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A JUNCTION OF THE FIXED AND SLIDING DUTY THE BEST HODE OF REGULATING THE ADMISSION OF FOREIGN CORN . KasxeeboTOugh . : Wilson . A Tery skodest ant ! unpretending pamphlet npon Coin Law tactics , in which the writer contends for the same principle which has to a certain extent been adopted by Sir Robert Peel , as the basis of the new Ministerial scheme .
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CIiATTON . —Appointkest . —The Honourable the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes hare appointed Mi . James Jagger , of Clayton , near Bradford , Inspector of the hawker ' s licences . GZiASCrOW . —Patext Ibos Masok . —A machine , under this name ( for which a patent has just been taken out , ) is about to be erected in one of Mr . Nelson ' s quarriea , at Woodside , Glasgow . The stones go into the machioe rough , as they come out of the quarrymen's pick , and come out polished ashlar on the surface , and cut paralleled and square on the side 3 . fully prepared for the builder , and this
at an expence of not more than a fourth of work done by the hand . The present machine is calculated to do the work of two hundred and fifty men , reckoning only six hoars' work out of every ten . The machine has been constructed by Messrs . P . W . M'Onie and Co ., engineers , Scotland-street , Tradeston ; the design and arrangements being the work of Mr . P . M'Oaie , of that firm . We understand that the machine , with the experimenting and patents , has cost £ 1 , 000 , although new machines of the same siz 9 can now be made for one third of that sum , and smaller one 3 proportionately cheaper . — Practical Mechanic .
MANCHESTER . —Signs of the tikes , —On Monday eTening there was a large concourse assembled at the New Cross , bearing banners , accompanied by an effigy representing Sir Robert Peel , which they publicly burnt amid the shouts of the thousands of spectators ; and while doing this they were not interrupted by the authorities . Indeed there needed none , because after they had committed Peel to the names they retired peaceably . STOCKPOET . —There are thousands out of employment here : wretchedness , poverty , privation , and want , with their concomitant evils , have bean . awfully on the increase , creating bad feeling , crime , and discontentment . But what is still more inconsistent and vexations—more maddening and exciting
—is the conduct of the master manufacturers . These unfeeling wretches , who , under the saneiified mask of charity for the starving poor , have subscribed a little towards doling out bread , & . c , snffieient to keep body and soul together , —these gentlemen hare had a meeting at which they agreed to have a general reduction , and are now carrying their designs into execntion , taking as much as seven shillings from the dresser 3 , and the other lands in the different departments of work in the same ratio , thronghoat the mills . By this reduction they will take more money ont of circulation , injure the home market , depreciate the value of cottage property , rain the shopkeepers and publicans , raise the rates , increase crime , and drive more out of the country .
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A Trifusg Task , o * How to Obias a Houdat . —The little party had scarcely commenced their labours , when Mr . Parley entered the room with a nnuing countenance , and carrying a chess-board under his arm . " I have prevailed on your mamma , " he observed , " to excuse your customary studies this ttorning , oa one condition only f and a joyous expression of triumphant inquiry , which seemed to say , "Name it , and it is complied with , " lit np the faces of the children as he continued : " that condition is tie performance of an iaferesting little exercise , in waidi you can assist each other ; and , you know , many hands make light work . You all see that on this chess-board there are thirty-two white squares , and an equal number of black ; now , when you have
placed one grain of wheat on the first white square , two on the second , four on the third , and so on , doubling the number of grains on each succeeding white square until the whole thirty-two be disposed of—when that merry task is completed , you may devote the time left on yonr hands to any kind of amusement yon prefer . " — " Oh , thank you , thank you papa ! " exclaimed the little girls , as Mr . Parley retired . u That will be easily done , " said Henry rubbing hi 3 hands in great glee . ** Aye , " added Jane , " we shall soon finish thismorning ' s task . * — ° I wish we had such a one every day , " said Emily . "Ill ran and get some wheat , " said Henry . Do , " resumed Jane ; you'll get plenty of old Wiiiterton ; he stores it up for the fowl ? . Emily
* ad I will place the grains upon the squares , a 3 Edward counts them oat . '— " Aye , get the wheat , Heary , and that shall be your portion of the task . " Away ran Henry ; the little girls in the meantime were busil ? engaged in arranging how they should spend the time they calculated upon having at their ff » n disposal that morning , but Edward remained silent , apparently engaged in calculations of another description : and when Henry returned with ais cap full , Jane and Emily laughed heartily at tie superfluous quantity . The little fellow re-* a » ked , that he thought it was as well to have enough , " I am much mistaken , " said Edward , "if ion havenot to go for twoox three more caplulsyet . " This increased the merriment of the sisters , who
tegin , however , to place the grains npon the several B&wes , and Henry ran off for another freight . On f is return wrh another brimming capful , they burst mto renewed laughter , when Mr . and Mrs . Parley ent ered the room to inquire the cause of this noisy enjoyment . Emily replied , that Edward had been Pjajicg off a practical joke on Henry , by sending ™ n for ten times more wheat than they wanted . . *^ Jt" continued the little girl , " it would take us **\ day to count that heap of grain !"—* ' Yes , ^ ' sa \ d -Edward , smiling , and regarding his parents signincaatfy , "but I donbt whether three or four days w « rald su £ m to do what papa requires . " Jane ^ d Henry stared with incredulous amazsffleni at their parentsas looking for their
, confirmation or rejection of this seemingly exfravagant estimate , bnt Mr . Parley merely observed , ifat ia all undertakings it was advisable to consider well the difficulties of accomplishment . "I mst , " he added , *• that this little incident , when you * fe acqnainted with its simple details , will teach joa to think—will show ycu what insane projects ** e sometimes preferred , from the wast of reflection , » those which are recommended by Ae prudent ex-« cise of deliberate adoption . But even after what Job have experienced in proof of its impracticability , yon will , I think , still be astonished to learn , that we task you undertook with such pleased alacrity ,
* pnld demand more wheat than the vrbele United kingdom could produce in any single harvest , the P ^ ins of which , of course , you could not count in » « mdred years ; and , had I inclnded the black * fliares of the boaTd , making the number only sixtytof t the whole world , since the creation , has not Produced wheat enough to comply with the condi-« & 3 ! " This declaration excited most bewildering fcrprise ; and Mr . Parley added , " A clearly defined * ° tire should actuate us in all we say and all we 60 otherwise , we involve ourselves in confusion ; j& 4 motives cannot be said to be denned unless they ¦* regelated by due preparation for theobtacles thai « in the way . r-ParJeyj Fenny Library .
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New Life . — " Hundreds who have kept their beds for years have been so speedily re-invigorated with an infusion of new blood , and consequently of new life and strength , by the use of Parr ' s Life Pills , that their re-appearance amongst their fellow beings , who had long given them up as incurable , is looked cpon as the greatest of the many great wonders of this miraculous age . Their unsolicited testimony witnessed by gentlemen of high reputation , may b « obtained of any agent for this highly-prized medicine ' ' America . — The packet-ship Columbus , Captain Cele , arrived at Liverpool on Friday forenoon . By her we have papers to the ISA nit . The examination before the Recorder of Philadelphia in the case of Nicholas Biddle and others , charged with a
conspiracy to defraud the shareholders of the Bank of the United States , closed on the night of the 17 th ult . A cashier and atelier of the Bank were the only witnesses examined : they produced books , papers , &e . At the coBclnsion of the examination , the Recorder stated it as his firm belief , that there was sufficient cause produced in the investigation and testimony before him to warrant him in binding the defendants over , and he accordingly bound over Nicholas Biddle , Samuel Jaudon , Joseph Cowperlhwaite , Thomas Dunlay , and John Andrews , eaeh in the sum of 10 , 000 dollars , in two sureties , to appear at the Court of General Sessions , to answer the charges brought against them by Austin Montgomery , that is , for a conspiracy to rob and cheat
the stockholders of the United States Bank . Circinnati had been the scene of an alarming riot . In that city , it appears , there are several of what are called " shin-plaster" institutions , or rather individual responsibility banks , which , like all the banks in the-United States , issued paper largely . By a rect nt decision of the Ohio Court , the notes of these and all other unauthorized banks were declared illegal and nncollectable by law . As the amount of paper which these banks had put into circulation was large , - the Miama Exporting Company made an assignment of its effects on the evening of the 10 th nil ., and the Bank tf Cincinnati closed its doors on the morning of the 11 th , The mob , exasperated at the stoppage of these banks , attacked , first , the Bank of Cincinnati ; then , the Miami Exporting Company ; next , the Exchange Bank , owned by a Mr . Bates , and ended with the exchange-office of Mr . Lougee . The rioters were
principally Dutchmen , who had suffered most by losses from the operation of these irresponsible banks . They forced open the vaults , stole some specie and bank-notes , as well as notes for companies which had been redeemed , and destroyed every thing they could get hold of , throwing the remains into the streets , and leaving little more than bare walls . The police were quite unable to quell the riot or to saTe the property of the banks . A few military were hastily collected ; they fired among the rioters , who returned the fire , and several were wounded on both sides . The disturbance only ended with the day . Whilst it lasted , some of the responsible banks had runB made upon them , which were promptly met . The runs were not renewed on the 12 th nit . Sir Charles Bagot arrived at Kingston on the 10 : h tilt . The United States ship Peacock , one of the vessels of the exploring expedition , was lost off the mouth of the Columbia river on the 18 th of July . Her officers and crew were saved .
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MANCHESTER . —A pnblic meeting was held at the Hall of Science , Campfield , on Wednesday evening , at which resolutions were submitted on the case of Charles Southwell , now confined in Bristol Gaol , for the imaginary crime of blasphemy ; Mr . M'Dannoa was called to the chair . Mr . Watts moved , in an excellent address , the first resolation , 14 That in the opinion of this meeting true morality and the general interest and happiness of the nation would be promoted by the freest possible expression of opinion npon all subjects , and that justice is sacrificed , whenever fines and imprisonments are imposed for . speaking or publishing any opinions whatever . " Seconded by Mr . Tillman , and carried without a dissentient . Mr . Cooper moved ? he seconded resolution , " That inasmuch as the printing press is the best possible means of instruction , it is
the opinion of this meeting , that any government making an attempt to curtail its influence , either by prosecution , or by the imposition of taxes on ^ knowledge , neglects its own best interests , and its duty to the people . " Seconded by Griffin , and carried nem . con . The third resolution was moved by Mr . Campbell , of Stockport , ** That this meeting pledges itself to support to the utmost Charles Southwell , the martyr , to the imaginary crime of blasphemy and every other individual who may suffer for the vindication of the rigbt 3 of opinion . " Seconded by a person in the Hall , and carried unanimously . The following gentlemen were appointed as a committee to receive subscriptions towards supporting Charles Southwell : —Messrs . Cooper , Lowe , and Heywood . The meeting continued till nearly eleven o ' clock . A vote of thanks was tendered to the Chairman by acclamation before dispersing .
Public Meetikg . —On Tuesday morning , in compliance with a requisition to the Mayor . A public meeting of the inhabitants was convened in the Town HalL , which was crowded to almost suffocation , and in consequence of the noise , confusion , and repeated cries of adjourn , the Mayor who occupied the chair was compelled to adjourn to Stephenson ' s- square , wnere upwards of four thousand persons assembled , when they were addressed by a number of the middle-class and working men , every one acknowledging Universal Saffrage was a right which ought to be given to the people—and many of them finding the word had become fashionable , professed they had been in favour of that measure lor a long time . Many of them asserted that they could
bring documents to prove that they had not so suddenly become converts to the principle . They passed a number of resolutions , one which called npon the members to take all constitutional means of stopping the supplies . Another was in favour of the suffrage as explained in the Charter , but instead of making it the main thing to be achieved , they made it a secondary object taking repeal of the Corn Laws first . Every speaker congratulated the meeting on the reconciliation of the Chartists and Repealers , but in this re " spect they are very much mistaken . Although the Chartists are plea 3 ed to see them come out for the Suffrage and the Ballot , they will never join in any agitation that does not go tor the whole Charter . Mr . John Bailey , Chartist lecturer ,
moved , a vote of thankB to the Chairman for his impartial conduct . The speaking continued for near four hours , and was ultimately adjourned till next Monday evening at seven o ' clock . The Chabtists and the League . —The Chartist tovrn council appointed Messrs . Raitlon , Grocott , and Murry to wait upon the requisitionists on Monday evening , to ascertain what steps the League were about to take the following day at the public meeting . As Boon as it was known by the gentlemen assembled that they had entered , ana there was a large number , they simultaneously rose and greeted the deputation with loud cheere . The Chartists informed them that however much they might feel pleased that * hey were coming out for
Universal Suffrage and the Ballot , they would not make any compromise , and argued that if they wished their support they must come out for ike five points . In order that there should be bo opposition at the meeting on Tuesday , it was mutually agreed that a large meeting should be held on Thurtday , for the purpose of properly discussing the subject fairly and impartially . Hsbfe&x-st&sbi . —A highly respectable meeting of the Chartists Tjelonging to this district was held on Sunday-evening last to hear Mr . Brophy , oi Dnblin . The room was crowded to excess , Mr . Murray was called to the chair ; shortly after seven o clock Mr . Brophy entered the room , and
was received by every mark of approbation . Mr . Brophy made a strong appeal to his countrymen , and created a strong impression that nothing short of the principles contained in the People's Charter can ever ameliorate the condition of the people of Ireland , whose present state he described as miserable , and which often , in the course of his address called forth the sympathy of the meeting . Mr . Doyle addressed the meeting for a short time , and thanked them for the warm manner in which they had received his countryman , Mr . Brophy . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer , aud cheers for old Ireland and the Chartists , when the meeting
separated . Lecture . —^ -On Sunday evening , Mr . William Beesiey being ia this town on bu ^ n . ess connected ¦ with the cause , the Brown-street Chartists invited him to lecture in their room . Mr . James Cartledge was called to the chair . Mr . B . delivered an excellent lecture , in which Peel , Russell , the aristocracy , the middle class , and the parsons came in for a severe and well-merited castigation . Mr . Grifiin moved a vote of thanks to the lecturer coupled with the following resolution , which was unanimously adopted , - ' Resolved , that this meeting having seen a bill purporting to have emanated from parties "who call themselves merchants , tradesmen , and working men , " inhabitants of Manchester ( but who have not had the honesty to attach their names ) demanding the franchise for every one of twenty-one years ot
age , untainted by crime , together with the privilege of secret voting , and such other matters of detail as may be necessary to the honest and practical working of the principle ? , condemn the same as servile , vagne , shuffling , delusive , and unsatisfactory to the Chartists , and unworthy of their Bupport , and co-operation ; and this meeting further cosceives that it has been done for the express purpose of strengthening their own agitation tor a repeal ot the Corn Laws , and not from any desire to obtain liberty for the industrious millions . We , therefore take this the earliest opportunity of aga ^ declaring , that we shall not be led astray by any c ^ ap-toP ., * » on the contrary , pledge ourselves to st / ck to the Charter , and agitate for nothing less . The time 1 , gone by when even either the one party or * e other might expect us to make the least oomproB vsc- ^ akina into consideration what our leaders 1 m c suffered from the factionF . Were we to flinch from <"" " integrity ,
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the ghost of a Shell , a Clayton—the spirits and sufferings of Frost , Williams , and Jones would continually haunt our wicked and cowardly consciences the five hundred patriots who have nobly fought the battle , who have suffered persecution , prosecution , imprisonment , and proscription , and have sprung from their dungeons , entered the field again , and proved themselves as firm and determined as before , would conclude that we did not deserve oar liberty nor men to struggle for ub . We will , therefore , before we join the Whigs or the Corn Law repealers , ma&e them swallow the whole hog , snout , bristles and all . " The meeting carried it with loud oheerB . gave a vote of thanks to the Chairman , and dispersed highly delighted . York-street . —Mr . Tillman lectured here on Friday .
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NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL . SCARBOROUGH . Mr . Win . Robinson , Anboro ' -street . Mr . George Dove , Dumple-streetf . Mr . Thomas Harrison , ditto . Mr . Richard KneeBhaw , Long West Gate . Mr . John Davison , ditto . Me . William Flinton , jun . 45 , Merchant ' s-row , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Thompson , 1 , Potter Lane , sub-Secretary .
NEWSOME . Mr . John Troughton , weaver . Mr . Nathan Taylor , cordwain ? r . Mr . Joseph Crossley , weaver . Mr . Jonathan Crossley , grocer , &c , sub-Trea surer . Mr . Thomas Shaw , weaver , sub Secretary .
HEBDENBRIDGE . Mr . John Midgley , weaver , Bridge-lanes . Mr . Charles Loveridge , shoemaker , Bridge-lanes . Mr . Richard Wheelwright , undercarder , Mytholmroyd . Mr . John Hartley , piecener , Newbridge . Mr . John Stott , silk stretcher , Bridge-lanes . Mr . Ellis Hitchen , weaver , King-street . Mr . John Greenwood , weaver , Heptomtall . Mr . Jonas Pickles , weaver , ditto . Mr . Henry Bourn , tailor , Hebdenbridge . Mr . Abraham Marshall , shoemaker , Hebden bridge , sub-Treasurer . Mr . James Helliwell , weaver , Heptonstall , sub Secretary . All communications to be addressed to Mr Helliwell , care of Mr . Abraham Marshall , Hebden br idge .
WEST » URY . Mr . Jacob Applegate , weaver , BereswelK Mr . David Robbins , carpenter , Alfred-street . Mr . James Maslin , weaver , Chalford . Mr . Henry Wingrove , shoemaker , Chalford . Mr . James Vinceut , handle-setter , Church-street . Mr . Joshua Daniels , shoemaker , Alford-street . Mr . James Morris , shopkeeper , Warminster-road Mr . John Champion , weaver , ditto . Mr . John Bigwood , shoemaker , Brook-street . Mr . William Tucker , Mount Pleasant , sub-Trea
surer . Mr . Charles Flay , Mount Pleasant , sub-Secre tary .
SHEFFIELD . Mr . John Drinkwater , pen-blade-grinder , Upperhoyle-etreet . Mr . James M'Ketterick , brHshmaker , Pinstonstreet . Mr . Josep Marsh , stonemason , Milton-street . Mr . David Walker , labourer , Johnson-street . Mr . Joseph Harrison , turner , Nursery street . Mr . Richard Otley , tobacconist , Sheffield-moor . Mr . William Wells , clerk , Duke-street « moor . Mr . William Frost , newsagent . Bridge-street . Mr . Henry William Needham , cutler , Broomball-Btreet . ¦ Mr . James Dyson , mechanic , Little-pond-stieet . Hr . Charles Willden , steel-burner , 55 , Thomasstreet , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Robert King , engraver , 21 , Canning-street , and Mr . William Gill , steel-burner , Scale-tree-lane , sub-Secretaries .
ARtfOLD . William Andrews , frameworknitter . William Sharman , ditto . William Rawson , ditto . James Anthon , ditto . John Shepherd , ditto . * - Daniel Cliffe , ditto , sub-Treasurer . William Emmerson , hair dresser , sub-Secretary . DALTON . Mr . William Liversidge . Mr . Benjamin Dawson . Mr . John Bottom . Mr . Ephraim Ka / e . Mr . John Kaye , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Benjamin Jamieson , hub-Secretary , No . 209 , Kirkheaton .
» A 1 H . Mr . C . Clarke , Bank Cottage . Mr . R . K . Philp , l , Chandos-bnilding 3 . Mr . Moxley , 3 , Galloway-buildings . Mr . J . Smith , Beachen Cliff-place . Mr . C . Franklin , Mark-hill . Mr . S . Morris , Halloway . Mr . A . Phillips , Corn-street . Mr . J . Haswell , Corn-stTeet . Mr . W . Cook , St . Jame& " s-parade . Mr . Joseph Twite Philip-street , sub-Treasurer Air . J . Chappell , Philip-street , oub-Secretary .
WALWORTH . Mr . William Hallady , boot and shoemaker , No . 3 , Pilgrim-place , Walworth-common . Mr . Charles Keen , decorator , 37 , Weymouthstreet , New Kent-road . Mr . John Mason , boot and shoe maker , No , 1 , George-street , Camberwell . Mr . James Brown , boot and shoe maker , No . 9 , Prior-place , East-lane . Walworth , sub-Treasurer . Mr . William Pedley , jun ., plumber , painter and glazier , No . 5 , Southampton-street , Camberwell , sub-Secretary .
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TOWNS PROPOSED FOR THE NEW CORN LAW RETURNS . The following Ib the list of towns , from which it is proposed that the returns of the quantities and priceB ot various descriptions of corn sold shall be made to the comptroller ot corn returns , in order to determine the general average prices , whereby the rates of duty ahall ba governed : — Nota . —The towns marked ( + ) are those from which returns have not hitherto been obtained . Cheshire . —Chester , Nantwich , Middlewicb , Fonham Ends , fCongleton , Knutsford , + Macclesficld , fStockport * Lancaster , — Liverpool , TJlvbrston , Lancaster , Preston , Wigan , Warrington , Manchester , Bolton , f Ashton-under-Lyne , fBlackburn , + Bury , f Oldflam , t 0 rm 8 kirk , fRochdale . Derby . —Derby . + Bakewell , -f-Chesterfield .
Nottingham . —Nottingham , Newark , fMansfield , + Retford , f Worksop . Leicester , —Leicester , Louehborough , fHinckler , j-Lutterworth , filarket Harbro" , fMelton Mowbray . Northampton . — Northampton , -j-P < sterborougb , ¦ f-Daventry , f Onndlr . Warwichshirf . —Coventry , Birmincham , fColeshill , Dunchurch . + Stratford-on-Avon , ^ Warwick . Worcester . —Worcester , fBromsgrove , + Droitwich , fDudley , - { -Kidderminster , fStourbridge , + Stouryoit Gloucester—Gloucester , Cirenctster , Tettmry , Stow-on-the-Would , Tewkesbury , ^ Cheltenham , -f-Dur 8 ley , North Leach ,-f-Stroud . SOMEiiSETSHiaE Bristol , Taunton , Wells , Bridgewater , Froaie , Chard , + Bath , + Yeovil . MokmotjtHSHIRB . —Monmouth , Abergavenny , Chepstow , Pontypool , -f-Newjwit
Devonshire . Exeter , Barnstaple , Plymouth , Totnes , Tavisteck , Kinashridge , fAshbarten , fAxminscer , -f-Soathmolton , ¦ J-Oakbampton , f riverton . Cors'WalI' . —Truro , Bodmin , Launceston , Redruth , Helston , SU Au 8 tell , -fFalmouth , fPenzance . Dorsetshire . —Blandford , Bridport , Dorchester , Sherborne , Shaftesbury , Wareham , fToole , + Weymoutb , Hampshire . —Winchester , Andover , Basingstoke . Fareham , Havant , Newport , Ringwood , Southampton , Portsmouth ,+ Christ « hurch . Rutland . —fOakham , J-tJppingbam . Hereford . —^ Hertford , "fLeominster , "t-Rose . Shropshire— "f-Shrewsbury , -f-Bridgenorth , f-EIrosmere , -J-Ludlow , ^ Newport , fOswestry , + Welling ton , Wenlock . + Whitchurch . Wiltshire —fBradford , fSwindon , fChippenham , fDevizts , - ^ Salisbury , -J-. tfarlborough , -f-Troubridge , Warminster .
Staffordshire .- —fStaffird , * fBarton-on-Trent , fLichfield , ¦ f-Newcastle-under-Lyme , + Stowe , fTaniworth , + U «» xtter , f Walsall , + Wolverhampton . Middlesex—London , Uxbridge . HSRrPORDSHiRE . —— -Hertford , Roytton , fBLshop Stortford , tSt Alban ' s , fWare , fTring . t Watford . Surrey . —&uildford , tCroydon , fKingston , flijt-S » te . Essex , —Chelmsford , Colchester , Romford , 1 Chipping Ongar , tapping , fMaldon , fSaffron Walden . Kekt . —Maidstone , Canterbury , Dartford , f Bromley , t Chatham or Rochester , fDover , fGravesend , fRoinney , tSevenoaks , fTunbridge ( town ) . Sussex . ^ Chichester , Lewes , Rye , fBrlghton , f-Horsham , + Petworth . Bedford . —Bedford , + Biggle » wade , + Danstable . Berkshire —Windsor , Reading , fAbingdon , frFarringdon , ^ Maidenhead , + Newbury , + Wallingford .
Bucks . —Ay lesbury , + BeaconBfield , + Buckingbjun , fHigh Wyeombe , fStoney Stratford . OXF 9 RDSHIRE . —Oxford , + Banbury , fBurford , fHenley . f Witnty . Humikgdon . —Hnnting-ion , St . Neot ' s . CAMBRiDGE :- * Cambridge , £ ly , Wiabeach , fNewmarket Suffolk . —Ipswich , Woodbridge , Sudbnry , Hadleign , Slow Market , Beecles , Bangry , Lowestoft , Bury St . Edmunds .
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Norfolk . —Norwieh , Yarmouth , Lynn , Thetford , Watton , Diss , East Dereham , Harleston , Holt , Aylaham , Fakenham , North Walsbam , f Swaffham . LlNCOLN . —Lincoln , Gainabro ' , Glamford Bridge , Louth , Boston . Sleafordi Stamford , Spalding , + Bartbnon-Humber , fNew I BolingbToke , 4 « nV + < Jran-V ?™ , * v + arin ^ » fHoracastle , ^ Market Deeping * fSpiJsby . ¦"¦¦ ¦ . '¦ . ,: ¦ : ¦ :. ;¦¦" . ; ¦ - ¦ - ; --- - ; ; : / ¦ ¦ ' . ;¦¦ ' . . York . —York , Leeds , Wakefield , Bridlington , Beverley , Howden , Sheffield , Hull , Whitby ; New Malton , tBarnsiey , fBedale . fBfadford , fDoncaster , + GuiBborougb , fHalifaX ; fHuddersfieldi fKeigbley . fKnaresboraugh , + Noithallerton , fPickering , fPpntefracfc , fRicfemond , fRipon , fSelby , fSkiptbn , fThiraki Wetherby , -f-Yarm . .-. : : Durham—Durham , Stockton , Darlington , Sanderland , Barnard Castle .
NORTHUMBERLAND . - ^ Walsingham ; Belford , Hexham , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Mbrpeth , Aliwick , Ber , wick , fWooller . ^ Cumberland—Carlisle , WMtehaven , Cockemontb , Penntb ; Egremont , fWigton . WEsiMORELAND . —Appleby , Kendal , fEirkby Lonsdale . ; , v : ; Wa les . —Carmarthen , Carnarvon ; Haverfordweat , Cardiff , Denbigh , Wrexham , fBrecon , fMold , + Bangor , f Cowbridge , fNawbridge , + Newtown , + New Kodnor . ;
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CUSTOMS DUTIES , ( WEST INDIAN AND NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES ) JSesolutions proposed by Mr . Gladstone , in the Committee on Customs Duties ( West Indian and North American ColdniesJ . . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . •' ¦ . , 1 . That from ancl after a day or days to be named , the duties chargeable upon goods , waxes , ot merchandise imported or brought into any of the British possessions in America or the Mauritius under or by virtue of the following acts respectively ( namely ) :--.
Act 4 Geo . 3 . cap . 15—^ Imposing certain duties on wines imported into the British possessions in Araericar ;¦¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦' '' . - : - / - '' ¦ ' ¦ '¦' ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦¦' : , ' . Act 6 Geo . 3 , cap . 52—Imposing certain duties on molasses , syrups , and pimento , imported into the British possessions in America f Act 14 Geo . 3 , cap . 88—Imposing certain daties on spirits imported into Canada ; Act 3 and 4 WilL 4 , cap . 59—Foi ' regulating the trade of the British possessions abroad ; shall cease and be repealed .
2 . That m lieu of the aforesaid duties there shall be payable upon gooJsi wares , and merchandise , not being the growth , production , or manufacture , of the United Kingdom , or of any of the British possessions in Amer ica , or of any of the British / possessions within the limits ef the East India Company ' s Charterj Imported or brought into any of the Baitish possessions in America or the Mauritius , by sea or inland carriage or navigation , the following duties , that is to > say : ¦ — ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' - ¦ '' ¦ ¦' . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . s d . Wheat the quarter ,. ; ......... 3 0 Wheat flour ... ......... the barrel of 196 lbs . 2 0 FJ 8 h , dried or salt 9 d ....... ; . thecwt ............... 2 0 Fish , pickled ........ the barrel ............ 4 0 Salted meat ..... ........... the cwt . ............... 3 0 Butter .............................. w ......... ... ; .... 8 Cheese .. 5 0
Coffee 5 . 0 Molasses . .. 3 Sugar , unrefined .......................................... 5 0 „ refined , in bond in the ) ,, t , . United Kingdom / 10 PW-cent ^ ^ orem Other foreign refined sugar 20 ^ , ^ Tea , unless imported . direct from China , or unless imported from the United Kingdom , , or from any of the Britiah possessions per pound ..... 1 0 Rum , Cd . per gallon . Other spirits , Is . per gallon . Wine , whether bottled or not , cotton manufactures , silk do ., linen do ., woblleri do ., leather d& , glass ' do . i paper do ., hardware , clocks and watches , manufactured tobacco , soap , corks , cordage , oakum , pitch , tor , and turpentine , seven per cent ad valorem . \
Oil , blubber , fins , and skins , the produce of creatures living in the sea , fifteen per cent , ad valorem . And ifanyofithe goods hereinbefore Y , meiitioned , except ; efined sugar , : and tea , shall be imported through Such goods shall tbe United Kingdom ( having only be charged been warehensed therein , and ) -with one moiety of being expo ted from the ware- the duties hereinhousej , or the duties thereon , before imposed , if there paid , having been drawn back / ... ; ..
And if in any of the British possessions in America or the Mauritius , any dnty be chargeable by any Colonial law upon any hTticles similar to the above , but being the growth , produce , or manufacture of the United Kingdom , or of the British possessions in America , or within tbelimit 8 of the East India . Company's Charter , beyond the daty ( if any ) chargeable by such C » 16 nlai law upon similar foreign articles—the hereinbeforementioned improved duty upon such foreign articles shall be increased by such excess or amount ( aa the case may be ) of the duties so chargeable by such colonial law upon similar British articles .
2 . And if in any of the British possessions in America or the Mauritius any duty be chargeable by any Colonial law upon tea iinported direct from ^ China , or imported from theUnitedKtugdom , or any of the British possessions beyond the duty \ i ( any ) chargeable by such Colonial law upon tea not bo imported—the hereinbefore-mentioned imperial duty upon tea not so imported shall be increased by such excess or amount fas the ease may be ) of the duties so chargeable by such colonial law npon tea imported direct from China , or imported from the United Kingdom , or from any of the Britiah possessions . . : ¦ :
3 . That from and after a day to be named so much ef the said act for regulating the trade of the British possessions abroad , as provides that any sort of craft , food , and victuals , except spirits , and any sort of clothing and implements or materials fit and necessary for the British fisheries in America ; imported into the place at , or from whence such fishery is carried on , shall be duty free , be repealed , except so far as regards the following articles : —( that is to say ) Salt meat , flour , butter , cheese , molasses , corkwood , cordage , " oakum ; pitch , tar , and turpentine , leather and leather-ware , and all sorts of fishing craft and bait , fishermen ' s clothing and hosiery ; which articles are only to be exempted from duty under bucB rules and regulations as shall be satisfactory to the principal officer of customs , that the articles are really and truly intended to bo applied to the purposes for which the same have been entered . : ¦ -. ''¦;•' . '¦ . ¦¦ ' " ¦ - ¦ ' - ¦ , ¦ ; - ¦ -.: - ¦ ' '¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -
4 . That from and after a day to be named , goods , the produce of the islands of Guernsey , Jersey , Alderney or Sark , when imported from such islands Into the British possessions in America or the Mauritius , shall be admitted to entry upon payment of the same duties as are payable upon tbe like goods , the produce or manufacture of the United Kingdom , or of any of the said possessions . ¦ ¦ _; ¦ ¦ ¦ : . ]" ¦ ' . : ¦ , !' -- ; ' - -- '¦' . '¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦'' . ;;¦ -:- : ' \¦¦ : . . : ¦ .: '¦ -: ' ¦ 5 . That the Chairman be instructed for leave to bring in a bill to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the trade of the British possessions abroad .
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SHORT PATENT SERMON . ( From the New York Mercury . ) At the request of the editor ofirthe Railway Herald , I will pteach on this occasion from the following text : —
If ye are honest , honourable men , Go ye and- ^ pay the Printer . Sly Hearers , —There are many seeming trifles in this world which you are apt to overlook , on account of their unimportance , the neglect of which has plunged thousands into the deepest mire of misery , and sunk their character into inextricable'degradation .. Among these ostensible trifles that of neglecting to pay our honest debts is the most common , and attended with the worst consequences . It takes off the silken fur from the fine threads ef feeling , creates a misanthropic coldness about the heart , skims off all the cream that may chance to rise upon the milk of generosity , and
makes man look aa savagely « n his brother man as does a dog upon one of his species , while engaged in the gratifying employment of eating his master ' s dinner . One debt begets another . I have always observed , that he who owes a man a dollar is sure to owe him a grudge , and he is always more ready to pay compound intereit on the latter than on th » fowner . Oh , my fiiends , to be over head and ears in love ia aa bad a predicament as a person ought to be in ; but to be so deeply in debt that you can't sleep at nights , without being haunted by the ghosts of some insatiate creditor , is enough to give a man the hydrophobia , make him bite a wheelbarrow , cause it to run mad , and create a general consternation among the lamp-posts .
My dear friends , the debt that alta heaviest on the conscience of a mortal—provided he has one—is the debt due to the printers . It presses harder upon one ' s bosom than the night mare , galls the soul , freta and chafes every ennobling sentiment , squeezes all the juice of fraternal sympathy from ; the heart , and leaves it drier than the surface of a roasted potato . A man who wrongs a printer eut of a single cent can never expect to enjoy comfort in this world , and may -well have doubts of finding happiness in the other . He will be sure to go down to the grave ere time ahall bedeck his brow with the silvery blossoms of age , and the green lsaves of hope will fell before ' the fresh bud of enjoyment has expanded . It ia true that the
mushrooms of peace may spring up during a short night of forgetfulness , but they will all wither under the scorching raya of remorse . How can you , my friends , ever have the wickednew and cruelty to cheat the printer when you consider how much he has done , and 1 b , every day , doing for you ? He has poured into the treasuries of your / minds some of the most valuable gifts that any thing short of a God can bestow —aye , riches which you would not part with for the possession of tbe whole world and a mortgage on a small room of heaven . With the keys of magic , as it were , he has opened the iron-cased doom of the human understanding—dispelled the darkness of ignorance , and lit up the lamps of knowledge and wisdom That mighty engine , the press , Is surreanded by a halo
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of . giory , and its effulgence extends all over the broad empire of the mind , illuminated the darkest avenues of the heart ; and yet the printer , the man who toils at the lever ef the sonl-enlightening instrument , is often robbed of his hard-earned bread by those whom he has delivered from mental bondage and placed in a paradise , to lay off and grow ; fat upon the fruits of his labours ! . ' . ' : ' - ' ,- ' :. '; - -. ' . ' v "• ¦ ' ' - ' ¦ " "' ' ¦ ' . ;¦ . ¦ '•^ . ¦ - ; Oh , you ungrateful sinners Jir you have hearts moistened with the dews of mercy , instead of g ' zzards filed with gtivel ; take heed what I say unto you . If there be one among you in the congregation whose accounts are not settled with the printer , go and adjust them immediately , and be able to hold up your heads in society like » giraffe ; be respected by the wise and the
good , free from the tortures of a guilty conscience , the mortification of repeated duns , and escape from falling into the clutches of these licensed thieves , the lawyers . If you are : honest and honourable men , you will go forthwith and pay the printer . You will not wait for the morrow , because there is no to-morrow ; it is bat a visionary receptacle for unredeemed promises ; an addled egg in the great neBt of the future ; the debtor ' s hope aud the creditor ' s cursa If you are dishonest , low-minded sons of Satan , I do not suppose you will ever pay the printer as long as you have no reputation to lose , no ckaracter to sustain , and n * morals to cultivate . But let me tell you , my friends , that if you don't do it ; your paths t » the tomb will be strewn with thorns , you will have to gather your daily food from brambles , your children will die of dysentery , arid you yourselves will never enjoy the blessings of health ! I
once called on a . sick ; person whom tbe di > ctors had given up as a gone case . I asked him if he had made his peace with hia Maker . He said he thouRht he had squared all up . ; I inqui / ed if he had forgiven all bis enemies . He replied yes . I thenabked him if he had made his peace with his printer . He hesitated for a moment , and then said , he believed he owed him Bome ^ thing like about two dollars and fifty cents , which he desired to have paid before he bid good-bye to the world . HU desire was immediately gratified , and from that moment he became convalescent . He is now living in the enjoyment of health and prosperity , at peace with hia own conscience , his God , and the world . Let this be an example for you , my friends . Patronise the printer , takotbe papers , pay them in advance , arid your days will be long upon the earth , and overflowing with the honey of happiness .
My hearers , pay all your debts , and keep an honourable reckoning with your fellow-men ; but , above all , keep paying , by daily instalments ; that everlasting debt of gratitude which you owe to Him from whom yeu have obtained the capital sufficient to begin the first transactions of life , so that when you come to balance accounts at the day of general settlement ; ill things may appear fair and above board . "So may it be . "
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SOUTHWAEK . TRIUMPH OF THE CHARTISTS . A public meeting of the electora and inhabitants of the Borough of Southwark , was held on Monday at the Town Hall , in the Borough , for tbe purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning Pailiaraent against Sir Robert Peel ' s new Corn Law scheme , and of addressing her Majesty on the subject . The meeting wafl called by the High Bailiff , in compliance with a requisition most numerously and repectably signed , which was presented to him immediately after the details of the Ministerial measure became known . ' . - ¦ , . ¦ . ' ¦ ¦' ¦ ' . ' , ¦ " . ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ - ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ '' '¦¦' ¦¦ . - .. ' ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ The High Bailiff , took the chair at one o ' clock .
The Chairman said , that having received a requisition , signed by upwards of 200 inhabitants of the Borough , he had felt it his duty to comply with the request ; and he trusted the meeting would give every one a fair hearing , and their resolutions could not fail to produce a great effect in the proper quarter . Mn Weston rose to move the first resolution . He bad declined to attend the last meeting on the subject , because Sir Robert Peel had stated that it was his intention to take tbe subject of the Corn Laws into hia most serious consideration , and to endeavour to devise some measure which should be satisfactory to all classes , under these circumstances , he had thought it but fair to Sir Robert Peel , to abstain from Interfering . Most of those who heard him were aware that he was more
in the habit of acting with the patty now in pow ^ r than with the othej party ; but he regarded the present as a most serious , as a most sacred cause— - '( cheer ' When they saw the constitution of tfee present House of Commons , they could not but be aware that they were banded together to support the present system , and that even if the Ministers wished to introduce any great alterations , it would nut be in their power to do so ; therefore , he had not anticipated any great relief from the Ministerial measure ,- but he had thonght ifc his duty to wait to hear what they had to say —( cheers . ) That ' house bad been elected by a combination of the landowners , with the owners of mortgages and he was sorry to say with the clergy —( cries of " Shame , " ehame , " )—who , from old
associations , from their desire to keep up their tithes , baa acted in a manner unbecoming ministers of the Christian religion . ( Hear , hear . ) ( Mr . Alderman Humphrey , M . P ., here entered the Hall , and was received with a lend burst of hisses , mingled with a few cheers . Order having been partially restored , through the intervention of Mr . Maynard , Mr . Weston proceeded . 1 Every oiroumstance showed the existence of a combination among the landowners on this subject . ( Mr . B Wood , M . P ., here entered the Hall , and was received with loud cheers . ) He was aware last summer that there was a prospect of but an iniiiffarent crop of wheat , but the Agricultural Associations had taken immense pains to circulate reports throughout the country that there was every prospect of an abundant harvest .
Thfiy had oircuiuted these reijnrbs ^ for < 4 w puipuoa 01 preventing corn from being admitted from abroad , and they had done so at a time when they must have known tbe crop to have been anything but abundant , ( Cheers . ) Did not all these facts go to prove the existence of a confederation of the landowners ? ( Loud cheers . ) Was it not most inconsistent on the part of the clergy to get up in their pulpits , and ofier prayers for fine weather , and next day give all their energies to support » law which prohibited their countrymen from benefiting bj the bounty of Almighty God ? The crop during the last season had turned out even worse than the most gloomy anticipators had expected . If it had not been for the distress that had prevailed , and still continued to prevail , and also for the consequence of that distress .
the small demand , the price of com would have , risen enormously high ; The fact was , the poor had been starved , and the price continued moderate . But for that circumstanoe corn would have been 15 s . or 20 s . per quaiter dearer than at present . Sir B . Peel iu introducing his measure , had admitted the great distress that pervaded the whole country . He also had admitted that distress was borne with the greatest patience by tbe people ; but yet ; bid he brought in a measure which would alleviate the prevailing distress ? No such thing . He brought in a measure which would merely secure something to the revenue and fox the benefit of the landed proprietor maintain corn at almost its usually high price . Sir It Peel had no right to take creait on his measure . He had been by no
means happy in the comparison which he had thought proper to institute between the Prussian people and the inhabitants of this country ; ( Cheers . ) Amongst the former there were but two classes , the mobility and their serfs . In England there were font or five different classes , and among many of whloh he would eyed call the subordinate classes , he wou ! d instance servants , more meat was eaten than by the nobles of Prussia —( hear , hear . )—It was ridiculous . It was a mockery —( cheers)—to seek to deceive the people thus , by arguments of which everybody must see the fallacy . Mr . Weston was then about to read an article on the sabject from Bell ' s Life in London , when ho was interrupted by loud cries of "Adjourn , adjourn to the Leather-market" . ¦ ' V ' -:. ,- ¦ ¦• ' - '"' . : -::. - - : ' : .. ; ' ¦ ¦ ' .
Mr . Hearne , amidst the greatest uproar and confqsion , intimated to the meeting that it was probable that another meeting would be held on the Bubject this evening , but that if they adjourned the pressnt one now , the petitions to the House of Commons would not be In time to be presented this evening . ( Cries of " Adjourn , " and much confusion , in the midst of which Mr . Maynard endeavoured to obtain a heariBg , but to no pnrposfi ) y v ¦ ¦ ' ¦\ - . . ' ¦ - ¦ : ; : ; '¦¦¦ ' ' " -: '; ' ' ¦•¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦' . ' v ' ^ -V : Mr . Touselet then advanced , and ; silence having been , in some measure , restored , said that the proposition of adjournment would be a very goed one If they had any place to adjourn to . ( Cries of v To tae Leather Market" As this was market-day it would be impossibie to adjeuru theae . ( Increased confusion )
Mr . Weston again c&meforward , and Bald that the Ministers , in introducing into her Majesty' speech , a paragraph , recommending the revision or the Cora Laws , did but off « r an insult to the dignity of her Majesty , who no doubt firmly believed the Ministers had really intended to legislate for the advantage of tbe people on the subject . ( Cheers , and loud cries of " AdjoutiXj adjourn . " )¦¦¦ : , Mr ; Weston then attempted to read the petition , but the tumult and confusion were so much increased it was impossible to hear a syllable . The persons who occupied the bedy of the Hail called oa the Chairman ,: f torn all directions , to adjourn , and several voices called on Alderman Humphrey to give themeeting ' tbeuse of a room in his premises to adjourn to ; This suggestion seemed t » meet with general approbation , and elicited loud cheers , mingled with cries of " Adjourn , adjourn . " V- t
Mr . Cooper then presented himself to themeeting ; and , silence having been partially restored , he stated that Alderman Humphrey had at once consented to accommodate the meeting With the use of part of -his premises in Montague-close . ( This announcement was received with lead and reiterated cheers . ) Mr . Alderman Hukphert then adyaaced to the front of { the platform and was warmly greeted ; he said he would with great pleamre give the meeting a room In his pzemises if they wished to adjourn there —( loud cheers)—and if they signified their wishes to do so , he would in five minutes have a platform or stage prepsjed for their accommodation . ( Vehement cheering ^ Sir . Maynakp agaia addressed the meeting , and urged- tke propriety of their retiring peaceably and quietly . They should meefc in hundreds and in thousands , and show their enemies that they had but one common object in view , and that was that they " were determined to be free . ( Cheers . )
The question of adjournment was then pat and carried by acclamation , and the meeting adjourned to Montague-close . " :
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THE ADJOUENED MEETING . : - The adjourned meeting was held in a room of one ' of Mr . Alderman Humpherey ' s warehouses , to which the High BaUiff and tha other gentlemen , proceeded in a body . They were joined here by several hundreds , who could have found no place in the Town Hati . But the room / though spacious , afforded id other respeoto bat very imperfect accommodation , either to the press or to the public ; and we regret to state that our report of the proceedings must therefore , be Very imperfect Mr . TyitLrAM Hawes begged to second the
adof-Mon of the petition to Parliament which had been moved by Mr . Weston , against the proposed measure of Sir Robert Peel , which the petition denounced as insufficient and utterly valueless . The Hen . Gentleman proceeded to say that Sir Robert Peel himself acknowledged that the measure would afford no adequate relief for the distress at present existing in the country . It would satisfy no" class—neither the landlords on the one hand , nor the people on the other and the Ministry who proposed so heartless and unavailing a measure , should * e driven by an indighunt people from the office which they filled bo unworthily / ( Cheers . )
Mr . RaINSLET , a Chartist , then addressed the meeting , condemning the Corn laws , but contending that it would be impossible to obtain a repeal of them , till the working classes were possessed of tbe franchise . He pointed out that the assistance of the working classes was necessary to enable them to carry their measures , and contended that the middle class , was not friendly to the labouring part of-the population . —( Cries of" Question , " Cfo on , " and grtjat confasioa ) Mr , Rainsley farther addressed the meeting to the same effect , bnt so great was the confusion that his observations were unheard except by those on the platform . He concluded by proposing an addition to the petition , asserting the adoption of the Peaple ' s Charter . :
Mr . Parker , a Chartist , said that Mr . Rainsley had prepared an addition to the petition , similar to the one moved on the last occasion . It then received 6 , 600 signatures from ; the borough of Southwark alone . They were now called on to petition the House of Commons not to pass Peel ' s Bill on the Corn Laws--tbat House which had treated them with so much contempt and contumely . It was useless to petition them , or to have anythingto do with so bad a lot ( Cries of "Question . " ) They would not destroy class legislation till the Charter was the law . of the land . The working man had as great astake in the country , and as great a right to the franchise , as any aristocrat , or landed proprietor or millocrat . ( Cries of " Shut up , " and " QueHtion . " ) Under the present system there was no hope . The people must havo the power of making their own laws . Thote would be no use in attempting to bolster up the falling Whigs , who had had power dating the
last ten years to repeal the Corn Laws if they bad honesty enough . . ( Cries of " Heajj hear , " and -interrupt'on . ) If the auti-Com Law party , then , were honest , they would join the . working millions of the country , and persevere until they had procured a democratic House 6 f Oomiiions , in which would be soon done away with those laws that pressed upon the food and indnstry of the people . Let net the Tories gull you as the Whigs did—( cheers and uproar . ) Let the present meeting do-ifes duty , and give a tone to all the future meetings of the country . Let the middle classes unite with the working classes , and they would soon have the elective franchise extended in favour of both , for the force of ' public , opinion . would be irresistible—( cheers . ) Then they would have a House in which the people would be fairly represented , and the bperativ 6 s would have , a fair day ' s wagesifor a fair day ' s work —( cheers . ) With these words he supported the motion —( cheers . ) ' - ' . ' - ' ' " ; . ¦ - ¦ ¦ .. ''¦ ' . ' ¦¦ '¦ . ' 0 " ' . ¦ ¦"¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' •¦ ¦¦ ¦ - .
Mr . Blackmore warned the operatives against the middle classes , who called for their assistance now because they wanted them to help in repealing the Corn Laws for their own benefit Would the working men now abandon the people ' s petition and the Charter ? ( Cheers frora tbp Chattiats . ) If they did , they would give the public , and the press -just reason to insult them . ( Hear , hear . ) . Let the working men remember that they never would get their rights either as regarded food , or anything else , until they had a share in retarninsr the Parlianieiitiy and » voice in making the laws . The anti * Corn Law party said to them , ¦ ' If you will help us to repeal the Corn Laws , we will help yoa to get the Suffirage . " But the operatives should answer , "Do you help us to get the suffrage first . "— - ( Cheers . ) It was no use to repeal the Corn Laws , unless the people were alJowed to exercise the power of a constituency— ( Uproar ^ y . ' . l -: ' -v- , ' ¦ ¦ ' ; - . ' ;' " "''" ' -7- : ¦¦ - ¦¦ " ¦ : ¦
Mr . Hearne uaid that the meeting was called for a specific purpose—to present a petition against tbe Corn Laws . ( Loud cheers . ) It had been said that the Chartist petition was signed by 5 , 600 ; but the petition they were met to adopt was signed by nearly three times that number . ( Cheers , and interruption . ) They should act like 1 sensible men . ( Hear , hear , and eonfusien . ) - ; ' ¦ .. - , ¦ - ' - ¦ ¦ ' - . Vr --1 ' . '' ''' -. ' . ¦ ¦ . " . ' ¦ ¦ ' . "' ¦¦ : ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ;;¦ .. ¦ . ' . ' . "¦ '¦ ' : ' ¦;¦ ¦ Mr . FEARets O'Connor then presented himself amidst loud cheers from the Chartists , and proceeded to say that he was surprised to find that when the proposer and seconder addressed the meeting in support of the petition , there were no signs of interruption ; but when the working vaen comrnenced to speak , they were met by cries of Question , question . ' * And yet
it was not their intention to come between the people and the Corn Laws , or to drive that measure from the House of Commons , but to dislodge Sir Robert Peel from his position—( cheers ) The quest ' on ¦ was , how they could best effect the repeal ; of those ; laws , and the adoption of the People's Charter , in the shortest time—( bear ; hear . )—He did not think the most effectual means to attain those ends would be to place the repeal of the Corn Laws before the Charter —( longcontinued cheerlng . l Did not the present constituency ociHl lubu rurtlnruout a gnati luajorltjr lu fitruUC Of UlO Corn Laws , and could their repeal be expected until the constituent body was enlarged—( cheers . ) Was there ever such a disproportion in the distribution of wealth as at present ; so much money in the hands of
one class , and so much poverty endured by the other ? ^( cheers . ) And ' was it not curions that the poverty should fail on the unrepresented , and all the wealth on those who were represented ?—( loud cheers . ) He ( Mr . O'Connor ) had lately fallen in with a cobbler , who told him a story about ' the Bishop of Exeter . ' * ¦ ' Well , Dinielj" said the Binhop , "I am informed you are a Chartist , and , let me tell you , that you cannot be a Chartfst without , being an infideL" * ' But , my Lord , " said Daniel , "I have got ten children , and you have got none , trad I want something to feedLthem . " ;• " Biit don't you know , " said his Lordship , '' that God does not send any mouths without at the same time giving food to fill them / ' "Tery true , my Lord , " Said Daniel , "but his good designs are thwarted by evil
men . How else , my Lord , could he have given me all the mouths and your Lordship all thai might fill them ?"—( great Uoghter . ) If at quarterrday , Sir Robert Peel , and his brothers in office , were to b ^^ refused theh * salary , itmight bring them to their senses ; and they would then , perhaps , think of the comforts of the working men . People had talked of the bad -agitation of Chartism . Let them show him ( Mr , O'Connor ) an instance in which the Chartists had refused patiently to listen to reason . The Whigs were originally opposed to them , but now the Whigs were opposed to themselves . Lord John Russell wished ; for an eight shillings duty , while Mr . Villiers went for a total repeal , and Sir Robert Peel came in at the end witti his slippery pigtail —( cheers and laughter . )
They , the Chartists , knew very well the character of the Whigs . They knew very well that the present agitation was merely got up to get them back into oflice—( long-continued cheering . ) . For seven years bad QM people petitioned the Whigs againafe those laws , andduring that time the Whigs told them that tine distress of the country was caused by fluctuations in commerce , attendant upon all great commercial nations But'when they got on the shady side of Downing-street , they said to them , the Chartists , " Do yon a similate your cause with ours , and let us get into offiee again . " When he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had gone to the Conference held last week , they told him that he could not be admitted without a ticket , and thus was he prevented from going to express the principles he held , and of advancing the
great cause to which he was pledged . One of the speakers ait " .- .. "the Conference had alluded to him ( Mr , O'Connor ) and said there was a persbri going about the country in a fustain jacket , while a black one would have suited bim better . He { Mr . O'Connor ) had ceme to that meeting in a black coat He never attacked a man behind his back . He called on the gentlemen of that Conference to name six . twelve , or eighteen of their number , and they ( the Chartiats ) would do the same , and meet them , and put the principles of each to the test—( lend cheers ) The Whigs had introduced the Reform Act , and that was to dp away with Toryism . That Act had been fully tried for ten years , and what was the consequences of it ? Why , it hod put a majority of Tories
of from sixty to ninety into the House "—{¦ voice , "It was you and your . party that put them there" )—( great uproar . ) The Tories had a property , which they considered the standard of the franchise ; and , solon ^ as another man's property entitled ; the elector to vote , so long would the prcaent state continue . The Charter would strike at the root of all this —/ great ; cheering . ) It would take the suffering from the people , fie hid sufficient confidence in the working classes to feel that should a famine come upon the land , they would bear the decrees of Providence with patience and submis sion—( cheers . ) Now , there was not a single artiele of luxury denied to the table of the wealthy , while every thing that was necessary to support life was taken from
the table of the poor man . This was not the wish of an all-dispensing ProvideBce-iflond cheers . ) The battle was now between the two extremes—tbe people and the aristocracy . The Whigs ; twelvemonths ago , promised them , household suffrage , ; and if they were since e , let them join the Chartists , and go for the whole Charter , and thus , for the first time , let t b Whigs and Chartists be nnited . let them all rnnite In this object , and then would they ^^ be wort hy of the name of BngUsnmen , and thus would etery poor man be prond to say of England , " This is my own , my natire lona . " ( Loud eheers . ) After thanking the High Bailiff for the pleasure , and the high honour conferred npon him , he was proud in supporting the amendment of the working man .
t The amendment , " That the National Petition , ot the _ CJiarter , should be adopted instead of that sabnutted to the meeting , " was then pnt and carried . .. A vote ef thanks was passed to the High Bailii ^ and the meet ing separated at haUP-past thret o ' oioefc
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THE HEALTH 1 AN . No . III . VoL 1 . London Strange , Paternoster Row ; Pavey , Holywellstreet , Strand . An exceedingly nsefnl penny periodical , devoted to £ he conaderation of bnman physiology , diet , and raimen , Tfith a view to the preservation of health and the prolongation of life . We have read this Jamber with considerable pleasure . Its articles display mnch of cool and rational discussion , and are SeU calculated to give a scientific knowledge of many tMngs necessary to be known , Withon troubling or annoying the nninitiated with techmcsOrties .
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THE PEOPLE ' S CHARTER ILLUSTRATED , i / l SERIES OF HISTORICAL ESSAYS . Dedicated , by permission , to Feargua O'Connor , Esq . Dumfries : Halliday . ~ So . I . This is the first number of a well-projected work , snd so far the execntion is not bad . Its glances at preceding epochs of democratic history are brief , bnt renerallv well pnt , and tbe accompanying reflec of bird view of British
Sons just . A sort ' s eye history is given in this number , in which the chief points are , as might have been expected , the Norman Conquest , and consequent abrogation of all democratic power ; Magna Chaita , the Commonwealth , the Restoration , and the Revolntion of 1688 , Futnre numbers are to continue the investigation , and to inelnde a comprehensive history of the present Chartist movement . The work altogether is one which should be in every Chartist ' s library .
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A PLAN FOR THE PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT OF THE LABOURING CLASSES WITHOUT INCREASING THE BURDENS OF TAXATION . London : Harvey and Darton , Gracechnrch-street . A well-meant little essay on colonisation principles . The author recommends the formation of county boards of directors , on a large scale , for obtainiiig , grant or purchase , large tracte of
colonial lands for the immediate employment and sustenance of all parties who might choose to emigrate ; and that "the sober and industrious , after a short period of service , should be entitled to an allotment of land , stocked with everything requisite to enable the tenant to obtain a comfortable livelihood , and for which a moderate rental should be charged , and the price fixed , and suitable time allowed him to purchase the fee simple . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 19, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct742/page/3/
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