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      Ireland and England . Brother Pkoiexakiass , - - ¦ :- I must again direct your special attention to the frightful revelations of Irish misery , and harrowing record of Irish suffering , you will find in this number of the " . Northern Star . *' You wfll read of shops closed in hundreds , the keepers being utterly ruined —• beggared by rates and rents , - and the total deprivation of business . Ton . will read of Protestant par-, sons , and Catholic priests , reduced to one levelof destitution—a feet -which does not excite

      much of my pity- / seeing that both have agreed in one : thing—if in . nothing else—to numbug the people , and reduce them to the abject'condition of dy ing of hunger , rather thanresist oppression by the -means dictated by nature and sanctioned by examples ; setby the most glorious of our species . You ; will read : that . " ' the fiuninef ' . hasreachedthose : Devil ! s cubs , the lawyers— -the ' - Judges- are sitting idle , and . ** briefless" is the lot of nearly the entire race of legal cormorants . Thelahfflbids—^ at least a large number of them-rare stiU ^ brse off . The famine be pridsed for that ! Yon will read

      that "the sons of the gentry are squabbling for situations which the butlers of then * progenitors would scarcel y have deemed worthy ofacf ceptanc & V . Ha 1 ha , ! " so their pride is brought low . Those hanghty' tyrants , whoideemed themselves all but gods-r « ertainly not of the common clay iof which we , brother . prbletatarians , are formed—those dainty gentlemen , those lUy-whiie-handed idlers are - . compelled io descend . to the ; level of flunkies J Their doom is their own seeking . The misery they inflicted upon their victims has recoiled upon themselves . " The poisoned ehalice has returned to their , own lips ; '" and

      Trio so base as . pity them ? Up to , this hour they have waged a war of extermination against the poor . You will read—copied from the "Limerick Examinef" ^ iha . t only a , few days ago eight houses were levelled at Castieconnel , and *' fift y persons turned out to swell the crowd of paupers clamouring for relief " Jor miscreants-who belong to the order who do such deeds , can we feel pity—no matter what their doom ? Certainly not , if we are -inenifwelnvyeanyrespectlor Justice . Away with the fudge of— " Blame the system ^ not the men . " Away with the-humbug of " Charity , " and "Love . " I say , with the German

      poet : — . " We have all had quite enough of " lore " lie our watchword henceforth "Hatbed . " . '¦ ¦ ¦ : And for that hatred there is reason more than sufficient in the horrible story of the misery and murder of your order , as detailed in this week ' s Irish news . You will read , that at the •' Quarter Sessions " of one town only , 1 , 200 prisoners ( for the most part charged with what thelawcalls " petty theft , " ) pleaded " Guilty , " in Ihehope of being detained in prison—tin the sake of the prison food I Two who . were discharged , were the next day accused of ' - ' riot , " committed in an attempt to break into gaol

      You w ill- read that numbers of the unhappy peasantry are ' elamonring to-irork for any one , on condition of being only fed , and that too upon the coarsest food . It is true some go the length of asking ten shillings a year , in addition to their food ' . Think of men being driven to offer their labour for potatoes , oatmeal , and taopenceforthing a week I You will read of the unhappy creatures beingpositively poisoned by the abominable oatmeal , or some substitute for meal ; You will read of hundreds dying of hunger , and hundreds perishing of cholera caused by hunger ; the living dying by inches , and the dead , in many instances unburied , rotting without the decent covering of grave or

      shroud . When Steuxe desired to impress his readers with the horrors of captivity , he singled out a solitary victim to illustrate the frig htful system he-washed to bring into disrepute . So , ^ perhaps , it would be well to call your attention to the case of a partieularvictim , to more forcibly illustrate the horrors of Irish suffering . I request , therefore , your particular attention to the case of Patrick Coxoixy : — " On Friday , the 20 th . of April , " says the " Cork Examiner " : " a weak , tottering mari-r-or the skeleton of .-what once might be called a

      manstaggered into the workhouse of Youghal . He was lean , and hungry , with the voracity of a wolf . " That day he had the usual " in-door relief , " evidentl y insufficient , for , on the Sunday morning , he stole , or attempted to steal a morsel of bread . Fortius " crime" his punishment was DEATH . It is true he was not publicly strangled ; he was not so fortunate as to share the comparatively " easy death of & C 5 H . , Cbld , starvation , and mental torture supplied the place of the hangman and the gallows . ITor attempting to take a morsel of -bread he was thrust into the workhouse Black Hole—a den -without

      air or light , sad . measuring only eight feet by as i His miserable meal was also torn iroui him . At the hour appointed for relig ious service , the fiendish , hypocritical torturers of poor Coxoixtled him forth to pray ! "When he staggered up fromhis trembling knees , ne was led back again to his cold , dark , airless cell , to tenant it with his raging hunger and unutterable sufferings . " At length Death—merciful Death— -came to the wretched man ' s relief . " An inquest was held on the body , and the Jury returned a verdict of—Wilful Mueder ? No ! nothing . of the sort . The verdict was— "We find that on Sunday , the

      . 22 nd of April , Patrick Coxollt , a pauper m Youghal Workhouse , was chinned in a place called the Black-hole , being at the same time deprived of his rations , " and while so confined , being seized with sickness , shortly after died ; and the Jury find that the said Patrick Co-Jtoi . lt came by his death in consequence of bein « r so" confined in the said Black-hole , and being deprived of his rations ; and the Jury wishtoput onrecordtheirmarkedcondemnation ofthe Black-hole of the Youghal Workhouse .- ' The Jurors express their marked condemnation ofthe Black-hole ; Butwhat is the Black hole ? Can it be made . to feel the " marked condemnation ? " Can the Black-hole be

      prosecuted or hanged , as the murderers of Coxoll y ought to be I Moat respectable and worthy Jurors—if poor CbxoLLY cued Because he was put into the Black-hole , andoecotwc he was deprived of his rations ; do you not see that those who deprived him of lig ht , and air , and food , -were guilty of his "death—in fact , guilty bf Murder ? -It ; is tine , workhousemurder is not recognised as a crime . It is true , that even those who prey uponthe lives of littie-children , escape punishment even in this country ; -way then should JurOTS-be very nice concerning the death of any one victimparticularly in Ireland ,, where Death— -char-j tered byOppression--mows down his Hundreds tkily ? , " , ' -. ' - ; : \ - ; e- ' - *_ - \;

      Ireland is in a state of social revolutionindeed , society is utterly brealdng up ; and ionest , practical statesmen , -would seize upon this opportunity to establish a new and just order of things in that unhappy country . But the Whigs are no such statesmen . Then- paltry , peddling measures are inadequate for the occasion ; they may salve over the Hire , but the cause of the disease will remain . Free Labour on a Free Soil is the only possible solution of "theIrish difficulty ; " but no" such solation wifl the Whigs , prjany rival faction Ofthe p rivileged orders , attempt or sanction .

      There can beno hope for Ireland until Pri -rilese andCapital ceMe' . tom ( mo ]^ iEe thereaources df / to State ^^ monppor | vtii only caaw viisa fte « w <> P J w te & wtom- v

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      brought to ^ ah end by the enactment ofthe People ' s Charter . ' ' ;; ; ^ p ' . ¦ ' ; " ; ' . BrothEr-ProletarUks , J ; rejoice ; at . the prospect : of a . renewed , ' and , T- trust , well grounded struggle for-the Charter .. ; : The immense meeting of the Tower Hamlets ' Democrats , held last night , -And the numerousl y attendedmeeting ; ' ofthe Marylebonephartists , held this evening , have cheered me with : the hope of an earnest endeavour on your part to bring the present infernal system to a con ^ elusion— " a consummation devoutly to be wished . " . :

      I observe that Mr . Shabmax Crawford has given notice of his intention to " move an amendment infevour of "Universal Suffrage , " on tlie forthcoming motion of Mr . Hume for a reform of the representation . Had this ; notice been given by the member for Nottingham what a howl would have been raised * - by the genteel reformers against " Chartist . obstructives" and " Tory tools ; " Sir . Crawford has

      taken . a : right course , and ; I trust ; . will persevere . Honesty is the best policy . . „; The people may be rallied in defence of a principle , and if Hume and his friends are seriously anxious for Parliamentary ¦ ' ¦ Reform , they will unite with Mr . Crawtorp -in asserting ; and insisting on-the recognition of the great principle of Universal Suifrage-r & at is , Justice for each and for all . ' ' . '' :::

      . I must again defer , my promised cpmmeht on foreign topics . Brother Proletarians ,.- let ; me again entreat you to prove your > love of freedom and justice by following up . th *) 1 good work , so well' commenced yesterday .. . There must fee nov unreasonable : haste , ; no irrational excitement . ! . perseverance and / the enthusiasm of a steady determination , to win , -will infallibly achieve victory , and that , too ,- at nbdistant day ; There must be Tib folly ; but there must be ihe fixed , unflinching resolution to beat down'inequality ,, and establish the Keign of Political Right and Social Justice . ^ L'AlSiIIDIJPEIJPiB . May 3 rd , 1849 . - : t ; ^ ,. " .

      Receipts Or: The National Land Gumpafly ...

      RECEIPTS Or : THE NATIONAL LAND GuMPAflY For ihs- "Week Ending- Thubsdat , - ;•" - " - - max 3 , 1849 .. , ? r .. ; . / r . shares ; " . ' . i' ' 1 ; v : £ s . d . ' " - ' - ' - •• ' - ,: £ 8 , 'd . Ipswich .. 8 19 0 Coventry .. : 2 10 ; 0 Rotherham .-. 0 13 4 H . Gradatis '• ; . . 0 «; :. 0 Glossop . ' .. ... 3 5 6 R . Pattison ..-.. 0 „ 2 . 6 Preston , Liddle 2 0 0 . W . M'Donndl .. - - " ¦ ; 0 .. ' Market laTiig- G . H . Charwin .. 0 ! 2 0 ton ; . 0 5 0 CMowI- ' - ' : - . - . ' . ' - 0 ; 1 6 Birmingham , . .. B . Moss - ; . Oi & . O Ship . .. -,: 3 6 0 J . Vigors ; .... 0 . 2 : 6 Nottingham .. . . . . 0 . 7 4 . . - - , - ... " :,. —~

      —Preston , Brown ., 2 12 8 . £ 27 13 . 4 Sleaford ' . ' ' .. 0 3 0 ' '_ .:.. ; ' " ' . " " ' / " ' . ' " ¦ ' , ' ' EXPENSE FUND . ' . ' -, " , ' '*''' ,: "''; " .., Ipswich .. ¦ ¦ ' 0 2 0 Rirmhigham , ; : ' Rotherham .. 0 2 0 G 6 od \ rin ' .. 04 0 Glossop .. - 110 0 Kotnnghiun - .. 0 2 ' 6 Birmingham , : ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ .:-. j—i ——_ Ship .. 0 2 0 : - ,. JE 2 2- 8 Prestoi , Broim 0 0 2 .. jSSi . TOTAUS . LandFund ... ... ... ...- 2713 ; 4 Expense ditto ... - ¦¦ ... ... ' 2 ^ 2 8 Bonus ditto '• ... ... .. v 127 1 10 Loan ditto ... : ... .... -0 12 4 Transfers - . V . " - ... ... v ..- 0 ' - ' 3 0 Returned Aid Money , « fcc . ... . ' . 15 0 0 - * - . " . ' , > . " - . ¦ ' - ' • ¦ ^ LT 8 ^ 18--2 - . "W .. Dixos , - , C . Doxlb , , , ii v - . " . . T .. Ciabk , Cor . Sec . . •' . P . M'Grath , Fin . Sec .

      :. Executive Fund. Received Ty S. Ktdd'....

      :. EXECUTIVE FUND . Received ty S . Ktdd ' . —Stockport , 5 s . ; Manchester , 10 s . ' . VICTIM FUND . ' ; ' Received at Iasd" Office—Portsmouth , per I J . Merri maa , 7 s . —^ -Receivedby S . Ktdd . —Crown and Anchor Hall Locality , 5 s . 10 d . ; Norfolk Arms , Is . ; Four Brothers . 2 s . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received bv " Wm . Rider , —A few Friends , Stoke-upon-Irenti per Bob Charter , 3 s . ; OarUsle , Ohambers' Warpers , 10 s . ; Swansea , per J . PhiUips , 13 s . { Nottingham , per J . Sweet , 3 s . 3 d . ; Preston , Proceeds . of Lectnrebj J . Barker , per J . Brown , 12 s . ; Bunoon , Fifeshire , ' per G ; Brown , 6 s . _ . NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUND . " - Received % Jonx Assort . —Mr Rider , as per , Star , £ 2 9 s . 3 d . ; Crown and Anchor HaU locality , per E .-Stallwood , 8 s . 10 . ; Mr . Newby , * Tower Hamlets , 6 d . ; Eiiest Jones locality , per Mr . M'Teigh , 3 s . 3 d . ; Mr . R . 2 s . ; 28 , Golden lane , per T . Brown , 4 s . l | d . ; Hermit , Bedford-square , per E . WaiTen , as . ; Globe and Friends , per Ditto , 4 s . 4 d . ; lecture Hall , per Ditto , 3 s . 6 d . ; Total , £ i 0 s . Hid . As -inis is to be divided , between thirty-two widows . and upwards of seventy orphans the Committee feel compelled to state that unless funds' are forwarded forthwith they must resign . . .-.:. ¦ 3 . Assort ; Sec .

      : Dk. P. M'Douall. . To The Editor Op Th...

      : DK . P . M'DOUALL . . TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN -STAR . Sir , —Having seen Mr . M'JOouall to-day , and being convinced of the evident failure of his health , I feel it to be my duty to address the public upon the subject , through yon , and to request the friends of Dr . M'Doual ] , in each town to petition parliament through their representatives , for Vim to be placed in the list of first-class prisoners . -The . effect which twenty-three hours' close confinement .. out . oi twenty-four will have upon aman of theDoctor'sactive

      habits must be apparent to all . Fronv several letters which I have received , I do not think it is generally known throughout the country , that the treatment of Mr . M'Douall differs so materially as it does from that of the other Chartists confined in the same prison . lam sure those who ' saw him twelve months since would not recognise him at the present time . I trust . bis friends will see the necessity of immediate exertion . Tours , & c ,

      M . A . M ' OOUALii 1 , Front Portland-street , Liverpool , May 2 nd , 1849 .

      The Miners Of Ffortht/Mberland - And Dur...

      THE MINERS OF ffORTHT / MBERLAND - AND DURHAM .. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SOBTHEBX STAR . ' Sib , —The miners of this countryi as weU as the worknig men of aU other classes , owe a debt of gratitude ( which I trust they will redeem , ) to the proprietor of the Northern Star , for his readiness in giving insertion to any and all of their varied and manifold grievances , thereby ensuring that ' publicity among the' working men -which could hot he ' obtained from any other source . Being , fully aware ofthe desire , the- wishes , and disposition of those parties who conduct and carry out the principles and objects which called the MrtJiem Star into existence , I forward for ihsertion the folio wins proceedings relative to the' miners of

      XorthumbemhdandDurliam . TTmvh took place at a delegate meeting hold last Saturday , at the Cock , Inn , head of the Side , Newcastle > r- ' ' . . ' The delegate * met at eleven o'clock "in-the . morning and proceeded to call over the roily when the various delegates answered as representing their respective collieries , and forthwith handed to-the " treasurer all monies as being levied to meet the expenditurei -as conditioned at the last meeting . The next business was the petition to Parliament for a ' better system of ventilation , which having been numerouslv signed by the miners and others , it was unanimously agreed that- a ; correspondence be opened with Mr . Duncombe and Mr . O'Connor , to ascertain whether they would honour the miners -with the presentation of the same to the House of ¦

      Commons . ; . ,,. , - ,. ; . A proposition from a certam colliery for the unmeduite establishment of a "Victim Fund ; the- necessity of the same being well and ably argued by several delegates , from which it appeared that owing to the regular and continued oppression of the envplovers , their invariable practice being to discharge from their employ all who take any prominent part in the organisation of the workmen , thereby engendermg a slavish fear among the rest , amTthus pre-Tentingthe extensionof theglorious work forwant of officers . It is intended that . each member joining the union shall contribute a smal sum ldrtni | htly tflbn ken * at the colliery , and when . any . of the

      vrorkmen shall be discharged from the colliery , and the committee of the same be clearly of opinion that the said party was discharged because he tooklan active part in forwarding the Miners Labour "Or tection Society , then tins committee , shall be btn ^ powered to vote from the funds any adequate sum to enable the said party to procure employment elsewhere . The proposition will be laid before ' each colliery , -when it is expected that the next delegate meeting will be unanimous in the-adoption or the principle enunciated , which is so obvionsly necesisary that no opposition can be expected . :. ' : Yours , & c ., Mi Jros . ¦ - April 30 ft , 18 i 9 . ¦ -.. ' . -.,,- -- : -

      Qotbb Eeasqh Itob A Chasob Op Reuoiok.— ...

      Qotbb Eeasqh itob a Chasob op Reuoiok . — la the year 174 S the penal laws against Catholics were in full force in Ireland , and they were not allowed to carry- anas . In that year . a Mr . T ^ affe turned Protestant « s ^ sx to fig « a du « l » -: ¦

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      : . «¦ .: > ; £ UBLiaiMEETIN . GS . ¦ •'• " : ' ORE AT : MEETING >> OF-: > PROTECTIONISTS AGAINST ' : THE-REPEAL OF 'THE >^ AVI-; CATION LAWS .:- i ^ --:- ^ ¦ - ^; ; ,- " ^ - ! Ah aggregate meeting of the agricultural , ; colonial , commercial , manufacturing , - ' and shipping interests , was held on . Tuesday ; -at the Hall of Commerce , Threadneedle-strCet , the object being to form a general and united association of all the great interests ofthe country , for the purpose of resisting the progress of the free-ti-ade . system , and re-establisningprotection . ' . '' . ' . . ' .. ' . ' . ' ' .-., -. ' . ' .. ¦ . At the hour for which . the meeting was aiunmotted , the'hall was about' three : parts filled , there , 'being some 700 or 800 persohs present , aud at no period of the day was that number exceeded . . ...

      The Bute of Rushmond presided . The front row of seats on the platform was occupisd by the following noblemen arid / gentlemen : The Marquis of Downshire , ; Marquisi of IVihchilsea , " Earl of Eglinton , Earl of Maunesbury , Marquis of Granby , Lord Charles Manners , Lord ' ., Sondes , Lord John Manners , Lord Talbot , Lord Nelson , Mr . Jfewdogate , M . P ., the Hon . Mr . Law , ' M . P . ( the ' recorder of London ) , Major Beresford , M . P ., Colonel Sibthorp , M . P ., G . R . R 6 birisoh , Esq .,, M . P . ( chairman of Lloyds ) . ; G . F ., Young , Esq ., Siiv ' C . . Bun-ell * M 1 P ., A . Bosanquet , Esq ., P . Mdes , Esq ., M . P . ; Alilerman Sidney ,, M . P ., P . Fosket ^ Esq . ; and on the ' seats behind the chair were sererariandowners , farmers , ; and others . connected with , agriculture , and

      the West India , interest . - -. . .- .-- T . The Chairman , on rising , was received with : loud arid g eneral marks of approbation .., ; He : said he had adTocated . proWctiori ^ not ohly to the agriculturist but the nianufacturer , not 6 nly to the sailor but to the Spitalfields . weaver ; , and he beUeyed that this . coun > trycouldhotcoritinue in the course whichit had been puisumg ^ a course , the . result of . . which had been to promote the prosperity of the foreigner ;; . at the expense of the interests . of , our pwn . population . ; , It was most desirable , then ,, " a ' t-la . crisis - like the present , " to attempt ' -tq ; unitei ; into , , one body , those . whose interests " were actually the same--for with the exception of ,. those ; of . the - small , knot of Manchester and Stockport ihariufacturers . he ibelieved

      that the ; , 'Interests ' , of the ^ agriculturi st ,. the . manufacturer , the ; merchant ] and the colonist went hand in hand . . , ( Cheers . ) - * . What ; was the present . condir tion . qf the various classes which he had enumerated ? Be need , not enlarge ' . ' upon the deep ' distressfelt . in thei " agricultural districts . That aistress was ; as notorious asjit was severe . - ; , . But be , would ask the small ; shopkeepers . . in th ' e ciouhtry , arid ; the larger shopkeepers in Xbridon ,.. w , hat they had gained by free trade .. . ( Cheers . ) " On . thei subject of protection to haiive . inaustry , Parliament : could , " if , it . thought fitr-and ' it would be . pbliged , to think fitr-retrace its \ steps ^ and '¦ grant- to native . . . industry ;; that moderate protection which was its , due . . , ( Cheers . ) But the subject Svhich ' . had -more , immediately called ; theiri , together , was ' thejthreatened repeal of the ' . Ifavigation . Laws .. ' . . ( Hear , hear . )] , Were that repeal to he ; carried , ho would ' assure them ; that . the defences bf the country Vwould i be crippled foi" ever ,

      and that ; the" time wpuld . . . s 6 on : come . when . , they would ! be . no longer able to . boast that the ,- footmark ^ 6 f a'foreigh foe had never prostituted the soil of England ., ' , ( Cheers . ) A :. repeal . of the ; 2 favig v tipu . Laws would cripple pra ^ conuuereiidVm arine , and wiftbuta . commerciaLmarinei , hqw / . cbuld . they expect ito . man ' . r . thb guns' of ,. ; their ;; men-of-war ? ( Cne ers . ) - No' doubt there were | nofc wanting , peo ^ pie ; who" were' gbihg ., " abput "'^ aying ,. , ' f Oh f rWar : is over arid past-rOaught ' er ^ in ' . future , we . ai'o to havei arbiti'atipn ahfl .-universal peace . " . ( Laughter . ) "Wasthere ever sucH'humbug ? ' ( . Cheers . ) . ; Let the gentlemen jpf the Peace' Societies .. go . to Dorin ' yr br ' ook . Fair and try if ' they can prevent the factions there from" nghtmg ^( laughter )^ ahd , when they have . been so ' : far successful , let ' them offer , their services for . ; the suppression , of all . future . -wars throughout Europe ! . ( Hear ' . ami cheers . ) 'VHe , for one , would never ; consent . to vote for . the . destruction . of the 'wooden Jwalls of . England ; . ' -. ' . . ' .

      , The Marquis of : jGBANnY , who was received with tumultuous expressions of approbation , - " read and moved the following ; resolution : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the adoption ef a freetrade policy hais failed to . ' produce thehatipnal benefits , predicted by . ' . its ^ promoters . ;; that . it has . been followed b y' deep , injury ; tomany' of th ' e great interests _ of this country ; that . " a reaction in , public opinion is widely . 'diffused , * arid is rapidly extending in favour of just and moderat ' e ' protection tbth ' e productions ofthe land ] ' the manufactures , " and the . industry of the United Kingdom ' and British posses * sions ; and that it ' is of the utmost importance to the restoration of prosperity to the nation that the influence of the an-ricultural , . colonial , mercantile ,

      manufacturing , and ; shipping interests should be united in resistance'to the further progress of experimental legislation . " The'hoble marquis said , free trade was afa ^ uurer ^ ah ' utter failure . ( Cheers . ) How could it be otherwise ? . How ^ oiild our heavily taxed population compete , with the untaxed energies of foreign countries ? ( Cheers . ) But ,. besides , the free traders were ; wrong in ' . a cardinal point . --They never thought that the ' result of their principles would be tio make the people lose as producers what they gained as' ' consumers .- ( Loud cheers . ) But there was another point . "The producer lost upon the whole ' of his income / whilst the consumer benefited Only ' upon" a part ; of his expenditure . ( Loud cheers . ) . Who , then , was really oenefited . by free trade ? Nobody but the idle ' consumer , who had a fixed income ; whilst the producing class—that class which was by . far the most important to the , country —had to stand the : whole brunt iof the late fatal

      change . Only' one !" great ' , interest remained untouched . Long might' it ; remain . so . ! ( Loiiil arid long-continued-cheering . ) ; Np 'doubt the House of Commons had decided'against that interest , though by a small majority— -a majority , let the meeting remember , very . considerably smaller than that , of last year . But , thank God ! there wasa House of Lords . ^ Tremendous' cheering , which lasted for several mmiitesQ Let them all be unanimous in their deterniiriatioh to obtain for all classes of their fellowsubjectsa just and fair degree of protection ; let theni leave that Hall with a stern determination to take every means Mritheii ' power practically : to cany out their views , and they ' might depend . upon it that free trade would ' not ; exist much longer in this country . ( Loiid ' and lohg-cpntiriued cheers ' . ); - Mr . Bosasqtobt seconded the resolution . He commented in severe terms upon the inconsistency with which we had paid vast sums for the abolition of . the hoiTors of the slave trade ! while we were how

      actually encouraging , . by unsound , commercial relaxations , tHe trafic which" we had done so much to extirpate , j ( Cheers . ) Our ' recent legislation had been , so far as regarded our sugar-growing colonics , perfectly suicidal ; -Not less . than 260 English firms connected with the production of sugar had failed , " in consequence of the free trade policy which had of late been so recklessly carried out ; ( Loud cries of " hear , hear . " ) Thehon . gentleman then ' proceeded at some length to read abetter which he had just received ; from the West' Indies , "and in which the writer ' stated , that upon'his ; recent arrival in tlie colony . he had found- matters in a , more miserable state even than he bad been led to expect , and that the cultivation of his own estates was only being

      carried on for the benefit of his creditors . The lion gentleman then proceeded to urge that the country -was not fairly-represented by ^ the present House of Commons , for , whatever the majority ^ of that House might say , public feeling not only did not call for , but was ; strongly opposed' to . such " a reckless and dangerous measure as that ' of the repeal bf the Navigation Laws , - The hon ; gentleman , amid some interruption and criesLof " time , time , " , concluded by seconding the resolution .- ; - ;' . ' . ' . " ; : "' :. " . '„' - ' . ;; . The Duke of Richmond rose to put it to the meeting , when agehtleman suddenly rose from tlip body of the meeting jvist under 'thej . platform ;' andhanded his card to the noble-chairman ;\ at'the same ; 'time procmimingin a'lpud voice , that his nainowas ' ;' . . . \ AIr . Gbokge Bacon , and that he wished to , make a few - observations i npon the resolution tobo submitted to the meetins . Amid considerable

      interruption he spoke as'follows : My lords and dukes on the platform —( laughter , and cries of " , Turnhini out ")—it' appears to me that this is a question between Protection arid Free-Trade .. ' . ( Cheers , laughter , and fresh , confusion . ) ' But a great deal is mixed up in the matter before us about manufacturers , colonists , and merchants . ' . ( Uproar . ) Now ,, don ' t be humbugged by these 'noblemen about the matter . ( Great uproar , andlouoVcries of- " Turn him but . " ) What is Protection ? -. ( . ' ! O h , oh , " and iiicreased confusion . ) I will '' tell -you what it is . ( Uproar !) These men ( pointing to the platform . ) are aggrandising themselves and their families against your interests arid against the 'interests of the whole community . ( Tremendous hdbtin ^ s arid yell . ings , ) in the midst of which - "; " -: - ' -- ' \ 'V * - ' * 'V ' . ' /' - --. ; ' - ¦ - ¦ '¦ j ' - ' - Mr . : ¦ ¦ G . ¦ F . Youwo exclaimed : I : nse to order . ( Cheers . ) . This meeting is " a ' meeting of those favourable to " the cause of-Protection ; . ( Loud

      cheering , ) ; " - > " ' ' - ' . " ' "' . ' ,-. '"" 1 ' •' j Mf ; Bacos then rose agamamid great uproar , and spokefor a moment in dumb show . - ; ; ' /; , . ' . " -. The Duke-of Richmond th en said ¦ : ' Haying been appealed to upon a poirit'of order , Imiist decide in fiivour of the honourable gentleman oh my left hand ( Mr . G . P .-Young : ) ( Grrat cheering . ) v Aa thenoblelord wasproceeuiugtopwt theniotwn in the midst of great cohfusiop— , , ' -V '' . ' .-- . - Mr . Bacow shouted dut that he had been misunderstood ; that-he'had not meant to call the noble . lords humbugs ; = that . heiiad only ^ expressed a hope that the country would ript be humbugged by The Earl of WracmMBX ] who-was seated ' quite close to Mr . Bacon , replied ; to f * l ^ $ & % these , that he should-mucfc hke to meet that gen-San in argument , and . that he hoped toije abfe to bourmg . : ; '' % '•;; ' . i ' .- ' • ¦ '• - :

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      tQined ,: thc' resolution 'was Jpropo "'^' and carried b ] acclamation ^; : Mr . Bacon's' hand ' foi ^ Jng th f . total ot . the manualminority ; This result was' bailee by great cheering / : i ^ * '• . .. ¦• "¦ " -. ; . ? w tS ? * '« ' « i ^ nioved ; tlve second reso ^ m u ' v , - mt 3 to ' ^ : ™ ' W -effect-: ^ " That with i vU E f ° ? lfltl 0 . no ^ r formed > t 0 be called Jfeh -S \ f A 9 SO ?' « on for . the Protection of ¦ I « i . ' ¦« st F aild 'Capital , ** and that all individuals throughout the United Kingdom ccnnccted with agriculture , colonies ; trade , commerce , manutactures , and shipping ; whose sentiments are in accordance with the principles on which'thc society is proposed to be founded ; be invited to become members thereof / ' He could assure the meetin <* that for anyone fully to appreciate the conseouon ^

      of Free Trade , it was necessary to live , fts he did , in a rural district .-The periods of agricultural distress of 1822 and 1835 were , no doubt , times of great depression / but still the-farmers had , to a certain degree , some relief ' If they sold corn cheaply , at all events they had plenty of corn to sell . ' ( Hear . ) They had , in both of the instances to which hereferred , enjeyed a good harvest . 'But what ' was tho case at present ? - Why , they had had a deficient harvest , while a vast quantity of foreign corn had been flung mto the market ,, to crush and cripple the ™ f- ; , ( Hear , hear . ) He ' assured theni that never had tbe labourers been so broken down ^ - so broken-S i f Wight say-as at present . ( Hear , hear . ) It was Dad with all classes , but particularly with the

      Tr Mr- i , " ' Bakrr rose to secohd tlieresolutiori . Hersaid , they had' been " : deserted : by * heir ^ leaders , and it was therefore time for them to bestir' themselves J to rouse their . own energies in then-, own oenoof . . first ; there had ' - ' been Lord Melbourne , wholiad declared for Protection / only to . throw' it overboard . ' ( Cheers ahdnisses . ) . Then there was Sir KpBert Peel- ( iiprba ' r ); the meeting ' ' perhaps , - " »« ' »?*" iWBPliter i' now theyhadbeeh treated' by that right honourable ' geritleiriari . ' ( Cheers . ) And thenrthere- . was ln the third ' place ; Lord'John Russel ^ -AYoice : '' He ' s the worst ; of ill . - " ( Cheers . ) —Mr- ' p «* r continued ' : . Then there waVLord John Russell , who , ' after proposing ahdresoliitely arguing fora fixed duty , in lSitl , turned ' round and went

      for total abolition in . 18487 , ( Hisses arid great uproar . ) -The -h onourable' gentleman " proceeded to refer at g ome length to the ihtelligenco brought by the -American m ' ail which' had arrived that morning . ¦ ' - The resolution was then ' ;; put ' and carried , ' amid general , ehthiisiasm . ' '"'•' ' !;!! "''' -: ••' ~ . ¦ '• ¦< ¦ ' < - - ' - " v . - ' "•'" Mr . ^ defman SiD . vEYmoved the ; riextresoliition . which was a ' sfolI 6 ws .: —" That the ] following gentlemen—5 fr . : R . ' . Baker , Mr . Edward- Bail / Mr . Samuel Baker , ! Mr . "Augustus Bosanquet , Mr . James Blyth ; Mr .-Rob ' ert Brooks , Mr . John Chapman , Mi \ Dui ' can Dunba'f , Mr . John Ellman ,. Mr . Paul Fosketf , 'Mr . Alderman : " 'Finnis / Mr , C . D . Guthrie , Mr Ni Gould ; - Captain Higham , Mr . George Marshall , Mr .. 'Stephen- Mills ,- Mr . M .-M'Chaleary ; -Mr .- J . Macqueen , ^ Mr .-W . Malins ; Mr . 'J . D .-Pbwles , ' ¦ ' -Mr ;

      Alderman Sidney ; M . P . , Mr . W . Tihdall , Mr ; Aluorman Thompson , 'M . P . ; G . 'A :- ; Thonipsoh , iEsq .-, Mv ,-Ahthony ' ltidly , ; Mr . Money Wigram , Mr . G . F . Young—with power'to' add to their'number , be re ^ quested to ' a ' ct as a' prbvisiqnarcommittee , for the purpose of framing-rules ' and regulations , for the organisation ; and managem ' eht of : the association . -That ; they j > reparoWand ' circulate ; an , address ,- ' explanatory of-the principles on . which the association is established ) 1 and ettforcingits claims ¦ to support . An-dithat ,-they be empowered to collect subscriptions , and to adopt such other measures as they may deem advisable , for giving effect to the objects of the present . meeting . " : ; He was very ready to enter'into competition withforeigners ,: if heiwas only allowed

      a fair-field'and equal terms ;* ' But how could the field be 1 called , fair , or the terms equal , when the producer-in . this- ' country was bui-dened -by-. the ^ interesfc -of ! a . vast national : debt ? . ( Cheers . )! They heard a good- deal -. how-a-days about : progresswell , hadthey made any veiysatisfactoryiprogress during the last three years ? ( Loud cheers . ) During the . last -two years the -poor-rates -paid in- Great Britain had increased upwards of seventeen per cent ; and inftorwich ; Leeds ; and Manchester , citiesiwith which . hfeiwas . connected , these rates had doubled within'the last ten i . years . ? ( Hear . ) .- > Moreover ; , the . workhouscsj . the -prisons , and' the lunatic asylums , had nev ' eribeen . so . full as they were ' . within the . last ' i thveeyeavs .-.. ( Ileari ) The ilionouraWo gentleman

      then proccededto illustrate the fataleffects of free trade upon our manufactures by a narrative of . the consequences upon the town of Bradford of a great importation of French merinos , which had lately taken place in the- north of England . The trade of Bradford . was for a time paralysed , and the artisans of that once-flourishing place at once "thrown out of employment .. ; Now if a Bradford manufacturer employed 1 , 000 workmen , ; . whonihepaid at the average rate of 15 s .. a , week , it was calculated that out of their : wages . £ 250 went annually to the . state . But the consequences of a . free-trade system would be hot onl y to throw the 1 ; 000 . men but of work , and upon the rates ; but to cause a loss ¦ to the revenue ofthe . annual £ 250 which , were they in work ; they

      would . pay—and . 'be able to' pay—to the revenue of the country .- ( Hear , hear . ) : Thehonourablo . gentleman concludedby moving the third resolution .- . . • •; jMr . Fo . sKEiisecorided . the resolution ; 1 ; He said , that on Monday next ;¦ Lord ' Stanley would move in theHouse of . Lords the rejection of the' : Navigation Bill . i ( Hear . ) He believed , that ho ; ( Mr . Foskett ) was justified m saying that the noble lord was ready to take office , should it be required of him to do so ,- ( Tremendous cheering , the . whole : meeting standing up and waving hats ,. & c , with every sign of : the most redact enthusiasm . ) .: It had . beensaid that the noble lord could not ,, as . Pai'liamentwas at present constituted , carry ., on . the government .

      But he had his remedy m his own hand .. . Let him ask : for ia dissolution of Parliament , and he ( Mr . Foskett ) pledged himself , on . ; behalf of his agricultural fricnds , ; that after a general election the noble lord . wouldfind a very , difterent House of Commons from that which was now assembled . ( Enthusiastic cheers . ) He was horrified when he heard people say that England could get no better men to carry on the government save the miserable , clique ' who had , disgraced their . country , and their times . ' ( Cheers ;) He maintained- thafc . istatesmen , existed in the . mass of tho . people as the . statuedid in the block of niarble , and , that it only requii-ed the pressure of a . great . exigency toproduce great men fit to meet . itand : tp , guidoit . ( Cheers . ) :-

      -,, The resolution , was put and carried , amidst great applause .... ; . ( j .,- ;; : ,. ; ,.- ; , . ; -.. ' ,. ;;• . ' , ( - . . ¦ . ' . ¦! :.,-... : . Thtt ; UextresoM > oti : Nva 5 proposettbyEar \ TxLiiOT jit was as follows .: ? - " . That thisineeting-viows with the utmost anxiety and . alarm ; the bill . ; introduced into ParliamentbyherMajesty ' sMinisters . iintituled . ' . A'Bill to amend the Laws relating to British Ship , phig and Navigation , ' - deprecating , the measure as pregnaiit . with consequences'destructive to . the mercantile , marine , uncalled for . by the people , and repugnant to . their feelings , introduced . ata : mostinauapiciouspjeriod , rand dangerpus to tbe . safety of the State ! - " ,. ' "He trusted that , no ministerial influ- ; cnce , ; no court hifluencc —( cheers)—no influence of any , kind whatever , would be regarded in the House bf Lords , save and except those , influences which

      ought to weigh with them m performing ; their duty , to their ' countvy , and that , by n ; o censidevation whatever would they be . deterred from taking'that course which in their hearts and consciences , they-believed would be for the " gopd of the jpeople at large , and whiclr the people at largo wished and expected to see . carried but . ; i ( Loudcheers . ) - ; . .-.- :: : i -. 1 Mr . 16 . F : Yoyxa . seconded . the resolution , and ' gave an accpunfcpf . thc risoand progress of the jbill-for the Repeaiypf the Navigation Laws . That the public might understand the tactics ¦ of the ministry upon the ; subject , hei wouldI tell them an anecdote .. which wbuldperhaps surprise them . '( Hear , hear . ) ; The provost of i the , boro , ugh of Moritroso formed ono of the deputation which was sent iip to Lpndpiv by the

      inhabitants of , that borough to oppose by every possible , means . the ' passage . of this obnoxious measure . TV ^ eU , ' . the , prbvost . waited upon the representative of the'iMpnt ' rbsedis ' trict , of bui-ghs , : and ; urged upon him the incohsisV ^ hcy of supporting a bill which was rially . ~\ inV . dirCCt ^ ^ ' . opposition , to thoSe , principles , of Fre e ; Tradp , "; which he , had ever advocated . , Now what was the reply , of . Mr . , Joseph Hume ?^ and it was a rpply . given yesterday week , in the morning ofthe day on which the third reading had . been carried . . Whyitywas this : "You need not be in the least alarmed '—said , Mi , Joseph . Humfrrr-, " for I was . with . Mr , L ^ bbuchere f pran . hour pnjSaturda ' y . last , and I tpld , him that , in cpmmonwith several of my friends , ' I-entertained conscientious scruples to

      many clausesof the . bill , so much so , indeed , . that he couldnot supporti-the third i oadihg .. ' , ' , lWeli , and ; now ; what was . Mv . Labouchere ' s : reply ? . . ; It , ; was this : " Don ' t bei ' alarmed , litt . Hume , ; iifypu . andjyour friends yrill only [ " support , lis : npw , J the : , goye ' niment will next year bring * in a bill to repeal the clauses to . wHich- you object /* ' ( Loud groans ' , and hisses . ) Mv , continued Mr . Young , were jthpse . such ; tricks as ; statesmen should be allowed tftplay ^ loud cheers ) with pur hatiqhal interests , ?^ ( Renewed cheering ;) Didjthe inen deserve , to , be , honouredjby the name of sta ^ esmen . w ^ o ^ . . stopped to ^ such i S ^ b ^ rfuges iov the purpoHti ^ fcafryirig ^ ihto ' e ' ffect ; an ^ abstract proposition , embodying a most misehieyous . principle . ;/( Cheers ;) He lipped that . tho House of Lprds . wpuld . do their duty , ahd ' that the loudly expressed ppinions . pf the feople . would go far to embolden them in their task . Cheers . ' ) liltI ; w " as ,, well . known that , tho Duko , of

      £ Wellington had great influence , intthe ^ Jpper , IIpuse . ( Hearl ) i He didi not pretend to be aware of what tho' scritimehts . 6 fy his grace might be updnthispeculiar point ,, bpt , he trusted that it would , be-ekr plained , to ? him ,, in language which would not , be misapprehended , that the [ cpun ' try , now ; ' looked to him wfanxibuai expectation oi his ^ doings -all ihat in hinila ' y to sarp it from an aflliction which , should he be . ' ^ h ' e . mearis . of ^ applyingitiwouldgpfarto ^ ternish , thb" lustre , ^ ofihis ' mighty deeds , » d to , diminish thetespect , imd . affeQtion . with , which ka . 'w . aJa i UO ^ so justly ar id , so ; UniyersaUy ( regard ed .. . i ( Hear , hear . ) One . word-more . ' It was , whispered-ithat , apprehensi 6 ns , , ' were , entertained : that the .- 'Nayigation ) Laws wo" ^ .. ^ ^^^!^' . ^^^^^^^^ I ttfM 9 i mwA tt hisfiop ^ " ( Sewi ' r iek . jt K °

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      : itwas ' With no disrespect . to . thatiright'reve ' rend ! body that he ventured to say , ; that if the spiritual peers were to depart from their legitimate functions , and to sanction by their votes organic changes of a secular character—changes which ; the coihuuinity be'lieved to be most ; darigerous ' in their . nature —that they would be doing more to , dissever the 9 ple -of Eng land'ifrom- the Church of England Pul- they would by any act which they could pos-• i ,, commit connected with their own duties and In th V iwn sphere . ( Loudcheers . ) The-hpnourin tneu v man concluded by seconding the resolutirm « i ! t't * ^ ''vsput and carried by acclamation , uon which v y Liverpool , proposed the next and Mr . Towy , o . , follows :- " That the cordial and loo * .. i ± - i . iwno . ws ; -,. -AHUl LUU UU 1 UUV 1 UIIU

      „„ ZtlJ-YT' , 'f this meeting . be rendered to respectful thanks Ox . , of Riehm 01 fu , : for tll 6 rcaai « £ -. T * i ? - i . ? Hl nlied with the- request that no ^ s ; with whvch he com > .. ^ and fo ^ / ry ^ it hisrts ^ h " Sfop ^ S vStZo ^^ tion of the opinions which , at ^ 'tfffne of understood that , he entertained , a . ^ ^ . M „_ „ i his principal supporters—the ; . pre ^ n * , k . ' * i lj , > Liverpool—had assured the voters of LiVl'l'ji ^ . , (* 7 * the lion , gentleman would support . ( Hef-Vl ^ lfe . , '; Tobin ) entertained full confidence that the'sii & jk .

      of Free lrade was one oh which Parliameilf wott' & be obliged , by the unanimous voice of tho country ; - to retrace its steps . ( Hear . ) .,,..-. : Mr . Daniel Gold seconded tho resolution , ; congratulating the meeting upon the sploridid demon- - stration which they'had " , witnessed , and , which U « hoped would . not be without , its . effect upon that branch ofthe Legislature through wliich the obnoxious bill hadyetjo pass , . ( Cheers . ) f ,., ' , , The Duke of Ric ' nstoJ .-D in rising to return thanks was loudly , cheered ...,.,. .: , ' , .: ' Three cheers , ' wero ; : ; then ' , giveh . for . the ,, noble chairman . A ' cry . jwasi-. raised , for three groans for Sir Robert Peel , which however were not , given , and the meeting dispersed .

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      .--i : . FINANCIAL AND . PARLIAMENTARY ; - . ; 0 ' : ..:.- . ¦ ¦ . . ; : -REFORM , , . " .. " ^ : : ' ¦ . ' ' Sydenham . —At the , weekly , meeting . of the Pco pie s / League' Assoeiatioh , on Monday " evening , at the Beehive Tavern ; in Sydenham , the question of co-operating with the : Metropolitan Financial and Parliamentary' Reform' Asao ' ciatibii forriied a portion ofthe business of the ; evening . Mr . West presided . —The Rev . -W . Liriwood , of ; Sydenha m-place , in moving a resolution on . the . subject ; remarked that although all sound political movements oWht to have ' reference to sioine abstract , principle of ' justice and right , it was not impossible to realise large reforms by some other'force of reason ; and therefore itwas the duty , of all practical mehto give consideration to any . movement professing to advance the cause of reform . ' . Looking , then , at the scheme proposed ' by'the MetrdpoUtan . Financial " and .

      Parliamentary Reform Association , he coriceiyed that tho objects contemplated by that movement would eftect an important step oh the path of suffrage reform , and in practice would nearly realise the extension advocated by ; the friends of Universal or Manhood Suffrage , aa it was , only propoadi to limit the franchise t o persons diily registered , andwho occupied a residence for a certain period .. He believed that the . association which had now commenced its-labours '; the metropolis under , such favourable atispices , Hvas prepared to do everything that was practicable / with regard : to the extension of the suffrage : In lending their , individual aid and support to that association ; heconceived . theniem ' - bors cf the League , would be doing much to bring about the triuihph of , Manhood'Suffrage . On . the

      ground , then , of pririci ple , 'in referchce to the suffrage movement , ; as well .-is in reference . to . the other important que ' stions ^ embraced in tlieschenie , including a complete reform pf our financial system , the extinction . bf all monopolies , unlhnitedfreedom ' of commerce , and' tho total abolition bf exclusive privileges , the : romoval of all undue ^^ influences from the House of Commons , and not the least important consideration as ' a step to these ends the . important scheriie in - ' connexion with the association for . en-. franchisiiig" the people by the purchase of county freeholds—on these various grounds he eeusidfcv'cd it ;> was their duty tojoin hands with tho Metropolitan Financial and Parliamentary Reform Assoc ation . ( Applause . ) The rev . " gentleman concluded . by moving the following resolution : — " That ; believing

      the members of the Metropolitan Financial and Parliamentary Reform Association contemplate a most important step "in the right direction , we , the members of the People ' s League of Sydenham , in the county of Kent ; do , in . bur individual capacity , render them every aid in our power ; at . the same tjme asserting our conviction of the abstract justice of Manhood Suffrage . " The resolution having been seconded , was put by the chairman , arid cavriedby : acclamation . ' ; Reading . —On Monday , a public meeting infavoiir of financial reform ' ' took place at Heading , ' John Weedon , Esq ., ex-mayor in tho chain Thore ' . was a large attendance of-the inhabitants , the new hall being filled . — -T . Beggs , Esq ., addressed the meeting on the subject of the national burdens , and the

      necessity ol retrenchment and reform in' every branch of tlie public expenditure . As affecting tho question of taxation , he instanced the disturbed state arid mismanagement' of our ' colonial possessions ; iaiid adverted to ' the maintenance bf an expensive ! system ' of warfare , Which it was the interest ofthe House of Coriiriions especially , ' as at preisent composod ; to wphold . He alluded to the enormous and unnecessary pensions granted by the state . To the Duke ' of Cumberkrid ; King of Hanover , £ 21 , 000 ; King of the Belgians , £ 50 , 000 ; Prince Albert , 30 , 000 , with a proposed' increase of . £ 20 , 000 ; and Adelaide , the Queen Dowager , £ 100 , 000 of which he thought they might take off just one-half . In noticing the ; pensions received by the Duke of Grafton ; the Duke of Marlborough ,

      and ¦ :. others ,. he asked why perpetuate your pensions toi those who are mere descendants of . : ¦ pensioned , ancestors ? As an instance of the way in which men of education , industry and talent , whose services the state needed , were illiberally and disproportiorially p aid , he stated that while in the Foreign-oflico . the income cf the librarian , whose office was a mere sinecure , was £ 800 ; the translator , ' who had a very arduous task to perform , received only £ 300 . Tho salaries allowed to the various officers of atate were extravagantly high and- greatly disproportioried , while the whole cost ; of tho executive government was far too expensive . -He instanced : the salaries paid to the government officials in tlie United States , and remarked that the total co ' s . t bf the executive government there was otilv ' £ l ' fi . ' 88 fi . whinh wna n . loss sum

      than the government of Ireland costs this country . He then took a review of tho unequal and linjust system of taxation , ' which pressed far too heavily on the working and middle classes , and expressed his con vtetion thatthe day was not far distant , when retrenchment' and reform would be brought about ; and a more equitable system of taxation substituted , in which alone the safety . of the country depended . ' The Mayor , T . Harris ; Esq ., moved the following resolution , which was seconded by the Rev . J . J . Brown , — ' That ; in the opinion of this meeting , the present system of . taxation is oppressive , unequal , and unjust , and , therefore , they cordially approve of the labours of the Liverpool Financial Reform Association in its endeavours to obtain « i reduction of the taxes , and a more'cquitable system of taxation ^ Mr . Brown { proceeded ,

      amid general cheering , to stigmatise the conduct of Mr . Serjeant . Talfourd , - ' one of the meriibers for Reading , for refusing to vote for Mr . Hume ' s recent motion . respecting the national expondituro .- ^ Qthbi resolutions having-been pass ' ed , the meeting . separated .: ; : ¦ ' --V- : - -: ¦ - ¦ :. ¦ : ' -: ; '' ' - .. ; " : >; .. ' . ' .... Whitechapel . —On Tuesday evenin * -a numerous and / influential meeting of the reformers of the Tower-Hamlets , residing in the neighbourhood of 3 Vhitechapel and Stepney , was held ¦ at i tho"Gravc Maurice , Wh'Hcchnpel-rond , ' foi- the purpose of taking . jnto consideration-the propriety ' of forming the Stepney and Whitechapel'Financial and Parliamentary Reform Association . Mr . Bishop having been , called to-the chair " , stated that a branch association had been formed' in the parish ' of Stepney ,

      but it was thought that the object of financial and parliamentary reform would . be better promoted if the -reformers . of Whitechapel were " to unite' with , those of Stepney . ( Hear . ) They had joined' together for the . purpose of obtaining the repeal ofthe ' corii . laws ,-and he had no doubt but that ¦ their coriibined exertions had a great influence in the borough 6 f the Tower Hamlets . ( Hear . ) 'It was in- that viaw a similar'plan of organisation was' now . prbposed , and he had little doubtbut that H would be at ' teRded with a result' equal to that which attended- theni bf forts for i the repeal of the corn laws . ( Hear . ) - ^ Mr ; , Maskell , jun ; , moved the first resolu ' tion ; -which was as . follows : —" That the present state of the political mstitutions of this country ; is ariomaloHSi partial , and injurious to the gsoeraV weal ; . wuT'that great and immediate reformstare necessary ^ aridirii ' : peratively called for to accomplish such , aa " altered form , of the representation as lis basedi'on equal

      rights and popular principle * . " —Mr . . Wmae seconded the resolution ; which ' was . unanimously agreed to „ - ^ : Mr ^ Pelleook moved thfi > secon d resplidaon : — ' | That to emansipate the ovesbmthened industry , and to develop the illimitable ; resources of . the nation , 'a total revision of the-ajstem of taxation arid e-xpeni ditnro > , with a view to lessening the same , ' and equalising -its ipftictfws , ; rs > indispensable . " The ow way by . wbiobiit . was possible to expect- that , a reduction of taxation could take place was ' by-reducing the expendiiure . r This was the- proposition of the-Liverpool Association , and they could do ^ no better than follow the course which , had' beeiureeommendedi . by . ' itnat ; important ohody . —Mr . -- M . ' Watt , sft ponded- tho resolution , which , was adopted n « m ,, ?« oh ,- ~^ Mr . -Maskell ,. sen . / -proposed tho-third resolution , which , stated : f ^ M That for-the 'ptirjtose of aiding the effort 8 : now . mating to carry . ouVth » ueggssftryreferas , ml m fulth « raaw « t ^ sup-

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      port of principles omiberalisni ahd retrenchment , a society , to be entitled tlie Stepnev and Whitechapel * ujnnoial-and Parliamentary Reform Association " , tLv ?^ n ' med ' : 1 Icv obse » 'cd that he'trusted who wnn } i ^ """ y . Pthorparisl 1 Csin the borough Sfom , ^ in . w , - ^ V "x am ? l ° of the parishos ° of Stepney and Whitechapel ., l he ' . same leaders supported tho present-movement who were the no ' werlisted ££ -S « " lf the . Tpioo-of the country assisted those gentlemen m the present strucrX there would be „ fear of the issll ! ? App . S x The resolution Was seconded and earr efSni mously , when several gentlemen became members of the association Thanks wore voted to the chairman , and the meeting separated- . at a lato hour -

      lCEST .-r-PnopoSED IIeductiox of . thk Hop Dutt —A numerous meeting . of tho principal hop growers of Mid Kent , and those of Sussex , took place at the Railway Hotel , Staplehurst , on Friday , April 27 th ; to consider the propriety oi petitioning either for a repeal pf the whole or ofthe war . duty on hops . Mr . Hodges M . P ., - was present . . A very warm- and lengthened discussion took place ; the- Mid Kent planters insisting on a movement for the repeal of tlie war duty only , the Sussex planters being unwilling to be satisfied withless than the whole , It was at length mutually arranged that tho war duty only should be petitioned foiym the hope that by this union of strength the object might be more easily ^ - > btamed ., ^ » "f- -CAHiAi , PoxisnME . vTs . -We arc glad to o {) sor . . tlla 1 t a meeting on this dccplv important ' 11 shortl

      ; su & fcei k ' y to be held at the Rotunda . - The iscem *? -W'W ^ vo taken place at some bf the lite [ executions' fc . ^ "g lnnd have been such as almost to niiake ths' Mood- , « rdle . They more clearly than ever , ^ 0 ™^*!^ - ^ Unit as a mcatisr of prevention of crime they afe ; worse than useless '; : nay ,- that they have / a tendency to hrutaligo iim ! to leiwe ' i'moi'o callous ; those for whose csp ' eci .-il w .-iinin ^ they pr ofess , to be intended , ft" is quite obyious" thaC pickpockets ply their trade at sheh exhibitions , . arid Sllht thousands resort to them as places of . an ^ serAeiit . Of the avfiJlness of liurryihg a guilty fcllo w-being . into eternity with his ' sins oh his head—of tlw sys « airi ;' of chronicling every doling of a Wretched ciilprit ,. arid , turning the eyes of a whole , country upon hinv =-of tho anti-CliristLiri tendency of death ' punishments ,-and other branches' of , the subject , we , ' shall , psi ? --haps , tako : opportunity to consider more fuUv . r- ^ Freeman'sJournal .., ' : ¦¦ ' . ' . ¦ ' ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ " .

      ¦ ¦• .' O'Connorville. ; ; May Day - Fes...

      ¦ ¦• . ' O'CONNORVILLE . ; ; MAY DAY - FESTIVITIES IN CELEBRATION OF : ITS SE COND ANNIVERSARY . This event , was " celebrated on Tuesday , by . a dinner , tea , concert ' aad ball , on the Land Company's first estate . The Chartist tri-coloured flag was " fluttering in . . the breeze" from many of the allotments , as well as the larger flag from the domo ofthe school-house , which gave a holiday appearance to the occasion . The , interior of the schoolhouse was' also . tastefully , deeorated with festoons of flowers and ¦ evergreens- . ;• the . walls ... were hung with portraits of celebrated patriots ; while facing the entrance' to tho / hall , was an excellent emblematical , design , painted . by Mr . Graves , who unites tho functions-, of an artist

      with that of schoolmaster . . . The- centre of the design represents ,. the honourable . member for Nottingham in the act of presenting-, the National Petition to the House , on the mempwible 10 th of April ; while , another portio . i depioted under the canopy of a severe . blue sky , an allobment with the free labourer cheerfully following hiswoi'k , and the various animals , siich as cows , goats ,. ACy are reposing on the rich and . verdant soil ; the whole is . surmounted with a ribbon , bearingthetuitffinaoription ; " Speed tlie . Spade . " At two . o ' cloak apwaras of fifty persons sat . down , to a sumptuous . dinner of " old English fare , " The , cloth being : removed ^ there was a considerable addition tb tno-oompany . Mr . T . M . Wheeler ,, author . " , of "Sunsliine and

      Shadow , " was called to , tho chair ; and apologies for the absence of Messrs . ; , P . ; O'Connor , M . l ?' . G , J . Harney , T . Clark , and P . M'Grath . having , been delivered , it . was announced that Messrs : Dixon and Stallwood had accepted tlieir invitation ,, and that consequently , both the Land Company and the National Charter ., Association : had , their ; representatives present ; the chairman : also added , that Mr . Leno , of . the Uxuridgo Spirit of Freedom ,, had done . thehv the honour to attend . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . T ; M . Wheeler having' briefly ; alluded' to > the proceedings'of the . day , aud the cause that had called them together , took a cursory g lance -at the several sentiments about to be ' submitted to- their noticej . and after thanking the friends who had come

      from a distance to share in their festivities aiulencouragc thorn to persevere , sat down much applauded . —The following sentiments were responded to by T . Ireland , W . Dixon , J . B . Leno , E . Stallwood , J . Pocock , and Wheeler : — " The Peoplemay they soon , be in truth , as well as in name ,. the source of all power . " " The / National Liind ; Company , and the . speedy location of all its members-.. " "The People ' s Charter—may those who are siiftoringfor its advocacy-bo speedily restored to their homes and liberties . "Our Brother Occupantsmay they be enabled to , realise their hopes , and load the way to- the social redemption of the working classes . " / "The Fair Sex . " " Our Chairmanhealth and happiness to . him ;" . —The

      speakinghaving concluded , tables were set for tea , which apr pearea to-be-much enjoyed , the country air having fvivnished-tlie town visitors with a . keen appetite , and a rare- gusto for things " rural ; " this was succeeded by the concert and ball ; Jieresong , recitation , and dance-succeeded each other in pleasing variety ,, until half past twelve , when the company separated ; , evidently highly delighted with their " May Day " recreations .. Our O'Connorvillc friends are again at work , in hopes that fate and the seasons will ha more propitious than they have hitherto been ; and with a lively assurance that they will ultimately reap a rich reward from their patience and perseverance in . the establishment of a race pf truly -independent farmers , and an enlightened body of British yeoriien .

      Benefit Societies. To Tiie. Bd1tor 0y Th...

      BENEFIT SOCIETIES . TO TIIE . BD 1 TOR 0 Y THE NORTHERN STAR . Sm , —Permit me to make a few observationsthrough the columns of your widely-circulated journal to the members of Benefit Societies throughout ; the kingdom ,. on a bill now in the House of Commons , brought in by Messrs . Sotherpn and Adderlcy ,. entitled , '' A Kill to make better provision for the-Certifying the Tables pf Contributions and Payments of Friendly Societies , and for aseertainingfrom time to time the Solvency of such Societies , ' , by which means all societies ( Sick and Burial , ) now forming , and-to-be enrolled , and those also thatwreenrolled , will havo to send their rules and a table of rates to an actuary , previous to going to the registrar of Friendly Societies , for which he is to receive

      the sum of one-guinea , in addition to the registrar ' sfee . They will-also have to send a return every year to the-registrar of all their transactions during that period ,, or be-subject to a penalty of & 5 . 1 The committee of the New United-Brotherly Sooiety > hold at the . Pishevman ' s Arms , Cold Bath ,: Greenwich , numbering about 420 members , and possessing a capital , of ^ , 600 ,. have taken the sublet up pretty warmly . They called a public meetings inviting delegates from other clubs , which wasnumerously attended . They then resolved on petitioning against the bill . Now I think ; Mr . Editoiy . as-we havo iomewhere- about . . 34 ; 000 socioties . ' andfour millions ; of members , and : some rinllions' of . ^ noney bdloncina-: toV . the- -samej : that it ' is hi"h-timd-they

      should look afte * their own' interest , ftnd . ; not . lott membera :: of' : pniliamenfc , or - the -governmeni ; , - . -bo 1 dabbling-with , their hard , savings againsfcjsickness arid death ; fpc depend on it if you once lot- ; therii interfcrewith . your affairs , so sure will thOTendeayour--to . control , you . altogether , more particularl y when ., it is-hiqney . thejt arelookirig after : I would therefore call ! upon , ail officers of the diftewnt societiea throughout the country to get a copy ; of . ithe -billjT- callitheir members together , and petition ' agamsfratj . —arid . show , to ; the House and the ^ raor-ld at . larger that : they aaer . ofc t » be played'with - \ idien . itheiv . p 3 ioporty ' . is at stake , arid that Hheyaie -capably ' -b £ ' managing , their own aftairs withosi . paying ' . othor * ; to do i ^ mc . them >; , !> - ; : - ¦ ¦ . ' ¦¦¦ '¦ ' ¦ '¦¦ ' - ^" ,.

      ' ; / Lami . Mi \ . Editor , your humble .-Sorvaiitf . . . ' ' , ; / ' andi a well-wisher to-jny order ,. . ; /' ¦! "' - ' ' ... ; . . , .. I .: SlMMCSi > S . SWEE 5 iEiOVB . » Greeawioh / . MayM , 184 ° .-. . ' ¦ ; ' .- ' P . S ^ —Ai deputation waited onione of tho « 'Boro'igh meriibers ( : Admiiial Dundas ) to solicit his opposiiaon to ths-bilL ; . he stated to thosej . gentleman /' thait he was ' nbt awase-efsuch % ' measore : being introduced , th 6 agh ! : it hadi passed a seconds l-eading ,. audi H . daro say otheii-members would . Miturn-a-rSiraUaiv answer if spokpii to . on the subject .. X would ra «) m «« Hd , in , the evehfe of their monies , being iniair . f' pwd with , that-they dfeaw it out and invest'it . i »; kx & , which T * ill reteQ . ttte ' m . " -a tvt'h & ld ' mtouaiit *; audibo . a , lasting- benefit to its / riiembers . —S . Si .

      Th* Danish War Anb>Hie Poesj Oi :' Jlvhi...

      Th * Danish War anb > hie Poesj oi ' Jlvhi .-rT ] x & , i-Danisii war continues very seriously to . ^ affect , th- ^ ' shijMiihg ; trade of HuQL ' ' * ( Our largest steam ves-. seisv : '' say ' s tho 'Eastern Coimk & k ; Jtirald , " whisb . used ^ o s ail for Hamburg thre &; w four ' times oveiry week , ' are now lying emptyaafl unemployed , sidaby side , in ' the Huiabw Dock . ^ h & for eign" steswws , which used to pty to other jorts ,. oh ; the ElbA , are also idle , whilst all' the' i ^ p . attending v & o discharge of ah . ecpial' hunOwi : bV' stqamers , aad ' many more saUipgvessels , ii ' noVhushed ' . ' Tbe loading of : a -coup > of stea « ier ^ and sundry brigs arid barques , -with cottp' - ^ ud machinery , ' for St . Peters htt ? g ; - 'gvt 63 3 om « . . & uef to . th « '^^ nioriotoni . but'thij ¦

      terntuiatiqn ¦ of ' . German and . Dftniali hostilities is , ¦ _' . . . her > mb » t / dev . butly wished by all blasses . . Xhe-two ' . .... . ... bwge and powerfuVfirst ^ lMB . ate ? un Bhijs ^ fHelea M ' Gregor / and / ' - q & M tliQ M Ma ' ' • 1

      Victoria^- ^ Y, In Qm0^^ * ^^ Ata/ Rf N ...

      Victoria ^ - ^ y , in Qm 0 ^^ * ^^ ata / rf N ' ^ ^ ¦ f ^ P ^ ^ . telSft ^ - t % m-M ^ * Victoria , are Dotu appwmw y » wis *^ w ? m ts ' ^ ^ % »* jv * ^ $ 0 % ZJ

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 5, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05051849/page/5/