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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY/FEBRUARY 19,1842.
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      { Continued from our Seventh page . ) HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tuesday , Fsb . 15 . Oa the presentation of a petition from Hull f ' the repeal of the Corn Law £ , by the M- - »« r Normal . a , „• • ^ Lord Brougham declared hi 3 o- . -. the only legitimate object cf ' * - ? 8 *? fc > tbtt while the yery worst mode of » - " . * 5 . VAon w « £ revenue , Us on food . He wa ? ' -f ^ fc rettfcne was by a duly on corn , but ^ * «« irom approYing a feed ^ V ) e He ^ lr - «« £ id not therefore like a sliding vv . ^ tnwns ¦ '¦ "t ^ > lOlr < i Ripoa a question respecting wWH «^* a were proposed to be added to those wh i . *< OT &ake the retnrns .

      ^ 4-trc r , itl of Uipox replied , that the object of ^ adic * those town was not from any disposition to lessen the averages , asd thereby esola ' de foreign corn , but to obtain the averages in a fairer manner . The Earl of Rad . vor considered that the proposed new sliding scale wonld be more stringent and oppressive than the present la ? r . Why , therefore , the measure "ha 4 been introduced he could not understand . Preserved turtle had been admitted by the Government daiy free . That fras a step i » the right direction . ; « . nd they mi ° at extend the application of the priaeipJe to corn . After seme conversation oa the topics-stated by the Earl-of Ripon , and one oe two otaertubjects ,

      Jjord Moteagle postponed bis motion respect ing \ hz ? icheqiier Bill Fraud until die 28 th . 5 ke $ Icu 5 c adjourned till Thuisd 37 .

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      3 BOTJSE OF C 0 MM 0 K 3 , Tbssdat , Feb . 15 . TFhe adjourned debate on the Corn Laws was l > egtn by Sir W , Cl * . y . Afler arguing in a low and inmdible voies upon the arithmetical parts of the care , he told the Government , that it would nst be ia their pow « r to make the arrangement they -ssught . for that the peopl 3 had now taken the subject into their own hands . Captain Haxjltos said , that the farmers in the district which he represented did not taink the Government measure adequate foi their protection . They approved the sliaing scale , but they thought that at the price of 55 s . the duty thonb hare bsen

      20 ? . The protection proposed by Gaverament was in his ora opinion sufficient for ths li ^ htj bat not for the heavy soils , and he preferred tLo scale of ¦ which Mr . Christopher had given notice . Bnt he felt that the ^ Govenimeni measure ought to be takenas a whole ; aad though he believed that hi 3 own constituents and those of most members mar him woald have been better pleased with z higher duty , He was persuaded that the loyalty of th ~ 3 agriculturists would induce them to considerable sacrifices for the public good . He intended , thereforej to support the resolutions cf Sir R . s ^ eel .

      Mr . Cshjdehs congratulated the country that the Minister had already been able to dispel" prejudices ¦ which had so long resisted the tfforts of their opponents . He himself wished to see & fixed duty , which he thought would make the supply more regular , and therefore the priceJmore equable ; but he wishea to see it chiefly because it would be-a step to a total repeal of dstpupon corn . That duty had this ^ ill effect among others , that it slackened the endeavours cf the agricclturists to bring the land to its upmost prodcetrveness . He hoped the time was coming when England , instead of trusting to Navigation Laws or'Corn Laws , would trust only to her own resources and energies .

      Captsin'Rous reminded his hearers of Lord Melbourne ' s declaration , that a man must be insane ¦ who Bought to repeal the duty oh corn . If the seasons were-fixed ^ he should think it reasonable to fix the duty ; bat not otherwise . He believed that Sir H . Peel in this measure had considered the interests of all classes eqaaTy . When gentlemen opposite expatiated on the advantage of cheapening a loaf by 2 i , ho-wished to ask them , was the 2 d . to go into the poor man ' s pocket or into theirs ? Was the

      object to lower wages ? He had observed that in all old -oonntries the people ' 3 wages were proportioned to the price of the food they lived on . Oa the continent , wliere food was cheap , wage 3 were low : in England , where faod was dear * wages were high . Genflemeu liked to draw parallels between this country -and America ; but did America pay her debts- ? "Was not her defalcation the primary cause of our present distress 1 Sir Robert Peel had only to pursue his present impartial course , and he might retain c . Sce as long as he pleassd .

      Mr . Wiluaiis was of opinion that the people had better pay a direct bounty of-20 s . per quarter to the landlords than continue the sliding scale . It increased the price of bread to the working classes ; but it produced still worse consequences by its daraHgement of the currency . He did not grudge the aristocracy their property ; bus they had no right to increase their properly by taxing the people . The people would not bear it ; and the aristocracy had better take warning by the fate of the same order in France .

      Mr . OfiMsnT Gore gave a calculation , to show how small a bnrden per head was imposed on the labouring ; classes by the existing Corn Law . He read extracts from a letter addressed to him by an operative cotton printer purporting that the Corn Lavrs had nothing to do with the distress of the working people , which was caused solely ^ by machinery . The nropasal Of Mr- Viliiprs for a . Into . ] repeal was a manly one , but the fixed duty was a deceitful suggestion . Mr . Ward argued , that according to Mr . 0 , Gore ' s own calculations . the tax levied by the slidissg scale amounted to £ 5 , 000 , 01 ) 0 sterling per annum . He complained of what he designated as the scandalous levity exhibited on the preceding night in Mr .

      Perraid ' s speech , and of the miscmeveus cheers with which that speech was received . He denied that . Lord John Russell had on this occasion proposed 8 ? . sb the amount of fixed duty ,- and , indeed , the time was passing a'svay when 8 s . would be an acceptable amount . It always happened , thai when the moderate concessions asked at first were met by a refusal , much larger concessions were uluniateJy demanded and obta-. ned . The new proposal " of Government Trent ia reality upon the principle ef prohibition , and relinquished no protection but what experience showed to be inoperative , and therefore ostles ? . It merely avoided a vra ^ te of power and an nuaecessary odium . -He must confess , however , that he liked the reduction of duty from 8 s . to nothing , as proposed by Sir R . Peel , better than the reduction from the same point as proposed by Lord John , who certainly had hsre fallen into a trap , and most

      get out of ii as he could . He then entered upon tne subject of general distress , and urged the impossibility that the people could continue to endnre the incubus cf this corn daty , illustrating his view more particularly from the saiFermgs of Sheffield . Sheffield , indeed , had obtained somo relief from its trade with Canada ; but ev n this relief would be withdrawn if < 5 > vernaaent persisted in the plan of a 3 s . dntv en the importation of corn into Canada from the * Uait < d Slates , ¦ —and , by the way , why a fixed duty in Canaca , and a sliding Ecale in England ! He did not ascribe the distress to over production , nor to jjint-stock bank issues , bat to the want of power of consumption . Moderate men would gladly have accepted any real concession ; but this proposal disappointed everybody , and the flimsy pretext of disinterestedness on the part of its supporters was seen through . _ .

      ...... Sir E . Ksatchscix observed that the tax on the ptople , which Dr . Bowring had the night before estimated at . £ 50 , 000 , 000 , was kow pat by Mr . Ward at only jSS . OOOjOOO . He contended that Lord John ' s speech , iu introducing his amendment , had given the Ho ^ Ee to understand that 3 » . was the fixed duty he meant to recommend . Sir E . Knatchbull declared bis ctrn concurrence in the doctrine of a fixed duty , provided it were possible to maintain such a duty in titae 3 of Ecarcity ; but i * could not be then maintained ; and if once removed , it would fee gone for ever . He certainly would not himself have concurred in Sir R , Peel ' s plan if he had not believed it to furnish jast aud full protectien to the la-aded interests , and security to them for their

      station in the community . The agriculturists , a few years ago , had been distressed ; but they had not therefore asked relief at the expense of other classes of society . It now fhe relief soughs by the repeal party were granted , the poorer lauds must atonce be thrown cut of enhivation . He had idt it his d « ty , however , to consider this subject with refer ence to the interests , not of the agriculturists alone , but of all classes ; and he was happy to find tha ; his eonstrtaents concurred with him , and vrexe prepared to support the plan now proposed . After correcting an important error in ope of the statements of Dr . Bowring , and holding it up as a warning againrt carele » s assertion , be cited the authority of Mr . Huskisson and other competent judges ia favour of a protection upon agricnlture .

      Dr . Eojfrisg explained , and said thst he had himself taken the earliest opportunity of oorrectiog hia own mistake . Mr . Labqechbre said , that Sir E . Knatchbull had always been an advocate of high protection , and now , as a Minister of the Crown , bad fully maintained hi 3 old opinions . Sir E . Knatchboll had stated the object of the proposed measure to b « the maintenance of tks landlerds in their station ; but the object onght to hare been the . interest of the people at lar ^ e . The question now to be considered was , waetbeT , on aa average , Esgland grew corn enough fox her own consumption . He showed , in

      figures , taat thi 3 was not her position , and that she was annually importing larger and larger quantities of foreign corn for her still increasing pooulation . Ireland was no longer able to supply the deficiency ; she consumed mare whea * hereelf ihaa heretofore , and applied more of her land , whh larger profit , to grazing . He would admit that the proposed plan had some merits : it diminished wbas vrera called the jnmpr , and it would prcbably yield some increase of revenue ; but Ivcid not give to great iattrests any benefit which irade it worth while to alter the law at all . The proposed addition of -155 towns , chiefly in agricultural districts , must iaTe tome efiec ia lowering tie adYeriised

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      averages ; and a for * „ ,-, t j j in thTsame direct - "" effect would be produced officers appoiV - <» t > 7 the change in the class of tion in tb- - ^ * ° *« & « returns . The dimmawoul ' -- > averages from all the new arrangements , v - probably be not less than 5 s . Fluctuations ^ the price of food might be great in other countries , bat the extensive trade and geaeral circumstances of England ought to protect her from such vicissitudes . In general , a duty should bear bott ^ proportion to the value of the article charged r ^ it ; but fee sliding scale prodaced ania ^ erse , ^^ o between price and duty . Under a different , system , he believed that London would becom ^ a great depot in the corn trade , to the great advantage of British shipping . He did not mean , b ^ voting against the Government measure , to go tbo length of declaring himself in favour of a total Vepeal of duty . He

      knaw that many VJections . -were tirged against a fixed duty ; but * t leatit we had not , as m the case of the Blidinj ; scale , an actual'experience of its intfficacy . Mr , Huskisson ' s authority was adverse to the principle of the present and proposed Corn Law ; and Loed Stanley some years Binee had expre ?^ ed his taTonrable opinion of the fixed duty , provided it ^ were practicable . It had been said that at > high "prices the fixed doty could not be maintained- ; * ut if it were remitted , the remission would benefit only the speculator and corn-holder ; and as soon as this should be understood , all clamour for such remission would cease . He did not know -whether the policy of Government in other matters was to be more liberal than in this . If it were not , all would be alike delusive ; but if it were more liberal , there would be a suspicion that the want of liberality on the Corn Law was owing to the superior power of the parties interested .

      Sir E . Kkatchkdel explained , that he had not spoken of preserving the station of the landlords as a particular class , but of maintaining the whole agricultural interest ; and this only in consistency with the welfare of other classes . Sir James Gra . ium said , that the agitation of this question lad been begun by the late Government and it then became impossible for their successors to avoid dealing with it . This measure was produced by Mitisters as the lowest duty which could be taken consistently with the dne protection of the agriculturalists . The fixed duty would not have conciliated the parties opposite ; to have adopted it would have been , in Lord John Russell ' s language , to disturb without settling . After his own

      experience , he had no faith in finality , he would never again recommend a concession larger than he thought jest , in the hop * that it would be conclusive . What ha now tendered was . in his opinion , equitable for the consumer on the one hand , and the producer on the other . He quoted from Lord J . Russell ' s historical work , a passage showing that the principles of free trade must be controlled by certain exceptions in the case of certain interests . Lord John had himself , in Lord Grey ' s Government , supported the sliding scale . The scale had been -called slippery ; but there seemed to be some lubricity even in the fixed cuty ; for the Noble Lord himself had proposed on the preceding night to relax it . It had been put by him last summer at 8 s . ; but to night the House was told that 8 j . was no longer the amount patronised by him . In answer to . the citation of Mr .

      Huskissoa ' s opinion upon the existing Com Law , Sir Jas . Graham read a pas ? age from a speech of that statesman in 1828 , absolutely rejecting the Bcheme of a fixed duty . He next entered into calculations to show at what prices foreign corn would come into competition with British , and to evince the advantage conferred upon the consumer under the proposed scale ; after which h . 8 recurred to the inconvenience of the opposite plan , when high prices should call for remission of duties . The parties interested directly or indirectly in the culture of the land wer « , he observed , a majority of the whole people . He then quoted official reports , setting iorth the operation of machinery in producing goods , and displacing labour , and concluded by a shoit recapitulation . The debate was then adjourned . Wednesday , Feb . \ Glh .

      The debate was again resumed , and , after a long talk , the House divided , when there appeared—For the original motion 349 For the amendment 226 Majority against the motion of Lord John Russell 123

      The Northern Star Saturday/February 19,1842.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY / FEBRUARY 19 , 1842 .

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      " WAGES OF LABOUR AND 'EXTENSIONS ' OF COMMERCE . " Is the Northern Siar of Saturday , Jaauary 15 tb , we gave , in an article under the above head , the statements of a gentleman respecting the condition of the manufacturers and work-people forty years ago , in the districts around Nottingham . Sutton-in-Ashfidd , and Mansfield , the great seats of our lace and hosiery manufactvaes . The gentleman who furnished us with the statements in question , had been extensively engaged as a manufacturer

      in the town of Mansfield . He knew the business fivu " iki-otwd -to needta "; h&A hiu fyea open to the Eystem of trade we have been pursuing ; saw the causes which have operated to produce a state of things the most horrible and unparalleled ; and h « enabled -us to show , clearly , the progress of our whole commercial system , from that healthful state when all connected with it were well-to-do , down to the trashy productions , the race run by th-1 manufacturers in ruinons competition , and the end as evidenced in the present prostrate condition of both employer and employed .

      The main ponion of this article was recently extracted into the Nottingham Review , after the Editor had gravely rebuked U 3 for what he designates the " fierce onslaughts we have lately made upon machinery , attributing to it the distresses of the country . " The charge thu 3 parroted forth , as to our attacking machinery , needs no farther notice from us here , than just to refer the reader and the Review to the article in the Siar of Saturday week . There it is sufficiently met , and set at rest . After the Editor has given the whole of the statements of the gentleman referred to above , and the observations with which they were accompanied , he thus discourses : —

      " We admit there is a great deal of truth ra this extract [ the article from the Northern Star' ] ; . but we hold that it is mixed with no inconsiderable portion of error . An extension of trade must be a good . I ; is asked , who has bencfitted by the system 1 We acknowledge it is not the master , or the workman , or the consumer , or the wf arer ; nor can we see any ' great raoiiali&t that has gained by it . It is not so in the hosiery trade , for many of the grta * est houses engaged in it 30 or iO years a * o were ruined . Those who are calling out for an extension of trade in the hosiery branch , are not great capitalists , or little

      capitalists , but the workmen , because many of them feel and know to their sorrow , that trade 13 so' narrowed down , ' that there is none left for them ; their frames , in which they worked , are standing still ; they are idiefor want of trr . s extension of trade ; beoause the trade has failed , and thtre is no demand for the produce of their industry in the market , many of the hands are , this inclement day , at work on Nottingham Forest , with a spade or a pick axe , digging a hole , or exterminating the roots of a gorae bush . These want a revival , an extension of trade , for they know that this would make them more comfortable than they are now . "

      Let the reader ponder well over the above luminosity ! It is one of the most splendtcious " ** pieces of writing" it has ever been our fata to meet with ! And this is one of your " be > t possible public instructors , " ye advocates of "free trade" and " extensions of commerce'" ! Hear the sage . "An extension of trade must be a good . " So says the Nottingham Free Trade Re view 1 The italics are his own . too . " Extension of trade must be a good . " Why " must , " Mr . Wisdom ! Where does the " mutt" come from ? Harkee , poor numskull ! "Must . " an extension of

      a bad trade be " agood" ! What a fool it is Hear him further— * Who has btnefitted by the [ presem J system ! Not the master , er the workman , or the consumer , or the wearer ; " and yet an extension of trade , which benefits none of these parties , " must be a good ! " So sets forth the Nottingham Review , the H best possible public instructor" on free trade and u extension" doctrines He got * on : " Nor can we see any * great «» pitalist' that has gained by it . " Then it is *• good " for nobody , nor nothing ! Bat did Mr .

      Dulbkrhead ever hear of a London " capitalist , " who once was a shoe-black , and is nowraised to be a M . P from the immense sums he has scraped together by his " slaughter-house" practices ! Has this man not benefited by the trade which bas reduced all others concerned in it to beggary ? Bas he had notbisg to do with the lace and hosiery business of Nottingham and its neighbourhooa ? When the poor maker was compelled to sell , was he not n a'iy to buy , at his men price ? Has not he " chopped'' ? And have sot theso means raised him to be one of our is-

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      Jators ; one w , fao is ready to yote for an " extension " of that system which has already been of such " good' *' whim ! ^ The , conclusion of the Review , that the wokkmkn "¦ FVant a revival , an extension of trade ; for they enow that this would make them more comfortable than they are now , " is a worthy match for his sequiter , that " an extension of trade must be a good , " the trade they have been engaged in having benefitted neither the workmen nor their employers , nor the wearers of the goods they have produced . And yet an " extension" of it " would make them more comfortable than they are now" ! ! !

      The " writer" then proceeds to say : — " We muFt enter our protest against , teaching the people that maohinery is the pause of the evils of the community , for it is notorious , that there has been very little new machinery for the making of stockings . The stocking frame is Ecarcely altered since its first invention . Thirty or forty years a&o , tehen good prices «« rc given for the making of hose , there was a brisk demand for them ; new frames were made , the number of hands employed in the manufacture was increased ; almost every framework-knitter brought up his children to tho trade , and even their daughters and their wives wrought in

      the frame . During the war the price of food was high ; the passing of the Corn Law , in 1815 , made it higher still ' , and tho framework knitter , in order that he might live as comfortably as before , worked more hours , by which means the hosiery market became overstocked , and reduction after reduction followed , so that wages became lower and lower , the masters being willing to make , so long as they could sell , and in order to sell , they reduced the wages . Had they not done so , the alternative would have been , that the frames must have stood years ago . and the distress would have come at an earlier period . "

      Was there ever seen , upon the face of the earth before , so strange a jumble of words and muddincss as this ! And these are the teachings of " an Editor" These are the lessons of one of England ' s " best possible public instructors" ! one of the freetraders ; one of the school who alone know the philosophy of Trade , Commerce , and Economy ! Let us pit a working man against this Editor ; a real working man ; not one of the Morning Chronicle eort—who does not know what he ia taking about : and let us see what this working man has to say about "no new machinery for the making of stockings "; and about ¦• ¦ the high price of food during the war , and after 1815 , making it necessary for the framework-knitter to work longer hours , that he might live as comfortably as before . " Let us see what a man who has toiled in " the

      frame" ; who has experience to guide him in what he says ; let us hear what this man , although not " a writer " , has to say to Nottingham ' s "best possible public instructor" : — Sis , —In the Nottingham Review of last week I perceived a sort of an attack on an article which appeared in tee Northern Star the week preceding , on the eubject of machinery . Some of the remarks of the Editor concern the framework-knitfrng trade , and from them I have quoted the following : — " Thirty or forty years ago prices were high , and there ¦ was a brisk demand for hosiery goods ; new frames

      were made ; the number of hands employed in the manufacture wis increased . During the war the price of goods ran high ; the passing of the Corn Bill , in 1815 , made it still higher ; and the framework-knitter , in order to live as comfortably as before , werked more hours , by which means the hosiery market became overstocked , and reduction after reduction followed , so that -wages became lower and lower , the master being willing to make so long as they could sell , and in order to sell they reduced wage * . Had they not done so the alternative would have been that the frames would have stood still yean ago , and the distress come on at an earlier period .

      " Now , Sir , this u not the truth . I am of opinion that ' cheap production * has ruined the stockingmaker , as well as the handlootu-weaver , and the cottonspinner . I believe it was not in consequence of ' the high price of food' that framework-knitters were obliged to work more hours ; but in consequence , of * improvement' (? J in the manufacture of hosiery goods , and competition amongst the manufacturers . " Soon after the time alluded to by the Editor , the jack-ticklar machine was introduced into the manufacture of stockings ; previous to this , " shammies '' were made by the hand . The iuvention superseded the former m » de of making " shammies . " The race of

      competitien then begoo . Hosiery goods were produced in greater quantitiep . ' Shammies' were made faster and cheaper ; and tho ' plain hands' were obliged to work more hours , because they could not earn near so much money as they formerly could on fancy work . Still there was a market ; and , as ' cheap production ' was now the order of the day , to supply that market , % ew and wider frames were made , to make two stock * ings at once ; then three at once ! and now we have frames making four and five stockings at once l' Cotton svubkiuvB are muting ut tfie present time in Nottingham , at the low price of fonrteen pence per dozen pairs < and silk stockings at six shillings per dozen pairs !

      " Will any reasonable man say that it is no injury to the trade to make twenty dozen of cotton stockings for the same money aa was paid for one dtzen thirty years ago ? : " Silk gloves at that time were twelve shillings per dozen at the warehouse ; but at the present time they are only five ehillinga and threepence per deswn 1 This is in consequence of ' improvements' (?) in the making Silk gloves were made one at once thirty years ago , and fingered frc m the same frame . Now they are made two hands at once ! and figured on the backs with a machine ; and fingered from another frame , si * at once—a machine laying all the threads at once , which threads were formerly laid by the band ! When this '

      improvement' was made , there was a market found for the extra quantity produced , for a time ; perhaps on account of the cheapness of the article : bnt when the manufacturers found that silk gleves had become tha fashiun , they began to endeavour to outstrip each other in the race of competition , The warp frame was set to work in the making of gloves ; and now they are made for little more than the price of the silk i The markets are glutted ; and the plain silk glove hands forced to subsist on less than half work eight months of the year . "You are , perhaps , already aware , that the bobbinnetmachine , or what is called the twist-machine , has

      nearly supersedes the making of cushion-lace . When this machine was first invented the workmen got enormous wages , six or seven pounds per week .. Some , 1 believe , got as much as ten pounds from narrow machines- Now , the narrow machines are all done away with ! machines four times their width being worked by steam ; and I believe 2 am speaking the truth when I say , that the same quantity of lace which was paid £ b fur twenty years ago , is hot paid one shilling for at the present time ! 11 At that time females could earn from twelve to fifteen shillings per week at embroidering the lace ; but now the machine dees the greatest portion of this work !

      " The invention of embroidering the lace in the frame bas reduced to poverty and wretchedness thoueanda of industrious females who formerly : ived comfoiUbly and respectafe y by their trade . Will any sane man say that a repeal of the Corn Laws would remedy this ? I am of opinion that a repeal of the Com Laws would not remedy the evils attendant on our present system of trade . They are attributable to class legislation , and the all grasping avarice of the manufacturers , who have deprived the poor of the means of subsistence ; and they cow foolishly talk to us workmen of an ' extension of commerce , ' as the means of getting us out of the situation they have brought us to I If they bad the markets of the whole world , they would , on their present system , Boon overstock them ; and then have to open a communication with the moon , in order to find out a fresh market , to relieve us from our farther difficulties .

      " Sir , yoa may be already in possession of the statements herein contained ; if not , you may do as you like with this ; I shall not be offended if you do not notice them . Jonathan Barbeb , Framework-knitter . Now , what can "the Editor" of the Review sa . y to this ! What can he urge in support of his muddy reasoning , and in controvertion of the facts

      adduced by hit Reviewer 1 Is not the tale told by the "framework-knitter , " something more like truth , than the hodge-podge of " the Editor" ! At all events , the working man is consistent with himself . He does . not say and unsay in a breath . He does not contradict the first seatence by the Becond ; and the eeoond by the next . His tale ia straightforward and hangs together . How far " the Editor ' s" does so , the reader has Been from what has been given , and will see from what follows . The Review thus

      continueth : — . ' "We contend , that could the workman have obtained his food at a less price , he would have worked fewer hours , the over-production would not have been so great , and the supply being not more than equal to the demand , the trade would have been in a healthy state . We contend that the cause of distress is not in machinery , but in the high price of provisions , and principally in those absurd laws which prevent the English merchant and manufacturer from bartering the produce of the machine and the frame for corn and beef from any country or climate in the world . - And even were it not so ; could h now be demonstrated teat machinery had been the cause of the evils under which the nation labours , the destruction of that machinery would not help us :

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      were the earth to open this morning and swallow every , frame ia Nottinghamshire , the misery and distress would be vastly inoreased rather than diminished . The poor man knows , notwithstanding his education has been neglected , and his knowledge is contracted , yet this hei knows , that his , only hopei is in machinery—that this is the instrument with which the British mechanic oan , by ; his skill and industry , cope with the whole world . AH ho asks is a clear stage and tto favour : he seeks , justly for : the abrogation of those laws which prevent him from taking his skill and industry to the best market , and which compel him to buy his food at twice the price for which other countries would gladly supply him . "

      We havb noticed this senseless emanationi of the Mupdle-Head of NottiDgham » niainiy becaase it auords us an opportunity of exposing one of the grossest of the fali aciesi of the Corn Law Repealers ; one which they have in constant use . Comp lain of the abuses of ' machinery ; Bhow the operations of 'j ne present system of commerce ; point to the f ;« , ct that as that commerce has increased , in exact ratio have tho heurs of labour inorea ^ ed , and Wages decreased ; poiut to the other fact that had we not been so

      commerce-mad as we have been , bufc hava rather declined it , letting it seek us , instead of us seeking it ; that had we kept oh as we once were , making good articles of clothing , instead of trash ; maintaining good wages by maintaining good prices , and maintaining io ^ A by giving the workman his share of the benefits of maohinery in decreased labour ; fostering and keeping up a good home trade , instead of running over the Whole world to find a naked back on a shoeless foot , we should have been in a

      fardifferent situation from that we find ourselves in : point to these things , and you are instantly met with the cryv" It ' s all the effect of our dear food . '' "If We-had our food cheap , we should be all right . " " The his ; h price of food compels us to act as we do . " " The cause of distress is not in machinery , or in our commerce , but in the high price of provisions . " These are the parrot phrases that meet you at every turn . Let us examine what they are worth .

      " Thirty or forty years ago , " quoth " the writer " of Nottingham , when good prices were given for the making of hose , there was a brisk demand for them . " Exactly so ! When good prices were given 'for the making of hose , - . tiie workman couId afford to make them . ' and he could also afford , with hia good wages , to purchase some of tho hose when made , and enough of flour , and meal , and beef , and bacon for himself aad his family . Exactly so , Mr . Review '; " thirty or forty year 3 ago , when good

      pricbs were given for the making of hose , there was a brisk demand" for all these other articles of trade . Why is there not that brisk demand now ? Why is not the framework-knitter of the present day able to buy some of the stockings he has made , and the same plenty of flour and beef that he did thirty or forty years ago ? Why is he not able to do so mow , Mr . Riview , or Mr . Free Trader ? "O ! the high prices of food prevents him . " Daesit ? Then food is as high now , or higher , than it was thirty or forty years ago ! " To ^ e sure , it is : higher . ''

      Thus , then , we get fairly into the question . Now , what are the facts ? The average price of a quarter of wheat ; and wheat is the best standard of prices that can be taken ; it'goverhs all the rest ; the average price , then , of a quarter of wheat forty years ago , when " good prices were given for the making of hose " and all other descriptions of manufactures ; the average price of a quarter of wheat then , was 83 s . That is to say , the average price of wheat for the ten yeara from 1799 to 1809 , was 883 . the qaarter . V" ' :. : ¦¦ , \ ¦ ' ' ¦' - The average price of wheat , for tho seven years ending Christmas 1841 , as set forth in the returns just published in pursuance of the Act 6 and 7 Wm . IV ., is 58 s . 6 d . per quarter !! 11 !

      The " highp ) ice" of food : in 1841 , with wheat at 58 s . 6 d . per quarter , causes the labouring man to have less of provisions , nay , even to starve for want of them ; when he could purchase in 1800 enough and to spare , though wheat was then 83 d , per quarter !! I Ay , indeed ^ it is the "high price" of food , in one sense , that has occasioned this ! But not the relative nominal price . iThe nominal price showsa » reduotionof 24 s . 6 d . tha uarter : that is to say , wheat was 24 ? . 6 d . the quarter cheaper in 1841 than in IflOO . But the mea . vs of the labourer to

      purchase it in 1841 had gone ! The " g ood price given for the making of hose" waa no longer given 1 Wheat was dear , and high-priced , though 24 s . 6 d . per quarter cheaper , because the workman had not wherewithal to purchase it . It was dear to the workman : it was cheap to the man of fixed income : for he could , in 1841 j make his money go / nearly half as far again in the purchase of provisions , as he could in 1860 ! The pensioner and the Binecurist , and the official with a fixed salary , and the anuitant , and the dividend-ondebt-receiver have not to complain of the " high

      price" of food ; for the ' : £ 100 they received in 1800 was worth nearly £ 150 to them in 1841 . That ia to say , any of these parties of fixed incomes , received ia 1841 nearly £ 150 worth of provisions for their £ 100 , as estimated by the price of wheat in 1800 , ' These parties have clearly benefitted hf the fall in prices of produce ! Who else' has benefitted Has the workman ? Has the master } Has the wearer of articles of manufacture ! No , says the Nottingham Review . And yet , the Sappy proposes , as a remedy for the present state of things , a measure which will reduce prices and wages still

      lower ; and , by consequence , again add to the value of these fixed incomes ' . ! The men with fixed incomes out of the taxes , are no mean number We raised ^ £ 53 , 000 , 000 of money last year in taxes ; and , nearly the whole of this enormous amount ; an amount exceeding by £ 2 , 000 , 000 the whole of our foreign trade for that fame year ; nearly the whole of this monstrous sum is applied to the paying of pensioners , allowances , deadweight , sinecures , grants , salaries , dividends , and annuities . Reduce the price of food , and you add to the value of these incomes ! la fact you add

      to their amount—and to the amount of your taxation !! Taxes are fixed money amounts . They do not rise or fall with theprices of produce ; -but they have to be raised from p > oduce . It is unnecessary to say that we do nut iu England grow the " precious metals , " as they are termed ; nor do we find " money" spiingi % up spontaneously from the soil . But we do grow wheat and- rye , and barley ^ aud beans , and beef , and mutton , and wool ; and we produce woollens , and cottons , and stockings , and hats , and shoes : and it is out of the things we produce ; it is out of the things that our labour make to be ; it is out of these , that the taxes are taken I or , to speak more

      correctly , perhaps , it is so much of these as answers to the amount of money in the current prices of the day , that is taken from the producersas taxes . The taking may be circuitous ; . it may . be and is indirect ; it inay bo and is unseen ; : but still it is a taking , and a taking frotn the producer . Let the producer cease to produce ; let the land cease to be cultivated by labour ; let the mills cease to teem out their now endless streams of manufactured wealth ; let labour stand idle , and we should soon £ ee that the taxes and a great many other things vrould cease to be paid J We should then eoon discover where they came from ! We should find out who paid them 1

      Taxes , then , and indeed all other heaps of wealth , however accumulated together , come from labour . The labour of the country pays the taxes , pays the rente , pays the profits , pays the per centages , and we were going to Eay , pays the wages ; but these latter have mainly to go unpaid . But the taxes are not a certain fixed amount or quantity of labour , any more than rents - % re . Both are fixed amounts of monty ; or ^^ rather such amounts or quantities of labour . as amswer to fixed ameunts of money . Let us iliuBtratc . In 1800 , wheat sold for 833 ; the quarter . Xu 1 Ij 41 , wheat Bold for 58 .-. ; ' -Cd ; the quarter . It is clear that the- £ 53 , 00 b , i . Q 0 oi taxes raised ia 1841 would hare purchased & « oi

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      wheat in 1800 , when the price was 83 s . the quarter , tain it wonldia 1841 , when the price was 583 . ^ . 1 * ^ other wotda , the farmer in 1841 would hayeto ^ nearly half as much again produce as his r ^ aj : e of the taxes ^ as he bad to give in 1800 . 4 ^ ^ th the producer of hats and stockings , a ^ ^ pther articles . Prices of all these have ^^^ . dVby con ^ sequence , more 0 / each has i- ^ giyen ^ the taxgatherer than had former ^ ^ be giTen ; Ev - m in the prices of articl ^ ^ produoa entaiI upon for the

      ^ the producer more ^^ r tax ^ ater ' a use , as long as the sa ^ ^^ of taxes , - , valued iCinoney , are raised ! This must be plainly apparent ^ There can ^ e T ^ o gainsaying it . . ; ^ . aai then is it , in reality , that the advpeitos of Extension / of Commerce '' propDsel A reduction iii theprices of food ; and , by consequence , a reduction in the prices of all other artiolea of produce . Thia involves an increase t ! iF taxation in the exact

      ratio that prices of produce are reduced ! ¦ Wh atever may be that reduction , whether one-fourth , one-third , or one-half ; just so much more labour will have to be given by the labourer to the taxeater . And this will causo the labourer to have " cheap food" ! Out upon ye , ye varlets ! ye know better !/ ; '' ; , ' . ' ¦¦ - . /¦ ;; ::: ' ' :. ; ¦¦ • " j \ ¦"¦"' Were the measure of " Extension" to pa-33 , and were it to effect a reduction in prices of one-fourth ^ that reduction would cause ns to have to give to the taxeaters , produce ( valued at our present prices , ) to the amount of £ 66 , 000 , 000 annually , instead of £ 53 , 000 , 000 . ;• - . If the measure effected a reduction of

      onethird in prices , we should have t ) give produce to the amount of £ 70 , 000 , 000 for taxes , instead ot £ 53 , 000 ^ 000 !! Should the reduction amount to one-half upon the present prices , we should be taxed to the tune of £ 79 ^ 000 , 000 annually instead of £ 53 , 000 , 090 . !•! ! O ! rare " cheap food" ! Famous aad " cheap " for the tax-eater ! famous and " cheap" foi the mon With fixed incomes ! famous and " cheap" for the pensioner , the salaried drones , the dead-weight

      men , the half-pay men , the annuitants , and the debtdividend recipients ! Famous and "cheap" for these parties ; but how " cheap" for the people ? How " cheap" will it be to the producer , already bowed down to the earth with taxation ; how " cheap " will it be to him , when he has more of his labour to give to the tax-eater than he gives now ? How " cheap" will it be to the workman , who ha 3 to produce more before he can touch for himself ? We should like to see Sappy try to answer these questions .

      No wonder that the means of the working people to purchase food and clothing are gone ! Every reduction in tho prioe of produce has been accompanied by a more than corresponding reduction m the wages of labour ; and every reduction in both of these has enhanced the real amount of taxation upon the producer !! He has , in every instance , had more to produce to pay the tax-eater , before he oould put one mouthful of whaihe produced into his oWn stomach Thus have his wages decreased and his taxes increased . And yet our fools of manufactarers are not content with what has already been done in this way I They want more of it . ' ! They seek for further reduction in prices and wages , and for increased taxation ! .

      In 1841 , the nominal amount of taxation raised from the producers of wealth , was , as has been before Btated , £ 53 , 000 , 000 . But the beai . amount 61 taxes } that is to say , the amount of produce taken to pay the taxes , when valuedin the prices of 1800 , was £ 75 , 000 , 000 ! ! ! Isthere any Wonder that the means of purchasing food are gone ! Let the labourer and the shopkeeper and the manufacturer ponder over these facts . Let them look into the question of high and low prices . Let them get seme little below the surface ; let them dive into it in all its bearings ; and we fancy they will come to a far

      different conclusion from that Which the * ' great" manufacturers have arrived at ; that another reduction of prices and wages , and an increase : of taxation will be a good ! They will see that common justice points , out that before any steps be taken that will reduce the prices of produce and the wages of labour , an equitabIe adjustment must be come to with the tax-eater , and the fuud-lord . Bare , naked , common justice points out this as the very first step ! If the Corn Law Repealers are prepared to entertain and grapple with this ; question , they shall have < o \ tr aid : if they do not do it ; or

      if they are not willing to dp so ^ every , obstacle that we can throw in their way , to prevent them from giving more of the labour of the workman to the taxeatersV shall be so thrown J These ^ are ' the partiesi ; who are Bucking the little marrowleft in the bones of the working people out of them ; and wo are not iuolined to join those who are for giving them greater- hold !! > ; Equitable adjustmbnt , master millowners ; and then for a JRepeal of the Corn Laws . Here are the terms of union , if you please ; agree upon them ; ratify the bargain ; and then at it we go to get power to do both the one and the other ! What say youj Messrs . the milloWners !

      Iquitablb Adjustment : this is imperatively needed . If the taxes ^ n 184 1 had been adjusted only to the prices of produce in 1841 , as compared with tho prices in 1800 , though the amount of these taxes is ten times more than ought to be raised ; but if the taxes in 1841 had been adjusted to the prices of produce , we should onl y have had raised from us the sum of £ 37 , 000 , 000 instead of £ 53 1000 OGO !!! Adjustment is needed !

      We have not done with this sabject ; We are in possession of some strange information as to the attempt of a Mr . Heard , of Nottingham ( one of a recent deputation to Sir Robert Peel , to press upon him an-. alteration-, in the Corn Laws ) , to furr ther reduce the . wages of labour paid to his framework knitters ! We are in posseHsion of the tables or scales of wages promulgated by the masters themselves , for a considerable period passed . These tables we shall endeavour to use , in proof of our positions upon this question of questions ; and we shall also have something to say of and concerning Mr . tiEAUD , the anti-Corn L aw ^ deputy , who is trying to preparehiniself to meet the " new cirpumstances" 0 / the labourers by reducing their wages 7 Mr . Heakd has begun toa soon ! He has let the cat out ! He Bhould have waited a wee ! 1

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      THE NEW CORN BILL DEBATE . Tub reader will see that we have given at considerable lerigth the "debate , " as it is called , that has been had in the " House" on the new Corn Bill . Whether a perusal of it will repay the trouble , is for every one who takes that trouble to say : but there the " wise sayings" are , for him to read and refleot upon ! - One thing is certain ; the new Corn Bill will pass into law * This is acknowledged by the Morning Chronicle , the organ of ^^ the Leaguers ; and all the bluster and vapouring ef the anti-Corn Law gentry oat of doors will not prevent it . ; Theni where is the use of it X Ths feet is , Peel for the present is safe with his majority in the CommonB ,

      and his whole House of Lords . He will carry his measure : and this will show the trading © lasses ^ that , ifthey want to grapple with the landed interest the must join the people for the CHABfEi . Will they do / this now ? Or will they waijt and eee whether Pjsei . has aaything ; more insulting in etore for them t In either case we shall be gatiBfied . We know they ean do no good either for themselves or the people with the House constituted as it is - , sad wo have long been busied preparing the people generally with this belief , and for the course of action / resulting from such be ] ief > If the trading classes ohopse to join the people ' s movementj well and good . If not , the people will go on , tend do without them !

      The Chronicle of Monday ^ ays : ^ - ' ¦¦ . ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦/¦ - M Sir BobertPeePs Corn Bill does not appear likely to lead immediately to any serious division in his party , or to break up his Goverament . The Duke of Buckingham s retirement turns out , as we always supposed ; it , a mere part of the Ministerial arrange-

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      jiont for carrying it : the sincerity : of Colonel Sibthorp ' s opposition will ba neutralised by his absurdity ; and Mr . Christopher's amendnacnt only , suggests tons anotion that , fired by the Duke of Buckingham's example , he thinkia that he may-get a garter , or something that it M as yalaabw to him as a garter , out of the crisis , byputtirig himself at the head of the squires , and delivering them into the hands of Peel . With some half dosMn exceptions ; the helpless squires will growl and succumb ; and Sir Robert will carry his Bill / and retain office . We should grieve if we thought it Would turn out otherwise ? ' : ' ¦ ' : ' . : . ' " ¦ ; ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ - ¦¦' : ¦ . ¦' . ' ¦ : ¦ - : ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' y- ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦

      There is comfort for the Corn Law Repealers Maugrb all their antics , "Sir Robebt . wiU carry his Bill , and retain office ! " So says the Chronicle And he says also he should grieve if ho "thought it would turn p « t otherwise . " What will the "freetraders" think now of their pet organ i Hasn « t he driven them to a pretty market 1 . . ;¦; . :., ;/¦; One speech in this debate we cannot but call especial attention to ; the speech of Mr . Bcsfield Ferrahd . His style of oratory , for " that House , ' * is new . There is a great ambunt of tbuth in it ; and it is plainly told .

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      The O'Connor TRiuMPHAt Car , ——Those friends who are-desirous of obtaining a chance for this splendidcarmustforwardtheir subscription /' sixr pence J immediately to W . Cordevx , 26 , Mickle ~ gatei as but very few chances remain unsold The lottery will be drawn on Tuesday , the first of ¦ March . ¦ ¦¦ . y . [ . - . ' : '¦¦ ¦/ -. /¦ ¦ ¦; .. : . -: " ' T . M . Wheeler , London correspondent of the Northern Star , would feel obliged by parties wishing his attendance at any meetings to inform him thereof < at his residence , ! . Mills Buildings ^ Knightsbndge . As this is too often , neglected , and he is left to hear of them by chancey by so doing disappointment will be prevented . Joan Williams , wife of Zephaniah Williams , re' . ¦¦¦ ' ¦ turns her warmest thanks to the female Chartists of Selby for their kind favour .

      J . B . Smith . —We think he and his friends take a very short sighted view of the matter . The charges 0 * '" treason" to all honesty } of public pnnciple urged by various parries against Mr . ' K . J . Richardson are by no .. means matters appertaining to * ' that gentleman ' s private movementsLand business , ' ' nor have they any reference to " indiscretion in the advocacy of Chartist princi p les . " They are clear and distinct charges of as black treachery as any man can be guilty of . Mr . Richardson is a public man ; he is the editor of a professedly Chartist newspaper ; he has had some influence with the people ;—if the charges against him be trite he is a villain , against whom it is necessary for jhe

      people to be cautioned : if they be fake they are wicked and malicious slanders , which it is right that an opportunity should be given him to meet and reply to . We have long offered him thai opportunity , and we offer it him now throughihe same medium which promulgated the charges . He has hitherto declined to meet them ; and we have little expectation tlutthe will meet them now . There can be no mistake about this matter—Mr * Richardson is either a very ill used man , or a scoundrel : we earnestly wish to believe him the former ; but until he shall have met and replied fairly to the charges of Joseph TAnney , James Wood , Paul Fairctough , Samuel Chamberlain Henry Nuttall , James Wheeleri James Harrison

      James Leach , Thomas Dames , George MilcheU , , and Robert Gray , wemusl and shall believe him v the latter . ¦ . ¦"¦ .- ¦; , - ' : ' " ' V ; V / ' /; - : \ . : ' . ¦ : " - .: ¦ - " '¦ ¦ . A Woolwich Cadet .--TF « do noirecoVect receiving the letter a fortnight ago ; of which ' ¦ 'he speaks . We are sorry to be compelled to omit his present favour . The present Parliamentary Session is ' mie of some importance to the people , and during its sitting we shall be compelled to omtt all corresy ppndence . ¦ '¦' : / : ¦ . ¦ ' '¦ . ¦ : ''' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ! ! What one Maw can PO . — -One solitary Chartist , a . working man , living at Sheerness , having obtained a few petition heads , and a sheet has , by his own exertions at evenings after ' his workteas " .. done , procured two hundred signaturestinfive ¦

      ¦ . ' ' nights . He has sent for more sheets and petition heads . We commend his example to the attention of all Chartists . ¦' : / W . B . —Memorialise the Postmaster-General . - Robert Walker , Staindrop . — -Send them as they are , by all means . Never mind how much sullied they are , they will be as clean as the hands then are logo into . v ; Belfast Chartists . — We are sorry to refuse them ; , but we cannot just now spare so much space as their long letter would occupy . Edward Clayton . —The point in his letter is one to ¦ which the Star has been continually directing the attention of its readers , and of which we shall certainly not permit them to lose sight . We : have - •" . ' ' . not room at present for hisletter .

      , A Lover OF Truth . —When he calls fornames . and . " addresses should give his own . We advise him to send his question to Mr . Edward Baines , of the Leeds Mercury , whowillj toe have no doubt , have great pleasure in answering < him . Charles Mahndbh . —We know of no remedy . He may memorialise the Postmaster-General ; but we fear He will be little better for that . Geoege Julian H / &ne + has received Is . 9 d . from the Chartistsof Ecclesfuldfor the Convention . . Several unpaid lettjbrs have been returned to the yPosiOffice . :- / .. "¦/ ' : ' / : '/; - . .. ¦• ;/ ?/ 1 SISH UNIVBRSAL SUFFRAGE ASSQCIATIOH . —E . Fi Dempsey begs leave to inform Mr . Cameron that Air . Stevenson delivered the two bundles of Northern Stars , and was paid three shillings for ¦

      the carnage . / Some Friends at Mold , in Flintshire , desire ' . to know if any Welch Chartist publieatiQns are to be bought . ; / / v J . B ., Belpcr , may communicate with Mr . O'Connor . ,- at this office . \/ John Maekham . —With the liberty allowed in his present note the address and reply shall appear . P . Anderson - — -The correspondence he has sent would make nearly six columns in the Star . We cannot devote so much space to it . ' John Grady . —Before we insert his notice , we must / know his reason for wishing t ^ Halifax — -Allcommunieatiohs for the ensuing year ¦ to be directed to Joseph Thornton , Barum-top . Mb . T . B . Smith returns his thanks to his friends at Holbeck for their kind token of remembrance , and

      hopes in a little time to be again . amongst them . J , CtE , aVE has received a Subscription from Blooms buiy Charter- Association—For Mr . Holberry 2 s . 6 d . ; for Mre . Frost , 2 s . ; and for Mrs . Roberts , of Birmingham , 2 s . F « r Mrs . Frost— -Wto . Hnmpbrey , Lambeth , 2 » . 6 d . ; A . iteck , « ittb , 1 ? . ; — Vernon , ditto , If . ; ( 3 . Sarking , Walwortb , la . -. . ¦ ...

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      Hull . —The Shareholders in Hull are requested to call at > Ir R . Lunuy ' s , 25 , Mytonaate , on Wednesday evening nexs , the 27 th of February , at aeyea o ' clock , aud produce their Scrip . Y J . Stein , Alva— All Will be encloaed . 'Macclesfield . —Thomas Cotterill , sub-Secretary to the N&tienal Charter Association , M iddlewieb , - desires the sub-Secretary at Maccksfleld to send him his address , in order that he may communicate / ' with him . / .-.: i ; y - : / ...-,: ; ; - ' - . ¦ / ;;; : .: - G . lARKIN , WAiLWORTH . —Na M . Burns , Dujidee . —The Plates were sent to Hull . ' . ' . . three weeks ago . / . . "' "¦ - . ; ' ¦ : ¦ : - ' - .. ' /¦¦' - . ¦ "'¦ : ¦ '¦ ¦' . :

      FOR THE EXECUTIVE . ' ¦ ' : " - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - ' . ¦ ' ¦ ,. - ¦/ - -- /¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ :. - ' :- £ .-: •* d . From an old Radical , Hull ... ... „ Wm Stanfleld , Mill-br idge ( Pinder ' s 1 Blacking ) ... ... 0 0 8 „ Fisher ami . Co ., rule-makers , Hull ... ... ; -: ; .-. ; ., •; - .. 0 '' 3 > 2 : FOR THE CONVENTION . Frem an old Radical , Hull ... ... 0 5 8 ^ a hater of Whip anrt ToryTUnanies at Qs 8 eit Conmion .,. 0 2 6 /» ; f « iur frieuda of Chartism , at Horbaryi .. ... .,. ; ... 0 2 O

      FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . From G . tarkin , Walwottb ... ... 0 0 6 FOR MRS . FBOST—THE MWHIG-MADE WIDOW . * From a hater of Whfg and Tory VillanlesatOflatttCovnmoB ... e 2 6 „ four frisnda of Ckartiem , at Hortmry .. ^ . - .. - ... ' . : ¦ . .. ; ... 0 2 0 : ¦ „ y . ' t , few friends at Bamber Bridge , per W . Liddle .. ; . . ^ . . i . # 9 0 ^ Stoke , per J . Llresey ... 18 * . - ^ T . Starkey ... 2 « '¦ : ' - .- > . ..- : , ; / ¦ . * -, ; . ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ¦ :. , -: ¦ . ¦• ¦¦ r ' , - # ' -: * .: r -:

      : : FOR P . M . K'ppUALX . From a hater of Whig and Tory Villaniea at ( C ^ sett Common / ... 2 M four frienda of ChartistB , at Horbnry ... / ... ^ ... # 2 :. „ W . B . Pedley , CambecweU , Xondoh ... i .. ; .. ... 0 0 6 .- V ' - : :: :-. y .-. -: ' * OR HH 8 . JONES . : . ' /; - - '; ; - ; From the Females of Perth ... ... 0 5 0

      ; Scarborough.—Mr. Jpepber Preached Hero On

      ; Scarborough . —Mr . jPepber preached hero on

      ounday . I he usual mee ing was held on Mpuday . Tho people ^^ are ^ looking auxiously lor O ' ConiiOf Many Corn Law repeaitr are declarina ; for the Charter , aieappointed vyith Peel's banumjf . / ^ Warrington . —At a great public nxeetius held o Monday , to denounce Feel ' s Corn Law Meksurti , ai 3 d deniaud a total repeal , the Chartists mustertti aud carried the usual amendment with a tremendous majority .: ' ; : ' "; ' ' , / ¦ ' " : ¦ ¦ ¦ ; . " - ' / . :-

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 19, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1149/page/4/