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      A JUNCTION OF THETIXED AND SLIDING DUTY THE BEST MODE OF HEGULATING THE ADMISSION OF FOREIGN CORN . KnaresboroDgb : Wilson . . - A very modest and unpretending pamphlet npon Corn Law tactics , in which the writer contends for the same principle which has to a certain extent been adopted by Sir Eobert Peel , as ihe basis of the . new Ministerial scheme . THE EE ALTHIAN . No . III . Vol . 1 . London : Strange , Paternoster Row ; Pavey , HolywelJstreet . Strand .

      An exceedingly useful penny periodical , devoted to &e consideration of human physiology , diet , and regimen , with a view to the preservation of health and the prolongation of life . We have read this numberwith considerable pleasure , its articles display much of cool and mional discussion , and are well calculated to give a scientific knowledge of many things necessary to be known , without troubling or annoying the uninitiated with technicalities . THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER ILLUSTRATED , IN A SERIES OF HISTORICAL ESSAYS . Dedicated , by permission , to Fear ^ us O'Connor , Eiq . Dumfries : Halliday . No . I .

      This , is the first namber of a well-projected work , and 5 a far the execution is not bad . Its glances at preceding epochs of democratic history arc brief , but * encrailv well put , and the accompanying reflection .- j"it . A sort of bird ' s eye view of British history is given in this number , in which the chief poiiir ? " are , as mieht hare been expected , the Norman Conquest , and consequent abrogation of all democrat : ? power ; Magna Charta , the Commonwealth , the Restoration , and the Revolution of 16 B 8 . Future numb-. rs are to continue the investigation , and to include a comprehensive history of the present Chartist movement . The work altogether is one which should be in every Chartist ' s library .

      A PL AN FOR THE PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT OF THE LABOURING CLASSES WITHOUT INCREASING THE BURDENS OF TAXATION . London : Harvey and Darton , Graeechureh-itreet . A well-meant little essay on colonisation principles . The author recommends the formation of coun" y boards of directors , on a large scale , for obtainms . by grant or purchase , large tracts 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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      Cl » A" 5 rTON . —Appoj > -tmext . —The Honourable the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes have appointed Mr . James Jagger , of Clayton , near Bradford , Inspector of the hawker ' s licences . CrliASGOWi—Paxe > t Irox Masox . —A machine , under this name ( for which a patent has just been taken out . ) is about to be erected in one of Hr . Nelson ' s quarries , at Woodside , Glasgow . The stones go into the machine rough as they come ont of the quarrymen ' s pick , and come out polished ashlar on the surface , and cut paralleled and sqnare on the sides , fully prepared for the builder , and this

      at an expence of not more than a fourth of work £ ona by the hand . Tne present machine is calculated to do the work of two hundred and fifty men , reckoning only six hours' work out of every ten . The machine has been constructed by Messrs . P . "W . M'Oaie and Co ., engineers , Scotland-street , Tradeston ; the design and arrangements being the ¦ work of Mr . P . M'Onie , of that firm . We understand that the machine , with the experimenting and patents , has cost £ 1 , 000 , although new machines of the same size can now be made for one third of that sum , and smaller ones proportionately cheaper . — Practical Mechanic .

      MANCHESTER . —Signs of the times . — On ilonday evening there was a large concourse assembled at the New Cross , bearing banners , accompanied by an effigy representing Sir Robert Peel , which they publicly barns amid the shouts of the thousands of spectators ; and while doing this they Were EOfc interrupted by the authorities . Indeed there needed none , because after they had committed Peel to ths flames they retired peaceably . STOCXFOBT . —There are thousands out . of -employment here : wretchedness , poverty , privation , and want , with their concomitant evils , have been 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 sanctified mask of charity for the starving poor , have Eub-cribed a little towards doling out bread , &c , snfneient to keep body and soul together , — these gentlemen have had a meeting at which they agreed to have a general reduction , and ar < j now carryiDg their designs into execution , taking as much a 3 seven shillings from the dressers , and the other hands in the different departments of work in the same ratio , throughout the mills . By this reduction they will take more money out of circulation , injure the home market , depreciate the value of cottage property , ruin the shopkeepers and publicans , raise the rates , increase crime , and drive more out of the country .

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      A Tsiflisg Task , or How to Obta > - a Holidat . —The little party had scarcely commenced their labours , when Mr . Parley entered the room with a smiling countenance , and carrying a chess-board under his arm . " I have prevailed on your mamma , " he observed , " to excuse your customary studies this morning , on one condition only f and a joyous expression of triumphant inquiry , which-seemed to say , * NamB it , and it is complied with , " lit np the faces of the children as he continued : "that condition is the performance of an iBteresting little exercise , in ¦ which 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 , doublirg the number of grains on each succeeding white square until the whole thrriy-Vn'o be disposed of—when that merry task is completed , you may devote the time left on your hands t 3 any kind of amusement you prefer . " — " Oh , thank you , thank yon papa ! " exclaimed the little girls , as Mr . Parley retired . " That will be easily done , " said Henry rubbing his hands in great glee . " Aye , " added Jaue , " we shall soon finish this morning ' s task . ' — " I wish we had such a one every day , " said Emily . a 111 run and get some wheat , " sa : d Henry . * Do , " resumed Jane ; youil get plenty of old "Winierion : he storea it np for the fowls . Enuiy

      and I will place the grains upon the square ? , as Edward counts them out . "— " Aye ,-get the wheat , Henry , and that shall be your portion of the task . Away ran Henry ; the little girls in the meantime were busilv engaged in arranging how they should speiad tbe time they calculated upon havirg at their own disposal thai morning , but Edward remained silent , apparentiv engaged in calculations of another description " : and when Henry returned with his cap full , Jane and Emily laughed heartily at the siiperSuGus quantitj . The liiils fellow remarked , that he thought it was as well to have enough . li I am much mistaken , " said Edward , if you havenot to go for two or three moTe cap . ' ulsyet . sisterswho

      This increased the merriment of the , : began , however , to place the grains upon the several : square ? , and Henry ran off for another freight . On < his return wrh another brimming capful , they burst- j into renewed laughter , when Mr . and Mrs . ParJey ^ eEtered the room to inquire the cause of this noisy , eapTm ^ t . Emily replied , that Edward had been playisg off a practical joke on Henry , by sending j him for ten times more wheat than they wanted . u Wty , " continued the little girl , « it would take us all day to count that heap of grain !"— " Y es , | sa : d , Edward , smiling , and regarding his parents significantly , "bui I donbt whether three or iovi days would suffice to do what papa requires . Jane

      and Henry stared with incredulous amazement at their parent 3 , as locking for tlieir confirmation or rejection of this seemingly extravagant estimate , but Mr . Parley merely observed , that ia all undertakings it was advisable to con-Eider well the difficulties of accomplishment . 1 trust , " he added , " that this little incident , when you -are acquainted with its simp le details , will teach you to Mnk-mti . show you what insan 3 projects are sometimes preferred , from the want of reflection , to those which are recommended by the prudent exercise of deliberate adoption . But even after what Tnn V . n ^ o niurimuil in TiTftrtf of its impracticability ,

      you will , I think , still be astonished to learn , tnat the task you undertook with such pleased alacrity , wonld demand more wheat than the whole United Kingdom could produce in any single harvest , the grains of which , of course , you could not count in a hundred years ; and , had I included the blacK squares of the board , making the number only sixtyfour , the whole world , since the creation , Has not produced wheat enougn to comply with the conditions ! " This declaration excited most bewildering Surprise , and Mr . Parley added , " A clearly defined motive should actuate us in all we say and ^ all we do ; otherwise , we involve ourselves in confusion ; and motives cannot be said to be defined unless they be regulated by due preparation for theobtacles thai lie in . the way . —Parky"t Penny Library .

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      New-Life . — " Hundreds who have kept their beds for years hav « been so speedily re-invigorated with an infusion of new blood , and consequently of new life and strength , by the use of Parr 3 Life Pills , that their re-appearance amongst their fellow beings , who had long given them up as incurable , is looked npon as the greatest of the many great wonders of this miraculous age . Their unsolicited testimony , witnessed by gentlemen of high reputation , may be obtained of any agent for this highly-prized medicine ' ' Ameeica . —The packet-ship Columbus , Captain C « le , arrived at Liverpool on F riday forenoon . By her we have papers to the 15 th ult . 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 & teller of the Bank were the only witnesses examined : they produced books , papers , &c . At the conclusion of the examination , the Recorder stated it as his firm belief , thai 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 Cowperthwaite , Thomas Dunlay , and John Andrews , eaeh in the sum of 10 , 000 dollars , iu two sureties , to appear at the Court of General Sessions , to answer the charges brought against them by Aubtin Montgomery , i hat is , for a conspiracy toToband cheat the stockholders of the United States Bank .

      Cir . cinnati had been the scene of an alarming riot . In that city , it appears , there are sevei-al of what are called " shin-plaster" institutions , or rather individual responsibility banks , which , Jike all the baiiks in the United State 3 , issued paper largely . By a recent decision of ihe Ohio Court , the notes of these and all other unauthorizsd banks were declared illegal and uucellectable bylaw . As the amount of paper which these banks had put into circulation wa 3 large , the Miama Exporting Company made an assigam-nt of its effects on the evening of tho 10 th ult ., and the Bank of 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 tbe vaults , stoie some specie and bank-note 3 , as well as notes for companies which had t « en redeemtd , and destroyed every ihiug tbey 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 save the property of the banks . A few milnary were hastiiy collected ; they fired among tLe 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 runs made upon them , which wero promptly met . The runs were nol renewed on the 22 : h ult . Sir Charles Bagot arrived at Kingston on the lOih ult . The United States ship Peacock , one of the vessels of the exploring expedition , waa lost off the mouth of the Columbia river on the 18 ; h of Julv . Her officers and crew were saved .

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      MANCHESTER .. —A public meeting wa 3 held at the nail of Science , Campfield , on Wednesday evening , at which resolutions were submitted on the case of Charles Southwell , now confined ia 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 , " That in the opinion of this meeting true morality and the general interest aud happiness of the nation would be promoted by the freest possible expression of opinion upon all subjects , and that justice is sacrificed , whenever fines and imprisonments are imposed for speaking or publishing any opinions whatever . " Seconds by Mr . Tillmau , and carried without a dissentient . Mr . Cooper moved the 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 , cither by prosecution , or by the imposition of taxes on knowledge , neglect 3 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 rights of opinion . " Seconded by a person in the Hall , and carr ied 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 Meetlvg . —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 tbe noise , confusion , and repeated cries of adjourn , the Mayor who occupied the chair was compelled to adjourn to S : ephenson ' s-square , where upwards of four thousand persons assembled , when they were addressed by a number of the middle-class and working men , every one acknowledging Universal Suffrage 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 for 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 catted upon the members to take all constitutional means of stopping the supplies . Another was in favour of the suffiage a 3 explained in the Charter , but instead of makingit 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 respect they are very much mistaken . Although the Chartists are pleased to see them come out for the Suffrage and the Ballot , they will never join iu any agitation that does not go tor the whole Charter . Mr . John Bailey , Chartist lecturer , moved a vote of thank 3 to the Ch a irman 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 a > d the Leagce . —The Chartist town 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 soon as it was known by the gentlemen assembled that they had entered , and there was a large number , they simultaneously rose and greeted the deputation with loud cheers . The Chartists informed them that however much they might feel pleased that they were coming out for Universal Suffrage and the Ballot , they would not make any compromise , and argued that if they wished their tupport they must come out for the five point 3 . In order that there should be no opposition at * the metting on Tuesday , it was mutually agreed that a large meeting should beheld on Thursday , for the purpose oi properly discussing the subject fairly and impartially .

      Rebf £ e >' -street . —A highly respectable meeting of the Chartists belonging to thi 3 district was held on Sunday evening last to hear Air . Brophy , of -DnbliiL . The room was crowded to excess , Mr . M&rray 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 Btrong appeal to his countrymen , and created a strong impression that nothing Bhort of the principles contained in the People ' s Charter can ever ameliorate the condition ot" 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 , and cheers for old Ireland and the Chartists , when the meeting

      seperated . L ' ectcse . On Sunday evening , Mr . William Beesley being in this town on business connected withthe 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 anstocraoy , the middle class , and the parsons came in for a = evere and well-merited castigation . Mr . Gnfiin moved a vote of thanks to the lectnrer 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 other matters of detail

      of secret voting , and such as may be necessary to the honest and practical working of the principle ? , condemn the same as servile , vague , shuffling , delusive , and unsatisfactory to the Chartists , and unworthy of their sapport , an 4 co-operation ; and this meeting farther conceives that it has been done for the express purn *» of strengthening their own agitation for a repeal of the Com Laws , and not from any desire to obtain liberty for the industrious millions . We , therefore take this the earliest opportunity of again declaring , that we shall not be led astray by any olajytrap , but , on the contrary , pledge ourselves to st' . ck to the Charter , and agitate for nothing less . The time is gone by when-even either the one par ty or the other might expect us to stake the least c ompromise—taking into consideration what our ler . ders have suffered from the factions . Were we to finch from our integrity ,

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      the ghost of ft Shell , a Clayton—the' spirits and sufferings of Ffosi , Williams , and Jones would cont-nually haunt oar wicked and cowardly consciences ; the five hundred patriots who have nobly fought the battle , who have suffered j ) ersecution , prosecution ] imprisonment , and proscription , and have sprung from their dungeons , entered the field again , and proved themselves as firm and determined ae before , would conclude that we did not deserve our liberty nor men to struggle for as . We will , therefore , before we join the Whigs or the Corn Law repealers , mase them swallow the whole hog , snout , bristles and all . " The meeting carried it with loud cheers , gave a vote of thanks to the Chairman , and dispersed highly delighted . Yobk-sxbebt . —Mr . Tillman lectured here on Friday .

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      TOWNS PROPOSED FOR THE NEW CORN LAW RETURNS . The following ia the list of towns , from which it is proposed that the returns of the quantities and prices of various descriptions of com sold shall be made to the comptroller of corn returns , in order to determine the general average prices , ¦ whereby the rates ef duty shall be governed : — Noti—The towns marked if ) are those from which returns have not hitherto been obtained . Cheshire . —Cheater , Nantwich , Middlewich , Fonham Ends , ¦ f-Congleton , Knuisford , f-. Macclesfield , fStockport .- " . ¦ -. Lancaster Liverpool , Ulvtrston , Lancaster , Preston , Wigan . Warrington , Manchester , Bolton , + A 8 hton-under-Lyne , fBlackbura , + Bury , fOldham , fOrmskirk , fRocbdale . DERBY . —Darby , fBakewell , + Chestetfleld . Nutti . ngham . — Nottingham , Newark , f Mansfield , + Retford ,+ Worksop .

      Leicester . —Leicester . Loughborough , + Hmckley , fLotterworth , + Market Harbro " , fMelton Mowbray . Northampton . — Northampton , fPeterborougb , fDaventry , fOundlc . Wakwickshikf . —Coventry , Birmingham , fColes hill , Dunchurcb , fStratford-on-Avon , fWarwick . Worcester . — Woroester , fBromsgrove , fDroitwicb , fDudley , f Kiddenuimter , + 3 tourbridge , fStourpait Gloucester . —Gloucester , CIrencester , TettuTy , Stow-on-the-Would , Tewkesbury , f Cheltenham , ¦ J-Dnrsley , North Leach , " } -Stroud . SOMERSETSHIRE . —BristoJ , Taunton , Wells , Bridgewater , Froaie , Chard , -f-Bath , -fYeovil . Monmouthshire . —Monmouth , Abergavenny , Chepstow , Pontypool , ^ Newport . Devonshire .- —Exeter , Bamstaple , Plymouth , Totnes , Tavisteck , Kinijsbridge , fAshbnrten , fAxminster , fSouthnioIton , fOakhampton , frirerton .

      Cornwall . — Truro , Bodmin , Launceston , Redrutb , Helston , St Austell , tFalmoutb , + Penzance . Dorsetshire . —Blandford , Bridport , Dorchester , Sherborne , Shaftesbury , Wareham , fToole , fWeymonth . Hampshire . —Winchester , Andover , Bssingstoke . Fareham , Havant , Newport , Ringwood , Southampton , Portsmouth , -J-Christchurch . Rutland . —fOatham , + Uppingham . Hereford . —fflereford , + Leominster , fRose . Shropshire . — + Shrev » sbury , f-Bridgenorth , -f-Elmsmere , -f-Ludlow , + Newport , + Oswestry , + Wellington , + W unlock , + Whitchurch . Wiltshire— + Bradford ,+ Swindon , fChippenham , fDevizes , + SdlisDary , filaiborough , fTroabridge , Warminster .

      Staffordshire .- —fStaff » rd , + Burton-on-Trent , f LJchfield , + NewcasOe-under-Lyme , + Stowe , + Taniworth , j-UtUxtter , "f-Walsall , ¦ f Wolverhampton . Middlesex . —London , Uxbridge . Hertfordshire . Hertford , Roytton , } BiBhop Stortford , fSt . Alban ' s , fWare , fTring , fWatford . Surrey . —Goildford , fCroydon , fKlngston , fByegate . Essex—Chelmsford , Colchester , Romford , ¦} Chipping Ongar , fEpping , fMaldon , fSaffron Walden . Kent . —M » idstone , Canterbury , Dartford , f Bromley , tChatham or Rochester , fDover , tGravesend , fRoinney jSevenoaks , t Tunbridge ttown ) . Sussex . Chichester , Lewes , Bye , f Brighton , ¦ fHorsbam , J-Petwortb . Bedford . — Bedford , + Biggle * wade , f-Donstable . Berkshire . —Windsor , Reading , f&bingdon , + Farringdon , ^ Maidenhead , -J-Newbnry . f Wflllingford .

      Bucks , —Aylesbury , J-Beaconsfield , + Buckingh * m , "fr High Wycombe , fStoney Stratford . Oxfsrdshire . —Oxford , + Banbury , + Burford , + Henley , + Witney . Huntingdon . —Huntingdon , St Neck ' s . Cambridge . —Cambridge , Ely , Wisbeacb , + Newmarket . _ . Suffolk . — Ipswich , Woodbridge , Sadbury , Hadleigh , Stow Market , Becclw , Bungry , Lowestott , Bury St . Bdmuda .

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      Norfolk . —Norwich , Yarmouth , ; Lynn , Theifotd , watton , Diss . EistDerebam , Harleston , Holt , Aylsham , Fakenham , North Walshatn , tSwaf t ' hanV . ''¦¦ _ Lincoln . —Lincoln , Gau-ubroV Glamford Bridge , Louth , Boston , Sleaford , Stamford , Spalditig ; , fBar tonon-Huin

      Northumderland . —Walsingbara , Belford , Hei-Bam , Newcastie-upon-Tyne , Morpcth , Alnwick , Berwick .-f-Wooller . ; :: ^ v y ¦ : Comi BEnLAND . -Carlisle , Whitehaven , Cockermouth , Pennth , Egrcmon t , fWigton . . Westmoreland . —Appleby , Kendal , + Kirkby Lonfdale . < > , ' ; „ Wales . —Carmarthen , Carnarvon , Haverfordwest , Cardiff , Denbigh , Wrexbaro , + Brecont fttold , t Barigor , fCowbridge , fNewbridge , fNewtown , + New Radnor . CUSTOMS DUTIES . ( WEST INDIAN AND NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES . ) Resolutions proposed Up Mr . Gladstone , in ihe Committee onCustoms Duties ( Westlndiaii and North American Colonies J . ; y .

      1 . That from and after a day or days to be named , the duties chargeable upon goods , wares , or merchandise imported or brought iuto any of the JBritish 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 America ; . Act 0 Geo . 3 , cap . 52—Imposing certain duties on molasses , syrups , and pimento , imported into . the British possessions In America j Act 14 Geo . 3 , cap , S 8—Imposing certain duties on spirits imported into Canada ;¦ Act 3 and 4 Will . 4 , cap . 59—For regulating Hie trade of the' British possessions abroad j shall cease and be repealed .

      2 . That iu lieu , of the aforesaid duties there shall be payable upon gooJs , wares , and merchandise , not being the growth , production , or manufacture , of the United Kingdom , or of any of the British possessions in Americ ; v , or of any of the British possessions within the limits ef the East India Company ' B Charter , imported or brought into any of the Baitish possessions in America or the Mauritius , by sea or inland carriage or navigation , the followingi duties , that is to say : — y ; ¦ ¦ . " . . ... ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ s . d . Wheat the quarter ............ 3 0 Wheat fiour .. .. the barrel of 196 lbs . 2 0 Fish , dried or salted t ........ the cwt ............... 2 0 Fish , pickled . ... v ............ the barrel ............ 4 0 Salted meat ... ......... the cwt 3 0 Butter , ; v .. 8 «

      Cheese ... 5 0 Coffee 5 0 Molasses i # 3 « Sugar , unrefined ........ , 5 0 ' „ ' refined , in bond in the ) ln , , , United Kingdom } P 61 cei * ^ vaJorcm Other foreign refined sugar 20 ' „ « , ¦ ¦¦ Tea , unless imported direct from China , or un " ess imported from the United Kingdohi , or from' any of the British possessions ................... > . per pound ..... 1 0 Rum , Cd . per gallon . Other spirits , Js . per gallon .

      Wine , whether bottled or not , cotton manufactures , silk do ., linen do ., woollen do ., leather do ., glass do ., paper do ., hardware , clocks and watches , manufactured tobacco , soap , corks , cordage , oakum , pitch , tar , aud turpentine , seven per cent ad valorem . Oil , blubber , fins , and skins , the produce of creatures living in the sea , fifteen per cent , ad valorem . Andif any of the goods hereinbefore ^ mentioned , except jefined sugar | and tea , shall be imported through j Such goods shall tbe . ¦ ¦ ¦ United . ' . Kingdom ( having I only be charged been warehoused therein , and j-witbi one nioiety of being expo : ted from the ware- the duties hereinhouse ) , 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 duty be chargeable by any Colonial law upon any articles similar to the above , but being tho growth , produce , or manufacture of the United Kingdom , or of tbe British possessions in America , or within the limits of the East India Company ' s Charter , beyond the duty ( if any ) chargeable by such Colonial law upon similar foreign aitlcles—the hereinbefore mentioned improved - duty upon such foreign articles shall be increased by such excess or amount ( as 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 tbe Mauritius any duty be chargeable by any Colonial law upon tea imported direct from China , or imported from theUnitedKingdom , oranyof the British possessions beyond the duty- ( if any ) chargeable by such Colonial law upon tsa not so imported—the hereinbefore-mentioned imperial duty upon tea not so imported shall be increased by hi cb excess or amount ( as the case may be ) of the duties so obaTgeable by Buch colonial law npon tea imported direct from China , or imported from the United Kingdom , or from any of the British possessions . ¦ . ¦ " . ¦ i ' . . . ¦ ¦ ¦ • ¦ . ¦ -. . ' , ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ¦¦ - ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' .

      3 . TViat from and .. -after- a day to be named so much ef tbe said act for regulating the trade of the British possessions abroad , as provide * 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 , tor , 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 such 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 , Alderhey or Sark , when imported from such islands into the British possessions in America or the Mauritius , shall be admitted t » entry upon payment of the same duties as are payable upon the like goods , the prodiiee Or manufacture of the United Kingdom , or of any of the said possessions . :- . .. ' .. ¦ " ; .:- . ¦ ' . . -y . ¦ ; ¦'''' 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 Mertury . ) At the request of the editor of the Railway Herald , I will preach on this occasion from the following text : — If ye are honest , honourable men , Go ye and—paythe Printer . My 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 tbe worst consequences . It takes off the silkea fur from the fine thrtada 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 as savagely © o his brother man as does a dog upon one of iiis 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 wan a dollar is sure to owe him a grudge , and he is always more ready to pay compound interest on the latter than on the former . Oh , ihy friends , to be over head and ears in love is as bad a predicament as a person ooght 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 madi and create a general consternation among the lamp-posts .

      My dear friends , tbe debt that sits heaviest on the conscience of a mortal- —provided he has one- —is the debt due to the printers . It presses harder npon one ' s bosom than the night mare ; galls the soul , freta and chafes every ennobling sentiment , tquetaes 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 out of a single cent can neTier expect to enjoy comfort in thisyworld , and may well have doubts of finding happiness In the other . He will be sure to go down to the grave ere time ahall be * teck his brow with the silvery blosMBS of age , and the green lwvea of hope will fall before th » fresh bud of enjoyment has expanded . It is true that the

      mushrooms of peace may » pring up during » Bhort night of forgetfulness , but they will all wither under the scorching rays of remorse . How can yo « , my friends , ever have the wickednesi and cruelty to cheat the printer when you consider how much he has done , and Is , erery day , doing tor you ? Ha has poured into the treasuries of your minds some of the moat valuable gifts tbat anything short of a God can bftstow _» ye , riches which you would not part with for tbe poBEesaion of the whole world and a mortgage on a small room of heaven . With the keys of magic , fts it were , he has opened the iron-cased doon of the human understanding—dispelled the darkness of ignorance , and lit op the lamps ef knowledge and wisdom That mighty engine , the prew , it aurwioded by , ahala

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      ¦ ' iiSSFV *? ^ WpBtoee extends all over the broad empire of the mind illuminated the dattest avenues of -S & £ f ^ - ° ? : ** i *" . tbe man who toils at the lever ef the ^ sonl-enli ghtenirig instroment , 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 upoh the fruits of hia labours ! r ¦¦ " Ob , yon nngratefalBmnersr if you have hearts moistened wijth the dews of mercy , instead of gizzirds fii : e < 3 with grivel , take heed what I say vinto you . If there bei one among jon m the congregation whose accounts are not nettled with the printer , go and adjust them immediately , and be able to hold up your heads in so . ciety like » giraffa ; be respected by the wise and the

      good , free from the tortures of a guilty conscience , the niortiflcatlon of repeated duns , and escape from falling into the clutches of these licensed thieves , the lawyers . If you are honest and honourable men , yon willgo forthwith and pay the printer . You will not wait for the morrow , because there is no to-morrow ; it is but a visionary receptacle for unredeemed promises j an addled egg in the great nest of the future ; the debtor ' s hope and the creditor ' s curse . 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 no moia ^ s to cultivata . Bafclet me tell you , my friends , that if you don't do it , your path ^ ts the tomb will be strewn with thorns , you will have to gather your daily food from brambles , your children will die of dysentery , and you yourselves will never enjoy the blessings of health !/ I

      once called on a sick person whom the doctors had given up as a gone case . I asked him if he had made his peace with his Maker . He said he thought he had squared al ! up . I inquired if he had forgiven all his enemieff . He replied yeg . I then asked him if he had made his peace -with his printer . He hesitated for a moment , and then said , he believed he owed him something like about two dollars and fifty cents , which he desired to nave paid before he bid good-bye to the world . His desire was immediately gratified ; and from that moment be became convalescent . He is now living in the enjoyment of health and .. prosperity , at peace with his own Conscience , his Gad , and the world . Let this be an example for you , my friendj ? . Patronise the printer , take the papers , pay them in advance , and 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 feHow-men ; but , above all , keep paying , by daily instalmente , 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 , all things may appear fair and above board . " So may it be 1 . "

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      SOUTH WARK . TRIUMPH OF THE CHABTISTS . A public meeting of the electors arid inhabitants of the Borough _ of Southwark , was held on Monday at the Town Hall , in the Borough , for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning Parliament against Sir Robert Peel ' s new Corn Law scheme , and of addressing her Mujesty on the subject . The meeting was 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 bad felt it his duty to comply with the request ; and he trusted . the meeting would give tvery one a fair , hearing , and their resoluUons could not fail to produce a great effect in the proper quarter . Mr . Weston rose to move the first resolution . He had declined to attend the List meeting on the subject , because Sir Robert Peel had stated that it -was his intention to take the subject of the Corn Laws into his most serious consideration , and to endeavour to devise some measure which should be satisfactory to nil classes , under these circumstances , he had thought it but fair to Sir Robert Peel , to abstain from inteifering . Most of those who heard him were aware that he was more

      in the habit of acting with the party now in power tkan with the othei party ; but he regarded the present as a most serious , as a most sacred cause—( cheers . ) When they saw the constitution of tSe presenfc Bouse of Commons , they could not but be aware that they were banded together to support the present system , and that even if the Ministers wishsd to introduce any great alteraUona , it would not be in their power to do so ; therefore , he had not anticipated any great relief from the Ministerial measure , but he had thonght it hia duty to- wait to hear what they bad to say—( cheers , ) That house had been elected by a combination of the landowners , ¦ w ith the ownera of mortgagee , and he was aorry to say with the . clergy —( cries of " Shame , Bharhe , " )—who , from old associato

      tions ^ their desire keep up their tithes , had 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 lead burst of hisses , mingled with a few cheers . Order having been partially restored , through the intervention of Mr . Maynard , Mr . Weston proceeded . ) Every circumstance showed the existence of a combination among the landowners on this subject . ( Mr . B Wood , M . P ., here entered the Hall , andwas received with loud cheers . ) He was aware last summer that there was a prospect of but an indifferent crop of wheat , but the Agricultural Associations had taken immense pains to circu \ ate reports throughout the country that there was every prospect of an abundant harvest .

      They had circuited these reports for the purpose of preventing com from being admitted from abroad , and they had done so at a time when they must have known the crop to have been anything but abundant . ( Cheers . ) Did not all these facts go to prove the existence . of- ' a ; confederatipn of the laudownors ? ( Loud cheer *) Was it not most inconsistent on the part of the clergy to get tip in their puipits , and offer prayers for fine weather , and next day give all their energies to support a law which prohibited their countrymen from benefiting bj the bounty of Almighty God ? The crop during the last season had turned cut 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 corn would have risen enormously high . The fact was , the poor bad been starved , and the price continued moderate . But for that circu Instance corn would have been 15 a . or 2 Os . per quajter dearer than at present . Sir R . Peel in introducing his measure , had admitted the great distress that pervaded the whole country . He also bad admitted that distress was borne with the greatest patience by the people ; but yet , had he brought in a measure which would alleviate the prevailing distress ? No such thing . He brought in a measure which weuld merely secure something to the revenue and for the boneflt of the landed proprietor maintain corn at almost its usually high price . Sir It . Peel hadmo right to take credit on bis measure . He had been by ho

      means happy in the comparison which he had thought proper to institute between the Prussian people and the inhabitants of this country . ( Ch-aers . ) Amongst the former there were but two classes , the mobility and their serfs . In England there were four or five different classes , and among many of which i he would even call the subordinate classes , he wou ' . d instance servants , more meat was eaten than by the-nobles of Prussia—( hear , hear . j ^—It was ridiculous . It was a mockery —( cheersjr—to setk to deceive the people thus , by arguments of which everybody must see the fallacy . Mr . Weston was tMa about to read an article on the subject from BeW $ Life in London , when h » was interrupted by loud cries of " Adjourn , adjourns to the Leather-market" ¦ .: ¦¦

      Mr . Hearnb , amidst the greatest uproar- and confusion , intimated to the meeting that it was-probable that another meeting would be held on tho- subject this evening , but thatif they adjourned the present one now , the petitions to the House of Commons wouid not be in time to be presented this evening . ( Criesof "Adjourn , " and much coafusion , in the midst of which Mr . Maynard endeavoured to obtain a hearieg , but to no purpose . ) . . ¦'¦ ' : ¦ ' . ; .. - . '¦ . - ; : .. - ... ' . ¦ , ' : ¦ .. ¦' . ¦ Mr . Touseley then advanced , andt silence having been , in some measure , restored , said ; that the proposition of adjournment would be a very , good one if they had any place to adjourn to . ( Cries oft "To the Leather Market . " As this was market-day it : would be impossible to adjourn theae . ( Increased confusion )

      Mr . Wbsxom again came forward , and said that the Ministers ^ in introducing into her Majesty" speech , a paragraph , recommending the revision of the Corn Laws , did but offer an insult to- the dignity of her Majesty , who no doubt firmly believed : the Ministers had reaUy intended to legislate forrttw advantage of th ( i people on the subject . ( Cheers , and loud cries of '' Adjourn , adjourn . " ) Mr . Weaton 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 Hall celled on the Chairman , from all dfaictionB , to . adjonro , and Bsverftl voices ealled on Aldwrman Humphrey to give the meeting the use of a room in his premises to idjpHrn to . This suggestion seemed t » meet with . general . approbation , and elicited loud ehsers , mingled wi ^ b uks of " Adjonrn , adjourn . "

      Mr . Cooper then presorted himself to tbwneeting ; and , silence having : beea partially restored , b » stated that Alderman Humphsey had at once eossented to accommodate the meeWag with the use oJ p * rt of his premise * in Montagae ^ lose . ( Tola annoaaoement was received with laud awl reiterated cheers . ) Mr . Alderman B \ lMPHKiiY then advanced to the front of the platfonaand was warmly greeted ; he said he wouldwithgnat pleasure give : the meeting a room in his premisea it they wished to adjourn there— - ( loud cheers)—and il tb * y sif ^ niued their wishes to do so , he would in fiv « k minutes have a platform or stage pr * pared for th * i * acooro . modfltlon . ( Vehement cheeriag . > Mr . Maxnard again addressed the meeting , and urged tiftpioprJBty of their retiring peaceably and Quietly * They should meet in hundreds and in thousand * and show their enemies that they had but one coao » on object in View , and that was that they were Artemlned tob « free . ( Chesxs . )

      The question of adjournment waa then put and carried by acclamatloa , and the meeting adjourned to Montegne-cUiaa . y

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      5 THE ADJO A « E P aiEKXTNC (« The adjonrned meeting ^ 8 " held in a room of one of Mr . Alderman Humpherey ' s warehouBes , to which the High Bailiff and the other g . 'WJtiemen , proceeded in » body . They were joined here bj ' weral hundreds , wha could have found no place in the Town Hall . Bat the room , thongh spacious ,, afforded in other respect * but Very imperfect accommodation , either * o * the press or to tbe public j ' and we regret to state : th . ^ on * report of the proceedings must therefore , be very . taperfecfc M / . WrLtr ^ x Hawes bekged to eeeort ^ the &dop * Had

      tion of the petition to Parliament whic ^ f been moved by Mr . Weston , against the proposed n ^ asure of Sir RoBert Peel , which the petition denounced a * insufficient and utterly valueless . The Hen . Geuttenian proceedect to say that Sir Robert Peel himself ac £ ^ firirledged thalt the measure would afford no adequate relief for the distress at preEent Existing in the country . If would satisly no class—neither the landlords on tB * onehand . hor the people oa ; the other ; and the Ministry who proposed so heartless and unavailing a measure , should be driyea by an indignunfc people from , the ofSce which they filled so nnworthily . ( Cheers ) ¦

      : Mr . Rainsley ' , a Chartist , then addressed the meeting , condemning the Corn laws-, but contending thatifc would be impossibDe to obtain a repeal of them , till the working classes were possessed of the franchise ^ He pointed put that the assistance of Sie working classes wa » necessary to enable them to carry their measures , and . contended that the middle class , wa » not friendly te the labouring part of the population ^—( Cries of " Question , " " ^ Go on , " and great confusion . ) Mr . Ralnsley farflwe addressed the meeting te the same effect , bnt so great was fee confusion that his observatibDa were unheard except by those on the platform ^ He concluded by proposing an addition to the petition , assorting the adoption of the People ' s Charter . y ; ;

      Mr . Parker , a Chartist , said that Mr . Kainsleyhacl prepared an addition to the petition , similar to tie one moved on tho last occasion . It then'received 5 , 60 ^ si ^ natBi-es from the borough of Southwari alone . They were now called on to petition the House of Commons not to pass Peel ' s Bill on the Corn Laws ^—that House which bad treated tbehi with so much coatempt and contumely . It was useless to petition them , or to nave anything , to do with so bad a lot ( Cries- of '' Quea-: tion . " ) They would not destroy class legislation till the Charter " was the i law of the land . The \ rorking mart had as great a stake in the country , and as great a right to the franchise , as any aristocrat , or landed proprietor or millocrat . ( Cries of ¦ " Shut tip , ' and " Question . ' ) Fnder the present system there was-no hope The people must have the power of making their own Jaws , There would be no usein attempting to bolster lip the filling Whigs , who had had power during the

      last teri' years to repeal the C Laws if they bad honesty enough .. ( Crfes of <* Hear , hear , " and interruption . ) If the anti-Corn Law party , theni , were honest , they would join the working millions of the country , and persevere until they had procured a'democratic House of Commons j- in which would be soon done away with those laws tb . it pressed upon the food and industry of the people . Let Bet the Tories gnll you as tUe Whiga did—( cheers and uproar . ) L ^ t the present meeting do its duty , and give a tone to tdl the future meetings of the country . Let the niiddle 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 represerited , and the operatives wouldbave a f * ir day ' s . wages for a fair day ' s work . ' ¦ -- ( cheers . " ) With these words he supported the motion —( cheers . ) ¦¦ ¦ "¦ ' '¦ ¦ - ¦ - . ¦ - : . .:

      Mr . BtAeiiMOBH . warned the operatives against the middle classes , -who ealled for their assistance now because they wanted them to help in repealing the Com Laws for their own benefit . Would the working men now abandon the people ' s petition and the Charter ? ( Cheers from the Chartists . ) If they did , they would give the public and the press just reason to insult them- ( Heir , hear . ) Let the working men remember that they never wouM get their rights either as regarded food , or anything else , until taey had a share in returning the PArllament , and a voice in making the laws . The anti-Corn Haw party said to them , " If yo « will help ' us to repeal the Corn Laws , we wiil : help yont to get tbe Suffrage . "' But the operatives should answerj " Do you help us to get the suffrage first . "—^ iCheersi , ^ It was no use to repeal the Corn Laws , unless the people were allowed to- exercise the power of a constftuehcy . —;( Uproar . ) , . . : ; .

      Mr . Hearse said tbst the meeting was called . 'for ft specific rurpose--to present a petition against the Corn Laws . . ( Loud cheera . ) = It had beeu" Bavi that tbe Qhatr tist petition was Signed by 5600 ; bnt the petition they were met to adopt was- signed by nearly ; three time * that number . ( Cheers-, and interruption . ) Thej ' should act like sensible men . ( Hear , hear , and confusion ;) . "'¦ ' .. ¦•¦ : : ; . ' : ' .. ¦ . -. ¦ '• . -y y - ' ¦ ¦ ; . ' ; " -y : .-.-... ' Mr . FearcuS OttamoVL then presented himself amidst loud cheers from the Chartists , and proceeded to say that be was surprised to find that when the proposer and seconder addressed ihe meeting in support of the petition , there were no signs of interruption ; but ¦ when the working men commenced to speak , they were met by cries of " % iestiori , 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 question was , how they could best effect the repeal of those laws , and the adoption of the People ' s Charter in the shortest time—( hear , hear . )—Ee did not think the most effectual means to attain thosa ends would be to place the repeal of the Corn Laws before thei Charter —( longcontinued cheering . ) Did not the present constituency send into Parliament a greafe majority in favour of the Corn Laws , and could their repeal be expected until the constituent body ^ v * aa enlarged—( cheers . ) Was there ever such a dispuoportion in the distributien 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-ifc nob curious that the poverty should fall 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 Btpry about ; the Biflhbp of Exeter . ' ? Wej > , Daniel , " said the Bkbdp , "I am informed you are & Chartist , aud , let . me tell you , that you cannot be a Chartist without being an infideL" " But , my Lord , " said Daniel , '' I have gotten children , and you have got none , and I want something to feed theni . "" But don't you know , " said his Lordship , " that God does not send any mouths without at the same time giving food ; to Sill . them . " " Very true , my Lord , " s ^ id Daniel , "but his good' designs are thwarted by evil

      men . How else , my Lord , could he have givenme all the . mouths and your Lordship all that might fill them ?"—( great laughter . ) If at quarter-day , Sir Roberty . Bftel , " . and hia brother ! Ir »> office , were to be refused their salary , it might ferine them to their senses ; and they would then , perhaps * think of the comforts of the working men . People haA 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 a , u eight shillings duty , while Mr . Villiera went for a total repeal , and Sir Robert Peel came in atthe end with his slippery pigtail —( cheers and laughter )

      They , the Chartists , knewi very well the character of the Whigs . They knew very well that the present agitation was merely got up to get them back into office—( long-continued cheering . y ,-. For seven yeara hadth «> people petitioned the Wbiga against those lawa , and during that time the Whigs told them that the distress of the country was caused by fluctuations in commerce , attendan '^ upon all great commercial nations Bat- when they got oh the shady side of Downing-street , they said to them , thiaChartists , "Do you a similate your cause with oura / and let us get into offies again . " When he (¦ Miy O'eonnor ) : had gone to the Conference held last week , they told him that he could not bo > 4 dmitted Without a ticket , and tbas was he prevented from going to express the principles he held , and of advtndog the

      great cause to whioh he was pledged .. One of the speakers at the Conference had alluded to him ( Mr . O'Connor ) and said tbajre ; « u & persoa going aboat the conntiy Jo . a fostain jacket , while a black one would have suited him . betUr . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) had cenie to that meetingin a black coat He never attacked a tian . beMad hia baafe . He called oa frhe gentlemen of that Conference-: to « ame six , twelve , or eighteen of their number , an * th » y ( the Chartist *) would do the same ^ and meet them , and put the principles of each to the teat—Usod cheersi ) The Whigs had introduced the Reform lute , & * d that was to do . away with Toryism * . That Act had [ been fully tried & > r ten years , and wt » t was the consequences of it ?; "Why , it had put a majority of Dories 1

      of from sixty ^ bo- ninety into the House '—( a veiee , * ' It was you and year party that pat them there" )—( great uproar . ) , The toriea had a property , which they considered tbe standard of iho fr&aehise ; and * so long as another man ' s , property entitled the electo * to vote , so long would the present slate continue . Ihe Charter would strike at the root of alijthia— ( great cheering . ) It would taie the Buffering frora the peoplQi He had SBfflcient confidence in the wodtisg classes to . feel that should * . famine come upon the land , the j , would bear the decr « es of Providence with patience and subaission— faheew . ) . Now , there was not a siagle article of luzuiy deaied to the table o& the wealthy , while every thing taatww neceasary to support life lsraa taken lront

      theiaWe of the poor msa . This wjb . not the wiahi of an aU-dlspenring Providenc&wiloud cheers . Ta * batUe waa now- beKreen the t » o extre me *—the peoyle and the aristocracy . The Whiga , twelve months ago , promiaed them household goSrage , and if they were sincere , let the * join the CharWrta , and go for the whole Charter , and that , for the first time , let th « Whigs and ChartJala be united , fet them all anito in this object , and then would they be worthy of the nan * of Englishmen , and thua woald every poor man be proud to . aay of England , ! Thla ia my own , my naUva land . " ( Loud cheers . ) After thanking the High Bailiff for the pleasure , and tbe high honour conferred upon him , he was proud in supporting the amendment of the working manv

      The amendment , «« That the Nattonal Petition , or the Charter , should be adopted instead of that submitted to the meeting , " was then put and carried . A vote of thanks was passed to the High Bailiff , an * Ui » Bieeting pepanted a » balf-part thre » o ' clodr .

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      NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL . SCARBOROUGH . Mr . . Wm . Robinson , Anboro ' -street . Mr . Georgd Dove , Dumple-streee . Mr . Thomas Harrison , ditto . Mr . Richard Kneeshaw , Long West Gate . ilr . John Davison , ditto . Me . William Flinton , jun ., 45 , Merchant ' s-row , sub-Treasarer . Mr . John Thompson , 1 , Potter Lane , sub-Secretary .

      NEWSOME . Mr . John Troughtoii , weaver . Mr , Nathan Taylor , cord wain :-r . Mr . Joseph Crossley , weaver . Mr . Jonathan Crossley , grocer , &o ., sub-Trea surer . Mr . Thomas Shaw , weaver , sub-Secretary .

      HEBDENBRIDGE . Mr . John Midgley , weaver , Bridee-lanes . Mr . Charles Loveridge , shoemaker , Bridge-lanes . Mr . Richard Wheelwright , undercarder , Mytholmrojd . Mr . John Hartley , piecener , Newbridge . Mr . John Stott , silk stretcher . Bridge-lanes . Mr . Ellis Hitchen , weaver , King-street . Mr . John Greenwood , weaver , Heptonttall . Mr . Jonas Pickles , weaver , ditto . Mr . Henry Bourn , tailor , Hebdenbridge . Mr . Abraham Marshall , shoemaker , Hebden bridge , sub-Treasurer . Mr . James Helliwell , weaver , HeptonstaJl , sub Secretary . All communications to be addressed to Mr Helliwell , care of Mx . Abraham Marshall , Hebden bridge .

      WESTBUKF . Mr . Jacob Applegate , weaver , Bereswell , Mr . David Robbins , carpenter , Alfred-street . Mr . James Maslin , weaver , Chalford . Mr . Henry \ Vingrove , Bhoemaker , Chalford . Mr . James Vincent , handle-setter , Ca . uTtth-stT . eet 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 , Upper hoyle-street . Mr . . James M'Ketterick , brushmaker , Pinston street . Mr . Josep Marsh , stonemason , Milton-street . Mr . David Walker , labourer , Johnson-street . Mr . Joseph Hirrison , turner , Nursery street . Mr . Richard Otley , tobacconist , Sheffield-moor . Mr . William Wefls , clerk , Duke-street-moor .

      Mr . William Frost , news-agent , Bridge-street . Mr . Henry William Needham , cutler , BroombalJstreet . Mr . James Dyson , mechanic , Little-pond-street . Mr . Charles Wiliden , steel-burner , 55 , Thomasstreet , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Robert King , engraver , 21 , Canning-street , and Mr . William Gill , steel-burner , Scale-tree-lane , sub-Secretaries .

      ARNOLD . 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 . Ephxaim Ka / e . a Mr . John Kaye , sab-Treasurer . Mr . Benjamin Jamieson , sub-Secretary , No . 209 , Kirkheaton .

      BA 1 H . Mr . C . Clarke , Bank Cottage . Mr . R . K . Philp , 1 , Chandos-buildings . 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-street . Mr . W . Cook , St . James ' s-parade . Mr . Joseph Twite , Philip-street , sub-Treasurer Mr . J . Chappell , Philip-street , sub-Secretary .

      WALWORTH . Mr . William Hallady , boot and shoemaker , No . 3 , Pilgrim-place , Walworth-commoa . Mr . Charles Keen , decorator , 37 , Weymouthstreet , New Kent-road . Mr . John Mason , boot and shoe maker , No , 1 , George-street , Camber well . 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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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 19, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct586/page/3/