The National Register.
London, England, 1819-10-11 00:00:00

jPeetrp.

On the late gallant ea-II:oil of expelling "Tar Tl:strf.," per-
funned by a Jaelo of declaring Quid-nuues al Inn
hater:eh Coffee-Mouse.
As culprits winging in the air,
Enini gallo•a tree incliti'd„
Plunge with convulsirL agony,
But only kick the iiii; ;

So these Qnidi•nuer; as impotent,
Shrinking trout Conscirni, crimes,
Kick at the Nlip Hon which reflects
Thar follies through THE l't 31Es.

THE NORWICH DECLARATION.

WE, the loyal of this mast sedition+ of Univ.
Who think blaming great Wks the greatest of aims*,
Do hereby Declare our abhorrence of those
Who've expressed their aversion to murder and Wows.

Derry ()own,
What though we most pruthmtly shrunk from the call
Which summoned us lately to meet at the !tall.
Yd now that we the orrtors there,
Our opinions (on paper).we'll frix!y &Mare.
Here, safe from all dangers, we right loyal elves,
Om boldly descint on our own noble selves,
And. thought not behind columns St. Andrew's that grace
In Stevenson's columns we're sure of u place.

The lute " Itesolutions" we vote are a shame,
" A proceeding so hinsh and ill timed ac disclaim ;"
In our nature so peaceful, so dove-like, and mild,
sourn tv resent e'en the death uf a child.

We, moreover, declare, that the thing's premature.
For though afe lives have been lost to be .tire..
Yet for decency's sake we must always deplore, •
That their haste could not wait for a few hundreds more.

We object to no plan for a small Reformation,
But Radicals hold in great abomination,
And think that what scores may in gairnesl demand,
Is in 1/m4:sands high treason, so we understand.

As frier.ds o: htitnanitp.'deep we deplore
The blood that is laid to the Manchester Corps.
Yet it is to our minds source of great consolation,
They had proper advice on this trying °cc:talon.

BIM Yeomen our thank? to your valour is t!..le.
Were psneng to share in such glory with you ;
But, .das! the folks herr are such sti‘klers for kw.
they meet neer so oft. not a sword must we draw.

Then drink to the iferces of i'ttsrliio ,
Who n t mothers and biit‘a cut and came. Sir, a7ain;
Brave Warriors' you: names will ii, record be found,
And boys and ti :al women turn pale at the sound.

F im—About one o'clock or, Saturday 'ermine ;iv
wAtc It man was uoitie his room's; ri:c, iv' d that'
Ihe ion er pJrl 111 .i r. Jamvs Tanner, fib, Old 6...11
Hiteliir, was CM lire ; lie Rase an iimin.thate
Aunt, Jul scser.al persons assembled before the fire in
the lower part had gamed such Strenatti that the latn.ly
mid to e•cape at the first floor windows, without saving
any part of the property. More the engines arriard the
entire of the house, with all the turuiture atul eruptiir
wen dactiaractl.

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IV /HS EDITOR.
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Salt; feel exceedingly. unwilling to obtrude myself '
• upon the public, and quite as much est, to occupy,
unprofitably, the columns of thy paper, in which the
• cause ot the labouring poor has been so much more ably
advocated ; yet I may be permitted to add to my former
communications a few .hints, which thou wilt either
give, as c oning from me, or if thou more approve of
that mode, incorporate them. in thy genegal remarks
eipoit this mast interesting snbject.
Passing events convince me that " delays are (inge-
• loos," anti my regard for that old,•but true adage, induces
one to state, that duty, as well as policy, calls open every
matt, who has tither mind or money, to use his infliteuce
• for the assistance of those.Wllo4C situation and circum-
stances demand it.
There are many who are now, most deservedly, mow:
.ing in the higher walks of life, who will easily call to
their recollection, that either thentaelves, or their pre-
. &crows, %vete indebted to industrious exertions, sup-
ported by the blessings of Providence, 'lsm honest in-
tention, for the elevation to which they have attained ;
and lie who can lay his hand upon his heart, and claim
such an origin, has indeed a title to greatness, which
'Nobility itself may how to with respect.
Impressed with this belief, anti most anxious that
• soy suffering fellow men, wherever Mond, may have
that aid to which patient, but tuisuccessful exertion, is
at all times entitled, I again call upon the men of in-
• finence, and of information, to lay aside prejudice, and
ascertain for themselves, whether great distress does, or
does not prevail, amongst the labouring classes..of the
community
Their report would be a boon to the country : for
ruch is the present state of extreme agitation, that what
. appears in the public papers, reiterated and uncontra-
. dieted, must necessarily contribute to increase that
and augment that turbulence,- and dispositiou to
. complain, which peculioely marks every succeeding
large assemblage of the people. To ascertain how far
these
be labour well bestowed, and would greatly tend to
lessen the public anxiety.
It -is tin uncommon remark, that those who are
loudest in their complaints, are not the people who are
really suffering.. Be it so : the complaints of the suflerers
:themselves have come before the public, in every possi-
ble shape, .and in language-at once temperate, but firm
and respectful : and what has so far resulted from these
appeals of. wretchedness? Has not the same listless
apathy left the matter to chance, and the complainants
to distress and disappointment? Shall we then condemn
that sympatlietie ,feeling, which adds dignity to the
human character, and impels every individual of the
.great family, to espouse the general cause ? and thus
,an ebullition is every where seen, unheard of at any
former period.
Lst the wound be probed, and ascertain its malig-
nity : the cure is neither doubtful nor distant, if pro-
berly set about. The private concerns of every matt of
usiness require arrangement, forecast, and unceasing
attention, if he is either to be successful or comfonable;
how much more must the great Manufacturing System
require the united wisdom and experience of those
who are the main springs of the great machine : if its
operations are to proceed with vigour, every subordinate
part of it must be preserved, fit for the discharge of its
relative functions.
1t is by this vigilance, and faithful discharge of duty,
that the prevailing dissatisfaction is to he removed, and
the thousands who meet to complain, be converted into
groups of approving and peaceful subjects. Theo, indeed,
will the country resume its wonted cheerfulness; and
whilst plenty rewards the toil of libour, the distinguish-
ing mark will bee—gratitude in the people.
Another common objection to any public enquiry into
the prevailing .distresses and dissatisfaction is, that it
will be Mid hold of as a.matter of triumph on the part
of the disaffected, and that concession, tinder these cis
cumstancts, will increase the evil. This is may oppos-
• ing one opinion to another; and as we see what neglect
and inattention has done, it would he a mark of wisdom,
~got least, to give enquiry a Mir chance, and see what may
-sesult from that.
have employed my feeble exertions to muse my
felhow men to efforts suited to the exigencies of the
snotiteat, that the spectre of which we are in fear,
.lupy he brought before us in its just proportions :-
7and, if it should be found that we have conjured up
'horrors which do not exist, the country will had the
intellmence with joy, and deservedly 4pplaud the spirit
and determination which has led to the discovery.
.Hut,
ii it should be found that, the measure of sofferiug
sonority •the labouring poor has been gradually on the
increase, fur a series of years, and that it has at length
reached a point almost„Leyond endurance,' let us not
lose one moment, but nay our most strenuous exertions
to introduce another and better order of things. Let it
not be said, THAT SOW concession would betray weak-
ness--call forth Justice and Mercy : and if to permit
theii influence be concessioti, then ktooticession become
Cite order of time day, until we have subdued the prevail-
- Lug disconteuts, by removing the heavy butthei.s, and
Jetting the oppress al go free.
I son convinced that, though it may be at variance
with our most reputed theories of political economy,
yet that the experiment of giving 10 labour a value,
which a series of thoughtless and oppreestee exactions
hire taken away from it, murk to :be made; and if, in
imitation of Bi iiii iughain, Sheffield, amid some other of
our great manufacturing towns where Chambers of
Commerce, or Boards of Trade do exist, similar as-
sociatious were formed, of the leading and most respect-
able men, and that their avowed object should be, tint
only the general protection of trade, but, most deter-
minedly to secure to the operatives, a fair and adequate
'enumeration fur their labour„untier all the vaiying cir-
€l.lllljl4lleCi that necessity or caprice rosy bring about,
cue the. labourer would know where to reek protec-
.
&tad tql.unist go aiancious atop uufeeling wester, who