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      Dtrox Fumd.—The * Committe« Beg To Ackno...

      get th » case brought under tht consideration of tha honse . "ffe nave alarmed them « lrwdy with the meeting , and if it could be noticed ia the house , it would be the means of preventing the like tyranny again . These masters are at the head of the League here , and the four brothers havt subscribed among the * «* hundred pounds , £ 150 each , to ike quarter million fund ; yet they imprisoned these poor orp hans for asking as advancs of wages , and absenting themselves one afternoon from their work . I wish we had Mr . Roberts hers . This is a § ne case , and the tyrants are made of gold . I am sorry I cannot give you any more than a mere outline , yon will see the whole in the hands of Mr . Duneombe . We have had meetings here for frost , Williams , and Jones ; also Win . EUis . lut weak we had . a

      tremendous meeting against fte enrolment of ths militia —Dundee , Feb . 5 th , 1846 . Cbiiff . —Any persons wishing to join the Chartist Cooperative Land Society must apply to Mr . John H'Le # d , orifr . David Scrinjeour . "W . Hahex . —No land will he purchased except such as the directors can have immediate possession of , None wSl be purchased daring the occupation of a tenant , 3 £ r . Julias HaasEx requests that no letUrs containing money for the Land Fund may be addressed to him . Only the letters addressed to the "Editor" belong to his department . P . 6 sn will receiv * a letter from Mr . H . fin at WxsixursTEK Meetho . —In consequence of not having received a report of the above meeting , which

      is very voluminous , until we were about going to press on Thursday sight with our Scotch edition , and its importance being too great to admit of curtailment , wo are reluctantly compelled to withhold its publication till next week . We the more regret our aability to give the report this week in consequence of allusions bfling made to tha suhjsct in one of the leaders . Dixon Fetn > - —Hr . Dixon acknowledges the stun of £ 19 * . from Leeds , per V / m . Brook . 2 XADF 01 D Shobt-TiKK CoioaxTEE . —We had a report of the meeting in type before the arrival of Mr . Ualne ' s report W . p ., BeicHros . —>' axt weak , Bejj , Patsrox . —We hav « no room for the lines . Show-Time Cokshtms , Fsestos . —Thanks for the

      newspaper ; but wa had already a report of the meeting in type before the paper came to hand . € akd-gmspeb « . —A correspondent at Manchester writes to us that the card-grinders and stripers have formed a union , numbering already three thousand strong . Tetmas Patmots' asd Exiles * Widows' asd Chodres ' s Fcsds . —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of is . lid . from Mr . D . Wilson , of Ratcliffe , and of Its . 5 d . from Mr . Shackleton , being tha remains of a sum originally collected with the intent of raising a West London Chartist Hall . I beg also to acknowledge the receipt of a money-order for 5 s . from X . S . K ., of Birmingham , hut It will he impossible for me to obtain the money at the Borough Post-office until T . S . K . tells us Ms n * ue . He can do so pric & tely , if he chooses . — Tsouts Cootek , Secretary , l $ t , Blsckfriar ' s-road .

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      Seceipxs Op The Chartist Co-Operative La...

      SECEIPXS OP THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . SHAKES . IES xx . o ' cossox . Ss . d . Halifax , per C . W . Smith « .. .. 816 Lainbley , " 5 otts , per W . Plumb „ .. .. 170 Crieff , per D . Scringeour . .. lie James Powell , Xew Radnor .. .. .. 112 4 William . Northampton .. .. ~ .. 3 1 ' 2 4 Stockport , per T . Woodhouse .. .. . 5 M Jarvis HendalL Bradford , Wilts- .. .. 2 12 0 ^ tockermouth , per G . Peat .. .. ~ 0 4 0 Derby , per W . Crabiree 4 0 0 Westminster .. .. .. « « 5 1 t Orenden . per O . Ashworth .. -. * . 2 0 0

      Hindly , per Thos . Davis .. .. .. .. 206 Nottingham , per J . Sweet « .. .. 320 Barnsley . per J . Ward .. .. .. .. 500 Norwich , per J . Hurry .. . * .. 1 17 6 Keighley , perJ . Ticars .. .. .. 4 17 S | Oldham ^ per W . Hamer .. « . ,. .. 2 0 0 David Watson , " Edinburgh 4 0 0 Sheffield , per G . Cavill .. .. .. .. 8 5 C Plymouth , per E . Robertson .. .. .. 330 Tiverton , per Thos . Wood .. .. .. 500 Todmonien , per J . Mitchell .. M .. 200 Birmingham , per W . Thorn .. .. -10 0 I ! ¦ Northampton , per W . Mnndy - .. .. 4 4 fl

      Liverpool , per J . Arnold .. .. .. .. 320 Rober t Eidd , Dundee .. .. .. « 3 10 0 Preston , pur 5 . Brown .. .. .. .. 4 19 S Greenwich and Deptford , per Mr . Floyd -800 Manchester , per J . Murray .. „ .. S 3 10 6 Glasgow , per J . Smith .. .. .. .. 17 10 3 Scarborough , per C . Weadley .. .. .. 2 9 C Bacnp , per J . Mason .. « .. M 5 0 0 Upton , per W . Brown .. .. .. .. 2 14 3 Bolton , per B . Hodgkinsoa .. .. w 5 13 4 Pershore , per W . Conn .. .. .. .. 500 Alva , per J . Robertson .. M .. .. 2 3 4 Blackburn , per W . Sutcliffe 710 2 Holnrnrtb , per J . Cleig ~ 3 13 o

      SBAXZ 3 . PEE GESE 3 AL SECKETABT . £ s . d . £ s . d . Lower Warlev .. .. 4 10 10 Lambeth .. « . 14 9 7 i RachelRowall -006 W . B . B . - „ 2 12 6 M . N . - .. ~ 0 1 0 Armley .. M 2 0 0 3 Ir . Walker- .. 052 Clitheroe .. -200 W . R , M . Wangh- 0 12 Bradley - .. 014 Selb * .. .. - 5 0 0 Monmouth .. .. 110 0 Calais , J . Wilson- 0 4 6 Oxford - .. 860 Do ., Mr . Godward 2 12 4 Sudbury .. - 1 19 S Do-, Mr . BramweU 0 4 6 Leicester - -400 Do .. Mr . Bradbury 0 4 6 Mr . KendaU - 0 0 4 Bath .. - -508 Stratford , . Essex - 129 Ur . T . Wilsev -014 Hull 200 Mr . Pearce- .. 0 12 0

      ECI . ES . Norwich — ... ... ... ... 0 10 LXVr FOX THE LANS CONF £ BE . VCZ , PES SB . O ' COSSOB . Trem Westminster - .. .. .. 0 0 S David Watson , Edinburgh - - .. 0 1 0 KOTthflmvt *> njPet ^ - ^ ^ 3 . .. .. 0 0 C Scarborough , per C . Weadley - „ .. 0 1 0 Bolton , per E . Hodgldnson - .. -040 Alva , per J . Bober & on .. » - .. 0 0 HolmfirthjperJ . Clegs - - „ - 0 © 3 TBS GEStESAL SECEETAK . Calais - - 0 1 0 Leicester .. -015 Oxford .. - 0 1 0 Stratford , Essex 0 0 3 Sudbury .. -003

      LEW FOB DIEECTOB 3 . FEB H 8 . o ' cOSSOX . From Westminster , per Mr . Doyle .. .. 0 0 5 Norwich , per J . Hurry » - ., „ 0 2 C £ eighley , per J . Vicars — „ „ —023 David Watson , Edinburgh _ „ - 0 l o Greenwich aud Deptford , per Mr . Floyd .. 021 Scarborough , per C . Weadley 0 1 2 Bacup , per 3 . Mason - 0 6 8 Bolton , per E . Hodgldnson .. .. .. 0 216 Holmfirfh . perJ . Ckgg .. „ .. .. 000

      PES GEHEBAl SECBETABT . Mr . Griffith , New Barnsley .. .. 0 S s Town - - 0 1 0 Sudbury .. „ 0 5 6 Oxford - - 0 2 0 Tiverton - - 0 1 8 Linlithgow - -009 Carrington .. -051 Present .. - 0 0 7 Come „ - -0 3 10 Bury .. — - 0 0 6 Partington .. - 0 1 8 West Linton - 0 0 6 Arbroath - - 0 1 2 Dudley .. - 0 1 6 Newark - -012 Boulogne - - 0 4 6 Rochdale „ „ 0 1 S George 3131 s - 0 1 2 Manchestsr .. .. 080 Wheatlev Lane - 0 0 f > Stuke sub-Harnden 0 18

      Westminster - 0 i 9 Todraorden .. - 0 110 Hebden Bridge „ 0 1 S Holbeek .. „ 0 2 0 Chtltfcuham - 0 3 3 Butterlev .. - 0 0 S Hanky „ - 0 3 10 StaSeybiidge .. 0 0 ' J Leicester „ .. 025 Stratford , Essex -006 SowerbyRelro -023 Ovenden „ .. Oil Whitthigtijn & Cat 0 2 S William Tell ' s Bri-Lambley - - 0 010 gade .. - 0 0 8 Cuckennouth - 0 1 10 Calais 3 .. .. 040 Merthyr TydvU - 0 0 7 Chwley ' .. .. 0 0 lo Worsbro'Common 0 15 Annk-v „ .. 0 0 10 Heywood .. - 0 1 2 CHtlitroc .. .. 0 1 « Asi . ton - - 013 7 Secretary ' s list .. 074

      Katiosal Charter Association. Executive....

      KATIOSAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . rz \ jut . o ' coxsoa David Watson , Edinburgh „ „ .. 010 HolniSrth . pcrJ . Clegg 0 9 fc 2 f ewcastle-upun-Tyue , per 31 . Jude .. .. 040 PES GENBiiAL SECBET 45 T . Halifax .. .. 0 2 6 i Cheltenham .. ~ 0 3 8 -Bradford .. .. 0 10 0 W . Bush , Chelsea .. 0 16 Do ., account boobs 0 4 0 Lcicester . protVtson Do ., G . Bateson .. tt 1 0 . JfortJiern i'fcxr .. 038 Bewsbury .. .. 034 Stourbridge , Messrs . Xittletown .. .. 020 Bedroll .. .. 0 2 C lower Yfarley .. 016 : " VETEBiJf PATRIOTS . Cheltenham .. « «• ,. 036 WIDOWS OF EXILES . Cheltenham : - .. .. .. .. 036 i . Esbata . —The £ 1 announced iu last week ' s Star for yicfini . Pond from Mr . Roberts should should been Is . ; alio tne ^ uia of £ 1 for Dixon Fund should have beta Is .

      . SATIONAI , ASTI-WHTU FC >» . - " - ¦ ' - pbii as . o ' co . s . nob . W . B . S ., Dundee ... ' ... 0 10 " " ' ' Thohas Mabtis Wheeieb , Secretary .

      To The Chartists Of London. Fsikhm,— "We...

      TO THE CHARTISTS OF LONDON . Fsikhm , — "We entreat your attention to a duty which it behoves yon immediately to perform . The Chartist ho & y throughout the country are nobly moving in behalf « f the patriotic exiles , Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellw . Ve are determined that nothing shall be wanted on our parts to give effect to tha agitation . We have resolved upon several courses of action , aU of which , if pursued with « nergy , will tend to the securing of the philau thopie object which we havo in view . The Convention which met in London in April last , resolved upon the formation of an Exiles'Restoration Committee , to be composed of one delegate from each of the metroplitan localities , together with the Executive Committee . Friends , what we propose is , simply that at your various meetings to-morrow the vote of the Convention shall oa carried ont by each' locality decthij one delegate , who skau , * ith ns , ftrm the Restoration Committee .

      Pntni ., we eonjm- « you , as you respect the exiles—as you would appreciate tueir return to their native land , not to neglect this appeal . Do not delay the performance Of the impor tant duty of which it reminds yon . Cirtumstances imperatively demand on your part energy aad promptitude . Let the representative of each loealitv in London meet us in the -City Hall , Turnagain-Ume , on Sunday the lath inst , at three in the afternoon , that wa may adopt such measures as will bri = s the force of the prtstnt movement to bear with effect on the Parliament aad government . In behalf of the Executive , Taoxu MiMut Waxsus , Secretary .

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      Monday. Pouncai Ascmdaxct Of Gaktatj8is....

      MONDAY . PouncAi Ascmdaxct OF Gaktatj 8 is . -As tho most lmportwt ftaturo now before us , or likolv to pr *« e t itself as a matter for eommeniary i „ th ? week ' s Summary , stands the report rfttSLSS of lactones to the Secretary of State for theHome ^ rtmeut , for e half year eiTtfnflst iS ^' iSMSFa * * * ? ' irking pLle -wKSFms . * ? ake "" me-calculation of what they would have to expect from the political ascendancy of a knot of capitalists , who , from their command of fte money , have the power to fix the standard of wage . ; from their ability to fabricate votes , the power to make legislators ; and from their possession Of the benchas maeistrates . the nower to

      , evade their own laws , when they make against themu * ' Ifc wiU " * seen that Alexander Thomson is a sober , honest , and industrious person , with a wife and two children ; thathe lost his ri ght arm , and had a compound fracture of his left leg , occasioned by machinery , not fenced AS TEE MASTERS' LAW DIRECTS AND REQUIRES ; that , in consequence , he was confined in the infirmary at Glasgow for fifteen weeks , and is still , from weakness , unable to make any exertio i towards gaining a livelihood , - and that Mrl James Stewart , who deserves all praise , is obliged to petition the Home Secretary to be

      allowed to bring an action auainst James Clark , a fiery free trade , inhuman law breaking p hilanthropist , in order to get compensation for his victim . Does this disgusting brutality of the factory lord , and tbismonstrens illegality of his brother devils upon the bench , require further comment than the mere remark , that their money and justice power is bad enough , but good Lord deliver us from their political ascendancy Oh . how we long to see a hundred mothers , a hundred fathers , and their hundred infant families with their heads out of their own windows , exclaiming , with bitter vengeance- " D-N THE FACTOR ! BELLI "

      The Rbtobt Courteous . —One story is good till another is heard . White we never have palliated the system of increasing the rent of land in proportion to the expenditure of the tenant ' s industry-, skill , and capital ; but , on the contrary , we have ever contended for perpetuity of tenure , as the best means of developing those several resources ; nevertheless , we cannot allow tho Leaguers to establish their temple of fame upon the ruins of their opponents . Elsewhere we give an extract from the League , under the head , * ' Look on this picture and on that ; " not giving much preference to either , while , if wo were inclined to argue sordidly upen the principle of buying in the

      cheapest and selling in the dearest market , we should l » justified in giving the preference to Sir George Chetwynd ; and it will be seen that while his tenant , Thomas Henney , was a purchaser with notice , and a contractor of a bargain which he need not have made , poor James Mills was not only a purchaser without notice , but without power to resist the contract aud conditions imposed upon him . We beg the attention of our readers to Mills ' s " Roland" for the League ' s " Oliver . " Indeed the ease is so important that we shall frame both pictures 4 in our Summary gallerv , so that they may be seen at a flfance . Look on this picture—it is from the League gallerv : —

      Doubtless our readers aro aware that there is a gentleman of the nam * of Chetwynd , member for Newcasfleunder-Lyne , who has fi gured at protection meetings in Staffordshire as a Protectionist of the first water , and a flaming "farmers' friend . " That gentleman is , w » believe , the son of Sir George Chetwynd . On the estate of Sir George Cbetwynd , there was , in the year 1803 ; a tenant fanner named Thomas Henney , holding a farm npon lease , at the yearly rent of £ 130 . The following is a verbatim copy ef the receipt for his half-year ' s rent in that year : — « ' Received the 12 th of January , 1 S 05 , of Mr . Thomas Hsnney , the sum of £ C 5 for half a year ' s rent due to Sir George Chetwynd , Bart ., at Old Michaelmas last . Rent £ 0-3 0 0 Deduct a year's property tax 6 10 0

      £ 53 10 "John CotUKS . " In 1 S 12 , Thomas Henney * s lease expired . Probably be had made some money , for prices had been high , far higher than either landlord or tenant anticipated at the commencement of the lease . Then cams the competition screw , and Henney ' s rent was advanced from £ 130 to £ 210 per annum . And lest the landlord should not clutch all the advantage of rising prices , there was no renewal of th « lease ; but Henney went on as a yearly tenant . This is his receipt for rest in the following year : — "Received the 3 rd of July , 1813 , of Mr . Thomas Hennay , the sum of £ 10-5 , for half a year ' s rent due to Sir George Chetwynd , Bart ., at Lady-day last . £ 105 0 i 19 10 9 Property tax . £ 9110 0 Cash received . "Johh Colmss . "

      As the landlord expected , prices did rise in 1813 , and Thomas Henney experienced the advantage—to the landlord—of a yearly or " mutual confidence" holding ; for by Michaelmas , 1813 , we find him standing at the enhanced ra t * of £ 3 I 2 ay «; ar . Hera is the evidence under the hand of the landlord ' s own agent : — "Received the 15 th day of January , 1 S 14 , of Thomas Henney , the sum of £ 156 for half a year ' s rent , due to Sir George Chetwynd , Bart ., at Michaelmas last . £ 158 0 0 10 10 0 One-half Property tax . £ 145 10 0 "Joax COLtHS . " Shortly after this time the tenant died , and his son succeeded to his farm at the still further " enhanced" rent of £ 345 . This is one of his receipts : —

      "Received this 7 th day of December , 1825 , from Mr . Thomas Henney , the sum of £ 17210 s ., being half a year ' s rent , due at Michaelmas last , to Sir George Chetwynd , Bart . £ 17210 s . Robert Hoasb , Jun ; Now look on this : — Honoured Sir , —I have just read in tho Times of Monday an extract from the League about a Mr . George Chetwynd , and ons of his tenants , Mr . Henney , showing how hUrent -iras increased from £ I $ 0 in 1605 , to £ o ! 5 in 1625 . I wish , sir , the writer had stated the present amount , as 1 might then make my calculation more complete ; but , however , I'll give it to you .. I am a hand-loom weaver ,

      seventy-three years of age . In 1 S 0-5 I could earn from 32 s . to 85 s . a weolf ; in 18131 could earn from 35 s . to 37 s . a week ; ia 18251 could earn from lGs . to 22 s . a week ; and now , sir , in 1815 , 1 am rights-lad to be allowed to work sixteen hours a day , and earn Ss . 6 d . a week . So that you will see , sir , that in proportion as the rent was raised on Henney , in consequence of the increased value of lsnd , and , of cource , the increased price / uf its produce , my wages were reduced to nearly one-fourth of its former amount . Mr . Henney needn ' t bavs taken tha land if he did not think he could make profit of it , but , poor as my job is , many a poor distressed creature would be still glad to underbid me .

      dkeaekes jl-hsadI—Look 0 ct 2!—A meeting of those calling themselves Liberals , amounting , we are told , to 100 , was held on Saturday last , at the family residence of Lord John Russell . The " carrion crows" did not remain in deliberation more than a few minutes , from an apprehension , no donbt , that a long " cawing" of the scarecrows would alarm the prey , and apprise Sir Robert of the pure Whig intentions . The eld stock , with the addition of the O'Coenell tribe , were present ; and we beg the reader to mark the only resolution that the Liberals came to . The most perfect unanimity prevailed as to the necessity of the Liberal party doing evevthing in their

      power to pass that part of Sir Robert Peel ' s measure WHICH CONCERNS CORN , AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE . We pablished the fact in our town vdition of last week , and we now make it more conspicuous , that our reader * may a « e the dodge . The very moment that Peel has carried the tariff and disgusted the landlords , that moment the Whigs , the League , and the Irish Liberals will join in a howl for the mess-trough ; and -woe betide the nation if we are not prepared to resist them . We should not be astonished if , when the com portions of the measure are carried , the Whigs should take advantage of the disorganisation in the ranks of the Protectionists

      to march into ofiice . The PnoiEcnoxisis asd Fbbb TaADxns . —The Duke of Buckingham is going it , and so ia his reverend coadjutor , the Rev . Mr . Litchfield , who coneluded a speech with the following quotation , and in the following terms : — The present state of public affairs also rsminded him of the lines in " Hudibras , " whtire it was said , that—With some the pleasure is as great Ofbeing cheated as to cheat ; And tha less they understand . The more they admire the sleight of hand . This was * the reason why so many were going over to the enemy ' s camp . Some years ago the Conservative party brought Sir R . Peel from Rome . Ho wishsd they had allowed him to stay there , and if he had done so there

      were three characters in Roman history which h « might have studied with great advantage to himself and profit > o his country . These three were Catiline , Cieero , and Brutus . Sir Robert mi-lit have learned that Catiline , when he proposed to betray his country , might easily hare done so , if he had only kspt his own secret . He might have learned further , that if Catiline had betraysd his country , he would only have been handed down to posterity as a successful knave . In tho ease of Cicero , Sir llobert would-have learned , that while he was honoured for his eloquence be died despised as a coward ; and from the history of . Brutus he might have bseii taught that if Ciesardid monopolise tha Crown , his sworn irieud Brutus was not the man who should have slain him . ( Immense applause . ) The rev . gentleman eoneluded by proposing "the health of the Duke of Richmond , " which was diunk with great applause .

      Go it , your reverence—go it , my hearty ; hit ' em again , he ' s got no friend . But when yon quote " Hudibras" quote him correctl y . The words ot the poet are Doubtless the pleasure is as great . " XoW j your reverence , you have only said in verse precisely what we have repeated oyer aad ot « again , iu

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      prose . We said that Sir Robert Peel would always so mystify the muddled brama of the agriculturists , that they would not understand what bis measure meant ; but we tell your reverence that if the bible and the sword had not been quartered as the arms of your church , and if you hadn't robbed the poor of their poor pittance , there would have been no necessity for your attendance on the stage of agitation ; and if the Duke « f Buckingham and his order had not licked th P ? ° r P latt f ! I cl n h « mi ght have remained quietly at Stowe , white the people were fighting his battles . Let Hftxepmd your rovereuceof soma other lines of Hudibras—Whan civil dudgeon first grew high And men fell out they knew » ot why And pulpit , drum sccl »» i-a tiB Was beat with fist instead of A 8-TICK

      Now , your reverenc * every man to his calling . Your duty was te preach Christ ' s gospel , every word of which breathes kindness towards the poor , but you have preached the Buckingham gospel , which will eventually end in the restoration of that property to those from whom conjointl y with his Grace you stole it . * The Shake os tub ILwD . -Last week we ventured to hint at the probable consequence of the shake of the hand bstween Sir Robert Peel and Lord Ashley , while we alsocommentedupon the resignation of the representation of Dorsetshire bv his lordshi ;

      p we have now to note the sequel . Sir Thomas Fremantle vacates his seat for the representation of the Duke of Buckingham , aud his office as secretary for Ireland as well . Lord Lincoln succeeds him in Ireland , and Lord Ashley succeeds the Earl of Lincoln as Commissioner of Woods and Forests , or goes into some other sung birth , as Viscount Canning will be a competitor for the Woods and Forests . How are the mighty fallen ! When the emoluments of offica can seduce such a man from such a cause , what protection have the poor in the leadership of the great ?

      Thk MutinERER Johssxosb—The flagrant viorations of all law in favour of broad cloth have become so glaring and conspicuous ef late , that we would recommend something like the following graduated scale of punishment for murder - . —For a duke , sympathy for beingput to the trouble ; for a noblelord , censure from tha opposing portion of the press , according to the valae of his political party , or Not Guilty , 'PON MY HONOR ! for a squire , a hearing before his pot-companion justices , with a strong censure upon the accuser , for having put the gentleman to go much pain and trouble ; for a Leaguer ,

      a vote of thanks for getting rid of a portion of the surplus population ; for a shopkeeper , fourteen days imprisonment for manslaughter ; for a gamekeeper , compensation for his tirua and trouble , to be paid by the family ot deceased , and a strong expression of magisterial approval of his conduct , with remonstrance to the friends of the deceased ; and for the working-man , to be hung by the neck—like Cook , of Mitchell-dever , for striking AT Bingham Baringuntil he is dead , and the Lord have mercy on his soul . We have often said , that there is more danger to the peasant who shoots the squire ' s hare , than to the squire who shoots the peasant ' s head .

      Rims asd Tib . —The government and chancery brokers have set off upon a long journey , whieh they mean to perform by the old method of riding and tying . We will explain this mode of travelling to our readers . A and B have between them but one horse to perform a j . urncy of fifty miles . A starts first , and rides the horse , say two miles , and ties him to a hedge , bush , or gate , and then walks on . B comes up and mounts the horse , rides on , and passes A , and when he has gone his two miles he dismounts and ties ; A again mounts , and so the process goes

      on . So with the government practitioner and chancery opej-ator . The government man had a long pull at it aud tied , aud now the chancery broker is taking his spell at the deposits , to purchase government stock to keep the 'Change pulse up while Peel is riding roughshod over THE PLOUGHED FIELD . The funds have rushed up to 971 , while the good lines have also taken a pop ; but when these securities are brought to the hammer again , to be placed to tho proper account , there will be Old Harry to pay on 'Change .

      Ihk Cork Tradb . —All is hurry skurry , aud living from hand to mouth , until Peel shall have fixed the price of bread ; the farmers arc not so anxious to sell a » they were , while the foreign exporters of all articles of food are waiting for a lurch , and are lying by for the result of the measure . Trade . —We learn that the state of suspense created by the commercial policy of the Prime Minister has the general effect of arresting speculation , while fr << m the manufacturing districts we learn that the orders are not so large at this period as they were at the same period of last year . Like all who live upon hope , the Manchester men live upon the prevalent conviction that the existing difficulties will gradually pass away .

      IRELAND . The Irish papers , after the usual amonst of conspiracies to murder , one of which will be found at foot , announce the tardy rescusitation of the Irish protectionists , and , consequently , requisitions are being signed to the High Sheriffs to convene meetings to oppose the Prime Minister .

      COSSPIBACIES TO Xl'BDEB . The Leinster Express says : — " Five men have been arrested aud committed to the county gaol at Maryborough , for conspiracy to murder Mr . White , of Charleville , near this town ( Borris-in-Ossory ) . Their names are Dennis Kennsdy , Darius Carroll , Jlickiel Treeliy , Timothy Lalor , and James Scully . It seems that on the evening previous to the attempt to shoot Mr . White ' s man , Dennis Connor , these five men partook of some refreshment at a sort of half-shebeen and halt-house of entertainment , kept by a Mrs . Mary Malons , alias Quigly , at iiorris-in-Ossory . At this place they are represented as having drank two pints of whiskey . Lalor was armed with a pistol , Seully with a blunderbuss , aud Carroll with a fowling-piece . Lalor said he had every hope ho would

      be able to take down ilr . White or his steward—that nothing could give him greater happiness . Carroll then added that , as for his own part , he would never rest easy until he dropped either of them ; that he would take care that it would not be botched like Mr . Roe ' s affairs . Ou tbe ' uigiit of the 13 th of January tho same party are ispresented as holding rendezvous for three hours at the same 'house of entertainment , ' all armed like men prepared for deeds of bloodshed and desperation ; Carroll said that he could not be losing time in this manner , that he should shoot either Jfr . White or his steward , lid added that it was d n well for MK White that there were coal carriers on the road a few evenings previously , when he met him , or he would not miss such an opportunity of dashing his brains out . These five men are to be tried at the ensuing assizes . "

      And again , " James Coudron has been arrested at hit own house at Clonurd , near Mountratb , for being one of a party that conspired to murder Mr . John Carr , the Messrs . Jell ' s head ganger , at KUbrickesi . Comlroa ' s associates have absconded , hut hopes are entertained that they will be apprehended before the assizes . "

      FOREIGN . War . —We have it from a source upon which we place the most implicit reliance , that Lord Aberdeen has directed Mr . Pakenbaiu , the British" Minister at Washington , to propose arbitration to the American President , and , in the event of refusal , to declare war .

      TUESDAY . Fiue Trade . —The all-absorbing debate upon tho great measure swallows up all thought of minor intelligence , and although we propose giving an extensive summary of Parliamentary proceedings , we shall pick the plums out of the mouths of ( he several speakers . Mr . P . Miles , the father of the Masters and Servants * Bill , very much resembling the Fat Hoy in Pickwick , and presenting but little appearance of poverty , led on tho Protectionists at a very slack

      fire . He said that he considered " the change in the Coin l ^ iws now proposed , pregnant with greater danger to the country even than the ^ proposition for the Reform Bill . " Miles , we told you so , many months ago , and if you had read the Northern Star , you would have made a better speech . Wc told you that the landlords looked to the 107 , 000 tenants at will as a protective force against Reform , but that tlury would see ho such power iu a law which enables theforeiguuntaxed grower to compete with the domestic taxed grower .

      Sir W . Heathcote said he objected to it , because it did not take equally from all classss the protective duties which they enjoyed , but left agriculture , which required protection more than any other interest , entirely without it . No , Sir William , it docs not take equally from all classes , it takes 5-Cths from the paper-stainers merely to accommodate those of your order , who use the finest description , while it does not make any reduction in the article used by the humbler classes , and it leaves to you just as much as you can produce from your estate , and gives you the power as a legislator to reduce tho taxes and burdens of the country to your own ability to bear them .

      Lord Iforrays said , if the measure were carried , it would be carried not from any conviction of its wisdom or its necessity , but from a wish of many Conservative membvrs , who considered it inevitable to have it settled by Sir llobert V * t \ rather than Lord John Hussell . He , therefore , warned Sir Hobert Peel , that if any confusion should arise from the attempts to settle it , he rnust be responsible for that confusion . Now , Norreys , you are a better bov than " Miles ' s Boy "—you have been reading the S ' tar : we told you precisely the same , that wc would rather see the measure carried b y Peel than by a coalition of Russell , the League , and the Irish Liberals ; but , as for the confusion , when that comes , it will not be to protect your interest , but to sec how wc can turn the new measure to the advancement of democratic principles .

      Sir John Walsh said , he had read and thought much upon the subject , and he could not but come to the conclusion that , in agreeing to this chungc , the house Would be taking a leap in the * Jark , of which the result tu ' ust be perilous aud unknown . We rather think that you have been rcadin" in tho dark , Sir John , and we don ' t think yov . have either read or thoug ht much upon , the su ^ eet . aU u the

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      more you have read and thought the more culpable you are , and the more you deserve punishment for not having propoaad sosfle timely measare which would have obviated the necessity ot the Prime Minisiu •?? J ne ; wiruBt at your monopolizing order . You robbed the Irish Church forthe Irish landlords , withk # j"L a TP art 5 cle "Me benefit to the farmers ; you robbed the English poor for your own benefit , and now , the d ~ -I mend yoa , when you get a squeeze in your own vice . * Lord John Russell Htorally said no mora than to give his consent to Sir Robert Pael wearln tiie fadsd laurels of Whiggery . "While , " said his little lordship , " with the Whigs would rest th * solid satisfaction , that , out of office , they had joined together to consolidate the triumph of the Minister of tho day . " ,

      Ah I Johnny , there ' s no satisfaction in being out of office , and you know it ; but you never shall get in again . We have three snug little berths at York Castle with tho , names scratched over them , for you , Norraanby , and Fox Maule—where you must go and do penanee one day or other for the ten years' sins you committed against the poor while in oraoe . Next came the holy Saint Harry , who led the popgun rear of the Protectionists' squad . He said :-Ho should like Sir Kobett ' s plan battor , if he had transfwrud that part of the poor rate whieh now fell on the land exclusively to the Consolidated ¥ uta > . He then complained that government had not taken into consider & hon the effect of thischangs in the Cork Law on the bentchabqks recently created in lieu of tithes . What , Saint Harry ! are you toe turning yoar back against the Church ? "Here the envious Harry ' s

      reW—this was the unkindast cut of all , " and well may the Church exclaim , ?« Et tu , Bvufa *!" J * })* depend upon it , Harry , that tfie men who will be called upon to pay the old rate of rent-chargo injicu of tithes out of the new rate of rent , established by Peel , will groan moreover their own sorrows than they have ever wept over the sufferings of the poor ; and they'll give mother Church such a kick as no undutiful child ever administered to a parent ; and we'll help them , Harry , and they'll get more kicks than halfpence , Harry ; but then you would transfer the poor to the consolidated fund . Now , ai this is likely to become a part of the philanthropic policy of the tender-hearted Protectionists , it is indispensable that the poor should understand what the inevitable result must be ; and if Peel ' s measure should not be stripped of the one jewel upon which the whole machinery turnsthe FIVE "SEARS '

      , RETItOSPECTIVE-mind , RETROSPECTIVE , INDUSTRIAL RESIDENCE , we should not beat all astonished to find the League and the Protectionists joining in the cry of" NONE OF MY CHILD !" and transfering tho poor to the Consolidated Fund . The inevitable result of such a measure must be as follows : —While oven tho present bone-crushing system compels thelandJords and farmeta to preserve some rate of wages and some scale of employment , as well to keep down rates as to save stacks from the torch , if the poor were once transferred to the Consolidated Fund , landlords and farmers , relieved from all anxiety about taxes , would have recourse to the practice of horse labour , machinery , and every other mode of diminishing manual labsur , and would be regardless of the number of paupers thrown upon the

      Consolidated hund . Upon the other hand , if the monies for the support of the poor were to be voted out of the Consolidated Fund , and if the demand for that purpose increased , as it then assuredly would , to twelve , thirteen , or fifteen millions annually , the government would have an interest in passing stringent and coercive laws to compel labourers to work for any wages that capitalists chose to eft ' er them ; and we should have proof of refusal established upon easy principles , and the refractory consigned , if possible , to greater degradation than that of bonecrushing and human flesh-eating , or perhaps transported as constructive traitors . If such a proposition w even mooted , all labour must cease , and we must be prepared to fill the dungeons again , FOR WE MUST AND WILL RESIST IT .

      Captain Fitsniauricepresented his piece , but missed fire . Mr . Sidney Herbert frankly avowed that the tariff p f 1842 had failed ; that all his knowledge of the subject was gleaned from the result of Peel ' s measure of that year ; but he forgot to tell us of the collateral influence that the appointment of Secretary at War had upon his reflective powers and * horfc memory . As the same reason lias been assigned by many converts for their change of opinion , we will take the liberty of submitting an easy question lor their solution . " If Peel ' s measure of 1 S 42 has been so unequivocally successful , wherefore the prudence for extending it iu 13 i 0 , as it is but a chip of the old block .

      Mr / Stratford O'Brien moved the adjournment ol tho debate , and consequently opens the ball to-night ; and thus ended the first night ' s fhrce . Mosey Market . —The money question is so minutely wound up with the Prime Minister ' s commercial policy , that we must follow its progress . Mr . Mortimer , the chancery broker , operated to the extent of £ 44 , 000 , which had a favourable effect upon the money market , and give consols another start . Suaiie Market . —Still the good lines are going up . London aud Birmingham have touched 230 , showing an increase of about £ 15 since the bubble burst .

      Court Circular . —Wc really have , to apologise te her Mnjosty and the royal family for having allowed all thought of them to bo absorbed in the important doings of THEIR PARLIAMENT ; wo may now note , however , that since our last , her Majesty and the DEAR BABES have ate and drank , and walked and talked and slept , and ate and drank , and walked and talked and slept again . There have been no rotten potatoes cooked in the nslace , and her Majesty has expressed a strong hope that whatever a'teration takes place in the price of bread , there will be no scarcity in the palace . One of the royal carriages was despatched from Buckingham palace this morning for Dr . Locock , to itispectja chilblain upon the great toe of the Duke of York , consequent , we are confidently informed , upon the sudden frost . Dr . Locock , Sir Benjamin Brodie , and Liston , immediately repaired to Buckingham house , and after a brief consultation Listen operated upon the great toe of his Royal Highness without the slightest injury even to his ROYAL NAIL . Mr . Liston is

      indeed" Homo factus ad unguom . " A gentleman to the very nail !

      IRELAND . Potatoes , —Again we have sad accounts of the distress consequent upon the failure of the potatoe crop ; but never mind , the Fort and Harbour money will aeon be voted , aad the poor Irish will have plenty of employment in enclosing the aea-bound dungeon with Saxon batteries , and then—Repeal ! Rki'eal!—Huhuau for Repeal !

      "WEDNESDAY . The Derate . —In truth , the press appears to have entered into a compact to withhold all lighter news until the heavy debate has waddled to its close . We are seriously ashamed of being compelled to publish even an abridged report of the ignorant speeches made by our representatives in Parliament . Evenworking man who reads the twaddling rubbish , will at once understand tho reason of the agitation ibr the People ' s Charter . The whole affair is a mere growl , an angry snarl , between two packs of hounds , the Protectionists yelping the loudest , because they are about to be driven from the mess-trough , while the expectant Leaguers assume the modest gravity of triumph , very unbecoming to their order . Throughout the debate , as far as it has gone , not a single word has escaped the lips of a single speaker calculated to inspire any the slightest hope or

      confidence in the working man , while our assertion , that the whole measure was after all but a moans to an end , is being strengthened by each speaker as far as fools can give strength to wisdom . All tho youngsters threaten Po ? l with certain confusion , while it will be our duty to confine that confusion to the ranks of those who of old were in the habit of remaiuing quiet , tranquil , and secure , while the poor , ignorant , foolish , confiding people fought their battles , and bore their blows . YYe now resume our plum-picking , which , in truth , from the opening of Miles , the father of the Masters and Servants Bill , down to the adjournment of the debate by Mr . Colnuhoun , was as dull , monotonous , and unprofitable a concern as could be well imagined . Mr . Stafford O'Brien , a Protectionist , opened the debate on Tuesday night , and here are his plums - . —

      lie regretted that tho agricultural interest had not an opportunity of publicly aud constitutionally declaring their opinion . # * # After the lata declaratious , he wanted to know upon what principles parties in this country viwe , in futnvs , to be kept together * Not only had the present government changed its principles since it cams into office , but it had also taught us this valuable truth , that parties iu this country were no longer to be kept together by distinctive principles . * * *• Hti could not agree with tliB proposition of Lord J . Hussoll—that protection to agriculture was no longer defensible -, and in reference to his assertion , that labour was tin ) property of the poor man , observed , that it was well for those who had used up that property most cruelly in the manufacturing districts , to come forward , aud say now that we ought to let It ulone . From the first sentence , it would appear that Mr . O'Brien does not look upon Parliament as a public

      or CONSTITUTIONAL CHANNEL for the expression of agricultural opinion . We believe , as at present constituted , that it is not constitutional , but it is public enough ; and if the landlords have not had their full swing of publicity and representation , we don ' t know who has—in fact , they have actuall y destroyed themselves by an evil exercise of the monstrouV powers they had . The very result that we anticipated when fools reviled what they called our ' * pro-Tory policy , " has occurred ; we said , that the larger the Tory majority the greater the chance of brinuing public opinion to bear against their monstrosities . In fact ^ every prediction wc made in 1840 , as to Peel sending Stanley to the House of Lords ; his attacK ' upon the funds '; his ccntval' . saUim oi government ; and our predictions of 1842 and the present crisis in our letters to ' the Irish landlords ; our prediction in the work on " Sr . nall Farms ; " our prophecy almost fulfilled upon . P . ezl's tariff of 1842 , fully

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      establish the fact that we were aware of that confusion which was sure to emanate from the unconstitutionality of the House of Commons . Mr . O'Brien wants to know upon what principles parties in this country are to be kept together . Why , what a school boy question ! Have the people not been endeavouring , ever since the passing of the Reform Bill , to break down those very principles upon which parties have been kept together ; and did we not , in our commentary upon the

      Al & MIGHffiS : MEASURE , show that its greatest vaWe > did consist in what Mr . O'Brien most dreads—the-utter routing and breaking up of old party interests . The speaker goes on to say , " that parties in this country wore no longer to be kept together by distinctive interests . " Why , to be sure , with what blushing effrontery these babblers do admit the sins of the past , by lamentations for the threatening future ! The very speeches ot those boys would oven , if not answered of themselves , induce the . working-cl asses to fight , tooth and nail , tor any measure that will scatter the " DISTINCTIVE PRINCIPLES" of thouncons £

      tutional representatives . Mr . O'Brien is not now for letting the labour of the poor man alone . Why was he not struck with this new light in time ? as St . Ashley generally says , in the addresses of tho working-classes , while ho is about to betray them , " With God ' s blessing , " we will make the O'Briens , the Miles ' s , the Cobdens , the Blights ; the Uumw , the Roebucks , the O'Connells , and the Barrens , all distinct classes with distinct and separate principles , take their knuckles , one and all , out of labour ' s collar , when we get oar Peel stick , with a free trade handle , and industrial residence ferrule , and the bhort Time tassel to it .

      Mr . Baillio said , this question , however , could not be doculsd upon its own merits ; for , before we come to a conclusion upon it , wo must take into our consideration ail the circumstances of tho country , and , above all , the mischief of the continuance of that struggle in which the interests of the great ninsses of tho people were arrajed against the interests of a few . Yes , Mr . Baillie , we agree with youfully , that the interests of the great mass of the people were arrayed against the interests of a few , and will be arrayed until the many have regained their ri ghts from the few . The Marquis of Sranby said it was not a fair way of putting the question to say that the labourer , if tho Corn Laws were repealed , would be enabled to buy cheap bread ; THE QUESTION WAS , - , W 0 ULD HE HE ABLE TO BUY AND EAT MORE BltEAD «

      Yes , Lord Granby , that is the whole question ; and you have shown more sense in that short question than in all the rest of the speakers put together . Sir James Graham ' s unpardonable speech we shall reserve for more ample commentary . On the motion of Mr . Colquhoun , an agricultural saint , the debate was adjourned to Thursday next , and wo are fortunately spared the infliction of wading through another night ' s Parliamentary rubbish to-mon-ow morning . The Tex Hours' Bill . — -At several periods during our hottest agitation for the People ' s Charter , different wily factions proposed Household Suffrage as a substitute for Universal Suffrage ; and . it took us much labour to convince the friends of the veal principle that the proposition was but a device oi the

      enemy . We said then that there was no such tiling as a Household Suffnge party in existence ; and that if we abandoned Universal Suffrage one day , they would bury it and Household Suffrage upon tha following . Now , those apparently liberal propositions are but extinguishers to quench the greater and more dangerous light ; we have stuck to this question of the Suffrage with a pertinacity not only unrivalled , but never equalled in this world . We have rescued it from the shot of the open foe and the dagger of the pretended friend , and now the same reasoning holds good with re-pect to the adoption of an Eleven Hours' Bill by a portion of the League . We tell the advocates of a Ten Hours' Bill , that there is no such party in the country

      as an Eleven Hour party ; we tell them that the very fellows who profess approval of such a measure ' , would , if possible , grind the bones of their slaves into gold-dust . We tell them that the proposition is intended as an extinguisher for the Ten Hours' Bill ; we tell them that we sometimes work sixteen hours a-day , and , though very strong , we find it too much with three days ' rest—that is , the rest of attending public meetings , and answering letters . Now , beware . '—Graham has loft no hopeof government aid in his struggle between right and might ; but , on the contrary , has eulogised Lord Morpeth for his announcement at Wakefield of leaving the adjustment of the question to the rich oppressors and the poor oppressed ;—well knowing in whose favour the balance

      would be . 01 late , we and the Executive have forced the consideration of this measure upon the people of Lanclon with great effect . Last night , at a most crowded aud brilliant meeting—a most cheering meeting at Westminister , on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones—no portion of the speaking was more rapturously applauded than our demand for a Ten Hours' Bill . Men who want to havo wives iustead of slaves ; men who want to have straight and healthy children , instead of crooked and sickly abortions ; men who will no longer be slaves , reflect . You tried to do without us . You scoffed at us ; you would have spat upon us if we would have allowed you ; you have discovered that you cannot do

      without us . Let us go to work , then , with the same unanimity to carry the measure , that the government and the Leaguers will oppose to it , and we must be victorious . It is a Chartist question—a purely Chartist question ; and we promise you our assistance for one whole month , with tho entire aid of the Chartist staff to agitato the manufacturing districts upon the subject , if you arc only in earnest . Wc are ready to proceed to the manufacturing districts at twenty-four hours' notice , to bear all the hardships , when we find that the friends of tho Ten Hours ' Bill shall have discovered that it requires more than their present force to resist the slave trade , and we willI make government interfere—it is their duty , for the masters will never otherwise consent .

      Westminster Elhchox . —Captain Rous , a Toryand not the worst of the Tories either' , —has resigned his-scat for Westminster , and , ot course , will try his luck once more . General Evans , as a matter of t'earse , will oppose him ; and tfcese are the questions which the Chartists must put to the respective candidates : — " Will you vote for the principles contained in the People ' s Charter when submitted to the House of Common *? Will you vote for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and otherwise assist us iu trying to achieve their liberation ?

      Will you vote for a Ten Hours Bill 1 Will you vote against the eiubadiment of a militia force ? " and whichever comes nearest those tests the people should support . But upon every occasion where a meeting is held the Chartists have the best right to be present ; tho shopkeepers and voters have no right to interfere , they will have an opportunity of displaying their strength , in the polling-booth , while the field of agitation should be exclusively left to the Chartists , and , indeed , the electors should be bound by their decision .

      Jons BmouT . —This flaming free trader , who has never dared to meet us in his own town among his own slaves , of whose comfort ho so impudently boasls , had the matchless effrontery to contradict the assertion that Mr . Gardiner , of Preston , worked his men only eleven hours a day , including an hour for dinner , while the men , with a zeal and promptitude that docs them honour , at once in a body contradicted the Quaker "fib . " Now , the fact is , that when we wore last at Preston , tho hands themselves announced

      the fact , and were loud in praise of their master , and we didn't interfere to cause di . - sension between that good muster and his good men , made good by the kindlv treatment of tlieii' employer . MoxevMaiikkt . —Soniotliingimisthavehappenedto the Rosin ante of the gov-ernmentand chancery broker . Mayhap , each iu . his ' turn to ride , pushed him too hard ; as it appears the beast on 'Change lias had a stumble , and the funds have gone down—but they'll go lower yet ; the good shares are still making good their ground , aud breaking fresh .

      IRELAND . F & mixk , —The potatoes are j getting worse and worse , and more and more search ¦ Four millions of people are likely to bo reduced ' tojieggary and starvation , and government is about to vote £ 50 , 000 , or four shillings a head , for their relief . Now , when the Irish parsons were obliged Vf ^ ut down one of three c . trriage . 1 , and to give up < M , if three courses , the government lent them a mil % <| Here , then , is a million for one in ouch parish , irai £ 50 , 000 for the remainder of each parish . Who wouln't be a shepherd ? The Irish will require more than live millions compensation for the loss of their only trade , tor Sir

      R . Peel may rest assured that £ 50 , 000 will go but a short way in arresting tho starvation that his measure , if not prudently backed , will create . ... Conciliation Hall . —There was very little done in the Irish parliament on Monday , and the week s revenue was stated to be £ 210 ' . Report says , that the government practitioner is now operating upon the Liberator , and is actually engaged m compounding an Irish mixture , consisting ol a Landlord and Tenant Bill for the farmers , and a Coercion Bill tor the labourers , to bo administered at the discretion of the Irish Executive—to bo taken whenever required , in a small bolus of lead or the point ot a bayonet .

      . ; i-.. THURSDAY . Important to County Coxstitukxcies . —There behig now an opening in the Chartist ranks for a . few new lecturer . - ! , and seeing the disgraceful deficiency exhibited by county members in tho recent debate upon Peel ' s new policy , and anxious to enepurvige native industry , the Executive have deternuuf .-d to receive sealed tenders of terms from young rioblemen and country gentlemen anxious to be instructed in elocution . They will commence by mov . ' . ng and seconding Chartist resolutions at public meetings ; and in , the course of two years will bu full ' y prepared to represent the most fastidious and critical constituency . Terms : three-pence entrance , upon receipt of a card , and a penny per week co ntribution to the general fund . New members must , attend tbe juvenile debating society for six months , before tliey can be permitted to appear upon tho public stage ,

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      Mb . Coiiuxn . — We regret ex ' tiemuly to state , that Mr . Cobden is confined to his h ^ use by severe but not dangerous illnw . General Evans asd tub Elkctous op West * MissTSB . —There was a meeting last night of men calling themselves tho Liberal electois of Westminster , and constituting the committee of General £ . vans . ] Sow , we entertain a decided preference for tae UeneraS , as compared with the Captain , but we ' " . "i & n & glfr ; y . d . * ' » not allow personal feeling to ( 1 r ^& SSaBt & . : W of our pany and our print , !* PlQfflgffiP 1 * *"''* declare , that if we had the cast , mg voto oetweeu the dearest brother and a Charti-t to whom we were personally hostile , we would give that vote in favour of the latter ; and there-lore

      General Evans cannot expect tho s : critics of any political principle to personal friendship . Perhaps wo maybe told , that all that was required of him was to give answers to the questions puj to him , and that he answered those to the suti-faetion o his committei . That may be all very true , but a candU date , like a witness in tho bwc , is bound , not only to avow a portion of his principles , but te mako a full confession of his whole principles . If General Evans means lis to infer that ti ; c simple declaration that he will go by all moans with the League , is the extent of his political creed , we tell him candidly , and we tell him in time , that , however that standard may suit the Dollinc booths of Westminster , it will

      not square with the advanced opinions expected in Coveut Garden Market . We tell General Ev . uis that the time is come , when public men must speak out , without prevarication or mental reservation ; and we tell him , that if he rests his hope upon volunteer principles in favour ot free trade , that lie ' s not the man for W estminster in the year lditi . iV ' e simply give so much of the proceedings as relates to tho schoolboy examination of the gallant General : — Mr . Lewis asked General Evans whether , in tho evunt of his becoming a representative of Westminster , he would vote for the total and imuwUiaA * r * pt > alof the Corn-Laws in opposition to tha delayed measure of her Majesty ' s government ?

      Gan . Evans said that his opinions were well known always to liavo been in favour of the total and iimnsUiate repeal of tho Corn-Laws . Hw , however , begged to observe , that in the event of the great body of the Whig party and the League deciding that it would be moru expedient wot to oppose the proposition of SirK . P . el , he hoped that tht , y would forgive hirn if he supported that object . A Member . —Suppose the League oppose the measure , would you support total and immediate reneAl ? Gen . Evans . —GO WITH TUB LBAGUJB , BY ALL MEANS . The galUnt general coneludud by rercai-king , that he would give his vute , as he alwuis had dona , iu favour of Liberal measures .

      Now , we tell the examiners and the examined , that he must learn his lcsswiupo-n the Charter ; the restoration of Frost , William s , and Jones ; the Ten Hours ' Bill ; and the . Militia , before he enter * the Coraifc Garden Collage , fi * he may rest assured that those questions will be put to him ; and if Evans says that he will go for immediate free trade , but not ibr the Ton Hours' Bill , and tho restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and if Captain Rous auya that he wih go for the Ten Hours' Bill , and the restoration of Frost , Williams , and J ones ; and ii they are divided upon tho question of the Charter , or opposed to it , we shall give our weight and hvbWiie in favour of

      irost , Williams , and Jones , and the Ten Hours' Bill . It is not right to take men by surprise ; and we assure General Evans that extension of the suffrage , and the ballot , ai . d his most ANXIOUS CONSIDERATION ' of the other questions , and sympathy and deference to the wish ofhisconstituonts , and all the rest of the hustings rubbish , won ' t do for the blistered hands of Covent Garden , however i . may suit the silver tongues of his booth supporters . We cannot allow any election to pass without promulgating those principles which the press 'would feign damn by its silence , but which wc are determined to keep alivo and vigorous before the public .

      Money Mutiiai . —The government hack is lame , and the chancery and fund broker are not able to continue their journey on foot . Consols nre going down nearly as rapidly as they got up , and they'll go down lower still . Tiudb—The accounts from the manufacturing districts are even more gloomy than we noted iu our last . Manufacturers are beginning to imug'ne that the delay of the India Mail is merely a dodsje to withhold bad tidings until Peel ' s measure shall have passed ; in short , everything , save the tongues of our representatives and Chartism , appears to be at a stand still .

      IRELAND . Famixe . —Pestilence , that is ever the attendant of famine , is making its appearance in many district of Ireland , while the government and chancery brokers aro quietly expending the national resources in ministerial speculation . If it is tho duty of government to legislate for the welfare of a pewple , and if they will not do it , the social contract is dissolved , and the barriers by which private property is protected must naturally aud inevitably fall before the assaults of the hungiy . Sir James Graham , in his reply to Mr . S . O'Brien , said that political economy meant not the acsumuiation , but the DISTRIBUTION of property , aud he boasted of being a " political economist ; " we ask , then , in how far he hr , s carried out the science , while we have the

      simultaneous wail of national starvation and pestilence uyon the one hand , and are disgusted with the luxurious parade of wealth upon the other ? How is it that we see magnificent equipages , sleek and fat horses , pampered idle menials , a bloated police force , a gorged soldiery , bursting war horses , bishops , parsons and dignitaries , faring sumptuously , clothed in purple and hue linen , thriving lawyers , leviathan manufacturers , money-mongers with wealth not capable of being estimated , and idlors spending thoir time listlessly , but still not wanting a nual , while those who are ready to toil are consigned to beggary , starvation , and pestilence ? Wo ask how our beloved Queen dared to present such a catalogue ot ostentation , wealth , aud revelry , as attended her levee yesterday , pending the debate of her Parliament ? As to the best ; mode of arresting famine ,

      If ignorancu is bliss , ' tis folly to be wise ; and let the gorged wealthy rejoice that their plunder lias deprived the poor Irish of that education which would enable them to read the doings of the idie wealthy , and contrast them with the sufferings and the sorrow of the industrious poor . The ignorance of the people is the tyrant ' s best title to power ; while we should not wonder were tho very stones to mutiny against the heartless contrasts that are daily presented between the idle wealthy and tne industrious poor . But Ireland is beginning to see ; Ireland is beginning to learn ; Ireland is beginning to think , with a sober and not with a drunken mind , thanks to the great apostle of sober , calm reflection ; and , with God ' s blessing , Ireland will scon begin to act . We give the following strap , auuounciug the insulting spectacle : —

      The Queen and Princa Albert , attended by the Hojal suite , arrived af St . James ' s Palace slwrtly before two o ' clock yesterday afternoon , oieorted by a party of Lit ' s Guards from Uuckiiigbain Palace . The ltoyal suite consisted of the Duchess of liuce ' . euch , Mistress of the Uobes ; tMe Viscountess Canning , Lady iu Waiting ; ' . he Karl of Warwick , Lord in Waiting ; Sir Frederick S . avin , Groom in Waiting ; Colonel Arbuthnot , Equerry in Waiting ; the Pages of Honour in Waiting ; the Marquis of Aber . corn , Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert ; Lord G . Lennox , Lord in Waiting to his lloud Highness ; and Colonel Yfylde , Equerry in Waiting w nis HoyaV Highness . The Quean and Prince Albtrt , attended by the lluyal suite , retwnou to Buckingham l'ahwc , wswvUd ' t y -a party of Life Guards . Quere : Why haven ' t the people got sonic Life Guards ?

      . The Chartist Eaii-Es. On Thursday Even...

      . THE CHARTIST EAIi-ES . On Thursday evening , l ' eb . Sth , a densely crowded meeting was held in the Literary , Scientitie , and Mechanics'Institution , Poplar , ihe us » ot which , had-buen granted gratuitously , by the unanimous consent of its members . Dr . Uowkett was unanimously called to the chair . IIo said—It v .-joieed him tixeeadingij' to swe such meetings for so good , humane , and virtuous an object . ( Cheers . ) He hoped to see many such meetings , not only for tho recall of tho expatriated . niartjvs , but also for Aa

      People ' s Charter- ii ^ h' ^ ioua ehccrtV ) ThosujgMK ^ perhapj erred , but /' fiien , "\ yO shuuld bear iii - ' ' iin < SMJ caute in which ' they erred ; ( Hear , hear . ) . tfuplneanT ' ' also erred , and the government ottered JtJUO for his head , and Papiu « au , like a bold patriotic fellow as he was . issued a counter proclamation , tolling . them they should not have his head for any such a price . This man ' s errors were pardonedjiaud he was now at home among his friends , a lvighly respectild magistrate . It was the duty of the peop le to agitate , p .-titiou ,. and memorialise , until the restoration of the exiles vnw eft ' usUtd . ( Great

      cheering . ) Mr . John Shaw thsu esvie forward , and road a letter apologising for the absents of Mr . ' Julian Harney , who was prevented , being present by his duties iu connection with tho JS ' trthem Star . . Mfifihaiv iu au excellent speech , which was-much applauded '; moved the first resolution ' which was similar to . tho resolutions adopted at other meetings-hold for the same purpose-. Mr . S-tout , a nwuibor of tho Poplar Institution , seconded the resolution in tin energetic aud powerful spowh , which was carried amid loud cheers . - Ms . T . Cooper then rose and submitted a petition irf ? behalf of W . S . KUU . . Mr . Cooper ncxtuiado an eloquent appeal on behalf of the victim ' s Uw-umdu widow aud orphan fund , aud sat down loud- !} applauded . flr . llernard seconded tho petition , which was put and carried unanimously .

      Mr . Stalhvood then read , on behalf of Mr . Doyle , a petition iu strict accordance with tho foregoing resolution , the reading of which was greeted with applause . Mv . T . Cooper proposed , as an anvudment , the petition proposed by him to tho me . ; ling at Turnagain-lano , which that meeting rejected . A gentleman in the body of tho meeting seconded Mr . Cooper ' s petition . the question was then put Ivom the chair , when a few bauds only were hold up for Mr . Cooper ' s petition , and a vast majority in oppositon thtwto . Iho onumal « etu turn was than put , aud unanim ously adopted The meeting then dissolved .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 14, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14021846/page/5/