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DEBATE ON MB . BUNCOM BE'S MOTION . ( Concluded from our Eighth page . ) Tery great importance to the people of Eagland , IrtOsad , and Scotland . It was a mailer of grea importance to them whether thev should respect their tribnca ^ M > d their judges . He would tell tne Bonse that aneo Lord Abinger ' s appearance onthat Commission , Special Commissions were neia in detestauoB and contempt . But , so far as the other judges were concerned , they had a beautiful contrast with the Noble Lord . He had endeavoured to show to some Scotch friends that the conduct of Lord Abinger was the exception and not the ro > e . ivrery eon of care was taken in the Enzlish courts in the
trisl of a cause ; whereas in the Scotch conrta they had rcobodj to defend prisoners except mare lads and yonths . Nothing showed ^ reatpr abuse than the Scotch criminal courts ; tbe prisoner ? w-. re all ready " cut and dried" for condemnation—daughter ) Th ^ rewersnoi more than t * o or three lawyers in a court , a-d these were mere *• spools ' -G « u < ± laocbier ) . Koi one man made his fob heavier or his pocket richer— Uaughtex ) . He hoped lhat , if witnesses eonld not bs examined ai ' . bo bar of the House , si least steps would be tasen to inquire into tho grievances complained of by th- petitioners aad to redress th-m , and thai no snufi ; g excuses rronld br made to prevent ja ^ t ^ ce being done—thear and laugher ) .
31 x . Scaxlett ( Lord Abingei ' s eldest son ) , in a low -voice , and with visible emotion , appealed to the House whether the Learned Judgo had been fairly dealt with . Several pemions had been presented against him , and it was a remarkable circumstance , ihJat all but one were couched in the very same ¦ words . From what source these cointi - ing documents were produced , it was not for him to say ; bnt he trusted the Honse wonM not aliow a pubiic ser-Tsnt , Trho had done his duty long and faithfully , to be borne dovrn by nnjnsi pressure .
Lord Johs RrssKii was of opinion , thai a motion of eecsnre oaght not , esct-pi in tbe gravest cases , to be enxertained by this House . To sanction such aUtjnpts vronld be effectually to destroy the independence of the Judges . Nor was his objection diminished hy the form of this motion , confining itssdf to Inquiry alone . Had Lord Abisger wilfully endeavoured to oppress any of the Queen ' s subjects , ho might hare felt it necessary to make an exception from whai ought to be the general rule ; but Lord Abinger ' s chsiracter preclcded such a supposition He , iowerer , could not agree in t /? s -nevr iaken by ths Attomey-GeneraL la troubled times h
was peculiarly necessary thas the charges of the ' Judges should be mild and temperate , b- cause The . ' sentences wcnld thns obtain the mere complete and : general scqmesceDce . Lcrd Abingcr ' s charges ; were objectionable , as mixing political wiih legal j matters , and so withdrawing tho minds of the jury J from the one proper snbjee ; of their cognizance , j Lord John Russell then selected some particular . paragraphs as exemplifying his objection . They ' proved , in hia opinion , that Lord Abingef , having much legal and mnch political knowledge , had , bronghs his political knowledge to bear where > his legal knowledge alone ou ^ hi to have been ex- .
hibired . Sir Ja ^ tes Ghahax rejoiced in ths Noble Lord ' s determination to oppose thia motio 2 , the more especially becsnse he felt assured tbat , in the present circumstances of the coiratr , y its buccc-s would have alarmed ibe friends , and encouraged the enemies , of law and order . On former occasions , when the conduct of Judges had been impugned , the course had been , not to propose inqniry , bnt to lay substantive charges on the table . This latter mode had been pnrsned in the case of Sir JSujab Impey , of Ju ^ -se Fox . cf Lord Ellenbnrccgh ( wiih reference to L t : u ^ eiiiaiifrV , and of air Jonah Barrington .
la Baron Smith ' s case , icu ^ ed , aa inquiry waa moved for sod gract ' -d , but tbe order direciing it was discharged a feiv days afterwards . He conld not help oonenrring with Mr . Scarlett , who had observed that the Mme was not ytteome when it was to beheld culpable in an English Judge to expound t » a Jnrv t ^ o Advantages of the English ennsiitn izr- ; - -.-. ii u » duty of a judge , not only to coni * —amst the ancroaehments of prerogaiireand privileges , but likewise to ressra : n popniar license when it threatened danger to tbe common good . He eonclnded with a warm ps ^ egjric on Lord Abmger ' s judicial character .
Mr .-SntTivni Crawtokd fonnd / soli wi-h Lord John Russell for refaang M 3 support to the motion . Mr . W jjsvx couid not g ; v « a silent vote on the present occasion , as he intended to giye Jt in support of the motion oftais Eon . Friend the Member for -Ftnsbnry . Hs would do so . for a y ^ ij short and ample reason , drawn from a former speech of tbe Noble Lord the member for North L * n . ~ as&irta in the case of Baron Smirk . The Noble Lord , on that occasion , said , ** We iiapnte 10 motives— "we do not condemn Baron Smith . We inereiy ray taai there 13 a prana facie ease , which rails for inquiry , and the House is bound to make this inquiry "— ( near , hear , hear )—Oa this occasion he (\ lr . Watfon ) imputed aomofiTK to Lord Abinger , he did not
condemn thai Learned Judge , bus he did say that -rery grare and serions charges had been made by his Hon . Friend ; arid the ropreseniativr-s of th ? peot > le ¦ j ronld noi do their duty if th < y did not inquire into them . How far the inquiry was to be e-amea-wonld depend on the evidence which his Hon . Friend Eight be able «> bring before the House . He d-S-tied with the Bight Hon . Baronet die Secretary for the Home Department , that to vote for inquiry wa = to condemn Lord Abiaeer- If it were so , he ( Mr . Watson ) ^ wonld withdraw from voting on the question . Bui he most Eay there were some charges in the pamphlet pat forth by Lord Abinger , and othsrmattersstated by his Hon . Friend , into whieh ii was absahiXely accessary 10 inquire . The charge made by ihe Le&raed Judge , eitQer to the grand or petty jury , was noialtg&l charge . He did not i « y that every person in this conniry had a cocsiitutiocal right io advoea ? e anv principles of Government ,
provided he did 11 by peaceable aca lawful means ; b ? t " that those who , tinder pretext or advocat . Dg such principles , brvke : b . e psaca , and were the cause of public Ji ? tnrbasce , were to be visited with putu ^ hment . The country was excised at the time the learned Judge ' s charge was delivered . It behoved the Learned Jndge to give calm and temperate directions to the grand jury a ? id the petty jury , who were then too nnieh inclined to -punish mtut , and reqnire-d saeh calmness and temper as were evinced Toy Lord Chief Jnstaca Tindal—( bear , h ^ r ) . He CMr Watson ) repeated that he did not judge upon these matters bow , bst he thought they calk -a for inqvary . He certainly thought with all x > - ? poct to Lord Abipger , list he had not shov ^ a hjuiseU a very good politician . He was an instance ia support of ¦ wha-tTVaa sotnetimes ssid . that lawy-jf > were very bad politiciai ^—( hear , hear , and lingbter ) .
ilr . C-ihdttsll had beea a witaes 0 / Lord Abmger ' s dignine-a condact at the aiais , and would oppose this motion . ~ Hx . DUS COMBE , in reply , said he had listened attea-Hvely to hssr -vhsther anything mitiic fs . il from tisoss Opposed tO thS motion Which shoaJd in ^ noe him to 'Withdra'W il . He "wsb bound to say Le had beard -nothing "which ahonld preveEt him in the prrfanmnce of Mb duty to tbe pnfclic Irom tiiking the Krnsa cf ths House ss to whether there SGoald bs any icqairy Into &b conduct of t 2 na J&dga . Tae Kisht H-m . Bart- tbe Secreiary of State for tie H-jine D ? psrtnient said it * wonld ill become Mm to be the ItUEom « panegyrist of lord Abinger , and he imsitdiately follo'w&cl . np the declaration by proEcuneiiuf the -warmest and most fnlsome
panegyric that had been delivered on ths whole conduct of the Noble lord —( hear , hear ) . The Hon . Member far Eoishwn complaiDBQ tbit , hB 1 M 1 . Ihmoombe ; bad introduced reference to recreancy and politcsl apeatacy . But the Hon . and Isarced G-ntlemsn might have recollected that in his allusion to ths political apostacy of a former day , b& was quoting an exert * ioc of- the Right H-d . Baronei the Si-erstsry for the 3-mze Department , who , in adfressing ths electors of Cnmb-srisnd , dencuaced Sii James Scsrlstt as & rFcr ? ant Whig —( hf ar , hear ) . Yet now tfcsj -srsre told hj "the Right Eon . Bircaet , that , looldng at the whols pa ? t life of this Learned Lord , he S 3 T ? nothis ^ to ilod fiidt wilb ; and he ask » d -whPihei they 03 bis * , Mj . DaBcombs ' s ) s 6 e of the House , ¦ Fo nid send the Lezmed Jadzs , at Lia jul-racced age , aud ifvr
lao Btr ? ice 6 he had perfonaed , bt-fare a Committee , in a flegading manner , by ao angry party vote . What different Isugns ^ e irons thai of Uie speech to -Ffeich he hsd Ttftrr » . -d , ana -winch he wonlo now take the liberty et reading to th& House . iLaugttci ) . The House would recollect that it < ii-d not contain his ( Mr . Duueonibe ' s ) ssi-tiin nt 8 tut these of the H ' ttht Hon . Baronet the Srt 3 * tary of State fur the Home Ztepartment . They same before the public with the sntiiority of a Mini * tt-r cf the Crovro , for ihe HigfctHon . Baronet -sras tkm First Lord of the Admiralty ander lK ) rd Grey * a Gorernnient . It ^ sraa at ths tene of the G « neial Election far CockeresouA :- " The last time I addressed you from these fcustiip , 1 remeaba I had a -wish to Scot * who represented the Borough of Cocfanmmth , and , except the returning officer , no man coald tell me—( a laughf— and yho now represents that Borough —( a voice : Saarlett ) * Aji and soxryT am to hear him named in tfcat t « t tn lie was once * Tamed &tend-p am glad mid Mr . Dan eombei he 1 b restored
to thai hononr . ( Langhteri YeaaeEx-Attoaey-General , & recreant Whig , a followei of Fox , a nominee of Earl Pitz ^ rffliam , aSan honoiffed » mLrespected until he began to TFage ; an infamous ) -war with the prea-icheersj-ae , I say , has been obliged to 1 !^ from the indignation of the pesple , and seek refoce Id Cockfirmonth under the vring « f my Lord Lonsdale Hecas-crsptinto the House of Commons through the poatem gate of ^ which a revarend Ticar , now on these hustings , keeps the key . He has skulked from the ofiendea majalj of the people—( load laughter }—and is to De found the representative of thsso tnrg 3 g 9 tenurw for which the late Mr . Sathixthwaite showed 89 much fondneEa —( A voics in the crowd : * How do yon like that , my iord ? r— ' And I say nov * , " aid Mr . Dub _ combe , Jooteng at Sir Janits Graham , ¦• how do yen "iike that , tej 1 # i& "— ftvmi ianghter , in -Rhieh the Members on the Ministerial B . nchea , except Sir James < Jratam , heartiij joined ) . When the Right Hon . Bsronci
said it Tffoald iu become him to be tne fa-some panegy-TiBtci Lord Abihger , tee JMi . Duncombei ecrirelysgrcrti ¦ V iih iim , and wished hs had cot , fej v-ing farzhzx , inadeitneefcssary for him to allude to tlie Goctsia : octii speech . The Hoa . Mtmber fox Bute asked -whtthei
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a PrTj Cotmcillor was nat to have political opinions ? Of course he might , bnt \ Judge bad no business to bring his politics upon tte bench , any more than a c ! erzyman had to bnng them into the pulpit Tho Hon . and Learned Gentlemen said that Lord Abinger only claimed ¦ what the Cbarti * ts claimed for themselves . Nobody thought of denying that the Noble Lord migbt have political party sentiments . He might indulge them in the Hcu 39 of Lards , at the Carltou dub , at Norwich or ^ nywh ere else ; but he had no ri ght to letthem influence him on the judgment Beat , when the lives or liberties of men "were at stake , and where the Noble Lord's politics might do Berious injustice to several individuals . He { Mr . Duccombe ) confined himself to tbe printed charges of Lord Abingfii , though he did not know -wb" they might not a > - wll rely on the reports of the Timii or tbe Majtche-ter Guardian , "which some Hon . Members seemed to sneer at He believed that tbe Times and the Manchester Guardian possessed son > e
of the best reporters in this country . Those reporters attended on the occasion , and he had reason to believe that they were prepare- } to prove the correctness of their reports . Lord Abingtr ' s published versions of the charges had never appeared until notice was given at . a public meeting that th ^ y -would be brought before the Honse of Commons . They did net materially differ from ths repcrta in the Timss ; bnt -wonis were inserted here and there , "which gave , in point of fact , to some sentences quite a different meaning from that of the newspaper report . If the Committee of Inquiry had been granted , he could have proved to them that the report , which had beeD bo ranch qnote-J , -was not the most correct report ; and he was surprise , that when the Hon . Member for Bate had quoted the examination of a "witness by Lord Abinger , proceeding from tbe reporter sent down by Government , " that he did not also quote the charge of Lord A Linger by the same reporter . Mr . S Wobtli . t had no : tbe report .
Mr . Dp . \ cojib £ - Yes ; bat you might have got it—( bear . hear ) . If he could have got the inquiry , the parties could have been produced to shew that the report published by Lord Abinger was not a correct report . The report also given by ilr . Gurney was at the command of the Government , and could have been produced . He said thai this "wu 3 a fit sa ) ject for inquiry —( hear , hear . ) The Ar . firney-Geaeral had compiiined of these pstidons . Ht- said therb -were but six or eight of them , and thaie "was not cae that proceeded from the parties ap ^ rieved . He should iike to know what would be tho efflct cf producing these pttitdons . He had read a letter from one of the parties i 17 ilde ) stating hia complaint , which he conceived to be equal to a petition . Bat let ium suppose that he had presented a petition from
ivilde , ei any other of tbe prisoners , wouW thrY , on the other side , consent to an inquiry ? Would they consent to an inquiry if petitions hereafter "were produced ? Not a bit of it . As they -would cot consent to the present motion , trader the circumftances in "which it "was brought forward , so they "wonid sot consent to it under any other circumstances . Why then , throw out your objections , "whijh , if removed , could ba of bo avail ? This -was a serfc of special pleading on the part of the Attorney-General "which he did not expect ; tor it he prodnced those petitions , he would be as rar removed from inquiry as ever^—( hear , hear . ) And then the Hon . Mfcinbt r for Woodstock had said , that if they enctmraaed petitions of this sort , they would have petitions from ereij disappointed suitor , who would be coming
to that Honse and asking them for redres 3 , and seeking for an inquiry into the conduct of tbe Judges—( hear )—Was that tbe case at the present moment , 'when the Hon . and Learned Attomej-G ^ neral complained that they had not a petition from one of the disappointed soiters ; and if they had . then another Hon . and Learned Gentleman told them they should have no inqniry—I cheers ) . Why , it "was utterly impossible to please these gentlemen . This ^ as not a case of privats wrong . The whole nation "was interested in this question , and the ¦ whole of the people were looking to it ; and they "were about to see them in that House put a direct negative on the motion for an inquiry . The Hon . and Learned Attorney-General said he "would meat this motion by a direct negative , and he » aid that he had an objection to
Judges delivering charges that had a political tendency ; bat then he denied that the charges of Lord Abinger had a political tendency—( hear , hear ) . Bat then other supporters of the Noble Bar « n , ' who had spoken tbat evening , said that bis charges had a political tendency . Oiher H"n . Gentlemen were more candid than th 8 Aitorney-Gsaeral , for they not only said that the charges had a political tendency , bnt tLat they ought to have a political tendency , because they arose out of political events—( hear , hear . ) No one attempted to answer tbe argnmtDt of the Honourable ars-l Learned Member for Cork , tbat if the charges should necessa rily be of a political character , "wby was it tbat Chief Justice Tindal , who had also to diapoae of political trials , did not deliver charges of exactly the ssxie character ? He thought that of all tbe dtbites he cad ever heard in that Honse , there never was one In "which
there "was to be fonnd so little of argument and of reason In opposition to a motion—( hear . j They were , he said , determined to scretn this judge , Tue public , hofve-rer , -would judge ttcni and condemn them . He ¦ was satisfied thit the public could come but to onw conc * -ti * ion w . th ? e £ ptct to those in that House , nnd that -was , that they , in tbeir desire to screen a delinquent jadije , lost sight cf that -which "was owing to—[ the remainder ef the sentence was lost in load cries of " Oh , oh , " from Members on the Ministerial benches . ] Aye , the delir-qiencies cf the judge "would go forth to the couurry—thpy showed that it would not bear tbat inquiry , which hr challenEtd them to enter into . He said ifcut ths public would come to the conclusion that , in their desire to screen a judge , they lost sight of that which "was dne to the pure and impartial administra tion of jostic-j—i cheers >
Mr . Scarlett ha ^ one "word add as tbe accuracy of what L' -rd Abinger had published . He nri ^ ht state that h « kc&w tbat "what "was published in the pamphlet "was i ^ k&u from the Tunes , and only some small alterations H 33 de in it—< la . ni ; ht « r . ) such as any one "would make "Wiio wiihed to correct the mistakesthe nsual miitakes of a report Further , he had the best reason for believing tbit if that report "were compared with the short-hand notes taken by Mr . Gcrney . U wonid rnzte it appear tbat there was less p ^ int—in many cf the ailusious less point , than in tlist report whica Lord A binder had published . The House then divided—For She motion 73 Against 22 S Majority 155 The full' .-jring n ^ mes constitute the minority of 73 , ¦ who voted with Mr . Dancoo . be : —
Aglionby , H A . Gore , Robert Pechell , C-ptain ATcbbold , B- Gi&iDgeT , 1 C . Pmmrirtge , Capt . Bernard , E G . Hall , Sir B . Ponsonby , Hon . J Berkeley , Hon . C . Hastie , A . Bicardo , J . Lewis B = Tkelv , EL F . Hawes , B . Roche , Sit D . Biake , Sir V . Hay , Sir A . Boebnck , J . A . B rsrcing , Dr . Holland , Robert Ross , D . E . Brothert'ju . J . HorsmaD , E . Russell , Lord E . Busfeild , Wm . Home , Joseph St . usaeld , W . R . Chapma ' ., B . Hatt , W . Strickland , Sir G . Christie , W . D . James , Wm . Strutt , Edward Cotrien , Richard Johnson , General Thornely , Thos . Colbome , W . R . Lujard , Capt Turner , Edmund
Collins , W . leader , J . T . Villiers , Chas . P . Co-wper , Hon . W . Lihuvwel , Earl of Wat ey , Thomas Crawford , W . S . MacauJey , T . B- Ward , H . G . Dawson , H . T . V . Majoribants . S . Watson , W H . Dasnistonn , J . Marclanii , H . Wawn , John T . Doncan , George Martin . John Williams , W . Bundas , J . C . Mitcalie . H < -nry Wood , B . Dandas , Adm . Mitchell , T . A , Yorke . H . R . Elphinsicne , H . Morris , Divid tellers . Ewart , W . Murpby . F . S . Duncombe , T . S . Ferguson . Col . Napier , Six C . "Wallace , R . F . eetwood . Sir P . O ' Brien , W S . GUI , Thomas Paeet , Frederick
Captain Pechell , understanding that the Right Hon . Baronet , the Secretary for the Home Department , intended to re-introduce this session a measure paniy similar to that whieh he had proposed during the last session , and that which would involve the abolition of the Gilbert Unions , begged to mote ' or certain returns , vrith the view of procuring information npon the subject , which he thought that the House , before it proceeded to legislate upon it , shoaM be in possession of . He moved lor a " Return of the number , names , and ages of all persona committed to any prison in England
or Wales for any offence in an union workhouse , established under the provisions of the Poor Law Ameadment Act ; stating the nature of the offence , the period of punishment , the name of the union , and the number for each nnion and for each year , fronj the 25 ; h day of March , 1835 , to the 25 th day of March , 1842 ; with the population of each union , according to the last census . Also , " Similar returns for offsuces in workhouses of parishes and unions governed by guardians , vestrymen , or parish efficers under local acts and 22 d Gso . 3 , 0 . S 3 , known as G ibert ' s Act , or not included in any Poor Law Union . "— Agreed to .
Mr . William Williams moved for a return of the sum expended in every Poor Law Union in England and Wales , in each of tbe years ended Ladyday 1841 and 1842 ; specifying the sum expended in salaries and establishment charges , tbe sum expended in in-door relief , the sum expended in outdoor relief , and the aggregate amount of the same ; also the nnmber ot persona who received in-door relief , and the number of persons who received oatdoor relief in those years . Return ordered .
Major C . Bhtjce , in moving that a petition , formerly presented from the workmen employed in the Lowerhill Colliery , in Fife , be printed and distributed , gave notice that he would , on Tuesday next , caH the attention of the House to k petition from certain collierB near Dunfermline , and other places ia Scotland , praying for an alteration in the Mines and Collieries Act . He would also move for leave to bring in a bGi to allow unmarried females , above eighteen years of age , to be employed in mines in Scotland . ¦
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THE LEAGUE OUTBREAK . ?¦ RESULT OF HOWICK'S MOTION AND FERRAND'S AMENDMENT . In last week's Star we detailed , up to the time of going to press , the progress of the debate on Lord HowicK ^ s motion and Mr . Ferrand ' s amendment . We showed , that while the amendment included Ho wick ' s motion , it bound " the House " to an enquiry into the effects of the operation of Machinery upon the producing classes , and also into the origin of " The Strike" outbreak in August last , "which the mover of the amendment pledged himself , before all the people , to bring home to the door of tbe Anti-Corn-Laiv League .
There was one thing observable in the debate which ensued upon the motion aad amendment , to which we directed especial attention : the silence of the League M . P's respecting Mr . Ferrand ' s serious charges ; and also the silence of the Home Secretary upon the same subject . Up to the close of the debate on Wednesday night last , not one of the members had touched upon tbe charge , either in support , refutation , or denial . Indeed it was not till Friday night , the night that the debate closed , that any attempt was made to grapple with the accusation . How the accusation was met ; hmc it was repelled , and replied to ; how it was answered , we are just now going to see .
The reader will remember that one portion of Mr . Ferraxd ' s amendment was , that the House should resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House , to inquire into the origin of the late disturbances in the manufacturing districts : and that the Hon . Member openly stated , iu moving this portion of the amendment , that he was prepared with evidence to PROVE that " the Strike" was originated by the Anti-Corn-Law League . Let the reader bear in mind that this was the charge , and that this was the offer . Let the reader remember these things , when reading over the answer to that charge , and the defence of the League , offered by Mr . Milner Gibson , the League member for Manchester . On Friday evening he said : —
• ' There bad been s statement made which be thought Honourable Gentlemen on that side © f the House were , bound to rebut with the utmost indignation . It had 1 been insinuated that the Members of the Anti-Corn Liw ] L " jasue bad by tbe "violence of tneit speeches—Uoud Ml- j Disterial cheers )—and by the insinuations wbidi they had thrown ontat public meetings—( renewed cheering ) —indooed mtn to commit unlawful acts—( cheers . ) Now he was prepared to Bay . that if there had been at any of the meetings of the Anti-Corn Law Lesgus any remarks that could ba for ono moment supposbd to allude to tho commission of sneh . acts as had been alluded to . he said
at once that there "ware no men in this country more likely thai tbe persons "who were in the habit of attending those = meetings to denomice with indignation the propounds ! of succ suggestions . ( Cheers . ) He denied that tb 6 speeches which bad been delivered possessed the character ascribed to tbflm—( hear , hear . ) Bat it was said that these maetinSB had been tha original cause of the disturbances which had tak « n place . If thai were so , why did not tbs Bight Hon . Baronet , the Secretary of State for tho Home Department , who had sent a Commissioner t <> inquire into the origin of the disturbances , lay the report of that Coinmtesioner on the table of the Hooso—iheari .
Sir J . GeaHaM— " I said that I did not send a CoinmisBioner , and lhat there was no such report as tho Hon . Member alluciea to "—( che « .-ra ) < Mr . GiBSaN— " The Solicitor 0 / the Home Offise had sent Mr . Qrtgory into the m inufacturini } districts ; and I he had gone in two capacities : —one , professionally to : assist in the legal proceedings against certain persons in custody , the other of a confidential nature- Whit j could have been the second ohjoct of Mr . Gregory ' s txertions ? He "was sent down at tho precise time of the disturbances ; he had some duty of a confidential [ nature to perform , and , considering that he w « a the solicitor of the Home Office , he asked whether it was
any great tax on the beiief cf tfae country to suppose that he had had instructions to inquire into the origin I of the disturbances "which had aristn , and that , having 1 nothing to Bay on the su ' rjett that was satisfactory to the members of her Maj < jsty ' B Government , it had been thought right that ho should hold bis tongue- ( liear , 1 hear )? That , he thought , "was the fair construction to ' be put on these proceedings—( h > -ar , hoar ) . But he 1 would ask Honourable Gentlemen to apply their minds to the denial of the anti-Corn Law League , that they had had nothing to do with the late disturbances . Tho anti-Corn Law League was composed for the most pait of manufacturers ;—of men who employed nearly
twothirds of the population of Lancashire , and to whom the country was indebted , not for having instiucted the people to break the peace , but lot having opposed all meiiBuns of disturbance , and he asked whether men whose property "was moat exposed to destruction and waste were likely to commit actB the ten dency of which was the creation of disturbance and a contempt for the law—( hear , hearj ? Was there any property , he asked , so exposed to the operations of a lawless mob as that of tbe manufacturer ? and would not their owii interest induce them , above all others , to pnvent a breuohof the peace ? There was a much moru plausible argument for accusing the opposite party of iha :
which they laid to the charge of the League —( che rs and laughter from the ministerial benchts ) . He liiii not mate afisertions without substantiating them . H ;; believed tliat the disturbances had originated in thu reduction of wages ; and the first reduction of wages had bten made by Conservative firms , and not by th « firms belonging to members of the Anti-Corn Law Leagni— ( hear ) . He did not throw ont this ; . s it charge agaiaot those persons , because there was nothing which he so much deprecated aa the doctrine of teaching tbe people that tbeir masters could give tdem a greater amount of wageB than that "which thay received ; in fact , that to reduce the amount of wages was to rob
the artisan ef the fair reward of his labour . He could not think that there was any nwde more calculated to bring about disturbances than this—( near ) . The Conservatives began tbe reduction of wages because trade had declined and tbeir profits had diminished ; indeed , he believed the cotton traiie never was iu a worse condition . But wbat did the Conservatives say in tne speeches they made in various p \ ace 3 ? aud , above all , what did they do by means of the press ? They employed themselves in evtry way to excita tbe labouring classes against their masters—( cries of ' , oh , oh , ' from the ministerial bencbas , and cheers from the oppositionJ .-VHe would read one or two extracts which
appeared , before and after the disturbances , in the Standai duewspaper , which was acknowledged to be the organ of her Majesty s Government —( cries of ' no , no , " from , the ministerial benches)—then , at any rate , it was the organ of tbe Conservative party—tones of ' oh ') He said this without hesitation , because he knew that at any rate newspaper editors did not write articles which were not congenial to their readers—( renewed cries of ' oh' ) . Ha did not eaake the charge against gentlemen opposite , and should not have said a word about the matter if Honourable Members had not got up in that House , acd Imputsd to the members of the Anti-Corn Law League acts little short of murder . Will those belonging to the Anti-Corn Law League silently submit to be charged in this way—( cries of oh , oh' from tbe ministerial benches ) ? He felt
bound to re *> ut such accusations , when brought against himself and his friende . The charge was sparingly made that the anti-Corn Law League were doing all iu their power to work the labouring classes into a state of rebel * lion , ai . d accused the members of tbat body of making speeches which almost led to the commission of acts o ' . murder—( hear , hear , from the Ministerial benches . ) Let the house then see what the Standard newspaper said on the subject of the treatment of the labouring classes by the manufacturers—( loud cries of ' oh ' . ) The Siandaid newspaper , previously to the breaking out of tbe disturbances , said , Any appeal to justiey , to bnmanity , ia utterly out of the question . The die is , therefore , cast , that the wages of ihe labourer are to ba measured by the power of t urchas . ng wbat will barely support life , including tbe antingency of premature
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destruction /— -jcrtes of ' oh . ') Thia , be it recollected , was particularly addressed to the labouring classes in the manufacturing districts . Again , some time afterwards , at about the period of the disturbances , it was stated in the same newspaper : — ' There is no real excess of labour , though you , the millowners , make an artificial excess of yeur own profit ; you violate the order of nature-by working women and children in rivalship with men one year , with the certainty of abandoning all men , women , and children , the next year to famine . ' Again , a few days afterwards it Bays : — ' When before have Englishmen , Englishwomen , Eaglisb infants , bad to work uuder the cudgel and thong
for more than ten hours a-day ? ' He found , also , in aa article of tbe same newspaper of a subsequent date , the , foHowing paabage : —* As . a mere matter of policy , jtherofore , the coure which has been pursued by the manufacturing capitalists has been most injudicious , putting altogettier aside the consideration of reciprocal moral duties or Christian feeling for the poor or oppressed . The impression continues uniform that the misguided persona that have been or may be guilty of exc 8 sse 8 during the excitement of the strikes should be as leniently dealt with as is consistent with
tLe supremacy of the law . ' ( Loud cries of oh , oh , ' from the Ministerial benches ) He did not deny that these persons shouM be leniently dealt with j bnt were not the opinions which ho had juat read eouivalentto teaching the labouring classes the pernicious doctrine that masters could keep up the rate of wages to the labouring classes , and that to reduce wages was nothing more nor less than to rob tbe labouring classes . He would ask , could anything tend more to excite tbe people in the manufacturing districts against tbeir masters than the ntternnce of Hitch s ^ ntinihtita ni fche . Rfi
—( hear , hear ) ? He would read one more passage from the Standard , which was written after the disturbance had subsided—( load cries of ' question" and ' oh ' from tbe Ministerial benches . ) " A longer continuance of the turn out , however , mu » t exhaust the savings ' baukd deposits , and reduce tbe labouring manufacturers to utter destitution—a circumstance of which the millowners will know how to take advantage in the n «« t adjustment of wag ^ s . The ixpression of feeling among ihe manufacturing labourers bag gone already as far as it can be useful , and in many instances something too far . The attention of the Legislature must be directed to the subject ut-xt sessioa , and doubtless a good
Factory Ltvw and a greatly amended Poor Law will be the result . Let tbu manufacturing labourers tank patiently for these benefits . Any further active proceeding can only injure tbemaelves . '—( Renewed cries of Question . ' ) Q-zablmuea opposite then chose to incla ' ge in charges which they couid not justify , and they refused to hear the dtfenco . But did not tho extract which ho hud just read look vuiy like a suggestion to tbtj labouring people to act against machinery ?—( cries of Oh . ' ) Ha would . ask tho Right Hon . Baronet who
sat opposite whetffer ho waa not aware that mills bad be u buiut and machinery had been destroyed in the manufacturing districts iu the presence of the police , the magistracy , aad couu' . ry gentlemen , and not one hand Was held np there to protect this property ?—( Cries of « Wh « re ? ' fiou-. the Ministerial benches ) . Wby , in the manufacturing districts ; and he was sure the Right Hon . . Bart , could coufirai his statement , if be were appealed to . Ho couid produce evidence to show where mills bad been destroyed under such circumstances . "— - ( Cries of * N : imeJ )
This , then , is the answer of the League ! They are charged before the country with being the authors and originators of " the Strike" disturbances ; eridence is offered to bring the charge home to them ; and here is their answer ! Let us examine it . It consists , first , of " an indignant rebuttal . " Just so mucli wind in opposition to offered evidence ! Then we have a train of reasons to show that the League manufacturers could not be interested in creating disturbances and outbreaks ; because their property would be in danger . Just so much wind again , in answer to the charge supported by evidence that they have created disturbances ; that thnj have caused outbreaks ; and that these outbreaks led to serious loss of life , banishments and transporting * , and much
imprisonment . In addition to these two points of defence , we have a series of counter-accusations , by which it is intended to show that the Conservatives were the authors of " thk Strike , " and that the Standard newspaper had more than an ordinary share in causing and perpetuating it , because it described and spoke against the oppression of the operatives by the Mill-owners ; and advised that the " misguided persons that hud been guilty of excesses during the excitement of the Strikes should be as lenie-ntly tle < i ! l icith as was consistent with the supremacy of the law *! This is the whole of the answer ! Not a jot more , nor a jot less . . No indignant demand for investigation ; no challenging of inquiry ; no daring the accuser to bring forward his proofs ; no offer of testimony to rebut the foul , and slanderous , and criminal accusarion !
Ah ! theansn-er is no answer at all ! It does not explain away the meaning of Taunton of Coventry , when he talked of " risings aud riots , " and " advised the appointment of a Committee of Public Safety " ! It does not explain away the moaning of Bailey of Sheffield , when he said : — " It tras imt words would move Parliament , bct force ; this SHOULD have effvet , if they did not change their system . He had heard of a gentleman who , in a private company , baid , that if one hundred persons cast lots amongst them , and the lot should fall upon him , he would take the lot to deprive Sir Robert Peel of Ufa . lie felt convinced that no such attempt ought to be made upon any pretence whatever ; bnt was persuaded of this , that when SfR
Robert I ' eei . went to his grave , then- would be but few sited one tear over him . " It does not explain away the meaning of young Finch , of Liverpool , who " advised the organising of the colliers for a oeneral strike , as a means of carrying the Repeal of the Corn Laws and the Charter . " It does not explain away the meaning of Alderman Chappell , of Matwhester , who distinctly said in open meeting , that " the only plan now left to the Mill-owners was to stop their factories , " and force the hands into the streets . It does not explain away the meaning of John Brooks , \ ybo talked about " something terrible just about to bappen that would bring some folks to their senses ; " nor the meaning of his brother Leaguer that talked about
" -ARRKSTING THE WHEELS OF GOVERNMENT" ! It does not explain away the meaning of tne League orgnn , the Sunday Times , who boasted tbat the proposal for " shutting up the factories , " originated with himself ; nor his distinct avowal that the project was entertained by the League again and again ! It does not explain away the private meeting of the Leagued Manufacturers in the town of Manchester , where it was agreed thut it would be unsafe to adopt the advice of the Sunday Times and of Alderman Chappeli ,, to " shut up the factories ; " but that tlie same end could be g . 'iined by reducing wages , and so working upon the operative population by fit instruments
as to induce them to leave the factories of their own accord ! It does not explain away the determination then and there come to , that a general reduction of w ; iges should be attempted , of at least twenty-fire per cent ., between that time and Christmas ; and that , though each employer was to take his own time and manner of effecting thia reduction , yet it was to be . effected between and the period just named . It does not explain away the overtures and representations made by a League - Manufacturer in the town of Ashton , to some parties there , who can be named , to induce them to infuse a proper spirit of resistance amongst the factor } ' hands to the proposed reductions ;
by working on their feelings , and showing that unless a stir was made , their condition would be deplorable in the extreme : for , if the attempted reduction was carried out —( notice of a reduction had then 'been given by a Cotton firm in Ashton)—all the other masters would be compelled to follow the example thus forced on them ; while a determined staTidal the outset might save them much , misery , and even be the means of forcing the Government to do something towards establishing the Charter . It does not explain away the several meetings held between that League-Manufacturer , and some half dozen others , at the house of _ , in Ashton , where the whole plot was entered into , and the means devised for carrying it into execution . It does not explain away the production of " An Address to the Workers " in MSS . at one of these meetings by - — ¦ — , of Ashton , for the approval of the League-Manufacturer ; the tone ami object of said address being to " get the people out !" It does not explain away the arrangement come to at that same meeting by the Leaguer and his tools , that . should take the MSS . in his pocket to a meeting in Ashton , and procure its adoption by the assembly , he being authorised to state that several
friends had promised him donations towards the expense of printing it for circulation . It does not explain away the fact , that the MSS . address was so brought before a public meeting , and its ^ adoption so procured .
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It does uot explain away the feet , that the printing of that address , was paid for by the League-Manufacturer and that its appearance on the walls caused unirersal attention , and paved the way for the Strike . It does not explain away the fact that a meeting was holden in the town of Ashton , to follow up the measures thus far detailed ; which meeting was attended and addressed by the men who had been pr ivately concerting with the said League-Manufacturer ; and who were paid by'him for their services . It does not explain away the natute of the speeches made to the
assembled thousands on that occasion ; nor the recommendations openly given . It does not explain away the fact that ithis meeting was adjourned from place to place , time ! after time , until it had nearly perambulated the whole district , visiting Staleybridge and Hyde , amongst other places . It does not explain away the foct , that the workers in all these places were addressed by the League ^ Manufacturer-paidconcocters of the whole proceedings , jit does not explain away , that on the instant that Messrs . Bavley and Sons , of Ashton , gave notice of theirintended reduction —( the other notice by
a neighbouring firm having been withdrawn)—the " hands" all ileft the mill ; , and they were joined by the major portion of the factory" hands' * of the town . It does not explain away the fact , that a meeting of the " turnouts " was almost immediately held , presided over by a League-Manufacturer , at which it was determined to " march into Manchester , to see the masters at the Exchange , and have a bit of talk with them about the attempted reduction ; " the said presiding League-Manufacturer offering to lead them up in PEHKox ! It does not explain away the conduct of several managers of the leading firms connected with the League , wlien " the Strike " was progressing ;
particularly one , the son and partner of an Alderman Magistrate of Manchester , and leading Lcagner , who went round with their own men in their own mill , showing where the plugs were , helping them to draw them , giving them beef and ale after the exploit , and then directing them where to go to next , to perform the same sort of plug-drawing operation ! ! It does not explain away the sending of Del egg tea from the Town of Asuton to the other parts of South and North Lancashire , with money found by the League-Manufacturer , te " get the people out ; " nor does it explain away the proceedings in Preston , , which ended with a fearful loss of life ! !
The " answer of the League does not explain away these things ; and till -these things are fully inquired into , and explained away , we fancy that the people generall y will hold with us that the answer is no answer at all ! ! These are the charges that the League have to meet and rubut ' . These are the charges that can be brought home to them , if a fair opportunity of inquiry is
afforded . If the League were not conscious { hat they could be proven , they would be the first to demand such inquiry ; and they would not content themselves with the miserable subterfuges offered by Milner Gibson as a defence ' . They would not shelter themselves from the serious and criminal accusations brought against them , by paltry and laughable counter-accusations !
When Mr . Terra nd first opened out upon the League manufacturers , and exposed the practices they so universally adopt of Truck , and of using paste and devil ' s dust , indignant were the denials , and loud were the calls for inquiry . Bkotherton , Cobden , Mark Phillip s , Villieks , Gjbson , and others of th 6 League , almost run a nice as to who should second Mr . Ferrand , if he dared to move for a Committee of Inquiry . He did so dare . He procured the appointment of such Committee ; and through his labours a system of the
most tyrannical and heartless bearing upon the operatives engaged , in manufacturing pursuits was laid fully bare . His charges were brought home ! The Leaguers . got enough of "inquiry" ! They got more than they liked . They have been very careful how they have talked of "inquiry" ever since the , close of the labours of tlse Truck Committee ! and . they took precious good care not to offer to second Mr . Ferrand ' s motion this time , for an inquiry into the origin of the outbreak !
That " inquiry , ' however , we must have ! The League must not be ' allowed to shirk out of the charges thus publicly and openly made , without a thorough investigation . Those charges must be met with something more than Milner Gibson's bare word of denial , and a miserable set of counter accusations ! The " offered evidence , " that is to prove that the League originated the disturbances , must be heard and considered' ! The case must be gone into , or the people must spefcik out !
The inquiry can yet be had . Though Mr . Ferrand , as will be sei .-n by the report of the proceedings in the House of Commons on Friday night withdrew his amendment , he did not preclude himself from moving it again as a distinct motion . Indeed we think he acted wisely in withdrawing on the occasiou referred' to , and under the circumstances . His amendment hud other objects mixed up with the " inquiry into the Outbreaks . " It included Lord Howick ' s motion , which was sure , from the course of the debate , to be rejected ; so that this fact , would , of
itself , have secured the negativing of the amendment . Another object contemplated by the amendment was the instituting ; of an inquiry into the effects of the workings of machinery upon the operative . classes * This , too , was a question not likely to secure the cooperation of many , who might have been disposed to vote for inquiry into the conduct of the League in connection with the outbreaks . Besides , one great object in moving the amendment had been gained . The charge had been . made . The offer of evidence to support that charge ; to prove it ; had been made
also . The League members had ivinced under the charge . Only ; one of them all dare venture to hazard a denial ; and that denial so feeble and so miserable , as to become evidence of guilt ! To have persevered in gf ^ ing to the vote under the circumstances , we have detailed , would have been to ensure the rejection of the proposed inquiry , for the reasons above stated . This was felt by several who wished to support the demand fora searching investigation , Mr . T . S . Duncombe , amongst the number . We happen to know that Mr . Di'ncomhb desired Mr . Ferrand to withdraw ; and
Mr . Ferrand ¦ did so , thus reserving to himself the right to move for a select Committee to inquire into the charges he has preferred , and which" he has offered to prove . That Select Committee we hope and trust lie will move for . Indeed we have reason to believe that he will . He has shewn himself hitherto to be a man wiio is not to bo turned out of his path , nor induced to lay down his charge when he has oiice token it in hand . His conduct on this question , will , we hope , bo in accordance with his general conduct on former occasions . It might serve League purposes , were the matter to end where it is : but it will not serve the
people's ! Theilives of many of their brethren have been sacrificed ; the husbands and fathers of hundreds of mothers and ; " little ones" have been forced into banishment , or ^ condemned to the penal settlements , or to the hulks ; hundreds of others have to perform hard-labour at , the tread-wheel in the hell-holes of " Correction , " where they are doomed to all the horrors of a lingering starving-to-death existence . These butcherings , and these transportings , and these imprisonments , are attributable to the League , who led them into the excesses which procured for them the " vengeance of the [ law ; " and the members of the League ought to suffer also ! !
Yes ! the inquiry must be had ! We must know whether the charges made are true or not ! We must not permit an association of this dangerous character to get up outbreaks , which end in loss of life and liberty , and endangers the property of the country ; we lfcust not have such doings as these perpetrated with impunity ! We must not have Reverend ¦ Rascals inciting to assassination , without being visited with " the law ' s vengeance " ! especuilly since the law takes such good care of a poor and , comparatively , innocent Chartist " Sedidoniot " ! To the report of die ' ' Scene'" at the close of the debate on Fridav evi'iiitio" , we invite special attention .
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It will be seen that Cobden tried the League's tacti of " violent and threatening language" towards ^ Robert Peel , with considerable effect . A confounded snubbing was the consequence ! He will not soon forget the castigation his impudence and insolence received What was left short-in this respect was ampl y nj ^ e „ ' by Mr . Roebuck , who happily exposed one of the most barefaced attempts at intimidation ever made . M Roebuck had expressed his intention of defending Lord Brougham from Cobden ' s charge of " madness , " &ho Id he have the courage to make it in public , as he Lad th
made it in private . " You had better not , " says r den ; or the "League will be down at Bath , and turn you out of your seat ! " Was there ever insolence equal to this ? The members of the House of r mons are to hold their voices and their-seats at the will behest , and command of the League ! " Dare to defe A Lord Brougham , and the League ' will turn you out c the House" ! The Queen and the Leg islature had better " turn out , " and install the League at once as the Government , making Dickev , the blud ( reon-m " First Dictator" ! ° '
But " Lord Brougham is mad . " So Cobdex h found out ; and so the -Leeds Mercury has , at last d ' covered ' . It is a pity that the discovery is so ve _ , late ! Brougham was not " mad" vrhen on the side f the League : he is only . " mad" when he is compels to wash his hands of the getters-up of outbreaks and incitcrs to assassination !
The cry of " madness , ' however , will not blunt the edge of Lord Brougham ' s denunciation of the Leagued assassins ! It will only add to its force 1 . The League should 'have shown that the ^ e were no "Toundi for the charge made against them ; and they would have rid themselves of it . As it is , it will stick to them spite of all the clatter about "madness" that can b « raised !
The threat of Cobden to turn Roebuck out of Bath if he dared to defend Lord Brougham from the charge of " madness , " reminds us of another matter connected " with the League , which loldly calls for inquiry ; and which should form a portion of the matters to be referred to the Select Committee . We have heard a great noise lately , and seen a famous stir , made , about the £ 50 000
which the League have been raising for the accomplishment of their purposes . But what will the public think when they are informed that the managers of the League confess to having spent £ 100 , 000 before they asked for the contribution of the last £ 50 , 000 , " about which so mncb . bother has ¥ een made ?! Twice fifty tliousand pounds had been expended in October last In what ? what FOR ? HOW ?
These are the queries that ought to be answered ! These are matters that loudly call for inquiry . Il is very seldom that the League publish any statsment of their income and disbursements , even the most general . We have , however , some data furnished by themselves that gives rise to curious and serious speculations . Some year ago , they published that their income and expenditure had been , for the then passed year , £ 10 , 000-At the end of some six months from tbat announcement ' they stated that their expenditure had been £ 100 , 000 ! So that during one six months no less a sum than £ 90 , 000 had been disbursed !
¦* Now , on whajt had that immense sum been expended ? Dare the League show their acconnts ? Dare they show to what purpose the money was applied ? Dare they produce vouchers for every payment made ? During those six months we had the general election and THE STRIKE ! How much of the £ 00 , 000 went to bribe the electors , and influence the elections ; and how much to the-getting-up and sustaining of THE STRIKE ? life If Parliament is honest , it will drag these facts to light . It will have these queries answered . It will compel the production of the accounts !
The present position of the question is this : tfli League stand charged before the open face of day , as the authors and originators of the " Insurrectionary Movement" in August last . An inquiry has been demanded , the party making the demand offering evidence to prove the truth of the charge he has preferred . That demand for inquiry lias not been backed by
the accused ! They have not ventured to second efforts which would have procured a tribunal before which their innocence or guilt might and would have been established . They have shrunk from the investigation . ' A bare , simple , unsupported denial is all they can offer in answer to the serious charge ; and that denial so feeMe , so peurile , so weak , as to , lead to no other presumption than a consciousness of guilt !
There the question rests for the present How long it will remain there depends partly upon the people . If Parliament do ^ s not institute the necessary inquiry , it will be for the people to ask Parliament the reason why . If Parliament are afraid and awed by the League , thank God the people are not ! If the seats of Hen . Members are only held at the beck and controul of the League , the people have not yet sworn allegiance to it . And if the Parliament dare not to grapple with the Leagueri , why then the people must try !
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THE PARTISAN JUDGE ! In another part of this sheet will be found a fall report of the debate on Mr . Duncombe ' s motion , for an inquiry into the partisan and " brutal" conduct of Lord Abinger , during the late Special Commission in Lancashire and Cheshire . To it we can bnt call especial attention . It is impossible to add t § its interest , or to set the question in a clearer light , than it is set forth in the speech of Mr . Duncombe , by any commentary of oars . He has well and nobly done his duty ! He has been well supported by Messrs . Mcrphy and Watson ' i two of the advocates retained for the defence of the
Chartist " conspirators" at Lancaster next week The points in Mr . Murphy ' s speech are exceeding ly well put . Mr . Wallace , too , was not Jacking . H « rendered effioient aid . The defence of Lord Abinger by the Atiobnst-General and Sir James Graham will also be found in the report ; and a miserable defence ii was There , however , it is : let the reader judge . Duncombe's reply was crushing ! How sick Sir James Graham must have looked , when ^ gib ' beted so completely , as the " fulsome adulator" of a man he had before-time treated with the utmost scorn and contempt !
Mr . Do . nc mbs has earned another measure of tne people ' s gratitude . He has proved himself worthy of-the post he has assumed . His services will not soon be forgotten . " The motion was unsuccessful . " In one sense it was : not in another . The majority stifled the inquiry . Tfiey prevented the evidence from being offered , which would have established the charges « partisanship , blind bigotry , ai . d excessive brutality But they did not prevent seventy-three members 10 votlog for such inquiry . They did not prevent tee expression of opinion by these seventy-three ,
there were grounds for inquiry ; that i ^ tt ? * e portions of tbe Judge ' s conduct that ; required explanation ! And however the friends of Abiugeb may think they have screened him , it is not iancn that he has to plume himself upon ! He will bitterly remember , when next he ascends the judgment seat , that his conduct has been denounced as narr"W " minded , savage , and brutal ; and he will reflect tbat seventy-three have voted that these charges were ^ far established , as to make a prima facia case lor inquiry . He will reflect , too , upon the fact that we inquiry was smothered ! and that such smothering did not him from the charges preferred ! •*•—
purge U 1 U XIVW j ^ i **^ w — - L \ % Ck There is a rumour that he is to retire from , tne Bench . It is better be should do so . To occupy * longer under tie circumstances would be painful to both Judge and Judged !
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THE NORTHEEK STAR . SATURDAY , FEBRUA RY 25 , 1843 .
THE DEFENCE FUND . * By St . Geoege ! but tbe work goes bravely on ! The people have , this last week , bestirred themselves in earnest I Upwards of £ 70 has been forwarded within seven days ! Mr . Cleave has received £ 60 ; and this office upwards of £ 10 . This is encouraging : it shows that the people , amidst all their poverty , spare from their scanty meal a crumb to serve their friends who are in the toils of the enemy for the people ' s siko ! It is the visible manifestation of the people's estimation of , and gratitude for , valuable services rendered !
We do not give the particulars of the subscriptions this tceek . The crowded state of our columns i 9 one reason ; a desire to print all the Subscribers' Names together is another . For this latter purpose we shall reserve all further particulars 'till after the trial ; merely stating the gross Buma rawed . Whon the affair is over , and the result known , wo will exhibit to the world a full list ot those who have befriended the prosecuted and tho persecuted . To the good work , we again invite the people Slacken tot your exertions . Keap up to the collar ! Work ! Work !! Work !! I The time is short , and the calls aro urgent !
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REDDITCH— Theneedlemastersof Redditel are beginning u > make the eaters of cheap bread feel ho-vr mnch they rejoice at having such an opportunity of reducing their wages . Tommy Truck is auv-j and kicking ! any body may find him at the nuus-e of Mr . Wm . James , and Mr . Bealk . * , of Reddnce , if they inquire . In fact , the fellow visitB every petty tyrant in thi 3 locality .
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PRESTON .-At the General Sessions hold here , on Friday last , Mr . Thomas Taftersal 1 , of B ack born , wa . s found guilty of havmg ou the lCsh ot * u eu = t last , at Padiham , Lower Houses , Enheia xi&sr&zFFs&ffizg Ho was sentenced : o two years inpnajnmeo ? w Lancaster Castle .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 25, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct639/page/4/
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