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BOROnGH OF FINSBUBY CHARTER MEETING .
( Beporied bfWrnm OoTTtspimdaU . ) On Tuesday erenin& » meeting , convened by . iSnS ^ d VttaalSrtiswnante , was held at the KSref Sciene * , aty- 'Botti , for ti » purpose ( as Sliwto ^ idTtffiseoanta ) " of petitioning the ffi * bV «^« tl » Ffcplrt Charter * b « J « Bl ? 2 ? & 6 fS lMd / mohair was announced to hft&L it eight o'doek predt ^ ; bat long after gjhoar , the number of persona in attendance was , ¦ Tare bonnd to say , very lneonaderable , and ZZj ^ ir half filling * **«»• At leng& . however , ^ Stieace of those present , having been strained Xtfeiitaast ieaaon , Mr . Bali * moved , and Mr feS ^ SSw . that Mr . K . Cameron do take the which was earned .
e ^ , The Chatbxa * said , they had assembled , on the wSt occasion , to ( dreexpression to publicisenu-^ » nd to Pettt ° n P ** li « aent to & » £ the m ilwffical rights , by making the Charter ^ wS fc toS- < S 5 « . ) He congratolated Sfmlt * n « : tad the people generally , on the wide SSrtPtff 1 « ta 5 " wW * «** advocated ; r ^ T ^ tiM -hich were no longer narrowed and KKv dLs or party bat the guiding ruJes of JnSrwsiw body , earnestly engaged in the work of SSi regeneration , ( peers . ) They had not £ ren the assistance of other classes of society in « Hir : £ up public meetings ; neither with their purses lor their inftnence , nor their taienta- ( hear hear > - 1 * eood public speakers were now found among inrkin' menas nature knows bo distinction of
, r * n V ( Cheers ) The working classes demand a ^ Eus unreaso nable or un constitutional ; and their ienands are ample , because they are honest . They SemiBd that the representative principle shall be irr iAd oat , for whererepreeentation ends , despotism fc ^ is . In this country , as well as in others , provi-Siee spreads her bounties with an unsparing hand ; « t thousands of onr fellow-beings are starving *» the Bids * , of plenty . ( Hear , hear . ) It was said , kT the enemia of the Charter , that if the Charter ere carried , it would unsettle property ; yet the Gartists covet no man ' s property : all they demand iS tbei covet , is a fair remnneration for their Stair Clond cheers . ) Those who have held the JrrespoBsble power for generations past , have « L » d this power , and have been playing a roguish the the
noe with the people . ( Bear . ) The Chairman ^^ tQadedto late demonstration in north , « ad ilse to the attempt of the Radical party , in the Hoase of Commons , to form a reconciliation between the middle and working classes—a reconefLjjon most desirable to be effected , certainly ; bat jr itjci , to be effected , must be based upon juat principles and not founded on a compromise . ( Loud ^ jieas . ) Considerable ontcry was being raised against particular grievances ; but he ( the Chairmo ) ailed upon them to hear of nothing but their The of the miodle
C&jrier . ( Hear . ) prejudices glasses are so rooted , that they are either in the jap , or the shop is in them , in everything they talk about . ( Laughter . ) In conclusion , Mr . Cameron exherted them , as Chartists , and therefore as men tf no faction , aad of no party but the great party of $ g people , to put down strife and party antagonism ; folk relying upon their cause as that of truth , * ud resting assured that that cause never had been , sor can be , injured by free discussion . The worthy Caiman sat down amid much applause .
Mr . Richabd Spceb was ealled npon to move the first resolution . He never thought of the Charter , gr tie cause in which they were all engaged , without feeling a strong commingling of joy , 3 orrow , and % great deal of disgust ; he felt joy , at reflecting the every tt" »» would be made , by tie adoption of ibe Charter , that in reality which ne is now only in Bime—a free-born Englishman : he felt sorrow that $ o many of the working class were indifferent or * p »; hetie to the cause of their own rights;—and he fdt disgust , not unmixed with comtempt , at the jiaaner in which the advocates of these principles * re treated . Mr . Spurr then referred to the scanty attendance of the meeting , which he attributed to
insufficiency of advertisement ; and entered upon a long and exceeding !* elaborate statistical statement , draws up by Mr . rieldea ; co n cluding a lengthened a&dres * by observing , that things never would be better until the people « nite and take their affairs into their own hands ; until the thousands of hilfsUrved sad ill-fed labourer ? , acquire a proper iaflu-• eaee among mill-owners , money- mongers , and landjobbers ; and exerted themselves by every meac 3 in their power to obtain a redrca of grievances , that England Eight be in reality what it was now only uomiuiily , * ' the pride of the world , and ti . e eavy of surrounding nations . ' Mr . Sparr resumed his seat amid much applause , having previously moved the idopaon of the first resolution : —
" Thit tils mpeting , being convinced that the enactment of toe People ' s Charter would pat the people in possession of the power to repeal all obnoxious aad vsjast hm , by -which a privileged few have legislated far . themselves , instead of the masses ; and that it would be the best iEstrumrat whereby we niay remove Uat gross oppteaaon under irhich the people saffer ,-« ad secure the rights and properties of all cJaases ; we therefore reoetr onr solemn pledge to use every exertion to organise the people , and esoae it to be made fitflw of Ihelaad . "
Mi . Balls Beeonded the resolution , which pledged She nesting to support the principles of the People '! Charter , by pxtentiing to working men the right of lavai ^ i voice in the election of those who make the bnirhich all are eaBed oa to obey ; and which , b ? parting . she vote of the elector , would render threats ueless and bribery powerless ; whilst , by the adoption of Aimrud Parliaments , it vould bring the representative into more frequent contact with his cowtitoeBts ; sad , u a matter of course , the faithful servant would be re-elected , and the unfaithful one rejected . Sach fat the tkree primar / points of the Charter : — 1- To extend to every man equal political rights . J . To secure the free exercise of those rights j and 3 . 1 o ceader the representative responsible to those br Thorn he was elected .
—AdrettiEg to the reeent demoostr&tion at Leeds , Mr . Bills said , he rejoiced at the result , and looked forward Thh s « ae defree of hope to its producing some effect ot those legisUton vrho no » create unbearable taxation , « ad tori ! a deaf ear to the eomplaints of the people , itia gc&ding them bj bad and unnatural laws , 9 uch as fte Pcwr Law , the Game Law , and the Com Law . { Hear , bear . ) The people have only to unite aod they * 3 ! form an irresistible band , against which tie bayonet -aad the musket will be powerless , snd
tfae-policekkfigeons useless . In conclusion , the speaker adverted to the attempt now mut-ing to centum ^ the " hellish " B » i L&w for ten years longer , and expressed it as bit fan eonviction , that the faction * wouid go on oppressi »| the people , until it became a question whether re-&toece would not be a virtue . Hoping that all would o » 6 forward and join the National Charter Associa-**»> by which alone they could demolish tyranny , » d raise up the standard of democracy , Mr . Balls szt vm amid load and general cheerinz .
Mr . R . 3 I 00 B 2 came forward to support the resolame , hsTiag pledged himself , as this resolution , if * oopted , would pledga ttiem , to renewed and eonti-Sfedexertioiis to cause the Peop le ' s Charter to become 8 a hw of- the land . The Globe , the Whig evening J * gffi , the other day , in allusion to the Leeds gathering nd made &a important declaration ; it had called on all * ao bad no reasons against Chartism , to subscribe to tts Charter ; declaring it to be " high time for every tec-to grre a reason for the faith that is in him . " Wear ., Mi . M . then combatted the arguments of was who advocate educational or intellectual suffrage , ^ preference to a -universal and residential qaalineaticm . © as writer contended that the claim to Universal Suf"H * resolved itself into a mere " animal" claim . Admitted : be ( Mr . M . j was not to be deterred from w parsait of & right , because it was called an " animar
^ t ; even though the writer had stated such a claim * £ * ht have emanated from a eommKsity of bears . Wtat but an anipsal claim is it , to demand protection wm the police , if any of the community be In danger « being stopped and robbed by those who are more y ^ rfnl ? and the working classes put forward this signal claim" to the Suffrage , to protect themselves ^ such legalised plunder , on the part of the lawto&en , as should vote twenty millions sterling to West la" » planters for one million of black slaves , at the ** se time that they vote a -white man in England to «¦ wonh £ io less than nothing , and that it was worth * -t > to get rid of hna out of the country . They had now had ten years of middle class legislation ; « a he would ask in what respect had it * fsn an improvement npon the government of _ ° * o 3 d aristocracy—the " natural nroteciora . " as they
? ere ealled , of the people ? If there were any differ-«« , mdeed , it was , that now , the crime of bribery , J ^ eh was so loudly decried by the present Whig **™»» 7 , at the period of the Reform Bill—a crime of u others of the blviest political dye—was donble the " « tent of what it was befere the passing of that mea-« i 6 . » hich was so extremely " liberal , " that one Hon . * wii ) e declared , during its discussion , "it actually «» x away his breath , it « Uberality' was bo great " ^ only way of curing this , is by extending the ftan-**?» w every uan of twenty-one yean of age , of sound «»* . and untainted by crime , who has been resident ;^ ontbs ia anT giTenpUce . and he cared not what 5 ^ jmey « ava it , whsftbar an " animal" claim , or foresat SafficaKe . or Charter Snffnura it -wnntrf . it
aot 1 ^ * " ** **** tte oi comphunii « , if it did -ett thi ?* *** '" action of tie people . Until you iraatal ^ i *! F * 3 " * ' in eondosioBj , oontinw to ^ Se and fina fMj ^ ^ ^ all J 0 Q can to enlist r ^ f y our banner ; and the more efi ectnaUy yon do ^ s ^ aore likely you are to get the People ' s Chsj-SSs tha i *? rftbeian 4 AH the reason , and all ] **» £ aad all the argument , are in favour of Uni-J& ^ JTTt ?* n P « thea . ¦« & the standard of the i ^ KtJf ***** ' let vv&e * Whigs nor Tories iage J ~ w _ unul that advent is come . ( Loud and pro-2 ? pT '^^ 011 - » " then put , and carried . **^ J rase to move the second reaolutbn : —
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" Hut th « recent triumph at Leeds , in favour of eqnal political rights , { or the whole people , over expedien c y , faction , and interested trafficker * in politics , is another proof ( if wanting ) of the ability and determination of the working classes to obtain their jost political righto . We , therefore , strongly impress upon the minds of our fellow-men , throughout the nation , the ' necessity of not countenancing or assisting any body of men who shall seek any enactment short of the fall measure of rights contained in the People ' s Charter . " He '( Mr , Peat } wouM not ge over the ground which had been traversed by the preceding speakers ; bat they had a duty to perform ; and it was a melancholy onea victim has been made ; and though he would not call it a " murder , ' * he would state that poor Clayton entered Northallerton a hale man , and is now brought eat dead . ( General indignation . ) Thus it is not enough for the liberty-loving Whigs to silence men who dare give vent to the expression of their honest
convictions—they inflict on their victims all the polished tortures of the odious Inquisition . ( Hear , hear . ) A . s to what had been said about " animal" claims , be iM * . Pe * t ) would reply , " Though you clothe all in gorgeous apparel , and place me in a palace , and let me fare , sumptuously every day , yet , without my suffrage , I am a slave , and I Bpurn the proposition . " ( Loud and general cheering . ) Having advened to the recent defeats of the Whigs at Walsall , Canterbury , and other places , Mr . P . concluded by congratulating the meeting on the increasing circulation of the democratic press ; there was their own Northern Star , —( load cheers , }—the Scottish Chartist Circular , and now they had another able and excellent auxiliary in the E nglish Chartist Circular ; the united circulation of which greatly exceed tbat of an equal number of papers belonging to either of the factions ; to whom he would say , " tyrants tremble , for the day of retribution is at hancL" ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . )
Mr . Taprell seconded the resolution . It had been asserted that the working classes had "no stake in the country ; " but , he would ask , who raised all the buildings , cut the canals , and built the bridges 1 Who , but the working classes ; who had deposited their labour , and , therefore , have a deep interest in the land . Mr . T . then adverted to the neetssity of a Trades' Hall being erected in the Metropolis ; the working classes , said he , can afford something for missionaries to go abroad ; they con all taverns , and support oiaer institutions ; if they woujd gather up their energies , and apply these means to the appointment of home missionaries , they would raise a foundation -for the Charter , and the position they demand must be theirs . ( Loud applause . )
It was here announce ! by Mr . Spurr , that the deputation which had been appointed by the great meeting at White Conduit House , to wait on the Marquis of JTormrnby , with a memorial , relative to the treatment of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , having been refused an interview with the Home Secretary , had catted a meeting at the Social Institution , Jchn-street , Tottenham Court Road , on Monday evening next , to place before it the correspondence on the subject , and to resign their trust , or otherwise , as the meeting might decide upon .
[ Two or three persons , with subscription-boxes , at this period , traversed the room for collections in aid of the expence * of the meeting ; during which , a great portion of the assembly ( ourselves included ) quitted , at half-past ten . A portion ef this report was transmitted by the morning railway ; yet , owing to the length of the remainder , and the hour of closing the post being close at hand , we are compelled to postpone several articles of general news till to-morrow ' s letter . !
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: COXHOS . —Ob Tuesday last , a tea party was given at this spirited village , to Messrs . Williams and Bines , i when upwards of one hundred sat down to tea , after I which a public meeting was held , the room being I crammed to excess ; excellent addresses were delivered | by Messrs . Lawson , Thos , Hepburn , ( the well known i leader of the pitmen , ) Binna . Williams , and Maw . An 1 excellent spirit was displayed . i VABXXNGTON . —On Wednesday evening , a pub' lie tea was given to the same gentlemen , in Uia joint ' stock- store room , above Mr . Bragg * * , grocer , Priestgate . The room was beautifully decorated , and all ; around tha walls were hung portraits of the most dis-: tingoished patriots of the past and present day . About ¦ one hundred sat down to an excellent tea . After tea ,
• Mr . Swinton was called to the chair , who in a ! neat and sensible address , gave " The people , the source | of power . " Mr . Deegan responded , and gav « " The i People ' s Charter ; may we speedily obtain it . " The I Chairman then gave " Health and happiness to Messrs . i Williams and Binns , the champions of Chartism in the eonnty of Durham . " Messrs . Binns and Williams ; returned thanks , and expressed their determination to I renew their exertions , and never to slacken their ener-| gies until victory crowns the people ' s cause . After , their addresses , a beautiful sing , composed for the liberation of Williams and Binns , was sung by two
| sweet little girls ithe Misses Foster ) , who acqaitted | themselves in a manner to earn the rapturous plaudits i of the meeting . " O'Connor , and the liberation of all 1 imprisoned patriots ; " " Frost , Williams , and Jones ;" ! " Mr . Deegan , and thanks to him for his talented and j zealous services , " with other sentiments , Were given in i the course ef the evening , and spoken to by Messrs . j Deegan , Swinton , Binns , and Williams . Other friends | favoured the company with recitations and songs . At ; the close of this part of the proceedings , the fiddler I appeared , sad those who coald , tripped it . on the I " light fantastic Ue" till an early hour the following j morning . '
Chabtist DiscrssiOS Societt . —A society of this nature ha * recently been formed amongst a number of Chartists , resident at the west esd of Bishopwearmouth , which appears likely to be productive of much good , both in correcting and maturing the views of its members , and eliciting the talent for public speaking , now ao much wanted . Oa Saturday evening , the question discussed was , whether Republican or Monarchical institutions , are best calculated to promete the happiness of the people ? An interesting discussion was held , in which Messrs . BJenkhorn , Badley , Williams , and other persons took part , the opinions of the majority , or , we dare say , the whole number present , were in favour of Yankee government
ST 77 ? D £ RLAND . —Public Tea to Williams ASD Bis > " 3 . —On Monday evening last , the Chartists x > f Sunierland gave a noble proof of their affection for the above talented , zealous , and faithful advocates of Chartism , by a public tea , which was held in the large room of the Golden Lion Inn , Sunderland . The room , which was appropriately and elegantly decorated with various banners , portraits , ia , presented , when the company ( between 300 and 400 ) were assembled , a fine and impressive appearance . At one end of the room , next the platform , there was a suitable erection for the accommodation of the Sanderlaad Mechanics ' Institute Band , who veluntarily tendered their very valuable services on the occasion . Several friends from Durham ,-Shields , acd Newcastle were present , a
circumstance which proves the nnity of feeling that exists , and which ought always to distinguish those who are labouring'to advance tae universal interest . After tea , Mr . John Hemsley was unanimously called to the chair , -when , having addressed a few introductory remarks to the meeting , ha gave the first sentiment : — " The people , may they understand their importance and power , and unite to obtain their just rights . " ( Loud c&eers . ; Mr . Deegan responded in an eloquent address , in the course of _ which he pointed out the line of conduct , public and private , which it wai incunibtnt upon the Chartist Reformers to adopt ; showing that as true political changes must be based upon true moral principles , -it was , therefore , the obvious duty of the people , to improve themselves ia every possible way .
His address was listened to with respectful attention , and rapturously applauded at its conclusion . The Chairman next called upon Mr . M'Arthur , of Durham , to give a recitation ; when he favoured the company with a very excellent one , en the "freedom of the mind . " The Chairman next gave " health , honour , and happiness to our young a . ud noble friends , Williams and Binns , may they continue to devote their energies and talents to their . country's cause , and live to witness the triumph of those righteous principles for which they so ably struggled ; " received with loud and continued cheers . Mr . Binns rose to return thanks , after which he addressed the meeting in his usual elegant and impressive style . He was followed by Mr . Williams , who in a humorous ' and able address passed a splendid , but well merited enlogium npon the young men of Sanderland , both for their stanch patriotism , and the
general excellency of their personal character and conduct , exhorting them in a most impressive manner to perseverance In their honourable career , a * the only sure means of earning happiness for themselves , and doing good to their countqr . A duet , " The Huntsman ' s Cbortu , " was here executed in fine style , by Mr . and Mrs . Fairbairn . Mr . Deegan next proposed , " Feargus O'Connor , the people ' s champion , may be , and all imprisoned patriots , speedily be liberated from bondage . " ( Three ttmea three hearty eheera ) . Mrs . Sykes afterwards favoured the company with a beautiful song . Three times three cheers were given for Frost , Williams and Jones ; three cheers for the Star , the band , and the rt """"*" , after which the company dispersed . The entire proceedings veze conducted in the best spirit , and it is bat justice to add , that the band , which played between the various addresses , contributed greatly to promote tha pleasuia of the company .
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MR . DEEGAN AND THE NORTHERN STAB On Monday night , a Special General Meeting of the Members of the Charter Association was held in the Co-operative Hall , Lambton-street ; to take mto consideration the trath of certain ' charges preferred against Mr . Deegan , by a writer in the Northern Star of Saturday last , aad also the comment thereon , made by the Editor of the Star . Mr . Dobbie was called to the chair . He very earnestly exhorted the meeting to take the matter into their consideration in a mild , just , and proper spirit ; they coald not , he said , pass the matter by ; it was forced ^ upon their attention ; they would be dishonourable if they sought to avoid it ; and , therefore , he urged them to enouire . first , whether the oharges
were true , and , if true , whether they required to be published , and justified the observations and reply made by the editor of the Northern Star . He called upon Mr . Kirker to address the meeting , as he understood that gentleman had prepared a resolution to bring before it . Mr . K . then came forward , and introduced the question in a plain and sensible manner , stating it to be the duty of all present to " put the saddle on the right horse . " He stated , that the charge mado against Mr . Deegan was , that he had held the Star up to " ridicule and scorn" more than onoe ; those were the very words of the letter in the Slar ; this he denied . Ho also said , tbat Mr . Deegan , although he had made some observations respecting the "Leeds meeting , " did so in a saild
and gentlemanly spirit . There were statements in the letter which he knew were utterly false . Mr . Deegan he heard on the evening in question , and ho was sore that he did not accuse the editor of falsehood , in Mating that the editor had not been promised a report from the Leeds Time * : what Mr . Deegan did say , was very different , » he ( Mr . D . ) had said that tae Star ought to have had a reporter there , at the meeting , and not to have trusted to the Leeds Times . Mr . Deegan , he also observed , had never charged the editor of the Star with placing his name at the bottom of the list ; he ( Mr . D . ) said that be and Messrs . Lowery and Mason were all placed very far down ia the list , but did not say by whom ; and tbat he considered , after the expenco
which the people of Suuderland and Newcastle were at , in sending Messrs . Lowery and himself , ic was not doiug them justice to act so , especially , too , wh « n his ( Mr . Deegan's ) speech was not inserted in the Star , although given at great length in the Leeds Times . These and similar observations were made by Mr . Kirker , and other gentlemen who were present on the evening when Mr . Deegan lectured . Mr . Williams afterwards rose and said , that though not present at Mr . Deegan ' s lecture , he thought it was very singular , th&t no one , but the writer of the letter , could remember that the language of Mr . Deegan was such as attributed to him . ( Au individual here exclaimed that he would take an oath , oue
statement in the letter was true , namely , that Mr . Deegan had contradicted the editor ' s statement respecting tb « promise of the Leeds Tii » es . ) Mr . W ., however , said , that admitting that every other paragraph in the letter was true , it would not sustain the summing up , in which Mr . John Daegaa was accused of charging the Editor of the Star , with holding him up to public reprobation , and treating the paper and its conductor with scorn and ridicule ; he therefore considered the statements in the letter did not support its charges . Mr . Radley . ( the author of the letter , ) was heard in reply . He merely reiterated Lis assertions in the letter ; but produced no other evidence in support of his statement , when , having eat down , Mr . Kirker came forward and proposed the following resolution : —
Moved by Mr . Kirker , and seconded by Mr . Wilson"That this meeting having seen a letter in the Northern Star of February 6 th , professing to give a report of a speech delivered by Mr . Deegan , in this Hall , considers the said latter to be substantially false in its statements , and written from a mean and malignant motive to injure Mr . Deegan in the estimation of the Chartists of England ; and this meeting further considers , that even had the statements been as trae as they are false , the writer would have shown more manliness , honesty , and wisdom , either by preferring his charges to Mr . Deegan , or bringing the conduct of the latter before the Chartists of Sunderland ; and this meeting , therefore , considers the writer of the said letter deserving of censure for his rashness , or meanness , and entitled to apologise to Mr . Deegan , whose statements he has misrepresented , and to the Chartii ' s of Sandetiaud , to whom he has acted so unwarrantably . "
Carried , with five dissentients . The next resolution , moved by Mr . Williams , seconded by Mr . Austin , and carried unanimously , is as follows : " That this meeting expresses its surprise , regret , and disapprobation of the conduct of the editor of the Northern Slar , in inserting a letter containing such statements , from an individual of whose capacity or credibility he knew nothing , and founding thereon a severe and unjust attack upon the general and private character of Mr . Deegan , introducing also charges and statements with which the public have nothing to do ; and the publication of which was not only uncalled for , bat unfeeling , and unwise , and most seriously calculated to injure the Chartist cause , without in the least promoting the private or public interest of its proprietor and conductor . "
Mr . Williams , in support of this resoluti » n , said that it was exceedingly painful and unpleasant for him to have to bring forward sach a resolution ; be certainly could have no personal interest in the matter . On the contrary , his personal interests were with the . Star , as their general interests were ; but it could not injure the circulatiou , or usefulness of the Star , to point out its faults , in a proper spirit ; and whether it did or not , was not so much the question in the present instance , as he conceived that it had abused its tremendous power ; that it had displayed a spirit , which , if submitted to , would crush all independesoe of soul in the leaders of the people ; tha t i t mi ght one day become s rile heresy to doubt its infallibility , or to differ , in . the slightest degree , from the manner in which , upon any occasion , it was conducted . He , therefore , considered that the people , that every honest man , was bound to protest , in
a mild , but firm spirit , against the bad spirit it had displayed towards Mr . Deegan , a gentleman , whom he , within the last two weeks , had heard frequently recommend and support the Star , he considered that the editor had even given Mr . Deegan less justiGo than he ( Mr . Williams ) had met with when on his trial for seduion ; for on that occasion there wa 3 a full report of his speech in short hand , to be produced against him ; the witnesses were men who were known , who could be cross-examined , and sifted ; but Mr . Deegan was condemned upon the unsupported testimony of one man , of whom neither he , the Chartists of Sunderland , nor the editor of the Star , knew anything . The individual had only been enrolled amonget them three week * , and this was not the first iustance in which he had attempted to create disturbance . The resolution was carried unanimously .
The last resolution ( moved by Mr . Hemaley , seconded by Mr . Monarch ) was as follows : — " That , having had the services of Mr . Deegan for a period of four months , we feel bound , in justice to him , to stato that we have never known him attempt to injure its circulation or usefulness ; on the contrary , we consider that he has , on every fitting opportunity , endeavoured to aid both ; and , during the whole of the said period , we consider that he has laboured in the most talented , energetic , and praiseworthy manner , displaying , both in his public and private conduct , an example which only requires to be faithfully followed by others , to ensure the speedy and complete triumph of our just and holy cause . " Carried unanimously . The meeting then broke up in a peaceable manner .
[ We give the whole report of this somewhat Bingulu meeting , speeches and all , just as we received it from Mr . Williams , the mover of the yerj " nuldspirited " vote of censure upon us and the reporter of the meeting . The persons who constituted this meeting have a perfect right to form their own opinion on any , and every , public matter which comes under their observation ; and we , though certainly not bound to do it , have no manner of objection to afford them the most extensive mode of publishing that opinion , notwithatandingthe severity of its personal bearing on our own conduot and character . But though we have no objection to do this , we have » great objection to become a party to » dt
fallacious representation of the powers or importance of the " authority" by which this censorious opinion ia fulminated , The value of the resolutions will be soon seen . They are the opinion of just so many persona as voted for them and no more , and the number of persons who voted for the resolution of censure upon the Editor of the Northern Star w « s j ust twenty-three . There are , it seems twenty-three persons in Suuderland who hold the opinion that the Editor of the Northern Star ought to Bubmitmost meekly tc > the infliction of calumnay and misrepre sentation , without even giving buoq explanations as should leave them to stand on their own legs . We dissert from the opinion of those twenty-three persooa i aad « e > maintain that tha terms of the reso
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lution in which thejrhave chosen to embody tbat opinion are utterly unwarranted by the facts to which they refer . We made no " attack " S Jtfr . Deegan » t all . We merely stated if gift explanation of an attack said to have been aum % j him upon Of ; sjidwe made that statement Ja tiff kindest wrf ^ lfoHwaring spirit . The resolution ; censurefl 'MaftjFiraerting a letter from an individual M of # ] £$ » tnparity and credibility we knew nothmmmmpersott Who drew up ttais resolution , and tfi « f £ i | b * hMB peraoas who adopted it , certainly taew § pfttg about the extent of our knowledge upo » SBbt mbieot . We Derhaiw know
more than th > 3 | m . Mrjjji » of . Ifc may turn on * that we also know jn « re of the movements and intrigues , and more crfine " capacity and credibility' * of various parties in Durham and Snnderiand , than some of then either suppose or desire us to know . Since the above was wrrtten f we have received from Gateshead a letter signed " CharleB Cross , " purporting to emanate from a meeting of the Association , and stating that they have " never heard Mr . Daegan say oue disrespectful word of the Northern Star or its editor . "—Ed . J
BIRMINGHAM . —On Monday evening , the 8 th instant , a dinner was held at tho Vulcau Tavern , amon&a number of the members and friends of the Christian Chartist Church . The spirit of brotherly hilarity pervaded those present . Some excellent speeches were given , and soma very excellent and patriotic toasts most enthusiastically responded to Mr . Collins , in proposing one of the toasts , save au interesting account of the various events that are now conspiring to increase the prosperity of Chartism . He proposed the following : — " May the middle classes soon see their . interest , and duly join us in our Charter agitation ; but let our maxim still be as it has ever been , * with them if we may , without them if we mst , "' A cheerful and ' . brotherly feeling perraded tfie whole of the proceedings , and at a late hour the meeting broke up .
Since ; Sabbath last , a . few . ' of ( he . members of the Christian Church have collected for tho family of our deceased bTothcr . Clayton . the sum of £ 13 j . 9 d . as the best testimony of their sympathy with those who suffer in the holy cause of justice and mercy . The hubscribers are anxious that this be transmitted direct to the family . Ithas also been resolved , that noxt Sabbath evening , Mr . Arthur O'Neil will preasb a funeral sermon in the Christian Chartist Church , No whall-s treat ; and also as a mark of respect for our deceasod brother Chartist , that the Church be put ia mourning .
Chartist Meeting , —A public meeting of the Charter Association took place at tho Hall of Science , Lawrence-street , on Tuesday evening . The platform presented a most unusual and novel appearance ; a large white banner , surrounded by crape , being placed in front , ou which was the following inscription iu blank letters , — " Clayton , the first Chartist martyr , died in Northalterton Gaol , January 30 * 1841 ; under the merciful Whig Government—Peace be with jiih . " The painting was executed by Mr . Barratt , of Whitehall-street . At eight o ' clock , Mr . Small wood was called to the chair . He commenced his address by explaining the reason why the platform appeared in its present dress , and read from the Northern &ar of Saturday
last , the melancholy account ofthe doath of Clay con , and concluded by calling on Mr . Penn , the Secretary to read the miuutes of tli 6 last meeting . They were accordingly read and confirmed . He also read a letter from Mr . Geo . JBinns , of Sunderland , declining for the present to becoming their missionary . It was then stated by the Chairman , that it was the intention of the Council to write to Mr . Wm . Martin , formerly an inmate of Northallerton House of Correction , but at present confined in Lancaster Castle , requesting him to become their missionary , as bis twelve months' imprisonment would end on the 4 th of Match . He then called upon Mr . Wm . Dean Taylor , of Warwick , to deliver a lecture . Mr . Taylor then came forward , and was heartily
cheered . He said that the meianoholy circumstance commented on , in the Star of last week , would cause him to deviate from what he had originally intended . There was cause for sorrow upou this occasion , and in another respect there was oauao to rejoice ; for when the Government began to take lite , there was some hope of calling public attention to the murderous system pursued under their superintendence . He then went on to state the various facts connected with Ctaytou ' s death . Why was he imprisoned 1 Was it because he wanted to set the country on fire ! No I if he had , he would have been better treated ; -as a proof of which , he mentioned the case of Jonathan Martin , and others . Not he had been , imprisoned , because be was
a Chartist ; or , in other words , a man who wished to be free himself , and wished to make others free also . He probably was not a leading advocate for the Charter ; but notwithstanding that , the fact of his being imprisoned oa account of his principles , proved that , if he did not preach truth , he practised it . Iu like manner , had hundreds of men been imprisoned , under various pretences , ft was true ; but what was the real cause 1 He maintained that it was for truth ' s sake ; and had they been tried according to truth , not oue of them would hare seen the inside of a prison . But what was the truth for which the Chartists had been imprisoned \ It was this— " I pay taxes , and have a right to vote as to the manner in which those taxes
shall be disposed of . " That was the real cause of all the persecution which had taken place . There had been a vast deal of sneering about equality ; some said , " You can't make men equal . " He knew that Nature had made certain inequalities—with those he had nothing to do ; but when a Government made inequalities which ought not to exist , with that he had aright to interfere . It was for supporting these truths that poor Ciayton met with his untimely and melancholy end . It was in order to define what the people meant by equality , that the People ' s Charter had been drawn up , tbat all might read and judge for themselves . He then read from the Northern Star , " Twenty-five Reasons for being a Chartist , " and commented on them iu an
able aad eloquent manner ; and explained the meaning of the various points in the Charter , illustrating his views by referring to facts of daily occurrence , and ably pourtrayed the evil consequences which had arisen from niisgovernment , amidst the repeated cheers and laughter of the meeting . He also she wed the manner in which poverty is oppressed by wealth , and gave an able exposition of the fallacies of the crotchet-mongers , especially the anti-Corn Law brawler ? . He remarked that the political quacks had often tried to patch up the rottepand tottering system , the eff «? o * of which was , tfiat a once happy people had been reduced to the lowest pitch of misery and destitution . The reason of this was . that none of their nostrums were founded in
truth . What was it that brought the Charter into existence ' . It was forced iato existence by a bloodthirBty Government , and a covetous and overbearing Church , which had blinded the people , and kept them in ignorance , in order that the Government might pick their pockets with greater facility . The clergy were also to be found iu the foremost ranks oi tyranny and persecution ; but persecution was nothing new . Men of principle had been persecuted in all ages , and one particular class of persons were always foremost in search of blood—the blood of honest men and patriotB . He need hardly say he meant the Priesthood . It was priests who crucified Christ ; and , without going to other times , or other countries , for examples aud proofs , he would refer them to
the parson who preached the blood-thirsty sermon at Newport during Frost ' s imprisonment . The clergy had at all times proved themselves the enemies of liberty ; he did not mean to exclude any of them from this sweeping charge—both Dissenter and Churchman were alike culpable . What were the intentions of those who prosecuted the Chartists t He had no doubt they thought that by so doing they would put down the spirit of liberty , and crush it forever ; but they had proved themselves fools for their pains . Had they succeeded i Had they altered a single man ? They had one of them at present on the platform ( meaning Mr . White ) , who he well knew was , if possible , more strenuous than ever . They found the multitude of patriots who had been
in the damp cells and dungeons , as soon as they again breathed the air of Heaven ; felt their former love of liberty again springing up within them , with renewed vigour ; proving beyond the possibility of doubt , that truth could not , aud never would be , extinguished in the minds of honest men . What did the ministers of religion , mean by the various texts of Scriptures which they so of ten quoted concerning brotherly love , peace , charity , aud good-will , and afterwards belieing it , by hunting after their brothers' blood t ana helping to bolster up » system which has sent thousands to an untimely grave
through want and privation ! What were they to all such men ! Nothing else but canting hypocrite !* who pull long fjwaa in order to make great gain ; He wished to impress on their minds that , although he thus stigmatised the teachers of religion , ne meant not to wound the feelings of any wan professing any particular doctrine ; he wished them to examine for themselves , and see how far those persons ' preaching coincided with the ' ir practice . He then concluded by . a sou ^ -stirring *» nd pathetic appeal on the sufferings and death of /> oor ClattoD , aud said he could not choose- a better set itence t » finish with than the concluding sentence oa th « baaner before tham —* Peace be with him . " * Ax . Taylw then
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retired , and was loudly and repeatedly cheered by the audience , who expressed great satisfaction at his « m ! ¦? \/ to ?? * | S « ure . Mr . Barratt then moved , "That Mr . Dean Taylor be appoiated lecturer for this district for one month . " He thought him a very proper person . The Birmingh * n Comwa had recei red letters from Redditcb , Coventry , Worcester aud other places , requesting the attendance of a lecturer ; he , therefore , thought it nighty Beeeseary that one shoaid be immediately appointed . —Mr James Nealsecondedtheresolution . —Mr . T . P . Green objected to choosing » lecturer without ibst eonsuiting the other towns -who were interested in the matter . He had no objection to the resolution which had been proposed , upon any other grounds ; he only wanted to- aee that the requisite sum should be forthcoming fey the payment of his wages-. —Mr . Rouse stated , that a late delegate meeting bad empowered the Council to choose any p « rs »» the ?
thought -would answer the purpose , and that they a / peed to furnish their quota towards paying hiawages . —Mr . Penn stated that he had received letters from various places , requesting the Council to appoint a missionary , and as they had written to several , and been disappointed , he thought they eould not do better than ayreete the resolution , as he had no doubt but that the required amount would be forthcoming when wanted . —The Chairman said that the Council had been eensared for not appointing a missionary ; and he thought they had better make a choice at once . —After a » w more words from Mr . T . P . Green , and others ,, the resolution was put and carried unanimously , amidst loud cheers . —Mr . Dean Taylor then thanked them for the honour they had conferred en him , and promised to discharge the trust reposed in him U > the best of his power . A Tote of thanks waB then » given to Mr . Taylor and the Chairman , and the meeting separated .
Faost , &c . Restoration Comjhttse—A meeting of the above Committee took place on Tuesday last , at the Hall of Science , Lawrence -street ; Mr . Rouse was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . T + JP . Green read letters from several places , one from Chesterfield and Brampton r containing five shillings for the use of the committee ; from Tavistock , stating that a public meeting had been held , aud a memorial adopted , and £ 1 Is . was enclosed for tho use of the committee . Mr . Green then called the attention of the committee to an important letter from Newport , signed "John Williams ; " it stated , ' That the Chartists of Newport , had determined to prosecute a spy , who had made some important admissions , which it was thought would deeply
implicate some of those who had taken an active part in the prosecution of Frost , &c . The letter Btated that inquiry had been made as to the probable cost of the prosecution , and they found it would be £ 50 ; the Chartists of Newport , therefore , required assistance from their brethren in other towns . " Mr . Green considered it to be the duty of all honest men to shew up the base villany of such wretches ; it was , through the means of such as these , that their friend , Frost , was now suffering , and if it had not the effect of restoring him , it would form another argument in favour of the Charter . He hoped the contents of the letter would not be lost sight of . The following resolution was then moved by Mr . Bough , and seconded by Mr . Blake : — " That this committee do recommend to the whole Chartist public , the
necessity of assisting their brethren of Newport , to bring to justice the Whig spy , now in Monmouth gaol for perjury . " Mr . Green then read a letter from Manchester , to which was appended a copy of a petition . The letter stated that it was the intention of the people of that place to semi 1 , 400 petitions , with twenty-five or thirty signatures to each . It also complained of the negligence of some who had been elected honorary members of the committee , and sent a number of names to bo added to the list of honorary members ; the letter was signed "James Cartledge . " Various bills were then hauded in , and paid . Mr . Wm . Barratt wished
that Borne steps might be taken to cause the various , towns to aend their memorials aud funds aa soon as possible , for the purpose of carrying out the objects of the committee . After a short conversation , ic was considered that the notice in last week ' s Star was insufficient , as there was other business to transact that evening . The meeting adjourned to the following Tuesday . The following are the names of those who were elected honorary members : —George White . John Williams , Newport ; George Babington , Wm . Sheaver , Wm . Roach , Christopher Rolls , Wm . W ynn , Thomas P . Field , Peter Moors , Frederick Richardson , Wm . Holt , Wm . Arnold , Manchester .
Bbown ' s Support Fumd . —At the usual weekly meeting of the Committee for raising funds for the support of Mrs . Brown and family , during the incarceration of her patriotic and excellent husband , held at Bill's Coffee House , on Monday last , Mr . Battam in the chair , Mr . Horseley handed into the committee the sum of £ 2 , as a donation of Mrs Dean , of- the Market Hall . Mr . W . H . Cotton having tendered his resignation , it was moved by Mr . Phillips , and seconded by Mr . Fallows , that the
resignation of Mr . Cotton be received . Messrs . Styles and Trueman were elected members of the committee . A public lecture will be delivered in the Christian Chartist Church , by Mr . O'Neil i on Monday evening , the 22 ; id inst ., on behalf of the above-named patriot . Admission , threepence ; when all friends of freedom , and lovers of patriotism , are invited to attend . The committee meet every Monday evening , at Bill ' s Coffee House , Moor-street , where all subscriptions and donations are thankfully received .
Mrs . Roberts . —Cash received by J . Guest , 93 , Steelhouse-. ane , Birmiugham , for Mrs . Roberts . £ B . d . Acknowledged in Slar . January 16 th ... 8 5 11 From the National Victim Fund per Mr . Sharrocks 0 19 10 ^ The Journeymen Curriers , Birmingham Edward Edisburgh 0 10 0
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£ 9 15 9 $ TO THE CHARTISTS OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS . Fellow Sufferers , —Your patience has been long tried , aud perhaps almost exhausted , b y th e le n gth of time tbat baa elapsed since the delegate meeting wa * called at Birmingham to appoint a lecturer for the three counties . We applied to Mr . O'Neill ana failed j to Messrs . Harney and Binns , but they had other engagements ; we , therefore , could not avoid the apparent vraate of time that has occurred , but we have now succeeded at last in obtaining a lecturer , Mr . Dean , of
Warwick , late of Leeds , tbat will advocate our cause with the bewitching power of eloquence an d the force of argument . We earnestly request you , brethren in the causo of truth and justice , to aid and assist us all in yo » r power in supporting our lecturer ; if we expect freedom , we must labour for it ; if we expect justice , we must struggle for it . Truth will triumph , and the moment that public opinion is formed in our favour , tbat moment our triumph is gained . Then let us push on the glorious cause of liberty , tbat peace may be ours and our children ' s for ever . Signed , in behalf of the National Charter Association resident In Birmingham , Isaac PENN , Secretary .
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DR 07 &SDEN . —On Tuesday evening , Mr . C . Connor , of Manchester , delivered a lecture in the Association Room of this place . Before entering the room , the proceedings of the cotton-masters had been related to him , which completely disgusted him , warmed aud stimulated his mind , and prepared him to give the tyrants a good lashing . The facts of the weavers' turn-out will be found in another part of the paper . The speaker continued for two hours , in one strain of manly argument , and touched upon the factory system , the Corn Laws , tho
landlords , and the whole horde of plunderers , giving emphatic illustrations of the inroads and encroachments which have ' been- made at various periods upon the labour , rights , and liberties of the industrious millions ; and brought chapter , verse , aud figureB to corroborate his statements , and in every point acquitted himself in a masterly 6 tyle . He produced a good impression , aad concluded amid the vociferous cheering of the meoting . A "vote of thanks was given to the speaker and Chairman , and the meeting broke up , bighty delighted with the evening ' s proceedings . *
SB £ FTl £ LX > . —We vrcre wrong in stating that the Chartists of Sheffield had discontinued their Sunday evening meetings . The theological discourses are discontinued ; but the meetings are holds * aa usual . On the whole * the cause seems to be progreaaag well and steadUy here . At tfeV . yMUr meetteg last Monday Us . were collected , for thft wives and families of the imprisoned Chartists . It waa also ' determined on that a dinner ehoold be got win honour of Mr . William Martin , on his liberation on the Sth of March . The price of the tickets was fixed at Is . 6 d . men and Is . women j and arrangements were made whereby the poor might b « accommodated by having their tickets and paying for them by instalments . Zealously affected for the good cause , the brave Sheffielders have also , resolved to have a cheap local organ for the expression of their voice in their own neighbourhood *—tl * a profits , if any . to be devoted to the building , of a peojlo / halL
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ZJS 3 SD&—LEcnms on British India . —Mr . George Thompson , the well-known anti-slavery advocate , and aceni of the British India Society lectured in the Music Hall , on Tuesday evening lant . There was but » sprinkling of perwiw present » n the platform , consisting chiefly oi members of the Society of Friends , of both sexes ; but the body of tha Hall was tolerably well Ailed . Mr . Thompson entered at great length into the opium question , the objects of the British India Company , the Slave-Trade , the conduct of the East India Company , the history of the rise and continuance of British power in India , the gross injastice done toandeafered by the native population , the slavery system fc tha United States , and the proposed remedies for these
evils—all of which subjects the leeturer Handle * frith great- power , eloquence , and ability , and " , succeeded io pr « du € ing , in the minds of h&audiense , feelings of tympathy with our British Indian fellowsubjects , and deep interest in the recitalflH&f sufferingand distress which be made . The njeaos ( Mr . Thompson proposed for the abolition of slavery in the United States , and diafaresB in British India-, were the consumption of East ladian cotton and tobacco , and a change in the land tax and £ oTennental sfcusea of India , which be contended would destroy thsneeessity for the use of slave labour in America , and , by developing the resource * of India , and affording » market for the consumptive of English manufactures 1 in exchange for the above-mentioned articles , eiirrate theconditlbn of the native from misery and starvation to comparative comfort and independence . The lecture occupied two hooro in the delivery . In
thus noticing Mr . Thompsoafo lecture , it may notfbe amiss to add , that although we do net deny thepropiiety of aiding . the starving and sofferiog East Indian , we eantsot overltook the abundant anaundeniable evidence of 1 misery , privation , and saf * fering , wide and deep at homey in our own country-—and even in » ur own- town—winch have claims aa ' strong , though not a * extensive-, upon public sympathy and benevolence . But it j » useless to look to private charity and beaevolene * for the redress of grievances at home or abroad j . ao remedy can be applied until the people become- fully and fairly possessed of political power , as guaranteed to them by Universal Suffrage . We would challenge tho most determined foe to popular Government to showhow a people , the most ignorant , corrupt , and debased , coujd have equalled the proftfgaoy , venality , and inhumanity of the amtooratioal British Governors of India for the last half oentorT .
Tbb Socialists . —In consequence of the purchase of the Music Saloon , South Parade , for the purposes of the Mechanic ' s Institute . , the Secialists are now deprived of a meeting place in Leeds , at least for some time to come . Placards were posted throughout the town last week , headed . ""Death of Socialism iu > Leeds , " and announcing that addresses would be delivered at the Saloon on Sunday last , by Mr . Fleming ( Editor of the Neur > Marat WerHl ' vud Mr . Mackintosh , Socialist Missionary . Numerous audiences were present , in the morning and afternoon , to hear Mr . Mackintosh . In tho . evening , the room was crowded throughout , from sis . to nine o ' clock . Mr . Fleming lectured upou the identity of Socialism with primitive , Christianity , and upon Socialism as
the only remedy for the evils of society . In the course of his address , the lecturer inferred to various authorities ia support of his position ; . aml quoted from the New Testament to substantiate his views . The most fixed attention and intense interest were manifested throughout tha service . Collections were made during the day " , when the sum oft ¦ £ !* was contributed towards the erection of a Hull of Science , which , as it was intimated , will be before long commenced . Ife is an event worth recording , in . the history of the struggles made by the working classes , for their political and soeialredemption , that a lew working men have obtained aud kept possession of a building like the MuaioSaloeii , for more than three years , during which time numerous opportunities have been thereby , afforded for the friends .-to the people ' s cause generally , to iftive publicity to their views and principles . We trust
that a buildiug equally commodious , and eligible for similar purposes , will be soon erected , such a one being much required in a large and'important town like Leeds . A Social Festival was also held in the Musio Salooa , on Monday evening , when upwards oi 20 O persons of both sexes wt-re present . After tea dancing commenced ; and country dance , quadrille , and waltz alternated with song * and gi ^ es from amateur rocaiists < Doses of " laughing gas" were administered , . and produced the most ludicrous enytts on those who inhaled it . . Mr . Fleming officiated as Master of the Ceremonies pn the occasion , and good order , decorum , and cheerful and rational enjoyment prevailed throughout the evening . As this was the last occasion on which those present could have an opportunity of enjoying a similar treat , ; the parties kept the festivities Up until an early hour the following morning .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . The Earl of Di ; von asked the Noble Secretary for the Home Department , if it was true that ( he valuator of the Poor Law Union of CLeghereen , in the County of Tipperary , when called upon to read his valuation book at a meeting of the Guardians , had read the names , adding to the first name read , " Tory , " to the - stfcoaid name , Tory ,. * to the third name , " Tory and disturber , " and Boon . This was a proceeding so extraordinary that he felt ic necessary to call the attention of the Noble Marquis to the subject . The SlarquiB of Nobmanby said that this was the first intimation he had of such an occurrence , but he should cause inquiries to be made respectiu # it immediately . He must say , however , from his knowledge of the assistant commissioner , that the accuracy of the statement was to be very much doubted .
After the presentation of some petitions , their Lord ships adjourned .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . Lord Listowei , took the oaths and his seat for thu Borough of St . Albau ' s , aad Lord Eastnor for the borough of Reigate . Sir E . Knatchbull obtained leave to bring in a Bill providing for the appointment and payment of parish constables in England aad Wales . Lord Saloon brought under consideration of the House , by moving for a series of returns , the state of the negotiations between Great Britain aud Portugal , relating to the claims of British subjects , arising out of the war of restoration . The Noble Lor dcomplained-of the great delays which had taken place , and was anxious to ascertain whether there was . any likelihood that these claims would be adjusted according to the original agreement , or
whether they would be settled ob any satisfactorily principle . Lord Palmerston regretted that he was not able ; to say that those claims had been entirely settled but since the close of last , session great progress bad been made , and he hoped , ere long , that the settlement of them would be brought to a conclusion . A commissioner had been appointed by Portugal , and another by Great Britain , aad the Belgian Minister accepted the office of arbitrator * in the event of any difference between the commissioners . One point of diUeranca was how pending before him , and upon its decision , the business would be soon terminated ; as , upon the principle laid down in that one point , all the other matters , which were chiefly of detail , would be easily disposed of .
Mr . H . Baillie moved for the appointment of & select committee to inquiro into the condition- of the islands aud Highlands of Scotland , with a view to affording relief to the iah&bit&ats by means of emigration . The Hon . Gentleman stated that the distress in these districts was caused by the destruction of the manufacture of kelp , by the reduction of the duty on barilla , and there remained no hope of a remeuy except b y removing the population to some other country ; and various circumstances pointed out Canada as th # country most eligible for them to be sent to . On the suggestion of the Chancellor of the Excuequer , Mr . Baillie consented to alter the resolution by the introduction of the words , "to consider the practicability of affording relief by means of emi gration . "
After a few observations from Mr . W . S . O'Bbie * and Mr . M . Philips , the motion was agreed to . Ou the motion tor the second reading of the Tithe Composition ( Ireland ) Bili , Mr . Shaw complained of the hardships inflicted upon the Protestant clergy of Ireland by the delays which have taken place in . the repayment of arrears of tithes to the clergy .. They , were told by Lord Melbourne , in the House oF Lords , that they would reoeira 70 per cent , upoa , thoBfr arrears , and they consented to giveup tba oth # r 30 per ceat . The result , however , was , that
tbA } had only received , 6 s . lfti . in the pound , or-3 $ percent , instead of 70 . > Mr . Pigot said that the delay arose from a great Bomber of errors in ike returna of the valua of tithes . Those errors had been rectified in the course of the last summer , sad tha most active steps bad since theft been instituted , and , in most iostaocea successfully , in the local court * , to recover the arrears out-standing . Those exertions woaM be persevered in until the whole were recovered . The House then adjourned . .-
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Lord Cawmgam ' s ; Tkul . —The following witnesses have been summoned by the House of Peers to attend and give evidence at the trial of Lord Cardigan on Tuesday next : —Thomas Hnntl ) unn Sarah Dunn , Sir James Eglintoa Anderson , Knight , M . D ., John Busain , Thomas Bicknell , and Gexurgo Charles Fletcher .
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