hon . Member for Stockpotfs works ar « situated ( Mr . Cobdeii's ) , and where he must have known —when the other night he so loudly denied the charges made—that the manufacturers were fobbing their men most infamously . The writer says— "The niagU ; - trafes have convicted aome cf the chief mannfacturers here in penalties to the amount of twenty-five pounds for robbing their workpeople , by paying them in goods instead of money . " The other night the Hon . Member for Stockpert said he had inquired whether in his mills , or printing works , ' the he had found at
truck system prevailed , and t ^ at did not ; whereas the fact waSi that the Hon . Member him ? self kept cows , and forced his people to bay milk from him . Sir , after the statements I have made , I am sure every one will see the propriety of facilitating the inquiry by furnishing the returns for which I beg to move—" Copy of all the convictions in the counties of York and Lancaster by magistrates in jpetly sessions assembled , of persons who have been guilty of illegally paying the wages of their workpeople in goods , instead of the carrentycoin of the realm , since the 1 st of January , 1835 , contrary to the provisions of thei Act 1 st and 2 nd ct 37 , William IV . " y y
Afcer a few words from Mr . ScholeBeld , the returns were ordered . —Adjourned . Wednesdmy , March 16 . After the presentation of a number of petitions on a variety of subjects , and the transaction of some minor , business , . ? ' ¦ Mr . MiLNEB Gibson saM he believed he had the permission of the . Eight Hon . the First Lord of the Tre vsury , to repeat the question this evening which he put yesterday . . The question ; was this : whether it was the intention of the Government to extend the Income Tax ; to those pensions which were charged upon t&e Consolidated Fund , under paiticular Acts of Parliament ?
Sir R . Peel apprehended thatthe measure which he had proposed would extend to all annuities or salaries received by any of her Majesty's subjects ; and it thereforo followsd that any annuities chargeable upon the Consolidated Fund would be subject to a reduction of three per cent . y y ! Sir R , Peel then proceeded as follows : —Sir , I may tako this opportunity of makiDg a ! communication to the Houie , which I think the House will receive with great satisfaction . When upon the part of her Majesty ' s Governmen (; , j intimated to her Majesty ^ that her servants thought that the financial necessities of the country
were such , that it was desirable for tae public interests to submit in a time of peaice the income of the nation for a limited period to a charge of 3 per cent . ; her Majeiaty prompted by tbose feelings of deep and affectionate interest which she has ever shewn in the welfara of her people , observed that if the necessities of the country were such that in a time of peace , Parliament should deem it necessary to submit the incomo or the country to a fihaTge of three per cent ,, it waa her VOLUNTARY DETERMIXaTION THAT HER OWN INCOME SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO A SIMILAR REDUCTION— ( Loud and general cheering . )
[ Bah . 1 Bah !! Bah ! !! Bih ! ! ! t Bih ! ! t ! O ! O !! O ! !! O !! ! ! 0 ! ! ! ! . Fudge ! Fudge ! ! Fudge !! ! Fudge 1 ! !!! Cackle !! Cacsle !!! Cackle !!! Gabble J Gobble !! GoHble !! ! Gobble ! 1 !! D Another conversation then ensued respecting the " truck system , " brought on by Mr . Villiers statin . ? that he was in possession of . a document fcom the manufacturers of Yorkshire , denying the " truck" charges ; but the Speaker informed the Hou Member that it would be irregular to read the document Mr . Ferrand said he thought he could satisfy the Honi Member . If the Hon . Member would publish tho names of the whole of the Anti-Corn Law "League , he would find that tbe majority of taem carried on the trade he mentioned . '
Mr . ViLLiERS said it was not in his power to publish the names of the Anti-Corn Law I . 3 ague » He was not a member himself ; but he believed that the majority of them did not practise the track system . . - ..- " ' . - . - y - - * y y ,-. * . ; , -. y' * y * ¦ this brought up Mr . Cobden , who , in explanation of the charge made against himself of supplying his workpeople with milk and stopping the price of it out of their wages , observed , that if the House would allow him , he wouid just state very shoitly ono or two facts with reference to the business with which he was connected . That business could not be carried on
without the consumption of an immense quantity of oow-dung—he was letting the Hon . Gentleman opposite into the arcana of cotton printing—and for this reasonit was of ten necessary for a manufacturer to keep not less than a hundred cows . It so happened , however , that as his print-works were near to a town , it was mere economical to . buy cow-dung than to keep cows ; and , therefore , not only was this * insinuation not true , but thura WAS not a sUidoiw of ( oaadation for it . " y He further complained , in an earnest deprecating tone , of the attacks that had been made upon the manufacturer ' s , and tho Btrong language ; used respecting them . : ¦ ¦ ¦ ' -. ' • ¦ : : ' ¦ ¦ . - ¦ • ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦¦'¦ - - ¦ ¦ - ¦
¦ Mr . Stewart Wortley observed that these complaints came with a very bad grace from Mr . Cobderi ; for Hon . Members could net but recollect the lanjuage that that Hon . Guntleman h * d made use of , when speaking of the agricultural body during the course of the last Session . They could not forget that . the words " monsters , " '' tyrants , " and ' demons , " had figured in his " speeches . ' ''¦ ¦ : ¦ Mr : Cobden— "I was speaking of your legislation . ; Mr . S . Wori ley contended that the Hon . Member had appliod those . terms to the agricultural c ' assw . The Hon . Member for S ^ . ockport on that occasion had distinctly said , that " the landlords interposed like
monsters and demons between the welfare and happiness of the people , and tiieprosperity which was opening before them . " While such language Was adopted and promulgated through all parts of the country ; while those rancorous descriptions were , given of the agricultural interest , Hon . Gentlemen could not be so simple as to imagine that language of that kind could be used with im puriity—without bringing retribution on those who used it . Without taking upon himself to justify tho charges brought forward by his Hon . Friend the Member for Knaresboroagh , he would say that the Hon . Member for Stjekport wa 3 the last person in the world who had any right to complain of his conduct ( Cheers . ) ' . '¦ ' : ' y . .
Mr . Ferrand said that the House would recollect thatduring the last and present session , the Hon . Member for Stockporfc had asserted that the Corn Liwa caused the distress of the country . It was his ( Mr . Ft ; rrand ' si lot to converse with the working classesin his part of the country , who said that they did not censider the Cora Laws was the cause of that distress ; but they told him it was caused by the tyranny and the oppression of thair masters , and he had used what he had been told as anarptmintiim ad hominum—( Cries of >« No , no . * . ) He ( Mr . P . ) said he bad , and he was prepared to give evidence of what he said ; and when the Hon . Member for Stockport said he had brought those charges f jrward on anonymous authority , he ( Mr . F . ) begged to say he had done no such thing . He naver brought any charges that ho was not prepared to prove ; and there wa 3 not a single charge Which he was not ready to prove befjre a Select Committee . .
The second reading of the Designs Copyright Bill was then moved by Mr . E . Tenn ent , and a discussion ensued not at all interesting to our rdadera
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HoLMWeoD . —Mr . Wm . Bell , of Hey wood , lectured here on Sunday evening to a crowded audience . A resolition of confidence in O'Connor and the Star , was passed ; and 6 s . collected for the Manchester sufferers . ¦ ' .- .. * ¦ ¦ ' . ' , " . . ¦ ¦; ... " ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ * " ¦ . • ¦ ¦; ¦ . '¦" - " " ¦ . * * ¦ ¦• v , , * . ¦ ¦ ¦ :-. .. Halifax . —The Halifax district delegate meeting Will be held in the Charter Association room , Ripponden , on Sunday , Maroh 20 th , at two o ' clock in tu 9 afternwn ; those localities that have not handed in their levy to the Convention Fund , are requested to forward it by their delegitei All those wishing to subscribe their tnlia for the support o ! those who have suffeied at Manchester , may hand it ia at the same time .
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Messrs . Vincent , Philp , Roberts , and Clarke , v . our Bath Correspondent . —We have seen in the Sun a statement bearing the names of the four gentlemen first named above , stating that our reporter ' s account of the late " Conference" at Bath was entirely destitute of truth . We feel bound in justice to * say that several letters from highly creditable persons have reached us , fully confirming the reporter ' s statements . We think , also , that these gentlemen themselves confirm them quite sufficiently ia last week ' s Vindicator .
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