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TfelJoi ^ or giajSoffthamp { o ? i Railway wasTSpenSi to ^ iijnWroon ^ p i ^ l ^ t ;^^ . . "f , ; " ^ . '"' ^ ' j ^ LTON AKD > ' Mi » CRSSiSBlU ^ WAi ' , —It is infepSed *? op ® 1 tke ^^^ n » nft \\ Man « iiesKT Bail-¦ sr ^ . 1 f 6 sk ^ OT ^ 0 ° n the 29 ^ iusts 3 at ^ . .. Savings * Banks .- ^ St . Clement Danes Savings ' Bank alone has paid -to . . Government / upwards of £ ^ 6 , O 00 in the ^ pace ' of &r £ e yearSj o £ which / abo ^ £ 4 , 500 was for the qpajrter ending tne 5 tb ' nlt . " ~ \ KoTAi . VKrxoB ^ V-HisJSoyal Highnes ? the Bike de Nembnw , and suite , are expected to ; pay a . shortvisit to this eoMtry , at the " dcsepf the ' ensuing month , to be present at the coronation . " ¦ -.-. T ^^^; ^ OTTn * ^ V
Lewis MtJACEn ^—MaleoTm Macleod / the Lewis murderer , . received en Tnesdayia further re ? spite for threeweete ^ Inverness Paper . „ ' . ,. , " " CokPGXSOEY AlTEHBAKCB ^ ByrthevBrig ht ^ imriravfeHient . act ,,- ' no-, ; person' can go . out , in his Dwn pleasure-boat wkhout being ^ ace $ mpanied ; by two watermen , under a penalty of 40 s . and easts of the infornratiOT . - ^ i ^ & « wt Gvurdiah . '' ' . : Retort CoHKUEiiiJ ^ A termagant told her spense that she believed he was related to the devil ! . only by marriage , was "his Teply , —^ Pictorial Repository . . - """;¦" .- ¦ .. " . ''
Ship Building at Whitby .. — : The late inleased * demand In the market for Waitby-buiItSflip 3 isg caused an extra numljerbf hands to be employed , and we are glad to notice thatthe yards are now in foil operation . - - ' ^ - - . . Lindsbt ; YEOMA ^ 'Ky , —The NorEh Lincolnshite troop will commence duty at Lincoln , next Saturday week , under their noble commandant , Earl YaYboraagh . " . " . ' .. ' " Si : lkwok 3 £ S . —The experience of iL . -Jionafous ,
proves the efficacy 0 / the Chinese method of feeding the sflkwonris on rice flour V and he has , even gone further , and discovered thai these caterpillars will eat various kinds of farina , and even the fecula of potatoe . - Kew Cathoijc Bishop . —According to the " on dits" in the Catholic world , the Rev ; Dr . Youens , of Copperas-hill chapel , Liverpool , is to be coadjutor bishop to the Bight Hev . Dr . Bri gg * , CatboUe bishop in . the north of . England .
Poncasteb Tows Cocncii ,. —The Doncaster tnwn-council , on "Wednesday week , resolved that for tbe'fature , a salary be allowed to tie Mayor of that corporation . It was fixed at £ 150 .
Thbv Derbyshire Moobs .,- —— Yesterday ge'nnightr ^ he 14 th , ) the snow was three . incnes deep on ibe Derbyshire moors . Vegetation in this disr trietbas an unhealthy appearance . Tcbxpike Tbusts : —It is -fonnd that the trusts of England . and Wales are encumbered with a-debt of ten millions of pounds .-Sir John Herschell . — "We are happy to anuounee the . arrival of Sir John Hersehell and his lady from the Cape of Good Hope , where he has been on an astronomical mission of great importance to the interest of science .
Premium to Co ^ . Chsskey . —At the meeting of the Geographical Society on Monday evening , thenrst premium given by her Majesty of £ 50 as a reward aBd - encouragement for geographical discovery , was presented to Colonel Cbesney , the . gallant conductor of the late Euphrates expedition . Drowned . —Sir John Jeffeott , the-Judge of the Sew South Australian Colony * was drowned by the upsetting of a boat in which he . was with others on an exploring expedition . Fire . —Sir C . Price ' s turpentine works at Limelocse were totally destroyed by fire on Monday evening : loss covered by insurance .
Tithes . —The state of the county of Wexford is mos : alarming . Immense assemblages of the people are collected to prevent the sale of propertT seized for tithe . The excitement on this subject was never greater , in that county than at present . Bank of Irzland . ~ Iii Drogheda , and other Irish towns , public meetings have been , or are about to be held , to petition Parliament agains : the renewal of the Bank of Ireland Charter on its present terms . Qtjben ' s Birthday . —The Qneen ' s birthday was Celebrated on Thursday , by a drawing-room at St James ' s Palace , the most splendid that has been held for many years .
Me . Fieijden . —A Public Dinner is to be grten by the "Working men of Manchester to this consistent and unflinching patriot , on the 4 th of Jane lext , at Bywater ' s Hotel , Manchester . A very strong display of public feeling will be made at this ( inner . Temperance Lecture . —At the Town Hall , Doncaster , on Friday evening , May 11 th , Mr . Grtbb , of Preston , delivered an able lecture to a very crowded audience , on the principles of total abstinence from all ffcrmented liquors , and the moral consequences which would result from them if generally adopted .
The Shakspease Monument . —Upwards of eleven hundred guineas have already been subscribed towards renovating the chancel of the chnreh , and restoring the monument of Shakspeare , at Strarfbrdspon-Avon . Ejection Committee . —The scrutiny before its Bedford election committee is condneted at an enormous expense to the parties . The eo 3 t is said to be not less than- £ 500 per day on each side . One party has upwards of 200 witnesses in town , and a few days since warrants were sent down to Bedford to bring m > 90 witnesses on the other side .
Church ^ efobm . -The Parliament , or * ' House of Keys , " in the Isle of Man , have made gmctwofk of church reform , having just passed an act commuting the whole of the tithes of the island &r £ 5 , 000 , and settling the future income of the Bishop at £ . 1 , 500 ; that of the archdeacon at £ 800 ; and no parochial clergyman to have in future an income of Ies 3 than £ 140 per annum . Drawing Rooms . —it is the particular desire of the _ Queen that ail ladies attending her Majesty ' s DrawiDg Rooms should appear in dresses of British manufacture .
SiRiTS Steamer . The Sirlm steamer , from Kew York in 18 days , has arrived . She and the Grfat JFer f « s arrived both at Hew York on St . Gcorge ' s-day , the 23 rd ult . die latter only a few hooreafter the former . The greatest excitement was occasioned 15 / their arrival , and multitudes flocked on board to congratulate them on the event . IRISH Guyeb-NMENT . —The Irish government have superseded six -of the factions Tory magistrates of Carlow county . We hope they will be replaced by as many gentlemen in whose administration of justice the people can place confidence .
-PERJtrRyj—The trial of Gullinrare for » alleged perjury before the Newcastle-nnder-Lyn > election committee had- " not concluded . ; on Saturday at the Centra ! Court ; as the case , however , was only one of misdemeanour-the jwy were not , " as in the recert trial of Mr . WHliams 16 ckedtip , but discharged nil Monday morning , with-an intimation that thty flrast not talk over the subject of the trial with anT one . . " Letters . —It appears from a return just made to Parliament ^ that tie number of Letters-posted at tie principal Post-oEBces in the "West Riding , in one week , is as follows- . — Xeeds , 13 , 817 ; Sheffield , 6 ?
^ g- , Bradford , 3 , 625 : Vakefield , 3 , 385 ; Halifax , 3 , 107 ; Hndderefield , 2 , 897 ; Doncaster , 1 , 965 : Bamsley , 1 , 206 ; Pontefract , 909 ; Dewsbnry , 468 . ^ Steam-Boat Accidbnt . —Last week , during benight , the lard Nelson , steam-packet , trading , between Gainsborengb and Lynn , was discovered to be on fire , which was not extinguished until con-Rderabl e damage was done tp the yessel , as well as «> me engine . Had it deciarred ^ when"ihe vessel was «» ded , the loss would ia ' -rebjEei very heavy . Kegro AppBBKiicEfifia 3 ? .-r-At a numerons ^ eetmg of Essex freeboldfiw , ; hdd at . Chelmsford , on tfuwt fay ^ eek , Mr . Cotton ^ High . Sheriff ^ iu the «»? j resolutions were passed expressive of deep » pw at the rejection ofSir Strickland ' s
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^ JSatiomjiL-Coi ^ ok of SxjROEONS . —Depn-! Mil > Dift 6 Tni 3 ie ^ oll ^ es of Surgeons in Edinburgh ' and Dnb&i ' ibivB lately . visited London , and held conference with some members of the council of the London College , . with , a view of equalising the education and . examinations of candidates , and rendering 4 he" di p loma of ? ny _ pf , these several bodies e ^ nallyava ^ ToK ' in . " ^ 11 . parts / of the empire . -We haVie reason' to b ^ rvV ' that the terms of such an arrangement as cann 6 t " rail to be of mutual advantage iave been agreed to . ~ MeiticeU iidxette . :
Mb . Wilshebe . —It is expected m Yarmouth , that Mr . Wikhere will take the -obiltern hundreds , and Mr . Baring be elected in hisplace without opposition . .. The . Norfolk Chronicle ^ sayB : — "If the petition had been prosecuted , the committals' to Newgate would iave been so nnmerons and the pro-Recutions so ' sireeping j "as "to carry ruin into many of the principal families in the borough . " - ' Death-op Ebihce Talletrakd . —Talleyrand is dead ,: and , thfcr'fleril-die rwith . him . Talleyrand and Ponchf were the two greatest . Hem !
_" .-.. - _ . - y . De . mortals ml nisi bonum . " . The remains of thePrincexannot be interred till the king is dead and France is " a republic . Talleyrand was father to the sentiment— " Speech was given to man to craeeal , not to expre * s , his ideas . J > Such was hi&Tulingvmotto . He laoghed with-the joyons , and wfpt with ft ? gad- .. He was a saint with the pioug , an ^ . an unbeliever with the infidel . He was too gf ^ at-a hypocrite to have enemies , too worthless to have friends ; so he lived without being hated , and died withbnt'being Tegretted . . '
PosTAOE .--The following statement wiHshowhow an . exorbitant rate of postage is avoided , and prove that the ' system , as a source of revenue , operated to the defeat of its own interests : — " A person about ¦ to start " a newspaper wishes to advertise i ^ in all the provincial newspapers , the iiumber of which is severalliundreds . The ordinary" way of sending an advertisement to a provincial paper is by a post letter , paying the postage ; but , to avoid the postagf , an advertisement was inserted in a Sunday paper , addressed to all the country papers , which set oat the advertisement they were to copy , and directed them to insert the same in " their paper , and referred them to an agent in town for payment . A copy of the Sunday -paper was gent to every country paper . " Post Circular . .
Rioting at the Towek . ——Ob Thursday night , about eight o ' clock , the east , end of the metropolis was a scene of riotand confusion , and we ear that fatal consequences will be the result . It broke out on Tower-hill , between fh * inhabitants and soldiers stationed within the Tower . Its origin was jsome ancient festivity connected with the Tower from which the civilians were shut ont by the soldiers . No less than sixteen of the civilians and the soldiers are seriously ipjured . In the course of the riot a boat wai burned by the mob , and part of the carriage pavement was torn up .
Manttmission . We have heard from good authority that Mr . David Baillie has sent out orders to his agent in Demerara to emancipate all the apprentice * of his extensive estate in that . colony on the first of next August . We have been inforr-ed too , that Sir Alexander C . Grant has in .- > tructtd Mr . Joseph Gordon , his principal attorney in Jamaica , to liberate an . extensiveclass of his negroes . Lord Holland , also , has given directions to his agent , Mr . Macneel , to manumit every month , from , -the first of next August , a number of the best behaved apprentices on Lady Holland ' s estates in that island . It is understood that tbese inanuinisrions will take place on the principle of rewarding with immediate freedom the most sober and industrious
of the apprentices , with a view of establishing on the estate a certain number of resident free labourers ; . it follows of course , that the agent of the Noble Lord will select , and very properly too , for manumission those who are most likely to settle themselves permanently on the land . There is every reason tj believe that many others , whose names we know , but are not permitted to place before the public " , are adopting the same course ; at least , we have been assured that they have empowered their attorneys to act in the most liberal manner with regard to the manumissions ; oi those attorneys , therefore , will rest the responsibility of fulfilling " in a proper mannerthe benevolent intentions of the English propri etors . —Emancipator .
Agricultural Statistics of Great Britain , —There are in Great Britain 60 , 038 , 907 statute acres of land , of which 14 , 302 , 000 are arable , 19 , 350 , 000 meadow , and 26 , 388 , 907 uncultivated . Of these , 3 , 900 , 000 are of wheat , at an estimated value of £ 26 , 935 , 000 ; of oats and beans , 3 , 600 , 000 , at a value or £ 14 , 760 , 000 ; of barley and rye , 1 , 200 , 000 , estimated at £ 6 , 7-20 , 000 jof roots , as potatoes , turnips , &c , 1 , 500 , 000 , at a value of £ 1 , 800 , 000 ; clover , 1 , 400 , 000 , at the value of £ 5 , 600 , 000 ; and hops , 53 , 816 , at an estimated value of £ 1 , 883 , 560 ; leaving 2 , 646 , 184 acres in fallow . The estimated annual value of meadows , pastnres , and marshes , at 50 s . per acre , is also stated as £ 48 , 375 , 000 ; and uncultivated wastes and moors , at 2 s ., as £ 2 , 638 , 890 ; making the gross value of the surface produce of Great Britain ,
£ 123 , 912 , 450 . " Aylesbtjrt Railway . —The whole of the land required for this railway has been purchased , and the aggregate prices are considerably below the parliamentary and revised estimates , The contractor , ha engaged to complete the works by November . There is not a single bridge over or crossing under the line . Radical Mission . —Mr . IS van Thomas , of Hyde , has undertaken at the suggestion of the Radical Associations in that neighbourhood , to visit North and Sonth Wales for the purpose of establishing . and strengthening Radical Associations in that country ,
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CORONATION . POSTPONEMENT OF THE CORONATION . MEETING AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR ON MONDAY LAST . A meeting was held , on Monday last , at the Crown and Anchor , pursuant to advertisement , for the purpose of addressing the Queen , and petitioning both hocses of Parliament , lor the postponement of the Coronation . It had been announced that S , r Francis Bnrdett would take the chair at twelve otclock , and at half-past that hour the numerous body 01 most respectable tradesmeu who were then assembled began to manifest great impatience at the non-appearance of the proverbially late and uncertain Baronet . There were from 1 , 500 to 2 , 000 persons present , amongst whom was one lady . As
the time approached to one o ' clock , the discontent of the meeting was expressed in cries of ' Chair , " " Time , " "Old GlorjV with the usual accompanimeiit of stamping on the floor , and knocking with sticks upon the walU and seats . Several persons calleaVfor some one else to " take the chair , as Sir Francis Bnrdett was detaining them so long . The uproar continued to increase until a few minutes before one o ' clock , when a glimpse of Sir Francis was caught , or supposed to be caught , by some persons near the end of the room , as he passed into the Committee ; and the tumult of groans , hissescheers , clapping of hands , and yelling , beggared description . As soon « s it had subsided , a group of persons near the platform sung , amidst excessi ^ laughter , the tallowing ditty ;
There was s man in Westminster , - A short time ago , Oh ! he found out how to turn abtrat , And jump Jim Crow , &e . 4 c . - . When it had passed one o ' clock , a gentleman in the middle of the room , stood np and moved that , as Sir Francis JBurdett had disappointed that large and respectable body of tradesmen , whose time ought not to be trifled with , the meeting should adjourn to the 1 st June . . This motion was received , with hisses aud laughter . Ht .. V incest came forward , amid cheering , hissing , and the greatest nproar , to move that Mr . Hethermgton do take the chair . ^
Mr . M'Leod , of Lambeth , was abont seconding lam , when the Hon . Baron ' t arrived , but fonnd it impossible to procure a hearing . Mr . 'M'Leod requested them to give fair play to all party * . But the not continued until the adverse parties had fairlv exhaasted themselves with hooting , yelling , and thk most nproanons shouts that we ever heard « ven at the Crown and Anchor . Alter some further delay , ^ Mj ^ M'LEob . got up again , and moved : that-Mr Hethenngtbn do take the chair instead of Sir F » Burdett , who had deserted his principles . ( Tre . mendousgrpan 8 and cheers ' . ) ' ' ' . Sir F ; Bcrdctt at ' length ' asdended the table and attohptefd to-fflake himself heatd , but the greatest uproar againjeilowed thi ? attempts-cheers , groan * , andMxsuav « v ' ^ - ' ' " - .. . zzn
The &n $ e of the meeting was twice taken t > H the qnestiofi who shonldte » i-the chair ; and tbe hands of 50 ^ 0 1 at lewt lawing been held trp for Mr . HetberiBgton , be ccauentftd to preside . Sjr F . Burd £ TT said to thfl 6 * e around biro , he did nDt ' caTewhetneThe-wa # | iiorX ) Utof thechair ; he wished to abyp Jbj . th f aegosf of the . meeiing . n ¦ r . - MrrHCTH ^ jjQTQ ^/^ yuig , ^ flj fr considerable dimc ^^ obtaMe 4 . * 1 id ? i ^^ cal ^ 4 ROA * he mEpt ^ wtbe « aid tolie ant ^ nje and ^ raiional . liberty , where aOVarfi * . were ^ ot ^^ So ;? , : ? cie % . r * * V -, **'• ViwcEKT fiien '^ icanie forwaM and proposed ^ e -firrtre » ohitie « , td « ieeiB « , ttatrifi acoantry
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H was essenbally ; necessary lhat one of the wards io the new-. tror lth ^ -Hbttnld- be immediately fitted np ^ tr ^ J £ W < for that" pwpoBe : From the nature 6 f-the dfseks ^ w-hich-was- at present raging , ltmight prove \ S&ry fatal to- the neighbourhbodiunless sajne thnigwas done tostopit-lrom extending * he B ° ^ erilors of GoyVHospital-had , in the ' conr « & ot Wednesday ^ inf » MrmedJtdm . that they could take no more patients iu from St . George's par ^ W He considered it to be bis duty , as o : ie of the medical officers of . the pArish , to coine aud make this statement , so that the IJoara might adopt the necessary precautions . ^ . ..-. « ... -. . «¦ ,.. __ v ... . j th
EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF THE POOR LAW . COMMISSIONED . ^ ^ *^^ ^^^ ° ^^ ard ^ guardias o 2 ^ J r ?? ° ^ , % / g ^ 8 , Sonthwark , Mr . Evans , one ot the surgeons 'of-Aewmsh , came down and informed , the board that the-typhns fever was r ^^ f ° anj alatming . extentimthfe 'Mint , and taat U wag absolntely neces . « aryfor the safety of the ^ P ^ W ^ at ^ large ,. that some , immediate steps BUouW ; i > e tokeiiKctcr . provide accommodation in tnfe worklioose for those , who . wece labojiring under the efiectsof the ditjoraer . It was ® iite out of the : ' uaei * tion of thinking . t £ s ? nd' them to - the farm house , wnicbwas already . too much ' crowded : Inhisomnion
Mr . AjjDERsoN ^ e" chairman " , ' inquired of the master , if it was notpossibltJ to complete the fitting up of the-fever' -ward immediately ; Mr . HoBiNsb ^ , - the ma « ter . replied , that it was qnite impossible to . iitup any of the wards , for there was no water laid on , or any accommodation , which was absolutely necessary for sick persons . Mr . Day said that he and Mr . Boxer formed the visiting ; committee ; and ne could fully confirm wha t Mr Evans had stated about the crowded state of the farm house , that , in consequence of the work house , on "which so many thousands had beenlaid out , not having been finished , the parish was losing £ 30 a week by sending the poor out to other places ; and to whwn was this to be attributed ? Whyto the
, Poor Law Coiriaiissieners , who bad treated the Board with contempt , by not sending an answer tb the letter of the Guardians , who , some weeks . since that , requested to be informed in what manner the woTk house was to be fitted up . From the statemeutof Dr . Evans , a dreadful disease had broken ontrbe might saj-, on the very spot on which thev were standing ; and yet , after the expenditure of thousauds , they had no place to put a diseased persou in . ' " Mr . Martin , and several of the other guardians , wished the minute-books of the visiting guardians to be referred , to , which was done , when it was found that an entry to the following effect had been
made : — "That , on the twenty-filth of A p ril , the clerk had , by order of the board , written to the poor law commissioners , expressing the surprise of the board that they had not thought ht to return any answer , stating how the workhouse w&s to be fitted up , and stating the extra expen . se the parish was at , in consequence of haviug to farm out their poor ; that the Unit lay entirely wiM the poor law cbiumissioner / , whom they hoped would take some steps , and that instantly , to avert so dreadful an pvil which was likely to occor . " Air . HiNTOJi said that although he was very unwilling to blame the poor law commissioners , yet he was bound to say that snch neglect could not be defended .
Mr . Day . —They compelled us to pull down onr old workhouse , which was quite sufficient lor us , and they now decline informing us how this is to be nuished . Mr . Clark , of Blackman-street , thought that same immediate steps ought to be taken to prevent the extension of the fevi-r , particularly iu Mintstreet , for lie had v sited one bi those lodging houses which abound in the Minr , and from th- number of beds which he saw , he should say that not less than oue hundred persons were to be found nightly congregated together . Now if the pestilence should reach that house , the consequences would be of the most fearful nature ; for , in the day time , the inmates spread over every portion of the metropolis , tnen
jwir . uay proposed theTollowing resolution : k That a 8 . thi 3 boarAliasnot beenabletoobtain , after a lap « , of several weeks , any ; answ < -r from the poor law commissioners , so as to enable them to complete tbe workhouse fcr the reception of the sick and the poor now farmed out at a loss to the parish of nearly £ 30 a week , and as Dr . Evans has reported to this board that the typus fever is raging , and that accommodation for such sick persons is absomteW required for the safety of the neighbourhood ; and as the visiting committee has stated in a report to the effect , that the poor in one of the farmhouses are sadly crowded and confined , this board resolvea that , in order to remedy such dreadful evils arising out of the neglectof the poor law commissioners , a petition be presented to both Houses of Parliament on the subject . In-moving this resolution , he did it on the erounas
that it was the onl y remedy they possessed . It had been suggested to lam thai they should memorialise Lord John Rn * sell , but this course he declined , for he recollected two years ago , when they did adopt this plan , Iris Lordship ' s answer was that he would refer the subject to the Poor Law Coinim .-sioners , and it was , therefore , perfectly useless to go to biui . He , therefore , trusted that the Board would agree to the petition , and that it be presented immeuiately . " ¦ V : Mr . Boxek said he cheerfully seconded the resolution , for it would be perfectly useless either to memorialise Lord John Russell or the Poor Law Commissioner ; delay would onl y follow , and which ought not to take place on a matter of such importance to the parish and the public at large . Mr . HiNTON said he should prefer that a deputation should at once wait npon the Poor Law Commissioners . . ¦¦ ...
This proposal , after some discussion , was objected to . J j ¦ ¦ ¦ - , . ¦ ¦ Mr . Mlrtin said he was anxious that the New Poor Law Amendment Act should , be held up to public odium , and that the board , he would suggest , should defer presenting a petition for one week to Parliament , and in the mean time it was propable that the poor law commissioners would cause the fever ward to be got ready . -After a long ; discussion it was agreed that the petition should , be deferred for one week ; at the same time it should be got ready ; and that Earl Stanhope be requested to present it tothe House of Lords , and that Lord Wyniord aud other peers be solicited to support thes ^ me : and ' tliattUepVutiou for Ihe House ol Commons be entrusted to W . D . Harvey , Esq ., and that Mr . Alderman Humphrey , the other member , be requested to support it . . The board , thieu " proceeded to their usual parish affairs , after which it adwxiTued .- ^ -Morni / iir Herald .
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MR . ACLAND AND THE NEAV POOR LAW . The champion of the New Poor Law was met in pnbhc discussion at Preston , by Mr . Livesey , whe tnumpbaHtly refuted all his poor attempts at argument ; butuot being sufliciently aware of the character of his man , suffered himself to be jockied in the reporting of the discussion : in consequence ot which , at . a public meeting , held in the Theatre , Preston , on Monday evening , May 21 st , 1838 , Alderman Noble in the chair , the JbllqwingPublic Protest wad adopted , twith one dissentient , ) and ordered to be printed and circulated : —' " We believewe are expressinB the sentiments of
nine-tenths of the people of Preston , when we say that Mr . Livesey fully jsroved that the New Poor Law was a most fniqoitons measure , and that he triumphantly defeated his antagonist , Mr . Acland . And such was the opinion . of the vautnumber assembled , when they almost unanimously , at the end ot the discussion in the Theatre , passed a resolution to the following effect : * ' . ^ ' That the th inks of this meeting be given to Mr . Liyesey , ior hto ^ manly , upright , and triumphant defeat of Mr . Acland , the advocate of the Poor Law Amendment Act . • . » ¦ _ .. ..
'Butin the ^ bsence of argument and fair play , trickery m too often resorted to . This was pre-emiueutly the case last week , in reference : to ^^ he discussion on the New Poor Law ; and we feel it our duty to Mr . Livesey and- the cause he has espoused , tq expose the same . : ' " - . ¦ ' v , ' *' EverypersoVwio was present at the dfecassion will see that the reports in the Preston newspapers of Saturday present the speeches of Mr . Liveseyin a garMedfmnft jii a ^ 'rt ^ s ' inoWM ar ^; jntbheH ^ amd : b * iiii ^ uenUf ' '««^ to ^^ errte " ^ . ^/ Vfwnfl ^ jt ^/ JW .. ¦ Mr . Acl ? nd ' R , ar ^ carefully currectwitn
ea espry mamfest adyautagr to himselu a | d nearly dbnble the' lengtH 6 f ( tioiie ' ot bis opponent .... -... vii-x-i :.:: - -. ' . : ; -.. •• • i ) 'jil' ;> r-: f :- ' i-:,: . w-, r .:. ¦ I-Hi ™ ^ of * . tbig oapn ^ ali The ^ anSwer . will oonwbt Mr . Acland af . base trickery , aud . thejeditore of ^ mi ^ ott ^ mWre ^^ AeJ ^ ^ ' . t ' «» . ActeiM paid KT ^ SMfiJrmgefc and MrJ ty ®*> &riaM * ig BfrsajpkaonJof what waif intended ^ PW 4 f ^ JPt ¥ iean 8 tof ; *; % dft 5 J » 0 Pi jBtotti itl » i »; i ^ -j ^ I ^' if ' " ^ Sh- TfF XHW ?? mqmthctitredmtAe . VasUe { Jibf , aUln / a * w ^ of fiimg&lf an ^[ agaliQt Mr . Livesey ft ^* ct »< b 9 ^ & * Q \ W < Lpmri ^ M iMb Me-tw&tkmi ^ mieditm : - < tf the Obterver ) ^ ^ J ^ V n ^^^ eift rtTiffP 9 . Np ^ fowjWiWers
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Miay ^ St ^^^^ S ^^ *** $ ®® m * $ . » f twa « noi till late ouThur ^ ay that 3 f ^ JKi ^ detected this infamous piece of imposition . Mr . L . made , apphcationfo be permitted tom the reports about to be ^ mited ^ bdt was denied- ^ tbiaiBasonable request at all tb « office ^ excej ) ting the tibsener . 9 y pennon of ^ e editor oMi ^ aper ? Mr ^ Xive ^ corrected , as far as the limitedtime , would permit , V * Sni £ } £ P ^ ^ P PMeMral Qmissioa ^ , ^ wp *} f ^ fPwtof the Wiri / l m $ hm Il&mier and those » : « ilt jh ^ JVwtoi papery % Monday and Tuesday nights , are Me tame *( with the exception of the ^^ correctoonB wiiich Mr . Livwey ^ made in this bton speeches , in the Observer * ^ thetee 6 rtfar /^»^
™ y ; - ™ W » : Z . ** likewise ; aupjilied to tb ^ North raised to ^ retnm for insertion , in ; jthe Preslon papers These were either not dispatched or mi , « ariied ^ hence the editors ; vere ^ iged ; to dray u ^ tbat ^^^ t ' ^^^^ ?* % »*?**» f atl tl& will ^ £ ^ ^ ^ nmr ^^ mmM n ^ rt !^^ ^ T ^ ^ icanaaiox . 8 Jroceedinjj on- the-pftrt of Mr , ^ cland , w « cannot But express onr surprise . aad ^ ret tl ^ the editbwul rtl ^ rS ton paperashould ; hfaveall ^ ea th ^ selves t ^^ mstrnmenfaiiubjshands qf pr ^^ ti ^ tothSSK Mxe , partialyw&ga > bledr ^^ popularity for an tinworM y * dvent ^^^^ * £ M ^ ° ¦ && » & ¦¦ . ^' ' ** &e reqaest : $ , * & : "JOHN NOBLE . Chairraam ^
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: ; ¦; ; . BUKt ^ iiELij ,: ' v ' ; :: .. . ; - ; t The interest excited atthelast vestry meeting hi - this township , has gradually beeii ; iucr « nsiug , and ^ Ks produced ; must beneficial results to the : causeV of the people . . _ The hyppcnucaJi ; Wiji ^ s of evory grade » uid description have been throw ' u iiit « a aitate of unexampled cohfuwion and alarm , * A consequeu ^ e of the bold spirit mamfi ^ re ^ Jur the people since that memorable . evept ; fts % emorable itrwill always be as the firsf ' great eflbr > of ' the people 10 release themselves trom the < toihiiiation of a j onto of pure Malthusiun Whigs , vl » ae ^ opinions ot other . s whe % oppc «« d to tlieirown stupid attempt ? -at Iegisliiti 6 *^ iad become perfectly tmbearable . Since that tinj » they havi > had recbuf ^ e ' to every species of Ujqkery and shuflling to save themselves ^ , if p , pssiple , . from the : just aiid well mented condemniiti <) h df tfcc- pyople ! The parties oojic
v 7 - *"" g . » - u » , yvuTS trainploU UPOIJ the 1 dearest privileges ,: of ; , At « jr humble % v& nioV virtuous neighbours , and ruled ttiein with an imperious and despotic lia « id ^ fiaVe at length shown chemselves iu their truft colour *;^ andhaviv by their despicable conduct ^ lost the confidence ^ and-respect ot , the reflecting and indefeeudtnt ' portion ofttieir party .. They have exhibited ^ all , tn bse degrading Uualioes which are the never-failing : ch ^ actyrjsticl lit the low , cumniig , aud . uiiprmciplec * Wbigs After their late display of unparalleled meamilss uiid cowardice ^ they inay well { hang tlieirheads ; : wit'h shame , tor every honest man must treat them with supreme contempt ; Dreading flie power of the people—not having the ^ oarage to meet thnm face to f ? } -t' 1 ne " ^ . i aMtfciHating ; that iuevitnble defeat w-hich awaited them ,, tliey acted in the disreputable manner herenfter desScribed .
A public meeting of the leypayers ofthR township was couveuvd for the purpose . of cousiueriuK the propnety of adopting so much of tlie act of the 59 th ot Georue 111 ., as Huthoristei the owners of cotU » e property und er £ 20 per annum , to be assessed to tf > e rates tor . the-relief 01 the poor , instead of the . > actual uccupn-rs thereof . The people , conceiving this to be . a deep laid schem « upon the part of the rich U lugs to deprive the poor ratepajrers . of any voice 111 the towij ' s affairs , resolved to take the sense of the people upon the matter , so that they Iriiglit be prepared at the proper tiiiie either to accept or reject the proposition . A public , meeting was held
accordingly , m the Primitive Methodist Chapel , in Dukintie | u , the trustees having kiuuly granted the dse ot it t \ . r that purpose , oil Wednesday evening . thivDth lustaut , to take the subject into consideration . Mr . George Heatbn was appointed chairman , aiid ^ the meeting was ; addressed by Messrs . Bent «» ii , Malkm , Wallwork , Durham , Redmayne , VVnittaker , Oee vthe overseer , and Mr . Stephens , all ratepayers . Itesolutions were unanimousl y adopted to the effect that the people would ueyer , under auy pretext , sutler themselves to be dislraitichised , and pletlaiue themselves to attend the vestry jrieetiug on tne Ifa ' th , and act in conformity with the resolution .
Messrs . Bailey , (> ee , and Woolley , the smuggled Ouardians tor Dukiufieldj were al * o called upon to resign their infamous and degrading office , into which they had crawled , unknown to any but themai'lveii :, and contrary to ' the wishe 8 of nearly twenty thousand of the lnUHfaitants of the township . The Whigs , to their bitte ^ nwrtin ' fcation , discovered it w ; ould be perfectly aselea > and would only eud in ; their utter discomfiture to meet the people at the vestry meeting , held several hole and comer meetings , to see what waato be done . ; . The case , as far as they were concerned , appeared quite hopelessthey ; iound out they could no longer cajole and deceiro the people ^ and coneequently some other
course must be pursued . After divers coiisjultatious , they hit upon the followftjg notabje expedientnamely , to go to the meeting beforeiihe ^ time for which it was convened—pass the resolution autbori ^ ing _ themselves to pay the rates-rscamper home agaiu , andleave the people to act apcording to their discretion ! This was actually done . : On Wednesday rnorniri £ r , the 16 th , wrben Mr . Stephens and his friends arrived at the select 1 pom , precisely at ten o ' clock , . ' ¦ ' the hour for w hich the lneetiug was called , lo ! and behold all the business had been transacted . A pitiful , ualtry , contemptible handful of New Poor Lbw iaudlor . J 8 had the audacity to assemble before the uroDer time , nnsn a
resolution affecting , between twenty and thirty thousand people , and constituting themselves the onl y legitimate ratepayers in the township . The only persons at the meeting whose names we could learn , were John Leech and William Bailey , two cotton manufacturers , with George Woolley and p erhaps half a dozen other lickspittles—constables being p lanted at the door to keep the ratepayers out until the New Poor Law men had ^ finishedthe farce , which , from beginmbg to end did not take more than three minutes . These meii , whom Mr , Stephens described as the baker ' s dozen had "• the assnrance to usurp ^ hepriyileges of twenty thousand of their fellow-citizens , and pass a resolution
withou t either 1 tbe Overseer ; or the Clerk being present . The fact i ^ , that not daring , to meet Uieir ( ellow-townsnien in ^ open vestry , they thus fraudulently and surreptitiously caballed together to promote their own vile purpog ^ , and to fcheat tbe great body of the ratepayers put of their acknowledged and indisputable rights . The Clerk had written the explanation of the resolutiou of the baker ' * dozen at hbine , three lines , according to his own testiinoriy , he wrote in the room , alter the baker * * dpzen had adjburnea , and the remainder he wrote iu a neighbouring shopkeeper ' s house , wcere it was signed by George WooUey , as chairman of the meeting . And what is- still more
flagitious , Wilde , the Assistaiit Overseer , ' made himself a tool in the hauds of that miserable faction —the . - very , man who is eating the people ' s bread . We hope the people will look after this fellow , aiid send him to the right about the first Opportunity . The people , however , were resolved hot to be treated in this manner , They went to the place of meetings appointed a cHairman , and upoja the motion of M u- Stephens a deputation was appointed to summon the Overseers and Clerk to attend with the town ' s books . Mr . Stephens and Mr . Durham , both members , of the Select Vestry , were then deputed , and in a short time retorned i accompanied by the Overseers and Clerk . Mr , Stephens , to the
infinite amusement of the people , examined and crpss-examined ^ the Clerk as to the mariner in which the resolution had ^ eea pa ? $ ed , ftodi entered iupbn the minute book . The examinatiQn had Sie ^ Jfect upon the Clerk of ^ a pb ^ rful ; sudorifi c , for his uersmratioa was greatly promoted thereby ; ' The Clerk admitted that the , business was oyer-whenV , he . came to the rooin , r at y ? w ? minutes , past fcffl , sothat supposing them to have commenced p ^ cisely at ten they : transacted allthe basinet to / we niihutesv It was really ludicrous to witness the baker ' s dozen scampenng about in all direc ^ ori ^ lifie komanymf * trom under a . corit stack , when tbeotherratepayers were going to the iineeting . ; , ; ¦ ¦ in- ., . ;>; . , : . f .- •; ; . ^ . T ^ Clerk p aying refiisel . to act at the meeting , " ; Eastwood ; was appointed to supply displace
and ^ everal resoldtioiie , Condemnatoryoftheconduct dt the baker , ' * dozen * > were passed , declaring what theyjiadd onet < ybeiUegah ; nuUap 4 void . ^ * ; ;;• / _ Mr . Stephens deWred 8 eyer ^\ s ^ addresses to the meeting , explaining ^ iii a inasterly and lucid ; style , the ^ awifqrWgdatih ^ arigh . vestrtea He *!| 9 , ad « erted t ? the re ^ lu ^ oB , wmc ^ i ; h » 4 * ee n passed ^ by the party above mentipneo ' , and commented- upon the ; wibkedaesB of a 'handful of menr running up ^ taiwr-sgrejetagjtori ^ . tejsiflnlion ^ a ^ ; « c ^ npenng d pwft- agaw ^ wUk . ^ het Drecipitancy of detea snopmeri" TK ^^ eaffitibn purporteditobe movedbv * fohnif ^ iSrHuh ^ rWiWiTrt % ik ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ mm ¦ ttJk
, w ^ 'I ' H M ' » — — ^^ ' ™^ ^ . - . ^^^^^^ mm ^ ¦ SSn ? M ^ ° ^^ i 8 »^^>^> ft # a *» Hrt » ' tS « hr — & ^^« ti tney r » re i ra * s-payer 8 of ? ^ . * o '^ bactb ^ ' neHotenot tliS whether it ^ ip ^ sea ^ it'DttirMfieldioiS Vk ^ m . OT » M fte r | e ? olajion 8 ; s » ith i ^ ot , ^ HsvtJien » 1 uded to the vatfo ^ ( lasers bein Kengig » mridtfie ^ w w ready ; prepared < to ; -ipilMjia lawlairainrftiany bi ing forward ana leavei the fiw ^^ uoge'and ffi ^? ^^ Y ® 8 ' ' ^ Aft ^? # Varieifr Caf ^ Stoical ii d cutting obseryaiiQnBiiom Mr . Stephens , thanks « rfre voted to Mr ^ BMon ; the chairman , and the pfe ^ immmiZii ¦ ¦¦ . ;
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. irivafe& ^ f *^ - ^ dlsre PntaWeraffamr are myanaply , the new-made Russell magistrates if this . degraded district , some of whom , and thelrrieS gj ^ are al ways ready wthrow ? the weight S & ^ uepc 8 lnto ^ e New Poor Law balance against the oppressed poor ; and we- sftriotisly put to Wud *«> ent . of anxenlightened public , rwhetaer such conduct be calcnlated , to / inspire sentiments jof venerahon and raspect in the mind ^ of the peTpte fo r the 'magisterial office . ' ; We ^ are convinced ft wfll be-quite tUe . reverse . Snch conducti » but ill calcnlated to uphold the majesty of the lawa , and to mauitain the honour and dignity of the sovereign , whose representatives these mferior magistrates profess to be . Cau such men be looked opon as and unbias
impartial sed a % dicators , in the case of -tactorychndreri working in their own mills , and whose cases may come before them for a f ^ r and a just derision ? Weopine not ; r ¦ N Of \ tue : otaerfci 6 n 8 piTatq » against the peace and harmonyoFthi £ towuship , Bayiey aridWoolley rit is eriough to say ^ tbat they are both ; Poojr Law ^ Guardians ; aud , in their general character every thing w , hich that cold-blooded office requires—tie very men tocarryout the : separation j starvation , degradation 8 ? k . eme , of the , hideous : monsters , whose agents they filwry in having become . They have both of theni b ^ en ' raised from ^ the ' very dregsof the people , ' whose ¦ p ioverty ^^^ hasdri ^ de them rich , and- who to , ' therefdrei gey think themselves entitled to bastile under , the , Broughamite Poor Law , ; or to bludgeoa with ' the Hussellite Rural Police . v - ^
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I ASHTQN-ITNDER-LYNE , . ¦ i A public meeting wa ^ held , oix Saturday eveniric last * in tiie Charlestowu Meeting Room , which was crowded to excess , to demand of the House of Commons , . that Richari ^ astler , Joseph VRayner J > tepUens , . Feargus O'Connor , Jamef Bronterxe ^ - r ^ ti ? i orgti Strt"ge * Bull , Johri and ^ araes Paul Cobbett ^ a nd | George Condy , be summoned to appear at its bar , to p lead , onbeaalf of the peopl e vt bugjandv against the Poor Law-Ameudment Ait-Mr . lsroadbent in the chair . Resolutions to thai ettect ^ were proposed and seconded by Mes « rs Cunningham , Wild , Johnson , - Swindells , and Deegan .. ; A remonstrance and petition , of which the tollowuig is a copy , was [ adopted by the . meeting ^; ' "' . " fyffe Honourable the Commons of the United King ; domof ( treat Britain and Ireland , in Parliament < . assembled , . ; ' the respectful Remonstrance and Humble Petition of
^ Me Inhabitants of the Borough of Js / itoa-wider-Lyne , ni Public Meeting assembled , SfTEiyETH ' - ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ " ' ' " . ' '¦'¦' " ¦ "¦'¦ " : ¦ ' . ' ¦ ' That an Act , commorily calledthe New Poor Law Act , having received the sanction of ^^^ your Honourable House , and of theother branches of the Legislature ; has , since the year 1834 , been Carried into operatipu in . various parts of the country , as tbe acknowledged and settleil law of the lau _ d , which the subjects of this realra are required to obev . ' ' . That your remoustrauti arid petitioners having duly considered the nature aud pro » isions of that Act , would respectfully and humbly , but at the samejime most expircitl y ^^ declare their conviction , tliAt both in princi ple aud in practice it is diametri-^^ I'y . opposed tothe ack »« . wledtfed urinRinlfivnf tv . ^ .
. yintxsn Conslitution , utterly rupugnnut to the first ieeliugs'oi human nuture , and impiously subversive of . ' . the . rigtitJious laws of God graven on the hearts of men ^ and revealed to them in his holv word . J That your remonstrants and petitioners , as loyal and constitucioual subjects of the Crown- cannot obey a law ,. winch , wherever it i * established ^ must bnng all law into contempt , —and , by destroying the liberty of the people , lead them to seek , by iorce and : violence , the recovery of tlieir ancient rights , winch that law would treasonabl y deprive them of The good order of society , the sanctity Of the national altar , and thtf inviolability of the Throne are only secure , when the rights of the . poor are respected , and the happinesii of the people generally promoted and respected .
1 hat your remoustrauts and petitioners , as men , ' disdain to reason with those , be they who they may , wh . Oj as by the New p OOr Law , have dared to ofter noleiico to the deare > t and noblest feelings of their common nature , by the incarceration ^ starvatipu , degradation , and separation , pf " the virtuous members of famines , who ? e only crime "is poverty and aflliqtion , brought ujjoii thein -b " y the hand of God or the wickedness of , inau . ThLt war npon their nature , your remonstrants and petitioners will be prepared , and are determined , by the law and the resources of nature , to resist , if need be , to the death .
1 hatyonr remonstrants and petitioners , as Christians , have been taught , and beaeve it to be right , to obey God rather . tua . 11 man , whenever man usurps the anthority of the original Lawgiver , and seeks to overthrow his peaceful and righteous dominion . This attempt has been made by the New Poor Law , which puts asunder those whom God lias joined together , —and in many other ways oppresses the poor aud needy , whom Gnrf rorpnrHs thmr rich « r brethren to succour and defend . Your reinoustrants arid " petitioners , haying the fear of God before their eyes , do ssblemniy declare their determination never , so long as God lends them breath , to sanction or submit to a law , which , in few Words , is best and most emphatically describe . ! as the law , not of men but of devils .
: Thatyour remonstrants and petitioners have approached your Honourable House by their humble petition otinany thousands , praying for the repeal of that unconstitutional , unnatural , and unchristian statute , but always hitherto without success , —such petitions being treated with indifference , contempt , and scotji . : . ' . . Tbat yonr remonstrants and petitioners have now adopted tlie only remaining constitutional mode oi appeal to your Hbnou-able House , —and , if uusuccessfulvit will certainly be the last . Your remonstrants and petitioners will have conscientiously and perseveringly discharged their duty to your Hon-OHfable Hpuie and the country , —and will then calmly await the end—leaving the issue , with "
confidence aud hope as to its result , —in the hands of Him , who , in iiis own good tune , will avenge the quarrel of the oppressed and despised poor . That your remonstrants and petitioners ^ ould , therefore j implore your Honourable House , without further delayi to reconsidertheproyisionsof the New Poor Law , with a view to their entire and immediate repeal , to listen to the accumulated and aggravated grievances to which your remonstrants and petitioners , in common with their fellow-cpuntrymcn , have been wickedly subjected , —arid further , to call to the bar of your Honourable House Messrs . Richard Oastler , Joseph Rayner Stephens , Feargus O'Connor , James Bronterre O Brieri , George Stringer Bdlly John and James Paul Cobbett , and George
Cortdy , —men in whom your remoristrants arid petitiouers have the utmost confidence , that they may there plead bei ' or * your Honourable House the cause of the : poor of these Kingdoms , whom the Ne \ V : Poor Law . has consigned to unparalleled inisery arid degradation- —and whom , if their wrongs be not speedily redressed , that cruel law Will hurry on to a social , perhaps , a bloody , revolution . This , latter alternative your remonstrants and petitioners would deeply deplerei and would , therefore , importune your Honourable House to grant this their respectlul but last request . — -And your petitioners and remonstrants will ever pray . " * .. Mt Stephens having been sent for . afterwards
addressed the meeting , expressing his pleasure at the adoption of the Remoristrance , and observing that it eiitirel y coincided with his mws upon the subject , because it spoke the truth , as the truth ought to be spoken to that House . He bad been sent for to tell them whether he were willing and readyto take his stand at the bar of the House of Commons— -in their stead ' and in . their name . He was both wilUng and : ready to do bo . > If their coristitutional demand were granted , he would ; go ^—and , th ' rorigh their voice , thunder defiance in the ears of those -who would dare to defend a law , which oppres < seel the poor and needy—deprived the freeman oi nis ancient rights , and violated every principle of humanity , justice , liberty , and religion . He had
already , yesterday , recorded it 6 n the report of one ofherMaJesty !« Commissioners , that the people of England were virtually released from , and absolved of their allegiance to the Crown , because the Crown , thtongliits traitorous advisers , either could not , or would not , afford them the protection or bare existence . The right to live at liberty yi&s taken away , —and- the people are - therefore , free to assert , by- force of arms , iheir claim : to > the repossesaibn of that right .. . ¦ ; Whether ^^ he went or not , he b , ad taken care to ,.. tell' !¦ th " e ^ Gpverriment what , he thought and taugnt- ^ whatlAe'pebple believed j arid were 'determined to act upon , when the time for action came . This la-w , should be repealed , or he would rot in
. gaol , or perish in the field . They had no fear as to \\ p \ evei ;; being 4 aw iavithe Ashtori District .- That point had been settled long ago , as their resolution stited , they ^ would aiefir ^ ty- ^ and they were riather too many arid too well armed to die , so long as one of their enemies still lived . pid-Lord John really thi ^ k . thjat J £ nglisbmen were such met& brute " , * sts ; a > piMo ^ rhith to clfissify them , and lock them up , % rid skilKgaleetbem v and rural police them , jusfcto ' sriithiu feolisb theories of political . ecpnomy ^ and , lengtheuoutlusleasebftheWpbumA ^ ml hardly" that ^* X least , not yet > ^ nat : l ^ r of de i ! s' * ii 6 * M b > repealed , or revolution-must follow ¦ tbl rela ^ Jiipf ^« ifceg isjatsuretto ^ eneal ^ , ^ - ¦ „ .,:, ^ j
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apppintmect turriea ^ it inio the CbuWW ^ p or ^ k '' i ^ jn *'^ means * red nerBri ^ orpie ^ e ^ ius ^ bacot / Buspended from therropt of ifie \^ rif aV whic ^ fife poor Irishman and ^ s- ^ fin ^^ ianuly point ' "their ** po ^ toj and fency itt 6 taBteV % ereof f cut : $ thin with a haminy tnife , all for to « iveiC « ' ^ relish . " The ^ point wanted ^ winding ; Sir ^ TjHoMtS ^ D ; Acland set itgoinR . on 1 Monday wefefe ^ adW sooner was it in motibn / t hari « the over-zealouV ^ ' brood of Sir ^ RoBERT PEEL began to uig at ¦ & < Now . ^ N knew , and kne ^ fuir
^ Bepeal ^ twould ^ keep , arid though upou ^ ebboW df ^ the ^ House : that the only danger to him was in » T JtaU ^ , that nothin ^ was K : be ^ ehen dedfr 0 Ia tke postponement of its application' to any Chorea measure which might be passed ; rtotgEther 4 wai much to be fearedl . if ^ is *' spring-heehidJacF ^ aV " altogether put out of Existence ; ^ The ^ ^ irig ^ ag ¦ a nonentity ; a mere ^ hoax | an ideal £ « J ^ HJ <> - a ^ year ; , to be gpent indiscriminate ^ iriyib& e 3 a ^ cation qC y Catholica Jand ^ Protestaa ^ a ^ edrd % t © the will of tbe - Lord - Lieutenant - anfl ' iiome %
schonlmastef CommissioneKs j -when it- ' was > thSr * ' ;^ but the £ & 0 , 00 (> was not , there , 7 Wd thbsfe ' wha- ^ originated the ^ me asure said " , ; : <• ( Jod ^ and Go * alone ^^ knows when it wilf be there j ^ but ; the ^ IrisTi ar # bloekg , arid we'll split them with ^ his churcii Vedgei ''' ¦• This appropriation' clauseithen Was-to ^ aye ' Been i ffi ^ aekriowtedgmerit of the great principle ; of theripM ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦? of She iHouse of ^ otatrioris ^ to-rinterter ^ rth the i disposal of church propertyl But as money ] as well ^ as principle is now becoming iri ^ objectj ^ let us for i : >¦ moment consider thesource from whence the ^ 50 60 ( j- ' ot national
eQUCa « nori ttorie ^ a ^ tb-eoni ^ : ' i ^ ^ but a ^ secoridaryvcoiwideratbn ; - ; thVsuftabfe ^ . p ' ro ^ 3 ^ sibu : &r ; th ^ parsons ' i wai-the firstjv andV ai our EngHsh readers may ^ ridf' # eU -uriderstana" fe ' - meariin | an < l nature of church propertj-in ^ Irelandj we shall endeavour to explain " ft to themby ajJVo- - cess > of familiar reasoning upon ' a ; question 1 of taxation , a subject upon which , none , sW the Chancellor « f the Exchequer , seem'to be ignorant "W& " must divest the subject of the masquerade dress : in which it has been exhibited in the House ' of Commons and upon the platform . ^ WV
agitated ^ abolition of tithes as a prinS ^ ciple , but O'Conneli / and his party seeing '' that it was the best rung ^ n tbe ladder- ^ the best " introduction to the pocket , and the warmest excite ^ ' of the passions saw ruin inits Ibss , and no rent in ' its stagnation ; and , therefore , a great difficulty " arose as to the best modei . of ' giving the ' question a h freshness savouring of ^^ novelty arid hope . With thfe " ; view ^ the questi on of ti thes was changed froin one of ; : princi ple to one of aviottnt , aud was argued uporiitha ^ instalnjent principle , till it has ; been resolved to
transform £ 100 of tithe into £ 70 of property , secured as a mortgage upon tbeland . ; THis is ari important question , andwemust be plain . The greattlifncultywas in the mode of collection . The £ 100 fcould not be raised withoutseveral distresses ; whereas ^ manyseverities may be recovered from the same landlord by simple action , of which the real payer ^ riamel y , the tenant , would know nothing . And thus were the ' neart-burnings and disturbances to be for ever ended . Now then , the tenant pays in rent , or is to pay , ( if the Lords allow him , which , we hope , they will riot )
as seven is to ten . And now for the taxation parallel . Let us suppose an article composed of fivedifftrent materials , all of which are duty free , and let us set the price of the thing down as ten shillings ; let us then suppose one shilling duty kid upon each of the raw materials of which the manufactured article' is composed . Would the manufacturer , ia such case , give the article for fifteen shilling ^ or would he be satisfied with a fair remuneration for the expenditure of his small capital in duty ? ' Not abit of it . He would charge seventeen shillings and
sixpence or more j a profit of fifty per cent , and quick return . What , then , i 8 the conclusion ? Why ,, that the landlord deling in a taxed article will not only charge the former price for the article , but will add a considerable per centage for his liability to the parson ; that . is for the Titke duty' . We shall presently prove ^ substantially ; but we are now ; dealing with an assertion ^ The tenant who now pays a hundred pounds rent ; and seven pound tithe , will to save heart-burning ^ and outrage , pay an hundred and tea poanas rent and no
tithe . But we like it , for the Protestant Landlord will shortly fight with the Protestant parson . The nature of man never allows him to consider whence his title to what he has , if " per fas aul nefas" he : can augment the amount of it . The landlord will very speedil y forget that ^ the tenant and the state have been robbed , and in order to enrichhimselfjhe will lose sightof the beam innisbwn eye , and pull the moat out of the purblirid parson ' s . In 1824 the Tithe Compositiori Bill /( the most reasonable adjustment of the tithe question in a money
poiat of view ever yet suggested . ) was Voluntary ^ riot compulsory . And , now to prove our case . It has frequently happened that the same landlord was proprietor of the adjoining parishes , separated b y * mearing or boundV fence , the land on either side of which ; was of equal value , and usually let for a like rent , suppose one pound per acre . The parish of A fcad compounded , and according ^ to an act of STANLEY ^ , except with special reservation , tbe >
landlord became liable to tithe- the mete then adopted , " Was to cover rent and tithe under a bulk sum . Now the parish of A , mind , had compounded ^ and the landlord was liable , andiri the parish of B no compositipn had taken pJace ; what was the consequence ? Wh that where the tithe ^ comp ouridea for was two shillings an ^ e / the landlord invariably added three shillings to the rent - laying on fifty per cent for his liability to the- Xhurct From a , long and intimate experierice of ' tithe
property , -tithe lettings , tithe processes , tithe agitation , arid tithe disturnarice ?; we ; unhesitatingly declare , tbat if the parsons are ' bad , the landlords are doubly feady when the law confers upon them the power of mixing rent with tithes . The tyranny of Catholic lay ; impropriators , full y proves this . And , as for the farmers , they , to this day , as the ; landlords obh ' ge striall tenants to pay old engagements in the currency , ia
its increased value , tbe small farmers hold their ' labourers , and those who manure their ground , " to the old ' system of paying exorbitantl y j and / ia f iriost instances , in kind , although the land is under ' an acreable commutation . In fact , as the labourer •'' who earns . fifteen shillings a-week looks down upon '"' himiwho earns but ten . / so does tiief larges fernier treat . with contempt his'inferior , and he again takes vengeance upon those beneath ; Of such rude and
jealous elements is English , Ir ish , arid uhiversal ' : society compRsed / which gives us a strong leaning "> towards the ^ principle of that excenent philanthropist , ^ r Mr . Owbn , iri faVobT < 6 f a complete reorganization ; ' ¦¦• of the human ; famiijF ,- \;' : ; liroy ( ry ) then ,. ^ w ev 0 ome ; to ; a « fc , .. . '! i " whehce is ^ the £ 60 ^ 000 ;^ year ; conferrwt' upon flie'i 1 ^ poor Irish ; to icome , after all ' - ' saitabje provigion for * P the maintenance of the parson / and rth ' e celebration ; ' ^ ¦ 2 of
of th © ' religious ^ ceremonies a ^ feW ; purae 'prdud ^ 1- ^ pVotest ^ ntsi who live ^ upon Cathdtiein ^ uktry / and f& : jiaiw the Cathpue faith ? Ah it ? s ; all huinbugii "W « i - 'i regret ^ baiing isaid more thrftfinierely fc ; remina'tt ^" ^ ^ thoiid ( ifsuch -m thin ^ iher e be | > ho ^ jjf : " datiiSei ¦ ' ¦ : ** to iay fbr iflie support of < the bayonet church ) ^ f-tyM ^ - ' i words of tie immortalrDoYLE , " may our hatred '' & : iii / Tithe * 'bf as fe ^ mg ^ B onr love of joati& . ' * '¦ Yt fc&o ^^^^^ rMmml ^ ¦ fteptifif % ^ W ^^^ i ^ thefirst , paymienfeittl »>« a : ^ yjj ^' -iS ¦ ri :- ' rti-wxz % ^ . ir jcia ^ . - ixd \ 'iHi&qali * 7 I > . ¦ .-, . . ¦ ¦ AyM ' riUum ^ vr ^^ ,- b : i s J , } iiil vdfX
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 26, 1838, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1007/page/3/
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