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Tee-totamsm in Doncaster . —On Triday eroiing week , Mr . L * visoa delivered an intrednctorrleeture at ike » &e-street chapel , in flus town , on " the principles of total abstinence from all fomented liquors . Tie use of the chapel was kindly allowed by the nr&Jster and trustees , In consequence of the want -of * md » of the tee-total 6 oeiety which has lately be ** formed there . Mr . Levisoa comnienced hv * description of £ he animal functions , and shewed that those who performed hard labour required *« re food , trot not more drini ; he sai 3 dm aw labour might be performed without ferment , * liquors , and that he himself snbasted upon one . fleal per day . He then pointed oat the driniin habits of society , at births , at baptisms , when a boy was bound apprentice , when oat of his time , commenced serving a new employer , married , and a number of other occasions when drink was
introduced . After pointing out the evils of intemperance , the lecturer condemned the conduct of the poet Bern ? , and said that the effects of some of his poetry was pernicious . He then stated that a teetotal society had been established in that town , ' that it was not in opposition to the temperance society ; hut that the members of the former thought the moderating pledge not sufficient , as it allowed ale and wine to be drank . He considered the tee-total principle the "best ; and , if the society succeeded ,-he was ready to deliver a series of lectnres at their regular meetings , which might b * followed "b j discussions . The lecture was ' listened to throughout with marked attention by a small but respectable audience .
Poob Law Official Missing . —On Friday , the 26 th Dec-ember last , Pannett left home for the purposeof meeting the-Assistant Poor Law Commissioner at Easingwoldy taking with him the town ' s poor book , and a good parse of the poorrate which he had collected . It appears that in the coarse of the day he took his glass -very freely , and towards night was seen to be much intoxicated . On his return home , he had" made his way to a shc-d in some fields , about a mile and a half from ToUerton , where it is conjectured he had slept some time , from the fact of his book having been found in that place the next day . It is ascertained , that he had . mi « ed his book , and returned to Eaamjwold to mate
inquiries concerning it at several places "where he iad been in the course of the day . He was -last seen at Easngwold aboct 11 o ' clock that night- ^ No tidings to be relied upon have since transpired , though a most active search was instituted . One day nearly 40 men went from AIne with forts , drags , hooks , &c , to search for him , sr ^ poiing he might have missed his way and fallen into some pond . It has "been rumoured that a person answering his description , had been seen in the neighbourhood of Newcastle , and oonrersei about the conntry where Pannett resided , bat nothing certain i . * vet known , and whether he ha ? sbsconded with the money , or met with an accident , or been robbed and murdered , slill remains a mvsterv . —York
Htmld-Glasgow Cottox Spixxebs . — -A large public meeting was holden at Stockport , on Tuesday etecingweek , to memorialize the Queen , for a regea ] of the sentence . A series of resolutions ; were nuwtd sad seconded by Messrs . Pilling , MHTilliains . HorseSeld , Johnson , Cnrran , and Fogg , expressive of the feelings of indignation ami disgust v >; ih which they viewed the cruel and turnerc-ifi ;] sentence passed upon lie five Glasgow Conorj SpirjEcr * . and solemnly pledging themselves to do every tLins in their pewer to obtain the entire and : naqnalified remission of the arbitrary sentence passed upon these vietims of Whi » tvrannv . Mr . Jimes AckiH .
seeonaed by Mt . Edward JJooley , as a ruse de guerre mored 3 n amendment—the object of which was to divert the object of the present nseering , and to petition the Qn ? en for the total abolition of itt . Corn Laws . Aeland said the transports had already esiered into an illegal combination , \ rat had beeii driven to it in self protection , by tie combiEan ^ -n of the landed aristocracy . The amendment , w :.-verv properly scouted , and confusion snecfrede--, in
the eoarst of which Fogg called A eland 3 " 5 h : < in-Bacical . " Curranand M'TYiiliams fbliowtd . and after giving the " * sham-Sadical "" a " wipe , "' fell foul upon O'Connell , whom they abused in terms s _ * bitter , as a twelve-month ago they were laudatory . Tie original motion being carried , the meeting broke up about half-past eleven o'clock , after arranging where petitions vrould lie for signature previous to presentation in the proper ¦ quarter ' . — Siockport jLdvertiser . -
Death of a 3 Iexdica ? ct . — -On Tuesday wetk an inquest was held at the Golden Eagle , Mite-eudroad , upon the body of a mendicant , who went by iae naaie of Elizabeth Allen , and who died suddenly in the above bouse . Charles Skeat , a wsiter ai the Golden Eagle , deposed , that en Fridcy se ' nnight , about eight o'clock , rbe deceased crine isto the tap-roam , and begged ef him to allow ter to warm herself ; she appeared to be about Tony years of age , and had short curly hair like , a man , ani , from her whole appearance , he took her to ; be of that sex , ihsngh she was dressed like a" woman ; she had a child with her about three years cf- age , and she took some tripe ( such ss is purchased at the shoDs
in aa uncooked state , ) and a half-quartern loaf fron under her dress , -and g ivin g the child a emaB qnantlrj , began earing a part of the tripe herself ; she shortly after appeared to be choking , and pur her fingers into b . er mouth , as if to pull something Gut of lieribroat . There were sereral persons in the room , and they all appeared to think it was an attempt at imposition ; they all said it was a man , and witness was so frightened when , the woman fell en the floor , that he did not attempt to assist her , cor did any one in the room ; the poor creature appeared to be in violent agitation , and witness ran czz &r sf doctor ; a Mr . Smiley , a chemist , promptly " attended , but said the woman was dead ; and ^ ir . Story , a surgeon , csme in shortly after , and confirmed that opinion ; witness believed she died from choking . The Coroner— " And was no attempt
Eude by the medical men to extract any thing from her throat ? " "Witness— 2 io } Sir ; they said she was dead ; and the people in lie room ' sung out ' that it was s . man and an impostor , and every one beEeved that to be the feet . " The Coroner and Joy said it was most extraordinary that no attempt had been made to assist the poor ereature ; herunfor . unat ^ likeness to the male sex had , it appeared , prejudiced every one against her . Mr . J . Story , surgeon , stated that he was called to see the deceased ^ and found her qnite dead ; the idea that she had been choked never occurred JO- him , and he therefore Bid not examine her throat . The Coroner—" 'Why , it seemed a clear case , and an attempt ought ia have been made either to extract ths opposing substance , or . relieve the patient in sime other wax . I have inown cases in which
animation had been much longer suspended , yet the person was , by proper treatment , restored to life . Ir . was then agreed tk 3 t the surgeon should open the usceased ' s throat , and pnt the fact of her being choked or not beyond a doubt . Police-serjeant Osmond , 2 Co . 9 E , shortly after bronght into the room a piece of tripe about two inches long and one and a half inch in diameter , which the surgeon had jest taken from the deceased ' s throat , and which had evidently been the cause of her death . The Jarv returned a verdict of " Accidental death . ' '
Bsrtlett , the constable , said that the woman was well known iu the neighbourhood as a beggaT , and that there was every jeason to believe that the child she had with her was not her own , bnt procured for the pnrpose of indnelng alms from the humane ; the child was now in Mile-end workhouse . The Coroner and the Jury said there coold he do doubt tie poor child had been stolen from its parents , and expressed a wish that the case should become public , through the medium of the newspapers , which might possibly be the means of restoring it to its friends . The boy has dark blue eyes , light hair , and a fair wmplexion . JBariJett , the constable , said the deceased was a rank impostor ^ and osed to pinch the child ' s legs , to make it cry and excite the feelings « f the humane . Others stated th 3 t she ased to make
ike child " Jump Jim Crow "in : the , public houses , or the amusement of the company . The afELBOtJBXE MlKKTByi—Jfever was &tre an administration so universally : deserted , both hy the press and by the people . - Meetings have * frtady been "held by the " Eeformers" of all fthe l » ge towns , to declare the withdrawal of " all eonj ^ e nee" from the ministry . And , of the whole ' liberal" press , scarcely a angle newspaper ven-Jwes to advocate the ministerial policy ^ Some , ^ eed , lie the Chromcle , and the Globe , ' ' and the « 07 W /« r , pray for a reprieve , a little iurthpr trial ; ost these accompany their entreaties with the most ?? & £ msapprobation of the policy of the' cabinet .
• He wretched Courier alone , we "believe , now at its ^ 7 last gasp , still does its miserable work , and !^*? la-ods tlie goTemment for its opposition to the taflot-as it would , just as readily , laud it for its eup-P ^ rt of that nostrum . But thronghont the British ^^ e do ubt if the Courier can find a seconder . A fflJ astry finding less support or sympathy from the P ^ esi certainly nerer existed . "Were it inherently ^ ag , aiid confident in the justice and troth of its •¦*^ canse ^ tius would be ite ^ lory ; but the "Wligg * ° » "higgiih reform came in on the shoulders of a Tenai aaddamorons pr « $ s ^ and to be deserted by ^ fca tiiat crew is a worse omen than the flight of * 2 ts from a siniing ressel . —JFrazer ' * Magaxme .
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The Spn ii . ? iBi . i > s "Weaters . —An aggregate meetiBg of these femisbing artisans was held on Tuesday week , at the Golden Hart , Phojnix-street , Spjtalnelds , to hear the result of the proceedings of a Committee of the Trade to procure the application of the Queen Adelaide Fund to its original object—namely , the immediate relief of the privations of ihs weavers and their families , and to devise such other means as might be adopted with the best probability of improving the trade and relieving its members from their present state of distress . Mr . Brittan was moved to the chair . Mr . Leeson , one of the Committee , stated that they had been sent forth by their fellow sufferers not to beg , but to solicit the
expenditure of that sum which was raised on the 1 st of June last , for their relief , } ij Queen Adelaide , and the Nobility , and other benevolent personages . The grass receipts at the Opera-house ball then were " £ 5 , 780 . 12 s . 6 d . ; deducting from which £ 2 . 000 for the expense of fitting up the theatrewhk-h , however , would be reimbursed by the Commissioners of "Woods and Forests , and the Lord Chamberlain—there remained £ 3 , 768 . 16 s , in the hands of the bankers , Messrs . Drummond and Co . There had been abont £ 300 expended last summer in assisting some of them , and getting their goods out of pawn . It was stated "b y Sit Frederick Trench and some other Members of the Committee , that a ? reater expenditure should not be made , as a great
many weavers were at work ; but now they were out of work , and peishing in the midst of cold and hunger . The surplus in the Hands af the bankers should therefore be appropriated now . They were now told that the fund was to be made , the nucleus of a kind of Savings' Bank by the Committee into which the weavers were to deposit their weekly twopences at interest ; but was it not mockery to tali of investing money at interest to men who not only had not a farthiDg in the world , bu £ _ were starving ? Mr . Keed , one of the Committee , adverted to a letter from Sir F . Trench , in which he stated that instead of 3 , 000 looms being out of work , as had been published , there were not at the utmost more thaa 570 out of work on the 20 th ult . It was evident Sir Frederick had been misled here . He
acd ethers had been misled by some men pretending to have been deputed by the trade , but who had riot Wen .-- They were , on the contrary , base and treacherous men , who had sold themselves for money , and their children vrould rar ^ e them lo ^ g after their boms were rotten . 3 Jr . Reed added , that he had six-children . They hai lived for tbe last six weeks en water gruel , and the preceding morning his wife -iras obliged to take the shoes ofi" her baby ' s feet to pledge them to ger a bit of breakfast . Mr . Cox said thst he was huif famisbeB , and his wife , who
wa < in : he family way , was . scarcely able to . speak to him , she was « o faint from hunger—they were almost naked , and slept on a bed without , bed c . ' ctfces ; he had applied to the Fund Committee , but Mr . "Wallis orjlv .-told- "him ihsr he vr . s sorry for him , as heliad always been n prorlent , savin ~ fellow . Several other- person ? related a history of suffering almost equally distressing , and which had been borne v . ith almost Superhuman fortitude ; and when tue Chairman asktd for uiorc detank , the general cry was il we are all starving . * ' " Mr . Leeson sucjre-.- ; ed thai
¦ he'first appijesriop xhsy should make for a grant out of the Adelaide Fund oucht to be for the purpose of redeeming froin the pawnbrokers thqse implements which their oS ^ ers bad been corapelied to pledge ; and s-L ? o to replace or refit ' those looms which had been broken up for fuel . There are hundreds of tradesmen who could not now set to work upon an . order , great cs is the r > nsiety to obtain one . Mr . Xeeson seeled , that tee new .-pspers would be sure ? t to
^ o a ~ e their t-ase their . uojesnes , ana rerruiid them , more impre .-siveiy than the Addresses could fio , ol tlieir distressed s'&c . It was ic consequence of a nctk-t of ibtir sufferings which Queen Adelaide h : d < ctn in tae pipt-r .- - , th ^ t ter Majesty vvks- first induced -lo . ^ . -nd tLnui £ 100 . It was finally agreed to suspend the proceedings of the Comrriittee until tisev hed received answers to the Addresses . Thanks Trere-iheT * . '• "f't-ed to the ? s . voral r . ewspap ' .-rs that had - errMj rbvir can- ? , au < 3 the meeting nd ' oumc-d .
Supposed Dl ^ th from Destitctiox . —An iuvut ? st was rel' on We . lnc-sdav , on tut * body of 2 > Iary Adsj ^ ad . a widow , 46 " year $ * of age , vrLo lived in a cellar in PorLTrnod wltli her two sous , neither of thorn Ltiviui : u . ny recnlar mode of obtfdijiia ? a liveliimod . Tu « poor'sromaa had formeriv worked in a cotu : i mill , hat Leiug unaolt' to cuuthtuR in tiiat oceupntioii . > Le subsequently laboured as a clia . rwoinaa as loui : as her strength would permit her .
Since t .-u her mode of subsistence has been very precarious , depeuding' chiefly on the ehariry of li ^ r pocTneig ^ bonrs , cuu ynffering the greatest possible prlrati- ' us . although she was chargeable to-the-townr ihip < -f XjS ' vtrton . She was , however , rt ? fa ^ ed relief by ibe' gn ; irdiaus of that lownshiii . and wueiLer fromTOvt or infirmity , or the inclemency of the w- "ar ! icr . or all combined ,, she was found dead oii Tbe <^ ay morning ( ia T > eJ , an d _ the jury returned-averiiict of " Died bv the Visitation of God . "
" Est « aordixaky Accidekt . —On Thursday erening- week , a Mr . "Weston , of I * vo . 46 , Xower Shadwell , and Mifs Green , a young woman , his niecL ' , were shaking a carpet , on the top of the ho' js . e , when they both tumbled over the pirapct into the street , in their descent striking the iron " handle of a truck v . hich broke , and Mr- " Wcston nnd Miss Green fell on the pavement , from which fhey » ere lifreS by a person who was passing . Singularly enough , jliss Green itamediately entered the house , and walked upstairs apparently unhurt ; and ? Ir . TTeston , though much shaken by the fall , had not a single bone fractured , nor did be receive any other injurv than a . sligbt bruise . The height from which tce ^ parties fell is about forty-five feet . And great was the astonishinent and joy of these -. vho saw the accident and their almost miraculous escape . — Wisbeck Gazette .
Privileges of Mobility . —Tcere vn . s a time when the German lords reckoned amongst th&ir privil ^ fa- ! , that of robbery on the -highways of their own territory . English lords used to do the same not only-on their own domains , but everywhere else . They now confine their depredations to encroachments on the pension list , the obtaining of sinecures , seat-selling and vote-selling in both houses of Parliament , and the strangulation of ail mea , « ures that
are in any wsy calculated to promote the public weal . In * Scotland , they had a right to enjoy the Srst fruits of all maidens . Everywhere the lords sold the ^ bondsmen or villains as they did-animals with the'field where they lived and which tiiey cultivated . Nothing lias degraded and ! debased human nature so much as the feudal tyranny of the lords ; and what remains of this most dreadful plague is what Mr . Burie calls " The Corinthian capital of polished society . ' "
The H / citAXiTY or the blessed Pook Law . A young woman , far advanced in pregnancy , latchentered Marylebone police ofiice to ask advice how to obtain assistance . She stated that she was in service at the west end of the town , but having been sednced , she was ultimately -compelled to leave her situation , - and becoming completely destitcte , she sought refuge in the house of a poor woman who accompanied her , residing in St . Andrew ' s , Holborn , to which parish she applied for relief , but they referred her to Mount Street , Grosvenor Square , who referred her to St . Andrew ' s , and ghe had been sent backwards and forward to no purpose , and she began to be afraid of the consequences . She was
informed that the magistrates could not interfere , or render her airy assistance , and it would be useless for her to see them . Applicant ( affected ) . —I am in great distress , and I must perish in the streets . Shchad last slept in St . Andrew ' s parish , which she was informed would entitle her to relief or be removed , bnt they told her to go and sleep in Mount-street parish for one night , and apply there , as it was her settlement by service , but she had not the means of paying for a bed . The officer informed her that the parish to which she belonged was bound to relieve her , if a proper application were -made . The applicant quitted the office with her friend , saying , that she felt satisfied she should receive no assistance
until it was too late . ' . George Cakxing asi > Sheripah . —In early life Canning was a disciple of Sheridan , and belonged to the party of Lords Holland and Grey ; Pitt having discovered great aptness in Canning made overtures toiim , which he communicated to Sheridan , and a&ed Ms advice as to accepting Mt . Pitt ' s terms . Sheridan seemed in exstacy , and without hesitation advised him by all means " to close . Canning took the advice , and upon the following night wasfoundupon the ministerial benches , backing up the Tories ^ / Whitbread and Lord Holland waited upon Canning on the following morning , to question -him as to his extraordinary alliance with Pitt and his Bartt ; Canning assured the visitors that , he acted
under Sheridan's , advice . The / Noble Lord and Whiferead immediately repaired to Sheridan's louse , and ia father abrupt arid nnceremoniota terms , asked Sheridan his reasons for lming advised Canning to join the enemv , " I'll tell yon , " said the immortal Sheriaari , i because he asked me , " and if either of yon bow asi my advice as * to the propriety of ooinmitting a " highway Tobbery ^ ilteltyonDy all means to do it j becanse jour mind will have been made up , be&re \ you asled my council jf I fshall le your Wiiefacfor and mentor if you sudceed , arid if you Jaily I an * nolhing ; worse . Canning is "nSw my friend , and lad I endesToured to dissuade him , he would have "been my enemy , and neTertheless would have acted '¦ ast the same . "
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GREATT MEETING OF' THE LGNBON TRADES ; 01 $ 'iBEHALF OF THE GOTTOX SPINNJSRS . ( Reported expressly for the Northern Sfcr >) v This meeting was held at the MechanicV Institution , Southampton Buildings , Chancery-lane , on Thursday , Feb . 1 . Mr . JB artwell , Compositor , was called to the Chair . ' After he had opened the business of the meeting , Mr ; Mc'Nish , Mr . Alexander Campbell , and Mr . Cuthbebtson severally entered into a long-and ititerestbg detail of the whole case ,- * -the prosecution and persecution of the five patriots , —by which they successfully removed any and every prejudice that might have existed in the mindg of any portion of the meeting . Mr . Norman moved a string of resolutions for the adoption of the meeting , which were seconded by ' -Mr . - Toomy , when , .
Mti Fearbus O'Connor advanced to the front ef the stage , and was received with waving of hats arid clapping of hands , which lasted for several minutes . He said that he stood there upon his right—that he owed no compliment to any in . diridaal . ; for that license to address the glorious meeting .- ( Cheers . ) An attempt had been made—one of many recent poor attempts—to keep him in the back ground ; but it failed . ( Cheers . ) The London sham Radicals had their Parliamentary pets —( uproarious applause)—and to advance those hypocrites , they had attempted either to shove him ( Mr . O'Connor ) off the stage , or to place him in the distant horizon , or altogether to crush him . ( Cheers and never . ) No , never . ' he'd perish , first : from that self-elected body
he h ^ d the real working men to appeal to —( great cheering)—tbev'll always hear the language of truth and patriotism ! ( Cheers . ) Why did he stand there ? ht came—he had a better right than , any man in Eugland , Ireland , or Scotland . ( Cheers , and " You have . " ) He had not waited for the timid to make up their minds as to the conduct and innocence of the spinners —( cheers)—no , he defended them against the early prejudices of their friends . ( Cheers . ) tie had edited that excellent paper , the Glasgow Liberator , for that best of men , Dr . Taylor , for eight months —( cheers );—but- he did it without pay , ( Great cheering . ) Dr . Taylor thought thestrike of the spinners injurious—he had the boldness and honesty to declare it ; but he ( Mr . O'Connor ) thought
it virtuous , and in the LiLcralor defended them . ( Cheers and " Bravo . " ) Thus was he the first to stand up for the men when they . were apprehended : ie pledged himself to attend the trial —( cheers );—he had attended both —( cheers)—lie had . travelled 2 , 000 miles for that purpose —( cheers)—twice to Edinburgh and Glasgow , from London : he bad neglected his business , just when he had pledged himself to bring out his paper , and travelled day . and night amongst tlie real friends of liberty—tlie working men of Yorkshire and Lancashire— fereat cheering)—arousing them in favour of the live patriots : * . he' -hud the honour of writing the first petition . and signing it , ns chairman , which was presented to the Hon . se of Commons in tlieir be half . ( Cheers . ) Tims he had
been the first to defend , and would be the lasftofinv i » ke . ( Immense cheering . ) Such was his title : who now would dare to put him down ?* . ( Cheers , and « Who ' : " ) . Where now ' ¦ ( said Mr . O'Connor ) I ask again , are their House of Commons' pets—( groans for-them )—where nre the Canadian patriots —the Universal Suffrage lieroes—the champions of liberty—the " rescuers , of ilie ijaniv ' of the Scotch martyrs . ( Cheer ? . ) - ; Oh ! ifiii" thirty years , some crawling Whig Administration / required crutches to limp a » J hop -and -hobble , thronsru another season of corruption , lie should find brown-bread Joseph Hume in the cliair—^( uproarious applause)— . surrounded by M althusinn Whigs , crowning with laurels qf-martyrdorn the name ofour friends , who , from
their .-a-p \ athy ,--liad been preTOatnrely consigned to the cold grave . ( A great sensation , . and expression of sympathy . ) He would not leave tlieir widows and their orphans , dependent upbn the cold-blooded sympathy of the starvation crew—{ chests );—he approved a pbsthnmons fame , but first would do honour fo the daring living patriot , fCheers . ) They vrere now fighting the battle of capital atrairist labour , ? Jnru 7 taneou 5 lyin the thr <» ekin ? doms ] The Canadian slave owner , who enhanced the value of his colonial property ,: * by . the exoortnfionof : white slaves from tbe laiul of their birth , wert- struggling in the . House of Commons . ( Cheers . ) The Jurv laws in Scotland , made that country thefittinp field for a legal trininph . while that arch " deril , O'Connell ( here the whole
meeting rose , and one sreneral bni > : t . of uproarious applause made the building tremble . ) Where now was the Irish traitor : —( cheers ) r—the middle clfiss cnampion ? ( Cheers . ) Did he ( O'Connell ) supposf that t ' ap brave Iri .- « h Catholic , who had follmve / n ihndfold in his traiH , would be satisfied with the uliantorn of ivligious liberty , which left , them but the bow , while O'Connell anjd luslmpgry devils were ' devouring : the meat . ( Great cheeringl ) No , no ; he knew tbe Irish Catholics ; theypoorsonlsbeliev ' edinO'Connell ' s hollow professions , bnt though , ready to die in honour of tlieir God . theirreliEwn , and their fnith . tliev
never would forjret that they had a country wortfi living for , and worfli dyine for . ( Cputinued-clieerin ? . ) - Did tbe traitor suppose , that lie could now turn his fierst'cution of labour into another religious warfiirt 1 . iy the weak -invention that Orr . ngemeii were conspiring'ngainstbiirt ( clieerA ) With pioraiikestOra rip- (> - nipn ¦ vvas O'Coiiuell now assooiatinK himself apainst those who fought his every battle , ( cheers , ) but mark his lost .-pledge , these wef <^ his "horned words : " lie supported the present ¦ Government , but should they attempt to coerce Canada , he would oppose them . '' ( Great cheers and hisses . ) Where " was . hisopposition ? Ask the Lord Mayor- and the "" Oranee--masters of
Dublin . ( Cheers . } : Those House of . Commons patriots , -who selected tlieir own questions for public discussion , but never joiiied thepeoplein their ngitatii . n , were the people's deadlier ^ enemies .. ( Cheers . ) They would braster abou t Canada , the Ballot , and the SufTfpge , becjuise they knew that they could pledge themselves to that which appeared remote in accomplishment ( chei-r .-, ) but here was * a .. pre . « sinjsr case , one of life or death , and out of the rabble House of Common ? , ( great cheering . ) on * of 307 members , 7 only voted with thej ^ lorious Wakley ( cheers , ) that the case of the five patriots , he would never call them convicts , ( Cb . eers ) shouldhavepTecedenceof Canadian coercion . ( Cheers . ) He honoured the Canadians ; he sighed for their success ; ( cheers , ) but thought that all immediate
considerations about every other question should be yielded to the pressing necessity of saving those men who had the manliness to execute what the Imperial trades nad theboldnessto resolve upon . ( Greatcheers . ) This was not an English question ; not a Scotch nuestion ; nor yet an Irish , question ; it was au Imperial question . ( Cheers , and it is . ) He , ( Mr . 0 'Connor ) wouldpresently show them , notfrom Whig authority , bnt from Tory authority , ( cheers , ) from the authority of Sir W . Blackstone , what combination really meant . He came there , prepared with his case , as a barrister , ( cheers . ) and lie would prove that the trades were acting upon the defensive . Some men might have been in doubt as to the position of the spinners , but could they , after
the eloquently simple narrative ; the complete exposition ; the unreserved manifesto of the excellent delegates , that night made , be longer in doubt . ( Cheers , and no , no . ) He knew those delegates , he honoured them , he knew the patriots , he had satin committee with them . ( Cheers . ) The protection of themselves and their order ' -was their one , their only , their virtuous object , ( Cheers . ) They were charged with secrecy ; why secrecy was their only protection against the oppressor ( clu-ers ); all coniDiuations have secrete as their protection , that ' s their valne ; once expose your system / and the one-sided tyrannical law will meet yon , fight you , Leat yon , and for pver crash yon . ( Great cheering . ) Secret oaths they are charged with . He loved to make the trades fashionable , and to prove their imitation
of high personages . \\ hy the Royal Household is a combination ; for they are sworn ' not to divulge the secrets of the palace . ( Great cheers , and laughter . ) In one thing ne differed from Mr . Campbell , inasmuch as he did not think ; the people had " nobly done their duty . " No , he was of opinion that the whole amount should hare been paid on demand instead of £ 1 , 500 being yet due . ( Cheers , and right . ) The people had six or seven thousands screwed out of their liard earnings , to pay for the prosecntion , and they should have paid a voluntary tax , hadit been 220 , 000 to insure an impartial trial . ( Cheers . ) The people if fairiy represented , would order , command their representatives to stop the supplies—( great cheers )—rather than thus allow
money to be baynotted out _ of them for their own destruction . ( Cheers . ) Upon two other points the anesting have questioned the delegates , they have been asked the meaning of No . 60 , ; there were 59 shops r-presentedin the general association , and the next number was adopted as typical of the duties which were to be performed by all ; , namely , the support of those who would be otherwise converted into competitors in the labour market , and they , poor fellows , were contented with a mean pittance , rather than bow * dovrn before the mammon masters , and join in their unrighteous crusade against industry ( cheers ); but , said Mr . O'Connor , yon lnnst have a homely , an analogous definition of the No . 60 , : Jt means then , again to bring fashion to our aid , the Duchess of Kent , Lord ETJenborongh , and the idle
paupers —( immense cheering ; laughter , and clapping of hands , )—but stop , there is a slight difference between thb position of the depenaen ' ts ^ itis this , yoii are wiping to rappoirt your own unwilling idlers , whereas-you . are compelled t *> support tbe wflfing idlers , and . your order is thus jmpoyerisbed . ( LquoT continued cheering . ) Another thing which reqtiired explanation , was the system of giving "free lines , that was a testimonial of , character , which tJie Bishop of Clogher , fhe backsliders iu the-H 6 o 8 £ df- Commons , the e ^ wcted itwindlerjii of the Aristocracy ,-. and the - rabble of riishionable society , could not acquire when leaving those shores , to practice their tricks in foreign lands , ; upon thos <> who receired their character from themselves , not being able to proenre a free line from their last place . —( Renewed cheers and laughter . ) In one
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tmng . he ~ Mr ; -p Com » r--en |» rely ^ agreed * witb , hia goo&sfnend jVIc- ^ Nish ^; heskiiew ) ttiat there ^ ould be an attempt to re-enact ithe ^ Coiflbination LayS-i . ¦( cheers ^ and for ^ tlia , t ¦ fewgnt ! he ^ inrj > Ir > i'ed ; &enin 6 t to conrt . their town destrucdon j luot ~ - tot invite ; a Pn , rlianientary inquiry into the constraction , -rul esi opjectsy and resoJts of Trade 8 j \? spciatioi > s-- ^( cheers and right" )~~ expuQg& that from the petition '; h& knevr the value of awociatidrisj—they were cecessary in the ( preserit aftomalous and unrepresented state of the people ;—( erheers )^ --but once constitute such ; atribunal of capitalists , ' arid agniri he told them , that all power or sislectinff evidence to brove ^ ¦ Mm —¦ in w i ,., lll . rn
order ,, rirtne , ^ -and good : intentions , would be taken put of the hands of the " -: tradesmen . The selection of evidence vrptild be left to ther committee , who would legislate upon the prpyed delinquencies of the rabble of th \ trades , justify coercion by acts not recognized by your whole body , but not in your power to prevent . —( Cheers : and ? ; right . " )~ - Ihis he cautioned ; them " against ; he knew the materials of which Parliamentary Committees were composed . —( Cheers ;) v It would be the Court in hell , and the Devil the judge . —( Cheer ^) Agaui and again he -cantioned the meeting against such acourse ; it was , in fa ^ , an invitation by a : little middle class , to crush tie power they dreaded , but
professed to uphold . —CGreat cheering ^) No mock liberals . fpi ? him ; he -pveJerred the man who- would make the best of a bad bargain , and seeing the injustice of the present laws , would endeavour , under them , to feed the hungry and clothe the naked . — ( Cheers . ) _ 1 o such men he could better entrust the administration of new laws , than ¦ . to' those who blnstered for a change , but would . crash the people with the pbwer which they profess to contemn ; ( Great cheering and " right , " ) To theHouse of Commona they ^ wanted to appeal—to that coy set , who , best knowing themselves , - , refused to accept a compliment from the Radicals of Marylebone , when they declared that there was no rabble of the Commons . —( Cheers . ) Yes , said the virtuous representatives , we ^ khow the petitioners cannot mean that ; they mean that there is a rabble . —T ( Laug'hter . )—
r . Vell , be it so . The House is neftrly balanced . The Whigs call the ; Tone's plunderors , bribers at elections , and monopolists . Dp : siicii propensities , to use a mild expression , attach tlie namo of rabble to the ; nccu 3 ed . The Tories call the Whigs ' reioliir tibnists , destructives , robbers , and mbhoijofisers : ; are such a tribe well designated by , the mild and inoffensive naihe of rabble ? : The two parties join in designating the Irish Members as houseless mob , S " restituted fools ,, venal irnposfori-v needy place untei-s ; and tlie Catholic Members , as perjurers , when they would tpuch the gilding of religion . Is rabble top sevete aw epithet for msn deserving such a character ? ( Cheers ,. and . laughter , and " no . " ) No , you say . Well , no ; then : they say they are a rabble ; and yet the virtuous trades kneel down and claim judgment from a rabble . ( Cheers . ) He -iife ' ver called them rabble , but .
When caps amongst , a crowd are thrown , Those they fit jriay keep them for their own . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor would now apply Wiseli : to the authorities , and first to that winch . vras applicaljle generally to the case , namely , ¦ the Jury Law . They must recollect , that though the battle was an English , battle , and the five spinners were but the Scotch Executive of the .. - . English . Legislature—( C ! ieers . >—that the English ; as wylljw tlie Scotch nuestion was on trial before ^ a . tribunal , winirh oiir Constitution does not recpgnise . r-- ( Chcersi ) Thereforewere the tnidesof Loudoh , in honour , bound to stand fast by the vScotcli Patriot . —( ChttTs . ) He would answer for the Irish , though an exiks—( Iui «
mense applause . ) The construction of juries , the necessity for their nnririimity , and tlieir selection for impartiality , / Without bias or Gotitaminatioii , is the vital ¦ ' spark , the , spirit , the ihaiii-Kpring , of the British Constitution ,:-which is of Saxon origin . — ( Cheers . ) Blackstone is copious in his ¦ ¦'¦ ' remarks upon-this head , and , attribvites tlie lO 7 ig stability 61 Britain's glory wholly to her jury s ) 'ste : n as the great imH-afk of British liberty . ;—( Cheers ;) You could not be convicted upon the opinionof one man , nnd shall your cause be determined upon : by individual ni'tlice , or anieri . "ljaianeeof 6 pinio : i .-T ( CIieers . ) There is but a . step between , the dungeon and tlie grave . Tuesday is . the day of temporal judgment for our friends . Let . . tlie interval be-Used .-profitably : iVeh . ive' b < 't u a . sked fo conciliate / I'll do it—I Will
be . tame . I'll gowitli-you , and , ; in ^ pouring iweet and dulcet strains into the pliant ear of Lord Molin . Uiissell , we'll ask him , in the inost harmonious tones of feeling sympathy , to look witli pity oh the suflorings of die agonised widow and unprotectf'd offspriiisr . We 11 tell hini to look upon his lovely , wife and child , wlibse innooence and defenceless states when resting upon his sinewy arin , spoke 'for him to tlie men of Bristol , when his tongue rt'nis'ec ! utterance , to his overflowing thoughts and bursting heart . ( Groat cheeriiig . ) Men of Englaiul - . try it and you will find one ear stopped with black wool " while tlie ' -otheris closed against ftU appeals save those , of the merciless capitalist , whose representative lie truly is .
«» reat cheenng . ) What have the people ever got by cringing , by going with cap in one hand , and jietition in the other , a posture Dijuea , th the dignity of a freeman , begging justice or mercy : for God ' s sake . ( Cheers . ) Voubavetliis nighthearil a financial detail of the expenditure of the savings of the virtuous cotton spinners , nearlyf £ 200 spent in the vain pursuit of reform , ( hear ) tvvery fart . fen ^ expended for the promotion of industry , ¦ aiid -.-.. t | ie support of indigent and unwillirig idlers ; , ( cheers ) ; nnd are such men , who . have th ' . is adiiniiistered ^^ the ¦ savings from their own hard earnings , to-apply to" you in vain , in the hour ofneed . ( No , ho , we'll doit . ) : Kp , yoiivron't ; they ar <^ about to Icnye the , iand of their * birth , and
upon you be all the disgrace ; jes they are going to that place from whence the voice of afllictiou cannot reach you , When . once the tyrant at- ' home consigns th *» m to the tyrant abroad . Ha > -e you read the heartbnruing tale of woe , naiTated by the honest Love-1 p . « . « , ( yes , ) and dp riptyour hearts burn with a secret indignation that your poor brethren should be subjected to all the norrors therein ¦ described ; ( Oh yes , yes . it must not be . ) On their trial they were treated to all the harshest laws of treason , wliile they were refused the mitigated ennjetmehts of that cocle . In cases of high ¦ ..-treason ,- except it be an nttemp ' t to assassinate the King , by the 7 th . Win . Ill , c . 3 . no person shall be tried unless the indictmen t be found
within three years after the ofience committed ; three years mind ; and that the prisoner shall have a copy which includes thecaptioh , but not the names of rue witnesses , five days atjeast before trial . And by the statute 7 th of Ann , c . 21 , ( which"did not take place till after the death of the Pretender ) all persons mdicted- for high treason or mis-prison thereof , shall have not only a copy of the indictment , but a list of the witneoses to be produced and of the jurors im ] ianelled , with their professions and places of abode , delivered to him ten days before / the- trial , / and iii ' ¦ . the presence of two witnesses—part of this act relating to inferior species of high treason , has been repealed bythe 6 th Geo . Ill , c . 53 , but it does not affect the principle of the art ; , now lie cited this to
show : that the spinners were in a Wo rse situation than if tried foi- lu ' gh treason , inasmTich as they were charged with oftences spread over a period of nearly -20 . years —( great cheering )—' again the vast construction of the laws with regard to treason were applied to them . 'In ' the King against Stone for high treason , the attorney-general laid it down as law , that when an o > ert act was 2 ) r ° ved against one conspirator , all other acts proved against that conspirator , was evidence against his associates . This law he deduced from the precedent laid down by Mr . Justice Bnller , an eminent Judge , in the : case of the King against Bowes , for the abduction of Lady Stratlimore . Now , this 1 finote in order to
apply . it : to the ; case of tl ^ e Cotton Spinners who were foundjgniltyof ^ cts committed by au association ; before the spinners became even members of that Association , and even before it ^ Was proved to be an illegal Association . Thus have they had the worst of the law and been denied tlie little that was good in the law , ( hear , hear , and cheers ); so that lad those men been tried for high , treason they must lave been acquitted , nay more , tliey could not have been indicted , ( cheers ) i but their crime was more deadly than if they had compassJed the death of every crowned head in Europe . They compassed the death of monopoly . —( Cheers : ) They might have spokrh sedition and committed Reason had they
not meddled with the profit of the ¦ m 6 hey-mon < 'er .- — ( CheerB . ) Butyou "•• have asiced ^^^ for conciliatibn , and my blood boils when I think of the bravery of the Scotchmen , and y 6 ur c 6 wardice .- ^( Cheers . ) He wpnld now read for them from Tory atithorityi the highest constitutional authority which gentlemen of the black art recognize upon all' questions of ah elementary kind , he meant Sir Wm . Blackstone . Now then with regard to combinations , and let the meeting , judge whether or no hie , Mr . O'Coiinorj was nghti , when he declared the necessity ; for counter combinations ; , trades conibinatiohs acting ! merely upon the defensive ; . ; The Parliament-of this country haung infringed one of the most essentiali ' . Iaws
against monopoly and combination , a law founded uppiinatnral reasonJiarid : instinct , and one which ipany state of society or under any shade of polite tical administrati pn shpuldifee reepgnizad as sound , just , and wholewjme - ' & . law in fact to preclude the possibUity p £ a few starving the many .- —( Cheers ;) Combinations ( says the Tory ) to raise the price of provisional or any other 1 commodities , or the rate of ahourf are in many cases Severely jpiinisoed by particular ^ tatutei . ^ Cheers . ) flere the . candle was put out nnd Mri O'Connor bbservea , I thought such sentiments
breathed' ny a Tory . would extinguisli his little itadical light .-H Gr « at iTOghter : ) This , said ¦ r * y- ^ - 9 nn 6 r * :. r ; -r ^ -riV-l ) . H i / iet , * iB " svnow' ^'* rhat 16 monopoly ; cue thing which they had been so Ion " cputenmng . against . MonojfoKes are ^ aescHbed by SLict ^ pue ,. as being ilie samp pftejEjceis in " iother Truyci + rpltrade , ' tbaltengrossing is ( it . provisions . RtJgr ^ snrig was described to b ^ thp btiying - . up * large Qua ; ititi ^ <) f co rn ; t < hearv hear > hear ^ and tremenT d iis cneeife j ) orotker dead > ictual «; This must of cf ir > -e I * uijtkrions to the public says Sir W . Black-* t » iii fereat clieerimp , ) by putting : it ; in the V" ¦' ' '¦ ¦ '"¦ . : ¦ ' . " " ¦¦ -.. ; : * ; '' . ¦ ¦ : : - ' . '¦ -. ' . '¦'¦' T : "' ' : t- > raise-the price
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• Qt' J !!?*®*** - w vttiMp own ^ iscretion- ^ f ^ newed . ctieenng ) ;« = aad soothe total engrossiij ^ ^ coutihtt ^ ^ the judg ^ r of aay o ther connnbaity witn a ^ a ^ & - * - ?!; ^^ unreason able p ric e is an offence andictaWe and nibble at the common law- ( immense cheerragKand the : geperal nenalty for these three oSeiiciW" : ? oy the comiaon : few ( for all tie stiitute ^ conoe rniiig thenv were repealed' by 12 th »* I . < : ' . * | I . r . Ci' 71 ) is as in other miniite ^^ inisdemeahors discretionarynneandimprisonment . ( Greatcheeflng . ) He goes on to say , among the Romans these Offences ,: and . other iQ al-practices to raise theprice of provisions , were punished by a pecuniary mulct . ( Great cheering . ) Now observe ( saidItlR O'Connor ) what the three offences in forestallirig the market , thereby raising the price- of prorisions ; rejrtatinjr .
aesenpea . by tne same statute . to be the- baying of com and engrossing , which Biackstpne / aays is combination . ( Cheers . ) These , however , are epmbina . tions-Sitt'tp . .-which ^ the rich alone 'ian enter , and . therefore all . the statutes punishing them have been repealed . ;( " Shame , " and cheers . ) But ; observe , they can't get rid of common law , whictis common sense ; *' j and therefore have the ^ Government annulled the common lawby their Com Law statutory enactment ;—( hear , hear , and loud cheers ) ; -4 mt hold , that ' s nothing , but follow me , while they thus slip the statute ^» d common law nooze from the seek of the : capitalist ; observe how they at the same time tighten the knot upon the defensive : pombmai tor . , Nbwy said Mr , O'Connor , atteikd to the
commentatoruj ) onBlackstone . Christian , in his note upon conibinations of working meny says— " Bnt combinations : ; amongst working ' tofih ( there ^ the rub ) had Income sp fre ^ ueB ^ that it was thought- expedient to repress them by a speedier process ,, and thecefore the 40 th . Geo . III .,, c . 106 , enacted that every persoia combining with others to advance their wages , or decrease the quantity of work , or any \ vay to affect or control thoise wlio carried on any manufacture or trader in the conducfc and jnaimgeiaent therepf , may b ? convicted before one Justice of the Peace , and may be committed to the common gaol for any time not exceeding three calendar months , or be kept to hard kbonr in the house- of correction for two month * "
—( Greatcheering . ) Here , thepv he woulasumup Ins legal / observa , tions by a single remark ; The people found that all restriction , imposed by statute , or implied by common law , had been taken . " off the rich . coihbinators , while , since macbinery had . displaced the value of man since the 40 th . Geo . III ., every act in succession against the poor , the : virtuous , the defensive cotnbinrvtor , had been inade more stringent- —( Immense eheering ) --until at length we found brown-bread Joseph , and the arch-devil O'Connell —( repftated cheers ) -r--tendering national education with one hand , to teach , the people -how to " suffer , and coercion on the other to increaso that suffering . —( Kenewed cheering . ) But did O'Connell with his blarney —( cheers)—suppose that ' while
Feargus O Connor lived , he shoulj succeed in crush - ing the Irish people . —( Indescribable enthusiasm . ) No , no , the poor , gentleman had made himself ; aiii easypreytoalessfonnidabfefoe . ( Cheers . ) [ Here Mr . O'Connor . described the case of the cotton spinners and the illegality of the whole proceedingK at -. considerable length , but with such rapidity ^ aud jretjuent interniptions ; from the cheers oi the ia ' set * iiig ,- ' that it was impossible to report him . ] He said , now men of order and worth , show , your sense ,, your valour , and ypiir traiijing-, —for every cbinbinator banished let three associations spring i " iito existence . MCliecrs , and " we will . " ) The system Nvasohly . to be niade perfect by moral power , aiid could be only injured by phygical force .- ^ - ( Great cheering . ) . Those
who recommended n recourse to arms : were , cowards ~( cheers ^ and -wished-to limit " their own work by placing the people in jeopardy ,- ^( Greatcheering . ) - ^ - Moral power meant that : delibei-. iti . ve qtianty inherent , toH certain extent , in ,-eaoii man ' s nat ; tfe- ^ a power which tautiht hiiii Kbw inuch the niiud conVd bear , and when the cup of endurance \ yas fnllj then Would each inan ' ti conscience be ; . each mini ' s monitor ; and , if it was tliouplit uetter to dip frtf . em . eVi than , live slaves , moral instinct would be the best recruiting serafeant for jiliysiciilsoldiers , and as if witli common consent , willVout preineditiition . tlie arru wbnW r ise as the mind's .. . ( ie * endi > r ^ and an united people , by one : siinijltaneotis " eil }> rt . would snap their chains , unite and throw thpir
fetters in the face pf their oppressors , . ( -hidesbr ib-jiiblp sensation and cheeks . ) Marshal pliysicjil force , and you weaken it ; speak of physical-. * -force ,:. and you apprise the enemy , arouse tlm nation , aiid ; . 'iriiryurse ' thu ^ moral power . '( Cheers . ) It i ? the thunder - »; liichmust-imperceptibly follow the vivid flash ; of intellectual lightning .- ( Loud cheers . ) , Flo woull tell the meeting the extent to which . lie wa .-s rm ly / to go ; while he thus opposed all mention of physical lbrce . lie was equally opposed to the foolish . doctrine , oi ' captiva . tiijg the timid and ensnaring the . cautious * and the wary . ( Cheers . ) This was diploniatic nonsense ; by the riihid was meant our eneniies ^ who spiiaht justification to oppress lint should not-be gratified : ; they miiy he turned to more justiriaBle ; enrnity ; b : ut
no ¦ -sopuisi'try or cpnning could pye ^ knake them . our friends ; : the Rubicon of profit . \ r ; - | J > 6 tvFeen : tliem and the people , which to , dnninim ^ . . * ynpyer . wbul 4 pass . ( Cheers . ) What he * . thf > us " . constitutional ¦ would-be-, ( in great emerghicfes' - ^ .. e ^ the ' preten d wlu'ii respectful application likd f ^ l ^) . that spine tlirtie or ibur hiindred thoasaad ^ gojod : n ? en , bat riot 'figUtiyg' men , as O'Connell re . ispinTJp ^ qi ^ d , ( clieers v ) should meet Mm Mr . O'ConnpH' ^^ f ing ' Crbssi in public meeting , and having ' , pj ^^ -a peti tion , walk peaceably with liiiri . to . . ra ^ $ ^ 6 r <> f : the-House of Commons , and then wnipp ' aiiiejifly , whijt ? he ( Mr . O'Connor ) knocked- at the- 3 * $$ a " nd summoned ther Member _ for AV ' esrmicsl ^ p ^ bat mi the . fighting one- —to receive the commands ; df-Iris
constituents , and deliver them ;¦^' v thtf'H ^ 'ai ^ -ipj ' vConimons . [ Here the > vhole : meetiijg-T ^ se . / an'd . » pcifc i ratea vi will , We will ga'witIi " ydu , " . '' Trh ' i ( j ^ .. ws | -s . fonQn'ed ' by a burst of cheers . ] Mr . O'Connor , who . appearpd very much excited all through , ho-v , turnied his ba ' ck upon the meeting , and , having faced the chairman and the committee , thus concluded the most heartstirring and effective speech we ever heard delivered jit ' a public meeting . —What , said he , have I not yet proved my title to speak ? How dare any body of iiieu attempt to muzzle ine ! A set of Whig Malthiisians , backed by working coadjutors , has driven ine , for want of political sustenance ^ from the metropolis to the vallies of Yorkshire , to the sons oi freedom and labpur , there to-promulgate democratic doctrines to the children of freedom : and did they
suppose that any jackanapes , or self-constituted atitaority , " should put him down . No ; fop if the ¦ damned ; Alalthusiahs followed him to his peaceful retreat , carrying change of law ; and starvation' on thoir bannersjjie would put his printing press upon lii . 3 back , and winding : his way by the shepherd ' s . track * to " . some- motmtairi top , would still fulminate his decrees for man's equality , Until the whole human race , born as one family—lloud cheers ] - — lived under one code of equal laws , enjoying thesame / privilege ' s , and worshipping the same cause , which was thu cause of freedom , ¦ wnicli ; is the cause of God . To describe the sensation , upon Mr . O'Connor resuming his seat would be out of mortal power . Tlie meeting rose and cheered and cheered again , till the walls re-echoed back the joyous sound of liberty and freedom . - ;
Of tliisimportantnieeting , the Sun mys , yesterday evening a meeting of the trades Of London w : as held at the Mechanic' Institution , to receive the statements _ pf three delegates ft-pm the Glasgow Trades ' Association , in exposition of the -principles of that bod \' f and in refutation of the foul . calumnies propagated by the London Press in reference to the Viate trials at Edinburgh . The ; meeting . was So very numerous that considerable interruption was occasioned at the commencement of the proceedings by the extreme pressure of the people at the dobrs .
Hundreds who could not effect admission were constrained to abandon all hope of witnessing the proceedings . The respectable appesirance of the vast body of those ! present reflected great credit on the trades : the intense interest which seemed to affect every individual inanifasted a ; deep-seated sympathy with the victims of legal tyranny , and the reguiavity and decorum which ; pharacterised the discussioii , notv ? ith . stahdi | ng- - . the excitement that ; prevailed , were ; topics of pleasurable comjment on the platform . ¦¦ . . ' *• ¦ . ' :. . '¦" . " ¦ ' ^ v- / ' : * . / ¦' : / :. , ; . ' : ¦;" : ¦{ " '¦;¦ '¦ : ^ , - '¦ " -... '¦
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HOUSE OF LOEDS . :, , ; r ; r : ^ :: ^ 0 ^^^^^^ x l . : ^ The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack , at five minutes past five o'clock . ' Earl SHAFTESBURY presented a ' petition from Gamberwell , pr * ayi « g ^^ for the adoption of Rowland Hilrsposfaie system . ;; *" . - . '" S . ; : / ; ¦ Lorn ftApjSOR presented a pfetitipn fromWigan , prating fo-rtHe entire a ^ The same Noble Lord presented a petition froin the ^ ayo ^ and Towii Counci l of BridgewaterV complaining of the treatment ; shown by ; landed pro * pnetors Isinpe the last Parliamentary election , and » riying either ^^ for Vote by B a llot , or that the borpugti might be disfranchiied . , ;• ' : ThefiarlofRIPONgavei notice that on that day w ^ iek lie sliould move the second reading of the Bishoprics of Sddorjand ; Man Bill .
: ¦¦ ; . * . ¦" , . . ArPAlBSOrCAKApA . ;; . '¦ ¦; ,- ' .-.. : ¦ Upon the order of the day , bein § read thatthe Bill fbr the regulaHbii of the affairs ot Canada l ^ e read a , second'time ; ' . * : *; : ' -- . ¦' . * : ¦ ¦¦ . * :-: ¦' . - ¦' . ' . " ; ¦ " ¦ , "¦;*"¦' :.. ' :: . . '¦ \ Lord GLEN ^ LG , in a speechrerriiarkableVforits titter ihsipidityj moved the second reading of the ' " Bill tor the > Trspensibn ; bf the Canadian Constitution ; : ^ . prdABERDEiENyin a very long spteech ,. Bup-• ported ; the Bill , ^ and severely blamed ministers ^ for not ^ ^ ^ having 'hbm mote stringent inthpir ' Caii aQTaai policy .:: r ; ---. ::- ; : ; .:- ;; -. , * / ¦ ;;/ -. ; . ; . ' - ; . - / - " . Ic :.. - ;¦¦¦ /// . ; . Ldrd BROUGHAM inflicted ! a fnghtfol castoga ^ tipn , alike on Ministers and oh their Tory mends . He said ^ r-How comes it to pass , my Lords , by what fate of mine is it , that as often as this great question
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of bur pMoniea cpmes on in thi * pia « ef--whethe « ni : the lllrfated Resolutions of last Mayj or in the jntetu locatpry ; epireiersatiora raised by the expectaiioos of tbisi measure , ( ri m the address whiehannouncedit » nearer approacb ^ . or how on the BiUi ^ lf which entbodies it—I alone should be / fpuhd to iriterrcrpt tKi& ' umveraal harmony © f your Councils—alone to ojmdt » ^ Bdl presented by the Gcrvernment without detent » £ butrmmediately take » up and zealpnslysuppoiM : ^ v ^ adversaries—alone to stand ap the advocatef pt fte . Constirttiori ^ o » e : to resist the breach d £ « M Jaw , tiie _ wolabpn of all justice , in this high Comt of Lawy -which distributes justice . withont appealalone . to withstand arbitrary and tyrannical umeva ^ - tionsin . ithe Senate--the ; Conseirative Senate ofW to
. free cpuntry ^ -al&ne mamtaiu tbe peabe , and * tayr the dismemberment of the empire , among vow Lordships , who of all men that life have the deepest interestjn ^ peace , and the empire- being we « e-rved entwe ? . The Nob > andLeame 5 Lord proSIK paying ; that when tbw subject was la « t before theu-Lprdslmiis he had purposely avoided following hia-NobielTiend into the eontroversy to wMch he had invited him . He di * this because be kiiew th » fc other opportunities would be afforded tOnun , That ppportunityhad now come , and he had heard wliafc Ins Npblff Friend had said * He found tkat he had said in explanation of the BiU—nothing ; in defencef of the Bill-T-nothing . —( Loud : laughten ) / Not agleiam of light yras thrown njx > ni the darker phases of this
measure ; There was nothing to ¦ reconcile ' the ¦ manifest iHconsistency pf the course that had been pursued ; there yras nothing said "to make this measure ^ acceptable ; taefe Was nothing said to show why this Bill . should be i » troduced nowrather thaa at ^ any other time ; there was no thin g to defend , its provisions , except the very able , and , aai ' . ' fer " . a » , thac part pf the speech was cbnceirn . ed , the tempctater speeci of the Noole Earl opposite ; That Noble Earl was-not evidently there , however ,. to be the advocate of her : Majesty ' 3 : Ministers , or to pronounce- aa . eulogium upon them i but to take « nder his speciaL protection the Bill Which appeared to him to have peeiJi gtbandoned by its parent . —( Laughter . ) The ? Bill so abandoned was taken up and fostered by liei Noble .-Earl , who bestowed upon it no stettmother ' s
care , so * that it was plainly shown , that if the Bill had notbeen prodyicfed upon this side of the llouse ^ there was a good chance that it would have " proceeded from thate Nothing , it wa * said f was so unreasonable as the .. . conduct of the House of "\ An ~ sembly . ' . His Noble Friend declared that th « Housa of Asseriibly had been guilty . of a breach 6 E their duty—it Was . iis ¥ oble Friend ' s only argument fi > E his Bill— -tiiat the Assembly was guilty of a breach , of their duty in refusing the . supplies required from , them . -Then there was but onei coursa to be taken ^ To suspend the Constitution . It was aaid that th& powers giveii to them were absurd , ; and tnerefor& they were to suspend-the Constitutioa . —( Hear ;) O tiler Noble Lords said the Assembly themselves were the first to violate it . The Nobls Earl had
entered-into an account of the proceedings before thejComjnittee of 1 S 28 , to which he said such powers had been given , as had liardly been given before The re ' commendations : giveii - by that . Comniit&se were sent-to . the . colonies , imd , it had bieen pbservect , Were received with gi-atitude . There : vras no doubt that such feelings were experienced there ,- and the colonies were- to be guided by them ; but until when ? . Not . until 1831 . But they were increased , and acquired additional force , because the foundation . . of . fre _ edoin had been ; enlarged vby the Noble Earl opposite -they having obtained the comnianA of the supplies—the power of the p \ irse . What waa the compfaiut then mnde against them ? They Weje . tpld ¦ ¦ ' "that whatever abuses ejeiited . they had
tlieriipe . lves the . power of redressing them .:,-Xbej ; \ y £ rft given ' thatpower . They . were told they could ^ jliitil they obtained redfe ^ s , withhold' the supplies' iTiey wef ' a" . told tiiey had the power and they used it . Bliort-siglvted men ! ' Innocent m 0 n ! : they Bejieved you when you told them you ga \? e tliOni that power—th . ey . beheved you" . wfieii you 'Maid they bad ftie power , of the purstj-stliey benevedyou yPmen you ; toldtheinthey / were clothed with the power of : reii r «? s * ii ' ug . gTJin-aiicus , aud all they theiididWas touss tile power jyhi . cb ; you bragged you had given , to . theifit — -they ' ¦ . ¦ yritliheid tlio supplies until their grievances ; were redrc ^ od ' - ;; and the ; instant they hsed . that pqwliiv tor the | purpose , the . express ; purpose ,-ior . which it Xyas -given , the instant they did that -. you "
mi vi | tnriit'fi rj ; uud upou theiu , aud the Noble Lord , who actually , gave "" tuem this power says to thern ^ ' You hsiye ubusedth ; ' prnileges ¦ wluch / were given . you ; yoty ^ ire violating' the Constitution , and tlierftlore the Congtitution shall be torn away from you . ' * - ^( Hear , Iu-iur , War . ) It was a mockery—it wtis the . most un . bi > ai :: tl ) l | . » iiisolencel and insult upon a people —rJrstto boast tliat political privileges were givea to them , arid that the power of the purse was cpnferred ¦ upon them ; find tae ; instant : they used their privilt'ixes to » say ' , Oh , you have abused those privileges' ; it wus never meant you should v . se ; them , j we pni ' y meant to round a pendd in a dispatch , or ta round a period in a vice-royal speech at Quebec j you were riever- . to use the power which was given to mat
you j it was only cpiiferred upon ^ condition you : wo . uW always be pleased never to . refuse , and always to . grant . "—( Loiid laughter , and cheers . ) ¦ l / p ' pti . the Cauadians refusing / supplies the Goverament had ' parsed resolutions ; thesy resolutions : the Noble Enrl , Opposite had . admitted were calculated to liavras . and vex the Cauiidiaus . ( rlear , liear . ) They passed these resolutions , and the natural coritiequeuces- ' were produced ; and they took no pains to prevent them .- Not amah-had been sent—not an . order had ' be ^ riissued- ^ nota ; line , ha . d been written . 7 he . repeated : it , npt a man had been sent , not a . p ' oHnd had . been spent , to prevent what was tlie iuevitable consequence , because the natural coiiseqiicac « , of : their eighth resolution , ( Hear . ) But now they
had disclosed to them moiie ot the two provinces a scene which ; baffled all description , a scene M-jiick lie defied the history of a . uy cirilized or Christiaa . cpuritry to produce or to match .: A governor y&o Was appointed to adiniuister the law , to exercise tlie % powers of the state for the protection of- the . subject "; one who was . hominated . to . admisister justice ia mercy ; .. out " who . was apppirited -above all manluiMi to prevent ciime , and only in tSe-hhrd ni ^ cessii ^ of the case to punish crane , when it Avas not in ¦ & <* power of the Governor to prevent it . -What , lie a $ keij , 'was it that a ; government so circumstanced ought to do ? For the sake of peace , for tlie sake of good order , for the bpntjfit : of the GoTernment , andbttfore all . because above all , it \ vas that-wlncli
he was first aiid foremost commanded to doy and n > r which his Sovereign had-planted hini there above all ^; namely ^ that he might more particalavly look to and . proside for tlie peace , happiness , aiid ^ protection of " his fellow-subjects . And yet they heardit avowei and boasted of by anfiiclmdual so Mtnated- ^ -theY heard it iii his despatch— -they ¦• . '¦ heard itin his speeck to : the oeople \ vliom he misgoverned , that he did iiot think it right , thopgli he knew that preparation ^ were making for crime ; though he well knew aaid ; wasaccurately inibrined that a rebellion : was hatcfe ing ; that traitors were laying their plans ; that disaffect ion wjas going : oh'day by day : and sedactioa . menacing by traitors more and more ; and that eyeiy hour was rapidly maturing those treasonable plansi .
still that he deemed it hght to take no steps tp prevent the preparation of crime , and to save the . innocent subject ^ from being deluded from their d * a <^ into a -rebellion which was thus ¦ p ianriecLbv ti-aitors ^ ( Hear , hteJir . ) Gracious God I did he live in . a civilized country i ; They had all seen or heard 6 £ instances of the vast difference between the conduefc of a mother nhd that of a stepmotlier—between . ; a kind and au / unkind parent . The one endeavpared . to conciliate rather than check by coercipur—wouid reward rather than punish—was desirous rather of preventing the child from offending than of detecting : and chastising for the wrong doing " , and never was the heart of such a parent more : wrong than whe % her tender watching and fosteringeare failed , and
the crime was committed and nmttshment became > inevitable . Ele had known the contrary . Who iiideed ; lia < f tiot heaird of or witnessed ^ the c . ^ itrarj course of the stepinother-- ? watching topick . a ( inarrei ^ anxious to foster any bad temper of the infant , / till itbroke out and gave her the opportunity she ha ^ watchpd for of inflicting punishment ? These thhigshad he -witnessed , but never yet had he knowb ta . instance between : armother and a stsp-pairent aftiording sogrOsi , so violent , and putrageovis a . cou ^ trast as that between the conduct of . tkp ^^ ^ ; aiptlier cpPnt ^ toy ^ sJreland andof the stepmother cooatry towards Canada- ( Hear , hear . ) The' instructions with which his Noble Friend was ip ' go outta Canada had been laid before them * and he must say
he looked iippn that production ; asi . a . most efxtraordi nary proceeding . Tne Government had isatied . to . tliemsel > -es the second-sight facultyof knorvn ' ng nbwr what itwould he right to desire their eiriisdary to tla in IVl ^ y next . ( Hear , hear . ) , '¦ ; . Jt ' was one of && greatdifficulties of governing a ; distant empire tiwifc they never cpiild "give their orders under ^ recteelv ; the same citcrHRfttsiiices- ' . ' a ? those under which , they would -be - carried into effect , because there waa always : in in . te ' 1-yal of six weeks between $ e period of jgsuing themV and their being ; acted upon : butwsU tliat a reason ; why they should aggravate tUe naiBchief ? ' Was thajtafeai&n * h y they ^ should makp ; theevilten times worse than it was necessary , ^ sitting'down- ^ -auiwtiy triortal TOen neverd « Lfeuclxa tbiii ' g-beJore —{ a . laugh )^ by sitting dowii qiiietly ai Downine-street in J&iiuary for the purpose Of dtJMRxt
ing » p the instructions , with all the details ^ : twhieb . : wasintended tq give in the Aprilor May foHowiug J HoW could his Noble friend kuow that . ije W 0 » R continue of the same inind ? ^ ( Lau ghter . ) "Pte ^ measure out of which-theinstructions arose bad Been three or four times changed ! in ihe ' xourae ? . of three or foot' days in one * sreefc . -: ;( iCh > ersJ | He ( Lord Brppghtan ) should bq ^ , retire'irppithi * cpnteidplati p ri of tinsiii eyery te ^ ct -mb / t' ^ infill ; a , nd I lamentable , in gpme i ^ 8 pect 3 , m ^ t dis ^ icj ^ jat mibject > iand the ^ lasfadvfcejiei r shptiW ^ veGovwztineat wouW be ; tc y go every lengtl ^^ ali leiigffis ^ oat of thetf way , ill , order to restoiftj f unfeeling oi ku « K ness : between ntf ^ dcmrfe ^ Let them be merciful as well aa just , and listaunot * abov « all things , to the arguments of those who toil Contmwd in out ' sixthpagcj !
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 10, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct340/page/3/
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