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      A H OBTHEEN TOUB . "Ji cb&tYa amxagje takin * notes , " . ¦ . JbtO , AMw he ^ iwent it " TO 3 HB J _ IM »'© P THB SDBXHXKM STAX .. , 1 } exr SiB ,--Baving taken a basty inn down to file "land of ; ibe mountain and the flood , "* fo * the prirpose ;© T :: rMtInK xelaiiTesIn Ayrshire , — d seeing ^ dfriend ^ in sucY other parts as my necessarily Emrted time will , on the present © eeasion , permit me 4 d ^^ i , Smd 4 hiBi 5 n ^ % at » Setter « r two , « f « ~ - fire Of ikeBUfe of- Chai&nnin ihe places ttrooRb ¦ which I majrpasa wfflibe welcome , Itronble you Trife ^ tMBjiesp ^ otMiy iegn » Bn « it » insertion . - 1 left ^ Sheffield at eleven o ' clock on Saturday mnxaBXiMifsSziXrovT threemeonbers of the -WealeTMi < 5 mfew ( iM 5 ^ fflien « tfe « . 3 DSheffifild were

      _ Hie ^ sme « Hmag »? and consequently I started _ deu-most "favourable auspices in ihe company of iign ch " respectable and pious characters . * At Nora ^ ti ^ -r |? l ^ : inOTT' ?^^ " 6 l |* nJPIME my seat , - ^> ajsa anjselfinih © eoiap 3 uijof » Tery different ehariaetertoth « ^> arrons , ^ Tii a professional wit . He appeared to b * a commercial traveller—a little good loolring man ^ between thirty and forty years of age , and . cnltiyafcyj a l > eard and whiskers which the _ and Turk : himself might anvy . He -ottered many ^ . smartihingsi and kept those around him in a state of good humour , which made the journey seem too short in his ^ company . We readied Hull at foai o ' clock . .

      I spent thai evening with several of my Hull friends , who treated me "very 3 dndly . Sunday , August (?_ , I took my passage on board theafieJipse ftrlfewcasfie . \ We left Hull at one o ' clock ; sndno * movingaccidents" maring our progress , I Save nothing werth chronicling . So calm was the ^ reaibar thai not even a woman or child ¦ was sickj and a more pleasant passage by * sea could not have been desired , Monday , August 7 th , ire reached Snnderland about eight o'clock , and shortly after sine bronghtto , ahrea 5 t of JNorth Shields . Itheing ehhtide . I sot onbo * rton «^ of ihe EinaH steam-packets plying between aieldg and I ^ ewcaale , -which soon brought v «» tothe latter -Dlace , Afsrand resata ox boat at

      ;^ aw was coming off that iay Shields , and the i : ^ ore on . each ade -was lined with thousands of holiday folk waiting fci the ^ port . AtTnght I addressed a meeting in the CharHBt ¦ = Hallj Croat Jnn , Newcastle . The meeting was sot a large one ; and QiartianaJs eridentlyai alowebbin - ^ eweasfle . _ Tncsday , Augnst 8 th , 2 visited Sunderlandj and bare fell in -frith an old friend from Dundee now residing near Shields . - He had come to Snnderland porposely to meetme . ' In the eTening I addressed a meeting in the Chartist zoom . The room is in a Tory "bad sftuatiDnihongh of pretty goodazs . . It

      -sras TreH fflled , iat EtiE -was but a small meeting . There were present many of our femaleinends , and She best ignit waBiShBwn by alL present .- I was warmly pressed / to ; return ; and only got away by ¦ promising to repeat my visit on mj way back from Sooflaad . My &mderland friends treated me most Mndly , and I EhaH certainl y try to respond to their -wishes by-p » yingthem * second visit , -when I anticipate jneetuig them in their strength , the way thej ^^ gj&bered : in' daysjjjoneVby . Sunderlaad only wants rousing . JHer sons , aye and daughters too , would soon rally to the voice of liberty , and-stand

      ibrwardthe" KnstcfihebiaTejandfaremoefcofttefree . " "Wednesday , August 9 th . —I went to South Shields In the ereiong addressed a Bplendid open-air meeting on the Lawey the eea beach opposite Tynemonth . IhemeetingwaB large , attentive , and enthusiastic . SsrFBral of toe middle class , and a number of females , were present . Carious enough , a Scotchman presided . Se made an excellent speech an introdncing me ; and > tvo Scotchmen , Mr . Kydd , formerly of Arbfoaih and-Glasgow , and my Dundee friend , propossd the thanks of the meeting to me form .- aidress . This having been doae , two of my female iriends proposed iiesolnfion that I should be invited to a public tea on . my lefeurn from Scotland , which was tarriBdbjaeclamafion . 3 Iy fair frieniia would take S »^ nay ^ b _ : rein _ IiBUst . _ " Thnrsday , Angust 10 th . — -AnniTersary of the Repablican insnrreetion and destruction of the throne of the Capea . 179 ?; and of the proclaiming of the

      . French 3 >« BOcrabc ConsbtubOD , 1 / S 3 . Glonoos was ihe npriringof the Parisian democracy ! Magjmficent the triumph they bo courageously aehiered j JT | ft ^ % fff } j JmMMnjy *» y > . ffa * ¦ prmpi p i ^ fi -t * F th « . t Con-Btituiion , and wisely : planned were its proTiaons to maintain theprinoplee embodied therein ! It is a B Peoplfi s B Charter ^ that same constitution , worthy ef the name . \ Well , would it hare . been for the laceif fee ^ peeple . of J ^ &ooe bad bad the knowledge -to appreda ^^ aiid lie Tirtoe to maintain , at any © ost » its pimciplea and profisions 1 But , alas for manldnd , the ignorance of the mass of ~ &b people , yw > the Bcosndrelism -of themiddle class blasted the hopes of ih « philaBthTopiBt * nd the measures of the patriot ^ and doomed man to be for a period longer the dope ol knares , and the Ticfim of tyrants ! "When , O when ,. will the nallionB rise in their might and power , and take that position which is ft ? OTTft VjLf ' My'T ^ , "Hg ^ tj V ^^^ N ^ T ^ yTfthmC T iroo It anontogeuponaiatHre ' slaws ! , -

      Lieinrned to ^ Newcastle , and bidding it farewell , proceed to aj ^ ld ^ troog hold , Winlaton . I was ieartily xeceiFed by my friends , who almost lolled me with kindness . In tiie fiTening I addressed a -rerylarse meeting , = aad was most enthnsiasticailj jeoerred . At the oonclaaon of my adorjess r I was opposed by as Irish Bepeiler , named M'Nally , who occasi > nally figures in the Coheshead Observer , W one of the . " lights ? of Bepeal-5 and Hko most of feeieaderB ^ that preeioasiag , H was a most con > pJetecompoondofignoTanoe and conceit ;

      Hedeli-Teatd the BBnalJirade of abuse of the Char&ts , which he has learned iromibe speeches of . hu master * Mokanna" —the ** Irish JdoseB /* 3 ! he alleged •* connection-: w 5 & fee Tories" — phyaca ] force "— Saxon hatred of Ireland , " &c Ac . He accused his shearers of sot Bympathising with Ireland ; and at thB same tame did his best to irritate and di ^ ust them by his abuse ^ nd falsehood . "Yon may ^ paidBpon it I dressed him smartly . By way -TBsolntionB to the following * € ftbct •***

      1 . "That this meeting expresses its decided eohtiction that justice will never b © done to the woriiug classes , -until thej are represented in the Commons'braiifth of the Legislature j and thiB meeting pledges iteelf nerer to cease the agitation for the People ' s Charter unfl that measure be enacted Ihe JawofaeJanai" - - 2 . "That while this meeting gtroDgly denounces ihe conduct of the leaders of the Hepeal moTement in the efforts made by _ them to keep the enslaTed classes of both eountries divided by the infamous calumnies employed by them against the Chartist bo dy ^ and wMle this meeting-is of opinion , that a mere Itepeal of the Legislative Union , unaccom panied bj Charier SoffragejTrill be productits of little

      or bo rood to the mass of the lush people , still die demand for Sepeal being a just one , and this meetjpg betng of opinion-th&t ^ T-nplxn d can nerer by go-Terned bat by a-domestic Parliament elected byr and therefore jeprepresenting the whole people , pledges its sympathy to the Irish people in their struggle for righl and justice . " These iesoln&ms were both passed amidst most entbuaastic cheering ^ cnly one hand being raised against them and that was the hand . of a clerk or ' oriariooker . of the place , where JPNaDy is employed J ^ JNalljrhimself protested against the TBPoJntfonsJ Aprecions TrisTiman to protest against ^ QgSsh iSympatByJ " Ah ihe " - hnmbugB 1 nothing galls "Jaokanna" and Mb tools worse than these erpresaons of English sympathy .

      I only could get from "WMaton on giringmy wordihat I would -retnm again , if possible , on mj way home from Scotland . rriday , August 11 th . —Left "Winlaton for Carlisla . ; ArOTBd there , 1 took npmy qoarters with my old friend Arthur . At Bight I addressed a large aeefeig at the Market Crosa . It was the rery trorst aught © fa-Be sreek I could hare been thBa-e ^ the wesrerBbdajgml ^ . onike puBhr ^ o get U » ir cuts out « ftetna MtaoBMM j yetlhaian * accellentmeet-Jng , a ^ waBptteaed ioirepeai my TisB . " Sati ^ ayi Angnit 12 a . —left Carlisle by ihe ^" ^^ Bone ® . Ecom tliBrelcroBseainihe iiyeiyool ^ aaBrar Jo Annaa ; Tb » same erening KHrmemti ^ bosom-rf tho « q ££ 0 Se S ^^ fge f& |? H ^^^^ -ti { b e la £ edior ^ Mw B ^^^^^^^ S ^** *** ** ° a »« Qaeens , ihe is noiall t > erfe ^

      ^ witfi ^ ew ^^^ SJS ^ Jjf ^^ Go n ^ oouldjay ^ ewcaBa ^ Smded ^ anala - sodCarkBte a-ns 3 he wonHlovj ^ % * £ } % « ooi to alt « des the necesEi ^ MTWtaSnal Orjjaniaation : is loudly ^ oontended for A Z ^ Z wiichahalla&ritoipeoia ^ e ^ Lpt Sby work £ ng , it'they wffl obtaafteSrobjecS-Sp trtalT ^ s ecessaTy ^^ SoBie ^ ^ AjaaB ^' must weoed anythinglflce a general reTiTal ti «» - -Chajrtirt asfta . tioar , ^ % ^ ^ ff ^ *^ jfe ^ nferenceW nosis heKl : m ^ ewcasae ; asl am persuaded ^ t ha 4 , at been held there it would hare produced an incalculable amount of good . -

      Ibe ** ColSer 24 oTement" excites , as may be mpposedjTery jgcnttal interest throughout the norto . " JAoveteen assured fa several places thai a Siriie vnUlake placem about i ^ veckswimyTmaihiSjwn ikeipresenl time , r ^ If tha Aoniajtmnjjnt to j » true . ^ issii&pf the st ruggle ma $ ie vent safely vr&KcUtL Is iHii cisx ^ ISSUE-WILLJ 3 EittflN A ^ WTiFWlORttheM ^ mm -ixit ims aa ^ siiKTKlLL BE WOBS ^ THfe $ HE pfif 5 BNtt-s ? J * 0 w 1 hat-&ej ^ xnaKrt » tAi a Strike and will ^ pareJiD means to ^ efrttp one ? Xefrthe pUBienfieetoit l ^ Tbej ^^ may wmWihey olemattd , and a great dealmor « , proTided 4 hiy jgpxightly to work , ButdheymusthayaiPrginization- ^ Mi Orginkation Trhich ^ haTl jibiaoe Ae whole of their class , froni John . o'Groat'B ^ tofteland ' s Sid . Thej mast hvrs

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      fanda . and the beat legal guidance ; otherwise , instead of victory , defeat with all its horrors mil be iheh-I hear thxt Mr . Beesley is e&etinga vast deal of good among the solliers .. He ias been working in a pit ior the 1 ^ two or ^ iree weeks , in order to make himself praotically acquainted witti the mode of life and suffiarings of thesovgrieTously wronged" men . Again Isay loihejpifc . meniLia ? jHEREBE NO STRIKE FOR THE PBESENT . They are your Worst enemies who jjireyoa any other adrioe . GeO . JtJXIAH HlBIfST . PomfneBj Au g ust 14 , 1843 .

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      STATE OF THE NATION . ' WHAT HAS THE TARIFF DONE ? The inquiry " what has the Tariff done ? '' is now a very natural one . It was Peel ' s measure of ** relief . " It was bis only one : for we presume that even Tie will not call the Income ; Tax an act of relief : and these two measures are the only measures he has introduced at all worthy of consideration . What , then , has the Tariff done I What hare , so far , been its effects ! !

      It was intended to do great things . Peel introduced it to "save ihe nation . " There never was a nation that took so much il saving" as ) England . We have had Saviours of all sorts and 3 izes ; and so many of them , that their name is legion . Pitt , u heaYen-born" Pitt , saved " us from ) the overwhelming effect of French Principles" and CLOOMT BESPAXB OP AlHEISX . " PlTE Was u the pilot that weathered the storm j" for he preserved to nB ^ THBBlJESSRD COMTOBTS OF 3 XUQIGS ^ It COBt us a " power of money" for him to dojthisi but ,

      with the money , Fixe was . our political Saviour . WesoonjhoweTerjXequired ^ saTin ^ a gam . Though "French Principles" had been annihilated , yet Sboiupxbzb threatened us withdestruction ; and if WEmHGTONbaduot "saved" us at Waterloo , all the previous M saving" would not hare been worth a groat , much as it cest . It is true that Welling ton ' s " s&Ting" was rather a dear one . It is true thai bis " Eplendid victories" cost us so much money as to justify the impression that they had been bought rather than won . It is tree that from ! the year

      of 1810 to 1815 , both inclusive , the enormous sum of £ 505 , 000 $ 00 wis expended under ihe two . heads qf Armjf and Navy almt / It is true that Wellington himself was voted grants and allowances , estates and money , to the value of a million sterling I It is true all this ; but it is equally true that be " saved" us ; and that for so doing we wore told by himself in his peerage , that the nation ' AodnoUte power to reward Mm su&cienil y f though he had the generosity to confess that u it did its besf I Castlkreigh , too , was a Saviour . Ho "saved " the nation from the Radicals- By hisiSLx Acts and his Mancheste f Massacre , he " saved" the whole

      country from niter annihflatiou . The { Radicals ** had a design on all property . " Gagging Sills , and Powe ^ f-imprisonment Bills , put all things to rights ; and we were " sared" once more . II was a pity , however , that CLlst £ Ebki . gh eovidnat " save" himself ' Saviour of the nation as he was , he could net do but destroy himself . With his own haiUs he cut Ms own throat I He stack a penknife ; into his carotid artery , at North Cray , in Kent ; and fell dead , a "victim to bis own act . It is now some twenty years ago : bat the remembrance of the deed will be kept in mind so long as the bloody Massacre which he bo exnlthtgij attlaudsd , tuts been onatoned for . . i

      In addition to these Saviours , we had also "Prosperiij-Roxissox . " "The sodden transition from war to peace" brought on a state of things unendurable . When the nation recovered from its drunken joy , it discovered that it was sot" saved , " notwithstanding all the treasure-it had expended . "Prosperity-BoxxKsoir" tried his hand . He pat off resumption of cash-payments . He augmented paper money ,, by a monstrous Issue of One Pouad Notes .. He K saved" ihe nation once - more : at least , so he said . He boasted loud and long of our * glorious Constitution , dispensing its blessings THROUGH THE yOBIALS OF AW JJICTSSI MoHABCBT . "

      Bat he did not ** save" usfromihe panie ^ 1825 J His boasts -were thin air ; and his confusion as perfect aa that of any .

      " Saviour of a cation yet uxtaved" ' could be . Pekl then tried Mb hand . One-Ponnd Notes was all the evil that afflicted us . Get rid of those , and we should get rid of distress . ; So said Peel . His Bill was therefore passed . One-Pound Notes disappeared . The nation was " saved" once again . Strange to say , however , it refused to believe it . It talked of distress , and poverty , and ruin , and bankruptcy , until Geet tried his hand at 4 saving "

      wnn tne ± tfiiorm am . navr here was a perfect Saviour . If all else had failed , this saving" me * - sure was jrur « to do 4 he trick . "No more ^ distresa . No more poverty . Roast beef and plnmjpudding once more . " Alas 3 for ihe vanity of human hopes I The * reat "« nw ^ " measure was no " taring" at all J and PiKLhad to come in 1812 to try his hand again . He gave us the Tariff as the next measnre of salvation ; and we are sow going to inquire ! " What has been its enacts" 3

      The Tariff was a measurB of "Free Trade . ' * It was hailed by all of that school as the greatest measure of " Free Trade" ever attempted . In thus haflmgitjihe FreeTraaer 8 werenndonbte 41 y right . It was the greatest— -the most extensive application of "Free Trade" principles ever attempted . It Ewept away , at once , hundreds of Acts { of Parliament j repealed hundreds of duties ; altered the amounts of hundreds more : and revolutionised our

      whole commercial code . Great things were promised in its name . It would cheapen food , and enable the working man to get more for his money ; and thus stop his mouth , and put an end to his ;! grumbling . " It would revive trade , by eausing other nations to bring ns their prodnee , and take back ours in return . " It would "make ns prosperous once more i and stem the tide of aunt that ; had so fearfully set in . " [

      Well then what have been its effects ! i Has it " cheapened" food 1 Faith , and it has i [ It has lowered the price of wheat , of beef , of mutton , of butter , of bacon , of milk , of cheese , and of all other staple articles « f food . It has lowered the price of all nanufactnred goods , woollen , cotton , linen , and sSk . It has reduced theTalue of ail property ; w »

      JT HAS EIDJJCED TEE AM 0 D 5 T OF WAGES OF LABOXJB . ¦ The Tariff has not been without its effects t Most certainly that cannot be said ol it . It has had effect * ; und most tremendous ones too 1 . Bat has it " saved" ns ? It certainly has not ** saTed Ireland from & state ' of BebelUon , " if tixe I / Oxd Chahceclob speaka truth . It certainly has not" saved" -the Church of Scetland fromfalRng to pieces , presenting the most unusual spectacle of Parsons leaving their livings . It certainly has not "saved" Wales from the exactions of Toll-gate erectors j nor has is * pnt down" "Rebecca , " who is waging war upon the constituted authorities of

      the country superseding the functions of the Executive itself . It certainly harnot " saved" England from sites ; for ihe . ery of distress , and alarming symptoms of it , are more rife titan ever . { It has not reconciled the Colliers to eighteen pejtcb a day i nor the Iron-masters to bar-iron at j £ 5 a ton 3 It has sot pot down Chaktjim ; nor has it smothered the waa of-the snffering ia the Poor Law Basffles , It has not prevented Wujjam Stocb »* s danghter from being < UTJ ( RI ) EREP , by being pined to death amongst heaps of * eheap"food 1 nor . 'haB it prevented : ^ an &K ^ triV ?;; to withstand an attempted reducBon Of wages . These things it baa : not done i and therefore , so far ^ it-has / aUed to Bave the nation . " i

      -fhete-todj i ^ the ^ estj ^ ^ State of the Nation discussed before it . LordJoHH BiBSEii introdaced it , and bore Ms testimony to the disorganittd aad alaiming ^ ondition of ttil great mass of the people in all the three oouatries . ! Job

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      Huhb too , had Aia say . That say is very important . Joe . is a Free-Trader" to the back bone . It is through the * Free-Trade ' spectacles that Job . looks at every question . He it was that hailed : Peel ' s Tariff . He itwas that aided him to carry it . He it was , that predicted all sorts of grand results from its operation . ; He it was , that , has always told us ihat nothing but " Pree Trade" wiU benefit us . His testimony ! therefore , as to the bad effects of " Free Trade" principles reduced to practice , is allimportant . That testimony we are now going to have . Joe . shall speak for himself . He shall describe , in his own words , the e / fecte of the greatest

      measure of ? Free Trade" ever attempted . He shall describe the present condition of the country ; and by consequence the effects of Peel ' s " Free Trade" measures . During the debate on the State of the Nation , Jos . pertinently asked : — "What was-the situation of the people of the this country in July , 1843 , compared with the condition of the country in September , 1841 ; when the Right Hon . Baronet came into officeV The qu estion was , were the people in a better state now than they were when the ] Right Honourable Baronet undertook the Government of the country ? He ( Mr . Hume ) said no . i Profits had decreased , wages has

      DECREASED , AMD EHPIOYMKNT HAD AXSO DIMISISHED . Judging from his own observation , and from the observation of others , he lad no hesitation ia declaring that the distress and difficulty which existed in the country were much greater than they had been in any former years . - He asked Hon . Members if they ever recollected the country to bein such a state as it waa in at thatmomentt Informertimes the complaint was a want of money—a deficiency of capital . Now one of the principal gronnds of complaint among capitalists was that they had more than they could usefully employ . Axi thade was at a stand sriLL . The Right Hon . Baronet , notwithstanding his large

      majority and his great political power , had not been able to improve the condition of any one trade'in the country . He would only refer Hon . Members to the state of the cotton and the woollen trade . In 1841 these trades were in a very different condition . Look at tha state of Yorkshire—was there not great distress in that and in other counties among the labourers ! If the labourer was in so depressed a condition , in what Btate most the master be ! Property was beingwasted , and capital was daily disappearing from the country . Many capitalists were employing labourers at a great pecuniary loss : to such a state was trade reduced . Let Hon . Members look at the shipping interest . It was always customary for Chancellors of the Exchequer to refer

      with exultation to the state of the shipping interest of the country ; but what was the condition of that much-vaunted interest ! It was most deplorable . The Right Hon . ! Baronet spoke of the power and energy of the country , and was it not strange that he . lSirR . Peel ) made no reference to the state of the shipping trade 1 The Noble Lord had been accused of entertaining gloomy views of the present posture of public' affairs ; bathe ( Mr . Hume ) thought that he had not done justice to the lamentable condition in which ! the country was situated . They talked of a decrease in the revenue . That was a proof of the poverty and distress which prevailed . It was a true index of the distress and difficulties with which trade had to contend . "

      Pretty fair this ! Rare effects from *• free trade" ! ** Decreased profits" " Decreased Wages . " u Diminished employment . " " All trade at a standstill"I "No use fob c ^ pitai ,. " Excellent effects of " freetrade" ! Glorious Tariff ! Rare " saving of the nation" ! And what does the reader think was Job ' s " remedy" for the alarming state of things he but too truly described 1 What on earth does the reader think , Joet prescribed ! He had been describing the effects of one dose of " Free Trade . " He very

      rightly contrasted the state of the country in July 1843 , with its state in September , 1841 ; for he well knew that the Tariff had been passed and brought into operation between the two periods . He knew therefore that He was describing the state of the country , after the operation of Free Trade ; and he truly declared that" people were no better off "; on the contrary , " the distress and difficulty which existed , were greater than they had been in any former years" ! Jobt well knew that he was detailing the effects of the" Free-Trade" Tariff ; and what was his remedy ! Anothek and a laegeb dose ! Mo re " Free- Trade ** Pills 1 We were ill because we had not swallowed enow ! More would cure us J

      What a quack 3 How like the Mobison " rot-gat scamps , " with their universal vegetable medicine . Take a moderate dose ; and if you are worse , —and it is almost impossible but that you wiU be , —your increased illness and aggravated symptoms arise , not from the deleterious nature of the poison you have swallowed , bat because yon have not taken enough ! They prescribe more : more yon take : worse you get . StDl" more * ' is the quack's prescript ion ; you follow his advice ]; and when you are dead aa a nail , the fellow has the impudence to say you died because you did jnot swallow more" ! So with the quack " Free-Traders ^ One dose has set " ALL TR ADE AT A STAND-STILL "; and get another and a larger dose is the prescription to set it going again 111

      The Tariff , then , has had its effeots . It has worked some changes . It has made some revolutions . It has not been wholly inoperative . It has reduced the prices of all sorts of produce . And it is now BKDUCIN 6 Rents ! God be thanked ! If the Tariff will bring the landlords to their senses , we shall not begrudge the misery it causes to other classes . The landlords have been the scourge of the country-They it were , who went to war to poll down " French Principles , " and expended one thousand millions of money ! They it were that passed the Gagging Bills , and the pOwer-of-Imprisonment-Bills , to " pot down" the Radicals , who wanted to prevent the

      necessity of having w rob the landlords to pay the fandholder his interest . They it were that screened the bloody Yeomanry butchers of Manchester from punishment , when '; they had imbrued their hands in innocent and unoffending blood . They it were that denied all inqairy into the mnrderons transactions of that day . They it were who have uni . formly refused to hearken to the words of warning and advice ; and they it is who have now to Reduce their MenU , to enable the farmer to pay the fundholder his dividend I Tfiank God for it ! When the Fundlord has swallowed op the Landlord , we shall have him doing battle in gallant style upon the Steam-lord : and then " Hurrah for the END" 1

      The game has began . Rente are coming down They must come down faster and faster . All prices will come down , to a much . lower range than the present . As prices come down , Rents must fall tool That cannot be avoided . Either rents or taxes must give way : and the land-lord knows that taxes cannot be given up ! He knows the meaning of " National Faith "; so down rents must come . Every reduction in prioes will bat add to the mess . Every time prices are reduced , themeans to pay the Fundlord diminish ; and every redaction of rent must be in an increased ratio . The estates will soon be swallowed np ; and then for the real battle ! then for the real iight J A short one , and a desperate one ! and then THE END !

      The game Aa * begun . Read the following three announcements picked at random from out of ft heap of others . Read them carefully , and study on the state of things they reveal . There is much meaning in them : more than meets the eye at one glance : — •* LordWillonghby de Erseby , lorcMieutenant of Carnarvonshire , has signified his intention to allow a deduction of 12 . J per cent , to his tenants at the next ' rent day , "in consideratipn x » f the very low prices of agricultural produce , and the consequent general distresa of the farmers . " ' " j&oberjfc Xikwr ^ ii , Esq ., of Button Hall , Deirhy shire , owing to , the depressed state of the markets for agricultural produce , has directed 15 percent ., of thelastialf year ' sxent , and 10 per cent , of the previouB half year , making 25 percent ^ to be returned to'histenants /^ k \ - '¦

      " AtJast week ' s collection of rente upon the Perth estates , we understand that Mr . Kennedy , on the part of-Lord and : TLady -Willoughby d ^ Erseby , granted to all the tenantry , without distinction , an abatement of 22 $ j per cent . This deduction was made accordingoo i& ; principle adopted by his Lordship , and acted upon for many years , having reference to the average prioe of corn , cattle and wool for the by-pastieason . | These are bat as f " drop in the bucket" to what could be adduced ^ The readers <> f the Star will

      remember the connnunioations of the correspondent of ihe Times tronr ^ Rebecca-land , " where he distinctly and repeatedly showed that the great depression in the price of agricultural produoe had

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      rendered it impossible for the farmers to pay their fixed tithes , taxes , and rent ; and that amongst other things , they demanded a redaction Of rents . Yes I Rent first f Theland ^ dhas himself to thank for that . He has cried up ^ National Faith " : so no one dares to talk of a reduotion of taxation , whatever he ; may think about it . r A few more 22 i per cent , and 30 por cent , reductions ^^ inrents ; and we shall then hare the landlords singing very small about ^ National faith *'! i To wtot follows we crave every attention . It is descriptive of a movement of a truly extraordinary character ; and it ia a movement that will be catching , too ;! The description appeared in the Times a few days ago : —

      "A movement of a very extraordinary character has commenoed in the King ' s County , to which I am anxiousftbus early to draw your attention , because it is likely to lead to very important consequences , as regardajthe spoial condition of the country , and the relative : position of landlords and tenants . "On Monday last , a very numerous meeting of the landholders and ocoupiers of five baronies of the King ' s iCounty , took place ] at Raheen , at which Yicare Fisher , Esq ., of Urney , presided . This meeting was rendered yerj ' remarkableby the fact , that the extensive Protestant landholders of the district attended in considerable numbers , to co-operate with

      the Roman Catholic farmers in demanding a large reduotion of their rents , proportioned to the diminished prices of agricultural produce , and in earnestly calling apon all othor parts of the country to follow their example . It was arranged thai the resolutions , which I ! subjoin , and which are very temperately worded j should be introduced by Protestants and Roman Catholics alternately . "Movedby William Portjer , Ean ., Ballintogher , seconded by G . O . R . Delamore , Raheenbeg— ' That

      the'unexampled competition for land in this country has been productive of& rental far beyond its intrinsio value , and more than proportioned to the valne of those protecting duties under which we heretofore received fair pricea , and by Which prices the landlords measured the rents to which they conceived themselves entitled . ' "Moved b y Henry F . Odium , Esq ., Cappincur , seconded by Mr . Richard Mooney , Ktllinmore : — * That the decline in the quantity of produce for the last five years , and the gradually progressive decrease FOB THE LAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS IN PABTICULAR , IN

      THE PRICE OP EVEBY KIND OF AGBICVJLTVBAL PROdvce , of at lealt 30 per cent . j baa reduced the Irish agriculturist to a lamentable condition , proved , a fortiori , by the higher olasa of farmers , heretofore independent , now verging Jon bankruptoy—as inability to meet their engagements cannot admit of a truer or ! milder expression . ' « Moved by Charlos Meredith , Esq ., Coolville , seconded by Thomas Flood , Ps ^ jBallycriatal : —* That the continuance and operation of the present tariff , PERMANENT IN ITS PRINCIPLE , CAPSS , AND EPPECT .

      FDLLY DEMONSTHATES TO US THAT A STILL FURTHER DETERIORATION IN THE VALUE OF AGBICULTUHAL piiODucE hat be expbcteeh—no aiiventicious circumstance or temporary fluctuation producing this state of our affairs , bat the steady , fixed , and natural tendency , of an enactment carried through Parliament for the sole purpose of cheapening food . " Moved by Henry Odium ; Esq ., Pprtarlington ; seconded by Mr . Robert Alexander , Clonveen : — That our intimate knowledge of improved farming in all its branches , our persevering industry and attention , have all been fruitlessly expended in struggling against the increasing difficulties which beset VSi HENCE IT IS A DUTY WE OWE TO

      OURSKLVES AND OUR CHILDREN TO DIRECTLY APPEAL TO THB LANDLORDS TO GRANT IN TIME A REDUCTION OF 30 per ' cent , in the rental of our farms , as every orninary contract entered into between landlord asdj tenant , previous to the last eighteen months , has entailed frightful loss on the latter . ' "Moved by S Robinson , Esq ., Clara ; seconded by Mr . Richard Larke . Kiloooney : — ' That it is our unanimous and deliberate opinion , that the tenant , whose economical outlay of capital and information has enhanced the value of his farm , should be allowed for his improvements , it being an admitted fact that nine-tenths of the tenantry of Ireland who

      hold leases , hold on determinable ones . Industry and money expended on land is the most valuable producfiy « labour within any : country . To leave it unprotected and unremunerated , would be to neglect the moat permanent and vital interests of landlord and tenant . ' "Moved by Arthur J . Webb , Esq ., Bloomfield ; seconded by Mr . Richard Larke , Kilcooney : —* That We earnesly and confidently call on the rest of Ireland to 'imitate the laudable example we now set them , of men of every shade of politics and religion generously vieing with eaoh other , irrespective of all petty , silly prejudices , in common sense and fellowship , for ( the attainment of one common object . '"

      Such is the effect of the Tariff upon agriculturists . 11 has decreased the price of their produce at least thirty per cent ; and the Irish movers for a thirty percent reduction of Rents , truly state the nature of that Tariff when they say that " it is permanent in its principle , cause , and effeot ? ' that a " atill further deterioration in the value of agricultural produce maf he expected . " It is ' * permanent in its principled" Further " deterioration of value" mil follow .

      It is not alone in agricultural produce that this thir ty per cent reduotion has taken place . The decrease in the price of Iron is more striking . Bar Iron is now Belling for £ 5 a ton . In 1814 it sold for £ 13 § 3 . td . a ton . That was the average prioe in that year ! In 1835 it sold : for £ 11 Us . 8 i . a ton . Now , as- just announced , it is but £ 6 . How doea this immense depreciation arise f To what can / At » bo aibribed ! Certainly riot to " foreign competition , '—jthe ready answer of every "Free Trader , " when asked the cause of the depreciation of woven fabrics . There is no "foreign competition" ia Iron

      worth naming . No country on the face of the earth makes enough of iron for its own use , besides England , excepting Sweden : and . there it is made at a cost far exceeding what is it made for with us . Then how does ; it happen that such a monstrous disparity should exist between the price of Iron now , and the price in 1814 and 18157 One reason is , because of Peel ' s ; Bill , which reduced prices of all sorts , except the price of taxes and of tithes ; and the other reason is because of the Tariff , which is doing what the former measure left undone ; ruining all , except the tax-eater : and that gentleman will come in for his share before the THING is settled !

      g ^ " We had , written thus far , when the report of the meeting of the Spitalfieds silk weavers came to hand . That report renders it unnecessary for us to say another word on this occasion , beyond barely referring the reader to it . ¦ We look upon that meeting as one of the most important ever held in this country . It is another evidence of the operation of that hind amongst the wprkors which is to really " save this nation . " There was more sound sense , more true philosophy , more judgment , more discrimination , more tracing of effeot to cause , at that meeting , in the two or three hours that it

      was assembled , than has been evinced by all the " Saviours" that have hitherto ¦ " saved the country . " To the Report we refer with pride . It will amply repay perusal .

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      » HOW HAPPY COULD I BE WITH EITHER . " " Heads and tails "; " head foremost , or feet foremost , if we win , " is the game of the League . For many months we were assured by the " left wing " of that faction , the Sturgites , that they had no connection whatever with the main body of " Free Traders "; I but on the contraty they adopted our

      principles and eschewed our blasted name for the mere purpose of deludiag the simple League into an avowal of those principles . When we saw the front presented by those gentlemen at Birmingham ; when we heard | the ravings of the Heywohih ' s , the Ritchie ' s , . and the Brewsthr ' s , if we were before sceptical we then confirmed in our vietra of the intentions of the " left wing . " Their protestations were loud and vehement

      as to their oneness of purpose . Defeated , however , in the war of etrategem , they have now tbroyvn off the cloak that covered deception ; and the two parties bare united apon the "Complete Suffrage" question . Did we not anticipate such a mote j and such a junction ! Did we not aver that such would be the arrangements and preparations whereby ^ impressions might be madei upon the constituent body for th& next ! general election ! At the commencement ! of the Sturge move ; we gave it as bur opinion thai Sturge was too honest for his party , and would be' sacrificed to th > ir-deceit . Subsequent circumstances , however , have convinced ns that Joseph stood in no danger from the canning of others outs , irip |> ing bis own

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      We then argued the main question as we shall argue it now . We then contended , as we contend Btill , for the necessity of union among the Sturgeites , before we hazard bar cause by a junction with contending middle class elements . Although the League are satisfied to go heels foremost" into the House of Commons , by tb « conversion of the constituent body to the principles of " Free Trade "; making those of Complete Suffrage the test of fitness ; yet we have to ask now , as aforetime , if the head and tail of this body move in the same direction 1 Let us see . Cobden may be

      considered the head !; and he has emphatically ' declared not only against the name , but against the principles of the people ' s Charter : while the Complete Suffrage whelps who go through the country barking "Union "; those belonging to the Complete Suffrage party , profess to support the principles which their head man denounces ! The appearance of Jpoor Neesom at Hall , and his feelers for toleration for the principles of " Free Trade , " together with the ravings of Little Harry , who honors Lancashire with his presence , are strong indications of the coming tactics of the labour monopolists , j

      Neesom , who received promotion to the rank of Captain , in 1841 , for rioting at "Free Trade" meetings ; who waa one of the Convention of 1839 , from whom a resolution emanated " that it was the duty of the Chartists to oppose the agitation for a Repeal of the Corn Laws" ; he ; this very redoubtable ; thia promoted volunteer , has discovered , in 1843 , that" the man who opposes the principles of * Free Trade' must be either a fool or & knave . "

      How hasty this new birth unto righteousness of the veteran ! How conclusive his potent reasoning ; and what a light has suddenly flashed upon his mind ! We find Little Harry too , in Lancashire , denouncing in bit terest terms the oppression of the landlords ; while his ! " eloquent" little tongue wags no complaint or murmur against the oppressions , the tyranny , and the obscenities of the factory slavedriver !

      We will tell those " hasty-pudding converts" the cause of their failure in this their new crusade . It arises from the improved state of public opinion ; a barrier which the Cobdens and Bbights will find a landing between them and their ambitious loDgibg after honours to be conferred upon them by a bamboozled constituency . The Recess is the demagogue ' s harvest ! The "Free Trade" devils have commenced their campaign , at Aehton , with a right hearty spirit , and have given to the working classes a foretaste of those disasters to which their

      uncontrolled power would lead . We find them embracing the moment ] of " revival of trade" as the . fitting time to reduce the wages of their men ; and if t he first gleam of their darling principle has that effect , where , we would ask , would the fullness of their power end ? j For a season the activity of money , at the com * * maud of " free trading" capitalists , may gain an ascendancy over the more sluggish land ; and hence the owners of brass may intimidate the owners of land ; but the working classes , anticipating no triumph from the ascendancy of either , will step in and demand for labour that which belongs to it , but which has been unjustly usurped by both .

      ' When we were weaker than w « are now , we opposed and beat downjthe wiles of the Complete Suffrage and the ** Free-Trade" party ; and in our present strength we are able to meet and to triumph over their united exertions . We ma ; observe that these parties must have but a poor opinion of the plasses upon whom they hope to operate , when they ] endeavour to cajole the working people with something like the following sophistry : "We are all for your principles . Don't you see ! Isn't that clear ; because we adopt them ? But if we were to take your uglyname , don't you see the middle-class boobies would understand what we

      were I ' No , as we dou't desire to cajole any party , and as it is by an exposition of our principles that we hope to win the support of all , we cannot imagine what strength those principles are likely to derive from persons whose ignorance alone is relied apon as a means of insuring their co-operation . The very best answer given to those anonymous professors of Chartist faith was that by Dr . Wade , when he told us at Birmingham , not to be cajoled or deceived ; " thai it was our principles , and net our name , that the Slurgists dreaded . 'l 1 'his is the fact ; and gloss their deeds over as they may , that belief will never be disturbed from the minds of the Chartist body . \ —

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      judges . Our duty is to throw the shield of protection over them when they are right ; to censure them when they are wrong ; and to caution them , as to their mode of proceeding . In the present instance , however , onr duty is limited to giving them such caution as may not only be instrumental in achieving their praiseworthy object , but may also tend to protect them from those snares into which unwilling idlers are at all times likely to fall .

      . The men then mast bear in mind , that so long as they confine their differences to a mere question qf wages so long will the oppjsihon op their masters be limited to thai one point . Should they assume the two-fold capacity of political and wage agitators , THAT HOMBNT WILL THE MASTERS ASSUME THEIR DOUBLE CAPACITY OF EHPLOTKBS AND JUSTICES ' In the first of these capacities , they will have unlimited power to reduce ; and in the second to coerce into an acquiescence in that reduction .

      There is no greater evil , nor one oat of which so much injustice ariBes , as the possession of that donble power by factory masters . The seat of justice , of all spots , should be pure and unblemished : bat how can parity sit enthroned between avarice and injustice ? Even the Government itself will look with a friendly eye upon operatives straggling against the masters' oppression ; whilst the first act that would justify magisterial interference . CONSTITUTES THE MASTERS AS THE

      EXSCO-1 IVE GOVERNMENT , WITH POWER INDEPENDENT ; WITH controdl unlimited . The shopkeepers , who of all classes , are the greatest sufferers from reduced wages , will hesitate before they aot as special constables against men merely seeking to raise the price of labour ; while the shopkeepers , themselves enfranchised , would cheerfully fly , with bludgeon in hand , to the cry of " oar privileges are about to be invaded by political •* Free Traders , ' who demand participation with as in the exclusive rights that we eDJoy . "

      We have had several strictures upon the value of the exposition of the law purchased at Lancaster at so dear a rate : and we trust that the benefit of that purchase will not have lost its effeot : but that those who heard the law as laid down at Lancaster , will be careful how they pass its limits . The differences between the Ashton operatives and their masters should be confined , wholly and solely , to the question of wages ; and should 60 wholly and solely discussed by the operatives of Ashton themselves .

      Upon all such occasions there are strangers and eaves-droppers , who , regardless of consequences , would urge the starving people into acts of violence and oppression : and , having led to the perpetration of those acts , would be the fibst to abandon the field . Against such men we would emphatically caution the men on Strike . What they profess to contend for is the power to manage their own affairs . Let their theory be tested by their practice . Shew the world that the intervention of strangers is sot required to arbitrate beftveen worker and employer .

      Confine the employer within the single character of master ; and beware how you you invest him wiA a feasible pretext for adding to it that of magistrate ! D » not stop to enquire whether the good masters are Anti Free Traders , and whether thebadmastereare " Free Traders " : for the very contrast will let in the discussion of " Free Trade , " in opposition to which the principles of the People ' s Charter may be proposed : and thus would the workmen be ineautiouely dragged from the consideration of the wage question to angry debates as to the means of preventing recurrence of the evil .

      " There is a time for all things . " The time to agitato the Charter , is when you are at work ; aad when the great principle will not appear to require ^ aunt hunger and starvation as a prop . There should be no demonstrations beyond those meetings necessary for conversing with each other , and hearing of the progress of affairs ; and which meetings , if properly conducted , will be a means of preserving the peace . Bnt no marchings upon Manchester ! No compulsory turning out of hands !! No perambulating of hungry and enthusiastic thousand ^ ' where a few stragglers , by foolish or malicious acts , may make the wandering body amenable to the laws ' " of routs , riots , tumults , sedition , and conspiracy . "

      In conclusion , again we say , bear in mind the words of the "just Judge . " Let them be read at the opening of every meeting ; and let each speaker confine himself to the subject matter in dispute , and pass not the strict limits of the law .

      The Mmtheejt Star. Saturday, August 19, 1s43.

      THE MmTHEEJT STAR . SATURDAY , AUGUST 19 , 1 S 43 .

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      THE ASHTON STRIKE . We give the following commentary upon the Ashton Strike from the Manchester Guardian of Wednesday last , from I which it will be learned that notwithstanding the desire of the writer to press hardly upon the operatives , yet , in the endeavour , he is compelled to exhibit their love of justice : — M We give elsewhere ] the particulars which have reached us in reference to the pending turn-out at Ashtoa-under-Lvne , from which it will be seen that the contest remains unaltered in its leading features . The work-DeoDle . with one or two trifltn ? excentions .

      remain out ; but theii | example has not been followed in any other quarter . Indeed the flagrant absurdity of the course pursued by the spinners at Ashton is by no means calculated to encourage imitation . Not only have they left their employment in mills where the wages [ were quite as high as those demanded in their own ] list ; but in some oases they have turned out , not for an advance , but for a reduction of wages ; Having actually required their employers to pay according to a list which would diminish their wages by about 2 a . a-week ! The

      fact is , that these very foolish people are led into all sorts of absurd acts by a small knot of men who prey apon them , and contrive to make a good living out of their follies and sufferings . If the spinners of Ash ton would revert to ] what took place so lately as last year ; if they would read over the promises which were at that time made them by the very people who are now misleading them , and would recollect the misery they endured from a reliance on those promises , —they would surely see the folly of being again deluded in ihe same manner , "

      The view taken of this subject by the Guardian is of itself sufficient to demonstrate two things : firstly , that the regulation sought by the men would be equally advantageous to the masters as to the operatives ; and , secondly , that the operatives , so far from seeking to take advantage of "improved trade" as a means of enforcing an advance in their wages , merely look for aa equalization : a determination which makes working-class justice stand out in bold relief against the uefishness and cupidity of the employers .

      We charged Mr . Abel Buckley last week with being the " Pilot Engine , " started by the masters in their experimental crusade against the men-We now learn , however , that we ba-ve done that gentleman injustice ; inasmuch as the step taken by him was forced upon him as a means 0 / protection against the more ^ grinding of his trade , Mr . Buckley , it appears , was paying higher wages than most other masters ; and however the othersmight be satisfied with their profits , —profits perhaps wholly arising out of the redaction of wages ; the darting principle of "Free Trade" and of "fair trade" was violated . It would be impossible for Mr . BuCKLEr , paying a higher rate of wages than his nei ^ hboars ^ to compete with them in the market . 'Those who attended the trials at Lancaster , or who have read

      a report of them , will know that several masters who were examined , as well as the operatives who defended themselves , described the inequality of wages aa one of the greatest grievances endured . The produce of all is broHght into the same : market ; and the profit of thoBejwbo ^ pay the Jbi ^ hest rate is swallowed up by the tofef amount at which the reducing masters can ( dispose of that produce . If this reasoning be sound and tenable , who can come to other conclusion than that a speedy arrangement is as much the interest of thr masters as of the men !

      We shall offer no opinion as to the prudence of the Strike ; bat we find a very honourable justification for the men in the article selected from the Manchester Guardian , There are questions of wbioh the working men themselves muat be the beet

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      A STEP IN ADVANCE , . It would appear as if the ¦ underground people were about to read a lesson in practical agitation to those upon the surface of the earth . Heretofore , all the contributions , all the savings , and all the deprivations of the working classes , have bnt tended

      to rivet their chains ; to expose their weaknesses ; and to confirm the dominion of the united capitalists . We rejoice , however , to find that past failures have led to increased circumspection , and to a more economical expenditure of those funds , which , however great , have hitherto proved valueless in all contests between labour and capital . For now a long time the colliers bave complained , not more of the advantages taken of them under the contract system , than of the petty tyrannies practised by the masters in violation of all contraot . The want of ventilation ; the disregard of human life ; ihe brutal treatment by the overseer , have led to increased refieo "

      tion : while the necessity for their labour , in a land of smoke and fire , has led to a knowledge of their valne . Th e masters have been long struggling fyr a Strike I But the men have wisely seen that a strike to please the masters , would be ruin to them ! that it would be , in fact , a commencement " de novo ;" and that , after a successful issue of that strike —successful for the masters—that class , without reference to production , would make their terms to correspond with the demand for employment ; reducing wages in proportion as population increased .

      The men , however , appear to have taken the right view of the question . Instead of expending thousands , and hundreds of thousands in a fruitless struggle against their masters , and many thousands more in seeking justice from the law , —thus putting the cart before the horse , —they bave very wisely resolved this time to put the horse before the cart . The working men will learn with pleasure , that the Colliers have secured the services of Mr > Roberts , as their legal adviser , at a salary of £ 1000 for the first year , and £ 500 for every subsequent year . To those who do not understand profit and loss , this

      sum may appear large ; while we have no hesitation in asserting tbat within any gives period the legal hawks would have plucked their olionts of more than forty times the amount ; and that too without conferring a single benefit upon the order . We understand that the colliers have contracted that Mr . Robert ? shall , reside at Newcastle ; and in the conditions made , we think they have evinced much judgment and wisdom . It is to be hoped ihat , while Mr . Roberts is amongst them , they will derive the same benefit from his zeal and talent that the Chutists of the

      Sonth have derived from his legal ability ; and that the connection will continue bo long as ifc is mutually advantageous , and no longer . The next Step that we shall look to , and with no small anxiety , ig the holding , above ground , of an open Convention , wherein proper steps may- be taken for the protection of the body ; while every attempt at secret associ ations and private meetings must be resisted . The coarse in which the improved mind of this country is now ; travelling , must be matter of congratulation to every man loving his country , and desiring to see prosperity secured without the shedding of haman blood .

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      Scwderland . —The Chartists of Sunderland are respectfully informed that a lecture will ba delivered everV Monday evening at eight o ' clock ; in the Chartist lecture room , Clark ' s-passage , opposite Robinson-lane , High-street . Free admission .

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      ^ THE NORTHERjN STAR , j ¦ _

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 19, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct664/page/4/