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      BETERLET SIIXSTREL 8 Y . BemarkaMe scoas from ArJaift seal Watching the setting son ' s last ray , On the bars of * be grated window play , Hatsecarea miy living tomb ; jinsiag tipon my straw I Jay , lixriing tiie dose of mother day Of miBery an 4 gloom . Thinking how oft I'd seen that sun , jjise o ' er proud Arthur ' s summit clear , And gild his reverend head ; Opening to view , rampart and wall , Lofty spire and lordly hall , Palace and peasant ' s shed ;

      VTtila at his feet the broafi Forth roll'd , A Elver picture framed in ge ' ii , Studded with liring gemi ; On whose white breast the snow-white sailj geem'd a flock of eaglets on the gale , As they her waters stem ; ^ Thiie hill and dale in the bright sun ' s beam , Seem'd creatures of Borne fairy dream , So beautiful they be . Tie Odiils bursting isto day , The beauteous Porth , winding away Majestic to the sea ;

      While , eastward , Berwick ' s low appears , His misty crown from his brow he rears , Displaying craig and tree , like some iron-mail'd gisnt knight , Dcfing his helm to lady bright , In gallant courtesy . Rising with opening day , Craig- Millar ' s , turrets , old and gray , Upon the sight appear , Alas ! how changed from that array , When , in thy h *^« , the minstrel ' s lay , Was heard by beauty ' s ear .

      0 ! beauteous Smart , thy fat * mi ^ ht teacfl ¦ yrisaom to tou ? s , could it tout reach 7 be precincts of toe throne , ¦ jjsj iiiset head , the teaffuld graced , jiaa ere a courtly prelate placed An English crown upon . See yonder camp ' s entrenched ring , TViere Roman eagles spread thai wing , O ' er cosquea ' s slavery ! There now the mountain ' s daisy springs , &ni Scottish milkmaid gaily tings , On fields of chiTalry .

      On yonder hekhts , by Carron ' s flood , Ihe " hardy Scottish warriors stood , Surveying the host below ; One heart-inspiring cry they gave , Iben rush'd , like their own mountain wavej Resisiiess on the fee . In -rain -pro-ad feme h ^ r arts * L ! d try , ysin here , her far-famed chiralry , 'Gainst Scottish liberty . ' In Tsic ber hardy warriors die ; Jhcir dying groans a * sai 5 the sty , For ' Scotland durst be free . ' Witre now the Roman ' s Taunted name f A legend oily telis her fame , But , Scotsnen , where are ye ? Te bear your br ^ ve forefather ' s came ; - — Are -re in spiri : still the same ,

      Stern sous of war aad glee ? Is the same spirit in yon nursed , That on the Roman legion bust , Preferring death to skverj ? gsy , were a tyrant ' s flag nnfurl'd . Would freedom ' s Bpeai ' gainst him be hurled , With all your forbears' energy ? Sst , are ye freemEn ? are ye sl 3 Tes , X * tseendanta of th . 6 graat and bra-re , Who bade the invaders £ = e ? Or are ye serfs of the tyrant's soil . Who reap the produce tf your toil , Then throw the husks to ye . '

      Say , haTe your gloomy dungeon ' s grown Tocal , with Euffering patri . ts' ibgcji , And must tbey muan for years ? His ita-tare , all exhausted , sinking , Benaith a tyrants UjTixxre , fa nt ? ng , frroacB , muiic for his ean . Is it your public weal and wish The labourer ' s interest and his voice , In all your laws to see . ' Or is us a poer vsssai born , Dcxjm'd iU-requited toil to mourn , A &Uve by ieaves " s aecree ?

      &T , -srtst hss made tout country fTeat ? VTa » it jocx worthless lordling ' 8 state , Hi * pride and pedigree ? Or was it those brave hardy men , Wb . 05 e laiour feruKs * ^ ach plain , A vsiVnooi j ^ isantry . ' £ re yaB ~ er £ eld of ripening zn \ n , Aiore whose heia a 2 .- > -very train Oi beauty sheds a shower - But Ten stern tr . nd a lesson shews , He plucks , asd to his duughill throws Each csc ^ f worthless f ower .

      They T ^ niy eyes disclose , Their srleadii tints—their varied hues—Pisa-iing tiey 'dora \ hz plvln ¦ Taia all your pleading , he replies , Tour useless glorias I despise , Te osiy spcO my grain . Bat rfop , my wild rebellious muse , Hot care a sIstc write truths liie ihesa Cocpare 3 } ordling to a -wetd . ' TThi'iw you ' re a : btsJ oi -srood a hewer , As-i f- -, r it&iz z " 'A a wuiCT-drawer , Bj G-jd hix-ielf dtcrted ?

      For learn , ye snailing slaTe , from the SskLisriw ! ecs :-j ths pou- ^ rs thst be , That iksj are srrai ' sbi fr ^ m God ; For esrt you see , or can ' t you learn , To caib thy loTe of freedom , stern , YcuTe sureiy felt the rod ? Set yon indi ^ tric-ns , tiny nsiisn , laixrarii ;; tteir win d er ' s rrfej-araticn ^ Wirh -sreii ccut « nwe < f hive ; hi -w-: ii-rtcci . 'd Lite , lOTd-lii-.- roc'lning , Etpir . g tie jweets of others tc-iling , Tee aristocntie drone .

      G 5 learn froai them , yoa grarabling knaTe , TtaJ wot tins b . es were born to slaTe , And frnctiiy the soil ; lia : pricts are the lord ' s anoicted , And other two leg-cvd drones appK-inted , To reap your arduous toii . Tij B 3 ) I ' 3 fcrLjlit tiircple sc&a , 5 k Diattl in the lion ' s csn , By righteous king ' s decree ; Vio dared , fors o * th , prc-uispruous man . ' — To worship ( xxi on las own pi- ^ n , Agsici-t tie powers tlat be . ' Kobeki Peddle . Itiitae , ISil .

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      11 XE 3 TO F . 0 COyNOR . Tbe foUowing lines were sent to Mr . O'Connor , by a ^' i- ^ g cs n \ ri . o had tried to procure 3 piping buiifafi . for the p-arpK ) Se of press :. tins to the " " czztd iion , " fcttM not EIlKSrr < icd 15 getting OC-J : — Honsujs -i Sir , —I ' ve tried in T ^ in To hilf dksolTg the tjr ^ T . fs chiiu ; I cansot S-d a tuntfu ! trend , That could to linking mouients lend A n ^ -ic poTr er , and ^ ake them 3 y The patriot Ccli nrl . eodeJ by : "VVeie 1 a finch , J ' . i wirs kt wsy , And car .-1 ail the liTe-k-aj ; d .-. y , Before the m-ssj bari , that tin trcocaor Iirg = rs in hi « cell ; 21 ? ihrua : aii « a . id pom the sweetest strain ; Vi cng—ye tyrani ? , sb-JTe in Tnin , 1 j qucscL a Sosie that bcrns so bncfct ,

      And azns thro' grates its raJiant light , D . zusu e hope tiro' Briton ' * JsJe ; Tiit ru . k-js the c-rc- ^ rorn ptisant smile , An-j tilf furgct h : a present w . _ > cs ^ - ' ttp ^ ri the m teaily at a close ; " bea ail shsli baTt ? , n eTery hour , A fair equal : ty of power . Tbas ibuaia lay nous in concert join , Wish tia : Cfurr . se : us heart of thint , otkb . j-aiits f-.-r frteco : n t-o the slzre , And dares with free-: om ' s foes to brare ; iteEiiiding justice for the pour , Despite of bolts atd prisua duor . Fur thois iesj i , unt ind sinew bind , 2 = t a > y ra-are Eua ; iuorfs urc »; nfin'd , Pteaing ic jtg ta ? : e fiigiit , ^ ae coonc it at Jcads . tnjti , ^ jj jjg ^ t , T : " a ' . r : siinpL shail reward thy toil , ¦ and eTrj faco with transport smile !

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      • iERA GE FOR THE PEOPLE , by William roWiJuf" duQ : Strange , Paternosterrau a a VGl k ^ . ^ j neaas £ hc ; iId ^ devised for ** it r ^ i / f ^ . "/ « 5 PtsaKt , ii the bands of the i ** '; j' -5 "• ^ ^ icose places where news-rooms p ^ 2 / *' , ex * i " > i » c 3 r : a ; nh- ii : » a ; to be at ouc « K ' f » 7 T - : abIe 5 o ; ' :: " iU -- ^' -ablisfcJBeats . The 4 ^ mV ° " Pe ° Ple" ^ a ? "ud . doselJ P ^ « d : Uiajyr" T ^ ?" ' of mcre ' •*** SCdpage ? , and con- ; sr-j rTi t' ^ V" p- . ; - ' triuaiioa a ^ to the emolument ? , i C ;> v . _ » l ^" 't ' " - ' ' - ? - ' - ? - —isi ^ ji clisraccr of

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      where else within so small a compass , and at so moderate a cost . The work should be found in eTery noble drawing-room ; and if not found so flattering to the pride of the aristocratic " caste" as some other histories of the peerage , it would be of infinitely more UBej as it would dare silently , but sternly , to tell the truth—a thing not always considered of much importance by their serrile writers , who seek to gain the favour of the great by flattering their foibles , and gilding or concealing their vices . The introduction presents us with an abstract of the doings of the Peers in actuality and the Peer 3 in expectancy , from which mo 3 t important conclusions cannot fail to be deduced by all who will give themselves the trouble to think . The public will ,

      also , by consulting Mr . Carpenier ' a pages , learn something of the costliness of . the noble idol which so many among them are bat too prone to worship , and of the-icflcence , direct and indirect , which they continne to exercise in wh 3 t certain facetious gentkraen , in their merry moods , please to designate " the Reformed House of Commons . " We are pleased with that spirit of impartiaility and candour which perradfs ihe volumes ; while the incense of flattery is not offered at the Ehrine of nobility , neither has the author dipped his pen in gall , or sought by detraction to injure that estimation in which those of whom he mites maybe fairly held by those amongst whom they live aad mova . Where virtue exists he has not been slow to acknowledge it , and he has ,

      while fearlessly exposing acts of public delinquency , carefully abstained from mixing Hp with , when it could be avoided , the matters and things connected with private character . Some of the noble supporters of the inhuman Poor Law might consult these pages with advantage ; we fancy this , while the Duke of Bedford holds estates plundtsred from the Church ( one fourth of which , at least , ought to belong to the poor ) of the value , in oar present money , of £ 48 , 889 13 b . 2 d ., no great surprise can be felt at the anxiety evinced by that noble house to increase the workhouse comforts oi' the " independent labourers . " As a fair specimen of Mr . Carpenter ' s manner , and of the kind of information to be found in the work , we extract the foiiowisg : —

      DCTiDiS . BiSOS . Xome . —IawsescE DfSDAS . MotiA . —Essaj ez : — Try . Relations . —Hon . I . Dundas , M . P . ( son )—Hon . J . C . Dundas , M . P . , son }—Earl Fitzwilliam ( cousin )—Lady C . Dundas i sister , and aunt of the Duke of St . Albans )—A . Spiers , Esq . ( brother-in-law )—J . C- Ramsden , M . P . ibrother-in-law . )—[ See further below . ] Places arid Emoluments . —Lord-Lieutenant of Orkney and Shetland . —Amongst his relations are , —B . Lane ison-in-lsw , i Lisutenant-Coionel . —W . Wharton ( brother-in-law , ! in the Church—Hon . Q . H . L . Dundas ( brothsr , ) Rear-Admiral of the Blue , and lately a Lord of the Admiralty—Sir B . L . Donilas ibrother , ) Major-Cknerai in the Atmy—Hon . T . L . Dundas ( brother , > in the Cfcurch—Luiy E . Dundas ( mother ? , ) pension ££ 76 . Church Paironaae . —One living .

      " This is said to be a branch of the Memlle family , but we do not know its exact affinity . The founder of the Peerage was a Laurence Dundas , cf Merse , " who was a Commissary-General and contractor to the Army , from 1748 to 1709 , and was created a Baronet in 3 762 . His only son , Sir Thomas , who succeeded hia inlTSi , was elevated t » the Peerage in 1794 , as Bxron Dandas , of Aike , in the county of York . In t 764 , he n-: rjried the Btcord daughter of the third EarlFitzwillisra . by whom he bad ttn children . He died in June , 1820 , and was succeeded by his eldest son , the present Baron .

      " Lord DaEfeas was born in April , 17 G 8 , and in 1794 , married Harriet , daughter of General John Hall , by whom he has five children living , three daughters and two sons , both the latter of whom are in Parliament He finished his education aVTricity Culltge , Cambridge , and entered the House of Commons at an early age . He is a Whig in ' poiiiics , and has generaUy maintained a consistent character . In 179 G , he voted with Mr . Fox for a censnre on Ministers , who bad advanced money to the Emperor , without the consent of Parliament In l TS . T , he was one of a miuority of ntuety-three , who voted with Mr . Grey , for a Reform of Parliament ; and subsequently , he supported Mr . Whitbread ' s motion far the imptMkment of uis relative , Lord MelTiile . In the Upper House , be has followed in the same course , although he is not so constant in bis attendance upon Parliamentary duties as the activity of the adverse faction renders it desirable that be should be . "

      THE ENGLISH CHARTIST CIRCULAR A £ D TEMPERANCE RECORD FOR"EXGLA . XL AND WALES . Pan I . and II . London Cleave , 1 , 5 hoe-lane , J 84 l . We have looked Through these two parts of the English Chartist Circular with much pleasure , and are g-ad to find that the commendations -we have once or twice bestowed upon single numbers may be ¦ with the strictest justice extended to the whole . The work is real and genuine Chartism , and every Ch 3 rti £ t onght to possess it ; we are sure he car . uot is a , Dj other publication find so much sound political knowledge at so cheap a rate . And htre is food for every fcnd of taste . We have original essays for the studious , tales for the pathetic , biography for the

      patriot , measures of Government for the statesman , statistics for : he calculator , and important facts cniJed from the history of the past to serve as examples , or as warnings for the conduct of the future . To the friends ot' Teru rer-nce nlso this interesting Tublic&iion especially commends itself . Mere tr . ey mav Irarn : hs important bearing of the cau = e they advocate upon the vrc ' a-being and the political reireaeratioti cf tills coun ' . ry ; and we trust that ? oun this important yiew of the ractter vrill become so prevalent that it will force it ? eif cpon what is now , through the bigcttcd and factious arraTSKements of Temperance Society Committees , forbidden ground .

      rhe lbe ' o \ 3 . ' i plsricna cf every town and riilsge in the empire . We are glid to perceive that some oi : he femes ; friends of democracy are C 0 ntlib'JliB 2 to the ya ^ ca of t he Circular , ai . d we hope thai others ¦ sr ili a : d ; u the same work . Nor must the circulation be forgotten . Nothing but a large sale can keep this publication on its legs ; and we rcould , therefore , urg 6 it upon the serious attention of ail ¦ who vow i 3 . ' Ku it , to use their utmost endeavours each to get a new sub-criber . It is high time tha ; all be ^ jan to work ; we cannot long remain as Tve are ; the snake of corruption is scotched , but it is not dead . Forward , then , and let ua complete the ivurk we have so gloriously be £ raa .

      Deplorable Case of Destitvti-:.: * . —On S 3 tnrday aftcnioon an inquest was h » ici before Mr . Baker , a ' t the ThroTVittri' Arms , E-sc ^ -street , Whncchapel , on the boiJy oi' Szt-j . ii Salttr , aged ^ C , whose death was aliened to have been caused by the want of the c . mmon ^ ecsBj-iries of life . Sarah Salter , the decta ~ b < i ' s daughter , said that she lived with her mo ' . fcer , in Greek-court , Essex-street . She had been in a very bad state of health lately , and in Trant of the common necessaries of life . On Wednesday , the vuly iooa tbev bad all that day was a halfpennywonii \> i bread and half a pin : of beer between them . They obtanied ' tLeir living by shirt-mdk ; :- •/ , ' , for 3 jr . Silver , of Cornhill and the Commercial-road , and the

      pricethey received for making a shin was 4 d . To liniih two of these shirts , her mother and herself sat up nil one o ' clock on Thursday mornius . Soon ai " t-: r that hoar they retired to bed , her mothtr complajaizg ox a pa ; u in the Lead . She awoke about riven o ' clock , and found her mother iying by her see lif ' . Ie ;? . By the Coroner— " We have been in trie hatit for the last two years of receiving relief in oread irem AVhittchapel fjarJah , ujitil about four mor .: ks back , when tho parochial a'dthorities stopped that reiitf , and refv . si . ci xo i > ass us to our parish ( ulvzVjnj . " The Coroner here requested Hughe-, izt K- licving-ufficer of the parish , wno was present , to tive him aa explanation , as the inquiry had

      assumed a diaereat aspect to what he expected . Mr . Heches raid he recollected the case very wel ) . i'or the last two winters they had received between three auu four leaves a week , until four months back , when an inquiry was ordered to be instituted by the aaihoririer , the result of which was , that they came Co ths < It ? ci .- ; o 3 lliZl the deceased was noc in want cf relief , and no application had been made since . The forenjan of the Jury said , that this was a case of inanition produced by the want of the common nouri * Bme ^ ts of life , and he , for one , would not be satisfied to give his verdict until the whole circumstances of the case had been fully entered into . After :-onie remarks from the Coroner and the Jury , the icaairv was adjourned for further evidence .

      Fkjghtful Accident at a . t Ice-hocsi :. —A Man BcHii . r > Alive . — On Saturday morning , between eigh : and nine o ' clock , an accident of a frightful nature , and -by which a man , nsned Giles , lost his life , occurred in the ice-well of Messrs . Rhodes , the extensive ice-merchants , of Hackney-road . At the time above stated , the deceased , with other men in the same employ , were down the weil at work digcing ont the ice for the purpose of loading some cart 3 which vrera waiting . The vrell is entered by a doer at the boctom ^ the ice being above it , and the men , when any ice is wanted , are obliged to cut i : from the bottom , working their way farther in as the stock decreases ; by this a great excavation is made into the middle of the ice , and in several parts they are able to proceed a great distance . The deceased and

      three men were at work under one of these places when the whole of it fell in . The deceased's companions escaped in the most miraculous manner , but he , being further in ibe place than they were , was bnried D . nder the fallen mass , which weighed several ton ? . The tall was so sudden that another of the men nearly shared the Eame fate . As soon a 3 their frigbt was nxer they set to work in digging the deceased out , but twenty minates elapsed before they came to him . On taking him out he was alive , but in & most dreadful state of suffering , his arms and legs appearing to be crushed . He was removed on a stretcher to the London Hospital ( where he was a : ieBiied to by Sl&ssrs . Page ar . d Butler , the snri ; eoL : ) j ai-d -ditd in an hear afcc- Ms acinis-sion . Tee cci"c _ icd vrus £ r-iiir ' . ed icat , ar . i reticea at No . 5 , Coiiate-piaee , Owa'A ' aii-sLrcet-roid .

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      DANIEL O'CONNELL , THE FRIEND OF THE POOR . DANIEL O'CONNELL , THE REVILER OF THE WIVES AND DAUGHTERS OF THE

      ENGLISH PEOPLE . £ if any have been the calls upon us to reprint that speech of Mr . Daniel O'Connell ' s , in which he uttered his monstrous calumny against the wives and daughters of the English people , which has so justly called down upon him that virtuous indignation his revilings merited . In responding to that call , we are {{ lad to he able to present it in a form which will make it doubly valuable to the reader . We find that the speech in question exoited the surprise and indignation of that firm and unwavering friend of the labouring poor , Cobbett ; aud that he , at the instant , gave ilr . Calumniating O'Connell such a whackinff as would have annihilated any one but this man , whose hide is of brass , whose feelings are of stone , and whose purpose was to preserve intact the poverty and prostration of the Irish people , so that ho might bring their miseries to the best market , and make merchandise of their wrongs and sufferings .

      We give the entire letter from the inimitable and glorious Cobbett to Sir . O'Connell , embodying , as it does , the atrocious speech of the arch-traitor , knowing that it will be read with deep interest by evury working man . In it he will see but too evidently how anxious O'Connell was that Jiis " trade Bhould not be spoiled , " by the enactment ef an honest and truthful system of Poor Laws for Ireland ; in it he will find that the lying cheatery was instantly exposed , and the utterer of the calumnies against the English literally impaled ; and in it also find many reasons to be anxious for the restoration of " Oid Batsy ' s law , " which was shortly afterwards abrogated by the enactment of the Malthusian "Amendment ; " for the pavisg of the way for the introduction of which the infamous tpecch here referred to was made and uttered ] TO MB . O ' CONNELL , ON HIS SPEECH AGAINST THE PROPOSITION FOB . ESTABLISHING POOK LAWS

      IS IHBIAKD * At 5 Ir . Johnson ' s , Lime Place , Manchester , 14 th January , 1832 . Sib , —With very great surprise ( to give the mildest term to my feeling on the occasion ) I have read , in the Morning Chronicle ot the 7 tii instant , a publication purporting to be the report of a speech made by you at a meeting ot the National Political Union , held in Dublin , on the 4 th of this same month . The speech is stated to have been made in consequence of e > motion by Mr . John Reynolds , for the appointment of a Committee to deliberate on tha subject of Po' ? r Laws for IreU . n

      the raisruie of Ire : aaa , and that it has been the greatest of all the canses of the immeasurable distance between the manners , tbt habits , aud tbe condition of the working classes of the two countries ; having seen that Catholic Emancipation , which was , according to your expectations , so frequently , so eloquently , and so confidently expressed , to restore harmouy and happiness to Ireland , has been far indeed from producing any such effects ; being more fully than ever convinced that there never can be peace in Ireland , and that there never can be any security , or chance of security , against those periodical returns of starvation in Ireland , tbe bare thought of which ought to make an English , and more especially an Irish legislator ashamed to shew his face amongst morals of common humanity ;

      remembering that Mr . Grattan , that Ur . Doyle , aud that YOU YOUKSELF , have been the advocates ot this remedy for tbe sufferings of your unhappy country , you , I am sure , will not -wonder that , in reading the report of the speech to which I have alluded , ray feeling was such as to be very inadequately described by the word surprise ; but you would wonder , I trust , and I am sure that my readers -would -wonder , if I weru not to give an answer to Uud speech . This I shall bow do , with ail that respect towards » ou which is due to you on account of yeur laudable and able exertions during the two last sessions of Parliament ; and , in order that the public may have the arguments and facts of both sides of the question fairly before them , I will first insert the above-mentioned , report of your speech : —

      " Mr . O'Connell rose amid loud cheers . I rise , he said , to second the motion for a Committee . With maay of the principles laid dovm by Mr . Keynolds I entirely concur . I believe he biS fcXAgg £ rak-d the ¦ wealth of the Established Ciiurch ; but then it is enormously great , and almost dents exaggeration . Tho claim which the poor hare upon that wealth is obvious . On 3-third of it originally belonged to the poor , and they have been niching from tha poor by having kept from them that one-th : rd . ( Hear . ) I concur also with Mr . Reynolds in what he has said of tbo generosity of the English people . ( Hear . ) Their generosity tovrards tins country in money gifts has been most laudable , aad I only wiah that tbey had equally distinguished themselves for their political charity . ( Hear . ' We bave got from them three or four hnndred thousand pounds for our beggars , and they have been three or four centuries making beggars of us .

      Jack-tbe-Glant-Killer was aistingmshed for making giants first aad i then slaying them ; it is thus the English have acted j towards tie Irish—they have made besgars of them j first , and then relieved them . ( He . ir , bear . ) Though ¦ I coDcar in the expression of my gratituue to those i -who nave snbscribed to the relief of tho Iridh poor , so ' most 1 also give expression to my abhorrence of these ! who tave made a rich conntry poor , and have placed a j starving population in the midst of abundance . ( Hear , | and cbefcrs ) Though I am must ready to second , the motion for a Committee \ ap » n this subject , I cannot but 1 start back with horror at the proposal of Poor Laws I being introduced in : o Ireland . 1 know that a great case \ is made for them in the misfcry of the people , and I

      . was myself even ready to plunge itto the Curtian | gulf , where eventually we might be swallowed up , iu i the hope that wa conld for the time be able to relieve the distresses of the poor . I have thought upon this ; subject by day—I have mused upon it by night—it has I been the last thought tfcat visited my pillow before I ! closed my eyes to sleep—and it has hid the benefit of j my morning meditations ; and tbe result to which I I have come is thi 3 , that it would be impessibie to introi duce the Poor Laws here withsut enslaving and degrading the poor . The poor themselves , I think , would suffer most from a Pool Law . When people talk of an j amelioration ot the English system , 1 ask of them to poict it out , for I never yet met & man wlio was able to discover it ( Hear , bear , and . cheers , } I abhor any

      interfcrenca with the rate of ira ^ es , especially in an agricultural iountry , and this is one of those things which frighten me about the introduction ot the Poor Laws litre . What kind of Poor Law is it that is waiitisg ? If it be one for the support of tbe sick and the maimed , I go to the full extent with those -who support such a Poor Law . I say thut the btate ia bound to make provision for tbo 3 e wLo are afflicted with sickness or disease ; but there it is our duty to stop . There is no danger of encmraging sickness to enable a man to get into an infirmary , nor will any man break his leg ia order that he may have a claim upon the cbarity uf his neighbour . Let me be understood—all claims arising from disease , sickness , or casualty , should be provided for by the state , and to that extent I go

      ¦ with those who are advocates for Poor Laws . One-third of that which is now in the hands of tha clergy , being given to its legal destination , would be fully sufficient to defray all snch demands tpon charity , iHear . > Eveu at present there is Rv . reely a village in Ireland that has nut a dispensary , nor any county town without its hospital , and if these be not sufficient , tbe Legislature is bound to make provision for them . ( Hear . ) Go beyond that , and what do you do ? Are you to take care of the aj-. d ? D » you not , by doing sn , remove from the individual tbe necessity of proviciiDg for old age '—do you not encourage him to go to the drMn-ib . op , and lay out his sixpence upon hia animal gratification , raibtr than of hoarding for the day of wan ' . ? Do you uot take from industry its

      incentive , and from providence it 3 beat guard ? ( Hear . ) If I -were , as my enemies represent me to be , one -who ¦ was locking solely to popularity , and not to serve my country , what more fitting theme could I select than that of the Poor Laws ? What more popular topic conld i possibly ariopt ? ( Hear . ) I fee ] , however , that it is the duty of a hamase and a conscientious man to express candidly his opinion upon a topic bo deeply interesting and important to his fellow-countrymen . ( Hear . ) I say , that if you mako a provision for old age , you take away the great stimulant to industry and economy in youth . Yr-u do another thing : what is to become of the a ^ ed father and mother ? they lose the so ' . ace and the afivctionata care of the son , and the tender attentions of the daughter , the moment you say

      to them that a legal provision for their support is procured . You turn the father and the mother out to the parish , or you thrust them into the solitary , tho cold , and tbe -wretched poor-hons ^—there , in the naked cell , sufficient to chill the human breast , you leave the expiring victims of your mistaken humanity . ( Hear , hear . ) But think not that you have a compulsory provision for the aged alone ; if you go thus far , you axe bound also to provide for the hardy workman , who cannot procure labour , and who iaust not be left to starre . The man with a good appetite and -willing hands , but who has no work , you most include him also . ( Hear , bear . ) It was not at first intended , I believe , to include this class amongst those to be provided for by the Poor Laws ; but it "was found that they could not be induded , » nd tbe moment that principle is adopted , the

      rich parish woald be obliged to provide for all the poor who might claua relief from it , and iu a abort time that parish would b « swamped with the number of claimants upon it You cannot say to tbe City of Dublin that it fchoald have a mendicity one-fwirtti the siza of tbe metropolis—that ^ jety man wh » sought relief there shonld obtaia it , and the citizens be obliged to pay the expence of supporting them . And yet , how are you to discrimlnst * , ecless yon m-ske a law of settlement , one great instrument of oppression against the English poor . On » of tbe -means of settlement in England is by birth ; tbsre is none less likely to be subject to imposition , and yet Bone is made a greater instrument of oppression . Tfce moment that it appears a poor -womiin is in a stste of prtsmaney , she is immediately made aoj otject f ' -TpeiEsca-L-rs , and a notice to quit i .- served by tte iriTi . Viuid &a tae wretched hovel thM the prolitLc

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      mother inaabitB . The landlord , in fact , is compelled | by the restry to be guilty of this persecution . Ano * jther means of settlement la a parish is by living there jfior one year ; and the consequence is , that' engagements Are made with labourers for only eleven months , and they are obliged to be one month idle before tiiey can expect j » renewal of work in the same parish . Another bad Consequence t > f that law is , that It prevents the circulation # f &ee labour , and obliges every man to stick-to hia parish . Tae Poor Laws , too , take from a man a di > ect interest in being indnstrious . The motives to labour are present subsistence and future support . Take these two nwajr ^ and you ' - ' deprive " a man of two great stimulants to labour .- ' .- .. ( Hear , heat ) Besides , the Poor Laws compel those dependent upon them for

      support to work—bnt in what manner ? Tb « labourers axe let out by the parish / at half wages , anil then these half-workmen come in competition with the regular labourers . The farmer will tell the regular labourer , who' demands three shillings a day , that he will give him but two shillings ; for if he does not choose to take that , he will get those who he is mMy to admit are inferior workmen for one shilling , and thus the good labourer is necessarily made poor . ( Hear , hear . ) Have I not seen In Shrewsbury , for instance , placards on which were inscribed , Vagrants and Irish labourers whipped out of the town ? ' Mr . Sturges Bourne made &n improvement in the law in this respect , for he provided that after th « Irish labourer was whipped , he should be sent home . ( Hear . ) These laws are

      necessarily called cruel laws , tor tbey make charity itself the subject ef taxation . They create in a man ' s miud something of the sensation that is felt upon paying the wide-street or grand-jury cess . ( Laughter . ) They make , too , one man abundantly charitable , by putting his hands into the pockets of another—and to do what ? to keep the poor at the lowest rate ef maintenance It is well known that In n / any parishes in England the poor are farmed out to be provided for at the lowest possible expence . The man who takes the cure of them underfeeds them , in order that he may make a profit on them . Not only is the providing of food for them hired out , but apothecaries to supply them with medicine are hired also—men whose interest it is that the sick poor should dia as soon as . possible , in-order that

      they may be at the less expenca for medicines for them , i Hear . ) For an obvious reason I do not enter inte the horrors of this demoralising system respecting females ; it is- sufficient for me to say , that the more vicious a female is , the more objects has she to make her selection from , either to pay forty pounds , or to marry her . ( Hear , hear . ) It is sufficient to say of the ( system , that clergymen of the Established Church of England have sworn , that , amongst the poorer classes , out of every twenty women they married , nineteen were in a state of pregnancy . ( Hear , hear . ) What do we see as the consequence of the Poor Laws in England ? The country is in a blaze from north to south ; the agricultural labourers there aro destroying the property of their employers . ( Hear . ) I have now sat in three Parliaments , and I have heard in each of these

      Members state that these laws have created a great deal ot misery aad distress . But then it may be said that these laws can bo ameliorated . How wiJl you ameliorate them ? What part of the English Poor Laws will you shut out ? How will Mr . Reynolds improve these laws ? All the ingenuity of Committee afterCommittee that has sat respecting these laws has been exercised in vain , and has been unable to discover any effective amelioration . ( Hear , hear . ) One feature of the Poor Laws is , that it makes slaves of the poorer classes ; it makes them the slaves of fcbe overseen , and destroys completely their character for independence . I prefer the wild merriment of the Irishman to the hnlf-sulky , half-miserable tones of the English slave to Poor Laws . The Irishman certainly hus bis distresses , but then he

      has his hopes ; he endures much misery , but then he entertains expectations of redress . ( Hear , hear , an *' cheers . ) Lat the question of Poor Laws stand ever , till we see if justice will bs done to us by England upon the question of Reform . 1 have often saiti that if a just Reform Bill were given to Ireland , I would try the experiment with it ; but if they do not give a just Reform Bill , then I shall want to introduce a Poor Law for Ireland by repealing the Union . ( Hear , and loud cheers . ) Mr . OCcnnell concluded by requesting that their exertions should not be interfered with by the Poor Law question , in looking for a substantial plan of Reform , and if that were refused , in seeking for a resource , and a remuly for a bad Reform Bill . The Hon . Gentleman sat down amid loud cheers . "

      Sir , I do not overlook the great cheering which this spetch appears to have called forth from your Dublin audience ; but when I recollect tho still nioro noisy cheering drawn forth in another place by the Dawaons and others , when they bo unjustly , and in a manner so senseless , assailed you , I am by no means disheartened by this vast quantity of cheering ; which I am disposed to ascribe , not to any folly , and still less to any pervsraem-ss , but rather to that " wild merriment" which , towards tbe close of your speech , you are pleased to describe as characteristic of your countrymen , and on which you appear to set so high a value .

      Upon a careful parusal of this speech , \ have no hesl « tation in saying , that the far greater putt of your foots , oa they stand here , are founded in error ; and that the whole of your arguments are fallacious ; and these assertions I tbiuk myself bsund to prove ; not by any general statement or reasoning ; but , in the first place , point by point , as your facts and arguments lie before me . I might , if I chose to pursue that course , insist , that with regard to your opinions , they ought to be viewed in con junction with , and estimated according to , tha tried value of many of your former opinions . I might , if I chose that couise , meet the imposing assurance , that you " have thought of thfs butject by day , have mused upon it by night , and bavo given it the benefit of your morning meditations ; " I might , if I choie , and with perfect fairness , meet this formidable preamble by asking you , whether you had not thousl . t by day , mused by night , and raedidated in the

      morning , on the measure for disfranchising the fortyshilling freeholders , before you became the very firs man to suggest that measure to tha two Houses of Parliamijct , as being a measure necessary to the fair representation of Ireland ; aod whetbt-r , in less than twetityfonr months from the date of the suggestion , you did not , before the face of these forty-shilling fret « hoMeTs , beg tUeir pardon , and the pardon of Almighty God , fov having entertained a thought of their disfranchiseuieut ? Passing over the " golden chain , " by which you proposed to bind the Catholic priests to the Protestant Government and hierarchy ; passing over thia and many other such errors , and confinicg myself withiu the forty-shilling freeholders' error , might I not , if I choae , express a confident hope ; nay , presume and almost conclude , that you aTe not less in erior now , when you so boldly call Englishmen , in direct terms , and , by inference , the Americana , the slaves of the Poor T-im-s ?

      I might , with perfect fairness , do this , and perhaps to the entire satisfaction of the greater part of my readers ; but I will evade nothing ; will consider nothing coming from you as unworthy of serious notice ; and will , therefore , agreeably to my promise , answer your speech point by point . Deferring , till by-and-by , my notice of your charge against the Protestant hierarchy , of having "filched " from the poor of Ireland thu amount of the third of their tithes , I begin with your charge against the "English people" of having " made tho Irish people poor . " We will cast aside your gratitude towards the former , as a fit companion for the mutual good-will between the two countries , which thia charge of yours is so manifestly intended to inspire and keep alive ; we will

      cast these aside ; but , since you so positively assert that we , the many-headed Jack-the-Giant-Killer , have made your countrymen poor , we may surely be allowed th-a liberty to ask you to name the time when tbej were rioh When A is accused of having stolen the property o . B , itis incumbent an B to prove that he ever had the property . Yours being , as to this matter , bare allegation without proof of previous possession , we need not remind you , how you , being in such a case counsel for the accused , would scoff tbe accuser out of court . We will not scoff you ont of court ; we will give you further time for " tboaghc , musing , and meditation ; " and will even aid these cool and candid operations of your mind by suggestions of our own . You say that the " English people" have been three or four centuries engaged in the ¦

      work of making tbe Irish people beggars . Yon doubtless use the words English people instead of English Government , not only from a love of justice , but from an amiable desire to promote the good-will and harmony between tbe English and the Irislr . But , granted that it is the English people , what have they done to make the Irish people poor ? Three or four centuries ' * An inch is a trifle in a man's noae ; " and with you orators a century , more or less , is not worth stopping about ; it is a mere splitting of straws . Thesa " centuries" could , however , hardly have fairly begun above thirty-two years ago ; for then you had a " domestic Legislature , " and a right good one it was wihout doubt , for you want it back again . ' What , however , even going back to the Conquest , have the English people

      done to make the Irish poor ? Conquered the country and parcelled out its lands amongst Englishmen . There ! Take it in its fullest extent ; and what have tbey done to the Irish , to a tenth part of the amount of -what the Normans did to them ? Yet they have survived it ; they have overcome conquest by their indnstry and love ot conntry : they soon made the conquerors proud to be considered part of themselves j and they never sat broodiDg in sloth and filth over the fabulous dignities , and splendour , and possessions , of their forefathers . It is , therefore , notperveiaeness , but sheer nonsense , to talk of wrongs which tbe Irish experienced from that cause . The English imposed the Protestant hierarchy upon the Irish . Very aujuat , but having no tendency to make them poor , any more than the same imposition upon themselves * and it has

      been heavier upon themselves ; for they have always had to yield greater tithes than the Irish . They forbade the open profession of their religioa , on pain of exclusion from civil and political power . tJnjust as well aa fooliah ; b » t the same is done to- the Quakers everywhere , and that does not maka them poor and ragged ; * and bow , when ths Irish have civil and political power , they ar « power than ever ! Have the English peeplu ever taxed thti Irish ? We will see about that by-and-by , -when , jou come to talk of the reform that you are se eking . How then have the " English people" made the liiab people poor ? They have ! indeed , suffered them to be made poor , by " not CCB 1 jelling the owners -of the land in Ireland to jay poor rates . " This is t !) eir swat sin towards the Irish pespla ; and now , -wb-i' i they sewn resolved to ¦ a right iu . this respect , and ' to make leparation for the

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      wrong , as far as they can , you step in with erroneous facts and fallacious arguments to induce the Irish to believe that that long-withheld good is nn evil I The fact is , however , thai the English people have never had any hand in causing the wrongs and misery endured by tbe Irish people . The wrongs and this misery , as far as they have been caused by misrule , have been inflicted by that" batid of oligarchs , " to -whom you have so often , bo recently , and ao justly ascribed them , and amongst whom your native oligarchs have been tbe very , very Worst The English people have always

      commisserated the sufferings of the Irish ; and this feeling has always been most conspicuous , too , amongst the Church of Englandpeople . The people of England have been wronged by the injustice of the oligarchs as much as , or more than , the Irish have ; for they have had to pay for keeping the Irish people in submission to those who refuged to give them Poor Laws , and who thereby reduced them to starvation . If this be not the true state of the matter , you have the means of pro viug the contrary ; and if this be the true state of the matter , let the reader characterise your charge against the English people of having made the Irish people poor . ( To be continued in our next . )

      The Discipline Of Beverley

      THE DISCIPLINE OF BEVERLEY

      " My head is grey , but not with years , Nor grew it white In a single night , As men ' s have grown from sudden fears ; My limbs are bew'd , with barbarous toil , And rusted with a vile repose , For they have been a dungeon's spoil , And mine has been tbe fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are bann'd , and barr'd , forbidden fare . " Prisoner of Chillon

      TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHEBN STAR . Edinburgh , 3 rd July , 1841 . Sir , —Prom the ready and expeditious manner in which yottt adinirablo paper convoys public nevrs from the Thames to the foot of the Grampians , and an the only vehicle which now appears open to me for tho subject , I will feel obliged by your laying tbe following extracts , from a letter just received by Mrs . Peddle from her husband before your readers , amongst whom I am happy to think he has many sympathising friends , who will take an interest in the intelligence . And as tbe pages of Holy Writ are most to be prizsd , when they come to us without note or comment , I shall avoid occupying your time with any indignant reflections . leaving tbe writer ' s own utterance , " in thoughts that breathe , and words that burn , '' to speak for themselves .

      W . B . A . " My health ( observes Mr . Paddie ) is certainly improved since I last wrote to you , notwithstanding my food , and alt the other circumstances with which I am surrounded , are so very different from my former habits ; a plain proof , were any required , of the murderous effect of that English Juggernaut , at whose shrine there are more ( and I will shortly furnish the world with reasons strong and good for thinking so ) victims sacrificed every year , than beneath tbe wheels of its brother in Hindostan , bloody as he is siid to be . But I cannot help stating , that the effects that the mill has left upon my constitution , are both painful and alarming , it has to a certainty cut off ten years at least from my period of existence . I am constantly tormented with a pain in my hoail—especially the front—my eyes

      are much weakened ; so much so , that I really entertain fears of losing them . My hair is now grey , not like Ephraim ' s , a gvey hair here and there ; but of truth © f t > most respectable pepper and salt colour . My beard , which I see onco a week , when shaved on Saturday , Las become actually white . In addition to which I have lost two morofioiit teeth , so that get me wheu you may , you trill have a respectable old man of 65 at least , in plauo of iO ; but in spirit and heart as young aud fond as ever . Indeed my spirit aenms to be of that kind and cast which no circumstances can control or curb ; which seems to have been formed by its Maker for resisting uninjured every species of persecution , even the moat cruel , hellish , and inhuman one ti > which it has been subjected ; and yet retains all its former elasticity—all its former love of freedom—and neverdying hatred of oppression .

      " It is astonishing what an enormous woigfct of suffering the human spirit can support , when it humbles itself before the mighty hand of its' Maker , and is strengthened by a firm reliance upon the protection of its God . Indeed could tyrants but perceive the fact ; could they but see the mind of the patriot strong in the integrity of his purpose , and still made stronger in bis well-grounded hopes of a glorious immortality—despising them even when bis body is sinking un ;! er their hellish , their barbarous torture ; pitying them in the gloom of the dungeon ; pitying them as men , madlylaying up for themselves eternal destruction , fierce wrath , and fiery indignation , to devour against that day wb- > n even they will cease from troubling , and their victims will find a rest to which they will be eternally strangers . For the present state of my mind in its religious feelings , you will find a description in the last chapter of the first epistle of Peter , from tho sixth verse .

      " I was trcly pleased with the news of your last , both with tho evidence it contained , that liberty waa not dead , in the 1 , 50 . 0 , 000 persons who had pttitioned Parliament i ' or our release ; but v . ith the reception of that Petition in the House of Commons , evincing tbe fact that we are not entirely forgot by the people . It has a ! so roused my expectation , that if the people continue to bestir themselves , they -will ultimately be the means of restoring ; mo and my fellow-suffbrers to our afflicted families . But not without bestirring themselves . For tbe Whigs ( heaven in due time reward them ) are like curds ia a cheese-press , they will not

      give out the «* Ley without severe pressure . Meantime I trust that nvj Iriends in England and Scotland -will not cease to es « rt themselves to obtain my freedom from this galling and truly worse tlian Egyptian bondage ; should they drop thwt exertions , you may rest assured , that I Will , if spared , remain here every hour of tbe three years . As for either mercy or humanity to bo expected from these men , who have refused ine justice , is a thing not to be looked for . The public will obtain nothing either { or me , or for themselves , but through the meaiuui uf constant agitation aud petition , and the adoption of every other entrgatic means justified by the laws of the country .

      Yon will see by Mr . Hume ' s note , that Lord Nortnanby has removed me from the English Juggernautthe British Moloch—the life destroying favourite machine of English squirearchy—the English priesthood ' s instrument of punishment . ' * * Now , as the Whigs will most likely take much credit to themselves , and , if possible , ptu-3 uade the people that they are entitled to it , let me put you in possession of the fact—that this remission will make little or no alteration otherwise for the better in my situation . Tbe fact ia , that nine weeks ago , it was found , that a very few days more continuance of the torture , must have ended iu my murder , had not tbe surgeon done his duty iu throwiug the shield of his official protection between me and death . This remission still leaves me in tbe condition of a degraded and miserable slave , subject to very severe labour , for the truth of which statement take one instance :- * -

      " For six weeks , in January and February . I was employed in working with my hands all day wet with quick liuie , till alnwat every a ' ng « r was burnt to a cinder—till the veryflesh ctme cut of them as largo as sixpences—leaving holts , in many of which a sixpence could have been buried—tbe marks of the wounds of which I will carry to the grave with me ; and it is well that it is so ; for should I ever be disposed to forget my sufferings , and to forgive their , authors , I bavo only to look at my bands to be awakened to a painful recollection of what I have endured , and raised to those duties that these sufferings have inflicied upon me . There is another circumstance to vrhicn I wish you particularly

      to call the attention of the public , that is , that it b ; vs been the never-failing practice of the British Government towards persons convicted of crime , should any thing occur after conviction to throw discredit upon the evidence by which a conviction was obtained , to give the prisoner the full advantage of such a circuit stance . Has thia been so in my case ? It has not For to have done me this justice would be to admit my noble persecutor and his friends , ( the blood-thirsty scoundrels of Bradford ) guilty of a conspiracy—a most wicked conspiracy against my life And freedom . " Robert Pedpie . " Beverley House of Correction , 18 th June , 1841 . "

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      MEETING OF THE SOUTH LANCASHIRE LECTURERS . In accordance with the resolution noticed in our last , tho above meeting took place on Sunday last , in the Brown-3 treet Chartist Room , East Manchester . Though many had come a distauce of twelve or fourteen milea , they were present to commence business by halt-past nine o ' clock . Leetuwrs assembled : —Doyle , Smithhursfc , Low ' s , Baiiey , Hougliton , Bankin , Littler , Leech , Campbell , Bell , L-. nney , Clarke , Booth , Storer , Sheerer , Roberts , and Bmterwoitn . Mr . Whitakcr , a member of Brown-street , was ohoseu Chairman . . , Air . Doy le inquired the object for which they hau boon-callea toRether .

      Mr . Cartled £ t > stated that they had been called together iov tho express purpose of coining to au uuderstandtos with each other on various important questions ; lor those who possessed the greatest amount of information to impart is to their fellowlecturers who required it , and to prevent one man giving 0 S 8 answer to a question at one town one day , aud anosber lecturer , at the same place , giving a different answer another day to the same queztiou . It was thou % ht that , by bringing the lecturers co ^ etber , and through the means of . - discusuiun , their opinions m'ght be brought to harmonise with each other , buuh a step would tend to improve the iecjurers , prevent , contradictory statements , being rasdei and promote ' tlie cause they hsd at heart , all ii ^ biU ' . ii io ^ ther iv thu inme cause , hr . vjj ^* > ht-. s :. n : * .: < - \ jti . "t iu view , uaiil tbt . i' s- 'XiTUoud lvyiu-i b . o crowneu with success .

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      Several lecturers expressed their opinions ^ and all asreed'in the propriety of the step which WM beea taken not only in the meeting beinK held , bat also in having a ' regular , series of meetings ; one or two , however , were anxious , before proceeding further , that a code of rules for their government should be drawn up . This , after some discussion , was not pressed to a division , and Mr . Leech , at the request of the meeting , delivered a short address on the last of the following questions , with a copy of which each lecturer had been furnished . . 1 st . Ateyouawa © of the amount of wealth produced annually in Great Britain and Ireland ? of the number of producers , and how tho present system of legislation affects its distribution ?

      2 nd . If the distribution of wealth is u > justlf interfered with , what remedy would you apply to insure a just distributioa of the produce of labour f 3 rd . Do you consider permanent liberty , and its accompaniment , prosperity , can be secured to the whole ppopL ) under a system of competition ? 4 th . What definition do you give concerning real libftr ty I oih . What aro the effects produced ia society by the law of primogeniture ? 6 th . What effect has the monetary system of thia country on its social and political arrangements ? 7 th . When the Charter becomes the law ' of the laud , do you thinfe that the present arrangements regarding private property ' can-be maintained consistently with the liberty and happiness of the whole peoplo ?

      A discussion ensued , and afterwards the remaining questions were alluded to seriatim ; and on the first question the resolution come to was— " That when any of the lecturers are questioned upon that point , they shall quote the statements of Porter , M'Qneen , M'CuHoch , and Bray , leaving the public to judge for themselves . " The following are the calculations given by Porter , M'Queen , and Bray ; those of ftl'CuHochare not furnished to us : — Porter says—There is every year £ 7 , 000 . 000 of wealth produced by 6 , 000 , 600 of -working people ; that every man who -worts , earns £ 116 i 3 s . ia . ajear which is £ 2 2 s . 6 ' ^ d . per week . According to Potter , it took iwelvo millions ; a year to support the clergy of the Established Church . U ] Local taxation £ 100 . , 000 . "

      According to M'Queen : — Total capital of agri- Produce , culture £ 3 , 258 , 910 , 810 539 , 036 , 201 Do . do . Manufactures . 217 , 773 , 872 271 , 412 , 709

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      £ 3 , 47 $ , 684 , 082 810 , 448 , 910 Families . Total number of persons employed iu agriculture , ... ... 1 , 8 * 5 , 463 Do . do . trade and manufactures , 1 . 0 Si , 232 Bo . nil other families . ... — 1 , 26 » , 536

      4.799,231

      4 . 799 , 231

      Bray states , in his work , that the annual produce is ... ... £ 500 , 000 , 000 And th . it it was calculated , ia 1 S 15 , to be 430 , 000 , 000 Of -which tho working class received 99 , 712 , 547 And the rent , pension , and profil class ... ... 230 , 778 , 825 The total capital , at tbat time , was calculated at ... ... ... 3 , 000 , 000 , 000 The meeting , after a very long and interesting sitting , was adjourned till that day mo&th . ¦

      To The Editor Of The Northern Stah

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAH

      Sir , —Since ministers took up tbe Corn Bill , I haTe frequently observed in the Whig Radical journals , an anxiety for a repeal of tbe Corn laws , and cheap bread for the poor . But although they pretend to be so roJieitous for thu poor man , I never bear-them " break breath" ubout giving him . the only power which can enable him to atand boldly in his own defence—the franchise . I say since the Corn . Bill become a ministerial measure , I have often seen a paragraph headed " ueiir bread means low ¦ wages . " Thete ia one in the Leeds Times ot last week , headed " another convincing proof that < Sear bread means low ages . " It go 93 00 to state that master manufacturers about Hu ' . Jdersflel « l have reduced the price of labour between 20 and 30 per cent ., am ! sisks if it ia not a convincer ?

      Sir , 1 should never have noticed these , with any intention of commenting on them , had I not known for what purpose they were got up , and being well acquainted -with most of the writers of them , I can assure you , that what I am going to say is fact . Tho articles above alluded to are the original correspondence of the miliocrata themselves f Taey first meet and reduce wages , then go to their office and write tke articles about ?« dear bread and low ¦ wages . " Thus they blow the trumpet that wages lower when bread 13 dear , and say that they could de no more if bread -were cheap ' . They tell their workmen it is in consequtnee of -want of markets , and preach up Whig humbug : until their men . ire . lost in mistiflcation , and thus push forward their own rain .

      They have practised tiiis " -lowering system " so long * and so often , that they dare not in a direct way any longer , for fear of exposure ; but they have recourse to an indirect way of lowering wages . They call thet " foreman" of every branch ( who by-the-bye are all of conrso high Whiga ) into the counting house , having previously made them electors . Tfiey say to them , w © are desirous of keeping up tbe respectability of our men , therefore we will let you your work , and then yon wili havo a good opportunity of making more wages ; we wish you to do bo , only push on the work ; the

      ii : oro you do the mote you receive . The foremen agree to this , and set to , -well knowiDg tbat the masters aro giving less for the work than tbey did before the jetting . I say they set-to , and pinch the poor men who are under them to excess ; they turn away a portion of them , and make the remainder do twice as v-. iucb , or nfarly so , as they did before . Work goea vapidly on . They do in four d ; iys what ought to be a wevk'd work ; and the consequence 13 , they are short of employment two days per week , and have to go and skulk in tho streets for that time , whilst they have dona mura vrork and received leas wages for it !

      And thus we are permitting these mercenary speculative individuals , -who -wish tor more msrkbts to bare more scope of coaipetition to ruin this couatry . They are like the frog in the fable , they want to swell themselves to the station of uld experienced and honest twdt'SMiMi who have been au honour to this country for centuries . The bel ! is ringing , therefore , I must be off , or I would siy something more . on , the subject But perhaps I izay re . iort to it again . Ju the mean time , I susbcribe myself one who would wish to be represent ud , . Yours truly , A Woukikq Man . Huddersfieid , July 14 , 1841 .

      Tyranny of the Factory Lords . —The millocraey and profitocracy , when courting popularity to subserve their own purposes , not UDircque&tly tell the workies that the interests of the employer and thOBO of the employed , are identified , and that both must rise or full together J yet we invariably find that the profitmoii ^ er's conduct runs counter to suoh doctrine , an instance of which is .. furnished by a correspondent , who writes as follows-: — " The masters of a certain mill , not twenty miles from Heywood , have of iato acted in the following manner towards their workpeople . A few days after the 12 th of August , 1839 , they called on every one who had been in thehabit of attending Chartist meetings , to sign their names to a paper , pledging themselves not to attend

      any more , and if they refused , they would be discharged from their employment . They also made & rule that no more collections should be made amount the weavers towards supporting the siok , or butying the dead . They were requested to grant the weavers leave to make a subscription towards the Stockport turn-out , on every alternate Friday afternoon , that day being the weavers pay day ; this was not granted . A few weeks ago , men were appointed to go round to every spinner , weaver , &c , in order to sea what each would give towards an organ for St . James ' s Church , Hey wood ; and thoagh the poor white slaves had nothing to spare , yet , through fear , seme gave as high as 10 a ., 7 s ., 53 ., 2 s . 6 cL aad some as low as Is ., and others 6 d .

      When the anti-Corn Law petition was laying for signatures at various shops ia Heywood , petition sheets were brought to the factory , and the men called upon to sign . At the recent election at Rochdale , the mill stopped on tho day of nomination , and the men were told to go in procession , with banners , bands of music , &c , to Rochdale , in order fo hold up their hands in favour of James Fanton , Esq ., the Tory candidate , Oa Wednesday , the 14 th instant , the Bpiuners were sent for , and informed that their wages would be reduced to an amount which they , the spinners , calculate at 6 s . per week . Some objected to the robbery , while others oringiogiy submitted to the avarice of their employers . " — So much for identity of interests .

      The Cbksus . —Amongst the many cunoua entries made on the enumeration schedules which have been returned in the town district of the Kensington division , are the following i-r" W . WUitehota , 57 * tailor , no ; Martha White'horn , 37 , wife , no "; 'John Fred . Whitohorn , 8 , yes { William Henry Whitehorn , 4 , yes ; Arthur O'Connor Frost Wbitehorn , sine months , yes . All earnestly pray for the speedy return of Frostf , Williams , and Jones , the release of all political prisoners , and that tlie Charter may be ~ come the law of the land " A Rival -xo the " New Ik-pbskal Macmsg . "The * ' tfa : s" in our printing-office { Ohio Squabbler ) offer to back Miss Jemima Bloom , their overseer , to do more " blowin . ' v \ p" ia one day than all tha gunpowder iu tho "States . " Tiey will be happy to let Colonel Pa ? i ' .-y have ber for a moderate consideration ; aud if bhe < h-n . h give KoyaJ Gcor ^ o a startler , the Colorcl Eiay depend ouVae-Yproof a ^ in detonatiu * power .

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      - ^ THE NORTHERN STAR . 3

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 24, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct716/page/3/