The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-13 00:00:00

PROPOSED CHARTER OF THE.
MIDLAND COUNTIES.

---- -
TO THE EDITOR OF . THE SUN.
Sitt;-I send-you for insertion, agreeably to my former
intimation, my amended, or Midland Counties Charter:
lon will see at mice that the simple principles of this.
document are 'mainly these:-elt recognizes thee-right of
Universal Suffrage, and only further provides such real
sonable guarantees as. are sanctioned -by justice, end
warranted - by experience.
By thus providin increased seuarentees for the exer-
ciee of the right of Universal Suffrage, it at onse makes
the old Charter, as amended, both sound in principle and
at the same time Site in practice-sone that might come
into immediate operation to-morroWwithourans jeopardy
to life, li-erty, or property. I believe the middle classes
may -feel perfectly secure in supporting it, -as now
Lt sbelievei; btaahuei'da dwpo working classes
a7esc,:sssair::dhi I,
Illecfioa 1.1.,1
.ITeiira cli,epraitilses.
THE NEW MORAL . WOR LD of Satur- 0„,., all
;ion any one against coming to hasty conchis;ons upon
u-
i, or committing- himself assainq it efere .lie- has thus.
dav, Jaguar 15 Contains DELIBERATIONS o:' the
CABINET COUNCIL, by ROBERT OWEN ; LETTER. :
well considered it. I:jay/rig' noW given it to the public,
to SIR ROBERT PEEL, and Address to the Disciples of the
I consider. that my share, in its introduction, is nearly
Rational System of Society; Prospectus of the Home Colo-
I concluded . "the moral responsibility of its suceeas or
niz.(tion Company; Progress of Social
.Reform, &c &c.
' failure I shall - deVolve upon the Dissenting. Ministers
Published at the Office of the Home Colonization Society,
No. 57, Pall-Mall, and sold- by all Newsvenders, stamped Four
of the Midland Counties pen e, unstamped Twopence.
.--,........-e-e.„---eeeesseseeeseeeeseee, - ..••er.'essesee As the effort or producti
39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY on of a private individual,
the York H , (oppesite whatever abstract merits it may have, its success daat
Hurl); and may be had also at
76, KING WILLIAM-STREET, BANK of ENGLAND. present a matter of speculation. If it is adopted by i
1G 11 I' AND HEARING TESTI- the Dissenting Ministers, in Convention asseinbled, it •
will then have the sanction of a.public body' of influen."
AIONIA LS on the Messrs., S. and B. SOLOMONS' till men, whose integrity and motives are above ses-
-ic;on and by whose' countenance or indifference it must
newlyeinverted SPECTACLE LENSES and INVISIBLE
OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR for. Deaf Persons. •P' 1 ' '. II ' '
stant or fa . Frem the- part they have all taken hitherto,.
"We the undersigned, have been for some time making
I cannot suppose them to be indifferent to the. progress
use of Messrs. Solomons' newly •invented Spectacle Lenses ;
the asteni,thing-- relief -they afford ioeimperfect ' vision gives of civil and religious lit4rtY:‘ '4What they and I-and
them the decided preference to every other kind of Lens al! " Movement " Reformers want, I apprehend, is a
-the clearness of the transparency brings every object very practical plan, which, while it is based upon first peinci-
distinct, and enables individuals to view the most minute par pies, might come into immediate operation. The iniddle
tiele with perfect accuracy. They are particularly pleasant classes have long felt this to be a desideratum, *hied' the
by candle light, as they appear cooling to the sight, and soften Charter, however correct in many of its principles, did
bright and brilliant lights :- not entirely supply. -
James Blundell, Esq., M.D., 1, Great George-street, West-
minster. From all I can hear and learn, the middle classes have
been repelled from the Charter infinitely more by. the
George G..Sigmoncl, Esq., M.D., 24, Dover-street: •
T. J. Pettigrew, Esq., Surgeon, F. R. S., Saville-row. abuse and violence, and in some cases political profli- .
gacy, of some of the Chartist leaders, than from any
John •Ramsbotham , Esq., M. D., Broad-street- building s.
Anthony White, Esq., Surgeon, 3, Parliament-street. dislike of the " equal rights of man,"
or any disincline-
John Hooper, Esq., Surgeon,•?9,Newington-place, Kennington tion to apply these principles, when adapted by satisfac-
Frederick Leighton, Esq., Al-De 7, Upper Gower-street. ' tory guarantees to the present state of English society.
Messrs. Griffiths and Duncan, Surgeons, 3, Leadenhall-street. When the political arena in this country is cleared of
W. Day, Esq., Surgeon, Isleworth.
all those by whom the right of public assemblies has so
T. Dally, Esq., Surgeon, 33, New Broad-street. long been desecrated, democracy will again have a chance
R. H. Lucas, Esq , M.D., Exeter.
J. Taylor Gordon, Esq., M.D.
of progression, but not before..
'Wm. Bowie, Esq., M.D., Bennett-street, Bath. After announcing my- intention, a few weeks ago, of
C. Heywood, Esq., M.D., Blandford.
introducing the Midland Counties Ch, I arter, as .
w
in-
Henry Lawrence, Esq., M.D., Tenby. •
duced to waive it, till the publication of Mr. Sturge's
Wm Jeafreson, Esq., Surgeon-oculist, 21, South Audley-street. Programme. That document is now before the public ;
S.D. Robinson, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham. and with every possible respect and -deference. for Mr.
C. Shilliter, Esq., M.D., Brighten. Sturge's opinions, I am compelled to say, that the- as-
William Conolly, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham. sertion and subscription alone of - the abstract truth
•E. H. Allnatt, Esq., M.D. Wallingford. contained in his declaration, will not produce the result
Thomas Willis, Esq.. M.D., Brighton. intended and anticipated by him, of •combining all
G. Griffiths, Esq., Surgeon, Hammersmith. shades of Reformers in one united movement for smite-
Ishn Kenderick, Esq., Surgeon, Manchester-street, Manches tical Reform. • . .
•
e : I consider him essen-
ter-square. .
Noboly can have a higher opinion of; or respect for,
Charles Tonally, Esq., Surgeon, Camden-town.
Mr. Joseph Stui'ge than I hay
tally a good man-the very incarnation, of the spirit of
nington.
H. Colebourn, Esq., Surgeon, 2i, Harleyford-plaee, Ken-
N. Al•Cann, Esq., Surgeon, 50, Parliament-street. l benevolence: still, the Charter-which I understand he
Samuel Banner, Esq., Surgeon, 26, Berkeley-square. I now supports without .qualification-.will not, in my
W. English, Esq., Surgeon, Denmark-hill. • humble opinion, unite the middle and working classeS in
.
A. Barklemore, Esq., Surgeon, 10,, Charlotte-street, Blooms- our day- mid generation. It there is not some slight me-
bury. difieatien of it, so as to .inerease its guarantees, and meet
R. J. Pollock, Esq„ Surgeon, Kensington. the honest fears-of the-middle classes it will ba for ever
E. Stoddart, Esq., Surgeon, 32, Golden-square. a bone of contention, rather than a source of union.
J. H. Walker, Surgeon, 23, Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury,
C. Higham, Esq., Surgeon, 46,- Davies-street, Berkeley-square The few thousand signatures that may be obtained to
Mr. qturov'splan, -*Il amount to' -nothing. The next
e , we
Edward Nason, Esq., Surgeon,Nancaton, Warwickshire."
national cletnneraiic in-ova:pent will require, not only,
the placing the above list of Testimonials before the public, Pa.
1 . i - s indissoluble •
the Messrs. Solomons, Opticians and. /twists, state that their in the fret place, ..n, ,
__, _ e union of allclassee
INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, by . but, on the part of its I.eedera, 'clear heeds, stout hearts,
which thousands of Deaf Persons have been greatly benefited, untiring
.energy, disinterested sacrifices, personal risk,
is not larger than a seven-shilling- piece, and when fixed into and popular talents, a happy Choice- of means and ex- •
the cavity of the ear is soft and easy, and not more uncomfort- ertions, well directed and well timed, to have any chance
able nor perceptible than having a piece. of wool in its place. of success at all ; and even then . I fear the prospect is
Re its use the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard: remote. • • .
wall dial !nctness.
Mr. Stumo says, that before his recent -Visit to. Ame-
These important new, inventions are patronized by their AIR- ..
had erl'a and 't •• ' -1. •. :
rice, he supposs,. reading A rltlng quadhcaton,
•es the Kinn- and Queen of Hanover and their Revel High-
as 'recommended te', 13eutham, was the best ; but that
ineestsies the PrinCesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene High-.
ness the Princess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa, he 'has become convinced, from what he witnessed there,
her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Bedford, and their Graces that not only would there be no danger in the adoption
the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Dukes of Devonshire and of complete Suffrage, but that there was. no other effec- • Manchester, &c. &c. - foal means to secure the country from the mischiefs of-
-39, Albemarle- street, and 76, King William-street, Bank. class legislation. I have been twice in America, haVe
Inconsequence of the gross imposition in the Country, it is th.ere made extensive inquirieS and Observations, and
necessary to state that-no Travellers' are employed in the above ; have arrived at very different conclusions. If America
-Establishment.- Ne connection with persons of the same name. , has anything to fear, it is from the inekperience, rash-.
nese and intemperance of its young Men.
Had Mr. Sterge baen on . the American frontier
during the troubles in Canada, he would have seen the
is eaknes3 of the Executive, and the impotency of the
laws. If he.- hid publicly - propounded - his benevolent
schetnesin regard. to the etegroes in the Southern States,
lie would have been tarred and feathered at the least -
perhaps shot, or lynched, it may be, without care=
sunny or scruple ; while neither the police, military, nor
the magistracy, would have afforded him the slightest
protection-the ExeCutive being not only disinclined; but
utterly inadequate to guard him; if he ventured (Upon
such a subject) to. assume the privilege of a freeman, or
to speak his mind. If he had -e•one still-further South-
to the Texas-ehe would have found himself 'in theatiidst
of a community of. outlaws and desperadoes, such as
were never collected together since the days of Cataline.
The best men of America -at the period of the Revo-
lution, considered Universal Suffrage as- a tremendous
experiment, but they were obliged to adopt it as the
lesser evil of the two, in order to enlist the sympathies
'and support of the masses, in their united resistance to'
the British Goverzini-ent, A large proportion of the-
educated, philosophical, and reflecting minds in Anierica,
at the present day, deprecate, their Universal Suffrage as
a national calamity.
From observation 'end 'reflection, I am compelled to
believe, -that if Perliaments. there were of longer duration
ee-if electors ware required to be of a more mature age,
and to have resided longer in the district for whiCh they
vote-their national liberties would be more ;secure, and
they would be saved those incessant scenes of faction
and cabal which sooner or later disgust every moderate
man, and predispose him far a partial iureender of his
present liberties, and the ultimate - establishment of a
stronger Government.
Feeling-thus in reference to Mr.- Sturge's declaration,-
I think I am justified in giving my • programnie to 'the
public, and in soliciting an attentive and impartial perusal
of its facts, its principles, and its arguments.
I shall be gratified by any correspondence, through
the post, from Reformers who may read -it, provided they
will append their names to their communications. In
the meantime, I shall hold myself very much at the sus
vice of the Dissenting Ministers of Leicester, if it should
so happen that they resolve to take part in the projected
Convention.
. .
The following address is supposed to be submitted
by me to them, in Convention assembled, and to be. signed
by them, as approving of the proposed alterations, and
as indicating an intention on their part of giving it their
effective and influential support,. -
I remain, Sir, your. very obedient servant,
, WILLIAM I3IGGS.
MIDLAND COUNTIES CHARTER- . ..
We, the undersigned.
.Ministers of Religion, Members
of Reform Societies, and other deputies, from the towns
of Nottingham, Derby, and Leicester, in public Conven-
tion. assembled,- having met - for . the purpose of taking
into consideration the document called the "People's
Charter,"-=with the view-of seeing how far We can agree
with its principles and . details, and having arrived at an
unanimous decision upon the subject, have resolved
upon publishing the following address to the people of the
United Kingdom, as our Political Confession of Faith:-
. ".TO THE REFORMERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
"We hold these truths to be self-e.vident :-That all
men are f re-at-L.(l equal; that they are endowed sly their
Creator - with certain inalienable rights ; that among
these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that
to
.. eeeureethese rights Geyernments are instituted
amongst men, deriving then:just rights from the consent
of-the governed; that whenever any form of Government
becomes deStructive of these ends, it is the right of .the
people to alter. or to abolish it, and to institute a new
Government, laying its _foundations on such principles,
and organising its powers in such form, as to them shall
seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness."
We hold that the general principles of the Charter
are correct and indisputable ; that they he at-the foun-
dation of all democratic governments ; that they are old
as time, immutable as fate, eternal as the hills, and are
at once the pride andbirthright_ . .of the h Unian race.
The design of those who framed and published the
Charter originally appears to-have been, as set forth in
their preamble -" to cause the Radicals of the -United
Kingdom to form, if possible, a concentration of their
principles in a practical form, upon Which they could be
brought to unite, and to which they might' point, as a
Charter they are
.determined to obtain;" in other words,
to induce a union of all Reformers in the empire, for
the purpose of effecting a grand naicilaet 1
organic change
in the Parliamedtary representation, based upon the
principles of the "Equal Rights of Mans" This design,
however, thus far has signally failed :---The Charter- has
been now three years before the public, and is, we fear;
as far from effecting the object designed, as it wasswhen
it was first launched into political existence. In the
meantime the conduct of some of the Chartist leaders
has been strangely ineenaiatent, With " equal rights"
upon their lips, they have been practically intolerant to
all who differed from them ; with a professed sympathy
for the millions' they have perpetuated their distresses.;;
with an avowed hatred of TQrYisillt they have coalesced
with and supported Tories ; with ' a claim to superior
patriotism, they have been practically the worst enemies
of givil liberty. this 'country ever saw ; they have thus
alarmed, Aimed, end vilified those whose assistance was
indispensable to their success, told aithont whose con-
currence they had not the slightest shatiovi ofit Chance;
they have alienated friends, strengthened enemies, ob-
E4rlKtPd practical measures of relief, and have aided to
restore that pasty to tho.COver,mnent; from which they
have not the smallest chance of dislodging it ; and yet,
with all these merits and performances 44 full blown, and
fresh. as May," affect now to wonder there can be no
union between them and the middle classes, when they
themselves are the guilty authors of the - separation !
The richest soils are frequently the most overrun with
weeds-; and it is the peenliaK Pr.9Pery 9.r. misfortune of
frog institutions, that lybile theyde'rell ilie‘'MoS`s.ele,

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1
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STATE OF TRAIiE.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
There was rather less animation in the market yes-
terday than on the two preceding Tuesdays ; and
those spinners and manufacturers, who had de-
manded further advances lid week, were gener-
ally content to accept the prices which were then
offered but refused. The market, however, is toler-
ably steady, both in goods and yarn, at a trifling ad-
vance upon the extreme low rates current about a
month ago. In reference to a statement, which ap-
peared in the Guardian of Wednesday last, on the ex-

I port of cottun goods and yarn to China, we have been
favoured by a mercantile house in this town with a
i'statement of the amount of those exports, as compared
with that of the precediog year ; from which it ap-
pears thvt, in 184:, of white cottons shipped to China,
there were 25,436 packages, the declared value of

which was 771,589/. ; and, in 1840, 21,284 packages ;
doclared value, 684,261/, ; increase in 1841, declared
value, 87,3281. Of printed cottons, the declared value
in 1841 vies 71,9621.; and in 1840, 70,t361/. ;—in-
crease in 1841; 1,101/. 01 cotton yarn, the quantity
in 1841 was 4,159,7801b5. ; and the declared value,
199,929/. I in 1840 3.860,935165. ; value, 185,143/. ;
increase in 1841, 28g,84.51h*. ; inereaFe in value, 14,786/.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAy, JAN. 10.
—To-day veing the new market, there bai beau a nu-
merous attendance, but not a proportionate quantity of
business transacted. Prices yet remain low. •In the
wool market there is nothing new to report.

Coln M.P., fte, with his usual libe-
rality,otrael B
transmitted
dthe sum of 351. to be Otributed
among the poor on his estates, in the parishes of
nan, Urray, and Knockbain. This is a very seasonable
gift.—Edinburgh Evening Courant,

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tnents would be infinitely better, inasmuch as they would
secure a perfect popular controul without the perpetually
; recurring annoyance and 'excitement of annual elections.
As, however, this proposed change as it respects the
duration of Parliament, and indeed all the other contem-
plated alterations in the Charter, are partially based
upon, and constantly refer to, the.institutions of America,
we will here quote the first-rate authority of an eminent
political philosopher, M.. de Tocqueville, as well as the
opinions of two of the Fathers of.the Revolution, 'Tamil-
ton and Jefferson :
" The frequent (i.e. annual) elections in America,"
says M. de Toequeville, "introduce an inevitable mute-
b'2ity and instability into the laws., lJamilton, and Jef-
ferson himself; admit and regret theii.fact. Hamilton
says, the facility and excess of law-making seem to be
diseases to which our Governments are most liable ; the
mischievous effects of the mutability in the public coun-
cils arising from a rapid succession of new Members,
would fill a volume. Every new election in the States is
found to ,change one-half of the representative:v. From
thiS change of men must proceed a change of opinions
and of measures, which forfeits the respect and confidence
ofother nations, poi Sons the blessings of liberty itself, and
diminishes the attachment and reverence of the people to-
wards a political system which betrays so many marks of
infirmity • Jefferson himself (a democrat among demo-
crats) says in a letter to Madison, the instability 'of-our
laws is really a very serious inconvenience.' "
Thus it 111PITIS that the master spirits of America, early
discovered, from practical experiences that annual Par-
liaments were fraught with infinitely more inconveniences
than advantages, and were, in fact, a "custom more ho-
noured in the breach than in the observance."
De Tocqueville says further, that "In Pennsylvania
the Americans after the War of Independence, tried to
do without a Senate, or Second House, and endeavoured
to carry on with only one House, and Franklin concurred
in its propriety ; but (in consequence of the incessant
chances of members and measures induced by Annual
EleCtions), they were soon obliged to alter their plan and
to create two Houses. Thus the theory of the expedi-
ency of having two Houses, introduced originally by acci-
dent, like many other important truths, is now admitted
and finally established." Again he remarks—" America
continues free far more .from its geographical position
than from its institutions." Again—" A democracy can
only obtain truth as the result of experience and many
nations may forfeit their existence whilst they are await-
ing the consequences 'of their errors." And still further
Agitation and mutability are inherent in the nature
of democratic Republics."
The duration of our English Parliaments appears to
have been various, and the circjimstance of their being
summoned or dissolved to have dtpended very much upon
state exigency, caprice, or accident. Blackstone says,
page 152, Booki, c. 2 :—" The Ring only can convoke •
a Parliament, and by the ancient statutes of the realm he ,

1 Theo remarks are not intended to apply to the Chartists
as a body, whose sufferings and privations have our deepest
sympathy and commiseration, but only to some of their un-
principled leaders.
fi No property qualification is required at the present time
for the Members of Parliament elected by the two Universities,
Cambridge or Oxford, or for Members of Parliument for Scot-
land. It will, therefore, be nothing more than exitending the
same regulation to England,