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WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . ADJODRSMEHT OP THE MIDSUMMER SESI ONS _FOK THE TRIAL OF FELOSS , & c NOTICE 15 HEREBY GIVES , that the Midsummer General Quarter Sessions of the Peace , for Hie West Riding of the County of York , will be holden by adjournment , at Wakefield , on _Wednesday , the Twenty-fifth iayoi Aagt * n _inttovt , at Ten o'Clock iu the Forenoon , and by _ftirther adjournment tram thence will be holden at Sheffield , oa Friday , the Ttoenty setenth Dan of tie _saimt _Uattih of August iurtant , at Ten o'Clok ia ihe Yortmoon , for the Trial of Felons and Persons
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T . S . DUNCOMBE , ESQ ., M . P . It is witb tbe deepest regret that we have to announce tbe continued and increasing indisposition of this noblo patriot and disinterested champion of the people in Parliament Theattack of broncbitcs which prevented bis appearing on ths bastings to receive from the electors of Finsbury the renewal of their confidence , and the well merited reward of a free and unopposed re-election , has since that time been gradually becoming more severe , and we bad the inexpressible pain of learning tbis morning , (
Thursday ) , that Mr Duneombe bas been nnable to leave his bed for the last three days . A distressing cough and pain in tbe chest prevents him front obtaining sleep at night , aid the honourable gentleman is consequently much weakened . We _earnestly express our hope—a hope whioh we are certain wiU _beechot-d by the millions of affectionate admirers and _followers of Mr Duneombe—that he may speedily so far recover strength , as to be able to bear removal to the country , where rest , care , and pure air may have a renovating effect . His loss would be a national calamity nnder any circumstances , but nt tbc present
moment it would bo one of tbe moat disastrous snd fatal blows the _Movkment Paktt in this , country could sustain . The manner in which Mr Duneombe ha 3 fought his Parliamentary Campaigns , almost single banded against the combined factions , preeminently points him out as the undisputable and natural leader of the members returned by that party to the New Parliament . His indomitable courage and indeiatigable perseverance , quick perceptions , and great Parliamentary experience , conjoined with his polished , and truly gentlemanly —becauseself-possefaed and courteous . bearing , and
his felicitous style of oratory , have given him an immense ascendancy in the house . —If he is spared to take his place in St Stephen ' s on the re-assembling of _Parliament , bis tact , talent , and temper as a leader would give a direct , practical , and effective direction to the concentrated efforts of the popular members , which , without such leadership will be unattainable—at least for a very long period . For the sake of the country , therefore—net less than on account of the _suffering of one whom we personally love and honour—we deeply deplore having to make such an announcement of the state of his health .
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PALMERSTON PULVERISED . One of the mo 3 t extraordinary features of the recent elections was the curious exhibition of Lord Palmebstos at Tiverton , when " put through hig paces *' —as the Time * says—by _JtTLIAlC HARNEY , his Lordship for the first time in his life engaged in an attempted vindication of his political career ; with what success the " show of hands" determined .
The Whig press have universally praised Lord PAiMEaSTQN ' s reply to the charges brought against him , as "brilliant , " " crushing , " and " unanswerable _;* ' and that too without knowing anything of the speech of the noble Lord ' s accuser , except what might be gathered from the speech of his Lordship , who did not forget to avail himself of the usual license to give snch a colouring to many parts of Ms opponent ' s address , a 3 enabled him to get ap a few ponderous jokes , which , though some of thera
do not tell amiss in the Times , fell with dismal effect upon the ears of his Loidsbip _' s unfortunate auditors . Any one reading the report in the Times would suppose that the Foreign-Secretary had at least delivered a fluent address , not unpleasing to the ear , however " slipshod " ia point of style , unsound in argument , and false as regards pretended facts ; but the truth is . that the manner of ita delivery was most painful and wearisome , as all Tiverton can testify . There stood his Lordship between two and three mortal hours , pouring out his words , in
"One weak , wathy , everlasting flood , " making laborious efforts to be sarcastic , and trying his utmost to be grimly facetious ; applauded certainly by a knot more seleet than numerous , led on by tbeir immortal fugleman , whose unhappy " Yah , Yah ' . " must still ring in the ears of the Tivertonlans , bnt whose disinterested applause was continually drowned in the overwhelming jeers and _hootings of the crowd . The " sweet voices" of the people w : 're not , however , to his Lordship ' s taste , and , therefore , were not taken note of by the noble _ford ' s _lacqaey—the . ZYme « teporter . Although Lord Palmerston ' s speech was like Don _Jifasso ' _z-.
" a one sample , on the whole , O ; rhetoric , which the learn'd call ' rigmarole , '" the Times could find five columns for its tepott , whilst JotjAN _Harriet ' s speech was altogether omitted ; indeed , the reporters gare their pencili a holiday during the whole time the Chartist candidate was speaking . Again , after Lord Palmerston had spoken , and his opponent came _ffltYf & rd to make his second speech , the entire batch of " Sacktnugs , " as Cobbktt used to call them , decamped ,
and in consequence , actually mis-reported the conclusion of the proceedings , representing that immediately after Juman- Harnky bad declined ping to the poll , the Mayor had declared Mr Heathcote and Lord _Palmkrstok " duly elected , " whereas ho such declaration was made till the next day ! This is another specimen of the injustice and baseness of the " respectable " press . " His Lordship " is reported to tbe extent of live columns , bectwe he is a _Lord—loLtAH Harney is not reported at aU , _beeoute he is merely a Man !
It is not our purpose to wade through the dreary five columns of Lord Paimbrston ' s harangue , but there are a few points we may notice without much wearying onr readers . His lordship avowed that he approved of the measures introduced in the time of _Pbsicivai . and his immediate successors , for the suppression of public rights , on the . ground tbat the " Radicals" were resorting ta '' Physical force . " Kow it is notorious that the _^ physical force _*> demonstrations of those days were got up by the _goverawnL Castles , _Gutss , _Bfcasroro « ttd
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_Edwabo t were but the tools of _Siomocth * Castkrbagk , Cannikg , and thc other Tory violators of the constitution , of whom Lord _Pal-MKRsrorf was then one . " Although , " says bis lordship , "lam a decided advocate for Reform , I would have that reform effected b y reason aud by arguraent ,-nay , it may be pushed forward , if you will , by agitation ; but it must be by the agitation of mind , and not by the agitation of physical force /'
Of course this tallies well with the Whig persecution of the Chartists ! It will be as well , however , to remember his lordshi p ' s words , and ( as he would say ) , " pin" him to his _non-objection to agitation . "Agitate , agitate , agitate , " said _O'Connbm ,. « I have no objection , " says Lord _PAMfERSTON _, " Reform may be pushed forward , if you will , by agitation ; but it must be by the agitation of mind , and not by the agitation of phyucal force . " Good !
Lord Palmerston was dreadfully shocked at Juman Harnxt ' s strictures upon that " most distinguished statesman ; " ( the late ) Mr . Canning , whom his _Lordahip described as the pink of purity , he never having used the power he enjoyed "for his own aggrandisement , or that of his family . " Now what are the facts ? For about thirty-five years Canning held a sinecure place , for which he received in the course of that timo about seventeen thousand pounds of the public money , independent of the salaries he enjoyed in the various
posts , which , at different times , he filled , of Under Secretary of State , Paymaster of the Forces , Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , President of the Board of Controul , Ambassador to Portugal , and lastly , First Lord of tbe Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer . _Camming put bis mother and half-sister upon the pension list , instead of keeping them himself , as he ought to have done . He had a son called _Wziliam Pitt Canning ( named after " the pilot who gathered tho storm" ) , w ' m , placed in the navy , was , long before
Canning ' s death , made a Post Captain over the heads of thousands of officers who were at sea , and had poured out their blood in the service of their _conntry (?) long before Billy Pitt Cashing was born . Wc might fill columns with the doings of this flashy jester , Causing , who Lord Palmerston says "did honour to his country ; " but enough that we say for Julian Habxby , that he is ready and wiling to meet his Lordship any day , to prove _Cakmlvg one of the worst enemies the people of of this country ever had to contend with .
Lord Palmerston said , that his opponent's strictures on the administrations of Earl Grey and Lord Melbourne ; would lead him to suppose his opponent " a Tory in disguise . ' ' Stale fudge that ! Very like a Tory ! " Very like a whale I " Lord Palmerston was very witty ( 1 ) in his advice to tbe people of Tiverton to _'« _sendMrHAittJET back to school to learn political economy . " We quote from his Lordship ' s speech : — " Why , Mr Harney says tbe Government ought to have turned shopkeeper—that they should have made
magazines , and bought corn and sold it out to tbe people , and that then everything would have been well . ' This his Lordship characterised as" dreadful error , " " bad economy , " & c ., & c . ; but we again quote from bis Lordship : — " The Government bought corn from the storekeepers and merchants in Ireland at the market price , sent it by Government vessels to be deposited at certain stations in these remote regions , and so endeavoured to alleviate those
calamities , which would otherwise have pressed much more heavily upon the people . " Here we bave Lord Palmerston contradicting himself , actually demanding popular admiration for the Whig Government , on the ground that himself and colleagues had done partially what Julian Haknkv would have had done nationally I—His Lordship bad been sneering at his opponent wanting the Government " to turn shopkeeper , " yet immediately afterwards the noble Lord avows that the Government did turn
shopkeeper , only after a petty , huckstering fashion . Julian Harney would have had tbe Government buy corn ia the wholesale market , but no , that would have been " bad economy , " says the noble Lord ; what sort of economy , then , was it forthe Government to buy corn in the retail market , " from the storekeepers and merchants in Ireland ?" We always understood that one of the principles of political economy was to " buy in the cheapest market ; " but here we have Lord _Palmkuston
avowing that the Whig Government deliberately went to work to buy in the dearest market ! After this exhibition , Julias _Habhey would have been fully justified—could be have been so uncourteousto have flung back his Lordship ' s insolence in his own teeth , aud said to him : — " I think that on this subject my opponent displays such a degree of ignorance , as should lead you to send him back to the school of the Political Economy Club , for at least six months , before you allow him to represent your interests in the House of Commons . "
After lecturing on the impropriety of gentlsmen indulging in declamation on the subject ofthe New Poor Law—a sore subject for his Lordship—he proceeded to enlighten his hearers with some startling definitions a 3 to the objects o f Government . "The object of all science is truth , and t _' ie science of government is an investigation of the truth . * * *
It is only by applying truth to the interests of the different classes of society , that you can do justice ; and , therefore , truth and justice are indissolubly united . " We should be glad to know what is Lord Palmerston ' s « truth ? " We perfectly understand his "justice , " viz ., the exclusion of six-sevenths of his countrymen from the exercise of the rights he claims for himself .
Id entering upon a defence of his foreign policy , Lord Palmerston exhibited t he good taste oi telling his opponent that" he knew nothing of the matter he had been talking of , " but we tell bis Lordship , in his own words , that "it is uot a mere question of assertion one way , and denial thc other , because events are matters of history , " and Julias Harney may safely appeal to history to decide
between himself and his noble opponent , who is too much interested in " making the worse appear the better reason . " It must have been mortifying to his Lordship to bave witnessed , in spite of his sneers at his opponent , that the people declared by tlieir voices and tbeir upraised hands , that the Chartist candidate ' s statements were history , and tbat his Lordship ' s replies were merely history falsified .
Making a feint of replying to Juuan Harney ' s ' strictures on his Lordship ' s Spanish policy , he said not & word concerning the increase of taxation to tb . e extent of some millions , imposed upon the people bv ' 'Liberalism , " nor of the sanguinary horrors r com . mitted by Christina and her cut-throat tools- ' These matters his Lordship conveniently forgot to s / . v anything about , but instead , be vaunted with _w , _i _aft 0 f great self-satisfaction , that "he had , for the first time , established Parliaments in Spain . " Why , it is a matter of history , that Spain had her _; Parliaments at a time wheu this country , under the
PtANTAGEnh 8 _, was yet struggling for a _sitaiks _privjw u wtrae that the despotism of Church and Kh » _Subsequently subverted Parliamentary fr eedm fa | _^ but municipal liberty survived , and „ p to the time of the imposition of LordPALM 88 sf . . „ Liberali 8 m , on Spain , the Basque _pwuWswerc the freest of European states , and the _people of those provinces were lm teed , and _enjoyed _TOore rea _, _, ibert thftn * njr other people in _Europ _* . Lord Palmerston is either ignorant of these fe . ct « , 0 r wilfully suppressed them ; ta either tw , it u , _^^ Mn t 0 _\ b b _» oPpoa « t with _ipufcance of history .
_Comiigto tho S yrian war , Lord _Pai . mkrston tried by artful _misrepresentation of Ida opponent ' s _™ _rt _* « _ti _ttoa 68 iinj » iii » of _afree-raA . en » j » tyle
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of jocularity , to turn the laugh agaimt bis _¦** sary , but Facts are chleldsthat wlnna ding , And _canna be refuted ;" a nd , as his lordship said " events are matter of hi tory ! " of course Mehhmbt Ali will be highly gratified at his lordship ' s familiarity in speaking of him
li " that old gentleman , " who was " kicked out of Syria neck and crop . " This way of talking of foreign potentates , we suppose his lordship learned from his " gifted" master , that mischievous buffoon , —Canning , who was in the -habit of indulging in similar displays not greatly to the advantage of this nation . Whether English or Fiench interests will be best served by the perusal of Lord _Palmkrston _' _s speech at Grand Cairo , time will tell !
In reply to Julian Harnby _, who had spoken of the mockery of calling Hindostan " our Indian Empire" in relation to the working classes ofthis country , who had not one foot of soil they could call their own in their own native land , Lord Palmerston said . — " I should like him to show m the country in which there are not some men who do not possess any land . " The greater shame to his lordship ' s class all over the world ; though , according to his lordship , if the wrong is next thing to universal it is therefore right I In allusion to the Affghanistan catastrophe , Lord Palmerston said -. — u Those who sent that army into Affghanistan were as much the cause of the calamity I have alluded to
as a m an who builds a house is the cause of its being burnt down ; or a man who builds a ship is the cause of its being wrecked in a storm . " But suppose , most noble reasoner , a man builds his house on the edge of a volcano , or wilfully sails his ship into the midst of the breakers , if the bursting lava and the raging waters prove too destructive for house or ship to withstand , who is then responsible for the fatal event ? This was precisely the course pursued by Lord Palmesrton in Affghanistan ; he invaded an independent country , forced an odious
monarch on the people , held the country for that monarch by a foreign force , and in a variety of ways goaded and galled the Affghans , a people , as he well knew , tpo brave to patiently endure insult . Any m an with the least foresight might have predicted t hat the Affghans would at some time or other attempt to shake off the yoke of the Brit ish ; they did attempt and succeeded , for the British found themselves quite incapable of resisting the attempt when made . The burning lava overflowed , the hurricane came and the waves rose , and Lord
Palmerston ' s " house" was consumed , aud his " ship" sunk and went "down into the blackness of darkness for ever . " Lord Palmerston says that the measures of vengeance against theAffghans were taken by Sir Robert Peel ' s government , but he adds , " J applaud them . I think they were right and proper , '' That is , Lord Palmerston approves of armed and unarmed Affghans being put to the sword , women and children ruthlessly murdered , cities given to the flames , property plundered , or wantonly destroyed ; corn fields and fruit trees trampled down , cut down ,
and destroyed by fire , to cause the inhabitants who had escaped the sword to perish of hunger ! These hellish doings his Lordship " applauds , " and thinks . « right and proper , " Be it remembered , these atrocities were performed solely for the pitiful purpose of " avenging ourselves" for " our ' ' previous defeat . His Lordship professes to be a Christian and a supporter of the Chutch , " as by law established . " Can he reconcile his creed , which teaches him to forgive injuries with these abominable doings which he _" applauds ? " Perhaps , like Wordswort h , he thinks that
" Carnage is God ' s anughter _, " and so would persuade the Affgban to adopt the principle of good faith , and all the other virtues and attributes of Christianity and civilisation , by tickling him with the sabre ' s point . Julian Harney's charge , that his Lordship had practically opened the gates of AffghaiUtan to the Russians , his Lordship / or _^/ to " reply to . It was not convenient to admit that his Lordship ' s policy had produced results directly opposed to those intended .
The results of tbe war in China had been , according to his Lordship , the teaching of tlie Chinese ' good manners , " and the making of them * ' free traders . " Whether battering down cities , and destroying thousands of lives , are the most fitting means to teach nations " good manners" and the blessings ol " free trade , " we leave to the public to decide . In our humble opinion , a better way ta have
effected the latter object would have been for the British government to have totally repealed the teaduty . We . strongly doubt that a nation was ever yet taught" good manners" by having cannon balls knocked about its ears , and certainly , notwithstanding Lord Palmerston ' s swaggering assertion , tha Chinese ave in no good humour with " us , " and have exhibited no very " good manners , " as the recent expedition from Hong Kong to Canton abundantly
proves . In . discussing the Portuguese question , Lord Palmerston made some remarkable admissions " The Portuguese , " says his Lordship , " did what any people would do nnder such circumstances ; and what I stated in the House of Commons , / thought they were right in doing . * * * * / think the people of Portugal to ere justified in that conduct . " His Lordship makes these admissions , and then adds a string of puerilities to excuse bis
intervention against a cause which he admits to have had justice on its side . Thus far events have proved the stupidity as well as injustice , o f his Lordship's policy , the conditions to which Donna Maria agreed , have bteu but partially carried out , and only under British coercion ; but the moment that coercion is withdrawn , there will he a repetition of the scenes recently exhibited in that country , and then , we suppose must follow more " interventions : "whereto
end?" Thus bad begins and worse remains behind . " As regards Cracow , Lord Palmerston talked of the millions that must have been spent , and the blood that must have flowed , to bave restored th at republic . To hear his Lordship descant upon thia topic , you would imagine that he had a most holy horror of war . Like Shakespeare ' s fop , " He looked so neat , and smelt so sweet , And tMked so like a waiting gentlewoman , " of guns and drums , and so forth , that had you then
heavd his Lordship for the first time , you could not have doubted that he was president of the Peace Society . " It would not , " says his Lordship , «« have been dignified , wise , or becoming the honour ofthis country to threateu what it was not prepared to execute . " Very pacific , not to say cowardly and contemptible , this ; but this " bully Bottom" can roar in a very different strain when not the liberties of a nation , but the monies of a few ( deservedly ) jilted bondholders are at stake . He repeated his
war-threat to the Spaniards , but let the Spaniards not fear , the English people will never sanction a war for the purpose of reducing them to the condition of slaves to foreign money-traffickers . Lord p lmrrsvok twitted his opponent that whereas he professed to be a great advocate for ?« justice / ' he was agaimt justice to the Spanish bondholders . His Lordship is mistaken , Julian Harney wishes them fall justice-thai they may never seo their mon _<*» again-the only kind of justice they deserve .
Ihe Times _profejgea to be _half-amused , half _, shocked , at the Foreign Secretary of thia jiowerful _GoTeraflwnttoing "for won co »» _iHjiimy c , and
Palmerston Pulverised. One Of The Mo3t E...
, ven confidential fo i lot of beery' _eltt _ftonr , than he has ever been to the Leg islature or any foreign ambassador . " " Beery electors ; " comp limentary , very ! Several ofthe weekly Liberal papers art equally polite , praising Lord Palmkrbton for having provided the Tiverton electors with information on the " _politics-made-easy" principle . The electors may hence see how much they are really despised by their aristocratic " representative , " and his toady admirers . The Timet rejoices that " the Chartist was beaten on bis own ground . " Now . it happened m . ¦ j . _^ am f ) l ! l »
to be exactly the reverse , it was Lord Palmerston who was beaten on his own ground , as was sufficiently proved , not only by the superiority of the Chartist ' s arguments , but also from the fact , which the Times could not conceal , though some of the _xiieaklytm < _M so , tbat the Chartist was triumphantly elected by show of bands , and the Viscount had to demand a poll to get himself " returned " -
elected he was not . According to the Times , it is Lord Palmerston ' s habit to " finish off his opponents very clean , and leave them no _opportunity whatever for coming again . " There is no role without an exception , and we beg to tell the Times that Lord Palmerston ' s opponent is sure to " come again , " the only _quea ion is , will his Lordship come again ? If the noble Lord has any stomach for the fight , bis opponent will be found ready and willing
at any time . The Times , commenting on Juliah Harney's speech , which it did not publish , says : — We will just ask the value of a principle which _proves a public man , a long , tried servant of the State , and the friend of many great raen , utterly aDd totally bad ; and not only this public man , but in f . ict , all tbe public men we hare bad for half a century . What Is this Chartism ! Is it a principle ? Is it a real and practical system ? Is it anything whicb can be carried out , and which can guide a man straight through any moral or political embarrassments ?
Good Times , you are a pretty " public instructor " if you cannot answer these queries for yourself . Chartism is a principle , the principle of ETERNAL JUSTICE , as defined in the great moral law— " Do unto thy _fellourman as thou wouldesf he should do to thee . " It is because Lord Palmbrstos , and the rest of the " public men" of half a century , have acted in violation of this
principle , and have bolstered up a system opposed to this principle , that he and they have gone wrong and always been wrong . It is our purpose to set them right , and ensure right-doing on the part of statesmen henceforth , hy making tbem the representatives of a system totally opposed to the present , and perfectly in accordance with the principle above enunciated . Confident in the strength of our
cause , and encouraged by the glorious triumph recently gained at Nottingham , and the partial victories ( hereafter to be completed ) elsewhere , we shall push on , turning neither to the right band nor to the left , determined to hasten that better day , when "Bight—not might—shall be tbe lord In the good time coming . "
The Press And The Tiverton Election. (Tr...
THE PRESS AND THE TIVERTON ELECTION . ( _Tranalated from the _« Gazette de Gticrneseg . The bitter chagrin that the defeat of all these leagued politicians has caused to all the London journals , appears to have been for a moment mitigated by the events which marked the election at the town of Tiverton , where Lord Palmerston has rendered a singular account oi his diplomacy in all parts of the world , to one Mr Harney , his fellowcandidate for the honour of the representation of Tiverton .
The account rendered by the Minister of his Home administration contains nothing very remarkable , but that of his Foreign policy is at once curious , and very interesting . It cost the Minister a space of above three hours , and upwards of five columns of the Morning Chronicle , to develope his principles and conduct to Mr Harney . We can form some idea of the extent of territory over which he travelled , and the
importance of the events of which he treated , when we hear that Mr Harney ' s interrogations comprised the whole space of Lord Palmerston ' s ministry , from the time of his Lordship ' s entrance into office , ( a period almost beyond the recollection of the oldest inhabitant , ) up to the moment when the Usher of the Black Rod called the Members of the Lower House into the presence of their Sovereign , to hear the announcement ofthe dissolution of Parliament , only a few day previous .
A voyage from Paris to Peru , and from Peru to Rome , is trifling compared with that which Mr Harney caused Lord Palmerston to take . The policy of England towards Belgium , Holland , France , Austria , Spain , Portugal , Italy , Poland , Russia , Turkey , Egypt , India , China , Canada , all was explained at length , by the Minister of Foreign Affairs . Tlie character of the monarchs of these different countries—that of their governments alsohas been as fully and as regularly presented to Mr Harney , as if lie hail been an ambassador from France or Russia , after a long war , and a sudden and sincere renewal of friendlv relations . It would be
impossible for the Minister to act with more guarded care , or to enter more explicitly into detail before his Sovereign , than he did before Mr Harney . The spectacle was a remarkable one , and to have been perfect , the metropolitan press ought , in justice to Mr Harney , to have given , at least , a brief sketch of that remarkble production of his , which caused so remarkable a one from the English Minister . But this is the age , of ingratitude—the most renowned orators and statesmen are rejected by constituencies , who , without their brilliant efforts , never would have had an existence . The Press takes
upon itself to blame this ingratitude , but in its turn treats the remarkable speech of Mr Uarney in the same manner , hy refusing to give that speech a place in its columns . The excuse with which it seeks to cover the omission—that Mr Harney ' s Bill of Impeachmen t is gone over in the course of the Minister ' s reply—is quite as bad as tbat which the electors , whom it blames , put forward for rejecting those members of the Honse of Commons , whose talents and stauding made tliem most worthy of a place there .
THE CRIMINAL LAW . j In another part of the paper , our readers will find ! recorded the death of a very worthy member of the j National Land Company , Mr _Dobson , the secretary of the Sleaford branch , Lincolnshire ., The circumstances-under which he met his death afford a glaring instance of an undue use of violence , on the part of the so-called guardians of the peace . Mr Dobson vm merely passing quietly through the crowd , on hia way to the Post-office with a letter , when he was struck on the bead by a policeman with his truncheon , and died within five hours of the
wound . There appears to havebeen no necessity for having recourse to such violence towards anyone . It was election timo—there was a quarrel between the blues and tbe reds—bat neither vroperty nor life appears to hare been endangered , and even if auy interference ou the part of the police were necessary , brutality like the above could only be excused in the last extremity of _self-defence Yet , though it is clearly proved that poor Dobson had nothing on earth to do with thequatrel , that hia whole previous life had _Irtenexemplwy-and thathe was even ignorant ot any disturbance taking place when he left his home-the Coroner ' s Jury bring la a verdict" of "Excusable Homicide " We are far from harbouring tinilisitve _fceliags agaimt the a _«« w of ihe aah _*? t _» y _oosaceacc , bat
The Press And The Tiverton Election. (Tr...
| we _. do s ay , if men are to be killed in the j _^ f _^ in pursuit of their peaceful avocations - if ** * I whose supposed office it is to guard the , e ' against tbc turbulent , strike the former _insiea _/^ latter ; if a policeman is to use his truncheon " " _* strike at random among a crowd whenever fte ' v " _sekes him , cutting off the father of a famil y _^ ' " prime of bis life , and thus casting a _diseo _^ , widow and four helpless orphans on the t « , f * mercies of the world ; and if an act like _this is t 0 _Vl stamped a 9 excusable homicide ; then , indeed _' criminal law is even worse than we believed it _r » _T ,. _ . 01 « in our previous estimation . _= « = _^ I tM » /?/» ftftt / if _ITIriH _OP __ % _f / l Ka bll ]_ _ttA J * , it _ . _*™^
It is no excuse if the policeman supposed u _< , the wrong man . Life is no such trifle as to i . lightly taken ; the mistake is in itself a crime , sin * before striking the blow it was his duty to see who he struck . It is no excuse to say he did not intetu i killing the man . He struck a How of _w * _^ force to kill , and it must have been a luck y chanc that had prevented death . It is no excuse for * policeman to say his We was in danger—it appear . that nobody ' s life was endangered—and then 6 Tei . the plea of self-preservation cannot be urged in fa . fence of the accused .
We are not going to prejudge this case ; and will say no more at present , as the men of Sleaford _barj obtained a warrant against the policeman , and his case comes on this day . We are but reasoning on the verdict already recorded ; but this we do M _^ should justice not be done—should reparation not be made to the surviving sufierers—then it b eW _^ the me bers of the Land Company to take t lie question up , and fight the battle of their departed comrade .
The New Parliament. Whether It Is Owing ...
THE NEW PARLIAMENT . Whether it is owing to a fortuitous _combination of lucky accidents , or to the results of a _superioi intellect and practical forseeing sagacity applied to political 3 ffaire , it seems that Sir It . Peel , in or out of office , is the virtual mainspring of tbe state machine . The great revolution , of which he was the author in 1846 , and upon achieving thj successful consummation of -which he retired into private life , has not stopped with merely altering
the law ? affecting the imports of bread stuffs , and the numerous articles catalogued in the _Custoa House Tariff . It has extended its influence throughout the whole of our political system , and entirely changed the position and relationship of political parties to each other . Perhaps the more correct statement would be , that his policy on that occasion has decomposed all parties , and that uuder its powerful solvent " all old things have nearly passed away , and all things are rapidl y becoming new . "
We have a vivid recollection of the brilliant scene presented by the House of Commons on % memoiable night , at the commencement of the session , 1846 , when that policy was expounded by Sir Robert . The Queen ' s husband and uncle , & large number of members of the House of Peer * a crowded assemblage of excited and anxious members of the ' Lower House , " and the "Gallery" crammed with "Strangers" consti . tuted Sir Robert ' s auditory . It was , in fact , aa
assembly of the Three Estates of the realm . As we listened to the orator , we felt a profound conviction that we were present at and assisting in the inauguration of a great political , social , and moral revolution , the ramifications of which extended far beyond the microscopical range of mere " party " men . That , in fact , that speech rung the knell of ' party , " and substituted The People for Factio . v ; and Ministers , instead of being the nominees and bondslaves of thc ruling faction of the day , would , iu future , become the ministers of the _NatioK .
The General Election , now nearly closed , bat fully realised these anticipations . We are , it is true , still in the transition period , but sufficient has transpired to show clearly whither we are tending , what the goal at which we are to arrive , The mere routine drudges of the hack press , un * observant or ignorant of the Radical change which has taken place , have we see betaken themselves to Chronicling the members of the new House after the old fashion , and classify them under the three heads of "Liberals , Peelites , and Protectionists , "
with wonderful self complacency , but very trifling accuracy . These general terms tell nothing ; if they do anything at all , they deceive . Lord J . Russell and Mr F . O'Connor are classed under the same category , " Liberal . " The " liberality " of thc one is the antipodes of the other . The motto of the one is' _« Finality ; " of the other , " Progress . ' The same error pervades the calculations as to
Peelites and Protectionists upon many questions . The so-called Peelites are more liberal , that is , moie progressive , than the self-dubbed Liberals ; and as to the Protectionist party , its members have so candidly and moderately , with few exceptions , proclaimed their readiness to give Free Trade a " fair trial , " and so discreetly declined to pledge themselves to anything in future , that we can scarcely recognise in them our old friends , who used to foam at the mouth
like mad bulls about the " perfidy , tergiversation , and treachery of the modern Judas Iscariot , " who betrayed the confiding agricultural party into the hands ofthe cotton lords of the League . Their wrath has evidently cooled down . The old parties have been dissolved , and the change wbich has come over the individual members of which they were composed , will soon leave scarcely a trace of their existence , except that which is to be fonnd in Hansard andt historv .
But out of the _rfeJm , new combinations are arising . Each occupies an advanced position ,, as , compared with the past ; and , in front of all these * has been sent into the house a little band oC pioneers , representing the views of all the extreme sections of Reformers , whether these Reformers : be of a political , a religious , & social , or _ecoceraicai _ds _~ 8 cription , Who can accurately foresee ' 0 * _catenate the full effect which this party of pioneesa wi !) have on the deliberations of Parliament , ami tbe future destinies of the conntry ?
Henceforth , the battle of principle _wiy he trans _, fevred ftom tlie lectme room or tfc _6 _hu 3 _* _- _' j DgS > to the arena of the Legislative Hall . Tha V ' common place , the trite and hacknied _qjissUr , , tht foimtd conventionalisms , and the hollo * _artificialities of the old _ayBtem , will be brought £ ac _? ( 0 face _vith ( he Vital earnestness , the _ardeafc sw al , and the unconquerable determination ol w , n who have a solemn sense of the importance of t > principles they maintain , and who are not to _h _* daunted or turned aside from the path of dnty , _either by the blandishments
of power , or anycoraprmctious waitings for disturbing the convenience , _tf tbe parties who hare been accustomed ta play at shuttlecock with the people , _and to change places . , " out" or " in , " as suited themselves . The result of all thia ia not doubtful . The agitation of the League furnishes an analogy of a hopeful kind . From the moment tbat the _out-door agitation developed its strength , by sending members from &
o _*» ranks to advocate its principles—from the _monre & t that it _wwired the _Miffitigw aad _tympany of the electoral classes , ita triumph was certain . So must it be with the " People _' 8 Charter , " and _wi * h those great practical measures which are _require to give every man a Home ia the land of hi * birth , iu which , by honest industry , he may five a comfortable , iadcp « nde » t , aad happy life . Already JJ percewe « distinct and grati _^ iug change in tbe _spmhesatthenotBinatloahMBtwgg oa fo » _jkw 1 * '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_14081847/page/4/
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