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HOUSE OF LORDS , ] Friday * May 18 . Xord JBxocGHAM entered tfie House ^ at an early hoor . HisXordshiD jms greeted by several Noble Libra's on tie oppoatioii ade of 1 iie Houses as lie proceeded to take his seat . - . After several petitions bad teen presented Lerd BSOUGHAM asked Lord Lyndhurst trhen it was ids intention--to introduce his Imprisonment for DebtBffl . ( A laagb . ) r : ^ Lord LYXDHURST said that be to not aware that there ¦ was ^ any 1 > iffofIBs Pn their Lordships ' table , but Jier Majesty ' s printers bad one -which would shortly be laid , before the House . L&rlBRCfUGHAMLsaidie knew * ery ~ well that he and- his ^ Noble Friend on the Woolsack had a bill -oatfcis-sabjeictv-but -his Noble and Learned friend
( LordjLyhdhmsL ) " nad left , merely the word 14 Whereas ** on- mat TnTL remaining , and he now wished to know when the foster-father intended to itr ttBftnfg Ifa-Trtfr ^ ifig tefnrg tW House . Lord LYNDHURST : replied , that he had had the assistance of the Masterof the RolLs , and that , in ^ a ' conrse of afew days , the bfll would be before thteir Lordships . "" - " - ' . - v Tie LORD CHANCELLOR begged to state , lie Considered that very great alterations and improvement * had been introduced in the bill , but in the-main parlithad noti ? een very maferially altered . The committee-on -ibe lall had met tnis day , and had adjourned . SET Tuesday next , for the purpose of giving tha ^ Noble and Learned Lord fBronghain ) an opportunity of going though its details . . -....- ...- - _
. Some notices of motions were given , and then ^ ord BROUGHAM proceeded to present a number of petitions in favour , of Negro Emancipation ^ ¦ which . had accumulated in the course of the last ten or twelve day * , which most completely contradicted the assertions made in and out of Parliament ^ that flie question with regard to Negro Slavery had ; cooled . His Lordship also presented several petitions against any additional endowment to tie Church of Scotland . ------"Hie bills on the table -were forwarded a stage , and the House adjourned .
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"HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday . May 18 . Mr . HUME asked for information respecting the Canadas : were those provinces undpr civil or military law ? He was compelled to ask , though with -great regret , if there would be any objection to produce a copy of the instructions to SirGeoT ^ e Arthur 1 It appearel that Vxo man had heen executed for high treason , and that ten more -were ordered for expcntion . The inhabitants were struck -with surprise and horror at these events j" and even ihe . Executive Council had prayed that the hand of the executioner might be staved .
Lord JOHN RUSSLLL replied , that he was ¦ unable to give a precise answer to" Mr . Hume ' s questions . ATI he could ray was . tliat an ^ ct had be * -n passed by the legislature of Upper Canada prescribing certain modes in which persons charge d with treason in that province were to be tried . " No copies of that act , however , had been received at the Colonial Office . Dispatches had been received from Sir George Arthur , by vrbicli it apppar ^ d that two persons had been tried for high treason by the ordinary tribunals , and ' convicted but information
r . o had been received of the execution of those persons . With respect to tLe other cases to which Mr . Hume alluded , they rested on rumour . As to the instructions ; alluded to by the Honourable Gentleman , there was no objection whatever to thvir production . And in reply to anoiaer question from Mr . Hume , Lord John said—A portion of Lower Canada had been placed under military law by Lord Gosford . That had been continued by Sir John Co ' borne . Z \ o doubt , military law bad been since suspended ; butno distinct intelligence had been received of the fact .
fcuhsequenOy , Mr . O'CONXELL put a question ^ imilnrto Mr . HumeV , respecting die executions in L pper Canada , and received a similar answer Sir FRANCIS BUHDETT asked . ' Lord John Russell , whether he intended to" go into the committee on the Irish titbe resolutions on \ Iondav Lord JOHN RUSSELL said , be fid not , " but wonid proceed with the Irish Municipal Corporation Bill . He did not intend , however , to abandon the question of Irish tithes ; but if the committee on the Municipal Corporation Bill had finished its labours by th .: Monday following , he wonld move a simple resolution for concerting the tithe into a rent-charge , on which he would found a bilL ° ' Sir ROBERT PEEL but imperfectly understood ^ ord John Rnssell ; and it was impossille for Mm to state at the moment what course he should Uke m the altered circumstances . Would Lord John Ru .-sell defer his committee on the Municipal Corporation Bill till Friday r - '
Lord JOHN RUSSELL assented to this postponement ; and in furiher explanation of his tithe plan , repeated , that he should call Tipon the commirt » e to " adopt a resolution consisting solely of this—that the tithe composition at present existing shonl ; be changed into a rent-charge ; " that would be the on ] v object of his proposition . b > ROBERT PEEL—Am I to understand tLat -dit- > -oble Lord ' s proposition will be' limited to the conversion of tithe-composition into Tcnt-charee Lord JOHN RUSSELLri-Yes . Sir ROBERT PEEL—I will meet that concession in the .--ame spirit in which it has been made . I , however , reserve to myself the right to take an unfettered course . If 1 decide on taking a course on ¦ Friday host ile to the Municipal bill , I will give full notice of that intention , to prevent any unfair advantage . '
[ Here the conversation dropped . It was short and pitLy , and communicates to the country the importani information , that the tithe conflict has resulted in a Tory victory . ^ limsters . it would appear , have given ' up every thing . It is not credible that t .. e Tories will now reject the Irish Corporation Bill v though they may injure it . Bva * eulemem . should it only be a temporery one , of the tithe and corporation questions , two" of the main barriers igainst their return to office would be removed . Ministers have been in haste to throw away the ad \ anta ^ ps of the victor ious vote of Tuesday , " or to > ho-r . that in their estimation , the truinpetings of Lhe . Do-yning-sU-eet journals haye been foolish , us Wfll as brazen and hollow , for that there was no victory . How will this concession " he received in Irelaiid ?]—Spectator .
THE BUDGET . ' 1 Tip CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER , in a committee of ways andmeans , openedhi ? i long deferred bucket . Instead of the vaponring speeches of six or •* -v « n columns with which lie has been wont to treat the II . » nse ^ iIr . RICE contended himself to-night with ab :, ut Lalftliat space , and one quarter of . even the rMuceJ proport ions might ha \ -e sufficed to contain all that anybody cared to know . The estimated income for the year endiu £ ith April , 1638 , was . ^ 47 , 240 , 000 Actual lucerne ,.., 46 , u 9 lt , OuO . Deficiency — 1 , 150 , 0 oO Th ? ptunat ^ expenditure 46 , 73 , 000 \ ctual expenditure 47 , 519 ^^) 0 SurjJaicfeipendirore ...... : 646 . 000
- * 1 , 796 , 000 FLcai- f . pires show the amount of the miscalculation ~ f ™? ? ° f a * t year ; but Mr . Rice stated the dfhciency at only £ 1 , 428 , 000 . Admitting Ms great disappointment in the actual results of the last fauancial year , M ^ r . Rica referred to the average of the lasttwp year . *—he wished , in fact , to be allowed to spread lhe deficiency of 183 / -ii over two years ; and the average excess of income over expenditure for the last year to the payment of io > " 1 , 000 o n account of the Canada war , the necessity of providing for the whole amount of the interest on the West India loan— £ 750 , 000 ; the earlier payment of £ 200 , 000 for interest on Exchequer bills , in cousequenceof a change made to obviate the inconvenience
of a large amount becoming due while . Parliament was not sitting ; ' and to the general advance on the interest of Exchequer bills . Of these" items , ft is plain that the Canada war expenditure-alone was unexpected . The others must or might have been foreseen when Mr . Rice made his financial statement last year ; but , taken altogether , they do not make op the amount ol the deficiency . For the current year , Mr . Rice calculates that the deficiency will not exceed £ 500 , 000 , and probably not £ 300 , 000 ; and , followuig the example of Mr . Canning-in 1827 , who had adenaency of three millions to make . good , he proposed to supply it by an issue of Exchequer bills , in preference to imposing new taxes or augmenting the fended debt . He intended to apply an ^ lditional 5 oi
umo « J , wo tpthe expenses of the warinCanadamaking the total on taataccountmore than a million ! Mr . Rice was at pains io defend the increase of interest on ; Exchequer bills , on the theory that it prevented dangerous speculations , which are fostered by a too great sipplyjoT money . With regard to fntare prospects , -the Chancellor of the Exchequer assured the ilonseithat &ere was no caus * for despondency . ¦ TBe ^ ernaiientresources of the country had not been impared , and there were some symp . toms of improvement ia- the revenue . From the falling . in of terminable annuities , which would , commence after 1839 * andrthe payment of which wogld . ^ tdr ^ iy ^ eease in 1867 ) hereby affecting . a **^ aia-sawn ^^ . £ 3 . 000 , 000 annuallyj ^ t might be ^ ft ^ . fliaftttere Sfennanaalresonrces in store . He admitted ttithe fiW made a Tery imsatiBfactory and
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ceeded to . comment npon Mr- Rice ' s very Tinsatisfactory statements . My . Hxane ' s speech was loaded with calculations , which tended to prove , that hot oaly . Tsith regard to the West Indian loan and other financial operations .- Ms . Rice had acted improvidently and ignorantly , but lhat under lhe present systein there was little hope of improvement in . the revenue , and that it was absolntely necessary to make large reductions t ) f expenditure . : Mr . WILLIAM WTLLLAMS maintamed . ihat Mr . Rice « red greatly In Ma' calculation- of "the amount paid for extra interest on- Exchequer Bills . ltwas £ 547 5 , not £ 396 , 000 . The calculation was a very simple one ,. and he could not be mistaken in it . He dwelt on the impolicy of keeping up the
interest on Exchequer Bills ; above the market rate of interest . There was no risk in holding Exchequer Bills ; the Consols might fall , but the- Exchequer Bills must be paid in . fall ; for which reason » persons would take a less interest upon them than on the funded debt ; yet Mr . Spring Rice most injudiciously paid a higher rate of interest ; Mr . GOULBURN said , that the blame of the great outlay in Canada should- fall on Ministers ; who , if they had taken proper precautions , might hsve : preTented the insurrection by an outlay of £ 20 , 000 . He was exceedingly averse to an increase in the unfunded-debt ; bnt on the whole thought it advisable , for the present , to adopt Mr . Rice ' s plan
far meeting the deficiency by an issue of Exchequer Bills . Mr . Rice ' s motion , however , respecting , the effect of a high rate of interest on Exchequer pills in repressing speculation , was altogether faflacious . The value of Exchequer Bills did sot depend » o much on the rate of interest they bore , as on the general state , ofrthemoney market . He maintained that it was the onty of Government to be prepared for a state of things which mi ght cause a run upon the Savings Banks , in which there were now £ 20 , 000 , 000 . Should a badhan-est occnr , and a run upon the Sayings Banks , Government would have to sell stock at 60 or 70 , whkh was bought at 90 or 94 . to meet the demand .
Mr . M . ATT WOOD approved of the raising of the interest on Exchequer BiUb ; but not at the tune and ia the manner it was done by-. Mr . Riee , xrho took the step in consequence of a temporary fluctuation in tu& money market . Sir . G 1 LLON recommended a change in the system of taxation , as the surest way to improve the revenue . 2 ! vlr . HUTT said the financial statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , instead of holding forth to the country the prospect of a reduction of taxation , that was usual on these occasions , was little else than a declaration that the revenue of the nation -was below its income , and that it would be necessary for him , that he might meet the expenses
of this year , to anticipate the future proceeds of the Consolidated Fund b y an issue of Exchequer Bills . This was a fact not likely to prove very satisfactory to the country . He did * not mean to blame the Right Hon . Gentleman for the unproductiveness of the public revenue ; it was the necessary consequences of _ one of those convulsions in the commerce and financies of the country to which we were unfortunately periodically exposed . Indeed , he must say that he thought some degree of blame was due to public men of all parties , on account of the disinclination that they manifested to inquire into the causes of those fearful vicissitudes in our affairs , which so frequently arrested the course of seeming prosperity , paralysed all the operations of industry ,
and lett the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the situation in which he 5 tooi to-night belore the House and the country . The Committee on Joint Stock Bants which was appointed in 1 ^ 36 , re-appointed in 1837 , and again re-appointed in 1 ? 3 S ,-seemed likely to end in no better practical utility than that of amending the " system of co-partnership , from any inquiry into the conduct ot tlie . Bank of England , the committee - ^ pre expressly excluded . And yet it -was the opinion of many persons of high author ity , much study , and long experience?—of Mr . Thomas Tooke . for instance of whom the Chancellor of the Exchequer had that nisht spoken in high but well-merited praise , —that the Bank of England was largely responsible for the crisis from' which the
commercial public in this country bad hardly yet escaped . There are person .- ; of great eminence , out of the House , who are strongly iiupre .- - . sed-with these opinions , and yet he ( Mr . li " ) felt sure that if any proposition were made for enquiring into the aeueral system of banking in tbe country , ~ it would be opposed l > y thp leading int-n on ho : h sides of the House of Common .- - . Yet surely those who remembered the events of 1825 and l « i / could not imngiiif that the monr tary system of the country rested on any \ t > ry safe or satisfactory basis . What was the history of last year ? The " drain of gold from tlie I ' nited Str . u-s , produced by the famous Mint regulations of the American President in 1834 , had lett the Bank of England with little more than four
milhons of specie iu its possession ; of that amount a largeportian was in the Branch Bank ; some «» f it was donbtle .-s of silver , and there could be little donLt that if the afflux of goM had continued , tin * holders of one pound nott-s would h-ivo bo . v > me alarmo . l , a panic would have tulloweii , and the Bank have become incapable of paying in gold , and we should become involved in all tlie miseries of an inconvertible paper money . At that eventful moment , the demand for goid from . America was anv ~ , ted b y a formidable derangement of its commercial atiiiirs , which led . to a paper currency . Thus , to u » c the emphatic words of ilr . Tooke , tlie Bank scrambled out of its difficulties . But let it not be snppos-.-d the Bank has got beyond the reach of dancer . IWs the Chancellor of lhe Exchequer doubt that tbe Aiiu-rican Banks will , before long , return to cash paymenu- ; or that , when thi'v do so . that th . »
drain ol gold from the Bank of England will re-commence : He cannot . He knew that even now the preparation made by the banks of the United States for n-turning to a wholesome state of the currencv had turned thp exchange " a ^ aiust this country . Should thi > continue , and anv thing occnr to render the exchanges ' . with the conunent of Europe nlso adverse—a fact-which , looking to thi ? spirit of gambling and speculation now » u active in France , was not unlikely—if there was to be an afflux-of sold from the Bank of England , at the same time , to America and to Paris , was it ot a reasonable subject of apprehension that the Bank of England would be in greater danger than it had «\ er before " scrambled out of . " As it was , whenever the public revenue was productive , speculation was prevailing prices were hiA , the foreign exchanges adverse , and every thins preparing for the misery of what is called cnsi
a -. Colonel SIBTHORP was sure the deficiency was more than two millions . Mr . Itice had gone ' back to the time of Canning—he might as well have gone back to tne time of Noab , if there wa . * any Chancellor of the Exchequer in Noah ' days , of which he was not certain . He had never seen a Chancellr-of the Exchequer rise with such a pallid countenance—he appeared tbe very picture of despair . He c . mld tell Mr . Rice and his colleagues , that the best thing thev conld do , would be to walk out of the House and Uieir places at the same time . Mr . RICE entered into some further explanations ofhis statement ; and reminded the HouA that in Ittfuhehadgivena warning against undue confidence m the apparait ' prospenty . He paid some high compliments to the American merchants for their energy and honesty in payment of tbeir deuts . '
Sir JOHN RAE REID would be quiet ready at the proper time to defend the conduct oi the Bank of I -j v , l ° , aud < .. d the American merchants and said that their debts were for tlie most part in rapid progress of liquidation . Mr . EASTHOPEsaid that the interest on Exchequer Bills was manifestly too high ; and as to Mr Rice s theory about its effects in repressing speculation , 11 was alto gether ^ unintelligible . If the interest were lower , the premium would . be lower , but the quantity or amount in circulation would remain tlie same . That could be no protection which mere'y pm money into the pockets of the fortunate holders of Exchequer Bills . But of all things he wished Z ¦ £ fl ^ lSfi" H . » ° n ™ We-Gentleman's attention to that subiect which u was essential slmnlH - K «
orougut clearly before the House-namely , the alarming amount of the unfunded debt ; and he wa * most . anxious « , understand what were' the reasent m ^ ymm toexce ^ ive speculations m kee pingup IL S 3 would be the most effective protection to the uubS ireasurr ot
agauurc some the evil * which generally followed excessive speculation & * uci * uy Mr . ASHTON YATES attributed much of ftp recent and existing : commercial difficulty to the vicious paper system of Amenca . J . ™ The resolution was agreed to , and the Committee rose . ¦ - .- •¦ . - ¦¦ : ¦ . ..
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Longevit ? . —There is now in the Island of Poro 3 a priest , named John . Chaniotis , who was born on the 13 th January , 1718 ; he was married in 1748 , and ordained in 17 o 5 .,- He has three sons and a daughter ; the fiWest son is aged 70 , the - second 60 , and the third 55 " ; his daughteris aged 68 . - He 'w in poasessibn < 4 all his faculties , , and enjoya exc ^ tl ° l aea ^ th , at his extraordinary age of upwards of 120 years . "' . REM 4 BKABLE DisPATGHl-The letters from rdam the 19 th
^^ of instant , were receiyed at Hull by . tb ^ early ^ jjst bf lthe 20 th .: the inaiiAa ^ wia vSSrSt ^ ^ ste ^ er ; . wBcn . veSi ^ rwwmmm ^<> w ^^ S ^^ m ^ m ^^^ m ^^ si 5 i ? is m ^^ s ^ on Jor tem&JZ Z ^ I ^ **
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TO EEAEGUS O ! CON ] S ; OE ^ , ESQ . PRO PBIETOB OF THE NOJlttSEBN 6 t £ R .
IiOndon , May 17 , 1838 , Dear Sir , —The Dorchester Labourers would wish to offer you their sincere thanks for , the warm and disinterested part you took in advocating their cause , in and oat of Parliament , during their banishr ment ; ' and , that through 'your effprts , ui conneotioh with others , we are ^ ow on dur ^ inatiye ahores . ' Be so good as to publish the following in fheNchtifierji Star , in doing which you will oblige yours , &cl GEO . LOVELESS ; TO THE TBADES' TJNIOyS AND OTHER PHIEND 5 OF THE DORCHESTEB LABotrREKS , ¦
Brother ^ Unionists and Frienps to the Cause OF THE DoRCffESTER ^ ABOURERS IN YORKSHIRE , LaNCASHiRi ! , _« fec .,- ^ Withnp \ small degree of pleasure and satisfaction we received your congratulations , on reterninf to the land of out nativity . We would most willingly respond to your call in taking a tour to the Korth , and appear , personally among the friends and associates of justice and humanity ; and repeat in jour hearing an unvarnished tale of our wants , our sufferings , and bur woes j ; but permit us to _ say ,, at present , it is morallyjunpos . sft > le to visit you , —as two of us , namely , George IioVeless and James BrineVare in London ,, assisting the Central Dorchester Committee in carrying out their plans for future oDerations , and the other three ore in the
coantry , lop | ang after a spot for ojax future locality . As soon , tfy « e& > re , ai . fhe ^ usinws is finally settled , an opportunity inay offer ! of visitingiyou . Meantime please accept ; our . gratitude' for - ^ ehat , you have done for ua and ours . You have fought , arid have cbnquered your foes and ours ; you have contributed j and thereby assisted the Committee to support , in comfort , eur wives and little ones during our exile . Our hearts are with you . We wish you prosperity , and we look forward with cheerful anticipations to the period when the working men of England shall shake off the trammels of despotism , and claim their just and equal rights , and the standard of liberty be planted through the world . We are yours , in the bond of union , the Dorchester Labourers , Signed by GEORGE LOVELESS , rJAMES BRINE , - f « r \ JAMES LOVELESS , Ior iTHOMAS STANDFIELD , Cjohn standfield .
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ADDRESS OF THE TRADES' UNIONS OF BTJRY TO THE WORKING MEN OF GREAT BRITAIN . i Fellow Workmen , The legislation of the middle class House > f Commons has been one continued series of eilcroacliments on the few remaining political privileges , ns well as on tlie natural rights ¦ of ¦ the- productive classes . It is needless that we should ocvupy your tiine in proving , what the intelli gent portion of you in every district must , as well as ourselves , luive observed , that even the measures which they have boasted ns most liberal , have-uniformly contained clauses destructive of some portion of our rights , as an equivalent to the Aristocracy for tlie concessions ' claimed from them in favour of a class more corrupt even than themselves .
Our present object is to call your a ' U' -.-nti « ii to , and arouse your energies to oppose the fatal attack .. on the interests of the working classes , through ilie destruction _ of 1 rades' Combinations , whicli tin corrupt factions " contemplat « -, ' -jind thu wny to which they have been paviag , by slanderous as |)/ r ? -ious- and the . suborning of perjured evidence asfains : tha character of those clattes and especisilly of . the Trades' Unions . Tlie evidence given before tbe Cominittec now sitting , is such as , whil « it unveils the maligiiuut designs . of our enemies , hoids out a cheering pr , } . --pect that the bold expression of our opiuiuus , ami the deterniinedexerci . se of the power which evon yet we possess , will be sufficient to deU-r from tbeir iniquitous course , those who are beyond the influence of any -worthier motives than those of intercut cr fear .
Many of you are alread y informed than an official person , whose stat ion in society , though it certainly offers no pledge for houuur or * honesty , ¦ mv ^ -b t liave been expected to hold out mi iudu ' cV'iiiL'iii to preserve a decent regard to the appearance of vt-racitj , the Sheriff deputy of West Lanark , has ( hived to i . ring charges against the Unionists so . ¦ palpably fhl ? e and reckh ^ sly malignant , that had me uunir ings and uiuroers , which he imputes to us , ijceu aomaily perpetrated , they could , scarcely have attached to the guilty parties a character 6 f baseness andruiliauuin more decided tbat ' iliis cowardly slanderer , who would murder w , th l ying words , lnis justly earned "Out , the charge is second only-to the Jeed itself . " ¦ ¦
Did this man believe what he lnmsi-if assertoJ ? Or if it « cre pos ^ iljlo tluvt a ' cold-blopiifd VI 1 MU Ot tbe world , as lie appears lo be , co ' ul . l have hiboua ' d under .-uc-h delusiuns , could ihos ' n wbo were drawin" out his evidence by " -leail-ing questions" believe , it ? You know it is impossible . But it has only served' to prore the treachery and iniquity of tlieir designs . . T j'i- ' ir c ^> e Uaa ulready broken down . Mr . Sheriff Alison ' s testimony is .-disproved , not only by . the evidence of our friends , but by Un \ t of master mauufHcturers . The Whig Ministry and their master O'Conuell , - iri . their zeal to se .-ve his and their masters , the commercial capitalists , have gone further than any person , who retains to least regard for character , can openly sanction . Lord Althurp said that be must be a bold Minister , who
would dare to bring forward the Poor Law Amendment Bill . ' a second t ime ; if it should lw deferred to another session . Had tho people bcstirn-il ( hi . mselvesin time that unconstitutional , and murderous act , would not have p > i > s > ed . Wilh . ntgarti to tins now project , which is necessary to " carry out tbe principle" of that act in the ' manufacturing distrirt— without which the coarser food scheme cannot then be carried into uffcet—with r-giird to this new conspiracy again > t your rights , and your very existence , you are fairly warned , and if you suffer it to be completed , you deserve to suffer the wont that . _ treachery and tyranny can bring upon you . liestir yourselves then—act—act . Do not be
content with meeting -and-talking but act . AVithdraw your funds from the banks—let your enemies see that out of those wages , which they say are spent in drunkenness and profligacy , enough has been saved to embarrass , if not to ruin , by its withdrawal , the saving -classes .. But recollect , that , if you thwart their intended treason against the people at this moment , so long as property only , is represented in that which ought to be the people ' s house , you obtain only a respite from the certain ruin which impends overyou , and that the- attainment of birr ancient rights of Universal Suffrage , can alone afford to the injured and insulted working men , "indemnity for the past , and security for the future . " - Signed on behalf of the Committee , THOMAS CLEGG , ' _ . -. Secretary .
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The Editors of the . » The Kortlcern Star'' urisA lo be dislinctlu understood tlut tn affordvig a vehicle for the discussion of great J uhhc Questions , they are not to bu identified trith the Sentiments er the Lunyuuge of their several Correspondents
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TO THE EDITORS OR THE NORTHERN STAR . Gextlesiex , —To say that I am sincerely glad that the Dorchester labourers have returned in safety and tolerable health to their native land , would be but a very inadequate expression of my feelings on this most interesting subject , I am in truth delighted that the noble exertions of the people have been crowned with success , and that our " shabby " government have been compellad by the force of public opinion , and the exertions of tlie invincible press to recall the doomed victims from their abominably unjust banishment . But , Sirs , while I read withpleasure of the honors which have been conferred upon them since their return , and of the provision whichitis intended to make for their future comfort and
independence , I should like to see a little more energymanifested on behalf of our gufferingbrethren the Glasgow Cotton Spinners . Surely the place of the returned victims is not to be supplied by our fnenda from Scotland . Surely because the peonle have glonously broken one set of Whig chains and fetters , they are not thinking their work w done , and so sit down in apathetic unconcern , while otherchains and fetters are being riveted on the innocent sufferers of the North . Allow me , Gentiemen to tell the working men of this degraded land , that unless they bestir themselves this will be the case To whatuse ^ k it that yourselves and the glorious . H akley , and Oastler and Stephens , and the rest of the noble band , who lead ; on the movement party expend your energies , and wear out . vhrn > l ^»« : l bor 8 it
Srvf i ? I « ^ ^ 8 tl 11 ' ' nd le ^ you to Jght the battle done . -Remember , : Engltsnken ; Scotchmen , Irishmen ! Remember that your ^ poS ^/^ : S 0 C 1 ^ salvation mustbeeffecte d by a union ote ^ rt , a oneness ofporppse * a i ^ edu eS 9 orp | S pje amragst yotrselv ^ pr . your leaders , able S ap ladvanc * astep ? you ,-S ' effect ; -make " a ^ SrJe Wf ^ : *»* and ma ^ you ' ner ^ SS shall-be completely , achieved . , Beat in miniWt a p acdnraedJoor Wlisyet unrepealed ^ tKitSni ^ insteadofbemgtoyouftWessuig , is by ; « SS « S ^ umous . ^ nifatat ion ^ . society ^^ rendered af * a ^ r cnrse ;—that thousands of litti f chUdren are gtiU bht ^ ndbloo ^ y Whigs can ha ^ tneif own . wpy " And
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when youthmkon . the ^ ethingsfwe ^ tf you will be free . ~ tet each-individual—Jet ^ the whole community agitate ! agitate ! liagitate ! 1 ! till justice is done to all classed of our couHtrymen . Demand an Act of Parliament fdRvftlfer ^ f ^^ ^ ^ . oatilii ^ the protection oi . tiiefactorychUdj . and the total and immediate abolmon , of . slavery , ^ alV the Briti dependencies ^ \! Di 9 : , tW 8 ^ p ^ cvfpr .- ' : 'ydw ^ ve ai ; ;' . ' ajid ' God ?; theGod , of , t | he , p ^ r , J and tihe Mehdlessj' will smile upon you . Do this , and ' all good men will aid your ' . enterprises .: / . Do this , and when you are laid beneath / the . clqd ^ of ife . yaHey , your children in the possession i £ < plenty , peace imd happiness , shall rise upland call veu , blessed . ; Do this and you shall be r hailed . aa ^ thevbette . factpra ^ of ^ generations yet unbora . I , ^ - ^(^ eai ^ ^; :- . ; - ;^ . , v ; i ; ,. v :.: j . ; ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . i ¦ ¦ ' .. ¦'; -: "¦ - . ' . ¦ ' ^ ITbuwimpsttrnly * ^ - ' ^' - ; -- - - •¦ : . - '" . .. ¦ ¦ ¦ - ; . ' : ¦ . ;¦¦ . :- - ' . rV / .-v . yi f ; :-Ti-: Bi - . SMItHir
-P . S- Since writing the abo ^ 6 , I have ; received the Star of the 19 th ,. i ^ stenj ^ and isaflnpt i refrain from making a few temistks on certiai prpceedings wjbich have taken place f it Ijlalifa ^ jino ^ rih ^ , Factory rei gulati&h act . TM ajrticle to wiiich . I allude , is headedFactory' lnfprttd ^ 6 n ^' ' ' -Qi ^ . % y-iifcp [ . ; ib' ^ ' ; Jtliat Mr . Berry , the : stip € ^ t enaeto ; of factories , hiag found it necessary ^' tp summTO certain millowners , to force the magisterial beinch | c td answei > 'fpr _ gross and flagrant violations ^ ofi'the la ^ r / Joseph ' Taylor ^ of Stainland , appeal to be- & ¦ wholesale pffender ; workin ^ achua underthitteenyearsof age , without a certificate , or a school voucher . The defence to which " ^ asv jthajt ^> pe ignorant of the provision ^ of the law . . jQhri ; i ^ bj . teihead was summoned for
employing a chUd , without . a ; fichooV , voucher received the quantum of education required b y law , and his defence , was that the schools oh a drunken spree fpr about three weeksi Thpnias Dyson , of Greetland v hadlwdrkfed , that is , his slub ^ per , had worked a chUaunder ' iKif teen years pf age , eleven houri ; and Wnu Biilmforth ^ also a whdesale pffender , was charged with the same offences as Mr . Taylor . All thpsp charges appear to haye : been fully proved , and . iir all the cases the j penalties in ^ flictea were of a mitigated character . Noyr , gentlemen , / am of course poiend to believe ihattfie decision of their wors / iips wtis perfycllif correct ; but I am still at a loss to accounttor the way-in which they came to their decisions . The penalties inflicted en Balmforth and his man , or in fact , on Balmforth but for
amount to £ 6 . 17 s . . 4 d . »^ th > sam e offences Taylor was only made to deposit jES . How is the diflerence of £ 1 ., 17 s . 4 d . to ; be" accounted for ? Then in Mr . Dyson ' s mill , and probably without his knowledge , a child had been worked two hours over t ime , and for this he was fined to the tune of £ 1 . 15 s ., \ v \ yile ; MtjAVhitehead , for employW a drunken schbolmas'ter , by whose Intemperate habits the whole of the children in his mill ^ were deprived of education for three week . s , is made to groan under the enormous load of a fine of One SiniiLiNG . This last case merits particular attention ; one of the boasted excellences of the act is , that it secures the education of the children . Now , it appears that Mr . W . is so anxious to promote the moral and intellectual - 'improvement of the rising generation , that he engages it rno .-tt examplary sclioolmnster , who only wishes to have a little drunken recreation now and then , and who no doubt becomes by this
process , qualified , to resume his scholastic duties with renovated energy and good effect . It was admitted that the master ought to have employed another schoolmaster , and for not elding so he was nlieii Is . The Magistrates thus , in effectv deciding that the learning provided for the children in a factory , by Act of Parliament , is worth about fourpence per week . Well , one thing is clear , it is li ^ gh timo tbe people took the management of the r own affairs into their own hands .. -. I shall i . pt oiler further cbinmeiit on those matters at present ; but I do lUtpv * that the working classes will ponder deeply over tiierh , and resolve not to rest till a good ten hours' bill is obtained . The crtuse is a common cause , let the effort be a common eftort . ' ¦ Unite ,- be firm ! Agitate incessantly , Yorkshire and Lanrnshire have led the van . Let all England , Ireland , and Scotland join the mighty—the invincible host , and , as the cause is most holy , so the victory will bu most sure . . T . B . S .
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TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS NOW SITTING ON THE NEW PO OR LAW AMENDMENT ACT . 1 Lords , —As an Englishman , I have a right to address myself to the father of the nation , —as a Christian , I am ; bound to use that right , in the spirit of veneration and refpect ; not hesitating , however-,, at all times , to speak the truth . I rejoice thatthe i \ ucsliqno / t / ie right of the poor to liberty and life , is now placed in his Lordship ' s hands under circtunstances which demand , and which I doubt not will secureyour disinterested , unprejudiced , and undividid attention . ,
The people of England , my Lords , baye strong hopes in vour Lordshi p's Coiuniittee : —they can have none , in that which is now sitting in the Lower House . I know thai ; some of your Lordships , who . sincerely love , the poor , mistake the apparent " respectfulness- " and " quietness" of the labourers in the South , for'" satisfaction and contentment . " Excuse me when I state that which I know to be the fact , —when I inform your Lordships , that sutlenifcss , discontent , haired , and rcvehge , lurk under that apparent smile , —which is mistaken for
" esteem and veneration . " It must ^ e so , my Lords , ¦ in the very nut lire ofthings , becausethelabourers of England are still men : —and it is hnpossible that they can be " contented" under a system which ileprives them of their liberty , which divorces ^^ them from their tvives , which tears their children from their embraces , which breaks up their little domes lie establishments , which banishes them from their national altar , which associates them and their wives with dissolute and immoral companions , which pimishes their unwilling jtoverttfYritii more severity than ¦ '¦ wilful and hardened crime !
It may be difficult for a Peer of the Realm to descend so low as to associate , upon apparently equal terms , with the labourers on his own domain . " It is still more difficult , that a labourer should believe in the sincerity of that humility , and trust the hidden griefs of his heart—sorrows which he scarce dare whisper to the partner of / his life - ^ truths , the very sound of which , he feels to be degrading to his nature--to the keeping of one , so superior in batward
circumstances to himself—to one , whom he is bound to consider , as the ttuthor of his / undeserved sufferings , and the depriver of . his natifral rights ! If , in . suet a case aa this , my Lords , it is not to be expected , in the nature of things , that a labourer should unbosom himself to a Peer , how utterly impossible must it . be , that those noblemen , who only now- and then deign even to speak to a working man , should be able , by his replies , to arrive at the real wdrkings of that man ' s mind . ¦' ¦ ; . ¦ ' ..
My Lords , —It is not onl y the labourers of England who dare not speak to you , even those persons who move in higher stations , in whom you are accustomed to confide , are either themselves unable to arri ve at the truth , or ^ knowing that unpleasant ; truths are always unpalatable to men of your rank , they prefer to secure your favour , and their own interest , by assuring your Lordships , that " all is well , " —that « ' your domains are in peace , " —that " your labourers are content and happy , " ^—" respectful and thaukful /' at the very moment when they are only waiting for an opportunity to assert their 6 wu power , ^ -and to prove to your Lordships , that free men can no longer' endure ihe law of slavery and of death ; : - " . ' .,
My Lords ,, you are men , —you are Eriglishmen , — you are Christians . Suppose , for a moment that the labourers of En Oh iTkji were invested with the power of governing this country , that they had authorised a commission to deprive the nobles of their rights , and compel item LITE ON a bo > R $ EK sort of food ;— -and , supposethatfAd ? commission had triimped up a false report , to prove , " that the sons of idleness , Vice , and profligacy > have usurped the place of the English nobility of older ! times : !!•—that " all self-reliance , ' all provident ' habits , all ndependent feelings are at an end : —! ' that "their mmds become debased as their habits are de * graded : — " ¦ that the" ' rentals of the Peers have
ended in the destruction of the independent character in the English noblemen ; " * That * ' idleness and her sister guilt now ; stalk over -the land : ' ¦ That /' the destruction of all ! property stares us , 'and at rie great distance ^ in the ^ e ' : " That " all property is shaken to pieces , and- the times are fast approachingwhenitshaUbenomdre }*'' And suppose , my Lords , thatonsuch a false ieporrirom the Labourers' Commissiduj ? i labourers' . 1 Parliament had , passed a law , iepriv ^^^ titles , dignities , and eBtates , and had punighed you with greater aud hea , fiet ^ dnctighitieSj iAon ^ A < w < f awarded tocriirie , how wonld your ; Lordships have felt ? If , under such circumstanced , a law had been
passed to drive you from' under the shelter bf the British ; 'Leg ij ^ ttr $ . ancl ^ r phtce ^ he keeping of your estates ; and W ^« wr persbns , In-the hands pf three Commissibners , ' wiiippwe ^ tiiider ; pirqti ^ i-, stances over ifihichyoujhad via coniroul , to place yp ^ in cpnr \ nement | td . separate . you Irom y pur w > y ^ and from y our ; chilafeB , ^ churches , to ; bre § k up your estabh ' shments , and , , under , the ^^ pretencei of feeding yoH , ^ :- ; tp . provide you ' witJj regular potations of slow , but certain poison-y ^ IJaskyour Lordships ^^ couldUyou be- ^ content and hippy V Or ^ ifdisaaUdt » g ; ta brook « nch ^ treaty ment at the hands at toe Cp A ^ 8 Spnew ; ypuTfe * olyed tb retain your ftter ^ ana ^ ' . it 8 ^; l ^ Swrtfe , jto |« Ke See Lord BrQuchata ' sroeeth in th ^ Houw Of Lords on th » second reading of taePoor Law AmeudmentAct . ¦
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what chance ^ nd natutfe X ^ ded , ^ puld -jptt abpl ^ such law'In ^ ^ yerence ? " •; vIHy J ^ r ^ because you are : men , ; you 'w ? w 74 no £ ; Becangfr'yptf a ' r ( e Christians ^ you dare ; not ! ^ It mighti ^ tfe ^ ydnr ' policy , for a ' seasdn , to put on the mask of " i ^ ect * fulnessilnd quietness , " but you wpttlft pant ^ r ^ ttfe dppbrttmity'to prove- to your tormentors , that this mia % &lof G ^ ysbotild rioi bf fytt * d ^ gHded i j i ^ 0 trampled upon rvith nmnmi ( jy ! Sueb , ; my : ) Lprds ^ is precisely the eaise with i ^ e } lab ^ ur ^ sit JFEiiqi £ iib at the'present time . They are waiting ^ oY ; an bpportunitjr to thr » w off their oppressive and galling yoke , " which , neither they nor theirfatheti vfcre able to bear . " ' ,-: ' . '¦ ¦ ¦ > ' . ¦ :. •¦ -. . - ' ^ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ v ' u ' : . . ¦ ¦ - . ;'
; should nevef be forgottea by men in power , that it U | unjust , to treat those whom they , govern more harshly than > if the tables : ^ re ; ternedytHey themselvefl . Would ^ wish iahe i treated .- The labonrer ' a rightsythough | eWyare as dear to him ; asaretiie many ' privileges which are surmounted with a coronet * My Lords ,: tiie Cottage ^ of the poor man u as sacred : as the palace of ; a Peer . His homely and afiectipnate wife ia ^ the ; dirling of his soiil , nor will he , submit to be torn from her embrace and leave
the prince m . quiet ppssession of his princess , -The rigfit ofrelief in time of distress from the soil , of England , is as . much ' ft ^ e- -. p ^ erijf- -pt \ &idr ' IEv ^ aiBii labourer ^ as the r ^ f aTeyc ^ Xpr dship's , which you callyoar own ! 1 ^ you fancy thatyou are Justified in robbifng the : labourer of that bight , then , my Lords , ' he is sure that he is justified in ^ / depriving you of yours . RiOHTj my Lords , is as sacred to the holder of a plough , or the thrower of a shuttlej as it is to the wearer of a ^ , coronet , or the occupier of a throne ! ' ' ¦ ..- ¦¦ * : ¦ ' ' ...:. ' . : ¦ . ¦¦ '' ¦ : ' ¦'¦¦ ' .,
The labourers of England feel that they have been betrayed ' and , enslaved b y those in whom they trusted . They fell asleep ihthe arms of Brougham and Althorp , who , instead of keeping their yows to them , like one of old ^ assayed w hilst - they were sleeping , to deprive them of their strength ! My Lords , the giant masses note no longer Sleep ! They have still theipower , with one ^ arm tojlay . hold of this pillar of the Constitution , with tne other to lay hold on that ; and , like SaMson , to tumble the
magnificent edifice to the ground , —and , if their ancient and natural rights are not restored to them , my Lords , they will do it , although , Hke him , they may perish in the ruins ! And who shall blame them , my Lords ? Surely not the descendants of the English Barons ? They have now no share \ Q tbft blessings of the Constitution . It were wiser that they should bravely die , as their forefathers have done before them , than that ; they should ^ like vile slaves ^ tamely submit , even on the soil of England , to be shut out of the Commonwealth .
My Lords , it is of no use now to talk" of the ¦ paltry saving of a few pounds , shillings , and pence . " The labourers of England know that the intention ^ ihe object , nay , that the very orders of the Government were , *' that the labourers of England should be fokcted to live upon A coarser sort of food ! " It is M no use ) my Lords , that you should attempt any longer to deceive yourselves , by pretending that " the improvement of the condition of the independent iabourers was the intention of the law : You may deceive yourselves by such declamation , —but you cannot now deceive the l < tboiirers by it . The adoption of " destitution as the test for relief , " contradicts that
assumption m principle ; and the lie is given to it by the fact , that in the Ampthill Union , where the law is said to work in its best form , the condition of the " independent labourers " has already been reduced 41 6-tenths per cent ! ! My Lords , the principle of the Bill , the facts arisingout of itsoperation , as well a « the secret , hutdamnableorders of the Government , and the louddeclarations ; of ' Lord BROUGHaM ^ on the second reading of the Bill in your Lordships House , prove , in spite of all the feigned disregard of " paUry pounds , shillings , and pence , " chat 'the object and intention of the New Poor Law , Was , to rob Me poor of England , and thus to endeavour to maintain the rentals of the Lords of the soil ! !
Think not , my Lords , that Englishmen-will submit to it . Lay not the nattering unction to your souls , that the spirit of our forefathers is clean departed from us . You have , in an unhappy moment , leagued yourselves with your deadliest enemies , —the sordid money-grabbing Capitalists , against your natural ' a / lies , the labourers of England ! It is in vain to attempt to maintain your rents on the destruction of the value of labour . The Capitalist *! , who have now entangled your Lordships , know this full well ; and they are waiting for the counteraction against land , which must inevitably follow , if the New Poor Law be enforced ; then , for a very small sum , they will purchase your patrimony !
Cannot your Lordships also perceive , that the enforcement of the Poor Law must lead ia the universal establishment of a Rural Police ? I say nothing now about the expense of that establishment your paltry savings in poor rates will only be-a fleabite to that enormous expense ) . I now say nothing about the liberty of the poor being destroyed thereby ; but I do seriously ask your Lordships , are you prepared to part with that local irifiuence . which your rank and property npw secure to you ? Enow you not that when once the 'New-. PoorLuu » and the Rural Police are established in the land your influence will be destroyed , and there will be no inrluence felt in all the length and breadtB of this kingdom , but that which shall emanate from the Commissioners of the Poor Law , and the Commissioners of the Police in LpNbotf !!
My Lords , if you are prepared tamely to surrender your estates , your dignities , your rights , and your influence into the hands of the money grabbers , who call themselves l ( Political Economists , " I am happy to inform you , that ihe labourers ° f England ^ " demure , and tractable ; and respectful , " as your Lordships are told they are , are now resolving , by tens of thousands , that they will die , rather tlian live the slaves of their enemies and yours . Your Lordships have been informed by the Earl of Harewood , " that the people in these parts of Yorkshire are opposed to the New Poor Law , and that they are excited to that opposition bV
artificial means ; " and the Earl Fitzwilliam has corroborated that assertion , by stating to your Lordships , " that the opponents of the New Poor Law , in-the West Riding , had been justly described by his : noble friend , ' as persons ; excited upon this subject by artificial means . '' " Npthing van be more true than the statement of the Earl of Harewood . It is , however , necesaary that-your Lordships should know what those " artificial means" really are . They are not instructions to the people " to pay no more taxes "— "fo groan at the Queen "— - " to behead the monarch "— " to make foot-balls of Royal Uedds" —O-R TO BURN THE LORDS AND THE Bishops in Effigy . " No , my Lordsthese are
, not the " artificial means" used to excite the people to oppose the New Poor Law in these parts ; this information willj hp doubtj be very pleasing to Earl Fitzwilliam and my Lord Brougham . The people are excited to madness against tne New Poor Law , my Lords , by the introduction of " artificial" Officers , and " artificial " measures . The soil of these districts has lately been polluted by / the t ra ^' ping : pfV . a ; a ' "; ar ^> Jciyi ^ officer ,, vrtiocall ^ -himself " an Assistant Poor Law Commissioper , '' his name is Alfred Power : This " artificial' ^ exotic " excites the people 'by usurping the privileges of the Lord Lieutenarit— by supplantiing the local magistracy—and when it suits his fancy , by defaming and slandering them .
He is a sort of" Jack of all trades " -i--ahd has the power , somehow , by secret movements , unknown to the constitution , to make villains into justices ^—and to overrun the district with mercenary " men butchers"called " Metropolitan Police . *' i ^ ay tfthe opmmander-in-chief , " seems now only to . be a petty official , appointed to obey the " prders '' ionform to the wishes of this" artificial" wilUp-th ' -Whisp At his bidding ;^ Dragpona , Hussars , and Infantry * scour the West Biding—bat no . oue , Cno not even the Lord Lieutenant , ) knows for why ? He ^ thejgTeat If . ari ^ c « U' ^ bfficer- ^ but real ^ exciter of theiieo : pie in these ; parts , " is the only being ii whbinV all Power now centres . Then thereare the " artificial " Guardians of ^ the poof—wrhp are intended to become thereal tools' of Power ;; if they dare to have a " W « U oi ineir t
own , uey are swamped by an : " artificial " fcttchof ^ SkillyMagistrares' ^ and thM the rate payersvare silenced and enslaved ! 'Tn ' en there are the « artifiqial" Clerks ; and ^ : Assistant X > Tersee > wy and Reli 0 Ting Officers , who fci-e ^ altbgetjier the m ^/ tools pf ^ Power . Tben | againV we ate ihvaded'by ^ a troop Pf ^ ^ artificial" valuers and surveyors HiotnpwB fo the Tate payers or owners pf property— -sent by the . " artificiar ! Board of Guardians , at the bidding ' : Power . to measure andValue the township ^ , 'ind aU the ^ rate payers have to dp , ; is to ^ be'lth ^ kl ^*' aiid j » ay what Power ' s topis' may iawarf J ; These , my Lords , are some of the "^ tifidall ^ fficersiMiwlib excite the people in thesepartsta oppose the > New Pppr : LaWifA . : Tfcenj aaito ^' i ^ rUnciafcri measnttB ^ I ^ willonly mention : two > out of ^^ inany . r : Thex * f atti * ficial" mode of feeding Englishmen , women , ? and pWldrenVon doses' of nff Skill yi " ' whwsh ^ 1 ia 8 ^ be « W proved by hundreds of imurders-rta ^ -Deiiupdring-ilnit 8 lpw ^ poison ; and , then th « ff tajBfieial'A ) state of miatriinony , / Wherein MnpPowb » has discovered , i '' " ¦ ' ¦ - •¦ ¦' ¦ . . " 'iVU . ' : > : ? fR . '&i 3-
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man ha | no r ^ ATto fte ^ pmpauy : of hjs ^ fe ^ ctaldr ^ - ^ n finei tliatfGoa ^ lmignf Is ttfavM when he ?; ay £ » Ausbafids cfeave ^^ if wiSSh that natureiisWrong : whenMe' t ^ acKes parenfe' ^ i love tiieirchadfen !! WMy Lords , ¦ & i ^^ fra ngt fl ^ i id a Chftshdn couattfj in preswiceWsueh ^ a ^ " fieialmeans > ' ^ Bjat « tlie ^ epplein ttfese ^ affffc ^ *^*^^ - ^^^ : ^ sev ik ^ m aid
fpor ^ awf ; u ney would Uet undeserving' of ^ name ^ ofn ^ n ^ if they iiot resist su ch ^ nftbnstiS ^ tional ^ unnatural ; and uachri 8 tiari invasiba' of theiF i right ? . Wiiharaw . P 6 w £ » yrestoretousouSnS ^ rights ^ url < M jarisclicti 6 ri 8 ; 4 ahd " WcSmS ^ wiU c ^ ase ^ l ; iwUl ^ b ^ -he w > lh ( SSV , know thatihetiebille of % e ? &iparts ^ will 'Mert t&etf allegiance to ^ the Queen—by-clearing ^ theW parts of her Majesty ' s" ^ dfoniinioris , from ; theT artificial" ^ officers Wh ' b knbw 5 iid Head j iiutr the Three' Pni « omcers woo Knowi rid * " *?>; "but ^ the Three Voat 7 ¦
. Law ; Comrniss } ohfers 4 " v ; : - -i : r- / ^ : -: / :- \; ' ^ .- ^ - - - ' i ^ y ^ or ^^ e ^ p i ^ It is not safe to . tear theni from their local prejudices •" werei ^ ppssiple i | iwoul ^ . ««; . b > AJptudevL in So ^" Lordships , \ aweanifiwafrpmAeir . fendness to their localha ? its » vOnce ^^ succeed ' . ' in , e ri ^ a ^« frpm tha r minds of Engljshnien , theirpiecuiiaj , pfejOiees ani * local habits , - which ^ ^ et yEngt ^ £ ^ j ^ have succeeded in d « sstroying the - Venerable insti tt '' tions of the landJ Yd' vhave tiiend ^ g a pit deep enpnai ^ to contain ihe altar , % throne , your , coronets , and ? your" artificial" rights . ^ Xpt me ^ dvise your Lord- ^ ships careru % ; tpprStect tiie - fenzf- ; habit * sM tte ' ^ localprejudtces of the ^ . people ¦ snpjild . ] they ever be eradicated , tfiefouiMation ofihat -pillar , which it ' ornamented by your \ Jj ^ h ^ s } vaUl ha ^ e leen re- - moved . : :: --1 ¦ ' ¦'¦ : . ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦ '¦ ¦ ' ¦'¦ ¦ - ¦ ' : ; : . "¦¦¦ - : - \
,. , .. .. . ; .. Do not ihink that the ¦ brave : army will fight Against the Throne and , the people ; in favour of the New Poor Law , Vand the three new . Kings . They : know that none of her Majesty's subjects are more r interested in maintaining the rights of ^ hef <^ t t thda the soldiers are . They have no wj ^" tp 8 ee / A «{^' parents , and wives , and children mjprisoned anl ^ poisoned with skilly ! rt Th ^ - have ; no 4 p ? m Whifc . '' - ever , my Lprds , that , Cpi LSEA andVits . ievenuei ' , ' should bejput up by auction , and sqld-to ih&fesf '; bidder . They are mew aswell assoldiet-s i and ' they ^ abhor the principles on which the New Poor Law . i « " - '
tounded . Kiead some of those prinbiplesy aay 6 « f > Lordships heard them from the lips pf / B * OUGHAICrt . f in your own House , on tW seboBd r «^{ ng- of th « Poor Law Amendment BUI . He said — " Most cer- v H » m it is , that any thihg more mischie ' votis , any thing move fatal to the country , cannot be coriceived , ¦ t hananyregularand'fixedprovision forthe > pporl" , ' ¦ ' Every permanent fund set apart for their support . ^' from whomsoever proceeding ^ and b y whomsoever ~ administered , must needs multiply the evils it is de 6- '' tined to remedj-. " "This right to share in a fixed fund , is the great mischief of the old- Pwr
Laws !! ! " " Hbspitals for the support of ot 3 faen and old women , may , strictl y' speaking , he regarded as injurioiis ; in their effects on the community !!!!" That such sentiments as these should have heea uttered in the House of Lords ; that a majority . of thatHpuse should havesupported , them , is , in my dpiriion , the " worst sign of the times . " . No ; person asserting and maintaining such diabolical princi ple as these , can believe than the poor have any rights whatever ! But remember , my Lords , if so , thek have the Peers none ! If Lord Brougham be right , Charity is a crime , and Christianiti is a LIE ! ' ' '¦ : :-. ' ¦ " ¦ . ' ¦ - ' ¦ :- ' - - ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ - ; ¦ - . ' ' -: - •" - ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ -
It is evident ) my Lords , that the New Poor Law , bad as it is , is only intended to he the ( beginning of evils . It is only the cowardly assassin ° with his dark lantern and his dagger , entering the chamber of his unsuspecting victim ;\ not yet during to strike the bloody and the deadl y blow . ¦'¦' -Itis evidently intended ENTIRELy TO REPEAL THE POOR Law V £ Elizabeth : —to tear the labourers . of England froni allr ^/ j * in their native ' . soil !—to plunder ; ' thein entirely of their patrimony !— -to deprive them eveu of the most remote connection with the land which gave them birth —with the fields on which their
fathers fought and bled ! My Lords , I do riot misfepTesent . Read Lord Brougham ' s words on that fatal night , when England was asleepj and when he poured poison ' -in . your I Lordships' ears . These are the words of rBROxjGHAM , on the aecoki reading of the Poor Law Amendment Bill ^ -just after the working people of the West Eiding had raised him from the common herd , to sit ; with Princes ! He was then Lord Chancellor , iny Lords . These words of his should be written in blood , and placed over the mantel-piece of every British cottage , with Brougham ' s name appended .
He said— - < I shall say nothing at PRESENT of repealing the Poor Law itself . I shall Fpk the present assume' thatthe Statute pf . Elizabeth cannot now be dealt with , " " because it is tbe eyit of all bad laws , " " that wei must continue to bear them , on account pf the danger which may spring from their sudden repealJ' "We have picked our way slowly and carefully ;• we have rejected somewhere about one-half of the suggestions that have been made , —a portion of that half being pre .
cisely the part most important in the eyes of the men from whom they proceeded : yre thought that it was better to postpone , them at all events FOR THE present ; Vbut I beg leave distinctly to state , that hereafter , when this measure shall have paved the way for the ^ ^ reception of TJLTEEIOR PEOJECTS ; they will , should experience warrant their adoption , receive my assent . " If the people ' submit to this law , they now see what is in store for them / ¦'¦ . ; ¦ :
MyLords , suchdeclaratibnsa 5 these /^> M / Ae ^ ^^ oftheKing ' s cotiscience , a . xe ^ enough ^^ to ^^ transform every patriot into a : rebel \ they are calculated to make the most loyal ^^ abhor the very name of law . But 1 will have the . cold-blooded philosopher- ^ -the cowardly , trembling , but cruel moral | assassin ; and , I will request your Lordships , whilst you are considering the nature and . Operation of the > law which Ae was then proposing , to listen toi the wordis ; 'bf a statesman before whose name Brougham must hide himself in nothingness . Let the words . of him ,. Whom some df you , and : others ; of your fathers were wont to
Uateu to with iapture arid delight ; l ^ t that voice Which was wpnt to thrai , tbeheSrt 3 of British Sens * - tprs with patriotism and love of home , be bow lis-*« ned ta b y ; your ; tordslnps . with reverence and , Respect . It ascend ^ from the tpinb of the Right Honourable WiLLiAiiP ^ TT j these are his words , " Every poor man has a fight toi be made comfort-£ | ble ; in his ) , own dwelling—^ hinaself and his family , snd / to be furnishea . with a cow or a pig , or some other animal yielding profiti' * And againn > y Lords
, , that statesman who was not wont to speak the language of foll y , ( though be had not been at school ^ ith BRouGiHAM and Chad Wick j ) emphatically asserts that , " the law ^^ which )? roA / 5 » Vs relief ,. where any visible property remains should , be abolished . ^^ degrading : cixd ^ o ^ shbuld be withdraw ^ No temporary Occasion should force a . British subject to pqrlwith ' jlhe last shillirgofchis little capital , and , descend [ : ' -t 6 : \ a .: ' stiidi ; , lffi ^ etehein& from which he could never ; recover , merely that
BE-IHGHTSB ENtlT ! % Eii TO' ¦ £ CASUAL RELIEFi' !; Iwill not , toy , Lprd 8 , apologiee . I ' hare spoken to the fathera ; of-the nation , in ! the language of / Truth . .. ; . Lhave endeavoured ^ to stam p upon your hearts ,- the words of a ^ statesman whom your ^ . Fathers honoured . _ If you are deterinined t 6 adopt the principles of the flash Chancellor , arid-toV reject those of the Right Honourable WilliaC ; Pitt ; ybu will of ^ course ^ prepare the nation fat those " ut * ERipRPRojECTs "' wWch Brougham ^ dare not name , but' Which may be aptly describedi by the words fire and ptoob . One word , iipif ; ; Lordsj arid ; . ; I hjiyei ' done . Always remember tbil : the onfysWeioay'toteacb . th ' e poor iarespeci'i ^ Xl ^ ' rights sod Ybu * ^ pri ^ legesy ^ Bj ; fo let them triov < in 4 feel that -Kbjs retpect THEiRS / ¦ ; . I have the honour to subscribe myself , ? :
- . j ..- ; ' . My Lords , : : , ; ; ; .:- . •; -y . ; '' Your ^ Ldrdshifs . md ' aV feithiul friend and , . '¦ '¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ '; :- ' -. , r- ;' .: ; - ' humbli semnij --: % ¦ :. ' . ¦' ¦ ¦¦ ; : KiK- ' = ; - - : ^ f ( i 0 ^ QAsti M ^ Eixby-Hall > near Huddersneld ^ May Ij 6 th , 1838 ;|? P . Sy I cannotsiipppse . that your Lordships , ^ your enquiriesj yrftt ' eorifitte jo ^ tigation of the ; ( truth or ^ Isehppd of iiie feyr ; '[ anePj dote * wbich- are referr ^ to are ^ o . ^ Ai ^ e Hj ^ ti ^ ris ^ wKc ^ and which must ; sooner ' or' tateifi b ^ djade ^ , tb « rt Ii tikp it ' -fcr gtanted , % 0 ^ Lp ^ Uip ^ w ^' upw gffi nto ; : the * Wiole cfaie . T * ke th ^ lp llpiring ' ^^ tapce . : ^ H ist « H ^ e ^ ssa ^ ^^ p ^ t ' fyteyr , fy , < Upr > 8 mim ¦ : $ ^ Iie ^ hpw ; fiaBk u ^ % hiw-tnainiain ] m omrigfatore ^ f ' - ^ ^¦ ¦ ^ r : -- ^\ ; . - ¦ - -. ;• ¦; . ; , ., Ml ^^ ff '^ jfe ^ ei ^ pie " M £ nglai £# j ^^ t PJaw ^ tt ^^ ^ - ^^ Jone ^^ ?*? ^ f ^ n ^ ct < A * m { tp , 8 iai > port the expeMive . est ^ v •^^^^^^^ a , ; legislahireixoinpoaed « f SS ^^ ta # ipW ? -. " ' : ! ^ LV . J liA ^ ft md : 'If " ufe d ^ riv ^ flfc tpoor k the && < & * of the Constitutiotiv what right have w > Jtq < sl « W » r ^ m- ^ ie ^ u id ^^^ i ^ - ''' - ^ ' ¦ ' v- ' ^" ¦ ¦ *• ¦ ¦ ¦? ¦ ' ' iaiiijj ^ tf viti 4 fim ; m ? mufat you ^ are r # > Irei a & ^ zQfr&ii ^ ms ™ air jeomffiofl ^ a ^ t $ h » tl i * € fiPBot = liaw G # ferisfi (| 6 trer ^ - Shall go ^ p , ^ c&e tt akragi'law * ' for the ! jMpte , < |« t W ^^^^ i 8 i my }> fe-i& 4 tb , * 'Bm ? m ¦ ' . * ' S ^ irMfcw ^ : ¦ ¦ " ¦ - ¦ '' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ''¦ ¦ " . - . - -. ; ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' . ¦ - . '' - ¦ : ' * ' ' ¦ ; - * V" . . .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 26, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1007/page/6/
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