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1 TO TEE POBLIC . . ¦ - _ ::. . ¦ . . ; . . , . ; ' ¦ g Ba .. - -- " , ; - . " ' ;; Every "Forlisiiire Purchnser of thc ' - ' -IIorthern VStar , Ofthe l ^ tlv of "February , ims , will be . ¦ . ¦ Presented with a Splendid - ' ; ¦ M e el In an a y i s a . : ¦" " : . ¦¦'¦ . ¦ ¦ . ¦ - " ¦¦ - ; OP - ' :.- ' . - ¦ ¦ ' ' ' : . .. . aethub ; o ^ eaNKos , THK EXILE OF ER 1 X . Every ZL-ancasIilre Purchaser will receive a like Present on the 2 : iiL ; ; ** - !< ft *** i'i- " -l iil "' gT'B * T'irtft * r ** n > 1 ' ^ I r ~ w j » niM 1 imnw mi 1 «»^ m « -
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3 J&ETING OF THE HUDDEUS-31 fiLD POOR LAW GUARDIANS . -Js ' ^^^ tf ^ fc ^—— " ~ " - O £ -Monday last tie long-talked of and anxiously •* g « aedilB © eting of the Gosrdisns ' of the Hua - i& ^ SeM Pcor Law Union , was fceld at the Coort-5 £ o& 8 eln this town . Much dnnculiy cad bee exgaeaaxed by the Chairman of the Board of Guar-^ y ^ jmd those who act with him in procuring a jdjjfcf of maedng ; for such is the abhbrence and / wftitatkm m which tbe Poor Law AttCBomeut ^ 5 lptis fceld in that district , that the publicans pe seraHy set their fsces against any Eeetiug of the ^ uanlranSj and refestd to allow tbe use . of their hcitses \ for the purpose . Eleven o ' clock . was the hour of meetJnp :, but long before that time considerable combers of people from ail quarters poured it to the town . Tile vast assernbi ^ e wcs addressed in -m ^^^
¦ da ; Hariet-plaee , by Mr . Oastlcr and Mr . Pitkethly , who , in the most earnest and impressive jmaaaer , exhorted them to keep the pesee , aud altos ' no proTocation , hen ever great , to induce them to create sny disturhaoee . Tbe exhortations cf these ^ gentlemen were responded to with loud cries ci '" 'We will , TrewilL" The following resolution wa . < Tien put to the meeting and carried unanimously—** Tbe inbubitsiits ol the district comprehending hi "lie intended HnddersSeld Poor Law Union Leinj . ' - * ow assembled , respectfully and earnestly . request fte Board of Guardians not to appoint a clert ; and Oat the Chairman of this mcetitii : iunnediateiv
con-¦ sey Ike " above request to rise Board . " . ^ Betireca tea and elr-wn o ' clock , Mr . William ¦ Stain , -the chairman , "WiHiam ' 3 rook , E- * q-, acd Joseph Starlie , ^ Es q ^ madstraies , and some of the - ^ ect cd -Guardians-proceeded to the Albion- Tavern . j -lot the landlord , Tilr . Buldtrson , refused them tbe "Jse-of its house ; and a notion was then made -by ' ~ MrZ Hoorhiose , and carried ., that they should -ad" oimi t * the Conrt-35 ouse .
Estecsive preparations bad been made _ bv the magistrat-s for subduing any di ^ -nirbance that might ¦ rasasfiy bn ^ e ccaarred . Crowds , of sp £ cial-L-ros , ta-3 »? es tad been = swern in and were na duty-at ' the ^ Coart-Hoasa , while the meeting v . as being beld . ^ £ i * a tbese pro . tent , officials , the ppssnges , stair-« sse ^ « nd onder-reem ? of that building , v > v . ? e eoni-3 » Jetely filled ; wbo freni tbeir diversified ^ ratum ¦ conadencies , and dress , and the black asii whits
3 B 5 gtaa" " of tfea : r Toeatjon phiesrd cos ^ picuojsiy in "tlie fi « octs : ? qf'their bats , presented a % sarious and » rfiey sp ^ peaTacee . The gloomy leaks -aad lengthened Tissges of many of them plainly indicated that they bed no peculiar relish for their new eEnpIoymeat ^ arid those locks were tot at all im"jpxwed-b . y the jibes and jeers -which ¦ were couticuailv . passed upon those who were ~ favourable to the jntro-^ Hctjon of tSe-act , by those of their- own bedy , who were opposed to it . Two troops of-soldiers had also
^ ieea . 3 Darched into the tewn on Sunday , aniquortecea upon tbe different publiears . During the \ H-eet--rogof the afoardicn ^ , these soldiers were drawn , up in ibe yaril -ci tbe George Inn , reedy to act , should © ccsaJon require their inierfereEte " The- ' ' lads , ' iKMtewer , roteived xhe soldiers with srcod bumcur , khaotliands witbtbem , talked with them , and eppcar-« dtx } beupoa the bestef terms A ^ i ; b the iaen ,: who , apparently , had beea sent to coerce them " into . « ub-Jaieaoa to the Xew Law . The Karistratcs fcud ^ soissied a ' catjTIOk' to the inbuV . taiits cf th = toTO -and its neighbonrhocd ; -vrsirnhig tbemcf the -wawe ^ uences of abreach of tbe pea cr . At the oppointed hour tse Guardiaiis met : teere were present , ¦ Wiifciai Sprain , ( ciairnnc , } Jo .-liua Loc-kwocd ,
< feai ? fe Ctosslsnd , JonathM ; Sh-jTv , "Jonn D y > nn , ( of Thoag . ) Sidney- Moorhcnise , —Buirerrfcrth , GecKe Tinker , Gtorge . Garside , John Hngr . e , 3 wepi Kficyon , "William L « idbeater , Jonathan Seaior , Charles SuUliSe ,. Hol « -.- AVnglc y ^ J ^ iis < Ea ? kiE , Thomas Howgate , - Join Qunm-by , Samuel Sidzeisy , Thomas ^ sewhhl , John Dyson , ( of Allaan ^ bary , ) Thomas Clarke , Benjamin LosiwecA , ¦ J « pqpk . Jsiatthews , Thomas Kenwortry . -Jsidcs ^ edfeara , Janits Show , - Juries Clwrlc ^ wortb , atd ' -Sj . George Ear . Tbe =. bot- are all elected Guirtiiaas for the proposed "Cuion . Thtrs --frere atso _ pTesentjJBs Ex-oJJIclo GcardisEs , T \" ii . i . iAii Eucgk , &f . sid Joseph Stahkev , Esi . \ v . o cf
tutnew JiasseH-isciie ilcgktniifcs , p ^ nufatturea on . purpose , ire have no doubt , -eo enable lkrie _ Lcid Jolm aad tbe Conunissionor-s , 3 > y Look or Irv crouk , to bring the Po = r Lew Act iutu operation . * ¦ " - Ti ^ ab sent Gaard : a ^ swereMr / E ? iTah ^^ l : i : ta :: er , of Cna » bcrv : onb Half , Mr . William Ponty , cf L-. ptaa , Mr . Join iliBer , of Licrard < , Air . ' Je-e ; . ' U BoTs-ee , ofM £ rsde ! 3 , iu . Kuduer ^; c ! d , I-Ir . TLouias T ) ayy of Liacley-csni-QuaiaLy , fdec-eased : ) ' Sir . Tfeomas V . fliinsca , of Sc-aiamouilen , Mr . LdwarJ Kent , of Sbith-sraite , ace Mr . Jo > epL Hirst , Thursiciil ^ nd . " .
The Reporter for tbe Leeds Merfntry r wus aasiitted ieuj tie iteethie ; cf tbe Gu 2 iman 5 -wifuout . snf » craple on U-e part cf the Chairman and ki Magj " - s-trates , " wbile the StportersJor ail tbe orhcrpapew , < Sre in number . ) wert : kepc cutsida tbe Coor ~ uuu : " = fter Jhty Lsa i < : iic as s ^ p iiracGa -for idniiitancv , it -Tvns deciced tb ^ t they should -be adrrac . tu . Tbe first morion jrtLtive to tie business for wfcioh Aey were met , after Mn S-. ^ in Lad i- *> uiacd tie « ± air , was made by ? Jr . Joihaa Lotkwocd , " -u ' c-jr vZ / o / j" for Hcddc-r . -iitId , vrLo i ^ ored that Mr . Besp ,
Solidt pr , should be sp : ; oin « : d Clerk to the Board-cf -Scardiacs . This monon . was ^ ecoiidtrd by-Ait . Gid . ¦ Cjiossi ^ . xd , 4 i Guaruiait" for Lockwood , who jkaded as ^ eli tis be t : as able ( ' ) fur - a £ iir irial ^> r the law / ' An aistndment rra < rcoved upon this 3 Bodon by Mr ,-Johs Dxsox " Gudntirur ' - for Tbong , to the eSect that iix . Cooksux Ployd , isoiieitcr of xtolinSrth , sbo ^ ii hs appoisied to tie aatustlen . This £ mendii . ' ; TU was ' seconded bv J&t . Mosrhouse , cf 2 s ' eir i-iills . It is worthy « f especial remark , tcac Mr . John I » y < rON ^ ras in a Wastly staie of JEiosieatJou ai the uiut ie . movod the aintn ^ rcen-L
Mr . Midgley asked tie Cbairujan to point" out ^ ny law ( save that of the -Cnuiinissioutrsj which pmuijerised three Gunrdians , r-racinority of a Board , toelset apy ofiicer in oppfi , idoi to tbt- iiiajoritv , 5 i 2 d st tie expense cf ili ^ j- feliij-. r n- ? e-j .-= yers . 3 Ir . Bsoce refcrrea to Turnpike Tr ^ . -is , sratin ? "that -fcro inagirti-zu-s could enforce the making « jfa , rr » ad , taougb . the wnuluuif tbe trustees were against it . - -
2 Sr . Mibgley-asked wby ir ' was , tiat when ~ tbey -as . < eab ! ed on tie 3 rd -. of April , " at . which 23 eca ? s ? JiJ . Power , the Assisiant . Commissioner , -was present , wLen 2 J voted for tiis adjnuriiiat'nt amdl 6 , f « : tii 2 fcUcaoa ot a Clerk , they were not * wd _ ttai they seed net trouble tiemsejve ^ -witb dividing on the point , for three any Guardians « oald-doit . Mr . Power was paid a large salary for imwriggthe law . < o perfectly , and 3 et " this idea bad 3 ievcr entrred into his bead prcrieajily . Ht . > iooEHorsE . — ^ su cl erk " was proposed a ' len- . -
Mr . 5 SID&I . EY . —I say there was . JA scene of iconfurioo here occurred , and the Chairman was appealed to , wl-o saidhebad not any ininufei oftbose jrotseeding ? : ;] He contended that they were still Jjeldiug their first meeting , for irn ' adjournment aseant a . CGntiauatiou of a previous jaeetJESj . The 5 nstroctioDsofthePoorLais- Corjinis > ic 3 LTs on tbe -Kcbjoet cf 'Clerk were a- follows— i ; Should tbe anointment of Clerk not bare been made at tbe 2 trst meeting , i&e Chainnan and vke-Chaimna ^ beold perform ibe durles of tbe ofnee till ¦ a Clerk
TF 3 * 5 appointed ; in lie meantime , - a person mi-Lt tcbireA to -eopy »] eUejs , " &c Pid net thai iastruc-3 ti « n ^>» HBnppese -Ehat an cdjournment might take jlaee . ; - and if it was legal to adjonm once , itVas * leax tkavit was lawful to do so again . tApplause . ) T . VoaM . it be wise ia them , set-in ¦ _ that a mciaun of . Mr-ilelCen ' s stood on tbe books of tbe House of -Cmaiaaas -oa this very subject , -to proceed to carrr tbe Hvr into eSect , when it -was bijrbly pr « bable tLe XqpdatiTe asseniblv would m ^ ke some aheradon * it it . ¦ ' - -
" 33 » -CHAiniiAX sskl that be -nnder * tood - the « iawl coarse of these Eeeacijs , when " two Cleik * ¦ wesp nopunsted . wss to euP . i ^ er the naiaes of tbe Artaamans ^ ea tli of whom gave in the nasK of the jgesBtlonan he- « oted for . Sx . Mtdgley asked erbetber tbe Chairman ^^* Dtartaln a ^^ t ion-of ac S ourament oriiot . ^ 3 tt £ aAisai 4 . s . —12 m fcrbid " doing so . Mr . Moglet .-T , r wiom ? " Answer —© y ~ &r CajnmissionerS ; ( Hisses ^ Mr . 31 OGLET . — Yon ar * cur Chainnan ; we * 3 eete 3 > ea £ o serve « aur interests and perform cu " ¦ datiec \ 1 'Tbe-e&iJZMAX . —If y . » u put me in tie chair to sMsist j-on iabreakicgtie latr , yos are inistaien in & £ ng £ »' —J am not tbe jnan .
Mr-MiBGiEV considered that ibey werefnot ^ EHBsdEgthelasr , but mardjr defeninj-: its execution Aslonjras passible . -He -wronld pnt die Chairman *» tie test , and tit en if be srould cot entertain bis ^> ticm , beici ^ t rry to Tote kirn our of-the ; chair ; lie Tnored that this jueetia ? adjourn fc tie 2 nd of April cext , at U ar'doci in the foreBoon . Mr . Ja « t » K—itiaa bettc-r 1 ^ the 1 st ior ApfiJ fooL ; - 9 * -Mr- Cljluk seeoacea tie ismnon . ltc CaAitMAjf dechLtd io put I :, . ixd a an-**¦«¦ * f > . qu ^ r-cad rtquma Vuh 10 ' point out bis *?* ?** , Jc . - Te-ai of a Irtter frcjn the A ^ . -dstaat ZZZtli . VoauassAeatr pasta ^ . Viiows : — i wish to * m ? Inrjh flr fox yCUr ia&rxaation , liiat JnsiancK
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have occurred to my own knowledge , in which Chairmen of Boards of -Guardians have refused to put a" motion which was in contravention of the law ; and further , that such conduct has not only been sanctioTtted by the Poor La \ r Commis . ' » ioners , but that it has never been called in question by any party whatever . " Mr . "Wrigley \ risbed to kno-y why Mr . Swain had not done so at the last jneetir-g , " and thus saved ± em any further trouble . If by was determined to act up to the orders of the Poor / Law Commissioners , it was no nse the Guardians meeting at ail . The Chairman—At the last meeting , I- - was " . not provided with « proper know ! edge of my duty . Mr . "WRiGLEr said it appeared to lilm , they were trying to carry the measure , in tfce fa . ee of the country , and while a committee were sitting to investigate
ili working . He did cot wish to siand and say rial the new law should not be carried into . eifect " ; bet be said , it was unjus '; to do so , while that enquiry was pending . It was r . ot rig at to put the townships to tbe expense of / valuations , and the erection of large workhouses , r . n'iltbey kn * Tr whether or not soaiealtera-ionwovJdbemadein-tlislaw . ( Applause . ) Mr , Midgley said Aat the law v > zs so varied and changeable ' . hat . be didnot understand it ; and be Tea ' . ly believed that the Gonimissioners did not k-now what the ^\ aw was themselves . He begged of tbe Chainnan for bis ov . 11 sake ( Shouts of il Oh , dear !" ' "Explain , " aod ^ Question . " ) Yes , Mr . Swain was appointed their Chairman ; and if he CGcld prove that the xaotaoabe ( Mr . M . ) had mailu « -as illegal , theu be woaid at ones beg him not to put it . .
The Chairmax—My duty is , to refuse any motion or amendment $ hat may be made , in contnivendoh of the law , to" "defer" the business of electing a Clerk from this < h : y- I have obtained tbe best authority on the subject . 3 ir . Midgley—And a pretty one it is , tbe authority rf three Penr Law Commissioners ! Am I to understand that whatever they say you toneieve to be law ? 'lbe Chatrmak—I shall take it as the best author '] » vl c-an get . andact upon it .
Mr .-l&rDSMiY then moved that-Mr . Swain vacate the Clair , -whieb ^ vas seconded by Mr . James Parkin .
Mr . Moorhot > sb said that the Chairman ' . was elected for 12 moEHhs , ai ; d cccld not be removed until the next election of Guardians , on the 25 th of March . Tne vtry ^ et which ^ pave them authorl ^ j ; fj appoint-a Chairman said also that they shoi : ! u elect a Clerk . They could not prevent it , aal thereforj they had better not interrupt business . ( DL < approbadoa 4 > Mr . Shaw also enquired wl . y the election was not made last ApriL ,. if three Guardians could do it . Was it because the-oM magistrates acred like men , and fresh Ejc-iJJio ' 10 Guardians had to be chosen to feme to tbe shameless act . ( i ' orne gentlemen thought this unfair and out of " order , " which led to i ? cme wrangling . ) His cpinio ? . was that if they elected a Clerk , they would'be delivered icto the hands of the three Kin ^ s of Somerset Hoase . .
. Mr . Moorh ' gtj se . —Have you any resolution to propose ? hlr . Seaw , —Ko , I bave not , and whnt is that to you ; I bave a-vote us well as you . ( Considerable coufus : oa ensued . ) . Mr . Eeook observed that if there was anything wrong in the-Jfew . Pocr-Law , tbe proper toHrse was topetA ' ren Parliament .. The law-bad nut his sanction : and he would ask - them , what law ' kud iheir entire ajproral . Kow with regard to th .-Comniis ^ ioaere saving the control of out-door relief ; that , in a country like ibi ^ -, was injudkriov . s ; but tbe Ccmiuissinnt-rs would nor , and - he . would say , daied not stand in the face of the Guardians on such , a question . . "He granted they could do it . Mr . LocKvroot ) . —TLtu that * is a shame . ( Aiinlaii ^ e . )
iar . Brook . —If , on trial , tbe law wns fouiKl to militate against one party or another , but particularly tbe poor , if they would get up a petition , in whatever , shape they liked , end do lr . ra tbe honour to ask him to a . an it , he would gladly do so . IJut ;» r common sense fake , lei thtm prove it bud . before they reject it . ( D ^ cprrcbutiou . ) - "•¦ I r . I'Iidglev ; was oze v . lio pttitionttl spainst it wb-le tbe a'atiine of the bill was before Parliament . ' h-e diu so aprain at tie jfieat "West-1 ' iV . iac jneetir . i and wLat advantajre had they gained from it . It bud been proved bad . many scores of times , and " if itbau nor starved -tbousaeds , it had iuatie their btiljes ^ crv ft eble indf ed .
-M r . ; Un < K ) K «—It shnll never do so here , . oolonir as I c-sn prevent it . The Pcor-L : iw Conuiii < =. s : ouers wculdccibe suc-b . extn ; o .-di \; ury mad , raid irrational ^ bfing- ; as to fly in the lute " of tLe Gi ::: r 2 kins , if a < L-c "; d . d majority cf . tktiu were iu favour of outcoc-rditf-Mr . jJidglky . —They have done it , ( Loud -. - . pplause . J Ai-d in a msn-afiieturing' district too . At Iukley , in Leicestersliire , the Board of Guard 2 aiL > irriiRrcil out-door rt-lief ; and there was a " pcnmptoiy order came from the Commissioners , " to «^ y that ticne should be triven ; nnd the i ; o :: id had to refurd what they bud thus expended oct cf their own poc-ktr-ts . ( Applause . ) Mr . Wkiulky said the Legislature had promised to amend tbe law ; let thcuT have the ' sbip well coppered l-efpre tlii-y proctt-. l v . iib the vovane .
J > Lt . Mooniua ' SE was j . orry that be Larf tostsnd with tbtin , to sLsre in tbeir Cisgrace . ( His .-es . ) V » 'Lei . Levrtut fron hoiac , people 10 U hha TrL ? . t a shame it was that they ( tba Guaiiiiaus ) were subverting t . * ie hurs oi" their " country —( Hooting , iu wbkii the rest of tbe scuteaee \ r ^ s uropr . ed . ) Mr . Janx Cr . os < LA >; D wishi-il them fc « try ' ihe law , and then if it b ; d f e l-. ad effect they uiitit-ipateo , ti petit ' mi against it . Ice Ck . \ ji ; . mjit ; tn < . n proceeded to call over the 112 UU--: of tiie Guarduiii-- , b-j-pnn : u . £ i wiiii M ^ r .
LEAU-nrATEK , who said , thr . t he should not vote Jcr a ck-rk at ^ ail . ^ Severalotbers followed bis example , f ^ ttiug that t ' ne nieasjie was contrary to every pnue : ple ^ f reason and jusisce ; that it was tyraaaical io separate man and v . ife , jiud to give the poor coarser juud , and close imprisonment as a punishment . The CiiiiB . itax proceeded to take a vote upon the proposition and srovsidiccnt for the . ' election ' a Clerk ; each Guardian ' s " iiacie" vfas called over and he was ssked for whom he voted . The following was the result : —
1-OR MR HE 3 P . "William Swaiue , ( Chairman ) HuJdcrsSdd . ¦ Joshua Lociwood , Iluddersiicld , ( Prciposer . ) George CiWisiand , Lockwood , ( tecomier . ) Jonatjiau ishaw , Go ' . car . "SVilliam IJrooke , Esq ., ( Ex-offieio Guardian . ) ~ V > iUiam Starker , Esq ., ( Da . do do ) FOB MK . COOKSOX FLOYD . Jno . Hysos , of Thong , ( Proposer . ) Sidney Mworhouse , New Mills , ( Seconder . ) Mr . Butterwortb , Cartwortb . Mr . George Tinker , Sehotes .-Mr . Joseph Soberts , Honley . Mr . Jno . Haigh , Honlty . Mr . Josb . Kenyou , Holm . Mr . Georce Kay . . Against the appointment of a Clerk were Mr . Samuel Midpley , Almondbury . Mr . \ Vm . Ltadbeater , Hudderslirld . Mr . Jonathan Senior , Farslev . " Mr . Chas . Sutcliffe , KirkburtoR . Mr . Eobt . " Wri ^ kv , Nethcrton .
Mr . Jas . Parkin , Lintbwaite . Mr . Jno . Howgau ? , Huddersfield . Mr . Jr . o . Qnannbr , Huddersfield . Mr . Thos . Xewhil ' l , Dahon . Mr . Jno . Dixon , Almondbury . Mr . Thos . Clarie , . "Wbitley Upper . Dr . Benjn . Lockwocd , Kirkbe-iton . Mr . Josh . Matthews , " Shcpky-Mr . Jno . Kemv * rthy , Shelley . Mr , Jas . Redfearn , Mehhain . Mr . Jas . Shaw , Jf ar > b . Mr . Jas . Charles ^ onh , Kolmfirtb . The Chaibmak then said be would count tbe numbers , and the gentleman who had the most votes , he would declare dul y elected . —( Shouts of " Ivo , no . " )
Prom tbe above it will "be seen that FOUR of tbe elected Guardian ^ and tbe two Ex-officios voted for Mr . Hesp ; ' That EIGHT of the elected Guardians voted for the appointment of Mr . Flovd , and That SEVENTEEN ^ cted Guardians voted against the appointment of any Clerk whatever - and yet , strange u itawy ^ jear , jdie « Chairman " declared Oat Mr . Floyd was duly elected to the office of Clerk !! -The disgust of tbe sevc ^ n Guardiansat the conduct of -the Chairman , was most ^ ne / pvocalk-expressed . A vote of thanks to the Chairman was then proposed bv Mr . Brook " the 'Magistrate ., - wbieb was seeded by one of the Fro-Poor Law Guardians , and for srhich there were beld ™ three or four bands , wfciij the bedy of the Guardians protested against tbe motion , savin * -no ' never , never , never . '" " ° '
Tans enaed the fiirce at the CenEfcionse , after which tbe Magistrate * and Guardians separated , the icimer- and the Pro-Poor Law Gnajlans being i-iartilr * ° ot *} , hissed , aad sruw-balled as they ; -. 8 ied through the crowd to the George Iod . " proceed by a host of Special Constables .
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HDUSE OF COMMONS ; FRIDAY , Jan ; 26 ^ Tbs Honse went into C lumittee on the Ctmada BflU when v : " - v ; ' i » rd JOHN RUSSELL nnnonnced ti » e determiuation of Ministers to adopt Sir Robert Peel ' s amendments , by strikiKg out oi tbo prea'aible of & £ Bill the words " recognizing-. tlie assemUajgof Lord Durham ' s Conncil wf advice , and tbe dTtuse empowering the Queea mGomicil to repeal fte act at pleasure . Loud ^ aad repeated were tbe cheers of the Opposition during Lord John ' s pompous annoancemettt of bis resolution to saccuuiu . Lord John complained of the indecoross exhibition of mirth at his expense , whicii ubsclately appeared to arise from a feeling of parity « 3 ctSlatiou , iu > if such sentiments ooald bave p lace iu'tbe discussion of such weighty -nMUters ! Besides , said Lord John , we adhere to our ipelicy , and abKie % our instructions to Lord liwj ^ Hcn .
Sir UO&EHT PEEL tnHiied Ministers "' witli ' -. the most gaJliug contempt . He was not surprised at Lord John Russell ' s umioBirceineiit : from the iirst be knewahat Miuisters would give way ; his amenduients , be ^ knew , "¦ ¦ must ; htt carried ; lor , jidded . ' Sir Rfibe « , -with a bitter s «« er , weretbey notcomibniia « le to osmmon seuse ? He did notinteud toinove a vote ofcensnre on theiRStnictions , which Ministers Jiad iDttprudently published—for lie could iw » t ' attack tbe exercise of the Queeu ' s prerogative ; b * t as be , had been challenged to refer to them , he must say they were eminently absurd . Wh y , they were « ettiuw uew * from Canadadrery week ; a . u $ w / icx ! tJic \ stoj
April arrived , the day when Lord Durham would s& \\ those instnictio&s . migiit bave to ' -lxr ' repValed . Who ever before . heard of .- " giving tlie ( lovernor of a distant colony liis iKstruction . s two or three iriontbs i * eibre his departure " . ?¦ The fact wns , that the Instructions were hastily prepure . 1 , to prop ( he almminable preamble of the Ihll ; aud lie propbesied that titty would be repealed . Sir Robert theu emphatically declared bis obje .-tioit to nny . measure for lramin ^ a Constitution fur tbu CariadHS Avitiiout reference to the other North - 'American Colonies ; for it might be fownd advisa . ' vle to unite them all in one federal union , with separate local Go \ femahuuts- .: ¦ •• : ¦¦¦• . ¦' :
The debate wbicb followed was not important . Mr . ELL 1 CE repeated much ofwlust he bad said t'n the previous nigut ; and was glad , of course , ' " tuat iiinisters yielded . : . '•• . ; . . ' Mr . HARVEY , with bitter sarcasm , alluded to tbtt uwdoiniaaiice of Sir Robert Peel in the " llou ' si . He was the " senior counsel , " U ) whom the drafts of their bills were referred for correction mid approval . Lord HOWICK went into a long and ' dull discussion of the whole subject of Canada ; but did not . as far as we can discover , produce-anything worth notice . - *
mv . -V . ' ARD bad strongly approved of the \ vords m tbe prcaiable , but wouiJ uu ( oppose , their , withdrawal , astiie policy of Ministers ' wits not cliungVrl .-At the , suggestion of Lord STANLEY , supported by Sir W 1 LLIAM 1 'OLLE'J'J ' , a clause ¦ " u , to l » e intruuueed prolubitiu ^ tbe repeal of any Art of the Urirish Parliament h \ Loru Durham ' autl bis Council That Council is to bu ' railed ¦ Ihv Special , not rlie i ^ epslativt- Council , ( ns tho Connal of Advice was now termed in tht ; auH'nded i'ill ); Lord John Russell having madt' this alterar ' tiou at the suggestion " of Sir Eaw ; ird SugJcii . wbii objected to a name which ' would oreatf ccnifusioii , therek-iugalready aLt-gislativu Council oi" Lower Can : ld : » . .: ' .
/ several Members reproved Ministers for tbe snwuly jcamier iu which their bill bad been drawn up . hir ' John Cituipbell provoki ' . d roars " of ¦ Ifiiiplitw l > y declaring timt tbe bill h ; u ] not been nmtfiiallv aiuTt'd . It finally-went tlironi ; li tin * Committee " ; ! mvin ; . ' , as Mr . liarvvy lvniiirke . ! . lost "Iio ' tli ' liea ' u auJ ^ tiiij . The renort wns ovdeviki to be received 011 Saturday ; tbe bill to be read a- third ' tiluw on MouUav . - •'¦ - . ¦ - - -r-. ^ -
SATl'RDAY , Jan . 2 " . ¦ EXTnAOUOINWIlY -MANtEl-ViiE . ' The committee < il . the whole I louso stood ndjoumuJ to twt-1 \« o ' clock this dny , lo-tiikeintocon-» ici-rati < i : i the aiiieiiduu'iits to the Canada Bill proposed l > y Sir \ Vj 1 i ( : uii l ' . ) ilt-u aiui otlu-r" iMfinbiTs . At UVfJve , however , and siibsequentlv thivugb the whole day . tbe Reporters' trslk-ry remisim-d eiusyd ' ; \ m \ -. it VuiVi-pa ^ t twelve the , lifpuiterswere iuion ] :, rv t ' . i . it iiie llnuse bad adjouniej , having aui'pte . ] ;)]] the liiuendiiii-nts . Tliw : iiTJnj » i'inf-ut- " un'd punicse oi thislrick are quite iuteiiiuibk . Jvliuiiterh liirvj- »" had quite cuon-Ji of disc-. i .-sioii " , ' -sm ' ujrgled down e : i () Ui . 'U of tbeir . Members to coiistinite a (• loumittte and then bunied over their distasteful work iis secr ^ t ^ - he
^ i apjudiiled tbe Speaker to take the ' •« u : ir to-uav wus i-. velve " c .- \ : lock , Imt-shortlv before ti-at hour the House me :, ntid trjin . sacted" all the businesj :. la-fore i ( . The ' Reporters' ( iallerv not being opened , we iire i : i < iel > ted to the ki ' . idnesr <> 1 Mr . Il , eliin ; m , ( M-euiid clerk to tbe Ilou ^ O fovibe tollowing brief actount oi the procee ' iliuiis .: — " -
C . VXAD . V BILL . ilr . BDUNAL brougbt up .. the - ' report of the rommujee wj the CjusuCa ,. Guyeruiaent iiiil , -whicli was ii ^ ret-J to . .-- ' - ¦ . - ..: ¦ - On the motion of Sir G . GREY , tbe Jiuietuliri ' e ' uts proposed b . st liii-lit were " i . ' -ive . t tu , lite Li : ; vuJeied to . ^ ije . r e ^ riUteJ , : nn ! read a third tjue 011 } i !< jiid . iv . The . liouse , ufie . r silling a le ; vniin ; ites ,.: idjourn " eii .
hou . se of lords . MONJ > . \ Y , Jas . £ & . . Lord ( JLENELG "l ; ii :. l papers relative to Canada on the talile . Tbe jei- iinJ reading of t ' . ie Canada LIU was fixeil for rnilay . Lord isROC ( xHAM . in prcsi- * itiu « npetition from Lee : ) .-, gainst - \ e- ; r . > Sla ' w-ry , gave " notice . . ' that , on aii early day . be .-lionll m .: ke n motion ' uoon tlie oulvect . vhsrii , he hoped , would elin ' Slo -llie-ir Lnrdslniis n > meet tlie vk-ivi of i ! K . neti ' . ioiu ' -rs . The - \ oliie ana Learui ' d Lord then enh-red into a loni ; - ^ Uirement of ti : e evils resulting from tbu pivseia system vt ' ¦ bead-iiioiu'v : ' gva' . ited to t' . iu . captors " of » Juv « vesse . s , in pronoriiou to the number of slaves onboard the ensured ves-el ; and-cotitended , " tuat it n .. r only tended to n-rnr ; lvatL , tlie ' suHerinus of LUe Auifv-rtunare- } h-i : i ^ s who were the objects of thac oiimus trallic , 1-ut acted as an encouragement-to tlie siave trade . ¦
Tb-J Karl of MIXTO nn-1 Lord GLKKELG said , that the subject of dif . slave trade was under the earnest ct > n .-i . Jera ! ion oi tlie Government ; and , alter a . sburt oiscusHon , tin ; peritiun was liii . i xqion the The House ilien a-jjourned to ^ rednesd : iv .
HOU . SK OF C 03 LM 0 XS . ¦ " MONDAY , " JaS-.-21 ) . iiUKcow cottox sri . Nxniis . Mr . Vj'AKLEY presented the jjetiticm from , tho Radical Assuciatiou ol Iviarvlel ) one , which he luid withdrawn the other day on account ol its containing objectionable , words . The petitioners sUUed . tiiat their only object was to serve the men . and they had not the .-li g htest " -intention ofinsuidn ^ - ' thiit House . Hit . ' prayer of tbe petitioners was , that the counsel of t ! ie prisoners should be heard at the bar . tle _ could licit conceive a more objectionable t >
riucipletlmn that tuat House should be made a court of ayiitsai 1 rom the courts of k \ v . ( Hear . ) The present was , 110 doubt , . u , " ciLse of verv j ^ reisoing importaiice ; but . be could not . iu : vke a motion in com PiiaucK with the prayer of the petitioners , the principle it uivolved was so objectionable . He trusted tuat t . ie House would , on ; s iuture day , hear a statement of tkis case from a . person who was not a barrister , mid not only listen ' to it , but prove their mchnsition to . do full ju .-lice to nil the parties concerned . Thtflloii . Member then j-uvrf noticv , that liH would bring the subject before the House on i ' uesday next .
AaJOURXMEXT 01 * THE HOUSE . Lord JOHN RUSSBLL rose to move , tbat tlie House , at its r ising , should adjourn until I ' ridiy liext , on ivhici day there was some busiueis to be disposed o £ —Hie ' inotion was agreed to .
CANADA . On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL , the order of tue day for the third reading of . the Lower Canada Guverameat Bill was read . Lord JOHN liL'SSELL moved , that the Bill be read a third time . ¦ 2 At . LEADER presented several petitions , prnyinii that this "Coercion Bill" might not pass . Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR spoie at soine length chiefly against tbe Ministry . ' . Sir HARRY VERNEY was glad that the Hon . IWouet , iu commeiUing on the iieniral conduct oi ( Joiernment , wa-snuabie to lindfault with , atkair , one of tbeir acts—tkeselflction wbicli they bad made of Lord Durham as a 3 aediaU ) r witli tbe colonies
. Mr . Ill'ME certainly ielt iiidi ^ naut tliat such a meiu ^ ure as tbe present had been brought forward by hnr . Majesty s Goveruiueut . But , druwinij a eompiirisou between the two aides of the House . " lie must saj ' , that he bad tuowst imiuy good and useful measures proposed by her Alajesty's ( ioverniuent '¦• and all be regretted was , that ^ tufey had stopped short of tie only legitimate abject in view-. " i ' j e wished the Hon . Baronet would point out hrimeasure emanating from toe ather side of thrf liou * e , wbieh conld beux nay compiifisaa- vritb - " th ' e " iib- ? r « al liieiisures that had finajiated from her Majitsry ' s present Government ., The Honourable JcJaiontt luaintained , th ; it tb ^ opinion of the couutry was aserse 10 tbs present Government lluit he ( Mr . llttvu ;) denied . H < i iielwiei ! . that a .: erj lirgi ) inajor . ty ' - |» f the psop ] t » . of tliij t ; uiti-d iUii ^ JOiii ypprareti of iho l bsr ; il and c-nli ' " } it"ned : nrd £ - jr ? s v . iiiish litij b ' MU Lr . « ic ! lt xxzii » r U < a con-
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mim- ^ x , ^ -r umr- ^ itWU IW ddetation Of Parliair . < snt by bei-rMajesty ^ overumenfc As . au ^ bpue ^ t ; Radi pl , be preferred her M ajesty 6 i aiitusteis to , the Honourable CeutlHineu opposite . He wonld iiq \ y re } tir ; to tW . IS 1 L . and-saj ' that notwrthstandnig the alterations -which ; had b ^ eii inadp in it in the ^ orninitfcx ; , l > e had as strong . an aversion to . it ag ever , arid considereu that : Sc > despotic a ' . measu ' re- reflected tlie Uklvest discredit on .: ; a- " . --Ili * rorm ' . " --i 4 dniiiuibtiie ' tipn .. \ Vitli . these-fcelings ; - upon the sjibjeciii le should -move : as ah amendment , that "bill : be read . a third time that day six months :-- ' ; '
Mr . M ARBL RTON seconded the amendment , Sir ROBERT ; KnGLIS said that ¦; . iWiiJi- regaS to tao bill now about t 6 be read a third tijhei be gnve it his ehtire support ; but lie could not Uelp thinking ihat'th ' e . remedies wliiQli Were now proposed ,: rind Tvliich be ; tnistwd 0 would be efiectug . l i migbt bnve been spared if ; more \ % orousmeasures had been used at an earlier period . ; Mr . Alderhiau THOMPSON declared that the measure beiore the Housev : had bis entire con-¦ ¦
currence . ; -.. - . . . v ; " v-V . - •"• : ' . ' . - .- . ' - ' : ; Mr .-GROTE said , upon this qjiestion , be liad heard nothing to-alter the c < tn \ T . ction he eiitertajri&l when lie first delivered his opinion upon it ; Mtv WARHURTON would avail ; himself ; of the presen t Opportunity of passing his lastihaiedictioh on ibis ' untbrtmiate bill . v iir . PETER BOltTHWICK was interrupted by , loud cries ^ of ^ qiwstion ! " and '" divide !" ¦ The" . House / tlieii divided , when tbe numbers were—V - •¦ ¦ . ¦'¦ . ¦ , ' ¦ . ¦ ... ¦• ' . " : « - ;' - '' - -- . ' ¦ . .- " . - -
p Tor the third fcadiug .................. 110 i -,: ^ For , - -Mr . , lluine . ' s ameudinent ...... 8 ' . ; '¦ M '! y 0 n ^ ' fpr"tuc . tt « rd"rvja . dj . iisr ,.-. , ——102 . After '' a sliprt conversatioii , th . e bill was passed , and setit tothjC LortlsV ; , ; . - . - . ! . " ; .: :- . '¦ ¦ : - : ¦ '¦ ' "¦ sew writ . ... ¦ ^ On , the motion ; ot Mr . MORE O'FERRALL a New vVrit wjis ordered for Gal way , in tlie room-. of Al r . Lyijch , who : had been ; appointeti a Master in Gluvncery , intlie . "" place of Master Roupell . r f ^ e House then adjourned till Friday .
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Ttin-favour of Mr . Buchanan , fro : n Rudderxfiehl , . ¦ arrived'too hite'foruse . We / dull / received t / ie ''' -subscription of ' One Pound Jrom the RaitU-loom Weavers at Huddersfield . i It was omitted from the list lust ivee / c , in the ¦ ¦ htiff . y-af-busiuesSy--btit :. wasMoi forgotten . ; ¦ ' . ' ¦ $ ? . S . tias been received . Wetiuve not yet had lime to read ft . ' ¦¦ - . ' , ' :. ¦ ¦ . /[ ' -. ¦ ' . . - - . .. _ . '• '" - . ¦ . '¦ "' . . .- . ' The lines from Bradford , aii ( he Witness agninsl the Cotton SpiunerSjiviil not do fi , r : publication . Legal Questiona must ugauf . Hand over , Mr , O'Connor Icing still in ¦' . ¦ J ^ o ntiiiii . .. '¦' . ' .. „ ^¦ f host of ' Cijrr <\ s ] iund ' e . hcf ! has been ^ received which shall all receive dtu' attention in due-time .
If Thomas T ) u \ mcT , Painter , will cull on o « r Publisher - heivillgeihisdocUntcitiii : The following addition to the Advertisement of the ' . _ Manchester Delegates' Meeting , came too laic for insertioninitsproperplace . ^ ' A Public Meeting" 61 l / te inhabilaids . will also be , . held at the C ' o-ojjeruiives ' -Ilall Gurratt Road , to discuss t / ie New Poor Law . Question . Several I . gentlemen from distant parts o f the Kingdom , . arc expected to attends "
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' TO THE _ E'DiT . ( i > RS OVtlltv NttlVriilCKN STAK . Loitdo . < i , Jan . 31 a / , 1 . 838 . Gextl-emb , v , —Though agreeably to promise I rcsuine the Camidian affair this week , I must frankly coulees tliat I stiould-prefer " -fixiiig your venders iitteritiriu on subjeebvof .. i ' n ' ore clonii ; stic and inuueJiute interest to the . people . : At a time > vhtn tbe rights of industry have receive ) a' -daiigorou .-s , not : ts ) say ,. ihcrtal .-stab , in the
persons ' of- iljto five Gihust ; ow CetUm S pinnort : , —at a time when O'Cwniiell hu . i avowedly , joined the r . iiddW-class conspiracy to put down Trades' Coiubinations , —tt a time when the artizans of Dublin are threatened-with a rie \ v police , which is to be so . vigilant . arul eiTtclive that , " not two working-men can walk and talk together in . the streets without its being known what ihcyiire about . '" -at a time whes tbe-producers of tbe nation ' s wealth ; are told that
tr . ey inust not meet to consult on the interests of their , respective tractW , c . vccpt in the presence if a constable or other constituted spy of the rulin " cla >" .- < t . 's , —at a time when , in consequence of these iiiif . iriou . s ¦ proceeding - ;! , ; every worknrau in the United Kingdom is ¦ mefut ' cfii wiih the utter extinction ol his social rights as well as of liis . civil , anil when be is thrown back a , s it were on the laws of nature for self-prcservation .-r-at a time when to facilitate the
uxecutum of this foul and fiendish plot . ' . against . theinterests of lahour , the New Poor Law act is beinglorcetfdown . ' the people ' s -th-roatsf at the point of the Viayonet , ( Bradford and Huddersfield to wit ) , — at a time of horrors like these , when every-moment that thu producers can steal from their tasks , arid meals ought to he-reli giously consecrated to plans of mutual , defence against the enemy , —at such a tinie , Gentltmpn , it does vcvily- vex inc to bayo to withdraw their attention for even one hour from the immediate perils which encompass them . ¦
JJut , after nil , the -. Canada ' :--question is not so unc 6 nnected with evou the immediate interests of British and Irish working inon , as , at iir . st sight , might appear . The Canada , question is grosslv misrepresented by the whole of the press ; liberal , : as well as anti-liueral . . Not one newspaper-in Engjand , not a AI ? inber in the House of Coimnonc ,- —noteven IVlr . Eoebuck hi ' . tiselfhas dared to avow the mr £ ground of quarrel between ,. the Ganadiaiis and their
oppressors :, The matter in dispute is not , as they pretend , the . right ' of oontrol over the Canadian revenvie . If that were the , only-. ground ' of qvjarrel , it wonm be settled in a week . The . wbole net revenue o {' Canada does not exceed £ 142 , 000 a-ycar ' . ;;—that is to say , a sum less tfen " the ; . l ' crital of many an "English nobleman , and ronsiderably less than the annual profits of sbme English bunkers arid capitalists I could name . It is less tlian a third of the aariual income . of the Marquis of Westininster .
Bui 'siuall as that revenue is , the alledged ground ; of dispute is even smaller . It i ? for ' the . control of less than half the revenue .--It is ; to determine vyhetlier the Canadian Assembly or . the Executive Branch of the Government is to have the control of , £ G 2 , 000 out of £ 142 , 000 ; : or of about 43 per cent , of the : whole net revenue . The Canadian Assembly which represents , freity generaily ; the Canadian -people claims the exelusiye right to uppronrialcyCis ivell as
ts vote , the entire ^ reveune ^ including ; ; e £ 02 , p 00 i The Executivey outhe contrary , wishes to . ¦ liave . eKr c ' pntrplbwr the 4 . o ^ , 000 , by havingthatsumsettiedon } tWA ^ sembly . in the shape of aiperrnarwrit Civil List . - ¦'; Upon this the ' partiei are at issue and each resorts to the weapon at its disppkaL T ; hp Assembly stbp' ^ thVSuppJies , and : the Executive breaks : up the Asscaibly , aud drives ; the people to ; Civil War . Thus if . ^ e-.-arti b believe ; our ; Pariiairient arid our press , the . Cnnadiaus revolt , is . for no : better . or greater purpose than to decide v / hetbe r £ G 2 , 00 /» a
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y . * : r ° ^ ' ^; Ca , iiatxiatt--. TieyeBtie ,. - - is to be appropriatc-d ty the aseii ; of Dbwrilng'Street , or by the ; .-representdti'WS . . of the-JCaqadiaa people , who vote ibe Suppliesinthe A ^ etably . v ; \ - ; ... ; : ; --v-V . But \ vhat man or woman possessing a grain of common aeiise " will credit tbe absurd j ffteiice ? Who will believe that-far the paltry sum of £ 62 , 000
a ) ' « ar , trie Canjidian Assembly would incur- the horrors of a Civil War , or that for twenty times that sum our Government would r ; sk a revolution in Canada , and the consequent dismemberment of the empire ? No sensible person . ' will believe" it ^ ior every such person must know that ! one twelvemonthswar with . Canada must cost us mere than xyould purchase the fee-simple of the entire Cariadiaii
revenue . ,- ¦ : ¦ . - ' Why then have the Canadians stopped 1 tbe 1 Supplies?—and why have the leaders of that Canadian Assembly been , in corisecjuence , proclaimed traitors ? \ Why , in short , is there Civil War mCsihada ^ arid a Dictatorship about to be established in ; the Colony , on the ruins of the suspended Constitution of . ' 1791- ? : . - . ¦ "¦ - .- ; ' . . ¦ " : .. 1 " :, ; -, ; .: " ... . """" . ''¦ ¦ ¦ : Why , ( rentlemen , the plain fact of the matter is , as you well know , that tlie Canadians want a revolution , —a real Radical revolution ., — - that will " ac .
eomplish t ^ o things for them . National irideptnderice , and self-government by the people . The stopping of the supplies . is not the cause of the revolution ; - —' it is but a" means . ; to . that end . When the parliaments of Charles the First wanted to clip tbat monarch ' s prerogatives , and to abqlisb feudal institutes , they began ¦ " . by - . stop ' pinjr the supplies . V \ hen the parlianients of France , in 1719 , desired to make tlie like revolucion in . that country , they . began by stopping thq . ; supp ics .,. When the leaders of . the Amencan p jople , in 177 G , Wished to shake
oh " the baleful domination of the riio . ther country '' they refused a stamp-tax , and thereb y stopped the supplies . In short , stopping the supplies ia the invariable first step of all revolutions , iu all iiounr tries-in which a shadow of reprcsientation exists . It . Is not only the first step , but it is always a suece-osful one likewise .. lit ' . no . country has it been tried without producing " - . the re volution sought , "bv
tlie supplying , or father non-supplying parties ; and if revolutions have hitherto done-. good-onl y ' to the middle or " money . grubbing , ' ck&ses , arid failed altbgethor-iw regards the iutcresis of the . labouring or ; producing classes , it is only because " tlie-jtartlcs that have hitherto had the voting ,- or non-voting of the supplies iu their hands , have . ¦ ¦ ¦ always , belonged to the middle classes and never to the producers or labourers .
The Assembly of Canada has comrnencecl , like all other revolutionary assemblies , 'L y lrivkiiigtbe Gpvcrriniei . it bankrupt .,. 'The Executive to save iUelf from bt'iivg bankrupt , has runied robLer . -It has pei ; : ed upon fee . . '' . fnuds . cf the Canadian Treasury without the authority of the people ' s representatives ; and as the Executive there , is-but a bra : ! oh of the Excculive Lete , i ; nd as tiie Executive ; -here , ¦ is , ibr the present , v . iuh . cd by a bloody arid brutnl fciction , " there are about . 8 , 0 . 00 troops to be- scut cut to "Canada to assist-the Hxeciitive there in the work " of Colonial rolberw
Uut . k-t no one suppose that either of the contend-K ! £ parties c ;; re a rap nbout the revenue , either in whqlo cr in part , fxcept : w ; i xtcuufto ' an . cud , a : ;\ s a nt-: ans to p revent an end . The Canadians are using their undoubted -constitutional power over tlie supplier , to make 11 - revolution in -favour / of Rational I ' -idcpcndencc and Sclf-govcrmuent . . Our Executive Parliament are resisting them , not-for tba sukeoi R paltry £ 62 , 000 a-yeavlut to uphold the a ; . cende :: cy of a EriliA () raa-e uveuon in that Cc-lony , whicli is connected witli the / : iistocracv of thi'j
country , and whe .-e estates in bnlh countries arc valuable or viihieljsrf , iu . the-exact proportion oi An . ifccratic iiiiluenue in the IlepreSiiUtutive A ^ sem blity there and here . If my ¦ ranters' wr . ht aii instance or proof of this ,. —here is one . This eotiufry ( p . n ; , I ; u : ( I ) is i ;( . w auiHiall y ptyhi" - i . 'l , 0 ;| 0 , () 00 for . C ;; naJisn timber , every lar ' tliiut ; oi which aud even wort- , \ yould po to ^' ohvay and fcw . eetle-n , were it not lor the ' monopoly Cstabll-ihed by our Commercial kw * in l ;;\ oUr of Cariiidlaii timber , Uiiit is , in favour , of British Landowners
in Canada . The consequence a . tnis uuuiopoly i « that we , vhe people nf lLugiuniJ ,. lia \ e to pay u : extravagant price for an iuierior article , . and that our tratle wit ' i Northern Europe U . pvjily ' itfiimiishcd ' into ( hebargain . I could give some .. other-instances of . this -sort , but the entire syslcnv of our Colonial policy U fraught with * r . ch wholesale ' roV . V . e ' fy both to our Colonies and ourselves , —that to-partieularize erwes would only daiiiage tlie . e . Tect which . ar survey cf tlie wholt can itlor . i ; adtquate ' . y prtsent ; -: A single sentence will make me inteliigii > le to " our readers .
Great Dritnin is . now annually exporting upwards of sixty millions "' worth of produce—that is to say , sixty millions' worth of the wealth ariaua . lly created by the Working Classes of Great Britain ' . What do . the Working Classes receive in exchange for all this wealth ? Nothing , Gentlemen , . absolutely ¦ nothing ; for I am prepared to prove . that they would get more , or , at any rate , that they coulil not i ; et leio , if we had no Colonies , nor Foreign trade ut all . In . exchange for ' all the clotbing , hardware , and other manufactured produce sent out froin . '" . ' this country , the principal commodities-we iuiuovt are
luxuries which liritish producers hardly ever touch . Let our enemies , Gentle ! nen > answer this questionwho tire . the ¦ consumers ' . of the Brandy , Btcn Wi ^ s , Teas , Sugar , -Cojl- ? , Cocoa , PlianJ , Oranges , Grapes , Figs , - Xt / ty Citrons Nutmegs , Spices , Tamarinds , Prunes , Pine ' -Apples . - Perfumeries , Turtle , Furs , Cashmeres , or even Silks , which we- ; annually import in " exchange for the wealth abstracted'from us to be sen !; abroad ? The Jinswer is—the Tipper , and Middle Classes . For them it U that \ ve are . robbed « f our produce . By them it is that we are eusla : ed . But my sheet is filled , so 1 must leave oil ' . Your ' s , 3 iCy , ^ RO ^ TERRE .
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THE SCOTCH r * ATRIOta Glorious men , women , and children . The days of our friends ; are numbfred . Lord . Johri : Russell has named Tuesday- for . Mn Wukley ^ s Motion upon the Cotton Spinners , Tici , do be up arid-doing . Maky theland echo with your cries for justice . We want no : more 1 but that we . imust bave . Yuu ba \ e a House of Commons composed of Capitalists ^ - you bave : public Demagogues , " who live / upon your poverty—wlio are ^ ixtiovm , ' patriots Land Legislative Tyrants . Ybu ^ have a great middle class \ avovfedly / opposed to you ; arid still more
you have a little middle class , who : posseN an identity : of . political- feelirijr ii \ fa foa , ibut- ^ no dread . ; -your acqiuiynierit of ; powbis ; because ^ - they could' not ; -then- plunder you at will ; Thig 13 the w , or ^; clas 3 of- all ; because , they are but ; sli ghtly separated frrari yon in class ' distisction . : They watch each Rictian . of . taa- slave , ulnV calculatctlie profit and Iosjs on each hour " and niomcnt ' df your toil . You are ahnjys within their iiuuiediar ^ reaeh , aiid iniaer tbeir incmenkiry coritrciji . . ^ Marshal ydursslv-es , and you can beat all . Upon : your-apatliy depends their success . - "O . ' ur sttengtbisin our union- — our power incur voice , and cut-success in ) our perseverance . U p then and ; save . tLe C 6 tton ; Spinner 5 ,
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It is with deep T ^ et , wfe inform our readeils that thei talented and indefati ^ le ]^ atr [ ot , Auoustu ^ Hardinge Beaxjmont , Esq . , late Editoi ^ of tji ^ London Dispatch , and recentl y Proprietor ! ' . . ah ^ Editor of the Northern liberator , expirk in ^^^ j ^ tynitie - . o'clock / on Sunday- mprniri' 3 ' last . His illness naust have been very short , as hi had ^ ri caUcd ' tp &e . ^ Mr ^ Beaumont was a Ptaurieh ^ true-beartcaj Dempcrat , of the right School . No man ? ever hated tyranny more cofdially ^ -and few- , if anv have imposed upon society at large a heavier debt of gratitude , : for his great and constaPt
exertions m the sacred cause ; of freedoin . We have no doubt that his death was hastened ) if not caused , by the ardeney of his -feelinps , and the mentai and . physical labour , he has sustained for a lengib of time in the service of the people , especially it tW ; matters of Canada and the Cotton Spinners ! . His : enthusiasm in the cause of liberty had . caused hhiL to be a mrrrked man . v The base hirelings bfj the Whig and Tory press had begun ; to ^ clamour fct his : blood , arid wedoubt not they will hail ; with sa ^ e satisfaction , the news ; of his early arid unexpected death ;; though , had it been , accelerated by a
halter , " their malevolerice would probably have been still jniore ; highly gratified . yHe ^ was one to wliom the people owed muchj and whom they will long remember and lament . ; . '¦ - ;; . ; . - . - . - . ' ¦ - .. . ' • ' .: ¦¦'¦ : ' ,. ' '" . ¦ :
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A very spirited pfetttion , ' . fxom the .. ' Gr ' eat BadieaV Association j signed" FeARGUS O'Connpb , Chjair mau , " will be found in the ; ^ Stur" of this day .--The pelitlon was presented by : Mr , Wakley > ' and was rejected by the House of Commons , upori the ground that it implied an insult : t « , that assembly , and oilered ; a gratuitous pne to the Hbtise of . Lp-as ; One mse-acre \ argued that the extensive" terin " Lords ' must ^ me an the ; House of Lords , becaLge that House consisted of nearly all the Noblemeriiof this "Empire ; the fact Vbeing ; .: that : it ; ebnstitiltes but a small portion of the batch . Anotter argued that the House of Commons was
included , hecausei- the petitioners \ stated that - ; he Members : of that ; - TIouw [ tvere nof included ; 1 In the present state qf affairs j . \ ve hayethe vanity to suppose our liberty to . be a thing essential to oiir party ; and therefore we shall not speak of the present Parliament , but shall . briefly consider waat deseriptiori of couduct attaches the name of " rabble" to any section of society . ; The ; House 3 * pretty nearly balanced ; Kndj if we looked upln that part of the Constitution ag an authority . to be relied shoul 1
upon , we -: quote it in confirmation ue reneu upon , we snoui-X : quote it m confifmxtion of an opinion that there is a rabble even of the present Honourable House . What ; irieans the word rabble ? "An assembly of low . people . " -Of course , it must mean , generally , a " minority ; of [ a large assembly . And riovr to test the House ; : 1 } t its owri opinions first ; ariu : tlien , by our own knmyledge , afterwards ; The Tories : cait the "; Whigs RcA-oktionists , -Ruffians , ' - Base , Destructives ; ; lDt \ plunderers . They call the Irish ifembers , low , vu
par , prostituted , venal slaves ,. and needy , vagabond ^ . The Whi gs call the Tories a band of robber ^ bribers- , and ¦ national plunderers . . As : occasion serves , each of » the Factions call the Catholie : Mem ' - hers perju ' rere .- Such is the opinion of the House pi ts own JMcmbers . We cannot speak correctly of tbte jj-hseiit . Honourable ¦ . ' 'Gentlemen '; but if We > riiiiT judge of this Assembly by the late one , We be leave to confirm the general opinion . What ; thinl skinned beings they must be ! thus to take fire- at i
supposed insult , while vve have winesseda Chanceli lot . of the Exchequer , staggering to tke table of -thX House , amid the cheers of his party , while the Houte of "Justice ; smelled like a wine vault . What . icoRi scientio . us gentlemen they must-i « , ' when , of our mvh knowledge , we are aware that thousands a year have been lavished in bribing Hon . Members , - '¦ wliot sit on Private Committees , ; and carry , jobs througW the House .. Hovfr dare the ; Badicals of Marylebbne designate those as .-.- ^ rabble /'; who pledge , their honour to one line of conduct , and violate that pledge upon the first oppprtuhitv ? How dare the
people- look upon Mr . O'Connell as one of a " rabble , " ' who , in his recent laudations of the Wliigs , declared , nevertheless ,, that in case ' they should attempt to coerce tho Canadiansy his voice should'be registered against them , inasmuch as the state of Canada g-1 that of Irelarid was nearly analogous ,-arid-vet absents himself till themeasure of coercion against Canada has been completed ; ' " iXatchless efirontery T to designate as " r ' abble " - ? -a-ir
assembly who , one and all , declare the people to be the legitimate , source of allpower , while soveri , ( only seven !) are foundj to ; vote for the enterkiriment . of i question of paramount importance to the- . ' whole people ; namely the unjust ' persecution of . ith ' e five Scotch Patriots , now under sentence of transportation . The reader will now : judge whether or no thera is a " rabble" of : the House of Commons ; and whether or not it was constitutional to reject the . petitiori in question . The country is aware thai the-, " Reformed ' Parliament , '' has destroyed the privilege of petitioning ; and , therefore , : one great object was attained in the instance alluded to . The
petition was read , and a discussion took place , which was of more importance to the good cause , than if a bundle « f humiliating trashjhadbeen -c ' raiamed into the bag :, under the : table . In discussing this question , we cannot . omit doing justice to th « nrraniss and . talent evinced by the really Honourabl y Meriiber : for Finsburjr ; whi ) e at the same time , Ve differ entirely from bis doctrine upon the prestattition of the document , ia its amended form . The petitioners pray that Counsel may be heard , at ; the
Bar of the House , on behalf ; of the- S p inner ? . Mr-.-.-ZW ^ KLEy . declares his : disiriclihaticn ; to support the principle , inasmuch ; : as it- would es tablish a dangerous , precedent ; by making' the House of .-. Commons , - which is not -a Couit 6 f . Record , i Court of General Appeal in all casw :-¦ jSt . qw ' , with ^ all due deference to ^ T . WAKtEY ,: we beg to rerriirid him ; that public ; opinion yroiild operate strongly against the danger vwhich ; he seeiu * to apprehend ; and also that ; the Question of the Cotton Spiririersis a National one arid involves—a *
stated ; in the petition—the whole question ; of the S 6 ottish Jury taws ; arid , again , as some yrorkiiig menbave prajed for a Committee ., of Inquiry -and nu Honourable Member bas signified his mtentioa tpmoye for a Coiri , mittee to examiri ^ ^ nto tbe effecte of fTrzdes Combination gen « aliy ---by the inco « i pointed out , the wbole ' people ^ who are partieer vrci 5 ld : have Had ari ^ opportunity ^ of a fair , impartial , ' ; . ' , ;;' -and .--- / _ ' . di ^ pas 8 . i ' dnfMte . ' ; bearing upon the subject . We ; are ^ aware ; that an appeal to the : . Qneeri , in : Council , M is- the usual modej but Mr . Wakley knows too / ' well- tho farce
ot sucb ; . a ; proceeding . ¦ If aijy d ^ g ^ to the repose ¦' of the ^ i ^ ouse is to ^ Wapprehendedy fej •^ making it * . V Court of ^ Appeal , the precedent yri $ foljy Established , " by \ hearuig ^ f . ^ oebpcsV - ^ b ^ aalf of , tbe-Cana-- ¦ dians , and in future all that is necessary to obtain : a hearingat tbeBiry vt }\\ beiiheassertioriof ag ' eiby : ; forgone of pur nuirierousjcolonies : mere « ssertipn ; h * - v tb ' p , House ; deciihed the tojrffc of perusing Mr ^ : Ko ruck ' s power of Attorney ; In ^ ttus- ^ attfer instatice , Mr , WAKLEy cyincedtop muehr ^ ard forclas * d ! istiiietiori . ; thatrock ^ upbnwhichttostmen sflit ; W « .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 3, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct991/page/4/
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