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March 1, 1-46. ^ THE NORTHERN STAK, 5
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Ur. Cooper {author ot "The Purgatory of ...
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GLORIOUS SEWS FOR THE WORKING CLASSES.
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thatan organised agitation could be continued from rear to year -without ultimately extendim : to cur " most valued institutions ? Silly man ! We thought that having " so recently abandoned his "finality " Botions , and joined the League , he would have learned humility , and ' not again exhibited himself in the character of Dame Partington . Thegreatandparan-touutquestioriSofth . eagc *«\ Uall pressforsettleinentas soon as this Com Law grievance is swept away . It ia but the advanced guard of a host of agitations , which will force inquiry and achieve success . The questions of the justice of oar present electoral and representative system ; of a
Ten Hours' Bill—and if that be net sufficient to j make the balance even between machinery and labour—of an Eight , or a Sis Hours' Bill ; the question of a scientific and proper cultivation of the land wc live in , whereby it may be made to produce more than abundance for all its inhabitants ; and the important question of the relative positions of labour and capital—all press for solution and settlement . Like the shadowy kings of Jkmqno ' t race , they pass before the eyes of the present possessors of power ; and though they may exclaim with MatleA— " Another , aud another—I'll look no more ! " they may rest assured that their rei « n is certain .
Lord Jons Mansers has made another ineffectual attempt to repeal the Law of Mortmain , and been defeated . Whatever his motives may be in thus persevering in his attempts to alter the law on this subject , we own we cannot but wish his efforts were more successful . The origin of the statute was , no doubt , most laudable ; but times have much altered during the century that has elapsed since its enactment , aud while we should not much dread clerica l influence in this age of railroads , steam presses , and cheap information , the law does stand in the way of these associations , and of that assistance , which are so necessary to permanently improve the condition of the labouring classes .
The debate on the Corn Laws has formed a sort of Tannins bass to ail other subjects . It was renewed on Monday night , on the amendment of Mr . Vim-ens for immediate repeal . Two nights were occupied in the discussion of this amendment , and on a division there appeared for it , 78 ; against it , 265 ; majority for ¥ esl , 187 . Thus , in spite of all the bluster of certain Protectionists , the party has been glad to escape under his wing , for even the three years' protection he holds out to them . The Pkemiek
has again shown his acutencss in judging ol what will and what will not go down with the people at certain stages of progress—the difference between the practicable and the impracticable . Because he has beaten the high-Protectionists on the one hand , and the ultra-free traders on the other , we arc not , therefore , to infer that all danger to his measure is past . He may exclaim , with the sorely pressed liichard at Bosworth , "Methinks there arc six TAc hnoni * m the field io-dar . " Be has slain ttvo
already , but there yet remain four other opponents to be despatched before the bill can emerge from the committee ; and then the Lords—what will the Lords do ? All w * can say in reply is , that it is well " not to halloo till we are out of the wood , " and that the Protectionists intend to contest the ground inch bv inch . Satxkuay Mousing . Another act of the Andover Union melo-drama was enacted on Thursday evening in the House ol " Commons , in which Sir J . Graham , the 0 . Smith of
the piece , appeared in a new phase of his character . "We have not room for it this week , bnt it is so rich that it will keep for another week . All that is necessary at present is to record the gratifying fact , that upon this question Ministers were beaten by a ¦ majority of twenty-three ; and that , in spite of the sophistries and quibbles of the Home OBice , the iniquities perpetrated at Andover , and the conduct of the Poor Law Commissioners with reference thereto , are to undergo the ordeal of a Parliamentary committee of inquiry .
The new Irish Coercion Bill , amended by the Government , and with a tolerably hot opposition to various parts from the Liberal side of the home , passed through the committee in the Lords on Friday night ; and on the same night Sir Robert piloti-ii hi * vessel safely through tha Scylla and Charybdis of the Protectionist and Liberal benches . It has still some other stages to pass through before the bill becomes an Act ; but , somewhat to everybody ' s surprise , it has passed through the committee , and is to be reported on Mondav .
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March 1 , 1-46 . ^ THE NORTHERN STAK , 5
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Ur. Cooper {Author Ot "The Purgatory Of ...
Ur . Cooper { author ot "The Purgatory of Suicides" ) begs to inform several localities from which lie lias received applications , that he has made positive engagements for Sunday evening lectures to the eouuuciiceinent of -Hay : namely , . March loth , at the I'anlieiiiuui ; J-Jui and aidi , at the City Hall ; April o ± , at the Partheniuin ; 12 th ami 19 th , at the South London Hall , "Webber-street ; Ajiril - ' 6 th and Jlay 3 rd , at the Johnstreet Institution , Tottenham Court-road . "Veteran Patriots' and Exiles' Widows and Childsen ' s Funds . —I beg to acknowledge Uie receipt of 2 s . " from F . S ., Chartist seaman of Stoehton-on-Tets , and of Gs . from the ISirminghain Chartist Co-operative Land Society , meeting in Kea-str-et ( per Mr . Walter Thorn ) . The half-yearly publ . c meeting , for
presentation oi accounts and election o : officers , will be held in iLc Citv Chartist Hall , Tumajjaiu-laae , to-morrow ( Sunday ) , at three in the afttrsvon preeUdj . —Ta < ou £ Cooper , Secretary , IU , Blackfriar ' s-road * . TTh . Uaowx . —We must refer him aud our other friend to Mr . Roberts upon the law point . "We really cannot again open our columns to discuss the OJd Fellow question . Stephen S ., Darleston . —Yes ; the landlord can distrain for the whole rent . C . P . £ . —So ; he cannot be Imprisoned again for the same debt . Hce asd Cur . —We give the following as it cause to hand . Any Chartist being able to furnish au answer will do so : — " Dumfries . —There is a fellow here from
some place ia Wales , acting a ? superintendent of the police , who U the cause ofco-isiuVrable trouble io the inhabitants . lie was brought from London to this place , and report says he was a spy during the troublesome times of l & Z ) . If you could * funmh his history you would ve : y much oblige . Perhaps some of jour correspondents could give you the necessary information . He : ' s five feel eight , slender inade , Vrt < h feced , about twenty-eight years of age , ratlierignorant , With a good deal of the puppy about him ; answers to the iauie of John Joins . " The Great Criminal , . Mac - acley . —We give the following , - isa . specimen of numerous letters ivelmvereceived upon tbe same subject : — "Paisley , March 1 , 1 S 1 U . — Respected Sir , —I trust you will have the goodness to
pardon the freedom I take in thus addressing you , when I state , that I have endeavoured in vain to repress the strong impulse I felt on reading your letter t « BaWing Macauleg , to thank you for the well-merited castigatiou which yon have given to that fellow , who seems so intimately acquainted with the workingclasses , as to be fully warranted iu proclaiming iheir total ignorance of ttieir own interests . I had read his two letters in a Glasgow pa ] -er , previous tj tiie arrival oflheXjrtliernStar , and it is with feelings of inexpressible satisfaction that I acknowledge , that for the disgust which I felt on looking over them , 1 am compensated more than a thousand-fold by your able dissection of them , and of the base lildler who pemird them . Accept , then , of my acknowledgments , suiti trith tbe ftdl assurance , that wlieu the day arrives that
you are to meet linn on the hustings at Edinburgh , poor though I am , I shall endeavour to make one of the thousands who on that occasion shall hold up their hands iu favour of the uuciiuipromisiug advocate of the rights of the toiling millions . —Excuse this freedom , aud believe me , with profoundre-pectaiid esteem , your difdple and admirer , IIcncan Robertson Feargus O'Conner , Esq , " 3 ons Bcddes , Sunderland We are sorry to be obliged to say that he is liable to the poor-rate , and there is only one way of relieving himself , and that is by the working classes of England insisting upon such a government as will not leave a pauper in the land . Z . Y . Z . —A promise of marriage before a i » trsoii has attained the age of twenty-one is not binding in law , but if no good reason exists for breaking it off , it should Le
in honour . 3 . LI—Yes . The girl can force her seducer to maintain the child . Halifax . —On Monday , the Chartists of Halifax held a meeting , to take the subject of Sir . O'Connor ' s letter into consideration , sad wlien it was fully discussed , the feeling was of general approval , but tlict tucntv members would be sufficient , or that rather the dis * - trcssed state of the operative class would nut suppevt moie . [ We must have fifty this time , and the nation will repay the ei-pense , but have them we trill , if wc are not prepared to become substitutes for the regular army , who are to be sent to shoot tiie Americans , and if the League are not to have it all their own way when the struggle comes . ] "W . W . _ We don'i remember receiving the " lines" you speak of .
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Sooru Lancashire Misers . —Yfe received , on Thursday , a letter from Little Lever , detailing the particulars of tbe strike , or rather deprivation of employment , under which great numbers of the mi ners of South Lancashire are suffering . The letter , in the shape we received it , could not appear in jirint , but if the miners think si statement of their casa in this paper , in addition to what has already appeared , - aud what appears in our columns this week , would be of service to them , our columns are open . We have only t « request that the Lancashire ( miners ) Secretary . will draw up the statement , clear and concise , and it ahall be inserted JlR . illUJE is informed that Mrs . Frost and her daughters still reside at Bristol ; the report of their having gone out to Sidney is false . Wc contradicted it at the
time . 6 . Si-encek . —The lines will not do . Edwabd Joeceak . —Weare .-atisScd . The " Song to the Poles" shall appear next week . "The Death of Wallace" we may re-publish ou a future occasion . David Snell . —If you would send us anything in reason , anything that we could read within a reasonable time , we should then be able to decide whether we could publish your correspondence ; as it is , we have really not time to even read your apparently endless letters . G . Goes , Southampton . — The lines will not do . The followi . no jitter is peg * America : — "Dear Brother , —I received two Stars by this packet , and was glad to hear they were going to recognise the Chartist
body . I was afraid they were going to fall through ; but , let me tell you , liberty is a thing worth struggling for- and I hope and trust the Chartists will nut despair , as their principles are just , and becoming morepopular . You may give 5 s . to the Chartist cause , from an exiled Chartist , of Massachusetts , America I read the letter of T . S . Buncombe with much toterest He is the best man in the Chartist ranks , Feargus excep ted . Don ' t fail to send me as many Stars' as possible . 1 wish I had one every week , as I used to have tlem when at home . —Jons Scorr . ' A . Pewit . Somebs Tows . — So such resolution was " receired ' at this office last week , and this week its publication is unnecessary , as the estate Unpurchased .
The Miners , Sewcastle-on-Tvne . —To tiie Editor of theAbr t / icrn Star—March 4 , ISM . —Sir , —in the notice to correspondents in last week ' s Star , you inserted a letter from a Lancashire miner , detailing the circumstances of an extensive strike of the miners in tiie neighbourhood of Bolton , Bury , & c Sir , the writer of that lettor professes to attach considerable importance to the absence of any report of the said sti ike in the Star ; inasmuch as some of the knobsticks from the neig hbourhood of Bradford , distinctly stated that they perused tiie Star , to find out whether the men were on strike or not , and seeing nothing of the kind noticed , they took it for granted that the story of the person en . gaging them was untrue . The just and proper inference is , that had any account of the said strike been published in the Star , those individuals would not have come to supplant the miners now on strike . There can be no doubt that such would have been the case
with respect to the individuals in question , but it is also very questionable whether the publication of such things do not bring upon the parties the very evil they desire to prevent ; at least such was the opinion of many of the leading men in Lancashire when the present strike commenced ; therefore , the sole reason why the strike was not noticed in the Star , was to prevent an evil , which pastexpirienee had taught us to fear , and not , as is supposed , through any ill feeling totrards the Star or its conductors . Sir , there is in your comment on the above letter , evidence of considerable misinformation on the subject of the strike in Northumberland and Durham . " The colliers—thatis , the leaders of the colliers—have professed to attach more importance to a finger ' s length in any other paper , than
to columns in the Star . " We can scarcely hope to be exempt from the censure of men , who having provoked a prema'ure strike iu Northumberland and Durham , then turned round on the man who had given strength as a party , and gained triumphs that were almost incredible . to cover their own folly . " Sir , we should feel much obliged by your explaining to us whom the above paragraph alludesto , and whoarethcpartiesimplicated Yours , on behalf of the Miners' Executive , Martin Jcde . —P . S . Sir , we have had furnished us today , a statement from one of our lecturers , that he forwarded to the Star many important documents , and that they were not only not inserted , bat no notice taken ofthem whatever . — -M . J . [ In reference to the above postscript , I beg to say , as " one of the
conductors of the Northern Star , that all" documents" from the miners which have reached my hands , have invariably been inserted or noticed in some shape . When « nlv ' noticed , it has been because the 'documents " were either so written as to render their curtailment and revision absolutely necessary , or because they have been received at a period of the week when it was impossible to give them in full I beg also to say , that 1 have ever given to the mieers my first attention , before attending to any other trade . If articles have been sent to the Star , of which no notice has been taken , they have not reached the Star office , or at least not myhands . Perhaps , however , the non-reception of communications by ' tbe Editor , " may arise through the parties sending them neglecting to pay thepostag ^ .
The clerk informs me , that many letters are refused ( and very properly ) because not pre-paid . It is rather ' ¦ too bad" for corresiKmdeuts io expect the columns of the paper to be applied t 3 their uses , at the same time throwing the cost of double postage upon the proprietor . The atote Utter from Mr . Martin Jcue tea * rceticed unpaid , and would have been refused , but that the . seal having been broken before the nonpayment was noticed , and the letter being found to be from a friend , the clerk paid the postage . —G . Julias Harnev . ] [ As conductor and proprietor of tbe North . ern Star , I can only say that my invariable order has been , to insert anything that comes from the Unions . As to Martin Jn-le , he will not require much from me to convince hiin iha- no reference was made to him
in the uoti-: e of last week ; while I know , trom my own personal knowledge , that a meeting was got up bv some of the managers of the colliers' movement / but I am not going to open wounds which the good sense of the men have long since healed . In justice to Martin Jude , I must say that in Ins second letter he enclosed two stamps to pay the postage of the letter , but he must bear in mind that this was very like the Irishman ' s blunder , who put the address inside the letter , but forgot it outside . — Feabgls O'Connor . ] 3 * 3 £ - ' Address to the working classes of Great Britain and the United States" { sixth page ) . In the twentythird line of the fourth paragraph of this address the words " cither of the contending parties , Ac . " occur . The word " contending" must be read " contracliiis "" either of the contracting parties giving the other , & C . & C . "
Glorious Sews For The Working Classes.
GLORIOUS SEWS FOR THE WORKING CLASSES .
AN ESTATE PURCHASED ! "Wc stop the press to announce the purchase of an e < tr . tc bv ' tbc Chartist Co-operative Land Society , in the county ol Herts , about fifteen miles l ' rom London , consistimr of 103 ad cs of capital land . The purchase-money for this estate—the first landed property possessed by the working classes—is £ 1 , 860 . ' 15 ein « at the rate of £ 18 per acre : just 15 s . per acre less than the sum stated in the role .- - . UUHRA 1 I FOR THE LAND AND TIIE CHARTER !!
K.Bceipts Of The Chabtist Co-Operative I.Asd Societr.
K . BCEIPTS OF THE CHABTIST CO-OPERATIVE I . ASD SOCIETr .
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SHAKES . PER MR . O ' COXKOE . £ s . d . AshtMi-undoi-Lvne . per E . Hohson .. .. 8 1 10 Tollbridge Wells 7 1 0 Mr . Foxton , Woliuru Cottage , Tavistock-squarc 5 4 4 lirigiituii , Artichoke locality .. .. .. 063 0 « .. rge lledfcarn , Somerset Chapel .. .. 5 4 10 I Aberdeen , per J . Praser .. .. .. <• '•> 0 | Upton , per Win . ISri . u'n .. .. .. 014 James Towel' •• — •• " ' *¦ " * V . ' . J . 0 . Wilkinson . Esq , Exeter .. .. 5 4 4 I'iyiuoutb , per E . Kubertson .. .. .. 4 17 11 J Nottingham ] 'cr J . Sweet -I 12 3 Bury , per I . Vnuis Wilson .. .. .. 200 I . lanelly , per Thomas Bee .. , .. .. 060 . Sheffield { secretary ' s name net mentioned ] .. 3 13 9 Xorwich , per Jonathan Huitv .. .. .. 3 18 8 I {< H-lid . ik-, ] . er Edward . Mitchell 2 0 0 liewsbuw , per J . K «« isc - .. .. .. 4 13 Io Jlwb . v , ••[•!• W . Ci-abtrcc . 4 11 0 Stockp-irt , per Thomas Woodhoiise . .. 2 0 0 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 41 4 7 Lc-ed- * . )« r W . lirw . lt . .. -. W « 0 Glasgow , utr James Smith •• » : i - ^ '<¦ Colue , per James Holgatc .. •• < f * It Kirk , per Thomas Hull } <» Xcwcastlc-ou-Tyiie , peril . Jude « * j < * Northampton , per W . Munday z Bradford , per . I . Aldersoti -a 0 0 South Shields , per John Tatri-. k " ? „ Todi'M-nit-ii , [ icr . lames Milt-hell " " " * ? a Wigtuii , per Thomas Hell ° , ,, 1 he sum announced from Glasgow last week should have been l " is ., and not 12 :. LEVI FOK THE LAND CO . NFEBENCE , PEil Mil . o ' CONNOB . George lledfcarn 0 0 C Aberdeen , per J . Fraser 0 0 i i'lyiiioiuli , jiti E . Kolicrtson .. .. .. 003 Norwich , per Jonathan Hurry .. .. .. j- cw . -buiv , per J . Kousc .. .. .. WigH . il , per i . Bell 0 0 8 LEW FOR DIKECTOES . PER MB . ( . ' CONNOE . James Powell 0 10 Sunderland , per William Double .. ° - - Xi . nvieh . j . erJoiiatluui Hurry .. .. * .. 0 0 10 Drusl-ury , per J . House ., .. .. 004 Wigtuu , l'fcr Thomas ISell „ .. „ 0 0 10
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KATIONAL CUAUTEU ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . psa SIB . u ' COSMOB . fieorsre Gouk , Soutliaiiiptmi ., ,, 033 Ni / rtiia . 'iipt'iii , per Thomas Kerns " .. 0 li ti Jw - epli Hague .. .. .. || .. U 1 O . !' . lm . Scot ; , . Yassacl-UR-lU * , Ainej-iea ' . ' . .. Sheiton , jiur John . Muss .. „ .. 1 fi 0 front the C . ' i . Mtists ofGrtiamiehamlheMfatd , per Air . Waghoru r , 1 o 10 0 VICTIM FCND . re * *« o ' coxson . vevrgcGuuk , Southautiituii .. 0 19
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VEIEBAK PATBIOTS * ASD EXILES' WIDOWS' FUND . PEE MK . O ' CONNOB . Keightey , per » . Weatlurlte ; t < l 10 0 BRVASI HCEIMt ' s -WIDOW . PER MK . O ' CONKOK . Messrs . "Welch , Birmingham .. .. .. TOO John Shaw , Commercial-road .. „ „ o 2 « NATIONAL ANTI-MILITIA FCND . PER MR . O ' CONN'JE . J . Sweet , Nottingham .. „ „ „ Thomas Cood , Mount Kettering .. .. o 5 0
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RECEIPTS OF TIIE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOqiETY . suabi- s . tee general 3 eceetart . £ s - d - " - £ g . d . Cainberwcll , Sccre- llmieir :: " - .. j p- 0 tary .. .. " 3 , ° , ° { Jurkinjr .. .. o 5 u Oxford .. « : < ' * ° Robert Bell .. .. a 12 4 Carriugton .. ° ; ° , M' * - Elliott .. .. ' » l > -1 Itotherham .. ** ly 8 Culluiupton .. .. 4 o o Westminster .. 650 Oxford .. , ; y g y Crown and Anchor 0 5 4 Dunfermline .. 0 4 ( i Charles Foley .. 014 Mottrnm ,. .. a 0 fl Devizes .. .. ' - 11 0 Sudbury .. " ' 0 0 Merthyr , per Morgan 1 ( I 6 Hull 3 u 0 James Morris .. 0 5 0 Todmorden .. 026 Halifax .. .. 109 Trowbridge .. „ y 5 0 CAHDS A }; d RULES . Dorking .. .. U 1 i Norwich .. . 00 10 Oxford .. .. 010 Oldham .. .. 044 LEW FOE THE LAND CONFERENCE . Rrighton .. .. u 0 9 Dorking .. .. 0 1 ( Elderslie .. .. ( I 3 Westminster .. ( I 0 « Norwich ; .. .. 0 0 ;) Oxford 0 0 3 Lower Warley .. 0 0 U Sheffield .. .. u 0 « Cai-Hiigtoii .. .. 0 - ' G Tudiuurdcn .. .. O U 3 Devizes .. .. oo ; J Secretary .. .. 0 1 0 MSVr FOR DIRECTORS . Rrighton .. .. o : l 0 Staievbridgo .. 017 Carlisle .. .. 013 Stockport .. .. « 7 5 Darleston .. .. 006 Westminster .. 0 0 «" Boulogne ,. .. 024 Camberwell .. .. 0 1 0 Norwich .. .. 0 0 0 Brighton .. .. 0 1 ! 0 Lower Warley .. 014 L-uiibeihead-grecn 0 0 li Bnry 0 0 7 Rochdale .. .. 013 Kewcastlc-ou-Tyiie u 1 3 Oldham .. .. « 1 b Bronisgroeo .. 009 l'ershore .. .. 040 Dm king .. .. 012
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . PER GENERAL SECRETARY . Carriugton .. .. 0 i o Crispin , KothcrhitheO 1 0 Broinsgrove .. .. 0 5 ( l Sheffield .. .. 0 2 8 W . Salim-ii , 1 month u 0 C Leicester Shak-T . Salmon , ditto .. 0 0 c fpeiiriaus .. .. 030 Westminster .. 0 S o Do . profitson . Vtar 0 19 Mr . Clark ' s lecture , Jsrightou .. .. 030 Turnagaiu-lane .. 0 5 7 | Several su « IS for the Exiles' Committee will appear next Week . Thomas Martin Wheeler , Sccretaw .
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MONDAY . Wasteo . —A liberal salary will be given to any RESPECTABLE GENTLEMAN who will undertake to furnish us with , say oue column of manufactured news for Mondays ; as , really , the morning papers have been recently wholly destitute of news on that day . Tun Gextlemen op the IIouse of Commons . — Weare told thai we should receive our pronunciation from the senate , the bar , the pulpit , aud the stage . It is fortunate , however that we arc not directed to receive our manners from , or to adopt the language of the senate—as liar , blackguard , cheat , bloodhound ,
rulfian , monster , cold-blooded villain , appear to constitute the stock in trade of the polite Commons . The row , the blackguard row , between Ferrand , Roebuck , Disraeli , Dr . liowriug , friend Bright , and Saint Harry lnglis , would have disgraced a brothel , but was in pcrleet keeping with the decorum of tbe house . Of course , as our object is to paint men in their real colours , we give tbe debate as we found it , while we fed some apology due to our virtuous , simple hearted readers for being compelled by tbe fashion of the c ' ay to turn their paper into a chronicle of blackguardism .
Ihe Corn Ikade . — " . Not all the king s horses , nor all the king ' s men , can put roley poley on the wall again . " Tumble , tumble , tumble , is the order of the day , and the patriotism or" tbe millers will not induce them to give one farthing beyond the necessity price tor corn . Trade . —From every manufacturing town the accounts are most gloomy , and Leeds , which used to furnish tiie « ne bright speck in the black table , has now been overcast . We learn that in that town trade grows worse , and that more meu are unemployed noivtlian at the same period last year .
aIo . vev jxd Shake Market . — These branches of traffic keep the wits of the jobbers upon a continual strain . Nobody dares to sell , and nobody ventures to buy—in fact , a greater dulne-ns lias pervaded 'Change than lias been remembered for some time . Of course corn stagnation , trade stagnation , and plunder stagnation , are one and all attributed to the uncertainty aud despondency created by the great debate . '
IRBLArfD . The Mdbdehed Seeby . —The case of Bryan Seery . the unfortunate Catholic , wno was recently murdered at -Mullingar , continues to occupy the attention of the country and the house . We have this moment received a Post-oih ' ce order for £ l from two excellent brothers of the name of Welch , of Birmingham , for tbe wife and family of the murdered man . The virtuous grand jury lor the county of Westmeath have sent au indignant resolution to the virtuous Home Secretary , denying that a deputation of bloodhounds from that county had waited upon tlic Lord Lieutenant to demand the blood ol poor Seery . Those gentlemen knew full well that the deputation consisted of ge . \ tlkme >* from the county of ll-iscommon—a fact which has not been denied , and must not be forgotten . We are making every ii . uuiry to discover the names of these gentlemen , in order that wc may hand them down to posterity as a pack ol
BLOODHOUNDS . Coercion-. —The Irish press is now beginning to make a tittle splutter about coercion . It is the practice with those patriots to tolerate an abuse in its infancy , in order that they may proiit by noisy opposition to its further growth . While the press and the patriots are indignant , the Liberator and the joints of his tail , that have followed bim to Saxon land , arc lisping soft appeals to tbe Saxons , and allowing the coercion government to gain strength . Oh . ' for a dozen Irishmen in the House of Commons who would take the first bench upon the Hour , opposite the . Minister , ou the night that the Coercion Bill is introduced , and who , upon the monster being read a first time , would rise simultaneously , and , with clenched lists , say to the minister , " Then Ireland sball rebel against your tyranny ; as a high Tory authority has left it upon record , ' That it is as much the duty of the people to rebel against a corrupt Parliament as against a tyrannical Prince J '"
TUESDAY . The first news that presents itself this morning , is the unanimous vote of thanks passed in both Houses of Parliament to our olliceis aud soldiers , who have sliuglitered tlic Indians in their own country . We wonder that some honourable gentleman was not struck with the propriety of moving , as an amendment , that the thanks were due to the native Indians for their just aud courageous attempt to repossess themselves of the territory we stole fiMin them . We presume tliat friend Bright , at ail events , absented himself from this unbecoming ceremony ; but perhaps the honourable member lor Rochdale views it as a portion of commercial policy , and is in favour of FllEE TRADE IA' BLOOD .
Loud Lincoln Again !—This noble lord is determined upon making an egregious ass of himself . Being well thrashed in South Nottinghamshire , ho llas allowed a Mr . Bayley , of Mansfield , to make a tool of him in the northern division , where the further defeat of the noble lord will tend to give increased coniilence to the Protectionists throughout thc country . Pkel axd the Pahsoxs . — We learn from many agricultural districts that each pulpit is fairly turned into A drum ccclcsias-tic ,
and that the meek and mi . 'd followers of Christ everywhere vow iire-and-f-tggot vengeance against the apostate Peel , for his audacious presumption in attempting to arrest a threatened famine , the result of winch may be a sweeping investigation into the general causes of distress , ami the discovery thai it arises from the fact of the shepherd eating up al . that belongs to the flock . The Laxu Society , —The most important news of this day is , that Messrs . O'Connor and Doyle devoted ten hours to travelling to , and examining a freehold property ot 103 acres , beautifully situated in Ilcrifordshire , and pre-eminently calculated to commence
operations upon . It is to be sold by auction , on Friday next , and if to be had for the value it will be the people ' s by Friday night . There is one circumstance connected with this farm , and not of a peculiar nature , for all others are similarly circumstanced , but which we cannot forbear mentioning . The value of the land is , as nearly as possible , £ 100 per annum , and the amount of tithe rent charge is nearly £ 25 a-year , showing that the parsons have one-fourth of the rantal of the country . We mentioned this circumstance to a friend who recently purchased a property worth £ 00 a-year , and he observed that it was lower than his tithe , as he paid over £ 27 a-year , or nearly one-third of the value .
IKELAND . Quauficatiox op a Peeu . — Poor Lord Lincoln , being drunined out of the several divisions of xN ' ottiughani , is , it appears , to be elevated to the peerage , or , as some say , yet to come in for a pocket borough . There are various rumours , some asserting that he is to go back to the Woods and Forests , and not to Ireland as chief secretary , and others , that he will be pitchforked in for a borough . Now , let us see whether this fabrication of peers is constitutional , and if constitutional , whether it is constitutionally practised . Let us , for argument ' s sake , admit that it is constitutional , then , as to the practice , it ought not to be in violation of common deeenev . The elevation to the peerage ought to depend upon qualification , and not upon disqualification , as wc shall shew . Manners Sutton lost the Speakership and thecon-
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™™ ce of the house , AND , OF COURSE , OF THE COUN 1 RY—as the country represents the houseand he is sent to the Lords as Lord Canterbury . So with Abercrombie , the rummesfc Speaker that ever the world saw ; lie loses the confidence of constituents , house and all * , and he goes to the Upper House as Lord"Dunfermline . So with Sir Henry Parnell ; no constituency would have him , and he becomes my Lord Cungleton . So with Paul Methuen ; he is beat in Wiltshire , and goes to the Upper House as Lord Methuen . So with Littleton , the nu . st
unfortunate secretary that Ireland ever mi \ v , and lie becomes Lord Hatherton . So with Spring Rice , Lotd Alouteagle—Beilby Thompson is beaten in Yorkshire , and he beconus Lord Wenlock . But the cases arc innumerable , and perhaps we may shortly have to add Lord Lincoln to the number . Now , we will shew how this is unconstitutional . - The electors declare them uulitted for the initiative process of law-making , and the Crown declares them ntted for the more important duty of revising , reconstructing , or rejecting taws .
FOREIGN . . Amkrica . —No Vote ! so Musket !!—Wc have often told our readers the story of the old lady who complained so often of being ill that nobody would believe her , and at last she said , " she was sure she'd be obliged to die to c onvince her neighbours that she was sick . " Now , wo hope that we shall not be obliged to die to convince our neighbours that we were right . It is now more than a ye . ir and a half since we confidentl y announced the fact , that tho Oregon question would lead to a rupture between England and America ; and it is some months since we further announced , that the non-intervention question was the topic in the President ' s message to which tbe league of kings and their tools would take
exception . We stated this a fortnight before M . Guizot made his celebrated declaration . Wc closely watched the proceedings of Congress and the American people , and we laid our conclusions , based upon the tacts of the case , before the country . We cautioned the people against the attempt of the newspapers ( one and all of which were written for Stock Exchange and trafficking purposes ) , to lull the public mind into a calm . We told the people that that calm was necessary , as well for the turtherance . of Sir Robert Peel ' s commercial policy , as far the furtherance of ike interest of the jobbers . Many of those jobbers kave since sold their stock . Upon the subject of the Militia Bill , we announced , that of course government would postpone its final operations for two reasons—firstly , from the fear of apprising the Americans ; and secondl y , from a disinclination to incur tbe expense unless it became absolutely necessary . We find , from the
communications that have taken place between Lord Aberdeen and tlic American ambassador in London , Mr . Huehanan , that Lord Aberdeen has been telling lies as fast as a horse could trot , and that poor simple Jonathan has either been deceived by him , or has deceived his government at Washington . Lord Aberdeen assures Mr . Buchanan that the increase in oun annv and navy was not in consequence of any anticipated rupture with America . What a lie ! Why it was for that , and nothing else . However , be all these things as they may , it now appears decided that wc are to have a war with America ; and it is equally clear that we are to have a militia , and it is as clear that our eyes were open when the people ' s eyes were shut , and that we were telling them the truth , while the press was telling them lies for the mere purpose of keeping up the funds , and for the pleasure of deceiving the people . We shall now have the Miliua Bill . We shall now have the
SO VOTE 1 SO MUSKET !! question agitated in the Star , -, whether the people agitate it or not , and then let every miserable wretch , whose own apathy shall have been the cause of hi--own suifcring , blame himself if he finds himself under the lash of the drummer , under the lire of Americans lighting for the democratic principle , or uiukr the torture of his wounds - , fighting the battle of oppression and misrule . Again , we say NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET !! Polaxd . —Wc call attention to the attempt being now made by the brave Poles to throw off ihe yoke of their tvraut .
WEDNESDAY . Free Trade . —By the division upon Mr . Villiers ' amendment for free trade , it will be seen that the Protectionists yet cling to the lingering hop" nf rallying the country against the progressive free trade policy of Sir Robert Peel . The Limns axd the Piiime Minister . — The speech of Lord George Beiitinck , last night , gives iiivful warning of wliao the country is yet to expect . '' isumis—pas vainu ! " . Subdued , not conquered—or rather betrayed , not conqusa'd—appears to be tho motto of the Protection
party . Lord Gcor & e savs *— " We are not beaten . WE'LL FICaiT THE UATTLE FROM POST TO PILLAR . ( Bravo , QUI TAM . ) Why not from distance-post to winning-post ? Why not from heat to heat ? And then he says— " We'll " o to the country and fight it there . " We wonder if Lord George has calculated what he'll get from the country . Now , wc would give those gentlemen one bit of timely advice ; il they are to come to the country , we wotiid rccoiiinu'iid thl'in to agree upon "A CRY , *' and a good cry—a better cry than " Church and Protection for native industry . "
The Franchise . —By reference to the debate ? in Parliament it will be seen that at last the Protectionists are beginning to discover the deficiencies , the follies , and imperfections of the Reform Bill ; and arc now looking out for protection' through an extended franchise . Brown-bread Joseph has again revived the HOUSEHOLD SUFFRAGE STANDARD , anil all argue the necessity of establishing some denned standard which all will understand , lii our letters to Mr . Cobtlen upon the franchise portion of free trade , it will be borne in mind that we stated the effect that free trade in coin would have upon the present franchise . We showed that it would disfranchise the £ 50 tetuiuts at trill , numbering 101 , 000 ; thatis , that it would disfranchise all who now pay
exactly £ 50 a year , or even £ G 0 a year , or £ 70 a year , becau-e the farm held now at £ 70 , and giving a vote at £ 50 , will not be worth £ 50 when the Corn Law is repealed ; so that the franchise then would be a £ 70 , and not a £ 50 tenancy at wiil . Well , one of two things must occur to remedy this evil ; the landlords must either look for a £ 20 franchise at will , or must knock their present £ 50 farms into larger holdings . So with houses . We showed Mr . Cobden that every house worth now only £ 10 , would be disfranchised , and upon the whole , wo have not the shadow of a doubt upon our minus that one of two things will occur—either that the Lords , headed by Stanley and Richmond , will
throw out the bill , upon the pretext that the country should be tested upon the principle of free trade ; or that Peel will resign , and that the Whigs will attempt to delude the country with the promise of a vastly extended franchise . The country must therelore be prepared , while it avoids Scylla , not to fall upon Carybdis ; while it refuses coalition with the 'lory lords , not to fall unon the worst rock of compromise with the Whig Commons . We know our vessel , she is as tight a bark as ever weathered a ga / e ; we know the soundings of the river , and every rock in the channel ; we know our crew , and are ready to go to sea with the certainty of a prosperous voyage , if those for whom we embark onlv cheer us with their countenance—BUT VICTORY WE WILL HAVE
THIS TIME ! The Farmers axd the Price of Wheat . —In our letter to Tom Crone , in 1811 , we laid down what the price of wheat would be in the English market if the Corn Laws were repealed , and we stated it at 25 s . a quarter . Last night Lord George Bcntinck read statistical accounts furnished from experience , by persons who had been in the trade for forty years , showing that wheat could be imported into this country at . something under 25 s . a quarter . Is it not euvious how noble lords and squires are obliged to do justice , tardy justice , to our superior knowledge i and lor publishing which we were branded with the stamp of folly . We now tell Lord George Bcntinck , that when the Corn Laws are repeal- d , that wheat , both English and foreign , will be sold
UNDER TWENTY-FIVE SHILLINGS PER QUARTER ; and we tell the labouring man , that if he does not force OTHER CONCESSIONS from government , that he will find it more difficult then to purchase a quarter of wheat for 25 s . than he would now find it to purchase a quarter of wheat lor b ' os . ; and wc tell him more , that in the midst of this newdistress the masters wo a Id make more uvolits while wheat was at the lower price . " Then , whv support the measure ? " says some wiseacre . . We do not support the measure further than as a means to an end —the only means b y which we could secure the only profitable end—the People ' s Charter and the Land .
it this blow had not come , the operatives and trades would have gone on muddling and growling , growling and compromising , compromising and brawling , brawling and threatening , threatening and surrendcrins , until politics at last settled down into this disgusting course of compromise . This measure is the spur . This measure is the general invitation of the indtistrioifs of all classes , shopkeepers , mechanics , trades , operatives , artificers , and labourers , to unite as one body against the griping capitalists , who , through the ^ tncontrolled power ot machinery , absorb all that should be divided amongst all .
Cohdex and the Country . — Last night , in the House of Commons , Cobden threatened to come back to the country , in the event of the Lords throwing out the government measure . Were we not beforehand with Mr . Cobden ? Did we not tell the country last week that that was the very emergency we should be prepared fur ? And we now tell the country , that if the Lords do throw the measure out , and if Cobden and the League do attempt to rouse the country upon the mere free trade question , the country must call upon THEIR LEADER ( Dunconibe ) to take the field upon the country ' s principle , and thus to test the country ' s principle against the League principle . We will hold his hat , and be satisfied to hold up one hand , aye , both hands , for our own princi ples . If the country is to » o to an election , in ord er that the Lords and Commons should be advertised of the country ' s feeling , it shall not be
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confined to Church and Protection upon the one haud ! or free trade and corn upon the other . Chartists ' dissolution threatens , war threatens , cmgi-cioh threatens , faction is in danger ; a nation can tbe subdued except bv its own folly , a people can t be conquered but by themselves ; they can ' t conquer but lor themselves ; call out your local leaders ^^ -decorate your banners , re-paint your Peterloo slaughter Hag , refresh your household mottoes , for , believe us , that you wiil be called upon once more to rally under them , or to crouch under the banner of LOW WAGES , cheap bread , too much to do , dominion of capital , extended commerce , deserted hearth , awl abject slavery .
Peel and Stanley . —In 1810 wc wrote a dream for Peel , and in that dream we represented kim as lamenting the recovery of Lord Derby , the father of Lord Stanley ; and wc represented him as most anxious to shelve Stanky in the House of Lords . That ' s another of our prophecies that has been fulfilled ; and now we represent him as full of regret for having furnished the old fogies with so reckless a young leader , and with having furnished the old dotard Wellington with so dangerous an antagonist . Again , we repeat that it is more than absurd that Irish famine should be made the ground of the present measure , while the whole season is likely to be exhausted in debating it . Money Maukbt . —Jn spite of the profligate press , the American news has knocked the funds down more
than one per cent ., while all other interests , share market and all , partake of the general despondency . " When will England bo great abroad ? " Answer : " When she is great ao home . " " When will that be ? " Answer : " When all who are disinherited by machinery shall be able to possess themselves of land enough , at a fair rent , for the employment of their own industry ; when there are no pauper laws , and when England will increase in wealth in proportion as she increases in population ; when machinery shall be man ' s holiday instead of man ' s curse ; and when the People ' s Charter shall be recognised as the fair , the legitimate , the only mode of developing the resources of the country , of adjusting its necessary burthens , and of distributing its productions . "
IRELAND . Bryan Seery . —The country is not forgetting that the Irish Catholic was murdered by Protestants , and wc are determined that the Saxons shan't forget it . Conciliation Hall . —Nothing worthy of comment took place this week . Tho amount of rent was £ 204 . See amount of Land-rent advertised in our columns . Did we not say that the steady devotion of Chartism would beat the trafficking excitement of Repeal in the long run ! Lord Melbourne and the Repeal Association . — The following letter was read at Conciliation Hall , from the kite Whig Prime Minister : — South-street , Feb . 21 .
Sir , —I beg leave to acknowledge your letter of the 28 th inst ., and to inform you in ' reply , that it is my decided opinion that the measure now before the House of Lords , which has for its object the more effectual prevention , and the more certain discovery , of the frightful crimes which prevail in many parts of Ireland , has clearly been delayed too long , and cannot now be pressed with too much celerity . I remain , Sir , your faithful and obedient servant , Mklbovunb . The Disease in the Potatoes . —We take the following from the Tralee Chronicle : —
0 « en Moynilian , of Jlinisb , in the vicinity of Killarney , an industrious fanner , and a tenaiu to Alr . Dauiol Uroiiiii , of the Park , has communicated to us the result of an experiment tried by him , not only uu his lastpotatoe crop , but on those of several previous years . In the midule of August last , lie states , wanting fodder for bis cattle , lie cut down the stalks of nearly two acres of potatoes , leaving a few patches , at the ends of some of the ridges uncut . The result was , that , while the people of ihe country round lost a large portion of their crop hy the rot , he has had potatoes of tlie . linest quality and in the most healthy condition—with tins exception , that those dug wheie the stalks , had not been cut all rotted . He states that he never hud u failure since he adopted this course . He thus accounts for this favourable result last season , lie says that there was a severe frost ia tbe middle of last September , to which lie mid many practical men attribute much of the fearful epidemic . By
destroying " lite in the stalk , " be argues , the channel ol communication by which the frost would have acted on the potatoe crop was cut off . Whatever may be said ol the theory , it is quite certain that the practice has proved eminently etUcaeious , Now , by reference to our work on " Small Farms , " it will be scon that wc estimate the value of the stalks of an acre of potatoes at more than a year ' s rent . There is only one observation that we shall make upon the above : it is this—that , by earlier planting , the stalks may be cut down in July , which would save the chance of a month ' s damage from frost . We never had a damaged or a bad potatoe when wc planted whole seed , and we have sometimes had as much as from forty tu fifty acres a year , and always sold under the market-price , and planted for the purpose of keeping prices down during the scarce months .
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THE TEN HOUKS' BILL . GREAT MEETINGAT MANCHESTER . On Monday evening a public meeting of tbeiactory operatives , aud other inhabitants of Manchester and Salford , was hvld in the large room of the Totrn-liaJl , King-street , " for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament lor an efficient Ten Hours' Bill . " The Rev . C . D . IV ray , A . M ., Canon of Manchester , presided . There were present on the platform , the Right Hon . Lord Ashley , the Revs . W . Huntington , A . M ., T . It . Rent ley , ALA ., R . Hutchinson , and \ V . B . Flower , Mr . Thomas Fielding , < tc . The room , long before the hour at which tue business of the meeting commenced , was crammed to overflowing , and hundreds were unable to obtain admission .
The Chairman said it was nearly two years since he was their chairman on a similar occasion to the present . He could assure them that no change whatever had taken place in his mind on the subject . He still thought as he always had done , that a man toiling for ten hours a day at any labour was quite as long as human nature was able to bear , or ought to bear . ( Cheers . ) [ Atthis moment Lord Ashley was announced , and ascended the platform amidst the simultaneous and protracted greetings of all present . After the cheering had subsided , the chairman resumed . ] It was not individuals of the present that they blamed , but tbe system . The millowricrs , taking them generally , were kind and considerate to their workpeople as any body of trade . < men possibly
could be . The practice of working long hours had got so firmly established that nothing would put it down but the strong aim of the law . ( Hear , hear . ) He really believed that if the milJowners consulted their own individual interests , they would find just as much work accomplished intlie ten hours as twelve , and of a far better kind , for the reason that the operative towards the close of the day , would not . find himself SO thoroughly worn out its he does at the present . ( Hear , hear . ) lie concluded by remarking that the object of the present meeting was to endeavour to persuade the government to listen to their prayer , and to grant the operative cotton spinners a Ten Hours' Bill . He doubted not that truth would prevail at last . ( Cheers . ) The Rev . W . IIuntixotos then moved , in a speech of much earnestness and
force-That this meeting deeply sympathizes with the factory workers of this district , many of whom are of tender years , and are coinpclltd to labour in factories for a period in each dii ** which is incompatible with the development of their physical strength , and the cultivation of their minds . The Rev . R . Hutchinson having seconded the resolution , it was carried unanimously . Considerable interruption took place during the delivery of the rev . gentleman ' s speech , arising from the overcrowded state of the room . ( Cries of " Outside , " " Adjourn , " " Can ' t hear , " and " Otvstler , " mingled alternately amidst the uproar , which lasted for several minutes , notwithstanding theendeavours of the chairman to restore quietude . ) After order had in some degree been obtained ,
The Chairman said he was very sorry that the room was not large enough—indeed , had it been ten times as large , it would , he had no doubt , have been crowded just the same . It was quite impossible to adjourn outside that time of night ; if they were to do so , it would be so dark as to render the assembly being seen quite- out of the question , and the crowd would be so large that there would not be any possibility of hearing better than in the room . Mr . T . Fielden moved , and J . Scholficld , an operative cotton-spinner , seconded , — " That in the opinion of this meeting , the present system of working long hours in factories is prejudicial to tbe best interests of the country , inasmuch as it retards the progress of moral cultivation , and the extension of a good understanding between masters and men , which is essential to the welfare of the rising generation , " The resolution was supported by
Lord Ashley , who , on rising , was greeted with deafening and protracted cheers . On silence being restored , he said , some of their excellent friends who had undertaken the arrangements of that meeting had desired that he should come forward at that period to support the resolution which had just been proposed to them . He was very happy to accede to that request ; and he would take that opportunity of saying a few words in explanation of the progress of tho measure , and the hopes which were entertained for its final success . ( Hear . ) He was exceedingly
sorry that they should be so greatly incommoded by the extremely crowded state of the room , and that tlu > re should be so many who were not able to obtain admission at all . lie was sorry and he was glad ; sorry that they could not accede to the request that they should adjourn outside , as that would be highly improper , and glad , because it showed the vast number of those who felt a desire to he there , which was a universal argument that the question had not , nor should not , lose anything of its permanent , its deeply-rooted popularity . ( Hear , hear . ) He was in-
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viietl by them to come down to Manchester to com-, niunicate with them on tbe present state of * iJl ' airs He confessed he was very glad indeed to receive that invitation , because it showed that their affection , and their confidence in him , remained unabated . He was glad , too , because he wished to come down here io communicate encouragement to them , and from them to receive some himself . ( Hear , hear . ) Believing it to be his duty to support the abolition of protective duties , he could not in his conscience either vote against the measures introduced by her Majesty ' s Minister , nor could he take the undetermined course of absenting himself from the house and not voting at all , as the question was far too vital to the interests of the great community to be treated like a
question that might he passeti ' -over in ^ sileiice . In . tbe year 1841 , when he ivas a candidatdiur Dorset , he did , both in writing and speaking , hold out such language that created in the minds of the electors such an understanding , that if he were returned to Parliamenc lie should pursue a certain line of conduct until lie saw a sultieient reason to change that line of conduct , and his constituents saw no reason to change theirs . How , then , under those circumstances , could he regulate the balance otherwise , than by resigning his seat and placing parties in the same position that they were in 1811 , by allowing them to seek another representative ? He knew 1 ' uiJ well that it would expose him to tho hazard of a retirement from public lite—he knew full well that it would prevent him ,
tor a time at least , from the support ot the present question , to which he had given , he might say , the greater portion of his life . ( Hear , hear . ) It was not without much pain that he came to tiie conclusion that such a course was necessary , but he rejoiced to say that he did come to that conclusion , and ho thanked God for it , for so far from having injured their cause , at no time did it stand so well as it now does in the feelings , the estimation , and the opinion of all classes of socitty . ( " Hear , hear , " and loud cheers . ) He would tell them another thingthat had he remained in Parliament he had no means of serving them and others in their condition—ha
had no means of preventing the maintaining of thia great and social question except so far as he had to stand upon a character for honour and integrity . ( Hear , bear . ) Jf be had done anything that would in the least degree have directed suspicion to his motives , anything that could have allowed parties to cast upon him the slightest imputation that he was not acting an honourable part , he might , it was true , have remained in the House of Commons , have made his speech , and taken a more resolute stand buthe should have felt that bis power was gone from him , and a conscientiousness that he should have been , to all intents and purposes , a paralyzed , impotent man . He did not hesitate to sav that , that had
a very material eflett on his deliberations , and he felt thankful for the course he had adopted , although , it had cost him his seat . ( Hear . ) lie hoped , however , by God ' s blessing , that the time was not far remote , when he should recover it , that he might return with ten-fold vigour and zeal to serve their cause than even if he had not for a time been rejected , lie would observe , that wherever he went he found the opposition to the Ten Hours' question verv considerably abated , and he rejoiced to say , that although , many would not give entertainment to the full consideration of the question , yet he could observe that there was a great inclination to abate the stringency of their former opposition , bv oll ' ering something like a , mutuie term . ( Hear , hear . ) It
showed that they were preparing * to depart . ' rum the ground they had originally taken up , and the meeting might depend upon it , that a departure from tbafc ground they had conceded to them the principle , and pretty nearly the whole of the argument . ( Hear , hear . ) There was one subject particularly that he should like to bring before the meeting , because there were certain ignorant—he would nut say malicious—persons , who supposed that he might have been induced to resign his seat from a desire to disengage himself from the present question , finding his opinions were changed , and that he was wearv of the labours which attended it . IN ' ow could they suppose that a public man , having so much to lose , having so much stockwould take
, such an opportunity to abandon his seat in 1 arliament , and to retire alt ogether to private life , for the purpose of getting rid of such a question as the present , which had reached the summit it had , and which , to every thinking mind , appeared to be at no very great distance from its final consummation ? He heard a Minister say , and he dare say that thosewordshad not been overlooked by the present meeting ; if so , he would request them to dwell attentively upon them . That Minister said , " that he was determined no further concession should bo made ; that no alteration of the Corn Laws , nor the introduction of other enactments , would induce him to abate in the least degree his stern and lasting
opposition . ' Now , he ( Lord Ashley ) hoped that they would let this be their consolation , —that Ministers might be ltd to change their minds . That was one thing . ( Hear , hear . ) Another thing was , her Majesty might change her Ministers , and then they might probably get a Ministry with wiser heads and better hearts on the subject . But , whether it might be the present or any future Ministry that was to rule the destiny of tiiis realm , he trusted that the operatives would hold fast to their determination . ( "Hear , hear , " and cheers . ) He pi-ionised them faithfully , that either within the walls or without the walls of Parliament , he would ever go hw-. i-t and soul with them , and would not give in for one moment till they had ohtnitied the ' full meed of nil that
justice , morality , and humanity required . . ( Loud cheers . ) He begged them to refresh their uiemories , and think of those men who had at the outset of the business borne the heat and burden of the day . ( Hear , kear . ) His great and good friend Sadler waa one who had done much , but who had nowg-meto his rest . There was another good and sincere friend of theirs , on whom only a minute ago his eve chanced to fall , and he would mention him with that title he so richly deserved , he meant his friend Richard Oastler . ( Loud and protracted chews . ) In conclusion , Lord Ashley called upon them to persevere in the course which they had begun , in that moderate , that dignified , that forbearing course ; in that
decency and dignity of language and manner towards the employers , which would raise them in the estimation of their countrymen and all civilised Europe , —to progress in that course with daily and earnest prayer to God that He would restore harmony , and finally establish justice amongst all classes of tlu * community . In pursuing such a course , he had na doubt that in a very short space of time he should stand there , or , he hoped , in a room five times as large , to hear them say that they hail obtained at last , by God ' s goodness , a complete and a final triumph . ( His lordship sat down amidst loud and continued plaudits . ) The Chairman then put the resolution , which waa carried amidst hearty applause .
Mr . G . Hood next moved , and Mr . II . Green , both operatives , seconded the following resolution : — That ten hours a day is the utmost possible period to which the labour of young persons in factories should be extended , and therefore this meeting pledges itself to use every legitimate menus in its power to procure a limitation of working hours to ten per day . This was supported by an excellent speech from the Rev . W . B . Flower , and carried . Air . Daniel Donovan , an operative , moved , and Mr . W . Worsley seconded a resolution : — That the factory workers in this meeting are quite prepared to accept the Ten Hours' Bill , regardless of its effects upon wa ^ es , leaving the price of labour to heregulated by circumstances .
This was supported by Mr . Richard Oastler in a lengthy and appealing speech , and carried . It was then moved ami seconded , •' that a petition on the foregoing resolutions be prepared and circulated for signature in Manchester anil Salford , " which was carried . A vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman , the meeting broke up about a quarter to eleven o ' clock .
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Ihe Ten-Hours' Bill . — Lord Ashley attended a numerous Ten Hours' Bill meeting at Preston , on Tuesday evening , and was most warmly received . Resolutions wire passed to thesaiueeffectasat the Aianchestcv meeting , and the noble Lord was especially thanked for his past exertions in the cause , aud for his attendance on Tuesday .
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l'ATAL ACCIIMBXT OX THE RlVKJ ! . —Oil TllOSllfly afteriioi-n two persons , namtd Christi-jihcr Reed and James Duvni , were sailing a small skill ' , with a main and foresail set , off BiUtersea , the wind blowing very strongly liom the S . W ., when suddenly the boat capsized , and a loud cry for assistance was ' heard from the two unfortunate persons who were struggling for life in the water . A fisherman , named Jones , rowed with all jpeed to the spot , anil succeeded with great difficulty in rescuing Mr . Dunn from a watery grave , but his unfortunate friend Air . Reed was drowned . Both parties were perfectly sober , and experienced iu the management of boats .
Ihe Exi'losiox kf . au Dover . —On Friday Mr . Do Lasaux , agreeably to his resolution , held an inquest at the Royal Oak , Folk , stone-road , parish of Hougham , on view of the bodies of the eight men who were killed on the spot , of the several names of Hatton , Cook , Russell , Payne , Wilson , Richards , Ruck , and Kendall . Verdict— " Killed by the explosion of a large quantity ol gunpowder , but how it became ignited there is no evidence to show . " A subscription in behalf of the bereaved families of the unfortunate men , headed by the directors of the South Eastern Railway Company with the sumot one hundred guineas , has been opened at tbe banks , libraries , < te .
A iv retch ix Human Form , —On Wednesday week a fellow was driving a donke ) between Brighton and Shoreham , and in consequence of the animal turning sulky , lie took a truss of straw and burnt the poor thing to death in the road . This was witnessed by several persons , and we do hope that some one will bring the wretch to justice , and that he will meet the punishment his brutality merits . The poor beast was a complete cinder . — Cornvptmdeut . I » hat were the "several persons" about , to permit this atrocity i Why did they not knock the ruffian down , and take him , bound hand and foot , to the nearest gaol ?]
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 7, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07031846/page/5/
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