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« J \ A . J * V ¦**** ¦ * . - - ^ 1 . 1-,. - - . 1- ^ - — - ^ Rj ^ t ^ j ^ P ^— - ~~ :- ~* : ~ r - _ ~ M 6 r ««< J /««» *** - *>** £ * JToratngr J&gifrter . ' - - .. -. of Friday . ) THE GBAND ^ REFORM BANQUET . ' f ^ gre at fiemoDstraiiDa of . attaciment to four « f Ireland ' s wDrtidest . and- "best tried frienSs , and of adherence to the great principles of Hefbrm indcml liberty , for the protection , of "which they have been so loDg struggling , has passed overj and passed-cTer triumphantly . - __ .,. - The p it and stage of our Hoyal Theatre were thrown into an exteosi ? e hall , reaching from the rear of the stage , which opened up to its fullest extent , to the &mt of the boxes . About the middle of the stage , which , bj the way , was fitted up as a gigantic tent , and brilliantly lighted , a circular table , of considerable extent , was placed for the principal guests . - Upwards of seven hundred gentlemen sat down to dinner . anuary , w 4 j *> ^\ w . ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ B ^ M ^ B ^^ BI ^^^ BMB ^ BiBM ^^^^^^^ '^^^^^ ~ "TT ? TiTT . \ Nn " - '" ¦ '
At die head of the principal table sat " Ireland ' s Hereditary Patriot , " The Eight Hon . the Earl of Chabi / ekoxt . On his right was . seated Lord Brabazon , M . P . ; Eobert Eutton , Esq ., 3 I . P ; Lord Fingall , Lord Lismore , Lord Cremorne , Sir John Kennedy , Bart , John O'Connell , Esq ., M . P . ; Henry Grattan , Esq ., M . P ., and James Power , Esq ., MJ ? . ; and on the left were seated Daniel O'Connell , Esq ., 3 LP . ; George Evans , Esq ., M . P . ; Lord Cloncnrry , Richard Sheil , Esq ., M . P . ; LoraBoseomnion , M ^ an O'Connell , Esq ., M . P . ; Sir Percy Nugent ^ Bart . 5 Nicholas Ball , Esq ., ^ M . P . ; John Maher , Esq ., M . P ., and Pierce Mahony , Esq ., M . P . The Yice-Presidents who presided at the four principal tables were George Hoe , John Power , Peter Purcell , and Ignatius Callagfcan , Esqrs .
After the cloth was removed , about half-past eight o ' clock—The jKoble Chaikmas rose , and was received with load cheers . He said—Gentlemen , when I lootupon such an assembly of true Irish hearts , I know not in what fitting language to address you . ( Loud Cheers . ) I must call upon you to bear with me , for my feelings are tno big for words . The scene I look upon , fills me with the conviction that justice must be done to our country . ( Hear , hear . ) Tea have assembled here , gentlemen , to entertain f jut individuals , chosoi by the free , unbiassed , and determined rotes of their-constituents j four gentlemen deserving of the confidence you have placed in them ; four gentlemen whose conduct always merited die honour you have bestowed upon them . Two o : them have sever been assailed ; and the other trro ,
-I am convinced , defy the most atrocious conspiracy which csn be latched to defeat the vrwnes of tie public . ( Hear , hear . ) Gentlemen , I have stated ih 2 t the immediate ot ^ ct of our meetin g was to do honour to those four gentlemen ; bat v » e have another object , and that is , to show that the Keform Bill must not be a dead letter . ( Cheers ., ) Ocr meeting is an imlica . 'tion that we will , never cease the zealous and virtuous exertions in which vre are engaged till fell 3 . rsd ample justice be done to our country . I shocld like to know why a distinction is mtide between Lrefctnd and other portions -of the British empire . It is a distinction I spurn , for , gentlemen , we are equtd to any of them . I have a toast to propose to you . ; it is the health of our young , gracious , and constitutional Queen . { Trfimendoas theencg , during tfhiea the company ra * eO
"The Queen . " ( Three times three , and one cheer more . ) Air— God save the Queen . " TheCHAj £ 3 fA 2 » then rose again and gave , " The People . "") Three times three , and lead cheers . ) Air— " St . Bamci ' s Day . " " The Ihxiess of Kent . " ( Nine tiiaes nine , and * nbc » nided applause . ) Air— "Sere " * a health to sll geod lasses /" "The health of the Ihike of Sussex , and the Eoyd Finally resident in Esglar . 1 . " ( Cheers . ) Air— " Hail I Star of Brunswick . " The 2 \ o-Vve Chairman usain toss and
said—Is there a Bean teat beats within tie bosom of any indivklual that hears me that does not swell at the men-ion of Muisxave ? ( Htre the ' trhole company rose , siid a simultaneous cheer issued from all part < of thfe assembly . ) Gentlemen , I will not say —for God forbVdxbat should be the esse—we ne ' er shall look upon his like again ; but this I will say , we ne ' er Lave looked upon his like before , ( Hear , hear . ) Lord iluigrave has a truly pMlanthropic heart—a true desire for the happiness acd liberty of the whole of the human jace . ( Cbters . ) The friend of liberty and ef man in the "West Indies —( hear , hear)—the friend of liberty and of man here . - £ Loud cheers . ) " I _ ore Mcigmve and Justice to Ireland . "' ( Tremendous aoplause . ) Air— " Patrick ' s Day . "
The CelMsmax then rose and ssia— -Gentlemen , I am abost to propose the health of two gentlemen who have been fairly , freely , honestly , and truly chosen Lv the-citizens of Dablin as their representatives . ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , onesf them is possibly las 22 DSt extraordinary aian of . his day—possibly ihc most extraordinary , that any age has ever produc-ed . It is my opinion that the illustrious individual of v . haffi I speak was chosen by Providence for the part which he has taken . ( Hear , hear . ) "Kith eiDquesce unrivalled , with talents unequalled , with « . f * pfprtninatjon -whir-h bas thtct allnxved him
to abandon the ranks of the pbala&x which he first joined , no individual who is capable of appreciating his merit can refuse him the tribute *> f his praise and admiraden . ( Loud cheers . ) He persevered in the same UEifcrm and admirable course , to the risk , aye , and the ioss of his personal property , his leisure , and , in some degree , his happiness ^ S&eh is , and has been , my opinion of this great man . ; but if anything were wasted to fslly convince me of the value of his
character and exertions it would be ^ sapplied by what he has been doing within these fear days .- ( Loud cheers . ) ^ hy , what has he done ? j ? or many days , contrary to his osrn popularity , in despite of all ^ jppoeiriaa . he has declared himself gainst a system too prevalent and too popular in this city . ( Hear , and loud thsers . ) Yes , he has been , and is still be ing , iriedin the erncible , and he will-come out more ¦ p' ^ re and more valuable from the trial . ( Cheers . ) I now give \ on .
Gentlemen—- . . " The Membes dor the City of Dublin . " ( Three times thiee . ) 31 r . O'CoxxEEt ,. then rose , and was received with kind and continued cheers . He said- ^ Noihing can be more idle than totell me that this is a reality . — ( Cheers . ) Ob no , 1 have bc-en ill fur iheIa * t week , and a dreamlia * come over me , and I have wakened . in Fairv-laad . —^( Continued cheering- ) "What beings are those before me iQpointiEg to theuadies in the bases ) . Had Pairv-imd ever anything Eiethat ? Oh no . If it be reality , we iiave never ^ before seen « ch fenns as these . ; they are fairer than tho ~ e that youthful poeU fancy when they lore . —( Loud cheers . ) They tellme Ireland is a degraded and . nn inferior
land . Oh , men of Ireland ! is there on « individual among yon could look upon those who . have come to witness our proceedings to-night and acknowledge inferiority in the country of their birth ?—{ Hear , and cheers . ) If there be one such , he ha ? courage equal to the luaving of the most brave : but oh , at the saint ; time , lie has depravity equal to ihe most deprased . —( Cheers . ) Oh , iny * Le rii , it is impossible but jasUcejnnst be done to Ireland .- ^ - ^ Tremenduous cheering . ) Oh , if I be indeed awake this is a glorioTjs waMug . —( Great chrerix ! & 5 ) But 5 ? bat , after all , has mj life been but a wonderful -day-dream r Ungifted byialents , rank , or richesfor I was bnt the son of a jurivate gentleman « ith
jvsl enough means to meet my expenses—a : hrjei-.- lessiarrister—^ butliiatwasjaet long —( Cheers ^ and lausihter . ) - | have been raised to the situation I 3 iovr enjoy by my coonorymea . And how bava 1 ~ _ attsiaed that elevation ? By the possession of oae < jnaiixy alone—that I aever for one moment lor ^ oi she wrongs of my country .- —^ Cheers . ) I had . a perpetnal fever of Iri % agitatina abont me . Wheai 1 commenced mT carees , -one of those boxes , if it ¦ srere empued oi its Mr tenants , would contain all who co-operated witiime ; Jbut joosa is not now tobe found large enongh . to hold them . ? This is a proud fiay for Ireland . —( Cheers . ) Onrassemblinghere is , . ¦ with otbearihings , a proof of -our devotion to our
Qneen , ( Cod bless her )—{ Chees ) and to the Queen ' * ilioisfay . —( Hear , hear , . and continued cheering . ) . There is no fault tobe found widi them ' ii regara to li ^ laiMi , however we may difl ' er from them in bthejEiatters . —{ Hear , hear . } They have pven ss an esceUeot Lord Lieutenant , srhose name is his beat pnus& <—( Cheers . ) Iilalgravfii Oil it is a name to canjnre wiih . —( Cheers . ) Kb is the just a Ovrrnor , wl > 9 fcaoirsnodistincuoa ofseci of par ^ —* ho inquires iato no Elan ' s reHgion , btiionly his induct . He zskx not how any man . prays , bnt how ^ J he acts . —( Conliimed cheers . ) Creed , caste , * W colour are to him alike ; he recognise * in all »•! image of dnrinity , and the oni y eEsaLand iaalien-^ le claim of liberty . It was said of me , by my
^ exajes , diatwhen all oar grievances were redressed i ^ ould look out f « r fresh ones to keep up agitation . ¦ *^ ati » the : calumny now ? Why that I am too *^ y saiji-fiedwithsinaBcwicesaons , while I ought ^^ ld oat e ven against onx lritoids , careless of ihe fc ^ iun eisas they have done us . Oh , that wasnerer * J way . —{ Cbiers . ) When I was called to the bar i ^? d t ! id privil ege of » paring a stuff gown if I paid ^^ t ; bat the sanction oi- the ipner bar was dosed sgaanstme , Oh , many audmanj a day I pitied *^ eh" f or having to yidi to thesOken Bupenon ^ ¦ nere nature had . . giren . none- I did Dot shed the pnia »' * tear ; -Butwhai . I entered my UwelUug i ^^ peiaoiTOwed that iny sons phonld not haie wsBfe-tbis indknitv , —/ Cheers . ) Im&de saotLet
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HHBHlHHHHHrilHlBIBK 9 IBIDBiBBDQIBMBHHi ^ 3 BttlSflil ^ BfltHl ^ feMfi 9 HHi ^ l ^^ ft ^^ sW ^^^^^ fei ^^ aiid ^ ttQa foife ^ oo ^ CT ^^ ylfee ^ raifbeftMeHPSSowff consent to admit an inferiority- in my coantrj- to En ^ and or Scotland ; and your presence here tonight , my Lord , proves that yon teel-. so too , —{ Load cheers , during , which . Lard ; Charlemont -bowed acquiescence to the last . observations -of ? Mr . O'GoQneD . ) Yes , my Lord , formy -coimtryh jours , and . the landtiiat gave you birth is inferior to none oniheface of the earth . —( Loud cheers . ) I do believe no political change shonldbe purchased by one drop of hmnan bloody for blood , instead of cement to the social edifice , acts Kke sea sand in the foundation of a building , which gradually loosens the firmness of the walls till itfallstoniecea . —( HeaT , hear , and cheers . ) My Lord , it is acting npon this principle I have been enabled to achieve what I MBC ^^ B ^^^^^^ B ^^^^^^ B ^ B ^ B ^^ M ^ MM ^^ BiBmi ^ BBBBBMBC riTnr . ihntftf ^ nhrw ' hnn Irinnr fhnf HnifirirV
have done for my country . —( Cheers . ) There are three . filings yon demand ; I defy them to refuse to van , after this night . To be sure my silly old friend Burdett , flunks otherwise ; bnt —( the remainder of the sentence was lost in an nproarof laughter and hisses ;) ' Oh ! poor old gentlemnn don ' t hiss him . — ( Langhter . ) I am exceedingly obliged to him , for he makes me flie stalking-horse of his political warfare . He mistook a brood mare for a man-ofwar ; who knows bnt he takes me for a frigate r—( Laoghter . ) How badly off the Tories are when they take np gladly with the squeezwl orange of Radicalism ^—the advocate for out-and-onterism , universal suffrage , ^ Parliaments once a year , or oftener if necessary . —( Laughter . ) The Tories
never had a greater compliment to liberal opinions than when they elevated our cast-o £ f auherent into a leader . —[ Cheers . ] They have another hero among them cast out from our camp—Sir . J . Gralam .-: [ His . < es and laughter . ] There is an anecdote of him that is admirably illustrative of his character . I care not bow I am reproached for it—I will never meet man in single combat . Even the influence of this assembly npon me could not induce me to do so . Sir J . Graham knew that when he iusulted several of the Irish Member ^ but principally mvself and Mr * , , O'Gonnau . Mahon . Well , tow Ipriher did he act ? Way , he refused to make any concession tome , and to jVlr . O'GormnnMalion he made abase and truckling ' apology . —[ Cheers . ]
Aye , let the press take it do-xn ; be " insulted" man he "knew he was safe from , and truckled to the one he feared . —[ Hear , hear . ] Bnrdett , the renegade , and paltry truckling coward Sir J . Graham . T . like to call thlnps by tiitur right names . —[ Hear . ] I do not like to speak of any thing what 1 do no ; think : TheEaglishTories ^ o be sore , do possess wry rauch power iii England bnt what power is fast declining . ^ - ( Hear , hear . ) We have upon the throne . a beautunljonng creature who loves her people , and is determined to no taem jnstice . 1 thank his Lordship , who has often-seen her , for his idea about her bright eye and her elegant gesture , which throw arunnd her greatness a feuunise softness and loveline . < s , and make her as much adored as she is admired . —( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Vi'haterer may be theloyalty of her subjacts in die other portions o
the l ^ rnpire , in jreland she will always be safe . — ( Tremendous cheering . ) 1 know there is n cnlumny agiiinst-me . ihpil nl-. aiidoned the 40 s . frf t-holders oil condition of obtaining emancipation . NoUnng can be more abominably fake . Xo one calumny «>! " the many t-lat ; : re spread couceming ire is ni <» re vrafoniided tbaa-that . I tell you here , my Lords and Gentienien , that I consiUer extension of the franchise-as necessarv as was Catiulir Em ^ nciputioa , or asisMnnicipalilefonn . Municipal llek > rm is absolutely nece .-sary ^ otirCorporat : ous now are rotten . V \ here is the Corprratur pn- > vut wbo will stiiid . up to defend his beloved body ? By the bye . tlie olU "svntchmeli are gone , and their rrieids , tLc Corp .,-r- "torV , please GoJ , will soou follow . —( CLlh ?^ . ) Ob ,
ior oue theatrical exhibition of the Cvnv . irators and the ^ Vatchmfa . —( Laughu . r . ) It v . oiHd be wor . li la'jg ' iin ? . "t . Mr Lord , I beep ; irdou i ' or occupying v ;> u s »> . lm : ^ with -such a ¦ srorthless set ns the Corporators :, but tlie lust an-i mo ^ t important irvvasnre which -me-require is the fiual aud total estinctiun of t itaes . —Loud and long-conunueJ ciu ^ erini :. ) Nothins le ^ i—notwicg bi-. t that will do . ' Russian tyranny in Poland , and Prussian tyrtruny inColojrne , and r ^ eoppres siim or tif Grand tfignior in Turkev in Asia dwinul ? into nothing , ajul ce .-ise to be consideied great , wlien c . on ^ iired with Uritish tvranny exercised in " this nnfonunL . t «? coautn-.- ^ - ( IlearJ ! u-ar 7 ^ e will no longer ' bear t ;; i " s op pressive burden . — ( Hmi , h ^ ar . )—Tithes must he abolished . —( Cheers . )
Letno man ' mistake me . 1 am quite ready to admit that the" present possessors of tithes , upon th » . * ir abo 35 ti «; are endued lo compensation . I sav . lft not vested rights be taken . away vrithout S 4 ^ se * rornpensation being given ia their stead .- Let tlie nation give soph cuiuyeusivtion , and let us thus show . that we are . entitlea tu and seek for the oqod ¦ r rjl } of OIJProtestant bretkren . —( Hear , hean ) ily Lord , whatever nuiy have lx » en my political conduct in other respects , I-do claim myineeJ of apj > robr-ti' ) u for my constant sapport of the Queen ' s present Miniecj . —( Hear , he « r . ) I may be assailed l > y the Radicals of England for my determination in this respect . . They may differ from me as far as England is concerned , but as for Ireland thev are totallv
njisraken . ^ But , by the bye , these Radicals are not so ardent in Irish afi ' airs as could be desired . They tbint it proper to accuse me of insincerity . TheV mcy accuse me , psrhsus , cf beiue niista ' Kea , and their accusation may bii true , bnt thev c-nnrt sav I -aminsiu ^ te . —( Hear and cheers . ) T ' hongb 1 dittVr from tueii qu tlij ? oneijuestion . 1 aeree \ vith them , in every ether . —( Hear . ) 1 am for Vote by Ballot—( hear , hear- )—the hoBPSt Ballot , that will i > rot * . "t every one in tbe exerdse of that ri ^ htwnicli the law has vested in liim , wliich will protect the poor man irom the ; persecution of the rich , and will enable tbe honestly-inclined voter to return t © Padiament the man wiicin he may tMnk htfst qualiiied to represeut Ms Tsauis and wisiie-. —( H « tt . ) Yes , the Ballot
} viii to ail this , and for that reru-ou 1 am in farour of it . I am likewise in favour « f an extension of the franchise . I think it absolutely necessary , and I think it myust and impolitic to refuse it . —( Hear , hear . ) Yt = ^ I am certainly for an extension of the SQflTage . ^ Cheers . ) 2 » Iy own opinion is in favour of Umvereal SnHrage . ; hut then I will not qnarrcl with the man or set of men who » rill give ns even the smallest estensiou . ^ iJear . ) As long as vre have a good Government , tbatwill give us good and liberal iavrs . 1 am copieut ; but il a bad Ministry should come again into office , here I am still ready aa ^ willing to retnm nsain to the old- system of agitation , and I will never desist from it nnul J shall be triumphant . —( Hear , hear , and load cheers . V As
ior . the other question whirh hns lately arisen , and which , now Qccupie ;? a great deal of pnijh ' c attention , the honr is toe late , and ibis perLaps is not a proper place nor _ a good opportunity for discussing it . I will aWays be found uniting loyalty , and allegiance to the Throne with a firm and uncompromiEiiju determination to suppert tbu libeny of my country . 1 will yield to none iu zealons attacbinent and unbrokt-n " allegiance to tbe Se \ ereign ; nor will I ever desist from exerting every moral inflneuce , to procure the political- amelioration . —( Loud " - cheers . ) . ' ll is a glorious' struggle we are tnigajrcd in . I will not allude to the lnont : lorce thafisad Jed to our-enueavours . to their being identified by the nam * - of Charlemont . —( Lcmd cbeers . ) It jsnot surprising to ^ ee your Lordship supporting the cause of liberty . —
( Heaz , hear . ) It is -impossible ' that Irishmen ever should forget the magic name of Chnrleinont . N ^ , they n ? ver wilL ltJives , and will continue to live , iu tiie hearts of Irishmen . —( HeaiJ Long a ? liberty is dear to ns , as long at - we remember it , so long will we r&a&amber what CharlemojU was , and *¦ 2 ous will it t > & impossible for . os to lorget what Charlemunt is . —( Load cheers . ) But , iny Lord , I must pass by —I must avoid this tojie , it is , perhaps too overwheliniiig at the present period ; at least , it is over--vrhehnujg- to me . W elL then , v ; e are grateful to the Ministry Sot their determination iiad fxeiijons to uo good for Ireland . "VVe a& ? grateful to the chivalrous Mnlgrave - ? . nd the good Morpeth .- ( Cheers . ) We to them
are grateful , becaaae iu every act and £ ?\ erv appoinfmeai of theirs tbey seem to Se actuated but by one object—tbe benefit of the country which they have been appointed Xn govern , lint , abme all , we are grateralto our youthlul Queen . —( Cheers . ) Let Irishmen xaDy one and £ 01 lor old" Ireland Let Irish mothers who have wituessed the siant-stirriug occnrr | Bce 3 of this night , instil into' tli « minds oi their cmlclren the remeinbraucs of ; the xempact that has , been made here this night—the pledge , which i wm again repe , * * , has been given never to desist from peaceful agitation until we place" Ireland upon aperlect equality with England and Scotiasd . The Hon . and learned Gentleman sat down amidst enthusiastic cheerii > g .
^ r . Hvtton next presented himself and was leeeaved with applause . Tbe honour conferred on me Ly being made the representative of the Irish metopoKs is doubly increased by ha \ -ing sach a man as Mr . OX ' onneD for my colleague Duxine die tme that I have been in Parliiuneat there has been hWe done , nor was it in the powpj of any man to no jimch witMn that period . At the corniueaa .-ment of a new reign these is always much to Le donB to retard those measures of public importance in whirb ihe people feel so deep an interest' Therf was the Tension of the Civil List , « -i subject which appears te me to be of consiierab ' e importance—( Hear , hear)—and with regard to it , I think the ParBaroeni have made a wise and immer arrano- ^
ment . It will not be as it was of old . The inveterate enemies of the peopl-, and of every ju * t measure of-Belbrm , will not be the persons supported at the public expense . In a word , pensions will not be granted to the enemies of the people ( Greet cheering . ) ^ I will just make one remark more "upon this topic , and it is , that I could have wished that tfie Government- had placed the duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster at the disposal of the House of Commons . - I have no doubt that the present Minister * are determined , as far as iu their power , to Temed / every grievance the people have to complain of , ( Hear , hear , hear . ) There are questions of foreign policy to which 1 uegu not now advert . The discurbauct-s in Canada are calculated to taps ? s « me aliirm and emburr ^ saifUt : bnt the
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^ j&m ^ M ^^ W ^^^^^^ W M ^ mm ^ m ^^ m ^ mm ^ ms ^ i ^ them ate ^ ioV now -before me , I « hall not . tonch npoh : ^ jat Bubjeofc ( Hear , hear . ) I will an \ r say ; that ram nh « : that Alinistew , whilst , they will ; concede every measure , of justice which the subjects of the CTpwn i ^ the cqlohieji demand , tJiey ; will , at the « ame tinie j jrappOTCthat poKcy best calculated to maintain tHeHnterest of Great BrifisimT The ^ cause of Toryism ^ is in ahopeless condition . On a late memorable occasion , when the Tories thought proper to assail the Governmentthey were de-, ^^ B ^^ B ^ JBM ^ BB ^^ ^ _^ ¦ ' •"' - " - ' . ' ~ ~ - - f ^ ti \ , \ , u ,, ;) iVfyMfi ^^^^^ f ^ ^^ f ^^^
, serted and abandoned , except by the member for Bandon and the member for Coleraiae , who made has-maiden speech , and which shall long be remembered by all who heard it . Indeed , it would be charitable to try to forget it . ( The Hon . Gentleman sat down amidst loudcheers . ) . The Noble Chaiuman then rose , and said that he had given the Members of the City of Dnbiin , and he would then give the Members for the County—" Lord Brabazon and George Evans ^ Esq ., tbe county members . " ( Loud and long-continued applauge . ) '• When the applause had subsided .
Mr . G . Evans rose and was received with renewed cheering- ; He said , I join most heartily in every eulogium that has been passed on our most gracious Queen ; and with respect to Ireland , I agree With and ain grateful to the present Ministry . ( Cheers . ) I know they are ^ determined to ' :, do . ' us justice j butj although m this respect their conduct is without blame , I am sorrj ' that on general principles leannot give them the full meed" of my' . approbation . ( Hear , hear . ) I am sorry to hear tfiat nujster-spiriti who w , i 5 through life the cliampionof Reform , declare that the Reforra Bill was a iinal measure . ( Loud cries of "hear , hear . " ) Now I cannot agree with that sentiment ; for 1 believe that nothing , can-be iinal h \ n that which . eman& ' . esfrom . thel ) eitv . ( Cheers )
1 cannot think'that-we should fear revolution ; for every great change made in the destinies ofnxanlciud and of empires are revolutions . The Reform Bill its-If was "' a revolution ; every grent and good measure that ever was parsed for the benefit of society was a rpvoliftion ; the power of the press ¦ whs a revol lurion ; the great march of cmlizatiou was a timtinnecl revolution . ( Loud cheers . ) In the early ai . vs of the wold , when man was in an uncivilized state , t he fair sex were then considered no better than slaves . They are now onr- sovereigns and queens , ( looTriii , < r over towards thesplendid array of beauty and f ::. shi « n iu the boxes , ) our solace and our happiness . ( Loud cheers . ) This was a revolution ; and where is the man who will dare-to sa . v that it is not a revolution
advantageous to us . ( Continued cheenn ? . ) "I .-huvu hopes that Ministers will a 6 ced « -tp the just ueinunds of tbe people ; and I trust at least they will . give'way " on the question of tne Ballot . ( Loud cheers . ) The Hon . Gentleman sat down amidst great applause . Lord BrabAzoX : —1 do -sincerely avow my heart and ? onl is in the cause of Ireland . ( Hear , hear , and "loud cheers . ) I do not appear before you now " for the fir :-t time . ( Hear , hear . ) I am a tried and an o ! d friend of the people . ( Hear , hear . ) What I was found yesterday , the same shall I be fcund tomorrow . ( Cheers . ) I am to some extent a tried and uncompromising friend and a political agitatora denouncer of abuses , and an adtocate . of Reform-in
all tbiufjs-in which Eeform is demanded . Great as is the unanimity which pervades every bosom in this vast assembly—in the breas t * of all that fill this mighty space to-night—it is not , I sun convinced , greatiT than the unanimity that prevails between tbe Sovereign and her Ministers to realize for Ireland " all our just de .-nres . ( Coutinued cheer .-. ) We deny that . there should be any distinction made be ' - nveen subjects of tue same Crown . We have a right to complain—Ireland has a right to complain . In conclusion , I thank you , my Lords and Gentlemen , for the manner in which my name has 'been received , and fnr the confidence which you hayv always placed in me . ( Continued . cheering . )
Mr . O Cokseu—Gentlemen , 1 must beg of yen to fill a bumper , and when I announce the-Mibjeo : for TThick that bumper is to be filled , I am sure if will be unnecessary for ml- to do ? o . . ( Ho ? r . ) Though now sixty winters have shed their frosts upon myiiead , my heart bounds with juvenile elasticity when 1 remember what Chark-iiiont . was , and what Ireland was made by him . ( Cheers . ) England iost Aroerica ; Charleinont . preserved . IrcUiuu . ( Tremendous cheering . ) And it a foreign < -4 > lony was torn , disgracefully torn , " from the embrace oi Britain , the emerald pern , the proudest jewel in th ? diadeni , was by Charleinont preserved , andruu > a'i : i ' s « t in , oh 1 thank God , " n » "longer" the Crov . n of a
stranger . ( Enthusinsnc applause . ) My Lord , I hail your presence at this meeting a . * , an happycnien . It is not the first time you havo graced that -chair , when Irishmen of every creed , sect , and opinion have intT in union . After thir ^ years of strife and contention , when first they met together under tilebard of Erin ' s magic naine . ( Tremendous cbeer ' s . ) You cannot , my Lord ,.. forget the occasioni . ; I do not forget it : Ireland does not forget it . ( Chc-crn . ) [ Lord "Charlemont—I have not forgotten j I cannot forcret , and I nevershall forget it . —Repeated cheers . ] I-give jou " Lord Charlemont and-Old ' -Ireland . '" ( CbntinuL-d cheers , aud onsi cheer" move . ) ¦ Air—• " Auld tens Svhe . '
Lord CHiULEMoxx rose— it was some nicunents before he could . proceed ,-so great w ; vj the apptausc . He said—G entlemen , I aievcr forgot Ireland—I uerer will forpet Ireland . ( CheeTS . ^ I have : neve ? shrunk when I could . be of service—I dare not lie n traitor ta Ireland . ( Tremendous cheers . ) I said so tnen—ri repeat it now . My eudeavours In behalf of Ireland began early , feeble and inadequate as they vrere . I was born an agitator . ( Loud cheers ., ) The first wordiuy imperfect accents lisped was " Ireland . " ( Great-cheers . ) The tirnt fientenre my faltering tongue . learned to pronounci . - was ' * make readypresent—fire . " ( Loud diners and laughter . ) And
why ? . Because I was born a volunteer . ( Tremendous cheering . ) The first dress 1 wore w : is volunteer , riniform . Everything around me was-volunteer . I heard ofaiothing but the volunteers and the cause of Ireland . My excellent parents conversed to : ne of these things ; nay , the very servants of the . house spoke of nothing else . Even while I received the hoarly food from my nurse—for 1 had always a great appetite—r ( loud laughter)—I heard the rdmonrtion , " you mast ever devote yourself to ; your country . " So 1 am willing to do—I always shall be willing . When pact and gene from tbk liie , I could only " -wish it to be said of me , " He served his country . " ( Loudcheers . )
Lord Chablemont again rose , and gave " Lord Melbourne and her Majesty ' * Ministtrs . "" ( Loud cheers . ) Other toasts were then . given , after which ihe company broke up .
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JOHK AND HIS . F . 0-UE SONS . AN ALLEGOM . Qni guiges ^ vel qu 2 e flnmina lugubris Ignora belli ? Quod mare ¦** Anglicae " IVon decoloraverc csedes r Quje casei oia cruose nostxe ? HoKic . i :. —Lib . Sec . Ode 1 . About tbe middle of the last century , there live ; a man , whose name was John , ia-a land thai shall be naaieless . J&bn . had a considerable family , and so long as the diiierent members of it were youutr , he seemed the fondest of fathers ^ « but as soon as they grew up , it tjt . es his mii-forcune or his fault to tjuarrel vritu them one by one . John cannot bu called a bad mas-, though , he has his peculiar
notions regarding pivrental authority . nnd disripliuo . atd might have arrcnged matters betVir than hp has dene , had he had more temperate advisers . He is easily led into error , and I am afr . iid , iiotvrithstrtndiiig the many awkward scrapes his impolicy has got him into , he doe * not Jenrn "wisdom bar . experience . . 'Well . 'tu cut the matter short , John ' d eldest son , JoiicUhau , had long ^ iace arrived atmaa ' s estate , and ivad been stationed for some time , on a- farm of tik father ' s on tlie other side of the water , whirh he cultivated with success , ^ sending ye arly to John the greater ; part of the produce , as he" was ' not able to consnrae it him . < elf .
?« ovr ^ gentle reader , yoa may think this a very prea . vpicrure , bntstop a lktle " till I tell you how matttrs stood betwixt John and Jonathan . Observe , then , as $ hare said before , that the former was rather fund of exercising a parental control over his childxen . This , at first , was the main-spring oi their couttuition , coupled a little , perhaps , wiili avarice ou the part of John , or , as some say , of his servants . Thiuking that Jonathan was getting a . little too weaiiuy and masterful , he sent s « nants with orders to look over his accounts , to receive and tomakepapnenis , —to deduct a ^ go odly sum from £ !; e pnitits , in order to reimburse him for * the expeuse <» f his board , lodgmg , and education , —to live well wjnle there at Jonathan's expense , ajid to exercise
such jurisdiction in a 21 matter * , that the poor young inau suould constantly be reminded the farm was his ikther ' s and not bifl own . For some time lie bore all with patience ; but reflecting that though his father had certainly let him the farm on cheap terms , he had not come to it exactly pennylesss , haviug pdd hiin a certain sum for the occupation pi it , ? aved from : the miserable pittance of his former hard-earned wages , and that his own labour had given the soil its present value , it having been a barren wilderness , and worthless , when he took to iL He theretbre began to remoo * trate with his father , by observing that , though he was quite willing to pay BuEielhkig handsome for his mainlemuice and education , yet as he was now a man uhd no boy , Le p usbt to be entrusted with the
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^^^ ni ^ l own riffaire . ^ and the application annng tne ^ upermtendeite of liisl ( John's ) servants , tne iHroceeds ; of ; , tte eatet ^ liai been sgoaj ^ dered in parade ^ ^ eastiiig , and ' 'j > r < 3 'fiigai ; y ^' us ' tbadtvof : . ' . ' 6 eiug made to adrniuiste ' r to the tiomfort and'the ^ stahility ot its occupants . This ' message ^ thbngii m strbiig , ¦ W ^ f ^^ l » M W ^ i »; - ^ ? c ^ ^ WM « b . j 1 * 8 tlU breathed : ii-strofi g' ^ ial a ' ttacnnieiitj ' regrptted the oanse of thiftir mssensid ^ proposals ' fora ^ recqndliatiqri ; THii bVerturei how"W ;™ treated by John ahd'his party ^> -i th disdaiuv - ' -l ^ U ' -tellyou ' JoUnVVMnd'One ' C ^ ws' -most ' sagacioii ^ connc ^ lors one day ^ in the Council Room , " how ™^ - ;! - ^ -. ^ - ^ ^^^' n
we ii nx Jonathan . ( You know rery well Jonathaii grows plenty of good things upon his farm , but there is one luxury , now almost indi ^ pensaDly necessary to mankind ^ wh iph he has nbt , and that is tea ; and I am positive . Jonatliaii ' and bis Wife cannot do without it , Kow , you are also well aware that he cannot get this' article from any other shop ; than 7 our ^;^ Hmdeed , - I tlo nbt' knoyir who wonUl trust nim , he being onlj- n ne \ v ikigiuntT-in buMness , ) - ^ so we will rdse the price of it double ipi ^ mpple the value , wliich will be a source of profit to us , auA vexatitm to him / ' >' Bravo ^' responded a dozen voices . " Ye ' re a clever chapi North , " said John ; * u a J ' e ^ all have a good : pe . iisiuii' a ' s ' -Ji . ead ' clerk for . that smne thought . ^ U puiiish tins ' saucy yoyug
i ¦ ' S ^ Ooner said tbtrn done . The ne : it tea' ordered by ; Jondthai | was st-nt iii . the custbdy of Jolni ' s bervants , who femaucled a mpst ; enomious price for it , nnd sa ^ they would be paid , too , bt-fore delivery . JS f- ^ anjiew into a regular pnssioiii nii d threw ihe whole of tlie chests into a brook , which ran close ^ by his lioniestead . Jolm ' rS angar now Knew no bounds . lie came . with more servants , and well amied too , and in apKremutory manner ordered Jonatbau oil the liirm . The latter , in pluih terms , tola , him he > vot : ld not go , and ^ moreover , that bis title to it was - equally good with his ¦ father ' s , for said he . ' ¦ Sir , if I , h « rightly iufonned , you did upt come over honestly by it . ;¦ having killed or driven awny the rightful t ) wuers of tb ? soil , to seek ail inheritance ¦
in "the . ¦ wilderness . " -:-J ohn could uot stand this attack upon his lionesty , * o to battle they went ; Long and dubjou . s was , the : struggle , till one of J on i i Hi nn ' s own kod s , called George , n stout . lad , so belaboured J . uliii ' s sfrvantSj and oyerlookers , tliut lie was obliged to sound a retreat ,. ; and send a boat to fetch _ them over "; tlie water . -John Avas ^ sadly chagrined at this ill success , andtlie rnpre so , . as ' tbe neighbouriiitf t ' urmt-rs a ' lid sliopk ^ ppers all -heartily lauphed-ht . luni " .. " for . -being ' ben ' fcii : b " y ' In . s own you . Amongst these was a Mr . French ,, an old and h . mortal eneiny of John ' s , who had not only assisted Jonathan witlimouyyaiid advice v but . had even had tlie audacity to send some of his own servants' to
take up the cudgels for hiiih . To -brown all , be also ' agreed . to supply Jonathan with tea at as clieap a rate asJolin hinist > li cnuid buy it . ' ' ' ¦ . ¦;' ¦¦ ¦•¦ ¦' .-, \\' i > V .,-after' all this , you must certainly think J : liat John would team wisAloai , and that in the -ustnblish-¦ menf . of his ' other children ; he would actin such a manner as not to be again made the lausrlung-stock of his neighbours , his friends , and hits enemies . Quite the reverse ! His defeat ; instead of correcting ionper . errors ,, sterns only to have deepened the ¦ prejudices ' -be eiiti'rtained , . a ' lid- " -to have prepared him for fresh squabbles with l ; is rising tHinily . liawreiu-e is the name of his second siViY , niiil I ' ve fanns a » estate of John ' s , ii . 'little north of
Jonathan ' s . John , thiukinV ' .. lu > bad allbwe . l his eldest sou-to get tiui pert befor « be began to cliee ^ him , deenied it prudeiit to ]) iit tlie brio ! . * upon Lawrence while ye . t young and tendon : VVitlilliat view lie sent hini plenty of legal aliens . iicconutiuits ,. uu ( lclei ^ s ,- . anjl . a head-bailit ^ to look over and direct all , so that he was bnty " - " iiounnjilly the possessor ' of ' the cstnte : liut alas for tho follV of hninaii calc : il : uio ! is ! Ifunfortuiia ' tcly hup . peiied " that this . ^ fann had 'formerl y . b ' eun in tlie ociiupaiion <) f . Mr . French , liofnreJolin took poss& ' ssAoiy ' of-. i ' t , and upon the clijuiiro of " proprietors -most , of' the servants fonjuned in tlwir old plutY-s . J . <» hn " ' n « w
sees his folly in this respect , -lie says lie ' believes ¦ Liiwren . ee would ] i ; tve been a . qnit' . t steady : lati ,. li ; vtf he not been roiTiipffd by . tliefe mscally fellows , who have put , what lie terms , French no ' iion * into Iris herui , and lie heartily wishes ho , had ' -. turned tlnnn ont after thrir late lnasTef . lint too late , ibr Lnwrente aiut iie are at complete logjjerhe-iiilij , and what will be tlie issue uo man can tell . Omi tiling , the successful exaiVijile of Jonathan stahils Vefore tlie eyes of Lawrence . Indeed , it is tauch feared by some , and liDjn'd by others , that JoiiHtluui , will assist bis brother w'itli mouey and atlvice , if ; not with < m actuvil twrct ; «> i" liis kiiie-uOilicd'labourers .
I'he third son , named Tipnmv lias alitMuly exhibited some -symjjfc . 'Uis . of a rolJellhius . spirit , lie was always feckoiie . tf a hot and rhoie . ri- " . gentleniaftj and 1 doubt tiW . re will- l > e trouble witu hiui , uotwitb » tii : ding John Ims ' ap \ iointe " U- a ' vy h ' ole coiiipxny to munnjL-e liisulVair ^ , who keep him as low : in pocket as |) ossi !> le . | . . As for tiie i ' tmrtk , wlinin we shall call 'Sydney , J ' oji . n tears lie will turn out tlie . worst . " of . the loU aiiu it is well known to those who are at all acquainted : w . it » . r ; t ! ri ' s youth , that liis fears will jjrobahly be realized to the iullest extent , for he lias assprriatmi from his infancy with the vilest of characters , ami liiis lieen niore tliaii once at tlie treading mill , and
worse piaet ' . s UVnii t \ u \ t . I inustuow cvjiiclude tbislong article by observing-. that ^ it is "sincerely to ue' . liopt'd . ' Joltn will meet wuii some boiler a « lvik rs , and that he will chose a inaii lor the leader of hi . s ( . ouncik , " wlio pivfer . si j > eace to bloodshed and .-strife , iind fully niiuersta-Jnis . tlie niethod of treating l « iys when tliey have grown into men . Most parents that 1 have met with are of tlie onntholngical opinion , ( if 1 may so express niy . solt t ' u ' nt it is better : for the old lards when the MU i ! ed « ed yoiiug ; take iiiglit , and provide for tliujnselves . J . tL Halifax , Jan . 9 , 1828 ; rjtf . TtU'un-i- n » j * t -TT-. jeiigSJauaEgresmj . 'y .: BtmqjLmaa
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PLAINT OF THE \ VANDEEIKG IIlISH . .. . . ¦ ¦ PEASANT , ' : ¦ > ' - '' ; ¦ From lvln
The stillncs 3 of niuht eolapa .. ' the vreixry to ble « s , .- \ n m not of qn » iViii ) inth i'oblots ' ot wine , AVht-re the wjld ruse tuiil Hfuoiihiiie Jo ' vingly . Utine . Ah no , bnt'thp . ariiru ' wh thiit livefi irk niy brejiHt , Kepji . -j watch , Jlke ; i phantom ,: to trouble my rest ; I hurl not . with gladtuvKi the bri ght btush of uiorn , Bui wander the victiin of pitiless scorn . Oh Albion , thoii far fumed doinaitt of the fret * , May ct'inmcrce . siiid pca ' ce-shi / d thcii 'Me ssiii ' gtj on thee ; And ne ' er may the Ion arid the st ^ meer arise , To smile o ' er thy thraldom , and mock at thv cries .
IJut oh , while thft fame nf th y glorr is bright , And thy sops buast ol Kveedoin , si >! eudpiir , and might ; Koryt't not brave Kriri , ail shrouded in tears ,, l- ' orgft not her valour , and fealty ufyeaM . ; . . '¦;¦ ' ' ¦ - - ¦ ' J . B . WALKKR .
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Tfc © Editors of «> inie Norihern Star "> wieH to be distinctly ^ nderstood ' "that in affording a vehicle for tlie discuaaipn ;' - « je great JPubUc Quesiieas , they are not to be identified with the , Seniiraehts br tag jLaoguage of tlieir several Correspo ndents
¦ .- ¦ ¦¦ /¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . no . u . ' . - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . .: ¦ . ¦ , ¦ T ZvF ^^^^ ¥ ^ imD Jt ) HN ilUSSK , L , : hSSk ^ SiS ^^ state kuk xhk My Lurjj , —In imy last lettr-r , I took ocGasion , tn pnive , thiit . the personal' liberty of tlie Pauper was as dciir iu : the sight . ot ilie eoilsfcitutioii ; , ¦ as . the libertypt a rich man ; ivlsothat the three lhdindu . al . a who now assumedthe right ( o 'r ax her Msyesty ' s subject- ,- ure TraitwJ . I aJso&itublished the Juct my Lord that- . tbe marriuge tow waa an binding » . iii ( as sjicred w ;; owt / // , as in wealth . Having settled these premises , 1 was ..-justified iui ^ euouricui ^ the rs cw Four-Law Amendment Act , aa unconstitu-Uonal , and I Mt bpiind ; by my , tilJegianct ? to the fiueen , to resist a measure so tyrannical , so un >» - eial , and go unchristian . v
It is possible that yom- Lordship may euquiie ; if tht- State grants relief to the Poor , ha * she wot a right to settle upou what terms that reliaf shall be awsuxled ? Uuhesitatiiigly I answer no ! ' There are certain ^ bounds , litnilcd by : the QMlUutidu , Oepojui which the Ihree , Estates cunitottrasel , untl at'tlie same timeretainlite presentorder ofxvctettu or vuwdam the present ownership of property The personal : liberty of the subject is not forfeited to the ^ tiite without crime . The law whiclj interferes with ¦ ' i ¦* " ¥ 3 S unconstitiitioiial— uud event man is nisttjied tn resisting ittviheiltatfc The rWd oi a husband to the society of his wiie , is not tbrleited , b ecanse of poverty , and the law which savs it i « s / ,
Stmconsututionul . aswell a ^ nnch&tian , ' toutmuj he lavju / y remtedto ^^ ttth .: The ^ ardianship P » ytrt > j , the law which robs them of that right ,-is J ^ iseiY nnnatural j untl nmy < M laufulin < rcMicd to
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I pssiiite ^ siiii the l ^ w of tHelana , jthey are writti ; n hi the Volume ornatnreHind God lias mniself ; - iudelibl y recdSi them m His ; owa most . Holy Word Upon flie ^ xnuTH iJny Xord , I ; take ; W staS ; SJabl ? J ^ erimiyjd . consfentlyanil ; fearle ] y ^ to ; V& ? S lutliction pf so , great a enrse , as the - ' Poor-Law Ainendment Act in these parts * I solemnt ^ warn your Lordship of the ^ nsequences . yewr Battle ; , ,
is not . ngainst vie ; yon war ngainst Gbttandthe qpnstithtion , and still you say , "I will enforce it totorce , and , onmy ovm head ^^ the ; responsibility shall rest ., ' I am not to b ? dismayed by the threat "t WY man ^ nor by any number of men , however high their station ; but I tell yonr Lordship , that if you dare to put thtit ifircat in : exocntipn , you will throw . down the glorious fabric of theBritishEnipire , you will untie the not which binds society together . You will blot out t \ ieparchtnerdJiile to Property- ^ you ¦ will throw back tne family of man to fts first elements , and all thing ! ivilt again belong to all nienl ¦ " .. - " -. ¦ ¦> ,. ; . ;¦ - ¦' . ;¦ . - . - . ; ¦ ¦' / " . ¦ - . • ¦ '• ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ; ? . . - - .. ' - .: •;
_\ ou may think this- is a strange doctrine , my Lor 4 ;; I can , however , assure you that the ruixcivLEa of which I have beforo spoken , are established and deeply rooted in the hearts of inillious , and uutess an Act of Parliament can be made to banish Eng / is / i wen from the fatnily nf iiafifre , these millions will mam tain their right to life and liberty ; or Icillowing . the example of their forefathers , they will , \ f iieed W , DIK IX THE BATTLE KIKLD . : ^ My Lord , I have no wish to see society disofgamzed--to see tb « i : Ooveniment . aiid the People pitched , in bloody array against each other . It would he : no solace to my niii ; d to witneds the . downfall of the British Throneand to
, see the people of England laughing when the Landlords claimed their : rents .-re—I am a loyal subject to the Queen , I am the friend of the- " Aristocracy ., and have sacrificed iiiuch on their account .. " I revere the NAtiona . 1 Church , and have always told the peopleso ; but , if ihe Chitrch ^ tlie Throne , and' iltc JJi'isfacracy , are determined tti rob the poor man of his : liberty ) ojhisJVifc and of his Chjldreu , ihen . is the Church , lio longer tbat oi CiiHisr ;—then is tlie Tnroiie iio : longer that : of England , —then are -the m-iblus no longer safeguards of the People , —then are ihey all uwse . than useless ; theii with their bitterest loes , would I cry dowjj avith them , i > o \ va WITH T'iliM . \ LL TOTHE UUOt'l . n .
_ Your Lurdohip must know very , well , that the titlivtp private ' -property , cannot beJeg ' ally maintained with the principles of the ; Poor Law " Amnndrnont Act . Your Ldrdslii p must know very well that the tens of 'tiiousahds of acres of which your father sujqjoses luiri . stfjf : to be the owner , were every one oj ( item pluudere . lirt ) 'ii \ thePopnandfroai tho Chuiich ! Your Lordship must know very well , that after the poor hatl been thus plundered of their right . robhers and ' asaassi . us alniosc covered the laud ,:.. " . and " -, that , ¦"¦/« order to restore peace anil happiness to " Eug { and me law textured to the poor their right lu hiv . e , ifcir light io libeiity , tliongii in" another-shape .. The plunderers were certainly allovreu to rettiii apart oi' thu stolen goods , but the poor had . g ' rantud to them , by law , - « v ^ um" njon THAT us well as upon all-other property in ' England
And tu- itf right w ; : s granted , without interfering with t / ieir personal liberty , with their .. wives , or ivith their . children . I'he New Poor Law Amendment Act deitruys that ' right ; it places tlie liberty and the dpuiestic rig / its - . of tlie poor' under tareo c . onimissip-uer-s , \ vhp-ha . ve . liiaao laws (?) couipelling the pfjur , who have need of reliff , to -surrender -their . paxonal lihrrty , their nives , and their children , before they ure . allowed ,-to eat a piece of tread !!! It hasyimeiiioic , it has pretended to jiatlion . se three couiiuissi " oneris . to tax every rate-payer and to iulce the management of ilitir ouh Ojjairs out of their iwa hands I -I ' -i ^ k not , . Does this Act work well ? I ask not , nru the commissioners humane ? But I denounce the " . whole tiiiiiy , the enactment ad wtsll as its oUk ei- » v « Afli «/|(// t' dj / TUEASOA , against which J will Jor ever uar . .
if your" Lnvdship is detenni-ied to ' * forcu " this accursed lav . ' ' u . p . on . the ¦ people of England , ' then xliali ihe riirii be subject to tiie-sa-me jjeualtj ^ i / ie ^ shall be subjecti ' d to iMFniso . \ ME . yj- , SEi'Ar . At ! ON , auu staHVatio . s , us the . ' TITLE to their ii . EATS .. If we are L . ' Iiave a civil Wi . x , iny Lord , let us J ; now what ii is ahoiit . _ 1 h ; uu no-objections to reason with , your J"ior . vi » hip ,-r jj " i >' ru «) - I fear y-oar Loniship , thu ugh you u- « di _ 'tenn .: u \ l Ur'hieeE i ' wivy by force . —1 . have ' the honour to iv-n : nn , my Lord , - Your Lordship't = uinst obedient Servant , ivlCIiAllD OASTLElt . Fixliy Hiill , near Huddersfield , . Jan .. loth , iwij .
P . S . in tniscJuroeof letters to your Lord&hip , I slifill take pcciwioii to review tlie whole xjuestipn . 1 shall expose the viikiny , and the hypt » crisy . of the aiuhors of the Nhw . P-oor ^ Lnw , as wtll as the cunning and the cowardice oi the Cdmmis .-ionei-ri . -And when t ' ae'tim e ¦ ¦ arrive ;* . 1 willduvtilope- tlie plujis nud the pojccrJ of it ' s opponent . I sluill lnivw much to :-ay about , the tricks pl ;\ yed witii tiie magistiMtes before I have done J kuoic all about them , ami 1 Keep no secrets . . . 13 y- the live they . say " Povveu in coi-ning-. to H \ id
aerwieldi" I wisli tie would let . use- "know twentylonr liojiis before he comes . The unhanged but suspected l . uudm : and annassin ^ is busily employed in iiudiig : i room : for Power , hinisoif , and tlie Cuiar . liau-i ; the Iuns have all reiWeu to take them ; u iavge Piggery is expected to l > e occupied by .- ' fuein , in order that no windowsmay be broken . Ha ! ha ! ha ! : I huve this moment learnt , that .. the' " spv " is called h . Jine , und that my old friond " . " Billy MoiVi :. '" di Faktiiinu" notoriety aiid ' . i-netiling whwi' has . succvedea to the Government appointment . Excellent ! most excellent !!! II . O .
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TO THE KDltOUS OK THE NDRXHKRN bi'AR .. . \ X AUUHEtS TO THIS PUBLIC KRO . M THK JOURNPY MKN HATTKRS OK OLWIA 51 . u - ^ - GrxTLE . MK . \ , —In the Manchester Guardian ofW ' eJnesday , tlio 3 i > -l instant ^ there appeared a paragraph respecting , the Turii-outs of Messrs . Gees' Men of Ilollingwood . The writer of . the article in qiiestion seems not to-inulerstand the real cause , by insertiii " " that two of their workmen were discharged incoiise | iuencii of ; i deduction of their wajres . Now we wish the puMic toiie made acauainted with the real Jacts of tlie case ; we beg most -distinctly to deny tUat ivny two iiieu . mentioned in the Guardian Avere ever discharged in cnusequence of dama < nus their master * ¦ work . The workmen of Messrs . Gee ^ have often linies taken work damaged for their
mastars inspection , before commencing thu articles in ynestioh to work ; aiid tliey have .. told- the workmen to make the best tliey cotild of the damaged hats , and alter all this tluiy'liave" stopped tor the above work , not wilfully or negligently done , on the following { Saturday-night , to an ularniinsiextenU We say without contradiction that from £ 3 . to os . upon one single hat has been deducted from the hard earnings of their worknien . —111 one instance the dyers wt-re stopped Ms . ( or one dozen of hnts , when it was a well-known fact which could ba proved by unconirovortible testimony , that the masters we ' re exacting payment from the rufers . of the abofe dozou of hats ' as Veil " as . -the dyers , ut the same time . Such base
proceedings as the- above could not be borne with anrlonger ; .-. we" solicited the Messrs . Gees as men ought to solicit their employers , upon the injustice ot the rase ; but . their answer to such a reasonable p ^ mosal was , that thttv ^ ns masters , together svtli their foremen , would be 'the -judges .,. "' and not the workmen ,: whom they said : were a set of low , meaii uneducateiHellow , . . Such has been the- conduct of- ; Messrs , Gees . Tlie article states -that they are procuring , new workmen ; we wish themjov with the loitlwyiavy got ; although they Iiave been trying to delude men from their employment hi Deuton . Miincuttste . r , and Stockport , with bribes of larce sums of money , still thoy have not been able to prevail onlv oil a few discarded , men ;—m « n devoid of all pnncip ! e ,-dis-catdcd Uy the masters for thpir K ^
and dishonest conduct , and bad work , which the trade well know will never suit them . They have hadno-vtiasoii to complain , knowing they hive had vvorKintfiithac have beeiv employed by the first-rate majfters 111 London , and have had their work finished m as good a stykas any masters ; but they say they willnptemnloyUnion-Men . The : ^ Union has existed ainongla < Oom 7 ieyraeii hatters , with credit to them ^ selves ,. for the se last ^ tvvo or tltree liundred years :-they bury thear dead , and . support the stranger on the pad in seareh of . employmJ Dnt .-thevim >^ f tl ,,.
upon any of- , tbeu ' body committing the above depreduUon ; and the bnion wishes to protect the rights and privileges of th& trade whenever any injustice prevair . aunougst tlteir fellow-workmen , by every ueaceable and legal meaiii in their power . We-nave liioughut proper } p lay thus the iibove facts and trsth beiore the public , trusting to their impurtiality aud canaour towards our conduct . : -. ' . ¦ : ¦ L- W « remain , „;¦ The Joviixm'MEx Hatters of the Uxiox . ; " -ifldnam , J nuiiary 8 th , J 838 .
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; TQ THB EiJiTous OF THE NORTHERX STAR . GfiHTtKMEx . ^ Yonr insertion of the following statemeofc , - together with , the address , in your vamabUi . paper \ v"i ! l oblige muny of your readers - ¦ . . ¦ Much-ag secret , orders nnd Jnendly societies hnve been . nensuml , their great utility may easily be ascertained ^ from the fact , that ^ ut of the funds of fiuch sociPtiex the eiionnous , th-a almost incredible amomit of i- ^ Sjp . 3 s . 6 jd . has hem actually paid tor tlie support of siclc members , and . for funeral , withiii tlie :-. . tpwiislivp of Dewsbury , during the ; last two ] rears , exclusive of a very considerable amount Piijd by voluntary subscription !! to distr ^ sed- members , nndlike'A'Ise the jtuuoiivt paid by fivtj societies ' iu the iowii , whose accouiJts we had not mc ived iit -tbf rhiw ? , ' « f \ yritin ^; TJm ? low er ordfrs vl lhv lioin-.
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munityare contriburing regularly pnt of fflHrweei&r eanimg * jsnclirsuins as ¦ enable them to iopi ^ fc each ptuer , in sickness , 7 and assist each otne / 5 a » , distress , add . . . thereby relieve towns and parishes fnasxt > nea-i-j biirdens whjcb , they must ; other ^ s ^ - - i » i ^ . i sustained ; Snd , so " detestable to . theni ,-ig . th 6 ifcai ' i& . ~ : : eVer ^ becoming '" - ' p anpftriiied '" ^ 1 hi ^ "jwlv' ^ . ; - :- . tl ^ BLt ; ' ..: t . 'h «> g " -. ; ^ e ^ vonrr to prevent it ^ e ; mces ^ ti ? J ttesOTM ^ ^ is ed tire | tequenfly p ^ id , (^ d , of conrs ^ ties maj ? M , said to ^ ^ be maintairied ) at ihe expense s 4 " many comfprts , and the sacrifice "pf ^ anv ^ meals ^ \ meat ; and yet thoie individuals , yrhb are in thecs--selves tlie very wealth of natio ^ buV stin ire t £ et subjects ^ of so many privations , - ai-e almost ehtire ^ r : disregarded . , by those persons , who , in . atiViadiie ^ r . mamieiy denve , considerably lfeuefit from &ias
r tndea . vours , -and those societies , those : praisWolrtSw njitub pnsi pregmmt ; Avith : 8 o : mahy aJlvaotages ^ v he public ; generally , and so , great ' and , jnsafuabJs- : blessings to ; the members , are almost fentirelr 3 esi ~ : tutepf that patronage aucl support . fronvOieitinorav - wealthyneighbours , which ^^ sucgihgtitufions de *» ei _ and . to winch the writer conceives they nave a inaa : and equitableclaim . /; But what fe mostuitolerjibSi . and . most cpndemnator }' , persecutioa ^^ Ufts its bss * hand , and with sharpest tlipng , lashes .- are infliete& .. unmercifully ;' on some members -who hel ™** *» -. - .
another society ^ \ ri . ; . & certain religious body in fivetown , merely because thek meetings are held at es publichouse . ^^ Now ^ I wonldask any Jrnan possesss ^; of reasotiinK ¦ faculties , and : who is ^ npt'ehtirely devoid ofI humau : feeL'hg . s and synipathies , Whether tlijs W ¦ not a species of the basest tyranny . I would . t ^ CHtv turn to the man who know , ? something , oi' re »^ v Hxperimentalreligipn , who . has tiie love of God : she *> abroad in Kis heart , whohaa a principle implantctfc ! there , thnt ' teaches him to deny all ungodliness a »« Ji' . worldl y lust j , to live SQBE 1 J f , Y ,. rightepuslyv fsaif ,-godly ,, !!! this present evil world : „ : :. '
;' : > v ho sen-es his God withzeal belbw , ¦ ;¦; And ^ not fop vain and earthly show . Perluvnsl might he able : to ; frnd one exactly answering to this descripHpn of character mnonis : the , persecuted few . ; And " whr . twould be his reply ? . 'Twoq 5 £ b . e ,.-that-: h 9 * an meet at the public house ^ witfkmt the lea 3 t cpriviction that he is out of the path of dntjCj .. without'the least remorse ( after mature reflectioa ^ conscience acquitting him , from the commissipii . ci £ any crime bTmeotinjr^—iiot to discuss questions ; ibc nnhhes , and breedpiirty squabblesi , bat by meetijig ; his fellow men ., his partnetsinthe cause ' of humamty , ; iu a private xo ' om , to promote the pbjectsV ana prosed cute the business of the society "• where no intrniesr ventures to appfoacli , and where no
immotaMssare-. practised Or allowed , but where all is peaces sini& concftrd , harmony . ¦ . and , -: ' love . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ .- ¦ It / ' inay be thpsffmeddling . -peTsecuting ¦ . genfleiiion are aiixiPus : . i » v obtain more than pencapei * wfeek , and , shotjl « i . a ' -.- " fu , " . v peiicg hp spent / after a fortnight , or sometijaWaihonth ' . stoi ] , M . tthe place where acccommoda ' aoaK is afforded , ( and I ougiit here to state that accpnijae » - dation could not be met with , except at ^ ioWjr hp . uses , for oiie fourth of the societies m the tcvwa ^ ' -. 1 nppreheiiU " this would not even be allowed ( excvpS grudgingly ;) - "by those hnngrygeiitry ; : and althcx / gb the poor are their principal supporiers , it is certacii ? were these gentlemen vcan-ers for them , iheiir trenchers \ yould frequently be found einptyl Fnmv hypocrisy , persecution , and- "' tyranny gpod : . Lort& dehvfirns . ' .. ¦ : . ' . . ¦¦ : : ' ¦"¦ - . ¦ •¦¦ . ¦ - . " l \
jN . B . —The . aliove statement lias been ol ; tai . us < B at a meetipg , from persons delegated to attend ferth . e express purpose . ^ ERRMI AII MARSDEX , Ghairman .:: ; Earlshenton , Jan . 12 , 183 S . ; ''¦ ' . ,- . ; ' >¦
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TO THE EDITORS QK THE LEEDS MER ^ t-Rr . ; A friend of mine-has lent ine your paper \ of las ? Saturday . . 1 have read Mr , Edwarcll bunderlaini' '^ - . letter . He should' ha \? sent iue a copy , becfuwa f ... very seldom seeyor . v paper . I rejoice , however , i « learn . that ; Vieis anxious ; to better his , sihJatipiVi ; % shall have great p'l easnve in answering ms-question ,. .,-and in diso . uss . iug the vkofesuhject withhiiri , ii" 5- 1 ^ will grant me room .- You have so often mutilated iny eornminiirHtions and Jiiirirepreseiitedthem , and as . . tiih ' us even valused them : insertion , that before & enter into thu discussion , I wish to ask . you ,: if y o-pwiH ins-rt my letters on , this ; si : bject in the Leeds-- ¦ ¦ Aiersi ury ? : If you will I shall have very great pleasure in en (] e . a \ . ) uring , to assist Mr . Edward -Sunder-1-ndtofind out the-reason , why so many : thousaEds of IIiind Looni- M ' eaVers ,, " ' are now forced f 0 exis ?
on one penny , per head , per day ; aiid also to discovev . - a-remedy-Vor such ; m enl . Whetherthe trythmw ' grieve Tory , Whig , of Radical ; . c ? uirchmanj . © V dissenter , 1-andlord . or '' . 'labourer , capitalist or openir tive , I ' s'ha | T not heed * There must be " -acause , let that cause -Ue-Syhat it may , or where it inay , I hee& not , my object is to discover it . ; - . Free discussion is-.: . ' . tlie only sale path to truth . Will you give m tl » jecymnce ? . Then there must be a'remedy , else tbe ( Jrown is . not worth a year ' s purchase .: Let . ustfy to' ¦ find out . the . trne remedy ; having ; dweovertsd the : riiuse of the iaalady , we shall be half way towards finding out acuvo . : ¦ - . - ¦¦' .- '" - ¦ . ' ¦ . . ¦ lain ready , are yon willing ? " RICHARD OASTLER . Fixhy' HtiU , near . Hnddersjield , . ¦ : . / anuai-y Dih , 1838 . ¦
'P * -S . I have also read " -Anti-HumbuR . " on the 11 uddernfievld Anti-Poor Law Meetkg ; pobr felloe „' , he should have / saved himself the trouble of boiug : laughed at ^ " by leaving out the first four letters tJi his . - name—all would have been right ; thenj . and " nc * - mistake ; . " PoorWii-lans ! I hope hk is not liie ¦ " ilunibugi" _ They siiy he wrote the : letter * art& . " l » c en so squeamish . . If , however , it be his -writiiig T . . ( and it is so stated : in Huddersfleld , ) then let l » ii » siiy : so , or , if not , lethim toll who did write it , ; aBd I \ yill (\ f you . will - allow me space , ) engage to prweth ' -J author tp be a Whig , a ( lisscrvter , a liar , and & . - humbug . " : " .. ' ¦ ¦ ¦;¦ .: ' . ¦ ,: :. ; . . : v .: :: LRiG ^ '
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DECtARATIOXS OF iXSOLVEXCYi G . IIAINES . Kilsby , Northamptonslure , sfocer . - ¦ W . STEPHOSON , Stpkesley ; Yorkshire , lineii-: manufacturer . " :.-. ¦¦¦ ¦ : : B . HASKELL , Vratford , wheelwright . ^ "
BAMCntUPTS TO SURIIEXDEK IN BASIXUHALL STREET ... M , KETTLE , Ware , : Hertfordshire ^ liusi ^ draper ,- ' . Ian ;; -. 11 ) , - athsif-past . twelve "; Feb . 23 si .. eleven . Solicitor , ^' arne , Leauenhall-street . V , ,-F . MOULD , Union-place , New-rpad , "hhtcj-- ¦ le-bone , wiiiu merouaut , Jan . 23 , at one , Feh . '•>! & , at , eleven . Solicitors , 0 u en and Dixon , MiiTk--lnni ;^ . ,. ¦ . ' - ; - " , " . ; .., ¦¦ ¦ " . ¦' . " ¦ , '¦ ¦ ¦ " , . ;¦ ¦ ¦ ; : - . . ' ' " ' ' EANKilUPTS ; TO StJRUEXDEa IN . 5 HS OOUNTRVi ; J . JACKSON , Maslam , Yorkshire , wooLsitip l ^ . Jan . Li ) , Feb . .. 23 , at eleven , at the house of . Mr . v Fryer , Cat . terick 3 ^ ri .: ge , Yorkshire . Solicitors ^ .. Prest , Mashahi ; and : Taylor-and Co ., Bedford--row . - - - , -- . ' . ¦ - . ¦" "•¦•"¦ ¦ ' " ; " ,. : . :- ' - -.. ' ¦ ¦ : - ¦ ' " ¦/ '
Av . NEWATjL , Acton , Cheshire , sheep salesman ,,:. Feb . 7 , 23 , . at " eleven , at tlie Crown Inn , Norchwichv , - Solicitors . Gar \ ef , Jun ., Nautwich : and Johnson :. » and Co ., King ' s iieuch walk , Temple ... .- ; . ' . J . YKATES . lirightoii , brewer ,. Jfafe 18 .: Ftip : ' 23 ; . " . atone , at the Town Hiill , Brighton . Solicitors , * •'" ' Boys and Beiiinghaxn , Br ighton ; and Palmer andi Co . ; Bedford-row . : / . - . ¦ . ¦ •" ¦ . . :. ;\ ; H . BATTYE , 'late of Hey , Kirkburtonv Yovksliire , clothier , Jan . -27 , . Feb . 23 ,- ut eleven , at t&s-\ V'hiteSwanlim , Huddersiield . ' Solicitprs , Ivesonv : Udlmfirth , near Huddersfield ; and Jaques and Go . ^ , -Wv-pl : ! : Ct . . ¦ ¦ - .- /¦ ¦; ; -, . : ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦/ . - ; :, /¦ - :.. / : / - ¦ , .
b . W 1 GNAI . L , Keigliley , Yorkshire , draper , FebJ 5 , 23 , at eleven , at the -Court- Houise , l ^ eeds . Stth " -. citprs , Atkiuspn v' a : id Co ., Mimchester ; andv : Afakinson arid Sanders Ebn-coart , Middle TeinpLe . r f- JONES , " Birmingham , gun / maker ,. Jaiu \ . 23 » . 1-flb . 23 , at ope ,. atl >( ie ' sRi ) yal Hotel ,. Bir ^ augliauiT ,. Solicitors , Wills , Birmingham ; and Clarke . and . . Medcalf , Lincoln ' s Inii-fields . V . : Yf . SOULBY , Leedsy ! corn .: merchant , Jam 19 ^ ' Feb . 23 , at eleven , at the Court House , Leeds .
Solicitors , Rayuer and Bradley jLeeds ; and Battye ; and Co ., Chancery 4 ane . : ' W . ; R . DYJill ,-Hungeribrd , Series , corn fhctoa Jan . 26 , Feb . 23 , - at c'leveu , at the Bear Inn , Wantage . Solicitors , Hall , Hungerford ; and Tilsons- . aiidCp ., Coleman-street . :-, . :- - . ¦ .:. . , ' . W . JOHNSON ^ Shelton , Stpke-uppn-Trent , ah seller , Jan . 2 , % Feb . 23 , at twelve , at the Swaii Idd , Hanley , Stoke-ui > ou--Trent ; Sblicitors . Brbwnj Hanley ; and Litchfield and Owen , Chaucery-lantt :..
• / , - . " DIVIDES-DS .- . .- : . C . G . M ebb , Lpng-lar ie , Bermbndsey , wopIstapleV ^ 1-eb . 5 . J . B . SJiarp , Queen-streut , Cheapdidtv warehonsenian , Feb ^ i ) . B . Norris , Oxford-sU-iieV chemisti- Feb . o . r Staiubridge and Co . ; jamb ' s-: bmMings , BunliUl-row , inannfacturers of artificial V slcms , Feb . 2 . ' WEingay and Cb , j West Smitufieitt ^ bankers , Feb . L Jv Goulding , Basinghall-street ^ wp ollen dranervFeb , ^; T . H . ; F 6 rrester , Baltic ^ Cpfiee-hpuse , Ihfeadrieedle-streer , Russiabrokery Feb . 3 . T .. Matthews , Bushey , Herts , carpenj «^ Feb . 3 . G ; W . Earmer ) 'rasistock-strect , Oovrattr--. garden , " jeweller ,, Feb . 3 . W . and T . v-Toplisf , ; .:. .: Nottingliam , drapers , Feb . 15 . G > Wildgpos&y . Macclesfield grpcerv , Feb . 3 . J . Bonnprj Cliel- teuhamjiironnionger , Feb . 2 . E . M'Leah ,
Chel-, tenham , genaral dealer ,. Feb . 2 . , Wi aud J . , \ V hartoh , Lepminster , ; carriers , Febi 5 . Vining . * aiid Son , Bristol , corn-factors , Feb .: 2 . R . Hewlett , \ yalco : t ^ -Spmerset . shire , builder , Feb . 9 . W Towriseutl , Bktb , silversmith , Feb ; 9 . Tw aiid J Townserid , Bath , ^ ? il versniiths ,. Feb . 9 . J . Apniel ^ yard , Leeds , cornm « rchant . TebVa 5 . Brownaiick Andrews , Leud * , cloth dressers ,, Feb ; !•? S Seholefiejd , Saddlewo ^ Tork ^ re ^ obileri-coS ' manafactuTerj J- ' eb .-. lQ . ^} Y . H , l > ek > - Covfentvy . si Wn , Febv ^ ^^ bspn , ^ orthwici ! fehe 3 hS : ^ m $ MmmmS % iN ewcast ^ upon ^ Tyue , . buUderS 0 JPoIju : 22 V 3 ^ ; ¦ . ¦*** % Mim 4 iest ^ c 3 rviir ^ g ] hie r ^| eb ^^^ ,. ; :
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 20, 1838, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct989/page/7/
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